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Surah Al-Kahf
اَلْـكَهْف
110 Ayaat مکیۃ
فَاَرَدْنَاۤ اَنْ یُّبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَیْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكٰوةً وَّ اَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا(۸۱)
We hoped their Lord would give them a substitute better than him in virtue and goodness.
"So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection.
وَ اَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلٰمَیْنِ یَتِیْمَیْنِ فِی الْمَدِیْنَةِ وَ كَانَ تَحْتَهٗ كَنْزٌ لَّهُمَا وَ كَانَ اَبُوْهُمَا صَالِحًاۚ-فَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنْ یَّبْلُغَاۤ اَشُدَّهُمَا وَ یَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَا ﳓ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَۚ-وَ مَا فَعَلْتُهٗ عَنْ اَمْرِیْؕ-ذٰلِكَ تَاْوِیْلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِعْ عَّلَیْهِ صَبْرًاؕ۠(۸۲)
As for that wall, it belonged to two orphan boys of the city, and their treasure was buried under it. Their father was an upright man. So your Lord willed that on reaching the age of maturity they should dig out their treasure as a favour from their Lord. So, I did not do that of my own accord. This is the explanation of things you could not bear with patience."
"As for the wall, it belonged to two youths, orphans, in the Town; there was, beneath it, a buried treasure, to which they were entitled: their father had been a righteous man: So thy Lord desired that they should attain their age of full strength and get out their treasure - a mercy (and favour) from thy Lord. I did it not of my own accord. Such is the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold patience."
وَ یَسْــٴَـلُوْنَكَ عَنْ ذِی الْقَرْنَیْنِؕ-قُلْ سَاَتْلُوْا عَلَیْكُمْ مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًاؕ(۸۳)
They ask you about Dhu´l-Qarnain.
They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story."
اِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهٗ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ اٰتَیْنٰهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَیْءٍ سَبَبًاۙ(۸۴)
Say: "I will cite before you his commemoration." We gave him authority in the land and means of accomplishing every end.
Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends.
حَتّٰۤى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِیْ عَیْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَّ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْمًا۬ؕ-قُلْنَا یٰذَا الْقَرْنَیْنِ اِمَّاۤ اَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَ اِمَّاۤ اَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فِیْهِمْ حُسْنًا(۸۶)
Till he reached the point of the setting sun, and saw it set behind a muddy lake, and near it found a people. We said: "O Dhu´l-Qarnain, you may either punish them or treat them with kindness."
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."
قَالَ اَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهٗ ثُمَّ یُرَدُّ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ فَیُعَذِّبُهٗ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا(۸۷)
He said: "I shall punish whosoever is wicked. He will then be sent back to his Lord who will inflict on him a terrible punishment.
He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall he be sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment unheard-of (before).
وَ اَمَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهٗ جَزَآءَ اﰳلْحُسْنٰىۚ- وَ سَنَقُوْلُ لَهٗ مِنْ اَمْرِنَا یُسْرًاؕ(۸۸)
But he who believes and does the right will have an excellent reward, and we shall make things easy for him."
"But whoever believes, and works righteousness,- he shall have a goodly reward, and easy will be his task as We order it by our Command."
حَتّٰۤى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلٰى قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهَا سِتْرًاۙ(۹۰)
Till he reached the point of the rising sun, and saw it rise over a people for whom We had provided no shelter against it.
Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against the sun.
كَذٰلِكَؕ-وَ قَدْ اَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَیْهِ خُبْرًا(۹۱)
It was so, for We were fully informed about him.
(He left them) as they were: We completely understood what was before him.
حَتّٰۤى اِذَا بَلَغَ بَیْنَ السَّدَّیْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِمَا قَوْمًاۙ-لَّا یَكَادُوْنَ یَفْقَهُوْنَ قَوْلًا(۹۳)
Till he reached a place between two mountains, and found this side of it a people who understood but little of what was spoken.
Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.
قَالُوْا یٰذَا الْقَرْنَیْنِ اِنَّ یَاْجُوْجَ وَ مَاْجُوْجَ مُفْسِدُوْنَ فِی الْاَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلٰۤى اَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَیْنَنَا وَ بَیْنَهُمْ سَدًّا(۹۴)
They said: ´O Dhu´l-Qarnain, Gog and Magog are oppressing the land. May we pay you some tribute so that you could build a rampart between us and them?"
They said: "O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great mischief on earth: shall we then render thee tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier between us and them?
قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّیْ فِیْهِ رَبِّیْ خَیْرٌ فَاَعِیْنُوْنِیْ بِقُوَّةٍ اَجْعَلْ بَیْنَكُمْ وَ بَیْنَهُمْ رَدْمًاۙ(۹۵)
He said: "The ability my Lord has given me is better. So help me with your manual labour; I will build a wall between you and them.
He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better (than tribute): Help me therefore with strength (and labour): I will erect a strong barrier between you and them:
اٰتُوْنِیْ زُبَرَ الْحَدِیْدِؕ-حَتّٰۤى اِذَا سَاوٰى بَیْنَ الصَّدَفَیْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُوْاؕ-حَتّٰۤى اِذَا جَعَلَهٗ نَارًاۙ-قَالَ اٰتُوْنِیْۤ اُفْرِغْ عَلَیْهِ قِطْرًاؕ(۹۶)
Bring me ingots of iron," (which they did) until the space between two mountain sides was filled up. "Blow your bellows," he said; (and they blew) until it was red hot. "Bring me molten brass," he said, "that I may pour over it."
"Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, "Blow (with your bellows)" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead."
فَمَا اسْطَاعُوْۤا اَنْ یَّظْهَرُوْهُ وَ مَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا لَهٗ نَقْبًا(۹۷)
Thus (Gog and Magog) could neither climb over it nor dig a hole through (the rampart).
Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.
قَالَ هٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّیْۚ-فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّیْ جَعَلَهٗ دَكَّآءَۚ-وَ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّیْ حَقًّاؕ(۹۸)
"This is the benevolence of my Lord," he said; "but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will reduce it to a mound of dust; and the promise of my Lord is true."
He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my Lord is true."
وَ تَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ یَوْمَىٕذٍ یَّمُوْجُ فِیْ بَعْضٍ وَّ نُفِخَ فِی الصُّوْرِ فَجَمَعْنٰهُمْ جَمْعًاۙ(۹۹)
We shall leave them on that day surging like waves pressing one against the other, and the trumpet blast will be sounded, when We shall gather them all together.
On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another: the trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.
وَّ عَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ یَوْمَىٕذٍ لِّلْكٰفِرِیْنَ عَرْضَاﰳۙ(۱۰۰)
Then We shall bring Hell right before the infidels
And We shall present Hell that day for Unbelievers to see, all spread out,-
الَّذِیْنَ كَانَتْ اَعْیُنُهُمْ فِیْ غِطَآءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِیْ وَ كَانُوْا لَا یَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَ سَمْعًا۠(۱۰۱)
Whose eyes were veiled against My warning, and they could not hear.
(Unbelievers) whose eyes had been under a veil from remembrance of Me, and who had been unable even to hear.
اَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْۤا اَنْ یَّتَّخِذُوْا عِبَادِیْ مِنْ دُوْنِیْۤ اَوْلِیَآءَؕ-اِنَّاۤ اَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكٰفِرِیْنَ نُزُلًا(۱۰۲)
Do the unbelievers think they can make My own creatures their protectors against Me? We have prepared Hell for the hospitality of infidels.
Do the Unbelievers think that they can take My servants as protectors besides Me? Verily We have prepared Hell for the Unbelievers for (their) entertainment.
قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْاَخْسَرِیْنَ اَعْمَالًاؕ(۱۰۳)
Say: "Shall I tell you whose labour will be wasted?
Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?-
اَلَّذِیْنَ ضَلَّ سَعْیُهُمْ فِی الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا وَ هُمْ یَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ یُحْسِنُوْنَ صُنْعًا(۱۰۴)
Theirs whose effort is misspent in pursuit of the pleasures of the world, even though they think they are doing good things."
"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"
اُولٰٓىٕكَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰیٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ لِقَآىٕهٖ فَحَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِیْمُ لَهُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ وَزْنًا(۱۰۵)
They are those who reject the signs of their Lord, and the meeting with Him. So their good deeds will be fruitless, and on the Day of Judgement We shall not appoint any weighing for them.
They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their having to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight.
ذٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوْا وَ اتَّخَذُوْۤا اٰیٰتِیْ وَ رُسُلِیْ هُزُوًا(۱۰۶)
Their requital will be Hell, because they disbelieved and mocked My signs and messengers.
That is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.
اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًاۙ(۱۰۷)
But surely those who believe and do the right will have gardens of Paradise as gift,
As to those who believe and work righteous deeds, they have, for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise,
خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَا لَا یَبْغُوْنَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا(۱۰۸)
Where they will abide for ever, never wanting a change.
Wherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish for from them.
قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمٰتِ رَبِّیْ لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمٰتُ رَبِّیْ وَ لَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهٖ مَدَدًا(۱۰۹)
Say: "If the ocean turned to ink for writing down the colloquy of my Lord, the ocean itself would be exhausted ere the words (and wonders) of my Lord come to end, even if we brought another like it for replenishment."
Say: "If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid."
قُلْ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ یُوْحٰۤى اِلَیَّ اَنَّمَاۤ اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَّاحِدٌۚ-فَمَنْ كَانَ یَرْجُوْا لِقَآءَ رَبِّهٖ فَلْیَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَّ لَا یُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهٖۤ اَحَدًا۠(۱۱۰)
Say: "I am only a man like you, but it has been communicated to me that your Lord is one and single God, and that whosoever hopes to meet his Lord should do what is right, and not associate any one in the worship of his Lord."
Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah is one Allah: whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner.
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