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Surah An-Nahl
اَلنَّحْل
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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful.
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
اَتٰۤى اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوْهُؕ-سُبْحٰنَهٗ وَ تَعٰلٰى عَمَّا یُشْرِكُوْنَ(۱)
THE DECREE of GOD will surely come; so do not try to hasten it: Too glorious and high is He for what they associate with Him.
God's command comes; so seek not to hasten it. Glory be to Him! High be He exalted above that they associate with Him!
یُنَزِّلُ الْمَلٰٓىٕكَةَ بِالرُّوْحِ مِنْ اَمْرِهٖ عَلٰى مَنْ یَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖۤ اَنْ اَنْذِرُوْۤا اَنَّهٗ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّاۤ اَنَا فَاتَّقُوْنِ(۲)
He sends the angels with revelation by His command, to any of His creatures as He please, (saying): "Warn that there is no god but I, so fear Me."
He sends down the angels with the Spirit of His command upon whomsoever He will among His servants, saying: Give you warning that there is no God but I; so fear you Me!
خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّؕ-تَعٰلٰى عَمَّا یُشْرِكُوْنَ(۳)
He created the heavens and the earth with reason. Too glorious and high is He for what they associate with Him.
He created the heavens and the earth in truth; high be He exalted above that they associate With Him!
خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَصِیْمٌ مُّبِیْنٌ(۴)
Man He created from a drop of semen; and still he becomes an open contender.
He created man of a sperm-drop; and, behold, he is a manifest adversary.
وَ الْاَنْعَامَ خَلَقَهَاۚ-لَكُمْ فِیْهَا دِفْءٌ وَّ مَنَافِعُ وَ مِنْهَا تَاْكُلُوْنَ(۵)
He created the cattle from whom you get warm clothing and (other) advantages, and some you eat.
And the cattle -- He created them for you; in them is warmth, and uses various, and of them you eat,
وَ لَكُمْ فِیْهَا جَمَالٌ حِیْنَ تُرِیْحُوْنَ وَ حِیْنَ تَسْرَحُوْنَ۪(۶)
There is life and cheer for you as you drive them home in the evening, and lead them out in the morning to graze.
and there is beauty in them for you, when you bring them home to rest and when you drive them forth abroad to pasture;
وَ تَحْمِلُ اَثْقَالَكُمْ اِلٰى بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُوْنُوْا بٰلِغِیْهِ اِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْاَنْفُسِؕ-اِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوْفٌ رَّحِیْمٌۙ(۷)
They carry your burdens to lands so distant you could not have reached without much hardship. Indeed your Lord is compassionate and kind.
and they bear your loads unto a land that you never would reach, excepting with great distress. Surely your Lord is All-clement, All-compassionate.
وَّ الْخَیْلَ وَ الْبِغَالَ وَ الْحَمِیْرَ لِتَرْكَبُوْهَا وَ زِیْنَةًؕ-وَ یَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ(۸)
He created horses, mules and donkeys for riding and for splendour. He created other things too which you do not know.
And horses, and mules, and asses, for you to ride, and as an adornment; and He creates what you know not.
وَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِیْلِ وَ مِنْهَا جَآىٕرٌؕ-وَ لَوْ شَآءَ لَهَدٰىكُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ۠(۹)
To God leads the right path, though some deviate. If He willed He could guide you all to the right way.
God's it is to show the way; and some do swerve from it. If He willed, He would have guided you all together.
هُوَ الَّذِیْۤ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً لَّكُمْ مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَّ مِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِیْهِ تُسِیْمُوْنَ(۱۰)
It is He who sends down water from the sky of which you drink, and which nourishes the plants you feed your cattle,
It is He who sends down to you out of heaven water of which you have to drink, and of which trees, for you to pasture your herds,
یُنْۢبِتُ لَكُمْ بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَ الزَّیْتُوْنَ وَ النَّخِیْلَ وَ الْاَعْنَابَ وَ مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرٰتِؕ-اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّقَوْمٍ یَّتَفَكَّرُوْنَ(۱۱)
With which He makes crops grow, and olives, dates and grapes and fruits of every kind for you. In this is a sign for those who think.
and thereby He brings forth for you crops, and olives, and palms, and vines, and all manner of fruit. Surely in that is a sign for a people who reflect.
وَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الَّیْلَ وَ النَّهَارَۙ-وَ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَؕ-وَ النُّجُوْمُ مُسَخَّرٰتٌۢ بِاَمْرِهٖؕ-اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ یَّعْقِلُوْنَۙ(۱۲)
He harnessed the day and night for you, as also the sun, the moon and the stars, by His command. In this are signs for men who understand.
And He subjected to you the night and day, and the sun and moon; and the stars are subjected by His command. Surely in that are signs for a people who understand.
وَ مَا ذَرَاَ لَكُمْ فِی الْاَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا اَلْوَانُهٗؕ-اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّقَوْمٍ یَّذَّكَّرُوْنَ(۱۳)
And other things of different shades has He produced on the earth for you. In this are signs for those who reflect.
And that which He has multiplied for you in the earth of diverse hues. Surely in that is a sign for a people who remember.
وَ هُوَ الَّذِیْ سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ لِتَاْكُلُوْا مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِیًّا وَّ تَسْتَخْرِجُوْا مِنْهُ حِلْیَةً تَلْبَسُوْنَهَاۚ-وَ تَرَى الْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِیْهِ وَ لِتَبْتَغُوْا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ وَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُوْنَ(۱۴)
It is He who has subdued the sea that you may eat fresh meat from it, and obtain ornaments to wear. You see the ships plough through it that you may seek of His bounties and, perhaps, be grateful.
It is He who subjected to you the sea, that you may eat of it fresh flesh, and bring forth out of it ornaments for you to wear; and thou mayest see the ships cleaving through it; and that you may seek of His bounty, and so haply you will be thankful.
وَ اَلْقٰى فِی الْاَرْضِ رَوَاسِیَ اَنْ تَمِیْدَ بِكُمْ وَ اَنْهٰرًا وَّ سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُوْنَۙ(۱۵)
He placed stablisers in the earth so that while it revolves you live undisturbed, and rivers and tracks so that you may find your way;
And He cast on the earth firm mountains, lest it shake with you, and rivers and ways; so haply you will be guided;
وَ عَلٰمٰتٍؕ-وَ بِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ یَهْتَدُوْنَ(۱۶)
As well as many other signs, as by the stars (you) find direction.
and waymarks; and by the stars they are guided.
اَفَمَنْ یَّخْلُقُ كَمَنْ لَّا یَخْلُقُؕ-اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ(۱۷)
So, could one who creates be like one who cannot? Will you not then contemplate?
Is He who creates as he who does not create? Will you not remember?
وَ اِنْ تَعُدُّوْا نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ لَا تُحْصُوْهَاؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَغَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ(۱۸)
If you count the favours of God you will not be able to calculate. Assuredly God is forgiving and kind.
If you count God's blessing, you will never number it; surely God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
وَ اللّٰهُ یَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّوْنَ وَ مَا تُعْلِنُوْنَ(۱۹)
God knows what you hide and disclose.
And God knows what you keep secret and what you publish.
وَ الَّذِیْنَ یَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ لَا یَخْلُقُوْنَ شَیْــٴًـا وَّ هُمْ یُخْلَقُوْنَؕ(۲۰)
, As for those they call besides God, they cannot create a thing, and have themselves been created.
And those they call upon, apart from God, created nothing, and themselves are created,
اَمْوَاتٌ غَیْرُ اَحْیَآءٍۚ-وَ مَا یَشْعُرُوْنَۙ-اَیَّانَ یُبْعَثُوْنَ۠(۲۱)
Dead, without life they are, and do not know when they will be raised.
dead, not alive; and are not aware when they shall be raised.
اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَّاحِدٌۚ-فَالَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ قُلُوْبُهُمْ مُّنْكِرَةٌ وَّ هُمْ مُّسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ(۲۲)
Your God is one God. But the hearts of those who believe not in the life to come are filled with denial, and they are puffed up with pride.
Your God is One God. And they who believe not in the world to come, their hearts deny, and they have waxed proud.
لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ یَعْلَمُ مَا یُسِرُّوْنَ وَ مَا یُعْلِنُوْنَؕ-اِنَّهٗ لَا یُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِیْنَ(۲۳)
Surely God knows what they hide and what they disclose. He certainly does not love the proud.
Without a doubt God knows what they keep secret and what they publish; He loves not those that wax proud.
وَ اِذَا قِیْلَ لَهُمْ مَّا ذَاۤ اَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْۙ-قَالُوْۤا اَسَاطِیْرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَۙ(۲۴)
For when they are asked: "What has your Lord sent down?" they say: "Tales of long ago."
And when it is said to them, 'What has your Lord sent down?' they say, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients.'
لِیَحْمِلُوْۤا اَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً یَّوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِۙ-وَ مِنْ اَوْزَارِ الَّذِیْنَ یُضِلُّوْنَهُمْ بِغَیْرِ عِلْمٍؕ-اَلَا سَآءَ مَا یَزِرُوْنَ۠(۲۵)
On the Day of Resurrection they will carry their own burden and some of the load of those they have led astray without any knowledge. Oh, how evil a burden they will carry!
That they may bear their loads complete on the Day of Resurrection, and some of the loads of those that they lead astray without any knowledge. O evil the load they bear!
قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتَى اللّٰهُ بُنْیَانَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَیْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَ اَتٰىهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَیْثُ لَا یَشْعُرُوْنَ(۲۶)
Those who have gone before them had also conspired; then God uprooted their structure from its foundation; the roof fell over them from above, and punishment came upon them from somewhere they did not suspect.
Those that were before them contrived; then God came upon their building from the foundations, and the roof fell down on them from over them, and the chastisement came upon them from whence they were not aware.
ثُمَّ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ یُخْزِیْهِمْ وَ یَقُوْلُ اَیْنَ شُرَكَآءِیَ الَّذِیْنَ كُنْتُمْ تُشَآقُّوْنَ فِیْهِمْؕ-قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَ اِنَّ الْخِزْیَ الْیَوْمَ وَ السُّوْٓءَ عَلَى الْكٰفِرِیْنَۙ(۲۷)
On the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and ask: "Where are My compeers for whom you contended?" Those endowed with knowledge will say: "Shame and evil surely are for unbelievers today."
Then on the Day of Resurrection He will degrade them, saying, 'Where are My associates concerning which you made a breach together?' Those that were given the knowledge will say, 'Degradation today and evil are on the unbelievers,
الَّذِیْنَ تَتَوَفّٰىهُمُ الْمَلٰٓىٕكَةُ ظَالِمِیْۤ اَنْفُسِهِمْ۪-فَاَلْقَوُا السَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِنْ سُوْٓءٍؕ-بَلٰۤى اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِیْمٌۢ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ(۲۸)
They whose souls are drawn out by the angels while they are sinning, shall offer submission: "We did no evil." But God knows well what you did.
whom the angels take while still they are wronging themselves.' Then they will offer surrender: 'We were doing nothing evil. 'Nay; but surety God has knowledge of the things you did.
فَادْخُلُوْۤا اَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَاؕ-فَلَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِیْنَ(۲۹)
So enter the gates of Hell, and dwell there for ever. How dreadful a dwelling for the haughty!
So enter the gates of Gehenna, there to dwell forever.' Evil is the lodging of those that wax proud.
وَ قِیْلَ لِلَّذِیْنَ اتَّقَوْا مَا ذَاۤ اَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْؕ-قَالُوْا خَیْرًاؕ-لِلَّذِیْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا فِیْ هٰذِهِ الدُّنْیَا حَسَنَةٌؕ-وَ لَدَارُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَیْرٌؕ-وَ لَنِعْمَ دَارُ الْمُتَّقِیْنَۙ(۳۰)
When those who took heed for themselves would be asked: "What did your Lord send down?" They will answer: "The best." For those who do good there is good in the world, but certainly the abode of the next is better. How excellent the home of the virtuous!
And it shall be said to the godfearing, 'What has your Lord sent down?' They will say, 'Good! For those who do good in this world good; and surely the abode of the world to come is better; excellent is the abode of the godfearing --
جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ یَّدْخُلُوْنَهَا تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ لَهُمْ فِیْهَا مَا یَشَآءُوْنَؕ-كَذٰلِكَ یَجْزِی اللّٰهُ الْمُتَّقِیْنَۙ(۳۱)
They will enter perennial gardens with streams of water and all they wish. Thus will the pious and devout be rewarded.
Gardens of Eden they shall enter, underneath which rivers flow, wherein they shall have all they will. So God recompenses the godfearing,
الَّذِیْنَ تَتَوَفّٰىهُمُ الْمَلٰٓىٕكَةُ طَیِّبِیْنَۙ-یَقُوْلُوْنَ سَلٰمٌ عَلَیْكُمُۙ-ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ(۳۲)
When the angels receive the souls of those who are blameless they will say: "Peace on you. Enter Paradise as recompense for what you did."
whom the angels take while they are goodly, saying, 'Peace be on you! Enter Paradise for that you were doing.'
هَلْ یَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ تَاْتِیَهُمُ الْمَلٰٓىٕكَةُ اَوْ یَاْتِیَ اَمْرُ رَبِّكَؕ-كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْؕ-وَ مَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَ لٰكِنْ كَانُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ یَظْلِمُوْنَ(۳۳)
What! Do the (unbelievers) expect that the angels should descend, or the sentence of your Lord come to pass? So had the people done before them; yet God did not wrong them, they wronged themselves.
Do they look for aught but that the angels shall come to them, or thy Lord's command shall come? So did those before them, and God wronged them not, but themselves they wronged.
فَاَصَابَهُمْ سَیِّاٰتُ مَا عَمِلُوْا وَ حَاقَ بِهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ۠(۳۴)
The evil they perpetrated overtook them, and what they mocked has turned upon them.
So the evil things that they wrought. smote them, and they were encompassed by that they mocked at.
وَ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ اَشْرَكُوْا لَوْ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ شَیْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَ لَاۤ اٰبَآؤُنَا وَ لَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ شَیْءٍؕ-كَذٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۚ-فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ اِلَّا الْبَلٰغُ الْمُبِیْنُ(۳۵)
The idolaters say: "If God had willed we would not have worshipped anything apart from Him, nor would our fathers have done, nor would we have forbidden any thing without His (leave)." So had the people done before them. Therefore it is binding on the prophets to convey the message in clearest terms.
The idolators say, 'If God had willed we would not have served; apart from Him, anything, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden, apart from Him, anything.' So did those before them; yet is aught for the Messengers, but to deliver the manifest Message?
وَ لَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِیْ كُلِّ اُمَّةٍ رَّسُوْلًا اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوْتَۚ-فَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ هَدَى اللّٰهُ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَیْهِ الضَّلٰلَةُؕ-فَسِیْرُوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوْا كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِیْنَ(۳۶)
To every community We have sent an apostle. (saying:) "Worship God, and keep away from all other deities." Thus some of them were guided by God, and ruin was justified on some. Travel over the earth and see what befell those who accused (the apostles) of lies.
Indeed, We sent forth among every nation a Messenger,; saying: 'Serve you God, and eschew idols.' Then some. of them God guided, and some were justly disposed to error. So journey in the land, and behold how was the end of them that cried lies.
اِنْ تَحْرِصْ عَلٰى هُدٰىهُمْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یَهْدِیْ مَنْ یُّضِلُّ وَ مَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ نّٰصِرِیْنَ(۳۷)
Even if you are eager to guide them, God does not surely guide those who have gone astray: They will have no one to help them.
Though thou art ever so eager to guide them, God guides not those whom He leads astray; they have no helpers.
وَ اَقْسَمُوْا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ اَیْمَانِهِمْۙ-لَا یَبْعَثُ اللّٰهُ مَنْ یَّمُوْتُؕ-بَلٰى وَعْدًا عَلَیْهِ حَقًّا وَّ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَۙ(۳۸)
They swear emphatically in the name of God that God will not raise the dead. On the contrary, it is a promise incumbent on Him, though most men do not understand,
have sworn by God the most earnest oaths God will never raise up him who dies; nay, it is a promise binding upon Him, but most men know not,
لِیُبَیِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِیْ یَخْتَلِفُوْنَ فِیْهِ وَ لِیَعْلَمَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْۤا اَنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا كٰذِبِیْنَ(۳۹)
For (they fear) He might make what they differed about plain to them, and that the infidels may realise that they were liars.
so that He may make clear to them that whereon they were at variance, and that the unbelievers may know that they were truly liars.
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