Surah An-Naml Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

27:41

قَالَ نَكِّرُوْا لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنْظُرْ اَتَهْتَدِیْۤ اَمْ تَكُوْنُ مِنَ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یَهْتَدُوْنَ(۴۱)

(Turning to his nobles) he said: "Change the appearance of her throne. Let us see if she is rightly guided, or is not guided at all."

He said, 'Disguise her throne for her, and we shall behold whether she is guided or if she is of those that are not guided.'

27:42

فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِیْلَ اَهٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِؕ-قَالَتْ كَاَنَّهٗ هُوَۚ-وَ اُوْتِیْنَا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِهَا وَ كُنَّا مُسْلِمِیْنَ(۴۲)

When she arrived, they asked her: "Is your throne like this?" She said: "As though this is it. We had come to have knowledge and already submitted."

So, when she came, it was said, 'Is thy throne like this?' She said, 'It seems the same.' 'And we were given the knowledge before her, and we were in surrender,

27:43

وَ صَدَّهَا مَا كَانَتْ تَّعْبُدُ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِؕ-اِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِنْ قَوْمٍ كٰفِرِیْنَ(۴۳)

She was (in fact) turned away by what she worshipped other than God, for she came of an unbelieving people.

but that she served, apart from God, barred her, for she was of a people of unbelievers.'

27:44

قِیْلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِی الصَّرْحَۚ-فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَّ كَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَیْهَاؕ-قَالَ اِنَّهٗ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّنْ قَوَارِیْرَ۬ؕ-قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنِّیْ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِیْ وَ اَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَیْمٰنَ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ۠(۴۴)

She was invited to enter the court. When she saw it, she took it for a sheet of water, and (pulling up her skirts) uncovered her legs. (Solomon) told her: "This is paved with tiles of glass." "O Lord," she said, "I have wronged myself, and I submit to the Lord of all the worlds with Solomon."

It was said to her, 'Enter the pavilion.' But when she saw it, she supposed it was a spreading water, and she bared her legs. He said, 'It is a pavilion smoothed of crystal. She said, 'My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I surrender with Solomon to God, the Lord of all Being.'

27:45

وَ لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَاۤ اِلٰى ثَمُوْدَ اَخَاهُمْ صٰلِحًا اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ فَاِذَا هُمْ فَرِیْقٰنِ یَخْتَصِمُوْنَ(۴۵)

We sent to Thamud their brother Saleh (who said): "Worship God." But they were divided into two groups disputing with one another.

And We sent to Thamood their brother Salih: 'Serve you God!' And behold, they were two parties, that were disputing one with another.

27:46

قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ بِالسَّیِّئَةِ قَبْلَ الْحَسَنَةِۚ-لَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرُوْنَ اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُوْنَ(۴۶)

(Saleh) said: "O people, why do you wish to hasten evil rather than good? Why not ask for God´s forgiveness? You may well be forgiven."

He said, 'O my people, why do you seek to hasten evil before good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of God? Haply so you will find mercy.'

27:47

قَالُوا اطَّیَّرْنَا بِكَ وَ بِمَنْ مَّعَكَؕ-قَالَ طٰٓىٕرُكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تُفْتَنُوْنَ(۴۷)

They said: "You betoken evil, and those with you." (Saleh) replied: "The evil you presage can only come from God. In reality you are a people under trial (for your own inauspiciousness)."

They said, 'We augur ill of thee and of those that are with thee.' He said, 'Your augury is with God; nay, but you are a people being proved.'

27:48

وَ كَانَ فِی الْمَدِیْنَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ یُّفْسِدُوْنَ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ لَا یُصْلِحُوْنَ(۴۸)

There were in that city nine persons who spread disorder in the land, and did not reform.

Now in the city there were nine persons who did corruption in the land, and put not things right;

27:49

قَالُوْا تَقَاسَمُوْا بِاللّٰهِ لَنُبَیِّتَنَّهٗ وَ اَهْلَهٗ ثُمَّ لَنَقُوْلَنَّ لِوَلِیِّهٖ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ اَهْلِهٖ وَ اِنَّا لَصٰدِقُوْنَ(۴۹)

They said: "Let us swear by God that we will attack Saleh and his family at night, and later tell his heirs: ´We did not see his family destroyed, and we speak the truth.´"

they said, 'Swear you, one to another, by God, "We will attack him and his family by night, then we will tell his protector, We were not witnesses of the destruction of his family; and assuredly we are truthful men."'

27:50

وَ مَكَرُوْا مَكْرًا وَّ مَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَّ هُمْ لَا یَشْعُرُوْنَ(۵۰)

They hatched up the plot; We also planned without their knowledge.

And they devised a device, and We likewise devised a device, while they were not aware;

27:51

فَانْظُرْ كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْۙ-اَنَّا دَمَّرْنٰهُمْ وَ قَوْمَهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ(۵۱)

Now see the end of their machinations: We destroyed them and their entire people.

and behold, how was the end of their device! For We destroyed them and their people all together.

27:52

فَتِلْكَ بُیُوْتُهُمْ خَاوِیَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوْاؕ-اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّقَوْمٍ یَّعْلَمُوْنَ(۵۲)

So these their habitations lie deserted now because of their iniquities. Verily there is a sign in this for those who understand.

Those are their houses, all fallen down because of the evil they committed; surely in that is a sign for a people who have knowledge.

27:53

وَ اَنْجَیْنَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ كَانُوْا یَتَّقُوْنَ(۵۳)

We deliver those who believe and take heed for themselves.

And We delivered those who believed and were godfearing.

27:54

وَ لُوْطًا اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهٖۤ اَتَاْتُوْنَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَ اَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُوْنَ(۵۴)

(Remember) Lot, when he said to his people: "Why do you indulge in obscenities when you know (it is evil)?

And Lot, when he said to his people, 'What, do you commit indecency with your eyes open?

27:55

اَىٕنَّكُمْ لَتَاْتُوْنَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّنْ دُوْنِ النِّسَآءِؕ-بَلْ اَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُوْنَ(۵۵)

You lust after men in place of women. You are indeed a stolid people."

What, do you approach men lustfully instead of women? No, you are a people that are ignorant.'

27:56

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهٖۤ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ قَالُوْۤا اَخْرِجُوْۤا اٰلَ لُوْطٍ مِّنْ قَرْیَتِكُمْۚ-اِنَّهُمْ اُنَاسٌ یَّتَطَهَّرُوْنَ(۵۶)

His people had no answer except saying: "Expel the family of Lot from your city. They are a people who would (rather) be pure!"

And the only answer of his people was that they said, 'Expel the folk of Lot from your city; they are men that keep themselves clean!'

27:57

فَاَنْجَیْنٰهُ وَ اَهْلَهٗۤ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَهٗ٘-قَدَّرْنٰهَا مِنَ الْغٰبِرِیْنَ(۵۷)

So We saved him and his family except his wife who was destined to stay behind.

So We delivered him and his family, except his wife; We decreed she should be of those that tarried.

27:58

وَ اَمْطَرْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ مَّطَرًاۚ-فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِیْنَ۠(۵۸)

And We rained down on them a shower (of stones). How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned (but warned in vain)!

And We rained on them a rain; and evil indeed is the rain of them that are warned.

27:59

قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَ سَلٰمٌ عَلٰى عِبَادِهِ الَّذِیْنَ اصْطَفٰىؕ- ﰰللّٰهُ خَیْرٌ اَمَّا یُشْرِكُوْنَؕ(۵۹)

Say: "All praise be to God, and peace on those of His creatures whom He has chosen." Is God better or those they associate with Him --

Say: 'Praise belongs to God, and peace be on His servants whom He has chosen.' What, is God better, or that they associate?

27:60

اَمَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضَ وَ اَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءًۚ-فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا بِهٖ حَدَآىٕقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍۚ-مَا كَانَ لَكُمْ اَنْ تُنْۢبِتُوْا شَجَرَهَاؕ-ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِؕ-بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ یَّعْدِلُوْنَؕ(۶۰)

Who created the heavens and the earth, who sends down water from the sky for you, with which He causes graceful gardens to grow? It was not in your power to make trees germinate. Is there any other god along with God. In fact they are a people who turn away (from the truth).

He who created the heavens and earth, and sent down for you out of heaven water; and We caused to grow therewith gardens full of loveliness whose trees you could never grow. Is there a god with God? Nay, but they are a people who assign to Him equals!

27:61

اَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْاَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَّ جَعَلَ خِلٰلَهَاۤ اَنْهٰرًا وَّ جَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِیَ وَ جَعَلَ بَیْنَ الْبَحْرَیْنِ حَاجِزًاؕ-ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِؕ-بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَؕ(۶۱)

Who then made the earth a habitable place, and made the rivers (flow) in its valleys and dales, and placed upon it firm stabilisers, and kept a barrier between two bodies of water? Is there any other god along with God? In reality most of them do not know.

He who made the earth a fixed place and set amidst it rivers and appointed for it firm mountains and placed a partition between the two seas. Is there a god with God? Nay, but the most of them have no knowledge.

27:62

اَمَّنْ یُّجِیْبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ اِذَا دَعَاهُ وَ یَكْشِفُ السُّوْٓءَ وَ یَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ الْاَرْضِؕ-ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِؕ-قَلِیْلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوْنَؕ(۶۲)

Who hears the cry of the anguished (soul) when it calls to Him, and relieves its suffering? And who made you trustees on the earth? Is there any other god along with God? How little it is that you reflect!

He who answers the constrained, when he calls unto Him, and removes the evil and appoints you to be successors in the earth. Is there a god with God? Little indeed do you remember.

27:63

اَمَّنْ یَّهْدِیْكُمْ فِیْ ظُلُمٰتِ الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ وَ مَنْ یُّرْسِلُ الرِّیٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَیْنَ یَدَیْ رَحْمَتِهٖؕ-ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِؕ-تَعٰلَى اللّٰهُ عَمَّا یُشْرِكُوْنَؕ(۶۳)

Who then really shows you the way in the darkness of the desert and the sea? And who sends breezes bringing news of His benevolence? Is there any other god along with God? He is far too exalted for what they associate with Him!

He who guides you in the shadows of the land and the sea and looses the winds, bearing good tidings before His mercy. Is there a god with God? High exalted be God, above that which they associate!

27:64

اَمَّنْ یَّبْدَؤُا الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ یُعِیْدُهٗ وَ مَنْ یَّرْزُقُكُمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَ الْاَرْضِؕ-ءَاِلٰهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِؕ-قُلْ هَاتُوْا بُرْهَانَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ(۶۴)

Who creates first then reverts it? And who gives you provision from the heavens and the earth? Is there any other god along with God? Tell them: "Bring your proof, if you are truthful."

Who originates creation, then brings it back again, and provides you out of heaven and earth. Is there a god with God? Say: 'Produce your proof, if you speak truly.'

27:65

قُلْ لَّا یَعْلَمُ مَنْ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ الْغَیْبَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُؕ-وَ مَا یَشْعُرُوْنَ اَیَّانَ یُبْعَثُوْنَ(۶۵)

Say: "No one in the heavens and the earth has knowledge of the unknown except God, nor can they know when they will be raised again.

Say: 'None knows the Unseen in the heavens and earth except God. And they are not aware when they shall be raised;

27:66

بَلِ ادّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِی الْاٰخِرَةِ ﱄ بَلْ هُمْ فِیْ شَكٍّ مِّنْهَا-بَلْ هُمْ مِّنْهَا عَمُوْنَ۠(۶۶)

Still less do they comprehend the life to come. In fact they are in doubt about it. Still more, they are blind to it."

nay, but their knowledge fails as to the Hereafter; nay, they are in doubt of it; nay, they are blind to it.

27:67

وَ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْۤا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا تُرٰبًا وَّ اٰبَآؤُنَاۤ اَىٕنَّا لَمُخْرَجُوْنَ(۶۷)

Those who do not believe, say: "When we and our fathers have turned to dust, how shall we be raised again?

The unbelievers say, 'What, when we are dust, and our fathers, shall we indeed be brought forth?

27:68

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هٰذَا نَحْنُ وَ اٰبَآؤُنَا مِنْ قَبْلُۙ-اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اَسَاطِیْرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ(۶۸)

Indeed we and our fathers had been promised this before. It is nothing but the earlier people´s lore."

We have been promised this, and our fathers before; this is naught but the fairy-tales of the ancients.'

27:69

قُلْ سِیْرُوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوْا كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ(۶۹)

Say: "Travel in the land and see how (bad) was the end of sinners."

Say: 'Journey in the land, then behold how was the end of the sinners.'

27:70

وَ لَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَیْهِمْ وَ لَا تَكُنْ فِیْ ضَیْقٍ مِّمَّا یَمْكُرُوْنَ(۷۰)

Do not grieve over them, and do not be distressed by what they contrive.

Do not sorrow for them, nor be thou straitened for what they devise.

27:71

وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ(۷۱)

Yet they say: "When will this promise come to pass? (Tell Us) if you speak the truth."

They say, 'When shall this promise come to pass, if you speak the truth?'

27:72

قُلْ عَسٰۤى اَنْ یَّكُوْنَ رَدِفَ لَكُمْ بَعْضُ الَّذِیْ تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ(۷۲)

Say: "Perhaps some of what you wish to hasten is right behind you."

Say: 'It may be that riding behind you already is some part of that you seek to hasten on.

27:73

وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُوْ فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا یَشْكُرُوْنَ(۷۳)

Verily your Lord is gracious to men, though most men are ungrateful.

Surely thy Lord is bountiful to men; but most of them are not thankful.

27:74

وَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَیَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُوْرُهُمْ وَ مَا یُعْلِنُوْنَ(۷۴)

Verily your Lord knows what lies hidden in their breasts and what they disclose.

Surely thy Lord knows what their hearts conceal, and what they publish.

27:75

وَ مَا مِنْ غَآىٕبَةٍ فِی السَّمَآءِ وَ الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا فِیْ كِتٰبٍ مُّبِیْنٍ(۷۵)

There is nothing of the hidden in the heavens and the earth that is not recorded in the luminous Book.

And not a thing is there hidden in heaven and earth but it is in a Manifest Book.

27:76

اِنَّ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ یَقُصُّ عَلٰى بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ اَكْثَرَ الَّذِیْ هُمْ فِیْهِ یَخْتَلِفُوْنَ(۷۶)

Indeed this Qur´an explains to the children of Israel much of what they are at variance.

Surely this Koran relates to the Children of Israel most of that concerning which they are at variance;

27:77

وَ اِنَّهٗ لَهُدًى وَّ رَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ(۷۷)

It is a guidance and grace for those who believe.

it is a guidance, and a mercy unto the believers.

27:78

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ یَقْضِیْ بَیْنَهُمْ بِحُكْمِهٖ ۙۚ-وَ هُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْعَلِیْمُ ﳐ (۷۸)

Surely your Lord in His wisdom will decide between them. He is all-mighty and all-knowing.

Surely thy Lord will decide between them by His Judgment; He is the All-mighty, the All-knowing.

27:79

فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِؕ-اِنَّكَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ الْمُبِیْنِ(۷۹)

So you place your trust in God. Certainly you stand on positive truth.

So put thy trust in God; thou art upon the manifest truth.

27:80

اِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتٰى وَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَآءَ اِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِیْنَ(۸۰)

You cannot make the dead to listen, or the deaf to hear the call, when they have turned their backs,

Thou shalt not make the dead to hear, neither shalt thou make the deaf to hear the call when they turn about, retreating.