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Surah az-Zukhruf
اَلزُّخْرُف
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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
اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهُ قُرْءٰنًا عَرَبِیًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَۚ(۳)
That We made it a distinctly lucid Qur´an that you may understand.
behold, We have made it an Arabic Koran; haply you will understand;
وَ اِنَّهٗ فِیْۤ اُمِّ الْكِتٰبِ لَدَیْنَا لَعَلِیٌّ حَكِیْمٌؕ(۴)
It is inscribed in the original Book (of Books) with Us, sublime, dispenser of (all) laws.
and behold, it is in the Essence of the Book, with Us; sublime indeed, wise.
اَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنْكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا اَنْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِیْنَ(۵)
Should We have withdrawn the Reminder from you as you are a people who exceed the bounds?
Shall We turn away the Remembrance from you, for that you are a prodigal people?
وَ كَمْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ نَّبِیٍّ فِی الْاَوَّلِیْنَ(۶)
Many a prophet had We sent to the earlier communities,
How many a Prophet We sent among the ancients,
وَ مَا یَاْتِیْهِمْ مِّنْ نَّبِیٍّ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ(۷)
But never did a prophet come at whom they did not scoff.
but not a Prophet came to them, without they mocked at him;
فَاَهْلَكْنَاۤ اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَّ مَضٰى مَثَلُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ(۸)
So We destroyed far more powerful (nations) than they. The example of earlier people is there.
so We destroyed men stronger in valour than they, and the example of the ancients passed away.
وَ لَىٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضَ لَیَقُوْلُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِیْزُ الْعَلِیْمُۙ(۹)
If you ask them: "Who created the heavens and the earth?" they will answer: "The Mighty and All-knowing created them,"
If thou askest them, 'Who created the heavens and earth?' they will say, 'The All-mighty, the All-knowing created them.'
الَّذِیْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَّ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِیْهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُوْنَۚ(۱۰)
He who made the earth a bed for you, and laid out tracks upon it so that you may find the way;
He who appointed the earth to be a cradle for you, and appointed ways for you therein, that haply you may be guided;
وَ الَّذِیْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍۚ-فَاَنْشَرْنَا بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَّیْتًاۚ-كَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُوْنَ(۱۱)
Who sent down water in due measure from the sky, then quickened a region that was dead -- So shall We bring you forth --
and who sent down out of heaven water in measure; and We revived thereby a land that was dead; even so you shall be brought forth;
وَ الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ الْاَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الْفُلْكِ وَ الْاَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُوْنَۙ(۱۲)
He who created pairs of everything, and fashioned for you boats and beasts on which you ride,
and who created the pairs, all of them, and appointed for you ships and cattle such as you ride,
لِتَسْتَوٗا عَلٰى ظُهُوْرِهٖ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوْا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ اِذَا اسْتَوَیْتُمْ عَلَیْهِ وَ تَقُوْلُوْا سُبْحٰنَ الَّذِیْ سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَ مَا كُنَّا لَهٗ مُقْرِنِیْنَۙ(۱۳)
So that when you sit astride of them and think of the bounties of your Lord, you may say: "All glory to Him who subjugated these for us. We were incapable of doing so.
that you may be seated on their backs and then remember your Lord's blessing when you are seated on them, and say, 'Glory be to Him, who has subjected this to us, and we ourselves were not equal to it;
surely unto our Lord we are turning.'
وَ جَعَلُوْا لَهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ جُزْءًاؕ-اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُوْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌؕ۠(۱۵)
Yet they make some of His creatures His offspring! Man is surely most ungrateful.
Yet they have assigned to Him a part of His own servants! Man is dearly unthankful.
اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمَّا یَخْلُقُ بَنٰتٍ وَّ اَصْفٰىكُمْ بِالْبَنِیْنَ(۱۶)
Or has He taken from those He has created daughters for Himself, and assigned sons to you?
Or has He taken to Himself, from that He creates, daughters, and favoured you with sons?
وَ اِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهٗ مُسْوَدًّا وَّ هُوَ كَظِیْمٌ(۱۷)
Yet when news of (a daughter) they had reserved for Ar-Rahman comes to one of them, his face is blackened (with shame), and he grieves in silence inwardly.
And when any of them is given the good tidings of that he has likened to the All-merciful, his face is darkened, and he chokes inwardly.
اَوَ مَنْ یُّنَشَّؤُا فِی الْحِلْیَةِ وَ هُوَ فِی الْخِصَامِ غَیْرُ مُبِیْنٍ(۱۸)
Can one who has been raised on ornaments and cannot present her case coolly in a dispute (be associated with God?)
What, one who is reared amid ornaments and, when the time of altercation comes, is not to be seen?
وَ جَعَلُوا الْمَلٰٓىٕكَةَ الَّذِیْنَ هُمْ عِبٰدُ الرَّحْمٰنِ اِنَاثًاؕ-اَشَهِدُوْا خَلْقَهُمْؕ-سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَ یُسْــٴَـلُوْنَ(۱۹)
Yet they have made the angels, who are creatures of Ar-Rahman, females. Did they witness their creation? We shall record their testimony, and they will be interrogated.
And they have made the angels, who are themselves servants of the All-merciful, females. What, did they witness their creation? Their witness shall be written down, and they shall be questioned.
وَ قَالُوْا لَوْ شَآءَ الرَّحْمٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنٰهُمْؕ-مَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۗ-اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا یَخْرُصُوْنَؕ(۲۰)
Yet they say: "If Ar-Rahman had so pleased we would not have worshipped them." They have no knowledge of it in the least. They only make up lies.
They say, 'Had the All-merciful so willed, we would not have served them.' They have no knowledge of that; they are only conjecturing.
اَمْ اٰتَیْنٰهُمْ كِتٰبًا مِّنْ قَبْلِهٖ فَهُمْ بِهٖ مُسْتَمْسِكُوْنَ(۲۱)
Did We give them a Scripture before this to which they are holding fast?
Or did We bring them a Book aforetime to which they hold?
بَلْ قَالُوْۤا اِنَّا وَجَدْنَاۤ اٰبَآءَنَا عَلٰۤى اُمَّةٍ وَّ اِنَّا عَلٰۤى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ(۲۲)
In fact they say: "We found our fathers following a certain way, and are guided by their footprints."
Nay, but they say, 'We found our fathers upon a community, and we are guided upon their traces.'
وَ كَذٰلِكَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِیْ قَرْیَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِیْرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَاۤۙ-اِنَّا وَجَدْنَاۤ اٰبَآءَنَا عَلٰۤى اُمَّةٍ وَّ اِنَّا عَلٰۤى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّقْتَدُوْنَ(۲۳)
Thus, We never sent an admonisher to a settlement before you but the decadent among them said. "We found our fathers following this way, and we are walking in their footsteps."
Even so We sent never before thee any warner into any city, except that its men who lived at ease said, 'We indeed found our fathers upon a community, and we are following upon their traces.'
قٰلَ اَوَ لَوْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِاَهْدٰى مِمَّا وَجَدْتُّمْ عَلَیْهِ اٰبَآءَكُمْؕ-قَالُوْۤا اِنَّا بِمَاۤ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ(۲۴)
"Even if I bring you a better guidance," he rejoined, "than the one you found your fathers on?" Still they said: "We do not believe in what you have brought."
Say: 'What, though I should bring you a better guidance than you found your fathers upon?' They say, 'We disbelieve in that you were sent with.'
فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِیْنَ۠(۲۵)
Then We punished them. So look at the fate of those who denied.
So We took vengeance upon them; and behold how was the end of them that cried lies.
وَ اِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهِیْمُ لِاَبِیْهِ وَ قَوْمِهٖۤ اِنَّنِیْ بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُوْنَۙ(۲۶)
When Abraham said to his father and his people: "I am rid of what you worship
And when Abraham said to his father and his people, 'Surely I am quit of that you serve,
اِلَّا الَّذِیْ فَطَرَنِیْ فَاِنَّهٗ سَیَهْدِیْنِ(۲۷)
Other than Him who created me. He will show me the right way."
except Him who originated me; and He will guide me.
وَ جَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةًۢ بَاقِیَةً فِیْ عَقِبِهٖ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَرْجِعُوْنَ(۲۸)
This is the legacy he left to his descendants so that they may turn (to God).
And he made it a word enduring among his posterity; haply so they would return.
بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ وَ اٰبَآءَهُمْ حَتّٰى جَآءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَ رَسُوْلٌ مُّبِیْنٌ(۲۹)
In fact, I allowed them and their fathers to enjoy this life till the truth, and the apostle preaching it lucidly, came to them.
Nay, but I gave these and their fathers enjoyment of days, until the truth came unto them, and a manifest Messenger.
وَ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قَالُوْا هٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَّ اِنَّا بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ(۳۰)
Yet when the truth had come to them, they said: "This is sorcery. We shall never believe in it."
And when the truth came to them, they said, 'This is a sorcery, and in it we are unbelievers.'
وَ قَالُوْا لَوْ لَا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْیَتَیْنِ عَظِیْمٍ(۳۱)
They also said: "Why was this Qur´an not sent down to some great man of the two cities?"
They say, 'Why was this Koran not sent down upon some man of moment in the two cities?'
اَهُمْ یَقْسِمُوْنَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَؕ-نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَیْنَهُمْ مَّعِیْشَتَهُمْ فِی الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا وَ رَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجٰتٍ لِّیَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا سُخْرِیًّاؕ-وَ رَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَیْرٌ مِّمَّا یَجْمَعُوْنَ(۳۲)
Are they the ones who dispense the favour of your Lord? It is He who apportions the means of livelihood among them in this world, and raises some in position over the others to make some others submissive. The favours of your Lord are better than what they amass.
What, is it they who divide the mercy of the Lord? We have divided between them their livelihood in the present life, and raised some of them above others in rank, that some of them may take others in servitude; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than that they amass.
وَ لَوْ لَاۤ اَنْ یَّكُوْنَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ یَّكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُیُوْتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّنْ فِضَّةٍ وَّ مَعَارِجَ عَلَیْهَا یَظْهَرُوْنَۙ(۳۳)
Had it not been that all people would become one community (of unbelievers), We might have given those who disbelieve in Ar-Rahman roofs of silver for their dwellings and (silver) stairs for mounting,
And were it not that mankind would be one nation, We would have appointed for those who disbelieve in the All-merciful roofs of silver to their houses, and stairs whereon to mount,
وَ لِبُیُوْتِهِمْ اَبْوَابًا وَّ سُرُرًا عَلَیْهَا یَتَّكِـُٔوْنَۙ(۳۴)
And doors (of silver) for their houses, (silver) couches for reclining,
and doors to their houses, and couches whereon to recline,
وَ زُخْرُفًاؕ-وَ اِنْ كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَاؕ-وَ الْاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِیْنَ۠(۳۵)
And ornaments of gold. But all this would have been nothing but the vanity of this world. The Hereafter with your Lord is for those who take heed for themselves and follow the straight path.
and ornaments; surely all this is but the enjoyment of the present life, and the world to come with thy Lord is for the godfearing.
وَ مَنْ یَّعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَیِّضْ لَهٗ شَیْطٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهٗ قَرِیْنٌ(۳۶)
We shall attach to him who goes blind to the remembrance of Ar-Rahman a devil as companion, --
Whoso blinds himself to the Remembrance of the All-merciful, to him We assign a Satan for comrade;
وَ اِنَّهُمْ لَیَصُدُّوْنَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِیْلِ وَ یَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ(۳۷)
Surely the (devils) obstruct them from the path, though they think they are rightly guided, --
and they bar them from the way, and they think they are guided,
حَتّٰۤى اِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ یٰلَیْتَ بَیْنِیْ وَ بَیْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَیْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِیْنُ(۳۸)
Until when he comes before Us he will say (to the devil): "Would to God there was a distance of the East and West between you and me, for you were an evil companion!"
till, when he comes to Us, he says, 'Would there had been between me and thee the distance of the two Easts!' An evil comrade!
وَ لَنْ یَّنْفَعَكُمُ الْیَوْمَ اِذْ ظَّلَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ فِی الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُوْنَ(۳۹)
But nothing will avail you on that day, for you were unjust, and you will be partners in the punishment.
It shall not profit you today, since you did evil, that you are partners in the chastisement.
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