Surah Hud Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

11:81

قَالُوْا یٰلُوْطُ اِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ یَّصِلُوْۤا اِلَیْكَ فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ الَّیْلِ وَ لَا یَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَكَؕ-اِنَّهٗ مُصِیْبُهَا مَاۤ اَصَابَهُمْؕ-اِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُؕ-اَلَیْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَرِیْبٍ(۸۱)

(The angels) said: "O Lot, we have verily been sent by your Lord. They will never be able to harm you. So, leave late at night with your family, and none of you should turn back to look; but your wife will suffer (the fate) they are going to suffer. Their hour of doom is in the morning: Is not the morning nigh?"

They said, 'Lot, we are messengers of thy Lord. They shall not reach thee; so set forth, thou with thy family, in a watch of the night, and let not any one of you turn round, excepting thy wife; surely she shall be smitten by that which smites them. Their promised time is the morning; is the morning not nigh?'

11:82

فَلَمَّا جَآءَ اَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِیَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَ اَمْطَرْنَا عَلَیْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّنْ سِجِّیْلٍ ﳔ مَّنْضُوْدٍۙ(۸۲)

So when the decreed moment arrived, We turned the habitations upside down, and rained upon them stones of hardened lava in quick succession,

So when Our command came, We turned it uppermost nethermost, and rained on it stones of baked clay, one on another,

11:83

مُّسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَؕ-وَ مَا هِیَ مِنَ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ بِبَعِیْدٍ۠(۸۳)

Impressed with (the signs) of your Lord. And such (punishment) is not far for the (other) transgressers.

marked with thy Lord, and never far from the evildoers.

11:84

وَ اِلٰى مَدْیَنَ اَخَاهُمْ شُعَیْبًاؕ-قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ اِلٰهٍ غَیْرُهٗؕ-وَ لَا تَنْقُصُوا الْمِكْیَالَ وَ الْمِیْزَانَ اِنِّیْۤ اَرٰىكُمْ بِخَیْرٍ وَّ اِنِّیْۤ اَخَافُ عَلَیْكُمْ عَذَابَ یَوْمٍ مُّحِیْطٍ(۸۴)

We sent to Midian their brother Shu´aib. He said: "O my people, worship God; you have no other god but He. So do not give in short measure nor underweigh. I see you are prosperous, but I fear the doom of an overwhelming Day for you.

And to Midian their brother Shuaib; he said, 'O my people, serve God! You have no god other than He. And diminish not the measure and the balance. I see you are prospering; and I fear for you the chastisement of an encompassing day.

11:85

وَ یٰقَوْمِ اَوْفُوا الْمِكْیَالَ وَ الْمِیْزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَ لَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ اَشْیَآءَهُمْ وَ لَا تَعْثَوْا فِی الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِدِیْنَ(۸۵)

So, O my people, weigh and measure with justness, and do not withhold things due to men, and do not spread corruption in the land, despoiling it.

O my people, fill up the measure and the balance justly, and do not diminish the goods of the people, and do not mischief in the land, working corruption.

11:86

بَقِیَّتُ اللّٰهِ خَیْرٌ لَّكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ ﳛ وَ مَاۤ اَنَا عَلَیْكُمْ بِحَفِیْظٍ(۸۶)

That which is left to you by God is better, if you are true believers; yet I am not a warden over you."

God's remainder is better for you, if you are believers. And I am not a guardian over you.

11:87

قَالُوْا یٰشُعَیْبُ اَصَلٰوتُكَ تَاْمُرُكَ اَنْ نَّتْرُكَ مَا یَعْبُدُ اٰبَآؤُنَاۤ اَوْ اَنْ نَّفْعَلَ فِیْۤ اَمْوَالِنَا مَا نَشٰٓؤُاؕ-اِنَّكَ لَاَنْتَ الْحَلِیْمُ الرَّشِیْدُ(۸۷)

They said: "O Shu´aib, does your piety teach that we should abandon what our fathers worshipped, or desist from doing what we like with our goods? How gracious a man of discernment you are indeed!"

They said, 'Shuaib, does thy prayer command thee that we should leave that our fathers served, or to do as we will with our goods? Thou art the clement one, the right-minded.'

11:88

قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اَرَءَیْتُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُ عَلٰى بَیِّنَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّیْ وَ رَزَقَنِیْ مِنْهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًاؕ-وَ مَاۤ اُرِیْدُ اَنْ اُخَالِفَكُمْ اِلٰى مَاۤ اَنْهٰىكُمْ عَنْهُؕ-اِنْ اُرِیْدُ اِلَّا الْاِصْلَاحَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُؕ-وَ مَا تَوْفِیْقِیْۤ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِؕ-عَلَیْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ اِلَیْهِ اُنِیْبُ(۸۸)

He said: "O my people, think. I have a clear sign from my Lord, who has also given me a goodly provision, and I do not wish for myself what I forbid you: I only wish to reform you as best I can. My success is from God alone. In Him I have placed my trust, and to Him I turn.

He said, 'O my people, what think you? If I stand upon a clear sign from my Lord, and He has provided me with fair provision from Him -- and I desire not to come behind you, betaking me to that I forbid you; I desire only to set things right, so far as I am able. My succour is only with God; in Him I have put my trust, and to Him I turn, penitent.

11:89

وَ یٰقَوْمِ لَا یَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِیْۤ اَنْ یُّصِیْبَكُمْ مِّثْلُ مَاۤ اَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوْحٍ اَوْ قَوْمَ هُوْدٍ اَوْ قَوْمَ صٰلِحٍؕ-وَ مَا قَوْمُ لُوْطٍ مِّنْكُمْ بِبَعِیْدٍ(۸۹)

"O my people (I fear) lest your opposition to me should bring you the like of what befell the people of Noah or Hud or Saleh; and the people of Lot are not distant from you.

O my people, let not the breach with me move you, so that there smite you the like of what smote the people of Noah, or the people of Hood, or the people of Salih; and the people of Lot are not far away from you.

11:90

وَ اسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوْبُوْۤا اِلَیْهِؕ-اِنَّ رَبِّیْ رَحِیْمٌ وَّدُوْدٌ(۹۰)

"Beg your Lord to forgive you, and turn to Him. Indeed my Lord is compassionate and loving."

And ask forgiveness of your Lord, then repent to Him; surely my Lord is All-compassionate, All-loving.'

11:91

قَالُوْا یٰشُعَیْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِیْرًا مِّمَّا تَقُوْلُ وَ اِنَّا لَنَرٰىكَ فِیْنَا ضَعِیْفًاۚ-وَ لَوْ لَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنٰكَ٘-وَ مَاۤ اَنْتَ عَلَیْنَا بِعَزِیْزٍ(۹۱)

They said: "O Shu´aib, much of what you say is meaningless to us, and then (for sure) you are powerless among us. But for your clan we would have stoned you to death. You have no power over us.

They said, 'Shuaib, we do not understand much of what thou sayest. Truly we see thee weak among us; but for thy tribe we would have stoned thee; for thou art not strong against us.

11:92

قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اَرَهْطِیْۤ اَعَزُّ عَلَیْكُمْ مِّنَ اللّٰهِؕ-وَ اتَّخَذْتُمُوْهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِیًّاؕ-اِنَّ رَبِّیْ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ مُحِیْطٌ(۹۲)

He said: "My clan seems mightier to you than God whom you neglect and push behind your backs. Surely what you do is within the power of my Lord.

He said, 'O my people, is my tribe stronger against you than God? And Him -- have you taken Him as something to be thrust behind you? My Lord encompasses the things you do.

11:93

وَ یٰقَوْمِ اعْمَلُوْا عَلٰى مَكَانَتِكُمْ اِنِّیْ عَامِلٌؕ-سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُوْنَۙ-مَنْ یَّاْتِیْهِ عَذَابٌ یُّخْزِیْهِ وَ مَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌؕ-وَ ارْتَقِبُوْۤا اِنِّیْ مَعَكُمْ رَقِیْبٌ(۹۳)

Do on your part what you can, O people, I will do what I will. You will come to know who suffers the punishment that would put him to shame, and who is the liar. So watch; I am watching with you."

O my people, act according to your station; I am acting; and certainly you will know to whom will come the chastisement degrading him, and who is a liar. And be upon the watch; I shall be with you, watching.'

11:94

وَ لَمَّا جَآءَ اَمْرُنَا نَجَّیْنَا شُعَیْبًا وَّ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مَعَهٗ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَ اَخَذَتِ الَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّیْحَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوْا فِیْ دِیَارِهِمْ جٰثِمِیْنَۙ(۹۴)

And when Our word came to pass, We rescued Shu´aib and those who believed, with him, by Our grace, but those who were wicked were seized by a punishment from heaven, and lay overturned in their homes in the morning.

And when Our command came, We delivered Shuaib and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us, and the evildoers were seized by the Cry, and morning found them in their habitations fallen prostrate

11:95

كَاَنْ لَّمْ یَغْنَوْا فِیْهَاؕ-اَلَا بُعْدًا لِّمَدْیَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُوْدُ۠(۹۵)

As though they had not dwelt there at all. Beware! Condemmed were the people of Midian as those of Thamud had been before them!

as if they had never dwelt there: 'So away with Midian, even as Thamood was done away!'

11:96

وَ لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوْسٰى بِاٰیٰتِنَا وَ سُلْطٰنٍ مُّبِیْنٍۙ(۹۶)

We sent Moses with Our signs and full authority

And We sent Moses with Our signs, and a manifest authority,

11:97

اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَ مَلَاۡىٕهٖ فَاتَّبَعُوْۤا اَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَۚ-وَ مَاۤ اَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِیْدٍ(۹۷)

To the Pharaoh and his nobles, but they followed the bidding of Pharaoh, though the bidding of Pharaoh was unrightful.

to Pharaoh and his Council; but they followed Pharaoh's command, and Pharaoh's command was not right-minded.

11:98

یَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهٗ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ فَاَوْرَدَهُمُ النَّارَؕ-وَ بِئْسَ الْوِرْدُ الْمَوْرُوْدُ(۹۸)

He shall be at the head of his people on the Day of Resurrection, and drive them into Hell like cattle driven to water -- what an evil watering-place to reach!

He shall go before his people on the Day of Resurrection, and will have led them down to the Fire-evil the watering-place to be led down to!

11:99

وَ اُتْبِعُوْا فِیْ هٰذِهٖ لَعْنَةً وَّ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِؕ-بِئْسَ الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُوْدُ(۹۹)

Damned will they be in this world, and on the Day of Doom how evil the gift that they will receive!

And there was sent following after them in this world a curse, and upon the Day of Resurrection -- evil the offering to be offered!

11:100

ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اَنْۢبَآءِ الْقُرٰى نَقُصُّهٗ عَلَیْكَ مِنْهَا قَآىٕمٌ وَّ حَصِیْدٌ(۱۰۰)

These are a few accounts of settlements that We narrate to you. Some still survive, and some have been mowed down.

That is of the tidings of the cities We relate to thee; some of them are standing and some stubble.

11:101

وَ مَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ وَ لٰكِنْ ظَلَمُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فَمَاۤ اَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ اٰلِهَتُهُمُ الَّتِیْ یَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَیْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ اَمْرُ رَبِّكَؕ-وَ مَا زَادُوْهُمْ غَیْرَ تَتْبِیْبٍ(۱۰۱)

We did not wrong them; they wronged themselves. When your Lord´s chastisement descended upon them, their gods, on whom they called apart from God, were not of the least avail, and all they did was only to add to their destruction.

And We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves; their gods availed them not that they called upon, apart from God, anything, when the command of thy Lord came; and they increased them not, save in destruction.

11:102

وَ كَذٰلِكَ اَخْذُ رَبِّكَ اِذَاۤ اَخَذَ الْقُرٰى وَ هِیَ ظَالِمَةٌؕ-اِنَّ اَخْذَهٗۤ اَلِیْمٌ شَدِیْدٌ(۱۰۲)

Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes human settlements in the acts of wickedness. Surely His hold is grievous and terrible.

Such is the seizing of thy Lord, when He seizes the cities that are evildoing; surely His seizing is painful, terrible.

11:103

اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ الْاٰخِرَةِؕ-ذٰلِكَ یَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوْعٌۙ-لَّهُ النَّاسُ وَ ذٰلِكَ یَوْمٌ مَّشْهُوْدٌ(۱۰۳)

In this surely is a sign for him who fears the torment of the Hereafter, the day when mankind will be assembled together, which will be a day when all things would become evident.

Surely in that is a sign for him who fears the chastisement in the world to come; that is a day mankind are to be gathered to, a day to witness,

11:104

وَ مَا نُؤَخِّرُهٗۤ اِلَّا لِاَجَلٍ مَّعْدُوْدٍؕ(۱۰۴)

We are deferring it only for a time ordained.

and We shall not postpone it, save to a term reckoned;

11:105

یَوْمَ یَاْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِهٖۚ-فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِیٌّ وَّ سَعِیْدٌ(۱۰۵)

The day it comes no soul will dare say a word but by His leave; and some will be wretched, some will be blessed.

the day it comes, no soul shall speak save by His leave; some of them shall be wretched and some happy.

11:106

فَاَمَّا الَّذِیْنَ شَقُوْا فَفِی النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِیْهَا زَفِیْرٌ وَّ شَهِیْقٌۙ(۱۰۶)

And those who are doomed, will be in Hell: For them will be sighing and sobbing,

As for the wretched, they shall be in the Fire, wherein there shall be for them moaning and sighing, therein dwelling forever,

11:107

خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمٰوٰتُ وَ الْاَرْضُ اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَؕ-اِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا یُرِیْدُ(۱۰۷)

Where they will dwell so long as heaven and earth endure, unless your Lord will otherwise. Verily your Lord does as He wills.

so long as the heavens and earth abide, save as thy Lord will; surely thy Lord accomplishes what He desires.

11:108

وَ اَمَّا الَّذِیْنَ سُعِدُوْا فَفِی الْجَنَّةِ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمٰوٰتُ وَ الْاَرْضُ اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَؕ-عَطَآءً غَیْرَ مَجْذُوْذٍ(۱۰۸)

Those who are blessed will be in Paradise, where they will dwell so long as heaven and earth survive, unless your Lord wills otherwise: This will be a gift uninterrupted.

And as for the happy, they shall be in Paradise, therein dwelling forever, so long as the heavens and earth abide, save as thy Lord will -- for a gift unbroken.

11:109

فَلَا تَكُ فِیْ مِرْیَةٍ مِّمَّا یَعْبُدُ هٰۤؤُلَآءِؕ-مَا یَعْبُدُوْنَ اِلَّا كَمَا یَعْبُدُ اٰبَآؤُهُمْ مِّنْ قَبْلُؕ-وَ اِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوْهُمْ نَصِیْبَهُمْ غَیْرَ مَنْقُوْصٍ۠(۱۰۹)

So, you should not entertain any doubt about those whom they worship: They only worship what their fathers had worshipped before them. We shall verily give them their meed without diminution.

So be thou not in doubt concerning what these men serve; they serve only as their fathers served before; and We shall surely pay them in full their portion undiminished.

11:110

وَ لَقَدْ اٰتَیْنَا مُوْسَى الْكِتٰبَ فَاخْتُلِفَ فِیْهِؕ-وَ لَوْ لَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِیَ بَیْنَهُمْؕ-وَ اِنَّهُمْ لَفِیْ شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِیْبٍ(۱۱۰)

Verily We gave to Moses the Book, but there was disagreement about it. Had the decree of your Lord (delaying it) not been issued the matter would have been settled between them. They are still suspicious of it and in doubt.

And We gave Moses the Book; and there was difference regarding it, and but for a word that preceded from thy Lord, it had been decided between them; and they are in doubt of it disquieting.

11:111

وَ اِنَّ كُلًّا لَّمَّا لَیُوَفِّیَنَّهُمْ رَبُّكَ اَعْمَالَهُمْؕ-اِنَّهٗ بِمَا یَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِیْرٌ(۱۱۱)

Surely your Lord will reward everyone in accordance with his deeds. He is certainly aware of all they do.

Surely each one of them -- thy Lord will pay them in full for their works; He is aware of the things they do.

11:112

فَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَاۤ اُمِرْتَ وَ مَنْ تَابَ مَعَكَ وَ لَا تَطْغَوْاؕ-اِنَّهٗ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ بَصِیْرٌ(۱۱۲)

So, you and those who turned to God with you, should walk along the straight path as you have been commanded, and do not transgress, for He verily sees whatsoever you do.

So go thou straight, as thou hast been commanded, and whoso repents with thee; and be you not insolent; surely He sees the things you do.

11:113

وَ لَا تَرْكَنُوْۤا اِلَى الَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُۙ-وَ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مِنْ اَوْلِیَآءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُوْنَ(۱۱۳)

Do not lean towards the wicked, or you will be caught in the flames of Hell, and have none to befriend you other than God, nor will you be given help.

And lean not on the evildoers, so that the Fire touches you -- you have no protectors apart from God -- and then you will not be helped.

11:114

وَ اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ طَرَفَیِ النَّهَارِ وَ زُلَفًا مِّنَ الَّیْلِؕ-اِنَّ الْحَسَنٰتِ یُذْهِبْنَ السَّیِّاٰتِؕ-ذٰلِكَ ذِكْرٰى لِلذّٰكِرِیْنَۚ(۱۱۴)

Stand up for the service of prayer at the two ends of day and the first watch of night. Remember that good deeds nullify the bad. This is a reminder for those who are observant.

And perform the prayer at the two ends of the day and nigh of the night; surely the good deeds will drive away the evil deeds. That is a remembrance unto the mindful.

11:115

وَ اصْبِرْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یُضِیْعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ(۱۱۵)

Be steadfast, for verily God does not let the reward of those who are upright and do good to go waste.

And be thou patient; God will not leave to waste the wage of the good-doers.

11:116

فَلَوْ لَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُوْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اُولُوْا بَقِیَّةٍ یَّنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِی الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا مِّمَّنْ اَنْجَیْنَا مِنْهُمْۚ-وَ اتَّبَعَ الَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا مَاۤ اُتْرِفُوْا فِیْهِ وَ كَانُوْا مُجْرِمِیْنَ(۱۱۶)

If only there had been men endued with virtue in the ages before you, who could preserve men from doing evil in the world, other than the few We saved from among them. Those who were wicked followed that which made them dissolute, and became sinners.

Or if there had been, of the generations before you, men of a remainder forbidding corruption in the earth -- except a few of those whom We delivered of them; but the evildoers followed the ease they were given to exult in and became sinners.

11:117

وَ مَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِیُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى بِظُلْمٍ وَّ اَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُوْنَ(۱۱۷)

Your Lord would not surely destroy unjustly human habitations so long as the people are righteous.

Yet thy Lord would never destroy the cities unjustly, while as yet their people were putting things right.

11:118

وَ لَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةً وَّ لَا یَزَالُوْنَ مُخْتَلِفِیْنَۙ(۱۱۸)

But if your Lord had pleased He could have made all human beings into one community of belief. But they would still have differed from one another,

Had thy Lord willed, He would have made mankind one nation; but they continue in their differences

11:119

اِلَّا مَنْ رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَؕ-وَ لِذٰلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْؕ-وَ تَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَاَمْلَــٴَـنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَ النَّاسِ اَجْمَعِیْنَ(۱۱۹)

Except those on whom your Lord had mercy for which He has created them. But fulfilled shall be the word of your Lord. "I will fill up Hell with jinns and men."

excepting those on whom thy Lord has mercy. To that end He created them, and perfectly is fulfilled the word of thy Lord: 'I shall assuredly fill Gehenna with jinn and men all together.'

11:120

وَ كُلًّا نَّقُصُّ عَلَیْكَ مِنْ اَنْۢبَآءِ الرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهٖ فُؤَادَكَۚ-وَ جَآءَكَ فِیْ هٰذِهِ الْحَقُّ وَ مَوْعِظَةٌ وَّ ذِكْرٰى لِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ(۱۲۰)

The histories of apostles that We relate to you are (meant) to strengthen your heart. Through them has the truth come to you, and guidance, and reminder to those who believe.

And all that We relate to thee of the tidings of the Messengers is that whereby We strengthen thy heart; in these there has come to thee the truth and an admonition, and a reminder to the believers.