Surah 46 of 114
الأحقاف
Al-Ahqaf · The Wind-Curved Sandhills
35 verses · Revealed in Makkah
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بِسْمِ
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46:1
ح
مٓ ١Ha-meem
Ha, Meem.Ali Quli Qarai
Ḥā, Meem.Saheeh International
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46:2
تَ
نز ِيلُٱ لْكِتَٰ بِ مِنَٱ للَّهِٱ لْعَزِيزِٱ لْحَكِي مِ ٢Tanzeelu alkitabi mina AllahialAAazeezi alhakeem
The [gradual] sending down of the Book is from Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise.Ali Quli Qarai
The revelation of the Book is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.Saheeh International
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46:3
مَا خَلَ
قْ نَاٱ ل سَّمَٰ وَٰ تِ وَٱ لْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱ لْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ ۢم ُّسَمًّ ۭى ۚ و َٱ لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَمّ َآ أُنذ ِرُوا۟ مُعْرِضُو نَ ٣Ma khalaqna assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma illabilhaqqi waajalin musamman wallatheenakafaroo AAamma onthiroo muAAridoon
We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them except with consummate wisdom and for a specified term. Yet the faithless are disregardful of what they are warned.Ali Quli Qarai
We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are turning away.Saheeh International
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46:4
قُلْ أَرَءَيْت
ُم م َّا تَدْ عُونَ مِن د ُونِٱ للَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَٱ لْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ ۭف ِىٱ ل سَّمَٰ وَٰ تِ ۖٱ ئْتُونِى بِكِتَٰ بٍ ۢم ِّن ق َبْ لِ هَٰ ذَآ أَوْ أَثَٰ رَةٍ ۢم ِّنْ عِلْمٍ إِن ك ُنت ُمْ صَٰ دِقِي نَ ٤Qul araaytum ma tadAAoona min dooniAllahi aroonee matha khalaqoo mina al-ardiam lahum shirkun fee assamawati eetooneebikitabin min qabli hatha aw atharatin minAAilmin in kuntum sadiqeen
Say, ‘Tell me about those you invoke besides Allah. Show me what [part] of the earth have they created. Do they have any share in the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this, or some vestige of [divine] knowledge, if you are truthful.’Ali Quli Qarai
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allāh? Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this or a [remaining] trace of knowledge, if you should be truthful."Saheeh International
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46:5
وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِ
مّ َن ي َدْ عُوا۟ مِن د ُونِٱ للَّهِ مَن ل َّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِٱ لْقِيَٰ مَةِ وَهُمْ عَن د ُعَا ٓئِهِمْ غَٰ فِلُو نَ ٥Waman adallu mimman yadAAoo min dooniAllahi man la yastajeebu lahu ila yawmialqiyamati wahum AAan duAAa-ihim ghafiloon
Who is more astray than him who invokes besides Allah such [entities] as would not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection, and who are oblivious of their invocation?Ali Quli Qarai
And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allāh those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection [i.e., never], and they, of their invocation, are unaware.Saheeh International
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46:6
وَإِذَا حُشِرَ
ٱ ل نّ َاسُ كَانُوا۟ لَهُمْ أَعْدَا ٓءً ۭو َكَانُوا۟ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَٰ فِرِي نَ ٦Wa-itha hushira annasukanoo lahum aAAdaan wakanoo biAAibadatihimkafireen
When mankind are mustered [on Judgement’s Day] they will be their enemies, and they will disavow their worship.Ali Quli Qarai
And when the people are gathered [that Day], they [who were invoked] will be enemies to them, and they will be deniers of their worship.Saheeh International
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46:7
وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَ
ٰ تُنَا بَيِّنَٰ تٍ ۢق َالَٱ لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمّ َا جَا ٓءَهُمْ هَٰ ذَا سِحْرٌ ۭم ُّبِي نٌ ٧Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin qala allatheena kafaroo lilhaqqilamma jaahum hatha sihrun mubeen
When Our manifest signs are recited to them, the faithless say of the truth when it comes to them: ‘This is plain magic.’Ali Quli Qarai
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is obvious magic."Saheeh International
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46:8
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ
ٱ فْتَرَىٰ هُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِٱ فْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ لِى مِنَٱ للَّهِ شَئًْا ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ ۖ كَفَىٰ بِهِۦ شَهِيدًۢا ب َيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَٱ لْغَفُورُٱ ل رَّحِي مُ ٨Am yaqooloona iftarahu qul iniiftaraytuhu fala tamlikoona lee mina Allahi shay-anhuwa aAAlamu bima tufeedoona feehi kafa bihishaheedan baynee wabaynakum wahuwa alghafooru arraheem
Or they say, ‘He has fabricated it.’ Say, ‘Should I have fabricated it, you would not avail me anything against Allah. He best knows what you gossip concerning it. He suffices as a witness between me and you, and He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful.’Ali Quli Qarai
Or do they say, "He has invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for me [the power of protection] from Allāh at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved. Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful."Saheeh International
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46:9
قُلْ مَا كُ
نت ُ بِدْ عً ۭا م ِّنَٱ ل رُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْ رِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ ۭم ُّبِي نٌۭ ٩Qul ma kuntu bidAAan mina arrusuliwama adree ma yufAAalu bee wala bikum inattabiAAu illa ma yooha ilayya wamaana illa natheerun mubeen
Say, ‘I am not a novelty among the apostles, nor do I know what will be done with me, or with you. I just follow whatever is revealed to me, and I am just a manifest warner.’Ali Quli Qarai
Say, "I am not something new among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."Saheeh International
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46:10
قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِ
ن ك َانَ مِنْ عِند ِٱ للَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُم ب ِهِۦ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ ۭم ِّنۢ ب َنِىٓ إِسْرَٰ ٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ مِثْلِهِۦ فََٔامَنَ وَٱ سْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖ إِنّ َٱ للَّهَ لَا يَهْدِىٱ لْقَوْمَٱ ل ظَّٰ لِمِي نَ ١٠Qul araaytum in kana min AAindi Allahiwakafartum bihi washahida shahidun min banee isra-eelaAAala mithlihi faamana wastakbartum innaAllaha la yahdee alqawma aththalimeen
Say, ‘Tell me, if it is from Allah and you disbelieve in it, and a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to its like and believed [in it], while you are disdainful [of it]?’ Indeed Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.Ali Quli Qarai
Say, "Have you considered: if it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was from Allāh, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you were arrogant...?" Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.Saheeh International
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46:11
وَقَالَ
ٱ لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرً ۭا م َّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ ۚ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَٰ ذَآ إِفْكٌ ۭق َدِي مٌۭ ١١Waqala allatheena kafaroolillatheena amanoo law kana khayran masabaqoona ilayhi wa-ith lam yahtadoo bihifasayaqooloona hatha ifkun qadeem
The faithless say about the faithful, ‘Had it been [anything] good, they would not have taken the lead over us toward [accepting] it.’ And since they could not find the way to it, they will say, ‘It is an ancient lie.’Ali Quli Qarai
And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."Saheeh International
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46:12
وَمِ
ن ق َبْ لِهِۦ كِتَٰ بُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامً ۭا و َرَحْمَةً ۭۚ و َهَٰ ذَا كِتَٰ بٌ ۭم ُّصَدِّقٌ ۭل ِّسَانًا عَرَبِيًّ ۭا ل ِّيُنذ ِرَٱ لَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُحْسِنِي نَ ١٢Wamin qablihi kitabu moosa imamanwarahmatan wahatha kitabun musaddiqunlisanan AAarabiyyan liyunthira allatheena thalamoowabushra lilmuhsineen
Yet before it the Book of Moses was a guide and mercy, and this is a Book in the Arabic language, which confirms it, [sent] to warn the wrongdoers, and is a [bearer of] good news for the virtuous.Ali Quli Qarai
And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.Saheeh International
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46:13
إِ
نّ َٱ لَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَاٱ للَّهُ ثُمّ َٱ سْتَقَٰ مُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُو نَ ١٣Inna allatheena qaloo rabbunaAllahu thumma istaqamoo fala khawfunAAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon
Those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah,’ and then remain steadfast, they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.Ali Quli Qarai
Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allāh," and then remained on a right course - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.Saheeh International
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46:14
أُ
و۟ لَٰٓ ئِكَ أَصْحَٰ بُٱ لْجَنّ َةِ خَٰ لِدِينَ فِيهَا جَزَا ٓءًۢ ب ِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُو نَ ١٤Ola-ika as-habualjannati khalideena feeha jazaan bimakanoo yaAAmaloon
They shall be the inhabitants of paradise, remaining in it [forever]—a reward for what they used to do.Ali Quli Qarai
Those are the companions of Paradise, abiding eternally therein as reward for what they used to do.Saheeh International
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46:15
وَوَصَّيْنَا
ٱ لْإِنس َٰ نَ بِوَٰ لِدَيْهِ إِحْسَٰ نًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمّ ُهُۥ كُرْهً ۭا و َوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهً ۭا ۖ و َحَمْلُهُۥ وَفِصَٰ لُهُۥ ثَلَٰ ثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ۭق َالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَٱ لَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰ لِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَٰ لِحً ۭا ت َرْضَىٰ هُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنّ ِى تُبْ تُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنّ ِى مِنَٱ لْمُسْلِمِي نَ ١٥Wawassayna al-insanabiwalidayhi ihsanan hamalat-hu ommuhukurhan wawadaAAat-hu kurhan wahamluhu wafisaluhuthalathoona shahran hatta ithabalagha ashuddahu wabalagha arbaAAeena sanatan qala rabbiawziAAnee an ashkura niAAmataka allatee anAAamta AAalayya waAAalawalidayya waan aAAmala salihan tardahuwaaslih lee fee thurriyyatee innee tubtuilayka wa-innee mina almuslimeen
We have enjoined man to be kind to his parents. His mother has carried him in travail, and bore him in travail, and his gestation and weaning take thirty months. When he comes of age and reaches forty years, he says, ‘My Lord! Inspire me to give thanks for Your blessing with which You have blessed me and my parents, and that I may do righteous deeds which please You, and invest my descendants with righteousness. Indeed I have turned to you in penitence, and I am one of the Muslims.’Ali Quli Qarai
And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims."Saheeh International
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46:16
أُ
و۟ لَٰٓ ئِكَٱ لَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن س َئَِّاتِهِمْ فِىٓ أَصْحَٰ بِٱ لْجَنّ َةِ ۖ وَعْدَٱ ل صِّدْ قِٱ لَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُو نَ ١٦Ola-ika allatheena nataqabbaluAAanhum ahsana ma AAamiloo wanatajawazu AAansayyi-atihim fee as-habi aljannati waAAda assidqiallathee kanoo yooAAadoon
Such are the ones from whom We accept the best of what they do, and overlook their misdeeds, [who will be] among the inhabitants of paradise—a true promise which they had been given.Ali Quli Qarai
Those are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.Saheeh International
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46:17
وَ
ٱ لَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰ لِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ ۢل َّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِٱ لْقُرُونُ مِن ق َبْ لِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِٱ للَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنّ َ وَعْدَٱ للَّهِ حَقٌّ ۭف َيَقُولُ مَا هَٰ ذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰ طِيرُٱ لْأَوَّلِي نَ ١٧Wallathee qala liwalidayhioffin lakuma ataAAidaninee an okhraja waqad khalatialquroonu min qablee wahuma yastagheethani Allahawaylaka amin inna waAAda Allahi haqqunfayaqoolu ma hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen
As for him who says to his parents, ‘Fie on you! Do you promise me that I shall be raised [from the dead] when generations have passed away before me?’ And they invoke Allah’s help [and say]: ‘Woe to you! Believe! Indeed Allah’s promise is true.’ But he says, ‘These are nothing but myths of the ancients.’Ali Quli Qarai
But one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allāh for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former peoples" -Saheeh International
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46:18
أُ
و۟ لَٰٓ ئِكَٱ لَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُٱ لْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ ۢق َدْ خَلَتْ مِن ق َبْ لِهِم م ِّنَٱ لْجِنّ ِ وَٱ لْإِنس ِ ۖ إِنّ َهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَٰ سِرِي نَ ١٨Ola-ika allatheena haqqaAAalayhimu alqawlu fee umamin qad khalat min qablihim minaaljinni wal-insi innahum kanoo khasireen
Such are the ones against whom the word has become due, along with the nations of jinn and humans that have passed away before them. They were the losers.Ali Quli Qarai
Those are the ones upon whom the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.Saheeh International
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46:19
وَلِكُ
لٍّ ۢد َرَجَٰ تٌ ۭم ِّمّ َا عَمِلُوا۟ ۖ وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أَعْمَٰ لَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُو نَ ١٩Walikullin darajatun mimmaAAamiloo waliyuwaffiyahum aAAmalahum wahum la yuthlamoon
For everyone there are degrees [of merit] pertaining to what he has done: He will recompense them fully for their works, and they will not be wronged.Ali Quli Qarai
And for all there are degrees [of reward and punishment] for what they have done, and [it is] so that He may fully compensate them for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.Saheeh International
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46:20
وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ
ٱ لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَىٱ ل نّ َارِ أَذْهَبْ تُمْ طَيِّبَٰ تِكُمْ فِى حَيَاتِكُمُٱ ل دُّنْيَا وَٱ سْتَمْتَعْتُم ب ِهَا فَٱ لْيَوْمَ تُجْ زَوْنَ عَذَابَٱ لْهُونِ بِمَا كُنت ُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ فِىٱ لْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِٱ لْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنت ُمْ تَفْسُقُو نَ ٢٠Wayawma yuAAradu allatheenakafaroo AAala annari athhabtum tayyibatikumfee hayatikumu addunya wastamtaAAtumbiha falyawma tujzawna AAathaba alhooni bimakuntum tastakbiroona fee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqiwabima kuntum tafsuqoon
The day when the faithless are exposed to the Fire, [they will be told,] ‘You have exhausted your good things in the life of the world and enjoyed them. So today you will be requited with a humiliating punishment for your acting arrogantly in the earth unduly, and because you used to transgress.’Ali Quli Qarai
And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."Saheeh International
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46:21
۞ وَ
ٱ ذْكُرْ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذْ أَنذ َرَ قَوْمَهُۥ بِٱ لْأَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِٱ ل نّ ُذُرُ مِنۢ ب َيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓ ا۟ إِلَّاٱ للَّهَ إِنّ ِىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِي مٍۢ ٢١Wathkur akha AAadinith anthara qawmahu bil-ahqafiwaqad khalati annuthuru min bayni yadayhi waminkhalfihi alla taAAbudoo illa Allaha inneeakhafu AAalaykum AAathaba yawmin AAatheem
And mention [Hud] the brother of ‘Ad, when he warned his people at Ahqaf—and warners have passed away before and after him—saying, ‘Do not worship anyone but Allah. Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’Ali Quli Qarai
And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad, when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."Saheeh International
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46:22
قَال
ُوٓ ا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن ك ُنت َ مِنَٱ ل صَّٰ دِقِي نَ ٢٢Qaloo aji/tana lita/fikanaAAan alihatina fa/tina bima taAAidunain kunta mina assadiqeen
They said, ‘Have you come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring us what you threaten us with, if you are truthful.Ali Quli Qarai
They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."Saheeh International
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46:23
قَالَ إِ
نّ َمَاٱ لْعِلْمُ عِند َٱ للَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم م َّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰ كِنّ ِىٓ أَرَىٰ كُمْ قَوْمً ۭا ت َجْ هَلُو نَ ٢٣Qala innama alAAilmu AAindaAllahi waoballighukum ma orsiltu bihi walakinneearakum qawman tajhaloon
He said, ‘The knowledge [of when that threat will be carried out] is with Allah alone. I communicate to you what I have been sent with. But I see that you are a senseless lot.’Ali Quli Qarai
He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."Saheeh International
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46:24
فَلَ
مّ َا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضً ۭا م ُّسْتَقْ بِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَٰ ذَا عَارِضٌ ۭم ُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ بَلْ هُوَ مَاٱ سْتَعْجَلْتُم ب ِهِۦ ۖ رِيحٌ ۭف ِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِي مٌۭ ٢٤Falamma raawhu AAaridanmustaqbila awdiyatihim qaloo hatha AAaridunmumtiruna bal huwa ma istaAAjaltum bihi reehunfeeha AAathabun aleem
When they saw it as a cloud advancing toward their valleys, they said, ‘This cloud brings us rain.’ ‘No, it is what you sought to hasten: a hurricane carrying a painful punishment,Ali Quli Qarai
And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,Saheeh International
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46:25
تُدَ
مّ ِرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ ب ِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰ كِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰ لِكَ نَجْ زِىٱ لْقَوْمَٱ لْمُجْ رِمِي نَ ٢٥Tudammiru kulla shay-in bi-amri rabbihafaasbahoo la yura illa masakinuhumkathalika najzee alqawma almujrimeen
destroying everything by its Lord’s command.’ So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings. Thus do We requite the guilty lot.Ali Quli Qarai
Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.Saheeh International
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46:26
وَلَقَ
دْ مَكَّنّ َٰ هُمْ فِيمَآ إِن م َّكَّنّ َٰ كُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعً ۭا و َأَبْ صَٰ رً ۭا و َأَفِْٔدَةً ۭف َمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْ صَٰ رُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفِْٔدَتُهُم م ِّن ش َىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْ حَدُونَ بَِٔايَٰ تِٱ للَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم م َّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُو نَ ٢٦Walaqad makkannahum feema inmakkannakum feehi wajaAAalna lahum samAAan waabsaranwaaf-idatan fama aghna AAanhum samAAuhum walaabsaruhum wala af-idatuhum min shay-in ith kanooyajhadoona bi-ayati Allahi wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon
Certainly We had granted them power in respects that We have not granted you, and We had vested them with hearing and sight and hearts. But neither their hearing availed them in any way nor did their sight, nor their hearts when they used to impugn the signs of Allah. So they were besieged by what they used to deride.Ali Quli Qarai
And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.Saheeh International
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46:27
وَلَقَ
دْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم م ِّنَٱ لْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَاٱ لَْٔايَٰ تِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُو نَ ٢٧Walaqad ahlakna ma hawlakummina alqura wasarrafna al-ayatilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon
Certainly We have destroyed the towns that were around you, and We have variously paraphrased the signs so that they may come back.Ali Quli Qarai
And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].Saheeh International
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46:28
فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ
ٱ لَّذِينَٱ تَّخَذُوا۟ مِن د ُونِٱ للَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ ب َلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَذَٰ لِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُو نَ ٢٨Falawla nasarahumu allatheenaittakhathoo min dooni Allahi qurbanan alihatanbal dalloo AAanhum wathalika ifkuhum wama kanooyaftaroon
So why did not those [fake deities] help them whom they had taken as gods besides Allah, as a means of nearness [to Him]? Indeed, they forsook them; that was their lie and what they used to fabricate.Ali Quli Qarai
Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.Saheeh International
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46:29
وَإِذْ صَرَفْن
َآ إِلَيْكَ نَفَرً ۭا م ِّنَٱ لْجِنّ ِ يَسْتَمِعُونَٱ لْقُرْءَانَ فَلَمّ َا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓ ا۟ أَنص ِتُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمّ َا قُضِىَ وَلَّوْا۟ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِم م ُّنذ ِرِي نَ ٢٩Wa-ith sarafna ilaykanafaran mina aljinni yastamiAAoona alqur-ana falammahadaroohu qaloo ansitoo falammaqudiya wallaw ila qawmihim munthireen
When We dispatched toward you a team of jinn listening to the Quran, when they were in its presence, they said, ‘Be silent!’ When it was finished, they went back to their people as warners.Ali Quli Qarai
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur’ān. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen attentively." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.Saheeh International
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46:30
قَالُو
ا۟ يَٰ قَوْمَنَآ إِنّ َا سَمِعْنَا كِتَٰ بًا أُنز ِلَ مِنۢ ب َعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقً ۭا ل ِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِىٓ إِلَىٱ لْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍ ۢم ُّسْتَقِي مٍۢ ٣٠Qaloo ya qawmana innasamiAAna kitaban onzila min baAAdi moosa musaddiqanlima bayna yadayhi yahdee ila alhaqqi wa-ilatareeqin mustaqeem
They said, ‘O our people! Indeed, we have heard a Book, which has been sent down after Moses, confirming what was before it. It guides to the truth and to a straight path.Ali Quli Qarai
They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.Saheeh International
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46:31
يَ
ٰ قَوْمَنَآ أَجِيبُوا۟ دَاعِىَٱ للَّهِ وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَغْفِرْ لَكُم م ِّن ذ ُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُجِرْكُم م ِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِي مٍۢ ٣١Ya qawmana ajeeboo daAAiyaAllahi waaminoo bihi yaghfir lakum min thunoobikumwayujirkum min AAathabin aleem
O our people! Respond to Allah’s summoner and have faith in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and shelter you from a painful punishment.’Ali Quli Qarai
O our people, respond to the Caller [i.e., Messenger] of Allāh and believe in him; He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.Saheeh International
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46:32
وَم
َن ل َّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَٱ للَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ ۢف ِىٱ لْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن د ُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَا ٓءُ ۚ أُو۟ لَٰٓ ئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰ لٍ ۢم ُّبِي نٍ ٣٢Waman la yujib daAAiya Allahifalaysa bimuAAjizin fee al-ardi walaysa lahu min doonihiawliyaa ola-ika fee dalalin mubeen
Those who do not respond to Allah’s summoner cannot frustrate [Allah] on the earth, and they will not find any protectors besides Him. They are in manifest error.Ali Quli Qarai
But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allāh will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."Saheeh International
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46:33
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْ
ا۟ أَنّ َٱ للَّهَٱ لَّذِى خَلَقَٱ ل سَّمَٰ وَٰ تِ وَٱ لْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنّ َ بِقَٰ دِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن ي ُحِْۧىَٱ لْمَوْتَىٰ ۚ بَلَىٰٓ إِنّ َهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۢق َدِي رٌۭ ٣٣Awa lam yaraw anna Allaha allatheekhalaqa assamawati wal-ardawalam yaAAya bikhalqihinna biqadirin AAala an yuhyiyaalmawta bala innahu AAala kulli shay-inqadeer
Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and the earth and [who] was not exhausted by their creation, is able to revive the dead? Yes, indeed He has power over all things.Ali Quli Qarai
Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.Saheeh International
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46:34
وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ
ٱ لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَىٱ ل نّ َارِ أَلَيْسَ هَٰ ذَا بِٱ لْحَقِّ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا ۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱ لْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنت ُمْ تَكْفُرُو نَ ٣٤Wayawma yuAAradu allatheenakafaroo AAala annari alaysa hatha bilhaqqiqaloo bala warabbina qala fathooqooalAAathaba bima kuntum takfuroon
The day when the faithless are exposed to the Fire, [He will say,] ‘Is this not a fact?’ They will say, ‘Yes, by our Lord!’ He will say, ‘So taste the punishment because of what you used to disbelieve.’Ali Quli Qarai
And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will say, "Then taste the punishment for what you used to deny."Saheeh International
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46:35
فَ
ٱ صْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُو۟ لُوا۟ ٱ لْعَزْمِ مِنَٱ ل رُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِل لَّهُمْ ۚ كَأَنّ َهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓ ا۟ إِلَّا سَاعَةً ۭم ِّن ن َّهَارٍۭ ۚ ب َلَٰ غٌ ۭۚ ف َهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّاٱ لْقَوْمُٱ لْفَٰ سِقُو نَ ٣٥Fasbir kama sabaraoloo alAAazmi mina arrusuli wala tastaAAjil lahumkaannahum yawma yarawna ma yooAAadoona lam yalbathoo illasaAAatan min naharin balaghun fahal yuhlakuilla alqawmu alfasiqoon
So be patient just as the resolute among the apostles were patient, and do not seek to hasten [the punishment] for them. The day when they see what they are promised, [it will be] as though they had remained [in the world] only an hour of a day. This is a proclamation. So shall anyone be destroyed except the transgressing lot?Ali Quli Qarai
So be patient, [O Muḥammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?Saheeh International