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Juz 15

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Translation: Mufti Taqi Usmani  ·  Arabic: Indo-Pak script

17. Al-Isra

17:1

سُبْحٰنَ الَّذِیْۤ اَسْرٰی بِعَبْدِهٖ لَیْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ اِلَی الْمَسْجِدِ الْاَقْصَا الَّذِیْ بٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهٗ لِنُرِیَهٗ مِنْ اٰیٰتِنَا ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِیْعُ الْبَصِیْرُ

Glorious is He Who made his servant travel by night from Al-Masjid-ul-Harām to Al-Masjid-ul-AqSā whose environs We have blessed, so that We let him see some of Our signs. Surely, He is the All-Hearing, the All- Seeing.
17:2

وَاٰتَیْنَا مُوْسَی الْكِتٰبَ وَجَعَلْنٰهُ هُدًی لِّبَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ اَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِیْ وَكِیْلًا

And We gave Mūsā the Book and made it guidance for the children of Isrā’īl (bearing the command) “Do not take anyone other than Me as guardian,
17:3

ذُرِّیَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوْحٍ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُوْرًا

O you, the progeny of those whom We put on board with NūH. Surely, He was a very grateful servant.”
17:4

وَقَضَیْنَاۤ اِلٰی بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ فِی الْكِتٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِی الْاَرْضِ مَرَّتَیْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِیْرًا

And We declared to the children of Isrā’īl in the Book: “You will surely spread mischief on the earth twice, and you will surely show utmost haughtiness.
17:5

فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ اُوْلٰىهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَیْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَاۤ اُولِیْ بَاْسٍ شَدِیْدٍ فَجَاسُوْا خِلٰلَ الدِّیَارِؕ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُوْلًا

So, when came the time appointed for the first of the two, We dispatched against you some servants belonging to us having strong aggressive power, who combed through the houses; and it was a promise, bound to be fulfilled.
17:6

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ الْكَرَّةَ عَلَیْهِمْ وَاَمْدَدْنٰكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَّبَنِیْنَ وَجَعَلْنٰكُمْ اَكْثَرَ نَفِیْرًا

Then We gave you your turn to overpower them, and increased your strength with wealth and sons, and made you greater in number,
17:7

اِنْ اَحْسَنْتُمْ اَحْسَنْتُمْ لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ ۫ وَاِنْ اَسَاْتُمْ فَلَهَا ؕ فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ الْاٰخِرَةِ لِیَسُوْٓءٗا وُجُوْهَكُمْ وَلِیَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوْهُ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَّلِیُتَبِّرُوْا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِیْرًا

(saying) ‘If you do good, you will do it for your own benefit, and if you do evil, it will be against yourselves’. Later, when came the time appointed for the second, (We sent others,) so that they spoil your faces, and so that they enter into the Mosque as the former ones entered it the first time, and utterly destroy whatever they prevail upon.
17:8

عَسٰی رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ یَّرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَاِنْ عُدْتُّمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكٰفِرِیْنَ حَصِیْرًا

May be your Lord would bestow mercy upon you. But if you do this again, We shall do that again, and We have made Jahannam (Hell) a prison for the disbelievers.”
17:9

اِنَّ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ یَهْدِیْ لِلَّتِیْ هِیَ اَقْوَمُ وَیُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ الَّذِیْنَ یَعْمَلُوْنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ اَجْرًا كَبِیْرًا

Surely, this Qur’ān guides to something that is most straightforward, and gives glad tidings to the believers who do good deeds that ready for them there is a great reward,
17:10

وَّاَنَّ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ اَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا اَلِیْمًا

and that We have prepared a painful punishment for those who do not believe in the Hereafter.
17:11

وَیَدْعُ الْاِنْسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهٗ بِالْخَیْرِ ؕ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ عَجُوْلًا

Man prays for evil like his prayer for good, and man is so hasty.
17:12

وَجَعَلْنَا الَّیْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ اٰیَتَیْنِ فَمَحَوْنَاۤ اٰیَةَ الَّیْلِ وَجَعَلْنَاۤ اٰیَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوْا فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوْا عَدَدَ السِّنِیْنَ وَالْحِسَابَ ؕ وَكُلَّ شَیْءٍ فَصَّلْنٰهُ تَفْصِیْلًا

We have made the night and the day two signs, then We made the sign of night marked by darkness and the sign of day bright, so that you may seek grace from your Lord, and that you may know how to number the years and how to compute, and We have expounded everything in detail.
17:13

وَكُلَّ اِنْسَانٍ اَلْزَمْنٰهُ طٰٓىِٕرَهٗ فِیْ عُنُقِهٖ ؕ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهٗ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ كِتٰبًا یَّلْقٰىهُ مَنْشُوْرًا

We have tied up every human’s fortune to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We will bring forth a book for him that he will find wide open,
17:14

اِقْرَاْ كِتٰبَكَ ؕ كَفٰی بِنَفْسِكَ الْیَوْمَ عَلَیْكَ حَسِیْبًا

(and We will say to him) “Read your book. Enough are you today to take your own account.”
17:15

مَنِ اهْتَدٰی فَاِنَّمَا یَهْتَدِیْ لِنَفْسِهٖ ۚ وَمَنْ ضَلَّ فَاِنَّمَا یَضِلُّ عَلَیْهَا ؕ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰی ؕ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِیْنَ حَتّٰی نَبْعَثَ رَسُوْلًا

Whoever adopts the right path does so for his own benefit, and whoever goes astray does so to his own detriment, and no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another, and it is not Our way to punish (anyone) unless We send a Messenger.
17:16

وَاِذَاۤ اَرَدْنَاۤ اَنْ نُّهْلِكَ قَرْیَةً اَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِیْهَا فَفَسَقُوْا فِیْهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَیْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنٰهَا تَدْمِیْرًا

And when We intend to destroy a habitation, We command its affluent people (to do good), then they commit sins therein, and thus the word (of punishment) becomes applicable to it (habitation), and We annihilate it totally.
17:17

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُوْنِ مِنْ بَعْدِ نُوْحٍ ؕ وَكَفٰی بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوْبِ عِبَادِهٖ خَبِیْرًا بَصِیْرًا

How many a generation have We destroyed after NūH! And enough is your Lord to know, (and) watch the sins of His servants.
17:18

مَنْ كَانَ یُرِیْدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهٗ فِیْهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَنْ نُّرِیْدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهٗ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ یَصْلٰىهَا مَذْمُوْمًا مَّدْحُوْرًا

Whoever opts for the immediate (benefits from) life herein, We give him, right here in this life, as much as We will, to whomever We intend. Then We assign Jahannam for him where he shall enter condemned, discarded.
17:19

وَمَنْ اَرَادَ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَسَعٰی لَهَا سَعْیَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَاُولٰٓىِٕكَ كَانَ سَعْیُهُمْ مَّشْكُوْرًا

And whoever opts for the Hereafter and makes efforts for it as due, while he is a believer, then, the effort of such people is appreciated!
17:20

كُلًّا نُّمِدُّ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ وَهٰۤؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ ؕ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُوْرًا

To all of them - both these and those - We extend the grants of your Lord. And the grant of your Lord is not barred (for anyone).
17:21

اُنْظُرْ كَیْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلٰی بَعْضٍ ؕ وَلَلْاٰخِرَةُ اَكْبَرُ دَرَجٰتٍ وَّاَكْبَرُ تَفْضِیْلًا

See how We made some of them excel some others (in this world) and, of course, the Hereafter is much higher in ranks and much greater in degrees of merit.
17:22

لَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُوْمًا مَّخْذُوْلًا

Do not set up any other god along with Allah, otherwise you will sit condemned, forsaken.
17:23

وَقَضٰی رَبُّكَ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُوْۤا اِلَّاۤ اِیَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَیْنِ اِحْسَانًا ؕ اِمَّا یَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ اَحَدُهُمَاۤ اَوْ كِلٰهُمَا فَلَا تَقُلْ لَّهُمَاۤ اُفٍّ وَّلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِیْمًا

Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and do good to parents. If any one of them or both of them reach old age, do not say to them: uff (a word or expression of anger or contempt) and do not scold them, and address them with respectful words,
17:24

وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُلْ رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّیٰنِیْ صَغِیْرًا

and submit yourself before them in humility out of compassion, and say, “My Lord, be merciful to them as they have brought me up in my childhood.”
17:25

رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِیْ نُفُوْسِكُمْ ؕ اِنْ تَكُوْنُوْا صٰلِحِیْنَ فَاِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِلْاَوَّابِیْنَ غَفُوْرًا

Your Lord knows best what is in your hearts. If you are righteous, then He is Most-Forgiving for those who turn to Him in repentance.
17:26

وَاٰتِ ذَا الْقُرْبٰی حَقَّهٗ وَالْمِسْكِیْنَ وَابْنَ السَّبِیْلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِیْرًا

Give the relative his right, and the needy and the wayfarer. And do not squander recklessly.
17:27

اِنَّ الْمُبَذِّرِیْنَ كَانُوْۤا اِخْوَانَ الشَّیٰطِیْنِ ؕ وَكَانَ الشَّیْطٰنُ لِرَبِّهٖ كَفُوْرًا

Surely, squanderers are brothers of satans, and the Satan is very ungrateful to his Lord.
17:28

وَاِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ابْتِغَآءَ رَحْمَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوْهَا فَقُلْ لَّهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّیْسُوْرًا

And if you turn away from them looking for a bounty from your Lord you are expecting, then speak to them in polite words.
17:29

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ یَدَكَ مَغْلُوْلَةً اِلٰی عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُوْمًا مَّحْسُوْرًا

And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor extend it to the full extent, lest you should be sitting reproached, empty-handed.
17:30

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ یَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ وَیَقْدِرُ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهٖ خَبِیْرًا بَصِیْرًا

Indeed, your Lord expands sustenance for whomsoever He wills, and constricts (for whomsoever He wills). Surely, He is All-Aware of His servants, All-Seeing.
17:31

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوْۤا اَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْیَةَ اِمْلَاقٍ ؕ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَاِیَّاكُمْ ؕ اِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْاً كَبِیْرًا

Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide sustenance to them and to you, too. Killing them is a great sin indeed.
17:32

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنٰۤی اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً ؕ وَسَآءَ سَبِیْلًا

Do not even go close to fornication. It is indeed a shameful act, and an evil way to follow.
17:33

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِیْ حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ؕ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُوْمًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِیِّهٖ سُلْطٰنًا فَلَا یُسْرِفْ فِّی الْقَتْلِ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ مَنْصُوْرًا

Do not kill any person the life of whom is sanctified by Allah, except for a just reason. And whoever is killed unjustly, We have invested his heir with authority (of equal retaliation), but he must not cross the limit in the matter of killing. Surely, he will be helped.
17:34

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوْا مَالَ الْیَتِیْمِ اِلَّا بِالَّتِیْ هِیَ اَحْسَنُ حَتّٰی یَبْلُغَ اَشُدَّهٗ ۪ وَاَوْفُوْا بِالْعَهْدِ ۚ اِنَّ الْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔوْلًا

Do not go near the property of an orphan, except in a manner that is good, until he comes to his maturity. And fulfill the covenant. Surely, the covenant shall be asked about (on the Day of Reckoning).
17:35

وَاَوْفُوا الْكَیْلَ اِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوْا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِیْمِ ؕ ذٰلِكَ خَیْرٌ وَّاَحْسَنُ تَاْوِیْلًا

And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with a straight balance. That is fair, and better at the end.
17:36

وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَیْسَ لَكَ بِهٖ عِلْمٌ ؕ اِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔوْلًا

And do not follow a thing about which you have no knowledge. Surely, the ear, the eye and the heart - each one of them shall be interrogated about.
17:37

وَلَا تَمْشِ فِی الْاَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۚ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرِقَ الْاَرْضَ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْجِبَالَ طُوْلًا

Do not walk on the earth in haughty style. You can neither tear the earth apart, nor can you match the mountains in height.
17:38

كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ كَانَ سَیِّئُهٗ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوْهًا

That which is evil, of all these, is detestable in the sight of your Lord.
17:39

ذٰلِكَ مِمَّاۤ اَوْحٰۤی اِلَیْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ ؕ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَتُلْقٰی فِیْ جَهَنَّمَ مَلُوْمًا مَّدْحُوْرًا

This is part of the Wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. And do not set up any other god along with Allah, lest you should be thrown into Jahannam , reproached, rejected.
17:40

اَفَاَصْفٰىكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِالْبَنِیْنَ وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ اِنَاثًا ؕ اِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُوْلُوْنَ قَوْلًا عَظِیْمًا

Is it, then, that your Lord has chosen you people to have sons, and has Himself opted for females from among the angels? Surely, you are uttering a serious statement.
17:41

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِیْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِیَذَّكَّرُوْا ؕ وَمَا یَزِیْدُهُمْ اِلَّا نُفُوْرًا

Surely, We have explained things in various ways in this Qur’ān, so that they may pay heed to the advice; but it increases nothing in them except aversion.
17:42

قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهٗۤ اٰلِهَةٌ كَمَا یَقُوْلُوْنَ اِذًا لَّابْتَغَوْا اِلٰی ذِی الْعَرْشِ سَبِیْلًا

Say, “Had there been other gods along with Him”, as they say, “then they would have found out a way to the Lord of the Throne”.
17:43

سُبْحٰنَهٗ وَتَعٰلٰی عَمَّا یَقُوْلُوْنَ عُلُوًّا كَبِیْرًا

Pure is He, and Exalted, immensely above what they say.
17:44

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمٰوٰتُ السَّبْعُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِیْهِنَّ ؕ وَاِنْ مِّنْ شَیْءٍ اِلَّا یُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهٖ وَلٰكِنْ لَّا تَفْقَهُوْنَ تَسْبِیْحَهُمْ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ حَلِیْمًا غَفُوْرًا

All the seven skies and the earth and all those therein extol His purity. And there is not a single thing that does not extol His purity along with His praise, but you do not understand their extolling. Surely He is Forbearing, Most-Forgiving.
17:45

وَاِذَا قَرَاْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ جَعَلْنَا بَیْنَكَ وَبَیْنَ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُوْرًا

When you recite the Qur’ān, We place an invisible curtain between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter,
17:46

وَّجَعَلْنَا عَلٰی قُلُوْبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ یَّفْقَهُوْهُ وَفِیْۤ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ؕ وَاِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِی الْقُرْاٰنِ وَحْدَهٗ وَلَّوْا عَلٰۤی اَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُوْرًا

and We put covers on their hearts barring them from understanding it, and (We put) deafness in their ears; and when you refer to your Lord alone (without referring to their presumed deities,) in the Qur’ān, they turn their backs in aversion.
17:47

نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا یَسْتَمِعُوْنَ بِهٖۤ اِذْ یَسْتَمِعُوْنَ اِلَیْكَ وَاِذْ هُمْ نَجْوٰۤی اِذْ یَقُوْلُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُوْرًا

We are fully aware of the reason for which they listen, when they listen to you, and when they are in secret consultation: when the transgressors say, “You are following none but a bewitched man.”
17:48

اُنْظُرْ كَیْفَ ضَرَبُوْا لَكَ الْاَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوْا فَلَا یَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَ سَبِیْلًا

See how they have made (silly) statements about you; so they have gone astray and cannot find a way.
17:49

وَقَالُوْۤا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَّرُفَاتًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ خَلْقًا جَدِیْدًا

And they say, “Once we are reduced to bones and dust, is it then that we will be raised, created anew?”
17:50

قُلْ كُوْنُوْا حِجَارَةً اَوْ حَدِیْدًا

Say, “Be you stones or iron
17:51

اَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا یَكْبُرُ فِیْ صُدُوْرِكُمْ ۚ فَسَیَقُوْلُوْنَ مَنْ یُّعِیْدُنَا ؕ قُلِ الَّذِیْ فَطَرَكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ فَسَیُنْغِضُوْنَ اِلَیْكَ رُءُوْسَهُمْ وَیَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰی هُوَ ؕ قُلْ عَسٰۤی اَنْ یَّكُوْنَ قَرِیْبًا

or any creation you deem harder in your hearts.” Thereupon they will ask, “Who will bring us back?” Say, “The One who created you for the first time.” So, they will shake their heads before you and say, “When shall that be?” Say, “May be, it is near.”
17:52

یَوْمَ یَدْعُوْكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِیْبُوْنَ بِحَمْدِهٖ وَتَظُنُّوْنَ اِنْ لَّبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا

(It will be) on a day when He will call you, and you will respond praising Him, and you will think you did not stay (on the earth) but for a short while.
17:53

وَقُلْ لِّعِبَادِیْ یَقُوْلُوا الَّتِیْ هِیَ اَحْسَنُ ؕ اِنَّ الشَّیْطٰنَ یَنْزَغُ بَیْنَهُمْ ؕ اِنَّ الشَّیْطٰنَ كَانَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِیْنًا

Tell My servants that they should speak that which is best. Surely, Satan creates discord among them. Indeed, Satan is an open enemy to mankind.
17:54

رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ؕ اِنْ یَّشَاْ یَرْحَمْكُمْ اَوْ اِنْ یَّشَاْ یُعَذِّبْكُمْ ؕ وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ عَلَیْهِمْ وَكِیْلًا

Your Lord knows you best. If He so wills, He will have mercy on you, and if He so wills, He will punish you, and We did not send you (O Prophet,) to become responsible for them.
17:55

وَرَبُّكَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ؕ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِیّٖنَ عَلٰی بَعْضٍ وَّاٰتَیْنَا دَاوٗدَ زَبُوْرًا

Your Lord knows best about all those in the heavens and the earth, and We have certainly granted excellence to some prophets over some others, and We gave Dawūd the Zabūr (the Psalms).
17:56

قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِیْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ فَلَا یَمْلِكُوْنَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِیْلًا

Say, “Call those whom you assume (to be gods), besides Him, while they have no power to remove distress from you, nor to change it.”
17:57

اُولٰٓىِٕكَ الَّذِیْنَ یَدْعُوْنَ یَبْتَغُوْنَ اِلٰی رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِیْلَةَ اَیُّهُمْ اَقْرَبُ وَیَرْجُوْنَ رَحْمَتَهٗ وَیَخَافُوْنَ عَذَابَهٗ ؕ اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُوْرًا

Those whom they invoke, do themselves seek the means of access to their Lord as to which of them becomes the closest, and they hope for His Mercy and fear His punishment. The punishment of your Lord is really something to be feared.
17:58

وَاِنْ مِّنْ قَرْیَةٍ اِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوْهَا قَبْلَ یَوْمِ الْقِیٰمَةِ اَوْ مُعَذِّبُوْهَا عَذَابًا شَدِیْدًا ؕ كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِی الْكِتٰبِ مَسْطُوْرًا

There is no town but We are to destroy it before the Doomsday, or punish it with severe punishment. That is what stands written in the Book.
17:59

وَمَا مَنَعَنَاۤ اَنْ نُّرْسِلَ بِالْاٰیٰتِ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَ ؕ وَاٰتَیْنَا ثَمُوْدَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوْا بِهَا ؕ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْاٰیٰتِ اِلَّا تَخْوِیْفًا

Nothing made us refrain from sending the signs (demanded by the pagans,) except that the earlier people had rejected them. (For example,) We gave Thamūd the she-camel, as an eye-opener, then they did wrong to her, and We do not send signs but as a warning.
17:60

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ اَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِ ؕ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّءْیَا الَّتِیْۤ اَرَیْنٰكَ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُوْنَةَ فِی الْقُرْاٰنِ ؕ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ ۙ فَمَا یَزِیْدُهُمْ اِلَّا طُغْیَانًا كَبِیْرًا

(Remember) when We said to you that your Lord encompasses all humans. And We did not make the vision We showed to you, but a test for the people - and the tree cursed in the Qur’ān as well. And We warn them, yet it adds nothing to them but enormous rebellion.
17:61

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ اسْجُدُوْا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوْۤا اِلَّاۤ اِبْلِیْسَ ؕ قَالَ ءَاَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِیْنًا

(Remember) when We said to the angels, “Prostrate yourself before ’Ādam.” So, they all prostrated, except Iblīs (Satan). He said, “Shall I prostrate before the one You have created from mud?”
17:62

قَالَ اَرَءَیْتَكَ هٰذَا الَّذِیْ كَرَّمْتَ عَلَیَّ ؗ لَىِٕنْ اَخَّرْتَنِ اِلٰی یَوْمِ الْقِیٰمَةِ لَاَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّیَّتَهٗۤ اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا

He (Iblīs) added, “Tell me, this one whom You have honored more than me, if You give me respite till the Doomsday, I will subdue his progeny, except a few of them.”
17:63

قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَمَنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءً مَّوْفُوْرًا

He (Allah) said, “Go then, for whoever of them follows you, the Hell shall be the recompense of you all, a full recompense.
17:64

وَاسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُمْ بِصَوْتِكَ وَاَجْلِبْ عَلَیْهِمْ بِخَیْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِی الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَوْلَادِ وَعِدْهُمْ ؕ وَمَا یَعِدُهُمُ الشَّیْطٰنُ اِلَّا غُرُوْرًا

Entice with your voice those of them whom you can, and rally against them your horsemen and your footmen, and share with them in their wealth and their children, and make promises to them” - and Satan promises them nothing but delusion -
17:65

اِنَّ عِبَادِیْ لَیْسَ لَكَ عَلَیْهِمْ سُلْطٰنٌ ؕ وَكَفٰی بِرَبِّكَ وَكِیْلًا

“As for My servants, you have no control over them, and your Lord is enough to look after (everything).”
17:66

رَبُّكُمُ الَّذِیْ یُزْجِیْ لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ فِی الْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوْا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِیْمًا

Your Lord is the One who causes ships to sail for you through the sea, so that you may go in quest of His bounty; surely, He is Ever-Merciful for you.
17:67

وَاِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فِی الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اِیَّاهُ ۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰىكُمْ اِلَی الْبَرِّ اَعْرَضْتُمْ ؕ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ كَفُوْرًا

you face a hardship at sea, vanished are those whom you used to invoke, except Him (Allah). Then, once He brings you safe to the land, you turn away (from Him); man is so ungrateful.
17:68

اَفَاَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ یَّخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ اَوْ یُرْسِلَ عَلَیْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوْا لَكُمْ وَكِیْلًا

Do you, then, feel secure from that He makes a part of the land sink down along with you, or that He sends down a rain of stones on you, whereupon you will find no one to protect you?
17:69

اَمْ اَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ یُّعِیْدَكُمْ فِیْهِ تَارَةً اُخْرٰی فَیُرْسِلَ عَلَیْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ الرِّیْحِ فَیُغْرِقَكُمْ بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ۙ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوْا لَكُمْ عَلَیْنَا بِهٖ تَبِیْعًا

Or, do you feel secure from that He takes you back to it (the sea) once again, and sends a heavy storm of wind upon you which drowns you because of your disbelief, and then you will find no one to help?
17:70

وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِیْۤ اٰدَمَ وَحَمَلْنٰهُمْ فِی الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الطَّیِّبٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنٰهُمْ عَلٰی كَثِیْرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِیْلًا

And We bestowed dignity on the children of ’Ādam and provided them with rides on the land and in the sea, and provided them with a variety of good things and made them much superior to many of those whom We have created.
17:71

یَوْمَ نَدْعُوْا كُلَّ اُنَاسٍ بِاِمَامِهِمْ ۚ فَمَنْ اُوْتِیَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِیَمِیْنِهٖ فَاُولٰٓىِٕكَ یَقْرَءُوْنَ كِتٰبَهُمْ وَلَا یُظْلَمُوْنَ فَتِیْلًا

(Think of) the Day when We will call every people with their books of deeds. Then the ones who will be given their book in their right hands will read their book (happily) and will not be wronged even to the measure of a fine thread.
17:72

وَمَنْ كَانَ فِیْ هٰذِهٖۤ اَعْمٰی فَهُوَ فِی الْاٰخِرَةِ اَعْمٰی وَاَضَلُّ سَبِیْلًا

But whoever is (too) blind in this (world to see the right path) will be (too) blind in the Hereafter (to reach the salvation), and much more astray from the path.
17:73

وَاِنْ كَادُوْا لَیَفْتِنُوْنَكَ عَنِ الَّذِیْۤ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ اِلَیْكَ لِتَفْتَرِیَ عَلَیْنَا غَیْرَهٗ ۖۗ وَاِذًا لَّاتَّخَذُوْكَ خَلِیْلًا

(O Prophet,) Surely, they were about to lure you away from what We have revealed to you, so that you forge something else against Us, and in that case they would have certainly made you a bosom friend.
17:74

وَلَوْلَاۤ اَنْ ثَبَّتْنٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَّ تَرْكَنُ اِلَیْهِمْ شَیْـًٔا قَلِیْلًا

Had We not made you firm, it was likely that you would have inclined towards them a little bit.
17:75

اِذًا لَّاَذَقْنٰكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَیٰوةِ وَضِعْفَ الْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَیْنَا نَصِیْرًا

In that case, We would have surely made you taste a double (punishment) in life and a double (punishment) after death, then you would not have found anyone to help you against Us.
17:76

وَاِنْ كَادُوْا لَیَسْتَفِزُّوْنَكَ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ لِیُخْرِجُوْكَ مِنْهَا وَاِذًا لَّا یَلْبَثُوْنَ خِلٰفَكَ اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا

And they were likely to harass you in the land, so that they could expel you from there, and in that case, they will have not lived (there) after you, but a little.
17:77

سُنَّةَ مَنْ قَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنْ رُّسُلِنَا وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِیْلًا

Such has been Our way with the messengers We sent before you. And you will find no change in Our way.
17:78

اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ لِدُلُوْكِ الشَّمْسِ اِلٰی غَسَقِ الَّیْلِ وَقُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِ ؕ اِنَّ قُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُوْدًا

(O Prophet,) establish Salāh between the decline of the sun and the darkness of the night, and (establish) the recital at dawn. Surely, the recital at dawn is well attended.
17:79

وَمِنَ الَّیْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهٖ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ ۖۗ عَسٰۤی اَنْ یَّبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُوْدًا

And during the night, wake up for Salāh of tahajjud , an additional prayer for you. It is very likely that your Lord will place you at Praised Station.
17:80

وَقُلْ رَّبِّ اَدْخِلْنِیْ مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَّاَخْرِجْنِیْ مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَّاجْعَلْ لِّیْ مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ سُلْطٰنًا نَّصِیْرًا

And say, “O my Lord, make me enter a rightful entrance and make me exit a rightful exit, and grant me from Your Own a power, favored (by You).”
17:81

وَقُلْ جَآءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ ؕ اِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوْقًا

And say, “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Falsehood is surely bound to vanish.”
17:82

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَّرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ۙ وَلَا یَزِیْدُ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ اِلَّا خَسَارًا

We reveal the Qur’ān, which is cure and mercy for the believers; and it adds nothing to the unjust but loss.
17:83

وَاِذَاۤ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَی الْاِنْسَانِ اَعْرَضَ وَنَاٰ بِجَانِبِهٖ ۚ وَاِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ یَـُٔوْسًا

When We bestow Our favor upon man, he avoids (to recognize it) and keeps himself far aside (from obedience), and when some evil touches him, he is in total despair.
17:84

قُلْ كُلٌّ یَّعْمَلُ عَلٰی شَاكِلَتِهٖ ؕ فَرَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ اَهْدٰی سَبِیْلًا

Say, “Everyone acts in his own style. So, your Lord knows best which one is better guided in his way.”
17:85

وَیَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الرُّوْحِ ؕ قُلِ الرُّوْحُ مِنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّیْ وَمَاۤ اُوْتِیْتُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا

And they ask you about the soul. Say, “The soul is something from the command of my Lord, and you are not given from the knowledge but a little.”
17:86

وَلَىِٕنْ شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِالَّذِیْۤ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ اِلَیْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهٖ عَلَیْنَا وَكِیْلًا

And if We so will, We will surely take away what We have revealed to you, then you shall find no one to rely upon against Us in this matter.
17:87

اِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ ؕ اِنَّ فَضْلَهٗ كَانَ عَلَیْكَ كَبِیْرًا

But it is a mercy from your Lord. Great is indeed His favor upon you.
17:88

قُلْ لَّىِٕنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْاِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلٰۤی اَنْ یَّاْتُوْا بِمِثْلِ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لَا یَاْتُوْنَ بِمِثْلِهٖ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِیْرًا

Say, “If all the humans and jinns join together to produce anything like this Qur’ān, they will not (be able to) come up with anything like it, even if they assist one another.
17:89

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِیْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ؗ فَاَبٰۤی اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوْرًا

Indeed We explained every subject in this Qur’ān in various ways for the benefit of mankind. Still, most of the people refused to do anything but reject.
17:90

وَقَالُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتّٰی تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَرْضِ یَنْۢبُوْعًا

They said, “We shall never believe in you unless you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth.
17:91

اَوْ تَكُوْنَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِّنْ نَّخِیْلٍ وَّعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ الْاَنْهٰرَ خِلٰلَهَا تَفْجِیْرًا

Or you have a garden of date palms and grapes, then you bring forth rivers from their midst in abundance.
17:92

اَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَیْنَا كِسَفًا اَوْ تَاْتِیَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ قَبِیْلًا

Or you cause the sky to fall upon us in pieces, as you claimed, or you bring Allah and angels before us face to face.
17:93

اَوْ یَكُوْنَ لَكَ بَیْتٌ مِّنْ زُخْرُفٍ اَوْ تَرْقٰی فِی السَّمَآءِ ؕ وَلَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِیِّكَ حَتّٰی تُنَزِّلَ عَلَیْنَا كِتٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهٗ ؕ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّیْ هَلْ كُنْتُ اِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُوْلًا

Or you have a house made of gold. Or you ascend to the sky, and we will not believe in your ascension unless you send down to us a book we may read.” Say, “I proclaim the Purity of my Lord. I am nothing but human, a messenger.”
17:94

وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ یُّؤْمِنُوْۤا اِذْ جَآءَهُمُ الْهُدٰۤی اِلَّاۤ اَنْ قَالُوْۤا اَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُوْلًا

Nothing prevented people from believing, when guidance came to them, except that they said, “Has Allah sent a man as a messenger?”
17:95

قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ فِی الْاَرْضِ مَلٰٓىِٕكَةٌ یَّمْشُوْنَ مُطْمَىِٕنِّیْنَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُوْلًا

Say, “Had there been angels (living) on the earth, walking about in peace, We would have certainly sent down an angel from the heavens as a messenger.”
17:96

قُلْ كَفٰی بِاللّٰهِ شَهِیْدًا بَیْنِیْ وَبَیْنَكُمْ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهٖ خَبِیْرًا بَصِیْرًا

Say, “Allah is sufficient as witness between me and you. Surely, He is All-Aware, All-Watchful to His servants.”
17:97

وَمَنْ یَّهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ ۚ وَمَنْ یُّضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ اَوْلِیَآءَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ ؕ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ عَلٰی وُجُوْهِهِمْ عُمْیًا وَّبُكْمًا وَّصُمًّا ؕ مَاْوٰىهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ؕ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنٰهُمْ سَعِیْرًا

The one whom Allah guides is the guided one; and those whom He lets go astray, you will never find for them any helpers other than Him. And We shall gather them on the Day of Judgment, with their faces down-blind, dumb and deaf. Their abode is the Fire. Whenever it calms down, We increase its flames for them.
17:98

ذٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا وَقَالُوْۤا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَّرُفَاتًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ خَلْقًا جَدِیْدًا

That is their punishment, because they rejected Our signs and said, “Is it that once we are reduced to bones and dust, is it then that we shall be raised, created anew?”
17:99

اَوَلَمْ یَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلٰۤی اَنْ یَّخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ اَجَلًا لَّا رَیْبَ فِیْهِ ؕ فَاَبَی الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِلَّا كُفُوْرًا

Have they not seen that Allah who has created the heavens and the earth has the power to create them as they were? He has appointed a time for them in which there is no doubt. Still, the wrongdoers refused to do anything but reject.
17:100

قُلْ لَّوْ اَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُوْنَ خَزَآىِٕنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّیْۤ اِذًا لَّاَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْیَةَ الْاِنْفَاقِ ؕ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ قَتُوْرًا

Say, “If you were to own the treasures of my Lord’s blessing, you would certainly hold them back, lest it should be spent. Man is so niggardly.”
17:101

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَیْنَا مُوْسٰی تِسْعَ اٰیٰتٍ بَیِّنٰتٍ فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ اِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهٗ فِرْعَوْنُ اِنِّیْ لَاَظُنُّكَ یٰمُوْسٰی مَسْحُوْرًا

Surely we gave Mūsā nine clear signs. So, ask the children of Isrā’īl, when he came to them, Pharaoh said to him, “I am afraid, O Mūsā, you are under the spell of magic.”
17:102

قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَاۤ اَنْزَلَ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ اِلَّا رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ بَصَآىِٕرَ ۚ وَاِنِّیْ لَاَظُنُّكَ یٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُوْرًا

He (Mūsā) said, “You know well that these (signs) are sent down by none but by the Lord of the heavens and the earth as eye-openers. And, I am afraid O Pharaoh, you are going to be destroyed.”
17:103

فَاَرَادَ اَنْ یَّسْتَفِزَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُ وَمَنْ مَّعَهٗ جَمِیْعًا

Then he (Pharaoh) tried to harass them to drive them out of the land, so We drowned him and those with him altogether,
17:104

وَّقُلْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهٖ لِبَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ اسْكُنُوا الْاَرْضَ فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ الْاٰخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِیْفًا

and thereafter We said to the children of Isrā’īl, “Live in the land. So, when the appointed time of the Hereafter will come, We shall bring you all joined together.”
17:105

وَبِالْحَقِّ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ وَبِالْحَقِّ نَزَلَ ؕ وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَّنَذِیْرًا

With truth We have sent it (the Qur’ān) down and with truth it descended, and We did not send you but as a bearer of good tidings and as a warner.
17:106

وَقُرْاٰنًا فَرَقْنٰهُ لِتَقْرَاَهٗ عَلَی النَّاسِ عَلٰی مُكْثٍ وَّنَزَّلْنٰهُ تَنْزِیْلًا

We have divided the Qur’ān in portions, so that you may recite it to the people gradually, and We have revealed it little by little.
17:107

قُلْ اٰمِنُوْا بِهٖۤ اَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوْا ؕ اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖۤ اِذَا یُتْلٰی عَلَیْهِمْ یَخِرُّوْنَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا

Say, “Believe in it or do not believe in it; when it is recited to those who were given knowledge before it, they fall down on their faces in prostration
17:108

وَّیَقُوْلُوْنَ سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّنَاۤ اِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُوْلًا

and say, “Pure is our Lord. Certainly, the word of our Lord was sure to be fulfilled.”
17:109

وَیَخِرُّوْنَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ یَبْكُوْنَ وَیَزِیْدُهُمْ خُشُوْعًا

They fall down on their faces weeping, and it increases humbleness in their hearts.
17:110

قُلِ ادْعُوا اللّٰهَ اَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمٰنَ ؕ اَیًّا مَّا تَدْعُوْا فَلَهُ الْاَسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنٰی ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَیْنَ ذٰلِكَ سَبِیْلًا

Say, “Call (Him by the name of) Allah or Ar-RaHmān, in whichever way you call, His are the Best Names.” Do not be (too) loud in your Salāh, nor be (too) low in it, and seek a way in between.
17:111

وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِیْ لَمْ یَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَّلَمْ یَكُنْ لَّهٗ شَرِیْكٌ فِی الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ یَكُنْ لَّهٗ وَلِیٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِیْرًا

Say, “Praise belongs to Allah who has neither had a son, nor is there any partner to Him in His kingdom, nor is anyone (needed) to protect Him from (any) weakness. And proclaim His greatness, an open proclamation.

18. Al-Kahf

18:1

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِیْۤ اَنْزَلَ عَلٰی عَبْدِهِ الْكِتٰبَ وَلَمْ یَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عِوَجًا

Praise belongs to Allah who has sent down the Book to His servant, and allowed no crookedness in it,
18:2

قَیِّمًا لِّیُنْذِرَ بَاْسًا شَدِیْدًا مِّنْ لَّدُنْهُ وَیُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ الَّذِیْنَ یَعْمَلُوْنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ اَجْرًا حَسَنًا

a straightforward Book to warn of a severe punishment from Him, and to give the good news to the believers, who do righteous deeds, that they will have an excellent reward (Paradise)
18:3

مَّاكِثِیْنَ فِیْهِ اَبَدًا

in which they will dwell for ever,
18:4

وَّیُنْذِرَ الَّذِیْنَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ وَلَدًا

and to warn those who have said that Allah has had a son,
18:5

مَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَّلَا لِاٰبَآىِٕهِمْ ؕ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْ ؕ اِنْ یَّقُوْلُوْنَ اِلَّا كَذِبًا

while they have no knowledge about it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths. They say nothing but lie.
18:6

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلٰۤی اٰثَارِهِمْ اِنْ لَّمْ یُؤْمِنُوْا بِهٰذَا الْحَدِیْثِ اَسَفًا

So, (O Prophet) perhaps you are going to kill yourself after them, out of grief, if they do not believe in this discourse.
18:7

اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَی الْاَرْضِ زِیْنَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ اَیُّهُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا

Surely, We have made what is on earth an adornment for it, so that We test them as to who among them is better in deeds.
18:8

وَاِنَّا لَجٰعِلُوْنَ مَا عَلَیْهَا صَعِیْدًا جُرُزًا

And surely, We are going to turn whatever is thereon into a barren land.
18:9

اَمْ حَسِبْتَ اَنَّ اَصْحٰبَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّقِیْمِ ۙ كَانُوْا مِنْ اٰیٰتِنَا عَجَبًا

Do you think that the People of Kahf (the Cave) and Raqīm (inscription) were unusual out of Our signs?
18:10

اِذْ اَوَی الْفِتْیَةُ اِلَی الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَاۤ اٰتِنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَّهَیِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

When the young men took refuge in the Cave and said, “Our Lord, bless us with mercy from Your own and provide us with guidance in our matters.”
18:11

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلٰۤی اٰذَانِهِمْ فِی الْكَهْفِ سِنِیْنَ عَدَدًا

So, We sealed up their hearing (putting them to sleep) in the Cave for a number of years.
18:12

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ اَیُّ الْحِزْبَیْنِ اَحْصٰی لِمَا لَبِثُوْۤا اَمَدًا

Thereafter We raised them up, so that We know which of the two groups had better calculated the period in which they remained (sleeping).
18:13

نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَیْكَ نَبَاَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ ؕ اِنَّهُمْ فِتْیَةٌ اٰمَنُوْا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنٰهُمْ هُدًی

We narrate to you their story with truth. They were young men who believed in their Lord and We gave them more guidance.
18:14

وَّرَبَطْنَا عَلٰی قُلُوْبِهِمْ اِذْ قَامُوْا فَقَالُوْا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَنْ نَّدْعُوَاۡ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖۤ اِلٰهًا لَّقَدْ قُلْنَاۤ اِذًا شَطَطًا

We made their hearts firm when they stood up and said, “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We shall never invoke any god other than Him, otherwise we would be saying something far from the truth.
18:15

هٰۤؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖۤ اٰلِهَةً ؕ لَوْلَا یَاْتُوْنَ عَلَیْهِمْ بِسُلْطٰنٍ بَیِّنٍ ؕ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰی عَلَی اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا

These, our people, have adopted gods other than Him. Why do they not bring a clear proof in their favor? So, who is more unjust than the one who fabricates a lie against Allah?
18:16

وَاِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوْهُمْ وَمَا یَعْبُدُوْنَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ فَاْوٗۤا اِلَی الْكَهْفِ یَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِّنْ رَّحْمَتِهٖ وَیُهَیِّئْ لَكُمْ مِّنْ اَمْرِكُمْ مِّرْفَقًا

When you have turned away from them, and those whom they worship, except Allah, then seek refuge in the cave, and your Lord will extend His mercy for you, and provide you ease in your matters.”
18:17

وَتَرَی الشَّمْسَ اِذَا طَلَعَتْ تَّزٰوَرُ عَنْ كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْیَمِیْنِ وَاِذَا غَرَبَتْ تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِیْ فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُ ؕ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اٰیٰتِ اللّٰهِ ؕ مَنْ یَّهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ ۚ وَمَنْ یُّضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهٗ وَلِیًّا مُّرْشِدًا

You would see the sun, when it rose, turning away from their Cave towards the right; and when it set, it bypassed them towards the left, and they were (lying) in the hollow thereof. That is one of the signs of Allah.Whomsoever Allah guides is the one who gets the right path and whomsoever He lets go astray, for him you will find no one to help, no one to lead.
18:18

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَیْقَاظًا وَّهُمْ رُقُوْدٌ ۖۗ وَّنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْیَمِیْنِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ ۖۗ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَیْهِ بِالْوَصِیْدِ ؕ لَوِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَیْهِمْ لَوَلَّیْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَّلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا

And you would think they were awake while they were asleep. We turned them on their sides, right and left. And their dog had its forelegs stretched out to the doorstep. If you had a look at them, you would have fled away from them and would have been filled with awe of them.
18:19

وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنٰهُمْ لِیَتَسَآءَلُوْا بَیْنَهُمْ ؕ قَالَ قَآىِٕلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ؕ قَالُوْا لَبِثْنَا یَوْمًا اَوْ بَعْضَ یَوْمٍ ؕ قَالُوْا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ ؕ فَابْعَثُوْۤا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هٰذِهٖۤ اِلَی الْمَدِیْنَةِ فَلْیَنْظُرْ اَیُّهَاۤ اَزْكٰی طَعَامًا فَلْیَاْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلَا یُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَدًا

In this way We raised them up until they asked each other. One of them said, “How long did you tarry?” They said, “A day, or part of a day.” They said, “Your Lord knows best how long you tarried.” So, send one of you with this silver (coin) of yours to the city and let him look around which of the eatables are the purest and let him bring you some food from there. And he must act in polite manner, and must not let anyone know about you.
18:20

اِنَّهُمْ اِنْ یَّظْهَرُوْا عَلَیْكُمْ یَرْجُمُوْكُمْ اَوْ یُعِیْدُوْكُمْ فِیْ مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَنْ تُفْلِحُوْۤا اِذًا اَبَدًا

If they (the habitants of the city) will know about you, they will force you to revert to their faith, and in that case, you will never find success.”
18:21

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَعْثَرْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ لِیَعْلَمُوْۤا اَنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَّاَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَیْبَ فِیْهَا ۗۚ اِذْ یَتَنَازَعُوْنَ بَیْنَهُمْ اَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوْا عَلَیْهِمْ بُنْیَانًا ؕ رَبُّهُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ؕ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ غَلَبُوْا عَلٰۤی اَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَیْهِمْ مَّسْجِدًا

And in this way, We made them known to the people (of the city), so that they realize that Allah’s promise is true, and that there is no doubt about the Hour (the Day of Resurrection). When they were disputing among themselves in their matter, they said, “Erect a building over them. Their Lord knows them best.” Said those who prevailed in their matter, “We will certainly make a mosque over them.”
18:22

سَیَقُوْلُوْنَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ وَیَقُوْلُوْنَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًا بِالْغَیْبِ ۚ وَیَقُوْلُوْنَ سَبْعَةٌ وَّثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ؕ قُلْ رَّبِّیْۤ اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَّا یَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَلِیْلٌ ۫۬ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِیْهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَآءً ظَاهِرًا ۪ وَّلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِیْهِمْ مِّنْهُمْ اَحَدًا

Some will say, “(They were) three, the fourth of them being their dog,” and some will say, “Five, the sixth of them being their dog, just making conjectures.” And others will say, “Seven, the eighth of them is their dog.” Say, “My Lord knows best about their number.” No one knows them except a few, so do not argue about them except an apparent argumentation. And do not ask anyone of these about them.
18:23

وَلَا تَقُوْلَنَّ لِشَایْءٍ اِنِّیْ فَاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَدًا

And never say about anything, “I will do this tomorrow,”
18:24

اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ ؗ وَاذْكُرْ رَّبَّكَ اِذَا نَسِیْتَ وَقُلْ عَسٰۤی اَنْ یَّهْدِیَنِ رَبِّیْ لِاَقْرَبَ مِنْ هٰذَا رَشَدًا

unless (you say - ‘if) Allah wills.’ And remember your Lord if you forget, and say (to those who asked you about the story of the People of the Cave), “May be, my Lord will lead me to something closer than this to guidance.”
18:25

وَلَبِثُوْا فِیْ كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِیْنَ وَازْدَادُوْا تِسْعًا

They stayed in their Cave for three hundred years and added nine.
18:26

قُلِ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوْا ۚ لَهٗ غَیْبُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ؕ اَبْصِرْ بِهٖ وَاَسْمِعْ ؕ مَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ وَّلِیٍّ ؗ وَّلَا یُشْرِكُ فِیْ حُكْمِهٖۤ اَحَدًا

Say, “Allah knows best how long they stayed. To Him belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth - how well He sees and how well He hears! They have no supporter other than Him and He lets no one share His authority.”
18:27

وَاتْلُ مَاۤ اُوْحِیَ اِلَیْكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ ؕۚ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمٰتِهٖ ۫ۚ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مُلْتَحَدًا

And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord. There is no one to change His words, and you will never find a refuge beside Him.
18:28

وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِیْنَ یَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَالْعَشِیِّ یُرِیْدُوْنَ وَجْهَهٗ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَیْنٰكَ عَنْهُمْ ۚ تُرِیْدُ زِیْنَةَ الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا ۚ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهٗ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُ وَكَانَ اَمْرُهٗ فُرُطًا

Keep yourself content with those who call their Lord morning and evening, seeking His pleasure, and let not your eyes overlook them, seeking the splendor of the worldly life. And do not obey the one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, and who has followed his desire and whose behavior has exceeded the limits.
18:29

وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكُمْ ۫ فَمَنْ شَآءَ فَلْیُؤْمِنْ وَّمَنْ شَآءَ فَلْیَكْفُرْ ۙ اِنَّاۤ اَعْتَدْنَا لِلظّٰلِمِیْنَ نَارًا ۙ اَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ؕ وَاِنْ یَّسْتَغِیْثُوْا یُغَاثُوْا بِمَآءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ یَشْوِی الْوُجُوْهَ ؕ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ ؕ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

And say, “The truth is from your Lord. Now, whoever so wills may believe and whoever so wills may deny.” Surely, We have prepared for the unjust a fire, whose tent will envelop them. And if they will beg for help, they shall be helped with water like oily dregs that will scald the faces. Vile is the drink, and evil is the Fire as a resting-place.
18:30

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اِنَّا لَا نُضِیْعُ اَجْرَ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا

As for those who believe and do righteous deeds,-of course, We do not waste the reward of those who are good in deeds.
18:31

اُولٰٓىِٕكَ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْاَنْهٰرُ یُحَلَّوْنَ فِیْهَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّیَلْبَسُوْنَ ثِیَابًا خُضْرًا مِّنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَّاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِـِٕیْنَ فِیْهَا عَلَی الْاَرَآىِٕكِ ؕ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُ ؕ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

Those are the ones for whom there are eternal gardens, rivers flowing beneath them. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they will be dressed in green garments, made of fine silk and thick silk, reclining therein on couches. Excellent is the reward and beautiful is the Paradise as a resting-place.
18:32

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَیْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَیْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَّحَفَفْنٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَّجَعَلْنَا بَیْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا

Give them an example. There were two men; We gave one of them two gardens of grapes, and surrounded both of them with date-palms, and placed vegetation between them.
18:33

كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَیْنِ اٰتَتْ اُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِّنْهُ شَیْـًٔا ۙ وَّفَجَّرْنَا خِلٰلَهُمَا نَهَرًا

Both the gardens brought forth their fruit, and suppressed nothing from it, and We caused a stream to flow through them.
18:34

وَّكَانَ لَهٗ ثَمَرٌ ۚ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهٖ وَهُوَ یُحَاوِرُهٗۤ اَنَا اَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَّاَعَزُّ نَفَرًا

And he had wealth. So, he said to his companion while conversing with him, “I am greater than you in wealth and stronger in manpower.”
18:35

وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهٗ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهٖ ۚ قَالَ مَاۤ اَظُنُّ اَنْ تَبِیْدَ هٰذِهٖۤ اَبَدًا

And he entered his garden while he was doing wrong to himself. He said, “I do not think that this will ever perish,
18:36

وَّمَاۤ اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَآىِٕمَةً ۙ وَّلَىِٕنْ رُّدِدْتُّ اِلٰی رَبِّیْ لَاَجِدَنَّ خَیْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنْقَلَبًا

and I do not think that the Hour (Day of Judgment) has to come. And even if I am sent back to my Lord, I will surely find a better place than this to resort to.”
18:37

قَالَ لَهٗ صَاحِبُهٗ وَهُوَ یُحَاوِرُهٗۤ اَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِیْ خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوّٰىكَ رَجُلًا

Said his companion, as he was conversing with him, “Do you deny Him who created you from dust, then from a drop (of semen), then He made you a perfect man?
18:38

لٰكِنَّاۡ هُوَ اللّٰهُ رَبِّیْ وَلَاۤ اُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّیْۤ اَحَدًا

As for me, I believe that Allah is my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with my Lord.
18:39

وَلَوْلَاۤ اِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُ ۙ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ ۚ اِنْ تَرَنِ اَنَا اَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَّوَلَدًا

Why, when you entered your garden, did you not say, ‘(Everything is) as Allah wills. There is no power except with Allah’? If you see me inferior to you in wealth and children,
18:40

فَعَسٰی رَبِّیْۤ اَنْ یُّؤْتِیَنِ خَیْرًا مِّنْ جَنَّتِكَ وَیُرْسِلَ عَلَیْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِیْدًا زَلَقًا

then, it is likely that my Lord will give me (what is) better than your garden, and will send to it a punishment from the heavens, and it will become a barren land.
18:41

اَوْ یُصْبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَنْ تَسْتَطِیْعَ لَهٗ طَلَبًا

Or, its water will sink deep in the earth, so that you will never be able to search it out.”
18:42

وَاُحِیْطَ بِثَمَرِهٖ فَاَصْبَحَ یُقَلِّبُ كَفَّیْهِ عَلٰی مَاۤ اَنْفَقَ فِیْهَا وَهِیَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلٰی عُرُوْشِهَا وَیَقُوْلُ یٰلَیْتَنِیْ لَمْ اُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّیْۤ اَحَدًا

And its produce was overwhelmed by calamities and he stood wringing his hands (in anguish) over what he had invested in it, while it was fallen down on its trellises and he was saying, “I wish I had not ascribed any partner to my Lord!”
18:43

وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَّهٗ فِئَةٌ یَّنْصُرُوْنَهٗ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنْتَصِرًا

There were no supporters for him beside Allah, who could come to his help, nor was he able to defend himself.
18:44

هُنَالِكَ الْوَلَایَةُ لِلّٰهِ الْحَقِّ ؕ هُوَ خَیْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَّخَیْرٌ عُقْبًا

That is where the power of protection rests with Allah, the True God. He is the best in rewarding and best in requiting.
18:45

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَّثَلَ الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا كَمَآءٍ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهٖ نَبَاتُ الْاَرْضِ فَاَصْبَحَ هَشِیْمًا تَذْرُوْهُ الرِّیٰحُ ؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا

Give them the example of the worldly life; it is like water We sent down from the sky, then the vegetation of the earth was mingled with it, and then it turned into chaff that is blown by the winds, and Allah is powerful over everything.
18:46

اَلْمَالُ وَالْبَنُوْنَ زِیْنَةُ الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا ۚ وَالْبٰقِیٰتُ الصّٰلِحٰتُ خَیْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَّخَیْرٌ اَمَلًا

Wealth and children are the embellishment of the worldly life, and the everlasting virtues are better with your Lord, both in rewards and in creating good hopes
18:47

وَیَوْمَ نُسَیِّرُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَرَی الْاَرْضَ بَارِزَةً ۙ وَّحَشَرْنٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَدًا

And (visualize) the Day when We will make mountains move, and you will see the earth fully exposed, and We shall gather them together, so as not to leave a single one of them.
18:48

وَعُرِضُوْا عَلٰی رَبِّكَ صَفًّا ؕ لَقَدْ جِئْتُمُوْنَا كَمَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍؗ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَلَّنْ نَّجْعَلَ لَكُمْ مَّوْعِدًا

And they shall be presented lined-up before your Lord. (It will be said to them,) “Lo! You have come to Us just as We had created you for the first time, while you claimed that We would not make any appointed time for you.”
18:49

وَوُضِعَ الْكِتٰبُ فَتَرَی الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ مُشْفِقِیْنَ مِمَّا فِیْهِ وَیَقُوْلُوْنَ یٰوَیْلَتَنَا مَالِ هٰذَا الْكِتٰبِ لَا یُغَادِرُ صَغِیْرَةً وَّلَا كَبِیْرَةً اِلَّاۤ اَحْصٰىهَا ۚ وَوَجَدُوْا مَا عَمِلُوْا حَاضِرًا ؕ وَلَا یَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ اَحَدًا

And the book (of deeds) will be placed (before them), then you will see the guilty people scared of its contents and saying, “Woe to us! What a book is this! It has missed nothing, minor or major, but has taken it into account.” Thus they will find whatever they did present before them, and your Lord will not wrong anyone.
18:50

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ اسْجُدُوْا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوْۤا اِلَّاۤ اِبْلِیْسَ ؕ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهٖ ؕ اَفَتَتَّخِذُوْنَهٗ وَذُرِّیَّتَهٗۤ اَوْلِیَآءَ مِنْ دُوْنِیْ وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ ؕ بِئْسَ لِلظّٰلِمِیْنَ بَدَلًا

(Recall) when We said to the angels, “Prostrate yourselves before ’Ādam.” So, they prostrated themselves, all of them but Iblīs (Satan). He was of the Jinn, so he rebelled against the command of your Lord. Do you still take him and his progeny as friends instead of Me, while they are enemy to you? Evil is he as substitute (of obedience to Allah) for wrongdoers.
18:51

مَاۤ اَشْهَدْتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ اَنْفُسِهِمْ ۪ وَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّیْنَ عَضُدًا

I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor of their own creation. I was not such that I should take the misleaders as helpers.
18:52

وَیَوْمَ یَقُوْلُ نَادُوْا شُرَكَآءِیَ الَّذِیْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ یَسْتَجِیْبُوْا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَیْنَهُمْ مَّوْبِقًا

(Recall) the Day when He will say, “Call My ‘partners’ whom you claimed as such.” So, they will call them, but they will not respond to them, and We will put a destructive barrier between them.
18:53

وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوْۤا اَنَّهُمْ مُّوَاقِعُوْهَا وَلَمْ یَجِدُوْا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا

And the sinners will see the Fire; so they will know that they will have to fall into it, and they will find no way to bypass it.
18:54

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِیْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ؕ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَكْثَرَ شَیْءٍ جَدَلًا

Indeed We have explained in this Qur’ān every subject in various ways for the benefit of the people, but out of all creation, man is most disputing.
18:55

وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ یُّؤْمِنُوْۤا اِذْ جَآءَهُمُ الْهُدٰی وَیَسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ تَاْتِیَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ اَوْ یَاْتِیَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا

The only thing that prevented people from believing, even after the guidance had come to them, and from seeking forgiveness from their Lord, is (their demand) that what used to come to the earlier people should come to them as well, or that the punishment should visit them face to face.
18:56

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرِیْنَ وَمُنْذِرِیْنَ ۚ وَیُجَادِلُ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِیُدْحِضُوْا بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُوْۤا اٰیٰتِیْ وَمَاۤ اُنْذِرُوْا هُزُوًا

We send the messengers only as bearers of good tidings and warnings, and those who disbelieve raise disputes on the basis of the false (arguments), so that they may nullify the truth with it; and they have taken My signs, and the warnings given to them, as mockery.
18:57

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰیٰتِ رَبِّهٖ فَاَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِیَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ یَدٰهُ ؕ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلٰی قُلُوْبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ یَّفْقَهُوْهُ وَفِیْۤ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ؕ وَاِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ اِلَی الْهُدٰی فَلَنْ یَّهْتَدُوْۤا اِذًا اَبَدًا

Who is more unjust than the one who was reminded through the signs of his Lord, but he turned away from them, and forgot what his own hands sent ahead. Indeed We have put covers on their hearts that bar them from understanding it, and (We have created) deafness in their ears. And if you call them to guidance, even then they will never adopt the right path.
18:58

وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُوْرُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ ؕ لَوْ یُؤَاخِذُهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوْا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَ ؕ بَلْ لَّهُمْ مَّوْعِدٌ لَّنْ یَّجِدُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مَوْىِٕلًا

Your Lord is the Most Forgiving, the Lord of Mercy. If He seizes them for what they did, He may cause the punishment to befall them sooner, but there is an appointed time for them, from which they can never find a place of refuge.
18:59

وَتِلْكَ الْقُرٰۤی اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوْا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِمْ مَّوْعِدًا

These are the towns that We destroyed when they (i.e. their people) transgressed, and We had appointed a time for their destruction.
18:60

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوْسٰی لِفَتٰىهُ لَاۤ اَبْرَحُ حَتّٰۤی اَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَیْنِ اَوْ اَمْضِیَ حُقُبًا

(Recall) when Mūsā said to his young man, “I shall not give up until I reach the meeting point of the two seas, or else I shall go on traveling for years.”
18:61

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَیْنِهِمَا نَسِیَا حُوْتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِیْلَهٗ فِی الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا

So, when they reached the meeting point of the two seas, they forgot their fish, and it made its way into the sea as in a tunnel.
18:62

فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتٰىهُ اٰتِنَا غَدَآءَنَا ؗ لَقَدْ لَقِیْنَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا نَصَبًا

When they went further, he said to his young man, “Bring us our morning meal; we have, indeed, had much fatigue from this journey of ours.”
18:63

قَالَ اَرَءَیْتَ اِذْ اَوَیْنَاۤ اِلَی الصَّخْرَةِ فَاِنِّیْ نَسِیْتُ الْحُوْتَ ؗ وَمَاۤ اَنْسٰىنِیْهُ اِلَّا الشَّیْطٰنُ اَنْ اَذْكُرَهٗ ۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِیْلَهٗ فِی الْبَحْرِ ۖۗ عَجَبًا

He said, “You see, when we stayed at the rock, I forgot the fish. It was none but Satan who made me forget it to tell you about it - and it made its way into the sea in an amazing manner.”
18:64

قَالَ ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۖۗ فَارْتَدَّا عَلٰۤی اٰثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا

He said, “That was what we were looking for.” So they returned, retracing their footsteps.
18:65

فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَاۤ اٰتَیْنٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا وَعَلَّمْنٰهُ مِنْ لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا

Then they found one of Our servants whom We blessed with mercy from Us and whom We gave knowledge, a knowledge from Our own.
18:66

قَالَ لَهٗ مُوْسٰی هَلْ اَتَّبِعُكَ عَلٰۤی اَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا

Mūsā said to him, “May I have your company so that you teach me some of the rightful knowledge you have been given.”
18:67

قَالَ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِیْعَ مَعِیَ صَبْرًا

He said, “You can never bear with me patiently.
18:68

وَكَیْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلٰی مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهٖ خُبْرًا

And how would you keep patient over something your comprehension cannot grasp?”
18:69

قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِیْۤ اِنْ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ صَابِرًا وَّلَاۤ اَعْصِیْ لَكَ اَمْرًا

He (Mūsā) said, “You will find me patient, if Allah wills, and I shall not disobey any order from you.”
18:70

قَالَ فَاِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِیْ فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِیْ عَنْ شَیْءٍ حَتّٰۤی اُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا

He said, “Well, if you follow me, do not ask me about anything unless I myself start telling you about it.”
18:71

فَانْطَلَقَا ۥ حَتّٰۤی اِذَا رَكِبَا فِی السَّفِیْنَةِ خَرَقَهَا ؕ قَالَ اَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ اَهْلَهَا ۚ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَیْـًٔا اِمْرًا

So, they both moved ahead, until when they boarded a boat, he sliced it (by removing one of its planks). He (Mūsā) said, “Did you slice it to drown its people? In fact, you have done a terrible act.”
18:72

قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِیْعَ مَعِیَ صَبْرًا

He said, “Did I not say that you can never bear with me patiently?”
18:73

قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِیْ بِمَا نَسِیْتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِیْ مِنْ اَمْرِیْ عُسْرًا

He (Mūsā) said, “Do not hold me punishable for what I forgot, and do not make my course too difficult for me.”
18:74

فَانْطَلَقَا ۥ حَتّٰۤی اِذَا لَقِیَا غُلٰمًا فَقَتَلَهٗ ۙ قَالَ اَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِیَّةً بِغَیْرِ نَفْسٍ ؕ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَیْـًٔا نُّكْرًا

So, they moved ahead until when they met a boy, he killed him (the boy). He (Mūsā) said, “Did you kill an innocent soul while he did not kill anyone? You have committed a heinous act indeed.”

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