Surah Al-Qasas

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 28:1 ▶

   طسٓمٓ ﴿١﴾

   ṭā-sīm-mīm

   Ṭā, Seen, Meem.

   See footnote to 2:1.

2. 28:2 ▶

   تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢﴾

   tilka 'āyātu l-kitābi l-mubīn

   These are verses of the clear Book.

3. 28:3 ▶

   نَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكَ مِن نَّبَإِ مُوسَىٰ وَفِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   natlū ʿalayka min naba'i mūsā wafirʿawna bil-ḥaqqi liqawmiy yu'minūn

   We recite to you from the news of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who believe.

4. 28:4 ▶

   إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ ﴿٤﴾

   inna firʿawna ʿalā fi l-arḍi wajaʿala 'ahlahā shiyaʿay yastaḍʿifu ṭā'ifatam minhum yudhabbiḥu 'abnā'ahum wayastaḥyī nisā'ahum | innahū kāna mina l-mufsidīn

   Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.

5. 28:5 ▶

   وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ ﴿٥﴾

   wanurīdu 'an namunna ʿala lladhīna stuḍʿifū fi l-arḍi wanajʿalahum 'a'immataw wanajʿalahumu l-wārithīn

   And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors

6. 28:6 ▶

   وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنُرِىَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَحْذَرُونَ ﴿٦﴾

   wanumakkina lahum fi l-arḍi wanuriya firʿawna wahāmāna wajunūdahumā minhum mā kānū yaḥdharūn

   And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Hāmān and their soldiers through them that which they had feared.

   By means of those whom they had oppressed and enslaved.

7. 28:7 ▶

   وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَرْضِعِيهِ ۖ فَإِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَلْقِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِى وَلَا تَحْزَنِىٓ ۖ إِنَّا رَآدُّوهُ إِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٧﴾

   wa'awḥaynā 'ilā 'ummi mūsā 'an 'arḍiʿīh | fa'idhā khifti ʿalayhi fa'alqīhi fi l-yammi walā takhāfī walā taḥzanī | innā rāddūhu 'ilayki wajāʿilūhu mina l-mursalīn

   And We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."

8. 28:8 ▶

   فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰطِـِٔينَ ﴿٨﴾

   faltaqaṭahū 'ālu firʿawna liyakūna lahum ʿaduwwaw waḥazanā | inna firʿawna wahāmāna wajunūdahumā kānū khāṭi'īn

   And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.

9. 28:9 ▶

   وَقَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ لِّى وَلَكَ ۖ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٩﴾

   waqālati mra'atu firʿawna qurratu ʿaynil lī walak | lā taqtulūhu ʿasā 'ay yanfaʿanā 'aw nattakhidhahū waladaw wahum lā yashʿurūn

   And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye [i.e., pleasure] for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.

   What would be the result of that.

10. 28:10 ▶

    وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَـٰرِغًا ۖ إِن كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِى بِهِۦ لَوْلَآ أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

    wa'aṣbaḥa fu'ādu 'ummi mūsā fārighā | in kādat latubdī bihī lawlā 'ar rabaṭnā ʿalā qalbihā litakūna mina l-mu'minīn

    And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.

11. 28:11 ▶

    وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿١١﴾

    waqālat li'ukhtihī quṣṣīh | fabaṣurat bihī ʿan junubiw wahum lā yashʿurūn

    And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

12. 28:12 ▶

    ۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَـٰصِحُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    waḥarramnā ʿalayhi l-marāḍiʿa min qablu faqālat hal 'adullukum ʿalā 'ahli baytiy yakfulūnahū lakum wahum lahū nāṣiḥūn

    And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"

    Prior to that, Moses had refused to nurse from any other woman.

13. 28:13 ▶

    فَرَدَدْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّهِۦ كَىْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَ وَلِتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

    faradadnāhu 'ilā 'ummihī kay taqarra ʿaynuhā walā taḥzana walitaʿlama 'anna waʿda llāhi ḥaqquw walākinna 'aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

    So We restored him to his mother that she might be content and not grieve and that she would know that the promise of Allāh is true. But most of them [i.e., the people] do not know.

14. 28:14 ▶

    وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَٱسْتَوَىٰٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿١٤﴾

    walammā balagha 'ashuddahū wastawā 'ātaynāhu ḥukmaw waʿilmā | wakadhālika najzi l-muḥsinīn

    And when he attained his full strength and was [mentally] mature, We bestowed upon him judgement and knowledge. And thus do We reward the doers of good.

15. 28:15 ▶

    وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَـٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَـٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ ۖ فَٱسْتَغَـٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِى مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِى مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٥﴾

    wadakhala l-madīnata ʿalā ḥīni ghaflatim min 'ahlihā fawajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hādhā min shīʿatihī wahādhā min ʿaduwwih | fastaghāthahu lladhī min shīʿatihī ʿala lladhī min ʿaduwwihī fawakazahū mūsā faqaḍā ʿalayh | qāla hādhā min ʿamali sh-shayṭān | innahū ʿaduwwum muḍillum mubīn

    And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."

    i.e., during the noon period of rest.

16. 28:16 ▶

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿١٦﴾

    qāla rabbi 'innī ẓalamtu nafsī faghfir lī faghafara lah | innahū huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīm

    He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

17. 28:17 ▶

    قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ فَلَنْ أَكُونَ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

    qāla rabbi bimā 'anʿamta ʿalayya falan 'akūna ẓahīral lil-mujrimīn

    He said, "My Lord, for the favor You bestowed upon me, I will never be an assistant to the criminals."

18. 28:18 ▶

    فَأَصْبَحَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ خَآئِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَنصَرَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُۥ ۚ قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّكَ لَغَوِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٨﴾

    fa'aṣbaḥa fi l-madīnati khā'ifay yataraqqabu fa'idha lladhi stanṣarahū bil-amsi yastaṣrikhuh | qāla lahū mūsā 'innaka laghawiyyum mubīn

    And he became inside the city fearful and anticipating [exposure], when suddenly the one who sought his help the previous day cried out to him [once again]. Moses said to him, "Indeed, you are an evident, [persistent] deviator."

19. 28:19 ▶

    فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَبْطِشَ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقْتُلَنِى كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًۢا بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖ إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ ﴿١٩﴾

    falammā 'an 'arāda 'ay yabṭisha billadhī huwa ʿaduwwul lahumā qāla yāmūsā 'aturīdu 'an taqtulanī kamā qatalta nafsam bil-ams | in turīdu 'illā 'an takūna jabbāran fi l-arḍi wamā turīdu 'an takūna mina l-muṣliḥīn

    And when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders."

    i.e., the Israelite, thinking that Moses meant to strike him. Some commentators have attributed the words to the Copt; however, the Israelite was the only one who knew of the previous occurrence.

20. 28:20 ▶

    وَجَآءَ رَجُلٌ مِّنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱلْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَٱخْرُجْ إِنِّى لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    wajā'a rajulum min 'aqṣa l-madīnati yasʿā qāla yāmūsā 'inna l-mala'a ya'tamirūna bika liyaqtulūka fakhruj 'innī laka mina n-nāṣiḥīn

    And a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed, I am to you of the sincere advisors."

21. 28:21 ▶

    فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَآئِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢١﴾

    fakharaja minhā khā'ifay yataraqqab | qāla rabbi najjinī mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn

    So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."

22. 28:22 ▶

    وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَآءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِى سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ﴿٢٢﴾

    walammā tawajjaha tilqā'a madyana qāla ʿasā rabbī 'ay yahdiyanī sawā'a s-sabīl

    And when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way."

23. 28:23 ▶

    وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ ۖ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ ﴿٢٣﴾

    walammā warada mā'a madyana wajada ʿalayhi 'ummatam mina n-nāsi yasqūna wawajada min dūnihimu mra'atayni tadhūdān | qāla mā khaṭbukumā | qālatā lā nasqī ḥattā yuṣdira r-riʿā' | wa'abūnā shaykhun kabīr

    And when he came to the water [i.e., well] of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women holding back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."

24. 28:24 ▶

    فَسَقَىٰ لَهُمَا ثُمَّ تَوَلَّىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلظِّلِّ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى لِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

    fasaqā lahumā thumma tawallā 'ila ẓ-ẓilli faqāla rabbi 'innī limā 'anzalta 'ilayya min khayrin faqīr

    So he watered [their flocks] for them; then he went back to the shade and said, "My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need."

25. 28:25 ▶

    فَجَآءَتْهُ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا تَمْشِى عَلَى ٱسْتِحْيَآءٍ قَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبِى يَدْعُوكَ لِيَجْزِيَكَ أَجْرَ مَا سَقَيْتَ لَنَا ۚ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُۥ وَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ نَجَوْتَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    fajā'at-hu 'iḥdāhumā tamshī ʿala stiḥyā'in qālat 'inna 'abī yadʿūka liyajziyaka 'ajra mā saqayta lanā | falammā jā'ahū waqaṣṣa ʿalayhi l-qaṣaṣa qāla lā takhaf | najawta mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn

    Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness. She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us." So when he came to him and related to him the story, he said, "Fear not. You have escaped from the wrongdoing people."

    Prophet Shuʿayb, the father of the two women.

26. 28:26 ▶

    قَالَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسْتَـْٔجِرْهُ ۖ إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ ٱسْتَـْٔجَرْتَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْأَمِينُ ﴿٢٦﴾

    qālat 'iḥdāhumā yā'abati sta'jirh | inna khayra mani sta'jarta l-qawiyyu l-amīn

    One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."

27. 28:27 ▶

    قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُنكِحَكَ إِحْدَى ٱبْنَتَىَّ هَـٰتَيْنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأْجُرَنِى ثَمَـٰنِىَ حِجَجٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًا فَمِنْ عِندِكَ ۖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ ۚ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    qāla 'innī 'urīdu 'an 'unkiḥaka 'iḥda bnatayya hātayni ʿalā 'an ta'juranī thamāniya ḥijaj | fa'in 'atmamta ʿashran famin ʿindik | wamā 'urīdu 'an 'ashuqqa ʿalayk | satajidunī 'in shā'a llāhu mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīn

    He said, "Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favor] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allāh wills, from among the righteous."

28. 28:28 ▶

    قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ ۖ أَيَّمَا ٱلْأَجَلَيْنِ قَضَيْتُ فَلَا عُدْوَٰنَ عَلَىَّ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ ﴿٢٨﴾

    qāla dhālika baynī wabaynak | ayyama l-ajalayni qaḍaytu falā ʿudwāna ʿalayy | wallāhu ʿalā mā naqūlu wakīl

    [Moses] said, "That is [established] between me and you. Whichever of the two terms I complete - there is no injustice to me, and Allāh, over what we say, is Witness."

29. 28:29 ▶

    ۞ فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِأَهْلِهِۦٓ ءَانَسَ مِن جَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ نَارًا قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    falammā qaḍā mūsa l-ajala wasāra bi'ahlihī 'ānasa min jānibi ṭ-ṭūri nāran qāla li'ahlihi mkuthū 'innī 'ānastu nāral laʿallī 'ātīkum minhā bikhabarin 'aw jadhwatim mina n-nāri laʿallakum taṣṭalūn

    And when Moses had completed the term and was traveling with his family, he perceived from the direction of the mount a fire. He said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire. Perhaps I will bring you from there [some] information or burning wood from the fire that you may warm yourselves."

30. 28:30 ▶

    فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ مِن شَـٰطِئِ ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ فِى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ ٱلْمُبَـٰرَكَةِ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    falammā 'atāhā nūdiya min shāṭi'i l-wādi l-aymani fi l-buqʿati l-mubārakati mina sh-shajarati 'ay yāmūsā 'innī 'ana llāhu rabbu l-ʿālamīn

    But when he came to it, he was called from the right side of the valley in a blessed spot - from the tree, "O Moses, indeed I am Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

    Which was within the fire.

31. 28:31 ▶

    وَأَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔامِنِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

    wa'an 'alqi ʿaṣāk | falammā ra'āhā tahtazzu ka'annahā jānnuw wallā mudbiraw walam yuʿaqqib | yāmūsā 'aqbil walā takhaf | innaka mina l-āminīn

    And [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allāh said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.

    Or "did not look back."

32. 28:32 ▶

    ٱسْلُكْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ وَٱضْمُمْ إِلَيْكَ جَنَاحَكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّهْبِ ۖ فَذَٰنِكَ بُرْهَـٰنَانِ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    usluk yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍā'a min ghayri sū'iw waḍmum 'ilayka janāḥaka mina r-rahb | fadhānika burhānāni mir rabbika 'ilā firʿawna wamala'ih | innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

    Insert your hand into the opening of your garment; it will come out white, without disease. And draw in your arm close to you [as prevention] from fear, for those are two proofs from your Lord to Pharaoh and his establishment. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."

33. 28:33 ▶

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ﴿٣٣﴾

    qāla rabbi 'innī qataltu minhum nafsan fa'akhāfu 'ay yaqtulūn

    He said, "My Lord, indeed I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.

34. 28:34 ▶

    وَأَخِى هَـٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَانًا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِىَ رِدْءًا يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ ﴿٣٤﴾

    wa'akhī hārūnu huwa 'afṣaḥu minnī lisānan fa'arsilhu maʿiya rid'ay yuṣaddiqunī | innī 'akhāfu 'ay yukadhdhibūn

    And my brother Aaron is more fluent than me in tongue, so send him with me as support, verifying me. Indeed, I fear that they will deny me."

35. 28:35 ▶

    قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِأَخِيكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَـٰنًا فَلَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا ۚ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكُمَا ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    qāla sanashuddu ʿaḍudaka bi'akhīka wanajʿalu lakumā sulṭānan falā yaṣilūna 'ilaykumā | bi'āyātinā 'antumā wamani ttabaʿakuma l-ghālibūn

    [Allāh] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother and grant you both supremacy so they will not reach you. [It will be] through Our signs; you and those who follow you will be the predominant."

36. 28:36 ▶

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالُوا۟ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّفْتَرًى وَمَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِىٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    falammā jā'ahum mūsā bi'āyātinā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā 'illā siḥrum muftaraw wamā samiʿnā bihādhā fī 'ābā'ina l-awwalīn

    But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers."

37. 28:37 ▶

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ مِنْ عِندِهِۦ وَمَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    waqāla mūsā rabbī 'aʿlamu biman jā'a bil-hudā min ʿindihī waman takūnu lahū ʿāqibatu d-dār | innahū lā yufliḥu ẓ-ẓālimūn

    And Moses said, "My Lord is more knowing [than we or you] of who has come with guidance from Him and to whom will be succession in the home. Indeed, wrongdoers do not succeed."

    i.e., in this world or in the Hereafter.

38. 28:38 ▶

    وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرِى فَأَوْقِدْ لِى يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلطِّينِ فَٱجْعَل لِّى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَطَّلِعُ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    waqāla firʿawnu yā'ayyuha l-mala'u mā ʿalimtu lakum min 'ilāhin ghayrī fa'awqid lī yāhāmānu ʿala ṭ-ṭīni fajʿal lī ṣarḥal laʿallī 'aṭṭaliʿu 'ilā 'ilāhi mūsā wa'innī la'aẓunnuhū mina l-kādhibīn

    And Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Hāmān, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."

    From which bricks are made.

39. 28:39 ▶

    وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    wastakbara huwa wajunūduhū fi l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqqi waẓannū 'annahum 'ilaynā lā yurjaʿūn

    And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

40. 28:40 ▶

    فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    fa'akhadhnāhu wajunūdahū fanabadhnāhum fi l-yamm | fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu ẓ-ẓālimīn

    So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

    Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) caused them to leave all their worldly wealth behind and enter the sea in pursuit of the Children of Israel. See 26:52-66.

41. 28:41 ▶

    وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    wajaʿalnāhum 'a'immatay yadʿūna 'ila n-nār | wayawma l-qiyāmati lā yunṣarūn

    And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.

    i.e., examples or precedents, followed by subsequent tyrants.

42. 28:42 ▶

    وَأَتْبَعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمَقْبُوحِينَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    wa'atbaʿnāhum fī hādhihi d-dunyā laʿnah | wayawma l-qiyāmati hum mina l-maqbūḥīn

    And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be of the despised.

    Literally, "those made hideous," who will be far removed from all good and mercy.

43. 28:43 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    walaqad 'ātaynā mūsa l-kitāba mim baʿdi mā 'ahlakna l-qurūna l-ūlā baṣā'ira lin-nāsi wahudaw waraḥmatal laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

    And We gave Moses the Scripture, after We had destroyed the former generations, as enlightenment for the people and guidance and mercy that they might be reminded.

44. 28:44 ▶

    وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْغَرْبِىِّ إِذْ قَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلْأَمْرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    wamā kunta bijānibi l-gharbiyyi 'idh qaḍaynā 'ilā mūsa l-amra wamā kunta mina sh-shāhidīn

    And you, [O Muḥammad], were not on the western side [of the mount] when We revealed to Moses the command, and you were not among the witnesses [to that].

45. 28:45 ▶

    وَلَـٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۚ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    walākinnā 'ansha'nā qurūnan fataṭāwala ʿalayhimu l-ʿumur | wamā kunta thāwiyan fī 'ahli madyana tatlū ʿalayhim 'āyātinā walākinnā kunnā mursilīn

    But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].

    So they forgot and neglected the ordinances of Allāh.

    The Prophet (ﷺ) had no way of obtaining this information except through Allāh's revelation.

46. 28:46 ▶

    وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلطُّورِ إِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلَـٰكِن رَّحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    wamā kunta bijānibi ṭ-ṭūri 'idh nādaynā walākir raḥmatam mir rabbika litundhira qawmam mā 'atāhum min nadhīrim min qablika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

    And you were not at the side of the mount when We called [Moses] but [were sent] as a mercy from your Lord to warn a people to whom no warner had come before you that they might be reminded.

47. 28:47 ▶

    وَلَوْلَآ أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    walawlā 'an tuṣībahum muṣībatum bimā qaddamat 'aydīhim fayaqūlū rabbanā lawlā 'arsalta 'ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa 'āyātika wanakūna mina l-mu'minīn

    And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...

    The conclusion of the sentence is understood to be "...We would not have sent messengers," meaning that Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) sent messengers and sent Muḥammad (ﷺ) with the final scripture to mankind so that no one could claim that punishment was imposed unjustly without warning.

48. 28:48 ▶

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُوتِىَ مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أُوتِىَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سِحْرَانِ تَظَـٰهَرَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    falammā jā'ahumu l-ḥaqqu min ʿindinā qālū lawlā 'ūtiya mithla mā 'ūtiya mūsā | awalam yakfurū bimā 'ūtiya mūsā min qabl | qālū siḥrāni taẓāharā waqālū 'innā bikullin kāfirūn

    But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers."

    The reference is by the disbelievers of Quraysh to the Qur’ān and the Torah.

49. 28:49 ▶

    قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبٍ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمَآ أَتَّبِعْهُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    qul fa'tū bikitābim min ʿindi llāhi huwa 'ahdā minhumā 'attabiʿhu 'in kuntum ṣādiqīn

    Say, "Then bring a scripture from Allāh which is more guiding than either of them that I may follow it, if you should be truthful."

50. 28:50 ▶

    فَإِن لَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكَ فَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّمَا يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    fa'il lam yastajībū laka faʿlam 'annamā yattabiʿūna 'ahwā'ahum | waman 'aḍallu mimmani ttabaʿa hawāhu bighayri hudam mina llāh | inna llāha lā yahdi l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīn

    But if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allāh? Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

51. 28:51 ▶

    ۞ وَلَقَدْ وَصَّلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

    walaqad waṣṣalnā lahumu l-qawla laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

    And We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the word [i.e., the Qur’ān] that they might be reminded.

52. 28:52 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ هُم بِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

    alladhīna 'ātaynāhumu l-kitāba min qablihī hum bihī yu'minūn

    Those to whom We gave the Scripture before it - they are believers in it.

    i.e., the sincere believers among them.

53. 28:53 ▶

    وَإِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾

    wa'idhā yutlā ʿalayhim qālū 'āmannā bihī 'innahu l-ḥaqqu mir rabbinā 'innā kunnā min qablihī muslimīn

    And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh]."

54. 28:54 ▶

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُؤْتَوْنَ أَجْرَهُم مَّرَّتَيْنِ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيَدْرَءُونَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾

    ulā'ika yu'tawna 'ajrahum marratayni bimā ṣabarū wayadra'ūna bil-ḥasanati s-sayyi'ata wamimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn

    Those will be given their reward twice for what they patiently endured and [because] they avert evil through good, and from what We have provided them they spend.

55. 28:55 ▶

    وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ لَنَآ أَعْمَـٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِى ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

    wa'idhā samiʿu llaghwa 'aʿraḍū ʿanhu waqālū lanā 'aʿmālunā walakum 'aʿmālukum salāmun ʿalaykum lā nabtaghi l-jāhilīn

    And when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you; we seek not the ignorant."

    This is not the Islāmic greeting of "Peace be upon you." Rather, it means "You are secure from being treated in a like manner by us."

56. 28:56 ▶

    إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    innaka lā tahdī man 'aḥbabta walākinna llāha yahdī may yashā' | wahuwa 'aʿlamu bil-muhtadīn

    Indeed, [O Muḥammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allāh guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

57. 28:57 ▶

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِن نَّتَّبِعِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَآ ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّهُمْ حَرَمًا ءَامِنًا يُجْبَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَٰتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رِّزْقًا مِّن لَّدُنَّا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    waqālū 'in nattabiʿi l-hudā maʿaka nutakhaṭṭaf min 'arḍinā | awalam numakkil lahum ḥaraman 'āminay yujbā 'ilayhi thamarātu kulli shay'ir rizqam mil ladunnā walākinna 'aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

    And they [i.e., the Quraysh] say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have We not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

    By the other Arab tribes.

58. 28:58 ▶

    وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ فَتِلْكَ مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ ﴿٥٨﴾

    wakam 'ahlaknā min qaryatim baṭirat maʿīshatahā | fatilka masākinuhum lam tuskam mim baʿdihim 'illā qalīlā | wakunnā naḥnu l-wārithīn

    And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.

    By travelers seeking temporary shelter. The reference is to the ruins which were visible to the Quraysh during their journeys.

59. 28:59 ▶

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    wamā kāna rabbuka muhlika l-qurā ḥattā yabʿatha fī 'ummihā rasūlay yatlū ʿalayhim 'āyātinā | wamā kunnā muhliki l-qurā 'illā wa'ahluhā ẓālimūn

    And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.

60. 28:60 ▶

    وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍ فَمَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتُهَا ۚ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾

    wamā 'ūtītum min shay'in famatāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wazīnatuhā | wamā ʿinda llāhi khayruw wa'abqā 'afalā taʿqilūn

    And whatever thing you [people] have been given - it is [only for] the enjoyment of worldly life and its adornment. And what is with Allāh is better and more lasting; so will you not use reason?

61. 28:61 ▶

    أَفَمَن وَعَدْنَـٰهُ وَعْدًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ لَـٰقِيهِ كَمَن مَّتَّعْنَـٰهُ مَتَـٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ هُوَ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ ﴿٦١﴾

    afamaw waʿadnāhu waʿdan ḥasanan fahuwa lāqīhi kamam mattaʿnāhu matāʿa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā thumma huwa yawma l-qiyāmati mina l-muḥḍarīn

    Then is he whom We have promised a good promise which he will meet [i.e., obtain] like he for whom We provided enjoyment of worldly life [but] then he is, on the Day of Resurrection, among those presented [for punishment in Hell]?

62. 28:62 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

    wayawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu 'ayna shurakā'iya lladhīna kuntum tazʿumūn

    And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are My 'partners' which you used to claim?"

63. 28:63 ▶

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَغْوَيْنَآ أَغْوَيْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا غَوَيْنَا ۖ تَبَرَّأْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۖ مَا كَانُوٓا۟ إِيَّانَا يَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

    qāla lladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu rabbanā hā'ulā'i lladhīna 'aghwaynā 'aghwaynāhum kamā ghawaynā | tabarra'nā 'ilayk | mā kānū 'iyyānā yaʿbudūn

    Those upon whom the word will have come into effect will say, "Our Lord, these are the ones we led to error. We led them to error just as we were in error. We declare our disassociation [from them] to You. They did not used to worship [i.e., obey] us."

    The decree for their punishment.

    i.e., We did not compel them, and they did not obey us; instead, they obeyed their own desires and inclinations.

64. 28:64 ▶

    وَقِيلَ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَرَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَهْتَدُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

    waqīla dʿū shurakā'akum fadaʿawhum falam yastajībū lahum wara'awu l-ʿadhāb | law 'annahum kānū yahtadūn

    And it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners,'" and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance!

65. 28:65 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أَجَبْتُمُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ﴿٦٥﴾

    wayawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu mādhā 'ajabtumu l-mursalīn

    And [mention] the Day He will call them and say, "What did you answer the messengers?"

66. 28:66 ▶

    فَعَمِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَهُمْ لَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

    faʿamiyat ʿalayhimu l-ambā'u yawma'idhin fahum lā yatasā'alūn

    But the information will be unapparent to them that Day, so they will not [be able to] ask one another.

    By which they might invent lies or excuses.

67. 28:67 ▶

    فَأَمَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْلِحِينَ ﴿٦٧﴾

    fa'ammā man tāba wa'āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan faʿasā 'ay yakūna mina l-mufliḥīn

    But as for one who had repented, believed, and done righteousness, it is expected [i.e., promised by Allāh] that he will be among the successful.

68. 28:68 ▶

    وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيَخْتَارُ ۗ مَا كَانَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

    warabbuka yakhluqu mā yashā'u wayakhtār | mā kāna lahumu l-khiyarah | subḥāna llāhi wataʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn

    And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses; not for them was the choice. Exalted is Allāh and high above what they associate with Him.

69. 28:69 ▶

    وَرَبُّكَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾

    warabbuka yaʿlamu mā tukinnu ṣudūruhum wamā yuʿlinūn

    And your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they declare.

70. 28:70 ▶

    وَهُوَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَلَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

    wahuwa llāhu lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | lahu l-ḥamdu fi l-ūlā wal-ākhirah | walahu l-ḥukmu wa'ilayhi turjaʿūn

    And He is Allāh; there is no deity except Him. To Him is [due all] praise in the first [life] and the Hereafter. And His is the [final] decision, and to Him you will be returned.

71. 28:71 ▶

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِضِيَآءٍ ۖ أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

    qul 'ara'aytum 'in jaʿala llāhu ʿalaykumu llayla sarmadan 'ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man 'ilāhun ghayru llāhi ya'tīkum biḍiyā' | afalā tasmaʿūn

    Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you light? Then will you not hear?"

    Meaning "Inform me if you really know."

72. 28:72 ▶

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلنَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِلَيْلٍ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

    qul 'ara'aytum 'in jaʿala llāhu ʿalaykumu n-nahāra sarmadan 'ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man 'ilāhun ghayru llāhi ya'tīkum bilaylin taskunūna fīh | afalā tubṣirūn

    Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the day continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you a night in which you may rest? Then will you not see?"

73. 28:73 ▶

    وَمِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٧٣﴾

    wamir raḥmatihī jaʿala lakumu llayla wan-nahāra litaskunū fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihī walaʿallakum tashkurūn

    And out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day that you may rest therein and [by day] seek from His bounty and [that] perhaps you will be grateful.

74. 28:74 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾

    wayawma yunādīhim fayaqūlu 'ayna shurakā'iya lladhīna kuntum tazʿumūn

    And [warn of] the Day He will call them and say, "Where are My 'partners' which you used to claim?"

75. 28:75 ▶

    وَنَزَعْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا فَقُلْنَا هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ فَعَلِمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلْحَقَّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

    wanazaʿnā min kulli 'ummatin shahīdan faqulnā hātū burhānakum faʿalimū 'anna l-ḥaqqa lillāhi waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūn

    And We will extract from every nation a witness and say, "Produce your proof," and they will know that the truth belongs to Allāh, and lost from them is that which they used to invent.

76. 28:76 ▶

    ۞ إِنَّ قَـٰرُونَ كَانَ مِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰ فَبَغَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْكُنُوزِ مَآ إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُۥ لَتَنُوٓأُ بِٱلْعُصْبَةِ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُوَّةِ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ لَا تَفْرَحْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْفَرِحِينَ ﴿٧٦﴾

    inna qārūna kāna min qawmi mūsā fabaghā ʿalayhim | wa'ātaynāhu mina l-kunūzi mā 'inna mafātiḥahū latanū'u bil-ʿuṣbati 'uli l-quwwati 'idh qāla lahū qawmuhū lā tafraḥ | inna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-fariḥīn

    Indeed, Qārūn was from the people of Moses, but he tyrannized them. And We gave him of treasures whose keys would burden a band of strong men; thereupon his people said to him, "Do not exult. Indeed, Allāh does not like the exultant.

77. 28:77 ▶

    وَٱبْتَغِ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۖ وَلَا تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَأَحْسِن كَمَآ أَحْسَنَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَلَا تَبْغِ ٱلْفَسَادَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾

    wabtaghi fīmā 'ātāka llāhu d-dāra l-ākhirah | walā tansa naṣībaka mina d-dunyā | wa'aḥsin kamā 'aḥsana llāhu 'ilayk | walā tabghi l-fasāda fi l-arḍ | inna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-mufsidīn

    But seek, through that which Allāh has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world. And do good as Allāh has done good to you. And desire not corruption in the land. Indeed, Allāh does not like corrupters."

78. 28:78 ▶

    قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِىٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرُ جَمْعًا ۚ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿٧٨﴾

    qāla 'innamā 'ūtītuhū ʿalā ʿilmin ʿindī | awalam yaʿlam 'anna llāha qad 'ahlaka min qablihī mina l-qurūni man huwa 'ashaddu minhu quwwataw wa'aktharu jamʿā | walā yus'alu ʿan dhunūbihimu l-mujrimūn

    He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allāh had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.

    There will be no need to enumerate their sins separately, as their quantity is obvious and more than sufficient to warrant punishment in Hell.

79. 28:79 ▶

    فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فِى زِينَتِهِۦ ۖ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا يَـٰلَيْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ قَـٰرُونُ إِنَّهُۥ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٧٩﴾

    fakharaja ʿalā qawmihī fī zīnatih | qāla lladhīna yurīdūna l-ḥayāta d-dunyā yālayta lanā mithla mā 'ūtiya qārūnu 'innahū ladhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīm

    So he came out before his people in his adornment. Those who desired the worldly life said, "Oh, would that we had like what was given to Qārūn. Indeed, he is one of great fortune."

80. 28:80 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ وَيْلَكُمْ ثَوَابُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا وَلَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾

    waqāla lladhīna 'ūtu l-ʿilma waylakum thawābu llāhi khayrul liman 'āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥaw walā yulaqqāhā 'illa ṣ-ṣābirūn

    But those who had been given knowledge said, "Woe to you! The reward of Allāh is better for he who believes and does righteousness. And none are granted it except the patient."

81. 28:81 ▶

    فَخَسَفْنَا بِهِۦ وَبِدَارِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ مِن فِئَةٍ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنتَصِرِينَ ﴿٨١﴾

    fakhasafnā bihī wabidārihi l-arḍa famā kāna lahū min fi'atiy yanṣurūnahū min dūni llāhi wamā kāna mina l-muntaṣirīn

    And We caused the earth to swallow him and his home. And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor was he of those who [could] defend themselves.

82. 28:82 ▶

    وَأَصْبَحَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَمَنَّوْا۟ مَكَانَهُۥ بِٱلْأَمْسِ يَقُولُونَ وَيْكَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن مَّنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا لَخَسَفَ بِنَا ۖ وَيْكَأَنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

    wa'aṣbaḥa lladhīna tamannaw makānahū bil-amsi yaqūlūna wayka'anna llāha yabsuṭu r-rizqa limay yashā'u min ʿibādihī wayaqdir | lawlā 'am manna llāhu ʿalaynā lakhasafa binā | wayka'annahū lā yufliḥu l-kāfirūn

    And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allāh extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allāh had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"

83. 28:83 ▶

    تِلْكَ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ نَجْعَلُهَا لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ عُلُوًّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فَسَادًا ۚ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾

    tilka d-dāru l-ākhiratu najʿaluhā lilladhīna lā yurīdūna ʿuluwwan fi l-arḍi walā fasādā | wal-ʿāqibatu lil-muttaqīn

    That home of the Hereafter We assign to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth or corruption. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous.

84. 28:84 ▶

    مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهَا ۖ وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى ٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾

    man jā'a bil-ḥasanati falahū khayrum minhā | waman jā'a bis-sayyi'ati falā yujza lladhīna ʿamilu s-sayyi'āti 'illā mā kānū yaʿmalūn

    Whoever comes [on the Day of Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it; and whoever comes with an evil deed - then those who did evil deeds will not be recompensed except [as much as] what they used to do.

85. 28:85 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِى فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لَرَآدُّكَ إِلَىٰ مَعَادٍ ۚ قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَمَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٨٥﴾

    inna lladhī faraḍa ʿalayka l-qur'āna larādduka 'ilā maʿād | qur rabbī 'aʿlamu man jā'a bil-hudā waman huwa fī ḍalālim mubīn

    Indeed, [O Muḥammad], He who imposed upon you the Qur’ān will take you back to a place of return. Say, "My Lord is most knowing of who brings guidance and who is in clear error."

    Meaning to Makkah (in this life) or to Paradise (in the Hereafter).

86. 28:86 ▶

    وَمَا كُنتَ تَرْجُوٓا۟ أَن يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيرًا لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٨٦﴾

    wamā kunta tarjū 'ay yulqā 'ilayka l-kitābu 'illā raḥmatam mir rabbik | falā takūnanna ẓahīral lil-kāfirīn

    And you were not expecting that the Book would be conveyed to you, but [it is] a mercy from your Lord. So do not be an assistant to the disbelievers.

    In their religion by making any concessions to their beliefs.

87. 28:87 ▶

    وَلَا يَصُدُّنَّكَ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أُنزِلَتْ إِلَيْكَ ۖ وَٱدْعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾

    walā yaṣuddunnaka ʿan 'āyāti llāhi baʿda 'idh 'unzilat 'ilayk | wadʿu 'ilā rabbik | walā takūnanna mina l-mushrikīn

    And never let them avert you from the verses of Allāh after they have been revealed to you. And invite [people] to your Lord. And never be of those who associate others with Allāh.

88. 28:88 ▶

    وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۘ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ ۚ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾

    walā tadʿu maʿa llāhi 'ilāhan 'ākhar | lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | kullu shay'in hālikun 'illā wajhah | lahu l-ḥukmu wa'ilayhi turjaʿūn

    And do not invoke with Allāh another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face. His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.

    i.e., except Himself.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.