Surah Az-Zukhruf

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 43:1 ▶

   حمٓ ﴿١﴾

   ḥā-mīm

   Ḥā, Meem.

   See footnote to 2:1.

2. 43:2 ▶

   وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢﴾

   wal-kitābi l-mubīn

   By the clear Book,

3. 43:3 ▶

   إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   innā jaʿalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyal laʿallakum taʿqilūn

   Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.

4. 43:4 ▶

   وَإِنَّهُۥ فِىٓ أُمِّ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِىٌّ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٤﴾

   wa'innahū fī 'ummi l-kitābi ladaynā laʿaliyyun ḥakīm

   And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.

   i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).

   Also, "precise" or "specific."

5. 43:5 ▶

   أَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا أَن كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِينَ ﴿٥﴾

   afanaḍribu ʿankumu dh-dhikra ṣafḥan 'an kuntum qawmam musrifīn

   Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

6. 43:6 ▶

   وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن نَّبِىٍّ فِى ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٦﴾

   wakam 'arsalnā min nabiyyin fi l-awwalīn

   And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

7. 43:7 ▶

   وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٧﴾

   wamā ya'tīhim min nabiyyin 'illā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

   But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

8. 43:8 ▶

   فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٨﴾

   fa'ahlaknā 'ashadda minhum baṭshaw wamaḍā mathalu l-awwalīn

   And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

   The disbelievers of the Quraysh, who denied Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

9. 43:9 ▶

   وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٩﴾

   wala'in sa'altahum man khalaqa s-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna khalaqahunna l-ʿazīzu l-ʿalīm

   And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"

10. 43:10 ▶

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

    alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdaw wajaʿala lakum fīhā subulal laʿallakum tahtadūn

    [The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

11. 43:11 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ ﴿١١﴾

    walladhī nazzala mina s-samā'i mā'am biqadarin fa'ansharnā bihī baldatam maytā | kadhālika tukhrajūn

    And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

12. 43:12 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    walladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā wajaʿala lakum mina l-fulki wal-anʿāmi mā tarkabūn

    And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount

13. 43:13 ▶

    لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

    litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihī thumma tadhkurū niʿmata rabbikum 'idha stawaytum ʿalayhi wataqūlū subḥāna lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahū muqrinīn

    That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.

    Literally, "made it a companion" or "made it compatible."

14. 43:14 ▶

    وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    wa'innā 'ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūn

    And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

15. 43:15 ▶

    وَجَعَلُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزْءًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٥﴾

    wajaʿalū lahū min ʿibādihī juz'ā | inna l-insāna lakafūrum mubīn

    But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

    By claiming that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has a son or daughters, as it is said that a child is part of his parent. This concept is totally incompatible with Allāh's unity and exclusiveness.

16. 43:16 ▶

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

    ami ttakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātiw wa'aṣfākum bil-banīn

    Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

17. 43:17 ▶

    وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ﴿١٧﴾

    wa'idhā bushshira 'aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lir-raḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhū muswaddaw wahuwa kaẓīm

    And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

18. 43:18 ▶

    أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِى ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ ﴿١٨﴾

    awamay yunashsha'u fi l-ḥilyati wahuwa fi l-khiṣāmi ghayru mubīn

    So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allāh]?

    Not "obvious" or "distinct" in an argument. Or not "seen," i.e., absent from battles. The reference is to a daughter.

19. 43:19 ▶

    وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَـٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ ۚ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَـٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    wajaʿalu l-malā'ikata lladhīna hum ʿibādu r-raḥmāni 'ināthā | ashahidū khalqahum | satuktabu shahādatuhum wayus'alūn

    And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

20. 43:20 ▶

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    waqālū law shā'a r-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bidhālika min ʿilm | in hum 'illā yakhruṣūn

    And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

21. 43:21 ▶

    أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ كِتَـٰبًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

    am 'ātaynāhum kitābam min qablihī fahum bihī mustamsikūn

    Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

22. 43:22 ▶

    بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    bal qālū 'innā wajadnā 'ābā'anā ʿalā 'ummatiw wa'innā ʿalā 'āthārihim muhtadūn

    Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

23. 43:23 ▶

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    wakadhālika mā 'arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatim min nadhīrin 'illā qāla mutrafūhā 'innā wajadnā 'ābā'anā ʿalā 'ummatiw wa'innā ʿalā 'āthārihim muqtadūn

    And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

24. 43:24 ▶

    ۞ قَـٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    qāla 'awalaw ji'tukum bi'ahdā mimmā wajattum ʿalayhi 'ābā'akum | qālū 'innā bimā 'ursiltum bihī kāfirūn

    [Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

25. 43:25 ▶

    فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    fantaqamnā minhum | fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhdhibīn

    So We took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

26. 43:26 ▶

    وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    wa'idh qāla 'ibrāhīmu li'abīhi waqawmihī 'innanī barā'um mimmā taʿbudūn

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

27. 43:27 ▶

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهْدِينِ ﴿٢٧﴾

    illa lladhī faṭaranī fa'innahū sayahdīn

    Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

28. 43:28 ▶

    وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةًۢ بَاقِيَةً فِى عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    wajaʿalahā kalimatam bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihī laʿallahum yarjiʿūn

    And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

    i.e., his testimony that none is worthy of worship except Allāh.

29. 43:29 ▶

    بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٢٩﴾

    bal mattaʿtu hā'ulā'i wa'ābā'ahum ḥattā jā'ahumu l-ḥaqqu warasūlum mubīn

    However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.

    The descendants of Abraham.

    i.e., one who is obvious with a clear message, meaning Muḥammad (ﷺ).

30. 43:30 ▶

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    walammā jā'ahumu l-ḥaqqu qālū hādhā siḥruw wa'innā bihī kāfirūn

    But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

31. 43:31 ▶

    وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٣١﴾

    waqālū lawlā nuzzila hādha l-qur'ānu ʿalā rajulim mina l-qaryatayni ʿaẓīm

    And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"

    Referring to Makkah and aṭ-Ṭā’if.

32. 43:32 ▶

    أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَـٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    ahum yaqsimūna raḥmata rabbik | naḥnu qasamnā baynahum maʿīshatahum fi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | warafaʿnā baʿḍahum fawqa baʿḍin darajātil liyattakhidha baʿḍuhum baʿḍan sukhriyyā | waraḥmatu rabbika khayrum mimmā yajmaʿūn

    Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

33. 43:33 ▶

    وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    walawlā 'ay yakūna n-nāsu 'ummataw wāḥidatal lajaʿalnā limay yakfuru bir-raḥmāni libuyūtihim suqufam min fiḍḍatiw wamaʿārija ʿalayhā yaẓharūn

    And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

    Who assumed that Allāh's generosity to them was a sign of His approval or who would hasten to disbelief in order to obtain wealth.

34. 43:34 ▶

    وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَٰبًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    walibuyūtihim 'abwābaw wasururan ʿalayhā yattaki'ūn

    And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

35. 43:35 ▶

    وَزُخْرُفًا ۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    wazukhrufā | wa'in kullu dhālika lammā matāʿu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | wal-ākhiratu ʿinda rabbika lil-muttaqīn

    And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

36. 43:36 ▶

    وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَـٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٌ ﴿٣٦﴾

    wamay yaʿshu ʿan dhikri r-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahū shayṭānan fahuwa lahū qarīn

    And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

37. 43:37 ▶

    وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    wa'innahum layaṣuddūnahum ʿani s-sabīli wayaḥsabūna 'annahum muhtadūn

    And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

38. 43:38 ▶

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ ﴿٣٨﴾

    ḥattā 'idhā jā'anā qāla yālayta baynī wabaynaka buʿda l-mashriqayni fabi'sa l-qarīn

    Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."

39. 43:39 ▶

    وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    walay yanfaʿakumu l-yawma 'iẓ ẓalamtum 'annakum fi l-ʿadhābi mushtarikūn

    And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

40. 43:40 ▶

    أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَمَن كَانَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٤٠﴾

    afa'anta tusmiʿu ṣ-ṣumma 'aw tahdi l-ʿumya waman kāna fī ḍalālim mubīn

    Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

41. 43:41 ▶

    فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    fa'immā nadhhabanna bika fa'innā minhum muntaqimūn

    And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

42. 43:42 ▶

    أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِى وَعَدْنَـٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    aw nuriyannaka lladhī waʿadnāhum fa'innā ʿalayhim muqtadirūn

    Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

43. 43:43 ▶

    فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٤٣﴾

    fastamsik billadhī 'ūḥiya 'ilayk | innaka ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm

    So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

44. 43:44 ▶

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۖ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    wa'innahū ladhikrul laka waliqawmik | wasawfa tus'alūn

    And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

    i.e., an honor. Or "a reminder."

45. 43:45 ▶

    وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    was'al man 'arsalnā min qablika mir rusulinā 'ajaʿalnā min dūni r-raḥmāni 'ālihatay yuʿbadūn

    And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

46. 43:46 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    walaqad 'arsalnā mūsā bi'āyātinā 'ilā firʿawna wamala'ihī faqāla 'innī rasūlu rabbi l-ʿālamīn

    And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

47. 43:47 ▶

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    falammā jā'ahum bi'āyātinā 'idhā hum minhā yaḍḥakūn

    But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

48. 43:48 ▶

    وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    wamā nurīhim min 'āyatin 'illā hiya 'akbaru min 'ukhtihā | wa'akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi laʿallahum yarjiʿūn

    And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

49. 43:49 ▶

    وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    waqālū yā'ayyuha s-sāḥiru dʿu lanā rabbaka bimā ʿahida ʿindaka 'innanā lamuhtadūn

    And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

50. 43:50 ▶

    فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    falammā kashafnā ʿanhumu l-ʿadhāba 'idhā hum yankuthūn

    But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

51. 43:51 ▶

    وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

    wanādā firʿawnu fī qawmihī qāla yāqawmi 'alaysa lī mulku miṣra wahādhihi l-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī | afalā tubṣirūn

    And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

52. 43:52 ▶

    أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ﴿٥٢﴾

    am 'ana khayrum min hādha lladhī huwa mahīnuw walā yakādu yubīn

    Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

    That was true previous to his appointment as a prophet, at which time Allāh corrected his speech impediment.

53. 43:53 ▶

    فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِىَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾

    falawlā 'ulqiya ʿalayhi 'aswiratum min dhahabin 'aw jā'a maʿahu l-malā'ikatu muqtarinīn

    Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

54. 43:54 ▶

    فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٥٤﴾

    fastakhaffa qawmahū fa'aṭāʿūh | innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn

    So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

55. 43:55 ▶

    فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

    falammā 'āsafūna ntaqamnā minhum fa'aghraqnāhum 'ajmaʿīn

    And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

56. 43:56 ▶

    فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    fajaʿalnāhum salafaw wamathalal lil-ākhirīn

    And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

57. 43:57 ▶

    ۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    walammā ḍuriba bnu maryama mathalan 'idhā qawmuka minhu yaṣiddūn

    And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

    Of a creation of Allāh which is being worshipped along with Him.

58. 43:58 ▶

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

    waqālū 'a'ālihatunā khayrun 'am huw | mā ḍarabūhu laka 'illā jadalā | bal hum qawmun khaṣimūn

    And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

    Implying that they must all be the same.

59. 43:59 ▶

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    in huwa 'illā ʿabdun 'anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalal libanī 'isrā'īl

    He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

60. 43:60 ▶

    وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾

    walaw nashā'u lajaʿalnā minkum malā'ikatan fi l-arḍi yakhlufūn

    And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

    Or "succeeding [you]."

61. 43:61 ▶

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿٦١﴾

    wa'innahū laʿilmul lis-sāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā wattabiʿūn | hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm

    And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.

    i.e., follow the guidance and instruction of Allāh.

62. 43:62 ▶

    وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٦٢﴾

    walā yaṣuddannakumu sh-shayṭān | innahū lakum ʿaduwwum mubīn

    And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

63. 43:63 ▶

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ﴿٦٣﴾

    walammā jā'a ʿīsā bil-bayyināti qāla qad ji'tukum bil-ḥikmati wali'ubayyina lakum baʿḍa lladhī takhtalifūna fīh | fattaqu llāha wa'aṭīʿūn

    And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allāh and obey me.

64. 43:64 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴿٦٤﴾

    inna llāha huwa rabbī warabbukum faʿbudūh | hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm

    Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

65. 43:65 ▶

    فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٦٥﴾

    fakhtalafa l-aḥzābu mim baynihim | fawaylul lilladhīna ẓalamū min ʿadhābi yawmin 'alīm

    But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

66. 43:66 ▶

    هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٦٦﴾

    hal yanẓurūna 'illa s-sāʿata 'an ta'tiyahum baghtataw wahum lā yashʿurūn

    Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

67. 43:67 ▶

    ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٦٧﴾

    al-akhillā'u yawma'idhim baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun 'illa l-muttaqīn

    Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

68. 43:68 ▶

    يَـٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

    yāʿibādi lā khawfun ʿalaykumu l-yawma walā 'antum taḥzanūn

    [To whom Allāh will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

69. 43:69 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٦٩﴾

    alladhīna 'āmanū bi'āyātinā wakānū muslimīn

    [You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

70. 43:70 ▶

    ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ أَنتُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

    udkhulu l-jannata 'antum wa'azwājukum tuḥbarūn

    Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."

    i.e., those like you. Another meaning may be "your spouses," i.e., the righteous among them.

71. 43:71 ▶

    يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ ۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ ۖ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

    yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfim min dhahabiw wa'akwāb | wafīhā mā tashtahīhi l-anfusu wataladhdhu l-aʿyun | wa'antum fīhā khālidūn

    Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

72. 43:72 ▶

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

    watilka l-jannatu llatī 'ūrithtumūhā bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

    And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

73. 43:73 ▶

    لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٧٣﴾

    lakum fīhā fākihatun kathīratum minhā ta'kulūn

    For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.

    Meaning everything delicious.

74. 43:74 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾

    inna l-mujrimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūn

    Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

75. 43:75 ▶

    لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

    lā yufattaru ʿanhum wahum fīhi mublisūn

    It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

76. 43:76 ▶

    وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٧٦﴾

    wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin kānū humu ẓ-ẓālimīn

    And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

77. 43:77 ▶

    وَنَادَوْا۟ يَـٰمَـٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّـٰكِثُونَ ﴿٧٧﴾

    wanādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuk | qāla 'innakum mākithūn

    And they will call, "O Mālik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

    Addressing the keeper of Hell.

78. 43:78 ▶

    لَقَدْ جِئْنَـٰكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَـٰرِهُونَ ﴿٧٨﴾

    laqad ji'nākum bil-ḥaqqi walākinna 'aktharakum lil-ḥaqqi kārihūn

    We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

79. 43:79 ▶

    أَمْ أَبْرَمُوٓا۟ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

    am 'abramū 'amran fa'innā mubrimūn

    Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

    Conspiracy against the Prophet (ﷺ). The reference here is to the disbelievers of Makkah.

80. 43:80 ▶

    أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾

    am yaḥsabūna 'annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum | balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūn

    Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

81. 43:81 ▶

    قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿٨١﴾

    qul 'in kāna lir-raḥmāni waladun fa'ana 'awwalu l-ʿābidīn

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

    Only supposing it were so, which it is not.

82. 43:82 ▶

    سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ﴿٨٢﴾

    subḥāna rabbi s-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn

    Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

83. 43:83 ▶

    فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَـٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ ﴿٨٣﴾

    fadharhum yakhūḍū wayalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumu lladhī yūʿadūn

    So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

84. 43:84 ▶

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَـٰهٌ وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَـٰهٌ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٨٤﴾

    wahuwa lladhī fi s-samā'i 'ilāhuw wafi l-arḍi 'ilāh | wahuwa l-ḥakīmu l-ʿalīm

    And it is He [i.e., Allāh] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

85. 43:85 ▶

    وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

    watabāraka lladhī lahū mulku s-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā waʿindahū ʿilmu s-sāʿati wa'ilayhi turjaʿūn

    And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

86. 43:86 ▶

    وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٨٦﴾

    walā yamliku lladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihi sh-shafāʿata 'illā man shahida bil-ḥaqqi wahum yaʿlamūn

    And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.

    i.e., worship.

    That intercession is granted exclusively by permission of Allāh to those He wills.

87. 43:87 ▶

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾

    wala'in sa'altahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunna llāh | fa'annā yu'fakūn

    And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?

    Those who associate others with Allāh.

88. 43:88 ▶

    وَقِيلِهِۦ يَـٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾

    waqīlihī yārabbi 'inna hā'ulā'i qawmul lā yu'minūn

    And [Allāh acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

    i.e., the complaint of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) about his people.

89. 43:89 ▶

    فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَـٰمٌ ۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٨٩﴾

    faṣfaḥ ʿanhum waqul salām | fasawfa yaʿlamūn

    So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.

    Meaning safety or security, i.e., "I will not harm you." This was before permission was granted for armed struggle.

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