Surah Az-Zukhruf: Arabic, Transliteration & Translation
الزُّخْرُف
- Surah 43
- 89 verses
- Meccan
- Juz 25
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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهُ قُرْاٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُوْنَۚ
Innaa ja'alnaahu quraanan 'arabii-yan la'allakum ta'qiluun(a)
verily We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you may understand.
وَاِنَّهٗ فِيْٓ اُمِّ الْكِتٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيْمٌ ۗ
Wa-innahu fii ummil kitaabi ladainaa la'alii-yun hakiimun
Indeed it is transcribed in the Original Book with Us; sublime and full of wisdom.
اَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنْكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا اَنْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّسْرِفِيْنَ
Afanadhribu 'ankumudz-dzikra shafhan an kuntum qauman musrifiin(a)
Should We divert this Good Counsel from you because you are a people immersed in extravagance?
وَكَمْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ نَّبِيٍّ فِى الْاَوَّلِيْنَ
Wakam arsalnaa min nabii-yin fiil au-waliin(a)
How many a Prophet did We send to the earlier peoples!
وَمَا يَأْتِيْهِمْ مِّنْ نَّبِيٍّ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ
Wamaa ya'tiihim min nabii-yin ilaa kaanuu bihi yastahzi-uun(a)
Yet never did a Prophet come to them but they mocked him.
فَاَهْلَكْنَٓا اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَّمَضٰى مَثَلُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ
Fa-ahlaknaa asyadda minhum bathsyan wamadha matsalul au-waliin(a)
We utterly destroyed them although they were greater in might than these. The examples of ancient peoples have gone before.
وَلَىِٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزِيْزُ الْعَلِيْمُۙ
Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqas-samaawaati wal ardha layaquulunna khalaqahunnal 'aziizul 'aliim(u)
Yet if you were to ask them: “Who created the heavens and the earth?” they will certainly say: “The All-Mighty, the All-Knowing has created them.”
الَّذِيْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَّجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيْهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُوْنَ ۚ
Al-ladzii ja'ala lakumul ardha mahdan waja'ala lakum fiihaa subulaa la'allakum tahtaduun(a)
He it is Who made this earth for you a cradle and made in it pathways for you that you may find the way to your destination;
وَالَّذِيْ نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءًۢ بِقَدَرٍۚ فَاَنْشَرْنَا بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا ۚ كَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُوْنَ
Waal-ladzii nazzala minassamaa-i maa-an biqadarin fa-ansyarnaa bihi baldatan maitan kadzalika tukhrajuun(a)
He Who sent down water from the sky in a determined measure, and thereby We revived a dead land: likewise will you be raised up (from the earth) --
وَالَّذِيْ خَلَقَ الْاَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُوْنَۙ
Waal-ladzii khalaqal azwaaja kullahaa waja'ala lakum minal fulki wal an'aami maa tarkabuun(a)
He Who created these pairs, all of them, and provided you ships and cattle on which you ride,
لِتَسْتَوٗا عَلٰى ظُهُوْرِهٖ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوْا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ اِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُوْلُوْا سُبْحٰنَ الَّذِيْ سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهٗ مُقْرِنِيْنَۙ
Litastawuu 'ala zhuhuurihi tsumma tadzkuruu ni'mata rabbikum idzaaastawaitum 'alaihi wataquuluu subhaanal-ladzii sakh-khara lanaa hadzaa wamaa kunnaa lahu muqriniin(a)
so that when you are mounted upon them you may remember the bounty of your Lord, and say: “Glory be to Him Who has subjected this to Us whereas we did not have the strength to subdue it.
وَاِنَّآ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُوْنَ
Wa-innaa ila rabbinaa lamunqalibuun(a)
It is to our Lord that we shall eventually return.”
وَجَعَلُوْا لَهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ جُزْءًا ۗاِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُوْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌ ۗ ࣖ
Waja'aluu lahu min 'ibaadihi juz-an inna-insaana lakafuurun mubiinun
Yet they have made some of His servants a part of Him. Indeed man is most evidently thankless.
اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنٰتٍ وَّاَصْفٰىكُمْ بِالْبَنِيْنَ ۗ
Amiittakhadza mimmaa yakhluqu banaatin wa-ashfaakum bil baniin(a)
Has Allah taken for Himself daughters out of those whom He creates and has chosen you to have sons?
وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهٗ مُسْوَدًّا وَّهُوَ كَظِيْمٌ
Wa-idzaa busy-syira ahaduhum bimaa dharaba lir-rahmani matsalaa zhalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa kazhiimun
(They believe so although when) any of them is given tidings of the birth of a female child the like of which he assigns to the Merciful One, his countenance darkens and he is choked with grief.
اَوَمَنْ يُّنَشَّؤُا فِى الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِيْنٍ
Awaman yunasy-syau fiil hilyati wahuwa fiil khishaami ghairu mubiinin
Do they assign to Allah one who grows up amidst ornaments and is not well-versed in the art of disputation?
وَجَعَلُوا الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةَ الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ عِبٰدُ الرَّحْمٰنِ اِنَاثًا ۗ اَشَهِدُوْا خَلْقَهُمْ ۗسَتُكْتَبُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَيُسْٔـَلُوْنَ
Waja'aluul malaa-ikatal-ladziina hum 'ibaadur-rahmani inaatsan asyahiduu khalqahum satuktabu syahaadatuhum wayusaluun(a)
They claim that angels, who are Allah's chosen servants, are females. Did they witness how their body is constituted? Their testimony shall be written and they shall be called to account.
وَقَالُوْا لَوْ شَاۤءَ الرَّحْمٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنٰهُمْ ۗمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَخْرُصُوْنَۗ
Waqaaluuu lau syaa-ar-rahmanu maa 'abadnaahum maa lahum bidzalika min 'ilmin in hum ilaa yakhrushuun(a)
They say: “Had the Merciful One so willed, we would never have worshipped these deities.” But they have no knowledge of the matter and are simply conjecturing.
اَمْ اٰتَيْنٰهُمْ كِتٰبًا مِّنْ قَبْلِهٖ فَهُمْ بِهٖ مُسْتَمْسِكُوْنَ
Am aatainaahum kitaaban min qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikuun(a)
Or did We bestow upon them a Book before on whose authority they are holding on (to angel-worship)?
بَلْ قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَّاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ
Bal qaaluuu innaa wajadnaa aabaa-anaa 'ala ummatin wa-innaa 'ala aatsaarihim muhtaduun(a)
Nay; they simply claim: “We found our forefathers on a way, and we continue to find guidance in their footsteps.”
وَكَذٰلِكَ مَآ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِيْ قَرْيَةٍ مِّنْ نَّذِيْرٍۙ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوْهَآ ۙاِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَّاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثٰرِهِمْ مُّقْتَدُوْنَ
Wakadzalika maa arsalnaa min qablika fii qaryatin min nadziirin ilaa qaala mutrafuuhaa innaa wajadnaa aabaa-anaa 'ala ummatin wa-innaa 'ala aatsaarihim muqtaduun(a)
And thus it is: whenever We sent any warner to a city its affluent ones said: “We found our forefathers on a way and we continue to follow in their footsteps.”
۞ قٰلَ اَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِاَهْدٰى مِمَّا وَجَدْتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ اٰبَاۤءَكُمْۗ قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا بِمَآ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ
Qaala awalau ji-atukum biahda mimmaa wajadtum 'alaihi aabaa-akum qaaluuu innaa bimaa ursiltum bihi kaafiruun(a)
Each Prophet asked them: “Will you do so even if we were to show you a way better than the way of your forefathers?” They answered: “We disbelieve in the religion with which you have been sent.”
فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ ࣖ
Faantaqamnaa minhum faanzhur kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul mukadz-dzibiin(a)
Then We exacted retribution from them. So do consider the end of those who gave the lie (to the Prophets).
وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهِيْمُ لِاَبِيْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖٓ اِنَّنِيْ بَرَاۤءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُوْنَۙ
Wa-idz qaala ibraahiimu abiihi waqaumihi innanii baraa-un mimmaa ta'buduun(a)
Call to mind when Abraham said to his father and his people: “I totally disown all whom you serve
اِلَّا الَّذِيْ فَطَرَنِيْ فَاِنَّهٗ سَيَهْدِيْنِ
Ilaal-ladzii fatharanii fa-innahu sayahdiin(i)
except the One Who created me; and, behold, it is He Who will direct me to the Right Way.”
وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً ۢ بَاقِيَةً فِيْ عَقِبِهٖ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَۗ
Waja'alahaa kalimatan baaqiyatan fii 'aqibihi la'allahum yarji'uun(a)
And Abraham left behind this word to endure among his posterity so that they may return to it.
بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ وَاٰبَاۤءَهُمْ حَتّٰى جَاۤءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَرَسُوْلٌ مُّبِيْنٌ
Bal matta'tu ha'ulaa-i waaabaa-ahum hatta jaa-ahumul haqqu warasuulun mubiinun
(Even when they began worshipping others than Allah We did not destroy them) but bestowed sustenance on them and on their forefathers until there came to them the Truth and a Messenger who clearly expounded things to them.
وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قَالُوْا هٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَّاِنَّا بِهٖ كٰفِرُوْنَ
Walammaa jaa-ahumul haqqu qaaluuu hadzaa sihrun wa-innaa bihi kaafiruun(a)
And when the Truth came to them they said: “This is just sorcery and we reject it.”
وَقَالُوْا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِّنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيْمٍ
Waqaaluuu laulaa nuzzila hadzaal quraanu 'ala rajulin minal qaryataini 'azhiimin
They say: “Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon some great man from the two (main) cities?”
اَهُمْ يَقْسِمُوْنَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَۗ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَّعِيْشَتَهُمْ فِى الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۙ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجٰتٍ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا سُخْرِيًّا ۗوَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُوْنَ
Ahum yaqsimuuna rahmata rabbika nahnu qasamnaa bainahum ma'iisyatahum fiil hayaatiddunyaa warafa'naa ba'dhahum fauqa ba'dhin darajaatin liyattakhidza ba'dhuhum ba'dhan sukhrii-yan warahmatu rabbika khairun mimmaa yajma'uun(a)
Is it they who distribute the Mercy of your Lord? It is We Who have distributed their livelihood among them in the life of this world, and have raised some above others in rank that some of them may harness others to their service. Your Lord's Mercy is better than all the treasures that they hoard.
وَلَوْلَآ اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَّاحِدَةً لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ يَّكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُيُوْتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِّنْ فِضَّةٍ وَّمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُوْنَۙ
Walaulaa an yakuunannaasu ummatan waahidatan laja'alnaa liman yakfuru bir-rahmani libuyuutihim suqufan min fadh-dhatin wama'aarija 'alaihaa yazhharuun(a)
Were it not that all mankind would become a single community (and follow the same way), We would have provided for all those who disbelieve in the Merciful One silver roofs for their houses, and (silver) stairs on which to go up,
وَلِبُيُوْتِهِمْ اَبْوَابًا وَّسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔوْنَۙ
Walibuyuutihim abwaaban wasururan 'alaihaa yattaki-uun(a)
and (silver) doors to their houses, and couches (of silver) upon which they would recline;
وَزُخْرُفًاۗ وَاِنْ كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا ۗوَالْاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ ࣖ
Wazukhrufan wa-in kullu dzalika lammaa mataa'ul hayaatiddunyaa wal-aakhiratu 'inda rabbika lilmuttaqiin(a)
or that they be made of gold. Surely all this is only the enjoyment of the life of the world. But (true prosperity) in the Hereafter with Your Lord is only for the God-fearing.
وَمَنْ يَّعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهٗ شَيْطٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهٗ قَرِيْنٌ
Waman ya'syu 'an dzikrir-rahmani nuqai-yidh lahu syaithaanan fahuwa lahu qariinun
He who is negligent to remember the Merciful One, to him We assign a satan as his boon companion,
وَاِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّوْنَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبِيْلِ وَيَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ مُّهْتَدُوْنَ
Wa-innahum layashudduunahum 'anissabiili wayahsabuuna annahum muhtaduun(a)
and these satans hinder them from the Right Path, while he still reckons himself to be rightly-guided.
حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا جَاۤءَنَا قَالَ يٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِيْنُ
Hatta idzaa jaa-anaa qaala yaa laita bainii wabainaka bu'dal masyriqaini fabi-asal qariin(u)
But when he comes to Us, he will say (to his satan): “Would that there had been between me and you the distance as between the East and the West. How evil a companion you were!”
وَلَنْ يَّنْفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ اِذْ ظَّلَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ فِى الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُوْنَ
Walan yanfa'akumul yauma idz zhalamtum annakum fiil 'adzaabi musytarikuun(a)
(He will then be told): “Today it will not benefit you the least that after your wrong-doing you and your satans now share the chastisement.”
اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ اَوْ تَهْدِى الْعُمْيَ وَمَنْ كَانَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ
Afaanta tusmi'ush-shumma au tahdiil 'umya waman kaana fii dhalalin mubiinin
Can you, (O Prophet), then make the deaf hear, or direct to the Right Way the blind or one lost in manifest error?
فَاِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَاِنَّا مِنْهُمْ مُّنْتَقِمُوْنَۙ
Fa-immaa nadzhabanna bika fa-innaa minhum muntaqimuun(a)
We shall inflict retribution on them, whether We take you away from the world (before We do that),
اَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذِيْ وَعَدْنٰهُمْ فَاِنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ مُّقْتَدِرُوْنَ
Au nuriyannakal-ladzii wa'adnaahum fa-innaa 'alaihim muqtadiruun(a)
or make you see the end that We had promised them, for We have full power over them.
فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذِيْٓ اُوْحِيَ اِلَيْكَ ۚاِنَّكَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ
Faastamsik biil-ladzii uuhiya ilaika innaka 'ala shiraathin mustaqiimin
So hold fast to what has been revealed to you. Surely you are on the Straight Way.
وَاِنَّهٗ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۚوَسَوْفَ تُسْٔـَلُوْنَ
Wa-innahu ladzikrun laka waliqaumika wasaufa tusaluun(a)
Verily it is a great source of eminence for you and your people, and soon you will be called to account concerning that.
وَسْٔـَلْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُّسُلِنَآ ۖ اَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ دُوْنِ الرَّحْمٰنِ اٰلِهَةً يُّعْبَدُوْنَ ࣖ
Waasal man arsalnaa min qablika min rusulinaa aja'alnaa min duunir-rahmani aalihatan yu'baduun(a)
Ask all Our Messengers whom We sent before you whether We had appointed any deities beside the Merciful One to be worshipped.
وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوْسٰى بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۟ىِٕهٖ فَقَالَ اِنِّيْ رَسُوْلُ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ
Walaqad arsalnaa muusa biaayaatinaa ila fir'auna wamala-ihi faqaala innii rasuulu rabbil 'aalamiin(a)
Indeed We sent Moses with Our Signs to Pharaoh and his nobles. He told them: “I am a Messenger of the Lord of the Universe.”
فَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمْ بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُوْنَ
Falammaa jaa-ahum biaayaatinaa idzaa hum minhaa yadhhakuun(a)
Yet when he brought forth Clear Signs from Us, then lo, they burst into laughter.
وَمَا نُرِيْهِمْ مِّنْ اٰيَةٍ اِلَّا هِيَ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ اُخْتِهَاۗ وَاَخَذْنٰهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُوْنَ
Wamaa nuriihim min aayatin ilaa hiya akbaru min ukhtihaa wa-akhadznaahum bil 'adzaabi la'allahum yarji'uun(a)
Every Sign that We showed them was greater than its predecessor; and then We seized them with Our chastisement so that they may return (to the Right Way).
وَقَالُوْا يٰٓاَيُّهَ السّٰحِرُ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَۚ اِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُوْنَ
Waqaaluuu yaa ai-yuhaassaahiruud'u lanaa rabbaka bimaa 'ahida 'indaka innanaa lamuhtaduun(a)
(Whenever they faced an affliction) they would say: “O magician, pray for us to your Lord according to your station with Him. We shall certainly be guided to the Right Way.”
فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ اِذَا هُمْ يَنْكُثُوْنَ
Falammaa kasyafnaa 'anhumul 'adzaaba idzaa hum yankutsuun(a)
But lo, each time We removed Our affliction from them, they would go back on their word.
وَنَادٰى فِرْعَوْنُ فِيْ قَوْمِهٖ قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اَلَيْسَ لِيْ مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهٰذِهِ الْاَنْهٰرُ تَجْرِيْ مِنْ تَحْتِيْۚ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُوْنَۗ
Wanaada fir'aunu fii qaumihi qaala yaa qaumi alaisa lii mulku mishra wahadzihil anhaaru tajrii min tahtii afalaa tubshiruun(a)
And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people: “My people, do I not have dominion over Egypt, and are these streams not flowing beneath me? Can't you see?
اَمْ اَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ هُوَ مَهِيْنٌ ەۙ وَّلَا يَكَادُ يُبِيْنُ
Am anaa khairun min hadzaal-ladzii huwa mahiinun walaa yakaadu yubiin(u)
Am I better or this contemptible man who is scarcely able to express himself?
فَلَوْلَٓا اُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ اَسْوِرَةٌ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ اَوْ جَاۤءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِيْنَ
Falaulaa ulqiya 'alaihi aswiratun min dzahabin au jaa-a ma'ahul malaa-ikatu muqtariniin(a)
Why were bracelets of gold not bestowed upon him? Why did a retinue of angels not accompany him as attendants?”
فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهٗ فَاَطَاعُوْهُ ۗاِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا فٰسِقِيْنَ
Faastakhaffa qaumahu fa-athaa'uuhu innahum kaanuu qauman faasiqiin(a)
He incited his people to levity and they obeyed him. Surely they were an iniquitous people.
فَلَمَّآ اٰسَفُوْنَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ اَجْمَعِيْنَۙ
Falammaa aasafuunaa-antaqamnaa minhum fa-aghraqnaahum ajma'iin(a)
So when they incurred Our wrath, We exacted retribution from them, and drowned them all,
فَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَّمَثَلًا لِّلْاٰخِرِيْنَ ࣖ
Faja'alnaahum salafan wamatsalaa lil-aakhiriin(a)
and made them a thing of the past and an example for those who would come after them.
وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا اِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّوْنَ
Walammaa dhuribaabnu maryama matsalaa idzaa qaumuka minhu yashidduun(a)
No sooner the example of the son of Mary was mentioned than, lo and behold, your people raised a clamour
وَقَالُوْٓا ءَاٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ اَمْ هُوَ ۗمَا ضَرَبُوْهُ لَكَ اِلَّا جَدَلًا ۗبَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُوْنَ
Waqaaluuu aaalihatunaa khairun am huwa maa dharabuuhu laka ilaa jadalaa bal hum qaumun khashimuun(a)
and said: “Who is better, our deities or he?” They said so only out of contentiousness. They are a disputatious people.
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا عَبْدٌ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ ۗ
In huwa ilaa 'abdun an'amnaa 'alaihi waja'alnaahu matsalaa libanii israa-iil(a)
He was no more than a servant (of Ours), one upon whom We bestowed Our favours and whom We made an example (of Our infinite power) for the Children of Israel.
وَلَوْ نَشَاۤءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ مَّلٰۤىِٕكَةً فِى الْاَرْضِ يَخْلُفُوْنَ
Walau nasyaa-u laja'alnaa minkum malaa-ikatan fiil ardhi yakhlufuun(a)
If We had so willed We could have made some of you into angels to become your successors on earth.
وَاِنَّهٗ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَاتَّبِعُوْنِۗ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيْمٌ
Wa-innahu la'ilmun li-ssaa'ati falaa tamtarunna bihaa waattabi'uuni hadzaa shiraathun mustaqiimun
Verily he [i.e., Jesus) is a portent of the Hour. So be in no doubt concerning it and follow Me. This is the Straight Way.
وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطٰنُۚ اِنَّهٗ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِيْنٌ
Walaa yashuddannakumusy-syaithaanu innahu lakum 'aduu-wun mubiinun
Let not Satan hinder you (from believing in the Hour), for surely he is your open enemy.
وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ عِيْسٰى بِالْبَيِّنٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَلِاُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِيْ تَخْتَلِفُوْنَ فِيْهِۚ فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِ
Walammaa jaa-a 'iisa bil bai-yinaati qaala qad ji-atukum bil hikmati wal-abai-yina lakum ba'dhal-ladzii takhtalifuuna fiihi faattaquullaha waathii'uun(i)
When Jesus came with Clear Signs and said: “I have brought wisdom to you that I may make plain to you some of the things you differ about. So fear Allah and follow me.
اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ رَبِّيْ وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوْهُۗ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِيْمٌ
Innallaha huwa rabbii warabbukum faa'buduuhu hadzaa shiraathun mustaqiimun
Allah is my Lord and your Lord; therefore, serve Him. That is the Straight Way.”
فَاخْتَلَفَ الْاَحْزَابُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۚفَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ اَلِيْمٍ
Faakhtalafal ahzaabu min bainihim fawailul(n)-lil-ladziina zhalamuu min 'adzaabi yaumin aliimin
Then the factions fell apart among themselves. So woe to the wrong-doers from the chastisement of a grievous Day.
هَلْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَّهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُوْنَ
Hal yanzhuruuna ilaassaa'ata an ta'tiyahum baghtatan wahum laa yasy'uruun(a)
Are they awaiting anything other than the Last Hour that it should suddenly come upon them without their even perceiving it?
اَلْاَخِلَّاۤءُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقِيْنَ ۗ ࣖ
L akhilaa-u yauma-idzin ba'dhuhum liba'dhin 'aduu-wun ilaal muttaqiin(a)
On that Day even bosom friends shall become enemies to one another, all except the God-fearing.
يٰعِبَادِ لَاخَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَآ اَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُوْنَۚ
Yaa 'ibaadi laa khaufun 'alaikumul yauma walaa antum tahzanuun(a)
(It will be said to them): “My servants, today you have nothing to fear or regret,
اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا وَكَانُوْا مُسْلِمِيْنَۚ
Al-ladziina aamanuu biaayaatinaa wakaanuu muslimiin(a)
you who believed in Our Signs and had surrendered yourselves (to Us)!
اُدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ اَنْتُمْ وَاَزْوَاجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُوْنَ
Adkhuluul jannata antum wa-azwaajukum tuhbaruun(a)
Enter Paradise joyfully, both you and your spouses.”
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّاَكْوَابٍ ۚوَفِيْهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيْهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْاَعْيُنُ ۚوَاَنْتُمْ فِيْهَا خٰلِدُوْنَۚ
Yuthaafu 'alaihim bishihaafin min dzahabin wa-akwaabin wafiihaa maa tasytahiihil anfusu wataladz-dzul a'yunu wa-antum fiihaa khaaliduun(a)
Platters and cups of gold shall be passed around them, and there shall be all that they might desire and all that their eyes might delight in. (They shall be told): “Herein shall you abide for ever.
وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِيْٓ اُوْرِثْتُمُوْهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ
Watilkal jannatullatii uuritstumuuhaa bimaa kuntum ta'maluun(a)
Such is the Paradise that you shall inherit by virtue of your good deeds in the life of the world.
لَكُمْ فِيْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ كَثِيْرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُوْنَ
Lakum fiihaa faakihatun katsiiratun minhaa ta'kuluun(a)
Herein you will have abundant fruits of which you will eat.”
اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ فِيْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدُوْنَۖ
Innal mujrimiina fii 'adzaabi jahannama khaaliduun(a)
But the evil-doers shall abide in the torment of Hell.
لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيْهِ مُبْلِسُوْنَ ۚ
Laa yufattaru 'anhum wahum fiihi mublisuun(a)
Never will their torment be lightened for them. They shall remain in utter despair.
وَمَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُوْا هُمُ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ
Wamaa zhalamnaahum walakin kaanuu humuzh-zhaalimiin(a)
It is not We Who wronged them; rather, it is they who wronged themselves.
وَنَادَوْا يٰمٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَۗ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ مَّاكِثُوْنَ
Wanaadau yaa maaliku liyaqdhi 'alainaa rabbuka qaala innakum maakitsuun(a)
They shall call out: “O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us.” He will reply: “You must stay on in it.
لَقَدْ جِئْنٰكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كٰرِهُوْنَ
Laqad ji-anaakum bil haqqi walakinna aktsarakum lilhaqqi kaarihuun(a)
We brought you the Truth; but to the truth most of you were averse.”
اَمْ اَبْرَمُوْٓا اَمْرًا فَاِنَّا مُبْرِمُوْنَۚ
Am abramuu amran fa-innaa mubrimuun(a)
Have they contrived some scheme? If so, We too will contrive a scheme.
اَمْ يَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوٰىهُمْ ۗ بَلٰى وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُوْنَ
Am yahsabuuna annaa laa nasma'u sirrahum wanajwaahum bala warusulunaa ladaihim yaktubuun(a)
Or do they think that We do not hear their secret talks and their whispering counsels? Yes, indeed We do and Our messengers [i.e., angels) are with them, writing.
قُلْ اِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌ ۖفَاَنَا۠ اَوَّلُ الْعٰبِدِيْنَ
Qul in kaana lir-rahmani waladun fa-anaa au-walul 'aabidiin(a)
Say: “If the Merciful One had a son, I would have been the first one to worship him.”
سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُوْنَ
Subhaana rabbis-samaawaati wal ardhi rabbil 'arsyi 'ammaa yashifuun(a)
Exalted be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, above what they attribute to Him.
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوْضُوْا وَيَلْعَبُوْا حَتّٰى يُلٰقُوْا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِيْ يُوْعَدُوْنَ
Fadzarhum yakhuudhuu wayal'abuu hatta yulaaquu yaumahumul-ladzii yuu'aduun(a)
So leave them alone to indulge in their vanities and to frolic about until they encounter that Day of theirs against which they have been warned.
وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ فِى السَّمَاۤءِ اِلٰهٌ وَّ فِى الْاَرْضِ اِلٰهٌ ۗوَهُوَ الْحَكِيْمُ الْعَلِيْمُ
Wahuwal-ladzii fiissamaa-i ilahun wafiil ardhi ilahun wahuwal hakiimul 'aliim(u)
He it is Who is God in the heavens and the earth. He is the Most Wise, the All-Knowing.
وَتَبٰرَكَ الَّذِيْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۚوَعِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِۚ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ
Watabaarakal-ladzii lahu mulkus-samaawaati wal ardhi wamaa bainahumaa wa'indahu 'ilmussaa'ati wa-ilaihi turja'uun(a)
Blessed is He Who has dominion over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them. With Him is the knowledge of the Hour; and to Him you shall all be sent back.
وَلَا يَمْلِكُ الَّذِيْنَ يَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ اِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُوْنَ
Walaa yamlikul-ladziina yad'uuna min duunihisy-syafaa'ata ilaa man syahida bil haqqi wahum ya'lamuun(a)
Those whom they call upon, instead of Allah have no power of intercession, except such that testify to the truth based on knowledge.
وَلَىِٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُوْنَۙ
Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqahum layaquulunnallahu fa-anna yu'fakuun(a)
If you were to ask them: “Who created them?” they will surely say: “Allah.” Whence are they, then, being led astray?
وَقِيْلِهٖ يٰرَبِّ اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوْنَۘ
Waqiilihi yaa rabbi inna ha'ulaa-i qaumun laa yu'minuun(a)
We call to witness the cry of the Messenger: “O Lord, these are a people not wont to believe!”
فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلٰمٌۗ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ
Faashfah 'anhum waqul salaamun fasaufa ya'lamuun(a)
Indulge them, (O Prophet), and say to them: “Peace to you.” For soon they shall come to know.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah Az-Zukhruf?
Surah Az-Zukhruf has 89 verses (ayat).
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Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزُّخْرُف) is chapter 43 of the Quran and is found in Juz 25.
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