Juz 30 · Quarter 2

وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ 1

Woe to those who give less [than due],1

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ 2

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ 3

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ 4

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ 5

For a tremendous Day -

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ 6

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ 7

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ 8

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ 9

It is [their destination1 recorded in] a register inscribed.

وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ 10

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ 11

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ 12

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ 13

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ ۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ 14

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.1

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ 15

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.1

ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ لَصَالُوا۟ ٱلْجَحِيمِ 16

Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ 17

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَـٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ 18

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ 19

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

كِتَـٰبٌ مَّرْقُومٌ 20

It is [their destination1 recorded in] a register inscribed

يَشْهَدُهُ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ 21

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ 22

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ 23

On adorned couches, observing.

تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِهِمْ نَضْرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ 24

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

يُسْقَوْنَ مِن رَّحِيقٍ مَّخْتُومٍ 25

They will be given to drink [pure] wine1 [which was] sealed.

خِتَـٰمُهُۥ مِسْكٌ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلْمُتَنَـٰفِسُونَ 26

The last of it1 is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسْنِيمٍ 27

And its mixture is of Tasneem,1

عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ 28

A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ كَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يَضْحَكُونَ 29

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ 30

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُوا۟ فَكِهِينَ 31

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

وَإِذَا رَأَوْهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ 32

And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ 33

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

فَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ 34

So Today1 those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ 35

On adorned couches, observing.

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ 36

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ 1

When the sky has split [open]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ 2

And has listened [i.e., responded]1 to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ 3

And when the earth has been extended1

وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ 4

And has cast out that within it1 and relinquished [it]

وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ 5

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَـٰقِيهِ 6

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion1 and will meet it.2

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ 7

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا 8

He will be judged with an easy account

وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا 9

And return to his people in happiness.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ 10

But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا 11

He will cry out for destruction

وَيَصْلَىٰ سَعِيرًا 12

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِىٓ أَهْلِهِۦ مَسْرُورًا 13

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ 14

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرًا 15

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ 16

So I swear by the twilight glow

وَٱلَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ 17

And [by] the night and what it envelops

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ 18

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ 19

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.1

فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ 20

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ ۩ 21

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ 22

But those who have disbelieved deny,

وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ 23

And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ 24

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ 25

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْبُرُوجِ 1

By the sky containing great stars

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ 2

And [by] the promised Day

وَشَاهِدٍ وَمَشْهُودٍ 3

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

قُتِلَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأُخْدُودِ 4

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench1

ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلْوَقُودِ 5

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

إِذْ هُمْ عَلَيْهَا قُعُودٌ 6

When they were sitting near it.

وَهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُهُودٌ 7

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. 1

وَمَا نَقَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ 8

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ 9

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.1

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ 10

Indeed, those who have tortured1 the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ 11

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ 12

Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ 13

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلْوَدُودُ 14

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ 15

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ 16

Effecter of what He intends.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ 17

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ 18

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى تَكْذِيبٍ 19

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطٌۢ 20

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.1

بَلْ هُوَ قُرْءَانٌ مَّجِيدٌ 21

But this is an honored Qur’ān

فِى لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍۭ 22

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ 1

By the sky and the knocker

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ 2

And what can make you know what is the knocker?

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ 3

It is the piercing star1.

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ 4

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ 5

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ 6

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ 7

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ 8

Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ 9

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,1

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ 10

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ 11

By the sky which sends back1

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ 12

And [by] the earth which splits,1

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ 13

Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ 14

And it is not amusement.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا 15

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا 16

But I am planning a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا 17

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.1

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى 1

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ 2

Who created and proportioned

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ 3

And who destined and [then] guided

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ 4

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ 5

And [then] makes it black stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ 6

We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ 7

Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ 8

And We will ease you toward ease.1

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ 9

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;1

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ 10

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى 11

But the wretched one will avoid it –

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ 12

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ 13

Neither dying therein nor living.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ 14

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ 15

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا 16

But you prefer the worldly life,

وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ 17

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَفِى ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ 18

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

صُحُفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ 19

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ 1

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَـٰشِعَةٌ 2

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ 3

Working [hard] and exhausted.1

تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً 4

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ ءَانِيَةٍ 5

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ 6

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِى مِن جُوعٍ 7

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ 8

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ 9

With their effort [they are] satisfied

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ 10

In an elevated garden,

لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَـٰغِيَةً 11

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.1

فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ 12

Within it is a flowing spring.

فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ 13

Within it are couches raised high

وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ 14

And cups put in place

وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ 15

And cushions lined up

وَزَرَابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ 16

And carpets spread around.

أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ 17

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ 18

And at the sky - how it is raised?

وَإِلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ 19

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

وَإِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ 20

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ 21

So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ 22

You are not over them a controller.

إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ 23

However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَكْبَرَ 24

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ 25

Indeed, to Us is their return.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم 26

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.