Surah Ash-Shuara - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
طسٓمٓ
(Tuh), S. (Seen), M. (Meem) the Surah opens with these introductory letters from the Arabic Alphabet to draw attention to the miracle of the Quran which though written in the people's tongue, Cannot be emulated
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 1
تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
These are divine verses flowing with the precision and grace symbolic of the Book -the Quran- which is the spirit of truth that guides into all truth
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 2
لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٞ نَّفۡسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
Seemingly, O Muhammad you are betaking yourself in pursuit of their -the infidels- train of thought with distress, constant regret and discontent and torturing yourself lest they should refuse credit to this divine message
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 3
إِن نَّشَأۡ نُنَزِّلۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ءَايَةٗ فَظَلَّتۡ أَعۡنَٰقُهُمۡ لَهَا خَٰضِعِينَ
If We will, We could easily send down to them from heaven a physical sign revealing to them Our Omnipotence and Authority, a sign to which they will have to bend their necks in subjugation and submission
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 4
وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مُحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضِينَ
The truth is that no new divine discourse comes to them from their Creator, AL-Rahman but they habitually oppose it, turn away from it in mind and feeling and become actuated by repugnance for it
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 5
فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأۡتِيهِمۡ أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُاْ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
They labelled the truth -the Quran- as falsehood and counseled deaf to it. But soon shall they realize the truth of all that has been discoursed in this Book which they hold- up to ridicule
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 6
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمۡ أَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ
Do they not see how We made the earth a source of vegetation and made vegetal growth of like things emerge from it in varying colours with good qualities and of great advantages
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 7
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
This is indeed emblematic of Allah's Omnipotence and Authority, but most of them -the infidels- counsel deaf to Allah's message and close their minds' eyes to all that appeals to the intellect and engages the intelligence
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 8
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Allah, your Creator, is indeed AL-Aziz (the Almighty) and AL-Rahim, (the Merciful) Who sends spectacles and warnings and puts punishment in respite
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 9
وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
Allah called to Mussa and commanded him Thus: "Go to the people, of Pharaoh" He said, "who are wrongful of actions
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 10
قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ
Who seem to be unwilling to deviate into sense and for their own sake fear Allah and stop persecuting the Children of Israel
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 11
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ
O Allah, my Creator," Mussa said, "I have an easy sense of the probability of being treated as someone who passes himself off as someone other than he is
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 12
وَيَضِيقُ صَدۡرِي وَلَا يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرۡسِلۡ إِلَىٰ هَٰرُونَ
And my chest becomes drawn tight and my mind and my feeling become strained and my tongue becomes restrained from free expression, therefore I pray and beseech You O Allah, my Creator, to send -The Angel Gabriel- to my brother Harun
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 13
وَلَهُمۡ عَلَيَّ ذَنۢبٞ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ
And the guilt of blood is at my door and I have ground for alarm for they might kill me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 14
قَالَ كَلَّاۖ فَٱذۡهَبَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّسۡتَمِعُونَ
Not at all", Allah said, "Both of you just go with Our signs evincing both Omnipotence and Authority. We will be there with you listening
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 15
فَأۡتِيَا فِرۡعَوۡنَ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And so, both of you go to Pharaoh and say to him:" "We are bearers of the divine message sent by Allah, Creator of the worlds, the visible and the invisible, past, present and those to come
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 16
أَنۡ أَرۡسِلۡ مَعَنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
Who commands you to release the children of Israel from bondage and to let them go with us
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 17
قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
Did we not nurture you O Mussa, "said Pharaoh, from infancy as one of us and set you on your feet and you spent of your life among us a good number of years
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 18
وَفَعَلۡتَ فَعۡلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلۡتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
And you did what you did, -the terrible crime you committed-, and you have impelled yourself to ingratitude and ungratefulness to our grace which abounds in you
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 19
قَالَ فَعَلۡتُهَآ إِذٗا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
I did what I did then", Mussa said, when my action was not circumspect because of the web of circumstances you shaped after your own manner
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 20
فَفَرَرۡتُ مِنكُمۡ لَمَّا خِفۡتُكُمۡ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكۡمٗا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
In consequence I withdrew hastily and took flight when I feared you might avenge your right. But Allah, my Creator, -knowing that the guilt did not reside in my intention- vested me with the capacity of judging rightly in matters relating to life and conduct and with the soundness of judgement in the choice of means and ends, and conferred on me the prerogative of being one of the Messengers
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 21
وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
And do you Pharaoh", Mussa added, "oblige me and make me feel indebted to you for reducing the children of Israel to slavery and subjecting them to bondage
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 22
قَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Pharaoh asked: "and who is Allah, the Creator of the world
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 23
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
The Ilah and Creator of the heavens and the earth" Mussa said, "and of all that is in between if you and your people care to know the truth
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 24
قَالَ لِمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ أَلَا تَسۡتَمِعُونَ
Do you hear that!" pharaoh said to those around him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 25
قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
He is Allah", said Mussa, "your Creator and the Creator of your ancestry and of all those included in your genealogical tree
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 26
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُرۡسِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
Your Messenger", Pharaoh said to his people, "who has been sent to you is indeed out of his mind and he is carried away by enthusiasm or desire
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 27
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ
Not only that" Mussa Added, "but He is Allah, the Creator of the East and the West and of all that lies between them if you really care to deviate into sense
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 28
قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذۡتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيۡرِي لَأَجۡعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجُونِينَ
Let me warn you", Pharaoh said to Mussa, "should you take an Ilah besides me, I will shut you up with those shut up in the grim confines of the dungeon
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 29
قَالَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكَ بِشَيۡءٖ مُّبِينٖ
Even if I present you", Mussa said, "with a divine sign convincing the mind and manifests forth the truth
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 30
قَالَ فَأۡتِ بِهِۦٓ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
Then exhibit it to view", Pharaoh said, "if indeed you are telling the truth
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 31
فَأَلۡقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعۡبَانٞ مُّبِينٞ
And there did Mussa cast his staff on the ground and instantaneously it was transformed into a serpent personified
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 32
وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيۡضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
And he drew his hand from the folds of his garment and there it was instantaneously transfigured in a radiance of white divine light
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 33
قَالَ لِلۡمَلَإِ حَوۡلَهُۥٓ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٞ
There and then Pharaoh said to the nobility around him: "Indeed, this man is a necromancer skilled in magic, and the works of the devil are clearly manifest in him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 34
يُرِيدُ أَن يُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِكُم بِسِحۡرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأۡمُرُونَ
He means", Pharaoh added, "To oust you people of your land and drive you away". "Therefore, what course of action do you suggest we should take in the face of this problem
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 35
قَالُوٓاْ أَرۡجِهۡ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
They -the people- suggested to Pharaoh that they should adapt themselves and conform to the time and circumstances and avoid dispute so as to gain time, and they said: "the time to degrade and defeat him has not come yet. Meanwhile, send O Pharaoh some of your recruits to the cities to gather to themselves the multitude of men who practice magic
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 36
يَأۡتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٖ
And ask them to bring back those who are skilled in the art of necromancy
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 37
فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
And the magicians were assembled on their known Festive Day
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 38
وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّجۡتَمِعُونَ
And the people were urged by one another to attend the event so that all of them would come into conformity with the wish that all be present. Expressing their thoughts in words, they added
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 39
لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ
We accept the authority of the magicians should they win and espouse their opinions and their cause
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 40
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجۡرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ
And when the sorcerers congregated to action they said to Pharaoh: "Assuredly, we will be rewarded should we be the winners
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 41
قَالَ نَعَمۡ وَإِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ
Yes indeed," Pharaoh said, "and you shall be in a position that entitles you to be among my retinue
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 42
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلۡقُواْ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلۡقُونَ
Mussa said to the magicians, "Cast upon the ground all that you wish to cast
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 43
فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ
And as they were casting their ropes and rods, they invoked -their god- Pharaoh in supplication for aid and success. They prayed: By Pharaoh's might we will be the winners
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 44
فَأَلۡقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلۡقَفُ مَا يَأۡفِكُونَ
And when Mussa cast his staff, it counter-worked their ingenious expedience and swallowed all that they cast upon the ground of fraudulent devices of a mean and deceptive kind
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 45
فَأُلۡقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَٰجِدِينَ
Overwhelmed with wonder, the sorcerers bowed to the ground in comely order, praise and admiration
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 46
قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And they declared submission: "We conform our will", they said, " to Allah's will and we surrender ourselves to Him, the Creator of the worlds
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 47
رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ
The Ilah of Mussa and Harun
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 48
قَالَ ءَامَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ قَبۡلَ أَنۡ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحۡرَ فَلَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ
And here said Pharaoh to them: "Have you yielded to his claims and surrendered yourselves to his Ilah without my permission!" "This is indeed," he added, a deceitful plan designed by your master who taught you magic and you shall bear the consequences and soon come to know how heavily you shall pay for this!" "I will amputate your hands and your feet on opposite sides and I will have you all crucified
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 49
قَالُواْ لَا ضَيۡرَۖ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ
We are not afraid of this," they said, "We have enough sense to know what we are doing, we welcome your decision which shall haste us unto Allah Who might confer on us the glorious privilege of martyrdom
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 50
إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
In fact", they added, "our only hope is that Allah, our Creator extends His mercy to us and forgives us our sins and our sinful acts of fraudulent magic for being foremost in deviating into sense and acknowledging His supreme Sovereignty, Omnipotence and Authority
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 51
۞وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
Meanwhile We inspired Mussa to conduct My servants -the Israelites- by night to the sea and We said to him: "Be sure you shall be followed
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 52
فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
Pharaoh sent Messengers to all his cities to call up the people to organize themselves for the hindrance and the defeat of Mussa and his people by contrary measures
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 53
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ
He said to them: "Mussa and his people -the Israelites- are only some few contemptible body
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 54
وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ
And they provoked Our anger and came within the measure of Our wrath which is conducive to annihilation
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 55
وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ
And We are all cautious and on our guard
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 56
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
Wherefore We compelled them to the natural result of tyranny, disobedience and transgression. We expelled them from the earthly paradise they once possessed and from the land of orchards and springs
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 57
وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ
the land of treasures and homes and accommodations so splendid
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 58
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
And so it was, and We made the land inheritable by the Children of Israel to whom We conveyed the right of the property after We drowned Pharaoh and his people
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 59
فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ
They followed Mussa and his people at sunrise
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 60
فَلَمَّا تَرَـٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ
And when the two bodies of men came within each other's range of sight, the compatriots of Mussa exclaimed: " We are evidently overtaken
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 61
قَالَ كَلَّآۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ
Not at all", Mussa said, "Allah, my Creator overshadows me with His gracious wing; He is by my side to guide me as He will
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 62
فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ
We inspired Mussa to strike the sea with his staff and there did the sea split into two enormous divisions, each partition as immense as a huge mountain
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 63
وَأَزۡلَفۡنَا ثَمَّ ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
And We induced the others -Pharaoh and his people- to tail Mussa and his people who were then in the footpath
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 64
وَأَنجَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ
And We delivered Mussa and all those with him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 65
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
And We drowned all the others -Pharaoh and all those with him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 66
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
This is indeed emblematic of Allah's Omnipotence and Authority but most of them denied Allah, the Creator.(to Pharaoh' people Allah was the Pharaoh himself)
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 67
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And Allah, your creator, is AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim, indeed
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 68
وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ
And relate to the people O Muhammad the narrative of Ibrahim with his father
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 69
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ
He asked his father and his people: "What do you people worship
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 70
قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ
We worship idols" they said, and adore them with appropriate acts and rites and we are attached to them and unmoved in mind
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 71
قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ
Do they hear you", Ibrahim asked, "when you praise them or supplicate
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 72
أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ
Or do they profit you or hurt
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 73
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ
But", they said, "this is exactly the system of faith and worship our fathers adopted
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 74
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ
Do you see", Ibrahim said, "all those you adored and revered as objects of worship
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 75
أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ
And you and your fathers and your ancestors treated with respect and devotion
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 76
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
They are adversaries who might obtain their end and therefore enemies to me but not Allah, the Creator of the worlds, the visible and the invisible, past, present and those to come
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 77
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ
The Creator- Who brought me into existence and it is He Who guides me to the truth and to the path of righteousness
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 78
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ
It is He Who provides me with victuals to eat and drinkables (to drink)
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 79
وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ
And when I fall sick, it is He Who restores me to health
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 80
وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ
And it is He Who determines the moment and the cause of my death and occasions my resurrection and restoration to life
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 81
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
The Creator- Whom I hope will relent and quit me all His debt and will forgive me my wrongful actions when I have audience of Him in Day of Judgement
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 82
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
And to Him I express my thoughts in my invocatory prayer, thus: "Confer on me O Allah, my Creator, wisdom to help me judge rightly in matters relating to physical and spiritual life and to impart to me soundness of judgement in the choice of means and ends, and unite me, O Allah, with the society of those in whose hearts reigns piety
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 83
وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقٖ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
And furnish me O Allah, my Creator, with a civil tongue uttering the truth that guides into all truth and is believed among posterity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 84
وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
And if you destine me I will be one of those inheriting the Garden of the supreme bliss and blessedness
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 85
وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
And extend O Allah my Creator, Your mercy and forgiveness lo my father who was lost in the maze of error". (A prayer invoked by Ibrahim before he realized that his father was an enemy to Allah)
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 86
وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ
And do not confound me nor occasion me to fall from grace in Day of Judgement
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 87
يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ
The Day when neither wealth nor progeny shall be of advantage
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 88
إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ
Except him who comes to the audience of Allah with his heart in its right place, heartened or filled with devotion
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 89
وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ
This is the Day when Paradise shall be brought quite near to these in whose hearts reigned piety
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 90
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِلۡغَاوِينَ
And Hell is projected for those who were led by the nose to the maze of error and spent their days in vanity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 91
وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ
They shall be asked: "Where now are those you revered and adored with appropriate acts and rites
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 92
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلۡ يَنصُرُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ
The gods you revered and venerated besides Allah!" Do they afford you help or can they even help themselves
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 93
فَكُبۡكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمۡ وَٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
There and then shall they -the infidels- be cast in Hell headlong one batch after another along with those who wasted their days in vanity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 94
وَجُنُودُ إِبۡلِيسَ أَجۡمَعُونَ
And added to them shall be those who served Iblis AL-Shaytan (Satan) all into one gathering and in one place
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 95
قَالُواْ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا يَخۡتَصِمُونَ
And when all have been thronged -in Hell- and have exchanged angry altercation, they -the infidels- shall express their thoughts in words
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 96
تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ
By Allah", they say, "we wandered indeed from the path of rectitude and were lost in the maze of error
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 97
إِذۡ نُسَوِّيكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
We have equalized you -false gods- with Allah, Creator of the worlds
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 98
وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
And they add:" no one led us by the nose to the maze of error but the wicked who were given to sin and steeped in crime
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 99
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَٰفِعِينَ
And now", they will exclaim, "no one can defend us nor shall we find intercessors who would interpose on our behalf
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 100
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٖ
Nor do we find one who is joined to us in mutual benevolence and intimacy
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 101
فَلَوۡ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةٗ فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
If only", they say, "we could be given another chance of life below we would be among those who exercise low submissive obeisance to Allah and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 102
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
This is indeed emblematic of Allah's Omnipotence and Authority but most of them deny Allah Who brought them into existence
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 103
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Allah, your Creator, is indeed AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 104
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Just as averse were the people of Nuh, they declined to accept Allah's message basically the same message conveyed by all the Messengers of Allah before and after Nuh, therefore he who rejects Nuh's message has in fact rejected all Allah's messengers and they suspected the Messengers of falsehood
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 105
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Their brother Nuh said to them: "Will you not keep in awe of Allah, your Creator, and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 106
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
I come to you", he added, "with a message Allah has entrusted to me and here do I relate it to you in honour and sincerity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 107
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
A message exacting your reverence for Allah and obedience to me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 108
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
I do not", he said, charge you a price for imparting to you Allah's disclosures of divine knowledge, wisdom and practical divinity. My reward rests in the hands of Allah, the Creator of the worlds, the visible and the invisible, past, present and those to come
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 109
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
And so revere Him and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him and obey me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 110
۞قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلۡأَرۡذَلُونَ
They said to Nuh: "Shall we submit to you or believe in you and conform to your desire when it is only the contemptible who espoused your cause
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 111
قَالَ وَمَا عِلۡمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ
But how would I know", said Nuh, "what they were doing earlier or whether or not they had a purpose moving them and inviting their minds to the volition of conforming to Islam
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 112
إِنۡ حِسَابُهُمۡ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّيۖ لَوۡ تَشۡعُرُونَ
Their case", he added, "shall only be judged by Allah, my Creator, in Whose hands rests the authoritative decision, if only you could apprehend matters with your senses
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 113
وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Nor would I dismiss those who conformed their will to Allah's will
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 114
إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ
I am only", he added, "a spectacle and a warning
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 115
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَرۡجُومِينَ
They said; "We warn you Nuh", "unless you stop your course of action you shall be stoned to death
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 116
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي كَذَّبُونِ
And there Nuh prayed: "My people, O Allah, my Creator, disbelieved me and refused credence to Your message
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 117
فَٱفۡتَحۡ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِيَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Judge O Allah", he prayed, "and defend my cause which is the heart of your purpose and decide between me and them in Your way, (for You take the matters of fact as they come and circumstance them after Your own manner) and save me and those with me who conformed to Islam
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 118
فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ
And there, We saved him along with all those in his society on board the loaded Ark
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 119
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا بَعۡدُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ
And We drowned all the others who remained behind
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 120
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
This is indeed emblematic of Allah's Omnipotence and Authority, but most of them denied Allah Who brought them into existence
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 121
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And Allah, your Creator, is indeed the AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 122
كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٌ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Just as averse were the people of 'Aad -the 'Aadites- who declined to accept Allah's message and those who conveyed the message
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 123
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Their brother Hud urged them to what is good and laudable. He said to them: "Will you not keep in awe of Allah, your Creator, and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 124
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
I am," he added, "A Messenger entrusted with a divine message and here do I relate it to you in honour and sincerity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 125
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
A message exacting your reverence for Allah and obedience to me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 126
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
I do not charge you a price", he said, "for imparting to you Allah's disclosures of divine knowledge, wisdom and practical divinity. My reward rests at the hands of Allah, The Creator of the worlds
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 127
أَتَبۡنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةٗ تَعۡبَثُونَ
Do you erect buildings", he added, "on the top of every mount and every height, mansions and stately buildings standing in the landscape, conspicuous to view as though they are landmarks (yet not as a guide nor a mark of an event) serving no useful purpose and of no avail
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 128
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَخۡلُدُونَ
And you take for yourselves palatial structures as though they will protect you and exempt you from paying nature's debt and help you live forever
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 129
وَإِذَا بَطَشۡتُم بَطَشۡتُمۡ جَبَّارِينَ
And when you strike, justly or unjustly, you strike at the root
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 130
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
And so fear Allah Whose divine nature exacts your reverence and obey me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 131
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
And entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him Who made all His grace, as you very well know, abound in you
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 132
أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنۡعَٰمٖ وَبَنِينَ
He graced you with cattle and progeny
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 133
وَجَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
And with orchards and flowing springs
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 134
إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
In fact", he said, "I fear for you an immense punishment on a momentous Day
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 135
قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَوَعَظۡتَ أَمۡ لَمۡ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡوَٰعِظِينَ
But they insolently and defiantly said to him: "Whether you exhort Us O Hud or you do not, it is to us one and the same
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 136
إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
This is nothing", they said, "other than the customary manner of thinking of those of old used often enough that it bred the same habit in you
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 137
وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Nor, as you think, shall We be subjected to a retributive punishment
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 138
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
And they disbelieved him and refused credence to Our message wherefore We reduced them to a useless form. This is indeed emblematic of Allah's Omnipotence and Authority, but most of them denied Allah Who brought them into existence
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 139
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And Allah, your Creator, is indeed AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 140
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
And just as averse were the people of Thamud (the Thamudites) who refused to accept Allah's message and Messengers
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 141
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ صَٰلِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Their brother Saleh said to them: "Will you not listen to exhortation and keep in awe of Allah, your Creator, and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 142
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
I am", he added, a Messenger entrusted with a divine message and here do I relate it to you in honour and sincerity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 143
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
A message exacting your reverence for Allah and obedience to me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 144
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
I do not charge you a price for imparting to you Allah's disclosures of divine knowledge, wisdom and practical divinity. My reward rests in His hands, Creator of the worlds
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 145
أَتُتۡرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ
Do you think", he said, "you will be left to form imaginary visions of unrealities expecting to enjoy the grace of Allah which abounds in you without being tried
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 146
فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
You live in splendour, you hold in possession orchards and flowing springs
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 147
وَزُرُوعٖ وَنَخۡلٖ طَلۡعُهَا هَضِيمٞ
And vegetal growth and-date palms whose enclosed spadix carries tender delicious and easily digestible fruits
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 148
وَتَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا فَٰرِهِينَ
And you skillfully carve the mountains into homes wherein you make abode
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 149
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
A divine grace which exacting your reverence for Allah and obedience to me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 150
وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
And I advise you not to comply with the command of those who are extravagant in their accounts of themselves nor yield to their irreverent principles and authority
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 151
ٱلَّذِينَ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ
They create discord on earth and mischief is natural to them and never do they attempt reform or change for the better
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 152
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
Yet the response of his people was pitifully unfavourable. They said to him: "You are one of those influenced by witchcraft and therefore bewitched
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 153
مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا فَأۡتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
You are only a mortal like us," they said, "wherefore you could not be singled out for the prerogative of prophethood, and if you are indeed declaring the truth then present us with a divine sign convincing our minds and proving the conclusion
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 154
قَالَ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةٞ لَّهَا شِرۡبٞ وَلَكُمۡ شِرۡبُ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ
This", he said, "is a she-camel which is entitled to a share of the drinking water just as you are entitled to a share. She is to have her share on a certain day and you have yours on an alternate day
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 155
وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٖ فَيَأۡخُذَكُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ
And", he added, "you are warned not to harm her lest you suffer the torment laid upon the damned on a momentous Day
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 156
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ نَٰدِمِينَ
Nevertheless they defiantly disabled her by cutting her hamstring muscles. (Their outrage on consecrated objects invited their ruin) which led to pining regrets and vain repentances
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 157
فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
They were overtaken by Allah's wrath which spoke thunder. This is indeed emblematic of His Omnipotence and Authority but most of them denied Him Who brought them into existence
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 158
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Allah, your Creator, is indeed AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 159
كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Just as averse were the people of Lut. They declined to accept Allah's message and those who conveyed the message
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 160
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Their brother Lut tried hard to induce them to open their hearts' ears and their minds' eyes and listen to exhortation. Entertaining expectation of something desired, he -Lut- said to them: "Will you not keep in awe of Allah and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 161
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
I am", he added, "a Messenger entrusted with a divine message and here do I relate it to you in honour and sincerity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 162
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
A message which exacts your reverence for Allah and obedience to me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 163
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
I" he said, "do not charge you a price for imparting to you Allah's disclosures of divine knowledge, wisdom and practical divinity, my reward rests at His hands Creator of the worlds
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 164
أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Do you realize what you are doing"! he added "of all intellectual created beings, you gratify your sexual appetite by copulating the males
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 165
وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ
And you forsake your natural mates who are created by Him , for the purpose based upon the innate moral feeling of mankind". In fact you are a people who have defiantly transgressed the divine as well as the moral laws
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 166
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ
We warn you Lut", they said, "unless you change your way of thinking and stop -this course of action- you shall be among those ousted from this town and ejected from our society
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 167
قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ
I am one of those", he said, "who simply detest and abhor your behaviour and your doings which make me shrink with horror
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 168
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ
And he prayed "I pray and beseech You O Allah, my Creator, to rescue me and my family from these people who have no horror of immorality, and save us from their social evil
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 169
فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ
We delivered him along with his family from the people who were wrongful of actions
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 170
إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ
except a woman who had been carried through the stealing steps of age to advanced life, who remained with those behind. (Lut.'s wife who approved this evil practice)
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 171
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ
And We reduced the rest to a useless form
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 172
وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ
We poured down upon them a direful rain (of fire and brimstone) and how evil and devastating was the rain on the heads of those who defiantly ignored Allah's warning
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 173
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
This is indeed emblematic of Allah's Omnipotence and Authority but most of them denied Allah Who brought them into existence
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 174
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Allah, your Creator, is indeed AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 175
كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Just as averse were the woodlanders -Madyanites- who declined to accept Allah's message and those who conveyed the message
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 176
إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Their brother Shu'aib tried hard to induce them to open their hearts' ears and their minds' eyes and listen to his exhortation. Entertaining expectation of something desired, he- Shu'aib - said to them: "Will you not keep in awe of Allah and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 177
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
I am", he added, a Messenger entrusted with a divine message and here do I relate it to you in honour and sincerity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 178
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
A message which exacts your reverence for Allah and obedience to me
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 179
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
I do not charge you a price," he said, "for imparting to you Allah's disclosures of divine knowledge, wisdom and practical divinity. My reward rests in the hands of Allah, Creator of the worlds
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 180
۞أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ
Dispense to the full", he said, "the quantity ascertained by measuring if you happen to give or sell by a standard measure and be not of those who serve their purpose and accomplish it by means of fraud, dishonesty and deception
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 181
وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ
And if you are using the method of weighing then you are enjoined to use an accurate and precise balance conforming to a standard and an exemplar of truth and equity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 182
وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ
And crown yourselves with equity", he said, "and do not scant peoples' goods and chattels, chattels personal and chattels real and
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 183
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ وَٱلۡجِبِلَّةَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
And keep in awe of Allah and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him Who brought you and brought all those who came to this world into existence before you
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 184
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَحَّرِينَ
But their response was pitifully unfavourable. They said to him: " You are one of those influenced by witchcraft and therefore bewitched
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 185
وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ
They added: "you are only a mortal like us wherefore you could not be singled out for Prophethood. In fact we do think you are a pathological liar
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 186
فَأَسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡنَا كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
And if you are not, and you are indeed declaring the truth, then let us see if you can cause a piece of heaven to fall upon us in the form of discs of cumuli
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 187
قَالَ رَبِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ
Allah, my Creator", Shu'aib said "is Omnipresent and He is fully cognizant of all that you do
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 188
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ
They disbelieved him and refused credence to Our message wherefore were they seized with a wave of suffocating heat followed by a cumulus which overshadowed them and gave them a rainbow of hope of relief. But it was a joy in which they could not rejoice. It spoke thunder and reduced them to a useless form. It was indeed a torment that befell them on a momentous day
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 189
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ
This is indeed emblematic of Allah's Omnipotence and Authority but most of them denied Him Who brought them into existence
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 190
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Allah, your Creator, is indeed AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 191
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And this Quran is indeed a disclosure of divine knowledge, wisdom and practical divinity sent down to man from Allah, the Creator of the worlds, the visible and the invisible, past, present and those to come
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 192
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلۡأَمِينُ
It is brought down by Allah's errand, the faithful and honourable Holy Spirit Jibril (Gabriel)
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 193
عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنذِرِينَ
Who imparted it O Muhammad to your innermost thoughts and to the repository of your consciousness so that you serve as a spectacle and a warning
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 194
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيّٖ مُّبِينٖ
It -the Quran- is revealed in plain Arabic literary form
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 195
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
And it was indeed referred to and proclaimed in the Scriptures of earlier generations
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 196
أَوَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ ءَايَةً أَن يَعۡلَمَهُۥ عُلَمَـٰٓؤُاْ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
Is it not an attestation to its credit and a ground for belief that the learned among the Children of Israel do know it is the truth
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 197
وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَعۡجَمِينَ
Had We revealed it to a people -characterized with dullness of comprehension or a people slow of perception or foreign to the Arabic tongue
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 198
فَقَرَأَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ مُؤۡمِنِينَ
And had the prophet read it to them, they would not have understood it nor welcomed it or given credence to it
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 199
كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكۡنَٰهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
Thus do We picture it in the minds and hearts of the sinful who grow daily more and more wicked
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 200
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ
Who shall not acknowledge it as the truth personified until they have had the wind in their faces and they are face to face with the promised punishment here, at the hands of the Muslims or with the torment laid upon the damned Hereafter
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 201
فَيَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ
A punishment that surprises them and catches them unawares and reduces them to ruin
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 202
فَيَقُولُواْ هَلۡ نَحۡنُ مُنظَرُونَ
There and then they shall change their minds with regard to past action and conduct and express their hope which springs eternal in their breasts and say: "can we be given respite so that we corrects all the wrongs
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 203
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ
Do they mockingly and defiantly wish to hasten Our retributive punishment
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 204
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ إِن مَّتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ سِنِينَ
Do you see O Muhammad into what would happen if We make all grace abound in them and they enjoy it for years
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 205
ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ
Then they are suddenly seized with what they were promised of retributive punishment
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 206
مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ
There and then never shall their possessions and the use af all that afforded them pleasure and advantages avail them or defend them against Allah's decreed punishment
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 207
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ
In fact We never reduced a town with its inhabitants to ruin before they have had their spectacles and warnings -and they did not listen
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 208
ذِكۡرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
We mercifully sent warnings to make them deviate into sense and wake up to the fact that there is Ilah, the Creator, of the worlds, Who exacts reverence and veneration and obedience from all created beings. And never did We fail lo observe the principles of justice and fair dealing
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 209
وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتۡ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
And such divine discourse as sacred as the Quran just cannot be the work of evil Spirits nor are they permitted to touch it, not to mention being responsible for bringing it down
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 210
وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُمۡ وَمَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
Nor is it befitting that they be employed by Allah in conveying His sacred message nor can they apply themselves to this purpose
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 211
إِنَّهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّمۡعِ لَمَعۡزُولُونَ
They are altogether excluded from audition. In fact it is quite beyond their limit of audition
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 212
فَلَا تَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُعَذَّبِينَ
Therefore, do not invoke another god besides Allah lest you should join those who shall suffer the torment to be laid upon the damned
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 213
وَأَنذِرۡ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلۡأَقۡرَبِينَ
And warn O Muhammad your next and near kin
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 214
وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
And be well and kindly disposed to those whose hearts reflect the image of religious and spiritual virtues who fell into line with you and take them under your wing
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 215
فَإِنۡ عَصَوۡكَ فَقُلۡ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ
But should they disobey you then they will have disobeyed Allah and disregarded His laws. Then say to them O Muhammad: "I am innocent of your ills and of all that you do
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 216
وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
And put your trust in the AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 217
ٱلَّذِي يَرَىٰكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Who sees you when you stand alone in the act of praying
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 218
وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ
And sees your change of position and variation of posture among the assemblage as they prostrate their reason to divine revelation and bow to the ground in reverence, in worship and adoration
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 219
إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
He is indeed AL-Sami' (with unlimited audition) and AL-'Alim
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 220
هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ
Shall I tell you whom do evil spirits pursue and on whom do devils descend
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 221
تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ
They descend -not on the prophets of Allah- but on every sinful liar who intentionally asserts what is false and relates it to Allah and clothes himself with the vesture of wickedness
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 222
يُلۡقُونَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ كَٰذِبُونَ
who open their hearts' ears to misrepresentations and vanities and to what the Devils impart to them of falsities and most of them (those who relate and those who receive) are liars. The pagans labelled the Quran as poetry and the Prophet as a poet while the difference is obviously vast. A. The Quran invites to a straight course aiming at a specific Purpose and a useful end. The Prophet's words together with his deeds accord, he does not say something today and cancels it tomorrow nor does he yield to emotions and desires but insists on a divine course of action and does not change nor deviate. On the other hand poets are captives of their emotions, their imagination and of the changing atmospheres and temperaments. When pleased they say one thing and when displeased they say another thing, whereas the Quran adheres eternally to the same thing. B. Poets may be good poets (poets of literary merit), poetic antiquarian (poet with another quality), poeticule (insignificant ), poetaster (a writer of trashy verse) a rhymester. Some of them engage in feigning and devising fables and others aim to please. C. Therefore those whose ruling passion conquers reason who refer their way of life and course of action to the region of poetry or emotions are wasting their days in vanity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 223
وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡغَاوُۥنَ
And the poets are followed as the exemplar or the model by those whose ruling passion conquers reason and they refer their course of action and way of life to the region of poetry or emotions and waste their days in vanity
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 224
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي كُلِّ وَادٖ يَهِيمُونَ
Do you not see that they rove the trackless realms of every valley of emotion, imagination and discourse
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 225
وَأَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفۡعَلُونَ
And their words together with their deeds do not accord, they say what they do not do
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 226
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ
Excepting those of them who acknowledge Allah with hearts impressed with the image of religious and spiritual virtues and with deeds of wisdom and piety. They often apply their remembrance to Allah and they are able to reclaim themselves and triumph over the enemies of Islam who have wronged them, and who shall come to know what kind of destiny awaits them
Surah Ash-Shuara, Verse 227