Surah Ash-Shu'ara Transliteration and Translation

Surah Ash-Shu’ara is the 26th chapter of the Qur’an, a long Makki surah with 227 verses, and it’s one of the most story-rich chapters in the entire book. Many people searching for surah shuara want to understand why poets are mentioned right at the end of this powerful surah.

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Surah Ash-Shu’ara (سورة الشعراء) — Chapter 26: “The Poets”

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm — In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

#	Arabic	Transliteration	English Translation
1	طسم	Ṭā-Sīn-Mīm	Ta, Seen, Meem.
2	تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ	Tilka āyātu al-kitābi al-mubīni	These are the verses of the clear Book.
3	لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ	La’allaka bākhi’un nafsaka allā yakūnū mu’minīna	Perhaps, [O Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.
4	إِنْ نَشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ	In nasha’ nunazzil ‘alayhim mina as-samā’i āyatan faẓallat a’nāquhum lahā khāḍi’īna	If We willed, We could send down to them from the sky a sign, so their necks would remain humbled to it.
5	وَمَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ	Wa mā ya’tīhim min dhikrin mina ar-raḥmāni muḥdathin illā kānū ‘anhu mu’riḍīna	And no fresh reminder comes to them from the Most Merciful except that they turn away from it.
6	فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ	Faqad kadhdhabū fasaya’tīhim anbā’u mā kānū bihi yastahzi’ūna	For they have already denied, but there will come to them news of that which they used to ridicule.
7	أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنْبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ	Awa lam yaraw ilā al-arḍi kam anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīmin	Did they not look at the earth — how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?
8	إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Inna fī dhālika la-āyatan wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu’minīna	Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
9	وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ	Wa inna rabbaka lahuwa al-‘azīzu ar-raḥīmu	And indeed, your Lord — He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
10	وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ائْتِ الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ	Wa idh nādā rabbuka Mūsā ani i’ti al-qawma aẓ-ẓālimīna	And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], “Go to the wrongdoing people —
11	قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ	Qawma Fir’awna alā yattaqūna	The people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Allah?”
12	قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبُونِ	Qāla rabbi innī akhāfu an yukadhdhibūni	He said, “My Lord, indeed I fear that they will deny me
13	وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلَا يَنْطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ	Wa yaḍīqu ṣadrī wa lā yanṭaliqu lisānī fa-arsil ilā Hārūna	And that my breast will tighten and my tongue will not be fluent, so send for Aaron.
14	وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنْبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُونِ	Wa lahum ‘alayya dhanbun fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūni	And they have upon me a [claim due to] sin, so I fear that they will kill me.”
15	قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ فَاذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَا ۖ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُسْتَمِعُونَ	Qāla kallā fadh-habā bi-āyātinā innā ma’akum mustami’ūna	[Allah] said, “No. Go both of you with Our signs; indeed, We are with you, listening.
16	فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولَا إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Fa’tiyā Fir’awna faqūlā innā rasūlu rabbi al-‘ālamīna	Go to Pharaoh and say, ‘We are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds,
17	أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ	An arsil ma’anā banī isrā’īla	[Commanded to say], “Send with us the Children of Israel.”‘”
18	قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ	Qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan wa labithta fīnā min ‘umurika sinīna	[Pharaoh] said, “Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
19	وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ الَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ	Wa fa’alta fa’lataka allatī fa’alta wa anta mina al-kāfirīna	And [then] you did your deed which you did, and you were of the ungrateful.”
20	قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَا إِذًا وَأَنَا مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ	Qāla fa’altuhā idhan wa anā mina aḍ-ḍāllīna	[Moses] said, “I did it, then, while I was of those astray.
21	فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْمًا وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ	Fafarartu minkum lammā khiftukum fawahaba lī rabbī ḥukman wa ja’alanī mina al-mursalīna	So I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord gave me judgment and made me of the messengers.
22	وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ	Wa tilka ni’matun tamunnuhā ‘alayya an ‘abbadta banī isrā’īla	And is this a favor of which you remind me — that you enslaved the Children of Israel?”
23	قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Qāla Fir’awnu wa mā rabbu al-‘ālamīna	Pharaoh said, “And what is the Lord of the worlds?”
24	قَالَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُوقِنِينَ	Qāla rabbu as-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna	[Moses] said, “The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced.”
25	قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلَا تَسْتَمِعُونَ	Qāla liman ḥawlahu alā tastami’ūna	[Pharaoh] said to those around him, “Do you not hear?”
26	قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ	Qāla rabbukum wa rabbu ābā’ikumu al-awwalīna	[Moses] said, “Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.”
27	قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ الَّذِي أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ	Qāla inna rasūlakumu al-ladhī ursila ilaykum lamajnūnun	[Pharaoh] said, “Indeed, your messenger who has been sent to you is mad.”
28	قَالَ رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ	Qāla rabbu al-mashriqi wal-maghribi wa mā baynahumā in kuntum ta’qilūna	[Moses] said, “Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason.”
29	قَالَ لَئِنِ اتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ الْمَسْجُونِينَ	Qāla la’ini ittakhadhta ilāhan ghayrī la-aj’alannaka mina al-masjūnīna	[Pharaoh] said, “If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned.”
30	قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيْءٍ مُبِينٍ	Qāla awa law ji’tuka bishay’in mubīnin	[Moses] said, “Even if I brought you something [i.e., proof] manifest?”
31	قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ	Qāla fa’ti bihi in kunta mina aṣ-ṣādiqīna	[Pharaoh] said, “Then bring it, if you should be of the truthful.”
32	فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُبِينٌ	Fa-alqā ‘aṣāhu fa-idhā hiya thu’bānun mubīnun	So [Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.
33	وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ	Wa naza’a yadahu fa-idhā hiya bayḍā’u lin-nāẓirīna	And he drew out his hand, and suddenly it was white for the observers.
34	قَالَ لِلْمَلَإِ حَوْلَهُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ	Qāla lilmala’i ḥawlahu inna hādhā lasāḥirun ‘alīmun	[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, “Indeed, this is a learned magician.
35	يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ	Yurīdu an yukhrijakum min arḍikum bisiḥrihi famādhā ta’murūna	He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?”
36	قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَابْعَثْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ	Qālū arjih wa akhāhu wab’ath fī al-madā’ini ḥāshirīna	They said, “Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
37	يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ	Ya’tūka bikulli saḥḥārin ‘alīmin	Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician.”
38	فَجُمِعَ السَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ	Fajumi’a as-saḥaratu limīqāti yawmin ma’lūmin	So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.
39	وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ	Wa qīla lin-nāsi hal antum mujtami’ūna	And it was said to the people, “Will you assemble
40	لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ السَّحَرَةَ إِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الْغَالِبِينَ	La’allanā nattabi’u as-saḥarata in kānū humu al-ghālibīna	That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?”
41	فَلَمَّا جَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ قَالُوا لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَئِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ	Falammā jā’a as-saḥaratu qālū lifir’awna a-inna lanā la-ajran in kunnā naḥnu al-ghālibīna	And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, “Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?”
42	قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ	Qāla na’am wa innakum idhan lamina al-muqarrabīna	He said, “Yes, and indeed, you will then be of those near [to me].”
43	قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسَىٰ أَلْقُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ مُلْقُونَ	Qāla lahum Mūsā alqū mā antum mulqūna	Moses said to them, “Throw whatever you will throw.”
44	فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ	Fa-alqaw ḥibālahum wa ‘iṣiyyahum wa qālū bi’izzati Fir’awna innā lanaḥnu al-ghālibūna	So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, “By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant.”
45	فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ	Fa-alqā Mūsā ‘aṣāhu fa-idhā hiya talqafu mā ya’fikūna	Then Moses threw his staff, and at once it devoured what they falsified.
46	فَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ	Fa-ulqiya as-saḥaratu sājidīna	So the magicians fell down in prostration.
47	قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Qālū āmannā birabbi al-‘ālamīna	They said, “We believe in the Lord of the worlds —
48	رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ	Rabbi Mūsā wa Hārūna	The Lord of Moses and Aaron.”
49	قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ۚ لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ	Qāla āmantum lahu qabla an ādhana lakum innahu lakabīrukumu al-ladhī ‘allamakumu as-siḥra falasawfa ta’lamūna la-uqaṭṭi’anna aydiyakum wa arjulakum min khilāfin wa la-uṣallibannakum ajma’īna	[Pharaoh] said, “You believed him before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, and you will surely know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all.”
50	قَالُوا لَا ضَيْرَ ۖ إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ	Qālū lā ḍayra innā ilā rabbinā munqalibūna	They said, “No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
51	إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَا أَنْ كُنَّا أَوَّلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ	Innā naṭma’u an yaghfira lanā rabbunā khaṭāyānā an kunnā awwala al-mu’minīna	Indeed, we aspire that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first of the believers.”
52	وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ	Wa awḥaynā ilā Mūsā an asri bi’ibādī innakum muttaba’ūna	And We inspired to Moses, “Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued.”
53	فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ	Fa-arsala Fir’awnu fī al-madā’ini ḥāshirīna	Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers
54	إِنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ	Inna hā’ulā’i lashirdhimatun qalīlūna	[And said], “Indeed, these are but a small band,
55	وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ	Wa innahum lanā laghā’iẓūna	And indeed, they are enraging us,
56	وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ	Wa innā lajamī’un ḥādhirūna	And indeed, we are a cautious multitude.”
57	فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُمْ مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ	Fa-akhrajnāhum min jannātin wa ‘uyūnin	So We removed them from gardens and springs
58	وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ	Wa kunūzin wa maqāmin karīmin	And treasures and honorable station —
59	كَذَٰلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ	Kadhālika wa awrathnāhā banī isrā’īla	Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel.
60	فَأَتْبَعُوهُمْ مُشْرِقِينَ	Fa-atba’ūhum mushriqīna	So they pursued them at sunrise.
61	فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ	Falammā tarā’ā al-jam’āni qāla aṣḥābu Mūsā innā lamudrakūna	And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, “Indeed, we are to be overtaken!”
62	قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ	Qāla kallā inna ma’iya rabbī sayahdīni	[Moses] said, “No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me.”
63	فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ	Fa-awḥaynā ilā Mūsā ani iḍrib bi’aṣāka al-baḥra fanfalaqa fakāna kullu firqin kaṭ-ṭawdi al-‘aẓīmi	Then We inspired to Moses, “Strike with your staff the sea,” and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
64	وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ	Wa azlafnā thamma al-ākharīna	And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., Pharaoh and his people].
65	وَأَنْجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ	Wa anjaynā Mūsā wa man ma’ahu ajma’īna	And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.
66	ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ	Thumma aghraqnā al-ākharīna	Then We drowned the others.
67	إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Inna fī dhālika la-āyatan wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu’minīna	Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
68	وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ	Wa inna rabbaka lahuwa al-‘azīzu ar-raḥīmu	And indeed, your Lord — He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
69	وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ	Watlu ‘alayhim naba’a Ibrāhīma	And recite to them the news of Abraham,
70	إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ	Idh qāla li-abīhi wa qawmihi mā ta’budūna	When he said to his father and his people, “What do you worship?”
71	قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ	Qālū na’budu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ‘ākifīna	They said, “We worship idols and remain to them devoted.”
72	قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ	Qāla hal yasma’ūnakum idh tad’ūna	He said, “Do they hear you when you supplicate?
73	أَوْ يَنْفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ	Aw yanfa’ūnakum aw yaḍurrūna	Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?”
74	قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ	Qālū bal wajadnā ābā’anā kadhālika yaf’alūna	They said, “But we found our fathers doing thus.”
75	قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ	Qāla afara’aytum mā kuntum ta’budūna	He said, “Then do you see what you have been worshipping —
76	أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ	Antum wa ābā’ukumu al-aqdamūna	You and your ancient forefathers?
77	فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Fa-innahum ‘aduwwun lī illā rabba al-‘ālamīna	Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,
78	الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ	Al-ladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīni	Who created me, and He guides me.
79	وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ	Wal-ladhī huwa yuṭ’imunī wa yasqīni	And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.
80	وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ	Wa idhā mariḍtu fahuwa yashfīni	And when I am ill, it is He who cures me
81	وَالَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ	Wal-ladhī yumītunī thumma yuḥyīni	And who will cause me to die and then bring me to life
82	وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ	Wal-ladhī aṭma’u an yaghfira lī khaṭī’atī yawma ad-dīni	And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense.”
83	رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ	Rabbi hab lī ḥukman wa alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīna	[Abraham said], “My Lord, grant me judgment and join me with the righteous.
84	وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ	Waj’al lī lisāna ṣidqin fī al-ākhirīna	And grant me a reputation of honor among later generations.
85	وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ	Waj’alnī min warathati jannati an-na’īmi	And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Pleasure.
86	وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ	Waghfir li-abī innahu kāna mina aḍ-ḍāllīna	And forgive my father. Indeed, he has been of those astray.
87	وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ	Wa lā tukhzinī yawma yub’athūna	And do not disgrace me on the Day they are resurrected —
88	يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ	Yawma lā yanfa’u mālun wa lā banūna	The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
89	إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ	Illā man atā Allāha biqalbin salīmin	But only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart.”
90	وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ	Wa uzlifati al-jannatu lilmuttaqīna	And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous.
91	وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ	Wa burrizati al-jaḥīmu lilghāwīna	And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,
92	وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ	Wa qīla lahum ayna mā kuntum ta’budūna	And it will be said to them, “Where are those you used to worship
93	مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ	Min dūni Allāhi hal yanṣurūnakum aw yantaṣirūna	Other than Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?”
94	فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ	Fakubkibū fīhā hum wal-ghāwūna	So they will be overturned into it, they and the deviators
95	وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ	Wa junūdu Iblīsa ajma’ūna	And the soldiers of Iblis, all together.
96	قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ	Qālū wa hum fīhā yakhtaṣimūna	They will say while they dispute therein,
97	تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ	Tallāhi in kunnā lafī ḍalālin mubīnin	“By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error
98	إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Idh nusawwīkum birabbi al-‘ālamīna	When we equated you with the Lord of the worlds.
99	وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ	Wa mā aḍallanā illā al-mujrimūna	And no one misguided us except the criminals.
100	فَمَا لَنَا مِنْ شَافِعِينَ	Famā lanā min shāfi’īna	So now we have no intercessors
101	وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ	Wa lā ṣadīqin ḥamīmin	Nor a devoted friend.
102	فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ	Falaw anna lanā karratan fanakūna mina al-mu’minīna	Then if we only had a return [to the world] and could be of the believers…
103	إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Inna fī dhālika la-āyatan wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu’minīna	Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
104	وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ	Wa inna rabbaka lahuwa al-‘azīzu ar-raḥīmu	And indeed, your Lord — He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
105	كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ	Kadhdhabat qawmu Nūḥin al-mursalīna	The people of Noah denied the messengers
106	إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ	Idh qāla lahum akhūhum Nūḥun alā tattaqūna	When their brother Noah said to them, “Will you not fear Allah?
107	إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ	Innī lakum rasūlun amīnun	Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
108	فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ	Fattaqū Allāha wa aṭī’ūni	So fear Allah and obey me.
109	وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Wa mā as’alukum ‘alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbi al-‘ālamīna	And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
110	فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ	Fattaqū Allāha wa aṭī’ūni	So fear Allah and obey me.”
111	قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ	Qālū anu’minu laka wattaba’aka al-ardhalūna	They said, “Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest [class of people]?”
112	قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ	Qāla wa mā ‘ilmī bimā kānū ya’malūna	He said, “And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?
113	إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ	In ḥisābuhum illā ‘alā rabbī law tash’urūna	Their account is only upon my Lord, if you [could but] perceive.
114	وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ	Wa mā anā biṭāridi al-mu’minīna	And I am not one to drive away the believers.
115	إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ	In anā illā nadhīrun mubīnun	I am only a clear warner.”
116	قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ	Qālū la’in lam tantahi yā Nūḥu latakūnanna mina al-marjūmīna	They said, “If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned.”
117	قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ	Qāla rabbi inna qawmī kadhdhabūni	He said, “My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.
118	فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ	Faftaḥ baynī wa baynahum fatḥan wa najjinī wa man ma’iya mina al-mu’minīna	Then judge between me and them with decisive judgment, and save me and those who are with me of the believers.”
119	فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ	Fa-anjaynāhu wa man ma’ahu fī al-fulki al-mashḥūni	So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
120	ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ	Thumma aghraqnā ba’du al-bāqīna	Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.
121	إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Inna fī dhālika la-āyatan wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu’minīna	Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
122	وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ	Wa inna rabbaka lahuwa al-‘azīzu ar-raḥīmu	And indeed, your Lord — He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
123	كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ	Kadhdhabat ‘Ādun al-mursalīna	‘Aad denied the messengers
124	إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ	Idh qāla lahum akhūhum Hūdun alā tattaqūna	When their brother Hud said to them, “Will you not fear Allah?
125	إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ	Innī lakum rasūlun amīnun	Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
126	فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ	Fattaqū Allāha wa aṭī’ūni	So fear Allah and obey me.
127	وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Wa mā as’alukum ‘alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbi al-‘ālamīna	And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
128	أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ	Atabnūna bikulli rī’in āyatan ta’bathūna	Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,
129	وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ	Wa tattakhidhūna maṣāni’a la’allakum takhludūna	And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?
130	وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ	Wa idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīna	And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.
131	فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ	Fattaqū Allāha wa aṭī’ūni	So fear Allah and obey me.
132	وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ	Wattaqū al-ladhī amaddakum bimā ta’lamūna	And fear He who provided you with that which you know,
133	أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ	Amaddakum bi-an’āmin wa banīna	Provided you with grazing livestock and children
134	وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ	Wa jannātin wa ‘uyūnin	And gardens and springs.
135	إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ	Innī akhāfu ‘alaykum ‘adhāba yawmin ‘aẓīmin	Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day.”
136	قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ	Qālū sawā’un ‘alaynā awa’aẓta am lam takun mina al-wā’iẓīna	They said, “It is all the same to us whether you advise us or are not of the advisers.
137	إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ	In hādhā illā khuluqu al-awwalīna	This is not but the custom of the former peoples,
138	وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ	Wa mā naḥnu bimu’adhdhabīna	And we are not to be punished.”
139	فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Fakadhdhabūhu fa-ahlaknāhum inna fī dhālika la-āyatan wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu’minīna	So they denied him, and We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
140	وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ	Wa inna rabbaka lahuwa al-‘azīzu ar-raḥīmu	And indeed, your Lord — He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
141	كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ	Kadhdhabat Thamūdu al-mursalīna	Thamud denied the messengers
142	إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ	Idh qāla lahum akhūhum Ṣāliḥun alā tattaqūna	When their brother Salih said to them, “Will you not fear Allah?
143	إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ	Innī lakum rasūlun amīnun	Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
144	فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ	Fattaqū Allāha wa aṭī’ūni	So fear Allah and obey me.
145	وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Wa mā as’alukum ‘alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbi al-‘ālamīna	And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
146	أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ	Atutrakūna fī mā hāhunā āminīna	Will you be left secure in that which is here —
147	فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ	Fī jannātin wa ‘uyūnin	Among gardens and springs
148	وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ	Wa zurū’in wa nakhlin ṭal’uhā haḍīmun	And crops and palm trees with soft, delicate spadix?
149	وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ	Wa tanḥitūna mina al-jibāli buyūtan fārihīna	And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.
150	فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ	Fattaqū Allāha wa aṭī’ūni	So fear Allah and obey me
151	وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ	Wa lā tuṭī’ū amra al-musrifīna	And do not obey the order of the transgressors,
152	الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ	Al-ladhīna yufsidūna fī al-arḍi wa lā yuṣliḥūna	Who cause corruption in the land and do not amend [it].”
153	قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ	Qālū innamā anta mina al-musaḥḥarīna	They said, “You are only of those affected by magic.
154	مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ	Mā anta illā basharun mithlunā fa’ti bi-āyatin in kunta mina aṣ-ṣādiqīna	You are but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be of the truthful.”
155	قَالَ هَٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ	Qāla hādhihi nāqatun lahā shirbun wa lakum shirbu yawmin ma’lūmin	He said, “This is a she-camel; for her is a [time of] drink, and for you is a [time of] drink, [each] on a known day.
156	وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ	Wa lā tamassūhā bisū’in faya’khudhakum ‘adhābu yawmin ‘aẓīmin	And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day.”
157	فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ	Fa’aqarūhā fa-aṣbaḥū nādimīna	But they hamstrung her and became regretful.
158	فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Fa-akhadhahumu al-‘adhābu inna fī dhālika la-āyatan wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu’minīna	So the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
159	وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ	Wa inna rabbaka lahuwa al-‘azīzu ar-raḥīmu	And indeed, your Lord — He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
160	كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ	Kadhdhabat qawmu Lūṭin al-mursalīna	The people of Lot denied the messengers
161	إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ	Idh qāla lahum akhūhum Lūṭun alā tattaqūna	When their brother Lot said to them, “Will you not fear Allah?
162	إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ	Innī lakum rasūlun amīnun	Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
163	فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ	Fattaqū Allāha wa aṭī’ūni	So fear Allah and obey me.
164	وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Wa mā as’alukum ‘alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbi al-‘ālamīna	And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
165	أَتَأْتُونَ الذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ	Ata’tūna adh-dhukrāna mina al-‘ālamīna	Do you approach males among the worlds [i.e., peoples]
166	وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ	Wa tadharūna mā khalaqa lakum rabbukum min azwājikum bal antum qawmun ‘ādūna	And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing.”
167	قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا لُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُخْرَجِينَ	Qālū la’in lam tantahi yā Lūṭu latakūnanna mina al-mukhrajīna	They said, “If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be of those expelled.”
168	قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِنَ الْقَالِينَ	Qāla innī li’amalikum mina al-qālīna	He said, “Indeed, I am, toward your deed, of those who detest [it].
169	رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ	Rabbi najjinī wa ahlī mimmā ya’malūna	My Lord, save me and my family from what they do.”
170	فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ	Fanajjaynāhu wa ahlahu ajma’īna	So We saved him and his family, all,
171	إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِي الْغَابِرِينَ	Illā ‘ajūzan fī al-ghābirīna	Except an old woman among those who remained behind.
172	ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ	Thumma dammarnā al-ākharīna	Then We destroyed the others.
173	وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ	Wa amṭarnā ‘alayhim maṭaran fasā’a maṭaru al-mundharīna	And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
174	إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Inna fī dhālika la-āyatan wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu’minīna	Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
175	وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ	Wa inna rabbaka lahuwa al-‘azīzu ar-raḥīmu	And indeed, your Lord — He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
176	كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ	Kadhdhaba aṣḥābu al-aykati al-mursalīna	The companions of the thicket denied the messengers
177	إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ	Idh qāla lahum Shu’aybun alā tattaqūna	When Shu’ayb said to them, “Will you not fear Allah?
178	إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ	Innī lakum rasūlun amīnun	Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
179	فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ	Fattaqū Allāha wa aṭī’ūni	So fear Allah and obey me.
180	وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Wa mā as’alukum ‘alayhi min ajrin in ajriya illā ‘alā rabbi al-‘ālamīna	And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
181	أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ	Awfū al-kayla wa lā takūnū mina al-mukhsirīna	Give full measure and do not be of those who cause loss.
182	وَزِنُوا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ	Wa zinū bilqisṭāsi al-mustaqīmi	And weigh with an even balance.
183	وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ	Wa lā tabkhasū an-nāsa ashyā’ahum wa lā ta’thaw fī al-arḍi mufsidīna	And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.
184	وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالْجِبِلَّةَ الْأَوَّلِينَ	Wattaqū al-ladhī khalaqakum wal-jibillata al-awwalīna	And fear He who created you and the former creation.”
185	قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ	Qālū innamā anta mina al-musaḥḥarīna	They said, “You are only of those affected by magic.
186	وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ	Wa mā anta illā basharun mithlunā wa in naẓunnuka lamina al-kādhibīna	You are but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are of the liars.
187	فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ	Fa-asqiṭ ‘alaynā kisafan mina as-samā’i in kunta mina aṣ-ṣādiqīna	So cause fragments of the sky to fall upon us, if you should be of the truthful.”
188	قَالَ رَبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ	Qāla rabbī a’lamu bimā ta’malūna	He said, “My Lord is most knowing of what you do.”
189	فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ	Fakadhdhabūhu fa-akhadhahum ‘adhābu yawmi aẓ-ẓullati innahu kāna ‘adhāba yawmin ‘aẓīmin	And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the shadow seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.
190	إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Inna fī dhālika la-āyatan wa mā kāna aktharuhum mu’minīna	Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
191	وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ	Wa inna rabbaka lahuwa al-‘azīzu ar-raḥīmu	And indeed, your Lord — He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
192	وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ	Wa innahu latanzīlu rabbi al-‘ālamīna	And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’an] is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds.
193	نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ	Nazala bihi ar-rūḥu al-amīnu	The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down
194	عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ	‘Alā qalbika litakūna mina al-mundhirīna	Upon your heart, [O Muhammad] — that you may be of the warners —
195	بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ	Bilisānin ‘arabiyyin mubīnin	In a clear Arabic language.
196	وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ	Wa innahu lafī zuburi al-awwalīna	And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.
197	أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ	Awa lam yakun lahum āyatan an ya’lamahu ‘ulamā’u banī isrā’īla	And has it not been a sign to them that it is known to the scholars of the Children of Israel?
198	وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ الْأَعْجَمِينَ	Wa law nazzalnāhu ‘alā ba’ḍi al-a’jamīna	And even if We had revealed it to one among the foreigners
199	فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ	Faqara’ahu ‘alayhim mā kānū bihi mu’minīna	And he had recited it to them [in Arabic], they would not have been believers in it.
200	كَذَٰلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ	Kadhālika salaknāhu fī qulūbi al-mujrimīna	Thus have We inserted disbelief into the hearts of the criminals.
201	لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْأَلِيمَ	Lā yu’minūna bihi ḥattā yarawū al-‘adhāba al-alīma	They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.
202	فَيَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ	Faya’tiyahum baghtatan wa hum lā yash’urūna	And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive not.
203	فَيَقُولُوا هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُونَ	Fayaqūlū hal naḥnu munẓarūna	Then they will say, “Are we to be reprieved?”
204	أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ	Afabi’adhābinā yasta’jilūna	So for Our punishment are they impatient?
205	أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ مَتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ	Afara’ayta in matta’nāhum sinīna	Then have you considered if We gave them enjoyment for years
206	ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ	Thumma jā’ahum mā kānū yū’adūna	And then there came to them that which they were promised?
207	مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُونَ	Mā aghnā ‘anhum mā kānū yumatta’ūna	It did not avail them, the enjoyment they were given.
208	وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَ	Wa mā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā lahā mundhirūna	And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners
209	ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ	Dhikrā wa mā kunnā ẓālimīna	As a reminder; and never have We been unjust.
210	وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَاطِينُ	Wa mā tanazzalat bihi ash-shayāṭīnu	And the devils have not brought it [i.e., the Qur’an] down.
211	وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ	Wa mā yanbaghī lahum wa mā yastaṭī’ūna	It is not fitting for them, nor would they be able.
212	إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ	Innahum ‘ani as-sam’i lama’zūlūna	Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.
213	فَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُعَذَّبِينَ	Falā tad’u ma’a Allāhi ilāhan ākhara fatakūna mina al-mu’adhdhabīna	So do not invoke with Allah another deity and [thus] be among the punished.
214	وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ	Wa andhir ‘ashīrataka al-aqrabīna	And warn, [O Muhammad], your closest kindred.
215	وَاخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ	Wakhfiḍ janāḥaka limani ittaba’aka mina al-mu’minīna	And lower your wing to those who follow you of the believers.
216	فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ	Fa-in ‘aṣawka faqul innī barī’un mimmā ta’malūna	And if they disobey you, then say, “Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing.”
217	وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ	Wa tawakkal ‘alā al-‘azīzi ar-raḥīmi	And rely upon the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,
218	الَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ	Al-ladhī yarāka ḥīna taqūmu	Who sees you when you arise
219	وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ	Wa taqallubaka fī as-sājidīna	And your movement among those who prostrate.
220	إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ	Innahu huwa as-samī’u al-‘alīmu	Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
221	هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَنْ تَنَزَّلُ الشَّيَاطِينُ	Hal unabbi’ukum ‘alā man tanazzalu ash-shayāṭīnu	Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
222	تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ	Tanazzalu ‘alā kulli affākin athīmin	They descend upon every sinful liar.
223	يُلْقُونَ السَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ	Yulqūna as-sam’a wa aktharuhum kādhibūna	They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.
224	وَالشُّعَرَاءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ الْغَاوُونَ	Wash-shu’arā’u yattabi’uhumu al-ghāwūna	And the poets — [only] the deviators follow them;
225	أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ	Alam tara annahum fī kulli wādin yahīmūna	Do you not see that in every valley they roam
226	وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لَا يَفْعَلُونَ	Wa annahum yaqūlūna mā lā yaf’alūna	And that they say what they do not do —
227	إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَانْتَصَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ	Illā al-ladhīna āmanū wa ‘amilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa dhakarū Allāha kathīran wantaṣarū min ba’di mā ẓulimū wa saya’lamu al-ladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabin yanqalibūna	Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend themselves after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.

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Surah Ash-Shu’ara Transliteration and Translation

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The Problem:

A lot of people open surah shura (as it’s sometimes mistakenly called, though the real name is Ash-Shu’ara) and get lost. It moves quickly between Musa, Ibrahim, Nuh, Lut, and Shu’ayb, one after another. Without context, the pattern behind these stories is easy to miss entirely.

The Insight:

Here’s the insight that makes everything click: every prophet in surah al shur faces rejection, warns his people patiently, and Allah eventually saves the believers while punishing the arrogant. This repeated structure isn’t random — it’s a teaching method the Qur’an uses on purpose.

The Solution:

Once you see the pattern, reading surah al-shu’ara becomes much easier. Below is a simple table summarizing the surah, followed by a short checklist you can use every time you sit down to read it.

Quick Overview of Surah Ash-Shu’ara

Detail	Information
Surah Number	26
Total Verses	227
Revelation Place	Makkah
Main Theme	Prophets warning their nations
Prophets Mentioned	Musa, Ibrahim, Nuh, Hud, Salih, Lut, Shu’ayb
Famous Closing Topic	Poets and the power of words

Why This Surah Deserves Your Attention

Surah Ash-Shu’ara matters because it shows a timeless truth — every generation resists change, yet truth always prevails eventually. The stories of Nuh and Lut remind readers that patience under pressure is a quality shared by every messenger Allah ever sent to humanity.

Key Benefits of Reading This Surah

Strengthens patience during personal or family conflict
Shows how truth survives generations of rejection
Highlights Musa’s courage before Pharaoh
Warns against arrogance, a theme seen in Pharaoh’s downfall
Explains the responsibility that comes with words and poetry

Qur’an References (Alim.org)

Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Ayah 80
Ibrahim says that when he becomes sick, it is Allah alone who heals him.
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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Ayah 214
Allah commands the Prophet ﷺ to warn his nearest relatives first, before anyone else.
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Hadith References (Sunan Abu Dawood & Jami` at-Tirmidhi)

Sunan Abu Dawood
The Prophet ﷺ said that the best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it to others.
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Jami` at-Tirmidhi
The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever recites a letter of the Qur’an receives a good deed multiplied ten times.
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A Word on Fiqh and Deeper Study

For readers interested in classical Hanafi rulings connected to worship and daily practice touched on in this surah, two respected references worth locating in libraries or archives are:

Maraqi al-Falah by Imam Hasan al-Shurunbulali
Nur al-Idah by Imam Hasan al-Shurunbulali

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Islamic Teachings Forum — active Q&A community
IslamQA — clear, scholarly answers to common questions
QuranMualim — helpful articles for everyday learners

You can also explore the surah’s background on Wikipedia or read more about the Qur’an’s structure on Britannica.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Surah Ash-Shu’ara mean?

It means “The Poets,” named after verses near the end that discuss poets and the responsibility that comes with powerful, persuasive words.

How many verses does Surah 26 have?

Surah Ash-Shu’ara contains 227 verses, making it one of the longer Makki surahs, filled with detailed stories of multiple prophets and their nations.

Which prophets are mentioned in this surah?

Musa, Ibrahim, Nuh, Hud, Salih, Lut, and Shu’ayb all appear, each facing rejection from their people before Allah’s help finally arrives.

Why are poets discussed at the end of the surah?

The closing verses distinguish between poets who mislead people with empty words and believers who use speech responsibly and truthfully.

Is Surah Ash-Shu’ara Meccan or Medinan?

It is a Meccan surah, revealed during a period of hardship, focusing on patience, warning, and the consequences faced by nations who rejected their prophets.

Final Thoughts

Surah Ash-Shu’ara reminds every reader that rejection isn’t the end of the story — patience and truth always outlast arrogance. Take time to read it slowly, reflect on each prophet’s journey, and let their courage strengthen your own faith.