Surah Al-An'aam

وَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنِٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًاأَوْكَذَّبَبِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓإِنَّهُۥلَايُفْلِحُٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

And who could be more wicked than he who attributes his own lying inventions to God or gives the lie to His messages? Verily, such evildoers will never attain to a happy state:

وَيَوْمَنَحْشُرُهُمْجَمِيعًۭاثُمَّنَقُولُلِلَّذِينَأَشْرَكُوٓا۟أَيْنَشُرَكَآؤُكُمُٱلَّذِينَكُنتُمْتَزْعُمُونَ

for one Day We shall gather them all together, and then We shall say unto those who ascribed divinity to aught beside God: "Where, now, are those beings whom you imagined to have a share in God's divinity?"

ثُمَّلَمْتَكُنفِتْنَتُهُمْإِلَّآأَنقَالُوا۟وَٱللَّهِرَبِّنَامَاكُنَّامُشْرِكِينَ

Whereupon, in their utter confusion, they will only [be able to] say: "By God, our Sustainer, we did not [mean to] ascribe divinity to aught beside Him!"

ٱنظُرْكَيْفَكَذَبُوا۟عَلَىٰٓأَنفُسِهِمْوَضَلَّعَنْهُممَّاكَانُوا۟يَفْتَرُونَ

Behold how they have lied to themselves -and [how] their false imagery has forsaken them!

وَمِنْهُممَّنيَسْتَمِعُإِلَيْكَوَجَعَلْنَاعَلَىٰقُلُوبِهِمْأَكِنَّةًأَنيَفْقَهُوهُوَفِىٓءَاذَانِهِمْوَقْرًۭاوَإِنيَرَوْا۟كُلَّءَايَةٍۢلَّايُؤْمِنُوا۟بِهَاحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءُوكَيُجَٰدِلُونَكَيَقُولُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟إِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّآأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

And there are among them such as [seem to] listen to thee [O Prophet]: but over their hearts We have laid veils which prevent them from grasping the truth, and into their ears, deafness. And were they to see every sign [of the truth], they would still not believe in it-so much so that when they come unto thee to contend with thee, those who are bent on denying the truth say, "This is nothing but fables of ancient times!"

وَهُمْيَنْهَوْنَعَنْهُوَيَنْـَٔوْنَعَنْهُوَإِنيُهْلِكُونَإِلَّآأَنفُسَهُمْوَمَايَشْعُرُونَ

And they bar others therefrom. and go far away from it: but they destroy none but themselves, and perceive it not.

وَلَوْتَرَىٰٓإِذْوُقِفُوا۟عَلَىٱلنَّارِفَقَالُوا۟يَٰلَيْتَنَانُرَدُّوَلَانُكَذِّبَبِـَٔايَٰتِرَبِّنَاوَنَكُونَمِنَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

If thou couldst but see [them] when they will be made to stand before the fire and will say, "Oh, would that we were brought back [to life]: then we would not give the lie to our Sustainer's messages, but would be among the believers!"

بَلْبَدَالَهُممَّاكَانُوا۟يُخْفُونَمِنقَبْلُوَلَوْرُدُّوا۟لَعَادُوا۟لِمَانُهُوا۟عَنْهُوَإِنَّهُمْلَكَٰذِبُونَ

But nay -[they will say this only because] the truth which they used to conceal [from themselves] in the past will have become obvious to them; and if they were brought back [to life], they would return to the very thing which was forbidden to them: for behold, they are indeed liars!

وَقَالُوٓا۟إِنْهِىَإِلَّاحَيَاتُنَاٱلدُّنْيَاوَمَانَحْنُبِمَبْعُوثِينَ

And some [of the unbelievers] say, "There is nothing beyond our life in this world, for We shall not be raised from the dead."

وَلَوْتَرَىٰٓإِذْوُقِفُوا۟عَلَىٰرَبِّهِمْقَالَأَلَيْسَهَٰذَابِٱلْحَقِّقَالُوا۟بَلَىٰوَرَبِّنَاقَالَفَذُوقُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَكْفُرُونَ

If thou couldst but see [them] when they shall be made to stand before their Sustainer [and] He will say, "Is not this the truth?" They will answer: "Yea, indeed, by our Sustainer!" [Whereupon] He will say: "Taste, then, the suffering that comes from your having refused to acknowledge the truth!"

قَدْخَسِرَٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِلِقَآءِٱللَّهِحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءَتْهُمُٱلسَّاعَةُبَغْتَةًۭقَالُوا۟يَٰحَسْرَتَنَاعَلَىٰمَافَرَّطْنَافِيهَاوَهُمْيَحْمِلُونَأَوْزَارَهُمْعَلَىٰظُهُورِهِمْأَلَاسَآءَمَايَزِرُونَ

Lost indeed are they who consider it a lie that they will have to meet God -till the Last Hour suddenly comes upon them, [and] they cry, "Alas for us, that we disregarded it!" - for they shall bear on their backs the burden of their sins: oh, how evil the load with which they shall be burdened!

وَمَاٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَآإِلَّالَعِبٌۭوَلَهْوٌۭوَلَلدَّارُٱلْءَاخِرَةُخَيْرٌۭلِّلَّذِينَيَتَّقُونَأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ

And nothing is the life of this world but a play and a passing delight; and the life in the hereafter is by far the better for all who are conscious of God. Will you not, then, use your reason?

قَدْنَعْلَمُإِنَّهُۥلَيَحْزُنُكَٱلَّذِىيَقُولُونَفَإِنَّهُمْلَايُكَذِّبُونَكَوَلَٰكِنَّٱلظَّٰلِمِينَبِـَٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِيَجْحَدُونَ

Well do We know that what such people say grieves thee indeed: yet, behold, it is not thee to whom they give the lie, but God's messages do these evildoers deny.

وَلَقَدْكُذِّبَتْرُسُلٌۭمِّنقَبْلِكَفَصَبَرُوا۟عَلَىٰمَاكُذِّبُوا۟وَأُوذُوا۟حَتَّىٰٓأَتَىٰهُمْنَصْرُنَاوَلَامُبَدِّلَلِكَلِمَٰتِٱللَّهِوَلَقَدْجَآءَكَمِننَّبَإِى۟ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

And, indeed, [even] before thy time have apostles been given the lie, and they endured with patience all those charges of falsehood, and all the hurt done to them, till succour came unto them from Us: for there is no power that could alter [the outcome of] God's promises. And some of the histories of those apostles have already come within thy ken.

وَإِنكَانَكَبُرَعَلَيْكَإِعْرَاضُهُمْفَإِنِٱسْتَطَعْتَأَنتَبْتَغِىَنَفَقًۭافِىٱلْأَرْضِأَوْسُلَّمًۭافِىٱلسَّمَآءِفَتَأْتِيَهُمبِـَٔايَةٍۢوَلَوْشَآءَٱللَّهُلَجَمَعَهُمْعَلَىٱلْهُدَىٰفَلَاتَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

And if it distress thee that those who deny the truth turn their backs on thee - why, then, if thou art able to go down deep into the earth or to ascend a ladder unto heaven in order to bring them a [yet more convincing] message, [do so;] but [remember that] had God so willed, He would indeed have gathered them all unto [His] guidance. Do not, therefore, allow thyself to ignore [God's ways].

إِنَّمَايَسْتَجِيبُٱلَّذِينَيَسْمَعُونَوَٱلْمَوْتَىٰيَبْعَثُهُمُٱللَّهُثُمَّإِلَيْهِيُرْجَعُونَ

Only they who listen [with their hearts] can respond to a call; and as for the dead [of heart], God [alone] can raise them from the dead, whereupon unto Him they shall return.

وَقَالُوا۟لَوْلَانُزِّلَعَلَيْهِءَايَةٌۭمِّنرَّبِّهِۦقُلْإِنَّٱللَّهَقَادِرٌعَلَىٰٓأَنيُنَزِّلَءَايَةًۭوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَ

And they say, "Why has no miraculous sign been bestowed on him from on high by his Sustainer?" Say: "Behold, God has the power to bestow any sign from on high." Yet most human beings are unaware of this

وَمَامِندَآبَّةٍۢفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَلَاطَٰٓئِرٍۢيَطِيرُبِجَنَاحَيْهِإِلَّآأُمَمٌأَمْثَالُكُممَّافَرَّطْنَافِىٱلْكِتَٰبِمِنشَىْءٍۢثُمَّإِلَىٰرَبِّهِمْيُحْشَرُونَ

although there is no beast that walks on earth and no bird that flies on its two wings which is not [God's] creature like yourselves: no single thing have We neglected in Our decree. And once again: Unto their Sustainer shall they [all] be gathered.

وَٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاصُمٌّۭوَبُكْمٌۭفِىٱلظُّلُمَٰتِمَنيَشَإِٱللَّهُيُضْلِلْهُوَمَنيَشَأْيَجْعَلْهُعَلَىٰصِرَٰطٍۢمُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ

And they who give the lie to Our messages are deaf and dumb, in darkness deep. Whomever God wills, He lets go astray; and whomever He wills, He places upon a straight way.

قُلْأَرَءَيْتَكُمْإِنْأَتَىٰكُمْعَذَابُٱللَّهِأَوْأَتَتْكُمُٱلسَّاعَةُأَغَيْرَٱللَّهِتَدْعُونَإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ

Say: "Can you see yourselves invoking any but God when God's chastisement befalls you [in this world], or the Last Hour comes upon you? [Tell me this,] if you are men of truth!