Surah Al-An'aam

بَلْإِيَّاهُتَدْعُونَفَيَكْشِفُمَاتَدْعُونَإِلَيْهِإِنشَآءَوَتَنسَوْنَمَاتُشْرِكُونَ

Nay, but it is Him alone that you will invoke - whereupon He may, if He so wills, remove that [ill] which caused you to call unto Him; and you will have forgotten all that. to which you [now] ascribe divinity side by side with Him."

وَلَقَدْأَرْسَلْنَآإِلَىٰٓأُمَمٍۢمِّنقَبْلِكَفَأَخَذْنَٰهُمبِٱلْبَأْسَآءِوَٱلضَّرَّآءِلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَضَرَّعُونَ

And, indeed, We sent Our messages unto people before thy time, [O Prophet,] and visited them with misfortune and hardship so that they might humble themselves:

فَلَوْلَآإِذْجَآءَهُمبَأْسُنَاتَضَرَّعُوا۟وَلَٰكِنقَسَتْقُلُوبُهُمْوَزَيَّنَلَهُمُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

yet when the misfortune decreed by Us befell them, they did not humble themselves, but rather their hearts grew hard, for Satan had made all their doings seem goodly to them.

فَلَمَّانَسُوا۟مَاذُكِّرُوا۟بِهِۦفَتَحْنَاعَلَيْهِمْأَبْوَٰبَكُلِّشَىْءٍحَتَّىٰٓإِذَافَرِحُوا۟بِمَآأُوتُوٓا۟أَخَذْنَٰهُمبَغْتَةًۭفَإِذَاهُممُّبْلِسُونَ

Then, when they had forgotten all that they had been told to take to heart, We threw open to them the gates of all [good] things until -even as they were rejoicing in what they had been granted - We suddenly took them to task: and lo! they were broken in spirit;

فَقُطِعَدَابِرُٱلْقَوْمِٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟وَٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

and [in the end,] the last remnant of those folk who had been bent on evildoing was wiped out. For all praise is due to God, the Sustainer of all the worlds.

قُلْأَرَءَيْتُمْإِنْأَخَذَٱللَّهُسَمْعَكُمْوَأَبْصَٰرَكُمْوَخَتَمَعَلَىٰقُلُوبِكُممَّنْإِلَٰهٌغَيْرُٱللَّهِيَأْتِيكُمبِهِٱنظُرْكَيْفَنُصَرِّفُٱلْءَايَٰتِثُمَّهُمْيَصْدِفُونَ

Say: "What do you think? If God should take away your hearing and your sight and seal your hearts - what deity but God is there that could bring it all back to you?" Behold how many facets we give to our messages-and yet they turn away in disdain!

قُلْأَرَءَيْتَكُمْإِنْأَتَىٰكُمْعَذَابُٱللَّهِبَغْتَةًأَوْجَهْرَةًهَلْيُهْلَكُإِلَّاٱلْقَوْمُٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

Say: "Can you imagine what your condition will be if God's chastisement befalls you, either suddenly or in a [gradually] perceptible manner? [But then-] will any but evildoing folk [ever] be destroyed?

وَمَانُرْسِلُٱلْمُرْسَلِينَإِلَّامُبَشِّرِينَوَمُنذِرِينَفَمَنْءَامَنَوَأَصْلَحَفَلَاخَوْفٌعَلَيْهِمْوَلَاهُمْيَحْزَنُونَ

And We send [Our] message-bearers only as heralds of glad tidings and as warners: hence, all who believe and live righteously -no fear need they have, and neither shall they grieve;

وَٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَايَمَسُّهُمُٱلْعَذَابُبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَفْسُقُونَ

whereas those who give the lie to Our messages - suffering will afflict them in result of all their sinful doings.

قُللَّآأَقُولُلَكُمْعِندِىخَزَآئِنُٱللَّهِوَلَآأَعْلَمُٱلْغَيْبَوَلَآأَقُولُلَكُمْإِنِّىمَلَكٌإِنْأَتَّبِعُإِلَّامَايُوحَىٰٓإِلَىَّقُلْهَلْيَسْتَوِىٱلْأَعْمَىٰوَٱلْبَصِيرُأَفَلَاتَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Say [O Prophet]: "I do not say unto you, 'God's treasures are with me,'; nor [do I say], 'I know the things that are beyond the reach of human perception'; nor do I say unto you, 'Behold, I am an angel': I but follow what is revealed to me." Say: "Can the blind and the seeing be deemed equal? Will you not, then, take thought?"

وَأَنذِرْبِهِٱلَّذِينَيَخَافُونَأَنيُحْشَرُوٓا۟إِلَىٰرَبِّهِمْلَيْسَلَهُممِّندُونِهِۦوَلِىٌّۭوَلَاشَفِيعٌۭلَّعَلَّهُمْيَتَّقُونَ

And warn hereby those who fear lest they be gathered unto their Sustainer with none to protect them from Him or to intercede with Him, so that they might become [fully] conscious of Him.

وَلَاتَطْرُدِٱلَّذِينَيَدْعُونَرَبَّهُمبِٱلْغَدَوٰةِوَٱلْعَشِىِّيُرِيدُونَوَجْهَهُۥمَاعَلَيْكَمِنْحِسَابِهِممِّنشَىْءٍۢوَمَامِنْحِسَابِكَعَلَيْهِممِّنشَىْءٍۢفَتَطْرُدَهُمْفَتَكُونَمِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Hence, repulse not [any of] those who at morn and evening invoke their Sustainer, seeking His countenance. Thou art in no wise accountable for them-just as they are in no wise accountable for thee -and thou hast therefore no right to repulse them: for then thou wouldst be among the evildoers.

وَكَذَٰلِكَفَتَنَّابَعْضَهُمبِبَعْضٍۢلِّيَقُولُوٓا۟أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِمَنَّٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِممِّنۢبَيْنِنَآأَلَيْسَٱللَّهُبِأَعْلَمَبِٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

For it is in this way that We try men through one another - to the end that they might ask, "Has God, then, bestowed His favour upon those others in preference to us?" Does not God know best as to who is grateful [to Him]?

وَإِذَاجَآءَكَٱلَّذِينَيُؤْمِنُونَبِـَٔايَٰتِنَافَقُلْسَلَٰمٌعَلَيْكُمْكَتَبَرَبُّكُمْعَلَىٰنَفْسِهِٱلرَّحْمَةَأَنَّهُۥمَنْعَمِلَمِنكُمْسُوٓءًۢابِجَهَٰلَةٍۢثُمَّتَابَمِنۢبَعْدِهِۦوَأَصْلَحَفَأَنَّهُۥغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

And when those who believe in Our messages come unto thee, say: "Peace be upon you. Your Sustainer has willed upon Himself the law of grace and mercy - so that if any of you does a bad deed out of ignorance, and thereafter repents and lives righteously, He shall be [found] much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace."

وَكَذَٰلِكَنُفَصِّلُٱلْءَايَٰتِوَلِتَسْتَبِينَسَبِيلُٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

And thus clearly do We spell out Our messages: and [We do it] so that the path of those who are lost in sin might be distinct [from that of the righteous].

قُلْإِنِّىنُهِيتُأَنْأَعْبُدَٱلَّذِينَتَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِقُللَّآأَتَّبِعُأَهْوَآءَكُمْقَدْضَلَلْتُإِذًۭاوَمَآأَنَا۠مِنَٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

SAY [to the deniers of the truth]: "Behold, I have been forbidden to worship those [beings] whom you invoke instead of God." Say: "I do not follow your errant views -or else I should have gone astray, and should not be among those who have found the right path."

قُلْإِنِّىعَلَىٰبَيِّنَةٍۢمِّنرَّبِّىوَكَذَّبْتُمبِهِۦمَاعِندِىمَاتَسْتَعْجِلُونَبِهِۦٓإِنِٱلْحُكْمُإِلَّالِلَّهِيَقُصُّٱلْحَقَّوَهُوَخَيْرُٱلْفَٰصِلِينَ

Say: "Behold, I take my stand on a clear evidence from my Sustainer-and [so] it is to Him that you are giving the lie! Not in my power is that which [in your ignorance] you so hastily demand: judgment rests with none but God. He shall declare the truth, since it is He who is the best judge between truth and falsehood."

قُللَّوْأَنَّعِندِىمَاتَسْتَعْجِلُونَبِهِۦلَقُضِىَٱلْأَمْرُبَيْنِىوَبَيْنَكُمْوَٱللَّهُأَعْلَمُبِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Say: "If that which you so hastily demand were in my power, everything would indeed have been decided between me and you. But God knows best as to who is doing wrong."

وَعِندَهُۥمَفَاتِحُٱلْغَيْبِلَايَعْلَمُهَآإِلَّاهُوَوَيَعْلَمُمَافِىٱلْبَرِّوَٱلْبَحْرِوَمَاتَسْقُطُمِنوَرَقَةٍإِلَّايَعْلَمُهَاوَلَاحَبَّةٍۢفِىظُلُمَٰتِٱلْأَرْضِوَلَارَطْبٍۢوَلَايَابِسٍإِلَّافِىكِتَٰبٍۢمُّبِينٍۢ

For, with Him are the keys to the things that are beyond the reach of a created being's perception: none knows them but He. And He knows all that is on land and in the sea; and not a leaf falls but He knows it; and neither is there a grain in the earth's deep darkness, nor anything: living or dead, but is recorded in [His] clear decree.

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىيَتَوَفَّىٰكُمبِٱلَّيْلِوَيَعْلَمُمَاجَرَحْتُمبِٱلنَّهَارِثُمَّيَبْعَثُكُمْفِيهِلِيُقْضَىٰٓأَجَلٌۭمُّسَمًّۭىثُمَّإِلَيْهِمَرْجِعُكُمْثُمَّيُنَبِّئُكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

And He it is who causes you to be [like] dead at night, and knows what you work in daytime; and He brings you back to life each days in order that a term set [by Him] be fulfilled. In the end, unto Him you must return: and then He will make you understand all that you were doing [in life].