Surah Al-An'aam

وَهُوَٱلْقَاهِرُفَوْقَعِبَادِهِۦوَيُرْسِلُعَلَيْكُمْحَفَظَةًحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءَأَحَدَكُمُٱلْمَوْتُتَوَفَّتْهُرُسُلُنَاوَهُمْلَايُفَرِّطُونَ

And He alone holds sway over His servants. And He sends forth heavenly forces to watch over you until, when death approaches any of you, Our messengers cause him to die: and they do not overlook [anyone].

ثُمَّرُدُّوٓا۟إِلَىٱللَّهِمَوْلَىٰهُمُٱلْحَقِّأَلَالَهُٱلْحُكْمُوَهُوَأَسْرَعُٱلْحَٰسِبِينَ

And they [who have died] are thereupon brought before God, their true Lord Supreme. Oh, verily, His alone is all judgment: and He is the swiftest of all reckoners!

قُلْمَنيُنَجِّيكُممِّنظُلُمَٰتِٱلْبَرِّوَٱلْبَحْرِتَدْعُونَهُۥتَضَرُّعًۭاوَخُفْيَةًۭلَّئِنْأَنجَىٰنَامِنْهَٰذِهِۦلَنَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

Say: "Who is it that saves you from the dark dangers of land and sea [when] you call unto Him humbly, and in the secrecy of your hearts, `If He will but save us from this [distress], we shall most certainly be among the grateful'?"

قُلِٱللَّهُيُنَجِّيكُممِّنْهَاوَمِنكُلِّكَرْبٍۢثُمَّأَنتُمْتُشْرِكُونَ

Say: "God [alone] can save you from this and from every distress - and still you ascribe divinity to other powers beside Him!"

قُلْهُوَٱلْقَادِرُعَلَىٰٓأَنيَبْعَثَعَلَيْكُمْعَذَابًۭامِّنفَوْقِكُمْأَوْمِنتَحْتِأَرْجُلِكُمْأَوْيَلْبِسَكُمْشِيَعًۭاوَيُذِيقَبَعْضَكُمبَأْسَبَعْضٍٱنظُرْكَيْفَنُصَرِّفُٱلْءَايَٰتِلَعَلَّهُمْيَفْقَهُونَ

Say: "It is He alone who has the power to let loose upon you suffering from above you or from beneath your feet, or to confound you with mutual discord and let you taste the fear of one another." Behold how many facets we give to these messages, so that they might understand the truth.

وَكَذَّبَبِهِۦقَوْمُكَوَهُوَٱلْحَقُّقُللَّسْتُعَلَيْكُمبِوَكِيلٍۢ

and yet, to all this thy peoples have given the lie, although it is the truth. Say [then]: "I am not responsible for your conduct.

لِّكُلِّنَبَإٍۢمُّسْتَقَرٌّۭوَسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ

Every tiding [from God] has a term set for its fulfilment: and in time you will come to know [the truth]."

وَإِذَارَأَيْتَٱلَّذِينَيَخُوضُونَفِىٓءَايَٰتِنَافَأَعْرِضْعَنْهُمْحَتَّىٰيَخُوضُوا۟فِىحَدِيثٍغَيْرِهِۦوَإِمَّايُنسِيَنَّكَٱلشَّيْطَٰنُفَلَاتَقْعُدْبَعْدَٱلذِّكْرَىٰمَعَٱلْقَوْمِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

NOW, whenever thou meet such as indulge in [blasphemous] talk about Our messages, turn thy back upon them until they begin to talk of other things and if Satan should ever cause thee to forget [thyself], remain not, after recollection, in the company of such evildoing folk,

وَمَاعَلَىٱلَّذِينَيَتَّقُونَمِنْحِسَابِهِممِّنشَىْءٍۢوَلَٰكِنذِكْرَىٰلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَّقُونَ

for whom those who are conscious of God are in no wise accountable. Theirs, however, is the duty to admonish [the sinners], so that they might become conscious of God.

وَذَرِٱلَّذِينَٱتَّخَذُوا۟دِينَهُمْلَعِبًۭاوَلَهْوًۭاوَغَرَّتْهُمُٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَاوَذَكِّرْبِهِۦٓأَنتُبْسَلَنَفْسٌۢبِمَاكَسَبَتْلَيْسَلَهَامِندُونِٱللَّهِوَلِىٌّۭوَلَاشَفِيعٌۭوَإِنتَعْدِلْكُلَّعَدْلٍۢلَّايُؤْخَذْمِنْهَآأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَأُبْسِلُوا۟بِمَاكَسَبُوا۟لَهُمْشَرَابٌۭمِّنْحَمِيمٍۢوَعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْفُرُونَ

And leave to themselves all those who, beguiled by the life of this world, have made play and passing delights their religion; but remind [them] herewith that [in the life to come] every human being shall be held in pledge for whatever wrong he has done, and shall have none to protect him from God, and none to intercede for him; and though he offer any conceivable ransom, it shall not be accepted from him. It is [people such as] these that shall be held in pledge for the wrong they have done; for them there is [in the life to come] a draught of burning despair and grievous suffering awaits them because of their persistent refusal to acknowledge the truth.

قُلْأَنَدْعُوا۟مِندُونِٱللَّهِمَالَايَنفَعُنَاوَلَايَضُرُّنَاوَنُرَدُّعَلَىٰٓأَعْقَابِنَابَعْدَإِذْهَدَىٰنَاٱللَّهُكَٱلَّذِىٱسْتَهْوَتْهُٱلشَّيَٰطِينُفِىٱلْأَرْضِحَيْرَانَلَهُۥٓأَصْحَٰبٌۭيَدْعُونَهُۥٓإِلَىٱلْهُدَىٱئْتِنَاقُلْإِنَّهُدَىٱللَّهِهُوَٱلْهُدَىٰوَأُمِرْنَالِنُسْلِمَلِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

SAY: "Shall we invoke, instead of God, something that can neither benefit us nor harm us, and [thus] turn around on our heels after God has guided us aright? -like one whom the satans have enticed into blundering after earthly lusts, the while his companions, trying to guide him, call out unto him [from afar], `Come thou to us!"' Say: "Verily, God's guidance is the only guidance: and so we have been bidden to surrender ourselves unto the Sustainer of all the worlds,

وَأَنْأَقِيمُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَٱتَّقُوهُوَهُوَٱلَّذِىٓإِلَيْهِتُحْشَرُونَ

and to be constant in prayer and conscious of Him: for it is He unto whom you all shall be gathered."

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَبِٱلْحَقِّوَيَوْمَيَقُولُكُنفَيَكُونُقَوْلُهُٱلْحَقُّوَلَهُٱلْمُلْكُيَوْمَيُنفَخُفِىٱلصُّورِعَٰلِمُٱلْغَيْبِوَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِوَهُوَٱلْحَكِيمُٱلْخَبِيرُ

And He it is who has created the heavens and the earth in accordance with [an inner] truth - and whenever He says, "Be," His word comes true; and His will be the dominion on the Day when the trumpet [of resurrection] is blown. He knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being's perception, as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature's senses or mind: for He alone is truly wise, all-aware.

وَإِذْقَالَإِبْرَٰهِيمُلِأَبِيهِءَازَرَأَتَتَّخِذُأَصْنَامًاءَالِهَةًإِنِّىٓأَرَىٰكَوَقَوْمَكَفِىضَلَٰلٍۢمُّبِينٍۢ

AND, LO, [thus] spoke Abraham unto his father Azar: "Takest thou idols for gods? Verily, I see that thou and thy people have obviously gone astray!"

وَكَذَٰلِكَنُرِىٓإِبْرَٰهِيمَمَلَكُوتَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَلِيَكُونَمِنَٱلْمُوقِنِينَ

And thus We gave Abraham [his first] insight into [God's] mighty dominion over the heavens and the earth - and [this] to the end that he might become one of those who are inwardly sure.

فَلَمَّاجَنَّعَلَيْهِٱلَّيْلُرَءَاكَوْكَبًۭاقَالَهَٰذَارَبِّىفَلَمَّآأَفَلَقَالَلَآأُحِبُّٱلْءَافِلِينَ

Then, when the night overshadowed him with its darkness, he beheld a star;., [and] he exclaimed, "This is my Sustainer!" -but when it went down, he said, "I love not the things that go down."

فَلَمَّارَءَاٱلْقَمَرَبَازِغًۭاقَالَهَٰذَارَبِّىفَلَمَّآأَفَلَقَالَلَئِنلَّمْيَهْدِنِىرَبِّىلَأَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلْقَوْمِٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Then, when he beheld the moon rising, he said, "This is my Sustainer!"-but when it went down, he said, "Indeed, if my Sustainer guide me not. I will most certainly become one of the people who go astray!"

فَلَمَّارَءَاٱلشَّمْسَبَازِغَةًۭقَالَهَٰذَارَبِّىهَٰذَآأَكْبَرُفَلَمَّآأَفَلَتْقَالَيَٰقَوْمِإِنِّىبَرِىٓءٌۭمِّمَّاتُشْرِكُونَ

Then, when he beheld the sun rising, he said, "This is my Sustainer! This one is the greatest [of all]!" - but when it [too] went down, he exclaimed: "O my people! Behold, far be it from me to ascribe divinity, as you do, to aught beside God!

إِنِّىوَجَّهْتُوَجْهِىَلِلَّذِىفَطَرَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَحَنِيفًۭاوَمَآأَنَا۠مِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Behold, unto Him who brought into being the heavens and the earth have I turned my face, having turned away from all that is false; and I am not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him."

وَحَآجَّهُۥقَوْمُهُۥقَالَأَتُحَٰٓجُّوٓنِّىفِىٱللَّهِوَقَدْهَدَىٰنِوَلَآأَخَافُمَاتُشْرِكُونَبِهِۦٓإِلَّآأَنيَشَآءَرَبِّىشَيْـًۭٔاوَسِعَرَبِّىكُلَّشَىْءٍعِلْمًاأَفَلَاتَتَذَكَّرُونَ

And his people argued with him. He said: "Do you argue with me about God, when it is He who has guided me? But I do not fear anything to which you ascribe divinity side by side with Him, [for no evil can befall me] unless my Sustainer so wills. All things does my Sustainer embrace within His knowledge; will you not, then, keep this in mind?