Surah Al-Ankaboot

يُعَذِّبُمَنيَشَآءُوَيَرْحَمُمَنيَشَآءُوَإِلَيْهِتُقْلَبُونَ

He causes to suffer whomever He wills, and bestows His mercy on whomever He wills; and unto Him you shall be made to return:

وَمَآأَنتُمبِمُعْجِزِينَفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَلَافِىٱلسَّمَآءِوَمَالَكُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِمِنوَلِىٍّۢوَلَانَصِيرٍۢ

and never - not on earth and not in the skies - can you [hope to] elude Him: and you have none to protect you from God, and none to bring you succour.”

وَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِوَلِقَآئِهِۦٓأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَيَئِسُوا۟مِنرَّحْمَتِىوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

And [thus it is:] they who are bent on denying the truth of God’s messages and of their [ultimate] meeting with Him - it is they who abandon all hope of My grace and mercy: and it is they whom grievous suffering awaits [in the life to come].

فَمَاكَانَجَوَابَقَوْمِهِۦٓإِلَّآأَنقَالُوا۟ٱقْتُلُوهُأَوْحَرِّقُوهُفَأَنجَىٰهُٱللَّهُمِنَٱلنَّارِإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَءَايَٰتٍۢلِّقَوْمٍۢيُؤْمِنُونَ

Now [as for Abraham,] his people’s only answer was, “Slay him, or burn him!” – but God saved him from the fire. Behold, in this [story] there are messages indeed for people who will believe!

وَقَالَإِنَّمَاٱتَّخَذْتُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِأَوْثَٰنًۭامَّوَدَّةَبَيْنِكُمْفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاثُمَّيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِيَكْفُرُبَعْضُكُمبِبَعْضٍۢوَيَلْعَنُبَعْضُكُمبَعْضًۭاوَمَأْوَىٰكُمُٱلنَّارُوَمَالَكُممِّننَّٰصِرِينَ

And [Abraham] said: “You have chosen to worship idols instead of God for no other reason than to have a bond of love in the life of this world, between yourselves [and your forebears]: but then, on Resurrection Day, you shall disown one another and curse one another - for the goal of you all will be the fire, and you will have none to succour you.

فَـَٔامَنَلَهُۥلُوطٌۭوَقَالَإِنِّىمُهَاجِرٌإِلَىٰرَبِّىٓإِنَّهُۥهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

Thereupon [his brother’s son] Lot came to believe in him and said: “Verily, I [too] shall forsake the domain of evil [and turn] to my Sustainer: for, verily, He alone is almighty, truly wise!”

وَوَهَبْنَالَهُۥٓإِسْحَٰقَوَيَعْقُوبَوَجَعَلْنَافِىذُرِّيَّتِهِٱلنُّبُوَّةَوَٱلْكِتَٰبَوَءَاتَيْنَٰهُأَجْرَهُۥفِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَإِنَّهُۥفِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِلَمِنَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

And [as for Abraham,] We bestowed upon him Isaac and [Isaac’s son] Jacob, and caused pro­phethood and revelation to continue among his offspring. And We vouchsafed him his reward in this world; and, verily, in the life to come [too] he shall find himself among the righteous.

وَلُوطًاإِذْقَالَلِقَوْمِهِۦٓإِنَّكُمْلَتَأْتُونَٱلْفَٰحِشَةَمَاسَبَقَكُمبِهَامِنْأَحَدٍۢمِّنَٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

And Lot, [too, was inspired by Us] when he said unto his people: “Verily, you commit abominations such as none in all the world has ever committed before you!

أَئِنَّكُمْلَتَأْتُونَٱلرِّجَالَوَتَقْطَعُونَٱلسَّبِيلَوَتَأْتُونَفِىنَادِيكُمُٱلْمُنكَرَفَمَاكَانَجَوَابَقَوْمِهِۦٓإِلَّآأَنقَالُوا۟ٱئْتِنَابِعَذَابِٱللَّهِإِنكُنتَمِنَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

Must you indeed approach men [with lust], and thus cut across the way [of nature]? and must you commit these shameful deeds in your open] assemblies?” But his people’s only answer was, “Bring down upon us God’s chastisement, if thou art a man of truth!”

قَالَرَبِّٱنصُرْنِىعَلَىٱلْقَوْمِٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

[And] he prayed: “O my Sustainer! Succour Thou me against these people who spread corrup­tion!”

وَلَمَّاجَآءَتْرُسُلُنَآإِبْرَٰهِيمَبِٱلْبُشْرَىٰقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّامُهْلِكُوٓا۟أَهْلِهَٰذِهِٱلْقَرْيَةِإِنَّأَهْلَهَاكَانُوا۟ظَٰلِمِينَ

And so, when Our [heavenly] messengers came to Abraham with the glad tiding [of the birth of Isaac], they [also] said, “Behold, we are about to destroy the people of that land, for its people are truly evildoers!”

قَالَإِنَّفِيهَالُوطًۭاقَالُوا۟نَحْنُأَعْلَمُبِمَنفِيهَالَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥوَأَهْلَهُۥٓإِلَّاٱمْرَأَتَهُۥكَانَتْمِنَٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

[And when Abraham] exclaimed, “But Lot lives there!” - they answered: We know fully well who is there; most certainly we shall save him and his household - all but his wife: she will indeed be among those that stay behind.”

وَلَمَّآأَنجَآءَتْرُسُلُنَالُوطًۭاسِىٓءَبِهِمْوَضَاقَبِهِمْذَرْعًۭاوَقَالُوا۟لَاتَخَفْوَلَاتَحْزَنْإِنَّامُنَجُّوكَوَأَهْلَكَإِلَّاٱمْرَأَتَكَكَانَتْمِنَٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was sorely grieved on their account, seeing that it was beyond his power to shield them; but they said: “Fear not, and grieve not! Behold, we shall save thee and thy household - all but thy wife: she will indeed be among those that stay behind.

إِنَّامُنزِلُونَعَلَىٰٓأَهْلِهَٰذِهِٱلْقَرْيَةِرِجْزًۭامِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَفْسُقُونَ

Verily, we shall bring down upon the people of this land a horror from heaven in requital of all their iniquitous doings!”

وَلَقَدتَّرَكْنَامِنْهَآءَايَةًۢبَيِّنَةًۭلِّقَوْمٍۢيَعْقِلُونَ

And [so it happened; and] thereof, indeed, We have left a clear sign for people who use their reason.

وَإِلَىٰمَدْيَنَأَخَاهُمْشُعَيْبًۭافَقَالَيَٰقَوْمِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱرْجُوا۟ٱلْيَوْمَٱلْءَاخِرَوَلَاتَعْثَوْا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِمُفْسِدِينَ

AND UNTO [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shu’ayb who thereupon said: “O my peo­ple! Worship God [alone], and look forward to the Last Day, and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption!”

فَكَذَّبُوهُفَأَخَذَتْهُمُٱلرَّجْفَةُفَأَصْبَحُوا۟فِىدَارِهِمْجَٰثِمِينَ

But they gave him the lie. Thereupon an earthquake overtook them: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground.

وَعَادًۭاوَثَمُودَا۟وَقَدتَّبَيَّنَلَكُممِّنمَّسَٰكِنِهِمْوَزَيَّنَلَهُمُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُأَعْمَٰلَهُمْفَصَدَّهُمْعَنِٱلسَّبِيلِوَكَانُوا۟مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ

AND [the tribes of] Ad and Thamud [too, did We destroy -] as should have become obvious to you from [whatever there remains of] their dwellings. [They perished] because Satan had made their [sinful] doings seem goodly to them, and thus had barred them from the path [of God] despite their having been endowed with the ability to perceive the truth.

وَقَٰرُونَوَفِرْعَوْنَوَهَٰمَٰنَوَلَقَدْجَآءَهُممُّوسَىٰبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِفَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِوَمَاكَانُوا۟سَٰبِقِينَ

And [thus, too, did We deal with] Qarun and Pharaoh, and Haman: to them had come Moses with all evidence of the truth, but they behaved arrogantly on earth [and rejected him]; and withal, they could not escape [Us].

فَكُلًّاأَخَذْنَابِذَنۢبِهِۦفَمِنْهُممَّنْأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِحَاصِبًۭاوَمِنْهُممَّنْأَخَذَتْهُٱلصَّيْحَةُوَمِنْهُممَّنْخَسَفْنَابِهِٱلْأَرْضَوَمِنْهُممَّنْأَغْرَقْنَاوَمَاكَانَٱللَّهُلِيَظْلِمَهُمْوَلَٰكِنكَانُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْيَظْلِمُونَ

For, every one of them, did We take to task for his sin: and so, upon some of them We let loose a deadly storm wind; and some of them were overtaken by a [sudden] blast; and some of them We caused to be swallowed by the earth: and some of them We caused to drown. And it was not God who wronged them, but it was they who had wronged themselves.