Surah An-Naml

طسٓتِلْكَءَايَٰتُٱلْقُرْءَانِوَكِتَابٍۢمُّبِينٍ

Ta. Sin. THESE ARE MESSAGES of the Qur’an - a di­vine writ clear in itself and clearly showing the truth:

هُدًۭىوَبُشْرَىٰلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

a guidance and a glad tiding to the believers

ٱلَّذِينَيُقِيمُونَٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَيُؤْتُونَٱلزَّكَوٰةَوَهُمبِٱلْءَاخِرَةِهُمْيُوقِنُونَ

who are constant in prayer and spend in charity: for it is they, they who in their innermost are certain of the life to come!

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلْءَاخِرَةِزَيَّنَّالَهُمْأَعْمَٰلَهُمْفَهُمْيَعْمَهُونَ

As for those who will not believe in the life to come - behold, goodly have We made their own doings appear unto them, and so they stumble blindly to and fro

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَلَهُمْسُوٓءُٱلْعَذَابِوَهُمْفِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِهُمُٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

It is they whom the worst of suffering awaits: for it is they, they who in the life to come shall be the greatest losers!

وَإِنَّكَلَتُلَقَّىٱلْقُرْءَانَمِنلَّدُنْحَكِيمٍعَلِيمٍ

But [as for thee, O believer,] verily, thou hast received this Qur’an out of the grace of One who is wise, all-knowing.

إِذْقَالَمُوسَىٰلِأَهْلِهِۦٓإِنِّىٓءَانَسْتُنَارًۭاسَـَٔاتِيكُممِّنْهَابِخَبَرٍأَوْءَاتِيكُمبِشِهَابٍۢقَبَسٍۢلَّعَلَّكُمْتَصْطَلُونَ

Lo! [While lost in the desert,] Moses said to his family: “Behold, I perceive a fire [far away]; I may bring you from there some tiding [as to which way we arc to pursue], or bring you [at least] a burning brand so that you might warm yourselves.”

فَلَمَّاجَآءَهَانُودِىَأَنۢبُورِكَمَنفِىٱلنَّارِوَمَنْحَوْلَهَاوَسُبْحَٰنَٱللَّهِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

But when he came close to it, a call was sounded: “Blessed are all who are within [reach of] this fire, and all who are near it! And limitless in His glory is God, the Sustainer of all the worlds!”

يَٰمُوسَىٰٓإِنَّهُۥٓأَنَاٱللَّهُٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

[And God spoke thus:] “O Moses! Verily I alone am God, the Almighty, the Wise!”

وَأَلْقِعَصَاكَفَلَمَّارَءَاهَاتَهْتَزُّكَأَنَّهَاجَآنٌّۭوَلَّىٰمُدْبِرًۭاوَلَمْيُعَقِّبْيَٰمُوسَىٰلَاتَخَفْإِنِّىلَايَخَافُلَدَىَّٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

[And then He said:] “Now throw down thy staff!” But when he saw it move rapidly, as if it were a serpent, he drew back [in terror], and did not [dare to] return. [And God spoke to him again:] O Moses! Fear not - for, behold, no fear need the message-bearers have in My Presence,

إِلَّامَنظَلَمَثُمَّبَدَّلَحُسْنًۢابَعْدَسُوٓءٍۢفَإِنِّىغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

and neither need anyone who has done wrong and then has replaced the wrong with good: for, verily, I am much-forgiving, a dis­penser of grace!

وَأَدْخِلْيَدَكَفِىجَيْبِكَتَخْرُجْبَيْضَآءَمِنْغَيْرِسُوٓءٍۢفِىتِسْعِءَايَٰتٍإِلَىٰفِرْعَوْنَوَقَوْمِهِۦٓإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟قَوْمًۭافَٰسِقِينَ

“Now place thy hand into thy bosom: it will come forth [shining] white, without blemish!” [And thou shalt go] with nine [of My] messages unto Pharaoh and his people for, verily, they are people depraved!”

فَلَمَّاجَآءَتْهُمْءَايَٰتُنَامُبْصِرَةًۭقَالُوا۟هَٰذَاسِحْرٌۭمُّبِينٌۭ

But when Our light-giving messages came unto them, they said, “This is clearly [but] spellbinding deception!”

وَجَحَدُوا۟بِهَاوَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآأَنفُسُهُمْظُلْمًۭاوَعُلُوًّۭافَٱنظُرْكَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

- and in their wickedness and self-exaltation they rejected them, although their minds were convinced of their truth: and behold what hap­pened in the end to those spreaders of corruption!

وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَادَاوُۥدَوَسُلَيْمَٰنَعِلْمًۭاوَقَالَاٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِٱلَّذِىفَضَّلَنَاعَلَىٰكَثِيرٍۢمِّنْعِبَادِهِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

AND, INDEED, We granted [true] knowledge unto David and Solomon [as well]; and both were wont to say: All praise is due to God, who has [thus] favoured us above many of His believing servants!”

وَوَرِثَسُلَيْمَٰنُدَاوُۥدَوَقَالَيَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّاسُعُلِّمْنَامَنطِقَٱلطَّيْرِوَأُوتِينَامِنكُلِّشَىْءٍإِنَّهَٰذَالَهُوَٱلْفَضْلُٱلْمُبِينُ

And [in this insight] Solomon was [truly] David’s heir; and he would say: “O you people! We have been taught the speech of birds, and have been given [in abundance] of all [good] things: this, behold, is indeed a manifest favour [from God]!”

وَحُشِرَلِسُلَيْمَٰنَجُنُودُهُۥمِنَٱلْجِنِّوَٱلْإِنسِوَٱلطَّيْرِفَهُمْيُوزَعُونَ

And [one day] there were assembled before Solomon his hosts of invisible beings, and of men, and of birds; and then they were led forth in orderly ranks,

حَتَّىٰٓإِذَآأَتَوْا۟عَلَىٰوَادِٱلنَّمْلِقَالَتْنَمْلَةٌۭيَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّمْلُٱدْخُلُوا۟مَسَٰكِنَكُمْلَايَحْطِمَنَّكُمْسُلَيْمَٰنُوَجُنُودُهُۥوَهُمْلَايَشْعُرُونَ

till, when they came upon a valley [full] of ants, an ant exclaimed: “O you ants! Get into your dwellings, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you without [even] being aware [of you]!”

فَتَبَسَّمَضَاحِكًۭامِّنقَوْلِهَاوَقَالَرَبِّأَوْزِعْنِىٓأَنْأَشْكُرَنِعْمَتَكَٱلَّتِىٓأَنْعَمْتَعَلَىَّوَعَلَىٰوَٰلِدَىَّوَأَنْأَعْمَلَصَٰلِحًۭاتَرْضَىٰهُوَأَدْخِلْنِىبِرَحْمَتِكَفِىعِبَادِكَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

Thereupon [Solomon] smiled joyously at her words, and said: “O my Sustainer! Inspire me so that I may forever be grateful for those blessings of Thine with which Thou hast graced me and my parents, and that I may do what is right [in a manner] that will please Thee; and include me, by Thy grace, among Thy righteous servants!”

وَتَفَقَّدَٱلطَّيْرَفَقَالَمَالِىَلَآأَرَىٱلْهُدْهُدَأَمْكَانَمِنَٱلْغَآئِبِينَ

And [one day] he looked in vain for [a parti­cular one of] the birds; and so he said: How is it that I do not see the hoopoe? Or could he be among the absent?