Surah An-Naml

أَمَّنجَعَلَٱلْأَرْضَقَرَارًۭاوَجَعَلَخِلَٰلَهَآأَنْهَٰرًۭاوَجَعَلَلَهَارَوَٰسِىَوَجَعَلَبَيْنَٱلْبَحْرَيْنِحَاجِزًاأَءِلَٰهٌۭمَّعَٱللَّهِبَلْأَكْثَرُهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَ

Nay - who is it that has made the earth a fitting abode [for living things], and has caused running waters [to flow] in its midst, and has set upon it moun­tains firm, and has placed a barrier between the two great bodies of water? Could there be any divine power besides God? Nay, most of those [who think so] do not know [what they are saying]!

أَمَّنيُجِيبُٱلْمُضْطَرَّإِذَادَعَاهُوَيَكْشِفُٱلسُّوٓءَوَيَجْعَلُكُمْخُلَفَآءَٱلْأَرْضِأَءِلَٰهٌۭمَّعَٱللَّهِقَلِيلًۭامَّاتَذَكَّرُونَ

Nay - who is it that responds to the distressed when he calls out to Him, and who removes the ill [that caused the distress], and has made you inherit the earth? Could there be any divine power besides God? How seldom do you keep this in mind!

أَمَّنيَهْدِيكُمْفِىظُلُمَٰتِٱلْبَرِّوَٱلْبَحْرِوَمَنيُرْسِلُٱلرِّيَٰحَبُشْرًۢابَيْنَيَدَىْرَحْمَتِهِۦٓأَءِلَٰهٌۭمَّعَٱللَّهِتَعَٰلَىٱللَّهُعَمَّايُشْرِكُونَ

Nay - who is it that guides you in the midst of the deep darkness of land and sea, and sends forth the winds as a glad tiding of His coming grace? Could there be any divine power besides God? Sublimely exalted is God above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

أَمَّنيَبْدَؤُا۟ٱلْخَلْقَثُمَّيُعِيدُهُۥوَمَنيَرْزُقُكُممِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلْأَرْضِأَءِلَٰهٌۭمَّعَٱللَّهِقُلْهَاتُوا۟بُرْهَٰنَكُمْإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ

Nay - who is it that creates [all life] in the first instance, and then brings it forth anew? And who is it that provides you with sustenance out of heaven and earth? Could there be any divine power besides God? Say: “[If you think so,] produce your evidence - if you truly believe in your claim!”

قُللَّايَعْلَمُمَنفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِٱلْغَيْبَإِلَّاٱللَّهُوَمَايَشْعُرُونَأَيَّانَيُبْعَثُونَ

Say: “None in the heavens or on earth knows the hidden reality [of anything that exists: none knows it] save God.” And neither can they [who are living] perceive when they shall be raised from the dead:

بَلِٱدَّٰرَكَعِلْمُهُمْفِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِبَلْهُمْفِىشَكٍّۢمِّنْهَابَلْهُممِّنْهَاعَمُونَ

nay, their knowledge of the life to come stops short of the truth: nay, they are [often] in doubt as to its reality: nay, they are blind to it.

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟أَءِذَاكُنَّاتُرَٰبًۭاوَءَابَآؤُنَآأَئِنَّالَمُخْرَجُونَ

And so, they who are bent on denying the truth are saying: “What! After we have become dust - we and our forefathers - shall we [all], forsooth, be brought forth [from the dead]?

لَقَدْوُعِدْنَاهَٰذَانَحْنُوَءَابَآؤُنَامِنقَبْلُإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّآأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Indeed, we were promised this - we and our forefathers - in the past as well; it is nothing but fables of ancient times!”

قُلْسِيرُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِفَٱنظُرُوا۟كَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Say: “Go all over the earth and behold what happened in the end to those [who were thus] lost in sin!”

وَلَاتَحْزَنْعَلَيْهِمْوَلَاتَكُنفِىضَيْقٍۢمِّمَّايَمْكُرُونَ

But do not grieve over them, and neither be distressed by the false arguments which they devise [against Gods messages].

وَيَقُولُونَمَتَىٰهَٰذَاٱلْوَعْدُإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ

And [when] they ask, “When is this promise [of resurrection] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!” –

قُلْعَسَىٰٓأَنيَكُونَرَدِفَلَكُمبَعْضُٱلَّذِىتَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

say thou: “It may well be that something of that which [in your ignorance] you so hastily demands has already drawn close unto you.”

وَإِنَّرَبَّكَلَذُوفَضْلٍعَلَىٱلنَّاسِوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَهُمْلَايَشْكُرُونَ

Now, verily, thy Sustainer is indeed limitless in His bounty unto men - but most of them are bereft of gratitude.

وَإِنَّرَبَّكَلَيَعْلَمُمَاتُكِنُّصُدُورُهُمْوَمَايُعْلِنُونَ

But, verily, thy Sustainer knows all that their hearts conceal as well as all that they bring into the open:

وَمَامِنْغَآئِبَةٍۢفِىٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلْأَرْضِإِلَّافِىكِتَٰبٍۢمُّبِينٍ

for there is nothing [so deeply] hidden in the heavens or on earth but is recorded in [His] clear decree.

إِنَّهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانَيَقُصُّعَلَىٰبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَأَكْثَرَٱلَّذِىهُمْفِيهِيَخْتَلِفُونَ

BEHOLD, this Qur’an explains to the children of Israel most [of that] whereon they hold divergent views;

وَإِنَّهُۥلَهُدًۭىوَرَحْمَةٌۭلِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

and, verily, it is a guidance and a grace unto all who believe [in it].

إِنَّرَبَّكَيَقْضِىبَيْنَهُمبِحُكْمِهِۦوَهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْعَلِيمُ

Verily, [O believer,] thy Sustainer will judge between them in His wisdom - for He alone is almighty, all-knowing.

فَتَوَكَّلْعَلَىٱللَّهِإِنَّكَعَلَىٱلْحَقِّٱلْمُبِينِ

Hence, place thy trust in God [alone] - for, behold, that in which thou believest is truth self-evident.

إِنَّكَلَاتُسْمِعُٱلْمَوْتَىٰوَلَاتُسْمِعُٱلصُّمَّٱلدُّعَآءَإِذَاوَلَّوْا۟مُدْبِرِينَ

[But,] verily, thou canst not make the dead hear: and [so, too,] thou canst not make the deaf [of heart] hear this call when they turn their backs [on thee] and go away,