Surah Ash-Shura

وَلَمَنِٱنتَصَرَبَعْدَظُلْمِهِۦفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَمَاعَلَيْهِممِّنسَبِيلٍ

Yet indeed, as for any who defend themselves after having been wronged - no blame whatever attaches to them:

إِنَّمَاٱلسَّبِيلُعَلَىٱلَّذِينَيَظْلِمُونَٱلنَّاسَوَيَبْغُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

blame attaches but to those who oppress [other] people and behave outrageously on earth, offending against all right: for them there is grievous suffering in store!

وَلَمَنصَبَرَوَغَفَرَإِنَّذَٰلِكَلَمِنْعَزْمِٱلْأُمُورِ

But withal, if one is patient in adversity and forgives - this, behold, is indeed something to set one’s heart upon!

وَمَنيُضْلِلِٱللَّهُفَمَالَهُۥمِنوَلِىٍّۢمِّنۢبَعْدِهِۦوَتَرَىٱلظَّٰلِمِينَلَمَّارَأَوُا۟ٱلْعَذَابَيَقُولُونَهَلْإِلَىٰمَرَدٍّۢمِّنسَبِيلٍۢ

AND [thus it is:] he whom God lets go astray has henceforth no protector whatever: and so thou wilt see such evildoers [on Judgment Day, and wilt hear how] they exclaim as soon as they behold the suffering [that awaits them], “Is there any way of return?”

وَتَرَىٰهُمْيُعْرَضُونَعَلَيْهَاخَٰشِعِينَمِنَٱلذُّلِّيَنظُرُونَمِنطَرْفٍخَفِىٍّۢوَقَالَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنَّٱلْخَٰسِرِينَٱلَّذِينَخَسِرُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْوَأَهْلِيهِمْيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِأَلَآإِنَّٱلظَّٰلِمِينَفِىعَذَابٍۢمُّقِيمٍۢ

And thou wilt see them exposed to that [doom], humbling themselves in abasement, looking [around] with a furtive glance - the while those who had attained to faith will say, “Verily, lost on [this] Day of Resurrection are they who have squandered their own and their followers’ selves!” Oh, verily, the evildoers will fall into long-lasting suffering,

وَمَاكَانَلَهُممِّنْأَوْلِيَآءَيَنصُرُونَهُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِوَمَنيُضْلِلِٱللَّهُفَمَالَهُۥمِنسَبِيلٍ

and will have no protector whatever to succour them against God: for he whom God lets go astray shall find no way [of escape].

ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟لِرَبِّكُممِّنقَبْلِأَنيَأْتِىَيَوْمٌۭلَّامَرَدَّلَهُۥمِنَٱللَّهِمَالَكُممِّنمَّلْجَإٍۢيَوْمَئِذٍۢوَمَالَكُممِّننَّكِيرٍۢ

[Hence, O men,] respond to your Sustainer before there comes, at God’s behest, a Day on which there will be no turning back: [for] on that Day you will have no place of refuge, and neither will you be able to deny aught [of the wrong that you have done].

فَإِنْأَعْرَضُوا۟فَمَآأَرْسَلْنَٰكَعَلَيْهِمْحَفِيظًاإِنْعَلَيْكَإِلَّاٱلْبَلَٰغُوَإِنَّآإِذَآأَذَقْنَاٱلْإِنسَٰنَمِنَّارَحْمَةًۭفَرِحَبِهَاوَإِنتُصِبْهُمْسَيِّئَةٌۢبِمَاقَدَّمَتْأَيْدِيهِمْفَإِنَّٱلْإِنسَٰنَكَفُورٌۭ

BUT IF they turn away [from thee, O Prophet, know that] We have not sent thee to be their keeper: thou art not bound to do more than deliver the message [entrusted to thee]. And, behold, [such as turn away from Our mes­sages are but impelled by the weakness and incon­stancy of human nature: thus,] when We give man a taste of Our grace, he is prone to exult in it; but if misfortune befalls [any of] them in result of what their own hands have sent forth, then, behold, man shows how bereft he is of all gratitude!

لِّلَّهِمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِيَخْلُقُمَايَشَآءُيَهَبُلِمَنيَشَآءُإِنَٰثًۭاوَيَهَبُلِمَنيَشَآءُٱلذُّكُورَ

God’s alone is the dominion over the heavens and the earth. He creates whatever He wills: He bestows the gift of female offspring on whomever He wills, and the gift of male offspring on whomever He wills;

أَوْيُزَوِّجُهُمْذُكْرَانًۭاوَإِنَٰثًۭاوَيَجْعَلُمَنيَشَآءُعَقِيمًاإِنَّهُۥعَلِيمٌۭقَدِيرٌۭ

or He gives both male and female [to whomever He wills], and causes to be barren whomever He wills: for, verily, He is all-knowing, infinite in His power.

وَمَاكَانَلِبَشَرٍأَنيُكَلِّمَهُٱللَّهُإِلَّاوَحْيًاأَوْمِنوَرَآئِحِجَابٍأَوْيُرْسِلَرَسُولًۭافَيُوحِىَبِإِذْنِهِۦمَايَشَآءُإِنَّهُۥعَلِىٌّحَكِيمٌۭ

And it is not given to mortal man that God should speak unto him otherwise than through sudden inspiration, or [by a voice, as it were,] from behind a veil, or by sending an apostle to reveal, by His leave, whatever He wills [to reveal]: for, verily, He is exalted, wise.

وَكَذَٰلِكَأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَيْكَرُوحًۭامِّنْأَمْرِنَامَاكُنتَتَدْرِىمَاٱلْكِتَٰبُوَلَاٱلْإِيمَٰنُوَلَٰكِنجَعَلْنَٰهُنُورًۭانَّهْدِىبِهِۦمَننَّشَآءُمِنْعِبَادِنَاوَإِنَّكَلَتَهْدِىٓإِلَىٰصِرَٰطٍۢمُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ

And thus, too, [O Muhammad,] have We revealed unto thee a life-giving message, [coming] at Our behest. [Ere this message came unto thee,] thou didst not know what revelation is, nor what faith [implies]: but [now] We have caused this [message] to be a light, whereby We guide whom We will of Our ser­vants: and, verily, [on the strength thereof] thou, too, shalt guide [men] onto the straight way –

صِرَٰطِٱللَّهِٱلَّذِىلَهُۥمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِأَلَآإِلَىٱللَّهِتَصِيرُٱلْأُمُورُ

the way that leads to God, to whom all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth belongs. Oh, verily, with God is the beginning and the end of all things!