Surah Yunus

الٓرتِلْكَءَايَٰتُٱلْكِتَٰبِٱلْحَكِيمِ

Alif Lam. Ra. THESE ARE MESSAGES of the divine writ, full of wisdom.

أَكَانَلِلنَّاسِعَجَبًاأَنْأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَىٰرَجُلٍۢمِّنْهُمْأَنْأَنذِرِٱلنَّاسَوَبَشِّرِٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَنَّلَهُمْقَدَمَصِدْقٍعِندَرَبِّهِمْقَالَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَإِنَّهَٰذَالَسَٰحِرٌۭمُّبِينٌ

Do people deem it strange that We should have inspired a man from their own midst [with this Our message]: "Warn all mankind, and give unto those who have attained to faith the glad tiding that in their Sustainer's sight they surpass all others in that they are completely sincere-? [Only] they who deny the truth say, "Behold. he is clearly but a spellbinder!"

إِنَّرَبَّكُمُٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَفِىسِتَّةِأَيَّامٍۢثُمَّٱسْتَوَىٰعَلَىٱلْعَرْشِيُدَبِّرُٱلْأَمْرَمَامِنشَفِيعٍإِلَّامِنۢبَعْدِإِذْنِهِۦذَٰلِكُمُٱللَّهُرَبُّكُمْفَٱعْبُدُوهُأَفَلَاتَذَكَّرُونَ

VERILY, your Sustainer is God, who has created the heavens and the earth in six aeons, and is established on the throne of His almightiness, governing all that exists. There is none that could intercede with Him unless He grants leave therefor. Thus is God, your Sustainer: worship, therefore, Him [alone]: will you not, then, keep this in mind?

إِلَيْهِمَرْجِعُكُمْجَمِيعًۭاوَعْدَٱللَّهِحَقًّاإِنَّهُۥيَبْدَؤُا۟ٱلْخَلْقَثُمَّيُعِيدُهُۥلِيَجْزِىَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِبِٱلْقِسْطِوَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَهُمْشَرَابٌۭمِّنْحَمِيمٍۢوَعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْفُرُونَ

Unto Him you all must return: this is, in truth, God's promise-for, behold, He creates [man] in the first instance, and then brings him forth anew to the end that He may reward with equity all who attain to faith and do righteous deeds; whereas for those who are bent on denying the truth there is in store a draught of burning despair and grievous suffering because of their persistent refusal to acknowledge the truth.

هُوَٱلَّذِىجَعَلَٱلشَّمْسَضِيَآءًۭوَٱلْقَمَرَنُورًۭاوَقَدَّرَهُۥمَنَازِلَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟عَدَدَٱلسِّنِينَوَٱلْحِسَابَمَاخَلَقَٱللَّهُذَٰلِكَإِلَّابِٱلْحَقِّيُفَصِّلُٱلْءَايَٰتِلِقَوْمٍۢيَعْلَمُونَ

He it is who has made the sun a [source of] radiant light and the moon a light [reflected], and has determined for it phases so that you might know how to compute the years and to measure [time]. None of this has God created without [an inner] truth. Clearly does He spell out these messages unto people of [innate] knowledge:

إِنَّفِىٱخْتِلَٰفِٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِوَمَاخَلَقَٱللَّهُفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِلَءَايَٰتٍۢلِّقَوْمٍۢيَتَّقُونَ

for, verily, in the alternating of night and day, and in all that God has created in the heavens and on earth there are messages indeed for people who are conscious of Him!

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَلَايَرْجُونَلِقَآءَنَاوَرَضُوا۟بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱطْمَأَنُّوا۟بِهَاوَٱلَّذِينَهُمْعَنْءَايَٰتِنَاغَٰفِلُونَ

Verily, as for those who do not believe that they are destined to meet Us, but content themselves with the life of this world and do not look beyond it, and are heedless of Our messages -

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَمَأْوَىٰهُمُٱلنَّارُبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَكْسِبُونَ

their goal is the fire in return for all [the evil] that they were wont to do.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِيَهْدِيهِمْرَبُّهُمبِإِيمَٰنِهِمْتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهِمُٱلْأَنْهَٰرُفِىجَنَّٰتِٱلنَّعِيمِ

[But,] verily, as for those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds - their Sustainer guides them aright by means of their faith. [In the life to come,] running waters will flow at their feet in gardens of bliss;

دَعْوَىٰهُمْفِيهَاسُبْحَٰنَكَٱللَّهُمَّوَتَحِيَّتُهُمْفِيهَاسَلَٰمٌۭوَءَاخِرُدَعْوَىٰهُمْأَنِٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

[and] in that [state of happiness] they will call out, "Limitless art Thou in Thy glory, O God!"-and will be answered with the greeting, "Peace!" And their call will close with [the words], "All praise is due to God, the Sustainer of all the worlds!"

وَلَوْيُعَجِّلُٱللَّهُلِلنَّاسِٱلشَّرَّٱسْتِعْجَالَهُمبِٱلْخَيْرِلَقُضِىَإِلَيْهِمْأَجَلُهُمْفَنَذَرُٱلَّذِينَلَايَرْجُونَلِقَآءَنَافِىطُغْيَٰنِهِمْيَعْمَهُونَ

NOW IF GOD were to hasten for human beings the ill [which they deserve by their sinning] in the same manner as they [themselves] would hasten [the coming to them of what they consider to be] good, their end would indeed come forthwith! But We leave them alone [for a while] -all those who do not believe that they are destined to meet Us: [We leave them alone] in their overweening arrogance, blindly stumbling to and fro.

وَإِذَامَسَّٱلْإِنسَٰنَٱلضُّرُّدَعَانَالِجَنۢبِهِۦٓأَوْقَاعِدًاأَوْقَآئِمًۭافَلَمَّاكَشَفْنَاعَنْهُضُرَّهُۥمَرَّكَأَنلَّمْيَدْعُنَآإِلَىٰضُرٍّۢمَّسَّهُۥكَذَٰلِكَزُيِّنَلِلْمُسْرِفِينَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

For [thus it is:] when affliction befalls man, he cries out unto Us, whether he be lying on his side or sitting or standing; but as soon as We have freed him of his affliction, he goes on as though he had never invoked Us to save him from the affliction that befell him! Thus do their own doings seem goodly unto those who waste their own selves.

وَلَقَدْأَهْلَكْنَاٱلْقُرُونَمِنقَبْلِكُمْلَمَّاظَلَمُوا۟وَجَآءَتْهُمْرُسُلُهُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِوَمَاكَانُوا۟لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟كَذَٰلِكَنَجْزِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

And, indeed, We destroyed before your time [whole] generations when they [persistently] did evil although the apostles sent unto them brought them all evidence of the truth; for they refused to believe [them]. Thus do We requite people who are lost in sin.

ثُمَّجَعَلْنَٰكُمْخَلَٰٓئِفَفِىٱلْأَرْضِمِنۢبَعْدِهِمْلِنَنظُرَكَيْفَتَعْمَلُونَ

And thereupon We made you their successors on earth, so that We might behold how you act.

وَإِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِمْءَايَاتُنَابَيِّنَٰتٍۢقَالَٱلَّذِينَلَايَرْجُونَلِقَآءَنَاٱئْتِبِقُرْءَانٍغَيْرِهَٰذَآأَوْبَدِّلْهُقُلْمَايَكُونُلِىٓأَنْأُبَدِّلَهُۥمِنتِلْقَآئِنَفْسِىٓإِنْأَتَّبِعُإِلَّامَايُوحَىٰٓإِلَىَّإِنِّىٓأَخَافُإِنْعَصَيْتُرَبِّىعَذَابَيَوْمٍعَظِيمٍۢ

AND [thus it is:] whenever Our messages are conveyed unto them in all their clarity, those who do not believe that they are destined to meet Us [are wont to] say, "Bring us a discourse other than this, or alter this one.” Say [O Prophet]: "It is not conceivable that I should alter it of my own volition; I only follow what is revealed to me. Behold, I would dread, were I [thus] to rebel against my Sustainer, the suffering [which would befall me] on that awesome Day [of Judgment]!"

قُللَّوْشَآءَٱللَّهُمَاتَلَوْتُهُۥعَلَيْكُمْوَلَآأَدْرَىٰكُمبِهِۦفَقَدْلَبِثْتُفِيكُمْعُمُرًۭامِّنقَبْلِهِۦٓأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ

Say: "Had God willed it [otherwise], I would not have conveyed this [divine writ] unto you, nor would He have brought it to your knowledge. Indeed. a whole lifetime have I dwelt among you ere this [revelation came unto me]: will you not, then, use your reason?”

فَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنِٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًاأَوْكَذَّبَبِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓإِنَّهُۥلَايُفْلِحُٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

And who could be more wicked than they who attribute their own lying inventions to God or give the lie to His messages? Verily, those who are lost in sin will never attain to a happy state -

وَيَعْبُدُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِمَالَايَضُرُّهُمْوَلَايَنفَعُهُمْوَيَقُولُونَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِشُفَعَٰٓؤُنَاعِندَٱللَّهِقُلْأَتُنَبِّـُٔونَٱللَّهَبِمَالَايَعْلَمُفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَلَافِىٱلْأَرْضِسُبْحَٰنَهُۥوَتَعَٰلَىٰعَمَّايُشْرِكُونَ

and [neither will] they [who] worship, side by side with God, things or beings that can neither harm nor benefit them, saying [to themselves], "These are our intercessors with God!" Say: "Do you [think that you could] inform God of anything in the heavens or on earth that He does not know? Limitless is He in His glory, and sublimely exalted above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!"

وَمَاكَانَٱلنَّاسُإِلَّآأُمَّةًۭوَٰحِدَةًۭفَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟وَلَوْلَاكَلِمَةٌۭسَبَقَتْمِنرَّبِّكَلَقُضِىَبَيْنَهُمْفِيمَافِيهِيَخْتَلِفُونَ

AND [know that] all mankind were once but one single community, and only later did they begin to hold divergent views. And had it not been for a decree- that had already gone forth from thy Sustainer, all their differences would indeed have been settled [from the outset].

وَيَقُولُونَلَوْلَآأُنزِلَعَلَيْهِءَايَةٌۭمِّنرَّبِّهِۦفَقُلْإِنَّمَاٱلْغَيْبُلِلَّهِفَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟إِنِّىمَعَكُممِّنَٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ

NOW THEY [who deny the truth] are wont to ask, "Why has no miraculous sign ever been bestowed upon him from on high by his Sustainer?" Say, then: "God's alone is the knowledge of that which. is beyond the reach of human perception. Wait, then, [until His will becomes manifest:] verily, I shall wait with you!"