Surah Yusuf

رَبِّقَدْءَاتَيْتَنِىمِنَٱلْمُلْكِوَعَلَّمْتَنِىمِنتَأْوِيلِٱلْأَحَادِيثِفَاطِرَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِأَنتَوَلِىِّۦفِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱلْءَاخِرَةِتَوَفَّنِىمُسْلِمًۭاوَأَلْحِقْنِىبِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

"O my Sustainer! Thou hast indeed bestowed upon me something of power, and hast imparted unto me some knowledge of the inner meaning of happenings. Originator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art near unto me in this world and in the life to come: let me die as one who has surrendered himself unto Thee, and make me one with the righteous!"

ذَٰلِكَمِنْأَنۢبَآءِٱلْغَيْبِنُوحِيهِإِلَيْكَوَمَاكُنتَلَدَيْهِمْإِذْأَجْمَعُوٓا۟أَمْرَهُمْوَهُمْيَمْكُرُونَ

THIS ACCOUNT of something that was beyond the reach of thy perception We [now] reveal unto thee, [O Prophet:] for thou wert not with Joseph's brothers when they resolved upon what they were going to do and wove their schemes [against him].

وَمَآأَكْثَرُٱلنَّاسِوَلَوْحَرَصْتَبِمُؤْمِنِينَ

Yet - however strongly thou mayest desire it -most people will not believe [in this revelation],

وَمَاتَسْـَٔلُهُمْعَلَيْهِمِنْأَجْرٍإِنْهُوَإِلَّاذِكْرٌۭلِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

although thou dost not ask of them any reward for it: it is but [God's] reminder unto all mankind.

وَكَأَيِّنمِّنْءَايَةٍۢفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِيَمُرُّونَعَلَيْهَاوَهُمْعَنْهَامُعْرِضُونَ

But [then] -how many a sign is there in the heavens and on earth which they pass by [unthinkingly], and on which they turn their backs!

وَمَايُؤْمِنُأَكْثَرُهُمبِٱللَّهِإِلَّاوَهُممُّشْرِكُونَ

And most of them do not even believe in God without [also] ascribing divine powers to other beings beside Him.

أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟أَنتَأْتِيَهُمْغَٰشِيَةٌۭمِّنْعَذَابِٱللَّهِأَوْتَأْتِيَهُمُٱلسَّاعَةُبَغْتَةًۭوَهُمْلَايَشْعُرُونَ

Do they, then, feel free from the fear that there might fall upon them the overwhelming terror of God's chastisement, or that the Last Hour might come upon them of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach]?

قُلْهَٰذِهِۦسَبِيلِىٓأَدْعُوٓا۟إِلَىٱللَّهِعَلَىٰبَصِيرَةٍأَنَا۠وَمَنِٱتَّبَعَنِىوَسُبْحَٰنَٱللَّهِوَمَآأَنَا۠مِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Say [O Prophet]: "This is my way: Resting upon conscious insight accessible to reason, I am calling [you all] unto God - I and they who follow me." And [say:] "Limitless is God in His glory; and I am not one of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him!"

وَمَآأَرْسَلْنَامِنقَبْلِكَإِلَّارِجَالًۭانُّوحِىٓإِلَيْهِممِّنْأَهْلِٱلْقُرَىٰٓأَفَلَمْيَسِيرُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِفَيَنظُرُوا۟كَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْوَلَدَارُٱلْءَاخِرَةِخَيْرٌۭلِّلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوْا۟أَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ

And [even] before thy time, We never sent [as Our apostles] any but [mortal] men, whom We inspired, [and whom We always chose] from among the people of the [very] communities [to whom the message was to be brought]. Have, then, they [who reject this divine writ] never journeyed about the earth and beheld what happened in the end to those [deniers of the truth] who lived before them?-and [do they not know that] to those who are conscious of God the life in the hereafter is indeed better [than this world]? Will they not, then, use their reason?

حَتَّىٰٓإِذَاٱسْتَيْـَٔسَٱلرُّسُلُوَظَنُّوٓا۟أَنَّهُمْقَدْكُذِبُوا۟جَآءَهُمْنَصْرُنَافَنُجِّىَمَننَّشَآءُوَلَايُرَدُّبَأْسُنَاعَنِٱلْقَوْمِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

[All the earlier apostles had to suffer persecution for a long time;] but at last -when those apostles had lost all hope and saw themselves branded as liars - Our succour attained to them: whereupon everyone whom We Milled [to be saved] was saved [and the deniers of the truth were destroyed]: for, never can Our punishment be averted from people who are lost in sin.

لَقَدْكَانَفِىقَصَصِهِمْعِبْرَةٌۭلِّأُو۟لِىٱلْأَلْبَٰبِمَاكَانَحَدِيثًۭايُفْتَرَىٰوَلَٰكِنتَصْدِيقَٱلَّذِىبَيْنَيَدَيْهِوَتَفْصِيلَكُلِّشَىْءٍۢوَهُدًۭىوَرَحْمَةًۭلِّقَوْمٍۢيُؤْمِنُونَ

Indeed, in the stories of these men there is a lesson for those who are endowed with insight. [As for this revelation,] it could not possibly be a discourse invented [by man]: nay indeed, it is [a divine writ] confirming the truth of whatever there still remains [of earlier revelations], clearly spelling out everything, and [offering] guidance and grace unto people who will believe.