In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ By those lined up in rows,

² And those driving¹ with force,²

³ And the reciters of a remembrance!¹

⁴ Your God is One:

⁵ Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them,¹ and the Lord of the Easts.²

⁶ We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars

⁷ And as protection against every refractory satan.¹

⁸ They listen not to the exalted assembly,¹ and they are pelted² from every side,

⁹ Repelled — and they have a constant punishment —

¹⁰ Save he who snatches a fragment; and a piercing flame follows¹ him.

¹¹ So ask thou them: are they¹ harder to create, or those We have created?² We created them³ of clinging clay.

¹² Yet¹ thou dost marvel; and they deride

¹³ And, when they are reminded, bear not in mind

¹⁴ And, when they see a proof,¹ turn in derision.

¹⁵ And they say: “This is only obvious sorcery.¹

¹⁶ “When we are dead and are dust and bones, will we be raised?

¹⁷ “And will our forefathers?”

¹⁸ Say thou: “Yea, and you will be abased.”

¹⁹ Then will it be but one cry — and then will they be looking on —

²⁰ And they will say: “Woe is us! This is the Day of Judgment.”¹

²¹ “This is the Day of Decision which you denied!

²² “Gather those who did wrong, and their wives,¹ and what they served

²³ “Instead of¹ God, and guide them to the path of Hell!

²⁴ “But stop them — they are to be questioned:

²⁵ “What ails you that you help not one another?”

²⁶ The truth is¹ they, this day, are in submission!

²⁷ And they will draw near to one another, asking one of another,

²⁸ They will say: “You came to us from the right hand[...].”¹

²⁹ Those will say:¹ “Nay,² you were not believers,³

³⁰ “And we had over you no authority. The truth is,¹ you were people transgressing all bounds,²

³¹ “So the word of our Lord has become binding¹ upon us: We are to taste[...].²

³² “And we caused you to err — we were those who err.”

³³ And they, that day, are sharers¹ in the punishment.²

³⁴ Thus do We with the lawbreakers.

³⁵ They — when it was said to them: “There is no god save God,” — waxed proud,

³⁶ (And they said: “Are we to leave our gods for a possessed poet?”

³⁷ The truth is,¹ he brought the truth² and confirmed the emissaries:

³⁸ “You are to taste the painful punishment

³⁹ “And you will be rewarded only for what you did.”)

⁴⁰ Save the sincere servants of God.¹

⁴¹ Those will have a known provision:

⁴² Fruits[...].¹ And they will be honoured;

⁴³ In the Gardens of Bliss

⁴⁴ Upon couches,¹ facing one another,

⁴⁵ Circulated¹ among them will be a cup from a running spring,

⁴⁶ White, delightful to the drinkers,

⁴⁷ Wherein is no sickness, nor are they intoxicated thereby,

⁴⁸ And with them maidens of modest-eyed gaze,¹

⁴⁹ As if they were eggs closely guarded.

⁵⁰ And they will draw near to one another, asking one of another:

⁵¹ (A speaker among them will say: “I had a companion,

⁵² “Said he: ‘Art thou in truth of those who give credence:

⁵³ “‘When we are dead and dust and bones, will we be held to account?’”

⁵⁴ He will say: “Will you¹ look?”

⁵⁵ Then will he look and see him in the midst of Hell.

⁵⁶ He will say: “By God, thou hadst almost brought me to ruin!

⁵⁷ “And were it not for the favour of my Lord, I would have been among those summoned.”)

⁵⁸ “Are we¹ then not to die,

⁵⁹ “Save our former death, and are not to be punished?”

⁶⁰ That is the Great Achievement!

⁶¹ For the like of this let the workers work!

⁶² Is that better as a welcome, or the Tree of Zaqqūm?¹

⁶³ We have made it¹ a means of denial² for the wrongdoers.³

⁶⁴ It is a tree¹ that comes forth in the root of Hell,

⁶⁵ Its spathes are as the heads of satans,¹

⁶⁶ They will eat thereof, and fill thereof their¹ bellies;

⁶⁷ Then on top of it will they have a mixture of scalding water;

⁶⁸ Then will their return be to Hell.

⁶⁹ They found their fathers astray,

⁷⁰ And in their footsteps are they hastening.¹

⁷¹ And most of the former peoples had gone astray before them,

⁷² And We had sent among them warners.

⁷³ So see thou how was the final outcome of those who were warned,

⁷⁴ Save the sincere servants of God.

⁷⁵ And Noah called to Us — and how excellent were the responders!

⁷⁶ And We delivered him and his household from the great distress,

⁷⁷ And We made his progeny those remaining.

⁷⁸ And We left for him among those who came later:

⁷⁹ “Peace be upon Noah among all mankind!”

⁸⁰ Thus reward We the doers of good;

⁸¹ He was among Our believing servants.¹

⁸² Then drowned We the others.

⁸³ And of his kind¹ was Abraham,

⁸⁴ When he came to his Lord with a pure heart,

⁸⁵ When he said to his father and his people: “What do you serve?

⁸⁶ “Is it falsehood — gods besides God — you desire?

⁸⁷ “So what is your thought about the Lord of All Creation?”

⁸⁸ (And he cast a look¹ at the stars,

⁸⁹ And said: “I am sick.”¹)

⁹⁰ Then they turned away from him, and left.¹

⁹¹ Then he turned aside to their gods, and said: “Do you not eat?

⁹² “What ails you, that you speak not?”

⁹³ And he turned upon them, striking with his right hand.¹

⁹⁴ Then came they towards him in haste.

⁹⁵ He said: “Serve you what you hew

⁹⁶ “When God created you and what you make?”

⁹⁷ They said: “Build for him a structure, and cast him into the blazing fire!”¹

⁹⁸ And they intended for him a plan; but We made them the lowest.

⁹⁹ And he said: “I am going to my Lord; He will guide me.”

¹⁰⁰ “My Lord: give Thou me from among the righteous.”¹

¹⁰¹ So We gave him glad tidings of a clement lad;

¹⁰² And when he reached the age of working¹ with him, he said: “O my son: I saw in a dream, that I was sacrificing thee. So look thou — what seest² thou?” He said: “O my father: do thou what thou art commanded; thou wilt find me, if God wills, of the patient.”³

¹⁰³ And when they¹ had submitted, and he had thrown him down upon his² brow,

¹⁰⁴ We called to him: “O Abraham:

¹⁰⁵ “Thou hast confirmed the vision!” Thus reward We the doers of good;

¹⁰⁶ This was the clear trial.

¹⁰⁷ And We ransomed him with a great¹ sacrifice,

¹⁰⁸ And We left for him among those who came later:

¹⁰⁹ “Peace be upon Abraham!”

¹¹⁰ Thus reward We the doers of good;

¹¹¹ He was among Our believing servants.¹

¹¹² And We gave him glad tidings of Isaac, a prophet among the righteous.

¹¹³ And We blessed him, and Isaac; and among their progeny is the doer of good and the manifest doer of wrong to himself.

¹¹⁴ And We bestowed favour upon Moses and Aaron,

¹¹⁵ And delivered them¹ and their² people from the great distress,

¹¹⁶ And We helped them, so they were the victors.

¹¹⁷ And We gave them¹ the Clarifying Writ,²

¹¹⁸ And We guided them¹ to the straight path.

¹¹⁹ And We left for them¹ among those who came later:

¹²⁰ “Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!”

¹²¹ Thus reward We the doers of good;

¹²² They¹ were among Our believing servants.²

¹²³ And Elijah¹ was among the emissaries,

¹²⁴ When he said to his people: “Will you not be in prudent fear?¹

¹²⁵ “Will you call to Baal¹ and leave the best of creators:

¹²⁶ “God, your Lord, and the Lord of your fathers of old?”

¹²⁷ But they denied him;¹ then are they those summoned,

¹²⁸ Save the sincere servants of God.

¹²⁹ And We left for him among those who came later:

¹³⁰ “Peace be upon Ilyāsīn!”¹

¹³¹ Thus reward We the doers of good;

¹³² He was among Our believing servants.¹

¹³³ And Lot was among the emissaries,

¹³⁴ When We delivered him and his household all together,

¹³⁵ Save an old woman¹ among those who stayed behind;

¹³⁶ Then destroyed We the others.

¹³⁷ And you pass by them¹ in the morning

¹³⁸ And at night. Will you then not¹ use reason!

¹³⁹ And Jonah¹ was among the emissaries,

¹⁴⁰ When he fled to the laden ship,

¹⁴¹ Then he cast lots, and was among those refuted.¹

¹⁴² Then the fish swallowed him, when he was blameworthy.

¹⁴³ And were he not among the givers of glory,¹

¹⁴⁴ He would have tarried in its belly until the day they are raised.

¹⁴⁵ But We cast him on the bare shore when he was sick,

¹⁴⁶ And We caused to grow over him a tree of gourd;

¹⁴⁷ And We sent him to a hundred thousand or more;

¹⁴⁸ And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment for a time.

¹⁴⁹ And ask thou them: has thy Lord daughters and they sons?

¹⁵⁰ If¹ We created the angels females, while they were witnesses:²

¹⁵¹ (In truth,¹ it is of their falsehood that they say:

¹⁵² “God has begotten,” and they are liars.)

¹⁵³ Chose He daughters over sons?

¹⁵⁴ What ails you? How judge you?¹

¹⁵⁵ Will you then not¹ take heed!

¹⁵⁶ If¹ you have a clear authority,²

¹⁵⁷ Then bring your writ,¹ if you be truthful.²

¹⁵⁸ And they have made between Him and the jinna¹a kinship — when the ji²nna know they will be summoned —

¹⁵⁹ (Glory¹ be to God above what they describe!)

¹⁶⁰ Save the sincere servants of God.

¹⁶¹ And you, and what you serve,

¹⁶² You will not tempt against Him

¹⁶³ Save him who is to burn in Hell.

¹⁶⁴ “And there is none among us¹ save has an appointed station;²

¹⁶⁵ “And we are those lined up;¹

¹⁶⁶ “And we are the givers of glory.”¹

¹⁶⁷ And they say:¹

¹⁶⁸ “Were we to have had a remembrance¹ from the former peoples

¹⁶⁹ “We would have been the sincere servants of God!”

¹⁷⁰ But they denied it;¹ and they will come to know!

¹⁷¹ And Our word has gone forth to Our servants, the emissaries:

¹⁷² They — they — will be those helped.¹

¹⁷³ And Our host¹ — they will be the victors.

¹⁷⁴ So turn thou from them for a time.

¹⁷⁵ And see thou them; for they will come to see!

¹⁷⁶ Then is it Our punishment they wish to hasten?

¹⁷⁷ And when it descends in their courtyard, then evil is the morning of those who were warned!

¹⁷⁸ And turn thou from them for a time.

¹⁷⁹ And see thou; for they will come to see!

¹⁸⁰ Glory¹ be to thy Lord, the Lord of Power and Glory,² above what they describe!

¹⁸¹ And peace be upon the emissaries!

¹⁸² And praise belongs to God, the Lord of All Creation!