Sura 11: Hud (Hood) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[11:1] A.L.R. This is a scripture whose verses have been perfected, then elucidated.* It comes from a Most Wise, Most Cognizant.

الٓرalif-lam-raA.L.R.كِتَـٰبٌkitābunA book / scriptureأُحْكِمَتْuḥ'kimat[it] was perfectedءَايَـٰتُهُۥāyātuhuits versesثُمَّthummathenفُصِّلَتْfuṣṣilatit was explained in detail / elucidatedمِنminfromلَّدُنْladunaحَكِيمٍḥakīminWise,خَبِيرٍkhabīrinAware / Cognizant. ﴿١﴾

*11:1 Our generation is fortunate to witness two awesome phenomena in the Quran: (1) an extraordinary mathematical code (Appendix 1), and (2) a literary miracle of incredible dimensions. If humans attempt to write a mathematically structured work, the numerical manipulations will adversely affect the literary quality. The Quran sets the standard for literary excellence.

[11:2] Proclaiming: "You shall not worship except GOD. I come to you from Him as a warner, as well as a bearer of good news.

أَلَّاallāThat "Notتَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūyou [all] worshipإِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهَl-lahaGod.إِنَّنِىinnanīIndeed, I amلَكُمlakumto you [all]مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Himنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warnerوَبَشِيرٌwabashīrunand a bearer of good news." ﴿٢﴾

[11:3] "You shall seek your Lord's forgiveness, then repent to Him. He will then bless you generously for a predetermined period, and bestow His grace upon those who deserve it. If you turn away, then I fear for you the retribution of an awesome day."

وَأَنِwa-aniAnd thatٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟is'taghfirū"Seek / Ask forgiveness [you all]رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(from) your Lordثُمَّthummathenتُوبُوٓا۟tūbūrepent [you all]إِلَيْهِilayhito Him,يُمَتِّعْكُمyumattiʿ'kumHe will grant you [all] enjoymentمَّتَـٰعًاmatāʿanas a provisionحَسَنًاḥasanangoodإِلَىٰٓilāforأَجَلٍajalinan appointed termمُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined.وَيُؤْتِwayu'tiAnd He givesكُلَّkulla(to) everyذِىdhīpossessor ofفَضْلٍfaḍlingraceفَضْلَهُۥfaḍlahuHis Grace.وَإِنwa-inBut ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawyou [all] turn awayفَإِنِّىٓfa-innīthen indeed, Iأَخَافُakhāfu[I] fearعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all]عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) retribution (of)يَوْمٍyawmina day.كَبِيرٍkabīringreat / awesome. ﴿٣﴾

[11:4] To GOD is your ultimate return, and He is Omnipotent.

إِلَىilāToٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukumyour ultimate return,وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent." ﴿٤﴾

[11:5] Indeed, they hide their innermost thoughts, as if to keep Him from knowing them. In fact, as they cover themselves with their clothes, He knows all their secrets and declarations. He knows the innermost thoughts.

أَلَآalāNo doubt!إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, theyيَثْنُونَyathnūna[they] fold upصُدُورَهُمْṣudūrahumtheir hearts / mindsلِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟liyastakhfūthat they may seek to hideمِنْهُmin'hufrom Him.أَلَاalāIn factحِينَḥīnawhenيَسْتَغْشُونَyastaghshūnathey seek to cover (themselves)ثِيَابَهُمْthiyābahum(with) their clothes,يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatيُسِرُّونَyusirrūnathey concealوَمَاwamāand whatيُعْلِنُونَyuʿ'linūnathey declare.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmunAll-Knowerبِذَاتِbidhātiof (what) [it] possessedٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūrithe hearts / minds. ﴿٥﴾

[11:6] There is not a creature on earth whose provision is not guaranteed by GOD. And He knows its course and its final destiny. All are recorded in a profound record.

وَمَاwamāAnd notمِنminanyدَآبَّةٍdābbatincreatureفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthإِلَّاillābutعَلَىʿalāfromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)رِزْقُهَاriz'quhāits provision.وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuAnd He knowsمُسْتَقَرَّهَاmus'taqarrahāits place to seek rest / comfort (dwelling place)وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَاwamus'tawdaʿahāand its place to seek deposits (depository).كُلٌّkullunAll (is)فِىfīinكِتَـٰبٍkitābina recordمُّبِينٍmubīninprofound. ﴿٦﴾

[11:7] He is the One who created the heavens and the earth in six days - *and His (earthly) domain was completely covered with water - **in order to test you, to distinguish those among you who work righteousness. Yet, when you say, "You will be resurrected after death," those who disbelieve would say, "This is clearly witchcraft."

وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthفِىfīinسِتَّةِsittatisixأَيَّامٍayyāmindays,وَكَانَwakānaand [it] wasعَرْشُهُۥʿarshuhuHis dominion / domainعَلَىʿalāoverٱلْمَآءِl-māithe waterلِيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakumthat He may test [you all]أَيُّكُمْayyukumwhich of you [all] (is)أَحْسَنُaḥsanubestعَمَلًاʿamalan(in) deeds.وَلَئِنwala-inBut surely ifقُلْتَqul'tayou said,إِنَّكُمinnakum"Indeed, you [all] (will be)مَّبْعُوثُونَmabʿūthūnathose resurrectedمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterٱلْمَوْتِl-mawti[the] death,"لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannasurely [they] will sayٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū[they] disbelieved,إِنْin"Notهَـٰذَآhādhāthis (is)إِلَّاillābutسِحْرٌsiḥ'runa magic / witchcraftمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / obvious." ﴿٧﴾

*11:7 The six days are simply a yardstick providing us with a lot of information. Thus, we learn that the vast lifeless physical universe was created in two days, while the tiny mote called "Earth" was created in four days (41:10-12). The provision of food, water, and oxygen for the earth's inhabitants had to be precisely calculated and arranged. **11:7 The earth was initially covered with water. Subsequently, the land mass emerged, and the continents drifted apart.

[11:8] And if we delay the retribution they have incurred - for we reserve it for a specific community - they say, "What is keeping Him?" In fact, once it comes to them, nothing can stop it, and their mocking will come back to haunt them.

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd surely ifأَخَّرْنَاakharnāwe delayedعَنْهُمُʿanhumufor themٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe retributionإِلَىٰٓilāforأُمَّةٍummatina period / time / communityمَّعْدُودَةٍmaʿdūdatindetermined,لَّيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they will say, مَاmā"What (Why)يَحْبِسُهُۥٓyaḥbisuhuHe hinders it?"أَلَاalāNo doubt!يَوْمَyawma(On the) Dayيَأْتِيهِمْyatīhimit comes to themلَيْسَlaysanotمَصْرُوفًاmaṣrūfanan aversion / escapeعَنْهُمْʿanhumfor themوَحَاقَwaḥāqaand it surroundedبِهِمbihimthemمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toبِهِۦbihiin itيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna[they] mock. ﴿٨﴾

[11:9] Whenever we bless the human being with mercy from us, then remove it, he turns despondent, unappreciative.

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd surely ifأَذَقْنَاadhaqnāwe caused to tasteٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe human beingمِنَّاminnāfrom usرَحْمَةًraḥmatanmercyثُمَّthummathenنَزَعْنَـٰهَاnazaʿnāhāwe withdrew itمِنْهُmin'hufrom himإِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he (is)لَيَـُٔوسٌlayaūsunsurely despairing / despondentكَفُورٌkafūrununappreciative. ﴿٩﴾

[11:10] Whenever we bless him, after adversity had afflicted him, he says, "All adversity has gone away from me;" he becomes excited, proud.

وَلَئِنْwala-inBut surely ifأَذَقْنَـٰهُadhaqnāhuwe gave him a taste (of)نَعْمَآءَnaʿmāafavorبَعْدَbaʿdaafterضَرَّآءَḍarrāahardship / adversityمَسَّتْهُmassathuit touched / afflicted him,لَيَقُولَنَّlayaqūlannasurely he will say,ذَهَبَdhahaba"[It] went awayٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُl-sayiātuthe evils / adversitiesعَنِّىٓʿannīfrom me."إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he (is)لَفَرِحٌlafariḥunsurely exultant / excitedفَخُورٌfakhūrun(and) boastful. ﴿١٠﴾

[11:11] As for those who steadfastly persevere, and lead a righteous life, they deserve forgiveness and a generous recompense.

إِلَّاillāExceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoصَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūthey were patient / stroveوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe good deeds,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathoseلَهُمlahumfor themمَّغْفِرَةٌmaghfiratun(will be) forgivenessوَأَجْرٌwa-ajrunand a rewardكَبِيرٌkabīrungreat. ﴿١١﴾

[11:12] You may wish to disregard some of that which is revealed to you, and you may be annoyed by it. Also, they may say, "How come no treasure comes down to him, or an angel?" You are only a warner; GOD controls all things.

فَلَعَلَّكَfalaʿallakaThen perhaps you may (want)تَارِكٌۢtārikunto give up / forsake / omit / disregardبَعْضَbaʿḍapart / portion / someمَاmā(of) whatيُوحَىٰٓyūḥāit is revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youوَضَآئِقٌۢwaḍāiqunand were troubled / annoyedبِهِۦbihiby itصَدْرُكَṣadrukayour chestأَنanbecauseيَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say,لَوْلَآlawlā"Why notأُنزِلَunzilait was sent downعَلَيْهِʿalayhifor himكَنزٌkanzuna treasureأَوْaworجَآءَjāa[it] cameمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith himمَلَكٌmalakunan angel?"إِنَّمَآinnamāOnlyأَنتَantayou (are)نَذِيرٌnadhīruna warner.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd God (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingوَكِيلٌwakīluna Guardian / Controller. ﴿١٢﴾

[11:13] If they say, "He fabricated (the Quran)," tell them, "Then produce ten suras like these, fabricated, and invite whomever you can, other than GOD, if you are truthful."*

أَمْamOrيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say,ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhu"He fabricated it."قُلْqulSay,فَأْتُوا۟fatū"Then bring [you all]بِعَشْرِbiʿashri[with] tenسُوَرٍsuwarinsurasمِّثْلِهِۦmith'lihilike itمُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍmuf'tarayātin[ones] fabricated,وَٱدْعُوا۟wa-id'ʿūand call [you all]مَنِmaniwhoeverٱسْتَطَعْتُمis'taṭaʿtumyou [all] were ableمِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful ones." ﴿١٣﴾

*11:13 The Quran's mathematical miracle is inimitable (See Appendix 1).

[11:14] If they fail to meet your challenge, then know that this is revealed with GOD's knowledge, and that there is no god except He. Will you then submit?

فَإِلَّمْfa-illamThen if notيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūthey will respondلَكُمْlakumto you [all]فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟fa-iʿ'lamūthen know [you all]أَنَّمَآannamāthat onlyأُنزِلَunzilait was sent downبِعِلْمِbiʿil'miwith (the) knowledgeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَأَنwa-anand thatلَّآlā(there is) noإِلَـٰهَilāhagodإِلَّاillāexceptهُوَhuwaHim.فَهَلْfahalThen, willأَنتُمantumyou [all] (be)مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters? ﴿١٤﴾

[11:15] Those who pursue this worldly life and its material vanities, we will pay them for their works in this life; without the least reduction.

مَنmanWhoever كَانَkānahe used toيُرِيدُyurīdu[he] desireٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe worldوَزِينَتَهَاwazīnatahāand its adornments / vanities,نُوَفِّnuwaffiwe will pay in fullإِلَيْهِمْilayhimto themأَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahum(for) their deedsفِيهَاfīhātherein,وَهُمْwahumand theyفِيهَاfīhāin itلَاlānotيُبْخَسُونَyub'khasūnathey will be withheld what is due. ﴿١٥﴾

[11:16] It is they who gave up their share in the Hereafter, and, consequently, Hell is their lot. All their works are in vain; everything they have done is nullified.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoلَيْسَlaysais notلَهُمْlahumfor themفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterإِلَّاillāexceptٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire.وَحَبِطَwaḥabiṭaAnd it went in vain / nullifiedمَاmāwhatصَنَعُوا۟ṣanaʿūthey didفِيهَاfīhātherein,وَبَـٰطِلٌwabāṭilunand it is worthless / in vain / nullifiedمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿١٦﴾

[11:17] As for those who are given solid proof * from their Lord, reported by a witness from Him, and before it, the book of Moses has set a precedent and a mercy,** they will surely believe. As for those who disbelieve among the various groups, Hell is awaiting them. Do not harbor any doubt; this is the truth from your Lord, but most people disbelieve.

أَفَمَنafamanThen is one whoكَانَkānahe wasعَلَىٰʿalāupon (provided)بَيِّنَةٍbayyinatina clear proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord,وَيَتْلُوهُwayatlūhuand he recites / reports it,شَاهِدٌshāhiduna witnessمِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him,وَمِنwaminand fromقَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore itكِتَـٰبُkitābu(was) a book (of)مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMosesإِمَامًاimāman(as) a guideوَرَحْمَةًwaraḥmatanand a mercy?أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِهِۦbihiin it.وَمَنwamanBut whoeverيَكْفُرْyakfurhe disbelievesبِهِۦbihiin itمِنَminaamongٱلْأَحْزَابِl-aḥzābithe sects / various groups,فَٱلنَّارُfal-nāruthen the Fireمَوْعِدُهُۥmawʿiduhu(will be) his promised (meeting) place / rendezvous.فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَكُtakuyou beفِىfīinمِرْيَةٍmir'yatindoubtمِّنْهُmin'huabout it.إِنَّهُinnahuIndeed, it (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabutأَكْثَرَaktharamost (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believe. ﴿١٧﴾

*11:17 The Quran's 19-based mathematical code is a built-in proof of divine authorship. It is noteworthy that the word "Bayyinah" (proof) is mentioned in the Quran 19 times. **11:17 As it turns out, Moses' book was also mathematically composed, with "19" as the common denominator. See Footnote 46:10 and Appendix 1.

[11:18] Who are more evil than those who fabricate lies about GOD? They will be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied about their Lord. GOD's condemnation has befallen the transgressors."

وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjustمِمَّنِmimmanithan (one) whoٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāhe fabricatedعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكَذِبًاkadhibana lie?أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseيُعْرَضُونَyuʿ'raḍūna[they] will be presentedعَلَىٰʿalābeforeرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand [he] will sayٱلْأَشْهَـٰدُl-ashhāduthe witness,هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi"These (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَذَبُوا۟kadhabūthey liedعَلَىٰʿalāagainstرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord."أَلَاalāNo doubt!لَعْنَةُlaʿnatu(The) condemnation (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)عَلَىʿalāonٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers. ﴿١٨﴾

[11:19] They repel from the way of GOD and seek to make it crooked, and they are disbelievers in the Hereafter.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoيَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūna[they] hinder / repelعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِsabīli(the) wayٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَيَبْغُونَهَاwayabghūnahāand they seek in itعِوَجًاʿiwajancrookedness,وَهُمwahumwhile theyبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafterهُمْhum[they] (are)كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūnadisbelievers. ﴿١٩﴾

[11:20] These will never escape, nor will they find any lords or masters to help them against GOD. Retribution will be doubled for them. They have failed to hear, and they have failed to see.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseلَمْlamnotيَكُونُوا۟yakūnū[they] will beمُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīnaones who can escapeفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَمَاwamāand notكَانَkānathere wasلَهُمlahumfor themمِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمِنْminanyأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors / lords and masters.يُضَـٰعَفُyuḍāʿafuIt will be doubledلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment / retribution.مَاmāNotكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna[they are] ableٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa[the] hearingوَمَاwamāand notكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna[they] see. ﴿٢٠﴾

[11:21] These are the ones who lose their souls, and the idols they had fabricated will disown them.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (are)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoخَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūthey lostأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their souls,وَضَلَّwaḍallaand [it] (will be) lost / abandoned / disownedعَنْهُمʿanhumfrom themمَّاmāwhatكَانُوا۟kānūthey usedيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna[they] fabricate. ﴿٢١﴾

[11:22] There is no doubt that, in the Hereafter, they will be the worst losers.

لَاlāNoجَرَمَjaramadoubtأَنَّهُمْannahumthat theyفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterهُمُhumutheyٱلْأَخْسَرُونَl-akhsarūnathe worst losers. ﴿٢٢﴾

[11:23] As for those who believe and lead a righteous life, and devote themselves to their Lord, they are the dwellers of Paradise; they abide therein forever.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] good deedsوَأَخْبَتُوٓا۟wa-akhbatūand they humbled / devoted themselvesإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose (are)أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(the) companions / dwellers (of)ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati[the] Paradise,هُمْhumtheyفِيهَاfīhāin itخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna[ones] abiding forever. ﴿٢٣﴾

[11:24] The example of these two groups is like the blind and deaf, compared to the seer and hearer. Are they equal? Would you not take heed?

مَثَلُmathalu(The) example (of)ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِl-farīqaynithe two groups (is)كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰkal-aʿmālike the blindوَٱلْأَصَمِّwal-aṣamiand the deaf,وَٱلْبَصِيرِwal-baṣīriand the seerوَٱلسَّمِيعِwal-samīʿiand the hearer.هَلْhalAreيَسْتَوِيَانِyastawiyānithey [both] equalمَثَلًاmathalan(in) comparison?أَفَلَاafalāThen, will notتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou [all] take heed? ﴿٢٤﴾

[11:25] We sent Noah to his people, saying, "I come to you as a clear warner.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verilyأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentنُوحًاnūḥanNoahإِلَىٰilātoقَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihihis people,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, I amلَكُمْlakumto you [all]نَذِيرٌnadhīruna warnerمُّبِينٌmubīnunclear / profound. ﴿٢٥﴾

[11:26] "You shall not worship except GOD. I fear for you the retribution of a painful day."

أَنan"Thatلَّاlā(do) notتَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudū[you all] worshipإِلَّاillāexceptٱللَّهَl-lahaGod.إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَخَافُakhāfu[I] fearعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all]عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) retribution (of)يَوْمٍyawmina Dayأَلِيمٍalīminpainful." ﴿٢٦﴾

[11:27] The leaders who disbelieved among his people said, "We see that you are no more than a human being like us, and we see that the first people to follow you are the worst among us. We see that you do not possess any advantage over us. Indeed, we think you are liars."

فَقَالَfaqālaSo [he] saidٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs / leadersٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarūthey disbelievedمِنminfromقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people,مَاmā"Notنَرَىٰكَnarākawe see youإِلَّاillābutبَشَرًاbasharana human beingمِّثْلَنَاmith'lanālike us,وَمَاwamāand notنَرَىٰكَnarākawe see youٱتَّبَعَكَittabaʿaka[he] followed [you]إِلَّاillāexceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoهُمْhumthey (are)أَرَاذِلُنَاarādhilunā(the) worst of usبَادِىَbādiya (in) appearance ٱلرَّأْىِl-rayithe sight (*superficial view). وَمَاwamāAnd notنَرَىٰnarāwe seeلَكُمْlakumin you [all]عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāover usمِنminanyفَضْلٍۭfaḍlinmerit / advantage;بَلْbalnay,نَظُنُّكُمْnaẓunnukumwe think you [all] (are)كَـٰذِبِينَkādhibīnaliars." ﴿٢٧﴾

[11:28] He said, "O my people, what if I have a solid proof from my Lord? What if He has blessed me out of His mercy, though you cannot see it? Are we going to force you to believe therein?

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumHave you [all] consideredإِنinifكُنتُkuntuI wasعَلَىٰʿalāonبَيِّنَةٍbayyinatina clear proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord,وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīand He gave meرَحْمَةًraḥmatanmercyمِّنْminfromعِندِهِۦʿindihi[near] Him(self)فَعُمِّيَتْfaʿummiyatbut it was obscuredعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you [all],أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَاanul'zimukumūhāshould we force you [all] to (accept) itوَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you [all] (are)لَهَاlahāfor itكَـٰرِهُونَkārihūna[ones] averse / unwilling? ﴿٢٨﴾

[11:29] "O my people, I do not ask you for any money; my wage comes only from GOD. I am not dismissing those who believed; they will meet their Lord (and He alone will judge them). I see that you are ignorant people.

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi"And O my people!لَآlānotأَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you [all]عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor itمَالًاmālan(any) wealth.إِنْinNot (is)أَجْرِىَajriyamy reward / wageإِلَّاillāexceptعَلَىʿalāfromٱللَّهِl-lahiGod.وَمَآwamāAnd notأَنَا۠anāI amبِطَارِدِbiṭāridiever driving away / dismissingٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūthey believed.إِنَّهُمinnahumIndeed, they (are)مُّلَـٰقُوا۟mulāqūones who will meetرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord,وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓwalākinnībut Iأَرَىٰكُمْarākum[I] see you [all]قَوْمًاqawmanpeopleتَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnayou [all] lack knowledge / are ignorant. ﴿٢٩﴾

[11:30] "O my people, who can support me against GOD, if I dismiss them? Would you not take heed?

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi"And O my people!مَنmanWhoيَنصُرُنِىyanṣurunī[he] helps meمِنَminaagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِنinifطَرَدتُّهُمْṭaradttuhumI drove them away / dismissed themأَفَلَاafalāThen, will notتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou [all] take heed? ﴿٣٠﴾

[11:31] "I do not claim that I possess the treasures of GOD, nor do I know the future, nor do I claim to be an angel. Nor do I say to those despised by your eyes that GOD will not bestow any blessings upon them. GOD knows best what is in their innermost thoughts. (If I did this,) I would be a transgressor."

وَلَآwalā"And notأَقُولُaqūluI sayلَكُمْlakumto you [all]عِندِىʿindī(that) with me (are)خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(the) treasuresٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَلَآwalāand notأَعْلَمُaʿlamuI knowٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen / future,وَلَآwalāand notأَقُولُaqūluI sayإِنِّىinnīindeed I amمَلَكٌmalakunan angel,وَلَآwalāand notأَقُولُaqūluI sayلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whomتَزْدَرِىٓtazdarī[it] despisesأَعْيُنُكُمْaʿyunukumyour eyes,لَنlanneverيُؤْتِيَهُمُyu'tiyahumu[He] will give themٱللَّهُl-lahuGodخَيْرًاkhayranany good.ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِمَاbimā[of] what (is)فِىٓfīinأَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimtheir selves / their souls.إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iإِذًاidhanthen (will be)لَّمِنَlaminasurely amongٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers / transgressors." ﴿٣١﴾

[11:32] They said, "O Noah, you have argued with us, and kept on arguing. We challenge you to bring the doom you threaten us with, if you are truthful."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥu"O Noah!قَدْqadIndeed,جَـٰدَلْتَنَاjādaltanāyou argued with usفَأَكْثَرْتَfa-akthartaand it was numerous / frequentجِدَٰلَنَاjidālanādebate / argue with us.فَأْتِنَاfatināSo bring usبِمَاbimā[of] whatتَعِدُنَآtaʿidunāyou threaten us (with),إِنinifكُنتَkuntayou wereمِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful [ones]." ﴿٣٢﴾

[11:33] He said, "GOD is the One who brings it to you, if He so wills, then you cannot escape.

قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyيَأْتِيكُمyatīkum[He] brings you [all]بِهِbihiof itٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,إِنinifشَآءَshāaHe willed,وَمَآwamāand notأَنتُمantumyou [all] (are)بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnaever ones who can escape. ﴿٣٣﴾

[11:34] "Even if I advised you, my advice cannot benefit you if it is GOD's will to send you astray. He is your Lord, and to Him you will be returned."

وَلَاwalā"And notيَنفَعُكُمْyanfaʿukum[it] benefits you [all]نُصْحِىٓnuṣ'ḥīmy adviceإِنْin(even) ifأَرَدتُّaradttuI wished / intended / wantedأَنْanthatأَنصَحَanṣaḥaI adviseلَكُمْlakum[to] you [all],إِنinifكَانَkānait wasٱللَّهُl-lahuGod (who)يُرِيدُyurīdu[He] wishes / intends / willsأَنanthatيُغْوِيَكُمْyugh'wiyakumHe sends you [all] astray.هُوَhuwaHe (is)رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord,وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Himتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou [all] will return." ﴿٣٤﴾

[11:35] If they say, "He made up this story," then say, "If I made it up, then I am responsible for my crime, and I am innocent of any crime you commit."

أَمْamOr doيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say,ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhu"He fabricated it?"قُلْqulSay,إِنِini"Ifٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥif'taraytuhuI fabricated it,فَعَلَىَّfaʿalayyathen for me (is)إِجْرَامِىij'rāmīmy crime,وَأَنَا۠wa-anābut I amبَرِىٓءٌbarīonfree from obligations / disown / innocentمِّمَّاmimmāof whatتُجْرِمُونَtuj'rimūnacrimes you [all] commit." ﴿٣٥﴾

[11:36] Noah was inspired: "No more of your people are going to believe, beyond those who already believe. Do not be saddened by their actions.

وَأُوحِىَwaūḥiyaAnd it was revealed / inspiredإِلَىٰilātoنُوحٍnūḥinNoah,أَنَّهُۥannahu"That [it];لَنlannever (will)يُؤْمِنَyu'mina[he] believeمِنminfromقَوْمِكَqawmikayour peopleإِلَّاillāexceptمَنman(those) whoقَدْqad(have) alreadyءَامَنَāmana[he] believed.فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَبْتَئِسْtabta-isyou be distressedبِمَاbimāby whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna[they] do. ﴿٣٦﴾

[11:37] "Build the ark under our watchful eyes, and with our inspiration, and do not implore Me on behalf of those who have transgressed; they are destined to drown."

وَٱصْنَعِwa-iṣ'naʿi"And constructٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe shipبِأَعْيُنِنَاbi-aʿyunināunder our eyes,وَوَحْيِنَاwawaḥyināand (with) our instruction / inspirationوَلَاwalāand (do) notتُخَـٰطِبْنِىtukhāṭib'nī[you] address Meفِىfīconcerningٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressed;إِنَّهُمinnahumindeed, they (are)مُّغْرَقُونَmugh'raqūnathose who are drowned." ﴿٣٧﴾

[11:38] While he was building the ark, whenever some of his people passed by him they laughed at him. He said, "You may be laughing at us, but we are laughing at you, just as you are laughing.

وَيَصْنَعُwayaṣnaʿuWhile he constructsٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe ship,وَكُلَّمَاwakullamāand wheneverمَرَّmarra[he] passedعَلَيْهِʿalayhiby himمَلَأٌmala-on(the) chiefs / leadersمِّنminofقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people,سَخِرُوا۟sakhirūthey ridiculed / laughedمِنْهُmin'hu[of] him.قَالَqālaHe said,إِنin"Ifتَسْخَرُوا۟taskharūyou [all] ridicule / laughمِنَّاminnāat us,فَإِنَّاfa-innāthen indeed, weنَسْخَرُnaskharu[we] ridicule / scoff / laughمِنكُمْminkumat you [all]كَمَاkamāasتَسْخَرُونَtaskharūnayou [all] ridicule / scoff / laugh. ﴿٣٨﴾

[11:39] "You will surely find out who will suffer a shameful retribution, and incur an everlasting punishment."

فَسَوْفَfasawfa"And soonتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] knowمَنman(on) whomيَأْتِيهِyatīhi[it] comes to himعَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionيُخْزِيهِyukh'zīhiit will disgrace / shame him,وَيَحِلُّwayaḥilluand it descendsعَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon himعَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionمُّقِيمٌmuqīmunlasting / everlasting." ﴿٣٩﴾

[11:40] When our judgment came, and the atmosphere boiled over, we said, "Carry on it a pair of each kind,* together with your family, except those who are condemned. Carry with you those who have believed," and only a few have believed with him.

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāTillإِذَاidhāwhenجَآءَjāa[it] cameأَمْرُنَاamrunāour command,وَفَارَwafāraand [it] overflowed / boiled overٱلتَّنُّورُl-tanūruthe atmosphere,قُلْنَاqul'nāwe said,ٱحْمِلْiḥ'mil"Loadفِيهَاfīhāin itمِنminofكُلٍّkullineach (kind)زَوْجَيْنِzawjaynipairsٱثْنَيْنِith'naynitwo,وَأَهْلَكَwa-ahlakaand your familyإِلَّاillāexceptمَنmanwhoسَبَقَsabaqait precededعَلَيْهِʿalayhiagainst himٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word,وَمَنْwamanand whoeverءَامَنَāmana[he] believed."وَمَآwamāAnd notءَامَنَāmana[he] believedمَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith himإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلٌqalīluna few. ﴿٤٠﴾

*11:40 & 44 This is God's proven truth: Noah's ark was made of logs, tied together with primitive ropes (54:13). Contrary to common belief, the flood was limited to the area around today's Dead Sea, and the animals were only Noah's livestock; not every animal that lived on earth.

[11:41] He said, "Come on board. In the name of GOD shall be its sailing, and its mooring. My Lord is Forgiver, Most Merciful."

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said,ٱرْكَبُوا۟ir'kabū"Embark / Board / Ride [you all]فِيهَاfīhāin it,بِسْمِbis'miin (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God (is)مَجْر۪ىٰهَاmajrahāits sailingوَمُرْسَىٰهَآwamur'sāhāand its mooring.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord (is)لَغَفُورٌlaghafūrunsurely Forgiving,رَّحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful." ﴿٤١﴾

[11:42] As it sailed with them in waves like hills, Noah called his son, who was isolated: "O my son, come ride with us; do not be with the disbelievers."

وَهِىَwahiyaAnd itتَجْرِىtajrī[it] flows / sailsبِهِمْbihimwith themفِىfīonمَوْجٍmawjin(the) wavesكَٱلْجِبَالِkal-jibālilike the hills,وَنَادَىٰwanādāand [he] called out,نُوحٌnūḥunNoah,ٱبْنَهُۥib'nahuhis sonوَكَانَwakānawhile he wasفِىfīinمَعْزِلٍmaʿzilina place of isolation, يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayya"O my son!ٱرْكَبir'kabEmbark / Boardمَّعَنَاmaʿanāwith usوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَكُنtakunyou beمَّعَmaʿawithٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers." ﴿٤٢﴾

[11:43] He said, "I will take refuge on top of a hill, to protect me from the water." He said, "Nothing can protect anyone today from GOD's judgment; only those worthy of His mercy (will be saved)." The waves separated them, and he was among those who drowned.

قَالَqālaHe said,سَـَٔاوِىٓsaāwī"I will take refugeإِلَىٰilātoجَبَلٍjabalina hill,يَعْصِمُنِىyaʿṣimunīit protects meمِنَminafromٱلْمَآءِl-māithe water."قَالَqālaHe said,لَاlā"(There is) noعَاصِمَʿāṣimaprotectorٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatodayمِنْminfromأَمْرِamri(the) command (of)ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَّاillāexcept,مَنman(on) whomرَّحِمَraḥimaHe had mercy."وَحَالَwaḥālaAnd [it] came in the space betweenبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumābetween both of themٱلْمَوْجُl-mawjuthe waves,فَكَانَfakānaso he wasمِنَminaamongٱلْمُغْرَقِينَl-mugh'raqīnathe ones drowned. ﴿٤٣﴾

[11:44] It was proclaimed: "O earth, swallow your water," and "O sky, cease." The water then subsided; the judgment was fulfilled. The ark finally rested on the hills of Judea.* It was then proclaimed: "The transgressors have perished."

وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it was said,يَـٰٓأَرْضُyāarḍu"O earth!ٱبْلَعِىib'laʿīSwallowمَآءَكِmāakiyour water,وَيَـٰسَمَآءُwayāsamāuand O sky!أَقْلِعِىaqliʿīabate and stop / cease."وَغِيضَwaghīḍaAnd [it] subsidedٱلْمَآءُl-māuthe water,وَقُضِىَwaquḍiyaand [it] was fulfilledٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe command.وَٱسْتَوَتْwa-is'tawatAnd it settled / restedعَلَىʿalāonٱلْجُودِىِّl-jūdiyithe Judea.وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it was said,بُعْدًاbuʿ'dan"Perishلِّلْقَوْمِlil'qawmiwith the peopleٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers." ﴿٤٤﴾

[11:45] Noah implored his Lord: "My Lord, my son is a member of my family, and Your promise is the truth. You are the wisest of the wise."

وَنَادَىٰwanādāAnd [he] called out / implored,نُوحٌnūḥunNoah,رَّبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lordفَقَالَfaqālaand [he] said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱبْنِىib'nīmy sonمِنْmin(is) ofأَهْلِىahlīmy family,وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed,وَعْدَكَwaʿdakaYour promise (is)ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truth,وَأَنتَwa-antaand You (are)أَحْكَمُaḥkamumost just / wisest (of)ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīnathe judges / wise ones." ﴿٤٥﴾

[11:46] He said, "O Noah, he is not of your family. It is unrighteous to ask Me for something you do not know.* I enlighten you, lest you be like the ignorant."

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥu"O Noah!إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heلَيْسَlaysais notمِنْminofأَهْلِكَahlikayour family;إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, [it] (is)عَمَلٌʿamaluna deedغَيْرُghayruother thanصَـٰلِحٍṣāliḥinrighteous,فَلَاfalāso (do) notتَسْـَٔلْنِtasalniyou ask Meمَاmā(about) whatلَيْسَlaysanotلَكَlakafor youبِهِۦbihiin itعِلْمٌʿil'mun(any) knowledge.إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَعِظُكَaʿiẓuka[I] advise / enlighten youأَنanlestتَكُونَtakūnayou beمِنَminaamongٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīnathe ignorant ones." ﴿٤٦﴾

*11:46 Intercession is Satan's most effective bait to entice people into idol worship. However, Abraham could not help his father, nor could Noah help his son, nor could Muhammad help his own relatives (2:254, 9:80 & 114).

[11:47] He said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You, lest I implore You again for something I do not know. Unless You forgive me, and have mercy on me, I will be with the losers."

قَالَqālaHe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَعُوذُaʿūdhu[I] seek refugeبِكَbikain You,أَنْanthatأَسْـَٔلَكَasalakaI ask Youمَاmāwhatلَيْسَlaysanotلِىlīfor meبِهِۦbihiin itعِلْمٌʿil'munknowledge.وَإِلَّاwa-illāAnd unlessتَغْفِرْtaghfirYou forgiveلِىlīmeوَتَرْحَمْنِىٓwatarḥamnīand You have mercy on me,أَكُنakunI will beمِّنَminaamongٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَl-khāsirīnathe losers." ﴿٤٧﴾

[11:48] It was proclaimed: "O Noah, disembark, with peace and blessings upon you, and upon nations who will descend from your companions. As for the other nations descending from you, we will bless them for awhile, then commit them to painful retribution."

قِيلَqīlaIt was said,يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥu"O Noah!ٱهْبِطْih'biṭGo downبِسَلَـٰمٍbisalāminwith peaceمِّنَّاminnāfrom usوَبَرَكَـٰتٍwabarakātinand blessingsعَلَيْكَʿalaykaon youوَعَلَىٰٓwaʿalāand onأُمَمٍumamin(the) nationsمِّمَّنmimmanfrom thoseمَّعَكَmaʿakawith you.وَأُمَمٌwa-umamunBut (to other) nationsسَنُمَتِّعُهُمْsanumattiʿuhumwe will grant temporary enjoyment to them;ثُمَّthummathenيَمَسُّهُمyamassuhum[it] touches / afflicts themمِّنَّاminnāfrom usعَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful." ﴿٤٨﴾

[11:49] This is news from the past that we reveal to you. You had no knowledge about them - neither you, nor your people - before this. Therefore, be patient. The ultimate victory belongs to the righteous.

تِلْكَtil'kaThis (is)مِنْminfromأَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news (of)ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen / past,نُوحِيهَآnūḥīhāwe reveal itإِلَيْكَilaykato you.مَاmāNotكُنتَkuntayou wereتَعْلَمُهَآtaʿlamuhā[you] knowing it,أَنتَantayouوَلَاwalāand notقَوْمُكَqawmukayour peopleمِنminfromقَبْلِqablibeforeهَـٰذَاhādhāthis.فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient;إِنَّinnaindeed,ٱلْعَـٰقِبَةَl-ʿāqibatathe end / ultimate victory (is)لِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteous [ones]." ﴿٤٩﴾

[11:50] To 'Ãd we sent their brother Hûd. He said, "O my people, worship GOD; you have no other god besides Him. You are inventing.

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd toعَادٍʿādinAdأَخَاهُمْakhāhum(we sent) their brotherهُودًاhūdanHud.قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship [you all] ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,مَاmānot (is)لَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminanyإِلَـٰهٍilāhingod,غَيْرُهُۥٓghayruhuother than Him.إِنْinNotأَنتُمْantumyou [all] (are)إِلَّاillābutمُفْتَرُونَmuf'tarūnainventors / innovators. ﴿٥٠﴾

[11:51] "O my people, I do not ask you for any wage. My wage comes only from the One who initiated me. Do you not understand?

يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!لَآlāNotأَسْـَٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask you [all]عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor itأَجْرًاajranany reward / wage.إِنْinNot (is)أَجْرِىَajriyamy reward / wageإِلَّاillāexceptعَلَىʿalāfromٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoفَطَرَنِىٓfaṭaranīHe created me.أَفَلَاafalāThen will notتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou [all] understand? ﴿٥١﴾

[11:52] "O my people, seek forgiveness from your Lord, then repent to Him. He will then shower you with provisions from the sky, and augment your strength. Do not turn back into transgressors."

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi"And O my people!ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟is'taghfirūSeek / Ask forgiveness [you all]رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(from) your Lord,ثُمَّthummathenتُوبُوٓا۟tūbūrepent [you all]إِلَيْهِilayhito Him.يُرْسِلِyur'siliHe will sendٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa(from) the sky (rain)عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you [all]مِّدْرَارًاmid'rāranabundant rainوَيَزِدْكُمْwayazid'kumand He will increase you [all]قُوَّةًquwwatan(in) strengthإِلَىٰilātoقُوَّتِكُمْquwwatikumyour strength.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَتَوَلَّوْا۟tatawallaw[you all] turn awayمُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīna(as) criminals / transgressors." ﴿٥٢﴾

[11:53] They said, "O Hûd, you did not show us any proof, and we are not abandoning our gods on account of what you say. We will never be believers with you.

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,يَـٰهُودُyāhūdu"O Hud!مَاmānotجِئْتَنَاji'tanāYou brought usبِبَيِّنَةٍbibayyinatinof clear proofs,وَمَاwamāand notنَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)بِتَارِكِىٓbitārikīever leavingءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour godsعَنʿanin spite ofقَوْلِكَqawlikayour saying,وَمَاwamāand notنَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)لَكَlakain youبِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīnaever believers. ﴿٥٣﴾

[11:54] "We believe that some of our gods have afflicted you with a curse." He said, "I bear witness before GOD, and you bear witness as well, that I disown the idols you have set up -

إِنin"Notنَّقُولُnaqūluwe say,إِلَّاillāexcept (that),ٱعْتَرَىٰكَiʿ'tarāka[it] seized / afflicted youبَعْضُbaʿḍusome (of)ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatināour godsبِسُوٓءٍbisūinwith evil / a curse."قَالَqālaHe said,إِنِّىٓinnī"Indeed, Iأُشْهِدُush'hidu[I] bear witness (to)ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟wa-ish'hadūand you [all] bear witnessأَنِّىannīthat I amبَرِىٓءٌbarīonfree from obligations / disown / innocentمِّمَّاmimmāof whatتُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou [all] associate ﴿٥٤﴾

[11:55] " - beside Him. So, give me your collective decision, without delay.

مِنmin"fromدُونِهِۦdūnihiother than Him.فَكِيدُونِىfakīdūnīSo plot against me [you all]جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall together,ثُمَّthummathenلَاlā(do) notتُنظِرُونِtunẓirūniyou [all] give me respite / delay. ﴿٥٥﴾

[11:56] "I have put my trust in GOD, my Lord and your Lord. There is not a creature that He does not control. My Lord is on the right path.

إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, Iتَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltu[I] put (my) trustعَلَىʿalāinٱللَّهِl-lahiGodرَبِّىrabbīmy Lord,وَرَبِّكُمwarabbikumand your Lord.مَّاmā(There is) notمِنminamongدَآبَّةٍdābbatina moving creatureإِلَّاillāexcept (that)هُوَhuwaHeءَاخِذٌۢākhidhun[He] seized / grasped*بِنَاصِيَتِهَآbināṣiyatihāby its forelock (*He controls it).إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord (is)عَلَىٰʿalāonصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina pathمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight. ﴿٥٦﴾

[11:57] "If you turn away, I have delivered to you what I was sent with. My Lord will substitute other people in your place; you cannot harm Him in the least. My Lord is in control of all things."

فَإِنfa-in"So ifتَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawyou [all] turn away,فَقَدْfaqadthen verilyأَبْلَغْتُكُمablaghtukumI delivered to you [all]مَّآmāwhatأُرْسِلْتُur'sil'tuI was sentبِهِۦٓbihiwith [it]إِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all].وَيَسْتَخْلِفُwayastakhlifuAnd [He] gives succession / substituteرَبِّىrabbīmy Lordقَوْمًاqawman(to) a peopleغَيْرَكُمْghayrakumother than you [all],وَلَاwalāand notتَضُرُّونَهُۥtaḍurrūnahuyou [all] will harm Himشَيْـًٔاshayan(in) anything.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingحَفِيظٌḥafīẓunGuardian." ﴿٥٧﴾

[11:58] When our judgment came, we saved Hûd and those who believed with him, by mercy from us. We saved them from a terrible retribution.

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenجَآءَjāa[it] cameأَمْرُنَاamrunāour command,نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāwe savedهُودًاhūdanHudوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him,بِرَحْمَةٍbiraḥmatinby a mercyمِّنَّاminnāfrom usوَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُمwanajjaynāhumand we saved themمِّنْminfromعَذَابٍʿadhābina punishment / retributionغَلِيظٍghalīẓinharsh / severe. ﴿٥٨﴾

[11:59] Such was 'Ãd - they disregarded the revelations of their Lord, disobeyed His messengers, and followed the ways of every stubborn tyrant.

وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this (was)عَادٌʿādunAd,جَحَدُوا۟jaḥadūthey rejected / disregardedبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) signsرَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lordوَعَصَوْا۟waʿaṣawand [they] disobeyedرُسُلَهُۥrusulahuHis messengersوَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟wa-ittabaʿūand they followedأَمْرَamra(the) commandكُلِّkulli(of) everyجَبَّارٍjabbārintyrantعَنِيدٍʿanīdinstubborn. ﴿٥٩﴾

[11:60] Consequently, they incurred condemnation in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, 'Ãd rejected their Lord. Indeed, 'Ãd, the people of Hûd, have perished.

وَأُتْبِعُوا۟wa-ut'biʿūAnd they were followedفِىfīinهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā[the] worldلَعْنَةًlaʿnatan(with) a curseوَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection.أَلَآalāNo doubt!إِنَّinnaIndeed,عَادًاʿādanAdكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedرَبَّهُمْrabbahumtheir Lord,أَلَاalāNo doubt!بُعْدًاbuʿ'danperishedلِّعَادٍliʿādinwith Ad,قَوْمِqawmi(the) people (of)هُودٍhūdinHud. ﴿٦٠﴾

[11:61] To Thamûd we sent their brother Sãleh. He said, "O my people, worship GOD; you have no other god beside Him. He initiated you from the earth, then settled you in it. You shall seek His forgiveness, then repent to Him. My Lord is always near, responsive."

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd toثَمُودَthamūdaThamudأَخَاهُمْakhāhum(we sent) their brotherصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanSaleh.قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship [you all] ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,مَاmānotلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminanyإِلَـٰهٍilāhingodغَيْرُهُۥghayruhuother than Him.هُوَhuwaHeأَنشَأَكُمansha-akum[He] produced / initiated you [all]مِّنَminafromٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْwa-is'taʿmarakumand He settled you [all]فِيهَاfīhāin it.فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُfa-is'taghfirūhuSo seek His forgiveness [you all],ثُمَّthummathenتُوبُوٓا۟tūbūrepent [you all]إِلَيْهِilayhito Him.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord (is)قَرِيبٌqarībunNear,مُّجِيبٌmujībunResponsive." ﴿٦١﴾

[11:62] They said, "O Sãleh, you used to be popular among us before this. Are you enjoining us from worshiping what our parents are worshiping? We are full of doubt concerning everything you have told us."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,يَـٰصَـٰلِحُyāṣāliḥuO Saleh!قَدْqadVerilyكُنتَkuntayou wereفِينَاfīnāamong usمَرْجُوًّاmarjuwwan(the) one in whom hopes are placedقَبْلَqablabeforeهَـٰذَآhādhāthis.أَتَنْهَىٰنَآatanhānāDo you forbid usأَنanthatنَّعْبُدَnaʿbudawe worshipمَاmāwhatيَعْبُدُyaʿbudu[he] worshipsءَابَآؤُنَاābāunāour forefathers / parents?وَإِنَّنَاwa-innanāAnd indeed we (are)لَفِىlafīsurely inشَكٍّshakkindoubtمِّمَّاmimmāabout whatتَدْعُونَآtadʿūnāyou [all] call / invite usإِلَيْهِilayhito it,مُرِيبٍmurībinsuspicious / doubtful." ﴿٦٢﴾

[11:63] He said, "O my people, what if I have solid proof from my Lord, and mercy from Him? Who would support me against GOD, if I disobeyed Him? You can only augment my loss.

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumHave you [all] consideredإِنinifكُنتُkuntuI wasعَلَىٰʿalāuponبَيِّنَةٍbayyinatina clear proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord,وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānīand He gave meمِنْهُmin'hufrom Him,رَحْمَةًraḥmatana mercyفَمَنfamanthen whoيَنصُرُنِىyanṣurunī[he] helps meمِنَminaagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,إِنْinifعَصَيْتُهُۥʿaṣaytuhuI disobeyed Him?فَمَاfamāSo notتَزِيدُونَنِىtazīdūnanīyou [all] (would) increase meغَيْرَghayrabutتَخْسِيرٍtakhsīrinin loss. ﴿٦٣﴾

[11:64] "O my people, this is GOD's camel to serve as a proof for you. You shall let her eat from GOD's earth, and do not touch her with any harm, lest you incur an immediate retribution."

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi"And O my people!هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThisنَاقَةُnāqatushe-camel (of) ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)لَكُمْlakumfor you [all]ءَايَةًāyatana sign / proof,فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhāso leave her [you all]تَأْكُلْtakulshe eatsفِىٓfīinأَرْضِarḍi(the) landٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhāyou [all] touch herبِسُوٓءٍbisūinwith harm,فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest [it] afflicts you [all]عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionقَرِيبٌqarībunnear / impending / immediate." ﴿٦٤﴾

[11:65] They slaughtered her. He then said, "You have only three days to live. This is a prophecy that is inevitable."

فَعَقَرُوهَاfaʿaqarūhāBut they slaughtered her.فَقَالَfaqālaSo he said,تَمَتَّعُوا۟tamattaʿū"Enjoy [you all]فِىfīinدَارِكُمْdārikumyour home(s)ثَلَـٰثَةَthalāthata(for) threeأَيَّامٍayyāmindays.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)وَعْدٌwaʿduna promiseغَيْرُghayrunot*مَكْذُوبٍmakdhūbinone to be denied (*undeniable)." ﴿٦٥﴾

[11:66] When our judgment came, we saved Sãleh and those who believed with him by mercy from us, from the humiliation of that day. Your Lord is the Most Powerful, the Almighty.

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo whenجَآءَjāa[it] cameأَمْرُنَاamrunāour commandنَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāwe savedصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanSaleh,وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him,بِرَحْمَةٍbiraḥmatinby a mercyمِّنَّاminnāfrom us,وَمِنْwaminand fromخِزْىِkhiz'yi(the) humiliation (of)يَوْمِئِذٍyawmi-idhinthat day.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord,هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلْقَوِىُّl-qawiyuMost Powerful,ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty. ﴿٦٦﴾

[11:67] Those who transgressed were annihilated by the disaster, leaving them in their homes, dead.

وَأَخَذَwa-akhadhaAnd it tookٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressed,ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatu[the] blast / disasterفَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they becameفِىfīinدِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homesجَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīna[ones] laying on their chest motionless / dead. ﴿٦٧﴾

[11:68] It was as if they never lived there. Indeed, Thamûd have rejected their Lord. Absolutely, Thamûd have incurred their annihilation.

كَأَنka-anAs ifلَّمْlamnotيَغْنَوْا۟yaghnawthey prosperedفِيهَآfīhātherein.أَلَآalāNo doubt,إِنَّinnaindeed,ثَمُودَا۟thamūdāThamudكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedرَبَّهُمْrabbahum(in) their Lord,أَلَاalāNo doubt!بُعْدًاbuʿ'danperishedلِّثَمُودَlithamūdawith Thamud. ﴿٦٨﴾

[11:69] When our messengers went to Abraham with good news, they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and soon brought a roasted calf.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyجَآءَتْjāat[it] cameرُسُلُنَآrusulunāour (angel) messengersإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(to) Abrahamبِٱلْبُشْرَىٰbil-bush'rāwith the good news,قَالُوا۟qālūthey said,سَلَـٰمًاsalāman"Peace."قَالَqālaHe said,سَلَـٰمٌsalāmun"Peace,"فَمَاfamāand notلَبِثَlabithahe delayed / hesitatedأَنanthatجَآءَjāahe broughtبِعِجْلٍbiʿij'lin[with] a calfحَنِيذٍḥanīdhinroasted. ﴿٦٩﴾

[11:70] When he saw that their hands did not touch it, he became suspicious and fearful of them. They said, "Do not be afraid, we are being dispatched to the people of Lot."

فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenرَءَآraāhe sawأَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir handsلَاlānotتَصِلُtaṣiluit reach / touchإِلَيْهِilayhito it,نَكِرَهُمْnakirahumhe felt strange / off putting about themوَأَوْجَسَwa-awjasaand he felt apprehension (fear and suspicion)مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom themخِيفَةًkhīfatana fear.قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,لَاlā"(Do) notتَخَفْtakhafyou fear.إِنَّآinnāIndeed, weأُرْسِلْنَآur'sil'nā[we] were sentإِلَىٰilātoقَوْمِqawmi(the) people (of)لُوطٍlūṭinLot." ﴿٧٠﴾

[11:71] His wife was standing, and she laughed when we gave her the good news about Isaac, and after Isaac, Jacob.

وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥwa-im'ra-atuhuAnd his wifeقَآئِمَةٌqāimatunstandingفَضَحِكَتْfaḍaḥikatand she laughed.فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهَاfabasharnāhāThen we gave her good newsبِإِسْحَـٰقَbi-is'ḥāqaof Isaac,وَمِنwaminand fromوَرَآءِwarāiafterإِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaac,يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūbaJacob. ﴿٧١﴾

[11:72] She said, "Woe to me, how could I bear a child at my age, and here is my husband; an old man? This is really strange!"

قَالَتْqālatShe said,يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓyāwaylatā"O! Woe to me!ءَأَلِدُa-aliduShall I bear a childوَأَنَا۠wa-anāwhile I amعَجُوزٌʿajūzunan old womanوَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this,بَعْلِىbaʿlīmy husband (is)شَيْخًاshaykhanan old man?إِنَّinnaIndeed,هَـٰذَاhādhāthis (is)لَشَىْءٌlashayonsurely a thingعَجِيبٌʿajībunstrange." ﴿٧٢﴾

[11:73] They said, "Do you find it strange for GOD? GOD has bestowed His mercy and blessings upon you, O inhabitants of the shrine. He is Praiseworthy, Glorious."

قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said,أَتَعْجَبِينَataʿjabīna"Do you [two] find it strangeمِنْminforأَمْرِamri(the) decreeٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God?رَحْمَتُraḥmatu(The) mercyٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَبَرَكَـٰتُهُۥwabarakātuhuand His blessingsعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all],أَهْلَahlapeople (of)ٱلْبَيْتِl-baytithe House / Shrine.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)حَمِيدٌḥamīdunPraiseworthy,مَّجِيدٌmajīdunGlorious." ﴿٧٣﴾

[11:74] When Abraham's fear subsided, and the good news was delivered to him, he proceeded to argue with us on behalf of Lot's people.

فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd whenذَهَبَdhahaba[it] gone awayعَنْʿanfromإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamٱلرَّوْعُl-rawʿuthe fear,وَجَآءَتْهُwajāathuand [it] came / reached himٱلْبُشْرَىٰl-bush'rāthe good news,يُجَـٰدِلُنَاyujādilunāhe argues with us,فِىfīconcerningقَوْمِqawmi(the) people (of)لُوطٍlūṭinLot. ﴿٧٤﴾

[11:75] Indeed, Abraham was clement, extremely kind, and obedient.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaAbrahamلَحَلِيمٌlaḥalīmun(was) certainly clement,أَوَّٰهٌawwāhuncompassionate / extremely kind,مُّنِيبٌmunībun(and) one who is obedient / turns (to God) in repentance repeatedly with sincere deeds ﴿٧٥﴾

[11:76] "O Abraham, refrain from this. Your Lord's judgment has been issued; they have incurred unavoidable retribution."

يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُyāib'rāhīmu"O Abraham!أَعْرِضْaʿriḍTurn away / Refrainعَنْʿanfromهَـٰذَآhādhāthis.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, itقَدْqadalreadyجَآءَjāa[it] came,أَمْرُamru(the) command رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord,وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumand indeed [they]ءَاتِيهِمْātīhim[it] came to themعَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionغَيْرُghayru(that) cannotمَرْدُودٍmardūdin(be) repelled / averted. ﴿٧٦﴾

[11:77] When our messengers went to Lot, they were mistreated, and he was embarrassed by their presence. He said, "This is a difficult day."

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenجَآءَتْjāat[it] cameرُسُلُنَاrusulunāour (angel) messengersلُوطًاlūṭan(to) Lot,سِىٓءَsīahe was distressed / grievedبِهِمْbihimfor themوَضَاقَwaḍāqaand he was distressed / troubled (embarrassed)بِهِمْbihimfor themذَرْعًاdharʿan(and) uneasy / felt helpless,وَقَالَwaqālaand he said,هَـٰذَاhādhā"This (is)يَوْمٌyawmuna dayعَصِيبٌʿaṣībundifficult." ﴿٧٧﴾

[11:78] His people came rushing; they had grown accustomed to their sinful acts. He said, "O my people, it would be purer for you, if you take my daughters instead. You shall reverence GOD; do not embarrass me with my guests. Have you not one reasonable man among you?"

وَجَآءَهُۥwajāahuAnd [he] came to himقَوْمُهُۥqawmuhuhis peopleيُهْرَعُونَyuh'raʿūna[they] rushing,إِلَيْهِilayhito him,وَمِنwaminand fromقَبْلُqablubeforeكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] doٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil deeds.قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese (are)بَنَاتِىbanātīmy daughters,هُنَّhunnathey (are)أَطْهَرُaṭharupurerلَكُمْlakumfor you [all].فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūSo reverence [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَلَاwalāand (do) notتُخْزُونِtukh'zūniyou [all] disgrace meفِىfīconcerningضَيْفِىٓḍayfīmy guests.أَلَيْسَalaysaIs (there) notمِنكُمْminkumamong you [all]رَجُلٌrajuluna manرَّشِيدٌrashīdunright-minded / reasonable?" ﴿٧٨﴾

[11:79] They said, "You know well that we have no need for your daughters; you know exactly what we want."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,لَقَدْlaqad"For alreadyعَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou knowمَاmā(that) notلَنَاlanāfor usفِىfīinبَنَاتِكَbanātikayour daughtersمِنْminanyحَقٍّḥaqqinright / need / necessity.وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, youلَتَعْلَمُlataʿlamusurely you knowمَاmāwhatنُرِيدُnurīduwe want / desire." ﴿٧٩﴾

[11:80] He said, "I wish I were strong enough, or had a powerful ally!"

قَالَqālaHe said,لَوْlaw"Ifأَنَّannathatلِىlīfor meبِكُمْbikumover you [all]قُوَّةًquwwatan(any) powerأَوْaworءَاوِىٓāwīI (could) take refugeإِلَىٰilātowardsرُكْنٍruk'nina support / allyشَدِيدٍshadīdinstrong." ﴿٨٠﴾

[11:81] (The angels) said, "O Lot, we are your Lord's messengers, and these people cannot touch you. You shall leave with your family during the night, and let not anyone of you look back, except your wife; she is condemned along with those who are condemned. Their appointed time is the morning. Is not the morning soon enough?"

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,يَـٰلُوطُyālūṭu"O Lot!إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we (are)رُسُلُrusulumessengersرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord,لَنlanneverيَصِلُوٓا۟yaṣilūthey will reach / joinإِلَيْكَilayka[to] you.فَأَسْرِfa-asriSo travel [at night]بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikawith your familyبِقِطْعٍbiqiṭ'ʿinin a later part / cut-offمِّنَminaofٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe nightوَلَاwalāand (let) notيَلْتَفِتْyaltafit[he] look backمِنكُمْminkumany you [all]أَحَدٌaḥadunanyone إِلَّاillāexceptٱمْرَأَتَكَim'ra-atakayour wife.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, itمُصِيبُهَاmuṣībuhāone which will strike / smite herمَآmāwhatأَصَابَهُمْaṣābahum[it] struck them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,مَوْعِدَهُمُmawʿidahumutheir appointed time (is)ٱلصُّبْحُl-ṣub'ḥu[the] morning.أَلَيْسَalaysaIs notٱلصُّبْحُl-ṣub'ḥuthe morningبِقَرِيبٍbiqarībin[ever] near (*near enough)?" ﴿٨١﴾

[11:82] When our judgment came, we turned it upside down, and we showered it with hard, devastating rocks.

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo whenجَآءَjāa[it] cameأَمْرُنَاamrunāour command,جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeعَـٰلِيَهَاʿāliyahāits upside*سَافِلَهَاsāfilahāits downside (*turned it upside down)وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnāand we rainedعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon themحِجَارَةًḥijāratanrocksمِّنminofسِجِّيلٍsijjīlinstones of clayمَّنضُودٍmanḍūdin(in) layer over layer. ﴿٨٢﴾

[11:83] Such rocks were designated by your Lord to strike the transgressors.

مُّسَوَّمَةًmusawwamatanMarked (designated)عِندَʿindafromرَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord.وَمَاwamāAnd notهِىَhiyait (is)مِنَminafromٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoersبِبَعِيدٍbibaʿīdinever far off. ﴿٨٣﴾

[11:84] To Midyan we sent their brother Shu'aib. He said, "O my people, worship GOD; you have no other god beside Him. Do not cheat when you measure or weigh. I see that you are prosperous, and I fear for you the retribution of an overwhelming day.

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd toمَدْيَنَmadyanaMidyan,أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(we sent) their brotherشُعَيْبًاshuʿaybanShu'aib.قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodمَاmānot (is)لَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنْminanyإِلَـٰهٍilāhingodغَيْرُهُۥghayruhuother than Him.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَنقُصُوا۟tanquṣūyou [all] diminish / fall shortٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yāla(from) the measureوَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand the weight / scale.إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, Iأَرَىٰكُمarākum[I] see you [all]بِخَيْرٍbikhayrinin prosperity,وَإِنِّىٓwa-innībut indeed, Iأَخَافُakhāfu[I] fearعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you [all]عَذَابَʿadhābapunishment / retributionيَوْمٍyawmin(of) a Dayمُّحِيطٍmuḥīṭinall-encompassing / overwhelming. ﴿٨٤﴾

[11:85] "O my people, you shall give full measure and full weight, equitably. Do not cheat the people out of their rights, and do not roam the earth corruptingly.

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi"And O my people!أَوْفُوا۟awfūGive full [you all]ٱلْمِكْيَالَl-mik'yāla[the] measure,وَٱلْمِيزَانَwal-mīzānaand the weight / scaleبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiin [the] justice (*justly / equitably)وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَبْخَسُوا۟tabkhasūyou [all] cheatٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe people (of)أَشْيَآءَهُمْashyāahumtheir things / affairs in any way (rights),وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawyou [all] commit evil / act wickedlyفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna[ones] spreading corruption. ﴿٨٥﴾

[11:86] "Whatever GOD provides for you, no matter how small, is far better for you, if you are really believers. I am not a guardian over you."

بَقِيَّتُbaqiyyatu"(What) it eternally remainsٱللَّهِl-lahi(from) God (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbestلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all],إِنinifكُنتُمkuntumyou [all] wereمُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers.وَمَآwamāAnd notأَنَا۠anāI amعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumover you [all]بِحَفِيظٍbiḥafīẓinever a guardian." ﴿٨٦﴾

[11:87] They said, "O Shu'aib, does your religion dictate upon you that we must abandon our parents' religion, or running our businesses in any manner we choose? Surely, you are known for being clement, wise."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybu"O Shu'aib!أَصَلَوٰتُكَaṣalatukaDoes your prayer / Salatتَأْمُرُكَtamuruka[it] command youأَنanthatنَّتْرُكَnatrukawe leave / abandonمَاmāwhatيَعْبُدُyaʿbudu[he] worshipءَابَآؤُنَآābāunāour forefathers / parents,أَوْaworأَنan[that] (what)نَّفْعَلَnafʿalawe doفِىٓfīconcerningأَمْوَٰلِنَاamwālināour wealthمَاmāwhatنَشَـٰٓؤُا۟nashāuwe will?إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed [you],لَأَنتَla-antasurely you (are)ٱلْحَلِيمُl-ḥalīmuthe clement,ٱلرَّشِيدُl-rashīduthe right minded / wise." ﴿٨٧﴾

[11:88] He said, "O my people, what if I have solid proof from my Lord; what if He has provided me with a great blessing? It is not my wish to commit what I enjoin you from. I only wish to correct as many wrongs as I can. My guidance depends totally on GOD; I have put my trust in Him. To Him I have totally submitted.

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytumHave you [all] consideredإِنinifكُنتُkuntuI wasعَلَىٰʿalāuponبَيِّنَةٍbayyinatina clear evidence / solid proofمِّنminfromرَّبِّىrabbīmy Lord,وَرَزَقَنِىwarazaqanīand He provided meمِنْهُmin'hufrom Him(self)رِزْقًاriz'qana provision / gift (blessing)حَسَنًاḥasanangood / excellent / great?وَمَآwamāAnd notأُرِيدُurīduI intendأَنْanthatأُخَالِفَكُمْukhālifakumI differ from you [all]إِلَىٰilātowardsمَآmāwhatأَنْهَىٰكُمْanhākumI forbid you [all]عَنْهُʿanhufrom it.إِنْinNotأُرِيدُurīduI intendإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْإِصْلَـٰحَl-iṣ'lāḥathe reformation / setting right مَاmā as long asٱسْتَطَعْتُis'taṭaʿtuI am able.وَمَاwamāAnd notتَوْفِيقِىٓtawfīqīit is my successإِلَّاillāexceptبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith God.عَلَيْهِʿalayhiUpon HimتَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltuI put (my) trustوَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to HimأُنِيبُunībuI totally submit / turn in repentance repeatedly with sincere deeds ﴿٨٨﴾

[11:89] "And, O my people, do not be provoked by your opposition to me into incurring the same disasters as the people of Noah, or the people of Hûd, or the people of Sãleh; and the people of Lot are not too far from you.

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi"And O my people!لَاlānot (let)يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْyajrimannakum[it] provoke you [all]شِقَاقِىٓshiqāqī(your) opposition to me أَنanlestيُصِيبَكُمyuṣībakumit afflicts / befalls you [all]مِّثْلُmith'lusimilarمَآmā(to) whatأَصَابَaṣābait afflicted / befellقَوْمَqawma(the) people of نُوحٍnūḥinNoahأَوْaworقَوْمَqawma(the) people ofهُودٍhūdinHudأَوْaworقَوْمَqawma(the) people ofصَـٰلِحٍṣāliḥinSalehوَمَاwamāAnd not (are)قَوْمُqawmu(the) people (of)لُوطٍlūṭinLotمِّنكُمminkumfrom you [all]بِبَعِيدٍbibaʿīdinever far off. ﴿٨٩﴾

[11:90] "You shall implore your Lord for forgiveness, then repent to Him. My Lord is Most Merciful, Kind."

وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟wa-is'taghfirū"And seek forgiveness [you all]رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(from) your Lord,ثُمَّthummathenتُوبُوٓا۟tūbūrepent [you all]إِلَيْهِilayhito Him.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord (is)رَحِيمٌraḥīmunMerciful,وَدُودٌwadūdunLoving / Kind." ﴿٩٠﴾

[11:91] They said, "O Shu'aib, we do not comprehend many of the things you are telling us, and we see that you are powerless among us. If it were not for your tribe, we would have stoned you. You have no value for us."

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,يَـٰشُعَيْبُyāshuʿaybu"O Shu'aib!مَاmāNotنَفْقَهُnafqahuwe understandكَثِيرًاkathīranmuchمِّمَّاmimmāof whatتَقُولُtaqūluyou say,وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, weلَنَرَىٰكَlanarākasurely [we] see youفِينَاfīnāamong usضَعِيفًاḍaʿīfan(as) weak.وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if notرَهْطُكَrahṭuka(for) your tribeلَرَجَمْنَـٰكَlarajamnākasurely we would have stoned you.وَمَآwamāAnd not (do)أَنتَantayou (have)عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāover usبِعَزِيزٍbiʿazīzinany power / honor." ﴿٩١﴾

[11:92] He said, "O my people, does my tribe command a greater respect than GOD? Is this why you have been heedless of Him? My Lord is fully aware of everything you do.

قَالَqālaHe said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!أَرَهْطِىٓarahṭīIs my tribeأَعَزُّaʿazzumore respected / mightierعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumto you [all]مِّنَminathanٱللَّهِl-lahiGod?وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُwa-ittakhadhtumūhuAnd you [all] took Him,وَرَآءَكُمْwarāakumbehind yourظِهْرِيًّاẓih'riyyanbacks.إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord (is)بِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doمُحِيطٌmuḥīṭunfully aware. ﴿٩٢﴾

[11:93] "O my people, go on doing what you wish, and so will I. You will certainly find out which of us will incur shameful retribution; you will find out who the liar is. Just wait in anticipation, and I will wait in anticipation along with you."

وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi"And O my people!ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malūWork [you all]عَلَىٰʿalāaccording toمَكَانَتِكُمْmakānatikumyour positions / abilities,إِنِّىinnīindeed, I amعَـٰمِلٌʿāmiluna worker / doer (as well).سَوْفَsawfaSoonتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou [all] will knowمَنman(on) whomيَأْتِيهِyatīhi[it] will come to himعَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment / retributionيُخْزِيهِyukh'zīhiit will disgrace him,وَمَنْwamanand whoهُوَhuwa[he] (is)كَـٰذِبٌkādhibuna liar.وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟wa-ir'taqibūAnd watch [you all]إِنِّىinnīindeed, I amمَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all]رَقِيبٌraqībuna watcher." ﴿٩٣﴾

[11:94] When our judgment came, we saved Shu'aib and those who believed with him, by mercy from us. As for the evil ones, they were struck by a disaster that left them dead in their homes.

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenجَآءَjāa[it] cameأَمْرُنَاamrunāour command,نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāwe savedشُعَيْبًاshuʿaybanShu'aibوَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedمَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith himبِرَحْمَةٍbiraḥmatinby a mercyمِّنَّاminnāfrom us.وَأَخَذَتِwa-akhadhatiAnd it struckٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressed,ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatu[the] blast / disasterفَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūthen they becameفِىfīinدِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homesجَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīna[ones] laying on their chest motionless / dead. ﴿٩٤﴾

[11:95] It was as though they never existed. Thus, Midyan perished, just like Thamûd had perished before that.

كَأَنka-anAs ifلَّمْlamnotيَغْنَوْا۟yaghnawthey prosperedفِيهَآfīhātherein.أَلَاalāNo doubt / Thusبُعْدًاbuʿ'danperishedلِّمَدْيَنَlimadyanawith Midyanكَمَاkamāasبَعِدَتْbaʿidat[it] perishedثَمُودُthamūduThamud. ﴿٩٥﴾

[11:96] We sent Moses with our signs and a profound authority.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināwith our signsوَسُلْطَـٰنٍwasul'ṭāninand an authorityمُّبِينٍmubīninclear / profound, ﴿٩٦﴾

[11:97] To Pharaoh and his elders. But they followed the command of Pharaoh, and Pharaoh's command was not wise.

إِلَىٰilāToفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiand his chiefs / elders,فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟fa-ittabaʿūbut they followedأَمْرَamra(the) command (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohوَمَآwamāand notأَمْرُamru(the) command (of)فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaPharaohبِرَشِيدٍbirashīdinever right minded / wise. ﴿٩٧﴾

[11:98] He will lead his people on the Day of Resurrection, all the way to Hell; what a miserable abode to live in!

يَقْدُمُyaqdumuHe will precedeقَوْمَهُۥqawmahuhis peopleيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati[the] Resurrectionفَأَوْرَدَهُمُfa-awradahumuthen he (will) descend / lead themٱلنَّارَl-nāra(into) the Fire.وَبِئْسَwabi'saAnd miserable (is)ٱلْوِرْدُl-wir'duthe destination / descension (for)ٱلْمَوْرُودُl-mawrūduthe ones to be descended / led. ﴿٩٨﴾

[11:99] They have incurred condemnation in this life, as well as on the Day of Resurrection; what a miserable path to follow!

وَأُتْبِعُوا۟wa-ut'biʿūAnd they were followedفِىfīinهَـٰذِهِۦhādhihithisلَعْنَةًlaʿnatan(by) a curseوَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionبِئْسَbi'saMiserable (is)ٱلرِّفْدُl-rif'duthe help / share / giftٱلْمَرْفُودُl-marfūdu(for) the one to be helped / given / gifted. ﴿٩٩﴾

[11:100] This is news from the past communities that we narrate to you. Some are still standing, and some have vanished.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)مِنْminfromأَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news (of)ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities / communitiesنَقُصُّهُۥnaquṣṣuhu(which) we narrate itعَلَيْكَʿalaykato you.مِنْهَاmin'hāSome of themقَآئِمٌqāimun(still) standingوَحَصِيدٌwaḥaṣīdunand (some) mowed down / vanished. ﴿١٠٠﴾

[11:101] We never wronged them; they wronged their own souls. Their gods, whom they invoked beside GOD, could not help them in the least when the judgment of your Lord came. In fact, they only ensured their doom.

وَمَاwamāAnd notظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْẓalamnāhumwe wronged themوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūthey wrongedأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their own souls.فَمَآfamāSo notأَغْنَتْaghnatit helpedعَنْهُمْʿanhum[to] themءَالِهَتُهُمُālihatuhumutheir godsٱلَّتِىallatīwhichيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invokeمِنminfromدُونِdūniother than ٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,مِنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthing,لَّمَّاlammāwhenجَآءَjāa[it] cameأَمْرُamru(the) command رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord.وَمَاwamāAnd notزَادُوهُمْzādūhumthey increased themغَيْرَghayraother than (to)تَتْبِيبٍtatbībintheir doom. ﴿١٠١﴾

[11:102] Such was the retribution enforced by your Lord when the communities transgressed. Indeed, His retribution is painful, devastating.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusأَخْذُakhdhu(the) seizure / retribution (of)رَبِّكَrabbikayour LordإِذَآidhāwhenأَخَذَakhadhaHe tookٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities / communitiesوَهِىَwahiyawhile they (were)ظَـٰلِمَةٌẓālimatundoing wrong / transgressing.إِنَّinnaIndeed,أَخْذَهُۥٓakhdhahuHis punishment / retribution (is)أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful,شَدِيدٌshadīdunsevere. ﴿١٠٢﴾

[11:103] This should be a lesson for those who fear the retribution of the Hereafter. That is a day when all the people will be summoned - a day to be witnessed.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a sign / proof / lessonلِّمَنْlimanfor (those) whoخَافَkhāfa[he] fearedعَذَابَʿadhāba(the) retribution (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)يَوْمٌyawmuna Dayمَّجْمُوعٌmajmūʿunwhich will be gatheredلَّهُlahuon itٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people,وَذَٰلِكَwadhālikaand that (is)يَوْمٌyawmuna Dayمَّشْهُودٌmashhūdunone to be witnessed. ﴿١٠٣﴾

[11:104] We have appointed a specific time for it to take place.

وَمَاwamāAnd notنُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓnu-akhiruhuwe delay itإِلَّاillāexceptلِأَجَلٍli-ajalinfor a termمَّعْدُودٍmaʿdūdinone determined number / counted. ﴿١٠٤﴾

[11:105] The day it comes to pass, no soul will utter a single word, except in accordance with His will. Some will be miserable, and some will be happy.

يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيَأْتِyatiit comesلَاlānotتَكَلَّمُtakallamu[it] speaksنَفْسٌnafsuna soulإِلَّاillāexceptبِإِذْنِهِۦbi-idh'nihiby His permission.فَمِنْهُمْfamin'humThen among themشَقِىٌّshaqiyyun(will be) miserable,وَسَعِيدٌwasaʿīdunand fortunate / happy. ﴿١٠٥﴾

[11:106] As for the miserable ones, they will be in Hell, wherein they sigh and wail.

فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAnd as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoشَقُوا۟shaqūthey became miserableفَفِىfafīthen (they will be) inٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire.لَهُمْlahumFor themفِيهَاfīhāthereinزَفِيرٌzafīrunsigh;وَشَهِيقٌwashahīqunand wailing. ﴿١٠٦﴾

[11:107] Eternally they abide therein, for as long as the heavens and the earth endure, in accordance with the will of your Lord. Your Lord is doer of whatever He wills.

خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[Ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāthereinمَاmā as long asدَامَتِdāmati[it] remained / enduredٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth,إِلَّاillāexceptمَاmāwhatشَآءَshāa[He] willedرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord. إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord (is)فَعَّالٌfaʿʿālunDoerلِّمَاlimāof whatيُرِيدُyurīduHe wishes / wills. ﴿١٠٧﴾

[11:108] As for the fortunate ones, they will be in Paradise. Eternally they abide therein, for as long as the heavens and the earth endure, in accordance with the will of your Lord - an everlasting reward.

وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as forٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoسُعِدُوا۟suʿidūthey were fortunate / happyفَفِىfafīthen (they will be) inٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati[the] Paradise,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāthereinمَاmā as long asدَامَتِdāmati[it] remained / enduredٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth,إِلَّاillāexcept (in accordance)مَاmā(with) whatشَآءَshāa[He] willedرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord -عَطَآءًʿaṭāana gift / rewardغَيْرَghayranotمَجْذُوذٍmajdhūdhinceasing. ﴿١٠٨﴾

[11:109] Do not have any doubt regarding what these people worship; they worship exactly as they found their parents worshiping. We will requite them their due share fully, without reduction.

فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتَكُtakuyou beفِىfīinمِرْيَةٍmir'yatindoubtمِّمَّاmimmāas to whatيَعْبُدُyaʿbudu[he] worshipsهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese (people).مَاmāNotيَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnathey worshipإِلَّاillāexceptكَمَاkamālike whatيَعْبُدُyaʿbudu[he] worshipsءَابَآؤُهُمābāuhumtheir forefathers / parentsمِّنminfromقَبْلُqablubefore.وَإِنَّاwa-innāAnd indeed, weلَمُوَفُّوهُمْlamuwaffūhumsurely [ones] who pay them in fullنَصِيبَهُمْnaṣībahumtheir shareغَيْرَghayrawithoutمَنقُوصٍmanqūṣin(being) diminished. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[11:110] We have given Moses the scripture, but it was disputed, and if it were not for a predetermined word decreed by your Lord, they would have been judged immediately. They are full of doubt about this, suspicious.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verilyءَاتَيْنَاātaynāwe gaveمُوسَىmūsāMosesٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,فَٱخْتُلِفَfa-ukh'tulifabut differences / disputes aroseفِيهِfīhitherein.وَلَوْلَاwalawlāAnd if notكَلِمَةٌkalimatun(for) a wordسَبَقَتْsabaqatit preceded / predeterminedمِنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,لَقُضِىَlaquḍiyasurely it would have been judgedبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them.وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumAnd indeed, they (are)لَفِىlafīsurely inشَكٍّshakkindoubtمِّنْهُmin'huconcerning itمُرِيبٍmurībindoubtful / suspicious. ﴿١١٠﴾

[11:111] Your Lord will surely recompense everyone for their works. He is fully Cognizant of everything they do.

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,كُلًّاkullan(to) eachلَّمَّاlammāwhenلَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمْlayuwaffiyannahumsurely [He] will pay them in fullرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordأَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)بِمَاbimāof whatيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey doخَبِيرٌkhabīrunCognizant. ﴿١١١﴾

[11:112] Therefore, continue on the path you have been enjoined to follow, together with those who repented with you, and do not transgress. He is Seer of everything you do.

فَٱسْتَقِمْfa-is'taqimSo stand firmكَمَآkamāasأُمِرْتَumir'tayou were commandedوَمَنwamanand (those) whoتَابَtāba[he] repentedمَعَكَmaʿakawith you,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَطْغَوْا۟taṭghaw[you all] transgress.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He (is)بِمَاbimāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] doبَصِيرٌbaṣīrunSeer. ﴿١١٢﴾

[11:113] Do not lean towards those who have transgressed, lest you incur Hell, and find no allies to help you against GOD, then end up losers.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَرْكَنُوٓا۟tarkanūyou [all] leanإِلَىilātoٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrongفَتَمَسَّكُمُfatamassakumulest [it] touches / afflicts you [all]ٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire,وَمَاwamāand not (is)لَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesides ٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمِنْminanyأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors / allies;ثُمَّthummathenلَاlānotتُنصَرُونَtunṣarūnayou [all] will be helped. ﴿١١٣﴾

[11:114] You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) at both ends of the day, and during the night. The righteous works wipe out the evil works. This is a reminder for those who would take heed.

وَأَقِمِwa-aqimiAnd observeٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)طَرَفَىِṭarafayi(at the) two ends (of)ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe dayوَزُلَفًاwazulafanand (at) the approach / first part [of the night]مِّنَminaofٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِl-ḥasanātithe good deedsيُذْهِبْنَyudh'hib'nathey removeٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātithe evil deeds.ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)ذِكْرَىٰdhik'rāa reminderلِلذَّٰكِرِينَlildhākirīnafor those who remember / take heed. ﴿١١٤﴾

[11:115] You shall steadfastly persevere, for GOD never fails to recompense the righteous.

وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birAnd be patient,فَإِنَّfa-innafor indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodلَاlānotيُضِيعُyuḍīʿuHe lets go to wasteأَجْرَajra(the) reward (of)ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿١١٥﴾

[11:116] If only some of those among the previous generations possessed enough intelligence to forbid evil! Only a few of them deserved to be saved by us. As for the transgressors, they were preoccupied with their material luxuries; they were guilty.

فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo why notكَانَkānait wasمِنَminaofٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generationsمِنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all],أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose who possessبَقِيَّةٍbaqiyyatina remnant,يَنْهَوْنَyanhawna[they] forbadeعَنِʿanifromٱلْفَسَادِl-fasādithe corruption / evilفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana fewمِّمَّنْmimmanof thoseأَنجَيْنَاanjaynāwe savedمِنْهُمْmin'humamong them?وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaBut [he] followedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrongمَآmāwhatأُتْرِفُوا۟ut'rifūluxury they were givenفِيهِfīhitherein,وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they wereمُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnaguilty ones. ﴿١١٦﴾

[11:117] Your Lord never annihilates any community unjustly, while its people are righteous.

وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkāna[He] wouldرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord,لِيُهْلِكَliyuh'likathat He destroy / annihilateٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities / communitiesبِظُلْمٍbiẓul'min[with] injusticeوَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile its peopleمُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna(were) reformers / righteous [ones]. ﴿١١٧﴾

[11:118] Had your Lord willed, all the people would have been one congregation (of believers). But they will always dispute (the truth).

وَلَوْwalawAnd ifشَآءَshāa[He] willedرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord لَجَعَلَlajaʿalasurely He could have madeٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleأُمَّةًummatancongregationوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanone,وَلَاwalābut notيَزَالُونَyazālūnathey will ceaseمُخْتَلِفِينَmukh'talifīnathose who differ / dispute. ﴿١١٨﴾

[11:119] Only those blessed with mercy from your Lord (will not dispute the truth). This is why He created them.* The judgment of your Lord has already been issued: "I will fill Hell with jinns and humans, all together."**

إِلَّاillāExceptمَنman(on) whomرَّحِمَraḥima[He] had mercy,رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord,وَلِذَٰلِكَwalidhālikaand for thatخَلَقَهُمْkhalaqahumHe created them.وَتَمَّتْwatammatAnd [it] was fulfilledكَلِمَةُkalimatu(the) word (of)رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lordلَأَمْلَأَنَّla-amla-anna"Surely I will fillجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellمِنَminawithٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe jinnsوَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the people / humansأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together." ﴿١١٩﴾

*11:119 The Most Merciful has created us on this earth to give us yet another chance to denounce our original crime and to be redeemed (see the Introduction and Appendix 7). **11:119 God does not put a single person in Hell; they choose and insist upon going to Hell.

[11:120] We narrate to you enough history of the messengers to strengthen your heart. The truth has come to you herein, as well as enlightenments and reminders for the believers.

وَكُلًّاwakullanAnd each,نَّقُصُّnaquṣṣuwe narrateعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youمِنْminofأَنۢبَآءِanbāi(the) news (of)ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe messengersمَاmā(for) thatنُثَبِّتُnuthabbituwe strengthenبِهِۦbihiwith itفُؤَادَكَfuādakayour heart.وَجَآءَكَwajāakaAnd [it] came to youفِىfīinهَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthوَمَوْعِظَةٌwamawʿiẓatunand an admonition / enlightenmentوَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāand a reminderلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers. ﴿١٢٠﴾

[11:121] Say to those who disbelieve, "Do whatever you can, and so will we.

وَقُلwaqulAnd sayلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believe,ٱعْمَلُوا۟iʿ'malū"Work [you all]عَلَىٰʿalāaccording toمَكَانَتِكُمْmakānatikumyour position, abilities;إِنَّاinnāindeed, we (are also) عَـٰمِلُونَʿāmilūnaworkers / doers. ﴿١٢١﴾

[11:122] "Then wait; we too will wait."

وَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟wa-intaẓirū"And wait [you all]إِنَّاinnāindeed, we (are also)مُنتَظِرُونَmuntaẓirūnaones who wait." ﴿١٢٢﴾

[11:123] To GOD belongs the future of the heavens and the earth, and all matters are controlled by Him. You shall worship Him and trust in Him. Your Lord is never unaware of anything you do.

وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for God (is)غَيْبُghaybu(the) unseen / future (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth,وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Himيُرْجَعُyur'jaʿu[it] returnsٱلْأَمْرُl-amruthe matter,كُلُّهُۥkulluhuall of it,فَٱعْبُدْهُfa-uʿ'bud'huso worship Him,وَتَوَكَّلْwatawakkaland put (your) trustعَلَيْهِʿalayhiin Him.وَمَاwamāAnd not (is)رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordبِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinever unawareعَمَّاʿammāof whatتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou [all] do. ﴿١٢٣﴾

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