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Al-Ahqaf 26
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JUZ 26
46. Al-Ahqaf
Ayat : 35 | Makiyyah
In the name of Allah, the Entirely
Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem
Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
1. Ha, Meem.
2. The revelation of the Book is
from Allah, the Exalted in Might, Haa-Meeeem [1] Tanzeelul Kitaabi minal laahil-’Azeezil Hakeem [2] Maa khalaqnas-
the Wise.
3. We did not create the heavens
and earth and what is between
them except in truth and [for] a samaawaati wal arda wa maa bainahumaaa illaa bilhaqqi wa ajalim musammaa; wallazeena
specified term. But those who
disbelieve, from that of which
they are warned, are turning
away. kafaroo ‘ammaaa unziroo mu’ridoon [3] Qul ara’aytum maa tad’oona min
4. Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you
considered that which you invoke
besides Allah? Show me what
they have created of the earth; doonil laahi aroonee maazaa khalaqoo minal ardi am lahumshirkun fis-
or did they have partnership in
[creation of] the heavens? Bring
me a scripture [revealed] before
this or a [remaining] trace of samaawaati eetoonee bi kitaabim min qabli haazaaa aw asaaratim min ‘ilmin in kuntum
knowledge, if you should be
truthful."
5. And who is more astray than he
saadiqeen [4] Wa man adallu mimmany yad’oo min doonil laahi mal-
who invokes besides Allah those
who will not respond to him until
the Day of Resurrection, and they,
of their invocation, are unaware.
laa yastajeebu lahooo ilaa Yawmil Qiyaamati wa hum’an du’aaa’ihim ghaafiloon [5]
6. And when the people are
gathered [that Day], they [who
were invoked] will be enemies to
them, and they will be deniers of
Wa izaa hushiran naasu kaanoo lahum a’daaa’anw wa kaanoo bi’ibaadatihim kaafireen [6] Wa izaa
their worship.
7. And when Our verses are
recited to them as clear evidences,
those who disbelieve say of the tutlaa ‘alaihim Aayaatunaa baiyinaatin qaalal lazeena kafaroo lilhaqqi lammaa jaaa’ahum haazaa
truth when it has come to them,
"This is obvious magic."
8. Or do they say, "He has invented
it?" Say, "If I have invented it, you sihrum mubeen [7] Am yaqooloonaf taraahu qul inif taraituhoo falaa tamlikoona
will not possess for me [the power
of protection] from Allah at all. He
is most knowing of that in which
you are involved. Sufficient is He lee minal laahi shai’an Huwa a’lamu bimaa tufeedoona feehi kafaa bihee shaheedam bainee
as Witness between me - M ISLAM
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and you, and He is the Forgiving
wa bainakum wa Huwal Ghafoorur Raheem [8] Qul maa kuntu bid’am minal Rusuli the Merciful."
9. Say, "I am not something
original among the messengers,
nor do I know what will be done
wa maaa adreee ma yuf’alu bee wa laa bikum in attabi’u illaa maa yoohaaa ilaiya wa maaa ana
with me or with you. I only follow
that which is revealed to me, and
I am not but a clear warner."
illaa nazeerum mubeen [9] Qul ara’aytum in kaana min ‘indil laahi wa kafartum bihee
10. Say, "Have you considered:
if the Qur'an was from Allah,
and you disbelieved in it while
a witness from the Children of
wa shahida shaahidum mim Banee Israaa’eela ‘alaa mislihee fa aamana wastak bartum Israel has testified to something
similar and believed while you
were arrogant...?" Indeed, Allah
does not guide the wrongdoing
innal laaha laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen [10] Wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo people.
11. And those who disbelieve say
of those who believe, "If it had
[truly] been good, they would
lillazeena aamanoo law kaana khairam maa sabaqoonaaa ilyh; wa iz lam yahtadoo bihee
not have preceded us to it." And
when they are not guided by it,
they will say, "This is an ancient
falsehood."
fasa yaqooloona haazaaa ifkun qadeem [11] Wa min qablihee kitaabu Moosaaa
12. And before it was the scripture
of Moses to lead and as a mercy.
And this is a confirming Book in
an Arabic tongue to warn those
imaamanw-wa rahmah; wa haazaa Kitaabum musad diqul lisaanan ‘Arabiyyal liyunziral-
who have wronged and as good
tidings to the doers of good.
13. Indeed, those who have said,
lazeena zalamoo wa bushraa lilmuhsineen [12] Innal lazeena qaaloo Rabbunal- "Our Lord is Allah," and then
remained on a right course -
there will be no fear concerning
them, nor will they grieve.
laahu summas taqaamoo falaa khawfun ‘alaihim wa laahum yahzanoon [13] 14. Those are the companions
of Paradise, abiding eternally
therein as reward for what they
used to do.
Ulaaa’ika Ashabul Jannati khaalideena feehaa jazaaa’am bimaa kaano ya’maloon [14]
15. And We have enjoined
upon man, to his parents, good
treatment. His mother carried
him with hardship and gave birth
Wa wassainal insaana biwaalidaihi ihsaana; hamalat hu ummuhoo kurhanw-wa wada’at hu
to him with hardship, and his
gestation and weaning [period]
is thirty months. [He grows] until,
kurhanw wa hamluhoo wa fisaaluhoo salaasoona shahraa; hattaaa izaa balagha ashuddahoo wa balagha when he reaches maturity and
M ISLAM reaches -
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[the age of] forty years, he says,
"My Lord, enable me to be arba’eena sanatan qaala Rabbi awzi’ neee an ashkura ni’matakal lateee an’amta
grateful for Your favor which You
have bestowed upon me and
upon my parents and to work
righteousness of which You will ‘alaiya wa ‘alaa waalidaiya wa an a’mala saalihan tardaahu wa aslih lee fee zurriyyatee;
approve and make righteous for
me my offspring. Indeed, I have
repented to You, and indeed, I
am of the Muslims." innee tubtu ilaika wa innee minal muslimeen [15] Ulaaa’ikal lazeena nata qabbalu
16. Those are the ones from
whom We will accept the best of
what they did and overlook their
misdeeds, [their being] among ‘anhum ahsana maa ‘amiloo wa natajaawazu ‘an saiyiaatihim feee Ashaabil-
the companions of Paradise.
[That is] the promise of truth
which they had been promised.
17. But one who says to his parents, jannati Wa’das sidqil lazee kaanoo yoo’adoon [16] Wallazee qaala
"Uff to you; do you promise me
that I will be brought forth [from
the earth] when generations
before me have already passed liwaali daihi uffil lakumaaa ata’idanineee an ukhraja wa qad khalatil quroonu min
on [into oblivion]?" while they
call to Allah for help [and to
their son], "Woe to you! Believe!
Indeed, the promise of Allah is qablee wa humaa yastagheesaanil laaha wailaka aamin inna wa’dal laahi haqq, fa yaqoolu
truth." But he says, "This is not but
legends of the former people" -
18. Those are the ones upon
whom the word has come into maa haazaaa illaaa asaateerul awwaleen [17] Ulaaa’ikal lazeena haqqa ‘alaihimul qawlu
effect, [who will be] among
nations which had passed on
before them of jinn and men.
Indeed, they [all] were losers. feee umamin qad khalat min qablihim minal jinni wal insi innahum kaanoo
19. And for all there are degrees
[of reward and punishment] for
what they have done, and [it is]
so that He may fully compensate khaasireen [18] Wa likullin darajaatum mimmaa ‘amiloo wa liyuwaf fiyahum a’maalahum wa hum laa
them for their deeds, and they
will not be wronged.
20. And the Day those who
disbelieved are exposed to yuzlamoon [19] Wa Yawma yu’radul lazeena kafaroo ‘alan Naari azhabtum taiyibaatikum fee
the Fire [it will be said], "You
exhausted your pleasures during
your worldly life and enjoyed
them, so this Day you will be hayaatikumud dunyaa wastam ta’tum bihaa fal Yawma tujzawna ‘azaabal hooni bimaa
awarded the punishment of
[extreme] humiliation because
you were arrogant upon the
earth without right and because kuntum tastakbiroona fil ardi bighairil haqqi wa bimaa kuntum tafsuqoon [20]
you were defiantly disobedient." M ISLAM
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21. And mention, [O Muhammad],
Wazkur akhaa ‘Aad, iz anzara qawmahoo bil Ahqaafi wa qad khalatin nuzuru
the brother of 'Aad, when he
warned his people in the [region
of] al-Ahqaf - and warners had
mim baini yadaihi wa min khalfiheee allaa ta’budooo illal laaha inneee akhaafu ‘alaikum already passed on before him
and after him - [saying], "Do not
worship except Allah. Indeed, I
fear for you the punishment of a
‘azaaba Yawmin ‘azeem [21] Qaaloo aji’tanaa li taa fikanaa ‘an aalihatinaa fa’tinaa terrible day."
22. They said, "Have you come
to delude us away from our
gods? Then bring us what you
bimaa ta’idunaaa in kunta minas saadiqeen [22] Qaala innamal ‘ilmu indal laahi promise us, if you should be of
the truthful."
23. He said, "Knowledge [of its
time] is only with Allah, and I
wa uballighukum maaa ursiltu bihee wa laakinneee araakum qawman tajhaloon [23] Falammaa
convey to you that with which I
was sent; but I see you [to be] a
people behaving ignorantly."
ra awhu ‘aaridam mustaqbila awdiyatihim qaaloo haazaa ‘aaridum mumtirunaa; 24. And when they saw it as a
cloud approaching their valleys,
they said, "This is a cloud bringing
us rain!" Rather, it is that for which
bal huwa masta’jaltum bihee reehun feehaa ‘azaabun aleem [24] Tudammiru kulla you were impatient: a wind,
within it a painful punishment,
25. Destroying everything by
command of its Lord. And they
shai’im bi-amri Rabbihaa fa asbahoo laa yuraaa illaa masaakinuhum; kazaalika najzil-
became so that nothing was seen
[of them] except their dwellings.
Thus do We recompense the
criminal people.
qawmal mujrimeen [25] Wa laqad makkannaahum feemaaa im makkannaakum feehi
26. And We had certainly
established them in such as We
have not established you, and
waj’alnaa lahum sam’anw wa absaaranw wa af’idatan famaaa aghnaa ‘anhum sam’uhum We made for them hearing
and vision and hearts. But their
hearing and vision and hearts
availed them not from anything
wa laaa absaaruhum wa laaa af’idatuhum min shai’in iz kaanoo yajhadoona bi Aayaatil- [of the punishment] when they
were [continually] rejecting the
signs of Allah; and they were
enveloped by what they used to
laahi wa haaqa bihim maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi’oon [26] Wa laqad ahlaknaa ridicule.
27. And We have already
destroyed what surrounds you
of [those] cities, and We have
ma hawlakum minal quraa wa sarrafnal Aayaati la’allahum yarji’oon [27]
diversified the signs [or verses]
that perhaps they might return
[from disbelief].
Falaw laa nasarahumul lazeenat takhazoo min doonil laahi qurbaanan aalihatam- 28. Then why did those they took
besides Allah as deities by which
to approach [Him] not aid them?
But they had strayed from them.
bal dalloo ‘anhum’ wa zaalika ifkuhum wa maa kaanoo yaftaroon [28] And that was their falsehood and
M ISLAM what they were inventing.
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29. And [mention, O Muhammad],
Wa iz sarafinaaa ilaika nafaram minal jinni yastami’oonal Quraana
when We directed to you a few of
the jinn, listening to the Qur'an.
And when they attended it, they
falammaa hadaroohu qaalooo ansitoo falammaa qudiya wallaw ilaa qawmihim-
said, "Listen quietly." And when
it was concluded, they went back
to their people as warners.
30. They said, "O our people, munzireen [29] Qaaloo yaa qawmanaaa innaa sami’naa Kitaaban unzila mim-
indeed we have heard a [recited]
Book revealed after Moses
confirming what was before it ba’di Moosa musaddiqal limaa baina yadihi yahdeee ilal haqqi
which guides to the truth and to
a straight path.
31. O our people, respond to the
wa ilaa Tareeqim Mustaqeem [30] Yaa qawmanaaa ajeeboo daa’iyal laahi wa aaminoo
Messenger of Allah and believe
in him; Allah will forgive for you
your sins and protect you from a
painful punishment. bihee yaghfir lakum min zunoobikum wa yujirkum min ‘azaabin aleem [31]
32. But he who does not respond
to the Caller of Allah will not
cause failure [to Him] upon earth, Wa mal laa yujib daa’iyal laahi falaisa bimu’jizin fil ardi wa laisa lahoo
and he will not have besides
Him any protectors. Those are in
manifest error."
min dooniheee awliyaaa’; ulaaa ika fee dalaalim mubeen [32] Awalam yaraw
33. Do they not see that Allah,
who created the heavens and
earth and did not fail in their
annal laahal lazee khalaqas samaawaati wal arda wa lam ya’ya bikhal qihinna
creation, is able to give life to the
dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all
things competent.
biqaadirin ‘alaaa aiyuhyiyal mawtaa; balaaa innahoo ‘alaa kulli shai’in Qadeer [33]
34. And the Day those who
disbelieved are exposed to the
Fire [it will be said], "Is this not the
truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Wa Yawma yu’radul lazeena kafaroo ‘alan naari alaisa haaza bil haqq; qaaloo
Lord." He will say, "Then taste the
punishment because you used to
disbelieve." balaa wa Rabbinaa; qaala fazooqul ‘azaaba bimaa kuntum takfuroon [34]
35. So be patient, [O Muhammad],
as were those of determination
among the messengers and do
Fasbir kamaa sabara ulul ‘azmi minar Rusuli wa laa tasta’jil-
not be impatient for them. It will
be - on the Day they see that
which they are promised - as
though they had not remained lahum; ka annahum Yawma yarawna maa yoo’adoona lam yalbasooo illaa saa’atam-
[in the world] except an hour of
a day. [This is] notification. And
will [any] be destroyed except the min nahaar; balaagh; fahal yuhlaku illal qawmul faasiqoon [35]
defiantly disobedient people? M ISLAM
