Surah Al-Waaqia

عَلَىٰٓأَننُّبَدِّلَأَمْثَٰلَكُمْوَنُنشِئَكُمْفِىمَالَاتَعْلَمُونَ

from changing the nature of your existence and bringing you into being [anew] in a manner [as yet] unknown to you.

وَلَقَدْعَلِمْتُمُٱلنَّشْأَةَٱلْأُولَىٰفَلَوْلَاتَذَكَّرُونَ

And [since] you are indeed aware of the [miracle of your] coming into being in the first instance - why, then, do you not bethink yourselves [of Us]?

أَفَرَءَيْتُممَّاتَحْرُثُونَ

Have you ever considered the seed which you cast upon the soil?

ءَأَنتُمْتَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓأَمْنَحْنُٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ

Is it you who cause it to grow - or are We the cause of its growth?

لَوْنَشَآءُلَجَعَلْنَٰهُحُطَٰمًۭافَظَلْتُمْتَفَكَّهُونَ

[For,] were it Our will, We could indeed turn it into chaff, and you would be left to wonder [and to lament],

إِنَّالَمُغْرَمُونَ

“Verily, we are ruined!

بَلْنَحْنُمَحْرُومُونَ

Nay, but we have been deprived [of our livelihood]!”

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُٱلْمَآءَٱلَّذِىتَشْرَبُونَ

Have you ever considered the water which you drink?

ءَأَنتُمْأَنزَلْتُمُوهُمِنَٱلْمُزْنِأَمْنَحْنُٱلْمُنزِلُونَ

Is it you who cause it to come down from the clouds - or are We the cause of its coming down?

لَوْنَشَآءُجَعَلْنَٰهُأُجَاجًۭافَلَوْلَاتَشْكُرُونَ

[It comes down sweet - but] were it Our will, We could make it burningly salty and bitter: why, then, do you not give thanks [unto Us]?

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُٱلنَّارَٱلَّتِىتُورُونَ

Have you ever considered the fire which you kindle?

ءَأَنتُمْأَنشَأْتُمْشَجَرَتَهَآأَمْنَحْنُٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ

Is it you who have brought into being the tree that serves as its fuel - or are We the cause of its coming into being?

نَحْنُجَعَلْنَٰهَاتَذْكِرَةًۭوَمَتَٰعًۭالِّلْمُقْوِينَ

It is We who have made it a means to remind [you of Us], and a comfort for all who are lost and hungry in the wilderness [of their lives].

فَسَبِّحْبِٱسْمِرَبِّكَٱلْعَظِيمِ

Extol, then, the limitless glory of thy Sus­tainer’s mighty name!

فَلَآأُقْسِمُبِمَوَٰقِعِٱلنُّجُومِ

NAY, I call to witness the coming-down in parts [of this Qur’an]

وَإِنَّهُۥلَقَسَمٌۭلَّوْتَعْلَمُونَعَظِيمٌ

and, behold, this is indeed a most solemn affirmation, if you but knew it!

إِنَّهُۥلَقُرْءَانٌۭكَرِيمٌۭ

Behold, it is a truly noble discourse,

فِىكِتَٰبٍۢمَّكْنُونٍۢ

[conveyed unto man] in a well-guarded divine writ

لَّايَمَسُّهُۥٓإِلَّاٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ

which none but the pure [of heart] can touch:

تَنزِيلٌۭمِّنرَّبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds!