Surah Hud

قَالُوا۟يَٰلُوطُإِنَّارُسُلُرَبِّكَلَنيَصِلُوٓا۟إِلَيْكَفَأَسْرِبِأَهْلِكَبِقِطْعٍۢمِّنَٱلَّيْلِوَلَايَلْتَفِتْمِنكُمْأَحَدٌإِلَّاٱمْرَأَتَكَإِنَّهُۥمُصِيبُهَامَآأَصَابَهُمْإِنَّمَوْعِدَهُمُٱلصُّبْحُأَلَيْسَٱلصُّبْحُبِقَرِيبٍۢ

[Whereupon the angels] said: "O Lot! Behold, we are messengers from thy Sustainer! Never shall [thy enemies] attain to thee! Depart, then, with thy household while it is yet night, and let none of you look back; [and take with thee all thy family] with the exception of thy wife: for, behold, that which is to befall these [people of Sodom] shall befall her [as well]. Verily, their appointed time is the morning [and] is not the morning nigh?"

فَلَمَّاجَآءَأَمْرُنَاجَعَلْنَاعَٰلِيَهَاسَافِلَهَاوَأَمْطَرْنَاعَلَيْهَاحِجَارَةًۭمِّنسِجِّيلٍۢمَّنضُودٍۢ

And so, when Our judgment came to pass, We turned those [sinful towns] upside down, and rained down upon them stone-hard blows of chastisement pre-ordained. one upon another,

مُّسَوَّمَةًعِندَرَبِّكَوَمَاهِىَمِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَبِبَعِيدٍۢ

marked out in thy Sustainer's sight [for the punishment of such as are lost in sin]. And these [blows of God-willed doom] are never far from evildoers

وَإِلَىٰمَدْيَنَأَخَاهُمْشُعَيْبًۭاقَالَيَٰقَوْمِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَمَالَكُممِّنْإِلَٰهٍغَيْرُهُۥوَلَاتَنقُصُوا۟ٱلْمِكْيَالَوَٱلْمِيزَانَإِنِّىٓأَرَىٰكُمبِخَيْرٍۢوَإِنِّىٓأَخَافُعَلَيْكُمْعَذَابَيَوْمٍۢمُّحِيطٍۢ

AND UNTO [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shu'ayb. He said: "O my people! Worship God [alone]: you have no deity other than Him; and do not give short measure and weight [in any of your dealings with men]. Behold, I see you [now] in a happy state; but, verily, I dread lest suffering befall you on a Day that will encompass [you with doom]!

وَيَٰقَوْمِأَوْفُوا۟ٱلْمِكْيَالَوَٱلْمِيزَانَبِٱلْقِسْطِوَلَاتَبْخَسُوا۟ٱلنَّاسَأَشْيَآءَهُمْوَلَاتَعْثَوْا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِمُفْسِدِينَ

Hence, O my people, [always] give full measure and weight, with equity, and do not deprive people of what is rightfully theirs, and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption.

بَقِيَّتُٱللَّهِخَيْرٌۭلَّكُمْإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَوَمَآأَنَا۠عَلَيْكُمبِحَفِيظٍۢ

That which rests with God is best for you, if you but believe [in Him]! However, I am not your keeper."

قَالُوا۟يَٰشُعَيْبُأَصَلَوٰتُكَتَأْمُرُكَأَننَّتْرُكَمَايَعْبُدُءَابَآؤُنَآأَوْأَننَّفْعَلَفِىٓأَمْوَٰلِنَامَانَشَٰٓؤُا۟إِنَّكَلَأَنتَٱلْحَلِيمُٱلرَّشِيدُ

Said they: "O Shu'ayb! Does thy [habit of] praying compel thee to demand of us that we give up all that our forefathers were wont to worship, or that we refrain from doing whatever we please with our possessions? Behold, [thou wouldst have us believe that] thou art indeed the only clement, the only right-minded man!"

قَالَيَٰقَوْمِأَرَءَيْتُمْإِنكُنتُعَلَىٰبَيِّنَةٍۢمِّنرَّبِّىوَرَزَقَنِىمِنْهُرِزْقًاحَسَنًۭاوَمَآأُرِيدُأَنْأُخَالِفَكُمْإِلَىٰمَآأَنْهَىٰكُمْعَنْهُإِنْأُرِيدُإِلَّاٱلْإِصْلَٰحَمَاٱسْتَطَعْتُوَمَاتَوْفِيقِىٓإِلَّابِٱللَّهِعَلَيْهِتَوَكَّلْتُوَإِلَيْهِأُنِيبُ

He answered: "O my people! What do you think? If [it be true that] I am taking my stand on a clear evidence from my Sustainer, who has vouchsafed me goodly sustenance [as a gift] from Himself - [how could I speak to you otherwise than I do]? And yet, I have no desire to do, out of opposition to you, what I am asking you not to do: I desire no more than to set things to rights in so far as it lies within my power; but the achievement of my aim depends on God alone. In Him have I placed my trust, and unto Him do I always turn!

وَيَٰقَوْمِلَايَجْرِمَنَّكُمْشِقَاقِىٓأَنيُصِيبَكُممِّثْلُمَآأَصَابَقَوْمَنُوحٍأَوْقَوْمَهُودٍأَوْقَوْمَصَٰلِحٍۢوَمَاقَوْمُلُوطٍۢمِّنكُمبِبَعِيدٍۢ

"And, O my people, let not [your] dissent from me drive you into sin, lest there befall you the like of what befell the people of Noah, or the people of Hud. or the people of Salih: and [remember that] the people of Lot lived not very far from you!"

وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟رَبَّكُمْثُمَّتُوبُوٓا۟إِلَيْهِإِنَّرَبِّىرَحِيمٌۭوَدُودٌۭ

Hence, ask your Sustainer to forgive you your sins, and then turn towards Him in repentance - for, verily, my Sustainer is a dispenser of grace, a fount of love!"

قَالُوا۟يَٰشُعَيْبُمَانَفْقَهُكَثِيرًۭامِّمَّاتَقُولُوَإِنَّالَنَرَىٰكَفِينَاضَعِيفًۭاوَلَوْلَارَهْطُكَلَرَجَمْنَٰكَوَمَآأَنتَعَلَيْنَابِعَزِيزٍۢ

[But his people] said: "O Shu'ayb! We cannot grasp the purport of much of what thou sayest; on the other hand, behold, we do see clearly how- weak thou art in our midst:" and were it not for thy family, we would have most certainly stoned thee to death, considering that thou hast no power over us!"

قَالَيَٰقَوْمِأَرَهْطِىٓأَعَزُّعَلَيْكُممِّنَٱللَّهِوَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُوَرَآءَكُمْظِهْرِيًّاإِنَّرَبِّىبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَمُحِيطٌۭ

Said he: "O my people! Do you hold my family in greater esteem than God? -for, Him you regard as something that may be cast behind you and be forgotten! Verily, my Sustainer encompasses [with His might] all that you do!

وَيَٰقَوْمِٱعْمَلُوا۟عَلَىٰمَكَانَتِكُمْإِنِّىعَٰمِلٌۭسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَمَنيَأْتِيهِعَذَابٌۭيُخْزِيهِوَمَنْهُوَكَٰذِبٌۭوَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟إِنِّىمَعَكُمْرَقِيبٌۭ

Hence, O my people, do [to me] anything that may be within your power, [while] I, behold, shall labour [in God's way]; in time you will come to know which [of us] shall be visited by suffering that will cover him with ignominy, and which [of us] is a liar. Watch, then, [for what is coming:] behold, I shall watch with you!"

وَلَمَّاجَآءَأَمْرُنَانَجَّيْنَاشُعَيْبًۭاوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟مَعَهُۥبِرَحْمَةٍۢمِّنَّاوَأَخَذَتِٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟ٱلصَّيْحَةُفَأَصْبَحُوا۟فِىدِيَٰرِهِمْجَٰثِمِينَ

And so, when Our judgment came to pass, by Our grace We saved Shu'ayb and those who shared his faith, whereas the blast [of Our punishment] overtook those who had been bent on evildoing: and then they lay lifeless, in their very homes, on the ground,

كَأَنلَّمْيَغْنَوْا۟فِيهَآأَلَابُعْدًۭالِّمَدْيَنَكَمَابَعِدَتْثَمُودُ

as though they had never lived there. Oh, away with [the people of] Madyan, even as the Thamud have been done away with!

وَلَقَدْأَرْسَلْنَامُوسَىٰبِـَٔايَٰتِنَاوَسُلْطَٰنٍۢمُّبِينٍ

AND, INDEED, We sent Moses with Our messages and a manifest authority [from Us]

إِلَىٰفِرْعَوْنَوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦفَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟أَمْرَفِرْعَوْنَوَمَآأَمْرُفِرْعَوْنَبِرَشِيدٍۢ

unto Pharaoh and his great ones: but these followed [only] Pharaoh's bidding - and Pharaoh's bidding led by no means to what is right.

يَقْدُمُقَوْمَهُۥيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِفَأَوْرَدَهُمُٱلنَّارَوَبِئْسَٱلْوِرْدُٱلْمَوْرُودُ

[And so] he shall go before his people on the Day of Resurrection, having led them [in this world] towards the fire [of the life to come]; and vile was the destination towards which they were led -

وَأُتْبِعُوا۟فِىهَٰذِهِۦلَعْنَةًۭوَيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِبِئْسَٱلرِّفْدُٱلْمَرْفُودُ

seeing that they were pursued by [God's] rejection in this [world], and [shall be finally overtaken by it] on the Day of Resurrection; [and] vile was the gift which they were given!

ذَٰلِكَمِنْأَنۢبَآءِٱلْقُرَىٰنَقُصُّهُۥعَلَيْكَمِنْهَاقَآئِمٌۭوَحَصِيدٌۭ

THIS ACCOUNT of the [fate of those ancient] communities - some of them still remaining, and some [extinct like] a field mown-down - We convey unto thee [as a lesson for mankind]: