Surah Saba

وَمَاكَانَلَهُۥعَلَيْهِممِّنسُلْطَٰنٍإِلَّالِنَعْلَمَمَنيُؤْمِنُبِٱلْءَاخِرَةِمِمَّنْهُوَمِنْهَافِىشَكٍّۢوَرَبُّكَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍحَفِيظٌۭ

And yet, he had no power at all over them: [for if We allow him to tempt man,] it is only to the end that We might make a clear distinction between those who [truly] believe in the life to come and those who are in doubt thereof: for thy Sustainer watches over all things.

قُلِٱدْعُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَزَعَمْتُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِلَايَمْلِكُونَمِثْقَالَذَرَّةٍۢفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَلَافِىٱلْأَرْضِوَمَالَهُمْفِيهِمَامِنشِرْكٍۢوَمَالَهُۥمِنْهُممِّنظَهِيرٍۢ

SAY: “Call upon those [beings] whom you imagine [to be endowed with divine powers] beside God: they have not an atom’s weight of power either in the heavens or on earth, nor have they any share in [governing] either, nor does He [choose to] have any helper from among them.”

وَلَاتَنفَعُٱلشَّفَٰعَةُعِندَهُۥٓإِلَّالِمَنْأَذِنَلَهُۥحَتَّىٰٓإِذَافُزِّعَعَنقُلُوبِهِمْقَالُوا۟مَاذَاقَالَرَبُّكُمْقَالُوا۟ٱلْحَقَّوَهُوَٱلْعَلِىُّٱلْكَبِيرُ

And, before Him, intercession can be of no avail [to any] save one in whose case He may have granted leave [there for]: so much so that when the terror [of the Last Hour] is lifted from their hearts, they [who have been resurrected] will ask [one an­other], “What has your Sustainer decreed [for you]?” - [to which] the others will answer, “Whatever is true and deserved - for He alone is exalted, great!”

قُلْمَنيَرْزُقُكُممِّنَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِقُلِٱللَّهُوَإِنَّآأَوْإِيَّاكُمْلَعَلَىٰهُدًىأَوْفِىضَلَٰلٍۢمُّبِينٍۢ

Say: “Who is it that provides for you sus­tenance out of the heavens and the earth?” Say: “It is God. And, behold, either we [who believe in Him] or you [who deny His oneness] are on the right path, or have clearly gone astray!”

قُللَّاتُسْـَٔلُونَعَمَّآأَجْرَمْنَاوَلَانُسْـَٔلُعَمَّاتَعْمَلُونَ

Say: “Neither shall you be called to account for whatever we may have become guilty of, nor shall we be called to account for whatever you are doing.”

قُلْيَجْمَعُبَيْنَنَارَبُّنَاثُمَّيَفْتَحُبَيْنَنَابِٱلْحَقِّوَهُوَٱلْفَتَّاحُٱلْعَلِيمُ

Say: “Our Sustainer will bring us all together [on Judgment Day], and then He will lay open the truth between us, in justice - for He alone is the One who opens all truth, the All-Knowing!”

قُلْأَرُونِىَٱلَّذِينَأَلْحَقْتُمبِهِۦشُرَكَآءَكَلَّابَلْهُوَٱللَّهُٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

Say: “Point out to me those [beings] that you have joined with Him [in your minds] as partners [in His divinity]! Nay - nay, but He [alone] is God, the Almighty, the Wise!”

وَمَآأَرْسَلْنَٰكَإِلَّاكَآفَّةًۭلِّلنَّاسِبَشِيرًۭاوَنَذِيرًۭاوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ

NOW [as for thee, O Muhammad,] We have not sent thee otherwise than to mankind at large, to be a herald of glad tidings and a warner; but most people do not understand [this],

وَيَقُولُونَمَتَىٰهَٰذَاٱلْوَعْدُإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ

and so they ask, “When is this promise [of resurrection and judgment] to be fulfilled? [Answer this, O you who believe in it,] if you are men of truth!”

قُللَّكُممِّيعَادُيَوْمٍۢلَّاتَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَعَنْهُسَاعَةًۭوَلَاتَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Say: “There has been appointed for you a Day, which you can neither delay nor advance by a single moment.”

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَننُّؤْمِنَبِهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِوَلَابِٱلَّذِىبَيْنَيَدَيْهِوَلَوْتَرَىٰٓإِذِٱلظَّٰلِمُونَمَوْقُوفُونَعِندَرَبِّهِمْيَرْجِعُبَعْضُهُمْإِلَىٰبَعْضٍٱلْقَوْلَيَقُولُٱلَّذِينَٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟لِلَّذِينَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟لَوْلَآأَنتُمْلَكُنَّامُؤْمِنِينَ

And [yet,] those who are bent on denying the truth do say, “We shall never believe in this Qur’an, and neither in whatever there still remains of earlier revelations!” But if thou couldst only see [how it will be on Judgment Day,] when these evildoers shall be made to stand before their Sustainer, hurling reproaches back and forth at one another! Those [of them] who had been weak [on earth] will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance: “Had it not been for you, we would certainly have been believers!”

قَالَٱلَّذِينَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟لِلَّذِينَٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟أَنَحْنُصَدَدْنَٰكُمْعَنِٱلْهُدَىٰبَعْدَإِذْجَآءَكُمبَلْكُنتُممُّجْرِمِينَ

[And] those who were wont to glory in their arrogance will say unto those who had been weak: “Why - did we keep you [forcibly] from following the right path after it had become obvious to you? Nay, it was but you [yourselves] who were guilty!”

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟لِلَّذِينَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟بَلْمَكْرُٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِإِذْتَأْمُرُونَنَآأَننَّكْفُرَبِٱللَّهِوَنَجْعَلَلَهُۥٓأَندَادًۭاوَأَسَرُّوا۟ٱلنَّدَامَةَلَمَّارَأَوُا۟ٱلْعَذَابَوَجَعَلْنَاٱلْأَغْلَٰلَفِىٓأَعْنَاقِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟هَلْيُجْزَوْنَإِلَّامَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

But those who had been weak will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance: “Nay, [what kept us away was your] devising of false arguments, night and day, [against God’s messages- as you did] when you persuaded us to blaspheme against God and to claim that there are powers that could rival Him!” And when they see the suffering [that awaits them], they will [all] be unable to express [the full depth of] their remorse: for We shall have put shackles around the necks of those who had been bent on denying the truth: [and] will this be aught but a [just] requital for what they were doing?

وَمَآأَرْسَلْنَافِىقَرْيَةٍۢمِّننَّذِيرٍإِلَّاقَالَمُتْرَفُوهَآإِنَّابِمَآأُرْسِلْتُمبِهِۦكَٰفِرُونَ

For [thus it is:] whenever We sent a warner to any community, those of its people who had lost themselves entirely in the pursuit of pleasures would declare, “Behold, we deny that there is any truth in [what you claim to be] your message!” –

وَقَالُوا۟نَحْنُأَكْثَرُأَمْوَٰلًۭاوَأَوْلَٰدًۭاوَمَانَحْنُبِمُعَذَّبِينَ

and they would add, “Richer [than you] are we in wealth and in children, and [so] we are not going to be made to suffer!”

قُلْإِنَّرَبِّىيَبْسُطُٱلرِّزْقَلِمَنيَشَآءُوَيَقْدِرُوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ

Say: “Behold, my Sustainer grants abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, unto whomever He wills: but most men do not understand [God’s ways].”

وَمَآأَمْوَٰلُكُمْوَلَآأَوْلَٰدُكُمبِٱلَّتِىتُقَرِّبُكُمْعِندَنَازُلْفَىٰٓإِلَّامَنْءَامَنَوَعَمِلَصَٰلِحًۭافَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمْجَزَآءُٱلضِّعْفِبِمَاعَمِلُوا۟وَهُمْفِىٱلْغُرُفَٰتِءَامِنُونَ

For, it is neither your riches nor your children that can bring you nearer to Us: only he who attains to faith and does what is right and just [comes near unto Us]; and it is [such as] these whom multiple recompense awaits for all that they have done; and it is they who shall dwell secure in the mansions [of paradise] –

وَٱلَّذِينَيَسْعَوْنَفِىٓءَايَٰتِنَامُعَٰجِزِينَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَفِىٱلْعَذَابِمُحْضَرُونَ

whereas all who strive against Our messages, seeking to defeat their purpose, shall be given over to suffering.

قُلْإِنَّرَبِّىيَبْسُطُٱلرِّزْقَلِمَنيَشَآءُمِنْعِبَادِهِۦوَيَقْدِرُلَهُۥوَمَآأَنفَقْتُممِّنشَىْءٍۢفَهُوَيُخْلِفُهُۥوَهُوَخَيْرُٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

Say: “Behold, my Sustainer grants abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, unto whomever He wills of His servants; and whatever it be that you spend on others, He [always] replaces it: for He is the best of providers.”

وَيَوْمَيَحْشُرُهُمْجَمِيعًۭاثُمَّيَقُولُلِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِأَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِإِيَّاكُمْكَانُوا۟يَعْبُدُونَ

And [as for those who now deny the truth,] one Day He will gather them all together, and will ask the angels, “Was it you that they were wont to worship?”