Surah Ash-Shu’ara: English Translation & Tafsir

سورة الشعراء

227 Verses

In the Name of Almighty Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate

227 آية

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Surah Ash-Shu’ara (The Poets) is the 26th chapter of the Quran, comprising 227 verses. It takes its name from the mention of “the poets” towards the end of the chapter, drawing a clear distinction between the divine, unalterable truth of the Quran and the imaginative, often erratic words of poets. The Surah extensively recounts the historical narratives of several prophets – including Moses, Abraham, Noah, Hud, Saleh, Lot, and Shu’ayb – highlighting a recurring pattern: the delivery of the divine message, the rejection by the arrogant, and the ultimate victory of truth. Below you can read the full Surah Ash-Shu’ara in Arabic with a clear English translation and a verse-by-verse tafsir (explanation of the meaning) from Aysar al-Tafaseer, with the option to jump to any specific verse.

Tafsir of the Verses

{طسۤمۤ}

{طَا} {سِينْ} {مِيم}

(1) – وهيَ تُقْرَأُ مُقَطَّعةً، كلُّ حرفٍ على حِدَة – اللهُ أعلمُ بِمُرادِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 1

1. Ta, Sin, Mim. The letters of this word are to be read separately; Allah knows His intention better than anyone.

{تِلْكَ آيَاتُ ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلْمُبِينِ}

{آيَاتُ}

(2) – هذه الآياتُ هيَ آياتُ القُرآنِ الجَلِيِّ البيِّنِ الواضِحِ الذي يُفَرِّقُ بينَ الحقِّ والبَاطِلِ.

المُبين – المُوَضَّحُ – الجَلِيُّ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 2

2. These verses are verses of the Quran which reveals everything with utter clarity and which distinguishes the true from the false.

{لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلاَّ يَكُونُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ}

{بَاخِعٌ}

(3) لا تُهْلِكْ يا محمدُ نفسَكَ أَسىً وحُزْناً وحَسْرةً على قومِكَ إذَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بما جئتَهُم بهِ من عندِ ربكَ.

(وفي هذا الخِطابِ تَسليةٌ للرَّسولِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَمّا يُلاقِيه من قَوْمِه من عِنَادٍ وكُفْرٍ وتكذيبٍ برسالةِ ربهمْ وتَكذِيبٍ لرَسُولِهِ).

باخِعٌ – مُهْلِكٌ نَفْسَكَ حَسْرَةً وحُزْناً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 3

3. Do not consume yourself with regret, O Mohammad, at seeing that your people fail to believe in what you have brought them on Allah ‘s behalf. (This is a consolation addressed to the Messenger concerning the obstinacy and doubt that he experienced on the part of his people, who treated him and Allah’s message as lies.)

{إِن نَّشَأْ نُنَزِّلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ آيَةً فَظَلَّتْ أَعْنَاقُهُمْ لَهَا خَاضِعِينَ}

{آيَةً} {أَعْنَاقُهُمْ} {خَاضِعِينَ}

(4) – ولو نَشَاءُ أن نُنَزِّلَ عليهِمْ من السَّماءِ آيةً تَضْطَرُّهُمْ إلى الإِيمانِ اضْطِرَاراً وقَهْراً لَفَعَلْنَا، كَمَا نَتَقْنا الجَبَلَ فوقَ بني إسرائيلَ، ولكنِّنَا لا نفعلُ ذلكَ، لأنَّنَا لا نُريدُ أَنْ يؤمِنَ أحدٌ إلا طَائِعاً مُخْتَاراً، مُقْتَنِعاً بصدقِ ما جاءَ بهِ الرُّسُلُ. وقد أنزلْنَا الكُتُبَ، وأَرسَلْنا الرُّسُلَ، لِتَقومَ الحُجَّةُ البالِغَةُ على الخَلْقِ.

وقيلَ إنَّ أَعْناقهُمْ تَعْني قَادَتَهم وَزُعَمَاءَهُم.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 4

4. If We wished, We could send down upon them from Heaven a sign which would oblige them to believe, as We once brandished a mountain over the children of Israel. But We do not wish to do that because We desire each man to believe of his own free will after having been convinced of the truth of that which the Messengers have communicated. We have sent down Books and Messengers as an irrefutable argument for mankind. (It is said that in this verse the word anakou -their necks – refers to their leaders and chiefs.)

{وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ مُحْدَثٍ إِلاَّ كَانُواْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضِينَ}

(5) – وما يأتي هؤلاء المُشركينَ، الذين يُكَذِّبُونَكَ، شيءٌ من عندِ اللهِ يُذَكِّرهُم بالدّينِ الحَقِّ، إِلاَّ أعْرَضُوا عنِ اسْتِمَاعِهِ وتَرَكُوا إعْمَالَ الفِكْرِ فيهِ، ولَمْ يُوَجِّهُوا هَمَّهُمْ إلى تَدَبُّرِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 5

5. Whenever a fresh revelation is sent to remind those who treat you as a liar, to recall them to the true religion, they refuse to heed it. They do not ponder it and do not even bother to understand it.

{فَقَدْ كَذَّبُواْ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنبَاءُ مَا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ}

{أَنبَاءُ} {يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ}

(6) – لَقَدْ كَذَّبَ هؤلاءِ المشركونَ بما جاءَهُم من ربهمْ من الحَقِّ، ثم انْتَقَلُوا منَ التَّكْذيبِ إلى الاسْتِهْزَاءِ فاصْبِرْ عليْهِمْ فَسَوْفَ يَرَوْنَ – بَعْدَ حينٍ – عَوَاقِبَ هذا التَّكذِيبِ والاستِهزاءِ، وَسَيَحِلُّ بهم العِقَابُ على ذلِكَ.

(وقدْ يكُونُ ذلكَ في الحَياةِ الدُّنْيا، وقدْ يَكُونُ ذلكَ يومَ القِيامَةِ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 6

6. These idolaters treat the Lord’s truth as a lie, and then mock it. Let them be! For the time will come when they will see the consequences of their accusations of mendacity and their mockery, and they will receive their punishment. (And that may be during their life on earth or in the world to come.)

{أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ إِلَى ٱلأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ}

(7) – كَيفَ يُصِرُّونَ على الكُفْرِ باللهِ، وعَلى تَكْذِيبِ رَسُولِه ومَا جاءَهُم بهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّهِ، واللهُ تعالى هو الذي خَلَقَ الأرْضَ، وأَنْبَتَ فيها الزروعَ والثِّمارَ في أصنافٍ وطُعُومٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ تَبْهَرُ النَّاظِرين، وتَسْتَرْعِي أنْظَارَ الغَافِلين، أفَلَمْ يَرَ هؤلاءِ ذلكَ؟ إنَّهُمْ لو نَظَرُوا مُتَأَمِّلِينَ لاهْتَدَوْا إلى الإِيمانِ باللهِ وَحْدَه لا شَرِيكَ لهُ.

مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ – مِنْ كُلِّ صِنْفٍ حَسَنٍ كَريمٍ كَثيرِ النَّفْعِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 7

7. Why do they persist in denying the existence of Allah and in treating His messenger as a liar and Allah’s messages as lies, when it is Allah Almighty who created the Earth and brought forth plants and fruits of all kinds and all tastes, which delight all those who witness them and draw the attention of even the most distracted of men – do they not see all these things? If they had seen and pondered, they would have been guided towards faith in the One God, without any associate.

{إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُّؤْمِنِينَ}

{لآيَةً}

(8) – وفي إخراجِ النَّبَاتِ منَ الأرضِ على هذهِ الأشْكَالِ البدِيعةِ، لدلالاتٌ، لأُولي الألْبَابِ والعُقولِ، على قُدْرَةِ الخَالِقِ على البَعْثِ والنُّشورِ، فإنَّ مَنْ أحْيَا الأرضَ بعدَ مَوْتِها، وأخرجَ النَّبَاتَ والأشْجَارَ والزّروعَ والفَوَاكِهَ مِنْها لن يُعْجِزَهُ نَشْرُ الخَلائِق من قُبورِهِمْ يومَ القِيَامَةِ ولكنَّ أكثرَ الناسِ غَفَلُوا عنْ هَذِهِ الآياتِ فجَحَدُوا بها، وكَفَرُوا باللهِ، وكَذَّبُوا رُسُلَهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 8

8. For those who are blessed with intelligence, the capacity to bring forth from the soil plants of such magnificently various kinds is a sign of the power of the Creator to effect re-birth. For Him who can re-endow the formerly dead soil with life and bring forth from it plants, trees, harvests, and fruits, it will not be difficult to resurrect His creatures from their tombs on the Day of Judgement. But most people have ignored Allah’s signs and denied them and have not believed in Allah and have treated His messengers as liars.

{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(9) – ورَبُّكَ أيُّها الرَّسُولَ هو العزيزُ الذي لا يُنالُ، وقَد غَلَبَ كلَّ شيء، وهوَ الرَّؤوفُ الرحيمُ بِخَلْقِهِ، فلا يُعَجِّلُ بالعُقُوبةِ علَى مَنْ عَصَاهُ، بل يُؤجِّلُهُ ويُنْظِرهُ، ثمَّ يَأْخُذُهُ أخْذَ عزيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ، وسَيَنْتَقِمُ منْ هؤلاءِ المُكذِّبينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 9

9. Most certainly, Mohammad, your Lord, the Omnipotent whom no one can harm, determines all things and is merciful and compassionate towards His creatures. That is why He does not hasten the punishment of those who have disobeyed Him, but gives them time and waits. Then He seizes them with his omnipotent power. And He will wreak His revenge upon those who treat His messages as lies.

{وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}

{ٱلظَّالِمِينَ}

(10) – واذْكُرْ أيُّها الرسولُ لِقَوْمِكَ، قِصَّةَ مُوسى عليهِ السلامُ، حينَما نَاداهُ ربُّهُ من جَانِِبِ الطُّورِ الأيمنِ، وكَلَّمَهُ ونَاجَاهُ، وأمَرَهُ بالذَّهَابِ إلى القومِ الظالمينَ، الذين ظَلَمُوا أنْفُسَهُم بِكُفْرِهِمْ، والظَّالمِينَ لِبَنيِ إسْرائيلَ باسْتِعْبَادِهِمْ، وذَبْحِ الذُّكُورِ مِنْ أبْنَائِهمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 10

10. O Mohammad, tell your people the story of Moses (peace be upon him), when his Lord summoned him to ascend the mountain. He spoke to him and told him to go down to the unjust, who had done harm to themselves and to the children of Israel by treating them as slaves and slaughtering their male children.

{قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَلا يَتَّقُونَ}

(11) – ثُم بَيَّنَ اللهُ تَعالى القَومَ الظَّالمينَ الذينَ أَرْسَلَ إليهم نبيَّهُ مُوسى عليه السلامْ، فقالَ: إِنَّهُمْ فرعونُ ومَلَؤُهُ (أي مَنْ حَوْلَهُ مِنْ كِبَارِ رجالِ دَوْلَتِهِ). وقالَ اللهُ تَعالى لمُوسى ألا يَتَّقي هؤلاءِ الظَّالمونَ رَبَّهُمْ ويَحْذَرُونَ عِقَابَهُ، ويَخَافونَ عَاقِبَةَ بَغْيِهِمْ وكُفْرِهِمْ بهِ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 11

11. Then Allah Almighty describes the unjust people to whom He had sent His prophet Moses, saying that He is referring to Pharaoh and the leaders of his kingdom. Allah Almighty said to Moses: “These unjust men, do they not comport themselves piously, do they not seek to avoid their Lord’s punishment, and do they not fear the penalties entailed by their injustice and their disbelief?”

{قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيۤ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ}

(12) – فقالَ موسى لِرَبِّهِ: إنَّهُ يخَافُ أن يُكَذِّبَهُ فِرْعَوْنَ ومَلَؤُهُ، فيما يَأْتيهِمْ بِه، كِبْراً وبَطَراً وعِنَاداً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 12

12. Moses (peace be upon him) then said to his Lord that he feared that Pharaoh and his band of leaders, through their obstinacy and vanity, treated him as a liar.

{وَيَضِيقُ صَدْرِي وَلاَ يَنطَلِقُ لِسَانِي فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَىٰ هَارُونَ}

{هَارُونَ}

(13) – وإنَّهُ يخافُ إذا كَذَّبوهُ أن يَضِيق صَدْرُهُ، تَأَثُّراً، ويَتَلَجْلَجَ لسانُهُ، وهو يُجَادِلُهُمْ ويُناقِشُهُمْ ويَدْعُوهُمْ إلى اللهِ، ثم رَجَا رَبَّهُ أنْ يُرْسِلَ مَعَهُ أخَاه هارونَ، ويجعَلَهُ نَبِيّاً مَعهُ يُؤازِرُهُ ويَشُّدُّ بهِ عَضُدَهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 13

13. Moses feared that if he was treated as a liar his breast would seize up and he would stammer when he was arguing with them and inviting them to believe in Allah. Then he prayed his Lord to summon his brother Aaron and make him a prophet who could then steel his resolve and strengthen his hand.

{وَلَهُمْ عَلَيَّ ذَنبٌ فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ}

(14) – ثُمَّ عَادَ يَعْتَذِرُ إلى رَبِّهِ بأنهُ كَانَ قَتَلَ رَجُلاً مِنَ القِبْطِ وهَرَبَ مِنْ العقابِ إِلى مَدْيَنَ، ولذلكَ فَإِنَّهُ يَخَافُ أن يقْتُلُوهُ قِصَاصاً بتلكَ الجريمةِ، إِذا جَاءَهُمْ وَحْدَهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 14

14. Then he asked the Lord’s pardon for having killed a Copt and fled to Madian to avoid punishment. For this reason he feared that if he went to them alone they would kill him for having committed this crime.

{قَالَ كَلاَّ فَٱذْهَبَا بِآيَاتِنَآ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ مُّسْتَمِعُونَ}

{بِآيَاتِنَآ}

(15) – فَرَدَّ اللهُ تَعالى عَلى مُوسى قَائِلاً: لاَ تَخَفْ شَيئاً منْ ذلك. إِنَّنَا سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بأخِيكَ هَارونَ، فاذْهَبْ أَنْتَ وإيَّاهُ إلى فِرْعَوْنَ بالآياتِ التي آتَيْتُكُمْ، ومنْها العَصا واليَدُ، وسَأكونُ مَعَكُما حَاضِراً مُسْتَمِعاً ومُبْصِراً ما سَيَجْري، وأنتُما بِحِفْظِي ورِعَايَتي، وأنتُما الغَالِبَانِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 15

15. Then Allah Almighty replied to him: “Fear nothing; We will strengthen your hand through your brother Aaron. Go then to Pharaoh, you and your brother, and bring him the signs that I have given you – with your staff in your hand. I will watch over you and see what happens. You are under My protection. You will be the victors.

{فَأْتِيَا فِرْعَوْنَ فَقُولاۤ إِنَّا رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(16) – فاذْهَبا إلى فِرْعَوْنَ وقُولا لهُ: إِنَّ كُلاًّ منكُما مُرْسَلٌ إِليكَ وإِلى قَوْمِكَ مِنْ رَبِّ العَالَمين.

(وكَلِمةُ رَسُولٍ تُسْتَعْمَلُ لِلفَرْدِ والجَمْعِ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 16

16. “Go, then, the two of you, to Pharaoh, and tell him that you are the messengers of the Lord of all,

{أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِيۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ}

{إِسْرَائِيلَ}

(17) – وهوَ يَأْمُرُكَ بأنْ تُطْلِقَ بني إسرائيلَ مِنْ قَبْضَتِكَ وإسَارِكَ وقَهْرِكَ وتَكُفَّ عَنْ تَعْذِيبِهِمْ، فإنَّهُمْ عبَادُ اللهِ المُؤْمِنُون، وأَنْ تَتْرُكَهُمْ يَذْهَبُونَ مَعَنَا إِلى الأرضِ المُقَدَّسَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 17

17. “who commands you thus: ‘Free the children of Israel from your tyranny, cease tormenting them, for they are believers and the servants of Allah, and let them leave for the holy land in our company.’”

{قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيداً وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ}

(18) – فَرَدَّ فرعَونُ على مُوسى بازْدِرَاءٍ، وعَدَمِ اكْتِرَاثٍ، وقَالَ لَهُ: أَمَا أنْتَ الذي رَبَّيْنَاهُ في بَيْتِنا، وَهُوَ طِفْلٌ صغيرٌ، وأنْعَمْنَا عليهِ عَدَداً مَن السنينَ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 18

18. But Pharaoh answered Moses with scorn and indifference and said: “Are you not he whom we raised amongst us from childhood and who has received our gifts for these many years?

{وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِي فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَافِرِينَ}

{ٱلْكَافِرِينَ}

(19) – ثم قابَلْتَ ذلكَ الإِحسانَ بقَتْلِ رجُلٍ مِنَّا، وجَحَدْتَ نِعْمَتَنا عليكَ وكَفَرْتَ بها.

الكَافِرينَ – الجَاحِدينَ للنِّعْمَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 19

19. “Are you not he who later repaid our generosity by murdering one of our people, spurning our favours, and joining the ranks of the ungrateful?”

{قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذاً وَأَنَاْ مِنَ ٱلضَّالِّينَ}

(20) – فَقَالَ موسى مُجِيباً: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ تِلْكَ الفَعْلَةَ – وهيَ قَتْلُ القِبْطيِّ – وأنَا إذْ ذَاكَ منَ الجَاهلينَ أنَّ وَكْزَتِي سَتَقْضِي عليهِ.

(وقيل إنَّ المَعْنى هُو: لقدْ فعلْتُها وأنَا في تِلكَ الحَالِ (إذاً) قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوحِي اللهُ إليَّ بالرِّسَالَةِ، والنُّبُوَّةِ وكُنْتُ جَاهِلاً).

الضَّالِّين – المُخْطِئِينَ غَيرِ المُتَعَمِّدِينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 20

20. Then Moses replied: “I committed my infamous crime – the murder of a Copt – not knowing that the blow I had dealt him was mortal.” (It is said that what is meant here is that he committed the murder when he still belonged to the unbelievers, before Allah revealed His mission to him and made him His prophet.)

{فَفَرَرْتُ مِنكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ لِي رَبِّي حُكْماً وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ}

(21) – فَهَرَبْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُ أن تَبْطِشُوا بِي، فاخْتَارَنِي اللهُ لِحَمْلِ رِسَالَتِه، ووَهَبَنِي عِلْماً بالأشْيَاءِ على وجْهِ الصَّوَابِ، وجَعَلَنِي رَسُولاً لِهِدَايَةِ العِبَادِ، وأمَرَنِي بأنْ آتِيَكَ لأَِدْعُوَكَ إليهِ، فإنْ أَطَعْتَهُ سَلِمْتَ، وإن خَالَفْتَهُ هَلَكْتَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 21

21. “Therefore I fled from you because I was afraid that you would capture me by force. It was then that my Lord chose me to carry out His mission, and granted me wisdom and force of judgement, and assigned me as a messenger to His people, and commanded me to come to see you and invite you to believe in Him. If you obey Him you will be saved; if you deny Him, you will be destroyed.

{وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ}

{إِسْرَائِيلَ}

(22) – وإنَّكَ تَمُنُّ عَلَيَّ بأنَّكَ أحْسَنْتَ إِلَيِّ، وَرَبَّيْتَنِي في بَيْتِكَ، ولكنَّكَ اسْتَعْبَدْتَ بَنِي إسرائيلَ، وجَعَلْتَهُمْ عَبِيداً لكَ وخَدَماً تُصَرِّفُهُمْ في أعْمَالِكَ الشَّاقَةِ، وتَذْبَحُ أبْنَاءَهُمْ، ولولا خَوفُ أُمِّي عليَّ مِنَ الذَّبْحِ لَمَا قَذَفَتْنِي في التَّابُوتِ في الماءِ، ولما صِرْتُ إلى قَصْرِكَ، ولَكَانَ أَبَوَايَ رَبَّيَانِي، ولَمَا كُنتُ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلى تَرْبِيَتِكَ لِي. فَلَيْسَتْ نِعْمَتُكَ عَلَيَّ، وتَرْبِيَتُكَ إِيَّايَ بِشَيْءٍ يُقَاسُ بالنِّسْبَةِ ألى ما فَعَلْتَهُ أنْتَ بِبَني إسرائيلَ.

عَبَّدْتَ بَني إسرائيلَ – اتَّخَذْتَهُمْ عَبِيداً لَكَ مُسْتَذَلِّينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 22

22. “You reproach me on account of your favours towards me and because you raised me in your household, whereas you subjugated the children of Israel and made slaves of them and burdened them with the most arduous tasks and slaughtered their sons. If my mother had not feared that I would be slaughtered, she would not have placed me in the casket and then placed it in the water, and I would not then have needed your favours nor would I have been raised by you. Your favours and my upbringing are as nothing when compared with what you did to the children of Israel.”

{قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(23) – وكانَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَحْمِلُ قَوْمَهُ على عِبَادَةِ شَخْصِهِ هُوَ، ويَقُولُ لَهُمْ:{مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرِي} فَلَمَّا دَعاه مُوسى إِلى عبادةِ اللهِ، وقالَ لهُ إني رسولُ رَبِّ العَالَمين، قالَ لهُ فِرعونُ مُسْتَخِفّاً جَاحِداً: ومَنْ رَبُّ العَالَمِين هذا الذي تَدَّعِي أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَكَ إِلَيِّ؟ وما هِيَ حَقِيقَتُهُ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 23

23. Pharaoh forced his people to worship his own person, and he said to them: “I do not recognize any divinity for you other than myself.” (See chapter 28- Al-Qasas (The Narration), 38.) When Moses (peace be upon him) him to worship Allah and told him that he was the messenger of the Lord of all things, Pharaoh replied with irony and scorn: “And what is this Lord of all things whose messenger you claim to be? What kind of reality does he have?”

{قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ مُّوقِنِينَ}

{ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ}

(24) – فَقَالَ لهُ مُوسى: إنَّه خَالِقُ السَّمَاواتِ والأرْضِ وما بينَهُما، ومالِكُ كلِّ شيءٍ وإلهُهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، ولَوْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ قُلُوبٌ مُوقِنةٌ، وأبْصَارٌ نَافِذَةٌ لانْتَفَعْتُمْ بِهَذا الجَوابِ، ولاهْتَديتُم، وَلَعرفْتُم أنَّ مُلْكَ فِرعَونَ لا يُقَاسُ بِمُلْكِ اللهِ العظيم.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 24

24. Moses answered him: “Allah is the Creator of the heavens and the earth and of all that lies between, the Master and Lord of all things, without any associate. If you possessed the hearts of confident and clear-sighted believers, this answer would be of use to you; you would be guided and you would know that the majesty of Pharaoh is as nothing compared with the majesty of Allah Almighty.”

{قَالَ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ أَلاَ تَسْتَمِعُونَ}

(25) – فالتَفَتَ فرعَونُ إلى مَنْ حَوْلَهُ من مَلَئِهِ، وكِبَارِ رِجَالِ دَوْلَتِهِ، قائِلاً لهُمْ على سَبيلِ التَّهَكُّمِ والاسْتِهْزَاءِ والسُّخْرِيَةِ والتَّكْذِيبِ لمُوسَى: ألاَ تَسْتَمعونَ إلى ما يقُولُه هذا في زعْمِه أنَّ لكمْ إِلَهاً غَيْري.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 25

25. Then Pharaoh turned towards the chief men around him and mocked Moses as a liar: “Do you not hear his claim that you have a God other than me?”

{قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ آبَآئِكُمُ ٱلأَوَّلِينَ}

{آبَآئِكُمُ}

(26) – فتابَعَ مُوسى عليهِ السلامُ وصْفَ عَظَمَةِ اللهِ تَعالى، قائلاً: إنهُ ربُّكُم وخالِقُكُمْ، وخَالقُ آبائِكُم الأولينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكم.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 26

26. Moses (peace be upon him) continued to describe the greatness of Allah Almighty, saying: “He is your Lord, and He created you and your remotest ancestors.”

{قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَكُمُ ٱلَّذِيۤ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمَجْنُونٌ}

(27) – فَقَالَ فرعَونُ لمَلَئِه: إنَّ هذا الذي يَدَّعِي أنَّهُ رسُولٌ إليكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّ العَالمينَ هوَ رجُلٌ مَجْنُونٌ لا عَقلَ لهُ، إذْ يَدَّعِي أنَّ ثَمَّةَ إلهاً غيرَهُ هوَ (أي غَيْرَ فرعَونَ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 27

27. Then Pharaoh said to his chief men: “This man who claims to be a messenger to you and an emissary from the Lord of all things, is undoubtedly a madman incapable of reflection, for he claims that there is a Allah other than me.”

{قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ}

(28) – فقالَ لهُ موسَى: إنَّ اللهَ رَبَّهُ هو ربُّكُمُ الذي جَعَلَ المَشْرِقَ مَشْرِقاً، والمغْرِبَ مَغْرِباً، فَتَطْلُعُ الكَواكِبُ من المَشْرِقِ، وتَغْرُبُ في المَغْرِبِ، هذا إنْ كانَتْ عُقُولٌ تَفْقَهُونَ بها ما تَرَوْنَ، وما يُقَالُ لَكُمْ. فإذا لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا باللهِ فأنْتُمْ الذينَ تَسْتَحِقُّونَ أن تُوصَفُوا بالجُنُون.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 28

28. Then Moses said to him: “Allah is my Lord and yours, who created the rising sun in the east and the setting sun in the west; it is thus that the planets rise in the east and set in the west, if you understand what you see and the words that you hear. If you do not believe in Allah, then all of you deserve to be treated as madmen.”

{قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَـٰهَاً غَيْرِي لأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ}

{لَئِنِ}

(29) – فلما شعرَ فرعونُ أنهُ غُلِبَ وانْقَطَعَتْ حُجَّّتُهُ، عَدَلَ إِلَى اسْتِعْمَال جاهِهِ وقوةِ سُلْطَانِهِ، واعْتَقَدَ أنَّ ذَلكَ نافِعُهُ، ونافِذٌ في مُوسى وأخِيه فقال لمُوسى: إذا عَبَدْتَ إلَهاً غَيْرِي فَسَأَسْجُنُكَ، وأنتَ تَعْرِفُ سُوْءَ حَالِ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ في سِجْنِي.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 29

29. When Pharaoh realized that he was beaten and that he had no more arguments at his disposal, he abandoned the debate and took refuge in his status and the force of his power, believing that these would serve him in vanquishing Moses and his brother; so he said to Moses: “If you adopt a deity other than me, I will most certainly put you in prison, and you know how wretched the conditions of my prisoners are.”

{قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكَ بِشَيءٍ مُّبِينٍ}

(30) – فقالَ مُوسى لفِرعَونَ مُتَلَطِّفاً طَمَعاً في إيمانِهِ: وهَلْ تَسْجُنُنِي حتَى ولو جئْتُكَ بِبُرْهَانٍ قَاطعٍ واضِحٍ على صِدقِ ما أقولُ منْ أنَّنِي مُرْسَلٌ إليكَ مِنَ الإِلهِ القادِرِ وأنَّ هذِهِ المُعْجزةَ تَدُلُّ على عَظَمَةِ اللهِ وقُدْرَتِه وحِكْمَتِه؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 30

30. Moses spoke to Pharaoh gently, hoping for his conversion: “Will you still put me in prison if I can give you decisive and incontrovertible proof of the truth of my claim that have been sent to you on behalf of Allah Omnipotent, and when this miracle proves the greatness of Allah and His power and His wisdom?”

{قَالَ فَأْتِ بِهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّادِقِينَ}

{ٱلصَّادِقِينَ}

(31) – فقالَ لهُ فرعونُ هاتِ ما عِنْدَكَ مِنْ بُرْهَانٍ، إنْ كُنْتَ صَادقاً في دَعْوَاكَ أنَّ لَدَيْكَ آيةً ومُعجزة.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 31

31. Then Pharaoh said to him: “Show me what kind of proof you have, if you are not lying about a miracle or a sign.”

{فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ}

(32) – فألقَى موسى العَصَا التي كَانَتْ بيدِهِ، فانْقَلبتْ إلى ثعبانٍ حَقِيقيٍّ ظَاهِرٍ في غَايَةِ الوُضُوحِ والجَلاءِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 32

32. Moses threw down the staff that he carried in his hand, and it turned into a real serpent.

{وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ}

{لِلنَّاظِرِينَ}

(33) – وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ جَيْبِ قَمِيصِهِ فإذا بِها تَتَلأْلأُ كَفِلْقَةِ القَمَرِ من غيرِ سُوءٍ ولا مَرَضٍ.

نَزَعَ يَدَهُ – أخْرَجَهَا مِنْ جَيْبهِ (والجَيْبُ فَتْحَةُ الثَّوْبِ عندَ الصَّدْرِ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 33

33. Then he drew his hand out of his tunic and it was white and shining like the moon without having been affected by any disease or sickness.

{وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ}

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 34

34. Pharaoh immediately began to accuse Moses of lying, and he stubbornly said to the chief men around him: “Moses is a very clever and gifted magician. It is not a miracle.” Then he urged them to contradict Moses and not to believe in him.

{يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ بِسِحْرِهِ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ}

(35) – فقال لهُمْ إنَّهُ يُريدُ بسِحْرِهِ هذا أن يَذْهَبَ بقُلُوبِ النَّاسِ، فَيُكَثِّرَ أَعْوَانَهُ وأتْبَاعَهُ، ويَغْلِبَكُم بعدَ ذلكَ على دَوْلَتِكُمْ، فَيَأْخُذَ البِلادَ مِنْكُمْ، ويُخْرِجَكُم مِنْها، فَأَشِيرُوا عليَّ بالذي تَرَوْنَ في أمْرِهِ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 35

35. He told them that Moses was trying to dazzle them with his magic, and that he might in this way gain followers who would vanquish them, seize their territories, and cast them out of the land. “What then do you advise me to do?”

{قَالُوۤاْ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِي ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَاشِرِينَ}

{ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ} {حَاشِرِينَ}

(36) – فَقَالَ الملأُ لفرعَونَ: أَجِّلِ الفَصْلَ في أمْرِهِ وأمْرِ أَخِيهِ، وأرْسِلْ مِنْ قِبلِكَ رُسُلاً (حاشِرِينَ) يَطُوفُونَ أرْجَاءَ مَمْلَكَتِكَ بَحْثاً عنِ السَّحَرَةِ أَرْجِهْ – أَخِّرْ أمْرَهُمَا ولا تُعَجِّلْ لهُما بالعُقُوبَةِ.

حَاشِرين – أُنَاساً يَجْمَعُون لكَ السَّحَرَةَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 36

36. The chief men said to Pharaoh: “Put him off, him and his bother, and send your messengers throughout the kingdom to assemble all our magicians.

{يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَحَّارٍ عَلِيمٍ}

(37) – ليأتوكَ بكلِّ مَنْ لَهُ عِلْمٌ كَافٍ بالسِّحْرِ، وفُنُونِه، لِيُقَابِلُوا مُوسى وأَخَاه بِنَظيرِ ما جَاءَ بِه مُوسى فَتَغْلِبَهُ أنْتَ، وتكونَ لكَ النُّصْرَةُ والغَلَبَةُ عليهِ، وعَلى أخِيهِ. فأجَابَهُم فرعَونُ إلى ذلكَ وكَانَ هذا مِنْ تَسْخِير اللهِ تَعالى لِيَجْتَمِعَ السَّحَرةُ والناسُ في صَعِيدٍ واحِدٍ، وتَظْهَرَ آياتُ اللهِ وحُجَجُهُ في النَّهَارِ جَهْرَةً أمَامَ الخَلائِقِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 37

37. “Let them bring you our greatest, wisest magicians, to confront Moses and his brother and vanquish them through the same magic. In this way you will be the victor.” Pharaoh followed their advice, which was just as Allah intended: so that all the magicians and the people could come together and witness His signs and arguments, in broad daylight, publicly, in the presence of everyone.

{فَجُمِعَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِمِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ}

{لِمِيقَاتِ}

(38) – فَضُرِبُ للسَّحرةِ مَوْعِدٌ يَجْتَمِعُونَ فيهِ في مَكانٍ مُعَيِّنٍ ووقتٍ مُحَدَّدٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 38

38. Pharaoh arranged for the meeting of magicians and appointed a certain day.

{وَقِيلَ لِلنَّاسِ هَلْ أَنتُمْ مُّجْتَمِعُونَ}

(39) – ودُعيَ الناسُ إلى الاجْتماع لِمُشَاهَدَةِ المُبارَزَةِ بينَ السَّحَرةِ وبينَ مُوسى وهَارونَ، فَأخذَ الناسُ يَحُثُّ بعضُهُم بَعْضاً على الاجْتِمَاعِ في اليومِ المَعْلُومِ لحُضُورِ الحَفْلِ المَشْهُودِ.

هَلْ أنتُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ – حَثٌّ على الاجْتِمَاعِ واسْتِعْجَالٌ لَهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 39

39. The people were invited to attend the meeting between the magicians and Moses and his brother Aaron, and they urged one another to come and attend the famous festival on the appointed day.

{لَعَلَّنَا نَتَّبِعُ ٱلسَّحَرَةَ إِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلْغَالِبِينَ}

{ٱلْغَالِبِينَ}

(40) – وقالَ قائلُهمْ: لعلَّنَا نَتَّبعُ السَّحَرَةَ إنْ غَلَبُوا مُوسَى وأخَاه. (ولم يَقُولُوا لَعلَّنا نتبعُ الحقَّ سَواءٌ كانَ منَ السَحَرةِ أو مِن موسَى، ولكنهُمْ كانُوا على دِينِ مَلِكِهِمْ فرعونَ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 40

40. They said: “Then we can follow the magicians when they gain the victory!” (They did not say: “Then we can follow the truth, whether the victory goes to the magicians or to Moses,” for they had the same religion as Pharaoh, their king.)

{فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالُواْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَإِنَّ لَنَا لأَجْراً إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَالِبِينَ}

{أَإِنَّ} {ٱلْغَالِبِينَ}

(41) – وَجَاءَ السَّحَرةُ إلى مَجْلِسِ فرعونَ، وَقَدْ جَلَسَ على كُرْسِيِّهِ وحولَهُ كِبَارُ رِجَالِ دَوْلَتِهِ، وخَدَمُهُ وحَشَمُهُ وجُنْدُهُ، فَقامَ السَّحَرةُ بينَ يديْ فرعونَ يَطْلُبون منهُ الإِحْسَان إليهمْ إنْ غَلَبُوا مُوسى وهَارونَ، وقالُوا لهُ: وهَلْ لَنَا مِنْ أجرٍ إذا انْتَصَرْنَا عليهِما؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 41

41. The magicians came to Pharaoh, who was seated on his throne surrounded by the leaders of his kingdom, his servants, and his soldiers. The magicians presented themselves before Pharaoh and demanded a reward if they were victorious over Moses and Aaron, saying: “Will there really be a reward for us, if we are the victors?”

{قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ إِذاً لَّمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ}

(42) – فقالَ لهمْ فرعونُ: نَعَمْ إنَّ لَكُمْ لأَجْراً، وإنَّ لَكُمْ عِنْدِي أكثرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فإنَّكُمْ سَتَكُونُونَ مِنْ جُلَسَائِي، ومنَ المُقَرَّبِين عِنْدِي.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 42

42. Pharaoh replied: “Yes, you will receive a reward; you will get even more: you will be among my companions and favourites.”

{قَالَ لَهُمْ مُّوسَىٰ أَلْقُواْ مَآ أَنتُمْ مُّلْقُونَ}

(43) – ولمَّا اجْتَمَعُوا، في اليومِ المَعْلُومِ، أمَامَ فرعونَ والناسِ المُحْتَشِدينَ، سأَلَ السَّحَرَةُ مُوسى إنْ كَان يُريدُ أن يَبْدَأَ هو بإلقاءِ ما عِنْدَهُ مِنْ فُنُونِ السِّحْرِ، أوْ يكونُونَ هُمُ البَادِئِيْنَ؟ فقالَ لهمْ: بَلْ ألْقُوا أنُتمْ مَا لَدَيْكُم من فُنُونِ السِّحْرِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 43

43. When they met, on the appointed day, in front of Pharaoh and the crowd of people, the magicians asked Moses if he was to cast his spells first or whether they should. He replied: “You; cast whatever spells you will.”

{فَأَلْقَوْاْ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَونَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَالِبُونَ}

{ٱلْغَالِبُونَ}

(44) – فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وعِصِيَّهُمْ فسَحَرُوا أعْيُنَ الناسِ واستَرْهَبُوهمْ وجَاؤُوا بسحرٍ عَظيمٍ – كَما جَاءَ في آيةٍ أُخْرَى – ونَظَرُوا إلى مَا أَتَوْا منَ السِّحْرِ فظنُّوهُ عَظيماً، وداخَلَهُم الزَّهْوُ، وأيْقَنُوا بالنَّصْرِ، فأقْسَمُوا بِعِزَّةِ فرعَوْنَ، وَقُوَّتِهِ، وَيُمْنِهِ، أنهُمْ سَيكونُون الغالبينَ.

بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ – بِعَظَمَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ ويُمْنِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 44

44. Then they threw down their cords and their staffs, bewitching the eyes of the onlookers, overwhelming them and practicing great magic, as is described in another verse (See chapter 7- Al-A’raf (The Heights), 116). The crowd saw what impressive magic the magicians could work and they found them superb, and so they boasted and believed that the victory was theirs and swore by the power of Pharaoh that they would be the conquerors.

{فَأَلْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ}

(45) – فألقَى مُوسى عَصَاهُ فانْقَلَبَتْ ثُعْبَاناً عَظِيماً أخَذَ يُطَارِدُ حِبَالَ السَّحَرةِ، وعِصَيَّهُمْ، ويَبتلعُها، حتّى أتَى عَليْها جَميعاً، وقَدْ حَدَثَ كلُّ ذلِكَ أمامَ فرعونَ ومَلِئِه وجُندِهِ وأهلِ مَمْلِكَتهِ.

ما يأفِكُون – ما يَكْذِبُون، ويُمَوِّهُونَ بِهِ على النَّاسِ.

تَلْقَفُ – تَبْتَلِعُ بسرعةٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 45

45. Then Moses threw down his staff which turned into an enormous serpent which fell upon the cords and staffs of the magicians and swallowed them up until it had devoured them all. All of this took place under the eyes of Pharaoh, his chief men, his soldiers, and the inhabitants of his kingdom.

{فَأُلْقِيَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ}

{سَاجِدِينَ}

(46) – وعَلِمَ السَّحَرَةُ أنَّ مَا أتَى بهِ مُوسَى لَيْسَ سِحْراً، لأنَّهُ لوَ كانَ سِحْراً لَما غَلَبَهُمْ، وهُمْ جُمُوعٌ من السَّحَرةِ، لهمْ بالسحْرِ علمٌ وَمَعْرِفَةٌ، وأيْقَنُوا أَنَّ مَا أتَى بهِ مُوسى هوَ الحَقُّ من عندِ اللهِ تَعالى، فَخَرُّوا على وُجُوهِهِمْ سَاجِدينَ للهِ ربِّ العالَمينَ، تَائِبينَ مُسْتَغفرينَ رَبَّهُمْ على مَا كَانَ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ سِحرٍ وكُفْرٍ، ورَغْبَةٍ في مُعَارَضَةِ الحَقِّ مِنْ عندِ اللهِ بِسِحْرِهِمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 46

46. The magicians knew that what Moses had worked was no magic, otherwise he would not have vanquished them. For they were magicians with great expertise in magic, and so they asserted that what Moses had worked was truly from Allah Almighty. They therefore prostrated themselves before the Lord of all things, repenting and asking forgiveness for having disbelieved, and for having practiced magic in order to oppose the truth which came from Allah.

{قَالُواْ آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{آمَنَّا} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(47) – وقالُوا: آمَنَّا بربِّ العالِمين الذيْ دَعا موسَى فِرعَونَ إلى عبادَتِهِ حينَما جاءَهُ، وأعْلَنُوا إيْمَانَهُمْ أمامَ فرعونَ ومَلئِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 47

47. They said: “We believe in the Lord of the universe, to whose worship Moses has invited Pharaoh.” And they proclaimed their conversion in front of Pharaoh and his chief men.

{رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ}

{هَارُونَ}

(48) – ثمَّ بَيَّنُوا أنَّ ربَّ العالمينَ الذيْ آمنُوا بهِ هوَ ربُّ مُوسَى وهَارُونَ، ومؤيِّدُهُما بنصْرِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 48

48. Then they proclaimed that the Lord of all in whom they believed was the Lord of Moses and Aaron, whom He sustained through His powers.

{قَالَ آمَنتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلسِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ لأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِّنْ خِلاَفٍ وَلأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ}

{آمَنتُمْ} {آذَنَ} {خِلاَفٍ}

(49) – فشعَرَ فرعَونُ أنُه غُلِبَ عَلَى أمْرِه غَلْباً كَبيراً أمامَ شَعْبِهِ ومَلَئِهِ وسَحَرَتِهِ، فَعَدَلَ إلى المُكَابَرَة والعِنَادِ، ودَعْوَى الباطِلِ، فشرَعَ يَتَهَدَّدُ السحرةَ وَيَتَوَعَّدُهُمْ، ويقولُ لَهُمْ: إنَّ مُوسى هو كبيرُهُم، وهو الذي عَلَّمَهُمُ السِّحْرَ، وإنهُمْ تَوَاطَؤُوا معهُ ليظْهَرَ عليهمْ أمامَ النَّاسِ فيتَّبِعُوه. وقالَ لَهُمْ فرعونُ: كيفَ تؤمنونَ لهُ قبلَ أن تسْتَأذنُونِي في ذلكَ؟ وقبلَ أنْ أسْمَحَ لكُمْ بهِ؟ ثمّ تَوَعَّدَهمْ بقطعِ أيدِيهمْ وأَرجُلهمْ بصُورةٍ مُتَخَالِفةٍ، فإِذا قَطَعَ اليدَ اليُمنى قطعَ الرجلَ اليسرى، وبأَنَّهُ سَيَصْلِبُهُمْ جَميعاً على جُذوع النَّخلِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 49

49. Pharaoh saw that he had suffered a major defeat in the presence of his people, his chief men, and his magicians. So he set himself stubbornly to traducing them, threatening the magicians and accusing them of having learned their magic from Moses, and of conspiring with Moses against him so that Moses might be victorious over them, and they had followed him. And he added: “How dare you believe in his God before I gave you permission?” Then he threatened to cut off opposite hands and legs, so that if the right hand was cut off, then the left leg would be cut off, and he threatened to crucify every single one of them on the trunks of date-palms.

{قَالُواْ لاَ ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ}

(50) – فقالُوا لهُ: لا حَرَجَ علينا ولا بأسَ في ذلك، وهوَ لا يَضُرُّنا ولا نُبالي بِهِ، فإنَّنا راجِعُون إلى ربِّنا، وهو تَعالى لا يُضيعُ أجرَ المُحْسنين، ولا يَخْفَى عليهِ ما سَتَفْعَلُه بنا، وسَنَجِدُ عندَهُ خيرَ الجَزاء.

لا ضَيْرَ علينا – لا ضَرَرَ علينا فيما يُصِيبُنا.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 50

50. And they said to him: “That does not dismay us. That can do us no harm, and we are indifferent to your threats. For we will return to our Lord who never fails to grant His servants their reward, and who will be aware of everything that you do to us. We will find a greater reward at His hands.

{إِنَّا نَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَايَانَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

{خَطَايَانَآ}

(51) – وإنَّنا نَطمعُ في أَنْ يَغفِرَ لنا رَبُّنا ذنُوبَنَا وما اقْتَرفْنَاه في حياتِنَا الماضيةِ من الخَطَايا، وما أكْرَهْتَنَا عليه من السِّحرِ، إذْ كُنَّا أولَ من آمنَ من قومِك بمُوسى ورسالَتِه انْقِياداً للحقِّ، وإعْرَاضاً عن زُخْرُفِ الدُّنيا وزينَتِها.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 51

51. “We desire that Allah may forgive us the faults that we have committed in our past lives and the magic which you forced us to practice, since we were the first of all your people to believe in Moses and his message, to follow the truth, and to turn away from the blandishments of this earth.”

{وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِيۤ إِنَّكُم مّتَّبَعُونَ}

(52) – ولَمَّا طالَ مُقَامُ موسى في مصرَ، وأقامَ بها حُجَجَ اللهِ وبراهينَهُ على فرعونَ ومَلَئِِهِ، وهُمْ في ذلكَ يُكَابِرُون ويُعَانِدُون، لمْ يَبْقَ إلا العذابُ والنَّكالُ، فأمرَ اللهُ تعالى مُوسى بأَنْ يخرجَ ببني إسرائيلَ ليلاً من مِصْرَ، وأعْلَمَهُ أنَّ فرعونَ سيتْبَعُهُم، وأمَرَهُ بأنْ يتوجَّهَ حيثُ يُؤْمَرُ، فَفَعَلَ موسى ما أمَرَهُ بهِ ربُّهُ.

مُتَّبعُون – يَتْبَعُكُمْ فرعونُ وجنودُهُ.

السُّرى – السَّيْرُ ليلاً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 52

52. Moses (peace be upon him) remained in Egypt for some time, during which he established arguments and proofs against Pharaoh and his chief men; but so stubborn were these people that nothing remained for them but torment and torture. So Allah Almighty ordered Moses to leave Egypt, at night, with the children of Israel, and informed him that Pharaoh would pursue them, which was why He commanded him to make his way to a particular place. Moses therefore did as his Lord commanded him.

{فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَونُ فِي ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَاشِرِينَ}

{ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ} {حَاشِرِينَ}

(53) – وَلمَّا عَلِمَ فِرعَونُ بارتحالِ بني إسْرائيلَ مَعَ مُوسى ليخرُجُوا من أَرْضِ مصرَ اغْتَاظَ وأرسلَ رسُلاً (حاشرينَ) يَجْمَعونَ له الجنودَ من أطرافِ مملكتِهِ، لِيَتْبَعَهُمْ ويَردَّهمْ إلى أرضِ مصرَ، ويمنَعَهم من الخروجِ منها.

حَاشرينَ – أُنَاساً يَجْمعُون لهُ الجُندَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 53

53. When Pharaoh was informed of the departure of Moses and the children of Israel he was furious, and he sent messengers to assemble soldiers from every corner of his realm in order to pursue the children of Israel and to bring them back into the land of Egypt and prevent them from leaving again

{إِنَّ هَـٰؤُلاۤءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌ قَلِيلُونَ}

(54) – وَنَادَى فِرعَوْنُ في قومهِ: إنَّ بني إسرائيلَ (هؤلاءِ) طَائفةٌ خَسِيسةٌ في شأنِها، قليلةٌ في عَدَدها (لشِرْذِمةٌ)، ومنَ السَّهْلِ قهرُهُم والسَّيطَرةُ على مُقَاوَمَتِهِمْ في وقتٍ قصيرٍ.

شِرْذمة – طائفة قليلة الأهميَّةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 54

54. Pharaoh proclaimed to his people: “The children of Israel are a wretched band of people and far from numerous, so it will be very easy to conquer them and speedily quell their resistance.

{وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ}

{لَغَآئِظُونَ}

(55) – وقد أقْدَمُوا على عَمَلِ ما يُثِيرُ غَيْظَنَا بمُخَالَفَةِ أمْرِنا، ومُحَاوَلةِ الخروجِ من أرضِ مصرَ بغيرِ إِذْنِنا، وبذهابِهِم بالحُلِيِّ التي استعَارُوها من القِبْطِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 55

55. “They have dishonoured us in disobeying our orders and trying to leave the land of Egypt without our permission, taking with them jewels which they have borrowed from the Copts.

{وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَاذِرُونَ}

{حَاذِرُونَ}

(56) – وَإنَّ علينَا أن نحذَرهم قبلَ أن يستفْحِلَ شرُّهُمْ. ونحنُ قومٌ من عادَتِنا الحَذَرُ والتَّيَقُّظُ، واسْتِعْمَالُ الحَزْمِ فِي الأمور.

حاذِرُون – محُتَرِزُون أو مُتَأَهِّبُون بالسلاحِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 56

56. “We should take care to deal with them all before their wickedness increases; it is in the nature of our nation to be wary and prudent in our affairs, and to act firmly.”

{فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُمْ مِّن جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ}

{فَأَخْرَجْنَاهُمْ} {جَنَّاتٍ}

(57) – فَأَخْرَجَ اللهُ تَعالى فرعونَ وقومَهُ وجنودَه من نعيمِ الحَياة التي كَانوا يَعِيشُونها، فَتركُوا المَنَازِلَ العَالِيةَ، والبَسَاتينَ النَّضِرَةَ والمِيَاهَ الوَفِيرةَ، لِيُهْلِكَهُمُ اللهُ جَمِيعاً في البَحْرِ غَرَقاً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 57

57. Allah Almighty therefore led Pharaoh and his people forth from the delights of their lives, and thus they quit their lofty mansions, their splendid gardens, and their flowing fountains, so that Allah could destroy them by drowning them in the sea.

{وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ}

(58) – وتَرَكُوا الكُنوزَ والأَمْوالَ والأرْزَاقَ والجَاهَ الوافِرَ في الدُّنيا.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 58

58. They left their treasures, their goods, and their glory in the life here below.

{كَذَلِكَ وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بَنِيۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ}

{وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا} {إِسْرَائِيلَ}

(59) – وهكَذا أخرَجَ اللهُ تعالى فرعَونَ وقومَهُ وجنُودَهُ من أرْضِهِم، التي كانُوا مُقيمينَ فيها، لِيُهْلِكَهُم في البَحْرِ غَرَقاً، وجَعَلَ بني إِسرائيلَ يَرِثُون الأرضَ المُقَدَّسَةَ، وفيها جَنَّاتٌ وعُيونٌ ونَعِيمٌ يُمَاثِلُ ما تَرَكَهُ فِرْعَونُ وقومُه في مصرَ فتحَوَّلَ حالُ بني إسرائيلَ من الرِّقِّ والعُبوديَّةِ والذُّلِّ، إلى الحُرِّيَّةِ والترفِ والنعيم.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 59

59. And so Allah Almighty led Pharaoh and his people and his armies forth from the lands they inhabited, in order to make them perish in the sea, and caused the children of Israel to inherit the holy land, where there were gardens, springs, and delights similar to those which Pharaoh and his people had left behind them in Egypt. The children of Israel passed from a state of slavery and humiliation to one of liberty and delight.

{فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ}

(60) – فَاتَّبعَ فِرْعَونُ وقومُه بني إسْرائيلَ، وأدركُوهُمْ عِندَ شُروقِ الشَّمسِ.

مُشرِقين – دَاخِلين في وقْتِ الشُّروقِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 60

60. Pharaoh and his people pursued the children of Israel and caught up with them at sunrise.

{فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ}

{تَرَاءَى} {أَصْحَابُ}

(61) – فلمَّا رأَى كُلُّ فريقٍ الفَريقَ الآخَرَ، قالَ أصْحَابُ موسى: إنَّ فرعونَ وقَوْمَهُ قدْ أدركُوهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ سيقتُلُونَهُمْ، وذلكَ لأنهمْ وَصَلُوا إلى سَاحِلِ البحرِ، ولمْ يَعُدْ بإِمكانِهِمْ مُتَابَعَةُ السَّيرِ للتَّخَلُّصِ مِنْ مُطَارَدَةِ فرعَونَ وجُنودِهِ.

تَرَاءى الجَمْعَانِ – رَأَى كلٌّ منهُما الآخَرَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 61

61. When the two sides saw each other, Moses’ companions said that Pharaoh and his people had caught up with them and would certainly kill them, for they had reached the sea, so they could not continue to march and thus escape from Pharaoh and his armies.

{قَالَ كَلاَّ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ}

(62) – فقالَ مُوسى لقَوْمِه: كَلاَّ. إنَّ فرعونَ وقومَهُ لَنْ يَصِلُوا إليكُمْ، فإنَّ اللهَ تَعالى هُوَ الذي أمَرَنِي بأنْ أَسيرَ بكُمْ إِلى هُنا، وهُو تَعالى لا يُخْلِفُ المِيعَادَ، وإنهُ سيهدينِي سواءَ السَّبيلِ، إلى ما يَجبُ أن أفعَلَهُ لنَنْجُوَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 62

62. Moses (peace be upon him) said to his people: “Pharaoh and his people will never succeed in catching up with us, for Allah Almighty commanded me to bring you to this place. Almighty Allah always keeps His promises and He will guide me along the true path towards what I must do so that we may be saved.”

{فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ}

(63) – فأمرَ اللهُ تَعالى مُوسى بأنْ يَضربَ البحرَ بِعَصَاهُ فَضَرَبَهُ فانْفَلَقَ البحرُ بإذنِ اللهِ تَعالى، فكانَ كلُّ جَانِبٍ منَ الماءِ كالجَبَلِ العَظِيمِ.

(وقال ابنُ عَبَّاسٍ: أصْبَحَتِ الفَتْحَةُ التي انشَقَّ عنها الماءُ كالفَجِّ العَظِيم بينَ جَبَلَيْنِ).

فانْفَلَقَ – انْشَقَّ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ فِرْقاً.

فِرقٍ – قِطْعَةٍ منَ البَحرِ مُرْتَفِعَةٍ.

كَالطَّودِ العَظيمِ – كَالجَبلِ المرتفعِ في السَّماءِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 63

63. Almighty Allah ordered Moses to strike the sea with his staff, so he struck it, and the sea opened up at Allah’s command; and on either side the banks were like mountains. (Ibn Abbas says: “The passage where the sea opened was like an immense gully between two mountains.”)

{وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلآخَرِينَ}

{ٱلآخَرِينَ}

(64) – وَقَرَّبَ اللهُ فرعونَ وجُنودَهُ من البحرِ، وأدْنَاهُمْ منهُ.

أزْلَفْنَا – قرَّبْنَاهُمْ منَ البَحرِ (أي جَمَاعةَ فرعَونَ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 64

64. Allah led Pharaoh and his armies to that place.

{وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ}

(65) – فَسَارَ موسى وَقومُهُ في المَكَانِ الذِي انْفَتَحَ في البَحرِ وأصْبَحَ يابِساً، وبَلَغُوا الطرفَ الآخَرَ من البحرِ، فَنَجَوْا جَمِيعاً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 65

65. Moses and his people passed through the place where the sea had divided and become dry land, and thus they were all saved.

{ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا ٱلآخَرِينَ}

{ٱلآخَرِينَ}

(66) – وتَبِعَهُمْ فِرعونُ وجنودُهُ في المَكَان الذي انْفَتَحَ في البَحْرِ، فَلمَّا أصْبَحُوا جَمِيعاً بينَ فِرْقَتَي الماءِ، أطْبَقَ عليهِمُ البحرُ فأغْرَقَهُمْ أجْمَعين.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 66

66. Pharaoh and his armies pursued them and took the same passage, but when they were between the two banks the sea enveloped them on all sides and drowned them all.

{إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ}

{لآيَةً}

(67) – وفي هذه القصَّةِ، وما فيها منَ العَجائبِ، والنَّصْرِ، والتَأْييدِ لِعِبَادِ اللهِ المؤمنينَ، لدَلاَلَةٌ واضحةٌ وحُجَّةٌ قاطعةٌ على قُدرةِ اللهِ تَعالى، وعلى صِدْقِ مُوسى، ولكنَّ أكْثَرَهُمْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا مَعَ أنهُمْ رَأَوْا بِأَعْيُنِهِمْ هذه الآياتِ العِظامَ الباهرةَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 67

67. With all its marvels, its victory, and its signs of Allah’s support for believers, this story is a wondrous phenomenon and a decisive proof of Allah Almighty’s power and of Moses’ honesty; but most of the children of Israel did not believe it, although they had seen it with their own eyes.

{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(68) – وإنَّ خالقَكَ وَمُرَبِّيكَ، يا مُحَمَّدُ، لهوَ القويُّ القادرُ على الانتِقامِ مِنَ المُكَذِّبينَ، المُنعِمُ بالرَّحمَةِ على المُؤمِنينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 68

68. Your Creator and Educator, O Mohammad, is the Omnipotent, and He is capable of avenging Himself on those who call His message a lie, and He is All-Merciful towards those who believe.

{وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ}

{إِبْرَاهِيمَ}

(69) – واتْلُ يا مُحَمَّدُ عَلَى قَوْمِكَ أخْبَارَ أبيهِمْ إبراهيمَ عَليهِ السَّلامُ، لَعَلَّهُمْ يَقْتَدُونَ بهِ في الإِخلاصِ والتَّوَكُّلِ على اللهِ تَعالى، وَعِبَادَتِه وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لهُ، والتَّبَرُّؤ منَ الشِّرْكِ وأهلِهِ فقدْ أُوتِي رُشْدَهُ من صِغَرِهِ، فَهوَ حينَ نَشَأَ وَتَرَعْرَعَ أنكَرَ على أبيهِ وقومِهِ عبادةَ الأصْنَامِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 69

69. Tell your people about their father Abraham (peace be upon him)- perhaps they will take him as an example to follow, in his fidelity, his confidence in Allah, his worship of Him without any associate, and his disavowal of idolatry and idolaters. Since he was wise even when he was very young, he disapproved of the worship of idols on the part of his father and all his people.

{إِذْ قَالَ لأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ}

(70) – فقالَ لأبيه وقومِهِ: مَاذا تَعْبدُونَ؟ وما هذهِ التَّمَاثيلُ التي أَنتُمْ على عِبَادَتِها عَاكِفُونَ؟ مَعَ أنَّها لا تَستحِقُّ العبادَةَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 70

70. He said to his father and his people: “What do you worship, and who are these idols you have chosen to worship although they do not deserve such veneration?”

{قَالُواْ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَاماً فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِفِينَ}

{عَاكِفِينَ}

(71) – فقالُوا لَهُ مُبَاهينَ: إنهُمْ يَعْبُدونَ أصْنَاماً يظَلُّونَ مُقيمينَ على عِبَادَتِها ودُعائِها تَعْظِيماً لها وتَمْجِيداً.

عَكَفَ – انْكَبّ وأقَامَ

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 71

71. In their vanity, they answered him: “We worship these idols to which we will remain loyal; we worship them and we invoke them to glorify and magnify them.”

{قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ}

(72) – فَسَأَلَهُمْ إبراهيمُ مُسْتَغْرِباً، ومُسْتَهْزِئاً، وَمُنْكِراً تَصَرُّفَهُمْ هذا: هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ حِينَما تَدْعُونَهُمْ وهُمْ حِجَارَةٌ، وهَلْ يُجِيبُونَكُمْ إذا دَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 72

72. Disapproving of their attitude, Abraham asked them incredulously and scornfully: “Do they hear your invocations while they are made of stone? What do they answer when you pray to them?

{أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ}

(73) – وَهَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَفْعَكُمْ إِذا أطَعْتُمُوهُم، أَوْ ضَرَّكُمْ إِنْ عَصَيْتُموهُمْ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 73

73. “Are they capable of bringing you any benefit when you obey them? Are they capable of doing you any harm when you disobey them?”

{قَالُواْ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ آبَآءَنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ}

{آبَآءَنَا}

(74) – فَاعْتَرَفُوا بأَنَّهُمْ لا يَعْرِفُون أنَّها تَنْفعُ وتَضُرُّ، وإنَّما وَجَدُوا آباءَهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَها، ويَسجُدُونَ لهَا، ويَنْحَرُونَ لها القَرابينَ، فاقْتَدَوْا بِهمْ، وفَعلُوا فِعلهُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 74

74. Then they admitted that the idols could do them neither good nor harm, but they had seen their ancestors worship them, kneeling before them and offering them sacrifices, so they had followed in their steps and worshipped them too.

{قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ}

{أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ}

(75) – قالَ إبراهيمُ لقومِه: هلْ تَرَوْنَ هذهِ الأصنامَ التي تَعْبُدُونها أنتم؟ أفرأيتُمْ – أتَأَمَّلْتُمْ فَعَلِمْتُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 75

75. Abraham said to his people: “What is it you say you have worshipped…

{أَنتُمْ وَآبَآؤُكُمُ ٱلأَقْدَمُونَ}

{َآبَآؤُكُمُ}

(76) – والتي عَبَدَهَا آباؤُكُم الأقْدَمُون من قَبْلِكُمْ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 76

76. “ .. you and your ancestors before you?

{فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِيۤ إِلاَّ رَبَّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(77) – إِنَّنِي بَرَاءٌ منها جَميعاً، وَأَنَا لا أَعتَرِفُ برُبوبيَّةِ شَيءٍ منْها، وإِنَّنِي لا أَعْبُدُ إِلاَّ اللهَ وَحْدَهُ سُبحانَهُ، فَهُوَ رَبُّ العَالمِينَ، وَلا رَبَّ سِوَاهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 77

77. “Well, I disavow them all! I deny the divinity of any of them! I worship Allah alone, for He is the Master of the universe; there is no other divinity but Him.

{ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ}

(78) – وهُوَ تَعَالَى الذيْ خَلَقَنِي، وخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، وهُوَ الذِي هَدَى الخَلائِقَ إِلَيْهِ، فَكُلٌّ يجرِي عَلى ما قُدِّرَ لَهُ، وهُو الذيْ يَهْدِينِي إلى كلِّ ما يُوصلُني إِلى السَّعَادَةِ في الدُّنْيَا والآخِرَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 78

78. “It is He who created me and created all things, it is He who has guided His creatures towards Him. Thus everything follows the path that Allah has destined for him. It is He who guides me towards happiness in this life and in the afterlife.

{وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ}

(79) – وهُو خَالِقِي ورَازِقِي بِمَا سَخَّرَ ويَسَّرَ مِنَ الأسْبَابِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 79

79. “It is He who is my Creator who feeds me and gives me drink.

{وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ}

(80) – وإذَا ألمَّ بِي مَرَضٌ فَرَبِّي هوَ الذي يَشْفِينِي مِنَ المَرضِ، ولا يقْدِرُ عَلى شِفَائي غيرُهُ، بما يُقَدِّرُهُ من الأَسْبَابِ المُوصِلَةِ إليهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 80

80. “When I fall ill, it is my Lord who cures me with the all the means He possesses and no one else can cure me.

{وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ}

(81) – وهُوَ الذيْ خَلَقَنِي ثُمَّ يُمِيتُنِي حينَمَا يَحِينُ أَجَلِي، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُنِي حَيّاً مَرَّةً أُخْرى يَومَ القِيامةِ، ولا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ سواهُ على شَيءٍ مِنْ ذَلكَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 81

81. “It is He who created me and He who will give me death when the hour comes for me to die, and will resurrect me on the Day of Resurrection, and no one else is capable of doing anything of that kind.

{وَٱلَّذِيۤ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ}

(82) – وإنِّي أطْمَعُ في أنْ يغْفِرَ تَعالى خَطَايَايَ وذُنُوبِي وهَفَوَاتِي يومَ القِيَامَةِ (يومَ الدِّين)، ولا يَقْدِرُ على مَغْفِرَةِ الذُّنُوبِ غيرُهُ، في الدُّنْيا والآخِرَةِ، وهو الفَعَّالُ لِمَا يَشَاءُ.

يومَ الدِّين – يومَ القِيَامَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 82

82. “It is He whose pardon I crave on the Day of Judgement for my faults, my sins, and my shortcomings, and no one other than He can pardon faults either in this life or in the life beyond, for only He can do all that He wills.”

{رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْماً وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِٱلصَّالِحِينَ}

{بِٱلصَّالِحِينَ}

(83) – ثُمَّ دَعَا إبراهيمُ رَبَّهُ أنْ يُؤْتِيَهُ عِلْمَاً ورَأْياً سَدِيداً (حُكْماً – وقِيلَ بلِْ المرادُ بِالحُكْمِ هُنا النُّبوةُ) وأن يُوفِّقَهُ إلى العَمَلِ في طَاعَةِ ربِّهِ لِيَكُونَ منْ زُمْرَةِ المُقَرَّبينَ إليهِ، المُطِيعِينَ لَهُ، المُؤْهَّلِينَ لِحَمْلِ رَسَالَتِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 83

83. Then Abraham prayed to his Lord to grant him wisdom and sound judgement (“judgement” here is said to refer to prophecy), and to help him to obey his Lord so that he might be among those closest to Him and among those chosen to transmit His message.

{وَٱجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي ٱلآخِرِينَ}

{ٱلآخِرِينَ}

(84) – وأَن يَجْعَلَ لهُ ذِكْراً جَميلاً، يَذْكُرُه بهِ منْ يأتي بعدَهُ، وَأَنْ يَكُونَ قُدْوَةً يُقْتَدَى بهِ بِمَا يُوفِّقُهُ إليهِ ربُّهُ مِنْ عَمَلِ الخَيْرِ.

لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ – ثَنَاءً جَمِيلاً، وذِكْراً حَسَناً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 84

84. He asked Allah that men might think well of him in future times, and remember him as a good example to follow, because of the good works Allah had led him to perform.

{وَٱجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ}

(85) – وأَن يُنْعِمَ عليه ربُّهُ في الدُّنْيا بِبَقَاءِ الذِّكْرِ الجَمِيلِ بَعْدَهُ، وأن يُنْعِمَ عَليهِ في الآخِرَة بأنْ يَجْعَلَهُ مِمَّنْ يَرِثُونَ جَنةَ النَّعِيم.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 85

85. And that his memory should always remain good here on earth after his death, and that Allah might designate him among the heirs of the delights of Paradise in the life beyond!

{وَٱغْفِرْ لأَبِيۤ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ}

(86) – ودَعَا إبراهيمُ رَبَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لأَِبِيه (لأنَّهُ كانَ مُشْرِكاً باللهِ، ضَالاً عَنْ طريق الهُدَى).

(ولكنَّ إبْرَاهِيمَ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ أَبِيهِ فيما بَعْدُ حينَمَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ عَدُوُّ للهِ، ورَجَعَ في دُعَائِه هَذا كَما جاءَ في آيَةٍ أُخْرَى).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 86

86. Abraham invoked Allah’s pardon for his father (for his father ascribed other divine associates to Allah, and was among those who went astray). (But Abraham disavowed his father when it became clear that the latter was an enemy of Allah, and he renounced the preceding invocation, as is mentioned in another verse: see chapter 9- Al-Tauba (Repentance), 114.)

{وَلاَ تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ}

(87) – ودَعَا رَبَّهُ أنْ يُجِيرَهُ من الخِزْيِ والهَوَانِ يومَ القِيِامَةِ، يومَ يَبْعَثُ اللهُ الخَلائقِ، ويحشُرُهُمْ جَميعاً للحِسَابِ.

لا تُخْزِنِي – لا تَفْضَحْنِي ولا تُذِلَّنِي بِعِقَابِكَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 87

87. He prayed his Lord to protect him from ignominy and humiliation of the Day of Resurrection, when Allah will resurrect His creatures and assemble them for Judgement.

{يَوْمَ لاَ يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلاَ بَنُونَ}

(88) – وفي يَومِ القِيامةِ، يومَ يُبْعَثُ الخَلائِقُ، لا يَقِي المَرءَ منْ عذابِ اللهِ مالُهُ، ولوِ افْتَدَى بِمِلْءِ الأرْضِ ذَهَباً، ولا يَنْفَعُهُ بنُوهُ، ولا أحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 88

88. On that day, the Day of Resurrection, when all creatures will be resurrected, worldly goods will not preserve an individual from Allah’s punishment, even if he wished to redeem himself with a world full of gold, just as neither his children nor anyone else will be of any use to him.

{إِلاَّ مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ}

(89) – ولا يَنْفَعُهُ في ذَلكَ اليوم إِلاَّ إيمَانُه، وَعَمَلُهُ الصَّالِحُ، وأَنْ يأْتِيَ اللهَ ربَّهُ بقلْبٍ سليمٍ، مُبَرَّأٍ من الشِّرْكِ والدَّنَسِ، والخَطَايا، وقَدْ أَخْلَصَ الإِيمانَ للهِ، وأخْلَصَ العَقِيدَةَ لَهُ، وآمَنَ إيمَاناً صادقاً أنه لا إِلهَ إلا اللهُ وحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وأنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتيةٌ لا رَيْبَ فِيها، وأنَّ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ في القُبُورِ.

بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ – بَرِيءٍ من مَرَضِ النِّفَاقِ والكُفْرِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 89

89. Only faith and good works will serve him on that day when he comes before Allah with an upright heart, pure of idolatry, free of any stain or fault, being a faithful and sincere believer who has believed with certitude and honesty that there is no divinity other than Allah alone, without any associate, and that the Hour will inevitably sound, and that Allah will resurrect the dead from their tombs.

{وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ}

(90) – وأُدْنِيَتِ الجَنَّةُ وقُرِّبَتْ منَ السُّعَداءِ المُتَّقِين، حَتى أصْبَحَتْ مِنْهُمْ بِمَرْأَى البصَرِ وهيَ مُزَيَّنَةٌ مُزَخْرَفَةٌ لِيَفْرَحُوا بِرُؤْيَتِها، وهؤلاءِ المُتقونَ هُمُ الذينَ رَغِبُوا فيها، وعَمِلوُا لَها، واعْتَقَدُوا أنَّهُمْ سَيُحْشَر ُون إليْها.

أُزْلِفَتِ الجَنَّةُ – قُرِّبَتْ لِتُصْبِحَ بِمَرأَى العَيْنِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 90

90. Paradise will be brought close to the pious and the blessed, until they see it with their own eyes. They will see it so decorated and so embellished that they will rejoice. Such pious people have longed for this moment and have believed that they would be gathered there.

{وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ}

(91) – وأُبْرِزَتْ جَهنَّمُ، وأُظْهِرَتْ لأهْلِها الكَفَرةِ الطُّغَاةِ الغَاوِينَ، لتكونَ بِمَرْأَى العينِ مِنْهُمْ، وفي ذلكَ تَعجِيلٌ لِحَسْرَتِهِمْ، وغَمِّهِمْ.

بُرِّزَتِ الجَحِيمُ – أُظْهِرَتْ وأُبْرِزَتْ بِحَيْث تُرى أهْوَالُها.

للغَاوِينَ – الضَّالينَ عَنْ طريقِ الحَقِّ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 91

91. Hell will be revealed to the unjust unbelievers and those who have gone astray, so that their eyes will see it; and this will hasten their regret and their misery.

{وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ}

(92) – وقِيلَ لأهْلِ النَّارِ تَقْرِيعاً وتَوْبِيخاً: أَينَ الآلهةُ الذينَ كُنتمْ تَعْبُدُونَهُمْ منْ دونِ اللهِ مِنْ أصْنَامٍ وأنْدَادٍ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 92

92. The people of Hell will hear this reprimand: “Where are the divinities you worshipped aside from Allah …

{مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ هَلْ يَنصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنتَصِرُونَ}

(93) – لقَدْ كُنْتُمْ أنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَهُمْ في الدُّنْيا من دونِ اللهِ تَعالى، وتَعْتَقِدُونَ أنَّهُمْ سَيَشْفَعُون لَكُمْ عندَ اللهِ، فهَلْ يَسْتَطِيعونَ اليومَ نَصْرَكُمْ أو نَصْرَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ؟ وهَلْ يستطيعونَ أن يَدْفَعُوا عَذابَ اللهِ عنكُمْ أو عَنْ أنفُسِهِمْ؟

إنَّكُمْ وإيَّاهُمْ صَائِرونَ إِلى جَهَنَّمَ وسَاءَتْ مَصِيراً ومُسْتَقَرّاً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 93

93. “…And aside from Allah you worshipped them on earth, and you believed they would intercede with Allah in your favour. Can they today help either you or themselves? Can they preserve you or themselves from the punishment of Allah? You are condemned, you and all of them, to Hell. What a wretched destination and what a wretched abode!”

{فَكُبْكِبُواْ فِيهَا هُمْ وَٱلْغَاوُونَ}

{ٱلْغَاوُونَ}

(94) – فأَلْقُوا في جَهَنَّمَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ، بعْضُهُم فَوقَ بَعضٍ (كُبْكِبُوا)، هُمْ وقَادَتُهُمْ وكُبَراؤُهُمْ، الذِينَ دَعَوْهُمْ إِلَى الشِّرْكِ.

كُبْكِبُوا – أُلْقُوا بعضُهُمْ فوقَ بَعْضٍ على وُجُوهِهِمْ.

الغَاوُون – الضَّالُّونَ المُضِلُّون، وهُمْ هُنَا الكُبَراءُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 94

94. They will thus be cast upon the ground, one upon the other, the wicked counsellors who led their leaders and superiors to idolatry.

{وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ}

(95) – وقُذِفَ في النَّارِ مَعَهُمْ جنودُ إبْلِيسَ الذينَ كانُوا يُزِيِّنُون لَهُمُ الشِّرْكَ وَالمَعَاصِيَ، فَصَارُوا جَمِيعاً في النَّارِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 95

95. With them will be cast into Hell the legions of the devil Iblis, who made idolatry and sin look enticing. They will all go to Hell.

{قَالُواْ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ}

(96) – فَيقُولُونَ مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِخَطَئِهِمْ، وهُمْ يَتَخَاصَمُونَ في النَّارِ مَعَ مَنْ أَضَلُّوهُمْ مِنْ مَعْبُودَاتِهِم.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 96

96. Confessing their fault and all the while berating the idols who led them astray, they say:

{تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلاَلٍ مُّبِينٍ}

{ضَلاَلٍ}

(97) – واللهِ لَقَدْ كُنَّا ضَالِّينَ بِصُورَةٍ جَلِيَّةٍ وَاضِحَةٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 97

97. “By Allah, we most certainly strayed from the true path.

{إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُمْ بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(98) – إذِ اسْتَجَبْنَا لَكُمْ أيُّهَا المَعْبُودُونَ، وعظَّمْنَاكُمْ تَعْظِيمَ المَعْبُودِ الحَقِّ، وسَوِّيْنَاكُمْ بِرَبِّ العَالَمِينَ في اسْتِحْقَاقِ العِبَادَةِ.

نُسَوِّيكُمْ برَبِّ العَالَمِينَ – نَجْعَلُكُمْ وإيَّاهُ سَواءً في اسْتِحْقَاقِ العِبَادَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 98

98. “When we responded to you, O idols, we magnified you as the true Allah was magnified, and treated you as the equals of the Lord of the universe.

{وَمَآ أَضَلَّنَآ إِلاَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ}

(99) – ومَا دَعَانا إلى ذَلِكَ، ولا حَمَلَنَا عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ المُجْرِمُونَ من السَّادَةِ والكُبَرَاءِ، الذينَ أَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 99

99. “It was the criminals among our leaders and superiors who drove us to worship you and led us astray from the true path.

{فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَافِعِينَ}

{شَافِعِينَ}

(100) – فلَيْسَ لَنَا اليَومَ منْ يَشْفَعُ لَنَا عِنْدَ اللهِ، ويُنْقِذُنَا مِمَّا نَحْنُ فيهِ مِنْ ضِيقٍ وَعَذَابٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 100

100. “Today, we have no one to intercede with Allah in our favour and to save us from punishment and misery.

{وَلاَ صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ}

(101) – وَلَيْسَ لَنَا اليوم صَديقٌ مُخْلِصُ الصَّدَاقَةِ وثيقُها (حَمِيم) يُؤازِرُ في الشَّفَاعَةِ لَنَا عِنْدَ اللهِ، أو يَتَوجَّعُ لنا وَيَرْثِي لِحَالِنَا.

حَمِيمٍ – قَريبٍ مُشْفِقٍ يَهْتَمُّ بأمْرِنا.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 101

101. “We have not even a warm friend who might intercede with Allah on our behalf or commiserate with us.”

{فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

(102) – وَيَتَمَنَّونَ فِي ذلِكَ الوَقْتِ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ يُرَدُّونَ إلى الدَّارِ الدُّنْيَا لِيَعْمَلُوا بِطَاعَةِ اللهِ فِيمَا يَزْعُمُون. واللهُ تَعالى يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْْ لَكَاذِبُونَ، ولَوْ رُدُّوا لَعَادُوا لِمَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ.

كَرَّةً – رَجْعَةً إلى الدُّنْيا.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 102

102. Thus they will wish at that moment that they could return to their lives here below; then they would obey Allah. But Allah Almighty knows that they are liars, and that even if they were sent back to earth they would resume their forbidden acts.

{إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ}

{لآيَةً}

(103) – وإنَّ فِي محَاجَّةِ إبراهيمَ لِقَوْمِهِ، وإقَامَةِ الحُجَّةِ عَلَيْهِمْ في وُجُوبِ التَّوْحِيدِ لآيةً، وبُرهاناً جَلِيّاً على أنَّه لا إلهَ إلا اللهُ وحدَهُ لا شَريكَ لَهُ. ومَعَ وُضُوحِ ذلكَ وجَلائِه لأَِعْيُنِهِمْ فإنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ أكثرُهُمْ بِهِ.

(وقدْ يَكُونُ المَعْنَى: وَمَا كَانَ أكثرُ قَوْمِكَ الذينَ تَتْلُو عليْهِمْ هذا النَّبَأَ مُذْعِنِين لِدَعْوَتِكَ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 103

103. In the dispute between Abraham and his people and in the establishment of his argument against his people concerning the uniqueness of Allah, there is a sign and a clear proof that there is no divinity other than Allah, alone, without any associate. However, despite this evidence, most of them did not believe. (It could be that the meaning is as follows: most of those to whom you tell this story do not respond to your invitation.)

{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(104) – ورَبُّكَ، يا مُحَمَّدُ، هُوَ العَزِيزُ الجَانِبِ، الذيْ لا يُقَاوَمُ ولا يُغَالَبُ، وهو القَادِرُ على الانْتِقَامِ من المُكَذِّبِينَ، وهُوَ الرَّحِيمُ، إذْ لَمْ يُهْلِكِ العِبَادَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ وذُنُوبِهِمْ، بل أخَّرَ ذلكَ، وأَرْسَلَ إليهِم الرُّسُلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتُوبُونَ وَيرجِعُونَ إِلى رَبِّهمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 104

104. O Mohammad, it is indeed your Lord who is invincible, capable of avenging Himself on those who treat His message as a lie, but also all-Merciful. He has not destroyed men because of their disbelief and their sins, but has delayed His punishment and sent them messengers; if only they could repent and return towards Allah!

{كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ}

(105) – يُخبرُ اللهُ تَعَالى عَنْ نوحٍ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ، وَهُوَ أولُ رَسُولٍ بَعَثَهُ اللهُ تَعالى إِلى أَهلِ الأَرضِ، بَعدَمَا عَبَدَ النَّاسُ الأَصْنَامَ والأَنْدَادَ، فَبَعَثَهُ اللهُ إلى قومهِ نَاهياً لَهُمْ عَنْ ذَلك، وَمُحَذِّراً إيَّاهُمْ مِنْ عِقَابِ اللهِ تَعالَى، فكَذَّّبَهُ قَومُهُ، واستَمَرُّوا مُقِيمينَ عَلَى عِبَادَةِ الأصْنَامِ والأَوْثَانِ والشِّرْكِ باللهِ. (ومَنْ كَذَّبَ رسُولاً فكأَنَّه كَذَّبَ جَميعَ المُرْسَلين لاتِّحَادِ دَعْوَةِ جميعِ الرُّسُلِ في أُصُولِها وغَايَاتِها، وَلِذلِكَ قَالَ:{كَذَّبَتْ قومُ نُوحٍ المُرْسَلِينَ}

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 105

105. Allah Almighty speaks of Noah, who was the first messenger sent by Allah to the inhabitants of the earth. When men worshipped idols, Allah sent Noah to prohibit such worship and to warn them about Allah ‘s punishment. But his people treated him as a liar and continued to worship idols and associate other divinities with Allah. (Whoever treats one of Allah ‘s messengers as a liar treats all His messengers as liars; for their invitation has the same source and the same goal; and it for this reason that the present verse reads: “The people of Noah treated the messengers as liars.”)

{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ}

(106) – إِذْ قالَ لَهُمْ نوحٌ – وسَمَّاهُ أخَاهُمْ لأَنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ نَسَباً -: ألا تَخَافُونَ اللهَ في عِبَادَتِكُم غَيْرَهُ؟ وَهلاَّ اتَّقَيْتُمْ عِقَابَهُ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 106

106. Noah (Allah calls him ‘their brother’ because he belonged to this people) said to them: “Have you no fear when you worship divinities other than Him? Do you not wish to protect yourselves from His torment?

{إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ}

(107) – إنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ إليكُمْ؟ أمينٌ فِيمَا بَعَثَني بهِ إليْكُمْ، أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَالاتِ رَبِّي، ولا أَزِيدُ فِيهَا ولا أًُنْقِصُ مِنْهَا.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 107

107. “I am a messenger from Allah to you, faithful to my mission. I communicate my Lord’s message to you without adding or omitting the least item.

{فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ}

(108) – فَأَطِيعُونِي فيما دَعَوْتُكُمْ إليهِ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى وحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، واتَّقُوهُ وأَخْلِصُوا العِبَادَةَ لَهُ، وأَقْلِعُوا عَنِ ارْتِكَابِ المُنْكَرَاتِ والمَعَاصِي.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 108

108. “Obey me, therefore, by worshipping Allah alone, without any associate. Fear Allah, glorify Him by worshipping Him, and cease committing wrongful acts and sins.

{وَمَآ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{أَسْأَلُكُمْ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(109) – وإِنِّي لا أطْلُبُ منكُمْ أجْراً، ولا جَزَاءً، عَلَى نُصْحِي في إِبْلاَغِ رِسَالَةِ رَبِّكُمْ إلَيْكُمْ، وإنَّمَا أَبْتَغِي الأجْرَ والثَّوَابَ على ذَلك عندَ اللهِ ربِّ العَالَمِينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 109

109. “I ask of you neither remuneration nor reward for having advised you by transmitting the Lord’s message to you; my hope is that my remuneration and my reward will come from Allah, the Master of the universe.

{فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ}

(110) – فَخَافُوا اللهَ واتَّقُوهُ وأَطِيعُونِي واسْتَجِيْبُوا لِنُصْحِي، فَقَدْ وَضَحَ لَكُمْ الأمْرُ، وبَانَ لَكُمْ نُصْحِي وأَمَانَتِي في أداءِ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللهُ بِهِ إليكُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 110

110. “Fear Allah, therefore; obey Him and follow my advice! For things have now been made clear to you: I have advised you well and I have faithfully transmitted Allah’s message to you.”

{قَالُوۤاْ أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَٱتَّبَعَكَ ٱلأَرْذَلُونَ}

(111) – قَالُوا: كيفَ نُؤمِنُ لَكَ، وكَيْفَ نَتَّبِعُكَ وَنَتَأَسَّى في ذَلك بِهَؤلاءِ الأرْذَلِينَ الذينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ وصَدَّقُوكَ؟

اتَّبَعَكَ الأرْذَلُونَ – السِّفْلَةُ الأَدْنِيَاءُ منَ النَّاسِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 111

111. They said: “Are we supposed to believe you, when the vilest people follow you?”

{قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ}

(112) – قالَ لَهُمْ نُوحٌ: إنَّنِي دَعَوْتُ هَؤلاءِ فَصَدَّقُونِي واسْتَجَابُوا لِي، وَعَلَيَّ أنْ أقْبَلَ منهُمْ ذَلك، وأكِلَ سَرَائِرَهُمْ إلى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، ولَيْسَ لِي أنْ أُنَقِّبَ عنْ ضَمَائِرِهِمْ، ولا أَنْ أُدَقِّقَ في أعْمَالِهِمُ السَّابِقَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 112

112. Then Noah said to them: “I invited these people to believe; they did, and they followed me. Therefore I must accept their act and communicate it to Allah Almighty. I am not obliged to seek to know their intentions or to rifle through their past deeds.

{إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلاَّ عَلَىٰ رَبِّي لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ}

(113) – والذي يُحَاسِبُهُمْ عَلَى ضَمَائِرِهِمْ، وعَلَى أَعْمالِهِم السابِقَةِ واللاحِقَةِ، إنَّمَا هُوَ اللهُ ربُّ العالَمِينَ، فهوَ المُطَّلِعُ عَلَيْهِم، لَوْ كنتمُ من ذَوِي الشُّعُورِ والعَقْلِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 113

113. “Only my Lord is capable of reckoning up their accounts. Allah alone, Master of the universe, is well informed about them, and He alone will judge them according to their intentions and their deeds, either past or future. If only you were among those who feel and perceive with the mind’s eye!”

{وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

(114) – وحينَما سَأَلُوهُ أنْ يَطْرُدَ هَؤلاءِ المُؤْمِنينَ، وَيُبْعِدَهُمْ عنهُ، أجَابَهُمْ: إنَّه لا يَفْعَلُ ذَلك.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 114

114. When they asked him to expel those believers and distance himself from them, he answered: “I will not.”

{إِنْ أَنَا إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ}

(115) – وَقَالَ لَهُمْ إنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى بَعَثَهُ نَذِيراً للنَّاسِ، فَمنْ أطَاعَهُ وصَدَّقَهُ كَانَ مِنْهُ، وَلا فَرْقَ عِنْدَهُ بَيْنَ شَريفٍ وَوَضِيعٍ، وَلا بَيْنَ جَلِيلٍ وَحَقِيرٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 115

115. And he told them that Allah Almighty had sent him to warn all men. Whoever obeyed him and believed him would be with him, no matter whether he be rich or poor, honourable or wretched.

{قَالُواْ لَئِنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ يٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ}

{لَئِنْ} {يٰنُوحُ}

(116) – طَالَ مُقَامُ نُوحٍ عَلَيه السَّلامُ بَينَ ظَهْرَانَيْ قَومِهِ، يَدْعُوهُمْ إلى اللهِ لَيلاً ونَهاراً، وسِرّاً وجِهَاراً، وكُلَّمَا كَرَّرَ عليهِمُ الدَّعوةَ ازْدَادوا كُفْراً واسْتِكْبَاراً.

ولَمَّا كَرَّرَ لَهُمْ نوحٌ الدعوةَ تَضَايَقُوا منْهُ ومِمَّنْ مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الظَّالِمُونَ مِنْ قومِهِ: لَئِنْ لمْ تَنْتَهِ يا نُوحُ عَن دَعَْوَتِكَ إِيَّانَا إلى دِينِكَ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكَ بِالحِجَارَةِ وَلنقْتُلَنَّكَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 116

116. Noah stayed for some time among them, inviting them to come to Allah, day and night, secretly and publicly, but each time he repeated his invitation to them their disbelief and pride grew greater. Because Noah kept repeating his invitation, they became irritated with him and those who were with him. So the unjust among his people said: “If you do not stop inviting us to embrace your religion, Noah, we will stone you and kill you.”

{قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ}

(117) – فدَعَا نُوحٌ عليهِ السلامُ عَلَيْهِمْ، واسْتَنصَرَ رَبَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ، وقالَ لِرَبِّهِ: رَبِّ إنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِي.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 117

117. So Noah came to resent them and he asked Allah for help against them, saying: “Lord, my people treat me as a liar.”

{فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحاً وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِي مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

(118) – ثم رجَا رَبَّهُ أَنْ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَهُ وبينَ قَوْمِهِ، وأَنْ يَحْكُمَ بينَهُمْ بالحَقِّ، وأنْ يُنَجِّيَه والذينَ آمَنُوا معَهُ العَذَابِ الذِيْ سيُنْزِلُهُ اللهُ بهؤلاءِ الكافرينَ المُكَذِّبينَ.

افْتَحْ – اقْضِ واحْكُمْ، أو افْرُقْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 118

118. Then he prayed to his Lord to make him and His ineluctable justice triumph over them, to save him and the believers who were with him from the punishment that He would visit upon the unbelievers who treated him as a liar.

{فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ}

{فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ}

(119) – فأنْجَى اللهُ نُوحاً والمُؤْمِنينَ معَهُ في السَّفينةِ التي أَمَرَهُ اللهُ بصُنْعِها، وبأنْ يَحمِلَ فيها المُؤمنينَ، ومِنْ كُلٍّ زوجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ من الحَيَواناتِ والنباتَاتِ. ولذلكَ قالَ المَشْحُون إشارةً إِلى امْتِلاَءِ السفينةِ بالحُمُولَةِ.

الفُلْكِ – السَّفينةِ والمَرْكَبِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 119

119. Allah therefore saved Noah and the believers who accompanied him in the ark that Allah had commanded him to build and to load with one pair of all animals and plants. It is for this reason that Allah describes the ark as ‘full,’ to signify that it was over-loaded.

{ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَ}

(120) – ثمَّ إنَّ اللهَ تَعالى أغرَقَ البَاقينَ جَمِيعاً، بعْدَ أنْ أنْجَى نُوحاً وَالذينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ في السَّفِينةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 120

120. Then Allah Almighty drowned all the rest, after having saved Noah and the believers who were with him in the ark.

{إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ}

{لآيَةً}

(121) – وَفي ذلكَ لآيةٌ عَلَى عِنَايَةِ اللهِ تَعَالَى بِعبادِهِ المُؤْمنينَ، وعَلى قُدْرَتِهِ تَعالى عَلى إهْلاَكِ المُجْرِمِينَ المُكذِّبينَ. وَمَعَ أنَّ نُوحاً حَذَّرَ قَومَهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللهِ ونَكَالِهِ ودعَاهُمْ إِلى عِبَادَةِ اللهِ تَعالى لَيلاً ونهاراً، وسِرّاً وَجِهَاراً فإِنَّهُ لمْ يؤمنْ بِهِ كثيرٌ منهُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 121

121. Here indeed is a sign of Allah’s concern for His servants, the believers, and of His power to destroy the criminals who treated His message as a lie. Despite the warnings Noah gave his people about Allah’s punishment and his invitation to worship Allah Almighty night and day, in secret and in public, most of them did not believe in him.

{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(122) – وإنَّ ربَّكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هُو العَزيزُ الجَانبِ الذي لا يُقَاوَمُ ولا يُغَالَبُ وهُوَ الحَكيمُ في شَرْعِهِ وتدْبِيرِهِ، الرَّحيمُ بعبَادِهِ إذْ لَمْ يُعَاجِلِ المُكَذِّبينَ بالعُقُوبةِ، وأرْسَلَ إليهِم الرُّسُلَ، وأَخَّرَ عُقُوبَتَهُمْ لَعلَّهُمْ يَتُوبُونَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 122

122. Mohammad, your Lord is all-Powerful and Invincible, He is all-Wise in His decisions and His directions, and all-Merciful to His servants, so that He does not hasten the punishment of those who treat His message as a lie, but sends them messengers and delays their punishment; perhaps they will repent.

{كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ}

(123) – يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعالى أنَّهُ أرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ هُوداً إلى قَوْمِ عَادٍ – وكَانُوا يَسْكُنُونَ الأحْقَافَ وهِيَ تِلاَلٌ رَمْلِيَّةٌ قُرْبَ حَضْرَمَوْتَ – وكَانُوا بعدَ قومِ نُوحٍ – فَدَعَاهُمْ هُودٌ إلى عِبادَةِ اللهِ تَعَالى وَحْدَه لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، والإِقلاَعِ عَنْ عبادةِ الأَصْنَامِ والأَوْثَانِ فكذَّبُوهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 123

123. Allah Almighty says that He sent to the people of ‘Aad His messenger Hud, who lived in Ahqaf, formed of sandy hills near the Hadramaut; it was a people which succeeded that of Noah. Hud then invited them to worship Allah alone, without any associate, and to abandon the worship of idols; but they treated him as a liar.

{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ}

(124) – فَقَالَ لَهُمْ هُودٌ عليهِ السَّلامُ: أَلاَ تَخَافُونَ أَنْ تَعْبُدُوا مَعَ اللهِ آلهةً أُخْرى هيَ أَصنامٌ لا تَضرُّ ولا تَنْفَعُ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 124

124. Hud said to them: “Do you not fear Allah when in addition to Him you worship idols and divinities who do neither good nor harm?

{إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ}

(125) – إنِّي مُرْسَلٌ إِليكُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ تَعَالى، وَإِنّي صَادِقٌ فِيما أُبَلِّغُكُمْ إِيَّاهُ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 125

125. “I have been sent to you on Allah Almighty’s behalf, and I truthfully transmit His message to you.

{فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ}

(126) – فَأَطِيعُونِي، واتَّبِعُوا قَوْلِي، واسْتَجِيبُوا لِدَعْوَتِي واتَّقُوا اللهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمْ، واعْبُدُوهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 126

126. “Obey me, therefore, follow my advice and my invitation, fear Allah, my Lord and yours, and worship Him alone, without associates!

{وَمَآ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{أَسْأَلُكُمْ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(127) – وَأَنَا لا أسْأَلُكُمْ جَزَاءً وأجْراً عَلَى مَا أقومُ بِهِ منْ دَعْوَتِي إيَّاكُمْ، وَإنَّمَا أنْتَظِرُ الأجْرَ والثَّوَابَ عَلَى ذَلكَ مِنَ اللهِ رَبِّ العَالَمينَ الذِي بَعَثَنِي إليْكُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 127

127. “I ask of you no remuneration for having invited you, but hope to receive my remuneration and my reward from the Master of the universe who sent me to you.”

{أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ}

{آيَةً}

(128) – كانَ قومُ عادٍ جَبَّارينَ في غَايةِ القُوةِ وشِدَّةِ البَطْشِ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُمْ وَفْرَةٌ في الأموالِ والزُّرُوعِ والمِيَاهِ والأَبْنَاءِ، وَمَعَ ذلكَ كانُوا يَعْبُدُونَ غيرَ اللهِ مَعَهُ، فَبَعَثَ اللهُ إِليهمْ هُوداً، وهُو رَجُلٌ منهُم، رَسُولاً ونَذِيراً فَدَعَاهُمْ إلى اللهِ، وَحَذَّرهُمْ نِقَمَهُ وَعَذَابَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: أَتَبْنُونَ في كُلِّ مُرْتَفَعِ منَ الأَرضِ (رِيْعٍ) بِنَاءٍ ضَخْماً مُحْكَماً للعَبَثِ والتَّفَاخُرِ والدَّلاَلَةِ على الغِنَى والقُوَّةِ؟ لِذلِكَ أنْكَرَ علَيْهِمْ نَبيُّهُم الاشْتِغَالَ فيما لا يُجْدِي في الدُّنيا والآخِرَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 128

128. The nation of ‘Aad was made up of insolent people, very powerful and very violent, who possessed an abundance of goods, fields, water and children; and yet they worshipped other deities than Allah. So Allah sent Hud to them, who was one of their own, to transmit His message and His warning. He invited them to come to Allah and warned them against His vengeance and His punishment, saying: “Will you in your frivolity and vanity build an enormous monument on every hill, to show off your wealth and power?” Thus the prophet condemned their work which was of no use to them either in this world or in the next.

{وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ}

(129) – وَتَبْنُونَ قصُوراً مُشَيَّدَةً وَحِيَاضَاً ضَخْمَةً لِجَمْعِ المِيَاهِ، وتظُنُّونَ أنَّكُمْ خَالِدُونَ في هذِه الحَياةِ الدُّنْيا، وَهذَا لَيْسَ بِحَاصِلٍ لَكُمْ، بَلْ هُوَ زَائِلٌ عنْكُمْ كَمَا زَالَ عَمَّنْ قَبْلَكُمْ.

المَصانِعُ – الأَحْواضُ الضَّخْمَةُ لِجَمْعِ المَاءِ – أَوِ القُصُورُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 129

129. “You construct fortresses and enormous cisterns to collect water. Do you think you are eternal here on earth? That cannot be; all this is ephemeral and will disappear, just as it did for those who preceded you.”

{وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ}

(130) – ويَصِفُهُمْ نَبِيُّهُم بِالقَسْوَةِ، والغِلْظَةِ، وَالجَبَرُوتِ، فَيَقُولُ لهمْ: إنَّهُمْ حِينَما ينْتَقِمُونَ وَيضْرِبُون، فإنَّهُم يفْعلونَ ذَلِكَ بقَسْوَةٍ بَالِغَةٍ، كَما يَفْعَلُ الجبَّارُونَ الأقْوِياءُ الذينَ لا يَخَافُونَ اللهَ تَعالى.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 130

130. “Their prophet treated them as violent and oppressive men, saying: “When you avenge yourself on someone and rage against them, you reveal in yourselves a boundless cruelty like that of tyrants who do not fear Allah.

{فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ}

(131) – فأَطِيعُوني فِيمَا دعوتُكُم إليهِ، وتَجَنَّبُوا ما حَذَّرْتُكُمْ منْهُ، واتَّقُوا اللهَ، وَخَافُوا نِقَمَهُ في الدُّنْيا والآخرةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 131

131. “Obey me, therefore, respond to my invitation, avoid that which I have warned you against, fear Allah and His vengeance in this world here below and the world to come.

{وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِيۤ أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ}

(132) – واتَّقُوا اللهَ الذي آتاكمُ الأمْوالَ، والبَنينَ والقُوَّة.

أَمَدَّكُمْ – أنْعَمَ عَلَيْكُمْ ورَزَقَكُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 132

132. “Fear Allah who has provided you with all these benefits: goods, children, and power.

{أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ}

{بِأَنْعَامٍ}

(133) – الذِي أمدَّكُمْ بأنْعَامٍ تَنْتَفِعُونَ بأوْبَارِهَا وأصْوافِها ولُحُومِها وألْبَانِها، وأمَدَّكُمْ بِبَنِينَ يَزيْدُونَ في قُوَّتِكُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 133

133. “He provided beasts for you, useful for their fur, for wool, meat and milk, and has granted you children who make you stronger.

{وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ}

{وَجَنَّاتٍ}

(134) – وأمَدَّكُم بِبساتِينَ ومَزَارِعَ وعيونِ ماءٍ تَجْري في أرْضِكُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 134

134. “He endowed you with gardens, plantations, and springs which flow in your lands.

{إِنِّيۤ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ}

(135) – فإنْ كذَّبْتُمْ وتَوَلَّيْتُم ورَفَضْتُم اتِّبَاعِي فِيمَا دَعَوْتُكُمْ إِليهِ مِنْ عِبادةِ اللهِ تَعَالى، فإِنِّي أخافُ أن تَحِلَّ بِكُمْ نِقَمُ اللهِ وعذابُهُ في يومِ القيامةِ، وهُوَ يَومٌ شديدُ الهَوْلِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 135

135. “If you treat His message as a lie, if you shun me and refuse to follow my invitation to come to Allah, I fear Allah’s vengeance on you and His punishment on the Day of Resurrection, which will be a terrible day.”

{قَالُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِّنَ ٱلْوَاعِظِينَ}

{ٱلْوَاعِظِينَ}

(136) – فَرَدَّ القَومُ عَلَى هُوُدٍ قائِلينَ: إنَّهُمْ لا يُبَالُون بنُصْحِهِ، ووَعْظِهِ، وَدَعْوَتِهِ، وإِنَّهُمْ لنْ يَرْجِعُوا عمَّا هُمْ عليهِ من الضَّلاَلِ، ولنْ يَتْرُكُوا آلِهَتَهُمْ كَمَا جاءَ في آيةٍ أُخْرى.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 136

136. His people answered him: “We care little for your exhortation and your invitation; we will not turn from the path that we have chosen, and we will not abandon our divinities – as is cited in another verse (see chapter 11- Hud (The Prophet Hud), 53).

{إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلاَّ خُلُقُ ٱلأَوَّلِينَ}

(137) – وإنَّ مَا هُمْ عَلَيهِ منَ الدِّينِ هُوَ دينُ آبائِهمُ الأولينَ (خُلُقُ الأوَّلِينَ)، وإنَّهمْ يتَّبِعُونَ ما وَجَدُوا آباءَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ، فَيَعِيشُونَ كَمَا عاشُوْا، ويَمُوتُونَ كمَا مَاتُوا.

خُلُقُ الأوَّلِين – عَادَتُهُم في اعْتِقَادِهمْ أنَّهُ لا بَعْثَ ولا نُشُورَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 137

137. “Our religion is merely the religion of our ancestors (the customs of our ancestors) and we follow the example of our fathers, and so we will live like them and die like them.

{وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ}

(138) – وإنَّهمْ لا يَعْتَقِدُونَ أنَّهُ سَيكُونُ هُناكَ بَعْثٌ، أَوْ نُشورٌ، أَوْ حِسَابٌ، أَوْ قِيامةٌ، أَوْ جَنَّةٌ، أَوْ نَارٌ، وَأَنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُعَذَّبُوا عَلَى مَا يأْتُونَهُ منَ الأَعْمالِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 138

138. We believe that there will be neither resurrection nor judgment, neither Heaven nor Hell, and we will certainly not have to undergo torture for the acts we have committed.”

{فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ}

{فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ} {لآيَةً}

(139) – واسْتَمَرُّوا في تَكْذِيبِهِمْ نبيَّهُمْ هُوداً عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ، وفي مُخَالَفَتِهِ ومُعَانَدَتِهِ فأهْلَكَهُمُ اللهُ بأنْ أرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحاً صَرْصَراً شَدِيدَةَ البُرودَةِ، بالغةَ العُنْفِ والقَسْوَةِ (عَاتِيَةً)، لَقَدْ كَانُوا عُتَاةً فَأَهلَكَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالى بِمَا هُوَ أَعْتَى مِنْهُمْ، وفي ذَلك آيَةٌ وعِظَةٌ، وَعِبْرَةٌ لمَنْ جَاءَ بَعْدَهُمْ، إِلا أنَّ أَكثَرَ النَّاسِ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 139

139. So they continued to treat their prophet Hud as a liar, to contradict him and to persist obstinately in their ways. Allah therefore caused them to perish by sending a cold and violent wind. They were violent, so Allah destroyed them with something even more violent than themselves. Here indeed is a sign and a lesson to be drawn for those who come after them; but most people do not believe.

{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(140) – واللهُ رَبُّكَ هُوَ القَوِيُّ العَزيزُ الذِي لا يُقَاوَمُ ولا يُغَالَبُ، وَهوَ الرَّحِيمُ بِعِبَادِهِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا ويَتُوبُوا إِليهِ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ ذُنُوبَهُمْ، ويَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْ سَيئَاتِهِمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 140

140. Your Lord Allah is indeed Omnipotent and Invincible, but all-Merciful towards His servants, and so He wishes them to believe so that He can pardon them and erase their faults from the account.

{كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ}

(141) – يُخبِرُ اللهُ تَعالَى أَنَّهُ أرْسَلَ عَبْدَهُ صَالِحاً رَسُولاً إلى قَوْمِهِ ثَمودَ، وَكَانُوا عَرَباً يَسْكُنُونَ الحِجْرَ، بينَ وَادِي القُرى وبِلادِ الشَّامِ، ومَسَاكِنُهُمْ مَعْرُوفةٌ باسْمِ مَدَائِنِ صَالِحٍ، وَكَانُوا بَعْدَ عادٍ، وَقَبْلَ إبراهيمَ عليهِ السلامُ، فدَعَاهُمْ نَبيُّهُمْ صَالِحٌ إلى عِبادةِ اللهِ تعالَى وَحْدَه لا شَريكَ لَهُ فَكَذَّبُوهُ، وبِذَلكَ يَكُونُون قَدْ كَذَّبُوا جَميعَ الرُّسُلِ لاتِّحَادِ رِسَالاتِ الرُّسُلِ في أصُولِها وغَايَاتِها.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 141

141. Allah Almighty says that He sent His servant Saleh as a messenger to his people Thamud, Arabs living in the al-Hijr region, between the al-Cora valley and Syria – their homes are known as the cities of Saleh; they succeeded the people of ‘Aad and preceded the people of Abraham. Their prophet Saleh invited them to worship Allah Almighty alone, without any associate; but they treated him as a liar, and thus treated all the messengers as liars, for they all had the same origin and the same goal.

{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلا تَتَّقُونَ}

{صَالِحٌ}

(142) – وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نبيُّهُمْ صَالِحٌ: أَلا تَخَافُونَ أَنْ تُشْرِكُوا معَ اللهِ آلهةً أُخْرى في العِبَادَةِ؟ (وَصَالحٌ مِنْ ثمودَ لِذَلكَ قَالَ تَعَالى عَنهُ إِنهُ أخُوهمْ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 142

142. Their prophet Saleh said to them: “Do you not fear Allah for having associated other divinities with him? (Saleh was from Thamud, so Allah says that he is their brother.)

{إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ}

(143) – فَأنَا مُرسلٌ إِليكمْ مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالى، وَإنِّي أمينٌ في نُصْحي لكُمْ، وفِي إِبْلاغِكُمْ رِسَالَة رَبِّي.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 143

143. “I have been sent to you on Allah Almighty’s behalf, and I truthfully transmit His message to you.

{فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ}

(144) – فأَطِيعُوني فِيما دَعَوْتُكُمْ إليهِ من عِبَادَةِ اللهِ تَعَالى وَحدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لهُ، وفِي الإِقْلاَعِ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ الأصْنَامِ والأنْدَادِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 144

144. “Obey me, therefore, when I invite you to worship Allah Almighty alone, without any associate, and to abandon the worship of idols.

{وَمَآ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{أَسْأَلُكُمْ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(145) – وإنِّي لا أبْتَغِي مِنْكُمْ أَجْراً عَلَى مَا أقومُ بهِ من إبْلاَغِكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّي، وإنَّمَا أطْلُبُ الأجْرَ والثَّوَابَ عليهِ منَ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 145

145. “I ask you for no remuneration for having communicated my Lord’s message to you; but I shall ask Allah alone for my remuneration and my reward.”

{أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَآ آمِنِينَ}

{هَاهُنَآ} {آمِنِينَ}

(146) – وذَكَّرَهُمْ بِمَا أنْعَمَ اللهُ بِهِ عليهِمْ من الأرْزَاقِ والجَنَّاتِ، والزُّرُوعِ والثمارِ، ثُمَّ قالَ لهمْ: هلْ تَظُنُّونَ أنْ تُتْرَكُوا طَوِيلاً في هَذا النّعيمِ والرَّفَاهِ والأمْنِ، وأنتُمْ كافِرُون، جَاحِدُون نِعَمَ اللهِ، مُخَالِفُونَ أوامِرَهُ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 146

146. He then reminded them of Allah’s favours towards them: in food, gardens, agriculture, and fruits. Then he said: “Do you think that you will be allowed to live for long in this blessed state and this abundance and total security, whereas you are unbelievers, ungrateful for Allah’s favours, denying His commands?

{فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ}

{جَنَّاتٍ}

(147) – في هذهِ الجَنَّاتِ والعُيُونِ والخَيْراتِ الحِسَانِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 147

147. “In the midst of the gardens, the springs, and all your other advantages,

{وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ}

(148) – وفي هذِهِ الزُّرُوعِ وَالنَّخِيلِ، وَقَدْ أيْنَعَ ثمرُهَا، وبَلَغَ، فأصْبَحَ نَاضِجاً هَضِيماً.

الطَّلْعُ – الثَّمَرُ الذي يَؤُولُ إِليهِ الطَّلْعُ.

هضِيمٌ – نَاضِجٌ يَانِعٌ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 148

148. “… agriculture and palm groves with ripe and tender fruit,

{وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتاً فَارِهِينَ}

{فَارِهِينَ}

(149) – وتَنْحِتُون بُيُوتاً في الجِبَالِ أَشَراً وبَطَراً وعَبَثاً (فَارِهِينَ)، منْ غَيْرِ حَاجَةٍ إلى سُكْنَاهَا.

(كَانَ قومُ ثمودَ مَهَرةً حَاذِقينَ في نَحْتِ البيُوتِ في الجِبَال ونَقْشِها).

فَارِهِينَ – بَطِرِينَ مُتْرَفينَ – أو حَاذِقِينَ في نَحْتِها.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 149

149. “… in your frivolity and insolence you dig into the mountains houses in which you have no need to live in. (The people of Thamud were expert at digging houses into the mountains.)

{فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ}

(150) – فأطِيعُوني فيمَا دَعَوْتُكُم إليهِ منْ عِبَادَةِ اللهِ وحدَهُ، والإِقْلاَعِ عنِ الكُفْرِ والضَّلاَلِ والطُّغيَانِ وَعِبَادَةِ الأَوْثَانِ، وَأقْبِلُوا عَلَى مَا يَعُودُ عليكُمْ نَفْعُهُ في الدُّنْيا والآخِرَةِ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ رَبِّكُمُ الذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُمْ، وتسبيحِهِ بُكْرَةً وأَصِيْلاً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 150

150. “Obey me therefore by worshipping Allah alone, abandoning disbelief and returning from your false path; shun tyranny and idolatry, and turn your attention towards that which is useful to you in the present life as well as hereafter, such as the worship of your Lord who created you and who provides you with food, and praise Him both morning and afternoon.

{وَلاَ تُطِيعُوۤاْ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ}

(151) – وَلاَ تُطِيعُوا أمْرَ الرُّؤسَاءِ والكُبَراءِ، الدُّعَاةِ إلى الشِّرْكِ والكُفْرِ ومُخَالَفَةِ الحَقِّ (المُسْرِفِينَ).

المُسْرِفِين – المُتَجَاوِزِينَ الحُدُودَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 151

151. “Do not obey the commands of the wicked among your leaders who incite you to idolatry, to unbelief, and to denying the truth (the misleaders)…

{ٱلَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ وَلاَ يُصْلِحُونَ}

(152) – وَهَؤُلاءِ الكُبراءُ يُفْسِدُونَ في الأَرْضِ، وَيَدْعُونَ إِلى الضَّلالِ، وَيَصْرِفُون النَّاسَ عَنِ الحقِّ، وَلا يَدْعُونَ إلى الهُدى وَالإِصْلاحِ.

(وقِيلَ إنَّ المَقصُودَ بِهُؤُلاءِ الكُبَراءِ هُمُ الرَّهْطُ التِّسْعَةُ الذينَ تآمَرُوا على قَتْلِ صَالحٍ وعَقْرِ نَاقَتِهِ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 152

152. “… those great men who sow corruption on earth, who incite people to go astray, who divert people from the truth and who institute no useful reforms.” (It is said that these great men are a band of nine people who had plotted to kill Saleh and cut his camel’s throat.)

{قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ}

(153) – فأجَابُوه: إِنَّكَ رَجُلٌ غَلَبَ السِّحرُ عَلَى عَقْلِهِ، فَلاَ يُقْبَلُ لَهُ قَوْلٌ، وَلا يُسْمَعُ لَهُ نُصْحٌ.

المُسَحَّرِينَ – المَغْلوبِ عَلَى عُقُولِهِمْ بالسِّحْرِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 153

153. Then they said to him: “You are nothing but a man bewitched, so your word will not be accepted and your advice will not be heeded.

{مَآ أَنتَ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّادِقِينَ}

{بِآيَةٍ} {ٱلصَّادِقِينَ}

(154) – فَلَسْتَ إلا بَشَراً مثْلَنَا فكَيْفَ أَوْحَى اللهُ إِليكَ مِنْ دُونِنا؟ ثُمَّ اقْتَرَحُوا عَليهِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بمُعْجِزةٍ خَارِقَةٍ لِلعَادةِ (آيةٍ)، لِيَعْلَمُوا أنهُ صادِقٌ فِيما جاءَهُمْ بِهِ من ربِّهِمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 154

154. “You are just a human being like the rest of us. How is it that you receive revelations and we do not?” (Then they proposed that he summon forth a miracle for them, so that they might be sure that he was sincere in what he claimed to bring to them on Allah ‘s behalf.)

{قَالَ هَـٰذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ}

(155) – ولمَّا سَألَهُمْ صَالحٌ عليهِ السَّلامُ عنِ الآيةِ التي يُريدونَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بِهَا، اجتَمَعَ مَلؤُهُم وطلَبُوا مِنهُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ لهمْ من صَخْرةٍ عَيَّنُوها لهُ ناقةً عُشَرَاءَ منْ صِفَتِها كذَا وكَذا. وحِينئذٍ أخَذَ عليهِمْ صالحٌ العَهْدَ والمِيثاقَ لِئنْ أجَابَهُم إلى ما سَأَلوا لَيْؤمِنُنَّ باللهِ، وبِمَا جَاءَهُمْ بهِ منْ عندِ اللهِ. ثم دَعَا اللهَ ربَّهُ أن يُجِيبَهُمْ إلى سُؤَالِهِمْ، فانْفَطَرتِ الصَّخْرَةُ التي أَشَارُوا إِليها عَنْ ناقةٍ عُشَرَاءَ، لَها الصِّفَاتُ التي طَلَبُوها. فآمَن بعضُهُمْ، وكَفَرَ أكثرُهُمْ، فقالَ لهمْ صالِحٌ هَذهِ النَّاقَةُ التي سَأَلتُمُوهَا، وَإِنَّها سَتَرِدُ الماءَ يَوْماً، لا يُشَارِكُونَها فيهِ، ويَرِدُونَهُ هُمْ يومَاً لا تُشَارِكُهُمْ هيَ فيهِ.

لها شِرْبٌ – نَصِيبٌ مَشْرُوبٌ من المَاءِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 155

155. When Saleh asked them what kind of sign they wanted him to procure for them, they conferred together and then asked him to make a she-camel spring forth from the rocks, with such-and-such characteristics. At that moment, Saleh exacted a promise from them that they would believe in Allah if he carried out their request. Then he prayed to Allah to realize their demand, and the rock split and a domesticated she-camel emerged, with all the characteristics which they had specified. Some among them believed, others did not. Saleh then said to them: “Here is the camel you requested; she will drink at the well on an agreed day when no one else will have the right to do so, and you will drink at the well on another day when she will not.”

{وَلاَ تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوۤءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ}

(156) – وحَذَّرَهُمْ مِنْ نِقْمَةِ اللهِ أَنْ تَحِلَّ بِهِمْ إنْ هُمْ مَسُّوا الناقَةَ بِسُوءٍ. فَمَكَثَتِ النَّاقةُ بينَ أظهُرِهِمْ حيناً منَ الدَّهرِ تَرِدُ المَاءَ، وتَرْعَى في أَرْضِ اللهِ، وينْتَفِعُون بِلبَنِها، يَحْلبُونَ منْها ما يكْفِيهِمْ شُرْباً وَرِيّاً. فَلَمَّا طالَ عَلَيهِمُ الأمَدُ وحَضَرَ أشْقَاهُمْ تَمالؤوا على قَتْلِها وعَقْرِها.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 156

156. He warned them against Allah’s anger if they harmed the camel in any way. The camel remained with them for some time, and drank and ate from Allah ’s earth. Meanwhile they made use of her milk, which was abundant. As this lasted a long while, the most despicable among them got together and plotted to hamstring the camel and kill her.

{فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُواْ نَادِمِينَ}

{نَادِمِينَ}

(157) – فقَتَلُوا النَاقَةَ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ نبيُّهُمْ صالِحٌ: تَمَتَّعُوا في دِيَارِكُمْ ثَلاثةَ أيامٍ، وَبعْدَ ذَلك يَحِلُّ بِكُمُ العَذابُ، فنَدِمُوا عَلى مَا فَعَلَهُ أشقياؤُهُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 157

157. They slit the camel’s throat. Their prophet Saleh then said to them: “Regale yourselves in your homes for three days, and then your punishment will fall on you.” They all regretted what the most despicable among them had done.

{فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ}

{لآيَةً}

(158) – وفي المَوْعِد الذي حَدَّدَهُ لَهُمْ صالحٌ، حَلَّ بهِمْ عذابُ اللهِ، فَزُلْزِلَتِ الأرضُ زِلْزَالاً شَديداً، وجاءَتْهُمْ صَيْحَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ اقْتَلَعَتِ القُلوبَ منْ مَحَالِّها، وأتَاهُمْ منَ الأمرِ ما لمْ يَكونوا يَحْتَسِبُون، وأصْبَحُوا في دِيَارِهم هَلْكَى جَاثِمِين، ولمْ يكنْ أكثرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنينَ بِمَا جَاءَهُمْ بهِ صَالِحٌ، وفي ذَلك لآيةٌ وعبرةٌ وعظةٌ للعاقِلين.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 158

158. On the day specified by Saleh they were struck by Allah ’s punishment. The earth trembled with a mighty earthquake, and an enormous cry came and tore their hearts. Then they got what they had not expected, and they perished, immobile in their homes. Most of them did not believe in the message which Saleh had brought them. Here is a clear sign and a lesson to be drawn by the wise.

{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(159) – وإنَّ رَبَّكَ، يَا مُحَمَّدُ، هُوَ العَزيزُ الذِي لا يُقَاوَمُ ولا يُغَالَبُ وَهُوَ الرَّحِيمُ بِعبادِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 159

159. Your Lord, Mohammad, is indeed all-Powerful and Invincible, and Merciful towards His servants.

{كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ}

(160) – وأَرْسَلَ اللهُ تَعَالى لُوطاً علَيهِ السَّلامُ – وهُوَ ابنُ أَخي إِبراهِيمَ – إلى قَومٍ عُرِفُوا فيما بعْدُ بقومِ لوطٍ، وكَانُوا يَسْكُنُونَ مَدينةَ سَدُومٍ جَنُوبِيِّ البَحْرِ المَيِّتِ في الأُرْدُنَّ فَدعَاهُمْ إلى عِبَادَةِ اللهِ وَحدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وأنْ يُطِيعُوا رَسُولَهُ الذِي بَعَثَهُ اللهُ إلَيْهِمْ، ونَهَاهُمْ عَنْ مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ تَعالى، وعنِ ارْتِكَابِ الفَواحِشِ التي لَمْ يَسْبِقْهُمْ أحَدٌ منَ العَالَمِينَ إلى ارْتِكَابِها، فكذَّبُوهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 160

160. Allah Almighty sent Abraham’s nephew Lot to a people – afterwards known as Lot’s people – living in the city of Sodom, in Jordan, south of the Dead Sea. He invited them to worship Allah alone, without any associate, and to obey the messenger Allah had sent to them; he forbade them to disobey Allah and to abandon themselves to a turpitude worse than that of any earlier peoples. But they treated him as a liar.

{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ لُوطٌ أَلا تَتَّقُونَ}

(161) – فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لُوطٌ: أَلا تَتَّقُونَ اللهَ، وتَخَافُونَ عِقَابَهُ، وأنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ منْ دُونِهِ آلهةً أصْنَاماً لا تَضُرُّ ولا تَنْفَعُ، وتَرْتَكِبُونَ الفَواحِشَ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 161

161. Lot therefore said to them: “Will you not act piously? Have you no fear of Allah’s punishment when you worship idols aside from Him who do you neither good nor harm, and when you persist in sin?

{إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ}

(162) – فإِنيّ رَسُولُ اللهِ إليكمُ، وَإِنيّ أَمينٌ في إِبْلاَغِكُم مَا أتَلَقَّاهُ مِنْ رَبِّي.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 162

162. “I am Allah’s messenger, sent to you, and I faithfully transmit to you what I receive from Allah.

{فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ}

(163) – فأَطِيعُوني وَاسْمَعُوا قَولي، وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وأخْلِصُوا العِبَادَةَ لَهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَريكَ لَهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 163

163. “Obey me then, pay heed to me, fear Allah, the Master of the universe, and devote yourselves to worshipping him without any associate.

{وَمَآ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{أَسْأَلُكُمْ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(164) – وَأَنَا لا أَسْأَلُكُمْ جَزَاءً، وَلاَ أَجْراً عَلى نُصْحِي لَكُمْ، ودَعْوَتي إيَّاكُمْ إِلى عِبَادَةِ اللهِ تَعَالى، وَإِنَّما أبْغِي الأَجْرَ والثَّوَابَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ عِنْدِ اللهِ ربِّ العَالَمِين.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 164

164. “I ask of you neither remuneration nor reward for having advised you and invited you to worship Allah Almighty, but I desire my salary and my reward to come only from the Master of the universe.”

{أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(165) – وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: إنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِنَ دُونِ النِّسَاءِ، وَهذَا أمرٌ مُنْكَرٌ لَمْ يَسْبِقْكُمْ إِليهِ أََحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 165

165. He said to them: “Do you turn to men rather than women to satisfy your sexual desires? That is a vile sin that no creature before you has committed…

{وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ}

{أَزْوَاجِكُمْ}

(166) – وتَذَرُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ، وَمَا خَلَقَ اللهُ لَكُمْ مِنْهُنَّ، فَأَنْتُمْ بِذَلِكَ قَوْمٌ مُعْتَدُون، مُتَجَاوِزُونَ حُدودَ اللهِ، وشَرائِعَهُ.

عَادُون – مُتَجَاوِزُونَ الحَدِّ فِي الْمَعَاصِي.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 166

166. “Do you neglect your wives and all that Allah has created in them for you? You transgress and go beyond the limits Allah has set for you, and His holy commandments.”

{قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ}

{لَئِن} {يٰلُوطُ}

(167) – فَقَالُوا لَهُ: لئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يا لُوطُ عَمَّا جِئْتَنَا بهِ مِنْ دَعْوَتِنا إلى التَّطَهُّرِ، وتَركِ ما وَجَدْنا عَليه آباءَنا، لَنُخْرجَنَّكَ مِنْ بينِ أظْهُرِنا، ولَنَنْفِيَنَّكَ منْ بَلْدَتِنا أنْتَ وأَهْلَكَ، فإِنَّكُمْ أُنَاسٌ تَتَطَهَّرُون.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 167

167. So they answered: “Lot, if you do not stop inviting us to purify ourselves and abandon the ways of our ancestors, we will expel you from our city, along with your family, for you are one of those people who pride themselves on their purity.”

{قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُمْ مِّنَ ٱلْقَالِينَ}

(168) – فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لُوطٌ إنَّهُ كَارِهٌ لِمَا يفْعَلونَهُ، وَلا يَرْضَى بهِ، وإِنَّه بَرَاءٌ مِنهُمْ.

القَالينَ – المُبْغِضِينَ أشَدَّ البُغْضِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 168

168. Lot told them that he detested what they did, would not accept it, and disavowed it.

{رَبِّ نَّجِنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ}

(169) – وَدَعَا لُوطٌ ربَّهُ قَائِلاً: رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهْلِي مِمَّا يَعْمَلُ هؤلاءِ منَ المُنْكَرَاتِ، وأنْقِذْنَا بِفَضْلِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ حينَما تُنْزِلُ بالضَّالِّينَ عَذَابَكَ الأَليمَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 169

169. Then Lot prayed to his Lord: “Lord, save me and my family from the sins these people commit, and succour me through your grace and your compassion when you send your devastating punishment down upon these sinners.”

{فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ}

{فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ}

(170) – فأنْجَاهُ اللهُ تَعَالى وأهلَهُ جَمِيعاً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 170

170. Allah Almighty therefore saved Lot and all his family…

{إِلاَّ عَجُوزاً فِي ٱلْغَابِرِينَ}

{ٱلْغَابِرِينَ}

(171) – إِلاَّ امرَأَتَهُ، وكَانَتْ عَجُوزَ سَوْْءٍ، بَقِيَتْ مَعَ قَوْمِها الهَالِكِينَ حِينَ أَمَرَهُ اللهُ بأنْ يُسْرِيَ بِأَهْلِهِ، فَهَلَكَتْ مَعَ قَوْمِها.

فِي الغَابِرينَ – فِي البَاقِينَ فِي العَذابِ كَأَمْثَالِها – أوْ في الهَالِكِينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 171

171. … except for his wife, who was an elderly sinner and who remained with her people when they were exterminated, when Allah commanded Lot to escape at night. She died, therefore, with her people.

{ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلآخَرِينَ}

{ٱلآخَرِينَ}

(172) – وأمَرَ اللهُ تَعالَى لوطاً بأن يُسْرِيَ بِأَهْلِهِ بَعْدَ مُضِيِّ جَانِبٍ منَ اللَيلِ، – بِقِطْعٍ منْهُ – وأَنْ لا يَلتَفِتَ منهُمْ أحدٌ إلى الورَاءِ حِينَما يَسْمَعُونَ الصَّيْحَةَ تُدَمِّرُ القَومَ الظَّالِمِينَ، وَقَريَتَهُمْ. وَلمَّا خَرَجَ لُوطٌ وأَهلُهُ، وابْتَعَدُوا صَبَّ اللهُ عَذَابَهُ عَلَى القَريةِ، وأَمْطَرَها حِجَارةً من سِجِّيلٍ مَنْضُودٍ، فَجَعَلَ عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَها، ولَمْ يُبْقِ أحَداً مِنْ أهْلِها عَلَى قَيدِ الحَياةِ.

دَمَّرْنَا الآخَرِينَ – أهْلَكْنَاهُمْ إهْلاَكاً شَدِيداً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 172

172. Allah Almighty ordered Lot to leave with his family at a certain hour of the night, and not to turn his head to look behind him when he heard the cry which would destroy the wicked people and their city. When Lot and his family had left the city and were some distance away, Allah caused his punishment to rain down on the city in the form of great clay tablets, so that the town was turned upside down and not one person survived.

{وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَراً فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ}

(173) – وأَمْطَرَ اللهُ تَعالى عَلَى القَرْيَةِ مَطَراً مُهْلِكاً، وَكَانَ بِئْسَ المَطَرُ يَنْزِلُ بالقَوْمِ الذِينَ أنْذَرَهُمُ اللهُ بالهَلاَكِ والدَّمَارِ.

مَطَراً – حِجَارَةً مِنَ سِجِّيلٍ مُهْلِكَةٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 173

173. Allah Almighty caused a lethal rain to fall on the city. What a pernicious rain for those Allah had warned of punishment and annihilation!

{إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ}

{لآيَةً}

(174) – وفِي ذَلك لبُرْهَانٌ ودَليلٌ عَلَى قُدْرَةِ اللهِ تَعَالى، وفِيهِ عِظَةٌ للعَاقِلِينَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤمِنينَ بما جَاءهُمْ بِهِ لُوطٌ عليهِ السَّلامُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 174

174. Here is indeed a marvel and a proof of Allah ’s power, and a lesson to be drawn by the wise. However, most people do not believe in what Lot communicated to them.

{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(175) – وَرَبُّكَ يا مُحَمَّدُ، هُوَ العَزيزُ الذي لاَ يُقَاوَمُ ولا يُغَالَبُ، وهو الرَّحِيمُ بعبادِهِ، يُرِيْدُهُمْ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 175

175. Mohammad, your Lord is all-Powerful and Invincible, and He is all-Merciful towards His servants, for He wants them to believe so that He can pardon them.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 176

176. The people of al-Aykah were Madianites (al-aykah were bushy trees that they worshipped; Madian was in southern Jordan near Aqaba). Their prophet was Shuayb and he belonged to this people. Allah sent him to them in order to invite them to worship Allah and to abandon the disorder and the wickedness in which they wallowed. But they treated him as a liar.

{إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ}

(177) – فَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ: ألا تَعْبُدونَ اللهَ وتُطِيعُونَ أَمْرَهُ، وتُقْلِعُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ ما سِواهُ منَ الأصْنَامِ والأَنْدَادِ؟ وتَكُفُّونَ عَنْ تَطْفِيفِ المِكْيَالِ والمِيزانِ؟ إِنَّكُمْ إِنْ لَمْ تَفعَلُوا ذَلكَ فإِنَّ اللهَ سَيُعَاقِبُكُمْ عِقَاباً شَدِيداً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 177

177. Their prophet Shuayb therefore said to them: “Why do you not worship Allah and obey His commandments, and why do you not abandon the worship of idols and falsifying your weights and measures? If you do not desist, Allah will punish you with a terrible punishment.

{إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ}

(178) – وإنِّي رَسُولٌ إليْكُمْ منَ اللهِ، أمينٌ في إبْلاَغِكُم مَا أَتَلَقَّاهُ مِنْ رَبِّي.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 178

178. “I am the messenger of Allah, sent to you, and I faithfully communicate to you what I receive from my Lord.

{فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ}

(179) – فَأَطِيعُونِي وَاسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي، وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ رَبَّ العَالَمِينَ، وَأَخْلِصُوا لَهُ العِبَادَةَ وحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 179

179. “Obey me, then, heed me, fear Allah, the Master of the universe, and devote yourselves to worshipping Him without any associate.

{وَمَآ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلاَّ عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

{أَسْأَلُكُمْ} {ٱلْعَالَمِينَ}

(180) – وَأَنَا لاَ أَسْألُكُمْ جَزَاءً أو أَجْراً عَلَى نُصْحي لكُمْ، وَدَعْوَتي إيَّاكُمْ إِلى عِبادةِ اللهِ تَعالى وَحْدَه لا شَريكَ لهُ، وإِنَّما أبْغِي الأَجْرَ وَالثَّوابَ على ذَلِكَ مِنَ اللهِ الكَرِيمِ وَهُوَ رَبُّ العَالَمينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 180

180. “I ask of you no remuneration or reward for having advised you and invited you to worship Allah alone, without any associate; but I desire to receive my reward and my recompense from Allah, the all-Generous Master of the Universe.”

{أَوْفُواْ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَلاَ تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْسِرِينَ}

(181) – ثمَّ أمرَهُمْ بإِيفَاءِ المِكْيَالِ والمِيزانِ، وَنَهَاهُمْ عن التَّطْفِيفِ، وقالَ لهمْ: إذا دَفَعْتُمْ للنَّاسِ فأوْفُوا الكَيلَ والمِيزانَ حقَّهُمَا، ولا تَبْخَسُوا الكَيْلَ فَتُعْطُوهُ ناقِصَاً، وَتَأْخُذُوهُ وَافياً إِذا كَانَ لَكُمْ، وَلكِنْ خُذُوا كَما تُعْطُوْنَ، وأعْطُوا كَمَا تأخُذُون.

المُخْسِرِين – المُنْقِصينَ لِلحُقُوقِ بالتَّطفِيفِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 181

181. Then he told them to give full measure and not to defraud people. He forbade them to deceive people, saying: “When you measure or weigh, do not trick people: give them full measure. Treat others as you would like them to treat you, and give as you would like to receive.

{وَزِنُواْ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ}

(182) – وزِنُوا بالمِيزَانِ العَادِلِ المَضْبُوطِ (القِسْطَاسِ المُسْتَقِيمِ).

القِسْطَاسِ – العَادِلِ – أو المَضْبُوطِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 182

182. “Use accurate scales when you weigh things.

{وَلاَ تَبْخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلاَ تَعْثَوْاْ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ}

(183) – ولا تُنْقِصُوْا النَّاسَ شَيْئاً مِنْ حُقُوقِهِمْ وأَمْوَالِهِمْ، وَلاَ تَعِيثُوا في الأَرضِ فَسَاداً، وَلا تَقْطَعُوا الطَّريقَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، كَمَا جَاءَ في آيةٍ أُخْرى{وَلاَ تَقْعُدُواْ بِكُلِّ صِرَاطٍ تُوعِدُونَ} لا تَبْخَسُوا – لا تَنْقِصُوا.

لا تَعْثَوْا – لا تُفْسِدُوا أشَدَّ الإِفْسَادِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 183

183. “Do not give people less than their due, do not sow disorder on earth, and do not block people’s paths” – as is written in another verse: “And do not place yourself in a threatening way on any path” (see chapter 7- Al-A’raf (The Heights), 86).

{وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلأَوَّلِينَ}

(184) – وَحَذَّرَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ مِنْ نِقْمَةِ اللهِ وَبأْسِهِ، وَهُوَ الذي خَلَقَهُمْ وَخَلَقَ آباءَهُمُ الأوَّلينَ مِنَ العَدَمِ لِيَكُونُوا مُصْلِحِينَ في الأرضِ.

الجِبِلَّةَ الأوَّلِينَ – الخَلْقَ الأوَّلِينَ. وَجَاءَ في آيةٍ أخْرَى{وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلاًّ كَثِيراً أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُواْ تَعْقِلُونَ} أي خَلْقاً كَثِيراً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 184

184. Shuayb warned them against the wrath of Allah and His vengeance, He who created them from nothing just like their ancestors, so that they could be reformers on earth.

{قَالُوۤاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَحَّرِينَ}

(185) – فقالُوا لهُ: إنَّما أنتَ رجلٌ مَسْحُورٌ فَاقِدُ العَقْلِ.

المُسَحَّرِينَ – المَغْلوبَةِ عُقولُهُمْ بكَثْرَةِ السِّحْرِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 185

185. Then they said to him: “You are most certainly one of those men who has been bewitched and deprived of his reason.

{وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَاذِبِينَ}

{ٱلْكَاذِبِينَ}

(186) – فَلَسْتَ إٍِلا بَشَراً مِثلَنَا فَكَيفَ أُوحِيَ إِلَيكَ مِنْ دُونِنا؟ وَمَا نَظُنَّكَ إِلاَّ كَاذِباً فِيمَا تَقُولُهُ مِنْ أنَّ اللهَ أرْسَلَكَ نَبِياً إِلَينَا.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 186

186. “You are just a human being like us. Why is it that revelations come to you but not to us? We firmly believe that you are a liar, just pretending that Allah has sent you to us.

{فَأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّادِقِينَ}

{ٱلصَّادِقِينَ}

(187) – فأَسْقِطْ عَلَيْنَا السَّمَاءَ قِطَعاً فِيها العَذَابُ لَنا، هَذا إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقاً فِيمَا زَعَمْتَ مِنْ أنَّكَ رسُولٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ تَعالى، وأنَّ اللهَ حَفِيٌّ بِكَ.

(وَهَذا مِثْلُ مَا قَالَتْهُ قُرَيشٌ للرَّسُولِ صلى الله عليه وسلم:{أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً} كِسَفاً – قِطَعاً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 187

187. “Make pieces of the sky fall on us as a punishment, if you are telling the truth when you claim to be Allah’s messenger.” (The people of Quraish said the same thing to the prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him): “Or else make pieces of the sky fall on us, if you are what you claim to be.”(“See chapter 17- Al-Isra (The Nocturnal Journey), 92.)

{قَالَ رَبِّيۤ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ}

(188) – قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ: اللهُ أعْلَمُ بِأعْمَالِكُمْ، فإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَحِقُّونَ ذَلِكَ العَذابَ جَازَاكُم اللهُ بِهِ، وهُوَ غيرُ ظَالِمٍ لَكُمْ (أوْ إنْ شَاءَ عَجَّلَ لكُمُ العَذَابَ، وَإِنْ شَاء أخَّرَهُ إلى أجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 188

188. Shuayb said to them: “Allah best knows what you do, and so if you deserve punishment He will rain it down upon you; for He is not unjust towards you.” (If He wishes, He hastens your punishment, and if He wishes, He delays it until the appointed hour.)

{فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ}

(189) – فأَصرُّوا عَلَى تَكْذِيبِهِمْ شُعَيْباً، فَعَاقَبَهُمُ اللهُ على ذَلك التَّكْذِيبِ، وعلى جُحُودِهِمْ بآيَاتِ اللهِ رَبِّهِمْ، بِأَنْ سَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَرّاً شَديداً مُدَةَ سَبْعَةِ أيَّامٍ مُتَوَالِيَاتٍ، لا يَقِيهِمْ منهُ شيءٌ، ثم أقْبَلَتْ إليهِمْ سحَابةٌ أظَلَّتْهُمْ فَجَعَلُوا يَنْطَلِقُونَ إليها يَسْتَظِلُّونَ بِظِلِّهَا مِنْ شِدَّةِ الحَرِّ، فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعُوا كُلُّهُمْ تَحتَها، أرسَلَ اللهُ عَليْهِمْ مِنْهَا شَرَراً منْ نَارٍ، ولَهَباً ووَهْجاً عَظيماً، وَرَجَفَتْ بِهِم الأرضُ، وَجَاءَتْهُمْ صيحةٌ عظيمةٌ أزْهَقَتْ أرواحَهُمْ في يومٍ شَديدِ الهَوْلِ.

الظُّلَّةُ – سَحَابَةٌ أَظَلَّتْهُمْ ثُمَّ أَمْطَرَتْهُمْ نَاراً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 189

189. They persisted in treating Shuayb as a liar, so Allah punished them for having done so and for having failed to recognize the signs of their Lord. He inflicted an intolerable heat on them for seven consecutive days, and nothing could protect them from it. Then a cloud appeared above them, and they all ran to shelter themselves under it in the hope of some rain or in search of cooling shade. When they were all gathered in its shadow, Allah sent them, instead of rain, a shower of enormous sparks of fire; the earth trembled under them and then came a devastating cry which destroyed them all on that day of terrible destruction.

{إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ}

{لآيَةً}

(190) – وفِيمَا نَزَلَ بأَصْحَابِ الأَيْكَةِ منَ العُقُوبَةِ دَلِيلٌ، وَبُرْهَانٌ على كَمَالِ قُدْرَةِ اللهِ تَعالى، وَعِظَةٌ للعَاقِلينَ ولمْ يَكُنْ أكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنينَ، بِمَا جَاءَهُمْ بِهِ شُعَيْبٌ عليهِ السلامُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 190

190. The punishment visited on the people of al-Aykah is a sign and a proof of the power of Allah Almighty and a lesson to be drawn by the wise. However, most of them did not believe the message that Shuayb brought them.

{وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ}

(191) – وَرَبُّكَ هُوَ العَزِيزُ في انْتِقَامِهِ، وَهُوَ لا يُغَالَبُ ولا يُقَاوَمُ، وهُوَ الرَّحِيمُ بِعبَادِهِ المُؤْمِنينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 191

191. O Mohammad, your Lord is all-Powerful in His vengeance. He is Invincible, and He is all-Merciful towards His servants who believe.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 192

192. The Quran, mentioned at the beginning of this chapter (“Whenever a fresh revelation is sent…” See verse 5 above), was sent down by the Master of the universe. He who revealed it to you, Mohammad, is the Master of the universe; His word is therefore truth and His decisions are absolute.

{نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلأَمِينُ}

(193) – وهَذا القُرآنُ أنْزَلَهُ اللهُ تَعالى عَلَيكَ يا مُحَمَّدُ، وجَاءَكَ بهِ جِبْرِيلُ عَليهِ السَّلامُ (الرُّوحَ الأمِينُ).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 193

193. And Allah Almighty revealed this Quran to you, Mohammad, through Gabriel who visited you.

{عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنْذِرِينَ}

(194) – وهَذا القُرآنُ أنْزَلَهُ اللهُ عليكَ يا مُحَمَّدُ، وتَلاهُ عليكَ الرُّوحُ الأمينُ حَتَّى وَعَيْتَهُ بِقَلْبِكَ لِتُنْذِرَ بِهِ قَوْمَكَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 194

194. This Quran, Allah has revealed to you and the faithful communicating Spirit recited it to you until your heart came to know it and you imparted it to your people.

{بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ}

(195) – وقَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعالى هَذا القرآنَ عليكَ بِلسَانٍ عَربيٍّ فَصيحٍ واضِحٍ لِيكونَ بَيِّناً واضِحاً في دَلاَلَتِهِ، قَاطِعاً لِلْعُذْرِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 195

195. This Quran was revealed in clear Arabic, so that it might be understood and persuasive in its proofs, and so that it can make excuses vain.

{وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ ٱلأَوَّلِينَ}

(196) – وقدْ وردَ ذِكْرُ هذَا القُرآنِ والتَّنْويهُ بهِ في كُتُب الأُوَّلينَ المَأْثُورَةِ عن أَنبيَائِهِم الَّذِينَ بَشَّرُوا بهِ في سَالِفِ الأيامِ، كَمَا أخَذَ اللهُ الميثاقَ عليْهِمْ بأنْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ.

(الزُّبُرُ – الكُتُبُ ومثْلُه قولُهُ تعالى{وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ} أيْ إِنَّهُ مُسَجَّلٌ في صُحُفِ المَلاَئِكَةِ).

زُبُرِ الأولينَ – كُتُبِ الأنْبِيَاءِ السَّابِقينَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 196

196. It was quoted in the Books sent to people in ancient times, transmitted by their prophets who once announced its coming; Allah had received their promise to believe in it.

{أَوَ لَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِيۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ}

{آيَةً} {عُلَمَاءُ} {ۤ إِسْرَائِيلَ}

(197) – أَوَلَيْسَ يَكْفِيهِمْ شَاهداً على صِدْقِ هَذا القرآنِ أنَّ علماءَ بني إِسرائيلَ يَجِدُونَ ذِكْرَهُ في كُتُبِهِمُ التي يَدْرُسُونها، كمَا أخبرَ بذلِكَ مَنْ آمَنَ منهُمْ – مثلُ عبدِ اللهِ بنِ سَلاَّمٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 197

197. Is it not sufficient for them, as a proof of the veracity of this Quran, that the learned among the children of Israel find it mentioned in the Books that they study, as believers such as Abdullah Salamah have told you?

{وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ بَعْضِ ٱلأَعْجَمِينَ}

{نَزَّلْنَاهُ}

(198) – يُخبِرُ اللهُ تَعالى عَنْ عِنَادِ المُشْرِكينَ وَشِدَّةِ كُفْرِهِمْ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى: إنَّهُ لَوْ أَنْزَلَ هذَا القرآنَ على رَجُلٍ أَعْجَمِيٍّ لا يَعْرِفُ العَرَبيةً، ولا يَستَطيعُ التَّكَلُّمَ بِها.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 198

198. Almighty Allah speaks of the obstinacy of the idolaters and the intransigence of their disbelief, saying: “If We had sent the Quran to a non-Arab who did not know the Arabic language and could not speak it…

{فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ}

(199) – وَكَانَ هذا الأعجمِيُّ لا يَعرِفُ اللُغَةَ العَربيَّةَ، وكُفَّارُ قٌريشٍ يَعِرفُونَ ذَلِكَ منْهُ، ثُمَّ قَرأَ عَلَيِهِمْ هذا الأعجميُّ هذا القُرآنَ قِراءةً صَحيحةً واضِحةً، وهُمْ مُتَأَكِّدُونَ مِنْ أنَّهُ لا يستطيعُ أنْ يأْتِيَ بمِثْلِهِ بَيَاناً وفَصَاحَةً، لَمَا آمَنُوا بهِ، ولاسْتَمَرُّوا عَلى كُفْرِهِمْ وعِنَادِهِمْ، ولَوَجَدُوا عُذْرَاً لَهُمْ على اسْتِمْرَارِهِمْ في كُفْرِهِمْ وعِنَادِهِمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 199

199. “… and if such a person had read it, clearly and correctly, in the presence of the unbelievers of Quraish who knew that the man did not speak Arabic and could not have invented it, they would persist in obstinately disbelieving in it, and would constantly find pretexts for continuing in their disbelief and obstinacy.

{كَذَلِكَ سَلَكْنَاهُ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ}

{سَلَكْنَاهُ}

(200) – وقَدْ أدْخَلْنَا الكُفْرَ والتكَّذِيبَ والجُحُودَ في قُلُوبِ الكَفَرَةِ المُكَابِرِينَ المُجْرِمينَ، وَقَرَّرْنَاهُ فِيها، مِثْلَمَا قَرَّرْنَاهُ في قُلوبِ مَنْ هُمْ على صِفَتِهِمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 200

200. “We have caused disbelief and rejection to enter into the hearts of the criminal and obstinate unbelievers, and also into the hearts of those who resemble the unbelievers.

{لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُاْ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلأَلِيمَ}

(201) – لِذَلِكَ فإِنَّهمْ لا يُؤمنونَ بالحَقِّ، ولا يتأَثَّرونَ بالأمورِ الدَاعيةِ إلى الإِيمَانِ، وسَيَظَلُّونَ مُقِيمينَ على كُفْرِهِمْ وعِنَادِهِمْ، حَتَّى يَرَوا العَذَابَ الأَليمَ الذيْ وُعِدُوا بهِ، وحِينَئِذٍ يُؤمِنُونَ ولكنَّ إيْمانَهُمْ في ذلك الحِينِ لا يَنْفَعُهُمْ شَيئاً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 201

201. “It is for this reason that they do not believe in the truth, are not affected by that which calls men to belief, and persist in their unbelief and their intransigence until they perceive the painful punishment that has been told to them. At that moment, they will believe, but their belief will not be of any use to them.

{فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ}

(202) – فَيَنْزِلُ بِهِمُ العذابُ فَجْأةً عَلَى غَيْرِ تَوَقُّعٍ مِنْهُمْ ولا انْتِظَارٍ، وَهُمْ لا يَشْعُرونَ أنهُ آتيهِمْ.

بغْتَةً – فَجْأةً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 202

202. “Their punishment will come upon them suddenly when they least expect it.

{فَيَقُولُواْ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ}

(203) – وحينَ ينزِلُ بهم العذابُ يَتَمنَّوْنَ أنْ لَوْ أُنْظِرُوا قليلاً ليعْمَلُوا بطاعَةِ اللهِ، وكلُّ كافرٍ ظالمٍ يشعُرُ بالنَّدَمِ حينَ يَرى عُقُوبةَ اللهِ.

هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنْظَرُونَ – هَلْ نَحْنُ مُمْهَلُونَ لِنُؤْمِنَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 203

203. “When their punishment comes upon them, they will wish that they might be granted some respite so that they might obey Allah. Every unbeliever and every unjust person will suffer remorse when he perceives Allah’s punishment.”

{أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونَ}

(204) – وَيَردُّ اللهُ تَعَالى عَلى هؤَلاءِ المُجْرمين، مُنْكِراً ومُتَهَدِّداً لَهُمْ على قَوْلِهِمْ للرَّسُولِ الكَريمِ اسْتِبْعاداً وتَكْذِيباً:{ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّادِقِينَ} فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ تَعالى: أَيَسْتَعْجِلُ هؤلاءِ بِعَذابِنَا، ويَسْتَخِفُّونَ بِهِ؟

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 204

204. Allah Almighty replies to these criminals, reprimanding them and threatening them for having treated the noble Messenger (peace be upon him) as a liar and saying: “Make the punishment of Allah descend upon us, if you are among the truthful!” (See chapter 29- Al-Ankabut (The Spider), 29). Allah says: “Do they seek to hasten Our punishment which they mock?

{أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِن مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ سِنِينَ}

{أَفَرَأَيْتَ} {مَّتَّعْنَاهُمْ}

(205) – فَلَوْ أنَّنَا أخَّرْنَاهُمْ وأَنْظَرْنَاهُمْ حِينَاً من الدَّهْرِ، يتَمتَّعُونَ خِلاَلَهُ بما هُمْ فيهِ من النَّعيمِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 205

205. “What would you say if We delayed Our punishment and gave them a certain period of respite during which they can rejoice in their well-being?

{ثُمَّ جَآءَهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ}

(206) – وَإِنْ طَالَتْ مُدَّةُ تَمَتُّعِهِمْ، ثُمَّ جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرُ اللهِ، ونَزَلَ بِهِم العَذَابُ الأليمُ الذي كَانُوا يُوعَدُونَ بهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 206

206. “And even if this period during which they rejoice lasted for a long time, eventually Allah’s commandment would be fulfilled, and the dire punishment Allah has foretold.

{مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يُمَتَّعُونَ}

(207) – فأيُّ شيءٍ يُغْنِي عنهُمْ تَمَتُّعُهُمْ بِطُولِ العُمُرِ، وطِيبِ العَيْشِ؟ وهَلْ يُخَفِّفُ عنهُمْ ما كَانُوا فيهِ منَ النَّعِيمِ شَيئاً مِنَ العَذَابِ، أو يصْرِفُهُ عَنْهُمْ؟ فَعَذابُ اللهِ وَاقعٌ بهِمْ، عاجِلاً أو آجِلاً، ولا خَيْرَ في نَعِيمٍ يعقُبُهُ عذابٌ سَرْمَدِيٌّ.

ما أغْنَى عنهُمْ – أيُّ شيءٍ يُغْنِي عنهُمْ وينْفَعُهُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 207

207. “What kind of protection will they have after having enjoyed their long life? Will their happiness in any way attenuate the punishment or keep them safe from it? For the punishment of Allah will surely come, sooner or later, and there is no comfort in the thought of happiness followed by such eternal punishment.”

{وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلاَّ لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ}

(208) – يُخْبِرُ اللهُ تَعالى عَنْ عَدْلِهِ فِي خَلْقِهِ فيقولُ: إنَّهُ لَمْ يُهْلِكُ أُمةً مِنَ الأُمَمِ الخَاليةِ إلاَّ بَعْدَ أًَنْ يُرْسِلَ الرُّسُلَ إليها يُنْذِرونَهُمْ بَأْسَ اللهِ وعِقَابَهُ الأليمَ، إذا اسْتَمَرُّوا عَلَى كُفْرِهِمْ وفِسْقِهِمْ وطُغْيَانِهِمْ، ويَدْعُونَهُمْ إلى اللهِ، ويُعَرِّفُونَهُمْ ما فِيهِ النَّجَاةُ من العَذَابِ، لِتَقُومَ عليْهِم الحُجَّةُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 208

208. Allah Almighty speaks of His justice and His fairness towards His creatures, and says that He did not destroy a single city in ancient times unless it had previously been sent messengers to alert the inhabitants and forewarn them against Allah’s retribution and His terrible punishment if they persisted in their unbelief and their oppression, and to invite them to come to Allah and let them know where they might find shelter from His wrath.

{ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ}

{ظَالِمِينَ}

(209) – واللهُ تَعالى يُرْسِلُ الرُّسُلَ إليْهِمْ لِيُنْذِرُوهُمْ ويُذَكِّرُوهُم، ويَدْعُوهُمْ إِلى اللهِ، وَاللهُ تَعالى لا يَظْلِمُ أحَداً من خَلْقِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 209

209. Allah Almighty sends them messengers to warn them, reminding them of the faith and inviting them to come to Allah. Allah Almighty does not neglect any of His creatures.

{وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ ٱلشَّيَاطِينُ}

{ٱلشَّيَاطِينُ}

(210) – ثُمَّ يَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعالى عَلَى قَولِ مَنْ قَالَ من المُشْرِكِينَ إنَّ مُحَمَّداً كَاهنٌ، وإِنَّ ما يَأْتِيهِ هُوَ مِنْ نَوْعِ ما تَأْتِي بهِ الشَّياطِينُ إلى الكَهَنَةِ.. فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ تَعالى: إنَّ القرآنَ لم تَتَنَزَّلْ بهِ الشياطيِنُ ليكونَ كَهَانَةً وسِحْراً.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 210

210. Then Allah Almighty replies to the idolaters who say that Mohammad is a sorcerer and that what is revealed to him is the kind of thing that sorcerers report…. Allah then tells them: “The Quran has not been sent down through devils as a kind of magic and soothsaying.”

{وَمَا يَنبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ}

(211) – وما يَنْبَغِي لِلشَّياطِينِ أَنْ يَتَنَزَّلُوا بهِ، لأَنَّ من سَجِيَّةِ الشَّياطِينِ الفَسَادَ، وَإِضْلاَلَ العِبَادِ، والقُرآنُ هُدىً، ونُورٌ، وَبُرهَانٌ عظيمٌ لِلعبادِ على وُجُودِ اللهِ، وَعَلى الخَيْرِ، والحَقِّ، فَبَيْنَهُ وبَينَ الشَّياطِينِ مُنَافاةٌ عظيمةٌ.

ثمَّ يقولُ تعَالى إنَّهمْ لا يَسْتَطيعُونَ حَمْلَهُ ولا تَأْدِيَتَهُ، لأَنَّ حَمْلَ القُرآنِ لَيْسَ بالأَمرْ السَّهْلِ. ثُمًَّ إِنَّهُمْ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ بِمَعْزلٍ عنِ اسْتِمَاعِ القرآنِ حَالَ نُزُولِهِ، كَمَا جَاءَ في الآيةِ التَّالِيَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 211

211. Sending down the Quran is inconsistent with the nature of devils; for the characteristic of devils is to sow disorder and to lead men astray, whereas the Quran is a guide, a light, and a solid proof to men of the existence of Allah, of the good and the true. There is consequently an enormous disparity between devils and the Quran. Then Allah Almighty says that devils are incapable of transmitting the Quran; for to transmit the Quran is not an easy task. Furthermore, they are prevented from hearing the Quran when it is revealed, as is shown in the following verse.

{إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ}

(212) – والشَّياطِينُ مَعْزُولونَ عنِ اسْتِمَاعِ حَرْفٍ واحِدٍ من القُرآنِ لِئلاَّ يَشْتَبِهَ الأمْرُ. وهَذا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللهِ بِعِبَادِهِ ومِنْ حِفْظِهِ لِشَرْعِهِ، وَتأْيِيدِهِ لِكِتَابِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 212

212. Devils are utterly prevented from hearing the Quran. This is a proof of Allah’s mercy towards His servants, a preservation of His faith, and a support for His Book and His messenger.

{فَلاَ تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهاً آخَرَ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُعَذَّبِينَ}

(213) – يَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعالى عِبَادَهُ المُؤْمِنينَ بعبادَتِهِ وحْدَه لا شريكَ لهُ، ويُخْبِرُهُمْ أنَّهُ مَنْ أشرَكَ باللهِ عَذَّبَهُ. وجَاءَ الخِطَابُ للرَّسُولِ صلى الله عليه وسلم والمَقْصُودُ بِهِ أُمَّتَهُ لأنَّ الرَّسُولَ معصومٌ من ذَلِك.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 213

213. Allah Almighty commands His servants, the believers, to worship Him alone, without any associate; He informs them that whoever ascribes an associate to Him will be punished. Allah says that in the form of a speech to the Messenger (peace be upon him), but the speech is addressed rather to Mohammad’s nation, since the Messenger himself is infallible.

{وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلأَقْرَبِينَ}

(214) – يَأمُرُ اللهُ تَعالى رَسُولَهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأْنَ يُنْذِرَ عَشِيرَتَهُ الأَدْنَيْنَ لَهُ، وأَنْ يُعْلِمَهُمْ أنَّهُ لا يَنْفَعُ أحَداً منُهمْ يَوْمَ القِيامةِ إِلا إِيمانُهُ بربِّهِ، وعَمَلُه الصَّالحُ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 214

214. Allah Almighty commands His Messenger to alert the closest members of his clan and warn them that nothing will be of any use to them on the Day of Resurrection except belief in Allah and their good works.

{وَٱخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ لِمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ}

(215) – ويَأْمُرُ اللهُ تَعالى رسُولَه محمداً صلى الله عليه وسلم، بأنْ يُلِينَ جَانِبَهُ لِمَنْ اتَّبَعَهُ مِنْ عِبادِ اللهِ المُؤمنينَ، وأَنْ يَتَرَفَّقَ بِهِمْ، فَذَلِكَ أَدْعَى لاِخْلاصِهِمْ للرّسُولِ، ولِزِيَادَةِ مَحَبَّتِهِ.

اخْفِضْ جَنَاحَكَ -أَلِنْ جَانِبَك وتَواَضَعْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 215

215. Allah Almighty commands His Messenger to be gentle towards the believers among the servants of Allah who follow him, and to treat them with kindness, for that will encourage them to be faithful to the Messenger and to love him even more.

{فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِيۤءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ}

(216) – فإِنْ عَصَاكَ مَنْ أَنْذَرْتَهُمْ مِنْ عشيرَتِكَ الأدْنينَ فلا ضَيْرَ عَلَيْكَ، فَقَدْ أَدَّيْتَ أَنتَ مَا أُمِرْتَ بهِ، وقُلْ لَهُمْ إنِّي بَرِيءٌ منكُمْ، وممَّا تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دونِ اللهِ.

(وفي الحَديثِ: ” والذِي نَفْسي بيدِهِ لا يسْمَعُ بِي أحدٌ من هذِه الأُمةِ يَهودِيٌّ ولا نصرانيٌّ ولا يؤمنُ بي إلا دَخَلَ النارَ ” ). (رواه مسلم).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 216

216. If those close members of your clan whom you have warned should disobey you, that will cause you no harm, for you have carried out my commands. Say to them, therefore: “I disavow you, you and all that you invoke apart from Allah.” (In a Hadith reported by Muslim, the Prophet (peace be upon him) says: “By Him who possesses my soul! Anyone who hears me and then disbelieves in me, whether he be Jew or Christian, will go to Hell.”)

{وَتَوكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ}

(217) – وتوكَّلْ على اللهِ القويِّ العزيزِ، في جميعِ أُمُوْرِكَ، فإِنَّهُ مُؤَيِّدُكَ وحَافِظُكَ وناصِرُكَ، ومُظْفِرُكَ ومُعْلِي كَلِمَتِكَ بِعِزَّتِهِ ورَحْمَتِهِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 217

217. “In all things, place your trust in Allah, the Almighty and Omnipotent; for He will support you, protect you, and succour you; He will make you victorious and He will exalt you, through His power and His mercy.

{ٱلَّذِي يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ}

{يَرَاكَ}

(218) – الذِي يَرَاكَ في تَقَلُّبِكَ وفي جميعِ حَالاَتِك.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 218

218. “He sees you when you act and in all situations.

{وَتَقَلُّبَكَ فِي ٱلسَّاجِدِينَ}

{ٱلسَّاجِدِينَ}

(219) – وَيَرَاكَ وأنْتَ تَتَقَلَّبُ في صَلاتِكَ وتُؤمُّ المُصَلِّين.

(وقالَ ابْنُ عَباسٍ إنَّ المَعْنى هُوَ: تُقَلُّبُهُ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ مِنْ صُلْبِ نبيِّ إلى صُلْبِ نبيٍّ، حَتَّى أخْرَجهُ اللهُ تعالى نَبِياً).

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 219

219. “He sees you as you assume your various positions in prayer (salah) and when you lead those who pray.” (Ibn Abbas says that the word takaloubak signifies the descent of the Prophet from one prophet to another, until Allah makes of him a prophet.)

{إِنَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ}

(220) – وهُوَ تَعَالى السَّميعُ لأَقوالِ العِبَادِ، العَليمُ بحرَكَاتِهِمْ وسكَناتِهِمْ، ونِيَّاتِهِمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 220

220. He hears people’s words, and he is totally aware of the degree of perfection in their acts and their intentions.

{هَلْ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَلَىٰ مَن تَنَزَّلُ ٱلشَّيَاطِينُ}

{ٱلشَّيَاطِينُ}

(221) – زعَمَ بعضُ المُشركينَ أنَّ ما جَاءَ بهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ليسَ بِحَقٍّ، وأنَّهُ شيءٌ افْتَعَلَهُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِهِ، وأتَاهُ بِهِ رِئيٌّ مِنَ الجَانِّ.

وَيَرُدُّ اللهُ تَعالى عَلَى هَؤلاءِ المُفْتَرِينَ مُنَزِّهاً رَسُولَهُ الكَريمَ عَنْ قولِهِمْ وافْتِرَائِهِمْ، ومُنَبِّهاً إلى أنَّ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ إنَّمَا هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، وليْسَ مِنْ قِبَلِ الشَّيَاطينِ، لأنَّ الشَّياطِينَ إنَّمَا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلى مَنْ يُشَاكِلُهُمْ ويُشَابِهُهُمْ مِنَ الكهَّانِ الكَذَبَةِ الفَسَقَةِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 221

221. Certain idolaters have claimed that what the Messenger of Allah has reported is not true, that he has invented it according to his own wishes and with the advice of a genie. Allah Almighty replies to those who invent such lies concerning His noble Messenger Mohammad (peace be upon him), in order to purify him and to affirm that what Mohammad has revealed comes from Allah and not from devils; for devils descend only on those who resemble them among sorcerers, liars, and the perverted.

{تَنَزَّلُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٍ}

(222) – إِنَّهُمْ يَتَنَزَّلُونَ عَلَى كُلِّ كَاذِبٍ (أَفَّاكٍ) فَاجِرٍ كَثيرِ الإِثْمِ مِنَ الكَهَنَةِ.

أَفَّاكٍ أَثيمٍ – كَثِيرِ الكَذِبِ والإِثْمِ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 222

222. They descend on every calumniator, liar, and great sinner among the sorcerers.

{يُلْقُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ كَاذِبُونَ}

(223) – ويَسْتَرِقُ الشَّياطينُ السَّمْعَ منَ السَّمَاءِ فيَسْمَعُونَ الكَلِمَةِ منْ عِلْمِ الغَيْبِ، فَيَزِيدُونَ فِيها الكَذِبَ مِنْ أنْفُسِهِمْ، ويُلْقُونَهُ إلى أوْلِيَائِهِمْ مِنَ الإِنْسِ، فَيُحَدِّثُونَ بِهِ، ويَزِيدُونَ فيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ أنْفُسِهِمْ، فَيُصدِّقُهُمْ النَّاسُ في كُلِّ ما قَالُوا بِسبِبِ صِدْقِهِمْ في تِلكَ الكلمَةِ التي سُمِعَتْ مِنَ السَّماءِ. ومُحَمَّدٌ رَجُلٌ صادِقٌ لا يَكْذِبُ، فلا سَبِيلَ إلى مُقَارَنَتِهِ بِالكَهَنَةِ الكَذَّابيْنَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 223

223. Devils listen at the gates of Heaven and hear talk of the Invisible, and then they add their own lies. Then they communicate these to their human friends, who report them and add to them; people believe them because they say these words were heard in Heaven. Mohammad (peace be upon him) is a truthful man who does not lie. There is no way in which he can be compared with lying sorcerers.

{وَٱلشُّعَرَآءُ يَتَّبِعُهُمُ ٱلْغَاوُونَ}

{ٱلْغَاوُونَ}

(224) – قَالَ المُشْرِكُونَ: إنَّ مُحَمَّداً لَشاعرٌ، وقالوا: إن القرآنُ شِعْرٌ فأنزَلَ اللهُ تَعالى هذهِ الآيةَ الكريمةَ يَرُدُّ بها على افْتِرَائِهِمْ هَذا، ويقولُ لهمْ إنَّ القرآنَ فيما حَوَاه من حِكَمٍ وأحْكَامٍ، وفي أُسْلُوبِه يَتَنَاقَضُ مع الشِّعْرِ. وإنَّ حَالَ مُحَمَّدٍ يَتَنَافَى مَعَ حَالِ الشُّعَراءِ، فهوَ لا يَنْطِقُ إلا بالحَقِّ والحِكْمَةِ، والصِّدْقِ، ويَتَّبِعُهُ الصَّادِقُونَ المُخْلِصُونَ. والشُّعراءُ يقولونَ الباطِلَ والزُّورَ، ولا يَتَّبِعُهُمْ إلا الضَّالُّونَ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 224

224. The idolaters have said: “Mohammad is a poet.” They have said: “The Quran is poetry.” Allah therefore sends down this verse to reply to their blasphemy and to tell them that this Quran and the wisdom and laws that it contains, as well as its style, are utterly different from poetry. Mohammad’s situation is the utter opposite of that of poets, for he speaks only truth, wisdom, and verity; and the faithful who follow him are truthful. Poets speak only what is false, and are followed only by those who have gone astray.

{أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي كُلِّ وَادٍ يَهِيمُونَ}

(225) – والشُّعَرَاءُ يَخُوضُونَ في كُلِّ لغْوٍ، ويَهِيمُونَ على وجُوهِهِمْ في كلِّ فَنٍّ مِنْ فُنُونِ الكَلاَمِ، فَهُمْ يَخُوضُونَ مرةً فِي شَتيمةِ فلانٍ، ومَرةً في مَدِيحِ فُلانٍ، فلا يَهْتَدُونَ إلى الحقِّ.

يَهِيمُونَ – يَخُوضُونَ ويَذْهَبُونَ كُلَّ مَذْهَبٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 225

225. Poets discuss all kinds of vanity and ramble in all manner of speech. Sometimes they insult one person and sometimes they praise another, without ever being guided by the truth.

{وَأَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا لاَ يَفْعَلُونَ}

(226) – والشُّعَرَاءُ يقُولُونَ مَا لاَ يَلْتَزِمُونَ بهِ في عَمَلِهِمْ، ويَتَبَجَّحُونَ بأقْوَالٍ وأَفْعَالٍ لمْ تَصْدُرْ عَنْهُمْ ولا مِنْهُمْ، فَيتَكَثَّرُونَ بِمَا ليسَ لهُمْ، والرَّسُولُ الذي أُنْزِلَ عليهِ القُرآنُ ليسَ بِكَاهِنٍ، ولا شَاعِرٍ لأنَّ حالَهُ مُنَافٍ لِحَالِ الشُّعَراءِ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ ظَاهِرَةٍ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 226

226. Poets preach what they do not practice and boast of acts they have not performed, whereas the Messenger to whom the Quran has been revealed is neither a sorcerer nor a poet, for his state is the opposite of that of the poets.

{إِلاَّ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيراً وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْ وَسَيَعْلَمْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوۤاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ}

{آمَنُواْ} {ٱلصَّالِحَاتِ}

(227) – واسْتَثْنَى اللهُ تَعَالى مِنَ الصِّفَاتِ المُتَقَدِّمَةِ الشُّعراءَ الذينَ آمَنُوا وعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ، وَذَكَرُوا اللهَ كَثيراً، وتَوَلَّوا الرَّدَّ على الكُفَّارِ الذِينَ كانُوا يَهْجُونَ المُؤْمِنِينَ.

(وفي الحَديثِ: ” إِنَّ المُؤمنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ ولِسَانِهِ، والذي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّ مَا تَرمُونَ بهِ نَضحُ النَّبْلِ ” ). (أََخرَجهُ الإِمامُ أحمدُ). وسَيَعْلَمُ الذينَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ بالشِّرْكِ، وهِجَاءِ الرَّسُولِ، كَيفَ يَكُونَ مُنْقَلَبُهُمْ يومَ القيَامَةِ، وفي ذَلكَ اليومِ لا يَنْفَعُ الظَّالِمِينَ معذِرَتُهُمْ.

Surah Ash-Shu’ara: Verse 227

227. But from the account of poets given above Allah Almighty accepts those poets who are believers, who carry out good deeds, who remember Allah, and who have taken it upon themselves to oppose those who insult believers. (In a Hadith reported by al-Imam Ahmad, the Prophet (peace be upon him) says: “The believer fights with the sword and with the word. By Him who possesses my soul, your struggle by means of the word is as worthy as the shooting of arrows in battle!”) Those who have done themselves harm through idolatry and by denying the Messenger will soon see the reversal of fortune they will undergo on the Day of Resurrection. On that day, no excuses will be of any use to the unjust.

Tafsir by Dr. Assaad Homad (1917-2011), Syrian scholar and jurist, author of Aysar al-Tafaseer, an accessible interpretation of the Quran reviewed by Sheikh Muhammad Mutwally Al-Sha’arawi and certified by the Ministries of Awqaf in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. English translation by the Homad family. Read more about the author and this tafsir →

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