مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ حمٓ ۝١

Ha. Mim.

وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ۝٢

CONSIDER this divine writ, clear in itself and clearly showing the truth!

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍۢ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ۝۳

Behold, from on high have We bestowed it on a blessed night: for, verily, We have always been warning [man].

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ ۝٤

On that [night] was made clear, in wisdom, the distinction between all things [good and evil]

أَمْرًۭا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ۝٥

at a behest from Ourselves: for, verily, We have always been sending [Our messages of guidance]

رَحْمَةًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ۝٦

in pur­suance of thy Sustainer’s grace [unto man]. Verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing,

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ۝۷

the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them - if you could but grasp it with inner certainty!

لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝۸

There is no deity save Him: He grants life and deals death: He is your Sustainer as well as the Sustainer of your forebears of old.

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ يَلْعَبُونَ ۝۹

Nay, but they [who lack inner certainty] are but Dying with their doubts.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ۝١۰

WAIT, THEN, for the Day when the skies shall bring forth a pall of smoke which will make obvious [the approach of the Last Hour],

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ ۝١١

enveloping all mankind, [and causing the sinners to exclaim:] “Grievous is this suffering!

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ ۝١٢

O our Sustainer, relieve us of suffering, for, verily, we [now] believe [in Thee]!”

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ۝١۳

[But] how shall this remembrance avail them [at the Last Hour], seeing that an apostle had pre­viously come unto them, clearly expounding the truth,

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌۭ مَّجْنُونٌ ۝١٤

whereupon they turned their backs on him and said, “Taught [by others] is he, a madman”?

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ ۝١٥

[Still,] behold, We shall postpone this suffer­ing for a little while, although you are bound to revert [to your evil ways: but]

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ۝١٦

on the Day when We shall seize [all sinners] with a most mighty onslaught, We shall, verily, inflict Our retribution [on you as well]!

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ كَرِيمٌ ۝١۷

AND, INDEED, [long] before their time did We try Pharaoh’s people [in the same way]: for there came unto them a noble apostle, [who said:]

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌۭ ۝١۸

“Give in unto me, O God’s bondmen! Verily, I am an apostle [sent] unto you, worthy of trust!

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ۝١۹

“And exalt not yourselves against God: for, verily, I come unto you with a manifest authority [from Him];

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ ۝٢۰

and, behold, it is with my Sustainer - and your Sustainer - that I seek refuge against all your endeavours to revile me.

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ ۝٢١

And if you do not believe me, [at least] stand away from me!”

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌۭ مُّجْرِمُونَ ۝٢٢

But then, [when they beset him with their enmity,] he called out to his Sustainer, “These are [indeed] people lost in sin!”

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٢۳

And [God said]: “Go thou forth with My servants by night, for you will surely be pursued;

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌۭ مُّغْرَقُونَ ۝٢٤

and leave the sea becalmed [between thee and Pharaoh’s men]: for, verily, they are a host destined to be drowned!”

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ ۝٢٥

[And so they perished: and] how many gardens did they leave behind, and water-runnels,

وَزُرُوعٍۢ وَمَقَامٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ۝٢٦

and fields of grain, and noble dwellings,

وَنَعْمَةٍۢ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ۝٢۷

and [all that] life of ease in which they used to delight!

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ۝٢۸

Thus it was. And [then] We made another people heirs [to what they had left],

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ ۝٢۹

and neither sky nor earth shed tears over them, nor were they allowed a respite.

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ ۝۳۰

And, indeed, We delivered the children of Israel from the shameful suffering

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ۝۳١

[inflicted on them] by Pharaoh, seeing that he was truly outstand­ing among those who waste their own selves;

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝۳٢

and indeed, We chose them knowingly above all other people,

وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٌۭا۟ مُّبِينٌ ۝۳۳

and gave them such signs [of Our grace] as would clearly presage a test.

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ۝۳٤

[Now,] behold, these [people] say indeed:

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ۝۳٥

“That [which is ahead of us] is but our first [and only] death, and we shall not be raised to life again.

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝۳٦

So then, bring forth our forefathers [as witnesses], if what you claim is true!”

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۢ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ۝۳۷

Are they, then, better than the people of Tubba and those before them, whom We destroyed because they were truly lost in [the same] sin?

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ۝۳۸

For [thus it is:] We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in mere idle play:

مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝۳۹

none of this have We created without [an inner] truth: but most of them under­stand it not.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝٤۰

VERILY, the Day of Distinction [between the true and the false] is the term appointed for all of them:

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًۭى شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤١

the Day when no friend shall be of the least avail to his friend, and when none shall be succoured

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٤٢

save those upon whom God will have bestowed His grace and mercy: for, verily, He alone is almighty, a dispenser of grace.

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ۝٤۳

Verily, [in the life to come] the tree of deadly fruit

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ ۝٤٤

will be the food of the sinful:

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ ۝٤٥

like molten lead will it boil in the belly,

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ۝٤٦

like the boiling of burning despair.

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٤۷

[And the word will be spoken:] “Seize him, [O you forces of hell,] and drag him into the midst of the blazing fire:

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ ۝٤۸

then pour over his head the anguish of burning despair!

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ ۝٤۹

Taste it - thou who [on earth] hast considered thyself so mighty, so noble!

إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ ۝٥۰

This is the very thing which you [deniers of the truth] were wont to call in question!”

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍۢ ۝٥١

[As against this -] verily, the God-conscious will find themselves in a state secure,

فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَعُيُونٍۢ ۝٥٢

amid gardens and springs,

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍۢ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ۝٥۳

wearing [garments] of silk and brocade, facing one another [in love].

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ ۝٥٤

Thus shall it be. And We shall pair them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye.

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ۝٥٥

In that [paradise] they shall [rightfully] claim all the fruits [of their past deeds], resting in security;

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ ۝٥٦

and neither shall they taste death there after having passed through their erstwhile death. Thus will He have preserved them from all suffer­ing through the blazing fire-

فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ۝٥۷

an act of thy Sustainer’s favour: and that, that will be the triumph supreme!

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٥۸

THUS, THEN, [O Prophet,] have We made this [divine writ] easy to understand, in thine own [human] tongue, so that men might take it to heart.

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ ۝٥۹

So wait thou [for what the future will bring]: behold, they, too, are waiting.