36:3إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَyou are truly one of the messengers,
36:4عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍon a straight path,
36:5تَنزِيلَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِa revelation from the Almighty, the Most Merciful,
36:6لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَـٰفِلُونَto warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they remain unaware.
36:7لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَThe word has come true against most of them, for they will not believe.
36:8إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَـٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَـٰلًا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَIndeed, we have placed shackles on their necks reaching to their chins, so their heads are forced upward.
36:9وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَAnd we have placed a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and covered them over, so they cannot see.
36:10وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَIt makes no difference to them whether you warn them or not — they will not believe.
36:11إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَخَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ كَرِيمٍYou can only warn the one who follows the reminder and stands in awe of the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good news of forgiveness and a noble reward.
36:12إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَـٰرَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍIndeed, we are the ones who give life to the dead, and we record what they have sent ahead and the traces they leave behind. We have accounted for everything in a clear register.
36:13وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَSet forth for them a parable: the people of the town, when the messengers came to them.
36:14إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَWhen we sent them two messengers, they rejected both, so we reinforced them with a third, and they said, "We have truly been sent to you."
36:15قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَThey said, "You are nothing but human beings like us. The Most Merciful has sent down nothing. You are only lying."
36:16قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَThey said, "Our Lord knows that we have indeed been sent to you,
36:17وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُAnd nothing rests on us but to deliver the message clearly."
36:18قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌThey said, "We see you as a bad omen. If you do not stop, we will surely stone you, and a painful punishment from us will reach you."
36:19قَالُوا۟ طَـٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَThey said, "Your ill omen is with yourselves. Is it because you have been reminded? No — you are a people who transgress all bounds."
36:20وَجَآءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَThen from the farthest part of the city a man came running. He said, "My people, follow the messengers.
36:21ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَن لَّا يَسْـَٔلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَFollow those who ask no reward of you and are rightly guided.
36:22وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَAnd why should I not worship the one who originated me, and to whom you will all be returned?
36:23ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِShall I take other gods besides him? If the Most Merciful intends harm for me, their intercession will avail me nothing, nor can they rescue me.
36:24إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍThen I would surely be in clear error.
36:25إِنِّىٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَٱسْمَعُونِIndeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me.
36:26قِيلَ ٱدْخُلِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ قَوْمِى يَعْلَمُونَIt was said, "Enter the garden." He said, "If only my people knew
36:27بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَhow my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored.
36:28۞ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِن جُندٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَAnd we sent down no host from the sky against his people after him, nor were we about to send one.
36:29إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَـٰمِدُونَIt was only a single cry, and at once they were extinguished.
36:30يَـٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى ٱلْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَWhat sorrow for these servants! No messenger ever came to them without their mocking him.
36:31أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَHave they not seen how many generations we destroyed before them — that none of them return?
36:32وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَAnd all of them, without exception, will be brought before us.
36:33وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَـٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَAnd a sign for them is the dead earth: we brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.
36:34وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّـٰتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَـٰبٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِAnd we placed in it gardens of date palms and grapevines, and caused springs to gush forth within it,
36:35لِيَأْكُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَso they may eat of its fruit, though their hands did not make it. Will they not then give thanks?
36:36سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَGlory be to the one who created all pairs — of what the earth brings forth, of themselves, and of what they do not know.
36:37وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَAnother sign for them is the night: we strip the day from it, and they are plunged into darkness.
36:38وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِAnd the sun runs its course to a resting place appointed for it. That is the decree of the Mighty, the All-Knowing.
36:39وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَـٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِAnd for the moon, we have ordained phases, until it returns like an old withered date-stalk.
36:40لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَThe sun is not permitted to overtake the moon, nor does the night outrun the day — each glides in its own orbit.
36:41وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِAnd a sign for them is that we carried their offspring in the laden ship,
36:42وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَAnd we created for them other vessels like it that they ride.
36:43وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَAnd if we willed, we would drown them — no one to answer their cry, and no rescue for them
36:44إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَمَتَـٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍexcept as a mercy from us and enjoyment for a time.
36:45وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَAnd when they are told, "Beware of what lies before you and what lies behind you, so that you may receive mercy," they turn away.
36:46وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَAnd no sign of their Lord's signs comes to them but they turn away from it.
36:47وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُۥٓ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍAnd when they are told, "Give from what God has provided for you," those who deny say to those who believe, "Should we feed someone whom God, had he willed, would have fed himself? You are clearly lost in error."
36:48وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَAnd they say, "When will this promise come, if you are telling the truth?"
36:49مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَThey are waiting for nothing but a single blast that will seize them while they are still arguing.
36:50فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَThey will not be able to make a bequest, nor return to their families.
36:51وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَAnd the trumpet is blown, and at once they pour forth from their graves to their Lord.
36:52قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ۜ ۗ هَـٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَThey will say, "Woe to us! Who has raised us from our resting place?" This is what the Most Merciful promised, and the messengers spoke the truth.
36:53إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَIt will be but a single blast, and at once they are all brought before us.
36:54فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَToday no soul will be wronged in the least, and you will be repaid for nothing but what you used to do.
36:55إِنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍ فَـٰكِهُونَIndeed, the companions of the garden this day are joyfully occupied,
36:56هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَـٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَthey and their spouses, in shade, reclining on couches.
36:57لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَThere they have fruit, and they have whatever they call for.
36:58سَلَـٰمٌ قَوْلًا مِّن رَّبٍّ رَّحِيمٍ"Peace" — a word from a Merciful Lord.
36:59وَٱمْتَـٰزُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَBut stand apart today, you guilty ones.
36:60۞ أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌDid I not charge you, children of Adam, not to worship Satan — he is a clear enemy to you —
36:61وَأَنِ ٱعْبُدُونِى ۚ هَـٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌand that you worship me alone? This is the straight path.
36:62وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا ۖ أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَAnd he has led great numbers of you astray. Did you not use your reason?
36:63هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَThis is the jahannam you were promised.
36:64ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَBurn in it today for what you used to deny.
36:65ٱلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَOn that day we will seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to us, and their feet will bear witness to what they used to earn.
36:66وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَHad we willed, we could have blotted out their eyes, and they would have rushed for the path — but how could they see?
36:67وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَAnd had we willed, we could have transformed them where they stood, so they could neither go forward nor turn back.
36:68وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَAnd whoever we grant long life, we reverse in creation. Will they not then understand?
36:69وَمَا عَلَّمْنَـٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْءَانٌ مُّبِينٌWe did not teach him poetry, nor would it suit him. This is only a reminder and a clear recitation,
36:70لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَto warn whoever is alive, and so the word is justly fulfilled against those who deny.
36:71أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَآ أَنْعَـٰمًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَـٰلِكُونَDo they not see that we have created for them, from what our hands have made, livestock they own?
36:72وَذَلَّلْنَـٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَAnd we made them tame for them, so some they ride and some they eat,
36:73وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَـٰفِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ ۖ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَAnd in them are benefits for them, and drink. Will they not then be grateful?
36:74وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَYet they have taken other gods besides God, hoping to be helped.
36:75لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَThey cannot help them, yet they stand as an army at their service.
36:76فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَSo do not let their words grieve you. Indeed, we know what they conceal and what they declare.
36:77أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌDoes the human being not see that we created him from a drop of fluid? Yet there he is, an open adversary.
36:78وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌHe puts forth an argument against us and forgets his own creation. He asks, "Who will give life to bones once they have crumbled to dust?"
36:79قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌSay, "The one who brought them into being the first time will give them life again, and he knows every act of creation.
36:80ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَthe one who made fire for you from the green tree — and from it you kindle your own.
36:81أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُIs the one who created the heavens and the earth not able to create their like? Yes indeed — and he is the All-Knowing Creator.
36:82إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُindeed, when he wills a thing, his command is only to say to it, "Be," and it is.
36:83فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَSo glory be to the one in whose hand is the dominion of all things, and to him you will be returned.