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"title": "Surah introduction · Quran.com", "url": "https://quran.com/27/info" }, { "title": "The queen of Saba · Ibn Kathir", "url": "https://quran.com/27:23/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "The unnamed bearer of scriptural knowledge · Ibn Kathir", "url": "https://quran.com/27:40/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "The sacred city and the closing commission · Ibn Kathir", "url": "https://quran.com/27:91/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Landmarks of ancient Saba, Marib · UNESCO", "url": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1700/" }, { "title": "Moses and Pharaoh's setting · Ibn Kathir", "url": "https://quran.com/26:10/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Hijrah year · Britannica 1911", "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "Sahih International · English translation (AlQuran Cloud)", "url": "https://alquran.cloud/quran/en.sahih" } ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 14, "title": "A fire, a calling, and signs before Pharaoh", "summary": "The clear revelation introduces guidance and accountability. Moses approaches a distant fire and receives the commission and signs that Pharaoh's people resist.", "reflection": "What helps you acknowledge something true when accepting it would challenge your pride?" }, { "start": 15, "end": 28, "title": "An ant's warning and a hoopoe's news", "summary": "Knowledge and command are met with gratitude. Solomon hears the ant, notices the hoopoe's absence, and tests its report about a kingdom in Saba.", "reflection": "Whose quiet knowledge might you miss when you are focused on your own authority?" }, { "start": 29, "end": 44, "title": "The queen, the letter, and the glass hall", "summary": "The queen consults her advisers, sends a gift, and encounters unexpected signs. The story reaches its conclusion in her acknowledgement of God alongside Solomon.", "reflection": "Can you reconsider an assumption without pretending you were never uncertain?" }, { "start": 45, "end": 58, "title": "Warnings answered with conspiracy and expulsion", "summary": "Salih's opponents turn to plotting, and Lot's people seek to expel his household. The accounts distinguish persistent wrongdoing from those who accept the warning.", "reflection": "How does a community respond when someone challenges its accepted behavior?" }, { "start": 59, "end": 81, "title": "Who answers the distressed?", "summary": "Rain, gardens, land, sea, and relief from distress become questions about worship. The argument also examines unseen knowledge, resurrection, mercy, and the limits of persuasion.", "reflection": "Which ordinary source of help or provision have you stopped noticing?" }, { "start": 82, "end": 93, "title": "Recognition and the final gathering", "summary": "The closing scenes describe accountability and the overturning of apparent permanence. The Prophet's task is worship, recitation, and warning, while each listener answers for the response.", "reflection": "What would change today if you treated familiar signs as an invitation to pay attention?" } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "Moses before Pharaoh · date not supplied", "year": null, "body": "Verses 7–14 recount the call, signs, and resistance to Moses. The chapter names Pharaoh by title without identifying a dynasty, mummy, or precise year; none is assigned here.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm" }, { "title": "Solomon and Saba · narrative sequence", "year": null, "body": "David and Solomon precede the account of the ant, hoopoe, and queen. These verses give a sequence of encounters, not a dated royal chronicle or a secure archaeological identification of the palace.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm" }, { "title": "Before 622 CE · Makkan classification", "year": 622, "body": "An-Naml is classified as Makkan. The year shown is the Hijrah boundary for that broad period, not a claimed revelation year. Its ancient stories belong to the content of the chapter, not to its seventh century setting.", "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "From present signs to the final account", "year": null, "body": "The last movement connects daily night and daylight with resurrection and judgment. These promised events have no calendar date supplied by the chapter; this reader does not calculate one.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm" } ], "places": [ { "id": "makkah", "name": "Makkah · the sacred city", "lat": 21.4225, "lon": 39.8262, "image": 5, "body": "The closing commission refers to the sanctified city, understood in Ibn Kathir's commentary as Makkah. This broad map point marks that setting; it does not claim a particular room or exact location where the chapter was revealed.", "source": "https://quran.com/27:91/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "id": "saba", "name": "Saba and Marib · southern Arabian context", "image": 2, "body": "UNESCO identifies Marib in Yemen as the capital of the ancient kingdom of Saba, with monumental architecture and extensive irrigation. These remains illuminate a regional setting, but do not verify the Quranic queen's identity, throne, or glass hall.", "source": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1700/" }, { "id": "egypt", "name": "Egypt · the court of Pharaoh", "image": 0, "body": "The Moses and Pharaoh account belongs to the Egyptian setting described in the cited commentary. An-Naml does not identify the particular Pharaoh, palace, or tomb. Recreated court scenes therefore remain historical atmosphere rather than a documented reconstruction.", "source": "https://quran.com/26:10/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "id": "ants", "name": "The valley of the ants · location unspecified", "image": 1, "body": "Verse 18 names a valley of ants but supplies no reliable modern coordinate. Its significance is the vulnerable colony in the path of a powerful army. The landscape illustration follows that scene without presenting a claimed discovery.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm" } ], "people": [ { "id": "musa", "title": "Moses · a calling before confrontation", "verse": 7, "label": "Messenger", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm", "body": "Moses seeks warmth for his household before receiving a commission. His signs confront Pharaoh's arrogance. This chapter does not provide a regnal date, grave, or complete biography; the focus is the contrast between revelation and resistance." }, { "id": "dawud-sulayman", "title": "David and Solomon · knowledge received as favour", "verse": 15, "label": "Messengers and rulers", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm", "body": "David and Solomon praise God for knowledge. Solomon's attention to an ant and his response to the arriving throne connect extraordinary authority with gratitude and accountability. Their order here is textual; the reader does not assign uncertain ancient calendar dates." }, { "id": "queen", "title": "The queen of Saba · unnamed in the Quran", "verse": 23, "label": "Ruler", "url": "https://quran.com/27:23/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir", "body": "The Quran presents a woman who rules, consults, reasons, and ultimately acknowledges God. Commentary traditionally calls her Bilqis. That name and additional court traditions should be distinguished from the scripture, which does not establish her tomb or a surviving portrait." }, { "id": "knowledge", "title": "The person with knowledge of scripture", "verse": 40, "label": "Unnamed figure", "url": "https://quran.com/27:40/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir", "body": "The person who offers to bring the throne is unnamed in the verse. Ibn Kathir transmits an identification with Asif, associated with Solomon, but that remains a reported interpretation. The narrative emphasizes knowledge and Solomon's gratitude rather than the person's biography." }, { "id": "salih-lut", "title": "Salih and Lot · warnings within their communities", "verse": 45, "label": "Messengers", "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm", "body": "Salih's call meets division and conspiracy; Lot's household faces threatened expulsion. Their accounts expose the use of collective power against moral warning. The text does not supply modern grave locations or exact ancient dates for either story." } ], "history": [ { "title": "A Makkan chapter with ancient narratives", "body": "The chapter introduction classifies An-Naml as Makkan. This broad classification concerns revelation to Muhammad, while the stories concern much earlier figures. Neither their arrangement nor their vivid detail establishes precise dates for the ancient events.", "source": "https://quran.com/27/info" }, { "title": "The queen's identity and the limits of later detail", "body": "Ibn Kathir records the traditional name Bilqis and further accounts about the queen. The reader retains the Quran's unnamed designation and distinguishes those later reports from directly stated scripture; marriage and surviving palace claims are not treated as established here.", "source": "https://quran.com/27:23/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "What Sabaean archaeology can show", "body": "Marib's documented ruins include cities, temples, and water management works associated with Sabaean prosperity. They provide material context for an ancient kingdom. They do not independently establish that a particular structure was the hall or throne room described in this chapter.", "source": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1700/" }, { "title": "The letter contains the opening formula", "body": "At 27:30, the formula invoking God's name and mercy is part of Solomon's letter and of the numbered verse. It is preserved within the Arabic text here, separately from the unnumbered opening formula that precedes the chapter.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm" }, { "title": "The unseen remains beyond a reconstructed picture", "body": "Jinn, the final trumpet, and the creature of the earth appear in the narrative and warning. These statements are not archaeological locations or a timetable. Illustrations use landscape and material settings without assigning bodies to unseen beings or depicting prophets.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/027.htm" } ], "revelationNote": "An-Naml is generally classified as Makkan; no exact revelation year is asserted here. The 622 CE calendar marker is a period boundary. The chapter begins in Juz 19 and enters Juz 20 at verse 56. Ancient dates, the queen's personal identity, and the locations of the ant valley and glass hall remain unspecified by the Quran.", "translationNote": "English translation: Sahih International, via AlQuran Cloud. Original source wording is preserved.", "titles": [ "A clear revelation", "Guidance and good news", "Faith with visible commitments", "When actions seem attractive", "Loss beyond appearances", "Wisdom behind the message", "A fire in the distance", "A call beyond expectation", "The One who calls", "Fear before the sign", "A path back through change", "Signs before Pharaoh", "Calling the signs magic", "Recognition resisted by pride", "Knowledge received with thanks", "An inheritance of gifts", "An ordered gathering", "The ant's warning", "Power interrupted by gratitude", "The missing hoopoe", "An explanation is required", "News from Saba", "A woman with a mighty throne", "Prosperity and misdirected worship", "What lies hidden and open", "The greater throne", "The report must be tested", "A letter and an observation", "The court receives a letter", "Beginning with mercy", "An invitation to surrender", "The queen seeks counsel", "Strength is not the whole answer", "The costs of conquest", "A gift to test the response", "A gift cannot replace the message", "A severe royal warning", "The question of the throne", "An offer from the unseen", "A gift that tests gratitude", "Recognition under changed appearances", "A careful answer", "The weight of inherited worship", "Beyond the appearance of water", "A community divided", "Seeking mercy before punishment", "Blaming the messenger", "A circle of corruption", "A conspiracy and a false denial", "Plans beyond the plotters", "The consequence of conspiracy", "Empty dwellings as a sign", "Those who were saved", "A knowing violation", "The rebuke becomes explicit", "Purity turned into an insult", "Family ties and differing choices", "The terrible rain", "Praise before the questions", "Gardens people cannot create alone", "An earth fit for habitation", "The cry of the distressed", "Direction through darkness", "Creation, return, and provision", "The limits of unseen knowledge", "Doubt about the Hereafter", "The question of scattered dust", "An old promise dismissed", "Travel with attentive eyes", "Do not be consumed by grief", "Demanding the promised moment", "What may be close behind", "Bounty without sufficient thanks", "What hearts conceal", "Nothing hidden from the record", "Revelation amid disagreement", "Guidance joined with mercy", "Judgment belongs to God", "Trust while standing on truth", "A call refused", "Willingness to receive guidance", "A sign beyond ordinary experience", "A gathering from every nation", "A question about premature denial", "When excuses fall silent", "Rest and the light of day", "The trumpet and humility", "Mountains that do not remain fixed", "Good received with greater good", "The consequence of evil", "The Lord of the sacred city", "Recitation and personal responsibility", "Signs that will be recognized" ], "notes": [ "The opening letters lead directly to a description of the Quran as a clear scripture. The verse invites attention to the message that follows; it does not provide a definitive explanation of the separate letters themselves.", "Revelation is introduced through what it offers its listeners: direction and good news. Reading therefore involves more than collecting information. The following verse connects this hopeful description with worship, practical generosity, and confidence in the life to come.", "Prayer, the prescribed poor due, and certainty about the Hereafter appear together. Inner conviction takes shape in repeated worship and responsibility toward others. These qualities describe the listeners ready to receive the guidance announced at the opening.", "The warning concerns people who reject the Hereafter while finding their own conduct appealing. Feeling satisfied with a choice is not presented as proof of its goodness. The verse asks readers to examine the standards behind their approval.", "The account looks beyond present confidence to eventual consequences. What seems successful within a narrow view of life may become profound loss in the Hereafter. This warning completes the contrast with the good news offered to receptive believers.", "The Prophet's reception of the Quran is traced to divine wisdom and knowledge. This prepares the reader for stories in which human observers possess only partial information, while guidance repeatedly exposes what appearances, authority, or habit can conceal.", "Moses approaches the distant fire with an ordinary purpose: news or warmth for his household. The story begins with human need before an extraordinary encounter. Its emphasis is the unfolding call, rather than a mapped route or dated journey.", "At the place of the fire, Moses receives a blessing and hears the glorification of God. The scene turns from seeking warmth to receiving revelation. The wording should not be turned into a physical depiction of the divine.", "The speaker identifies Himself to Moses through might and wisdom. Authority and purpose belong together in this brief declaration. The mission that follows will confront worldly power, but its foundation is the identity of the One sending him.", "The moving staff startles Moses, and reassurance follows immediately. The scene acknowledges fear without making fear the final response. A messenger receives the steadiness needed for his calling; the sign is presented as a divine gift, not personal technique.", "The reassurance includes forgiveness for one who turns from wrongdoing toward good. Mercy is connected with a changed direction of life. Within this encounter, the verse keeps moral responsibility and the possibility of restoration alongside the language of fearlessness.", "Moses receives the sign of a radiant, unharmed hand among nine signs directed to Pharaoh and his people. The verse names their wrongdoing but supplies no royal dynasty or exact date. Historical illustrations should preserve that distinction.", "When the signs arrive, their opponents classify them as magic. The label functions as a refusal to acknowledge the message they bear. Readers are invited to notice how an explanation can sometimes protect a position instead of honestly examining evidence.", "The verse distinguishes inward recognition from outward denial. Arrogance and wrongdoing can obstruct an admission even when evidence is understood. Its closing invitation asks readers to consider consequences, making the story a moral examination of resistance rather than mere spectacle.", "David and Solomon respond to the knowledge given to them with praise. Their distinction is described within a community of believing servants. Learning and authority begin here as gifts that call for gratitude, rather than reasons to claim independence.", "Solomon succeeds David and acknowledges extraordinary gifts, including understanding the speech of birds. He describes these abilities as evident favour. The emphasis rests on received responsibility; the verse does not provide a complete inventory of his kingdom or its borders.", "The account assembles Solomon's forces from humankind, jinn, and birds. Their ordered movement prepares the encounter with a very small creature. The narrative places impressive collective power beside a reminder that the vulnerable may stand directly in its path.", "An ant urges the colony to seek shelter from an approaching army that might crush them unknowingly. The warning draws attention to harm caused without deliberate intent. Even magnificent movement through the world can threaten lives its participants barely notice.", "Solomon responds to the ant's words with a smile and a prayer for gratitude and righteous action. His attention turns from command to dependence on God. The scene links awareness of small lives with humility about great gifts.", "Solomon notices the hoopoe's absence while reviewing the birds. A small gap in an ordered assembly begins the next movement of the story. What appears to be a failure of duty will introduce information beyond the ruler's present knowledge.", "A severe consequence is announced, but the possibility of a clear justification remains open. The narrative creates suspense around the absent bird's responsibility. Its specific royal setting should not be lifted out as a general rule for ordinary disagreements.", "The hoopoe returns with knowledge Solomon does not yet possess and reports news from Saba. A subordinate becomes the bearer of important information. The story makes room for learning from an unexpected source, even within an exceptionally gifted kingdom.", "The report describes a woman ruling a prosperous people and possessing an impressive throne. The Quran does not name her here. Bilqis belongs to later interpretive tradition; the text itself introduces her through her authority, resources, and political position.", "The hoopoe's report places impressive government beside worship of the sun. Material achievement does not settle the question of worship. The verse explains their misdirection through actions made attractive, recalling the earlier warning about confidence that conceals a deeper error.", "The argument turns from the visible sun to God, who brings hidden things forth and knows concealed and declared actions. Worship is connected with the scope of divine knowledge. Human secrecy and public appearance are equally within that knowledge.", "The declaration of God's oneness names Him Lord of the tremendous throne. It follows the report of the queen's impressive throne, shifting the scale of authority. Earthly splendour becomes part of creation rather than a claim to ultimate power.", "Solomon does not treat striking news as automatically established. He announces that the hoopoe's truthfulness will be examined. The narrative distinguishes receiving information from verifying it, even when the messenger describes something vivid, urgent, and previously unknown.", "The hoopoe is sent to deliver a letter and observe the response. Communication replaces immediate confrontation at this stage. The instruction to withdraw and watch makes the next development depend on how the receiving court understands and answers the message.", "The queen presents the newly delivered letter to her leading advisers and calls it noble. The narrative now lets readers hear the recipient's response directly. Her first action is to bring the matter into counsel rather than hide it.", "The letter identifies Solomon and begins in the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This occurrence of the familiar opening formula is part of the numbered verse. Its place within diplomatic speech gives the exchange a distinctly religious purpose.", "The letter calls its recipients away from exaltation and toward submission. Read within the surrounding account, political authority and worship are intertwined. The verse's brief command should be understood through the developing encounter rather than treated as an isolated modern policy.", "The queen asks her advisers for their judgment and says she does not decide matters without their presence. The story gives careful attention to her process of deliberation. Authority here includes listening to others before choosing how to respond.", "The advisers affirm their military strength while leaving the decision to the queen. Their answer offers capability without resolving the wiser course. She must weigh what power can do against what conflict might cost the people under her rule.", "The queen reflects on the damage invading rulers can cause to towns and their respected people. Her concern moves beyond a contest of strength to its social consequences. The passage gives strategic restraint a place within the unfolding royal encounter.", "The queen chooses to send a gift and await the messengers' return. The gesture seeks information as well as contact. Within the narrative, the response will help distinguish a demand for wealth from the religious claim carried by Solomon's letter.", "Solomon rejects the suggestion that wealth could answer his purpose. He compares the offered gift with what God has already granted him. The scene separates the value of material exchange from the deeper question the letter has placed before the court.", "The returning delegation receives a warning of overwhelming force and humiliation. This is a tense moment within the particular story of two courts. The reader should preserve its narrative setting and avoid turning it into unrestricted permission for aggression.", "Before the queen arrives, Solomon asks who can bring her throne. The object already associated with her authority becomes central to the encounter. What follows will challenge ordinary expectations while also testing Solomon's response to another extraordinary gift.", "A powerful jinn offers to bring the throne within a stated interval and claims strength and trustworthiness. The Quran describes this speaker's role without giving a visible form. Any accompanying scene can represent the setting without inventing an appearance for the unseen.", "An unnamed person with knowledge of scripture offers a swifter response, and Solomon sees the throne before him. His attention turns immediately to gratitude as a test. Later identifications of this knowledgeable figure should remain distinguished from the Quran's wording.", "Solomon asks for the throne's appearance to be altered so the queen's recognition can be observed. The scene brings perception and understanding into focus. A familiar object in an unexpected setting becomes part of an encounter that unsettles easy assumptions.", "Asked whether the throne resembles hers, the queen answers cautiously rather than pretending certainty. Her words acknowledge striking likeness without dismissing the unexpected circumstances. The surrounding statement about knowledge and submission places this recognition within a larger movement toward understanding.", "The account identifies the queen's previous worship as an obstacle and places it within the beliefs of her people. Her earlier environment helps explain the barrier she faces. The narrative nevertheless leaves room for a person to reconsider inherited commitments.", "The glass floor appears to the queen like a pool, and Solomon explains what she is seeing. Her final declaration concerns surrender to God alongside Solomon. The passage does not state that she marries him or identify surviving palace remains.", "Salih is sent to Thamud with the call to worship God, and the community divides into disputing groups. The narrative changes setting while retaining the question of response to revelation. Shared belonging alone does not guarantee agreement about a prophetic warning.", "Salih asks why his people hurry toward threatened harm rather than seek forgiveness. His question redirects attention from challenging a warning to accepting an opportunity for mercy. The passage presents repentance as available before the consequences they demand arrive.", "The opponents blame Salih and his followers for ill fortune. He answers that their condition belongs within God's judgment and describes it as a test. The exchange exposes how superstition can become a way of avoiding responsibility for one's choices.", "Nine people in the city are described through persistent corruption and the absence of reform. Their importance comes from their actions, not their names. The brief portrait prepares a conspiracy in which public disorder becomes deliberate violence against a household.", "The conspirators plan a night attack and rehearse how they will deny responsibility afterward. Even their oath invokes God while serving wrongdoing. The verse lays bare the contradiction between religious language, secret violence, and a public claim to truthfulness.", "The plotters scheme, but the account places their hidden plan within a greater divine determination they do not perceive. Their secrecy does not create control over the outcome. The verse reverses the confidence on which their conspiracy depended.", "The reader is directed to consider what followed the plot. The account presents destruction as the end of their wrongdoing rather than the success they intended. Its emphasis is moral consequence, without supplying an exact archaeological date or identified excavation.", "Abandoned homes become a visible reminder of the community's wrongdoing. The verse asks knowledgeable readers to understand what such remains signify within the story. It does not identify every later rock cut monument associated with Thamud as one of these dwellings.", "The account distinguishes those who believed and guarded against wrongdoing from the destroyed conspirators. Communal crisis does not erase moral differences within a population. This short conclusion places deliverance alongside judgment and completes the story's contrast between corruption and faithful restraint.", "Lot confronts his people about conduct they knowingly commit. The verse introduces an accusation within a particular prophetic story, whose following lines describe desire, rejection, and threatened expulsion. Reading the passage carefully requires keeping those narrative actions in view.", "Lot's question names the conduct being challenged and describes his people as acting without sound understanding. The moral rebuke belongs to the Quran's account of this community. It does not authorize readers to abuse, threaten, or harm people in their own society.", "The opponents answer by demanding that Lot's household be expelled, mocking their wish to remain clean. Instead of engaging the warning, they seek to remove its witnesses. The verse exposes a community using social power to punish conscientious refusal.", "Lot and his household are delivered, with his wife excepted from those who leave safely. The verse prevents family membership from becoming an automatic guarantee of shared outcome. It states her fate without providing a name, grave, or complete personal biography.", "The account closes with a destructive rain upon those who had received warning. Its severity follows the community's rejection and attempted expulsion. The verse supplies neither a modern coordinate nor a scientific reconstruction of the event's physical mechanism.", "After the stories, the reader hears praise of God and peace upon His chosen servants. A sequence of searching questions then begins. The transition connects earlier examples of misdirected worship with a direct examination of who deserves worship now.", "Rain and flourishing orchards become signs of dependence on the Creator. Human cultivation matters, but people cannot independently supply every condition that makes growth possible. The repeated question about another god asks readers to connect familiar beauty with its ultimate source.", "The verse gathers stable land, rivers, mountains, and the boundary between seas into a picture of an inhabitable world. These features support an argument about worship. It is not a detailed scientific account of every geological or oceanographic process.", "The questions turn from landscapes to a person in distress who calls for help. Divine response, relief, and human succession on earth are held together. The verse invites reflection on vulnerability beneath the authority people sometimes imagine they possess.", "Travel across land and sea depends on guidance, while winds announce coming mercy. These ordinary experiences become reasons to acknowledge God beyond any proposed partner. The imagery brings the argument close to travelers who know darkness, uncertainty, and hoped for rain.", "The verse joins the beginning of creation, its renewal, and continuing provision. It then asks competing claims about divine partners to produce evidence. The passage treats belief as something to examine responsibly, rather than a claim secured merely by repetition.", "Knowledge of the unseen belongs to God, and creatures do not know when resurrection will occur. This draws a firm boundary around human prediction. The chapter's earlier extraordinary events do not grant its readers unrestricted access to hidden realities.", "A series of questions exposes the uncertainty of those speaking confidently against the Hereafter. Their rejection is not presented as complete knowledge. The verse asks whether inability to perceive a promised reality has been mistaken for proof that it cannot occur.", "The objectors imagine themselves and their ancestors reduced to dust and ask whether they will return. Their question expresses the distance between familiar bodily decay and promised resurrection. The passage records that difficulty while refusing to make it the final verdict.", "The opponents call the promise an inherited tale because earlier generations heard it too. Longevity is treated as a reason for dismissal. The reader is invited to examine whether repeated hearing has replaced a serious engagement with what the warning means.", "The response directs people to travel and consider the outcomes of earlier wrongdoers. Looking at the world becomes an exercise in moral attention. The verse does not ask travelers to assign every ruin to a particular prophetic story without evidence.", "The Prophet is told not to let rejection and plotting overwhelm him with grief. Concern for others is acknowledged, while its emotional burden is bounded. The reassurance follows the call to reflection and precedes renewed questions from the opponents.", "The challengers ask when the promised consequence will arrive, making timing a test of truthfulness. Their demand shifts attention away from their own response. The next verse answers without turning the warning into a calendar that readers can calculate.", "The reply suggests that part of the consequence they hasten may already be near. It preserves urgency while withholding a precise date. The passage therefore supports serious attention to the warning, rather than speculative schedules for future events.", "Even within a sequence of warnings, God's abundant favour toward humanity remains central. The failure described is a shortage of gratitude. Readers are asked to notice generosity already received, not only to speculate about the consequences of its rejection.", "God's knowledge encompasses both inward concealment and outward declaration. The distinction recalls the chapter's plots, reports, and public claims. People may manage what others hear, but the account denies that control of appearances amounts to control over the truth.", "The clear record includes what remains concealed in heaven and earth. This image reinforces the completeness of divine knowledge. Its purpose is assurance and accountability; the verse does not describe a material archive that human beings can locate or inspect.", "The Quran is described as clarifying much of what the Children of Israel dispute. The statement situates its stories within an existing history of religious discussion. It should not be expanded into a claim that every Jewish person holds identical views.", "After speaking of disagreement, the chapter again presents revelation as guidance and mercy for believers. The repeated description recalls its opening promise. Understanding is meant to shape a life that can receive direction and compassion, rather than merely win an argument.", "The final decision about these disagreements belongs to God, described through might and knowledge. Human readers are reminded of the limits of their own authority. The passage grounds trust in divine judgment without inviting people to impersonate its finality.", "The Prophet is directed to place his trust in God while remaining grounded in the clear truth. Trust here accompanies the continuing work of communicating revelation. It is not dependent on the immediate agreement or approval of every listener.", "The images of the dead and of listeners turning away express the limits of reaching people who refuse the call. They function within an argument about response to revelation. Physical disability itself is not presented as a measure of moral worth.", "The contrast continues between those closed to the message and those who believe and surrender. Guidance cannot be forced simply by increasing the volume of a call. The verse directs attention to receptivity while leaving the messenger responsible for faithful communication.", "The verse announces a creature of the earth that will speak when the appointed word is fulfilled. It gives no detailed anatomy or modern identification. Readers should distinguish this stated sign from elaborate later descriptions and attempts to predict its appearance.", "The scene moves to an assembly of those who denied the revelations, drawn from every community. Accountability crosses the boundaries that people use to separate themselves. Their ordered gathering recalls earlier earthly assemblies, now placed within a very different authority.", "The gathered people are asked whether they denied what they had not fully understood. The question makes responsible attention part of moral accountability. It challenges the habit of reaching a confident verdict before engaging honestly with the subject being rejected.", "The announced word takes effect because of wrongdoing, and the accused cannot answer. The silence contrasts with their earlier confident challenges. The scene presents an end to evasive speech, reminding readers that rhetorical success cannot settle the truth of their conduct.", "The chapter returns from the final gathering to the daily pattern of night and daylight. Rest and visibility are nearby signs available to ordinary attention. The movement suggests that reflection on the Hereafter begins within the rhythms of present life.", "The sounding of the trumpet brings fear throughout heaven and earth, with the exception God wills. All come humbled before Him. The verse portrays a universal change of condition without identifying the exempted individuals or giving a timetable for the event.", "Within the surrounding final day scene, mountains thought immovable pass like clouds. The image overturns confidence in apparent permanence and affirms God's perfected work. It should not be presented as an unqualified prediction of a particular modern scientific theory.", "Those who bring good receive better than its worth and are safe from the terror of that day. The promise places generosity within the account of judgment. What people offer is met by a reward exceeding simple equivalence.", "The warning contrasts with the preceding promise: those who bring evil face a terrible outcome. The closing question connects consequence with conduct. Readers are directed toward their own moral responsibility rather than invited to declare the final destiny of particular living people.", "The Prophet states his command to worship the Lord of the sanctified land, while affirming that everything belongs to God. The local sacred setting opens into universal sovereignty. Service and submission define the speaker's role more clearly than worldly possession.", "The command to recite the Quran is paired with each listener's responsibility for the response. Accepting guidance benefits the person who accepts it. The messenger's role is to warn faithfully, without claiming control over another person's final choice.", "The chapter ends with praise and the promise that God's signs will become recognizable. It also closes the distance between belief and conduct: no action escapes divine awareness. The reader leaves with an invitation to attentive recognition and accountable living." ], "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "طسٓ ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَكِتَابٍۢ مُّبِينٍ", "translation": "Ta, Seen. These are the verses of the Qur'an and a clear Book" }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "هُدًۭى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "As guidance and good tidings for the believers" }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ", "translation": "Who establish prayer and give zakah, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith]." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ", "translation": "Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly." }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ", "translation": "Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers." }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "وَإِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ", "translation": "And indeed, [O Muhammad], you receive the Qur'an from one Wise and Knowing." }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًۭا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍۢ قَبَسٍۢ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ", "translation": "[Mention] when Moses said to his family, \"Indeed, I have perceived a fire. I will bring you from there information or will bring you a burning torch that you may warm yourselves.\"" }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "فَلَمَّا جَآءَهَا نُودِىَ أَنۢ بُورِكَ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "But when he came to it, he was called, \"Blessed is whoever is at the fire and whoever is around it. And exalted is Allah, Lord of the worlds." }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ", "translation": "O Moses, indeed it is I - Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.\"" }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "وَأَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّهَا جَآنٌّۭ وَلَّىٰ مُدْبِرًۭا وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْ ۚ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَا تَخَفْ إِنِّى لَا يَخَافُ لَدَىَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ", "translation": "And [he was told], \"Throw down your staff.\" But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], \"O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear." }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسْنًۢا بَعْدَ سُوٓءٍۢ فَإِنِّى غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Otherwise, he who wrongs, then substitutes good after evil - indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful." }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "وَأَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍۢ ۖ فِى تِسْعِ ءَايَٰتٍ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ", "translation": "And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient.\"" }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا مُبْصِرَةًۭ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ", "translation": "But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, \"This is obvious magic.\"" }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "وَجَحَدُوا۟ بِهَا وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًۭا وَعُلُوًّۭا ۚ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ", "translation": "And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters." }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ عِلْمًۭا ۖ وَقَالَا ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍۢ مِّنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "And We had certainly given to David and Solomon knowledge, and they said, \"Praise [is due] to Allah, who has favored us over many of His believing servants.\"" }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمَٰنُ دَاوُۥدَ ۖ وَقَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنطِقَ ٱلطَّيْرِ وَأُوتِينَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْمُبِينُ", "translation": "And Solomon inherited David. He said, \"O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given from all things. Indeed, this is evident bounty.\"" }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "وَحُشِرَ لِسُلَيْمَٰنَ جُنُودُهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ وَٱلطَّيْرِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ", "translation": "And gathered for Solomon were his soldiers of the jinn and men and birds, and they were [marching] in rows." }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ وَادِ ٱلنَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌۭ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّمْلُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ مَسَٰكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَٰنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ", "translation": "Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, \"O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not.\"" }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكًۭا مِّن قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَٰلِحًۭا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَدْخِلْنِى بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِى عِبَادِكَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ", "translation": "So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, \"My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants.\"" }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "وَتَفَقَّدَ ٱلطَّيْرَ فَقَالَ مَا لِىَ لَآ أَرَى ٱلْهُدْهُدَ أَمْ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَآئِبِينَ", "translation": "And he took attendance of the birds and said, \"Why do I not see the hoopoe - or is he among the absent?" }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًا أَوْ لَأَا۟ذْبَحَنَّهُۥٓ أَوْ لَيَأْتِيَنِّى بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ", "translation": "I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization.\"" }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "فَمَكَثَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍۢ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ وَجِئْتُكَ مِن سَبَإٍۭ بِنَبَإٍۢ يَقِينٍ", "translation": "But the hoopoe stayed not long and said, \"I have encompassed [in knowledge] that which you have not encompassed, and I have come to you from Sheba with certain news." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "إِنِّى وَجَدتُّ ٱمْرَأَةًۭ تَمْلِكُهُمْ وَأُوتِيَتْ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَلَهَا عَرْشٌ عَظِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Indeed, I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne." }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ", "translation": "I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided," }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "أَلَّا يَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى يُخْرِجُ ٱلْخَبْءَ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُخْفُونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ", "translation": "[And] so they do not prostrate to Allah, who brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare -" }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۩", "translation": "Allah - there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Great Throne.\"" }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "۞ قَالَ سَنَنظُرُ أَصَدَقْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ", "translation": "[Solomon] said, \"We will see whether you were truthful or were of the liars." }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "ٱذْهَب بِّكِتَٰبِى هَٰذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ", "translation": "Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return.\"" }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "قَالَتْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ إِنِّىٓ أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَٰبٌۭ كَرِيمٌ", "translation": "She said, \"O eminent ones, indeed, to me has been delivered a noble letter." }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "إِنَّهُۥ مِن سُلَيْمَٰنَ وَإِنَّهُۥ بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "translation": "Indeed, it is from Solomon, and indeed, it reads: 'In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful," }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "أَلَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَىَّ وَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ", "translation": "Be not haughty with me but come to me in submission [as Muslims].' \"" }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "قَالَتْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَفْتُونِى فِىٓ أَمْرِى مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمْرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشْهَدُونِ", "translation": "She said, \"O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me.\"" }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أُو۟لُوا۟ قُوَّةٍۢ وَأُو۟لُوا۟ بَأْسٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ وَٱلْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكِ فَٱنظُرِى مَاذَا تَأْمُرِينَ", "translation": "They said, \"We are men of strength and of great military might, but the command is yours, so see what you will command.\"" }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "قَالَتْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا۟ قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓا۟ أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَآ أَذِلَّةًۭ ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ", "translation": "She said, \"Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do." }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "وَإِنِّى مُرْسِلَةٌ إِلَيْهِم بِهَدِيَّةٍۢ فَنَاظِرَةٌۢ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ", "translation": "But indeed, I will send to them a gift and see with what [reply] the messengers will return.\"" }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "فَلَمَّا جَآءَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ قَالَ أَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٍۢ فَمَآ ءَاتَىٰنِۦَ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرٌۭ مِّمَّآ ءَاتَىٰكُم بَلْ أَنتُم بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ", "translation": "So when they came to Solomon, he said, \"Do you provide me with wealth? But what Allah has given me is better than what He has given you. Rather, it is you who rejoice in your gift." }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "ٱرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودٍۢ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُم مِّنْهَآ أَذِلَّةًۭ وَهُمْ صَٰغِرُونَ", "translation": "Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased.\"" }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "قَالَ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِينِى بِعَرْشِهَا قَبْلَ أَن يَأْتُونِى مُسْلِمِينَ", "translation": "[Solomon] said, \"O assembly [of jinn], which of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?\"" }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "قَالَ عِفْرِيتٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَ ۖ وَإِنِّى عَلَيْهِ لَقَوِىٌّ أَمِينٌۭ", "translation": "A powerful one from among the jinn said, \"I will bring it to you before you rise from your place, and indeed, I am for this [task] strong and trustworthy.\"" }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "قَالَ ٱلَّذِى عِندَهُۥ عِلْمٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَن يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْكَ طَرْفُكَ ۚ فَلَمَّا رَءَاهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِندَهُۥ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِن فَضْلِ رَبِّى لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓ ءَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ ۖ وَمَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ رَبِّى غَنِىٌّۭ كَرِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, \"I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you.\" And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, \"This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous.\"" }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "قَالَ نَكِّرُوا۟ لَهَا عَرْشَهَا نَنظُرْ أَتَهْتَدِىٓ أَمْ تَكُونُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ", "translation": "He said, \"Disguise for her her throne; we will see whether she will be guided [to truth] or will be of those who is not guided.\"" }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ قِيلَ أَهَٰكَذَا عَرْشُكِ ۖ قَالَتْ كَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ ۚ وَأُوتِينَا ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهَا وَكُنَّا مُسْلِمِينَ", "translation": "So when she arrived, it was said [to her], \"Is your throne like this?\" She said, \"[It is] as though it was it.\" [Solomon said], \"And we were given knowledge before her, and we have been Muslims [in submission to Allah]." }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍۢ كَٰفِرِينَ", "translation": "And that which she was worshipping other than Allah had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people.\"" }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدْخُلِى ٱلصَّرْحَ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةًۭ وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرْحٌۭ مُّمَرَّدٌۭ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ ۗ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "She was told, \"Enter the palace.\" But when she saw it, she thought it was a body of water and uncovered her shins [to wade through]. He said, \"Indeed, it is a palace [whose floor is] made smooth with glass.\" She said, \"My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, and I submit with Solomon to Allah, Lord of the worlds.\"" }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمْ فَرِيقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ", "translation": "And We had certainly sent to Thamud their brother Salih, [saying], \"Worship Allah,\" and at once they were two parties conflicting." }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ", "translation": "He said, \"O my people, why are you impatient for evil instead of good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allah that you may receive mercy?\"" }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ ٱطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَ ۚ قَالَ طَٰٓئِرُكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ تُفْتَنُونَ", "translation": "They said, \"We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you.\" He said, \"Your omen is with Allah. Rather, you are a people being tested.\"" }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍۢ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ", "translation": "And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs]." }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ", "translation": "They said, \"Take a mutual oath by Allah that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.' \"" }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًۭا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًۭا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ", "translation": "And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not." }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ", "translation": "Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all." }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know." }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "وَأَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ", "translation": "And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah." }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ", "translation": "And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, \"Do you commit immorality while you are seeing?" }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌۭ تَجْهَلُونَ", "translation": "Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly.\"" }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "۞ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍۢ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌۭ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ", "translation": "But the answer of his people was not except that they said, \"Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure.\"" }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ", "translation": "So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind." }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًۭا ۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ", "translation": "And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned." }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ۗ ءَآللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ", "translation": "Say, [O Muhammad], \"Praise be to Allah, and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allah better or what they associate with Him?\"" }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "أَمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَنۢبَتْنَا بِهِۦ حَدَآئِقَ ذَاتَ بَهْجَةٍۢ مَّا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَن تُنۢبِتُوا۟ شَجَرَهَآ ۗ أَءِلَٰهٌۭ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ يَعْدِلُونَ", "translation": "[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him]." }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًۭا وَجَعَلَ خِلَٰلَهَآ أَنْهَٰرًۭا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا ۗ أَءِلَٰهٌۭ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but most of them do not know." }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَٰهٌۭ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ", "translation": "Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Little do you remember." }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "أَمَّن يَهْدِيكُمْ فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَمَن يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦٓ ۗ أَءِلَٰهٌۭ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ تَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ", "translation": "Is He [not best] who guides you through the darknesses of the land and sea and who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy? Is there a deity with Allah? High is Allah above whatever they associate with Him." }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "أَمَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَٰهٌۭ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ", "translation": "Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, \"Produce your proof, if you should be truthful.\"" }, { "n": 65, "arabic": "قُل لَّا يَعْلَمُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْغَيْبَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ", "translation": "Say, \"None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.\"" }, { "n": 66, "arabic": "بَلِ ٱدَّٰرَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ مِّنْهَا ۖ بَلْ هُم مِّنْهَا عَمُونَ", "translation": "Rather, their knowledge is arrested concerning the Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are, concerning it, blind." }, { "n": 67, "arabic": "وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًۭا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ", "translation": "And those who disbelieve say, \"When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?" }, { "n": 68, "arabic": "لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ", "translation": "We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples.\"" }, { "n": 69, "arabic": "قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ", "translation": "Say, [O Muhammad], \"Travel through the land and observe how was the end of the criminals.\"" }, { "n": 70, "arabic": "وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُن فِى ضَيْقٍۢ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ", "translation": "And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire." }, { "n": 71, "arabic": "وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ", "translation": "And they say, \"When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?\"" }, { "n": 72, "arabic": "قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ رَدِفَ لَكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ", "translation": "Say, \"Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient." }, { "n": 73, "arabic": "وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ", "translation": "And indeed, your Lord is full of bounty for the people, but most of them do not show gratitude.\"" }, { "n": 74, "arabic": "وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَعْلَمُ مَا تُكِنُّ صُدُورُهُمْ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ", "translation": "And indeed, your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they declare." }, { "n": 75, "arabic": "وَمَا مِنْ غَآئِبَةٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مُّبِينٍ", "translation": "And there is nothing concealed within the heaven and the earth except that it is in a clear Register." }, { "n": 76, "arabic": "إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَقُصُّ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَكْثَرَ ٱلَّذِى هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ", "translation": "Indeed, this Qur'an relates to the Children of Israel most of that over which they disagree." }, { "n": 77, "arabic": "وَإِنَّهُۥ لَهُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "And indeed, it is guidance and mercy for the believers." }, { "n": 78, "arabic": "إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِى بَيْنَهُم بِحُكْمِهِۦ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ", "translation": "Indeed, your Lord will judge between them by His [wise] judgement. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Knowing." }, { "n": 79, "arabic": "فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَى ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلْمُبِينِ", "translation": "So rely upon Allah; indeed, you are upon the clear truth." }, { "n": 80, "arabic": "إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ", "translation": "Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating." }, { "n": 81, "arabic": "وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ", "translation": "And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [submitting to Allah]." }, { "n": 82, "arabic": "۞ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَخْرَجْنَا لَهُمْ دَآبَّةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا لَا يُوقِنُونَ", "translation": "And when the word befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth speaking to them, [saying] that the people were, of Our verses, not certain [in faith]." }, { "n": 83, "arabic": "وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۢ فَوْجًۭا مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ", "translation": "And [warn of] the Day when We will gather from every nation a company of those who deny Our signs, and they will be [driven] in rows" }, { "n": 84, "arabic": "حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُوا۟ بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, \"Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?\"" }, { "n": 85, "arabic": "وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ", "translation": "And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak." }, { "n": 86, "arabic": "أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ", "translation": "Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein and the day giving sight? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe." }, { "n": 87, "arabic": "وَيَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَٰخِرِينَ", "translation": "And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allah wills. And all will come to Him humbled." }, { "n": 88, "arabic": "وَتَرَى ٱلْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةًۭ وَهِىَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ ٱلسَّحَابِ ۚ صُنْعَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَتْقَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَفْعَلُونَ", "translation": "And you see the mountains, thinking them rigid, while they will pass as the passing of clouds. [It is] the work of Allah, who perfected all things. Indeed, He is Acquainted with that which you do." }, { "n": 89, "arabic": "مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٍۢ يَوْمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ", "translation": "Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe." }, { "n": 90, "arabic": "وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "And whoever comes with an evil deed - their faces will be overturned into the Fire, [and it will be said], \"Are you recompensed except for what you used to do?\"" }, { "n": 91, "arabic": "إِنَّمَآ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ رَبَّ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْبَلْدَةِ ٱلَّذِى حَرَّمَهَا وَلَهُۥ كُلُّ شَىْءٍۢ ۖ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ", "translation": "[Say, O Muhammad], \"I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city, who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [those who submit to Allah]" }, { "n": 92, "arabic": "وَأَنْ أَتْلُوَا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَقُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُنذِرِينَ", "translation": "And to recite the Qur'an.\" And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself; and whoever strays - say, \"I am only [one] of the warners.\"" }, { "n": 93, "arabic": "وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ سَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَتَعْرِفُونَهَا ۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "And say, \"[All] praise is [due] to Allah. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. 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"lest", "crush you", "Sulaiman", "and his hosts", "while they", "not", "perceiving." ], [ "So he smiled -", "laughing", "at", "her speech", "and said,", "\"My Lord!", "Grant me (the) power", "that", "I may thank You", "(for) Your Favor", "which", "You have bestowed", "on me", "and on", "my parents", "and that", "I may do", "righteous (deeds),", "that will please You.", "And admit me", "by Your Mercy", "among", "Your slaves", "righteous.\"" ], [ "And he inspected", "the birds", "and said,", "What", "(is) with me", "not", "I see", "the hoopoe", "or", "is he", "from", "the absent?" ], [ "I will surely punish him", "(with) a punishment", "severe", "or", "I will surely slaughter him", "unless", "he brings me", "a reason", "clear.\"" ], [ "So he stayed", "not", "long,", "and he said,", "\"I have encompassed", "that which", "not", "you have encompassed", "it,", "and I have come to you", "from", "Saba", "with news", "certain." ], [ "Indeed, I", "found", "a woman", "ruling them", "and she has 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"and indeed it (is),", "\"In the name", "(of) Allah,", "the Most Gracious,", "the Most Merciful," ], [ "That not", "exalt yourselves", "against me,", "but come to me", "(in) submission.\"" ], [ "She said,", "\"O", "chiefs!", "Advise me", "in", "my affair.", "Not", "I would be", "the one to decide", "any matter", "until", "you are present with me.\"" ], [ "They said,", "\"We", "(are) possessors", "(of) strength", "and possessors", "(of) might", "great,", "and the command", "(is) up to you,", "so look", "what", "you will command.\"" ], [ "She said,", "\"Indeed,", "the kings,", "when", "they enter", "a town", "they ruin it", "and make", "(the) most honorable", "(of) its people", "(the) lowest.", "And thus", "they do." ], [ "But indeed, I am", "going to send", "to them", "a gift", "and see", "with what", "return", "the messengers.\"" ], [ "So when", "came", "(to) Sulaiman", "he said,", "\"Will you provide me", "with wealth?", "But what", "has given me", "Allah", "(is) better", "than what", "He has given you.", "Nay,", "you", "in your gift", "rejoice." ], [ "Return", "to them,", "surely, we will come to them", "with hosts", "not", "(is) resistance", "for them", "of it,", "and surely, we will drive them out", "from there", "(in) humiliation,", "and they", "(will be) abased.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"O", "chiefs!", "Which of you", "will bring me", "her throne", "before", "that", "they come to me", "(in) submission?\"" ], [ "Said", "a strong one", "of", "the jinn,", "\"I", "will bring to you", "it", "before", "[that]", "you rise", "from", "your place.", "And indeed, I am", "for it", "surely, strong,", "trustworthy.\"" ], [ "Said", "one who,", "with him", "(was) knowledge", "of", "the Scripture,", "\"I", "will bring to you", "it", "before", "[that]", "returns", "to you", "your glance.\"", "Then when", "he saw it", "placed", "before him,", "he said,", "\"This", "(is) from", "(the) Favor", "(of) my Lord,", "to test me", "whether I am grateful", "or", "I am ungrateful.", "And whoever", "(is) grateful", "then only", "he is grateful", "for his own soul.", "And whoever", "(is) ungrateful,", "then indeed,", "my Lord", "(is) Self-sufficient,", "Noble.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Disguise", "for her", "her throne;", "we will see", "whether she will be guided", "or", "will be", "of", "those who", "not", "guided." ], [ "So when", "she came,", "it was said,", "\"Is like this", "your throne?\"", "She said,", "\"It is like", "it.\"", "\"And we were given", "the knowledge", "from", "before her", "and we have been", "Muslims.\"" ], [ "And has averted her", "what", "she used (to)", "worship", "instead", "of", "Allah.", "Indeed, she", "was", "from", "a people", "who disbelieve." ], [ "It was said", "to her,", "\"Enter", "the palace.\"", "Then when", "she saw it,", "she thought it", "(was) a pool,", "and she uncovered", "[on]", "her shins.", "He said,", "\"Indeed, it", "(is) a palace", "made smooth", "of", "glass.\"", "She said,", "\"My Lord,", "indeed, I", "[I] have wronged", "myself,", "and I submit", "with", "Sulaiman", "to Allah,", "(the) Lord", "(of) the worlds.\"" ], [ "And certainly,", "We sent", "to", "Thamud", "their brother", "Salih", "that,", "\"Worship", "Allah.\"", "Then behold!", "They", "(became) two parties", "quarreling." ], [ "He said,", "\"O my people!", "Why", "(do) you seek to hasten", "the evil", "before", "the good?", "Why not", "you ask forgiveness", "(of) Allah", "so that you may", "receive mercy?\"" ], [ "They said,", "We consider an ill omen", "in you", "and those", "with you.\"", "He said,", "\"Your bad omen", "(is) with", "Allah.", "Nay,", "you", "(are) a people", "being tested.\"" ], [ "And were", "in", "the city", "nine", "family heads,", "they were spreading corruption", "in", "the land", "and not", "reforming." ], [ "They said,", "\"Swear to each other", "by Allah", "surely, we will attack him by night,", "and his family.", "Then", "we will surely say", "to his heir,", "\"Not", "we witnessed", "(the) destruction", "(of) his family,", "and indeed, we", "(are) surely truthful.\"" ], [ "So they plotted", "a plot", "and We planned", "a plan,", "while they", "(did) not", "perceive." ], [ "Then see", "how", "was", "(the) end", "(of) their plot,", "that We", "destroyed them", "and their people", "all." ], [ "So, these", "(are) their houses,", "ruined", "because", "they wronged.", "Indeed,", "in", "that", "surely, is a sign", "for a people", "who know." ], [ "And We saved", "those who", "believed", "and used (to)", "fear (Allah)." ], [ "And Lut,", "when", "he said", "to his people,", "\"Do you commit", "[the] immorality", "while you", "see?" ], [ "Why do you", "approach", "the men", "(with) lust", "instead", "of", "the women?", "Nay,", "you", "(are) a people", "ignorant.\"" ], [ "But not", "was", "(the) answer", "(of) his people", "except", "that", "they said,", "\"Drive out", "(the) family", "(of) Lut", "from", "your town.", "Indeed, they", "(are) people", "who keep clean and pure.\"" ], [ "So We saved him", "and his family,", "except", "his wife;", "We destined her", "(to be) of", "those who remained behind." ], [ "And We rained", "upon them", "a rain,", "and was evil", "(the) rain", "(on) those who were warned." ], [ "Say,", "\"All praise (be)", "to Allah,", "and peace (be)", "upon", "His slaves", "those whom", "He has chosen.", "Is Allah", "better", "or what", "they associate (with Him)?\"" ], [ "Or Who", "has created", "the heavens", "and the earth", "and sent down", "for you", "from", "the sky", "water?", "And We caused to grow", "thereby", "gardens", "possessing", "beauty and delight,", "not", "it is", "for you", "that", "you cause to grow", "their trees.", "Is there any god", "with", "Allah?", "Nay,", "they", "(are) a people", "who ascribe equals." ], [ "Or Who", "made", "the earth", "a firm abode", "and made", "(in) its midst", "rivers", "and made", "for it", "firm mountains", "and made", "between", "the two seas", "a barrier?", "Is there any god", "with", "Allah?", "Nay,", "most of them", "(do) not", "know." ], [ "Or Who", "responds", "(to) the distressed one", "when", "he calls Him", "and He removes", "the evil", "and makes you", "inheritors", "(of) the earth?", "Is there any god", "with", "Allah?", "Little", "(is) what", "you remember." ], [ "Or Who,", "guides you", "in", "(the) darkness[es]", "(of) the land", "and the sea", "and Who", "sends", "the winds", "(as) glad tidings", "ahead of", "the coming of", "His Mercy?", "Is there any god", "with", "Allah?", "High is", "Allah", "above what", "they associate (with Him)." ], [ "Or Who", "originates", "the creation", "then", "repeats it", "and Who", "provides you", "from", "the heavens", "and the earth?", "Is there any god", "with", "Allah?", "Say,", "\"Bring forth", "your proof", "if", "you are", "truthful.\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"No (one)", "knows", "whoever", "(is) in", "the heavens", "and the earth", "(of) the unseen", "except", "Allah,", "and not", "they perceive", "when", "they will be resurrected.\"" ], [ "Nay,", "is arrested", "their knowledge", "of", "the Hereafter?", "Nay", "they", "(are) in", "doubt", "about it.", "Nay,", "they", "about it", "(are) blind." ], [ "And say", "those who", "disbelieve,", "\"What, when", "we have become", "dust", "and our forefathers,", "will we", "surely be brought out?" ], [ "Certainly,", "we have been promised", "this,", "we", "and our forefathers", "from", "before.", "Not", "(is) this", "except", "tales", "(of) the former (people).\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"Travel", "in", "the land,", "and see", "how", "was", "(the) end", "(of) the criminals.\"" ], [ "And (do) not", "grieve", "over them", "and not", "be", "in", "distress", "from what", "they plot." ], [ "And they say,", "\"When", "(will) this", "promise (be fulfilled),", "if", "you are", "truthful.\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"Perhaps", "that", "is", "close behind", "you,", "some", "(of) that which", "you seek to hasten.\"" ], [ "And indeed,", "your Lord", "surely possesses", "bounty", "for", "the mankind,", "but", "most of them", "(are) not", "grateful." ], [ "And indeed,", "your Lord", "surely knows", "what", "conceals", "their breasts", "and what", "they declare." ], [ "And not (is)", "any (thing)", "hidden", "in", "the heavens", "and the earth", "but", "(is) in", "a Record", "clear." ], [ "Indeed,", "this", "[the] Quran", "relates", "to", "(the) Children", "(of) Israel,", "most", "(of) that", "they", "in it", "differ." ], [ "And indeed, it", "(is) surely a guidance", "and a mercy", "for the believers." ], [ "Indeed,", "your Lord", "will judge", "between them", "by His Judgment,", "and He", "(is) the All-Mighty,", "the All-Knower." ], [ "So put your trust", "in", "Allah,", "indeed, you", "(are) on", "the truth", "manifest." ], [ "Indeed, you", "(can) not", "cause to hear", "the dead", "and not", "can you cause to hear", "the deaf", "the call", "when", "they turn back", "retreating." ], [ "And not", "(can) you", "guide", "the blind", "from", "their error.", "Not", "you can cause to hear", "except", "(those) who", "believe", "in Our Signs", "so they", "(are) Muslims." ], [ "And when", "(is) fulfilled", "the word", "against them,", "We will bring forth", "for them", "a creature", "from", "the earth", "speaking to them,", "that", "the people", "were,", "of Our Signs,", "not", "certain." ], [ "And (the) Day", "We will gather", "from", "every", "nation", "a troop", "of (those) who", "deny", "Our Signs,", "and they", "will be set in rows." ], [ "Until,", "when", "they come,", "He will say,", "\"Did you deny", "My Signs", "while not", "you encompassed", "them", "(in) knowledge,", "or what", "you used (to)", "do?\"" ], [ "And (will be) fulfilled", "the word", "against them", "because", "they wronged,", "and they", "(will) not", "speak." ], [ "Do not", "they see", "that We", "[We] have made", "the night", "that they may rest", "in it,", "and the day", "giving visibility?", "Indeed,", "in", "that", "surely (are) Signs", "for a people", "who believe." ], [ "And (the) Day", "will be blown", "[in]", "the trumpet", "and will be terrified", "whoever", "(is) in", "the heavens", "and whoever", "(is) in", "the earth", "except", "whom", "wills", "Allah.", "And all", "(will) come to Him", "humbled." ], [ "And you see", "the mountains,", "thinking them", "firmly fixed,", "while they", "will pass", "(as the) passing", "(of) the clouds.", "(The) Work", "(of) Allah", "Who", "perfected", "all", "things.", "Indeed, He", "(is) All-Aware", "of what", "you do." ], [ "Whoever", "comes", "with the good,", "then for him", "(will be) better", "than it,", "and they,", "from", "(the) terror", "(of) that Day", "(will be) safe." ], [ "And whoever", "comes", "with the evil,", "will be cast down", "their faces", "in", "the Fire.", "\"Are", "you recompensed", "except", "(for) what", "you used (to)", "do?\"" ], [ "\"Only", "I am commanded", "that", "I worship", "(the) Lord", "(of) this", "city,", "the One Who", "made it sacred", "and to Him (belongs)", "all", "things.", "And I am commanded", "that", "I be", "of", "the Muslims" ], [ "And that", "I recite", "the Quran.\"", "And whoever", "accepts guidance", "then only", "he accepts guidance", "for himself;", "and whoever", "goes astray", "then say,", "\"Only", "I am", "of", "the warners.\"" ], [ "And say,", "\"All praise (be)", "to Allah,", "He will show you", "His Signs,", "and you will recognize them.", "And not", "(is) your Lord", "unaware", "of what", "you do.\"" ] ], "glossNote": "Word meanings follow the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Repeated phrase glosses are divided into individual word senses for the displayed Arabic; exact editorial adjustments are saved in the source audit. Stray Image labels introduced by source rendering are removed." }