Sura 43: Al-Zukhruf (The Ornaments) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

حمٓhha-meem ﴿١﴾

*43:1 See Footnote 40:1. The frequency of occurrence of the letters "H" (Hã) and "M" (Mîm) in the seven H.M.-initialed suras is 292, and 1855, respectively. This adds up to 2147, or 19x113.

[43:2] And the enlightening scripture.

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīni ﴿٢﴾

[43:3] We have rendered it an Arabic Quran, that you may understand.*

إِنَّاinnāجَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuقُرْءَٰنًاqur'ānanعَرَبِيًّاʿarabiyyanلَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna ﴿٣﴾

*43:3 Arabic is the most efficient language, especially in expressing commandments, statutes and exacting laws. Hence the revelation of the Quran in Arabic for the clear understanding of all peoples, regardless of their tongues. See Appendix 4 for the details.

[43:4] It is preserved with us in the original master, honorable and full of wisdom.

وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuفِىٓfīأُمِّummiٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābiلَدَيْنَاladaynāلَعَلِىٌّlaʿaliyyunحَكِيمٌḥakīmun ﴿٤﴾

[43:5] Should we just ignore the fact that you have transgressed the limits?*

أَفَنَضْرِبُafanaḍribuعَنكُمُʿankumuٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'raصَفْحًاṣafḥanأَنanكُنتُمْkuntumقَوْمًاqawmanمُّسْرِفِينَmus'rifīna ﴿٥﴾

*43:5 This refers to our original sin as detailed in the Introduction and Appendix 7.

[43:6] We have sent many a prophet to the previous generations.

وَكَمْwakamأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمِنminنَّبِىٍّnabiyyinفِىfīٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna ﴿٦﴾

[43:7] Every time a prophet went to them, they ridiculed him.

وَمَاwamāيَأْتِيهِمyatīhimمِّنminنَّبِىٍّnabiyyinإِلَّاillāكَانُوا۟kānūبِهِۦbihiيَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna ﴿٧﴾

[43:8] Consequently, we annihilated people who were even more powerful than these. We thus set the examples from the previous communities.

فَأَهْلَكْنَآfa-ahlaknāأَشَدَّashaddaمِنْهُمmin'humبَطْشًاbaṭshanوَمَضَىٰwamaḍāمَثَلُmathaluٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna ﴿٨﴾

[43:9] If you asked them, "Who created the heavens and the earth," they would say, "The Almighty, the Omniscient has created them."

وَلَئِنwala-inسَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumمَّنْmanخَلَقَkhalaqaٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaلَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaخَلَقَهُنَّkhalaqahunnaٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu ﴿٩﴾

[43:10] He is the One who made the earth habitable for you, and created for you roads therein, that you may follow the right way.

ٱلَّذِىalladhīجَعَلَjaʿalaلَكُمُlakumuٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍaمَهْدًاmahdanوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaلَكُمْlakumفِيهَاfīhāسُبُلًاsubulanلَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumتَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna ﴿١٠﴾

[43:11] He is the One who sends down from the sky water, in exact measure, to revive dead lands therewith. Similarly, you will be resurrected.

وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīنَزَّلَnazzalaمِنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiمَآءًۢmāanبِقَدَرٍbiqadarinفَأَنشَرْنَاfa-ansharnāبِهِۦbihiبَلْدَةًbaldatanمَّيْتًاmaytanكَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaتُخْرَجُونَtukh'rajūna ﴿١١﴾

[43:12] He is the One who created all kinds, in pairs (male and female), and He created for you ships and livestock to ride.

وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīخَلَقَkhalaqaٱلْأَزْوَٰجَl-azwājaكُلَّهَاkullahāوَجَعَلَwajaʿalaلَكُمlakumمِّنَminaٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kiوَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِwal-anʿāmiمَاmāتَرْكَبُونَtarkabūna ﴿١٢﴾

[43:13] As you rest on top of them, you shall appreciate such a blessing from your Lord, and say, "Glory be to the One who subdued this for us. We could not have controlled them by ourselves.

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟litastawūعَلَىٰʿalāظُهُورِهِۦẓuhūrihiثُمَّthummaتَذْكُرُوا۟tadhkurūنِعْمَةَniʿ'mataرَبِّكُمْrabbikumإِذَاidhāٱسْتَوَيْتُمْis'tawaytumعَلَيْهِʿalayhiوَتَقُولُوا۟wataqūlūسُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaٱلَّذِىalladhīسَخَّرَsakharaلَنَاlanāهَـٰذَاhādhāوَمَاwamāكُنَّاkunnāلَهُۥlahuمُقْرِنِينَmuq'rinīna ﴿١٣﴾

[43:14] "We ultimately return to our Lord."

وَإِنَّآwa-innāإِلَىٰilāرَبِّنَاrabbināلَمُنقَلِبُونَlamunqalibūna ﴿١٤﴾

[43:15] They even assigned for Him a share from His own creation! Surely, the human being is profoundly unappreciative.

وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūلَهُۥlahuمِنْminعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiجُزْءًاjuz'anإِنَّinnaٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaلَكَفُورٌlakafūrunمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿١٥﴾

[43:16] Has He chosen from among His creations daughters for Himself, while blessing you with sons?

أَمِamiٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaمِمَّاmimmāيَخْلُقُyakhluquبَنَاتٍbanātinوَأَصْفَىٰكُمwa-aṣfākumبِٱلْبَنِينَbil-banīna ﴿١٦﴾

[43:17] When one of them is given news (of a daughter) as they claimed for the Most Gracious, his face is darkened with misery and anger!

وَإِذَاwa-idhāبُشِّرَbushiraأَحَدُهُمaḥaduhumبِمَاbimāضَرَبَḍarabaلِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmāniمَثَلًاmathalanظَلَّẓallaوَجْهُهُۥwajhuhuمُسْوَدًّاmus'waddanوَهُوَwahuwaكَظِيمٌkaẓīmun ﴿١٧﴾

[43:18] (They say,) "What is good about an offspring that is brought up to be beautiful, and cannot help in war?"

أَوَمَنawamanيُنَشَّؤُا۟yunasha-uفِىfīٱلْحِلْيَةِl-ḥil'yatiوَهُوَwahuwaفِىfīٱلْخِصَامِl-khiṣāmiغَيْرُghayruمُبِينٍmubīnin ﴿١٨﴾

[43:19] They claimed that the angels, who are servants of the Most Gracious, are females! Have they witnessed their creation? Their claims are recorded, and they will be asked.

وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikataٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaهُمْhumعِبَـٰدُʿibāduٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniإِنَـٰثًاināthanأَشَهِدُوا۟ashahidūخَلْقَهُمْkhalqahumسَتُكْتَبُsatuk'tabuشَهَـٰدَتُهُمْshahādatuhumوَيُسْـَٔلُونَwayus'alūna ﴿١٩﴾

[43:20] They even said, "If the Most Gracious willed, we would not have worshiped them." They have no basis for such a claim; they only conjecture.*

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūلَوْlawشَآءَshāaٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānuمَاmāعَبَدْنَـٰهُمʿabadnāhumمَّاmāلَهُمlahumبِذَٰلِكَbidhālikaمِنْminعِلْمٍʿil'minإِنْinهُمْhumإِلَّاillāيَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūna ﴿٢٠﴾

*43:20 The idol worshipers cannot blame God for their idolatry, since we have absolute freedom of choice to worship God alone, or not.

[43:21] Have we given them a book before this, and they are upholding it?

أَمْamءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumكِتَـٰبًاkitābanمِّنminقَبْلِهِۦqablihiفَهُمfahumبِهِۦbihiمُسْتَمْسِكُونَmus'tamsikūna ﴿٢١﴾

[43:22] The fact is: they said, "We found our parents carrying on certain practices, and we are following in their footsteps."

بَلْbalقَالُوٓا۟qālūإِنَّاinnāوَجَدْنَآwajadnāءَابَآءَنَاābāanāعَلَىٰٓʿalāأُمَّةٍummatinوَإِنَّاwa-innāعَلَىٰٓʿalāءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimمُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna ﴿٢٢﴾

[43:23] Invariably, when we sent a warner to any community, the leaders of that community would say, "We found our parents following certain practices, and we will continue in their footsteps."

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaمَآmāأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمِنminقَبْلِكَqablikaفِىfīقَرْيَةٍqaryatinمِّنminنَّذِيرٍnadhīrinإِلَّاillāقَالَqālaمُتْرَفُوهَآmut'rafūhāإِنَّاinnāوَجَدْنَآwajadnāءَابَآءَنَاābāanāعَلَىٰٓʿalāأُمَّةٍummatinوَإِنَّاwa-innāعَلَىٰٓʿalāءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimمُّقْتَدُونَmuq'tadūna ﴿٢٣﴾

[43:24] (The messenger) would say, "What if I brought to you better guidance than what you inherited from your parents?" They would say, "We are disbelievers in the message you brought."

قَـٰلَqālaأَوَلَوْawalawجِئْتُكُمji'tukumبِأَهْدَىٰbi-ahdāمِمَّاmimmāوَجَدتُّمْwajadttumعَلَيْهِʿalayhiءَابَآءَكُمْābāakumقَالُوٓا۟qālūإِنَّاinnāبِمَآbimāأُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumبِهِۦbihiكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna ﴿٢٤﴾

[43:25] Consequently, we requited them. Note the consequences for the rejectors.

فَٱنتَقَمْنَاfa-intaqamnāمِنْهُمْmin'humفَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurكَيْفَkayfaكَانَkānaعَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatuٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīna ﴿٢٥﴾

[43:26] Abraham said to his father and his people, "I disown what you worship.

وَإِذْwa-idhقَالَqālaإِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuلِأَبِيهِli-abīhiوَقَوْمِهِۦٓwaqawmihiإِنَّنِىinnanīبَرَآءٌbarāonمِّمَّاmimmāتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna ﴿٢٦﴾

[43:27] "Only the One who initiated me can guide me."

إِلَّاillāٱلَّذِىalladhīفَطَرَنِىfaṭaranīفَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuسَيَهْدِينِsayahdīni ﴿٢٧﴾

[43:28] This example (of Abraham) was rendered an everlasting lesson for subsequent generations; perhaps they redeem their souls.

وَجَعَلَهَاwajaʿalahāكَلِمَةًۢkalimatanبَاقِيَةًbāqiyatanفِىfīعَقِبِهِۦʿaqibihiلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna ﴿٢٨﴾

[43:29] Indeed, I have given these people and their ancestors sufficient chances, then the truth came to them, and a clarifying messenger.

بَلْbalمَتَّعْتُmattaʿtuهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiوَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahumحَتَّىٰḥattāجَآءَهُمُjāahumuٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquوَرَسُولٌwarasūlunمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿٢٩﴾

[43:30] When the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and we are disbelievers therein."

وَلَمَّاwalammāجَآءَهُمُjāahumuٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquقَالُوا۟qālūهَـٰذَاhādhāسِحْرٌsiḥ'runوَإِنَّاwa-innāبِهِۦbihiكَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna ﴿٣٠﴾

[43:31] They said, "If only this Quran was sent down through another man from the two communities (Mecca or Yathrib) who is prominent!"

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūلَوْلَاlawlāنُزِّلَnuzzilaهَـٰذَاhādhāٱلْقُرْءَانُl-qur'ānuعَلَىٰʿalāرَجُلٍrajulinمِّنَminaٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِl-qaryatayniعَظِيمٍʿaẓīmin ﴿٣١﴾

[43:32] Are they the ones who assign your Lord's mercy? We have assigned their shares in this life, raising some of them above others in ranks, in order to let them serve one another. The mercy from your Lord is far better than any material they may hoard.

أَهُمْahumيَقْسِمُونَyaqsimūnaرَحْمَتَraḥmataرَبِّكَrabbikaنَحْنُnaḥnuقَسَمْنَاqasamnāبَيْنَهُمbaynahumمَّعِيشَتَهُمْmaʿīshatahumفِىfīٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatiٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāوَرَفَعْنَاwarafaʿnāبَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumفَوْقَfawqaبَعْضٍbaʿḍinدَرَجَـٰتٍdarajātinلِّيَتَّخِذَliyattakhidhaبَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumبَعْضًاbaʿḍanسُخْرِيًّاsukh'riyyanوَرَحْمَتُwaraḥmatuرَبِّكَrabbikaخَيْرٌkhayrunمِّمَّاmimmāيَجْمَعُونَyajmaʿūna ﴿٣٢﴾

[43:33] If it were not that all the people might become one (disbelieving) congregation, we would have granted everyone who disbelieves in the Most Gracious mansions with silver roofs, and stairs upon which they could climb.

وَلَوْلَآwalawlāأَنanيَكُونَyakūnaٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuأُمَّةًummatanوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanلَّجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāلِمَنlimanيَكْفُرُyakfuruبِٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِbil-raḥmāniلِبُيُوتِهِمْlibuyūtihimسُقُفًاsuqufanمِّنminفِضَّةٍfiḍḍatinوَمَعَارِجَwamaʿārijaعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāيَظْهَرُونَyaẓharūna ﴿٣٣﴾

[43:34] Their mansions would have impressive gates, and luxurious furnishings.

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْwalibuyūtihimأَبْوَٰبًاabwābanوَسُرُرًاwasururanعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāيَتَّكِـُٔونَyattakiūna ﴿٣٤﴾

[43:35] Also many ornaments. All these are the temporary materials of this lowly life. The Hereafter - at your Lord - is far better for the righteous.

وَزُخْرُفًاwazukh'rufanوَإِنwa-inكُلُّkulluذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَمَّاlammāمَتَـٰعُmatāʿuٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatiٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُwal-ākhiratuعِندَʿindaرَبِّكَrabbikaلِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīna ﴿٣٥﴾

[43:36] Anyone who disregards the message of the Most Gracious, we appoint a devil to be his constant companion.*

وَمَنwamanيَعْشُyaʿshuعَنʿanذِكْرِdhik'riٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniنُقَيِّضْnuqayyiḍلَهُۥlahuشَيْطَـٰنًاshayṭānanفَهُوَfahuwaلَهُۥlahuقَرِينٌqarīnun ﴿٣٦﴾

*43:36-39 Each one of us has a representative of Satan as a constant companion (App. 7).

[43:37] Such companions will divert them from the path, yet make them believe that they are guided.

وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumلَيَصُدُّونَهُمْlayaṣuddūnahumعَنِʿaniٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīliوَيَحْسَبُونَwayaḥsabūnaأَنَّهُمannahumمُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna ﴿٣٧﴾

[43:38] When he comes before us he will say, "Oh I wish you were as far from me as the two easts.* What a miserable companion!"

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāإِذَاidhāجَآءَنَاjāanāقَالَqālaيَـٰلَيْتَyālaytaبَيْنِىbaynīوَبَيْنَكَwabaynakaبُعْدَbuʿ'daٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِl-mashriqayniفَبِئْسَfabi'saٱلْقَرِينُl-qarīnu ﴿٣٨﴾

*43:38 The "easts" imply the locations of sunrise, moonrise, and the rising of heavenly bodies.

[43:39] It will not console you on that day, as transgressors, that both of you will share in the retribution.

وَلَنwalanيَنفَعَكُمُyanfaʿakumuٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaإِذidhظَّلَمْتُمْẓalamtumأَنَّكُمْannakumفِىfīٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābiمُشْتَرِكُونَmush'tarikūna ﴿٣٩﴾

[43:40] Can you make the deaf hear; can you make the blind see, or those who are far astray?

أَفَأَنتَafa-antaتُسْمِعُtus'miʿuٱلصُّمَّl-ṣumaأَوْawتَهْدِىtahdīٱلْعُمْىَl-ʿum'yaوَمَنwamanكَانَkānaفِىfīضَلَـٰلٍḍalālinمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿٤٠﴾

[43:41] Whether we let you die before it or not, we will surely requite them.

فَإِمَّاfa-immāنَذْهَبَنَّnadhhabannaبِكَbikaفَإِنَّاfa-innāمِنْهُمmin'humمُّنتَقِمُونَmuntaqimūna ﴿٤١﴾

[43:42] Or, we may show you (the retribution) we promised for them. We are in full control over them.

أَوْawنُرِيَنَّكَnuriyannakaٱلَّذِىalladhīوَعَدْنَـٰهُمْwaʿadnāhumفَإِنَّاfa-innāعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimمُّقْتَدِرُونَmuq'tadirūna ﴿٤٢﴾

[43:43] You shall steadfastly preach what is revealed to you; you are in the right path.*

فَٱسْتَمْسِكْfa-is'tamsikبِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīأُوحِىَūḥiyaإِلَيْكَilaykaإِنَّكَinnakaعَلَىٰʿalāصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭinمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīmin ﴿٤٣﴾

*43:43 The sum of the gematrical value of "Rashad Khalifa" (1230) plus 43 is 1273, 19x67.

[43:44] This is a message for you and your people; all of you will be questioned.

وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuلَذِكْرٌladhik'runلَّكَlakaوَلِقَوْمِكَwaliqawmikaوَسَوْفَwasawfaتُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūna ﴿٤٤﴾

[43:45] Check the messengers we sent before you: "Have we ever appointed any other gods - beside the Most Gracious - to be worshiped?"

وَسْـَٔلْwasalمَنْmanأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمِنminقَبْلِكَqablikaمِنminرُّسُلِنَآrusulināأَجَعَلْنَاajaʿalnāمِنminدُونِdūniٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniءَالِهَةًālihatanيُعْبَدُونَyuʿ'badūna ﴿٤٥﴾

[43:46] For example, we sent Moses with our proofs to Pharaoh and his elders, proclaiming: "I am a messenger from the Lord of the universe."

وَلَقَدْwalaqadأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمُوسَىٰmūsāبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināإِلَىٰilāفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiفَقَالَfaqālaإِنِّىinnīرَسُولُrasūluرَبِّrabbiٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna ﴿٤٦﴾

[43:47] When he showed them our proofs, they laughed at them.

فَلَمَّاfalammāجَآءَهُمjāahumبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināإِذَاidhāهُمhumمِّنْهَاmin'hāيَضْحَكُونَyaḍḥakūna ﴿٤٧﴾

[43:48] Every sign we showed them was bigger than the one before it. We afflicted them with the plagues, perhaps they repent.

وَمَاwamāنُرِيهِمnurīhimمِّنْminءَايَةٍāyatinإِلَّاillāهِىَhiyaأَكْبَرُakbaruمِنْminأُخْتِهَاukh'tihāوَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمwa-akhadhnāhumبِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābiلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna ﴿٤٨﴾

[43:49] They said, "O you magician, implore your Lord on our behalf, since you have an agreement with Him (to relieve this plague); we will then be guided."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūيَـٰٓأَيُّهَyāayyuhaٱلسَّاحِرُl-sāḥiruٱدْعُud'ʿuلَنَاlanāرَبَّكَrabbakaبِمَاbimāعَهِدَʿahidaعِندَكَʿindakaإِنَّنَاinnanāلَمُهْتَدُونَlamuh'tadūna ﴿٤٩﴾

[43:50] But as soon as we relieved their affliction, they reverted.

فَلَمَّاfalammāكَشَفْنَاkashafnāعَنْهُمُʿanhumuٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābaإِذَاidhāهُمْhumيَنكُثُونَyankuthūna ﴿٥٠﴾

[43:51] Pharaoh announced to his people, "O my people, do I not possess the kingship over Egypt, and these flowing rivers belong to me? Do you not see?

وَنَادَىٰwanādāفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuفِىfīقَوْمِهِۦqawmihiقَالَqālaيَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiأَلَيْسَalaysaلِىlīمُلْكُmul'kuمِصْرَmiṣ'raوَهَـٰذِهِwahādhihiٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruتَجْرِىtajrīمِنminتَحْتِىٓtaḥtīأَفَلَاafalāتُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūna ﴿٥١﴾

[43:52] "Which one is better; me or that one who is lowly and can hardly speak?

أَمْamأَنَا۠anāخَيْرٌkhayrunمِّنْminهَـٰذَاhādhāٱلَّذِىalladhīهُوَhuwaمَهِينٌmahīnunوَلَاwalāيَكَادُyakāduيُبِينُyubīnu ﴿٥٢﴾

[43:53] "How come he does not possess a treasure of gold; how come the angels do not accompany him?"

فَلَوْلَآfalawlāأُلْقِىَul'qiyaعَلَيْهِʿalayhiأَسْوِرَةٌaswiratunمِّنminذَهَبٍdhahabinأَوْawجَآءَjāaمَعَهُmaʿahuٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuمُقْتَرِنِينَmuq'tarinīna ﴿٥٣﴾

[43:54] He thus fooled his people, and they obeyed him; they were wicked people.

فَٱسْتَخَفَّfa-is'takhaffaقَوْمَهُۥqawmahuفَأَطَاعُوهُfa-aṭāʿūhuإِنَّهُمْinnahumكَانُوا۟kānūقَوْمًاqawmanفَـٰسِقِينَfāsiqīna ﴿٥٤﴾

[43:55] When they persisted in opposing us, we punished them and drowned them all.

فَلَمَّآfalammāءَاسَفُونَاāsafūnāٱنتَقَمْنَاintaqamnāمِنْهُمْmin'humفَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhumأَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna ﴿٥٥﴾

[43:56] We rendered them a precedent and an example for the others.

فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumسَلَفًاsalafanوَمَثَلًاwamathalanلِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَlil'ākhirīna ﴿٥٦﴾

[43:57] When the son of Mary was cited as an example, your people disregarded it.

وَلَمَّاwalammāضُرِبَḍuribaٱبْنُub'nuمَرْيَمَmaryamaمَثَلًاmathalanإِذَاidhāقَوْمُكَqawmukaمِنْهُmin'huيَصِدُّونَyaṣiddūna ﴿٥٧﴾

[43:58] They said, "Is it better to worship our gods, or to worship him?" They said this only to argue with you. Indeed, they are people who have joined the opposition.

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūءَأَـٰلِهَتُنَاaālihatunāخَيْرٌkhayrunأَمْamهُوَhuwaمَاmāضَرَبُوهُḍarabūhuلَكَlakaإِلَّاillāجَدَلًۢاjadalanبَلْbalهُمْhumقَوْمٌqawmunخَصِمُونَkhaṣimūna ﴿٥٨﴾

[43:59] He was no more than a servant whom we blessed, and we sent him as an example for the Children of Israel.

إِنْinهُوَhuwaإِلَّاillāعَبْدٌʿabdunأَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāعَلَيْهِʿalayhiوَجَعَلْنَـٰهُwajaʿalnāhuمَثَلًاmathalanلِّبَنِىٓlibanīإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla ﴿٥٩﴾

[43:60] If we willed, we could have made you angels who colonize and reproduce on earth.

وَلَوْwalawنَشَآءُnashāuلَجَعَلْنَاlajaʿalnāمِنكُمminkumمَّلَـٰٓئِكَةًmalāikatanفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiيَخْلُفُونَyakhlufūna ﴿٦٠﴾

[43:61] He is to serve as a marker for knowing the end of the world,* so you can no longer harbor any doubt about it. You shall follow Me; this is the right path.

وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuلَعِلْمٌlaʿil'munلِّلسَّاعَةِlilssāʿatiفَلَاfalāتَمْتَرُنَّtamtarunnaبِهَاbihāوَٱتَّبِعُونِwa-ittabiʿūniهَـٰذَاhādhāصِرَٰطٌṣirāṭunمُّسْتَقِيمٌmus'taqīmun ﴿٦١﴾

*43:61 As detailed in Appendix 25, the End of the World is given in the Quran, and the birth date of Jesus provided one of the significant signs that the calculations are correct. We learn that the world will end in the year 2280 (19x120) after the birth of Jesus (see 47:18). Additionally, both the lunar year (1710) & the solar year (2280) are divisible by 570 (19x30), the number of years from the birth of Jesus to the birth of Muhammad. Thus, the birth date of Jesus is a marker.

[43:62] Let not the devil repel you; he is your most ardent enemy.

وَلَاwalāيَصُدَّنَّكُمُyaṣuddannakumuٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuإِنَّهُۥinnahuلَكُمْlakumعَدُوٌّʿaduwwunمُّبِينٌmubīnun ﴿٦٢﴾

[43:63] When Jesus went with the proofs, he said, "I bring to you wisdom, and to clarify some of the matters in which you dispute. You shall reverence GOD and obey me.

وَلَمَّاwalammāجَآءَjāaعِيسَىٰʿīsāبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiقَالَqālaقَدْqadجِئْتُكُمji'tukumبِٱلْحِكْمَةِbil-ḥik'matiوَلِأُبَيِّنَwali-ubayyinaلَكُمlakumبَعْضَbaʿḍaٱلَّذِىalladhīتَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūnaفِيهِfīhiفَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūٱللَّهَl-lahaوَأَطِيعُونِwa-aṭīʿūni ﴿٦٣﴾

[43:64] "GOD is my Lord and your Lord, you shall worship Him alone. This is the right path."

إِنَّinnaٱللَّهَl-lahaهُوَhuwaرَبِّىrabbīوَرَبُّكُمْwarabbukumفَٱعْبُدُوهُfa-uʿ'budūhuهَـٰذَاhādhāصِرَٰطٌṣirāṭunمُّسْتَقِيمٌmus'taqīmun ﴿٦٤﴾

[43:65] The opponents disputed among themselves. Woe to those who transgress from the retribution of a painful day.

فَٱخْتَلَفَfa-ikh'talafaٱلْأَحْزَابُl-aḥzābuمِنۢminبَيْنِهِمْbaynihimفَوَيْلٌfawaylunلِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnaظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūمِنْminعَذَابِʿadhābiيَوْمٍyawminأَلِيمٍalīmin ﴿٦٥﴾

[43:66] Are they waiting for the Hour (Day of Judgment) to come to them suddenly when they least expect it?

هَلْhalيَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnaإِلَّاillāٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿataأَنanتَأْتِيَهُمtatiyahumبَغْتَةًbaghtatanوَهُمْwahumلَاlāيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna ﴿٦٦﴾

[43:67] The close friends on that day will become enemies of one another, except for the righteous.

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُal-akhilāuيَوْمَئِذٍۭyawma-idhinبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumلِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinعَدُوٌّʿaduwwunإِلَّاillāٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīna ﴿٦٧﴾

[43:68] O My servants, you will have no fear on that day, nor will you grieve.

يَـٰعِبَادِyāʿibādiلَاlāخَوْفٌkhawfunعَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaوَلَآwalāأَنتُمْantumتَحْزَنُونَtaḥzanūna ﴿٦٨﴾

[43:69] They are the ones who believed in our revelations, and were submitters.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaءَامَنُوا۟āmanūبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināوَكَانُوا۟wakānūمُسْلِمِينَmus'limīna ﴿٦٩﴾

[43:70] Enter Paradise, together with your spouses, and rejoice.

ٱدْخُلُوا۟ud'khulūٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataأَنتُمْantumوَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْwa-azwājukumتُحْبَرُونَtuḥ'barūna ﴿٧٠﴾

[43:71] Offered to them will be golden trays and cups, and they will find everything the hearts desire and the eyes wish for. You live therein forever.

يُطَافُyuṭāfuعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimبِصِحَافٍbiṣiḥāfinمِّنminذَهَبٍdhahabinوَأَكْوَابٍwa-akwābinوَفِيهَاwafīhāمَاmāتَشْتَهِيهِtashtahīhiٱلْأَنفُسُl-anfusuوَتَلَذُّwataladhuٱلْأَعْيُنُl-aʿyunuوَأَنتُمْwa-antumفِيهَاfīhāخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna ﴿٧١﴾

[43:72] Such is the Paradise that you inherit, in return for your works.

وَتِلْكَwatil'kaٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatuٱلَّتِىٓallatīأُورِثْتُمُوهَاūrith'tumūhāبِمَاbimāكُنتُمْkuntumتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna ﴿٧٢﴾

[43:73] You will have in it all kinds of fruits, from which you eat.

لَكُمْlakumفِيهَاfīhāفَـٰكِهَةٌfākihatunكَثِيرَةٌkathīratunمِّنْهَاmin'hāتَأْكُلُونَtakulūna ﴿٧٣﴾

[43:74] Surely, the guilty will abide in the retribution of Gehenna forever.

إِنَّinnaٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīnaفِىfīعَذَابِʿadhābiجَهَنَّمَjahannamaخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna ﴿٧٤﴾

[43:75] Never will the retribution be commuted for them; they will be confined therein.

لَاlāيُفَتَّرُyufattaruعَنْهُمْʿanhumوَهُمْwahumفِيهِfīhiمُبْلِسُونَmub'lisūna ﴿٧٥﴾

[43:76] It is not us who wronged them; it is they who wronged their own souls.

وَمَاwamāظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْẓalamnāhumوَلَـٰكِنwalākinكَانُوا۟kānūهُمُhumuٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٧٦﴾

[43:77] They will implore: "O Mãlek, let your Lord finish us off." He will say, "You are staying forever.

وَنَادَوْا۟wanādawيَـٰمَـٰلِكُyāmālikuلِيَقْضِliyaqḍiعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāرَبُّكَrabbukaقَالَqālaإِنَّكُمinnakumمَّـٰكِثُونَmākithūna ﴿٧٧﴾

[43:78] "We have given you the truth, but most of you hate the truth."

لَقَدْlaqadجِئْنَـٰكُمji'nākumبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnaأَكْثَرَكُمْaktharakumلِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqiكَـٰرِهُونَkārihūna ﴿٧٨﴾

[43:79] Have they schemed some scheme? We too are scheming.

أَمْamأَبْرَمُوٓا۟abramūأَمْرًاamranفَإِنَّاfa-innāمُبْرِمُونَmub'rimūna ﴿٧٩﴾

[43:80] Do they think that we do not hear their secrets and conspiracies? Yes indeed; our messengers are with them, recording.

أَمْamيَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnaأَنَّاannāلَاlāنَسْمَعُnasmaʿuسِرَّهُمْsirrahumوَنَجْوَىٰهُمwanajwāhumبَلَىٰbalāوَرُسُلُنَاwarusulunāلَدَيْهِمْladayhimيَكْتُبُونَyaktubūna ﴿٨٠﴾

[43:81] Proclaim: "If the Most Gracious did have a son, I would still be the foremost worshiper."

قُلْqulإِنinكَانَkānaلِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmāniوَلَدٌwaladunفَأَنَا۠fa-anāأَوَّلُawwaluٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَl-ʿābidīna ﴿٨١﴾

[43:82] Be He glorified; He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord with the great dominion, far above their claims.

سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaرَبِّrabbiٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiرَبِّrabbiٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshiعَمَّاʿammāيَصِفُونَyaṣifūna ﴿٨٢﴾

[43:83] Let them blunder and play until they meet their day that is awaiting them.

فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumيَخُوضُوا۟yakhūḍūوَيَلْعَبُوا۟wayalʿabūحَتَّىٰḥattāيُلَـٰقُوا۟yulāqūيَوْمَهُمُyawmahumuٱلَّذِىalladhīيُوعَدُونَyūʿadūna ﴿٨٣﴾

[43:84] He is the only One who is a deity in the heaven and a deity on earth. He is the Most Wise, the Omniscient.

وَهُوَwahuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīفِىfīٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiإِلَـٰهٌilāhunوَفِىwafīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiإِلَـٰهٌilāhunوَهُوَwahuwaٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmu ﴿٨٤﴾

[43:85] Most Exalted is the One who possesses all sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. With Him is the knowledge about the Hour (end of the world), and to Him you will be returned.

وَتَبَارَكَwatabārakaٱلَّذِىalladhīلَهُۥlahuمُلْكُmul'kuٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiوَمَاwamāبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumāوَعِندَهُۥwaʿindahuعِلْمُʿil'muٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatiوَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūna ﴿٨٥﴾

[43:86] None of those whom they idolize beside Him possess any power to intercede, unless their intercession coincides with the truth, and they fully know.

وَلَاwalāيَمْلِكُyamlikuٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَدْعُونَyadʿūnaمِنminدُونِهِdūnihiٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَl-shafāʿataإِلَّاillāمَنmanشَهِدَshahidaبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَهُمْwahumيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٨٦﴾

[43:87] If you asked them who created them, they would say, "GOD." Why then did they deviate?

وَلَئِنwala-inسَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumمَّنْmanخَلَقَهُمْkhalaqahumلَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaٱللَّهُl-lahuفَأَنَّىٰfa-annāيُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūna ﴿٨٧﴾

[43:88] It will be proclaimed: "O my Lord, these people do not believe."

وَقِيلِهِۦwaqīlihiيَـٰرَبِّyārabbiإِنَّinnaهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiقَوْمٌqawmunلَّاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿٨٨﴾

[43:89] You shall disregard them and say, "Peace;" they will surely find out.

فَٱصْفَحْfa-iṣ'faḥعَنْهُمْʿanhumوَقُلْwaqulسَلَـٰمٌsalāmunفَسَوْفَfasawfaيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna ﴿٨٩﴾

Sura 43: Al-Zukhruf (The Ornaments) الزخرف

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