Surah Az-Zukhruf Word by Word Translation, Transliteration with Audio

hha-meem

Ḥâ-Mĩm.

wal-kitābi l-mubīni

By the clear Book!

innā jaʿalnāhu qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqilūna

Certainly, We have made it a Quran in Arabic so perhaps you will understand.

wa-innahu fī ummi l-kitābi ladaynā laʿaliyyun ḥakīmun

And indeed, it is—in the Master Record with Us—highly esteemed, rich in wisdom.

afanaḍribu ʿankumu l-dhik'ra ṣafḥan an kuntum qawman mus'rifīna

Should We then turn the ˹Quranic˺ Reminder away from you ˹simply˺ because you have been a transgressing people?

wakam arsalnā min nabiyyin fī l-awalīna

˹Imagine˺ how many prophets We sent to those ˹destroyed˺ before!

wamā yatīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihi yastahziūna

But no prophet ever came to them without being mocked.

fa-ahlaknā ashadda min'hum baṭshan wamaḍā mathalu l-awalīna

So We destroyed those who were far mightier than these ˹Meccans˺. The examples of ˹their˺ predecessors have ˹already˺ been related.

wala-in sa-altahum man khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna khalaqahunna l-ʿazīzu l-ʿalīmu

If you ask them ˹O Prophet˺ who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say, “The Almighty, All-Knowing did.”

alladhī jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa mahdan wajaʿala lakum fīhā subulan laʿallakum tahtadūna

˹He is the One˺ Who has laid out the earth for you, and set in it pathways for you so that you may find your way.

wa-alladhī nazzala mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-ansharnā bihi baldatan maytan kadhālika tukh'rajūna

And ˹He is the One˺ Who sends down rain from the sky in perfect measure, with which We give life to a lifeless land. And so will you be brought forth ˹from the grave˺.

wa-alladhī khalaqa l-azwāja kullahā wajaʿala lakum mina l-ful'ki wal-anʿāmi mā tarkabūna

And ˹He is the One˺ Who created all ˹things in˺ pairs, and made for you ships and animals to ride

litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihi thumma tadhkurū niʿ'mata rabbikum idhā is'tawaytum ʿalayhi wataqūlū sub'ḥāna alladhī sakhara lanā hādhā wamā kunnā lahu muq'rinīna

so that you may sit firmly on their backs, and remember your Lord’s blessings once you are settled on them, saying, “Glory be to the One Who has subjected these for us, for we could have never done so ˹on our own˺.

wa-innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūna

And surely to our Lord we will ˹all˺ return.”

wajaʿalū lahu min ʿibādihi juz'an inna l-insāna lakafūrun mubīnun

Still the pagans have made some of His creation out to be a part of Him. Indeed, humankind is clearly ungrateful.

ami ittakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātin wa-aṣfākum bil-banīna

Has He taken ˹angels as His˺ daughters from what He created, and favoured you ˹O pagans˺ with sons?

wa-idhā bushira aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lilrraḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhu mus'waddan wahuwa kaẓīmun

Whenever one of them is given the good news of what they attribute to the Most Compassionate, his face grows gloomy, as he suppresses his rage.

awaman yunasha-u fī l-ḥil'yati wahuwa fī l-khiṣāmi ghayru mubīnin

˹Do they attribute to Him˺ those who are brought up in fineries and are not commanding in disputes?

wajaʿalū l-malāikata alladhīna hum ʿibādu l-raḥmāni ināthan ashahidū khalqahum satuk'tabu shahādatuhum wayus'alūna

Still they have labelled the angels, who are servants of the Most Compassionate, as female. Did they witness their creation? Their statement will be recorded, and they will be questioned!

waqālū law shāa l-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yakhruṣūna

And they argue, “Had the Most Compassionate willed, we would have never worshipped them.” They have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this ˹claim˺. They do nothing but lie.

am ātaynāhum kitāban min qablihi fahum bihi mus'tamsikūna

Or have We given them a Book ˹for proof˺, before this ˹Quran˺, to which they are holding firm?

bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muh'tadūna

In fact, they say, “We found our forefathers following a ˹particular˺ way, and we are following in their footsteps.”

wakadhālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatin min nadhīrin illā qāla mut'rafūhā innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muq'tadūna

Similarly, whenever We sent a warner to a society before you ˹O Prophet˺, its ˹spoiled˺ elite would say, “We found our forefathers following a ˹particular˺ way, and we are walking in their footsteps.”

qāla awalaw ji'tukum bi-ahdā mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāakum qālū innā bimā ur'sil'tum bihi kāfirūna

Each ˹warner˺ asked, “Even if what I brought you is better guidance than what you found your forefathers practicing?” They replied, “We totally reject whatever you have been sent with.”

fa-intaqamnā min'hum fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhibīna

So We inflicted punishment upon them. See then what was the fate of the deniers!

wa-idh qāla ib'rāhīmu li-abīhi waqawmihi innanī barāon mimmā taʿbudūna

˹Remember, O Prophet˺ when Abraham declared to his father and his people, “I am totally free of whatever ˹gods˺ you worship,

illā alladhī faṭaranī fa-innahu sayahdīni

except the One Who originated me, and He will surely guide me.”

wajaʿalahā kalimatan bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And he left this enduring declaration among his descendants, so they may ˹always˺ turn back ˹to Allah˺.

bal mattaʿtu hāulāi waābāahum ḥattā jāahumu l-ḥaqu warasūlun mubīnun

In fact, I had allowed enjoyment for these ˹Meccans˺ and their forefathers, until the truth came to them along with a messenger making things clear.

walammā jāahumu l-ḥaqu qālū hādhā siḥ'run wa-innā bihi kāfirūna

˹But˺ when the truth came to them, they said, “This is magic, and we totally reject it.”