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Sūra 38: Ṣād

Section 5 (65-88)


65. Qul innama ana munthirun wama min ilahin illa Allahu alwahidu alqahharu

65. Say: "Truly am I a Warner: no god is there but the one Allah, Supreme and Irresistible,-


66. Rabbu alssamawati waal-ardi wama baynahuma alAAazeezu alghaffaru

66. "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between,- Exalted in Might, able to enforce His Will, forgiving again and again."


67. Qul huwa nabaon AAatheemun

67. Say: "That is a Message Supreme (above all),-


68. Antum AAanhu muAAridoona

68. "From which ye do turn away!


69. Ma kana liya min AAilmin bialmala-i al-aAAla ith yakhtasimoona

69. "No knowledge have I of the Chiefs on high, when they discuss (matters) among themselves.


70. In yooha ilayya illa annama ana natheerun mubeenun

70. 'Only this has been revealed to me: that I am to give warning plainly and publicly."


71. Ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikati innee khaliqun basharan min teenin

71. Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man from clay:


72. Fa-itha sawwaytuhu wanafakhtu feehi min roohee faqaAAoo lahu sajideena

72. "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."


73. Fasajada almala-ikatu kulluhum ajmaAAoona

73. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:


74. Illa ibleesa istakbara wakana mina alkafireena

74. Not so Iblis: he was haughty, and became one of those who reject Faith.


75. Qala ya ibleesu ma manaAAaka an tasjuda lima khalaqtu biyadayya astakbarta am kunta mina alAAaleena

75. ((Allah)) said: "O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?"


76. Qala ana khayrun minhu khalaqtanee min narin wakhalaqtahu min teenin

76. (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: thou createdst me from fire, and him thou createdst from clay."


77. Qala faokhruj minha fa-innaka rajeemun

77. ((Allah)) said: "Then get thee out from here: for thou art rejected, accursed.


78. Wa-inna AAalayka laAAnatee ila yawmi alddeeni

78. "And My curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."


79. Qala rabbi faanthirnee ila yawmi yubAAathoona

79. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."


80. Qala fa-innaka mina almunthareena

80. ((Allah)) said: "Respite then is granted thee-


81. Ila yawmi alwaqti almaAAloomi

81. "Till the Day of the Time Appointed."


82. Qala fabiAAizzatika laoghwiyannahum ajmaAAeena

82. (Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong,-


83. Illa AAibadaka minhumu almukhlaseena

83. "Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."


84. Qala faalhaqqu waalhaqqa aqoolu

84. ((Allah)) said: "Then it is just and fitting- and I say what is just and fitting-


85. Laamlaanna jahannama minka wamimman tabiAAaka minhum ajmaAAeena

85. "That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee,- every one."


86. Qul ma as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin wama ana mina almutakallifeena

86. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I a pretender.


87. In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

87. "This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.


88. WalataAAlamunna nabaahu baAAda heenin

88. "And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."


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