In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ alif lām mīm ṣād¹

² A Writ¹ sent down to thee — so let there be no distress in thy heart therefrom — that thou warn thereby, and as a reminder to the believers.²

³ Follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord, and follow not allies besides¹ Him; little do you take heed.

⁴ And how many a city have We destroyed! Our might came upon it by night, or while they slept at noonday,

⁵ And their cry when Our might came to them was only that they said: “We were wrongdoers!”¹

⁶ Then will We question those to whom were sent, and We will question the emissaries,¹

⁷ And We will relate to them with knowledge; and We were not absent.

⁸ And the weighing, that day, will be the truth;¹ then whose balances are heavy: it is they who are the successful.²

⁹ And whose balances are light: those are they who lost their souls because they wronged Our proofs.¹

¹⁰ And We have established you in the earth and made for you therein livelihoods; little are you grateful.

¹¹ And We created you; then We formed you; then said We to the angels: “Submit¹ to Adam,” and they submitted.² Not so³ Iblīs; he was not of those who submit.⁴

¹² He said: “What prevented thee from submitting¹ when I commanded thee?” Said he: “I am better than he; Thou createdst me of fire, and Thou createdst him of clay.”

¹³ He said: “Get thee down therefrom;¹ it is not for thee to wax proud therein,² so go thou forth; thou art of those brought low.”

¹⁴ Said he: “Grant Thou me respite until the day they are raised up.”

¹⁵ He said: “Thou art of those granted respite.”

¹⁶ Said he: “Because Thou hast caused me to err, I will lie in wait for them on Thy straight path,¹

¹⁷ “Then will I come to them from before them, and from behind them, and from their right, and from their left; and Thou wilt not find most of them grateful.”

¹⁸ He said: “Go thou forth therefrom, condemned and banished. Whoso follows thee from among them — I will fill Gehenna with you all together.”¹

¹⁹ And: “O Adam: dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, and eat¹ from wheresoever² you³ will. But approach⁴ not this tree lest you⁵ be among the wrongdoers.”⁶

²⁰ Then the satan¹ whispered to them,² to make manifest to them³ what was hidden from them⁴ of their⁵ shame.⁶ He said: “Your Lord forbade you⁷ this tree only lest you⁸ become angels, or of those abiding eternally.”

²¹ And he swore to them: “I am to you¹ a sincere counsellor.”

²² And he led them¹ by delusion; then when they² tasted of the tree, their shame³ was made manifest to them,⁴ and they⁵ began to draw over them⁶ of the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called to them:⁷ “Did I not forbid you⁸ that tree? And did I not say to you:⁹ ‘The satan¹⁰ is an open enemy to you’?”¹¹

²³ They¹ said: “Our Lord: we have wronged our souls; and if Thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, we will be among the losers.”

²⁴ He said: “Get you¹ down, an enemy to one another. And for you upon the earth are a dwelling-place and provision for a time.”

²⁵ He said: “On it will you live, and on it will you die, and from it will you be brought forth.”

²⁶ O children of Adam: We have sent down upon you raiment to hide your shame,¹ and as adornment;² but the raiment of prudent fear,³ that is best. That is among the proofs⁴ of God, that they might take heed.

²⁷ O children of Adam: let not the satan¹ subject you to means of denial² as he turned your parents³ out of the garden, removing from them⁴ their raiment, that he might make manifest their⁵ shame⁶ to them.⁷ He and his kind⁸ see you from where⁹ you see them not. We have made the satans¹⁰ allies of those who do not believe.¹¹

²⁸ And when they¹ commit sexual immorality,² they say: “We found our fathers doing it,”³ and: “God enjoined it upon us.”⁴ Say thou: “God enjoins not sexual immorality;⁵ do you ascribe to God what you know not?”

²⁹ Say thou: “My Lord has enjoined equity.¹ Uphold² your countenances³ at every place of worship,⁴ and call to Him, sincere to Him in doctrine;⁵ as He created you, so you will return.”

³⁰ A faction He guided, and upon a faction was misguidance due:¹ they took the satans² as allies instead of³ God, and think they are guided.⁴

³¹ O children of Adam: take your adornment at every place of worship;¹ and eat and drink,² but commit not excess; God loves not the committers of excess.

³² Say thou: “Who has made unlawful the adornment of God which He brought forth for His servants, and the good things of provision?”¹ Say thou: “These are for those who heed warning² in the life of this world exclusively on the Day of Resurrection.” Thus do We set out and detail³ the proofs⁴ for people who know.

³³ Say thou: “My Lord has only made unlawful sexual immoralities¹ — whether open or concealed — and sin,² and sectarian zealotry³ without cause,⁴ and that you ascribe a partnership⁵ with God to that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you ascribe to God what you know not.”

³⁴ And for every community is a term; then when their term comes, they will not defer an hour, nor will they advance.

³⁵ O children of Adam: if there come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My proofs,¹ then whoso is in prudent fear² and makes right — no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.

³⁶ But those who deny Our proofs¹ and wax proud at them — those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

³⁷ And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or denies His proofs?¹ Those: there reaches them their portion of the Writ;² when³ Our messengers come to them, to take them,⁴ they say: “Where is that to which you called besides⁵ God?” They will say: “They have strayed from us.” And they will bear witness against themselves that they were false claimers of guidance.⁶

³⁸ He will say: “Enter among the communities that have passed away before you of domini¹ and servi² into the Fire!” Whenever a community³ enters, it curses its sister;⁴ when⁵ they have followed one another therein all together, the last of them will say to⁶ the first of them: “Our Lord: these led us astray; so give Thou them double punishment of the Fire!” He will say: “For each is double, but you know not.”

³⁹ And the first of them will say to the last of them: “You were no better than were we,¹ so taste the punishment for what you earned!”

⁴⁰ Those who deny Our proofs¹ and wax proud at them: for them the gates of heaven will not be opened, nor will they enter the Garden any more than a twisted rope² can pass through the eye of a needle; and thus We requite the lawbreakers.

⁴¹ They have a resting-place of Gehenna, and over them are coverings;¹ and thus We requite the wrongdoers.²

⁴² And those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds: — We burden not any soul save to its capacity — those are the companions of the Garden; therein they abide eternally.

⁴³ And We will remove any rancour from their hearts;¹ there flow beneath them rivers; and they will say: “Praise belongs to God who has guided us to this! And we would not have been guided had not God guided us. The messengers of our Lord came with the truth.”² And they will be called: “That is the Garden which you are made to inherit for what you did.”

⁴⁴ And the companions of the Garden will call to the companions of the Fire: “We have found what our Lord promised us true;¹ have you found what your Lord promised you true?”² They will say: “Yea.” Then will there proclaim a proclaimer between them: “The curse of God is upon the wrongdoers:³

⁴⁵ “Those who turned away from¹ the path of God and sought to make it crooked, and were deniers of the Hereafter!”

⁴⁶ And between them¹ is a partition; and upon the elevations are men recognising each by their mark;² and they will call to the companions of the Garden: “Peace be upon you!” They have not entered it, though they desire to.

⁴⁷ And when their eyes are turned towards the companions of the Fire, they say: “Our Lord: place Thou not us with the wrongdoing¹ people.”

⁴⁸ And the companions of the elevations will call to men, recognising them by their mark,¹ saying: “What did it avail you, your accumulating, and that you waxed proud?

⁴⁹ “Are these¹ they whom you swore God would never reach with mercy?”² — “Enter the Garden! You need not fear, nor will you grieve!”