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76 Al-'Insān ٱلْإِنْسَان

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

76:1 هَلْ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ حِينٌ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُن شَيْـًٔا مَّذْكُورًا
76:1
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Has there come on man a while of time when he was a thing unremembered?

76:2 إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا
76:2
A. J. Arberry (English) :
We created man of a sperm-drop, a mingling, and We made him hearing, seeing.

76:3 إِنَّا هَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلسَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا
76:3
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely We guided him upon the way whether he be thankful or unthankful.

76:4 إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ سَلَـٰسِلَا۟ وَأَغْلَـٰلًا وَسَعِيرًا
76:4
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely We have prepared for the unbelievers chains, fetters, and a Blaze.

76:5 إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ يَشْرَبُونَ مِن كَأْسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا
76:5
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely the pious shall drink of a cup whose mixture is camphor,

76:6 عَيْنًا يَشْرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ ٱللَّهِ يُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفْجِيرًا
76:6
A. J. Arberry (English) :
a fountain whereat drink the servants of God, making it to gush forth plenteously.

76:7 يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسْتَطِيرًا
76:7
A. J. Arberry (English) :
They fulfil their vows, and fear a day whose evil is upon the wing;

76:8 وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا
76:8
A. J. Arberry (English) :
they give food, for the love of Him, to the needy, the orphan, the captive:

76:9 إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَآءً وَلَا شُكُورًا
76:9
A. J. Arberry (English) :
'We feed you only for the Face of God; we desire no recompense from you, no thankfulness;

76:10 إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوْمًا عَبُوسًا قَمْطَرِيرًا
76:10
A. J. Arberry (English) :
for we fear from our Lord a frowning day, inauspicious.

76:11 فَوَقَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ وَلَقَّىٰهُمْ نَضْرَةً وَسُرُورًا
76:11
A. J. Arberry (English) :
So God has guarded them from the evil of that day, and has procured them radiancy and gladness,

76:12 وَجَزَىٰهُم بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ جَنَّةً وَحَرِيرًا
76:12
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and recompensed them for their patience with a Garden, and silk;

76:13 مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ ۖ لَا يَرَوْنَ فِيهَا شَمْسًا وَلَا زَمْهَرِيرًا
76:13
A. J. Arberry (English) :
therein they shall recline upon couches, therein they shall see neither sun nor bitter cold;

76:14 وَدَانِيَةً عَلَيْهِمْ ظِلَـٰلُهَا وَذُلِّلَتْ قُطُوفُهَا تَذْلِيلًا
76:14
A. J. Arberry (English) :
near them shall be its shades, and its clusters hung meekly down,

76:15 وَيُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِـَٔانِيَةٍ مِّن فِضَّةٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ كَانَتْ قَوَارِيرَا۠
76:15
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and there shall be passed around them vessels of silver, and goblets of crystal,

76:16 قَوَارِيرَا۟ مِن فِضَّةٍ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقْدِيرًا
76:16
A. J. Arberry (English) :
crystal of silver that they have measured -- very exactly.

76:17 وَيُسْقَوْنَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنجَبِيلًا
76:17
A. J. Arberry (English) :
And therein they shall be given to drink a cup whose mixture is ginger,

76:18 عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا
76:18
A. J. Arberry (English) :
therein a fountain whose name is called Salsabil.

76:19 ۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ حَسِبْتَهُمْ لُؤْلُؤًا مَّنثُورًا
76:19
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Immortal youths shall go about them; when thou seest them, thou supposest them scattered pearls,

76:20 وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ثَمَّ رَأَيْتَ نَعِيمًا وَمُلْكًا كَبِيرًا
76:20
A. J. Arberry (English) :
when thou seest them then thou seest bliss and a great kingdom.

76:21 عَـٰلِيَهُمْ ثِيَابُ سُندُسٍ خُضْرٌ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٌ ۖ وَحُلُّوٓا۟ أَسَاوِرَ مِن فِضَّةٍ وَسَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ شَرَابًا طَهُورًا
76:21
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Upon them shall be green garments of silk and brocade; they are adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord shall give them to drink a pure draught.

76:22 إِنَّ هَـٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ جَزَآءً وَكَانَ سَعْيُكُم مَّشْكُورًا
76:22
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Behold, this is a recompense for you, and your striving is thanked.'

76:23 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ تَنزِيلًا
76:23
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely We have sent down the Koran on thee, a sending down;

76:24 فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ ءَاثِمًا أَوْ كَفُورًا
76:24
A. J. Arberry (English) :
so be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord, and obey not one of them, sinner or unbeliever.

76:25 وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا
76:25
A. J. Arberry (English) :
And remember the Name of thy Lord at dawn and in the evening

76:26 وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَٱسْجُدْ لَهُۥ وَسَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا
76:26
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and part of the night; bow down before Him and magnify Him through the long night.

76:27 إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ يُحِبُّونَ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرُونَ وَرَآءَهُمْ يَوْمًا ثَقِيلًا
76:27
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely these men love the hasty world, and leave be behind them a heavy day.

76:28 نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَـٰهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَآ أَسْرَهُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَآ أَمْثَـٰلَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا
76:28
A. J. Arberry (English) :
We created them, and We strengthened their joints; and, when We will, We shall exchange their likes.

76:29 إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذْكِرَةٌ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا
76:29
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Surely this is a Reminder; so he who will, takes unto his Lord a way.

76:30 وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
76:30
A. J. Arberry (English) :
But you will not unless God wills; surely God is ever All-knowing, All-wise.

76:31 يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۢا
76:31
A. J. Arberry (English) :
For He admits into His mercy whomsoever He will; as for the evildoers, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement.