Ha Mim

By the Scripture that makes things clear,

We have made it a Quran in Arabic so that you [people] may understand.

It is truly exalted in the Source of Scripture kept with Us, and full of wisdom.

Should We ignore you and turn this revelation away from you because you are insolent people?

We have sent many a prophet to earlier people

and they mocked every one of them,

so We have destroyed mightier people than [the disbelievers of Mecca] and their example has gone down in history.

حمٓ

وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيࣰّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

وَإِنَّهُۥ فِيٓ أُمِّ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ

أَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا أَن كُنتُمْ قَوْمࣰا مُّسْرِفِينَ

وَكَمْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن نَّبِيࣲّ فِي ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

فَأَهْلَكْنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُم بَطْشࣰا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

If you [Prophet] ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and earth?’ they are sure to say, ‘They were created by the Almighty, the All Knowing.’

It is He who smoothed out the earth for you and traced out routes on it for you to find your way,

who sends water down from the sky in due measure––We resurrect dead land with it, and likewise you will be resurrected from the grave––

who created every kind of thing, who gave you ships and animals to ride on

so that you may remember your Lord’s grace when you are seated on them and say, ‘Glory be to Him who has given us control over this; we could not have done it by ourselves.

Truly it is to our Lord that we are returning.’

Yet they assign some of His own servants to Him as offspring!Man is clearly ungrateful!

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدࣰا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلࣰا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

وَٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرࣲ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةࣰ مَّيْتࣰاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ

وَٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ

لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ

وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ

وَجَعَلُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزْءًاۚ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورࣱ مُّبِينٌ

Has He taken daughters for Himself and favoured you with sons?

When one of them is given news of the birth of a daughter, such as he so readily ascribes to the Lord of Mercy, his face grows dark and he is filled with gloom-

‘Someone who is brought up amongst trinkets, who cannot put together a clear argument?’

They consider the angels- God’s servants- to be female. Did they witness their creation? Their claim will be put on record and they will be questioned about it.

They say, ‘If the Lord of Mercy had willed it, we would not have worshipped them,’ but they do not know that- they are only guessing-

or have We perhaps given them a book before this one, to which they hold fast?

No indeed! They say, ‘We saw our fathers following this tradition; we are guided by their footsteps.’

When-ever We sent a messenger before you to warn a township, those corrupted by wealth said, in the same way, ‘We saw our fathers following this tradition; we are only following in their footsteps.’

The messenger said, ‘Even though I bring you a truer religion than what you saw your fathers following?’ and they replied, ‘But we do not believe the message you bring.’

We punished them: think about how those who rejected the Truth met their end.

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتࣲ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ مَثَلࣰا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدࣰّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِي ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينࣲ

وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًاۚ أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْۚ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَٰهُمۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۖ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ كِتَٰبࣰا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةࣲ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي قَرْيَةࣲ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةࣲ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ

۞ قَٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْۖ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Abraham said to his father and his people, ‘I renounce what you worship.

I worship only Him who created me, and it is He who will guide me,’

and he bequeathed these words to his descendants so that they might return [to God].

I have let these people and their fathers enjoy long lives, and now I have given them the Truth and a messenger to make things clear-

yet when the Truth came to them, they said, ‘This is sorcery. We do not believe in it,’

and they said, ‘Why was this Quran not sent down to a distinguished man, from either of the two cities?’

Are they the ones who share out your Lord’s grace? We are the ones who give them their share of livelihood in this world and We have raised some of them above others in rank, so that some may take others into service: your Lord’s grace is better than anything they accumulate.

If it were not that all mankind might have become a single nation [of disbelievers], We could have given all those who disbelieve in the Lord of Mercy houses with roofs of silver, sweeping staircases to ascend,

massive gates, couches to sit on,

and golden ornaments. All of these are mere enjoyments of this life; your Lord reserves the next life for those who take heed of Him.

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِي بَرَآءࣱ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنِي فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهْدِينِ

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةَۢ بَاقِيَةࣰ فِي عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولࣱ مُّبِينࣱ

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرࣱ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلࣲ مِّنَ ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظِيمٍ

أَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمْ فِي ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَاۚ وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضࣲ دَرَجَٰتࣲ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضࣰا سُخْرِيࣰّاۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرࣱ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ

وَلَوْلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ لَّجَعَلْنَا لِمَن يَكْفُرُ بِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفࣰا مِّن فِضَّةࣲ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَ

وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَٰبࣰا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ

وَزُخْرُفࣰاۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَاۚ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ