Ash-Shuara
وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ84
give me a good name among later generations
وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ85
make me one of those given the Garden of Bliss
وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ86
forgive my father, for he is one of those who have gone astray
وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ87
and do not disgrace me on the Day when all people are resurrected
يَوْمَ لَا يَنْفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ88
the Day when neither wealth nor children can help
إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ89
when the only one who will be saved is the one who comes before God with a heart devoted to Him.’
وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ90
When the Garden is brought near to the righteous
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ91
and the Fire is placed in full view of the misguided
وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ92
it will be said to them, ‘Where are those you worshipped
مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ هَلْ يَنْصُرُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ93
beside God? Can they help you now, or even help themselves?’
فَكُبْكِبُوا فِيهَا هُمْ وَالْغَاوُونَ94
and then they will all be hurled into Hell, together with those that misled them
وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ95
and all Iblis’s supporters
قَالُوا وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ96
There they will say to their gods, as they bicker among themselves
تَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنَّا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ97
‘We were clearly misguided
إِذْ نُسَوِّيكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ98
when we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds
وَمَا أَضَلَّنَا إِلَّا الْمُجْرِمُونَ99
It was the evildoers who led us astray
فَمَا لَنَا مِنْ شَافِعِينَ100
and now we have no intercessor
وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ101
and no true friend
فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ102
If only we could live our lives again, we would be true believers!’
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ103
There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ104
your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ105
The people of Noah, too, called the messengers liars
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ106
Their brother Noah said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ107
I am a faithful messenger sent to you
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ108
be mindful of God and obey me
وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ109
I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ110
be mindful of God and obey me.’
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ111
They answered, ‘Why should we believe you when the worst sort of people follow you?’