Translation of the meanings Surah Az-Zukhruf - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Page Number 489 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Az-Zukhruf

Ayah: 1

حمٓ

1. Ha Meem¹.

1. See footnote to Qur’an chapter2: Verse1.

Ayah: 2

وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

2. By the clear Book²:

2. The clear Book is the Qur’an whose verses are clear with regards to its language and rulings, and all its meanings. A Book whose Truth is evident and which clears up that which is indefinite and inexact.

Ayah: 3

إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَٰنًا عَرَبِيّٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ

3. We have made it a perfect Qur’an in Arabic that you may understand

Ayah: 4

وَإِنَّهُۥ فِيٓ أُمِّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَدَيۡنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ

4. And indeed, It is in the Master Book³ with Us, Most Exalted, full of Wisdom.

3. i.e., the Preserved Tablet.

Ayah: 5

أَفَنَضۡرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَ صَفۡحًا أَن كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّسۡرِفِينَ

5. Shall We then turn away the Reminder 'this Qur’an' from you altogether just because you are a transgressing people?

Ayah: 6

وَكَمۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن نَّبِيّٖ فِي ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

6. How many a Prophet did We sent among the former people?

Ayah: 7

وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

7. There did not come to them a Prophet but they mocked at him.

Ayah: 8

فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

8. So We destroyed those who were stronger than these 'pagans' in power, and the example of the predecessors have already been related,

Ayah: 9

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

9. And if you ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth? They will certainly say: 'Allāh' the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing One, has created them;

Ayah: 10

ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ

10. It is He Who has made the earth as a cradle for you, and made pathways therein for you that you may find your way;