27:1 Ta-Seen. These are the Revelations of the Quran (which is) a manifest Book.

27:2 It is a guidance and glad tidings for the believers,

27:3 those who establish Salah, pay Zakat  and are believe in the Hereafter.

27:4 As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have certainly made their (evil) deeds appealing to them, so they wander (in their lives) blindly.

27:5 It is they who will suffer a dreadful torment, and in the Hereafter, they will be the greatest losers.

27:6 Indeed you (O' Prophet ﷺ) receive the Quran from (your Lord) who is All Wise, All Knowing.

27:7 (Remember) when Musa (عليه السلام) told his family, 'I have spotted a fire. I will either bring you some directions from there, or a burning torch so you may warm yourselves.'

27:8 When he came to it, he was called,  "Blessed is He whose (Tajalli) is in the fire and whoever are around it; and All Glorified is Allah (above any resemblance with the created), the Lord of the worlds.

27:9 O' Musa (عليه السلام),  verily, I am Allah, the Exalted in Might, All Wise,

27:10 'throw down your staff.'  But when he saw it moving as if it were a snake, he ran away and did not turn. (Allah said), O' Musa (عليه السلام), do not be afraid. In My presence the Apostles do not have anything to fear.

27:11 (Fear is) only for those who do wrong.  But if they later mend (their) evil (ways) with good, then I am certainly All Forgiving, Most Merciful.

27:12 Now put your hand at your bosom (through the opening)  of your collar, it will come out (shining) white, unblemished. These are (two of) nine signs for Pharaoh and his people. They have truly been a rebellious people.'

27:13 But when Our enlightening signs came to them, they said, 'This is clearly magic.'

27:14 They were convinced in their hearts about the truth of those miracles, yet they denied those signs in their wickedness and pride.  So you see, what was the end of those transgressors.

27:15 Indeed, We granted knowledge to Dawood and Sulaiman (عليهم السلام). And they said (in acknowledgment), 'All praise is for Allah Who has privileged us over many of His faithful servants.'

27:16 And Dawood (عليه السلام) was succeeded by Sulaiman (عليه السلام), who said, 'O people! We have been taught the language of birds, and been given everything (we need). This is indeed a great privilege.'

27:17  Sulaiman (عليه السلام) gathered an army comprised of Jinns, men and birds; they all were kept under strict discipline.

27:18  When they came upon the valley of the ants, one of the ants said, 'Ants enter your dwellings so that you will not be crushed by Sulaiman (عليه السلام) and his soldiers without their knowing it.'

27:19  Sulaiman (عليه السلام) smiled, amused at what she (the ant) said, and prayed, 'My Lord, enable me to be grateful for the blessings You have given me and my parents, and that I may do righteous deeds (that are) accepted by You. And admit me by Your mercy into  Your righteous worshipers.'

27:20  (Once) Sulaiman (عليه السلام) inspected the birds and said, 'How is it that I cannot see the hoopoe (bird)?  Or is he among the absentees (today)?

27:21 'I will certainly give a severe punishment to him or maybe even kill him unless he comes to me with a convincing reason (for his absence).'

27:22 'So Hoopoe (الْهُدْهُدَ) did not stay absent for long, and presenting himself, submitted, 'I have witnessed a matter that your majesty has not seen, and I have brought definite information to you from the city of Sheba (سبا).'

27:23 I found a woman ruling over them who has been given everything. She possesses a mighty throne.

27:24 I found that she and her people worship the sun in place of Allah, for Satan has made their deeds look attractive to them and has turned them away from the (right) Path, so they do not find the way.

27:25 They do not prostrate themselves to Allah, who brings out the hidden in the heavens and the earth, and He knows whatever you hide and whatever you disclose.

27:26 Allah, there is no god but He, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.'

27:27  Sulaiman (عليه السلام) said, 'We will see whether you are telling the truth or lying.

27:28  'Go with this letter of mine and deliver it to them, then stand aside and see how they will respond.'

27:29  She (the queen) said : 'O chiefs! Surely! A noble letter has been delivered to me.

27:30 It is from Sulaiman (عليه السلام), and it reads : In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

27:31 It reads : Do not be arrogant against me and come to me as a Muslim (in complete submission to the Lord of the worlds).'

27:32 She said, 'advise me, O' nobles in this matter. I do not decide anything until you concur.'

27:33 They responded, 'We are a people of strength and great (military) might, but the decision is yours, so decide what you will command (to us).'

27:34 She said, ‘Whenever kings invade a land, they ruin it and humiliate its leaders, that is what they do.

27:35 'I will send them a gift, and I shall see what the envoys bring back.'

27:36 So when her messengers gained an audience with Sulaiman (عليه السلام) (and presented the gift), Solomon said, 'Do you bring me wealth, when what Allah has given me is better than what He has given you?  It is people like you who will rejoice in a gift like this.

27:37 (Sulaiman - عليه السلام) said to the Head of her visiting team who had brought the present) : Go back to them (your people). (If your people don’t submit) surely we shall come to them with army which they will never be able to resist, we shall drive them out from there (land) in disgrace, and they will be humiliated.'

27:38 (The Queen, having received his message, decided to visit Sulaiman (عليه السلام) in Jerusalem. Knowing of her journey, Sulaiman (عليه السلام) said (to his Nobles) : 'O you nobles! Who among you can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?'

27:39 A strong one from the jinns (عِفْريتٌ) said : 'I will bring it to you before you rise from your place (council). Surely, I am strong and trustworthy for such task.'

27:40 But the one who had knowledge of the book said, 'I can bring it to you in the blink of an eye.' So when Sulaiman (عليه السلام) saw it placed before him, he exclaimed, 'This is by the grace of my Lord to test me whether I am grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful, it is only for their own good. But whoever is ungrateful, surely my Lord is Self-Sufficient, Most Generous.'

27:41 Then Sulaiman (عليه السلام) said : 'Transform her throne out of all recognition by her : let us see whether she is guided (to the truth and recognizes her throne) or is one of those who receive no guidance.'

27:42 So when the queen arrived, she was asked : 'Is your throne like this?' She replied : 'It looks as if it is the same; we have come to know (that Sulaiman (عليه السلام) is not only a king but also a Prophet), therefore we have already become Muslims.'

27:43 Other deities which she used to worship besides Allah had prevented her (from Islam), indeed (earlier) she was of a disbelieving people.

27:44 Then she was told, 'Enter the palace.' But when she saw the hall, she thought it was a body of water, so she bared her legs. Solomon said. 'It is just a palace paved with crystal.' (At last) she declared, 'My Lord! I have certainly wronged myself (earlier). Now I (fully) submit, along with Sulaiman (عليه السلام), to Allah, the Lord of all worlds.'

27:45 And We certainly sent to the people of Thamud their brother Ṣaleḥ (عليه السلام), proclaiming, 'Worship Allah,' but they got split into two opposing groups.

27:46 Saleh (عليه السلام) said : 'O my people! Why do you wish to hasten towards evil rather than good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allah so that you may be shown mercy?'

27:47 They said : 'We consider you and your companions a sign of bad omen.' He said : 'Your omen is with Allah; in fact, you are the people under trial.'

27:48 And in the town there were heads of nine clans who spread mischief in the land and did no good.

27:49 They said to each other, 'Let's take an oath by Allah that we will kill him and his family tonight. Then we will say to his near relatives, 'we did not witness the destruction of his family, and we are truthful.'

27:50 And so they devised a plot, and indeed We put Our 'will' in force (to punish them for their deeds), while they were not aware.

27:51 See then what the consequences of their plan were : We (utterly) destroyed them and their people all together.

27:52 So their homes are there, (for people to see, in complete) ruin because of their wrongdoing. Surely in this is a lesson for people of knowledge.

27:53 And We saved those who believed and were righteous.

27:54 And (remember) Loot (عليه السلام), when he rebuked (the men among) his people, 'Do you commit that shameful deed while you meet (one another)?

27:55 'Will you go with lust to men in place of women? You are indeed an ignorant people with no sense (of decency).

27:56 But his people gave no answer except that they said (to their people) : 'Drive out the family of Loot (عليه السلام) from your city. They pose to be very pure.'

27:57 So We saved him and his family, except for his wife, for We found her to be of those who will remain.

27:58 And We rained down on them the rain (of stones). How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned!

27:59 Say : 'Praise be to Allah and peace be on His servants whom He has chosen to deliver His message. Ask them : 'Who is better? Allah or the Idols they associate with Him?'

27:60 Or (ask them),  'Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down rain for you from the sky, by which We cause delightful gardens to grow? You could never cause their trees to grow. Was it another god besides Allah?' Absolutely not! But they are a people who set up equals (to Allah)!

27:61 'Who made the earth a place of settlement, caused rivers to flow through it, placed firm mountains upon it, and set a barrier between (fresh and salt) bodies of water? Was it another god besides Allah?' Absolutely not! But most of them do not know.'

27:62 'Who responds to the distressed, when they cry to Him for relieving (their) affliction, and (Who) makes you vicegerents (the inhabitants and rulers on planet) earth?   Is it another god besides Allah?  Yet you are hardly mindful!'

27:63 'Who guides you in darkness on the land and the sea, and who sends the winds as heralds of good news of His mercy?  Is there another god besides Allah?  Exalted is Allah above what they associate with Him!

27:64 Who originates creation in the first instance and then reproduces it, and Who provides you from the heaven and the earth? Is there another god besides Allah? Say : 'Produce your evidence, if you are truthful!'

27:65 Say : No one in the heavens or in the earth has the knowledge of the unseen except Allah,  and their gods do not (even) know when they shall be raised to life again.

27:66 Do they comprehend the knowledge of the Hereafter? No. (Surely) they are in doubt.   Rather they are blind about it.

27:67 Those who do not believe, say : 'When we and our fathers have turned to dust, how shall we be raised again?

27:68 (They say) We have certainly been threatened with this before; we and our forefathers. This is nothing but fables of the ancients!'

27:69 Say, Roam across the earth and observe what was the end of the wicked (who denied Our signs).

27:70 (O Prophet  ﷺ), do not worry about them nor feel distressed because of their machinations.

27:71 They also say : '(So tell us) when is this threat (of torment) will be fulfilled, if you are truthful?'

27:72 Say, 'Perhaps some of what you seem eager for,  is closer than you think.'

27:73 Allah shows favor to mankind but most of them are not thankful.

27:74 He knows everything their hearts conceal,  and everything they reveal.

27:75 Nor there is any secret in the heaven and the earth which is not recorded in a clear Book.

27:76 Indeed, this Quran explains to the children of Israel much of what they differ over.

27:77 And it serves as guidance and a mercy for the believers.

27:78 Surely your Lord will decide between them by His judgement, He is the Almighty, All Knowing.

27:79 Leave everything to your Lord. (O' Prophet  ﷺ) you are on the clear truth.

27:80 You cannot make the dead hear, you cannot make the deaf listen to your call when they turn their backs and leave,

27:81 and you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You cannot make anyone hear you,  except those who believe in Our signs and submit to (Us).

27:82 And when the decree (of the Hour) comes to pass against them, We will bring forth for them a 'Daabba' from the earth, telling them that the people had no true faith in Our signs.

27:83 And (warn of) the Day when We will gather from every nation a crowd of those who deny Our messages, and they will be formed into groups,

27:84 When they  come before their Lord, He will ask, 'Did you deny My revelations without (even) comprehending them?  Or what (exactly) did you do?'

27:85 They will not be able to utter a word and the Judgement will be carried out against them for the consequence of their wrongdoings.

27:86 Do they not see that We made the night for them to rest, the day to make things clearly visible (in the sunlight)?   Indeed there are signs in this for people who believe.

27:87 On the Day, when the trumpet shall be blown and all who dwell in the heavens and the earth shall be terrified except those whom Allah will choose to spare.  They will all come to Him, meek and subdued.

27:88 These mountains which you see and think are firmly fixed, will pass away like clouds. Such is the might of Allah, Who has perfected all things.   Indeed, He is aware of what you do.

27:89 Whoever comes with a good deed will be rewarded with what is better, and they will be secured from the horror on that Day.

27:90 But whoever comes with evil deeds will be cast face downwards into the Fire. Can you expect reward for any thing but what you do?

27:91 (Say, O Apostle ﷺ) 'I am ordered only to worship the Lord of this city (Makkah, where the first house of worship dedicated to Allah was built, and) which He has made sacred, and to Whom all things belong.   And I have been ordered to be one of the Muslims,

27:92 and to recite the Quran.'  Then whoever chooses to be guided, it is only for their own good.  But whoever chooses to stray, say, (O Prophet  ﷺ) 'I am only a warner.'

27:93 Say : 'All praise be to Allah. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. Your Lord is not heedless of what you do.'