إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Surely We sent it down on a blessed night – surely We were warning –
رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
as a mercy from your Lord. Surely He – He is the Hearing, the Knowing,
رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ
Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, if you (would) be certain.
Vowel Difference (harakat) - Grammatical Case Change
رَبِّ
Lord
رَبُّ
(He is the) Lord
The vowel on 'Lord' changes from a kasrah (genitive case) in Hafs to a dammah (nominative case) in the variant. This changes the grammatical structure from being an apposition to a preceding word, to being the predicate of an implied subject 'He is'.
Bazzi, Duri Abu 'Amr, Hisham, Ibn Dhakwan, Ibn Jummaz, Ibn Wardan, Qalun, Qunbul, Rawh, Ruways, Susi, Warsh
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٖ مُّبِينٖ
So watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke
رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ
Our Lord, remove the punishment from us! Surely We are believers.’
أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ
How will the reminder be for them, when a clear messenger has already come to them?
ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ
Then they turned away from him, and said, ‘(He is) tutored, (he is) possessed!’
إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ
‘Surely We are going to remove the punishment a little, (but) surely you are going to revert!’
يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ
On the Day when We attack with the great attack, surely We are going to take vengeance.
۞وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ
Certainly before them We tested the people of Pharaoh, when an honorable messenger came to them:
أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ
‘Deliver to me the servants of God! Surely I am a trustworthy messenger for you.’
وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ
And: ‘Do not exalt yourselves against God! Surely I bring you clear authority.
وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ
Surely I take refuge with my Lord and your Lord, for fear that you stone me.
فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ
And: ‘Journey with My servants by night. Surely you will be followed.
وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ
And leave the sea parted, (for) surely they are a force (to be) drowned.’
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ
So (it was), and We caused another people to inherit them.
Historical Error
Contradicts the Bible
فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ
Neither the sky nor the earth wept for them, nor were they spared.
وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ
Certainly We rescued the Sons of Israel from the humiliating punishment,
مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
(and) from Pharaoh. Surely he was haughty, one of the wanton.
وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Certainly We chose them, on (the basis of) knowledge, over the worlds,
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ
‘There is nothing but our first death. We are not going to be raised.
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ
We did not create the heavens and earth, and whatever is between them, in jest.
مَا خَلَقۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
We created them only in truth, but most of them do not know (it).
إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ
Surely the Day of Decision is their meeting – all (of them) –
يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلٗى شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ
a Day when a protector will be of no use at all as a protector, and they will not be helped
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
– except for the one on whom God has compassion. Surely He – He is the Mighty, the Compassionate.
ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ
Then pour over his head from the punishment of hot (water)!’
ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ
‘Taste (it)! Surely you are the mighty, the honorable!
Vowel Difference (harakat) - Change Meaning (general semantic shift)
إِنَّكَ
Surely you
أَنَّكَ
that you
The vowel on the hamza changes from a kasra (innaka) to a fatha (annaka). This shifts the grammar from starting a new declarative sentence ('Surely you...') to a subordinating clause indicating reason ('because/that you...').
Abu Al-Harith, Duri Al-Kisa'i
Theological Defect
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٖ
Surely the ones who guard (themselves) are in a secure place,
كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ
So (it is), and We shall marry them to (maidens) with dark, wide eyes.