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الٓمٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِۗ وَٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١

Alif Lām Mīm Rā, tilka āyātul-kitāb, wal-ladhī unzila ilayka mir rabbikal-ḥaqqu wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yuʾminūn.

Alif, Lām, Meem, Rā.¹ These are the verses of the Book; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but most of the people do not believe.

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ عَمَدٖ تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمۡ تُوقِنُونَ ٢

Allāhul-ladhī rafaʿas-samāwāti bighayri ʿamadin tarawnahā, thummastawā ʿalal-ʿarsh, wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī liʾajalim musammā, yudabbirul-amra yufaṣṣilul-āyāti laʿallakum biliqāʾi rabbikum tūqinūn.

It is Allāh who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne¹ and made subject² the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي مَدَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۡهَٰرٗاۖ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ جَعَلَ فِيهَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِۖ يُغۡشِي ٱلَّيۡلَ ٱلنَّهَارَۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٣

Wa huwal-ladhī maddal-arḍa wa jaʿala fīhā rawāsiya wa anhārā, wa min kullith-thamarāti jaʿala fīhā zawjaynithnayn, yughshil-laylan-nahār, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

And it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ قِطَعٞ مُّتَجَٰوِرَٰتٞ وَجَنَّٰتٞ مِّنۡ أَعۡنَٰبٖ وَزَرۡعٞ وَنَخِيلٞ صِنۡوَانٞ وَغَيۡرُ صِنۡوَانٖ يُسۡقَىٰ بِمَآءٖ وَٰحِدٖ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعۡضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ فِي ٱلۡأُكُلِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٤

Wa fil-arḍi qiṭaʿum mutajāwirātuw wa jannātum min aʿnābiw wa zarʿuw wa nakhīlun ṣinwānuw wa ghayru ṣinwāniy yusqā bimāʾiw wāḥidiw wa nufaḍḍilu baʿḍahā ʿalā baʿḍin fil-ukul, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise,¹ watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

۞ وَإِن تَعۡجَبۡ فَعَجَبٞ قَوۡلُهُمۡ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا أَءِنَّا لَفِي خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٍۗ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلُ فِيٓ أَعۡنَاقِهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٥

Wa in taʿjab faʿajabun qawluhum aʾidhā kunnā turāban aʾinnā lafī khalqin jadīd, ulāʾikal-ladhīna kafarū birabbihim, wa ulāʾikal-aghlālu fī aʿnāqihim, wa ulāʾika aṣḥābun-nār, hum fīhā khālidūn.

And if you are astonished,¹ [O Muḥammad] - then astonishing is their saying, "When we are dust, will we indeed be [brought] into a new creation?" Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those will have shackles² upon their necks, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

وَيَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِمُ ٱلۡمَثُلَٰتُۗ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغۡفِرَةٖ لِّلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ ظُلۡمِهِمۡۖ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَشَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ٦

Wa yastaʿjilūnaka bis-sayyiʾati qablal-ḥasanati wa qad khalat min qablihimul-mathulāt, wa inna rabbaka ladhū maghfiratil lin-nāsi ʿalā ẓulmihim, wa inna rabbaka lashadīdul-ʿiqāb.

They impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good,¹ while there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is the possessor of forgiveness for the people despite their wrongdoing, and indeed, your Lord is severe in penalty.

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦٓۗ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرٞۖ وَلِكُلِّ قَوۡمٍ هَادٍ ٧

Wa yaqūlul-ladhīna kafarū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi āyatum mir rabbih, innamā anta mundhir, walikulli qawmin hād.

And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.

ٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَحۡمِلُ كُلُّ أُنثَىٰ وَمَا تَغِيضُ ٱلۡأَرۡحَامُ وَمَا تَزۡدَادُۚ وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٍ عِندَهُۥ بِمِقۡدَارٍ ٨

Allāhu yaʿlamu mā taḥmilu kullu unthā wa mā taghīḍul-arḥāmu wa mā tazdād, wa kullu shayʾin ʿindahū bimiqdār.

Allāh knows what every female carries¹ and what the wombs lose [prematurely] or exceed.² And everything with Him is by due measure.

عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٱلۡمُتَعَالِ ٩

ʿĀlimul-ghaybi wash-shahādatil-kabīrul-mutaʿāl.

[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted.

سَوَآءٞ مِّنكُم مَّنۡ أَسَرَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِۦ وَمَنۡ هُوَ مُسۡتَخۡفِۭ بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَسَارِبُۢ بِٱلنَّهَارِ ١٠

Sawāʾum minkum man asarral-qawla wa man jahara bihī wa man huwa mustakhfim bil-layli wa sāribum bin-nahār.

It is the same [to Him] concerning you whether one conceals [his] speech or publicizes it and whether one is hidden by night or conspicuous [among others] by day.

لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَٰتٞ مِّنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦ يَحۡفَظُونَهُۥ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوۡمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمۡۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوۡمٖ سُوٓءٗا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ ١١

Lahū muʿaqqibātum mim bayni yadayhi wa min khalfihī yaḥfaẓūnahū min amrillāh, innallāha lā yughayyiru mā biqawmin ḥattā yughayyirū mā biʾanfusihim, wa idhā arādallāhu biqawmin sūʾan falā maradda lah, wa mā lahum min dūnihī miw wāl.

For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels]¹ before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh.² Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill,³ there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُرِيكُمُ ٱلۡبَرۡقَ خَوۡفٗا وَطَمَعٗا وَيُنشِئُ ٱلسَّحَابَ ٱلثِّقَالَ ١٢

Huwal-ladhī yurīkumul-barqa khawfaw wa ṭamaʿaw wa yunshiʾus-saḥābath-thiqāl.

It is He who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.

وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعۡدُ بِحَمۡدِهِۦ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مِنۡ خِيفَتِهِۦ وَيُرۡسِلُ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقَ فَيُصِيبُ بِهَا مَن يَشَآءُ وَهُمۡ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِي ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡمِحَالِ ١٣

Wa yusabbiḥur-raʿdu biḥamdihī wal-malāʾikatu min khīfatihī wa yursiluṣ-ṣawāʿiqa fayuṣību bihā may yashāʾu wa hum yujādilūna fillāhi wa huwa shadīdul-miḥāl.

And the thunder exalts [Allāh] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allāh; and He is severe in assault.

لَهُۥ دَعۡوَةُ ٱلۡحَقِّۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسۡتَجِيبُونَ لَهُم بِشَيۡءٍ إِلَّا كَبَٰسِطِ كَفَّيۡهِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَآءِ لِيَبۡلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَٰلِغِهِۦۚ وَمَا دُعَآءُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ ١٤

Lahū daʿwatul-ḥaqq, wal-ladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihī lā yastajībūna lahum bishayʾin illā kabāsiṭi kaffayhi ilal-māʾi liyablugha fāhu wa mā huwa bibālighih, wa mā duʿāʾul-kāfirīna illā fī ḍalāl.

To Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus].¹ And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e., futility].

وَلِلَّهِۤ يَسۡجُدُۤ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ طَوۡعٗا وَكَرۡهٗا وَظِلَٰلُهُم بِٱلۡغُدُوِّ وَٱلۡأٓصَالِ۩ ١٥

Walillāhi yasjudu man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi ṭawʿaw wa karhaw wa ẓilāluhum bil-ghuduwwi wal-āṣāl.

And to Allāh prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons.

قُلۡ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ قُلِ ٱللَّهُۚ قُلۡ أَفَٱتَّخَذۡتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ نَفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرّٗاۚ قُلۡ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡبَصِيرُ أَمۡ هَلۡ تَسۡتَوِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَٱلنُّورُۗ أَمۡ جَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ خَلَقُواْ كَخَلۡقِهِۦ فَتَشَٰبَهَ ٱلۡخَلۡقُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّٰرُ ١٦

Qul mar rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi qulillāh, qul afattakhadhtum min dūnihī awliyāʾa lā yamlikūna liʾanfusihim nafʿaw wa lā ḍarrā, qul hal yastawil-aʿmā wal-baṣīru am hal tastawiẓ-ẓulumātu wan-nūr, am jaʿalū lillāhi shurakāʾa khalaqū kakhalqihī fatashābahal-khalqu ʿalayhim, qulillāhu khāliqu kulli shayʾiw wa huwal-wāḥidul-qahhār.

Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allāh." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allāh partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?"¹ Say, "Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."²

أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَسَالَتۡ أَوۡدِيَةُۢ بِقَدَرِهَا فَٱحۡتَمَلَ ٱلسَّيۡلُ زَبَدٗا رَّابِيٗاۖ وَمِمَّا يُوقِدُونَ عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلنَّارِ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ حِلۡيَةٍ أَوۡ مَتَٰعٖ زَبَدٞ مِّثۡلُهُۥۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَٱلۡبَٰطِلَۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلزَّبَدُ فَيَذۡهَبُ جُفَآءٗۖ وَأَمَّا مَا يَنفَعُ ٱلنَّاسَ فَيَمۡكُثُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ ١٧

Anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fasālat awdiyatum biqadarihā faḥtamalas-saylu zabadar rābiyā, wa mimmā yūqidūna ʿalayhi fin-nāribtighāʾa ḥilyatin aw matāʿin zabadum mithluh, kadhālika yaḍribullāhul-ḥaqqa wal-bāṭil, fa ammaz-zabadu fayadhhabu jufāʾā, wa ammā mā yanfaʿun-nāsa fayamkuthu fil-arḍ, kadhālika yaḍribullāhul-amthāl.

He sends down from the sky, rain, and valleys flow according to their capacity, and the torrent carries a rising foam. And from that [ore] which they heat in the fire, desiring adornments and utensils, is a foam like it. Thus Allāh presents [the example of] truth and falsehood. As for the foam, it vanishes, [being] cast off; but as for that which benefits the people, it remains on the earth. Thus does Allāh present examples.

لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَجَابُواْ لِرَبِّهِمُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يَسۡتَجِيبُواْ لَهُۥ لَوۡ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا وَمِثۡلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفۡتَدَوۡاْ بِهِۦٓۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ سُوٓءُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ١٨

Lil-ladhīnastajābū lirabbihimul-ḥusnā, wal-ladhīna lam yastajībū lahū law anna lahum mā fil-arḍi jamīʿaw wa mithlahū maʿahū laftadaw bih, ulāʾika lahum sūʾul-ḥisābi wa maʾwāhum jahannam, wa biʾsal-mihād.

For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

۞ أَفَمَن يَعۡلَمُ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلۡحَقُّ كَمَنۡ هُوَ أَعۡمَىٰٓۚ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ١٩

Afamay yaʿlamu annamā unzila ilayka mir rabbikal-ḥaqqu kaman huwa aʿmā, innamā yatadhakkaru ulul-albāb.

Then is he who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth like one who is blind? They will only be reminded who are people of understanding -

ٱلَّذِينَ يُوفُونَ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَنقُضُونَ ٱلۡمِيثَٰقَ ٢٠

Al-ladhīna yūfūna biʿahdillāhi wa lā yanquḍūnal-mīthāq.

Those who fulfill the covenant of Allāh and do not break the contract,

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُمۡ وَيَخَافُونَ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٢١

Wal-ladhīna yaṣilūna mā amarallāhu bihī ay yūṣala wa yakhshawna rabbahum wa yakhāfūna sūʾal-ḥisāb.

And those who join that which Allāh has ordered to be joined¹ and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account,

وَٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ سِرّٗا وَعَلَانِيَةٗ وَيَدۡرَءُونَ بِٱلۡحَسَنَةِ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عُقۡبَى ٱلدَّارِ ٢٢

Wal-ladhīna ṣabarubtighāʾa wajhi rabbihim wa aqāmuṣ-ṣalāta wa anfaqū mimmā razaqnāhum sirraw wa ʿalāniyataw wa yadraʾūna bil-ḥasanatis-sayyiʾata ulāʾika lahum ʿuqbad-dār.

And those who are patient, seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home¹ -

جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنٖ يَدۡخُلُونَهَا وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنۡ ءَابَآئِهِمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمۡۖ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَدۡخُلُونَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن كُلِّ بَابٖ ٢٣

Jannātu ʿadniy yadkhulūnahā wa man ṣalaḥa min ābāʾihim wa azwājihim wa dhurriyyātihim, wal-malāʾikatu yadkhulūna ʿalayhim min kulli bāb.

Gardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever were righteous among their forefathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from every gate, [saying],

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُم بِمَا صَبَرۡتُمۡۚ فَنِعۡمَ عُقۡبَى ٱلدَّارِ ٢٤

Salāmun ʿalaykum bimā ṣabartum, faniʿma ʿuqbad-dār.

"Peace [i.e., security] be upon you for what you patiently endured." And excellent is the final home.

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهۡدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مِيثَٰقِهِۦ وَيَقۡطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱللَّعۡنَةُ وَلَهُمۡ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ ٢٥

Wal-ladhīna yanquḍūna ʿahdallāhi mim baʿdi mīthāqihī wa yaqṭaʿūna mā amarallāhu bihī ay yūṣala wa yufsidūna fil-arḍi ulāʾika lahumul-laʿnatu wa lahum sūʾud-dār.

But those who break the covenant of Allāh after contracting it and sever that which Allāh has ordered to be joined and spread corruption on earth - for them is the curse, and they will have the worst home.¹

ٱللَّهُ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقۡدِرُۚ وَفَرِحُواْ بِٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِلَّا مَتَٰعٞ ٢٦

Allāhu yabsuṭur-rizqa limay yashāʾu wa yaqdir, wa fariḥū bil-ḥayātid-dunyā wa mal-ḥayātud-dunyā fil-ākhirati illā matāʿ.

Allāh extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. And they rejoice in the worldly life, while the worldly life is not, compared to the Hereafter, except [brief] enjoyment.

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۚ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ مَنۡ أَنَابَ ٢٧

Wa yaqūlul-ladhīna kafarū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi āyatum mir rabbih, qul innallāha yuḍillu may yashāʾu wa yahdī ilayhi man anāb.

And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, Allāh leaves astray whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him] -

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَطۡمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۗ أَلَا بِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطۡمَئِنُّ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ ٢٨

Al-ladhīna āmanū wa taṭmaʾinnu qulūbuhum bidhikrillāh, alā bidhikrillāhi taṭmaʾinnul-qulūb.

Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allāh. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allāh hearts are assured."

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمۡ وَحُسۡنُ مَـَٔابٖ ٢٩

Al-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti ṭūbā lahum wa ḥusnu maʾāb.

Those who have believed and done righteous deeds - a good state is theirs and a good return.

كَذَٰلِكَ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ فِيٓ أُمَّةٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهَآ أُمَمٞ لِّتَتۡلُوَاْ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ وَهُمۡ يَكۡفُرُونَ بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ قُلۡ هُوَ رَبِّي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ وَإِلَيۡهِ مَتَابِ ٣٠

Kadhālika arsalnāka fī ummatin qad khalat min qablihā umamul litatluwa ʿalayhimul-ladhī awḥaynā ilayka wa hum yakfurūna bir-raḥmān, qul huwa rabbī lā ilāha illā huwa ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa ilayhi matāb.

Thus have We sent you to a community before which [other] communities have passed on so you might recite to them that which We revealed to you, while they disbelieve in the Most Merciful. Say, "He is my Lord; there is no deity except Him. Upon Him I rely, and to Him is my return."

وَلَوۡ أَنَّ قُرۡءَانٗا سُيِّرَتۡ بِهِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ أَوۡ قُطِّعَتۡ بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَوۡ كُلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۗ بَل لِّلَّهِ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ جَمِيعًاۗ أَفَلَمۡ يَاْيۡـَٔسِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَن لَّوۡ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَى ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعٗاۗ وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُواْ قَارِعَةٌ أَوۡ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبٗا مِّن دَارِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَ وَعۡدُ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخۡلِفُ ٱلۡمِيعَادَ ٣١

Wa law anna qurʾānan suyyirat bihil-jibālu aw quṭṭiʿat bihil-arḍu aw kullima bihil-mawtā, bal lillāhil-amru jamīʿā, afalam yayʾasil-ladhīna āmanū al law yashāʾullāhu lahadan-nāsa jamīʿā, wa lā yazālul-ladhīna kafarū tuṣībuhum bimā ṣanaʿū qāriʿatun aw taḥullu qarībam min dārihim ḥattā yaʾtiya waʿdullāh, innallāha lā yukhliful-mīʿād.

And if there was any Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] by which the mountains would be removed or the earth would be broken apart or the dead would be made to speak,¹ [it would be this Qur’ān], but to Allāh belongs the affair entirely. Then have those who believed not accepted that had Allāh willed, He would have guided the people, all of them? And those who disbelieve do not cease to be struck, for what they have done, by calamity - or it will descend near their home - until there comes the promise of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh does not fail in [His] promise.

وَلَقَدِ ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ بِرُسُلٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَأَمۡلَيۡتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ثُمَّ أَخَذۡتُهُمۡۖ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ ٣٢

Wa laqadistuhziʾa birusulim min qablika fa amlaytu lil-ladhīna kafarū thumma akhadhtuhum, fakayfa kāna ʿiqāb.

And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.

أَفَمَنۡ هُوَ قَآئِمٌ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡۗ وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ قُلۡ سَمُّوهُمۡۚ أَمۡ تُنَبِّـُٔونَهُۥ بِمَا لَا يَعۡلَمُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَم بِظَٰهِرٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِۗ بَلۡ زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مَكۡرُهُمۡ وَصُدُّواْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِۗ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنۡ هَادٖ ٣٣

Afaman huwa qāʾimun ʿalā kulli nafsim bimā kasabat, wa jaʿalū lillāhi shurakāʾa qul sammūhum, am tunabbiʾūnahū bimā lā yaʿlamu fil-arḍi am biẓāhirim minal-qawl, bal zuyyina lil-ladhīna kafarū makruhum wa ṣuddū ʿanis-sabīl, wa may yuḍlilillāhu famā lahū min hād.

Then is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it has earned, [like any other]? But to Allāh they have attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of that¹ which He knows not upon the earth or of what is apparent [i.e., alleged] of speech?"² Rather, their [own] plan has been made attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted from the way. And whomever Allāh sends astray - there will be for him no guide.

لَّهُمۡ عَذَابٞ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَشَقُّۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٖ ٣٤

Lahum ʿadhābun fil-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati ashaqq, wa mā lahum minallāhi miw wāq.

For them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will not have from Allāh any protector.

۞ مَّثَلُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ أُكُلُهَا دَآئِمٞ وَظِلُّهَاۚ تِلۡكَ عُقۡبَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَواْۚ وَّعُقۡبَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٱلنَّارُ ٣٥

Mathalul-jannatil-latī wuʿidal-muttaqūn, tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, ukuluhā dāʾimuw wa ẓilluhā, tilka ʿuqbal-ladhīnattaqaw, wa ʿuqbal-kāfirīnan-nār.

The example [i.e., description] of Paradise, which the righteous have been promised, is [that] beneath it rivers flow. Its fruit is lasting, and its shade. That is the consequence for the righteous, and the consequence for the disbelievers is the Fire.

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَفۡرَحُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَۖ وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابِ مَن يُنكِرُ بَعۡضَهُۥۚ قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أَعۡبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَلَآ أُشۡرِكَ بِهِۦٓۚ إِلَيۡهِ أَدۡعُواْ وَإِلَيۡهِ مَـَٔابِ ٣٦

Wal-ladhīna ātaynāhumul-kitāba yafraḥūna bimā unzila ilayk, wa minal-aḥzābi may yunkiru baʿḍah, qul innamā umirtu an aʿbudallāha wa lā ushrika bih, ilayhi adʿū wa ilayhi maʾāb.

And [the believers among] those to whom We have given the [previous] Scripture rejoice at what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], but among the [opposing] factions are those who deny part of it [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Say, "I have only been commanded to worship Allāh and not associate [anything] with Him. To Him I invite, and to Him is my return."

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ حُكۡمًا عَرَبِيّٗاۚ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتَ أَهۡوَآءَهُم بَعۡدَ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا وَاقٖ ٣٧

Wa kadhālika anzalnāhu ḥukman ʿarabiyyā, wa laʾinittabaʿta ahwāʾahum baʿda mā jāʾaka minal-ʿilmi mā laka minallāhi miw waliyyiw wa lā wāq.

And thus We have revealed it as an Arabic legislation.¹ And if you should follow their inclinations after what has come to you of knowledge, you would not have against Allāh any ally or any protector.

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلٗا مِّن قَبۡلِكَ وَجَعَلۡنَا لَهُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا وَذُرِّيَّةٗۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأۡتِيَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٖ كِتَابٞ ٣٨

Wa laqad arsalnā rusulam min qablika wa jaʿalnā lahum azwājaw wa dhurriyyah, wa mā kāna lirasūlin ay yaʾtiya biʾāyatin illā biʾidhnillāh, likulli ajalin kitāb.

And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allāh. For every term is a decree.

يَمۡحُواْ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيُثۡبِتُۖ وَعِندَهُۥٓ أُمُّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٣٩

Yamḥullāhu mā yashāʾu wa yuthbit, wa ʿindahū ummul-kitāb.

Allāh eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.¹

وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي نَعِدُهُمۡ أَوۡ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ وَعَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡحِسَابُ ٤٠

Wa im mā nuriyannaka baʿḍal-ladhī naʿiduhum aw natawaffayannaka fa innamā ʿalaykal-balāghu wa ʿalaynal-ḥisāb.

And whether We show you part of what We promise them or take you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account.

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَاۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَحۡكُمُ لَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكۡمِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٤١

Awalam yaraw annā naʾtil-arḍa nanquṣuhā min aṭrāfihā, wallāhu yaḥkumu lā muʿaqqiba liḥukmih, wa huwa sarīʿul-ḥisāb.

Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?¹ And Allāh decides; there is no adjuster of His decision. And He is swift in account.

وَقَدۡ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡمَكۡرُ جَمِيعٗاۖ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَكۡسِبُ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡكُفَّٰرُ لِمَنۡ عُقۡبَى ٱلدَّارِ ٤٢

Wa qad makaral-ladhīna min qablihim falillāhil-makru jamīʿā, yaʿlamu mā taksibu kullu nafs, wa sayaʿlamul-kuffāru liman ʿuqbad-dār.

And those before them had plotted, but to Allāh belongs the plan entirely. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers will know for whom is the final home.

وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَسۡتَ مُرۡسَلٗاۚ قُلۡ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدَۢا بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٤٣

Wa yaqūlul-ladhīna kafarū lasta mursalā, qul kafā billāhi shahīdam baynī wa baynakum wa man ʿindahū ʿilmul-kitāb.

And those who have disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger." Say, [O Muḥammad], "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you, and [the witness of] whoever has knowledge of the Scripture."¹