Juz 14
Al-Hijr 1 – An-Nahl 128 · 227 ayahs
15. Al-Hijr
الحجربِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَقُرۡءَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ١
Alif Lām Rā, tilka āyātul-kitābi wa qurʾānim mubīn.
Alif, Lām, Rā.1 These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 2:1.
رُّبَمَا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡ كَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٢
Rubamā yawaddul-ladhīna kafarū law kānū muslimīn.
Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish1 that they had been Muslims.
Footnotes (1)
- On the Day of Judgement or at the time of death.
ذَرۡهُمۡ يَأۡكُلُواْ وَيَتَمَتَّعُواْ وَيُلۡهِهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَلُۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣
Dharhum yaʾkulū wa yatamattaʿū wa yulhihimul-amal, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.
Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٤
Wa mā ahlaknā min qaryatin illā wa lahā kitābum maʿlūm.
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ٥
Mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wa mā yastaʾkhirūn.
No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.
وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِي نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ إِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٦
Wa qālū yāʾayyuhal-ladhī nuzzila ʿalayhidh-dhikru innaka lamajnūn.
And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.1
Footnotes (1)
- Literally, "possessed by jinn."
لَّوۡمَا تَأۡتِينَا بِٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٧
Law mā taʾtīnā bil-malāʾikati in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.
Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful?"
مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓاْ إِذٗا مُّنظَرِينَ ٨
Mā nunazzilul-malāʾikata illā bil-ḥaqqi wa mā kānū idham munẓarīn.
We do not send down the angels except with truth;1 and they [i.e., the disbelievers] would not then be reprieved.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., with a message or, as the conclusion of the verse suggests, to carry out a promised punishment.
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ ٩
Innā naḥnu nazzalnadh-dhikra wa innā lahū laḥāfiẓūn.
Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٠
Wa laqad arsalnā min qablika fī shiyaʿil-awwalīn.
And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muḥammad], among the sects of the former peoples.
وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ١١
Wa mā yaʾtīhim mir rasūlin illā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.
And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٢
Kadhālika naslukuhū fī qulūbil-mujrimīn.
Thus do We insert it [i.e., denial] into the hearts of the criminals.
لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَقَدۡ خَلَتۡ سُنَّةُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣
Lā yuʾminūna bihī wa qad khalat sunnatul-awwalīn.
They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples.
وَلَوۡ فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَظَلُّواْ فِيهِ يَعۡرُجُونَ ١٤
Wa law fataḥnā ʿalayhim bābam minas-samāʾi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūn.
And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
لَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَا سُكِّرَتۡ أَبۡصَٰرُنَا بَلۡ نَحۡنُ قَوۡمٞ مَّسۡحُورُونَ ١٥
Laqālū innamā sukkirat abṣārunā bal naḥnu qawmum masḥūrūn.
They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic."
وَلَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجٗا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا لِلنَّٰظِرِينَ ١٦
Wa laqad jaʿalnā fis-samāʾi burūjaw wa zayyannāhā lin-nāẓirīn.
And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.
وَحَفِظۡنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٍ ١٧
Wa ḥafiẓnāhā min kulli shayṭānir rajīm.
And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمۡعَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٨
Illā manistaraqas-samʿa fa atbaʿahū shihābum mubīn.
Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مَّوۡزُونٖ ١٩
Wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa anbatnā fīhā min kulli shayʾim mawzūn.
And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.
وَجَعَلۡنَا لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسۡتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ ٢٠
Wa jaʿalnā lakum fīhā maʿāyisha wa mal lastum lahū birāziqīn.
And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.1
Footnotes (1)
- Allāh has put at your service other men and animals for which He provides. An additional meaning is that Allāh provides means for your living and for all other creatures as well.
وَإِن مِّن شَيۡءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٢١
Wa im min shayʾin illā ʿindanā khazāʾinuhū wa mā nunazziluhū illā biqadarim maʿlūm.
And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known [i.e., specified] measure.
وَأَرۡسَلۡنَا ٱلرِّيَٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ بِخَٰزِنِينَ ٢٢
Wa arsalnar-riyāḥa lawāqiḥa fa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾan fa asqaynākumūhu wa mā antum lahū bikhāzinīn.
And We have sent the fertilizing winds1 and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
Footnotes (1)
- Causing precipitation in rainclouds or carrying pollen. Another meaning is "pregnant winds," i.e., those carrying rainclouds.
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡيِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ ٢٣
Wa innā lanaḥnu nuḥyī wa numītu wa naḥnul-wārithūn.
And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.1
Footnotes (1)
- Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) remains after all creation has passed away.
وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَقۡدِمِينَ مِنكُمۡ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡتَـٔۡخِرِينَ ٢٤
Wa laqad ʿalimnal-mustaqdimīna minkum wa laqad ʿalimnal-mustaʾkhirīn.
And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ٢٥
Wa inna rabbaka huwa yaḥshuruhum, innahū ḥakīmun ʿalīm.
And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٦
Wa laqad khalaqnal-insāna min ṣalṣālim min ḥamaʾim masnūn.
And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.
وَٱلۡجَآنَّ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ مِن قَبۡلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧
Wal-jānna khalaqnāhu min qablu min nāris-samūm.
And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.
وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٨
Wa idh qāla rabbuka lil-malāʾikati innī khāliqum basharam min ṣalṣālim min ḥamaʾim masnūn.
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.
فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٢٩
Fa idhā sawwaytuhū wa nafakhtu fīhi mir rūḥī faqaʿū lahū sājidīn.
And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,1 then fall down to him in prostration."
Footnotes (1)
- The element of life and soul which Allāh created for that body, not His own spirit or part of Himself (as some mistakenly believe).
فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٣٠
Fasajadal-malāʾikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn.
So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣١
Illā iblīsa abā ay yakūna maʿas-sājidīn.
Except Iblees;1 he refused to be with those who prostrated.
Footnotes (1)
- Who was of the jinn. See 18:50.
قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٣٢
Qāla yāʾiblīsu mā laka allā takūna maʿas-sājidīn.
[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"
قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٣٣
Qāla lam akul liʾasjuda libasharin khalaqtahū min ṣalṣālim min ḥamaʾim masnūn.
He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."
قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٞ ٣٤
Qāla fakhruj minhā fa innaka rajīm.
[Allāh] said, "Then depart from it,1 for indeed, you are expelled.
Footnotes (1)
- Your position in the heavens.
وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكَ ٱللَّعۡنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٣٥
Wa inna ʿalaykal-laʿnata ilā yawmid-dīn.
And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٣٦
Qāla rabbi fa anẓirnī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.
He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ ٣٧
Qāla fa innaka minal-munẓarīn.
[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٣٨
Ilā yawmil-waqtil-maʿlūm.
Until the Day of the time well-known."
قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٣٩
Qāla rabbi bimā aghwaytanī laʾuzayyinanna lahum fil-arḍi wa laʾughwiyannahum ajmaʿīn.
[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them [i.e., mankind] on earth, and I will mislead them all
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٤٠
Illā ʿibādaka minhumul-mukhlaṣīn.
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسۡتَقِيمٌ ٤١
Qāla hādhā ṣirāṭun ʿalayya mustaqīm.
[Allāh] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.
إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيۡسَ لَكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡغَاوِينَ ٤٢
Inna ʿibādī laysa laka ʿalayhim sulṭānun illā manittabaʿaka minal-ghāwīn.
Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.
وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمَوۡعِدُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٣
Wa inna jahannama lamawʿiduhum ajmaʿīn.
And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.
لَهَا سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡوَٰبٖ لِّكُلِّ بَابٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ جُزۡءٞ مَّقۡسُومٌ ٤٤
Lahā sabʿatu abwābil likulli bābim minhum juzʾum maqsūm.
It has seven gates; for every gate is of them [i.e., Satan's followers] a portion designated."
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ٤٥
Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.
Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs,
ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٤٦
Udkhulūhā bisalāmin āminīn.
[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."
وَنَزَعۡنَا مَا فِي صُدُورِهِم مِّنۡ غِلٍّ إِخۡوَٰنًا عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٤٧
Wa nazaʿnā mā fī ṣudūrihim min ghillin ikhwānan ʿalā sururim mutaqābilīn.
And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment,1 [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 7:43.
لَا يَمَسُّهُمۡ فِيهَا نَصَبٞ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِينَ ٤٨
Lā yamassuhum fīhā naṣabuw wa mā hum minhā bimukhrajīn.
No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.
۞ نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِيٓ أَنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٩
Nabbiʾ ʿibādī annī anal-ghafūrur-raḥīm.
[O Muḥammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِيمُ ٥٠
Wa anna ʿadhābī huwal-ʿadhābul-alīm.
And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.
وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ عَن ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٥١
Wa nabbiʾhum ʿan ḍayfi ibrāhīm.
And inform them about the guests of Abraham,
إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمۡ وَجِلُونَ ٥٢
Idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūn.
When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."
قَالُواْ لَا تَوۡجَلۡ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ ٥٣
Qālū lā tawjal innā nubashshiruka bighulāmin ʿalīm.
[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."
قَالَ أَبَشَّرۡتُمُونِي عَلَىٰٓ أَن مَّسَّنِيَ ٱلۡكِبَرُ فَبِمَ تُبَشِّرُونَ ٥٤
Qāla abashshartumūnī ʿalā am massaniyal-kibaru fabima tubashshirūn.
He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"
قَالُواْ بَشَّرۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡقَٰنِطِينَ ٥٥
Qālū bashsharnāka bil-ḥaqqi falā takum minal-qāniṭīn.
They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing."
قَالَ وَمَن يَقۡنَطُ مِن رَّحۡمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٥٦
Qāla wa may yaqnaṭu mir raḥmati rabbihī illaḍ-ḍāllūn.
He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٥٧
Qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhal-mursalūn.
[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٥٨
Qālū innā ursilnā ilā qawmim mujrimīn.
They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,
إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍ إِنَّا لَمُنَجُّوهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥٩
Illā āla lūṭin innā lamunajjūhum ajmaʿīn.
Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all
إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَآ إِنَّهَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٦٠
Illamraʾatahū qaddarnā innahā laminal-ghābirīn.
Except his wife." We [i.e., Allāh] decreed that she is of those who remain behind.1
Footnotes (1)
- For having collaborated with the evildoers.
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٦١
Falammā jāʾa āla lūṭinil-mursalūn.
And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,
قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ ٦٢
Qāla innakum qawmum munkarūn.
He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."
قَالُواْ بَلۡ جِئۡنَٰكَ بِمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَمۡتَرُونَ ٦٣
Qālū bal jiʾnāka bimā kānū fīhi yamtarūn.
They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing,
وَأَتَيۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٦٤
Wa ataynāka bil-ḥaqqi wa innā laṣādiqūn.
And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.
فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعٖ مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا يَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدٞ وَٱمۡضُواْ حَيۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ ٦٥
Fa asri biʾahlika biqiṭʿim minal-layli wattabiʿ adbārahum wa lā yaltafit minkum aḥaduw wamḍū ḥaythu tuʾmarūn.
So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."
وَقَضَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقۡطُوعٞ مُّصۡبِحِينَ ٦٦
Wa qaḍaynā ilayhi dhālikal-amra anna dābira hāʾulāʾi maqṭūʿum muṣbiḥīn.
And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.
وَجَآءَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ٦٧
Wa jāʾa ahlul-madīnati yastabshirūn.
And the people of the city came rejoicing.1
Footnotes (1)
- At the news of Lot's visitors.
قَالَ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ضَيۡفِي فَلَا تَفۡضَحُونِ ٦٨
Qāla inna hāʾulāʾi ḍayfī falā tafḍaḥūn.
[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.
وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخۡزُونِ ٦٩
Wattaqullāha wa lā tukhzūn.
And fear Allāh and do not disgrace me."
قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٠
Qālū awalam nanhaka ʿanil-ʿālamīn.
They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"
قَالَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِيٓ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ ٧١
Qāla hāʾulāʾi banātī in kuntum fāʿilīn.
[Lot] said, "These are my daughters1 - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]."
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the women of his community who were lawful for marriage.
لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ ٧٢
Laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūn.
By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُشۡرِقِينَ ٧٣
Fa akhadhathumuṣ-ṣayḥatu mushriqīn.
So the shriek1 seized them at sunrise.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 11:67.
فَجَعَلۡنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ٧٤
Fajaʿalnā ʿāliyahā sāfilahā wa amṭarnā ʿalayhim ḥijāratam min sijjīl.
And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِينَ ٧٥
Inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil lil-mutawassimīn.
Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.
وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٖ مُّقِيمٍ ٧٦
Wa innahā labisabīlim muqīm.
And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٧٧
Inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal lil-muʾminīn.
Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.
وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ ٧٨
Wa in kāna aṣḥābul-aykati laẓālimīn.
And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,
فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ ٧٩
Fantaqamnā minhum wa innahumā labiʾimāmim mubīn.
So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.
وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٨٠
Wa laqad kadhdhaba aṣḥābul-ḥijril-mursalīn.
And certainly did the companions of al-Ḥijr1 [i.e., the Thamūd] deny the messengers.
Footnotes (1)
- The valley of stone.
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ ٨١
Wa ātaynāhum āyātinā fakānū ʿanhā muʿriḍīn.
And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away.
وَكَانُواْ يَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ٨٢
Wa kānū yanḥitūna minal-jibāli buyūtan āminīn.
And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ مُصۡبِحِينَ ٨٣
Fa akhadhathumuṣ-ṣayḥatu muṣbiḥīn.
But the shriek seized them at early morning,
فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٨٤
Famā aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūn.
So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةٞۖ فَٱصۡفَحِ ٱلصَّفۡحَ ٱلۡجَمِيلَ ٨٥
Wa mā khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqq, wa innas-sāʿata laʾātiyah, faṣfaḥiṣ-ṣafḥal-jamīl.
And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٨٦
Inna rabbaka huwal-khallāqul-ʿalīm.
Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰكَ سَبۡعٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَثَانِي وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٱلۡعَظِيمَ ٨٧
Wa laqad ātaynāka sabʿam minal-mathānī wal-qurʾānal-ʿaẓīm.
And We have certainly given you, [O Muḥammad], seven of the often repeated [verses]1 and the great Qur’ān.
Footnotes (1)
- Referring to Sūrah al-Fātiḥah.
لَا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيۡنَيۡكَ إِلَىٰ مَا مَتَّعۡنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَٱخۡفِضۡ جَنَاحَكَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨
Lā tamuddanna ʿaynayka ilā mā mattaʿnā bihī azwājam minhum wa lā taḥzan ʿalayhim wakhfiḍ janāḥaka lil-muʾminīn.
Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of them [i.e., the disbelievers], and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to the believers.
وَقُلۡ إِنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٨٩
Wa qul innī anan-nadhīrul-mubīn.
And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner" -
كَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتَسِمِينَ ٩٠
Kamā anzalnā ʿalal-muqtasimīn.
Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators1
Footnotes (1)
- Those who separated from the teachings of their prophets. Another meaning is "As We sent down [punishment] on the sworn opponents [to Allāh's message]."
ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُواْ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ عِضِينَ ٩١
Al-ladhīna jaʿalul-qurʾāna ʿiḍīn.
Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.1
Footnotes (1)
- Accepting part and rejecting part according to their own inclinations.
فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسۡـَٔلَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٩٢
Fawarabbika lanasʾalannahum ajmaʿīn.
So by your Lord, We will surely question them all
عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٣
ʿAmmā kānū yaʿmalūn.
About what they used to do.
فَٱصۡدَعۡ بِمَا تُؤۡمَرُ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٩٤
Faṣdaʿ bimā tuʾmaru wa aʿriḍ ʿanil-mushrikīn.
Then declare what you are commanded1 and turn away from the polytheists.2
Footnotes (2)
- The implication is "Thereby you will distinguish or separate the disbelievers from the believers."
- Any who persist in association of others with Allāh.
إِنَّا كَفَيۡنَٰكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَهۡزِءِينَ ٩٥
Innā kafaynākal-mustahziʾīn.
Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٦
Al-ladhīna yajʿalūna maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhar, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.
Who make [equal] with Allāh another deity. But they are going to know.
وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ ٩٧
Wa laqad naʿlamu annaka yaḍīqu ṣadruka bimā yaqūlūn.
And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say.
فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ٩٨
Fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wa kum minas-sājidīn.
So exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].
وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَكَ ٱلۡيَقِينُ ٩٩
Waʿbud rabbaka ḥattā yaʾtiyakal-yaqīn.
And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty [i.e., death].
16. An-Nahl
النحلبِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَتَىٰٓ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُوهُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ١
Atā amrullāhi falā tastaʿjilūh, subḥānahū wa taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn.
The command of Allāh is coming,1 so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.
Footnotes (1)
- Literally, "has come," indicating the certainty and nearness of the Last Hour.
يُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ بِٱلرُّوحِ مِنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱتَّقُونِ ٢
Yunazzilul-malāʾikata bir-rūḥi min amrihī ʿalā may yashāʾu min ʿibādihī an andhirū annahū lā ilāha illā ana fattaqūn.
He sends down the angels, with the inspiration [i.e., revelation] of His command, upon whom He wills of His servants, [telling them], "Warn that there is no deity except Me; so fear Me."
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ تَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٣
Khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqq, taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn.
He created the heavens and earth in truth. High is He above what they associate with Him.
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٞ مُّبِينٞ ٤
Khalaqal-insāna min nuṭfatin fa idhā huwa khaṣīmum mubīn.
He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once1 he is a clear adversary.
Footnotes (1)
- As soon as he becomes strong and independent.
وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمَ خَلَقَهَاۖ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا دِفۡءٞ وَمَنَٰفِعُ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٥
Wal-anʿāma khalaqahā, lakum fīhā difʾuw wa manāfiʿu wa minhā taʾkulūn.
And the grazing livestock He has created for you; in them is warmth1 and [numerous] benefits, and from them you eat.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., in clothing, tents, furnishings, etc.
وَلَكُمۡ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسۡرَحُونَ ٦
Wa lakum fīhā jamālun ḥīna turīḥūna wa ḥīna tasraḥūn.
And for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture].
وَتَحۡمِلُ أَثۡقَالَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٖ لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ بَٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلۡأَنفُسِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٧
Wa taḥmilu athqālakum ilā baladil lam takūnū bālighīhi illā bishiqqil-anfus, inna rabbakum laraʾūfur raḥīm.
And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
وَٱلۡخَيۡلَ وَٱلۡبِغَالَ وَٱلۡحَمِيرَ لِتَرۡكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةٗۚ وَيَخۡلُقُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٨
Wal-khayla wal-bighāla wal-ḥamīra litarkabūhā wa zīnah, wa yakhluqu mā lā taʿlamūn.
And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.
وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَصۡدُ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمِنۡهَا جَآئِرٞۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٩
Wa ʿalallāhi qaṣdus-sabīli wa minhā jāʾir, wa law shāʾa lahadākum ajmaʿīn.
And upon Allāh1 is the direction of the [right] way, and among them [i.e., the various paths] are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.
Footnotes (1)
- Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has taken it upon Himself to guide man to the right path. The meaning has also been interpreted as "To Allāh..."
هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗۖ لَّكُم مِّنۡهُ شَرَابٞ وَمِنۡهُ شَجَرٞ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ ١٠
Huwal-ladhī anzala minas-samāʾi māʾā, lakum minhu sharābuw wa minhu shajarun fīhi tusīmūn.
It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].
يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرۡعَ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ١١
Yunbitu lakum bihiz-zarʿa waz-zaytūna wan-nakhīla wal-aʿnāba wa min kullith-thamarāt, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.
He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتُۢ بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ١٢
Wa sakhkhara lakumul-layla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamar, wan-nujūmu musakhkharātum biʾamrih, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.
And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ١٣
Wa mā dharaʾa lakum fil-arḍi mukhtalifan alwānuh, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yadhdhakkarūn.
And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ لِتَأۡكُلُواْ مِنۡهُ لَحۡمٗا طَرِيّٗا وَتَسۡتَخۡرِجُواْ مِنۡهُ حِلۡيَةٗ تَلۡبَسُونَهَاۖ وَتَرَى ٱلۡفُلۡكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٤
Wa huwal-ladhī sakhkharal-baḥra litaʾkulū minhu laḥman ṭariyyaw wa tastakhrijū minhu ḥilyatan talbasūnahā, wa taral-fulka mawākhira fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.
And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
وَأَلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَأَنۡهَٰرٗا وَسُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ ١٥
Wa alqā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bikum wa anhāraw wa subulal laʿallakum tahtadūn.
And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,
وَعَلَٰمَٰتٖۚ وَبِٱلنَّجۡمِ هُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ١٦
Wa ʿalāmāt, wabin-najmi hum yahtadūn.
And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.1
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- Through the desert or the sea at night.
أَفَمَن يَخۡلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخۡلُقُۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ١٧
Afamay yakhluqu kamal lā yakhluq, afalā tadhakkarūn.
Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?
وَإِن تَعُدُّواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحۡصُوهَآۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١٨
Wa in taʿuddū niʿmatallāhi lā tuḥṣūhā, innallāha laghafūrur raḥīm.
And if you should count the favors of Allāh, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعۡلِنُونَ ١٩
Wallāhu yaʿlamu mā tusirrūna wa mā tuʿlinūn.
And Allāh knows what you conceal and what you declare.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَهُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ ٢٠
Wal-ladhīna yadʿūna min dūnillāhi lā yakhluqūna shayʾaw wa hum yukhlaqūn.
And those they invoke other than Allāh create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.
أَمۡوَٰتٌ غَيۡرُ أَحۡيَآءٖۖ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٢١
Amwātun ghayru aḥyāʾ, wa mā yashʿurūna ayyāna yubʿathūn.
They are [in fact] dead,1 not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.
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- i.e., inanimate or without understanding.
إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٞ وَهُم مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٢٢
Ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥid, fal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati qulūbuhum munkiratuw wa hum mustakbirūn.
Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡتَكۡبِرِينَ ٢٣
Lā jarama annallāha yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wa mā yuʿlinūn, innahū lā yuḥibbul-mustakbirīn.
Assuredly, Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٢٤
Wa idhā qīla lahum mādhā anzala rabbukum qālū asāṭīrul-awwalīn.
And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Legends of the former peoples,"
لِيَحۡمِلُوٓاْ أَوۡزَارَهُمۡ كَامِلَةٗ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَمِنۡ أَوۡزَارِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُم بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ ٢٥
Liyaḥmilū awzārahum kāmilatay yawmal-qiyāmati wa min awzāril-ladhīna yuḍillūnahum bighayri ʿilm, alā sāʾa mā yazirūn.
That they may bear their own burdens [i.e., sins] in full on the Day of Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they misguide without [i.e., by lack of] knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.
قَدۡ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنۡيَٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّقۡفُ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٦
Qad makaral-ladhīna min qablihim fa atallāhu bunyānahum minal-qawāʿidi fakharra ʿalayhimus-saqfu min fawqihim wa atāhumul-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūn.
Those before them had already plotted, but Allāh came at [i.e., uprooted] their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them,1 and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.
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- i.e., Allāh caused their plan to fail and exposed their plot.
ثُمَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يُخۡزِيهِمۡ وَيَقُولُ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآءِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمۡ تُشَٰٓقُّونَ فِيهِمۡۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ إِنَّ ٱلۡخِزۡيَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ وَٱلسُّوٓءَ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٢٧
Thumma yawmal-qiyāmati yukhzīhim wa yaqūlu ayna shurakāʾiyal-ladhīna kuntum tushāqqūna fīhim, qālal-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilma innal-khizyal-yawma was-sūʾa ʿalal-kāfirīn.
Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and say, "Where are My 'partners' for whom you used to oppose [the believers]?" Those who were given knowledge will say, "Indeed disgrace, this Day, and evil are upon the disbelievers" -
ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ فَأَلۡقَوُاْ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُ مِن سُوٓءِۭۚ بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٨
Al-ladhīna tatawaffāhumul-malāʾikatu ẓālimī anfusihim, fa alqawus-salama mā kunnā naʿmalu min sūʾ, balā, innallāha ʿalīmum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.
The ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves,1 and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what you used to do.
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- i.e., having made punishment due to them for their numerous sins and crimes.
فَٱدۡخُلُوٓاْ أَبۡوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۖ فَلَبِئۡسَ مَثۡوَى ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ٢٩
Fadkhulū abwāba jahannama khālidīna fīhā, falabiʾsa mathwal-mutakabbirīn.
So enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and how wretched is the residence of the arrogant.
۞ وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ مَاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمۡۚ قَالُواْ خَيۡرٗاۗ لِّلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٞۚ وَلَدَارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ خَيۡرٞۚ وَلَنِعۡمَ دَارُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣٠
Wa qīla lil-ladhīnattaqaw mādhā anzala rabbukum, qālū khayrā, lil-ladhīna aḥsanū fī hādhihid-dunyā ḥasanah, wa ladārul-ākhirati khayr, wa laniʿma dārul-muttaqīn.
And it will be said to those who feared Allāh, "What did your Lord send down?" They will say, "[That which is] good." For those who do good in this world is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better. And how excellent is the home of the righteous -
جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنٖ يَدۡخُلُونَهَا تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ لَهُمۡ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجۡزِي ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣١
Jannātu ʿadniy yadkhulūnahā tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, lahum fīhā mā yashāʾūn, kadhālika yajzillāhul-muttaqīn.
Gardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow. They will have therein whatever they wish. Thus does Allāh reward the righteous -
ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ يَقُولُونَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٢
Al-ladhīna tatawaffāhumul-malāʾikatu ṭayyibīna yaqūlūna salāmun ʿalaykumudkhulul-jannata bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.
The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."
هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَ أَمۡرُ رَبِّكَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٣٣
Hal yanẓurūna illā an taʾtiyahumul-malāʾikatu aw yaʾtiya amru rabbik, kadhālika faʿalal-ladhīna min qablihim, wa mā ẓalamahumullāhu wa lākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūn.
Do they [i.e., the disbelievers] await except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allāh wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.
فَأَصَابَهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٣٤
Fa aṣābahum sayyiʾātu mā ʿamilū wa ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.
So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدۡنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءٖ نَّحۡنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمۡنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءٖۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ فَهَلۡ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٣٥
Wa qālal-ladhīna ashrakū law shāʾallāhu mā ʿabadnā min dūnihī min shayʾin naḥnu wa lā ābāʾunā wa lā ḥarramnā min dūnihī min shayʾ, kadhālika faʿalal-ladhīna min qablihim, fahal ʿalar-rusuli illal-balāghul-mubīn.
And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?
وَلَقَدۡ بَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجۡتَنِبُواْ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ حَقَّتۡ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُۚ فَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٦
Wa laqad baʿathnā fī kulli ummatir rasūlan aniʿbudullāha wajtanibuṭ-ṭāghūt, faminhum man hadallāhu wa minhum man ḥaqqat ʿalayhiḍ-ḍalālah, fasīrū fil-arḍi fanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mukadhdhibīn.
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt."1 And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.
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- False objects of worship.
إِن تَحۡرِصۡ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي مَن يُضِلُّۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٣٧
In taḥriṣ ʿalā hudāhum fa innallāha lā yahdī may yuḍill, wa mā lahum min nāṣirīn.
[Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muḥammad], indeed, Allāh does not guide those He sends astray,1 and they will have no helpers.
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- As a result of their choice to reject guidance.
وَأَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَا يَبۡعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُۚ بَلَىٰ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡهِ حَقّٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٨
Wa aqsamū billāhi jahda aymānihim lā yabʿathullāhu may yamūt, balā waʿdan ʿalayhi ḥaqqaw wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.
And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths [that] Allāh will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.
لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يَخۡتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ كَٰذِبِينَ ٣٩
Liyubayyina lahumul-ladhī yakhtalifūna fīhi waliyaʿlamal-ladhīna kafarū annahum kānū kādhibīn.
[It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.
إِنَّمَا قَوۡلُنَا لِشَيۡءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدۡنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٤٠
Innamā qawlunā lishayʾin idhā aradnāhu an naqūla lahū kun fayakūn.
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.
وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ فِي ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٗۖ وَلَأَجۡرُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤١
Wal-ladhīna hājarū fillāhi mim baʿdi mā ẓulimū lanubawwiʾannahum fid-dunyā ḥasanah, wa laʾajrul-ākhirati akbar, law kānū yaʿlamūn.
And those who emigrated for [the cause of] Allāh after they had been wronged - We will surely settle them in this world in a good place; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if only they could know.
ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ٤٢
Al-ladhīna ṣabarū wa ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūn.
[They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied.
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٣
Wa mā arsalnā min qablika illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim, fasʾalū ahladh-dhikri in kuntum lā taʿlamūn.
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِۗ وَأَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلذِّكۡرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٤٤
Bil-bayyināti waz-zubur, wa anzalnā ilaykadh-dhikra litubayyina lin-nāsi mā nuzzila ilayhim wa laʿallahum yatafakkarūn.
[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message [i.e., the Qur’ān] that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.
أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٤٥
Afaʾaminal-ladhīna makarus-sayyiʾāti ay yakhsifallāhu bihimul-arḍa aw yaʾtiyahumul-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūn.
Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allāh will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?
أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ فِي تَقَلُّبِهِمۡ فَمَا هُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ ٤٦
Aw yaʾkhudhahum fī taqallubihim famā hum bimuʿjizīn.
Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure [i.e., escape from Him]?
أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٖ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٌ ٤٧
Aw yaʾkhudhahum ʿalā takhawwufin fa inna rabbakum laraʾūfur raḥīm.
Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]?1 But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.2
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- i.e., being aware of what is about to strike them after having seen those near them succumb.
- Postponing deserved punishment and giving opportunities for repentance.
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٖ يَتَفَيَّؤُاْ ظِلَٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدٗا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ ٤٨
Awalam yaraw ilā mā khalaqallāhu min shayʾiy yatafayyaʾu ẓilāluhū ʿanil-yamīni wash-shamāʾili sujjadal lillāhi wa hum dākhirūn.
Have they not considered what things Allāh has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allāh, while they [i.e., those creations] are humble.
وَلِلَّهِۤ يَسۡجُدُۤ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن دَآبَّةٖ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٤٩
Walillāhi yasjudu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi min dābbatiw wal-malāʾikatu wa hum lā yastakbirūn.
And to Allāh prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.
يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَيَفۡعَلُونَ مَا يُؤۡمَرُونَ۩ ٥٠
Yakhāfūna rabbahum min fawqihim wa yafʿalūna mā yuʾmarūn.
They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.
۞ وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ إِلَٰهَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِۖ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞ فَإِيَّٰيَ فَٱرۡهَبُونِ ٥١
Wa qālallāhu lā tattakhidhū ilāhaynithnayn, innamā huwa ilāhuw wāḥidun fa iyyāya farhabūn.
And Allāh has said, "Do not take for yourselves two1 deities. He [i.e., Allāh] is but one God, so fear only Me."
Footnotes (1)
- Meaning more than one.
وَلَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَهُ ٱلدِّينُ وَاصِبًاۚ أَفَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ تَتَّقُونَ ٥٢
Wa lahū mā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa lahud-dīnu wāṣibā, afaghayrallāhi tattaqūn.
And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allāh that you fear?
وَمَا بِكُم مِّن نِّعۡمَةٖ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِۖ ثُمَّ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فَإِلَيۡهِ تَجۡـَٔرُونَ ٥٣
Wa mā bikum min niʿmatin faminallāh, thumma idhā massakumuḍ-ḍurru fa ilayhi tajʾarūn.
And whatever you have of favor - it is from Allāh. Then when adversity touches you, to Him you cry for help.
ثُمَّ إِذَا كَشَفَ ٱلضُّرَّ عَنكُمۡ إِذَا فَرِيقٞ مِّنكُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ يُشۡرِكُونَ ٥٤
Thumma idhā kashafaḍ-ḍurra ʿankum idhā farīqum minkum birabbihim yushrikūn.
Then when He removes the adversity from you, at once a party of you associates others with their Lord
لِيَكۡفُرُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡۚ فَتَمَتَّعُواْ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٥
Liyakfurū bimā ātaynāhum, fatamattaʿū fasawfa taʿlamūn.
So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.
وَيَجۡعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ نَصِيبٗا مِّمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡۗ تَٱللَّهِ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمۡ تَفۡتَرُونَ ٥٦
Wa yajʿalūna limā lā yaʿlamūna naṣībam mimmā razaqnāhum, tallāhi latusʾalunna ʿammā kuntum taftarūn.
And they assign to what they do not know1 [i.e., false deities] a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allāh, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., that of which they have no knowledge; rather, they have mere assumption based upon tradition or the claims of misguided men.
وَيَجۡعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡبَنَٰتِ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٥٧
Wa yajʿalūna lillāhil-banāti subḥānahū wa lahum mā yashtahūn.
And they attribute to Allāh daughters1 - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire [i.e., sons].
Footnotes (1)
- By claiming that the angels are His daughters.
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدّٗا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٞ ٥٨
Wa idhā bushshira aḥaduhum bil-unthā ẓalla wajhuhū muswaddaw wa huwa kaẓīm.
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓۚ أَيُمۡسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمۡ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ ٥٩
Yatawārā minal-qawmi min sūʾi mā bushshira bih, ayumsikuhū ʿalā hūnin am yadussuhū fit-turāb, alā sāʾa mā yaḥkumūn.
He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مَثَلُ ٱلسَّوۡءِۖ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡمَثَلُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٦٠
Lil-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati mathalus-sawʾ, walillāhil-mathalul-aʿlā, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.
For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description [i.e., an attribute] of evil;1 and for Allāh is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.
Footnotes (1)
- Such as that described in the previous two verses.
وَلَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلۡمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيۡهَا مِن دَآبَّةٖ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ سَاعَةٗ وَلَا يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ ٦١
Wa law yuʾākhidhullāhun-nāsa biẓulmihim mā taraka ʿalayhā min dābbatiw wa lākiy yuʾakhkhiruhum ilā ajalim musammā, fa idhā jāʾa ajaluhum lā yastaʾkhirūna sāʿataw wa lā yastaqdimūn.
And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].
وَيَجۡعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكۡرَهُونَۚ وَتَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُهُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَأَنَّهُم مُّفۡرَطُونَ ٦٢
Wa yajʿalūna lillāhi mā yakrahūn, wa taṣifu alsinatuhumul-kadhiba anna lahumul-ḥusnā, lā jarama anna lahumun-nāra wa annahum mufraṭūn.
And they attribute to Allāh that which they dislike [i.e., daughters], and their tongues assert the lie that they will have the best [from Him]. Assuredly, they will have the Fire, and they will be [therein] neglected.1
Footnotes (1)
- Another meaning is "...and they will be made to precede [all others thereto]."
تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٦٣
Tallāhi laqad arsalnā ilā umamim min qablika fazayyana lahumush-shayṭānu aʿmālahum fahuwa waliyyuhumul-yawma wa lahum ʿadhābun alīm.
By Allāh, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is their [i.e., the disbelievers] ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.
وَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦٤
Wa mā anzalnā ʿalaykal-kitāba illā litubayyina lahumul-ladhikhtalafū fīhi wa hudaw wa raḥmatal liqawmiy yuʾminūn.
And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
وَٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَآۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٦٥
Wallāhu anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa aḥyā bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yasmaʿūn.
And Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.
وَإِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةٗۖ نُّسۡقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ فَرۡثٖ وَدَمٖ لَّبَنًا خَالِصٗا سَآئِغٗا لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ ٦٦
Wa inna lakum fil-anʿāmi laʿibrah, nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihī mim bayni farthiw wa damil labanan khāliṣan sāʾighal lish-shāribīn.
And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.
وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنۡهُ سَكَرٗا وَرِزۡقًا حَسَنًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٧
Wa min thamarātin-nakhīli wal-aʿnābi tattakhidhūna minhu sakaraw wa rizqan ḥasanā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.
And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision.1 Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.
Footnotes (1)
- This verse was revealed before the prohibition of intoxicants. It alludes to the fact that there are both evil and good possibilities in certain things.
وَأَوۡحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحۡلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِي مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعۡرِشُونَ ٦٨
Wa awḥā rabbuka ilan-naḥli anittakhidhī minal-jibāli buyūtaw wa minash-shajari wa mimmā yaʿrishūn.
And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses [i.e., hives], and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.
ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسۡلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلٗاۚ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٞ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٞ لِّلنَّاسِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٦٩
Thumma kulī min kullith-thamarāti faslukī subula rabbiki dhululā, yakhruju mim buṭūnihā sharābum mukhtalifun alwānuhū fīhi shifāʾul lin-nās, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.
Then eat from all the fruits1 and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., delicious substances found by the bee.
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمۡۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِكَيۡ لَا يَعۡلَمَ بَعۡدَ عِلۡمٖ شَيۡـًٔاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٞ قَدِيرٞ ٧٠
Wallāhu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffākum, wa minkum may yuraddu ilā ardhalil-ʿumuri likay lā yaʿlama baʿda ʿilmin shayʾā, innallāha ʿalīmun qadīr.
And Allāh created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Competent.
وَٱللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعۡضَكُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ فِي ٱلرِّزۡقِۚ فَمَا ٱلَّذِينَ فُضِّلُواْ بِرَآدِّي رِزۡقِهِمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌۚ أَفَبِنِعۡمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَجۡحَدُونَ ٧١
Wallāhu faḍḍala baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin fir-rizq, famal-ladhīna fuḍḍilū birāddī rizqihim ʿalā mā malakat aymānuhum fahum fīhi sawāʾ, afabiniʿmatillāhi yajḥadūn.
And Allāh has favored some of you over others in provision. But those who were favored [i.e., given more] would not hand over their provision to those whom their right hands possess [i.e., slaves] so they would be equal to them therein.1 Then is it the favor of Allāh they reject?
Footnotes (1)
- The argument presented in this verse is that if they cannot consider their own possessions equal to themselves, then how can they consider Allāh's creations as being equal to Him?
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةٗ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِۚ أَفَبِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ يُؤۡمِنُونَ وَبِنِعۡمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمۡ يَكۡفُرُونَ ٧٢
Wallāhu jaʿala lakum min anfusikum azwājaw wa jaʿala lakum min azwājikum banīna wa ḥafadataw wa razaqakum minaṭ-ṭayyibāt, afabil-bāṭili yuʾminūna wabiniʿmatillāhi hum yakfurūn.
And Allāh has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allāh they disbelieve?
وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمۡلِكُ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٧٣
Wa yaʿbudūna min dūnillāhi mā lā yamliku lahum rizqam minas-samāwāti wal-arḍi shayʾaw wa lā yastaṭīʿūn.
And they worship besides Allāh that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.
فَلَا تَضۡرِبُواْ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٤
Falā taḍribū lillāhil-amthāl, innallāha yaʿlamu wa antum lā taʿlamūn.
So do not assert similarities to Allāh.1 Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.
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- As there is nothing comparable to Him.
۞ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبۡدٗا مَّمۡلُوكٗا لَّا يَقۡدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ وَمَن رَّزَقۡنَٰهُ مِنَّا رِزۡقًا حَسَنٗا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنۡهُ سِرّٗا وَجَهۡرًاۖ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوُۥنَۚ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٥
Ḍaraballāhu mathalan ʿabdam mamlūkal lā yaqdiru ʿalā shayʾiw wa mar razaqnāhu minnā rizqan ḥasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirraw wa jahrā, hal yastawūn, al-ḥamdu lillāh, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn.
Allāh presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allāh! But most of them do not know.
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا رَّجُلَيۡنِ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَبۡكَمُ لَا يَقۡدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلَىٰ مَوۡلَىٰهُ أَيۡنَمَا يُوَجِّههُّ لَا يَأۡتِ بِخَيۡرٍ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِي هُوَ وَمَن يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٧٦
Wa ḍaraballāhu mathalar rajulayni aḥaduhumā abkamu lā yaqdiru ʿalā shayʾiw wa huwa kallun ʿalā mawlāhu aynamā yuwajjihhu lā yaʾti bikhayrin hal yastawī huwa wa may yaʾmuru bil-ʿadli wa huwa ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.
And Allāh presents an example of two men, one of them dumb and unable to do a thing, while he is a burden to his guardian. Wherever he directs him, he brings no good. Is he equal to one who commands justice, while he is on a straight path?
وَلِلَّهِ غَيۡبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَآ أَمۡرُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمۡحِ ٱلۡبَصَرِ أَوۡ هُوَ أَقۡرَبُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٧٧
Walillāhi ghaybus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa mā amrus-sāʿati illā kalamḥil-baṣari aw huwa aqrab, innallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.
And to Allāh belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.
وَٱللَّهُ أَخۡرَجَكُم مِّنۢ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٨
Wallāhu akhrajakum mim buṭūni ummahātikum lā taʿlamūna shayʾaw wa jaʿala lakumus-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afʾidata laʿallakum tashkurūn.
And Allāh has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect] that perhaps you would be grateful.
أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيۡرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتٖ فِي جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٧٩
Alam yaraw ilaṭ-ṭayri musakhkharātin fī jawwis-samāʾi mā yumsikuhunna illallāh, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yuʾminūn.
Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allāh. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۢ بُيُوتِكُمۡ سَكَنٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن جُلُودِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بُيُوتٗا تَسۡتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوۡمَ ظَعۡنِكُمۡ وَيَوۡمَ إِقَامَتِكُمۡ وَمِنۡ أَصۡوَافِهَا وَأَوۡبَارِهَا وَأَشۡعَارِهَآ أَثَٰثٗا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ٨٠
Wallāhu jaʿala lakum mim buyūtikum sakanaw wa jaʿala lakum min julūdil-anʿāmi buyūtan tastakhiffūnahā yawma ẓaʿnikum wa yawma iqāmatikum wa min aṣwāfihā wa awbārihā wa ashʿārihā athāthaw wa matāʿan ilā ḥīn.
And Allāh has made for you from your homes a place of rest and made for you from the hides of the animals tents which you find light on your day of travel and your day of encampment; and from their wool, fur and hair is furnishing and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time.
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَٰلٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ أَكۡنَٰنٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمۡ سَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ ٱلۡحَرَّ وَسَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأۡسَكُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعۡمَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡلِمُونَ ٨١
Wallāhu jaʿala lakum mimmā khalaqa ẓilālaw wa jaʿala lakum minal-jibāli aknānaw wa jaʿala lakum sarābīla taqīkumul-ḥarra wa sarābīla taqīkum baʾsakum, kadhālika yutimmu niʿmatahū ʿalaykum laʿallakum tuslimūn.
And Allāh has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows [i.e., shade] and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments [i.e., coats of mail] which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].
فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٨٢
Fa in tawallaw fa innamā ʿalaykal-balāghul-mubīn.
But if they turn away, [O Muḥammad] - then only upon you is [responsibility for] clear notification.
يَعۡرِفُونَ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرُونَهَا وَأَكۡثَرُهُمُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ٨٣
Yaʿrifūna niʿmatallāhi thumma yunkirūnahā wa aktharuhumul-kāfirūn.
They recognize the favor of Allāh; then they deny it. And most of them are disbelievers.
وَيَوۡمَ نَبۡعَثُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ شَهِيدٗا ثُمَّ لَا يُؤۡذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَلَا هُمۡ يُسۡتَعۡتَبُونَ ٨٤
Wa yawma nabʿathu min kulli ummatin shahīdan thumma lā yuʾdhanu lil-ladhīna kafarū wa lā hum yustaʿtabūn.
And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect from every nation a witness [i.e., their prophet]. Then it will not be permitted to the disbelievers [to apologize or make excuses], nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].
وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ ٨٥
Wa idhā raʾal-ladhīna ẓalamul-ʿadhāba falā yukhaffafu ʿanhum wa lā hum yunẓarūn.
And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.
وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْ شُرَكَآءَهُمۡ قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُرَكَآؤُنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِكَۖ فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ إِلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ إِنَّكُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ٨٦
Wa idhā raʾal-ladhīna ashrakū shurakāʾahum qālū rabbanā hāʾulāʾi shurakāʾunal-ladhīna kunnā nadʿū min dūnik, fa alqaw ilayhimul-qawla innakum lakādhibūn.
And when those who associated others with Allāh see their "partners," they will say, "Our Lord, these are our partners [to You] whom we used to invoke [in worship] besides You." But they will throw at them the statement, "Indeed, you are liars."
وَأَلۡقَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلسَّلَمَۖ وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٨٧
Wa alqaw ilallāhi yawmaʾidhinis-salam, wa ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūn.
And they will impart to Allāh that Day [their] submission, and lost from them is what they used to invent.
ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ زِدۡنَٰهُمۡ عَذَابٗا فَوۡقَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يُفۡسِدُونَ ٨٨
Al-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi zidnāhum ʿadhāban fawqal-ʿadhābi bimā kānū yufsidūn.
Those who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way of Allāh - We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment for what corruption they were causing.
وَيَوۡمَ نَبۡعَثُ فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ شَهِيدًا عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ وَجِئۡنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِۚ وَنَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ تِبۡيَٰنٗا لِّكُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٨٩
Wa yawma nabʿathu fī kulli ummatin shahīdan ʿalayhim min anfusihim, wa jiʾnā bika shahīdan ʿalā hāʾulāʾ, wa nazzalnā ʿalaykal-kitāba tibyānal likulli shayʾiw wa hudaw wa raḥmataw wa bushrā lil-muslimīn.
And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves [i.e., their prophet]. And We will bring you, [O Muḥammad], as a witness over these [i.e., your nation]. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.1
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- Those who have submitted themselves to Allāh.
۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ وَإِيتَآيِٕ ذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَيَنۡهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَٱلۡبَغۡيِۚ يَعِظُكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٩٠
Innallāha yaʾmuru bil-ʿadli wal-iḥsāni wa ītāʾi dhil-qurbā wa yanhā ʿanil-faḥshāʾi wal-munkari wal-baghy, yaʿiẓukum laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.
Indeed, Allāh orders justice and good conduct and giving [help] to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.
وَأَوۡفُواْ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا عَٰهَدتُّمۡ وَلَا تَنقُضُواْ ٱلۡأَيۡمَٰنَ بَعۡدَ تَوۡكِيدِهَا وَقَدۡ جَعَلۡتُمُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ كَفِيلًاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ٩١
Wa awfū biʿahdillāhi idhā ʿāhadttum wa lā tanquḍul-aymāna baʿda tawkīdihā wa qad jaʿaltumullāha ʿalaykum kafīlā, innallāha yaʿlamu mā tafʿalūn.
And fulfill the covenant of Allāh when you have taken it, [O believers], and do not break oaths after their confirmation while you have made Allāh, over you, a security [i.e., witness]. Indeed, Allāh knows what you do.
وَلَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّتِي نَقَضَتۡ غَزۡلَهَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنكَٰثٗا تَتَّخِذُونَ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ دَخَلَۢا بَيۡنَكُمۡ أَن تَكُونَ أُمَّةٌ هِيَ أَرۡبَىٰ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍۚ إِنَّمَا يَبۡلُوكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦۚ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ ٩٢
Wa lā takūnū kal-latī naqaḍat ghazlahā mim baʿdi quwwatin ankāthan tattakhidhūna aymānakum dakhalam baynakum an takūna ummatun hiya arbā min ummah, innamā yablūkumullāhu bih, wa layubayyinanna lakum yawmal-qiyāmati mā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūn.
And do not be like she who untwisted her spun thread after it was strong [by] taking your oaths as [means of] deceit between you because one community is more plentiful [in number or wealth] than another community.1 Allāh only tries you thereby. And He will surely make clear to you on the Day of Resurrection that over which you used to differ.
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- i.e., do not swear falsely or break a treaty or contract merely for a worldly advantage.
وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَلَٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَلَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٣
Wa law shāʾallāhu lajaʿalakum ummataw wāḥidataw wa lākiy yuḍillu may yashāʾu wa yahdī may yashāʾ, wa latusʾalunna ʿammā kuntum taʿmalūn.
And if Allāh had willed, He could have made you [of] one religion, but He sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills.1 And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.
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- According to His knowledge of each soul's preference.
وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ دَخَلَۢا بَيۡنَكُمۡ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمُۢ بَعۡدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمۡ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٩٤
Wa lā tattakhidhū aymānakum dakhalam baynakum fatazilla qadamum baʿda thubūtihā wa tadhūqus-sūʾa bimā ṣadadttum ʿan sabīlillāhi wa lakum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.
And do not take your oaths as [means of] deceit between you, lest a foot slip after it was [once] firm, and you would taste evil [in this world] for what [people] you diverted from the way of Allāh,1 and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.
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- Referring to those who would be dissuaded from Islām as a result of a Muslim's deceit and treachery.
وَلَا تَشۡتَرُواْ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنٗا قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٩٥
Wa lā tashtarū biʿahdillāhi thamanan qalīlā, innamā ʿindallāhi huwa khayrul lakum in kuntum taʿlamūn.
And do not exchange the covenant of Allāh for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allāh is best for you, if only you could know.
مَا عِندَكُمۡ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقٖۗ وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓاْ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٦
Mā ʿindakum yanfadu wa mā ʿindallāhi bāq, wa lanajziyannal-ladhīna ṣabarū ajrahum biʾaḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūn.
Whatever you have will end, but what Allāh has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
مَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوۡ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَلَنُحۡيِيَنَّهُۥ حَيَوٰةٗ طَيِّبَةٗۖ وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٧
Man ʿamila ṣāliḥam min dhakarin aw unthā wa huwa muʾminun falanuḥyiyannahū ḥayātan ṭayyibah, wa lanajziyannahum ajrahum biʾaḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūn.
Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡتَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ ٩٨
Fa idhā qaraʾtal-qurʾāna fastaʿidh billāhi minash-shayṭānir-rajīm.
So when you recite the Qur’ān, [first] seek refuge in Allāh from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
إِنَّهُۥ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ سُلۡطَٰنٌ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ٩٩
Innahū laysa lahū sulṭānun ʿalal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūn.
Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.
إِنَّمَا سُلۡطَٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوۡنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشۡرِكُونَ ١٠٠
Innamā sulṭānuhū ʿalal-ladhīna yatawallawnahū wal-ladhīna hum bihī mushrikūn.
His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allāh.
وَإِذَا بَدَّلۡنَآ ءَايَةٗ مَّكَانَ ءَايَةٖ وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفۡتَرِۭۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٠١
Wa idhā baddalnā āyatam makāna āyatiw wallāhu aʿlamu bimā yunazzilu qālū innamā anta muftar, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn.
And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allāh is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muḥammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of them do not know.
قُلۡ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلۡقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَهُدٗى وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ١٠٢
Qul nazzalahū rūḥul-qudusi mir rabbika bil-ḥaqqi liyuthabbital-ladhīna āmanū wa hudaw wa bushrā lil-muslimīn.
Say, [O Muḥammad], "The Pure Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down from your Lord in truth to make firm those who believe and as guidance and good tidings to the Muslims."
وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرٞۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِي يُلۡحِدُونَ إِلَيۡهِ أَعۡجَمِيّٞ وَهَٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيّٞ مُّبِينٌ ١٠٣
Wa laqad naʿlamu annahum yaqūlūna innamā yuʿallimuhū bashar, lisānul-ladhī yulḥidūna ilayhi aʿjamiyyuw wa hādhā lisānun ʿarabiyyum mubīn.
And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)]." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign,1 and this [recitation, i.e., Qur’ān] is [in] a clear Arabic language.
Footnotes (1)
- Having seen the Prophet (ﷺ) speaking with a foreign man on occasion, the Quraysh accused him of repeating the man's words.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَهۡدِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ١٠٤
Innal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna biʾāyātillāhi lā yahdīhimullāhu wa lahum ʿadhābun alīm.
Indeed, those who do not believe in the verses of Allāh - Allāh will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment.
إِنَّمَا يَفۡتَرِي ٱلۡكَذِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ ١٠٥
Innamā yaftaril-kadhibal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna biʾāyātillāh, wa ulāʾika humul-kādhibūn.
They only invent falsehood who do not believe in the verses of Allāh, and it is those who are the liars.
مَن كَفَرَ بِٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ إِيمَٰنِهِۦٓ إِلَّا مَنۡ أُكۡرِهَ وَقَلۡبُهُۥ مُطۡمَئِنُّۢ بِٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ وَلَٰكِن مَّن شَرَحَ بِٱلۡكُفۡرِ صَدۡرٗا فَعَلَيۡهِمۡ غَضَبٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ١٠٦
Man kafara billāhi mim baʿdi īmānihī illā man ukriha wa qalbuhū muṭmaʾinnu bil-īmāni wa lākim man sharaḥa bil-kufri ṣadran faʿalayhim ghaḍabum minallāhi wa lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.
Whoever disbelieves in [i.e., denies] Allāh after his belief...1 except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allāh, and for them is a great punishment;
Footnotes (1)
- Based upon the conclusion of this verse, the omitted phrase concerning the apostate is understood to be "...has earned the wrath of Allāh..."
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا عَلَى ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ١٠٧
Dhālika biʾannahumustaḥabbul-ḥayātad-dunyā ʿalal-ākhirati wa annallāha lā yahdil-qawmal-kāfirīn.
That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَسَمۡعِهِمۡ وَأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَ ١٠٨
Ulāʾikal-ladhīna ṭabaʿallāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wa samʿihim wa abṣārihim, wa ulāʾika humul-ghāfilūn.
Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allāh has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ ١٠٩
Lā jarama annahum fil-ākhirati humul-khāsirūn.
Assuredly, it is they, in the Hereafter, who will be the losers.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا فُتِنُواْ ثُمَّ جَٰهَدُواْ وَصَبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهَا لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١١٠
Thumma inna rabbaka lil-ladhīna hājarū mim baʿdi mā futinū thumma jāhadū wa ṣabarū inna rabbaka mim baʿdihā laghafūrur raḥīm.
Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to say words of disbelief] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allāh] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful
۞ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفۡسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ١١١
Yawma taʾtī kullu nafsin tujādilu ʿan nafsihā wa tuwaffā kullu nafsim mā ʿamilat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.
On the Day when every soul will come disputing [i.e., pleading] for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا قَرۡيَةٗ كَانَتۡ ءَامِنَةٗ مُّطۡمَئِنَّةٗ يَأۡتِيهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدٗا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِأَنۡعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلۡجُوعِ وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ ١١٢
Wa ḍaraballāhu mathalan qaryatan kānat āminatam muṭmaʾinnatay yaʾtīhā rizquhā raghadam min kulli makānin fakafarat biʾanʿumillāhi fa adhāqahallāhu libāsal-jūʿi wal-khawfi bimā kānū yaṣnaʿūn.
And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ ١١٣
Wa laqad jāʾahum rasūlum minhum fakadhdhabūhu fa akhadhahumul-ʿadhābu wa hum ẓālimūn.
And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.
فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلٗا طَيِّبٗا وَٱشۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ ١١٤
Fakulū mimmā razaqakumullāhu ḥalālan ṭayyibaw washkurū niʿmatallāhi in kuntum iyyāhu taʿbudūn.
Then eat of what Allāh has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And be grateful for the favor of Allāh, if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحۡمَ ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦۖ فَمَنِ ٱضۡطُرَّ غَيۡرَ بَاغٖ وَلَا عَادٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١١٥
Innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumul-maytata wad-dama wa laḥmal-khinzīri wa mā uhilla lighayrillāhi bih, famaniḍṭurra ghayra bāghiw wa lā ʿādin fa innallāha ghafūrur raḥīm.
He has only forbidden to you dead animals,1 blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
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- Those not slaughtered or hunted expressly for food.
وَلَا تَقُولُواْ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَٰلٞ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٞ لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ لَا يُفۡلِحُونَ ١١٦
Wa lā taqūlū limā taṣifu alsinatukumul-kadhiba hādhā ḥalāluw wa hādhā ḥarāmul litaftarū ʿalallāhil-kadhib, innal-ladhīna yaftarūna ʿalallāhil-kadhiba lā yufliḥūn.
And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allāh. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allāh will not succeed.
مَتَٰعٞ قَلِيلٞ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١١٧
Matāʿun qalīluw wa lahum ʿadhābun alīm.
[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.
وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمۡنَا مَا قَصَصۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ١١٨
Wa ʿalal-ladhīna hādū ḥarramnā mā qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka min qabl, wa mā ẓalamnāhum wa lākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūn.
And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before.1 And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.
Footnotes (1)
- See 6:146.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٖ ثُمَّ تَابُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصۡلَحُوٓاْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهَا لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ ١١٩
Thumma inna rabbaka lil-ladhīna ʿamilus-sūʾa bijahālatin thumma tābū mim baʿdi dhālika wa aṣlaḥū inna rabbaka mim baʿdihā laghafūrur raḥīm.
Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.
إِنَّ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةٗ قَانِتٗا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفٗا وَلَمۡ يَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ١٢٠
Inna ibrāhīma kāna ummatan qānital lillāhi ḥanīfaw wa lam yaku minal-mushrikīn.
Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader,1 devoutly obedient to Allāh, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allāh.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., embodying all the excellent qualities which make one an example to be followed.
شَاكِرٗا لِّأَنۡعُمِهِۚ ٱجۡتَبَىٰهُ وَهَدَىٰهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ١٢١
Shākiral liʾanʿumih, ijtabāhu wa hadāhu ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.
[He was] grateful for His favors. He [i.e., Allāh] chose him and guided him to a straight path.
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٗۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٢٢
Wa ātaynāhu fid-dunyā ḥasanah, wa innahū fil-ākhirati laminaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
And We gave him good in this world, and indeed, in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.
ثُمَّ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعۡ مِلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفٗاۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ١٢٣
Thumma awḥaynā ilayka anittabiʿ millata ibrāhīma ḥanīfā, wa mā kāna minal-mushrikīn.
Then We revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allāh.
إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ ٱلسَّبۡتُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِۚ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ١٢٤
Innamā juʿilas-sabtu ʿalal-ladhīnakhtalafū fīh, wa inna rabbaka layaḥkumu baynahum yawmal-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn.
The sabbath was only appointed for those who differed over it. And indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.
ٱدۡعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ وَٱلۡمَوۡعِظَةِ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ وَجَٰدِلۡهُم بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ ١٢٥
Udʿu ilā sabīli rabbika bil-ḥikmati wal-mawʿiẓatil-ḥasanah, wa jādilhum bil-latī hiya aḥsan, inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihī wa huwa aʿlamu bil-muhtadīn.
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.
وَإِنۡ عَاقَبۡتُمۡ فَعَاقِبُواْ بِمِثۡلِ مَا عُوقِبۡتُم بِهِۦۖ وَلَئِن صَبَرۡتُمۡ لَهُوَ خَيۡرٞ لِّلصَّٰبِرِينَ ١٢٦
Wa in ʿāqabtum faʿāqibū bimithli mā ʿūqibtum bih, wa laʾin ṣabartum lahuwa khayrul liṣ-ṣābirīn.
And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed.1 But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
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- Not exceeding it.
وَٱصۡبِرۡ وَمَا صَبۡرُكَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِۚ وَلَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا تَكُ فِي ضَيۡقٖ مِّمَّا يَمۡكُرُونَ ١٢٧
Waṣbir wa mā ṣabruka illā billāh, wa lā taḥzan ʿalayhim wa lā taku fī ḍayqim mimmā yamkurūn.
And be patient, [O Muḥammad], and your patience is not but through Allāh. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَواْ وَّٱلَّذِينَ هُم مُّحۡسِنُونَ ١٢٨
Innallāha maʿal-ladhīnattaqaw wal-ladhīna hum muḥsinūn.
Indeed, Allāh is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.