Juz 21

1. ۞ وَلَا تُجَٰدِلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَقُولُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡنَا وَأُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكُمۡ وَإِلَٰهُنَا وَإِلَٰهُكُمۡ وَٰحِدٞ وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ مُسۡلِمُونَ ٤٦

   Wa lā tujādilū ahlal-kitābi illā bil-latī hiya aḥsanu illal-ladhīna ẓalamū minhum, wa qūlū āmannā bil-ladhī unzila ilaynā wa unzila ilaykum wa ilāhunā wa ilāhukum wāḥiduw wa naḥnu lahū muslimūn.

   And do not argue with the People of the Scripture except in a way that is best, except for those who commit injustice among them, and say, "We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you. And our God and your God is one; and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."

2. وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهِۦۖ وَمِنۡ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَن يُؤۡمِنُ بِهِۦۚ وَمَا يَجۡحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ٤٧

   Wa kadhālika anzalnā ilaykal-kitāb, fal-ladhīna ātaynāhumul-kitāba yuʾminūna bih, wa min hāʾulāʾi may yuʾminu bih, wa mā yajḥadu biʾāyātinā illal-kāfirūn.

   And thus We have sent down to you the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān]. And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture believe in it. And among these [people of Makkah] are those who believe in it. And none reject Our verses except the disbelievers.

3. وَمَا كُنتَ تَتۡلُواْ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مِن كِتَٰبٖ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَۖ إِذٗا لَّٱرۡتَابَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ ٤٨

   Wa mā kunta tatlū min qablihī min kitābiw wa lā takhuṭṭuhū biyamīnik, idhal lartābal-mubṭilūn.

   And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Then [i.e., otherwise] the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt.

4. بَلۡ هُوَ ءَايَٰتُۢ بَيِّنَٰتٞ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَۚ وَمَا يَجۡحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٤٩

   Bal huwa āyātum bayyinātun fī ṣudūril-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilm, wa mā yajḥadu biʾāyātinā illaẓ-ẓālimūn.

   Rather, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge. And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers.

5. وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۚ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ ٥٠

   Wa qālū lawlā unzila ʿalayhi āyātum mir rabbih, qul innamal-āyātu ʿindallāhi wa innamā ana nadhīrum mubīn.

   But they say, "Why are not signs sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, "The signs are only with Allāh, and I am only a clear warner."

6. أَوَلَمۡ يَكۡفِهِمۡ أَنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَرَحۡمَةٗ وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥١

   Awalam yakfihim annā anzalnā ʿalaykal-kitāba yutlā ʿalayhim, inna fī dhālika laraḥmataw wa dhikrā liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

   And is it not sufficient for them that We revealed to you the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] which is recited to them? Indeed in that is a mercy and reminder for a people who believe.

7. قُلۡ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡ شَهِيدٗاۖ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ وَكَفَرُواْ بِٱللَّهِ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ ٥٢

   Qul kafā billāhi baynī wa baynakum shahīdā, yaʿlamu mā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wal-ladhīna āmanū bil-bāṭili wa kafarū billāhi ulāʾika humul-khāsirūn.

   Say, "Sufficient is Allāh between me and you as Witness. He knows what is in the heavens and earth. And they who have believed in falsehood and disbelieved in Allāh - it is those who are the losers."

8. وَيَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ بِٱلۡعَذَابِ وَلَوۡلَآ أَجَلٞ مُّسَمّٗى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ وَلَيَأۡتِيَنَّهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٥٣

   Wa yastaʿjilūnaka bil-ʿadhābi wa lawlā ajalum musammal lajāʾahumul-ʿadhāb, wa layaʾtiyannahum baghtataw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

   And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not.

9. يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ بِٱلۡعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةُۢ بِٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٤

   Yastaʿjilūnaka bil-ʿadhābi wa inna jahannama lamuḥīṭatum bil-kāfirīn.

   They urge you to hasten the punishment. And indeed, Hell will be encompassing of the disbelievers

10. يَوۡمَ يَغۡشَىٰهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَمِن تَحۡتِ أَرۡجُلِهِمۡ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٥٥

    Yawma yaghshāhumul-ʿadhābu min fawqihim wa min taḥti arjulihim wa yaqūlu dhūqū mā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

11. يَٰعِبَادِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِنَّ أَرۡضِي وَٰسِعَةٞ فَإِيَّٰيَ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٥٦

    Yāʿibādiyal-ladhīna āmanū inna arḍī wāsiʿatun fa iyyāya faʿbudūn.

    O My servants who have believed, indeed My earth is spacious, so worship only Me.

12. كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ٥٧

    Kullu nafsin dhāʾiqatul-mawt, thumma ilaynā turjaʿūn.

    Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.

13. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ غُرَفٗا تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ نِعۡمَ أَجۡرُ ٱلۡعَٰمِلِينَ ٥٨

    Wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lanubawwiʾannahum minal-jannati ghurafan tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā, niʿma ajrul-ʿāmilīn.

    And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - We will surely assign to them of Paradise [elevated] chambers beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers

14. ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ٥٩

    Al-ladhīna ṣabarū wa ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūn.

    Who have been patient and upon their Lord rely.

15. وَكَأَيِّن مِّن دَآبَّةٖ لَّا تَحۡمِلُ رِزۡقَهَا ٱللَّهُ يَرۡزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُمۡۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٦٠

    Wa kaʾayyim min dābbatil lā taḥmilu rizqahallāhu yarzuquhā wa iyyākum, wa huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

    And how many a creature carries not its [own] provision. Allāh provides for it and for you. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

16. وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٦١

    Wa laʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamara layaqūlunnallāh, fa annā yuʾfakūn.

    If you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Then how are they deluded?

17. ٱللَّهُ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقۡدِرُ لَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ٦٢

    Allāhu yabsuṭur-rizqa limay yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa yaqdiru lah, innallāha bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

    Allāh extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts for him. Indeed Allāh is, of all things, Knowing.

18. وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَوۡتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۚ قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٣

    Wa laʾin saʾaltahum man nazzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa aḥyā bihil-arḍa mim baʿdi mawtihā layaqūlunnallāh, qulil-ḥamdu lillāh, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūn.

    And if you asked them, "Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Praise to Allāh"; but most of them do not reason.

19. وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا لَهۡوٞ وَلَعِبٞۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ لَهِيَ ٱلۡحَيَوَانُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٦٤

    Wa mā hādhihil-ḥayātud-dunyā illā lahwuw wa laʿib, wa innad-dāral-ākhirata lahiyal-ḥayawān, law kānū yaʿlamūn.

    And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew.

20. فَإِذَا رَكِبُواْ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ دَعَوُاْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡبَرِّ إِذَا هُمۡ يُشۡرِكُونَ ٦٥

    Fa idhā rakibū fil-fulki daʿawullāha mukhliṣīna lahud-dīna falammā najjāhum ilal-barri idhā hum yushrikūn.

    And when they board a ship, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith and hope]. But when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him

21. لِيَكۡفُرُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلِيَتَمَتَّعُواْۚ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٦٦

    Liyakfurū bimā ātaynāhum waliyatamattaʿū, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.

    So that they will deny what We have granted them, and they will enjoy themselves. But they are going to know.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Grammatically, the verse may also be read as a threat, i.e., "So let them deny what We have granted them and let them enjoy themselves, for they are going to know."

22. أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا جَعَلۡنَا حَرَمًا ءَامِنٗا وَيُتَخَطَّفُ ٱلنَّاسُ مِنۡ حَوۡلِهِمۡۚ أَفَبِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ يُؤۡمِنُونَ وَبِنِعۡمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَكۡفُرُونَ ٦٧

    Awalam yaraw annā jaʿalnā ḥaraman āminaw wa yutakhaṭṭafun-nāsu min ḥawlihim, afabil-bāṭili yuʾminūna wabiniʿmatillāhi yakfurūn.

    Have they not seen that We made [Makkah] a safe sanctuary, while people are being taken away¹ all around them? Then in falsehood do they believe, and in the favor of Allāh they disbelieve?

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., killed and taken captive.

23. وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوۡ كَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُۥٓۚ أَلَيۡسَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَثۡوٗى لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٦٨

    Wa man aẓlamu mimmaniftarā ʿalallāhi kadhiban aw kadhdhaba bil-ḥaqqi lammā jāʾah, alaysa fī jahannama mathwal lil-kāfirīn.

    And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allāh or denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a [sufficient] residence for the disbelievers?

24. وَٱلَّذِينَ جَٰهَدُواْ فِينَا لَنَهۡدِيَنَّهُمۡ سُبُلَنَاۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمَعَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٦٩

    Wal-ladhīna jāhadū fīnā lanahdiyannahum subulanā, wa innallāha lamaʿal-muḥsinīn.

    And those who strive for Us - We will surely guide them to Our ways.¹ And indeed, Allāh is with the doers of good.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The various ways and means to attain the acceptance and pleasure of Allāh.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. الٓمٓ ١

   Alif Lām Mīm.

   Alif, Lām, Meem.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. غُلِبَتِ ٱلرُّومُ ٢

   Ghulibatir-rūm.

   The Byzantines have been defeated¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. By the Persians.

3. فِيٓ أَدۡنَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ غَلَبِهِمۡ سَيَغۡلِبُونَ ٣

   Fī adnal-arḍi wa hum mim baʿdi ghalabihim sayaghlibūn.

   In the nearest land.¹ But they, after their defeat, will overcome

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Another meaning is "in the lowest land."

4. فِي بِضۡعِ سِنِينَۗ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ مِن قَبۡلُ وَمِنۢ بَعۡدُۚ وَيَوۡمَئِذٖ يَفۡرَحُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤

   Fī biḍʿi sinīn, lillāhil-amru min qablu wa mim baʿd, wa yawmaʾidhiy yafraḥul-muʾminūn.

   Within three to nine years. To Allāh belongs the command [i.e., decree] before and after. And that day the believers will rejoice

5. بِنَصۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ يَنصُرُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٥

   Binaṣrillāh, yanṣuru may yashāʾ, wa huwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

   In the victory of Allāh.¹ He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the victory given by Allāh to a people of the Scripture (Christians) over the Magians of Persia.

6. وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِۖ لَا يُخۡلِفُ ٱللَّهُ وَعۡدَهُۥ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٦

   Waʿdallāh, lā yukhlifullāhu waʿdahū wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

   [It is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in His promise, but most of the people do not know.

7. يَعۡلَمُونَ ظَٰهِرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ غَٰفِلُونَ ٧

   Yaʿlamūna ẓāhiram minal-ḥayātid-dunyā wa hum ʿanil-ākhirati hum ghāfilūn.

   They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.

8. أَوَلَمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۗ مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآيِٕ رَبِّهِمۡ لَكَٰفِرُونَ ٨

   Awalam yatafakkarū fī anfusihim, mā khalaqallāhus-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqqi wa ajalim musammā, wa inna kathīram minan-nāsi biliqāʾi rabbihim lakāfirūn.

   Do they not contemplate within themselves?¹ Allāh has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. An additional meaning is "Do they not contemplate concerning themselves."

9. أَوَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَانُوٓاْ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُمۡ قُوَّةٗ وَأَثَارُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَعَمَرُوهَآ أَكۡثَرَ مِمَّا عَمَرُوهَا وَجَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٩

   Awalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-ladhīna min qablihim, kānū ashadda minhum quwwataw wa athārul-arḍa wa ʿamarūhā akthara mimmā ʿamarūhā wa jāʾathum rusuluhum bil-bayyināt, famā kānallāhu liyaẓlimahum wa lākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūn.

   Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed [or excavated] the earth and built it up more than they [i.e., the Makkans] have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allāh would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.

10. ثُمَّ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ ٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ أَن كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُواْ بِهَا يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ١٠

    Thumma kāna ʿāqibatal-ladhīna asāʾus-sūʾā an kadhdhabū biʾāyātillāhi wa kānū bihā yastahziʾūn.

    Then the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allāh and used to ridicule them.

11. ٱللَّهُ يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ١١

    Allāhu yabdaʾul-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhū thumma ilayhi turjaʿūn.

    Allāh begins creation; then He will repeat it; then to Him you will be returned.

12. وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُبۡلِسُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ١٢

    Wa yawma taqūmus-sāʿatu yublisul-mujrimūn.

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.

13. وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُم مِّن شُرَكَآئِهِمۡ شُفَعَٰٓؤُاْ وَكَانُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ كَٰفِرِينَ ١٣

    Wa lam yakul lahum min shurakāʾihim shufaʿāʾu wa kānū bishurakāʾihim kāfirīn.

    And there will not be for them among their [alleged] partners any intercessors, and they will [then] be disbelievers in their partners.

14. وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ ١٤

    Wa yawma taqūmus-sāʿatu yawmaʾidhiy yatafarraqūn.

    And the Day the Hour appears - that Day they will become separated.

15. فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَهُمۡ فِي رَوۡضَةٖ يُحۡبَرُونَ ١٥

    Fa ammal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti fahum fī rawḍatiy yuḥbarūn.

    And as for those who had believed and done righteous deeds, they will be in a garden [of Paradise], delighted.

16. وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَلِقَآيِٕ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُحۡضَرُونَ ١٦

    Wa ammal-ladhīna kafarū wa kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā wa liqāʾil-ākhirati fa ulāʾika fil-ʿadhābi muḥḍarūn.

    But as for those who disbelieved and denied Our verses and the meeting of the Hereafter, those will be brought into the punishment [to remain].

17. فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ حِينَ تُمۡسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصۡبِحُونَ ١٧

    Fasubḥānallāhi ḥīna tumsūna wa ḥīna tuṣbiḥūn.

    So exalted is Allāh when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning.

18. وَلَهُ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَعَشِيّٗا وَحِينَ تُظۡهِرُونَ ١٨

    Wa lahul-ḥamdu fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa ʿashiyyaw wa ḥīna tuẓhirūn.

    And to Him is [due all] praise throughout the heavens and the earth. And [exalted is He] at night and when you are at noon.

19. يُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡحَيَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمَيِّتِ وَيُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَيِّ وَيُحۡيِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَاۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ تُخۡرَجُونَ ١٩

    Yukhrijul-ḥayya minal-mayyiti wa yukhrijul-mayyita minal-ḥayyi wa yuḥyil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, wa kadhālika tukhrajūn.

    He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. And thus will you be brought out.¹

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    1. Of the graves or out of the earth at the time of resurrection.

20. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٞ تَنتَشِرُونَ ٢٠

    Wa min āyātihī an khalaqakum min turābin thumma idhā antum basharun tantashirūn.

    And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth].

21. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنۡ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا لِّتَسۡكُنُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَكُم مَّوَدَّةٗ وَرَحۡمَةًۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٢١

    Wa min āyātihī an khalaqa lakum min anfusikum azwājal litaskunū ilayhā wa jaʿala baynakum mawaddataw wa raḥmah, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

    And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

22. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱخۡتِلَٰفُ أَلۡسِنَتِكُمۡ وَأَلۡوَٰنِكُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡعَٰلِمِينَ ٢٢

    Wa min āyātihī khalqus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wakhtilāfu alsinatikum wa alwānikum, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil lil-ʿālimīn.

    And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge.

23. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ مَنَامُكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱبۡتِغَآؤُكُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٢٣

    Wa min āyātihī manāmukum bil-layli wan-nahāri wabtighāʾukum min faḍlih, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yasmaʿūn.

    And of His signs is your sleep by night and day and your seeking of His bounty. Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen.

24. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُرِيكُمُ ٱلۡبَرۡقَ خَوۡفٗا وَطَمَعٗا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَيُحۡيِۦ بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَآۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٤

    Wa min āyātihī yurīkumul-barqa khawfaw wa ṭamaʿaw wa yunazzilu minas-samāʾi māʾan fayuḥyī bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    And of His signs is [that] He shows you the lightning [causing] fear and aspiration, and He sends down rain from the sky by which He brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that are signs for a people who use reason.

25. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۚ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمۡ دَعۡوَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِذَآ أَنتُمۡ تَخۡرُجُونَ ٢٥

    Wa min āyātihī an taqūmas-samāʾu wal-arḍu biʾamrih, thumma idhā daʿākum daʿwatam minal-arḍi idhā antum takhrujūn.

    And of His signs is that the heaven and earth stand [i.e., remain] by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.

26. وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ كُلّٞ لَّهُۥ قَٰنِتُونَ ٢٦

    Wa lahū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, kullul lahū qānitūn.

    And to Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and earth. All are to Him devoutly obedient.

27. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهۡوَنُ عَلَيۡهِۚ وَلَهُ ٱلۡمَثَلُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٢٧

    Wa huwal-ladhī yabdaʾul-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhū wa huwa ahwanu ʿalayh, wa lahul-mathalul-aʿlā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description [i.e., attribute] in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

28. ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلٗا مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡۖ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُم مِّن شُرَكَآءَ فِي مَا رَزَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَأَنتُمۡ فِيهِ سَوَآءٞ تَخَافُونَهُمۡ كَخِيفَتِكُمۡ أَنفُسَكُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لِقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٨

    Ḍaraba lakum mathalam min anfusikum, hal lakum mim mā malakat aymānukum min shurakāʾa fī mā razaqnākum fa antum fīhi sawāʾun takhāfūnahum kakhīfatikum anfusakum, kadhālika nufaṣṣilul-āyāti liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

    He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess [i.e., slaves] any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]?¹ Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason.

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    1. See footnote to 16:71.

29. بَلِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُم بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖۖ فَمَن يَهۡدِي مَنۡ أَضَلَّ ٱللَّهُۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٢٩

    Balittabaʿal-ladhīna ẓalamū ahwāʾahum bighayri ʿilm, famay yahdī man aḍallallāh, wa mā lahum min nāṣirīn.

    But those who wrong follow their [own] desires without knowledge. Then who can guide one whom Allāh has sent astray? And for them there are no helpers.

30. فَأَقِمۡ وَجۡهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفٗاۚ فِطۡرَتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِي فَطَرَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَيۡهَاۚ لَا تَبۡدِيلَ لِخَلۡقِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٠

    Fa aqim wajhaka lid-dīni ḥanīfā, fiṭratallāhil-latī faṭaran-nāsa ʿalayhā, lā tabdīla likhalqillāh, dhālikad-dīnul-qayyimu wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

    So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fiṭrah¹ of Allāh upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allāh.² That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.

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    1. The natural inborn inclination of man to worship his Creator prior to the corruption of his nature by external influences. Thus, Islāmic monotheism is described as the religion of fiṭrah - that of the inherent nature of mankind.
    2. i.e., let people remain true to their fiṭrah within the religion of Islām.

31. ۞ مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيۡهِ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٣١

    Munībīna ilayhi wattaqūhu wa aqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa lā takūnū minal-mushrikīn.

    [Adhere to it], turning in repentance to Him, and fear Him and establish prayer and do not be of those who associate others with Allāh

32. مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُواْ دِينَهُمۡ وَكَانُواْ شِيَعٗاۖ كُلُّ حِزۡبِۭ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ فَرِحُونَ ٣٢

    Minal-ladhīna farraqū dīnahum wa kānū shiyaʿā, kullu ḥizbim bimā ladayhim fariḥūn.

    [Or] of those who have divided their religion and become sects, every faction rejoicing in what it has.¹

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    1. Of beliefs, opinions, customs, etc.

33. وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلنَّاسَ ضُرّٞ دَعَوۡاْ رَبَّهُم مُّنِيبِينَ إِلَيۡهِ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَذَاقَهُم مِّنۡهُ رَحۡمَةً إِذَا فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ يُشۡرِكُونَ ٣٣

    Wa idhā massan-nāsa ḍurrun daʿaw rabbahum munībīna ilayhi thumma idhā adhāqahum minhu raḥmatan idhā farīqum minhum birabbihim yushrikūn.

    And when adversity touches the people, they call upon their Lord, turning in repentance to Him. Then when He lets them taste mercy from Him, at once a party of them associate others with their Lord,

34. لِيَكۡفُرُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡۚ فَتَمَتَّعُواْ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٤

    Liyakfurū bimā ātaynāhum, fatamattaʿū fasawfa taʿlamūn.

    So that they will deny what We have granted them.¹ Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Or "So let them deny what We have granted them."

35. أَمۡ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٗا فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يُشۡرِكُونَ ٣٥

    Am anzalnā ʿalayhim sulṭānan fahuwa yatakallamu bimā kānū bihī yushrikūn.

    Or have We sent down to them an authority [i.e., a proof or scripture], and it speaks of what they have been associating with Him?

36. وَإِذَآ أَذَقۡنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحۡمَةٗ فَرِحُواْ بِهَاۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةُۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتۡ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ إِذَا هُمۡ يَقۡنَطُونَ ٣٦

    Wa idhā adhaqnan-nāsa raḥmatan fariḥū bihā, wa in tuṣibhum sayyiʾatum bimā qaddamat aydīhim idhā hum yaqnaṭūn.

    And when We let the people taste mercy, they rejoice therein, but if evil afflicts them for what their hands have put forth, immediately they despair.

37. أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقۡدِرُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣٧

    Awalam yaraw annallāha yabsuṭur-rizqa limay yashāʾu wa yaqdir, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yuʾminūn.

    Do they not see that Allāh extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

38. فَـَٔاتِ ذَا ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ وَٱبۡنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ لِّلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ وَجۡهَ ٱللَّهِۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ٣٨

    Fa āti dhal-qurbā ḥaqqahū wal-miskīna wabnas-sabīl, dhālika khayrul lil-ladhīna yurīdūna wajhallāh, wa ulāʾika humul-mufliḥūn.

    So give the relative his right, as well as the needy and the traveler. That is best for those who desire the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh, and it is they who will be the successful.

39. وَمَآ ءَاتَيۡتُم مِّن رِّبٗا لِّيَرۡبُوَاْ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَلَا يَرۡبُواْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۖ وَمَآ ءَاتَيۡتُم مِّن زَكَوٰةٖ تُرِيدُونَ وَجۡهَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُضۡعِفُونَ ٣٩

    Wa mā ātaytum mir ribal liyarbuwa fī amwālin-nāsi falā yarbū ʿindallāh, wa mā ātaytum min zakātin turīdūna wajhallāhi fa ulāʾika humul-muḍʿifūn.

    And whatever you give for interest [i.e., advantage] to increase within the wealth of people¹ will not increase with Allāh. But what you give in zakāh,² desiring the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh - those are the multipliers.³

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    1. The phrase includes several connotations, among them: a) that which is given as usury or interest, b) that which is given on the condition that it be repaid with interest, and c) a gift given with the intention of obtaining from the recipient greater benefit or a larger gift.
    2. The meaning of ṣadaqah (voluntary charity) is included here.
    3. Of their blessings on earth and their rewards in the Hereafter.

40. ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُمۡ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُحۡيِيكُمۡۖ هَلۡ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُم مَّن يَفۡعَلُ مِن ذَٰلِكُم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٤٠

    Allāhul-ladhī khalaqakum thumma razaqakum thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥyīkum, hal min shurakāʾikum may yafʿalu min dhālikum min shayʾ, subḥānahū wa taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn.

    Allāh is the one who created you, then provided for you, then will cause you to die, and then will give you life. Are there any of your "partners" who does anything of that? Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

41. ظَهَرَ ٱلۡفَسَادُ فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ أَيۡدِي ٱلنَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلُواْ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٤١

    Ẓaharal-fasādu fil-barri wal-baḥri bimā kasabat aydin-nāsi liyudhīqahum baʿḍal-ladhī ʿamilū laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

    Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He [i.e., Allāh] may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].

42. قُلۡ سِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلُۚ كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّشۡرِكِينَ ٤٢

    Qul sīrū fil-arḍi fanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-ladhīna min qabl, kāna aktharuhum mushrikīn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allāh].

43. فَأَقِمۡ وَجۡهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلۡقَيِّمِ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمٞ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِۖ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصَّدَّعُونَ ٤٣

    Fa aqim wajhaka lid-dīnil-qayyimi min qabli ay yaʾtiya yawmul lā maradda lahū minallāh, yawmaʾidhiy yaṣṣaddaʿūn.

    So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.¹

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    1. Into those destined for Paradise and those destined for Hell.

44. مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيۡهِ كُفۡرُهُۥۖ وَمَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلِأَنفُسِهِمۡ يَمۡهَدُونَ ٤٤

    Man kafara faʿalayhi kufruh, wa man ʿamila ṣāliḥan faliʾanfusihim yamhadūn.

    Whoever disbelieves - upon him is [the consequence of] his disbelief. And whoever does righteousness - they are for themselves preparing,

45. لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٤٥

    Liyajziyal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti min faḍlih, innahū lā yuḥibbul-kāfirīn.

    That He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds out of His bounty. Indeed, He does not like the disbelievers.

46. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن يُرۡسِلَ ٱلرِّيَاحَ مُبَشِّرَٰتٖ وَلِيُذِيقَكُم مِّن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ وَلِتَجۡرِيَ ٱلۡفُلۡكُ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٤٦

    Wa min āyātihī ay yursilar-riyāḥa mubashshirātiw waliyudhīqakum mir raḥmatihī walitajriyal-fulku biʾamrihī walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

    And of His signs is that He sends the winds as bringers of good tidings and to let you taste His mercy [i.e., rain] and so the ships may sail at His command and so you may seek of His bounty, and perhaps you will be grateful.

47. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِمۡ فَجَآءُوهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْۖ وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيۡنَا نَصۡرُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٤٧

    Wa laqad arsalnā min qablika rusulan ilā qawmihim fajāʾūhum bil-bayyināti fantaqamnā minal-ladhīna ajramū, wa kāna ḥaqqan ʿalaynā naṣrul-muʾminīn.

    And We have already sent messengers before you to their peoples, and they came to them with clear evidences; then We took retribution from those who committed crimes, and incumbent upon Us was support¹ of the believers.

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    1. i.e., aid or the bestowal of victory.

48. ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي يُرۡسِلُ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابٗا فَيَبۡسُطُهُۥ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ يَشَآءُ وَيَجۡعَلُهُۥ كِسَفٗا فَتَرَى ٱلۡوَدۡقَ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ خِلَٰلِهِۦۖ فَإِذَآ أَصَابَ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦٓ إِذَا هُمۡ يَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ ٤٨

    Allāhul-ladhī yursilur-riyāḥa fatuthīru saḥāban fayabsuṭuhū fis-samāʾi kayfa yashāʾu wa yajʿaluhū kisafan fataral-wadqa yakhruju min khilālih, fa idhā aṣāba bihī may yashāʾu min ʿibādihī idhā hum yastabshirūn.

    It is Allāh who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds and spread them in the sky however He wills, and He makes them fragments so you see the rain emerge from within them. And when He causes it to fall upon whom He wills of His servants, immediately they rejoice

49. وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ لَمُبۡلِسِينَ ٤٩

    Wa in kānū min qabli ay yunazzala ʿalayhim min qablihī lamublisīn.

    Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.

50. فَٱنظُرۡ إِلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِ رَحۡمَتِ ٱللَّهِ كَيۡفَ يُحۡيِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَآۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٥٠

    Fanẓur ilā āthāri raḥmatillāhi kayfa yuḥyil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, inna dhālika lamuḥyil-mawtā, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

    So observe the effects of the mercy of Allāh - how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that [same one] will give life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

51. وَلَئِنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رِيحٗا فَرَأَوۡهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا لَّظَلُّواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ يَكۡفُرُونَ ٥١

    Wa laʾin arsalnā rīḥan faraʾawhu muṣfarral laẓallū mim baʿdihī yakfurūn.

    But if We should send a [bad] wind and they saw [their crops] turned yellow, they would remain thereafter disbelievers.¹

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    1. Denying and ungrateful for the previous favors of Allāh.

52. فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَلَا تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوۡاْ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٥٢

    Fa innaka lā tusmiʿul-mawtā wa lā tusmiʿuṣ-ṣummad-duʿāʾa idhā wallaw mudbirīn.

    So indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.

53. وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِ ٱلۡعُمۡيِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمۡۖ إِن تُسۡمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤۡمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ٥٣

    Wa mā anta bihādil-ʿumyi ʿan ḍalālatihim, in tusmiʿu illā may yuʾminu biʾāyātinā fahum muslimūn.

    And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [in submission to Allāh].

54. ۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعۡفٖ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ضَعۡفٖ قُوَّةٗ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ قُوَّةٖ ضَعۡفٗا وَشَيۡبَةٗۚ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٱلۡقَدِيرُ ٥٤

    Allāhul-ladhī khalaqakum min ḍaʿfin thumma jaʿala mim baʿdi ḍaʿfin quwwatan thumma jaʿala mim baʿdi quwwatin ḍaʿfaw wa shaybah, yakhluqu mā yashāʾ, wa huwal-ʿalīmul-qadīr.

    Allāh is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Competent.

55. وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُقۡسِمُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُواْ غَيۡرَ سَاعَةٖۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُواْ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٥٥

    Wa yawma taqūmus-sāʿatu yuqsimul-mujrimūna mā labithū ghayra sāʿah, kadhālika kānū yuʾfakūn.

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.

56. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ وَٱلۡإِيمَٰنَ لَقَدۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِي كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡبَعۡثِۖ فَهَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡبَعۡثِ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٦

    Wa qālal-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilma wal-īmāna laqad labithtum fī kitābillāhi ilā yawmil-baʿth, fahādhā yawmul-baʿthi wa lākinnakum kuntum lā taʿlamūn.

    But those who were given knowledge and faith will say, "You remained the extent of Allāh's decree until the Day of Resurrection, and this is the Day of Resurrection, but you did not used to know."¹

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    1. i.e., acknowledge the truth.

57. فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يَنفَعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مَعۡذِرَتُهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُسۡتَعۡتَبُونَ ٥٧

    Fayawmaʾidhil lā yanfaʿul-ladhīna ẓalamū maʿdhiratuhum wa lā hum yustaʿtabūn.

    So that Day, their excuse will not benefit those who wronged, nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].

58. وَلَقَدۡ ضَرَبۡنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٖۚ وَلَئِن جِئۡتَهُم بِـَٔايَةٖ لَّيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا مُبۡطِلُونَ ٥٨

    Wa laqad ḍarabnā lin-nāsi fī hādhal-qurʾāni min kulli mathal, wa laʾin jiʾtahum biʾāyatil layaqūlannal-ladhīna kafarū in antum illā mubṭilūn.

    And We have certainly presented to the people in this Qur’ān from every [kind of] example. But, [O Muḥammad], if you should bring them a sign, the disbelievers will surely say, "You [believers] are but falsifiers."

59. كَذَٰلِكَ يَطۡبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٥٩

    Kadhālika yaṭbaʿullāhu ʿalā qulūbil-ladhīna lā yaʿlamūn.

    Thus does Allāh seal the hearts of those who do not know.¹

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    1. i.e., those who do not wish to know the truth and refuse it.

60. فَٱصۡبِرۡ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞۖ وَلَا يَسۡتَخِفَّنَّكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُوقِنُونَ ٦٠

    Faṣbir inna waʿdallāhi ḥaqq, wa lā yastakhiffannakal-ladhīna lā yūqinūn.

    So be patient. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth. And let them not disquiet you who are not certain [in faith].

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. الٓمٓ ١

   Alif Lām Mīm.

   Alif, Lām, Meem.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ ٢

   Tilka āyātul-kitābil-ḥakīm.

   These are verses of the wise¹ Book,

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 10:1.

3. هُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ لِّلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٣

   Hudaw wa raḥmatal lil-muḥsinīn.

   As guidance and mercy for the doers of good

4. ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤۡتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ يُوقِنُونَ ٤

   Al-ladhīna yuqīmūnaṣ-ṣalāta wa yuʾtūnaz-zakāta wa hum bil-ākhirati hum yūqinūn.

   Who establish prayer and give zakāh, and they, of the Hereafter, are certain [in faith].

5. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدٗى مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ٥

   Ulāʾika ʿalā hudam mir rabbihim, wa ulāʾika humul-mufliḥūn.

   Those are on [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.

6. وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشۡتَرِي لَهۡوَ ٱلۡحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ٦

   Wa minan-nāsi may yashtarī lahwal-ḥadīthi liyuḍilla ʿan sabīlillāhi bighayri ʿilmiw wa yattakhidhahā huzuwā, ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābum muhīn.

   And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech¹ to mislead [others] from the way of Allāh without knowledge and who takes it [i.e., His way] in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

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   1. i.e., that which has no benefit. Described by different ṣaḥābah as shirk (association with Allāh), misleading stories, frivolous songs, or music but includes all which distracts or diverts one from the Qur’ān and remembrance of Allāh.

7. وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا وَلَّىٰ مُسۡتَكۡبِرٗا كَأَن لَّمۡ يَسۡمَعۡهَا كَأَنَّ فِيٓ أُذُنَيۡهِ وَقۡرٗاۖ فَبَشِّرۡهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٧

   Wa idhā tutlā ʿalayhi āyātunā wallā mustakbiran kaʾal lam yasmaʿhā kaʾanna fī udhunayhi waqrā, fabashshirhu biʿadhābin alīm.

   And when Our verses are recited to him, he turns away arrogantly as if he had not heard them, as if there was in his ears deafness. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

8. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨

   Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun-naʿīm.

   Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them are the Gardens of Pleasure,

9. خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۖ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٗاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٩

   Khālidīna fīhā, waʿdallāhi ḥaqqā, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

   Wherein they abide eternally; [it is] the promise of Allāh [which is] truth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

10. خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ عَمَدٖ تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ وَأَلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٖۚ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجٖ كَرِيمٍ ١٠

    Khalaqas-samāwāti bighayri ʿamadin tarawnahā, wa alqā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bikum wa baththa fīhā min kulli dābbah, wa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾan fa anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjin karīm.

    He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.

11. هَٰذَا خَلۡقُ ٱللَّهِ فَأَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦۚ بَلِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ١١

    Hādhā khalqullāhi fa arūnī mādhā khalaqal-ladhīna min dūnih, baliẓ-ẓālimūna fī ḍalālim mubīn.

    This is the creation of Allāh. So show Me what those other than Him have created. Rather, the wrongdoers are in clear error.

12. وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا لُقۡمَٰنَ ٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ أَنِ ٱشۡكُرۡ لِلَّهِۚ وَمَن يَشۡكُرۡ فَإِنَّمَا يَشۡكُرُ لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٞ ١٢

    Wa laqad ātaynā luqmānal-ḥikmata anishkur lillāh, wa may yashkur fa innamā yashkuru linafsih, wa man kafara fa innallāha ghaniyyun ḥamīd.

    And We had certainly given Luqmān wisdom [and said], "Be grateful to Allāh." And whoever is grateful is grateful for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever denies [His favor] - then indeed, Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy.

13. وَإِذۡ قَالَ لُقۡمَٰنُ لِٱبۡنِهِۦ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُۥ يَٰبُنَيَّ لَا تُشۡرِكۡ بِٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّ ٱلشِّرۡكَ لَظُلۡمٌ عَظِيمٞ ١٣

    Wa idh qāla luqmānu libnihī wa huwa yaʿiẓuhū yābunayya lā tushrik billāh, innash-shirka laẓulmun ʿaẓīm.

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Luqmān said to his son while he was instructing him, "O my son, do not associate [anything] with Allāh. Indeed, association [with Him] is great injustice."

14. وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُۥ وَهۡنًا عَلَىٰ وَهۡنٖ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ فِي عَامَيۡنِ أَنِ ٱشۡكُرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيۡكَ إِلَيَّ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٤

    Wa waṣṣaynal-insāna biwālidayhi ḥamalathu ummuhū wahnan ʿalā wahniw wa fiṣāluhū fī ʿāmayni anishkur lī waliwālidayka ilayyal-maṣīr.

    And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination.

15. وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُشۡرِكَ بِي مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ فَلَا تُطِعۡهُمَاۖ وَصَاحِبۡهُمَا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَعۡرُوفٗاۖ وَٱتَّبِعۡ سَبِيلَ مَنۡ أَنَابَ إِلَيَّۚ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٥

    Wa in jāhadāka ʿalā an tushrika bī mā laysa laka bihī ʿilmun falā tuṭiʿhumā, wa ṣāḥibhumā fid-dunyā maʿrūfā, wattabiʿ sabīla man anāba ilayy, thumma ilayya marjiʿukum fa unabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge,¹ do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Me [in repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.

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    1. See footnote to 29:8.

16. يَٰبُنَيَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةٖ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٖ فَتَكُن فِي صَخۡرَةٍ أَوۡ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَوۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَأۡتِ بِهَا ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٞ ١٦

    Yābunayya innahā in taku mithqāla ḥabbatim min khardalin fatakun fī ṣakhratin aw fis-samāwāti aw fil-arḍi yaʾti bihallāh, innallāha laṭīfun khabīr.

    [And Luqmān said], "O my son, indeed if it [i.e., a wrong] should be the weight of a mustard seed and should be within a rock or [anywhere] in the heavens or in the earth, Allāh will bring it forth. Indeed, Allāh is Subtle¹ and Aware.

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    1. Refer to footnote of 6:103.

17. يَٰبُنَيَّ أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأۡمُرۡ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَٱنۡهَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَكَۖ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عَزۡمِ ٱلۡأُمُورِ ١٧

    Yābunayya aqimiṣ-ṣalāta waʾmur bil-maʿrūfi wanha ʿanil-munkari waṣbir ʿalā mā aṣābak, inna dhālika min ʿazmil-umūr.

    O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] resolve.¹

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    1. For the reason that they are enjoined by Allāh.

18. وَلَا تُصَعِّرۡ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمۡشِ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَرَحًاۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخۡتَالٖ فَخُورٖ ١٨

    Wa lā tuṣaʿʿir khaddaka lin-nāsi wa lā tamshi fil-arḍi maraḥā, innallāha lā yuḥibbu kulla mukhtālin fakhūr.

    And do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people¹ and do not walk through the earth exultantly. Indeed, Allāh does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful.

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    1. Rather, respect them by directing your face and attention to them.

19. وَٱقۡصِدۡ فِي مَشۡيِكَ وَٱغۡضُضۡ مِن صَوۡتِكَۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلۡأَصۡوَٰتِ لَصَوۡتُ ٱلۡحَمِيرِ ١٩

    Waqṣid fī mashyika waghḍuḍ min ṣawtik, inna ankaral-aṣwāti laṣawtul-ḥamīr.

    And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."

20. أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَأَسۡبَغَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ نِعَمَهُۥ ظَٰهِرَةٗ وَبَاطِنَةٗۗ وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِي ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَلَا هُدٗى وَلَا كِتَٰبٖ مُّنِيرٖ ٢٠

    Alam taraw annallāha sakhkhara lakum mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi wa asbagha ʿalaykum niʿamahū ẓāhirataw wa bāṭinah, wa minan-nāsi may yujādilu fillāhi bighayri ʿilmiw wa lā hudaw wa lā kitābim munīr.

    Do you not see that Allāh has made subject to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth and amply bestowed upon you His favors, [both] apparent and unapparent? But of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening Book [from Him].

21. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُواْ بَلۡ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَآۚ أَوَلَوۡ كَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ يَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٢١

    Wa idhā qīla lahumuttabiʿū mā anzalallāhu qālū bal nattabiʿu mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāʾanā, awalaw kānash-shayṭānu yadʿūhum ilā ʿadhābis-saʿīr.

    And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allāh has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?

22. ۞ وَمَن يُسۡلِمۡ وَجۡهَهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحۡسِنٞ فَقَدِ ٱسۡتَمۡسَكَ بِٱلۡعُرۡوَةِ ٱلۡوُثۡقَىٰۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡأُمُورِ ٢٢

    Wa may yuslim wajhahū ilallāhi wa huwa muḥsinun faqadistamsaka bil-ʿurwatil-wuthqā, wa ilallāhi ʿāqibatul-umūr.

    And whoever submits his face [i.e., self] to Allāh while he is a doer of good - then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold. And to Allāh will be the outcome of [all] matters.

23. وَمَن كَفَرَ فَلَا يَحۡزُنكَ كُفۡرُهُۥٓۚ إِلَيۡنَا مَرۡجِعُهُمۡ فَنُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ٢٣

    Wa man kafara falā yaḥzunka kufruh, ilaynā marjiʿuhum fanunabbiʾuhum bimā ʿamilū, innallāha ʿalīmum bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr.

    And whoever has disbelieved - let not his disbelief grieve you. To Us is their return, and We will inform them of what they did. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts.

24. نُمَتِّعُهُمۡ قَلِيلٗا ثُمَّ نَضۡطَرُّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٖ ٢٤

    Numattiʿuhum qalīlan thumma naḍṭarruhum ilā ʿadhābin ghalīẓ.

    We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

25. وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۚ قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٥

    Wa laʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunnallāh, qulil-ḥamdu lillāh, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn.

    And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allāh"; but most of them do not know.

26. لِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ٢٦

    Lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, innallāha huwal-ghaniyyul-ḥamīd.

    To Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. Indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

27. وَلَوۡ أَنَّمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقۡلَٰمٞ وَٱلۡبَحۡرُ يَمُدُّهُۥ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡحُرٖ مَّا نَفِدَتۡ كَلِمَٰتُ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ ٢٧

    Wa law annamā fil-arḍi min shajaratin aqlāmuw wal-baḥru yamudduhū mim baʿdihī sabʿatu abḥurim mā nafidat kalimātullāh, innallāha ʿazīzun ḥakīm.

    And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words¹ of Allāh would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

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    1. See footnote to 18:109.

28. مَّا خَلۡقُكُمۡ وَلَا بَعۡثُكُمۡ إِلَّا كَنَفۡسٖ وَٰحِدَةٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرٌ ٢٨

    Mā khalqukum wa lā baʿthukum illā kanafsiw wāḥidah, innallāha samīʿum baṣīr.

    Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul.¹ Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

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    1. The re-creation and resurrection of one or of all is accomplished with equal ease by Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

29. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِيٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ٢٩

    Alam tara annallāha yūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa yūlijun-nahāra fil-layli wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī ilā ajalim musammaw wa annallāha bimā taʿmalūna khabīr.

    Do you not see [i.e., know] that Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term, and that Allāh, of whatever you do, is Aware?

30. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٣٠

    Dhālika biʾannallāha huwal-ḥaqqu wa anna mā yadʿūna min dūnihil-bāṭilu wa annallāha huwal-ʿaliyyul-kabīr.

    That is because Allāh is the True Reality, and that what they call upon¹ other than Him is falsehood, and because Allāh is the Most High, the Grand.

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    1. In worship.

31. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِنِعۡمَتِ ٱللَّهِ لِيُرِيَكُم مِّنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٖ شَكُورٖ ٣١

    Alam tara annal-fulka tajrī fil-baḥri biniʿmatillāhi liyuriyakum min āyātih, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil likulli ṣabbārin shakūr.

    Do you not see that ships sail through the sea by the favor of Allāh that He may show you of His signs? Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

32. وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُم مَّوۡجٞ كَٱلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُاْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡبَرِّ فَمِنۡهُم مُّقۡتَصِدٞۚ وَمَا يَجۡحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٖ كَفُورٖ ٣٢

    Wa idhā ghashiyahum mawjun kaẓ-ẓulali daʿawullāha mukhliṣīna lahud-dīna falammā najjāhum ilal-barri faminhum muqtaṣid, wa mā yajḥadu biʾāyātinā illā kullu khattārin kafūr.

    And when waves come over them like canopies, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith]. But when He delivers them to the land, there are [some] of them who are moderate [in faith]. And none rejects Our signs except everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

33. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ وَٱخۡشَوۡاْ يَوۡمٗا لَّا يَجۡزِي وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا مَوۡلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِۦ شَيۡـًٔاۚ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞۖ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡغَرُورُ ٣٣

    Yāʾayyuhan-nāsuttaqū rabbakum wakhshaw yawmal lā yajzī wālidun ʿaw waladihī wa lā mawlūdun huwa jāzin ʿaw wālidihī shayʾā, inna waʿdallāhi ḥaqq, falā taghurrannakumul-ḥayātud-dunyā wa lā yaghurrannakum billāhil-gharūr.

    O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].

34. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡغَيۡثَ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِۖ وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسٞ مَّاذَا تَكۡسِبُ غَدٗاۖ وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسُۢ بِأَيِّ أَرۡضٖ تَمُوتُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرُۢ ٣٤

    Innallāha ʿindahū ʿilmus-sāʿati wa yunazzilul-ghaytha wa yaʿlamu mā fil-arḥām, wa mā tadrī nafsum mādhā taksibu ghadā, wa mā tadrī nafsum biʾayyi arḍin tamūt, innallāha ʿalīmun khabīr.

    Indeed, Allāh [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs.¹ And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

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    1. i.e., every aspect of the fetus' present and future existence.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. الٓمٓ ١

   Alif Lām Mīm.

   Alif, Lām, Meem.¹

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   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ مِن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢

   Tanzīlul-kitābi lā rayba fīhi mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

   [This is] the revelation of the Book about which there is no doubt from the Lord of the worlds.

3. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۚ بَلۡ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوۡمٗا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٣

   Am yaqūlūnaftarāh, bal huwal-ḥaqqu mir rabbika litundhira qawmam mā atāhum min nadhīrim min qablika laʿallahum yahtadūn.

   Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muḥammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided.

4. ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ مَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا شَفِيعٍۚ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٤

   Allāhul-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin thummastawā ʿalal-ʿarsh, mā lakum min dūnihī miw waliyyiw wa lā shafīʿ, afalā tatadhakkarūn.

   It is Allāh who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days; then He established Himself above the Throne.¹ You have not besides Him any protector or any intercessor; so will you not be reminded?

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   1. See footnotes to 2:19 and 7:54.

5. يُدَبِّرُ ٱلۡأَمۡرَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ثُمَّ يَعۡرُجُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥٓ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ ٥

   Yudabbirul-amra minas-samāʾi ilal-arḍi thumma yaʿruju ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miqdāruhū alfa sanatim mimmā taʿuddūn.

   He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.

6. ذَٰلِكَ عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٦

   Dhālika ʿālimul-ghaybi wash-shahādatil-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

   That is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

7. ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡسَنَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥۖ وَبَدَأَ خَلۡقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٖ ٧

   Al-ladhī aḥsana kulla shayʾin khalaqah, wa badaʾa khalqal-insāni min ṭīn.

   Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.

8. ثُمَّ جَعَلَ نَسۡلَهُۥ مِن سُلَٰلَةٖ مِّن مَّآءٖ مَّهِينٖ ٨

   Thumma jaʿala naslahū min sulālatim mim māʾim mahīn.

   Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained.

9. ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰهُ وَنَفَخَ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِهِۦۖ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٩

   Thumma sawwāhu wa nafakha fīhi mir rūḥih, wa jaʿala lakumus-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afʾidah, qalīlam mā tashkurūn.

   Then He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] soul¹ and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.

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   1. i.e., element of life. See footnote to 15:29.

10. وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا ضَلَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَءِنَّا لَفِي خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدِۭۚ بَلۡ هُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ١٠

    Wa qālū aʾidhā ḍalalnā fil-arḍi aʾinnā lafī khalqin jadīd, bal hum biliqāʾi rabbihim kāfirūn.

    And they say, "When we are lost [i.e., disintegrated] within the earth, will we indeed be [recreated] in a new creation?" Rather, they are, in the meeting with their Lord, disbelievers.

11. ۞ قُلۡ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ ٱلَّذِي وُكِّلَ بِكُمۡ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ تُرۡجَعُونَ ١١

    Qul yatawaffākum malakul-mawtil-ladhī wukkila bikum thumma ilā rabbikum turjaʿūn.

    Say, "The angel of death who has been entrusted with you will take you. Then to your Lord you will be returned."

12. وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ نَاكِسُواْ رُءُوسِهِمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ رَبَّنَآ أَبۡصَرۡنَا وَسَمِعۡنَا فَٱرۡجِعۡنَا نَعۡمَلۡ صَٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ ١٢

    Wa law tarā idhil-mujrimūna nākisū ruʾūsihim ʿinda rabbihim rabbanā abṣarnā wa samiʿnā farjiʿnā naʿmal ṣāliḥan innā mūqinūn.

    If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."

13. وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَأٓتَيۡنَا كُلَّ نَفۡسٍ هُدَىٰهَا وَلَٰكِنۡ حَقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنِّي لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٣

    Wa law shiʾnā laʾātaynā kulla nafsin hudāhā wa lākin ḥaqqal-qawlu minnī laʾamlaʾanna jahannama minal-jinnati wan-nāsi ajmaʿīn.

    And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word¹ from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.

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    1. Deserved by the evildoers.

14. فَذُوقُواْ بِمَا نَسِيتُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَآ إِنَّا نَسِينَٰكُمۡۖ وَذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤

    Fadhūqū bimā nasītum liqāʾa yawmikum hādhā innā nasīnākum, wa dhūqū ʿadhābal-khuldi bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    So taste [punishment] because you forgot the meeting of this, your Day; indeed, We have [accordingly] forgotten you. And taste the punishment of eternity for what you used to do."

15. إِنَّمَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهَا خَرُّواْۤ سُجَّدٗاۤ وَسَبَّحُواْ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ۩ ١٥

    Innamā yuʾminu biʾāyātinal-ladhīna idhā dhukkirū bihā kharrū sujjadaw wa sabbaḥū biḥamdi rabbihim wa hum lā yastakbirūn.

    Only those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in prostration and exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord, and they are not arrogant.

16. تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمَضَاجِعِ يَدۡعُونَ رَبَّهُمۡ خَوۡفٗا وَطَمَعٗا وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ ١٦

    Tatajāfā junūbuhum ʿanil-maḍājiʿi yadʿūna rabbahum khawfaw wa ṭamaʿaw wa mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn.

    Their sides part [i.e., they arise] from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.¹

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    1. In the cause of Allāh.

17. فَلَا تَعۡلَمُ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أُخۡفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعۡيُنٖ جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٧

    Falā taʿlamu nafsum mā ukhfiya lahum min qurrati aʿyunin jazāʾam bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes [i.e., satisfaction] as reward for what they used to do.

18. أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤۡمِنٗا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقٗاۚ لَّا يَسۡتَوُۥنَ ١٨

    Afaman kāna muʾminan kaman kāna fāsiqā, lā yastawūn.

    Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.

19. أَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ نُزُلَۢا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٩

    Ammal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti falahum jannātul-maʾwā nuzulam bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them will be the Gardens of Refuge as accommodation for what they used to do.

20. وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فَسَقُواْ فَمَأۡوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُۖ كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓاْ أَن يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنۡهَآ أُعِيدُواْ فِيهَا وَقِيلَ لَهُمۡ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٠

    Wa ammal-ladhīna fasaqū famaʾwāhumun-nār, kullamā arādū ay yakhrujū minhā uʿīdū fīhā wa qīla lahum dhūqū ʿadhāban-nāril-ladhī kuntum bihī tukadhdhibūn.

    But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is the Fire. Every time they wish to emerge from it, they will be returned to it while it is said to them, "Taste the punishment of the Fire which you used to deny."

21. وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَدۡنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢١

    Wa lanudhīqannahum minal-ʿadhābil-adnā dūnal-ʿadhābil-akbari laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

    And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment¹ short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].

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    1. i.e., the disasters and calamities of this world.

22. وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ ثُمَّ أَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَآۚ إِنَّا مِنَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ ٢٢

    Wa man aẓlamu mimman dhukkira biʾāyāti rabbihī thumma aʿraḍa ʿanhā, innā minal-mujrimīna muntaqimūn.

    And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution.

23. وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ فَلَا تَكُن فِي مِرۡيَةٖ مِّن لِّقَآئِهِۦۖ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هُدٗى لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٣

    Wa laqad ātaynā mūsal-kitāba falā takun fī miryatim mil liqāʾih, wa jaʿalnāhu hudal libanī isrāʾīl.

    And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so do not be in doubt over his meeting.¹ And We made it [i.e., the Torah] guidance for the Children of Israel.

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    1. i.e., Muḥammad's meeting Moses on the night of al-Miʿrāj (ascent).

24. وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ أَئِمَّةٗ يَهۡدُونَ بِأَمۡرِنَا لَمَّا صَبَرُواْۖ وَكَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يُوقِنُونَ ٢٤

    Wa jaʿalnā minhum aʾimmatay yahdūna biʾamrinā lammā ṣabarū, wa kānū biʾāyātinā yūqinūn.

    And We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and [when] they were certain of Our signs.

25. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَفۡصِلُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ٢٥

    Inna rabbaka huwa yafṣilu baynahum yawmal-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn.

    Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

26. أَوَلَمۡ يَهۡدِ لَهُمۡ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ يَمۡشُونَ فِي مَسَٰكِنِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٍۚ أَفَلَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ٢٦

    Awalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā min qablihim minal-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim, inna fī dhālika laʾāyāt, afalā yasmaʿūn.

    Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear?

27. أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا نَسُوقُ ٱلۡمَآءَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلۡجُرُزِ فَنُخۡرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرۡعٗا تَأۡكُلُ مِنۡهُ أَنۡعَٰمُهُمۡ وَأَنفُسُهُمۡۚ أَفَلَا يُبۡصِرُونَ ٢٧

    Awalam yaraw annā nasūqul-māʾa ilal-arḍil-juruzi fanukhriju bihī zarʿan taʾkulu minhu anʿāmuhum wa anfusuhum, afalā yubṣirūn.

    Have they not seen that We drive water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?

28. وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡفَتۡحُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٢٨

    Wa yaqūlūna matā hādhal-fatḥu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    And they say, "When will be this conquest,¹ if you should be truthful?"

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    1. Or "decision," i.e., judgement.

29. قُلۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَتۡحِ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنُهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ ٢٩

    Qul yawmal-fatḥi lā yanfaʿul-ladhīna kafarū īmānuhum wa lā hum yunẓarūn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "On the Day of Conquest the belief of those who had disbelieved will not benefit them, nor will they be reprieved."

30. فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ وَٱنتَظِرۡ إِنَّهُم مُّنتَظِرُونَ ٣٠

    Fa aʿriḍ ʿanhum wantaẓir innahum muntaẓirūn.

    So turn away from them and wait. Indeed, they are waiting.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمٗا ١

   Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyuttaqillāha wa lā tuṭiʿil-kāfirīna wal-munāfiqīn, innallāha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīmā.

   O Prophet, fear Allāh and do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

2. وَٱتَّبِعۡ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٗا ٢

   Wattabiʿ mā yūḥā ilayka mir rabbik, innallāha kāna bimā taʿmalūna khabīrā.

   And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord. Indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.

3. وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلٗا ٣

   Wa tawakkal ʿalallāh, wa kafā billāhi wakīlā.

   And rely upon Allāh; and sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs.¹

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   1. Refer to footnote in 3:173.

4. مَّا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِرَجُلٖ مِّن قَلۡبَيۡنِ فِي جَوۡفِهِۦۚ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَزۡوَٰجَكُمُ ٱلَّٰٓـِٔي تُظَٰهِرُونَ مِنۡهُنَّ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۚ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدۡعِيَآءَكُمۡ أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ قَوۡلُكُم بِأَفۡوَٰهِكُمۡۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَقُولُ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهۡدِي ٱلسَّبِيلَ ٤

   Mā jaʿalallāhu lirajulim min qalbayni fī jawfih, wa mā jaʿala azwājakumul-lāʾī tuẓāhirūna minhunna ummahātikum, wa mā jaʿala adʿiyāʾakum abnāʾakum, dhālikum qawlukum biʾafwāhikum, wallāhu yaqūlul-ḥaqqa wa huwa yahdis-sabīl.

   Allāh has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful¹ your mothers. And He has not made your claimed [i.e., adopted] sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allāh says the truth, and He guides to the [right] way.

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   1. By the expression "You are to me like the back of my mother." Such an oath taken against approaching one's wife was a pre-Islāmic practice declared by Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) to be a sin requiring expiation as described in 58:3-4.

5. ٱدۡعُوهُمۡ لِأٓبَآئِهِمۡ هُوَ أَقۡسَطُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ فَإِن لَّمۡ تَعۡلَمُوٓاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ فَإِخۡوَٰنُكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ وَمَوَٰلِيكُمۡۚ وَلَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٞ فِيمَآ أَخۡطَأۡتُم بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتۡ قُلُوبُكُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمًا ٥

   Udʿūhum liʾābāʾihim huwa aqsaṭu ʿindallāh, fa il lam taʿlamū ābāʾahum fa ikhwānukum fid-dīni wa mawālīkum, wa laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun fīmā akhṭaʾtum bihī wa lākim mā taʿammadat qulūbukum, wa kānallāhu ghafūrar raḥīmā.

   Call them¹ by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allāh. But if you do not know their fathers - then they are [still] your brothers in religion and those entrusted to you. And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

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   1. Those children under your care.

6. ٱلنَّبِيُّ أَوۡلَىٰ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ مِنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ وَأَزۡوَٰجُهُۥٓ أُمَّهَٰتُهُمۡۗ وَأُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلَىٰ بِبَعۡضٖ فِي كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُهَٰجِرِينَ إِلَّآ أَن تَفۡعَلُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَوۡلِيَآئِكُم مَّعۡرُوفٗاۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَسۡطُورٗا ٦

   An-nabiyyu awlā bil-muʾminīna min anfusihim, wa azwājuhū ummahātuhum, wa ulul-arḥāmi baʿḍuhum awlā bibaʿḍin fī kitābillāhi minal-muʾminīna wal-muhājirīna illā an tafʿalū ilā awliyāʾikum maʿrūfā, kāna dhālika fil-kitābi masṭūrā.

   The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves,¹ and his wives are [in the position of] their mothers. And those of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in the decree of Allāh than the [other] believers and the emigrants, except that you may do to your close associates a kindness [through bequest]. That was in the Book² inscribed.

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   1. He (ﷺ) is more worthy of their obedience and loyalty and is more concerned for them than they are for one another.
   2. The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).

7. وَإِذۡ أَخَذۡنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِيثَٰقَهُمۡ وَمِنكَ وَمِن نُّوحٖ وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡيَمَۖ وَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظٗا ٧

   Wa idh akhadhnā minan-nabiyyīna mīthāqahum wa minka wa min nūḥiw wa ibrāhīma wa mūsā wa ʿīsabni maryam, wa akhadhnā minhum mīthāqan ghalīẓā.

   And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant

8. لِّيَسۡـَٔلَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ عَن صِدۡقِهِمۡۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ٨

   Liyasʾalaṣ-ṣādiqīna ʿan ṣidqihim, wa aʿadda lil-kāfirīna ʿadhāban alīmā.

   That He may question the truthful about their truth.¹ And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.

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   1. i.e., that He may ask the prophets what they conveyed to their people and what response they received. "The truthful" may also refer to those who believed in the message conveyed by the prophets and imparted it to others.

9. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِذۡ جَآءَتۡكُمۡ جُنُودٞ فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا وَجُنُودٗا لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا ٩

   Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanudhkurū niʿmatallāhi ʿalaykum idh jāʾatkum junūdun fa arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥaw wa junūdal lam tarawhā, wa kānallāhu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrā.

   O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

10. إِذۡ جَآءُوكُم مِّن فَوۡقِكُمۡ وَمِنۡ أَسۡفَلَ مِنكُمۡ وَإِذۡ زَاغَتِ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ وَبَلَغَتِ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ ٱلۡحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلظُّنُونَا۠ ١٠

    Idh jāʾūkum min fawqikum wa min asfala minkum wa idh zāghatil-abṣāru wa balaghatil-qulūbul-ḥanājira wa taẓunnūna billāhiẓ-ẓunūn.

    [Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats, and you assumed about Allāh [various] assumptions.

11. هُنَالِكَ ٱبۡتُلِيَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَزُلۡزِلُواْ زِلۡزَالٗا شَدِيدٗا ١١

    Hunālikabtuliyal-muʾminūna wa zulzilū zilzālan shadīdā.

    There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking.

12. وَإِذۡ يَقُولُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ مَّا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ إِلَّا غُرُورٗا ١٢

    Wa idh yaqūlul-munāfiqūna wal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍum mā waʿadanallāhu wa rasūluhū illā ghurūrā.

    And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allāh and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"

13. وَإِذۡ قَالَت طَّآئِفَةٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ يَثۡرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمۡ فَٱرۡجِعُواْۚ وَيَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُمُ ٱلنَّبِيَّ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ بُيُوتَنَا عَوۡرَةٞ وَمَا هِيَ بِعَوۡرَةٍۖ إِن يُرِيدُونَ إِلَّا فِرَارٗا ١٣

    Wa idh qālat ṭāʾifatum minhum yāʾahla yathriba lā muqāma lakum farjiʿū, wa yastaʾdhinu farīqum minhumun-nabiyya yaqūlūna inna buyūtanā ʿawratuw wa mā hiya biʿawrah, iy yurīdūna illā firārā.

    And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib,¹ there is no stability for you [here], so return [home]." And a party of them asked permission of the Prophet, saying, "Indeed, our houses are exposed [i.e., unprotected]," while they were not exposed. They did not intend except to flee.

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    1. The name by which al-Madīnah was known before the arrival of the Prophet (ﷺ).

14. وَلَوۡ دُخِلَتۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۡ أَقۡطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُواْ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ لَأٓتَوۡهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُواْ بِهَآ إِلَّا يَسِيرٗا ١٤

    Wa law dukhilat ʿalayhim min aqṭārihā thumma suʾilul-fitnata laʾātawhā wa mā talabbathū bihā illā yasīrā.

    And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah [i.e., disbelief] had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.

15. وَلَقَدۡ كَانُواْ عَٰهَدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبۡلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ ٱلۡأَدۡبَٰرَۚ وَكَانَ عَهۡدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسۡـُٔولٗا ١٥

    Wa laqad kānū ʿāhadullāha min qablu lā yuwallūnal-adbār, wa kāna ʿahdullāhi masʾūlā.

    And they had already promised Allāh before not to turn their backs [i.e., flee]. And ever is the promise to Allāh [that about which one will be] questioned.

16. قُل لَّن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلۡفِرَارُ إِن فَرَرۡتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ أَوِ ٱلۡقَتۡلِ وَإِذٗا لَّا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ١٦

    Qul lay yanfaʿakumul-firāru in farartum minal-mawti awil-qatli wa idhal lā tumattaʿūna illā qalīlā.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Never will fleeing benefit you if you should flee from death or killing; and then [if you did], you would not be given enjoyment [of life] except for a little."

17. قُلۡ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَعۡصِمُكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنۡ أَرَادَ بِكُمۡ سُوٓءًا أَوۡ أَرَادَ بِكُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗۚ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيّٗا وَلَا نَصِيرٗا ١٧

    Qul man dhal-ladhī yaʿṣimukum minallāhi in arāda bikum sūʾan aw arāda bikum raḥmah, wa lā yajidūna lahum min dūnillāhi waliyyaw wa lā naṣīrā.

    Say, "Who is it that can protect you from Allāh¹ if He intends for you an ill or intends for you a mercy?" And they will not find for themselves besides Allāh any protector or any helper.

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    1. i.e., prevent the will of Allāh from being carried out.

18. ۞ قَدۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُعَوِّقِينَ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلۡقَآئِلِينَ لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡ هَلُمَّ إِلَيۡنَاۖ وَلَا يَأۡتُونَ ٱلۡبَأۡسَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ١٨

    Qad yaʿlamullāhul-muʿawwiqīna minkum wal-qāʾilīna liʾikhwānihim halumma ilaynā, wa lā yaʾtūnal-baʾsa illā qalīlā.

    Already Allāh knows the hinderers¹ among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, "Come to us,"² and do not go to battle, except for a few,³

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    1. Those who dissuade others from supporting the Prophet (ﷺ) in battle.
    2. Rather than joining the Prophet (ﷺ).
    3. Who went out of ulterior motives.

19. أَشِحَّةً عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ ٱلۡخَوۡفُ رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيۡكَ تَدُورُ أَعۡيُنُهُمۡ كَٱلَّذِي يُغۡشَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ ٱلۡخَوۡفُ سَلَقُوكُم بِأَلۡسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ أَشِحَّةً عَلَى ٱلۡخَيۡرِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَمۡ يُؤۡمِنُواْ فَأَحۡبَطَ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٗا ١٩

    Ashiḥḥatan ʿalaykum, fa idhā jāʾal-khawfu raʾaytahum yanẓurūna ilayka tadūru aʿyunuhum kal-ladhī yughshā ʿalayhi minal-mawt, fa idhā dhahabal-khawfu salaqūkum biʾalsinatin ḥidādin ashiḥḥatan ʿalal-khayr, ulāʾika lam yuʾminū fa aḥbaṭallāhu aʿmālahum, wa kāna dhālika ʿalallāhi yasīrā.

    Indisposed¹ toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allāh has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allāh, easy.

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    1. Literally, "stingy," i.e., unwilling to offer any help.

20. يَحۡسَبُونَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ لَمۡ يَذۡهَبُواْۖ وَإِن يَأۡتِ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ يَوَدُّواْ لَوۡ أَنَّهُم بَادُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ يَسۡـَٔلُونَ عَنۡ أَنۢبَآئِكُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ كَانُواْ فِيكُم مَّا قَٰتَلُوٓاْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٢٠

    Yaḥsabūnal-aḥzāba lam yadhhabū, wa iy yaʾtil-aḥzābu yawaddū law annahum bādūna fil-aʿrābi yasʾalūna ʿan anbāʾikum, wa law kānū fīkum mā qātalū illā qalīlā.

    They think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn.¹ And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.

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    1. In their excessive fear the cowardly hypocrites could not believe the enemy forces had been defeated.

21. لَّقَدۡ كَانَ لَكُمۡ فِي رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ أُسۡوَةٌ حَسَنَةٞ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرۡجُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَ وَذَكَرَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا ٢١

    Laqad kāna lakum fī rasūlillāhi uswatun ḥasanatul liman kāna yarjullāha wal-yawmal-ākhira wa dhakarallāha kathīrā.

    There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allāh an excellent pattern¹ for anyone whose hope is in Allāh and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allāh often.

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    1. An example to be followed.

22. وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَصَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥۚ وَمَا زَادَهُمۡ إِلَّآ إِيمَٰنٗا وَتَسۡلِيمٗا ٢٢

    Wa lammā raʾal-muʾminūnal-aḥzāba qālū hādhā mā waʿadanallāhu wa rasūluhū wa ṣadaqallāhu wa rasūluh, wa mā zādahum illā īmānaw wa taslīmā.

    And when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what Allāh and His Messenger had promised us, and Allāh and His Messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and acceptance.

23. مِّنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ رِجَالٞ صَدَقُواْ مَا عَٰهَدُواْ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيۡهِۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّن قَضَىٰ نَحۡبَهُۥ وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَنتَظِرُۖ وَمَا بَدَّلُواْ تَبۡدِيلٗا ٢٣

    Minal-muʾminīna rijālun ṣadaqū mā ʿāhadullāha ʿalayh, faminhum man qaḍā naḥbahū wa minhum may yantaẓir, wa mā baddalū tabdīlā.

    Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allāh. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration -

24. لِّيَجۡزِيَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ بِصِدۡقِهِمۡ وَيُعَذِّبَ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ إِن شَآءَ أَوۡ يَتُوبَ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٢٤

    Liyajziyallāhuṣ-ṣādiqīna biṣidqihim wa yuʿadhdhibal-munāfiqīna in shāʾa aw yatūba ʿalayhim, innallāha kāna ghafūrar raḥīmā.

    That Allāh may reward the truthful for their truth and punish the hypocrites if He wills or accept their repentance. Indeed, Allāh is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

25. وَرَدَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِغَيۡظِهِمۡ لَمۡ يَنَالُواْ خَيۡرٗاۚ وَكَفَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٱلۡقِتَالَۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ قَوِيًّا عَزِيزٗا ٢٥

    Wa raddallāhul-ladhīna kafarū bighayẓihim lam yanālū khayrā, wa kafallāhul-muʾminīnal-qitāl, wa kānallāhu qawiyyan ʿazīzā.

    And Allāh repelled those who disbelieved, in their rage, not having obtained any good. And sufficient was Allāh for the believers in battle, and ever is Allāh Powerful and Exalted in Might.

26. وَأَنزَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَٰهَرُوهُم مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِن صَيَاصِيهِمۡ وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعۡبَ فَرِيقٗا تَقۡتُلُونَ وَتَأۡسِرُونَ فَرِيقٗا ٢٦

    Wa anzalal-ladhīna ẓāharūhum min ahlil-kitābi min ṣayāṣīhim wa qadhafa fī qulūbihimur-ruʿba farīqan taqtulūna wa taʾsirūna farīqā.

    And He brought down those who supported them among the People of the Scripture¹ from their fortresses and cast terror into their hearts [so that] a party [i.e., their men] you killed, and you took captive a party [i.e., the women and children].

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The Jews of Banū Quraythah, who had violated their treaty with the Muslims.

27. وَأَوۡرَثَكُمۡ أَرۡضَهُمۡ وَدِيَٰرَهُمۡ وَأَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ وَأَرۡضٗا لَّمۡ تَطَـُٔوهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٗا ٢٧

    Wa awrathakum arḍahum wa diyārahum wa amwālahum wa arḍal lam taṭaʾūhā, wa kānallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrā.

    And He caused you to inherit their land and their homes and their properties and a land which you have not trodden.¹ And ever is Allāh, over all things, competent.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., that taken in subsequent conquests.

28. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزۡوَٰجِكَ إِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدۡنَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَتَعَالَيۡنَ أُمَتِّعۡكُنَّ وَأُسَرِّحۡكُنَّ سَرَاحٗا جَمِيلٗا ٢٨

    Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyu qul liʾazwājika in kuntunna turidnal-ḥayātad-dunyā wa zīnatahā fataʿālayna umattiʿkunna wa usarriḥkunna sarāḥan jamīlā.

    O Prophet, say to your wives, "If you should desire the worldly life and its adornment, then come, I will provide for you and give you a gracious release.

29. وَإِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدۡنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلدَّارَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلۡمُحۡسِنَٰتِ مِنكُنَّ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ٢٩

    Wa in kuntunna turidnallāha wa rasūlahū wad-dāral-ākhirata fa innallāha aʿadda lil-muḥsināti minkunna ajran ʿaẓīmā.

    But if you should desire Allāh and His Messenger and the home of the Hereafter - then indeed, Allāh has prepared for the doers of good among you a great reward."

30. يَٰنِسَآءَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ مَن يَأۡتِ مِنكُنَّ بِفَٰحِشَةٖ مُّبَيِّنَةٖ يُضَٰعَفۡ لَهَا ٱلۡعَذَابُ ضِعۡفَيۡنِۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٗا ٣٠

    Yānisāʾan-nabiyyi may yaʾti minkunna bifāḥishatim mubayyinatiy yuḍāʿaf lahal-ʿadhābu ḍiʿfayn, wa kāna dhālika ʿalallāhi yasīrā.

    O wives of the Prophet, whoever of you should commit a clear immorality - for her the punishment would be doubled two fold, and ever is that, for Allāh, easy.