Juz 23
Yasin 28 – Az-Zumar 31 · 357 ayahs
۞ وَمَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ مِن جُندٖ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ ٢٨
Wa mā anzalnā ʿalā qawmihī mim baʿdihī min jundim minas-samāʾi wa mā kunnā munzilīn.
And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.
إِن كَانَتۡ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَإِذَا هُمۡ خَٰمِدُونَ ٢٩
In kānat illā ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan fa idhā hum khāmidūn.
It was not but one shout,1 and immediately they were extinguished.
Footnotes (1)
- From Gabriel or a blast from the sky.
يَٰحَسۡرَةً عَلَى ٱلۡعِبَادِۚ مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٣٠
Yāḥasratan ʿalal-ʿibād, mā yaʾtīhim mir rasūlin illā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.
How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.
أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٣١
Alam yaraw kam ahlaknā qablahum minal-qurūni annahum ilayhim lā yarjiʿūn.
Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them1 will not return?
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., to those living presently in the world.
وَإِن كُلّٞ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٞ لَّدَيۡنَا مُحۡضَرُونَ ٣٢
Wa in kullul lammā jamīʿul ladaynā muḥḍarūn.
And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.
وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ أَحۡيَيۡنَٰهَا وَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مِنۡهَا حَبّٗا فَمِنۡهُ يَأۡكُلُونَ ٣٣
Wa āyatul lahumul-arḍul-maytatu aḥyaynāhā wa akhrajnā minhā ḥabban faminhu yaʾkulūn.
And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat.
وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٖ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ وَفَجَّرۡنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡعُيُونِ ٣٤
Wa jaʿalnā fīhā jannātim min nakhīliw wa aʿnābiw wa fajjarnā fīhā minal-ʿuyūn.
And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs -
لِيَأۡكُلُواْ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتۡهُ أَيۡدِيهِمۡۚ أَفَلَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٣٥
Liyaʾkulū min thamarihī wa mā ʿamilathu aydīhim, afalā yashkurūn.
That they may eat of His fruit.1 And their hands have not produced it,2 so will they not be grateful?
Footnotes (2)
- i.e., that which Allāh has produced for them.
- An alternative meaning is "And [eat from] what their hands have produced [i.e., planted and harvested]." Both are grammatically correct.
سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمِنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٦
Subḥānal-ladhī khalaqal-azwāja kullahā mimmā tunbitul-arḍu wa min anfusihim wa mimmā lā yaʿlamūn.
Exalted is He who created all pairs1 - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.
Footnotes (1)
- Or "all species."
وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيۡلُ نَسۡلَخُ مِنۡهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظۡلِمُونَ ٣٧
Wa āyatul lahumul-laylu naslakhu minhun-nahāra fa idhā hum muẓlimūn.
And a sign for them is the night. We remove1 from it the [light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness.
Footnotes (1)
- Literally, "strip" or "peel." Sunlight projected onto the earth is removed from it as the earth turns and night approaches.
وَٱلشَّمۡسُ تَجۡرِي لِمُسۡتَقَرّٖ لَّهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ٣٨
Wash-shamsu tajrī limustaqarril lahā, dhālika taqdīrul-ʿazīzil-ʿalīm.
And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
وَٱلۡقَمَرَ قَدَّرۡنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلۡعُرۡجُونِ ٱلۡقَدِيمِ ٣٩
Wal-qamara qaddarnāhu manāzila ḥattā ʿāda kal-ʿurjūnil-qadīm.
And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk.
لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٤٠
Lash-shamsu yanbaghī lahā an tudrikal-qamara wa lal-laylu sābiqun-nahār, wa kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn.
It is not allowable [i.e., possible] for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming.
وَءَايَةٞ لَّهُمۡ أَنَّا حَمَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ٤١
Wa āyatul lahum annā ḥamalnā dhurriyyatahum fil-fulkil-mashḥūn.
And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers1 in a laden ship.
Footnotes (1)
- Usually meaning "descendants" or "offspring," the word "dhurriyyah" is used here to denote forefathers (their being the offspring of Noah), who were saved from the flood.
وَخَلَقۡنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثۡلِهِۦ مَا يَرۡكَبُونَ ٤٢
Wa khalaqnā lahum mim mithlihī mā yarkabūn.
And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.
وَإِن نَّشَأۡ نُغۡرِقۡهُمۡ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنقَذُونَ ٤٣
Wa in nashaʾ nughriqhum falā ṣarīkha lahum wa lā hum yunqadhūn.
And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved
إِلَّا رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ٤٤
Illā raḥmatam minnā wa matāʿan ilā ḥīn.
Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُواْ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيكُمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٤٥
Wa idhā qīla lahumuttaqū mā bayna aydīkum wa mā khalfakum laʿallakum turḥamūn.
But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you;1 perhaps you will receive mercy..."2
Footnotes (2)
- Of sins or of life in this world and the Hereafter.
- The conclusion of this sentence is understood to be "...they ignored the warning."
وَمَا تَأۡتِيهِم مِّنۡ ءَايَةٖ مِّنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَّا كَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ ٤٦
Wa mā taʾtīhim min āyatim min āyāti rabbihim illā kānū ʿanhā muʿriḍīn.
And no sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord except that they are from it turning away.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ أَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَنُطۡعِمُ مَن لَّوۡ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطۡعَمَهُۥٓ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٤٧
Wa idhā qīla lahum anfiqū mimmā razaqakumullāhu qālal-ladhīna kafarū lil-ladhīna āmanū anuṭʿimu mal law yashāʾullāhu aṭʿamahū in antum illā fī ḍalālim mubīn.
And when it is said to them, "Spend from that which Allāh has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Should we feed one whom, if Allāh had willed, He would have fed? You are not but in clear error."
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٤٨
Wa yaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ تَأۡخُذُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ يَخِصِّمُونَ ٤٩
Mā yanẓurūna illā ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan taʾkhudhuhum wa hum yakhiṣṣimūn.
They do not await except one blast1 which will seize them while they are disputing.
Footnotes (1)
- Literally, "cry" or "shriek," meaning the first blast of the Horn which will strike dead every living thing on the earth without warning.
فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ تَوۡصِيَةٗ وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٥٠
Falā yastaṭīʿūna tawṣiyataw wa lā ilā ahlihim yarjiʿūn.
And they will not be able [to give] any instruction, nor to their people can they return.
وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَنسِلُونَ ٥١
Wa nufikha fiṣ-ṣūri fa idhā hum minal-ajdāthi ilā rabbihim yansilūn.
And the Horn will be blown;1 and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten.
Footnotes (1)
- For the second time, signaling the Resurrection.
قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرۡقَدِنَاۜۗ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٥٢
Qālū yāwaylanā mam baʿathanā mim marqadinā, hādhā mā waʿadar-raḥmānu wa ṣadaqal-mursalūn.
They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?" [The reply will be], "This is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."
إِن كَانَتۡ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَإِذَا هُمۡ جَمِيعٞ لَّدَيۡنَا مُحۡضَرُونَ ٥٣
In kānat illā ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan fa idhā hum jamīʿul ladaynā muḥḍarūn.
It will not be but one blast, and at once they are all brought present before Us.
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسٞ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٥٤
Fal-yawma lā tuẓlamu nafsun shayʾaw wa lā tujzawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn.
So today [i.e., the Day of Judgement] no soul will be wronged at all, and you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do.
إِنَّ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ فِي شُغُلٖ فَٰكِهُونَ ٥٥
Inna aṣḥābal-jannatil-yawma fī shughulin fākihūn.
Indeed the companions of Paradise, that Day, will be amused in [joyful] occupation -
هُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُهُمۡ فِي ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ ٥٦
Hum wa azwājuhum fī ẓilālin ʿalal-arāʾiki muttakiʾūn.
They and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.
لَهُمۡ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ ٥٧
Lahum fīhā fākihatuw wa lahum mā yaddaʿūn.
For them therein is fruit, and for them is whatever they request [or wish]
سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡلٗا مِّن رَّبّٖ رَّحِيمٖ ٥٨
Salāmun qawlam mir rabbir raḥīm.
[And] "Peace," a word from a Merciful Lord.
وَٱمۡتَٰزُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٥٩
Wamtāzul-yawma ayyuhal-mujrimūn.
[Then He will say], "But stand apart today, you criminals.1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., remove yourself from the ranks of the believers to be distinguished from them.
۞ أَلَمۡ أَعۡهَدۡ إِلَيۡكُمۡ يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعۡبُدُواْ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ٦٠
Alam aʿhad ilaykum yābanī ādama al lā taʿbudush-shayṭān, innahū lakum ʿaduwwum mubīn.
Did I not enjoin upon you, O children of Adam, that you not worship Satan - [for] indeed, he is to you a clear enemy -
وَأَنِ ٱعۡبُدُونِيۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٦١
Wa aniʿbudūnī, hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm.
And that you worship [only] Me? This is a straight path.
وَلَقَدۡ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمۡ جِبِلّٗا كَثِيرًاۖ أَفَلَمۡ تَكُونُواْ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٢
Wa laqad aḍalla minkum jibillan kathīrā, afalam takūnū taʿqilūn.
And he had already led astray from among you much of creation, so did you not use reason?
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ ٦٣
Hādhihī jahannamul-latī kuntum tūʿadūn.
This is the Hellfire which you were promised.
ٱصۡلَوۡهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡفُرُونَ ٦٤
Iṣlawhal-yawma bimā kuntum takfurūn.
[Enter to] burn therein today for what you used to deny."1
Footnotes (1)
- Or "because you used to disbelieve."
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَخۡتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَتَشۡهَدُ أَرۡجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٦٥
Al-yawma nakhtimu ʿalā afwāhihim wa tukallimunā aydīhim wa tashhadu arjuluhum bimā kānū yaksibūn.
That Day, We will seal over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify about what they used to earn.
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِهِمۡ فَٱسۡتَبَقُواْ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبۡصِرُونَ ٦٦
Wa law nashāʾu laṭamasnā ʿalā aʿyunihim fastabaquṣ-ṣirāṭa fa annā yubṣirūn.
And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, and they would race to [find] the path, and how could they see?1
Footnotes (1)
- Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) could have left man without means of guidance in the life of this world, although in His mercy He did not.
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمۡ فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مُضِيّٗا وَلَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٦٧
Wa law nashāʾu lamasakhnāhum ʿalā makānatihim famastaṭāʿū muḍiyyaw wa lā yarjiʿūn.
And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return.1
Footnotes (1)
- He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) could have prevented man from taking any action to benefit himself in this world or the Hereafter, yet He did not.
وَمَن نُّعَمِّرۡهُ نُنَكِّسۡهُ فِي ٱلۡخَلۡقِۚ أَفَلَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٨
Wa man nuʿammirhu nunakkishu fil-khalq, afalā yaʿqilūn.
And he to whom We grant long life We reverse in creation;1 so will they not understand?
Footnotes (1)
- In his physical and mental capacity.
وَمَا عَلَّمۡنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعۡرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُۥٓۚ إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ وَقُرۡءَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ٦٩
Wa mā ʿallamnāhush-shiʿra wa mā yanbaghī lah, in huwa illā dhikruw wa qurʾānum mubīn.
And We did not give him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur’ān
لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيّٗا وَيَحِقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٧٠
Liyundhira man kāna ḥayyaw wa yaḥiqqal-qawlu ʿalal-kāfirīn.
To warn whoever is alive1 and justify the word [i.e., decree] against the disbelievers.
Footnotes (1)
- In heart and mind, i.e., the believers.
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّا خَلَقۡنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتۡ أَيۡدِينَآ أَنۡعَٰمٗا فَهُمۡ لَهَا مَٰلِكُونَ ٧١
Awalam yaraw annā khalaqnā lahum mimmā ʿamilat aydīnā anʿāman fahum lahā mālikūn.
Do they not see that We have created for them from what Our hands1 have made, grazing livestock, and [then] they are their owners?
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 2:19.
وَذَلَّلۡنَٰهَا لَهُمۡ فَمِنۡهَا رَكُوبُهُمۡ وَمِنۡهَا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٧٢
Wa dhallalnāhā lahum faminhā rakūbuhum wa minhā yaʾkulūn.
And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.
وَلَهُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَمَشَارِبُۚ أَفَلَا يَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٣
Wa lahum fīhā manāfiʿu wa mashārib, afalā yashkurūn.
And for them therein are [other] benefits and drinks, so will they not be grateful?
وَٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةٗ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٧٤
Wattakhadhū min dūnillāhi ālihatal laʿallahum yunṣarūn.
But they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.
لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَهُمۡ وَهُمۡ لَهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّحۡضَرُونَ ٧٥
Lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣrahum wa hum lahum jundum muḥḍarūn.
They are not able to help them, and they [themselves] are for them soldiers in attendance.1
Footnotes (1)
- Maintaining and protecting their "gods." Another interpretation is that they (i.e., the gods) will be soldiers set against them in Hellfire.
فَلَا يَحۡزُنكَ قَوۡلُهُمۡۘ إِنَّا نَعۡلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعۡلِنُونَ ٧٦
Falā yaḥzunka qawluhum, innā naʿlamu mā yusirrūna wa mā yuʿlinūn.
So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what they conceal and what they declare.
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٞ مُّبِينٞ ٧٧
Awalam yaral-insānu annā khalaqnāhu min nuṭfatin fa idhā huwa khaṣīmum mubīn.
Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once1 he is a clear adversary?
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., as soon as he becomes self-sufficient.
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلٗا وَنَسِيَ خَلۡقَهُۥۖ قَالَ مَن يُحۡيِ ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ وَهِيَ رَمِيمٞ ٧٨
Wa ḍaraba lanā mathalaw wa nasiya khalqah, qāla may yuḥyil-ʿiẓāma wa hiya ramīm.
And he presents for Us an example1 and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?"
Footnotes (1)
- Attempting to establish the finality of death.
قُلۡ يُحۡيِيهَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلۡقٍ عَلِيمٌ ٧٩
Qul yuḥyīhal-ladhī anshaʾahā awwala marrah, wa huwa bikulli khalqin ʿalīm.
Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing."
ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلۡأَخۡضَرِ نَارٗا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنۡهُ تُوقِدُونَ ٨٠
Al-ladhī jaʿala lakum minash-shajaril-akhḍari nāran fa idhā antum minhu tūqidūn.
[It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then from it you ignite.
أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخۡلُقَ مِثۡلَهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٨١
Awalaysal-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa biqādirin ʿalā ay yakhluqa mithlahum, balā wa huwal-khallāqul-ʿalīm.
Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.
إِنَّمَآ أَمۡرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيۡـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٨٢
Innamā amruhū idhā arāda shayʾan ay yaqūla lahū kun fayakūn.
His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٨٣
Fasubḥānal-ladhī biyadihī malakūtu kulli shayʾiw wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.
So exalted is He in whose hand is the realm of all things, and to Him you will be returned.
37. Ash-Shaffat
الصافاتبِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلصَّٰٓفَّٰتِ صَفّٗا ١
Waṣ-ṣāffāti ṣaffā.
By those [angels] lined up in rows
فَٱلزَّٰجِرَٰتِ زَجۡرٗا ٢
Faz-zājirāti zajrā.
And those who drive [the clouds]
فَٱلتَّٰلِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ٣
Fat-tāliyāti dhikrā.
And those who recite the message,1
Footnotes (1)
- To the prophets or among themselves. Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) swears by these three kinds of angels to the fact mentioned in the following verse.
إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٰحِدٞ ٤
Inna ilāhakum lawāḥid.
Indeed, your God is One,
رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ ٥
Rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā wa rabbul-mashāriq.
Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them and Lord of the sunrises.1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., each point or place of sunrise.
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ ٦
Innā zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bizīnatinil-kawākib.
Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars
وَحِفۡظٗا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ مَّارِدٖ ٧
Wa ḥifẓam min kulli shayṭānim mārid.
And as protection against every rebellious devil
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٖ ٨
Lā yassammaʿūna ilal-malaʾil-aʿlā wa yuqdhafūna min kulli jānib.
[So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,1
Footnotes (1)
- By flaming meteors.
دُحُورٗاۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ وَاصِبٌ ٩
Duḥūrā, wa lahum ʿadhābuw wāṣib.
Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,
إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٞ ثَاقِبٞ ١٠
Illā man khaṭifal-khaṭfata fa atbaʿahū shihābun thāqib.
Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَهُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَم مَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَآۚ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّن طِينٖ لَّازِبِۭ ١١
Fastaftihim ahum ashaddu khalqan am man khalaqnā, innā khalaqnāhum min ṭīnil lāzib.
Then inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created them [i.e., men] from sticky clay.
بَلۡ عَجِبۡتَ وَيَسۡخَرُونَ ١٢
Bal ʿajibta wa yaskharūn.
But you wonder, while they mock,
وَإِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ لَا يَذۡكُرُونَ ١٣
Wa idhā dhukkirū lā yadhkurūn.
And when they are reminded, they remember not.
وَإِذَا رَأَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يَسۡتَسۡخِرُونَ ١٤
Wa idhā raʾaw āyatay yastaskhirūn.
And when they see a sign, they ridicule.
وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ ١٥
Wa qālū in hādhā illā siḥrum mubīn.
And say, "This is not but obvious magic.
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ١٦
Aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamabʿūthūn.
When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ١٧
Awaʾābāʾunal-awwalūn.
And our forefathers [as well]?"
قُلۡ نَعَمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ ١٨
Qul naʿam wa antum dākhirūn.
Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَإِذَا هُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ ١٩
Fa innamā hiya zajratuw wāḥidatun fa idhā hum yanẓurūn.
It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.
وَقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٠
Wa qālū yāwaylanā hādhā yawmud-dīn.
They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."
هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢١
Hādhā yawmul-faṣlil-ladhī kuntum bihī tukadhdhibūn.
[They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."
۞ ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ ٢٢
Uḥshurul-ladhīna ẓalamū wa azwājahum wa mā kānū yaʿbudūn.
[The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds,1 and what they used to worship
Footnotes (1)
- Those similar to them in evil deeds. Another possible meaning is "their wives."
مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَٱهۡدُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٢٣
Min dūnillāhi fahdūhum ilā ṣirāṭil-jaḥīm.
Other than Allāh, and guide them to the path of Hellfire
وَقِفُوهُمۡۖ إِنَّهُم مَّسۡـُٔولُونَ ٢٤
Waqifūhum, innahum masʾūlūn.
And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."
مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ ٢٥
Mā lakum lā tanāṣarūn.
[They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?"
بَلۡ هُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مُسۡتَسۡلِمُونَ ٢٦
Bal humul-yawma mustaslimūn.
But they, that Day, are in surrender.
وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٢٧
Wa aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍiy yatasāʾalūn.
And they will approach one another asking [i.e., blaming] each other.
قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَأۡتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٢٨
Qālū innakum kuntum taʾtūnanā ʿanil-yamīn.
They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., from our position of strength, oppressing us. Or from where we would have grasped the truth, preventing us.
قَالُواْ بَل لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٩
Qālū bal lam takūnū muʾminīn.
They [i.e., the oppressors] will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭۖ بَلۡ كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا طَٰغِينَ ٣٠
Wa mā kāna lanā ʿalaykum min sulṭān, bal kuntum qawman ṭāghīn.
And we had over you no authority, but you were a transgressing people.
فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡنَا قَوۡلُ رَبِّنَآۖ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ ٣١
Faḥaqqa ʿalaynā qawlu rabbinā, innā ladhāʾiqūn.
So the word [i.e., decree] of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].
فَأَغۡوَيۡنَٰكُمۡ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ ٣٢
Fa aghwaynākum innā kunnā ghāwīn.
And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."
فَإِنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ ٣٣
Fa innahum yawmaʾidhin fil-ʿadhābi mushtarikūn.
So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٣٤
Innā kadhālika nafʿalu bil-mujrimīn.
Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.
إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُوٓاْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٣٥
Innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illallāhu yastakbirūn.
Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant
وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٖ مَّجۡنُونِۭ ٣٦
Wa yaqūlūna aʾinnā latārikū ālihatinā lishāʿirim majnūn.
And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"
بَلۡ جَآءَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٣٧
Bal jāʾa bil-ḥaqqi wa ṣaddaqal-mursalīn.
Rather, he [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.
إِنَّكُمۡ لَذَآئِقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡأَلِيمِ ٣٨
Innakum ladhāʾiqul-ʿadhābil-alīm.
Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful punishment,
وَمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٩
Wa mā tujzawna illā mā kuntum taʿmalūn.
And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٤٠
Illā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.
But not the chosen servants of Allāh.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٤١
Ulāʾika lahum rizqum maʿlūm.
Those will have a provision determined -
فَوَٰكِهُ وَهُم مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٤٢
Fawākihu wa hum mukramūn.
Fruits;1 and they will be honored
Footnotes (1)
- Meaning everything delicious.
فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٤٣
Fī jannātin-naʿīm.
In gardens of pleasure
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٤٤
ʿAlā sururim mutaqābilīn.
On thrones facing one another.
يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينِۭ ٤٥
Yuṭāfu ʿalayhim bikaʾsim mim maʿīn.
There will be circulated among them a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring,
بَيۡضَآءَ لَذَّةٖ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ ٤٦
Bayḍāʾa ladhdhatil lish-shāribīn.
White and delicious to the drinkers;
لَا فِيهَا غَوۡلٞ وَلَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا يُنزَفُونَ ٤٧
Lā fīhā ghawluw wa lā hum ʿanhā yunzafūn.
No bad effect is there in it, nor from it will they be intoxicated.
وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ عِينٞ ٤٨
Wa ʿindahum qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi ʿīn.
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances,1 with large, [beautiful] eyes,
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., chaste and modest, looking only at their mates.
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيۡضٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ ٤٩
Kaʾannahunna bayḍum maknūn.
As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.
فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٥٠
Fa aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍiy yatasāʾalūn.
And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّي كَانَ لِي قَرِينٞ ٥١
Qāla qāʾilum minhum innī kāna lī qarīn.
A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth].
يَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِينَ ٥٢
Yaqūlu aʾinnaka laminal-muṣaddiqīn.
Who would say, 'Are you indeed of those who believe
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ ٥٣
Aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamadīnūn.
That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ٥٤
Qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūn.
He will say,1 "Would you [care to] look?"
Footnotes (1)
- To his companions in Paradise.
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِي سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٥٥
Faṭṭalaʿa faraʾāhu fī sawāʾil-jaḥīm.
And he will look and see him1 in the midst of the Hellfire.
Footnotes (1)
- The companion who had tried to dissuade him from belief on earth.
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِينِ ٥٦
Qāla tallāhi in kidtta laturdīn.
He will say, "By Allāh, you almost ruined me.
وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّي لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِينَ ٥٧
Wa lawlā niʿmatu rabbī lakuntu minal-muḥḍarīn.
If not for the favor of my Lord, I would have been of those brought in [to Hell].
أَفَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَيِّتِينَ ٥٨
Afamā naḥnu bimayyitīn.
Then, are we not to die
إِلَّا مَوۡتَتَنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٥٩
Illā mawtatanal-ūlā wa mā naḥnu bimuʿadhdhabīn.
Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٦٠
Inna hādhā lahuwal-fawzul-ʿaẓīm.
Indeed, this is the great attainment.
لِمِثۡلِ هَٰذَا فَلۡيَعۡمَلِ ٱلۡعَٰمِلُونَ ٦١
Limithli hādhā falyaʿmalil-ʿāmilūn.
For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٦٢
Adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratuz-zaqqūm.
Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?
إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٦٣
Innā jaʿalnāhā fitnatal liẓ-ẓālimīn.
Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.
إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٞ تَخۡرُجُ فِيٓ أَصۡلِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٦٤
Innahā shajaratun takhruju fī aṣlil-jaḥīm.
Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,
طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ٦٥
Ṭalʿuhā kaʾannahū ruʾūsush-shayāṭīn.
Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.
فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَأٓكِلُونَ مِنۡهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٦٦
Fa innahum laʾākilūna minhā famāliʾūna minhal-buṭūn.
And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ لَهُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا لَشَوۡبٗا مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ ٦٧
Thumma inna lahum ʿalayhā lashawbam min ḥamīm.
Then indeed, they will have after it a mixture of scalding water.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرۡجِعَهُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٦٨
Thumma inna marjiʿahum laʾilal-jaḥīm.
Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.
إِنَّهُمۡ أَلۡفَوۡاْ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ ضَآلِّينَ ٦٩
Innahum alfaw ābāʾahum ḍāllīn.
Indeed they found their fathers astray.
فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِمۡ يُهۡرَعُونَ ٧٠
Fahum ʿalā āthārihim yuhraʿūn.
So they hastened [to follow] in their footsteps.
وَلَقَدۡ ضَلَّ قَبۡلَهُمۡ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٧١
Wa laqad ḍalla qablahum aktharul-awwalīn.
And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ٧٢
Wa laqad arsalnā fīhim mundhirīn.
And We had already sent among them warners.
فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ٧٣
Fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mundharīn.
Then look how was the end of those who were warned -
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٧٤
Illā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.
But not the chosen servants of Allāh.
وَلَقَدۡ نَادَىٰنَا نُوحٞ فَلَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمُجِيبُونَ ٧٥
Wa laqad nādānā nūḥun falaniʿmal-mujībūn.
And Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.
وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٦
Wa najjaynāhu wa ahlahū minal-karbil-ʿaẓīm.
And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.
وَجَعَلۡنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥ هُمُ ٱلۡبَاقِينَ ٧٧
Wa jaʿalnā dhurriyyatahū humul-bāqīn.
And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٧٨
Wa taraknā ʿalayhi fil-ākhirīn.
And left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ نُوحٖ فِي ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧٩
Salāmun ʿalā nūḥin fil-ʿālamīn.
"Peace upon Noah among the worlds."
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٨٠
Innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨١
Innahū min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.
Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ٨٢
Thumma aghraqnal-ākharīn.
Then We drowned the others [i.e., disbelievers].
۞ وَإِنَّ مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ لَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٨٣
Wa inna min shīʿatihī laʾibrāhīm.
And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,
إِذۡ جَآءَ رَبَّهُۥ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٍ ٨٤
Idh jāʾa rabbahū biqalbin salīm.
When he came to his Lord with a sound heart
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٨٥
Idh qāla liʾabīhi wa qawmihī mādhā taʿbudūn.
[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?
أَئِفۡكًا ءَالِهَةٗ دُونَ ٱللَّهِ تُرِيدُونَ ٨٦
Aʾifkan ālihatan dūnallāhi turīdūn.
Is it falsehood [as] gods other than Allāh you desire?
فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٧
Famā ẓannukum birabbil-ʿālamīn.
Then what is your thought about the Lord of the worlds?"
فَنَظَرَ نَظۡرَةٗ فِي ٱلنُّجُومِ ٨٨
Fanaẓara naẓratan fin-nujūm.
And he cast a look at the stars
فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمٞ ٨٩
Faqāla innī saqīm.
And said, "Indeed, I am [about to be] ill."
فَتَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٩٠
Fatawallaw ʿanhu mudbirīn.
So they turned away from him, departing.
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٩١
Farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā taʾkulūn.
Then he turned to their gods and said, "Do you not eat?1
Footnotes (1)
- Consume the offerings placed before them.
مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ ٩٢
Mā lakum lā tanṭiqūn.
What is [wrong] with you that you do not speak?"
فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ ٩٣
Farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarbam bil-yamīn.
And he turned upon them a blow with [his] right hand.
فَأَقۡبَلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يَزِفُّونَ ٩٤
Fa aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūn.
Then they [i.e., the people] came toward him, hastening.
قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ ٩٥
Qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūn.
He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٦
Wallāhu khalaqakum wa mā taʿmalūn.
While Allāh created you and that which you do?"
قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡيَٰنٗا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٩٧
Qālubnū lahū bunyānan fa alqūhu fil-jaḥīm.
They said, "Construct for him a structure [i.e., furnace] and throw him into the burning fire."
فَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ ٩٨
Fa arādū bihī kaydan fajaʿalnāhumul-asfalīn.
And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the most debased.
وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ٩٩
Wa qāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīn.
And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord; He will guide me.
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٠٠
Rabbi hab lī minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."
فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٖ ١٠١
Fabashsharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīm.
So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعۡيَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَيَّ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ فِي ٱلۡمَنَامِ أَنِّيٓ أَذۡبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا تَرَىٰۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ١٠٢
Falammā balagha maʿahus-saʿya qāla yābunayya innī arā fil-manāmi annī adhbaḥuka fanẓur mādhā tarā, qāla yāʾabatifʿal mā tuʾmar, satajidunī in shāʾallāhu minaṣ-ṣābirīn.
And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion,1 he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allāh wills, of the steadfast."
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the ability to work and be of assistance.
فَلَمَّآ أَسۡلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلۡجَبِينِ ١٠٣
Falammā aslamā wa tallahū lil-jabīn.
And when they had both submitted1 and he put him down upon his forehead,
Footnotes (1)
- To the command of Allāh.
وَنَٰدَيۡنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ١٠٤
Wa nādaynāhu ay yāʾibrāhīm.
We called to him, "O Abraham,
قَدۡ صَدَّقۡتَ ٱلرُّءۡيَآۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٠٥
Qad ṣaddaqtar-ruʾyā, innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.
You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡبَلَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١٠٦
Inna hādhā lahuwal-balāʾul-mubīn.
Indeed, this was the clear trial.
وَفَدَيۡنَٰهُ بِذِبۡحٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٠٧
Wa fadaynāhu bidhibḥin ʿaẓīm.
And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,1
Footnotes (1)
- Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) sent a huge ram to be sacrificed in place of Ishmael.
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٠٨
Wa taraknā ʿalayhi fil-ākhirīn.
And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ١٠٩
Salāmun ʿalā ibrāhīm.
"Peace upon Abraham."
كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١١٠
Kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١١
Innahū min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.
Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
وَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِإِسۡحَٰقَ نَبِيّٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١١٢
Wa bashsharnāhu biʾisḥāqa nabiyyam minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.1
Footnotes (1)
- This verifies that the firstborn son who was to be sacrificed was Ishmael and not Isaac, as claimed by the Jews and Christians.
وَبَٰرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسۡحَٰقَۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحۡسِنٞ وَظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ مُبِينٞ ١١٣
Wa bāraknā ʿalayhi wa ʿalā isḥāq, wa min dhurriyyatihimā muḥsinuw wa ẓālimul linafsihī mubīn.
And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself [i.e., sinner].
وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ١١٤
Wa laqad manannā ʿalā mūsā wa hārūn.
And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.
وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُمَا وَقَوۡمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ١١٥
Wa najjaynāhumā wa qawmahumā minal-karbil-ʿaẓīm.
And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,
وَنَصَرۡنَٰهُمۡ فَكَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبِينَ ١١٦
Wa naṣarnāhum fakānū humul-ghālibīn.
And We supported them so it was they who overcame.
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَبِينَ ١١٧
Wa ātaynāhumal-kitābal-mustabīn.
And We gave them the explicit Scripture [i.e., the Torah],
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ ١١٨
Wa hadaynāhumaṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm.
And We guided them on the straight path.
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١١٩
Wa taraknā ʿalayhimā fil-ākhirīn.
And We left for them [favorable mention] among later generations:
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ١٢٠
Salāmun ʿalā mūsā wa hārūn.
"Peace upon Moses and Aaron."
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٢١
Innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُمَا مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٢٢
Innahumā min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.
Indeed, they were of Our believing servants.
وَإِنَّ إِلۡيَاسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٢٣
Wa inna ilyāsa laminal-mursalīn.
And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,
إِذۡ قَالَ لِقَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٢٤
Idh qāla liqawmihī alā tattaqūn.
When he said to his people, "Will you not fear Allāh?
أَتَدۡعُونَ بَعۡلٗا وَتَذَرُونَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ ١٢٥
Atadʿūna baʿlaw wa tadharūna aḥsanal-khāliqīn.
Do you call upon Baʿl1 and leave the best of creators -
Footnotes (1)
- The name of a great idol worshipped by the people and said to mean "lord."
ٱللَّهَ رَبَّكُمۡ وَرَبَّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٢٦
Allāha rabbakum wa rabba ābāʾikumul-awwalīn.
Allāh, your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers?"
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَإِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ ١٢٧
Fakadhdhabūhu fa innahum lamuḥḍarūn.
And they denied him, so indeed, they will be brought [for punishment],
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ١٢٨
Illā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.
Except the chosen servants of Allāh.
وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٢٩
Wa taraknā ʿalayhi fil-ākhirīn.
And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:
سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِلۡ يَاسِينَ ١٣٠
Salāmun ʿalā il yāsīn.
"Peace upon Elias."1
Footnotes (1)
- Ilyāseen is said by some commentators to be a plural form, meaning "Elias and those who followed him."
إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٣١
Innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.
Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.
إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣٢
Innahū min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.
Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.
وَإِنَّ لُوطٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٣٣
Wa inna lūṭal laminal-mursalīn.
And indeed, Lot was among the messengers.
إِذۡ نَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٣٤
Idh najjaynāhu wa ahlahū ajmaʿīn.
[So mention] when We saved him and his family, all,
إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ١٣٥
Illā ʿajūzan fil-ghābirīn.
Except an old woman [i.e., his wife] among those who remained [with the evildoers].
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ١٣٦
Thumma dammarnal-ākharīn.
Then We destroyed the others.
وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيۡهِم مُّصۡبِحِينَ ١٣٧
Wa innakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣbiḥīn.
And indeed, you pass by them in the morning
وَبِٱلَّيۡلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٣٨
Wabil-layl, afalā taʿqilūn.
And at night. Then will you not use reason?
وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٣٩
Wa inna yūnusa laminal-mursalīn.
And indeed, Jonah was among the messengers.
إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١٤٠
Idh abaqa ilal-fulkil-mashḥūn.
[Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُدۡحَضِينَ ١٤١
Fasāhama fakāna minal-mudḥaḍīn.
And he drew lots1 and was among the losers.
Footnotes (1)
- To determine who would be cast overboard in order to save the other passengers. Having been overloaded, the ship was on the verge of sinking.
فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ ١٤٢
Fal-taqamahul-ḥūtu wa huwa mulīm.
Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.1
Footnotes (1)
- For having given up hope on his people prematurely and having left them without permission from Allāh.
فَلَوۡلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِينَ ١٤٣
Falawlā annahū kāna minal-musabbiḥīn.
And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,
لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطۡنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ١٤٤
Lalabitha fī baṭnihī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.
He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.1
Footnotes (1)
- Meaning that the belly of the fish would have become his grave.
۞ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٞ ١٤٥
Fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāʾi wa huwa saqīm.
But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.
وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ شَجَرَةٗ مِّن يَقۡطِينٖ ١٤٦
Wa anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratam miy yaqṭīn.
And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.1
Footnotes (1)
- Which is known to give cooling shade and to be a repellent of flies.
وَأَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِاْئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ يَزِيدُونَ ١٤٧
Wa arsalnāhu ilā miʾati alfin aw yazīdūn.
And We sent him1 to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., returned him thereafter.
فَـَٔامَنُواْ فَمَتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ١٤٨
Fa āmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīn.
And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.
فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ١٤٩
Fastaftihim alirabbikal-banātu wa lahumul-banūn.
So inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?1
Footnotes (1)
- The people of Makkah claimed that the angels were daughters of Allāh, yet they preferred sons for themselves.
أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثٗا وَهُمۡ شَٰهِدُونَ ١٥٠
Am khalaqnal-malāʾikata ināthaw wa hum shāhidūn.
Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"
أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنۡ إِفۡكِهِمۡ لَيَقُولُونَ ١٥١
Alā innahum min ifkihim layaqūlūn.
Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,
وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ١٥٢
Waladallāhu wa innahum lakādhibūn.
"Allāh has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.
أَصۡطَفَى ٱلۡبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلۡبَنِينَ ١٥٣
Aṣṭafal-banāti ʿalal-banīn.
Has He chosen daughters over sons?
مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ ١٥٤
Mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūn.
What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?
أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ١٥٥
Afalā tadhakkarūn.
Then will you not be reminded?
أَمۡ لَكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٥٦
Am lakum sulṭānum mubīn.
Or do you have a clear authority?1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., evidence.
فَأۡتُواْ بِكِتَٰبِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٥٧
Faʾtū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīn.
Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.
وَجَعَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُۥ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ نَسَبٗاۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمَتِ ٱلۡجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ ١٥٨
Wa jaʿalū baynahū wa baynal-jinnati nasabā, wa laqad ʿalimatil-jinnatu innahum lamuḥḍarūn.
And they have made [i.e., claimed] between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought [to punishment].
سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٥٩
Subḥānallāhi ʿammā yaṣifūn.
Exalted is Allāh above what they describe,
إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ١٦٠
Illā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.
Except the chosen servants of Allāh [who do not share in that sin].
فَإِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ١٦١
Fa innakum wa mā taʿbudūn.
So indeed, you [disbelievers] and whatever you worship,
مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ ١٦٢
Mā antum ʿalayhi bifātinīn.
You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him
إِلَّا مَنۡ هُوَ صَالِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦٣
Illā man huwa ṣālil-jaḥīm.
Except he who is to [enter and] burn in the Hellfire.1
Footnotes (1)
- Due to his disbelief and evil deeds.
وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ١٦٤
Wa mā minnā illā lahū maqāmum maʿlūm.
[The angels say],1 "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.2
Footnotes (2)
- Refuting what the disbelievers had said about them.
- For worship. Or "an assigned task" to perform.
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلصَّآفُّونَ ١٦٥
Wa innā lanaḥnuṣ-ṣāffūn.
And indeed, we are those who line up [for prayer].
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحُونَ ١٦٦
Wa innā lanaḥnul-musabbiḥūn.
And indeed, we are those who exalt Allāh."
وَإِن كَانُواْ لَيَقُولُونَ ١٦٧
Wa in kānū layaqūlūn.
And indeed, they [i.e., the disbelievers] used to say,1
Footnotes (1)
- Before the revelation of the Qur’ān.
لَوۡ أَنَّ عِندَنَا ذِكۡرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٦٨
Law anna ʿindanā dhikram minal-awwalīn.
"If we had a message from [those of] the former peoples,
لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ١٦٩
Lakunnā ʿibādallāhil-mukhlaṣīn.
We would have been the chosen servants of Allāh."
فَكَفَرُواْ بِهِۦۖ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٧٠
Fakafarū bih, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.
But they disbelieved in it,1 so they are going to know.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., in their own message, the Qur’ān.
وَلَقَدۡ سَبَقَتۡ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧١
Wa laqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinal-mursalīn.
And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,
إِنَّهُمۡ لَهُمُ ٱلۡمَنصُورُونَ ١٧٢
Innahum lahumul-manṣūrūn.
[That] indeed, they would be those given victory
وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ١٧٣
Wa inna jundanā lahumul-ghālibūn.
And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those who overcome.1
Footnotes (1)
- If not in this world, then definitely in the Hereafter.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ١٧٤
Fatawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīn.
So, [O Muḥammad], leave them for a time.
وَأَبۡصِرۡهُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ ١٧٥
Wa abṣirhum fasawfa yubṣirūn.
And see [what will befall] them, for they are going to see.
أَفَبِعَذَابِنَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ١٧٦
Afabiʿadhābinā yastaʿjilūn.
Then for Our punishment are they impatient?
فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمۡ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٧
Fa idhā nazala bisāḥatihim fasāʾa ṣabāḥul-mundharīn.
But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.
وَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ١٧٨
Wa tawalla ʿanhum ḥattā ḥīn.
And leave them for a time.
وَأَبۡصِرۡ فَسَوۡفَ يُبۡصِرُونَ ١٧٩
Wa abṣir fasawfa yubṣirūn.
And see, for they are going to see.
سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلۡعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ١٨٠
Subḥāna rabbika rabbil-ʿizzati ʿammā yaṣifūn.
Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe.
وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٨١
Wa salāmun ʿalal-mursalīn.
And peace upon the messengers.
وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٢
Wal-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn.
And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
صٓۚ وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ذِي ٱلذِّكۡرِ ١
Ṣād, wal-qurʾāni dhidh-dhikr.
Ṣād.1 By the Qur’ān containing reminder...2
Footnotes (2)
- See footnote to 2:1.
- The completion of the oath is understood to be that the Qur’ān is inimitable and thus a miracle from Allāh.
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي عِزَّةٖ وَشِقَاقٖ ٢
Balil-ladhīna kafarū fī ʿizzatiw wa shiqāq.
But those who disbelieve are in pride and dissension.
كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ فَنَادَواْ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٖ ٣
Kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw wa lāta ḥīna manāṣ.
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
وَعَجِبُوٓاْ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡۖ وَقَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٞ كَذَّابٌ ٤
Wa ʿajibū an jāʾahum mundhirum minhum, wa qālal-kāfirūna hādhā sāḥirun kadhdhāb.
And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.
أَجَعَلَ ٱلۡأٓلِهَةَ إِلَٰهٗا وَٰحِدًاۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٌ عُجَابٞ ٥
Ajaʿalal-ālihata ilāhaw wāḥidā, inna hādhā lashayʾun ʿujāb.
Has he made the gods [only] one God? Indeed, this is a curious thing."
وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِنۡهُمۡ أَنِ ٱمۡشُواْ وَٱصۡبِرُواْ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمۡۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٞ يُرَادُ ٦
Wanṭalaqal-malaʾu minhum animshū waṣbirū ʿalā ālihatikum, inna hādhā lashayʾuy yurād.
And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is a thing intended.1
Footnotes (1)
- Planned by Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) in order to gain influence and prestige for himself.
مَا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِي ٱلۡمِلَّةِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخۡتِلَٰقٌ ٧
Mā samiʿnā bihādhā fil-millatil-ākhirati in hādhā illakhtilāq.
We have not heard of this in the latest religion.1 This is not but a fabrication.
Footnotes (1)
- Referring to Christianity or possibly the pagan religion of the Quraysh.
أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلذِّكۡرُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ مِّن ذِكۡرِيۚ بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِ ٨
Aʾunzila ʿalayhidh-dhikru mim bayninā, bal hum fī shakkim min dhikrī, bal lammā yadhūqū ʿadhāb.
Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?" Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَحۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡوَهَّابِ ٩
Am ʿindahum khazāʾinu raḥmati rabbikal-ʿazīzil-wahhāb.
Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?1
Footnotes (1)
- Refer to footnote of verse 3:8.
أَمۡ لَهُم مُّلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاۖ فَلۡيَرۡتَقُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡبَٰبِ ١٠
Am lahum mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā, falyartaqū fil-asbāb.
Or is theirs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them? Then let them ascend through [any] ways of access.1
Footnotes (1)
- To oversee the affairs of their dominion.
جُندٞ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهۡزُومٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابِ ١١
Jundum mā hunālika mahzūmum minal-aḥzāb.
[They are but] soldiers [who will be] defeated there among the companies [of disbelievers].
كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَعَادٞ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ ذُو ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٢
Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥiw wa ʿāduw wa firʿawnu dhul-awtād.
The people of Noah denied before them, and [the tribe of] ʿAad and Pharaoh, the owner of stakes,1
Footnotes (1)
- By which he tortured people.
وَثَمُودُ وَقَوۡمُ لُوطٖ وَأَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ ١٣
Wa thamūdu wa qawmu lūṭiw wa aṣḥābul-aykah, ulāʾikal-aḥzāb.
And [the tribe of] Thamūd and the people of Lot and the companions of the thicket [i.e., people of Madyan]. Those are the companies.1
Footnotes (1)
- That were defeated, among whom will be the disbelievers of Quraysh and others.
إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ١٤
In kullun illā kadhdhabar-rusula faḥaqqa ʿiqāb.
Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.
وَمَا يَنظُرُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ مَّا لَهَا مِن فَوَاقٖ ١٥
Wa mā yanẓuru hāʾulāʾi illā ṣayḥataw wāḥidatam mā lahā min fawāq.
And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.1
Footnotes (1)
- Or "respite." More literally, "a period between two milkings of a she-camel," which also alludes to the meanings of "return" or "repetition."
وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا عَجِّل لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبۡلَ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ١٦
Wa qālū rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmil-ḥisāb.
And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account."
ٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَا دَاوُۥدَ ذَا ٱلۡأَيۡدِۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ١٧
Iṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wadhkur ʿabdanā dāwūda dhal-ayd, innahū awwāb.
Be patient over what they say and remember Our servant, David, the possessor of strength; indeed, he was one who repeatedly turned back [to Allāh].
إِنَّا سَخَّرۡنَا ٱلۡجِبَالَ مَعَهُۥ يُسَبِّحۡنَ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ وَٱلۡإِشۡرَاقِ ١٨
Innā sakhkharnal-jibāla maʿahū yusabbiḥna bil-ʿashiyyi wal-ishrāq.
Indeed, We subjected the mountains [to praise] with him, exalting [Allāh] in the [late] afternoon and [after] sunrise.
وَٱلطَّيۡرَ مَحۡشُورَةٗۖ كُلّٞ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٞ ١٩
Waṭ-ṭayra maḥshūrah, kullul lahū awwāb.
And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].
وَشَدَدۡنَا مُلۡكَهُۥ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَفَصۡلَ ٱلۡخِطَابِ ٢٠
Wa shadadnā mulkahū wa ātaynāhul-ḥikmata wa faṣlal-khiṭāb.
And We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and discernment in speech.
۞ وَهَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ نَبَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَصۡمِ إِذۡ تَسَوَّرُواْ ٱلۡمِحۡرَابَ ٢١
Wa hal atāka nabaʾul-khaṣmi idh tasawwarul-miḥrāb.
And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber -
إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَىٰ دَاوُۥدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنۡهُمۡۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ خَصۡمَانِ بَغَىٰ بَعۡضُنَا عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا تُشۡطِطۡ وَٱهۡدِنَآ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ ٢٢
Idh dakhalū ʿalā dāwūda fafaziʿa minhum, qālū lā takhaf, khaṣmāni baghā baʿḍunā ʿalā baʿḍin faḥkum baynanā bil-ḥaqqi wa lā tushṭiṭ wahdinā ilā sawāʾiṣ-ṣirāṭ.
When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them? They said, "Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path.
إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِي لَهُۥ تِسۡعٞ وَتِسۡعُونَ نَعۡجَةٗ وَلِيَ نَعۡجَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ فَقَالَ أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي ٱلۡخِطَابِ ٢٣
Inna hādhā akhī lahū tisʿuw wa tisʿūna naʿjataw waliya naʿjatuw wāḥidatun faqāla akfilnīhā wa ʿazzanī fil-khiṭāb.
Indeed this, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said, 'Entrust her to me,' and he overpowered me in speech."
قَالَ لَقَدۡ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعۡجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبۡغِي بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلٞ مَّا هُمۡۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسۡتَغۡفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّۤ رَاكِعٗاۤ وَأَنَابَ۩ ٢٤
Qāla laqad ẓalamaka bisuʾāli naʿjatika ilā niʿājih, wa inna kathīram minal-khulaṭāʾi layabghī baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa qalīlum mā hum, wa ẓanna dāwūdu annamā fatannāhu fastaghfara rabbahū wa kharra rākiʿaw wa anāb.
[David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord1 and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allāh].
Footnotes (1)
- For his errors, such as fear and suspicion of the two men at the outset, any mistake in judgement he might have made, concealed feelings of partiality, etc.
فَغَفَرۡنَا لَهُۥ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلۡفَىٰ وَحُسۡنَ مَـَٔابٖ ٢٥
Faghafarnā lahū dhālik, wa inna lahū ʿindanā lazulfā wa ḥusna maʾāb.
So We forgave him that; and indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱحۡكُم بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدُۢ بِمَا نَسُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٢٦
Yādāwūdu innā jaʿalnāka khalīfatan fil-arḍi faḥkum baynan-nāsi bil-ḥaqqi wa lā tattabiʿil-hawā fayuḍillaka ʿan sabīlillāh, innal-ladhīna yaḍillūna ʿan sabīlillāhi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdum bimā nasū yawmal-ḥisāb.
[We said], "O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth and do not follow [your own] desire, as it will lead you astray from the way of Allāh." Indeed, those who go astray from the way of Allāh will have a severe punishment for having forgotten the Day of Account.
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا بَٰطِلٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ ظَنُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۚ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ٢٧
Wa mā khalaqnas-samāʾa wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā bāṭilā, dhālika ẓannul-ladhīna kafarū, fawaylul lil-ladhīna kafarū minan-nār.
And We did not create the heaven and the earth and that between them aimlessly. That is the assumption of those who disbelieve, so woe to those who disbelieve from the Fire.
أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ كَٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ نَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ كَٱلۡفُجَّارِ ٢٨
Am najʿalul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti kal-mufsidīna fil-arḍi am najʿalul-muttaqīna kal-fujjār.
Or should We treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allāh like the wicked?
كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡكَ مُبَٰرَكٞ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٢٩
Kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka mubārakul liyaddabbarū āyātihī waliyatadhakkara ulul-albāb.
[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.
وَوَهَبۡنَا لِدَاوُۥدَ سُلَيۡمَٰنَۚ نِعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ٣٠
Wa wahabnā lidāwūda sulaymān, niʿmal-ʿabdu innahū awwāb.
And to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
إِذۡ عُرِضَ عَلَيۡهِ بِٱلۡعَشِيِّ ٱلصَّٰفِنَٰتُ ٱلۡجِيَادُ ٣١
Idh ʿuriḍa ʿalayhi bil-ʿashiyyiṣ-ṣāfinātul-jiyād.
[Mention] when there were exhibited before him in the afternoon the poised [standing] racehorses.
فَقَالَ إِنِّيٓ أَحۡبَبۡتُ حُبَّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّي حَتَّىٰ تَوَارَتۡ بِٱلۡحِجَابِ ٣٢
Faqāla innī aḥbabtu ḥubbal-khayri ʿan dhikri rabbī ḥattā tawārat bil-ḥijāb.
And he said, "Indeed, I gave preference to the love of good [things] over the remembrance of my Lord until it [i.e., the sun] disappeared into the curtain [of darkness]."
رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّۖ فَطَفِقَ مَسۡحَۢا بِٱلسُّوقِ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَاقِ ٣٣
Ruddūhā ʿalayy, faṭafiqa masḥam bis-sūqi wal-aʿnāq.
[He said], "Return them to me," and set about striking1 [their] legs and necks.
Footnotes (1)
- With his sword as expiation. Some commentaries have also suggested the meaning of "stroking" with the hand.
وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا سُلَيۡمَٰنَ وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا عَلَىٰ كُرۡسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدٗا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ ٣٤
Wa laqad fatannā sulaymāna wa alqaynā ʿalā kursiyyihī jasadan thumma anāb.
And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body;1 then he returned.2
Footnotes (2)
- Said to be a devil or a lifeless body (one without capability), but Allāh alone knows.
- To sovereignty and to Allāh in repentance.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَهَبۡ لِي مُلۡكٗا لَّا يَنۢبَغِي لِأَحَدٖ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِيٓۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡوَهَّابُ ٣٥
Qāla rabbighfir lī wahab lī mulkal lā yanbaghī liʾaḥadim mim baʿdī, innaka antal-wahhāb.
He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."
فَسَخَّرۡنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجۡرِي بِأَمۡرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيۡثُ أَصَابَ ٣٦
Fasakhkharnā lahur-rīḥa tajrī biʾamrihī rukhāʾan ḥaythu aṣāb.
So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,
وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٖ وَغَوَّاصٖ ٣٧
Wash-shayāṭīna kulla bannāʾiw wa ghawwāṣ.
And [also] the devils [of jinn] - every builder and diver
وَءَاخَرِينَ مُقَرَّنِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَصۡفَادِ ٣٨
Wa ākharīna muqarranīna fil-aṣfād.
And others bound together in irons.
هَٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَٱمۡنُنۡ أَوۡ أَمۡسِكۡ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ٣٩
Hādhā ʿaṭāʾunā famnun aw amsik bighayri ḥisāb.
[We said], "This is Our gift, so grant or withhold without account."
وَإِنَّ لَهُۥ عِندَنَا لَزُلۡفَىٰ وَحُسۡنَ مَـَٔابٖ ٤٠
Wa inna lahū ʿindanā lazulfā wa ḥusna maʾāb.
And indeed, for him is nearness to Us and a good place of return.
وَٱذۡكُرۡ عَبۡدَنَآ أَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ بِنُصۡبٖ وَعَذَابٍ ٤١
Wadhkur ʿabdanā ayyūba idh nādā rabbahū annī massaniyash-shayṭānu binuṣbiw wa ʿadhāb.
And remember Our servant Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, Satan has touched me with hardship and torment."
ٱرۡكُضۡ بِرِجۡلِكَۖ هَٰذَا مُغۡتَسَلُۢ بَارِدٞ وَشَرَابٞ ٤٢
Urkuḍ birijlik, hādhā mughtasalum bāriduw wa sharāb.
[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for a] cool bath and drink."
وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٤٣
Wa wahabnā lahū ahlahū wa mithlahum maʿahum raḥmatam minnā wa dhikrā liʾulil-albāb.
And We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.
وَخُذۡ بِيَدِكَ ضِغۡثٗا فَٱضۡرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحۡنَثۡۗ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَٰهُ صَابِرٗاۚ نِّعۡمَ ٱلۡعَبۡدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٞ ٤٤
Wa khudh biyadika ḍighthan faḍrib bihī wa lā taḥnath, innā wajadnāhu ṣābirā, niʿmal-ʿabdu innahū awwāb.
[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath."1 Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allāh].
Footnotes (1)
- At a point during his illness, Job became angry with his wife and swore that if he recovered, he would punish her with one hundred lashes. According to Allāh's instruction, the oath was fulfilled by striking her once with one hundred blades of grass.
وَٱذۡكُرۡ عِبَٰدَنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ أُوْلِي ٱلۡأَيۡدِي وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ٤٥
Wadhkur ʿibādanā ibrāhīma wa isḥāqa wa yaʿqūba ulil-aydī wal-abṣār.
And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - those of strength and [religious] vision.
إِنَّآ أَخۡلَصۡنَٰهُم بِخَالِصَةٖ ذِكۡرَى ٱلدَّارِ ٤٦
Innā akhlaṣnāhum bikhāliṣatin dhikrad-dār.
Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality: remembrance of the home [of the Hereafter].
وَإِنَّهُمۡ عِندَنَا لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصۡطَفَيۡنَ ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ ٤٧
Wa innahum ʿindanā laminal-muṣṭafaynal-akhyār.
And indeed they are, to Us, among the chosen and outstanding.
وَٱذۡكُرۡ إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلۡيَسَعَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ وَكُلّٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ ٤٨
Wadhkur ismāʿīla wal-yasaʿa wa dhal-kifl, wa kullum minal-akhyār.
And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.
هَٰذَا ذِكۡرٞۚ وَإِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ لَحُسۡنَ مَـَٔابٖ ٤٩
Hādhā dhikr, wa inna lil-muttaqīna laḥusna maʾāb.
This is a reminder. And indeed, for the righteous is a good place of return -
جَنَّٰتِ عَدۡنٖ مُّفَتَّحَةٗ لَّهُمُ ٱلۡأَبۡوَٰبُ ٥٠
Jannāti ʿadnim mufattaḥatal lahumul-abwāb.
Gardens of perpetual residence, whose doors will be opened to them.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِفَٰكِهَةٖ كَثِيرَةٖ وَشَرَابٖ ٥١
Muttakiʾīna fīhā yadʿūna fīhā bifākihatin kathīratiw wa sharāb.
Reclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.
۞ وَعِندَهُمۡ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ أَتۡرَابٌ ٥٢
Wa ʿindahum qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi atrāb.
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances1 and of equal age.
Footnotes (1)
- To their mates alone.
هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٥٣
Hādhā mā tūʿadūna liyawmil-ḥisāb.
This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَرِزۡقُنَا مَا لَهُۥ مِن نَّفَادٍ ٥٤
Inna hādhā larizqunā mā lahū min nafād.
Indeed, this is Our provision; for it there is no depletion.
هَٰذَاۚ وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٖ ٥٥
Hādhā, wa inna liṭ-ṭāghīna lasharra maʾāb.
This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -
جَهَنَّمَ يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ٥٦
Jahannama yaṣlawnahā fabiʾsal-mihād.
Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.
هَٰذَا فَلۡيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٞ وَغَسَّاقٞ ٥٧
Hādhā falyadhūqūhu ḥamīmuw wa ghassāq.
This - so let them taste it - is scalding water and [foul] purulence.
وَءَاخَرُ مِن شَكۡلِهِۦٓ أَزۡوَٰجٌ ٥٨
Wa ākharu min shaklihī azwāj.
And other [punishments] of its type [in various] kinds.
هَٰذَا فَوۡجٞ مُّقۡتَحِمٞ مَّعَكُمۡ لَا مَرۡحَبَۢا بِهِمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ صَالُواْ ٱلنَّارِ ٥٩
Hādhā fawjum muqtaḥimum maʿakum lā marḥabam bihim, innahum ṣālun-nār.
[Its inhabitants will say], "This is a company bursting in with you. No welcome for them. Indeed, they will burn in the Fire."
قَالُواْ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا مَرۡحَبَۢا بِكُمۡۖ أَنتُمۡ قَدَّمۡتُمُوهُ لَنَاۖ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرَارُ ٦٠
Qālū bal antum lā marḥabam bikum, antum qaddamtumūhu lanā, fabiʾsal-qarār.
They will say, "Nor you! No welcome for you. You, [our leaders], brought this upon us, and wretched is the settlement."
قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا مَن قَدَّمَ لَنَا هَٰذَا فَزِدۡهُ عَذَابٗا ضِعۡفٗا فِي ٱلنَّارِ ٦١
Qālū rabbanā man qaddama lanā hādhā fazidhu ʿadhāban ḍiʿfan fin-nār.
They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us - increase for him double punishment in the Fire."
وَقَالُواْ مَا لَنَا لَا نَرَىٰ رِجَالٗا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَشۡرَارِ ٦٢
Wa qālū mā lanā lā narā rijālan kunnā naʿudduhum minal-ashrār.
And they will say, "Why do we not see men whom we used to count among the worst?1
Footnotes (1)
- They are referring to the believers.
أَتَّخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ سِخۡرِيًّا أَمۡ زَاغَتۡ عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ ٦٣
Attakhadhnāhum sikhriyyan am zāghat ʿanhumul-abṣār.
Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"
إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَحَقّٞ تَخَاصُمُ أَهۡلِ ٱلنَّارِ ٦٤
Inna dhālika laḥaqqun takhāṣumu ahlin-nār.
Indeed, that is truth [i.e., reality] - the quarreling of the people of the Fire.
قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٞۖ وَمَا مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ ٦٥
Qul innamā ana mundhir, wa mā min ilāhin illallāhul-wāḥidul-qahhār.
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,1
Footnotes (1)
- Refer to footnotes in 12:39.
رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُ ٦٦
Rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumal-ʿazīzul-ghaffār.
Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Exalted in Might,1 the Perpetual Forgiver."2
Footnotes (2)
- Honored for absolute power associated with wisdom and justice.
- Who continually conceals sins and faults.
قُلۡ هُوَ نَبَؤٌاْ عَظِيمٌ ٦٧
Qul huwa nabaʾun ʿaẓīm.
Say, "It is great news
أَنتُمۡ عَنۡهُ مُعۡرِضُونَ ٦٨
Antum ʿanhu muʿriḍūn.
From which you turn away.
مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنۡ عِلۡمِۭ بِٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰٓ إِذۡ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٦٩
Mā kāna liya min ʿilmim bil-malaʾil-aʿlā idh yakhtaṣimūn.
I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam].
إِن يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ إِلَّآ أَنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ ٧٠
Iy yūḥā ilayya illā annamā ana nadhīrum mubīn.
It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner."
إِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن طِينٖ ٧١
Idh qāla rabbuka lil-malāʾikati innī khāliqum basharam min ṭīn.
[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.
فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٧٢
Fa idhā sawwaytuhū wa nafakhtu fīhi mir rūḥī faqaʿū lahū sājidīn.
So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,1 then fall down to him in prostration."
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 15:29.
فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٧٣
Fasajadal-malāʾikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn.
So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,
إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٧٤
Illā iblīsastakbara wa kāna minal-kāfirīn.
Except Iblees;1 he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 2:34.
قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَيَّۖ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ ٧٥
Qāla yāʾiblīsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayy, astakbarta am kunta minal-ʿālīn.
[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands?1 Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 2:19.
قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ ٧٦
Qāla ana khayrum minhu khalaqtanī min nāriw wa khalaqtahū min ṭīn.
He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٞ ٧٧
Qāla fakhruj minhā fa innaka rajīm.
[Allāh] said, "Then get out of it [i.e., Paradise], for indeed, you are expelled.
وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكَ لَعۡنَتِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٧٨
Wa inna ʿalayka laʿnatī ilā yawmid-dīn.
And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."
قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ٧٩
Qāla rabbi fa anẓirnī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.
He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ ٨٠
Qāla fa innaka minal-munẓarīn.
[Allāh] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved
إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡوَقۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡلُومِ ٨١
Ilā yawmil-waqtil-maʿlūm.
Until the Day of the time well-known."
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغۡوِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٨٢
Qāla fabiʿizzatika laʾughwiyannahum ajmaʿīn.
[Iblees] said, "By Your might, I will surely mislead them all
إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُخۡلَصِينَ ٨٣
Illā ʿibādaka minhumul-mukhlaṣīn.
Except, among them, Your chosen servants."
قَالَ فَٱلۡحَقُّ وَٱلۡحَقَّ أَقُولُ ٨٤
Qāla fal-ḥaqqu wal-ḥaqqa aqūl.
[Allāh] said, "The truth [is My oath], and the truth I say -
لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنۡهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٨٥
Laʾamlaʾanna jahannama minka wa mimman tabiʿaka minhum ajmaʿīn.
[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."
قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَكَلِّفِينَ ٨٦
Qul mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajriw wa mā ana minal-mutakallifīn.
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., the Qur’ān] any payment, and I am not of the pretentious.
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٧
In huwa illā dhikrul lil-ʿālamīn.
It is but a reminder to the worlds.
وَلَتَعۡلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعۡدَ حِينِۭ ٨٨
Wa lataʿlamunna nabaʾahū baʿda ḥīn.
And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."
39. Az-Zumar
الزمربِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ ١
Tanzīlul-kitābi minallāhil-ʿazīzil-ḥakīm.
The revelation of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَٱعۡبُدِ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصٗا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ ٢
Innā anzalnā ilaykal-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi faʿbudillāha mukhliṣal lahud-dīn.
Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], in truth. So worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.
أَلَا لِلَّهِ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلۡخَالِصُۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مَا نَعۡبُدُهُمۡ إِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ زُلۡفَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ فِي مَا هُمۡ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي مَنۡ هُوَ كَٰذِبٞ كَفَّارٞ ٣
Alā lillāhid-dīnul-khāliṣ, wal-ladhīnattakhadhū min dūnihī awliyāʾa mā naʿbuduhum illā liyuqarribūnā ilallāhi zulfā innallāha yaḥkumu baynahum fī mā hum fīhi yakhtalifūn, innallāha lā yahdī man huwa kādhibun kaffār.
Unquestionably, for Allāh is the pure religion.1 And those who take protectors besides Him [say], "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allāh in position." Indeed, Allāh will judge between them concerning that over which they differ. Indeed, Allāh does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., acceptable to Allāh is that none be associated with Him in worship and obedience.
لَّوۡ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدٗا لَّٱصۡطَفَىٰ مِمَّا يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۖ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ ٤
Law arādallāhu ay yattakhidha waladal laṣṭafā mimmā yakhluqu mā yashāʾ, subḥānah, huwallāhul-wāḥidul-qahhār.
If Allāh had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.1
Footnotes (1)
- Refer to footnotes in 12:39.
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيۡلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيۡلِۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۗ أَلَا هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفَّٰرُ ٥
Khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqq, yukawwirul-layla ʿalan-nahāri wa yukawwirun-nahāra ʿalal-layl, wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī liʾajalim musammā, alā huwal-ʿazīzul-ghaffār.
He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.1
Footnotes (1)
- Refer to footnotes in 38:66.
خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفۡسٖ وَٰحِدَةٖ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۡهَا زَوۡجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزۡوَٰجٖۚ يَخۡلُقُكُمۡ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ خَلۡقٗا مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ خَلۡقٖ فِي ظُلُمَٰتٖ ثَلَٰثٖۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصۡرَفُونَ ٦
Khalaqakum min nafsiw wāḥidatin thumma jaʿala minhā zawjahā wa anzala lakum minal-anʿāmi thamāniyata azwāj, yakhluqukum fī buṭūni ummahātikum khalqam mim baʿdi khalqin fī ẓulumātin thalāth, dhālikumullāhu rabbukum lahul-mulk, lā ilāha illā huw, fa annā tuṣrafūn.
He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates.1 He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses.2 That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?
Footnotes (2)
- See 6:143-144.
- i.e., the belly, the womb, and the amniotic membrane.
إِن تَكۡفُرُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنكُمۡۖ وَلَا يَرۡضَىٰ لِعِبَادِهِ ٱلۡكُفۡرَۖ وَإِن تَشۡكُرُواْ يَرۡضَهُ لَكُمۡۗ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُم مَّرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ٧
In takfurū fa innallāha ghaniyyun ʿankum, wa lā yarḍā liʿibādihil-kufr, wa in tashkurū yarḍahu lakum, wa lā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā, thumma ilā rabbikum marjiʿukum fayunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn, innahū ʿalīmum bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr.
If you disbelieve - indeed, Allāh is Free from need of you. And He does not approve for His servants disbelief. And if you are grateful, He approves [i.e., likes] it for you; and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you about what you used to do. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
۞ وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ضُرّٞ دَعَا رَبَّهُۥ مُنِيبًا إِلَيۡهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُۥ نِعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡهُ نَسِيَ مَا كَانَ يَدۡعُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ مِن قَبۡلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادٗا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦۚ قُلۡ تَمَتَّعۡ بِكُفۡرِكَ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ ٨
Wa idhā massal-insāna ḍurrun daʿā rabbahū munīban ilayhi thumma idhā khawwalahū niʿmatam minhu nasiya mā kāna yadʿū ilayhi min qablu wa jaʿala lillāhi andādal liyuḍilla ʿan sabīlih, qul tamattaʿ bikufrika qalīlan innaka min aṣḥābin-nār.
And when adversity touches man, he calls upon his Lord, turning to Him [alone]; then when He bestows on him a favor from Himself, he forgets Him whom he called upon before,1 and he attributes to Allāh equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little; indeed, you are of the companions of the Fire."
Footnotes (1)
- Or "that for which he called upon Him before."
أَمَّنۡ هُوَ قَٰنِتٌ ءَانَآءَ ٱلَّيۡلِ سَاجِدٗا وَقَآئِمٗا يَحۡذَرُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَيَرۡجُواْ رَحۡمَةَ رَبِّهِۦۗ قُلۡ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِي ٱلَّذِينَ يَعۡلَمُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَۗ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٩
Amman huwa qānitun ānāʾal-layli sājidaw wa qāʾimay yaḥdharul-ākhirata wa yarjū raḥmata rabbih, qul hal yastawil-ladhīna yaʿlamūna wal-ladhīna lā yaʿlamūn, innamā yatadhakkaru ulul-albāb.
Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing [in prayer], fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [like one who does not]? Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.
قُلۡ يَٰعِبَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمۡۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٞۗ وَأَرۡضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٌۗ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى ٱلصَّٰبِرُونَ أَجۡرَهُم بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ١٠
Qul yāʿibādil-ladhīna āmanuttaqū rabbakum, lil-ladhīna aḥsanū fī hādhihid-dunyā ḥasanah, wa arḍullāhi wāsiʿah, innamā yuwaffaṣ-ṣābirūna ajrahum bighayri ḥisāb.
Say,1 "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allāh is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account [i.e., limit]."
Footnotes (1)
- The Prophet (ﷺ) is instructed to say on behalf of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) to His believing servants.
قُلۡ إِنِّيٓ أُمِرۡتُ أَنۡ أَعۡبُدَ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصٗا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ ١١
Qul innī umirtu an aʿbudallāha mukhliṣal lahud-dīn.
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.
وَأُمِرۡتُ لِأَنۡ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ١٢
Wa umirtu liʾan akūna awwalal-muslimīn.
And I have been commanded to be the first [among you] of the Muslims."
قُلۡ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ إِنۡ عَصَيۡتُ رَبِّي عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٣
Qul innī akhāfu in ʿaṣaytu rabbī ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm.
Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
قُلِ ٱللَّهَ أَعۡبُدُ مُخۡلِصٗا لَّهُۥ دِينِي ١٤
Qulillāha aʿbudu mukhliṣal lahū dīnī.
Say, "Allāh [alone] do I worship, sincere to Him in my religion,
فَٱعۡبُدُواْ مَا شِئۡتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَأَهۡلِيهِمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخُسۡرَانُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١٥
Faʿbudū mā shiʾtum min dūnih, qul innal-khāsirīnal-ladhīna khasirū anfusahum wa ahlīhim yawmal-qiyāmah, alā dhālika huwal-khusrānul-mubīn.
So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."
لَهُم مِّن فَوۡقِهِمۡ ظُلَلٞ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمِن تَحۡتِهِمۡ ظُلَلٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ عِبَادَهُۥۚ يَٰعِبَادِ فَٱتَّقُونِ ١٦
Lahum min fawqihim ẓulalum minan-nāri wa min taḥtihim ẓulal, dhālika yukhawwifullāhu bihī ʿibādah, yāʿibādi fattaqūn.
They will have canopies [i.e., layers] of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allāh threatens [i.e., warns] His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱجۡتَنَبُواْ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ أَن يَعۡبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ لَهُمُ ٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰۚ فَبَشِّرۡ عِبَادِ ١٧
Wal-ladhīnajtanabuṭ-ṭāghūta ay yaʿbudūhā wa anābū ilallāhi lahumul-bushrā, fabashshir ʿibād.
But those who have avoided ṭāghūt,1 lest they worship it, and turned back to Allāh - for them are good tidings. So give good tidings to My servants
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- i.e., Satan or any false object of worship.
ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحۡسَنَهُۥٓۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمۡ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ١٨
Al-ladhīna yastamiʿūnal-qawla fayattabiʿūna aḥsanah, ulāʾikal-ladhīna hadāhumullāh, wa ulāʾika hum ulul-albāb.
Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allāh has guided, and those are people of understanding.
أَفَمَنۡ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِي ٱلنَّارِ ١٩
Afaman ḥaqqa ʿalayhi kalimatul-ʿadhābi afaʾanta tunqidhu man fin-nār.
Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment [to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?
لَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ رَبَّهُمۡ لَهُمۡ غُرَفٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهَا غُرَفٞ مَّبۡنِيَّةٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ لَا يُخۡلِفُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمِيعَادَ ٢٠
Lākinil-ladhīnattaqaw rabbahum lahum ghurafum min fawqihā ghurafum mabniyyatun tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, waʿdallāhi lā yukhlifullāhul-mīʿād.
But those who have feared their Lord - for them are chambers,1 above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. [This is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in [His] promise.
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- i.e., elevated rooms, dwellings or palaces.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَسَلَكَهُۥ يَنَٰبِيعَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ثُمَّ يُخۡرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرۡعٗا مُّخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَجۡعَلُهُۥ حُطَٰمًاۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكۡرَىٰ لِأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٢١
Alam tara annallāha anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fasalakahū yanābīʿa fil-arḍi thumma yukhriju bihī zarʿam mukhtalifan alwānuhū thumma yahīju fatarāhu muṣfarran thumma yajʿaluhū ḥuṭāmā, inna fī dhālika ladhikrā liʾulil-albāb.
Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.
أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدۡرَهُۥ لِلۡإِسۡلَٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦۚ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡقَٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٢٢
Afaman sharaḥallāhu ṣadrahū lil-islāmi fahuwa ʿalā nūrim mir rabbih, fawaylul lil-qāsiyati qulūbuhum min dhikrillāh, ulāʾika fī ḍalālim mubīn.
So is one whose breast Allāh has expanded to [accept] Islām and he is upon [i.e., guided by] a light from his Lord [like one whose heart rejects it]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allāh. Those are in manifest error.
ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحۡسَنَ ٱلۡحَدِيثِ كِتَٰبٗا مُّتَشَٰبِهٗا مَّثَانِيَ تَقۡشَعِرُّ مِنۡهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُمۡ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمۡ وَقُلُوبُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهۡدِي بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنۡ هَادٍ ٢٣
Allāhu nazzala aḥsanal-ḥadīthi kitābam mutashābiham mathāniya taqshaʿirru minhu julūdul-ladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum thumma talīnu julūduhum wa qulūbuhum ilā dhikrillāh, dhālika hudallāhi yahdī bihī may yashāʾ, wa may yuḍlilillāhu famā lahū min hād.
Allāh has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance [i.e., mention] of Allāh. That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allāh sends astray - for him there is no guide.
أَفَمَن يَتَّقِي بِوَجۡهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡسِبُونَ ٢٤
Afamay yattaqī biwajhihī sūʾal-ʿadhābi yawmal-qiyāmah, wa qīla liẓ-ẓālimīna dhūqū mā kuntum taksibūn.
Then is he who will shield with his face1 the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure from it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, "Taste what you used to earn."
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- Rather than his hands, which will be chained to his neck.
كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٢٥
Kadhdhabal-ladhīna min qablihim fa atāhumul-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūn.
Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.
فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخِزۡيَ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٦
Fa adhāqahumullāhul-khizya fil-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati akbar, law kānū yaʿlamūn.
So Allāh made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
وَلَقَدۡ ضَرَبۡنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٖ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٢٧
Wa laqad ḍarabnā lin-nāsi fī hādhal-qurʾāni min kulli mathalil laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn.
And We have certainly presented for the people in this Qur’ān from every [kind of] example - that they might remember.
قُرۡءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا غَيۡرَ ذِي عِوَجٖ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَّقُونَ ٢٨
Qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan ghayra dhī ʿiwajil laʿallahum yattaqūn.
[It is] an Arabic Qur’ān, without any deviance1 that they might become righteous.2
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- From the truth.
- Through consciousness of Allāh.
ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا رَّجُلٗا فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ مُتَشَٰكِسُونَ وَرَجُلٗا سَلَمٗا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًاۚ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٩
Ḍaraballāhu mathalar rajulan fīhi shurakāʾu mutashākisūna wa rajulan salamal lirajulin hal yastawiyāni mathalā, al-ḥamdu lillāh, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn.
Allāh presents an example: a man [i.e., slave] owned by quarreling partners and another belonging exclusively to one man - are they equal in comparison? Praise be to Allāh! But most of them do not know.
إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٞ وَإِنَّهُم مَّيِّتُونَ ٣٠
Innaka mayyituw wa innahum mayyitūn.
Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die.
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عِندَ رَبِّكُمۡ تَخۡتَصِمُونَ ٣١
Thumma innakum yawmal-qiyāmati ʿinda rabbikum takhtaṣimūn.
Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord, will dispute.