Juz 25

1. ۞ إِلَيۡهِ يُرَدُّ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِۚ وَمَا تَخۡرُجُ مِن ثَمَرَٰتٖ مِّنۡ أَكۡمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحۡمِلُ مِنۡ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلۡمِهِۦۚ وَيَوۡمَ يُنَادِيهِمۡ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآءِي قَالُوٓاْ ءَاذَنَّٰكَ مَا مِنَّا مِن شَهِيدٖ ٤٧

   Ilayhi yuraddu ʿilmus-sāʿah, wa mā takhruju min thamarātim min akmāmihā wa mā taḥmilu min unthā wa lā taḍaʿu illā biʿilmih, wa yawma yunādīhim ayna shurakāʾī qālū ādhannāka mā minnā min shahīd.

   To Him [alone] is attributed knowledge of the Hour. And fruits emerge not from their coverings nor does a female conceive or give birth except with His knowledge. And the Day He will call to them, "Where are My 'partners'?" they will say, "We announce to You that there is [no longer] among us any witness [to that]."

2. وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَدۡعُونَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَظَنُّواْ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٖ ٤٨

   Wa ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yadʿūna min qabl, wa ẓannū mā lahum mim maḥīṣ.

   And lost from them will be those they were invoking before, and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.

3. لَّا يَسۡـَٔمُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِن دُعَآءِ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ وَإِن مَّسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَيَـُٔوسٞ قَنُوطٞ ٤٩

   Lā yasʾamul-insānu min duʿāʾil-khayri wa im massahush-sharru fayaʾūsun qanūṭ.

   Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.

4. وَلَئِنۡ أَذَقۡنَٰهُ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتۡهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَٰذَا لِي وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةٗ وَلَئِن رُّجِعۡتُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّيٓ إِنَّ لِي عِندَهُۥ لَلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنۡ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٖ ٥٠

   Wa laʾin adhaqnāhu raḥmatam minnā mim baʿdi ḍarrāʾa massathu layaqūlanna hādhā lī wa mā aẓunnus-sāʿata qāʾimataw wa laʾir rujiʿtu ilā rabbī inna lī ʿindahū lalḥusnā, falanunabbiʾannal-ladhīna kafarū bimā ʿamilū wa lanudhīqannahum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓ.

   And if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity which has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me,¹ and I do not think the Hour will occur; and [even] if I should be returned to my Lord, indeed, for me there will be with Him the best." But We will surely inform those who disbelieved about what they did, and We will surely make them taste a massive punishment.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Because of my effort, knowledge, excellence, etc.

5. وَإِذَآ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ أَعۡرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٖ ٥١

   Wa idhā anʿamnā ʿalal-insāni aʿraḍa wa naʾā bijānibihī wa idhā massahush-sharru fadhū duʿāʾin ʿarīḍ.

   And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.

6. قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرۡتُم بِهِۦ مَنۡ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنۡ هُوَ فِي شِقَاقِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٥٢

   Qul araʾaytum in kāna min ʿindillāhi thumma kafartum bihī man aḍallu mimman huwa fī shiqāqim baʿīd.

   Say, "Have you considered: if it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is from Allāh and you disbelieved in it, who would be more astray than one who is in extreme dissension?"

7. سَنُرِيهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا فِي ٱلۡأٓفَاقِ وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمۡ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّۗ أَوَلَمۡ يَكۡفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ٥٣

   Sanurīhim āyātinā fil-āfāqi wa fī anfusihim ḥattā yatabayyana lahum annahul-ḥaqq, awalam yakfi birabbika annahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīd.

   We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.¹ But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?²

   Footnotes (2)

   1. Or "that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) is the Truth."
   2. See footnote of 4:79.

8. أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ فِي مِرۡيَةٖ مِّن لِّقَآءِ رَبِّهِمۡۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مُّحِيطُۢ ٥٤

   Alā innahum fī miryatim mil liqāʾi rabbihim, alā innahū bikulli shayʾim muḥīṭ.

   Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. حمٓ ١

   Ḥā Mīm.

   Ḥā, Meem.

2. عٓسٓقٓ ٢

   ʿAyn Sīn Qāf.

   ʿAyn, Seen, Qāf.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 2:1.

3. كَذَٰلِكَ يُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٣

   Kadhālika yūḥī ilayka wa ilal-ladhīna min qablikallāhul-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

   Thus has He revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and to those before you - Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

4. لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٤

   Lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, wa huwal-ʿaliyyul-ʿaẓīm.

   To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.¹

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   1. See footnote to 2:255.

5. تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرۡنَ مِن فَوۡقِهِنَّۚ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ لِمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٥

   Takādus-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min fawqihinn, wal-malāʾikatu yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim wa yastaghfirūna liman fil-arḍ, alā innallāha huwal-ghafūrur-raḥīm.

   The heavens almost break from above them,¹ and the angels exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Unquestionably, it is Allāh who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

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   1. i.e., from the grandeur of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) above them.

6. وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهُ حَفِيظٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِوَكِيلٖ ٦

   Wal-ladhīnattakhadhū min dūnihī awliyāʾallāhu ḥafīẓun ʿalayhim wa mā anta ʿalayhim biwakīl.

   And those who take as allies other than Him - Allāh is [yet] Guardian over them; and you, [O Muḥammad], are not over them a manager -

7. وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ قُرۡءَانًا عَرَبِيّٗا لِّتُنذِرَ أُمَّ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَمَنۡ حَوۡلَهَا وَتُنذِرَ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡجَمۡعِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِۚ فَرِيقٞ فِي ٱلۡجَنَّةِ وَفَرِيقٞ فِي ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٧

   Wa kadhālika awḥaynā ilayka qurʾānan ʿarabiyyal litundhira ummal-qurā wa man ḥawlahā wa tundhira yawmal-jamʿi lā rayba fīh, farīqun fil-jannati wa farīqun fis-saʿīr.

   And thus We have revealed to you an Arabic Qur’ān that you may warn the Mother of Cities [i.e., Makkah] and those around it¹ and warn of the Day of Assembly, about which there is no doubt. A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.

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   1. i.e., all other peoples.

8. وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَهُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَلَٰكِن يُدۡخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَا لَهُم مِّن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ٨

   Wa law shāʾallāhu lajaʿalahum ummataw wāḥidataw wa lākiy yudkhilu may yashāʾu fī raḥmatih, waẓ-ẓālimūna mā lahum miw waliyyiw wa lā naṣīr.

   And if Allāh willed, He could have made them [of] one religion, but He admits whom He wills¹ into His mercy. And the wrongdoers have not any protector or helper.

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   1. i.e., those who desire His guidance and His acceptance of them.

9. أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَۖ فَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلۡوَلِيُّ وَهُوَ يُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٩

   Amittakhadhū min dūnihī awliyāʾ, fallāhu huwal-waliyyu wa huwa yuḥyil-mawtā wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

   Or have they taken protectors [or allies] besides Him? But Allāh - He is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

10. وَمَا ٱخۡتَلَفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ مِن شَيۡءٖ فَحُكۡمُهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّي عَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡتُ وَإِلَيۡهِ أُنِيبُ ١٠

    Wa makhtalaftum fīhi min shayʾin faḥukmuhū ilallāh, dhālikumullāhu rabbī ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa ilayhi unīb.

    And in anything over which you disagree - its ruling is [to be referred] to Allāh. [Say], "That is Allāh, my Lord; upon Him I have relied, and to Him I turn back."¹

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    1. In remembrance and repentance.

11. فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ أَزۡوَٰجٗا يَذۡرَؤُكُمۡ فِيهِۚ لَيۡسَ كَمِثۡلِهِۦ شَيۡءٞۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ ١١

    Fāṭirus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, jaʿala lakum min anfusikum azwājaw wa minal-anʿāmi azwājay yadhraʾukum fīh, laysa kamithlihī shayʾ, wa huwas-samīʿul-baṣīr.

    [He is] Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you from yourselves, mates, and among the cattle, mates; He multiplies you thereby. There is nothing like unto Him,¹ and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. There is no similarity whatsoever between the Creator and His creation in essence, in attributes or in deed.
    2. See footnotes to 17:1.

12. لَهُۥ مَقَالِيدُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقۡدِرُۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ١٢

    Lahū maqālīdus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, yabsuṭur-rizqa limay yashāʾu wa yaqdir, innahū bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

    To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. He extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is, of all things, Knowing.

13. ۞ شَرَعَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا وَصَّىٰ بِهِۦ نُوحٗا وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ وَمَا وَصَّيۡنَا بِهِۦٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰٓۖ أَنۡ أَقِيمُواْ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُواْ فِيهِۚ كَبُرَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ مَا تَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِۚ ٱللَّهُ يَجۡتَبِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ مَن يُنِيبُ ١٣

    Sharaʿa lakum minad-dīni mā waṣṣā bihī nūḥaw wal-ladhī awḥaynā ilayka wa mā waṣṣaynā bihī ibrāhīma wa mūsā wa ʿīsā, an aqīmud-dīna wa lā tatafarraqū fīh, kabura ʿalal-mushrikīna mā tadʿūhum ilayh, allāhu yajtabī ilayhi may yashāʾu wa yahdī ilayhi may yunīb.

    He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allāh is that to which you invite them. Allāh chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him].

14. وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوٓاْ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى لَّقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُورِثُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبٖ ١٤

    Wa mā tafarraqū illā mim baʿdi mā jāʾahumul-ʿilmu baghyam baynahum, wa lawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika ilā ajalim musammal laquḍiya baynahum, wa innal-ladhīna ūrithul-kitāba mim baʿdihim lafī shakkim minhu murīb.

    And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And if not for a word¹ that preceded from your Lord [postponing the penalty] until a specified time, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, those who were granted inheritance of the Scripture after them are, concerning it, in disquieting doubt.

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    1. Decree. See footnote to 10:19.

15. فَلِذَٰلِكَ فَٱدۡعُۖ وَٱسۡتَقِمۡ كَمَآ أُمِرۡتَۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۖ وَقُلۡ ءَامَنتُ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن كِتَٰبٖۖ وَأُمِرۡتُ لِأَعۡدِلَ بَيۡنَكُمُۖ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمۡۖ لَنَآ أَعۡمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡۖ لَا حُجَّةَ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَكُمُۖ ٱللَّهُ يَجۡمَعُ بَيۡنَنَاۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٥

    Falidhālika fadʿ, wastaqim kamā umirt, wa lā tattabiʿ ahwāʾahum, wa qul āmantu bimā anzalallāhu min kitāb, wa umirtu liʾaʿdila baynakum, allāhu rabbunā wa rabbukum, lanā aʿmālunā wa lakum aʿmālukum, lā ḥujjata baynanā wa baynakum, allāhu yajmaʿu baynanā, wa ilayhil-maṣīr.

    So to that [religion of Allāh] invite, [O Muḥammad],¹ and remain on a right course as you are commanded and do not follow their inclinations but say, "I have believed in what Allāh has revealed of scripture [i.e., the Qur’ān], and I have been commanded to do justice among you. Allāh is our Lord and your Lord. For us are our deeds, and for you your deeds.² There is no [need for] argument between us and you.³ Allāh will bring us together, and to Him is the [final] destination."

    Footnotes (3)

    1. Another meaning understood from the Arabic is "So because of that [division and separation into sects], invite [them back to Allāh]..."
    2. i.e., the consequences thereof.
    3. Since the truth has been made clear and since those who refuse it do so only out of stubbornness or worldly interests.

16. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآجُّونَ فِي ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ٱسۡتُجِيبَ لَهُۥ حُجَّتُهُمۡ دَاحِضَةٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ وَعَلَيۡهِمۡ غَضَبٞ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٌ ١٦

    Wal-ladhīna yuḥājjūna fillāhi mim baʿdi mastujība lahū ḥujjatuhum dāḥiḍatun ʿinda rabbihim wa ʿalayhim ghaḍabuw wa lahum ʿadhābun shadīd.

    And those who argue concerning Allāh after He has been responded to¹ - their argument is invalid with their Lord, and upon them is [His] wrath, and for them is a severe punishment.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., after people have accepted the truth from Allāh, in an attempt to turn the believers away from His religion of Islām.

17. ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَۗ وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَرِيبٞ ١٧

    Allāhul-ladhī anzalal-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi wal-mīzān, wa mā yudrīka laʿallas-sāʿata qarīb.

    It is Allāh who has sent down the Book in truth and [also] the balance [i.e., justice]. And what will make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near.

18. يَسۡتَعۡجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِهَاۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مُشۡفِقُونَ مِنۡهَا وَيَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهَا ٱلۡحَقُّۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُمَارُونَ فِي ٱلسَّاعَةِ لَفِي ضَلَٰلِۭ بَعِيدٍ ١٨

    Yastaʿjilu bihal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bihā, wal-ladhīna āmanū mushfiqūna minhā wa yaʿlamūna annahal-ḥaqq, alā innal-ladhīna yumārūna fis-sāʿati lafī ḍalālim baʿīd.

    Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it,¹ but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.

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    1. They had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) to bring it on immediately.

19. ٱللَّهُ لَطِيفُۢ بِعِبَادِهِۦ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡقَوِيُّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ١٩

    Allāhu laṭīfum biʿibādihī yarzuqu may yashāʾ, wa huwal-qawiyyul-ʿazīz.

    Allāh is Subtle¹ with His servants; He gives provision to whom He wills. And He is the Powerful, the Exalted in Might.

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    1. See footnote in 12:100.

20. مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ نَزِدۡ لَهُۥ فِي حَرۡثِهِۦۖ وَمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ حَرۡثَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِن نَّصِيبٍ ٢٠

    Man kāna yurīdu ḥarthal-ākhirati nazid lahū fī ḥarthih, wa man kāna yurīdu ḥarthad-dunyā nuʾtihī minhā wa mā lahū fil-ākhirati min naṣīb.

    Whoever desires the harvest of the Hereafter - We increase for him in his harvest [i.e., reward]. And whoever desires the harvest [i.e., benefits] of this world - We give him thereof, but there is not for him in the Hereafter any share.

21. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَٰٓؤُاْ شَرَعُواْ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا لَمۡ يَأۡذَنۢ بِهِ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢١

    Am lahum shurakāʾu sharaʿū lahum minad-dīni mā lam yaʾdham bihillāh, wa lawlā kalimatul-faṣli laquḍiya baynahum, wa innaẓ-ẓālimīna lahum ʿadhābun alīm.

    Or have they partners [i.e., other deities] who have ordained for them a religion to which Allāh has not consented? But if not for the decisive word,¹ it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers will have a painful punishment.

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    1. Decree. See footnote to 10:19.

22. تَرَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مُشۡفِقِينَ مِمَّا كَسَبُواْ وَهُوَ وَاقِعُۢ بِهِمۡۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فِي رَوۡضَاتِ ٱلۡجَنَّاتِۖ لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَضۡلُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٢٢

    Taraẓ-ẓālimīna mushfiqīna mimmā kasabū wa huwa wāqiʿum bihim, wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti fī rawḍātil-jannāt, lahum mā yashāʾūna ʿinda rabbihim, dhālika huwal-faḍlul-kabīr.

    You will see the wrongdoers fearful of what they have earned, and it will [certainly] befall them. And those who have believed and done righteous deeds will be in lush regions of the gardens [in Paradise] having whatever they will in the presence of their Lord. That is what is the great bounty.

23. ذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يُبَشِّرُ ٱللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِۗ قُل لَّآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ أَجۡرًا إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوَدَّةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰۗ وَمَن يَقۡتَرِفۡ حَسَنَةٗ نَّزِدۡ لَهُۥ فِيهَا حُسۡنًاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ شَكُورٌ ٢٣

    Dhālikal-ladhī yubashshirullāhu ʿibādahul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāt, qul lā asʾalukum ʿalayhi ajran illal-mawaddata fil-qurbā, wa may yaqtarif ḥasanatan nazid lahū fīhā ḥusnā, innallāha ghafūrun shakūr.

    It is that of which Allāh gives good tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not ask you for it [i.e., this message] any payment [but] only good will through [i.e., due to] kinship." And whoever commits a good deed - We will increase for him good therein. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Appreciative.¹

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    1. See footnote in 35:30.

24. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗاۖ فَإِن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يَخۡتِمۡ عَلَىٰ قَلۡبِكَۗ وَيَمۡحُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ ٱلۡحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ٢٤

    Am yaqūlūnaftarā ʿalallāhi kadhibā, fa iy yashaʾillāhu yakhtim ʿalā qalbik, wa yamḥullāhul-bāṭila wa yuḥiqqul-ḥaqqa bikalimātih, innahū ʿalīmum bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr.

    Or do they say, "He has invented about Allāh a lie"? But if Allāh willed, He could seal over your heart.¹ And Allāh eliminates falsehood and establishes the truth by His words. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

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    1. i.e., He could make you forget the Qur’ān and deprive you of it.

25. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَقۡبَلُ ٱلتَّوۡبَةَ عَنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَعۡفُواْ عَنِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ٢٥

    Wa huwal-ladhī yaqbalut-tawbata ʿan ʿibādihī wa yaʿfū ʿanis-sayyiʾāti wa yaʿlamu mā tafʿalūn.

    And it is He who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do.

26. وَيَسۡتَجِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَيَزِيدُهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦۚ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞ ٢٦

    Wa yastajībul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa yazīduhum min faḍlih, wal-kāfirūna lahum ʿadhābun shadīd.

    And He answers [the supplication of] those who have believed and done righteous deeds and increases [for] them from His bounty. But the disbelievers will have a severe punishment.

27. ۞ وَلَوۡ بَسَطَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ لَبَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَٰكِن يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٖ مَّا يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرُۢ بَصِيرٞ ٢٧

    Wa law basaṭallāhur-rizqa liʿibādihī labaghaw fil-arḍi wa lākiy yunazzilu biqadarim mā yashāʾ, innahū biʿibādihī khabīrum baṣīr.

    And if Allāh had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills. Indeed He is, of His servants, Aware and Seeing.

28. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡغَيۡثَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا قَنَطُواْ وَيَنشُرُ رَحۡمَتَهُۥۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡوَلِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ٢٨

    Wa huwal-ladhī yunazzilul-ghaytha mim baʿdi mā qanaṭū wa yanshuru raḥmatah, wa huwal-waliyyul-ḥamīd.

    And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.

29. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٖۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمۡعِهِمۡ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٞ ٢٩

    Wa min āyātihī khalqus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baththa fīhimā min dābbah, wa huwa ʿalā jamʿihim idhā yashāʾu qadīr.

    And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and earth and what He has dispersed throughout them of creatures. And He, for gathering them when He wills, is competent.

30. وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٖ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتۡ أَيۡدِيكُمۡ وَيَعۡفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٖ ٣٠

    Wa mā aṣābakum mim muṣībatin fabimā kasabat aydīkum wa yaʿfū ʿan kathīr.

    And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.

31. وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٖ ٣١

    Wa mā antum bimuʿjizīna fil-arḍ, wa mā lakum min dūnillāhi miw waliyyiw wa lā naṣīr.

    And you will not cause failure [to Allāh]¹ upon the earth. And you have not besides Allāh any protector or helper.

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    1. i.e., escape from Him.

32. وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلۡجَوَارِ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٣٢

    Wa min āyātihil-jawāri fil-baḥri kal-aʿlām.

    And of His signs are the ships in the sea, like mountains.

33. إِن يَشَأۡ يُسۡكِنِ ٱلرِّيحَ فَيَظۡلَلۡنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَىٰ ظَهۡرِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٖ شَكُورٍ ٣٣

    Iy yashaʾ yuskinir-rīḥa fayaẓlalna rawākida ʿalā ẓahrih, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil likulli ṣabbārin shakūr.

    If He willed, He could still the wind, and they would remain motionless on its surface. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

34. أَوۡ يُوبِقۡهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ وَيَعۡفُ عَن كَثِيرٖ ٣٤

    Aw yūbiqhunna bimā kasabū wa yaʿfu ʿan kathīr.

    Or He could destroy them¹ for what they earned; but He pardons much.

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    1. Meaning that Allāh could sink the ships by means of violent winds.

35. وَيَعۡلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٖ ٣٥

    Wa yaʿlamal-ladhīna yujādilūna fī āyātinā mā lahum mim maḥīṣ.

    And [that is so] those who dispute concerning Our signs may know that for them there is no place of escape.

36. فَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَيۡءٖ فَمَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ٣٦

    Famā ūtītum min shayʾin famatāʿul-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa mā ʿindallāhi khayruw wa abqā lil-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūn.

    So whatever thing you have been given - it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life. But what is with Allāh is better and more lasting for those who have believed and upon their Lord rely

37. وَٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُواْ هُمۡ يَغۡفِرُونَ ٣٧

    Wal-ladhīna yajtanibūna kabāʾiral-ithmi wal-fawāḥisha wa idhā mā ghaḍibū hum yaghfirūn.

    And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,

38. وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَجَابُواْ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَمۡرُهُمۡ شُورَىٰ بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ ٣٨

    Wal-ladhīnastajābū lirabbihim wa aqāmuṣ-ṣalāta wa amruhum shūrā baynahum wa mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn.

    And those who have responded to their Lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend,

39. وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلۡبَغۡيُ هُمۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ ٣٩

    Wal-ladhīna idhā aṣābahumul-baghyu hum yantaṣirūn.

    And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they retaliate [in a just manner].¹

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    1. Restoring their rights and not allowing aggressors to take advantage of them out of weakness.

40. وَجَزَٰٓؤُاْ سَيِّئَةٖ سَيِّئَةٞ مِّثۡلُهَاۖ فَمَنۡ عَفَا وَأَصۡلَحَ فَأَجۡرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٠

    Wa jazāʾu sayyiʾatin sayyiʾatum mithluhā, faman ʿafā wa aṣlaḥa fa ajruhū ʿalallāh, innahū lā yuḥibbuẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation - his reward is [due] from Allāh. Indeed, He does not like wrongdoers.

41. وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعۡدَ ظُلۡمِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيۡهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ ٤١

    Wa lamanintaṣara baʿda ẓulmihī fa ulāʾika mā ʿalayhim min sabīl.

    And whoever retaliates after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].

42. إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَيَبۡغُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٤٢

    Innamas-sabīlu ʿalal-ladhīna yaẓlimūnan-nāsa wa yabghūna fil-arḍi bighayril-ḥaqq, ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun alīm.

    The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.

43. وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنۡ عَزۡمِ ٱلۡأُمُورِ ٤٣

    Wa laman ṣabara wa ghafara inna dhālika lamin ʿazmil-umūr.

    And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of resolve.¹

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    1. On the part of those seeking the reward of Allāh.

44. وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن وَلِيّٖ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦۗ وَتَرَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَمَّا رَأَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ يَقُولُونَ هَلۡ إِلَىٰ مَرَدّٖ مِّن سَبِيلٖ ٤٤

    Wa may yuḍlilillāhu famā lahū miw waliyyim mim baʿdih, wa taraẓ-ẓālimīna lammā raʾawul-ʿadhāba yaqūlūna hal ilā maraddim min sabīl.

    And he whom Allāh sends astray - for him there is no protector beyond Him. And you will see the wrongdoers, when they see the punishment, saying, "Is there for return [to the former world] any way?"

45. وَتَرَىٰهُمۡ يُعۡرَضُونَ عَلَيۡهَا خَٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرۡفٍ خَفِيّٖۗ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَأَهۡلِيهِمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِي عَذَابٖ مُّقِيمٖ ٤٥

    Wa tarāhum yuʿraḍūna ʿalayhā khāshiʿīna minadh-dhulli yanẓurūna min ṭarfin khafiyy, wa qālal-ladhīna āmanū innal-khāsirīnal-ladhīna khasirū anfusahum wa ahlīhim yawmal-qiyāmah, alā innaẓ-ẓālimīna fī ʿadhābim muqīm.

    And you will see them being exposed to it [i.e., the Fire], humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And those who had believed will say, "Indeed, the [true] losers are the ones who lost themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, the wrongdoers are in an enduring punishment."

46. وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ يَنصُرُونَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۗ وَمَن يُضۡلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن سَبِيلٍ ٤٦

    Wa mā kāna lahum min awliyāʾa yanṣurūnahum min dūnillāh, wa may yuḍlilillāhu famā lahū min sabīl.

    And there will not be for them any allies to aid them other than Allāh. And whoever Allāh sends astray - for him there is no way.

47. ٱسۡتَجِيبُواْ لِرَبِّكُم مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمٞ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِۚ مَا لَكُم مِّن مَّلۡجَإٖ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّكِيرٖ ٤٧

    Istajībū lirabbikum min qabli ay yaʾtiya yawmul lā maradda lahū minallāh, mā lakum mim maljaʾiy yawmaʾidhiw wa mā lakum min nakīr.

    Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. No refuge will you have that Day, nor for you will there be any denial.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Of your sins or "disapproval" of your punishment.

48. فَإِنۡ أَعۡرَضُواْ فَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَفِيظًاۖ إِنۡ عَلَيۡكَ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُۗ وَإِنَّآ إِذَآ أَذَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحۡمَةٗ فَرِحَ بِهَاۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةُۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتۡ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ كَفُورٞ ٤٨

    Fa in aʿraḍū famā arsalnāka ʿalayhim ḥafīẓā, in ʿalayka illal-balāgh, wa innā idhā adhaqnal-insāna minnā raḥmatan fariḥa bihā, wa in tuṣibhum sayyiʾatum bimā qaddamat aydīhim fa innal-insāna kafūr.

    But if they turn away - then We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a guardian; upon you is only [the duty of] notification. And indeed, when We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but if evil afflicts him for what his hands have put forth, then indeed, man is ungrateful.

49. لِّلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ إِنَٰثٗا وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ٱلذُّكُورَ ٤٩

    Lillāhi mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, yakhluqu mā yashāʾ, yahabu limay yashāʾu ināthaw wa yahabu limay yashāʾudh-dhukūr.

    To Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He wills. He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males.

50. أَوۡ يُزَوِّجُهُمۡ ذُكۡرَانٗا وَإِنَٰثٗاۖ وَيَجۡعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًاۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٞ قَدِيرٞ ٥٠

    Aw yuzawwijuhum dhukrānaw wa ināthā, wa yajʿalu may yashāʾu ʿaqīmā, innahū ʿalīmun qadīr.

    Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.

51. ۞ وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحۡيًا أَوۡ مِن وَرَآيِٕ حِجَابٍ أَوۡ يُرۡسِلَ رَسُولٗا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٞ ٥١

    Wa mā kāna libasharin ay yukallimahullāhu illā waḥyan aw miw warāʾi ḥijābin aw yursila rasūlan fayūḥiya biʾidhnihī mā yashāʾ, innahū ʿaliyyun ḥakīm.

    And it is not for any human being that Allāh should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger [i.e., angel] to reveal, by His permission, what He wills. Indeed, He is Most High and Wise.

52. وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ رُوحٗا مِّنۡ أَمۡرِنَاۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدۡرِي مَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ وَلَا ٱلۡإِيمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلۡنَٰهُ نُورٗا نَّهۡدِي بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَاۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهۡدِيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٥٢

    Wa kadhālika awḥaynā ilayka rūḥam min amrinā, mā kunta tadrī mal-kitābu wa lal-īmānu wa lākin jaʿalnāhu nūran nahdī bihī man nashāʾu min ʿibādinā, wa innaka latahdī ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

    And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command [i.e., the Qur’ān]. You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants. And indeed, [O Muḥammad], you guide to a straight path -

53. صِرَٰطِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ أَلَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ تَصِيرُ ٱلۡأُمُورُ ٥٣

    Ṣirāṭillāhil-ladhī lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, alā ilallāhi taṣīrul-umūr.

    The path of Allāh, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Unquestionably, to Allāh do [all] matters evolve [i.e., return].

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. حمٓ ١

   Ḥā Mīm.

   Ḥā, Meem.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢

   Wal-kitābil-mubīn.

   By the clear Book,

3. إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَٰنًا عَرَبِيّٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٣

   Innā jaʿalnāhu qurʾānan ʿarabiyyal laʿallakum taʿqilūn.

   Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’ān that you might understand.

4. وَإِنَّهُۥ فِيٓ أُمِّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَدَيۡنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ ٤

   Wa innahū fī ummil-kitābi ladaynā laʿaliyyun ḥakīm.

   And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book¹ with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.²

   Footnotes (2)

   1. i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).
   2. Also, "precise" or "specific."

5. أَفَنَضۡرِبُ عَنكُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَ صَفۡحًا أَن كُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّسۡرِفِينَ ٥

   Afanaḍribu ʿankumudh-dhikra ṣafḥan an kuntum qawmam musrifīn.

   Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?

6. وَكَمۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن نَّبِيّٖ فِي ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٦

   Wa kam arsalnā min nabiyyin fil-awwalīn.

   And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

7. وَمَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِيٍّ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٧

   Wa mā yaʾtīhim min nabiyyin illā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

   But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

8. فَأَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا وَمَضَىٰ مَثَلُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨

   Fa ahlaknā ashadda minhum baṭshaw wa maḍā mathalul-awwalīn.

   And We destroyed greater than them¹ in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The disbelievers of the Quraysh, who denied Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

9. وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٩

   Wa laʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna khalaqahunnal-ʿazīzul-ʿalīm.

   And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,"

10. ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَهۡدٗا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ ١٠

    Al-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa mahdaw wa jaʿala lakum fīhā subulal laʿallakum tahtadūn.

    [The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

11. وَٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرٖ فَأَنشَرۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخۡرَجُونَ ١١

    Wal-ladhī nazzala minas-samāʾi māʾam biqadarin fa ansharnā bihī baldatam maytā, kadhālika tukhrajūn.

    And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

12. وَٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَزۡوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡفُلۡكِ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ مَا تَرۡكَبُونَ ١٢

    Wal-ladhī khalaqal-azwāja kullahā wa jaʿala lakum minal-fulki wal-anʿāmi mā tarkabūn.

    And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount

13. لِتَسۡتَوُۥاْ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ رَبِّكُمۡ إِذَا ٱسۡتَوَيۡتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَتَقُولُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقۡرِنِينَ ١٣

    Litastawū ʿalā ẓuhūrihī thumma tadhkurū niʿmata rabbikum idhastawaytum ʿalayhi wa taqūlū subḥānal-ladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahū muqrinīn.

    That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say, "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Literally, "made it a companion" or "made it compatible."

14. وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ ١٤

    Wa innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūn.

    And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

15. وَجَعَلُواْ لَهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ جُزۡءًاۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٞ مُّبِينٌ ١٥

    Wa jaʿalū lahū min ʿibādihī juzʾā, innal-insāna lakafūrum mubīn.

    But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion.¹ Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. By claiming that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has a son or daughters, as it is said that a child is part of his parent. This concept is totally incompatible with Allāh's unity and exclusiveness.

16. أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخۡلُقُ بَنَاتٖ وَأَصۡفَىٰكُم بِٱلۡبَنِينَ ١٦

    Amittakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātiw wa aṣfākum bil-banīn.

    Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

17. وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مَثَلٗا ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدّٗا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ١٧

    Wa idhā bushshira aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lir-raḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhū muswaddaw wa huwa kaẓīm.

    And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

18. أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُاْ فِي ٱلۡحِلۡيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي ٱلۡخِصَامِ غَيۡرُ مُبِينٖ ١٨

    Awamay yunashshaʾu fil-ḥilyati wa huwa fil-khiṣāmi ghayru mubīn.

    So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident¹ [attributed to Allāh]?

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Not "obvious" or "distinct" in an argument. Or not "seen," i.e., absent from battles. The reference is to a daughter.

19. وَجَعَلُواْ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًاۚ أَشَهِدُواْ خَلۡقَهُمۡۚ سَتُكۡتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمۡ وَيُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٩

    Wa jaʿalul-malāʾikatal-ladhīna hum ʿibādur-raḥmāni ināthā, ashahidū khalqahum, satuktabu shahādatuhum wa yusʾalūn.

    And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

20. وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مَا عَبَدۡنَٰهُمۗ مَّا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ ٢٠

    Wa qālū law shāʾar-raḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum, mā lahum bidhālika min ʿilm, in hum illā yakhruṣūn.

    And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but misjudging.

21. أَمۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا مِّن قَبۡلِهِۦ فَهُم بِهِۦ مُسۡتَمۡسِكُونَ ٢١

    Am ātaynāhum kitābam min qablihī fahum bihī mustamsikūn.

    Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?

22. بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٢٢

    Bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāʾanā ʿalā ummatiw wa innā ʿalā āthārihim muhtadūn.

    Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

23. وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ فِي قَرۡيَةٖ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتۡرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّقۡتَدُونَ ٢٣

    Wa kadhālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatim min nadhīrin illā qāla mutrafūhā innā wajadnā ābāʾanā ʿalā ummatiw wa innā ʿalā āthārihim muqtadūn.

    And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."

24. ۞ قَٰلَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِأَهۡدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمۡ عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَكُمۡۖ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٢٤

    Qāla awalaw jiʾtukum biʾahdā mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāʾakum, qālū innā bimā ursiltum bihī kāfirūn.

    [Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

25. فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٥

    Fantaqamnā minhum, fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mukadhdhibīn.

    So We took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

26. وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِي بَرَآءٞ مِّمَّا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٢٦

    Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu liʾabīhi wa qawmihī innanī barāʾum mimmā taʿbudūn.

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship

27. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنِي فَإِنَّهُۥ سَيَهۡدِينِ ٢٧

    Illal-ladhī faṭaranī fa innahū sayahdīn.

    Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."

28. وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةَۢ بَاقِيَةٗ فِي عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٨

    Wa jaʿalahā kalimatam bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihī laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

    And he made it¹ a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., his testimony that none is worthy of worship except Allāh.

29. بَلۡ مَتَّعۡتُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَرَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ ٢٩

    Bal mattaʿtu hāʾulāʾi wa ābāʾahum ḥattā jāʾahumul-ḥaqqu wa rasūlum mubīn.

    However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers¹ until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.²

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    1. The descendants of Abraham.
    2. i.e., one who is obvious with a clear message, meaning Muḥammad (ﷺ).

30. وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا سِحۡرٞ وَإِنَّا بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٠

    Wa lammā jāʾahumul-ḥaqqu qālū hādhā siḥruw wa innā bihī kāfirūn.

    But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

31. وَقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَتَيۡنِ عَظِيمٍ ٣١

    Wa qālū lawlā nuzzila hādhal-qurʾānu ʿalā rajulim minal-qaryatayni ʿaẓīm.

    And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"¹

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    1. Referring to Makkah and aṭ-Ṭā’if.

32. أَهُمۡ يَقۡسِمُونَ رَحۡمَتَ رَبِّكَۚ نَحۡنُ قَسَمۡنَا بَيۡنَهُم مَّعِيشَتَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَرَفَعۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٖ دَرَجَٰتٖ لِّيَتَّخِذَ بَعۡضُهُم بَعۡضٗا سُخۡرِيّٗاۗ وَرَحۡمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرٞ مِّمَّا يَجۡمَعُونَ ٣٢

    Ahum yaqsimūna raḥmata rabbik, naḥnu qasamnā baynahum maʿīshatahum fil-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa rafaʿnā baʿḍahum fawqa baʿḍin darajātil liyattakhidha baʿḍuhum baʿḍan sukhriyyā, wa raḥmatu rabbika khayrum mimmā yajmaʿūn.

    Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

33. وَلَوۡلَآ أَن يَكُونَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ لَّجَعَلۡنَا لِمَن يَكۡفُرُ بِٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمۡ سُقُفٗا مِّن فِضَّةٖ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيۡهَا يَظۡهَرُونَ ٣٣

    Wa lawlā ay yakūnan-nāsu ummataw wāḥidatal lajaʿalnā limay yakfuru bir-raḥmāni libuyūtihim suqufam min fiḍḍatiw wa maʿārija ʿalayhā yaẓharūn.

    And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers],¹ We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

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    1. Who assumed that Allāh's generosity to them was a sign of His approval or who would hasten to disbelief in order to obtain wealth.

34. وَلِبُيُوتِهِمۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيۡهَا يَتَّكِـُٔونَ ٣٤

    Walibuyūtihim abwābaw wa sururan ʿalayhā yattakiʾūn.

    And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

35. وَزُخۡرُفٗاۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣٥

    Wa zukhrufā, wa in kullu dhālika lammā matāʿul-ḥayātid-dunyā, wal-ākhiratu ʿinda rabbika lil-muttaqīn.

    And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

36. وَمَن يَعۡشُ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضۡ لَهُۥ شَيۡطَٰنٗا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينٞ ٣٦

    Wa may yaʿshu ʿan dhikrir-raḥmāni nuqayyiḍ lahū shayṭānan fahuwa lahū qarīn.

    And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

37. وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٣٧

    Wa innahum layaṣuddūnahum ʿanis-sabīli wa yaḥsabūna annahum muhtadūn.

    And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

38. حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيۡتَ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكَ بُعۡدَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ فَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرِينُ ٣٨

    Ḥattā idhā jāʾanā qāla yālayta baynī wa baynaka buʿdal-mashriqayni fabiʾsal-qarīn.

    Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."

39. وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ إِذ ظَّلَمۡتُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُشۡتَرِكُونَ ٣٩

    Wa lay yanfaʿakumul-yawma idh ẓalamtum annakum fil-ʿadhābi mushtarikūn.

    And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

40. أَفَأَنتَ تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوۡ تَهۡدِي ٱلۡعُمۡيَ وَمَن كَانَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٤٠

    Afaʾanta tusmiʿuṣ-ṣumma aw tahdil-ʿumya wa man kāna fī ḍalālim mubīn.

    Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muḥammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

41. فَإِمَّا نَذۡهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنۡهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ ٤١

    Fa immā nadhhabanna bika fa innā minhum muntaqimūn.

    And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

42. أَوۡ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِي وَعَدۡنَٰهُمۡ فَإِنَّا عَلَيۡهِم مُّقۡتَدِرُونَ ٤٢

    Aw nuriyannakal-ladhī waʿadnāhum fa innā ʿalayhim muqtadirūn.

    Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.

43. فَٱسۡتَمۡسِكۡ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُوحِيَ إِلَيۡكَۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٤٣

    Fastamsik bil-ladhī ūḥiya ilayk, innaka ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

    So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.

44. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكۡرٞ لَّكَ وَلِقَوۡمِكَۖ وَسَوۡفَ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ ٤٤

    Wa innahū ladhikrul laka waliqawmik, wa sawfa tusʾalūn.

    And indeed, it is a remembrance¹ for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.

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    1. i.e., an honor. Or "a reminder."

45. وَسۡـَٔلۡ مَنۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلۡنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةٗ يُعۡبَدُونَ ٤٥

    Wasʾal man arsalnā min qablika mir rusulinā ajaʿalnā min dūnir-raḥmāni ālihatay yuʿbadūn.

    And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

46. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٦

    Wa laqad arsalnā mūsā biʾāyātinā ilā firʿawna wa malaʾihī faqāla innī rasūlu rabbil-ʿālamīn.

    And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."

47. فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَضۡحَكُونَ ٤٧

    Falammā jāʾahum biʾāyātinā idhā hum minhā yaḍḥakūn.

    But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

48. وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنۡ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ أُخۡتِهَاۖ وَأَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٤٨

    Wa mā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukhtihā, wa akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

    And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

49. وَقَالُواْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهۡتَدُونَ ٤٩

    Wa qālū yāʾayyuhas-sāḥirudʿu lanā rabbaka bimā ʿahida ʿindaka innanā lamuhtadūn.

    And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

50. فَلَمَّا كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمۡ يَنكُثُونَ ٥٠

    Falammā kashafnā ʿanhumul-ʿadhāba idhā hum yankuthūn.

    But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

51. وَنَادَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي قَوۡمِهِۦ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَلَيۡسَ لِي مُلۡكُ مِصۡرَ وَهَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِيٓۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٥١

    Wa nādā firʿawnu fī qawmihī qāla yāqawmi alaysa lī mulku miṣra wa hādhihil-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī, afalā tubṣirūn.

    And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

52. أَمۡ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٞ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ ٥٢

    Am ana khayrum min hādhal-ladhī huwa mahīnuw wa lā yakādu yubīn.

    Or am I [not] better than this one [i.e., Moses] who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?¹

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    1. That was true previous to his appointment as a prophet, at which time Allāh corrected his speech impediment.

53. فَلَوۡلَآ أُلۡقِيَ عَلَيۡهِ أَسۡوِرَةٞ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوۡ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقۡتَرِنِينَ ٥٣

    Falawlā ulqiya ʿalayhi aswiratum min dhahabin aw jāʾa maʿahul-malāʾikatu muqtarinīn.

    Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

54. فَٱسۡتَخَفَّ قَوۡمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٥٤

    Fastakhaffa qawmahū fa aṭāʿūh, innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn.

    So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].

55. فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٥٥

    Falammā āsafūnantaqamnā minhum fa aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīn.

    And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

56. فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ سَلَفٗا وَمَثَلٗا لِّلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٥٦

    Fajaʿalnāhum salafaw wa mathalal lil-ākhirīn.

    And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

57. ۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوۡمُكَ مِنۡهُ يَصِدُّونَ ٥٧

    Wa lammā ḍuribabnu maryama mathalan idhā qawmuka minhu yaṣiddūn.

    And when the son of Mary was presented as an example,¹ immediately your people laughed aloud.

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    1. Of a creation of Allāh which is being worshipped along with Him.

58. وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ خَصِمُونَ ٥٨

    Wa qālū aʾālihatunā khayrun am huw, mā ḍarabūhu laka illā jadalā, bal hum qawmun khaṣimūn.

    And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?"¹ They did not present it [i.e., the comparison] except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

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    1. Implying that they must all be the same.

59. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبۡدٌ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ مَثَلٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩

    In huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wa jaʿalnāhu mathalal libanī isrāʾīl.

    He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

60. وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَخۡلُفُونَ ٦٠

    Wa law nashāʾu lajaʿalnā minkum malāʾikatan fil-arḍi yakhlufūn.

    And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another]¹ on the earth.

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    1. Or "succeeding [you]."

61. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلۡمٞ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمۡتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٦١

    Wa innahū laʿilmul lis-sāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā wattabiʿūn, hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm.

    And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me.¹ This is a straight path.

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    1. i.e., follow the guidance and instruction of Allāh.

62. وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ ٦٢

    Wa lā yaṣuddannakumush-shayṭān, innahū lakum ʿaduwwum mubīn.

    And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

63. وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالَ قَدۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي تَخۡتَلِفُونَ فِيهِۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ٦٣

    Wa lammā jāʾa ʿīsā bil-bayyināti qāla qad jiʾtukum bil-ḥikmati waliʾubayyina lakum baʿḍal-ladhī takhtalifūna fīh, fattaqullāha wa aṭīʿūn.

    And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allāh and obey me.

64. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ ٦٤

    Innallāha huwa rabbī wa rabbukum faʿbudūh, hādhā ṣirāṭum mustaqīm.

    Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

65. فَٱخۡتَلَفَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِهِمۡۖ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمٍ أَلِيمٍ ٦٥

    Fakhtalafal-aḥzābu mim baynihim, fawaylul lil-ladhīna ẓalamū min ʿadhābi yawmin alīm.

    But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

66. هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٦٦

    Hal yanẓurūna illas-sāʿata an taʾtiyahum baghtataw wa hum lā yashʿurūn.

    Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

67. ٱلۡأَخِلَّآءُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٦٧

    Al-akhillāʾu yawmaʾidhim baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun illal-muttaqīn.

    Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous

68. يَٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ تَحۡزَنُونَ ٦٨

    Yāʿibādi lā khawfun ʿalaykumul-yawma wa lā antum taḥzanūn.

    [To whom Allāh will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,

69. ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُواْ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٦٩

    Al-ladhīna āmanū biʾāyātinā wa kānū muslimīn.

    [You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.

70. ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ أَنتُمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجُكُمۡ تُحۡبَرُونَ ٧٠

    Udkhulul-jannata antum wa azwājukum tuḥbarūn.

    Enter Paradise, you and your kinds,¹ delighted."

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    1. i.e., those like you. Another meaning may be "your spouses," i.e., the righteous among them.

71. يُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِصِحَافٖ مِّن ذَهَبٖ وَأَكۡوَابٖۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشۡتَهِيهِ ٱلۡأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلۡأَعۡيُنُۖ وَأَنتُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٧١

    Yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfim min dhahabiw wa akwāb, wa fīhā mā tashtahīhil-anfusu wa taladhdhul-aʿyun, wa antum fīhā khālidūn.

    Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.

72. وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُورِثۡتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٧٢

    Wa tilkal-jannatul-latī ūrithtumūhā bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.

73. لَكُمۡ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ كَثِيرَةٞ مِّنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٧٣

    Lakum fīhā fākihatun kathīratum minhā taʾkulūn.

    For you therein is much fruit¹ from which you will eat.

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    1. Meaning everything delicious.

74. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ ٧٤

    Innal-mujrimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūn.

    Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.

75. لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِيهِ مُبۡلِسُونَ ٧٥

    Lā yufattaru ʿanhum wa hum fīhi mublisūn.

    It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.

76. وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُواْ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٧٦

    Wa mā ẓalamnāhum wa lākin kānū humuẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

77. وَنَادَوۡاْ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقۡضِ عَلَيۡنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ ٧٧

    Wa nādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuk, qāla innakum mākithūn.

    And they will call, "O Mālik,¹ let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

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    1. Addressing the keeper of Hell.

78. لَقَدۡ جِئۡنَٰكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَكُمۡ لِلۡحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ ٧٨

    Laqad jiʾnākum bil-ḥaqqi wa lākinna aktharakum lil-ḥaqqi kārihūn.

    We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

79. أَمۡ أَبۡرَمُوٓاْ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّا مُبۡرِمُونَ ٧٩

    Am abramū amran fa innā mubrimūn.

    Or have they devised [some] affair?¹ But indeed, We are devising [a plan].

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    1. Conspiracy against the Prophet (ﷺ). The reference here is to the disbelievers of Makkah.

80. أَمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسۡمَعُ سِرَّهُمۡ وَنَجۡوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ٨٠

    Am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wa najwāhum, balā wa rusulunā ladayhim yaktubūn.

    Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.

81. قُلۡ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ وَلَدٞ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨١

    Qul in kāna lir-raḥmāni waladun fa ana awwalul-ʿābidīn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."¹

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    1. Only supposing it were so, which it is not.

82. سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٨٢

    Subḥāna rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbil-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn.

    Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

83. فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ٨٣

    Fadharhum yakhūḍū wa yalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumul-ladhī yūʿadūn.

    So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.

84. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَٰهٞ وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَٰهٞۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٨٤

    Wa huwal-ladhī fis-samāʾi ilāhuw wa fil-arḍi ilāh, wa huwal-ḥakīmul-ʿalīm.

    And it is He [i.e., Allāh] who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.

85. وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٨٥

    Wa tabārakal-ladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā wa ʿindahū ʿilmus-sāʿati wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.

    And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.

86. وَلَا يَمۡلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٦

    Wa lā yamlikul-ladhīna yadʿūna min dūnihish-shafāʿata illā man shahida bil-ḥaqqi wa hum yaʿlamūn.

    And those they invoke¹ besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.²

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    1. i.e., worship.
    2. That intercession is granted exclusively by permission of Allāh to those He wills.

87. وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَهُمۡ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤۡفَكُونَ ٨٧

    Wa laʾin saʾaltahum man khalaqahum layaqūlunnallāh, fa annā yuʾfakūn.

    And if you asked them¹ who created them, they would surely say, "Allāh." So how are they deluded?

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    1. Those who associate others with Allāh.

88. وَقِيلِهِۦ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٨٨

    Wa qīlihī yārabbi inna hāʾulāʾi qawmul lā yuʾminūn.

    And [Allāh acknowledges] his saying,¹ "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."

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    1. i.e., the complaint of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) about his people.

89. فَٱصۡفَحۡ عَنۡهُمۡ وَقُلۡ سَلَٰمٞۚ فَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٩

    Faṣfaḥ ʿanhum wa qul salām, fasawfa yaʿlamūn.

    So turn aside from them and say, "Peace."¹ But they are going to know.

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    1. Meaning safety or security, i.e., "I will not harm you." This was before permission was granted for armed struggle.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. حمٓ ١

   Ḥā Mīm.

   Ḥā, Meem.¹

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   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢

   Wal-kitābil-mubīn.

   By the clear Book,

3. إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ ٣

   Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatim mubārakah, innā kunnā mundhirīn.

   Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night.¹ Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].

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   1. The Night of Decree (Qadr). See Sūrah al-Qadr.

4. فِيهَا يُفۡرَقُ كُلُّ أَمۡرٍ حَكِيمٍ ٤

   Fīhā yufraqu kullu amrin ḥakīm.

   Therein [i.e., on that night] is made distinct¹ every precise matter -

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   1. Or "is separated" or "apportioned," from what is inscribed in the Preserved Slate. The angels record and descend with whatever Allāh has decreed for the coming year.

5. أَمۡرٗا مِّنۡ عِندِنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرۡسِلِينَ ٥

   Amram min ʿindinā, innā kunnā mursilīn.

   [Every] matter [proceeding] from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]

6. رَحۡمَةٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٦

   Raḥmatam mir rabbik, innahū huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

   As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing,

7. رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ ٧

   Rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumā, in kuntum mūqinīn.

   Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be certain.

8. لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ رَبُّكُمۡ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨

   Lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥyī wa yumīt, rabbukum wa rabbu ābāʾikumul-awwalīn.

   There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.

9. بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي شَكّٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٩

   Bal hum fī shakkiy yalʿabūn.

   But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

10. فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٠

    Fartaqib yawma taʾtis-samāʾu bidukhānim mubīn.

    Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke

11. يَغۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَۖ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١١

    Yaghshan-nās, hādhā ʿadhābun alīm.

    Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

12. رَّبَّنَا ٱكۡشِفۡ عَنَّا ٱلۡعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٢

    Rabbanakshif ʿannal-ʿadhāba innā muʾminūn.

    [They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers."

13. أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ وَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٣

    Annā lahumudh-dhikrā wa qad jāʾahum rasūlum mubīn.

    How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.

14. ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَقَالُواْ مُعَلَّمٞ مَّجۡنُونٌ ١٤

    Thumma tawallaw ʿanhu wa qālū muʿallamum majnūn.

    Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."

15. إِنَّا كَاشِفُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابِ قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ عَآئِدُونَ ١٥

    Innā kāshiful-ʿadhābi qalīlā, innakum ʿāʾidūn.

    Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].

16. يَوۡمَ نَبۡطِشُ ٱلۡبَطۡشَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ١٦

    Yawma nabṭishul-baṭshatal-kubrā innā muntaqimūn.

    The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.

17. ۞ وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ كَرِيمٌ ١٧

    Wa laqad fatannā qablahum qawma firʿawna wa jāʾahum rasūlun karīm.

    And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],

18. أَنۡ أَدُّوٓاْ إِلَيَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٨

    An addū ilayya ʿibādallāh, innī lakum rasūlun amīn.

    [Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allāh.¹ Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger,"

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    1. i.e., the Children of Israel.

19. وَأَن لَّا تَعۡلُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّيٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٩

    Wa al lā taʿlū ʿalallāh, innī ātīkum bisulṭānim mubīn.

    And [saying], "Be not haughty with Allāh. Indeed, I have come to you with clear evidence.

20. وَإِنِّي عُذۡتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُمۡ أَن تَرۡجُمُونِ ٢٠

    Wa innī ʿudhtu birabbī wa rabbikum an tarjumūn.

    And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.¹

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    1. To death. Or "lest you assault me [with your tongues or harm me otherwise]."

21. وَإِن لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ لِي فَٱعۡتَزِلُونِ ٢١

    Wa il lam tuʾminū lī faʿtazilūn.

    But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."

22. فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ ٢٢

    Fadaʿā rabbahū anna hāʾulāʾi qawmum mujrimūn.

    And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.

23. فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ٢٣

    Fa asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūn.

    [Allāh said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.

24. وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٢٤

    Watrukil-baḥra rahwā, innahum jundum mughraqūn.

    And leave the sea in stillness.¹ Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

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    1. After it has parted, in order that the soldiers of Pharaoh would follow the Children of Israel and be drowned.

25. كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٢٥

    Kam tarakū min jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

    How much they left behind of gardens and springs

26. وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ ٢٦

    Wa zurūʿiw wa maqāmin karīm.

    And crops and noble sites

27. وَنَعۡمَةٖ كَانُواْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ ٢٧

    Wa naʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīn.

    And comfort wherein they were amused.

28. كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٢٨

    Kadhālik, wa awrathnāhā qawman ākharīn.

    Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.

29. فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ ٢٩

    Famā bakat ʿalayhimus-samāʾu wal-arḍu wa mā kānū munẓarīn.

    And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

30. وَلَقَدۡ نَجَّيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ ٣٠

    Wa laqad najjaynā banī isrāʾīla minal-ʿadhābil-muhīn.

    And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -

31. مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٣١

    Min firʿawn, innahū kāna ʿāliyam minal-musrifīn.

    From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.

32. وَلَقَدِ ٱخۡتَرۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٢

    Wa laqadikhtarnāhum ʿalā ʿilmin ʿalal-ʿālamīn.

    And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

33. وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَٰٓؤٞاْ مُّبِينٌ ٣٣

    Wa ātaynāhum minal-āyāti mā fīhi balāʾum mubīn.

    And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial.

34. إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ ٣٤

    Inna hāʾulāʾi layaqūlūn.

    Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

35. إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا مَوۡتَتُنَا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ ٣٥

    In hiya illā mawtatunal-ūlā wa mā naḥnu bimunsharīn.

    "There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

36. فَأۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٦

    Faʾtū biʾābāʾinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

37. أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ٣٧

    Ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿiw wal-ladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum, innahum kānū mujrimīn.

    Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ¹ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

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    1. The tribe of Saba’.

38. وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ٣٨

    Wa mā khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā lāʿibīn.

    And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

39. مَا خَلَقۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٩

    Mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqqi wa lākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn.

    We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.

40. إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٠

    Inna yawmal-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn.

    Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -

41. يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي مَوۡلًى عَن مَّوۡلٗى شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٤١

    Yawma lā yughnī mawlan ʿam mawlan shayʾaw wa lā hum yunṣarūn.

    The Day when no relation¹ will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

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    1. i.e., patron, protector or close associate.

42. إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٤٢

    Illā mar raḥimallāh, innahū huwal-ʿazīzur-raḥīm.

    Except those [believers] on whom Allāh has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

43. إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٤٣

    Inna shajarataz-zaqqūm.

    Indeed, the tree of zaqqūm

44. طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ ٤٤

    Ṭaʿāmul-athīm.

    Is food for the sinful.

45. كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ يَغۡلِي فِي ٱلۡبُطُونِ ٤٥

    Kal-muhli yaghlī fil-buṭūn.

    Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

46. كَغَلۡيِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٤٦

    Kaghalyil-ḥamīm.

    Like the boiling of scalding water.

47. خُذُوهُ فَٱعۡتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٤٧

    Khudhūhu faʿtilūhu ilā sawāʾil-jaḥīm.

    [It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire,

48. ثُمَّ صُبُّواْ فَوۡقَ رَأۡسِهِۦ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٤٨

    Thumma ṣubbū fawqa raʾsihī min ʿadhābil-ḥamīm.

    Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."

49. ذُقۡ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡكَرِيمُ ٤٩

    Dhuq innaka antal-ʿazīzul-karīm.

    [It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!¹

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    1. As he had claimed upon the earth. He is taunted with these words in Hell as a reminder and additional torment.

50. إِنَّ هَٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمۡتَرُونَ ٥٠

    Inna hādhā mā kuntum bihī tamtarūn.

    Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

51. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي مَقَامٍ أَمِينٖ ٥١

    Innal-muttaqīna fī maqāmin amīn.

    Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place:

52. فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٥٢

    Fī jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

    Within gardens and springs,

53. يَلۡبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٖ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٖ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ ٥٣

    Yalbasūna min sundusiw wa istabraqim mutaqābilīn.

    Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.

54. كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ ٥٤

    Kadhālika wa zawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīn.

    Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

55. يَدۡعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ ٥٥

    Yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīn.

    They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure.

56. لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِلَّا ٱلۡمَوۡتَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٥٦

    Lā yadhūqūna fīhal-mawta illal-mawtatal-ūlā, wa waqāhum ʿadhābal-jaḥīm.

    They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

57. فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٥٧

    Faḍlam mir rabbik, dhālika huwal-fawzul-ʿaẓīm.

    As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment.

58. فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرۡنَٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٥٨

    Fa innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn.

    And indeed, We have eased it [i.e., the Qur’ān] in your tongue that they might be reminded.

59. فَٱرۡتَقِبۡ إِنَّهُم مُّرۡتَقِبُونَ ٥٩

    Fartaqib innahum murtaqibūn.

    So watch, [O Muḥammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. حمٓ ١

   Ḥā Mīm.

   Ḥā, Meem.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ ٢

   Tanzīlul-kitābi minallāhil-ʿazīzil-ḥakīm.

   The revelation of the Book is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

3. إِنَّ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣

   Inna fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi laʾāyātil lil-muʾminīn.

   Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers.

4. وَفِي خَلۡقِكُمۡ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ ٤

   Wa fī khalqikum wa mā yabuththu min dābbatin āyātul liqawmiy yūqinūn.

   And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain [in faith].

5. وَٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزۡقٖ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَا وَتَصۡرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٥

   Wakhtilāfil-layli wan-nahāri wa mā anzalallāhu minas-samāʾi mir rizqin fa aḥyā bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā wa taṣrīfir-riyāḥi āyātul liqawmiy yaʿqilūn.

   And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allāh sends down from the sky of provision [i.e., rain] and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.

6. تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتۡلُوهَا عَلَيۡكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦

   Tilka āyātullāhi natlūhā ʿalayka bil-ḥaqq, fabiʾayyi ḥadīthim baʿdallāhi wa āyātihī yuʾminūn.

   These are the verses of Allāh which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allāh and His verses will they believe?

7. وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٧

   Waylul likulli affākin athīm.

   Woe to every sinful liar

8. يَسۡمَعُ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسۡتَكۡبِرٗا كَأَن لَّمۡ يَسۡمَعۡهَاۖ فَبَشِّرۡهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٨

   Yasmaʿu āyātillāhi tutlā ʿalayhi thumma yuṣirru mustakbiran kaʾal lam yasmaʿhā, fabashshirhu biʿadhābin alīm.

   Who hears the verses of Allāh recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

9. وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا شَيۡـًٔا ٱتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ٩

   Wa idhā ʿalima min āyātinā shayʾanittakhadhahā huzuwā, ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābum muhīn.

   And when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

10. مِّن وَرَآئِهِمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُم مَّا كَسَبُواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا مَا ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡلِيَآءَۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ١٠

    Miw warāʾihim jahannam, wa lā yughnī ʿanhum mā kasabū shayʾaw wa lā mattakhadhū min dūnillāhi awliyāʾ, wa lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.

    Before them¹ is Hell, and what they had earned will not avail them at all nor what they had taken besides Allāh as allies. And they will have a great punishment.

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    1. See footnote to 14:16.

11. هَٰذَا هُدٗىۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مِّن رِّجۡزٍ أَلِيمٌ ١١

    Hādhā hudā, wal-ladhīna kafarū biʾāyāti rabbihim lahum ʿadhābum mir rijzin alīm.

    This [Qur’ān] is guidance. And those who have disbelieved in the verses of their Lord will have a painful punishment of foul nature.

12. ۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ لِتَجۡرِيَ ٱلۡفُلۡكُ فِيهِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٢

    Allāhul-ladhī sakhkhara lakumul-baḥra litajriyal-fulku fīhi biʾamrihī walitabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

    It is Allāh who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

13. وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا مِّنۡهُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ١٣

    Wa sakhkhara lakum mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi jamīʿam minh, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

    And He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth - all from Him. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

14. قُل لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَغۡفِرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ أَيَّامَ ٱللَّهِ لِيَجۡزِيَ قَوۡمَۢا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤

    Qul lil-ladhīna āmanū yaghfirū lil-ladhīna lā yarjūna ayyāmallāhi liyajziya qawmam bimā kānū yaksibūn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], to those who have believed that they [should] forgive those who expect not the days of Allāh [i.e., of His retribution] so that He may recompense a people¹ for what they used to earn.

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    1. In the Hereafter, where those who forgive will be rewarded and those who earned evil will be punished. This was at the outset of daʿwah (invitation to Allāh) before permission for jihād.

15. مَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَنۡ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيۡهَاۖ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ تُرۡجَعُونَ ١٥

    Man ʿamila ṣāliḥan falinafsih, wa man asāʾa faʿalayhā, thumma ilā rabbikum turjaʿūn.

    Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against it [i.e., the self or soul]. Then to your Lord you will be returned.

16. وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحُكۡمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦

    Wa laqad ātaynā banī isrāʾīlal-kitāba wal-ḥukma wan-nubuwwata wa razaqnāhum minaṭ-ṭayyibāti wa faḍḍalnāhum ʿalal-ʿālamīn.

    And We did certainly give the Children of Israel the Scripture and judgement¹ and prophethood, and We provided them with good things and preferred them over the worlds.

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    1. Understanding of the law.

17. وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم بَيِّنَٰتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِۖ فَمَا ٱخۡتَلَفُوٓاْ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقۡضِي بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ١٧

    Wa ātaynāhum bayyinātim minal-amr, famakhtalafū illā mim baʿdi mā jāʾahumul-ʿilmu baghyam baynahum, inna rabbaka yaqḍī baynahum yawmal-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn.

    And We gave them clear proofs of the matter [of religion]. And they did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

18. ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِ فَٱتَّبِعۡهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٨

    Thumma jaʿalnāka ʿalā sharīʿatim minal-amri fattabiʿhā wa lā tattabiʿ ahwāʾal-ladhīna lā yaʿlamūn.

    Then We put you, [O Muḥammad], on an ordained way concerning the matter [of religion]; so follow it and do not follow the inclinations of those who do not know.

19. إِنَّهُمۡ لَن يُغۡنُواْ عَنكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٖۖ وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ١٩

    Innahum lay yughnū ʿanka minallāhi shayʾā, wa innaẓ-ẓālimīna baʿḍuhum awliyāʾu baʿḍ, wallāhu waliyyul-muttaqīn.

    Indeed, they will never avail you against Allāh at all. And indeed, the wrongdoers are allies of one another; but Allāh is the protector of the righteous.

20. هَٰذَا بَصَٰٓئِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ ٢٠

    Hādhā baṣāʾiru lin-nāsi wa hudaw wa raḥmatul liqawmiy yūqinūn.

    This [Qur’ān] is enlightenment for mankind and guidance and mercy for a people who are certain [in faith].

21. أَمۡ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجۡتَرَحُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجۡعَلَهُمۡ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَوَآءٗ مَّحۡيَاهُمۡ وَمَمَاتُهُمۡۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ ٢١

    Am ḥasibal-ladhīnajtaraḥus-sayyiʾāti an najʿalahum kal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti sawāʾam maḥyāhum wa mamātuhum, sāʾa mā yaḥkumūn.

    Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death?¹ Evil is that which they judge [i.e., assume].

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    1. Another meaning is "...[the evildoers being] equal in their life and their death," i.e., unresponsive to guidance.

22. وَخَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٢

    Wa khalaqallāhus-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqqi walitujzā kullu nafsim bimā kasabat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

    And Allāh created the heavens and earth in truth and so that every soul may be recompensed for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

23. أَفَرَءَيۡتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٖ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمۡعِهِۦ وَقَلۡبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةٗ فَمَن يَهۡدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱللَّهِۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٢٣

    Afaraʾayta manittakhadha ilāhahū hawāhu wa aḍallahullāhu ʿalā ʿilmiw wa khatama ʿalā samʿihī wa qalbihī wa jaʿala ʿalā baṣarihī ghishāwatan famay yahdīhi mim baʿdillāh, afalā tadhakkarūn.

    Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allāh has sent him astray due to knowledge¹ and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allāh? Then will you not be reminded?

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    1. This can refer to Allāh's knowledge of that person and of his preference for his own inclinations or to that person's knowledge of the truth while he refuses it.

24. وَقَالُواْ مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡيَا وَمَا يُهۡلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهۡرُۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ٢٤

    Wa qālū mā hiya illā ḥayātunad-dunyā namūtu wa naḥyā wa mā yuhlikunā illad-dahr, wa mā lahum bidhālika min ʿilm, in hum illā yaẓunnūn.

    And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live,¹ and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

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    1. i.e., some people die and others live, replacing them.

25. وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ ٱئۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٢٥

    Wa idhā tutlā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātim mā kāna ḥujjatahum illā an qāluʾtū biʾābāʾinā in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

26. قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُحۡيِيكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يَجۡمَعُكُمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٦

    Qulillāhu yuḥyīkum thumma yumītukum thumma yajmaʿukum ilā yawmil-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

    Say, "Allāh causes you to live, then causes you to die; then He will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt, but most of the people do not know."

27. وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَخۡسَرُ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ ٢٧

    Walillāhi mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa yawma taqūmus-sāʿatu yawmaʾidhiy yakhsarul-mubṭilūn.

    And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.

28. وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٖ جَاثِيَةٗۚ كُلُّ أُمَّةٖ تُدۡعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٨

    Wa tarā kulla ummatin jāthiyah, kullu ummatin tudʿā ilā kitābihal-yawma tujzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    And you will see every nation kneeling [from fear]. Every nation will be called to its record [and told], "Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.

29. هَٰذَا كِتَٰبُنَا يَنطِقُ عَلَيۡكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسۡتَنسِخُ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٩

    Hādhā kitābunā yanṭiqu ʿalaykum bil-ḥaqq, innā kunnā nastansikhu mā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    This, Our record, speaks about you in truth. Indeed, We were having transcribed¹ whatever you used to do."

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    1. By recording angels.

30. فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُدۡخِلُهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٣٠

    Fa ammal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti fayudkhiluhum rabbuhum fī raḥmatih, dhālika huwal-fawzul-mubīn.

    So as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is what is the clear attainment.

31. وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَفَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرۡتُمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٣١

    Wa ammal-ladhīna kafarū afalam takun āyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fastakbartum wa kuntum qawmam mujrimīn.

    But as for those who disbelieved, [it will be said], "Were not Our verses recited to you, but you were arrogant and became a criminal people?

32. وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا قُلۡتُم مَّا نَدۡرِي مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنّٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُسۡتَيۡقِنِينَ ٣٢

    Wa idhā qīla inna waʿdallāhi ḥaqquw was-sāʿatu lā rayba fīhā qultum mā nadrī mas-sāʿatu in naẓunnu illā ẓannaw wa mā naḥnu bimustayqinīn.

    And when it was said, 'Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth and the Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it,' you said, 'We know not what is the Hour. We assume only assumption, and we are not convinced.'"

33. وَبَدَا لَهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٣٣

    Wa badā lahum sayyiʾātu mā ʿamilū wa ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

    And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

34. وَقِيلَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَنسَىٰكُمۡ كَمَا نَسِيتُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَا وَمَأۡوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٣٤

    Wa qīlal-yawma nansākum kamā nasītum liqāʾa yawmikum hādhā wa maʾwākumun-nāru wa mā lakum min nāṣirīn.

    And it will be said, "Today We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours, and your refuge is the Fire, and for you there are no helpers.

35. ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّكُمُ ٱتَّخَذۡتُمۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوٗا وَغَرَّتۡكُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا يُخۡرَجُونَ مِنۡهَا وَلَا هُمۡ يُسۡتَعۡتَبُونَ ٣٥

    Dhālikum biʾannakumuttakhadhtum āyātillāhi huzuwaw wa gharratkumul-ḥayātud-dunyā, fal-yawma lā yukhrajūna minhā wa lā hum yustaʿtabūn.

    That is because you took the verses of Allāh in ridicule, and worldly life deluded you." So that Day they will not be removed from it, nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].

36. فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَرَبِّ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٦

    Falillāhil-ḥamdu rabbis-samāwāti wa rabbil-arḍi rabbil-ʿālamīn.

    Then, to Allāh belongs [all] praise - Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of the worlds.

37. وَلَهُ ٱلۡكِبۡرِيَآءُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٣٧

    Wa lahul-kibriyāʾu fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    And to Him belongs [all] grandeur within the heavens and the earth, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.