Juz 26

﷽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. مَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُواْ مُعۡرِضُونَ ٣

   Mā khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqqi wa ajalim musammā, wal-ladhīna kafarū ʿammā undhirū muʿriḍūn.

   We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are turning away.

4. قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شِرۡكٞ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِۖ ٱئۡتُونِي بِكِتَٰبٖ مِّن قَبۡلِ هَٰذَآ أَوۡ أَثَٰرَةٖ مِّنۡ عِلۡمٍ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٤

   Qul araʾaytum mā tadʿūna min dūnillāhi arūnī mādhā khalaqū minal-arḍi am lahum shirkun fis-samāwāt, uʾtūnī bikitābim min qabli hādhā aw athāratim min ʿilmin in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

   Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allāh? Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this or a [remaining] trace of knowledge, if you should be truthful."

5. وَمَنۡ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسۡتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَهُمۡ عَن دُعَآئِهِمۡ غَٰفِلُونَ ٥

   Wa man aḍallu mimmay yadʿū min dūnillāhi mal lā yastajību lahū ilā yawmil-qiyāmati wa hum ʿan duʿāʾihim ghāfilūn.

   And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allāh those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection [i.e., never], and they, of their invocation, are unaware.

6. وَإِذَا حُشِرَ ٱلنَّاسُ كَانُواْ لَهُمۡ أَعۡدَآءٗ وَكَانُواْ بِعِبَادَتِهِمۡ كَٰفِرِينَ ٦

   Wa idhā ḥushiran-nāsu kānū lahum aʿdāʾaw wa kānū biʿibādatihim kāfirīn.

   And when the people are gathered [that Day], they [who were invoked] will be enemies to them, and they will be deniers of their worship.

7. وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ هَٰذَا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٌ ٧

   Wa idhā tutlā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qālal-ladhīna kafarū lil-ḥaqqi lammā jāʾahum hādhā siḥrum mubīn.

   And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is obvious magic."

8. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ قُلۡ إِنِ ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥ فَلَا تَمۡلِكُونَ لِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔاۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِۚ كَفَىٰ بِهِۦ شَهِيدَۢا بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٨

   Am yaqūlūnaftarāh, qul iniftaraytuhū falā tamlikūna lī minallāhi shayʾā, huwa aʿlamu bimā tufīḍūna fīh, kafā bihī shahīdam baynī wa baynakum, wa huwal-ghafūrur-raḥīm.

   Or do they say, "He has invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for me [the power of protection] from Allāh at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved.¹ Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Of false implications and suggestions.

9. قُلۡ مَا كُنتُ بِدۡعٗا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدۡرِي مَا يُفۡعَلُ بِي وَلَا بِكُمۡۖ إِنۡ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٩

   Qul mā kuntu bidʿam minar-rusuli wa mā adrī mā yufʿalu bī wa lā bikum, in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayya wa mā ana illā nadhīrum mubīn.

   Say, "I am not something new among the messengers,¹ nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., I am neither the first messenger to be sent, nor do I bring something different from the other messengers.

10. قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَفَرۡتُم بِهِۦ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٞ مِّنۢ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ مِثۡلِهِۦ فَـَٔامَنَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرۡتُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠

    Qul araʾaytum in kāna min ʿindillāhi wa kafartum bihī wa shahida shāhidum mim banī isrāʾīla ʿalā mithlihī fa āmana wastakbartum, innallāha lā yahdil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    Say, "Have you considered: if it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was from Allāh, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar¹ and believed while you were arrogant...?"² Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Based upon information from the Torah.
    2. The conclusion is estimated to be "...would you not then be the most unjust of people?" or "...in what condition would you then be?"

11. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَوۡ كَانَ خَيۡرٗا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيۡهِۚ وَإِذۡ لَمۡ يَهۡتَدُواْ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَٰذَآ إِفۡكٞ قَدِيمٞ ١١

    Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lil-ladhīna āmanū law kāna khayram mā sabaqūnā ilayh, wa idh lam yahtadū bihī fasayaqūlūna hādhā ifkun qadīm.

    And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."

12. وَمِن قَبۡلِهِۦ كِتَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامٗا وَرَحۡمَةٗۚ وَهَٰذَا كِتَٰبٞ مُّصَدِّقٞ لِّسَانًا عَرَبِيّٗا لِّيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَبُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٢

    Wa min qablihī kitābu mūsā imāmaw wa raḥmah, wa hādhā kitābum muṣaddiqul lisānan ʿarabiyyal liyundhiral-ladhīna ẓalamū wa bushrā lil-muḥsinīn.

    And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.

13. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ فَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ١٣

    Innal-ladhīna qālū rabbunallāhu thummastaqāmū falā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

    Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allāh," and then remained on a right course - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

14. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤

    Ulāʾika aṣḥābul-jannati khālidīna fīhā jazāʾam bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    Those are the companions of Paradise, abiding eternally therein as reward for what they used to do.

15. وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ إِحۡسَٰنًاۖ حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرۡهٗا وَوَضَعَتۡهُ كُرۡهٗاۖ وَحَمۡلُهُۥ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهۡرًاۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرۡبَعِينَ سَنَةٗ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحٗا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَأَصۡلِحۡ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖ إِنِّي تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ١٥

    Wa waṣṣaynal-insāna biwālidayhi iḥsānā, ḥamalathu ummuhū kurhaw wa waḍaʿathu kurhā, wa ḥamluhū wa fiṣāluhū thalāthūna shahrā, ḥattā idhā balagha ashuddahū wa balagha arbaʿīna sanatan qāla rabbi awziʿnī an ashkura niʿmatakal-latī anʿamta ʿalayya wa ʿalā wālidayya wa an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa aṣliḥ lī fī dhurriyyatī, innī tubtu ilayka wa innī minal-muslimīn.

    And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable me¹ to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Literally, "gather within me the utmost strength and ability."

16. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنۡهُمۡ أَحۡسَنَ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ فِيٓ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۖ وَعۡدَ ٱلصِّدۡقِ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ١٦

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna nataqabbalu ʿanhum aḥsana mā ʿamilū wa natajāwazu ʿan sayyiʾātihim fī aṣḥābil-jannah, waʿdaṣ-ṣidqil-ladhī kānū yūʿadūn.

    Those are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.

17. وَٱلَّذِي قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ أُفّٖ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِيٓ أَنۡ أُخۡرَجَ وَقَدۡ خَلَتِ ٱلۡقُرُونُ مِن قَبۡلِي وَهُمَا يَسۡتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيۡلَكَ ءَامِنۡ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٧

    Wal-ladhī qāla liwālidayhi uffil lakumā ataʿidāninī an ukhraja wa qad khalatil-qurūnu min qablī wa humā yastaghīthānillāha waylaka āmin inna waʿdallāhi ḥaqqun fayaqūlu mā hādhā illā asāṭīrul-awwalīn.

    But one who says to his parents, "Uff¹ to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allāh for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former peoples" -

    Footnotes (1)

    1. An expression of distaste and irritation.

18. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فِيٓ أُمَمٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ ١٨

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna ḥaqqa ʿalayhimul-qawlu fī umamin qad khalat min qablihim minal-jinni wal-ins, innahum kānū khāsirīn.

    Those are the ones upon whom the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

19. وَلِكُلّٖ دَرَجَٰتٞ مِّمَّا عَمِلُواْۖ وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ١٩

    Walikullin darajātum mimmā ʿamilū, waliyuwaffiyahum aʿmālahum wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

    And for all there are degrees [of reward and punishment] for what they have done, and [it is] so that He may fully compensate them for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.

20. وَيَوۡمَ يُعۡرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَذۡهَبۡتُمۡ طَيِّبَٰتِكُمۡ فِي حَيَاتِكُمُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم بِهَا فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ تُجۡزَوۡنَ عَذَابَ ٱلۡهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَفۡسُقُونَ ٢٠

    Wa yawma yuʿraḍul-ladhīna kafarū ʿalan-nāri adhhabtum ṭayyibātikum fī ḥayātikumud-dunyā wastamtaʿtum bihā fal-yawma tujzawna ʿadhābal-hūni bimā kuntum tastakbirūna fil-arḍi bighayril-ḥaqqi wabimā kuntum tafsuqūn.

    And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."

21. ۞ وَٱذۡكُرۡ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذۡ أَنذَرَ قَوۡمَهُۥ بِٱلۡأَحۡقَافِ وَقَدۡ خَلَتِ ٱلنُّذُرُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٢١

    Wadhkur akhā ʿādin idh andhara qawmahū bil-aḥqāfi wa qad khalatin-nudhuru mim bayni yadayhi wa min khalfihī allā taʿbudū illallāha innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm.

    And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad,¹ when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. i.e., the prophet Hūd.
    2. Upon the earth. It could also refer to "a tremendous Day," i.e., that of resurrection.

22. قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا لِتَأۡفِكَنَا عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٢٢

    Qālū ajiʾtanā litaʾfikanā ʿan ālihatinā faʾtinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

    They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."

23. قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرۡسِلۡتُ بِهِۦ وَلَٰكِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكُمۡ قَوۡمٗا تَجۡهَلُونَ ٢٣

    Qāla innamal-ʿilmu ʿindallāhi wa uballighukum mā ursiltu bihī wa lākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūn.

    He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."

24. فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ عَارِضٗا مُّسۡتَقۡبِلَ أَوۡدِيَتِهِمۡ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا عَارِضٞ مُّمۡطِرُنَاۚ بَلۡ هُوَ مَا ٱسۡتَعۡجَلۡتُم بِهِۦۖ رِيحٞ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢٤

    Falammā raʾawhu ʿāriḍam mustaqbila awdiyatihim qālū hādhā ʿāriḍum mumṭirunā, bal huwa mastaʿjaltum bih, rīḥun fīhā ʿadhābun alīm.

    And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient:¹ a wind, within it a painful punishment,

    Footnotes (1)

    1. When you challenged your prophet. See verse 22 of this sūrah.

25. تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيۡءِۭ بِأَمۡرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٥

    Tudammiru kulla shayʾim biʾamri rabbihā fa aṣbaḥū lā yurā illā masākinuhum, kadhālika najzil-qawmal-mujrimīn.

    Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

26. وَلَقَدۡ مَكَّنَّٰهُمۡ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰكُمۡ فِيهِ وَجَعَلۡنَا لَهُمۡ سَمۡعٗا وَأَبۡصَٰرٗا وَأَفۡـِٔدَةٗ فَمَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُمۡ سَمۡعُهُمۡ وَلَآ أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ وَلَآ أَفۡـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَيۡءٍ إِذۡ كَانُواْ يَجۡحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٢٦

    Wa laqad makkannāhum fīmā im makkannākum fīhi wa jaʿalnā lahum samʿaw wa abṣāraw wa afʾidatan famā aghnā ʿanhum samʿuhum wa lā abṣāruhum wa lā afʾidatuhum min shayʾin idh kānū yajḥadūna biʾāyātillāhi wa ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

    And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

27. وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٧

    Wa laqad ahlaknā mā ḥawlakum minal-qurā wa ṣarrafnal-āyāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūn.

    And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].

28. فَلَوۡلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرۡبَانًا ءَالِهَةَۢۖ بَلۡ ضَلُّواْ عَنۡهُمۡۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفۡكُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ ٢٨

    Falawlā naṣarahumul-ladhīnattakhadhū min dūnillāhi qurbānan ālihah, bal ḍallū ʿanhum, wa dhālika ifkuhum wa mā kānū yaftarūn.

    Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him]¹ not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.

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    1. According to their claim.

29. وَإِذۡ صَرَفۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ نَفَرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓاْ أَنصِتُواْۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوۡاْ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ٢٩

    Wa idh ṣarafnā ilayka nafaram minal-jinni yastamiʿūnal-qurʾāna falammā ḥaḍarūhu qālū anṣitū, falammā quḍiya wallaw ilā qawmihim mundhirīn.

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur’ān. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen attentively." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.

30. قَالُواْ يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا كِتَٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ يَهۡدِيٓ إِلَى ٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٣٠

    Qālū yāqawmanā innā samiʿnā kitāban unzila mim baʿdi mūsā muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayhi yahdī ilal-ḥaqqi wa ilā ṭarīqim mustaqīm.

    They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.

31. يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ أَجِيبُواْ دَاعِيَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَامِنُواْ بِهِۦ يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُجِرۡكُم مِّنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٣١

    Yāqawmanā ajībū dāʿiyallāhi wa āminū bihī yaghfir lakum min dhunūbikum wa yujirkum min ʿadhābin alīm.

    O our people, respond to the Caller [i.e., Messenger] of Allāh¹ and believe in him; He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.

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    1. Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

32. وَمَن لَّا يُجِبۡ دَاعِيَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيۡسَ بِمُعۡجِزٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَيۡسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوۡلِيَآءُۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٣٢

    Wa mal lā yujib dāʿiyallāhi falaysa bimuʿjizin fil-arḍi wa laysa lahū min dūnihī awliyāʾ, ulāʾika fī ḍalālim mubīn.

    But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allāh will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

33. أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَلَمۡ يَعۡيَ بِخَلۡقِهِنَّ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۚ بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٣٣

    Awalam yaraw annallāhal-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa lam yaʿya bikhalqihinna biqādirin ʿalā ay yuḥyiyal-mawtā, balā, innahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

    Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

34. وَيَوۡمَ يُعۡرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَلَيۡسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَاۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡفُرُونَ ٣٤

    Wa yawma yuʿraḍul-ladhīna kafarū ʿalan-nāri alaysa hādhā bil-ḥaqq, qālū balā wa rabbinā, qāla fadhūqul-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum takfurūn.

    And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will say, "Then taste the punishment for what you used to deny."¹

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    1. Or "because you used to disbelieve."

35. فَٱصۡبِرۡ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡعَزۡمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِل لَّهُمۡۚ كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا سَاعَةٗ مِّن نَّهَارِۭۚ بَلَٰغٞۚ فَهَلۡ يُهۡلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٣٥

    Faṣbir kamā ṣabara ulul-ʿazmi minar-rusuli wa lā tastaʿjil lahum, kaʾannahum yawma yarawna mā yūʿadūna lam yalbathū illā sāʿatam min nahār, balāgh, fahal yuhlaku illal-qawmul-fāsiqūn.

    So be patient, [O Muḥammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them.¹ It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?

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    1. i.e., for Allāh's punishment of the disbelievers.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ١

   Al-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi aḍalla aʿmālahum.

   Those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allāh - He will waste their deeds.¹

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   1. i.e., cause them to be lost or make them worthless, earning no reward.

2. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَءَامَنُواْ بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡ كَفَّرَ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَأَصۡلَحَ بَالَهُمۡ ٢

   Wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa āmanū bimā nuzzila ʿalā muḥammadiw wa huwal-ḥaqqu mir rabbihim kaffara ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa aṣlaḥa bālahum.

   And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what has been sent down upon Muḥammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He will remove from them their misdeeds and amend their condition.

3. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلۡبَٰطِلَ وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلۡحَقَّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمۡثَٰلَهُمۡ ٣

   Dhālika biʾannal-ladhīna kafaruttabaʿul-bāṭila wa annal-ladhīna āmanuttabaʿul-ḥaqqa mir rabbihim, kadhālika yaḍribullāhu lin-nāsi amthālahum.

   That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allāh present to the people their comparisons.¹

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   1. So that they may know the results of their choice.

4. فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَضَرۡبَ ٱلرِّقَابِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَثۡخَنتُمُوهُمۡ فَشُدُّواْ ٱلۡوَثَاقَ فَإِمَّا مَنَّۢا بَعۡدُ وَإِمَّا فِدَآءً حَتَّىٰ تَضَعَ ٱلۡحَرۡبُ أَوۡزَارَهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَلَوۡ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَٱنتَصَرَ مِنۡهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبۡلُوَاْ بَعۡضَكُم بِبَعۡضٖۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَلَن يُضِلَّ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٤

   Fa idhā laqītumul-ladhīna kafarū faḍarbar-riqābi ḥattā idhā athkhantumūhum fashuddul-wathāqa fa immā mannā baʿdu wa immā fidāʾan ḥattā taḍaʿal-ḥarbu awzārahā, dhālik, wa law yashāʾullāhu lantaṣara minhum wa lākil liyabluwa baʿḍakum bibaʿḍ, wal-ladhīna qutilū fī sabīlillāhi falay yuḍilla aʿmālahum.

   So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure [their] bonds,¹ and either [confer] favor² afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens.³ That [is the command]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allāh - never will He waste their deeds.

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   1. i.e., take those remaining as captives.
   2. i.e., release them without ransom.
   3. i.e., its armor, machinery, etc., meaning "until the war is over."

5. سَيَهۡدِيهِمۡ وَيُصۡلِحُ بَالَهُمۡ ٥

   Sayahdīhim wa yuṣliḥu bālahum.

   He will guide them and amend their condition

6. وَيُدۡخِلُهُمُ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ عَرَّفَهَا لَهُمۡ ٦

   Wa yudkhiluhumul-jannata ʿarrafahā lahum.

   And admit them to Paradise, which He has made known to them.

7. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن تَنصُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ يَنصُرۡكُمۡ وَيُثَبِّتۡ أَقۡدَامَكُمۡ ٧

   Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū in tanṣurullāha yanṣurkum wa yuthabbit aqdāmakum.

   O you who have believed, if you support Allāh, He will support you and plant firmly your feet.

8. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَتَعۡسٗا لَّهُمۡ وَأَضَلَّ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٨

   Wal-ladhīna kafarū fataʿsal lahum wa aḍalla aʿmālahum.

   But those who disbelieve - for them is misery, and He will waste their deeds.

9. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَرِهُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأَحۡبَطَ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٩

   Dhālika biʾannahum karihū mā anzalallāhu fa aḥbaṭa aʿmālahum.

   That is because they disliked what Allāh revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds.

10. ۞ أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡثَٰلُهَا ١٠

    Afalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-ladhīna min qablihim, dammarallāhu ʿalayhim, walil-kāfirīna amthāluhā.

    Have they not traveled through the land and seen how was the end of those before them? Allāh destroyed [everything] over them,¹ and for the disbelievers is something comparable.

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    1. i.e., destroyed them and all they owned.

11. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَوۡلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَأَنَّ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَا مَوۡلَىٰ لَهُمۡ ١١

    Dhālika biʾannallāha mawlal-ladhīna āmanū wa annal-kāfirīna lā mawlā lahum.

    That is because Allāh is the protector of those who have believed and because the disbelievers have no protector.

12. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَتَمَتَّعُونَ وَيَأۡكُلُونَ كَمَا تَأۡكُلُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمُ وَٱلنَّارُ مَثۡوٗى لَّهُمۡ ١٢

    Innallāha yudkhilul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, wal-ladhīna kafarū yatamattaʿūna wa yaʾkulūna kamā taʾkulul-anʿāmu wan-nāru mathwal lahum.

    Indeed, Allāh will admit those who have believed and done righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow, but those who disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as grazing livestock eat, and the Fire will be a residence for them.

13. وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةٗ مِّن قَرۡيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَخۡرَجَتۡكَ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمۡ ١٣

    Wa kaʾayyim min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatam min qaryatikal-latī akhrajatka ahlaknāhum falā nāṣira lahum.

    And how many a city was stronger than your city [i.e., Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.

14. أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُم ١٤

    Afaman kāna ʿalā bayyinatim mir rabbihī kaman zuyyina lahū sūʾu ʿamalihī wattabaʿū ahwāʾahum.

    So is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires?

15. مَّثَلُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۖ فِيهَآ أَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّن مَّآءٍ غَيۡرِ ءَاسِنٖ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّن لَّبَنٖ لَّمۡ يَتَغَيَّرۡ طَعۡمُهُۥ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّنۡ خَمۡرٖ لَّذَّةٖ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ وَأَنۡهَٰرٞ مِّنۡ عَسَلٖ مُّصَفّٗىۖ وَلَهُمۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ كَمَنۡ هُوَ خَٰلِدٞ فِي ٱلنَّارِ وَسُقُواْ مَآءً حَمِيمٗا فَقَطَّعَ أَمۡعَآءَهُمۡ ١٥

    Mathalul-jannatil-latī wuʿidal-muttaqūn, fīhā anhārum mim māʾin ghayri āsiniw wa anhārum mil labanil lam yataghayyar ṭaʿmuhū wa anhārum min khamril ladhdhatil lish-shāribīna wa anhārum min ʿasalim muṣaffā, wa lahum fīhā min kullith-thamarāti wa maghfiratum mir rabbihim, kaman huwa khālidun fin-nāri wa suqū māʾan ḥamīman faqaṭṭaʿa amʿāʾahum.

    Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered,¹ rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord... [Are its inhabitants] like those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines?

    Footnotes (1)

    1. In taste or smell, neither stagnant nor polluted.

16. وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَسۡتَمِعُ إِلَيۡكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُواْ مِنۡ عِندِكَ قَالُواْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ ١٦

    Wa minhum may yastamiʿu ilayka ḥattā idhā kharajū min ʿindika qālū lil-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilma mādhā qāla ānifā, ulāʾikal-ladhīna ṭabaʿallāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wattabaʿū ahwāʾahum.

    And among them, [O Muḥammad], are those who listen to you, until when they depart from you, they say to those who were given knowledge,¹ "What has he said just now?" Those are the ones of whom Allāh has sealed over their hearts and who have followed their [own] desires.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. From among the Prophet's companions.

17. وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱهۡتَدَوۡاْ زَادَهُمۡ هُدٗى وَءَاتَىٰهُمۡ تَقۡوَىٰهُمۡ ١٧

    Wal-ladhīnahtadaw zādahum hudaw wa ātāhum taqwāhum.

    And those who are guided - He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Taqwā, meaning piety, consciousness and fear of Allāh, and care to avoid His displeasure.

18. فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءَ أَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمۡ إِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ذِكۡرَىٰهُمۡ ١٨

    Fahal yanẓurūna illas-sāʿata an taʾtiyahum baghtah, faqad jāʾa ashrāṭuhā, fa annā lahum idhā jāʾathum dhikrāhum.

    Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then how [i.e., what good] to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance?

19. فَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمۡ وَمَثۡوَىٰكُمۡ ١٩

    Faʿlam annahū lā ilāha illallāhu wastaghfir lidhanbika walil-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināt, wallāhu yaʿlamu mutaqallabakum wa mathwākum.

    So know, [O Muḥammad], that there is no deity except Allāh and ask forgiveness for your sin¹ and for the believing men and believing women. And Allāh knows of your movement and your resting place.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. See footnote to 40:55.

20. وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَتۡ سُورَةٞۖ فَإِذَآ أُنزِلَتۡ سُورَةٞ مُّحۡكَمَةٞ وَذُكِرَ فِيهَا ٱلۡقِتَالُ رَأَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيۡكَ نَظَرَ ٱلۡمَغۡشِيِّ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ فَأَوۡلَىٰ لَهُمۡ ٢٠

    Wa yaqūlul-ladhīna āmanū lawlā nuzzilat sūrah, fa idhā unzilat sūratum muḥkamatuw wa dhukira fīhal-qitālu raʾaytal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuy yanẓurūna ilayka naẓaral-maghshiyyi ʿalayhi minal-mawt, fa awlā lahum.

    Those who believe say, "Why has a sūrah¹ not been sent down?" But when a precise sūrah is revealed and battle is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] looking at you with a look of one overcome by death. And more appropriate for them² [would have been]

    Footnotes (2)

    1. i.e., one in which permission is given the believers to fight their enemies.
    2. The words "awlā lahum" can also be interpreted as "woe to them!" In that case, the following verse would begin, "[Better for them would have been] obedience and good words."

21. طَاعَةٞ وَقَوۡلٞ مَّعۡرُوفٞۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ فَلَوۡ صَدَقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۡ ٢١

    Ṭāʿatuw wa qawlum maʿrūf, fa idhā ʿazamal-amru falaw ṣadaqullāha lakāna khayral lahum.

    Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allāh, it would have been better for them.

22. فَهَلۡ عَسَيۡتُمۡ إِن تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ أَن تُفۡسِدُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوٓاْ أَرۡحَامَكُمۡ ٢٢

    Fahal ʿasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidū fil-arḍi wa tuqaṭṭiʿū arḥāmakum.

    So would you perhaps, if you turned away,¹ cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?

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    1. From Islām or from jihād (struggling in the cause of Allāh).

23. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمۡ وَأَعۡمَىٰٓ أَبۡصَٰرَهُمۡ ٢٣

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna laʿanahumullāhu fa aṣammahum wa aʿmā abṣārahum.

    Those [who do so] are the ones that Allāh has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.

24. أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ أَمۡ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقۡفَالُهَآ ٢٤

    Afalā yatadabbarūnal-qurʾāna am ʿalā qulūbin aqfāluhā.

    Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?

25. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱرۡتَدُّواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَٰرِهِم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَى ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمۡ وَأَمۡلَىٰ لَهُمۡ ٢٥

    Innal-ladhīnartaddū ʿalā adbārihim mim baʿdi mā tabayyana lahumul-hudash-shayṭānu sawwala lahum wa amlā lahum.

    Indeed, those who reverted back [to disbelief] after guidance had become clear to them - Satan enticed them and prolonged hope for them.

26. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَالُواْ لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُواْ مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ سَنُطِيعُكُمۡ فِي بَعۡضِ ٱلۡأَمۡرِۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ إِسۡرَارَهُمۡ ٢٦

    Dhālika biʾannahum qālū lil-ladhīna karihū mā nazzalallāhu sanuṭīʿukum fī baʿḍil-amr, wallāhu yaʿlamu isrārahum.

    That is because they said to those who disliked what Allāh sent down,¹ "We will obey you in part of the matter." And Allāh knows what they conceal.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., the Jews of Madīnah.

27. فَكَيۡفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَضۡرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمۡ وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ ٢٧

    Fakayfa idhā tawaffathumul-malāʾikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa adbārahum.

    Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?

28. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱتَّبَعُواْ مَآ أَسۡخَطَ ٱللَّهَ وَكَرِهُواْ رِضۡوَٰنَهُۥ فَأَحۡبَطَ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٢٨

    Dhālika biʾannahumuttabaʿū mā askhaṭallāha wa karihū riḍwānahū fa aḥbaṭa aʿmālahum.

    That is because they followed what angered Allāh and disliked [what earns] His pleasure, so He rendered worthless their deeds.

29. أَمۡ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَن لَّن يُخۡرِجَ ٱللَّهُ أَضۡغَٰنَهُمۡ ٢٩

    Am ḥasibal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍun al lay yukhrijallāhu aḍghānahum.

    Or do those in whose hearts is disease think that Allāh would never expose their [feelings of] hatred?

30. وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَأَرَيۡنَٰكَهُمۡ فَلَعَرَفۡتَهُم بِسِيمَٰهُمۡۚ وَلَتَعۡرِفَنَّهُمۡ فِي لَحۡنِ ٱلۡقَوۡلِۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ أَعۡمَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٠

    Wa law nashāʾu laʾaraynākahum falaʿaraftahum bisīmāhum, wa lataʿrifannahum fī laḥnil-qawl, wallāhu yaʿlamu aʿmālakum.

    And if We willed, We could show them to you, and you would know them by their mark; but you will surely know them by the tone of [their] speech. And Allāh knows your deeds.

31. وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُمۡ حَتَّىٰ نَعۡلَمَ ٱلۡمُجَٰهِدِينَ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَنَبۡلُوَاْ أَخۡبَارَكُمۡ ٣١

    Wa lanabluwannakum ḥattā naʿlamal-mujāhidīna minkum waṣ-ṣābirīna wa nabluwa akhbārakum.

    And We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you [for the cause of Allāh] and the patient, and We will test your affairs.

32. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَشَآقُّواْ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ لَن يَضُرُّواْ ٱللَّهَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَسَيُحۡبِطُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٣٢

    Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi wa shāqqur-rasūla mim baʿdi mā tabayyana lahumul-hudā lay yaḍurrullāha shayʾaw wa sayuḥbiṭu aʿmālahum.

    Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allāh and opposed the Messenger after guidance had become clear to them - never will they harm Allāh at all, and He will render worthless their deeds.

33. ۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱلرَّسُولَ وَلَا تُبۡطِلُوٓاْ أَعۡمَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٣

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū aṭīʿullāha wa aṭīʿur-rasūla wa lā tubṭilū aʿmālakum.

    O you who have believed, obey Allāh and obey the Messenger and do not invalidate your deeds.

34. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ مَاتُواْ وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٞ فَلَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُمۡ ٣٤

    Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddū ʿan sabīlillāhi thumma mātū wa hum kuffārun falay yaghfirallāhu lahum.

    Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allāh and then died while they were disbelievers - never will Allāh forgive them.

35. فَلَا تَهِنُواْ وَتَدۡعُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلسَّلۡمِ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَوۡنَ وَٱللَّهُ مَعَكُمۡ وَلَن يَتِرَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٥

    Falā tahinū wa tadʿū ilas-salmi wa antumul-aʿlawna wallāhu maʿakum wa lay yatirakum aʿmālakum.

    So do not weaken and call for peace while you are superior; and Allāh is with you and will never deprive you of [the reward of] your deeds.

36. إِنَّمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞۚ وَإِن تُؤۡمِنُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ يُؤۡتِكُمۡ أُجُورَكُمۡ وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلۡكُمۡ أَمۡوَٰلَكُمۡ ٣٦

    Innamal-ḥayātud-dunyā laʿibuw wa lahw, wa in tuʾminū watattaqū yuʾtikum ujūrakum wa lā yasʾalkum amwālakum.

    [This] worldly life is only amusement and diversion. And if you believe and fear Allāh, He will give you your rewards and not ask you for your properties.

37. إِن يَسۡـَٔلۡكُمُوهَا فَيُحۡفِكُمۡ تَبۡخَلُواْ وَيُخۡرِجۡ أَضۡغَٰنَكُمۡ ٣٧

    Iy yasʾalkumūhā fayuḥfikum tabkhalū wa yukhrij aḍghānakum.

    If He should ask you for them and press you, you would withhold, and He would expose your hatred [i.e., unwillingness].

38. هَٰٓأَنتُمۡ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تُدۡعَوۡنَ لِتُنفِقُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَمِنكُم مَّن يَبۡخَلُۖ وَمَن يَبۡخَلۡ فَإِنَّمَا يَبۡخَلُ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلۡفُقَرَآءُۚ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ يَسۡتَبۡدِلۡ قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوٓاْ أَمۡثَٰلَكُم ٣٨

    Hāʾantum hāʾulāʾi tudʿawna litunfiqū fī sabīlillāhi faminkum may yabkhal, wa may yabkhal fa innamā yabkhalu ʿan nafsih, wallāhul-ghaniyyu wa antumul-fuqarāʾ, wa in tatawallaw yastabdil qawman ghayrakum thumma lā yakūnū amthālakum.

    Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allāh - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allāh is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away [i.e., refuse], He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِنَّا فَتَحۡنَا لَكَ فَتۡحٗا مُّبِينٗا ١

   Innā fataḥnā laka fatḥam mubīnā.

   Indeed, We have given you, [O Muḥammad], a clear conquest¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Ibn Masʿūd said, "You [people] consider the conquest to be that of Makkah, but we consider it to be the Treaty of al-Ḥudaybiyyah." Al-Bukhārī reported a similar quotation from al-Barā’ bin ʿĀzib. Although initially regarded by the companions as a setback, the treaty, in effect, served to promote the spread of Islām, which led to the conquest of Makkah two years later.

2. لِّيَغۡفِرَ لَكَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنۢبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ وَيُتِمَّ نِعۡمَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡكَ وَيَهۡدِيَكَ صِرَٰطٗا مُّسۡتَقِيمٗا ٢

   Liyaghfira lakallāhu mā taqaddama min dhanbika wa mā taʾakhkhara wa yutimma niʿmatahū ʿalayka wa yahdiyaka ṣirāṭam mustaqīmā.

   That Allāh may forgive for you what preceded of your sin [i.e., errors] and what will follow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to a straight path

3. وَيَنصُرَكَ ٱللَّهُ نَصۡرًا عَزِيزًا ٣

   Wa yanṣurakallāhu naṣran ʿazīzā.

   And [that] Allāh may aid you with a mighty victory.

4. هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ لِيَزۡدَادُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا مَّعَ إِيمَٰنِهِمۡۗ وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمٗا ٤

   Huwal-ladhī anzalas-sakīnata fī qulūbil-muʾminīna liyazdādū īmānam maʿa īmānihim, walillāhi junūdus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa kānallāhu ʿalīman ḥakīmā.

   It is He who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they would increase in faith along with their [present] faith. And to Allāh belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and ever is Allāh Knowing and Wise.

5. لِّيُدۡخِلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَيُكَفِّرَ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ فَوۡزًا عَظِيمٗا ٥

   Liyudkhilal-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā wa yukaffira ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim, wa kāna dhālika ʿindallāhi fawzan ʿaẓīmā.

   [And] that He may admit the believing men and the believing women to gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide therein eternally and remove from them their misdeeds - and ever is that, in the sight of Allāh, a great attainment –

6. وَيُعَذِّبَ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكَٰتِ ٱلظَّآنِّينَ بِٱللَّهِ ظَنَّ ٱلسَّوۡءِۚ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوۡءِۖ وَغَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَعَنَهُمۡ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَسَآءَتۡ مَصِيرٗا ٦

   Wa yuʿadhdhibal-munāfiqīna wal-munāfiqāti wal-mushrikīna wal-mushrikātiẓ-ẓānnīna billāhi ẓannas-sawʾ, ʿalayhim dāʾiratus-sawʾ, wa ghaḍiballāhu ʿalayhim wa laʿanahum wa aʿadda lahum jahannam, wa sāʾat maṣīrā.

   And [that] He may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and the polytheist men and polytheist women - those who assume about Allāh an assumption of evil nature. Upon them is a misfortune of evil nature; and Allāh has become angry with them and has cursed them and prepared for them Hell, and evil it is as a destination.

7. وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا ٧

   Walillāhi junūdus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa kānallāhu ʿazīzan ḥakīmā.

   And to Allāh belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth. And ever is Allāh Exalted in Might and Wise.

8. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ شَٰهِدٗا وَمُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا ٨

   Innā arsalnāka shāhidaw wa mubashshiraw wa nadhīrā.

   Indeed, We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner

9. لِّتُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتُعَزِّرُوهُ وَتُوَقِّرُوهُۚ وَتُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكۡرَةٗ وَأَصِيلًا ٩

   Lituʾminū billāhi wa rasūlihī wa tuʿazzirūhu wa tuwaqqirūh, wa tusabbiḥūhu bukrataw wa aṣīlā.

   That you [people] may believe in Allāh and His Messenger and honor him and respect him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] and exalt Him [i.e., Allāh] morning and afternoon.

10. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَايِعُونَكَ إِنَّمَا يُبَايِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ يَدُ ٱللَّهِ فَوۡقَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡۚ فَمَن نَّكَثَ فَإِنَّمَا يَنكُثُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَنۡ أَوۡفَىٰ بِمَا عَٰهَدَ عَلَيۡهُ ٱللَّهَ فَسَيُؤۡتِيهِ أَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ١٠

    Innal-ladhīna yubāyiʿūnaka innamā yubāyiʿūnallāha yadullāhi fawqa aydīhim, faman nakatha fa innamā yankuthu ʿalā nafsih, wa man awfā bimā ʿāhada ʿalayhullāha fasayuʾtīhi ajran ʿaẓīmā.

    Indeed, those who pledge allegiance to you, [O Muḥammad] - they are actually pledging allegiance to Allāh. The hand¹ of Allāh is over their hands.² So he who breaks his word only breaks it to the detriment of himself. And he who fulfills that which he has promised Allāh - He will give him a great reward.

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    1. See footnote to 2:19.
    2. Meaning that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) accepted their pledge.

11. سَيَقُولُ لَكَ ٱلۡمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ شَغَلَتۡنَآ أَمۡوَٰلُنَا وَأَهۡلُونَا فَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَنَاۚ يَقُولُونَ بِأَلۡسِنَتِهِم مَّا لَيۡسَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡۚ قُلۡ فَمَن يَمۡلِكُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔا إِنۡ أَرَادَ بِكُمۡ ضَرًّا أَوۡ أَرَادَ بِكُمۡ نَفۡعَۢاۚ بَلۡ كَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرَۢا ١١

    Sayaqūlu lakal-mukhallafūna minal-aʿrābi shaghalatnā amwālunā wa ahlūnā fastaghfir lanā, yaqūlūna biʾalsinatihim mā laysa fī qulūbihim, qul famay yamliku lakum minallāhi shayʾan in arāda bikum ḍarran aw arāda bikum nafʿā, bal kānallāhu bimā taʿmalūna khabīrā.

    Those who remained behind¹ of the bedouins will say to you, "Our properties and our families occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not within their hearts. Say, "Then who could prevent Allāh at all if He intended for you harm or intended for you benefit? Rather, ever is Allāh, of what you do, Aware.

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    1. See footnote to 9:81.

12. بَلۡ ظَنَنتُمۡ أَن لَّن يَنقَلِبَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِيهِمۡ أَبَدٗا وَزُيِّنَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمۡ وَظَنَنتُمۡ ظَنَّ ٱلسَّوۡءِ وَكُنتُمۡ قَوۡمَۢا بُورٗا ١٢

    Bal ẓanantum al lay yanqalibar-rasūlu wal-muʾminūna ilā ahlīhim abadaw wa zuyyina dhālika fī qulūbikum wa ẓanantum ẓannas-sawʾi wa kuntum qawmam būrā.

    But you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families, ever, and that was made pleasing in your hearts. And you assumed an assumption of evil and became a people ruined."

13. وَمَن لَّمۡ يُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ فَإِنَّآ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ سَعِيرٗا ١٣

    Wa mal lam yuʾmim billāhi wa rasūlihī fa innā aʿtadnā lil-kāfirīna saʿīrā.

    And whoever has not believed in Allāh and His Messenger - then indeed, We have prepared for the disbelievers a Blaze.

14. وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ يَغۡفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ١٤

    Walillāhi mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, yaghfiru limay yashāʾu wa yuʿadhdhibu may yashāʾ, wa kānallāhu ghafūrar raḥīmā.

    And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whom He wills and punishes whom He wills. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

15. سَيَقُولُ ٱلۡمُخَلَّفُونَ إِذَا ٱنطَلَقۡتُمۡ إِلَىٰ مَغَانِمَ لِتَأۡخُذُوهَا ذَرُونَا نَتَّبِعۡكُمۡۖ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُبَدِّلُواْ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِۚ قُل لَّن تَتَّبِعُونَا كَذَٰلِكُمۡ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ مِن قَبۡلُۖ فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلۡ تَحۡسُدُونَنَاۚ بَلۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَفۡقَهُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ١٥

    Sayaqūlul-mukhallafūna idhanṭalaqtum ilā maghānima litaʾkhudhūhā dharūnā nattabiʿkum, yurīdūna ay yubaddilū kalāmallāh, qul lan tattabiʿūnā kadhālikum qālallāhu min qabl, fasayaqūlūna bal taḥsudūnanā, bal kānū lā yafqahūna illā qalīlā.

    Those who remained¹ behind will say when you set out toward the war booty to take it, "Let us follow you." They wish to change the words of Allāh. Say, "Never will you follow us. Thus did Allāh say before." So they will say, "Rather, you envy us." But [in fact] they were not understanding except a little.²

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    1. See footnote to 9:81.
    2. i.e., they only understood the material aspects of life.

16. قُل لِّلۡمُخَلَّفِينَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ سَتُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٍ أُوْلِي بَأۡسٖ شَدِيدٖ تُقَٰتِلُونَهُمۡ أَوۡ يُسۡلِمُونَۖ فَإِن تُطِيعُواْ يُؤۡتِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَجۡرًا حَسَنٗاۖ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ كَمَا تَوَلَّيۡتُم مِّن قَبۡلُ يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ١٦

    Qul lil-mukhallafīna minal-aʿrābi satudʿawna ilā qawmin ulī baʾsin shadīdin tuqātilūnahum aw yuslimūn, fa in tuṭīʿū yuʾtikumullāhu ajran ḥasanā, wa in tatawallaw kamā tawallaytum min qablu yuʿadhdhibkum ʿadhāban alīmā.

    Say to those who remained behind of the bedouins, "You will be called to [face] a people of great military might; you may fight them, or they will submit.¹ So if you obey, Allāh will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment."

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    1. To Allāh in Islām.

17. لَّيۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ حَرَجٞ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَعۡرَجِ حَرَجٞ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلۡمَرِيضِ حَرَجٞۗ وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ يُدۡخِلۡهُ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۖ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ يُعَذِّبۡهُ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ١٧

    Laysa ʿalal-aʿmā ḥarajuw wa lā ʿalal-aʿraji ḥarajuw wa lā ʿalal-marīḍi ḥaraj, wa may yuṭiʿillāha wa rasūlahū yudkhilhu jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, wa may yatawalla yuʿadhdhibhu ʿadhāban alīmā.

    There is not upon the blind any guilt or upon the lame any guilt or upon the ill any guilt [for remaining behind]. And whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger - He will admit him to gardens beneath which rivers flow; but whoever turns away - He will punish him with a painful punishment.

18. ۞ لَّقَدۡ رَضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ إِذۡ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحۡتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ فَأَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَأَثَٰبَهُمۡ فَتۡحٗا قَرِيبٗا ١٨

    Laqad raḍiyallāhu ʿanil-muʾminīna idh yubāyiʿūnaka taḥtash-shajarati faʿalima mā fī qulūbihim fa anzalas-sakīnata ʿalayhim wa athābahum fatḥan qarībā.

    Certainly was Allāh pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to you, [O Muḥammad], under the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down tranquility upon them and rewarded them with an imminent conquest¹

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    1. That of Khaybar, which preceded the conquest of Makkah.

19. وَمَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةٗ يَأۡخُذُونَهَاۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمٗا ١٩

    Wa maghānima kathīratay yaʾkhudhūnahā, wa kānallāhu ʿazīzan ḥakīmā.

    And much war booty which they will take. And ever is Allāh Exalted in Might and Wise.

20. وَعَدَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةٗ تَأۡخُذُونَهَا فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمۡ هَٰذِهِۦ وَكَفَّ أَيۡدِيَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنكُمۡ وَلِتَكُونَ ءَايَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَيَهۡدِيَكُمۡ صِرَٰطٗا مُّسۡتَقِيمٗا ٢٠

    Waʿadakumullāhu maghānima kathīratan taʾkhudhūnahā faʿajjala lakum hādhihī wa kaffa aydiyan-nāsi ʿankum walitakūna āyatal lil-muʾminīna wa yahdiyakum ṣirāṭam mustaqīmā.

    Allāh has promised you much booty that you will take [in the future] and has hastened for you this [victory] and withheld the hands of people from you - that it may be a sign for the believers and [that] He may guide you to a straight path.

21. وَأُخۡرَىٰ لَمۡ تَقۡدِرُواْ عَلَيۡهَا قَدۡ أَحَاطَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٗا ٢١

    Wa ukhrā lam taqdirū ʿalayhā qad aḥāṭallāhu bihā, wa kānallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrā.

    And [He promises] other [victories] that you were [so far] unable to [realize] which Allāh has already encompassed.¹ And ever is Allāh, over all things, competent.

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    1. i.e., prepared for you or decreed.

22. وَلَوۡ قَٰتَلَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوَلَّوُاْ ٱلۡأَدۡبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيّٗا وَلَا نَصِيرٗا ٢٢

    Wa law qātalakumul-ladhīna kafarū lawallawul-adbāra thumma lā yajidūna waliyyaw wa lā naṣīrā.

    And if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.

23. سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِي قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبۡدِيلٗا ٢٣

    Sunnatallāhil-latī qad khalat min qabl, wa lan tajida lisunnatillāhi tabdīlā.

    [This is] the established way of Allāh which has occurred before. And never will you find in the way of Allāh any change.

24. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَّ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ عَنكُمۡ وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡ عَنۡهُم بِبَطۡنِ مَكَّةَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَنۡ أَظۡفَرَكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا ٢٤

    Wa huwal-ladhī kaffa aydiyahum ʿankum wa aydiyakum ʿanhum bibaṭni makkata mim baʿdi an aẓfarakum ʿalayhim, wa kānallāhu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrā.

    And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within [the area of] Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

25. هُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَصَدُّوكُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ وَٱلۡهَدۡيَ مَعۡكُوفًا أَن يَبۡلُغَ مَحِلَّهُۥۚ وَلَوۡلَا رِجَالٞ مُّؤۡمِنُونَ وَنِسَآءٞ مُّؤۡمِنَٰتٞ لَّمۡ تَعۡلَمُوهُمۡ أَن تَطَـُٔوهُمۡ فَتُصِيبَكُم مِّنۡهُم مَّعَرَّةُۢ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖۖ لِّيُدۡخِلَ ٱللَّهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ لَوۡ تَزَيَّلُواْ لَعَذَّبۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ٢٥

    Humul-ladhīna kafarū wa ṣaddūkum ʿanil-masjidil-ḥarāmi wal-hadya maʿkūfan ay yablugha maḥillah, wa lawlā rijālum muʾminūna wa nisāʾum muʾminātul lam taʿlamūhum an taṭaʾūhum fatuṣībakum minhum maʿarratum bighayri ʿilm, liyudkhilallāhu fī raḥmatihī may yashāʾ, law tazayyalū laʿadhdhabnal-ladhīna kafarū minhum ʿadhāban alīmā.

    They are the ones who disbelieved and obstructed you from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām while the offering¹ was prevented from reaching its place of sacrifice. And if not for believing men and believing women whom you did not know - that you might trample [i.e., kill] them and there would befall you because of them dishonor without [your] knowledge - [you would have been permitted to enter Makkah]. [This was so] that Allāh might admit to His mercy whom He willed. If they had been apart [from them], We would have punished those who disbelieved among them with painful punishment

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    1. i.e., seventy camels intended for sacrifice and feeding of the poor.

26. إِذۡ جَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلۡحَمِيَّةَ حَمِيَّةَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَأَلۡزَمَهُمۡ كَلِمَةَ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَكَانُوٓاْ أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَأَهۡلَهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٗا ٢٦

    Idh jaʿalal-ladhīna kafarū fī qulūbihimul-ḥamiyyata ḥamiyyatal-jāhiliyyati fa anzalallāhu sakīnatahū ʿalā rasūlihī wa ʿalal-muʾminīna wa alzamahum kalimatat-taqwā wa kānū aḥaqqa bihā wa ahlahā, wa kānallāhu bikulli shayʾin ʿalīmā.

    When those who disbelieved had put into their hearts chauvinism - the chauvinism of the time of ignorance. But Allāh sent down His tranquility upon His Messenger and upon the believers and imposed upon them the word of righteousness, and they were more deserving of it and worthy of it. And ever is Allāh, of all things, Knowing.

27. لَّقَدۡ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ٱلرُّءۡيَا بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ لَتَدۡخُلُنَّ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ رُءُوسَكُمۡ وَمُقَصِّرِينَ لَا تَخَافُونَۖ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَمۡ تَعۡلَمُواْ فَجَعَلَ مِن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ فَتۡحٗا قَرِيبًا ٢٧

    Laqad ṣadaqallāhu rasūlahur-ruʾyā bil-ḥaqq, latadkhulunnal-masjidal-ḥarāma in shāʾallāhu āminīna muḥalliqīna ruʾūsakum wa muqaṣṣirīna lā takhāfūn, faʿalima mā lam taʿlamū fajaʿala min dūni dhālika fatḥan qarībā.

    Certainly has Allāh showed to His Messenger the vision [i.e., dream] in truth. You will surely enter al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, if Allāh wills, in safety, with your heads shaved and [hair] shortened,¹ not fearing [anyone]. He knew what you did not know and has arranged before that a conquest near [at hand].

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    1. i.e., having completed the rites of ʿumrah.

28. هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُظۡهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدٗا ٢٨

    Huwal-ladhī arsala rasūlahū bil-hudā wa dīnil-ḥaqqi liyuẓhirahū ʿalad-dīni kullih, wa kafā billāhi shahīdā.

    It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion. And sufficient is Allāh as Witness.

29. مُّحَمَّدٞ رَّسُولُ ٱللَّهِۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ أَشِدَّآءُ عَلَى ٱلۡكُفَّارِ رُحَمَآءُ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ تَرَىٰهُمۡ رُكَّعٗا سُجَّدٗا يَبۡتَغُونَ فَضۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٗاۖ سِيمَاهُمۡ فِي وُجُوهِهِم مِّنۡ أَثَرِ ٱلسُّجُودِۚ ذَٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمۡ فِي ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِۚ وَمَثَلُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡإِنجِيلِ كَزَرۡعٍ أَخۡرَجَ شَطۡـَٔهُۥ فَـَٔازَرَهُۥ فَٱسۡتَغۡلَظَ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَىٰ سُوقِهِۦ يُعۡجِبُ ٱلزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغِيظَ بِهِمُ ٱلۡكُفَّارَۗ وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ مِنۡهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٗ وَأَجۡرًا عَظِيمَۢا ٢٩

    Muḥammadur rasūlullāh, wal-ladhīna maʿahū ashiddāʾu ʿalal-kuffāri ruḥamāʾu baynahum, tarāhum rukkaʿan sujjaday yabtaghūna faḍlam minallāhi wa riḍwānā, sīmāhum fī wujūhihim min atharis-sujūd, dhālika mathaluhum fit-tawrāh, wa mathaluhum fil-injīli kazarʿin akhraja shaṭʾahū fa āzarahū fastaghlaẓa fastawā ʿalā sūqihī yuʿjibuz-zurrāʿa liyaghīẓa bihimul-kuffār, waʿadallāhul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti minhum maghfirataw wa ajran ʿaẓīmā.

    Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allāh and [His] pleasure. Their sign is in their faces from the effect of prostration [i.e., prayer]. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers - so that He [i.e., Allāh] may enrage by them¹ the disbelievers. Allāh has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.

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    1. The given examples depict the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُقَدِّمُواْ بَيۡنَ يَدَيِ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦۖ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ١

   Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tuqaddimū bayna yadayillāhi wa rasūlih, wattaqullāh, innallāha samīʿun ʿalīm.

   O you who have believed, do not put [yourselves] before Allāh and His Messenger¹ but fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

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   1. Rather, wait for instruction and follow the way of the Prophet (ﷺ).

2. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَرۡفَعُوٓاْ أَصۡوَٰتَكُمۡ فَوۡقَ صَوۡتِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجۡهَرُواْ لَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ كَجَهۡرِ بَعۡضِكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ أَن تَحۡبَطَ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَشۡعُرُونَ ٢

   Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tarfaʿū aṣwātakum fawqa ṣawtin-nabiyyi wa lā tajharū lahū bil-qawli kajahri baʿḍikum libaʿḍin an taḥbaṭa aʿmālukum wa antum lā tashʿurūn.

   O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.

3. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَغُضُّونَ أَصۡوَٰتَهُمۡ عِندَ رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱمۡتَحَنَ ٱللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمۡ لِلتَّقۡوَىٰۚ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٌ عَظِيمٌ ٣

   Innal-ladhīna yaghuḍḍūna aṣwātahum ʿinda rasūlillāhi ulāʾikal-ladhīnamtaḥanallāhu qulūbahum lit-taqwā, lahum maghfiratuw wa ajrun ʿaẓīm.

   Indeed, those who lower their voices before the Messenger of Allāh - they are the ones whose hearts Allāh has tested for righteousness. For them is forgiveness and great reward.

4. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِن وَرَآءِ ٱلۡحُجُرَٰتِ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ ٤

   Innal-ladhīna yunādūnaka miw warāʾil-ḥujurāti aktharuhum lā yaʿqilūn.

   Indeed, those who call you, [O Muḥammad], from behind the chambers - most of them do not use reason.

5. وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ صَبَرُواْ حَتَّىٰ تَخۡرُجَ إِلَيۡهِمۡ لَكَانَ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٥

   Wa law annahum ṣabarū ḥattā takhruja ilayhim lakāna khayral lahum, wallāhu ghafūrur raḥīm.

   And if they had been patient until you [could] come out to them, it would have been better for them. But Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

6. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن جَآءَكُمۡ فَاسِقُۢ بِنَبَإٖ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓاْ أَن تُصِيبُواْ قَوۡمَۢا بِجَهَٰلَةٖ فَتُصۡبِحُواْ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلۡتُمۡ نَٰدِمِينَ ٦

   Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū in jāʾakum fāsiqum binabaʾin fatabayyanū an tuṣībū qawmam bijahālatin fatuṣbiḥū ʿalā mā faʿaltum nādimīn.

   O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.

7. وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ فِيكُمۡ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِۚ لَوۡ يُطِيعُكُمۡ فِي كَثِيرٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِ لَعَنِتُّمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡإِيمَٰنَ وَزَيَّنَهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِكُمۡ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡكُفۡرَ وَٱلۡفُسُوقَ وَٱلۡعِصۡيَانَۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلرَّٰشِدُونَ ٧

   Waʿlamū anna fīkum rasūlallāh, law yuṭīʿukum fī kathīrim minal-amri laʿanittum wa lākinnallāha ḥabbaba ilaykumul-īmāna wa zayyanahū fī qulūbikum wa karraha ilaykumul-kufra wal-fusūqa wal-ʿiṣyān, ulāʾika humur-rāshidūn.

   And know that among you is the Messenger of Allāh. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allāh has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.

8. فَضۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَنِعۡمَةٗۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ ٨

   Faḍlam minallāhi wa niʿmah, wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm.

   [It is] as bounty from Allāh and favor. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

9. وَإِن طَآئِفَتَانِ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٱقۡتَتَلُواْ فَأَصۡلِحُواْ بَيۡنَهُمَاۖ فَإِنۢ بَغَتۡ إِحۡدَىٰهُمَا عَلَى ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ فَقَٰتِلُواْ ٱلَّتِي تَبۡغِي حَتَّىٰ تَفِيٓءَ إِلَىٰٓ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِۚ فَإِن فَآءَتۡ فَأَصۡلِحُواْ بَيۡنَهُمَا بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَأَقۡسِطُوٓاْۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُقۡسِطِينَ ٩

   Wa in ṭāʾifatāni minal-muʾminīnaqtatalū fa aṣliḥū baynahumā, fa im baghat iḥdāhumā ʿalal-ukhrā faqātilul-latī tabghī ḥattā tafīʾa ilā amrillāh, fa in fāʾat fa aṣliḥū baynahumā bil-ʿadli wa aqsiṭū, innallāha yuḥibbul-muqsiṭīn.

   And if two factions among the believers should fight, then make settlement between the two. But if one of them oppresses the other, then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allāh. And if it returns, then make settlement between them in justice and act justly. Indeed, Allāh loves those who act justly.

10. إِنَّمَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ إِخۡوَةٞ فَأَصۡلِحُواْ بَيۡنَ أَخَوَيۡكُمۡۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ١٠

    Innamal-muʾminūna ikhwatun fa aṣliḥū bayna akhawaykum, wattaqullāha laʿallakum turḥamūn.

    The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers. And fear Allāh that you may receive mercy.

11. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا يَسۡخَرۡ قَوۡمٞ مِّن قَوۡمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُواْ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَلَا نِسَآءٞ مِّن نِّسَآءٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُنَّ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُنَّۖ وَلَا تَلۡمِزُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَلَا تَنَابَزُواْ بِٱلۡأَلۡقَٰبِۖ بِئۡسَ ٱلِٱسۡمُ ٱلۡفُسُوقُ بَعۡدَ ٱلۡإِيمَٰنِۚ وَمَن لَّمۡ يَتُبۡ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ١١

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā yaskhar qawmum min qawmin ʿasā ay yakūnū khayram minhum wa lā nisāʾum min nisāʾin ʿasā ay yakunna khayram minhunn, wa lā talmizū anfusakum wa lā tanābazū bil-alqāb, biʾsalismul-fusūqu baʿdal-īmān, wa mal lam yatub fa ulāʾika humuẓ-ẓālimūn.

    O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name [i.e., mention] of disobedience after [one's] faith. And whoever does not repent - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.

12. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱجۡتَنِبُواْ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعۡضَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِثۡمٞۖ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُواْ وَلَا يَغۡتَب بَّعۡضُكُم بَعۡضًاۚ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمۡ أَن يَأۡكُلَ لَحۡمَ أَخِيهِ مَيۡتٗا فَكَرِهۡتُمُوهُۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١٢

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanujtanibū kathīram minaẓ-ẓanni inna baʿḍaẓ-ẓanni ithm, wa lā tajassasū wa lā yaghtab baʿḍukum baʿḍā, ayuḥibbu aḥadukum ay yaʾkula laḥma akhīhi maytan fakarihtumūh, wattaqullāh, innallāha tawwābur raḥīm.

    O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.

13. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن ذَكَرٖ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلۡنَٰكُمۡ شُعُوبٗا وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ أَكۡرَمَكُمۡ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتۡقَىٰكُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٞ ١٣

    Yāʾayyuhan-nāsu innā khalaqnākum min dhakariw wa unthā wa jaʿalnākum shuʿūbaw wa qabāʾila litaʿārafū, inna akramakum ʿindallāhi atqākum, innallāha ʿalīmun khabīr.

    O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allāh is the most righteous¹ of you. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

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    1. Literally, "he who has the most taqwā," i.e., consciousness and fear of Allāh, piety and righteousness.

14. ۞ قَالَتِ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابُ ءَامَنَّاۖ قُل لَّمۡ تُؤۡمِنُواْ وَلَٰكِن قُولُوٓاْ أَسۡلَمۡنَا وَلَمَّا يَدۡخُلِ ٱلۡإِيمَٰنُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمۡۖ وَإِن تُطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَا يَلِتۡكُم مِّنۡ أَعۡمَٰلِكُمۡ شَيۡـًٔاۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ ١٤

    Qālatil-aʿrābu āmannā, qul lam tuʾminū wa lākin qūlū aslamnā wa lammā yadkhulil-īmānu fī qulūbikum, wa in tuṭīʿullāha wa rasūlahū lā yalitkum min aʿmālikum shayʾā, innallāha ghafūrur raḥīm.

    The bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts. And if you obey Allāh and His Messenger, He will not deprive you from your deeds¹ of anything. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., the reward thereof.

15. إِنَّمَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَرۡتَابُواْ وَجَٰهَدُواْ بِأَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ وَأَنفُسِهِمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصَّٰدِقُونَ ١٥

    Innamal-muʾminūnal-ladhīna āmanū billāhi wa rasūlihī thumma lam yartābū wa jāhadū biʾamwālihim wa anfusihim fī sabīlillāh, ulāʾika humuṣ-ṣādiqūn.

    The believers are only the ones who have believed in Allāh and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allāh. It is those who are the truthful.

16. قُلۡ أَتُعَلِّمُونَ ٱللَّهَ بِدِينِكُمۡ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ١٦

    Qul atuʿallimūnallāha bidīnikum wallāhu yaʿlamu mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, wallāhu bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

    Say, "Would you acquaint Allāh with your religion while Allāh knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and Allāh is Knowing of all things?"

17. يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيۡكَ أَنۡ أَسۡلَمُواْۖ قُل لَّا تَمُنُّواْ عَلَيَّ إِسۡلَٰمَكُمۖ بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يَمُنُّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَنۡ هَدَىٰكُمۡ لِلۡإِيمَٰنِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٧

    Yamunnūna ʿalayka an aslamū, qul lā tamunnū ʿalayya islāmakum, balillāhu yamunnu ʿalaykum an hadākum lil-īmāni in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    They consider it a favor to you that they have accepted Islām. Say, "Do not consider your Islām a favor to me. Rather, Allāh has conferred favor upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if you should be truthful."

18. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ غَيۡبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٨

    Innallāha yaʿlamu ghaybas-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wallāhu baṣīrum bimā taʿmalūn.

    Indeed, Allāh knows the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. قٓۚ وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ٱلۡمَجِيدِ ١

   Qāf, wal-qurʾānil-majīd.

   Qāf.¹ By the honored Qur’ān...²

   Footnotes (2)

   1. See footnote to 2:1.
   2. See footnote to 38:1.

2. بَلۡ عَجِبُوٓاْ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَقَالَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَيۡءٌ عَجِيبٌ ٢

   Bal ʿajibū an jāʾahum mundhirum minhum faqālal-kāfirūna hādhā shayʾun ʿajīb.

   But they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say, "This is an amazing thing.

3. أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗاۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجۡعُۢ بَعِيدٞ ٣

   Aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābā, dhālika rajʿum baʿīd.

   When we have died and have become dust, [we will return to life]? That is a distant [i.e., unlikely] return."

4. قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا تَنقُصُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَعِندَنَا كِتَٰبٌ حَفِيظُۢ ٤

   Qad ʿalimnā mā tanquṣul-arḍu minhum, wa ʿindanā kitābun ḥafīẓ.

   We know what the earth diminishes [i.e., consumes] of them, and with Us is a retaining record.

5. بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِيٓ أَمۡرٖ مَّرِيجٍ ٥

   Bal kadhdhabū bil-ḥaqqi lammā jāʾahum fahum fī amrim marīj.

   But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a confused condition.

6. أَفَلَمۡ يَنظُرُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ كَيۡفَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٖ ٦

   Afalam yanẓurū ilas-samāʾi fawqahum kayfa banaynāhā wa zayyannāhā wa mā lahā min furūj.

   Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

7. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنَٰهَا وَأَلۡقَيۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجٖ ٧

   Wal-arḍa madadnāhā wa alqaynā fīhā rawāsiya wa anbatnā fīhā min kulli zawjim bahīj.

   And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,

8. تَبۡصِرَةٗ وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِكُلِّ عَبۡدٖ مُّنِيبٖ ٨

   Tabṣirataw wa dhikrā likulli ʿabdim munīb.

   Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allāh].

9. وَنَزَّلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ مُّبَٰرَكٗا فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٖ وَحَبَّ ٱلۡحَصِيدِ ٩

   Wa nazzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾam mubārakan fa anbatnā bihī jannātiw wa ḥabbal-ḥaṣīd.

   And We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest

10. وَٱلنَّخۡلَ بَاسِقَٰتٖ لَّهَا طَلۡعٞ نَّضِيدٞ ١٠

    Wan-nakhla bāsiqātil lahā ṭalʿun naḍīd.

    And lofty palm trees having fruit arranged in layers -

11. رِّزۡقٗا لِّلۡعِبَادِۖ وَأَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةٗ مَّيۡتٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡخُرُوجُ ١١

    Rizqal lil-ʿibād, wa aḥyaynā bihī baldatam maytā, kadhālikal-khurūj.

    As provision for the servants, and We have given life thereby to a dead land. Thus is the emergence [i.e., resurrection].

12. كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ ١٢

    Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥiw wa aṣḥābur-rassi wa thamūd.

    The people of Noah denied before them,¹ and the companions of the well² and Thamūd

    Footnotes (2)

    1. i.e., before the disbelievers of Makkah.
    2. See footnote to 25:38.

13. وَعَادٞ وَفِرۡعَوۡنُ وَإِخۡوَٰنُ لُوطٖ ١٣

    Wa ʿāduw wa firʿawnu wa ikhwānu lūṭ.

    And ʿAad and Pharaoh and the brothers [i.e., people] of Lot

14. وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ وَقَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖۚ كُلّٞ كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ ١٤

    Wa aṣḥābul-aykati wa qawmu tubbaʿ, kullun kadhdhabar-rusula faḥaqqa waʿīd.

    And the companions of the thicket and the people of Tubbaʿ. All denied the messengers, so My threat was justly fulfilled.

15. أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلۡخَلۡقِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِي لَبۡسٖ مِّنۡ خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٖ ١٥

    Afaʿayīnā bil-khalqil-awwal, bal hum fī labsim min khalqin jadīd.

    Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

16. وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفۡسُهُۥۖ وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ ٱلۡوَرِيدِ ١٦

    Wa laqad khalaqnal-insāna wa naʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuh, wa naḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥablil-warīd.

    And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer¹ to him than [his] jugular vein.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. In absolute knowledge of everything about him. "We" has also been interpreted to mean the angels who are mentioned in the following verse.

17. إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ ١٧

    Idh yatalaqqal-mutalaqqiyāni ʿanil-yamīni wa ʿanish-shimāli qaʿīd.

    When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,¹ seated on the right and on the left.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. And record each word and deed.

18. مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٞ ١٨

    Mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīd.

    He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

19. وَجَآءَتۡ سَكۡرَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنۡهُ تَحِيدُ ١٩

    Wa jāʾat sakratul-mawti bil-ḥaqq, dhālika mā kunta minhu taḥīd.

    And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.

20. وَنُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡوَعِيدِ ٢٠

    Wa nufikha fiṣ-ṣūr, dhālika yawmul-waʿīd.

    And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.

21. وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٞ وَشَهِيدٞ ٢١

    Wa jāʾat kullu nafsim maʿahā sāʾiquw wa shahīd.

    And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., one angel driving the soul to the Judgement and one to testify as to its deeds.

22. لَّقَدۡ كُنتَ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا فَكَشَفۡنَا عَنكَ غِطَآءَكَ فَبَصَرُكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ حَدِيدٞ ٢٢

    Laqad kunta fī ghaflatim min hādhā fakashafnā ʿanka ghiṭāʾaka fabaṣarukal-yawma ḥadīd.

    [It will be said], "You were certainly in unmindfulness of this, and We have removed from you your cover,¹ so your sight, this Day, is sharp."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Of heedlessness, or that which had sealed your hearing, your vision and your heart from guidance.

23. وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ ٢٣

    Wa qāla qarīnuhū hādhā mā ladayya ʿatīd.

    And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared."

24. أَلۡقِيَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٖ ٢٤

    Alqiyā fī jahannama kulla kaffārin ʿanīd.

    [Allāh will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever,

25. مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٖ مُّرِيبٍ ٢٥

    Mannāʿil lil-khayri muʿtadim murīb.

    Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

26. ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلۡقِيَاهُ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ ٢٦

    Al-ladhī jaʿala maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhara fa alqiyāhu fil-ʿadhābish-shadīd.

    Who made [as equal] with Allāh another deity; then throw him into the severe punishment."

27. ۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطۡغَيۡتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِي ضَلَٰلِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٢٧

    Qāla qarīnuhū rabbanā mā aṭghaytuhū wa lākin kāna fī ḍalālim baʿīd.

    His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error."

28. قَالَ لَا تَخۡتَصِمُواْ لَدَيَّ وَقَدۡ قَدَّمۡتُ إِلَيۡكُم بِٱلۡوَعِيدِ ٢٨

    Qāla lā takhtaṣimū ladayya wa qad qaddamtu ilaykum bil-waʿīd.

    [Allāh] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the threat [i.e., warning].

29. مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ لَدَيَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّٰمٖ لِّلۡعَبِيدِ ٢٩

    Mā yubaddalul-qawlu ladayya wa mā ana biẓallāmil lil-ʿabīd.

    The word [i.e., decree] will not be changed with Me, and never will I be unjust to the servants."

30. يَوۡمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ ٱمۡتَلَأۡتِ وَتَقُولُ هَلۡ مِن مَّزِيدٖ ٣٠

    Yawma naqūlu lijahannama halimtalaʾti wa taqūlu hal mim mazīd.

    On the Day We will say to Hell, "Have you been filled?" and it will say, "Are there some more,"

31. وَأُزۡلِفَتِ ٱلۡجَنَّةُ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيدٍ ٣١

    Wa uzlifatil-jannatu lil-muttaqīna ghayra baʿīd.

    And Paradise will be brought near to the righteous, not far,

32. هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِكُلِّ أَوَّابٍ حَفِيظٖ ٣٢

    Hādhā mā tūʿadūna likulli awwābin ḥafīẓ.

    [It will be said], "This is what you were promised - for every returner [to Allāh] and keeper [of His covenant].

33. مَّنۡ خَشِيَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلۡبٖ مُّنِيبٍ ٣٣

    Man khashiyar-raḥmāna bil-ghaybi wa jāʾa biqalbim munīb.

    Who feared the Most Merciful in the unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].

34. ٱدۡخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٖۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُلُودِ ٣٤

    Udkhulūhā bisalām, dhālika yawmul-khulūd.

    Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."

35. لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيۡنَا مَزِيدٞ ٣٥

    Lahum mā yashāʾūna fīhā wa ladaynā mazīd.

    They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.

36. وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَشَدُّ مِنۡهُم بَطۡشٗا فَنَقَّبُواْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ هَلۡ مِن مَّحِيصٍ ٣٦

    Wa kam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum baṭshan fanaqqabū fil-bilādi hal mim maḥīṣ.

    And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?

37. إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكۡرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُۥ قَلۡبٌ أَوۡ أَلۡقَى ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَهُوَ شَهِيدٞ ٣٧

    Inna fī dhālika ladhikrā liman kāna lahū qalbun aw alqas-samʿa wa huwa shahīd.

    Indeed in that is a reminder for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present [in mind].

38. وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ وَمَا مَسَّنَا مِن لُّغُوبٖ ٣٨

    Wa laqad khalaqnas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmiw wa mā massanā mil lughūb.

    And We did certainly create the heavens and earth and what is between them in six days, and there touched Us no weariness.

39. فَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ قَبۡلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَقَبۡلَ ٱلۡغُرُوبِ ٣٩

    Faṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wa sabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika qabla ṭulūʿish-shamsi wa qablal-ghurūb.

    So be patient, [O Muḥammad], over what they say and exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting,

40. وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَأَدۡبَٰرَ ٱلسُّجُودِ ٤٠

    Wa minal-layli fasabbiḥhu wa adbāras-sujūd.

    And [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration [i.e., prayer].

41. وَٱسۡتَمِعۡ يَوۡمَ يُنَادِ ٱلۡمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٖ قَرِيبٖ ٤١

    Wastamiʿ yawma yunādil-munādi mim makānin qarīb.

    And listen on the Day when the Caller¹ will call out from a place that is near -

    Footnotes (1)

    1. An angel who will call out Allāh's command for the Resurrection.

42. يَوۡمَ يَسۡمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيۡحَةَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡخُرُوجِ ٤٢

    Yawma yasmaʿūnaṣ-ṣayḥata bil-ḥaqq, dhālika yawmul-khurūj.

    The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

43. إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيۡنَا ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٤٣

    Innā naḥnu nuḥyī wa numītu wa ilaynal-maṣīr.

    Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

44. يَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ عَنۡهُمۡ سِرَاعٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ حَشۡرٌ عَلَيۡنَا يَسِيرٞ ٤٤

    Yawma tashaqqaqul-arḍu ʿanhum sirāʿā, dhālika ḥashrun ʿalaynā yasīr.

    On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us.

45. نَّحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِجَبَّارٖۖ فَذَكِّرۡ بِٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ ٤٥

    Naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūn, wa mā anta ʿalayhim bijabbār, fadhakkir bil-qurʾāni may yakhāfu waʿīd.

    We are most knowing of what they say, and you are not over them a tyrant.¹ But remind by the Qur’ān whoever fears My threat.

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    1. Forcing people to belief or submission.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلذَّٰرِيَٰتِ ذَرۡوٗا ١

   Wadh-dhāriyāti dharwā.

   By the [winds] scattering [dust], dispersing [it]

2. فَٱلۡحَٰمِلَٰتِ وِقۡرٗا ٢

   Fal-ḥāmilāti wiqrā.

   And the [clouds] carrying a load [of water]

3. فَٱلۡجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسۡرٗا ٣

   Fal-jāriyāti yusrā.

   And the ships sailing with ease

4. فَٱلۡمُقَسِّمَٰتِ أَمۡرًا ٤

   Fal-muqassimāti amrā.

   And the [angels] apportioning [each] matter,

5. إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَصَادِقٞ ٥

   Innamā tūʿadūna laṣādiq.

   Indeed, what you are promised is true.

6. وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ٦

   Wa innad-dīna lawāqiʿ.

   And indeed, the recompense is to occur.

7. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡحُبُكِ ٧

   Was-samāʾi dhātil-ḥubuk.

   By the heaven containing pathways,¹

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   1. Explained as tracks, layers or orbits.

8. إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي قَوۡلٖ مُّخۡتَلِفٖ ٨

   Innakum lafī qawlim mukhtalif.

   Indeed, you are in differing speech.¹

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   1. About Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) and the Qur’ān.

9. يُؤۡفَكُ عَنۡهُ مَنۡ أُفِكَ ٩

   Yuʾfaku ʿanhu man ufik.

   Deluded away from it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is he who is deluded.

10. قُتِلَ ٱلۡخَرَّٰصُونَ ١٠

    Qutilal-kharrāṣūn.

    Destroyed are the misinformers¹

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    1. Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed."

11. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ سَاهُونَ ١١

    Al-ladhīna hum fī ghamratin sāhūn.

    Who are within a flood [of confusion] and heedless.

12. يَسۡـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٢

    Yasʾalūna ayyāna yawmud-dīn.

    They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"

13. يَوۡمَ هُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ يُفۡتَنُونَ ١٣

    Yawma hum ʿalan-nāri yuftanūn.

    [It is] the Day they will be tormented over the Fire

14. ذُوقُواْ فِتۡنَتَكُمۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ ١٤

    Dhūqū fitnatakum hādhal-ladhī kuntum bihī tastaʿjilūn.

    [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

15. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ ١٥

    Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wa ʿuyūn.

    Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and springs,

16. ءَاخِذِينَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُحۡسِنِينَ ١٦

    Ākhidhīna mā ātāhum rabbuhum, innahum kānū qabla dhālika muḥsinīn.

    Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

17. كَانُواْ قَلِيلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ مَا يَهۡجَعُونَ ١٧

    Kānū qalīlam minal-layli mā yahjaʿūn.

    They used to sleep but little of the night,¹

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    1. i.e., spending a portion of the night in prayer and supplication.

18. وَبِٱلۡأَسۡحَارِ هُمۡ يَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ١٨

    Wabil-asḥāri hum yastaghfirūn.

    And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

19. وَفِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ١٩

    Wa fī amwālihim ḥaqqul lis-sāʾili wal-maḥrūm.

    And from their properties was [given] the right of the [needy] petitioner and the deprived.

20. وَفِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّلۡمُوقِنِينَ ٢٠

    Wa fil-arḍi āyātul lil-mūqinīn.

    And on the earth are signs for the certain [in faith]

21. وَفِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٢١

    Wa fī anfusikum, afalā tubṣirūn.

    And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

22. وَفِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزۡقُكُمۡ وَمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٢٢

    Wa fis-samāʾi rizqukum wa mā tūʿadūn.

    And in the heaven is your provision and whatever you are promised.

23. فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقّٞ مِّثۡلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمۡ تَنطِقُونَ ٢٣

    Fawarabbis-samāʾi wal-arḍi innahū laḥaqqum mithla mā annakum tanṭiqūn.

    Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.

24. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيۡفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ ٢٤

    Hal atāka ḥadīthu ḍayfi ibrāhīmal-mukramīn.

    Has there reached you the story of the honored guests of Abraham?¹ -

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    1. Who were angels given honored positions by Allāh.

25. إِذۡ دَخَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞ قَوۡمٞ مُّنكَرُونَ ٢٥

    Idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāmā, qāla salāmun qawmum munkarūn.

    When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."

26. فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجۡلٖ سَمِينٖ ٢٦

    Farāgha ilā ahlihī fajāʾa biʿijlin samīn.

    Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf.

27. فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٢٧

    Faqarrabahū ilayhim qāla alā taʾkulūn.

    And placed it near them; he said, "Will you not eat?"

28. فَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۖ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٖ ٢٨

    Fa awjasa minhum khīfah, qālū lā takhaf, wa bashsharūhu bighulāmin ʿalīm.

    And he felt from them apprehension.¹ They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.

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    1. See footnote to 11:70.

29. فَأَقۡبَلَتِ ٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ فِي صَرَّةٖ فَصَكَّتۡ وَجۡهَهَا وَقَالَتۡ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٞ ٢٩

    Fa aqbalatimraʾatuhū fī ṣarratin faṣakkat wajhahā wa qālat ʿajūzun ʿaqīm.

    And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

30. قَالُواْ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٣٠

    Qālū kadhāliki qāla rabbuk, innahū huwal-ḥakīmul-ʿalīm.

    They said, "Thus has said your Lord; indeed, He is the Wise, the Knowing."