Juz 27

1. ۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ٣١

   Qāla famā khaṭbukum ayyuhal-mursalūn.

   [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

2. قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٣٢

   Qālū innā ursilnā ilā qawmim mujrimīn.

   They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., those who defied Lot (upon him be peace).

3. لِنُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حِجَارَةٗ مِّن طِينٖ ٣٣

   Linursila ʿalayhim ḥijāratam min ṭīn.

   To send down upon them stones of clay,

4. مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٣٤

   Musawwamatan ʿinda rabbika lil-musrifīn.

   Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

5. فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣٥

   Fa akhrajnā man kāna fīhā minal-muʾminīn.

   So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.

6. فَمَا وَجَدۡنَا فِيهَا غَيۡرَ بَيۡتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٣٦

   Famā wajadnā fīhā ghayra baytim minal-muslimīn.

   And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., Lot and his family, excepting his wife.

7. وَتَرَكۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَلِيمَ ٣٧

   Wa taraknā fīhā āyatal lil-ladhīna yakhāfūnal-ʿadhābal-alīm.

   And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

8. وَفِي مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ٣٨

   Wa fī mūsā idh arsalnāhu ilā firʿawna bisulṭānim mubīn.

   And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., evidences.

9. فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكۡنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٞ ٣٩

   Fatawallā biruknihī wa qāla sāḥirun aw majnūn.

   But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."

10. فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ ٤٠

    Fa akhadhnāhu wa junūdahū fanabadhnāhum fil-yammi wa huwa mulīm.

    So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

11. وَفِي عَادٍ إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلۡعَقِيمَ ٤١

    Wa fī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimur-rīḥal-ʿaqīm.

    And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Barren of any benefit, i.e., evil.

12. مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَيۡءٍ أَتَتۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتۡهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ ٤٢

    Mā tadharu min shayʾin atat ʿalayhi illā jaʿalathu kar-ramīm.

    It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

13. وَفِي ثَمُودَ إِذۡ قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ٤٣

    Wa fī thamūda idh qīla lahum tamattaʿū ḥattā ḥīn.

    And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

14. فَعَتَوۡاْ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمۡ يَنظُرُونَ ٤٤

    Faʿataw ʿan amri rabbihim fa akhadhathumuṣ-ṣāʿiqatu wa hum yanẓurūn.

    But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

15. فَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ مِن قِيَامٖ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنتَصِرِينَ ٤٥

    Famastaṭāʿū min qiyāmiw wa mā kānū muntaṣirīn.

    And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

16. وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٤٦

    Wa qawma nūḥim min qabl, innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīn.

    And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

17. وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيۡنَٰهَا بِأَيۡيْدٖ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ٤٧

    Was-samāʾa banaynāhā biʾaydiw wa innā lamūsiʿūn.

    And the heaven We constructed with strength,¹ and indeed, We are [its] expander.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Literally, "hands."

18. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَرَشۡنَٰهَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَٰهِدُونَ ٤٨

    Wal-arḍa farashnāhā faniʿmal-māhidūn.

    And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

19. وَمِن كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَا زَوۡجَيۡنِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٩

    Wa min kulli shayʾin khalaqnā zawjayni laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.

    And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

20. فَفِرُّوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٥٠

    Fafirrū ilallāh, innī lakum minhu nadhīrum mubīn.

    So flee to Allāh.¹ Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., turn to Allāh and take refuge in Him from disbelief and sin, thereby escaping His punishment.

21. وَلَا تَجۡعَلُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَۖ إِنِّي لَكُم مِّنۡهُ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٥١

    Wa lā tajʿalū maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhar, innī lakum minhu nadhīrum mubīn.

    And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

22. كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ ٥٢

    Kadhālika mā atal-ladhīna min qablihim mir rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūn.

    Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

23. أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ ٥٣

    Atawāṣaw bih, bal hum qawmun ṭāghūn.

    Did they suggest it to them?¹ Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., Did the former disbelievers pass on these words to the Makkans so that they repeat the same expressions?

24. فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٖ ٥٤

    Fatawalla ʿanhum famā anta bimalūm.

    So leave them, [O Muḥammad], for you are not to be blamed.

25. وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٥٥

    Wa dhakkir fa innadh-dhikrā tanfaʿul-muʾminīn.

    And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.

26. وَمَا خَلَقۡتُ ٱلۡجِنَّ وَٱلۡإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُونِ ٥٦

    Wa mā khalaqtul-jinna wal-insa illā liyaʿbudūn.

    And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.

27. مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنۡهُم مِّن رِّزۡقٖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطۡعِمُونِ ٥٧

    Mā urīdu minhum mir rizqiw wa mā urīdu ay yuṭʿimūn.

    I do not want from them any provision, nor do I want them to feed Me.

28. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ ٥٨

    Innallāha huwar-razzāqu dhul-quwwatil-matīn.

    Indeed, it is Allāh who is the [continual] Provider,¹ the firm possessor of strength.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Providing everything required by His creations during their decreed existence. His provision includes guidance.

29. فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذَنُوبٗا مِّثۡلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصۡحَٰبِهِمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ٥٩

    Fa inna lil-ladhīna ẓalamū dhanūbam mithla dhanūbi aṣḥābihim falā yastaʿjilūn.

    And indeed, for those who have wronged is a portion [of punishment] like the portion of their companions [i.e., predecessors], so let them not impatiently urge Me.

30. فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن يَوۡمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ٦٠

    Fawaylul lil-ladhīna kafarū miy yawmihimul-ladhī yūʿadūn.

    And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلطُّورِ ١

   Waṭ-ṭūr.

   By the mount

2. وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ ٢

   Wa kitābim masṭūr.

   And [by] a Book inscribed¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Interpreted as the Preserved Slate or possibly the Qur’ān.

3. فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ ٣

   Fī raqqim manshūr.

   In parchment spread open

4. وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ ٤

   Wal-baytil-maʿmūr.

   And [by] the frequented House¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The house of worship for the angels in the seventh heaven, comparable to the Kaʿbah on earth.

5. وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ٥

   Was-saqfil-marfūʿ.

   And [by] the ceiling [i.e., heaven] raised high

6. وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ ٦

   Wal-baḥril-masjūr.

   And [by] the sea set on fire,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. On the Day of Resurrection. Or "the sea which has overflowed."

7. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ٧

   Inna ʿadhāba rabbika lawāqiʿ.

   Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur.

8. مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ ٨

   Mā lahū min dāfiʿ.

   Of it there is no preventer.

9. يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا ٩

   Yawma tamūrus-samāʾu mawrā.

   On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

10. وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا ١٠

    Wa tasīrul-jibālu sayrā.

    And the mountains will pass on, departing¹ -

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Becoming dust and moving as clouds.

11. فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١١

    Fawayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Then woe, that Day, to the deniers,

12. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ ١٢

    Al-ladhīna hum fī khawḍiy yalʿabūn.

    Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves.

13. يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ١٣

    Yawma yudaʿʿūna ilā nāri jahannama daʿʿā.

    The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say],

14. هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٤

    Hādhihin-nārul-latī kuntum bihā tukadhdhibūn.

    "This is the Fire which you used to deny.

15. أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ١٥

    Afasiḥrun hādhā am antum lā tubṣirūn.

    Then is this magic, or do you not see?

16. ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦

    Iṣlawhā faṣbirū aw lā taṣbirū sawāʾun ʿalaykum, innamā tujzawna mā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    [Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."

17. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ ١٧

    Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wa naʿīm.

    Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure,

18. فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٨

    Fākihīna bimā ātāhum rabbuhum wa waqāhum rabbuhum ʿadhābal-jaḥīm.

    Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.

19. كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٩

    Kulū washrabū hanīʾam bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

    [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

20. مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ ٢٠

    Muttakiʾīna ʿalā sururim maṣfūfah, wa zawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīn.

    They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

21. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞ ٢١

    Wal-ladhīna āmanū wattabaʿathum dhurriyyatuhum biʾīmānin alḥaqnā bihim dhurriyyatahum wa mā alatnāhum min ʿamalihim min shayʾ, kullumriʾim bimā kasaba rahīn.

    And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds.¹ Every person, for what he earned, is retained.²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. i.e., the reward thereof.
    2. i.e., subject or held responsible. Literally, "a hostage."

22. وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٢٢

    Wa amdadnāhum bifākihatiw wa laḥmim mimmā yashtahūn.

    And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire.

23. يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞ ٢٣

    Yatanāzaʿūna fīhā kaʾsal lā laghwun fīhā wa lā taʾthīm.

    They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.

24. ۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ ٢٤

    Wa yaṭūfu ʿalayhim ghilmānul lahum kaʾannahum luʾluʾum maknūn.

    There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.

25. وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٢٥

    Wa aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍiy yatasāʾalūn.

    And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

26. قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ ٢٦

    Qālū innā kunnā qablu fī ahlinā mushfiqīn.

    They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allāh].

27. فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ٢٧

    Famannallāhu ʿalaynā wa waqānā ʿadhābas-samūm.

    So Allāh conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire.

28. إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٢٨

    Innā kunnā min qablu nadʿūh, innahū huwal-barrur-raḥīm.

    Indeed, we used to supplicate¹ Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., worship.

29. فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ ٢٩

    Fadhakkir famā anta biniʿmati rabbika bikāhiniw wa lā majnūn.

    So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.

30. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ ٣٠

    Am yaqūlūna shāʿirun natarabbaṣu bihī raybal-manūn.

    Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time"?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., some accident or inevitable death.

31. قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ٣١

    Qul tarabbaṣū fa innī maʿakum minal-mutarabbiṣīn.

    Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters."

32. أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ ٣٢

    Am taʾmuruhum aḥlāmuhum bihādhā, am hum qawmun ṭāghūn.

    Or do their minds¹ command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people?

    Footnotes (1)

    1. In this expression is also a subtle allusion to the leaders of the Quraysh, who considered themselves to be great minds.

33. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣٣

    Am yaqūlūna taqawwalah, bal lā yuʾminūn.

    Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.

34. فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٤

    Falyaʾtū biḥadīthim mithlihī in kānū ṣādiqīn.

    Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful.

35. أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ٣٥

    Am khuliqū min ghayri shayʾin am humul-khāliqūn.

    Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

36. أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ٣٦

    Am khalaqus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, bal lā yūqinūn.

    Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.

37. أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ ٣٧

    Am ʿindahum khazāʾinu rabbika am humul-muṣayṭirūn.

    Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?

38. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ ٣٨

    Am lahum sullamuy yastamiʿūna fīh, falyaʾti mustamiʿuhum bisulṭānim mubīn.

    Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority [i.e., proof].

39. أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ٣٩

    Am lahul-banātu wa lakumul-banūn.

    Or has He daughters while you have sons?

40. أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ٤٠

    Am tasʾaluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim muthqalūn.

    Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

41. أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ٤١

    Am ʿindahumul-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn.

    Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

42. أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ ٤٢

    Am yurīdūna kaydā, fal-ladhīna kafarū humul-makīdūn.

    Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.

43. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٤٣

    Am lahum ilāhun ghayrullāh, subḥānallāhi ʿammā yushrikūn.

    Or have they a deity other than Allāh? Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

44. وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ ٤٤

    Wa iy yaraw kisfam minas-samāʾi sāqiṭay yaqūlū saḥābum markūm.

    And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling,¹ they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Marking the onset of Allāh's punishment, as they had requested.

45. فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ ٤٥

    Fadharhum ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumul-ladhī fīhi yuṣʿaqūn.

    So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

46. يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٤٦

    Yawma lā yughnī ʿanhum kayduhum shayʾaw wa lā hum yunṣarūn.

    The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.

47. وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٧

    Wa inna lil-ladhīna ẓalamū ʿadhāban dūna dhālika wa lākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn.

    And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment¹ before that, but most of them do not know.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. If not in this world, in the grave.

48. وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ٤٨

    Waṣbir liḥukmi rabbika fa innaka biʾaʿyuninā, wa sabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika ḥīna taqūm.

    And be patient, [O Muḥammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes [i.e., sight]. And exalt [Allāh] with praise of your Lord when you arise

49. وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ٤٩

    Wa minal-layli fasabbiḥhu wa idbāran-nujūm.

    And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ ١

   Wan-najmi idhā hawā.

   By the star when it descends,

2. مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢

   Mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wa mā ghawā.

   Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

3. وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ ٣

   Wa mā yanṭiqu ʿanil-hawā.

   Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

4. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ ٤

   In huwa illā waḥyuy yūḥā.

   It is not but a revelation revealed,

5. عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡقُوَىٰ ٥

   ʿAllamahū shadīdul-quwā.

   Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

6. ذُو مِرَّةٖ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ٦

   Dhū mirratin fastawā.

   One of soundness.¹ And he rose to [his] true form²

   Footnotes (2)

   1. i.e., strength of body and of mind.
   2. Gabriel appeared to Muḥammad (ﷺ) at the outset of his prophethood in the angelic form in which Allāh originally created him.

7. وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٧

   Wa huwa bil-ufuqil-aʿlā.

   While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., in the sky, above the eastern horizon.

8. ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨

   Thumma danā fatadallā.

   Then he approached and descended

9. فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ٩

   Fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adnā.

   And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

10. فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَآ أَوۡحَىٰ ١٠

    Fa awḥā ilā ʿabdihī mā awḥā.

    And he revealed to His Servant¹ what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., to the Servant of Allāh, Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

11. مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ ١١

    Mā kadhabal-fuʾādu mā raʾā.

    The heart¹ did not lie [about] what it saw.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., mind or perception (of the Prophet [ﷺ]).

12. أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ ١٢

    Afatumārūnahū ʿalā mā yarā.

    So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

13. وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ١٣

    Wa laqad raʾāhu nazlatan ukhrā.

    And he certainly saw him in another descent¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., on another occasion. During his ascent into the heavens (al-Miʿrāj), the Prophet (ﷺ) also saw Gabriel in his true form.

14. عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤

    ʿInda sidratil-muntahā.

    At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

15. عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰٓ ١٥

    ʿIndahā jannatul-maʾwā.

    Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

16. إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١٦

    Idh yaghshas-sidrata mā yaghshā.

    When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Then and there he (ﷺ) saw Gabriel in angelic form.

17. مَا زَاغَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ ١٧

    Mā zāghal-baṣaru wa mā ṭaghā.

    The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

18. لَقَدۡ رَأَىٰ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰٓ ١٨

    Laqad raʾā min āyāti rabbihil-kubrā.

    He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

19. أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ ١٩

    Afaraʾaytumul-lāta wal-ʿuzzā.

    So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

20. وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ ٢٠

    Wa manātath-thālithatal-ukhrā.

    And Manāt, the third - the other one?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The three names given in this and the previous verse are those of well-known "goddesses" which were worshipped by the pagan Arabs before the spread of Islām.

21. أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢١

    Alakumudh-dhakaru wa lahul-unthā.

    Is the male for you and for Him the female?

22. تِلۡكَ إِذٗا قِسۡمَةٞ ضِيزَىٰٓ ٢٢

    Tilka idhan qismatun ḍīzā.

    That, then, is an unjust division.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. According to their own standards.

23. إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّآ أَسۡمَآءٞ سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهۡوَى ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ٢٣

    In hiya illā asmāʾun sammaytumūhā antum wa ābāʾukum mā anzalallāhu bihā min sulṭān, iy yattabiʿūna illaẓ-ẓanna wa mā tahwal-anfus, wa laqad jāʾahum mir rabbihimul-hudā.

    They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.

24. أَمۡ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ ٢٤

    Am lil-insāni mā tamannā.

    Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

25. فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٢٥

    Falillāhil-ākhiratu wal-ūlā.

    Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

26. ۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغۡنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ أَن يَأۡذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ ٢٦

    Wa kam mim malakin fis-samāwāti lā tughnī shafāʿatuhum shayʾan illā mim baʿdi ay yaʾdhanallāhu limay yashāʾu wa yarḍā.

    And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.

27. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢٧

    Innal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati layusammūnal-malāʾikata tasmiyatal-unthā.

    Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,

28. وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَيۡـٔٗا ٢٨

    Wa mā lahum bihī min ʿilm, iy yattabiʿūna illaẓ-ẓann, wa innaẓ-ẓanna lā yughnī minal-ḥaqqi shayʾā.

    And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.

29. فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكۡرِنَا وَلَمۡ يُرِدۡ إِلَّا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٢٩

    Fa aʿriḍ ʿam man tawallā ʿan dhikrinā wa lam yurid illal-ḥayātad-dunyā.

    So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.

30. ذَٰلِكَ مَبۡلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهۡتَدَىٰ ٣٠

    Dhālika mablaghuhum minal-ʿilm, inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihī wa huwa aʿlamu bimanihtadā.

    That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided.

31. وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَى ٣١

    Walillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi liyajziyal-ladhīna asāʾū bimā ʿamilū wa yajziyal-ladhīna aḥsanū bil-ḥusnā.

    And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

32. ٱلَّذِينَ يَجۡتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِذۡ أَنتُمۡ أَجِنَّةٞ فِي بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡۖ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ ٣٢

    Al-ladhīna yajtanibūna kabāʾiral-ithmi wal-fawāḥisha illal-lamam, inna rabbaka wāsiʿul-maghfirah, huwa aʿlamu bikum idh anshaʾakum minal-arḍi wa idh antum ajinnatun fī buṭūni ummahātikum, falā tuzakkū anfusakum, huwa aʿlamu bimanittaqā.

    Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.

33. أَفَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ ٣٣

    Afaraʾaytal-ladhī tawallā.

    Have you seen the one who turned away

34. وَأَعۡطَىٰ قَلِيلٗا وَأَكۡدَىٰٓ ٣٤

    Wa aʿṭā qalīlaw wa akdā.

    And gave a little and [then] refrained?

35. أَعِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ ٣٥

    Aʿindahū ʿilmul-ghaybi fahuwa yarā.

    Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Knows that his provision will be exhausted if he spends on the poor, while Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has promised otherwise.

36. أَمۡ لَمۡ يُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ ٣٦

    Am lam yunabbaʾ bimā fī ṣuḥufi mūsā.

    Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses

37. وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي وَفَّىٰٓ ٣٧

    Wa ibrāhīmal-ladhī waffā.

    And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -

38. أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ ٣٨

    Allā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā.

    That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

39. وَأَن لَّيۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٩

    Wa al laysa lil-insāni illā mā saʿā.

    And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

40. وَأَنَّ سَعۡيَهُۥ سَوۡفَ يُرَىٰ ٤٠

    Wa anna saʿyahū sawfa yurā.

    And that his effort is going to be seen -

41. ثُمَّ يُجۡزَىٰهُ ٱلۡجَزَآءَ ٱلۡأَوۡفَىٰ ٤١

    Thumma yujzāhul-jazāʾal-awfā.

    Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -

42. وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ٤٢

    Wa anna ilā rabbikal-muntahā.

    And that to your Lord is the finality

43. وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ ٤٣

    Wa annahū huwa aḍḥaka wa abkā.

    And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

44. وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحۡيَا ٤٤

    Wa annahū huwa amāta wa aḥyā.

    And that it is He who causes death and gives life

45. وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٤٥

    Wa annahū khalaqaz-zawjaynidh-dhakara wal-unthā.

    And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

46. مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ إِذَا تُمۡنَىٰ ٤٦

    Min nuṭfatin idhā tumnā.

    From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

47. وَأَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰ ٤٧

    Wa anna ʿalayhin-nashʾatal-ukhrā.

    And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.

48. وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغۡنَىٰ وَأَقۡنَىٰ ٤٨

    Wa annahū huwa aghnā wa aqnā.

    And that it is He who enriches and suffices

49. وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعۡرَىٰ ٤٩

    Wa annahū huwa rabbush-shiʿrā.

    And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. A star worshipped by some of the pagan Arabs.

50. وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهۡلَكَ عَادًا ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٥٠

    Wa annahū ahlaka ʿādanil-ūlā.

    And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad

51. وَثَمُودَاْ فَمَآ أَبۡقَىٰ ٥١

    Wa thamūda famā abqā.

    And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -

52. وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٖ مِّن قَبۡلُۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ هُمۡ أَظۡلَمَ وَأَطۡغَىٰ ٥٢

    Wa qawma nūḥim min qabl, innahum kānū hum aẓlama wa aṭghā.

    And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.

53. وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَةَ أَهۡوَىٰ ٥٣

    Wal-muʾtafikata ahwā.

    And the overturned towns¹ He hurled down

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Whose inhabitants defied Prophet Lot.

54. فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ ٥٤

    Faghashshāhā mā ghashshā.

    And covered them by that which He covered.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., a rain of stones.

55. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ ٥٥

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbika tatamārā.

    Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?

56. هَٰذَا نَذِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٥٦

    Hādhā nadhīrum minan-nudhuril-ūlā.

    This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.

57. أَزِفَتِ ٱلۡأٓزِفَةُ ٥٧

    Azifatil-āzifah.

    The Approaching Day has approached.

58. لَيۡسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ ٥٨

    Laysa lahā min dūnillāhi kāshifah.

    Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.

59. أَفَمِنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ تَعۡجَبُونَ ٥٩

    Afamin hādhal-ḥadīthi taʿjabūn.

    Then at this statement do you wonder?

60. وَتَضۡحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبۡكُونَ ٦٠

    Wa taḍḥakūna wa lā tabkūn.

    And you laugh and do not weep

61. وَأَنتُمۡ سَٰمِدُونَ ٦١

    Wa antum sāmidūn.

    While you are proudly sporting?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Additional meanings are "singing [with expanded chest]," "heedless," or "lost in vain amusements."

62. فَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ۩ ٦٢

    Fasjudū lillāhi waʿbudū.

    So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ١

   Iqtarabatis-sāʿatu wanshaqqal-qamar.

   The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. This was a sign given by Allāh to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) when the Quraysh challenged him to show them a miracle.

2. وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةٗ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرٞ مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ ٢

   Wa iy yaraw āyatay yuʿriḍū wa yaqūlū siḥrum mustamirr.

   And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Or "Continuing magic."

3. وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرٖ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ ٣

   Wa kadhdhabū wattabaʿū ahwāʾahum, wa kullu amrim mustaqirr.

   And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.

4. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ٤

   Wa laqad jāʾahum minal-anbāʾi mā fīhi muzdajar.

   And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.

5. حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةٞۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٥

   Ḥikmatum bālighah, famā tughnin-nudhur.

   Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].

6. فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ نُّكُرٍ ٦

   Fatawalla ʿanhum, yawma yadʿud-dāʿi ilā shayʾin nukur.

   So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller¹ calls to something forbidding,

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Said to be an angel announcing the account and judgement.

7. خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادٞ مُّنتَشِرٞ ٧

   Khushshaʿan abṣāruhum yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi kaʾannahum jarādum muntashir.

   Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,

8. مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ ٨

   Muhṭiʿīna ilad-dāʿ, yaqūlul-kāfirūna hādhā yawmun ʿasir.

   Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

9. ۞ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونٞ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ ٩

   Kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin fakadhdhabū ʿabdanā wa qālū majnūnuw wazdujir.

   The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

10. فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبٞ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ١٠

    Fadaʿā rabbahū annī maghlūbun fantaṣir.

    So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

11. فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٖ مُّنۡهَمِرٖ ١١

    Fafataḥnā abwābas-samāʾi bimāʾim munhamir.

    Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

12. وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونٗا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ١٢

    Wa fajjarnal-arḍa ʿuyūnan fal-taqal-māʾu ʿalā amrin qad qudir.

    And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.

13. وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحٖ وَدُسُرٖ ١٣

    Wa ḥamalnāhu ʿalā dhāti alwāḥiw wa dusur.

    And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,

14. تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءٗ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ١٤

    Tajrī biʾaʿyuninā jazāʾal liman kāna kufir.

    Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.

15. وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةٗ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ١٥

    Wa laqad taraknāhā āyatan fahal mim muddakir.

    And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?

16. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ١٦

    Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

    And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. To those after them, who were expected to derive a lesson from previous occurrences.

17. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ١٧

    Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir.

    And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

18. كَذَّبَتۡ عَادٞ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ١٨

    Kadhdhabat ʿādun fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

    ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

19. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسٖ مُّسۡتَمِرّٖ ١٩

    Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī yawmi naḥsim mustamirr.

    Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

20. تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٖ مُّنقَعِرٖ ٢٠

    Tanziʿun-nāsa kaʾannahum aʿjāzu nakhlim munqaʿir.

    Extracting the people¹ as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. From their hiding places.

21. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٢١

    Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

    And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

22. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٢٢

    Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir.

    And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

23. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٢٣

    Kadhdhabat thamūdu bin-nudhur.

    Thamūd denied the warning.

24. فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤

    Faqālū abasharam minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhū innā idhal lafī ḍalāliw wa suʿur.

    And said, "Is it one human being¹ among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., the prophet Ṣāliḥ.

25. أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٞ ٢٥

    Aʾulqiyadh-dhikru ʿalayhi mim bayninā bal huwa kadhdhābun ashir.

    Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

26. سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدٗا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ٢٦

    Sayaʿlamūna ghadam manil-kadhdhābul-ashir.

    They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.

27. إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ٢٧

    Innā mursilun-nāqati fitnatal lahum fartaqibhum waṣṭabir.

    Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. This and the following verse are an address to Ṣāliḥ (upon him be peace).

28. وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ ٢٨

    Wa nabbiʾhum annal-māʾa qismatum baynahum, kullu shirbim muḥtaḍar.

    And inform them that the water is shared between them,¹ each [day of] drink attended [by turn].

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., between the tribe of Thamūd and the she-camel - a day for each to drink.

29. فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ٢٩

    Fanādaw ṣāḥibahum fataʿāṭā faʿaqar.

    But they called their companion,¹ and he dared² and hamstrung [her].

    Footnotes (2)

    1. i.e., the worst and most despicable among them.
    2. Or "he took," referring to his sword or to the she-camel.

30. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٠

    Fakayfa kāna ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

    And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

31. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ٣١

    Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ṣayḥataw wāḥidatan fakānū kahashīmil-muḥtaẓir.

    Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

32. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٣٢

    Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir.

    And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

33. كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٣

    Kadhdhabat qawmu lūṭim bin-nudhur.

    The people of Lot denied the warning.

34. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ ٣٤

    Innā arsalnā ʿalayhim ḥāṣiban illā āla lūṭ, najjaynāhum bisaḥar.

    Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.

35. نِّعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ ٣٥

    Niʿmatam min ʿindinā, kadhālika najzī man shakar.

    As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.

36. وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ٣٦

    Wa laqad andharahum baṭshatanā fatamāraw bin-nudhur.

    And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

37. وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٧

    Wa laqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihī faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

    And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."

38. وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ ٣٨

    Wa laqad ṣabbaḥahum bukratan ʿadhābum mustaqirr.

    And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

39. فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ٣٩

    Fadhūqū ʿadhābī wa nudhur.

    So taste My punishment and warning.

40. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٤٠

    Wa laqad yassarnal-qurʾāna lidh-dhikri fahal mim muddakir.

    And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

41. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٤١

    Wa laqad jāʾa āla firʿawnan-nudhur.

    And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.

42. كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ٤٢

    Kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā kullihā fa akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzim muqtadir.

    They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

43. أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٞ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ٤٣

    Akuffārukum khayrum min ulāʾikum am lakum barāʾatun fiz-zubur.

    Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?

44. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعٞ مُّنتَصِرٞ ٤٤

    Am yaqūlūna naḥnu jamīʿum muntaṣir.

    Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?

45. سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ٤٥

    Sayuhzamul-jamʿu wa yuwallūnad-dubur.

    [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].¹

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    1. This foretold event took place on the day of Badr.

46. بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ٤٦

    Balis-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum was-sāʿatu adhā wa amarr.

    But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

47. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٖ ٤٧

    Innal-mujrimīna fī ḍalāliw wa suʿur.

    Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.¹.

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    1. Or "in blazing fires."

48. يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ٤٨

    Yawma yusḥabūna fin-nāri ʿalā wujūhihim dhūqū massa saqar.

    The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."¹

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    1. One of the proper names of Hell.

49. إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٖ ٤٩

    Innā kulla shayʾin khalaqnāhu biqadar.

    Indeed, all things We created with predestination.

50. وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ٥٠

    Wa mā amrunā illā wāḥidatun kalamḥim bil-baṣar.

    And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

51. وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٥١

    Wa laqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal mim muddakir.

    And We have already destroyed your kinds,¹ so is there any who will remember?

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    1. i.e., those similar to you in attitude and behavior when they rejected Allāh's messengers.

52. وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ٥٢

    Wa kullu shayʾin faʿalūhu fiz-zubur.

    And everything they did is in written records.

53. وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ٥٣

    Wa kullu ṣaghīriw wa kabīrim mustaṭar.

    And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.

54. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ ٥٤

    Innal-muttaqīna fī jannātiw wa nahar.

    Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,

55. فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ٥٥

    Fī maqʿadi ṣidqin ʿinda malīkim muqtadir.

    In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Who accomplishes whatever He wills whenever He wills.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ١

   Ar-raḥmān.

   The Most Merciful

2. عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٢

   ʿAllamal-qurʾān.

   Taught the Qur’ān,

3. خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ٣

   Khalaqal-insān.

   Created man,

4. عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ ٤

   ʿAllamahul-bayān.

   [And] taught him eloquence.

5. ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ ٥

   Ash-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥusbān.

   The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

6. وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ ٦

   Wan-najmu wash-shajaru yasjudān.

   And the stars and trees prostrate.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. They submit obediently to the laws of Allāh. See 22:18. An additional meaning of "najm" is vegetation of a kind without a trunk, stalk or stem.

7. وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٧

   Was-samāʾa rafaʿahā wa waḍaʿal-mīzān.

   And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

8. أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ ٨

   Allā taṭghaw fil-mīzān.

   That you not transgress within the balance.

9. وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٩

   Wa aqīmul-wazna bil-qisṭi wa lā tukhsirul-mīzān.

   And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.

10. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ١٠

    Wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil-anām.

    And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

11. فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ١١

    Fīhā fākihatuw wan-nakhlu dhātul-akmām.

    Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]

12. وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ ١٢

    Wal-ḥabbu dhul-ʿaṣfi war-rayḥān.

    And grain having husks and scented plants.

13. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?¹

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    1. Literally, "you two," addressing the species of mankind and jinn.

14. خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ١٤

    Khalaqal-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhkhār.

    He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

15. وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ١٥

    Wa khalaqal-jānna mim mārijim min nār.

    And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

16. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

17. رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ١٧

    Rabbul-mashriqayni wa rabbul-maghribayn.

    [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.¹

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    1. i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.

18. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

19. مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ ١٩

    Marajal-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān.

    He released the two seas,¹ meeting [one another];

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    1. Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.

20. بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ٢٠

    Baynahumā barzakhul lā yabghiyān.

    Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

21. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢١

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

22. يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٢٢

    Yakhruju minhumal-luʾluʾu wal-marjān.

    From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

23. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٣

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

24. وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٢٤

    Wa lahul-jawāril-munshaʾātu fil-baḥri kal-aʿlām.

    And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

25. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٥

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

26. كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ ٢٦

    Kullu man ʿalayhā fān.

    Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

27. وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٢٧

    Wa yabqā wajhu rabbika dhul-jalāli wal-ikrām.

    And there will remain the Face¹ of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

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    1. See footnote to 2:19.

28. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٨

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

29. يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ ٢٩

    Yasʾaluhū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, kulla yawmin huwa fī shaʾn.

    Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.¹

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    1. For each of His creatures.

30. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٠

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

31. سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ٣١

    Sanafrughu lakum ayyuhath-thaqalān.

    We will attend to you, O prominent beings.¹

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    1. Specifically two: mankind and jinn.

32. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٢

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

33. يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ ٣٣

    Yāmaʿsharal-jinni wal-insi inistaṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāris-samāwāti wal-arḍi fanfudhū, lā tanfudhūna illā bisulṭān.

    O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allāh].

34. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٤

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

35. يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ٣٥

    Yursalu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓum min nāriw wa nuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān.

    There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,¹ and you will not defend yourselves.

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    1. Another possible meaning is liquefied brass or copper.

36. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٦

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

37. فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧

    Fa idhanshaqqatis-samāʾu fakānat wardatan kad-dihān.

    And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil¹ -

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Or "like a tanned skin."

38. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٨

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

39. فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٣٩

    Fayawmaʾidhil lā yusʾalu ʿan dhanbihī insuw wa lā jānn.

    Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.¹

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    1. Once they have been condemned to the Fire.

40. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٠

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

41. يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ٤١

    Yuʿraful-mujrimūna bisīmāhum fayuʾkhadhu bin-nawāṣī wal-aqdām.

    The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

42. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٢

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

43. هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٤٣

    Hādhihī jahannamul-latī yukadhdhibu bihal-mujrimūn.

    This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

44. يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ ٤٤

    Yaṭūfūna baynahā wa bayna ḥamīmin ān.

    They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

45. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٥

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

46. وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ٤٦

    Waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihī jannatān.

    But for he who has feared the position of his Lord¹ are two gardens -

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    1. An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before his Lord."

47. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٧

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

48. ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ ٤٨

    Dhawātā afnān.

    Having [spreading] branches.

49. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٩

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

50. فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ ٥٠

    Fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyān.

    In both of them are two springs, flowing.

51. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥١

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

52. فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ ٥٢

    Fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān.

    In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.

53. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٣

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

54. مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ ٥٤

    Muttakiʾīna ʿalā furushim baṭāʾinuhā min istabraq, wa janal-jannatayni dān.

    [They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.

55. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٥

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

56. فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٥٦

    Fīhinna qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi lam yaṭmithhunna insun qablahum wa lā jānn.

    In them are women limiting [their] glances,¹ untouched² before them by man or jinnī -

    Footnotes (2)

    1. To their own mates, i.e., being chaste and modest.
    2. Literally, they have not been caused to bleed by loss of virginity.

57. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٧

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

58. كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٥٨

    Kaʾannahunnal-yāqūtu wal-marjān.

    As if they were rubies and coral.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. In purity, color and beauty.

59. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٩

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

60. هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ٦٠

    Hal jazāʾul-iḥsāni illal-iḥsān.

    Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

61. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦١

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

62. وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ٦٢

    Wa min dūnihimā jannatān.

    And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -

63. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٣

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

64. مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ ٦٤

    Mudhāmmatān.

    Dark green [in color].

65. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٥

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

66. فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ٦٦

    Fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatān.

    In both of them are two springs, spouting.

67. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٧

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

68. فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ ٦٨

    Fīhimā fākihatuw wa nakhluw wa rummān.

    In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.

69. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٩

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

70. فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ ٧٠

    Fīhinna khayrātun ḥisān.

    In them are good and beautiful women -

71. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧١

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

72. حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ ٧٢

    Ḥūrum maqṣūrātun fil-khiyām.

    Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

73. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٣

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

74. لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٧٤

    Lam yaṭmithhunna insun qablahum wa lā jānn.

    Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

75. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٥

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

76. مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ ٧٦

    Muttakiʾīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍriw wa ʿabqariyyin ḥisān.

    Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

77. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٧

    Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

78. تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٧٨

    Tabārakasmu rabbika dhil-jalāli wal-ikrām.

    Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١

   Idhā waqaʿatil-wāqiʿah.

   When the Occurrence occurs,

2. لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ٢

   Laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibah.

   There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

3. خَافِضَةٞ رَّافِعَةٌ ٣

   Khāfiḍatur rāfiʿah.

   It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. According to their deeds rather than wealth and social position, as is the case in this world.

4. إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجّٗا ٤

   Idhā rujjatil-arḍu rajjā.

   When the earth is shaken with convulsion

5. وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسّٗا ٥

   Wa bussatil-jibālu bassā.

   And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

6. فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءٗ مُّنۢبَثّٗا ٦

   Fakānat habāʾam munbaththā.

   And become dust dispersing,

7. وَكُنتُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ثَلَٰثَةٗ ٧

   Wa kuntum azwājan thalāthah.

   And you become [of] three kinds:

8. فَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ٨

   Fa aṣḥābul-maymanati mā aṣḥābul-maymanah.

   Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., those given their records in their right hand and who are destined for Paradise.

9. وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ٩

   Wa aṣḥābul-mashʾamati mā aṣḥābul-mashʾamah.

   And the companions of the left - what are companions of the left?¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., those given their records in their left hand and who are destined for Hell.

10. وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ١٠

    Was-sābiqūnas-sābiqūn.

    And the forerunners, the forerunners¹ -

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The words can also be understood as a complete sentence, i.e., "The forerunners [in good deeds] are the forerunners [in entering Paradise]."

11. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ١١

    Ulāʾikal-muqarrabūn.

    Those are the ones brought near [to Allāh]

12. فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ١٢

    Fī jannātin-naʿīm.

    In the Gardens of Pleasure,

13. ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

    Thullatum minal-awwalīn.

    A [large] company of the former peoples

14. وَقَلِيلٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٤

    Wa qalīlum minal-ākhirīn.

    And a few of the later peoples,

15. عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّوۡضُونَةٖ ١٥

    ʿAlā sururim mawḍūnah.

    On thrones woven [with ornament],

16. مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيۡهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ ١٦

    Muttakiʾīna ʿalayhā mutaqābilīn.

    Reclining on them, facing each other.

17. يَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنٞ مُّخَلَّدُونَ ١٧

    Yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānum mukhalladūn.

    There will circulate among them young boys made eternal

18. بِأَكۡوَابٖ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأۡسٖ مِّن مَّعِينٖ ١٨

    Biʾakwābiw wa abārīqa wa kaʾsim mim maʿīn.

    With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -

19. لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنۡهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ ١٩

    Lā yuṣaddaʿūna ʿanhā wa lā yunzifūn.

    No headache will they have therefrom, nor will they be intoxicated -

20. وَفَٰكِهَةٖ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ ٢٠

    Wa fākihatim mimmā yatakhayyarūn.

    And fruit of what they select

21. وَلَحۡمِ طَيۡرٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٢١

    Wa laḥmi ṭayrim mimmā yashtahūn.

    And the meat of fowl, from whatever they desire.

22. وَحُورٌ عِينٞ ٢٢

    Wa ḥūrun ʿīn.

    And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

23. كَأَمۡثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤۡلُوِٕ ٱلۡمَكۡنُونِ ٢٣

    Kaʾamthālil-luʾluʾil-maknūn.

    The likenesses of pearls well-protected,

24. جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٤

    Jazāʾam bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    As reward for what they used to do.

25. لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمًا ٢٥

    Lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwaw wa lā taʾthīmā.

    They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -

26. إِلَّا قِيلٗا سَلَٰمٗا سَلَٰمٗا ٢٦

    Illā qīlan salāman salāmā.

    Only a saying [of] peace, peace.

27. وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٢٧

    Wa aṣḥābul-yamīni mā aṣḥābul-yamīn.

    The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?

28. فِي سِدۡرٖ مَّخۡضُودٖ ٢٨

    Fī sidrim makhḍūd.

    [They will be] among lote trees with thorns removed

29. وَطَلۡحٖ مَّنضُودٖ ٢٩

    Wa ṭalḥim manḍūd.

    And [banana] trees layered [with fruit]

30. وَظِلّٖ مَّمۡدُودٖ ٣٠

    Wa ẓillim mamdūd.

    And shade extended

31. وَمَآءٖ مَّسۡكُوبٖ ٣١

    Wa māʾim maskūb.

    And water poured out

32. وَفَٰكِهَةٖ كَثِيرَةٖ ٣٢

    Wa fākihatin kathīrah.

    And fruit, abundant [and varied],

33. لَّا مَقۡطُوعَةٖ وَلَا مَمۡنُوعَةٖ ٣٣

    Lā maqṭūʿatiw wa lā mamnūʿah.

    Neither limited [to season] nor forbidden,

34. وَفُرُشٖ مَّرۡفُوعَةٍ ٣٤

    Wa furushim marfūʿah.

    And [upon] beds raised high.

35. إِنَّآ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءٗ ٣٥

    Innā anshaʾnāhunna inshāʾā.

    Indeed, We have produced them [i.e., the women of Paradise] in a [new] creation

36. فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُنَّ أَبۡكَارًا ٣٦

    Fajaʿalnāhunna abkārā.

    And made them virgins,

37. عُرُبًا أَتۡرَابٗا ٣٧

    ʿUruban atrābā.

    Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

38. لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٣٨

    Liʾaṣḥābil-yamīn.

    For the companions of the right [who are]

39. ثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٩

    Thullatum minal-awwalīn.

    A company of the former peoples

40. وَثُلَّةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٠

    Wa thullatum minal-ākhirīn.

    And a company of the later peoples.

41. وَأَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ ٤١

    Wa aṣḥābush-shimāli mā aṣḥābush-shimāl.

    And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?

42. فِي سَمُومٖ وَحَمِيمٖ ٤٢

    Fī samūmiw wa ḥamīm.

    [They will be] in scorching fire and scalding water

43. وَظِلّٖ مِّن يَحۡمُومٖ ٤٣

    Wa ẓillim miy yaḥmūm.

    And a shade of black smoke,

44. لَّا بَارِدٖ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ ٤٤

    Lā bāridiw wa lā karīm.

    Neither cool nor beneficial.

45. إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَبۡلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتۡرَفِينَ ٤٥

    Innahum kānū qabla dhālika mutrafīn.

    Indeed they were, before that, indulging in affluence,

46. وَكَانُواْ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلۡحِنثِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٤٦

    Wa kānū yuṣirrūna ʿalal-ḥinthil-ʿaẓīm.

    And they used to persist in the great violation,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., shirk (association with Allāh) or disbelief.

47. وَكَانُواْ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٤٧

    Wa kānū yaqūlūna aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamabʿūthūn.

    And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

48. أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٤٨

    Awaʾābāʾunal-awwalūn.

    And our forefathers [as well]?"

49. قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٩

    Qul innal-awwalīna wal-ākhirīn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples

50. لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٥٠

    Lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmim maʿlūm.

    Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."

51. ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبُونَ ٥١

    Thumma innakum ayyuhaḍ-ḍāllūnal-mukadhdhibūn.

    Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers,

52. لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ ٥٢

    Laʾākilūna min shajarim min zaqqūm.

    Will be eating from trees of zaqqūm

53. فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنۡهَا ٱلۡبُطُونَ ٥٣

    Famāliʾūna minhal-buṭūn.

    And filling with it your bellies

54. فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَمِيمِ ٥٤

    Fashāribūna ʿalayhi minal-ḥamīm.

    And drinking on top of it from scalding water

55. فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرۡبَ ٱلۡهِيمِ ٥٥

    Fashāribūna shurbal-hīm.

    And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

56. هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٥٦

    Hādhā nuzuluhum yawmad-dīn.

    That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.

57. نَحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ فَلَوۡلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ ٥٧

    Naḥnu khalaqnākum falawlā tuṣaddiqūn.

    We have created you, so why do you not believe?

58. أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تُمۡنُونَ ٥٨

    Afaraʾaytum mā tumnūn.

    Have you seen that which you emit?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., semen, which contains the potential for human life.

59. ءَأَنتُمۡ تَخۡلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ٥٩

    Aʾantum takhluqūnahū am naḥnul-khāliqūn.

    Is it you who creates it, or are We the Creator?

60. نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ٦٠

    Naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumul-mawta wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn.

    We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

61. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمۡثَٰلَكُمۡ وَنُنشِئَكُمۡ فِي مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٦١

    ʿAlā an nubaddila amthālakum wa nunshiʾakum fī mā lā taʿlamūn.

    In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. An alternative meaning has also been given: "...in that We will replace the likes of you [with others upon the earth] and create you [in the Hereafter] in that which you do not know."

62. وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٦٢

    Wa laqad ʿalimtumun-nashʾatal-ūlā falawlā tadhakkarūn.

    And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember?

63. أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا تَحۡرُثُونَ ٦٣

    Afaraʾaytum mā taḥruthūn.

    And have you seen that [seed] which you sow?

64. ءَأَنتُمۡ تَزۡرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ ٦٤

    Aʾantum tazraʿūnahū am naḥnuz-zāriʿūn.

    Is it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?

65. لَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ حُطَٰمٗا فَظَلۡتُمۡ تَفَكَّهُونَ ٦٥

    Law nashāʾu lajaʿalnāhu ḥuṭāman faẓaltum tafakkahūn.

    If We willed, We could make it [dry] debris, and you would remain in wonder,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. At what had happened or remain in a state of shock. Another meaning is "in regret."

66. إِنَّا لَمُغۡرَمُونَ ٦٦

    Innā lamughramūn.

    [Saying], "Indeed, we are [now] in debt;

67. بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ٦٧

    Bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn.

    Rather, we have been deprived."

68. أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱلَّذِي تَشۡرَبُونَ ٦٨

    Afaraʾaytumul-māʾal-ladhī tashrabūn.

    And have you seen the water that you drink?

69. ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنزَلۡتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُزۡنِ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنزِلُونَ ٦٩

    Aʾantum anzaltumūhu minal-muzni am naḥnul-munzilūn.

    Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down?

70. لَوۡ نَشَآءُ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ أُجَاجٗا فَلَوۡلَا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٠

    Law nashāʾu jaʿalnāhu ujājan falawlā tashkurūn.

    If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?

71. أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِي تُورُونَ ٧١

    Afaraʾaytumun-nāral-latī tūrūn.

    And have you seen the fire that you ignite?

72. ءَأَنتُمۡ أَنشَأۡتُمۡ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمۡ نَحۡنُ ٱلۡمُنشِـُٔونَ ٧٢

    Aʾantum anshaʾtum shajaratahā am naḥnul-munshiʾūn.

    Is it you who produced its tree, or are We the producer?

73. نَحۡنُ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَمَتَٰعٗا لِّلۡمُقۡوِينَ ٧٣

    Naḥnu jaʿalnāhā tadhkirataw wa matāʿal lil-muqwīn.

    We have made it a reminder¹ and provision for the travelers,²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Of the great fire of Hell.
    2. In the form of flints or other means by which to ignite fire. Travelers are mentioned because of the special convenience to them, although it is a provision for all people in general.

74. فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٤

    Fasabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-ʿaẓīm.

    So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

75. ۞ فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ ٧٥

    Falā uqsimu bimawāqiʿin-nujūm.

    Then I swear by the setting of the stars,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) confirms absolutely by oath.

76. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٞ لَّوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ٧٦

    Wa innahū laqasamul law taʿlamūna ʿaẓīm.

    And indeed, it is an oath - if you could know - [most] great.

77. إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانٞ كَرِيمٞ ٧٧

    Innahū laqurʾānun karīm.

    Indeed, it is a noble Qur’ān.

78. فِي كِتَٰبٖ مَّكۡنُونٖ ٧٨

    Fī kitābim maknūn.

    In a Register well-protected;¹.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), which is with Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

79. لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ ٧٩

    Lā yamassuhū illal-muṭahharūn.

    None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].

80. تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٠

    Tanzīlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

    [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

81. أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ ٨١

    Afabihādhal-ḥadīthi antum mudhinūn.

    Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

82. وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٨٢

    Wa tajʿalūna rizqakum annakum tukadhdhibūn.

    And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]?

83. فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ ٨٣

    Falawlā idhā balaghatil-ḥulqūm.

    Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat

84. وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذٖ تَنظُرُونَ ٨٤

    Wa antum ḥīnaʾidhin tanẓurūn.

    And you are at that time looking on -

85. وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٨٥

    Wa naḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum wa lākil lā tubṣirūn.

    And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

86. فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ ٨٦

    Falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīn.

    Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

87. تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٨٧

    Tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    Bring it back,¹ if you should be truthful?

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., return the soul to the body, meaning that just as you cannot prevent death when it is decreed, you will not escape the recompense when it is decreed.

88. فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبِينَ ٨٨

    Fa ammā in kāna minal-muqarrabīn.

    And if he [i.e., the deceased] was of those brought near [to Allāh],

89. فَرَوۡحٞ وَرَيۡحَانٞ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٖ ٨٩

    Farawḥuw wa rayḥānuw wa jannatu naʿīm.

    Then [for him is] rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure.

90. وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٩٠

    Wa ammā in kāna min aṣḥābil-yamīn.

    And if he was of the companions of the right,

91. فَسَلَٰمٞ لَّكَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٩١

    Fasalāmul laka min aṣḥābil-yamīn.

    Then [the angels will say], "Peace for you; [you are] from the companions of the right."

92. وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٩٢

    Wa ammā in kāna minal-mukadhdhibīnaḍ-ḍāllīn.

    But if he was of the deniers [who were] astray,

93. فَنُزُلٞ مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ ٩٣

    Fanuzulum min ḥamīm.

    Then [for him is] accommodation of scalding water

94. وَتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ٩٤

    Wa taṣliyatu jaḥīm.

    And burning in Hellfire.

95. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٩٥

    Inna hādhā lahuwa ḥaqqul-yaqīn.

    Indeed, this is the true certainty,

96. فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٩٦

    Fasabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-ʿaẓīm.

    So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ١

   Sabbaḥa lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

   Whatever is in the heavens and earth exalts Allāh,¹ and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. By praising Him and declaring Him far above and beyond any failure or imperfection.

2. لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ ٢

   Lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, yuḥyī wa yumīt, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

   His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. He gives life and causes death, and He is over all things competent.

3. هُوَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُ وَٱلۡأٓخِرُ وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ وَٱلۡبَاطِنُۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ ٣

   Huwal-awwalu wal-ākhiru waẓ-ẓāhiru wal-bāṭin, wa huwa bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

   He is the First¹ and the Last,² the Ascendant³ and the Intimate,⁴ and He is, of all things, Knowing.

   Footnotes (4)

   1. Before whom nothing existed. Also, He who is supreme, foremost or uppermost.
   2. Enduring eternally when nothing else remains.
   3. Nothing being above Him. Another meaning is "the Apparent," i.e., evident through His creation and revelation.
   4. Nothing being nearer than Him by way of His knowledge. Another meaning is "the Unapparent," i.e., concealed from man's physical senses.

4. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٖ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِۖ يَعۡلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعۡرُجُ فِيهَاۖ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمۡ أَيۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ٤

   Huwal-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa fī sittati ayyāmin thummastawā ʿalal-ʿarsh, yaʿlamu mā yaliju fil-arḍi wa mā yakhruju minhā wa mā yanzilu minas-samāʾi wa mā yaʿruju fīhā, wa huwa maʿakum ayna mā kuntum, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr.

   It is He who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne.¹ He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you² wherever you are. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing.

   Footnotes (2)

   1. See footnotes to 2:19 and 7:54.
   2. In knowledge - observing and witnessing.

5. لَّهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرۡجَعُ ٱلۡأُمُورُ ٥

   Lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa ilallāhi turjaʿul-umūr.

   His is the dominion of the heavens and earth. And to Allāh are returned [all] matters.

6. يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِۚ وَهُوَ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ٦

   Yūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa yūlijun-nahāra fil-layl, wa huwa ʿalīmum bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr.

   He causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night, and He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

7. ءَامِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَأَنفِقُواْ مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسۡتَخۡلَفِينَ فِيهِۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنكُمۡ وَأَنفَقُواْ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٞ كَبِيرٞ ٧

   Āminū billāhi wa rasūlihī wa anfiqū mimmā jaʿalakum mustakhlafīna fīh, fal-ladhīna āmanū minkum wa anfaqū lahum ajrun kabīr.

   Believe in Allāh and His Messenger and spend out of that in which He has made you successive inheritors. For those who have believed among you and spent,¹ there will be a great reward.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. In ways pleasing to Allāh.

8. وَمَا لَكُمۡ لَا تُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولُ يَدۡعُوكُمۡ لِتُؤۡمِنُواْ بِرَبِّكُمۡ وَقَدۡ أَخَذَ مِيثَٰقَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٨

   Wa mā lakum lā tuʾminūna billāhi war-rasūlu yadʿūkum lituʾminū birabbikum wa qad akhadha mīthāqakum in kuntum muʾminīn.

   And why do you not believe in Allāh while the Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord and He has taken your covenant, if you should [truly] be believers?

9. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦٓ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتٖ لِّيُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٩

   Huwal-ladhī yunazzilu ʿalā ʿabdihī āyātim bayyinātil liyukhrijakum minaẓ-ẓulumāti ilan-nūr, wa innallāha bikum laraʾūfur raḥīm.

   It is He who sends down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] verses of clear evidence that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And indeed, Allāh is to you Kind and Merciful.

10. وَمَا لَكُمۡ أَلَّا تُنفِقُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَٰثُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ لَا يَسۡتَوِي مِنكُم مَّنۡ أَنفَقَ مِن قَبۡلِ ٱلۡفَتۡحِ وَقَٰتَلَۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَعۡظَمُ دَرَجَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنفَقُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدُ وَقَٰتَلُواْۚ وَكُلّٗا وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِيرٞ ١٠

    Wa mā lakum allā tunfiqū fī sabīlillāhi walillāhi mīrāthus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, lā yastawī minkum man anfaqa min qablil-fatḥi wa qātal, ulāʾika aʿẓamu darajatam minal-ladhīna anfaqū mim baʿdu wa qātalū, wa kullaw waʿadallāhul-ḥusnā, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna khabīr.

    And why do you not spend in the cause of Allāh while to Allāh belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Not equal among you are those who spent before the conquest [of Makkah] and fought [and those who did so after it]. Those are greater in degree than they who spent afterwards and fought. But to all Allāh has promised the best [reward]. And Allāh, of what you do, is Aware.

11. مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يُقۡرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥ وَلَهُۥٓ أَجۡرٞ كَرِيمٞ ١١

    Man dhal-ladhī yuqriḍullāha qarḍan ḥasanan fayuḍāʿifahū lahū wa lahū ajrun karīm.

    Who is it that would loan Allāh a goodly loan so He will multiply it for him and he will have a noble reward?

12. يَوۡمَ تَرَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ يَسۡعَىٰ نُورُهُم بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَبِأَيۡمَٰنِهِمۖ بُشۡرَىٰكُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ١٢

    Yawma taral-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti yasʿā nūruhum bayna aydīhim wabiʾaymānihim, bushrākumul-yawma jannātun tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā, dhālika huwal-fawzul-ʿaẓīm.

    On the Day you see the believing men and believing women, their light proceeding before them and on their right, [it will be said], "Your good tidings today are [of] gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein you will abide eternally." That is what is the great attainment.

13. يَوۡمَ يَقُولُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱنظُرُونَا نَقۡتَبِسۡ مِن نُّورِكُمۡ قِيلَ ٱرۡجِعُواْ وَرَآءَكُمۡ فَٱلۡتَمِسُواْ نُورٗاۖ فَضُرِبَ بَيۡنَهُم بِسُورٖ لَّهُۥ بَابُۢ بَاطِنُهُۥ فِيهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَةُ وَظَٰهِرُهُۥ مِن قِبَلِهِ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ١٣

    Yawma yaqūlul-munāfiqūna wal-munāfiqātu lil-ladhīna āmanunẓurūnā naqtabis min nūrikum qīlarjiʿū warāʾakum fal-tamisū nūrā, faḍuriba baynahum bisūril lahū bābum bāṭinuhū fīhir-raḥmatu wa ẓāhiruhū min qibalihil-ʿadhāb.

    On the [same] Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite women will say to those who believed, "Wait for us that we may acquire some of your light." It will be said, "Go back behind you¹ and seek light." And a wall will be placed between them with a door, its interior containing mercy, but on the outside of it is torment.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. To where light was acquired, i.e., in the worldly life.

14. يُنَادُونَهُمۡ أَلَمۡ نَكُن مَّعَكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمۡ فَتَنتُمۡ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَتَرَبَّصۡتُمۡ وَٱرۡتَبۡتُمۡ وَغَرَّتۡكُمُ ٱلۡأَمَانِيُّ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡغَرُورُ ١٤

    Yunādūnahum alam nakum maʿakum, qālū balā wa lākinnakum fatantum anfusakum wa tarabbaṣtum wartabtum wa gharratkumul-amāniyyu ḥattā jāʾa amrullāhi wa gharrakum billāhil-gharūr.

    They [i.e., the hypocrites] will call to them [i.e., the believers], "Were we not with you?" They will say, "Yes, but you afflicted yourselves¹ and awaited [misfortune for us] and doubted, and wishful thinking deluded you until there came the command of Allāh. And the Deceiver [i.e., Satan] deceived you concerning Allāh.

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    1. By hypocrisy or by falling into temptations.

15. فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا يُؤۡخَذُ مِنكُمۡ فِدۡيَةٞ وَلَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۚ مَأۡوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُۖ هِيَ مَوۡلَىٰكُمۡۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٥

    Fal-yawma lā yuʾkhadhu minkum fidyatuw wa lā minal-ladhīna kafarū, maʾwākumun-nār, hiya mawlākum, wa biʾsal-maṣīr.

    So today no ransom will be taken from you or from those who disbelieved. Your refuge is the Fire. It is most worthy of you, and wretched is the destination."

16. ۞ أَلَمۡ يَأۡنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَن تَخۡشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمۡ لِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡأَمَدُ فَقَسَتۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡۖ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ ١٦

    Alam yaʾni lil-ladhīna āmanū an takhshaʿa qulūbuhum lidhikrillāhi wa mā nazala minal-ḥaqqi wa lā yakūnū kal-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba min qablu faṭāla ʿalayhimul-amadu faqasat qulūbuhum, wa kathīrum minhum fāsiqūn.

    Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allāh and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient.

17. ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحۡيِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَاۚ قَدۡ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٧

    Iʿlamū annallāha yuḥyil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, qad bayyannā lakumul-āyāti laʿallakum taʿqilūn.

    Know that Allāh gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. We have made clear to you the signs; perhaps you will understand.¹

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    1. That similarly, Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) can soften a heart after its hardness and guide one who had previously been astray.

18. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَٱلۡمُصَّدِّقَٰتِ وَأَقۡرَضُواْ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗا يُضَٰعَفُ لَهُمۡ وَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٞ كَرِيمٞ ١٨

    Innal-muṣṣaddiqīna wal-muṣṣaddiqāti wa aqraḍullāha qarḍan ḥasanay yuḍāʿafu lahum wa lahum ajrun karīm.

    Indeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity and [they who] have loaned Allāh a goodly loan - it will be multiplied for them, and they will have a noble reward.

19. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَۖ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءُ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرُهُمۡ وَنُورُهُمۡۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٩

    Wal-ladhīna āmanū billāhi wa rusulihī ulāʾika humuṣ-ṣiddīqūn, wash-shuhadāʾu ʿinda rabbihim lahum ajruhum wa nūruhum, wal-ladhīna kafarū wa kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā ulāʾika aṣḥābul-jaḥīm.

    And those who have believed in Allāh and His messengers - those are [in the ranks of] the supporters of truth and the martyrs, with their Lord. For them is their reward and their light.¹ But those who have disbelieved and denied Our verses - those are the companions of Hellfire.

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    1. Another accepted meaning is "And those who have believed in Allāh and His messengers - they are the supporters of truth. And the martyrs, with their Lord, will have their reward and their light."

20. ٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٞ وَلَهۡوٞ وَزِينَةٞ وَتَفَاخُرُۢ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَتَكَاثُرٞ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَوۡلَٰدِۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيۡثٍ أَعۡجَبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصۡفَرّٗا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمٗاۖ وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞ وَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٞۚ وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡغُرُورِ ٢٠

    Iʿlamū annamal-ḥayātud-dunyā laʿibuw wa lahwuw wa zīnatuw wa tafākhurum baynakum wa takāthurun fil-amwāli wal-awlād, kamathali ghaythin aʿjabal-kuffāra nabātuhū thumma yahīju fatarāhu muṣfarran thumma yakūnu ḥuṭāmā, wa fil-ākhirati ʿadhābun shadīduw wa maghfiratum minallāhi wa riḍwān, wa mal-ḥayātud-dunyā illā matāʿul-ghurūr.

    Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.

21. سَابِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَغۡفِرَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرۡضُهَا كَعَرۡضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُعِدَّتۡ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢١

    Sābiqū ilā maghfiratim mir rabbikum wa jannatin ʿarḍuhā kaʿarḍis-samāʾi wal-arḍi uʿiddat lil-ladhīna āmanū billāhi wa rusulih, dhālika faḍlullāhi yuʾtīhi may yashāʾ, wallāhu dhul-faḍlil-ʿaẓīm.

    Race [i.e., compete] toward forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believed in Allāh and His messengers. That is the bounty of Allāh which He gives to whom He wills, and Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

22. مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّبۡرَأَهَآۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ٢٢

    Mā aṣāba mim muṣībatin fil-arḍi wa lā fī anfusikum illā fī kitābim min qabli an nabraʾahā, inna dhālika ʿalallāhi yasīr.

    No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register¹ before We bring it into being - indeed that, for Allāh, is easy -

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    1. i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).

23. لِّكَيۡلَا تَأۡسَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَفۡرَحُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخۡتَالٖ فَخُورٍ ٢٣

    Likaylā taʾsaw ʿalā mā fātakum wa lā tafraḥū bimā ātākum, wallāhu lā yuḥibbu kulla mukhtālin fakhūr.

    In order that you not despair over what has eluded you and not exult [in pride] over what He has given you. And Allāh does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -

24. ٱلَّذِينَ يَبۡخَلُونَ وَيَأۡمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلۡبُخۡلِۗ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ٢٤

    Al-ladhīna yabkhalūna wa yaʾmurūnan-nāsa bil-bukhl, wa may yatawalla fa innallāha huwal-ghaniyyul-ḥamīd.

    [Those] who are stingy and enjoin upon people stinginess. And whoever turns away¹ - then indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

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    1. Refusing to spend for Allāh's cause or refusing obedience to Him.

25. لَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلَنَا بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مَعَهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ ٱلنَّاسُ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَأَنزَلۡنَا ٱلۡحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأۡسٞ شَدِيدٞ وَمَنَٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥ وَرُسُلَهُۥ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٞ ٢٥

    Laqad arsalnā rusulanā bil-bayyināti wa anzalnā maʿahumul-kitāba wal-mīzāna liyaqūman-nāsu bil-qisṭ, wa anzalnal-ḥadīda fīhi baʾsun shadīduw wa manāfiʿu lin-nāsi waliyaʿlamallāhu may yanṣuruhū wa rusulahū bil-ghayb, innallāha qawiyyun ʿazīz.

    We have already sent Our messengers with clear evidences and sent down with them the Scripture and the balance that the people may maintain [their affairs] in justice. And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allāh may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

26. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحٗا وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلۡكِتَٰبَۖ فَمِنۡهُم مُّهۡتَدٖۖ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ ٢٦

    Wa laqad arsalnā nūḥaw wa ibrāhīma wa jaʿalnā fī dhurriyyatihiman-nubuwwata wal-kitāb, faminhum muhtad, wa kathīrum minhum fāsiqūn.

    And We have already sent Noah and Abraham and placed in their descendants prophethood and scripture; and among them is he who is guided, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

27. ثُمَّ قَفَّيۡنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيۡنَا بِعِيسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡيَمَ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلۡإِنجِيلَۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأۡفَةٗ وَرَحۡمَةٗۚ وَرَهۡبَانِيَّةً ٱبۡتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبۡنَٰهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ رِضۡوَٰنِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوۡهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَاۖ فَـَٔاتَيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ أَجۡرَهُمۡۖ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ ٢٧

    Thumma qaffaynā ʿalā āthārihim birusulinā wa qaffaynā biʿīsabni maryama wa ātaynāhul-injīl, wa jaʿalnā fī qulūbil-ladhīnattabaʿūhu raʾfataw wa raḥmah, wa rahbāniyyatanibtadaʿūhā mā katabnāhā ʿalayhim illabtighāʾa riḍwānillāhi famā raʿawhā ḥaqqa riʿāyatihā, fa ātaynal-ladhīna āmanū minhum ajrahum, wa kathīrum minhum fāsiqūn.

    Then We sent following their footsteps [i.e., traditions] Our messengers and followed [them] with Jesus, the son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel. And We placed in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy and monasticism, which they innovated; We did not prescribe it for them except [that they did so] seeking the approval of Allāh. But they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave the ones who believed among them their reward, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

28. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَءَامِنُواْ بِرَسُولِهِۦ يُؤۡتِكُمۡ كِفۡلَيۡنِ مِن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ نُورٗا تَمۡشُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٢٨

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanuttaqullāha wa āminū birasūlihī yuʾtikum kiflayni mir raḥmatihī wa yajʿal lakum nūran tamshūna bihī wa yaghfir lakum, wallāhu ghafūrur raḥīm.

    O you who have believed, fear Allāh and believe in His Messenger; He will [then] give you a double portion of His mercy and make for you a light by which you will walk and forgive you; and Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

29. لِّئَلَّا يَعۡلَمَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَلَّا يَقۡدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ مِّن فَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلۡفَضۡلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلۡفَضۡلِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢٩

    Liʾallā yaʿlama ahlul-kitābi allā yaqdirūna ʿalā shayʾim min faḍlillāhi wa annal-faḍla biyadillāhi yuʾtīhi may yashāʾ, wallāhu dhul-faḍlil-ʿaẓīm.

    [This is] so that the People of the Scripture may know that they are not able [to obtain] anything from the bounty of Allāh¹ and that [all] bounty is in the hand² of Allāh; He gives it to whom He wills. And Allāh is the possessor of great bounty.

    Footnotes (2)

    1. As long as they refuse to believe in the message of Allāh which was conveyed through Muḥammad (ﷺ).
    2. See footnote to 2:19.