Juz 29

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. تَبَٰرَكَ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ ٱلۡمُلۡكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ ١

   Tabārakal-ladhī biyadihil-mulku wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

   Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion, and He is over all things competent -

2. ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٢

   Al-ladhī khalaqal-mawta wal-ḥayāta liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalā, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ghafūr.

   [He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -

3. ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗاۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلۡقِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ مِن تَفَٰوُتٖۖ فَٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ هَلۡ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٖ ٣

   Al-ladhī khalaqa sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqā, mā tarā fī khalqir-raḥmāni min tafāwut, farjiʿil-baṣara hal tarā min fuṭūr.

   [And] who created seven heavens in layers.¹ You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks?

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., one covering or fitting over the other.

4. ثُمَّ ٱرۡجِعِ ٱلۡبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيۡنِ يَنقَلِبۡ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ خَاسِئٗا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٞ ٤

   Thummarjiʿil-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ilaykal-baṣaru khāsiʾaw wa huwa ḥasīr.

   Then return [your] vision twice again.¹ [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., repeatedly.

5. وَلَقَدۡ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا رُجُومٗا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٥

   Wa laqad zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bimaṣābīḥa wa jaʿalnāhā rujūmal lish-shayāṭīn, wa aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhābas-saʿīr.

   And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils¹ and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Thereby driving them from the heavens and preventing them from eavesdropping. See 72:8-9.

6. وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٦

   Walil-ladhīna kafarū birabbihim ʿadhābu jahannam, wa biʾsal-maṣīr.

   And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.

7. إِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ فِيهَا سَمِعُواْ لَهَا شَهِيقٗا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ ٧

   Idhā ulqū fīhā samiʿū lahā shahīqaw wa hiya tafūr.

   When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.

8. تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَيۡظِۖ كُلَّمَآ أُلۡقِيَ فِيهَا فَوۡجٞ سَأَلَهُمۡ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ ٨

   Takādu tamayyazu minal-ghayẓ, kullamā ulqiya fīhā fawjun saʾalahum khazanatuhā alam yaʾtikum nadhīr.

   It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?"

9. قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ قَدۡ جَآءَنَا نَذِيرٞ فَكَذَّبۡنَا وَقُلۡنَا مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ كَبِيرٖ ٩

   Qālū balā qad jāʾanā nadhīrun fakadhdhabnā wa qulnā mā nazzalallāhu min shayʾin in antum illā fī ḍalālin kabīr.

   They will say, "Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allāh has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'"

10. وَقَالُواْ لَوۡ كُنَّا نَسۡمَعُ أَوۡ نَعۡقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِيٓ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ١٠

    Wa qālū law kunnā nasmaʿu aw naʿqilu mā kunnā fī aṣḥābis-saʿīr.

    And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze."

11. فَٱعۡتَرَفُواْ بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسُحۡقٗا لِّأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ١١

    Faʿtarafū bidhanbihim fasuḥqal liʾaṣḥābis-saʿīr.

    And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation¹ for the companions of the Blaze.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. From all good and from Allāh's mercy.

12. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٞ كَبِيرٞ ١٢

    Innal-ladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi lahum maghfiratuw wa ajrun kabīr.

    Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward.

13. وَأَسِرُّواْ قَوۡلَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱجۡهَرُواْ بِهِۦٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ١٣

    Wa asirrū qawlakum awijharū bih, innahū ʿalīmum bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr.

    And conceal your speech or publicize it; indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

14. أَلَا يَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ ١٤

    Alā yaʿlamu man khalaqa wa huwal-laṭīful-khabīr.

    Does He who created not know,¹ while He is the Subtle, the Aware?

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Another accepted meaning is "Does He not know those whom He created...?"

15. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ذَلُولٗا فَٱمۡشُواْ فِي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِهِۦۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ ١٥

    Huwal-ladhī jaʿala lakumul-arḍa dhalūlan famshū fī manākibihā wa kulū mir rizqih, wa ilayhin-nushūr.

    It is He who made the earth tame¹ for you - so walk among its slopes and eat of His provision - and to Him is the resurrection.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., stable and subservient.

16. ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ ١٦

    Aʾamintum man fis-samāʾi ay yakhsifa bikumul-arḍa fa idhā hiya tamūr.

    Do you feel secure that He who is above¹ would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Literally, "in ascendancy" or "over the heaven."
    2. In a circular motion, as in an earthquake.

17. أَمۡ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَاصِبٗاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ كَيۡفَ نَذِيرِ ١٧

    Am amintum man fis-samāʾi ay yursila ʿalaykum ḥāṣibā, fasataʿlamūna kayfa nadhīr.

    Or do you feel secure that He who is above would not send against you a storm of stones? Then you would know how [severe] was My warning.

18. وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ١٨

    Wa laqad kadhdhabal-ladhīna min qablihim fakayfa kāna nakīr.

    And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

19. أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَوۡقَهُمۡ صَٰٓفَّٰتٖ وَيَقۡبِضۡنَۚ مَا يُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءِۭ بَصِيرٌ ١٩

    Awalam yaraw ilaṭ-ṭayri fawqahum ṣāffātiw wa yaqbiḍn, mā yumsikuhunna illar-raḥmān, innahū bikulli shayʾim baṣīr.

    Do they not see the birds above them with wings outspread and [sometimes] folded in? None holds them [aloft] except the Most Merciful. Indeed He is, of all things, Seeing.

20. أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ جُندٞ لَّكُمۡ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ إِنِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ ٢٠

    Amman hādhal-ladhī huwa jundul lakum yanṣurukum min dūnir-raḥmān, inil-kāfirūna illā fī ghurūr.

    Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion.

21. أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَ رِزۡقَهُۥۚ بَل لَّجُّواْ فِي عُتُوّٖ وَنُفُورٍ ٢١

    Amman hādhal-ladhī yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqah, bal lajjū fī ʿutuwwiw wa nufūr.

    Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.

22. أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦٓ أَهۡدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٢٢

    Afamay yamshī mukibban ʿalā wajhihī ahdā ammay yamshī sawiyyan ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

    Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?

23. قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَكُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٢٣

    Qul huwal-ladhī anshaʾakum wa jaʿala lakumus-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afʾidah, qalīlam mā tashkurūn.

    Say, "It is He who has produced you and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful."

24. قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ ٢٤

    Qul huwal-ladhī dharaʾakum fil-arḍi wa ilayhi tuḥsharūn.

    Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."

25. وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٢٥

    Wa yaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

26. قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٢٦

    Qul innamal-ʿilmu ʿindallāhi wa innamā ana nadhīrum mubīn.

    Say, "The knowledge is only with Allāh, and I am only a clear warner."

27. فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ زُلۡفَةٗ سِيٓـَٔتۡ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ ٢٧

    Falammā raʾawhu zulfatan sīʾat wujūhul-ladhīna kafarū wa qīla hādhal-ladhī kuntum bihī taddaʿūn.

    But when they see it¹ approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. The punishment of which they were warned.
    2. When they challenged their prophets, saying, "Bring on the punishment, if you are truthful."

28. قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِيَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٢٨

    Qul araʾaytum in ahlakaniyallāhu wa mam maʿiya aw raḥimanā famay yujīrul-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin alīm.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered:¹ whether Allāh should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., inform me.

29. قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ هُوَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٢٩

    Qul huwar-raḥmānu āmannā bihī wa ʿalayhi tawakkalnā, fasataʿlamūna man huwa fī ḍalālim mubīn.

    Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error."

30. قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَصۡبَحَ مَآؤُكُمۡ غَوۡرٗا فَمَن يَأۡتِيكُم بِمَآءٖ مَّعِينِۭ ٣٠

    Qul araʾaytum in aṣbaḥa māʾukum ghawran famay yaʾtīkum bimāʾim maʿīn.

    Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ ١

   Nūn, wal-qalami wa mā yasṭurūn.

   Nūn.¹ By the pen and what they inscribe,

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢

   Mā anta biniʿmati rabbika bimajnūn.

   You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.

3. وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُونٖ ٣

   Wa inna laka laʾajran ghayra mamnūn.

   And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

4. وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٖ ٤

   Wa innaka laʿalā khuluqin ʿaẓīm.

   And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

5. فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُونَ ٥

   Fasatubṣiru wa yubṣirūn.

   So you will see and they will see

6. بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ ٦

   Biʾayyikumul-maftūn.

   Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

7. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ ٧

   Inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihī wa huwa aʿlamu bil-muhtadīn.

   Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

8. فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٨

   Falā tuṭiʿil-mukadhdhibīn.

   Then do not obey the deniers.

9. وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ ٩

   Waddū law tudhinu fayudhinūn.

   They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].

10. وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافٖ مَّهِينٍ ١٠

    Wa lā tuṭiʿ kulla ḥallāfim mahīn.

    And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

11. هَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ ١١

    Hammāzim mashshāʾim binamīm.

    [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

12. مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢

    Mannāʿil lil-khayri muʿtadin athīm.

    A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

13. عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ١٣

    ʿUtullim baʿda dhālika zanīm.

    Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., claiming a particular lineage falsely. The description given in these verses is of al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah (see also 74:11-25) or possibly, as asserted by Ibn Katheer, al-Akhnas bin Shurayq.

14. أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٖ وَبَنِينَ ١٤

    An kāna dhā māliw wa banīn.

    Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

15. إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٥

    Idhā tutlā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīrul-awwalīn.

    When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

16. سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ ١٦

    Sanasimuhū ʿalal-khurṭūm.

    We will brand him upon the snout.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Literally, "trunk," meaning the nose of an elephant or pig.

17. إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ ١٧

    Innā balawnāhum kamā balawnā aṣḥābal-jannati idh aqsamū layaṣrimunnahā muṣbiḥīn.

    Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

18. وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ ١٨

    Wa lā yastathnūn.

    Without making exception.¹

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    1. i.e., without conceding that nothing can be accomplished unless Allāh wills, saying, "...if Allāh wills" ("in-shā’-Allāh"). See 18:23-24.

19. فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ ١٩

    Faṭāfa ʿalayhā ṭāʾifum mir rabbika wa hum nāʾimūn.

    So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

20. فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ٢٠

    Fa aṣbaḥat kaṣ-ṣarīm.

    And it became as though reaped.

21. فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ ٢١

    Fatanādaw muṣbiḥīn.

    And they called one another at morning,

22. أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ ٢٢

    Anighdū ʿalā ḥarthikum in kuntum ṣārimīn.

    [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."

23. فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ٢٣

    Fanṭalaqū wa hum yatakhāfatūn.

    So they set out, while lowering their voices,

24. أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينٞ ٢٤

    Al lā yadkhulannahal-yawma ʿalaykum miskīn.

    [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

25. وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ ٢٥

    Wa ghadaw ʿalā ḥardin qādirīn.

    And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.¹

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    1. To carry out their plan, confident of their ability.

26. فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ٢٦

    Falammā raʾawhā qālū innā laḍāllūn.

    But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;

27. بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ٢٧

    Bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn.

    Rather, we have been deprived."

28. قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ٢٨

    Qāla awsaṭuhum alam aqul lakum lawlā tusabbiḥūn.

    The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"¹

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    1. i.e., remember or mention Him by saying, "...if Allāh wills." An additional meaning is "praise" or "thank" Him for His bounty.

29. قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٩

    Qālū subḥāna rabbinā innā kunnā ẓālimīn.

    They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

30. فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ٣٠

    Fa aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍiy yatalāwamūn.

    Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

31. قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ٣١

    Qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ṭāghīn.

    They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

32. عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ٣٢

    ʿAsā rabbunā ay yubdilanā khayram minhā innā ilā rabbinā rāghibūn.

    Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."¹

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    1. Of His mercy, forgiveness and bounty.

33. كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٣

    Kadhālikal-ʿadhāb, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati akbar, law kānū yaʿlamūn.

    Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

34. إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٣٤

    Inna lil-muttaqīna ʿinda rabbihim jannātin-naʿīm.

    Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.

35. أَفَنَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ كَٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٣٥

    Afanajʿalul-muslimīna kal-mujrimīn.

    Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

36. مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ ٣٦

    Mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūn.

    What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?

37. أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَٰبٞ فِيهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ ٣٧

    Am lakum kitābun fīhi tadrusūn.

    Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

38. إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ٣٨

    Inna lakum fīhi lamā takhayyarūn.

    That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

39. أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَيۡمَٰنٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ ٣٩

    Am lakum aymānun ʿalaynā bālighatun ilā yawmil-qiyāmati inna lakum lamā taḥkumūn.

    Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?

40. سَلۡهُمۡ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ٤٠

    Salhum ayyuhum bidhālika zaʿīm.

    Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.

41. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ ٤١

    Am lahum shurakāʾu falyaʾtū bishurakāʾihim in kānū ṣādiqīn.

    Or do they have partners?¹ Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.

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    1. i.e., those to whom they attribute divinity other than Allāh or partners from among themselves.

42. يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقٖ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ٤٢

    Yawma yukshafu ʿan sāqiw wa yudʿawna ilas-sujūdi falā yastaṭīʿūn.

    The Day the shin will be uncovered¹ and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,

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    1. i.e., when everyone will find before him great difficulty. In accordance with authentic ḥadīths, "the shin" might also refer to that of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), before which every believer will prostrate on the Day of Judgement. See footnote to 2:19.

43. خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُواْ يُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَٰلِمُونَ ٤٣

    Khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillah, wa qad kānū yudʿawna ilas-sujūdi wa hum sālimūn.

    Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.¹

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    1. During worldly life.

44. فَذَرۡنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِۖ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٤

    Fadharnī wa may yukadhdhibu bihādhal-ḥadīth, sanastadrijuhum min ḥaythu lā yaʿlamūn.

    So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.¹

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    1. Allāh will increase His favors to them in this world by way of trial, whereby they will sink deeper into sin and thus into destruction.

45. وَأُمۡلِي لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ كَيۡدِي مَتِينٌ ٤٥

    Wa umlī lahum, inna kaydī matīn.

    And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

46. أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ٤٦

    Am tasʾaluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim muthqalūn.

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

47. أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ٤٧

    Am ʿindahumul-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn.

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

48. فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومٞ ٤٨

    Faṣbir liḥukmi rabbika wa lā takun kaṣāḥibil-ḥūti idh nādā wa huwa makẓūm.

    Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.

49. لَّوۡلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومٞ ٤٩

    Lawlā an tadārakahū niʿmatum mir rabbihī lanubidha bil-ʿarāʾi wa huwa madhmūm.

    If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.¹

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    1. But instead, Allāh accepted his repentance and provided means for his recovery. See 37:139-148.

50. فَٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٥٠

    Fajtabāhu rabbuhū fajaʿalahū minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

    And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

51. وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونٞ ٥١

    Wa iy yakādul-ladhīna kafarū layuzliqūnaka biʾabṣārihim lammā samiʿudh-dhikra wa yaqūlūna innahū lamajnūn.

    And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."

52. وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٥٢

    Wa mā huwa illā dhikrul lil-ʿālamīn.

    But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ١

   Al-ḥāqqah.

   The Inevitable Reality -

2. مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ٢

   Mal-ḥāqqah.

   What is the Inevitable Reality?

3. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ٣

   Wa mā adrāka mal-ḥāqqah.

   And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

4. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ ٤

   Kadhdhabat thamūdu wa ʿādum bil-qāriʿah.

   Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

5. فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ٥

   Fa ammā thamūdu fa uhlikū biṭ-ṭāghiyah.

   So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

6. وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ ٦

   Wa ammā ʿādun fa uhlikū birīḥin ṣarṣarin ʿātiyah.

   And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming,¹ violent wind

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   1. Or "cold."

7. سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٖ ٧

   Sakhkharahā ʿalayhim sabʿa layāliw wa thamāniyata ayyāmin ḥusūmā, fataral-qawma fīhā ṣarʿā kaʾannahum aʿjāzu nakhlin khāwiyah.

   Which He [i.e., Allāh] imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

8. فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ ٨

   Fahal tarā lahum mim bāqiyah.

   Then do you see of them any remains?

9. وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ٩

   Wa jāʾa firʿawnu wa man qablahū wal-muʾtafikātu bil-khāṭiʾah.

   And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities¹ with sin.

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   1. Those to which Lot was sent (see 11:82-83) or generally, all cities which were destroyed due to their denial of a messenger from Allāh.

10. فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً ١٠

    Faʿaṣaw rasūla rabbihim fa akhadhahum akhdhatar rābiyah.

    And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

11. إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ ١١

    Innā lammā ṭaghal-māʾu ḥamalnākum fil-jāriyah.

    Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship¹

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    1. Which was constructed by Noah.

12. لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ ١٢

    Linajʿalahā lakum tadhkirataw wa taʿiyahā udhunuw wāʿiyah.

    That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it.

13. فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

    Fa idhā nufikha fiṣ-ṣūri nafkhatuw wāḥidah.

    Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

14. وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ ١٤

    Wa ḥumilatil-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkataw wāḥidah.

    And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -

15. فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١٥

    Fayawmaʾidhiw waqaʿatil-wāqiʿah.

    Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,

16. وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ ١٦

    Wanshaqqatis-samāʾu fahiya yawmaʾidhiw wāhiyah.

    And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.¹

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    1. i.e., weak, enfeebled and unstable.

17. وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ ١٧

    Wal-malaku ʿalā arjāʾihā, wa yaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaʾidhin thamāniyah.

    And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].

18. يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةٞ ١٨

    Yawmaʾidhin tuʿraḍūna lā takhfā minkum khāfiyah.

    That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed.¹

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    1. i.e., any person or any secret you might attempt to conceal.

19. فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ١٩

    Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnihī fayaqūlu hāʾumuqraʾū kitābiyah.

    So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!

20. إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ ٢٠

    Innī ẓanantu annī mulāqin ḥisābiyah.

    Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

21. فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٢١

    Fahuwa fī ʿīshatir rāḍiyah.

    So he will be in a pleasant life -

22. فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ٢٢

    Fī jannatin ʿāliyah.

    In an elevated garden,

23. قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٞ ٢٣

    Quṭūfuhā dāniyah.

    Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near.

24. كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَآ أَسۡلَفۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَيَّامِ ٱلۡخَالِيَةِ ٢٤

    Kulū washrabū hanīʾam bimā aslaftum fil-ayyāmil-khāliyah.

    [They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth¹ in the days past."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Literally, "advanced" in anticipation of reward in the Hereafter.

25. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ٢٥

    Wa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū bishimālihī fayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ūta kitābiyah.

    But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record

26. وَلَمۡ أَدۡرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهۡ ٢٦

    Wa lam adri mā ḥisābiyah.

    And had not known what is my account.

27. يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧

    Yālaytahā kānatil-qāḍiyah.

    I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the decisive one.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., ending life rather than being the gateway to eternal life.

28. مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنِّي مَالِيَهۡۜ ٢٨

    Mā aghnā ʿannī māliyah.

    My wealth has not availed me.

29. هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلۡطَٰنِيَهۡ ٢٩

    Halaka ʿannī sulṭāniyah.

    Gone from me is my authority."¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., I have no valid excuse to stand on.

30. خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ ٣٠

    Khudhūhu faghullūh.

    [Allāh will say], "Seize him and shackle him.

31. ثُمَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ ٣١

    Thummal-jaḥīma ṣallūh.

    Then into Hellfire drive him.

32. ثُمَّ فِي سِلۡسِلَةٖ ذَرۡعُهَا سَبۡعُونَ ذِرَاعٗا فَٱسۡلُكُوهُ ٣٢

    Thumma fī silsilatin dharʿuhā sabʿūna dhirāʿan faslukūh.

    Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."

33. إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٣٣

    Innahū kāna lā yuʾminu billāhil-ʿaẓīm.

    Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allāh, the Most Great,

34. وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣٤

    Wa lā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmil-miskīn.

    Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.

35. فَلَيۡسَ لَهُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٞ ٣٥

    Falaysa lahul-yawma hāhunā ḥamīm.

    So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend

36. وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنۡ غِسۡلِينٖ ٣٦

    Wa lā ṭaʿāmun illā min ghislīn.

    Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds;

37. لَّا يَأۡكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡخَٰطِـُٔونَ ٣٧

    Lā yaʾkuluhū illal-khāṭiʾūn.

    None will eat it except the sinners.

38. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِمَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٨

    Falā uqsimu bimā tubṣirūn.

    So I swear by what you see

39. وَمَا لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣٩

    Wa mā lā tubṣirūn.

    And what you do not see

40. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ٤٠

    Innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm.

    [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is the word of a noble Messenger.

41. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَاعِرٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤١

    Wa mā huwa biqawli shāʿir, qalīlam mā tuʾminūn.

    And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.

42. وَلَا بِقَوۡلِ كَاهِنٖۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٤٢

    Wa lā biqawli kāhin, qalīlam mā tadhakkarūn.

    Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

43. تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٤٣

    Tanzīlum mir rabbil-ʿālamīn.

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

44. وَلَوۡ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلۡأَقَاوِيلِ ٤٤

    Wa law taqawwala ʿalaynā baʿḍal-aqāwīl.

    And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings,

45. لَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُ بِٱلۡيَمِينِ ٤٥

    Laʾakhadhnā minhu bil-yamīn.

    We would have seized him by the right hand;¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Another interpretation is "by [Our] right hand," i.e., Allāh would have exacted revenge with might and power.

46. ثُمَّ لَقَطَعۡنَا مِنۡهُ ٱلۡوَتِينَ ٤٦

    Thumma laqaṭaʿnā minhul-watīn.

    Then We would have cut from him the aorta.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Causing immediate death.

47. فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ عَنۡهُ حَٰجِزِينَ ٤٧

    Famā minkum min aḥadin ʿanhu ḥājizīn.

    And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

48. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذۡكِرَةٞ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨

    Wa innahū latadhkiratul lil-muttaqīn.

    And indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder for the righteous.

49. وَإِنَّا لَنَعۡلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩

    Wa innā lanaʿlamu anna minkum mukadhdhibīn.

    And indeed, We know that among you are deniers.

50. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسۡرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٥٠

    Wa innahū laḥasratun ʿalal-kāfirīn.

    And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

51. وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥١

    Wa innahū laḥaqqul-yaqīn.

    And indeed, it is the truth of certainty.

52. فَسَبِّحۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٥٢

    Fasabbiḥ bismi rabbikal-ʿaẓīm.

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

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَأَلَ سَآئِلُۢ بِعَذَابٖ وَاقِعٖ ١

   Saʾala sāʾilum biʿadhābiw wāqiʿ.

   A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. In the Hereafter. Disbelievers had challenged the Prophet (ﷺ) by invoking Allāh to bring on His punishment. See 8:32.

2. لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ دَافِعٞ ٢

   Lil-kāfirīna laysa lahū dāfiʿ.

   To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.

3. مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذِي ٱلۡمَعَارِجِ ٣

   Minallāhi dhil-maʿārij.

   [It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.

4. تَعۡرُجُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيۡهِ فِي يَوۡمٖ كَانَ مِقۡدَارُهُۥ خَمۡسِينَ أَلۡفَ سَنَةٖ ٤

   Taʿrujul-malāʾikatu war-rūḥu ilayhi fī yawmin kāna miqdāruhū khamsīna alfa sanah.

   The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.

5. فَٱصۡبِرۡ صَبۡرٗا جَمِيلًا ٥

   Faṣbir ṣabran jamīlā.

   So be patient with gracious patience.

6. إِنَّهُمۡ يَرَوۡنَهُۥ بَعِيدٗا ٦

   Innahum yarawnahū baʿīdā.

   Indeed, they see it [as] distant,

7. وَنَرَىٰهُ قَرِيبٗا ٧

   Wa narāhu qarībā.

   But We see it [as] near.

8. يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ٨

   Yawma takūnus-samāʾu kal-muhl.

   On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Or "molten metal."

9. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٩

   Wa takūnul-jibālu kal-ʿihn.

   And the mountains will be like wool,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., in the process of disintegration.

10. وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا ١٠

    Wa lā yasʾalu ḥamīmun ḥamīmā.

    And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

11. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ١١

    Yubaṣṣarūnahum, yawaddul-mujrimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmiʾidhim bibanīh.

    They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

12. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ١٢

    Wa ṣāḥibatihī wa akhīh.

    And his wife and his brother

13. وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ ١٣

    Wa faṣīlatihil-latī tuʾwīh.

    And his nearest kindred who shelter him

14. وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ١٤

    Wa man fil-arḍi jamīʿan thumma yunjīh.

    And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

15. كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰ ١٥

    Kallā, innahā laẓā.

    No!¹ Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],

    Footnotes (1)

    1. An emphatic refusal meaning "It is not to be."

16. نَزَّاعَةٗ لِّلشَّوَىٰ ١٦

    Nazzāʿatal lish-shawā.

    A remover of exteriors.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. This refers to the skin of the head or of the body or to the body extremities - which will be burned away.

17. تَدۡعُواْ مَنۡ أَدۡبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٧

    Tadʿū man adbara wa tawallā.

    It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

18. وَجَمَعَ فَأَوۡعَىٰٓ ١٨

    Wa jamaʿa fa awʿā.

    And collected [wealth] and hoarded.

19. ۞ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا ١٩

    Innal-insāna khuliqa halūʿā.

    Indeed, mankind was created anxious:

20. إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعٗا ٢٠

    Idhā massahush-sharru jazūʿā.

    When evil touches him, impatient,

21. وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلۡخَيۡرُ مَنُوعًا ٢١

    Wa idhā massahul-khayru manūʿā.

    And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

22. إِلَّا ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٢٢

    Illal-muṣallīn.

    Except the observers of prayer -

23. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ دَآئِمُونَ ٢٣

    Al-ladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim dāʾimūn.

    Those who are constant in their prayer

24. وَٱلَّذِينَ فِيٓ أَمۡوَٰلِهِمۡ حَقّٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٢٤

    Wal-ladhīna fī amwālihim ḥaqqum maʿlūm.

    And those within whose wealth is a known right¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., a specified share, meaning the obligatory zakāh.

25. لِّلسَّآئِلِ وَٱلۡمَحۡرُومِ ٢٥

    Lis-sāʾili wal-maḥrūm.

    For the petitioner and the deprived -

26. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٦

    Wal-ladhīna yuṣaddiqūna biyawmid-dīn.

    And those who believe in the Day of Recompense

27. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ٢٧

    Wal-ladhīna hum min ʿadhābi rabbihim mushfiqūn.

    And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -

28. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمۡ غَيۡرُ مَأۡمُونٖ ٢٨

    Inna ʿadhāba rabbihim ghayru maʾmūn.

    Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

29. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ٢٩

    Wal-ladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūn.

    And those who guard their private parts

30. إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ٣٠

    Illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa innahum ghayru malūmīn.

    Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,¹ for indeed, they are not to be blamed -

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., female slaves.

31. فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ٣١

    Famanibtaghā warāʾa dhālika fa ulāʾika humul-ʿādūn.

    But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -

32. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ٣٢

    Wal-ladhīna hum liʾamānātihim wa ʿahdihim rāʿūn.

    And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

33. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِشَهَٰدَٰتِهِمۡ قَآئِمُونَ ٣٣

    Wal-ladhīna hum bishahādātihim qāʾimūn.

    And those who are in their testimonies upright

34. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ ٣٤

    Wal-ladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalātihim yuḥāfiẓūn.

    And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:

35. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٣٥

    Ulāʾika fī jannātim mukramūn.

    They will be in gardens,¹ honored.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. In Paradise.

36. فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قِبَلَكَ مُهۡطِعِينَ ٣٦

    Famālil-ladhīna kafarū qibalaka muhṭiʿīn.

    So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],

37. عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ عِزِينَ ٣٧

    ʿAnil-yamīni wa ʿanish-shimāli ʿizīn.

    [To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. They sat at a distance in order to oppose and mock the Prophet (ﷺ), claiming that they would enter Paradise before the believers.

38. أَيَطۡمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُدۡخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٖ ٣٨

    Ayaṭmaʿu kullumriʾim minhum ay yudkhala jannata naʿīm.

    Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

39. كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٩

    Kallā, innā khalaqnāhum mimmā yaʿlamūn.

    No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., a liquid disdained. So how can they expect to enter Paradise except by the will of their Creator?

40. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ ٤٠

    Falā uqsimu birabbil-mashāriqi wal-maghāribi innā laqādirūn.

    So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings¹ that indeed We are able

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), who determines the point at which the sun, moon and stars rise and set according to season and every position of observation.

41. عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ٤١

    ʿAlā an nubaddila khayram minhum wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn.

    To replace them with better than them; and We are not to be outdone.

42. فَذَرۡهُمۡ يَخُوضُواْ وَيَلۡعَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ ٤٢

    Fadharhum yakhūḍū wa yalʿabū ḥattā yulāqū yawmahumul-ladhī yūʿadūn.

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

43. يَوۡمَ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ سِرَاعٗا كَأَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٖ يُوفِضُونَ ٤٣

    Yawma yakhrujūna minal-ajdāthi sirāʿan kaʾannahum ilā nuṣubiy yūfiḍūn.

    The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., just as they used to race, whenever an idol was newly appointed, to be the first of its worshippers.

44. خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يُوعَدُونَ ٤٤

    Khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillah, dhālikal-yawmul-ladhī kānū yūʿadūn.

    Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرۡ قَوۡمَكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١

   Innā arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihī an andhir qawmaka min qabli ay yaʾtiyahum ʿadhābun alīm.

   Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

2. قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ ٢

   Qāla yāqawmi innī lakum nadhīrum mubīn.

   He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner -

3. أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ ٣

   Aniʿbudullāha wattaqūhu wa aṭīʿūn.

   To worship Allāh, fear Him and obey me.

4. يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُؤَخِّرۡكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُۚ لَوۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

   Yaghfir lakum min dhunūbikum wa yuʾakhkhirkum ilā ajalim musammā, inna ajalallāhi idhā jāʾa lā yuʾakhkhar, law kuntum taʿlamūn.

   He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allāh, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew."

5. قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُ قَوۡمِي لَيۡلٗا وَنَهَارٗا ٥

   Qāla rabbi innī daʿawtu qawmī laylaw wa nahārā.

   He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.

6. فَلَمۡ يَزِدۡهُمۡ دُعَآءِيٓ إِلَّا فِرَارٗا ٦

   Falam yazidhum duʿāʾī illā firārā.

   But my invitation increased them not except in flight [i.e., aversion].

7. وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ لِتَغۡفِرَ لَهُمۡ جَعَلُوٓاْ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ ثِيَابَهُمۡ وَأَصَرُّواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا ٧

   Wa innī kullamā daʿawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaʿalū aṣābiʿahum fī ādhānihim wastaghshaw thiyābahum wa aṣarrū wastakbarustikbārā.

   And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments,¹ persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.

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   1. Refusing to look or listen.

8. ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارٗا ٨

   Thumma innī daʿawtuhum jihārā.

   Then I invited them publicly.

9. ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارٗا ٩

   Thumma innī aʿlantu lahum wa asrartu lahum isrārā.

   Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

10. فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارٗا ١٠

    Faqultustaghfirū rabbakum innahū kāna ghaffārā.

    And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

11. يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا ١١

    Yursilis-samāʾa ʿalaykum midrārā.

    He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

12. وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّٰتٖ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرٗا ١٢

    Wa yumdidkum biʾamwāliw wa banīna wa yajʿal lakum jannātiw wa yajʿal lakum anhārā.

    And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

13. مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارٗا ١٣

    Mā lakum lā tarjūna lillāhi waqārā.

    What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allāh [due] grandeur

14. وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا ١٤

    Wa qad khalaqakum aṭwārā.

    While He has created you in stages?¹

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    1. i.e., in various progressive states and conditions. See also 22:5 and 23:12-14 in reference to development of the embryo.

15. أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗا ١٥

    Alam taraw kayfa khalaqallāhu sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqā.

    Do you not consider how Allāh has created seven heavens in layers¹

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    1. See footnote to 67:3.

16. وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجٗا ١٦

    Wa jaʿalal-qamara fīhinna nūraw wa jaʿalash-shamsa sirājā.

    And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

17. وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتٗا ١٧

    Wallāhu anbatakum minal-arḍi nabātā.

    And Allāh has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

18. ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيهَا وَيُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجٗا ١٨

    Thumma yuʿīdukum fīhā wa yukhrijukum ikhrājā.

    Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

19. وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطٗا ١٩

    Wallāhu jaʿala lakumul-arḍa bisāṭā.

    And Allāh has made for you the earth an expanse

20. لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا سُبُلٗا فِجَاجٗا ٢٠

    Litaslukū minhā subulan fijājā.

    That you may follow therein roads of passage.'"

21. قَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا ٢١

    Qāla nūḥur rabbi innahum ʿaṣawnī wattabaʿū mal lam yazidhu māluhū wa waladuhū illā khasārā.

    Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

22. وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا كُبَّارٗا ٢٢

    Wa makarū makran kubbārā.

    And they conspired an immense conspiracy

23. وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدّٗا وَلَا سُوَاعٗا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرٗا ٢٣

    Wa qālū lā tadharunna ālihatakum wa lā tadharunna waddaw wa lā suwāʿaw wa lā yaghūtha wa yaʿūqa wa nasrā.

    And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'¹

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    1. These were the names of specific idols named after pious men of earlier generations.

24. وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗاۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلٗا ٢٤

    Wa qad aḍallū kathīrā, wa lā tazidiẓ-ẓālimīna illā ḍalālā.

    And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

25. مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُواْ فَأُدۡخِلُواْ نَارٗا فَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارٗا ٢٥

    Mimmā khaṭīʾātihim ughriqū fa udkhilū nāran falam yajidū lahum min dūnillāhi anṣārā.

    Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allāh [any] helpers.

26. وَقَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا ٢٦

    Wa qāla nūḥur rabbi lā tadhar ʿalal-arḍi minal-kāfirīna dayyārā.

    And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

27. إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرۡهُمۡ يُضِلُّواْ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓاْ إِلَّا فَاجِرٗا كَفَّارٗا ٢٧

    Innaka in tadharhum yuḍillū ʿibādaka wa lā yalidū illā fājiran kaffārā.

    Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.

28. رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيۡتِيَ مُؤۡمِنٗا وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارَۢا ٢٨

    Rabbighfir lī waliwālidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muʾminaw walil-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināt, wa lā tazidiẓ-ẓālimīna illā tabārā.

    My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. قُلۡ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسۡتَمَعَ نَفَرٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا قُرۡءَانًا عَجَبٗا ١

   Qul ūḥiya ilayya annahustamaʿa nafarum minal-jinni faqālū innā samiʿnā qurʾānan ʿajabā.

   Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

2. يَهۡدِيٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشۡدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦۖ وَلَن نُّشۡرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدٗا ٢

   Yahdī ilar-rushdi fa āmannā bih, wa lan nushrika birabbinā aḥadā.

   It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.

3. وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَٰحِبَةٗ وَلَا وَلَدٗا ٣

   Wa annahū taʿālā jaddu rabbinā mattakhadha ṣāḥibataw wa lā waladā.

   And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son

4. وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطٗا ٤

   Wa annahū kāna yaqūlu safīhunā ʿalallāhi shaṭaṭā.

   And that our foolish one [i.e., Iblees]¹ has been saying about Allāh an excessive transgression.

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   1. A plural form may also be understood, i.e., "the foolish ones among us."

5. وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا ٥

   Wa annā ẓanannā al lan taqūlal-insu wal-jinnu ʿalallāhi kadhibā.

   And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allāh a lie.

6. وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمۡ رَهَقٗا ٦

   Wa annahū kāna rijālum minal-insi yaʿūdhūna birijālim minal-jinni fazādūhum rahaqā.

   And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].

7. وَأَنَّهُمۡ ظَنُّواْ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمۡ أَن لَّن يَبۡعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٗا ٧

   Wa annahum ẓannū kamā ẓanantum al lay yabʿathallāhu aḥadā.

   And they had thought, as you thought, that Allāh would never send anyone [as a messenger].

8. وَأَنَّا لَمَسۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدۡنَٰهَا مُلِئَتۡ حَرَسٗا شَدِيدٗا وَشُهُبٗا ٨

   Wa annā lamasnas-samāʾa fawajadnāhā muliʾat ḥarasan shadīdaw wa shuhubā.

   And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

9. وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقۡعُدُ مِنۡهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمۡعِۖ فَمَن يَسۡتَمِعِ ٱلۡأٓنَ يَجِدۡ لَهُۥ شِهَابٗا رَّصَدٗا ٩

   Wa annā kunnā naqʿudu minhā maqāʿida lis-samʿ, famay yastamiʿil-āna yajid lahū shihābar raṣadā.

   And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing,¹ but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

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   1. Before the prophethood of Muḥammad (ﷺ) the jinn used to collect information by eavesdropping on the angels and then pass it on to fortunetellers and soothsayers.

10. وَأَنَّا لَا نَدۡرِيٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ أَرَادَ بِهِمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ رَشَدٗا ١٠

    Wa annā lā nadrī asharrun urīda biman fil-arḍi am arāda bihim rabbuhum rashadā.

    And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

11. وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدٗا ١١

    Wa annā minnaṣ-ṣāliḥūna wa minnā dūna dhālik, kunnā ṭarāʾiqa qidadā.

    And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.¹

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    1. In opinion, belief and religious practice.

12. وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعۡجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَن نُّعۡجِزَهُۥ هَرَبٗا ١٢

    Wa annā ẓanannā al lan nuʿjizallāha fil-arḍi wa lan nuʿjizahū harabā.

    And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

13. وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعۡنَا ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦۖ فَمَن يُؤۡمِنۢ بِرَبِّهِۦ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخۡسٗا وَلَا رَهَقٗا ١٣

    Wa annā lammā samiʿnal-hudā āmannā bih, famay yuʾmim birabbihī falā yakhāfu bakhsaw wa lā rahaqā.

    And when we heard the guidance [i.e., the Qur’ān], we believed in it. And whoever believes in his Lord will not fear deprivation or burden.¹

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    1. In regard to his account in the Hereafter. Nothing of his good will be diminished, nor will the evil of another be placed upon him.

14. وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلۡمُسۡلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلۡقَٰسِطُونَۖ فَمَنۡ أَسۡلَمَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوۡاْ رَشَدٗا ١٤

    Wa annā minnal-muslimūna wa minnal-qāsiṭūn, faman aslama fa ulāʾika taḥarraw rashadā.

    And among us are Muslims [in submission to Allāh], and among us are the unjust.¹ And whoever has become Muslim - those have sought out the right course.

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    1. i.e., those who deviate from the truth and act tyrannically.

15. وَأَمَّا ٱلۡقَٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُواْ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبٗا ١٥

    Wa ammal-qāsiṭūna fakānū lijahannama ḥaṭabā.

    But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'

16. وَأَلَّوِ ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقٗا ١٦

    Wa allawistaqāmū ʿalaṭ-ṭarīqati laʾasqaynāhum māʾan ghadaqā.

    And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision]

17. لِّنَفۡتِنَهُمۡ فِيهِۚ وَمَن يُعۡرِضۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسۡلُكۡهُ عَذَابٗا صَعَدٗا ١٧

    Linaftinahum fīh, wa may yuʿriḍ ʿan dhikri rabbihī yaslukhu ʿadhāban ṣaʿadā.

    So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord¹ He will put into arduous punishment.

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    1. i.e., refuses obedience to Him.

18. وَأَنَّ ٱلۡمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدۡعُواْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٗا ١٨

    Wa annal-masājida lillāhi falā tadʿū maʿallāhi aḥadā.

    And [He revealed] that the masjids¹ are for Allāh, so do not invoke² with Allāh anyone.

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    1. The term "masjid" here includes every place of worship or the earth in general.
    2. Or "worship."

19. وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدۡعُوهُ كَادُواْ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيۡهِ لِبَدٗا ١٩

    Wa annahū lammā qāma ʿabdullāhi yadʿūhu kādū yakūnūna ʿalayhi libadā.

    And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Crowding on top of each other in the manner of locusts in order to hear him (ﷺ). "They" may refer to the jinn or to the disbelievers among the Arabs.

20. قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَدۡعُواْ رَبِّي وَلَآ أُشۡرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدٗا ٢٠

    Qul innamā adʿū rabbī wa lā ushriku bihī aḥadā.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."

21. قُلۡ إِنِّي لَآ أَمۡلِكُ لَكُمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا رَشَدٗا ٢١

    Qul innī lā amliku lakum ḍarraw wa lā rashadā.

    Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."

22. قُلۡ إِنِّي لَن يُجِيرَنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٞ وَلَنۡ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلۡتَحَدًا ٢٢

    Qul innī lay yujīranī minallāhi aḥaduw wa lan ajida min dūnihī multaḥadā.

    Say, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allāh anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.

23. إِلَّا بَلَٰغٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَٰلَٰتِهِۦۚ وَمَن يَعۡصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ٢٣

    Illā balāgham minallāhi wa risālātih, wa may yaʿṣillāha wa rasūlahū fa inna lahū nāra jahannama khālidīna fīhā abadā.

    But [I have for you] only notification from Allāh, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.

24. حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوۡاْ مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ أَضۡعَفُ نَاصِرٗا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدٗا ٢٤

    Ḥattā idhā raʾaw mā yūʿadūna fasayaʿlamūna man aḍʿafu nāṣiraw wa aqallu ʿadadā.

    [The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number.

25. قُلۡ إِنۡ أَدۡرِيٓ أَقَرِيبٞ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمۡ يَجۡعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّيٓ أَمَدًا ٢٥

    Qul in adrī aqarībum mā tūʿadūna am yajʿalu lahū rabbī amadā.

    Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."

26. عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ فَلَا يُظۡهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيۡبِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ٢٦

    ʿĀlimul-ghaybi falā yuẓhiru ʿalā ghaybihī aḥadā.

    [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone

27. إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٖ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسۡلُكُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦ رَصَدٗا ٢٧

    Illā manirtaḍā mir rasūlin fa innahū yasluku mim bayni yadayhi wa min khalfihī raṣadā.

    Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Guardian angels to protect the messenger and the message.

28. لِّيَعۡلَمَ أَن قَدۡ أَبۡلَغُواْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ وَأَحۡصَىٰ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ عَدَدَۢا ٢٨

    Liyaʿlama an qad ablaghū risālāti rabbihim wa aḥāṭa bimā ladayhim wa aḥṣā kulla shayʾin ʿadadā.

    That he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] may know¹ that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. This phrase may also be read: "So He [i.e., Allāh] may make evident."

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُزَّمِّلُ ١

   Yāʾayyuhal-muzzammil.

   O you who wraps himself [in clothing],¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) addresses the Prophet (ﷺ), who was asleep, wrapped in his garments.

2. قُمِ ٱلَّيۡلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٢

   Qumil-layla illā qalīlā.

   Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -

3. نِّصۡفَهُۥٓ أَوِ ٱنقُصۡ مِنۡهُ قَلِيلًا ٣

   Niṣfahū awinquṣ minhu qalīlā.

   Half of it - or subtract from it a little

4. أَوۡ زِدۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَرَتِّلِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَرۡتِيلًا ٤

   Aw zid ʿalayhi wa rattilil-qurʾāna tartīlā.

   Or add to it, and recite the Qur’ān with measured recitation.

5. إِنَّا سَنُلۡقِي عَلَيۡكَ قَوۡلٗا ثَقِيلًا ٥

   Innā sanulqī ʿalayka qawlan thaqīlā.

   Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the revelation, which when descending on the Prophet (ﷺ) bore down upon him with a great weight. Another meaning is "important ordinances."

6. إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ ٱلَّيۡلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطۡـٔٗا وَأَقۡوَمُ قِيلًا ٦

   Inna nāshiʾatal-layli hiya ashaddu waṭʾaw wa aqwamu qīlā.

   Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue]¹ and more suitable for words.²

   Footnotes (2)

   1. Another accepted interpretation of the same words is "Indeed, arising at night is more difficult...," meaning that it will only be done by sincere believers and not others.
   2. i.e., for recitation of the Qur’ān and for hearing and understanding it.

7. إِنَّ لَكَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ سَبۡحٗا طَوِيلٗا ٧

   Inna laka fin-nahāri sabḥan ṭawīlā.

   Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

8. وَٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلۡ إِلَيۡهِ تَبۡتِيلٗا ٨

   Wadhkurisma rabbika wa tabattal ilayhi tabtīlā.

   And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion.

9. رَّبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱتَّخِذۡهُ وَكِيلٗا ٩

   Rabbul-mashriqi wal-maghribi lā ilāha illā huwa fattakhidhhu wakīlā.

   [He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., trust in Allāh and rely upon Him.

10. وَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَٱهۡجُرۡهُمۡ هَجۡرٗا جَمِيلٗا ١٠

    Waṣbir ʿalā mā yaqūlūna wahjurhum hajran jamīlā.

    And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

11. وَذَرۡنِي وَٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ أُوْلِي ٱلنَّعۡمَةِ وَمَهِّلۡهُمۡ قَلِيلًا ١١

    Wadharnī wal-mukadhdhibīna ulin-naʿmati wa mahhilhum qalīlā.

    And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.

12. إِنَّ لَدَيۡنَآ أَنكَالٗا وَجَحِيمٗا ١٢

    Inna ladaynā ankālaw wa jaḥīmā.

    Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire

13. وَطَعَامٗا ذَا غُصَّةٖ وَعَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ١٣

    Wa ṭaʿāman dhā ghuṣṣatiw wa ʿadhāban alīmā.

    And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

14. يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَثِيبٗا مَّهِيلًا ١٤

    Yawma tarjuful-arḍu wal-jibālu wa kānatil-jibālu kathībam mahīlā.

    On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

15. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ رَسُولٗا شَٰهِدًا عَلَيۡكُمۡ كَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ رَسُولٗا ١٥

    Innā arsalnā ilaykum rasūlan shāhidan ʿalaykum kamā arsalnā ilā firʿawna rasūlā.

    Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

16. فَعَصَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ أَخۡذٗا وَبِيلٗا ١٦

    Faʿaṣā firʿawnur-rasūla fa akhadhnāhu akhdhaw wabīlā.

    But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

17. فَكَيۡفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ يَوۡمٗا يَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنَ شِيبًا ١٧

    Fakayfa tattaqūna in kafartum yawmay yajʿalul-wildāna shībā.

    Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white-haired?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Another meaning is "How can you avoid [punishment]" on such a Day?

18. ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرُۢ بِهِۦۚ كَانَ وَعۡدُهُۥ مَفۡعُولًا ١٨

    As-samāʾu munfaṭirum bih, kāna waʿduhū mafʿūlā.

    The heaven will break apart therefrom;¹ ever is His promise fulfilled.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. From the terror of that Day.

19. إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذۡكِرَةٞۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا ١٩

    Inna hādhihī tadhkirah, faman shāʾattakhadha ilā rabbihī sabīlā.

    Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.

20. ۞ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدۡنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَيِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَنِصۡفَهُۥ وَثُلُثَهُۥ وَطَآئِفَةٞ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعَكَۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَۚ عَلِمَ أَن لَّن تُحۡصُوهُ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ فَٱقۡرَءُواْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ عَلِمَ أَن سَيَكُونُ مِنكُم مَّرۡضَىٰ وَءَاخَرُونَ يَضۡرِبُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَبۡتَغُونَ مِن فَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ وَءَاخَرُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۖ فَٱقۡرَءُواْ مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنۡهُۚ وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَقۡرِضُواْ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنٗاۚ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُواْ لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنۡ خَيۡرٖ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيۡرٗا وَأَعۡظَمَ أَجۡرٗاۚ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمُۢ ٢٠

    Inna rabbaka yaʿlamu annaka taqūmu adnā min thuluthayil-layli wa niṣfahū wa thuluthahū wa ṭāʾifatum minal-ladhīna maʿak, wallāhu yuqaddirul-layla wan-nahār, ʿalima al lan tuḥṣūhu fatāba ʿalaykum, faqraʾū mā tayassara minal-qurʾān, ʿalima an sayakūnu minkum marḍā wa ākharūna yaḍribūna fil-arḍi yabtaghūna min faḍlillāhi wa ākharūna yuqātilūna fī sabīlillāh, faqraʾū mā tayassara minh, wa aqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa ātuz-zakāta wa aqriḍullāha qarḍan ḥasanā, wa mā tuqaddimū liʾanfusikum min khayrin tajidūhu ʿindallāhi huwa khayraw wa aʿẓama ajrā, wastaghfirullāh, innallāha ghafūrur raḥīm.

    Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muḥammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allāh determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it¹ and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur’ān. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allāh and others fighting for the cause of Allāh. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakāh and loan Allāh a goodly loan.² And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allāh. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Allāh has known that if they were to continue in such long periods of worship each night, the people would be caused much hardship.
    2. In the form of charities and contributions to His cause.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُدَّثِّرُ ١

   Yāʾayyuhal-muddaththir.

   O you who covers himself [with a garment],¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Referring to the Prophet (ﷺ).

2. قُمۡ فَأَنذِرۡ ٢

   Qum fa andhir.

   Arise and warn

3. وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرۡ ٣

   Wa rabbaka fakabbir.

   And your Lord glorify

4. وَثِيَابَكَ فَطَهِّرۡ ٤

   Wa thiyābaka faṭahhir.

   And your clothing purify

5. وَٱلرُّجۡزَ فَٱهۡجُرۡ ٥

   War-rujza fahjur.

   And uncleanliness¹ avoid

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Specifically, idols or generally, bad conduct and morals.

6. وَلَا تَمۡنُن تَسۡتَكۡثِرُ ٦

   Wa lā tamnun tastakthir.

   And do not confer favor to acquire more¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. An alternative meaning is "Do not consider any favor you have conferred to be great."

7. وَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصۡبِرۡ ٧

   Walirabbika faṣbir.

   But for your Lord be patient.

8. فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِي ٱلنَّاقُورِ ٨

   Fa idhā nuqira fin-nāqūr.

   And when the trumpet is blown,

9. فَذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَوۡمٌ عَسِيرٌ ٩

   Fadhālika yawmaʾidhiy yawmun ʿasīr.

   That Day will be a difficult day

10. عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ غَيۡرُ يَسِيرٖ ١٠

    ʿAlal-kāfirīna ghayru yasīr.

    For the disbelievers - not easy.

11. ذَرۡنِي وَمَنۡ خَلَقۡتُ وَحِيدٗا ١١

    Dharnī wa man khalaqtu waḥīdā.

    Leave Me with the one I created alone¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., without wealth or children. The reference is to al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah, who after inclining toward the Qur’ān, denied it publicly in order to win the approval of the Quraysh.

12. وَجَعَلۡتُ لَهُۥ مَالٗا مَّمۡدُودٗا ١٢

    Wa jaʿaltu lahū mālam mamdūdā.

    And to whom I granted extensive wealth

13. وَبَنِينَ شُهُودٗا ١٣

    Wa banīna shuhūdā.

    And children present [with him]

14. وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا ١٤

    Wa mahhadttu lahū tamhīdā.

    And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

15. ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ ١٥

    Thumma yaṭmaʿu an azīd.

    Then he desires that I should add more.

16. كـَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا ١٦

    Kallā, innahū kāna liʾāyātinā ʿanīdā.

    No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

17. سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ١٧

    Saʾurhiquhū ṣaʿūdā.

    I will cover him with arduous torment.

18. إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ١٨

    Innahū fakkara wa qaddar.

    Indeed, he thought and deliberated.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. About what he would say concerning the Qur’ān and how he might discredit the Prophet (ﷺ).

19. فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ ١٩

    Faqutila kayfa qaddar.

    So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

20. ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ ٢٠

    Thumma qutila kayfa qaddar.

    Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

21. ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ٢١

    Thumma naẓar.

    Then he considered [again];

22. ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ٢٢

    Thumma ʿabasa wa basar.

    Then he frowned and scowled;

23. ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ ٢٣

    Thumma adbara wastakbar.

    Then he turned back and was arrogant

24. فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ ٢٤

    Faqāla in hādhā illā siḥruy yuʾthar.

    And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

25. إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ ٢٥

    In hādhā illā qawlul-bashar.

    This is not but the word of a human being."

26. سَأُصۡلِيهِ سَقَرَ ٢٦

    Saʾuṣlīhi saqar.

    I will drive him into Saqar.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. One of the proper names of Hell.

27. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سَقَرُ ٢٧

    Wa mā adrāka mā saqar.

    And what can make you know what is Saqar?

28. لَا تُبۡقِي وَلَا تَذَرُ ٢٨

    Lā tubqī wa lā tadhar.

    It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

29. لَوَّاحَةٞ لِّلۡبَشَرِ ٢٩

    Lawwāḥatul lil-bashar.

    Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.

30. عَلَيۡهَا تِسۡعَةَ عَشَرَ ٣٠

    ʿAlayhā tisʿata ʿashar.

    Over it are nineteen [angels].

31. وَمَا جَعَلۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗۖ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا عِدَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيَسۡتَيۡقِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَيَزۡدَادَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنٗا وَلَا يَرۡتَابَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَلِيَقُولَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ جُنُودَ رَبِّكَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ وَمَا هِيَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡبَشَرِ ٣١

    Wa mā jaʿalnā aṣḥāban-nāri illā malāʾikah, wa mā jaʿalnā ʿiddatahum illā fitnatal lil-ladhīna kafarū liyastayqinal-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba wa yazdādal-ladhīna āmanū īmānaw wa lā yartābal-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba wal-muʾminūna waliyaqūlal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuw wal-kāfirūna mādhā arādallāhu bihādhā mathalā, kadhālika yuḍillullāhu may yashāʾu wa yahdī may yashāʾ, wa mā yaʿlamu junūda rabbika illā huw, wa mā hiya illā dhikrā lil-bashar.

    And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.

32. كـَلَّا وَٱلۡقَمَرِ ٣٢

    Kallā wal-qamar.

    No! By the moon

33. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذۡ أَدۡبَرَ ٣٣

    Wal-layli idh adbar.

    And [by] the night when it departs

34. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَآ أَسۡفَرَ ٣٤

    Waṣ-ṣubḥi idhā asfar.

    And [by] the morning when it brightens,

35. إِنَّهَا لَإِحۡدَى ٱلۡكُبَرِ ٣٥

    Innahā laʾiḥdal-kubar.

    Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions]

36. نَذِيرٗا لِّلۡبَشَرِ ٣٦

    Nadhīral lil-bashar.

    As a warning to humanity -

37. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوۡ يَتَأَخَّرَ ٣٧

    Liman shāʾa minkum ay yataqaddama aw yataʾakhkhar.

    To whoever wills among you to proceed¹ or stay behind.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. To righteousness by acceptance of the warning.

38. كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ ٣٨

    Kullu nafsim bimā kasabat rahīnah.

    Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., subject or held responsible.

39. إِلَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡيَمِينِ ٣٩

    Illā aṣḥābal-yamīn.

    Except the companions of the right,¹.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., the righteous who receive their records in their right hands.

40. فِي جَنَّٰتٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ٤٠

    Fī jannātiy yatasāʾalūn.

    [Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

41. عَنِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٤١

    ʿAnil-mujrimīn.

    About the criminals,

42. مَا سَلَكَكُمۡ فِي سَقَرَ ٤٢

    Mā salakakum fī saqar.

    [And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

43. قَالُواْ لَمۡ نَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٤٣

    Qālū lam naku minal-muṣallīn.

    They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

44. وَلَمۡ نَكُ نُطۡعِمُ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ ٤٤

    Wa lam naku nuṭʿimul-miskīn.

    Nor did we used to feed the poor.

45. وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ ٱلۡخَآئِضِينَ ٤٥

    Wa kunnā nakhūḍu maʿal-khāʾiḍīn.

    And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

46. وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٤٦

    Wa kunnā nukadhdhibu biyawmid-dīn.

    And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

47. حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰنَا ٱلۡيَقِينُ ٤٧

    Ḥattā atānal-yaqīn.

    Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."

48. فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمۡ شَفَٰعَةُ ٱلشَّٰفِعِينَ ٤٨

    Famā tanfaʿuhum shafāʿatush-shāfiʿīn.

    So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

49. فَمَا لَهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلتَّذۡكِرَةِ مُعۡرِضِينَ ٤٩

    Famā lahum ʿanit-tadhkirati muʿriḍīn.

    Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away

50. كَأَنَّهُمۡ حُمُرٞ مُّسۡتَنفِرَةٞ ٥٠

    Kaʾannahum ḥumurum mustanfirah.

    As if they were alarmed donkeys

51. فَرَّتۡ مِن قَسۡوَرَةِۭ ٥١

    Farrat min qaswarah.

    Fleeing from a lion?

52. بَلۡ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أَن يُؤۡتَىٰ صُحُفٗا مُّنَشَّرَةٗ ٥٢

    Bal yurīdu kullumriʾim minhum ay yuʾtā ṣuḥufam munashsharah.

    Rather, every person among them desires that he¹ would be given scriptures spread about.²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Instead of Muḥammad (ﷺ).
    2. i.e., made public. Much of their refusal of his message was due to envy and jealousy of the Prophet (ﷺ).

53. كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ٥٣

    Kallā, bal lā yakhāfūnal-ākhirah.

    No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

54. كـَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ تَذۡكِرَةٞ ٥٤

    Kallā innahū tadhkirah.

    No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder

55. فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ٥٥

    Faman shāʾa dhakarah.

    Then whoever wills will remember it.

56. وَمَا يَذۡكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ هُوَ أَهۡلُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ وَأَهۡلُ ٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِ ٥٦

    Wa mā yadhkurūna illā ay yashāʾallāh, huwa ahlut-taqwā wa ahlul-maghfirah.

    And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ١

   Lā uqsimu biyawmil-qiyāmah.

   I swear by the Day of Resurrection

2. وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢

   Wa lā uqsimu bin-nafsil-lawwāmah.

   And I swear by the reproaching soul¹ [to the certainty of resurrection].

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., that of the believer, which blames him when he falls into sin or error.

3. أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ ٣

   Ayaḥsabul-insānu allan najmaʿa ʿiẓāmah.

   Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

4. بَلَىٰ قَٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُۥ ٤

   Balā qādirīna ʿalā an nusawwiya banānah.

   Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

5. بَلۡ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفۡجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ ٥

   Bal yurīdul-insānu liyafjura amāmah.

   But man desires to continue in sin.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Literally, "to sin ahead of him." This refers to the disbeliever, who denies the Day of Account.

6. يَسۡـَٔلُ أَيَّانَ يَوۡمُ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ ٦

   Yasʾalu ayyāna yawmul-qiyāmah.

   He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

7. فَإِذَا بَرِقَ ٱلۡبَصَرُ ٧

   Fa idhā bariqal-baṣar.

   So when vision is dazzled

8. وَخَسَفَ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ٨

   Wa khasafal-qamar.

   And the moon darkens

9. وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ ٩

   Wa jumiʿash-shamsu wal-qamar.

   And the sun and the moon are joined,

10. يَقُولُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ أَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَفَرُّ ١٠

    Yaqūlul-insānu yawmaʾidhin aynal-mafarr.

    Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

11. كـَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ ١١

    Kallā lā wazar.

    No! There is no refuge.

12. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقَرُّ ١٢

    Ilā rabbika yawmaʾidhinil-mustaqarr.

    To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

13. يُنَبَّؤُاْ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ ١٣

    Yunabbaʾul-insānu yawmaʾidhim bimā qaddama wa akhkhar.

    Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead¹ and kept back.²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. i.e., his deeds, which await him in the Hereafter.
    2. i.e., that which he did not do or which he delayed.

14. بَلِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ بَصِيرَةٞ ١٤

    Balil-insānu ʿalā nafsihī baṣīrah.

    Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. As described in 36:65 and 41:20-23.

15. وَلَوۡ أَلۡقَىٰ مَعَاذِيرَهُۥ ١٥

    Wa law alqā maʿādhīrah.

    Even if he presents his excuses.

16. لَا تُحَرِّكۡ بِهِۦ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعۡجَلَ بِهِۦٓ ١٦

    Lā tuḥarrik bihī lisānaka litaʿjala bih.

    Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

17. إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا جَمۡعَهُۥ وَقُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٧

    Inna ʿalaynā jamʿahū wa qurʾānah.

    Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

18. فَإِذَا قَرَأۡنَٰهُ فَٱتَّبِعۡ قُرۡءَانَهُۥ ١٨

    Fa idhā qaraʾnāhu fattabiʿ qurʾānah.

    So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

19. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا بَيَانَهُۥ ١٩

    Thumma inna ʿalaynā bayānah.

    Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

20. كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ ٢٠

    Kallā bal tuḥibbūnal-ʿājilah.

    No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

21. وَتَذَرُونَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ ٢١

    Wa tadharūnal-ākhirah.

    And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

22. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاضِرَةٌ ٢٢

    Wujūhuy yawmaʾidhin nāḍirah.

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

23. إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٞ ٢٣

    Ilā rabbihā nāẓirah.

    Looking at their Lord.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The people of Paradise will actually see their Creator in the Hereafter.

24. وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَاسِرَةٞ ٢٤

    Wa wujūhuy yawmaʾidhim bāsirah.

    And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

25. تَظُنُّ أَن يُفۡعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٞ ٢٥

    Taẓunnu ay yufʿala bihā fāqirah.

    Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

26. كـَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ٢٦

    Kallā idhā balaghatit-tarāqiy.

    No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. At the time it is about to leave the body when one is on the verge of death.

27. وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ٢٧

    Wa qīla mar rāq.

    And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

28. وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ٢٨

    Wa ẓanna annahul-firāq.

    And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

29. وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩

    Wal-taffatis-sāqu bis-sāq.

    And the leg is wound about the leg,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. From the difficulties the person faces at death or his sudden awareness of the realities of both this world and the Hereafter. It may also refer to his shrouding after death.

30. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ٣٠

    Ilā rabbika yawmaʾidhinil-masāq.

    To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Literally, "driving" or "herding" or "the place to which one is driven."

31. فَلَا صَدَّقَ وَلَا صَلَّىٰ ٣١

    Falā ṣaddaqa wa lā ṣallā.

    And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

32. وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ٣٢

    Wa lākin kadhdhaba wa tawallā.

    But [instead], he denied and turned away.

33. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ يَتَمَطَّىٰٓ ٣٣

    Thumma dhahaba ilā ahlihī yatamaṭṭā.

    And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

34. أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰ ٣٤

    Awlā laka fa awlā.

    Woe to you, and woe!

35. ثُمَّ أَوۡلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوۡلَىٰٓ ٣٥

    Thumma awlā laka fa awlā.

    Then woe to you, and woe!

36. أَيَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَن يُتۡرَكَ سُدًى ٣٦

    Ayaḥsabul-insānu ay yutraka sudā.

    Does man think that he will be left neglected?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., to no end, without responsibility, or without being returned to the Creator for judgement.

37. أَلَمۡ يَكُ نُطۡفَةٗ مِّن مَّنِيّٖ يُمۡنَىٰ ٣٧

    Alam yaku nuṭfatam mim maniyyiy yumnā.

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

38. ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٣٨

    Thumma kāna ʿalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwā.

    Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

39. فَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُ ٱلزَّوۡجَيۡنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣٩

    Fajaʿala minhuz-zawjaynidh-dhakara wal-unthā.

    And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

40. أَلَيۡسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحۡـِۧيَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ ٤٠

    Alaysa dhālika biqādirin ʿalā ay yuḥyiyal-mawtā.

    Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. هَلۡ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَٰنِ حِينٞ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهۡرِ لَمۡ يَكُن شَيۡـٔٗا مَّذۡكُورًا ١

   Hal atā ʿalal-insāni ḥīnum minad-dahri lam yakun shayʾam madhkūrā.

   Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?

2. إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ أَمۡشَاجٖ نَّبۡتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ سَمِيعَۢا بَصِيرًا ٢

   Innā khalaqnal-insāna min nuṭfatin amshājin nabtalīhi fajaʿalnāhu samīʿam baṣīrā.

   Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture¹ that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., a combination of the male and female substance, within the womb.

3. إِنَّا هَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلسَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرٗا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا ٣

   Innā hadaynāhus-sabīla immā shākiraw wa immā kafūrā.

   Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.

4. إِنَّآ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ سَلَٰسِلَاْ وَأَغۡلَٰلٗا وَسَعِيرًا ٤

   Innā aʿtadnā lil-kāfirīna salāsila wa aghlālaw wa saʿīrā.

   Indeed, We have prepared for the disbelievers chains and shackles and a blaze.

5. إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ يَشۡرَبُونَ مِن كَأۡسٖ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا ٥

   Innal-abrāra yashrabūna min kaʾsin kāna mizājuhā kāfūrā.

   Indeed, the righteous will drink from a cup [of wine] whose mixture is of Kāfūr,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. A sweet-smelling spring in Paradise.

6. عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ ٱللَّهِ يُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفۡجِيرٗا ٦

   ʿAynay yashrabu bihā ʿibādullāhi yufajjirūnahā tafjīrā.

   A spring of which the [righteous] servants of Allāh will drink; they will make it gush forth in force [and abundance].

7. يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذۡرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوۡمٗا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسۡتَطِيرٗا ٧

   Yūfūna bin-nadhri wa yakhāfūna yawman kāna sharruhū mustaṭīrā.

   They [are those who] fulfill [their] vows and fear a Day whose evil will be widespread.

8. وَيُطۡعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسۡكِينٗا وَيَتِيمٗا وَأَسِيرًا ٨

   Wa yuṭʿimūnaṭ-ṭaʿāma ʿalā ḥubbihī miskīnaw wa yatīmaw wa asīrā.

   And they give food in spite of love for it¹ to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The meaning here may also be "out of love for Him," i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

9. إِنَّمَا نُطۡعِمُكُمۡ لِوَجۡهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمۡ جَزَآءٗ وَلَا شُكُورًا ٩

   Innamā nuṭʿimukum liwajhillāhi lā nurīdu minkum jazāʾaw wa lā shukūrā.

   [Saying], "We feed you only for the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. We wish not from you reward or gratitude.

10. إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا يَوۡمًا عَبُوسٗا قَمۡطَرِيرٗا ١٠

    Innā nakhāfu mir rabbinā yawman ʿabūsan qamṭarīrā.

    Indeed, We fear from our Lord a Day austere and distressful."

11. فَوَقَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمِ وَلَقَّىٰهُمۡ نَضۡرَةٗ وَسُرُورٗا ١١

    Fawaqāhumullāhu sharra dhālikal-yawmi wa laqqāhum naḍrataw wa surūrā.

    So Allāh will protect them from the evil of that Day and give them radiance and happiness

12. وَجَزَىٰهُم بِمَا صَبَرُواْ جَنَّةٗ وَحَرِيرٗا ١٢

    Wa jazāhum bimā ṣabarū jannataw wa ḥarīrā.

    And will reward them for what they patiently endured [with] a garden [in Paradise] and silk [garments].

13. مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِۖ لَا يَرَوۡنَ فِيهَا شَمۡسٗا وَلَا زَمۡهَرِيرٗا ١٣

    Muttakiʾīna fīhā ʿalal-arāʾik, lā yarawna fīhā shamsaw wa lā zamharīrā.

    [They will be] reclining therein on adorned couches. They will not see therein any [burning] sun or [freezing] cold.

14. وَدَانِيَةً عَلَيۡهِمۡ ظِلَٰلُهَا وَذُلِّلَتۡ قُطُوفُهَا تَذۡلِيلٗا ١٤

    Wa dāniyatan ʿalayhim ẓilāluhā wa dhullilat quṭūfuhā tadhlīlā.

    And near above them are its shades, and its [fruit] to be picked will be lowered in compliance.

15. وَيُطَافُ عَلَيۡهِم بِـَٔانِيَةٖ مِّن فِضَّةٖ وَأَكۡوَابٖ كَانَتۡ قَوَارِيرَا۠ ١٥

    Wa yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biʾāniyatim min fiḍḍatiw wa akwābin kānat qawārīr.

    And there will be circulated among them vessels of silver and cups having been [created] clear [as glass],

16. قَوَارِيرَاْ مِن فِضَّةٖ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقۡدِيرٗا ١٦

    Qawārīra min fiḍḍatin qaddarūhā taqdīrā.

    Clear glasses [made] from silver of which they have determined the measure.

17. وَيُسۡقَوۡنَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنجَبِيلًا ١٧

    Wa yusqawna fīhā kaʾsan kāna mizājuhā zanjabīlā.

    And they will be given to drink a cup [of wine] whose mixture is of ginger

18. عَيۡنٗا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلۡسَبِيلٗا ١٨

    ʿAynan fīhā tusammā salsabīlā.

    [From] a fountain within it [i.e., Paradise] named Salsabeel.

19. ۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَٰنٞ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيۡتَهُمۡ حَسِبۡتَهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٗا مَّنثُورٗا ١٩

    Wa yaṭūfu ʿalayhim wildānum mukhalladūna idhā raʾaytahum ḥasibtahum luʾluʾam manthūrā.

    There will circulate among them young boys made eternal. When you see them, you would think them [as beautiful as] scattered pearls.

20. وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَ ثَمَّ رَأَيۡتَ نَعِيمٗا وَمُلۡكٗا كَبِيرًا ٢٠

    Wa idhā raʾayta thamma raʾayta naʿīmaw wa mulkan kabīrā.

    And when you look there [in Paradise], you will see pleasure and great dominion.

21. عَٰلِيَهُمۡ ثِيَابُ سُندُسٍ خُضۡرٞ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقٞۖ وَحُلُّوٓاْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن فِضَّةٖ وَسَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ شَرَابٗا طَهُورًا ٢١

    ʿĀliyahum thiyābu sundusin khuḍruw wa istabraq, wa ḥullū asāwira min fiḍḍatiw wa saqāhum rabbuhum sharāban ṭahūrā.

    Upon them [i.e., the inhabitants] will be green garments of fine silk and brocade. And they will be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord will give them a purifying drink.

22. إِنَّ هَٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمۡ جَزَآءٗ وَكَانَ سَعۡيُكُم مَّشۡكُورًا ٢٢

    Inna hādhā kāna lakum jazāʾaw wa kāna saʿyukum mashkūrā.

    [And it will be said], "Indeed, this is for you a reward, and your effort has been appreciated."

23. إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَنزِيلٗا ٢٣

    Innā naḥnu nazzalnā ʿalaykal-qurʾāna tanzīlā.

    Indeed, it is We who have sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], the Qur’ān progressively.

24. فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعۡ مِنۡهُمۡ ءَاثِمًا أَوۡ كَفُورٗا ٢٤

    Faṣbir liḥukmi rabbika wa lā tuṭiʿ minhum āthiman aw kafūrā.

    So be patient for the decision of your Lord and do not obey from among them a sinner or ungrateful [disbeliever].

25. وَٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ بُكۡرَةٗ وَأَصِيلٗا ٢٥

    Wadhkurisma rabbika bukrataw wa aṣīlā.

    And mention the name of your Lord [in prayer] morning and evening

26. وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَٱسۡجُدۡ لَهُۥ وَسَبِّحۡهُ لَيۡلٗا طَوِيلًا ٢٦

    Wa minal-layli fasjud lahū wa sabbiḥhu laylan ṭawīlā.

    And during the night prostrate to Him and exalt [i.e., praise] Him a long [part of the] night.

27. إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرُونَ وَرَآءَهُمۡ يَوۡمٗا ثَقِيلٗا ٢٧

    Inna hāʾulāʾi yuḥibbūnal-ʿājilata wa yadharūna warāʾahum yawman thaqīlā.

    Indeed, these [disbelievers] love the immediate and leave behind them¹ a grave Day.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., neglect. The meaning may also be "leave ahead of them."

28. نَّحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَٰهُمۡ وَشَدَدۡنَآ أَسۡرَهُمۡۖ وَإِذَا شِئۡنَا بَدَّلۡنَآ أَمۡثَٰلَهُمۡ تَبۡدِيلًا ٢٨

    Naḥnu khalaqnāhum wa shadadnā asrahum, wa idhā shiʾnā baddalnā amthālahum tabdīlā.

    We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.

29. إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦ تَذۡكِرَةٞۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلٗا ٢٩

    Inna hādhihī tadhkirah, faman shāʾattakhadha ilā rabbihī sabīlā.

    Indeed, this is a reminder, so he who wills may take to his Lord a way.

30. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمٗا ٣٠

    Wa mā tashāʾūna illā ay yashāʾallāh, innallāha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīmā.

    And you do not will except that Allāh wills. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

31. يُدۡخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمَۢا ٣١

    Yudkhilu may yashāʾu fī raḥmatih, waẓ-ẓālimīna aʿadda lahum ʿadhāban alīmā.

    He admits whom He wills into His mercy; but the wrongdoers - He has prepared for them a painful punishment.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلۡمُرۡسَلَٰتِ عُرۡفٗا ١

   Wal-mursalāti ʿurfā.

   By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

2. فَٱلۡعَٰصِفَٰتِ عَصۡفٗا ٢

   Fal-ʿāṣifāti ʿaṣfā.

   And the winds that blow violently

3. وَٱلنَّٰشِرَٰتِ نَشۡرٗا ٣

   Wan-nāshirāti nashrā.

   And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]

4. فَٱلۡفَٰرِقَٰتِ فَرۡقٗا ٤

   Fal-fāriqāti farqā.

   And those [angels] who bring criterion¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. To Allāh's human messengers.

5. فَٱلۡمُلۡقِيَٰتِ ذِكۡرًا ٥

   Fal-mulqiyāti dhikrā.

   And those [angels] who deliver a message

6. عُذۡرًا أَوۡ نُذۡرًا ٦

   ʿUdhran aw nudhrā.

   As justification or warning,

7. إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٞ ٧

   Innamā tūʿadūna lawāqiʿ.

   Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.

8. فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتۡ ٨

   Fa idhan-nujūmu ṭumisat.

   So when the stars are obliterated

9. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتۡ ٩

   Wa idhas-samāʾu furijat.

   And when the heaven is opened

10. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ نُسِفَتۡ ١٠

    Wa idhal-jibālu nusifat.

    And when the mountains are blown away

11. وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتۡ ١١

    Wa idhar-rusulu uqqitat.

    And when the messengers' time has come...¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., when they are gathered to witness concerning their nations. The sentence's conclusion is understood to be "...the promised judgement will then take place."

12. لِأَيِّ يَوۡمٍ أُجِّلَتۡ ١٢

    Liʾayyi yawmin ujjilat.

    For what Day was it postponed?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. "It" may refer to either the aforementioned occurrences collectively or to the testimony of the messengers.

13. لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ١٣

    Liyawmil-faṣl.

    For the Day of Judgement.

14. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ ١٤

    Wa mā adrāka mā yawmul-faṣl.

    And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?

15. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٥

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe,¹ that Day, to the deniers.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., death and destruction.

16. أَلَمۡ نُهۡلِكِ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٦

    Alam nuhlikil-awwalīn.

    Did We not destroy the former peoples?

17. ثُمَّ نُتۡبِعُهُمُ ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٧

    Thumma nutbiʿuhumul-ākhirīn.

    Then We will follow them with the later ones.

18. كَذَٰلِكَ نَفۡعَلُ بِٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١٨

    Kadhālika nafʿalu bil-mujrimīn.

    Thus do We deal with the criminals.

19. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٩

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

20. أَلَمۡ نَخۡلُقكُّم مِّن مَّآءٖ مَّهِينٖ ٢٠

    Alam nakhluqkkum mim māʾim mahīn.

    Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?

21. فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ فِي قَرَارٖ مَّكِينٍ ٢١

    Fajaʿalnāhu fī qarārim makīn.

    And We placed it in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb]

22. إِلَىٰ قَدَرٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٢٢

    Ilā qadarim maʿlūm.

    For a known extent.

23. فَقَدَرۡنَا فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡقَٰدِرُونَ ٢٣

    Faqadarnā faniʿmal-qādirūn.

    And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.

24. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٤

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

25. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ٢٥

    Alam najʿalil-arḍa kifātā.

    Have We not made the earth a container

26. أَحۡيَآءٗ وَأَمۡوَٰتٗا ٢٦

    Aḥyāʾaw wa amwātā.

    Of the living and the dead?

27. وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ شَٰمِخَٰتٖ وَأَسۡقَيۡنَٰكُم مَّآءٗ فُرَاتٗا ٢٧

    Wa jaʿalnā fīhā rawāsiya shāmikhātiw wa asqaynākum māʾan furātā.

    And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.

28. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٢٨

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

29. ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٩

    Inṭaliqū ilā mā kuntum bihī tukadhdhibūn.

    [They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.

30. ٱنطَلِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ ظِلّٖ ذِي ثَلَٰثِ شُعَبٖ ٣٠

    Inṭaliqū ilā ẓillin dhī thalāthi shuʿab.

    Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns

31. لَّا ظَلِيلٖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهَبِ ٣١

    Lā ẓalīliw wa lā yughnī minal-lahab.

    [But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."

32. إِنَّهَا تَرۡمِي بِشَرَرٖ كَٱلۡقَصۡرِ ٣٢

    Innahā tarmī bishararin kal-qaṣr.

    Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,

33. كَأَنَّهُۥ جِمَٰلَتٞ صُفۡرٞ ٣٣

    Kaʾannahū jimālatun ṣufr.

    As if they were yellowish [black] camels.

34. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٤

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

35. هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ٣٥

    Hādhā yawmu lā yanṭiqūn.

    This is a Day they will not speak,

36. وَلَا يُؤۡذَنُ لَهُمۡ فَيَعۡتَذِرُونَ ٣٦

    Wa lā yuʾdhanu lahum fayaʿtadhirūn.

    Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.

37. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٧

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

38. هَٰذَا يَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَصۡلِۖ جَمَعۡنَٰكُمۡ وَٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٣٨

    Hādhā yawmul-faṣl, jamaʿnākum wal-awwalīn.

    This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.

39. فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمۡ كَيۡدٞ فَكِيدُونِ ٣٩

    Fa in kāna lakum kaydun fakīdūn.

    So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.

40. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٠

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

41. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي ظِلَٰلٖ وَعُيُونٖ ٤١

    Innal-muttaqīna fī ẓilāliw wa ʿuyūn.

    Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs

42. وَفَوَٰكِهَ مِمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ٤٢

    Wa fawākiha mimmā yashtahūn.

    And fruits from whatever they desire,

43. كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٤٣

    Kulū washrabū hanīʾam bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

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

44. إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٤٤

    Innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

    Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

45. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٥

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

46. كُلُواْ وَتَمَتَّعُواْ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُم مُّجۡرِمُونَ ٤٦

    Kulū wa tamattaʿū qalīlan innakum mujrimūn.

    [O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.

47. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٧

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

48. وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱرۡكَعُواْ لَا يَرۡكَعُونَ ٤٨

    Wa idhā qīla lahumurkaʿū lā yarkaʿūn.

    And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.

49. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٤٩

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

50. فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَهُۥ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٠

    Fabiʾayyi ḥadīthim baʿdahū yuʾminūn.

    Then in what statement after it [i.e., the Qur’ān] will they believe?