Quran Verses about Fitnah (trial and persecution)

وَٱقۡتُلُوهُمۡ حَيۡثُ ثَقِفۡتُمُوهُمۡ وَأَخۡرِجُوهُم مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ أَخۡرَجُوكُمۡۚ وَٱلۡفِتۡنَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنَ ٱلۡقَتۡلِۚ وَلَا تُقَٰتِلُوهُمۡ عِندَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ حَتَّىٰ يُقَٰتِلُوكُمۡ فِيهِۖ فَإِن قَٰتَلُوكُمۡ فَٱقۡتُلُوهُمۡۗ كَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ١٩١

Waqtulūhum ḥaythu thaqiftumūhum wa akhrijūhum min ḥaythu akhrajūkum, wal-fitnatu ashaddu minal-qatl, wa lā tuqātilūhum ʿindal-masjidil-ḥarāmi ḥattā yuqātilūkum fīh, fa in qātalūkum faqtulūhum, kadhālika jazāʾul-kāfirīn.

And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah¹ is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al-Ḥarām until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.

وَقَٰتِلُوهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتۡنَةٞ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ لِلَّهِۖ فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوۡاْ فَلَا عُدۡوَٰنَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٩٣

Wa qātilūhum ḥattā lā takūna fitnatuw wa yakūnad-dīnu lillāh, fa inintahaw falā ʿudwāna illā ʿalaẓ-ẓālimīn.

Fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] religion [i.e., worship] is [acknowledged to be] for Allāh. But if they cease, then there is to be no aggression [i.e., assault] except against the oppressors.

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلشَّهۡرِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ قِتَالٖ فِيهِۖ قُلۡ قِتَالٞ فِيهِ كَبِيرٞۚ وَصَدٌّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَكُفۡرُۢ بِهِۦ وَٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ وَإِخۡرَاجُ أَهۡلِهِۦ مِنۡهُ أَكۡبَرُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ وَٱلۡفِتۡنَةُ أَكۡبَرُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَتۡلِۗ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَرُدُّوكُمۡ عَن دِينِكُمۡ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْۚ وَمَن يَرۡتَدِدۡ مِنكُمۡ عَن دِينِهِۦ فَيَمُتۡ وَهُوَ كَافِرٞ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتۡ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٢١٧

Yasʾalūnaka ʿanish-shahril-ḥarāmi qitālin fīh, qul qitālun fīhi kabīr, wa ṣaddun ʿan sabīlillāhi wa kufrum bihī wal-masjidil-ḥarāmi wa ikhrāju ahlihī minhu akbaru ʿindallāh, wal-fitnatu akbaru minal-qatl, wa lā yazālūna yuqātilūnakum ḥattā yaruddūkum ʿan dīnikum inistaṭāʿū, wa may yartadid minkum ʿan dīnihī fayamut wa huwa kāfirun fa ulāʾika ḥabiṭat aʿmāluhum fid-dunyā wal-ākhirah, wa ulāʾika aṣḥābun-nār, hum fīhā khālidūn.

They ask you about the sacred month¹ - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allāh and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allāh. And fitnah² is greater than killing." And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able. And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

وَقَٰتِلُوهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتۡنَةٞ وَيَكُونَ ٱلدِّينُ كُلُّهُۥ لِلَّهِۚ فَإِنِ ٱنتَهَوۡاْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ٣٩

Wa qātilūhum ḥattā lā takūna fitnatuw wa yakūnad-dīnu kulluhū lillāh, fa inintahaw fa innallāha bimā yaʿmalūna baṣīr.

And fight against them until there is no fitnah¹ and [until] the religion [i.e., worship], all of it, is for Allāh.² And if they cease - then indeed, Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

فَمَآ ءَامَنَ لِمُوسَىٰٓ إِلَّا ذُرِّيَّةٞ مِّن قَوۡمِهِۦ عَلَىٰ خَوۡفٖ مِّن فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِمۡ أَن يَفۡتِنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ لَعَالٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٨٣

Famā āmana limūsā illā dhurriyyatum min qawmihī ʿalā khawfim min firʿawna wa malaʾihim ay yaftinahum, wa inna firʿawna laʿālin fil-arḍi wa innahū laminal-musrifīn.

But no one believed Moses, except [some] offspring [i.e., youths] among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors.

فَقَالُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجۡعَلۡنَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٥

Faqālū ʿalallāhi tawakkalnā rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fitnatal lil-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

So they said, "Upon Allāh do we rely. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] trial for the wrongdoing people

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا فُتِنُواْ ثُمَّ جَٰهَدُواْ وَصَبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهَا لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١١٠

Thumma inna rabbaka lil-ladhīna hājarū mim baʿdi mā futinū thumma jāhadū wa ṣabarū inna rabbaka mim baʿdihā laghafūrur raḥīm.

Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to say words of disbelief] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allāh] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِيَ فِي ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتۡنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصۡرٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمۡۚ أَوَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠

Wa minan-nāsi may yaqūlu āmannā billāhi fa idhā ūdhiya fillāhi jaʿala fitnatan-nāsi kaʿadhābillāh, wa laʾin jāʾa naṣrum mir rabbika layaqūlunna innā kunnā maʿakum, awalaysallāhu biʾaʿlama bimā fī ṣudūril-ʿālamīn.

And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh," but when one [of them] is harmed for [the cause of] Allāh, he considers the trial [i.e., harm] of the people as [if it were] the punishment of Allāh. But if victory comes from your Lord, they say, "Indeed, We were with you." Is not Allāh most knowing of what is within the breasts of the worlds [i.e., all creatures]?

رَبَّنَا لَا تَجۡعَلۡنَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا رَبَّنَآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٥

Rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fitnatal lil-ladhīna kafarū waghfir lanā rabbanā, innaka antal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

Our Lord, make us not [objects of] torment for the disbelievers and forgive us, our Lord. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ١٠

Innal-ladhīna fatanul-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama wa lahum ʿadhābul-ḥarīq.

Indeed, those who have tortured¹ the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَآ أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ وَأَوۡلَٰدُكُمۡ فِتۡنَةٞ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجۡرٌ عَظِيمٞ ٢٨

Waʿlamū annamā amwālukum wa awlādukum fitnatuw wa annallāha ʿindahū ajrun ʿaẓīm.

And know that your properties and your children are but a trial and that Allāh has with Him a great reward.

إِنَّمَآ أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ وَأَوۡلَٰدُكُمۡ فِتۡنَةٞۚ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجۡرٌ عَظِيمٞ ١٥

Innamā amwālukum wa awlādukum fitnah, wallāhu ʿindahū ajrun ʿaẓīm.

Your wealth and your children are but a trial, and Allāh has with Him a great reward.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعۡضَهُم بِبَعۡضٖ لِّيَقُولُوٓاْ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۢ بَيۡنِنَآۗ أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعۡلَمَ بِٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ٥٣

Wa kadhālika fatannā baʿḍahum bibaʿḍil liyaqūlū ahāʾulāʾi mannallāhu ʿalayhim mim bayninā, alaysallāhu biʾaʿlama bish-shākirīn.

And thus We have tried some of them through others that they [i.e., the disbelievers] might say, "Is it these whom Allāh has favored among us?" Is not Allāh most knowing of those who are grateful?¹

وَٱخۡتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوۡمَهُۥ سَبۡعِينَ رَجُلٗا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَاۖ فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوۡ شِئۡتَ أَهۡلَكۡتَهُم مِّن قَبۡلُ وَإِيَّٰيَۖ أَتُهۡلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآۖ إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهۡدِي مَن تَشَآءُۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَاۖ وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡغَٰفِرِينَ ١٥٥

Wakhtāra mūsā qawmahū sabʿīna rajulal limīqātinā, falammā akhadhathumur-rajfatu qāla rabbi law shiʾta ahlaktahum min qablu wa iyyāy, atuhlikunā bimā faʿalas-sufahāʾu minnā, in hiya illā fitnatuka tuḍillu bihā man tashāʾu wa tahdī man tashāʾ, anta waliyyunā faghfir lanā warḥamnā, wa anta khayrul-ghāfirīn.

And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment.¹ And when the earthquake seized them,² he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.

كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ وَنَبۡلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلۡخَيۡرِ فِتۡنَةٗۖ وَإِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ٣٥

Kullu nafsin dhāʾiqatul-mawt, wa nablūkum bish-sharri wal-khayri fitnah, wa ilaynā turjaʿūn.

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَعۡبُدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرۡفٖۖ فَإِنۡ أَصَابَهُۥ خَيۡرٌ ٱطۡمَأَنَّ بِهِۦۖ وَإِنۡ أَصَابَتۡهُ فِتۡنَةٌ ٱنقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦ خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةَۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخُسۡرَانُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١١

Wa minan-nāsi may yaʿbudullāha ʿalā ḥarf, fa in aṣābahū khayruniṭmaʾanna bih, wa in aṣābathu fitnatuninqalaba ʿalā wajhihī khasirad-dunyā wal-ākhirah, dhālika huwal-khusrānul-mubīn.

And of the people is he who worships Allāh on an edge.¹ If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to unbelief]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ لَيَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِۗ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَعۡضَكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ فِتۡنَةً أَتَصۡبِرُونَۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرٗا ٢٠

Wa mā arsalnā qablaka minal-mursalīna illā innahum layaʾkulūnaṭ-ṭaʿāma wa yamshūna fil-aswāq, wa jaʿalnā baʿḍakum libaʿḍin fitnatan ataṣbirūn, wa kāna rabbuka baṣīrā.

And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتۡرَكُوٓاْ أَن يَقُولُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمۡ لَا يُفۡتَنُونَ ٢

Aḥasiban-nāsu ay yutrakū ay yaqūlū āmannā wa hum lā yuftanūn.

Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?

وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ فَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُواْ وَلَيَعۡلَمَنَّ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٣

Wa laqad fatannal-ladhīna min qablihim, falayaʿlamannallāhul-ladhīna ṣadaqū wa layaʿlamannal-kādhibīn.

But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allāh will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars.

فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ضُرّٞ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلۡنَٰهُ نِعۡمَةٗ مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمِۭۚ بَلۡ هِيَ فِتۡنَةٞ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٩

Fa idhā massal-insāna ḍurrun daʿānā thumma idhā khawwalnāhu niʿmatam minnā qāla innamā ūtītuhū ʿalā ʿilm, bal hiya fitnatuw wa lākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn.

And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.

وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَا تَتۡلُواْ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ عَلَىٰ مُلۡكِ سُلَيۡمَٰنَۖ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيۡمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلۡمَلَكَيۡنِ بِبَابِلَ هَٰرُوتَ وَمَٰرُوتَۚ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنۡ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَآ إِنَّمَا نَحۡنُ فِتۡنَةٞ فَلَا تَكۡفُرۡۖ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنۡهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِۦ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَرۡءِ وَزَوۡجِهِۦۚ وَمَا هُم بِضَآرِّينَ بِهِۦ مِنۡ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمۡ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمۡۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمُواْ لَمَنِ ٱشۡتَرَىٰهُ مَا لَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِنۡ خَلَٰقٖۚ وَلَبِئۡسَ مَا شَرَوۡاْ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمۡۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٠٢

Wattabaʿū mā tatlush-shayāṭīnu ʿalā mulki sulaymān, wa mā kafara sulaymānu wa lākinnash-shayāṭīna kafarū yuʿallimūnan-nāsas-siḥra wa mā unzila ʿalal-malakayni bibābila hārūta wa mārūt, wa mā yuʿallimāni min aḥadin ḥattā yaqūlā innamā naḥnu fitnatun falā takfur, fayataʿallamūna minhumā mā yufarriqūna bihī baynal-marʾi wa zawjih, wa mā hum biḍārrīna bihī min aḥadin illā biʾidhnillāh, wa yataʿallamūna mā yaḍurruhum wa lā yanfaʿuhum, wa laqad ʿalimū lamanishtarāhu mā lahū fil-ākhirati min khalāq, wa labiʾsa mā sharaw bihī anfusahum, law kānū yaʿlamūn.

And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Hārūt and Mārūt. But they [i.e., the two angels] do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]."¹ And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allāh. And they [i.e., people] learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But they [i.e., the Children of Israel] certainly knew that whoever purchased it [i.e., magic] would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلرُّءۡيَا ٱلَّتِيٓ أَرَيۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلۡمَلۡعُونَةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا طُغۡيَٰنٗا كَبِيرٗا ٦٠

Wa idh qulnā laka inna rabbaka aḥāṭa bin-nās, wa mā jaʿalnar-ruʾyal-latī araynāka illā fitnatal lin-nāsi wash-shajaratal-malʿūnata fil-qurʾān, wa nukhawwifuhum famā yazīduhum illā ṭughyānan kabīrā.

And [remember, O Muḥammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people."¹ And We did not make the sight which We showed you² except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur’ān. And We threaten [i.e., warn] them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٦٢

Adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratuz-zaqqūm.

Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?

إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٦٣

Innā jaʿalnāhā fitnatal liẓ-ẓālimīn.

Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.

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.

وَٱتَّقُواْ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنكُمۡ خَآصَّةٗۖ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ٢٥

Wattaqū fitnatal lā tuṣībannal-ladhīna ẓalamū minkum khāṣṣah, waʿlamū annallāha shadīdul-ʿiqāb.

And fear a trial¹ which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allāh is severe in penalty.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٍۚ إِلَّا تَفۡعَلُوهُ تَكُن فِتۡنَةٞ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَفَسَادٞ كَبِيرٞ ٧٣

Wal-ladhīna kafarū baʿḍuhum awliyāʾu baʿḍ, illā tafʿalūhu takun fitnatun fil-arḍi wa fasādun kabīr.

And those who disbelieved are allies of one another. If you do not do so [i.e., ally yourselves with other believers], there will be fitnah [i.e., disbelief and oppression] on earth and great corruption.

لَّا تَجۡعَلُواْ دُعَآءَ ٱلرَّسُولِ بَيۡنَكُمۡ كَدُعَآءِ بَعۡضِكُم بَعۡضٗاۚ قَدۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنكُمۡ لِوَاذٗاۚ فَلۡيَحۡذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦٓ أَن تُصِيبَهُمۡ فِتۡنَةٌ أَوۡ يُصِيبَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ٦٣

Lā tajʿalū duʿāʾar-rasūli baynakum kaduʿāʾi baʿḍikum baʿḍā, qad yaʿlamullāhul-ladhīna yatasallalūna minkum liwādhā, falyaḥdharil-ladhīna yukhālifūna ʿan amrihī an tuṣībahum fitnatun aw yuṣībahum ʿadhābun alīm.

Do not make [your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another. Already Allāh knows those of you who slip away, concealed by others. So let those beware who dissent from his [i.e., the Prophet's] order,¹ lest fitnah² strike them or a painful punishment.

هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِنۡهُ ءَايَٰتٞ مُّحۡكَمَٰتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَٰبِهَٰتٞۖ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡ زَيۡغٞ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَٰبَهَ مِنۡهُ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ وَٱبۡتِغَآءَ تَأۡوِيلِهِۦۖ وَمَا يَعۡلَمُ تَأۡوِيلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۗ وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَ فِي ٱلۡعِلۡمِ يَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ كُلّٞ مِّنۡ عِندِ رَبِّنَاۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّآ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٧

Huwal-ladhī anzala ʿalaykal-kitāba minhu āyātum muḥkamātun hunna ummul-kitābi wa ukharu mutashābihāt, fa ammal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim zayghun fayattabiʿūna mā tashābaha minhubtighāʾal-fitnati wabtighāʾa taʾwīlih, wa mā yaʿlamu taʾwīlahū illallāh, war-rāsikhūna fil-ʿilmi yaqūlūna āmannā bihī kullum min ʿindi rabbinā, wa mā yadhdhakkaru illā ulul-albāb.

It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others unspecific.¹ As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]. And no one knows its [true] interpretation except Allāh. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding,

لَوۡ خَرَجُواْ فِيكُم مَّا زَادُوكُمۡ إِلَّا خَبَالٗا وَلَأَوۡضَعُواْ خِلَٰلَكُمۡ يَبۡغُونَكُمُ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ وَفِيكُمۡ سَمَّٰعُونَ لَهُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٧

Law kharajū fīkum mā zādūkum illā khabālaw wa laʾawḍaʿū khilālakum yabghūnakumul-fitnata wa fīkum sammāʿūna lahum, wallāhu ʿalīmum biẓ-ẓālimīn.

Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah [i.e., chaos and dissension]. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.

لَقَدِ ٱبۡتَغَوُاْ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَقَلَّبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأُمُورَ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ وَهُمۡ كَٰرِهُونَ ٤٨

Laqadibtaghawul-fitnata min qablu wa qallabū lakal-umūra ḥattā jāʾal-ḥaqqu wa ẓahara amrullāhi wa hum kārihūn.

They had already desired dissension before and had upset matters for you¹ until the truth came and the ordinance [i.e., victory] of Allāh appeared, while they were averse.

وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَقُولُ ٱئۡذَن لِّي وَلَا تَفۡتِنِّيٓۚ أَلَا فِي ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ سَقَطُواْۗ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةُۢ بِٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٤٩

Wa minhum may yaqūluʾdhal lī wa lā taftinnī, alā fil-fitnati saqaṭū, wa inna jahannama lamuḥīṭatum bil-kāfirīn.

And among them is he who says, "Permit me [to remain at home] and do not put me to trial." Unquestionably, into trial they have fallen.¹ And indeed, Hell will encompass the disbelievers.

وَلَوۡ دُخِلَتۡ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۡ أَقۡطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُواْ ٱلۡفِتۡنَةَ لَأٓتَوۡهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُواْ بِهَآ إِلَّا يَسِيرٗا ١٤

Wa law dukhilat ʿalayhim min aqṭārihā thumma suʾilul-fitnata laʾātawhā wa mā talabbathū bihā illā yasīrā.

And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah [i.e., disbelief] had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.