Fushshilat

حمٓ ١

Ḥā Mīm.

Ḥā, Meem.¹

تَنزِيلٞ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٢

Tanzīlum minar-raḥmānir-raḥīm.

[This is] a revelation from the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful -

كِتَٰبٞ فُصِّلَتۡ ءَايَٰتُهُۥ قُرۡءَانًا عَرَبِيّٗا لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣

Kitābun fuṣṣilat āyātuhū qurʾānan ʿarabiyyal liqawmiy yaʿlamūn.

A Book whose verses have been detailed, an Arabic Qur’ān¹ for a people who know,

بَشِيرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا فَأَعۡرَضَ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ٤

Bashīraw wa nadhīran fa aʿraḍa aktharuhum fahum lā yasmaʿūn.

As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.

وَقَالُواْ قُلُوبُنَا فِيٓ أَكِنَّةٖ مِّمَّا تَدۡعُونَآ إِلَيۡهِ وَفِيٓ ءَاذَانِنَا وَقۡرٞ وَمِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا وَبَيۡنِكَ حِجَابٞ فَٱعۡمَلۡ إِنَّنَا عَٰمِلُونَ ٥

Wa qālū qulūbunā fī akinnatim mimmā tadʿūnā ilayhi wa fī ādhāninā waqruw wa mim bayninā wa baynika ḥijābun faʿmal innanā ʿāmilūn.

And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings [i.e., screened] from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work;¹ indeed, we are working."

قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞ فَٱسۡتَقِيمُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرُوهُۗ وَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٦

Qul innamā ana basharum mithlukum yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥidun fastaqīmū ilayhi wastaghfirūh, wa waylul lil-mushrikīn.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "I am only a man like you to whom it has been revealed that your god is but one God; so take a straight course to Him and seek His forgiveness." And woe to those who associate others with Allāh –

ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ٧

Al-ladhīna lā yuʾtūnaz-zakāta wa hum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūn.

Those who do not give zakāh, and in the Hereafter they are disbelievers.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ ٨

Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn.

Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them is a reward uninterrupted.

۞ قُلۡ أَئِنَّكُمۡ لَتَكۡفُرُونَ بِٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ فِي يَوۡمَيۡنِ وَتَجۡعَلُونَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩

Qul aʾinnakum latakfurūna bil-ladhī khalaqal-arḍa fī yawmayni wa tajʿalūna lahū andādā, dhālika rabbul-ʿālamīn.

Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds."

وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِيَ مِن فَوۡقِهَا وَبَٰرَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَآ أَقۡوَٰتَهَا فِيٓ أَرۡبَعَةِ أَيَّامٖ سَوَآءٗ لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ ١٠

Wa jaʿala fīhā rawāsiya min fawqihā wa bāraka fīhā wa qaddara fīhā aqwātahā fī arbaʿati ayyāmin sawāʾal lis-sāʾilīn.

And He placed on it [i.e., the earth] firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction¹ - for [the information of] those who ask.

ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٞ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلۡأَرۡضِ ٱئۡتِيَا طَوۡعًا أَوۡ كَرۡهٗا قَالَتَآ أَتَيۡنَا طَآئِعِينَ ١١

Thummastawā ilas-samāʾi wa hiya dukhānun faqāla lahā walil-arḍiʾtiyā ṭawʿan aw karhan qālatā ataynā ṭāʾiʿīn.

Then He directed Himself¹ to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being],² willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."

فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَاتٖ فِي يَوۡمَيۡنِ وَأَوۡحَىٰ فِي كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمۡرَهَاۚ وَزَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَحِفۡظٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقۡدِيرُ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ١٢

Faqaḍāhunna sabʿa samāwātin fī yawmayni wa awḥā fī kulli samāʾin amrahā, wa zayyannas-samāʾad-dunyā bimaṣābīḥa wa ḥifẓā, dhālika taqdīrul-ʿazīzil-ʿalīm.

And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for beauty] and as protection.¹ That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

فَإِنۡ أَعۡرَضُواْ فَقُلۡ أَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ صَٰعِقَةٗ مِّثۡلَ صَٰعِقَةِ عَادٖ وَثَمُودَ ١٣

Fa in aʿraḍū faqul andhartukum ṣāʿiqatam mithla ṣāʿiqati ʿādiw wa thamūd.

But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] ʿAad and Thamūd.

إِذۡ جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلرُّسُلُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَۖ قَالُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّنَا لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗ فَإِنَّا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ١٤

Idh jāʾathumur-rusulu mim bayni aydīhim wa min khalfihim allā taʿbudū illallāh, qālū law shāʾa rabbunā laʾanzala malāʾikatan fa innā bimā ursiltum bihī kāfirūn.

[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allāh." They said, "If our Lord had willed,¹ He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."

فَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَقَالُواْ مَنۡ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةًۖ أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَهُمۡ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنۡهُمۡ قُوَّةٗۖ وَكَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجۡحَدُونَ ١٥

Fa ammā ʿādun fastakbarū fil-arḍi bighayril-ḥaqqi wa qālū man ashaddu minnā quwwah, awalam yaraw annallāhal-ladhī khalaqahum huwa ashaddu minhum quwwah, wa kānū biʾāyātinā yajḥadūn.

As for ʿAad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allāh who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.

فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا صَرۡصَرٗا فِيٓ أَيَّامٖ نَّحِسَاتٖ لِّنُذِيقَهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡخِزۡيِ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَخۡزَىٰۖ وَهُمۡ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ١٦

Fa arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī ayyāmin naḥisātil linudhīqahum ʿadhābal-khizyi fil-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa laʿadhābul-ākhirati akhzā, wa hum lā yunṣarūn.

So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡ فَٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ ٱلۡعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمۡ صَٰعِقَةُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡهُونِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٧

Wa ammā thamūdu fahadaynāhum fastaḥabbul-ʿamā ʿalal-hudā fa akhadhathum ṣāʿiqatul-ʿadhābil-hūni bimā kānū yaksibūn.

And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

وَنَجَّيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَكَانُواْ يَتَّقُونَ ١٨

Wa najjaynal-ladhīna āmanū wa kānū yattaqūn.

And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.

وَيَوۡمَ يُحۡشَرُ أَعۡدَآءُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ فَهُمۡ يُوزَعُونَ ١٩

Wa yawma yuḥsharu aʿdāʾullāhi ilan-nāri fahum yūzaʿūn.

And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when the enemies of Allāh will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven], assembled in rows,

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَمۡعُهُمۡ وَأَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٠

Ḥattā idhā mā jāʾūhā shahida ʿalayhim samʿuhum wa abṣāruhum wa julūduhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

وَقَالُواْ لِجُلُودِهِمۡ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمۡ عَلَيۡنَاۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖۚ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٢١

Wa qālū lijulūdihim lima shahidttum ʿalaynā, qālū anṭaqanallāhul-ladhī anṭaqa kulla shayʾ, wa huwa khalaqakum awwala marratiw wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.

And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allāh, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

وَمَا كُنتُمۡ تَسۡتَتِرُونَ أَن يَشۡهَدَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ سَمۡعُكُمۡ وَلَآ أَبۡصَٰرُكُمۡ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن ظَنَنتُمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَعۡلَمُ كَثِيرٗا مِّمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٢

Wa mā kuntum tastatirūna ay yashhada ʿalaykum samʿukum wa lā abṣārukum wa lā julūdukum wa lākin ẓanantum annallāha lā yaʿlamu kathīram mimmā taʿmalūn.

And you were not covering [i.e., protecting] yourselves,¹ lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allāh does not know much of what you do.

وَذَٰلِكُمۡ ظَنُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِي ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمۡ أَرۡدَىٰكُمۡ فَأَصۡبَحۡتُم مِّنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٢٣

Wa dhālikum ẓannukumul-ladhī ẓanantum birabbikum ardākum fa aṣbaḥtum minal-khāsirīn.

And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."

فَإِن يَصۡبِرُواْ فَٱلنَّارُ مَثۡوٗى لَّهُمۡۖ وَإِن يَسۡتَعۡتِبُواْ فَمَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُعۡتَبِينَ ٢٤

Fa iy yaṣbirū fan-nāru mathwal lahum, wa iy yastaʿtibū famā hum minal-muʿtabīn.

So [even] if they are patient, the Fire is a residence for them; and if they ask to appease [Allāh], they will not be of those who are allowed to appease.

۞ وَقَيَّضۡنَا لَهُمۡ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُواْ لَهُم مَّا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَحَقَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فِيٓ أُمَمٖ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ خَٰسِرِينَ ٢٥

Wa qayyaḍnā lahum quranāʾa fazayyanū lahum mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum wa ḥaqqa ʿalayhimul-qawlu fī umamin qad khalat min qablihim minal-jinni wal-ins, innahum kānū khāsirīn.

And We appointed for them companions¹ who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَا تَسۡمَعُواْ لِهَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَٱلۡغَوۡاْ فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَغۡلِبُونَ ٢٦

Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lā tasmaʿū lihādhal-qurʾāni wal-ghaw fīhi laʿallakum taghlibūn.

And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur’ān and speak noisily¹ during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."

فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗا وَلَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَسۡوَأَ ٱلَّذِي كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٧

Falanudhīqannal-ladhīna kafarū ʿadhāban shadīdaw wa lanajziyannahum aswaʾal-ladhī kānū yaʿmalūn.

But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ أَعۡدَآءِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّارُۖ لَهُمۡ فِيهَا دَارُ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجۡحَدُونَ ٢٨

Dhālika jazāʾu aʿdāʾillāhin-nār, lahum fīhā dārul-khuldi jazāʾam bimā kānū biʾāyātinā yajḥadūn.

That is the recompense of the enemies of Allāh - the Fire. For them therein is the home of eternity as recompense for what they, of Our verses, were rejecting.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَرِنَا ٱلَّذَيۡنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ نَجۡعَلۡهُمَا تَحۡتَ أَقۡدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ ٢٩

Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū rabbanā arinal-ladhayni aḍallānā minal-jinni wal-insi najʿalhumā taḥta aqdāminā liyakūnā minal-asfalīn.

And those who disbelieved will [then] say, "Our Lord, show us those who misled us of the jinn and men [so] we may put them under our feet¹ that they will be among the lowest."

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُواْ وَلَا تَحۡزَنُواْ وَأَبۡشِرُواْ بِٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ ٣٠

Innal-ladhīna qālū rabbunallāhu thummastaqāmū tatanazzalu ʿalayhimul-malāʾikatu allā takhāfū wa lā taḥzanū wa abshirū bil-jannatil-latī kuntum tūʿadūn.

Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allāh" and then remained on a right course - the angels will descend upon them, [saying], "Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings of Paradise, which you were promised.

نَحۡنُ أَوۡلِيَآؤُكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ وَلَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَا تَشۡتَهِيٓ أَنفُسُكُمۡ وَلَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَا تَدَّعُونَ ٣١

Naḥnu awliyāʾukum fil-ḥayātid-dunyā wa fil-ākhirah, wa lakum fīhā mā tashtahī anfusukum wa lakum fīhā mā taddaʿūn.

We [angels] were your allies in worldly life and [are so] in the Hereafter. And you will have therein whatever your souls desire, and you will have therein whatever you request [or wish]

نُزُلٗا مِّنۡ غَفُورٖ رَّحِيمٖ ٣٢

Nuzulam min ghafūrir raḥīm.

As accommodation from a [Lord who is] Forgiving and Merciful."

وَمَنۡ أَحۡسَنُ قَوۡلٗا مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٣٣

Wa man aḥsanu qawlam mimman daʿā ilallāhi wa ʿamila ṣāliḥaw wa qāla innanī minal-muslimīn.

And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allāh and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."

وَلَا تَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚ ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٞ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٞ ٣٤

Wa lā tastawil-ḥasanatu wa las-sayyiʾah, idfaʿ bil-latī hiya aḥsanu fa idhal-ladhī baynaka wa baynahū ʿadāwatun kaʾannahū waliyyun ḥamīm.

And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.

وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٖ ٣٥

Wa mā yulaqqāhā illal-ladhīna ṣabarū wa mā yulaqqāhā illā dhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīm.

But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good].

وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ نَزۡغٞ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٣٦

Wa immā yanzaghannaka minash-shayṭāni nazghun fastaʿidh billāh, innahū huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allāh. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيۡلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُۚ لَا تَسۡجُدُواْ لِلشَّمۡسِ وَلَا لِلۡقَمَرِ وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلَّهِۤ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ ٣٧

Wa min āyātihil-laylu wan-nahāru wash-shamsu wal-qamar, lā tasjudū lish-shamsi wa lā lil-qamari wasjudū lillāhil-ladhī khalaqahunna in kuntum iyyāhu taʿbudūn.

And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allāh, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.¹

فَإِنِ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فَٱلَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ يُسَبِّحُونَ لَهُۥ بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡـَٔمُونَ۩ ٣٨

Fa inistakbarū fal-ladhīna ʿinda rabbika yusabbiḥūna lahū bil-layli wan-nahāri wa hum lā yasʾamūn.

But if they are arrogant - then those who are near your Lord [i.e., the angels] exalt Him by night and by day, and they do not become weary.

وَمِنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ خَٰشِعَةٗ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡيَاهَا لَمُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٌ ٣٩

Wa min āyātihī annaka taral-arḍa khāshiʿatan fa idhā anzalnā ʿalayhal-māʾahtazzat wa rabat, innal-ladhī aḥyāhā lamuḥyil-mawtā, innahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلۡحِدُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا لَا يَخۡفَوۡنَ عَلَيۡنَآۗ أَفَمَن يُلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلنَّارِ خَيۡرٌ أَم مَّن يَأۡتِيٓ ءَامِنٗا يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ ٱعۡمَلُواْ مَا شِئۡتُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ٤٠

Innal-ladhīna yulḥidūna fī āyātinā lā yakhfawna ʿalaynā, afamay yulqā fin-nāri khayrun am may yaʾtī āminay yawmal-qiyāmah, iʿmalū mā shiʾtum innahū bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr.

Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses¹ are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِٱلذِّكۡرِ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَكِتَٰبٌ عَزِيزٞ ٤١

Innal-ladhīna kafarū bidh-dhikri lammā jāʾahum, wa innahū lakitābun ʿazīz.

Indeed, those who disbelieve in the message [i.e., the Qur’ān]¹ after it has come to them...² And indeed, it is a mighty³ Book.

لَّا يَأۡتِيهِ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَلَا مِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦۖ تَنزِيلٞ مِّنۡ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٖ ٤٢

Lā yaʾtīhil-bāṭilu mim bayni yadayhi wa lā min khalfih, tanzīlum min ḥakīmin ḥamīd.

Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.

مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدۡ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبۡلِكَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغۡفِرَةٖ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٤٣

Mā yuqālu laka illā mā qad qīla lir-rusuli min qablik, inna rabbaka ladhū maghfiratiw wa dhū ʿiqābin alīm.

Nothing is said to you, [O Muḥammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.

وَلَوۡ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَانًا أَعۡجَمِيّٗا لَّقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا فُصِّلَتۡ ءَايَٰتُهُۥٓۖ ءَا۬عۡجَمِيّٞ وَعَرَبِيّٞۗ قُلۡ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ هُدٗى وَشِفَآءٞۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرٞ وَهُوَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ عَمًىۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوۡنَ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٤٤

Wa law jaʿalnāhu qurʾānan aʿjamiyyal laqālū lawlā fuṣṣilat āyātuh, aʿjamiyyuw wa ʿarabiyy, qul huwa lil-ladhīna āmanū hudaw wa shifāʾ, wal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna fī ādhānihim waqruw wa huwa ʿalayhim ʿamā, ulāʾika yunādawna mim makāni baʿīd.

And if We had made it a foreign [i.e., non-Arabic] Qur’ān, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.¹

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ فَٱخۡتُلِفَ فِيهِۚ وَلَوۡلَا كَلِمَةٞ سَبَقَتۡ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُ مُرِيبٖ ٤٥

Wa laqad ātaynā mūsal-kitāba fakhtulifa fīh, wa lawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika laquḍiya baynahum, wa innahum lafī shakkim minhu murīb.

And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement.¹ And if not for a word [i.e., decree]² that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.

مَّنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَنۡ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيۡهَاۗ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّٰمٖ لِّلۡعَبِيدِ ٤٦

Man ʿamila ṣāliḥan falinafsih, wa man asāʾa faʿalayhā, wa mā rabbuka biẓallāmil lil-ʿabīd.

Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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