Ibrahim

Abraham

Surah 14 · Meccan · 52 ayahs

ابراهيم

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. الٓرۚ كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡكَ لِتُخۡرِجَ ٱلنَّاسَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ١

    Alif Lām Rā, kitābun anzalnāhu ilayka litukhrijan-nāsa minaẓ-ẓulumāti ilan-nūri biʾidhni rabbihim ilā ṣirāṭil-ʿazīzil-ḥamīd.

    Alif, Lām, Rā.1 [This is] a Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that you might bring mankind out of darknesses into the light by permission of their Lord - to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy -

    Footnotes (1)
    1. See footnote to 2:1.
  2. ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡ عَذَابٖ شَدِيدٍ ٢

    Allāhil-ladhī lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, wa waylul lil-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin shadīd.

    Allāh, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And woe [i.e., destruction] to the disbelievers from a severe punishment -

  3. ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡتَحِبُّونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا عَلَى ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ضَلَٰلِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٣

    Al-ladhīna yastaḥibbūnal-ḥayātad-dunyā ʿalal-ākhirati wa yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīlillāhi wa yabghūnahā ʿiwajā, ulāʾika fī ḍalālim baʿīd.

    The ones who prefer the worldly life over the Hereafter and avert [people] from the way of Allāh, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. Those are in extreme error.

  4. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوۡمِهِۦ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمۡۖ فَيُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٤

    Wa mā arsalnā mir rasūlin illā bilisāni qawmihī liyubayyina lahum, fayuḍillullāhu may yashāʾu wa yahdī may yashāʾ, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and Allāh sends astray [thereby] whom He wills1 and guides whom He wills. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., those who refuse His guidance.
  5. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أَنۡ أَخۡرِجۡ قَوۡمَكَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ وَذَكِّرۡهُم بِأَيَّىٰمِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٖ شَكُورٖ ٥

    Wa laqad arsalnā mūsā biʾāyātinā an akhrij qawmaka minaẓ-ẓulumāti ilan-nūri wa dhakkirhum biʾayyāmillāh, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil likulli ṣabbārin shakūr.

    And We certainly sent Moses with Our signs, [saying], "Bring out your people from darknesses into the light and remind them of the days1 of Allāh." Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Days of blessings bestowed upon the Children of Israel. Also interpreted as days of punishment and destruction of the former nations.
  6. وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوۡمِهِ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِذۡ أَنجَىٰكُم مِّنۡ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ يَسُومُونَكُمۡ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَيُذَبِّحُونَ أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمۡۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ عَظِيمٞ ٦

    Wa idh qāla mūsā liqawmihidhkurū niʿmatallāhi ʿalaykum idh anjākum min āli firʿawna yasūmūnakum sūʾal-ʿadhābi wa yudhabbiḥūna abnāʾakum wa yastaḥyūna nisāʾakum, wa fī dhālikum balāʾum mir rabbikum ʿaẓīm.

    And [recall, O Children of Israel], when Moses said to his people, "Remember the favor of Allāh upon you when He saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with the worst torment and were slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

  7. وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمۡ لَئِن شَكَرۡتُمۡ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمۡۖ وَلَئِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٞ ٧

    Wa idh taʾadhdhana rabbukum laʾin shakartum laʾazīdannakum, wa laʾin kafartum inna ʿadhābī lashadīd.

    And [remember] when your Lord proclaimed, 'If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe.'"

  8. وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِن تَكۡفُرُوٓاْ أَنتُمۡ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ ٨

    Wa qāla mūsā in takfurū antum wa man fil-arḍi jamīʿan fa innallāha laghaniyyun ḥamīd.

    And Moses said, "If you should disbelieve, you and whoever is on the earth entirely - indeed, Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy."

  9. أَلَمۡ يَأۡتِكُمۡ نَبَؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ قَوۡمِ نُوحٖ وَعَادٖ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُهُمۡ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُۚ جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرَدُّوٓاْ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ فِيٓ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كَفَرۡنَا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّمَّا تَدۡعُونَنَآ إِلَيۡهِ مُرِيبٖ ٩

    Alam yaʾtikum nabaʾul-ladhīna min qablikum qawmi nūḥiw wa ʿādiw wa thamūda wal-ladhīna mim baʿdihim lā yaʿlamuhum illallāh, jāʾathum rusuluhum bil-bayyināti faraddū aydiyahum fī afwāhihim wa qālū innā kafarnā bimā ursiltum bihī wa innā lafī shakkim mimmā tadʿūnanā ilayhi murīb.

    Has there not reached you the news of those before you - the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd and those after them? No one knows them [i.e., their number] but Allāh. Their messengers brought them clear proofs, but they returned their hands to their mouths1 and said, "Indeed, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Several explanations have been given as to the meaning. Based upon the conclusion of the verse, Ibn Katheer preferred that this was a gesture of denial and rejection.
  10. ۞ قَالَتۡ رُسُلُهُمۡ أَفِي ٱللَّهِ شَكّٞ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ يَدۡعُوكُمۡ لِيَغۡفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ قَالُوٓاْ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأۡتُونَا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٠

    Qālat rusuluhum afillāhi shakkun fāṭiris-samāwāti wal-arḍ, yadʿūkum liyaghfira lakum min dhunūbikum wa yuʾakhkhirakum ilā ajalim musammā, qālū in antum illā basharum mithlunā turīdūna an taṣuddūnā ʿammā kāna yaʿbudu ābāʾunā faʾtūnā bisulṭānim mubīn.

    Their messengers said, "Can there be doubt about Allāh, Creator of the heavens and earth? He invites you that He may forgive you of your sins, and He delays you [i.e., your death] for a specified term." They said, "You are not but men like us who wish to avert us from what our fathers were worshipping. So bring us a clear authority [i.e., evidence]."

  11. قَالَتۡ لَهُمۡ رُسُلُهُمۡ إِن نَّحۡنُ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَمُنُّ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦۖ وَمَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نَّأۡتِيَكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ١١

    Qālat lahum rusuluhum in naḥnu illā basharum mithlukum wa lākinnallāha yamunnu ʿalā may yashāʾu min ʿibādih, wa mā kāna lanā an naʾtiyakum bisulṭānin illā biʾidhnillāh, wa ʿalallāhi falyatawakkalil-muʾminūn.

    Their messengers said to them, "We are only men like you, but Allāh confers favor upon whom He wills of His servants. It has never been for us to bring you evidence except by permission of Allāh. And upon Allāh let the believers rely.

  12. وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نَتَوَكَّلَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَقَدۡ هَدَىٰنَا سُبُلَنَاۚ وَلَنَصۡبِرَنَّ عَلَىٰ مَآ ءَاذَيۡتُمُونَاۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُتَوَكِّلُونَ ١٢

    Wa mā lanā allā natawakkala ʿalallāhi wa qad hadānā subulanā, wa lanaṣbiranna ʿalā mā ādhaytumūnā, wa ʿalallāhi falyatawakkalil-mutawakkilūn.

    And why should we not rely upon Allāh while He has guided us to our [good] ways. And we will surely be patient against whatever harm you should cause us. And upon Allāh let those who would rely [indeed] rely."

  13. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِرُسُلِهِمۡ لَنُخۡرِجَنَّكُم مِّنۡ أَرۡضِنَآ أَوۡ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِي مِلَّتِنَاۖ فَأَوۡحَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ لَنُهۡلِكَنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٣

    Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lirusulihim lanukhrijannakum min arḍinā aw lataʿūdunna fī millatinā, fa awḥā ilayhim rabbuhum lanuhlikannaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion." So their Lord inspired to them, "We will surely destroy the wrongdoers.

  14. وَلَنُسۡكِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامِي وَخَافَ وَعِيدِ ١٤

    Wa lanuskinannakumul-arḍa mim baʿdihim, dhālika liman khāfa maqāmī wa khāfa waʿīd.

    And We will surely cause you to dwell in the land after them. That is for he who fears My position1 and fears My threat."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before Me."
  15. وَٱسۡتَفۡتَحُواْ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٖ ١٥

    Wastaftaḥū wa khāba kullu jabbārin ʿanīd.

    And they requested decision [i.e., victory from Allāh], and disappointed, [therefore], was every obstinate tyrant.

  16. مِّن وَرَآئِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ وَيُسۡقَىٰ مِن مَّآءٖ صَدِيدٖ ١٦

    Miw warāʾihī jahannamu wa yusqā mim māʾin ṣadīd.

    Before him1 is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent water.2

    Footnotes (2)
    1. Literally, "after him [in time]," meaning ahead of him.
    2. That which oozes from the skins of Hell's inhabitants.
  17. يَتَجَرَّعُهُۥ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُسِيغُهُۥ وَيَأۡتِيهِ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتٖۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِۦ عَذَابٌ غَلِيظٞ ١٧

    Yatajarraʿuhū wa lā yakādu yusīghuhū wa yaʾtīhil-mawtu min kulli makāniw wa mā huwa bimayyit, wa miw warāʾihī ʿadhābun ghalīẓ.

    He will gulp it but will hardly [be able to] swallow it. And death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a massive punishment.

  18. مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِرَبِّهِمۡۖ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ كَرَمَادٍ ٱشۡتَدَّتۡ بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِي يَوۡمٍ عَاصِفٖۖ لَّا يَقۡدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُواْ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلۡبَعِيدُ ١٨

    Mathalul-ladhīna kafarū birabbihim, aʿmāluhum karamādinishtaddat bihir-rīḥu fī yawmin ʿāṣif, lā yaqdirūna mimmā kasabū ʿalā shayʾ, dhālika huwaḍ-ḍalālul-baʿīd.

    The example of those who disbelieve in their Lord is [that] their deeds are like ashes which the wind blows forcefully on a stormy day; they are unable [to keep] from what they earned a [single] thing. That is what is extreme error.

  19. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ إِن يَشَأۡ يُذۡهِبۡكُمۡ وَيَأۡتِ بِخَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٖ ١٩

    Alam tara annallāha khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqq, iy yashaʾ yudhhibkum wa yaʾti bikhalqin jadīd.

    Have you not seen [i.e., considered] that Allāh created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills, He can do away with you and produce a new creation.

  20. وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٖ ٢٠

    Wa mā dhālika ʿalallāhi biʿazīz.

    And that is not difficult for Allāh.

  21. وَبَرَزُواْ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعٗا فَقَالَ ٱلضُّعَفَٰٓؤُاْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمۡ تَبَعٗا فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّغۡنُونَ عَنَّا مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٖۚ قَالُواْ لَوۡ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَيۡنَٰكُمۡۖ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡنَآ أَجَزِعۡنَآ أَمۡ صَبَرۡنَا مَا لَنَا مِن مَّحِيصٖ ٢١

    Wa barazū lillāhi jamīʿan faqālaḍ-ḍuʿafāʾu lil-ladhīnastakbarū innā kunnā lakum tabaʿan fahal antum mughnūna ʿannā min ʿadhābillāhi min shayʾ, qālū law hadānallāhu lahadaynākum, sawāʾun ʿalaynā ajaziʿnā am ṣabarnā mā lanā mim maḥīṣ.

    And they will come out [for judgement] before Allāh all together, and the weak will say to those who were arrogant, "Indeed, we were your followers, so can you avail us anything against the punishment of Allāh?" They will say, "If Allāh had guided us, we would have guided you. It is all the same for us whether we show intolerance or are patient: there is for us no place of escape."

  22. وَقَالَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمۡ وَعۡدَ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَوَعَدتُّكُمۡ فَأَخۡلَفۡتُكُمۡۖ وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنٍ إِلَّآ أَن دَعَوۡتُكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَجَبۡتُمۡ لِيۖ فَلَا تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۖ مَّآ أَنَا۠ بِمُصۡرِخِكُمۡ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُصۡرِخِيَّ إِنِّي كَفَرۡتُ بِمَآ أَشۡرَكۡتُمُونِ مِن قَبۡلُۗ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٢٢

    Wa qālash-shayṭānu lammā quḍiyal-amru innallāha waʿadakum waʿdal-ḥaqqi wa waʿadttukum fa akhlaftukum, wa mā kāna liya ʿalaykum min sulṭānin illā an daʿawtukum fastajabtum lī, falā talūmūnī wa lūmū anfusakum, mā ana bimuṣrikhikum wa mā antum bimuṣrikhiyya innī kafartu bimā ashraktumūni min qabl, innaẓ-ẓālimīna lahum ʿadhābun alīm.

    And Satan will say when the matter has been concluded, "Indeed, Allāh had promised you the promise of truth. And I promised you, but I betrayed you. But I had no authority over you except that I invited you, and you responded to me. So do not blame me; but blame yourselves. I cannot be called to your aid, nor can you be called to my aid. Indeed, I deny your association of me [with Allāh] before.1 Indeed, for the wrongdoers is a painful punishment."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. By your obedience to me instead of Him during life on earth.
  23. وَأُدۡخِلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِمۡۖ تَحِيَّتُهُمۡ فِيهَا سَلَٰمٌ ٢٣

    Wa udkhilal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā biʾidhni rabbihim, taḥiyyatuhum fīhā salām.

    And those who believed and did righteous deeds will be admitted to gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein by permission of their Lord; and their greeting therein will be, "Peace!"

  24. أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا كَلِمَةٗ طَيِّبَةٗ كَشَجَرَةٖ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصۡلُهَا ثَابِتٞ وَفَرۡعُهَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ ٢٤

    Alam tara kayfa ḍaraballāhu mathalan kalimatan ṭayyibatan kashajaratin ṭayyibatin aṣluhā thābituw wa farʿuhā fis-samāʾ.

    Have you not considered how Allāh presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?

  25. تُؤۡتِيٓ أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينِۭ بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهَاۗ وَيَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٢٥

    Tuʾtī ukulahā kulla ḥīni biʾidhni rabbihā, wa yaḍribullāhul-amthāla lin-nāsi laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn.

    It produces its fruit all the time, by permission of its Lord. And Allāh presents examples for the people that perhaps they will be reminded.

  26. وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٖ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ ٱجۡتُثَّتۡ مِن فَوۡقِ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَا لَهَا مِن قَرَارٖ ٢٦

    Wa mathalu kalimatin khabīthatin kashajaratin khabīthatinijtuththat min fawqil-arḍi mā lahā min qarār.

    And the example of a bad word is like a bad tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, not having any stability.

  27. يُثَبِّتُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ ٱلثَّابِتِ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ وَيُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَۚ وَيَفۡعَلُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ ٢٧

    Yuthabbitullāhul-ladhīna āmanū bil-qawlith-thābiti fil-ḥayātid-dunyā wa fil-ākhirah, wa yuḍillullāhuẓ-ẓālimīn, wa yafʿalullāhu mā yashāʾ.

    Allāh keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word,1 in worldly life and in the Hereafter.2 And Allāh sends astray the wrongdoers. And Allāh does what He wills.

    Footnotes (2)
    1. The testimony that there is no deity except Allāh and that Muḥammad (ﷺ) is the messenger of Allāh.
    2. When questioned in their graves by the angels after death.
  28. ۞ أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ بَدَّلُواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ كُفۡرٗا وَأَحَلُّواْ قَوۡمَهُمۡ دَارَ ٱلۡبَوَارِ ٢٨

    Alam tara ilal-ladhīna baddalū niʿmatallāhi kufraw wa aḥallū qawmahum dāral-bawār.

    Have you not considered those who exchanged the favor of Allāh for disbelief1 and settled their people [in] the home of ruin?

    Footnotes (1)
    1. They met Allāh's blessing with denial instead of gratitude.
  29. جَهَنَّمَ يَصۡلَوۡنَهَاۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡقَرَارُ ٢٩

    Jahannama yaṣlawnahā, wa biʾsal-qarār.

    [It is] Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the settlement.

  30. وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ أَندَادٗا لِّيُضِلُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦۗ قُلۡ تَمَتَّعُواْ فَإِنَّ مَصِيرَكُمۡ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ ٣٠

    Wa jaʿalū lillāhi andādal liyuḍillū ʿan sabīlih, qul tamattaʿū fa inna maṣīrakum ilan-nār.

    And they have attributed to Allāh equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, "Enjoy yourselves, for indeed, your destination is the Fire."

  31. قُل لِّعِبَادِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يُقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ سِرّٗا وَعَلَانِيَةٗ مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ يَوۡمٞ لَّا بَيۡعٞ فِيهِ وَلَا خِلَٰلٌ ٣١

    Qul liʿibādiyal-ladhīna āmanū yuqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa yunfiqū mimmā razaqnāhum sirraw wa ʿalāniyatam min qabli ay yaʾtiya yawmul lā bayʿun fīhi wa lā khilāl.

    [O Muḥammad], tell My servants who have believed to establish prayer and spend from what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, before a Day comes in which there will be no exchange [i.e., ransom], nor any friendships.

  32. ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزۡقٗا لَّكُمۡۖ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ لِتَجۡرِيَ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦۖ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرَ ٣٢

    Allāhul-ladhī khalaqas-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhraja bihī minath-thamarāti rizqal lakum, wa sakhkhara lakumul-fulka litajriya fil-baḥri biʾamrih, wa sakhkhara lakumul-anhār.

    It is Allāh who created the heavens and the earth and sent down rain from the sky and produced thereby some fruits as provision for you and subjected for you1 the ships to sail through the sea by His command and subjected for you the rivers.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., made serviceable to you.
  33. وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ دَآئِبَيۡنِۖ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ٣٣

    Wa sakhkhara lakumush-shamsa wal-qamara dāʾibayn, wa sakhkhara lakumul-layla wan-nahār.

    And He subjected for you the sun and the moon, continuous [in orbit], and subjected for you the night and the day.

  34. وَءَاتَىٰكُم مِّن كُلِّ مَا سَأَلۡتُمُوهُۚ وَإِن تَعُدُّواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحۡصُوهَآۗ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَظَلُومٞ كَفَّارٞ ٣٤

    Wa ātākum min kulli mā saʾaltumūh, wa in taʿuddū niʿmatallāhi lā tuḥṣūhā, innal-insāna laẓalūmun kaffār.

    And He gave you from all you asked of Him.1 And if you should count the favor [i.e., blessings] of Allāh, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, mankind is [generally] most unjust and ungrateful.2

    Footnotes (2)
    1. Something of what you asked and all of what you continually require, according to His wisdom.
    2. i.e., disbelieving and denying of Allāh's favor.
  35. وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَلۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدَ ءَامِنٗا وَٱجۡنُبۡنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعۡبُدَ ٱلۡأَصۡنَامَ ٣٥

    Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu rabbijʿal hādhal-balada āminaw wajnubnī wa baniyya an naʿbudal-aṣnām.

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this city [i.e., Makkah] secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols.

  36. رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضۡلَلۡنَ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِۖ فَمَن تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّيۖ وَمَنۡ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٣٦

    Rabbi innahunna aḍlalna kathīram minan-nās, faman tabiʿanī fa innahū minnī, wa man ʿaṣānī fa innaka ghafūrur raḥīm.

    My Lord, indeed they have led astray many among the people. So whoever follows me - then he is of me;1 and whoever disobeys me - indeed, You are [yet] Forgiving and Merciful.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., of my religion.
  37. رَّبَّنَآ إِنِّيٓ أَسۡكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِي بِوَادٍ غَيۡرِ ذِي زَرۡعٍ عِندَ بَيۡتِكَ ٱلۡمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱجۡعَلۡ أَفۡـِٔدَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ تَهۡوِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ وَٱرۡزُقۡهُم مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡكُرُونَ ٣٧

    Rabbanā innī askantu min dhurriyyatī biwādin ghayri dhī zarʿin ʿinda baytikal-muḥarrami rabbanā liyuqīmuṣ-ṣalāta fajʿal afʾidatam minan-nāsi tahwī ilayhim warzuqhum minath-thamarāti laʿallahum yashkurūn.

    Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful.

  38. رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ تَعۡلَمُ مَا نُخۡفِي وَمَا نُعۡلِنُۗ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ ٣٨

    Rabbanā innaka taʿlamu mā nukhfī wa mā nuʿlin, wa mā yakhfā ʿalallāhi min shayʾin fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samāʾ.

    Our Lord, indeed You know what we conceal and what we declare, and nothing is hidden from Allāh on the earth or in the heaven.

  39. ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي عَلَى ٱلۡكِبَرِ إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ ٣٩

    Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī wahaba lī ʿalal-kibari ismāʿīla wa isḥāq, inna rabbī lasamīʿud-duʿāʾ.

    Praise to Allāh, who has granted to me in old age Ishmael and Isaac. Indeed, my Lord is the Hearer of supplication.

  40. رَبِّ ٱجۡعَلۡنِي مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِيۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلۡ دُعَآءِ ٤٠

    Rabbijʿalnī muqīmaṣ-ṣalāti wa min dhurriyyatī, rabbanā wa taqabbal duʿāʾ.

    My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.

  41. رَبَّنَا ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلۡحِسَابُ ٤١

    Rabbanaghfir lī waliwālidayya walil-muʾminīna yawma yaqūmul-ḥisāb.

    Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established."

  42. وَلَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعۡمَلُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ لِيَوۡمٖ تَشۡخَصُ فِيهِ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ ٤٢

    Wa lā taḥsabannallāha ghāfilan ʿammā yaʿmaluẓ-ẓālimūn, innamā yuʾakhkhiruhum liyawmin tashkhaṣu fīhil-abṣār.

    And never think that Allāh is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them [i.e., their account] for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror].

  43. مُهۡطِعِينَ مُقۡنِعِي رُءُوسِهِمۡ لَا يَرۡتَدُّ إِلَيۡهِمۡ طَرۡفُهُمۡۖ وَأَفۡـِٔدَتُهُمۡ هَوَآءٞ ٤٣

    Muhṭiʿīna muqniʿī ruʾūsihim lā yartaddu ilayhim ṭarfuhum, wa afʾidatuhum hawāʾ.

    Racing ahead, their heads raised up, their glance does not come back to them,1 and their hearts are void.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. This is their state at the time of resurrection from the graves. Their heads are upraised in fixed stares of terror, unable even to glance back.
  44. وَأَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ يَوۡمَ يَأۡتِيهِمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَخِّرۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ قَرِيبٖ نُّجِبۡ دَعۡوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ ٱلرُّسُلَۗ أَوَلَمۡ تَكُونُوٓاْ أَقۡسَمۡتُم مِّن قَبۡلُ مَا لَكُم مِّن زَوَالٖ ٤٤

    Wa andhirin-nāsa yawma yaʾtīhimul-ʿadhābu fayaqūlul-ladhīna ẓalamū rabbanā akhkhirnā ilā ajalin qarībin nujib daʿwataka wa nattabiʿir-rusul, awalam takūnū aqsamtum min qablu mā lakum min zawāl.

    And, [O Muḥammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said], "Had you not sworn, before, that for you there would be no cessation?1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Of the blessings which Allāh had bestowed upon you during life on earth.
  45. وَسَكَنتُمۡ فِي مَسَٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ فَعَلۡنَا بِهِمۡ وَضَرَبۡنَا لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ ٤٥

    Wa sakantum fī masākinil-ladhīna ẓalamū anfusahum wa tabayyana lakum kayfa faʿalnā bihim wa ḍarabnā lakumul-amthāl.

    And you lived among the dwellings of those who wronged themselves, and it had become clear to you how We dealt with them. And We presented for you [many] examples."

  46. وَقَدۡ مَكَرُواْ مَكۡرَهُمۡ وَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَكۡرُهُمۡ وَإِن كَانَ مَكۡرُهُمۡ لِتَزُولَ مِنۡهُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ ٤٦

    Wa qad makarū makrahum wa ʿindallāhi makruhum wa in kāna makruhum litazūla minhul-jibāl.

    And they had planned their plan, but with Allāh is [recorded] their plan, even if their plan had been [sufficient] to do away with the mountains.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. An alternative meaning is "...and their plan was not [sufficient] to do away with the mountains," i.e., it had no effect against Allāh's will.
  47. فَلَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِفَ وَعۡدِهِۦ رُسُلَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٞ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٖ ٤٧

    Falā taḥsabannallāha mukhlifa waʿdihī rusulah, innallāha ʿazīzun dhuntiqām.

    So never think that Allāh will fail in His promise to His messengers. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Refer to footnote for 3:5.
  48. يَوۡمَ تُبَدَّلُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُۖ وَبَرَزُواْ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡوَٰحِدِ ٱلۡقَهَّارِ ٤٨

    Yawma tubaddalul-arḍu ghayral-arḍi was-samāwāt, wa barazū lillāhil-wāḥidil-qahhār.

    [It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well], and they [i.e., all creatures] will come out before Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,

  49. وَتَرَى ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّقَرَّنِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَصۡفَادِ ٤٩

    Wa taral-mujrimīna yawmaʾidhim muqarranīna fil-aṣfād.

    And you will see the criminals that Day bound together in irons,

  50. سَرَابِيلُهُم مِّن قَطِرَانٖ وَتَغۡشَىٰ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ٥٠

    Sarābīluhum min qaṭirāniw wa taghshā wujūhahumun-nār.

    Their garments of liquid pitch and their faces covered by the Fire

  51. لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱللَّهُ كُلَّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا كَسَبَتۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٥١

    Liyajziyallāhu kulla nafsim mā kasabat, innallāha sarīʿul-ḥisāb.

    So that Allāh will recompense every soul for what it earned. Indeed, Allāh is swift in account.

  52. هَٰذَا بَلَٰغٞ لِّلنَّاسِ وَلِيُنذَرُواْ بِهِۦ وَلِيَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞ وَلِيَذَّكَّرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ ٥٢

    Hādhā balāghul lin-nāsi waliyundharū bihī waliyaʿlamū annamā huwa ilāhuw wāḥiduw waliyadhdhakkara ulul-albāb.

    This [Qur’ān] is notification for the people that they may be warned thereby and that they may know that He is but one God and that those of understanding will be reminded.