Juz 17
Al-Anbiya' 1 – Al-Hajj 78 · 190 ayahs
21. Al-Anbiya'
الأنبياءبِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مُّعۡرِضُونَ ١
Iqtaraba lin-nāsi ḥisābuhum wa hum fī ghaflatim muʿriḍūn.
[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٢
Mā yaʾtīhim min dhikrim mir rabbihim muḥdathin illastamaʿūhu wa hum yalʿabūn.
No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
لَاهِيَةٗ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ أَفَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣
Lāhiyatan qulūbuhum, wa asarrun-najwal-ladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā illā basharum mithlukum, afataʾtūnas-siḥra wa antum tubṣirūn.
With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"
قَالَ رَبِّي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٤
Qāla rabbī yaʿlamul-qawla fis-samāʾi wal-arḍ, wa huwas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.
He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."
بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمِۭ بَلِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ بَلۡ هُوَ شَاعِرٞ فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٖ كَمَآ أُرۡسِلَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٥
Bal qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmim baliftarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun falyaʾtinā biʾāyatin kamā ursilal-awwalūn.
But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."
مَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦
Mā āmanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknāhā, afahum yuʾminūn.
Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,1 so will they believe?
Footnotes (1)
- Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles.
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧
Wa mā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim, fasʾalū ahladh-dhikri in kuntum lā taʿlamūn.
And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدٗا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ ٨
Wa mā jaʿalnāhum jasadal lā yaʾkulūnaṭ-ṭaʿāma wa mā kānū khālidīn.
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,1 nor were they immortal [on earth].
Footnotes (1)
- Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes.
ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٩
Thumma ṣadaqnāhumul-waʿda fa anjaynāhum wa man nashāʾu wa ahlaknal-musrifīn.
Then1 We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.
Footnotes (1)
- Once they had conveyed the message.
لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠
Laqad anzalnā ilaykum kitāban fīhi dhikrukum, afalā taʿqilūn.
We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.1 Then will you not reason?
Footnotes (1)
- This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder."
وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٖ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةٗ وَأَنشَأۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ١١
Wa kam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimataw wa anshaʾnā baʿdahā qawman ākharīn.
And how many a city which was unjust1 have We shattered and produced after it another people.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., its inhabitants persisting in wrongdoing.
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ ١٢
Falammā aḥassū baʾsanā idhā hum minhā yarkuḍūn.
And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
لَا تَرۡكُضُواْ وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٣
Lā tarkuḍū warjiʿū ilā mā utriftum fīhi wa masākinikum laʿallakum tusʾalūn.
[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."1
Footnotes (1)
- About what happened to you. This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule.
قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ١٤
Qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn.
They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
فَمَا زَالَت تِّلۡكَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ ١٥
Famā zālat tilka daʿwāhum ḥattā jaʿalnāhum ḥaṣīdan khāmidīn.
And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].
وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ ١٦
Wa mā khalaqnas-samāʾa wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā lāʿibīn.
And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
لَوۡ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهۡوٗا لَّٱتَّخَذۡنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٧
Law aradnā an nattakhidha lahwal lattakhadhnāhu mil ladunnā in kunnā fāʿilīn.
Had We intended to take a diversion,1 We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
Footnotes (1)
- Such as a wife or a child.
بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٞۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡوَيۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ١٨
Bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqqi ʿalal-bāṭili fayadmaghuhū fa idhā huwa zāhiq, wa lakumul-waylu mimmā taṣifūn.
Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,1 and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.2
Footnotes (2)
- Literally, "strikes its brain," disabling or killing it.
- Of untruth concerning Allāh, particularly here, the claim that He has a son or other "partner" in divinity.
وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ ١٩
Wa lahū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa man ʿindahū lā yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatihī wa lā yastaḥsirūn.
To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.
يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفۡتُرُونَ ٢٠
Yusabbiḥūnal-layla wan-nahāra lā yafturūn.
They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَالِهَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هُمۡ يُنشِرُونَ ٢١
Amittakhadhū ālihatam minal-arḍi hum yunshirūn.
Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
لَوۡ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٢٢
Law kāna fīhimā ālihatun illallāhu lafasadatā, fasubḥānallāhi rabbil-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn.
Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
لَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفۡعَلُ وَهُمۡ يُسۡـَٔلُونَ ٢٣
Lā yusʾalu ʿammā yafʿalu wa hum yusʾalūn.
He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةٗۖ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡۖ هَٰذَا ذِكۡرُ مَن مَّعِيَ وَذِكۡرُ مَن قَبۡلِيۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ فَهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٢٤
Amittakhadhū min dūnihī ālihah, qul hātū burhānakum, hādhā dhikru mam maʿiya wa dhikru man qablī, bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūnal-ḥaqq, fahum muʿriḍūn.
Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me."1 But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.
Footnotes (1)
- All previous prophets called for the worship of Allāh alone.
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٢٥
Wa mā arsalnā min qablika mir rasūlin illā nūḥī ilayhi annahū lā ilāha illā ana faʿbudūn.
And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
وَقَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدٗاۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ بَلۡ عِبَادٞ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٢٦
Wa qāluttakhadhar-raḥmānu waladā, subḥānah, bal ʿibādum mukramūn.
And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they1 are [but] honored servants.
Footnotes (1)
- Those they claim to be "children" of Allāh, such as the angels, Ezra, Jesus, etc.
لَا يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَهُم بِأَمۡرِهِۦ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٧
Lā yasbiqūnahū bil-qawli wa hum biʾamrihī yaʿmalūn.
They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.
يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَلَا يَشۡفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَتِهِۦ مُشۡفِقُونَ ٢٨
Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum wa lā yashfaʿūna illā limanirtaḍā wa hum min khashyatihī mushfiqūn.
He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,1 and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 20:110.
۞ وَمَن يَقُلۡ مِنۡهُمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِلَٰهٞ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٩
Wa may yaqul minhum innī ilāhum min dūnihī fadhālika najzīhi jahannam, kadhālika najziẓ-ẓālimīn.
And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ كَانَتَا رَتۡقٗا فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَاۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ حَيٍّۚ أَفَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٣٠
Awalam yaral-ladhīna kafarū annas-samāwāti wal-arḍa kānatā ratqan fafataqnāhumā, wa jaʿalnā minal-māʾi kulla shayʾin ḥayy, afalā yuʾminūn.
Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجٗا سُبُلٗا لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٣١
Wa jaʿalnā fil-arḍi rawāsiya an tamīda bihim wa jaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulal laʿallahum yahtadūn.
And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقۡفٗا مَّحۡفُوظٗاۖ وَهُمۡ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعۡرِضُونَ ٣٢
Wa jaʿalnas-samāʾa saqfam maḥfūẓā, wa hum ʿan āyātihā muʿriḍūn.
And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,1 are turning away.
Footnotes (1)
- The signs present in the heavens.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ فِي فَلَكٖ يَسۡبَحُونَ ٣٣
Wa huwal-ladhī khalaqal-layla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamar, kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn.
And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا لِبَشَرٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ ٱلۡخُلۡدَۖ أَفَإِيْن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِدُونَ ٣٤
Wa mā jaʿalnā libasharim min qablikal-khuld, afaʾim mitta fahumul-khālidūn.
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
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.
وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَذۡكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٦
Wa idhā raʾākal-ladhīna kafarū iy yattakhidhūnaka illā huzuwan ahādhal-ladhī yadhkuru ālihatakum wa hum bidhikrir-raḥmāni hum kāfirūn.
And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.
خُلِقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِنۡ عَجَلٖۚ سَأُوْرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ ٣٧
Khuliqal-insānu min ʿajal, saʾurīkum āyātī falā tastaʿjilūn.
Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣٨
Wa yaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
لَوۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ٣٩
Law yaʿlamul-ladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿaw wujūhihimun-nāra wa lā ʿan ẓuhūrihim wa lā hum yunṣarūn.
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...1
Footnotes (1)
- The completion of the sentence is understood to be "...they would not be asking in disbelief and ridicule to be shown the punishment."
بَلۡ تَأۡتِيهِم بَغۡتَةٗ فَتَبۡهَتُهُمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ ٤٠
Bal taʾtīhim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falā yastaṭīʿūna raddahā wa lā hum yunẓarūn.
Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.
وَلَقَدِ ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ بِرُسُلٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٤١
Wa laqadistuhziʾa birusulim min qablika faḥāqa bil-ladhīna sakhirū minhum mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
قُلۡ مَن يَكۡلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٤٢
Qul may yaklaʾukum bil-layli wan-nahāri minar-raḥmān, bal hum ʿan dhikri rabbihim muʿriḍūn.
Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةٞ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَاۚ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ ٤٣
Am lahum ālihatun tamnaʿuhum min dūninā, lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣra anfusihim wa lā hum minnā yuṣḥabūn.
Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
بَلۡ مَتَّعۡنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤
Bal mattaʿnā hāʾulāʾi wa ābāʾahum ḥattā ṭāla ʿalayhimul-ʿumur, afalā yarawna annā naʾtil-arḍa nanquṣuhā min aṭrāfihā, afahumul-ghālibūn.
But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?1 Is it they who will overcome?
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 13:41.
قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلۡوَحۡيِۚ وَلَا يَسۡمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ ٤٥
Qul innamā undhirukum bil-waḥy, wa lā yasmaʿuṣ-ṣummud-duʿāʾa idhā mā yundharūn.
Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.
وَلَئِن مَّسَّتۡهُمۡ نَفۡحَةٞ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٤٦
Wa laʾim massathum nafḥatum min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn.
And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."
وَنَضَعُ ٱلۡمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلۡقِسۡطَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسٞ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةٖ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٍ أَتَيۡنَا بِهَاۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ ٤٧
Wa naḍaʿul-mawāzīnal-qisṭa liyawmil-qiyāmati falā tuẓlamu nafsun shayʾā, wa in kāna mithqāla ḥabbatim min khardalin ataynā bihā, wa kafā binā ḥāsibīn.
And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed,1 We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., anything as small or insignificant as a mustard seed.
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ وَضِيَآءٗ وَذِكۡرٗا لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٤٨
Wa laqad ātaynā mūsā wa hārūnal-furqāna wa ḍiyāʾaw wa dhikral lil-muttaqīn.
And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder1 for the righteous
Footnotes (1)
- These are three qualities of the Torah.
ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشۡفِقُونَ ٤٩
Al-ladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi wa hum minas-sāʿati mushfiqūn.
Who fear their Lord unseen,1 while they are of the Hour apprehensive.
Footnotes (1)
- Which can mean "Him being unseen" by them or "though they are unseen" by others.
وَهَٰذَا ذِكۡرٞ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُۚ أَفَأَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ٥٠
Wa hādhā dhikrum mubārakun anzalnāh, afaʾantum lahū munkirūn.
And this [Qur’ān] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., pretending ignorance, disapproving or refusing to acknowledge it?
۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ رُشۡدَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ ٥١
Wa laqad ātaynā ibrāhīma rushdahū min qablu wa kunnā bihī ʿālimīn.
And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before,1 and We were of him well-Knowing
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., before Moses. Allāh had guided him from early youth.
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ ٥٢
Idh qāla liʾabīhi wa qawmihī mā hādhihit-tamāthīlul-latī antum lahā ʿākifūn.
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ ٥٣
Qālū wajadnā ābāʾanā lahā ʿābidīn.
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
قَالَ لَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمۡ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٥٤
Qāla laqad kuntum antum wa ābāʾukum fī ḍalālim mubīn.
He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."
قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ أَمۡ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ ٥٥
Qālū ajiʾtanā bil-ḥaqqi am anta minal-lāʿibīn.
They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"
قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمۡ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٥٦
Qāla bal rabbukum rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍil-ladhī faṭarahunna wa ana ʿalā dhālikum minash-shāhidīn.
He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.
وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصۡنَٰمَكُم بَعۡدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٥٧
Watallāhi laʾakīdanna aṣnāmakum baʿda an tuwallū mudbirīn.
And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرٗا لَّهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٥٨
Fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīral lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūn.
So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].
قَالُواْ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥٩
Qālū man faʿala hādhā biʾālihatinā innahū laminaẓ-ẓālimīn.
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."
قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا فَتٗى يَذۡكُرُهُمۡ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ٦٠
Qālū samiʿnā fatay yadhkuruhum yuqālu lahū ibrāhīm.
They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."
قَالُواْ فَأۡتُواْ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡهَدُونَ ٦١
Qālū faʾtū bihī ʿalā aʿyunin-nāsi laʿallahum yashhadūn.
They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."1
Footnotes (1)
- To what they had heard him say. It may also mean "...that they may witness [what will be done to him as punishment]."
قَالُوٓاْ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلۡتَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ٦٢
Qālū aʾanta faʿalta hādhā biʾālihatinā yāʾibrāhīm.
They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"
قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمۡ هَٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡ إِن كَانُواْ يَنطِقُونَ ٦٣
Qāla bal faʿalahū kabīruhum hādhā fasʾalūhum in kānū yanṭiqūn.
He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
فَرَجَعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٦٤
Farajaʿū ilā anfusihim faqālū innakum antumuẓ-ẓālimūn.
So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."
ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمۡ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ ٦٥
Thumma nukisū ʿalā ruʾūsihim laqad ʿalimta mā hāʾulāʾi yanṭiqūn.
Then they reversed themselves,1 [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"
Footnotes (1)
- After first admitting their error, they were seized by pride and obstinacy.
قَالَ أَفَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمۡ ٦٦
Qāla afataʿbudūna min dūnillāhi mā lā yanfaʿukum shayʾaw wa lā yaḍurrukum.
He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?
أُفّٖ لَّكُمۡ وَلِمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٧
Uffil lakum walimā taʿbudūna min dūnillāh, afalā taʿqilūn.
Uff1 to you and to what you worship instead of Allāh. Then will you not use reason?"
Footnotes (1)
- An exclamation of anger and displeasure.
قَالُواْ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ ٦٨
Qālū ḥarriqūhu wanṣurū ālihatakum in kuntum fāʿilīn.
They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."
قُلۡنَا يَٰنَارُ كُونِي بَرۡدٗا وَسَلَٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩
Qulnā yānāru kūnī bardaw wa salāman ʿalā ibrāhīm.
We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."
وَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ ٧٠
Wa arādū bihī kaydan fajaʿalnāhumul-akhsarīn.
And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.
وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَا لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٧١
Wa najjaynāhu wa lūṭan ilal-arḍil-latī bāraknā fīhā lil-ʿālamīn.
And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples].
وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ نَافِلَةٗۖ وَكُلّٗا جَعَلۡنَا صَٰلِحِينَ ٧٢
Wa wahabnā lahū isḥāqa wa yaʿqūba nāfilah, wa kullan jaʿalnā ṣāliḥīn.
And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.
وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَئِمَّةٗ يَهۡدُونَ بِأَمۡرِنَا وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمۡ فِعۡلَ ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا عَٰبِدِينَ ٧٣
Wa jaʿalnāhum aʾimmatay yahdūna biʾamrinā wa awḥaynā ilayhim fiʿlal-khayrāti wa iqāmaṣ-ṣalāti wa ītāʾaz-zakāh, wa kānū lanā ʿābidīn.
And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us.
وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ حُكۡمٗا وَعِلۡمٗا وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَت تَّعۡمَلُ ٱلۡخَبَٰٓئِثَۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَ سَوۡءٖ فَٰسِقِينَ ٧٤
Wa lūṭan ātaynāhu ḥukmaw wa ʿilmaw wa najjaynāhu minal-qaryatil-latī kānat taʿmalul-khabāʾith, innahum kānū qawma sawʾin fāsiqīn.
And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.
وَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٧٥
Wa adkhalnāhu fī raḥmatinā, innahū minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.
وَنُوحًا إِذۡ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبۡلُ فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٦
Wa nūḥan idh nādā min qablu fastajabnā lahū fanajjaynāhu wa ahlahū minal-karbil-ʿaẓīm.
And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh]1 before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., supplicated against his people who had persisted in denial and animosity. See 71:26-28.
وَنَصَرۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَ سَوۡءٖ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٧٧
Wa naṣarnāhu minal-qawmil-ladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā, innahum kānū qawma sawʾin fa aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīn.
And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.
وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيۡمَٰنَ إِذۡ يَحۡكُمَانِ فِي ٱلۡحَرۡثِ إِذۡ نَفَشَتۡ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكۡمِهِمۡ شَٰهِدِينَ ٧٨
Wa dāwūda wa sulaymāna idh yaḥkumāni fil-ḥarthi idh nafashat fīhi ghanamul-qawmi wa kunnā liḥukmihim shāhidīn.
And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night],1 and We were witness to their judgement.
Footnotes (1)
- Eating and destroying the crops.
فَفَهَّمۡنَٰهَا سُلَيۡمَٰنَۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيۡنَا حُكۡمٗا وَعِلۡمٗاۚ وَسَخَّرۡنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحۡنَ وَٱلطَّيۡرَۚ وَكُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ٧٩
Fafahhamnāhā sulaymān, wa kullan ātaynā ḥukmaw wa ʿilmā, wa sakhkharnā maʿa dāwūdal-jibāla yusabbiḥna waṭ-ṭayr, wa kunnā fāʿilīn.
And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].1
Footnotes (1)
- Meaning that Allāh has always been capable of accomplishing whatever He wills.
وَعَلَّمۡنَٰهُ صَنۡعَةَ لَبُوسٖ لَّكُمۡ لِتُحۡصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأۡسِكُمۡۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُمۡ شَٰكِرُونَ ٨٠
Wa ʿallamnāhu ṣanʿata labūsil lakum lituḥṣinakum mim baʾsikum, fahal antum shākirūn.
And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?
وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةٗ تَجۡرِي بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَاۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَٰلِمِينَ ٨١
Walisulaymānar-rīḥa ʿāṣifatan tajrī biʾamrihī ilal-arḍil-latī bāraknā fīhā, wa kunnā bikulli shayʾin ʿālimīn.
And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.
وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعۡمَلُونَ عَمَلٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٨٢
Wa minash-shayāṭīni may yaghūṣūna lahū wa yaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālik, wa kunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīn.
And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.1
Footnotes (1)
- Preventing any disobedience or deviation by them from Solomon's instructions and protecting him from being harmed by them.
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ٨٣
Wa ayyūba idh nādā rabbahū annī massaniyaḍ-ḍurru wa anta arḥamur-rāḥimīn.
And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرّٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨٤
Fastajabnā lahū fakashafnā mā bihī min ḍurr, wa ātaynāhu ahlahū wa mithlahum maʿahum raḥmatam min ʿindinā wa dhikrā lil-ʿābidīn.
So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].
وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدۡرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ كُلّٞ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ٨٥
Wa ismāʿīla wa idrīsa wa dhal-kifl, kullum minaṣ-ṣābirīn.
And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
وَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٦
Wa adkhalnāhum fī raḥmatinā, innahum minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.
And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبٗا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٧
Wa dhan-nūni idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna al lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fiẓ-ẓulumāti al lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.
And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger1 and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.2 And he called out within the darknesses,3 "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
Footnotes (3)
- At the disbelief of his people.
- Or "would not restrict him" in the belly of the fish.
- That of the night, of the sea, and of the fish's interior.
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِي ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨
Fastajabnā lahū wa najjaynāhu minal-ghamm, wa kadhālika nunjil-muʾminīn.
So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدٗا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٨٩
Wa zakariyyā idh nādā rabbahū rabbi lā tadharnī fardaw wa anta khayrul-wārithīn.
And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ وَأَصۡلَحۡنَا لَهُۥ زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَيَدۡعُونَنَا رَغَبٗا وَرَهَبٗاۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ ٩٠
Fastajabnā lahū wa wahabnā lahū yaḥyā wa aṣlaḥnā lahū zawjah, innahum kānū yusāriʿūna fil-khayrāti wa yadʿūnanā raghabaw wa rahabā, wa kānū lanā khāshiʿīn.
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate1 Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., worship.
وَٱلَّتِيٓ أَحۡصَنَتۡ فَرۡجَهَا فَنَفَخۡنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا وَٱبۡنَهَآ ءَايَةٗ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩١
Wal-latī aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā fīhā mir rūḥinā wa jaʿalnāhā wabnahā āyatal lil-ʿālamīn.
And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٩٢
Inna hādhihī ummatukum ummataw wāḥidataw wa ana rabbukum faʿbudūn.
Indeed this, your religion, is one religion,1 and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., a collective way of life or course of conduct followed by a community.
وَتَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيۡنَا رَٰجِعُونَ ٩٣
Wa taqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum, kullun ilaynā rājiʿūn.
And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves,1 [but] all to Us will return.
Footnotes (1)
- Becoming sects and denominations.
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٞ فَلَا كُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَٰتِبُونَ ٩٤
Famay yaʿmal minaṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa huwa muʾminun falā kufrāna lisaʿyihī wa innā lahū kātibūn.
So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort,1 and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.
Footnotes (1)
- Such a person will not be deprived of his due reward.
وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٩٥
Wa ḥarāmun ʿalā qaryatin ahlaknāhā annahum lā yarjiʿūn.
And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return1
Footnotes (1)
- They cannot return to this world, nor can they repent to Allāh.
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتۡ يَأۡجُوجُ وَمَأۡجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٖ يَنسِلُونَ ٩٦
Ḥattā idhā futiḥat yaʾjūju wa maʾjūju wa hum min kulli ḥadabiy yansilūn.
Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend
وَٱقۡتَرَبَ ٱلۡوَعۡدُ ٱلۡحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبۡصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا بَلۡ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٩٧
Waqtarabal-waʿdul-ḥaqqu fa idhā hiya shākhiṣatun abṣārul-ladhīna kafarū yāwaylanā qad kunnā fī ghaflatim min hādhā bal kunnā ẓālimīn.
And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."
إِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ ٩٨
Innakum wa mā taʿbudūna min dūnillāhi ḥaṣabu jahannama antum lahā wāridūn.
Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.
لَوۡ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةٗ مَّا وَرَدُوهَاۖ وَكُلّٞ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ٩٩
Law kāna hāʾulāʾi ālihatam mā waradūhā, wa kullun fīhā khālidūn.
Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.
لَهُمۡ فِيهَا زَفِيرٞ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ ١٠٠
Lahum fīhā zafīruw wa hum fīhā lā yasmaʿūn.
For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتۡ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَنۡهَا مُبۡعَدُونَ ١٠١
Innal-ladhīna sabaqat lahum minnal-ḥusnā ulāʾika ʿanhā mubʿadūn.
Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.
لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَاۖ وَهُمۡ فِي مَا ٱشۡتَهَتۡ أَنفُسُهُمۡ خَٰلِدُونَ ١٠٢
Lā yasmaʿūna ḥasīsahā, wa hum fī mashtahat anfusuhum khālidūn.
They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.
لَا يَحۡزُنُهُمُ ٱلۡفَزَعُ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوۡمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ ١٠٣
Lā yaḥzunuhumul-fazaʿul-akbaru wa tatalaqqāhumul-malāʾikatu hādhā yawmukumul-ladhī kuntum tūʿadūn.
They will not be grieved by the greatest terror,1 and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -
Footnotes (1)
- The events of the Last Hour or of the Resurrection.
يَوۡمَ نَطۡوِي ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَيِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلۡكُتُبِۚ كَمَا بَدَأۡنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلۡقٖ نُّعِيدُهُۥۚ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٠٤
Yawma naṭwis-samāʾa kaṭayyis-sijilli lil-kutub, kamā badaʾnā awwala khalqin nuʿīduh, waʿdan ʿalaynā, innā kunnā fāʿilīn.
The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.1
Footnotes (1)
- More literally, "Indeed, We are ever doers" of what We will.
وَلَقَدۡ كَتَبۡنَا فِي ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ أَنَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ ١٠٥
Wa laqad katabnā fiz-zabūri mim baʿdidh-dhikri annal-arḍa yarithuhā ʿibādiyaṣ-ṣāliḥūn.
And We have already written in the book [of Psalms]1 after the [previous] mention2 that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.
Footnotes (2)
- Az-Zabūr can also mean "scriptures" in general.
- i.e., the Torah. The "mention" may also refer to the original inscription with Allāh, i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).
إِنَّ فِي هَٰذَا لَبَلَٰغٗا لِّقَوۡمٍ عَٰبِدِينَ ١٠٦
Inna fī hādhā labalāghal liqawmin ʿābidīn.
Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحۡمَةٗ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٧
Wa mā arsalnāka illā raḥmatal lil-ʿālamīn.
And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
قُلۡ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ١٠٨
Qul innamā yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥid, fahal antum muslimūn.
Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"
فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَقُلۡ ءَاذَنتُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٖۖ وَإِنۡ أَدۡرِيٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٞ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ ١٠٩
Fa in tawallaw faqul ādhantukum ʿalā sawāʾ, wa in adrī aqarībun am baʿīdum mā tūʿadūn.
But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally.1 And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.
Footnotes (1)
- The Prophet (ﷺ) made this message known to all people, not concealing any of it from anyone or preferring any group over another.
إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تَكۡتُمُونَ ١١٠
Innahū yaʿlamul-jahra minal-qawli wa yaʿlamu mā taktumūn.
Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.
وَإِنۡ أَدۡرِي لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتۡنَةٞ لَّكُمۡ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ١١١
Wa in adrī laʿallahū fitnatul lakum wa matāʿun ilā ḥīn.
And I know not; perhaps it1 is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."
Footnotes (1)
- The postponement of punishment.
قَٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحۡكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ١١٢
Qāla rabbiḥkum bil-ḥaqq, wa rabbunar-raḥmānul-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūn.
[The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., their lies and disbelief.
22. Al-Hajj
الحجبِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمۡۚ إِنَّ زَلۡزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَيۡءٌ عَظِيمٞ ١
Yāʾayyuhan-nāsuttaqū rabbakum, inna zalzalatas-sāʿati shayʾun ʿaẓīm.
O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.
يَوۡمَ تَرَوۡنَهَا تَذۡهَلُ كُلُّ مُرۡضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرۡضَعَتۡ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمۡلٍ حَمۡلَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَٰرَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَٰرَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ ٱللَّهِ شَدِيدٞ ٢
Yawma tarawnahā tadhhalu kullu murḍiʿatin ʿammā arḍaʿat wa taḍaʿu kullu dhāti ḥamlin ḥamlahā wa taran-nāsa sukārā wa mā hum bisukārā wa lākinna ʿadhāballāhi shadīd.
On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allāh is severe.
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِي ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَيَتَّبِعُ كُلَّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ مَّرِيدٖ ٣
Wa minan-nāsi may yujādilu fillāhi bighayri ʿilmiw wa yattabiʿu kulla shayṭānim marīd.
And of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge and follows every rebellious devil.
كُتِبَ عَلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَيَهۡدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٤
Kutiba ʿalayhi annahū man tawallāhu fa annahū yuḍilluhū wa yahdīhi ilā ʿadhābis-saʿīr.
It has been decreed for him [i.e., every devil] that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمۡ فِي رَيۡبٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡبَعۡثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ مِنۡ عَلَقَةٖ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضۡغَةٖ مُّخَلَّقَةٖ وَغَيۡرِ مُخَلَّقَةٖ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمۡۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى ثُمَّ نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ طِفۡلٗا ثُمَّ لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَشُدَّكُمۡۖ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِكَيۡلَا يَعۡلَمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عِلۡمٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَتَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ هَامِدَةٗ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡ وَأَنۢبَتَتۡ مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجٖ ٥
Yāʾayyuhan-nāsu in kuntum fī raybim minal-baʿthi fa innā khalaqnākum min turābin thumma min nuṭfatin thumma min ʿalaqatin thumma mim muḍghatim mukhallaqatiw wa ghayri mukhallaqatil linubayyina lakum, wa nuqirru fil-arḥāmi mā nashāʾu ilā ajalim musamman thumma nukhrijukum ṭiflan thumma litablughū ashuddakum, wa minkum may yutawaffā wa minkum may yuraddu ilā ardhalil-ʿumuri likaylā yaʿlama mim baʿdi ʿilmin shayʾā, wa taral-arḍa hāmidatan fa idhā anzalnā ʿalayhal-māʾahtazzat wa rabat wa anbatat min kulli zawjim bahīj.
O people, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed1 - that We may show you.2 And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.
Footnotes (2)
- That which is incomplete. This may include what is aborted at that stage.
- Our power and creative ability.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَأَنَّهُۥ يُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَأَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٦
Dhālika biʾannallāha huwal-ḥaqqu wa annahū yuḥyil-mawtā wa annahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.
That is because Allāh is the True Reality and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent
وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٞ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبۡعَثُ مَن فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ ٧
Wa annas-sāʿata ātiyatul lā rayba fīhā wa annallāha yabʿathu man fil-qubūr.
And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allāh will resurrect those in the graves.
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِي ٱللَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَلَا هُدٗى وَلَا كِتَٰبٖ مُّنِيرٖ ٨
Wa minan-nāsi may yujādilu fillāhi bighayri ʿilmiw wa lā hudaw wa lā kitābim munīr.
And of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening book [from Him],
ثَانِيَ عِطۡفِهِۦ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۖ لَهُۥ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا خِزۡيٞۖ وَنُذِيقُهُۥ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ عَذَابَ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ٩
Thāniya ʿiṭfihī liyuḍilla ʿan sabīlillāh, lahū fid-dunyā khizy, wa nudhīquhū yawmal-qiyāmati ʿadhābal-ḥarīq.
Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from the way of Allāh. For him in the world is disgrace, and We will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the punishment of the Burning Fire [while it is said],
ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاكَ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيۡسَ بِظَلَّٰمٖ لِّلۡعَبِيدِ ١٠
Dhālika bimā qaddamat yadāka wa annallāha laysa biẓallāmil lil-ʿabīd.
"That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."
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.
Footnotes (1)
- At the edge of his religion, so to speak, i.e., with uncertainty, hypocrisy or heedlessness.
يَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلۡبَعِيدُ ١٢
Yadʿū min dūnillāhi mā lā yaḍurruhū wa mā lā yanfaʿuh, dhālika huwaḍ-ḍalālul-baʿīd.
He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
يَدۡعُواْ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقۡرَبُ مِن نَّفۡعِهِۦۚ لَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَوۡلَىٰ وَلَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡعَشِيرُ ١٣
Yadʿū laman ḍarruhū aqrabu min nafʿih, labiʾsal-mawlā wa labiʾsal-ʿashīr.
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ ١٤
Innallāha yudkhilul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, innallāha yafʿalu mā yurīd.
Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. Indeed, Allāh does what He intends.
مَن كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَن لَّن يَنصُرَهُ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ فَلۡيَمۡدُدۡ بِسَبَبٍ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ثُمَّ لۡيَقۡطَعۡ فَلۡيَنظُرۡ هَلۡ يُذۡهِبَنَّ كَيۡدُهُۥ مَا يَغِيظُ ١٥
Man kāna yaẓunnu al lay yanṣurahullāhu fid-dunyā wal-ākhirati falyamdud bisababin ilas-samāʾi thummal-yaqṭaʿ falyanẓur hal yudhhibanna kayduhū mā yaghīẓ.
Whoever should think that Allāh will not support him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] in this world and the Hereafter - let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath],1 and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]?
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., strangle himself.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتٖ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهۡدِي مَن يُرِيدُ ١٦
Wa kadhālika anzalnāhu āyātim bayyinātiw wa annallāha yahdī may yurīd.
And thus have We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down as verses of clear evidence and because Allāh guides whom He intends.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَٱلصَّٰبِـِٔينَ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ وَٱلۡمَجُوسَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡصِلُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ١٧
Innal-ladhīna āmanū wal-ladhīna hādū waṣ-ṣābiʾīna wan-naṣārā wal-majūsa wal-ladhīna ashrakū innallāha yafṣilu baynahum yawmal-qiyāmah, innallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīd.
Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated with Allāh - Allāh will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allāh is, over all things, Witness.1
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote of 4:79.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسۡجُدُۤ لَهُۥۤ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٞ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡعَذَابُۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكۡرِمٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ۩ ١٨
Alam tara annallāha yasjudu lahū man fis-samāwāti wa man fil-arḍi wash-shamsu wal-qamaru wan-nujūmu wal-jibālu wash-shajaru wad-dawābbu wa kathīrum minan-nās, wa kathīrun ḥaqqa ʿalayhil-ʿadhāb, wa may yuhinillāhu famā lahū mim mukrim, innallāha yafʿalu mā yashāʾ.
Do you not see [i.e., know] that to Allāh prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified.1 And he whom Allāh humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allāh does what He wills.
Footnotes (1)
- And therefore decreed.
۞ هَٰذَانِ خَصۡمَانِ ٱخۡتَصَمُواْ فِي رَبِّهِمۡۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ قُطِّعَتۡ لَهُمۡ ثِيَابٞ مِّن نَّارٖ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوۡقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ ٱلۡحَمِيمُ ١٩
Hādhāni khaṣmānikhtaṣamū fī rabbihim, fal-ladhīna kafarū quṭṭiʿat lahum thiyābum min nāriy yuṣabbu min fawqi ruʾūsihimul-ḥamīm.
These1 are two adversaries who have disputed over their Lord. But those who disbelieved will have cut out for them garments of fire. Poured upon their heads will be scalding water
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the believers and the disbelievers.
يُصۡهَرُ بِهِۦ مَا فِي بُطُونِهِمۡ وَٱلۡجُلُودُ ٢٠
Yuṣharu bihī mā fī buṭūnihim wal-julūd.
By which is melted that within their bellies and [their] skins.
وَلَهُم مَّقَٰمِعُ مِنۡ حَدِيدٖ ٢١
Wa lahum maqāmiʿu min ḥadīd.
And for [striking] them are maces of iron.
كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓاْ أَن يَخۡرُجُواْ مِنۡهَا مِنۡ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُواْ فِيهَا وَذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ٢٢
Kullamā arādū ay yakhrujū minhā min ghammin uʿīdū fīhā wa dhūqū ʿadhābal-ḥarīq.
Every time they want to get out of it [i.e., Hellfire] from anguish, they will be returned to it, and [it will be said], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire!"
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدۡخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ يُحَلَّوۡنَ فِيهَا مِنۡ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٖ وَلُؤۡلُؤٗاۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمۡ فِيهَا حَرِيرٞ ٢٣
Innallāha yudkhilul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru yuḥallawna fīhā min asāwira min dhahabiw wa luʾluʾā, wa libāsuhum fīhā ḥarīr.
Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be silk.
وَهُدُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيِّبِ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَهُدُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ٢٤
Wa hudū ilaṭ-ṭayyibi minal-qawli wa hudū ilā ṣirāṭil-ḥamīd.
And they had been guided [in worldly life] to good speech, and they were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلۡنَٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَآءً ٱلۡعَٰكِفُ فِيهِ وَٱلۡبَادِۚ وَمَن يُرِدۡ فِيهِ بِإِلۡحَادِۭ بِظُلۡمٖ نُّذِقۡهُ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٢٥
Innal-ladhīna kafarū wa yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīlillāhi wal-masjidil-ḥarāmil-ladhī jaʿalnāhu lin-nāsi sawāʾanil-ʿākifu fīhi wal-bād, wa may yurid fīhi biʾilḥādim biẓulmin nudhiqhu min ʿadhābin alīm.
Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people] from the way of Allāh and [from] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one from outside - and [also] whoever intends [a deed] therein1 of deviation [in religion] by wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment.
Footnotes (1)
- Whether inside its boundaries or intending from afar to do evil therein. The Ḥaram is unique in that the mere intention of sin therein (whether or not it is actually carried out) is sufficient to bring punishment from Allāh.
وَإِذۡ بَوَّأۡنَا لِإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ مَكَانَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ أَن لَّا تُشۡرِكۡ بِي شَيۡـٔٗا وَطَهِّرۡ بَيۡتِيَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلۡقَآئِمِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ ٢٦
Wa idh bawwaʾnā liʾibrāhīma makānal-bayti al lā tushrik bī shayʾaw wa ṭahhir baytiya liṭ-ṭāʾifīna wal-qāʾimīna war-rukkaʿis-sujūd.
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We designated for Abraham the site of the House, [saying], "Do not associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf1 and those who stand [in prayer] and those who bow and prostrate.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 2:125.
وَأَذِّن فِي ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلۡحَجِّ يَأۡتُوكَ رِجَالٗا وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرٖ يَأۡتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٖ ٢٧
Wa adhdhin fin-nāsi bil-ḥajji yaʾtūka rijālaw wa ʿalā kulli ḍāmiriy yaʾtīna min kulli fajjin ʿamīq.
And proclaim to the people the ḥajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass -
لِّيَشۡهَدُواْ مَنَٰفِعَ لَهُمۡ وَيَذۡكُرُواْ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ فِيٓ أَيَّامٖ مَّعۡلُومَٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِۖ فَكُلُواْ مِنۡهَا وَأَطۡعِمُواْ ٱلۡبَآئِسَ ٱلۡفَقِيرَ ٢٨
Liyashhadū manāfiʿa lahum wa yadhkurusmallāhi fī ayyāmim maʿlūmātin ʿalā mā razaqahum mim bahīmatil-anʿām, fakulū minhā wa aṭʿimul-bāʾisal-faqīr.
That they may witness [i.e., attend] benefits for themselves and mention the name of Allāh on known [i.e., specific] days over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals.1 So eat of them and feed the miserable and poor.
Footnotes (1)
- Al-anʿām: camels, cattle, sheep and goats.
ثُمَّ لۡيَقۡضُواْ تَفَثَهُمۡ وَلۡيُوفُواْ نُذُورَهُمۡ وَلۡيَطَّوَّفُواْ بِٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡعَتِيقِ ٢٩
Thummal-yaqḍū tafathahum walyūfū nudhūrahum walyaṭṭawwafū bil-baytil-ʿatīq.
Then let them end their untidiness and fulfill their vows and perform ṭawāf around the ancient House."
ذَٰلِكَۖ وَمَن يُعَظِّمۡ حُرُمَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦۗ وَأُحِلَّتۡ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمُ إِلَّا مَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ فَٱجۡتَنِبُواْ ٱلرِّجۡسَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَوۡثَٰنِ وَٱجۡتَنِبُواْ قَوۡلَ ٱلزُّورِ ٣٠
Dhālik, wa may yuʿaẓẓim ḥurumātillāhi fahuwa khayrul lahū ʿinda rabbih, wa uḥillat lakumul-anʿāmu illā mā yutlā ʿalaykum, fajtanibur-rijsa minal-awthāni wajtanibū qawlaz-zūr.
That [has been commanded], and whoever honors the sacred ordinances of Allāh - it is best for him in the sight of his Lord. And permitted to you are the grazing livestock, except what is recited to you.1 So avoid the uncleanliness of idols and avoid false statement,
Footnotes (1)
- See 5:3.
حُنَفَآءَ لِلَّهِ غَيۡرَ مُشۡرِكِينَ بِهِۦۚ وَمَن يُشۡرِكۡ بِٱللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَخۡطَفُهُ ٱلطَّيۡرُ أَوۡ تَهۡوِي بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِي مَكَانٖ سَحِيقٖ ٣١
Ḥunafāʾa lillāhi ghayra mushrikīna bih, wa may yushrik billāhi fakaʾannamā kharra minas-samāʾi fatakhṭafuhuṭ-ṭayru aw tahwī bihir-rīḥu fī makānin saḥīq.
Inclining [only] to Allāh, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allāh - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.
ذَٰلِكَۖ وَمَن يُعَظِّمۡ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقۡوَى ٱلۡقُلُوبِ ٣٢
Dhālik, wa may yuʿaẓẓim shaʿāʾirallāhi fa innahā min taqwal-qulūb.
That [is so]. And whoever honors the symbols [i.e., rites] of Allāh - indeed, it is from the piety of hearts.
لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗى ثُمَّ مَحِلُّهَآ إِلَى ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡعَتِيقِ ٣٣
Lakum fīhā manāfiʿu ilā ajalim musamman thumma maḥilluhā ilal-baytil-ʿatīq.
For you therein [i.e., the animals marked for sacrifice] are benefits for a specified term;1 then their place of sacrifice is at the ancient House.2
Footnotes (2)
- i.e., they may be milked or ridden (in the case of camels) before the time of slaughter.
- i.e., within the boundaries of the Ḥaram, which includes Minā.
وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٖ جَعَلۡنَا مَنسَكٗا لِّيَذۡكُرُواْ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِۗ فَإِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞ فَلَهُۥٓ أَسۡلِمُواْۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُخۡبِتِينَ ٣٤
Walikulli ummatin jaʿalnā mansakal liyadhkurusmallāhi ʿalā mā razaqahum mim bahīmatil-anʿām, fa ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥidun falahū aslimū, wa bashshiril-mukhbitīn.
And for every [religious] community We have appointed a rite [of sacrifice]1 that they may mention the name of Allāh over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. For your god is one God, so to Him submit. And, [O Muḥammad], give good tidings to the humble [before their Lord]
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the rite of sacrifice has always been a part of Allāh's revealed religion.
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَهُمۡ وَٱلۡمُقِيمِي ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ ٣٥
Al-ladhīna idhā dhukirallāhu wajilat qulūbuhum waṣ-ṣābirīna ʿalā mā aṣābahum wal-muqīmiṣ-ṣalāti wa mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn.
Who, when Allāh is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have provided them.
وَٱلۡبُدۡنَ جَعَلۡنَٰهَا لَكُم مِّن شَعَٰٓئِرِ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا خَيۡرٞۖ فَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱسۡمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهَا صَوَآفَّۖ فَإِذَا وَجَبَتۡ جُنُوبُهَا فَكُلُواْ مِنۡهَا وَأَطۡعِمُواْ ٱلۡقَانِعَ وَٱلۡمُعۡتَرَّۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرۡنَٰهَا لَكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ٣٦
Wal-budna jaʿalnāhā lakum min shaʿāʾirillāhi lakum fīhā khayr, fadhkurusmallāhi ʿalayhā ṣawāff, fa idhā wajabat junūbuhā fakulū minhā wa aṭʿimul-qāniʿa wal-muʿtarr, kadhālika sakhkharnāhā lakum laʿallakum tashkurūn.
And the camels and cattle We have appointed for you as among the symbols [i.e., rites] of Allāh; for you therein is good. So mention the name of Allāh upon them when lined up [for sacrifice]; and when they are [lifeless] on their sides, then eat from them and feed the needy [who does not seek aid] and the beggar. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may be grateful.
لَن يَنَالَ ٱللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَآؤُهَا وَلَٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ مِنكُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمۡ لِتُكَبِّرُواْ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمۡۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٣٧
Lay yanālallāha luḥūmuhā wa lā dimāʾuhā wa lākiy yanāluhut-taqwā minkum, kadhālika sakhkharahā lakum litukabbirullāha ʿalā mā hadākum, wa bashshiril-muḥsinīn.
Their meat will not reach Allāh, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify Allāh for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good.
۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدَٰفِعُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٖ كَفُورٍ ٣٨
Innallāha yudāfiʿu ʿanil-ladhīna āmanū, innallāha lā yuḥibbu kulla khawwānin kafūr.
Indeed, Allāh defends those who have believed. Indeed, Allāh does not like everyone treacherous and ungrateful.
أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ ظُلِمُواْۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصۡرِهِمۡ لَقَدِيرٌ ٣٩
Udhina lil-ladhīna yuqātalūna biʾannahum ẓulimū, wa innallāha ʿalā naṣrihim laqadīr.
Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought,1 because they were wronged. And indeed, Allāh is competent to give them victory.
Footnotes (1)
- Referring here to the Prophet's companions.
ٱلَّذِينَ أُخۡرِجُواْ مِن دِيَٰرِهِم بِغَيۡرِ حَقٍّ إِلَّآ أَن يَقُولُواْ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُۗ وَلَوۡلَا دَفۡعُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعۡضَهُم بِبَعۡضٖ لَّهُدِّمَتۡ صَوَٰمِعُ وَبِيَعٞ وَصَلَوَٰتٞ وَمَسَٰجِدُ يُذۡكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسۡمُ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرٗاۗ وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ ٤٠
Al-ladhīna ukhrijū min diyārihim bighayri ḥaqqin illā ay yaqūlū rabbunallāh, wa lawlā dafʿullāhin-nāsa baʿḍahum bibaʿḍil lahuddimat ṣawāmiʿu wa biyaʿuw wa ṣalawātuw wa masājidu yudhkaru fīhasmullāhi kathīrā, wa layanṣurannallāhu may yanṣuruh, innallāha laqawiyyun ʿazīz.
[They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allāh." And were it not that Allāh checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allāh is much mentioned [i.e., praised]. And Allāh will surely support those who support Him [i.e., His cause]. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
ٱلَّذِينَ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُاْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَمَرُواْ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَنَهَوۡاْ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡأُمُورِ ٤١
Al-ladhīna im makkannāhum fil-arḍi aqāmuṣ-ṣalāta wa ātawuz-zakāta wa amarū bil-maʿrūfi wa nahaw ʿanil-munkar, walillāhi ʿāqibatul-umūr.
[And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give zakāh and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allāh belongs the outcome of [all] matters.
وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحٖ وَعَادٞ وَثَمُودُ ٤٢
Wa iy yukadhdhibūka faqad kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥiw wa ʿāduw wa thamūd.
And if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd deny [their prophets],
وَقَوۡمُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَقَوۡمُ لُوطٖ ٤٣
Wa qawmu ibrāhīma wa qawmu lūṭ.
And the people of Abraham and the people of Lot
وَأَصۡحَٰبُ مَدۡيَنَۖ وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَىٰۖ فَأَمۡلَيۡتُ لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ثُمَّ أَخَذۡتُهُمۡۖ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ٤٤
Wa aṣḥābu madyan, wa kudhdhiba mūsā, fa amlaytu lil-kāfirīna thumma akhadhtuhum, fakayfa kāna nakīr.
And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٞ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئۡرٖ مُّعَطَّلَةٖ وَقَصۡرٖ مَّشِيدٍ ٤٥
Fakaʾayyim min qaryatin ahlaknāhā wa hiya ẓālimatun fahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wa biʾrim muʿaṭṭalatiw wa qaṣrim mashīd.
And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin1 - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.2
Footnotes (2)
- Literally, "fallen in upon its roofs," i.e., after the roofs of its buildings had caved in, the walls collapsed over them.
- i.e., How many wells have been left inoperative, and how many palaces have been emptied of their occupants in the past.
أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمۡ قُلُوبٞ يَعۡقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوۡ ءَاذَانٞ يَسۡمَعُونَ بِهَاۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعۡمَى ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ وَلَٰكِن تَعۡمَى ٱلۡقُلُوبُ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ ٤٦
Afalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fatakūna lahum qulūbuy yaʿqilūna bihā aw ādhānuy yasmaʿūna bihā, fa innahā lā taʿmal-abṣāru wa lākin taʿmal-qulūbul-latī fiṣ-ṣudūr.
So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.
وَيَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَكَ بِٱلۡعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخۡلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعۡدَهُۥۚ وَإِنَّ يَوۡمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلۡفِ سَنَةٖ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ ٤٧
Wa yastaʿjilūnaka bil-ʿadhābi wa lay yukhlifallāhu waʿdah, wa inna yawman ʿinda rabbika kaʾalfi sanatim mimmā taʿuddūn.
And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allāh will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَمۡلَيۡتُ لَهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٞ ثُمَّ أَخَذۡتُهَا وَإِلَيَّ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٤٨
Wa kaʾayyim min qaryatin amlaytu lahā wa hiya ẓālimatun thumma akhadhtuhā wa ilayyal-maṣīr.
And for how many a city did I prolong enjoyment while it was committing wrong. Then I seized it, and to Me is the [final] destination.
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ لَكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٤٩
Qul yāʾayyuhan-nāsu innamā ana lakum nadhīrum mubīn.
Say, "O people, I am only to you a clear warner."
فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَرِزۡقٞ كَرِيمٞ ٥٠
Fal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum maghfiratuw wa rizqun karīm.
And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - for them is forgiveness and noble provision.
وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوۡاْ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ٥١
Wal-ladhīna saʿaw fī āyātinā muʿājizīna ulāʾika aṣḥābul-jaḥīm.
But the ones who strove against Our verses, [seeking] to cause failure1 - those are the companions of Hellfire.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., trying to undermine their credibility and thereby defeat the Prophet (ﷺ).
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٖ وَلَا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلۡقَى ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فِيٓ أُمۡنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلۡقِي ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحۡكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَٰتِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ ٥٢
Wa mā arsalnā min qablika mir rasūliw wa lā nabiyyin illā idhā tamannā alqash-shayṭānu fī umniyyatihī fayansakhullāhu mā yulqish-shayṭānu thumma yuḥkimullāhu āyātih, wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm.
And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allāh abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allāh makes precise His verses.1 And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
Footnotes (1)
- Clarifying those issues which were misunderstood to remove any doubt.
لِّيَجۡعَلَ مَا يُلۡقِي ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَفِي شِقَاقِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٥٣
Liyajʿala mā yulqish-shayṭānu fitnatal lil-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuw wal-qāsiyati qulūbuhum, wa innaẓ-ẓālimīna lafī shiqāqim baʿīd.
[That is] so He may make what Satan throws in [i.e., asserts] a trial for those within whose hearts is disease1 and those hard of heart. And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 2:10.
وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَيُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهِۦ فَتُخۡبِتَ لَهُۥ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٥٤
Waliyaʿlamal-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilma annahul-ḥaqqu mir rabbika fayuʾminū bihī fatukhbita lahū qulūbuhum, wa innallāha lahādil-ladhīna āmanū ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.
And so those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and [therefore] believe in it, and their hearts humbly submit to it. And indeed is Allāh the Guide of those who have believed to a straight path.
وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي مِرۡيَةٖ مِّنۡهُ حَتَّىٰ تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغۡتَةً أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَقِيمٍ ٥٥
Wa lā yazālul-ladhīna kafarū fī miryatim minhu ḥattā taʾtiyahumus-sāʿatu baghtatan aw yaʾtiyahum ʿadhābu yawmin ʿaqīm.
But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.1
Footnotes (1)
- One which will not be followed by night and therefore will not give birth to a new day, referring to the Day of Resurrection.
ٱلۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فِي جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٥٦
Al-mulku yawmaʾidhil lillāhi yaḥkumu baynahum, fal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti fī jannātin-naʿīm.
[All] sovereignty that Day is for Allāh;1 He will judge between them. So they who believed and did righteous deeds will be in the Gardens of Pleasure.
Footnotes (1)
- None will compete with Him for authority at that time.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ٥٧
Wal-ladhīna kafarū wa kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā fa ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābum muhīn.
And they who disbelieved and denied Our signs - for those there will be a humiliating punishment.
وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ قُتِلُوٓاْ أَوۡ مَاتُواْ لَيَرۡزُقَنَّهُمُ ٱللَّهُ رِزۡقًا حَسَنٗاۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ٥٨
Wal-ladhīna hājarū fī sabīlillāhi thumma qutilū aw mātū layarzuqannahumullāhu rizqan ḥasanā, wa innallāha lahuwa khayrur-rāziqīn.
And those who emigrated for the cause of Allāh and then were killed or died - Allāh will surely provide for them a good provision. And indeed, it is Allāh who is the best of providers.
لَيُدۡخِلَنَّهُم مُّدۡخَلٗا يَرۡضَوۡنَهُۥۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٞ ٥٩
Layudkhilannahum mudkhalay yarḍawnah, wa innallāha laʿalīmun ḥalīm.
He will surely cause them to enter an entrance with which they will be pleased, and indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Forbearing.
۞ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَمَنۡ عَاقَبَ بِمِثۡلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِۦ ثُمَّ بُغِيَ عَلَيۡهِ لَيَنصُرَنَّهُ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٞ ٦٠
Dhālik, wa man ʿāqaba bimithli mā ʿūqiba bihī thumma bughiya ʿalayhi layanṣurannahullāh, innallāha laʿafuwwun ghafūr.
That [is so]. And whoever responds [to injustice] with the equivalent of that with which he was harmed and then is tyrannized - Allāh will surely aid him. Indeed, Allāh is Pardoning and Forgiving.1
Footnotes (1)
- In spite of His ability to take vengeance. The statement contains a suggestion that the believers pardon as well.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرٞ ٦١
Dhālika biʾannallāha yūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa yūlijun-nahāra fil-layli wa annallāha samīʿum baṣīr.
That1 is because Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., Allāh's capability to give assistance or victory to the oppressed.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ هُوَ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٦٢
Dhālika biʾannallāha huwal-ḥaqqu wa anna mā yadʿūna min dūnihī huwal-bāṭilu wa annallāha huwal-ʿaliyyul-kabīr.
That is because Allāh is the True Reality, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allāh is the Most High, the Grand.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَتُصۡبِحُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُخۡضَرَّةًۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٞ ٦٣
Alam tara annallāha anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fatuṣbiḥul-arḍu mukhḍarrah, innallāha laṭīfun khabīr.
Do you not see that Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and the earth becomes green? Indeed, Allāh is Subtle1 and Aware.2
Footnotes (2)
- Refer to footnote of 6:103.
- Of His creation and of the needs of His creatures.
لَّهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ٦٤
Lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, wa innallāha lahuwal-ghaniyyul-ḥamīd.
To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. And indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَيُمۡسِكُ ٱلسَّمَآءَ أَن تَقَعَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٦٥
Alam tara annallāha sakhkhara lakum mā fil-arḍi wal-fulka tajrī fil-baḥri biʾamrihī wa yumsikus-samāʾa an taqaʿa ʿalal-arḍi illā biʾidhnih, innallāha bin-nāsi laraʾūfur raḥīm.
Do you not see that Allāh has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allāh, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡيَاكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُحۡيِيكُمۡۗ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٞ ٦٦
Wa huwal-ladhī aḥyākum thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥyīkum, innal-insāna lakafūr.
And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.
لِّكُلِّ أُمَّةٖ جَعَلۡنَا مَنسَكًا هُمۡ نَاسِكُوهُۖ فَلَا يُنَٰزِعُنَّكَ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡرِۚ وَٱدۡعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَۖ إِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ هُدٗى مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٦٧
Likulli ummatin jaʿalnā mansakan hum nāsikūh, falā yunāziʿunnaka fil-amr, wadʿu ilā rabbik, innaka laʿalā hudam mustaqīm.
For every [religious] community We have appointed rites which they perform. So, [O Muḥammad], let them [i.e., the disbelievers] not contend with you over the matter but invite [them] to your Lord. Indeed, you are upon straight guidance.
وَإِن جَٰدَلُوكَ فَقُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٦٨
Wa in jādalūka faqulillāhu aʿlamu bimā taʿmalūn.
And if they dispute with you, then say, "Allāh is most knowing of what you do.
ٱللَّهُ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ ٦٩
Allāhu yaḥkumu baynakum yawmal-qiyāmati fīmā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūn.
Allāh will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which you used to differ."
أَلَمۡ تَعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِي كِتَٰبٍۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ٧٠
Alam taʿlam annallāha yaʿlamu mā fis-samāʾi wal-arḍ, inna dhālika fī kitāb, inna dhālika ʿalallāhi yasīr.
Do you not know that Allāh knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record.1 Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.
Footnotes (1)
- The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), which is with Allāh.
وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا وَمَا لَيۡسَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞۗ وَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٖ ٧١
Wa yaʿbudūna min dūnillāhi mā lam yunazzil bihī sulṭānaw wa mā laysa lahum bihī ʿilm, wa mā liẓ-ẓālimīna min naṣīr.
And they worship besides Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.
وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡمُنكَرَۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسۡطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتۡلُونَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۗ قُلۡ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرّٖ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُۚ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٧٢
Wa idhā tutlā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin taʿrifu fī wujūhil-ladhīna kafarul-munkar, yakādūna yasṭūna bil-ladhīna yatlūna ʿalayhim āyātinā, qul afaʾunabbiʾukum bisharrim min dhālikum, an-nāru waʿadahallāhul-ladhīna kafarū, wa biʾsal-maṣīr.
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that?1 [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., worse than the rage you feel against those who recite Allāh's verses or worse than your threats against them.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٞ فَٱسۡتَمِعُواْ لَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخۡلُقُواْ ذُبَابٗا وَلَوِ ٱجۡتَمَعُواْ لَهُۥۖ وَإِن يَسۡلُبۡهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيۡـٔٗا لَّا يَسۡتَنقِذُوهُ مِنۡهُۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلۡمَطۡلُوبُ ٧٣
Yāʾayyuhan-nāsu ḍuriba mathalun fastamiʿū lah, innal-ladhīna tadʿūna min dūnillāhi lay yakhluqū dhubābaw wa lawijtamaʿū lah, wa iy yaslubhumudh-dhubābu shayʾal lā yastanqidhūhu minh, ḍaʿufaṭ-ṭālibu wal-maṭlūb.
O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allāh will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for it [i.e., that purpose]. And if the fly should steal from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued.1
Footnotes (1)
- A comparison is made here to the worshipper of a false deity and that which he worships.
مَا قَدَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدۡرِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ ٧٤
Mā qadarullāha ḥaqqa qadrih, innallāha laqawiyyun ʿazīz.
They have not appraised Allāh with true appraisal.1 Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
Footnotes (1)
- They have not assessed Him with the assessment due to Him, meaning that they did not take into account His perfect attributes.
ٱللَّهُ يَصۡطَفِي مِنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلٗا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعُۢ بَصِيرٞ ٧٥
Allāhu yaṣṭafī minal-malāʾikati rusulaw wa minan-nās, innallāha samīʿum baṣīr.
Allāh chooses from the angels messengers and from the people. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.
يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرۡجَعُ ٱلۡأُمُورُ ٧٦
Yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa ilallāhi turjaʿul-umūr.
He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them.1 And to Allāh will be returned [all] matters.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 20:110.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱرۡكَعُواْ وَٱسۡجُدُواْۤ وَٱعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ وَٱفۡعَلُواْ ٱلۡخَيۡرَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ۩ ٧٧
Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanurkaʿū wasjudū waʿbudū rabbakum wafʿalul-khayra laʿallakum tufliḥūn.
O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good - that you may succeed.
وَجَٰهِدُواْ فِي ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِۦۚ هُوَ ٱجۡتَبَىٰكُمۡ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فِي ٱلدِّينِ مِنۡ حَرَجٖۚ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمۡ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَۚ هُوَ سَمَّىٰكُمُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَفِي هَٰذَا لِيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَتَكُونُواْ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِۚ فَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱعۡتَصِمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ هُوَ مَوۡلَىٰكُمۡۖ فَنِعۡمَ ٱلۡمَوۡلَىٰ وَنِعۡمَ ٱلنَّصِيرُ ٧٨
Wa jāhidū fillāhi ḥaqqa jihādih, huwajtabākum wa mā jaʿala ʿalaykum fid-dīni min ḥaraj, millata abīkum ibrāhīm, huwa sammākumul-muslimīna min qablu wa fī hādhā liyakūnar-rasūlu shahīdan ʿalaykum wa takūnū shuhadāʾa ʿalan-nās, fa aqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa ātuz-zakāta waʿtaṣimū billāhi huwa mawlākum, faniʿmal-mawlā wa niʿman-naṣīr.
And strive for Allāh with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. He [i.e., Allāh] named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakāh and hold fast to Allāh. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.