Juz 18

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ١

   Qad aflaḥal-muʾminūn.

   Certainly will the believers have succeeded:

2. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي صَلَاتِهِمۡ خَٰشِعُونَ ٢

   Al-ladhīna hum fī ṣalātihim khāshiʿūn.

   They who are during their prayer humbly intent

3. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَنِ ٱللَّغۡوِ مُعۡرِضُونَ ٣

   Wal-ladhīna hum ʿanil-laghwi muʿriḍūn.

   And they who turn away from ill speech

4. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَٰعِلُونَ ٤

   Wal-ladhīna hum liz-zakāti fāʿilūn.

   And they who are observant of zakāh

5. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ٥

   Wal-ladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūn.

   And they who guard their private parts

6. إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ٦

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

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

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Female slaves or captives under their ownership.

7. فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ٧

   Famanibtaghā warāʾa dhālika fa ulāʾika humul-ʿādūn.

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

8. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ٨

   Wal-ladhīna hum liʾamānātihim wa ʿahdihim rāʿūn.

   And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive

9. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٰتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ ٩

   Wal-ladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalawātihim yuḥāfiẓūn.

   And they who carefully maintain their prayers -

10. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ ١٠

    Ulāʾika humul-wārithūn.

    Those are the inheritors

11. ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلۡفِرۡدَوۡسَ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ١١

    Al-ladhīna yarithūnal-firdawsa hum fīhā khālidūn.

    Who will inherit al-Firdaus.¹ They will abide therein eternally.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The highest part of Paradise.

12. وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٖ مِّن طِينٖ ١٢

    Wa laqad khalaqnal-insāna min sulālatim min ṭīn.

    And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.

13. ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ نُطۡفَةٗ فِي قَرَارٖ مَّكِينٖ ١٣

    Thumma jaʿalnāhu nuṭfatan fī qarārim makīn.

    Then We placed him as a sperm-drop¹ in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb].

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Or "as a zygote."

14. ثُمَّ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلنُّطۡفَةَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡعَلَقَةَ مُضۡغَةٗ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمُضۡغَةَ عِظَٰمٗا فَكَسَوۡنَا ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ لَحۡمٗا ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُ خَلۡقًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ ١٤

    Thumma khalaqnan-nuṭfata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnal-ʿalaqata muḍghatan fakhalaqnal-muḍghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnal-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshaʾnāhu khalqan ākhar, fatabārakallāhu aḥsanul-khāliqīn.

    Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., the most skillful and only true Creator.

15. ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ ١٥

    Thumma innakum baʿda dhālika lamayyitūn.

    Then indeed, after that you are to die.

16. ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ تُبۡعَثُونَ ١٦

    Thumma innakum yawmal-qiyāmati tubʿathūn.

    Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.

17. وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلۡخَلۡقِ غَٰفِلِينَ ١٧

    Wa laqad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāʾiqa wa mā kunnā ʿanil-khalqi ghāfilīn.

    And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.

18. وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرٖ فَأَسۡكَنَّٰهُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابِۭ بِهِۦ لَقَٰدِرُونَ ١٨

    Wa anzalnā minas-samāʾi māʾam biqadarin fa askannāhu fil-arḍ, wa innā ʿalā dhahābim bihī laqādirūn.

    And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

19. فَأَنشَأۡنَا لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٖ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ لَّكُمۡ فِيهَا فَوَٰكِهُ كَثِيرَةٞ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ١٩

    Fa anshaʾnā lakum bihī jannātim min nakhīliw wa aʿnābil lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratuw wa minhā taʾkulūn.

    And We brought forth for you thereby gardens of palm trees and grapevines in which for you are abundant fruits and from which you eat.

20. وَشَجَرَةٗ تَخۡرُجُ مِن طُورِ سَيۡنَآءَ تَنۢبُتُ بِٱلدُّهۡنِ وَصِبۡغٖ لِّلۡأٓكِلِينَ ٢٠

    Wa shajaratan takhruju min ṭūri saynāʾa tanbutu bid-duhni wa ṣibghil lil-ākilīn.

    And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food [i.e., olives] for those who eat.

21. وَإِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةٗۖ نُّسۡقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ كَثِيرَةٞ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٢١

    Wa inna lakum fil-anʿāmi laʿibrah, nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā wa lakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratuw wa minhā taʾkulūn.

    And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.

22. وَعَلَيۡهَا وَعَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ تُحۡمَلُونَ ٢٢

    Wa ʿalayhā wa ʿalal-fulki tuḥmalūn.

    And upon them and on ships you are carried.

23. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ٢٣

    Wa laqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihī faqāla yāqawmiʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, afalā tattaqūn.

    And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

24. فَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗ مَّا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِيٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٢٤

    Faqālal-malaʾul-ladhīna kafarū min qawmihī mā hādhā illā basharum mithlukum yurīdu ay yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum wa law shāʾallāhu laʾanzala malāʾikatam mā samiʿnā bihādhā fī ābāʾinal-awwalīn.

    But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allāh had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.

25. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلُۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٞ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ٢٥

    In huwa illā rajulum bihī jinnatun fatarabbaṣū bihī ḥattā ḥīn.

    He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."

26. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ٢٦

    Qāla rabbinṣurnī bimā kadhdhabūn.

    [Noah] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

27. فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ أَنِ ٱصۡنَعِ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَا وَوَحۡيِنَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ فَٱسۡلُكۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلّٖ زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَا تُخَٰطِبۡنِي فِي ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ إِنَّهُم مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٢٧

    Fa awḥaynā ilayhi aniṣnaʿil-fulka biʾaʿyuninā wa waḥyinā fa idhā jāʾa amrunā wa fārat-tannūru fasluk fīhā min kullin zawjaynithnayni wa ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhil-qawlu minhum, wa lā tukhāṭibnī fil-ladhīna ẓalamū innahum mughraqūn.

    So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows,¹ put into it [i.e., the ship] from each [creature] two mates and your family, except him for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. See footnote to 11:40.

28. فَإِذَا ٱسۡتَوَيۡتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ فَقُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي نَجَّىٰنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٨

    Fa idhastawayta anta wa mam maʿaka ʿalal-fulki faqulil-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī najjānā minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allāh who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'

29. وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلۡنِي مُنزَلٗا مُّبَارَكٗا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡمُنزِلِينَ ٢٩

    Wa qul rabbi anzilnī munzalam mubārakaw wa anta khayrul-munzilīn.

    And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].'"

30. إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ وَإِن كُنَّا لَمُبۡتَلِينَ ٣٠

    Inna fī dhālika laʾāyātiw wa in kunnā lamubtalīn.

    Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].

31. ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٣١

    Thumma anshaʾnā mim baʿdihim qarnan ākharīn.

    Then We produced after them a generation of others.

32. فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِمۡ رَسُولٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ٣٢

    Fa arsalnā fīhim rasūlam minhum aniʿbudullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruh, afalā tattaqūn.

    And We sent among them a messenger¹ from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Prophet Hūd, who was sent to the tribe of ʿAad.

33. وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِن قَوۡمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَأَتۡرَفۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يَأۡكُلُ مِمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ مِنۡهُ وَيَشۡرَبُ مِمَّا تَشۡرَبُونَ ٣٣

    Wa qālal-malaʾu min qawmihil-ladhīna kafarū wa kadhdhabū biliqāʾil-ākhirati wa atrafnāhum fil-ḥayātid-dunyā mā hādhā illā basharum mithlukum yaʾkulu mimmā taʾkulūna minhu wa yashrabu mimmā tashrabūn.

    And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.

34. وَلَئِنۡ أَطَعۡتُم بَشَرٗا مِّثۡلَكُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ٣٤

    Wa laʾin aṭaʿtum basharam mithlakum innakum idhal lakhāsirūn.

    And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

35. أَيَعِدُكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ إِذَا مِتُّمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخۡرَجُونَ ٣٥

    Ayaʿidukum annakum idhā mittum wa kuntum turābaw wa ʿiẓāman annakum mukhrajūn.

    Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?

36. ۞ هَيۡهَاتَ هَيۡهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٣٦

    Hayhāta hayhāta limā tūʿadūn.

    How far, how far, is that which you are promised.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., how distant and improbable it is.

37. إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡيَا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَبۡعُوثِينَ ٣٧

    In hiya illā ḥayātunad-dunyā namūtu wa naḥyā wa mā naḥnu bimabʿūthīn.

    It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

38. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣٨

    In huwa illā rajuluniftarā ʿalallāhi kadhibaw wa mā naḥnu lahū bimuʾminīn.

    He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allāh, and we will not believe him."

39. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ٣٩

    Qāla rabbinṣurnī bimā kadhdhabūn.

    He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

40. قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٖ لَّيُصۡبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ ٤٠

    Qāla ʿammā qalīlil layuṣbiḥunna nādimīn.

    [Allāh] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

41. فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ غُثَآءٗۚ فَبُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤١

    Fa akhadhathumuṣ-ṣayḥatu bil-ḥaqqi fajaʿalnāhum ghuthāʾā, fabuʿdal lil-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

    So the shriek¹ seized them in truth,² and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

    Footnotes (2)

    1. See footnote to 11:67.
    2. i.e., by right or in justice.

42. ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٤٢

    Thumma anshaʾnā mim baʿdihim qurūnan ākharīn.

    Then We produced after them other generations.

43. مَا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ٤٣

    Mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wa mā yastaʾkhirūn.

    No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].

44. ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتۡرَاۖ كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةٗ رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُۖ فَأَتۡبَعۡنَا بَعۡضَهُم بَعۡضٗا وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَحَادِيثَۚ فَبُعۡدٗا لِّقَوۡمٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٤٤

    Thumma arsalnā rusulanā tatrā, kulla mā jāʾa ummatar rasūluhā kadhdhabūh, fa atbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍaw wa jaʿalnāhum aḥādīth, fabuʿdal liqawmil lā yuʾminūn.

    Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations.¹ So away with a people who do not believe.

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    1. i.e., history or lessons for mankind.

45. ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ ٤٥

    Thumma arsalnā mūsā wa akhāhu hārūna biʾāyātinā wa sulṭānim mubīn.

    Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority¹

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    1. i.e., evidences from Allāh.

46. إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمًا عَالِينَ ٤٦

    Ilā firʿawna wa malaʾihī fastakbarū wa kānū qawman ʿālīn.

    To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.

47. فَقَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لِبَشَرَيۡنِ مِثۡلِنَا وَقَوۡمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ ٤٧

    Faqālū anuʾminu libasharayni mithlinā wa qawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūn.

    They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

48. فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِينَ ٤٨

    Fakadhdhabūhumā fakānū minal-muhlakīn.

    So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

49. وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٤٩

    Wa laqad ātaynā mūsal-kitāba laʿallahum yahtadūn.

    And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they¹ would be guided.

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    1. The Children of Israel.

50. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥٓ ءَايَةٗ وَءَاوَيۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَىٰ رَبۡوَةٖ ذَاتِ قَرَارٖ وَمَعِينٖ ٥٠

    Wa jaʿalnabna maryama wa ummahū āyataw wa āwaynāhumā ilā rabwatin dhāti qarāriw wa maʿīn.

    And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a high ground having level [areas] and flowing water.

51. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرُّسُلُ كُلُواْ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَٱعۡمَلُواْ صَٰلِحًاۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمٞ ٥١

    Yāʾayyuhar-rusulu kulū minaṭ-ṭayyibāti waʿmalū ṣāliḥā, innī bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīm.

    [Allāh said], "O messengers, eat from the good foods and work righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Knowing.

52. وَإِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱتَّقُونِ ٥٢

    Wa inna hādhihī ummatukum ummataw wāḥidataw wa ana rabbukum fattaqūn.

    And indeed this, your religion, is one religion,¹ and I am your Lord, so fear Me."

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    1. See footnote to 21:92.

53. فَتَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ زُبُرٗاۖ كُلُّ حِزۡبِۭ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ فَرِحُونَ ٥٣

    Fataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum zuburā, kullu ḥizbim bimā ladayhim fariḥūn.

    But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has,¹ rejoicing.

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    1. Of beliefs, opinions, customs, etc.

54. فَذَرۡهُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَتِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ٥٤

    Fadharhum fī ghamratihim ḥattā ḥīn.

    So leave them in their confusion for a time.

55. أَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُم بِهِۦ مِن مَّالٖ وَبَنِينَ ٥٥

    Ayaḥsabūna annamā numidduhum bihī mim māliw wa banīn.

    Do they think that what We extend to them of wealth and children

56. نُسَارِعُ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِۚ بَل لَّا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٥٦

    Nusāriʿu lahum fil-khayrāt, bal lā yashʿurūn.

    Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.¹

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    1. That the good things given to them in this world are but a trial for them.

57. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ٥٧

    Innal-ladhīna hum min khashyati rabbihim mushfiqūn.

    Indeed, they who are apprehensive from fear of their Lord

58. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٨

    Wal-ladhīna hum biʾāyāti rabbihim yuʾminūn.

    And they who believe in the signs of their Lord

59. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ لَا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٥٩

    Wal-ladhīna hum birabbihim lā yushrikūn.

    And they who do not associate anything with their Lord

60. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡتُونَ مَآ ءَاتَواْ وَّقُلُوبُهُمۡ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ رَٰجِعُونَ ٦٠

    Wal-ladhīna yuʾtūna mā ātaw wa qulūbuhum wajilatun annahum ilā rabbihim rājiʿūn.

    And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful¹ because they will be returning to their Lord -

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    1. Lest their deeds not be acceptable.

61. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَهُمۡ لَهَا سَٰبِقُونَ ٦١

    Ulāʾika yusāriʿūna fil-khayrāti wa hum lahā sābiqūn.

    It is those who hasten to good deeds, and they outstrip [others] therein.

62. وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ وَلَدَيۡنَا كِتَٰبٞ يَنطِقُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ٦٢

    Wa lā nukallifu nafsan illā wusʿahā, wa ladaynā kitābuy yanṭiqu bil-ḥaqqi wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

    And We charge no soul except [with that within] its capacity, and with Us is a record which speaks with truth; and they will not be wronged.

63. بَلۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا وَلَهُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلٞ مِّن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ هُمۡ لَهَا عَٰمِلُونَ ٦٣

    Bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratim min hādhā wa lahum aʿmālum min dūni dhālika hum lahā ʿāmilūn.

    But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides that [i.e., disbelief] which they are doing,

64. حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذۡنَا مُتۡرَفِيهِم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمۡ يَجۡـَٔرُونَ ٦٤

    Ḥattā idhā akhadhnā mutrafīhim bil-ʿadhābi idhā hum yajʾarūn.

    Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment,¹ at once they are crying [to Allāh] for help.

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    1. In worldly life, before the punishment of the Hereafter. Although general, the description includes specifically the punishment of the Quraysh by famine.

65. لَا تَجۡـَٔرُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَۖ إِنَّكُم مِّنَّا لَا تُنصَرُونَ ٦٥

    Lā tajʾarul-yawm, innakum minnā lā tunṣarūn.

    Do not cry out today. Indeed, by Us you will not be helped.

66. قَدۡ كَانَتۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡقَٰبِكُمۡ تَنكِصُونَ ٦٦

    Qad kānat āyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿalā aʿqābikum tankiṣūn.

    My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels

67. مُسۡتَكۡبِرِينَ بِهِۦ سَٰمِرٗا تَهۡجُرُونَ ٦٧

    Mustakbirīna bihī sāmiran tahjurūn.

    In arrogance regarding it,¹ conversing by night, speaking evil.

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    1. The revelation. Or "him," i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ).

68. أَفَلَمۡ يَدَّبَّرُواْ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ أَمۡ جَآءَهُم مَّا لَمۡ يَأۡتِ ءَابَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٦٨

    Afalam yaddabbarul-qawla am jāʾahum mā lam yaʾti ābāʾahumul-awwalīn.

    Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?

69. أَمۡ لَمۡ يَعۡرِفُواْ رَسُولَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ٦٩

    Am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahū munkirūn.

    Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?

70. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةُۢۚ بَلۡ جَآءَهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لِلۡحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ ٧٠

    Am yaqūlūna bihī jinnah, bal jāʾahum bil-ḥaqqi wa aktharuhum lil-ḥaqqi kārihūn.

    Or do they say, "In him is madness"? Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.

71. وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلۡحَقُّ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّۚ بَلۡ أَتَيۡنَٰهُم بِذِكۡرِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٧١

    Wa lawittabaʿal-ḥaqqu ahwāʾahum lafasadatis-samāwātu wal-arḍu wa man fīhinn, bal ataynāhum bidhikrihim fahum ʿan dhikrihim muʿriḍūn.

    But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message,¹ but they, from their message, are turning away.

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    1. Or "reminder."

72. أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ خَرۡجٗا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرٞۖ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ٧٢

    Am tasʾaluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayr, wa huwa khayrur-rāziqīn.

    Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.

73. وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٧٣

    Wa innaka latadʿūhum ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

    And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.

74. وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ لَنَٰكِبُونَ ٧٤

    Wa innal-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati ʿaniṣ-ṣirāṭi lanākibūn.

    But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.

75. ۞ وَلَوۡ رَحِمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِم مِّن ضُرّٖ لَّلَجُّواْ فِي طُغۡيَٰنِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ ٧٥

    Wa law raḥimnāhum wa kashafnā mā bihim min ḍurril lalajjū fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūn.

    And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.

76. وَلَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسۡتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ ٧٦

    Wa laqad akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi famastakānū lirabbihim wa mā yataḍarraʿūn.

    And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

77. حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا ذَا عَذَابٖ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمۡ فِيهِ مُبۡلِسُونَ ٧٧

    Ḥattā idhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin idhā hum fīhi mublisūn.

    Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

78. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٨

    Wa huwal-ladhī anshaʾa lakumus-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afʾidah, qalīlam mā tashkurūn.

    And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.

79. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ ٧٩

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

    And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.

80. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ ٱخۡتِلَٰفُ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٨٠

    Wa huwal-ladhī yuḥyī wa yumītu wa lahukhtilāful-layli wan-nahār, afalā taʿqilūn.

    And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?

81. بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٨١

    Bal qālū mithla mā qālal-awwalūn.

    Rather,¹ they say like what the former peoples said.

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    1. Instead of understanding or reasoning.

82. قَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٨٢

    Qālū aʾidhā mitnā wa kunnā turābaw wa ʿiẓāman aʾinnā lamabʿūthūn.

    They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

83. لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨٣

    Laqad wuʿidnā naḥnu wa ābāʾunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīrul-awwalīn.

    We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."

84. قُل لِّمَنِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٤

    Qul limanil-arḍu wa man fīhā in kuntum taʿlamūn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?"

85. سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٨٥

    Sayaqūlūna lillāh, qul afalā tadhakkarūn.

    They will say, "To Allāh." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

86. قُلۡ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّبۡعِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٨٦

    Qul mar rabbus-samāwātis-sabʿi wa rabbul-ʿarshil-ʿaẓīm.

    Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"

87. سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ٨٧

    Sayaqūlūna lillāh, qul afalā tattaqūn.

    They will say, "[They belong] to Allāh." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

88. قُلۡ مَنۢ بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَهُوَ يُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيۡهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٨

    Qul mam biyadihī malakūtu kulli shayʾiw wa huwa yujīru wa lā yujāru ʿalayhi in kuntum taʿlamūn.

    Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"

89. سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ فَأَنَّىٰ تُسۡحَرُونَ ٨٩

    Sayaqūlūna lillāh, qul fa annā tusḥarūn.

    They will say, "[All belongs] to Allāh." Say, "Then how are you deluded?"

90. بَلۡ أَتَيۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ٩٠

    Bal ataynāhum bil-ḥaqqi wa innahum lakādhibūn.

    Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.

91. مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٖ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍۚ إِذٗا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَٰهِۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٩١

    Mattakhadhallāhu miw waladiw wa mā kāna maʿahū min ilāh, idhal ladhahaba kullu ilāhim bimā khalaqa wa laʿalā baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍ, subḥānallāhi ʿammā yaṣifūn.

    Allāh has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have [sought to] overcome others. Exalted is Allāh above what they describe [concerning Him].

92. عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٩٢

    ʿĀlimil-ghaybi wash-shahādati fataʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn.

    [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him].

93. قُل رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّي مَا يُوعَدُونَ ٩٣

    Qul rabbi immā turiyannī mā yūʿadūn.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised,

94. رَبِّ فَلَا تَجۡعَلۡنِي فِي ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٩٤

    Rabbi falā tajʿalnī fil-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.

    My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."

95. وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّرِيَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمۡ لَقَٰدِرُونَ ٩٥

    Wa innā ʿalā an nuriyaka mā naʿiduhum laqādirūn.

    And indeed, We are Able to show you what We have promised them.

96. ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَۚ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ ٩٦

    Idfaʿ bil-latī hiya aḥsanus-sayyiʾah, naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaṣifūn.

    Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.

97. وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنۡ هَمَزَٰتِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ٩٧

    Wa qul rabbi aʿūdhu bika min hamazātish-shayāṭīn.

    And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils,

98. وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحۡضُرُونِ ٩٨

    Wa aʿūdhu bika rabbi ay yaḥḍurūn.

    And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."

99. حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرۡجِعُونِ ٩٩

    Ḥattā idhā jāʾa aḥadahumul-mawtu qāla rabbirjiʿūn.

    [For such is the state of the disbelievers] until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

100. لَعَلِّيٓ أَعۡمَلُ صَٰلِحٗا فِيمَا تَرَكۡتُۚ كـَلَّآۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَاۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرۡزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ١٠٠

     Laʿallī aʿmalu ṣāliḥan fīmā tarakt, kallā, innahā kalimatun huwa qāʾiluhā, wa miw warāʾihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.

     That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind."¹ No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.

     Footnotes (1)

     1. Or "in that which I neglected."

101. فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١٠١

     Fa idhā nufikha fiṣ-ṣūri falā ansāba baynahum yawmaʾidhiw wa lā yatasāʾalūn.

     So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.

102. فَمَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ١٠٢

     Faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhū fa ulāʾika humul-mufliḥūn.

     And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.

103. وَمَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ ١٠٣

     Wa man khaffat mawāzīnuhū fa ulāʾikal-ladhīna khasirū anfusahum fī jahannama khālidūn.

     But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.

104. تَلۡفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا كَٰلِحُونَ ١٠٤

     Talfaḥu wujūhahumun-nāru wa hum fīhā kāliḥūn.

     The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.¹

     Footnotes (1)

     1. Their lips having been contracted by scorching until the teeth are exposed.

105. أَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٠٥

     Alam takun āyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fakuntum bihā tukadhdhibūn.

     [It will be said], "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"

106. قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتۡ عَلَيۡنَا شِقۡوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوۡمٗا ضَآلِّينَ ١٠٦

     Qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiqwatunā wa kunnā qawman ḍāllīn.

     They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.

107. رَبَّنَآ أَخۡرِجۡنَا مِنۡهَا فَإِنۡ عُدۡنَا فَإِنَّا ظَٰلِمُونَ ١٠٧

     Rabbanā akhrijnā minhā fa in ʿudnā fa innā ẓālimūn.

     Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."

108. قَالَ ٱخۡسَـُٔواْ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ ١٠٨

     Qālakhsaʾū fīhā wa lā tukallimūn.

     He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

109. إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡ عِبَادِي يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ١٠٩

     Innahū kāna farīqum min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā faghfir lanā warḥamnā wa anta khayrur-rāḥimīn.

     Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'

110. فَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُمۡ سِخۡرِيًّا حَتَّىٰٓ أَنسَوۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرِي وَكُنتُم مِّنۡهُمۡ تَضۡحَكُونَ ١١٠

     Fattakhadhtumūhum sikhriyyan ḥattā ansawkum dhikrī wa kuntum minhum taḍḥakūn.

     But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

111. إِنِّي جَزَيۡتُهُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡفَآئِزُونَ ١١١

     Innī jazaytuhumul-yawma bimā ṣabarū annahum humul-fāʾizūn.

     Indeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."

112. قَٰلَ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ ١١٢

     Qāla kam labithtum fil-arḍi ʿadada sinīn.

     [Allāh] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"

113. قَالُواْ لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٖ فَسۡـَٔلِ ٱلۡعَآدِّينَ ١١٣

     Qālū labithnā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasʾalil-ʿāddīn.

     They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."

114. قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗاۖ لَّوۡ أَنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ١١٤

     Qāla il labithtum illā qalīlā, law annakum kuntum taʿlamūn.

     He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.

115. أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ عَبَثٗا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ١١٥

     Afaḥasibtum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathaw wa annakum ilaynā lā turjaʿūn.

     Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

116. فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ١١٦

     Fataʿālallāhul-malikul-ḥaqq, lā ilāha illā huwa rabbul-ʿarshil-karīm.

     So exalted is Allāh, the Sovereign,¹ the Truth;² there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.

     Footnotes (2)

     1. And owner of everything in existence.
     2. Or "the True Reality."

117. وَمَن يَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَا بُرۡهَٰنَ لَهُۥ بِهِۦ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ١١٧

     Wa may yadʿu maʿallāhi ilāhan ākhara lā burhāna lahū bihī fa innamā ḥisābuhū ʿinda rabbih, innahū lā yufliḥul-kāfirūn.

     And whoever invokes besides Allāh another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.

118. وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ وَٱرۡحَمۡ وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ١١٨

     Wa qul rabbighfir warḥam wa anta khayrur-rāḥimīn.

     And, [O Muḥammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful."

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سُورَةٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهَا وَفَرَضۡنَٰهَا وَأَنزَلۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتٖ لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ١

   Sūratun anzalnāhā wa faraḍnāhā wa anzalnā fīhā āyātim bayyinātil laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.

   [This is] a sūrah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.

2. ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجۡلِدُواْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٖ مِّنۡهُمَا مِاْئَةَ جَلۡدَةٖۖ وَلَا تَأۡخُذۡكُم بِهِمَا رَأۡفَةٞ فِي دِينِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۖ وَلۡيَشۡهَدۡ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢

   Az-zāniyatu waz-zānī fajlidū kulla wāḥidim minhumā miʾata jaldah, wa lā taʾkhudhkum bihimā raʾfatun fī dīnillāhi in kuntum tuʾminūna billāhi wal-yawmil-ākhir, walyashhad ʿadhābahumā ṭāʾifatum minal-muʾminīn.

   The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse¹ - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes,² and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion [i.e., law] of Allāh,³ if you should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.

   Footnotes (3)

   1. Either by voluntary confession of the offender or the testimony of four male witnesses to having actually seen the act take place. Otherwise, there can be no conviction.
   2. The ruling in this verse is applicable to unmarried fornicators. Execution by stoning is confirmed in the sunnah for convicted adulterers.
   3. i.e., Do not let sympathy for a guilty person move you to alter anything ordained by Allāh, for in His law is protection of society as a whole.

3. ٱلزَّانِي لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوۡ مُشۡرِكَةٗ وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوۡ مُشۡرِكٞۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣

   Az-zānī lā yankiḥu illā zāniyatan aw mushrikataw waz-zāniyatu lā yankiḥuhā illā zānin aw mushrik, wa ḥurrima dhālika ʿalal-muʾminīn.

   The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator¹ or a polytheist, and that [i.e., marriage to such persons] has been made unlawful to the believers.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Included in this ruling is the adulterer as well. Such persons cannot be married to believers unless they have repented and reformed.

4. وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرۡمُونَ ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَأۡتُواْ بِأَرۡبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجۡلِدُوهُمۡ ثَمَٰنِينَ جَلۡدَةٗ وَلَا تَقۡبَلُواْ لَهُمۡ شَهَٰدَةً أَبَدٗاۚ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٤

   Wal-ladhīna yarmūnal-muḥṣanāti thumma lam yaʾtū biʾarbaʿati shuhadāʾa fajlidūhum thamānīna jaldataw wa lā taqbalū lahum shahādatan abadā, wa ulāʾika humul-fāsiqūn.

   And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,

5. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصۡلَحُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٥

   Illal-ladhīna tābū mim baʿdi dhālika wa aṣlaḥū fa innallāha ghafūrur raḥīm.

   Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

6. وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرۡمُونَ أَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمۡ فَشَهَٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمۡ أَرۡبَعُ شَهَٰدَٰتِۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٦

   Wal-ladhīna yarmūna azwājahum wa lam yakul lahum shuhadāʾu illā anfusuhum fashahādatu aḥadihim arbaʿu shahādātim billāhi innahū laminaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

   And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them¹ [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the truthful.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The husbands who have been betrayed.

7. وَٱلۡخَٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعۡنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٧

   Wal-khāmisatu anna laʿnatallāhi ʿalayhi in kāna minal-kādhibīn.

   And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allāh be upon him if he should be of the liars.

8. وَيَدۡرَؤُاْ عَنۡهَا ٱلۡعَذَابَ أَن تَشۡهَدَ أَرۡبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتِۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٨

   Wa yadraʾu ʿanhal-ʿadhāba an tashhada arbaʿa shahādātim billāhi innahū laminal-kādhibīn.

   But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the liars.

9. وَٱلۡخَٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهَآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٩

   Wal-khāmisata anna ghaḍaballāhi ʿalayhā in kāna minaṣ-ṣādiqīn.

   And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allāh be upon her if he was of the truthful.

10. وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ ١٠

    Wa lawlā faḍlullāhi ʿalaykum wa raḥmatuhū wa annallāha tawwābun ḥakīm.

    And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy...¹ and because Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Wise.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The phrase omitted is estimated to be "...you would have surely been punished, destroyed or scandalized," or "...you would have suffered many difficult situations."

11. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو بِٱلۡإِفۡكِ عُصۡبَةٞ مِّنكُمۡۚ لَا تَحۡسَبُوهُ شَرّٗا لَّكُمۖ بَلۡ هُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡۚ لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُم مَّا ٱكۡتَسَبَ مِنَ ٱلۡإِثۡمِۚ وَٱلَّذِي تَوَلَّىٰ كِبۡرَهُۥ مِنۡهُمۡ لَهُۥ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ١١

    Innal-ladhīna jāʾū bil-ifki ʿuṣbatum minkum, lā taḥsabūhu sharral lakum, bal huwa khayrul lakum, likullimriʾim minhum maktasaba minal-ithm, wal-ladhī tawallā kibrahū minhum lahū ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.

    Indeed, those who came with falsehood¹ are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather, it is good for you. For every person among them is what [punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the greater portion thereof² - for him is a great punishment [i.e., Hellfire].

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Referring to the incident when the Prophet's wife ʿĀ’ishah was falsely accused by the hypocrites.
    2. i.e., ʿAbdullāh bin ʿUbayy, leader of the hypocrites.

12. لَّوۡلَآ إِذۡ سَمِعۡتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ خَيۡرٗا وَقَالُواْ هَٰذَآ إِفۡكٞ مُّبِينٞ ١٢

    Lawlā idh samiʿtumūhu ẓannal-muʾminūna wal-muʾminātu biʾanfusihim khayraw wa qālū hādhā ifkum mubīn.

    Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of themselves [i.e., one another] and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?

13. لَّوۡلَا جَآءُو عَلَيۡهِ بِأَرۡبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَۚ فَإِذۡ لَمۡ يَأۡتُواْ بِٱلشُّهَدَآءِ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُمُ ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ ١٣

    Lawlā jāʾū ʿalayhi biʾarbaʿati shuhadāʾ, fa idh lam yaʾtū bish-shuhadāʾi fa ulāʾika ʿindallāhi humul-kādhibūn.

    Why did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allāh, who are the liars.

14. وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمۡ فِي مَآ أَفَضۡتُمۡ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ١٤

    Wa lawlā faḍlullāhi ʿalaykum wa raḥmatuhū fid-dunyā wal-ākhirati lamassakum fī mā afaḍtum fīhi ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.

    And if it had not been for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were involved by a great punishment

15. إِذۡ تَلَقَّوۡنَهُۥ بِأَلۡسِنَتِكُمۡ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفۡوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيۡسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ وَتَحۡسَبُونَهُۥ هَيِّنٗا وَهُوَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٞ ١٥

    Idh talaqqawnahū biʾalsinatikum wa taqūlūna biʾafwāhikum mā laysa lakum bihī ʿilmuw wa taḥsabūnahū hayyinaw wa huwa ʿindallāhi ʿaẓīm.

    When you received it with your tongues¹ and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allāh, tremendous.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Rather than your ears, i.e., not thinking about what you had heard but hastening to repeat it carelessly.

16. وَلَوۡلَآ إِذۡ سَمِعۡتُمُوهُ قُلۡتُم مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَٰذَا سُبۡحَٰنَكَ هَٰذَا بُهۡتَٰنٌ عَظِيمٞ ١٦

    Wa lawlā idh samiʿtumūhu qultum mā yakūnu lanā an natakallama bihādhā subḥānaka hādhā buhtānun ʿaẓīm.

    And why, when you heard it, did you not say, "It is not for us to speak of this. Exalted are You, [O Allāh]; this is a great slander"?

17. يَعِظُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُواْ لِمِثۡلِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٧

    Yaʿiẓukumullāhu an taʿūdū limithlihī abadan in kuntum muʾminīn.

    Allāh warns you against returning to the likes of this [conduct], ever, if you should be believers.

18. وَيُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ١٨

    Wa yubayyinullāhu lakumul-āyāt, wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm.

    And Allāh makes clear to you the verses [i.e., His rulings], and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

19. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةُ فِي ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ١٩

    Innal-ladhīna yuḥibbūna an tashīʿal-fāḥishatu fil-ladhīna āmanū lahum ʿadhābun alīmun fid-dunyā wal-ākhirah, wallāhu yaʿlamu wa antum lā taʿlamūn.

    Indeed, those who like that immorality¹ should be spread [or publicized] among those who have believed will have a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And Allāh knows² and you do not know.

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Specifically, unlawful sexual relations.
    2. The hidden aspects of all things: what is beneficial and what is harmful.

20. وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٢٠

    Wa lawlā faḍlullāhi ʿalaykum wa raḥmatuhū wa annallāha raʾūfur raḥīm.

    And if it had not been for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy...¹ and because Allāh is Kind and Merciful.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. See footnote to verse 10.

21. ۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَتَّبِعُواْ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِۚ وَمَن يَتَّبِعۡ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَٱلۡمُنكَرِۚ وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ أَبَدٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزَكِّي مَن يَشَآءُۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٢١

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tattabiʿū khuṭuwātish-shayṭān, wa may yattabiʿ khuṭuwātish-shayṭāni fa innahū yaʾmuru bil-faḥshāʾi wal-munkar, wa lawlā faḍlullāhi ʿalaykum wa raḥmatuhū mā zakā minkum min aḥadin abadaw wa lākinnallāha yuzakkī may yashāʾ, wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm.

    O you who have believed, do not follow the footsteps of Satan. And whoever follows the footsteps of Satan - indeed, he enjoins immorality and wrongdoing. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, not one of you would have been pure, ever, but Allāh purifies whom He wills, and Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

22. وَلَا يَأۡتَلِ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡفَضۡلِ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤۡتُوٓاْ أُوْلِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱلۡمُهَٰجِرِينَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَلۡيَعۡفُواْ وَلۡيَصۡفَحُوٓاْۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغۡفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ ٢٢

    Wa lā yaʾtali ulul-faḍli minkum was-saʿati ay yuʾtū ulil-qurbā wal-masākīna wal-muhājirīna fī sabīlillāh, walyaʿfū walyaṣfaḥū, alā tuḥibbūna ay yaghfirallāhu lakum, wallāhu ghafūrur raḥīm.

    And let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give [aid] to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants for the cause of Allāh, and let them pardon and overlook. Would you not like that Allāh should forgive you? And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

23. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرۡمُونَ ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ ٱلۡغَٰفِلَٰتِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ لُعِنُواْ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ٢٣

    Innal-ladhīna yarmūnal-muḥṣanātil-ghāfilātil-muʾmināti luʿinū fid-dunyā wal-ākhirati wa lahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.

    Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment

24. يَوۡمَ تَشۡهَدُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَلۡسِنَتُهُمۡ وَأَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَأَرۡجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٤

    Yawma tashhadu ʿalayhim alsinatuhum wa aydīhim wa arjuluhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.

25. يَوۡمَئِذٖ يُوَفِّيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَيَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٢٥

    Yawmaʾidhiy yuwaffīhimullāhu dīnahumul-ḥaqqa wa yaʿlamūna annallāha huwal-ḥaqqul-mubīn.

    That Day, Allāh will pay them in full their true [i.e., deserved] recompense, and they will know that it is Allāh who is the manifest Truth [i.e., perfect in justice].

26. ٱلۡخَبِيثَٰتُ لِلۡخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلۡخَبِيثُونَ لِلۡخَبِيثَٰتِۖ وَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَٰتِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَۖ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَرِزۡقٞ كَرِيمٞ ٢٦

    Al-khabīthātu lil-khabīthīna wal-khabīthūna lil-khabīthāt, waṭ-ṭayyibātu liṭ-ṭayyibīna waṭ-ṭayyibūna liṭ-ṭayyibāt, ulāʾika mubarraʾūna mimmā yaqūlūn, lahum maghfiratuw wa rizqun karīm.

    Evil words are for evil men, and evil men are [subjected] to evil words. And good words are for good men, and good men are [an object] of good words.¹ Those [good people] are declared innocent of what they [i.e., slanderers] say. For them is forgiveness and noble provision.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Another accepted interpretation is "Evil women are for evil men, and evil men are for evil women. And good women are for good men, and good men are for good women."

27. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَدۡخُلُواْ بُيُوتًا غَيۡرَ بُيُوتِكُمۡ حَتَّىٰ تَسۡتَأۡنِسُواْ وَتُسَلِّمُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهَاۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٢٧

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tadkhulū buyūtan ghayra buyūtikum ḥattā tastaʾnisū wa tusallimū ʿalā ahlihā, dhālikum khayrul lakum laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.

    O you who have believed, do not enter houses other than your own houses until you ascertain welcome and greet¹ their inhabitants. That is best for you; perhaps you will be reminded [i.e., advised].

    Footnotes (1)

    1. By the words "As-salāmu ʿalaykum" ("Peace be upon you").

28. فَإِن لَّمۡ تَجِدُواْ فِيهَآ أَحَدٗا فَلَا تَدۡخُلُوهَا حَتَّىٰ يُؤۡذَنَ لَكُمۡۖ وَإِن قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱرۡجِعُواْ فَٱرۡجِعُواْۖ هُوَ أَزۡكَىٰ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمٞ ٢٨

    Fa il lam tajidū fīhā aḥadan falā tadkhulūhā ḥattā yuʾdhana lakum, wa in qīla lakumurjiʿū farjiʿū, huwa azkā lakum, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīm.

    And if you do not find anyone therein, do not enter them until permission has been given you. And if it is said to you, "Go back,"¹ then go back; it is purer for you. And Allāh is Knowing of what you do.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Or a similar expression showing that the occupants are not prepared to receive visitors (which should be respected).

29. لَّيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَدۡخُلُواْ بُيُوتًا غَيۡرَ مَسۡكُونَةٖ فِيهَا مَتَٰعٞ لَّكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تُبۡدُونَ وَمَا تَكۡتُمُونَ ٢٩

    Laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun an tadkhulū buyūtan ghayra maskūnatin fīhā matāʿul lakum, wallāhu yaʿlamu mā tubdūna wa mā taktumūn.

    There is no blame upon you for entering houses not inhabited in which there is convenience¹ for you. And Allāh knows what you reveal and what you conceal.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Some benefit such as rest, shelter, commodities, one's personal belongings, etc.

30. قُل لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ يَغُضُّواْ مِنۡ أَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ وَيَحۡفَظُواْ فُرُوجَهُمۡۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَزۡكَىٰ لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا يَصۡنَعُونَ ٣٠

    Qul lil-muʾminīna yaghuḍḍū min abṣārihim wa yaḥfaẓū furūjahum, dhālika azkā lahum, innallāha khabīrum bimā yaṣnaʿūn.

    Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision¹ and guard their private parts.² That is purer for them. Indeed, Allāh is [fully] Aware of what they do.

    Footnotes (2)

    1. Looking only at what is lawful and averting their eyes from what is unlawful.
    2. From being seen and from unlawful acts.

31. وَقُل لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ يَغۡضُضۡنَ مِنۡ أَبۡصَٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحۡفَظۡنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبۡدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنۡهَاۖ وَلۡيَضۡرِبۡنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّۖ وَلَا يُبۡدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ أَبۡنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوۡ إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوۡ بَنِيٓ إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوۡ بَنِيٓ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ أَوۡ نِسَآئِهِنَّ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّٰبِعِينَ غَيۡرِ أُوْلِي ٱلۡإِرۡبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفۡلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يَظۡهَرُواْ عَلَىٰ عَوۡرَٰتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِۖ وَلَا يَضۡرِبۡنَ بِأَرۡجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعۡلَمَ مَا يُخۡفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّۚ وَتُوبُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ٣١

    Wa qul lil-muʾmināti yaghḍuḍna min abṣārihinna wa yaḥfaẓna furūjahunna wa lā yubdīna zīnatahunna illā mā ẓahara minhā, walyaḍribna bikhumurihinna ʿalā juyūbihinn, wa lā yubdīna zīnatahunna illā libuʿūlatihinna aw ābāʾihinna aw ābāʾi buʿūlatihinna aw abnāʾihinna aw abnāʾi buʿūlatihinna aw ikhwānihinna aw banī ikhwānihinna aw banī akhawātihinna aw nisāʾihinna aw mā malakat aymānuhunna awit-tābiʿīna ghayri ulil-irbati minar-rijāli awiṭ-ṭiflil-ladhīna lam yaẓharū ʿalā ʿawrātin-nisāʾ, wa lā yaḍribna biʾarjulihinna liyuʿlama mā yukhfīna min zīnatihinn, wa tūbū ilallāhi jamīʿan ayyuhal-muʾminūna laʿallakum tufliḥūn.

    And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision¹ and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment² except that which [necessarily] appears thereof³ and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment [i.e., beauty] except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess [i.e., slaves], or those male attendants having no physical desire,⁴ or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allāh in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.

    Footnotes (4)

    1. Looking only at what is lawful and averting their eyes from what is unlawful.
    2. Both natural beauty, such as hair or body shape, and that with which a woman beautifies herself of clothing, jewelry, etc.
    3. i.e., the outer garments or whatever might appear out of necessity, such as a part of the face or the hands.
    4. Referring to an abnormal condition in which a man is devoid of sexual feeling.

32. وَأَنكِحُواْ ٱلۡأَيَٰمَىٰ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ مِنۡ عِبَادِكُمۡ وَإِمَآئِكُمۡۚ إِن يَكُونُواْ فُقَرَآءَ يُغۡنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٣٢

    Wa ankiḥul-ayāmā minkum waṣ-ṣāliḥīna min ʿibādikum wa imāʾikum, iy yakūnū fuqarāʾa yughnihimullāhu min faḍlih, wallāhu wāsiʿun ʿalīm.

    And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allāh will enrich them from His bounty, and Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

33. وَلۡيَسۡتَعۡفِفِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ نِكَاحًا حَتَّىٰ يُغۡنِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبۡتَغُونَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِمَّا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡ فَكَاتِبُوهُمۡ إِنۡ عَلِمۡتُمۡ فِيهِمۡ خَيۡرٗاۖ وَءَاتُوهُم مِّن مَّالِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۚ وَلَا تُكۡرِهُواْ فَتَيَٰتِكُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡبِغَآءِ إِنۡ أَرَدۡنَ تَحَصُّنٗا لِّتَبۡتَغُواْ عَرَضَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ وَمَن يُكۡرِههُّنَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ إِكۡرَٰهِهِنَّ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٣٣

    Walyastaʿfifil-ladhīna lā yajidūna nikāḥan ḥattā yughniyahumullāhu min faḍlih, wal-ladhīna yabtaghūnal-kitāba mimmā malakat aymānukum fakātibūhum in ʿalimtum fīhim khayrā, wa ātūhum mim mālillāhil-ladhī ātākum, wa lā tukrihū fatayātikum ʿalal-bighāʾi in aradna taḥaṣṣunal litabtaghū ʿaraḍal-ḥayātid-dunyā, wa may yukrihhunna fa innallāha mim baʿdi ikrāhihinna ghafūrur raḥīm.

    But let them who find not [the means for] marriage abstain [from sexual relations] until Allāh enriches them from His bounty. And those who seek a contract [for eventual emancipation] from among whom your right hands possess¹ - then make a contract with them if you know there is within them goodness and give them from the wealth of Allāh which He has given you. And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby] the temporary interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed, Allāh is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., those slaves who desire to purchase their freedom from their owners for a price agreed upon by both.

34. وَلَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ ءَايَٰتٖ مُّبَيِّنَٰتٖ وَمَثَلٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوۡاْ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ وَمَوۡعِظَةٗ لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٣٤

    Wa laqad anzalnā ilaykum āyātim mubayyinātiw wa mathalam minal-ladhīna khalaw min qablikum wa mawʿiẓatal lil-muttaqīn.

    And We have certainly sent down to you distinct verses¹ and examples from those who passed on before you and an admonition for those who fear Allāh.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., rulings and ordinances, in particular those in this sūrah.

35. ۞ ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشۡكَوٰةٖ فِيهَا مِصۡبَاحٌۖ ٱلۡمِصۡبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوۡكَبٞ دُرِّيّٞ يُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٖ زَيۡتُونَةٖ لَّا شَرۡقِيَّةٖ وَلَا غَرۡبِيَّةٖ يَكَادُ زَيۡتُهَا يُضِيٓءُ وَلَوۡ لَمۡ تَمۡسَسۡهُ نَارٞۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٖۚ يَهۡدِي ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَيَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ لِلنَّاسِۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ٣٥

    Allāhu nūrus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, mathalu nūrihī kamishkātin fīhā miṣbāḥ, al-miṣbāḥu fī zujājah, az-zujājatu kaʾannahā kawkabun durriyyuy yūqadu min shajaratim mubārakatin zaytūnatil lā sharqiyyatiw wa lā gharbiyyatiy yakādu zaytuhā yuḍīʾu wa law lam tamsashu nār, nūrun ʿalā nūr, yahdillāhu linūrihī may yashāʾ, wa yaḍribullāhul-amthāla lin-nās, wallāhu bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

    Allāh is the Light¹ of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light² is like a niche within which is a lamp;³ the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allāh guides to His light whom He wills. And Allāh presents examples for the people, and Allāh is Knowing of all things.

    Footnotes (3)

    1. i.e., the source and bestower of light and enlightenment.
    2. His guidance in the heart of a believing servant.
    3. Literally, "a burning wick," which is the essence of a lamp.

36. فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللَّهُ أَن تُرۡفَعَ وَيُذۡكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسۡمُهُۥ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا بِٱلۡغُدُوِّ وَٱلۡأٓصَالِ ٣٦

    Fī buyūtin adhinallāhu an turfaʿa wa yudhkara fīhasmuhū yusabbiḥu lahū fīhā bil-ghuduwwi wal-āṣāl.

    [Such niches are] in houses [i.e., mosques] which Allāh has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned [i.e., praised] therein; exalting Him within them in the morning and the evenings¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The term used here can refer to either afternoon or evening.

37. رِجَالٞ لَّا تُلۡهِيهِمۡ تِجَٰرَةٞ وَلَا بَيۡعٌ عَن ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءِ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ يَخَافُونَ يَوۡمٗا تَتَقَلَّبُ فِيهِ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ ٣٧

    Rijālul lā tulhīhim tijāratuw wa lā bayʿun ʿan dhikrillāhi wa iqāmiṣ-ṣalāti wa ītāʾiz-zakāti yakhāfūna yawman tataqallabu fīhil-qulūbu wal-abṣār.

    [Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allāh and performance of prayer and giving of zakāh. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about -

38. لِيَجۡزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنَ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرۡزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ٣٨

    Liyajziyahumullāhu aḥsana mā ʿamilū wa yazīdahum min faḍlih, wallāhu yarzuqu may yashāʾu bighayri ḥisāb.

    That Allāh may reward them [according to] the best of what they did and increase them from His bounty. And Allāh gives provision to whom He wills without account [i.e., limit].

39. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ كَسَرَابِۭ بِقِيعَةٖ يَحۡسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمۡـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمۡ يَجِدۡهُ شَيۡـٔٗا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٣٩

    Wal-ladhīna kafarū aʿmāluhum kasarābim biqīʿatiy yaḥsabuhuẓ-ẓamʾānu māʾan ḥattā idhā jāʾahū lam yajidhu shayʾaw wa wajadallāha ʿindahū fawaffāhu ḥisābah, wallāhu sarīʿul-ḥisāb.

    But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.

40. أَوۡ كَظُلُمَٰتٖ فِي بَحۡرٖ لُّجِّيّٖ يَغۡشَىٰهُ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ مَوۡجٞ مِّن فَوۡقِهِۦ سَحَابٞۚ ظُلُمَٰتُۢ بَعۡضُهَا فَوۡقَ بَعۡضٍ إِذَآ أَخۡرَجَ يَدَهُۥ لَمۡ يَكَدۡ يَرَىٰهَاۗ وَمَن لَّمۡ يَجۡعَلِ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥ نُورٗا فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن نُّورٍ ٤٠

    Aw kaẓulumātin fī baḥril lujjiyyiy yaghshāhu mawjum min fawqihī mawjum min fawqihī saḥāb, ẓulumātum baʿḍuhā fawqa baʿḍin idhā akhraja yadahū lam yakad yarāhā, wa mal lam yajʿalillāhu lahū nūran famā lahū min nūr.

    Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds - darknesses, some of them upon others. When one puts out his hand [therein], he can hardly see it. And he to whom Allāh has not granted light - for him there is no light.

41. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلطَّيۡرُ صَٰٓفَّٰتٖۖ كُلّٞ قَدۡ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُۥ وَتَسۡبِيحَهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا يَفۡعَلُونَ ٤١

    Alam tara annallāha yusabbiḥu lahū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi waṭ-ṭayru ṣāffāt, kullun qad ʿalima ṣalātahū wa tasbīḥah, wallāhu ʿalīmum bimā yafʿalūn.

    Do you not see that Allāh is exalted by whomever is within the heavens and the earth and [by] the birds with wings spread [in flight]? Each [of them] has known his [means of] prayer and exalting [Him], and Allāh is Knowing of what they do.

42. وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٤٢

    Walillāhi mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa ilallāhil-maṣīr.

    And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and to Allāh is the destination.

43. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُزۡجِي سَحَابٗا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيۡنَهُۥ ثُمَّ يَجۡعَلُهُۥ رُكَامٗا فَتَرَى ٱلۡوَدۡقَ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ خِلَٰلِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن جِبَالٖ فِيهَا مِنۢ بَرَدٖ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَصۡرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن يَشَآءُۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرۡقِهِۦ يَذۡهَبُ بِٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ٤٣

    Alam tara annallāha yuzjī saḥāban thumma yuʾallifu baynahū thumma yajʿaluhū rukāman fataral-wadqa yakhruju min khilālihī wa yunazzilu minas-samāʾi min jibālin fīhā mim baradin fayuṣību bihī may yashāʾu wa yaṣrifuhū ʿam may yashāʾ, yakādu sanā barqihī yadhhabu bil-abṣār.

    Do you not see that Allāh drives clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightning almost takes away the eyesight.

44. يُقَلِّبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ٤٤

    Yuqallibullāhul-layla wan-nahār, inna fī dhālika laʿibratal liʾulil-abṣār.

    Allāh alternates the night and the day. Indeed in that is a lesson for those who have vision.

45. وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٖ مِّن مَّآءٖۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَمۡشِي عَلَىٰ بَطۡنِهِۦ وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَمۡشِي عَلَىٰ رِجۡلَيۡنِ وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَمۡشِي عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡبَعٖۚ يَخۡلُقُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ٤٥

    Wallāhu khalaqa kulla dābbatim mim māʾ, faminhum may yamshī ʿalā baṭnihī wa minhum may yamshī ʿalā rijlayni wa minhum may yamshī ʿalā arbaʿ, yakhluqullāhu mā yashāʾ, innallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

    Allāh has created every [living] creature from water. And of them are those that move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them are those that walk on four. Allāh creates what He wills. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

46. لَّقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ ءَايَٰتٖ مُّبَيِّنَٰتٖۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٤٦

    Laqad anzalnā āyātim mubayyināt, wallāhu yahdī may yashāʾu ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

    We have certainly sent down distinct verses. And Allāh guides whom He wills to a straight path.

47. وَيَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعۡنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَۚ وَمَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٤٧

    Wa yaqūlūna āmannā billāhi wabir-rasūli wa aṭaʿnā thumma yatawallā farīqum minhum mim baʿdi dhālik, wa mā ulāʾika bil-muʾminīn.

    But they [i.e., the hypocrites] say, "We have believed in Allāh and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers.

48. وَإِذَا دُعُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحۡكُمَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ إِذَا فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٤٨

    Wa idhā duʿū ilallāhi wa rasūlihī liyaḥkuma baynahum idhā farīqum minhum muʿriḍūn.

    And when they are called to [the words of] Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal].

49. وَإِن يَكُن لَّهُمُ ٱلۡحَقُّ يَأۡتُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ مُذۡعِنِينَ ٤٩

    Wa iy yakul lahumul-ḥaqqu yaʾtū ilayhi mudhʿinīn.

    But if the right is theirs, they come to him in prompt obedience.

50. أَفِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ أَمِ ٱرۡتَابُوٓاْ أَمۡ يَخَافُونَ أَن يَحِيفَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَرَسُولُهُۥۚ بَلۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٥٠

    Afī qulūbihim maraḍun amirtābū am yakhāfūna ay yaḥīfallāhu ʿalayhim wa rasūluh, bal ulāʾika humuẓ-ẓālimūn.

    Is there disease in their hearts? Or have they doubted? Or do they fear that Allāh will be unjust to them, or His Messenger? Rather, it is they who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].

51. إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوۡلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحۡكُمَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ أَن يَقُولُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۚ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ٥١

    Innamā kāna qawlal-muʾminīna idhā duʿū ilallāhi wa rasūlihī liyaḥkuma baynahum ay yaqūlū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, wa ulāʾika humul-mufliḥūn.

    The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful.

52. وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَخۡشَ ٱللَّهَ وَيَتَّقۡهِ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَآئِزُونَ ٥٢

    Wa may yuṭiʿillāha wa rasūlahū wa yakhshallāha wayattaqhi fa ulāʾika humul-fāʾizūn.

    And whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger and fears Allāh and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers.

53. ۞ وَأَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَئِنۡ أَمَرۡتَهُمۡ لَيَخۡرُجُنَّۖ قُل لَّا تُقۡسِمُواْۖ طَاعَةٞ مَّعۡرُوفَةٌۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٥٣

    Wa aqsamū billāhi jahda aymānihim laʾin amartahum layakhrujunn, qul lā tuqsimū, ṭāʿatum maʿrūfah, innallāha khabīrum bimā taʿmalūn.

    And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths that if you ordered them, they would go forth [in Allāh's cause]. Say, "Do not swear. [Such] obedience is known.¹ Indeed, Allāh is [fully] Aware of that which you do."

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    1. i.e., the hypocrites' pretense of obedience is known to be a lie.

54. قُلۡ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱلرَّسُولَۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيۡهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيۡكُم مَّا حُمِّلۡتُمۡۖ وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ تَهۡتَدُواْۚ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٥٤

    Qul aṭīʿullāha wa aṭīʿur-rasūl, fa in tawallaw fa innamā ʿalayhi mā ḥummila wa ʿalaykum mā ḥummiltum, wa in tuṭīʿūhu tahtadū, wa mā ʿalar-rasūli illal-balāghul-mubīn.

    Say, "Obey Allāh and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."

55. وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنكُمۡ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَيَسۡتَخۡلِفَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَمَا ٱسۡتَخۡلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمۡ دِينَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي ٱرۡتَضَىٰ لَهُمۡ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ خَوۡفِهِمۡ أَمۡنٗاۚ يَعۡبُدُونَنِي لَا يُشۡرِكُونَ بِي شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٥٥

    Waʿadallāhul-ladhīna āmanū minkum wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti layastakhlifannahum fil-arḍi kamastakhlafal-ladhīna min qablihim wa layumakkinanna lahum dīnahumul-ladhirtaḍā lahum wa layubaddilannahum mim baʿdi khawfihim amnā, yaʿbudūnanī lā yushrikūna bī shayʾā, wa man kafara baʿda dhālika fa ulāʾika humul-fāsiqūn.

    Allāh has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves¹ after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient.

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    1. i.e., denies the favor of Allāh or does not live by His ordinance.

56. وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ٥٦

    Wa aqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa ātuz-zakāta wa aṭīʿur-rasūla laʿallakum turḥamūn.

    And establish prayer and give zakāh and obey the Messenger - that you may receive mercy.

57. لَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مُعۡجِزِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُۖ وَلَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٥٧

    Lā taḥsabannal-ladhīna kafarū muʿjizīna fil-arḍ, wa maʾwāhumun-nār, wa labiʾsal-maṣīr.

    Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. Their refuge will be the Fire - and how wretched the destination.

58. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لِيَسۡتَـٔۡذِنكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يَبۡلُغُواْ ٱلۡحُلُمَ مِنكُمۡ ثَلَٰثَ مَرَّٰتٖۚ مِّن قَبۡلِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ وَمِنۢ بَعۡدِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلۡعِشَآءِۚ ثَلَٰثُ عَوۡرَٰتٖ لَّكُمۡۚ لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ جُنَاحُۢ بَعۡدَهُنَّۚ طَوَّٰفُونَ عَلَيۡكُم بَعۡضُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ ٥٨

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū liyastaʾdhinkumul-ladhīna malakat aymānukum wal-ladhīna lam yablughul-ḥuluma minkum thalātha marrāt, min qabli ṣalātil-fajri wa ḥīna taḍaʿūna thiyābakum minaẓ-ẓahīrati wa mim baʿdi ṣalātil-ʿishāʾ, thalāthu ʿawrātil lakum, laysa ʿalaykum wa lā ʿalayhim junāḥum baʿdahunn, ṭawwāfūna ʿalaykum baʿḍukum ʿalā baʿḍ, kadhālika yubayyinullāhu lakumul-āyāt, wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm.

    O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who have not [yet] reached puberty among you ask permission of you [before entering] at three times: before the dawn prayer and when you put aside your clothing [for rest] at noon and after the night prayer. [These are] three times of privacy¹ for you. There is no blame upon you nor upon them beyond these [periods], for they continually circulate among you - some of you, among others. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [i.e., His ordinances]; and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

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    1. Literally, "exposure" or "being uncovered."

59. وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلۡأَطۡفَٰلُ مِنكُمُ ٱلۡحُلُمَ فَلۡيَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُواْ كَمَا ٱسۡتَـٔۡذَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٞ ٥٩

    Wa idhā balaghal-aṭfālu minkumul-ḥuluma falyastaʾdhinū kamastaʾdhanal-ladhīna min qablihim, kadhālika yubayyinullāhu lakum āyātih, wallāhu ʿalīmun ḥakīm.

    And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission [at all times] as those before them have done. Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses; and Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

60. وَٱلۡقَوَٰعِدُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ٱلَّٰتِي لَا يَرۡجُونَ نِكَاحٗا فَلَيۡسَ عَلَيۡهِنَّ جُنَاحٌ أَن يَضَعۡنَ ثِيَابَهُنَّ غَيۡرَ مُتَبَرِّجَٰتِۭ بِزِينَةٖۖ وَأَن يَسۡتَعۡفِفۡنَ خَيۡرٞ لَّهُنَّۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ٦٠

    Wal-qawāʿidu minan-nisāʾil-lātī lā yarjūna nikāḥan falaysa ʿalayhinna junāḥun ay yaḍaʿna thiyābahunna ghayra mutabarrijātim bizīnah, wa ay yastaʿfifna khayrul lahunn, wallāhu samīʿun ʿalīm.

    And women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

61. لَّيۡسَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ حَرَجٞ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَعۡرَجِ حَرَجٞ وَلَا عَلَى ٱلۡمَرِيضِ حَرَجٞ وَلَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَن تَأۡكُلُواْ مِنۢ بُيُوتِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ ءَابَآئِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ إِخۡوَٰنِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ أَخَوَٰتِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ أَعۡمَٰمِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ عَمَّٰتِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ أَخۡوَٰلِكُمۡ أَوۡ بُيُوتِ خَٰلَٰتِكُمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكۡتُم مَّفَاتِحَهُۥٓ أَوۡ صَدِيقِكُمۡۚ لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَأۡكُلُواْ جَمِيعًا أَوۡ أَشۡتَاتٗاۚ فَإِذَا دَخَلۡتُم بُيُوتٗا فَسَلِّمُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمۡ تَحِيَّةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُبَٰرَكَةٗ طَيِّبَةٗۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦١

    Laysa ʿalal-aʿmā ḥarajuw wa lā ʿalal-aʿraji ḥarajuw wa lā ʿalal-marīḍi ḥarajuw wa lā ʿalā anfusikum an taʾkulū mim buyūtikum aw buyūti ābāʾikum aw buyūti ummahātikum aw buyūti ikhwānikum aw buyūti akhawātikum aw buyūti aʿmāmikum aw buyūti ʿammātikum aw buyūti akhwālikum aw buyūti khālātikum aw mā malaktum mafātiḥahū aw ṣadīqikum, laysa ʿalaykum junāḥun an taʾkulū jamīʿan aw ashtātā, fa idhā dakhaltum buyūtan fasallimū ʿalā anfusikum taḥiyyatam min ʿindillāhi mubārakatan ṭayyibah, kadhālika yubayyinullāhu lakumul-āyāti laʿallakum taʿqilūn.

    There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers or the houses of your brothers or the houses of your sisters or the houses of your father's brothers or the houses of your father's sisters or the houses of your mother's brothers or the houses of your mother's sisters or [from houses] whose keys you possess or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat together or separately. But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace¹ upon each other - a greeting from Allāh, blessed and good. Thus does Allāh make clear to you the verses [of ordinance] that you may understand.

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    1. Saying, "As-salāmu ʿalaykum" ("Peace be upon you").

62. إِنَّمَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَإِذَا كَانُواْ مَعَهُۥ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرٖ جَامِعٖ لَّمۡ يَذۡهَبُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُوهُۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡتَـٔۡذِنُونَكَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦۚ فَإِذَا ٱسۡتَـٔۡذَنُوكَ لِبَعۡضِ شَأۡنِهِمۡ فَأۡذَن لِّمَن شِئۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمُ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٦٢

    Innamal-muʾminūnal-ladhīna āmanū billāhi wa rasūlihī wa idhā kānū maʿahū ʿalā amrin jāmiʿil lam yadhhabū ḥattā yastaʾdhinūh, innal-ladhīna yastaʾdhinūnaka ulāʾikal-ladhīna yuʾminūna billāhi wa rasūlih, fa idhastaʾdhanūka libaʿḍi shaʾnihim faʾdhal liman shiʾta minhum wastaghfir lahumullāh, innallāha ghafūrur raḥīm.

    The believers are only those who believe in Allāh and His Messenger and, when they are [meeting] with him for a matter of common interest, do not depart until they have asked his permission. Indeed, those who ask your permission, [O Muḥammad] - those are the ones who believe in Allāh and His Messenger. So when they ask your permission due to something of their affairs, then give permission to whom you will among them and ask forgiveness for them of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

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

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

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

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    1. Meaning also his way or his sunnah.
    2. Trials, affliction, dissension, strife, etc.

64. أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ قَدۡ يَعۡلَمُ مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ وَيَوۡمَ يُرۡجَعُونَ إِلَيۡهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُواْۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمُۢ ٦٤

    Alā inna lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, qad yaʿlamu mā antum ʿalayhi wa yawma yurjaʿūna ilayhi fayunabbiʾuhum bimā ʿamilū, wallāhu bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

    Unquestionably, to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. Already He knows that upon which you [stand]¹ and [knows] the Day² when they will be returned to Him and He will inform them of what they have done. And Allāh is Knowing of all things.

    Footnotes (2)

    1. i.e., your position - the basis for your actions (whether sincere faith or hypocrisy) and the condition of your souls.
    2. The meaning can also be rendered "...and [let them beware of] the Day..."

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا ١

   Tabārakal-ladhī nazzalal-furqāna ʿalā ʿabdihī liyakūna lil-ʿālamīna nadhīrā.

   Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -

2. ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَمۡ يَتَّخِذۡ وَلَدٗا وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٞ فِي ٱلۡمُلۡكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقۡدِيرٗا ٢

   Al-ladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa lam yattakhidh waladaw wa lam yakul lahū sharīkun fil-mulki wa khalaqa kulla shayʾin faqaddarahū taqdīrā.

   He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.

3. وَٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةٗ لَّا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَهُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعٗا وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مَوۡتٗا وَلَا حَيَوٰةٗ وَلَا نُشُورٗا ٣

   Wattakhadhū min dūnihī ālihatal lā yakhluqūna shayʾaw wa hum yukhlaqūna wa lā yamlikūna liʾanfusihim ḍarraw wa lā nafʿaw wa lā yamlikūna mawtaw wa lā ḥayātaw wa lā nushūrā.

   But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.

4. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفۡكٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِ قَوۡمٌ ءَاخَرُونَۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءُو ظُلۡمٗا وَزُورٗا ٤

   Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā ifkuniftarāhu wa aʿānahū ʿalayhi qawmun ākharūn, faqad jāʾū ẓulmaw wa zūrā.

   And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.

5. وَقَالُوٓاْ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٱكۡتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ بُكۡرَةٗ وَأَصِيلٗا ٥

   Wa qālū asāṭīrul-awwalīnaktatabahā fahiya tumlā ʿalayhi bukrataw wa aṣīlā.

   And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

6. قُلۡ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٦

   Qul anzalahul-ladhī yaʿlamus-sirra fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, innahū kāna ghafūrar raḥīmā.

   Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."

7. وَقَالُواْ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشِي فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مَلَكٞ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا ٧

   Wa qālū māli hādhar-rasūli yaʾkuluṭ-ṭaʿāma wa yamshī fil-aswāqi lawlā unzila ilayhi malakun fayakūna maʿahū nadhīrā.

   And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?

8. أَوۡ يُلۡقَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِ كَنزٌ أَوۡ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٞ يَأۡكُلُ مِنۡهَاۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلٗا مَّسۡحُورًا ٨

   Aw yulqā ilayhi kanzun aw takūnu lahū jannatuy yaʾkulu minhā, wa qālaẓ-ẓālimūna in tattabiʿūna illā rajulam masḥūrā.

   Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

9. ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلٗا ٩

   Unẓur kayfa ḍarabū lakal-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlā.

   Look how they strike for you comparisons;¹ but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

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   1. From their own imaginations in order to deny and discredit you.

10. تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِيٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيۡرٗا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكَ قُصُورَۢا ١٠

    Tabārakal-ladhī in shāʾa jaʿala laka khayram min dhālika jannātin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru wa yajʿal laka quṣūrā.

    Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.

11. بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلسَّاعَةِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا ١١

    Bal kadhdhabū bis-sāʿah, wa aʿtadnā liman kadhdhaba bis-sāʿati saʿīrā.

    But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.

12. إِذَا رَأَتۡهُم مِّن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ سَمِعُواْ لَهَا تَغَيُّظٗا وَزَفِيرٗا ١٢

    Idhā raʾathum mim makāni baʿīdin samiʿū lahā taghayyuẓaw wa zafīrā.

    When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

13. وَإِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ مِنۡهَا مَكَانٗا ضَيِّقٗا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوۡاْ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورٗا ١٣

    Wa idhā ulqū minhā makānan ḍayyiqam muqarranīna daʿaw hunālika thubūrā.

    And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

14. لَّا تَدۡعُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ثُبُورٗا وَٰحِدٗا وَٱدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا كَثِيرٗا ١٤

    Lā tadʿul-yawma thubūraw wāḥidaw wadʿū thubūran kathīrā.

    [They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."

15. قُلۡ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ جَنَّةُ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۚ كَانَتۡ لَهُمۡ جَزَآءٗ وَمَصِيرٗا ١٥

    Qul adhālika khayrun am jannatul-khuldil-latī wuʿidal-muttaqūn, kānat lahum jazāʾaw wa maṣīrā.

    Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.

16. لَّهُمۡ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعۡدٗا مَّسۡـُٔولٗا ١٦

    Lahum fīhā mā yashāʾūna khālidīn, kāna ʿalā rabbika waʿdam masʾūlā.

    For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.¹

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    1. Or "...a promise requested [for them by the angels]."

17. وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمۡ أَضۡلَلۡتُمۡ عِبَادِي هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمۡ هُمۡ ضَلُّواْ ٱلسَّبِيلَ ١٧

    Wa yawma yaḥshuruhum wa mā yaʿbudūna min dūnillāhi fayaqūlu aʾantum aḍlaltum ʿibādī hāʾulāʾi am hum ḍallus-sabīl.

    And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allāh and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"

18. قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِي لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعۡتَهُمۡ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ نَسُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمَۢا بُورٗا ١٨

    Qālū subḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā an nattakhidha min dūnika min awliyāʾa wa lākim mattaʿtahum wa ābāʾahum ḥattā nasudh-dhikra wa kānū qawmam būrā.

    They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."

19. فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسۡتَطِيعُونَ صَرۡفٗا وَلَا نَصۡرٗاۚ وَمَن يَظۡلِم مِّنكُمۡ نُذِقۡهُ عَذَابٗا كَبِيرٗا ١٩

    Faqad kadhdhabūkum bimā taqūlūna famā tastaṭīʿūna ṣarfaw wa lā naṣrā, wa may yaẓlim minkum nudhiqhu ʿadhāban kabīrā.

    So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say,¹ and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice² among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.

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    1. At the time of Judgement the false objects of worship will betray their worshippers and deny them.
    2. Specifically, association of others with Allāh.

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

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

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