Juz 22

1. ۞ وَمَن يَقۡنُتۡ مِنكُنَّ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتَعۡمَلۡ صَٰلِحٗا نُّؤۡتِهَآ أَجۡرَهَا مَرَّتَيۡنِ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهَا رِزۡقٗا كَرِيمٗا ٣١

   Wa may yaqnut minkunna lillāhi wa rasūlihī wa taʿmal ṣāliḥan nuʾtihā ajrahā marratayni wa aʿtadnā lahā rizqan karīmā.

   And whoever of you devoutly obeys Allāh and His Messenger and does righteousness - We will give her her reward twice; and We have prepared for her a noble provision.

2. يَٰنِسَآءَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ لَسۡتُنَّ كَأَحَدٖ مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِنِ ٱتَّقَيۡتُنَّۚ فَلَا تَخۡضَعۡنَ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ فَيَطۡمَعَ ٱلَّذِي فِي قَلۡبِهِۦ مَرَضٞ وَقُلۡنَ قَوۡلٗا مَّعۡرُوفٗا ٣٢

   Yānisāʾan-nabiyyi lastunna kaʾaḥadim minan-nisāʾi inittaqaytunn, falā takhḍaʿna bil-qawli fayaṭmaʿal-ladhī fī qalbihī maraḍuw wa qulna qawlam maʿrūfā.

   O wives of the Prophet, you are not like anyone among women. If you fear Allāh, then do not be soft in speech [to men],¹ lest he in whose heart is disease should covet, but speak with appropriate speech.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The meaning has also been given as "You are not like any among women if you fear Allāh. So do not be soft in speech..."

3. وَقَرۡنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجۡنَ تَبَرُّجَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰۖ وَأَقِمۡنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتِينَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِعۡنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُذۡهِبَ عَنكُمُ ٱلرِّجۡسَ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمۡ تَطۡهِيرٗا ٣٣

   Wa qarna fī buyūtikunna wa lā tabarrajna tabarrujal-jāhiliyyatil-ūlā, wa aqimnaṣ-ṣalāta wa ātīnaz-zakāta wa aṭiʿnallāha wa rasūlah, innamā yurīdullāhu liyudhhiba ʿankumur-rijsa ahlal-bayti wa yuṭahhirakum taṭhīrā.

   And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. And establish prayer and give zakāh and obey Allāh and His Messenger. Allāh intends only to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.

4. وَٱذۡكُرۡنَ مَا يُتۡلَىٰ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ لَطِيفًا خَبِيرًا ٣٤

   Wadhkurna mā yutlā fī buyūtikunna min āyātillāhi wal-ḥikmah, innallāha kāna laṭīfan khabīrā.

   And remember what is recited in your houses of the verses of Allāh and wisdom.¹ Indeed, Allāh is ever Subtle² and Aware.

   Footnotes (2)

   1. The teachings of the Prophet (ﷺ) or his sunnah.
   2. Refer to footnote of 6:103.

5. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ وَٱلۡمُسۡلِمَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ وَٱلۡقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلۡقَٰنِتَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰبِرَٰتِ وَٱلۡخَٰشِعِينَ وَٱلۡخَٰشِعَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَٱلۡمُتَصَدِّقَٰتِ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمِينَ وَٱلصَّٰٓئِمَٰتِ وَٱلۡحَٰفِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمۡ وَٱلۡحَٰفِظَٰتِ وَٱلذَّٰكِرِينَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱلذَّٰكِرَٰتِ أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٗ وَأَجۡرًا عَظِيمٗا ٣٥

   Innal-muslimīna wal-muslimāti wal-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti wal-qānitīna wal-qānitāti waṣ-ṣādiqīna waṣ-ṣādiqāti waṣ-ṣābirīna waṣ-ṣābirāti wal-khāshiʿīna wal-khāshiʿāti wal-mutaṣaddiqīna wal-mutaṣaddiqāti waṣ-ṣāʾimīna waṣ-ṣāʾimāti wal-ḥāfiẓīna furūjahum wal-ḥāfiẓāti wadh-dhākirīnallāha kathīraw wadh-dhākirāti aʿaddallāhu lahum maghfirataw wa ajran ʿaẓīmā.

   Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allāh often and the women who do so - for them Allāh has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.

6. وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤۡمِنٖ وَلَا مُؤۡمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَمۡرًا أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡخِيَرَةُ مِنۡ أَمۡرِهِمۡۗ وَمَن يَعۡصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدۡ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلٗا مُّبِينٗا ٣٦

   Wa mā kāna limuʾminiw wa lā muʾminatin idhā qaḍallāhu wa rasūluhū amran ay yakūna lahumul-khiyaratu min amrihim, wa may yaʿṣillāha wa rasūlahū faqad ḍalla ḍalālam mubīnā.

   It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allāh and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.

7. وَإِذۡ تَقُولُ لِلَّذِيٓ أَنۡعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِ وَأَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِ أَمۡسِكۡ عَلَيۡكَ زَوۡجَكَ وَٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ وَتُخۡفِي فِي نَفۡسِكَ مَا ٱللَّهُ مُبۡدِيهِ وَتَخۡشَى ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخۡشَىٰهُۖ فَلَمَّا قَضَىٰ زَيۡدٞ مِّنۡهَا وَطَرٗا زَوَّجۡنَٰكَهَا لِكَيۡ لَا يَكُونَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ حَرَجٞ فِيٓ أَزۡوَٰجِ أَدۡعِيَآئِهِمۡ إِذَا قَضَوۡاْ مِنۡهُنَّ وَطَرٗاۚ وَكَانَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ مَفۡعُولٗا ٣٧

   Wa idh taqūlu lil-ladhī anʿamallāhu ʿalayhi wa anʿamta ʿalayhi amsik ʿalayka zawjaka wattaqillāha wa tukhfī fī nafsika mallāhu mubdīhi wa takhshan-nāsa wallāhu aḥaqqu an takhshāh, falammā qaḍā zaydum minhā waṭaran zawwajnākahā likay lā yakūna ʿalal-muʾminīna ḥarajun fī azwāji adʿiyāʾihim idhā qaḍaw minhunna waṭarā, wa kāna amrullāhi mafʿūlā.

   And [remember, O Muḥammad], when you said to the one on whom Allāh bestowed favor and you bestowed favor,¹ "Keep your wife and fear Allāh," while you concealed within yourself that which Allāh is to disclose.² And you feared the people,³ while Allāh has more right that you fear Him.⁴ So when Zayd had no longer any need for her, We married her to you in order that there not be upon the believers any discomfort [i.e., guilt] concerning the wives of their claimed [i.e., adopted] sons when they no longer have need of them. And ever is the command [i.e., decree] of Allāh accomplished.

   Footnotes (4)

   1. Referring to the Prophet's freed slave, Zayd bin Ḥārithah.
   2. i.e., Allāh's command to the Prophet (ﷺ) to marry Zaynab after Zayd divorced her. This was to demonstrate that a man may marry a woman formerly married to his adopted son.
   3. i.e., feared their saying that the Prophet (ﷺ) had married the (former) wife of his son (which is prohibited by Allāh in the case of a true, begotten son).
   4. By making known His command.

8. مَّا كَانَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِيِّ مِنۡ حَرَجٖ فِيمَا فَرَضَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُۥۖ سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِي ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوۡاْ مِن قَبۡلُۚ وَكَانَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ قَدَرٗا مَّقۡدُورًا ٣٨

   Mā kāna ʿalan-nabiyyi min ḥarajin fīmā faraḍallāhu lah, sunnatallāhi fil-ladhīna khalaw min qabl, wa kāna amrullāhi qadaram maqdūrā.

   There is not to be upon the Prophet any discomfort concerning that which Allāh has imposed upon him.¹ [This is] the established way of Allāh with those [prophets] who have passed on before. And ever is the command of Allāh a destiny decreed.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Or permitted to him.

9. ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِسَٰلَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَخۡشَوۡنَهُۥ وَلَا يَخۡشَوۡنَ أَحَدًا إِلَّا ٱللَّهَۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ حَسِيبٗا ٣٩

   Al-ladhīna yuballighūna risālātillāhi wa yakhshawnahū wa lā yakhshawna aḥadan illallāh, wa kafā billāhi ḥasībā.

   [Allāh praises] those who convey the messages of Allāh¹ and fear Him and do not fear anyone but Allāh. And sufficient is Allāh as Accountant.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the prophets (peace be upon them all) and after them, the followers of the final prophet, Muḥammad (ﷺ), who honestly convey Allāh's message to the people.

10. مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٖ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٗا ٤٠

    Mā kāna muḥammadun abā aḥadim mir rijālikum wa lākir rasūlallāhi wa khātaman-nabiyyīn, wa kānallāhu bikulli shayʾin ʿalīmā.

    Muḥammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allāh and seal [i.e., last] of the prophets. And ever is Allāh, of all things, Knowing.

11. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ ذِكۡرٗا كَثِيرٗا ٤١

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanudhkurullāha dhikran kathīrā.

    O you who have believed, remember Allāh with much remembrance

12. وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكۡرَةٗ وَأَصِيلًا ٤٢

    Wa sabbiḥūhu bukrataw wa aṣīlā.

    And exalt Him morning and afternoon.

13. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُصَلِّي عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتُهُۥ لِيُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِۚ وَكَانَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ رَحِيمٗا ٤٣

    Huwal-ladhī yuṣallī ʿalaykum wa malāʾikatuhū liyukhrijakum minaẓ-ẓulumāti ilan-nūr, wa kāna bil-muʾminīna raḥīmā.

    It is He who confers blessing upon you,¹ and His angels [ask Him to do so] that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And ever is He, to the believers, Merciful.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) cares for you and covers you with His mercy. An additional meaning is that He praises you in the presence of the angels.

14. تَحِيَّتُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَلۡقَوۡنَهُۥ سَلَٰمٞۚ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا كَرِيمٗا ٤٤

    Taḥiyyatuhum yawma yalqawnahū salām, wa aʿadda lahum ajran karīmā.

    Their greeting the Day they meet Him will be, "Peace." And He has prepared for them a noble reward.

15. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ شَٰهِدٗا وَمُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا ٤٥

    Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyu innā arsalnāka shāhidaw wa mubashshiraw wa nadhīrā.

    O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner

16. وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ وَسِرَاجٗا مُّنِيرٗا ٤٦

    Wa dāʿiyan ilallāhi biʾidhnihī wa sirājam munīrā.

    And one who invites to Allāh, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp.

17. وَبَشِّرِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ فَضۡلٗا كَبِيرٗا ٤٧

    Wa bashshiril-muʾminīna biʾanna lahum minallāhi faḍlan kabīrā.

    And give good tidings to the believers that they will have from Allāh great bounty.

18. وَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَدَعۡ أَذَىٰهُمۡ وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ وَكِيلٗا ٤٨

    Wa lā tuṭiʿil-kāfirīna wal-munāfiqīna wadaʿ adhāhum wa tawakkal ʿalallāh, wa kafā billāhi wakīlā.

    And do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites and disregard their annoyance, and rely upon Allāh. And sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs.

19. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا نَكَحۡتُمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ طَلَّقۡتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ فَمَا لَكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِنَّ مِنۡ عِدَّةٖ تَعۡتَدُّونَهَاۖ فَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ وَسَرِّحُوهُنَّ سَرَاحٗا جَمِيلٗا ٤٩

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū idhā nakaḥtumul-muʾmināti thumma ṭallaqtumūhunna min qabli an tamassūhunna famā lakum ʿalayhinna min ʿiddatin taʿtaddūnahā, famattiʿūhunna wa sarriḥūhunna sarāḥan jamīlā.

    O you who have believed, when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them [i.e., consummated the marriage], then there is not for you any waiting period to count concerning them. So provide for them and give them a gracious release.

20. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِنَّآ أَحۡلَلۡنَا لَكَ أَزۡوَٰجَكَ ٱلَّٰتِيٓ ءَاتَيۡتَ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَمَا مَلَكَتۡ يَمِينُكَ مِمَّآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمِّكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّٰتِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَٰلَٰتِكَ ٱلَّٰتِي هَاجَرۡنَ مَعَكَ وَٱمۡرَأَةٗ مُّؤۡمِنَةً إِن وَهَبَتۡ نَفۡسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ إِنۡ أَرَادَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ أَن يَسۡتَنكِحَهَا خَالِصَةٗ لَّكَ مِن دُونِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَۗ قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا فَرَضۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ فِيٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ وَمَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ لِكَيۡلَا يَكُونَ عَلَيۡكَ حَرَجٞۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٥٠

    Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyu innā aḥlalnā laka azwājakal-lātī ātayta ujūrahunna wa mā malakat yamīnuka mimmā afāʾallāhu ʿalayka wa banāti ʿammika wa banāti ʿammātika wa banāti khālika wa banāti khālātikal-lātī hājarna maʿaka wamraʾatam muʾminatan iw wahabat nafsahā lin-nabiyyi in arādan-nabiyyu ay yastankiḥahā khāliṣatal laka min dūnil-muʾminīn, qad ʿalimnā mā faraḍnā ʿalayhim fī azwājihim wa mā malakat aymānuhum likaylā yakūna ʿalayka ḥaraj, wa kānallāhu ghafūrar raḥīmā.

    O Prophet, indeed We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have given their due compensation¹ and those your right hand possesses from what Allāh has returned to you [of captives] and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who emigrated with you and a believing woman if she gives herself to the Prophet [and] if the Prophet wishes to marry her; [this is] only for you, excluding the [other] believers. We certainly know what We have made obligatory upon them concerning their wives and those their right hands possess, [but this is for you] in order that there will be upon you no discomfort [i.e., difficulty]. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., bridal gifts (mahr).

21. ۞ تُرۡجِي مَن تَشَآءُ مِنۡهُنَّ وَتُـٔۡوِيٓ إِلَيۡكَ مَن تَشَآءُۖ وَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَيۡتَ مِمَّنۡ عَزَلۡتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡكَۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰٓ أَن تَقَرَّ أَعۡيُنُهُنَّ وَلَا يَحۡزَنَّ وَيَرۡضَيۡنَ بِمَآ ءَاتَيۡتَهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَلِيمٗا ٥١

    Turjī man tashāʾu minhunna wa tuʾwī ilayka man tashāʾ, wa manibtaghayta mimman ʿazalta falā junāḥa ʿalayk, dhālika adnā an taqarra aʿyunuhunna wa lā yaḥzanna wa yarḍayna bimā ātaytahunna kulluhunn, wallāhu yaʿlamu mā fī qulūbikum, wa kānallāhu ʿalīman ḥalīmā.

    You, [O Muḥammad], may put aside whom you will of them¹ or take to yourself whom you will. And any that you desire of those [wives] from whom you had [temporarily] separated - there is no blame upon you [in returning her]. That is more suitable that they should be content and not grieve and that they should be satisfied with what you have given them - all of them. And Allāh knows what is in your hearts. And ever is Allāh Knowing and Forbearing.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Those mentioned in the previous verse as being lawful to the Prophet (ﷺ) or his wives to which he was married.

22. لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ ٱلنِّسَآءُ مِنۢ بَعۡدُ وَلَآ أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنۡ أَزۡوَٰجٖ وَلَوۡ أَعۡجَبَكَ حُسۡنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتۡ يَمِينُكَۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ رَّقِيبٗا ٥٢

    Lā yaḥillu lakan-nisāʾu mim baʿdu wa lā an tabaddala bihinna min azwājiw wa law aʿjabaka ḥusnuhunna illā mā malakat yamīnuk, wa kānallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾir raqībā.

    Not lawful to you, [O Muḥammad], are [any additional] women after [this], nor [is it] for you to exchange them for [other] wives, even if their beauty were to please you, except what your right hand possesses. And ever is Allāh, over all things, an Observer.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. See footnote to verse 4:1.

23. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَدۡخُلُواْ بُيُوتَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡذَنَ لَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ طَعَامٍ غَيۡرَ نَٰظِرِينَ إِنَىٰهُ وَلَٰكِنۡ إِذَا دُعِيتُمۡ فَٱدۡخُلُواْ فَإِذَا طَعِمۡتُمۡ فَٱنتَشِرُواْ وَلَا مُسۡتَـٔۡنِسِينَ لِحَدِيثٍۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمۡ كَانَ يُؤۡذِي ٱلنَّبِيَّ فَيَسۡتَحۡيِۦ مِنكُمۡۖ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَسۡتَحۡيِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّۚ وَإِذَا سَأَلۡتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَٰعٗا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُنَّ مِن وَرَآءِ حِجَابٖۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ أَطۡهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمۡ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّۚ وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمۡ أَن تُؤۡذُواْ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَن تَنكِحُوٓاْ أَزۡوَٰجَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦٓ أَبَدًاۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكُمۡ كَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمًا ٥٣

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tadkhulū buyūtan-nabiyyi illā ay yuʾdhana lakum ilā ṭaʿāmin ghayra nāẓirīna ināhu wa lākin idhā duʿītum fadkhulū fa idhā ṭaʿimtum fantashirū wa lā mustaʾnisīna liḥadīth, inna dhālikum kāna yuʾdhin-nabiyya fayastaḥyī minkum, wallāhu lā yastaḥyī minal-ḥaqq, wa idhā saʾaltumūhunna matāʿan fasʾalūhunna miw warāʾi ḥijāb, dhālikum aṭharu liqulūbikum wa qulūbihinn, wa mā kāna lakum an tuʾdhū rasūlallāhi wa lā an tankiḥū azwājahū mim baʿdihī abadā, inna dhālikum kāna ʿindallāhi ʿaẓīmā.

    O you who have believed, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when you are permitted for a meal, without awaiting its readiness. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have eaten, disperse without seeking to remain for conversation. Indeed, that [behavior] was troubling the Prophet, and he is shy of [dismissing] you. But Allāh is not shy of the truth. And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not [conceivable or lawful] for you to harm the Messenger of Allāh or to marry his wives after him, ever. Indeed, that would be in the sight of Allāh an enormity.

24. إِن تُبۡدُواْ شَيۡـًٔا أَوۡ تُخۡفُوهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٗا ٥٤

    In tubdū shayʾan aw tukhfūhu fa innallāha kāna bikulli shayʾin ʿalīmā.

    Whether you reveal a thing or conceal it, indeed Allāh is ever, of all things, Knowing.

25. لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡهِنَّ فِيٓ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبۡنَآئِهِنَّ وَلَآ إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبۡنَآءِ إِخۡوَٰنِهِنَّ وَلَآ أَبۡنَآءِ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ وَلَا نِسَآئِهِنَّ وَلَا مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُنَّۗ وَٱتَّقِينَ ٱللَّهَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدًا ٥٥

    Lā junāḥa ʿalayhinna fī ābāʾihinna wa lā abnāʾihinna wa lā ikhwānihinna wa lā abnāʾi ikhwānihinna wa lā abnāʾi akhawātihinna wa lā nisāʾihinna wa lā mā malakat aymānuhunn, wattaqīnallāh, innallāha kāna ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīdā.

    There is no blame upon them [i.e., women] concerning their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those their right hands possess [i.e., slaves].¹ And fear Allāh. Indeed Allāh is ever, over all things, Witness.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. It is permissible for a woman to appear before these people without complete covering and to be alone with them. The brothers of both parents (uncles) are included as "fathers" or "parents," according to ḥadīth.

26. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِيِّۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيۡهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسۡلِيمًا ٥٦

    Innallāha wa malāʾikatahū yuṣallūna ʿalan-nabiyy, yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū ṣallū ʿalayhi wa sallimū taslīmā.

    Indeed, Allāh confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allāh to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allāh to grant him] peace.

27. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡذُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٗا مُّهِينٗا ٥٧

    Innal-ladhīna yuʾdhūnallāha wa rasūlahū laʿanahumullāhu fid-dunyā wal-ākhirati wa aʿadda lahum ʿadhābam muhīnā.

    Indeed, those who abuse Allāh and His Messenger - Allāh has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.

28. وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡذُونَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ مَا ٱكۡتَسَبُواْ فَقَدِ ٱحۡتَمَلُواْ بُهۡتَٰنٗا وَإِثۡمٗا مُّبِينٗا ٥٨

    Wal-ladhīna yuʾdhūnal-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti bighayri maktasabū faqadiḥtamalū buhtānaw wa ithmam mubīnā.

    And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned [i.e., deserved] have certainly borne upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.

29. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزۡوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ يُدۡنِينَ عَلَيۡهِنَّ مِن جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدۡنَىٰٓ أَن يُعۡرَفۡنَ فَلَا يُؤۡذَيۡنَۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٥٩

    Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyu qul liʾazwājika wa banātika wa nisāʾil-muʾminīna yudnīna ʿalayhinna min jalābībihinn, dhālika adnā ay yuʿrafna falā yuʾdhayn, wa kānallāhu ghafūrar raḥīmā.

    O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments.¹ That is more suitable that they will be known² and not be abused. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.³

    Footnotes (3)

    1. The jilbāb, which is defined as a cloak covering the head and reaching to the ground, thereby covering the woman's entire body.
    2. As chaste believing women.
    3. Or "and Allāh was Forgiving and Merciful" of what occurred before this injunction or before knowledge of it.

30. ۞ لَّئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٞ وَٱلۡمُرۡجِفُونَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ لَنُغۡرِيَنَّكَ بِهِمۡ ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِرُونَكَ فِيهَآ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ٦٠

    Laʾil lam yantahil-munāfiqūna wal-ladhīna fī qulūbihim maraḍuw wal-murjifūna fil-madīnati lanughriyannaka bihim thumma lā yujāwirūnaka fīhā illā qalīlā.

    If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease¹ and those who spread rumors in al-Madīnah do not cease, We will surely incite you against them; then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little,

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Referring here to those who commit adultery or fornication.

31. مَّلۡعُونِينَۖ أَيۡنَمَا ثُقِفُوٓاْ أُخِذُواْ وَقُتِّلُواْ تَقۡتِيلٗا ٦١

    Malʿūnīn, aynamā thuqifū ukhidhū wa quttilū taqtīlā.

    Accursed wherever they are found, [being] seized and massacred completely.

32. سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ فِي ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوۡاْ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبۡدِيلٗا ٦٢

    Sunnatallāhi fil-ladhīna khalaw min qabl, wa lan tajida lisunnatillāhi tabdīlā.

    [This is] the established way of Allāh with those who passed on before; and you will not find in the way of Allāh any change.

33. يَسۡـَٔلُكَ ٱلنَّاسُ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا ٦٣

    Yasʾalukan-nāsu ʿanis-sāʿah, qul innamā ʿilmuhā ʿindallāh, wa mā yudrīka laʿallas-sāʿata takūnu qarībā.

    People ask you concerning the Hour. Say, "Knowledge of it is only with Allāh. And what may make you perceive? Perhaps the Hour is near."

34. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ سَعِيرًا ٦٤

    Innallāha laʿanal-kāfirīna wa aʿadda lahum saʿīrā.

    Indeed, Allāh has cursed the disbelievers and prepared for them a Blaze.

35. خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدٗاۖ لَّا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيّٗا وَلَا نَصِيرٗا ٦٥

    Khālidīna fīhā abadā, lā yajidūna waliyyaw wa lā naṣīrā.

    Abiding therein forever, they will not find a protector or a helper.

36. يَوۡمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمۡ فِي ٱلنَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَٰلَيۡتَنَآ أَطَعۡنَا ٱللَّهَ وَأَطَعۡنَا ٱلرَّسُولَا۠ ٦٦

    Yawma tuqallabu wujūhuhum fin-nāri yaqūlūna yālaytanā aṭaʿnallāha wa aṭaʿnar-rasūl.

    The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allāh and obeyed the Messenger."

37. وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعۡنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠ ٦٧

    Wa qālū rabbanā innā aṭaʿnā sādatanā wa kubarāʾanā fa aḍallūnas-sabīl.

    And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries,¹ and they led us astray from the [right] way.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Also interpreted to mean "our noble ones and our elders [i.e., distinguished scholars]."

38. رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِهِمۡ ضِعۡفَيۡنِ مِنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَٱلۡعَنۡهُمۡ لَعۡنٗا كَبِيرٗا ٦٨

    Rabbanā ātihim ḍiʿfayni minal-ʿadhābi wal-ʿanhum laʿnan kabīrā.

    Our Lord, give them double the punishment and curse them with a great curse."

39. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاذَوۡاْ مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُواْۚ وَكَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَجِيهٗا ٦٩

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā takūnū kal-ladhīna ādhaw mūsā fabarraʾahullāhu mimmā qālū, wa kāna ʿindallāhi wajīhā.

    O you who have believed, be not like those who abused Moses; then Allāh cleared him of what they said. And he, in the sight of Allāh, was distinguished.

40. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُواْ قَوۡلٗا سَدِيدٗا ٧٠

    Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanuttaqullāha wa qūlū qawlan sadīdā.

    O you who have believed, fear Allāh and speak words of appropriate justice.

41. يُصۡلِحۡ لَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلَكُمۡ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ ذُنُوبَكُمۡۗ وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدۡ فَازَ فَوۡزًا عَظِيمًا ٧١

    Yuṣliḥ lakum aʿmālakum wa yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum, wa may yuṭiʿillāha wa rasūlahū faqad fāza fawzan ʿaẓīmā.

    He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.

42. إِنَّا عَرَضۡنَا ٱلۡأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡجِبَالِ فَأَبَيۡنَ أَن يَحۡمِلۡنَهَا وَأَشۡفَقۡنَ مِنۡهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومٗا جَهُولٗا ٧٢

    Innā ʿaraḍnal-amānata ʿalas-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-jibāli fa abayna ay yaḥmilnahā wa ashfaqna minhā wa ḥamalahal-insān, innahū kāna ẓalūman jahūlā.

    Indeed, We offered the Trust¹ to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.²

    Footnotes (2)

    1. The acceptance of obligations and obedience to Allāh.
    2. Coveting its reward while forgetting the penalty for failure to keep his commitment.

43. لِّيُعَذِّبَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ وَٱلۡمُنَٰفِقَٰتِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكَٰتِ وَيَتُوبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمَۢا ٧٣

    Liyuʿadhdhiballāhul-munāfiqīna wal-munāfiqāti wal-mushrikīna wal-mushrikāti wa yatūballāhu ʿalal-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināt, wa kānallāhu ghafūrar raḥīmā.

    [It¹ was] so that Allāh may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allāh may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The reason for which mankind was permitted to carry the Trust.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَهُ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٱلۡخَبِيرُ ١

   Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi wa lahul-ḥamdu fil-ākhirah, wa huwal-ḥakīmul-khabīr.

   [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and to Him belongs [all] praise in the Hereafter. And He is the Wise, the Aware.

2. يَعۡلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعۡرُجُ فِيهَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٢

   Yaʿlamu mā yaliju fil-arḍi wa mā yakhruju minhā wa mā yanzilu minas-samāʾi wa mā yaʿruju fīhā, wa huwar-raḥīmul-ghafūr.

   He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

3. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَا تَأۡتِينَا ٱلسَّاعَةُۖ قُلۡ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّي لَتَأۡتِيَنَّكُمۡ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ لَا يَعۡزُبُ عَنۡهُ مِثۡقَالُ ذَرَّةٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَآ أَصۡغَرُ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكۡبَرُ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٖ مُّبِينٖ ٣

   Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lā taʾtīnas-sāʿah, qul balā wa rabbī lataʾtiyannakum ʿālimil-ghayb, lā yaʿzubu ʿanhu mithqālu dharratin fis-samāwāti wa lā fil-arḍi wa lā aṣgharu min dhālika wa lā akbaru illā fī kitābim mubīn.

   But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allāh is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent from Him is an atom's weight¹ within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater, except that it is in a clear register -

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   1. Or "the weight of a small ant."

4. لِّيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَرِزۡقٞ كَرِيمٞ ٤

   Liyajziyal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāt, ulāʾika lahum maghfiratuw wa rizqun karīm.

   That He may reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. Those will have forgiveness and noble provision.

5. وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوۡ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مِّن رِّجۡزٍ أَلِيمٞ ٥

   Wal-ladhīna saʿaw fī āyātinā muʿājizīna ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābum mir rijzin alīm.

   But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure¹ - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.

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   1. i.e., to undermine their credibility in order to defeat the Prophet (ﷺ).

6. وَيَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقَّ وَيَهۡدِيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ٦

   Wa yaral-ladhīna ūtul-ʿilmal-ladhī unzila ilayka mir rabbika huwal-ḥaqqa wa yahdī ilā ṣirāṭil-ʿazīzil-ḥamīd.

   And those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, and it guides to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy.

7. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هَلۡ نَدُلُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٖ يُنَبِّئُكُمۡ إِذَا مُزِّقۡتُمۡ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ إِنَّكُمۡ لَفِي خَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٍ ٧

   Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū hal nadullukum ʿalā rajuliy yunabbiʾukum idhā muzziqtum kulla mumazzaqin innakum lafī khalqin jadīd.

   But those who disbelieve say, "Shall we direct you to a man who will inform you [that] when you have disintegrated in complete disintegration, you will [then] be [recreated] in a new creation?

8. أَفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةُۢۗ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَٱلضَّلَٰلِ ٱلۡبَعِيدِ ٨

   Aftarā ʿalallāhi kadhiban am bihī jinnah, balil-ladhīna lā yuʾminūna bil-ākhirati fil-ʿadhābi waḍ-ḍalālil-baʿīd.

   Has he invented about Allāh a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.

9. أَفَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِن نَّشَأۡ نَخۡسِفۡ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ نُسۡقِطۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ كِسَفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّكُلِّ عَبۡدٖ مُّنِيبٖ ٩

   Afalam yaraw ilā mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum minas-samāʾi wal-arḍ, in nashaʾ nakhsif bihimul-arḍa aw nusqiṭ ʿalayhim kisafam minas-samāʾ, inna fī dhālika laʾāyatal likulli ʿabdim munīb.

   Then, do they not look at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and earth? If We should will, We could cause the earth to swallow them or [could] let fall upon them fragments from the sky. Indeed in that is a sign for every servant turning back [to Allāh].

10. ۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ مِنَّا فَضۡلٗاۖ يَٰجِبَالُ أَوِّبِي مَعَهُۥ وَٱلطَّيۡرَۖ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ ٱلۡحَدِيدَ ١٠

    Wa laqad ātaynā dāwūda minnā faḍlā, yājibālu awwibī maʿahū waṭ-ṭayr, wa alannā lahul-ḥadīd.

    And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron,

11. أَنِ ٱعۡمَلۡ سَٰبِغَٰتٖ وَقَدِّرۡ فِي ٱلسَّرۡدِۖ وَٱعۡمَلُواْ صَٰلِحًاۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ١١

    Aniʿmal sābighātiw wa qaddir fis-sard, waʿmalū ṣāliḥā, innī bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr.

    [Commanding him], "Make full coats of mail and calculate [precisely] the links, and work [all of you] righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Seeing."

12. وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهۡرٞ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهۡرٞۖ وَأَسَلۡنَا لَهُۥ عَيۡنَ ٱلۡقِطۡرِۖ وَمِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ مَن يَعۡمَلُ بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِۦۖ وَمَن يَزِغۡ مِنۡهُمۡ عَنۡ أَمۡرِنَا نُذِقۡهُ مِنۡ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ١٢

    Walisulaymānar-rīḥa ghuduwwuhā shahruw wa rawāḥuhā shahr, wa asalnā lahū ʿaynal-qiṭr, wa minal-jinni may yaʿmalu bayna yadayhi biʾidhni rabbih, wa may yazigh minhum ʿan amrinā nudhiqhu min ʿadhābis-saʿīr.

    And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind - its morning [journey was that of] a month - and its afternoon [journey was that of] a month, and We made flow for him a spring of [liquid] copper. And among the jinn were those who worked for him by the permission of his Lord. And whoever deviated among them from Our command - We will make him taste of the punishment of the Blaze.

13. يَعۡمَلُونَ لَهُۥ مَا يَشَآءُ مِن مَّحَٰرِيبَ وَتَمَٰثِيلَ وَجِفَانٖ كَٱلۡجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٖ رَّاسِيَٰتٍۚ ٱعۡمَلُوٓاْ ءَالَ دَاوُۥدَ شُكۡرٗاۚ وَقَلِيلٞ مِّنۡ عِبَادِيَ ٱلشَّكُورُ ١٣

    Yaʿmalūna lahū mā yashāʾu mim maḥārība wa tamāthīla wa jifānin kal-jawābi wa qudūrir rāsiyāt, iʿmalū āla dāwūda shukrā, wa qalīlum min ʿibādiyash-shakūr.

    They made for him what he willed of elevated chambers,¹ statues,² bowls like reservoirs, and stationary kettles. [We said], "Work, O family of David, in gratitude." And few of My servants are grateful.

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    1. Described by commentators as palaces, dwellings, or places of prayer.
    2. Which were not prohibited until the time of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

14. فَلَمَّا قَضَيۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ مَا دَلَّهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَوۡتِهِۦٓ إِلَّا دَآبَّةُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ تَأۡكُلُ مِنسَأَتَهُۥۖ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ ٱلۡجِنُّ أَن لَّوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ مَا لَبِثُواْ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٱلۡمُهِينِ ١٤

    Falammā qaḍaynā ʿalayhil-mawta mā dallahum ʿalā mawtihī illā dābbatul-arḍi taʾkulu minsaʾatah, falammā kharra tabayyanatil-jinnu al law kānū yaʿlamūnal-ghayba mā labithū fil-ʿadhābil-muhīn.

    And when We decreed for him [i.e., Solomon] death, nothing indicated to them [i.e., the jinn] his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff.¹ But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.²

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    1. Upon which he was leaning at the time of his death. A termite continued to gnaw into the stick until it collapsed under his weight.
    2. i.e., hard labor. This verse is evidence that the jinn do not possess knowledge of the unseen, which belongs exclusively to Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

15. لَقَدۡ كَانَ لِسَبَإٖ فِي مَسۡكَنِهِمۡ ءَايَةٞۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٖ وَشِمَالٖۖ كُلُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِ رَبِّكُمۡ وَٱشۡكُرُواْ لَهُۥۚ بَلۡدَةٞ طَيِّبَةٞ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٞ ١٥

    Laqad kāna lisabaʾin fī maskanihim āyah, jannatāni ʿay yamīniw wa shimāl, kulū mir rizqi rabbikum washkurū lah, baldatun ṭayyibatuw wa rabbun ghafūr.

    There was for [the tribe of] Saba’ in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."

16. فَأَعۡرَضُواْ فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَيۡلَ ٱلۡعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡ جَنَّتَيۡنِ ذَوَاتَيۡ أُكُلٍ خَمۡطٖ وَأَثۡلٖ وَشَيۡءٖ مِّن سِدۡرٖ قَلِيلٖ ١٦

    Fa aʿraḍū fa arsalnā ʿalayhim saylal-ʿarimi wa baddalnāhum bijannatayhim jannatayni dhawātay ukulin khamṭiw wa athliw wa shayʾim min sidrin qalīl.

    But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam,¹ and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.

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    1. i.e., caused by a break in their dam. Another meaning is "the overwhelming flood."

17. ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيۡنَٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُواْۖ وَهَلۡ نُجَٰزِيٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡكَفُورَ ١٧

    Dhālika jazaynāhum bimā kafarū, wa hal nujāzī illal-kafūr.

    [By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?

18. وَجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡقُرَى ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَا قُرٗى ظَٰهِرَةٗ وَقَدَّرۡنَا فِيهَا ٱلسَّيۡرَۖ سِيرُواْ فِيهَا لَيَالِيَ وَأَيَّامًا ءَامِنِينَ ١٨

    Wa jaʿalnā baynahum wa baynal-qural-latī bāraknā fīhā quran ẓāhirataw wa qaddarnā fīhas-sayr, sīrū fīhā layāliya wa ayyāman āminīn.

    And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed¹ [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey,² [saying], "Travel between them by night or by day in safety."

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    1. In the lands of what is now southern Syria and Palestine.
    2. i.e., We placed the intermediate settlements at calculated distances for the convenience of travelers.

19. فَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا بَٰعِدۡ بَيۡنَ أَسۡفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقۡنَٰهُمۡ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٖ شَكُورٖ ١٩

    Faqālū rabbanā bāʿid bayna asfārinā wa ẓalamū anfusahum fajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha wa mazzaqnāhum kulla mumazzaq, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil likulli ṣabbārin shakūr.

    But [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations¹ and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

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    1. Stories related to others as lessons or examples.

20. وَلَقَدۡ صَدَّقَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ إِبۡلِيسُ ظَنَّهُۥ فَٱتَّبَعُوهُ إِلَّا فَرِيقٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢٠

    Wa laqad ṣaddaqa ʿalayhim iblīsu ẓannahū fattabaʿūhu illā farīqam minal-muʾminīn.

    And Iblees had already confirmed through them¹ his assumption,² so they followed him, except for a party of believers.

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    1. i.e., the people of Saba’ or mankind in general.
    2. That mankind could readily be misled by him.

21. وَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنٍ إِلَّا لِنَعۡلَمَ مَن يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مِمَّنۡ هُوَ مِنۡهَا فِي شَكّٖۗ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ حَفِيظٞ ٢١

    Wa mā kāna lahū ʿalayhim min sulṭānin illā linaʿlama may yuʾminu bil-ākhirati mimman huwa minhā fī shakk, wa rabbuka ʿalā kulli shayʾin ḥafīẓ.

    And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.¹

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    1. Protecting and preserving the existence and attributes of His creations.

22. قُلِ ٱدۡعُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمۡتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا لَهُمۡ فِيهِمَا مِن شِرۡكٖ وَمَا لَهُۥ مِنۡهُم مِّن ظَهِيرٖ ٢٢

    Qulidʿul-ladhīna zaʿamtum min dūnillāhi lā yamlikūna mithqāla dharratin fis-samāwāti wa lā fil-arḍi wa mā lahum fīhimā min shirkiw wa mā lahū minhum min ẓahīr.

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Invoke those you claim [as deities] besides Allāh." They do not possess an atom's weight [of ability] in the heavens or on the earth, and they do not have therein any partnership [with Him], nor is there for Him from among them any assistant.

23. وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُۥۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمۡ قَالُواْ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٢٣

    Wa lā tanfaʿush-shafāʿatu ʿindahū illā liman adhina lah, ḥattā idhā fuzziʿa ʿan qulūbihim qālū mādhā qāla rabbukum, qālul-ḥaqq, wa huwal-ʿaliyyul-kabīr.

    And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts,¹ they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.

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    1. i.e., the hearts of the angels who will be permitted to intercede.

24. ۞ قُلۡ مَن يَرۡزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ قُلِ ٱللَّهُۖ وَإِنَّآ أَوۡ إِيَّاكُمۡ لَعَلَىٰ هُدًى أَوۡ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٢٤

    Qul may yarzuqukum minas-samāwāti wal-arḍ, qulillāh, wa innā aw iyyākum laʿalā hudan aw fī ḍalālim mubīn.

    Say, "Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?" Say, "Allāh. And indeed, we or you are either upon guidance or in clear error."

25. قُل لَّا تُسۡـَٔلُونَ عَمَّآ أَجۡرَمۡنَا وَلَا نُسۡـَٔلُ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٥

    Qul lā tusʾalūna ʿammā ajramnā wa lā nusʾalu ʿammā taʿmalūn.

    Say, "You will not be asked about what we committed, and we will not be asked about what you do."

26. قُلۡ يَجۡمَعُ بَيۡنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفۡتَحُ بَيۡنَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُوَ ٱلۡفَتَّاحُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٢٦

    Qul yajmaʿu baynanā rabbunā thumma yaftaḥu baynanā bil-ḥaqqi wa huwal-fattāḥul-ʿalīm.

    Say, "Our Lord will bring us together; then He will judge between us in truth. And He is the Knowing Judge."¹

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    1. Literally, "Opener," i.e., He who decides and lays open all matters in truth and justice and who opens the way to victory, success, relief, knowledge and understanding.

27. قُلۡ أَرُونِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَلۡحَقۡتُم بِهِۦ شُرَكَآءَۖ كـَلَّاۚ بَلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٢٧

    Qul arūniyal-ladhīna alḥaqtum bihī shurakāʾ, kallā, bal huwallāhul-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    Say, "Show me those whom you have attached to Him as partners. No! Rather, He [alone] is Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

28. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٨

    Wa mā arsalnāka illā kāffatal lin-nāsi bashīraw wa nadhīraw wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

    And We have not sent you except comprehensively¹ to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know.

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    1. Literally, "inclusively, without exception."

29. وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٢٩

    Wa yaqūlūna matā hādhal-waʿdu in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

30. قُل لَّكُم مِّيعَادُ يَوۡمٖ لَّا تَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ عَنۡهُ سَاعَةٗ وَلَا تَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ ٣٠

    Qul lakum mīʿādu yawmil lā tastaʾkhirūna ʿanhu sāʿataw wa lā tastaqdimūn.

    Say, "For you is the appointment of a Day [when] you will not remain thereafter an hour, nor will you precede [it]."

31. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَن نُّؤۡمِنَ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِۗ وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَوۡقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ يَرۡجِعُ بَعۡضُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ لَوۡلَآ أَنتُمۡ لَكُنَّا مُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣١

    Wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lan nuʾmina bihādhal-qurʾāni wa lā bil-ladhī bayna yadayh, wa law tarā idhiẓ-ẓālimūna mawqūfūna ʿinda rabbihim yarjiʿu baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍinil-qawla yaqūlul-ladhīnastuḍʿifū lil-ladhīnastakbarū lawlā antum lakunnā muʾminīn.

    And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur’ān nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each others' words...¹ Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers."

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    1. Having been left to the imagination, the conclusion of this sentence is estimated to be "...you would see a dreadful sight."

32. قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُوٓاْ أَنَحۡنُ صَدَدۡنَٰكُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡهُدَىٰ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَكُمۖ بَلۡ كُنتُم مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٣٢

    Qālal-ladhīnastakbarū lil-ladhīnastuḍʿifū anaḥnu ṣadadnākum ʿanil-hudā baʿda idh jāʾakum, bal kuntum mujrimīn.

    Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

33. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتُضۡعِفُواْ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ بَلۡ مَكۡرُ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذۡ تَأۡمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكۡفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجۡعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادٗاۚ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُاْ ٱلۡعَذَابَۚ وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلَ فِيٓ أَعۡنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۖ هَلۡ يُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٣

    Wa qālal-ladhīnastuḍʿifū lil-ladhīnastakbarū bal makrul-layli wan-nahāri idh taʾmurūnanā an nakfura billāhi wa najʿala lahū andādā, wa asarrun-nadāmata lammā raʾawul-ʿadhāb, wa jaʿalnal-aghlāla fī aʿnāqil-ladhīna kafarū, hal yujzawna illā mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allāh and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?

34. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا فِي قَرۡيَةٖ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتۡرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٣٤

    Wa mā arsalnā fī qaryatim min nadhīrin illā qāla mutrafūhā innā bimā ursiltum bihī kāfirūn.

    And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

35. وَقَالُواْ نَحۡنُ أَكۡثَرُ أَمۡوَٰلٗا وَأَوۡلَٰدٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ ٣٥

    Wa qālū naḥnu aktharu amwālaw wa awlādaw wa mā naḥnu bimuʿadhdhabīn.

    And they¹ said, "We are more [than the believers] in wealth and children, and we are not to be punished."

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    1. The affluent ones in general or the people of Makkah specifically.

36. قُلۡ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقۡدِرُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٦

    Qul inna rabbī yabsuṭur-rizqa limay yashāʾu wa yaqdiru wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

    Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it], but most of the people do not know."

37. وَمَآ أَمۡوَٰلُكُمۡ وَلَآ أَوۡلَٰدُكُم بِٱلَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمۡ عِندَنَا زُلۡفَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَنۡ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلضِّعۡفِ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡغُرُفَٰتِ ءَامِنُونَ ٣٧

    Wa mā amwālukum wa lā awlādukum bil-latī tuqarribukum ʿindanā zulfā illā man āmana wa ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa ulāʾika lahum jazāʾuḍ-ḍiʿfi bimā ʿamilū wa hum fil-ghurufāti āminūn.

    And it is not your wealth or your children that bring you nearer to Us in position, but it is [by being] one who has believed and done righteousness. For them there will be the double reward for what they did, and they will be in the upper chambers [of Paradise], safe [and secure].

38. وَٱلَّذِينَ يَسۡعَوۡنَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ فِي ٱلۡعَذَابِ مُحۡضَرُونَ ٣٨

    Wal-ladhīna yasʿawna fī āyātinā muʿājizīna ulāʾika fil-ʿadhābi muḥḍarūn.

    And the ones who strive against Our verses to cause [them] failure¹ - those will be brought into the punishment [to remain].

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    1. See footnote to 34:5.

39. قُلۡ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبۡسُطُ ٱلرِّزۡقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقۡدِرُ لَهُۥۚ وَمَآ أَنفَقۡتُم مِّن شَيۡءٖ فَهُوَ يُخۡلِفُهُۥۖ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ٣٩

    Qul inna rabbī yabsuṭur-rizqa limay yashāʾu min ʿibādihī wa yaqdiru lah, wa mā anfaqtum min shayʾin fahuwa yukhlifuh, wa huwa khayrur-rāziqīn.

    Say, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers."

40. وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِيَّاكُمۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ ٤٠

    Wa yawma yaḥshuruhum jamīʿan thumma yaqūlu lil-malāʾikati ahāʾulāʾi iyyākum kānū yaʿbudūn.

    And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, "Did these [people] used to worship you?"

41. قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِمۖ بَلۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ ٱلۡجِنَّۖ أَكۡثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤۡمِنُونَ ٤١

    Qālū subḥānaka anta waliyyunā min dūnihim, bal kānū yaʿbudūnal-jinn, aktharuhum bihim muʾminūn.

    They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allāh], are our benefactor excluding [i.e., not] them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."

42. فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا يَمۡلِكُ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٖ نَّفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرّٗا وَنَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ٤٢

    Fal-yawma lā yamliku baʿḍukum libaʿḍin nafʿaw wa lā ḍarraw wa naqūlu lil-ladhīna ẓalamū dhūqū ʿadhāban-nāril-latī kuntum bihā tukadhdhibūn.

    But today [i.e., the Day of Judgement] you do not hold for one another [the power of] benefit or harm, and We will say to those who wronged, "Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you used to deny."

43. وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ قَالُواْ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا رَجُلٞ يُرِيدُ أَن يَصُدَّكُمۡ عَمَّا كَانَ يَعۡبُدُ ءَابَآؤُكُمۡ وَقَالُواْ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفۡكٞ مُّفۡتَرٗىۚ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِلۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٤٣

    Wa idhā tutlā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qālū mā hādhā illā rajuluy yurīdu ay yaṣuddakum ʿammā kāna yaʿbudu ābāʾukum wa qālū mā hādhā illā ifkum muftarā, wa qālal-ladhīna kafarū lil-ḥaqqi lammā jāʾahum in hādhā illā siḥrum mubīn.

    And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic."

44. وَمَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم مِّن كُتُبٖ يَدۡرُسُونَهَاۖ وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَبۡلَكَ مِن نَّذِيرٖ ٤٤

    Wa mā ātaynāhum min kutubiy yadrusūnahā, wa mā arsalnā ilayhim qablaka min nadhīr.

    And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muḥammad], any warner.

45. وَكَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ وَمَا بَلَغُواْ مِعۡشَارَ مَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ فَكَذَّبُواْ رُسُلِيۖ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ٤٥

    Wa kadhdhabal-ladhīna min qablihim wa mā balaghū miʿshāra mā ātaynāhum fakadhdhabū rusulī, fakayfa kāna nakīr.

    And those before them denied, and they [i.e., the people of Makkah] have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But they [i.e., the former peoples] denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach.

46. ۞ قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَعِظُكُم بِوَٰحِدَةٍۖ أَن تَقُومُواْ لِلَّهِ مَثۡنَىٰ وَفُرَٰدَىٰ ثُمَّ تَتَفَكَّرُواْۚ مَا بِصَاحِبِكُم مِّن جِنَّةٍۚ إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ لَّكُم بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ عَذَابٖ شَدِيدٖ ٤٦

    Qul innamā aʿiẓukum biwāḥidah, an taqūmū lillāhi mathnā wa furādā thumma tatafakkarū, mā biṣāḥibikum min jinnah, in huwa illā nadhīrul lakum bayna yaday ʿadhābin shadīd.

    Say, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allāh, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then give thought." There is not in your companion any madness. He is only a warner to you before a severe punishment.

47. قُلۡ مَا سَأَلۡتُكُم مِّنۡ أَجۡرٖ فَهُوَ لَكُمۡۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٞ ٤٧

    Qul mā saʾaltukum min ajrin fahuwa lakum, in ajriya illā ʿalallāh, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīd.

    Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allāh, and He is, over all things, Witness."

48. قُلۡ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلۡغُيُوبِ ٤٨

    Qul inna rabbī yaqdhifu bil-ḥaqqi ʿallāmul-ghuyūb.

    Say, "Indeed, my Lord projects the truth, Knower of the unseen."

49. قُلۡ جَآءَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَمَا يُبۡدِئُ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ ٤٩

    Qul jāʾal-ḥaqqu wa mā yubdiʾul-bāṭilu wa mā yuʿīd.

    Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."¹

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    1. This expression alludes to complete inability, meaning that falsehood was abolished.

50. قُلۡ إِن ضَلَلۡتُ فَإِنَّمَآ أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِيۖ وَإِنِ ٱهۡتَدَيۡتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِيٓ إِلَيَّ رَبِّيٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٞ قَرِيبٞ ٥٠

    Qul in ḍalaltu fa innamā aḍillu ʿalā nafsī, wa inihtadaytu fabimā yūḥī ilayya rabbī, innahū samīʿun qarīb.

    Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near."

51. وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذۡ فَزِعُواْ فَلَا فَوۡتَ وَأُخِذُواْ مِن مَّكَانٖ قَرِيبٖ ٥١

    Wa law tarā idh faziʿū falā fawta wa ukhidhū mim makānin qarīb.

    And if you could see¹ when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.

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    1. i.e., have a glimpse of the Hereafter.

52. وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٥٢

    Wa qālū āmannā bihī wa annā lahumut-tanāwushu mim makāni baʿīd.

    And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking¹ [of faith] from a place far away?²

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    1. Literally, "taking of something within easy reach," in other words, "How can they expect to obtain faith at this point?"
    2. i.e., their former life on earth, wherein they had every opportunity but which is now gone, never to return.

53. وَقَدۡ كَفَرُواْ بِهِۦ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَيَقۡذِفُونَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٖ ٥٣

    Wa qad kafarū bihī min qabl, wa yaqdhifūna bil-ghaybi mim makāni baʿīd.

    And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault¹ the unseen from a place far away.²

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    1. Verbally, by conjecture and denial.
    2. i.e., a position far from truth.

54. وَحِيلَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَبَيۡنَ مَا يَشۡتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشۡيَاعِهِم مِّن قَبۡلُۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ فِي شَكّٖ مُّرِيبِۭ ٥٤

    Wa ḥīla baynahum wa bayna mā yashtahūna kamā fuʿila biʾashyāʿihim min qabl, innahum kānū fī shakkim murīb.

    And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire,¹ as was done with their kind before. Indeed, they were in disquieting doubt [i.e., denial].

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Meaning the attainment of faith and its benefits or entrance into Paradise.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُوْلِيٓ أَجۡنِحَةٖ مَّثۡنَىٰ وَثُلَٰثَ وَرُبَٰعَۚ يَزِيدُ فِي ٱلۡخَلۡقِ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ١

   Al-ḥamdu lillāhi fāṭiris-samāwāti wal-arḍi jāʿilil-malāʾikati rusulan ulī ajniḥatim mathnā wa thulātha wa rubāʿ, yazīdu fil-khalqi mā yashāʾ, innallāha ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.

   [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, [who] made the angels messengers having wings, two or three or four. He increases in creation what He wills. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

2. مَّا يَفۡتَحِ ٱللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِن رَّحۡمَةٖ فَلَا مُمۡسِكَ لَهَاۖ وَمَا يُمۡسِكۡ فَلَا مُرۡسِلَ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٢

   Mā yaftaḥillāhu lin-nāsi mir raḥmatin falā mumsika lahā, wa mā yumsik falā mursila lahū mim baʿdih, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

   Whatever Allāh grants to people of mercy - none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds - none can release it thereafter. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

3. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ هَلۡ مِنۡ خَٰلِقٍ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ يَرۡزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤۡفَكُونَ ٣

   Yāʾayyuhan-nāsudhkurū niʿmatallāhi ʿalaykum, hal min khāliqin ghayrullāhi yarzuqukum minas-samāʾi wal-arḍ, lā ilāha illā huw, fa annā tuʾfakūn.

   O mankind, remember the favor of Allāh upon you. Is there any creator other than Allāh who provides for you from the heaven and earth? There is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?

4. وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدۡ كُذِّبَتۡ رُسُلٞ مِّن قَبۡلِكَۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرۡجَعُ ٱلۡأُمُورُ ٤

   Wa iy yukadhdhibūka faqad kudhdhibat rusulum min qablik, wa ilallāhi turjaʿul-umūr.

   And if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - already were messengers denied before you. And to Allāh are returned [all] matters.

5. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞۖ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡغَرُورُ ٥

   Yāʾayyuhan-nāsu inna waʿdallāhi ḥaqq, falā taghurrannakumul-ḥayātud-dunyā wa lā yaghurrannakum billāhil-gharūr.

   O mankind, indeed the promise of Allāh is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allāh by the Deceiver [i.e., Satan].

6. إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ فَٱتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّاۚ إِنَّمَا يَدۡعُواْ حِزۡبَهُۥ لِيَكُونُواْ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٦

   Innash-shayṭāna lakum ʿaduwwun fattakhidhūhu ʿaduwwā, innamā yadʿū ḥizbahū liyakūnū min aṣḥābis-saʿīr.

   Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy. He only invites his party to be among the companions of the Blaze.

7. ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٞ وَأَجۡرٞ كَبِيرٌ ٧

   Al-ladhīna kafarū lahum ʿadhābun shadīd, wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum maghfiratuw wa ajrun kabīr.

   Those who disbelieve will have a severe punishment, and those who believe and do righteous deeds will have forgiveness and great reward.

8. أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَنٗاۖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۖ فَلَا تَذۡهَبۡ نَفۡسُكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَسَرَٰتٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا يَصۡنَعُونَ ٨

   Afaman zuyyina lahū sūʾu ʿamalihī faraʾāhu ḥasanā, fa innallāha yuḍillu may yashāʾu wa yahdī may yashāʾ, falā tadhhab nafsuka ʿalayhim ḥasarāt, innallāha ʿalīmum bimā yaṣnaʿūn.

   Then is one to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive so he considers it good [like one rightly guided]? For indeed, Allāh sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. So do not let yourself perish over them in regret. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what they do.

9. وَٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابٗا فَسُقۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٖ مَّيِّتٖ فَأَحۡيَيۡنَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلنُّشُورُ ٩

   Wallāhul-ladhī arsalar-riyāḥa fatuthīru saḥāban fasuqnāhu ilā baladim mayyitin fa aḥyaynā bihil-arḍa baʿda mawtihā, kadhālikan-nushūr.

   And it is Allāh who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds, and We drive them to a dead land and give life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Thus is the resurrection.

10. مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًاۚ إِلَيۡهِ يَصۡعَدُ ٱلۡكَلِمُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ وَٱلۡعَمَلُ ٱلصَّٰلِحُ يَرۡفَعُهُۥۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَمۡكُرُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ شَدِيدٞۖ وَمَكۡرُ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُوَ يَبُورُ ١٠

    Man kāna yurīdul-ʿizzata falillāhil-ʿizzatu jamīʿā, ilayhi yaṣʿadul-kalimuṭ-ṭayyibu wal-ʿamaluṣ-ṣāliḥu yarfaʿuh, wal-ladhīna yamkurūnas-sayyiʾāti lahum ʿadhābun shadīd, wa makru ulāʾika huwa yabūr.

    Whoever desires honor [through power] - then to Allāh belongs all honor.¹ To Him ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it.² But they who plot evil deeds will have a severe punishment, and the plotting of those - it will perish.

    Footnotes (2)

    1. See footnote to 4:139.
    2. For acceptance by Allāh, meaning that righteous deeds are confirmation and proof of what is uttered by the tongue.

11. وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗاۚ وَمَا تَحۡمِلُ مِنۡ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلۡمِهِۦۚ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ مِن مُّعَمَّرٖ وَلَا يُنقَصُ مِنۡ عُمُرِهِۦٓ إِلَّا فِي كِتَٰبٍۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٞ ١١

    Wallāhu khalaqakum min turābin thumma min nuṭfatin thumma jaʿalakum azwājā, wa mā taḥmilu min unthā wa lā taḍaʿu illā biʿilmih, wa mā yuʿammaru mim muʿammariw wa lā yunqaṣu min ʿumurihī illā fī kitāb, inna dhālika ʿalallāhi yasīr.

    And Allāh created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop; then He made you mates. And no female conceives nor does she give birth except with His knowledge. And no aged person is granted [additional] life nor is his lifespan lessened but that it is in a register. Indeed, that for Allāh is easy.

12. وَمَا يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡبَحۡرَانِ هَٰذَا عَذۡبٞ فُرَاتٞ سَآئِغٞ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجٞۖ وَمِن كُلّٖ تَأۡكُلُونَ لَحۡمٗا طَرِيّٗا وَتَسۡتَخۡرِجُونَ حِلۡيَةٗ تَلۡبَسُونَهَاۖ وَتَرَى ٱلۡفُلۡكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٢

    Wa mā yastawil-baḥrāni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun sāʾighun sharābuhū wa hādhā milḥun ujāj, wa min kullin taʾkulūna laḥman ṭariyyaw wa tastakhrijūna ḥilyatan talbasūnahā, wa taral-fulka fīhi mawākhira litabtaghū min faḍlihī wa laʿallakum tashkurūn.

    And not alike are the two seas [i.e., bodies of water]. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through [them] that you might seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

13. يُولِجُ ٱلَّيۡلَ فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِي ٱلَّيۡلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلّٞ يَجۡرِي لِأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكُۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِن قِطۡمِيرٍ ١٣

    Yūlijul-layla fin-nahāri wa yūlijun-nahāra fil-layli wa sakhkharash-shamsa wal-qamar, kulluy yajrī liʾajalim musammā, dhālikumullāhu rabbukum lahul-mulk, wal-ladhīna tadʿūna min dūnihī mā yamlikūna min qiṭmīr.

    He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.

14. إِن تَدۡعُوهُمۡ لَا يَسۡمَعُواْ دُعَآءَكُمۡ وَلَوۡ سَمِعُواْ مَا ٱسۡتَجَابُواْ لَكُمۡۖ وَيَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يَكۡفُرُونَ بِشِرۡكِكُمۡۚ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثۡلُ خَبِيرٖ ١٤

    In tadʿūhum lā yasmaʿū duʿāʾakum wa law samiʿū mastajābū lakum, wa yawmal-qiyāmati yakfurūna bishirkikum, wa lā yunabbiʾuka mithlu khabīr.

    If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection they will deny your association.¹ And none can inform you like [one] Aware [of all matters].

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Of them with Allāh or your worship of them.

15. ۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أَنتُمُ ٱلۡفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ١٥

    Yāʾayyuhan-nāsu antumul-fuqarāʾu ilallāh, wallāhu huwal-ghaniyyul-ḥamīd.

    O mankind, you are those in need of Allāh, while Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

16. إِن يَشَأۡ يُذۡهِبۡكُمۡ وَيَأۡتِ بِخَلۡقٖ جَدِيدٖ ١٦

    Iy yashaʾ yudhhibkum wa yaʾti bikhalqin jadīd.

    If He wills, He can do away with you and bring forth a new creation.

17. وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٖ ١٧

    Wa mā dhālika ʿalallāhi biʿazīz.

    And that is for Allāh not difficult.

18. وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٞ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰۚ وَإِن تَدۡعُ مُثۡقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمۡلِهَا لَا يُحۡمَلۡ مِنۡهُ شَيۡءٞ وَلَوۡ كَانَ ذَا قُرۡبَىٰٓۗ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفۡسِهِۦۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٨

    Wa lā taziru wāziratuw wizra ukhrā, wa in tadʿu muthqalatun ilā ḥimlihā lā yuḥmal minhu shayʾuw wa law kāna dhā qurbā, innamā tundhirul-ladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi wa aqāmuṣ-ṣalāh, wa man tazakkā fa innamā yatazakkā linafsih, wa ilallāhil-maṣīr.

    And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And if a heavily laden soul calls [another] to [carry some of] its load, nothing of it will be carried, even if he should be a close relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord unseen and have established prayer. And whoever purifies himself only purifies himself for [the benefit of] his soul. And to Allāh is the [final] destination.

19. وَمَا يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡبَصِيرُ ١٩

    Wa mā yastawil-aʿmā wal-baṣīr.

    Not equal are the blind and the seeing,

20. وَلَا ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَلَا ٱلنُّورُ ٢٠

    Wa laẓ-ẓulumātu wa lan-nūr.

    Nor are the darknesses and the light,

21. وَلَا ٱلظِّلُّ وَلَا ٱلۡحَرُورُ ٢١

    Wa laẓ-ẓillu wa lal-ḥarūr.

    Nor are the shade and the heat,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Of the sun or of a scorching wind.

22. وَمَا يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَحۡيَآءُ وَلَا ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰتُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسۡمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُسۡمِعٖ مَّن فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ ٢٢

    Wa mā yastawil-aḥyāʾu wa lal-amwāt, innallāha yusmiʿu may yashāʾ, wa mā anta bimusmiʿim man fil-qubūr.

    And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allāh causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The four comparisons given by Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) in verses 19-22 are those of the believer and unbeliever, various kinds of misbelief and (true) belief, Paradise and Hellfire, and those receptive to guidance and those unreceptive.

23. إِنۡ أَنتَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ ٢٣

    In anta illā nadhīr.

    You, [O Muḥammad], are not but a warner.

24. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ بَشِيرٗا وَنَذِيرٗاۚ وَإِن مِّنۡ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٞ ٢٤

    Innā arsalnāka bil-ḥaqqi bashīraw wa nadhīrā, wa im min ummatin illā khalā fīhā nadhīr.

    Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.

25. وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ جَآءَتۡهُمۡ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ وَبِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُنِيرِ ٢٥

    Wa iy yukadhdhibūka faqad kadhdhabal-ladhīna min qablihim jāʾathum rusuluhum bil-bayyināti wabiz-zuburi wabil-kitābil-munīr.

    And if they deny you - then already have those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and with the enlightening Scripture.

26. ثُمَّ أَخَذۡتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْۖ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ٢٦

    Thumma akhadhtul-ladhīna kafarū, fakayfa kāna nakīr.

    Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

27. أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءٗ فَأَخۡرَجۡنَا بِهِۦ ثَمَرَٰتٖ مُّخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهَاۚ وَمِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ جُدَدُۢ بِيضٞ وَحُمۡرٞ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٰنُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٞ ٢٧

    Alam tara annallāha anzala minas-samāʾi māʾan fa akhrajnā bihī thamarātim mukhtalifan alwānuhā, wa minal-jibāli judadum bīḍuw wa ḥumrum mukhtalifun alwānuhā wa gharābību sūd.

    Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby fruits of varying colors? And in the mountains are tracts, white and red of varying shades and [some] extremely black.

28. وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلدَّوَآبِّ وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ مُخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ كَذَٰلِكَۗ إِنَّمَا يَخۡشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِ ٱلۡعُلَمَٰٓؤُاْۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ ٢٨

    Wa minan-nāsi wad-dawābbi wal-anʿāmi mukhtalifun alwānuhū kadhālik, innamā yakhshallāha min ʿibādihil-ʿulamāʾ, innallāha ʿazīzun ghafūr.

    And among people and moving creatures and grazing livestock are various colors similarly. Only those fear Allāh, from among His servants, who have knowledge. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Forgiving.

29. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتۡلُونَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ سِرّٗا وَعَلَانِيَةٗ يَرۡجُونَ تِجَٰرَةٗ لَّن تَبُورَ ٢٩

    Innal-ladhīna yatlūna kitāballāhi wa aqāmuṣ-ṣalāta wa anfaqū mimmā razaqnāhum sirraw wa ʿalāniyatay yarjūna tijāratal lan tabūr.

    Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allāh and establish prayer and spend [in His cause] out of what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, [can] expect a transaction [i.e., profit] that will never perish -

30. لِيُوَفِّيَهُمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ غَفُورٞ شَكُورٞ ٣٠

    Liyuwaffiyahum ujūrahum wa yazīdahum min faḍlih, innahū ghafūrun shakūr.

    That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative.¹

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    1. i.e., He gives much in return for little and multiplies rewards.

31. وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ لَخَبِيرُۢ بَصِيرٞ ٣١

    Wal-ladhī awḥaynā ilayka minal-kitābi huwal-ḥaqqu muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayh, innallāha biʿibādihī lakhabīrum baṣīr.

    And that which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], of the Book is the truth, confirming what was before it. Indeed Allāh, of His servants, is Aware and Seeing.

32. ثُمَّ أَوۡرَثۡنَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصۡطَفَيۡنَا مِنۡ عِبَادِنَاۖ فَمِنۡهُمۡ ظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ وَمِنۡهُم مُّقۡتَصِدٞ وَمِنۡهُمۡ سَابِقُۢ بِٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَضۡلُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٣٢

    Thumma awrathnal-kitābal-ladhīnaṣṭafaynā min ʿibādinā, faminhum ẓālimul linafsihī wa minhum muqtaṣiduw wa minhum sābiqum bil-khayrāti biʾidhnillāh, dhālika huwal-faḍlul-kabīr.

    Then We caused to inherit the Book those We have chosen of Our servants;¹ and among them is he who wrongs himself [i.e., sins], and among them is he who is moderate, and among them is he who is foremost in good deeds by permission of Allāh. That [inheritance] is what is the great bounty.

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    1. The followers of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).

33. جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنٖ يَدۡخُلُونَهَا يُحَلَّوۡنَ فِيهَا مِنۡ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٖ وَلُؤۡلُؤٗاۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمۡ فِيهَا حَرِيرٞ ٣٣

    Jannātu ʿadniy yadkhulūnahā yuḥallawna fīhā min asāwira min dhahabiw wa luʾluʾā, wa libāsuhum fīhā ḥarīr.

    [For them are] gardens of perpetual residence which they will enter. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments therein will be silk.

34. وَقَالُواْ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَذۡهَبَ عَنَّا ٱلۡحَزَنَۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٞ شَكُورٌ ٣٤

    Wa qālul-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī adhhaba ʿannal-ḥazan, inna rabbanā laghafūrun shakūr.

    And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative -

35. ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحَلَّنَا دَارَ ٱلۡمُقَامَةِ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ لَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا نَصَبٞ وَلَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا لُغُوبٞ ٣٥

    Al-ladhī aḥallanā dāral-muqāmati min faḍlihī lā yamassunā fīhā naṣabuw wa lā yamassunā fīhā lughūb.

    He who has settled us in the home of duration [i.e., Paradise] out of His bounty. There touches us not in it any fatigue, and there touches us not in it weariness [of mind]."

36. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَهُمۡ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقۡضَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ فَيَمُوتُواْ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنۡهُم مِّنۡ عَذَابِهَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي كُلَّ كَفُورٖ ٣٦

    Wal-ladhīna kafarū lahum nāru jahannama lā yuqḍā ʿalayhim fayamūtū wa lā yukhaffafu ʿanhum min ʿadhābihā, kadhālika najzī kulla kafūr.

    And for those who disbelieve will be the fire of Hell. [Death] is not decreed for them¹ so they may die, nor will its torment be lightened for them. Thus do We recompense every ungrateful one.

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    1. Or "They are not killed."

37. وَهُمۡ يَصۡطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخۡرِجۡنَا نَعۡمَلۡ صَٰلِحًا غَيۡرَ ٱلَّذِي كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُۚ أَوَلَمۡ نُعَمِّرۡكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُۖ فَذُوقُواْ فَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ ٣٧

    Wa hum yaṣṭarikhūna fīhā rabbanā akhrijnā naʿmal ṣāliḥan ghayral-ladhī kunnā naʿmal, awalam nuʿammirkum mā yatadhakkaru fīhi man tadhakkara wa jāʾakumun-nadhīr, fadhūqū famā liẓ-ẓālimīna min naṣīr.

    And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us;¹ we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!" But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember therein to remember, and the warner had come to you? So taste [the punishment], for there is not for the wrongdoers any helper.

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    1. The implication is "Return us to the previous world."

38. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَٰلِمُ غَيۡبِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ٣٨

    Innallāha ʿālimu ghaybis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, innahū ʿalīmum bidhātiṣ-ṣudūr.

    Indeed, Allāh is Knower of the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and earth. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

39. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَكُمۡ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيۡهِ كُفۡرُهُۥۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ كُفۡرُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَّا مَقۡتٗاۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ كُفۡرُهُمۡ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا ٣٩

    Huwal-ladhī jaʿalakum khalāʾifa fil-arḍ, faman kafara faʿalayhi kufruh, wa lā yazīdul-kāfirīna kufruhum ʿinda rabbihim illā maqtā, wa lā yazīdul-kāfirīna kufruhum illā khasārā.

    It is He who has made you successors upon the earth. And whoever disbelieves - upon him will be [the consequence of] his disbelief. And the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them in the sight of their Lord except in hatred; and the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them except in loss.

40. قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شِرۡكٞ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَمۡ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتٖ مِّنۡهُۚ بَلۡ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ بَعۡضُهُم بَعۡضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا ٤٠

    Qul araʾaytum shurakāʾakumul-ladhīna tadʿūna min dūnillāhi arūnī mādhā khalaqū minal-arḍi am lahum shirkun fis-samāwāti am ātaynāhum kitāban fahum ʿalā bayyinatim minh, bal iy yaʿiduẓ-ẓālimūna baʿḍuhum baʿḍan illā ghurūrā.

    Say, "Have you considered¹ your 'partners' whom you invoke besides Allāh? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion."²

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    1. Understood to mean "Tell me about..."
    2. By telling their followers that the so-called deities will intercede for them with Allāh.

41. ۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمۡسِكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَن تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَهُمَا مِنۡ أَحَدٖ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورٗا ٤١

    Innallāha yumsikus-samāwāti wal-arḍa an tazūlā, wa laʾin zālatā in amsakahumā min aḥadim mim baʿdih, innahū kāna ḥalīman ghafūrā.

    Indeed, Allāh holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them [in place] after Him. Indeed, He is Forbearing¹ and Forgiving.

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    1. Refer to footnote in 2:225.

42. وَأَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَئِن جَآءَهُمۡ نَذِيرٞ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهۡدَىٰ مِنۡ إِحۡدَى ٱلۡأُمَمِۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مَّا زَادَهُمۡ إِلَّا نُفُورًا ٤٢

    Wa aqsamū billāhi jahda aymānihim laʾin jāʾahum nadhīrul layakūnunna ahdā min iḥdal-umam, falammā jāʾahum nadhīrum mā zādahum illā nufūrā.

    And they swore by Allāh their strongest oaths that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than [any] one of the [previous] nations. But when a warner came to them, it did not increase them except in aversion

43. ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَكۡرَ ٱلسَّيِّيِٕۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلۡمَكۡرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهۡلِهِۦۚ فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَۚ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَبۡدِيلٗاۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَحۡوِيلًا ٤٣

    Istikbāran fil-arḍi wa makras-sayyiʾ, wa lā yaḥīqul-makrus-sayyiʾu illā biʾahlih, fahal yanẓurūna illā sunnatal-awwalīn, falan tajida lisunnatillāhi tabdīlā, wa lan tajida lisunnatillāhi taḥwīlā.

    [Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way [i.e., fate] of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way [i.e., established method] of Allāh any change, and you will never find in the way of Allāh¹ any alteration.²

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    1. i.e., in His punishment of those who deny the prophets.
    2. Or "transfer" of punishment to others in place of them.

44. أَوَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ وَكَانُوٓاْ أَشَدَّ مِنۡهُمۡ قُوَّةٗۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعۡجِزَهُۥ مِن شَيۡءٖ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَلِيمٗا قَدِيرٗا ٤٤

    Awalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-ladhīna min qablihim wa kānū ashadda minhum quwwah, wa mā kānallāhu liyuʿjizahū min shayʾin fis-samāwāti wa lā fil-arḍ, innahū kāna ʿalīman qadīrā.

    Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? And they were greater than them in power. But Allāh is not to be caused failure [i.e., prevented] by anything in the heavens or on the earth. Indeed, He is ever Knowing and Competent.

45. وَلَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُواْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهۡرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةٖ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ بَصِيرَۢا ٤٥

    Wa law yuʾākhidhullāhun-nāsa bimā kasabū mā taraka ʿalā ẓahrihā min dābbatiw wa lākiy yuʾakhkhiruhum ilā ajalim musammā, fa idhā jāʾa ajaluhum fa innallāha kāna biʿibādihī baṣīrā.

    And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for what they have earned, He would not leave upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature. But He defers them for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allāh has ever been, of His servants, Seeing.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. يسٓ ١

   Yā Sīn.

   Yā, Seen.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 2:1.

2. وَٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ ٢

   Wal-qurʾānil-ḥakīm.

   By the wise¹ Qur’ān,

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 10:1.

3. إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٣

   Innaka laminal-mursalīn.

   Indeed you, [O Muḥammad], are from among the messengers,

4. عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٤

   ʿAlā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

   On a straight path.

5. تَنزِيلَ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٥

   Tanzīlal-ʿazīzir-raḥīm.

   [This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

6. لِتُنذِرَ قَوۡمٗا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ غَٰفِلُونَ ٦

   Litundhira qawmam mā undhira ābāʾuhum fahum ghāfilūn.

   That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware.

7. لَقَدۡ حَقَّ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٧

   Laqad ḥaqqal-qawlu ʿalā aktharihim fahum lā yuʾminūn.

   Already the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.

8. إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا فِيٓ أَعۡنَٰقِهِمۡ أَغۡلَٰلٗا فَهِيَ إِلَى ٱلۡأَذۡقَانِ فَهُم مُّقۡمَحُونَ ٨

   Innā jaʿalnā fī aʿnāqihim aghlālan fahiya ilal-adhqāni fahum muqmaḥūn.

   Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

9. وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ سَدّٗا وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ سَدّٗا فَأَغۡشَيۡنَٰهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَا يُبۡصِرُونَ ٩

   Wa jaʿalnā mim bayni aydīhim saddaw wa min khalfihim saddan fa aghshaynāhum fahum lā yubṣirūn.

   And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.

10. وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَأَنذَرۡتَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تُنذِرۡهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٠

    Wa sawāʾun ʿalayhim aʾandhartahum am lam tundhirhum lā yuʾminūn.

    And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

11. إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَخَشِيَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنَ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ فَبَشِّرۡهُ بِمَغۡفِرَةٖ وَأَجۡرٖ كَرِيمٍ ١١

    Innamā tundhiru manittabaʿadh-dhikra wa khashiyar-raḥmāna bil-ghayb, fabashshirhu bimaghfiratiw wa ajrin karīm.

    You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward.

12. إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَنَكۡتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُواْ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمۡۚ وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ فِيٓ إِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ ١٢

    Innā naḥnu nuḥyil-mawtā wa naktubu mā qaddamū wa āthārahum, wa kulla shayʾin aḥṣaynāhu fī imāmim mubīn.

    Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

13. وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ إِذۡ جَآءَهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ ١٣

    Waḍrib lahum mathalan aṣḥābal-qaryati idh jāʾahal-mursalūn.

    And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it -

14. إِذۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمُ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزۡنَا بِثَالِثٖ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّآ إِلَيۡكُم مُّرۡسَلُونَ ١٤

    Idh arsalnā ilayhimuthnayni fakadhdhabūhumā faʿazzaznā bithālithin faqālū innā ilaykum mursalūn.

    When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened [them] with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you."

15. قَالُواْ مَآ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ مِن شَيۡءٍ إِنۡ أَنتُمۡ إِلَّا تَكۡذِبُونَ ١٥

    Qālū mā antum illā basharum mithlunā wa mā anzalar-raḥmānu min shayʾin in antum illā takdhibūn.

    They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."

16. قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا يَعۡلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ لَمُرۡسَلُونَ ١٦

    Qālū rabbunā yaʿlamu innā ilaykum lamursalūn.

    They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you,

17. وَمَا عَلَيۡنَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١٧

    Wa mā ʿalaynā illal-balāghul-mubīn.

    And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

18. قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرۡنَا بِكُمۡۖ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهُواْ لَنَرۡجُمَنَّكُمۡ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١٨

    Qālū innā taṭayyarnā bikum, laʾil lam tantahū lanarjumannakum wa layamassannakum minnā ʿadhābun alīm.

    They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

19. قَالُواْ طَٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمۡ أَئِن ذُكِّرۡتُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٞ مُّسۡرِفُونَ ١٩

    Qālū ṭāʾirukum maʿakum aʾin dhukkirtum, bal antum qawmum musrifūn.

    They said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with yourselves. Is it¹ because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Your threat against us.

20. وَجَآءَ مِنۡ أَقۡصَا ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٞ يَسۡعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٢٠

    Wa jāʾa min aqṣal-madīnati rajuluy yasʿā qāla yāqawmittabiʿul-mursalīn.

    And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.

21. ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَن لَّا يَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ أَجۡرٗا وَهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٢١

    Ittabiʿū mal lā yasʾalukum ajraw wa hum muhtadūn.

    Follow those who do not ask of you [any] payment, and they are [rightly] guided.

22. وَمَالِيَ لَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٢٢

    Wa mā liya lā aʿbudul-ladhī faṭaranī wa ilayhi turjaʿūn.

    And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

23. ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدۡنِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ بِضُرّٖ لَّا تُغۡنِ عَنِّي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ ٢٣

    Aʾattakhidhu min dūnihī ālihatan iy yuridnir-raḥmānu biḍurril lā tughni ʿannī shafāʿatuhum shayʾaw wa lā yunqidhūn.

    Should I take other than Him [false] deities [while], if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?

24. إِنِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ٢٤

    Innī idhal lafī ḍalālim mubīn.

    Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

25. إِنِّيٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡ فَٱسۡمَعُونِ ٢٥

    Innī āmantu birabbikum fasmaʿūn.

    Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

26. قِيلَ ٱدۡخُلِ ٱلۡجَنَّةَۖ قَالَ يَٰلَيۡتَ قَوۡمِي يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٦

    Qīladkhulil-jannah, qāla yālayta qawmī yaʿlamūn.

    It was said, "Enter Paradise."¹ He said, "I wish my people could know

    Footnotes (1)

    1. An abrupt transfer to the Hereafter conveys the meaning that the man met a violent death at the hands of the disbelievers and so was martyred for the cause of Allāh.

27. بِمَا غَفَرَ لِي رَبِّي وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ ٢٧

    Bimā ghafara lī rabbī wa jaʿalanī minal-mukramīn.

    Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."