Juz 30

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١

   ʿAmma yatasāʾalūn.

   About what are they asking one another?

2. عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٢

   ʿAnin-nabaʾil-ʿaẓīm.

   About the great news¹ -

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the Resurrection.

3. ٱلَّذِي هُمۡ فِيهِ مُخۡتَلِفُونَ ٣

   Al-ladhī hum fīhi mukhtalifūn.

   That over which they are in disagreement.

4. كـَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

   Kallā sayaʿlamūn.

   No! They are going to know.

5. ثُمَّ كـَلَّا سَيَعۡلَمُونَ ٥

   Thumma kallā sayaʿlamūn.

   Then, no! They are going to know.

6. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِهَٰدٗا ٦

   Alam najʿalil-arḍa mihādā.

   Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7. وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَوۡتَادٗا ٧

   Wal-jibāla awtādā.

   And the mountains as stakes?¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. To stabilize the land and balance the earth.

8. وَخَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا ٨

   Wa khalaqnākum azwājā.

   And We created you in pairs

9. وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ سُبَاتٗا ٩

   Wa jaʿalnā nawmakum subātā.

   And made your sleep [a means for] rest

10. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسٗا ١٠

    Wa jaʿalnal-layla libāsā.

    And made the night as clothing¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Covering you in darkness and providing rest.

11. وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشٗا ١١

    Wa jaʿalnan-nahāra maʿāshā.

    And made the day for livelihood

12. وَبَنَيۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعٗا شِدَادٗا ١٢

    Wa banaynā fawqakum sabʿan shidādā.

    And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

13. وَجَعَلۡنَا سِرَاجٗا وَهَّاجٗا ١٣

    Wa jaʿalnā sirājaw wahhājā.

    And made [therein] a burning lamp

14. وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمُعۡصِرَٰتِ مَآءٗ ثَجَّاجٗا ١٤

    Wa anzalnā minal-muʿṣirāti māʾan thajjājā.

    And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

15. لِّنُخۡرِجَ بِهِۦ حَبّٗا وَنَبَاتٗا ١٥

    Linukhrija bihī ḥabbaw wa nabātā.

    That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

16. وَجَنَّٰتٍ أَلۡفَافًا ١٦

    Wa jannātin alfāfā.

    And gardens of entwined growth.

17. إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا ١٧

    Inna yawmal-faṣli kāna mīqātā.

    Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

18. يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأۡتُونَ أَفۡوَاجٗا ١٨

    Yawma yunfakhu fiṣ-ṣūri fataʾtūna afwājā.

    The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

19. وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ أَبۡوَٰبٗا ١٩

    Wa futiḥatis-samāʾu fakānat abwābā.

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

20. وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ فَكَانَتۡ سَرَابًا ٢٠

    Wa suyyiratil-jibālu fakānat sarābā.

    And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

21. إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتۡ مِرۡصَادٗا ٢١

    Inna jahannama kānat mirṣādā.

    Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

22. لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابٗا ٢٢

    Liṭ-ṭāghīna maʾābā.

    For the transgressors, a place of return,

23. لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحۡقَابٗا ٢٣

    Lābithīna fīhā aḥqābā.

    In which they will remain for ages [unending].

24. لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرۡدٗا وَلَا شَرَابًا ٢٤

    Lā yadhūqūna fīhā bardaw wa lā sharābā.

    They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

25. إِلَّا حَمِيمٗا وَغَسَّاقٗا ٢٥

    Illā ḥamīmaw wa ghassāqā.

    Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

26. جَزَآءٗ وِفَاقًا ٢٦

    Jazāʾaw wifāqā.

    An appropriate recompense.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. In proportion to and comparable with their crimes.

27. إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ حِسَابٗا ٢٧

    Innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisābā.

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

28. وَكَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كِذَّابٗا ٢٨

    Wa kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā kidhdhābā.

    And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29. وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ كِتَٰبٗا ٢٩

    Wa kulla shayʾin aḥṣaynāhu kitābā.

    But all things We have enumerated in writing.

30. فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمۡ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ٣٠

    Fadhūqū falan nazīdakum illā ʿadhābā.

    "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. This announcement will be made to the companions of Hell.

31. إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ٣١

    Inna lil-muttaqīna mafāzā.

    Indeed, for the righteous is attainment¹ -

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Of security, success and reward, including escape and safety from Hell.

32. حَدَآئِقَ وَأَعۡنَٰبٗا ٣٢

    Ḥadāʾiqa wa aʿnābā.

    Gardens and grapevines

33. وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتۡرَابٗا ٣٣

    Wa kawāʿiba atrābā.

    And young women [companions] of equal age.

34. وَكَأۡسٗا دِهَاقٗا ٣٤

    Wa kaʾsan dihāqā.

    And a full cup.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Of wine which is delicious and does not intoxicate.

35. لَّا يَسۡمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغۡوٗا وَلَا كِذَّٰبٗا ٣٥

    Lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwaw wa lā kidhdhābā.

    No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

36. جَزَآءٗ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابٗا ٣٦

    Jazāʾam mir rabbika ʿaṭāʾan ḥisābā.

    [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., as a result of both their own righteous deeds and the limitless generosity of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) . Another meaning is "a gift calculated [to be adequate]."

37. رَّبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۖ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مِنۡهُ خِطَابٗا ٣٧

    Rabbis-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa mā baynahumar-raḥmān, lā yamlikūna minhu khiṭābā.

    [From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. None of Allāh's creatures can plead with Him on the Day of Judgement except by His permission.

38. يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلرُّوحُ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ صَفّٗاۖ لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابٗا ٣٨

    Yawma yaqūmur-rūḥu wal-malāʾikatu ṣaffā, lā yatakallamūna illā man adhina lahur-raḥmānu wa qāla ṣawābā.

    The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

39. ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡيَوۡمُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ فَمَن شَآءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ مَـَٔابًا ٣٩

    Dhālikal-yawmul-ḥaqq, faman shāʾattakhadha ilā rabbihī maʾābā.

    That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., a direct route through correct beliefs and righteous deeds.

40. إِنَّآ أَنذَرۡنَٰكُمۡ عَذَابٗا قَرِيبٗا يَوۡمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ ٱلۡكَافِرُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَٰبَۢا ٤٠

    Innā andharnākum ʿadhāban qarībay yawma yanẓurul-marʾu mā qaddamat yadāhu wa yaqūlul-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turābā.

    Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth¹ and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., the deeds he did in this world, which await him in the Hereafter.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا ١

   Wan-nāziʿāti gharqā.

   By those [angels] who extract with violence¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., those who tear out the souls of those destined for Hell.

2. وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا ٢

   Wan-nāshiṭāti nashṭā.

   And [by] those who remove with ease¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., those angels who ease out the souls of those destined for Paradise.

3. وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا ٣

   Was-sābiḥāti sabḥā.

   And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Speeding to execute Allāh's commands.

4. فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا ٤

   Fas-sābiqāti sabqā.

   And those who race each other in a race¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Racing to deliver the souls of the believers to Paradise.

5. فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا ٥

   Fal-mudabbirāti amrā.

   And those who arrange [each] matter,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. According to Allāh's decree.

6. يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ ٦

   Yawma tarjufur-rājifah.

   On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

7. تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ ٧

   Tatbaʿuhar-rādifah.

   There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8. قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ ٨

   Qulūbuy yawmaʾidhiw wājifah.

   Hearts,¹ that Day, will tremble,

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Those of the disbelievers who denied the Resurrection.

9. أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ ٩

   Abṣāruhā khāshiʿah.

   Their eyes¹ humbled.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Those of the disbelievers.

10. يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ ١٠

    Yaqūlūna aʾinnā lamardūdūna fil-ḥāfirah.

    They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

11. أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ ١١

    Aʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāman nakhirah.

    Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The disbelievers say this in ridicule of the warning.

12. قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ ١٢

    Qālū tilka idhan karratun khāsirah.

    They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., "If that were so, we would not be able to escape punishment."

13. فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

    Fa innamā hiya zajratuw wāḥidah.

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14. فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ ١٤

    Fa idhā hum bis-sāhirah.

    And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

15. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ ١٥

    Hal atāka ḥadīthu mūsā.

    Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

16. إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى ١٦

    Idh nādāhu rabbuhū bil-wādil-muqaddasi ṭuwā.

    When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

17. ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ ١٧

    Idhhab ilā firʿawna innahū ṭaghā.

    "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

18. فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

    Faqul hal laka ilā an tazakkā.

    And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

19. وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ ١٩

    Wa ahdiyaka ilā rabbika fatakhshā.

    And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

20. فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٢٠

    Fa arāhul-āyatal-kubrā.

    And he showed him the greatest sign,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., the miracle of his staff becoming a great snake.

21. فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ ٢١

    Fakadhdhaba wa ʿaṣā.

    But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

22. ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٢٢

    Thumma adbara yasʿā.

    Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. An alternative meaning is "running [from the snake]."

23. فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ ٢٣

    Faḥashara fanādā.

    And he gathered [his people] and called out

24. فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٤

    Faqāla ana rabbukumul-aʿlā.

    And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

25. فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ ٢٥

    Fa akhadhahullāhu nakālal-ākhirati wal-ūlā.

    So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].¹.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., for Pharaoh's setting himself up as a deity and for his previous oppression of the people and denial of Moses.

26. إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ ٢٦

    Inna fī dhālika laʿibratal limay yakhshā.

    Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

27. ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا ٢٧

    Aʾantum ashaddu khalqan amis-samāʾ, banāhā.

    Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

28. رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا ٢٨

    Rafaʿa samkahā fasawwāhā.

    He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

29. وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا ٢٩

    Wa aghṭasha laylahā wa akhraja ḍuḥāhā.

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., created the day from within the surrounding darkness.

30. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ ٣٠

    Wal-arḍa baʿda dhālika daḥāhā.

    And after that He spread the earth.

31. أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا ٣١

    Akhraja minhā māʾahā wa marʿāhā.

    He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32. وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا ٣٢

    Wal-jibāla arsāhā.

    And the mountains He set firmly

33. مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٣

    Matāʿal lakum waliʾanʿāmikum.

    As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

34. فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ٣٤

    Fa idhā jāʾatiṭ-ṭāmmatul-kubrā.

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity¹ -

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., the Day of Resurrection.

35. يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ ٣٥

    Yawma yatadhakkarul-insānu mā saʿā.

    The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

36. وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ ٣٦

    Wa burrizatil-jaḥīmu limay yarā.

    And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

37. فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ ٣٧

    Fa ammā man ṭaghā.

    So as for he who transgressed

38. وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ٣٨

    Wa ātharal-ḥayātad-dunyā.

    And preferred the life of the world,

39. فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٣٩

    Fa innal-jaḥīma hiyal-maʾwā.

    Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

40. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ ٤٠

    Wa ammā man khāfa maqāma rabbihī wa nahan-nafsa ʿanil-hawā.

    But as for he who feared the position of his Lord¹ and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

    Footnotes (1)

    1. See footnote to 55:46.

41. فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ ٤١

    Fa innal-jannata hiyal-maʾwā.

    Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

42. يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢

    Yasʾalūnaka ʿanis-sāʿati ayyāna mursāhā.

    They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹

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    1. Literally, "resting" or "establishment."

43. فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣

    Fīma anta min dhikrāhā.

    In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹

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    1. Meaning that Muḥammad (ﷺ) had no knowledge of it, so how could he inform them?

44. إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤

    Ilā rabbika muntahāhā.

    To your Lord is its finality.¹

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    1. i.e., its destination and termination. And to Him belongs ultimate knowledge of it.

45. إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥

    Innamā anta mundhiru may yakhshāhā.

    You are only a warner for those who fear it.

46. كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦

    Kaʾannahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā.

    It will be, on the Day they see it,¹ as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

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    1. i.e., the Hour, the Resurrection.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١

   ʿAbasa wa tawallā.

   He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

2. أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢

   An jāʾahul-aʿmā.

   Because there came to him the blind man,¹ [interrupting].

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   1. ʿAbdullāh, the son of Umm Maktūm.

3. وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ ٣

   Wa mā yudrīka laʿallahū yazzakkā.

   But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified¹

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   1. As a result of what he learns from you.

4. أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤

   Aw yadhdhakkaru fatanfaʿahudh-dhikrā.

   Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

5. أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥

   Ammā manistaghnā.

   As for he who thinks himself without need,¹

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   1. i.e., without need of faith or need of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) . Here it is in reference to a certain influential member of the Quraysh whom the Prophet (ﷺ) had hoped to bring to Islām.

6. فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦

   Fa anta lahū taṣaddā.

   To him you give attention.

7. وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ ٧

   Wa mā ʿalayka allā yazzakkā.

   And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.¹

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   1. The Prophet (ﷺ) was responsible only for conveying the message, not for ultimate guidance.

8. وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨

   Wa ammā man jāʾaka yasʿā.

   But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

9. وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩

   Wa huwa yakhshā.

   While he fears [Allāh],

10. فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠

    Fa anta ʿanhu talahhā.

    From him you are distracted.

11. كـَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ ١١

    Kallā innahā tadhkirah.

    No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

12. فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ ١٢

    Faman shāʾa dhakarah.

    So whoever wills may remember it.¹

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    1. The revelation. Or "Him," i.e., Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .

13. فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ ١٣

    Fī ṣuḥufim mukarramah.

    [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

14. مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ ١٤

    Marfūʿatim muṭahharah.

    Exalted and purified,

15. بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ١٥

    Biʾaydī safarah.

    [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

16. كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ١٦

    Kirāmim bararah.

    Noble and dutiful.

17. قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ١٧

    Qutilal-insānu mā akfarah.

    Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;¹ how disbelieving is he.

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    1. i.e., those who deny Allāh's message.

18. مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ١٨

    Min ayyi shayʾin khalaqah.

    From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

19. مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ١٩

    Min nuṭfatin khalaqahū faqaddarah.

    From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;¹

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    1. His proportions, provisions, life span, etc.

20. ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ٢٠

    Thummas-sabīla yassarah.

    Then He eased the way for him;¹

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    1. Into this world (i.e., his birth) . It may also refer to life itself, which has been made easier by Allāh's guidance.

21. ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١

    Thumma amātahū fa aqbarah.

    Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.¹

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    1. To conceal his decaying body.

22. ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ٢٢

    Thumma idhā shāʾa ansharah.

    Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

23. كـَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ٢٣

    Kallā lammā yaqḍi mā amarah.

    No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

24. فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ٢٤

    Falyanẓuril-insānu ilā ṭaʿāmih.

    Then let mankind look at his food -

25. أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ٢٥

    Annā ṣababnal-māʾa ṣabbā.

    How We poured down water in torrents,

26. ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ٢٦

    Thumma shaqaqnal-arḍa shaqqā.

    Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

27. فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا ٢٧

    Fa anbatnā fīhā ḥabbā.

    And caused to grow within it grain

28. وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا ٢٨

    Wa ʿinabaw wa qaḍbā.

    And grapes and herbage

29. وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا ٢٩

    Wa zaytūnaw wa nakhlā.

    And olive and palm trees

30. وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا ٣٠

    Wa ḥadāʾiqa ghulbā.

    And gardens of dense shrubbery

31. وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا ٣١

    Wa fākihataw wa abbā.

    And fruit and grass -

32. مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ ٣٢

    Matāʿal lakum waliʾanʿāmikum.

    [As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

33. فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

    Fa idhā jāʾatiṣ-ṣākhkhah.

    But when there comes the Deafening Blast¹

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    1. The piercing blast of the Horn which signals resurrection. Aṣ-Ṣākhkhah is also a name for the Day of Resurrection.

34. يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

    Yawma yafirrul-marʾu min akhīh.

    On the Day a man will flee from his brother

35. وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

    Wa ummihī wa abīh.

    And his mother and his father

36. وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

    Wa ṣāḥibatihī wa banīh.

    And his wife and his children,

37. لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧

    Likullimriʾim minhum yawmaʾidhin shaʾnuy yughnīh.

    For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.¹

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    1. i.e., to occupy him. He will be concerned only with himself, thus forgetting all others.

38. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ ٣٨

    Wujūhuy yawmaʾidhim musfirah.

    [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

39. ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ ٣٩

    Ḍāḥikatum mustabshirah.

    Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

40. وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ ٤٠

    Wa wujūhuy yawmaʾidhin ʿalayhā ghabarah.

    And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

41. تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ ٤١

    Tarhaquhā qatarah.

    Blackness will cover them.

42. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ ٤٢

    Ulāʾika humul-kafaratul-fajarah.

    Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

   Idhash-shamsu kuwwirat.

   When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

2. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

   Wa idhan-nujūmunkadarat.

   And when the stars fall, dispersing,

3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

   Wa idhal-jibālu suyyirat.

   And when the mountains are removed

4. وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

   Wa idhal-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat.

   And when full-term she-camels¹ are neglected

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   1. Those ten months pregnant and nearing delivery. This verse alludes to distraction from the most valued of possessions.

5. وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

   Wa idhal-wuḥūshu ḥushirat.

   And when the wild beasts are gathered

6. وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

   Wa idhal-biḥāru sujjirat.

   And when the seas are filled with flame¹

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   1. Or "when the seas have overflowed [into each other]."

7. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

   Wa idhan-nufūsu zuwwijat.

   And when the souls are paired¹

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   1. With another like soul. It can also mean "joined" (with their groups or sects) .

8. وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

   Wa idhal-mawʾūdatu suʾilat.

   And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

9. بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

   Biʾayyi dhanbin qutilat.

   For what sin she was killed

10. وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

    Wa idhaṣ-ṣuḥufu nushirat.

    And when the pages¹ are spread [i.e., made public]

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    1. On which are recorded the deeds of all people.

11. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

    Wa idhas-samāʾu kushiṭat.

    And when the sky is stripped away

12. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

    Wa idhal-jaḥīmu suʿʿirat.

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

13. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

    Wa idhal-jannatu uzlifat.

    And when Paradise is brought near,

14. عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

    ʿAlimat nafsum mā aḥḍarat.

    A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].¹

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    1. i.e., all of one's deeds from worldly life, which have accompanied the soul to the Hereafter.

15. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

    Falā uqsimu bil-khunnas.

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

16. ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

    Al-jawāril-kunnas.

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

17. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

    Wal-layli idhā ʿasʿas.

    And by the night as it closes in¹

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    1. An alternative meaning is "as it departs."

18. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

    Waṣ-ṣubḥi idhā tanaffas.

    And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

19. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

    Innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm.

    [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

20. ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

    Dhī quwwatin ʿinda dhil-ʿarshi makīn.

    [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

21. مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

    Muṭāʿin thamma amīn.

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

    Wa mā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūn.

    And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.¹

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    1. Literally, "possessed by jinn."

23. وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

    Wa laqad raʾāhu bil-ufuqil-mubīn.

    And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.¹

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    1. i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote to 53:6.

24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

    Wa mā huwa ʿalal-ghaybi biḍanīn.

    And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.¹

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    1. Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) did not withhold that knowledge of the unseen which Allāh had revealed to him in the Qur’ān.

25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

    Wa mā huwa biqawli shayṭānir rajīm.

    And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

26. فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

    Fa ayna tadhhabūn.

    So where are you going?¹

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    1. In your denial of the Qur’ān and in your accusations against the Prophet (ﷺ) . The meaning is essentially "Surely, you have strayed far from Allāh's path."

27. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

    In huwa illā dhikrul lil-ʿālamīn.

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

28. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

    Liman shāʾa minkum ay yastaqīm.

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

29. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

    Wa mā tashāʾūna illā ay yashāʾallāhu rabbul-ʿālamīn.

    And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ ١

   Idhas-samāʾunfaṭarat.

   When the sky breaks apart

2. وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ ٢

   Wa idhal-kawākibuntatharat.

   And when the stars fall, scattering,

3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ ٣

   Wa idhal-biḥāru fujjirat.

   And when the seas are erupted

4. وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ ٤

   Wa idhal-qubūru buʿthirat.

   And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

5. عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ ٥

   ʿAlimat nafsum mā qaddamat wa akhkharat.

   A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

6. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ٦

   Yāʾayyuhal-insānu mā gharraka birabbikal-karīm.

   O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

7. ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ٧

   Al-ladhī khalaqaka fasawwāka faʿadalak.

   Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

8. فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ٨

   Fī ayyi ṣūratim mā shāʾa rakkabak.

   In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

9. كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ ٩

   Kallā bal tukadhdhibūna bid-dīn.

   No! But you deny the Recompense.

10. وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ ١٠

    Wa inna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīn.

    And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Angels who preserve the deeds of men in records.

11. كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ ١١

    Kirāman kātibīn.

    Noble and recording;

12. يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ١٢

    Yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūn.

    They know whatever you do.

13. إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ ١٣

    Innal-abrāra lafī naʿīm.

    Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

14. وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ ١٤

    Wa innal-fujjāra lafī jaḥīm.

    And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

15. يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ١٥

    Yaṣlawnahā yawmad-dīn.

    They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,

16. وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ ١٦

    Wa mā hum ʿanhā bighāʾibīn.

    And never therefrom will they be absent.

17. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٧

    Wa mā adrāka mā yawmud-dīn.

    And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

18. ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٨

    Thumma mā adrāka mā yawmud-dīn.

    Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

19. يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ ١٩

    Yawma lā tamliku nafsul linafsin shayʾā, wal-amru yawmaʾidhil lillāh.

    It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allāh.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ١

   Waylul lil-muṭaffifīn.

   Woe to those who give less [than due],¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less than what they paid for when weighing or measuring - an amount so little as to hardly be noticed.

2. ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ٢

   Al-ladhīna idhaktālū ʿalan-nāsi yastawfūn.

   Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

3. وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ٣

   Wa idhā kālūhum aw wazanūhum yukhsirūn.

   But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

4. أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ٤

   Alā yaẓunnu ulāʾika annahum mabʿūthūn.

   Do they not think that they will be resurrected

5. لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥

   Liyawmin ʿaẓīm.

   For a tremendous Day -

6. يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦

   Yawma yaqūmun-nāsu lirabbil-ʿālamīn.

   The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

7. كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٖ ٧

   Kallā inna kitābal-fujjāri lafī sijjīn.

   No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

8. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا سِجِّينٞ ٨

   Wa mā adrāka mā sijjīn.

   And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

9. كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٩

   Kitābum marqūm.

   It is [their destination¹ recorded in] a register inscribed.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The lowest depths of Hell.

10. وَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ١٠

    Wayluy yawmaʾidhil lil-mukadhdhibīn.

    Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

11. ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ١١

    Al-ladhīna yukadhdhibūna biyawmid-dīn.

    Who deny the Day of Recompense.

12. وَمَا يُكَذِّبُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا كُلُّ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢

    Wa mā yukadhdhibu bihī illā kullu muʿtadin athīm.

    And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

13. إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٣

    Idhā tutlā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīrul-awwalīn.

    When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

14. كـَلَّاۖ بَلۡۜ رَانَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤

    Kallā, bal rāna ʿalā qulūbihim mā kānū yaksibūn.

    No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., their sins.

15. كـَلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ عَن رَّبِّهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّمَحۡجُوبُونَ ١٥

    Kallā innahum ʿar rabbihim yawmaʾidhil lamaḥjūbūn.

    No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., they will not be able to see Him.

16. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمۡ لَصَالُواْ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ١٦

    Thumma innahum laṣālul-jaḥīm.

    Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

17. ثُمَّ يُقَالُ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٧

    Thumma yuqālu hādhal-ladhī kuntum bihī tukadhdhibūn.

    Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

18. كـَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨

    Kallā inna kitābal-abrāri lafī ʿilliyyīn.

    No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

19. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩

    Wa mā adrāka mā ʿilliyyūn.

    And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

20. كِتَٰبٞ مَّرۡقُومٞ ٢٠

    Kitābum marqūm.

    It is [their destination¹ recorded in] a register inscribed

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The highest elevations of Paradise.

21. يَشۡهَدُهُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢١

    Yashhaduhul-muqarrabūn.

    Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

22. إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ٢٢

    Innal-abrāra lafī naʿīm.

    Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

23. عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٢٣

    ʿAlal-arāʾiki yanẓurūn.

    On adorned couches, observing.

24. تَعۡرِفُ فِي وُجُوهِهِمۡ نَضۡرَةَ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٢٤

    Taʿrifu fī wujūhihim naḍratan-naʿīm.

    You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

25. يُسۡقَوۡنَ مِن رَّحِيقٖ مَّخۡتُومٍ ٢٥

    Yusqawna mir raḥīqim makhtūm.

    They will be given to drink [pure] wine¹ [which was] sealed.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Which is delicious and does not intoxicate.

26. خِتَٰمُهُۥ مِسۡكٞۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكَ فَلۡيَتَنَافَسِ ٱلۡمُتَنَٰفِسُونَ ٢٦

    Khitāmuhū misk, wa fī dhālika falyatanāfasil-mutanāfisūn.

    The last of it¹ is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., its lingering odor.

27. وَمِزَاجُهُۥ مِن تَسۡنِيمٍ ٢٧

    Wa mizājuhū min tasnīm.

    And its mixture is of Tasneem,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. The highest spring in Paradise and the most favored drink of its inhabitants.

28. عَيۡنٗا يَشۡرَبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَ ٢٨

    ʿAynay yashrabu bihal-muqarrabūn.

    A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

29. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجۡرَمُواْ كَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٢٩

    Innal-ladhīna ajramū kānū minal-ladhīna āmanū yaḍḥakūn.

    Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

30. وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِهِمۡ يَتَغَامَزُونَ ٣٠

    Wa idhā marrū bihim yataghāmazūn.

    And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

31. وَإِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِمُ ٱنقَلَبُواْ فَكِهِينَ ٣١

    Wa idhanqalabū ilā ahlihimunqalabū fakihīn.

    And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

32. وَإِذَا رَأَوۡهُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَضَآلُّونَ ٣٢

    Wa idhā raʾawhum qālū inna hāʾulāʾi laḍāllūn.

    And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

33. وَمَآ أُرۡسِلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٣٣

    Wa mā ursilū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīn.

    But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

34. فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡكُفَّارِ يَضۡحَكُونَ ٣٤

    Fal-yawmal-ladhīna āmanū minal-kuffāri yaḍḥakūn.

    So Today¹ those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

    Footnotes (1)

    1. On the Day of Judgement.

35. عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَآئِكِ يَنظُرُونَ ٣٥

    ʿAlal-arāʾiki yanẓurūn.

    On adorned couches, observing.

36. هَلۡ ثُوِّبَ ٱلۡكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٦

    Hal thuwwibal-kuffāru mā kānū yafʿalūn.

    Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتۡ ١

   Idhas-samāʾunshaqqat.

   When the sky has split [open]

2. وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٢

   Wa adhinat lirabbihā wa ḥuqqat.

   And has listened [i.e., responded]¹ to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

   Footnotes (1)

   1. It will have heard Allāh's command and will have inclined immediately to compliance and willing obedience.

3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡأَرۡضُ مُدَّتۡ ٣

   Wa idhal-arḍu muddat.

   And when the earth has been extended¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., stretched flat and spread out.

4. وَأَلۡقَتۡ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتۡ ٤

   Wa alqat mā fīhā wa takhallat.

   And has cast out that within it¹ and relinquished [it]

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Of the dead and all else buried therein.

5. وَأَذِنَتۡ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتۡ ٥

   Wa adhinat lirabbihā wa ḥuqqat.

   And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –

6. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدۡحٗا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ ٦

   Yāʾayyuhal-insānu innaka kādiḥun ilā rabbika kadḥan famulāqīh.

   O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion¹ and will meet it.²

   Footnotes (2)

   1. i.e., striving throughout your life until you meet your Lord, hastening toward death.
   2. i.e., you will find all that you intended and accomplished awaiting you in the Hereafter. Another meaning is "And will meet Him [i.e., your Lord]" and be recompensed in full by Him.

7. فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ٧

   Fa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū biyamīnih.

   Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

8. فَسَوۡفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابٗا يَسِيرٗا ٨

   Fasawfa yuḥāsabu ḥisābay yasīrā.

   He will be judged with an easy account

9. وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَىٰٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورٗا ٩

   Wa yanqalibu ilā ahlihī masrūrā.

   And return to his people in happiness.

10. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهۡرِهِۦ ١٠

    Wa ammā man ūtiya kitābahū warāʾa ẓahrih.

    But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

11. فَسَوۡفَ يَدۡعُواْ ثُبُورٗا ١١

    Fasawfa yadʿū thubūrā.

    He will cry out for destruction

12. وَيَصۡلَىٰ سَعِيرًا ١٢

    Wa yaṣlā saʿīrā.

    And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

13. إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فِيٓ أَهۡلِهِۦ مَسۡرُورًا ١٣

    Innahū kāna fī ahlihī masrūrā.

    Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

14. إِنَّهُۥ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ ١٤

    Innahū ẓanna al lay yaḥūr.

    Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

15. بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ رَبَّهُۥ كَانَ بِهِۦ بَصِيرٗا ١٥

    Balā, inna rabbahū kāna bihī baṣīrā.

    But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

16. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلشَّفَقِ ١٦

    Falā uqsimu bish-shafaq.

    So I swear by the twilight glow

17. وَٱلَّيۡلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ ١٧

    Wal-layli wa mā wasaq.

    And [by] the night and what it envelops

18. وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا ٱتَّسَقَ ١٨

    Wal-qamari idhattasaq.

    And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19. لَتَرۡكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٖ ١٩

    Latarkabunna ṭabaqan ʿan ṭabaq.

    [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., various stages, both in this life and in the Hereafter.

20. فَمَا لَهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٠

    Famā lahum lā yuʾminūn.

    So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

21. وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ لَا يَسۡجُدُونَۤ۩ ٢١

    Wa idhā quriʾa ʿalayhimul-qurʾānu lā yasjudūn.

    And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

22. بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُكَذِّبُونَ ٢٢

    Balil-ladhīna kafarū yukadhdhibūn.

    But those who have disbelieved deny,

23. وَٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ ٢٣

    Wallāhu aʿlamu bimā yūʿūn.

    And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

24. فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ٢٤

    Fabashshirhum biʿadhābin alīm.

    So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

25. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونِۭ ٢٥

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

    Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡبُرُوجِ ١

   Was-samāʾi dhātil-burūj.

   By the sky containing great stars

2. وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡمَوۡعُودِ ٢

   Wal-yawmil-mawʿūd.

   And [by] the promised Day

3. وَشَاهِدٖ وَمَشۡهُودٖ ٣

   Wa shāhidiw wa mashhūd.

   And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

4. قُتِلَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ ٤

   Qutila aṣḥābul-ukhdūd.

   Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed." The "companions of the trench" (or ditch) were agents of a tyrannical king who refused to allow his people to believe in Allāh. Their evil deed in obedience to their ruler earned for them the curse of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .

5. ٱلنَّارِ ذَاتِ ٱلۡوَقُودِ ٥

   An-nāri dhātil-waqūd.

   [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

6. إِذۡ هُمۡ عَلَيۡهَا قُعُودٞ ٦

   Idh hum ʿalayhā quʿūd.

   When they were sitting near it.

7. وَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ شُهُودٞ ٧

   Wa hum ʿalā mā yafʿalūna bil-muʾminīna shuhūd.

   And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. After casting the believers into a trench filled with fire, they sat at its edge, watching them burn to death. This event occurred before the time of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) .

8. وَمَا نَقَمُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ٨

   Wa mā naqamū minhum illā ay yuʾminū billāhil-ʿazīzil-ḥamīd.

   And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

9. ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ٩

   Al-ladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wallāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīd.

   To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. See footnote to 4:79.

10. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ١٠

    Innal-ladhīna fatanul-muʾminīna wal-muʾmināti thumma lam yatūbū falahum ʿadhābu jahannama wa lahum ʿadhābul-ḥarīq.

    Indeed, those who have tortured¹ the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Or, in this instance, the literal meaning of "burned" is also appropriate.

11. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتٞ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ١١

    Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum jannātun tajrī min taḥtihal-anhār, dhālikal-fawzul-kabīr.

    Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

12. إِنَّ بَطۡشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ ١٢

    Inna baṭsha rabbika lashadīd.

    Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

13. إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبۡدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ١٣

    Innahū huwa yubdiʾu wa yuʿīd.

    Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

14. وَهُوَ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلۡوَدُودُ ١٤

    Wa huwal-ghafūrul-wadūd.

    And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

15. ذُو ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡمَجِيدُ ١٥

    Dhul-ʿarshil-majīd.

    Honorable Owner of the Throne,

16. فَعَّالٞ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ١٦

    Faʿʿālul limā yurīd.

    Effecter of what He intends.

17. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡجُنُودِ ١٧

    Hal atāka ḥadīthul-junūd.

    Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

18. فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَثَمُودَ ١٨

    Firʿawna wa thamūd.

    [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

19. بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فِي تَكۡذِيبٖ ١٩

    Balil-ladhīna kafarū fī takdhīb.

    But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

20. وَٱللَّهُ مِن وَرَآئِهِم مُّحِيطُۢ ٢٠

    Wallāhu miw warāʾihim muḥīṭ.

    While Allāh encompasses them from behind.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. See footnote to 2:19

21. بَلۡ هُوَ قُرۡءَانٞ مَّجِيدٞ ٢١

    Bal huwa qurʾānum majīd.

    But this is an honored Qur’ān

22. فِي لَوۡحٖ مَّحۡفُوظِۭ ٢٢

    Fī lawḥim maḥfūẓ.

    [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١

   Was-samāʾi waṭ-ṭāriq.

   By the sky and the knocker

2. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢

   Wa mā adrāka maṭ-ṭāriq.

   And what can make you know what is the knocker?

3. ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣

   An-najmuth-thāqib.

   It is the piercing star¹.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Whose light pierces through the darkness.

4. إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ ٤

   In kullu nafsil lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓ.

   There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

5. فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥

   Falyanẓuril-insānu mimma khuliq.

   So let man observe from what he was created.

6. خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ ٦

   Khuliqa mim māʾin dāfiq.

   He was created from a fluid, ejected,

7. يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧

   Yakhruju mim bayniṣ-ṣulbi wat-tarāʾib.

   Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

8. إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ ٨

   Innahū ʿalā rajʿihī laqādir.

   Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

9. يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩

   Yawma tublas-sarāʾir.

   The Day when secrets will be put on trial,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., exposed, examined and judged.

10. فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ ١٠

    Famā lahū min quwwatiw wa lā nāṣir.

    Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

11. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ ١١

    Was-samāʾi dhātir-rajʿ.

    By the sky which sends back¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. Rain, heat, sound waves, etc.

12. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ ١٢

    Wal-arḍi dhātiṣ-ṣadʿ.

    And [by] the earth which splits,¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. With plant growth or from geological rifts.

13. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ ١٣

    Innahū laqawlun faṣl.

    Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

14. وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ ١٤

    Wa mā huwa bil-hazl.

    And it is not amusement.

15. إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا ١٥

    Innahum yakīdūna kaydā.

    Indeed, they are planning a plan,

16. وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا ١٦

    Wa akīdu kaydā.

    But I am planning a plan.

17. فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا ١٧

    Famahhilil-kāfirīna amhilhum ruwaydā.

    So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., Do not be in haste for revenge, for you will see what will become of them.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ١

   Sabbiḥisma rabbikal-aʿlā.

   Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

2. ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢

   Al-ladhī khalaqa fasawwā.

   Who created and proportioned

3. وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣

   Wal-ladhī qaddara fahadā.

   And who destined and [then] guided

4. وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ٤

   Wal-ladhī akhrajal-marʿā.

   And who brings out the pasture

5. فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ٥

   Fajaʿalahū ghuthāʾan aḥwā.

   And [then] makes it black stubble.

6. سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦

   Sanuqriʾuka falā tansā.

   We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,

7. إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧

   Illā mā shāʾallāh, innahū yaʿlamul-jahra wa mā yakhfā.

   Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

8. وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٨

   Wa nuyassiruka lil-yusrā.

   And We will ease you toward ease.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. To the path of Allāh's religion, which is easy and natural, or toward Paradise, by giving opportunities for righteous deeds.

9. فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٩

   Fadhakkir in nafaʿatidh-dhikrā.

   So remind, if the reminder should benefit;¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., wherever it will be heard and understood.

10. سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ١٠

    Sayadhdhakkaru may yakhshā.

    He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

11. وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١١

    Wa yatajannabuhal-ashqā.

    But the wretched one will avoid it –

12. ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ١٢

    Al-ladhī yaṣlan-nāral-kubrā.

    [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

13. ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ١٣

    Thumma lā yamūtu fīhā wa lā yaḥyā.

    Neither dying therein nor living.

14. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤

    Qad aflaḥa man tazakkā.

    He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

15. وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥

    Wa dhakarasma rabbihī faṣallā.

    And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

16. بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُونَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا ١٦

    Bal tuʾthirūnal-ḥayātad-dunyā.

    But you prefer the worldly life,

17. وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ وَأَبۡقَىٰٓ ١٧

    Wal-ākhiratu khayruw wa abqā.

    While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

18. إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَفِي ٱلصُّحُفِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٨

    Inna hādhā lafiṣ-ṣuḥufil-ūlā.

    Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

19. صُحُفِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ ١٩

    Ṣuḥufi ibrāhīma wa mūsā.

    The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ ١

   Hal atāka ḥadīthul-ghāshiyah.

   Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

2. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ ٢

   Wujūhuy yawmaʾidhin khāshiʿah.

   [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

3. عَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ ٣

   ʿĀmilatun nāṣibah.

   Working [hard] and exhausted.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Another accepted meaning is "They were working hard and exhausted," i.e., doing deeds during worldly life which did not benefit them since they were not accompanied by faith or done for the acceptance of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .

4. تَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ ٤

   Taṣlā nāran ḥāmiyah.

   They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

5. تُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ ٥

   Tusqā min ʿaynin āniyah.

   They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

6. لَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ ٦

   Laysa lahum ṭaʿāmun illā min ḍarīʿ.

   For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

7. لَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ ٧

   Lā yusminu wa lā yughnī min jūʿ.

   Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

8. وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ ٨

   Wujūhuy yawmaʾidhin nāʿimah.

   [Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

9. لِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ ٩

   Lisaʿyihā rāḍiyah.

   With their effort [they are] satisfied

10. فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ ١٠

    Fī jannatin ʿāliyah.

    In an elevated garden,

11. لَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ ١١

    Lā tasmaʿu fīhā lāghiyah.

    Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. i.e., any insult, falsehood, immorality, idle or vain talk, etc.

12. فِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ ١٢

    Fīhā ʿaynun jāriyah.

    Within it is a flowing spring.

13. فِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ ١٣

    Fīhā sururum marfūʿah.

    Within it are couches raised high

14. وَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ ١٤

    Wa akwābum mawḍūʿah.

    And cups put in place

15. وَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ ١٥

    Wa namāriqu maṣfūfah.

    And cushions lined up

16. وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ ١٦

    Wa zarābiyyu mabthūthah.

    And carpets spread around.

17. أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ ١٧

    Afalā yanẓurūna ilal-ibili kayfa khuliqat.

    Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

18. وَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ ١٨

    Wa ilas-samāʾi kayfa rufiʿat.

    And at the sky - how it is raised?

19. وَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ ١٩

    Wa ilal-jibāli kayfa nuṣibat.

    And at the mountains - how they are erected?

20. وَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ ٢٠

    Wa ilal-arḍi kayfa suṭiḥat.

    And at the earth - how it is spread out?

21. فَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ ٢١

    Fadhakkir innamā anta mudhakkir.

    So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

22. لَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ ٢٢

    Lasta ʿalayhim bimuṣayṭir.

    You are not over them a controller.

23. إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ ٢٣

    Illā man tawallā wa kafar.

    However, he who turns away and disbelieves –

24. فَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ ٢٤

    Fayuʿadhdhibuhullāhul-ʿadhābal-akbar.

    Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

25. إِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ ٢٥

    Inna ilaynā iyābahum.

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

26. ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم ٢٦

    Thumma inna ʿalaynā ḥisābahum.

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١

   Wal-fajr.

   By the dawn

2. وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢

   Wa layālin ʿashr.

   And [by] ten nights¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.

3. وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣

   Wash-shafʿi wal-watr.

   And [by] the even [number] and the odd

4. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤

   Wal-layli idhā yasr.

   And [by] the night when it passes,

5. هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥

   Hal fī dhālika qasamul lidhī ḥijr.

   Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.

6. أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

   Alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿād.

   Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

7. إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧

   Irama dhātil-ʿimād.

   [With] Iram¹ - who had lofty pillars,²

   Footnotes (2)

   1. Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent.
   2. Supporting their tents or buildings.

8. ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨

   Al-latī lam yukhlaq mithluhā fil-bilād.

   The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

9. وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩

   Wa thamūdal-ladhīna jābuṣ-ṣakhra bil-wād.

   And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

10. وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠

    Wa firʿawna dhil-awtād.

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. By which he tortured people.

11. ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١

    Al-ladhīna ṭaghaw fil-bilād.

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12. فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢

    Fa aktharū fīhal-fasād.

    And increased therein the corruption.

13. فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

    Faṣabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawṭa ʿadhāb.

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

14. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤

    Inna rabbaka labil-mirṣād.

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

15. فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ ١٥

    Fa ammal-insānu idhā mabtalāhu rabbuhū fa akramahū wa naʿʿamahū fayaqūlu rabbī akraman.

    And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."¹

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    1. He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.

16. وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦

    Wa ammā idhā mabtalāhu faqadara ʿalayhi rizqahū fayaqūlu rabbī ahānan.

    But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

17. كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧

    Kallā, bal lā tukrimūnal-yatīm.

    No!¹ But you do not honor the orphan

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    1. It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.

18. وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨

    Wa lā taḥāḍḍūna ʿalā ṭaʿāmil-miskīn.

    And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

19. وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩

    Wa taʾkulūnat-turātha aklal lammā.

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,¹

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    1. Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.

20. وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠

    Wa tuḥibbūnal-māla ḥubban jammā.

    And you love wealth with immense love.

21. كـَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١

    Kallā, idhā dukkatil-arḍu dakkan dakkā.

    No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

22. وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

    Wa jāʾa rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffā.

    And your Lord has come¹ and the angels, rank upon rank,

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    1. To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19.

23. وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٢٣

    Wa jīʾa yawmaʾidhim bijahannam, yawmaʾidhiy yatadhakkarul-insānu wa annā lahudh-dhikrā.

    And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

24. يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

    Yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu liḥayātī.

    He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."¹

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    1. The everlasting life of the Hereafter.

25. فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

    Fayawmaʾidhil lā yuʿadhdhibu ʿadhābahū aḥad.

    So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

26. وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

    Wa lā yūthiqu wathāqahū aḥad.

    And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

27. يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

    Yāʾayyatuhan-nafsul-muṭmaʾinnah.

    [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

28. ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

    Irjiʿī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatam marḍiyyah.

    Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

29. فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

    Fadkhulī fī ʿibādī.

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

30. وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

    Wadkhulī jannatī.

    And enter My Paradise."

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1. لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١

   Lā uqsimu bihādhal-balad.

   I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

2. وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢

   Wa anta ḥillum bihādhal-balad.

   And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –

3. وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣

   Wa wālidiw wa mā walad.

   And [by] the father¹ and that which was born [of him],

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .

4. لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤

   Laqad khalaqnal-insāna fī kabad.

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥

   Ayaḥsabu al lay yaqdira ʿalayhi aḥad.

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦

   Yaqūlu ahlaktu mālal lubadā.

   He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

7. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧

   Ayaḥsabu al lam yarahū aḥad.

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨

   Alam najʿal lahū ʿaynayn.

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩

   Wa lisānaw wa shafatayn.

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠

    Wa hadaynāhun-najdayn.

    And have shown him the two ways?¹

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    1. Of good and evil.

11. فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١

    Falaqtaḥamal-ʿaqabah.

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.¹

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    1. i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.

12. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢

    Wa mā adrāka mal-ʿaqabah.

    And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

13. فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣

    Fakku raqabah.

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤

    Aw iṭʿāmun fī yawmin dhī masghabah.

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥

    Yatīman dhā maqrabah.

    An orphan of near relationship

16. أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦

    Aw miskīnan dhā matrabah.

    Or a needy person in misery

17. ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧

    Thumma kāna minal-ladhīna āmanū wa tawāṣaw biṣ-ṣabri wa tawāṣaw bil-marḥamah.

    And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

18. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨

    Ulāʾika aṣḥābul-maymanah.

    Those are the companions of the right.¹

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    1. Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.

19. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ١٩

    Wal-ladhīna kafarū biʾāyātinā hum aṣḥābul-mashʾamah.

    But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.¹

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    1. Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.

20. عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠

    ʿAlayhim nārum muʾṣadah.

    Over them will be fire closed in.¹

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    1. The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

   Wash-shamsi wa ḍuḥāhā.

   By the sun and its brightness

2. وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

   Wal-qamari idhā talāhā.

   And [by] the moon when it follows it

3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

   Wan-nahāri idhā jallāhā.

   And [by] the day when it displays it¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The earth. Also interpreted as the sun. The same applies to the following verse.

4. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

   Wal-layli idhā yaghshāhā.

   And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

   Was-samāʾi wa mā banāhā.

   And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦

   Wal-arḍi wa mā ṭaḥāhā.

   And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7. وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

   Wa nafsiw wa mā sawwāhā.

   And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it¹

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   1. i.e., balanced and refined it, creating in it sound tendencies and consciousness.

8. فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

   Fa alhamahā fujūrahā wa taqwāhā.

   And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

9. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

   Qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā.

   He has succeeded who purifies it,

10. وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

    Wa qad khāba man dassāhā.

    And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

11. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

    Kadhdhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā.

    Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

    Idhinbaʿatha ashqāhā.

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.¹

    Footnotes (1)

    1. To hamstring the she-camel which had been sent by Allāh as a sign to them.

13. فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

    Faqāla lahum rasūlullāhi nāqatallāhi wa suqyāhā.

    And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

14. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

    Fakadhdhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā.

    But they denied him and hamstrung¹ her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

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    1. And then killed.

15. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ١٥

    Wa lā yakhāfu ʿuqbāhā.

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.¹

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    1. Allāh is not asked about what He does, but His servants will be asked. See 21:23.

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1. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١

   Wal-layli idhā yaghshā.

   By the night when it covers¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. With darkness.

2. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ٢

   Wan-nahāri idhā tajallā.

   And [by] the day when it appears

3. وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلۡأُنثَىٰٓ ٣

   Wa mā khalaqadh-dhakara wal-unthā.

   And [by] He who created the male and female,

4. إِنَّ سَعۡيَكُمۡ لَشَتَّىٰ ٤

   Inna saʿyakum lashattā.

   Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

5. فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أَعۡطَىٰ وَٱتَّقَىٰ ٥

   Fa ammā man aʿṭā wattaqā.

   As for he who gives and fears Allāh

6. وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٦

   Wa ṣaddaqa bil-ḥusnā.

   And believes in the best [reward].

7. فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٧

   Fasanuyassiruhū lil-yusrā.

   We will ease him toward ease.

8. وَأَمَّا مَنۢ بَخِلَ وَٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٨

   Wa ammā mam bakhila wastaghnā.

   But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

9. وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ٩

   Wa kadhdhaba bil-ḥusnā.

   And denies the best [reward],

10. فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلۡعُسۡرَىٰ ١٠

    Fasanuyassiruhū lil-ʿusrā.

    We will ease him toward difficulty.

11. وَمَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥٓ إِذَا تَرَدَّىٰٓ ١١

    Wa mā yughnī ʿanhu māluhū idhā taraddā.

    And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?¹

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    1. i.e., when he dies or is destroyed. It can also mean when he falls into the Hellfire.

12. إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا لَلۡهُدَىٰ ١٢

    Inna ʿalaynā lalhudā.

    Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

13. وَإِنَّ لَنَا لَلۡأٓخِرَةَ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ ١٣

    Wa inna lanā lalʾākhirata wal-ūlā.

    And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

14. فَأَنذَرۡتُكُمۡ نَارٗا تَلَظَّىٰ ١٤

    Fa andhartukum nāran talaẓẓā.

    So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.

15. لَا يَصۡلَىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١٥

    Lā yaṣlāhā illal-ashqā.

    None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one

16. ٱلَّذِي كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ ١٦

    Al-ladhī kadhdhaba wa tawallā.

    Who had denied and turned away.

17. وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَتۡقَى ١٧

    Wa sayujannabuhal-atqā.

    But the righteous one will avoid it –

18. ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡتِي مَالَهُۥ يَتَزَكَّىٰ ١٨

    Al-ladhī yuʾtī mālahū yatazakkā.

    [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself

19. وَمَا لِأَحَدٍ عِندَهُۥ مِن نِّعۡمَةٖ تُجۡزَىٰٓ ١٩

    Wa mā liʾaḥadin ʿindahū min niʿmatin tujzā.

    And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded¹ –

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    1. i.e., without intending reciprocation for some benefit to himself.

20. إِلَّا ٱبۡتِغَآءَ وَجۡهِ رَبِّهِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٢٠

    Illabtighāʾa wajhi rabbihil-aʿlā.

    But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.

21. وَلَسَوۡفَ يَرۡضَىٰ ٢١

    Wa lasawfa yarḍā.

    And he is going to be satisfied.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١

   Waḍ-ḍuḥā.

   By the morning brightness

2. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ٢

   Wal-layli idhā sajā.

   And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,¹

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   1. And becomes still.

3. مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ ٣

   Mā waddaʿaka rabbuka wa mā qalā.

   Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].

4. وَلَلۡأٓخِرَةُ خَيۡرٞ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ ٤

   Wa lalʾākhiratu khayrul laka minal-ūlā.

   And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].

5. وَلَسَوۡفَ يُعۡطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرۡضَىٰٓ ٥

   Wa lasawfa yuʿṭīka rabbuka fatarḍā.

   And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.

6. أَلَمۡ يَجِدۡكَ يَتِيمٗا فَـَٔاوَىٰ ٦

   Alam yajidka yatīman fa āwā.

   Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?

7. وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلّٗا فَهَدَىٰ ٧

   Wa wajadaka ḍāllan fahadā.

   And He found you lost and guided [you],

8. وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلٗا فَأَغۡنَىٰ ٨

   Wa wajadaka ʿāʾilan fa aghnā.

   And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.

9. فَأَمَّا ٱلۡيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقۡهَرۡ ٩

   Fa ammal-yatīma falā taqhar.

   So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].

10. وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنۡهَرۡ ١٠

    Wa ammas-sāʾila falā tanhar.

    And as for the petitioner,¹ do not repel [him].

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    1. Anyone who seeks aid or knowledge.

11. وَأَمَّا بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثۡ ١١

    Wa ammā biniʿmati rabbika faḥaddith.

    But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ ١

   Alam nashraḥ laka ṣadrak.

   Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?¹

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   1. i.e., enlighten, assure and gladden your heart with guidance.

2. وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ ٢

   Wa waḍaʿnā ʿanka wizrak.

   And We removed from you your burden¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. By forgiving any errors which you may have committed previously or might commit consequently. "Burden" can also refer to the anxiety experienced by the Prophet (ﷺ) at the beginning of his mission.

3. ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَ ٣

   Al-ladhī anqaḍa ẓahrak.

   Which had weighed upon your back

4. وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ ٤

   Wa rafaʿnā laka dhikrak.

   And raised high for you your repute.

5. فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا ٥

   Fa inna maʿal-ʿusri yusrā.

   For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].

6. إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرٗا ٦

   Inna maʿal-ʿusri yusrā.

   Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

7. فَإِذَا فَرَغۡتَ فَٱنصَبۡ ٧

   Fa idhā faraghta fanṣab.

   So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

8. وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرۡغَب ٨

   Wa ilā rabbika farghab.

   And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ ١

   Wat-tīni waz-zaytūn.

   By the fig and the olive¹

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   1. Referring to the places known for their production, i.e., Damascus and Jerusalem, respectively. It could also refer to the fig and olive trees or to the fruits themselves.

2. وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ٢

   Wa ṭūri sīnīn.

   And [by] Mount Sinai

3. وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ ٣

   Wa hādhal-baladil-amīn.

   And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],

4. لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ ٤

   Laqad khalaqnal-insāna fī aḥsani taqwīm.

   We have certainly created man in the best of stature;¹

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   1. i.e., upright, symmetrical, and balanced in form and nature.

5. ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ ٥

   Thumma radadnāhu asfala sāfilīn.

   Then We return him to the lowest of the low,¹

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   1. This can refer to the depths of Hell, to decrepit old age or to immorality.

6. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ ٦

   Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti falahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn.

   Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

7. فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ ٧

   Famā yukadhdhibuka baʿdu bid-dīn.

   So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?¹

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   1. More literally, "What makes you lie concerning it?"

8. أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨

   Alaysallāhu biʾaḥkamil-ḥākimīn.

   Is not Allāh the most just of judges?

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ١

   Iqraʾ bismi rabbikal-ladhī khalaq.

   Recite in the name of your Lord who created –

2. خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ٢

   Khalaqal-insāna min ʿalaq.

   Created man from a clinging substance.

3. ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ٣

   Iqraʾ wa rabbukal-akram.

   Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

4. ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ٤

   Al-ladhī ʿallama bil-qalam.

   Who taught by the pen –

5. عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ٥

   ʿAllamal-insāna mā lam yaʿlam.

   Taught man that which he knew not.

6. كـَلَّآ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَيَطۡغَىٰٓ ٦

   Kallā innal-insāna layaṭghā.

   No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

7. أَن رَّءَاهُ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰٓ ٧

   Ar raʾāhustaghnā.

   Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

8. إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجۡعَىٰٓ ٨

   Inna ilā rabbikar-rujʿā.

   Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

9. أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يَنۡهَىٰ ٩

   Araʾaytal-ladhī yanhā.

   Have you seen the one who forbids

10. عَبۡدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ ١٠

    ʿAbdan idhā ṣallā.

    A servant when he prays?

11. أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ ١١

    Araʾayta in kāna ʿalal-hudā.

    Have you seen if he is upon guidance

12. أَوۡ أَمَرَ بِٱلتَّقۡوَىٰٓ ١٢

    Aw amara bit-taqwā.

    Or enjoins righteousness?

13. أَرَءَيۡتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١٣

    Araʾayta in kadhdhaba wa tawallā.

    Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

14. أَلَمۡ يَعۡلَم بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرَىٰ ١٤

    Alam yaʿlam biʾannallāha yarā.

    Does he not know that Allāh sees?

15. كـَلَّا لَئِن لَّمۡ يَنتَهِ لَنَسۡفَعَۢا بِٱلنَّاصِيَةِ ١٥

    Kallā laʾil lam yantahi lanasfaʿam bin-nāṣiyah.

    No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock¹ –

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    1. It may also mean "slap him" or "blacken his face at the forelock."

16. نَاصِيَةٖ كَٰذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٖ ١٦

    Nāṣiyatin kādhibatin khāṭiʾah.

    A lying, sinning forelock.

17. فَلۡيَدۡعُ نَادِيَهُۥ ١٧

    Falyadʿu nādiyah.

    Then let him call his associates;

18. سَنَدۡعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ ١٨

    Sanadʿuz-zabāniyah.

    We will call the angels of Hell.¹

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    1. Those who push the wicked into the Fire.

19. كـَلَّا لَا تُطِعۡهُ وَٱسۡجُدۡۤ وَٱقۡتَرِب۩ ١٩

    Kallā lā tuṭiʿhu wasjud waqtarib.

    No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةِ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ١

   Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatil-qadr.

   Indeed, We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down during the Night of Decree.

2. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ ٢

   Wa mā adrāka mā laylatul-qadr.

   And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?

3. لَيۡلَةُ ٱلۡقَدۡرِ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡ أَلۡفِ شَهۡرٖ ٣

   Laylatul-qadri khayrum min alfi shahr.

   The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

4. تَنَزَّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمۡرٖ ٤

   Tanazzalul-malāʾikatu war-rūḥu fīhā biʾidhni rabbihim min kulli amr.

   The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.¹

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   1. Bringing the exact measures apportioned for everything by Allāh in the course of the coming year.

5. سَلَٰمٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطۡلَعِ ٱلۡفَجۡرِ ٥

   Salāmun hiya ḥattā maṭlaʿil-fajr.

   Peace it is¹ until the emergence of dawn.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Upon the believers.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. لَمۡ يَكُنِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَةُ ١

   Lam yakunil-ladhīna kafarū min ahlil-kitābi wal-mushrikīna munfakkīna ḥattā taʾtiyahumul-bayyinah.

   Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief]¹ until there came to them clear evidence –

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   1. i.e., from their erroneous beliefs and superstitions.

2. رَسُولٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ يَتۡلُواْ صُحُفٗا مُّطَهَّرَةٗ ٢

   Rasūlum minallāhi yatlū ṣuḥufam muṭahharah.

   A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified¹ scriptures

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   1. i.e., containing no falsehood.

3. فِيهَا كُتُبٞ قَيِّمَةٞ ٣

   Fīhā kutubun qayyimah.

   Within which are correct writings [i.e., rulings and laws].

4. وَمَا تَفَرَّقَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَةُ ٤

   Wa mā tafarraqal-ladhīna ūtul-kitāba illā mim baʿdi mā jāʾathumul-bayyinah.

   Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided¹ until after there had come to them clear evidence.

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   1. Into sects and denominations.

5. وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓاْ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤۡتُواْ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَۚ وَذَٰلِكَ دِينُ ٱلۡقَيِّمَةِ ٥

   Wa mā umirū illā liyaʿbudullāha mukhliṣīna lahud-dīna ḥunafāʾa wa yuqīmuṣ-ṣalāta wa yuʾtuz-zakāh, wa dhālika dīnul-qayyimah.

   And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakāh. And that is the correct religion.

6. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمۡ شَرُّ ٱلۡبَرِيَّةِ ٦

   Innal-ladhīna kafarū min ahlil-kitābi wal-mushrikīna fī nāri jahannama khālidīna fīhā, ulāʾika hum sharrul-bariyyah.

   Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures.

7. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمۡ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡبَرِيَّةِ ٧

   Innal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti ulāʾika hum khayrul-bariyyah.

   Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures.

8. جَزَآؤُهُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدٗاۖ رَّضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَرَضُواْ عَنۡهُۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنۡ خَشِيَ رَبَّهُۥ ٨

   Jazāʾuhum ʿinda rabbihim jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihal-anhāru khālidīna fīhā abadā, raḍiyallāhu ʿanhum wa raḍū ʿanh, dhālika liman khashiya rabbah.

   Their reward with their Lord will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allāh being pleased with them and they with Him. That is for whoever has feared his Lord.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا ١

   Idhā zulzilatil-arḍu zilzālahā.

   When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

2. وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا ٢

   Wa akhrajatil-arḍu athqālahā.

   And the earth discharges its burdens¹

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   1. See verse 84:4.

3. وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا ٣

   Wa qālal-insānu mā lahā.

   And man says,¹ "What is [wrong] with it?" -

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   1. In terror and amazement.

4. يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا ٤

   Yawmaʾidhin tuḥaddithu akhbārahā.

   That Day, it will report its news

5. بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا ٥

   Biʾanna rabbaka awḥā lahā.

   Because your Lord has inspired [i.e., commanded] it.

6. يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتٗا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٦

   Yawmaʾidhiy yaṣdurun-nāsu ashtātal liyuraw aʿmālahum.

   That Day, the people will depart¹ separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

   Footnotes (1)

   1. From the place of Judgement to their final abode. Another interpretation is "emerge separately" (from the graves) .

7. فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ ٧

   Famay yaʿmal mithqāla dharratin khayray yarah.

   So whoever does an atom's weight¹ of good will see it,

   Footnotes (1)

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

8. وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ شَرّٗا يَرَهُۥ ٨

   Wa may yaʿmal mithqāla dharratin sharray yarah.

   And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلۡعَٰدِيَٰتِ ضَبۡحٗا ١

   Wal-ʿādiyāti ḍabḥā.

   By the racers, panting,¹

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   1. i.e., the horses bearing riders as they race to attack the enemy.

2. فَٱلۡمُورِيَٰتِ قَدۡحٗا ٢

   Fal-mūriyāti qadḥā.

   And the producers of sparks [when] striking¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Their hoofs while galloping over rocky terrain.

3. فَٱلۡمُغِيرَٰتِ صُبۡحٗا ٣

   Fal-mughīrāti ṣubḥā.

   And the chargers at dawn,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. While the enemy is unaware.

4. فَأَثَرۡنَ بِهِۦ نَقۡعٗا ٤

   Fa atharna bihī naqʿā.

   Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

5. فَوَسَطۡنَ بِهِۦ جَمۡعًا ٥

   Fawasaṭna bihī jamʿā.

   Arriving thereby in the center¹ collectively,

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., penetrating into the enemy ranks during a surprise attack.

6. إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٞ ٦

   Innal-insāna lirabbihī lakanūd.

   Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

7. وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٞ ٧

   Wa innahū ʿalā dhālika lashahīd.

   And indeed, he is to that a witness.¹

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   1. Through his speech and his actions.

8. وَإِنَّهُۥ لِحُبِّ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ لَشَدِيدٌ ٨

   Wa innahū liḥubbil-khayri lashadīd.

   And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

9. ۞ أَفَلَا يَعۡلَمُ إِذَا بُعۡثِرَ مَا فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ ٩

   Afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿthira mā fil-qubūr.

   But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered

10. وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي ٱلصُّدُورِ ١٠

    Wa ḥuṣṣila mā fiṣ-ṣudūr.

    And that within the breasts is obtained,¹

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    1. i.e., when all secrets are made known.

11. إِنَّ رَبَّهُم بِهِمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّخَبِيرُۢ ١١

    Inna rabbahum bihim yawmaʾidhil lakhabīr.

    Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.¹

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    1. Fully acquainted and familiar with everything about each one of them.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ١

   Al-qāriʿah.

   The Striking Calamity -

2. مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٢

   Mal-qāriʿah.

   What is the Striking Calamity?

3. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٣

   Wa mā adrāka mal-qāriʿah.

   And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

4. يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ٤

   Yawma yakūnun-nāsu kal-farāshil-mabthūth.

   It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The people will be as such after having been expelled from their graves.

5. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥

   Wa takūnul-jibālu kal-ʿihnil-manfūsh.

   And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., beginning to disintegrate.

6. فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦

   Fa ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuh.

   Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

7. فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٧

   Fahuwa fī ʿīshatir rāḍiyah.

   He will be in a pleasant life.

8. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨

   Wa ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh.

   But as for one whose scales are light,

9. فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ ٩

   Fa ummuhū hāwiyah.

   His refuge¹ will be an abyss.²

   Footnotes (2)

   1. Literally, "mother" (a man's original refuge) , which will envelop him as in an embrace.
   2. i.e., the pit of Hellfire.

10. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ١٠

    Wa mā adrāka mā hiyah.

    And what can make you know what that is?

11. نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ ١١

    Nārun ḥāmiyah.

    It is a Fire, intensely hot.

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1. أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ ١

   Alhākumut-takāthur.

   Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

2. حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ ٢

   Ḥattā zurtumul-maqābir.

   Until you visit the graveyards.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., remain in them temporarily, meaning until the Day of Resurrection.

3. كـَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣

   Kallā sawfa taʿlamūn.

   No! You are going to know.

4. ثُمَّ كـَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٤

   Thumma kallā sawfa taʿlamūn.

   Then, no! You are going to know.

5. كـَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٥

   Kallā law taʿlamūna ʿilmal-yaqīn.

   No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The conclusion of this verse is estimated to be "...you would not have been distracted from preparing for the Hereafter."

6. لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ ٦

   Latarawunnal-jaḥīm.

   You will surely see the Hellfire.

7. ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ ٧

   Thumma latarawunnahā ʿaynal-yaqīn.

   Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., with actual eyesight.

8. ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ٨

   Thumma latusʾalunna yawmaʾidhin ʿanin-naʿīm.

   Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the comforts of worldly life and whether you were grateful to Allāh for His blessings.

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1. وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ ١

   Wal-ʿaṣr.

   By time,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. An oath in which Allāh swears by time throughout the ages.

2. إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ ٢

   Innal-insāna lafī khusr.

   Indeed, mankind is in loss,

3. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ ٣

   Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa tawāṣaw bil-ḥaqqi wa tawāṣaw biṣ-ṣabr.

   Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

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1. وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ ١

   Waylul likulli humazatil lumazah.

   Woe to every scorner and mocker

2. ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢

   Al-ladhī jamaʿa mālaw wa ʿaddadah.

   Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Rather than spending in the way of Allāh.

3. يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ ٣

   Yaḥsabu anna mālahū akhladah.

   He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

4. كـَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ ٤

   Kallā, layunbadhanna fil-ḥuṭamah.

   No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., Hellfire, which crushes and destroys all that enters it.

5. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ٥

   Wa mā adrāka mal-ḥuṭamah.

   And what can make you know what is the Crusher?

6. نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ ٦

   Nārullāhil-mūqadah.

   It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,

7. ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ ٧

   Al-latī taṭṭaliʿu ʿalal-afʾidah.

   Which mounts directed at the hearts.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Covering them and penetrating them.

8. إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ ٨

   Innahā ʿalayhim muʾṣadah.

   Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them

9. فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ ٩

   Fī ʿamadim mumaddadah.

   In extended columns.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Interpreted to be either columns of fire or columns of iron to which are chained the inmates of Hell.

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1. أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ١

   Alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʾaṣḥābil-fīl.

   Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the army under the command of Abrahah al-Ashram which was accompanied by a huge elephant and came with the intention of destroying the Kaʿbah at Makkah.

2. أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ ٢

   Alam yajʿal kaydahum fī taḍlīl.

   Did He not make their plan into misguidance?¹

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   1. Causing them to perish.

3. وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣

   Wa arsala ʿalayhim ṭayran abābīl.

   And He sent against them birds in flocks,

4. تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ ٤

   Tarmīhim biḥijāratim min sijjīl.

   Striking them with stones of hard clay,

5. فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ٥

   Fajaʿalahum kaʿaṣfim maʾkūl.

   And He made them like eaten straw.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., husks which have been chewed by cattle. This event took place in the year of the Prophet's birth.

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1. لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيۡشٍ ١

   Liʾīlāfi quraysh.

   For the accustomed security of the Quraysh¹ -

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the honor and reputation Allāh had given them as guardians of the Holy Kaʿbah, which allowed them to travel without fear of being harmed.

2. إِۦلَٰفِهِمۡ رِحۡلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيۡفِ ٢

   Īlāfihim riḥlatash-shitāʾi waṣ-ṣayf.

   Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer¹ -

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the trading caravans that traveled south in winter and north in summer.

3. فَلۡيَعۡبُدُواْ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٣

   Falyaʿbudū rabba hādhal-bayt.

   Let them worship the Lord of this House,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the Kaʿbah.

4. ٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٖ وَءَامَنَهُم مِّنۡ خَوۡفِۭ ٤

   Al-ladhī aṭʿamahum min jūʿiw wa āmanahum min khawf.

   Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ ١

   Araʾaytal-ladhī yukadhdhibu bid-dīn.

   Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

2. فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِي يَدُعُّ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ٢

   Fadhālikal-ladhī yaduʿʿul-yatīm.

   For that is the one who drives away the orphan

3. وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ٣

   Wa lā yaḥuḍḍu ʿalā ṭaʿāmil-miskīn.

   And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

4. فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٤

   Fawaylul lil-muṣallīn.

   So woe to those who pray

5. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُونَ ٥

   Al-ladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūn.

   [But] who are heedless of their prayer¹ -

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., the hypocrites who are unconcerned if they miss prayers when no one sees them.

6. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ يُرَآءُونَ ٦

   Al-ladhīna hum yurāʾūn.

   Those who make show [of their deeds]

7. وَيَمۡنَعُونَ ٱلۡمَاعُونَ ٧

   Wa yamnaʿūnal-māʿūn.

   And withhold [simple] assistance.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِنَّآ أَعۡطَيۡنَٰكَ ٱلۡكَوۡثَرَ ١

   Innā aʿṭaynākal-kawthar.

   Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muḥammad], al-Kawthar.

2. فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنۡحَرۡ ٢

   Faṣalli lirabbika wanḥar.

   So pray to your Lord and offer sacrifice [to Him alone].

3. إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلۡأَبۡتَرُ ٣

   Inna shāniʾaka huwal-abtar.

   Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. From all good in this world and the Hereafter.

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1. قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ١

   Qul yāʾayyuhal-kāfirūn.

   Say, "O disbelievers,

2. لَآ أَعۡبُدُ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٢

   Lā aʿbudu mā taʿbudūn.

   I do not worship what you worship.

3. وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٣

   Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud.

   Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

4. وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٞ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ ٤

   Wa lā ana ʿābidum mā ʿabadttum.

   Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.

5. وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٥

   Wa lā antum ʿābidūna mā aʿbud.

   Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.

6. لَكُمۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِيَ دِينِ ٦

   Lakum dīnukum waliya dīn.

   For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا جَآءَ نَصۡرُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡفَتۡحُ ١

   Idhā jāʾa naṣrullāhi wal-fatḥ.

   When the victory of Allāh has come and the conquest,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. The conquest of Makkah.

2. وَرَأَيۡتَ ٱلنَّاسَ يَدۡخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ ٱللَّهِ أَفۡوَاجٗا ٢

   Wa raʾaytan-nāsa yadkhulūna fī dīnillāhi afwājā.

   And you see the people entering into the religion of Allāh in multitudes,

3. فَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ تَوَّابَۢا ٣

   Fasabbiḥ biḥamdi rabbika wastaghfirh, innahū kāna tawwābā.

   Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of Repentance.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Refer to footnote of 2:37.

﷽بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. تَبَّتۡ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٖ وَتَبَّ ١

   Tabbat yadā abī lahabiw wa tabb.

   May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Abū Lahab (the Prophet's uncle) , who was an enemy of Islām.

2. مَآ أَغۡنَىٰ عَنۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ٢

   Mā aghnā ʿanhu māluhū wa mā kasab.

   His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

3. سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارٗا ذَاتَ لَهَبٖ ٣

   Sayaṣlā nāran dhāta lahab.

   He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

4. وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ ٤

   Wamraʾatuhū ḥammālatal-ḥaṭab.

   And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. She used to put thorns in the Prophet's path and slander him (ﷺ) . The word "firewood" was used by the Arabs to allude to slander and backbiting.

5. فِي جِيدِهَا حَبۡلٞ مِّن مَّسَدِۭ ٥

   Fī jīdihā ḥablum mim masad.

   Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.

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1. قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ١

   Qul huwallāhu aḥad.

   Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Alone, without another, indivisible with absolute and permanent unity and distinct from all else. The one and only true deity, unique in His essence, attributes and deeds.

2. ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ٢

   Allāhuṣ-ṣamad.

   Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.¹

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   1. He who is absolute, perfect, complete, essential, self-sufficient and sufficient to meet the needs of all creation; the one eternally and constantly required and sought, depended upon by all existence and to whom all matters will ultimately return.

3. لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ ٣

   Lam yalid wa lam yūlad.

   He neither begets nor is born,

4. وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ ٤

   Wa lam yakul lahū kufuwan aḥad.

   Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

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1. قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ ١

   Qul aʿūdhu birabbil-falaq.

   Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

2. مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ٢

   Min sharri mā khalaq.

   From the evil of that which He created

3. وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ٣

   Wa min sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab.

   And from the evil of darkness when it settles

4. وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِي ٱلۡعُقَدِ ٤

   Wa min sharrin-naffāthāti fil-ʿuqad.

   And from the evil of the blowers in knots¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., those who practice magic.

5. وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ٥

   Wa min sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad.

   And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

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1. قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١

   Qul aʿūdhu birabbin-nās.

   Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

2. مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٢

   Malikin-nās.

   The Sovereign of mankind,

3. إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٣

   Ilāhin-nās.

   The God of mankind,

4. مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ ٤

   Min sharril-waswāsil-khannās.

   From the evil of the retreating whisperer¹ -

   Footnotes (1)

   1. i.e., a devil who makes evil suggestions to man but disappears when one remembers Allāh.

5. ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٥

   Al-ladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūrin-nās.

   Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -

6. مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ٦

   Minal-jinnati wan-nās.

   From among the jinn and mankind."¹

   Footnotes (1)

   1. Evil prompters may be from men as well as from jinn.