Quran Verses about Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets, whose name is written in the Torah and the Gospel and whom Jesus announced by the name Ahmad, sent to all people as a mercy, a witness, a bringer of good news and a warner. He is a human being who receives revelation, does not know the unseen, does not speak from his own desire, is defended against the charges of madness, poetry and soothsaying, and stands on a tremendous character. The verses also mention the command to read and to rise and warn, the consolation when revelation paused, the plot of Quraysh and the cave during the emigration, Badr, the Trench with the Prophet as the example in battle, and Hudaybiyyah, the manners owed to the Prophet, his household, and the reproach when he turned away from the blind man.
Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets
وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٞ قَدۡ خَلَتۡ مِن قَبۡلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُۚ أَفَإِيْن مَّاتَ أَوۡ قُتِلَ ٱنقَلَبۡتُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡقَٰبِكُمۡۚ وَمَن يَنقَلِبۡ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيۡهِ فَلَن يَضُرَّ ٱللَّهَ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَسَيَجۡزِي ٱللَّهُ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ١٤٤
Wa mā muḥammadun illā rasūlun qad khalat min qablihir-rusul, afaʾim māta aw qutilanqalabtum ʿalā aʿqābikum, wa may yanqalib ʿalā ʿaqibayhi falay yaḍurrallāha shayʾā, wa sayajzillāhush-shākirīn.
Muḥammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allāh at all; but Allāh will reward the grateful.
ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلنَّبِيَّ ٱلۡأُمِّيَّ ٱلَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُۥ مَكۡتُوبًا عِندَهُمۡ فِي ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلِ يَأۡمُرُهُم بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَنۡهَىٰهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡخَبَٰٓئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنۡهُمۡ إِصۡرَهُمۡ وَٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلَ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِهِۦ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ ٱلنُّورَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُۥٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ١٥٧
Al-ladhīna yattabiʿūnar-rasūlan-nabiyyal-ummiyyal-ladhī yajidūnahū maktūban ʿindahum fit-tawrāti wal-injīli yaʾmuruhum bil-maʿrūfi wa yanhāhum ʿanil-munkari wa yuḥillu lahumuṭ-ṭayyibāti wa yuḥarrimu ʿalayhimul-khabāʾitha wa yaḍaʿu ʿanhum iṣrahum wal-aghlālal-latī kānat ʿalayhim, fal-ladhīna āmanū bihī wa ʿazzarūhu wa naṣarūhu wattabaʿun-nūral-ladhī unzila maʿahū ulāʾika humul-mufliḥūn.
Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written [i.e., described] in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and prohibits them from what is wrong and makes lawful for them what is good and forbids them from what is evil and relieves them of their burden1 and the shackles which were upon them.2 So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful.
Footnotes (2)
- Difficulties in religious practice.
- i.e., extreme measures previously required for repentance, and retribution without recourse to compensation.
مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٖ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٗا ٤٠
Mā kāna muḥammadun abā aḥadim mir rijālikum wa lākir rasūlallāhi wa khātaman-nabiyyīn, wa kānallāhu bikulli shayʾin ʿalīmā.
Muḥammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allāh and seal [i.e., last] of the prophets. And ever is Allāh, of all things, Knowing.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَءَامَنُواْ بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡ كَفَّرَ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ وَأَصۡلَحَ بَالَهُمۡ ٢
Wal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa āmanū bimā nuzzila ʿalā muḥammadiw wa huwal-ḥaqqu mir rabbihim kaffara ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa aṣlaḥa bālahum.
And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what has been sent down upon Muḥammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He will remove from them their misdeeds and amend their condition.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُظۡهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدٗا ٢٨
Huwal-ladhī arsala rasūlahū bil-hudā wa dīnil-ḥaqqi liyuẓhirahū ʿalad-dīni kullih, wa kafā billāhi shahīdā.
It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion. And sufficient is Allāh as Witness.
مُّحَمَّدٞ رَّسُولُ ٱللَّهِۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ أَشِدَّآءُ عَلَى ٱلۡكُفَّارِ رُحَمَآءُ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ تَرَىٰهُمۡ رُكَّعٗا سُجَّدٗا يَبۡتَغُونَ فَضۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٗاۖ سِيمَاهُمۡ فِي وُجُوهِهِم مِّنۡ أَثَرِ ٱلسُّجُودِۚ ذَٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمۡ فِي ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِۚ وَمَثَلُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡإِنجِيلِ كَزَرۡعٍ أَخۡرَجَ شَطۡـَٔهُۥ فَـَٔازَرَهُۥ فَٱسۡتَغۡلَظَ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَىٰ سُوقِهِۦ يُعۡجِبُ ٱلزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغِيظَ بِهِمُ ٱلۡكُفَّارَۗ وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ مِنۡهُم مَّغۡفِرَةٗ وَأَجۡرًا عَظِيمَۢا ٢٩
Muḥammadur rasūlullāh, wal-ladhīna maʿahū ashiddāʾu ʿalal-kuffāri ruḥamāʾu baynahum, tarāhum rukkaʿan sujjaday yabtaghūna faḍlam minallāhi wa riḍwānā, sīmāhum fī wujūhihim min atharis-sujūd, dhālika mathaluhum fit-tawrāh, wa mathaluhum fil-injīli kazarʿin akhraja shaṭʾahū fa āzarahū fastaghlaẓa fastawā ʿalā sūqihī yuʿjibuz-zurrāʿa liyaghīẓa bihimul-kuffār, waʿadallāhul-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti minhum maghfirataw wa ajran ʿaẓīmā.
Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allāh and [His] pleasure. Their sign is in their faces from the effect of prostration [i.e., prayer]. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers - so that He [i.e., Allāh] may enrage by them1 the disbelievers. Allāh has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.
Footnotes (1)
- The given examples depict the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions.
وَإِذۡ قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ يَٰبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيۡكُم مُّصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ وَمُبَشِّرَۢا بِرَسُولٖ يَأۡتِي مِنۢ بَعۡدِي ٱسۡمُهُۥٓ أَحۡمَدُۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالُواْ هَٰذَا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٦
Wa idh qāla ʿīsabnu maryama yābanī isrāʾīla innī rasūlullāhi ilaykum muṣaddiqal limā bayna yadayya minat-tawrāti wa mubashshiram birasūliy yaʾtī mim baʿdismuhū aḥmad, falammā jāʾahum bil-bayyināti qālū hādhā siḥrum mubīn.
And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O Children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allāh to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Aḥmad."1 But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic."2
Footnotes (2)
- Another name of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
- i.e., fraud or deception.
Sent to all people as a mercy
لَقَدۡ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ إِذۡ بَعَثَ فِيهِمۡ رَسُولٗا مِّنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمۡ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَإِن كَانُواْ مِن قَبۡلُ لَفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ ١٦٤
Laqad mannallāhu ʿalal-muʾminīna idh baʿatha fīhim rasūlam min anfusihim yatlū ʿalayhim āyātihī wa yuzakkīhim wa yuʿallimuhumul-kitāba wal-ḥikmata wa in kānū min qablu lafī ḍalālim mubīn.
Certainly did Allāh confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom,1 although they had been before in manifest error.
Footnotes (1)
- The Prophet's sunnah.
فَكَيۡفَ إِذَا جِئۡنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةِۭ بِشَهِيدٖ وَجِئۡنَا بِكَ عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شَهِيدٗا ٤١
Fakayfa idhā jiʾnā min kulli ummatim bishahīdiw wa jiʾnā bika ʿalā hāʾulāʾi shahīdā.
So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you, [O Muḥammad], against these [people] as a witness?
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيۡكُمۡ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۖ فَـَٔامِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلۡأُمِّيِّ ٱلَّذِي يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ ١٥٨
Qul yāʾayyuhan-nāsu innī rasūlullāhi ilaykum jamīʿanil-ladhī lahū mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥyī wa yumīt, fa āminū billāhi wa rasūlihin-nabiyyil-ummiyyil-ladhī yuʾminu billāhi wa kalimātihī wattabiʿūhu laʿallakum tahtadūn.
Say, [O Muḥammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allāh to you all, [from Him] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death." So believe in Allāh and His Messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allāh and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.
لَقَدۡ جَآءَكُمۡ رَسُولٞ مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيۡهِ مَا عَنِتُّمۡ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيۡكُم بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ رَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١٢٨
Laqad jāʾakum rasūlum min anfusikum ʿazīzun ʿalayhi mā ʿanittum ḥarīṣun ʿalaykum bil-muʾminīna raʾūfur raḥīm.
There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you [i.e., your guidance] and to the believers is kind and merciful.
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحۡمَةٗ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٠٧
Wa mā arsalnāka illā raḥmatal lil-ʿālamīn.
And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ شَٰهِدٗا وَمُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا ٤٥
Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyu innā arsalnāka shāhidaw wa mubashshiraw wa nadhīrā.
O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner
وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ وَسِرَاجٗا مُّنِيرٗا ٤٦
Wa dāʿiyan ilallāhi biʾidhnihī wa sirājam munīrā.
And one who invites to Allāh, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp.
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٨
Wa mā arsalnāka illā kāffatal lin-nāsi bashīraw wa nadhīraw wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.
And We have not sent you except comprehensively1 to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know.
Footnotes (1)
- Literally, "inclusively, without exception."
A human being who receives revelation
قُل لَّآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡ عِندِي خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡ إِنِّي مَلَكٌۖ إِنۡ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّۚ قُلۡ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡبَصِيرُۚ أَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٥٠
Qul lā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāʾinullāhi wa lā aʿlamul-ghayba wa lā aqūlu lakum innī malak, in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayy, qul hal yastawil-aʿmā wal-baṣīr, afalā tatafakkarūn.
Say, [O Muḥammad], "I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel. I only follow what is revealed to me." Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Then will you not give thought?"
قُل لَّآ أَمۡلِكُ لِنَفۡسِي نَفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوۡ كُنتُ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ ٱلسُّوٓءُۚ إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ وَبَشِيرٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ١٨٨
Qul lā amliku linafsī nafʿaw wa lā ḍarran illā mā shāʾallāh, wa law kuntu aʿlamul-ghayba lastakthartu minal-khayri wa mā massaniyas-sūʾ, in ana illā nadhīruw wa bashīrul liqawmiy yuʾminūn.
Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allāh has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."
قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرۡجُواْ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلۡيَعۡمَلۡ عَمَلٗا صَٰلِحٗا وَلَا يُشۡرِكۡ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدَۢا ١١٠
Qul innamā ana basharum mithlukum yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥid, faman kāna yarjū liqāʾa rabbihī falyaʿmal ʿamalan ṣāliḥaw wa lā yushrik biʿibādati rabbihī aḥadā.
Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone."
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمۡ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢
Mā ḍalla ṣāḥibukum wa mā ghawā.
Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰٓ ٣
Wa mā yanṭiqu ʿanil-hawā.
Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحۡيٞ يُوحَىٰ ٤
In huwa illā waḥyuy yūḥā.
It is not but a revelation revealed,
Refuting the charges of madness, poetry and soothsaying
أَوَلَمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُواْۗ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍۚ إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ ١٨٤
Awalam yatafakkarū, mā biṣāḥibihim min jinnah, in huwa illā nadhīrum mubīn.
Then do they not give thought? There is in their companion [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] no madness. He is not but a clear warner.
وَمَا عَلَّمۡنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعۡرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِي لَهُۥٓۚ إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ وَقُرۡءَانٞ مُّبِينٞ ٦٩
Wa mā ʿallamnāhush-shiʿra wa mā yanbaghī lah, in huwa illā dhikruw wa qurʾānum mubīn.
And We did not give him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur’ān
فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ ٢٩
Fadhakkir famā anta biniʿmati rabbika bikāhiniw wa lā majnūn.
So remind, [O Muḥammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman.
The coming of revelation and consolation for the Prophet
وَٱلضُّحَىٰ ١
Waḍ-ḍuḥā.
By the morning brightness
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ٢
Wal-layli idhā sajā.
And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,1
Footnotes (1)
- And becomes still.
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].
أَلَمۡ نَشۡرَحۡ لَكَ صَدۡرَكَ ١
Alam nashraḥ laka ṣadrak.
Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., enlighten, assure and gladden your heart with guidance.
وَوَضَعۡنَا عَنكَ وِزۡرَكَ ٢
Wa waḍaʿnā ʿanka wizrak.
And We removed from you your burden1
Footnotes (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.
ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهۡرَكَ ٣
Al-ladhī anqaḍa ẓahrak.
Which had weighed upon your back
وَرَفَعۡنَا لَكَ ذِكۡرَكَ ٤
Wa rafaʿnā laka dhikrak.
And raised high for you your repute.
ٱقۡرَأۡ بِٱسۡمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ١
Iqraʾ bismi rabbikal-ladhī khalaq.
Recite in the name of your Lord who created –
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِنۡ عَلَقٍ ٢
Khalaqal-insāna min ʿalaq.
Created man from a clinging substance.
ٱقۡرَأۡ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلۡأَكۡرَمُ ٣
Iqraʾ wa rabbukal-akram.
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
ٱلَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِٱلۡقَلَمِ ٤
Al-ladhī ʿallama bil-qalam.
Who taught by the pen –
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ ٥
ʿAllamal-insāna mā lam yaʿlam.
Taught man that which he knew not.
The emigration and the battles
وَلَقَدۡ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِبَدۡرٖ وَأَنتُمۡ أَذِلَّةٞۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٢٣
Wa laqad naṣarakumullāhu bibadriw wa antum adhillah, fattaqullāha laʿallakum tashkurūn.
And already had Allāh given you victory at [the battle of] Badr while you were weak [i.e., few in number]. Then fear Allāh; perhaps you will be grateful.
وَإِذۡ يَمۡكُرُ بِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيُثۡبِتُوكَ أَوۡ يَقۡتُلُوكَ أَوۡ يُخۡرِجُوكَۚ وَيَمۡكُرُونَ وَيَمۡكُرُ ٱللَّهُۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡمَٰكِرِينَ ٣٠
Wa idh yamkuru bikal-ladhīna kafarū liyuthbitūka aw yaqtulūka aw yukhrijūk, wa yamkurūna wa yamkurullāh, wallāhu khayrul-mākirīn.
And [remember, O Muḥammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allāh plans. And Allāh is the best of planners.
إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدۡ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذۡ أَخۡرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ثَانِيَ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ إِذۡ هُمَا فِي ٱلۡغَارِ إِذۡ يَقُولُ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ لَا تَحۡزَنۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَنَاۖ فَأَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِ وَأَيَّدَهُۥ بِجُنُودٖ لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَا وَجَعَلَ كَلِمَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلسُّفۡلَىٰۗ وَكَلِمَةُ ٱللَّهِ هِيَ ٱلۡعُلۡيَاۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ٤٠
Illā tanṣurūhu faqad naṣarahullāhu idh akhrajahul-ladhīna kafarū thāniyathnayni idh humā fil-ghāri idh yaqūlu liṣāḥibihī lā taḥzan innallāha maʿanā, fa anzalallāhu sakīnatahū ʿalayhi wa ayyadahū bijunūdil lam tarawhā wa jaʿala kalimatal-ladhīna kafarus-suflā, wa kalimatullāhi hiyal-ʿulyā, wallāhu ʿazīzun ḥakīm.
If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] - Allāh has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two,1 when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allāh is with us." And Allāh sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers [i.e., angels] you did not see and made the word2 of those who disbelieved the lowest,3 while the word of Allāh4 - that is the highest. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
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- The second was his companion, Abū Bakr.
- i.e., their claims and slogans.
- i.e., degraded and dishonored.
- "Lā ilāha ill-Allāh" ("There is no deity except Allāh").
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِذۡ جَآءَتۡكُمۡ جُنُودٞ فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحٗا وَجُنُودٗا لَّمۡ تَرَوۡهَاۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا ٩
Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanudhkurū niʿmatallāhi ʿalaykum idh jāʾatkum junūdun fa arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥaw wa junūdal lam tarawhā, wa kānallāhu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīrā.
O you who have believed, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when armies came to [attack] you and We sent upon them a wind and armies [of angels] you did not see. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.
لَّقَدۡ كَانَ لَكُمۡ فِي رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ أُسۡوَةٌ حَسَنَةٞ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرۡجُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلۡيَوۡمَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَ وَذَكَرَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا ٢١
Laqad kāna lakum fī rasūlillāhi uswatun ḥasanatul liman kāna yarjullāha wal-yawmal-ākhira wa dhakarallāha kathīrā.
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allāh an excellent pattern1 for anyone whose hope is in Allāh and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allāh often.
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- An example to be followed.
إِنَّا فَتَحۡنَا لَكَ فَتۡحٗا مُّبِينٗا ١
Innā fataḥnā laka fatḥam mubīnā.
Indeed, We have given you, [O Muḥammad], a clear conquest1
Footnotes (1)
- Ibn Masʿūd said, "You [people] consider the conquest to be that of Makkah, but we consider it to be the Treaty of al-Ḥudaybiyyah." Al-Bukhārī reported a similar quotation from al-Barā’ bin ʿĀzib. Although initially regarded by the companions as a setback, the treaty, in effect, served to promote the spread of Islām, which led to the conquest of Makkah two years later.
لَّقَدۡ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ٱلرُّءۡيَا بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ لَتَدۡخُلُنَّ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ءَامِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ رُءُوسَكُمۡ وَمُقَصِّرِينَ لَا تَخَافُونَۖ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَمۡ تَعۡلَمُواْ فَجَعَلَ مِن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ فَتۡحٗا قَرِيبًا ٢٧
Laqad ṣadaqallāhu rasūlahur-ruʾyā bil-ḥaqq, latadkhulunnal-masjidal-ḥarāma in shāʾallāhu āminīna muḥalliqīna ruʾūsakum wa muqaṣṣirīna lā takhāfūn, faʿalima mā lam taʿlamū fajaʿala min dūni dhālika fatḥan qarībā.
Certainly has Allāh showed to His Messenger the vision [i.e., dream] in truth. You will surely enter al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, if Allāh wills, in safety, with your heads shaved and [hair] shortened,1 not fearing [anyone]. He knew what you did not know and has arranged before that a conquest near [at hand].
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- i.e., having completed the rites of ʿumrah.
The Prophet's honour and character, and the manners owed to him
لَّا تَجۡعَلُواْ دُعَآءَ ٱلرَّسُولِ بَيۡنَكُمۡ كَدُعَآءِ بَعۡضِكُم بَعۡضٗاۚ قَدۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّلُونَ مِنكُمۡ لِوَاذٗاۚ فَلۡيَحۡذَرِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦٓ أَن تُصِيبَهُمۡ فِتۡنَةٌ أَوۡ يُصِيبَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ٦٣
Lā tajʿalū duʿāʾar-rasūli baynakum kaduʿāʾi baʿḍikum baʿḍā, qad yaʿlamullāhul-ladhīna yatasallalūna minkum liwādhā, falyaḥdharil-ladhīna yukhālifūna ʿan amrihī an tuṣībahum fitnatun aw yuṣībahum ʿadhābun alīm.
Do not make [your] calling of the Messenger among yourselves as the call of one of you to another. Already Allāh knows those of you who slip away, concealed by others. So let those beware who dissent from his [i.e., the Prophet's] order,1 lest fitnah2 strike them or a painful punishment.
Footnotes (2)
- Meaning also his way or his sunnah.
- Trials, affliction, dissension, strife, etc.
ٱلنَّبِيُّ أَوۡلَىٰ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ مِنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ وَأَزۡوَٰجُهُۥٓ أُمَّهَٰتُهُمۡۗ وَأُوْلُواْ ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلَىٰ بِبَعۡضٖ فِي كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُهَٰجِرِينَ إِلَّآ أَن تَفۡعَلُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَوۡلِيَآئِكُم مَّعۡرُوفٗاۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَسۡطُورٗا ٦
An-nabiyyu awlā bil-muʾminīna min anfusihim, wa azwājuhū ummahātuhum, wa ulul-arḥāmi baʿḍuhum awlā bibaʿḍin fī kitābillāhi minal-muʾminīna wal-muhājirīna illā an tafʿalū ilā awliyāʾikum maʿrūfā, kāna dhālika fil-kitābi masṭūrā.
The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves,1 and his wives are [in the position of] their mothers. And those of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in the decree of Allāh than the [other] believers and the emigrants, except that you may do to your close associates a kindness [through bequest]. That was in the Book2 inscribed.
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- He (ﷺ) is more worthy of their obedience and loyalty and is more concerned for them than they are for one another.
- The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِيِّۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيۡهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسۡلِيمًا ٥٦
Innallāha wa malāʾikatahū yuṣallūna ʿalan-nabiyy, yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū ṣallū ʿalayhi wa sallimū taslīmā.
Indeed, Allāh confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allāh to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allāh to grant him] peace.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَرۡفَعُوٓاْ أَصۡوَٰتَكُمۡ فَوۡقَ صَوۡتِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجۡهَرُواْ لَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ كَجَهۡرِ بَعۡضِكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ أَن تَحۡبَطَ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَشۡعُرُونَ ٢
Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tarfaʿū aṣwātakum fawqa ṣawtin-nabiyyi wa lā tajharū lahū bil-qawli kajahri baʿḍikum libaʿḍin an taḥbaṭa aʿmālukum wa antum lā tashʿurūn.
O you who have believed, do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet or be loud to him in speech like the loudness of some of you to others, lest your deeds become worthless while you perceive not.
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢
Mā anta biniʿmati rabbika bimajnūn.
You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
The Prophet's household and the reproach to him
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ قُل لِّأَزۡوَٰجِكَ إِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدۡنَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَتَعَالَيۡنَ أُمَتِّعۡكُنَّ وَأُسَرِّحۡكُنَّ سَرَاحٗا جَمِيلٗا ٢٨
Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyu qul liʾazwājika in kuntunna turidnal-ḥayātad-dunyā wa zīnatahā fataʿālayna umattiʿkunna wa usarriḥkunna sarāḥan jamīlā.
O Prophet, say to your wives, "If you should desire the worldly life and its adornment, then come, I will provide for you and give you a gracious release.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكَۖ تَبۡتَغِي مَرۡضَاتَ أَزۡوَٰجِكَۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ١
Yāʾayyuhan-nabiyyu lima tuḥarrimu mā aḥallallāhu lak, tabtaghī marḍāta azwājik, wallāhu ghafūrur raḥīm.
O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allāh has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ ١
ʿAbasa wa tawallā.
He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ ٢
An jāʾahul-aʿmā.
Because there came to him the blind man,1 [interrupting].
Footnotes (1)
- ʿAbdullāh, the son of Umm Maktūm.
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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- As a result of what he learns from you.
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ ٤
Aw yadhdhakkaru fatanfaʿahudh-dhikrā.
Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ ٥
Ammā manistaghnā.
As for he who thinks himself without need,1
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- 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.
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ ٦
Fa anta lahū taṣaddā.
To him you give attention.
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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- The Prophet (ﷺ) was responsible only for conveying the message, not for ultimate guidance.
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ ٨
Wa ammā man jāʾaka yasʿā.
But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ ٩
Wa huwa yakhshā.
While he fears [Allāh],
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ ١٠
Fa anta ʿanhu talahhā.
From him you are distracted.