Quran Verses about Prophets and messengers

59 ayahs · from 26 surahs

The Quran states that Allah sent a messenger to every nation in the language of its people, to call to the worship of Allah alone, bring good news and warning, and deliver the message. Its verses affirm that the messengers were human beings who ate food and walked in the markets, command belief in all of them without distinction, mention the rank of some above others and the messengers of firm resolve, their patience when they were denied, Allah's help to them, and Muhammad as the Messenger to all people and the seal of the prophets.

A messenger was sent to every nation

  1. ۞ إِنَّآ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ كَمَآ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ نُوحٖ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦۚ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ وَٱلۡأَسۡبَاطِ وَعِيسَىٰ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ وَهَٰرُونَ وَسُلَيۡمَٰنَۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورٗا ١٦٣

    Innā awḥaynā ilayka kamā awḥaynā ilā nūḥiw wan-nabiyyīna mim baʿdih, wa awḥaynā ilā ibrāhīma wa ismāʿīla wa isḥāqa wa yaʿqūba wal-asbāṭi wa ʿīsā wa ayyūba wa yūnusa wa hārūna wa sulaymān, wa ātaynā dāwūda zabūrā.

    Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And We revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants,1 Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon; and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Al-Asbāṭ. See footnote to 2:136.
  2. وَرُسُلٗا قَدۡ قَصَصۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُ وَرُسُلٗا لَّمۡ نَقۡصُصۡهُمۡ عَلَيۡكَۚ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكۡلِيمٗا ١٦٤

    Wa rusulan qad qaṣaṣnāhum ʿalayka min qablu wa rusulal lam naqṣuṣhum ʿalayk, wa kallamallāhu mūsā taklīmā.

    And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allāh spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.

  3. رُّسُلٗا مُّبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ حُجَّةُۢ بَعۡدَ ٱلرُّسُلِۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمٗا ١٦٥

    Rusulam mubashshirīna wa mundhirīna liʾallā yakūna lin-nāsi ʿalallāhi ḥujjatum baʿdar-rusul, wa kānallāhu ʿazīzan ḥakīmā.

    [We sent] messengers as bringers of good tidings and warners so that mankind will have no argument against Allāh after the messengers. And ever is Allāh Exalted in Might and Wise.

  1. وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٖ رَّسُولٞۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ رَسُولُهُمۡ قُضِيَ بَيۡنَهُم بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ٤٧

    Walikulli ummatir rasūl, fa idhā jāʾa rasūluhum quḍiya baynahum bil-qisṭi wa hum lā yuẓlamūn.

    And for every nation is a messenger. So when their messenger comes,1 it will be judged between them in justice, and they will not be wronged.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. To witness on the Day of Judgement. Another meaning is "Once a messenger has come [to them in this world]..."
  1. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوۡمِهِۦ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمۡۖ فَيُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٤

    Wa mā arsalnā mir rasūlin illā bilisāni qawmihī liyubayyina lahum, fayuḍillullāhu may yashāʾu wa yahdī may yashāʾ, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

    And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people to state clearly for them, and Allāh sends astray [thereby] whom He wills1 and guides whom He wills. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., those who refuse His guidance.
  1. وَلَقَدۡ بَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٖ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجۡتَنِبُواْ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ حَقَّتۡ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُۚ فَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ٣٦

    Wa laqad baʿathnā fī kulli ummatir rasūlan aniʿbudullāha wajtanibuṭ-ṭāghūt, faminhum man hadallāhu wa minhum man ḥaqqat ʿalayhiḍ-ḍalālah, fasīrū fil-arḍi fanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-mukadhdhibīn.

    And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt."1 And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. False objects of worship.
  1. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ بَشِيرٗا وَنَذِيرٗاۚ وَإِن مِّنۡ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٞ ٢٤

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

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

  1. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلٗا مِّن قَبۡلِكَ مِنۡهُم مَّن قَصَصۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّن لَّمۡ نَقۡصُصۡ عَلَيۡكَۗ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأۡتِيَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِيَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ ٧٨

    Wa laqad arsalnā rusulam min qablika minhum man qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka wa minhum mal lam naqṣuṣ ʿalayk, wa mā kāna lirasūlin ay yaʾtiya biʾāyatin illā biʾidhnillāh, fa idhā jāʾa amrullāhi quḍiya bil-ḥaqqi wa khasira hunālikal-mubṭilūn.

    And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of Allāh. So when the command of Allāh comes, it will be concluded [i.e., judged] in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all].

The task of the messengers

  1. كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَأَنزَلَ مَعَهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِيَحۡكُمَ بَيۡنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فِيمَا ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِۚ وَمَا ٱخۡتَلَفَ فِيهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوهُ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُ بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ فَهَدَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لِمَا ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ بِإِذۡنِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٍ ٢١٣

    Kānan-nāsu ummataw wāḥidatan fabaʿathallāhun-nabiyyīna mubashshirīna wa mundhirīna wa anzala maʿahumul-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi liyaḥkuma baynan-nāsi fīmakhtalafū fīh, wa makhtalafa fīhi illal-ladhīna ūtūhu mim baʿdi mā jāʾathumul-bayyinātu baghyam baynahum, fahadallāhul-ladhīna āmanū limakhtalafū fīhi minal-ḥaqqi biʾidhnih, wallāhu yahdī may yashāʾu ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

    Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allāh sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed. And none differed over it [i.e., the Scripture] except those who were given it - after the clear proofs came to them - out of jealous animosity among themselves. And Allāh guided those who believed to the truth concerning that over which they had differed, by His permission. And Allāh guides whom He wills to a straight path.

  1. 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)
    1. The Prophet's sunnah.
  1. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسۡتَغۡفَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسۡتَغۡفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُواْ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٦٤

    Wa mā arsalnā mir rasūlin illā liyuṭāʿa biʾidhnillāh, wa law annahum idh ẓalamū anfusahum jāʾūka fastaghfarullāha wastaghfara lahumur-rasūlu lawajadullāha tawwābar raḥīmā.

    And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allāh. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muḥammad], and asked forgiveness of Allāh and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allāh Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.

  1. ۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغۡ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَۖ وَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلۡ فَمَا بَلَّغۡتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٦٧

    Yāʾayyuhar-rasūlu balligh mā unzila ilayka mir rabbik, wa il lam tafʿal famā ballaghta risālatah, wallāhu yaʿṣimuka minan-nās, innallāha lā yahdil-qawmal-kāfirīn.

    O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

  1. مَّا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تُبۡدُونَ وَمَا تَكۡتُمُونَ ٩٩

    Mā ʿalar-rasūli illal-balāgh, wallāhu yaʿlamu mā tubdūna wa mā taktumūn.

    Not upon the Messenger is [responsibility] except [for] notification. And Allāh knows whatever you reveal and whatever you conceal.

  1. وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَۖ فَمَنۡ ءَامَنَ وَأَصۡلَحَ فَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٤٨

    Wa mā nursilul-mursalīna illā mubashshirīna wa mundhirīn, faman āmana wa aṣlaḥa falā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

    And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. So whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

  1. وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدۡنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءٖ نَّحۡنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمۡنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءٖۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ فَهَلۡ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٣٥

    Wa qālal-ladhīna ashrakū law shāʾallāhu mā ʿabadnā min dūnihī min shayʾin naḥnu wa lā ābāʾunā wa lā ḥarramnā min dūnihī min shayʾ, kadhālika faʿalal-ladhīna min qablihim, fahal ʿalar-rusuli illal-balāghul-mubīn.

    And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?

  1. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ ٢٥

    Wa mā arsalnā min qablika mir rasūlin illā nūḥī ilayhi annahū lā ilāha illā ana faʿbudūn.

    And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

  1. لَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلَنَا بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَنزَلۡنَا مَعَهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ ٱلنَّاسُ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۖ وَأَنزَلۡنَا ٱلۡحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأۡسٞ شَدِيدٞ وَمَنَٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعۡلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥ وَرُسُلَهُۥ بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٞ ٢٥

    Laqad arsalnā rusulanā bil-bayyināti wa anzalnā maʿahumul-kitāba wal-mīzāna liyaqūman-nāsu bil-qisṭ, wa anzalnal-ḥadīda fīhi baʾsun shadīduw wa manāfiʿu lin-nāsi waliyaʿlamallāhu may yanṣuruhū wa rusulahū bil-ghayb, innallāha qawiyyun ʿazīz.

    We have already sent Our messengers with clear evidences and sent down with them the Scripture and the balance that the people may maintain [their affairs] in justice. And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allāh may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

The messengers were human beings

  1. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِم مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓۗ أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۗ وَلَدَارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ خَيۡرٞ لِّلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠٩

    Wa mā arsalnā min qablika illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim min ahlil-qurā, afalam yasīrū fil-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatul-ladhīna min qablihim, wa ladārul-ākhirati khayrul lil-ladhīnattaqaw, afalā taʿqilūn.

    And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they1 not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? And the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allāh; then will you not reason?

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Those who deny Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ).
  1. وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلٗا مِّن قَبۡلِكَ وَجَعَلۡنَا لَهُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجٗا وَذُرِّيَّةٗۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأۡتِيَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٖ كِتَابٞ ٣٨

    Wa laqad arsalnā rusulam min qablika wa jaʿalnā lahum azwājaw wa dhurriyyah, wa mā kāna lirasūlin ay yaʾtiya biʾāyatin illā biʾidhnillāh, likulli ajalin kitāb.

    And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allāh. For every term is a decree.

  1. قَالَتۡ لَهُمۡ رُسُلُهُمۡ إِن نَّحۡنُ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَمُنُّ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦۖ وَمَا كَانَ لَنَآ أَن نَّأۡتِيَكُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٍ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلۡيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ١١

    Qālat lahum rusuluhum in naḥnu illā basharum mithlukum wa lākinnallāha yamunnu ʿalā may yashāʾu min ʿibādih, wa mā kāna lanā an naʾtiyakum bisulṭānin illā biʾidhnillāh, wa ʿalallāhi falyatawakkalil-muʾminūn.

    Their messengers said to them, "We are only men like you, but Allāh confers favor upon whom He wills of His servants. It has never been for us to bring you evidence except by permission of Allāh. And upon Allāh let the believers rely.

  1. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٤٣

    Wa mā arsalnā min qablika illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim, fasʾalū ahladh-dhikri in kuntum lā taʿlamūn.

    And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

  1. أَوۡ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيۡتٞ مِّن زُخۡرُفٍ أَوۡ تَرۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤۡمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيۡنَا كِتَٰبٗا نَّقۡرَؤُهُۥۗ قُلۡ سُبۡحَانَ رَبِّي هَلۡ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرٗا رَّسُولٗا ٩٣

    Aw yakūna laka baytum min zukhrufin aw tarqā fis-samāʾi wa lan nuʾmina liruqiyyika ḥattā tunazzila ʿalaynā kitāban naqraʾuh, qul subḥāna rabbī hal kuntu illā basharar rasūlā.

    Or you have a house of ornament [i.e., gold] or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"

  2. وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ إِذۡ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرٗا رَّسُولٗا ٩٤

    Wa mā manaʿan-nāsa ay yuʾminū idh jāʾahumul-hudā illā an qālū abaʿathallāhu basharar rasūlā.

    And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allāh sent a human messenger?"

  3. قُل لَّوۡ كَانَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٞ يَمۡشُونَ مُطۡمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكٗا رَّسُولٗا ٩٥

    Qul law kāna fil-arḍi malāʾikatuy yamshūna muṭmaʾinnīna lanazzalnā ʿalayhim minas-samāʾi malakar rasūlā.

    Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely,1 We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., who were settled and established there, as is man.
  1. وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧

    Wa mā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim, fasʾalū ahladh-dhikri in kuntum lā taʿlamūn.

    And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

  2. وَمَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدٗا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ ٨

    Wa mā jaʿalnāhum jasadal lā yaʾkulūnaṭ-ṭaʿāma wa mā kānū khālidīn.

    And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,1 nor were they immortal [on earth].

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes.
  1. يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرُّسُلُ كُلُواْ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَٱعۡمَلُواْ صَٰلِحًاۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمٞ ٥١

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

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

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

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

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

Believing in all the messengers without distinction

  1. قُولُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ وَٱلۡأَسۡبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَمَآ أُوتِيَ ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ مُسۡلِمُونَ ١٣٦

    Qūlū āmannā billāhi wa mā unzila ilaynā wa mā unzila ilā ibrāhīma wa ismāʿīla wa isḥāqa wa yaʿqūba wal-asbāṭi wa mā ūtiya mūsā wa ʿīsā wa mā ūtiyan-nabiyyūna mir rabbihim lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadim minhum wa naḥnu lahū muslimūn.

    Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allāh and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants [al-Asbāṭ]1 and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. The twelve tribes of Israel descended from Jacob.
  1. ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦۚ وَقَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۖ غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٢٨٥

    Āmanar-rasūlu bimā unzila ilayhi mir rabbihī wal-muʾminūn, kullun āmana billāhi wa malāʾikatihī wa kutubihī wa rusulihī lā nufarriqu bayna aḥadim mir rusulih, wa qālū samiʿnā wa aṭaʿnā, ghufrānaka rabbanā wa ilaykal-maṣīr.

    The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allāh and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination."

  1. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكۡفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يُفَرِّقُواْ بَيۡنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَيَقُولُونَ نُؤۡمِنُ بِبَعۡضٖ وَنَكۡفُرُ بِبَعۡضٖ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَّخِذُواْ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا ١٥٠

    Innal-ladhīna yakfurūna billāhi wa rusulihī wa yurīdūna ay yufarriqū baynallāhi wa rusulihī wa yaqūlūna nuʾminu bibaʿḍiw wa nakfuru bibaʿḍiw wa yurīdūna ay yattakhidhū bayna dhālika sabīlā.

    Indeed, those who disbelieve in Allāh and His messengers and wish to discriminate between Allāh and His messengers and say, "We believe in some and disbelieve in others," and wish to adopt a way in between -

  2. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ حَقّٗاۚ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٗا مُّهِينٗا ١٥١

    Ulāʾika humul-kāfirūna ḥaqqā, wa aʿtadnā lil-kāfirīna ʿadhābam muhīnā.

    Those are the disbelievers, truly. And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment.

  3. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَلَمۡ يُفَرِّقُواْ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ سَوۡفَ يُؤۡتِيهِمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ١٥٢

    Wal-ladhīna āmanū billāhi wa rusulihī wa lam yufarriqū bayna aḥadim minhum ulāʾika sawfa yuʾtīhim ujūrahum, wa kānallāhu ghafūrar raḥīmā.

    But they who believe in Allāh and His messengers and do not discriminate between any of them - to those He is going to give their rewards. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

Ranks among the messengers, those of firm resolve, and the covenant of the prophets

  1. ۞ تِلۡكَ ٱلرُّسُلُ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۘ مِّنۡهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُۖ وَرَفَعَ بَعۡضَهُمۡ دَرَجَٰتٖۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا عِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدۡنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلۡقُدُسِۗ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقۡتَتَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُ وَلَٰكِنِ ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ ءَامَنَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّن كَفَرَۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقۡتَتَلُواْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفۡعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ ٢٥٣

    Tilkar-rusulu faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍ, minhum man kallamallāh, wa rafaʿa baʿḍahum darajāt, wa ātaynā ʿīsabna maryamal-bayyināti wa ayyadnāhu birūḥil-qudus, wa law shāʾallāhu maqtatalal-ladhīna mim baʿdihim mim baʿdi mā jāʾathumul-bayyinātu wa lākinikhtalafū faminhum man āmana wa minhum man kafar, wa law shāʾallāhu maqtatalū wa lākinnallāha yafʿalu mā yurīd.

    Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allāh spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit [i.e., Gabriel]. If Allāh had willed, those [generations] succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed and some of them disbelieved. And if Allāh had willed, they would not have fought each other, but Allāh does what He intends.

  1. وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَٰقَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ لَمَآ ءَاتَيۡتُكُم مِّن كِتَٰبٖ وَحِكۡمَةٖ ثُمَّ جَآءَكُمۡ رَسُولٞ مُّصَدِّقٞ لِّمَا مَعَكُمۡ لَتُؤۡمِنُنَّ بِهِۦ وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥۚ قَالَ ءَأَقۡرَرۡتُمۡ وَأَخَذۡتُمۡ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمۡ إِصۡرِيۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَقۡرَرۡنَاۚ قَالَ فَٱشۡهَدُواْ وَأَنَا۠ مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٨١

    Wa idh akhadhallāhu mīthāqan-nabiyyīna lamā ātaytukum min kitābiw wa ḥikmatin thumma jāʾakum rasūlum muṣaddiqul limā maʿakum latuʾminunna bihī wa latanṣurunnah, qāla aʾaqrartum wa akhadhtum ʿalā dhālikum iṣrī, qālū aqrarnā, qāla fashhadū wa ana maʿakum minash-shāhidīn.

    And [recall, O People of the Scripture], when Allāh took the covenant of the prophets, [saying], "Whatever I give you of the Scripture and wisdom and then there comes to you a messenger confirming what is with you, you [must] believe in him and support him." [Allāh] said, "Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?"1 They said, "We have acknowledged it." He said, "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., Have you accepted this obligation?
  1. وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَۚ كُلًّا هَدَيۡنَاۚ وَنُوحًا هَدَيۡنَا مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِۦ دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيۡمَٰنَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ٨٤

    Wa wahabnā lahū isḥāqa wa yaʿqūb, kullan hadaynā, wa nūḥan hadaynā min qabl, wa min dhurriyyatihī dāwūda wa sulaymāna wa ayyūba wa yūsufa wa mūsā wa hārūn, wa kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

    And We gave to him [i.e., Abraham] Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.

  2. وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحۡيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلۡيَاسَۖ كُلّٞ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٥

    Wa zakariyyā wa yaḥyā wa ʿīsā wa ilyās, kullum minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

    And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.

  3. وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلۡيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطٗاۚ وَكُلّٗا فَضَّلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٦

    Wa ismāʿīla wal-yasaʿa wa yūnusa wa lūṭā, wa kullan faḍḍalnā ʿalal-ʿālamīn.

    And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.

  4. وَمِنۡ ءَابَآئِهِمۡ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمۡ وَإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡۖ وَٱجۡتَبَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٨٧

    Wa min ābāʾihim wa dhurriyyātihim wa ikhwānihim, wajtabaynāhum wa hadaynāhum ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm.

    And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.

  5. ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهۡدِي بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦۚ وَلَوۡ أَشۡرَكُواْ لَحَبِطَ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٨٨

    Dhālika hudallāhi yahdī bihī may yashāʾu min ʿibādih, wa law ashrakū laḥabiṭa ʿanhum mā kānū yaʿmalūn.

    That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allāh, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.

  6. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحُكۡمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَۚ فَإِن يَكۡفُرۡ بِهَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ فَقَدۡ وَكَّلۡنَا بِهَا قَوۡمٗا لَّيۡسُواْ بِهَا بِكَٰفِرِينَ ٨٩

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna ātaynāhumul-kitāba wal-ḥukma wan-nubuwwah, fa iy yakfur bihā hāʾulāʾi faqad wakkalnā bihā qawmal laysū bihā bikāfirīn.

    Those are the ones to whom We gave the Scripture and authority and prophethood. But if they [i.e., the disbelievers] deny it, then We have entrusted it to a people who are not therein disbelievers.

  7. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَى ٱللَّهُۖ فَبِهُدَىٰهُمُ ٱقۡتَدِهۡۗ قُل لَّآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ أَجۡرًاۖ إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩٠

    Ulāʾikal-ladhīna hadallāh, fabihudāhumuqtadih, qul lā asʾalukum ʿalayhi ajrā, in huwa illā dhikrā lil-ʿālamīn.

    Those are the ones whom Allāh has guided, so from their guidance take an example. Say, "I ask of you for it [i.e., this message] no payment. It is not but a reminder for the worlds."

  1. وَرَبُّكَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَلَقَدۡ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورٗا ٥٥

    Wa rabbuka aʿlamu biman fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa laqad faḍḍalnā baʿḍan-nabiyyīna ʿalā baʿḍ, wa ātaynā dāwūda zabūrā.

    And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].

  1. وَإِذۡ أَخَذۡنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِيثَٰقَهُمۡ وَمِنكَ وَمِن نُّوحٖ وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡيَمَۖ وَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظٗا ٧

    Wa idh akhadhnā minan-nabiyyīna mīthāqahum wa minka wa min nūḥiw wa ibrāhīma wa mūsā wa ʿīsabni maryam, wa akhadhnā minhum mīthāqan ghalīẓā.

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We took from the prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, the son of Mary; and We took from them a solemn covenant

  1. فَٱصۡبِرۡ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُوْلُواْ ٱلۡعَزۡمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِل لَّهُمۡۚ كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا سَاعَةٗ مِّن نَّهَارِۭۚ بَلَٰغٞۚ فَهَلۡ يُهۡلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٣٥

    Faṣbir kamā ṣabara ulul-ʿazmi minar-rusuli wa lā tastaʿjil lahum, kaʾannahum yawma yarawna mā yūʿadūna lam yalbathū illā sāʿatam min nahār, balāgh, fahal yuhlaku illal-qawmul-fāsiqūn.

    So be patient, [O Muḥammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them.1 It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?

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    1. i.e., for Allāh's punishment of the disbelievers.

The messengers were denied and stayed patient

  1. فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقَدۡ كُذِّبَ رُسُلٞ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ جَآءُو بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُنِيرِ ١٨٤

    Fa in kadhdhabūka faqad kudhdhiba rusulum min qablika jāʾū bil-bayyināti waz-zuburi wal-kitābil-munīr.

    Then if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - so were messengers denied before you, who brought clear proofs and written ordinances and the enlightening Scripture.1

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    1. The unaltered, original Torah and Gospel, which were revealed by Allāh.
  1. وَلَقَدۡ كُذِّبَتۡ رُسُلٞ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَصَبَرُواْ عَلَىٰ مَا كُذِّبُواْ وَأُوذُواْ حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰهُمۡ نَصۡرُنَاۚ وَلَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَٰتِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَكَ مِن نَّبَإِيْ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ٣٤

    Wa laqad kudhdhibat rusulum min qablika faṣabarū ʿalā mā kudhdhibū wa ūdhū ḥattā atāhum naṣrunā, wa lā mubaddila likalimātillāh, wa laqad jāʾaka min nabaʾil-mursalīn.

    And certainly were messengers denied before you, but they were patient over the denial, and they were harmed until Our victory came to them. And none can alter the words [i.e., decrees] of Allāh. And there has certainly come to you some information about the [previous] messengers.

  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوّٗا شَيَٰطِينَ ٱلۡإِنسِ وَٱلۡجِنِّ يُوحِي بَعۡضُهُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ زُخۡرُفَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ غُرُورٗاۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُۖ فَذَرۡهُمۡ وَمَا يَفۡتَرُونَ ١١٢

    Wa kadhālika jaʿalnā likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan shayāṭīnal-insi wal-jinni yūḥī baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin zukhrufal-qawli ghurūrā, wa law shāʾa rabbuka mā faʿalūh, fadharhum wa mā yaftarūn.

    And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.

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

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

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

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    1. i.e., history or lessons for mankind.
  1. يَٰحَسۡرَةً عَلَى ٱلۡعِبَادِۚ مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٣٠

    Yāḥasratan ʿalal-ʿibād, mā yaʾtīhim mir rasūlin illā kānū bihī yastahziʾūn.

    How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.

  1. مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدۡ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبۡلِكَۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغۡفِرَةٖ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٤٣

    Mā yuqālu laka illā mā qad qīla lir-rusuli min qablik, inna rabbaka ladhū maghfiratiw wa dhū ʿiqābin alīm.

    Nothing is said to you, [O Muḥammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.

  1. كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُواْ سَاحِرٌ أَوۡ مَجۡنُونٌ ٥٢

    Kadhālika mā atal-ladhīna min qablihim mir rasūlin illā qālū sāḥirun aw majnūn.

    Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

Allah helps His messengers

  1. ثُمَّ نُنَجِّي رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْۚ كَذَٰلِكَ حَقًّا عَلَيۡنَا نُنجِ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١٠٣

    Thumma nunajjī rusulanā wal-ladhīna āmanū, kadhālika ḥaqqan ʿalaynā nunjil-muʾminīn.

    Then We will save Our messengers and those who have believed. Thus, it is an obligation upon Us that We save the believers.1

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    1. From Allāh's punishment.
  1. حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱسۡتَيۡـَٔسَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ قَدۡ كُذِبُواْ جَآءَهُمۡ نَصۡرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَن نَّشَآءُۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأۡسُنَا عَنِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ١١٠

    Ḥattā idhastayʾasar-rusulu wa ẓannū annahum qad kudhibū jāʾahum naṣrunā fanujjiya man nashāʾ, wa lā yuraddu baʾsunā ʿanil-qawmil-mujrimīn.

    [They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals.

  1. وَلَقَدۡ سَبَقَتۡ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧١

    Wa laqad sabaqat kalimatunā liʿibādinal-mursalīn.

    And Our word [i.e., decree] has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers,

  2. إِنَّهُمۡ لَهُمُ ٱلۡمَنصُورُونَ ١٧٢

    Innahum lahumul-manṣūrūn.

    [That] indeed, they would be those given victory

  3. وَإِنَّ جُندَنَا لَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ١٧٣

    Wa inna jundanā lahumul-ghālibūn.

    And [that] indeed, Our soldiers [i.e., the believers] will be those who overcome.1

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    1. If not in this world, then definitely in the Hereafter.
  1. إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَيَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلۡأَشۡهَٰدُ ٥١

    Innā lananṣuru rusulanā wal-ladhīna āmanū fil-ḥayātid-dunyā wa yawma yaqūmul-ashhād.

    Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand -

  1. كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَغۡلِبَنَّ أَنَا۠ وَرُسُلِيٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٞ ٢١

    Kataballāhu laʾaghlibanna ana wa rusulī, innallāha qawiyyun ʿazīz.

    Allāh has written [i.e., decreed], "I will surely overcome, I and My messengers." Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

Muhammad, Messenger to all people and seal of the prophets

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

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

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

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

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    1. Literally, "inclusively, without exception."
  1. قُلۡ مَا كُنتُ بِدۡعٗا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدۡرِي مَا يُفۡعَلُ بِي وَلَا بِكُمۡۖ إِنۡ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ ٩

    Qul mā kuntu bidʿam minar-rusuli wa mā adrī mā yufʿalu bī wa lā bikum, in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayya wa mā ana illā nadhīrum mubīn.

    Say, "I am not something new among the messengers,1 nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."

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    1. i.e., I am neither the first messenger to be sent, nor do I bring something different from the other messengers.