Surah 51
Adh-Dhaariyat
۞ قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
He said: "What is then your business, O messengers?"
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍۢ مُّجْرِمِينَ
They said: "We have been sent to a wicked people
لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن طِينٍۢ
So as to let loose clods of clay on them
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
Marked by your Lord for those who waste their substance."
فَأَخْرَجْنَا مَن كَانَ فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
So We evacuated everyone who was a believer there,
فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهَا غَيْرَ بَيْتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
But did not find more than a single family of believers.
وَتَرَكْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ
We left a sign in this for those who fear the grievous punishment,
وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ
As (there was) in Moses when We sent him to the Pharaoh with clear authority.
فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌۭ
But he turned to his counsellors, and said: "He is a magician or lunatic."
فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌۭ
So We seized him and his armies, and threw them into the sea, for he was worthy of blame.
وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ
In 'Ad (also is a sign), when We sent a blasting wind against them,
مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ
Which turned everything it touched to ashes.
وَفِى ثَمُودَ إِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ
And in Thamud, when We said to them: "Enjoy yourselves for a while;"
فَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
But they disobeyed the command of their Lord; so they were destroyed by a thunderbolt, and they could only gape,
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍۢ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ
And neither stand up nor defend themselves.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا فَٰسِقِينَ
(So had We destroyed) the people of Noah before them: They were surely a sinful people.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا بِأَيْي۟دٍۢ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
We built the heavens by Our authority; and We are the Lord of power and expanse.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ فَرَشْنَٰهَا فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ
We spread the earth a carpet; what comfort We provide!
وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
And We created pairs of everything that you may contemplate.
فَفِرُّوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
So turn to God. I give you a clear warning from Him.
وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Do not set up another god with God. I give you a clear warning from Him.
كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ
Even thus no apostle came to those before them but they said: "He is a sorcerer or a mad man."
أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ
Is this the legacy they have passed down from one to the other? In fact, they are a rebellious people.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِمَلُومٍۢ
Turn away from them. You will not be blamed.
وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
But go on reminding them, as reminding benefits the believers.
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
I have not created the jinns and men but to worship Me.
مَآ أُرِيدُ مِنْهُم مِّن رِّزْقٍۢ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ
I want no sustenance from them nor do I want them to feed Me.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلْقُوَّةِ ٱلْمَتِينُ
God is certainly the great provider, Lord of strength and power.
فَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذَنُوبًۭا مِّثْلَ ذَنُوبِ أَصْحَٰبِهِمْ فَلَا يَسْتَعْجِلُونِ
Those who do wrong will indeed come to the same end as their fellows (of old). So let them not ask Me to hasten (the punishment).
فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن يَوْمِهِمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ
Alas the woe for those who refuse to believe in the Day which has been promised them.
Surah 52
At-Tur
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلطُّورِ
I CALL TO witness the Mount Sinai,
وَكِتَٰبٍۢ مَّسْطُورٍۢ
And the Scripture inscribed
فِى رَقٍّۢ مَّنشُورٍۢ
On a parchment scroll unrolled,
وَٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْمَعْمُورِ
The house ever-peopled,
وَٱلسَّقْفِ ٱلْمَرْفُوعِ
The roof raised high,
وَٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْمَسْجُورِ
And the swollen sea,
إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٌۭ
The punishment of your Lord is certain to come.
مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍۢ
There is none who could avert it.
يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًۭا
The day the sky will tremble,
وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًۭا
The mountains move and fly away,
فَوَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Will be the day of woe for those
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍۢ يَلْعَبُونَ
Who, ignoring the Reality, engage in pleasantries.
يَوْمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا
The day they are dragged and pushed into Hell,
هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ
(And told:) "This is the fire which you denied.
أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Is it magic, or you cannot see?
ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Roast in it. Bear it with patience or impatience, it will be the same for you. You will be requited for what you had done."
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَعِيمٍۢ
Those who fear God and follow the straight path will surely be in gardens and in bliss,
فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Rejoicing at what their Lord has given them; and their Lord will preserve them from the torment of Hell.
كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
"Eat and drink with relish," (they will be told), (as recompense) for what you had done."
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ ۖ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ
They would recline on couches set in rows, paired with fair companions (clean of thought and) bright of eye.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَآ أَلَتْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌۭ
And those who believed, and whose progeny also followed them in their faith, will be united with their offspring. We will not deprive them of their labour in the least. Every man is bound to what he does.
وَأَمْدَدْنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةٍۢ وَلَحْمٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
We shall give them fruits and meats, and what they desire.
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًۭا لَّا لَغْوٌۭ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌۭ
They will exchange cups of wine free of (incitement to) pleasantry or sin.
۞ وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌۭ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌۭ مَّكْنُونٌۭ
And young attendants like pearls within their shells, will go round.
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
They will ask each other questions,
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِىٓ أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ
Saying: "We were also once full of fear at home.
فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ
But God has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of scorching wind.
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
We used to pray to Him erstwhile; He is the just and merciful.
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍۢ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ
Remind them, therefore, that by the grace of your Lord you are neither a soothsayer nor possessed.
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌۭ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيْبَ ٱلْمَنُونِ
Do they say: "He is a poet for whom we expect an adverse turn of fortune?"
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
Tell them: "Keep on expecting, I am expecting with you."
أَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ أَحْلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآ ۚ أَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ
Does their reasoning prompt them to this, or they are a people rebellious?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥ ۚ بَل لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Or do they say: "He has fabricated it?" In fact, they will never believe.
فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِحَدِيثٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ
So let them bring a discourse like it, if they are truthful
أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ
Or were they created of themselves? Or are they the creators?
أَمْ خَلَقُوا۟ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ
Or have they created the heavens and the earth? In fact they are certain of nothing.
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُصَۣيْطِرُونَ
Do they possess the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the treasurers?
أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّمٌۭ يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ ۖ فَلْيَأْتِ مُسْتَمِعُهُم بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ
Or do they have a ladder (climbing which) they can hear (the secrets of heaven)? Let one who has heard then bring a clear proof.
أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ
Has (God) daughters and they sons?
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ
Or do you demand any wages from them so that they are burdened with expense?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Or do they have knowledge of the Unknown which they write down?
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ
Or do they want to stage a deception? -- Then only those who do not believe will be the ones who will be tricked.
أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَٰهٌ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
Or do they have a god apart from God? He is too exalted for what they associate with Him!
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كِسْفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطًۭا يَقُولُوا۟ سَحَابٌۭ مَّرْكُومٌۭ
If they should see a segment falling from the sky, they would say: "It is only a massive cloud."
فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ
So, leave them until they face their day (of doom) when they will be stunned.
يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Their deception will not avail them in the least on that day, nor will they be helped.
وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Surely there are other torments besides this for those who are wicked, though most of them do not know.
وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ
Await the judgement of your Lord, for you are always before Our eyes, and glorify your Lord with praises when you rise,
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَإِدْبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ
And glorify Him in the night and when the stars begin to wane.
Surah 53
An-Najm
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ
I CALL TO witness the star of the pleiades when it has dipped
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ
That your companion is not confused, nor has he gone astray,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ
Neither does he speak of his own will.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌۭ يُوحَىٰ
This is only revelation communicated,
عَلَّمَهُۥ شَدِيدُ ٱلْقُوَىٰ
Bestowed on him by the Supreme Intellect,
ذُو مِرَّةٍۢ فَٱسْتَوَىٰ
Lord of power and wisdom. So he acquired poise and balance,
وَهُوَ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ
And reached the highest pinnacle.
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ
Then he drew near and drew closer
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ
Until a space of two bow (arcs) or even less remained,
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ مَآ أَوْحَىٰ
When He revealed to His votary what He revealed.
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰٓ
His heart did not falsify what he perceived.
أَفَتُمَٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا يَرَىٰ
Will you dispute with him what he saw?
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ
He saw Him indeed another time
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
By the Lote-tree beyond which none can pass,
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ ٱلْمَأْوَىٰٓ
Close to which is the Garden of Tranquility,
إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ
When the Lote-tree was covered over with what it was covered over;
مَا زَاغَ ٱلْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
Neither did sight falter nor exceed the bounds.
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ
Indeed he saw some of the greatest signs of His Lord.
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ
Have you considered Lat and 'Uzza,
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
And Manat, the other third (of the pagan deities)?
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Are there sons for you, and daughters for Him?
تِلْكَ إِذًۭا قِسْمَةٌۭ ضِيزَىٰٓ
This is certainly an unjust apportioning.
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌۭ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
These are only names which you and your fathers have invented. No authority was sent down by God for them. They only follow conjecture and wish-fulfilment, even though guidance had come to them already from their Lord.
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Can ever man get what he desires?
فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ
To God belong the End and the Beginning.
۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكٍۢ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ
Many as the angels be in heaven their intercession will not avail in the least without God's permission for whomsoever He please and approve.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels names of females.
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًۭٔا
Yet they have no knowledge of this, and follow nothing but conjecture, but conjecture cannot replace the truth.
فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا
So you turn away from him who turns away from Our rememberance and wants nothing but the life of this world:
ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ
This is the farthest limit of their knowledge. Surely your Lord alone knows best who has strayed away from the path and who has come to guidance.
وَلِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ بِٱلْحُسْنَى
To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, that He may requite those who do evil, in accordance with their deeds, and those who do good with good.
ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ إِلَّا ٱللَّمَمَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ وَٰسِعُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ إِذْ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذْ أَنتُمْ أَجِنَّةٌۭ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تُزَكُّوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰٓ
As for those who avoid the greater sins and shameful acts, except minor trespasses, your Lord's forgiveness surely has great amplitude. He is fully knowledgeable of you as He produced you from the earth, and since you were a foetus in your mother's womb. So do not assert your goodness; he is better who takes heed and preserves himself.
أَفَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى تَوَلَّىٰ
Have you seen him who turns his back,
وَأَعْطَىٰ قَلِيلًۭا وَأَكْدَىٰٓ
Who gives but little, and is niggardly?
أَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَهُوَ يَرَىٰٓ
Has he knowledge of the Unknown that he perceives everything?
أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِى صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ
Has he not heard what is contained in the Book of Moses,
وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلَّذِى وَفَّىٰٓ
And of Abraham who fulfilled his trust? --
أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ
That no one who carries a burden bears another's load;
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
That a man receives but only that for which he strives;
وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ
That his endeavours will be judged,
ثُمَّ يُجْزَىٰهُ ٱلْجَزَآءَ ٱلْأَوْفَىٰ
And only then will he receive his recompense in full;
وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ
And that to your Lord is your returning;
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضْحَكَ وَأَبْكَىٰ
That it is He who makes you happy and morose,
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا
And He who ordains death and life;
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ
That He created pairs, male and female,
مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ
From a drop of semen when emitted;
وَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰ
That the second creation is incumbent on Him;
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَغْنَىٰ وَأَقْنَىٰ
That it is He who makes you rich and contented;
وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلشِّعْرَىٰ
That He is the Lord of Sirius;
وَأَنَّهُۥٓ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا ٱلْأُولَىٰ
That it was He who destroyed the 'Ad of old,
وَثَمُودَا۟ فَمَآ أَبْقَىٰ
And Thamud, and did not leave them,
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ مِّن قَبْلُ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ
Like the people of Noah before them, who were surely oppressors and rebellious;
وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَةَ أَهْوَىٰ
And He overthrew the Cities of the Plain,
فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
So that they were covered over by what they were covered over.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكَ تَتَمَارَىٰ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
هَٰذَا نَذِيرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلنُّذُرِ ٱلْأُولَىٰٓ
He who warns you is one of the warners of old.
أَزِفَتِ ٱلْءَازِفَةُ
What is to come is imminent.
لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
There is no one to unveil it apart from God.
أَفَمِنْ هَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ
Are you astonished at this news,
وَتَضْحَكُونَ وَلَا تَبْكُونَ
And keep laughing and do not weep,
وَأَنتُمْ سَٰمِدُونَ
Indulging in pleasantries?
فَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ۩
Bow instead in adoration before God and worship Him.
Surah 54
Al-Qamar
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ
THE HOUR HAS come and split is the moon.
وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌۭ مُّسْتَمِرٌّۭ
But if they see a sign they turn away, and say: "This is the same old lie continuing,"
وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍۢ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ
And deny, and follow their own vain desires; but every matter is determined at its time.
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ
Messages deterring them from evil had come to them,
حِكْمَةٌۢ بَٰلِغَةٌۭ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ
Containing consummate wisdom; yet warnings were of no avail.
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ نُّكُرٍ
So turn away from them. When on the Day the crier calls to the painful business,
خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌۭ مُّنتَشِرٌۭ
They will come out of the graves with downcast eyes like an expanding swarm of locusts.
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌۭ
They will hasten forward to the caller, gazes fixed. And the unbelievers will say: "This is the day of untold woe."
۞ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌۭ وَٱزْدُجِرَ
The people of Noah had denied before them, and had called Our votary a liar, and said: "He is possessed," and repulsed him.
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌۭ فَٱنتَصِرْ
So he prayed to his Lord: "I am helpless, deliver me."
فَفَتَحْنَآ أَبْوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءٍۢ مُّنْهَمِرٍۢ
And We opened up the flood gates of the sky with water pouring down in torrents,
وَفَجَّرْنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ عُيُونًۭا فَٱلْتَقَى ٱلْمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرٍۢ قَدْ قُدِرَ
And We opened up the springs of the earth; and the waters met for a decreed end.
وَحَمَلْنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَٰحٍۢ وَدُسُرٍۢ
But We bore him on a (vessel made) of planks and oakum,
تَجْرِى بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَآءًۭ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ
Which sailed right under Our eyes: A recompense for him who had been denied.
وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةًۭ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ
And We left it as a sign. Is there anyone who will be warned?
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
How was then My punishment and My commination!
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ
Easy have We made the Qur'an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌۭ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
The 'Ad had also disavowed. How was then My punishment and My commination!
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًۭا صَرْصَرًۭا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍۢ مُّسْتَمِرٍّۢ
We let loose against them a violent roaring wind on a day of ill omen, continuous,
تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍۢ مُّنقَعِرٍۢ
Which snatched away men as though they were palm trees pulled out by the roots.
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
How was then My punishment and My commination!
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ
Easy have We made the Qur'an to understand: So is there any one who will pay heed?
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The Thamud rejected the warnings,
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًۭا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًۭا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًۭا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ وَسُعُرٍ
And said: "Should we follow only one man among us? In that case we shall he in error and insane.
أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌۭ
Was he the one of all of us to have been given the exposition? He is surely an impudent liar."
سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًۭا مَّنِ ٱلْكَذَّابُ ٱلْأَشِرُ
"Tomorrow they will know who is the impudent liar!
إِنَّا مُرْسِلُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةًۭ لَّهُمْ فَٱرْتَقِبْهُمْ وَٱصْطَبِرْ
We shall send the she-camel to try them. So watch them, and be constant.
وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْمَآءَ قِسْمَةٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍۢ مُّحْتَضَرٌۭ
Tell them that the water is to be apportioned between them (and her); and every turn of drinking will be fixed (for each)."
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they called their commander, who seized and hamstrung her.
فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
How was then My punishment of which they had been warned?
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ
We sent a single blast against them, and they were reduced to husks of a decayed fence.
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ
Easy have We made the Qur'an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?
كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٍۢ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٍۢ
We sent a stone-hurtling storm against them, except the family of Lot whom We saved in the early hours of the morning
نِّعْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى مَن شَكَرَ
As a favour from Us. That is how We reward the grateful.
وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ
He had warned them of Our might, but they passed over the warnings.
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
They lusted after his guests, so We put out their eyes (and said): "Taste My punishment and My commination."
وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌۭ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ
And early in the morning the decreed punishment came upon them.
فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ
So now taste My punishment and My commination!
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ
Easy have We made the Qur'an to understand: So is there any one who will be warned?
وَلَقَدْ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ
The warnings came to the people of Pharaoh.
كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
They rejected each one of Our signs. So We seized them with the grip of one mighty and powerful.
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَآءَةٌۭ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
Are the unbelievers among you any better than they? Or is there immunity for you in the Scriptures?
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌۭ مُّنتَصِرٌۭ
Or do they say: "We are a well-accoutred army?"
سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ
The army will be routed and put to flight.
بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
Surely the Hour will be the moment of their promise, and that moment will be calamitous and distressing.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ وَسُعُرٍۢ
Surely the sinners are misguided and insane.
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا۟ مَسَّ سَقَرَ
On that Day they will be dragged into the fire faces foremost, (and told:) "Taste the feel of Hell."
إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍۢ
We have indeed created all things by measure;
وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٌۭ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِٱلْبَصَرِ
And Our command is but one (word) swift as the winking of an eye.
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَآ أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ
We have destroyed the likes of you in the past: So is there any one who will be warned?
وَكُلُّ شَىْءٍۢ فَعَلُوهُ فِى ٱلزُّبُرِ
All things they do are (recorded) in the books;
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍۢ وَكَبِيرٍۢ مُّسْتَطَرٌ
All things small or great have been written down.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَنَهَرٍۢ
Surely those who fear God and follow the straight path will be amidst gardens and light,
فِى مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرٍۭ
At the still centre in the proximity of the King all-powerful.
Surah 55
Ar-Rahmaan
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
AR-RAHMAN
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
Bestowed the Qur'an,
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
Created man,
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
And taught him to express clearly.
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۢ
The sun and moon revolve to a computation;
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
And the grasses and the trees bow (to Him) in adoration.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
He raised the sky and set the Balance
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
So that none may err against the scales,
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
And observe correct measure, weigh with justice, and not cheat the balance.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
He positioned the earth for all the creatures:
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
There are fruits of all kinds on it, and date-palms with their clusters sheathed,
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
Grain with husk, and fragrant grasses.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
He created man of fermented clay dried tinkling hard like earthen ware,
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ
And created jinns from the white-hot flame of fire.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
Lord of the two Easts, Lord of the two Wests.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
He has set two seas in motion that flow side by side together,
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
With an interstice between them which they cannot cross.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Out of them come pearls and coral.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
His are the high-sailed vessels in deep ocean like the mountains.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ
All that is on the earth is passing,
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
But abiding is the glory of your Lord, full of majesty and beneficence.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍۢ
All those there are in the heavens and the earth turn to Him with solicitation, intent on His purpose all the time.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
We shall soon be free to turn to you, O weary caravans,
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ
O society of jinns and men, cross the bounds of the heavens and the earth if you have the ability, then pass beyond them; but you cannot unless you acquire the law.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ وَنُحَاسٌۭ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
Let loose at you will be smokeless flames of fire so that you will not be able to defend yourselves.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةًۭ كَٱلدِّهَانِ
When the sky will split asunder, and turn rosy like the dregs of annointing oil,
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌۭ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
Neither man nor jinn will be questioned on that day about his sin.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
The sinners will be recognised by their marks, and seized by the forelock and their feet.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
This is Hell the sinners called a lie.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍۢ
They will go round and around between it and boiling water.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
But for him who lived in awe of the sublimity of his Lord, there will be two gardens --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍۢ
Full of overhanging branches --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny? --
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
With two springs of water flowing through them both. --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍۢ زَوْجَانِ
In both of them there will be every kind of fruits in pairs. --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۢ
Reclining there on carpets lined with brocade, fruits of the garden hanging low within reach.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
In them maidens with averted glances, undeflowered by man or by jinn before them, --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
As though rubies and pearls.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ
Should the reward of goodness be aught else but goodness? --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
And besides these two other gardens --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
Of darkest verdant green --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
With two fountains gushing constantly, --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَنَخْلٌۭ وَرُمَّانٌۭ
With fruits in them, and dates and pomegranates --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌۭ
In them good and comely maidens --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny? --
حُورٌۭ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌۭ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
Houris cloistered in pavilions --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny? --
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
Undeflowered by man or by jinn before them, --
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍۢ
Reclining on green cushions and rich carpets excellent.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Blessed be the name of your Lord, full of majesty and beneficience.
Surah 56
Al-Waaqia
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ
WHEN WHAT IS to happen comes to pass --
لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ
Which is bound to happen undoubtedly --
خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ
Degrading (some) and exalting (others);
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا
When the earth is shaken up convulsively,
وَبُسَّتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ بَسًّۭا
The mountains bruised and crushed,
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا
Turned to dust, floating in the air,
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ
You will become three categories:
فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those of the right hand -- how (happy) will be those of the right hand!
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Then those of the left hand -- how (unhappy) will be those of the left hand!
وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ
Then the foremost, how pre-excellent,
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
Who will be honoured
فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
In gardens of tranquility;
ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
A number of the earlier peoples,
وَقَلِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
And a few of later ages,
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّوْضُونَةٍۢ
On couches wrought of gold,
مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَيْهَا مُتَقَٰبِلِينَ
Reclining face to face.
يَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌۭ مُّخَلَّدُونَ
Youths of never-ending bloom will pass round to them
بِأَكْوَابٍۢ وَأَبَارِيقَ وَكَأْسٍۢ مِّن مَّعِينٍۢ
Cups and decanters, beakers full of sparkling wine,
لَّا يُصَدَّعُونَ عَنْهَا وَلَا يُنزِفُونَ
Unheady, uninebriating;
وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَتَخَيَّرُونَ
And such fruits as they fancy,
وَلَحْمِ طَيْرٍۢ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
Bird meats that they relish,
وَحُورٌ عِينٌۭ
And companions with big beautiful eyes
كَأَمْثَٰلِ ٱللُّؤْلُؤِ ٱلْمَكْنُونِ
Like pearls within their shells,
جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
As recompense for all they had done.
لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا
They will hear no nonsense there or talk of sin,
إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا
Other than "Peace, peace" the salutation.
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ
As for those of the right hand -- how (happy) those of the right hand --
فِى سِدْرٍۢ مَّخْضُودٍۢ
They will be in (the shade) of thornless lote
وَطَلْحٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ
And acacia covered with heaps of bloom,
وَظِلٍّۢ مَّمْدُودٍۢ
Lengthened shadows,
وَمَآءٍۢ مَّسْكُوبٍۢ
Gushing water,
وَفَٰكِهَةٍۢ كَثِيرَةٍۢ
And fruits numberless,
لَّا مَقْطُوعَةٍۢ وَلَا مَمْنُوعَةٍۢ
Unending, unforbidden,
وَفُرُشٍۢ مَّرْفُوعَةٍ
And maidens incomparable.
إِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَٰهُنَّ إِنشَآءًۭ
We have formed them in a distinctive fashion,
فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا
And made them virginal,
عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا
Loving companions matched in age,
لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
For those of the right hand.
ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
A crowd of earlier generations
وَثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
And a crowd of the later.
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ
But those of the left hand -- how (unhappy) those of the left hand --
فِى سَمُومٍۢ وَحَمِيمٍۢ
Will be in the scorching wind and boiling water,
وَظِلٍّۢ مِّن يَحْمُومٍۢ
Under the shadow of thick black smoke
لَّا بَارِدٍۢ وَلَا كَرِيمٍ
Neither cool nor agreeable.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ
They were endowed with good things
وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
But persisted in that greater sin,
وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ
And said: "What! When we are dead and turned to dust and bones, shall we then be raised again?
أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ
And so will our fathers?"
قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْءَاخِرِينَ
Say: "Indeed, the earlier and the later generations
لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوْمٍۢ مَّعْلُومٍۢ
Will be gathered together on a certain day which is predetermined.
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ
Then you, the erring and the deniers,
لَءَاكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍۢ مِّن زَقُّومٍۢ
Will eat of the tree of Zaqqum,
فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ
Fill your bellies with it,
فَشَٰرِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَمِيمِ
And drink over it scalding water,
فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ
Lapping it up like female camels raging of thirst with disease."
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Such will be their welcome on the Day of Judgement.
نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ
It is He who created you, then why do you not affirm the truth?
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تُمْنُونَ
Just consider (the semen) that you emit,
ءَأَنتُمْ تَخْلُقُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ
Do you create it, or We are its creator?
نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ
We have incorporated death in your constitution, and We shall not be hindered
عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
From replacing you with others or raising you in a way you do not know.
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
You have known the first creation, then why do you not reflect?
أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَحْرُثُونَ
Just ponder over what you sow:
ءَأَنتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ
Do you give it its increase, or are We the giver?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَٰهُ حُطَٰمًۭا فَظَلْتُمْ تَفَكَّهُونَ
We could turn it, if We pleased, into straw; then you would rue the day,
إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ
(And say:) "We have fallen into debt;
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Indeed, we have been deprived of the fruits of our labour."
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلْمَآءَ ٱلَّذِى تَشْرَبُونَ
Consider the water that you drink.
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنزَلْتُمُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُزْنِ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنزِلُونَ
Do you send it down from the clouds, or We send it down?
لَوْ نَشَآءُ جَعَلْنَٰهُ أُجَاجًۭا فَلَوْلَا تَشْكُرُونَ
We could make it brackish, if We pleased; so why do you not acknowledge thanks?
أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى تُورُونَ
Consider the fire that you strike (and get by friction).
ءَأَنتُمْ أَنشَأْتُمْ شَجَرَتَهَآ أَمْ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُنشِـُٔونَ
Have you raised its tree, or We have raised it?
نَحْنُ جَعَلْنَٰهَا تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَمَتَٰعًۭا لِّلْمُقْوِينَ
We have made it as a reminder and convenience for the needy.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
So glorify your Lord, the most supreme.
۞ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَٰقِعِ ٱلنُّجُومِ
So I call the placement of the stars to witness --
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَقَسَمٌۭ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ
And this surely is great evidence if you can understand --
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرْءَانٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
That this is indeed the glorious Qur'an
فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مَّكْنُونٍۢ
(Inscribed) in the well-kept Book.
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْمُطَهَّرُونَ
Only they can reach it who are clean (of mind).
تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
It has been revealed by the Lord of all the worlds.
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ
Then why do you dissimulate this Revelation?
وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ
You live by calling it a lie.
فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ
Then how is it that when the (dying) breath is withdrawn into the throat (and rattles),
وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍۢ تَنظُرُونَ
And you wait for the moment (of death),
وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ
We are closer to him than you, even though you cannot see?
فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ
Then why, if you are not indebted (to Us for life),
تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Can you not bring him back? (Answer) if you are truthful
فَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
Then, if he is one of the honoured,
فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ
There will be peace and plenty, and gardens of tranquility for him.
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
If he is of those of the right hand,
فَسَلَٰمٌۭ لَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
There will be the salutation by those of the right hand: "Peace on you.
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
But if he is of the deniers and the errants,
فَنُزُلٌۭ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍۢ
The welcome will be boiling water
وَتَصْلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ
And the roasting in Hell.
إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ حَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ
This is indeed the ultimate truth.
فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Then praise your Lord, the most supreme.
Surah 57
Al-Hadid
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
WHATSOEVER IS IN the heavens and the earth sings the praises of God. He is all-mighty and all-wise.
لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ
His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, He is the giver of life and death, and He has power over everything.
هُوَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَٱلْءَاخِرُ وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
He is the first and He the last, the transcendent and the immanent; and He has knowledge of everything.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا ۖ وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌۭ
It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six stages, then assumed the throne. He knows whatsoever enters the earth, and whatsoever comes out of it, and what comes down from the sky and what goes up to it; and He is with you wheresoever you may be, and He perceives whatsoever you do.
لَّهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ
His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and all things will go back to Him.
يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ
He turns night into day, and turns day into night; and He knows whatsoever is in your hearts.
ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَأَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ
Believe in God and His Apostle, and spend of what He has given you as His trustee. And those of you who believe and spend in charity will have a great reward.
وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ وَٱلرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِرَبِّكُمْ وَقَدْ أَخَذَ مِيثَٰقَكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
What has come upon you that you believe not in God, though the Prophet is calling you to believe in your Lord? And He has already taken your pledge, if you are believers.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُنَزِّلُ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦٓ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ لِّيُخْرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
It is He who sends down splendent revelations to His votary that he may take you out of darkness into light; for surely God is gracious and kind to you.
وَمَا لَكُمْ أَلَّا تُنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِلَّهِ مِيرَٰثُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا يَسْتَوِى مِنكُم مَّنْ أَنفَقَ مِن قَبْلِ ٱلْفَتْحِ وَقَٰتَلَ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنفَقُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدُ وَقَٰتَلُوا۟ ۚ وَكُلًّۭا وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌۭ
What has come upon you that you do not spend in the way of God, when the heritage of the heavens and the earth belongs to God? Those of you who spent before the victory and fought, are not equal (to those who did not). They are higher in position than those who spent after (the victory) and fought. To each one God has made the promise of excellence, for God is aware of all you do.
مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقْرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥ وَلَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
Who will give a goodly loan to God which He will double for him, and be for him a splendid reward?
يَوْمَ تَرَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ يَسْعَىٰ نُورُهُم بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَٰنِهِم بُشْرَىٰكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ جَنَّٰتٌۭ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
The day you see the believers, men and women, with their light advancing ahead and to the right of them, (they will be told:) "There is good news for you this day, of gardens with rivers flowing by where you will live for ever." This will be the great attainment.
يَوْمَ يَقُولُ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱنظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِن نُّورِكُمْ قِيلَ ٱرْجِعُوا۟ وَرَآءَكُمْ فَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟ نُورًۭا فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُم بِسُورٍۢ لَّهُۥ بَابٌۢ بَاطِنُهُۥ فِيهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةُ وَظَٰهِرُهُۥ مِن قِبَلِهِ ٱلْعَذَابُ
The day the hypocrites, men and women, will say to the believers: "Wait for us that we may borrow a little light from your light," they will be told: "Go back, and look for your light." A wall shall be raised between them in which there will be a door. Within it will be benevolence and retribution without.
يُنَادُونَهُمْ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ فَتَنتُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ وَٱرْتَبْتُمْ وَغَرَّتْكُمُ ٱلْأَمَانِىُّ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَغَرَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ
They will call to them: "Were we not with you?" They will answer: "Certainly; but then you let yourselves be tempted, and waited in expectation but were suspicious and were deceived by vain desires, till the decree of God came to pass, and the deceiver duped you in respect of God.
فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنكُمْ فِدْيَةٌۭ وَلَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ مَأْوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ هِىَ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ
So no ransom will be accepted of you on this day, or of those who refused to believe. Hell will be your refuge and the only friend -- and how evil a destination!"
۞ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ
Has the moment not yet come when the hearts of believers should be moved by the thought of God and the truth that has been sent down, so that they should not be like those who received the Book before them but whose hearts were hardened after a lapse of time, and many of them turned disobedient?
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Know that God enlivens the earth even after it has died. We have explained to you clearly Our signs that you may understand.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَٱلْمُصَّدِّقَٰتِ وَأَقْرَضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا يُضَٰعَفُ لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌۭ كَرِيمٌۭ
Surely the men and women who spend in charity and give a goodly loan to God, will have it doubled for them and will receive a generous reward.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصِّدِّيقُونَ ۖ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءُ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ وَنُورُهُمْ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ
Those who believe in God and His apostles are true of word and deed; and by their Lord are considered testifiers of the truth. They have their guerdon and their light. As for those who do not believe and reject Our revelations, are the people of Hell.
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌۭ وَلَهْوٌۭ وَزِينَةٌۭ وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌۭ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ ۖ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ ٱلْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّۭا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمًۭا ۖ وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۭ وَمَغْفِرَةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ ۚ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ
Know that the life of this world is only a frolic and mummery, an ornamentation, boasting and bragging among yourselves, and lust for multiplying wealth and children. It is like rain so pleasing to the cultivator for his vegetation which sprouts and swells, and then begins to wither, and you see it turn to yellow and reduced to chaff. There is severe punishment in the Hereafter, but also forgiveness from God, and acceptance. As for the life of this world, it is no more than merchandise of vanity.
سَابِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
Hasten for the forgiveness of your Lord and Paradise whose expanse is as wide as that of the heavens and the earth, which has been prepared for those who believe in God and His apostles. This is the bounty of God which He bestows on whosoever He please; and the bounty of God is infinite.
مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَآ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌۭ
There is no calamity that befalls the earth or your own selves but in accordance with the law (of causation) before We make it evident. This is indeed how the law of God works inevitably.
لِّكَيْلَا تَأْسَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا تَفْرَحُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍۢ فَخُورٍ
Lest you grieve for what you missed, or rejoice at what you received. God does not love the egoist and the braggart,
ٱلَّذِينَ يَبْخَلُونَ وَيَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبُخْلِ ۗ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ
Who hold back what they possess and enjoin stinginess on others. Whoever turns away (from God, should remember) that God is self-sufficient, worthy of praise.
لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَنزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ ٱلنَّاسُ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَنزَلْنَا ٱلْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌۭ شَدِيدٌۭ وَمَنَٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥ وَرُسُلَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌۭ
We have surely sent apostles with clear signs, and sent with them the Book and the Balance, so that men may stand by justice; and We sent down iron which causes much distress but also has advantages for men, so that God may know who helps Him and His apostles in secret. Verily God is all-powerful and all-mighty.
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًۭا وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مُّهْتَدٍۢ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ
We sent Noah and Abraham, and gave prophethood to their progeny and the Book, and some of them are well-directed, but many of them are disobedient.
ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةًۭ وَرَحْمَةًۭ وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ٱبْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَٰهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ رِضْوَٰنِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا ۖ فَـَٔاتَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ
Then in their train We sent Our apostles, and succeeding them Jesus, son of Mary, and gave him the Gospel, and put into the hearts of his followers compassion and kindness. But they created monasticism which had not been prescribed for them by Us except for seeking the pleasure of God; yet they did not observe it as it should have been rightly observed. So We gave those among them who were believers their reward; but most of them are disobedient.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِرَسُولِهِۦ يُؤْتِكُمْ كِفْلَيْنِ مِن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ نُورًۭا تَمْشُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
O you who believe, have fear of displeasing God, and believe in His Prophet. He will give you twice as much of His bounty and place a light for you to walk in, and forgive you, for God is forgiving and kind;
لِّئَلَّا يَعْلَمَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أَلَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ مِّن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ ۙ وَأَنَّ ٱلْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ
So that the people of the Book may know that they have not the least power over the bounty of God, and that the bounty is wholly in the hands of God to give whosoever He please, for God is the master of infinite bounty.