Surah Al-Jathiyah الجاثية

حمٓ ١

Hā Mīm

Ḥā, Meem.¹⁴⁶⁸

تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ ٢

Tanzīlul-kitābi minallāhil-'azīzil-hakīm

The revelation of the Book is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

إِنَّ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣

Inna fis-samāwāti wal-ardi la'āyātil lil-mu'minīn

Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers.

وَفِي خَلۡقِكُمۡ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ ٤

Wafī khalqikum wamā yabutthu min dābbatin āyātul liqawmin yūqinūn

And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain [in faith].

وَٱخۡتِلَٰفِ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزۡقٖ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَا وَتَصۡرِيفِ ٱلرِّيَٰحِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ ٥

Wakhtilāfil-layli wan-nahāri wamā anzalallāhu minas-samā'i mir rizqin fa ahyā bihil-arda ba'da mawtihā watasrīfir-riyāhi āyātul liqawmin ya'qilūn

And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allāh sends down from the sky of provision [i.e., rain] and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.

تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتۡلُوهَا عَلَيۡكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦

Tilka āyātullāhi natlūhā 'alayka bil-haqqi fabi'ayyi hadīthi ba'dallāhi wa āyātihī yu'minūn

These are the verses of Allāh which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allāh and His verses will they believe?

وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ ٧

Waylul likulli affākin athīm

Woe to every sinful liar

يَسۡمَعُ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسۡتَكۡبِرٗا كَأَن لَّمۡ يَسۡمَعۡهَاۖ فَبَشِّرۡهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٨

Yasma'u āyātillāhi tutlā 'alayhi thumma yusirru mustakbiran ka al lam yasma'hā fabasshirhu bi'adhābin alīm

Who hears the verses of Allāh recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا شَيۡـًٔا ٱتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًاۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ ٩

Wa idhā 'alima min āyātinā shay'ant-takhadhahā huzuwan ulā'ika lahum 'adhābum muhīn

And when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

مِّن وَرَآئِهِمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُم مَّا كَسَبُواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا مَا ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡلِيَآءَۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ١٠

Mmin warā'ihim jahannamu walā yughnī 'anhum mā kasabū shay'an walā mat-takhadhū min dūnillāhi awliyā'a walahum 'adhābun 'azīm

Before them¹⁴⁶⁹ is Hell, and what they had earned will not avail them at all nor what they had taken besides Allāh as allies. And they will have a great punishment.

هَٰذَا هُدٗىۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مِّن رِّجۡزٍ أَلِيمٌ ١١

Hādhā hudan walladhīna kafarū bi'āyāti rabbihim lahum 'adhābum mir rijzin alīm

This [Qur’ān] is guidance. And those who have disbelieved in the verses of their Lord will have a painful punishment of foul nature.

۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ لِتَجۡرِيَ ٱلۡفُلۡكُ فِيهِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ ١٢

Allāhul-ladhī sakkhara lakumul-bahra litajriyal-fulku fīhi bi amrihī walitabtaghū min fadlihī wala'allakum tashkurūn

It is Allāh who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا مِّنۡهُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ١٣

Wasakkhara lakum mā fis-samāwāti wamā fil-ardi jamī'am minhu inna fī dhālika la'āyātil liqawmin yatafakkarūn

And He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth - all from Him. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

قُل لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَغۡفِرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ أَيَّامَ ٱللَّهِ لِيَجۡزِيَ قَوۡمَۢا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٤

Qul lilladhīna āmanū yaghfirū lilladhīna lā yarjūna ayyāmallāhi liyajziya qawmā bimā kānū yaksibūn

Say, [O Muḥammad], to those who have believed that they [should] forgive those who expect not the days of Allāh [i.e., of His retribution] so that He may recompense a people¹⁴⁷⁰ for what they used to earn.

مَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَنۡ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيۡهَاۖ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ تُرۡجَعُونَ ١٥

Man 'amila sālihan falinafsihī waman asā'a fa'alayhā thumma ilā rabbikum turja'ūn

Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it is against it [i.e., the self or soul]. Then to your Lord you will be returned.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحُكۡمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦

Walaqad ātaynā banī isrā'īlal-kitāba wal-hukma wan-nubuwwata warazaqnāhum minat-tayyibāti wafaddalnāhum 'alal-'ālamīn

And We did certainly give the Children of Israel the Scripture and judgement¹⁴⁷¹ and prophethood, and We provided them with good things and preferred them over the worlds.

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم بَيِّنَٰتٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِۖ فَمَا ٱخۡتَلَفُوٓاْ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعِلۡمُ بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقۡضِي بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ١٧

Wa ātaynāhum bayyinātim minal-amri famakhtalafū illā mim ba'di mā jā'ahumul-'ilmu baghyā baynahum inna rabbaka yaqdī baynahum yawmal-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn

And We gave them clear proofs of the matter [of religion]. And they did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡرِ فَٱتَّبِعۡهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٨

Thumma ja'alnāka 'alā sharī'atim minal-amri fattabi'hā walā tattabi' ahwā'al-ladhīna lā ya'lamūn

Then We put you, [O Muḥammad], on an ordained way concerning the matter [of religion]; so follow it and do not follow the inclinations of those who do not know.

إِنَّهُمۡ لَن يُغۡنُواْ عَنكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٖۖ وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ١٩

Innahum lan yughnū 'anka minallāhi shay'an wa innaz-zālimīna ba'duhum awliyā'u ba'din wallāhu waliyyul-muttaqīn

Indeed, they will never avail you against Allāh at all. And indeed, the wrongdoers are allies of one another; but Allāh is the protector of the righteous.

هَٰذَا بَصَٰٓئِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ ٢٠

Hādhā basā'iru lin-nāsi wahudan warahmatul liqawmin yūqinūn

This [Qur’ān] is enlightenment for mankind and guidance and mercy for a people who are certain [in faith].

أَمۡ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجۡتَرَحُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجۡعَلَهُمۡ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَوَآءٗ مَّحۡيَاهُمۡ وَمَمَاتُهُمۡۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ ٢١

Am hasibal-ladhīnajtarahus-sayyi'āti an naj'alahum kalladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti sawā'am mahyāhum wamamātuhum sā'a mā yahkumūn

Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death?¹⁴⁷² Evil is that which they judge [i.e., assume].

وَخَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٢

Wakhalaqallāhus-samāwāti wal-arda bil-haqqi walitujzā kullu nafsi bimā kasabat wahum lā yuzlamūn

And Allāh created the heavens and earth in truth and so that every soul may be recompensed for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

أَفَرَءَيۡتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٖ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمۡعِهِۦ وَقَلۡبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةٗ فَمَن يَهۡدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱللَّهِۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٢٣

Afara'ayta manit-takhadha ilāhahū hawāhu wa adallahullāhu 'alā 'ilmin wakhatama 'alā sam'ihī waqalbihī waja'ala 'alā basarihī ghishāwatan faman yahdīhi mim ba'dillāhi afalā tadhakkarūn

Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allāh has sent him astray due to knowledge¹⁴⁷³ and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allāh? Then will you not be reminded?

وَقَالُواْ مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡيَا وَمَا يُهۡلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهۡرُۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ٢٤

Waqālū mā hiya illā hayātunad-dunyā namūtu wanahyā wamā yuhlikunā illad-dahru wamā lahum bidhālika min 'ilmin in hum illā yazunnūn

And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live,¹⁴⁷⁴ and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ ٱئۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٢٥

Wa idhā tutlā 'alayhim āyātunā bayyinātim mā kāna hujjatahum illā an qālu'tū bi'ābā'inā in kuntum sādiqīn

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُحۡيِيكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يَجۡمَعُكُمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٦

Qulillāhu yuhyīkum thumma yumītukum thumma yajma'ukum ilā yawmil-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi walākinna aktharan-nāsi lā ya'lamūn

Say, "Allāh causes you to live, then causes you to die; then He will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt, but most of the people do not know."

وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَخۡسَرُ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ ٢٧

Walillāhi mulkus-samāwāti wal-ardi wayawma taqūmus-sā'atu yawma'idhin yakhsarul-mubtilūn

And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.

وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٖ جَاثِيَةٗۚ كُلُّ أُمَّةٖ تُدۡعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٨

Watarā kulla ummatin jāthiyatan kullu ummatin tud'ā ilā kitābihal-yawma tujzawna mā kuntum ta'malūn

And you will see every nation kneeling [from fear]. Every nation will be called to its record [and told], "Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.

هَٰذَا كِتَٰبُنَا يَنطِقُ عَلَيۡكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسۡتَنسِخُ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٩

Hādhā kitābunā yantiqu 'alaykum bil-haqqi innā kunnā nastansikhu mā kuntum ta'malūn

This, Our record, speaks about you in truth. Indeed, We were having transcribed¹⁴⁷⁵ whatever you used to do."

فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُدۡخِلُهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ٣٠

Fa ammal-ladhīna āmanū wa'amilus-sālihāti fayudkhiluhum rabbuhum fī rahmatihī dhālika huwal-fawzul-mubīn

So as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is what is the clear attainment.

وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَفَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرۡتُمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّجۡرِمِينَ ٣١

Wa ammal-ladhīna kafarū afalam takun āyātī tutlā 'alaykum fastakbartum wakuntum qawmam mujrimīn

But as for those who disbelieved, [it will be said], "Were not Our verses recited to you, but you were arrogant and became a criminal people?

وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا قُلۡتُم مَّا نَدۡرِي مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنّٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُسۡتَيۡقِنِينَ ٣٢

Wa idhā qīla inna wa'dallāhi haqqun was-sā'atu lā rayba fīhā qultum mā nadrī mas-sā'atu in nazunnu illā zannan wamā nahnu bimustayqinīn

And when it was said, 'Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth and the Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it,' you said, 'We know not what is the Hour. We assume only assumption, and we are not convinced.'"

وَبَدَا لَهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ ٣٣

Wabadā lahum sayyi'ātu mā 'amilū wahāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

وَقِيلَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَنسَىٰكُمۡ كَمَا نَسِيتُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَا وَمَأۡوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ ٣٤

Waqīlal-yawma nansākum kamā nasītum liqā'a yawmikum hādhā wama'wākumun-nāru wamā lakum min nāsirīn

And it will be said, "Today We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours, and your refuge is the Fire, and for you there are no helpers.

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّكُمُ ٱتَّخَذۡتُمۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوٗا وَغَرَّتۡكُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا يُخۡرَجُونَ مِنۡهَا وَلَا هُمۡ يُسۡتَعۡتَبُونَ ٣٥

Dhālikum bi annakumut-takhadhtum āyātillāhi huzuwan wagharratkumul-hayawātud-dunyā fal-yawma lā yukhrajūna minhā walā hum yusta'tabūn

That is because you took the verses of Allāh in ridicule, and worldly life deluded you." So that Day they will not be removed from it, nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَرَبِّ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٦

Falillāhil-hamdu rabbis-samāwāti warabbil-ardi rabbil-'ālamīn

Then, to Allāh belongs [all] praise - Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of the worlds.

وَلَهُ ٱلۡكِبۡرِيَآءُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٣٧

Walahul-kibriyā'u fis-samāwāti wal-ardi wahuwal-'azīzul-hakīm

And to Him belongs [all] grandeur within the heavens and the earth, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.