Surah Al-Mu'minun المؤمنون

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ١

Qad aflahal-mu'minūn

Certainly will the believers have succeeded:

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي صَلَاتِهِمۡ خَٰشِعُونَ ٢

Alladhīna hum fī salātihim khāshi'ūn

They who are during their prayer humbly intent

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَنِ ٱللَّغۡوِ مُعۡرِضُونَ ٣

Walladhīna hum 'anil-laghwi mu'ridūn

And they who turn away from ill speech

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَٰعِلُونَ ٤

Walladhīna hum liz-zakawāti fā'ilūn

And they who are observant of zakāh

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ ٥

Walladhīna hum lifurūjihim hāfizūn

And they who guard their private parts

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ ٦

Illā 'alā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa innahum ghayru malūmīn

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,⁹⁴⁷ for indeed, they will not be blamed -

فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ٧

Famanibtaghā warā'a dhālika fa ulā'ika humul-'ādūn

But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ ٨

Walladhīna hum li amānātihim wa'ahdihim rā'ūn

And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٰتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ ٩

Walladhīna hum 'alā salawātihim yuhāfizūn

And they who carefully maintain their prayers -

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ ١٠

Ulā'ika humul-wārithūn

Those are the inheritors

ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلۡفِرۡدَوۡسَ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ١١

Alladhīna yarithūnal-firdawsa hum fīhā khālidūn

Who will inherit al-Firdaus.⁹⁴⁸ They will abide therein eternally.

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٖ مِّن طِينٖ ١٢

Walaqad khalaqnal-insāna min sulālatim min tīn

And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.

ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ نُطۡفَةٗ فِي قَرَارٖ مَّكِينٖ ١٣

Thumma ja'alnāhu nutfatan fī qarārim makīn

Then We placed him as a sperm-drop⁹⁴⁹ in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb].

ثُمَّ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلنُّطۡفَةَ عَلَقَةٗ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡعَلَقَةَ مُضۡغَةٗ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمُضۡغَةَ عِظَٰمٗا فَكَسَوۡنَا ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ لَحۡمٗا ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُ خَلۡقًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ ١٤

Thumma khalaqnan-nutfata 'alaqatan fakhalaqnal-'alaqata mudghatan fakhalaqnal-mudghata 'izāman fakasawnal-'izāma lahman thumma ansha'nāhu khalqan ākhara fatabārakallāhu ahsanul-khāliqīn

Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.⁹⁵⁰

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ ١٥

Thumma innakum ba'da dhālika lamayyitūn

Then indeed, after that you are to die.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ تُبۡعَثُونَ ١٦

Thumma innakum yawmal-qiyāmati tub'athūn

Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلۡخَلۡقِ غَٰفِلِينَ ١٧

Walaqad khalaqnā fawqakum sab'a tarā'iqa wamā kunnā 'anil-khalqi ghāfilīn

And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.

وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرٖ فَأَسۡكَنَّٰهُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابِۭ بِهِۦ لَقَٰدِرُونَ ١٨

Wa anzalnā minas-samā'i mā'a biqadarin fa askannāhu fil-ardi wa innā 'alā dhahābi bihī laqādirūn

And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

فَأَنشَأۡنَا لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتٖ مِّن نَّخِيلٖ وَأَعۡنَٰبٖ لَّكُمۡ فِيهَا فَوَٰكِهُ كَثِيرَةٞ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ١٩

Fa ansha'nā lakum bihī jannātim min nakhīlin wa a'nābil lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratun waminhā ta'kulūn

And We brought forth for you thereby gardens of palm trees and grapevines in which for you are abundant fruits and from which you eat.

وَشَجَرَةٗ تَخۡرُجُ مِن طُورِ سَيۡنَآءَ تَنۢبُتُ بِٱلدُّهۡنِ وَصِبۡغٖ لِّلۡأٓكِلِينَ ٢٠

Washajaratan takhruju min tūri saynā'a tambutu bid-duhni wasibghil lil-ākilīn

And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food [i.e., olives] for those who eat.

وَإِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةٗۖ نُّسۡقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ كَثِيرَةٞ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ٢١

Wa inna lakum fil-an'āmi la'ibratan nusqīkum mimmā fī butūnihā walakum fīhā manāfi'u kathīratun waminhā ta'kulūn

And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.

وَعَلَيۡهَا وَعَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ تُحۡمَلُونَ ٢٢

Wa'alayhā wa'alal-fulki tuhmalūn

And upon them and on ships you are carried.

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ٢٣

Walaqad arsalnā nūhan ilā qawmihī faqāla yāqawmi'budullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhū afalā tattaqūn

And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

فَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٗ مَّا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِيٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٢٤

Faqālal-mala'ul-ladhīna kafarū min qawmihī mā hādhā illā basharum mithlukum yurīdu an yatafaddala 'alaykum walaw shā'allāhu la anzala malā'ikatam mā sami'nā bihādhā fī ābā'inal-awwalīn

But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allāh had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلُۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٞ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِينٖ ٢٥

In huwa illā rajulu bihī jinnatun fatarabbasū bihī hattā hīn

He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ٢٦

Qāla rabbinsurnī bimā kaddhabūn

[Noah] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ أَنِ ٱصۡنَعِ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَا وَوَحۡيِنَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ فَٱسۡلُكۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلّٖ زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَا تُخَٰطِبۡنِي فِي ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ إِنَّهُم مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٢٧

Fa awhaynā ilayhi anisna'il-fulka bi a'yuninā wawahyinā fa idhā jā'a amrunā wafārat-tannūru fasluk fīhā min kullin zawjaynithnayni wa ahlaka illā man sabaqa 'alayhil-qawlu minhum walā tukhātibnī fil-ladhīna zalamū innahum mughraqūn

So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows,⁹⁵¹ put into it [i.e., the ship] from each [creature] two mates and your family, except him for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.

فَإِذَا ٱسۡتَوَيۡتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ فَقُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي نَجَّىٰنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٨

Fa idhastawayta anta wamam ma'aka 'alal-fulki faqulil-hamdu lillāhil-ladhī najjānā minal-qawmiz-zālimīn

And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allāh who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'

وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلۡنِي مُنزَلٗا مُّبَارَكٗا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡمُنزِلِينَ ٢٩

Waqur rabbi anzilnī munzalam mubārakan wa anta khayrul-munzilīn

And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].'"

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ وَإِن كُنَّا لَمُبۡتَلِينَ ٣٠

Inna fī dhālika la'āyātin wa in kunnā lamubtalīn

Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].

ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٣١

Thumma ansha'nā mim ba'dihim qarnan ākharīn

Then We produced after them a generation of others.

فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِمۡ رَسُولٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ٣٢

Fa arsalnā fīhim rasūlam minhum ani'budullāha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhū afalā tattaqūn

And We sent among them a messenger⁹⁵² from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِن قَوۡمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَكَذَّبُواْ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَأَتۡرَفۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يَأۡكُلُ مِمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ مِنۡهُ وَيَشۡرَبُ مِمَّا تَشۡرَبُونَ ٣٣

Waqālal-mala'u min qawmihil-ladhīna kafarū wakaddhabū biliqā'il-ākhirati wa atrafnāhum fil-hayawātid-dunyā mā hādhā illā basharum mithlukum ya'kulu mimmā ta'kulūna minhu wayashrabu mimmā tashrabūn

And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.

وَلَئِنۡ أَطَعۡتُم بَشَرٗا مِّثۡلَكُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ٣٤

Wala'in ata'tum basharam mithlakum innakum idhal lakhāsirūn

And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

أَيَعِدُكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ إِذَا مِتُّمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخۡرَجُونَ ٣٥

Aya'idukum annakum idhā mittum wakuntum turāban wa'izāman annakum mukhrajūn

Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?

۞ هَيۡهَاتَ هَيۡهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ ٣٦

Hayhāta hayhāta limā tū'adūn

How far, how far, is that which you are promised.⁹⁵³

إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡيَا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَبۡعُوثِينَ ٣٧

In hiya illā hayātunad-dunyā namūtu wanahyā wamā nahnu bimab'ūthīn

It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣٨

In huwa illā rajuluniftarā 'alallāhi kadhiban wamā nahnu lahū bimu'minīn

He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allāh, and we will not believe him."

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ٣٩

Qāla rabbinsurnī bimā kaddhabūn

He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٖ لَّيُصۡبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ ٤٠

Qāla 'ammā qalīlil layusbihunna nādimīn

[Allāh] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ غُثَآءٗۚ فَبُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤١

Fa akhadhathumus-sayhatu bil-haqqi faja'alnāhum ghuthā'an fabu'dal lil-qawmiz-zālimīn

So the shriek⁹⁵⁴ seized them in truth,⁹⁵⁵ and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ ٤٢

Thumma ansha'nā mim ba'dihim qurūnan ākharīn

Then We produced after them other generations.

مَا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ ٤٣

Mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yasta'khirūn

No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].

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 jā'a ummatar rasūluhā kaddhabūhu fa atba'nā ba'dahum ba'dan waja'alnāhum ahādītha fabu'dal liqawmil lā yu'minūn

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.⁹⁵⁶ So away with a people who do not believe.

ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ ٤٥

Thumma arsalnā mūsā wa akhāhu hārūna bi'āyātinā wasultānim mubīn

Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority⁹⁵⁷

إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمًا عَالِينَ ٤٦

Ilā fir'awna wamala'ihī fastakbarū wakānū qawman 'ālīn

To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.

فَقَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لِبَشَرَيۡنِ مِثۡلِنَا وَقَوۡمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ ٤٧

Faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mithlinā waqawmuhumā lanā 'ābidūn

They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِينَ ٤٨

Fakaddhabūhumā fakānū minal-muhlakīn

So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ ٤٩

Walaqad ātaynā mūsal-kitāba la'allahum yahtadūn

And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they⁹⁵⁸ would be guided.

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥٓ ءَايَةٗ وَءَاوَيۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَىٰ رَبۡوَةٖ ذَاتِ قَرَارٖ وَمَعِينٖ ٥٠

Waja'alnabna maryama wa ummahū āyatan wa āwaynāhumā ilā rabwatin dhāti qarārin wama'īn

And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a high ground having level [areas] and flowing water.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرُّسُلُ كُلُواْ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَٱعۡمَلُواْ صَٰلِحًاۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمٞ ٥١

Yā'ayyuhar-rusulu kulū minat-tayyibāti wa'malū sālihan innī bimā ta'malūna 'alīm

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

وَإِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱتَّقُونِ ٥٢

Wa inna hādhihī ummatukum ummatan wāhidatan wa ana rabbukum fattaqūn

And indeed this, your religion, is one religion,⁹⁵⁹ and I am your Lord, so fear Me."

فَتَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ زُبُرٗاۖ كُلُّ حِزۡبِۭ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ فَرِحُونَ ٥٣

Fataqatta'ū amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu hizbi bimā ladayhim farihūn

But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has,⁹⁶⁰ rejoicing.

فَذَرۡهُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَتِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ ٥٤

Fadharhum fī ghamratihim hattā hīn

So leave them in their confusion for a time.

أَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُم بِهِۦ مِن مَّالٖ وَبَنِينَ ٥٥

Ayahsabūna annamā numidduhum bihī mim mālin wabanīn

Do they think that what We extend to them of wealth and children

نُسَارِعُ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِۚ بَل لَّا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٥٦

Nusāri'u lahum fil-khayrāti bal lā yash'urūn

Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.⁹⁶¹

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ٥٧

Innal-ladhīna hum min khashyati rabbihim mushfiqūn

Indeed, they who are apprehensive from fear of their Lord

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٨

Walladhīna hum bi'āyāti rabbihim yu'minūn

And they who believe in the signs of their Lord

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ لَا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٥٩

Walladhīna hum birabbihim lā yushrikūn

And they who do not associate anything with their Lord

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡتُونَ مَآ ءَاتَواْ وَّقُلُوبُهُمۡ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ رَٰجِعُونَ ٦٠

Walladhīna yu'tūna mā ātaw wwaqulūbuhum wajilatun annahum ilā rabbihim rāji'ūn

And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful⁹⁶² because they will be returning to their Lord -

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَهُمۡ لَهَا سَٰبِقُونَ ٦١

Ulā'ika yusāri'ūna fil-khayrāti wahum lahā sābiqūn

It is those who hasten to good deeds, and they outstrip [others] therein.

وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ وَلَدَيۡنَا كِتَٰبٞ يَنطِقُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ ٦٢

Walā nukallifu nafsan illā wus'ahā waladaynā kitābun yantiqu bil-haqqi wahum lā yuzlamūn

And We charge no soul except [with that within] its capacity, and with Us is a record which speaks with truth; and they will not be wronged.

بَلۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةٖ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا وَلَهُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلٞ مِّن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ هُمۡ لَهَا عَٰمِلُونَ ٦٣

Bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratim min hādhā walahum a'mālum min dūni dhālika hum lahā 'āmilūn

But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides that [i.e., disbelief] which they are doing,

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذۡنَا مُتۡرَفِيهِم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمۡ يَجۡـَٔرُونَ ٦٤

Hattā idhā akhadhnā mutrafīhim bil-'adhābi idhā hum yaj'arūn

Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment,⁹⁶³ at once they are crying [to Allāh] for help.

لَا تَجۡـَٔرُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَۖ إِنَّكُم مِّنَّا لَا تُنصَرُونَ ٦٥

Lā taj'arul-yawma innakum minnā lā tunsarūn

Do not cry out today. Indeed, by Us you will not be helped.

قَدۡ كَانَتۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡقَٰبِكُمۡ تَنكِصُونَ ٦٦

Qad kānat āyātī tutlā 'alaykum fakuntum 'alā a'qābikum tankisūn

My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels

مُسۡتَكۡبِرِينَ بِهِۦ سَٰمِرٗا تَهۡجُرُونَ ٦٧

Mustakbirīna bihī sāmiran tahjurūn

In arrogance regarding it,⁹⁶⁴ conversing by night, speaking evil.

أَفَلَمۡ يَدَّبَّرُواْ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ أَمۡ جَآءَهُم مَّا لَمۡ يَأۡتِ ءَابَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٦٨

Afalam yaddabbarul-qawla am jā'ahum mā lam ya'ti ābā'ahumul-awwalīn

Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?

أَمۡ لَمۡ يَعۡرِفُواْ رَسُولَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ٦٩

Am lam ya'rifū rasūlahum fahum lahū munkirūn

Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةُۢۚ بَلۡ جَآءَهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لِلۡحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ ٧٠

Am yaqūlūna bihī jinnatu bal jā'ahum bil-haqqi wa aktharuhum lil-haqqi kārihūn

Or do they say, "In him is madness"? Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.

وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلۡحَقُّ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّۚ بَلۡ أَتَيۡنَٰهُم بِذِكۡرِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٧١

Walawit-taba'al-haqqu ahwā'ahum lafasadatis-samāwātu wal-ardu waman fīhinna bal ataynāhum bidhikrihim fahum 'an dhikrihim mu'ridūn

But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message,⁹⁶⁵ but they, from their message, are turning away.

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ خَرۡجٗا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرٞۖ وَهُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ٧٢

Am tas'aluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayrur-rāziqīn

Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.

وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٧٣

Wa innaka latad'ūhum ilā sirātim mustaqīm

And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.

وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ لَنَٰكِبُونَ ٧٤

Wa innal-ladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati 'anis-sirāti lanākibūn

But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.

۞ وَلَوۡ رَحِمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِم مِّن ضُرّٖ لَّلَجُّواْ فِي طُغۡيَٰنِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ ٧٥

Walaw rahimnāhum wakashafnā mā bihim min durril lalajjū fī tughyānihim ya'mahūn

And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.

وَلَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسۡتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ ٧٦

Walaqad akhadhnāhum bil-'adhābi famastakānū lirabbihim wamā yatadarra'ūn

And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابٗا ذَا عَذَابٖ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمۡ فِيهِ مُبۡلِسُونَ ٧٧

Hattā idhā fatahnā 'alayhim bāban dhā 'adhābin shadīdin idhā hum fīhi mublisūn

Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ ٧٨

Wahuwal-ladhī ansha'a lakumus-sam'a wal-absāra wal-af'idata qalīlam mā tashkurūn

And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ ٧٩

Wahuwal-ladhī dhara'akum fil-ardi wa ilayhi tuhsharūn

And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ ٱخۡتِلَٰفُ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٨٠

Wahuwal-ladhī yuhyī wayumītu walahukhtilāful-layli wan-nahāri afalā ta'qilūn

And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?

بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٨١

Bal qālū mithla mā qālal-awwalūn

Rather,⁹⁶⁶ they say like what the former peoples said.

قَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابٗا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ٨٢

Qālū a'idhā mitnā wakunnā turāban wa'izāman a'innā lamab'ūthūn

They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٨٣

Laqad wu'idnā nahnu wa ābā'unā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asātīrul-awwalīn

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."

قُل لِّمَنِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٤

Qul limanil-ardu waman fīhā in kuntum ta'lamūn

Say, [O Muḥammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?"

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٨٥

Sayaqūlūna lillāhi qul afalā tadhakkarūn

They will say, "To Allāh." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

قُلۡ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّبۡعِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٨٦

Qul mar rabbus-samāwātis-sab'i warabbul-'arshil-'azīm

Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ٨٧

Sayaqūlūna lillāhi qul afalā tattaqūn

They will say, "[They belong] to Allāh." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

قُلۡ مَنۢ بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ وَهُوَ يُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيۡهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٨٨

Qul mam biyadihī malakūtu kulli shay'in wahuwa yujīru walā yujāru 'alayhi in kuntum ta'lamūn

Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ فَأَنَّىٰ تُسۡحَرُونَ ٨٩

Sayaqūlūna lillāhi qul fa annā tusharūn

They will say, "[All belongs] to Allāh." Say, "Then how are you deluded?"

بَلۡ أَتَيۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ ٩٠

Bal ataynāhum bil-haqqi wa innahum lakādhibūn

Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.

مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٖ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍۚ إِذٗا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَٰهِۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٩١

Mat-takhadhallāhu min waladin wamā kāna ma'ahū min ilāhin idhal ladhahaba kullu ilāhi bimā khalaqa wala'alā ba'duhum 'alā ba'din subhānallāhi 'ammā yasifūn

Allāh has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have [sought to] overcome others. Exalted is Allāh above what they describe [concerning Him].

عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٩٢

'Ālimil-ghaybi wash-shahādati fata'ālā 'ammā yushrikūn

[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him].

قُل رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّي مَا يُوعَدُونَ ٩٣

Qur rabbi immā turiyannī mā yū'adūn

Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised,

رَبِّ فَلَا تَجۡعَلۡنِي فِي ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٩٤

Rabbi falā taj'alnī fil-qawmiz-zālimīn

My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."

وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّرِيَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمۡ لَقَٰدِرُونَ ٩٥

Wa innā 'alā an nuriyaka mā na'iduhum laqādirūn

And indeed, We are Able to show you what We have promised them.

ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَۚ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ ٩٦

Idfa' billatī hiya ahsanus-sayyi'ata nahnu a'lamu bimā yasifūn

Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.

وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنۡ هَمَزَٰتِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ٩٧

Waqur rabbi a'ūdhu bika min hamazātish-shayātīn

And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils,

وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحۡضُرُونِ ٩٨

Wa a'ūdhu bika rabbi an yahdurūn

And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرۡجِعُونِ ٩٩

Hattā idhā jā'a ahadahumul-mawtu qāla rabbirji'ūn

[For such is the state of the disbelievers] until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

لَعَلِّيٓ أَعۡمَلُ صَٰلِحٗا فِيمَا تَرَكۡتُۚ كَلَّآۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَاۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرۡزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ١٠٠

La'allī a'malu sālihan fīmā taraktu kallā innahā kalimatun huwa qā'iluhā wamin warā'ihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yub'athūn

That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind."⁹⁶⁷ No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ١٠١

Fa idhā nufikha fis-sūri falā ansāba baynahum yawma'idhin walā yatasā'alūn

So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.

فَمَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ١٠٢

Faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhū fa ulā'ika humul-muflihūn

And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.

وَمَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ ١٠٣

Waman khaffat mawāzīnuhū fa ulā'ikal-ladhīna khasirū anfusahum fī jahannama khālidūn

But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.

تَلۡفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا كَٰلِحُونَ ١٠٤

Talfahu wujūhahumun-nāru wahum fīhā kālihūn

The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.⁹⁶⁸

أَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ١٠٥

Alam takun āyātī tutlā 'alaykum fakuntum bihā tukaddhibūn

[It will be said], "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"

قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتۡ عَلَيۡنَا شِقۡوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوۡمٗا ضَآلِّينَ ١٠٦

Qālū rabbanā ghalabat 'alaynā shiqwatunā wakunnā qawman dāllīn

They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.

رَبَّنَآ أَخۡرِجۡنَا مِنۡهَا فَإِنۡ عُدۡنَا فَإِنَّا ظَٰلِمُونَ ١٠٧

Rabbanā akhrijnā minhā fa in 'udnā fa innā zālimūn

Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."

قَالَ ٱخۡسَـُٔواْ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ ١٠٨

Qālakhsa'ū fīhā walā tukallimūn

He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡ عِبَادِي يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ١٠٩

Innahū kāna farīqum min 'ibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā faghfir lanā warhamnā wa anta khayrur-rāhimīn

Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'

فَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُمۡ سِخۡرِيًّا حَتَّىٰٓ أَنسَوۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرِي وَكُنتُم مِّنۡهُمۡ تَضۡحَكُونَ ١١٠

Fattakhadhtumūhum sikhriyyan hattā ansawkum dhikrī wakuntum minhum tadhakūn

But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

إِنِّي جَزَيۡتُهُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡفَآئِزُونَ ١١١

Innī jazaytuhumul-yawma bimā sabarū annahum humul-fā'izūn

Indeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."

قَٰلَ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ ١١٢

Qāla kam labithtum fil-ardi 'adada sinīn

[Allāh] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"

قَالُواْ لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٖ فَسۡـَٔلِ ٱلۡعَآدِّينَ ١١٣

Qālū labithnā yawman aw ba'da yawmin fas'alil-'āddīn

They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."

قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗاۖ لَّوۡ أَنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ١١٤

Qāla il labithtum illā qalīlal law annakum kuntum ta'lamūn

He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.

أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ عَبَثٗا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ١١٥

Afahasibtum annamā khalaqnākum 'abathan wa annakum ilaynā lā turja'ūn

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ١١٦

Fata'ālallāhul-malikul-haqqu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbul-'arshil-karīm

So exalted is Allāh, the Sovereign,⁹⁶⁹ the Truth;⁹⁷⁰ there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.

وَمَن يَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَا بُرۡهَٰنَ لَهُۥ بِهِۦ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ ١١٧

Waman yad'u ma'allāhi ilāhan ākhara lā burhāna lahū bihī fa innamā hisābuhū 'inda rabbihī innahū lā yuflihul-kāfirūn

And whoever invokes besides Allāh another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.

وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ وَٱرۡحَمۡ وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ١١٨

Waqur rabbighfir warham wa anta khayrur-rāhimīn

And, [O Muḥammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful."