25. Surah Al-Furqan The Criterion

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

تَبَارَكَ الَّذ۪ي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلٰى عَبْدِه۪ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَالَم۪ينَ نَذ۪يراًۙ

Tabaraka allathee nazzalaalfurqana AAala AAabdihi liyakoona lilAAalameenanatheera

Blessed be He who has sent down the Furqan to His slave so that he can be a warner to all beings;

اَلَّذ۪ي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَر۪يكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُ تَقْد۪يراً

Allathee lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi walam yattakhith waladan walamyakun lahu shareekun fee almulki wakhalaqa kulla shay-infaqaddarahu taqdeera

He to whom the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs. He does not have a son and He has no partner in the Kingdom. He created everything and determined it most exactly.

وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اٰلِهَةً لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِاَنْفُسِهِمْ ضَراًّ وَلَا نَفْعاً وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتاً وَلَا حَيٰوةً وَلَا نُشُوراً

Wattakhathoo min doonihi alihatanla yakhluqoona shay-an wahum yukhlaqoona walayamlikoona li-anfusihim darran wala nafAAan walayamlikoona mawtan wala hayatan walanushoora

But they have adopted gods apart from Him which do not create anything but are themselves created. They have no power to harm or help themselves. They have no power over death or life or resurrection.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّٓا اِفْكٌۨ افْتَرٰيهُ وَاَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ اٰخَرُونَۚۛ فَقَدْ جَٓاؤُ۫ ظُلْماً وَزُوراًۚۛ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hathailla ifkun iftarahu waaAAanahu AAalayhiqawmun akharoona faqad jaoo thulmanwazoora

Those who are kafir say, ‘This is nothing but a lie he has invented and other people have helped him to do it. They have brought injustice and falsehood.’

وَقَالُٓوا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلٰى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Waqaloo asateeru al-awwaleenaiktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseela

They say, ‘It is myths of previous peoples which he has had transcribed and which are read out to him in the morning and the evening. ’

قُلْ اَنْزَلَهُ الَّذ۪ي يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً

Qul anzalahu allathee yaAAlamu assirrafee assamawati wal-ardiinnahu kana ghafooran raheema

Say: ‘The One Who sent it down is He Who knows all hidden secrets in the heavens and earth. He is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’

وَقَالُوا مَالِ هٰذَا الرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْش۪ي فِي الْاَسْوَاقِۜ لَوْلَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُ نَذ۪يراًۙ

Waqaloo mali hatha arrasooliya/kulu attaAAama wayamshee fee al-aswaqilawla onzila ilayhi malakun fayakoona maAAahu natheera

They say, ‘What is the matter with this Messenger, that he eats food and walks in the market-place? Why has an angel not been sent down to him so that it can be a warner along with him?

اَوْ يُلْقٰٓى اِلَيْهِ كَنْزٌ اَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَاۜ وَقَالَ الظَّالِمُونَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا رَجُلاً مَسْحُوراً

Aw yulqa ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahujannatun ya/kulu minha waqala aththalimoonain tattabiAAoona illa rajulan mashoora

Why has treasure not been showered down on him? Why does he not have a garden to give him food?’ The wrongdoers say, ‘You are merely following a man who is bewitched. ’

اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْاَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا فَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ سَب۪يلاً۟

Onthur kayfa daraboolaka al-amthala fadalloo fala yastateeAAoonasabeela

See how they make comparative judgements about you. They are misguided and cannot find the way.

تَبَارَكَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اِنْ شَٓاءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْراً مِنْ ذٰلِكَ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۙ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكَ قُصُوراً

Tabaraka allathee in shaajaAAala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajreemin tahtiha al-anharu wayajAAal laka qusoora

Blessed be He who, if He wishes, will grant you better than that: Gardens with rivers flowing under them; and He will grant you Palaces.

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِالسَّاعَةِ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِمَنْ كَذَّبَ بِالسَّاعَةِ سَع۪يراًۚ

Bal kaththaboo bissaAAatiwaaAAtadna liman kaththaba bissaAAatisaAAeera

But instead, they deny the Hour; and We have prepared a Searing Blaze for those who deny the Hour.

اِذَا رَاَتْهُمْ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ سَمِعُوا لَهَا تَغَيُّظاً وَزَف۪يراً

Itha raat-hum min makaninbaAAeedin samiAAoo laha taghayyuthanwazafeera

When it sees them coming from a long way off, they will hear it seething and rasping.

وَاِذَٓا اُلْقُوا مِنْهَا مَكَاناً ضَيِّقاً مُقَرَّن۪ينَ دَعَوْا هُنَالِكَ ثُبُوراًۜ

Wa-itha olqoo minha makanandayyiqan muqarraneena daAAaw hunalika thuboora

When they are flung into a narrow place in it, shackled together in chains, they will cry out there for destruction.

لَا تَدْعُوا الْيَوْمَ ثُبُوراً وَاحِداً وَادْعُوا ثُبُوراً كَث۪يراً

La tadAAoo alyawma thubooran wahidanwadAAoo thubooran katheera

‘Do not cry out today for just one destruction, cry out for many destructions!’

قُلْ اَذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ اَمْ جَنَّةُ الْخُلْدِ الَّت۪ي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَۜ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَٓاءً وَمَص۪يراً

Qul athalika khayrun am jannatualkhuldi allatee wuAAida almuttaqoona kanat lahum jazaanwamaseera

Say: ‘Is that better, or the Garden of Eternal Life which has been promised to those who have taqwa? That is their recompense and destination. ’

لَهُمْ ف۪يهَا مَا يَشَٓاؤُ۫نَ خَالِد۪ينَۜ كَانَ عَلٰى رَبِّكَ وَعْداً مَسْؤُ۫لاً

Lahum feeha ma yashaoonakhalideena kana AAala rabbika waAAdanmas-oola

They will have in it whatever they want timelessly, for ever. It is a binding promise of your Lord.

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَاد۪ي هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا السَّب۪يلَۜ

Wayawma yahshuruhum wamayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi fayaqoolu aantum adlaltumAAibadee haola-i am hum dalloo assabeel

On the Day We gather them together, and those they worship besides Allah, and say, ‘Did you misguide these slaves of Mine or did they stray from the way of their own accord?’

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنْبَغ۪ي لَـنَٓا اَنْ نَتَّخِذَ مِنْ دُونِكَ مِنْ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ وَلٰكِنْ مَتَّعْتَهُمْ وَاٰبَٓاءَهُمْ حَتّٰى نَسُوا الذِّكْرَۚ وَكَانُوا قَوْماً بُوراً

Qaloo subhanaka ma kanayanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaawalakin mattaAAtahum waabaahum hattanasoo aththikra wakanoo qawman boora

they will say, ‘Glory be to You! It would not have been fitting for us to have taken any protectors apart from You. But You let them and their fathers enjoy themselves so that they forgot the Reminder. They were people devoid of good.’

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُمْ بِمَا تَقُولُونَۙ فَمَا تَسْتَط۪يعُونَ صَرْفاً وَلَا نَصْراًۚ وَمَنْ يَظْلِمْ مِنْكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَاباً كَب۪يراً

Faqad kaththabookum bimataqooloona fama tastateeAAoona sarfan walanasran waman yathlim minkum nuthiqhuAAathaban kabeera

So now they have disowned you for what you said, and they cannot avert it or give you any help. As for anyone among you who has done wrong, We will make him suffer great punishment.

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ اِلَّٓا اِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِي الْاَسْوَاقِۜ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةًۜ اَتَصْبِرُونَۚ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَص۪يراً۟

Wama arsalna qablaka minaalmursaleena illa innahum laya/kuloona attaAAamawayamshoona fee al-aswaqi wajaAAalna baAAdakumlibaAAdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakanarabbuka baseera

We never sent any Messengers before you who did not eat food and walk in the market-place. But We have made some of you a trial for others to see if you will be steadfast? Your Lord sees everything.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَٓاءَنَا لَوْلَٓا اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ اَوْ نَرٰى رَبَّـنَاۜ لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُواًّ كَب۪يراً

Waqala allatheena layarjoona liqaana lawla onzila AAalaynaalmala-ikatu aw nara rabbana laqadiistakbaroo fee anfusihim waAAataw AAutuwwan kabeera

Those who do not expect to meet Us say, ‘Why have angels not been sent down to us? Why do we not see our Lord?’ They have become arrogant about themselves and are excessively insolent.

يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرٰى يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُجْرِم۪ينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْراً مَحْجُوراً

Yawma yarawna almala-ikata labushra yawma-ithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijranmahjoora

On the Day they see the angels, there will be no good news that Day for the evildoers. They will say, ‘There is an absolute ban.’

وَقَدِمْنَٓا اِلٰى مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَٓاءً مَنْثُوراً

Waqadimna ila maAAamiloo min AAamalin fajaAAalnahu habaan manthoora

We will advance on the actions they have done and make them scattered specks of dust.

اَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُسْتَقَراًّ وَاَحْسَنُ مَق۪يلاً

As-habu aljannati yawma-ithinkhayrun mustaqarran waahsanu maqeela

The Companions of the Garden on that Day will have better lodging and a better resting-place,

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَٓاءُ بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ تَنْز۪يلاً

Wayawma tashaqqaqu assamao bilghamamiwanuzzila almala-ikatu tanzeela

the Day when Heaven is split apart in clouds, and the angels are sent down rank upon rank.

اَلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍۨ الْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمٰنِۜ وَكَانَ يَوْماً عَلَى الْكَافِر۪ينَ عَس۪يراً

Almulku yawma-ithin alhaqqu lirrahmaniwakana yawman AAala alkafireena AAaseera

The Kingdom that Day will belong in truth to the All-Merciful. It will be a hard Day for the kafirun,

وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلٰى يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَب۪يلاً

Wayawma yaAAaddu aththalimuAAala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtumaAAa arrasooli sabeela

the Day when a wrongdoer will bite his hands and say, ‘Alas for me! If only I had gone the way of the Messenger!

يَا وَيْلَتٰى لَيْتَن۪ي لَمْ اَتَّخِذْ فُلَاناً خَل۪يلاً

Ya waylata laytanee lamattakhith fulanan khaleela

Alas for me! If only I had not taken so-and-so for a friend!

لَقَدْ اَضَلَّن۪ي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ اِذْ جَٓاءَن۪يۜ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِلْاِنْسَانِ خَذُولاً

Laqad adallanee AAani aththikribaAAda ith jaanee wakana ashshaytanulil-insani khathoola

He led me astray from the Reminder after it came to me. ’ Shaytan always leaves man in the lurch.

وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ اِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ مَهْجُوراً

Waqala arrasoolu yarabbi inna qawmee ittakhathoo hatha alqur-anamahjoora

The Messenger says, ‘My Lord, my people treat this Qur’an as something to be ignored. ’

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُواًّ مِنَ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَۜ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ هَادِياً وَنَص۪يراً

Wakathalika jaAAalna likullinabiyyin AAaduwwan mina almujrimeena wakafa birabbika hadiyanwanaseera

In this way We have assigned to every Prophet an enemy from among the evildoers. But your Lord is a sufficient guide and helper.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْاٰنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةًۚ كَذٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِه۪ فُؤٰادَكَ وَرَتَّلْنَاهُ تَرْت۪يلاً

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lawlanuzzila AAalayhi alqur-anu jumlatan wahidatan kathalikalinuthabbita bihi fu-adaka warattalnahu tarteela

Those who are kafir say, ‘Why was the Qur’an not sent down to him all in one go?’ It is so that We can fortify your heart by it. We have recited it distinctly, little by little.

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ اِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَاَحْسَنَ تَفْس۪يراًۜ

Wala ya/toonaka bimathalin illaji/naka bilhaqqi waahsana tafseera

Every time they come to you with a difficult point, We bring you the truth and the best of explanations.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلٰى وُجُوهِهِمْ اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَكَاناً وَاَضَلُّ سَب۪يلاً۟

Allatheena yuhsharoona AAalawujoohihim ila jahannama ola-ika sharrun makananwaadallu sabeela

Those who are herded headlong into Hell, such people are in the worst position. They are the most misguided from the way.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُٓ اَخَاهُ هٰرُونَ وَز۪يراًۚ

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba wajaAAalna maAAahu akhahu haroonawazeera

We gave Musa the Book and appointed his brother Harun with him as a helper.

فَقُلْنَا اذْهَبَٓا اِلَى الْقَوْمِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۜ فَدَمَّرْنَاهُمْ تَدْم۪يراًۜ

Faqulna ithhaba ilaalqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinafadammarnahum tadmeera

We said, ‘Go to the people who have denied Our Signs,’ and We annihilated them completely.

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَمَّا كَذَّبُوا الرُّسُلَ اَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ اٰيَةًۜ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ عَـذَاباً اَل۪يماًۚ

Waqawma noohin lamma kaththabooarrusula aghraqnahum wajaAAalnahum linnasiayatan waaAAtadna liththalimeenaAAathaban aleema

And when the people of Nuh denied the Messengers, We drowned them and made them a Sign for all mankind. We have prepared a painful punishment for the wrongdoers.

وَعَـاداً وَثَمُودَا۬ وَاَصْحَابَ الرَّسِّ وَقُرُوناً بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ كَث۪يراً

WaAAadan wathamooda waas-habaarrassi waquroonan bayna thalika katheera

The same goes for ‘Ad and Thamud and the Companions of the Well and many generations in between.

وَكُلاًّ ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ الْاَمْثَالَۘ وَكُلاًّ تَبَّرْنَا تَتْب۪يراً

Wakullan darabna lahu al-amthalawakullan tabbarna tatbeera

We gave examples to each one of them and each one of them We utterly wiped out.

وَلَقَدْ اَتَوْا عَلَى الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ٓي اُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ السَّوْءِۜ اَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَرَوْنَهَاۚ بَلْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُوراً

Walaqad ataw AAala alqaryati allateeomtirat matara assaw-i afalam yakoonooyarawnaha bal kanoo la yarjoona nushoora

They themselves have come across the city which was rained on by an evil rain. Did they not then see it? But they do not expect to rise again.

وَاِذَا رَاَوْكَ اِنْ يَتَّخِذُونَكَ اِلَّا هُزُواًۜ اَهٰذَا الَّذ۪ي بَعَثَ اللّٰهُ رَسُولاً

Wa-itha raawka in yattakhithoonakailla huzuwan ahatha allathee baAAatha Allahurasoola

When they see you they only make a mockery of you: ‘Is this the one Allah has sent as a Messenger?

اِنْ كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ اٰلِهَتِنَا لَوْلَٓا اَنْ صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَاۜ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ ح۪ينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ مَنْ اَضَلُّ سَب۪يلاً

In kada layudillunaAAan alihatina lawla an sabarnaAAalayha wasawfa yaAAlamoona heena yarawna alAAathabaman adallu sabeela

He might almost have misled us from our gods had we not stuck to them steadfastly!’ They will soon know, when they see the punishment, whose way is the most misguided.

اَرَاَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰهَهُ هَوٰيهُۜ اَفَاَنْتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَك۪يلاًۙ

Araayta mani ittakhatha ilahahuhawahu afaanta takoonu AAalayhi wakeela

Have you seen him who has taken his whims and desires to be his god? Will you then be his guardian?

اَمْ تَحْسَبُ اَنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ اَوْ يَعْقِلُونَۜ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا كَالْاَنْـعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ اَضَلُّ سَب۪يلاً۟

Am tahsabu anna aktharahumyasmaAAoona aw yaAAqiloona in hum illa kal-anAAamibal hum adallu sabeela

Do you suppose that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cattle. Indeed they are even more astray!

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّۚ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ لَجَعَلَهُ سَاكِناًۚ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَل۪يلاًۙ

Alam tara ila rabbika kayfa madda aththillawalaw shaa lajaAAalahu sakinan thumma jaAAalnaashshamsa AAalayhi daleela

Do you not see how your Lord stretches out shadows? If He had wished He could have made them stationary. Then We appoint the sun to be the pointer to them.

ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَاهُ اِلَيْنَا قَبْضاً يَس۪يراً

Thumma qabadnahu ilaynaqabdan yaseera

Then We draw them back to Ourselves in gradual steps.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ لِبَاساً وَالنَّوْمَ سُبَاتاً وَجَعَلَ النَّهَارَ نُشُوراً

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala lakumuallayla libasan wannawma subatan wajaAAalaannahara nushoora

It is He who made the night a cloak for you and sleep a rest, and He made the day a time for rising.

وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْراً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِه۪ۚ وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً طَهُوراًۙ

Wahuwa allathee arsala arriyahabushran bayna yaday rahmatihi waanzalna mina assama-imaan tahoora

It is He who sends out the winds, bringing advance news of His mercy. And We send down from heaven pure water

لِنُحْيِيَ بِه۪ بَلْدَةً مَيْتاً وَنُسْقِيَهُ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَٓا اَنْعَاماً وَاَنَاسِيَّ كَث۪يراً

Linuhyiya bihi baldatan maytanwanusqiyahu mimma khalaqna anAAaman waanasiyyakatheera

so that by it We can bring a dead land to life and give drink to many of the animals and people We created.

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَاهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُواۘ فَاَبٰٓى اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوراً

Walaqad sarrafnahu baynahumliyaththakkaroo faaba aktharu annasiilla kufoora

We have variegated it for them so they might pay heed but most people spurn anything else but kufr.

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا ف۪ي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَذ۪يراًۘ

Walaw shi/na labaAAathna feekulli qaryatin natheera

If We had wished We could have sent a warner to every town.

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ وَجَاهِدْهُمْ بِه۪ جِهَاداً كَب۪يراً

Fala tutiAAi alkafireenawajahidhum bihi jihadan kabeera

So do not obey the kafirun but use this to battle against them with all your might.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهٰذَا مِلْحٌ اُجَاجٌۚ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخاً وَحِجْراً مَحْجُوراً

Wahuwa allathee maraja albahraynihatha AAathbun furatun wahatha milhunojajun wajaAAala baynahuma barzakhan wahijranmahjoora

It is He who has unloosed both seas – the one sweet and refreshing, the other salty and bitter – and put a dividing line between them, an uncrossable barrier.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَٓاءِ بَشَراً فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَباً وَصِهْراًۜ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَد۪يراً

Wahuwa allathee khalaqa mina alma-ibasharan fajaAAalahu nasaban wasihran wakanarabbuka qadeera

And it is He who created human beings from water and then gave them relations by blood and marriage. Your Lord is All-Powerful.

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْۜ وَكَانَ الْكَافِرُ عَلٰى رَبِّه۪ ظَه۪يراً

WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi mala yanfaAAuhum wala yadurruhum wakanaalkafiru AAala rabbihi thaheera

Yet they worship instead of Allah what can neither help nor harm them. The kuffar are always biased against their Lord.

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَاكَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّراً وَنَذ۪يراً

Wama arsalnaka illamubashshiran wanatheera

We sent you only to bring good news and to give warning.

قُلْ مَٓا اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ اِلَّا مَنْ شَٓاءَ اَنْ يَتَّخِذَ اِلٰى رَبِّه۪ سَب۪يلاً

Qul ma as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrinilla man shaa an yattakhitha ilarabbihi sabeela

Say: ‘I do not ask you for any wage for it – only that anyone who wants to should make his way towards his Lord. ’

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذ۪ي لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّـحْ بِحَمْدِه۪ۜ وَكَفٰى بِه۪ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِه۪ خَب۪يراًۚۛ

Watawakkal AAala alhayyi allatheela yamootu wasabbih bihamdihi wakafabihi bithunoobi AAibadihi khabeera

Put your trust in the Living who does not die and glorify Him with praise. He is well aware of the wrong actions of His slaves:

اَلَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ف۪ي سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِۚۛ اَلرَّحْمٰنُ فَسْـَٔلْ بِه۪ خَب۪يراً

Allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma fee sittatiayyamin thumma istawa AAala alAAarshi arrahmanufas-al bihi khabeera

He who created the heavens and the earth and everything in between them in six days, and then established Himself firmly on the Throne; the All-Merciful – ask anyone who is informed about Him.

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ اسْجُدُوا لِلرَّحْمٰنِ قَالُوا وَمَا الرَّحْمٰنُۗ اَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُوراً۟

Wa-itha qeela lahumu osjudoo lirrahmaniqaloo wama arrahmanu anasjudulima ta/muruna wazadahum nufoora

When they are told to prostrate to the All-Merciful, they say, ‘And what is the All-Merciful? Are we to prostrate to something you command us to?’ And it merely makes them run away all the more.

تَبَارَكَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ بُرُوجاً وَجَعَلَ ف۪يهَا سِرَاجاً وَقَمَراً مُن۪يراً

Tabaraka allathee jaAAala feeassama-i buroojan wajaAAala feeha sirajanwaqamaran muneera

Blessed be He who placed constellations in the sky and put a blazing lamp and shining moon among them.

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِمَنْ اَرَادَ اَنْ يَذَّكَّرَ اَوْ اَرَادَ شُكُوراً

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala allayla wannaharakhilfatan liman arada an yaththakkara aw aradashukoora

It is He who made night and day succeed each other for those who want to pay heed or to give thanks.

وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ الَّذ۪ينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ هَوْناً وَاِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَاهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَاماً

WaAAibadu arrahmaniallatheena yamshoona AAala al-ardi hawnanwa-itha khatabahumu aljahiloona qaloosalama

The slaves of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on the earth and, who, when the ignorant speak to them, say, ‘Peace’;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَب۪يتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّداً وَقِيَاماً

Wallatheena yabeetoonalirabbihim sujjadan waqiyama

those who pass the night prostrating and standing before their Lord;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّـنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَۗ اِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَاماًۗ

Wallatheena yaqooloona rabbanaisrif AAanna AAathaba jahannama inna AAathabahakana gharama

those who say, ‘Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell, its punishment is inescapable pain.

اِنَّهَا سَٓاءَتْ مُسْتَقَراًّ وَمُقَاماً

Innaha saat mustaqarran wamuqama

It is indeed an evil lodging and abode’;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اِذَٓا اَنْفَقُوا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ قَوَاماً

Wallatheena ithaanfaqoo lam yusrifoo walam yaqturoo wakana bayna thalikaqawama

those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor mean, but take a stance mid way between the two;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهاً اٰخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّت۪ي حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَۚ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ يَلْقَ اَثَاماًۙ

Wallatheena layadAAoona maAAa Allahi ilahan akharawala yaqtuloona annafsa allatee harrama Allahuilla bilhaqqi wala yaznoona wamanyafAAal thalika yalqa athama

those who do not call on any other god together with Allah and do not kill anyone Allah has made inviolate, except with the right to do so, and do not fornicate; anyone who does that will receive an evil punishment

يُضَاعَفْ لَهُ الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ ف۪يه۪۫ مُهَاناًۗ

YudaAAaf lahu alAAathabu yawmaalqiyamati wayakhlud feehi muhana

and on the Day of Rising his punishment will be doubled and he will be humiliated in it timelessly, for ever,

اِلَّا مَنْ تَابَ وَاٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلاً صَالِحاً فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللّٰهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ حَسَنَاتٍۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً

Illa man taba waamanawaAAamila AAamalan salihan faola-ikayubaddilu Allahu sayyi-atihim hasanatinwakana Allahu ghafooran raheema

except for those who make tawba and have iman and act rightly: Allah will transform the wrong actions of such people into good – Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful –

وَمَنْ تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَاِنَّهُ يَتُوبُ اِلَى اللّٰهِ مَتَاباً

Waman taba waAAamila salihanfa-innahu yatoobu ila Allahi mataba

for certainly all who make tawba and act rightly have turned sincerely towards Allah;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَۙ وَاِذَا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِرَاماً

Wallatheena layashhadoona azzoora wa-itha marroo billaghwimarroo kirama

those who do not bear false witness and who, when they pass by worthless talk, pass by with dignity;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا عَلَـيْـهَا صُـماًّ وَعُمْيَـاناً

Wallatheena itha thukkiroobi-ayati rabbihim lam yakhirroo AAalayha summanwaAAumyana

those who, when they are reminded of the Signs of their Lord, do not turn their backs, deaf and blind to them;

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّـنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ اَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ اَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ اِمَاماً

Wallatheena yaqooloona rabbanahab lana min azwajina wathurriyyatinaqurrata aAAyunin wajAAalna lilmuttaqeena imama

those who say, ‘Our Lord, give us joy in our wives and children and make us a good example for those who have taqwa’;

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ الْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا وَيُلَقَّوْنَ ف۪يهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَاماًۙ

Ola-ika yujzawna alghurfata bimasabaroo wayulaqqawna feeha tahiyyatan wasalama

such people will be repaid for their steadfastness with the Highest Paradise, where they will meet with welcome and with ‘Peace’.

خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۜ حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَراًّ وَمُقَاماً

Khalideena feeha hasunatmustaqarran wamuqama

They will remain in it timelessly, for ever. What an excellent lodging and abode!

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُ۬ا بِكُمْ رَبّ۪ي لَوْلَا دُعَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۚ فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَاماً

Qul ma yaAAbao bikum rabbee lawladuAAaokum faqad kaththabtum fasawfa yakoonu lizama

Say: ‘What has My Lord to do with you if you do not call on Him? But you have denied the truth, so punishment is bound to come. ’