39. Surah Az-Zumar The Groups

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

تَنْز۪يلُ الْكِتَابِ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْحَك۪يمِ

Tanzeelu alkitabi mina AllahialAAazeezi alhakeem

The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

اِنَّٓا اَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ فَاعْبُدِ اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصاً لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۜ

Inna anzalna ilayka alkitababilhaqqi faAAbudi Allaha mukhlisanlahu addeen

We have sent down the Book to you with truth. So worship Allah, making your deen sincerely His.

اَلَا لِلّٰهِ الدّ۪ينُ الْخَالِصُۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اَوْلِيَٓاءَۢ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ اِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ زُلْفٰىۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ ف۪ي مَا هُمْ ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْد۪ي مَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ

Ala lillahi addeenualkhalisu wallatheena ittakhathoomin doonihi awliyaa ma naAAbuduhum illaliyuqarriboona ila Allahi zulfa innaAllaha yahkumu baynahum fee ma hum feehiyakhtalifoona inna Allaha la yahdee man huwa kathibunkaffar

Indeed is the sincere deen not Allah’s alone? If people take protectors besides Him – ‘We only worship them so that they may bring us nearer to Allah’ – Allah will judge between them regarding the things about which they differed. Allah does not guide anyone who is an ungrateful liar.

لَوْ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ اَنْ يَتَّخِذَ وَلَداً لَاصْطَفٰى مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَٓاءُۙ سُبْحَانَهُۜ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

Law arada Allahu an yattakhithawaladan lastafa mimma yakhluqu mayashao subhanahu huwa Allahu alwahidualqahhar

If Allah had desired to have a son He would have chosen whatever He wished from what He has created. Glory be to Him! He is Allah, the One, the All-Conquering.

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّۚ يُكَوِّرُ الَّيْلَ عَلَى النَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّهَارَ عَلَى الَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۜ كُلٌّ يَجْر۪ي لِاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ اَلَا هُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْغَفَّارُ

Khalaqa assamawati wal-ardabilhaqqi yukawwiru allayla AAala annahariwayukawwiru annahara AAala allayliwasakhkhara ashshamsa walqamara kullun yajreeli-ajalin musamman ala huwa alAAazeezu alghaffar

He created the heavens and the earth with truth. He wraps the night around the day and wraps the day around the night, and has made the sun and moon subservient, each one running for a specified term. Is He not indeed the Almighty, the Endlessly Forgiving?

خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَاَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَنْعَامِ ثَمَانِيَةَ اَزْوَاجٍۜ يَخْلُقُكُمْ ف۪ي بُطُونِ اُمَّهَاتِكُمْ خَلْقاً مِنْ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتٍ ثَلٰثٍۜ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُۜ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ فَاَنّٰى تُصْرَفُونَ

Khalaqakum min nafsin wahidatin thummajaAAala minha zawjaha waanzala lakum mina al-anAAamithamaniyata azwajin yakhluqukum fee butooniommahatikum khalqan min baAAdi khalqin fee thulumatinthalathin thalikumu Allahu rabbukum lahualmulku la ilaha illa huwa faanna tusrafoon

He created you from a single self, then produced its mate from it, and sent down livestock to you – eight kinds in pairs. He creates you stage by stage in your mothers’ wombs in a threefold darkness. That is Allah, your Lord. Sovereignty is His. There is no god but Him. So what has made you deviate?

اِنْ تَكْفُرُوا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْكُمْ وَلَا يَرْضٰى لِعِبَادِهِ الْكُفْرَۚ وَاِنْ تَشْكُرُوا يَرْضَهُ۬ لَكُمْۜ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ اُخْرٰىۜ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَۜ اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

In takfuroo fa-inna Allaha ghaniyyunAAankum wala yarda liAAibadihi alkufra wa-intashkuroo yardahu lakum wala taziru waziratunwizra okhra thumma ila rabbikum marjiAAukumfayunabbi-okum bima kuntum taAAmaloona innahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

If you are ungrateful, Allah is rich beyond need of any of you and He is not pleased with ingratitude in His slaves. But if you are grateful, He is pleased with you for that. No burden-bearer can bear another’s burden. Then you will return to your Lord and He will inform you of what you did. He knows what the heart contains.

وَاِذَا مَسَّ الْاِنْسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُ مُن۪يباً اِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ اِذَا خَوَّلَهُ نِعْمَةً مِنْهُ نَسِيَ مَا كَانَ يَدْعُٓوا اِلَيْهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلّٰهِ اَنْدَاداً لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِه۪ۜ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَل۪يلاًۗ اِنَّكَ مِنْ اَصْحَابِ النَّارِ

Wa-itha massa al-insana durrundaAAa rabbahu muneeban ilayhi thumma ithakhawwalahu niAAmatan minhu nasiya ma kana yadAAooilayhi min qablu wajaAAala lillahi andadan liyudillaAAan sabeelihi qul tamattaAA bikufrika qaleelan innaka min as-habiannar

When harm touches man he calls upon his Lord, making tawba to Him. Then when He grants him a blessing from Him, he forgets what he was calling for before and ascribes rivals to Allah, so as to misguide others from His Way. Say: ‘Enjoy your kufr for a little while. You are among the Companions of the Fire.’

اَمَّنْ هُوَ قَانِتٌ اٰنَٓاءَ الَّيْلِ سَاجِداً وَقَٓائِماً يَحْذَرُ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُوا رَحْمَةَ رَبِّه۪ۜ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذ۪ينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۜ اِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ۟

Amman huwa qanitun anaaallayli sajidan waqa-iman yahtharu al-akhiratawayarjoo rahmata rabbihi qul hal yastawee allatheenayaAAlamoona wallatheena la yaAAlamoonainnama yatathakkaru oloo al-albab

What of him who spends the night hours in prayer, prostrating and standing up, mindful of the Next World, hoping for the mercy of his Lord? Say: ‘Are they the same – those who know and those who do not know?’ It is only people of intelligence who pay heed.

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْۜ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اَحْسَنُوا ف۪ي هٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌۜ وَاَرْضُ اللّٰهِ وَاسِعَةٌۜ اِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى الصَّابِرُونَ اَجْرَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Qul ya AAibadi allatheenaamanoo ittaqoo rabbakum lillatheena ahsanoofee hathihi addunya hasanatun waarduAllahi wasiAAatun innama yuwaffa assabiroonaajrahum bighayri hisab

Say: ‘Slaves of Mine who have iman! have taqwa of your Lord. For those who do good in this world there is good and Allah’s earth is spacious. The steadfast will be paid their wages in full without any reckoning.’

قُلْ اِنّ۪ٓي اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصاً لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۙ

Qul innee omirtu an aAAbuda Allahamukhlisan lahu addeen

Say: ‘I am commanded to worship Allah, making my deen sincerely His.

وَاُمِرْتُ لِاَنْ اَكُونَ اَوَّلَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ

Waomirtu li-an akoona awwala almuslimeen

And I am commanded to be the first of the Muslims. ’

قُلْ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ اِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبّ۪ي عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظ۪يمٍ

Qul innee akhafu in AAasayturabbee AAathaba yawmin AAatheem

Say: ‘I fear, were I to disobey my Lord, the punishment of a Terrible Day. ’

قُلِ اللّٰهَ اَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصاً لَهُ د۪ين۪يۙ

Quli Allaha aAAbudu mukhlisanlahu deenee

Say: ‘It is Allah I worship, making my deen sincerely His,

فَاعْبُدُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِه۪ۜ قُلْ اِنَّ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ الَّذ۪ينَ خَسِرُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَاَهْل۪يهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ اَلَا ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُب۪ينُ

FaAAbudoo ma shi/tum mindoonihi qul inna alkhasireena allatheena khasirooanfusahum waahleehim yawma alqiyamati ala thalikahuwa alkhusranu almubeen

so worship anything you will apart from Him!’ Say: ‘The real losers are those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Rising. ’ Is not that clear loss?

لَهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌۜ ذٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ عِبَادَهُۜ يَا عِبَادِ فَاتَّقُونِ

Lahum min fawqihim thulalunmina annari wamin tahtihim thulalunthalika yukhawwifu Allahu bihi AAibadahu yaAAibadi fattaqoon

They will have awnings of Fire above them and awnings below them. By that Allah strikes fear into His slaves: ‘So have taqwa, My slaves, of Me!’

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اجْتَنَبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ اَنْ يَعْبُدُوهَا وَاَنَابُٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرٰىۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِۙ

Wallatheena ijtanaboo attaghootaan yaAAbudooha waanaboo ila Allahilahumu albushra fabashshir AAibad

Those who shun the worship of false gods and turn towards Allah will have good news. So give good news to My slaves.

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ اَحْسَنَهُۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ هَدٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمْ اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

Allatheena yastamiAAoona alqawlafayattabiAAoona ahsanahu ola-ika allatheenahadahumu Allahu waola-ika hum oloo al-albab

Those who listen well to what is said and follow the best of it, they are the ones whom Allah has guided, they are the people of intelligence.

اَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِۜ اَفَاَنْتَ تُنْقِذُ مَنْ فِي النَّارِۚ

Afaman haqqa AAalayhi kalimatu alAAathabiafaanta tunqithu man fee annar

But as for those against whom the decree of Punishment is justly carried out, can you rescue those who are in the Fire?

لٰكِنِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَبْنِيَّةٌۙ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۜ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِۜ لَا يُخْلِفُ اللّٰهُ الْم۪يعَادَ

Lakini allatheena ittaqawrabbahum lahum ghurafun min fawqiha ghurafun mabniyyatuntajree min tahtiha al-anharu waAAda Allahila yukhlifu Allahu almeeAAad

But those who have taqwa of their Lord will have high-ceilinged Halls, and more such Halls built one above the other, and rivers flowing under them. That is Allah’s promise. Allah does not break His promise.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَاب۪يعَ فِي الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِه۪ زَرْعاً مُخْتَلِفاً اَلْوَانُهُ ثُمَّ يَه۪يجُ فَـتَرٰيهُ مُصْفَراًّ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَاماًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَذِكْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ۟

Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina assama-imaan fasalakahu yanabeeAAa fee al-ardithumma yukhriju bihi zarAAan mukhtalifan alwanuhu thummayaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yajAAaluhu hutamaninna fee thalika lathikra li-olee al-albab

Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky and threads it through the earth to emerge as springs and then by it brings forth crops of varying colours, which then wither and you see them turning yellow and then He makes them into broken stubble? There is a reminder in that for people of intelligence.

اَفَمَنْ شَرَحَ اللّٰهُ صَدْرَهُ لِلْاِسْلَامِ فَهُوَ عَلٰى نُورٍ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ۜ فَوَيْلٌ لِلْقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Afaman sharaha Allahu sadrahulil-islami fahuwa AAala noorin min rabbihi fawaylunlilqasiyati quloobuhum min thikri Allahi ola-ikafee dalalin mubeen

Is he whose breast is opened to Islam, and who is therefore illuminated by his Lord. . . ? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah! Such people are clearly misguided.

اَللّٰهُ نَزَّلَ اَحْسَنَ الْحَد۪يثِ كِتَاباً مُتَشَابِهاً مَثَانِيَۗ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْۚ ثُمَّ تَل۪ينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ اِلٰى ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ هُدَى اللّٰهِ يَهْد۪ي بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ هَادٍ

Allahu nazzala ahsana alhadeethikitaban mutashabihan mathaniya taqshaAAirruminhu juloodu allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum thummataleenu julooduhum waquloobuhum ila thikri Allahithalika huda Allahi yahdee bihi man yashaowaman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min had

Allah has sent down the Supreme Discourse, a Book consistent in its frequent repetitions. The skins of those who fear their Lord tremble at it and then their skins and hearts yield softly to the remembrance of Allah. That is Allah’s guidance by which He guides whoever He wills. And no one can guide those whom Allah misguides.

اَفَمَنْ يَتَّق۪ي بِوَجْهِه۪ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ وَق۪يلَ لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ ذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

Afaman yattaqee biwajhihi soo-a alAAathabiyawma alqiyamati waqeela liththalimeenathooqoo ma kuntum taksiboon

Is someone who tries to shield himself with his face from the worst of the torment on the Day of Rising. . . ? The wrongdoers will be told, ‘Taste what you have earned.’

كَذَّبَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتٰيهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Kaththaba allatheena minqablihim faatahumu alAAathabu min haythu layashAAuroon

Those before them also denied the truth and the punishment came upon them from where they did not expect.

فَاَذَاقَهُمُ اللّٰهُ الْخِزْيَ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۢ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

Faathaqahumu Allahu alkhizyafee alhayati addunya walaAAathabual-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon

So Allah made them taste disgrace in the life of this world and the punishment of the Next World is far worse if they only knew.

وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ ف۪ي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَۚ

Walaqad darabna linnasifee hatha alqur-ani min kulli mathalin laAAallahumyatathakkaroon

We have given all kinds of examples to people in this Qur’an, so that hopefully they will pay heed –

قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ غَيْرَ ذ۪ي عِوَجٍ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Qur-anan AAarabiyyan ghayra theeAAiwajin laAAallahum yattaqoon

an Arabic Qur’an with no distortion in it, so that hopefully they will have taqwa.

ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً رَجُلاً ف۪يهِ شُرَكَٓاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ وَرَجُلاً سَلَماً لِرَجُلٍۜ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلاًۜ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِۚ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Daraba Allahu mathalan rajulanfeehi shurakao mutashakisoona warajulan salamanlirajulin hal yastawiyani mathalan alhamdu lillahibal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoon

Allah has made a metaphor for them of a man owned by several partners in dispute with one another and another man wholly owned by a single man. Are they the same? Praise be to Allah! The fact is that most of them do not know.

اِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَاِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَۘ

Innaka mayyitun wa-innahum mayyitoon

You will die and they too will die.

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ۟

Thumma innakum yawma alqiyamatiAAinda rabbikum takhtasimoon

Then on the Day of Rising you will argue in the presence of your Lord.

فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَذَبَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِالصِّدْقِ اِذْ جَٓاءَهُۜ اَلَيْسَ ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ

Faman athlamu mimman kathabaAAala Allahi wakaththaba bissidqiith jaahu alaysa fee jahannama mathwan lilkafireen

Who could do greater wrong than those who lie about Allah and deny the truth when it comes to them? Do the kuffar not have a dwelling place in Hell?

وَالَّذ۪ي جَٓاءَ بِالصِّدْقِ وَصَدَّقَ بِه۪ٓ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُتَّقُونَ

Wallathee jaa bissidqiwasaddaqa bihi ola-ika humu almuttaqoon

He who brings the truth and those who confirm it – those are the people who have taqwa.

لَهُمْ مَا يَشَٓاؤُ۫نَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۜ ذٰلِكَ جَزٰٓؤُا الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۚ

Lahum ma yashaoona AAindarabbihim thalika jazao almuhsineen

They will have anything they wish for with their Lord. That is the recompense of the good-doers.

لِيُكَفِّرَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمْ اَسْوَاَ الَّذ۪ي عَمِلُوا وَيَجْزِيَهُمْ اَجْرَهُمْ بِاَحْسَنِ الَّذ۪ي كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Liyukaffira Allahu AAanhum aswaa allatheeAAamiloo wayajziyahum ajrahum bi-ahsani allathee kanooyaAAmaloon

So that Allah may erase from them the worst of what they did and pay them their wages for the best of what they did.

اَلَيْسَ اللّٰهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُۜ وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ بِالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ۜ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ هَادٍۚ

Alaysa Allahu bikafin AAabdahuwayukhawwifoonaka billatheena min doonihi waman yudliliAllahu fama lahu min had

Is Allah not enough for His slave? Yet they try to scare you with others apart from Him. If Allah misguides someone, he has no guide

وَمَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ مُضِلٍّۜ اَلَيْسَ اللّٰهُ بِعَز۪يزٍ ذِي انْتِقَامٍ

Waman yahdi Allahu fama lahumin mudillin alaysa Allahu biAAazeezin theeintiqam

and if Allah guides someone, he cannot be misguided. Is Allah not Almighty, Exactor of Revenge?

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُۜ قُلْ اَفَرَاَيْتُمْ مَا تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ اَرَادَنِيَ اللّٰهُ بِضُرٍّ هَلْ هُنَّ كَاشِفَاتُ ضُرِّه۪ٓ اَوْ اَرَادَن۪ي بِرَحْمَةٍ هَلْ هُنَّ مُمْسِكَاتُ رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ قُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللّٰهُۜ عَلَيْهِ يَتَوَكَّلُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ

Wala-in saaltahum man khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda layaqoolunna Allahu qul afaraaytumma tadAAoona min dooni Allahi in aradaniyaAllahu bidurrin hal hunna kashifatu durrihiaw aradanee birahmatin hal hunna mumsikaturahmatihi qul hasbiya Allahu AAalayhiyatawakkalu almutawakkiloon

If you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth?’ they will say, ‘Allah. ’ Say: ‘So what do you think? If Allah desires harm for me, can those you call upon besides Allah remove His harm? Or if He desires mercy for me, can they withhold His mercy?’ Say: ‘Allah is enough for me. All those who truly trust put their trust in Him.’

قُلْ يَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلٰى مَكَانَتِكُمْ اِنّ۪ي عَامِلٌۚ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَۙ

Qul ya qawmi iAAmaloo AAalamakanatikum innee AAamilun fasawfa taAAlamoon

Say: ‘My people, do as you think best; that is what I am doing. You will soon know

مَنْ يَأْت۪يهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْز۪يهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُق۪يمٌ

Man ya/teehi AAathabun yukhzeehi wayahilluAAalayhi AAathabun muqeem

who will receive a punishment which disgraces him and will unleash against himself an everlasting punishment. ’

اِنَّٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ لِلنَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّۚ فَمَنِ اهْتَدٰى فَلِنَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ ضَلَّ فَاِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَاۚ وَمَٓا اَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِوَك۪يلٍ۟

Inna anzalna AAalayka alkitabalinnasi bilhaqqi famani ihtadafalinafsihi waman dalla fa-innama yadilluAAalayha wama anta AAalayhim biwakeel

We have sent down to you the Book for mankind with truth. So whoever is guided is guided to his own good and whoever is misguided, it is to his detriment. You are not set over them as a guardian.

اَللّٰهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْاَنْفُسَ ح۪ينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّت۪ي لَمْ تَمُتْ ف۪ي مَنَامِهَاۚ فَيُمْسِكُ الَّت۪ي قَضٰى عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الْاُخْرٰٓى اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Allahu yatawaffa al-anfusa heenamawtiha wallatee lam tamut fee manamihafayumsiku allatee qada AAalayha almawta wayursilual-okhra ila ajalin musamman inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yatafakkaroon

Allah takes back people’s souls when their death arrives and those who have not yet died, while they are asleep. He keeps hold of those whose death has been decreed and sends the others back for a specified term. There are certainly Signs in that for people who reflect.

اَمِ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ شُفَعَٓاءَۜ قُلْ اَوَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Ami ittakhathoo min dooni AllahishufaAAaa qul awa law kanoo la yamlikoonashay-an wala yaAAqiloon

Or have they adopted intercessors besides Allah? Say: ‘Even though they do not control a thing and have no awareness?’

قُلْ لِلّٰهِ الشَّفَاعَةُ جَم۪يعاًۜ لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ ثُمَّ اِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Qul lillahi ashshafaAAatujameeAAan lahu mulku assamawati wal-ardithumma ilayhi turjaAAoon

Say: ‘Intercession is entirely Allah’s affair. The kingdom of the heavens and earth is His. Then you will be returned to Him.’

وَاِذَا ذُكِرَ اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ اشْمَاَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَاِذَا ذُكِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

Wa-itha thukira Allahuwahdahu ishmaazzat quloobu allatheena layu/minoona bil-akhirati wa-itha thukiraallatheena min doonihi itha hum yastabshiroon

When Allah is mentioned on His own, the hearts of those who do not believe in the akhira shrink back shuddering, but when others apart from Him are mentioned, they jump for joy.

قُلِ اللّٰهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ اَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Quli allahumma fatira assamawatiwal-ardi AAalima alghaybi washshahadatianta tahkumu bayna AAibadika fee ma kanoofeehi yakhtalifoon

Say: ‘O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, You will judge between Your slaves regarding what they differed about. ’

وَلَوْ اَنَّ لِلَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مَا فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاً وَمِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ لَافْتَدَوْا بِه۪ مِنْ سُٓوءِ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ وَبَدَا لَهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ

Walaw anna lillatheena thalamooma fee al-ardi jameeAAan wamithlahu maAAahu laftadawbihi min soo-i alAAathabi yawma alqiyamati wabadalahum mina Allahi ma lam yakoonoo yahtasiboon

If those who did wrong owned everything on earth, and the same again with it, they would offer it as a ransom to save themselves from the evil of the punishment on the Day of Rising. What confronts them from Allah will be something they did not reckon with.

وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

Wabada lahum sayyi-atu makasaboo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihiyastahzi-oon

What confronts them will be the evil actions which they earned and what they used to mock at will engulf them.

فَاِذَا مَسَّ الْاِنْسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَاۘ ثُمَّ اِذَا خَوَّلْنَاهُ نِعْمَةً مِنَّاۙ قَالَ اِنَّـمَٓا اُو۫ت۪يتُهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍۜ بَلْ هِيَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Fa-itha massa al-insana durrundaAAana thumma itha khawwalnahuniAAmatan minna qala innama ooteetuhu AAalaAAilmin bal hiya fitnatun walakinna aktharahum layaAAlamoon

When harm touches man he calls on Us. Then when We grant him a blessing from Us he says, ‘I have only been given this because of my knowledge.’ In fact it is a trial but most of them do not know it.

قَدْ قَالَهَا الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Qad qalaha allatheenamin qablihim fama aghna AAanhum ma kanooyaksiboon

Those who came before them also said that, but what they earned did not avail them.

فَاَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُواۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ سَيُص۪يبُهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُواۙ وَمَا هُمْ بِمُعْجِز۪ينَ

Faasabahum sayyi-atu makasaboo wallatheena thalamoo min haola-isayuseebuhum sayyi-atu ma kasaboo wamahum bimuAAjizeen

The evil deeds they earned caught up with them. And the evil deeds which the wrongdoers among these people earn will also catch up with them and they can do nothing to prevent it.

اَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَقْدِرُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ۟

Awa lam yaAAlamoo anna Allaha yabsutuarrizqa liman yashao wayaqdiru inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yu/minoon

Do they not know that Allah expands the provision of anyone He wills and restricts it? There are certainly Signs in that for people who have iman.

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَسْرَفُوا عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَم۪يعاًۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّح۪يمُ

Qul ya AAibadiya allatheenaasrafoo AAala anfusihim la taqnatoo min rahmatiAllahi inna Allaha yaghfiru aththunoobajameeAAan innahu huwa alghafooru arraheem

Say: ‘My slaves, you who have transgressed against yourselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Truly Allah forgives all wrong actions. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’

وَاَن۪يبُٓوا اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ وَاَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنْصَرُونَ

Waaneeboo ila rabbikum waaslimoo lahumin qabli an ya/tiyakumu alAAathabu thumma la tunsaroon

Turn in repentance to your Lord and submit to Him before punishment comes upon you, for then you cannot be helped.

وَاتَّبِعُٓوا اَحْسَنَ مَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَۙ

WattabiAAoo ahsana maonzila ilaykum min rabbikum min qabli an ya/tiyakumu alAAathabubaghtatan waantum la tashAAuroon

Follow the best that has been sent down to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly when you are not expecting it;

اَنْ تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتٰى عَلٰى مَا فَرَّطْتُ ف۪ي جَنْبِ اللّٰهِ وَاِنْ كُنْتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِر۪ينَۙ

An taqoola nafsun ya hasrataAAala ma farrattu fee janbi Allahiwa-in kuntu lamina assakhireen

lest anyone should say, ‘Alas for me for neglecting what Allah was due, and being one of the scoffers!’

اَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ هَدٰين۪ي لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّق۪ينَۙ

Aw taqoola law anna Allaha hadaneelakuntu mina almuttaqeen

or lest they should say, ‘If only Allah had guided me, I would have had taqwa,’

اَوْ تَقُولَ ح۪ينَ تَرَى الْعَذَابَ لَوْ اَنَّ ل۪ي كَرَّةً فَاَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Aw taqoola heena tara alAAathabalaw anna lee karratan faakoona mina almuhsineen

or lest he should say, when he sees the punishment, ‘If only I could have another chance so that I could be a good-doer!’

بَلٰى قَدْ جَٓاءَتْكَ اٰيَات۪ي فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا وَاسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنْتَ مِنَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Bala qad jaatka ayateefakaththabta biha wastakbarta wakunta minaalkafireen

‘No, the fact is that My Signs came to you but you denied them and were arrogant and were one of the kafirun. ’

وَيَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ تَرَى الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ وُجُوهُهُمْ مُسْوَدَّةٌۜ اَلَيْسَ ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِلْمُتَكَبِّر۪ينَ

Wayawma alqiyamati tara allatheenakathaboo AAala Allahi wujoohuhum muswaddatunalaysa fee jahannama mathwan lilmutakabbireen

On the Day of Rising you will see those who lied against Allah with their faces blackened. Do not the arrogant have a dwelling place in Hell?

وَيُنَجِّي اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا بِمَفَازَتِهِمْۘ لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ السُّٓوءُ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Wayunajjee Allahu allatheenaittaqaw bimafazatihim la yamassuhumu assoo-owala hum yahzanoon

Allah will give security those who had taqwa in their victorious Safe Haven. No evil will touch them and they will know no sorrow.

اَللّٰهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۘ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَك۪يلٌ

Allahu khaliqu kulli shay-inwahuwa AAala kulli shay-in wakeel

Allah is the Creator of everything and He is Guardian over everything.

لَهُ مَقَال۪يدُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ۟

Lahu maqaleedu assamawatiwal-ardi wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatiAllahi ola-ika humu alkhasiroon

The keys of the heavens and earth belong to Him. It is those who reject Allah’s Signs who are the losers.

قُلْ اَفَغَيْرَ اللّٰهِ تَأْمُرُٓونّ۪ٓي اَعْبُدُ اَيُّهَا الْجَاهِلُونَ

Qul afaghayra Allahi ta/muroonneeaAAbudu ayyuha aljahiloon

Say: ‘Do you order me to worship something other than Allah, you ignorant people?’

وَلَقَدْ اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَ وَاِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَۚ لَئِنْ اَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Walaqad oohiya ilayka wa-ilaallatheena min qablika la-in ashrakta layahbatannaAAamaluka walatakoonanna mina alkhasireen

It has been revealed to you and those before you: ‘If you associate others with Allah, your actions will come to nothing and you will be among the losers. ’

بَلِ اللّٰهَ فَاعْبُدْ وَكُنْ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Bali Allaha faAAbud wakunmina ashshakireen

No! Worship Allah and be among the thankful.

وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِه۪ۗ وَالْاَرْضُ جَم۪يعاً قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَالسَّمٰوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَم۪ينِه۪ۜ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Wama qadaroo Allaha haqqaqadrihi wal-ardu jameeAAan qabdatuhu yawmaalqiyamati wassamawatu matwiyyatunbiyameenihi subhanahu wataAAala AAammayushrikoon

They do not measure Allah with His true measure. The whole earth will be a mere handful for Him on the Day of Rising, the heavens folded up in His right hand. Glory be to Him! He is exalted above the partners they ascribe!

وَنُفِـخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا مَنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۚ ثُمَّ نُفِـخَ ف۪يهِ اُخْرٰى فَاِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنْظُرُونَ

Wanufikha fee assoori fasaAAiqaman fee assamawati waman fee al-ardiilla man shaa Allahu thumma nufikha feehiokhra fa-itha hum qiyamun yanthuroon

The Trumpet will be blown and those in the heavens and those in the earth will all lose consciousness, except those Allah wills. Then it will be blown a second time and at once they will be standing upright, looking on.

وَاَشْرَقَتِ الْاَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ وَج۪ٓيءَ بِالنَّبِيّ۪نَ وَالشُّهَدَٓاءِ وَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Waashraqati al-ardu binoori rabbihawawudiAAa alkitabu wajee-a binnabiyyeenawashshuhada-i waqudiya baynahum bilhaqqiwahum la yuthlamoon

And the earth will shine with the Pure Light of its Lord; the Book will be put in place; the Prophets and witnesses will be brought; it will be decided between them with the truth; and they will not be wronged.

وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا عَمِلَتْ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ۟

Wawuffiyat kullu nafsin ma AAamilatwahuwa aAAlamu bima yafAAaloon

Every self will be repaid in full for what it did. He knows best what they are doing.

وَس۪يقَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَ زُمَراًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫هَا فُتِحَتْ اَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُـهَٓا اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْكُمْ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ اٰيَاتِ رَبِّكُمْ وَيُنْذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَٓاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَاۜ قَالُوا بَلٰى وَلٰكِنْ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ عَلَى الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waseeqa allatheena kafaroo ilajahannama zumaran hatta itha jaoohafutihat abwabuha waqala lahumkhazanatuha alam ya/tikum rusulun minkum yatloonaAAalaykum ayati rabbikum wayunthiroonakumliqaa yawmikum hatha qaloo bala walakinhaqqat kalimatu alAAathabi AAala alkafireen

Those who are kafir will be driven to Hell in companies and when they arrive there and its gates are opened its custodians will say to them, ‘Did Messengers from yourselves not come to you, reciting your Lord’s Signs to you and warning you of the meeting on this Day of yours?’ They will say, ‘Indeed they did, but the decree of punishment is justly carried out against the kafirun. ’

ق۪يلَ ادْخُلُٓوا اَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۚ فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّر۪ينَ

Qeela odkhuloo abwaba jahannama khalideenafeeha fabi/sa mathwa almutakabbireen

They will be told, ‘Enter the gates of Hell and stay there timelessly, for ever. How evil is the abode of the arrogant!’

وَس۪يقَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ زُمَراًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫هَا وَفُتِحَتْ اَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِد۪ينَ

Waseeqa allatheena ittaqaw rabbahumila aljannati zumaran hatta itha jaoohawafutihat abwabuha waqala lahumkhazanatuha salamun AAalaykum tibtum fadkhuloohakhalideen

And those who have taqwa of their Lord will be driven to the Garden in companies and when they arrive there, finding its gates open, its custodians will say to them, ‘Peace be upon you! You have done well so enter it timelessly, for ever. ’

وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُ وَاَوْرَثَنَا الْاَرْضَ نَتَبَوَّاُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ نَشَٓاءُۚ فَنِعْمَ اَجْرُ الْعَامِل۪ينَ

Waqaloo alhamdu lillahiallathee sadaqana waAAdahu waawrathanaal-arda natabawwao mina aljannati haythu nashaofaniAAma ajru alAAamileen

They will say, ‘Praise be to Allah Who has fulfilled His promise to us and made us the inheritors of this land, letting us settle in the Garden wherever we want. How excellent is the wage of those who work!’

وَتَرَى الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ حَٓافّ۪ينَ مِنْ حَوْلِ الْعَرْشِ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْۚ وَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَق۪يلَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Watara almala-ikata haffeenamin hawli alAAarshi yusabbihoona bihamdirabbihim waqudiya baynahum bilhaqqi waqeelaalhamdu lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

You will see the angels circling round the Throne, glorifying their Lord with praise. It will be decided between them with truth. And it will be said: ‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’