41. Surah Fussilat Explained in detail

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

حٰمٓۜ

Ha-meem

Ha Mim.

تَنْز۪يلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِۚ

Tanzeelun mina arrahmaniarraheem

A revelation from the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful.

كِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ اٰيَاتُهُ قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَۙ

Kitabun fussilat ayatuhuqur-anan AAarabiyyan liqawmin yaAAlamoon

A Book whose verses have been demarcated for people who know as an Arabic Qur’an,

بَش۪يراً وَنَذ۪يراًۚ فَاَعْرَضَ اَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Basheeran wanatheeran faaAAradaaktharuhum fahum la yasmaAAoon

bringing good news and giving warning; but most of them have turned away and do not hear.

وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا ف۪ٓي اَكِنَّةٍ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَٓا اِلَيْهِ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنْ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَاعْمَلْ اِنَّـنَا عَامِلُونَ

Waqaloo quloobuna fee akinnatinmimma tadAAoona ilayhi wafee athaninawaqrun wamin baynina wabaynika hijabun faAAmalinnana AAamiloon

They say, ‘Our hearts are covered up against what you call us to and there is a heaviness in our ears. There is a screen between us and you. So act – we are certainly acting.’

قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ اَنَّـمَٓا اِلٰهُـكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَاسْتَق۪يمُٓوا اِلَيْهِ وَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُۜ وَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُشْرِك۪ينَۙ

Qul innama ana basharunmithlukum yooha ilayya annama ilahukum ilahunwahidun fastaqeemoo ilayhi wastaghfiroohuwawaylun lilmushrikeen

Say: ‘I am only a human being like yourselves. It is revealed to me that your god is One God. So be straight with Him and ask His forgiveness.’ Woe to those who associate others with Him:

اَلَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْتُونَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ كَافِرُونَ

Allatheena la yu/toona azzakatawahum bil-akhirati hum kafiroon

those who do not pay zakat and reject the Next World.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ اَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ۟

Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lahum ajrun ghayrumamnoon

Those who have iman and do right actions will have a wage which never fails.

قُلْ اَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ الْاَرْضَ ف۪ي يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَـهُٓ اَنْدَاداًۜ ذٰلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَالَم۪ينَۚ

Qul a-innakum latakfuroona billatheekhalaqa al-arda fee yawmayni watajAAaloona lahu andadanthalika rabbu alAAalameen

Say: ‘Do you reject Him who created the earth in two days, and make others equal to Him? That is the Lord of all the worlds. ’

وَجَعَلَ ف۪يهَا رَوَاسِيَ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا وَبَارَكَ ف۪يهَا وَقَدَّرَ ف۪يهَٓا اَقْوَاتَهَا ف۪ٓي اَرْبَعَةِ اَيَّامٍۜ سَوَٓاءً لِلسَّٓائِل۪ينَ

WajaAAala feeha rawasiya minfawqiha wabaraka feeha waqaddara feehaaqwataha fee arbaAAati ayyamin sawaanlissa-ileen

He placed firmly embedded mountains on it, towering over it, and blessed it and measured out its nourishment in it, laid out for those who seek it – all in four days.

ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰٓى اِلَى السَّمَٓاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْاَرْضِ ائْتِيَا طَوْعاً اَوْ كَرْهاًۜ قَالَـتَٓا اَتَيْنَا طَٓائِع۪ينَ

Thumma istawa ila assama-iwahiya dukhanun faqala laha walil-ardii/tiya tawAAan aw karhan qalata ataynata-iAAeen

Then He turned to heaven when it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, ‘Come willingly or unwillingly. ’ They both said, ‘We come willingly.’

فَقَضٰيهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمٰوَاتٍ ف۪ي يَوْمَيْنِ وَاَوْحٰى ف۪ي كُلِّ سَمَٓاءٍ اَمْرَهَاۜ وَزَيَّنَّا السَّمَٓاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَاب۪يحَۗ وَحِفْظاًۜ ذٰلِكَ تَقْد۪يرُ الْعَز۪يزِ الْعَل۪يمِ

Faqadahunna sabAAa samawatinfee yawmayni waawha fee kulli sama-in amrahawazayyanna assamaa addunyabimasabeeha wahifthan thalikataqdeeru alAAazeezi alAAaleem

In two days He determined them as seven heavens and revealed, in every heaven, its own mandate. We adorned the lowest heaven with lamps and guarded it. That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.

فَاِنْ اَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ اَنْذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَۜ

Fa-in aAAradoo fuqul anthartukumsaAAiqatan mithla saAAiqati AAadin wathamood

If they turn away, then say, ‘I warn you of a lightning-bolt like the lightning-bolt of ‘Ad and of Thamud. ’

اِذْ جَٓاءَتْهُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُٓوا اِلَّا اللّٰهَۜ قَالُوا لَوْ شَٓاءَ رَبُّنَا لَاَنْزَلَ مَلٰٓئِكَةً فَاِنَّا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِه۪ كَافِرُونَ

Ith jaat-humu arrusulumin bayni aydeehim wamin khalfihim alla taAAbudoo illaAllaha qaloo law shaa rabbunalaanzala mala-ikatan fa-inna bima orsiltumbihi kafiroon

When the Messengers came to them from in front and from behind, saying, ‘Do not worship anyone but Allah. ’ they said, ‘If our Lord had willed, He could have sent angels down, so we reject the Message you have been sent with.’

فَاَمَّا عَادٌ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا مَنْ اَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةًۜ اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۜ وَكَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Faamma AAadun fastakbaroofee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqi waqaloo manashaddu minna quwwatan awa lam yaraw anna Allahaallathee khalaqahum huwa ashaddu minhum quwwatan wakanoobi-ayatina yajhadoon

‘Ad were arrogant in the land, without any right, saying, ‘Who has greater strength than us?’ Did they not see that Allah, who created them, had greater strength than them? But they renounced Our Signs.

فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ ر۪يحاً صَرْصَراً ف۪ٓي اَيَّامٍ نَحِسَاتٍ لِنُذ۪يقَهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۜ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَخْزٰى وَهُمْ لَا يُنْصَرُونَ

Faarsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaranfee ayyamin nahisatin linutheeqahumAAathaba alkhizyi fee alhayati addunyawalaAAathabu al-akhirati akhza wahum layunsaroon

So We sent a howling wind against them on disastrous ill-fated days to make them taste the punishment of degradation in this world. And the punishment of the Next World is even more degrading. And they will not be helped.

وَاَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمٰى عَلَى الْهُدٰى فَاَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَۚ

Waamma thamoodu fahadaynahumfastahabboo alAAama AAala alhudafaakhathat-hum saAAiqatu alAAathabi alhoonibima kanoo yaksiboon

As for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness to guidance. So the lightning-bolt of the punishment of humiliation seized them on account of what they earned.

وَنَجَّيْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ۟

Wanajjayna allatheena amanoowakanoo yattaqoon

And We rescued those who had iman and taqwa.

وَيَوْمَ يُحْشَرُ اَعْدَٓاءُ اللّٰهِ اِلَى النَّارِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ

Wayawma yuhsharu aAAdao Allahiila annari fahum yoozaAAoon

On the Day We crowd the enemies of Allah into the Fire and they are driven in close-packed ranks,

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا مَا جَٓاؤُ۫هَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَاَبْصَارُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Hatta itha ma jaoohashahida AAalayhim samAAuhum waabsaruhum wajulooduhum bimakanoo yaAAmaloon

when they reach it, their hearing, sight and skin will testify against them concerning what they did.

وَقَالُوا لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدْتُمْ عَلَيْنَاۜ قَالُٓوا اَنْطَقَنَا اللّٰهُ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْطَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Waqaloo lijuloodihim lima shahidtumAAalayna qaloo antaqana Allahuallathee antaqa kulla shay-in wahuwa khalaqakumawwala marratin wa-ilayhi turjaAAoon

They will ask their skins, ‘Why did you testify against us?’ and they will reply, ‘Allah gave us speech as He has given speech to everything. He created you in the first place and you will be returned to Him.

وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ اَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَٓا اَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَث۪يراً مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Wama kuntum tastatiroona an yashhadaAAalaykum samAAukum wala absarukum walajuloodukum walakin thanantum anna Allahala yaAAlamu katheeran mimma taAAmaloon

You did not think to shield yourselves from your hearing, sight and skin testifying against you and you thought that Allah would never know much of what you did.

وَذٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذ۪ي ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ اَرْدٰيكُمْ فَاَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Wathalikum thannukumuallathee thanantum birabbikum ardakumfaasbahtum mina alkhasireen

It is that thought you had about your Lord that has destroyed you so now you find yourselves among the lost. ’

فَاِنْ يَصْبِرُوا فَالنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَهُمْۚ وَاِنْ يَسْتَعْتِبُوا فَمَا هُمْ مِنَ الْمُعْتَب۪ينَ

Fa-in yasbiroo fannarumathwan lahum wa-in yastaAAtiboo fama hum minaalmuAAtabeen

If they are steadfast, the Fire will still be their residence! If they ask for favour, no favour will be given.

وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَٓاءَ فَزَيَّنُوا لَهُمْ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ ف۪ٓي اُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِۚ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا خَاسِر۪ينَ۟

Waqayyadna lahum quranaafazayyanoo lahum ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahumwahaqqa AAalayhimu alqawlu fee omamin qad khalat minqablihim mina aljinni wal-insi innahum kanoo khasireen

We have assigned close comrades to them who have made what is before them and behind them seem good to them. And the statement about the nations, both of jinn and men, who passed away before them has proved true of them as well. Certainly they were lost.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَالْغَوْا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ

Waqala allatheena kafaroo latasmaAAoo lihatha alqur-ani walghaw feehilaAAallakum taghliboon

Those who are kafir say, ‘Do not listen to this Qur’an. Drown it out so that hopefully you will gain the upper hand.’

فَلَنُذ۪يقَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا عَذَاباً شَد۪يداً وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ اَسْوَاَ الَّذ۪ي كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Falanutheeqanna allatheenakafaroo AAathaban shadeedan walanajziyannahum aswaa allatheekanoo yaAAmaloon

We will make those who are kafir suffer a severe punishment and repay them for the worst of what they did.

ذٰلِكَ جَزَٓاءُ اَعْدَٓاءِ اللّٰهِ النَّارُۚ لَهُمْ ف۪يهَا دَارُ الْخُلْدِۜ جَزَٓاءً بِمَا كَانُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Thalika jazao aAAda-iAllahi annaru lahum feeha darualkhuldi jazaan bima kanoo bi-ayatinayajhadoon

That is the repayment of the enemies of Allah – the Fire. They will have it for their Eternal Home as repayment for their renunciation of Our Signs.

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا رَبَّـنَٓا اَرِنَا الَّذَيْنِ اَضَلَّانَا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ اَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ الْاَسْفَل۪ينَ

Waqala allatheena kafaroorabbana arina allathayni adallanamina aljinni wal-insi najAAalhuma tahta aqdaminaliyakoona mina al-asfaleen

Those who are kafir say, ‘Our Lord, show us those jinn and men who misguided us and we will place them beneath our feet so that they will be among the lowest of the low. ’

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللّٰهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَـتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ اَلَّا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَاَبْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّت۪ي كُنْتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

Inna allatheena qaloo rabbunaAllahu thumma istaqamoo tatanazzalu AAalayhimualmala-ikatu alla takhafoo wala tahzanoowaabshiroo biljannati allatee kuntum tooAAadoon

The angels descend on those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah,’ and then go straight: ‘Do not fear and do not grieve but rejoice in the Garden you have been promised.

نَحْنُ اَوْلِيَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَلَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَا تَشْتَـه۪ٓي اَنْفُسُكُمْ وَلَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَا تَدَّعُونَۜ

Nahnu awliyaokum fee alhayatiaddunya wafee al-akhirati walakum feehama tashtahee anfusukum walakum feeha mataddaAAoon

We are your protectors in the life of this world and the Next World. You will have there all that your selves could wish for. You will have there everything you demand.

نُزُلاً مِنْ غَفُورٍ رَح۪يمٍ۟

Nuzulan min ghafoorin raheem

Hospitality from One who is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. ’

وَمَنْ اَحْسَنُ قَوْلاً مِمَّنْ دَعَٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً وَقَالَ اِنَّن۪ي مِنَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ

Waman ahsanu qawlan mimman daAAaila Allahi waAAamila salihan waqalainnanee mina almuslimeen

Who could say anything better than someone who summons to Allah and acts rightly and says, ‘I am one of the Muslims’?

وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُۜ اِدْفَعْ بِالَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُ فَاِذَا الَّذ۪ي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَاَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَم۪يمٌ

Wala tastawee alhasanatu walaassayyi-atu idfaAA billatee hiya ahsanufa-itha allathee baynaka wabaynahu AAadawatunkaannahu waliyyun hameem

A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend.

وَمَا يُلَقّٰيهَٓا اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ صَبَرُواۚ وَمَا يُلَقّٰيهَٓا اِلَّا ذُوحَظٍّ عَظ۪يمٍ

Wama yulaqqaha illaallatheena sabaroo wama yulaqqahailla thoo haththin AAatheem

None will obtain it but those who are truly steadfast. None will obtain it but those who have great good fortune.

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Wa-imma yanzaghannaka mina ashshaytaninazghun fastaAAith billahi innahuhuwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

If an evil urge from Shaytan eggs you on, seek refuge in Allah. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِهِ الَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُۜ لَا تَسْجُدُوا لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَاسْجُدُوا لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَهُنَّ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ اِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

Wamin ayatihi allaylu wannaharuwashshamsu walqamaru la tasjudoo lishshamsiwala lilqamari wasjudoo lillahi alatheekhalaqahunna in kuntum iyyahu taAAbudoon

Among His Signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun nor to the moon. Prostrate to Allah who created them, if you worship Him.

فَاِنِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا فَالَّذ۪ينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ يُسَبِّحُونَ لَهُ بِالَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْـَٔمُونَ

Fa-ini istakbaroo fallatheenaAAinda rabbika yusabbihoona lahu billayli wannahariwahum la yas-amoon

If they grow arrogant, those who are with your Lord glorify Him night and day and never grow tired.

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ٓ اَنَّكَ تَرَى الْاَرْضَ خَاشِعَةً فَاِذَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَٓاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْۜ اِنَّ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْـيِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ اِنَّهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Wamin ayatihi annaka taraal-arda khashiAAatan fa-itha anzalnaAAalayha almaa ihtazzat warabat inna allatheeahyaha lamuhyee almawta innahuAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Among His Signs is that you see the earth laid bare and then when We send down water on it it quivers and swells. He who gives it life is He who gives life to the dead. Certainly He has power over all things.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُلْحِدُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِنَا لَا يَخْفَوْنَ عَلَيْنَاۜ اَفَمَنْ يُلْقٰى فِي النَّارِ خَيْرٌ اَمْ مَنْ يَأْت۪ٓي اٰمِناً يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ اِعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْۙ اِنَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Inna allatheena yulhidoona feeayatina la yakhfawna AAalaynaafaman yulqa fee annari khayrun ammanya/tee aminan yawma alqiyamati iAAmaloo mashi/tum innahu bima taAAmaloona baseer

Those who adulterate Our Signs are not concealed from Us. Who is better – someone who will be thrown into the fire or someone who will arrive in safety on the Day of Rising? Do what you like. He sees whatever you do.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِالذِّكْرِ لَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْۚ وَاِنَّهُ لَكِتَابٌ عَز۪يزٌۙ

Inna allatheena kafaroo biththikrilamma jaahum wa-innahu lakitabun AAazeez

Those who reject the Remembrance when it comes to them – truly it is a Mighty Book;

لَا يَأْت۪يهِ الْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِه۪ۜ تَنْز۪يلٌ مِنْ حَك۪يمٍ حَم۪يدٍ

La ya/teehi albatilu min bayniyadayhi wala min khalfihi tanzeelun min hakeemin hameed

falsehood cannot reach it from before it or behind it – it is a revelation from One who is All-Wise, Praiseworthy.

مَا يُقَالُ لَكَ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ ق۪يلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِنْ قَبْلِكَۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ وَذُو عِقَابٍ اَل۪يمٍ

Ma yuqalu laka illa maqad qeela lirrusuli min qablika inna rabbaka lathoomaghfiratin wathoo AAiqabin aleem

Nothing has been said to you that was not said to the Messengers before you. Your Lord is the Possessor of forgiveness but also of painful retribution.

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْاٰناً اَعْجَمِياًّ لَقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ اٰيَاتُهُۜ ءَاَۭۘعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّۜ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَٓاءٌۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًىۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ۟

Walaw jaAAalnahu qur-ananaAAjamiyyan laqaloo lawla fussilat ayatuhuaaAAjamiyyun waAAarabiyyun qul huwa lillatheena amanoohudan washifaon wallatheena layu/minoona fee athanihim waqrun wahuwa AAalayhim AAaman ola-ikayunadawna min makanin baAAeed

If We had made it a Qur’an in a foreign tongue they would have said, ‘Why have its Signs not been made plain? What! A foreign language for an Arab?’ Say: ‘It is guidance and healing for people who have iman. Those who do not have iman have heaviness in their ears and for them it is blindness. Such people are being called from a very distant place.’

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ فَاخْتُلِفَ ف۪يهِۜ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْۜ وَاِنَّهُمْ لَف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ مُر۪يبٍ

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba fakhtulifa feehi walawla kalimatunsabaqat min rabbika laqudiya baynahum wa-innahum lafeeshakkin minhu mureeb

We gave Musa the Book but there was disagreement about it. And had it not been for a prior Word from your Lord, the judgement between them would already have been made. They are indeed in grave doubt about it.

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلِنَفْسِه۪ وَمَنْ اَسَٓاءَ فَعَلَيْهَاۜ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَب۪يدِ

Man AAamila salihanfalinafsihi waman asaa faAAalayha wamarabbuka bithallamin lilAAabeed

Whoever acts rightly, it is to his own good. Whoever does evil, it is to his detriment. Your Lord does not wrong His slaves.

اِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِۜ وَمَا تَخْرُجُ مِنْ ثَمَرَاتٍ مِنْ اَكْمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ اُنْثٰى وَلَا تَضَعُ اِلَّا بِعِلْمِه۪ۜ وَيَوْمَ يُنَاد۪يهِمْ اَيْنَ شُرَكَٓاء۪يۙ قَالُٓوا اٰذَنَّاكَۙ مَا مِنَّا مِنْ شَه۪يدٍۚ

Ilayhi yuraddu AAilmu assaAAatiwama takhruju min thamaratin min akmamihawama tahmilu min ontha wala tadaAAuilla biAAilmihi wayawma yunadeehim ayna shuraka-eeqaloo athannaka ma minna minshaheed

Knowledge of the Hour is referred to Him. And no fruit emerges from its husk, nor does any female get pregnant or give birth, without His knowledge. On the Day He calls out to them: ‘Where are My associates?’ they will say, ‘We declare to you that none of us is a witness.’

وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ مَح۪يصٍ

Wadalla AAanhum ma kanooyadAAoona min qablu wathannoo ma lahum minmahees

What they called upon before will have forsaken them and they will realise they have no way of escape.

لَا يَسْـَٔمُ الْاِنْسَانُ مِنْ دُعَٓاءِ الْخَيْرِۘ وَاِنْ مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَؤُ۫سٌ قَنُوطٌ

La yas-amu al-insanu min duAAa-ialkhayri wa-in massahu ashsharru fayaoosun qanoot

Man never tires of praying for the good and if evil touches him, he despairs and loses hope.

وَلَئِنْ اَذَقْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَرَّٓاءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هٰذَا ل۪يۙ وَمَٓا اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَٓائِمَةًۙ وَلَئِنْ رُجِعْتُ اِلٰى رَبّ۪ٓي اِنَّ ل۪ي عِنْدَهُ لَلْحُسْنٰىۚ فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِمَا عَمِلُواۘ وَلَنُذ۪يقَنَّهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ غَل۪يظٍ

Wala-in athaqnahu rahmatanminna min baAAdi darraa massat-hulayaqoolanna hatha lee wama athunnu assaAAataqa-imatan wala-in rujiAAtu ila rabbee inna leeAAindahu lalhusna falanunabbi-anna allatheenakafaroo bima AAamiloo walanutheeqannahum min AAathabinghaleeth

But if We let him taste mercy from Us after he has suffered hardship, then he says, ‘This is my due. I do not think that the Hour is going to come. And if am returned to my Lord, I will definitely find the best reward with Him.’ But We will inform those who are kafir of what they did and make them suffer a ruthless punishment.

وَاِذَٓا اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْاِنْسَانِ اَعْرَضَ وَنَاٰ بِجَانِبِه۪ۚ وَاِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَٓاءٍ عَر۪يضٍ

Wa-itha anAAamna AAalaal-insani aAArada wanaa bijanibihiwa-itha massahu ashsharru fathoo duAAa-inAAareed

When We grant blessing to a man, he turns away and draws aside but when any evil touches him, he is full of endless prayers!

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ اِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُمْ بِه۪ مَنْ اَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ هُوَ ف۪ي شِقَاقٍ بَع۪يدٍ

Qul araaytum in kana min AAindi Allahithumma kafartum bihi man adallu mimman huwa fee shiqaqinbaAAeed

Say: ‘What do you think? If it is from Allah and you reject it, who could be more misguided than someone entrenched in hostility to it?’

سَنُر۪يهِمْ اٰيَاتِنَا فِي الْاٰفَاقِ وَف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ حَتّٰى يَتَبَـيَّنَ لَهُمْ اَنَّهُ الْحَقُّۜ اَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ اَنَّهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَه۪يدٌ

Sanureehim ayatina feeal-afaqi wafee anfusihim hattayatabayyana lahum annahu alhaqqu awa lam yakfi birabbikaannahu AAala kulli shay-in shaheed

We will show them Our Signs on the horizon and within themselves until it is clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not enough for your Lord that He is a witness of everything?

اَلَٓا اِنَّهُمْ ف۪ي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْ لِقَٓاءِ رَبِّهِمْۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُح۪يطٌ

Ala innahum fee miryatin min liqa-irabbihim ala innahu bikulli shay-in muheet

What! Are they in doubt about the meeting with their Lord? What! Does He not encompass all things?