45. Surah Al-Jathiyah Crouching

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

حٰمٓۜ

Ha-meem

Ha Mim.

تَنْز۪يلُ الْـكِتَابِ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْعَز۪يزِ الْحَك۪يمِ

Tanzeelu alkitabi mina AllahialAAazeezi alhakeem

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

اِنَّ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۜ

Inna fee assamawati wal-ardilaayatin lilmu/mineen

In the heavens and earth there are certainly Signs for the muminun.

وَف۪ي خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِنْ دَٓابَّةٍ اٰيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَۙ

Wafee khalqikum wama yabuththu min dabbatinayatun liqawmin yooqinoon

And in your creation and all the creatures He has spread about there are Signs for people with certainty.

وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ رِزْقٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْر۪يفِ الرِّيَاحِ اٰيَاتٌ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wakhtilafi allayli wannahariwama anzala Allahu mina assama-i minrizqin faahya bihi al-arda baAAda mawtihawatasreefi arriyahi ayatunliqawmin yaAAqiloon

And in the alternation of night and day and the provision Allah sends down from the sky, bringing the earth to life by it after it has died, and the varying direction of the winds, there are Signs for people who use their intellect.

تِلْكَ اٰيَاتُ اللّٰهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّۚ فَبِاَيِّ حَد۪يثٍ بَعْدَ اللّٰهِ وَاٰيَاتِه۪ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Tilka ayatu Allahinatlooha AAalayka bilhaqqi fabi-ayyi hadeethinbaAAda Allahi waayatihi yu/minoon

Those are Allah’s Signs We recite to you with truth. In what discourse, then, after Allah and His Signs, will they have iman?

وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَث۪يمٍۙ

Waylun likulli affakin atheem

Woe to every wicked liar

يَسْمَعُ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِراً كَاَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَاۚ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍ

YasmaAAu ayati Allahitutla AAalayhi thumma yusirru mustakbiran kaan lamyasmaAAha fabashshirhu biAAathabin aleem

who hears the Signs of Allah recited to him and then persists in his arrogance just as if he had never heard them. Give him the news of a painful punishment.

وَاِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَا شَيْـٔاًۨ اتَّخَذَهَا هُزُواًۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُه۪ينٌۜ

Wa-itha AAalima min ayatinashay-an ittakhathaha huzuwan ola-ika lahumAAathabun muheen

When he does learn something of Our Signs, he makes a mockery of them. Such people will have a humiliating punishment.

مِنْ وَرَٓائِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُۚ وَلَا يُغْن۪ي عَنْهُمْ مَا كَسَبُوا شَيْـٔاً وَلَا مَا اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَوْلِيَٓاءَۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌۜ

Min wara-ihim jahannamu walayughnee AAanhum ma kasaboo shay-an wala maittakhathoo min dooni Allahi awliyaa walahumAAathabun AAatheem

Hell is right at their heels. Nothing they have earned will be of any use to them, nor will those they took as protectors besides Allah. They will have a terrible punishment.

هٰذَا هُدًىۚ وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِنْ رِجْزٍ اَل۪يمٌ۟

Hatha hudan wallatheenakafaroo bi-ayati rabbihim lahum AAathabunmin rijzin aleem

This is guidance. And those who reject the Signs of their Lord will have a punishment of agonising pain.

اَللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ ف۪يهِ بِاَمْرِه۪ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَۚ

Allahu allathee sakhkharalakumu albahra litajriya alfulku feehi bi-amrihiwalitabtaghoo min fadlihi walaAAallakum tashkuroon

It is Allah who has made the sea subservient to you so that the ships sail on it at His command, enabling you to seek His bounty, so that hopefully you will be thankful.

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِ جَم۪يعاً مِنْهُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Wasakhkhara lakum ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi jameeAAan minhu inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yatafakkaroon

And He has made everything in the heavens and everything on the earth subservient to you. It is all from Him. There are certainly Signs in that for people who reflect.

قُلْ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا يَغْفِرُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ اَيَّامَ اللّٰهِ لِيَجْزِيَ قَوْماً بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Qul lillatheena amanooyaghfiroo lillatheena la yarjoona ayyama Allahiliyajziya qawman bima kanoo yaksiboon

Tell those who have iman that they should forgive those who feel no fear about the Days of Allah, when He will repay people according to what they earned.

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلِنَفْسِه۪ۚ وَمَنْ اَسَٓاءَ فَعَلَيْهَاۘ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ

Man AAamila salihanfalinafsihi waman asaa faAAalayha thumma ilarabbikum turjaAAoon

Whoever acts rightly, it is to his own good. Whoever does evil, it is to his detriment. Then you will be returned to your Lord.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪ـلَ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَم۪ينَۚ

Walaqad atayna banee isra-eelaalkitaba walhukma wannubuwwatawarazaqnahum mina attayyibati wafaddalnahumAAala alAAalameen

We gave the Book and Judgement and Prophethood to the tribe of Israel and provided them with good things and favoured them over all other people.

وَاٰتَيْنَاهُمْ بَيِّنَاتٍ مِنَ الْاَمْرِۚ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُٓوا اِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُۙ بَغْياً بَيْنَهُمْۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْض۪ي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Waataynahum bayyinatinmina al-amri fama ikhtalafoo illa min baAAdi majaahumu alAAilmu baghyan baynahum inna rabbaka yaqdeebaynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehiyakhtalifoon

We made the Commandments very clear to them and they only differed after knowledge came to them, tyrannising one other. Your Lord will decide between them on the Day of Rising regarding the things they differed about.

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكَ عَلٰى شَر۪يعَةٍ مِنَ الْاَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِـعْ اَهْوَٓاءَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Thumma jaAAalnaka AAalashareeAAatin mina al-amri fattabiAAha walatattabiAA ahwaa allatheena la yaAAlamoon

Then We placed you on the right road of Our Command, so follow it. Do not follow the whims and desires of those who do not know.

اِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُغْنُوا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَاِنَّ الظَّالِم۪ينَ بَعْضُهُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءُ بَعْضٍۚ وَاللّٰهُ وَلِيُّ الْمُتَّق۪ينَ

Innahum lan yughnoo AAanka mina Allahishay-an wa-inna aththalimeena baAAduhumawliyao baAAdin wallahu waliyyualmuttaqeen

They will not help you in any way against Allah. The wrongdoers are protectors of one another but Allah is the Protector of those who have taqwa.

هٰذَا بَصَٓائِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

Hatha basa-iru linnasiwahudan warahmatun liqawmin yooqinoon

This is clear insight for mankind and guidance and mercy for people with certainty.

اَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذ۪ينَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّـَٔاتِ اَنْ نَجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِۙ سَوَٓاءً مَحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْۜ سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ۟

Am hasiba allatheena ijtarahooassayyi-ati an najAAalahum kallatheenaamanoo waAAamiloo assalihati sawaanmahyahum wamamatuhum saa ma yahkumoon

Or do those who perpetrate evil deeds suppose that We will make them like those who have iman and do right actions, so that their lives and deaths will be the same? How bad their judgement is!

وَخَلَقَ اللّٰهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ وَلِتُجْزٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

Wakhalaqa Allahu assamawatiwal-arda bilhaqqi walitujzakullu nafsin bima kasabat wahum la yuthlamoon

Allah created the heavens and earth with truth so that every self might be repaid for what it earned and they will not be wronged.

اَفَرَاَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰهَهُ هَوٰيهُ وَاَضَلَّهُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلٰى سَمْعِه۪ وَقَلْبِه۪ وَجَعَلَ عَلٰى بَصَرِه۪ غِشَاوَةًۜ فَمَنْ يَهْد۪يهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللّٰهِۜ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Afaraayta mani ittakhatha ilahahuhawahu waadallahu Allahu AAalaAAilmin wakhatama AAala samAAihi waqalbihi wajaAAala AAalabasarihi ghishawatan faman yahdeehi min baAAdi Allahiafala tathakkaroon

Have you seen him who takes his whims and desires to be his god – whom Allah has misguided knowingly, sealing up his hearing and his heart and placing a blindfold over his eyes? Who then will guide him after Allah? So will you not pay heed?

وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ اِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَٓا اِلَّا الدَّهْرُۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۚ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Waqaloo ma hiya illa hayatunaaddunya namootu wanahya wamayuhlikuna illa addahru wama lahum bithalikamin AAilmin in hum illa yathunnoon

They say, ‘There is nothing but our existence in this world. We die and we live and nothing destroys us except for time.’ They have no knowledge of that. They are only conjecturing.

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُنَا بَيِّنَاتٍ مَا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُوا ائْتُوا بِاٰبَٓائِنَٓا اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ

Wa-itha tutla AAalayhim ayatunabayyinatin ma kana hujjatahum illaan qaloo i/too bi-aba-ina in kuntum sadiqeen

When Our Clear Signs are recited to them their only argument is to say, ‘Bring us our fathers if you are telling the truth. ’

قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُحْي۪يكُمْ ثُمَّ يُم۪يتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ۟

Quli Allahu yuhyeekum thummayumeetukum thumma yajmaAAukum ila yawmi alqiyamatila rayba feehi walakinna akthara annasila yaAAlamoon

Say: ‘Allah gives you life, then causes you to die, and then will gather you together for the Day of Rising about which there is no doubt. But most people do not know it.’

وَلِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ الْمُبْطِلُونَ

Walillahi mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuyawma-ithin yakhsaru almubtiloon

The kingdom of the heavens and earth belongs to Allah and, on the Day that the Hour arrives, that Day the liars will be lost.

وَتَرٰى كُلَّ اُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً۠ كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ تُدْعٰٓى اِلٰى كِتَابِهَاۜ اَلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Watara kulla ommatin jathiyatankullu ommatin tudAAa ila kitabihaalyawma tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloon

You will see every nation on its knees, every nation summoned to its Book: ‘Today you will be repaid for what you did.

هٰذَا كِتَابُنَا يَنْطِقُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْحَقِّۜ اِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنْسِخُ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Hatha kitabuna yantiquAAalaykum bilhaqqi inna kunnanastansikhu ma kuntum taAAmaloon

This is Our Book speaking against you with the truth. We have been recording everything you did.’

فَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَيُدْخِلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ ف۪ي رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْمُب۪ينُ

Faamma allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati fayudkhiluhumrabbuhum fee rahmatihi thalika huwa alfawzualmubeen

As for those who had iman and did right actions, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is the Clear Victory.

وَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا۠ اَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ اٰيَات۪ي تُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاسْتَكْـبَرْتُمْ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْماً مُجْرِم۪ينَ

Waamma allatheena kafarooafalam takun ayatee tutla AAalaykum fastakbartumwakuntum qawman mujrimeen

But as for those who were kafir: ‘Were My Signs not recited to you and yet you proved arrogant; you were a people of evildoers?

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهَا قُلْتُمْ مَا نَدْر۪ي مَا السَّاعَةُۙ اِنْ نَظُنُّ اِلَّا ظَناًّ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِن۪ينَ

Wa-itha qeela inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wassaAAatu la rayba feehaqultum ma nadree ma assaAAatu in nathunnuilla thannan wama nahnubimustayqineen

When you were told, "Allah’s promise is true and so is the Hour, of which there is no doubt," you said, “We have no idea what the Hour is. We have only been conjecturing. We are by no means certain.”’

وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِه۪ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ

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

The evil deeds they did will appear before them and the things they mocked at will engulf them.

وَق۪يلَ الْيَوْمَ نَنْسٰيكُمْ كَمَا نَس۪يتُمْ لِقَٓاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَا وَمَأْوٰيكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِنْ نَاصِر۪ينَ

Waqeela alyawma nansakum kamanaseetum liqaa yawmikum hatha wama/wakumu annaruwama lakum min nasireen

They will be told, ‘Today We have forgotten you as you forgot the meeting of this your Day. Your refuge is the Fire and you have no helpers.

ذٰلِكُمْ بِاَنَّكُمُ اتَّخَذْتُمْ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ هُزُواً وَغَرَّتْكُمُ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَاۚ فَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُخْرَجُونَ مِنْهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

Thalikum bi-annakumu ittakhathtumayati Allahi huzuwan wagharratkumu alhayatuaddunya falyawma la yukhrajoonaminha wala hum yustaAAtaboon

That is because you made a mockery of Allah’s Signs and the life of the dunya deluded you. ’ Therefore, today they will not get out of it. They will not be able to appease Allah.

فَلِلّٰهِ الْحَمْدُ رَبِّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَرَبِّ الْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Falillahi alhamdu rabbi assamawatiwarabbi al-ardi rabbi alAAalameen

All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, Lord of all the worlds.

وَلَهُ الْكِبْرِيَٓاءُ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۖ وَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الْحَك۪يمُ

Walahu alkibriyao fee assamawatiwal-ardi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeem

All greatness belongs to Him in the heavens and earth He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.