47. Surah Muhammad Muhammad

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

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

اَلَّذ۪ينَ كَـفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ اَضَلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Allatheena kafaroo wasaddooAAan sabeeli Allahi adalla aAAmalahum

As for those who are kafir and bar others from the Way of Allah, Allah will make their actions go astray.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَاٰمَنُوا بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۙ كَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَاَصْلَحَ بَالَهُمْ

Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati waamanoo bimanuzzila AAala muhammadin wahuwa alhaqqu minrabbihim kaffara AAanhum sayyi-atihim waaslahabalahum

But as for those who have iman and do right actions and have iman in what has been sent down to Muhammad – and it is the truth from their Lord – He will erase their bad actions from them and better their condition.

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْبَاطِلَ وَاَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْحَقَّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۜ كَذٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ اَمْثَالَهُمْ

Thalika bi-anna allatheenakafaroo ittabaAAoo albatila waanna allatheena amanooittabaAAoo alhaqqa min rabbihim kathalika yadribuAllahu linnasi amthalahum

That is because those who are kafir follow falsehood whereas those who have iman follow the truth from their Lord. In that way Allah makes comparisons for mankind.

فَاِذَا لَق۪يتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَثْخَنْتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَۙ فَاِمَّا مَناًّ بَعْدُ وَاِمَّا فِدَٓاءً حَتّٰى تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ اَوْزَارَهَاۚۛ ذٰلِكَۜۛ وَلَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَانْتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَ۬ا بَعْضَكُمْ بِبَعْضٍۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ قُتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ فَلَنْ يُضِلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Fa-itha laqeetumu allatheenakafaroo fadarba arriqabi hattaitha athkhantumoohum fashuddoo alwathaqa fa-immamannan baAAdu wa-imma fidaan hatta tadaAAaalharbu awzaraha thalika walaw yashaoAllahu lantasara minhum walakinliyabluwa baAAdakum bibaAAdin wallatheenaqutiloo fee sabeeli Allahi falan yudillaaAAmalahum

Therefore when you meet those who are kafir strike their necks. Then when you have decimated them, tie their bonds tightly and set them free or ransom them, until the war is finally over. That is how it is to be. If Allah willed, He could avenge Himself on them. But it is so that He can test some of you by means of others. As for those who fight in the Way of Allah, He will not let their actions go astray.

سَيَهْد۪يهِمْ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَهُمْۚ

sayahdeehim wayuslihu balahum

He will guide them and better their condition

وَيُدْخِلُهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ عَرَّفَهَا لَهُمْ

Wayudkhiluhumu aljannata AAarrafahalahum

and He will admit them into the Garden which He has made known to them.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللّٰهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ اَقْدَامَكُمْ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooin tansuroo Allaha yansurkum wayuthabbit aqdamakum

You who have iman! if you help Allah, He will help you and make your feet firm.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَتَعْساً لَهُمْ وَاَضَلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Wallatheena kafaroo fataAAsanlahum waadalla aAAmalahum

But those who are kafir will have utter ruin and He will make their actions go astray.

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ فَاَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Thalika bi-annahum karihoo maanzala Allahu faahbata aAAmalahum

That is because they hate what Allah has sent down, so He has made their actions come to nothing.

اَفَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ دَمَّرَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْۘ وَلِلْكَافِر۪ينَ اَمْثَالُهَا

Afalam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimdammara Allahu AAalayhim walilkafireena amthaluha

Have they not travelled about the earth and seen the final fate of those before them? Allah destroyed them utterly. And those who are kafir will suffer the same fate.

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ مَوْلَى الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَاَنَّ الْكَافِر۪ينَ لَا مَوْلٰى لَهُمْ۟

Thalika bi-anna Allaha mawlaallatheena amanoo waanna alkafireena lamawla lahum

That is because Allah is the Protector of those who have iman and because those who are kafir have no protector.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُدْخِلُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يَتَمَتَّعُونَ وَيَأْكُلُونَ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ الْاَنْعَامُ وَالنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَهُمْ

Inna Allaha yudkhilu allatheenaamanoo waAAamiloo assalihati jannatintajree min tahtiha al-anharu wallatheenakafaroo yatamattaAAoona waya/kuloona kama ta/kulu al-anAAamuwannaru mathwan lahum

Allah will admit those who have iman to Gardens with rivers flowing under them. Those who are kafir have their enjoyment, eating as cattle eat, but the Fire will be their final residence.

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ هِيَ اَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِنْ قَرْيَتِكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَخْرَجَتْكَۚ اَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

Wakaayyin min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatanmin qaryatika allatee akhrajatka ahlaknahum fala nasiralahum

How many cities We have destroyed, greater in strength than your city which has driven you out, and there was no one to help them.

اَفَمَنْ كَانَ عَلٰى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ كَمَنْ زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُٓوءُ عَمَلِه۪ وَاتَّبَعُٓوا اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْ

Afaman kana AAala bayyinatinmin rabbihi kaman zuyyina lahu soo-o AAamalihi wattabaAAooahwaahum

Is someone on a clear path from his Lord like those whose bad actions have been made to seem good to them and who follow their own desires?

مَثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّت۪ي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَۜ ف۪يهَٓا اَنْهَارٌ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ غَيْرِ اٰسِنٍۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ خَمْرٍ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِب۪ينَۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّىۜ وَلَهُمْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۜ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَالِدٌ فِي النَّارِ وَسُقُوا مَٓاءً حَم۪يماً فَقَطَّعَ اَمْعَٓاءَهُمْ

Mathalu aljannati allatee wuAAidaalmuttaqoona feeha anharun min ma-in ghayri asininwaanharun min labanin lam yataghayyar taAAmuhuwaanharun min khamrin laththatin lishsharibeenawaanharun min AAasalin musaffan walahum feehamin kulli aththamarati wamaghfiratun min rabbihimkaman huwa khalidun fee annari wasuqoo maanhameeman faqattaAAa amAAaahum

An image of the Garden which is promised to those who have taqwa: in it there are rivers of water which will never spoil and rivers of milk whose taste will never change and rivers of wine, delightful to all who drink it, and rivers of honey of undiluted purity; in it they will have fruit of every kind and forgiveness from their Lord. Is that like those who will be in the Fire timelessly, for ever, with boiling water to drink which lacerates their bowels?

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَسْتَمِــعُ اِلَيْكَۚ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا خَرَجُوا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ قَالُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَ مَاذَا قَالَ اٰنِفاً۠ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ طَبَعَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَاتَّبَعُٓوا اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْ

Waminhum man yastamiAAu ilayka hattaitha kharajoo min AAindika qaloo lillatheenaootoo alAAilma matha qala anifan ola-ikaallatheena tabaAAa Allahu AAalaquloobihim wattabaAAoo ahwaahum

Among them are those who listen to you and then, when they leave your presence, say to those who have been given knowledge, ‘What was that he just said?’ They are those whose hearts Allah has sealed up and who follow their own desires.

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اهْتَدَوْا زَادَهُمْ هُدًى وَاٰتٰيهُمْ تَقْوٰيهُمْ

Wallatheena ihtadaw zadahumhudan waatahum taqwahum

He increases in guidance those who are already guided and gives them their taqwa.

فَهَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةًۚ فَقَدْ جَٓاءَ اَشْرَاطُهَاۚ فَاَنّٰى لَهُمْ اِذَا جَٓاءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرٰيهُمْ

Fahal yanthuroona illaassaAAata an ta/tiyahum baghtatan faqad jaaashratuha faanna lahum itha jaat-humthikrahum

What are they awaiting but for the Hour to come upon them suddenly? Its Signs have already come. What good will their Reminder be to them when it does arrive?

فَاعْلَمْ اَنَّهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمْ وَمَثْوٰيكُمْ۟

FaAAlam annahu la ilahailla Allahu wastaghfir lithanbikawalilmu/mineena walmu/minati wallahuyaAAlamu mutaqallabakum wamathwakum

Know then that there is no god except Allah and ask forgiveness for your wrongdoing, and for the men and women who have iman. Allah knows both your activity and your repose.

وَيَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَتْ سُورَةٌۚ فَاِذَٓا اُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ وَذُكِرَ ف۪يهَا الْقِتَالُۙ رَاَيْتَ الَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَيْكَ نَظَرَ الْمَغْشِيِّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِۜ فَاَوْلٰى لَهُمْۚ

Wayaqoolu allatheena amanoolawla nuzzilat sooratun fa-itha onzilat sooratun muhkamatunwathukira feeha alqitalu raayta allatheenafee quloobihim maradun yanthuroona ilayka natharaalmaghshiyyi AAalayhi mina almawti faawla lahum

Those who have iman say, ‘If only a sura could be sent down. ’ But when a straightforward sura is sent down and fighting is mentioned in it, you see those with sickness in their hearts looking at you with the look of someone about to faint from fear of death. More fitting for them

طَاعَةٌ وَقَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ۠ فَاِذَا عَزَمَ الْاَمْرُ۠ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا اللّٰهَ لَكَانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْۚ

TaAAatun waqawlun maAAroofun fa-ithaAAazama al-amru falaw sadaqoo Allaha lakanakhayran lahum

would be obedience and honourable words. Once the matter is resolved upon, being true to Allah would be better for them.

فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ اِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ اَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُٓوا اَرْحَامَكُمْ

Fahal AAasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidoofee al-ardi watuqattiAAoo arhamakum

Is it not likely that, if you did turn away, you would cause corruption in the earth and sever your ties of kinship?

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُ فَاَصَمَّهُمْ وَاَعْمٰٓى اَبْصَارَهُمْ

Ola-ika allatheena laAAanahumuAllahu faasammahum waaAAma absarahum

Such are the people Allah has cursed, making them deaf and blinding their eyes.

اَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْاٰنَ اَمْ عَلٰى قُلُوبٍ اَقْفَالُهَا

Afala yatadabbaroona alqur-anaam AAala quloobin aqfaluha

Will they not then ponder the Qur’an or are there locks upon their hearts?

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ ارْتَدُّوا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدَىۙ الشَّيْطَانُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمْۜ وَاَمْلٰى لَهُمْ

Inna allatheena irtaddoo AAalaadbarihim min baAAdi ma tabayyana lahumu alhudaashshaytanu sawwala lahum waamla lahum

Those who have turned back in their tracks after the guidance became clear to them, it was Shaytan who talked them into it and filled them with false hopes.

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَرِهُوا مَا نَزَّلَ اللّٰهُ سَنُط۪يعُكُمْ ف۪ي بَعْضِ الْاَمْرِۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ اِسْرَارَهُمْ

Thalika bi-annahum qaloo lillatheenakarihoo ma nazzala Allahu sanuteeAAukum feebaAAdi al-amri wallahu yaAAlamu israrahum

That is because they said to those who hate what Allah has sent down, ‘We will obey you in part of the affair. ’ But Allah knows their secrets.

فَكَيْفَ اِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَاَدْبَارَهُمْ

Fakayfa itha tawaffat-humu almala-ikatuyadriboona wujoohahum waadbarahum

How will it be when the angels take them in death, beating their faces and their backs?

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ اتَّبَعُوا مَٓا اَسْخَطَ اللّٰهَ وَكَرِهُوا رِضْوَانَهُ فَاَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالَهُمْ۟

Thalika bi-annahumu ittabaAAoo maaskhata Allaha wakarihoo ridwanahufaahbata aAAmalahum

That is because they followed what angers Allah and hated what is pleasing to Him. So He made their actions come to nothing.

اَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ اَنْ لَنْ يُخْرِجَ اللّٰهُ اَضْغَانَهُمْ

Am hasiba allatheena feequloobihim maradun an lan yukhrija Allahu adghanahum

Or did those with sickness in their hearts imagine that Allah would not expose their malevolence?

وَلَوْ نَشَٓاءُ لَاَرَيْنَاكَهُمْ فَلَعَرَفْتَهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۜ وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ ف۪ي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ اَعْمَالَكُمْ

Walaw nashao laaraynakahumfalaAAaraftahum biseemahum walataAArifannahum fee lahnialqawli wallahu yaAAlamu aAAmalakum

If We wished, We would show them to you and you would know them by their mark and know them by their ambivalent speech. Allah knows your actions.

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتّٰى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَاهِد۪ينَ مِنْكُمْ وَالصَّابِر۪ينَۙ وَنَبْلُوَ۬ا اَخْبَارَكُمْ

Walanabluwannakum hattanaAAlama almujahideena minkum wassabireenawanabluwa akhbarakum

We will test you until We know the true fighters among you and those who are steadfast and test what is reported of you.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَشَٓاقُّوا الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدٰىۙ لَنْ يَضُرُّوا اللّٰهَ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَسَيُحْبِطُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Inna allatheena kafaroo wasaddooAAan sabeeli Allahi washaqqoo arrasoola minbaAAdi ma tabayyana lahumu alhuda lan yadurooAllaha shay-an wasayuhbitu aAAmalahum

Those who are kafir and obstruct the Way of Allah, and are entrenched in hostility towards the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to them, do not harm Allah in any way and He makes their actions come to nothing.

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَط۪يعُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَط۪يعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَلَا تُبْطِلُٓوا اَعْمَالَكُمْ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooateeAAoo Allaha waateeAAoo arrasoolawala tubtiloo aAAmalakum

You who have iman! obey Allah and obey the Messenger. Do not make your actions of no worth.

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ مَاتُوا وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ فَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللّٰهُ لَهُمْ

Inna allatheena kafaroo wasaddooAAan sabeeli Allahi thumma matoo wahum kuffarunfalan yaghfira Allahu lahum

Those who are kafir and obstruct the Way of Allah, and then die kafir, Allah will not forgive them.

فَلَا تَهِنُوا وَتَدْعُٓوا اِلَى السَّلْمِۗ وَاَنْتُمُ الْاَعْلَوْنَۗ وَاللّٰهُ مَعَكُمْ وَلَنْ يَتِرَكُمْ اَعْمَالَكُمْ

Fala tahinoo watadAAoo ila assalmiwaantumu al-aAAlawna wallahu maAAakum walanyatirakum aAAmalakum

Do not become faint-hearted and call for peace when you are uppermost and Allah is with you – He would never cheat you of your deeds.

اِنَّمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌۜ وَاِنْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَتَتَّقُوا يُؤْتِكُمْ اُجُورَكُمْ وَلَا يَسْـَٔلْكُمْ اَمْوَالَكُمْ

Innama alhayatu addunyalaAAibun walahwun wa-in tu/minoo watattaqoo yu/tikum ojoorakumwala yas-alkum amwalakum

The life of this world is merely a game and a diversion. If you have iman and taqwa, He will pay you your wages and not ask you for all your wealth.

اِنْ يَسْـَٔلْكُمُوهَا فَيُحْفِكُمْ تَبْخَلُوا وَيُخْرِجْ اَضْغَانَكُمْ

In yas-alkumooha fayuhfikumtabkhaloo wayukhrij adghanakum

If He did ask you for it and put you under pressure, you would be tight-fisted and it would bring out your malevolence.

هَٓا اَنْتُمْ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ تُدْعَوْنَ لِتُنْفِقُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۚ فَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَبْخَلُۚ وَمَنْ يَبْخَلْ فَاِنَّمَا يَبْخَلُ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ الْغَنِيُّ وَاَنْتُمُ الْفُقَـرَٓاءُۚ وَاِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْۙ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُٓوا اَمْثَالَكُمْ

Ha antum haola-itudAAawna litunfiqoo fee sabeeli Allahi faminkum manyabkhalu waman yabkhal fa-innama yabkhalu AAan nafsihi wallahualghaniyyu waantumu alfuqarao wa-in tatawallaw yastabdilqawman ghayrakum thumma la yakoonoo amthalakum

Here you are then: people who are called upon to spend in the Way of Allah and then some of you are tight-fisted! But whoever is tight-fisted is only tight-fisted to himself. Allah is Rich and you are poor. If you turn away, He will replace you with a people other than yourselves and they will not be like you.