الفرقان
The Criterion · Meccan · 77 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا ﴿١﴾
Tabāraka alladhī nazzala al-furqāna ʿalā ʿabdihi liyakūna lilʿālamīna nadhīrā
Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion (of right and wrong), that he may be a warner to the peoples.
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًا ﴿٢﴾
Alladhī lahu mulku as-samāwāti wal-arḍi walam yattakhidh waladan walam yakun lahu sharīkun fī al-mulki wakhalaqa kulla shayʾin faqaddarahu taqdīrā
He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, He hath chosen no son nor hath He any partner in the Sovereignty. He hath created everything and hath meted out for it a measure.
وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَوٰةً وَلَا نُشُورًا ﴿٣﴾
Wāttakhadhū min dūnihi ālihatan lā yakhluqūna shayʾan wahum yukhlaqūna walā yamlikūna liʾanfusihim ḍarran walā nafʿan walā yamlikūna mawtan walā ḥayātan walā nushūrā
Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا ﴿٤﴾
Waqāla alladhīna kafarū in hādhā illā ifkun iftarāhu waʾaʿānahu ʿalayhi qawmun ākharūna faqad jāʾū ẓulman wazūrā
Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا ﴿٥﴾
Waqālū asāṭīru al-awwalīna iktatabahā fahiya tumlā ʿalayhi bukratan waʾaṣīlā
And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.
قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِى يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا ﴿٦﴾
Qul anzalahu alladhī yaʿlamu as-sirra fī as-samāwāti wal-arḍi innahu kāna ghafūran raḥīmā
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He who knoweth the secret of the heavens and the earth hath revealed it. Lo! He ever is Forgiving, Merciful.
وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا ﴿٧﴾
Waqālū māli hādhā ar-rasūli yaʾkulu aṭ-ṭaʿāma wayamshī fī al-aswāqi lawlā unzila ilayhi malakun fayakūna maʿahu nadhīrā
And they say: What aileth this messenger (of Allah) that he eateth food and walketh in the markets? Why is not an angel sent down unto him, to be a warner with him.
أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا ﴿٨﴾
Aw yulqā ilayhi kanzun aw takūnu lahu jannatun yaʾkulu minhā waqāla aẓ-ẓālimūna in tattabiʿūna illā rajulan masḥūrā
Or (why is not) treasure thrown down unto him, or why hath he not a paradise from whence to eat? And the evil-doers say: Ye are but following a man bewitched.
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا ﴿٩﴾
Unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka al-amthāla faḍallū falā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlā
See how they coin similitudes for thee, so that they are all astray and cannot find a road!
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا ﴿١٠﴾
Tabāraka alladhī in shāʾa jaʿala laka khayran min dhālika jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā al-anhāru wayajʿal laka quṣūrā
Blessed is He Who, if He will, will assign thee better than (all) that - Gardens underneath which rivers flow - and will assign thee mansions.
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا ﴿١١﴾
Bal kadhdhabū bis-sāʿati waʾaʿtadnā liman kadhdhaba bis-sāʿati saʿīrā
Nay, but they deny (the coming of) the Hour, and for those who deny (the coming of) the Hour We have prepared a flame.
إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا ﴿١٢﴾
Idhā raʾathum min makānin baʿīdin samiʿū lahā taghayyuẓan wazafīrā
When it seeth them from afar, they hear the crackling and the roar thereof.
وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًا ﴿١٣﴾
Waʾidhā ulqū minhā makānan ḍayyiqan muqarranīna daʿaw hunālika thubūrā
And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there.
لَّا تَدْعُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًا وَٰحِدًا وَٱدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا كَثِيرًا ﴿١٤﴾
Lā tadʿū al-yawma thubūran wāḥidan wādʿū thubūran kathīrā
Pray not that day for one destruction, but pray for many destructions!
قُلْ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ ٱلْخُلْدِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۚ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَآءً وَمَصِيرًا ﴿١٥﴾
Qul adhālika khayrun am jannatu al-khuldi allatī wuʿida al-muttaqūna kānat lahum jazāʾan wamaṣīrā
Say: Is that (doom) better or the Garden of Immortality which is promised unto those who ward off (evil)? It will be their reward and journey's end.
لَّهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَـٰلِدِينَ ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًا مَّسْـُٔولًا ﴿١٦﴾
Lahum fīhā mā yashāʾūna khālidīna kāna ʿalā rabbika waʿdan masʾūlā
Therein abiding, they have all that they desire. It is for thy Lord a promise that must be fulfilled.
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ ﴿١٧﴾
Wayawma yaḥshuruhum wamā yaʿbudūna min dūni Allāhi fayaqūlu aʾantum aḍlaltum ʿibādī hāʾulāʾi am hum ḍallū as-sabīl
And on the day when He will assemble them and that which they worship instead of Allah and will say: Was it ye who misled these my slaves or did they (themselves) wander from the way?
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَـٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًا ﴿١٨﴾
Qālū subḥānaka mā kāna yanbaghī lanā an nattakhidha min dūnika min aliyāʾa walākin mattaʿtahum waʾābāʾahum ḥattā nasū adh-dhikra wakānū qawman būrā
They will say: Be Thou Glorified! it was not for us to choose any protecting friends beside thee; but Thou didst give them and their fathers ease till they forgot the warning and became lost folk.
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا ۚ وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا ﴿١٩﴾
Faqad kadhdhabūkum bimā taqūlūna famā tastaṭīʿūna ṣarfan walā naṣran waman yaẓlim minkum nudhiqhu ʿadhāban kabīrā
Thus they will give you the lie regarding what ye say, then ye can neither avert (the doom) nor obtain help. And whoso among you doeth wrong, We shall make him taste great torment.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا ﴿٢٠﴾
Wamā arsalnā qablaka mina al-mursalīna illā innahum layaʾkulūna aṭ-ṭaʿāma wayamshūna fī al-aswāqi wajaʿalnā baʿḍakum libaʿḍin fitnatan ataṣbirūna wakāna rabbuka baṣīrā
We never sent before thee any messengers but lo! they verily ate food and walked in the markets. And We have appointed some of you a test for others: Will ye be steadfast? And thy Lord is ever Seer.
۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا ﴿٢١﴾
Waqāla alladhīna lā yarjūna liqāʾanā lawlā unzila ʿalaynā al-malāʾikatu aw narā rabbanā laqadi istakbarū fī anfusihim waʿataw ʿutuwwan kabīrā
And those who look not for a meeting with Us say: Why are angels not sent down unto us and (Why) do we not see our Lord! Assuredly they think too highly of themselves and are scornful with great pride.
يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرَىٰ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا ﴿٢٢﴾
Yawma yarawna al-malāʾikata lā bushrā yawmaʾidhin lilmujrimīna wayaqūlūna ḥijran maḥjūrā
On the day when they behold the angels, on that day there will be no good tidings for the guilty; and they will cry: A forbidding ban!
وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ هَبَآءً مَّنثُورًا ﴿٢٣﴾
Waqadimnā ilā mā ʿamilū min ʿamalin fajaʿalnāhu habāʾan manthūrā
And We shall turn unto the work they did and make it scattered motes.
أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُّسْتَقَرًّا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًا ﴿٢٤﴾
Aṣḥābu al-jannati yawmaʾidhin khayrun mustaqarran waʾaḥsanu maqīlā
Those who have earned the Garden on that day will be better in their home and happier in their place of noonday rest;
وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَـٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ﴿٢٥﴾
Wayawma tashaqqaqu as-samāʾu bil-ghamāmi wanuzzila al-malāʾikatu tanzīlā
A day when the heaven with the clouds will be rent asunder and the angels will be sent down, a grand descent.
ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۚ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًا ﴿٢٦﴾
Al-mulku yawmaʾidhin al-ḥaqqu lilrraḥmāni wakāna yawman ʿalā al-kāfirīna ʿasīrā
The Sovereignty on that day will be the True (Sovereignty) belonging to the Beneficent One, and it will be a hard day for disbelievers.
وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا ﴿٢٧﴾
Wayawma yaʿaḍḍu aẓ-ẓālimu ʿalā yadayhi yaqūlu yā laytanī ittakhadhtu maʿa ar-rasūli sabīlā
On the day when the wrong-doer gnaweth his hands, he will say: Ah, would that I had chosen a way together with the messenger (of Allah)!
يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا ﴿٢٨﴾
Yā waylatā laytanī lam attakhidh fulānan khalīlā
Alas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such an one for friend!
لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ خَذُولًا ﴿٢٩﴾
Laqad aḍallanī ʿani adh-dhikri baʿda idh jāʾanī wakāna ash-shayṭānu lilʾinsāni khadhūlā
He verily led me astray from the Reminder after it had reached me. Satan was ever man's deserter in the hour of need.
وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَـٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًا ﴿٣٠﴾
Waqāla ar-rasūlu yā rabbi inna qawmī ittakhadhū hādhā al-qurʾāna mahjūrā
And the messenger saith: O my Lord! Lo! mine own folk make this Qur'an of no account.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَنَصِيرًا ﴿٣١﴾
Wakadhālika jaʿalnā likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan mina al-mujrimīna wakafā birabbika hādiyan wanaṣīrā
Even so have We appointed unto every prophet an opponent from among the guilty; but Allah sufficeth for a Guide and Helper.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ جُمْلَةً وَٰحِدَةً ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۖ وَرَتَّلْنَـٰهُ تَرْتِيلًا ﴿٣٢﴾
Waqāla alladhīna kafarū lawlā nuzzila ʿalayhi al-qurʾānu jumlatan wāḥidatan kadhālika linuthabbita bihi fuʾādaka warattalnāhu tartīlā
And those who disbelieve say: Why is the Qur'an not revealed unto him all at once? (It is revealed) thus that We may strengthen thy heart therewith; and We have arranged it in right order.
وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا ﴿٣٣﴾
Walā yaʾtūnaka bimathalin illā jiʾnāka bil-ḥaqqi waʾaḥsana tafsīrā
And they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as against it), and better (than their similitude) as argument.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ﴿٣٤﴾
Alladhīna yuḥsharūna ʿalā wujūhihim ilā jahannama ulāʾika sharrun makānan waʾaḍallu sabīlā
Those who will be gathered on their faces unto hell: such are worse in plight and further from the right road.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ وَزِيرًا ﴿٣٥﴾
Walaqad ātaynā mūsā al-kitāba wajaʿalnā maʿahu akhāhu hārūna wazīrā
We verily gave Moses the Scripture and placed with him his brother Aaron as henchman.
فَقُلْنَا ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهُمْ تَدْمِيرًا ﴿٣٦﴾
Faqulnā idhhabā ilā al-qawmi alladhīna kadhdhabū biʾāyātinā fadammarnāhum tadmīrā
Then We said: Go together unto the folk who have denied Our revelations. Then We destroyed them, a complete destruction.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةً ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ﴿٣٧﴾
Waqawma nūḥin lammā kadhdhabū ar-rusula aghraqnāhum wajaʿalnāhum lilnnāsi āyatan waʾaʿtadnā lilẓẓālimīna ʿadhāban alīmā
And Noah's folk, when they denied the messengers, We drowned them and made of them a portent for mankind. We have prepared a painful doom for evil-doers.
وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًا ﴿٣٨﴾
Waʿādan wathamūda waʾaṣḥāba ar-rassi waqurūnan bayna dhālika kathīrā
And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and the dwellers in Ar-Rass, and many generations in between.
وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلَ ۖ وَكُلًّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًا ﴿٣٩﴾
Wakullan ḍarabnā lahu al-amthāla wakullan tabbarnā tatbīrā
Each (of them) We warned by examples, and each (of them) We brought to utter ruin.
وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا ﴿٤٠﴾
Walaqad ataw ʿalā al-qaryati allatī umṭirat maṭara as-sawʾi afalam yakūnū yarawnahā bal kānū lā yarjūna nushūrā
And indeed they have passed by the township whereon was rained the fatal rain. Can it be that they have not seen it? Nay, but they hope for no resurrection.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا ﴿٤١﴾
Waʾidhā raʾawka in yattakhidhūnaka illā huzuwan ahādhā alladhī baʿatha Allāhu rasūlā
And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?
إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ﴿٤٢﴾
In kāda layuḍillunā ʿan ālihatinā lawlā an ṣabarnā ʿalayhā wasawfa yaʿlamūna ḥīna yarawna al-ʿadhāba man aḍallu sabīlā
He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.
أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا ﴿٤٣﴾
Araʾayta mani ittakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu afaʾanta takūnu ʿalayhi wakīlā
Hast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust? Wouldst thou then be guardian over him?
أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ﴿٤٤﴾
Am taḥsabu anna aktharahum yasmaʿūna aw yaʿqilūna in hum illā kal-anʿāmi bal hum aḍallu sabīlā
Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle - nay, but they are farther astray?
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنًا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا ﴿٤٥﴾
Alam tara ilā rabbika kayfa madda aẓ-ẓilla walaw shāʾa lajaʿalahu sākinan thumma jaʿalnā ash-shamsa ʿalayhi dalīlā
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord hath spread the shade - And if He willed He could have made it still - then We have made the sun its pilot;
ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَـٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَسِيرًا ﴿٤٦﴾
Thumma qabaḍnāhu ilaynā qabḍan yasīrā
Then We withdraw it unto Us, a gradual withdrawal?
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا ﴿٤٧﴾
Wahuwa alladhī jaʿala lakumu allayla libāsan wan-nawma subātan wajaʿala an-nahāra nushūrā
And He it is Who maketh night a covering for you, and sleep repose, and maketh day a resurrection.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُورًا ﴿٤٨﴾
Wahuwa alladhī arsala ar-riyāḥa bushran bayna yaday raḥmatihi waʾanzalnā mina as-samāʾi māʾan ṭahūrā
And He it is Who sendeth the winds, glad tidings heralding His mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky,
لِّنُحْـِۧىَ بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ أَنْعَـٰمًا وَأَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيرًا ﴿٤٩﴾
Linuḥyiya bihi baldatan maytan wanusqiyahu mimmā khalaqnā anʿāman waʾanāsiyya kathīrā
That We may give life thereby to a dead land, and We give many beasts and men that We have created to drink thereof.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَـٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا ﴿٥٠﴾
Walaqad ṣarrafnāhu baynahum liyadhdhakkarū faʾabā aktharu an-nāsi illā kufūrā
And verily We have repeated it among them that they may remember, but most of mankind begrudge aught save ingratitude.
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيرًا ﴿٥١﴾
Walaw shiʾnā labaʿathnā fī kulli qaryatin nadhīrā
If We willed, We could raise up a warner in every village.
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ وَجَـٰهِدْهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادًا كَبِيرًا ﴿٥٢﴾
Falā tuṭiʿi al-kāfirīna wajāhidhum bihi jihādan kabīrā
So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavour.
۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَـٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَـٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا ﴿٥٣﴾
Wahuwa alladhī maraja al-baḥrayni hādhā ʿadhbun furātun wahādhā milḥun ujājun wajaʿala baynahumā barzakhan waḥijran maḥjūrā
And He it is Who hath given independence to the two seas (though they meet); one palatable, sweet, and the other saltish, bitter; and hath set a bar and a forbidding ban between them.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا ﴿٥٤﴾
Wahuwa alladhī khalaqa mina al-māʾi basharan fajaʿalahu nasaban waṣihran wakāna rabbuka qadīrā
And He it is Who hath created man from water, and hath appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is ever Powerful.
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًا ﴿٥٥﴾
Wayaʿbudūna min dūni Allāhi mā lā yanfaʿuhum walā yaḍurruhum wakāna al-kāfiru ʿalā rabbihi ẓahīrā
Yet they worship instead of Allah that which can neither benefit them nor hurt them. The disbeliever was ever a partisan against his Lord.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا ﴿٥٦﴾
Wamā arsalnāka illā mubashshiran wanadhīrā
And We have sent thee (O Muhammad) only as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.
قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا ﴿٥٧﴾
Qul mā asʾalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin illā man shāʾa an yattakhidha ilā rabbihi sabīlā
Say: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord.
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْحَىِّ ٱلَّذِى لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِۦ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا ﴿٥٨﴾
Watawakkal ʿalā al-ḥayyi alladhī lā yamūtu wasabbiḥ biḥamdihi wakafā bihi bidhunūbi ʿibādihi khabīrā
And trust thou in the Living One Who dieth not, and hymn His praise. He sufficeth as the Knower of His bondmen's sins,
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ فَسْـَٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًا ﴿٥٩﴾
Alladhī khalaqa as-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā fī sittati ayyāmin thumma istawā ʿalā al-ʿarshi ar-raḥmānu fāsʾal bihi khabīrā
Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days, then He mounted the Throne. The Beneficent! Ask anyone informed concerning Him!
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًا ۩ ﴿٦٠﴾
Waʾidhā qīla lahumu usjudū lilrraḥmāni qālū wamā ar-raḥmānu anasjudu limā taʾmurunā wazādahum nufūrā
And when it is said unto them: Prostrate to the Beneficent! they say: And what is the Beneficent? Are we to prostrate to whatever thou (Muhammad) biddest us? And it increaseth aversion in them.
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا ﴿٦١﴾
Tabāraka alladhī jaʿala fī as-samāʾi burūjan wajaʿala fīhā sirājan waqamaran munīrā
Blessed be He Who hath placed in the heaven mansions of the stars, and hath placed therein a great lamp and a moon giving light!
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًا ﴿٦٢﴾
Wahuwa alladhī jaʿala allayla wan-nahāra khilfatan liman arāda an yadhdhakkara aw arāda shukūrā
And He it is Who hath appointed night and day in succession, for him who desireth to remember, or desireth thankfulness.
وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَـٰمًا ﴿٦٣﴾
Waʿibādu ar-raḥmāni alladhīna yamshūna ʿalā al-arḍi hawnan waʾidhā khāṭabahumu al-jāhilūna qālū salāmā
The (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَـٰمًا ﴿٦٤﴾
Walladhīna yabītūna lirabbihim sujjadan waqiyāmā
And who spend the night before their Lord, prostrate and standing,
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا ﴿٦٥﴾
Walladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā iṣrif ʿannā ʿadhāba jahannama inna ʿadhābahā kāna gharāmā
And who say: Our Lord! Avert from us the doom of hell; lo! the doom thereof is anguish;
إِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا ﴿٦٦﴾
Innahā sāʾat mustaqarran wamuqāmā
Lo! it is wretched as abode and station;
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا۟ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًا ﴿٦٧﴾
Walladhīna idhā anfaqū lam yusrifū walam yaqturū wakāna bayna dhālika qawāmā
And those who, when they spend, are neither prodigal nor grudging; and there is ever a firm station between the two;
وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا ﴿٦٨﴾
Walladhīna lā yadʿūna maʿa Allāhi ilāhan ākhara walā yaqtulūna an-nafsa allatī ḥarrama Allāhu illā bil-ḥaqqi walā yaznūna waman yafʿal dhālika yalqa athāmā
And those who cry not unto any other god along with Allah, nor take the life which Allah hath forbidden save in (course of) justice, nor commit adultery - and whoso doeth this shall pay the penalty;
يُضَـٰعَفْ لَهُ ٱلْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا ﴿٦٩﴾
Yuḍāʿaf lahu al-ʿadhābu yawma al-qiyāmati wayakhlud fīhi muhānā
The doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein disdained for ever;
إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَـٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ حَسَنَـٰتٍ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا ﴿٧٠﴾
Illā man tāba waʾāmana waʿamila ʿamalan ṣāliḥan faʾulāʾika yubaddilu Allāhu sayyiʾātihim ḥasanātin wakāna Allāhu ghafūran raḥīmā
Save him who repenteth and believeth and doth righteous work; as for such, Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابًا ﴿٧١﴾
Waman tāba waʿamila ṣāliḥan faʾinnahu yatūbu ilā Allāhi matābā
And whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward Allah with true repentance -
وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًا ﴿٧٢﴾
Walladhīna lā yashhadūna az-zūra waʾidhā marrū billaghwi marrū kirāmā
And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَعُمْيَانًا ﴿٧٣﴾
Walladhīna idhā dhukkirū biʾāyāti rabbihim lam yakhirrū ʿalayhā ṣumman waʿumyānā
And those who, when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ﴿٧٤﴾
Walladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wadhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyunin wājʿalnā lilmuttaqīna imāmā
And who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our wives and of our offspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَـٰمًا ﴿٧٥﴾
Ulāʾika yujzawna al-ghurfata bimā ṣabarū wayulaqqawna fīhā taḥiyyatan wasalāmā
They will be awarded the high place forasmuch as they were steadfast, and they will meet therein with welcome and the ward of peace,
خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا ﴿٧٦﴾
Khālidīna fīhā ḥasunat mustaqarran wamuqāmā
Abiding there for ever. Happy is it as abode and station!
قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا۟ بِكُمْ رَبِّى لَوْلَا دُعَآؤُكُمْ ۖ فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًۢا ﴿٧٧﴾
Qul mā yaʿbaʾu bikum rabbī lawlā duʿāʾukum faqad kadhdhabtum fasawfa yakūnu lizāmā
Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): My Lord would not concern Himself with you but for your prayer. But now ye have denied (the Truth), therefor there will be judgment.
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.