The surah that declares the ultimate success of the faithful - the believers in One God, without partner, and that describes the irreproachable of their spiritual and moral virtues. It takes its name from verse 1 which mentions the faithful (muʾminūn). The surah stresses that the believers are the ones who will succeed, whereas the disbelievers will be punished for their arrogance and derision. Several proofs are given of God’s Oneness and His power, and the inevitability of the Resurrection is emphasized.The surah is also known as: The Believers, The True Believers.
1
قَد أَفلَحَ المُؤمِنونَ
qad ʾaflaḥa l-muʾminūna
Certainly, the faithful have attained salvation
2
الَّذينَ هُم في صَلاتِهِم خاشِعونَ
alladhīna hum fī ṣālātihim khāshiʿūna
—those who are humble in their prayers,
3
وَالَّذينَ هُم عَنِ اللَّغوِ مُعرِضونَ
wa-lladhīna hum ʿani l-laghwi muʿriḍūna
who avoid vain talk,
4
وَالَّذينَ هُم لِلزَّكاةِ فاعِلونَ
wa-lladhīna hum li-z-zakāti fāʿilūna
who carry out their [duty of] zakāt,
5
وَالَّذينَ هُم لِفُروجِهِم حافِظونَ
wa-lladhīna hum li-furūjihim ḥāfiẓūna
who guard their private parts1That is, those who refrain from unlawful sexual relations and cover their private parts properly, except in the state of privacy with their spouses.
6
إِلّا عَلىٰ أَزواجِهِم أَو ما مَلَكَت أَيمانُهُم فَإِنَّهُم غَيرُ مَلومينَ
ʾillā ʿalā ʾazwājihim ʾaw mā malakat ʾaymānuhum fa-ʾinnahum ghayru malūmīna
(except from their spouses or their slave women, for then they are not blameworthy;
7
فَمَنِ ابتَغىٰ وَراءَ ذٰلِكَ فَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ العادونَ
fa-mani btaghā warāʾa dhālika fa-ʾulāʾika humu l-ʿādūna
but whoever seeks [anything] beyond that —it is they who are transgressors)
8
وَالَّذينَ هُم لِأَماناتِهِم وَعَهدِهِم راعونَ
wa-lladhīna hum li-ʾamānātihim wa-ʿahdihim rāʿūna
and those who keep their trusts and covenants,
9
وَالَّذينَ هُم عَلىٰ صَلَواتِهِم يُحافِظونَ
wa-lladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalawātihim yuḥāfiẓūna
and who are watchful of their prayers.
10
أُولٰئِكَ هُمُ الوارِثونَ
ʾulāʾika humu l-wārithūna
It is they who will be the inheritors,
11
الَّذينَ يَرِثونَ الفِردَوسَ هُم فيها خالِدونَ
alladhīna yarithūna l-firdawsa hum fīhā khālidūna
who shall inherit paradise, and will remain in it [forever].1Cf. 70:22-35.
12
وَلَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسانَ مِن سُلالَةٍ مِن طينٍ
wa-la-qad khalaqnā l-ʾinsāna min sulālatin min ṭīnin
Certainly We created man from an extract of clay.
13
ثُمَّ جَعَلناهُ نُطفَةً في قَرارٍ مَكينٍ
thumma jaʿalnāhu nuṭfatan fī qarārin makīnin
Then We made him a drop of [seminal] fluid [lodged] in a secure abode.
14
ثُمَّ خَلَقنَا النُّطفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقنَا العَلَقَةَ مُضغَةً فَخَلَقنَا المُضغَةَ عِظامًا فَكَسَونَا العِظامَ لَحمًا ثُمَّ أَنشَأناهُ خَلقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحسَنُ الخالِقينَ
thumma khalaqnā n-nuṭfata ʿalaqatan fa-khalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍghatan fa-khalaqnā l-muḍghata ʿiẓāman fa-kasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma ʾanshaʾnāhu khalqan ʾākhara fa-tabāraka llāhu ʾaḥsanu l-khāliqīna
Then We created the drop of fluid as a clinging mass. Then We created the clinging mass as a fleshy tissue. Then We created the fleshy tissue as bones. Then We clothed the bones with flesh. Then We produced him as [yet] another creature. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators!
15
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتونَ
thumma ʾinnakum baʿda dhālika la-mayyitūna
Then indeed you die after that.
16
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ تُبعَثونَ
thumma ʾinnakum yawma l-qiyāmati tubʿathūna
Then you will indeed be raised up on the Day of Resurrection.
17
وَلَقَد خَلَقنا فَوقَكُم سَبعَ طَرائِقَ وَما كُنّا عَنِ الخَلقِ غافِلينَ
wa-la-qad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāʾiqa wa-mā kunnā ʿani l-khalqi ghāfilīna
Certainly We created above you the seven tiers1 and We have not been oblivious of creation.Apparently, a reference to the seven heavens. Or, ‘seven tracks.’
18
وَأَنزَلنا مِنَ السَّماءِ ماءً بِقَدَرٍ فَأَسكَنّاهُ فِي الأَرضِ ۖ وَإِنّا عَلىٰ ذَهابٍ بِهِ لَقادِرونَ
wa-ʾanzalnā mina s-samāʾi māʾan bi-qadarin fa-ʾaskannāhu fī l-ʾarḍi wa-ʾinnā ʿalā dhahābin bihī la-qādirūna
We sent down water from the sky in a measured manner, and We lodged it within the ground, and We are indeed able to take it away.
19
فَأَنشَأنا لَكُم بِهِ جَنّاتٍ مِن نَخيلٍ وَأَعنابٍ لَكُم فيها فَواكِهُ كَثيرَةٌ وَمِنها تَأكُلونَ
fa-ʾanshaʾnā lakum bihī jannātin min nakhīlin wa-ʾaʿnābin lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratun wa-minhā taʾkulūna
Then with it We produced for you gardens of date palms and vines. There are abundant fruits in them for you, and you eat from them.
20
وَشَجَرَةً تَخرُجُ مِن طورِ سَيناءَ تَنبُتُ بِالدُّهنِ وَصِبغٍ لِلآكِلينَ
wa-shajaratan takhruju min ṭūri saynāʾa tanbutu bi-d-duhni wa-ṣibghin li-l-ʾākilīna
And a tree that grows on Mount Sinai which produces oil and a seasoning for those who eat.
21
وَإِنَّ لَكُم فِي الأَنعامِ لَعِبرَةً ۖ نُسقيكُم مِمّا في بُطونِها وَلَكُم فيها مَنافِعُ كَثيرَةٌ وَمِنها تَأكُلونَ
wa-ʾinna lakum fī l-ʾanʿāmi la-ʿibratan nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā wa-lakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratun wa-minhā taʾkulūna
There is indeed a moral for you in the cattle: We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, and you have many uses in them, and you eat some of them,
22
وَعَلَيها وَعَلَى الفُلكِ تُحمَلونَ
wa-ʿalayhā wa-ʿalā l-fulki tuḥmalūna
and you are carried on them and on ships.
23
وَلَقَد أَرسَلنا نوحًا إِلىٰ قَومِهِ فَقالَ يا قَومِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ ما لَكُم مِن إِلٰهٍ غَيرُهُ ۖ أَفَلا تَتَّقونَ
wa-la-qad ʾarsalnā nūḥan ʾilā qawmihī fa-qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū ʾa-fa-lā tattaqūna
Certainly We sent Noah to his people, and he said, ‘O my people! Worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’
24
فَقالَ المَلَأُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا مِن قَومِهِ ما هٰذا إِلّا بَشَرٌ مِثلُكُم يُريدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيكُم وَلَو شاءَ اللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلائِكَةً ما سَمِعنا بِهٰذا في آبائِنَا الأَوَّلينَ
fa-qāla l-malaʾu lladhīna kafarū min qawmihī mā hādhā ʾillā basharun mithlukum yurīdu ʾan yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum wa-law shāʾa llāhu la-ʾanzala malāʾikatan mā samiʿnā bi-hādhā fī ʾābāʾinā l-ʾawwalīna
But the elite of the faithless from among his people said, ‘This is just a human being like you, who seeks to dominate you. Had Allah wished, He would have sent down angels. We never heard of such a thing among our forefathers.
25
إِن هُوَ إِلّا رَجُلٌ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ فَتَرَبَّصوا بِهِ حَتّىٰ حينٍ
ʾin huwa ʾillā rajulun bihī jinnatun fa-tarabbaṣū bihī ḥattā ḥīnin
He is just a man possessed by madness. So bear with him for a while.’
26
قالَ رَبِّ انصُرني بِما كَذَّبونِ
qāla rabbi nṣurnī bi-mā kadhdhabūni
He said, ‘My Lord! Help me, as they impugn me.’
27
فَأَوحَينا إِلَيهِ أَنِ اصنَعِ الفُلكَ بِأَعيُنِنا وَوَحيِنا فَإِذا جاءَ أَمرُنا وَفارَ التَّنّورُ ۙ فَاسلُك فيها مِن كُلٍّ زَوجَينِ اثنَينِ وَأَهلَكَ إِلّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيهِ القَولُ مِنهُم ۖ وَلا تُخاطِبني فِي الَّذينَ ظَلَموا ۖ إِنَّهُم مُغرَقونَ
fa-ʾawḥaynā ʾilayhi ʾani ṣnaʿi l-fulka bi-ʾaʿyuninā wa-waḥyinā fa-ʾidhā jāʾa ʾamrunā wa-fāra t-tannūru fa-sluk fīhā min kullin zawjayni thnayni wa-ʾahlaka ʾillā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu minhum wa-lā tukhāṭibnī fī lladhīna ẓalamū ʾinnahum mughraqūna
So We revealed to him: ‘Build the ark before Our eyes and by Our revelation. When Our edict comes and the oven gushes [a stream of water], bring into it a pair of every kind1 [of animal], and your family, except those of them against whom the decree has gone beforehand, and do not plead with Me for those who are wrongdoers: they shall indeed be drowned.’Or ‘bring into it, of every kind [of animal], two mates.’
28
فَإِذَا استَوَيتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَعَكَ عَلَى الفُلكِ فَقُلِ الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذي نَجّانا مِنَ القَومِ الظّالِمينَ
fa-ʾidhā stawayta ʾanta wa-man maʿaka ʿalā l-fulki fa-quli l-ḥamdu li-llāhi lladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna
‘When you, and those who are with you, are settled in the ark, say, “All praise belongs to Allah, who has delivered us from the wrongdoing lot.”
29
وَقُل رَبِّ أَنزِلني مُنزَلًا مُبارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيرُ المُنزِلينَ
wa-qul rabbi ʾanzilnī munzalan mubārakan wa-ʾanta khayru l-munzilīna
And say, “My Lord! Land me with a blessed landing, for You are the best of those who bring ashore.” ’
30
إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآياتٍ وَإِن كُنّا لَمُبتَلينَ
ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin wa-ʾin kunnā la-mubtalīna
There are indeed signs in this; and indeed We have been testing.
31
ثُمَّ أَنشَأنا مِن بَعدِهِم قَرنًا آخَرينَ
thumma ʾanshaʾnā min baʿdihim qarnan ʾākharīna
Then after them We brought forth another generation,
32
فَأَرسَلنا فيهِم رَسولًا مِنهُم أَنِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ ما لَكُم مِن إِلٰهٍ غَيرُهُ ۖ أَفَلا تَتَّقونَ
fa-ʾarsalnā fīhim rasūlan minhum ʾani ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū ʾa-fa-lā tattaqūna
and We sent them an apostle from among themselves, saying, ‘Worship Allah! You have no other god besides Him. Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’
33
وَقالَ المَلَأُ مِن قَومِهِ الَّذينَ كَفَروا وَكَذَّبوا بِلِقاءِ الآخِرَةِ وَأَترَفناهُم فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ما هٰذا إِلّا بَشَرٌ مِثلُكُم يَأكُلُ مِمّا تَأكُلونَ مِنهُ وَيَشرَبُ مِمّا تَشرَبونَ
wa-qāla l-malaʾu min qawmihi lladhīna kafarū wa-kadhdhabū bi-liqāʾi l-ʾākhirati wa-ʾatrafnāhum fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā mā hādhā ʾillā basharun mithlukum yaʾkulu mimmā taʾkulūna minhu wa-yashrabu mimmā tashrabūna
Said the elite of his people, who were faithless and who denied the encounter of the Hereafter and whom We had given affluence in the life of the world: ‘This is just a human being like you: he eats what you eat, and drinks what you drink.
34
وَلَئِن أَطَعتُم بَشَرًا مِثلَكُم إِنَّكُم إِذًا لَخاسِرونَ
wa-la-ʾin ʾaṭaʿtum basharan mithlakum ʾinnakum ʾidhan la-khāsirūna
If you obey a human being like yourselves, you will indeed be losers.
35
أَيَعِدُكُم أَنَّكُم إِذا مِتُّم وَكُنتُم تُرابًا وَعِظامًا أَنَّكُم مُخرَجونَ
ʾa-yaʿidukum ʾannakum ʾidhā mittum wa-kuntum turāban wa-ʿiẓāman ʾannakum mukhrajūna
Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones you will indeed be raised [from the dead]?
36
۞ هَيهاتَ هَيهاتَ لِما توعَدونَ
hayhāta hayhāta li-mā tūʿadūna
Far-fetched, far-fetched is what you are promised!
37
إِن هِيَ إِلّا حَياتُنَا الدُّنيا نَموتُ وَنَحيا وَما نَحنُ بِمَبعوثينَ
ʾin hiya ʾillā ḥayātunā d-dunyā namūtu wa-naḥyā wa-mā naḥnu bi-mabʿūthīna
There is nothing but the life of this world: we live and we die, and we shall not be resurrected.
38
إِن هُوَ إِلّا رَجُلٌ افتَرىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَما نَحنُ لَهُ بِمُؤمِنينَ
ʾin huwa ʾillā rajulun-i ftarā ʿalā llāhi kadhiban wa-mā naḥnu lahū bi-muʾminīna
He is just a man who has fabricated a lie against Allah, and we will not believe in him.’
39
قالَ رَبِّ انصُرني بِما كَذَّبونِ
qāla rabbi nṣurnī bi-mā kadhdhabūni
He said, ‘My Lord! Help me, as they impugn me.’
40
قالَ عَمّا قَليلٍ لَيُصبِحُنَّ نادِمينَ
qāla ʿammā qalīlin la-yuṣbiḥunna nādimīna
He said, ‘In a little while they will become regretful.’
41
فَأَخَذَتهُمُ الصَّيحَةُ بِالحَقِّ فَجَعَلناهُم غُثاءً ۚ فَبُعدًا لِلقَومِ الظّالِمينَ
fa-ʾakhadhathumu ṣ-ṣayḥatu bi-l-ḥaqqi fa-jaʿalnāhum ghuthāʾan fa-buʿdan li-l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna
So the Cry seized them justifiably and We turned them into a scum. So away with the wrongdoing lot!
42
ثُمَّ أَنشَأنا مِن بَعدِهِم قُرونًا آخَرينَ
thumma ʾanshaʾnā min baʿdihim qurūnan ʾākharīna
Then after them We brought forth other generations.
43
ما تَسبِقُ مِن أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَها وَما يَستَأخِرونَ
mā tasbiqu min ʾummatin ʾajalahā wa-mā yastaʾkhirūna
No nation can advance its time nor can it defer it.
44
ثُمَّ أَرسَلنا رُسُلَنا تَترىٰ ۖ كُلَّ ما جاءَ أُمَّةً رَسولُها كَذَّبوهُ ۚ فَأَتبَعنا بَعضَهُم بَعضًا وَجَعَلناهُم أَحاديثَ ۚ فَبُعدًا لِقَومٍ لا يُؤمِنونَ
thumma ʾarsalnā rusulanā tatrā kulla mā jāʾa ʾummatan rasūluhā kadhdhabūhu fa-ʾatbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍan wa-jaʿalnāhum ʾaḥādītha fa-buʿdan li-qawmin lā yuʾminūna
Then We sent Our apostles successively. Whenever there came to a nation its apostle, they impugned him, so We made them follow one another [to extinction] and We turned them into folktales. So away with the faithless lot!
45
ثُمَّ أَرسَلنا موسىٰ وَأَخاهُ هارونَ بِآياتِنا وَسُلطانٍ مُبينٍ
thumma ʾarsalnā mūsā wa-ʾakhāhu hārūna bi-ʾāyātinā wa-sulṭānin mubīnin
Then We sent Moses and Aaron, his brother, with Our signs and a manifest authority,
46
إِلىٰ فِرعَونَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَاستَكبَروا وَكانوا قَومًا عالينَ
ʾilā firʿawna wa-malaʾihī fa-stakbarū wa-kānū qawman ʿālīna
to Pharaoh and his elites; but they acted arrogantly and they were a tyrannical lot.
47
فَقالوا أَنُؤمِنُ لِبَشَرَينِ مِثلِنا وَقَومُهُما لَنا عابِدونَ
fa-qālū ʾa-nuʾminu li-basharayni mithlinā wa-qawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūna
They said, ‘Shall we believe two humans like ourselves, while their people are our slaves?’
48
فَكَذَّبوهُما فَكانوا مِنَ المُهلَكينَ
fa-kadhdhabūhumā fa-kānū mina l-muhlakīna
So they impugned the two of them, whereat they were among those who were destroyed.
49
وَلَقَد آتَينا موسَى الكِتابَ لَعَلَّهُم يَهتَدونَ
wa-la-qad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba laʿallahum yahtadūna
Certainly We gave Moses the Book so that they might be guided,
50
وَجَعَلنَا ابنَ مَريَمَ وَأُمَّهُ آيَةً وَآوَيناهُما إِلىٰ رَبوَةٍ ذاتِ قَرارٍ وَمَعينٍ
wa-jaʿalnā bna maryama wa-ʾummahū ʾāyatan wa-ʾāwaynāhumā ʾilā rabwatin dhāti qarārin wa-maʿīnin
and We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign, and sheltered them in a highland, level and watered by a stream.
51
يا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلوا مِنَ الطَّيِّباتِ وَاعمَلوا صالِحًا ۖ إِنّي بِما تَعمَلونَ عَليمٌ
yā-ʾayyuhā r-rusulu kulū mina ṭ-ṭayyibāti wa-ʿmalū ṣāliḥan ʾinnī bi-mā taʿmalūna ʿalīmun
O apostles! Eat of the good things and act righteously. Indeed I know best what you do.
52
وَإِنَّ هٰذِهِ أُمَّتُكُم أُمَّةً واحِدَةً وَأَنا رَبُّكُم فَاتَّقونِ
wa-ʾinna hādhihī ʾummatukum ʾummatan wāḥidatan wa-ʾana rabbukum fa-ttaqūni
Indeed this community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord, so be wary of Me.
53
فَتَقَطَّعوا أَمرَهُم بَينَهُم زُبُرًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزبٍ بِما لَدَيهِم فَرِحونَ
fa-taqaṭṭaʿū ʾamrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥizbin bi-mā ladayhim fariḥūna
But they fragmented their religion among themselves, each party exulting in what it had.
54
فَذَرهُم في غَمرَتِهِم حَتّىٰ حينٍ
fa-dharhum fī ghamratihim ḥattā ḥīnin
So leave them in their stupor for a while.
55
أَيَحسَبونَ أَنَّما نُمِدُّهُم بِهِ مِن مالٍ وَبَنينَ
ʾa-yaḥsabūna ʾannamā numidduhum bihī min mālin wa-banīna
Do they suppose that whatever aid We provide them in regard to wealth and children [is because]
56
نُسارِعُ لَهُم فِي الخَيراتِ ۚ بَل لا يَشعُرونَ
nusāriʿu lahum fī l-khayrāti bal lā yashʿurūna
We are eager to bring them good? Rather they are not aware!
57
إِنَّ الَّذينَ هُم مِن خَشيَةِ رَبِّهِم مُشفِقونَ
ʾinna lladhīna hum min khashyati rabbihim mushfiqūna
Indeed those who are apprehensive for the fear of their Lord,
58
وَالَّذينَ هُم بِآياتِ رَبِّهِم يُؤمِنونَ
wa-lladhīna hum bi-ʾāyāti rabbihim yuʾminūna
and who believe in the signs of their Lord,
59
وَالَّذينَ هُم بِرَبِّهِم لا يُشرِكونَ
wa-lladhīna hum bi-rabbihim lā yushrikūna
and who do not ascribe partners to their Lord;
60
وَالَّذينَ يُؤتونَ ما آتَوا وَقُلوبُهُم وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُم إِلىٰ رَبِّهِم راجِعونَ
wa-lladhīna yuʾtūna mā ʾātaw wa-qulūbuhum wajilatun ʾannahum ʾilā rabbihim rājiʿūna
and who give whatever they give while their hearts tremble with awe that they are going to return to their Lord
61
أُولٰئِكَ يُسارِعونَ فِي الخَيراتِ وَهُم لَها سابِقونَ
ʾulāʾika yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wa-hum lahā sābiqūna
—it is they who are zealous in [performing] good works, and take the lead in them.
62
وَلا نُكَلِّفُ نَفسًا إِلّا وُسعَها ۖ وَلَدَينا كِتابٌ يَنطِقُ بِالحَقِّ ۚ وَهُم لا يُظلَمونَ
wa-lā nukallifu nafsan ʾillā wusʿahā wa-ladaynā kitābun yanṭiqu bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-hum lā yuẓlamūna
We task no soul except according to its capacity, and with Us is a book that speaks the truth, and they will not be wronged.
63
بَل قُلوبُهُم في غَمرَةٍ مِن هٰذا وَلَهُم أَعمالٌ مِن دونِ ذٰلِكَ هُم لَها عامِلونَ
bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratin min hādhā wa-lahum ʾaʿmālun min dūni dhālika hum lahā ʿāmilūna
Rather their hearts are in a stupor in regard to this, and there are their other deeds besides which they perpetrate.
64
حَتّىٰ إِذا أَخَذنا مُترَفيهِم بِالعَذابِ إِذا هُم يَجأَرونَ
ḥattā ʾidhā ʾakhadhnā mutrafīhim bi-l-ʿadhābi ʾidhā hum yajʾarūna
When We seize their affluent ones with punishment, behold, they make entreaties [to Us].
65
لا تَجأَرُوا اليَومَ ۖ إِنَّكُم مِنّا لا تُنصَرونَ
lā tajʾarū l-yawma ʾinnakum minnā lā tunṣarūna
‘Do not make entreaties today! Indeed you will not receive any help from Us.
66
قَد كانَت آياتي تُتلىٰ عَلَيكُم فَكُنتُم عَلىٰ أَعقابِكُم تَنكِصونَ
qad kānat ʾāyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fa-kuntum ʿalā ʾaʿqābikum tankiṣūna
Certainly My signs used to be recited to you, but you used to take to your heels,
67
مُستَكبِرينَ بِهِ سامِرًا تَهجُرونَ
mustakbirīna bihī sāmiran tahjurūna
being disdainful of it,1 talking nonsense in your nightly sessions.’That is, the Qurʾān. Or, ‘him,’ that is of the Prophet.
68
أَفَلَم يَدَّبَّرُوا القَولَ أَم جاءَهُم ما لَم يَأتِ آباءَهُمُ الأَوَّلينَ
ʾa-fa-lam yaddabbarū l-qawla ʾam jāʾahum mā lam yaʾti ʾābāʾahumu l-ʾawwalīna
Have they not contemplated the discourse,1 or has anything come to them [in it] that did not come to their forefathers?That is, the Qurʾān. Cf. 4:82, 47:24.
69
أَم لَم يَعرِفوا رَسولَهُم فَهُم لَهُ مُنكِرونَ
ʾam lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fa-hum lahū munkirūna
Is it that they do not recognize their apostle,1 and so they deny him?2That is, ‘Is the Apostle a stranger of an unknown background and a person unknown to them?’Or ‘and so they are not at home with him.’
70
أَم يَقولونَ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ ۚ بَل جاءَهُم بِالحَقِّ وَأَكثَرُهُم لِلحَقِّ كارِهونَ
ʾam yaqūlūna bihī jinnatun bal jāʾahum bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾaktharuhum li-l-ḥaqqi kārihūna
Do they say, ‘There is madness in him’? Rather he has brought them the truth, and most of them are averse to the truth.
71
وَلَوِ اتَّبَعَ الحَقُّ أَهواءَهُم لَفَسَدَتِ السَّماواتُ وَالأَرضُ وَمَن فيهِنَّ ۚ بَل أَتَيناهُم بِذِكرِهِم فَهُم عَن ذِكرِهِم مُعرِضونَ
wa-lawi ttabaʿa l-ḥaqqu ʾahwāʾahum la-fasadati s-samāwātu wa-l-ʾarḍu wa-man fīhinna bal ʾataynāhum bi-dhikrihim fa-hum ʿan dhikrihim muʿriḍūna
Had the Truth followed their desires, the heavens and the earth would have surely fallen apart [along] with those who are in them. Rather We have brought them their reminder, but they are disregardful of their reminder.
72
أَم تَسأَلُهُم خَرجًا فَخَراجُ رَبِّكَ خَيرٌ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيرُ الرّازِقينَ
ʾam tasʾaluhum kharjan fa-kharāju rabbika khayrun wa-huwa khayru r-rāziqīna
Do you ask a recompense from them? Yet your Lord’s recompense is better, and He is the best of providers.
73
وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدعوهُم إِلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ
wa-ʾinnaka la-tadʿūhum ʾilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin
Indeed you invite them to a straight path,
74
وَإِنَّ الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِالآخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّراطِ لَناكِبونَ
wa-ʾinna lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati ʿani ṣ-ṣirāṭi la-nākibūna
and indeed those who do not believe in the Hereafter surely deviate from the path.
75
۞ وَلَو رَحِمناهُم وَكَشَفنا ما بِهِم مِن ضُرٍّ لَلَجّوا في طُغيانِهِم يَعمَهونَ
wa-law raḥimnāhum wa-kashafnā mā bihim min ḍurrin la-lajjū fī ṭughyānihim yaʿmahūna
Should We have mercy upon them and remove their distress from them, they would surely persist, bewildered in their rebellion.
76
وَلَقَد أَخَذناهُم بِالعَذابِ فَمَا استَكانوا لِرَبِّهِم وَما يَتَضَرَّعونَ
wa-la-qad ʾakhadhnāhum bi-l-ʿadhābi fa-mā stakānū li-rabbihim wa-mā yataḍarraʿūna
Certainly We have seized them with punishment, yet they neither humbled themselves to their Lord, nor did they entreat [Him for mercy].
77
حَتّىٰ إِذا فَتَحنا عَلَيهِم بابًا ذا عَذابٍ شَديدٍ إِذا هُم فيهِ مُبلِسونَ
ḥattā ʾidhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin ʾidhā hum fīhi mublisūna
When We opened on them the door of a severe punishment, behold, they are despondent in it.
78
وَهُوَ الَّذي أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ السَّمعَ وَالأَبصارَ وَالأَفئِدَةَ ۚ قَليلًا ما تَشكُرونَ
wa-huwa lladhī ʾanshaʾa lakumu s-samʿa wa-l-ʾabṣāra wa-l-ʾafʾidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna
It is He who made for you hearing, eyesight, and hearts. Little do you thank.
79
وَهُوَ الَّذي ذَرَأَكُم فِي الأَرضِ وَإِلَيهِ تُحشَرونَ
wa-huwa lladhī dharaʾakum fī l-ʾarḍi wa-ʾilayhi tuḥsharūna
It is He who created you on the earth, and you will be mustered toward Him.
80
وَهُوَ الَّذي يُحيي وَيُميتُ وَلَهُ اختِلافُ اللَّيلِ وَالنَّهارِ ۚ أَفَلا تَعقِلونَ
wa-huwa lladhī yuḥyī wa-yumītu wa-lahu khtilāfu l-layli wa-n-nahāri ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna
And it is He who gives life and brings death and due to Him is the alternation of day and night. Do you not apply reason?
81
بَل قالوا مِثلَ ما قالَ الأَوَّلونَ
bal qālū mithla mā qāla l-ʾawwalūna
Rather they say just like what the ancients said.
82
قالوا أَإِذا مِتنا وَكُنّا تُرابًا وَعِظامًا أَإِنّا لَمَبعوثونَ
qālū ʾa-ʾidhā mitnā wa-kunnā turāban wa-ʿiẓāman ʾa-ʾinnā la-mabʿūthūna
They said, ‘What, when we are dead and become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected?’
83
لَقَد وُعِدنا نَحنُ وَآباؤُنا هٰذا مِن قَبلُ إِن هٰذا إِلّا أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ
la-qad wuʿidnā naḥnu wa-ʾābāʾunā hādhā min qablu ʾin hādhā ʾillā ʾasāṭīru l-ʾawwalīna
Certainly we and our fathers were promised this before. [But] these are nothing but myths of the ancients.’
84
قُل لِمَنِ الأَرضُ وَمَن فيها إِن كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ
qul li-mani l-ʾarḍu wa-man fīhā ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna
Say, ‘To whom does the earth belong and whoever it contains, if you know?’
85
سَيَقولونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُل أَفَلا تَذَكَّرونَ
sa-yaqūlūna li-llāhi qul ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna
They will say, ‘To Allah.’ Say, ‘Will you not then take admonition?’
86
قُل مَن رَبُّ السَّماواتِ السَّبعِ وَرَبُّ العَرشِ العَظيمِ
qul man rabbu s-samāwāti s-sabʿi wa-rabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīmi
Say, ‘Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Great Throne?’
87
سَيَقولونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُل أَفَلا تَتَّقونَ
sa-yaqūlūna li-llāhi qul ʾa-fa-lā tattaqūna
They will say, ‘[They belong] to Allah.’ Say, ‘Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’
88
قُل مَن بِيَدِهِ مَلَكوتُ كُلِّ شَيءٍ وَهُوَ يُجيرُ وَلا يُجارُ عَلَيهِ إِن كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ
qul man bi-yadihī malakūtu kulli shayʾin wa-huwa yujīru wa-lā yujāru ʿalayhi ʾin kuntum taʿlamūna
Say, ‘In whose hand is the dominion of all things, and who shelters and no shelter can be provided from Him, if you know?’
89
سَيَقولونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُل فَأَنّىٰ تُسحَرونَ
sa-yaqūlūna li-llāhi qul fa-ʾannā tusḥarūna
They will say, ‘[They all belong] to Allah.’ Say, ‘Then how are you being deluded?’1Or ‘How are you being misled,’ or ‘How are you being rendered blind.’
90
بَل أَتَيناهُم بِالحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُم لَكاذِبونَ
bal ʾataynāhum bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-ʾinnahum la-kādhibūna
Rather We have brought them the truth, and they are indeed liars.
91
مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍ وَما كانَ مَعَهُ مِن إِلٰهٍ ۚ إِذًا لَذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلٰهٍ بِما خَلَقَ وَلَعَلا بَعضُهُم عَلىٰ بَعضٍ ۚ سُبحانَ اللَّهِ عَمّا يَصِفونَ
mā ttakhadha llāhu min waladin wa-mā kāna maʿahū min ʾilāhin ʾidhan la-dhahaba kullu ʾilāhin bi-mā khalaqa wa-la-ʿalā baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin subḥāna llāhi ʿammā yaṣifūna
Allah has not taken any offspring, neither is there any god besides Him, for then each god would take away what he created, and some of them would surely rise up against others. Clear is Allah of what they allege!
92
عالِمِ الغَيبِ وَالشَّهادَةِ فَتَعالىٰ عَمّا يُشرِكونَ
ʿālimi l-ghaybi wa-sh-shahādati fa-taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūna
The Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, He is above having any partners that they ascribe [to Him].
93
قُل رَبِّ إِمّا تُرِيَنّي ما يوعَدونَ
qul rabbi ʾimmā turiyannī mā yūʿadūna
Say, ‘My Lord! If You should show me what they are promised,
94
رَبِّ فَلا تَجعَلني فِي القَومِ الظّالِمينَ
rabbi fa-lā tajʿalnī fī l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna
then do not put me, my Lord, among the wrongdoing lot.’
95
وَإِنّا عَلىٰ أَن نُرِيَكَ ما نَعِدُهُم لَقادِرونَ
wa-ʾinnā ʿalā ʾan nuriyaka mā naʿiduhum la-qādirūna
We are indeed able to show you what We promise them.
96
ادفَع بِالَّتي هِيَ أَحسَنُ السَّيِّئَةَ ۚ نَحنُ أَعلَمُ بِما يَصِفونَ
idfaʿ bi-llatī hiya ʾaḥsanu s-sayyiʾata naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā yaṣifūna
Repel ill [conduct] with that which is the best. We know best whatever they allege.
97
وَقُل رَبِّ أَعوذُ بِكَ مِن هَمَزاتِ الشَّياطينِ
wa-qul rabbi ʾaʿūdhu bika min hamazāti sh-shayāṭīni
And say, ‘My Lord! I seek Your protection from the promptings of devils;
98
وَأَعوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحضُرونِ
wa-ʾaʿūdhu bika rabbi ʾan yaḥḍurūni
and I seek Your protection, my Lord, from their presence near me.’
99
حَتّىٰ إِذا جاءَ أَحَدَهُمُ المَوتُ قالَ رَبِّ ارجِعونِ
ḥattā ʾidhā jāʾa ʾaḥadahumu l-mawtu qāla rabbi rjiʿūni
When death comes to one of them, he says, ‘My Lord! Take me back,
100
لَعَلّي أَعمَلُ صالِحًا فيما تَرَكتُ ۚ كَلّا ۚ إِنَّها كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قائِلُها ۖ وَمِن وَرائِهِم بَرزَخٌ إِلىٰ يَومِ يُبعَثونَ
laʿallī ʾaʿmalu ṣāliḥan fī-mā taraktu kallā ʾinnahā kalimatun huwa qāʾiluhā wa-min warāʾihim barzakhun ʾilā yawmi yubʿathūna
that I may act righteously in what I have left behind.’ ‘By no means! These are mere words that he says.’ And ahead of them is a barrier until the day they will be resurrected
101
فَإِذا نُفِخَ فِي الصّورِ فَلا أَنسابَ بَينَهُم يَومَئِذٍ وَلا يَتَساءَلونَ
fa-ʾidhā nufikha fī ṣ-ṣūri fa-lā ʾansāba baynahum yawmaʾidhin wa-lā yatasāʾalūna
And when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no ties between them on that day, nor will they ask [about] each other.1Cf. 70:10.
102
فَمَن ثَقُلَت مَوازينُهُ فَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ المُفلِحونَ
fa-man thaqulat mawāzīnuhū fa-ʾulāʾika humu l-mufliḥūna
Then those whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales —it is they who are the felicitous.
103
وَمَن خَفَّت مَوازينُهُ فَأُولٰئِكَ الَّذينَ خَسِروا أَنفُسَهُم في جَهَنَّمَ خالِدونَ
wa-man khaffat mawāzīnuhū fa-ʾulāʾika lladhīna khasirū ʾanfusahum fī jahannama khālidūna
As for those whose deeds weigh light in the scales, —they will be the ones who have ruined their souls, [and] they will remain in hell [forever].
104
تَلفَحُ وُجوهَهُمُ النّارُ وَهُم فيها كالِحونَ
talfaḥu wujūhahumu n-nāru wa-hum fīhā kāliḥūna
The Fire will scorch their faces, and they will be morose in it.
105
أَلَم تَكُن آياتي تُتلىٰ عَلَيكُم فَكُنتُم بِها تُكَذِّبونَ
ʾa-lam takun ʾāyātī tutlā ʿalaykum fa-kuntum bihā tukadhdhibūna
‘Was it not that My signs were recited to you but you would deny them?’
106
قالوا رَبَّنا غَلَبَت عَلَينا شِقوَتُنا وَكُنّا قَومًا ضالّينَ
qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiqwatunā wa-kunnā qawman ḍāllīna
They will say, ‘Our Lord! Our wretchedness overcame us, and we were an astray lot.
107
رَبَّنا أَخرِجنا مِنها فَإِن عُدنا فَإِنّا ظالِمونَ
rabbanā ʾakhrijnā minhā fa-ʾin ʿudnā fa-ʾinnā ẓālimūna
Our Lord! Bring us out of this! Then, if we revert, we will indeed be wrongdoers.’
108
قالَ اخسَئوا فيها وَلا تُكَلِّمونِ
qāla khsaʾū fīhā wa-lā tukallimūni
He will say, ‘Begone in it, and do not speak to Me!
109
إِنَّهُ كانَ فَريقٌ مِن عِبادي يَقولونَ رَبَّنا آمَنّا فَاغفِر لَنا وَارحَمنا وَأَنتَ خَيرُ الرّاحِمينَ
ʾinnahū kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā ʾāmannā fa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā wa-ʾanta khayru r-rāḥimīna
Indeed there was a part of My servants who would say, “Our Lord! We have believed. So forgive us, and have mercy on us, and You are the best of the merciful.”
110
فَاتَّخَذتُموهُم سِخرِيًّا حَتّىٰ أَنسَوكُم ذِكري وَكُنتُم مِنهُم تَضحَكونَ
fa-ttakhadhtumūhum sikhriyyan ḥattā ʾansawkum dhikrī wa-kuntum minhum taḍḥakūna
But then you took them by ridicule until they made you forget My remembrance,1 and you used to laugh at them.That is, ‘your contemptuous attitude towards them made you oblivious of Me and My reminders and warnings.’
111
إِنّي جَزَيتُهُمُ اليَومَ بِما صَبَروا أَنَّهُم هُمُ الفائِزونَ
ʾinnī jazaytuhumu l-yawma bi-mā ṣabarū ʾannahum humu l-fāʾizūna
Indeed I have rewarded them today for their patience. They are indeed the triumphant.’
112
قالَ كَم لَبِثتُم فِي الأَرضِ عَدَدَ سِنينَ
qāla kam labithtum fī l-ʾarḍi ʿadada sinīna
He will say, ‘How many years did you remain on earth?’
113
قالوا لَبِثنا يَومًا أَو بَعضَ يَومٍ فَاسأَلِ العادّينَ
qālū labithnā yawman ʾaw baʿḍa yawmin fa-sʾali l-ʿāddīna
They will say, ‘We remained for a day, or part of a day; yet ask those who keep the count.’
114
قالَ إِن لَبِثتُم إِلّا قَليلًا ۖ لَو أَنَّكُم كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ
qāla ʾin labithtum ʾillā qalīlan law ʾannakum kuntum taʿlamūna
He will say, ‘You only remained a little; if only you had known.
115
أَفَحَسِبتُم أَنَّما خَلَقناكُم عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُم إِلَينا لا تُرجَعونَ
ʾa-fa-ḥasibtum ʾannamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-ʾannakum ʾilaynā lā turjaʿūna
Did you suppose that We created you aimlessly, and that you will not be brought back to Us?’
116
فَتَعالَى اللَّهُ المَلِكُ الحَقُّ ۖ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ رَبُّ العَرشِ الكَريمِ
fa-taʿālā llāhu l-maliku l-ḥaqqu lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīmi
So exalted is Allah, the True Sovereign, there is no god except Him, the Lord of the Noble Throne.
117
وَمَن يَدعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلٰهًا آخَرَ لا بُرهانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّما حِسابُهُ عِندَ رَبِّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لا يُفلِحُ الكافِرونَ
wa-man yadʿu maʿa llāhi ʾilāhan ʾākhara lā burhāna lahū bihī fa-ʾinnamā ḥisābuhū ʿinda rabbihī ʾinnahū lā yufliḥu l-kāfirūna
Whoever invokes besides Allah another god of which he has no proof, his reckoning will indeed rest with his Lord. Indeed the faithless will not be felicitous.
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وَقُل رَبِّ اغفِر وَارحَم وَأَنتَ خَيرُ الرّاحِمينَ
wa-qul rabbi ghfir wa-rḥam wa-ʾanta khayru r-rāḥimīna
Say, ‘My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful.’