The surah that describes the Quran as Elaborated Heavenly revelation for those who would give it heed. It takes its name from the word “elaborated” (fuṣṣilat) in verse 3 and again in verse 44. The surah deals with the obduracy of the disbelievers, the truthfulness of the Quran, the unity of God, and the inevitability of Resurrection. The surah makes several references to the senses (verse 5, verse 20 . and verse 44) which the disbelievers shut o from perceiving the Truth in this world, and which will then testify against their “owners” on the Day of Resurrection, and it describes the arrogance displayed by people when all is well, contrasted with their humility and despair when diiculties strike (verse 49 .).The surah is also known as: (Signs) Spelled Out, (Verses) Made Distinct, Adoration, Clearly Spelled Out, Distinguished, Made Plain, Revelations Well Expounded, The Lucidly Distinct, The Well-Explained.
1
حم
ḥ-m (ḥā mīm)
Ḥā, Mīm:
2
تَنزيلٌ مِنَ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ
tanzīlun mina r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi
A [gradually] sent down [revelation] from the All-beneficent, the All-merciful,
3
كِتابٌ فُصِّلَت آياتُهُ قُرآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِقَومٍ يَعلَمونَ
kitābun fuṣṣilat ʾāyātuhū qurʾānan ʿarabiyyan li-qawmin yaʿlamūna
[this is] a Book whose signs have been elaborated, an Arabic Qurʾān, for a people who have knowledge,
4
بَشيرًا وَنَذيرًا فَأَعرَضَ أَكثَرُهُم فَهُم لا يَسمَعونَ
bashīran wa-nadhīran fa-ʾaʿraḍa ʾaktharuhum fa-hum lā yasmaʿūna
a bearer of good news and a warner. But most of them turn away [from it], [and] so they do not listen.
5
وَقالوا قُلوبُنا في أَكِنَّةٍ مِمّا تَدعونا إِلَيهِ وَفي آذانِنا وَقرٌ وَمِن بَينِنا وَبَينِكَ حِجابٌ فَاعمَل إِنَّنا عامِلونَ
wa-qālū qulūbunā fī ʾakinnatin mimmā tadʿūnā ʾilayhi wa-fī ʾādhāninā waqrun wa-min bayninā wa-baynika ḥijābun fa-ʿmal ʾinnanā ʿāmilūna
They say, ‘Our hearts are in veils [which shut them off] from what you invite us to, and there is a deafness in our ears, and there is a curtain between us and you. So act [as your faith requires]; we too are acting [according to our own].’
6
قُل إِنَّما أَنا بَشَرٌ مِثلُكُم يوحىٰ إِلَيَّ أَنَّما إِلٰهُكُم إِلٰهٌ واحِدٌ فَاستَقيموا إِلَيهِ وَاستَغفِروهُ ۗ وَوَيلٌ لِلمُشرِكينَ
qul ʾinnamā ʾana basharun mithlukum yūḥā ʾilayya ʾannamā ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-staqīmū ʾilayhi wa-staghfirūhu wa-waylun li-l-mushrikīna
Say, ‘I am just a human being like you. It has been revealed to me that your God is the One God. So be steadfast toward Him and plead to Him for forgiveness.’ And woe to the polytheists
7
الَّذينَ لا يُؤتونَ الزَّكاةَ وَهُم بِالآخِرَةِ هُم كافِرونَ
alladhīna lā yuʾtūna z-zakāta wa-hum bi-l-ʾākhirati hum kāfirūna
—those who do not pay the zakāt and disbelieve in the Hereafter.
8
إِنَّ الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ لَهُم أَجرٌ غَيرُ مَمنونٍ
ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum ʾajrun ghayru mamnūnin
As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, there will be an everlasting reward for them.
9
۞ قُل أَئِنَّكُم لَتَكفُرونَ بِالَّذي خَلَقَ الأَرضَ في يَومَينِ وَتَجعَلونَ لَهُ أَندادًا ۚ ذٰلِكَ رَبُّ العالَمينَ
qul ʾa-ʾinnakum la-takfurūna bi-lladhī khalaqa l-ʾarḍa fī yawmayni wa-tajʿalūna lahū ʾandādan dhālika rabbu l-ʿālamīna
Say, ‘Do you really disbelieve in Him who created the earth in two days,1 and ascribe partners to Him? That is the Lord of all the worlds!’That is, in two epochs of time.
10
وَجَعَلَ فيها رَواسِيَ مِن فَوقِها وَبارَكَ فيها وَقَدَّرَ فيها أَقواتَها في أَربَعَةِ أَيّامٍ سَواءً لِلسّائِلينَ
wa-jaʿala fīhā rawāsiya min fawqihā wa-bāraka fīhā wa-qaddara fīhā ʾaqwātahā fī ʾarbaʿati ʾayyāmin sawāʾan li-s-sāʾilīna
He set in it firm mountains [rising] above it, and blessed it and ordained therein its [various] means of sustenance in four days, alike for all the seekers [of the means of sustenance].
11
ثُمَّ استَوىٰ إِلَى السَّماءِ وَهِيَ دُخانٌ فَقالَ لَها وَلِلأَرضِ ائتِيا طَوعًا أَو كَرهًا قالَتا أَتَينا طائِعينَ
thumma stawā ʾilā s-samāʾi wa-hiya dukhānun fa-qāla lahā wa-li-l-ʾarḍi ʾtiyā ṭawʿan ʾaw karhan qālatā ʾataynā ṭāʾiʿīna
Then He turned to the heaven, and it was smoke, and He said to it and to the earth, ‘Come! Willingly or unwillingly!’ They said, ‘We come heartily.’
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فَقَضاهُنَّ سَبعَ سَماواتٍ في يَومَينِ وَأَوحىٰ في كُلِّ سَماءٍ أَمرَها ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا السَّماءَ الدُّنيا بِمَصابيحَ وَحِفظًا ۚ ذٰلِكَ تَقديرُ العَزيزِ العَليمِ
fa-qaḍāhunna sabʿa samāwātin fī yawmayni wa-ʾawḥā fī kulli samāʾin ʾamrahā wa-zayyannā s-samāʾa d-dunyā bi-maṣābīḥa wa-ḥifẓan dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi
Then He set them up as seven heavens in two days, and revealed in each heaven its ordinance.1 We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, and guarded them.2 That is the ordaining of the All-mighty, the All-knowing.Or ‘law.’Cf. 37:6-7; 67:5.
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فَإِن أَعرَضوا فَقُل أَنذَرتُكُم صاعِقَةً مِثلَ صاعِقَةِ عادٍ وَثَمودَ
fa-ʾin ʾaʿraḍū fa-qul ʾandhartukum ṣāʿiqatan mithla ṣāʿiqati ʿādin wa-thamūda
But if they turn away, say, ‘I warn you of a thunderbolt, like the thunderbolt of ʿĀd and Thamūd.’
14
إِذ جاءَتهُمُ الرُّسُلُ مِن بَينِ أَيديهِم وَمِن خَلفِهِم أَلّا تَعبُدوا إِلَّا اللَّهَ ۖ قالوا لَو شاءَ رَبُّنا لَأَنزَلَ مَلائِكَةً فَإِنّا بِما أُرسِلتُم بِهِ كافِرونَ
ʾidh jāʾathumu r-rusulu min bayni ʾaydīhim wa-min khalfihim ʾallā taʿbudū ʾillā llāha qālū law shāʾa rabbunā la-ʾanzala malāʾikatan fa-ʾinnā bi-mā ʾursiltum bihī kāfirūna
When the apostles came to them, before them and in their own time,1 saying, ‘Worship no one except Allah!’ They said, ‘Had our Lord wished, He would certainly have sent down angels [to us]. We indeed disbelieve in what you have been sent with.’That is, during the times of their forefathers and in their own time. Or ‘from their front and behind,’ that is, from all sides.
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فَأَمّا عادٌ فَاستَكبَروا فِي الأَرضِ بِغَيرِ الحَقِّ وَقالوا مَن أَشَدُّ مِنّا قُوَّةً ۖ أَوَلَم يَرَوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذي خَلَقَهُم هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنهُم قُوَّةً ۖ وَكانوا بِآياتِنا يَجحَدونَ
fa-ʾammā ʿādun fa-stakbarū fī l-ʾarḍi bi-ghayri l-ḥaqqi wa-qālū man ʾashaddu minnā quwwatan ʾa-wa-lam yaraw ʾanna llāha lladhī khalaqahum huwa ʾashaddu minhum quwwatan wa-kānū bi-ʾāyātinā yajḥadūna
As for [the people of] ʿĀd, they acted arrogantly in the earth unduly, and they said, ‘Who is more powerful than us?’ Did they not see that Allah, who created them, is more powerful than them? They used to impugn Our signs;
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فَأَرسَلنا عَلَيهِم ريحًا صَرصَرًا في أَيّامٍ نَحِساتٍ لِنُذيقَهُم عَذابَ الخِزيِ فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۖ وَلَعَذابُ الآخِرَةِ أَخزىٰ ۖ وَهُم لا يُنصَرونَ
fa-ʾarsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī ʾayyāmin naḥisātin li-nudhīqahum ʿadhāba l-khizyi fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-la-ʿadhābu l-ʾākhirati ʾakhzā wa-hum lā yunṣarūna
so We unleashed upon them an icy gale during ill-fated days, that We might make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the life of the world. Yet the punishment of the Hereafter is surely more disgraceful, and they will not be helped.
17
وَأَمّا ثَمودُ فَهَدَيناهُم فَاستَحَبُّوا العَمىٰ عَلَى الهُدىٰ فَأَخَذَتهُم صاعِقَةُ العَذابِ الهونِ بِما كانوا يَكسِبونَ
wa-ʾammā thamūdu fa-hadaynāhum fa-staḥabbū l-ʿamā ʿalā l-hudā fa-ʾakhadhathum ṣāʿiqatu l-ʿadhābi l-hūni bi-mā kānū yaksibūna
As for [the people of] Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness to guidance. So the bolt of a humiliating punishment seized them because of what they used to earn.
18
وَنَجَّينَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَكانوا يَتَّقونَ
wa-najjaynā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-kānū yattaqūna
And We delivered those who had faith and were Godwary.
19
وَيَومَ يُحشَرُ أَعداءُ اللَّهِ إِلَى النّارِ فَهُم يوزَعونَ
wa-yawma yuḥsharu ʾaʿdāʾu llāhi ʾilā n-nāri fa-hum yūzaʿūna
The day when the enemies of Allah are marched out toward the Fire, and they shall be held in check.
20
حَتّىٰ إِذا ما جاءوها شَهِدَ عَلَيهِم سَمعُهُم وَأَبصارُهُم وَجُلودُهُم بِما كانوا يَعمَلونَ
ḥattā ʾidhā mā jāʾūhā shahida ʿalayhim samʿuhum wa-ʾabṣāruhum wa-julūduhum bi-mā kānū yaʿmalūna
When they come to it, their hearing will bear witness against them and their sight and their skins concerning what they used to do.
21
وَقالوا لِجُلودِهِم لِمَ شَهِدتُم عَلَينا ۖ قالوا أَنطَقَنَا اللَّهُ الَّذي أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُم أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ
wa-qālū li-julūdihim li-ma shahidtum ʿalaynā qālū ʾanṭaqanā llāhu lladhī ʾanṭaqa kulla shayʾin wa-huwa khalaqakum ʾawwala marratin wa-ʾilayhi turjaʿūna
They will say to their skins, ‘Why did you bear witness against us?’ They will say, ‘We were given speech by Allah, who gave speech to all things. He created you the first time, and to Him you are being brought back.
22
وَما كُنتُم تَستَتِرونَ أَن يَشهَدَ عَلَيكُم سَمعُكُم وَلا أَبصارُكُم وَلا جُلودُكُم وَلٰكِن ظَنَنتُم أَنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَعلَمُ كَثيرًا مِمّا تَعمَلونَ
wa-mā kuntum tastatirūna ʾan yashhada ʿalaykum samʿukum wa-lā ʾabṣārukum wa-lā julūdukum wa-lākin ẓanantum ʾanna llāha lā yaʿlamu kathīran mimmā taʿmalūna
You did not use to conceal yourselves lest your hearing should bear witness against you, or [for that matter] your sight, or your skin, but you thought that Allah did not know most of what you did.
23
وَذٰلِكُم ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذي ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُم أَرداكُم فَأَصبَحتُم مِنَ الخاسِرينَ
wa-dhālikum ẓannukumu lladhī ẓanantum bi-rabbikum ʾardākum fa-ʾaṣbaḥtum mina l-khāsirīna
That misjudgment that you entertained about your Lord ruined you. So you became losers.’
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فَإِن يَصبِروا فَالنّارُ مَثوًى لَهُم ۖ وَإِن يَستَعتِبوا فَما هُم مِنَ المُعتَبينَ
fa-ʾin yaṣbirū fa-n-nāru mathwan lahum wa-ʾin yastaʿtibū fa-mā hum mina l-muʿtabīna
Should they be patient, the Fire is their abode; and should they seek to propitiate, they will not be redeemed.
25
۞ وَقَيَّضنا لَهُم قُرَناءَ فَزَيَّنوا لَهُم ما بَينَ أَيديهِم وَما خَلفَهُم وَحَقَّ عَلَيهِمُ القَولُ في أُمَمٍ قَد خَلَت مِن قَبلِهِم مِنَ الجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُم كانوا خاسِرينَ
wa-qayyaḍnā lahum quranāʾa fa-zayyanū lahum mā bayna ʾaydīhim wa-mā khalfahum wa-ḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu fī ʾumamin qad khalat min qablihim mina l-jinni wa-l-ʾinsi ʾinnahum kānū khāsirīna
We have assigned them companions who make to seem decorous to them whatever is before them1 and whatever is behind them,2 and the word became due against them,3 as it did against the nations that passed away before them of jinn and humans. They were indeed losers.That is, their conduct in the life of the world.That is, concerning the Hereafter, or the legacy they leave behind.Cf. 7:18; 11:119; 17:16; 23:27; 27:82; 28:63; 32:13; 36:7, 70; 38:85/a>; 41:25; 46:18.
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وَقالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لا تَسمَعوا لِهٰذَا القُرآنِ وَالغَوا فيهِ لَعَلَّكُم تَغلِبونَ
wa-qāla lladhīna kafarū lā tasmaʿū li-hādhā l-qurʾāni wa-lghaw fīhi laʿallakum taghlibūna
The faithless say, ‘Do not listen to this Qurʾān and hoot it down so that you may prevail [over the Apostle].’
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فَلَنُذيقَنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا عَذابًا شَديدًا وَلَنَجزِيَنَّهُم أَسوَأَ الَّذي كانوا يَعمَلونَ
fa-la-nudhīqanna lladhīna kafarū ʿadhāban shadīdan wa-la-najziyannahum ʾaswaʾa lladhī kānū yaʿmalūna
We will surely make the faithless taste a severe punishment, and We will surely requite them by the worst of what they used to do.
28
ذٰلِكَ جَزاءُ أَعداءِ اللَّهِ النّارُ ۖ لَهُم فيها دارُ الخُلدِ ۖ جَزاءً بِما كانوا بِآياتِنا يَجحَدونَ
dhālika jazāʾu ʾaʿdāʾi llāhi n-nāru lahum fīhā dāru l-khuldi jazāʾan bi-mā kānū bi-ʾāyātinā yajḥadūna
That is the requital of the enemies of Allah —the Fire! In it they will have an everlasting abode, as a requital for their impugning Our signs.
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وَقالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا رَبَّنا أَرِنَا اللَّذَينِ أَضَلّانا مِنَ الجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ نَجعَلهُما تَحتَ أَقدامِنا لِيَكونا مِنَ الأَسفَلينَ
wa-qāla lladhīna kafarū rabbanā ʾarinā lladhayni ʾaḍallānā mina l-jinni wa-l-ʾinsi najʿalhumā taḥta ʾaqdāminā li-yakūnā mina l-ʾasfalīna
The faithless will say, ‘Our Lord! Show us those who led us astray from among jinn and humans so that we may trample them under our feet, so that they may be among the lowermost!’
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إِنَّ الَّذينَ قالوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ استَقاموا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيهِمُ المَلائِكَةُ أَلّا تَخافوا وَلا تَحزَنوا وَأَبشِروا بِالجَنَّةِ الَّتي كُنتُم توعَدونَ
ʾinna lladhīna qālū rabbunā llāhu thumma staqāmū tatanazzalu ʿalayhimu l-malāʾikatu ʾallā takhāfū wa-lā taḥzanū wa-ʾabshirū bi-l-jannati llatī kuntum tūʿadūna
Indeed those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah!’ and then remain steadfast, the angels descend upon them, [saying,] ‘Do not fear, nor be grieved! Receive the good news of the paradise which you have been promised.
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نَحنُ أَولِياؤُكُم فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا وَفِي الآخِرَةِ ۖ وَلَكُم فيها ما تَشتَهي أَنفُسُكُم وَلَكُم فيها ما تَدَّعونَ
naḥnu ʾawliyāʾukum fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-fī l-ʾākhirati wa-lakum fīhā mā tashtahī ʾanfusukum wa-lakum fīhā mā taddaʿūna
We are your friends in the life of this world and in the Hereafter, and you will have in it whatever your souls desire, and you will have in it whatever you ask for,
32
نُزُلًا مِن غَفورٍ رَحيمٍ
nuzulan min ghafūrin raḥīmin
as a hospitality from One all-forgiving, all-merciful.’
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وَمَن أَحسَنُ قَولًا مِمَّن دَعا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صالِحًا وَقالَ إِنَّني مِنَ المُسلِمينَ
wa-man ʾaḥsanu qawlan mimman daʿā ʾilā llāhi wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan wa-qāla ʾinnanī mina l-muslimīna
Who has a better call than him who summons to Allah and acts righteously and says, ‘Indeed I am one of the muslims’?
34
وَلا تَستَوِي الحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادفَع بِالَّتي هِيَ أَحسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذي بَينَكَ وَبَينَهُ عَداوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَميمٌ
wa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʾatu dfaʿ bi-llatī hiya ʾaḥsanu fa-ʾidhā lladhī baynaka wa-baynahū ʿadāwatun ka-ʾannahū waliyyun ḥamīmun
Good and evil [conduct] are not equal.1 Repel [evil] with what is best. [If you do so,] behold, he between whom and you was enmity, will be as though he were a sympathetic friend.Or ‘virtue and vice are not equal.’
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وَما يُلَقّاها إِلَّا الَّذينَ صَبَروا وَما يُلَقّاها إِلّا ذو حَظٍّ عَظيمٍ
wa-mā yulaqqāhā ʾillā lladhīna ṣabarū wa-mā yulaqqāhā ʾillā dhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīmin
But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except the greatly endowed.
36
وَإِمّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيطانِ نَزغٌ فَاستَعِذ بِاللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّميعُ العَليمُ
wa-ʾimmā yanzaghannaka mina sh-shayṭāni nazghun fa-staʿidh bi-llāhi ʾinnahū huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu
Should a temptation from Satan disturb you, seek the protection of Allah. Indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.
37
وَمِن آياتِهِ اللَّيلُ وَالنَّهارُ وَالشَّمسُ وَالقَمَرُ ۚ لا تَسجُدوا لِلشَّمسِ وَلا لِلقَمَرِ وَاسجُدوا لِلَّهِ الَّذي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُم إِيّاهُ تَعبُدونَ
wa-min ʾāyātihi l-laylu wa-n-nahāru wa-sh-shamsu wa-l-qamaru lā tasjudū li-sh-shamsi wa-lā li-l-qamari wa-sjudū li-llāhi lladhī khalaqahunna ʾin kuntum ʾiyyāhu taʿbudūna
Among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Do not prostrate to the sun, nor to the moon, but prostrate to Allah who created them, if it is Him that you worship.
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فَإِنِ استَكبَروا فَالَّذينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ يُسَبِّحونَ لَهُ بِاللَّيلِ وَالنَّهارِ وَهُم لا يَسأَمونَ ۩
fa-ʾini stakbarū fa-lladhīna ʿinda rabbika yusabbiḥūna lahū bi-l-layli wa-n-nahāri wa-hum lā yasʾamūna
But if they disdain [the worship of Allah], those who are near your Lord glorify Him night and day, and they are not wearied.
39
وَمِن آياتِهِ أَنَّكَ تَرَى الأَرضَ خاشِعَةً فَإِذا أَنزَلنا عَلَيهَا الماءَ اهتَزَّت وَرَبَت ۚ إِنَّ الَّذي أَحياها لَمُحيِي المَوتىٰ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَديرٌ
wa-min ʾāyātihī ʾannaka tarā l-ʾarḍa khāshiʿatan fa-ʾidhā ʾanzalnā ʿalayhā l-māʾa htazzat wa-rabat ʾinna lladhī ʾaḥyāhā la-muḥyi l-mawtā ʾinnahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun
Among His signs is that you see the earth desolate; but when We send down water upon it, it stirs and swells. Indeed He who revives it is the reviver of the dead. Indeed He has power over all things.
40
إِنَّ الَّذينَ يُلحِدونَ في آياتِنا لا يَخفَونَ عَلَينا ۗ أَفَمَن يُلقىٰ فِي النّارِ خَيرٌ أَم مَن يَأتي آمِنًا يَومَ القِيامَةِ ۚ اعمَلوا ما شِئتُم ۖ إِنَّهُ بِما تَعمَلونَ بَصيرٌ
ʾinna lladhīna yulḥidūna fī ʾāyātinā lā yakhfawna ʿalaynā ʾa-fa-man yulqā fī n-nāri khayrun ʾam man yaʾtī ʾāminan yawma l-qiyāmati ʿmalū mā shiʾtum ʾinnahū bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
Indeed those who commit sacrilege in Our signs are not hidden from Us. Is someone who is cast in the Fire better off, or someone who arrives safely on the Day of Resurrection? Act as you wish; indeed He sees best what you do.
41
إِنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا بِالذِّكرِ لَمّا جاءَهُم ۖ وَإِنَّهُ لَكِتابٌ عَزيزٌ
ʾinna lladhīna kafarū bi-dh-dhikri lammā jāʾahum wa-ʾinnahū la-kitābun ʿazīzun
Indeed those who defy the Reminder when it comes to them… .1 Indeed it is an august Book:Ellipsis. The phrase omitted, considering the context, is, ‘will face a severe punishment.’
42
لا يَأتيهِ الباطِلُ مِن بَينِ يَدَيهِ وَلا مِن خَلفِهِ ۖ تَنزيلٌ مِن حَكيمٍ حَميدٍ
lā yaʾtīhi l-bāṭilu min bayni yadayhi wa-lā min khalfihī tanzīlun min ḥakīmin ḥamīdin
falsehood cannot approach it, from before it nor from behind it, a [gradually] sent down [revelation] from One all-wise, all-laudable.
43
ما يُقالُ لَكَ إِلّا ما قَد قيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبلِكَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذو مَغفِرَةٍ وَذو عِقابٍ أَليمٍ
mā yuqālu laka ʾillā mā qad qīla li-r-rusuli min qablika ʾinna rabbaka la-dhū maghfiratin wa-dhū ʿiqābin ʾalīmin
Nothing is said to you except what has already been said [earlier] to the apostles before you. Indeed your Lord is forgiving and One who metes out a painful retribution.
44
وَلَو جَعَلناهُ قُرآنًا أَعجَمِيًّا لَقالوا لَولا فُصِّلَت آياتُهُ ۖ أَأَعجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ ۗ قُل هُوَ لِلَّذينَ آمَنوا هُدًى وَشِفاءٌ ۖ وَالَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ في آذانِهِم وَقرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيهِم عَمًى ۚ أُولٰئِكَ يُنادَونَ مِن مَكانٍ بَعيدٍ
wa-law jaʿalnāhu qurʾānan ʾaʿjamiyyan la-qālū law-lā fuṣṣilat ʾāyātuhū ʾa-aʿjamiyyun wa-ʿarabiyyun qul huwa li-lladhīna ʾāmanū hudan wa-shifāʾun wa-lladhīna lā yuʾminūna fī ʾādhānihim waqrun wa-huwa ʿalayhim ʿaman ʾulāʾika yunādawna min makānin baʿīdin
Had We made it a non-Arabic1 Qurʾān, they2 would have surely said, ‘Why have not its signs been articulated?’ ‘What! A non-Arabian [scripture]3 and an Arabian [prophet]!?’ Say, ‘For those who have faith, it is a guidance and healing; but as for those who are faithless, there is a deafness in their ears and it is lost to their sight.’ They are [as if they were] called from a distant place.Or ‘a barbaric Qurʾān;’ that is, in a language other than articulate literary Arabic.That is, the Arabs.Or ‘a barbaric scripture.’
45
وَلَقَد آتَينا موسَى الكِتابَ فَاختُلِفَ فيهِ ۗ وَلَولا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَت مِن رَبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَينَهُم ۚ وَإِنَّهُم لَفي شَكٍّ مِنهُ مُريبٍ
wa-la-qad ʾātaynā mūsā l-kitāba fa-khtulifa fīhi wa-law-lā kalimatun sabaqat min rabbika la-quḍiya baynahum wa-ʾinnahum la-fī shakkin minhu murībin
Certainly We gave Moses the Book, but differences arose about it; and were it not for a prior decree of your Lord, judgement would have been made between them, for they are indeed in grave doubt concerning it.
46
مَن عَمِلَ صالِحًا فَلِنَفسِهِ ۖ وَمَن أَساءَ فَعَلَيها ۗ وَما رَبُّكَ بِظَلّامٍ لِلعَبيدِ
man ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-li-nafsihī wa-man ʾasāʾa fa-ʿalayhā wa-mā rabbuka bi-ẓallāmin li-l-ʿabīdi
Whoever acts righteously, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is to its detriment, and your Lord is not tyrannical to the servants.
47
۞ إِلَيهِ يُرَدُّ عِلمُ السّاعَةِ ۚ وَما تَخرُجُ مِن ثَمَراتٍ مِن أَكمامِها وَما تَحمِلُ مِن أُنثىٰ وَلا تَضَعُ إِلّا بِعِلمِهِ ۚ وَيَومَ يُناديهِم أَينَ شُرَكائي قالوا آذَنّاكَ ما مِنّا مِن شَهيدٍ
ʾilayhi yuraddu ʿilmu s-sāʿati wa-mā takhruju min thamarātin min ʾakmāmihā wa-mā taḥmilu min ʾunthā wa-lā taḍaʿu ʾillā bi-ʿilmihī wa-yawma yunādīhim ʾayna shurakāʾī qālū ʾādhannāka mā minnā min shahīdin
On Him devolves the knowledge of the Hour, and no fruit emerges from its covering and no female conceives or delivers except with His knowledge. On the day when He will call out to them, ‘Where are My partners?’ They will say, ‘We have apprised You that there is no witness amongst us.’
48
وَضَلَّ عَنهُم ما كانوا يَدعونَ مِن قَبلُ ۖ وَظَنّوا ما لَهُم مِن مَحيصٍ
wa-ḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yadʿūna min qablu wa-ẓannū mā lahum min maḥīṣin
What they used to invoke before has forsaken them, and they know there is no escape for them.
49
لا يَسأَمُ الإِنسانُ مِن دُعاءِ الخَيرِ وَإِن مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَيَئوسٌ قَنوطٌ
lā yasʾamu l-ʾinsānu min duʿāʾi l-khayri wa-ʾin massahu sh-sharru fa-yaʾūsun qanūṭun
Man is never wearied of supplicating for good, and should any ill befall him, he becomes hopeless, despondent.
50
وَلَئِن أَذَقناهُ رَحمَةً مِنّا مِن بَعدِ ضَرّاءَ مَسَّتهُ لَيَقولَنَّ هٰذا لي وَما أَظُنُّ السّاعَةَ قائِمَةً وَلَئِن رُجِعتُ إِلىٰ رَبّي إِنَّ لي عِندَهُ لَلحُسنىٰ ۚ فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَروا بِما عَمِلوا وَلَنُذيقَنَّهُم مِن عَذابٍ غَليظٍ
wa-la-ʾin ʾadhaqnāhu raḥmatan minnā min baʿdi ḍarrāʾa massathu la-yaqūlanna hādhā lī wa-mā ʾaẓunnu s-sāʿata qāʾimatan wa-la-ʾin rujiʿtu ʾilā rabbī ʾinna lī ʿindahū la-l-ḥusnā fa-la-nunabbiʾanna lladhīna kafarū bi-mā ʿamilū wa-la-nudhīqannahum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓin
And if We let him have a taste of Our mercy after distress has befallen him, he will surely say, ‘This is my due! I do not think the Hour will ever set in, and in case I am returned to my Lord, I will indeed have the best [reward] with Him.’ But We will surely inform the faithless about what they have done, and will surely make them taste a harsh punishment.
51
وَإِذا أَنعَمنا عَلَى الإِنسانِ أَعرَضَ وَنَأىٰ بِجانِبِهِ وَإِذا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَذو دُعاءٍ عَريضٍ
wa-ʾidhā ʾanʿamnā ʿalā l-ʾinsāni ʾaʿraḍa wa-naʾā bi-jānibihī wa-ʾidhā massahu sh-sharru fa-dhū duʿāʾin ʿarīḍin
When We bless man, he is disregardful and turns aside; but when an ill befalls him, he makes protracted supplications.
52
قُل أَرَأَيتُم إِن كانَ مِن عِندِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرتُم بِهِ مَن أَضَلُّ مِمَّن هُوَ في شِقاقٍ بَعيدٍ
qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin kāna min ʿindi llāhi thumma kafartum bihī man ʾaḍallu mimman huwa fī shiqāqin baʿīdin
Say, ‘Tell me, if it is from Allah and you disbelieve in it, who will be more astray than someone who is in extreme defiance.’
53
سَنُريهِم آياتِنا فِي الآفاقِ وَفي أَنفُسِهِم حَتّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُم أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَم يَكفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ شَهيدٌ
sa-nurīhim ʾāyātinā fī l-ʾāfāqi wa-fī ʾanfusihim ḥattā yatabayyana lahum ʾannahu l-ḥaqqu ʾa-wa-lam yakfi bi-rabbika ʾannahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīdun
Soon We shall show them Our signs in the horizons and in their own souls until it becomes clear to them that He is the Real.1 Is it not sufficient that your Lord is witness to all things?Or ‘until it becomes clear to them that it [i.e. the Qurʾān, or Islam] (or he) [i.e. the Apostle] is the truth.’
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أَلا إِنَّهُم في مِريَةٍ مِن لِقاءِ رَبِّهِم ۗ أَلا إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيءٍ مُحيطٌ
ʾa-lā ʾinnahum fī miryatin min liqāʾi rabbihim ʾa-lā ʾinnahū bi-kulli shayʾin muḥīṭun
Look! They are indeed in doubt about the encounter with their Lord! Look! He indeed comprehends all things!