Al-Muminoon

[How] prosperous are the believers!

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

qad aflaḥa l-mu'minūna

Those who pray humbly,

الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ

alladhīna hum fī ṣalātihim khāshiʿūna

who shun idle talk,

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ

wa-alladhīna hum ʿani l-laghwi muʿ'riḍūna

who pay the prescribed alms,

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَاةِ فَاعِلُونَ

wa-alladhīna hum lilzzakati fāʿilūna

who guard their chastity

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ

wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūna

except with their spouses or their slaves––with these they are not to blame,

إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna

but anyone who seeks more than this is exceeding the limits––

فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ

famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūna

who are faithful to their trusts and pledges

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ

wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūna

and who keep up their prayers,

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalawātihim yuḥāfiẓūna

will rightly be given

أُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْوَارِثُونَ

ulāika humu l-wārithūna

Paradise as their own, there to remain.

الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

alladhīna yarithūna l-fir'dawsa hum fīhā khālidūna

We created man from an essence of clay,

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min sulālatin min ṭīnin

then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a safe place,

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ

thumma jaʿalnāhu nuṭ'fatan fī qarārin makīnin

then We made that drop into a clinging form, and We made that form into a lump of flesh, and We made that lump into bones, and We clothed those bones with flesh, and later We made him into other forms––glory be to God, the best of creators!––

ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

thumma khalaqnā l-nuṭ'fata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍ'ghatan fakhalaqnā l-muḍ'ghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshanāhu khalqan ākhara fatabāraka l-lahu aḥsanu l-khāliqīna

then you will die

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ

thumma innakum baʿda dhālika lamayyitūna

and then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will be raised up again.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تُبْعَثُونَ

thumma innakum yawma l-qiyāmati tub'ʿathūna

We created seven levels above you: We are never unmindful of Our creation.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَائِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ الْخَلْقِ غَافِلِينَ

walaqad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāiqa wamā kunnā ʿani l-khalqi ghāfilīna

We sent water down from the sky in due measure and lodged it in the earth––We have the power to take it all away if We so wish––

وَأَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً بِقَدَرٍ فَأَسْكَنَّاهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابٍ بِهِ لَقَادِرُونَ

wa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-askannāhu fī l-arḍi wa-innā ʿalā dhahābin bihi laqādirūna

with it We produced for you gardens of date palms and vines, with many fruits there for you to eat,

فَأَنْشَأْنَا لَكُمْ بِهِ جَنَّاتٍ مِنْ نَخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَابٍ لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَوَاكِهُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

fa-anshanā lakum bihi jannātin min nakhīlin wa-aʿnābin lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūna

and a tree, growing out of Mount Sinai, that produces oil and seasoning for your food.

وَشَجَرَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ تَنْبُتُ بِالدُّهْنِ وَصِبْغٍ لِلْآكِلِينَ

washajaratan takhruju min ṭūri saynāa tanbutu bil-duh'ni waṣib'ghin lil'ākilīna

There is a lesson for you in livestock: We produce milk for you to drink from their bellies. And they have many other benefits: you eat them

وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُسْقِيكُمْ مِمَّا فِي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

wa-inna lakum fī l-anʿāmi laʿib'ratan nus'qīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā walakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūna

and you ride on them, as you do in ships.

وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ

waʿalayhā waʿalā l-ful'ki tuḥ'malūna

We sent Noah to his people. He said, ‘My people, serve God, for He is your only god. Will you not heed Him?’

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ ۖ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi faqāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūna

But the leading disbelievers among his people said, ‘He is merely a mortal like you, trying to gain some superiority over you. God would have sent down angels if He had wished; besides, we never heard of anything like this from our forefathers.

فَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مَا هَـٰذَا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَأَنْزَلَ مَلَائِكَةً مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِي آبَائِنَا الْأَوَّلِينَ

faqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yurīdu an yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum walaw shāa l-lahu la-anzala malāikatan mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīna

He is just a madman, so let’s wait and see what happens to him.’

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا بِهِ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

in huwa illā rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabbaṣū bihi ḥattā ḥīnin

Noah said, ‘My Lord, help me! They call me a liar,’

قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ

qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūni

and so We revealed to him: ‘Build the Ark under Our watchful eye and according to Our revelation. When Our command comes and water gushes up out of the earth,take pairs of every species on board, and your family, except for those on whom the sentence has already been passed- do not plead with me for the evildoers: they will be drowned-

فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُ ۙ فَاسْلُكْ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَنْ سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُخَاطِبْنِي فِي الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ

fa-awḥaynā ilayhi ani iṣ'naʿi l-ful'ka bi-aʿyuninā wawaḥyinā fa-idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru fa-us'luk fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu min'hum walā tukhāṭib'nī fī alladhīna ẓalamū innahum mugh'raqūna

and when you and your companions are settled on the Ark, say, “Praise be to God, who delivered us from the wicked people,”

فَإِذَا اسْتَوَيْتَ أَنْتَ وَمَنْ مَعَكَ عَلَى الْفُلْكِ فَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي نَجَّانَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

fa-idhā is'tawayta anta waman maʿaka ʿalā l-ful'ki faquli l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

and say, “My Lord, let me land with Your blessing: it is You who provide the best landings”.’

وَقُلْ رَبِّ أَنْزِلْنِي مُنْزَلًا مُبَارَكًا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْمُنْزِلِينَ

waqul rabbi anzil'nī munzalan mubārakan wa-anta khayru l-munzilīna

There are signs in all this: We have always put [people] to the test.

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ وَإِنْ كُنَّا لَمُبْتَلِينَ

inna fī dhālika laāyātin wa-in kunnā lamub'talīna

Then We raised another generation after them,

ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا آخَرِينَ

thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qarnan ākharīna

and sent one of their own as a messenger: ‘Serve God, for He is your only god. Will you not heed Him?’

فَأَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِنْهُمْ أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ ۖ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

fa-arsalnā fīhim rasūlan min'hum ani uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūna

But the leading disbelievers among his people, who denied the Meeting in the Hereafter, to whom We had granted ease and plenty in this life, said, ‘He is just a mortal like you- he eats what you eat and drinks what you drink-

وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِلِقَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَأَتْرَفْنَاهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا مَا هَـٰذَا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يَأْكُلُ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَشْرَبُ مِمَّا تَشْرَبُونَ

waqāla l-mala-u min qawmihi alladhīna kafarū wakadhabū biliqāi l-ākhirati wa-atrafnāhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yakulu mimmā takulūna min'hu wayashrabu mimmā tashrabūna

and you will really be losers if you obey a mortal like yourselves.

وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُمْ بَشَرًا مِثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَخَاسِرُونَ

wala-in aṭaʿtum basharan mith'lakum innakum idhan lakhāsirūna

How can he promise you that after you die and become dust and bones you will be brought out alive?

أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتُّمْ وَكُنْتُمْ تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَنَّكُمْ مُخْرَجُونَ

ayaʿidukum annakum idhā mittum wakuntum turāban waʿiẓāman annakum mukh'rajūna

What you are promised is very farfetched.

هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ

hayhāta hayhāta limā tūʿadūna

There is only the life of this world: we die, we live, but we will never be resurrected.

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

in hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā naḥnu bimabʿūthīna

He is just a man making lies up about God. We will never believe in him.’

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

in huwa illā rajulun if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban wamā naḥnu lahu bimu'minīna

The prophet said, ‘My Lord, help me! They call me a liar,’

قَالَ رَبِّ انْصُرْنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ

qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūni

and so God said, ‘Soon they will be filled with regret.’

قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَيُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِمِينَ

qāla ʿammā qalīlin layuṣ'biḥunna nādimīna

The blast justly struck them and We swept them away like scum. Away with the evildoers!

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُثَاءً ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu bil-ḥaqi fajaʿalnāhum ghuthāan fabuʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna

We raised other generations after them-

ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا آخَرِينَ

thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qurūnan ākharīna

no community can advance or delay its time-

مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ

mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūna

and We sent Our messengers in succession: whenever a messenger came to a community they invariably called him a liar, so We destroyed them one after the other and made them into cautionary tales. Away with the disbelievers!

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَىٰ ۖ كُلَّ مَا جَاءَ أُمَّةً رَسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ ۚ فَأَتْبَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ بَعْضًا وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِقَوْمٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

thumma arsalnā rusulanā tatrā kulla mā jāa ummatan rasūluhā kadhabūhu fa-atbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍan wajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha fabuʿ'dan liqawmin lā yu'minūna

Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron, with Our signs and clear authority,

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَارُونَ بِآيَاتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ

thumma arsalnā mūsā wa-akhāhu hārūna biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīnin

to Pharaoh and his prominent leaders, but they responded with arrogance: they were a haughty people.

إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا عَالِينَ

ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-is'takbarū wakānū qawman ʿālīna

They said, ‘Are we to believe in two mortals like us? And their people are our servants?’

فَقَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَابِدُونَ

faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mith'linā waqawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūna

and so they called them both liars: they became another ruined people.

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا مِنَ الْمُهْلَكِينَ

fakadhabūhumā fakānū mina l-muh'lakīna

We gave Moses the Scripture, so that they might be rightly guided.

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba laʿallahum yahtadūna

We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign; We gave them shelter on a peaceful hillside with flowing water.

وَجَعَلْنَا ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُ آيَةً وَآوَيْنَاهُمَا إِلَىٰ رَبْوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَمَعِينٍ

wajaʿalnā ib'na maryama wa-ummahu āyatan waāwaynāhumā ilā rabwatin dhāti qarārin wamaʿīnin

Messengers, eat good things and do good deeds: I am well aware of what you do.

يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا ۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ

yāayyuhā l-rusulu kulū mina l-ṭayibāti wa-iʿ'malū ṣāliḥan innī bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīmun

This community of yours is one- and I am your Lord: be mindful of Me-

وَإِنَّ هَـٰذِهِ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَنَا رَبُّكُمْ فَاتَّقُونِ

wa-inna hādhihi ummatukum ummatan wāḥidatan wa-anā rabbukum fa-ittaqūni

but they have split their community into sects, each rejoicing in their own.

فَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ

fataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥiz'bin bimā ladayhim fariḥūna

So [Muhammad] leave them for a while steeped [in their ignorance].

فَذَرْهُمْ فِي غَمْرَتِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

fadharhum fī ghamratihim ḥattā ḥīnin

Do they reckon that, by giving them wealth and sons,

أَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

ayaḥsabūna annamā numidduhum bihi min mālin wabanīna

We race to give them good things? They really have no idea!

نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ ۚ بَلْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

nusāriʿu lahum fī l-khayrāti bal lā yashʿurūna

Those who stand in awe of their Lord,

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ رَبِّهِمْ مُشْفِقُونَ

inna alladhīna hum min khashyati rabbihim mush'fiqūna

who believe in His messages,

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

wa-alladhīna hum biāyāti rabbihim yu'minūna

who do not ascribe partners to Him,

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ لَا يُشْرِكُونَ

wa-alladhīna hum birabbihim lā yush'rikūna

who always give with hearts that tremble at the thought that they must return to Him,

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوْا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ رَاجِعُونَ

wa-alladhīna yu'tūna mā ātaw waqulūbuhum wajilatun annahum ilā rabbihim rājiʿūna

are the ones who race toward good things, and they will be the first to get them.

أُولَـٰئِكَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَهُمْ لَهَا سَابِقُونَ

ulāika yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wahum lahā sābiqūna

We do not burden any soul with more than it can bear- We have a Record that tells the truth- they will not be wronged.

وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۖ وَلَدَيْنَا كِتَابٌ يَنْطِقُ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

walā nukallifu nafsan illā wus'ʿahā waladaynā kitābun yanṭiqu bil-ḥaqi wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

But the disbelievers’ hearts are steeped [in ignorance of ] all this; and there are other things besides this that they do.

بَلْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فِي غَمْرَةٍ مِنْ هَـٰذَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْمَالٌ مِنْ دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ هُمْ لَهَا عَامِلُونَ

bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratin min hādhā walahum aʿmālun min dūni dhālika hum lahā ʿāmilūna

When We bring Our punishment on those corrupted with wealth, they will cry for help:

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَخَذْنَا مُتْرَفِيهِمْ بِالْعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمْ يَجْأَرُونَ

ḥattā idhā akhadhnā mut'rafīhim bil-ʿadhābi idhā hum yajarūna

‘Do not cry out today: you will get no help from Us.

لَا تَجْأَرُوا الْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّكُمْ مِنَّا لَا تُنْصَرُونَ

lā tajarū l-yawma innakum minnā lā tunṣarūna

Time and time again My messages were recited to you, but you turned arrogantly on your heels,

قَدْ كَانَتْ آيَاتِي تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنْتُمْ عَلَىٰ أَعْقَابِكُمْ تَنْكِصُونَ

qad kānat āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿalā aʿqābikum tankiṣūna

and spent the evening making fun of [the Quran].’

مُسْتَكْبِرِينَ بِهِ سَامِرًا تَهْجُرُونَ

mus'takbirīna bihi sāmiran tahjurūna

Have they not contemplated the Word of God? Has something come to them that did not come to their forefathers?

أَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا الْقَوْلَ أَمْ جَاءَهُمْ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِ آبَاءَهُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

afalam yaddabbarū l-qawla am jāahum mā lam yati ābāahumu l-awalīna

Do they not recognize their Messenger? So why do they reject him?

أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُ مُنْكِرُونَ

am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahu munkirūna

Why do they say he is possessed? He has brought them the truth and most of them hate it,

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ ۚ بَلْ جَاءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَارِهُونَ

am yaqūlūna bihi jinnatun bal jāahum bil-ḥaqi wa-aktharuhum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūna

but if the truth were in accordance with their desires, the heavens, the earth, and everyone in them would disintegrate. We have brought them their Reminder and they turn away from it.

وَلَوِ اتَّبَعَ الْحَقُّ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ ۚ بَلْ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَ

walawi ittabaʿa l-ḥaqu ahwāahum lafasadati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu waman fīhinna bal ataynāhum bidhik'rihim fahum ʿan dhik'rihim muʿ'riḍūna

Do you [Prophet] ask them for any payment? Your Lord’s is the best payment: He is the Best of Providers.

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ خَرْجًا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ ۖ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ

am tasaluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru l-rāziqīna

You call them to a straight path

وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

wa-innaka latadʿūhum ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

and those who do not believe in the Hereafter turn away from that path.

وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّرَاطِ لَنَاكِبُونَ

wa-inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati ʿani l-ṣirāṭi lanākibūna

Even if We were to show them mercy and relieve them of distress, they would blindly persist in their transgression.

وَلَوْ رَحِمْنَاهُمْ وَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِمْ مِنْ ضُرٍّ لَلَجُّوا فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

walaw raḥim'nāhum wakashafnā mā bihim min ḍurrin lalajjū fī ṭugh'yānihim yaʿmahūna

We have already afflicted them, yet they did not submit to their Lord: they will not humble themselves

وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

walaqad akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi famā is'takānū lirabbihim wamā yataḍarraʿūna

until We open a gate to severe torment for them- then they will be plunged into utter despair.

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

ḥattā idhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin idhā hum fīhi mub'lisūna

It is God who endowed you with hearing, sight, and hearts- how seldom you are grateful!

وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنْشَأَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۚ قَلِيلًا مَا تَشْكُرُونَ

wahuwa alladhī ansha-a lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna

It is He who made you multiply on earth. It is to Him that you will be gathered:

وَهُوَ الَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

wahuwa alladhī dhara-akum fī l-arḍi wa-ilayhi tuḥ'sharūna

it is He who gives life and death; the alternation of night and day depends on Him; will you not use your minds?

وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَلَهُ اخْتِلَافُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

wahuwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu walahu ikh'tilāfu al-layli wal-nahāri afalā taʿqilūna

But, like others before them,

بَلْ قَالُوا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْأَوَّلُونَ

bal qālū mith'la mā qāla l-awalūna

they say, ‘What? When we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we really be resurrected?

قَالُوا أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

qālū a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَآبَاؤُنَا هَـٰذَا مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَا إِلَّا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

Say [Prophet], ‘Who owns the earth and all who live in it, if you know [so much]?’

قُلْ لِمَنِ الْأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

qul limani l-arḍu waman fīhā in kuntum taʿlamūna

and they will reply, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Will you not take heed?’

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tadhakkarūna

Say, ‘Who is the Lord of the seven heavens? Who is the Lord of the Mighty Throne?’

قُلْ مَنْ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

qul man rabbu l-samāwāti l-sabʿi warabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīmi

and they will reply, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Will you not be mindful?’

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tattaqūna

Say, ‘Who holds control of everything in His hand? Who protects, while there is no protection against Him, if you know [so much]?’

قُلْ مَنْ بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ يُجِيرُ وَلَا يُجَارُ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

qul man biyadihi malakūtu kulli shayin wahuwa yujīru walā yujāru ʿalayhi in kuntum taʿlamūna

and they will reply, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Then how can you be so deluded?’

سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُلْ فَأَنَّىٰ تُسْحَرُونَ

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul fa-annā tus'ḥarūna

The fact is, We brought them the truth and they are lying.

بَلْ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

bal ataynāhum bil-ḥaqi wa-innahum lakādhibūna

God has never had a child. Nor is there any god beside Him- if there were, each god would have taken his creation aside and tried to overcome the others. May God be exalted above what they describe!

مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِنْ وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ ۚ إِذًا لَذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَـٰهٍ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

mā ittakhadha l-lahu min waladin wamā kāna maʿahu min ilāhin idhan ladhahaba kullu ilāhin bimā khalaqa walaʿalā baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūna

He knows what is not seen as well as what is seen; He is far above any partner they claim for Him.

عَالِمِ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna

Say, ‘Lord, if You are going to show me the punishment You have promised them,

قُلْ رَبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّي مَا يُوعَدُونَ

qul rabbi immā turiyannī mā yūʿadūna

then Lord, do not include me among the evildoers!’

رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي فِي الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

rabbi falā tajʿalnī fī l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

We certainly are able to show you the punishment We have promised them.

وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ أَنْ نُرِيَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمْ لَقَادِرُونَ

wa-innā ʿalā an nuriyaka mā naʿiduhum laqādirūna

Repel evil with good- We are well aware of what they attribute to Us-

ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ السَّيِّئَةَ ۚ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ

id'faʿ bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu l-sayi-ata naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaṣifūna

and say, ‘Lord, I take refuge with You from the goadings of the evil ones;

وَقُلْ رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ

waqul rabbi aʿūdhu bika min hamazāti l-shayāṭīni

I seek refuge with you, Lord, so that they may not come near me.’

وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ

wa-aʿūdhu bika rabbi an yaḥḍurūni

When death comes to one of them, he cries, ‘My Lord, let me return

حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِ

ḥattā idhā jāa aḥadahumu l-mawtu qāla rabbi ir'jiʿūni

so as to make amends for the things I neglected.’ Never! This will not go beyond his words: a barrier stands behind such people until the very Day they are resurrected.

لَعَلِّي أَعْمَلُ صَالِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ ۚ كَلَّا ۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَائِلُهَا ۖ وَمِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

laʿallī aʿmalu ṣāliḥan fīmā taraktu kallā innahā kalimatun huwa qāiluhā wamin warāihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

On that Day when the Trumpet is blown, the ties between them will be as nothing and they will not ask about each other:

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَلَا أَنْسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَاءَلُونَ

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri falā ansāba baynahum yawma-idhin walā yatasāalūna

those whose good deeds weigh heavy will be successful,

فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna

but those whose balance is light will have lost their souls for ever and will stay in Hell-

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَ

waman khaffat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum fī jahannama khālidūna

the Fire will scorch their faces and their lips will be twisted in pain.

تَلْفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ النَّارُ وَهُمْ فِيهَا كَالِحُونَ

talfaḥu wujūhahumu l-nāru wahum fīhā kāliḥūna

‘Were My messages not recited over and over to you and still you rejected them?’

أَلَمْ تَكُنْ آيَاتِي تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَكُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

alam takun āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum bihā tukadhibūna

They will say, ‘Lord, our waywardness overcame us and we went astray.

قَالُوا رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَالِّينَ

qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiq'watunā wakunnā qawman ḍāllīna

Lord, take us away from this and if we go back to our old ways, then we shall really be evildoers.’

رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَإِنْ عُدْنَا فَإِنَّا ظَالِمُونَ

rabbanā akhrij'nā min'hā fa-in ʿud'nā fa-innā ẓālimūna

He will say, ‘Away with you! In you go! Do not speak to Me!

قَالَ اخْسَئُوا فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ

qāla ikh'saū fīhā walā tukallimūni

Among My servants there were those who said, “Lord, We believe. Forgive us and have mercy on us: You are the most merciful of all.”

إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِنْ عِبَادِي يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

innahu kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna

But you kept on laughing at them: so intent were you on laughing at them that it made you forget My warning.

فَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا حَتَّىٰ أَنْسَوْكُمْ ذِكْرِي وَكُنْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ تَضْحَكُونَ

fa-ittakhadhtumūhum sikh'riyyan ḥattā ansawkum dhik'rī wakuntum min'hum taḍḥakūna

Today I have rewarded them for their patience: it is they who will succeed.’

إِنِّي جَزَيْتُهُمُ الْيَوْمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ

innī jazaytuhumu l-yawma bimā ṣabarū annahum humu l-fāizūna

He will say, ‘How many years were you on earth?’

قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ

qāla kam labith'tum fī l-arḍi ʿadada sinīna

and they will reply, ‘We stayed a day or a part of a day, but ask those who keep count.’

قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَ

qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasali l-ʿādīna

He will say, ‘You stayed but a little, if you had only known.

قَالَ إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

qāla in labith'tum illā qalīlan law annakum kuntum taʿlamūna

Did you think We had created you in vain, and that you would not be brought back to Us?’

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

afaḥasib'tum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-annakum ilaynā lā tur'jaʿūna

Exalted be God, the true King, there is no god but Him, the Lord of the Glorious Throne!

فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ ۖ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīmi

Whoever prays to another god alongside Him- a god for whose existence he has no evidence- will face his reckoning with his Lord. Those who reject the truth will not prosper.

وَمَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ

waman yadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara lā bur'hāna lahu bihi fa-innamā ḥisābuhu ʿinda rabbihi innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-kāfirūna

Say [Prophet], ‘Lord, forgive and have mercy: You are the most merciful of all.’

وَقُلْ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

waqul rabbi igh'fir wa-ir'ḥam wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna