Juz 23 of 30

Juz 23

357 Ayahs
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Translation: Mufti Taqi Usmani  ·  Arabic: Indo-Pak script

36. Ya-Sin

36:28

وَمَاۤ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلٰی قَوْمِهٖ مِنْ بَعْدِهٖ مِنْ جُنْدٍ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنْزِلِیْنَ

And We did not send down to his people any army from the heavens after him, nor were We (in need) to send down.
36:29

اِنْ كَانَتْ اِلَّا صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَاِذَا هُمْ خٰمِدُوْنَ

It was no more than a single Cry, and in no time they were extinguished.
36:30

یٰحَسْرَةً عَلَی الْعِبَادِ ؔۚ مَا یَاْتِیْهِمْ مِّنْ رَّسُوْلٍ اِلَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ

Alas for the slaves (of Allah)! No messenger came to them, but they have been mocking at him.
36:31

اَلَمْ یَرَوْا كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِّنَ الْقُرُوْنِ اَنَّهُمْ اِلَیْهِمْ لَا یَرْجِعُوْنَ

Did they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them who will not come back to them?
36:32

وَاِنْ كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِیْعٌ لَّدَیْنَا مُحْضَرُوْنَ

All of them are but to be assembled together (and) to be arraigned before Us.
36:33

وَاٰیَةٌ لَّهُمُ الْاَرْضُ الْمَیْتَةُ ۖۚ اَحْیَیْنٰهَا وَاَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ یَاْكُلُوْنَ

And a sign for them is the dead land. We gave it life and brought forth grain from it; so from it they eat.
36:34

وَجَعَلْنَا فِیْهَا جَنّٰتٍ مِّنْ نَّخِیْلٍ وَّاَعْنَابٍ وَّفَجَّرْنَا فِیْهَا مِنَ الْعُیُوْنِ

And We have placed gardens of date-palms and grapes, and caused springs to gush forth therein,
36:35

لِیَاْكُلُوْا مِنْ ثَمَرِهٖ ۙ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ اَیْدِیْهِمْ ؕ اَفَلَا یَشْكُرُوْنَ

so that they may eat fruits thereof, while it was not made by their hands. Would they not then offer gratitude?
36:36

سُبْحٰنَ الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ الْاَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنْۢبِتُ الْاَرْضُ وَمِنْ اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ

Pure (from every fault) is the One who has created all the pairs of whatever the earth grows and of the humans themselves and of that which they do not know.
36:37

وَاٰیَةٌ لَّهُمُ الَّیْلُ ۖۚ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ النَّهَارَ فَاِذَا هُمْ مُّظْلِمُوْنَ

And a sign for them is the night. We strip (the cover of) the day from it, and they are suddenly in darkness.
36:38

وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِیْ لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ؕ ذٰلِكَ تَقْدِیْرُ الْعَزِیْزِ الْعَلِیْمِ

And the sun is quickly proceeding towards its destination. That is the designing of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
36:39

وَالْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتّٰی عَادَ كَالْعُرْجُوْنِ الْقَدِیْمِ

And for the moon We have appointed measured phases, until it turned (pale, curved and fine) like an old branch of date palm.
36:40

لَا الشَّمْسُ یَنْۢبَغِیْ لَهَاۤ اَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا الَّیْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ ؕ وَكُلٌّ فِیْ فَلَكٍ یَّسْبَحُوْنَ

Neither it is for the sun to overtake the moon, nor can the night outpace the day. Each one is floating in an orbit.
36:41

وَاٰیَةٌ لَّهُمْ اَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّیَّتَهُمْ فِی الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُوْنِ

And it is a sign for them that We boarded their children in the loaded ship,
36:42

وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ مِّثْلِهٖ مَا یَرْكَبُوْنَ

and created for them things similar to it on which they ride.
36:43

وَاِنْ نَّشَاْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِیْخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ یُنْقَذُوْنَ

And if We so will, We can drown them; then no one will respond to their cry, nor will they be rescued,
36:44

اِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَمَتَاعًا اِلٰی حِیْنٍ

unless there be mercy from Us, and (unless) We let them enjoy for a while.
36:45

وَاِذَا قِیْلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُوْا مَا بَیْنَ اَیْدِیْكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُوْنَ

And (they pay no heed) when it is said to them, “Save yourselves from that (punishment) which is before you (in this world) and that which will come after you (die), so that you may receive mercy”.
36:46

وَمَا تَاْتِیْهِمْ مِّنْ اٰیَةٍ مِّنْ اٰیٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ اِلَّا كَانُوْا عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِیْنَ

There comes to them no sign from the signs of your Lord, but they turn averse to it.
36:47

وَاِذَا قِیْلَ لَهُمْ اَنْفِقُوْا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللّٰهُ ۙ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لِلَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اَنُطْعِمُ مَنْ لَّوْ یَشَآءُ اللّٰهُ اَطْعَمَهٗۤ ۖۗ اِنْ اَنْتُمْ اِلَّا فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ

And when it is said to them, “Spend (to the needy) from the provision Allah has given to you”, the disbelievers say to the believers, “Shall we feed those whom Allah could have fed, if Allah so willed? You are but in open error.”
36:48

وَیَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰی هٰذَا الْوَعْدُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ

And they say, “When will this promise come true, if you are truthful?”
36:49

مَا یَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّا صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً تَاْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ یَخِصِّمُوْنَ

They are looking for nothing but for a single Cry that will seize them when they will be quarrelling.
36:50

فَلَا یَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَ تَوْصِیَةً وَّلَاۤ اِلٰۤی اَهْلِهِمْ یَرْجِعُوْنَ

So they will not be able to make a bequest, nor will they return to their household.
36:51

وَنُفِخَ فِی الصُّوْرِ فَاِذَا هُمْ مِّنَ الْاَجْدَاثِ اِلٰی رَبِّهِمْ یَنْسِلُوْنَ

And the Horn will be blown, and suddenly they will be rushing from their graves towards their Lord.
36:52

قَالُوْا یٰوَیْلَنَا مَنْ بَعَثَنَا مِنْ مَّرْقَدِنَا ؔٚۘ هٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمٰنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ

They will say, “Woe to us! Who has raised us from our sleeping place? “This is what RaHmān (the All-Merciful Allah) had promised, and the messengers had told the truth.
36:53

اِنْ كَانَتْ اِلَّا صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً فَاِذَا هُمْ جَمِیْعٌ لَّدَیْنَا مُحْضَرُوْنَ

It will be no more than a single Cry, and in no time they will all be arraigned before Us.
36:54

فَالْیَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَیْـًٔا وَّلَا تُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

Then, nobody will be subjected to injustice in the least, and you will not be recompensed but for what you used to do.
36:55

اِنَّ اَصْحٰبَ الْجَنَّةِ الْیَوْمَ فِیْ شُغُلٍ فٰكِهُوْنَ

The people of the Paradise are engaged today in (their) activities, happily enjoying (them).
36:56

هُمْ وَاَزْوَاجُهُمْ فِیْ ظِلٰلٍ عَلَی الْاَرَآىِٕكِ مُتَّكِـُٔوْنَ

They and their spouses are in pleasant shades, reclining on couches.
36:57

لَهُمْ فِیْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّلَهُمْ مَّا یَدَّعُوْنَ

For them there are fruits, and for them there is whatever they ask for.
36:58

سَلٰمٌ ۫ قَوْلًا مِّنْ رَّبٍّ رَّحِیْمٍ

“Salām ”(Peace upon you) is the word (they receive) from Merciful Lord.
36:59

وَامْتَازُوا الْیَوْمَ اَیُّهَا الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ

And (it will be said to the infidels,) “Get apart (from the believers) today O the guilty ones.
36:60

اَلَمْ اَعْهَدْ اِلَیْكُمْ یٰبَنِیْۤ اٰدَمَ اَنْ لَّا تَعْبُدُوا الشَّیْطٰنَ ۚ اِنَّهٗ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِیْنٌ

Did I not direct you, O children of ’Ādam (Adam), that you must not worship the Satan, (because) he is an open enemy for you,
36:61

وَّاَنِ اعْبُدُوْنِیْ ؔؕ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُّسْتَقِیْمٌ

and that you must worship Me, (because) this is the straight path?
36:62

وَلَقَدْ اَضَلَّ مِنْكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِیْرًا ؕ اَفَلَمْ تَكُوْنُوْا تَعْقِلُوْنَ

He had misguided lot many people from among you. So, did you not have sense?
36:63

هٰذِهٖ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِیْ كُنْتُمْ تُوْعَدُوْنَ

(Now) this is the Jahannam of which you were consistently warned.
36:64

اِصْلَوْهَا الْیَوْمَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُوْنَ

Enter it today, because you have been persistently denying (the truth).”
36:65

اَلْیَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلٰۤی اَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَاۤ اَیْدِیْهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ اَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوْا یَكْسِبُوْنَ

Today We will set a seal on their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness about what they used to do.
36:66

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلٰۤی اَعْیُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ فَاَنّٰی یُبْصِرُوْنَ

If We so will, We would wipe out their eyes (right here in this world), and they would be racing towards the way, but how would they see?
36:67

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنٰهُمْ عَلٰی مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا مُضِیًّا وَّلَا یَرْجِعُوْنَ

And If We so will, We would disfigure them at their places, and they would not be able to move, nor would they return.
36:68

وَمَنْ نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِی الْخَلْقِ ؕ اَفَلَا یَعْقِلُوْنَ

And whomsoever We give long life, we reverse him in creation. Then, do they have no sense?
36:69

وَمَا عَلَّمْنٰهُ الشِّعْرَ وَمَا یَنْۢبَغِیْ لَهٗ ؕ اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَّقُرْاٰنٌ مُّبِیْنٌ

We did not teach him (the Holy Prophet) poetry, and it is not proper for him. It is nothing (of that sort,) but (it is) an advice and a readable book that explains (the Truth),
36:70

لِّیُنْذِرَ مَنْ كَانَ حَیًّا وَّیَحِقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَی الْكٰفِرِیْنَ

so that it may warn him who is alive (to listen to the truth), and so that the word may prove true against the disbelievers.
36:71

اَوَلَمْ یَرَوْا اَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُمْ مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ اَیْدِیْنَاۤ اَنْعَامًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مٰلِكُوْنَ

Did they not see that We have created for them cattle, among things made (directly) by Our hands, and then they become their owners?
36:72

وَذَلَّلْنٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوْبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا یَاْكُلُوْنَ

And We have brought them under their control, so as some of them are their means of transport, and some of them they eat.
36:73

وَلَهُمْ فِیْهَا مَنَافِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ ؕ اَفَلَا یَشْكُرُوْنَ

And for them there are (other) benefits in them and things to drink. So, would they not be grateful?
36:74

وَاتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اٰلِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ یُنْصَرُوْنَ

They have adopted gods other than Allah, so that they may be helped (by them).
36:75

لَا یَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَ نَصْرَهُمْ ۙ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُّحْضَرُوْنَ

They cannot help them, rather they (the disbelievers themselves) are (like) an army brought forth for (protecting) them (the so-called co-gods)
36:76

فَلَا یَحْزُنْكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘ اِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا یُسِرُّوْنَ وَمَا یُعْلِنُوْنَ

So, their remarks must not grieve you. Surely We know what they conceal and what they disclose.
36:77

اَوَلَمْ یَرَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنَّا خَلَقْنٰهُ مِنْ نُّطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَصِیْمٌ مُّبِیْنٌ

Did man not see that We have created him from a drop of semen? Then suddenly he stood as an open adversary (to Us).
36:78

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَّنَسِیَ خَلْقَهٗ ؕ قَالَ مَنْ یُّحْیِ الْعِظَامَ وَهِیَ رَمِیْمٌ

He has set up an argument about Us and forgot his creation. He said, “Who will give life to the bones when they are decayed?”
36:79

قُلْ یُحْیِیْهَا الَّذِیْۤ اَنْشَاَهَاۤ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ؕ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِیْمُ

Say, “These will be revived by the same One who had created them for the first time, and who is fully aware of every creation,
36:80

لَّذِیْ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الشَّجَرِ الْاَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَاِذَاۤ اَنْتُمْ مِّنْهُ تُوْقِدُوْنَ

- the One who created for you fire from the green tree, and in no time you kindle from it.”
36:81

اَوَلَیْسَ الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِقٰدِرٍ عَلٰۤی اَنْ یَّخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ ؔؕ بَلٰی ۗ وَهُوَ الْخَلّٰقُ الْعَلِیْمُ

Is it that the One who has created the heavens and the earth has no power to create ones like them? Why not? He is the Supreme Creator, the All-Knowing.
36:82

اِنَّمَاۤ اَمْرُهٗۤ اِذَاۤ اَرَادَ شَیْـًٔا اَنْ یَّقُوْلَ لَهٗ كُنْ فَیَكُوْنُ

His practice, when He intends to do something, is no more than He says, “Be”, and it comes to be.
36:83

فَسُبْحٰنَ الَّذِیْ بِیَدِهٖ مَلَكُوْتُ كُلِّ شَیْءٍ وَّاِلَیْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ

So, pure (from every fault) is the One in whose hand is the dominion of all things. And towards Him you are to be returned.

37. As-Saffat

37:1

وَالصّٰٓفّٰتِ صَفًّا

(I swear) by those who stand in rows,
37:2

فَالزّٰجِرٰتِ زَجْرًا

then by those who prevent firmly,
37:3

فَالتّٰلِیٰتِ ذِكْرًا

then by those who recite the dhikr,
37:4

اِنَّ اِلٰهَكُمْ لَوَاحِدٌ

surely your God is but One,
37:5

رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا وَرَبُّ الْمَشَارِقِ

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the points of sunrise.
37:6

اِنَّا زَیَّنَّا السَّمَآءَ الدُّنْیَا بِزِیْنَةِ لْكَوَاكِبِ

Verily, We have decorated the nearest sky with an adornment, the stars,
37:7

وَحِفْظًا مِّنْ كُلِّ شَیْطٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ

and (have made them) a security against every rebellious devil.
37:8

لَا یَسَّمَّعُوْنَ اِلَی الْمَلَاِ الْاَعْلٰی وَیُقْذَفُوْنَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

They cannot listen to the Upper Realm and are hit from every side
37:9

دُحُوْرًا وَّلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَّاصِبٌ

to be driven off, and for them there is a lasting punishment;
37:10

اِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَاَتْبَعَهٗ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

however, if one snatches a little bit, he is pursued by a bright flame.
37:11

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ اَهُمْ اَشَدُّ خَلْقًا اَمْ مَّنْ خَلَقْنَا ؕ اِنَّا خَلَقْنٰهُمْ مِّنْ طِیْنٍ لَّازِبٍ

Now ask them, “Are they stronger in the formation of their bodies, or those (other beings) that We have created?” Certainly, We did create them from sticky clay.
37:12

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَیَسْخَرُوْنَ

But you wonder (at their denial), and they mock (at the idea of an Hereafter).
37:13

وَاِذَا ذُكِّرُوْا لَا یَذْكُرُوْنَ

And when any advice is given to them, they pay no heed to it.
37:14

وَاِذَا رَاَوْا اٰیَةً یَّسْتَسْخِرُوْنَ

And when they see a sign, they make fun of it,
37:15

وَقَالُوْۤا اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ

and say, “This is nothing but an open magic.
37:16

ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ

Is it when we have died and become dust and bones, that we shall be raised again,
37:17

اَوَاٰبَآؤُنَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَ

and even our fathers of aforetime?”
37:18

قُلْ نَعَمْ وَاَنْتُمْ دَاخِرُوْنَ

Say, “Yes, and you shall be disgraced (too)!”
37:19

فَاِنَّمَا هِیَ زَجْرَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ فَاِذَا هُمْ یَنْظُرُوْنَ

So, it will be only a single castigating call, and all of a sudden they will begin to see.
37:20

وَقَالُوْا یٰوَیْلَنَا هٰذَا یَوْمُ الدِّیْنِ

And they will be saying, “Woe to us; this is the Day of Retribution.”
37:21

هٰذَا یَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ الَّذِیْ كُنْتُمْ بِهٖ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ

(It will be said to them,) “This is the Day of Judgment that you used to deny.”
37:22

اُحْشُرُوا الَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا وَاَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوْا یَعْبُدُوْنَ

(It will be said to the angels,) “Muster all those who were unjust, and their fellows, and whatever they used to worship
37:23

مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ فَاهْدُوْهُمْ اِلٰی صِرَاطِ الْجَحِیْمِ

other than Allah, and show them the way to Jahannam ,
37:24

وَقِفُوْهُمْ اِنَّهُمْ مَّسْـُٔوْلُوْنَ

and stop them (for a while,) for they are to be asked some questions.”
37:25

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُوْنَ

(Then they will be asked, “What is wrong with you that you do not help each other?”
37:26

بَلْ هُمُ الْیَوْمَ مُسْتَسْلِمُوْنَ

On the contrary, that day all of them will have totally surrendered.
37:27

وَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰی بَعْضٍ یَّتَسَآءَلُوْنَ

And some of them (the followers of their chiefs) will turn to others (the chiefs), asking questions from one another.
37:28

قَالُوْۤا اِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَاْتُوْنَنَا عَنِ الْیَمِیْنِ

They (the followers) will say, “You were the ones who used to come to (mislead) us forcefully.”
37:29

قَالُوْا بَلْ لَّمْ تَكُوْنُوْا مُؤْمِنِیْنَ

They (the chiefs) will say, “On the contrary, you yourselves were not believers.
37:30

وَمَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَیْكُمْ مِّنْ سُلْطٰنٍ ۚ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا طٰغِیْنَ

We had no authority over you at all, but you yourselves were a transgressing people.
37:31

فَحَقَّ عَلَیْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَاۤ ۖۗ اِنَّا لَذَآىِٕقُوْنَ

So, the word of our Lord has come true against us. Indeed, we have to taste (the punishment).
37:32

فَاَغْوَیْنٰكُمْ اِنَّا كُنَّا غٰوِیْنَ

We did misguide you, (because) we were ourselves erroneous”.
37:33

فَاِنَّهُمْ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ فِی الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُوْنَ

So, that day, they will share each other in punishment.
37:34

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِیْنَ

This is how We deal with the criminals.
37:35

اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْۤا اِذَا قِیْلَ لَهُمْ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۙ یَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ

They were those to whom when it was said: “There is no god but Allah”, they waxed proud,
37:36

وَیَقُوْلُوْنَ اَىِٕنَّا لَتَارِكُوْۤا اٰلِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُوْنٍ

and used to say, “Are we really to leave our gods because of an insane poet?”
37:37

بَلْ جَآءَ بِالْحَقِّ وَصَدَّقَ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ

No, he has come with Truth and has confirmed all the messengers (of Allah).
37:38

اِنَّكُمْ لَذَآىِٕقُوا الْعَذَابِ الْاَلِیْمِ

Surely you have to taste the painful punishment,-
37:39

وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

And you will be recompensed for nothing but for what you used to do-
37:40

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ

unlike Allah’s chosen servants.
37:41

اُولٰٓىِٕكَ لَهُمْ رِزْقٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌ

Those are the people for whom there is a known provision,
37:42

فَوَاكِهُ ۚ وَهُمْ مُّكْرَمُوْنَ

the fruits; and they will be honored
37:43

فِیْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِیْمِ

in Gardens of Bliss
37:44

عَلٰی سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِیْنَ

facing each other on couches.
37:45

یُطَافُ عَلَیْهِمْ بِكَاْسٍ مِّنْ مَّعِیْنٍ

They will be served with a cup from a flowing drink,
37:46

بَیْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشّٰرِبِیْنَ

(that will be) white (and) delicious for those who drink.
37:47

لَا فِیْهَا غَوْلٌ وَّلَا هُمْ عَنْهَا یُنْزَفُوْنَ

There will be no headache therein, nor will they be intoxicated with it,
37:48

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ عِیْنٌ

and by their side there will be females restricting their gazes (to their husbands), having pretty big eyes,
37:49

كَاَنَّهُنَّ بَیْضٌ مَّكْنُوْنٌ

as if they were eggs hidden (under feathers, protected from pollution).
37:50

فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰی بَعْضٍ یَّتَسَآءَلُوْنَ

Then they will turn to each other asking questions mutually.
37:51

قَالَ قَآىِٕلٌ مِّنْهُمْ اِنِّیْ كَانَ لِیْ قَرِیْنٌ

A speaker from them will say, “I had a companion (in the worldly life)
37:52

یَّقُوْلُ اَىِٕنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُصَدِّقِیْنَ

who used to say (to me), “Are you one of those who believe?
37:53

ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّعِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَدِیْنُوْنَ

Is it when we have died and become dust and bones? Is it true that we are going to be recompensed (for our deeds)?”
37:54

قَالَ هَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُّطَّلِعُوْنَ

He (the speaker) will say (to other people in Paradise) “Would you like to have a look (at Jahannam to find out what happened to that companion of mine)?”
37:55

فَاطَّلَعَ فَرَاٰهُ فِیْ سَوَآءِ الْجَحِیْمِ

So he will look and will see him in the middle of Jahannam.
37:56

قَالَ تَاللّٰهِ اِنْ كِدْتَّ لَتُرْدِیْنِ

He (the speaker) will say (to his companion seen in Jahannam ), “By Allah, you were going almost to ruin me.
37:57

وَلَوْلَا نِعْمَةُ رَبِّیْ لَكُنْتُ مِنَ الْمُحْضَرِیْنَ

But for the favor of my Lord, I would have been among those produced for punishment.”
37:58

اَفَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَیِّتِیْنَ

(Then the speaker will address other people of Paradise in delight and wonder, saying,) “Are we not then to die anymore
37:59

اِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْاُوْلٰی وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِیْنَ

beyond our first death, nor are we going to be punished?”
37:60

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِیْمُ

This is, indeed, the great achievement.
37:61

لِمِثْلِ هٰذَا فَلْیَعْمَلِ الْعٰمِلُوْنَ

For this kind (of achievement), all workers must work.
37:62

اَذٰلِكَ خَیْرٌ نُّزُلًا اَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّوْمِ

Is that (blissful Paradise) better for hospitality or the tree of zaqqūm ?
37:63

اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظّٰلِمِیْنَ

We have made it a test for the unjust.
37:64

اِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِیْۤ اَصْلِ الْجَحِیْمِ

It is a tree that comes forth in the bottom of Jahannam.
37:65

طَلْعُهَا كَاَنَّهٗ رُءُوْسُ الشَّیٰطِیْنِ

Its fruits are like the heads of devils.
37:66

فَاِنَّهُمْ لَاٰكِلُوْنَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔوْنَ مِنْهَا الْبُطُوْنَ

So, they have to eat from it and have to fill their bellies with it.
37:67

ثُمَّ اِنَّ لَهُمْ عَلَیْهَا لَشَوْبًا مِّنْ حَمِیْمٍ

Then they will have, on top of it, a mixture made of boiling water.
37:68

ثُمَّ اِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَاۡاِلَی الْجَحِیْمِ

Then, their final return is to the Fire.
37:69

اِنَّهُمْ اَلْفَوْا اٰبَآءَهُمْ ضَآلِّیْنَ

They found their fathers on the wrong path.
37:70

فَهُمْ عَلٰۤی اٰثٰرِهِمْ یُهْرَعُوْنَ

So, they used to run in their footsteps.
37:71

وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ اَكْثَرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ

Most of the earlier ones (too) had gone astray before them.
37:72

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا فِیْهِمْ مُّنْذِرِیْنَ

We did send warners among them.
37:73

فَانْظُرْ كَیْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَرِیْنَ

So look, how was the end of those warned -
37:74

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ

except Allah’s chosen servants.
37:75

وَلَقَدْ نَادٰىنَا نُوْحٌ فَلَنِعْمَ الْمُجِیْبُوْنَ

And NūH did call Us (for help after he was disappointed with his people), so (We accepted his prayer, as) We are the best to respond.
37:76

وَنَجَّیْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِیْمِ

And We delivered him and his family from the great agony,
37:77

وَجَعَلْنَا ذُرِّیَّتَهٗ هُمُ الْبٰقِیْنَ

and made his progeny the sole survivors (from the Deluge).
37:78

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَیْهِ فِی الْاٰخِرِیْنَ

And We left for him (a word of praise) among the later people, (that is):
37:79

سَلٰمٌ عَلٰی نُوْحٍ فِی الْعٰلَمِیْنَ

Salām be on NūH among (the people of) all the worlds.
37:80

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِی الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ

Certainly, this is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
37:81

اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ

He was one of Our believing servants.
37:82

ثُمَّ اَغْرَقْنَا الْاٰخَرِیْنَ

Then, we drowned others.
37:83

وَاِنَّ مِنْ شِیْعَتِهٖ لَاِبْرٰهِیْمَ

And certainly one of his adherents was Ibrāhīm.
37:84

اِذْ جَآءَ رَبَّهٗ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِیْمٍ

(Remember) when he came to his Lord with a pure heart,
37:85

اِذْ قَالَ لِاَبِیْهِ وَقَوْمِهٖ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ

when he said to his father and his people, “What is that which you worship?
37:86

اَىِٕفْكًا اٰلِهَةً دُوْنَ اللّٰهِ تُرِیْدُوْنَ

Do you wish (to have) fallacious gods other than Allah?
37:87

فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ

Then, what do you think about the Lord of the worlds?”
37:88

فَنَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فِی النُّجُوْمِ

Then, he cast a look at the stars,
37:89

فَقَالَ اِنِّیْ سَقِیْمٌ

and then said, “I feel indisposed”
37:90

فَتَوَلَّوْا عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِیْنَ

So they went away from him, turning their backs.
37:91

فَرَاغَ اِلٰۤی اٰلِهَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ اَلَا تَاْكُلُوْنَ

And he made his way to their ‘gods’ and said to them, “Why would you not eat?
37:92

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنْطِقُوْنَ

What is wrong with you that you do not speak?”
37:93

فَرَاغَ عَلَیْهِمْ ضَرْبًا بِالْیَمِیْنِ

Then he attacked them striking with his right hand.
37:94

فَاَقْبَلُوْۤا اِلَیْهِ یَزِفُّوْنَ

Then, they (the idolaters) came to him rushing.
37:95

قَالَ اَتَعْبُدُوْنَ مَا تَنْحِتُوْنَ

He said, “Do you worship what is carved by yourselves,
37:96

وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ

while Allah has created you and what you make?”
37:97

قَالُوا ابْنُوْا لَهٗ بُنْیَانًا فَاَلْقُوْهُ فِی الْجَحِیْمِ

They said, “Build for him a structure, and throw him into the blazing fire.”
37:98

فَاَرَادُوْا بِهٖ كَیْدًا فَجَعَلْنٰهُمُ الْاَسْفَلِیْنَ

So, they intended to bring harm to him, but We made them the lowest (by frustrating their plan).
37:99

وَقَالَ اِنِّیْ ذَاهِبٌ اِلٰی رَبِّیْ سَیَهْدِیْنِ

And he said, “I am going to my Lord. He will show me the way.
37:100

رَبِّ هَبْ لِیْ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِیْنَ

O my Lord, bless me with a righteous son.”
37:101

فَبَشَّرْنٰهُ بِغُلٰمٍ حَلِیْمٍ

So, We gave him the good news of a forbearing boy.
37:102

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْیَ قَالَ یٰبُنَیَّ اِنِّیْۤ اَرٰی فِی الْمَنَامِ اَنِّیْۤ اَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرٰی ؕ قَالَ یٰۤاَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ؗ سَتَجِدُنِیْۤ اِنْ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الصّٰبِرِیْنَ

Thereafter, when he (the boy) reached an age in which he could work with him, he (Ibrāhīm) said, “O my little son, I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you, so consider, what is your opinion?” He said, “O my dear father, do what you have been ordered to do. You will find me, inshā’allah , (if Allah wills) one of those who endure patiently.”
37:103

فَلَمَّاۤ اَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهٗ لِلْجَبِیْنِ

So, (it was a great episode) when both of them submitted themselves (to Allah’s will), and he laid him on his forehead (to slaughter him),
37:104

وَنَادَیْنٰهُ اَنْ یّٰۤاِبْرٰهِیْمُ

and then We called out to him, “O Ibrāhīm,
37:105

قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّءْیَا ۚ اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِی الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ

you did make the dream come true.” This is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
37:106

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلٰٓؤُا الْمُبِیْنُ

This was indeed a trial that clearly demonstrated (their obedience).
37:107

وَفَدَیْنٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِیْمٍ

And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,
37:108

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَیْهِ فِی الْاٰخِرِیْنَ

and We left for him (a word of praise) among the later people,
37:109

سَلٰمٌ عَلٰۤی اِبْرٰهِیْمَ

(that is,) “Salām be on Ibrāhīm!
37:110

كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِی الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ

This is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
37:111

اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ

Surely, he is among Our believing servants.
37:112

وَبَشَّرْنٰهُ بِاِسْحٰقَ نَبِیًّا مِّنَ الصّٰلِحِیْنَ

And We gave him the good news of IsHāq (Isaac), a prophet from among the righteous.
37:113

وَبٰرَكْنَا عَلَیْهِ وَعَلٰۤی اِسْحٰقَ ؕ وَمِنْ ذُرِّیَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَّظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهٖ مُبِیْنٌ

And We did bless him, and IsHāq. And among the progeny of both of them, some are good and some are utterly unjust to their own selves.
37:114

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلٰی مُوْسٰی وَهٰرُوْنَ

Certainly We bestowed favors upon Mūsā and Hārūn,
37:115

وَنَجَّیْنٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِیْمِ

and We delivered them and their people from the great agony,
37:116

وَنَصَرْنٰهُمْ فَكَانُوْا هُمُ الْغٰلِبِیْنَ

and We helped them, so they became victors,
37:117

وَاٰتَیْنٰهُمَا الْكِتٰبَ الْمُسْتَبِیْنَ

and We gave them the clear book,
37:118

وَهَدَیْنٰهُمَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِیْمَ

and guided them to the straight path.
37:119

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَیْهِمَا فِی الْاٰخِرِیْنَ

And We left for them (a word of praise) among the later people,
37:120

سَلٰمٌ عَلٰی مُوْسٰی وَهٰرُوْنَ

(that is,) Salām be on Mūsā and Hārūn!
37:121

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِی الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ

This is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
37:122

اِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ

Surely, both of them were among Our believing servants.
37:123

وَاِنَّ اِلْیَاسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ

And surely, Ilyās is one of the messengers.
37:124

اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهٖۤ اَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ

(Remember) when he said to his people: “Do you not fear Allah?
37:125

اَتَدْعُوْنَ بَعْلًا وَّتَذَرُوْنَ اَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِیْنَ

Do you invoke Ba‘l, and ignore the Best of the creators,
37:126

اللّٰهَ رَبَّكُمْ وَرَبَّ اٰبَآىِٕكُمُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ

that is, Allah who is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers?”
37:127

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَاِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُوْنَ

Then they rejected him. Therefore, they will be arraigned -
37:128

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ

except Allah’s chosen servants.
37:129

وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَیْهِ فِی الْاٰخِرِیْنَ

And We left for him (a word of praise) among the later people,
37:130

سَلٰمٌ عَلٰۤی اِلْ یَاسِیْنَ

(that is,) “Salām on Ilyāsīn (Ilyās).
37:131

اِنَّا كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِی الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ

This is how We reward those who are good in their deeds.
37:132

اِنَّهٗ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ

Surely, he was from among Our believing servants.
37:133

وَاِنَّ لُوْطًا لَّمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ

And surely, LūT is one of the messengers.
37:134

اِذْ نَجَّیْنٰهُ وَاَهْلَهٗۤ اَجْمَعِیْنَ

(Remember) when We saved him and his family, all of them,
37:135

اِلَّا عَجُوْزًا فِی الْغٰبِرِیْنَ

except an old woman among those remaining behind.
37:136

ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْاٰخَرِیْنَ

After that, We destroyed others
37:137

وَاِنَّكُمْ لَتَمُرُّوْنَ عَلَیْهِمْ مُّصْبِحِیْنَ

and you do pass by them at daybreak
37:138

وَبِالَّیْلِ ؕ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ

and by nightfall. Would you still not understand?
37:139

وَاِنَّ یُوْنُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ

And surely, Yūnus (Jonah) is from among the messengers.
37:140

اِذْ اَبَقَ اِلَی الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُوْنِ

(Remember) when he ran away towards the boat that was already loaded.
37:141

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَضِیْنَ

Then he participated in drawing lots (to offload one of the passengers) and was the one who was defeated.
37:142

فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوْتُ وَهُوَ مُلِیْمٌ

Then the fish swallowed him while he was reproaching his own self.
37:143

فَلَوْلَاۤ اَنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِیْنَ

Had he not been of those who proclaim Allah’s purity,
37:144

لَلَبِثَ فِیْ بَطْنِهٖۤ اِلٰی یَوْمِ یُبْعَثُوْنَ

he would have definitely lived in its belly till the day when the dead will be raised.
37:145

فَنَبَذْنٰهُ بِالْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِیْمٌ

Then We cast him ashore in the open while he was ill,
37:146

وَاَنْۢبَتْنَا عَلَیْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّنْ یَّقْطِیْنٍ

and We caused a tree of ourds to grow over him.
37:147

وَاَرْسَلْنٰهُ اِلٰی مِائَةِ اَلْفٍ اَوْ یَزِیْدُوْنَ

And We had sent him (as messenger) to one hundred thousand, or more.
37:148

فَاٰمَنُوْا فَمَتَّعْنٰهُمْ اِلٰی حِیْنٍ

So, they believed, then, We let them enjoy for a time.
37:149

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ اَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُوْنَ

So ask them, “Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?”
37:150

اَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةَ اِنَاثًا وَّهُمْ شٰهِدُوْنَ

Or, had We created angels as females while they were witnessing?
37:151

اَلَاۤ اِنَّهُمْ مِّنْ اِفْكِهِمْ لَیَقُوْلُوْنَ

Beware! They are the ones who, by way of a lie of theirs, (have the audacity to) say,
37:152

وَلَدَ اللّٰهُ ۙ وَاِنَّهُمْ لَكٰذِبُوْنَ

“Allah has children” - and they are absolute liars.
37:153

اَصْطَفَی الْبَنَاتِ عَلَی الْبَنِیْنَ

Is it that Allah has chosen daughters (for Himself) instead of sons?
37:154

مَا لَكُمْ ۫ كَیْفَ تَحْكُمُوْنَ

What is the matter with you? How (arbitrarily) do you judge?
37:155

اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ

Then, is it that you do not think about it?
37:156

اَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطٰنٌ مُّبِیْنٌ

Or, is it that there is some open authority with you?
37:157

فَاْتُوْا بِكِتٰبِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِیْنَ

Then bring your book, if you are truthful.
37:158

وَجَعَلُوْا بَیْنَهٗ وَبَیْنَ الْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًا ؕ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ الْجِنَّةُ اِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُوْنَ

And they have made up between Him (Allah) and the Jinns some kinship, while the Jinns already know that they are bound to be seized.-
37:159

سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا یَصِفُوْنَ

-Pure is Allah from what they describe-
37:160

اِلَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ

except Allah’s chosen servants.
37:161

فَاِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ

So, you and those whom you worship,
37:162

مَاۤ اَنْتُمْ عَلَیْهِ بِفٰتِنِیْنَ

none of you can make anyone turn away from Him (Allah),
37:163

اِلَّا مَنْ هُوَ صَالِ الْجَحِیْمِ

except him who is to burn in Jahannam.
37:164

وَمَا مِنَّاۤ اِلَّا لَهٗ مَقَامٌ مَّعْلُوْمٌ

And (the angels say,) “There is no one among us who does not have a known station,
37:165

وَّاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الصَّآفُّوْنَ

and We, surely We, are those who stand in rows
37:166

وَاِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْمُسَبِّحُوْنَ

and We, surely We, are those who proclaim Allah’s purity.”
37:167

وَاِنْ كَانُوْا لَیَقُوْلُوْنَ

And they (the pagans) used to say,
37:168

لَوْ اَنَّ عِنْدَنَا ذِكْرًا مِّنَ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ

“Had there been a scripture with us like that of the former people,
37:169

لَكُنَّا عِبَادَ اللّٰهِ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ

we would have certainly been Allah’s chosen servants.”
37:170

فَكَفَرُوْا بِهٖ فَسَوْفَ یَعْلَمُوْنَ

Then (once the divine book came to them,) they disbelieved in it. So, very soon they will come to know.
37:171

وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ

And Our Word has already come to pass in favor of Our servants, the messengers
37:172

اِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنْصُوْرُوْنَ

(that) they are the ones who will be supported,
37:173

وَاِنَّ جُنْدَنَا لَهُمُ الْغٰلِبُوْنَ

and verily it is Our army (of chosen servants) that prevails.
37:174

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتّٰی حِیْنٍ

So, withdraw your attention from them for some time.
37:175

وَّاَبْصِرْهُمْ فَسَوْفَ یُبْصِرُوْنَ

But, watch them. They shall soon see (the reality).
37:176

اَفَبِعَذَابِنَا یَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ

Are they asking for Our punishment to come sooner?
37:177

فَاِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِیْنَ

So, when it will descend in their courtyard, then, evil will be the morning of those warned.
37:178

وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتّٰی حِیْنٍ

So, withdraw your attention from them for some time,
37:179

وَّاَبْصِرْ فَسَوْفَ یُبْصِرُوْنَ

and watch. They shall soon see (the reality).
37:180

سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا یَصِفُوْنَ

Pure is your Lord, the Lord of all might and honor, from what they describe
37:181

وَسَلٰمٌ عَلَی الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ

and Salām be on the messengers
37:182

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ

and praised is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.

38. Sad

38:1

صٓ وَالْقُرْاٰنِ ذِی الذِّكْرِ

Sād . I swear by the Qur’ān, (the book) containing advice, (this is true,)
38:2

بَلِ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا فِیْ عِزَّةٍ وَّشِقَاقٍ

but those who disbelieve are (involved) in false pride and opposition.
38:3

كَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِّنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَّلَاتَ حِیْنَ مَنَاصٍ

How many a generation have We destroyed before them, so they cried out (for mercy), while no time was left for having any refuge.
38:4

وَعَجِبُوْۤا اَنْ جَآءَهُمْ مُّنْذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ؗ وَقَالَ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا سٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

They (the pagans) wonder that a warner has come to them from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, “This is a magician, a sheer liar.
38:5

اَجَعَلَ الْاٰلِهَةَ اِلٰهًا وَّاحِدًا ۖۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَیْءٌ عُجَابٌ

Has he (not) turned all the gods into a single God? It is a very strange thing indeed.”
38:6

وَانْطَلَقَ الْمَلَاُ مِنْهُمْ اَنِ امْشُوْا وَاصْبِرُوْا عَلٰۤی اٰلِهَتِكُمْ ۖۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَیْءٌ یُّرَادُ

And the leaders among them walked out saying (to their followers), “Walk away (from the Prophet,) and stay firm on (adhering to) your gods. This (call of the Prophet) is surely something designed (for his personal benefit).
38:7

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهٰذَا فِی الْمِلَّةِ الْاٰخِرَةِ ۖۚ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا اخْتِلَاقٌ

We never heard of it in the classical faith (of ours). This is nothing but a false invention.
38:8

ءَاُنْزِلَ عَلَیْهِ الذِّكْرُ مِنْ بَیْنِنَا ؕ بَلْ هُمْ فِیْ شَكٍّ مِّنْ ذِكْرِیْ ۚ بَلْ لَّمَّا یَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِ

Is it (believable) that the message of advice has been sent down to him (alone) from among all of us?” The fact is that they are in doubt about My message; rather, they have not yet tasted My punishment.
38:9

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَآىِٕنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَزِیْزِ الْوَهَّابِ

Do they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the Bountiful?
38:10

اَمْ لَهُمْ مُّلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا ۫ فَلْیَرْتَقُوْا فِی الْاَسْبَابِ

Or do they have the ownership of the heavens and the earth and what lies between them? Then let them ascend (to the sky) by ropes.
38:11

جُنْدٌ مَّا هُنَالِكَ مَهْزُوْمٌ مِّنَ الْاَحْزَابِ

What is there (in Makkah) is just a host of the (opposing) groups that has to be defeated.
38:12

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوْحٍ وَّعَادٌ وَّفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْاَوْتَادِ

Even before them, the people of NūH and ‘Ād and Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), the man of stakes,
38:13

وَثَمُوْدُ وَقَوْمُ لُوْطٍ وَّاَصْحٰبُ لْـَٔیْكَةِ ؕ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ الْاَحْزَابُ

and Thamūd and the people of LūT and the people of Aaikah have rejected (the messengers). They were the (strong) groups.
38:14

اِنْ كُلٌّ اِلَّا كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ

All of them did nothing but declare the messengers as liars; hence, My punishment became due.
38:15

وَمَا یَنْظُرُ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ اِلَّا صَیْحَةً وَّاحِدَةً مَّا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ

And these people are waiting for nothing but for a single Cry (the sound of the Trumpet to be blown on Doomsday) that will have no pause.
38:16

وَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَّنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ یَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

And they say, “O our Lord, give us our share (of the punishment) sooner, before the Day of Reckoning.”
38:17

اِصْبِرْ عَلٰی مَا یَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَا دَاوٗدَ ذَا الْاَیْدِ ۚ اِنَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ

Bear patiently with what they say, and remember Our servant Dawūd, the man of might. Surely he was ever-turning to Allah.
38:18

اِنَّا سَخَّرْنَا الْجِبَالَ مَعَهٗ یُسَبِّحْنَ بِالْعَشِیِّ وَالْاِشْرَاقِ

We had subjugated the mountains to join him (in) making tasbīH (i.e. pronouncing Allah’s purity) at evening and sunrise,
38:19

وَالطَّیْرَ مَحْشُوْرَةً ؕ كُلٌّ لَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ

and the birds as well, mustered together. All were turning to Allah with him.
38:20

وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهٗ وَاٰتَیْنٰهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ

And We made his kingdom strong, and gave him wisdom and decisive speech.
38:21

وَهَلْ اَتٰىكَ نَبَؤُا الْخَصْمِ ۘ اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَ

Has there come to you the story of the litigants, when they entered the sanctuary by climbing over the wall?
38:22

اِذْ دَخَلُوْا عَلٰی دَاوٗدَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوْا لَا تَخَفْ ۚ خَصْمٰنِ بَغٰی بَعْضُنَا عَلٰی بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَیْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَاۤ اِلٰی سَوَآءِ الصِّرَاطِ

When they entered upon Dawūd, and he was scared of them, they said, “Be not scared. We are two litigants; one of us has wronged the other, so decide between us with truth, and do not cross the limits, and guide us to the right path.
38:23

اِنَّ هٰذَاۤ اَخِیْ ۫ لَهٗ تِسْعٌ وَّتِسْعُوْنَ نَعْجَةً وَّلِیَ نَعْجَةٌ وَّاحِدَةٌ ۫ فَقَالَ اَكْفِلْنِیْهَا وَعَزَّنِیْ فِی الْخِطَابِ

This is my brother; he has ninety nine ewes, and I have a single ewe; still he said, ‘Give it into my charge.’ And he overpowered me in speech.”
38:24

قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ اِلٰی نِعَاجِهٖ ؕ وَاِنَّ كَثِیْرًا مِّنَ الْخُلَطَآءِ لَیَبْغِیْ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰی بَعْضٍ اِلَّا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَقَلِیْلٌ مَّا هُمْ ؕ وَظَنَّ دَاوٗدُ اَنَّمَا فَتَنّٰهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهٗ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَّاَنَابَ

He (Dawūd) said, “He has certainly wronged you by demanding your ewe to be added to his ewe. Many partners oppress one another, except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and very few they are.” And Dawūd realized that We had put him to a test, so he prayed to his Lord for forgiveness, and bowing down, he fell in prostration, and turned (to Allah).
38:25

فَغَفَرْنَا لَهٗ ذٰلِكَ ؕ وَاِنَّ لَهٗ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰی وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ

So we forgave him that (lapse), and surely he has a place of nearness in Our presence, and an excellent resort.
38:26

یٰدَاوٗدُ اِنَّا جَعَلْنٰكَ خَلِیْفَةً فِی الْاَرْضِ فَاحْكُمْ بَیْنَ النَّاسِ بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوٰی فَیُضِلَّكَ عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَضِلُّوْنَ عَنْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِیْدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوْا یَوْمَ الْحِسَابِ

O Dawūd, We have made you a vicegerent on earth, so judge between people with truth, and do not follow the selfish desire, lest it should lead you astray from Allah’s path. Surely those who go astray from Allah’s path will have a severe punishment, because they had forgotten the Day of Reckoning.
38:27

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَآءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا بَاطِلًا ؕ ذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا ۚ فَوَیْلٌ لِّلَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا مِنَ النَّارِ

We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in vain. That is the thinking of those who disbelieve. So, woe to the disbelievers because of the Fire (they have to face).
38:28

اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِیْنَ فِی الْاَرْضِ ؗ اَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ كَالْفُجَّارِ

Shall We make those who believe and do righteous deeds equal to those who commit mischief on the earth? Or shall We make the God-fearing equal to the sinners?
38:29

كِتٰبٌ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ اِلَیْكَ مُبٰرَكٌ لِّیَدَّبَّرُوْۤا اٰیٰتِهٖ وَلِیَتَذَكَّرَ اُولُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

This is a blessed Book We have revealed to you, so that they deliberate in its verses, and so that the men of understanding may heed to advice.
38:30

وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوٗدَ سُلَیْمٰنَ ؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ؕ اِنَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ

And We blessed Dawūd with Sulaimān. He was an excellent servant (of Allah). Surely, he was great in turning (to Us, in penitence and praise).
38:31

اِذْ عُرِضَ عَلَیْهِ بِالْعَشِیِّ الصّٰفِنٰتُ الْجِیَادُ

(Worth remembering is the incident) when the swift horses of high breeding were presented before him in the evening.
38:32

فَقَالَ اِنِّیْۤ اَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَیْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّیْ ۚ حَتّٰی تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ

He said, “I held the love of the good things (i.e. these horses) because of the remembrance of my Lord.” until it went behind the veil.
38:33

رُدُّوْهَا عَلَیَّ ؕ فَطَفِقَ مَسْحًا بِالسُّوْقِ وَالْاَعْنَاقِ

(Then he said,) “Bring them back to me” - and he started passing his hands over the shanks and the necks (of the horses).
38:34

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَیْمٰنَ وَاَلْقَیْنَا عَلٰی كُرْسِیِّهٖ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ اَنَابَ

And indeed We tested Sulaimān while We threw on his throne a body after which he turned (to Us).
38:35

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِیْ وَهَبْ لِیْ مُلْكًا لَّا یَنْۢبَغِیْ لِاَحَدٍ مِّنْ بَعْدِیْ ۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

He said, “O my Lord, forgive me, and bless me with a kingdom that will not be available to anyone after me. Surely, You are the Bountiful.”
38:36

فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ الرِّیْحَ تَجْرِیْ بِاَمْرِهٖ رُخَآءً حَیْثُ اَصَابَ

Then We subjugated the wind for him that blew smoothly on his command to wherever he wished,
38:37

وَالشَّیٰطِیْنَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَّغَوَّاصٍ

and (We subjugated to him) the devils (among Jinns), all builders and divers,
38:38

وَّاٰخَرِیْنَ مُقَرَّنِیْنَ فِی الْاَصْفَادِ

and many others held in chains.
38:39

هٰذَا عَطَآؤُنَا فَامْنُنْ اَوْ اَمْسِكْ بِغَیْرِ حِسَابٍ

This is Our gift. So, do favor (to someone) or withhold (it), with no (requirement to give) account.
38:40

وَاِنَّ لَهٗ عِنْدَنَا لَزُلْفٰی وَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ

He has a place of nearness in Our presence, and an excellent end.
38:41

وَاذْكُرْ عَبْدَنَاۤ اَیُّوْبَ ۘ اِذْ نَادٰی رَبَّهٗۤ اَنِّیْ مَسَّنِیَ الشَّیْطٰنُ بِنُصْبٍ وَّعَذَابٍ

And remember Our servant, Ayyūb - when he called his Lord saying, “The ShaiTān (Satan) has inflicted weariness and pain upon me.”
38:42

اُرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۚ هٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَّشَرَابٌ

(Allah said to him,) “Strike (the ground) with your foot: Here is a cool water to bathe, and a drink!”
38:43

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهٗۤ اَهْلَهٗ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَذِكْرٰی لِاُولِی الْاَلْبَابِ

And We let him have his family and the like of them besides, as a mercy from Us, and a reminder for the people of understanding.
38:44

وَخُذْ بِیَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِبْ بِّهٖ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ؕ اِنَّا وَجَدْنٰهُ صَابِرًا ؕ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ؕ اِنَّهٗۤ اَوَّابٌ

And (We said to him,) “Take (a bundle of) thin twigs in your hand, and strike with it, and do not violate your oath. Surely, We found him very enduring. He was really an excellent servant. Surely, he was great in turning (to Us, in penitence and praise).
38:45

وَاذْكُرْ عِبٰدَنَاۤ اِبْرٰهِیْمَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَیَعْقُوْبَ اُولِی الْاَیْدِیْ وَالْاَبْصَارِ

And remember Our servants - Ibrāhīm and IsHāq and Ya‘qūb - the men of strength and the men of vision.
38:46

اِنَّاۤ اَخْلَصْنٰهُمْ بِخَالِصَةٍ ذِكْرَی الدَّارِ

We chose them for a trait of remembering the (eternal) Home (in the Hereafter).
38:47

وَاِنَّهُمْ عِنْدَنَا لَمِنَ الْمُصْطَفَیْنَ الْاَخْیَارِ

And surely they are, in Our sight, among the chosen, the best of the righteous.
38:48

وَاذْكُرْ اِسْمٰعِیْلَ وَالْیَسَعَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ؕ وَكُلٌّ مِّنَ الْاَخْیَارِ

And remember Ismā‘īl and Al-Yasa‘ and Dhul-Kifl. Each one of them was among the best of the righteous.
38:49

هٰذَا ذِكْرٌ ؕ وَاِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِیْنَ لَحُسْنَ مَاٰبٍ

This is a reminder (of what has passed). And surely the God-fearing will have the best place to return:
38:50

جَنّٰتِ عَدْنٍ مُّفَتَّحَةً لَّهُمُ الْاَبْوَابُ

- everlasting gardens, with (their) doors opened for them.
38:51

مُتَّكِـِٕیْنَ فِیْهَا یَدْعُوْنَ فِیْهَا بِفَاكِهَةٍ كَثِیْرَةٍ وَّشَرَابٍ

They will be relaxing in it, calling there for plenteous fruits and drinks;
38:52

وَعِنْدَهُمْ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ اَتْرَابٌ

and in their company there will be females restricting their glances (to their husbands, and) of matching ages.
38:53

هٰذَا مَا تُوْعَدُوْنَ لِیَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ

This is what you are being promised for the Day of Reckoning.
38:54

اِنَّ هٰذَا لَرِزْقُنَا مَا لَهٗ مِنْ نَّفَادٍ

Surely, that is provision provided by Us, to which there is no end.
38:55

هٰذَا ؕ وَاِنَّ لِلطّٰغِیْنَ لَشَرَّ مَاٰبٍ

Having said this, the transgressors will surely have the most evil place to return:
38:56

جَهَنَّمَ ۚ یَصْلَوْنَهَا ۚ فَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ

the Jahannam , in which they will enter. So, how evil is that place to rest?
38:57

هٰذَا ۙ فَلْیَذُوْقُوْهُ حَمِیْمٌ وَّغَسَّاقٌ

Let them taste this: hot water and pus,
38:58

وَّاٰخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهٖۤ اَزْوَاجٌ

and other things similar to it of various kinds.
38:59

هٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ ۚ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِهِمْ ؕ اِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ

(When the leaders of the infidels will see their followers entering the Hell after them, they will say to each other,) “This is a multitude rushing into (the Hell) with you - they are not welcome - they are to burn in the Fire.”
38:60

قَالُوْا بَلْ اَنْتُمْ ۫ لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ ؕ اَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوْهُ لَنَا ۚ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ

They (the followers) will say (to their leaders) “No, it is you who are not welcome; you are the ones who brought this upon us.” So, how evil is the place to stay (for ever)!”
38:61

قَالُوْا رَبَّنَا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنَا هٰذَا فَزِدْهُ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا فِی النَّارِ

They (the followers) will say, “Our Lord, whoever has brought this on us, do increase his punishment twofold in the Fire.”
38:62

وَقَالُوْا مَا لَنَا لَا نَرٰی رِجَالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَشْرَارِ

And they (the infidels) will say, “What is the matter with us that we do not see those men (here in Hell) whom we used to count amongst the worst? (i.e the Muslims whom the infidels used to treat as the worst people among them)
38:63

اَتَّخَذْنٰهُمْ سِخْرِیًّا اَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْاَبْصَارُ

Had we taken them as a laughing-stock (unjustly), or have our eyes missed them?”
38:64

اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ اَهْلِ النَّارِ

That is going to happen definitely, that is, the mutual quarrel of the people of the Fire.
38:65

قُلْ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا مُنْذِرٌ ۖۗ وَّمَا مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

Say, “I am only a warner, and there is no god but Allah, the One, the All-Dominant,
38:66

رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَیْنَهُمَا الْعَزِیْزُ الْغَفَّارُ

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Mighty, the Very-Forgiving.”
38:67

قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا عَظِیْمٌ

Say, “It is a great news
38:68

اَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُوْنَ

to which you are averse.
38:69

مَا كَانَ لِیَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَاِ الْاَعْلٰۤی اِذْ یَخْتَصِمُوْنَ

I had no knowledge of the Heavenly Beings when they were debating (about the creation of ’Ādam).
38:70

اِنْ یُّوْحٰۤی اِلَیَّ اِلَّاۤ اَنَّمَاۤ اَنَا نَذِیْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ

Revelation is sent to me only because I am a plain warner.
38:71

اِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ اِنِّیْ خَالِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّنْ طِیْنٍ

When your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create man from clay.
38:72

فَاِذَا سَوَّیْتُهٗ وَنَفَخْتُ فِیْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِیْ فَقَعُوْا لَهٗ سٰجِدِیْنَ

So, once I make him perfectly and breath My spirit into him, you must fall down in prostration before him.”
38:73

فَسَجَدَ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ اَجْمَعُوْنَ

Then, the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together -
38:74

اِلَّاۤ اِبْلِیْسَ ؕ اِسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ

except Iblīs (Satan). He waxed proud, and became one of the disbelievers.
38:75

قَالَ یٰۤاِبْلِیْسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ اَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِیَدَیَّ ؕ اَسْتَكْبَرْتَ اَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِیْنَ

He (Allah) said, “O Iblīs, what did prevent you from prostrating yourself before what I created with My hands? Did you wax proud or were you among the lofty ones?”
38:76

قَالَ اَنَا خَیْرٌ مِّنْهُ ؕ خَلَقْتَنِیْ مِنْ نَّارٍ وَّخَلَقْتَهٗ مِنْ طِیْنٍ

He said, “I am better than him. You created me from fire, and created him from clay.”
38:77

قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَاِنَّكَ رَجِیْمٌ

He said, “Then, get out from here, for you are accursed,
38:78

وَّاِنَّ عَلَیْكَ لَعْنَتِیْۤ اِلٰی یَوْمِ الدِّیْنِ

and on you shall remain My curse till the Day of Judgment.”
38:79

قَالَ رَبِّ فَاَنْظِرْنِیْۤ اِلٰی یَوْمِ یُبْعَثُوْنَ

He said, “O my Lord, then give me respite till the day they are raised again.”
38:80

قَالَ فَاِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِیْنَ

He said, “Then, you have been given respite,
38:81

اِلٰی یَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُوْمِ

until the Day of the Appointed Time.”
38:82

قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَاُغْوِیَنَّهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ

He said, “Then, I swear by Your Might, that I will definitely lead them astray, all of them -
38:83

اِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِیْنَ

except Your chosen servants among them.”
38:84

قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ ؗ وَالْحَقَّ اَقُوْلُ

He (Allah) said, “Then, the truth is-and it is (always) the truth that I speak-
38:85

لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنْكَ وَمِمَّنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ اَجْمَعِیْنَ

that I will definitely fill the Jahannam with you and with those who will follow you from among them, all together.”
38:86

قُلْ مَاۤ اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَیْهِ مِنْ اَجْرٍ وَّمَاۤ اَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِیْنَ

Say (O Prophet to the unbelievers,) “I do not demand from you any fee for it, nor am I from among those who make up things artificially.
38:87

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِیْنَ

It is nothing but an advice for all the worlds.
38:88

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَاَهٗ بَعْدَ حِیْنٍ

And you will come to know its reality after a while.”

39. Az-Zumar

39:1

تَنْزِیْلُ الْكِتٰبِ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْعَزِیْزِ الْحَكِیْمِ

This is the revelation of the Book from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
39:2

اِنَّاۤ اَنْزَلْنَاۤ اِلَیْكَ الْكِتٰبَ بِالْحَقِّ فَاعْبُدِ اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصًا لَّهُ الدِّیْنَ

Surely We have revealed the Book to you with truth; so worship Allah making your submission exclusive for Him.
39:3

اَلَا لِلّٰهِ الدِّیْنُ الْخَالِصُ ؕ وَالَّذِیْنَ اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖۤ اَوْلِیَآءَ ۘ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ اِلَّا لِیُقَرِّبُوْنَاۤ اِلَی اللّٰهِ زُلْفٰی ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یَحْكُمُ بَیْنَهُمْ فِیْ مَا هُمْ فِیْهِ یَخْتَلِفُوْنَ ؕ۬ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یَهْدِیْ مَنْ هُوَ كٰذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ

Remember, Allah alone deserves the exclusive submission. As for those who have adopted guardians other than Him (saying), “We worship them for no other reason but because they would bring us near to Allah closely”, Allah will judge between them in the matters in which they are differing. Surely, Allah does not guide anyone who is liar, highly infidel.
39:4

لَوْ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ اَنْ یَّتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا لَّاصْطَفٰی مِمَّا یَخْلُقُ مَا یَشَآءُ ۙ سُبْحٰنَهٗ ؕ هُوَ اللّٰهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

Had Allah opted to have a son of His own, He would have definitely chosen anyone, as He wished, out of what He had created. (But), Pure is He. He is Allah, the Only One, the All-Dominant.
39:5

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ یُكَوِّرُ الَّیْلَ عَلَی النَّهَارِ وَیُكَوِّرُ النَّهَارَ عَلَی الَّیْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ؕ كُلٌّ یَّجْرِیْ لِاَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّی ؕ اَلَا هُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْغَفَّارُ

He created the heavens and the earth for just purpose. He wraps the night over the day and He wraps the day over the night, and He has put the sun and the moon under His command, each one of them moving for an appointed term. Remember, He is the Mighty, the Most-Forgiving.
39:6

خَلَقَكُمْ مِّنْ نَّفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَاَنْزَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَنْعَامِ ثَمٰنِیَةَ اَزْوَاجٍ ؕ یَخْلُقُكُمْ فِیْ بُطُوْنِ اُمَّهٰتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّنْ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِیْ ظُلُمٰتٍ ثَلٰثٍ ؕ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ ؕ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ ۚ فَاَنّٰی تُصْرَفُوْنَ

He created you from a single person, then (once this person was created,) He made his match from him, and sent down for you eight pairs of the cattle. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in three layers of darkness. That is your Allah, your Lord. To Him belongs the whole Kingdom. There is no god but He. Then, to where are you being diverted (by your whims)?
39:7

اِنْ تَكْفُرُوْا فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَنِیٌّ عَنْكُمْ ۫ وَلَا یَرْضٰی لِعِبَادِهِ الْكُفْرَ ۚ وَاِنْ تَشْكُرُوْا یَرْضَهُ لَكُمْ ؕ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰی ؕ ثُمَّ اِلٰی رَبِّكُمْ مَّرْجِعُكُمْ فَیُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ ؕ اِنَّهٗ عَلِیْمٌۢ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُوْرِ

If you disbelieve, then, Allah does not need you at all, however He does not like for His servants to be disbelievers; and if you are grateful, He will like it for you. No one will bear the burden of someone else. Then, to your Lord is your return; so He will tell you about what you used to do. He is aware of whatever lies in the hearts.
39:8

وَاِذَا مَسَّ الْاِنْسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهٗ مُنِیْبًا اِلَیْهِ ثُمَّ اِذَا خَوَّلَهٗ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِیَ مَا كَانَ یَدْعُوْۤا اِلَیْهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلّٰهِ اَنْدَادًا لِّیُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِیْلِهٖ ؕ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِیْلًا ۖۗ اِنَّكَ مِنْ اَصْحٰبِ النَّارِ

And when man is afflicted by pain, he calls his Lord turning to Him passionately. Thereafter, when He blesses him with some favor from Him, he forgets that for which he was calling Him earlier, and sets up partners for Allah, so that he leads others astray from His way. Say, “Enjoy (the pleasure of) your disbelief for a while, (then) surely, you are from among the people of the Fire.”
39:9

اَمَّنْ هُوَ قَانِتٌ اٰنَآءَ الَّیْلِ سَاجِدًا وَّقَآىِٕمًا یَّحْذَرُ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَیَرْجُوْا رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهٖ ؕ قُلْ هَلْ یَسْتَوِی الَّذِیْنَ یَعْلَمُوْنَ وَالَّذِیْنَ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ ؕ اِنَّمَا یَتَذَكَّرُ اُولُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

Can (such people be equal to) the one who worships during the hours of night, prostrating himself and standing, fearing the Hereafter and having hopes in his Lord’s mercy? Say, “Can those who know and those who do not know become equal?” It is only the people of understanding who are receptive of the advice.
39:10

قُلْ یٰعِبَادِ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّقُوْا رَبَّكُمْ ؕ لِلَّذِیْنَ اَحْسَنُوْا فِیْ هٰذِهِ الدُّنْیَا حَسَنَةٌ ؕ وَاَرْضُ اللّٰهِ وَاسِعَةٌ ؕ اِنَّمَا یُوَفَّی الصّٰبِرُوْنَ اَجْرَهُمْ بِغَیْرِ حِسَابٍ

Say (on My behalf) “O My servants who believe, fear your Lord. Those who do good deeds in this world will have a good return, and the earth of Allah is wide. Certainly those who observe patience will be given their reward in full without measure.
39:11

قُلْ اِنِّیْۤ اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصًا لَّهُ الدِّیْنَ

Say, “I have been ordered to worship Allah, making my submission exclusive to Him.
39:12

وَاُمِرْتُ لِاَنْ اَكُوْنَ اَوَّلَ الْمُسْلِمِیْنَ

And I have been ordered to be the first of those who submit.”
39:13

قُلْ اِنِّیْۤ اَخَافُ اِنْ عَصَیْتُ رَبِّیْ عَذَابَ یَوْمٍ عَظِیْمٍ

Say, “If I were to disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of a great day.”
39:14

قُلِ اللّٰهَ اَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصًا لَّهٗ دِیْنِیْ

Say, “It is Allah whom I worship, making my submission exclusive to Him.
39:15

فَاعْبُدُوْا مَا شِئْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ ؕ قُلْ اِنَّ الْخٰسِرِیْنَ الَّذِیْنَ خَسِرُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ وَاَهْلِیْهِمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ ؕ اَلَا ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِیْنُ

So, worship what you wish other than Him.” Say, “Indeed, the losers are those who (will) lose their selves and their people on the Day of Judgment. Beware, that is really the obvious loss.”
39:16

لَهُمْ مِّنْ فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِّنَ النَّارِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ ؕ ذٰلِكَ یُخَوِّفُ اللّٰهُ بِهٖ عِبَادَهٗ ؕ یٰعِبَادِ فَاتَّقُوْنِ

For them there are canopies of fire on top of them and canopies (of fire) underneath them. That is the thing against which Allah warns His servants. “So, O servants of Mine, fear Me.”
39:17

وَالَّذِیْنَ اجْتَنَبُوا الطَّاغُوْتَ اَنْ یَّعْبُدُوْهَا وَاَنَابُوْۤا اِلَی اللّٰهِ لَهُمُ الْبُشْرٰی ۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ

And those who abstain from worshipping the Tāghūt and turn fervently to Allah, for them there is good news. So, give the good news to My servants
39:18

الَّذِیْنَ یَسْتَمِعُوْنَ الْقَوْلَ فَیَتَّبِعُوْنَ اَحْسَنَهٗ ؕ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ الَّذِیْنَ هَدٰىهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَاُولٰٓىِٕكَ هُمْ اُولُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

who listen to what is said, then, follow the best of it. Those are the ones whom Allah has guided, and those are the ones who possess understanding.
39:19

اَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَیْهِ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ ؕ اَفَاَنْتَ تُنْقِذُ مَنْ فِی النَّارِ

So tell Me about the one for whom the word of punishment is destined, - is it you, then, who would save someone who is already in the Fire?
39:20

لٰكِنِ الَّذِیْنَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِّنْ فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَّبْنِیَّةٌ ۙ تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ ؕ۬ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ ؕ لَا یُخْلِفُ اللّٰهُ الْمِیْعَادَ

But, for those who fear their Lord, there are chambers with chambers built on top of them, with rivers running from underneath them. This is Allah’s promise. Allah does not go back on any promise.
39:21

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَسَلَكَهٗ یَنَابِیْعَ فِی الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ یُخْرِجُ بِهٖ زَرْعًا مُّخْتَلِفًا اَلْوَانُهٗ ثُمَّ یَهِیْجُ فَتَرٰىهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ یَجْعَلُهٗ حُطَامًا ؕ اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَذِكْرٰی لِاُولِی الْاَلْبَابِ

Have you not seen that Allah sent down water from the sky, then made it penetrate into the earth (and gush forth) in the form of springs? Then He brings forth with it crops of different colors, and afterwards they wither, and you see them turned yellow, then He makes them chaff. Surely in that there is a lesson for the people of understanding.
39:22

اَفَمَنْ شَرَحَ اللّٰهُ صَدْرَهٗ لِلْاِسْلَامِ فَهُوَ عَلٰی نُوْرٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖ ؕ فَوَیْلٌ لِّلْقٰسِیَةِ قُلُوْبُهُمْ مِّنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِیْنٍ

So I ask about a person whose heart Allah has opened up for Islam, and consequently he proceeds in a light from his Lord. (Can he be equal to the one whose heart is hardened?) So, woe to those whose hearts are too hard to remember Allah. Those are wandering in open error.
39:23

اَللّٰهُ نَزَّلَ اَحْسَنَ الْحَدِیْثِ كِتٰبًا مُّتَشَابِهًا مَّثَانِیَ ۖۗ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُوْدُ الَّذِیْنَ یَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ۚ ثُمَّ تَلِیْنُ جُلُوْدُهُمْ وَقُلُوْبُهُمْ اِلٰی ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ ؕ ذٰلِكَ هُدَی اللّٰهِ یَهْدِیْ بِهٖ مَنْ یَّشَآءُ ؕ وَمَنْ یُّضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَمَا لَهٗ مِنْ هَادٍ

Allah has sent down the best discourse, a book containing subjects resembling each other, mentioned again and again, shivered from which are the skins of those who have awe of their Lord. Then, their skins and their hearts become soft enough to tend to the remembrance of Allah. This is the Guidance of Allah with which He brings to the right path whomsoever He wills. As for the one whom Allah lets go astray, for him there is no one to guide.
39:24

اَفَمَنْ یَّتَّقِیْ بِوَجْهِهٖ سُوْٓءَ الْعَذَابِ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ ؕ وَقِیْلَ لِلظّٰلِمِیْنَ ذُوْقُوْا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُوْنَ

Tell Me about the one who tries to save himself from the worst punishment with his face on the Day of Judgment, (whether he is equal to the one who is not liable to any punishment.) And it will be said to the wrongdoers, “Have a taste of what you used to earn.”
39:25

كَذَّبَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتٰىهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَیْثُ لَا یَشْعُرُوْنَ

Those before them had also rejected (the messengers) and consequently, the punishment came upon them in a way that they had never imagined.
39:26

فَاَذَاقَهُمُ اللّٰهُ الْخِزْیَ فِی الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا ۚ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُ ۘ لَوْ كَانُوْا یَعْلَمُوْنَ

Then Allah made them taste disgrace in the worldly life, and of course the punishment of the Hereafter is much greater. Only if they knew!
39:27

وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِیْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ یَتَذَكَّرُوْنَ

And We have cited for people all sorts of examples in this Qur’ān, so that they may receive the message
39:28

قُرْاٰنًا عَرَبِیًّا غَیْرَ ذِیْ عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ یَتَّقُوْنَ

through an Arabic Qur’ān that has no digression (from the truth), so that they may be God-fearing.
39:29

ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلًا فِیْهِ شُرَكَآءُ مُتَشٰكِسُوْنَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِّرَجُلٍ ؕ هَلْ یَسْتَوِیٰنِ مَثَلًا ؕ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ ۚ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ

Allah has given an example: There is a man (enslaved and) owned by some partners having rivalry with each other, and (on the other hand,) there is a man solely owned by a single man. Can they be equal in comparison? Praise be to Allah! (The truth stands established). But, most of them do not know.
39:30

اِنَّكَ مَیِّتٌ وَّاِنَّهُمْ مَّیِّتُوْنَ

Verily, you are to die and they are to die.
39:31

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُوْنَ

After that, on the Day of Doom, you will surely place your disputes before your Lord.

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