Surah Al Furqan

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلۡعَـٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا

Blessed be He Who sent down the criterion (of right and wrong, i.e. this Quran) to His slave (Muhammad SAW) that he may be a warner to the Alameen (mankind and jinns).

ٱلَّذِى لَهُ ۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ

He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth,

وَلَمۡ يَتَّخِذۡ وَلَدً۬ا وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُ ۥ شَرِيكٌ۬ فِى ٱلۡمُلۡكِ

and Who has begotten no son (children or offspring) and for Whom there is no partner in the dominion.

وَخَلَقَ ڪُلَّ شَىۡءٍ۬ فَقَدَّرَهُ ۥ تَقۡدِيرً۬ا

He has created everything, and has measured it exactly according to its due measurements.

وَٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦۤ ءَالِهَةً۬ لَّا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـًٔ۬ا وَهُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ

Yet they have taken besides Him other aliha (gods) that created nothing but are themselves created,

وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ ضَرًّ۬ا وَلَا نَفۡعً۬ا

and possess neither hurt nor benefit for themselves,

وَلَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مَوۡتً۬ا وَلَا حَيَوٰةً۬ وَلَا نُشُورً۬ا

and possess no power (of causing) death, nor (of giving) life, nor of raising the dead.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفۡكٌ ٱفۡتَرَٮٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُ ۥ عَلَيۡهِ قَوۡمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ‌ۖ

Those who disbelieve say: "This (the Quran) is nothing but a lie that he (Muhammad SAW) has invented, and others have helped him at it,

فَقَدۡ جَآءُو ظُلۡمً۬ا وَزُورً۬ا

so that they have produced an unjust wrong (thing) and a lie."

وَقَالُوٓاْ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٱڪۡتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ بُڪۡرَةً۬ وَأَصِيلاً۬ 

And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."‏

قُلۡ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِى يَعۡلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ‌ۚ

Say:

"It (this Quran) has been sent down by Him (Allah) (the Real Lord of the heavens and earth) Who knows the secret of the heavens and the earth.

إِنَّهُ ۥ ڪَانَ غَفُورً۬ا رَّحِيمً۬ا

Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

وَقَالُواْ مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأۡڪُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشِى فِى ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ‌ۙ

And they say:

"Why does this Messenger (Muhammad SAW) eat food, and walk about in the markets (like ourselves).

لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مَلَكٌ۬ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُ ۥ نَذِيرًا

Why is not an angel sent down to him to be a warner with him?

أَوۡ يُلۡقَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِ ڪَنزٌ أَوۡ تَكُونُ لَهُ ۥ جَنَّةٌ۬ يَأۡڪُلُ مِنۡهَا‌ۚ

"Or (why) has not a treasure been granted to him, or why has he not a garden whereof he may eat?"

وَقَالَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلاً۬ مَّسۡحُورًا

And the Zalimoon (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) say: "You follow none but a man bewitched."

ٱنظُرۡ ڪَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلَ فَضَلُّواْفَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلاً۬ 

See how they coin similitudes for you, so they have gone astray, and they cannot find a (Right) Path.

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيۡرً۬ا مِّن ذَٲلِكَ

Blessed be He Who, if He will, will assign you better than (all) that, -

جَنَّـٰتٍ۬ تَجۡرِى مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكَ قُصُورَۢا

Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise) and will assign you palaces (i.e. in Paradise).

بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ‌ۖ

Nay, they deny the Hour (the Day of Resurrection),

وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِمَن ڪَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا

and for those who deny the Hour, We have prepared a flaming Fire (i.e. Hell).

إِذَا رَأَتۡهُم مِّن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدٍ۬ سَمِعُواْ لَهَا تَغَيُّظً۬ا وَزَفِيرً۬ا

When it (Hell) sees them from a far place, they will hear its raging and its roaring.

وَإِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ مِنۡہَا مَكَانً۬ا ضَيِّقً۬ا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوۡاْ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورً۬ا

And when they shall be thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they will exclaim therein for destruction.

لَّا تَدۡعُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ثُبُورً۬ا وَٲحِدً۬ا وَٱدۡعُواْ ثُبُورً۬ا ڪَثِيرً۬ا

Exclaim not today for one destruction, but exclaim for many destructions.

قُلۡ أَذَٲلِكَ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ جَنَّةُ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَ‌ۚ

Say: (O Muhammad SAW) "Is that (torment) better or the Paradise of Eternity promised to the Muttaqoon (pious and righteous persons - see V.2:2)?"

كَانَتۡ لَهُمۡ جَزَآءً۬ وَمَصِيرً۬ا

It will be theirs as a reward and as a final destination.

لَّهُمۡ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَـٰلِدِينَ‌ۚ

For them there will be therein all that they desire, and they will abide (there forever).

كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعۡدً۬ا مَّسۡـُٔولاً۬ 

It is a promise binding upon your Lord that must be fulfilled.

وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ

And on the Day when He will gather them together and that which they worship besides Allah (idols, angels, pious men, saints, Iesa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), etc.).

فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمۡ أَضۡلَلۡتُمۡ عِبَادِى هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمۡ هُمۡ ضَلُّواْ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

He will say: "Was it you who misled these My slaves or did they (themselves) stray from the (Right) Path?"

قَالُواْ سُبۡحَـٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ

They will say: "Glorified be You!

It was not for us to take any Auliya (Protectors, Helpers, etc.) besides You,

وَلَـٰكِن مَّتَّعۡتَهُمۡ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ نَسُواْ ٱلذِّڪۡرَ

but You gave them and their fathers comfort till they forgot the warning,

وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمَۢا بُورً۬ا

and became a lost people (doomed to total loss).

فَقَدۡ ڪَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسۡتَطِيعُونَ صَرۡفً۬ا وَلَا نَصۡرً۬ا‌ۚ

Thus they (false gods all deities other than Allah) will give you (polytheists) the lie regarding what you say (that they are gods besides Allah), then you can neither avert (the punishment), nor get help.

وَمَن يَظۡلِم مِّنڪُمۡ نُذِقۡهُ عَذَابً۬ا ڪَبِيرً۬ا

And whoever among you does wrong (i.e. sets up rivals to Allah), We shall make him taste a great torment.

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ لَيَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشُونَ فِى ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ‌ۗ

And We never sent before you (O Muhammad SAW) any of the Messengers but verily, they ate food and walked in the markets.

وَجَعَلۡنَا بَعۡضَڪُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ۬ فِتۡنَةً أَتَصۡبِرُونَ‌ۗ

And We have made some of you as a trial for others: will you have patience?

وَڪَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرً۬ا

And your Lord is Ever All-Seer (of everything).

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕكَةُ أَوۡ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا‌ۗ

And those who expect not for a Meeting with Us (i.e. those who deny the Day of Resurrection and the life of the Hereafter), say: "Why are not the angels sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord?"

لَقَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَعَتَوۡ عُتُوًّ۬ا كَبِيرً۬ا

Indeed they think too highly of themselves, and are scornful with great pride.

يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕكَةَ لَا بُشۡرَىٰ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ۬ لِّلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجۡرً۬ا مَّحۡجُورً۬ا

On the Day they will see the angels, no glad tidings will there be for the Mujrimoon (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) that day. And they (angels) will say: "All kinds of glad tidings are forbidden for you,"

(None will be allowed to enter Paradise except the one who said: La ilaha ill- Allah, "(none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) and acted practically on its legal orders and obligations).

وَقَدِمۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُواْ مِنۡ عَمَلٍ۬ فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ هَبَآءً۬ مَّنثُورًا

And We shall turn to whatever deeds they (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) did, and We shall make such deeds as scattered floating particles of dust.

أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ خَيۡرٌ۬ مُّسۡتَقَرًّ۬ا وَأَحۡسَنُ مَقِيلاً۬

The dwellers of Paradise (i.e. those who deserved it through their Faith and righteousness) will, on that Day, have the best abode, and have the fairest of places for repose.

وَيَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلۡغَمَـٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕكَةُ تَنزِيلاً 

And (remember) the Day when the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and the angels will be sent down, with a grand descending.

ٱلۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّ لِلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ‌ۚ

The sovereignty on that Day will be the true (sovereignty), belonging to the Most Beneficent (Allah),

وَڪَانَ يَوۡمًا عَلَى ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرً۬ا

and it will be a hard Day for the disbelievers (those who disbelieve in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism).

وَيَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيۡتَنِى ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلاً۬ 

And (remember) the Day when the Zalim (wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist, etc.) will bite at his hands, he will say: "Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger ( Muhammad SAW).

يَـٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِى لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلاً۬

"Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a friend!

لَّقَدۡ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّڪۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَنِى‌ۗ

"He indeed led me astray from the Reminder (this Quran) after it had come to me.

وَڪَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَـٰنُ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ خَذُولاً۬

And Shaitan (Satan) is ever a deserter to man in the hour of need."

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَـٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِى ٱتَّخَذُواْ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ مَهۡجُورً۬ا

And the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) will say:

"O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Quran (neither listened to it, nor acted on its laws and orders).

وَكَذَٲلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّ۬ا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ‌ۗ

Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy among the Mujrimoon (disbelievers, polytheists, criminals, etc.).

وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيً۬ا وَنَصِيرً۬ا

But Sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ جُمۡلَةً۬ وَٲحِدَةً۬‌ۚ

And those who disbelieve say: "Why is not the Quran revealed to him all at once?"

ڪَذَٲلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ‌ۖ

Thus (it is sent down in parts), that We may strengthen your heart thereby.

وَرَتَّلۡنَـٰهُ تَرۡتِيلاً۬ 

And We have revealed it to you gradually, in stages. (It was revealed to the Prophet SAW in 23 years.).

وَلَا يَأۡتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئۡنَـٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَحۡسَنَ تَفۡسِيرًا

And no example or similitude do they bring (to oppose or to find fault in you or in this Quran), but We reveal to you the truth (against that similitude or example), and the better explanation thereof.

ٱلَّذِينَ يُحۡشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ شَرٌّ۬ مَّكَانً۬اوَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً۬ 

Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces, such will be in an evil state, and most astray from the (Straight) Path.

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡڪِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلۡنَا مَعَهُ ۥۤ أَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ وَزِيرً۬ا

And indeed We gave Moosa (Moses) the Scripture (the Taurat (Torah)), and placed his brother Haroon (Aaron) with him as a helper;

فَقُلۡنَا ٱذۡهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا

And We said: "Go you both to the people who have denied Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)."

فَدَمَّرۡنَـٰهُمۡ تَدۡمِيرً۬ا

Then We destroyed them with utter destruction.

وَقَوۡمَ نُوحٍ۬ لَّمَّا ڪَذَّبُواْ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغۡرَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُمۡ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةً۬‌ۖ

And Noohs (Noah) people, when they denied the Messengers We drowned them, and We made them as a sign for mankind.

وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمً۬ا

And We have prepared a painful torment for the Zalimoon (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc).

وَعَادً۬ا وَثَمُودَاْ وَأَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونَۢا بَيۡنَ ذَٲلِكَ كَثِيرً۬ا

And (also) Ad and Thamood, and the dwellers of Ar-Rass, and many generations in between.

وَڪُلاًّ۬ ضَرَبۡنَا لَهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلَ‌ۖ

And for each of them We put forward examples (as proofs and lessons, etc.),

وَڪُلاًّ۬ تَبَّرۡنَا تَتۡبِيرً۬ا 

and each (of them) We brought to utter ruin (because of their disbelief and evil deeds).

وَلَقَدۡ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَى ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمۡطِرَتۡ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوۡءِ‌ۚ

And indeed they have passed by the town (of Prophet Lout (Lot)) on which was rained the evil rain.

أَفَلَمۡ يَڪُونُواْ يَرَوۡنَهَا‌ۚ

Did they (disbelievers) not then see it (with their own eyes)?

بَلۡ ڪَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ نُشُورً۬ا

Nay ! But they used not to expect for any resurrection.

وَإِذَا رَأَوۡكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا

And when they see you (O Muhammad SAW), they treat you only as a mockery (saying):

أَهَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولاً

"Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger?

إِن ڪَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوۡلَآ أَن صَبَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا‌ۚ

"He would have nearly misled us from our aliha (gods), had it not been that we were patient and constant in their worship!"

وَسَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ مَنۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً 

And they will know when they see the torment, who it is that is most astray from the (Right) Path!

أَرَءَيۡتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُ ۥ هَوَٮٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيۡهِ وَڪِيلاً 

Have you (O Muhammad SAW) seen him who has taken as his ilah (god) his own desire?

Would you then be a Wakeel (a disposer of his affairs or a watcher) over him?

أَمۡ تَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ أَڪۡثَرَهُمۡ يَسۡمَعُونَ أَوۡ يَعۡقِلُونَ‌ۚ

Or do you think that most of them hear or understand?

إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا كَٱلۡأَنۡعَـٰمِ‌ۖ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً 

They are only like cattle; nay, they are even farther astray from the Path. (i.e. even worst than cattle).

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيۡفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُ ۥ سَاكِنً۬ا

Have you not seen how your Lord spread the shadow. If He willed, He could have made it still

ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ عَلَيۡهِ دَلِيلاً۬ 

then We have made the sun its guide.

(i.e. after the sunrise, it (the shadow) squeezes and vanishes at midnoon and then again appears in the afternoon with the decline of the sun, and had there been no sun light, there would have been no shadow)

ثُمَّ قَبَضۡنَـٰهُ إِلَيۡنَا قَبۡضً۬ا يَسِيرً۬ا

Then We withdraw it to Us a gradual concealed withdrawal.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسً۬ا وَٱلنَّوۡمَ سُبَاتً۬ا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّہَارَ نُشُورً۬ا 

And it is He Who makes the night a covering for you, and the sleep (as) repose, and makes the day Nushoor.

(i.e. getting up and going about here and there for daily work, etc. after ones sleep at night or like resurrection after ones death)

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَىۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦ‌ۚ

And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain),

وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً۬ طَهُورً۬ا

and We send down pure water from the sky,

لِّنُحۡـِۧىَ بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةً۬ مَّيۡتً۬ا

That We may give life thereby to a dead land,

وَنُسۡقِيَهُ ۥ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَآ أَنۡعَـٰمً۬ا وَأَنَاسِىَّ ڪَثِيرً۬ا

and We give to drink thereof many of the cattle and men that We had created.

وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَـٰهُ بَيۡنَہُمۡ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ

And indeed We have distributed it (rain or water) amongst them in order that they may remember the Grace of Allah,

فَأَبَىٰٓ أَڪۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا ڪُفُورً۬ا

but most men refuse (or deny the Truth or Faith) and accept nothing but disbelief or ingratitude.

وَلَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَبَعَثۡنَا فِى ڪُلِّ قَرۡيَةٍ۬ نَّذِيرً۬ا 

And had We willed, We would have raised a warner in every town.

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡڪَـٰفِرِينَ وَجَـٰهِدۡهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادً۬ا ڪَبِيرً۬ا

So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them (by preaching) with the utmost endeavour, with it (the Quran).

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ هَـٰذَا عَذۡبٌ۬ فُرَاتٌ۬ وَهَـٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجٌ۬

And it is He Who has let free the two seas (kinds of water), one palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter,

وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَہُمَا بَرۡزَخً۬ا وَحِجۡرً۬ا مَّحۡجُورً۬ا

and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ بَشَرً۬ا فَجَعَلَهُ ۥ نَسَبً۬ا وَصِهۡرً۬ا‌ۗ

And it is He Who has created man from water, and has appointed for him kindred by blood, and kindred by marriage.

وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرً۬ا

And your Lord is Ever All-Powerful to do what He will.

وَيَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمۡ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمۡ‌ۗ

And they (disbelievers, polytheists, etc.) worship besides Allah, that which can neither profit them nor harm them,

وَكَانَ ٱلۡكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرً۬ا

and the disbeliever is ever a helper (of the Satan) against his Lord.

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَـٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرً۬ا وَنَذِيرً۬ا

And We have sent you (O Muhammad SAW ) only as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner.

قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُڪُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍإِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلاً۬ 

Say:

"No reward do I ask of you for this (that which I have brought from my Lord and its preaching, etc.), save that whosoever wills, may take a Path to his Lord.

وَتَوَڪَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡحَىِّ ٱلَّذِى لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِهِۦ‌ۚ

And put your trust (O Muhammad SAW) in the Ever Living One Who dies not, and glorify His Praises,

وَڪَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا 

and Sufficient is He as the All-Knower of the sins of His slaves;

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ۬ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِ‌ۚ

Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days. Then He Istawa (rose over) the Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty).

ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ فَسۡـَٔلۡ بِهِۦ خَبِيرً۬ا

The Most Beneficent (Allah)! Ask Him (O Prophet Muhammad SAW), (concerning His Qualities, His rising over His Throne, His creations, etc.), as He is Al-Khabeer (The All-Knower of everything i.e. Allah).

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ قَالُواْ وَمَا ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ

And when it is said to them: "Prostrate to the Most Beneficent (Allah)! They say: "And what is the Most Beneficent?

أَنَسۡجُدُ لِمَا تَأۡمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمۡ نُفُورً۬ا

Shall we fall down in prostration to that which you (O Muhammad SAW) command us?"

And it increases in them only aversion. ۩

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجً۬اوَجَعَلَ فِيہَا سِرَٲجً۬ا وَقَمَرً۬ا مُّنِيرً۬ا

Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven big stars, and has placed therein a great lamp (sun), and a moon giving light.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلۡفَةً۬ لِّمَنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّڪَّرَ أَوۡ أَرَادَ شُڪُورً۬ا

And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession, for such who desires to remember or desires to show his gratitude.

وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمۡشُونَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هَوۡنً۬ا

And the slaves of the Most Beneficent (Allah) are those who walk on the earth in humility and sedateness,

وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلۡجَـٰهِلُونَ قَالُواْ سَلَـٰمً۬ا

and when the foolish address them (with bad words) they reply back with mild words of gentleness.

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمۡ سُجَّدً۬ا وَقِيَـٰمً۬ا

And those who spend the night before their Lord, prostrate and standing.

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصۡرِفۡ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ‌ۖ

And those who say:

"Our Lord! Avert from us the torment of Hell.

إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا

Verily! Its torment is ever an inseparable, permanent punishment."

إِنَّهَا سَآءَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرًّ۬ا وَمُقَامً۬ا

Evil indeed it (Hell) is as an abode and as a place to dwell.

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُواْ لَمۡ يُسۡرِفُواْ وَلَمۡ يَقۡتُرُواْ وَڪَانَ بَيۡنَ ذَٲلِكَ قَوَامً۬ا

And those, who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes).

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدۡعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ

And those who invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah,

وَلَا يَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفۡسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا يَزۡنُونَ‌ۚ

nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse

وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٲلِكَ يَلۡقَ أَثَامً۬ا

and whoever does this shall receive the punishment.

يُضَـٰعَفۡ لَهُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَـٰمَةِ وَيَخۡلُدۡ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا

The torment will be doubled to him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein in disgrace;

إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلاً۬ صَـٰلِحً۬ا فَأُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ حَسَنَـٰتٍ۬‌ۗ

Except those who repent and believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds, for those, Allah will change their sins into good deeds,

وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورً۬ا رَّحِيمً۬ا

and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحً۬ا فَإِنَّهُ ۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابً۬ا

And whosoever repents and does righteous good deeds, then verily, he repents towards Allah with true repentance.

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشۡهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّواْ بِٱللَّغۡوِ مَرُّواْ ڪِرَامً۬ا

And those who do not witness falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُڪِّرُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ لَمۡ يَخِرُّواْ عَلَيۡهَا صُمًّ۬ا وَعُمۡيَانً۬ا

And those who, when they are reminded of the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبۡ لَنَا مِنۡ أَزۡوَٲجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعۡيُنٍ۬ وَٱجۡعَلۡنَا لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

And those who say:

"Our Lord! Bestow on us from our wives and our offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and make us leaders for the Muttaqoon" (pious - see V.2:2 and the footnote of V.3:164)."

أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ يُجۡزَوۡنَ ٱلۡغُرۡفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ

Those will be rewarded with the highest place (in Paradise) because of their patience.

وَيُلَقَّوۡنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً۬ وَسَلَـٰمًا

Therein they shall be met with greetings and the word of peace and respect.

خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا‌ۚ

Abiding therein;

حَسُنَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرًّ۬ا وَمُقَامً۬ا

excellent it is as an abode, and as a place to dwell.

قُلۡ مَا يَعۡبَؤُاْ بِكُمۡ رَبِّى لَوۡلَا دُعَآؤُڪُمۡ‌ۖ

Say (O Muhammad SAW to the disbelievers):

"My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him.

فَقَدۡ كَذَّبۡتُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يَڪُونُ لِزَامَۢا

But now you have indeed denied (Him). So the torment will be yours for ever (inseparable permanent punishment)."

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