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Surah 22 · 78 verses

Al-Hajj

الحج

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌ

O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.

Yaaa ayyuhan naasuttaqoo Rabbakum; inna zalzalatas Saa'ati shai'un 'azeem

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O mankind
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
O mankind
ٱتَّقُوا۟
ittaqū
Fear
رَبَّكُمْ ۚ
rabbakum
your Lord
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
زَلْزَلَةَ
zalzalata
(the) convulsion
ٱلسَّاعَةِ
l-sāʿati
(of) the Hour
شَىْءٌ
shayon
(is) a thing
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

O people, be mindful of your Lord by carrying out what He has ordered you and desisting from what He has forbidden you. The earthquake and other horrors that will accompany the Day of Judgment are a grave matter, for which it is necessary to prepare through actions which please Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

2

يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَـٰرَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَـٰرَىٰ وَلَـٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ ٱللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ

On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allāh is severe.

Yawma tarawnahaa tazhalu kullu murdi'atin 'ammaaa arda'at wa tada'u kullu zaati hamlin hamlahaa wa tarannaasa sukaaraa wa maa hum bisukaaraa wa lakinaa 'azaabal laahi shadeed

Word by word
يَوْمَ
yawma
(The) Day
تَرَوْنَهَا
tarawnahā
you will see it
تَذْهَلُ
tadhhalu
will forget
كُلُّ
kullu
every
مُرْضِعَةٍ
mur'ḍiʿatin
nursing mother
عَمَّآ
ʿammā
that which
أَرْضَعَتْ
arḍaʿat
she was nursing
وَتَضَعُ
wataḍaʿu
and will deliver
كُلُّ
kullu
every
ذَاتِ
dhāti
pregnant woman
حَمْلٍ
ḥamlin
pregnant woman
حَمْلَهَا
ḥamlahā
her load
وَتَرَى
watarā
and you will see
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
[the] mankind
سُكَـٰرَىٰ
sukārā
intoxicated
وَمَا
wamā
while not
هُم
hum
they
بِسُكَـٰرَىٰ
bisukārā
(are) intoxicated
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(the) punishment
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
شَدِيدٌۭ
shadīdun
(will be) severe
Interpretation

On the day you see it, every nursing mother shall be absentminded of her nursing child and every pregnant being will abort her pregnancy, due to intense fear. You shall see people, because of losing their senses, like drunkards, due to the severe horror of the standing. They will not be drunk out of drinking alcohol, but rather the punishment of Allah is severe, thus it has made them loses their senses.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

3

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَـٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّبِعُ كُلَّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ مَّرِيدٍ

And of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge and follows every rebellious devil.

Wa minan naasi mai yujaadilu fil laahi bighairi 'ilminw wa yattabi'u kullaa shaitaanim mareed

Word by word
وَمِنَ
wamina
And among
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the mankind
مَن
man
(is he) who
يُجَـٰدِلُ
yujādilu
disputes
فِى
concerning
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
عِلْمٍۢ
ʿil'min
knowledge
وَيَتَّبِعُ
wayattabiʿu
and follows
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ
shayṭānin
devil
مَّرِيدٍۢ
marīdin
rebellious
Interpretation

Amongst people there is he who argues regarding Allah’s power to resurrect the dead, without any knowledge to take support from, and who in his belief and saying follows every satan and misguided leader who is rebellious against his Lord.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

4

كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

It has been decreed for him [i.e., every devil] that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.

Kutiba 'alaihi annahoo man tawallaahu fa annahoo yudil lauhoo wa yahdeehi ilaa 'azaabis sa'eer

Word by word
كُتِبَ
kutiba
It has been decreed
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
for him
أَنَّهُۥ
annahu
that he
مَن
man
who
تَوَلَّاهُ
tawallāhu
befriends him
فَأَنَّهُۥ
fa-annahu
then indeed, he
يُضِلُّهُۥ
yuḍilluhu
will misguide him
وَيَهْدِيهِ
wayahdīhi
and will guide him
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
عَذَابِ
ʿadhābi
(the) punishment
ٱلسَّعِيرِ
l-saʿīri
(of) the Blaze
Interpretation

It is decreed regarding such rebellious humans and jinns that whoever follows him and accepts him, he will lead them astray from the path of truth, and he will drag him towards the fire of Hell through the disbelief and sins which lead towards it.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

5

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ ٱلْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَـٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ ۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ۖ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْـًٔا ۚ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنۢبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ

O people, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.

Yaaa ayyuhan naasu in kuntum fee raibim minal ba'si fa innaa khalaqnaakum min turaabin summa min nutfatin summaa min 'alaqatin summa mim mud ghatim mukhal laqatinw wa ghairi mukhalla qatil linubaiyina lakum; wa nuqirru fil arhaami maa nashaaa'u ilaaa ajalim musam man summa nukhrijukum tiflan summa litablughooo ashud dakum wa minkum mai yutawaffa wa minkum mai yuraddu ilaaa arzalil 'umuri likailaa ya'lama mim ba'di 'ilmin shai'aa; wa taral arda haamidatan fa izaaa anzalnaa 'alaihal maaa'ah tazzat wa rabat wa ambatat min kulli zawjim baheej

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O mankind
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
O mankind
إِن
in
If
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
فِى
in
رَيْبٍۢ
raybin
doubt
مِّنَ
mina
about
ٱلْبَعْثِ
l-baʿthi
the Resurrection
فَإِنَّا
fa-innā
then indeed, We
خَلَقْنَـٰكُم
khalaqnākum
We created you
مِّن
min
from
تُرَابٍۢ
turābin
dust
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
مِن
min
from
نُّطْفَةٍۢ
nuṭ'fatin
a semen-drop
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
مِنْ
min
from
عَلَقَةٍۢ
ʿalaqatin
a clinging substance
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
مِن
min
from
مُّضْغَةٍۢ
muḍ'ghatin
an embryonic lump
مُّخَلَّقَةٍۢ
mukhallaqatin
formed
وَغَيْرِ
waghayri
and unformed
مُخَلَّقَةٍۢ
mukhallaqatin
and unformed
لِّنُبَيِّنَ
linubayyina
that We may make clear
لَكُمْ ۚ
lakum
to you
وَنُقِرُّ
wanuqirru
And We cause to remain
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْحَامِ
l-arḥāmi
the wombs
مَا
what
نَشَآءُ
nashāu
We will
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
for
أَجَلٍۢ
ajalin
a term
مُّسَمًّۭى
musamman
appointed
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
نُخْرِجُكُمْ
nukh'rijukum
We bring you out
طِفْلًۭا
ṭif'lan
(as) a child
ثُمَّ
thumma
[then]
لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟
litablughū
that you may reach
أَشُدَّكُمْ ۖ
ashuddakum
[your] maturity
وَمِنكُم
waminkum
And among you
مَّن
man
(is he) who
يُتَوَفَّىٰ
yutawaffā
dies
وَمِنكُم
waminkum
and among you
مَّن
man
(is he) who
يُرَدُّ
yuraddu
is returned
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
to
أَرْذَلِ
ardhali
the most abject
ٱلْعُمُرِ
l-ʿumuri
age
لِكَيْلَا
likaylā
so that not
يَعْلَمَ
yaʿlama
he knows
مِنۢ
min
after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
عِلْمٍۢ
ʿil'min
having known
شَيْـًۭٔا ۚ
shayan
anything
وَتَرَى
watarā
And you see
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the earth
هَامِدَةًۭ
hāmidatan
barren
فَإِذَآ
fa-idhā
then when
أَنزَلْنَا
anzalnā
We send down
عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
on it
ٱلْمَآءَ
l-māa
water
ٱهْتَزَّتْ
ih'tazzat
it gets stirred
وَرَبَتْ
warabat
and it swells
وَأَنۢبَتَتْ
wa-anbatat
and grows
مِن
min
of
كُلِّ
kulli
every
زَوْجٍۭ
zawjin
kind
بَهِيجٍۢ
bahījin
beautiful
Interpretation

O people, if you have any doubt regarding My power to resurrect you after your death, think about your creation: I created your father Adam from soil; then I created his children from sperm which the man casts into the woman’s womb; then the sperm turns into solid blood; then the solid blood turns into a piece of meat; then the piece of meat turns into either a sound creation which remains in the womb until it comes out alive as a child or into an unsound form which the womb aborts, to show My power by creating you in stages. And I settle in the wombs whatever fetus I wish until it is born in

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

6

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّهُۥ يُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَأَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

That is because Allāh is the True Reality and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent

Zaalika bi annal laaha Huwal haqqu wa annahoo yuhyil mawtaa wa annahoo 'alaakulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِأَنَّ
bi-anna
(is) because
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلْحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
(is) the Truth
وَأَنَّهُۥ
wa-annahu
And that He
يُحْىِ
yuḥ'yī
[He] gives life
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
l-mawtā
(to) the dead
وَأَنَّهُۥ
wa-annahu
and that He
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) over
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

That which I have mentioned to you, namely the beginning of your creation, its stages and the conditions of those born amongst you, is so that you believe that Allah Who created you is the Truth in which there is no doubt, as opposed to the idols you worship, and so that you believe He will restore the dead, and that He has power over everything.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

7

وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allāh will resurrect those in the graves.

Wa annas Saa'ata aatiya tul laa raiba feeha wa annal laaha yab'asuman fil quboor

Word by word
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
And that
ٱلسَّاعَةَ
l-sāʿata
the Hour
ءَاتِيَةٌۭ
ātiyatun
will come
لَّا
(there is) no
رَيْبَ
rayba
doubt
فِيهَا
fīhā
about it
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَبْعَثُ
yabʿathu
will resurrect
مَن
man
(those) who
فِى
(are) in
ٱلْقُبُورِ
l-qubūri
the graves
Interpretation

And so that you believe the Hour is to come, without any doubt in its coming, and that Allah will resurrect the dead from their graves to reward them for their actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

8

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَـٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَـٰبٍ مُّنِيرٍ

And of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening book [from Him],

Wa minan naasi mai yujaadilu fil laahi bighairi 'ilminw wa laa hudanw wa laa Kitaabim Muneer

Word by word
وَمِنَ
wamina
And among
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
mankind
مَن
man
(is he) who
يُجَـٰدِلُ
yujādilu
disputes
فِى
concerning
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
عِلْمٍۢ
ʿil'min
any knowledge
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُدًۭى
hudan
any guidance
وَلَا
walā
and not
كِتَـٰبٍۢ
kitābin
a Book
مُّنِيرٍۢ
munīrin
enlightening
Interpretation

Among the disbelievers is he who argues regarding the oneness of Allah and regarding His sending His Messenger with guidance, without any proof from sound reasoning or clear sound texts, but solely due to his desires.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

9

ثَانِىَ عِطْفِهِۦ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا خِزْىٌ ۖ وَنُذِيقُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from the way of Allāh. For him in the world is disgrace, and We will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the punishment of the Burning Fire [while it is said],

Saaniya 'itfihee liyudilla 'an sabeelil laahi lahoo fiddun yaa khizyunw wa nuzeequhoo Yawmal Qiyaamati 'azaabal lhareeq

Word by word
ثَانِىَ
thāniya
Twisting
عِطْفِهِۦ
ʿiṭ'fihi
his neck
لِيُضِلَّ
liyuḍilla
to mislead
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
لَهُۥ
lahu
For him
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
خِزْىٌۭ ۖ
khiz'yun
(is) disgrace
وَنُذِيقُهُۥ
wanudhīquhu
and We will make him taste
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) Resurrection
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(the) punishment
ٱلْحَرِيقِ
l-ḥarīqi
(of) the Burning Fire
Interpretation

Turning his neck in arrogance, to turn people away from faith and entering the religion of Allah. He who fits this description shall have disgrace in this world due to the punishment which will befall him, and I shall make him taste the punishment of the burning fire in the Hearafter.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

10

ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاكَ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

"That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."

Zaalika bimaa qaddamat yadaaka wa annal laaha laisa bizallaamil lil'abeed

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِمَا
bimā
(is) for what
قَدَّمَتْ
qaddamat
have sent forth
يَدَاكَ
yadāka
your hands
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَيْسَ
laysa
is not
بِظَلَّـٰمٍۢ
biẓallāmin
unjust
لِّلْعَبِيدِ
lil'ʿabīdi
to His slaves
Interpretation

It will be said to him: “That punishment which you tasted is due to the disbelief and sins you committed. Allah does not punish any of His creation except due to a sin”.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُۥ خَيْرٌ ٱطْمَأَنَّ بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ ٱنقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

And of the people is he who worships Allāh on an edge. If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to unbelief]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.

Wa minan naasi mai ya'budul laaha 'alaa harfin fa in asaabahoo khairunit maanna bihee wa in asaabat hu fitnatunin qalaba 'alaa wajhihee khasirad dunyaa wal aakhirah; zaalika huwal khusraanul mubeen

Word by word
وَمِنَ
wamina
And among
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the mankind
مَن
man
(is he) who
يَعْبُدُ
yaʿbudu
worships
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
حَرْفٍۢ ۖ
ḥarfin
an edge
فَإِنْ
fa-in
And if
أَصَابَهُۥ
aṣābahu
befalls him
خَيْرٌ
khayrun
good
ٱطْمَأَنَّ
iṭ'ma-anna
he is content
بِهِۦ ۖ
bihi
with it
وَإِنْ
wa-in
and if
أَصَابَتْهُ
aṣābathu
befalls him
فِتْنَةٌ
fit'natun
a trial
ٱنقَلَبَ
inqalaba
he turns
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
وَجْهِهِۦ
wajhihi
his face
خَسِرَ
khasira
He has lost
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ
wal-ākhirata
and the Hereafter
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
هُوَ
huwa
[it]
ٱلْخُسْرَانُ
l-khus'rānu
(is) the loss
ٱلْمُبِينُ
l-mubīnu
clear
Interpretation

Amongst people is a confused person who worships Allah in doubt. If good such as health and wealth come to him, he remains on his faith and worship of Allah, but if he is afflicted by an affliction through illness or poverty, he takes bad omen from his religion and then renounces it. He has lost his world, because his disbelief will never increase him in a share of the world which was not written for him, and he has lost his afterlife due to the punishment of Allah which will meet him. That is the clear loss.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

Yad'oo min doonil laahi maa laa yadurruhoo wa maa laa yanfa'uh' zaalika huwad dalaalul ba'ed

Word by word
يَدْعُوا۟
yadʿū
He calls
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
what
لَا
not
يَضُرُّهُۥ
yaḍurruhu
harms him
وَمَا
wamā
and what
لَا
not
يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ
yanfaʿuhu
benefits him
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
هُوَ
huwa
[it]
ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ
l-ḍalālu
(is) the straying
ٱلْبَعِيدُ
l-baʿīdu
far away
Interpretation

He worships besides Allah idols which cannot harm him if he disobeys them, nor can they benefit him if he obeys them. That calling upon idols which can neither harm nor benefit is the misguidance far from the truth.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ

He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.

Yad'oo laman darruhooo aqrabu min naf'ih; labi'salmawlaa wa labi'sal 'asheer

Word by word
يَدْعُوا۟
yadʿū
He calls
لَمَن
laman
(one) who
ضَرُّهُۥٓ
ḍarruhu
his harm
أَقْرَبُ
aqrabu
(is) closer
مِن
min
than
نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ
nafʿihi
his benefit
لَبِئْسَ
labi'sa
Surely, an evil
ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ
l-mawlā
protector
وَلَبِئْسَ
walabi'sa
and surely an evil
ٱلْعَشِيرُ
l-ʿashīru
friend
Interpretation

This disbeliever who worships idols calls upon the one whose confirmed harm is closer than his absent benefit. Bad is the deity whose harm is closer than his benefit. Bad is it as a helper to one who seeks its help, and as a companion to who accompanies it.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ

Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. Indeed, Allāh does what He intends.

Innal laaha yudkhilul laeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati jannaatin tajree min tahtihal anhaar; innal laaha yaf'alu maa yureed

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُدْخِلُ
yud'khilu
will admit
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
the righteous deeds
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
jannātin
(to) Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flow
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ
l-anhāru
the rivers
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَفْعَلُ
yafʿalu
does
مَا
what
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
He intends
Interpretation

Allah will enter those who have faith in Him and do good actions into gardens beneath whose palaces rivers flow. Allah does what He pleases, by having mercy on whom He wants to show mercy and punishing whom He wants to punish. Nothing can compel Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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مَن كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَن لَّن يَنصُرَهُ ٱللَّهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُۥ مَا يَغِيظُ

Whoever should think that Allāh will not support him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] in this world and the Hereafter - let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath], and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]?

Man kaana yazunnu allai yansurahul laahu fid dunyaa wal aakhirati fal yamdud bisababin ilas samaaa'i summal yaqta' falyanzur hal yuzhibanna kaiduhoo maa yagheez

Word by word
مَن
man
Whoever
كَانَ
kāna
[is]
يَظُنُّ
yaẓunnu
thinks
أَن
an
that
لَّن
lan
not
يَنصُرَهُ
yanṣurahu
Allah will help him
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah will help him
فِى
in
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
the world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
wal-ākhirati
and the Hereafter
فَلْيَمْدُدْ
falyamdud
then let him extend
بِسَبَبٍ
bisababin
a rope
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
لْيَقْطَعْ
l'yaqṭaʿ
let him cut off
فَلْيَنظُرْ
falyanẓur
then let him see
هَلْ
hal
whether
يُذْهِبَنَّ
yudh'hibanna
will remove
كَيْدُهُۥ
kayduhu
his plan
مَا
what
يَغِيظُ
yaghīẓu
enrages
Interpretation

Whoever thinks Allah will not help His Prophet (peace be upon him) in this world and the afterlife should extend a rope to the ceiling of his house and then hang himself by cutting himself off the ground. Then he should see if that removes the anger he feels in his heart. Allah is the Helper of His Prophet, whether his opponents like it or not.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَـٰتٍ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يُرِيدُ

And thus have We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down as verses of clear evidence and because Allāh guides whom He intends.

Wa kazaalika anzalnaahu aayaatim baiyinaatinw wa annal laaha yahdee mai yureed

Word by word
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ
anzalnāhu
We sent it down
ءَايَـٰتٍۭ
āyātin
(as) clear Verses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ
bayyinātin
(as) clear Verses
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guides
مَن
man
whom
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
He intends
Interpretation

Just as I explained the clear proofs for resurrection, I revealed the Qur’ān to Muhammad (peace be upon him) as clear verses, and Allah enables whomever He wishes through His grace to the path of guidance and righteousness.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلصَّـٰبِـِٔينَ وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ وَٱلْمَجُوسَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated with Allāh - Allāh will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed Allāh is, over all things, Witness.

Innal lazeena aamanoo wallazeena haadoo was saabi'eena wan nasaaraa wal Majoosa wallazeena ashrakooo innal laaha yafsilu bainahum yawmal qiyaamah; innal laaha 'alaa kulli shai'in shaheed

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
have believed
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
هَادُوا۟
hādū
were Jews
وَٱلصَّـٰبِـِٔينَ
wal-ṣābiīna
and the Sabians
وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ
wal-naṣārā
and the Christians
وَٱلْمَجُوسَ
wal-majūsa
and the Magians
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
أَشْرَكُوٓا۟
ashrakū
(are) polytheists
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَفْصِلُ
yafṣilu
will judge
بَيْنَهُمْ
baynahum
between them
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on) the Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
شَهِيدٌ
shahīdun
(is) a Witness
Interpretation

Those who have faith in Allah, and they are: the believers from this nation, the Jews, the Sabians (a group of followers of one of the prophets), the Christians, the Magians (fire-worshippers), the idolaters; Allah will judge between them on the Day of Judgment, then He will enter the believers amongst them into paradise and enter others into hellfire. Allah is a Witness to all the sayings and actions of His servants, with nothing being hidden from Him, and He shall reward them for these actions.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ وَٱلنُّجُومُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ وَمَن يُهِنِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّكْرِمٍ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۩

Do you not see [i.e., know] that to Allāh prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified. And he whom Allāh humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, Allāh does what He wills.

Alam tara annal laaha yasjudu lahoo man fis samaawaati wa man fil ardi wash shamsu walqamaru wan nu joomu wal jibaalu wash shajaru wad dawaaabbu wa kaseerum minan naasi wa kaseerun haqqa 'alaihil 'azaab; wa mai yuhinil laahu famaa lahoo mim mukrim; innallaaha yaf'alu maa yashaaa

Word by word
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَرَ
tara
you see
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(to) Allah
يَسْجُدُ
yasjudu
prostrates
لَهُۥ
lahu
to Him
مَن
man
whoever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَٱلشَّمْسُ
wal-shamsu
and the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرُ
wal-qamaru
and the moon
وَٱلنُّجُومُ
wal-nujūmu
and the stars
وَٱلْجِبَالُ
wal-jibālu
and the mountains
وَٱلشَّجَرُ
wal-shajaru
and the trees
وَٱلدَّوَآبُّ
wal-dawābu
and the moving creatures
وَكَثِيرٌۭ
wakathīrun
and many
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّاسِ ۖ
l-nāsi
the people
وَكَثِيرٌ
wakathīrun
But many
حَقَّ
ḥaqqa
(is) justly due
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
on him
ٱلْعَذَابُ ۗ
l-ʿadhābu
the punishment
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُهِنِ
yuhini
Allah humiliates
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah humiliates
فَمَا
famā
then not
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
مِن
min
any
مُّكْرِمٍ ۚ
muk'rimin
bestower of honor
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَفْعَلُ
yafʿalu
does
مَا
what
يَشَآءُ ۩
yashāu
He wills
Interpretation

O Messenger, do you not know that to Allah prostrate, out of obedience, the angels in the heavens and the believing humans and jinns on earth, and the sun, moon, stars in the sky, the mountains, trees, and creatures on earth, compliantly? And many humans prostrate to Him out of obedience. But many refuse to prostrate to Him out of obedience, thus the punishment of Allah became established for them due to their disbelief. Whoever Allah decrees disgrace and shame for, due to his disbelief, has nobody to honour him. Allah does what He wishes. There is nobody to compel Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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۞ هَـٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ ٱخْتَصَمُوا۟ فِى رَبِّهِمْ ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌ مِّن نَّارٍ يُصَبُّ مِن فَوْقِ رُءُوسِهِمُ ٱلْحَمِيمُ

These are two adversaries who have disputed over their Lord. But those who disbelieved will have cut out for them garments of fire. Poured upon their heads will be scalding water

Haazaani khasmaanikh tasamoo fee Rabbihim fal lazeena kafaroo qutti'at lahum siyaabum min naar; yusabbu min fawqi ru'oosihimul hameem

Word by word
۞ هَـٰذَانِ
hādhāni
These two
خَصْمَانِ
khaṣmāni
opponents
ٱخْتَصَمُوا۟
ikh'taṣamū
dispute
فِى
concerning
رَبِّهِمْ ۖ
rabbihim
their Lord
فَٱلَّذِينَ
fa-alladhīna
But those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
قُطِّعَتْ
quṭṭiʿat
will be cut out
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
ثِيَابٌۭ
thiyābun
garments
مِّن
min
of
نَّارٍۢ
nārin
fire
يُصَبُّ
yuṣabbu
Will be poured
مِن
min
over
فَوْقِ
fawqi
over
رُءُوسِهِمُ
ruūsihimu
their heads
ٱلْحَمِيمُ
l-ḥamīmu
[the] scalding water
Interpretation

These are two parties arguing regarding their Lord, as to which of them is right: the party of faith and party of disbelief. The party of disbelief will be encompassed by the fire, just as clothes cover the person wearing them, and extremely hot water will be poured on top of their heads.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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يُصْهَرُ بِهِۦ مَا فِى بُطُونِهِمْ وَٱلْجُلُودُ

By which is melted that within their bellies and [their] skins.

Yusharu bihee maa fee butoonihim waljulood

Word by word
يُصْهَرُ
yuṣ'haru
Will be melted
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
بُطُونِهِمْ
buṭūnihim
their bellies
وَٱلْجُلُودُ
wal-julūdu
and the skins
Interpretation

The intestines in their stomachs will melt with it, due to its intense heat, and it will reach their skins and melt them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَلَهُم مَّقَـٰمِعُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ

And for [striking] them are maces of iron.

Wa lahum maqaami'u min hadeed

Word by word
وَلَهُم
walahum
And for them
مَّقَـٰمِعُ
maqāmiʿu
(are) hooked rods
مِنْ
min
of
حَدِيدٍۢ
ḥadīdin
iron
Interpretation

They will have iron hammers in the fire, with which the angels will hit their heads.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُوا۟ فِيهَا وَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

Every time they want to get out of it [i.e., Hellfire] from anguish, they will be returned to it, and [it will be said], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire!"

Kullamaa araadooo any yakhrujoo minhaa min ghammin u'eedoo feeha wa zooqoo 'azaabal hareeq

Word by word
كُلَّمَآ
kullamā
Every time
أَرَادُوٓا۟
arādū
they want
أَن
an
to
يَخْرُجُوا۟
yakhrujū
come out
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from it
مِنْ
min
from
غَمٍّ
ghammin
anguish
أُعِيدُوا۟
uʿīdū
they will be returned
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
وَذُوقُوا۟
wadhūqū
Taste
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(the) punishment
ٱلْحَرِيقِ
l-ḥarīqi
(of) the Burning Fire
Interpretation

Whenever they will try to leave the fire, due to the severe anxiety they will face in it, they will be returned to it and they will be told: “Taste the punishment of the burning fire”.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَلُؤْلُؤًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ

Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be silk.

Innal laaha yudkhilul lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati jannaatin tajree min tahtihal anhaaru yuhallawna feehaa min asaawira min zahabinw wa lu'lu'aa; wa libaasuhum feehaa hareer

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُدْخِلُ
yud'khilu
will admit
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
the righteous deeds
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
jannātin
(to) Gardens
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flow
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهَا
taḥtihā
underneath it
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
the rivers
يُحَلَّوْنَ
yuḥallawna
They will be adorned
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
مِنْ
min
with
أَسَاوِرَ
asāwira
bracelets
مِن
min
of
ذَهَبٍۢ
dhahabin
gold
وَلُؤْلُؤًۭا ۖ
walu'lu-an
and pearl
وَلِبَاسُهُمْ
walibāsuhum
and their garments
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
حَرِيرٌۭ
ḥarīrun
(will be of) silk
Interpretation

The party of faith, and they are those who have faith in Allah and do good actions, will be entered by Allah in gardens under whose palaces and trees rivers will flow. Allah will adorn them by giving them gold bracelets and He will adorn them by giving them pearls, and their clothes therein will be silk.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَهُدُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيِّبِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُدُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ

And they had been guided [in worldly life] to good speech, and they were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.

Wa hudooo ilat taiyibi minal qawli wa hudooo ilaaa siraatil hameed

Word by word
وَهُدُوٓا۟
wahudū
And they were guided
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلطَّيِّبِ
l-ṭayibi
the good
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْقَوْلِ
l-qawli
the speech
وَهُدُوٓا۟
wahudū
and they were guided
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
صِرَٰطِ
ṣirāṭi
(the) path
ٱلْحَمِيدِ
l-ḥamīdi
(of) the Praiseworthy
Interpretation

Allah guided them in the worldly life towards pleasant sayings, such as testifying there is no god besides Allah, proclaiming the greatness of Allah and praising Him, and He guided them towards the praiseworthy path of Islam.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلْنَـٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ سَوَآءً ٱلْعَـٰكِفُ فِيهِ وَٱلْبَادِ ۚ وَمَن يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍۭ بِظُلْمٍ نُّذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people] from the way of Allāh and [from] al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one from outside - and [also] whoever intends [a deed] therein of deviation [in religion] by wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment.

Innal lazeena kafaroo wa yasuddoona 'an sabeelil laahi wal Masjidil Haraamil lazee ja'alnaahu linnaasi sawaaa'anil 'aakifu feehi walbaad; wa mai yurid feehi bi ilhaadim bizulmin nuziqhu min 'azaabin aleem

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
وَيَصُدُّونَ
wayaṣuddūna
and hinder
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَٱلْمَسْجِدِ
wal-masjidi
and Al-Masjid Al-Haraam
ٱلْحَرَامِ
l-ḥarāmi
and Al-Masjid Al-Haraam
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
which
جَعَلْنَـٰهُ
jaʿalnāhu
We made it
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
for the mankind
سَوَآءً
sawāan
equal
ٱلْعَـٰكِفُ
l-ʿākifu
(are) the resident
فِيهِ
fīhi
therein
وَٱلْبَادِ ۚ
wal-bādi
and the visitor
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
يُرِدْ
yurid
intends
فِيهِ
fīhi
therein
بِإِلْحَادٍۭ
bi-il'ḥādin
of deviation
بِظُلْمٍۢ
biẓul'min
(or) wrongdoing
نُّذِقْهُ
nudhiq'hu
We will make him taste
مِنْ
min
of
عَذَابٍ
ʿadhābin
a punishment
أَلِيمٍۢ
alīmin
painful
Interpretation

Those who disbelieved in Allah, turn others away from entering Islam and stop people from the Sacred Mosque, like what the idolaters did in the year of Hudaiybiyah, that mosque which I made a direction for people in their prayers and one of the rites of Hajj and Umrah, and in which the person from Makkah who lives there and one who comes there besides the people of Makkah are the same; whoever intends to purposefully commit a shameful sin therein, I will make him taste a painful punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَإِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَكَانَ ٱلْبَيْتِ أَن لَّا تُشْرِكْ بِى شَيْـًٔا وَطَهِّرْ بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلْقَآئِمِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We designated for Abraham the site of the House, [saying], "Do not associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who stand [in prayer] and those who bow and prostrate.

Wa iz bawwaanaa li Ibraaheema makaanal Baiti allaa tushrik bee shai'anw wa tahhir Baitiya litaaa'ifeena walqaaa' imeena warrukka 'is sujood

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
بَوَّأْنَا
bawwanā
We assigned
لِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ
li-ib'rāhīma
to Ibrahim
مَكَانَ
makāna
(the) site
ٱلْبَيْتِ
l-bayti
(of) the House
أَن
an
That
لَّا
(do) not
تُشْرِكْ
tush'rik
associate
بِى
with Me
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
anything
وَطَهِّرْ
waṭahhir
and purify
بَيْتِىَ
baytiya
My House
لِلطَّآئِفِينَ
lilṭṭāifīna
for those who circumambulate
وَٱلْقَآئِمِينَ
wal-qāimīna
and those who stand
وَٱلرُّكَّعِ
wal-rukaʿi
and those who bow
ٱلسُّجُودِ
l-sujūdi
(and) those who prostrate
Interpretation

Remember, O Messenger, when I clarified for Abraham (peace be upon him) the place of the house and its limits, after it was unknown, and I revealed to him not to associate anything in worshipping Me, but rather worship Me alone. And purify My House from physical and immaterial impurities for those who circumambulate it and perform prayer therein.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَأَذِّن فِى ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَجِّ يَأْتُوكَ رِجَالًا وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرٍ يَأْتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ

And proclaim to the people the ḥajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass -

Wa azzin fin naasi bil Hajji yaatooka rijaalanw wa 'alaa kulli daamiriny yaateena min kulli fajjin 'ameeq

Word by word
وَأَذِّن
wa-adhin
And proclaim
فِى
to
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
[the] mankind
بِٱلْحَجِّ
bil-ḥaji
[of] the Pilgrimage
يَأْتُوكَ
yatūka
they will come to you
رِجَالًۭا
rijālan
(on) foot
وَعَلَىٰ
waʿalā
and on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
ضَامِرٍۢ
ḍāmirin
lean camel
يَأْتِينَ
yatīna
they will come
مِن
min
from
كُلِّ
kulli
every
فَجٍّ
fajjin
mountain highway
عَمِيقٍۢ
ʿamīqin
distant
Interpretation

Proclaim amongst the people, calling them towards pilgrimage of this House I ordered you to build. They will come to you walking and riding on every camel which is frail due to the difficulty it endured from travelling. The camels will bring them, carrying them from every distant path.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟ مَنَـٰفِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ مَّعْلُومَـٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْبَآئِسَ ٱلْفَقِيرَ

That they may witness [i.e., attend] benefits for themselves and mention the name of Allāh on known [i.e., specific] days over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. So eat of them and feed the miserable and poor.

Li yashhadoo manaafi'a lahum wa yazkurus mal laahi feee ayyaamimma'loomaatin 'alaa maa razaqahum mim baheematil an'aami fakuloo minhaa wa at'imul baaa'isal faqeer

Word by word
لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟
liyashhadū
That they may witness
مَنَـٰفِعَ
manāfiʿa
benefits
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
وَيَذْكُرُوا۟
wayadhkurū
and mention
ٱسْمَ
is'ma
(the) name
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
فِىٓ
on
أَيَّامٍۢ
ayyāmin
days
مَّعْلُومَـٰتٍ
maʿlūmātin
known
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
مَا
what
رَزَقَهُم
razaqahum
He has provided them
مِّنۢ
min
of
بَهِيمَةِ
bahīmati
(the) beast
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ
l-anʿāmi
(of) cattle
فَكُلُوا۟
fakulū
So eat
مِنْهَا
min'hā
of them
وَأَطْعِمُوا۟
wa-aṭʿimū
and feed
ٱلْبَآئِسَ
l-bāisa
the miserable
ٱلْفَقِيرَ
l-faqīra
the poor
Interpretation

So that they come to what will bring them benefit such as forgiveness of sins, attaining reward, unity of word, and so forth; and so that they remember Allah on the animals they slaughter in the known days, which are: the tenth of Dhu’l-Hijjah and three days after it, in gratitude to Allah for the camels, cows and sheep He granted them. So eat of these animals and feed from them those who are extremely poor.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ثُمَّ لْيَقْضُوا۟ تَفَثَهُمْ وَلْيُوفُوا۟ نُذُورَهُمْ وَلْيَطَّوَّفُوا۟ بِٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ

Then let them end their untidiness and fulfill their vows and perform ṭawāf around the ancient House."

Summal yaqdoo tafasahum wal yoofoo nuzoorahum wal yattawwafoo bil Baitil 'Ateeq

Word by word
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
لْيَقْضُوا۟
l'yaqḍū
let them end
تَفَثَهُمْ
tafathahum
their prescribed duties
وَلْيُوفُوا۟
walyūfū
and fulfil
نُذُورَهُمْ
nudhūrahum
their vows
وَلْيَطَّوَّفُوا۟
walyaṭṭawwafū
and circumambulate
بِٱلْبَيْتِ
bil-bayti
the House
ٱلْعَتِيقِ
l-ʿatīqi
[the] Ancient
Interpretation

Then they should complete what remains of their Hajj rites, coming out of ihraam by shaving their heads, clipping their nails, and removing the dirt which has accumulated on them due to ihraam, and fulfil the Hajj, Umrah or sacrificial animal they made binding on themselves. They should perform the Tawaaf Ifadah of the House which Allah freed from the control of tyrants.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ حُرُمَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ ۗ وَأُحِلَّتْ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ إِلَّا مَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ فَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلرِّجْسَ مِنَ ٱلْأَوْثَـٰنِ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ قَوْلَ ٱلزُّورِ

That [has been commanded], and whoever honors the sacred ordinances of Allāh - it is best for him in the sight of his Lord. And permitted to you are the grazing livestock, except what is recited to you. So avoid the uncleanliness of idols and avoid false statement,

Zaalika wa mai yu'azzim hurumaatil laahi fahuwa khairul lahoo 'inda Rabbih; wa uhillat lakumul an'aamu illaa maa yutlaa 'alaikum fajtanibur rijsa minal awsaani wajtaniboo qawlaz zoor

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
يُعَظِّمْ
yuʿaẓẓim
honors
حُرُمَـٰتِ
ḥurumāti
(the) sacred rites
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
then it
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(is) best
لَّهُۥ
lahu
for him
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
رَبِّهِۦ ۗ
rabbihi
his Lord
وَأُحِلَّتْ
wa-uḥillat
And are made lawful
لَكُمُ
lakumu
to you
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ
l-anʿāmu
the cattle
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
what
يُتْلَىٰ
yut'lā
is recited
عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ
ʿalaykum
to you
فَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟
fa-ij'tanibū
So avoid
ٱلرِّجْسَ
l-rij'sa
the abomination
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْأَوْثَـٰنِ
l-awthāni
the idols
وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟
wa-ij'tanibū
and avoid
قَوْلَ
qawla
(the) word
ٱلزُّورِ
l-zūri
false
Interpretation

That which you have been ordered, i.e., coming out of ihraam by shaving the head, clipping the nails, removing dirt, fulfilling the vow and circumambulating the House, is what Allah has made obligatory on you. So respect what Allah has made obligatory on you. Whoever refrains from what Allah has ordered him to refrain from during his ihraam, out of respect for not trespassing the limits of Allah and making lawful its prohibitions, it is better for him in this world and the afterlife in the sight of his Lord. O people, camels, cows and sheep amongst livestock have been made lawful for you. He d

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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حُنَفَآءَ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ ٱلطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِى بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِى مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ

Inclining [only] to Allāh, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allāh - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.

Hunafaaa'a lillaahi ghaira mushrikeena bih; wa mai yushrik billaahi faka annamaa kharra minas samaaa'i fatakh tafuhut tairu aw tahwee bihir reehu bee makaanin saheeq

Word by word
حُنَفَآءَ
ḥunafāa
Being upright
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
غَيْرَ
ghayra
not
مُشْرِكِينَ
mush'rikīna
associating partners
بِهِۦ ۚ
bihi
with Him
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يُشْرِكْ
yush'rik
associates partners
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
فَكَأَنَّمَا
faka-annamā
then (it is) as though
خَرَّ
kharra
he had fallen
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
فَتَخْطَفُهُ
fatakhṭafuhu
and (had) snatched him
ٱلطَّيْرُ
l-ṭayru
the birds
أَوْ
aw
or
تَهْوِى
tahwī
had blown
بِهِ
bihi
him
ٱلرِّيحُ
l-rīḥu
the wind
فِى
to
مَكَانٍۢ
makānin
a place
سَحِيقٍۢ
saḥīqin
far off
Interpretation

Refrain from this, turning away from every religion besides the religion He is pleased with, without associating any partner with Him in worship. Whoever associates a partner with Allah, it is as though He has fallen from the sky, then either the birds snatch his meat and bones or the wind flings him to a distant place.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَـٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى ٱلْقُلُوبِ

That [is so]. And whoever honors the symbols [i.e., rites] of Allāh - indeed, it is from the piety of hearts.

Zaalika wa mai yu'azzim sha'aaa'iral laahi fa innahaa min taqwal quloob

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
يُعَظِّمْ
yuʿaẓẓim
honors
شَعَـٰٓئِرَ
shaʿāira
(the) Symbols
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
فَإِنَّهَا
fa-innahā
then indeed, it
مِن
min
(is) from
تَقْوَى
taqwā
(the) piety
ٱلْقُلُوبِ
l-qulūbi
(of) the hearts
Interpretation

That is what Allah ordered, namely His oneness, being sincere to Him, and refraining from idols and false speech. Whoever respects the signs of the religion, amongst them sacrificial animals and the rites of Hajj, respecting them is part of the hearts being mindful of their Lord.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَـٰفِعُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ثُمَّ مَحِلُّهَآ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ

For you therein [i.e., the animals marked for sacrifice] are benefits for a specified term; then their place of sacrifice is at the ancient House.

Lakum feehaa manaafi'u ilaaa ajalim musamman summa mahilluhaaa ilal Baitil 'Ateeq

Word by word
لَكُمْ
lakum
For you
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
مَنَـٰفِعُ
manāfiʿu
(are) benefits
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
for
أَجَلٍۢ
ajalin
a term
مُّسَمًّۭى
musamman
appointed
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
مَحِلُّهَآ
maḥilluhā
their place of sacrifice
إِلَى
ilā
(is) at
ٱلْبَيْتِ
l-bayti
the House
ٱلْعَتِيقِ
l-ʿatīqi
the Ancient
Interpretation

For you in the sacrificial animals that you slaughter at the House are benefits, such as riding, wool, procreation, milk, until a limited time to the time of their slaughter near the House of Allah which He freed from the control of tyrants.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا لِّيَذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۗ فَإِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَلَهُۥٓ أَسْلِمُوا۟ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُخْبِتِينَ

And for every [religious] community We have appointed a rite [of sacrifice] that they may mention the name of Allāh over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. For your god is one God, so to Him submit. And, [O Muḥammad], give good tidings to the humble [before their Lord]

Wa likulli ummatin ja'alnaa mansakal liyazkurus mal laahi 'alaa maa razaqahum mim baheematil an'aam; failaahukum ilaahunw Waahidun falahooo aslimoo; wa bashshiril mukhbiteen

Word by word
وَلِكُلِّ
walikulli
And for every
أُمَّةٍۢ
ummatin
nation
جَعَلْنَا
jaʿalnā
We have appointed
مَنسَكًۭا
mansakan
a rite
لِّيَذْكُرُوا۟
liyadhkurū
that they may mention
ٱسْمَ
is'ma
(the) name
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
مَا
what
رَزَقَهُم
razaqahum
He (has) provided them
مِّنۢ
min
of
بَهِيمَةِ
bahīmati
(the) beast
ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۗ
l-anʿāmi
(of) cattle
فَإِلَـٰهُكُمْ
fa-ilāhukum
And your God
إِلَـٰهٌۭ
ilāhun
(is) God
وَٰحِدٌۭ
wāḥidun
One
فَلَهُۥٓ
falahu
so to Him
أَسْلِمُوا۟ ۗ
aslimū
submit
وَبَشِّرِ
wabashiri
And give glad tidings
ٱلْمُخْبِتِينَ
l-mukh'bitīna
(to) the humble ones
Interpretation

For every previous nation I made rites to shed blood, as a means of closeness to Allah, in the hope they will remember Allah at the time of slaughtering these sacrificial animals, and in gratitude to Allah for the camels, cows and sheep He granted them. Your true god, O people, is One God who has no partner, so submit to Him alone through submission and obedience. And O Messenger, tell those who are humbly submissive and sincere what will please them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ وَٱلْمُقِيمِى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Who, when Allāh is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have provided them.

Allazeena izaa zukiral laahu wajilat quloobuhum wassaabireena 'alaa maaa asaabahum walmuqeemis Salaati wa mimmaa razaqnaahum yunfiqoon

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those
إِذَا
idhā
when
ذُكِرَ
dhukira
is mentioned
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَجِلَتْ
wajilat
fear
قُلُوبُهُمْ
qulūbuhum
their hearts
وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
wal-ṣābirīna
and those who are patient
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
مَآ
whatever
أَصَابَهُمْ
aṣābahum
has afflicted them
وَٱلْمُقِيمِى
wal-muqīmī
and those who establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
l-ṣalati
the prayer
وَمِمَّا
wamimmā
and out of what
رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ
razaqnāhum
We have provided them
يُنفِقُونَ
yunfiqūna
they spend
Interpretation

Those who when they remember Allah, fear His punishment and thus move far away from opposing His command, perform their prayer completely, be patient if any affliction befalls them, and spend in the different avenues of righteousness from what Allah has granted them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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وَٱلْبُدْنَ جَعَلْنَـٰهَا لَكُم مِّن شَعَـٰٓئِرِ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا صَوَآفَّ ۖ فَإِذَا وَجَبَتْ جُنُوبُهَا فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْقَانِعَ وَٱلْمُعْتَرَّ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرْنَـٰهَا لَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

And the camels and cattle We have appointed for you as among the symbols [i.e., rites] of Allāh; for you therein is good. So mention the name of Allāh upon them when lined up [for sacrifice]; and when they are [lifeless] on their sides, then eat from them and feed the needy [who does not seek aid] and the beggar. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may be grateful.

Walbudna ja'alnaahaa lakum min sha'aaa'iril laahi lakum feehaa khairun fazkurusmal laahi 'alaihaa sawaaff; fa izaa wajabat junoobuhaa fakuloo minhaa wa at'imul qaani'a walmu'tarr; kazaalika sakhkharnaahaa lakum la'allakum tashkuroon

Word by word
وَٱلْبُدْنَ
wal-bud'na
And the camels and cattle
جَعَلْنَـٰهَا
jaʿalnāhā
We have made them
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّن
min
among
شَعَـٰٓئِرِ
shaʿāiri
(the) Symbols
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
خَيْرٌۭ ۖ
khayrun
(is) good
فَٱذْكُرُوا۟
fa-udh'kurū
So mention
ٱسْمَ
is'ma
(the) name
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
over them
صَوَآفَّ ۖ
ṣawāffa
(when) lined up
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
and when
وَجَبَتْ
wajabat
are down
جُنُوبُهَا
junūbuhā
their sides
فَكُلُوا۟
fakulū
then eat
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from them
وَأَطْعِمُوا۟
wa-aṭʿimū
and feed
ٱلْقَانِعَ
l-qāniʿa
the needy who do not ask
وَٱلْمُعْتَرَّ ۚ
wal-muʿ'tara
and the needy who ask
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
سَخَّرْنَـٰهَا
sakharnāhā
We have subjected them
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَشْكُرُونَ
tashkurūna
be grateful
Interpretation

And I have made the camels which are taken to the House amongst the sacred signs and symbols of the religion. In them are worldly and religious benefits for you, so say “in the name of Allah” when slaughtering them, after their feet have been lined up whilst standing and one of their feet has been tied so that they do not flee. Then when they fall on their sides after being slaughtered, eat of them, O those who are sacrificing, and give of them to the pauper who desists from begging and the pauper who comes forward to be granted a share of them. Just as I made them submissive to you so that yo

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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لَن يَنَالَ ٱللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَآؤُهَا وَلَـٰكِن يَنَالُهُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ مِنكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُكَبِّرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا هَدَىٰكُمْ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Their meat will not reach Allāh, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify Allāh for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good.

Lany yanaalal laaha luhoo muhaa wa laa dimaaa'uhaa wa laakiny yanaaluhut taqwaa minkum; kazaalika sakhkharhaa lakum litukabbirul laaha 'alaa ma hadaakum; wa bashshirul muhsineen

Word by word
لَن
lan
Will not
يَنَالَ
yanāla
reach
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لُحُومُهَا
luḥūmuhā
their meat
وَلَا
walā
and not
دِمَآؤُهَا
dimāuhā
their blood
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
يَنَالُهُ
yanāluhu
reaches Him
ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ
l-taqwā
the piety
مِنكُمْ ۚ
minkum
from you
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
سَخَّرَهَا
sakharahā
He subjected them
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
لِتُكَبِّرُوا۟
litukabbirū
so that you may magnify
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
for
مَا
what
هَدَىٰكُمْ ۗ
hadākum
He has guided you
وَبَشِّرِ
wabashiri
And give glad tidings
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
(to) the good-doers
Interpretation

Neither does the meat of the sacrificial animals you present nor their blood ever reach Allah, nor is it raised towards Him, but rather your mindfulness of Allah therein is raised towards Him, through your being sincere to Him in your obedience to seek closeness to Him through it. In that way, Allah made them submissive to you, so that you proclaim Allah’s greatness, thanking Him for the truth He has guided you to. O Messenger, inform those who are excellent in worshipping their Lord and in dealing with His creation what will make them happy.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُدَٰفِعُ عَنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ خَوَّانٍ كَفُورٍ

Indeed, Allāh defends those who have believed. Indeed, Allāh does not like everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

Innal laaha yudaafi' 'anil lazeena aamanoo; innal laaha laa yuhibbu kulla khawwaanin kafoor

Word by word
۞ إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُدَٰفِعُ
yudāfiʿu
defends
عَنِ
ʿani
defends
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۗ
āmanū
believe
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
like
كُلَّ
kulla
every
خَوَّانٍۢ
khawwānin
treacherous
كَفُورٍ
kafūrin
ungrateful
Interpretation

Allah defends those who have faith from the evil of their enemies. Allah does not love anyone who is treacherous in his trust and who rejects the blessings of Allah; in fact, Allah despises him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَـٰتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا۟ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ

Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allāh is competent to give them victory.

Uzina lillazeena yuqaataloona bi annahum zulimoo; wa innal laaha 'alaa nasrihim la Qaderr

Word by word
أُذِنَ
udhina
Permission is given
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
يُقَـٰتَلُونَ
yuqātalūna
are being fought
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
because they
ظُلِمُوا۟ ۚ
ẓulimū
were wronged
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
for
نَصْرِهِمْ
naṣrihim
their victory
لَقَدِيرٌ
laqadīrun
(is) surely Able
Interpretation

Allah has given permission to fight to the believers who are fought by the idolaters, due to their being oppressed by their enemies. Allah has the power to help the believers against their enemies without fighting. However, the wisdom of Allah required that the believers be tested through fighting the disbelievers.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

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ٱلَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِم بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ إِلَّآ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُم بِبَعْضٍ لَّهُدِّمَتْ صَوَٰمِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَصَلَوَٰتٌ وَمَسَـٰجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرًا ۗ وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ

[They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, "Our Lord is Allāh." And were it not that Allāh checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of Allāh is much mentioned [i.e., praised]. And Allāh will surely support those who support Him [i.e., His cause]. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

Allazeena ukhrijoo min diyaarihim bighairi haqqin illaaa any yaqooloo rabbunallaah; wa law laa daf'ul laahin naasa ba'dahum biba'dil lahuddimat sawaami'u wa biya'unw wa salawaatunw wa masaajidu yuzkaru feehasmul laahi kaseeraa; wa layansurannal laahu mai yansuruh; innal laaha la qawiyyun 'Azeez

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
أُخْرِجُوا۟
ukh'rijū
have been evicted
مِن
min
from
دِيَـٰرِهِم
diyārihim
their homes
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حَقٍّ
ḥaqqin
right
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
يَقُولُوا۟
yaqūlū
they said
رَبُّنَا
rabbunā
Our Lord
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
وَلَوْلَا
walawlā
And if not
دَفْعُ
dafʿu
Allah checks
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah checks
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
the people
بَعْضَهُم
baʿḍahum
some of them
بِبَعْضٍۢ
bibaʿḍin
by others
لَّهُدِّمَتْ
lahuddimat
surely (would) have been demolished
صَوَٰمِعُ
ṣawāmiʿu
monasteries
وَبِيَعٌۭ
wabiyaʿun
and churches
وَصَلَوَٰتٌۭ
waṣalawātun
and synagogues
وَمَسَـٰجِدُ
wamasājidu
and masajid
يُذْكَرُ
yudh'karu
is mentioned
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
ٱسْمُ
us'mu
(the) name of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(the) name of Allah
كَثِيرًۭا ۗ
kathīran
much
وَلَيَنصُرَنَّ
walayanṣuranna
And surely Allah will help
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
And surely Allah will help
مَن
man
(those) who
يَنصُرُهُۥٓ ۗ
yanṣuruhu
help Him
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَقَوِىٌّ
laqawiyyun
(is) surely All-Strong
عَزِيزٌ
ʿazīzun
All-Mighty
Interpretation

Those whom the disbelievers unjustly exiled from their homes, not due to any crime they committed but because they said: “Our Lord is Allah; we have no Lord besides Him”. Had Allah not legislated for the prophets and believers fighting against their enemies, they would have invaded the places of worship, destroying the monasteries of the monks, Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, and the mosques of the Muslims which have been made for prayer and in which the Muslims remember Allah abundantly. Allah will help those who help His religion and Prophet. Allah has power to help whoever helps His

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

41

ٱلَّذِينَ إِن مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَمَرُوا۟ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَوْا۟ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْأُمُورِ

[And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give zakāh and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allāh belongs the outcome of [all] matters.

Allazeena im makkan naahum fil ardi aqaamus Salaata wa aatawuz Zakaata wa amaroo bilma'roofi wa nahaw 'anil munkar; wa lillaahi 'aaqibatul umoor

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
إِن
in
if
مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ
makkannāhum
We establish them
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the land
أَقَامُوا۟
aqāmū
they establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
l-ṣalata
the prayer
وَءَاتَوُا۟
waātawū
and they give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
l-zakata
zakah
وَأَمَرُوا۟
wa-amarū
and they enjoin
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
bil-maʿrūfi
the right
وَنَهَوْا۟
wanahaw
and forbid
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ
l-munkari
the wrong
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And for Allah
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
(is the) end
ٱلْأُمُورِ
l-umūri
(of) the matters
Interpretation

These people who have been promised help are those who, if I were to establish on earth by helping them against their enemies, would perform prayer in the most perfect manner, give Zakat of their wealth, command what the sacred law has commanded and forbid what it has forbidden. To Allah alone is where matters return, with respect to reward and punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

42

وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُ

And if they deny you, [O Muḥammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd deny [their prophets],

Wa iny yukazzibooka faqad kazzabat qablahum qawmu Nooinw wa Aadunw wa Samood

Word by word
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يُكَذِّبُوكَ
yukadhibūka
they deny you
فَقَدْ
faqad
so verily
كَذَّبَتْ
kadhabat
denied
قَبْلَهُمْ
qablahum
before them
قَوْمُ
qawmu
(the) people
نُوحٍۢ
nūḥin
(of) Nuh
وَعَادٌۭ
waʿādun
and Aad
وَثَمُودُ
wathamūdu
and Thamud
Interpretation

O Messenger, if your people reject you, be patient. You are not the first messenger to be rejected by his people. Before your people, the people of Noah rejected Noah, Aad rejected Hud and Thamud rejected Salih.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

43

وَقَوْمُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَقَوْمُ لُوطٍ

And the people of Abraham and the people of Lot.

Wa qawmu Ibraaheema wa qawmu Loot

Word by word
وَقَوْمُ
waqawmu
And (the) people
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
(of) Ibrahim
وَقَوْمُ
waqawmu
and (the) people
لُوطٍۢ
lūṭin
(of) Lut
Interpretation

The people of Abraham rejected Abraham and the people of Lot rejected Lot.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

44

وَأَصْحَـٰبُ مَدْيَنَ ۖ وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَىٰ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

Wa as haabu Madyana wa kuzziba Moosaa fa amlaitu lilkaafireena summa akhaztuhum fakaifa kaana nakeer

Word by word
وَأَصْحَـٰبُ
wa-aṣḥābu
And the inhabitants
مَدْيَنَ ۖ
madyana
(of) Madyan
وَكُذِّبَ
wakudhiba
And Musa was denied
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
And Musa was denied
فَأَمْلَيْتُ
fa-amlaytu
so I granted respite
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
lil'kāfirīna
to the disbelievers
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ
akhadhtuhum
I seized them
فَكَيْفَ
fakayfa
and how
كَانَ
kāna
was
نَكِيرِ
nakīri
My punishment
Interpretation

The people of Madyan rejected Shuayb, and Pharaoh and his people rejected Moses. I deferred the punishment from their people, to gradually lead them away, then I seized them with the punishment. So contemplate how I reproached them; I destroyed them due to their disbelief.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

45

فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ

And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.

Faka ayyim min qaryatin ahlaknaahaa wa hiya zaalimatun fahiya khaawiyatun 'alaa 'urooshihaa wa bi'rim mu'at talatinw wa qasrim masheed

Word by word
فَكَأَيِّن
faka-ayyin
And how many
مِّن
min
of
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
a township
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا
ahlaknāhā
We have destroyed it
وَهِىَ
wahiya
while it
ظَالِمَةٌۭ
ẓālimatun
was doing wrong
فَهِىَ
fahiya
so it
خَاوِيَةٌ
khāwiyatun
fell
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
عُرُوشِهَا
ʿurūshihā
its roofs
وَبِئْرٍۢ
wabi'rin
and well
مُّعَطَّلَةٍۢ
muʿaṭṭalatin
abandoned
وَقَصْرٍۢ
waqaṣrin
and castle
مَّشِيدٍ
mashīdin
lofty
Interpretation

How many cities, which were unjust because of their disbelief, I destroyed with obliterating punishment. Their homes are ruined and empty of inhabitants. How many wells are there which have nobody to drink from them, due to their being destroyed. How many lofty decorated palaces are there which could not save their residents from the punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

46

أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ ءَاذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۖ فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ وَلَـٰكِن تَعْمَى ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلَّتِى فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.

Afalam yaseeroo fil ardi fatakoona lahum quloobuny ya'qiloona bihaaa aw aazaanuny yasm'oona bihaa fa innahaa laa ta'mal absaaru wa laakin ta'mal quloobul latee fissudoor

Word by word
أَفَلَمْ
afalam
So have not
يَسِيرُوا۟
yasīrū
they traveled
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the land
فَتَكُونَ
fatakūna
and is
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
قُلُوبٌۭ
qulūbun
hearts
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
(to) reason
بِهَآ
bihā
with it
أَوْ
aw
or
ءَاذَانٌۭ
ādhānun
ears
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasmaʿūna
(to) hear
بِهَا ۖ
bihā
with it
فَإِنَّهَا
fa-innahā
For indeed, [it]
لَا
not
تَعْمَى
taʿmā
(are) blinded
ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُ
l-abṣāru
the eyes
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
تَعْمَى
taʿmā
(are) blinded
ٱلْقُلُوبُ
l-qulūbu
the hearts
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
فِى
(are) in
ٱلصُّدُورِ
l-ṣudūri
the breasts
Interpretation

Did these people who reject what the Messenger (peace be upon him) brought not travel in the land, to see the remains of these destroyed cities, so that they would reflect with their minds to take heed and so that they would to accept their stories to learn from them? It is established that blindness is not blindness of eyesight, but rather the blindness which is destructive is blindness of insight, where such a person does not reflect or take lessons.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

47

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ ۚ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But Allāh will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count.

Wa yasta'juloonaka bil'azaabi wa lany yukhlifal laahu wa'dah; wa inna yawman 'inda Rabbika ka'alfi sanatim mimmaa ta'uddoon

Word by word
وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ
wayastaʿjilūnaka
And they ask you to hasten
بِٱلْعَذَابِ
bil-ʿadhābi
the punishment
وَلَن
walan
But never will
يُخْلِفَ
yukh'lifa
fail/violate
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَعْدَهُۥ ۚ
waʿdahu
(in) His Promise
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
يَوْمًا
yawman
a day
عِندَ
ʿinda
with
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
كَأَلْفِ
ka-alfi
(is) like a thousand
سَنَةٍۢ
sanatin
year(s)
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
تَعُدُّونَ
taʿuddūna
you count
Interpretation

O Messenger, the disbelievers amongst your people seek quick punishment in this world and deferred punishment in the Hearafter, when they were warned of them. Allah will never break the promise of it He has made to them. Amongst the quick punishment is what befell them on the day of Badr. And one day of punishment in the afterlife is like a thousand years of what you count in worldly years, due to the punishment it contains.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

48

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَىَّ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

And for how many a city did I prolong enjoyment while it was committing wrong. Then I seized it, and to Me is the [final] destination.

Wa ka ayyim min qaryatin amlaitu lahaa wa hiya zaalimatun summa akhaztuhaa wa ilaiyal maseer

Word by word
وَكَأَيِّن
waka-ayyin
And how many
مِّن
min
of
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
a township
أَمْلَيْتُ
amlaytu
I gave respite
لَهَا
lahā
to it
وَهِىَ
wahiya
while it
ظَالِمَةٌۭ
ẓālimatun
(was) doing wrong
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
أَخَذْتُهَا
akhadhtuhā
I seized it
وَإِلَىَّ
wa-ilayya
and to Me
ٱلْمَصِيرُ
l-maṣīru
(is) the destination
Interpretation

How many towns are there which I gave respite to in punishment and which were oppressive due to their disbelief. I did not punish them instantly, to gradually lead them on, then I seized them by an obliterating punishment. To Me alone is their return on the Day of Judgment, then I will reward them for their disbelief with the everlasting punishment.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

49

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Say, "O people, I am only to you a clear warner."

Qul yaaa ayyuhan naasu innamaaa ana lakum nazeerum mubeen

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O mankind
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
O mankind
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
Only
أَنَا۠
anā
I am
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
نَذِيرٌۭ
nadhīrun
a warner
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
clear
Interpretation

O people, I am only a warner to you, conveying to you what I have been sent with and clear in my warning.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

50

فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - for them is forgiveness and noble provision.

Fallazeena aamanoo wa 'amilu saalihaati lahum maghfiratunw wa rizqun kareem

Word by word
فَٱلَّذِينَ
fa-alladhīna
So those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
righteous deeds
لَهُم
lahum
for them
مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ
maghfiratun
(is) forgiveness
وَرِزْقٌۭ
wariz'qun
and a provision
كَرِيمٌۭ
karīmun
noble
Interpretation

So those who have faith and did good actions will have forgiveness from their Lord for their sins, and for them is noble sustenance in paradise which will never end.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

51

وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوْا۟ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا مُعَـٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

But the ones who strove against Our verses, [seeking] to cause failure - those are the companions of Hellfire.

Wallazeena sa'aw feee Aayaatinaa mu'aajizeena ulaaa ika As-haabul jaheem

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
سَعَوْا۟
saʿaw
strove
فِىٓ
against
ءَايَـٰتِنَا
āyātinā
Our Verses
مُعَـٰجِزِينَ
muʿājizīna
(to) cause failure
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلْجَحِيمِ
l-jaḥīmi
(of) the Hellfire
Interpretation

Those who strive to deny our verses, believing they will be able to render Allah powerless and escape Him so that He cannot punish them, those are the people of the fire of hell, staying constantly in it just as companions stay with one another.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

52

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ وَلَا نَبِىٍّ إِلَّآ إِذَا تَمَنَّىٰٓ أَلْقَى ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فِىٓ أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ فَيَنسَخُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ ثُمَّ يُحْكِمُ ٱللَّهُ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allāh abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allāh makes precise His verses. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.

Wa maaa arsalnaa min qablika mir Rasoolinnw wa laa Nabiyyin illaaa izaaa tamannaaa alqash Shaitaanu feee umniy yatihee fa yansakhul laahu maa yulqish Shaitaanu summa yuhkimul laahu aayaatih; wallaahu 'Aleemun Hakeem

Word by word
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
مِن
min
before you
قَبْلِكَ
qablika
before you
مِن
min
any
رَّسُولٍۢ
rasūlin
Messenger
وَلَا
walā
and not
نَبِىٍّ
nabiyyin
a Prophet
إِلَّآ
illā
but
إِذَا
idhā
when
تَمَنَّىٰٓ
tamannā
he recited
أَلْقَى
alqā
threw
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
فِىٓ
in
أُمْنِيَّتِهِۦ
um'niyyatihi
his recitation
فَيَنسَخُ
fayansakhu
But Allah abolishes
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
But Allah abolishes
مَا
what
يُلْقِى
yul'qī
throws
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُحْكِمُ
yuḥ'kimu
Allah will establish
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah will establish
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ ۗ
āyātihi
His Verses
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knower
حَكِيمٌۭ
ḥakīmun
All-Wise
Interpretation

O Messenger, I did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he read the Book of Allah, the satan put doubts in his recitation. Then Allah would nullify the whisperings the satan would put, and establish His verses. Allah knows everything, nothing being hidden from Him, and is Wise in His creating, decreeing and planning.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

53

لِّيَجْعَلَ مَا يُلْقِى ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ وَٱلْقَاسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

[That is] so He may make what Satan throws in [i.e., asserts] a trial for those within whose hearts is disease and those hard of heart. And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension.

Liyaj'ala maa yulqish Shaitaanu fitnatal lillazeena fee quloobihim maradunw walqaasiyati quloobuhum; wa innaz zaalimeena lafee shiqaaqim ba'eed

Word by word
لِّيَجْعَلَ
liyajʿala
That He may make
مَا
what
يُلْقِى
yul'qī
the Shaitaan throws
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan throws
فِتْنَةًۭ
fit'natan
a trial
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those
فِى
in
قُلُوبِهِم
qulūbihim
their hearts
مَّرَضٌۭ
maraḍun
(is) a disease
وَٱلْقَاسِيَةِ
wal-qāsiyati
and (are) hardened
قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ
qulūbuhum
their hearts
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
لَفِى
lafī
(are) surely, in
شِقَاقٍۭ
shiqāqin
schism
بَعِيدٍۢ
baʿīdin
far
Interpretation

The satan puts doubts in the recitation of the Prophet so that Allah makes what he puts as a test for the hypocrites and those idolaters whose hearts have become hard. The oppressors amongst the hypocrites and idolaters are in enmity of Allah and His Messenger, and distance from the truth and guidance.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

54

وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَتُخْبِتَ لَهُۥ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

And so those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and [therefore] believe in it, and their hearts humbly submit to it. And indeed is Allāh the Guide of those who have believed to a straight path.

Wa liya'lamal lazeena ootul 'ilma annahul haqqu mir Rabbika fa yu'minoo bihee fatukhbita ahoo quloobuhum; wa innal laaha lahaadil lazeena aamanoo ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

Word by word
وَلِيَعْلَمَ
waliyaʿlama
And that may know
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
have been given
ٱلْعِلْمَ
l-ʿil'ma
the knowledge
أَنَّهُ
annahu
that it
ٱلْحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
(is) the truth
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
فَيُؤْمِنُوا۟
fayu'minū
and they believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
فَتُخْبِتَ
fatukh'bita
and may humbly submit
لَهُۥ
lahu
to it
قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ
qulūbuhum
their hearts
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَهَادِ
lahādi
(is) surely (the) Guide
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
صِرَٰطٍۢ
ṣirāṭin
a Path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
mus'taqīmin
Straight
Interpretation

And so that those whom Allah gave knowledge are convinced that the Qur’ān revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the truth Allah revealed to you, O Messenger, thus increasing their faith in it and so that their hearts submit and humble themselves before it. Allah is the Guide of those who have faith toward the straight path of truth which contains no crookedness, as a reward for their submitting to it.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

55

وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْهُ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَقِيمٍ

But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.

Wa laa yazaalul lazeena kafaroo fee miryatim minhu hattaa taatiyahumus Saa'atu baghtatan aw yaatiyahum 'azaabu Yawmin 'aqeem

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And not
يَزَالُ
yazālu
will cease
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
فِى
(to be) in
مِرْيَةٍۢ
mir'yatin
doubt
مِّنْهُ
min'hu
of it
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
تَأْتِيَهُمُ
tatiyahumu
comes to them
ٱلسَّاعَةُ
l-sāʿatu
the Hour
بَغْتَةً
baghtatan
suddenly
أَوْ
aw
or
يَأْتِيَهُمْ
yatiyahum
comes to them
عَذَابُ
ʿadhābu
(the) punishment
يَوْمٍ
yawmin
(of) a Day
عَقِيمٍ
ʿaqīmin
barren
Interpretation

Those who disbelieved in Allah and denied His Messenger will remain in doubt about the Qur’ān Allah revealed to you, continuing until the Hour comes to them suddenly whilst they are in that condition or the punishment of a day in which there is no mercy or good comes to them, and it is the Day of Judgment with respect to them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

56

ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فِى جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

[All] sovereignty that Day is for Allāh; He will judge between them. So they who believed and did righteous deeds will be in the Gardens of Pleasure.

Almulku Yawma'izil lillaahi yahkumu bainahum; fallazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati fee jannaatin Na'eem

Word by word
ٱلْمُلْكُ
al-mul'ku
The Sovereignty
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ
yawma-idhin
(on) that Day
لِّلَّهِ
lillahi
(will be) for Allah
يَحْكُمُ
yaḥkumu
He will judge
بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ
baynahum
between them
فَٱلَّذِينَ
fa-alladhīna
So those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and did
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
righteous deeds
فِى
(will be) in
جَنَّـٰتِ
jannāti
Gardens
ٱلنَّعِيمِ
l-naʿīmi
(of) Delight
Interpretation

Supreme authority on the Day of Judgment - the day when the punishment these people have been promised shall come to them, will only be for Allah alone. He will have no competitor for it, and He will judge between the believers and the disbelievers. He will judge for each of them as they deserve: those who had faith and performed good deeds will be granted a great reward in eternal gardens of everlasting bounties.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

57

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

And they who disbelieved and denied Our signs - for those there will be a humiliating punishment.

Wallazeena kafaroo wa kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa fa ulaaa'ika lahum 'azaabum muheen

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
وَكَذَّبُوا۟
wakadhabū
and denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Verses
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
عَذَابٌۭ
ʿadhābun
(will be) a punishment
مُّهِينٌۭ
muhīnun
humiliating
Interpretation

And those who disbelieved in Allah and rejected the signs He revealed unto His Messenger will face a humiliating punishment in hell.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

58

وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ قُتِلُوٓا۟ أَوْ مَاتُوا۟ لَيَرْزُقَنَّهُمُ ٱللَّهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

And those who emigrated for the cause of Allāh and then were killed or died - Allāh will surely provide for them a good provision. And indeed, it is Allāh who is the best of providers.

Wallazeena haajaroo fee sabeelil laahi summa qutilooo law maatoo la yarzuqan nahumul laahu rizqan hasanaa; wa innal laaha la Huwa khairur raaziqeen

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
هَاجَرُوا۟
hājarū
emigrated
فِى
in
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
قُتِلُوٓا۟
qutilū
were killed
أَوْ
aw
or
مَاتُوا۟
mātū
died
لَيَرْزُقَنَّهُمُ
layarzuqannahumu
surely, Allah will provide them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
surely, Allah will provide them
رِزْقًا
riz'qan
a provision
حَسَنًۭا ۚ
ḥasanan
good
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَهُوَ
lahuwa
surely, He
خَيْرُ
khayru
(is the) Best
ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ
l-rāziqīna
(of) the Providers
Interpretation

As for those who left their houses and homelands in honour of Allah’s religion and seeking His pleasure, and were killed whilst striving in His path or died, Allah shall grant them an everlasting sustenance in paradise. Indeed, Allah is the best of sustainers.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

59

لَيُدْخِلَنَّهُم مُّدْخَلًا يَرْضَوْنَهُۥ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلِيمٌ حَلِيمٌ

He will surely cause them to enter an entrance with which they will be pleased, and indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Forbearing.

La yudkhilan nahum mud khalany yardawnah; wa innal laaha la 'Aleemun Haleem

Word by word
لَيُدْخِلَنَّهُم
layud'khilannahum
Surely, He will admit them
مُّدْخَلًۭا
mud'khalan
(to) an entrance
يَرْضَوْنَهُۥ ۗ
yarḍawnahu
they will be pleased (with) it
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَعَلِيمٌ
laʿalīmun
surely, (is) All-Knowing
حَلِيمٌۭ
ḥalīmun
Most Forbearing
Interpretation

Allah will definitely enter them into a place they shall be pleased with. And Allah is well aware of their intentions and their deeds; forbearing in that He did not punish them hastily on their shortcomings.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

60

۞ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِۦ ثُمَّ بُغِىَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَنصُرَنَّهُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ

That [is so]. And whoever responds [to injustice] with the equivalent of that with which he was harmed and then is tyrannized - Allāh will surely aid him. Indeed, Allāh is Pardoning and Forgiving.

Zaalika wa man 'aaqaba bimisli maa 'ooqiba bihee summa bughiya 'alaihi la yansurannahul laah; innal laaha la 'Afuwwun Ghafoor

Word by word
۞ ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
وَمَنْ
waman
and whoever
عَاقَبَ
ʿāqaba
has retaliated
بِمِثْلِ
bimith'li
with the like
مَا
(of) that
عُوقِبَ
ʿūqiba
he was made to suffer
بِهِۦ
bihi
by it
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
بُغِىَ
bughiya
he was oppressed
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
[on him]
لَيَنصُرَنَّهُ
layanṣurannahu
Allah will surely help him
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
l-lahu
Allah will surely help him
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَعَفُوٌّ
laʿafuwwun
(is) surely Oft-Pardoning
غَفُورٌۭ
ghafūrun
Oft-Forgiving
Interpretation

The aforementioned, i.e. those who migrated in the path of Allah being entered into paradise, and permission for the wronged to avenge justly without incurring sin. If the oppressor returns to his oppression, Allah will help the oppressed. Indeed, Allah overlooks the sins of the believers and forgives them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

61

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُولِجُ ٱلَّيْلَ فِى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فِى ٱلَّيْلِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

That is because Allāh causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

Zaalika bi annal laaha yoolijul laila fin nahaari wa yoolijun nahaara fil laili wa annal laaha Samee'um Baseer

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِأَنَّ
bi-anna
(is) because
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يُولِجُ
yūliju
causes to enter
ٱلَّيْلَ
al-layla
the night
فِى
in (to)
ٱلنَّهَارِ
l-nahāri
the day
وَيُولِجُ
wayūliju
and causes to enter
ٱلنَّهَارَ
l-nahāra
the day
فِى
in (to)
ٱلَّيْلِ
al-layli
the night
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَمِيعٌۢ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearer
بَصِيرٌۭ
baṣīrun
All-Seer
Interpretation

The helping of the oppressed is because Allah is capable of doing as He wills. From His capabilities is entering the night into the day and the day into the night, by increasing one and decreasing the other. Allah also hears the statements of His servants and knows of their actions; nothing is hidden from Him and He shall requit them accordingly.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

62

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ هُوَ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

That is because Allāh is the True Reality, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allāh is the Most High, the Grand.

Zaalika bi annal laaha Huwal haqqu wa anna maa yad'oona min doonihee huwal baatilu wa annal laaha Huwal 'Aliyyul kabeer

Word by word
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That (is)
بِأَنَّ
bi-anna
because
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلْحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
(is) the Truth
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
مَا
what
يَدْعُونَ
yadʿūna
they invoke
مِن
min
besides Him
دُونِهِۦ
dūnihi
besides Him
هُوَ
huwa
it
ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ
l-bāṭilu
(is) the falsehood
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
And that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلْعَلِىُّ
l-ʿaliyu
(is) the Most High
ٱلْكَبِيرُ
l-kabīru
the Most Great
Interpretation

The aforementioned, i.e. entering the night into the day and the day into the night, is because Allah is truly existent, and so His religion is the truth, His promise is also true and His helping the believers is also true. The idols that the idolaters worship instead of Allah are false and have no basis. And Allah is supreme over His creation in being, in power and in subjugation; the Grand to Whom belongs all majesty, grandeur and exaltedness.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

63

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَتُصْبِحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةً ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

Do you not see that Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and the earth becomes green? Indeed, Allāh is Subtle and Aware.

Alam tara annal laaha anzala minas samaaa'i maaa'an fatusbihul ardu mukhdarrah; innal laaha Lateefun Khabeer

Word by word
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَرَ
tara
you see
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
أَنزَلَ
anzala
sends down
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
مَآءًۭ
māan
water
فَتُصْبِحُ
fatuṣ'biḥu
then becomes
ٱلْأَرْضُ
l-arḍu
the earth
مُخْضَرَّةً ۗ
mukh'ḍarratan
green
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَطِيفٌ
laṭīfun
(is) surely Subtle
خَبِيرٌۭ
khabīrun
All-Aware
Interpretation

O Messenger! Do you not see that Allah causes rain to fall from the sky, and consequently the earth becomes green owing to the vegetation that grows upon it after the rain has fallen? Allah is kind to His servants in that He makes the rain fall for them, and makes the earth grow crops. He is also well aware of their requirements; nothing is hidden from Him.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

64

لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. And indeed, Allāh is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy.

Lahoo ma fis samaawaati wa ma fil ard; wa innal laaha la Huwal Ghaniyyul Hameed

Word by word
لَّهُۥ
lahu
For Him
مَا
(is) whatever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَمَا
wamā
and whatever
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَهُوَ
lahuwa
surely, He
ٱلْغَنِىُّ
l-ghaniyu
(is) Free of need
ٱلْحَمِيدُ
l-ḥamīdu
the Praiseworthy
Interpretation

To Him alone belongs supreme authority of the heavens and the earth. He is The Self-sufficient who is never needy of any of His creation; the eternally existent.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

65

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْفُلْكَ تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَيُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَآءَ أَن تَقَعَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Do you not see that Allāh has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed Allāh, to the people, is Kind and Merciful.

Alam tara annal laaha sakhkhara lakum maa fil ardi wal fulka tajree fil bahri bi amrihee wa yumsikus samaaa'a an taqa'a 'alal ardi illaa biiznih; innal laaha binnaasi la Ra'oofur Raheem

Word by word
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَرَ
tara
you see
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَخَّرَ
sakhara
(has) subjected
لَكُم
lakum
to you
مَّا
what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَٱلْفُلْكَ
wal-ful'ka
and the ships
تَجْرِى
tajrī
that sail
فِى
through
ٱلْبَحْرِ
l-baḥri
the sea
بِأَمْرِهِۦ
bi-amrihi
by His Command
وَيُمْسِكُ
wayum'siku
And He withholds
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
l-samāa
the sky
أَن
an
lest
تَقَعَ
taqaʿa
it falls
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِإِذْنِهِۦٓ ۗ
bi-idh'nihi
by His permission
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
بِٱلنَّاسِ
bil-nāsi
to mankind
لَرَءُوفٌۭ
laraūfun
(is) Full of Kindness
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

O Messenger! Do you not see that Allah has made the animals and other objects manageable for your needs and benefit, and the benefit of the masses? He also made manageable for you the ships that sail the oceans with His command; sailing from city to city. He also holds back the sky so it does not fall onto Earth except with His command; if He allowed it to fall it would. Indeed, Allah is benevolent and merciful towards the people such that He made these things manageable for them, despite their potential harm.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

66

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ

And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.

Wa Huwal lazee ahyaakum summa yumeetukum summma yuheekum; innal insaana lakafoor

Word by word
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
(is) the One Who
أَحْيَاكُمْ
aḥyākum
gave you life
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُمِيتُكُمْ
yumītukum
He will cause you to die
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُحْيِيكُمْ ۗ
yuḥ'yīkum
He will give you life (again)
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
l-insāna
man
لَكَفُورٌۭ
lakafūrun
(is) surely ungrateful
Interpretation

Allah is the only One Who gave you life, in that He gave you existence when you were non-existent. He will then cause death upon you when your lives expire, and then will revive you after your death to hold you to account for your deeds and requit you for them. Verily, the human is ever in denial of the bounties of Allah, despite their being so clear.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

67

لِّكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا هُمْ نَاسِكُوهُ ۖ فَلَا يُنَـٰزِعُنَّكَ فِى ٱلْأَمْرِ ۚ وَٱدْعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ هُدًى مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

For every [religious] community We have appointed rites which they perform. So, [O Muḥammad], let them [i.e., the disbelievers] not contend with you over the matter but invite [them] to your Lord. Indeed, you are upon straight guidance.

Likulli ummatin ja'alnaa mansakan hum naasikoohu falaa yunaazi 'unnaka fil amr; wad'u ilaa Rabbika innaka la 'alaa hudam mustaqeem

Word by word
لِّكُلِّ
likulli
For every
أُمَّةٍۢ
ummatin
nation
جَعَلْنَا
jaʿalnā
We have made
مَنسَكًا
mansakan
rite(s)
هُمْ
hum
they
نَاسِكُوهُ ۖ
nāsikūhu
perform it
فَلَا
falā
So let them not dispute with you
يُنَـٰزِعُنَّكَ
yunāziʿunnaka
So let them not dispute with you
فِى
in
ٱلْأَمْرِ ۚ
l-amri
the matter
وَٱدْعُ
wa-ud'ʿu
but invite (them)
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
رَبِّكَ ۖ
rabbika
your Lord
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, you
لَعَلَىٰ
laʿalā
(are) surely on
هُدًۭى
hudan
guidance
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
mus'taqīmin
straight
Interpretation

I have made a set of laws for the people of every creed. O Messenger! Let the idolaters and people of other creeds not contest with you in your set of laws, because you are more deserving of it than them as they are the people of falsehood. Invite the people towards sincerely proclaiming the oneness of Allah; indeed, you are on the straight path, in which there is no deviation.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

68

وَإِن جَـٰدَلُوكَ فَقُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

And if they dispute with you, then say, "Allāh is most knowing of what you do.

Wa in jaadalooka faqulil laahu a'lamu bimaa ta'maloon

Word by word
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
جَـٰدَلُوكَ
jādalūka
they argue (with) you
فَقُلِ
faquli
then say
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
(is) most knowing
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
Interpretation

If they insist on quarrelling with you after the evidence has become clear, leave their matter to Allah, warning them and saying: “Allah is most aware of the actions you do, none of your actions are hidden from Him, and He will requit you for them”.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

69

ٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Allāh will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which you used to differ."

Allaahu yahkumu bainakum Yawmal Qiyaamati feemaa kuntum feehi takhtalifoon

Word by word
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
يَحْكُمُ
yaḥkumu
will judge
بَيْنَكُمْ
baynakum
between you
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
فِيمَا
fīmā
concerning what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used (to)
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
تَخْتَلِفُونَ
takhtalifūna
differ
Interpretation

Allah will judge between His servants: the believers and the disbelievers from among them, on the Day of Judgment, in the matters of religion they would dispute over in the world.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

70

أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ فِى كِتَـٰبٍ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

Do you not know that Allāh knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record. Indeed that, for Allāh, is easy.

Alam ta'lam annal laaha ya'lamu maa fis samaaa'i wal ard; inna zaalika fee kitaab; inna zaalika 'alal laahi yaseer

Word by word
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَعْلَمْ
taʿlam
you know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
مَا
what
فِى
(is) in
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the heaven
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
فِى
(is) in
كِتَـٰبٍ ۚ
kitābin
a Record
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
عَلَى
ʿalā
(is) for
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
يَسِيرٌۭ
yasīrun
easy
Interpretation

O Messenger! Do you not know that Allah knows all that is in the heavens and on Earth; nothing is hidden from Him, and His knowledge of it is recorded in the Preserved Tablet. Encompassing the knowledge of it all is very easy for Allah.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

71

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَـٰنًا وَمَا لَيْسَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۗ وَمَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

And they worship besides Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.

Wa ya'budoona min doonil laahi maa lam yunazzil bihee sultaananw wa maa laisa lahum bihee 'ilm; wa maa lizzaalimeena min naseer

Word by word
وَيَعْبُدُونَ
wayaʿbudūna
And they worship
مِن
min
besides Allah
دُونِ
dūni
besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
besides Allah
مَا
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يُنَزِّلْ
yunazzil
He (has) sent down
بِهِۦ
bihi
for it
سُلْطَـٰنًۭا
sul'ṭānan
any authority
وَمَا
wamā
and what
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لَهُم
lahum
they have
بِهِۦ
bihi
of it
عِلْمٌۭ ۗ
ʿil'mun
any knowledge
وَمَا
wamā
And not
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
lilẓẓālimīna
(will be) for the wrongdoers
مِن
min
any
نَّصِيرٍۢ
naṣīrin
helper
Interpretation

The idolaters worship idols instead of Allah; idols which Allah did not reveal any proof of their worship being acceptable in His books. Neither do they have any proof of their own knowledge; their only object of reliance for that is blind following of their forefathers. The wrongdoers will have no helper that will protect them from the punishment of Allah that will fall upon them.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

72

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۗ قُلْ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُ ۗ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that? [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."

Wa izaa tutlaa 'laihim Aayaatunaa baiyinaatin ta'rifu fee wujoohil lazeena kafarul munkara yakaadoona yastoona bil lazeena yatloona 'alaihim Aayaatinaa; qul afa unab bi'ukum bisharrim min zaalikum; an Naaru wa 'adahal laahul lazeena kafaroo wa bi'sal maseer

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
تُتْلَىٰ
tut'lā
are recited
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
ءَايَـٰتُنَا
āyātunā
Our Verses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ
bayyinātin
clear
تَعْرِفُ
taʿrifu
you will recognize
فِى
on
وُجُوهِ
wujūhi
(the) faces
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ
l-munkara
the denial
يَكَادُونَ
yakādūna
They almost
يَسْطُونَ
yasṭūna
attack
بِٱلَّذِينَ
bi-alladhīna
those who
يَتْلُونَ
yatlūna
recite
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۗ
āyātinā
Our Verses
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم
afa-unabbi-ukum
Then shall I inform you
بِشَرٍّۢ
bisharrin
of worse
مِّن
min
than
ذَٰلِكُمُ ۗ
dhālikumu
that
ٱلنَّارُ
l-nāru
The Fire
وَعَدَهَا
waʿadahā
Allah (has) promised it
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah (has) promised it
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(for) those who
كَفَرُوا۟ ۖ
kafarū
disbelieve
وَبِئْسَ
wabi'sa
and wretched
ٱلْمَصِيرُ
l-maṣīru
(is) the destination
Interpretation

When you recite My clear verses of the Qur’ān unto them, you will recognise the objecting frowns of the disbelievers when they hear them. It is as if they would violently assault those who recite My verses unto them in extreme anger. O Messenger! Say to them: “Shall I inform you of something which is worse than this anger and frowning of yours? It is the hellfire which Allah has promised to enter the disbelievers into. How terrible their abode is!”

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

73

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ

O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allāh will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for it [i.e., that purpose]. And if the fly should steal from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued.

Yaaa ayyuhan naasu duriba masalun fastami'oo lah; innal lazeena tad'oona min doonil laahi lai yakhluqoo zubaabanw wa lawijtama'oo lahoo wa iny yaslub humuz zubbabu shai'al laa yastan qizoohu minh; da'ufat taalibu walmatloob

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O mankind
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
O mankind
ضُرِبَ
ḍuriba
Is set forth
مَثَلٌۭ
mathalun
an example
فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟
fa-is'tamiʿū
so listen
لَهُۥٓ ۚ
lahu
to it
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
تَدْعُونَ
tadʿūna
you invoke
مِن
min
besides Allah
دُونِ
dūni
besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
besides Allah
لَن
lan
will never
يَخْلُقُوا۟
yakhluqū
create
ذُبَابًۭا
dhubāban
a fly
وَلَوِ
walawi
even if
ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟
ij'tamaʿū
they gathered together
لَهُۥ ۖ
lahu
for it
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يَسْلُبْهُمُ
yaslub'humu
snatched away from them
ٱلذُّبَابُ
l-dhubābu
the fly
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
a thing
لَّا
not
يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ
yastanqidhūhu
they (could) take it back
مِنْهُ ۚ
min'hu
from it
ضَعُفَ
ḍaʿufa
So weak
ٱلطَّالِبُ
l-ṭālibu
(are) the seeker
وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ
wal-maṭlūbu
and the one who is sought
Interpretation

O people! A parable is about to be narrated, so listen carefully and take lesson from it! Indeed, those idols and other things you worship instead of Allah cannot even create a fly despite its small size, because of their incompetence. Even if they were to convene in trying to do so they would not be able to achieve it. And if a fly was to take anything away from them, i.e. perfume etc. they would not have the power to reclaim it. By their incapability of creating a fly and reclaiming anything from it, their incapability of doing anything greater than that becomes evident. How can they then wo

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

74

مَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَقَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ

They have not appraised Allāh with true appraisal. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and Exalted in Might.

Maa qadrul laaha haqqa qadrih; innal laaha la Qawiyyun 'Azeez

Word by word
مَا
Not
قَدَرُوا۟
qadarū
they (have) estimated
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
حَقَّ
ḥaqqa
(with) due
قَدْرِهِۦٓ ۗ
qadrihi
[His] estimation
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَقَوِىٌّ
laqawiyyun
(is) surely All-Strong
عَزِيزٌ
ʿazīzun
All-Mighty
Interpretation

They did not revere Allah as He deserves to be revered when they worshipped some of His creation along with worshipping Him. Indeed, Allah is the Strong, and He created the heavens, the earth and everything within them due to this strength and power. He is the Almighty who cannot be overpowered, unlike the idols of the idolaters which are weak and powerless to create anything.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

75

ٱللَّهُ يَصْطَفِى مِنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

Allāh chooses from the angels messengers and from the people. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

Allahu yastafee minal malaaa'ikati Rusulanw wa minan naas; innal laaha Samee'um Baseer

Word by word
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
يَصْطَفِى
yaṣṭafī
chooses
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
l-malāikati
the Angels
رُسُلًۭا
rusulan
Messengers
وَمِنَ
wamina
and from
ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ
l-nāsi
the mankind
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَمِيعٌۢ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearer
بَصِيرٌۭ
baṣīrun
All-Seer
Interpretation

Allah, may He be glorified, selects messengers from the Angels and the people also. He sends some of the Angels to the prophets, like Gabriel, who He sent to the human messengers; and He also sends human messengers to common people. Indeed, Allah hears what the idolaters say regarding His messengers and is insightful of who He selects to convey His message.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

76

يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۗ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ ٱلْأُمُورُ

He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them. And to Allāh will be returned [all] matters.

Ya'lamu maa baina aydeehim wa maa khalfahum; wa ilal laahi turja'ul umoor

Word by word
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
He knows
مَا
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(is) before them
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
(is) before them
وَمَا
wamā
and what
خَلْفَهُمْ ۗ
khalfahum
(is) after them
وَإِلَى
wa-ilā
And to
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
تُرْجَعُ
tur'jaʿu
return
ٱلْأُمُورُ
l-umūru
all the matters
Interpretation

Allah, may He be glorified, is well aware of the affairs of His messengers, from both the angels and the people, even before their creation and well after their death. To Him alone shall all matters return on the Day of Judgment, when He will resurrect His servants and requit them for the actions they sent forth.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

77

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱرْكَعُوا۟ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ وَٱفْعَلُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ۩

O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good - that you may succeed.

Yaaa ayyuhal lazeena aamanur ka'oo wasjudoo wa'budoo Rabbakum waf'alul khaira la'allakum tuflihoon

Word by word
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you who believe
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
O you who believe
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
O you who believe
ٱرْكَعُوا۟
ir'kaʿū
Bow
وَٱسْجُدُوا۟
wa-us'judū
and prostrate
وَٱعْبُدُوا۟
wa-uʿ'budū
and worship
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
your Lord
وَٱفْعَلُوا۟
wa-if'ʿalū
and do
ٱلْخَيْرَ
l-khayra
[the] good
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُفْلِحُونَ ۩
tuf'liḥūna
be successful
Interpretation

O you who have believed in Allah and have acted in accordance to the laws He laid down for you! Bow and prostrate to Him alone in your prayer; do good by way of charity and enjoining family ties, in hope that you succeed in your objective and achieve salvation from the feared.

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.

78

وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟ فِى ٱللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِۦ ۚ هُوَ ٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ ۚ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ هُوَ سَمَّىٰكُمُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِى هَـٰذَا لِيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ فَنِعْمَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ ٱلنَّصِيرُ

And strive for Allāh with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. He [i.e., Allāh] named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakāh and hold fast to Allāh. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.

Wa jaahidoo fil laahi haqqa jihaadih; Huwaj tabaakum wa maa ja'ala 'alaikum fid deeni min haraj; Millata abeekum Ibraaheem; Huwa sammaakumul muslimeena min qablu wa fee haaza li yakoonar Rasoolu shaheedan 'alaikum wa takoonoo shuhadaaa'a 'alan naas; fa aqeemus salaata wa aatuz zakaata wa'tasimoo billaahi Huwa mawlaakum fani'mal mawlaa wa ni'man naseer

Word by word
وَجَـٰهِدُوا۟
wajāhidū
And strive
فِى
for
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
حَقَّ
ḥaqqa
(with the) striving due (to) Him
جِهَادِهِۦ ۚ
jihādihi
(with the) striving due (to) Him
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱجْتَبَىٰكُمْ
ij'tabākum
(has) chosen you
وَمَا
wamā
and not
جَعَلَ
jaʿala
placed
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
فِى
in
ٱلدِّينِ
l-dīni
the religion
مِنْ
min
any
حَرَجٍۢ ۚ
ḥarajin
difficulty
مِّلَّةَ
millata
(The) religion
أَبِيكُمْ
abīkum
(of) your father
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۚ
ib'rāhīma
Ibrahim
هُوَ
huwa
He
سَمَّىٰكُمُ
sammākumu
named you
ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
l-mus'limīna
Muslims
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
وَفِى
wafī
and in
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
لِيَكُونَ
liyakūna
that may be
ٱلرَّسُولُ
l-rasūlu
the Messenger
شَهِيدًا
shahīdan
a witness
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
over you
وَتَكُونُوا۟
watakūnū
and you may be
شُهَدَآءَ
shuhadāa
witnesses
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلنَّاسِ ۚ
l-nāsi
the mankind
فَأَقِيمُوا۟
fa-aqīmū
So establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
l-ṣalata
the prayer
وَءَاتُوا۟
waātū
and give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
l-zakata
zakah
وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟
wa-iʿ'taṣimū
and hold fast
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
to Allah
هُوَ
huwa
He
مَوْلَىٰكُمْ ۖ
mawlākum
(is) your Protector
فَنِعْمَ
faniʿ'ma
so an Excellent
ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ
l-mawlā
[the] Protector
وَنِعْمَ
waniʿ'ma
and an Excellent
ٱلنَّصِيرُ
l-naṣīru
[the] Helper
Interpretation

And strive in the path of Allah sincerely for His pleasure. He has selected you and made your religion a religion of kindness, in which there is no oppression and extremism. This tolerant creed is the creed of your forefather Abraham (peace be upon him). Allah has named you ‘Muslims’ in the previous books and in the Qur’ān, so that the Messenger can be a witness against you in that he conveyed the message he was commanded to convey, and so that you yourselves can be witnesses against the previous nations in that their messengers also conveyed their messages respectively. So show gratitude to A

Scholars' interpretation (al-Mukhtasar fi at-Tafsir). This is neither the Qur'an nor a translation of the verse.