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Surah 46 · 35 verses

Al-Ahqaf

الأحقاف

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

حمٓ

Ḥā, Meem.

Haa-Meeeem

Word by word
حمٓ
hha-meem
Ha Meem
Interpretation

Ḥā Mīm. The discussion on similar letters has already passed in Sūrah Al-Baqarah.

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

2

تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

The revelation of the Book is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Tanzeelul Kitaabi minal laahil-'Azeezil Hakeem

Word by word
تَنزِيلُ
tanzīlu
(The) revelation
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
مِنَ
mina
(is) from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْعَزِيزِ
l-ʿazīzi
the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمِ
l-ḥakīmi
the All-Wise
Interpretation

The revelation of the Qur’ān is from Allah, the Mighty whom nobody can overpower, 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.

3

مَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَمَّآ أُنذِرُوا۟ مُعْرِضُونَ

We did not create the heavens and earth and what is between them except in truth and [for] a specified term. But those who disbelieve, from that of which they are warned, are turning away.

Maa khalaqnas samaawaati wal arda wa maa bainahumaaa illaa bilhaqqi wa ajalim musammaa; wallazeena kafaroo 'ammaaa unziroo mu'ridoon

Word by word
مَا
Not
خَلَقْنَا
khalaqnā
We created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and what
بَيْنَهُمَآ
baynahumā
(is) between both of them
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
وَأَجَلٍۢ
wa-ajalin
and (for) a term
مُّسَمًّۭى ۚ
musamman
appointed
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
But those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
عَمَّآ
ʿammā
from what
أُنذِرُوا۟
undhirū
they are warned
مُعْرِضُونَ
muʿ'riḍūna
(are) turning away
Interpretation

I did not create the heavens and the earth and I did not create what is between them in vain, but rather I created all of it with truth and with complete wisdom. Amongst that is for His servants to recognise Him through them and so worship Him alone and not associate any partner with Him, and so that they fulfil the demands of their being made deputy on earth until a fixed time which Allah alone knows. And those who disbelieve in Allah are turning away from the Book of Allah they are being warned through, without paying attention to it.

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

4

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِى مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ۖ ٱئْتُونِى بِكِتَـٰبٍ مِّن قَبْلِ هَـٰذَآ أَوْ أَثَـٰرَةٍ مِّنْ عِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allāh? Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this or a [remaining] trace of knowledge, if you should be truthful."

Qul ara'aytum maa tad'oona min doonil laahi aroonee maazaa khalaqoo minal ardi am lahum shirkun fis samaawaati eetoonee bi kitaabim min qabli haazaaa aw asaaratim min 'ilmin in kuntum saadiqeen

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَءَيْتُم
ara-aytum
Do you see
مَّا
what
تَدْعُونَ
tadʿūna
you call
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
أَرُونِى
arūnī
Show me
مَاذَا
mādhā
what
خَلَقُوا۟
khalaqū
they have created
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
أَمْ
am
or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
شِرْكٌۭ
shir'kun
(is) any share
فِى
in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ ۖ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
ٱئْتُونِى
i'tūnī
Bring me
بِكِتَـٰبٍۢ
bikitābin
a book
مِّن
min
from
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
this
أَوْ
aw
or
أَثَـٰرَةٍۢ
athāratin
a trace
مِّنْ
min
of
عِلْمٍ
ʿil'min
knowledge
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ṣādiqīna
truthful
Interpretation

O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who turn away from the truth: “Tell me about your idols you worship besides Allah: what parts of the earth have they created? Have they created a mountain? Have they created a river? Or do they have partnership and a share with Allah in creating the heavens? Bring me a book revealed from Allah before the Qur’ān or some trace of knowledge which the previous people left, if you are true in your claim that your idols deserve to be worshipped”.

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

5

وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَآئِهِمْ غَـٰفِلُونَ

And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allāh those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection [i.e., never], and they, of their invocation, are unaware.

Wa man adallu mimmany yad'oo min doonil laahi mallaa yastajeebu lahooo ilaa Yawmil Qiyaamati wa hum'an du'aaa'ihim ghaafiloon

Word by word
وَمَنْ
waman
And who
أَضَلُّ
aḍallu
(is) more astray
مِمَّن
mimman
than (he) who
يَدْعُوا۟
yadʿū
calls
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَن
man
who
لَّا
will not respond
يَسْتَجِيبُ
yastajību
will not respond
لَهُۥٓ
lahu
to him
إِلَىٰ
ilā
until
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) Resurrection
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
عَن
ʿan
of
دُعَآئِهِمْ
duʿāihim
their calls
غَـٰفِلُونَ
ghāfilūna
(are) unaware
Interpretation

And there is nobody more misguided than the one who worships an idol besides Allah which cannot respond to his call until the day of judgment. And these idols which they worship besides Allah are unaware of their slaves calling upon them, because they are inanimate and cannot hear, see or understand.

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

6

وَإِذَا حُشِرَ ٱلنَّاسُ كَانُوا۟ لَهُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَكَانُوا۟ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَـٰفِرِينَ

And when the people are gathered [that Day], they [who were invoked] will be enemies to them, and they will be deniers of their worship.

Wa izaa hushiran naasu kaanoo lahum a'daaa'anw wa kaanoo bi'ibaadatihim kaafireen

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
حُشِرَ
ḥushira
are gathered
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
the people
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they will be
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَعْدَآءًۭ
aʿdāan
enemies
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they will be
بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ
biʿibādatihim
of their worship
كَـٰفِرِينَ
kāfirīna
deniers
Interpretation

And alongside not benefiting them in the world, when they are raised on the Day of Judgment, they will be enemies to those who used to worship them and disassociate themselves from them, and they will deny having any knowledge of their worshipping them.

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

7

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا بَيِّنَـٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ هَـٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is obvious magic."

Wa izaa tutlaa 'alaihim Aayaatunaa baiyinaatin qaalal lazeena kafaroo lilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum haazaa sihrum mubeen

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
تُتْلَىٰ
tut'lā
are recited
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
ءَايَـٰتُنَا
āyātunā
Our Verses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ
bayyinātin
clear
قَالَ
qāla
say
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
لِلْحَقِّ
lil'ḥaqqi
of the truth
لَمَّا
lammā
when
جَآءَهُمْ
jāahum
it comes to them
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
سِحْرٌۭ
siḥ'run
(is) a magic
مُّبِينٌ
mubīnun
clear
Interpretation

And when My verses which are revealed to My Messenger are read to them, the disbelievers say regarding the Qur’ān when it came to them at the hands of their Messenger: “This is clear magic. It is not revelation from Allah”.

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

8

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَلَا تَمْلِكُونَ لِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا ۖ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تُفِيضُونَ فِيهِ ۖ كَفَىٰ بِهِۦ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Or do they say, "He has invented it"? Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for me [the power of protection] from Allāh at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved. Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

Am yaqooloonaf taraahu qul inif taraituhoo falaa tamlikoona lee minal laahi shai'an Huwa a'lamu bimaa tufeedoona feehi kafaa bihee shaheedam bainee wa bainakum wa Huwal Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
أَمْ
am
Or
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
they say
ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ
if'tarāhu
He has invented it
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنِ
ini
If
ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ
if'taraytuhu
I have invented it
فَلَا
falā
then not
تَمْلِكُونَ
tamlikūna
you have power
لِى
for me
مِنَ
mina
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
شَيْـًٔا ۖ
shayan
anything
هُوَ
huwa
He
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
knows best
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تُفِيضُونَ
tufīḍūna
you utter
فِيهِ ۖ
fīhi
concerning it
كَفَىٰ
kafā
Sufficient is He
بِهِۦ
bihi
Sufficient is He
شَهِيدًۢا
shahīdan
(as) a Witness
بَيْنِى
baynī
between me
وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۖ
wabaynakum
and between you
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and He
ٱلْغَفُورُ
l-ghafūru
(is) the Oft-Forgiving
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
l-raḥīmu
the Most Merciful
Interpretation

Do these idolaters say: “Muhammad has made up this Qur’ān and attributed it to Allah?” Say to them, O Messenger: “If I have made it up on my own part, you do not have power over any plan for me if Allah wants to punish me, so how can I put myself at risk of punishment by fabricating against Him? Allah knows better the criticism of His Qur’ān and slandering me you engage in. He, (may He be glorified), is sufficient as a witness between me and you. And He is Forgiving of the sins of His servants who repent to Him, Merciful to them”.

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

9

قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Say, "I am not something original among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."

Qul maa kuntu bid'am minal Rusuli wa maaa adreee ma yuf'alu bee wa laa bikum in attabi'u illaa maa yoohaaa ilaiya ya maaa ana illaa nazeerum mubeen

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
مَا
Not
كُنتُ
kuntu
I am
بِدْعًۭا
bid'ʿan
a new (one)
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلرُّسُلِ
l-rusuli
the Messengers
وَمَآ
wamā
and not
أَدْرِى
adrī
I know
مَا
what
يُفْعَلُ
yuf'ʿalu
will be done
بِى
with me
وَلَا
walā
and not
بِكُمْ ۖ
bikum
with you
إِنْ
in
Not
أَتَّبِعُ
attabiʿu
I follow
إِلَّا
illā
but
مَا
what
يُوحَىٰٓ
yūḥā
is revealed
إِلَىَّ
ilayya
to me
وَمَآ
wamā
and not
أَنَا۠
anā
I am
إِلَّا
illā
but
نَذِيرٌۭ
nadhīrun
a warner
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
clear
Interpretation

O Messenger! Say to these idolaters who reject your prophethood: “I am not the first Messenger Allah has sent, as many messengers came before me. I do not know what Allah will do with me nor what He will do with you in this life. I only follow what Allah reveals to me, so I do not say or do except according to what He reveals. And I am only a warner who clearly warns of His punishment”.

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

10

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُم بِهِۦ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِّنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ مِثْلِهِۦ فَـَٔامَنَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Say, "Have you considered: if it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was from Allāh, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you were arrogant...?" Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Qul ara'aytum in kaana min 'indil laahi wa kafartum bihee wa shahida shaahidum mim Banee Israaa'eela 'alaa mislihee fa aamana wastak bartum innal laaha laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَرَءَيْتُمْ
ara-aytum
Do you see
إِن
in
if
كَانَ
kāna
it is
مِنْ
min
from Allah
عِندِ
ʿindi
from Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
from Allah
وَكَفَرْتُم
wakafartum
and you disbelieve
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
وَشَهِدَ
washahida
and testifies
شَاهِدٌۭ
shāhidun
a witness
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(the) Children of Israel
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
to
مِثْلِهِۦ
mith'lihi
(the) like thereof
فَـَٔامَنَ
faāmana
then he believed
وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖ
wa-is'takbartum
while you are arrogant
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يَهْدِى
yahdī
guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Interpretation

O Messenger, say to these deniers: “Tell me if this Qur’ān is from Allah and you deny it, and a witness from the Israelites testifies that it is from Allah, relying on what has come regarding it in the Torah and then he brings faith in it, whilst you scorn bringing faith in it, will you not then be oppressors? Allah does not enable the oppressors to the truth”.

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

11

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًا مَّا سَبَقُونَآ إِلَيْهِ ۚ وَإِذْ لَمْ يَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَسَيَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَآ إِفْكٌ قَدِيمٌ

And those who disbelieve say of those who believe, "If it had [truly] been good, they would not have preceded us to it." And when they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an ancient falsehood."

Wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo lillazeena aamanoo law kaana khairam maa sabaqoonaaa ilyh; wa iz lam yahtadoo bihee fasa yaqooloona haazaaa ifkun qadeem

Word by word
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And say
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
of those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
لَوْ
law
If
كَانَ
kāna
it had been
خَيْرًۭا
khayran
good
مَّا
not
سَبَقُونَآ
sabaqūnā
they (would) have preceded us
إِلَيْهِ ۚ
ilayhi
to it
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
لَمْ
lam
not
يَهْتَدُوا۟
yahtadū
they (are) guided
بِهِۦ
bihi
by it
فَسَيَقُولُونَ
fasayaqūlūna
they say
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
This
إِفْكٌۭ
if'kun
(is) a lie
قَدِيمٌۭ
qadīmun
ancient
Interpretation

And those who denied the Qur’ān and what their Messenger brought to them say: “If what Muhammad brought was true and guides towards good, these paupers, servants and weak people would not have preceded us towards it”. And because they are not guided to what their Messenger brought them, they will say: “This which he has brought us is an old lie, and we do not follow lies”.

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

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وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً ۚ وَهَـٰذَا كِتَـٰبٌ مُّصَدِّقٌ لِّسَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.

Wa min qablihee kitaabu Moosaaa imaamanw-wa rahmah; wa haazaa Kitaabum musad diqul lisaanan 'Arabiyyal liyunziral lazeena zalamoo wa bushraa lilmuhsineen

Word by word
وَمِن
wamin
And before it
قَبْلِهِۦ
qablihi
And before it
كِتَـٰبُ
kitābu
(was the) Scripture
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
(of) Musa
إِمَامًۭا
imāman
(as) a guide
وَرَحْمَةًۭ ۚ
waraḥmatan
and a mercy
وَهَـٰذَا
wahādhā
And this
كِتَـٰبٌۭ
kitābun
(is) a Book
مُّصَدِّقٌۭ
muṣaddiqun
confirming
لِّسَانًا
lisānan
(in) language
عَرَبِيًّۭا
ʿarabiyyan
Arabic
لِّيُنذِرَ
liyundhira
to warn
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
ẓalamū
do wrong
وَبُشْرَىٰ
wabush'rā
and (as) glad tidings
لِلْمُحْسِنِينَ
lil'muḥ'sinīna
for the good-doers
Interpretation

And before this Qur’ān is the Torah, the book which Allah revealed on Moses (peace be upon him) as a leader to be followed in the truth and as a mercy for those who believe in it and follow it amongst the Israelites. And this Qur’ān which has been revealed upon Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a book which confirms the books before it, in the Arabic language, so that he can warn through it those who wronged themselves through associating partners with Allah and by committing sins, and it is a glad tiding to the good-doers who made their relationship with their Creator and their relationship wit

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 قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allāh," and then remained on a right course - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

Innal lazeena qaaloo Rabbunal laahu summas taqaamoo falaa khawfun 'alaihim wa laahum yahzanoon

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
قَالُوا۟
qālū
say
رَبُّنَا
rabbunā
Our Lord
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟
is'taqāmū
remain firm
فَلَا
falā
then no
خَوْفٌ
khawfun
fear
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
on them
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يَحْزَنُونَ
yaḥzanūna
will grieve
Interpretation

Indeed, those who say, “Our Lord is Allah; we have no Lord besides Him”, then they become firm on faith and good actions, there will be no fear on them in what they face in the Hereafter, nor will they grieve over the fortune of this worlds which escaped them or what they left behind them.

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

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Those are the companions of Paradise, abiding eternally therein as reward for what they used to do.

Ulaaa'ika Ashabul Jannati khaalideena feehaa jazaaa'am bimaa kaano ya'maloon

Word by word
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِ
l-janati
(of) Paradise
خَـٰلِدِينَ
khālidīna
abiding forever
فِيهَا
fīhā
therein
جَزَآءًۢ
jazāan
a reward
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

Those who are attributed with those qualities are the people of Paradise who will live in it forever, as a reward for them for their good deeds that they sent forward in the world.

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

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وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًا ۖ وَحَمْلُهُۥ وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ ثَلَـٰثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims."

Wa wassainal insaana biwaalidaihi ihsaanan hamalathu ummuhoo kurhanw-wa wada'athu kurhanw wa hamluhoo wa fisaaluhoo salaasoona shahraa; hattaaa izaa balagha ashuddahoo wa balagho arba'eena sanatan qaala Rabbi aqzi'neee an ashkura ni'matakal lateee an'amta 'alaiya wa 'alaa waalidaiya wa an a'mala saalihan tardaahu wa aslih lee fee zurriyyatee innee tubtu ilaika wa innee minal muslimeen

Word by word
وَوَصَّيْنَا
wawaṣṣaynā
And We have enjoined
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
l-insāna
(on) man
بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ
biwālidayhi
to his parents
إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ
iḥ'sānan
kindness
حَمَلَتْهُ
ḥamalathu
Carried him
أُمُّهُۥ
ummuhu
his mother
كُرْهًۭا
kur'han
(with) hardship
وَوَضَعَتْهُ
wawaḍaʿathu
and gave birth to him
كُرْهًۭا ۖ
kur'han
(with) hardship
وَحَمْلُهُۥ
waḥamluhu
And (the) bearing of him
وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ
wafiṣāluhu
and (the) weaning of him
ثَلَـٰثُونَ
thalāthūna
(is) thirty
شَهْرًا ۚ
shahran
month(s)
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
بَلَغَ
balagha
he reaches
أَشُدَّهُۥ
ashuddahu
his maturity
وَبَلَغَ
wabalagha
and reaches
أَرْبَعِينَ
arbaʿīna
forty
سَنَةًۭ
sanatan
year(s)
قَالَ
qāla
he says
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
أَوْزِعْنِىٓ
awziʿ'nī
grant me (the) power
أَنْ
an
that
أَشْكُرَ
ashkura
I may be grateful
نِعْمَتَكَ
niʿ'mataka
(for) Your favor
ٱلَّتِىٓ
allatī
which
أَنْعَمْتَ
anʿamta
You have bestowed
عَلَىَّ
ʿalayya
upon me
وَعَلَىٰ
waʿalā
and upon
وَٰلِدَىَّ
wālidayya
my parents
وَأَنْ
wa-an
and that
أَعْمَلَ
aʿmala
I do
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
righteous (deeds)
تَرْضَىٰهُ
tarḍāhu
which please You
وَأَصْلِحْ
wa-aṣliḥ
and make righteous
لِى
for me
فِى
among
ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ
dhurriyyatī
my offspring
إِنِّى
innī
indeed
تُبْتُ
tub'tu
I turn
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to You
وَإِنِّى
wa-innī
and indeed, I am
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
l-mus'limīna
those who submit
Interpretation

And I commanded man with emphasis that he should be kind to his parents and that he should be righteous towards them in their lifetime and after their death with what does not oppose the sacred law. And in particular his mother who carried him with difficulty and gave birth to him with difficulty. And the length of his gestation period in which he remained and the beginning of his weaning is thirty months. Until when he reaches the completion of his mental and physical strength, he says: “My Lord, inspire me to thank You for Your favour you have done to me and my parents, and inspire me to do

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

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ فِىٓ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَعْدَ ٱلصِّدْقِ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Those are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.

Ulaaa'ikal lazeena nata qabbalu 'anhum ahsana maa 'amiloo wa natajaawazu 'an saiyiaatihim feee Ashaabil jannati Wa'das sidqil lazee kaanoo yoo'adoon

Word by word
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(are) the ones
نَتَقَبَّلُ
nataqabbalu
We will accept
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
أَحْسَنَ
aḥsana
(the) best
مَا
(of) what
عَمِلُوا۟
ʿamilū
they did
وَنَتَجَاوَزُ
wanatajāwazu
and We will overlook
عَن
ʿan
[from]
سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ
sayyiātihim
their evil deeds
فِىٓ
among
أَصْحَـٰبِ
aṣḥābi
(the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ
l-janati
(of) Paradise
وَعْدَ
waʿda
A promise
ٱلصِّدْقِ
l-ṣid'qi
true
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
which
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يُوعَدُونَ
yūʿadūna
promised
Interpretation

Those are the ones from whom I accept the good deeds they did and overlook their sins, so I do not seize them due to them. And they are amongst the people of Paradise. This promise they have been given is a true promise which will definitely occur.

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

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وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

But one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allāh for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former peoples" -

Wallazee qaala liwaali daihi uffil lakumaaa ata'idanineee an ukhraja wa qad khalatil quroonu min qablee wa humaa yastagheesaanil laaha wailaka aamin inna wa'dal laahi haqq, fa yaqoolu maa haazaaa illaaa asaateerul awwaleen

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِى
wa-alladhī
But the one who
قَالَ
qāla
says
لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ
liwālidayhi
to his parents
أُفٍّۢ
uffin
Uff
لَّكُمَآ
lakumā
to both of you
أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ
ataʿidāninī
Do you promise me
أَنْ
an
that
أُخْرَجَ
ukh'raja
I will be brought forth
وَقَدْ
waqad
and have already passed away
خَلَتِ
khalati
and have already passed away
ٱلْقُرُونُ
l-qurūnu
the generations
مِن
min
before me
قَبْلِى
qablī
before me
وَهُمَا
wahumā
And they both
يَسْتَغِيثَانِ
yastaghīthāni
seek help
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(of) Allah
وَيْلَكَ
waylaka
Woe to you
ءَامِنْ
āmin
Believe
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
وَعْدَ
waʿda
(the) Promise
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
حَقٌّۭ
ḥaqqun
(is) true
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqūlu
But he says
مَا
Not
هَـٰذَآ
hādhā
(is) this
إِلَّآ
illā
but
أَسَـٰطِيرُ
asāṭīru
(the) stories
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
l-awalīna
(of) the former (people)
Interpretation

And the one who said to his parents: “Woe unto you. Do you promise me that I will be taken out of my grave alive after I die, whereas many nations have passed in which people died, but none of them was raised alive?” And his parents are seeking help from Allah to guide their son towards faith, and they say to their son: “Woe unto you if you do not bring faith on the resurrection, so bring faith in it. Allah’s promise of resurrection is true without doubt”. But he says, renewing his denial of the resurrection: “This which is said regarding the resurrection is nothing but something related from

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

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ

Those are the ones upon whom the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

Ulaaa'ikal lazeena haqqa 'alaihimul qawlu feee umamin qad khalat min qablihim minal jinni wal insi innahum kaanoo khaasireen

Word by word
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(are) the ones
حَقَّ
ḥaqqa
(has) proved true
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
against them
ٱلْقَوْلُ
l-qawlu
the word
فِىٓ
among
أُمَمٍۢ
umamin
nations
قَدْ
qad
(that) already passed away
خَلَتْ
khalat
(that) already passed away
مِن
min
before them
قَبْلِهِم
qablihim
before them
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْجِنِّ
l-jini
(the) jinn
وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ
wal-insi
and the men
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
كَانُوا۟
kānū
are
خَـٰسِرِينَ
khāsirīna
(the) losers
Interpretation

Those are the ones for whom punishment is established amongst the nations before them from the jinns and men. They were the losers, as they lost themselves and their children by entering the fire.

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

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وَلِكُلٍّ دَرَجَـٰتٌ مِّمَّا عَمِلُوا۟ ۖ وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

And for all there are degrees [of reward and punishment] for what they have done, and [it is] so that He may fully compensate them for their deeds, and they will not be wronged.

Wa likullin darajaatum mimmaa 'amiloo wa liyuwaf fiyahum a'maalahum wa hum laa yuzlamoon

Word by word
وَلِكُلٍّۢ
walikullin
And for all
دَرَجَـٰتٌۭ
darajātun
(are) degrees
مِّمَّا
mimmā
for what
عَمِلُوا۟ ۖ
ʿamilū
they did
وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ
waliyuwaffiyahum
and that He may fully compensate them
أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ
aʿmālahum
(for) their deeds
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
لَا
will not be wronged
يُظْلَمُونَ
yuẓ'lamūna
will not be wronged
Interpretation

And for each group - the group of Paradise and the group of the fire - are ranks according to their actions. The ranks of the people of Paradise are high ranks, whilst the ranks of the people of the fire are low ranks. And so that Allah gives them the full reward of their actions, and they will not be oppressed on the day of judgment by their good deeds being decreased or their bad deeds being increased.

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

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وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَـٰتِكُمْ فِى حَيَاتِكُمُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهَا فَٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ عَذَابَ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْسُقُونَ

And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."

Wa Yawma yu'radul lazeena kafaroo 'alan Naai azhabtum taiyibaatikum fee hayaatikumud dunyaa wastam ta'tum bihaa fal Yawma tujzawna 'azaabal hooni bimaa kuntum tastakbiroona fil ardi bighairil haqqi wa bimaa kuntum tafsuqoon

Word by word
وَيَوْمَ
wayawma
And (the) Day
يُعْرَضُ
yuʿ'raḍu
will be exposed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
عَلَى
ʿalā
to
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
the Fire
أَذْهَبْتُمْ
adhhabtum
You exhausted
طَيِّبَـٰتِكُمْ
ṭayyibātikum
your good things
فِى
in
حَيَاتِكُمُ
ḥayātikumu
your life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم
wa-is'tamtaʿtum
and you took your pleasures
بِهَا
bihā
therein
فَٱلْيَوْمَ
fal-yawma
So today
تُجْزَوْنَ
tuj'zawna
you will be recompensed
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(with) a punishment
ٱلْهُونِ
l-hūni
humiliating
بِمَا
bimā
because
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
tastakbirūna
arrogant
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
[the] right
وَبِمَا
wabimā
and because
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
تَفْسُقُونَ
tafsuqūna
defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

On the day when those who rejected Allah and His messengers will be exposed to the Fire to be punished in it, it will be said to them in rebuke: “You have finished your good things in your worldly life and you enjoyed the pleasures it contained. On this day, you will be rewarded with the punishment which will disgrace and shame you due to your arrogance on earth unjustly, and due to your leaving the obedience of Allah through disbelief and sins”.

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

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۞ وَٱذْكُرْ أَخَا عَادٍ إِذْ أَنذَرَ قَوْمَهُۥ بِٱلْأَحْقَافِ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلنُّذُرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦٓ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

And mention, [O Muḥammad], the brother of ʿAad, when he warned his people in [the region of] al-Aḥqāf - and warners had already passed on before him and after him - [saying], "Do not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."

Wazkur akhaa 'Aad, iz anzara qawmahoo bil Ahqaafi wa qad khalatin nuzuru mim baini yadaihi wa min khalfiheee allaa ta'budooo illal laaha inneee akhaafu 'alaikum 'azaaba Yawmin 'azeem

Word by word
۞ وَٱذْكُرْ
wa-udh'kur
And mention
أَخَا
akhā
(the) brother
عَادٍ
ʿādin
(of) Aad
إِذْ
idh
when
أَنذَرَ
andhara
he warned
قَوْمَهُۥ
qawmahu
his people
بِٱلْأَحْقَافِ
bil-aḥqāfi
in the Al-Ahqaf
وَقَدْ
waqad
and had already passed away
خَلَتِ
khalati
and had already passed away
ٱلنُّذُرُ
l-nudhuru
[the] warners
مِنۢ
min
before him
بَيْنِ
bayni
before him
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
before him
وَمِنْ
wamin
and after him
خَلْفِهِۦٓ
khalfihi
and after him
أَلَّا
allā
That not
تَعْبُدُوٓا۟
taʿbudū
you worship
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
أَخَافُ
akhāfu
[I] fear
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
for you
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
a punishment
يَوْمٍ
yawmin
(of) a Day
عَظِيمٍۢ
ʿaẓīmin
Great
Interpretation

O Messenger, remember Hud, the brother of Ad in lineage, when he warned his people of Allah’s punishment befalling them, when they were in their homes in Ahqaf in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, and messengers to warn their people had already passed before Hud and after him, saying to their people: “Do not worship anyone except Allah alone; do not worship anything besides Him. O people, I fear for you the punishment of a great day, which is the day of judgment”.

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

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قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."

Qaaloo aji'tanaa litaa fikanaa 'an aalihatinaa faatinaa bimaa ta'idunaaa in kunta minas saadiqeen

Word by word
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
أَجِئْتَنَا
aji'tanā
Have you come to us
لِتَأْفِكَنَا
litafikanā
to turn us away
عَنْ
ʿan
from
ءَالِهَتِنَا
ālihatinā
our gods
فَأْتِنَا
fatinā
Then bring us
بِمَا
bimā
what
تَعِدُنَآ
taʿidunā
you threaten us
إِن
in
if
كُنتَ
kunta
you are
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
l-ṣādiqīna
the truthful
Interpretation

His people said to him: “Have you come to us to turn us away from worshipping our gods? That will never happen for you, so bring us the punishment you promise us if you are true in what you claim”.

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

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قَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَأُبَلِّغُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

He said, "Knowledge [of its time] is only with Allāh, and I convey to you that with which I was sent; but I see you [to be] a people behaving ignorantly."

Qaala innamal 'ilmu indal laahi wa uballighukum maaa uriltu bihee wa laakinneee araakum qawman tajhaloon

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
ٱلْعِلْمُ
l-ʿil'mu
the knowledge
عِندَ
ʿinda
(is) with Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(is) with Allah
وَأُبَلِّغُكُم
wa-uballighukum
and I convey to you
مَّآ
what
أُرْسِلْتُ
ur'sil'tu
I am sent
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ
walākinnī
but
أَرَىٰكُمْ
arākum
I see you
قَوْمًۭا
qawman
a people
تَجْهَلُونَ
tajhalūna
ignorant
Interpretation

He said: “The knowledge of the time for punishment is only with Allah and I do not have any knowledge of it. I am only a messenger who conveys to you what I have been sent with towards you. However, I see you as a people who are unaware of what contains benefit for you, so you leave it, and of what contains harm for you, so you commit it”.

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

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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,

Falammaa ra awhu 'aaridam mustaqbila awdiyatihim qaaloo haazaa 'aaridum mumtirunaa; bal huwa masta'jaltum bihee reehun feehaa 'azaabun aleem

Word by word
فَلَمَّا
falammā
Then when
رَأَوْهُ
ra-awhu
they saw it
عَارِضًۭا
ʿāriḍan
(as) a cloud
مُّسْتَقْبِلَ
mus'taqbila
approaching
أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ
awdiyatihim
their valleys
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
عَارِضٌۭ
ʿāriḍun
(is) a cloud
مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ
mum'ṭirunā
bringing us rain
بَلْ
bal
Nay
هُوَ
huwa
it
مَا
(is) what
ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم
is'taʿjaltum
you were asking it to be hastened
بِهِۦ ۖ
bihi
you were asking it to be hastened
رِيحٌۭ
rīḥun
a wind
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
Interpretation

Then when the punishment they hastened for came to them, and they saw a cloud appearing in one direction of the sky, heading towards their valleys, they said: “This is a cloud which will bring us rain”. Hud said to them: “The matter is not as you think, i.e., that it is a cloud which will rain upon you, but rather it is the punishment you hastened for. It is a wind which contains 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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تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

Tudammiru kulla shai'im bi-amri Rabbihaa fa asbahoo laa yuraaa illaa masaakinuhum; kazaalika najzil qawmal mujrimeen

Word by word
تُدَمِّرُ
tudammiru
Destroying
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَىْءٍۭ
shayin
thing
بِأَمْرِ
bi-amri
by (the) command
رَبِّهَا
rabbihā
(of) its Lord
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟
fa-aṣbaḥū
Then they became (such)
لَا
not
يُرَىٰٓ
yurā
is seen
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ
masākinuhum
their dwellings
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نَجْزِى
najzī
We recompense
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
l-muj'rimīna
[the] criminals
Interpretation

Destroying everything it passed by which Allah ordered to be destroyed, so they were destroyed, only their houses in which they lived being visible, bearing witness to their inhabiting them before. With this kind of painful punishment, I punish the transgressors who persist in their disbelief and sins.

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

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وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَـٰرًا وَأَفْـِٔدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Wa laqad makkannaahum feemaaa im makkannaakum feehi waj'alnaa lahum sam'anw wa absaaranw wa af'idatan famaaa aghnaa 'anhum samu'uhum wa laaa absaaruhum wa laaa af'idatuhum min shai'in iz kaanoo yajhadoona bi Aayaatil laahi wa haaqa bihim maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
مَكَّنَّـٰهُمْ
makkannāhum
We had established them
فِيمَآ
fīmā
in what
إِن
in
not
مَّكَّنَّـٰكُمْ
makkannākum
We have established you
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
وَجَعَلْنَا
wajaʿalnā
and We made
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
سَمْعًۭا
samʿan
hearing
وَأَبْصَـٰرًۭا
wa-abṣāran
and vision
وَأَفْـِٔدَةًۭ
wa-afidatan
and hearts
فَمَآ
famā
But not
أَغْنَىٰ
aghnā
availed
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
them
سَمْعُهُمْ
samʿuhum
their hearing
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ
abṣāruhum
their vision
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم
afidatuhum
their hearts
مِّن
min
any
شَىْءٍ
shayin
thing
إِذْ
idh
when
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَجْحَدُونَ
yajḥadūna
rejecting
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
(the) Signs
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَحَاقَ
waḥāqa
and enveloped
بِهِم
bihim
them
مَّا
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
بِهِۦ
bihi
[at it]
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
yastahziūna
ridicule
Interpretation

And I granted the people of Hud the means of establishment which I have not given you, and I gave them hearing to hear with, vision to see with and hearts to understand with. But their hearing did not benefit them at all, nor did their vision or intellects. They did not repel Allah’s punishment from them when it came to them, as they used to disbelieve in Allah’s signs, and the punishment which they used to mock and which their prophet Hud (peace be upon him) used to warn them of befell them.

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

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وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].

Wa laqad ahlaknaa ma hawlakum minal quraa wa sarrafnal Aayaati la'allahum yarji'oon

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlaknā
We destroyed
مَا
what
حَوْلَكُم
ḥawlakum
surrounds you
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْقُرَىٰ
l-qurā
the towns
وَصَرَّفْنَا
waṣarrafnā
and We have diversified
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Signs
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
that they may
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarjiʿūna
return
Interpretation

And I destroyed the cities around you, O people of Makkah; I destroyed Ad, Thamud, the people of Lot and the people of Madyan, and I gave them different proof and evidence, in the hope they will return from their disbelief.

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

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فَلَوْلَا نَصَرَهُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قُرْبَانًا ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ بَلْ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنْهُمْ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ إِفْكُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Then why did those they took besides Allāh as deities by which to approach [Him] not aid them? But they had strayed [i.e., departed] from them. And that was their falsehood and what they were inventing.

Falaw laa nasarahumul lazeenat takhazoo min doonil laahi qurbaanan aalihatam bal dalloo 'anhum' wa zaalika ifkuhum wa maa kaanoo yaftaroon

Word by word
فَلَوْلَا
falawlā
Then why (did) not
نَصَرَهُمُ
naṣarahumu
help them
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
ittakhadhū
they had taken
مِن
min
besides
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
قُرْبَانًا
qur'bānan
gods as a way of approach
ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖ
ālihatan
gods as a way of approach
بَلْ
bal
Nay
ضَلُّوا۟
ḍallū
they were lost
عَنْهُمْ ۚ
ʿanhum
from them
وَذَٰلِكَ
wadhālika
And that
إِفْكُهُمْ
if'kuhum
(was) their falsehood
وَمَا
wamā
and what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
inventing
Interpretation

So why did their idols which they took as gods besides Allah and which they used to seek closeness to through worship and sacrifice not help them? They did not help them at all, but in fact they disappeared from them when they needed them the most. And that is the lie and fabrication they did to themselves, i.e., that these idols will benefit them and intercede for them with Allah.

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

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وَإِذْ صَرَفْنَآ إِلَيْكَ نَفَرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنصِتُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِىَ وَلَّوْا۟ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur’ān. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen attentively." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.

Wa iz sarafinaaa ilaika nafaram minal jinni yastami'oonal Quraana falammaa hadaroohu qaalooo ansitoo falammaa qudiya wallaw ilaa qawmihim munzireen

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
صَرَفْنَآ
ṣarafnā
We directed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
نَفَرًۭا
nafaran
a party
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْجِنِّ
l-jini
the jinn
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
yastamiʿūna
listening
ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
l-qur'āna
(to) the Quran
فَلَمَّا
falammā
And when
حَضَرُوهُ
ḥaḍarūhu
they attended it
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they said
أَنصِتُوا۟ ۖ
anṣitū
Listen quietly
فَلَمَّا
falammā
And when
قُضِىَ
quḍiya
it was concluded
وَلَّوْا۟
wallaw
they turned back
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
قَوْمِهِم
qawmihim
their people
مُّنذِرِينَ
mundhirīna
(as) warners
Interpretation

Remember, O Messenger, when I sent to you a group of the jinn to listen to the Qur’ān that was revealed to you. When they came to hear it they said to one another: Be quiet, so that we are able to hear it. When the Messenger (peace be upon him) completed his recitation they went back to their people to warn them of Allah’s punishment if they do not have faith in this Qur’ān.

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

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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَـٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.

Qaaloo yaa qawmanaaa innaa sami'naa Kitaaban unzila mim ba'di Moosa musaddiqal limaa baina yadihi yahdeee ilal haqqi wa ilaa Tareeqim Mustaqeem

Word by word
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ
yāqawmanā
O our people
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
سَمِعْنَا
samiʿ'nā
[we] have heard
كِتَـٰبًا
kitāban
a Book
أُنزِلَ
unzila
revealed
مِنۢ
min
after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
مُصَدِّقًۭا
muṣaddiqan
confirming
لِّمَا
limā
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was) before it
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
(was) before it
يَهْدِىٓ
yahdī
guiding
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
وَإِلَىٰ
wa-ilā
and to
طَرِيقٍۢ
ṭarīqin
a Path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
mus'taqīmin
Straight
Interpretation

They said to them: O our people, we have heard a book that Allah has revealed after Moses, confirming the previous scriptures revealed by Allah. This book that we heard guides to the truth and it guides to a straight path, which is the 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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يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ أَجِيبُوا۟ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُجِرْكُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

O our people, respond to the Caller [i.e., Messenger] of Allāh and believe in him; He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.

Yaa qawmanaaa ajeeboo daa'iyal laahi wa aaminoo bihee yaghfir lakum min zunoobikum wa yujirkum min 'azaabin aleem

Word by word
يَـٰقَوْمَنَآ
yāqawmanā
O our people
أَجِيبُوا۟
ajībū
Respond
دَاعِىَ
dāʿiya
(to the) caller
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَءَامِنُوا۟
waāminū
and believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in him
يَغْفِرْ
yaghfir
He will forgive
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّن
min
of
ذُنُوبِكُمْ
dhunūbikum
your sins
وَيُجِرْكُم
wayujir'kum
and will protect you
مِّنْ
min
from
عَذَابٍ
ʿadhābin
a punishment
أَلِيمٍۢ
alīmin
painful
Interpretation

O our people, respond to the truth that Muhammad calls you towards and believe that he is a messenger from his Lord, and Allah will forgive your sins and save you from a painful punishment that awaits you if you do not respond to the truth that he calls you towards and do not believe that he is a messenger from his Lord.

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

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وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allāh will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

Wa mal laa yujib daa'iyal laahi falaisa bimu'jizin fil ardi wa laisa lahoo min dooniheee awliyaaa'; ulaaa ika fee dalaalim mubeen

Word by word
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
لَّا
(does) not
يُجِبْ
yujib
respond
دَاعِىَ
dāʿiya
(to the) caller
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
فَلَيْسَ
falaysa
then not
بِمُعْجِزٍۢ
bimuʿ'jizin
he can escape
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَلَيْسَ
walaysa
and not
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
مِن
min
besides Him
دُونِهِۦٓ
dūnihi
besides Him
أَوْلِيَآءُ ۚ
awliyāu
protectors
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
فِى
(are) in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢ
ḍalālin
error
مُّبِينٍ
mubīnin
clear
Interpretation

Those who do not respond to the truth that Muhammad (peace be upon him) calls them towards will not be able to render Allah helpless and escape from Him by fleeing on earth and they will not have besides Allah any protectors to rescue them from the punishment. Such people have clearly deviated 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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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَـٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۚ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

Awalam yaraw annal laahal lazee khalaqas samaawaati wal larda wa lam ya'ya bikhal qihinna biqaadirin 'alaaa anyyuhiyal mawtaa; balaaa innahoo 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer

Word by word
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the One Who
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
وَلَمْ
walam
and (was) not
يَعْىَ
yaʿya
tired
بِخَلْقِهِنَّ
bikhalqihinna
by their creation
بِقَـٰدِرٍ
biqādirin
(is) able
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
to give life
أَن
an
to give life
يُحْـِۧىَ
yuḥ'yiya
to give life
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۚ
l-mawtā
(to) the dead
بَلَىٰٓ
balā
Yes
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
indeed He
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Interpretation

Do these idolaters who deny the resurrection not understand that Allah Who created the heavens and created the earth, and did not tire in creating them despite their hugeness and vastness, is able to give life to the dead for reckoning and recompense? Indeed, He is able to bring them to life. He, (may He be glorified), is able to do all things and He is not incapable of bringing the dead to life.

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

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وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَلَيْسَ هَـٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا ۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will say, "Then taste the punishment for what you used to deny."

Wa Yawma yu'radul lazeena kafaroo 'alan naari alaisa haaza bil haqq; qaaloo balaa wa Rabbinaa; qaala fazooqul 'azaaba bimaa kuntum takfuroon

Word by word
وَيَوْمَ
wayawma
And (the) Day
يُعْرَضُ
yuʿ'raḍu
are exposed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
عَلَى
ʿalā
to
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
the Fire
أَلَيْسَ
alaysa
Is not
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ
bil-ḥaqi
the truth
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They will say
بَلَىٰ
balā
Yes
وَرَبِّنَا ۚ
warabbinā
by our Lord
قَالَ
qāla
He will say
فَذُوقُوا۟
fadhūqū
Then taste
ٱلْعَذَابَ
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
بِمَا
bimā
because
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَكْفُرُونَ
takfurūna
disbelieve
Interpretation

On the day when those who rejected Allah and His messengers will be exposed to the Fire to be punished in it, it will be said to them in rebuke: Is this punishment that you are seeing not real? Or is it a lie like how you used to say in the world? They will say: Indeed, by Our Lord, it is real. It will then be said them: Taste the punishment on account of your denial of Allah.

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

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فَٱصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْعَزْمِ مِنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِل لَّهُمْ ۚ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِّن نَّهَارٍۭ ۚ بَلَـٰغٌ ۚ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

So be patient, [O Muḥammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?

Fasbir kamaa sabara ulul 'azmi minar Rusuli wa laa tasta'jil lahum; ka annahum Yawma yarawna maa yoo'adoona lam yalbasooo illaa saa'atam min nahaar; balaagh; fahal yuhlaku illal qawmul faasiqoon

Word by word
فَٱصْبِرْ
fa-iṣ'bir
So be patient
كَمَا
kamā
as
صَبَرَ
ṣabara
had patience
أُو۟لُوا۟
ulū
those of determination
ٱلْعَزْمِ
l-ʿazmi
those of determination
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلرُّسُلِ
l-rusuli
the Messengers
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَسْتَعْجِل
tastaʿjil
seek to hasten
لَّهُمْ ۚ
lahum
for them
كَأَنَّهُمْ
ka-annahum
As if they had
يَوْمَ
yawma
(the) Day
يَرَوْنَ
yarawna
they see
مَا
what
يُوعَدُونَ
yūʿadūna
they were promised
لَمْ
lam
not
يَلْبَثُوٓا۟
yalbathū
remained
إِلَّا
illā
except
سَاعَةًۭ
sāʿatan
an hour
مِّن
min
of
نَّهَارٍۭ ۚ
nahārin
a day
بَلَـٰغٌۭ ۚ
balāghun
A notification
فَهَلْ
fahal
But will
يُهْلَكُ
yuh'laku
(any) be destroyed
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱلْقَوْمُ
l-qawmu
the people
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
l-fāsiqūna
the defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

So be patient - O Messenger - against your people’s denial of you just as the messengers of firm resolve were patient. These were the following messengers in addition to our Prophet (peace be upon him): Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). Do not seek to hasten the punishment for them. The deniers from your people, on the day when they will see the punishment that they are warned about in the Hereafter, will be as if they did not remain in the world except for an hour of a day due to the length of their punishment. This Qur’ān that is revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) is

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