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Surah 7 · 206 verses

Al-A'raf

الأعراف

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1

الٓمٓصٓ

Alif, Lām, Meem, Ṣād.

Alif-Laaam-Meeem-Saaad

Word by word
الٓمٓصٓ
alif-lam-meem-sad
Alif Laam Meem Saad
Interpretation

This surah begins with the disconnected letters, the explanation for which has already preceded in Surah Baqarah.

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

2

كِتَـٰبٌ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ فَلَا يَكُن فِى صَدْرِكَ حَرَجٌ مِّنْهُ لِتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

[This is] a Book revealed to you, [O Muḥammad] - so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom - that you may warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.

Kitaabun unzila ilaika falaa yakum fee sadrika harajum minhu litunzira bihee wa zikraa lilmu'mineen

Word by word
كِتَـٰبٌ
kitābun
(This is) a Book
أُنزِلَ
unzila
revealed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
فَلَا
falā
so (let) not
يَكُن
yakun
be
فِى
in
صَدْرِكَ
ṣadrika
your breast
حَرَجٌۭ
ḥarajun
any uneasiness
مِّنْهُ
min'hu
from it
لِتُنذِرَ
litundhira
that you warn
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
وَذِكْرَىٰ
wadhik'rā
and a reminder
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
lil'mu'minīna
for the believers
Interpretation

The noble Qur’ān is a scripture revealed by Allah to you, O Prophet, so do not let there be any distress or doubt in your heart about it. He revealed it to you to warn people by it and to be a proof, and to remind those who have faith through it, because it is they who benefit from being reminded.

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

3

ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۗ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.

Ittabi'oo maaa unzila 'ilaikum mir Rabbikum wa laa tattabi'oo min dooniheee awliyaaa'; qaleelam maa tazakkaroon

Word by word
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟
ittabiʿū
Follow
مَآ
what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been revealed
إِلَيْكُم
ilaykum
to you
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟
tattabiʿū
follow
مِن
min
from
دُونِهِۦٓ
dūnihi
beside Him
أَوْلِيَآءَ ۗ
awliyāa
any allies
قَلِيلًۭا
qalīlan
Little
مَّا
(is) what
تَذَكَّرُونَ
tadhakkarūna
you remember
Interpretation

Follow, O people, the Scripture which your Lord revealed to you, and the traditions of your Prophet. Do not follow the desires of those you imagine to be friends and protectors amongst the devils or evil scholars, turning to them and leaving what was revealed to you because of your desires. How little you remember! If you had remembered, you would not have preferred falsehood over the truth, and you would have followed what your Messenger came with, acting in obedience to it and leaving anything besides it.

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

4

وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

Wa kam min qaryatin ahlaknaahaa fajaaa'ahaa baasunaa bayaatan aw hum qaaa'iloon

Word by word
وَكَم
wakam
And how many
مِّن
min
of
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
a city
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا
ahlaknāhā
We destroyed it
فَجَآءَهَا
fajāahā
and came to it
بَأْسُنَا
basunā
Our punishment
بَيَـٰتًا
bayātan
(at) night
أَوْ
aw
or
هُمْ
hum
(while) they
قَآئِلُونَ
qāilūna
were sleeping at noon
Interpretation

How many cities Allah has destroyed through His punishment because they persisted in their disbelief and error! Allah sent His punishment down on them in their obliviousness at night or during the day: they could not do anything to avoid the punishment, and their false gods could do nothing to protect them from it.

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

5

فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

Famaa kaana da'waahum iz jaaa'ahum baasunaa illaaa an qaalooo innaa kunnaa zaalimeen

Word by word
فَمَا
famā
Then not
كَانَ
kāna
was
دَعْوَىٰهُمْ
daʿwāhum
their plea
إِذْ
idh
when
جَآءَهُم
jāahum
came to them
بَأْسُنَآ
basunā
Our punishment
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they said
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
كُنَّا
kunnā
were
ظَـٰلِمِينَ
ẓālimīna
wrongdoers
Interpretation

All they could do when the punishment came down on them was to admit that they had done wrong through their disbelief in Allah.

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

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فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Then We will surely question those to whom [a message] was sent, and We will surely question the messengers.

Falanas 'alannal lazeena ursila ilaihim wa lanas 'alannal mursaleen

Word by word
فَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ
falanasalanna
Then surely We will question
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those (to) whom
أُرْسِلَ
ur'sila
were sent
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them (Messengers)
وَلَنَسْـَٔلَنَّ
walanasalanna
and surely We will question
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
l-mur'salīna
the Messengers
Interpretation

Allah will certainly question the communities He sent messengers to on the Day of Judgement: about how they received the messengers. Also, He will certainly question the messengers about whether they delivered what they were instructed to deliver, and how their communities responded to it.

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

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فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ ۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ

Then We will surely relate [their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not [at all] absent.

Falanaqussanna 'alaihim bi'ilminw wa maa kunnaa ghaaa'ibeen

Word by word
فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ
falanaquṣṣanna
Then surely We will narrate
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
to them
بِعِلْمٍۢ ۖ
biʿil'min
with knowledge
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كُنَّا
kunnā
were We
غَآئِبِينَ
ghāibīna
absent
Interpretation

Allah will inform everyone about what they did in the world, through His knowledge, because He was always aware of whatever they did. Nothing is hidden from Him, and He was never, at any point, absent from them.

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

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وَٱلْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful.

Walwaznu Yawma'izinil haqq; faman saqulat mawaa zeenuhoo fa-ulaaa'ika humul muflihoon

Word by word
وَٱلْوَزْنُ
wal-waznu
And the weighing
يَوْمَئِذٍ
yawma-idhin
that day
ٱلْحَقُّ ۚ
l-ḥaqu
(will be) the truth
فَمَن
faman
So whose
ثَقُلَتْ
thaqulat
(will be) heavy
مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
mawāzīnuhu
his scales
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they]
ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
l-muf'liḥūna
(will be) the successful ones
Interpretation

The weighing of what they did on the Day of Judgement will be with justice, with no one being wronged in the least. Those whose good actions weigh more than their bad actions have succeeded in reaching the goal and being saved from what they feared.

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

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وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.

Wa man khaffat mawaazeenuhoo fa ulaaa'ikal lazeena khasirooo anfusahum bimaa kaanoo bi Aayaatinaa yazlimoon

Word by word
وَمَنْ
waman
And (for) those
خَفَّتْ
khaffat
(will be) light
مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
mawāzīnuhu
his scales
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
so those
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(will be) the ones who
خَسِرُوٓا۟
khasirū
lost
أَنفُسَهُم
anfusahum
themselves
بِمَا
bimā
because
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
to Our Verses
يَظْلِمُونَ
yaẓlimūna
(doing) injustice
Interpretation

Those whose bad actions weigh more than their good actions are the people who have lost themselves, gaining their destruction on the Day of Judgement and being excluded from eternal bliss because of their rejection of Allah’s signs and verses.

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

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وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ ۗ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

And We have certainly established you upon the earth and made for you therein ways of livelihood. Little are you grateful.

Wa laqad makkannaakum fil ardi wa ja'alnaa lakum feehaa ma'aayish; qaleelam maa tashkuroon

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
مَكَّنَّـٰكُمْ
makkannākum
We established you
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَجَعَلْنَا
wajaʿalnā
and We made
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
مَعَـٰيِشَ ۗ
maʿāyisha
livelihood
قَلِيلًۭا
qalīlan
Little
مَّا
(is) what
تَشْكُرُونَ
tashkurūna
you (are) grateful
Interpretation

Allah certainly established you, O children of Adam, on the earth, and gave you the means of making a living. You should be thankful to Allah for that, but you give little thanks.

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

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وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ

And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of those who prostrated.

Wa laqad khalaqnaakum summa sawwarnaakum summa qulnaa lilmalaaa'ikatis judoo li Aadama fa-sajadooo illaaa Ibleesa lam yakum minas saajideen

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ
khalaqnākum
We created you
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
صَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْ
ṣawwarnākum
We fashioned you
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
قُلْنَا
qul'nā
We said
لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
lil'malāikati
to the Angels
ٱسْجُدُوا۟
us'judū
Prostrate
لِـَٔادَمَ
liādama
to Adam
فَسَجَدُوٓا۟
fasajadū
So they prostrated
إِلَّآ
illā
except
إِبْلِيسَ
ib'līsa
Iblis
لَمْ
lam
Not
يَكُن
yakun
he was
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَ
l-sājidīna
those who prostrated
Interpretation

O people, Allah created your father Adam, making him in the best of forms and the best of designs. Then He commanded the angels to bow down to him, honouring him, so they did so, all bowing down, except for Iblīs, the Satan, who refused to bow down out of pride and stubbornness.

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

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قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

[Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."

Qaala maa mana'aka allaa tasjuda iz amartuka qaala ana khairum minhu khalaqtanee min naarinw wa khalaqtahoo min teen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
(Allah) said
مَا
What
مَنَعَكَ
manaʿaka
prevented you
أَلَّا
allā
that not
تَسْجُدَ
tasjuda
you prostrate
إِذْ
idh
when
أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ
amartuka
I commanded you
قَالَ
qāla
(Shaitaan) said
أَنَا۠
anā
I am
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
better
مِّنْهُ
min'hu
than him
خَلَقْتَنِى
khalaqtanī
You created me
مِن
min
from
نَّارٍۢ
nārin
fire
وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ
wakhalaqtahu
and You created him
مِن
min
from
طِينٍۢ
ṭīnin
clay
Interpretation

Allah asked Satan rebuking him: 'What stopped you from following My command to bow down to Adam?' Satan said: 'What prevented me is that I am better than Adam: You created me from fire and Adam from mud, and fire is greater then mud.'

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

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قَالَ فَٱهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ

[Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise], for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased."

Qaala fahbit minhaa famaa yakoonu laka an tatakabbara feehaa fakhruj innaka minas saaghireen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
(Allah) said
فَٱهْبِطْ
fa-ih'biṭ
Then go down
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from it
فَمَا
famā
for not
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
it is
لَكَ
laka
for you
أَن
an
that
تَتَكَبَّرَ
tatakabbara
you be arrogant
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
فَٱخْرُجْ
fa-ukh'ruj
So get out
إِنَّكَ
innaka
indeed, you
مِنَ
mina
(are) of
ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ
l-ṣāghirīna
the disgraced ones
Interpretation

Allah told Satan: 'Go down from Paradise, because it is not appropriate for you to be proud in it; as it is a place for those who are good and pure-hearted. You are O Satan disgraced and humiliated, even though you consider yourself to be superior to Adam.

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

14

قَالَ أَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

[Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

Qaala anzirneee ilaa Yawmi yub'asoon

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
(Shaitaan) said
أَنظِرْنِىٓ
anẓir'nī
Give me respite
إِلَىٰ
ilā
till
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
يُبْعَثُونَ
yub'ʿathūna
they are raised up
Interpretation

Satan asked Allah: 'O my Lord, give me relief until the Day of Rising, so that I could tempt and misguide whomever of the children of Adam I am able to tempt.'

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

15

قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ

[Allāh] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

Qaala innaka minal munzareen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
(Allah) said
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, you
مِنَ
mina
(are) of
ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ
l-munẓarīna
the ones given respite
Interpretation

Allah told Satan: 'You are O Satan given respite till the first blast of the trumpet when all created beings die, and the Creator alone remains.'.

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

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قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.

Qaala fabimaaa aghway tanee la aq'udanna lahum Siraatakal Mustaqeem

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
(Shaitaan) said
فَبِمَآ
fabimā
Because
أَغْوَيْتَنِى
aghwaytanī
You have sent me astray
لَأَقْعُدَنَّ
la-aqʿudanna
surely I will sit
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
صِرَٰطَكَ
ṣirāṭaka
(on) Your path
ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
l-mus'taqīma
the straight
Interpretation

Satan said: 'Because You have made me fall into error through not following Your command to bow down to Adam, I will surely sit in wait for the children of Adam upon Your straight path, to turn them away and mislead them from it, just as I was misled through not bowing down to Adam.'

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

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ثُمَّ لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَـٰكِرِينَ

Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."

Summa la aatiyannahum mim baine aideehim wa min khalfihim wa 'an aimaanihim wa 'an shamaaa'ilihim wa laa tajidu aksarahum shaakireen

Word by word
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُم
laātiyannahum
surely, I will come to them
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَيْنِ
bayni
before
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
them
وَمِنْ
wamin
and from
خَلْفِهِمْ
khalfihim
behind them
وَعَنْ
waʿan
and from
أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ
aymānihim
their right
وَعَن
waʿan
and from
شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ
shamāilihim
their left
وَلَا
walā
and not
تَجِدُ
tajidu
You (will) find
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
aktharahum
most of them
شَـٰكِرِينَ
shākirīna
grateful
Interpretation

'I will surely come to them from every direction, causing them to neglect the Afterlife, and desire the life of this world, giving them doubts, and making their low desires seem beautiful to them. And You will not find O my Lord most of them thankful to You, because of the denial and ingratitude I will lead them to.

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

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قَالَ ٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا مَذْءُومًا مَّدْحُورًا ۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

[Allāh] said, "Depart from it [i.e., Paradise], reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them - I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."

Qaalakh ruj mnhaa maz'oomam madhooraa; laman tabi'aka minhum la amla'anna Jahannama minkum ajma'een

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
(Allah) said
ٱخْرُجْ
ukh'ruj
Get out
مِنْهَا
min'hā
of it
مَذْءُومًۭا
madhūman
disgraced
مَّدْحُورًۭا ۖ
madḥūran
and expelled
لَّمَن
laman
Certainly, whoever
تَبِعَكَ
tabiʿaka
follows you
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ
la-amla-anna
surely, I will fill
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
Hell
مِنكُمْ
minkum
with you
أَجْمَعِينَ
ajmaʿīna
all
Interpretation

Allah said: 'Go down from Paradise O Satan, humiliated and removed from My mercy. I will certainly fill Hell with you and all those who follow and obey you and go against My command.

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

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وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

Wa yaaa Aadamus kun anta wa zawjukal Jannata fakulaa min haisu shi'tumaa wa laa taqrabaa haazihish shajarata fatakoonaa minza zaalimeen

Word by word
وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ
wayāādamu
And O Adam
ٱسْكُنْ
us'kun
Dwell
أَنتَ
anta
you
وَزَوْجُكَ
wazawjuka
and your wife
ٱلْجَنَّةَ
l-janata
(in) the Garden
فَكُلَا
fakulā
and you both eat
مِنْ
min
from
حَيْثُ
ḥaythu
wherever
شِئْتُمَا
shi'tumā
you both wish
وَلَا
walā
but (do) not
تَقْرَبَا
taqrabā
approach [both of you]
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this
ٱلشَّجَرَةَ
l-shajarata
[the] tree
فَتَكُونَا
fatakūnā
lest you both be
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Interpretation

Then Allah told Adam: 'O Adam go and dwell you and your wife Eve in the Paradise, and eat from the good things in it, but do not approach and eat from that tree, for if you both eat from that tree after My prohibiting it you would be of those who transgress My limits.'

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

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فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِيُبْدِىَ لَهُمَا مَا وُۥرِىَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَ

But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."

Fawaswasa lahumash Shaitaanu liyubdiya lahumaa maa wooriya 'anhumaa min saw aatihimaa wa qaala maa nahaakumaa Rabbukumaa 'an haazihish shajarati illaaa an takoonaa malakaini aw takoonaa minal khaalideen

Word by word
فَوَسْوَسَ
fawaswasa
Then whispered
لَهُمَا
lahumā
to both of them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
لِيُبْدِىَ
liyub'diya
to make apparent
لَهُمَا
lahumā
to both of them
مَا
what
وُۥرِىَ
wūriya
was concealed
عَنْهُمَا
ʿanhumā
from both of them
مِن
min
of
سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا
sawātihimā
their shame
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And he said
مَا
(Did) not
نَهَىٰكُمَا
nahākumā
forbid you both
رَبُّكُمَا
rabbukumā
your Lord
عَنْ
ʿan
from
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this
ٱلشَّجَرَةِ
l-shajarati
[the] tree
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
تَكُونَا
takūnā
you two become
مَلَكَيْنِ
malakayni
Angels
أَوْ
aw
or
تَكُونَا
takūnā
you two become
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَ
l-khālidīna
the immortals
Interpretation

Satan told them: 'Allah has only forbidden you from eating from that tree because He does not want you to become angels or to live eternally in Paradise.'

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

21

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّى لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ

And he swore [by Allāh] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."

Wa qaasamahumaaa innee lakumaa laminan naasiheen

Word by word
وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ
waqāsamahumā
And he swore (to) both of them
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I am
لَكُمَا
lakumā
to both of you
لَمِنَ
lamina
among
ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ
l-nāṣiḥīna
the sincere advisors
Interpretation

Satan swore to the two of them saying: 'By Allah I am to you both, O Adam and Eve, a sincere advisor in what I direct you to.'

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

22

فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"

Fadallaahumaa bighuroor; falammaa zaaqash shajarata badat lahumaa saw aatuhumaa wa tafiqaa yakhsifaani 'alaihimaa minw waraqil jannati wa naadaahumaa Rabbuhumaaa alam anhakumaa 'an tilkumash shajarati wa aqul lakumaaa innash Shaitaana lakumaa 'aduwwum mubeen

Word by word
فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا
fadallāhumā
So he made both of them fall
بِغُرُورٍۢ ۚ
bighurūrin
by deception
فَلَمَّا
falammā
Then when
ذَاقَا
dhāqā
they both tasted
ٱلشَّجَرَةَ
l-shajarata
the tree
بَدَتْ
badat
became apparent
لَهُمَا
lahumā
to both of them
سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا
sawātuhumā
their shame
وَطَفِقَا
waṭafiqā
and they began
يَخْصِفَانِ
yakhṣifāni
(to) fasten
عَلَيْهِمَا
ʿalayhimā
over themselves
مِن
min
from
وَرَقِ
waraqi
(the) leaves
ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ
l-janati
(of) the Garden
وَنَادَىٰهُمَا
wanādāhumā
And called them both
رَبُّهُمَآ
rabbuhumā
their Lord
أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
أَنْهَكُمَا
anhakumā
I forbid you both
عَن
ʿan
from
تِلْكُمَا
til'kumā
this
ٱلشَّجَرَةِ
l-shajarati
[the] tree
وَأَقُل
wa-aqul
and [I] say
لَّكُمَآ
lakumā
to both of you
إِنَّ
inna
that
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ
l-shayṭāna
[the] Shaitaan
لَكُمَا
lakumā
to both of you
عَدُوٌّۭ
ʿaduwwun
(is) an enemy
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
open
Interpretation

So Satan brought them down from their high position through trickery and deception. When they ate from the tree which they had been forbidden to eat from, their private parts became exposed and visible to them. So they started to fix leaves from Paradise onto themselves in order to cover up. Their Lord called to them: 'Did I not forbid you both from eating from this tree, and did I not warn you that Satan is your clear enemy?'

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

23

قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

Qaalaa Rabbanaa zalamnaaa anfusanaa wa illam taghfir lanaa wa tarhamnaa lanakoonanna minal khaasireen

Word by word
قَالَا
qālā
Both of them said
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
ظَلَمْنَآ
ẓalamnā
we have wronged
أَنفُسَنَا
anfusanā
ourselves
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
لَّمْ
lam
not
تَغْفِرْ
taghfir
You forgive
لَنَا
lanā
[for] us
وَتَرْحَمْنَا
watarḥamnā
and have mercy (on) us
لَنَكُونَنَّ
lanakūnanna
surely, we will be
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
the losers
Interpretation

Adam and Eve said: 'O our Lord! We have wronged ourselves by doing what You forbade us from, and surely If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us we will be amongst the losers, losing our share of the worldly life and Hereafter.'

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

24

قَالَ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

[Allāh] said, "Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time."

Qaalah bitoo ba'dukum liba'din aduwwunw wa lakum fil ardi mmustaqarrunw wa mataa'un ilaaheen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
(Allah) said
ٱهْبِطُوا۟
ih'biṭū
Get down
بَعْضُكُمْ
baʿḍukum
some of you
لِبَعْضٍ
libaʿḍin
to some others
عَدُوٌّۭ ۖ
ʿaduwwun
(as) enemy
وَلَكُمْ
walakum
And for you
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
مُسْتَقَرٌّۭ
mus'taqarrun
(is) a dwelling place
وَمَتَـٰعٌ
wamatāʿun
and livelihood
إِلَىٰ
ilā
for
حِينٍۢ
ḥīnin
a time
Interpretation

Allah told Adam, Eve and Satan: 'Go down from Paradise to the earth, where some of you will be enemies of others, and where you would have a place to settle with enjoyment of what is in the earth until an appointed time.'

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

25

قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ

He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."

Qaala feehaa tahyawna wa feehaa tamootoona wa minhaa tukhrajoon

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
فِيهَا
fīhā
In it
تَحْيَوْنَ
taḥyawna
you will live
وَفِيهَا
wafīhā
and in it
تَمُوتُونَ
tamūtūna
you will die
وَمِنْهَا
wamin'hā
and from it
تُخْرَجُونَ
tukh'rajūna
you will be brought forth
Interpretation

Allah addressed Adam and Eve and their descendants: 'On this Earth you will live for the length of time I decree for you, and on this Earth you will die. After being buried, you will be taken out from your graves and brought back 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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يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allāh that perhaps they will remember.

Yaa Baneee Aadama qad anzalnaa 'alaikum libaasany yuwaaree saw aatikum wa reeshanw wa libaasut taqwaa zaalika khair; zaalika min Aayaatil laahi la'allahum yaz zakkaroon

Word by word
يَـٰبَنِىٓ
yābanī
O Children
ءَادَمَ
ādama
(of) Adam
قَدْ
qad
Verily
أَنزَلْنَا
anzalnā
We have sent down
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
to you
لِبَاسًۭا
libāsan
clothing
يُوَٰرِى
yuwārī
it covers
سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ
sawātikum
your shame
وَرِيشًۭا ۖ
warīshan
and (as) an adornment
وَلِبَاسُ
walibāsu
But the clothing
ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ
l-taqwā
(of) [the] righteousness
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
خَيْرٌۭ ۚ
khayrun
(is) best
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
مِنْ
min
(is) from
ءَايَـٰتِ
āyāti
(the) Signs
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَذَّكَّرُونَ
yadhakkarūna
remember
Interpretation

O children of Adam, Allah made for you clothing, necessary for covering your nakedness, and clothing for you to adorn yourselves with, and the clothing of Mindfulness, which is through following what Allah instructs and staying away from what He has not allowed, which is better than the physical types of clothing. What is mentioned here about clothing is from among the signs of Allah, showing His power over everything, so that perhaps people will remember His blessings to them and be thankful for them.

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

27

يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ كَمَآ أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.

Yaa Banee Aadama laa yaftinannnakumush Shaitaanu kamaaa akhraja abawaikum minal Jannati yanzi'u 'anhumaa libaasahumaa liyuriyahumaa saw aatihimaaa; innahoo yaraakum huwa wa qabeeluhoo min haisu laa tarawnahum; innaa ja'alnash Shayaateena awliyaaa'a lillazeena laa yu'minoon

Word by word
يَـٰبَنِىٓ
yābanī
O Children
ءَادَمَ
ādama
(of) Adam
لَا
(Let) not
يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ
yaftinannakumu
tempt you
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
[the] Shaitaan
كَمَآ
kamā
as
أَخْرَجَ
akhraja
he drove out
أَبَوَيْكُم
abawaykum
your parents
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْجَنَّةِ
l-janati
Paradise
يَنزِعُ
yanziʿu
stripping
عَنْهُمَا
ʿanhumā
from both of them
لِبَاسَهُمَا
libāsahumā
their clothing
لِيُرِيَهُمَا
liyuriyahumā
to show both of them
سَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗ
sawātihimā
their shame
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, he
يَرَىٰكُمْ
yarākum
sees you
هُوَ
huwa
he
وَقَبِيلُهُۥ
waqabīluhu
and his tribe
مِنْ
min
from
حَيْثُ
ḥaythu
where
لَا
not
تَرَوْنَهُمْ ۗ
tarawnahum
you see them
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed
جَعَلْنَا
jaʿalnā
We have made
ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ
l-shayāṭīna
the devils
أَوْلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
friends
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
of those who
لَا
(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
believe
Interpretation

O children of Adam, do not let Satan deceive you by making disobedience look beautiful to you, making you leave covering your nakedness with clothing, or leave the clothing of Mindfulness. Do not be deceived as he tricked your parents, making eating from the tree seem good to them, and the result of that was that he got them expelled from Paradise, and their nakedness became clear to them. Satan and his tribe watch and see you, and you cannot see or watch them, so always be on your guard against him and his tribe. Allah made the satans friends and helpers of those who do not have faith in Alla

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

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وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةً قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allāh has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allāh does not order immorality. Do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"

Wa izaa fa'aloo faahishatan qaaloo wajadnaa 'alaihaaa aabaaa'ana wallaahu amaranaa bihaa; qul innal laaha laa yaamuru bilfahshaaa'i a-taqooloona 'alal laahi mmaa laa ta'lamoon

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
فَعَلُوا۟
faʿalū
they do
فَـٰحِشَةًۭ
fāḥishatan
immorality
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they say
وَجَدْنَا
wajadnā
We found
عَلَيْهَآ
ʿalayhā
on it
ءَابَآءَنَا
ābāanā
our forefathers
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
أَمَرَنَا
amaranā
(has) ordered us
بِهَا ۗ
bihā
of it
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
لَا
(does) not
يَأْمُرُ
yamuru
order
بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ
bil-faḥshāi
immorality
أَتَقُولُونَ
ataqūlūna
Do you say
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
what
لَا
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
Interpretation

If the idolaters commit an indecent act, they defend it, saying they found their fathers doing it and that Allah had commanded them to do it. Tell them O Muhammad: 'Indeed Allah does not command the wrong, rather, He forbids it, so how can you claim such a thing about Him? Or are you O Idolators inventing things about Allah, saying what you do not know about Him?'

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

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قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ

Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord has ordered justice and that you direct yourselves [to the Qiblah] at every place [or time] of prostration, and invoke Him, sincere to Him in religion." Just as He originated you, you will return [to life] -

Qul amara Rabbee bilqisti wa aqeemoo wujoohakum 'inda kulli masjidin wad'oohu mukhliseena lahud deen; kamaa bada akum ta'oodoon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَمَرَ
amara
(Has been) ordered
رَبِّى
rabbī
(by) my Lord
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ
bil-qis'ṭi
justice
وَأَقِيمُوا۟
wa-aqīmū
and set
وُجُوهَكُمْ
wujūhakum
your faces
عِندَ
ʿinda
at
كُلِّ
kulli
every
مَسْجِدٍۢ
masjidin
masjid
وَٱدْعُوهُ
wa-id'ʿūhu
and invoke Him
مُخْلِصِينَ
mukh'liṣīna
(being) sincere
لَهُ
lahu
to Him
ٱلدِّينَ ۚ
l-dīna
(in) the religion
كَمَا
kamā
As
بَدَأَكُمْ
bada-akum
He originated you
تَعُودُونَ
taʿūdūna
(so) will you return
Interpretation

Say O Muhammad: 'Indeed Allah commands justice, not indecency or sin. And He commands loyalty to Him in worship generally, and particularly in places of worship, that you call on Him alone, sincere in your dedication to Him.' As He created you from nothing the first time, He will bring you back to life a second time. He Who is able to create you in the first place is able to return you and bring you back 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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فَرِيقًا هَدَىٰ وَفَرِيقًا حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۗ إِنَّهُمُ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they [i.e., the latter] had taken the devils as allies instead of Allāh while they thought that they were guided.

Fareeqan hadaa wa fareeqan haqqa 'alaihimud dalaalah; innahumut takhazush Shayaateena awliyaaa'a min doonil laahi wa yahsaboona annnahum muhtadoon

Word by word
فَرِيقًا
farīqan
A group
هَدَىٰ
hadā
He guided
وَفَرِيقًا
wafarīqan
and a group
حَقَّ
ḥaqqa
deserved
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
[on] they
ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۗ
l-ḍalālatu
the astraying
إِنَّهُمُ
innahumu
Indeed, they
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
ittakhadhū
take
ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَ
l-shayāṭīna
the devils
أَوْلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
(as) allies
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَيَحْسَبُونَ
wayaḥsabūna
while they think
أَنَّهُم
annahum
that they
مُّهْتَدُونَ
muh'tadūna
(are the) guided-ones
Interpretation

Allah made people into two groups: one group of them He guided, making it easy for them to find guidance and removing the barriers to it; and another He made go astray from the path of truth, because they made the satans their friends and helpers instead of Allah, ignorantly becoming bound to them, considering themselves to be correctly guided to a straight path.

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

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۞ يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

O children of Adam, take your adornment [i.e., wear your clothing] at every masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.

Yaa Banneee Adama khuzoo zeenatakum 'inda kulli masjidinw wa kuloo washraboo wa laa tusrifoo; innahoo laa yuhibbul musrifeen

Word by word
۞ يَـٰبَنِىٓ
yābanī
O Children
ءَادَمَ
ādama
(of) Adam
خُذُوا۟
khudhū
Take
زِينَتَكُمْ
zīnatakum
your adornment
عِندَ
ʿinda
at
كُلِّ
kulli
every
مَسْجِدٍۢ
masjidin
masjid
وَكُلُوا۟
wakulū
and eat
وَٱشْرَبُوا۟
wa-ish'rabū
and drink
وَلَا
walā
but (do) not
تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ
tus'rifū
be extravagant
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
لَا
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ
l-mus'rifīna
the extravagant ones
Interpretation

O children of Adam, dress beautifully in every place of worship, and eat and drink, but do not be extravagant. Truly, He does not love those who are extravagant. O children of Adam, wear clean, pure, beautiful, clothes that cover your nakedness when you pray and when you make circumambulation of the Kaaba. Eat and drink whatever you like from the good things that Allah has allowed. But do not be extravagant in this, nor go beyond what is allowed. Allah does not love those who go beyond the limits..

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

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قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَ لِعِبَادِهِۦ وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ مِنَ ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ قُلْ هِىَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا خَالِصَةً يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Say, "Who has forbidden the adornment of [i.e., from] Allāh which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?" Say, "They are for those who believed during the life of this world, exclusively [for them] on the Day of Resurrection." Thus do We detail the verses for a people who know.

Qul man harrama zeenatal laahil lateee akhraja li'ibaadihee wattaiyibaati minar rizq; qul hiya lillazeena aamanoo fil hayaatid dunyaa khaalisatany Yawmal Qiyaamah; kazaalika nufassihul Aayaati liqawminy ya'lamoon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
مَنْ
man
Who
حَرَّمَ
ḥarrama
has forbidden
زِينَةَ
zīnata
(the) adornment
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(from) Allah
ٱلَّتِىٓ
allatī
which
أَخْرَجَ
akhraja
He has brought forth
لِعِبَادِهِۦ
liʿibādihi
for His slaves
وَٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ
wal-ṭayibāti
and the pure things
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ
l-riz'qi
sustenance
قُلْ
qul
Say
هِىَ
hiya
They
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
(are) for those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
فِى
during
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
خَالِصَةًۭ
khāliṣatan
exclusively (for them)
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ
l-qiyāmati
(of) Resurrection
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نُفَصِّلُ
nufaṣṣilu
We explain
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Signs
لِقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for (the) people
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
who know
Interpretation

Say O Messenger to the idolaters who forbid what Allah has allowed of clothing and food; 'Who has forbidden you from wearing clothes as adornment, and who has forbidden you from eating the good things I have provided you to eat and drink?' Say to them O Messenger: 'These good things to eat and drink and wear are in this world, for the believers; while others may share in them in this world, they are exclusively for the believers on the Day of Judgement when the disbelievers will not have a share in them, because the disbelievers have been forbidden Paradise.' Likewise Allah makes clear His sig

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

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قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّىَ ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَٱلْإِثْمَ وَٱلْبَغْىَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَأَن تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِۦ سُلْطَـٰنًا وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin, and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allāh that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allāh that which you do not know."

Qul innamaa harrama Rabbiyal fawaahisha maa zahara minhaa wa maa bataa wal isma walbaghya bighairil haqqi wa an tushrikoo billaahi maa lam yunazzil bihee sultaananw wa an taqooloo 'alal laahi maa laa ta'lamoon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
حَرَّمَ
ḥarrama
(had) forbidden
رَبِّىَ
rabbiya
my Lord
ٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ
l-fawāḥisha
the shameful deeds
مَا
what
ظَهَرَ
ẓahara
(is) apparent
مِنْهَا
min'hā
of it
وَمَا
wamā
and what
بَطَنَ
baṭana
is concealed
وَٱلْإِثْمَ
wal-ith'ma
and the sin
وَٱلْبَغْىَ
wal-baghya
and the oppression
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
[the] right
وَأَن
wa-an
and that
تُشْرِكُوا۟
tush'rikū
you associate (others)
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
with Allah
مَا
what
لَمْ
lam
not
يُنَزِّلْ
yunazzil
He (has) sent down
بِهِۦ
bihi
of it
سُلْطَـٰنًۭا
sul'ṭānan
any authority
وَأَن
wa-an
and that
تَقُولُوا۟
taqūlū
you say
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
what
لَا
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
Interpretation

Say O Messenger (peace be upon him) to inform the idolaters who have forbidden what Allah has allowed: 'Indeed Allah has only forbidden lewd indecent acts done openly or secretly, all forms of disobedience, and transgressing unjustly against people in terms of their selves, wealth, or honour. And He has forbidden worshipping others next to Him – for which there is no proof to do so. And He has forbidden that you say things about Him wihout knowledge, in terms of His Names, Attributes, Actions and sacred law.

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 أَجَلٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].

Wa likulli ummatin ajalun fa izaa jaaa'a ajaluhum laa yastaakhiroona saa'atanw wa laa yastaqdimoon

Word by word
وَلِكُلِّ
walikulli
And for every
أُمَّةٍ
ummatin
nation
أَجَلٌۭ ۖ
ajalun
(is a fixed) term
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
So when
جَآءَ
jāa
comes
أَجَلُهُمْ
ajaluhum
their term
لَا
(they can) not
يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
yastakhirūna
seek to delay
سَاعَةًۭ ۖ
sāʿatan
an hour
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
yastaqdimūna
seek to advance (it)
Interpretation

Every generation and people are given a fixed time. If their decreed time arrives, they cannot delay it, even by a small amount, and they cannot advance it.

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

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يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ إِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى ۙ فَمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَأَصْلَحَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ

O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses [i.e., scriptures and laws], then whoever fears Allāh and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

yaa Banee Aadama immaa yaatiyannakum Rusulum minkum yaqussoona 'alaikum Aayaatee famanit taqaa wa aslaha falaa khawfun 'alaihim wa laa hum yahzanoon

Word by word
يَـٰبَنِىٓ
yābanī
O Children
ءَادَمَ
ādama
(of) Adam
إِمَّا
immā
If
يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ
yatiyannakum
come to you
رُسُلٌۭ
rusulun
Messengers
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
from you
يَقُصُّونَ
yaquṣṣūna
relating
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
to you
ءَايَـٰتِى ۙ
āyātī
My Verses
فَمَنِ
famani
then whoever
ٱتَّقَىٰ
ittaqā
fears Allah
وَأَصْلَحَ
wa-aṣlaḥa
and reforms
فَلَا
falā
then no
خَوْفٌ
khawfun
fear
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
on them
وَلَا
walā
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يَحْزَنُونَ
yaḥzanūna
will grieve
Interpretation

O children of Adam, if messengers of your own come to you from Allah, reciting what Allah has revealed to them from His scripture, then follow them and what they bring. Those who are Mindful, following His instructions and staying away from what He has not allowed, making right what they do, there will be no fear upon them on the Day of Judgement, and they will not grieve about the pleasures that passed them by in this world.

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

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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

But the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.

Wallazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wastakbaroo 'anhhaaa ulaaa'ika Ashaabun naari hum feehaa khaalidoon

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
But those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
deny
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Verses
وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
wa-is'takbarū
and (are) arrogant
عَنْهَآ
ʿanhā
towards them
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ ۖ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
خَـٰلِدُونَ
khālidūna
will abide forever
Interpretation

As for the disbelievers, who reject Allah’s signs, and do not have faith in them, too proud to act in accordance with what their messengers bring to them, they are the companions of Hell, where they will live eternally.

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

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فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يَنَالُهُمْ نَصِيبُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَـٰفِرِينَ

And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree until, when Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allāh?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

Faman azlamu mimmanif taraa 'alal laahi kaziban aw kazzaba bi Aayaatih; ulaaa'ika yanaaluhum naseebuhum minal Kitaab; hataaa izaa jaaa'at hum rusulunaa yatawaf fawnahum qaalooo aina maa kuntum tad'oonaa min doonil laahi qaaloo dalloo 'annaa wa shahidoo 'alaaa anfusihim annahum kaanoo kaafieen

Word by word
فَمَنْ
faman
Then who
أَظْلَمُ
aẓlamu
(is) more unjust
مِمَّنِ
mimmani
than (one) who
ٱفْتَرَىٰ
if'tarā
invented
عَلَى
ʿalā
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
كَذِبًا
kadhiban
a lie
أَوْ
aw
or
كَذَّبَ
kadhaba
denies
بِـَٔايَـٰتِهِۦٓ ۚ
biāyātihi
His Verses
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
يَنَالُهُمْ
yanāluhum
will reach them
نَصِيبُهُم
naṣībuhum
their portion
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۖ
l-kitābi
the Book
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
جَآءَتْهُمْ
jāathum
comes to them
رُسُلُنَا
rusulunā
Our messengers (Angels)
يَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ
yatawaffawnahum
(to) take them in death
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they say
أَيْنَ
ayna
Where are
مَا
those (whom)
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَدْعُونَ
tadʿūna
invoke
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
Allah
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They say
ضَلُّوا۟
ḍallū
They strayed
عَنَّا
ʿannā
from us
وَشَهِدُوا۟
washahidū
and they (will) testify
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
against
أَنفُسِهِمْ
anfusihim
themselves
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
كَانُوا۟
kānū
were
كَـٰفِرِينَ
kāfirīna
disbelievers
Interpretation

The greatest wrongdoer is the person who: invents a lie about Allah, considering Him to have a partner; or says He is deficient in some way; or says something about Him that He has not said; or rejects His clear signs and verses which guide to the correct way of life. Those who do such things will receive the portion of worldly pleasure that is destined for them in the Preserved Tablet, until the angel of death and his helpers come to them to take their souls, and they are asked: 'Where are the gods you used to worship besides Allah, claiming they would help you? Call on those idols if they ca

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

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قَالَ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ فِى ٱلنَّارِ ۖ كُلَّمَا دَخَلَتْ أُمَّةٌ لَّعَنَتْ أُخْتَهَا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱدَّارَكُوا۟ فِيهَا جَمِيعًا قَالَتْ أُخْرَىٰهُمْ لِأُولَىٰهُمْ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَضَلُّونَا فَـَٔاتِهِمْ عَذَابًا ضِعْفًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ قَالَ لِكُلٍّ ضِعْفٌ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَعْلَمُونَ

[Allāh] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them, "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire." He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."

Qaalad khuloo feee umamin qad khalat min qablikum minal jinni wal insifin naari kullamaa dakhalat ummatul la'anat ukhtahaa hattaaa izad daarakoo feehaa jamee'an qaalat ukhraahum li oolaahum Rabbannaa haaa'u laaa'i adalloonaa fa aatihim 'azaaban di'fam minan naari qaala likullin di funw wa laakil laa ta'lamoon

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He (will) say
ٱدْخُلُوا۟
ud'khulū
Enter
فِىٓ
among
أُمَمٍۢ
umamin
(the) nations
قَدْ
qad
(who)
خَلَتْ
khalat
passed away
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِكُم
qablikum
before you
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْجِنِّ
l-jini
the jinn
وَٱلْإِنسِ
wal-insi
and the men
فِى
in
ٱلنَّارِ ۖ
l-nāri
the Fire
كُلَّمَا
kullamā
Every time
دَخَلَتْ
dakhalat
entered
أُمَّةٌۭ
ummatun
a nation
لَّعَنَتْ
laʿanat
it cursed
أُخْتَهَا ۖ
ukh'tahā
its sister (nation)
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
ٱدَّارَكُوا۟
iddārakū
they had overtaken one another
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all
قَالَتْ
qālat
(will) say
أُخْرَىٰهُمْ
ukh'rāhum
(the) last of them
لِأُولَىٰهُمْ
liūlāhum
about the first of them
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
these
أَضَلُّونَا
aḍallūnā
misled us
فَـَٔاتِهِمْ
faātihim
so give them
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
punishment
ضِعْفًۭا
ḍiʿ'fan
double
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّارِ ۖ
l-nāri
the Fire
قَالَ
qāla
He (will) say
لِكُلٍّۢ
likullin
For each
ضِعْفٌۭ
ḍiʿ'fun
(is) a double
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
[and] but
لَّا
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
Interpretation

The angels will say: 'Enter you O idolaters the fire of Hell with the crowds of nations of jinn and people who passed away before you in disbelief and error!'. Whenever a nation enters Hell it condemns its sister nation which entered the fire of Hell before it, until they all reach one another and are gathered together. The last of them to enter, who are the lowly people and followers will ask concerning the previous nations who were their leaders and masters: 'O our Lord! These are the ones who led us astray from right guidance, so give them a double punishment, for that they beautified for u

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

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وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

Wa qaalat oolaahum li ukhraahum famaa kaana lakum 'alainaa min fadlin fazooqul azaaba bimaa kuntum taksiboon

Word by word
وَقَالَتْ
waqālat
And (will) say
أُولَىٰهُمْ
ūlāhum
(the) first of them
لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ
li-ukh'rāhum
to (the) last of them
فَمَا
famā
Then not
كَانَ
kāna
is
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
upon us
مِن
min
any
فَضْلٍۢ
faḍlin
superiority
فَذُوقُوا۟
fadhūqū
so taste
ٱلْعَذَابَ
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَكْسِبُونَ
taksibūna
earn
Interpretation

The leaders and chiefs will exclaim: 'You do not have, O followers, over us any preference, therefore deserving any lightening of the punishment, as it is the result of your own actions. You do not have any excuse for having followed what was false. So taste then, O followers, the punishment just as we taste it, because of what you earned through your own disbelief and disobedience.

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 كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

Innal lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wastakbaroo 'anhaa laa tufattahu lahum ahwaabus samaaa'i wa laa yadkhuloonal jannata hattaa yalijal jamalu fee sammil khiyaat; wa kazaalika najzil mujrimeen

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Verses
وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
wa-is'takbarū
and (were) arrogant
عَنْهَا
ʿanhā
towards them
لَا
(will) not
تُفَتَّحُ
tufattaḥu
be opened
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَبْوَٰبُ
abwābu
(the) doors
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
(of) the heaven
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَدْخُلُونَ
yadkhulūna
they will enter
ٱلْجَنَّةَ
l-janata
Paradise
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَلِجَ
yalija
passes
ٱلْجَمَلُ
l-jamalu
the camel
فِى
through
سَمِّ
sammi
(the) eye
ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ
l-khiyāṭi
(of) the needle
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
نَجْزِى
najzī
We recompense
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
l-muj'rimīna
the criminals
Interpretation

Those who reject Allah’s clear signs and verses, and are too proud to follow them, have lost everything, because the gates of heaven will not open to their actions because of their disbelief; nor will they open for their souls when they die. Such people will never enter Paradise until the camel – one of the largest animals – goes into the eye of a needle – one of the smallest things. The aforementioned is impossible, and so is the idea that they will ever enter Paradise. In such a way does Allah reward those who stubbornly do wrong.

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

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لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَوَاشٍ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

Lahum min jahannama mihaadunw wa min fawqihim ghawaash; wa kazaalika najziz zaalimeen

Word by word
لَهُم
lahum
For them
مِّن
min
of
جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
(the) Hell
مِهَادٌۭ
mihādun
(is) a bed
وَمِن
wamin
and from
فَوْقِهِمْ
fawqihim
over them
غَوَاشٍۢ ۚ
ghawāshin
coverings
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
نَجْزِى
najzī
We recompense
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Interpretation

For these people who rejected the truth, because they were too proud, is a bed of Hell to lie on, and above them is a covering of torment. This is the way in which Allah rewards those who overstep His limits through their disbelief in Him, and through their turning away from Him.

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

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وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

But those who believed and did righteous deeds - We charge no soul except [within] its capacity. Those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.

Wallazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati la nukallifu nafsan illaa wus'ahaaa ulaaa'ika Ashaabul jannati hum feehaa khaalidoon

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
But those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
وَعَمِلُوا۟
waʿamilū
and do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
l-ṣāliḥāti
[the] righteous deeds
لَا
not
نُكَلِّفُ
nukallifu
We burden
نَفْسًا
nafsan
any soul
إِلَّا
illā
except
وُسْعَهَآ
wus'ʿahā
(to) its capacity
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(are the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ
l-janati
(of) Paradise
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
خَـٰلِدُونَ
khālidūna
(will) abide forever
Interpretation

Yet those who have faith in their Lord and who do good actions to the best of their ability – and Allah does not burden a soul with more than it can bear – they are the companions of Paradise, entering into it and living there eternally.

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

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وَنَزَعْنَا مَا فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنْ غِلٍّ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى هَدَىٰنَا لِهَـٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِىَ لَوْلَآ أَنْ هَدَىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ ۖ لَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَنُودُوٓا۟ أَن تِلْكُمُ ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment, [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allāh had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."

Wa naza'naa maa fee sudoorihim min ghillin tajree min tahtihimul anhaaru wa qaalul hamdu lillaahil lazee hadaanaa lihaaza wa maa kunna linahtadiya law laaa ann hadaanal laahu laqad jaaa'at Rusulu Rabbinaa bilhaqq; wa noodoo an tilkumul jannnatu ooristumoohaa bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Word by word
وَنَزَعْنَا
wanazaʿnā
And We will remove
مَا
whatever
فِى
(is) in
صُدُورِهِم
ṣudūrihim
their breasts
مِّنْ
min
of
غِلٍّۢ
ghillin
malice
تَجْرِى
tajrī
Flows
مِن
min
from
تَحْتِهِمُ
taḥtihimu
underneath them
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ
l-anhāru
the rivers
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they will say
ٱلْحَمْدُ
l-ḥamdu
All the praise
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(is) for Allah
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One Who
هَدَىٰنَا
hadānā
guided us
لِهَـٰذَا
lihādhā
to this
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كُنَّا
kunnā
we were
لِنَهْتَدِىَ
linahtadiya
to receive guidance
لَوْلَآ
lawlā
if not
أَنْ
an
[that]
هَدَىٰنَا
hadānā
(had) guided us
ٱللَّهُ ۖ
l-lahu
Allah
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
جَآءَتْ
jāat
came
رُسُلُ
rusulu
Messengers
رَبِّنَا
rabbinā
(of) our Lord
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ
bil-ḥaqi
with the truth
وَنُودُوٓا۟
wanūdū
And they will be addressed
أَن
an
[that]
تِلْكُمُ
til'kumu
This
ٱلْجَنَّةُ
l-janatu
(is) Paradise
أُورِثْتُمُوهَا
ūrith'tumūhā
you have been made to inherit it
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used to
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

Their bliss in Paradise is made complete by Allah removing whatever hatred and resentment is in their hearts, with rivers running beneath them. When they come to live there and settle in their homes, they will exclaim whilst recognizing Allah’s blessings on them, praising Him: 'All praise and thanks belongs to Allah Who allowed us to do the good actions which brought us to this place, and we would not have been able to do that if Allah had not enabled us to do so. The messengers of our Lord came with the truth about which there was no doubt, true in its promises of good for the righteous and t

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

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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلنَّارِ أَن قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَا وَعَدَنَا رَبُّنَا حَقًّا فَهَلْ وَجَدتُّم مَّا وَعَدَ رَبُّكُمْ حَقًّا ۖ قَالُوا۟ نَعَمْ ۚ فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌۢ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن لَّعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

And the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allāh shall be upon the wrongdoers

Wa naadaa Ashaabul jannati ashaaban Naari an qad wajadnaa maa wa'adannaa Rabbunaa haqqan fahal wajattum maa wa'ada Rabbukum haqqan qaaloo na'am; fa azzana mu'azzinum bainahum al la'natul laahi 'alaz zaalimeen

Word by word
وَنَادَىٰٓ
wanādā
And will call out
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِ
l-janati
(of) Paradise
أَصْحَـٰبَ
aṣḥāba
(to the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
أَن
an
that
قَدْ
qad
Indeed
وَجَدْنَا
wajadnā
we found
مَا
what
وَعَدَنَا
waʿadanā
(had) promised us
رَبُّنَا
rabbunā
our Lord
حَقًّۭا
ḥaqqan
true
فَهَلْ
fahal
So have
وَجَدتُّم
wajadttum
you found
مَّا
what
وَعَدَ
waʿada
(was) promised
رَبُّكُمْ
rabbukum
(by) your Lord
حَقًّۭا ۖ
ḥaqqan
(to be) true
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They will say
نَعَمْ ۚ
naʿam
Yes
فَأَذَّنَ
fa-adhana
Then will announce
مُؤَذِّنٌۢ
mu-adhinun
an announcer
بَيْنَهُمْ
baynahum
among them
أَن
an
[that]
لَّعْنَةُ
laʿnatu
(The) curse
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَى
ʿalā
(is) on
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Interpretation

The companions of Paradise will call the companions of Hell when they have all entered their places, saying: 'Indeed we have found what our Lord promised us about Paradise to be true, as we have entered into it. Have you found what Allah had promised you about Hell to be true?' The disbelievers will reply: 'We have found what was promised about Hell to be true.' Then a caller will proclaim that the wrongdoers be removed from Allah’s mercy, because the doors of His mercy were open to them and they turned away from them in their worldly life.

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

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ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Who averted [people] from the way of Allāh and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers."

Allazeena yasuddoona 'an sabeelil laahi wa yabghoo nahaa 'iwajanw wa hum bil Aakhirati kaafiroon

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
يَصُدُّونَ
yaṣuddūna
hinder
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَيَبْغُونَهَا
wayabghūnahā
and seek in it
عِوَجًۭا
ʿiwajan
crookedness
وَهُم
wahum
while they (are)
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
bil-ākhirati
concerning the Hereafter
كَـٰفِرُونَ
kāfirūna
disbelievers
Interpretation

These wrongdoers used to themselves turn away from Allah’s religion, and used to turn others away from it, wanting to make the path of truth seem crooked so that people would not follow it. They also rejected the Afterlife, not believing in it, nor preparing for it.

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

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وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ

And between them will be a partition [i.e., wall], and on [its] elevations are men who recognize all by their mark. And they call out to the companions of Paradise, "Peace be upon you." They have not [yet] entered it, but they long intensely.

Wa bainahumaa hijaab; wa 'alal A'raafi rijaaluny ya'rifoona kullam biseemaahum; wa naadaw Ashaabal jannati an salaamun 'alaikum; lam yadkhuloohaa wa hum yatma'oon

Word by word
وَبَيْنَهُمَا
wabaynahumā
And between them
حِجَابٌۭ ۚ
ḥijābun
(will be) a partition
وَعَلَى
waʿalā
and on
ٱلْأَعْرَافِ
l-aʿrāfi
the heights
رِجَالٌۭ
rijālun
(will be) men
يَعْرِفُونَ
yaʿrifūna
recognizing
كُلًّۢا
kullan
all
بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ
bisīmāhum
by their marks
وَنَادَوْا۟
wanādaw
And they will call out
أَصْحَـٰبَ
aṣḥāba
(to the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِ
l-janati
(of) Paradise
أَن
an
that
سَلَـٰمٌ
salāmun
Peace
عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ
ʿalaykum
(be) upon you
لَمْ
lam
Not
يَدْخُلُوهَا
yadkhulūhā
they have entered it
وَهُمْ
wahum
but they
يَطْمَعُونَ
yaṭmaʿūna
hope
Interpretation

Between these two groups – the companions of Paradise and the companions of Hell – is a partition called ‘al-A‘rāf’, meaning ‘the Heights’. On this partition are people whose good and bad actions are equal. They know the companions of Paradise by their signs, such as the light on their faces, and the companions of Hell by their signs, such as the darkness on their faces. These people of the partition call the companions of Paradise, honouring them, saying, ‘Peace be upon you’. They do not enter Paradise yet, but they hope to enter it through Allah’s mercy.

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

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۞ وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تِلْقَآءَ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

And when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."

Wa izaa surifat absaaruhum tilqaaa'a Ashaabin Naari qaalo Rabbanaa laa taj'alnaa ma'al qawmiz zaalimneen

Word by word
۞ وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
صُرِفَتْ
ṣurifat
are turned
أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ
abṣāruhum
their eyes
تِلْقَآءَ
til'qāa
towards
أَصْحَـٰبِ
aṣḥābi
(the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they (will) say
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
لَا
(Do) not
تَجْعَلْنَا
tajʿalnā
place us
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Interpretation

When their eyes turn to the people who are the companions of Hell, and they see the severe punishment they are afflicted with, they pray: 'O our Lord! Do not put us with the wrongdoers, who disbelieved and worshipped others besides you!

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

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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالًا يَعْرِفُونَهُم بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

And the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering and [the fact] that you were arrogant."

Wa naadaaa Ashaabul A'raffi rijaalany ya'rifoonahum biseemaahum qaaloo maaa aghnaa 'ankum jam'ukum wa maa kuntum tastakbiroon

Word by word
وَنَادَىٰٓ
wanādā
And (will) call out
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(the) companions
ٱلْأَعْرَافِ
l-aʿrāfi
(of) the heights
رِجَالًۭا
rijālan
(to) men
يَعْرِفُونَهُم
yaʿrifūnahum
whom they recognize
بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ
bisīmāhum
by their marks
قَالُوا۟
qālū
saying
مَآ
Not
أَغْنَىٰ
aghnā
(has) availed
عَنكُمْ
ʿankum
[to] you
جَمْعُكُمْ
jamʿukum
your gathering
وَمَا
wamā
and what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
tastakbirūna
arrogant (about)
Interpretation

The companions of the Heights will call to people in Hell who had disbelieved, whom they recognize by their marks: ;It did not benefit you in the slightest when they used to gather together to prevent people from Allah’s path and arrogantly turn away 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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أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ ۚ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ

[Allāh will say], "Are these the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allāh would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O people of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."

A haaa'ulaaa'il lazeena aqsamtum laa yanaaluhumul laahu birahma; udkhulul Jannata laa khawfun 'alaikum wa laaa antum tahzanoon

Word by word
أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
ahāulāi
Are these
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
the ones whom
أَقْسَمْتُمْ
aqsamtum
you had sworn
لَا
(that) not
يَنَالُهُمُ
yanāluhumu
(will) grant them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِرَحْمَةٍ ۚ
biraḥmatin
Mercy
ٱدْخُلُوا۟
ud'khulū
Enter
ٱلْجَنَّةَ
l-janata
Paradise
لَا
(There will be) no
خَوْفٌ
khawfun
fear
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
تَحْزَنُونَ
taḥzanūna
will grieve
Interpretation

Those who disbelieve will say concerning the believers: 'Are these faithful people those you swore Allah would not show mercy to?' Then these people who have faith will be told to enter Paradise, not fearing what awaits them, and not grieving over the pleasures of the world which passed them by, because of the eternal bliss they find themselves in.

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

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وَنَادَىٰٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَفِيضُوا۟ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ أَوْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ حَرَّمَهُمَا عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

And the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allāh has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allāh has forbidden them both to the disbelievers

Wa naadaaa Ashaabun Naari Ashaabal jannati an afeedoo 'alainaa minal maaa'i aw mimma razaqakumul laah; qaaloo innal laaha harrama humaa 'alal kaafireen

Word by word
وَنَادَىٰٓ
wanādā
And (will) call out
أَصْحَـٰبُ
aṣḥābu
(the) companions
ٱلنَّارِ
l-nāri
(of) the Fire
أَصْحَـٰبَ
aṣḥāba
(to the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِ
l-janati
(of) Paradise
أَنْ
an
[that]
أَفِيضُوا۟
afīḍū
Pour
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
upon us
مِنَ
mina
[of]
ٱلْمَآءِ
l-māi
(some) water
أَوْ
aw
or
مِمَّا
mimmā
of what
رَزَقَكُمُ
razaqakumu
(has been) provided (to) you
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They (will) say
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
حَرَّمَهُمَا
ḥarramahumā
has forbidden both
عَلَى
ʿalā
to
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
Interpretation

The companions of Hell will call the companions of Paradise, begging them to pour some water or provide some of the food they have been given onto them. The companions of Paradise will tell them that Allah has forbidden both of these to the disbelievers, because of their disbelief, and that they will not help them in what Allah has forbidden for 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 ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ فَٱلْيَوْمَ نَنسَىٰهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا۟ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَـٰذَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

Who took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for having rejected Our verses.

Allazeenat takhazoo deenahu lahwanw wa la'i-banw wa gharrat humul hayaatud dunyaa; fal Yawma nnannsaahum kamaa nasoo liqaaa'a Yawmihim haazaa wa maa kaanoo bi aayaatinaa yajhadoon

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
ittakhadhū
took
دِينَهُمْ
dīnahum
their religion
لَهْوًۭا
lahwan
(as) an amusement
وَلَعِبًۭا
walaʿiban
and play
وَغَرَّتْهُمُ
wagharrathumu
and deluded them
ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ
l-ḥayatu
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
فَٱلْيَوْمَ
fal-yawma
So today
نَنسَىٰهُمْ
nansāhum
We forget them
كَمَا
kamā
as
نَسُوا۟
nasū
they forgot
لِقَآءَ
liqāa
(the) meeting
يَوْمِهِمْ
yawmihim
(of) their day
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
وَمَا
wamā
and [what]
كَانُوا۟
kānū
(as) they used to
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
with Our Verses
يَجْحَدُونَ
yajḥadūna
they reject
Interpretation

These disbelievers are the ones who used to mock and make fun of faith and were deluded by the life of the world, being engrossed in its pleasures and luxuries. On the Day of Judgement, Allah will forget them, and they will be left to suffer the punishment because they forgot the meeting of the Day of Judgement which they neglected despite them having full knowledge of it. They rejected Allah’s signs and proofs in condemnation, despite knowing and recognizing the truth of His message.

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

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وَلَقَدْ جِئْنَـٰهُم بِكِتَـٰبٍ فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

And We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed by knowledge - as guidance and mercy to a people who believe.

Wa laqad ji'naahum bi Kitaabin fassalnaahu 'alaa 'ilmin hudanw wa rahmatal liqawminy-yu'miinoon

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
جِئْنَـٰهُم
ji'nāhum
We had brought them
بِكِتَـٰبٍۢ
bikitābin
a Book
فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ
faṣṣalnāhu
which We have explained
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
with
عِلْمٍ
ʿil'min
knowledge
هُدًۭى
hudan
as guidance
وَرَحْمَةًۭ
waraḥmatan
and mercy
لِّقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for a people
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
who believe
Interpretation

And Allah has indeed sent them this Qur’ān, the Scripture revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him), explaining it and clarifying all things with His Knowledge. It guides the believers to the right path and to the truth, and is a mercy for them because of what it guides them to, of goodness in this world and in the Afterlife.

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

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هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

hal yanzuroona illaa taa weelah; yawma yaatee taaweeluhoo yaqoolul lazeena nasoohu min qablu qad jaaa'at Rusulu Rabbinaa bilhaqq; fahal lanaa min shufa'aaa'a fa yashfa'oo lanaaa aw nuraddu fana'mala ghairal lazee kunnaa na'mal; qad khasirooo anfusahum wa dalla 'anhum maa kaanoo yaftaroon

Word by word
هَلْ
hal
Do
يَنظُرُونَ
yanẓurūna
they wait
إِلَّا
illā
except
تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ
tawīlahu
(for) its fulfillment
يَوْمَ
yawma
(The) Day
يَأْتِى
yatī
(will) come
تَأْوِيلُهُۥ
tawīluhu
its fulfillment
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
will say
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
نَسُوهُ
nasūhu
had forgotten it
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جَآءَتْ
jāat
had come
رُسُلُ
rusulu
(the) Messengers
رَبِّنَا
rabbinā
(of) our Lord
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
with the truth
فَهَل
fahal
so are (there)
لَّنَا
lanā
for us
مِن
min
any
شُفَعَآءَ
shufaʿāa
intercessors
فَيَشْفَعُوا۟
fayashfaʿū
so (that) they intercede
لَنَآ
lanā
for us
أَوْ
aw
or
نُرَدُّ
nuraddu
we are sent back
فَنَعْمَلَ
fanaʿmala
so (that) we do (deeds)
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
that which
كُنَّا
kunnā
we used to
نَعْمَلُ ۚ
naʿmalu
do
قَدْ
qad
Verily
خَسِرُوٓا۟
khasirū
they lost
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
وَضَلَّ
waḍalla
and strayed
عَنْهُم
ʿanhum
from them
مَّا
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَفْتَرُونَ
yaftarūna
invent
Interpretation

Those who disbelieve in reality only wait for what they have been warned: a painful punishment in the Afterlife as a result of their actions. The believers were also foretold about the reward of that day. Those who ignored the Qur’ān in the life of this world, not acting according to what is in it, will then say: 'Indeed the messengers of our Lord came with the truth, in which there was no doubt. If only there was a mediator who could now plead on our behalf so we could be excused from the punishment. Or if only we could return to the life of the world to do good actions that would save us ins

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

54

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ يُغْشِى ٱلَّيْلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُۥ حَثِيثًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ ٱلْخَلْقُ وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Indeed, your Lord is Allāh, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

Inna Rabbakkumul laahul lazee khalaqas sammaawaati wal arda fee sittati qiyaamin summmas tawaa 'alal 'arshi yughshil lailan nahaara yatlu buhoo haseesanw washshamsa walqamara wannujooma musakhkharaatim bi amrih; alaa lahul khalqu wal-amr; tabaarakal laahu Rabbul 'aalameen

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكُمُ
rabbakumu
your Lord
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One Who
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
فِى
in
سِتَّةِ
sittati
six
أَيَّامٍۢ
ayyāmin
epochs
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
ٱسْتَوَىٰ
is'tawā
He ascended
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلْعَرْشِ
l-ʿarshi
the Throne
يُغْشِى
yugh'shī
He covers
ٱلَّيْلَ
al-layla
the night
ٱلنَّهَارَ
l-nahāra
(with) the day
يَطْلُبُهُۥ
yaṭlubuhu
seeking it
حَثِيثًۭا
ḥathīthan
rapidly
وَٱلشَّمْسَ
wal-shamsa
and the sun
وَٱلْقَمَرَ
wal-qamara
and the moon
وَٱلنُّجُومَ
wal-nujūma
and the stars
مُسَخَّرَٰتٍۭ
musakharātin
subjected
بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ
bi-amrihi
by His command
أَلَا
alā
Unquestionably
لَهُ
lahu
for Him
ٱلْخَلْقُ
l-khalqu
(is) the creation
وَٱلْأَمْرُ ۗ
wal-amru
and the command
تَبَارَكَ
tabāraka
blessed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
رَبُّ
rabbu
Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds
Interpretation

O people, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, with no precedent. He established Himself on the Throne in a way befitting His Majesty. He made the darkness of the night disappear into the light of the day and the light of the day into the darkness of night, both chasing each other quickly so that neither is delayed. He also created the sun, the moon and the stars all subservient under His dominion. Is the whole of creation not His? Who besides Him is creator? His alone is the command. He is High above any flaw. He is described with the attributes of splendour

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

55

ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.

Ud'oo Rabbakum tadarru'anw wa khufyah; innahoo laa yuhibbul mu'tadeen

Word by word
ٱدْعُوا۟
id'ʿū
Call upon
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
your Lord
تَضَرُّعًۭا
taḍarruʿan
humbly
وَخُفْيَةً ۚ
wakhuf'yatan
and privately
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
لَا
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ
l-muʿ'tadīna
the transgressors
Interpretation

O believers, call on your Lord with complete humility, silently and in private, sincere in your prayer, not showing off, and not worshipping others along with Allah in your prayers. He does not love those who overstep the limits in their prayers; and one of the worst ways someone can do this is by invoking others besides Him, as the idolaters do.

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

56

وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَـٰحِهَا وَٱدْعُوهُ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا ۚ إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allāh is near to the doers of good.

Wa laa tufsidoo fil ardi ba'da islaahihaa wad'oohu khawfanw wa tama'aa; inna rahmatal laahi qareebum minal muhsineen

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تُفْسِدُوا۟
tuf'sidū
cause corruption
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِصْلَـٰحِهَا
iṣ'lāḥihā
its reformation
وَٱدْعُوهُ
wa-id'ʿūhu
And call Him
خَوْفًۭا
khawfan
(in) fear
وَطَمَعًا ۚ
waṭamaʿan
and hope
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَحْمَتَ
raḥmata
(the) Mercy
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
قَرِيبٌۭ
qarībun
(is) near
مِّنَ
mina
for
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
the good-doers
Interpretation

Do not ruin things on earth by committing sins after Allah has put it right by sending the messengers (peace be upon them) and establishing things in accordance with His laws. Call on Allah alone, fearing His punishment and hoping for His reward. The mercy of Allah is truly close to those who do good, so be from among them.

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

57

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَقَلَّتْ سَحَابًا ثِقَالًا سُقْنَـٰهُ لِبَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَنزَلْنَا بِهِ ٱلْمَآءَ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall] until, when they have carried heavy rainclouds, We drive them to a dead land and We send down rain therein and bring forth thereby [some] of all the fruits. Thus will We bring forth the dead; perhaps you may be reminded.

Wa Huwal lazee yursilur riyaaha bushram baina yadai rahmatihee hattaaa izaaa aqallat sahaaban siqaalan suqnaahu libaladim maiyitin fa annzalnaa bihil maaa'a fa akhrajnaa bihee minn kullis samaraat; kazaalika nukhrijul mawtaa la'allakum tazakkaroon

Word by word
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the One Who
يُرْسِلُ
yur'silu
sends
ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ
l-riyāḥa
the winds
بُشْرًۢا
bush'ran
(as) glad tidings
بَيْنَ
bayna
from
يَدَىْ
yaday
before
رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۖ
raḥmatihi
His Mercy
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَآ
idhā
when
أَقَلَّتْ
aqallat
they have carried
سَحَابًۭا
saḥāban
clouds
ثِقَالًۭا
thiqālan
heavy
سُقْنَـٰهُ
suq'nāhu
We drive them
لِبَلَدٍۢ
libaladin
to a land
مَّيِّتٍۢ
mayyitin
dead
فَأَنزَلْنَا
fa-anzalnā
then We send down
بِهِ
bihi
from it
ٱلْمَآءَ
l-māa
the water
فَأَخْرَجْنَا
fa-akhrajnā
then We bring forth
بِهِۦ
bihi
from it
مِن
min
(of)
كُلِّ
kulli
all (kinds)
ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ
l-thamarāti
(of) fruits
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نُخْرِجُ
nukh'riju
We will bring forth
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
l-mawtā
the dead
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَذَكَّرُونَ
tadhakkarūna
take heed
Interpretation

It is Allah who sends the winds as good news of coming rain, until when they carry a cloud heavy with water He drives the cloud to a barren land and sends down rain on it, bringing out all kinds of fruits and crops. The way that this vegetation is brought out is similar to the way the dead will be brought out of the graves and back to life. This is, O people, so that perhaps you will then reflect on the power of Allah and the wonder of His creation, and that He is able to bring the dead to life.

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

58

وَٱلْبَلَدُ ٱلطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُۥ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِۦ ۖ وَٱلَّذِى خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَشْكُرُونَ

And the good land - its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad - nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.

Walbaladut taiyibu yakhruju nabaatuhoo bi-izni Rabbihee wallazee khabusa laa yakhruju illaa nakidaa; kazaalika nusarriful Aayaati liqawminy yashkuroon

Word by word
وَٱلْبَلَدُ
wal-baladu
And the land
ٱلطَّيِّبُ
l-ṭayibu
[the] pure
يَخْرُجُ
yakhruju
comes forth
نَبَاتُهُۥ
nabātuhu
its vegetation
بِإِذْنِ
bi-idh'ni
by (the) permission
رَبِّهِۦ ۖ
rabbihi
(of) its Lord
وَٱلَّذِى
wa-alladhī
but which
خَبُثَ
khabutha
is bad
لَا
(does) not
يَخْرُجُ
yakhruju
come forth
إِلَّا
illā
except
نَكِدًۭا ۚ
nakidan
(with) difficulty
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نُصَرِّفُ
nuṣarrifu
We explain
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Signs
لِقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for a people
يَشْكُرُونَ
yashkurūna
who are grateful
Interpretation

Good land produces vegetation in abundance, by Allah’s permission. Likewise, the believer understands the teachings they are given and they benefit from them, acting accordingly with righteousness. On the other hand, the rotten, salty land only produces vegetation in small amounts, and there is little goodness in what it produces. Likewise, the disbeliever will not benefit from the true teachings they receive, and will not perform good actions that benefit him. Through such variation Allah reveals His signs and proofs in different ways, to confirm the truth to a people who are thankful for All

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

59

لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day."

Laqad arsalnaa noohan ilaa qawmihee faqaala yaa qawmi' budul laaha maa lakum min ilaahin ghairuhoo inneee akhaafu 'alaikum 'azaaba Yawmin 'Azeem

Word by word
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
نُوحًا
nūḥan
Nuh
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
قَوْمِهِۦ
qawmihi
his people
فَقَالَ
faqāla
and he said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
uʿ'budū
Worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
مَا
not
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّنْ
min
any
إِلَـٰهٍ
ilāhin
god
غَيْرُهُۥٓ
ghayruhu
other than Him
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
أَخَافُ
akhāfu
[I] fear
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
for you
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
punishment
يَوْمٍ
yawmin
(of the) Day
عَظِيمٍۢ
ʿaẓīmin
Great
Interpretation

Indeed I sent Noah as a messenger to his people calling them to the Oneness of Allah and to leave off worshipping anything besides Him. Noah said to them: 'O people! Worship Allah alone, you have no true God except Him. I fear for you O people, the punishment of a great day if you persist in your disbelief.'

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

60

قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Said the eminent among his people, "Indeed, we see you in clear error."

Qaalal mala-u min qaw miheee innaa lanaraaka fee dalaalim mubeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱلْمَلَأُ
l-mala-u
the chiefs
مِن
min
of
قَوْمِهِۦٓ
qawmihi
his people
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
لَنَرَىٰكَ
lanarāka
surely see you
فِى
in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢ
ḍalālin
error
مُّبِينٍۢ
mubīnin
clear
Interpretation

The leaders and notables among his people said: 'O Noah! Indeed we think you are in clear error.

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

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قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَـٰلَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

[Noah] said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

Qaala yaa qawmi laisa bee dalaalatunw wa laakinnee Rasoolum mir Rabbil 'aalameen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
لَيْسَ
laysa
There is not
بِى
in me
ضَلَـٰلَةٌۭ
ḍalālatun
error
وَلَـٰكِنِّى
walākinnī
but I am
رَسُولٌۭ
rasūlun
a Messenger
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّ
rabbi
(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds
Interpretation

Noah told the leaders of his people: 'I am not in error, as you claim, but rather I am on guidance from my Lord, and I am a messenger from Him who is my Lord, your Lord, and the Lord of all creations.'

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

62

أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

I convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise you; and I know from Allāh what you do not know.

Uballighukum Risaalaati Rabbee wa ansahu lakum wa a'lamu minal laahi maa laa ta'lamoon

Word by word
أُبَلِّغُكُمْ
uballighukum
I convey to you
رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ
risālāti
the Messages
رَبِّى
rabbī
(of) my Lord
وَأَنصَحُ
wa-anṣaḥu
and [I] advise
لَكُمْ
lakum
[to] you
وَأَعْلَمُ
wa-aʿlamu
and I know
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
what
لَا
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
Interpretation

'I only convey to you the revelation Allah has sent me with. I only want what is good for you when I encourage you to follow what Allah instructed and to receive the reward for doing so, and warn you from what Allah has prohibited and the punishment you would receive for disobeying Him. And I know from Allah may He be Exalted what you do not know, because of the knowledge Allah has given to me through revelation. '

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

63

أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you and that you may fear Allāh so you might receive mercy?"

awa'ajibtum an jaaa'akum zikrum mir Rabbikum 'alaa rajulim minkum liyunzirakum wa litattaqoo wa la'allakum turhamoon

Word by word
أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ
awaʿajib'tum
Do you wonder
أَن
an
that
جَآءَكُمْ
jāakum
has come to you
ذِكْرٌۭ
dhik'run
a reminder
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
رَجُلٍۢ
rajulin
a man
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
لِيُنذِرَكُمْ
liyundhirakum
that he may warn you
وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟
walitattaqū
and that you may fear
وَلَعَلَّكُمْ
walaʿallakum
and so that you may
تُرْحَمُونَ
tur'ḥamūna
receive mercy
Interpretation

' Do you find it strange O people, that revelation and good teaching has come to you from your Lord on the tongue of a man from amongt yourselves whom you know well?! I have grown up amongst you and I have never been a liar or misguided, nor have I come to you from another people. I have come to warn you about the punishment of Allah so that you might follow His instructions and stay away from what He has prohibited hoping that then you would receive Mercy through having faith in Him.'

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

64

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ وَأَغْرَقْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَمِينَ

But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people.

Fakazzaboohu fa anjai naahu wallazeena ma'ahoo fil fulki wa aghraqnal lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa; innahum kaanoo qawman 'ameen

Word by word
فَكَذَّبُوهُ
fakadhabūhu
But they denied him
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ
fa-anjaynāhu
so We saved him
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
مَعَهُۥ
maʿahu
(were) with him
فِى
in
ٱلْفُلْكِ
l-ful'ki
the ship
وَأَغْرَقْنَا
wa-aghraqnā
And We drowned
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ
biāyātinā
Our Verses
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
كَانُوا۟
kānū
were
قَوْمًا
qawman
a people
عَمِينَ
ʿamīna
blind
Interpretation

However, Noah’s people rejected him, and did not have faith in Allah, but continued in their disbelief. Noah at last asked Allah to destroy the disbelievers. Allah saved Noah and those who were with him and who had faith from drowning, by enabling them to retreat in the Ark. He destroyed those who rejected His signs, and who continued rejecting them, drowning them in a great flood as their punishment. Indeed they were a people whose hearts were blind to the truth.

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

65

۞ وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

And to the ʿAad [We sent] their brother Hūd. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Then will you not fear Him?"

Wa ilaa 'aadin akhaahum Hoodaa; qaala yaa qawmi' budul laaha maa lakum min ilaahin ghairuh; afalaa tattaqoon

Word by word
۞ وَإِلَىٰ
wa-ilā
And to
عَادٍ
ʿādin
Aad
أَخَاهُمْ
akhāhum
(We sent) their brother
هُودًۭا ۗ
hūdan
Hud
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
uʿ'budū
Worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
مَا
not
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّنْ
min
any
إِلَـٰهٍ
ilāhin
god
غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۚ
ghayruhu
other than Him
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then will not
تَتَّقُونَ
tattaqūna
you fear (Allah)
Interpretation

And I sent to the people of ‘Ād a messenger whose name was Hūd (peace be upon him). Hūd said to them: 'O people! Worship Allah alone, for you have no true God except Him, will you not then be mindful of Him by following His instructions and staying away from what He has prohibited, so that you would be saved from His punishment?'

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

66

قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِى سَفَاهَةٍ وَإِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "Indeed, we see you in foolishness, and indeed, we think you are of the liars."

Qaalal mala ul lazeena kafaroo min qawmiheee innaa lanaraaka fee safaahatinw wa innaa lannazunnuka minal kaazibeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱلْمَلَأُ
l-mala-u
the chiefs
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
مِن
min
from
قَوْمِهِۦٓ
qawmihi
his people
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
لَنَرَىٰكَ
lanarāka
surely, see you
فِى
in
سَفَاهَةٍۢ
safāhatin
foolishness
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
and indeed, we
لَنَظُنُّكَ
lanaẓunnuka
[we] think you
مِنَ
mina
(are) of
ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
l-kādhibīna
the liars
Interpretation

The leaders and notables among his people who disbelieved in Allah and rejected His messenger said: Indeed we only think you O Hūd as someone foolish and backward, calling us to worship Allah alone, and to leave the worship of our idols. In fact we are certain that you are a liar in claiming that you have been sent by Allah!'

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

67

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى سَفَاهَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

[Hūd] said, "O my people, there is not foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.

Qaala yaa qawmi laisa bee safaahatunw wa laakinnee Rasoolum mir Rabbil 'aalameen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
لَيْسَ
laysa
There is not
بِى
in me
سَفَاهَةٌۭ
safāhatun
foolishness
وَلَـٰكِنِّى
walākinnī
but I am
رَسُولٌۭ
rasūlun
a Messenger
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّ
rabbi
(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds
Interpretation

Hūd replied: “O my people I am not foolish or backward, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds.”

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

68

أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنَا۠ لَكُمْ نَاصِحٌ أَمِينٌ

I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am to you a trustworthy adviser.

Uballighukum Risaalaati Rabbee wa ana lakum naasihun ameen

Word by word
أُبَلِّغُكُمْ
uballighukum
I convey to you
رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ
risālāti
Messages
رَبِّى
rabbī
(of) my Lord
وَأَنَا۠
wa-anā
and I am
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
نَاصِحٌ
nāṣiḥun
an adviser
أَمِينٌ
amīnun
trustworthy
Interpretation

' I am only conveying what Allah had instructed me to deliver to you, that you belief in Allah’s Oneness and His sacred law. I am to you all a trustworthy adviser, delivering what I am instructed, no less or more.'

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

69

أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَزَادَكُمْ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ بَصْۜطَةً ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Then do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allāh that you might succeed."

awa 'ajibtum an jaaa'akum zikrum mir Rabbikum 'alaa rajulim minkum liyunzirakum; wazkurooo iz ja'alakum khulafaaa'a mim ba'di qawmi noohinw wa zaadakum filkhalqi bastatan fazkurooo aalaaa'al laahi la'allakum tuflihoon

Word by word
أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ
awaʿajib'tum
Do you wonder
أَن
an
that
جَآءَكُمْ
jāakum
has come to you
ذِكْرٌۭ
dhik'run
a reminder
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
رَجُلٍۢ
rajulin
a man
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
لِيُنذِرَكُمْ ۚ
liyundhirakum
that he may warn you
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟
wa-udh'kurū
And remember
إِذْ
idh
when
جَعَلَكُمْ
jaʿalakum
He made you
خُلَفَآءَ
khulafāa
successors
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
قَوْمِ
qawmi
(the) people
نُوحٍۢ
nūḥin
(of) Nuh
وَزَادَكُمْ
wazādakum
and increased you
فِى
in
ٱلْخَلْقِ
l-khalqi
the stature
بَصْۜطَةًۭ ۖ
baṣ'ṭatan
extensively
فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟
fa-udh'kurū
So remember
ءَالَآءَ
ālāa
(the) Bounties
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُفْلِحُونَ
tuf'liḥūna
succeed
Interpretation

'Is it strange and amazing that a reminder should come to you from your Lord from a man amongst you and from your likeness, not through an angel or a jinn. Thank Allah and praise Him for having established you on the earth making you successors to the people of Noah who were destroyed because of their disbelief. Thank Allah for having favoured you by making you strong in stature, and remember Allah’s great blessings on you so that you may be succesful, attaining what you desire and avoiding what is feared.'

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

70

قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحْدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا ۖ فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

They said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allāh alone and leave what our fathers have worshipped? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."

Qaalooo aji'tanaa lina'budal laaha wahdahoo wa nazara maa kaana ya'budu aabaaa'u naa faatinaa bimaa ta'idunaaa in kunta minas saadiqeen

Word by word
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
أَجِئْتَنَا
aji'tanā
Have you come to us
لِنَعْبُدَ
linaʿbuda
that we (should) worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَحْدَهُۥ
waḥdahu
Alone
وَنَذَرَ
wanadhara
and we forsake
مَا
what
كَانَ
kāna
used to
يَعْبُدُ
yaʿbudu
worship
ءَابَآؤُنَا ۖ
ābāunā
our forefathers
فَأْتِنَا
fatinā
Then bring us
بِمَا
bimā
of what
تَعِدُنَآ
taʿidunā
you promise us
إِن
in
if
كُنتَ
kunta
you are
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
l-ṣādiqīna
the truthful
Interpretation

Hūd’s people said: 'Have you come to tell us to worship Allah alone and to leave what our parents and ancestors worshipped! Bring us the punishment you promise if you are telling the truth in what you claim.'

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

71

قَالَ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ رِجْسٌ وَغَضَبٌ ۖ أَتُجَـٰدِلُونَنِى فِىٓ أَسْمَآءٍ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ

[Hūd] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allāh has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."

Qaala qad waqa'a alaikum mir Rabbikum rijsunw wa ghadab, atujaadiloonanee feee asmaaa'in sammaitumoohaaa antum wa aabaaa'ukum maa nazzalal laahu bihaa min sultaan; fantazirooo innee ma'akum minal muntazireen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
قَدْ
qad
Verily
وَقَعَ
waqaʿa
has fallen
عَلَيْكُم
ʿalaykum
upon you
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
رِجْسٌۭ
rij'sun
punishment
وَغَضَبٌ ۖ
waghaḍabun
and anger
أَتُجَـٰدِلُونَنِى
atujādilūnanī
Do you dispute with me
فِىٓ
concerning
أَسْمَآءٍۢ
asmāin
names
سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ
sammaytumūhā
you have named them
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
وَءَابَآؤُكُم
waābāukum
and your forefathers
مَّا
Not
نَزَّلَ
nazzala
(has been) sent down
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
بِهَا
bihā
for it
مِن
min
any
سُلْطَـٰنٍۢ ۚ
sul'ṭānin
authority
فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟
fa-intaẓirū
Then wait
إِنِّى
innī
indeed, I am
مَعَكُم
maʿakum
with you
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ
l-muntaẓirīna
the ones who wait
Interpretation

Hūd said: 'Already the punishment of Allah and His Anger is on its way! Do you argue with me about idols you and your fathers have called gods, when they have no basis, since Allah has sent down no proof of their divinity. Wait then for the punishment you ask for, for I am also waiting, for indeed it is on its way.'

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

72

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَقَطَعْنَا دَابِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا ۖ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

So We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.

Fa anjainaahu wallazeena ma'ahoo birahmatim minnaa wa qata'naa daabiral lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wa maa kaanoo mu'mineen

Word by word
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ
fa-anjaynāhu
So We saved him
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those
مَعَهُۥ
maʿahu
with him
بِرَحْمَةٍۢ
biraḥmatin
by Mercy
مِّنَّا
minnā
from Us
وَقَطَعْنَا
waqaṭaʿnā
And We cut off
دَابِرَ
dābira
the roots
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا ۖ
biāyātinā
Our Signs
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
مُؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

So Allah saved Hūd (peace be upon him), and those of the believers who were with him, through a mercy from Him, and He removed and destroyed those who rejected His signs, who did not have faith and deserved their punishment because of their denial.

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

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وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَـٰلِحًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ هَـٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً ۖ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

And to the Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allāh [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allāh's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

Wa ilaa Samooda akhaahum Saalihaa; qaala yaa qawmi' budul laaha maa lakum min ilaahin ghairuhoo qad jaaa'atkum baiyinatum mir Rabbikum haazihee naaqatul laahi lakum Aayatan fazaroohaa taakul feee ardil laahi wa laa tamassoohaa bisooo'in fa yaakhuzakum 'azaabun aleem

Word by word
وَإِلَىٰ
wa-ilā
And to
ثَمُودَ
thamūda
Thamud
أَخَاهُمْ
akhāhum
(We sent) their brother
صَـٰلِحًۭا ۗ
ṣāliḥan
Salih
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
uʿ'budū
Worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
مَا
not
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّنْ
min
any
إِلَـٰهٍ
ilāhin
god
غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ
ghayruhu
other than Him
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جَآءَتْكُم
jāatkum
has come to you
بَيِّنَةٌۭ
bayyinatun
a clear proof
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ
rabbikum
your Lord
هَـٰذِهِۦ
hādhihi
This
نَاقَةُ
nāqatu
(is) a she-camel
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
لَكُمْ
lakum
(it is) for you
ءَايَةًۭ ۖ
āyatan
a Sign
فَذَرُوهَا
fadharūhā
So you leave her
تَأْكُلْ
takul
(to) eat
فِىٓ
on
أَرْضِ
arḍi
(the) earth
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَمَسُّوهَا
tamassūhā
touch her
بِسُوٓءٍۢ
bisūin
with harm
فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ
fayakhudhakum
lest seizes you
عَذَابٌ
ʿadhābun
a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ
alīmun
painful
Interpretation

Then Allah sent to the tribe of Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ, to call them to belief in the Oneness of Allah and to worship Him alone. Ṣāliḥ said: 'O People! Believe in Allah alone, you have no other God worthy of being worshipped. I have come to you with a sign proving the truth of what I have brought you: namely a camel which will come out of a rock. It has an allocated time to drink from the water, and for you a seperate time to drink. Allow her to eat within Allah’s land and do not harm her in any way, or a painful punishment would befall you.'

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

74

وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِن سُهُولِهَا قُصُورًا وَتَنْحِتُونَ ٱلْجِبَالَ بُيُوتًا ۖ فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ ءَالَآءَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

And remember when He made you successors after the ʿAad and settled you in the land, [and] you take for yourselves palaces from its plains and carve from the mountains, homes. Then remember the favors of Allāh and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."

Wazkkurooo iz ja'alakum khulafaaa'a mim ba'di 'Aadinw wa bawwa akum fil ardi tattakhizoona min suhoolihaa qusooranw wa tanhitoonal jibaala buyootan fazkurooo aalaaa'al laahi wa laa ta'saw fil ardi mufsideen

Word by word
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟
wa-udh'kurū
And remember
إِذْ
idh
when
جَعَلَكُمْ
jaʿalakum
He made you
خُلَفَآءَ
khulafāa
successors
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
عَادٍۢ
ʿādin
Aad
وَبَوَّأَكُمْ
wabawwa-akum
and settled you
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
تَتَّخِذُونَ
tattakhidhūna
You take
مِن
min
from
سُهُولِهَا
suhūlihā
its plains
قُصُورًۭا
quṣūran
palaces
وَتَنْحِتُونَ
watanḥitūna
and you carve out
ٱلْجِبَالَ
l-jibāla
the mountains
بُيُوتًۭا ۖ
buyūtan
(as) homes
فَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟
fa-udh'kurū
So remember
ءَالَآءَ
ālāa
(the) Bounties
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَعْثَوْا۟
taʿthaw
act wickedly
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
(the) earth
مُفْسِدِينَ
muf'sidīna
spreading corruption
Interpretation

'Praise Allah for making you representatives on the earth after the destruction of the people of ‘Ād who had persevered in disbelief, and thank Him for establishing you in the land so that you could enjoy it and satisfy your desires. You build palaces in the plains and carve houses for yourselves out of the mountains. Remember Allah’s blessings upon you and thank Him for them, and do not to put your efforts into causing corruption on earth and leave off your disbelief in Allah and your disobedience to Him.

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

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قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِمَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُمْ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ صَـٰلِحًا مُّرْسَلٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلَ بِهِۦ مُؤْمِنُونَ

Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people to those who were oppressed - to those who believed among them, "Do you [actually] know that Ṣāliḥ is sent from his Lord?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which he was sent, are believers."

Qaalal mala ul lazeenas takbaroo min qawmihee lillazeenas tud'ifoo liman aamana minhum ata'almoona anna Saaliham mursalum mir Rabbih; qaalooo innaa bimaaa ursila bihee mu'minoon

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱلْمَلَأُ
l-mala-u
the chiefs
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
is'takbarū
(who) were arrogant
مِن
min
among
قَوْمِهِۦ
qawmihi
his people
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟
us'tuḍ'ʿifū
were oppressed
لِمَنْ
liman
[to] those who
ءَامَنَ
āmana
believed
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
أَتَعْلَمُونَ
ataʿlamūna
Do you know
أَنَّ
anna
that
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
Salih
مُّرْسَلٌۭ
mur'salun
(is the) one sent
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ
rabbihi
his Lord
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
بِمَآ
bimā
in what
أُرْسِلَ
ur'sila
he has been sent
بِهِۦ
bihi
with [it]
مُؤْمِنُونَ
mu'minūna
(are) believers
Interpretation

The leaders and important people, who looked down in pride at the people who had faith, those they considered to be weak, asked them: 'Do you really know that Ṣāliḥ is a messenger from Allah?' The believers replied: 'We have sure faith in him, and we act in agreement with what he has brought us.'

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

76

قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Said those who were arrogant, "Indeed we, in that which you have believed, are disbelievers."

Qaalal lazeenas takbarooo innaa billazeee aamanntum bihee kaafiroon

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟
is'takbarū
were arrogant
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed we
بِٱلَّذِىٓ
bi-alladhī
in that which
ءَامَنتُم
āmantum
you believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
كَـٰفِرُونَ
kāfirūna
(are) disbelievers
Interpretation

The arrogant among his people said: 'Indeed we dibelieve in what you have faith in, O believers, and we will not have faith in it nor act in agreement with its sacred laws.'

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

77

فَعَقَرُوا۟ ٱلنَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا۟ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا۟ يَـٰصَـٰلِحُ ٱئْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers."

Fa'aqarun naaqata wa'ataw 'an amri Rabbihim wa qaaloo yaa Saalihu' tinaa bimaa ta'idunaaa in kunta minal mursaleen

Word by word
فَعَقَرُوا۟
faʿaqarū
Then they hamstrung
ٱلنَّاقَةَ
l-nāqata
the she-camel
وَعَتَوْا۟
waʿataw
and (were) insolent
عَنْ
ʿan
towards
أَمْرِ
amri
(the) command
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
(of) their Lord
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and they said
يَـٰصَـٰلِحُ
yāṣāliḥu
O Salih
ٱئْتِنَا
i'tinā
Bring us
بِمَا
bimā
what
تَعِدُنَآ
taʿidunā
you promise us
إِن
in
if
كُنتَ
kunta
you are
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
l-mur'salīna
the Messengers
Interpretation

So they killed the camel which they had been forbidden to harmfully touch, too proud to follow Allah’s command. Doubting what Ṣāliḥ had promised would happen, they mocked him saying: 'O Salih! Bring the painful punishment you have told us would afflict us, If you really are a messenger from Allah!'

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

78

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Fa akhazat humur rajftu fa asbahoo fee daarihim jaasimmeen

Word by word
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
fa-akhadhathumu
So seized them
ٱلرَّجْفَةُ
l-rajfatu
the earthquake
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟
fa-aṣbaḥū
then they became
فِى
in
دَارِهِمْ
dārihim
their homes
جَـٰثِمِينَ
jāthimīna
fallen prone
Interpretation

When the punishment the disbelievers had asked for arrived, and they were taken by a great earthquake, so that in the morning they lay fallen, their faces and knees on the earth, none of them escaping from the destruction.

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

79

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تُحِبُّونَ ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ

And he [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you do not like advisors."

Fa tawalla 'anhum wa qaala yaa qawmi laqad ablaghtukum Risaalata Rabbee wa nasahtu lakum wa laakil laa tuhibboonan naasiheen

Word by word
فَتَوَلَّىٰ
fatawallā
So he turned away
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
وَقَالَ
waqāla
and he said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
لَقَدْ
laqad
Verily
أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ
ablaghtukum
I have conveyed to you
رِسَالَةَ
risālata
(the) Message
رَبِّى
rabbī
(of) my Lord
وَنَصَحْتُ
wanaṣaḥtu
and [I] advised
لَكُمْ
lakum
[to] you
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
لَّا
not
تُحِبُّونَ
tuḥibbūna
you like
ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ
l-nāṣiḥīna
the advisers
Interpretation

Ṣāliḥ (peace be upon him) turned away from his people, having given up all hope for them. He said: 'O people, I had delivered what Allah had instructed me to deliver to you, and had advised you well, encouraging and warning you, but you were a people who did not have any love for sincere advisers who wanted to lead you to goodness and distance you from evil.

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

80

وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, "Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds [i.e., peoples]?

Wa Lootan iz qaala liqawmiheee ataatoonal faahishata maa sabaqakum bihaa min ahadim minal 'aalameen

Word by word
وَلُوطًا
walūṭan
And Lut
إِذْ
idh
when
قَالَ
qāla
he said
لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ
liqawmihi
to his people
أَتَأْتُونَ
atatūna
Do you commit
ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ
l-fāḥishata
(such) immorality
مَا
not
سَبَقَكُم
sabaqakum
has preceded you
بِهَا
bihā
therein
مِنْ
min
any
أَحَدٍۢ
aḥadin
one
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
Interpretation

Allah sent Lot to his people to call them to belief in the Oneness of Allah and to stop them from rebelling against Him. He said: 'Do you commit such a forbidden and shameful act as sodomy, when no one before you has committed such a crime!'

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

81

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

Innakum lataatoonar rijaala shahwatam min doonin nisaaa'; bal antumqawmum musrifoon

Word by word
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
Indeed, you
لَتَأْتُونَ
latatūna
you approach
ٱلرِّجَالَ
l-rijāla
the men
شَهْوَةًۭ
shahwatan
lustfully
مِّن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
instead of
ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ
l-nisāi
the women
بَلْ
bal
Nay
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
مُّسْرِفُونَ
mus'rifūna
(who) commit excesses
Interpretation

'Do you go to men to satisfy your lust instead of women, who you were supposed to go to?! Then in that case you have not followed sense or any sound report or even what is natural! Rather you have gone beyond the limits of Allah, overstepping the bounds of moderation, good sense and the natural nobility of humankind.

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

82

وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."

Wa maa kaana jawaaba qawmihee illaa an qaalooo akhrijoohum min qaryatikum innahum unaasuny yatatah haroon

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
was
جَوَابَ
jawāba
(the) answer
قَوْمِهِۦٓ
qawmihi
(of) his people
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they said
أَخْرِجُوهُم
akhrijūhum
Drive them out
مِّن
min
of
قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ
qaryatikum
your town
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
أُنَاسٌۭ
unāsun
(are) people
يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
yataṭahharūna
who keep themselves pure
Interpretation

His people, who committed this shameless wrong which they had been forbidden from doing, only responded by turning away from the truth, saying: 'Drive Lot and his followers out of your city. They are a people who have kept away from this action of ours, so it is not befitting that they stay living here among us.'

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

83

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].

Fa anjainaahu wa ahlahooo illam ra atahoo kaanat minal ghaabireen

Word by word
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ
fa-anjaynāhu
So We saved him
وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ
wa-ahlahu
and his family
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ
im'ra-atahu
his wife
كَانَتْ
kānat
she was
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ
l-ghābirīna
those who stayed behind
Interpretation

So Allah saved Lot and his family by instructing them to leave the city by night. His family were saved except for his wife, who remained behind in the city and suffered the same punishment as the rest.

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

84

وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَرًا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

And We rained upon them a rain [of stones]. Then see how was the end of the criminals.

Wa 'amtarnaa 'alaihim mataran fanzur kaifa kaana aaqibatul mujjrimeen

Word by word
وَأَمْطَرْنَا
wa-amṭarnā
And We showered
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
upon them
مَّطَرًۭا ۖ
maṭaran
a rain
فَٱنظُرْ
fa-unẓur
So see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
كَانَ
kāna
was
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
(the) end
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
l-muj'rimīna
(of) the criminals
Interpretation

Allah brought down upon them a great rain of rocks of baked clay, overturning the city and turning it upside down. So consider what the end of the sinful people of Lot was. Their end was ruin and eternal disgrace.

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

85

وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا ۗ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

And to [the people of] Madyan [We sent] their brother Shuʿayb. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. So fulfill the measure and weight and do not deprive people of their due and cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. That is better for you, if you should be believers.

Wa ilaa Madyana akhaahum Shu'aybaa; qaala yaa qawmi' budul laaha maa lakum min ilaahin ghairuhoo qad jaaa'atkum baiyinatum mir Rabbikum fa awful kaila walmeezaana wa laa tabkhasun naasa ashyaa'ahum wa laa tufsidoo fil ardi ba'da islaahihaa; zaalikum khairul lakum in kuntum mu'mineen

Word by word
وَإِلَىٰ
wa-ilā
And to
مَدْيَنَ
madyana
Madyan
أَخَاهُمْ
akhāhum
his brother
شُعَيْبًۭا ۗ
shuʿayban
Shuaib
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
uʿ'budū
Worship
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
مَا
not
لَكُم
lakum
for you
مِّنْ
min
any
إِلَـٰهٍ
ilāhin
god
غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ
ghayruhu
other than Him
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جَآءَتْكُم
jāatkum
has came to you
بَيِّنَةٌۭ
bayyinatun
a clear proof
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ
rabbikum
your Lord
فَأَوْفُوا۟
fa-awfū
So give full
ٱلْكَيْلَ
l-kayla
[the] measure
وَٱلْمِيزَانَ
wal-mīzāna
and the weight
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَبْخَسُوا۟
tabkhasū
deprive
ٱلنَّاسَ
l-nāsa
[the] people
أَشْيَآءَهُمْ
ashyāahum
in their things
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تُفْسِدُوا۟
tuf'sidū
cause corruption
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِصْلَـٰحِهَا ۚ
iṣ'lāḥihā
its reformation
ذَٰلِكُمْ
dhālikum
That
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(is) better
لَّكُمْ
lakum
for you
إِن
in
if
كُنتُم
kuntum
you are
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

To the tribe of Midian Allah sent their brother Shu‘ayb (peace be upon him). He said: 'O people! Worship Allah alone for you have no God worthy of worship other than Him. A clear proof from Allah has come to you confirming what I bring to you from your Lord is the truth. Give people their rights, by measuring and weighing things correctly, not short-changing people by saying bad things about their goods, or by cheating them, and do not to cause corruption on earth through disbelief and disobedience after things have been set right through the sending of prophets. All of this is better for you

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

86

وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَٰطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟ إِذْ كُنتُمْ قَلِيلًا فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allāh those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters.

Wa laa taq'udoo bikulli siraatin too'idoona wa tasuddoona 'an sabeelil laahi man aamana bihee wa abghoonahaa 'iwajaa; waz kurooo iz kuntum qaleelan fakassarakum wanzuroo kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul mufsideen

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَقْعُدُوا۟
taqʿudū
sit
بِكُلِّ
bikulli
on every
صِرَٰطٍۢ
ṣirāṭin
path
تُوعِدُونَ
tūʿidūna
threatening
وَتَصُدُّونَ
wataṣuddūna
and hindering
عَن
ʿan
from
سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
مَنْ
man
(those) who
ءَامَنَ
āmana
believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in Him
وَتَبْغُونَهَا
watabghūnahā
and seeking (to make) it
عِوَجًۭا ۚ
ʿiwajan
crooked
وَٱذْكُرُوٓا۟
wa-udh'kurū
And remember
إِذْ
idh
when
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you were
قَلِيلًۭا
qalīlan
few
فَكَثَّرَكُمْ ۖ
fakatharakum
and He increased you
وَٱنظُرُوا۟
wa-unẓurū
And see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
كَانَ
kāna
was
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
(the) end
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
l-muf'sidīna
(of) the corrupters
Interpretation

'Do not sit in wait on every road, threatening the people travelling there in order to steal their possessions, and preventing those who want to be guided from the path of Allah, wanting the path of Allah to be crooked so that people would not follow it. Remember the blessings of Allah upon you so that you might be thankful, for you had been few in the land and He increased your numbers. Reflect on what had been the end of those who caused corruption in the earth before you, since their end had been destruction and ruin!'

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

87

وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٌ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱصْبِرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا ۚ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ

And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allāh judges between us. And He is the best of judges."

Wa In kaana taaa'ifatum minkum aamanoo billazeee ursiltu bihee wa taaa'ifatul lam yu'minoo fasbiroo hattaa yahkumual laahu bainanaa; wa Huwa khairul haakimeen

Word by word
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
كَانَ
kāna
(there) is
طَآئِفَةٌۭ
ṭāifatun
a group
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
(who has) believed
بِٱلَّذِىٓ
bi-alladhī
in that which
أُرْسِلْتُ
ur'sil'tu
I have been sent
بِهِۦ
bihi
with [it]
وَطَآئِفَةٌۭ
waṭāifatun
and a group
لَّمْ
lam
not
يُؤْمِنُوا۟
yu'minū
they believe
فَٱصْبِرُوا۟
fa-iṣ'birū
then be patient
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَحْكُمَ
yaḥkuma
judges
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بَيْنَنَا ۚ
baynanā
between us
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
خَيْرُ
khayru
(is the) Best
ٱلْحَـٰكِمِينَ
l-ḥākimīna
(of) [the] Judges
Interpretation

'And if there is a group among you who believe in what I have brought from my Lord, and another group who did not believe in it, then you, O deniers, should wait to see how Allah judges between the two groups. It would then become clear who stood for the truth and who were liars; and that those who stand for the truth will be saved, while those who are liars will be destroyed.'

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

88

۞ قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَـٰشُعَيْبُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَكَ مِن قَرْيَتِنَآ أَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ فِى مِلَّتِنَا ۚ قَالَ أَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَـٰرِهِينَ

Said the eminent ones who were arrogant among his people, "We will surely evict you, O Shuʿayb, and those who have believed with you from our city, or you must return to our religion." He said, "Even if we were unwilling?

Qaalal mala ul lazeenas takbaroo min qawmihee lanukhrijannaka yaa Shu'aibu wallazeena aamanoo ma'aka min qaryatinaaa aw lata'oo dunna fee millatinaa; qaala awa law kunnaa kaariheen

Word by word
۞ قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱلْمَلَأُ
l-mala-u
the chiefs
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
is'takbarū
were arrogant
مِن
min
among
قَوْمِهِۦ
qawmihi
his people
لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ
lanukh'rijannaka
We will surely drive you out
يَـٰشُعَيْبُ
yāshuʿaybu
O Shuaib
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
(have) believed
مَعَكَ
maʿaka
with you
مِن
min
from
قَرْيَتِنَآ
qaryatinā
our city
أَوْ
aw
or
لَتَعُودُنَّ
lataʿūdunna
you must return
فِى
to
مِلَّتِنَا ۚ
millatinā
our religion
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَوَلَوْ
awalaw
Even if
كُنَّا
kunnā
we are
كَـٰرِهِينَ
kārihīna
(the) ones who hate (it)
Interpretation

The leaders and important people who were proud among the people of Shu’ayb (peace be upon him) said: 'We will drive you out of our city O Shu'ayb, you and those with you who believe you, unless you and they return back to your old way of life and worship. Shu‘ayb said in astonishment: 'Should we return to a way of life and religion that we hate because we know what falsehood it is based on?!'

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

89

قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا ۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ

We would have invented against Allāh a lie if we returned to your religion after Allāh had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allāh, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allāh we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."

Qadif tarainaa 'alal laahi kaziban in 'udnaa fee millatikum ba'da iz najjaanal laahu minhaa; wa maa yakoonu lanaaa an na'ooda feehaaa illaaa ai yashaaa'al laahu Rabbunaa; wasi'a Rabbunaa kulla shai'in 'ilmaa; 'alal laahi tawakkalnaa; Rabbanaf tah bainanaa wa baina qawminaa bilhaqqi wa Anta khairul faatiheen

Word by word
قَدِ
qadi
Verily
ٱفْتَرَيْنَا
if'taraynā
we would have fabricated
عَلَى
ʿalā
against
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
كَذِبًا
kadhiban
a lie
إِنْ
in
if
عُدْنَا
ʿud'nā
we returned
فِى
in
مِلَّتِكُم
millatikum
your religion
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِذْ
idh
[when]
نَجَّىٰنَا
najjānā
saved us
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِنْهَا ۚ
min'hā
from it
وَمَا
wamā
And not
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
it is
لَنَآ
lanā
for us
أَن
an
that
نَّعُودَ
naʿūda
we return
فِيهَآ
fīhā
in it
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَن
an
that
يَشَآءَ
yashāa
wills
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
رَبُّنَا ۚ
rabbunā
our Lord
وَسِعَ
wasiʿa
Encompasses
رَبُّنَا
rabbunā
(by) Our Lord
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَىْءٍ
shayin
thing
عِلْمًا ۚ
ʿil'man
(in) knowledge
عَلَى
ʿalā
Upon
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ
tawakkalnā
we put our trust
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
Our Lord
ٱفْتَحْ
if'taḥ
Decide
بَيْنَنَا
baynanā
between us
وَبَيْنَ
wabayna
and between
قَوْمِنَا
qawminā
our people
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
and You
خَيْرُ
khayru
(are the) Best
ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ
l-fātiḥīna
(of) those who Decide
Interpretation

'If we follow what you believe of disbelief and polytheism after we have been saved from it by Allah’s grace, we would have invented a lie against Him. It would not be appropriate or right for us to return to your false religion unless Allah wills us to do so – as we will do whatever He wills. Allah surrounds everything in knowledge, and so He knows what is right for His slaves. Nothing is hidden from Him. We put our trust in Allah alone, so He will make us firm on the right path and protect us from the ways leading to Hell. O our Lord! Judge between us and these disbelieving people with the t

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

90

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shuʿayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

Wa qaalal mala ul lazeena kafaroo min qawmihee la'init taba'tum Shu'aiban innakum izal lakhaasiroon

Word by word
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
ٱلْمَلَأُ
l-mala-u
the chiefs
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieved
مِن
min
among
قَوْمِهِۦ
qawmihi
his people
لَئِنِ
la-ini
If
ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ
ittabaʿtum
you follow
شُعَيْبًا
shuʿayban
Shuaib
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
indeed, you
إِذًۭا
idhan
then
لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ
lakhāsirūna
(will be) certainly losers
Interpretation

The important people and leaders of his people who refused the call to believe in the Oneness of Allah, warned people against Shu’ayb and his faith, saying: 'O people, if you follow Shu’ayb’s path, leaving the way of life of our ancestors, you would certainly find ruin through doing so.'

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

91

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَـٰثِمِينَ

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Fa akhazat humur rajfatu fa asbahoo fee daarihim jaasimeen

Word by word
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
fa-akhadhathumu
Then seized them
ٱلرَّجْفَةُ
l-rajfatu
the earthquake
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟
fa-aṣbaḥū
then they became
فِى
in
دَارِهِمْ
dārihim
their home(s)
جَـٰثِمِينَ
jāthimīna
fallen prone
Interpretation

So a great earthquake took them; and in the morning they were dead in their homes, fallen on their knees and faces.

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

92

ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَا ۚ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًا كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was they who were the losers.

Allazeena kazzaboo Shu'aiban ka al alm yaghnaw feehaa; allazeena kazzaboo Shu'aiban kaanoo humul khaasireen

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
شُعَيْبًۭا
shuʿayban
Shuaib
كَأَن
ka-an
(became) as if
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَغْنَوْا۟
yaghnaw
they (had) lived
فِيهَا ۚ
fīhā
therein
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
شُعَيْبًۭا
shuʿayban
Shuaib
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
هُمُ
humu
them
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
the losers
Interpretation

Those who rejected Shu’ayb were all destroyed, and it was as if they had never lived in their homes or found enjoyment there.Those who rejected Shu’ayb were the losers, losing themselves and their possessions, whereas those who had faith did not fail in the least, contrary to what those who disbelieved claimed.

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

93

فَتَوَلَّىٰ عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَنَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ ءَاسَىٰ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ كَـٰفِرِينَ

And he [i.e., Shuʿayb] turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"

Fatawalla 'anhum wa qaala yaa qawmi laqad ablaghtukum Risaalaati Rabbee wa nasahtu lakum fakaifa aasaa'alaa qawmin kaafireen

Word by word
فَتَوَلَّىٰ
fatawallā
So he turned away
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
وَقَالَ
waqāla
and said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
لَقَدْ
laqad
Verily
أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ
ablaghtukum
I (have) conveyed to you
رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ
risālāti
(the) Messages
رَبِّى
rabbī
(of) my Lord
وَنَصَحْتُ
wanaṣaḥtu
and advised
لَكُمْ ۖ
lakum
[to] you
فَكَيْفَ
fakayfa
So how could
ءَاسَىٰ
āsā
I grieve
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
for
قَوْمٍۢ
qawmin
a people
كَـٰفِرِينَ
kāfirīna
(who are) disbelievers
Interpretation

Then their prophet Shu‘ayb (peace be upon him) turned from them when they were destroyed saying: 'O people! Indeed I had delivered what my Lord had instructed me to deliver to you, and I had given you good advice; but you had not taken my advice, nor followed my guidance, so how then can I grieve for a people who disbelieved in Allah and insisted on disbelief?'

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

94

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

And We sent to no city a prophet [who was denied] except that We seized its people with poverty and hardship that they might humble themselves [to Allāh].

Wa maaa arsalnaa fee qaryatim min Nabiyyin illaaa akhaznaaa ahlahaa bil baasaaa'i waddarraaa'i la'allahum yaddarra'oon

Word by word
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
فِى
in
قَرْيَةٍۢ
qaryatin
a city
مِّن
min
any
نَّبِىٍّ
nabiyyin
Prophet
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَخَذْنَآ
akhadhnā
We seized
أَهْلَهَا
ahlahā
its people
بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ
bil-basāi
with adversity
وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
wal-ḍarāi
and hardship
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَضَّرَّعُونَ
yaḍḍarraʿūna
(become) humble
Interpretation

God did not send a prophet to any city, the people of which denied and rejected the truth, except that He tried them with suffering and poverty and illness so that they might humble themselves before God, and leave their pride and disbelief. This was a warning for Quraysh and for all peoples who disbelieve and reject the way of God.

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

95

ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّىٰ عَفَوا۟ وَّقَالُوا۟ قَدْ مَسَّ ءَابَآءَنَا ٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.

Summa baddalnaa makaa nas saiyi'atil hasanata hattaa 'afaw wa qaaloo qad massa aabaa'anad darraaa'u wassarraaa'u fa akhaznaahum baghtatanw wa hum laa yash'uroon

Word by word
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
بَدَّلْنَا
baddalnā
We changed
مَكَانَ
makāna
(in) place
ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ
l-sayi-ati
(of) the bad
ٱلْحَسَنَةَ
l-ḥasanata
the good
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
عَفَوا۟
ʿafaw
they increased
وَّقَالُوا۟
waqālū
and said
قَدْ
qad
Verily
مَسَّ
massa
(had) touched
ءَابَآءَنَا
ābāanā
our forefathers
ٱلضَّرَّآءُ
l-ḍarāu
the adversity
وَٱلسَّرَّآءُ
wal-sarāu
and the ease
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم
fa-akhadhnāhum
So We seized them
بَغْتَةًۭ
baghtatan
suddenly
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
لَا
(did) not
يَشْعُرُونَ
yashʿurūna
perceive
Interpretation

After trying them with suffering and illness Allah improved their situation and turned their suffering into well-being and safety, until they became many and their wealth increased, and they said that the bad and good that they had experienced was a normal part of life and that the same thing had happened to their ancestors before them. They did not recognise that there was a lesson to be learned in the difficulties that occurred to them and that there was a test for them in the good that they were given. Then Allah overtook them suddenly with the punishment, while they were unaware of it and

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

96

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَـٰتٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَـٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ

And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allāh, We would have opened [i.e., bestowed] upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning.

Wa law anna ahlal quraaa aamanoo wattaqaw lafatahnaa 'alaihim barakaatim minas samaaa'i wal ardi wa laakin kazzaboo fa akhaznaahum bimaa kaanoo yaksiboon

Word by word
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
أَنَّ
anna
[that]
أَهْلَ
ahla
people
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
l-qurā
(of) the cities
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
(had) believed
وَٱتَّقَوْا۟
wa-ittaqaw
and feared Allah
لَفَتَحْنَا
lafataḥnā
surely We (would have) opened
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
upon them
بَرَكَـٰتٍۢ
barakātin
blessings
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the heaven
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
they denied
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم
fa-akhadhnāhum
So We seized them
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَكْسِبُونَ
yaksibūna
earn
Interpretation

If the people of the towns and cities which Allah sent His messengers to had believed in what their messengers brought them, and had been mindful of their Lord, leaving their disbelief and disobedience and following His commands, then Allah would have opened the doors of goodness upon them in every way; but they did not believe and were not mindful of Him. Instead they rejected what their prophets came with. So Allah overtook them with the punishment suddenly because of what they had earned through their sins and disobedience.

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

97

أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

Afa amina ahlul quraaa ai yaatiyahum baasunaa bayaatanw wa hum naaa'imoon

Word by word
أَفَأَمِنَ
afa-amina
Then did feel secure
أَهْلُ
ahlu
(the) people
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
l-qurā
(of) the cities
أَن
an
that
يَأْتِيَهُم
yatiyahum
comes to them
بَأْسُنَا
basunā
Our punishment
بَيَـٰتًۭا
bayātan
(at) night
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
نَآئِمُونَ
nāimūna
(were) asleep
Interpretation

So do the people who reject the truth in these cities feel safe from the punishment of Allah overcoming them in the night while they are sleeping?

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

98

أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?

Awa amina ahlul quraaa ai yaatiyahum baasunaa duhanw wa hum yal'aboon

Word by word
أَوَأَمِنَ
awa-amina
Or felt secure
أَهْلُ
ahlu
(the) people
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
l-qurā
(of) the cities
أَن
an
that
يَأْتِيَهُم
yatiyahum
comes to them
بَأْسُنَا
basunā
Our punishment
ضُحًۭى
ḍuḥan
(in) daylight
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
يَلْعَبُونَ
yalʿabūna
(were) playing
Interpretation

Or do they feel safe from the punishment of Allah overcoming them during the day, mid- morning, while they are amusing themselves forgetfully, busy with the life of this world?

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

99

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ

Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.

Afa aminoo makral laah; falaa yaamanu makral laahi illal qawmul khaasiroon

Word by word
أَفَأَمِنُوا۟
afa-aminū
Then did they feel secure
مَكْرَ
makra
(from the) plan
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
فَلَا
falā
But not
يَأْمَنُ
yamanu
feel secure
مَكْرَ
makra
(from the) plan
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱلْقَوْمُ
l-qawmu
the people
ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ
l-khāsirūna
(who are) the losers
Interpretation

Look at the blessings Allah has given them of strength and abundance, how He gave them as a means of testing them. Do these people who reject the truth among the people of these cities feel safe from Allah’s plan and His faultless arrangement of things? No one feels safe from Allah’s plan except a people who are lost. Yet those who are successful fear His Planning. They do not become amazed and proud because of what Allah has given to them, but rather see His Generosity to them and are thankful to Him.

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

100

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لِلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Has it not become clear to those who inherited the earth after its [previous] people that if We willed, We could afflict them for their sins? But We seal over their hearts so they do not hear.

Awa lam yahdi lillazeena yarisoonal arda mim ba'di ahlihaaa al law nashaaa'u asabnaahum bizunoobihim; wa natba'u 'alaa quloobihim fahum laa yasma'oon

Word by word
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Would it not
يَهْدِ
yahdi
guide
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
[for] those who
يَرِثُونَ
yarithūna
inherit
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the land
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
أَهْلِهَآ
ahlihā
its people
أَن
an
that
لَّوْ
law
if
نَشَآءُ
nashāu
We willed
أَصَبْنَـٰهُم
aṣabnāhum
We (could) afflict them
بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۚ
bidhunūbihim
for their sins
وَنَطْبَعُ
wanaṭbaʿu
and We put a seal
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
قُلُوبِهِمْ
qulūbihim
their hearts
فَهُمْ
fahum
so they
لَا
(do) not
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasmaʿūna
hear
Interpretation

Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth after the peoples before them were destroyed because of their sins – a people that they do not learn from, but actually copy in behaviour – that if Allah wanted to overcome them for their disobedience He would do so, as He often does, sealing their hearts so that they do not listen to the lesson and are not benefitted by being reminding of such a warning?

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

101

تِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus does Allāh seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.

Tilkal quraa naqussu 'alaika min ambaaa'ihaa; wa laqad jaaa'at hum Rusuluhum bilbaiyinaati famaa kaanoo liyu'minoo bimaa kazzaboo min qabl; kazaalika yatba'ul laahu 'alaa quloobil kaafireen

Word by word
تِلْكَ
til'ka
These
ٱلْقُرَىٰ
l-qurā
(were) the cities
نَقُصُّ
naquṣṣu
We relate
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
مِنْ
min
of
أَنۢبَآئِهَا ۚ
anbāihā
their news
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
جَآءَتْهُمْ
jāathum
came to them
رُسُلُهُم
rusuluhum
their Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
bil-bayināti
with clear proofs
فَمَا
famā
but not
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟
liyu'minū
to believe
بِمَا
bimā
in what
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
they (had) denied
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ ۚ
qablu
before
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
يَطْبَعُ
yaṭbaʿu
(has been) put a seal
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
قُلُوبِ
qulūbi
(the) hearts
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
(of) the disbelievers
Interpretation

These previous nations, of the peoples of Noah, Hūd, Sāliḥ, Lot and Shu’ayb- I relate their narrative to you O Messenger, concerning their rejection of the truth and their stubbornness, and the destruction that befell them, to serve as an example for those who reflect, and a warning for those who take advice. Messengers came to the people of these cities with clear signs of the truth of what they brought, but Allah did not guide them to the truth because of their rejection of it the first time, a just recompense for their rejection despite seeing the clear signs and proofs. In the same way tha

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

102

وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍ ۖ وَإِن وَجَدْنَآ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَـٰسِقِينَ

And We did not find for most of them any covenant; but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.

Wa maa wajadnaa li aksarihim min 'ahd; wa inw wajadnaaa aksarahum lafaasiqeen

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And not
وَجَدْنَا
wajadnā
We found
لِأَكْثَرِهِم
li-aktharihim
for most of them
مِّنْ
min
any
عَهْدٍۢ ۖ
ʿahdin
covenant
وَإِن
wa-in
But
وَجَدْنَآ
wajadnā
We found
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
aktharahum
most of them
لَفَـٰسِقِينَ
lafāsiqīna
certainly, defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

Allah did not find most of the peoples who were sent messengers to be firm and constant in what He commanded – most of them rebelling against Him.

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

103

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مُّوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

Then We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were unjust toward them. So see how was the end of the corrupters.

Summa ba'asnaa mim ba'dihim Moosaa bi Aayaatinaaa ilaa Fir'awana wa mala'ihee fazalamoo bihaa fanzur kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul mufsideen

Word by word
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
بَعَثْنَا
baʿathnā
We sent
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهِم
baʿdihim
after them
مُّوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ
biāyātinā
with Our Signs
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
Firaun
وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ
wamala-ihi
and his chiefs
فَظَلَمُوا۟
faẓalamū
But they were unjust
بِهَا ۖ
bihā
to them
فَٱنظُرْ
fa-unẓur
So see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
كَانَ
kāna
was
عَـٰقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
(the) end
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
l-muf'sidīna
(of) the corrupters
Interpretation

Then Allah sent the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), after these messengers, to Pharaoh and his people with clear miracles showing the truth of what he came with. Yet they only rejected these miracles and disbelieved them. So reflect on what the end of Pharaoh and his people was as a result of their rejection: Allah destroyed them by drowning them, condemning them in this world and in the Afterlife.

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

104

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds

Wa qaala Moosaa yaa Fir'awnu inee Rasoolum mir Rabbil 'aalameen

Word by word
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ
yāfir'ʿawnu
O Firaun
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I am
رَسُولٌۭ
rasūlun
a Messenger
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّ
rabbi
(the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds
Interpretation

And Moses said when Allah sent him to Pharaoh: 'O Pharaoh! I have been sent from the Creator of all creation, the Owner and Sustainer of everything.'

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

105

حَقِيقٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن لَّآ أَقُولَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ ۚ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِبَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعِىَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

[Who is] obligated not to say about Allāh except the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel."

Haqeequn 'alaaa al laaa aqoola 'alal laahi illal haqq; qad ji'tukum bibaiyinatim mir Rabbikum fa arsil ma'iya Baneee Israaa'eel

Word by word
حَقِيقٌ
ḥaqīqun
Obligated
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
أَن
an
that
لَّآ
not
أَقُولَ
aqūla
I say
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱلْحَقَّ ۚ
l-ḥaqa
the truth
قَدْ
qad
Verily
جِئْتُكُم
ji'tukum
I (have) come to you
بِبَيِّنَةٍۢ
bibayyinatin
with a clear Sign
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
فَأَرْسِلْ
fa-arsil
so send
مَعِىَ
maʿiya
with me
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
Interpretation

Moses said: 'Since I have been sent from Allah it is only appropriate for me to say the truth about Him. I have brought you a clear proof showing the truth of what I say, proving that I am sent from Allah to you. Release the Children of Israel from the slavery and miserable treatment they have suffered and let them leave with me.'

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

106

قَالَ إِن كُنتَ جِئْتَ بِـَٔايَةٍ فَأْتِ بِهَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

[Pharaoh] said, "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful."

Qaala in kunta ji'ta bi Aayatin faati bihaaa in kunta minas saadiqeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
إِن
in
If
كُنتَ
kunta
you have
جِئْتَ
ji'ta
come
بِـَٔايَةٍۢ
biāyatin
with a Sign
فَأْتِ
fati
then bring
بِهَآ
bihā
it
إِن
in
if
كُنتَ
kunta
you are
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
l-ṣādiqīna
the truthful
Interpretation

Pharaoh said: 'If you have brought a sign, as you claim, then show it to me, if you are telling the truth.

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

107

فَأَلْقَىٰ عَصَاهُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ثُعْبَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

So he [i.e., Moses] threw his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest.

Qa alqaa 'asaahu fa izaa hiya su'baanum mubeen

Word by word
فَأَلْقَىٰ
fa-alqā
So he threw
عَصَاهُ
ʿaṣāhu
his staff
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
and suddenly
هِىَ
hiya
it
ثُعْبَانٌۭ
thuʿ'bānun
(was) a serpent
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
manifest
Interpretation

So Moses threw his stick and it changed into a great snake, clear for all to see.

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

108

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُۥ فَإِذَا هِىَ بَيْضَآءُ لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white [with radiance] for the observers.

Wa naza'a yadahoo fa izaa hiya baidaaa'u linnaazireen

Word by word
وَنَزَعَ
wanazaʿa
And he drew out
يَدَهُۥ
yadahu
his hand
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
and suddenly
هِىَ
hiya
it
بَيْضَآءُ
bayḍāu
(was) white
لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
lilnnāẓirīna
for the observers
Interpretation

Then he drew out his hand from his shirt, near to his chest or under his arm, and it appeared completely white, not because of illness, but radiating brilliantly to all who saw it because of its extreme whiteness.

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

109

قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Said the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, "Indeed, this is a learned magician

Qaalal mala-u min qawmi Fir'awna inna haazaa lasaa hirun 'aleem

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
ٱلْمَلَأُ
l-mala-u
the chiefs
مِن
min
of
قَوْمِ
qawmi
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
لَسَـٰحِرٌ
lasāḥirun
(is) surely a magician
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
learned
Interpretation

The notables and leaders said once they witnessed the transformation of the stick and the whiteness of his hand: 'Moses is nothing but a skilled and masterful magician.'

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

110

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُمْ ۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

Who wants to expel you from your land [through magic], so what do you instruct?"

Yureedu ai yukhrijakum min ardikum famaazaa taamuroon

Word by word
يُرِيدُ
yurīdu
He wants
أَن
an
to
يُخْرِجَكُم
yukh'rijakum
drive you out
مِّنْ
min
from
أَرْضِكُمْ ۖ
arḍikum
your land
فَمَاذَا
famādhā
so what
تَأْمُرُونَ
tamurūna
(do) you instruct
Interpretation

'He intends by this to drive you all out from Egypt through his magic.' So Pharaoh asked his chiefs what they advise him to do.

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

111

قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَـٰشِرِينَ

They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

Qaalooo arjih wa akhaahu wa arsil filmadaaa'ini haashireen

Word by word
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
أَرْجِهْ
arjih
Postpone him
وَأَخَاهُ
wa-akhāhu
and his brother
وَأَرْسِلْ
wa-arsil
and send
فِى
in
ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ
l-madāini
the cities
حَـٰشِرِينَ
ḥāshirīna
gatherers
Interpretation

They said: 'Delay their case, Moses and his brother Aaron, and send people to the cities of Egypt to call all the magicians.'

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

112

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَـٰحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ

Who will bring you every learned magician."

Yaatooka bikulli saahirin 'aleem

Word by word
يَأْتُوكَ
yatūka
They (will) bring to you
بِكُلِّ
bikulli
[with] every
سَـٰحِرٍ
sāḥirin
magician
عَلِيمٍۢ
ʿalīmin
learned
Interpretation

'They will bring to you every skillful and powerful magician.'

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

113

وَجَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِن كُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ

And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."

Wa jaaa'as saharatu Fir'awna qaaloo inna lanaa la ajjran in kunnaa nahnul ghaalibeen

Word by word
وَجَآءَ
wajāa
So came
ٱلسَّحَرَةُ
l-saḥaratu
the magicians
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(to) Firaun
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
لَنَا
lanā
for us
لَأَجْرًا
la-ajran
surely (will be) a reward
إِن
in
if
كُنَّا
kunnā
we are
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
[we]
ٱلْغَـٰلِبِينَ
l-ghālibīna
the victors
Interpretation

So Pharaoh sent people to call the magicians, and when they came to Pharaoh they asked him if they would have a reward if they were the winners and overcame Moses with their magic.

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

114

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ

He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you will be among those made near [to me]."

Qaala na'am wa innakum laminal muqarrabeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
نَعَمْ
naʿam
Yes
وَإِنَّكُمْ
wa-innakum
and indeed you
لَمِنَ
lamina
surely (will be) of
ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
l-muqarabīna
the ones who are near
Interpretation

Pharaoh replied: 'Yes Indeed! You will be given a reward and you would be brought near to me and of those given important positions.'

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

115

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ

They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."

Qaaloo yaa Moosaaa immaaa an tulqiya wa immaaa an nakoona nahnul mulqeen

Word by word
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ
yāmūsā
O Musa
إِمَّآ
immā
Whether
أَن
an
[that]
تُلْقِىَ
tul'qiya
you throw
وَإِمَّآ
wa-immā
or Whether
أَن
an
[that]
نَّكُونَ
nakūna
we will be
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
[we]
ٱلْمُلْقِينَ
l-mul'qīna
the ones to throw
Interpretation

Due to their pride, they were certain that they would win against Moses. They asked him: 'Choose O Moses if you want to be the first to throw, or if you want us to throw first.'

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

116

قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ

He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.

Qaala alqoo falam maaa alqaw saharooo a'yunannaasi wastarhaboohum wa jaaa'oo bisihrin 'azeem

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَلْقُوا۟ ۖ
alqū
Throw
فَلَمَّآ
falammā
Then when
أَلْقَوْا۟
alqaw
they threw
سَحَرُوٓا۟
saḥarū
they bewitched
أَعْيُنَ
aʿyuna
(the) eyes
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the people
وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ
wa-is'tarhabūhum
and terrified them
وَجَآءُو
wajāū
and came (up)
بِسِحْرٍ
bisiḥ'rin
with a magic
عَظِيمٍۢ
ʿaẓīmin
great
Interpretation

Trusting in Allah that he would overcome them, Moses was not worried about them. He told them to throw their ropes and sticks. When they threw them they cast a mighty spell over the eyes of the people watching the spectacle, so that things looked different to reality, and the people became awed and frightened.

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

117

۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

Wa awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa an alqi 'asaaka fa izaa hiya talqafu maa yaafikoon

Word by word
۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ
wa-awḥaynā
And We inspired
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Musa
أَنْ
an
that
أَلْقِ
alqi
Throw
عَصَاكَ ۖ
ʿaṣāka
your staff
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
and suddenly
هِىَ
hiya
it
تَلْقَفُ
talqafu
swallow(ed)
مَا
what
يَأْفِكُونَ
yafikūna
they (were) falsifying
Interpretation

Allah then inspired Prophet Moses (peace be upon him): 'Throw your stick O Moses!' So he threw it and the stick changed into a snake and swallowed the ropes and sticks the magicians were using instead of real snakes; destroying for the people the illusion that these were crawling snakes.

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

118

فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.

Fawaqa'al haqqu wa batala maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Word by word
فَوَقَعَ
fawaqaʿa
So was established
ٱلْحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
the truth
وَبَطَلَ
wabaṭala
and became futile
مَا
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

In this way the truth became clear: proving the truth of what Moses was saying, and showing the falsehood of what the magicians had done.

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

119

فَغُلِبُوا۟ هُنَالِكَ وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟ صَـٰغِرِينَ

And they [i.e., Pharaoh and his people] were overcome right there and became debased.

Faghuliboo hunaalika wanqalaboo saaghireen

Word by word
فَغُلِبُوا۟
faghulibū
So they were defeated
هُنَالِكَ
hunālika
there
وَٱنقَلَبُوا۟
wa-inqalabū
and returned
صَـٰغِرِينَ
ṣāghirīna
humiliated
Interpretation

The magicians were defeated and humiliated by Moses in the assembly.

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

120

وَأُلْقِىَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ سَـٰجِدِينَ

And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

Wa ulqiyas saharatu saajideen

Word by word
وَأُلْقِىَ
wa-ul'qiya
And fell down
ٱلسَّحَرَةُ
l-saḥaratu
the magicians
سَـٰجِدِينَ
sājidīna
prostrate
Interpretation

When the magicians saw the greatness of the power of Allah, and his clear signs, they could only fall down, prostrating to Him.

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

121

قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,

Qaaloo aamannaa bi Rabbil 'aalameen

Word by word
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
We believe
بِرَبِّ
birabbi
in (the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
(of) the worlds
Interpretation

The magicians exclaimed: 'We believe in the Lord of all of creation.'

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

122

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ

The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

Rabbi Moosaa wa Haaroon

Word by word
رَبِّ
rabbi
Lord
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
(of) Musa
وَهَـٰرُونَ
wahārūna
and Harun
Interpretation

He is the Lord of Moses and Aaron (peace be upon them), alone worthy of worship for all people, and the false gods are not worthy of worship.

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

123

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أَهْلَهَا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

Said Pharaoh, "You believed in him before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a conspiracy which you conspired in the city to expel therefrom its people. But you are going to know.

Qaala Fir'awnu aamantum bihee qabla an aazana lakum; inna haaza lamakrum makartumoohu filmadeenati litukhrijoo minhaaa ahlahaa fasawfa ta'almoon

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'ʿawnu
Firaun
ءَامَنتُم
āmantum
You believed
بِهِۦ
bihi
in him
قَبْلَ
qabla
before
أَنْ
an
[that]
ءَاذَنَ
ādhana
I give permission
لَكُمْ ۖ
lakum
to you
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
لَمَكْرٌۭ
lamakrun
(is) surely a plot
مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ
makartumūhu
you have plotted it
فِى
in
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ
l-madīnati
the city
لِتُخْرِجُوا۟
litukh'rijū
so that you may drive out
مِنْهَآ
min'hā
from it
أَهْلَهَا ۖ
ahlahā
its people
فَسَوْفَ
fasawfa
But soon
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you will know
Interpretation

Pharaoh said threatening them because of their faith in Allah: 'Do you believe in Allah before I have given you permission to do so. This is only a trick you were deceiving people with, and a plot that you and Moses have planned to drive out the people of the city. But soon you will know what the consequences are and what an example I will make of you!'

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

124

لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."

La uqatti'anna aidiyakum wa arjulakum min khilaafin summa la usallibannakum ajma'een

Word by word
لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ
la-uqaṭṭiʿanna
I will surely cut off
أَيْدِيَكُمْ
aydiyakum
your hands
وَأَرْجُلَكُم
wa-arjulakum
and your feet
مِّنْ
min
of
خِلَـٰفٍۢ
khilāfin
opposite (sides)
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ
la-uṣallibannakum
I will surely crucify you
أَجْمَعِينَ
ajmaʿīna
all
Interpretation

'I will cut off the right hand and left foot or the left hand and right foot of each of you, and would then crucify you on palm trunks, making an example of you to frighten whoever sees you.'

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

125

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

Qaaloo innaaa ilaa Rabbinaa munqaliboon

Word by word
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
إِنَّآ
innā
Indeed, we
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
رَبِّنَا
rabbinā
our Lord
مُنقَلِبُونَ
munqalibūna
(will) return
Interpretation

The magicians replied: 'Indeed we will return to our Lord alone, so we are not scared of what you threaten us with.'

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

126

وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ

And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims [in submission to You]."

Wa maa tanqimu minnaaa illaaa an aamannaa bi Aayaati Rabbinaa lammaa jaaa'atnaa; Rabbanaaa afrigh 'alainaa sabranw wa tawaffanaa muslimeen

Word by word
وَمَا
wamā
And not
تَنقِمُ
tanqimu
you take revenge
مِنَّآ
minnā
from us
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَنْ
an
that
ءَامَنَّا
āmannā
we believed
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Signs
رَبِّنَا
rabbinā
(of) our Lord
لَمَّا
lammā
when
جَآءَتْنَا ۚ
jāatnā
they came to us
رَبَّنَآ
rabbanā
Our Lord
أَفْرِغْ
afrigh
Pour
عَلَيْنَا
ʿalaynā
upon us
صَبْرًۭا
ṣabran
patience
وَتَوَفَّنَا
watawaffanā
and cause us to die
مُسْلِمِينَ
mus'limīna
(as) Muslims
Interpretation

'You are only finding fault in us because we had faith in the signs of our Lord when they came to us through Moses. If this is our crime, then we stand firmly by it.' Then they turned to Allah in prayer: 'O our Lord! Pour upon us patience so that we will be able to stand firmly for the truth and let us die in a state of surrendering in devotion to You, doing as You command, and following Your Messenger.'

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

127

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَـٰهِرُونَ

And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said, "Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."

Wa qaalal mala-u min qawmi Fir'awna atazaru Moosaa wa qawmahoo liyufsidoo fil ardi wa yazaraka wa aalihatak; qaala sanuqattilu abnaaa 'ahum wa nastahyee nisaaa'ahum wa innaa fawqahum qaahiroon

Word by word
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
ٱلْمَلَأُ
l-mala-u
the chiefs
مِن
min
of
قَوْمِ
qawmi
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
أَتَذَرُ
atadharu
Will you leave
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
وَقَوْمَهُۥ
waqawmahu
and his people
لِيُفْسِدُوا۟
liyuf'sidū
so that they cause corruption
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَيَذَرَكَ
wayadharaka
and forsake you
وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚ
waālihataka
and your gods
قَالَ
qāla
He said
سَنُقَتِّلُ
sanuqattilu
We will kill
أَبْنَآءَهُمْ
abnāahum
their sons
وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ
wanastaḥyī
and we will let live
نِسَآءَهُمْ
nisāahum
their women
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
and indeed, we
فَوْقَهُمْ
fawqahum
over them
قَـٰهِرُونَ
qāhirūna
(are) subjugators
Interpretation

The leaders and notables people among Pharaoh’s people urged Pharaoh, provoking him to act against Moses and the believers who were with him. They said: 'Will you leave Moses and his people to spread corruption in the land, abandoning you and your gods, and calling to the worship of Allah alone?' Pharaoh said: 'We will kill the sons of the Children of Israel, and let their women live to serve us, and we have complete power over them.'

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

128

قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

Said Moses to his people, "Seek help through Allāh and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allāh. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous."

Qaala Moosaa liqawmihis ta'eenoo billaahi wasbiroo innal arda lillaahi yoorisuhaa mai yashaaa'u min 'ibaadihee wal 'aaqibatu lilmuttaqeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
Said
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
لِقَوْمِهِ
liqawmihi
to his people
ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟
is'taʿīnū
Seek help
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
from Allah
وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۖ
wa-iṣ'birū
and be patient
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the earth
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(belongs) to Allah
يُورِثُهَا
yūrithuhā
He causes to inherit it
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
مِنْ
min
of
عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ
ʿibādihi
His servants
وَٱلْعَـٰقِبَةُ
wal-ʿāqibatu
And the end
لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
lil'muttaqīna
(is) for the righteous
Interpretation

Moses advised his people: 'O people, ask for the help of Allah alone to remove hardship from you and to bring good, and be patient with the trial we have being given. For indeed the earth belongs to Allah alone, and it does not belong to Pharaoh or anyone else to do as they please in it. Rather, Allah, according to His will, gives turns to different people to have authority in the land, but the good end on earth is for those who have faith, follow the commands of their Lord and stay away from what He has prohibited – they will achieve the good end despite the tests and trials they are given.'

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

129

قَالُوٓا۟ أُوذِينَا مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَأْتِيَنَا وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا ۚ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُهْلِكَ عَدُوَّكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

They said, "We have been harmed before you came to us and after you have come to us." He said, "Perhaps your Lord will destroy your enemy and grant you succession in the land and see how you will do."

Qaaloo oozeenaa min qabli an taatiyanaa wa mim ba'di maa ji'tanaa; qaala 'asaa Rabbukum ai yuhlika 'aduwwakum wa yastakhli fakum fil ardi fayanzura kaifa ta'maloon

Word by word
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
They said
أُوذِينَا
ūdhīnā
We have been harmed
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
[that]
تَأْتِيَنَا
tatiyanā
you came to us
وَمِنۢ
wamin
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
and after
مَا
[what]
جِئْتَنَا ۚ
ji'tanā
you have come to us
قَالَ
qāla
He said
عَسَىٰ
ʿasā
Perhaps
رَبُّكُمْ
rabbukum
your Lord
أَن
an
[that]
يُهْلِكَ
yuh'lika
will destroy
عَدُوَّكُمْ
ʿaduwwakum
your enemy
وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْ
wayastakhlifakum
and make you successors
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
فَيَنظُرَ
fayanẓura
then see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you will do
Interpretation

The Children of Israel said to Moses (peace be upon him): 'We suffered at the hands of Pharaoh before you came to us and after you have come, with Pharaoh killing our sons and letting our women live.' Moses (peace be upon him) advised them giving them hope of release from their trial: 'It may be that Allah might destroy your enemy, Pharaoh and his people, and establish you on the earth after them, seeing whether you behave with thankfulness or ingratitude.'

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

130

وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

Wa laqad akhaznaaa Aala Fir'awna bis sineena wa naqsim minas samaraati la'allahum yazzakkaroon

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَخَذْنَآ
akhadhnā
We seized
ءَالَ
āla
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
بِٱلسِّنِينَ
bil-sinīna
with years (of famine)
وَنَقْصٍۢ
wanaqṣin
and a deficit
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ
l-thamarāti
[the] fruits
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَذَّكَّرُونَ
yadhakkarūna
receive admonition
Interpretation

And indeed I gave the people of Pharaoh a number of years of drought and famine, testing them with a shortage of fruits and crops, so that they might reflect and realise that this was a punishment from Allah because of their disbelief, and so they might repent to Him.

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

131

فَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْحَسَنَةُ قَالُوا۟ لَنَا هَـٰذِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَطَّيَّرُوا۟ بِمُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّمَا طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

But when good [i.e., provision] came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with Allāh, but most of them do not know.

Fa izaa jaaa'at humul hasanatu qaaloo lanaa haazihee wa in tusibhum saiyi'atuny yattaiyaroo bi Moosaa wa mam ma'ah; alaaa innamaa taaa'iruhum 'indal laahi wa laakinna aksarahum laa ya'lamoon

Word by word
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
But when
جَآءَتْهُمُ
jāathumu
came to them
ٱلْحَسَنَةُ
l-ḥasanatu
the good
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
لَنَا
lanā
For us
هَـٰذِهِۦ ۖ
hādhihi
(is) this
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تُصِبْهُمْ
tuṣib'hum
afflicts them
سَيِّئَةٌۭ
sayyi-atun
bad
يَطَّيَّرُوا۟
yaṭṭayyarū
they ascribe evil omens
بِمُوسَىٰ
bimūsā
to Musa
وَمَن
waman
and who
مَّعَهُۥٓ ۗ
maʿahu
(were) with him
أَلَآ
alā
Behold
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
طَـٰٓئِرُهُمْ
ṭāiruhum
their evil omens
عِندَ
ʿinda
(are) with
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
أَكْثَرَهُمْ
aktharahum
most of them
لَا
(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Interpretation

Whenever the people of Pharaoh experienced wealth, healthy yields, and a thriving economy, they said: 'We have been given this because we deserve it.' But if a misfortune came upon them, such as a drought or famine, diseases, and other hardships, they would blame their bad fortune on Moses and the Children of Israel who were with him. However, the misfortunes happened to them by the decree and permission of Allah, and neither they nor Moses (peace be upon him) had any part in the affair, apart from Moses's supplications against them. But most of them do not know, saying what happens is due to

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

132

وَقَالُوا۟ مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِۦ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you."

Wa qaaloo mahmaa taatinaa bihee min Aayatil litasharanaa bihaa famaa nahnu laka bimu'mineen

Word by word
وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they said
مَهْمَا
mahmā
Whatever
تَأْتِنَا
tatinā
you bring us
بِهِۦ
bihi
therewith
مِنْ
min
of
ءَايَةٍۢ
āyatin
(the) sign
لِّتَسْحَرَنَا
litasḥaranā
so that you bewitch us
بِهَا
bihā
with it
فَمَا
famā
then not
نَحْنُ
naḥnu
we
لَكَ
laka
(will be) in you
بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
bimu'minīna
believers
Interpretation

The people of Pharaoh said to Moses (peace be upon them), out of their stubbornness against the truth: 'Whatever sign or evidence you bring to us and whatever proof of the falsehood of own beliefs you show us, we will not believe you. '

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

133

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَـٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلَـٰتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

Fa arsalnaa 'alaihimut toofaana waljaraada walqum mala waddafaadi'a waddama Aayaatim mufassalaatin fastakbaroo wa kaanoo qawmam mujrimeen

Word by word
فَأَرْسَلْنَا
fa-arsalnā
So We sent
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
on them
ٱلطُّوفَانَ
l-ṭūfāna
the flood
وَٱلْجَرَادَ
wal-jarāda
and the locusts
وَٱلْقُمَّلَ
wal-qumala
and the lice
وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ
wal-ḍafādiʿa
and the frogs
وَٱلدَّمَ
wal-dama
and the blood
ءَايَـٰتٍۢ
āyātin
(as) signs
مُّفَصَّلَـٰتٍۢ
mufaṣṣalātin
manifest
فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
fa-is'takbarū
but they showed arrogance
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they were
قَوْمًۭا
qawman
a people
مُّجْرِمِينَ
muj'rimīna
criminal
Interpretation

As a punishment for their rejection and stubbornness, I sent floods of water that destroyed their crops and fruits; locusts and weevils that ate their crops and harvests;frogs which filled their dishes and containers, ruining their food, and disturbing their sleep; and turning the water in their wells and rivers into blood. All these were sent as clear and distinct signs, one after another. Despite all of these torments, they were too proud to have faith in Allah or to believe in what Moses (peace be upon him) brought. They were a people who committed wrongs, who would not give up falsehood, a

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

134

وَلَمَّا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّجْزُ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ ۖ لَئِن كَشَفْتَ عَنَّا ٱلرِّجْزَ لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ لَكَ وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ مَعَكَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

And when the punishment descended upon them, they said, "O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. If you [can] remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe you, and we will send with you the Children of Israel."

Wa lammaa waqa'a 'alaihimur rijzu qaaloo ya Moosad-u lanaa rabbaka bimaa 'ahida 'indaka la'in kashafta 'annar rijza lanu 'minanna laka wa lanursilanna ma'aka Banee Israaa'eel

Word by word
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
وَقَعَ
waqaʿa
fell
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
on them
ٱلرِّجْزُ
l-rij'zu
the punishment
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
يَـٰمُوسَى
yāmūsā
O Musa
ٱدْعُ
ud'ʿu
Invoke
لَنَا
lanā
for us
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
بِمَا
bimā
by what
عَهِدَ
ʿahida
He has promised
عِندَكَ ۖ
ʿindaka
to you
لَئِن
la-in
If
كَشَفْتَ
kashafta
you remove
عَنَّا
ʿannā
from us
ٱلرِّجْزَ
l-rij'za
the punishment
لَنُؤْمِنَنَّ
lanu'minanna
surely, we will believe
لَكَ
laka
[for] you
وَلَنُرْسِلَنَّ
walanur'silanna
and surely, we will send
مَعَكَ
maʿaka
with you
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
Interpretation

When these torments came upon them, they asked Moses (peace be upon him): 'O Moses, call upon your Lord, because of what He has given you of prophethood and Allah’s promise to you that He will remove the torment for our turning to Him, to remove from us the torment, for then we will certainly believe in you, and will send the Children of Israel with you, releasing them from captivity.'

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

135

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلرِّجْزَ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ هُم بَـٰلِغُوهُ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word.

Falammaa kashafnaa 'anhumur rijza ilaaa ajalin hum baalighoohu izaa hum yankusoon

Word by word
فَلَمَّا
falammā
But when
كَشَفْنَا
kashafnā
We removed
عَنْهُمُ
ʿanhumu
from them
ٱلرِّجْزَ
l-rij'za
the punishment
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
till
أَجَلٍ
ajalin
a (fixed) term
هُم
hum
(which) they
بَـٰلِغُوهُ
bālighūhu
were to reach [it]
إِذَا
idhā
then
هُمْ
hum
they
يَنكُثُونَ
yankuthūna
broke (the word)
Interpretation

But when Allah removed the torment from them for a set time – before they were destroyed through drowning – they went back on their word and did not believe him or send the Israelites with him, remaining firm on their disbelief, and not allowing the Israelites to go with Moses (peace be upon him).

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

136

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ

So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

Fantaqamnaa minhum fa aghraqnaahum kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wa kaanoo 'anhaa ghaafileen

Word by word
فَٱنتَقَمْنَا
fa-intaqamnā
So We took retribution
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
from them
فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ
fa-aghraqnāhum
and We drowned them
فِى
in
ٱلْيَمِّ
l-yami
the sea
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
because they
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Signs
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they were
عَنْهَا
ʿanhā
to them
غَـٰفِلِينَ
ghāfilīna
heedless
Interpretation

So when the appointed time came for their destruction, I unleashed My punishment on them and drowned them in the sea because of their rejection of the signs of Allah and because they turned away from the truth about which there was no doubt.

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

137

وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَـٰرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَـٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ ۖ وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ

And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word [i.e., decree] of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.

Wa awrasnal qawmal lazeena kaanoo yustad'afoona mashaariqal ardi wa maghaari bahal latee baaraknaa feehaa wa tammat kalimatu Rabbikal husnaa 'alaa Baneee Israaa'eela bimaa sabaroo wa dammarnaa maa kaana yasna'u Fir'awnu wa qawmuhoo wa maa kaanoo ya'rishoon

Word by word
وَأَوْرَثْنَا
wa-awrathnā
And We made inheritors
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَانُوا۟
kānū
were
يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ
yus'taḍʿafūna
considered weak
مَشَـٰرِقَ
mashāriqa
(the) eastern (parts)
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
(of) the land
وَمَغَـٰرِبَهَا
wamaghāribahā
and the western (parts) of it
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
بَـٰرَكْنَا
bāraknā
We blessed
فِيهَا ۖ
fīhā
[in it]
وَتَمَّتْ
watammat
And was fulfilled
كَلِمَتُ
kalimatu
(the) word
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
l-ḥus'nā
the best
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
for
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
بِمَا
bimā
because
صَبَرُوا۟ ۖ
ṣabarū
they were patient
وَدَمَّرْنَا
wadammarnā
And We destroyed
مَا
what
كَانَ
kāna
used to
يَصْنَعُ
yaṣnaʿu
make
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'ʿawnu
Firaun
وَقَوْمُهُۥ
waqawmuhu
and his people
وَمَا
wamā
and what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْرِشُونَ
yaʿrishūna
erect
Interpretation

I made the Children of Israel, who had been humiliated by Pharaoh and his people, inherit the eastern areas of the land and the western areas of it (the lands of the Levant). Allah blessed this land, making it produce the best crops and fruits. So the good word of your Lord was fulfilled O Messenger where Allah says, ‘I wished to favour those who were weak in the earth, and to make them leaders and inheritors’ (Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ: 5). So God established them in the land because of their patience in the face of the harm they had suffered from Pharaoh and his people, and God destroyed the agricultur

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

138

وَجَـٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ ۚ قَالُوا۟ يَـٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَـٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They [the Children of Israel] said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.

Wa jaawaznaa bi Banneee Israaa'eelal bahra fa ataw 'alaa qawminy ya'kufoona 'alaaa asnaamil lahum; qaaloo yaa Moosaj'al lanaa ilaahan kamaa lahum aalihah; qaala innakum qawmun tajhaloon

Word by word
وَجَـٰوَزْنَا
wajāwaznā
And We led across
بِبَنِىٓ
bibanī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
ٱلْبَحْرَ
l-baḥra
the sea
فَأَتَوْا۟
fa-ataw
Then they came
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
قَوْمٍۢ
qawmin
a people
يَعْكُفُونَ
yaʿkufūna
devoted
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
to
أَصْنَامٍۢ
aṣnāmin
idols
لَّهُمْ ۚ
lahum
of theirs
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
يَـٰمُوسَى
yāmūsā
O Musa
ٱجْعَل
ij'ʿal
Make
لَّنَآ
lanā
for us
إِلَـٰهًۭا
ilāhan
a god
كَمَا
kamā
like what
لَهُمْ
lahum
they have
ءَالِهَةٌۭ ۚ
ālihatun
gods
قَالَ
qāla
He said
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
Indeed, you
قَوْمٌۭ
qawmun
(are) a people
تَجْهَلُونَ
tajhalūna
ignorant
Interpretation

And I made the Children of Israel cross the sea when Moses hit it with his stick and it parted. They passed a people who were worshipping idols, which they worshipped instead of Allah. The Children of Israel said to Moses (peace be upon him): 'O Moses, make us an idol to worship as these people have idols to worship.' Moses said: 'You are a people who are ignorant of the rights that are due to Allah alone concerning the belief in His Oneness and what is due to Him of reverence, and what is inappropriate to ascribe to Him of polytheism and the like.'

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

139

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَـٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."

Innaa haaa'ulaaa'i mutabbarum maa hum feehi wa baatilum maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
these
مُتَبَّرٌۭ
mutabbarun
destroyed
مَّا
(is) what
هُمْ
hum
they
فِيهِ
fīhi
(are) in it
وَبَـٰطِلٌۭ
wabāṭilun
and vain
مَّا
(is) what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

'These people who are worshipping idols are ruined, and all of their works and devotion is false and worthless because they are worshipping other than Allah.'

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

140

قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَـٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

He said, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire for you as a god while He has preferred you over the worlds?"

Qaala a-ghairal laahi abgheekum ilaahanw wa Huwa faddalakum 'alal 'aalameen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَغَيْرَ
aghayra
Should other than
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
أَبْغِيكُمْ
abghīkum
I seek for you
إِلَـٰهًۭا
ilāhan
a god
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while He
فَضَّلَكُمْ
faḍḍalakum
has preferred you
عَلَى
ʿalā
over
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
l-ʿālamīna
the worlds
Interpretation

Moses said: 'How can I seek for you a god other than the one true God for you to worship, when you have already seen His great signs, and when He has preferred you over all the nations of your time, granting you the destruction of your enemy, and making you leaders in the land and establishing you in it?'

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

141

وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

And [recall, O Children of Israel], when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, [who were] afflicting you with the worst torment - killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

Wa iz anjainaakum min Aali Fir'awna yasoomoo nakum sooo'al 'azaab, yuqattiloona abnaaa'akum wa yastahyoona nisaaa'akum; wa fee zaalikum balaaa'um mir Rabbikum 'azeem

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم
anjaynākum
We saved you
مِّنْ
min
from
ءَالِ
āli
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
يَسُومُونَكُمْ
yasūmūnakum
who were afflicting you
سُوٓءَ
sūa
(with) worst
ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ
l-ʿadhābi
(of) torment
يُقَتِّلُونَ
yuqattilūna
they were killing
أَبْنَآءَكُمْ
abnāakum
your sons
وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ
wayastaḥyūna
and letting live
نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ
nisāakum
your women
وَفِى
wafī
And in
ذَٰلِكُم
dhālikum
that
بَلَآءٌۭ
balāon
(was) a trial
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Interpretation

And remember O Children of Israel, when I saved you from the humiliation of Pharaoh and his people, who were making you suffer greatly, killing your sons and letting your women live to serve them. Being saved from Pharaoh and his people was a great test from your Lord, to see if you would be thankful.

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

142

۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَـٰثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَـٰتُ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَـٰرُونَ ٱخْلُفْنِى فِى قَوْمِى وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right [by them], and do not follow the way of the corrupters."

Wa waa'adnaa Moosaa salaaseena lailatanw wa at mamnaahaa bi'ashrim fatamma meeqaatu Rabbihee arba'eena lailah; wa qaala Moosaa liakheehi Haaroonakh lufnee fee qawmee wa aslih wa laa tattabi' sabeelal mufsideen

Word by word
۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَا
wawāʿadnā
And We appointed
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
(for) Musa
ثَلَـٰثِينَ
thalāthīna
thirty
لَيْلَةًۭ
laylatan
nights
وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَا
wa-atmamnāhā
and We completed them
بِعَشْرٍۢ
biʿashrin
with ten (more)
فَتَمَّ
fatamma
so was completed
مِيقَـٰتُ
mīqātu
(the) set term
رَبِّهِۦٓ
rabbihi
(of) his Lord
أَرْبَعِينَ
arbaʿīna
(of) forty
لَيْلَةًۭ ۚ
laylatan
night(s)
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
لِأَخِيهِ
li-akhīhi
to his brother
هَـٰرُونَ
hārūna
Harun
ٱخْلُفْنِى
ukh'luf'nī
Take my place
فِى
in
قَوْمِى
qawmī
my people
وَأَصْلِحْ
wa-aṣliḥ
and do right
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَتَّبِعْ
tattabiʿ
follow
سَبِيلَ
sabīla
(the) way
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
l-muf'sidīna
(of) the corrupters
Interpretation

And Allah appointed for Moses a place of meeting of thirty nights in order to speak with him, and then He perfected it by adding ten more, so that there were forty nights all together. Moses told his brother Aaron, when he was leaving for this retreat alone with His Lord: 'O Aaron, take my place as leader among my people, and do what is right, governing them wisely and treating them kindly, and not following the path of those who cause corruption, nor committing disobedience, nor helping the wrongdoers.'

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

143

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَـٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى وَلَـٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِى ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا ۚ فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allāh] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first [among my people] of the believers."

Wa lammaa jaaa'a Moosa limeeqaatinaa wa kallamahoo Rabbuhoo qaala Rabbi arineee anzur ilaik; qaala lan taraanee wa laakininzur ilal jabali fa inistaqarra makaanahoo faswfa taraanee; falammaa tajallaa Rabbuhoo liljabali ja'alahoo dakkanw wa kharra Moosaa sa'iqaa; falammaaa afaaqa qaala Subhaanaka tubtu ilaika wa ana awwalul mu'mineen

Word by word
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
جَآءَ
jāa
came
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
لِمِيقَـٰتِنَا
limīqātinā
to Our appointed place
وَكَلَّمَهُۥ
wakallamahu
and spoke to him
رَبُّهُۥ
rabbuhu
his Lord
قَالَ
qāla
he said
رَبِّ
rabbi
O my Lord
أَرِنِىٓ
arinī
Show me
أَنظُرْ
anẓur
(that) I may look
إِلَيْكَ ۚ
ilayka
at You
قَالَ
qāla
He said
لَن
lan
Never
تَرَىٰنِى
tarānī
you (can) see Me
وَلَـٰكِنِ
walākini
but
ٱنظُرْ
unẓur
look
إِلَى
ilā
at
ٱلْجَبَلِ
l-jabali
the mountain
فَإِنِ
fa-ini
[then] if
ٱسْتَقَرَّ
is'taqarra
it remains
مَكَانَهُۥ
makānahu
in its place
فَسَوْفَ
fasawfa
then
تَرَىٰنِى ۚ
tarānī
you (will) see Me
فَلَمَّا
falammā
But when
تَجَلَّىٰ
tajallā
revealed (His) Glory
رَبُّهُۥ
rabbuhu
his Lord
لِلْجَبَلِ
lil'jabali
to the mountain
جَعَلَهُۥ
jaʿalahu
He made it
دَكًّۭا
dakkan
crumbled to dust
وَخَرَّ
wakharra
and fell down
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
صَعِقًۭا ۚ
ṣaʿiqan
unconscious
فَلَمَّآ
falammā
And when
أَفَاقَ
afāqa
he recovered
قَالَ
qāla
he said
سُبْحَـٰنَكَ
sub'ḥānaka
Glory be to You
تُبْتُ
tub'tu
I turn (in repentance)
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
وَأَنَا۠
wa-anā
and I am
أَوَّلُ
awwalu
(the) first
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
l-mu'minīna
(of) the believers
Interpretation

When Moses came to meet his Lord for the appointment he had been assigned, which was a full forty nights, and his Lord spoke to him giving him instructions and prohibitions and so on, Moses desired to see his Lord, so he asked to see Him. Allah the Exalted replied: 'You will not see Me in the life of this world, because you will not be able to endure that, but look instead at the mountain when I reveal Myself to it, if it remains in its place and is not affected then You will be able to see Me; but if it becomes flattened, then you will not be able to see Me in the life of this world.' Then wh

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

144

قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِى وَبِكَلَـٰمِى فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

[Allāh] said, "O Moses, I have chosen you over the people with My messages and My words [to you]. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful."

Qaala yaa Moosaaa innis tafaituka 'alan naasi bi Risaalaatee wa bi kalaamee fakhuz maaa aataituka wa kum minash shaakireen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ
yāmūsā
O Musa
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I
ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ
iṣ'ṭafaytuka
have chosen you
عَلَى
ʿalā
over
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the people
بِرِسَـٰلَـٰتِى
birisālātī
with My Messages
وَبِكَلَـٰمِى
wabikalāmī
and with My words
فَخُذْ
fakhudh
So take
مَآ
what
ءَاتَيْتُكَ
ātaytuka
I have given you
وَكُن
wakun
and be
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ
l-shākirīna
the grateful
Interpretation

Allah told Moses: 'O Moses, I have chosen you and preferred you over other people through the message which I have sent you with, and by My speaking to you directly. Take then the great honour which I have given you, and be among those who are thankful to Allah for such a great gift.'

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

145

وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَلْوَاحِ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْعِظَةً وَتَفْصِيلًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُوا۟ بِأَحْسَنِهَا ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ دَارَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ

And We wrote for him on the tablets [something] of all things - instruction and explanation for all things, [saying], "Take them with determination and order your people to take the best of it. I will show you the home of the defiantly disobedient."

Wa katabnaa lahoo fil alwaahi minkulli shai'immaw 'izaanw wa tafseelal likulli shai'in fakhuzhaa biquwwatinw waamur qawmaka yaakhuzoo bi ahsanihaa; wa ooreekum daaral faasiqeen

Word by word
وَكَتَبْنَا
wakatabnā
And We ordained (laws)
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
فِى
in
ٱلْأَلْوَاحِ
l-alwāḥi
the tablets
مِن
min
of
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
مَّوْعِظَةًۭ
mawʿiẓatan
an instruction
وَتَفْصِيلًۭا
watafṣīlan
and explanation
لِّكُلِّ
likulli
for every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
فَخُذْهَا
fakhudh'hā
So take them
بِقُوَّةٍۢ
biquwwatin
with firmness
وَأْمُرْ
wamur
and order
قَوْمَكَ
qawmaka
your people
يَأْخُذُوا۟
yakhudhū
(to) take
بِأَحْسَنِهَا ۚ
bi-aḥsanihā
(the) best of it
سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ
sa-urīkum
I will show you
دَارَ
dāra
(the) home
ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
l-fāsiqīna
(of) the defiantly disobedient
Interpretation

Allah wrote for Moses in the Tablets everything that the Israelites would need for their spiritual and worldly affairs – instruction for those who would be instructed and an explanation of laws that needed explanation. He told Moses to take hold of them firmly and with determination, and to instruct his people, the Israelites, to take hold of the most excellent instructions that they contained, with the promise of the greatest reward for doing what they were instructed in the most perfect way, and to do so with patience and forgiveness. Allah told Moses that He would show them the destiny of t

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

146

سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلْغَىِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ

I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.

Sa asrifu 'an Aayaatiyal lazeena yatakabbaroona fil ardi bighairil haqq; wa iny-yaraw kulla Aayatil laa yu'minoo bihaa wa iny-yaraw sabeelar rushdi laa yattakhizoohu sabeelanw wa iny-yaraw sabeelal ghaiyi yatta khizoohu sabeelaa; zaalika bi annahum kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wa kaanoo 'anhaa ghaafileen

Word by word
سَأَصْرِفُ
sa-aṣrifu
I will turn away
عَنْ
ʿan
from
ءَايَـٰتِىَ
āyātiya
My Signs
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَتَكَبَّرُونَ
yatakabbarūna
are arrogant
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
[the] right
وَإِن
wa-in
and if
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
كُلَّ
kulla
every
ءَايَةٍۢ
āyatin
sign
لَّا
not
يُؤْمِنُوا۟
yu'minū
(will) they believe
بِهَا
bihā
in it
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
سَبِيلَ
sabīla
(the) way
ٱلرُّشْدِ
l-rush'di
(of) the righteousness
لَا
not
يَتَّخِذُوهُ
yattakhidhūhu
(will) they take it
سَبِيلًۭا
sabīlan
(as) a way
وَإِن
wa-in
but if
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
سَبِيلَ
sabīla
(the) way
ٱلْغَىِّ
l-ghayi
(of) [the] error
يَتَّخِذُوهُ
yattakhidhūhu
they will take it
سَبِيلًۭا ۚ
sabīlan
(as) a way
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
بِأَنَّهُمْ
bi-annahum
(is) because they
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Signs
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they were
عَنْهَا
ʿanhā
of them
غَـٰفِلِينَ
ghāfilīna
heedless
Interpretation

Those who are unjustly proud towards the servants of Allah and the truth will be turned away by Allah from thinking about His signs on the horizons and within themselves and from understanding His verses even if they see every sign, they will not believe in them, because of their rejection of these signs and their turning away from them, and for opposing Allah and His Messenger. If they see the path of truth which leads to the pleasure of Allah, they do not follow it, and do not like it; and if they see the way of misguidance and error leading to Allah’s displeasure, they follow it. This only

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

147

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَلِقَآءِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ ۚ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Those who denied Our signs and the meeting of the Hereafter - their deeds have become worthless. Are they recompensed except for what they used to do?

Wallazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wa liqaaa'il Aakhirati habitat 'amaaluhum; hal yujzawna illaa maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Signs
وَلِقَآءِ
waliqāi
and (the) meeting
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
(of) the Hereafter
حَبِطَتْ
ḥabiṭat
worthless
أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ ۚ
aʿmāluhum
(are) their deeds
هَلْ
hal
Will
يُجْزَوْنَ
yuj'zawna
they be recompensed
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
(for) what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

Those who rejected the signs of Allah proving the truth of the messengers, and denied that they would meet with Allah on the Day of Judgement, their good actions will come to nothing, because they were not based on faith; and they will be repaid for their disbelief in Allah and for associating partners with Allah – the repayment for which is living eternally in the fire of Hell.

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

148

وَٱتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَىٰ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُۥ خُوَارٌ ۚ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّهُۥ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلَا يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلًا ۘ ٱتَّخَذُوهُ وَكَانُوا۟ ظَـٰلِمِينَ

And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.

Wattakhaza qawmu Moosaa mim ba'dihee min huliyyihim 'ijlan jasadal lahoo khuwaar; alam yaraw annahoo laa yukallimuhum wa laa yahdeehim sabeelaa; ittakha zoohu wa kaanoo zaalimeen

Word by word
وَٱتَّخَذَ
wa-ittakhadha
And took
قَوْمُ
qawmu
(the) people
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
(of) Musa
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهِۦ
baʿdihi
after him
مِنْ
min
from
حُلِيِّهِمْ
ḥuliyyihim
their ornaments
عِجْلًۭا
ʿij'lan
a calf
جَسَدًۭا
jasadan
an image
لَّهُۥ
lahu
[for] it
خُوَارٌ ۚ
khuwārun
(had) a lowing sound
أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
أَنَّهُۥ
annahu
that it
لَا
(could) not
يُكَلِّمُهُمْ
yukallimuhum
speak to them
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَهْدِيهِمْ
yahdīhim
guide them
سَبِيلًا ۘ
sabīlan
(to) a way
ٱتَّخَذُوهُ
ittakhadhūhu
They took it (for worship)
وَكَانُوا۟
wakānū
and they were
ظَـٰلِمِينَ
ẓālimīna
wrongdoers
Interpretation

After Moses had gone to meet with his Lord, his people took to worshipping a statue of a calf made from their ornaments, not possessing any soul, but which made a sound. Did they not know that this calf could not speak to them or guide them to any good way, material or spiritual, and that it could not bring anything of benefit to them or remove anything harmful from them? But they took to worshipping it and wronged themselves by doing so.

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

149

وَلَمَّا سُقِطَ فِىٓ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَرَأَوْا۟ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ يَرْحَمْنَا رَبُّنَا وَيَغْفِرْ لَنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ

And when regret overcame them and they saw that they had gone astray, they said, "If our Lord does not have mercy upon us and forgive us, we will surely be among the losers."

Wa lammaa suqita feee aideehim wa ra aw annahum qad dalloo qaaloo la'il lam yarhamnaa Rabbunaa wa yaghfir lanaa lanakoonanna minal khaasireen

Word by word
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
سُقِطَ
suqiṭa
(it was made to) fall
فِىٓ
into
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
their hands
وَرَأَوْا۟
wara-aw
and they saw
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
that they
قَدْ
qad
(had) indeed
ضَلُّوا۟
ḍallū
gone astray
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
لَئِن
la-in
If
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَرْحَمْنَا
yarḥamnā
has Mercy on us
رَبُّنَا
rabbunā
Our Lord
وَيَغْفِرْ
wayaghfir
and forgive
لَنَا
lanā
[for] us
لَنَكُونَنَّ
lanakūnanna
we will surely be
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
l-khāsirīna
the losers
Interpretation

When they regretted their actions and did not know how to make-up for their wrongdoing, realising that they had gone astray from the straight path by worshipping the calf besides to Allah, they said: 'If our Lord does not have mercy on us, by enabling us to do as He instructed, and if He does not forgive us for having worshipped the calf, then we would certainly be among the losers in the life of this world and in the Afterlife.'

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

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وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَـٰنَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ ۚ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of your Lord?" And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by [the hair of] his head, pulling him toward him. [Aaron] said, "O son of my mother, indeed the people overpowered me and were about to kill me, so let not the enemies rejoice over me and do not place me among the wrongdoing people."

Wa lammaa raja'a Moosaaa ilaa qawmihee ghadbaana asifan qaala bi'samaa khalaftumoonee mim ba'dee a-'ajiltum amra Rabbikum wa alqal alwaaha wa akhaza biraasi akheehi yajurruhoo ilaih; qaalab na umma innal qawmas tad'afoonee wa kadoo yaqtu loonanee; falaa tushmit biyal a'daaa'a wa laa taj'alnee ma'al qawmiz zaalimeen

Word by word
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
رَجَعَ
rajaʿa
returned
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Musa
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
قَوْمِهِۦ
qawmihi
his people
غَضْبَـٰنَ
ghaḍbāna
angry
أَسِفًۭا
asifan
and grieved
قَالَ
qāla
he said
بِئْسَمَا
bi'samā
Evil is what
خَلَفْتُمُونِى
khalaftumūnī
you have done in my place
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِىٓ ۖ
baʿdī
after me
أَعَجِلْتُمْ
aʿajil'tum
Were you impatient
أَمْرَ
amra
(over the) matter
رَبِّكُمْ ۖ
rabbikum
(of) your Lord
وَأَلْقَى
wa-alqā
And he cast down
ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ
l-alwāḥa
the tablets
وَأَخَذَ
wa-akhadha
and seized
بِرَأْسِ
birasi
by head
أَخِيهِ
akhīhi
his brother
يَجُرُّهُۥٓ
yajurruhu
dragging him
إِلَيْهِ ۚ
ilayhi
to himself
قَالَ
qāla
He said
ٱبْنَ
ib'na
O son
أُمَّ
umma
(of) my mother
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى
is'taḍʿafūnī
considered me weak
وَكَادُوا۟
wakādū
and were about to
يَقْتُلُونَنِى
yaqtulūnanī
kill me
فَلَا
falā
So (let) not
تُشْمِتْ
tush'mit
rejoice
بِىَ
biya
over me
ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ
l-aʿdāa
the enemies
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَجْعَلْنِى
tajʿalnī
place me
مَعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
(who are) wrongdoing
Interpretation

Moses returned to his people from his meeting with His Lord full of anger and sadness upon finding them worshipping the calf. He said: 'What an evil condition you have fallen into after me O people, which leads only to ruin and misery! Were you tired of waiting for the appointed time of your Lord assigned for me – the forty nights – so you started to worship the calf!' Moses threw the Tablets down because of his extreme anger and sadness, and took his brother Aaron by the head and beard and dragged him, because he had been with them and had not been able to stop them from worshipping the calf.

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

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قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

[Moses] said, "My Lord, forgive me and my brother and admit us into Your mercy, for You are the most merciful of the merciful."

Qaala Rabbigh fir lee wa li akhee wa adkhilnaa fee rahmatika wa Anta arhamur raahimeen

Word by word
قَالَ
qāla
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
O my Lord
ٱغْفِرْ
igh'fir
Forgive
لِى
me
وَلِأَخِى
wali-akhī
and my brother
وَأَدْخِلْنَا
wa-adkhil'nā
and admit us
فِى
into
رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ
raḥmatika
Your Mercy
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
for You
أَرْحَمُ
arḥamu
(are) the Most Merciful
ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
l-rāḥimīna
(of) the merciful
Interpretation

Moses said supplicating to his Lord: 'O Lord, forgive me and me brother Aaron, and enter us into Your Mercy, surrounding us with it, for You are to us the most Merciful of those who have mercy.'

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 ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ سَيَنَالُهُمْ غَضَبٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَذِلَّةٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُفْتَرِينَ

Indeed, those who took the calf [for worship] will obtain anger from their Lord and humiliation in the life of this world, and thus do We recompense the inventors [of falsehood].

Innal lazeenat takhazul 'ijla-sa yanaaluhum ghadabum mir Rabbihim wa zillatun fil hayaatid dunyaa; wa kazaalika najzil muftareen

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱتَّخَذُوا۟
ittakhadhū
took
ٱلْعِجْلَ
l-ʿij'la
the calf
سَيَنَالُهُمْ
sayanāluhum
will reach them
غَضَبٌۭ
ghaḍabun
wrath
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
their Lord
وَذِلَّةٌۭ
wadhillatun
and humiliation
فِى
in
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۚ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
نَجْزِى
najzī
We recompense
ٱلْمُفْتَرِينَ
l-muf'tarīna
the ones who invent (falsehood)
Interpretation

Without doubt, those who worshipped the calf will receive their Lord’s anger, and will have humiliation in this life, for displeasing their Lord and not acting according to His Command. That is how Allah rewards those who invent lies about Allah.

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

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وَٱلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا وَءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

But those who committed misdeeds and then repented after them and believed - indeed your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

Wallazeena 'amilus saiyiaati summa taaboo mim ba'dihaa wa aamanooo inna Rabbaka mim ba'dihaa la Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
عَمِلُوا۟
ʿamilū
do
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
l-sayiāti
the evil deeds
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
تَابُوا۟
tābū
repented
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهَا
baʿdihā
after that
وَءَامَنُوٓا۟
waāmanū
and believed
إِنَّ
inna
indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهَا
baʿdihā
after that
لَغَفُورٌۭ
laghafūrun
(is) surely Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

Those who do wrong by associating others with Allah and committing sins, and then repent out of sincere faith, repenting from polytheism to having faith in Him alone, and repenting from disobedience to doing good actions, giving up all kinds of sins whilst seeking His forgiveness-Allah will be forgiving and merciful to them, erasing and overlooking what they have done.

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

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وَلَمَّا سَكَتَ عَن مُّوسَى ٱلْغَضَبُ أَخَذَ ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ ۖ وَفِى نُسْخَتِهَا هُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِرَبِّهِمْ يَرْهَبُونَ

And when the anger subsided in Moses, he took up the tablets; and in their inscription was guidance and mercy for those who are fearful of their Lord.

Wa lammaa sakata 'am Moosal ghadabu akhazal al waaha wa fee nnuskhatihaa hudanw wa rahmatul lillazeena hum li Rabbihim yarhaboon

Word by word
وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
سَكَتَ
sakata
was calmed
عَن
ʿan
from
مُّوسَى
mūsā
Musa
ٱلْغَضَبُ
l-ghaḍabu
the anger
أَخَذَ
akhadha
he took (up)
ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ ۖ
l-alwāḥa
the tablets
وَفِى
wafī
and in
نُسْخَتِهَا
nus'khatihā
their inscription
هُدًۭى
hudan
(was) guidance
وَرَحْمَةٌۭ
waraḥmatun
and mercy
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
هُمْ
hum
[they]
لِرَبِّهِمْ
lirabbihim
of their Lord
يَرْهَبُونَ
yarhabūna
(are) fearful
Interpretation

When the anger of Moses (peace be upon him) had subsided and he calmed down, he picked up the Tablets, which he had thrown down in anger. These Tablets contained guidance and an explanation of the truth; a mercy for those who stand in fear of their Lord, and are mindful of His consequences.

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

155

وَٱخْتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوْمَهُۥ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِّمِيقَـٰتِنَا ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ أَهْلَكْتَهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِيَّـٰىَ ۖ أَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآ ۖ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهْدِى مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ

And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.

Wakhtaara Moosaa qawmahoo sab'eena rajjulal limeeqaatinaa falammaa akhazat humur rajfatu qaala Rabbi law shi'ta ahlaktahum min qablu wa iyyaaya atuhlikunna bimaa fa'alas sufahaaa'u minnaa in hiya illaa fitnatuka tudillu bihaa man tashaaa'u wa tahdee man tashaaa'u Anta waliyyunaa faghfir lanaa warhammnnaa wa Anta khairul ghaafireen

Word by word
وَٱخْتَارَ
wa-ikh'tāra
And chose
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
قَوْمَهُۥ
qawmahu
(from) his people
سَبْعِينَ
sabʿīna
seventy
رَجُلًۭا
rajulan
men
لِّمِيقَـٰتِنَا ۖ
limīqātinā
for Our appointment
فَلَمَّآ
falammā
Then when
أَخَذَتْهُمُ
akhadhathumu
seized them
ٱلرَّجْفَةُ
l-rajfatu
the earthquake
قَالَ
qāla
he said
رَبِّ
rabbi
O my Lord
لَوْ
law
If
شِئْتَ
shi'ta
you (had) willed
أَهْلَكْتَهُم
ahlaktahum
You (could) have destroyed them
مِّن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
وَإِيَّـٰىَ ۖ
wa-iyyāya
and me
أَتُهْلِكُنَا
atuh'likunā
Would You destroy us
بِمَا
bimā
for what
فَعَلَ
faʿala
did
ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ
l-sufahāu
the foolish
مِنَّآ ۖ
minnā
among us
إِنْ
in
Not
هِىَ
hiya
it (was)
إِلَّا
illā
but
فِتْنَتُكَ
fit'natuka
Your trial
تُضِلُّ
tuḍillu
You let go astray
بِهَا
bihā
by it
مَن
man
whom
تَشَآءُ
tashāu
You will
وَتَهْدِى
watahdī
and You guide
مَن
man
whom
تَشَآءُ ۖ
tashāu
You will
أَنتَ
anta
You
وَلِيُّنَا
waliyyunā
(are) our Protector
فَٱغْفِرْ
fa-igh'fir
so forgive
لَنَا
lanā
us
وَٱرْحَمْنَا ۖ
wa-ir'ḥamnā
and have mercy upon us
وَأَنتَ
wa-anta
and You
خَيْرُ
khayru
(are) Best
ٱلْغَـٰفِرِينَ
l-ghāfirīna
(of) Forgivers
Interpretation

Moses chose seventy of the best men among his people to ask for forgiveness for what the foolish among them had done in worshipping the calf. Allah appointed a time and place for them, though when they reached there they became bold and asked Moses to let them see Allah with their eyes. So an earthquake seized them, and they were struck down and killed by the strength of it. So Moses begged his Lord, saying: 'O Lord, if You had willed to destroy them and myself before they had come to You, You could have done so. Would You destroy us because of what the foolish amongst us have done. What my pe

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

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۞ وَٱكْتُبْ لَنَا فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ عَذَابِىٓ أُصِيبُ بِهِۦ مَنْ أَشَآءُ ۖ وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

And decree for us in this world [that which is] good and [also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned back to You." [Allāh] said, "My punishment - I afflict with it whom I will, but My mercy encompasses all things." So I will decree it [especially] for those who fear Me and give zakāh and those who believe in Our verses-

Waktub lanaa fee haazi hid dunyaa hasanatanw wa fil Aakhirati innnaa hudnaaa ilaik; qaala 'azaabee useebu bihee man ashaaa'u wa rahmatee wasi'at kulla shai'; fasa aktubuhaa lillazeena yattaqoona wa yu'toonaz Zakaata wallazeena hum bi Aayaatinaa yu'minoon

Word by word
۞ وَٱكْتُبْ
wa-uk'tub
And ordain
لَنَا
lanā
for us
فِى
in
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
[the] world
حَسَنَةًۭ
ḥasanatan
good
وَفِى
wafī
and in
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
هُدْنَآ
hud'nā
we have turned
إِلَيْكَ ۚ
ilayka
to You
قَالَ
qāla
He said
عَذَابِىٓ
ʿadhābī
My punishment
أُصِيبُ
uṣību
I afflict
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
مَنْ
man
whom
أَشَآءُ ۖ
ashāu
I will
وَرَحْمَتِى
waraḥmatī
but My Mercy
وَسِعَتْ
wasiʿat
encompasses
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَىْءٍۢ ۚ
shayin
thing
فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا
fasa-aktubuhā
So I will ordain it
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
يَتَّقُونَ
yattaqūna
(are) righteous
وَيُؤْتُونَ
wayu'tūna
and give
ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
l-zakata
zakah
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
هُم
hum
[they]
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
in Our Verses
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
they believe
Interpretation

' And make us among those You have favoured with Your blessings and well-being, enabling us to do good works. And make us from among Your righteous servants for whom You have prepared Paradise. Indeed we turn to You in repentance, admitting our mistakes.' Allah said: 'I give My punishment to whom I will; those who do the actions leading to misery, and My Mercy surrounds all things in this world. There is no created being or object that My Mercy has not reached, immersed in My Grace and Kindness. I will decree My Mercy in the Afterlife for those who are mindful of Me, following what I instruct

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

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ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلنَّبِىَّ ٱلْأُمِّىَّ ٱلَّذِى يَجِدُونَهُۥ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِى ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلنُّورَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُۥٓ ۙ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written [i.e., described] in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and prohibits them from what is wrong and makes lawful for them what is good and forbids them from what is evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful.

Allazeena yattabi'oonar Rasoolan Nabiyyal ummiyyal lazee yajidoonahoo maktooban 'indahum fit Tawraati wal Injeeli yaa muruhum bilma'roofi wa yanhaahum 'anil munkari wa yuhillu lahumul taiyibaati wa yuharrimu 'alaihimul khabaaa'isa wa yada'u 'anhum israhum wal aghlaalal latee kaanat 'alaihim; fallazeena aamanoo bihee wa 'azzaroohu wa nnasaroohu wattaba'un nooral lazeee unzila ma'ahooo ulaaa'ika humul muflihoon

Word by word
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
Those who
يَتَّبِعُونَ
yattabiʿūna
follow
ٱلرَّسُولَ
l-rasūla
the Messenger
ٱلنَّبِىَّ
l-nabiya
the Prophet
ٱلْأُمِّىَّ
l-umiya
the unlettered
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
whom
يَجِدُونَهُۥ
yajidūnahu
they find him
مَكْتُوبًا
maktūban
written
عِندَهُمْ
ʿindahum
with them
فِى
in
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ
l-tawrāti
the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ
wal-injīli
and the Injeel
يَأْمُرُهُم
yamuruhum
He commands them
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
bil-maʿrūfi
to the right
وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْ
wayanhāhum
and forbids them
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلْمُنكَرِ
l-munkari
the wrong
وَيُحِلُّ
wayuḥillu
and he makes lawful
لَهُمُ
lahumu
for them
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ
l-ṭayibāti
the pure things
وَيُحَرِّمُ
wayuḥarrimu
and makes unlawful
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
for them
ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ
l-khabāitha
the impure things
وَيَضَعُ
wayaḍaʿu
and he relieves
عَنْهُمْ
ʿanhum
from them
إِصْرَهُمْ
iṣ'rahum
their burden
وَٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ
wal-aghlāla
and the fetters
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
كَانَتْ
kānat
were
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ
ʿalayhim
upon them
فَٱلَّذِينَ
fa-alladhīna
So those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
بِهِۦ
bihi
in him
وَعَزَّرُوهُ
waʿazzarūhu
and honor him
وَنَصَرُوهُ
wanaṣarūhu
and help him
وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟
wa-ittabaʿū
and follow
ٱلنُّورَ
l-nūra
the light
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
which
أُنزِلَ
unzila
has been sent down
مَعَهُۥٓ ۙ
maʿahu
with him
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those (are)
هُمُ
humu
[they]
ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
l-muf'liḥūna
the successful ones
Interpretation

The ones just described are those who follow Muhammad (peace be upon him), the illiterate prophet who cannot read or write, and who is only inspired by His Lord. The name and description of the Prophet and what is revealed to him is to be found in the Torah, revealed to Moses (peace be upon him), and the Gospel, revealed to Jesus (peace be upon him). Muhammad instructed people to that which is good and right, and forbade those things that sound minds, those with a sound nature, know to be bad: allowing them the good food and drink and relationships which are not harmful, and making unlawful th

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

158

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ٱلنَّبِىِّ ٱلْأُمِّىِّ ٱلَّذِى يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

Say, [O Muḥammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allāh to you all, [from Him] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death." So believe in Allāh and His Messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allāh and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.

Qul yaaa aiyuhan naasu innee Rasoohul laahi ilaikum jamee'anil lazee lahoo mulkus samaawaati wal ardi laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa yuhyee wa yumeetu fa aaminoo billaahi wa Rasoolihin Nabiyyil ummiy yil lazee yu'minu billaahi wa Kalimaatihee wattabi'oohu la'allakum tahtadoon

Word by word
قُلْ
qul
Say
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O
ٱلنَّاسُ
l-nāsu
mankind
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed I am
رَسُولُ
rasūlu
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
إِلَيْكُمْ
ilaykum
to you
جَمِيعًا
jamīʿan
all
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One
لَهُۥ
lahu
for Whom
مُلْكُ
mul'ku
(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
لَآ
(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَ
ilāha
god
إِلَّا
illā
except
هُوَ
huwa
Him
يُحْىِۦ
yuḥ'yī
He gives life
وَيُمِيتُ ۖ
wayumītu
and causes death
فَـَٔامِنُوا۟
faāminū
So believe
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَرَسُولِهِ
warasūlihi
and His Messenger
ٱلنَّبِىِّ
l-nabiyi
the Prophet
ٱلْأُمِّىِّ
l-umiyi
the unlettered
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the one who
يُؤْمِنُ
yu'minu
believes
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ
wakalimātihi
and His Words
وَٱتَّبِعُوهُ
wa-ittabiʿūhu
and follow him
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَهْتَدُونَ
tahtadūna
(be) guided
Interpretation

Allah tells the Prophet (peace be upon him) to inform people that he is the messenger of Allah to them all, both Arabs and non-Arabs. Allah alone controls the heavens and the earth. There is nothing worthy of worship other than Him, glory be to Him. He brings the dead to life, and causes what is alive to die. People should have faith in Allah and in Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Prophet, His Messenger, who cannot read or write, and who came only with what His Lord revealed to him, in order to guide them to what is good for them in this world and in the Afterlife.

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

159

وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰٓ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ

And among the people of Moses is a community which guides by truth and by it establishes justice.

Wa min qawmi Moosaaa ummatuny yahdoona bilhaqqi wa bihee ya'diloon

Word by word
وَمِن
wamin
And among
قَوْمِ
qawmi
(the) people
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
(of) Musa
أُمَّةٌۭ
ummatun
(is) a community
يَهْدُونَ
yahdūna
(which) guides
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
with truth
وَبِهِۦ
wabihi
and by it
يَعْدِلُونَ
yaʿdilūna
establishes justice
Interpretation

There is a group from the people of Moses amongst the Israelites who stand for the truth, and guide people to it, and who are just in their rulings between people through it.

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

160

وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُ ٱثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ قَوْمُهُۥٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْغَمَـٰمَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

And We divided them into twelve descendant tribes [as distinct] nations. And We inspired to Moses when his people implored him for water, "Strike with your staff the stone," and there gushed forth from it twelve springs. Every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down upon them manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not, but they were [only] wronging themselves.

Wa qatta' naahumus natai 'ashrata asbaatan umamaa; wa awhainaa ilaa Moosaaa izis tasqaahu qawmuhooo anid rib bi'asaakal hajara fambajasat minhus nata 'ashrata 'ainan qad 'alima kullu unaasim mashrabahm; wa zallalnaa 'alaihimul ghammaamma wa anzalnaa 'alaihimul MManna was Salwaa kuloo min taiyibaati maa razaqnaakum; wa maa zalamoonaa wa laakin kaanooo anfusahum yazlimoon

Word by word
وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُ
waqaṭṭaʿnāhumu
And We divided them
ٱثْنَتَىْ
ith'natay
(into) two
عَشْرَةَ
ʿashrata
(and) ten [i.e. twelve]
أَسْبَاطًا
asbāṭan
tribes
أُمَمًۭا ۚ
umaman
(as) communities
وَأَوْحَيْنَآ
wa-awḥaynā
And We inspired
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Musa
إِذِ
idhi
when
ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ
is'tasqāhu
asked him for water
قَوْمُهُۥٓ
qawmuhu
his people
أَنِ
ani
[that]
ٱضْرِب
iḍ'rib
Strike
بِّعَصَاكَ
biʿaṣāka
with your staff
ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ
l-ḥajara
the stone
فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ
fa-inbajasat
Then gushed forth
مِنْهُ
min'hu
from it
ٱثْنَتَا
ith'natā
two
عَشْرَةَ
ʿashrata
(and) ten [i.e. twelve]
عَيْنًۭا ۖ
ʿaynan
springs
قَدْ
qad
Certainly
عَلِمَ
ʿalima
knew
كُلُّ
kullu
each
أُنَاسٍۢ
unāsin
people
مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ
mashrabahum
their drinking place
وَظَلَّلْنَا
waẓallalnā
And We shaded
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
[on] them
ٱلْغَمَـٰمَ
l-ghamāma
(with) the clouds
وَأَنزَلْنَا
wa-anzalnā
and We sent down
عَلَيْهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
upon them
ٱلْمَنَّ
l-mana
the manna
وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ
wal-salwā
and the quails
كُلُوا۟
kulū
Eat
مِن
min
from
طَيِّبَـٰتِ
ṭayyibāti
(the) good things
مَا
which
رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ ۚ
razaqnākum
We have provided you
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ظَلَمُونَا
ẓalamūnā
they wronged Us
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
كَانُوٓا۟
kānū
they were
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
(to) themselves
يَظْلِمُونَ
yaẓlimūna
doing wrong
Interpretation

Allah divided the Israelites into twelve tribes. Then, when his people were asking him to call upon Allah to give them water, He inspired Moses to hit the stone with his stick. Moses hit it and twelve springs gushed out of it, which was the same number as the number of tribes. Each of the tribes knew which one was their own drinking place, which none of the other tribes shared with them. Allah shaded them with clouds which followed them where they moved and stopped with them. He also sent them manna, which was similar like gum with a sweet taste, and quails, or a bird similar to quails, and to

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

161

وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌ وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًا نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚ سَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins],' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

Wa iz qeela lahumuskunoo haazihil qaryata wa kuloo minhaa haisu shi'tum wa qooloo hittatunw wadkhulul baaba sujjadan naghfir lakum khateee'aatikum; sanazeedul muhsineen

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قِيلَ
qīla
it was said
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱسْكُنُوا۟
us'kunū
Live
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
(in) this
ٱلْقَرْيَةَ
l-qaryata
city
وَكُلُوا۟
wakulū
and eat
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from it
حَيْثُ
ḥaythu
wherever
شِئْتُمْ
shi'tum
you wish
وَقُولُوا۟
waqūlū
and say
حِطَّةٌۭ
ḥiṭṭatun
Repentance
وَٱدْخُلُوا۟
wa-ud'khulū
and enter
ٱلْبَابَ
l-bāba
the gate
سُجَّدًۭا
sujjadan
prostrating
نَّغْفِرْ
naghfir
We will forgive
لَكُمْ
lakum
for you
خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِكُمْ ۚ
khaṭīātikum
your sins
سَنَزِيدُ
sanazīdu
We will increase (reward)
ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
(of) the good-doers
Interpretation

Remember, O Messenger, when Allah told the Israelites to enter Jerusalem, and to eat from any of the fruits of the town, whenever they wished, and to ask Allah to remove their disobedience from them. He told them to enter the gate in humility, and that He would forgive them for their mistakes and would increase those who do good in the good things of this world and of the Afterlife.

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

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فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

But those who wronged among them changed [the words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them. So We sent upon them a punishment from the sky for the wrong that they were doing.

Fabaddalal lazeena zalamoo minhum qawlan ghairal lazee qeela lahum fa arsalnaa 'alaihim rijzam minas samaaa'i bimaa kaanoo yazlimoon

Word by word
فَبَدَّلَ
fabaddala
But changed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
ẓalamū
wronged
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
قَوْلًا
qawlan
word
غَيْرَ
ghayra
other than
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(that) which
قِيلَ
qīla
was said
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
فَأَرْسَلْنَا
fa-arsalnā
So We sent
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
upon them
رِجْزًۭا
rij'zan
torment
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
بِمَا
bimā
because
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَظْلِمُونَ
yaẓlimūna
doing wrong
Interpretation

But the wrongdoers among them changed the words they were told to say, and said ‘A grain in a rite’, instead of asking for forgiveness, as they had been instructed to; and they changed what they had been told to do by entering whilst dragging themselves on their rears, rather than entering in humility to Allah, lowering their heads. So Allah sent them a punishment from the heaven because of their disobedience.

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

163

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.

Was'alhum 'anil qaryatil latee kaanat haadiratal bahri iz ya'doona fis Sabt iz taateehim heetaanuhum yawma Sabtihim shurra'anw wa yawma laa yasbitoona laa taateehim; kazaalika nabloohum bimaa kaanoo yafsuqoon

Word by word
وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ
wasalhum
And ask them
عَنِ
ʿani
about
ٱلْقَرْيَةِ
l-qaryati
the town
ٱلَّتِى
allatī
which
كَانَتْ
kānat
was
حَاضِرَةَ
ḥāḍirata
situated
ٱلْبَحْرِ
l-baḥri
(by) the sea
إِذْ
idh
when
يَعْدُونَ
yaʿdūna
they transgressed
فِى
in
ٱلسَّبْتِ
l-sabti
the (matter of) Sabbath
إِذْ
idh
when
تَأْتِيهِمْ
tatīhim
came to them
حِيتَانُهُمْ
ḥītānuhum
their fish
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) day
سَبْتِهِمْ
sabtihim
(of) their Sabbath
شُرَّعًۭا
shurraʿan
visibly
وَيَوْمَ
wayawma
and (on the) day
لَا
not
يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ
yasbitūna
they had Sabbath
لَا
(they did) not
تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ
tatīhim
come to them
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نَبْلُوهُم
nablūhum
We test them
بِمَا
bimā
because
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَفْسُقُونَ
yafsuqūna
defiantly disobeying
Interpretation

Ask the Jews about how Allah punished some of the Israelites. Remind them of the story of the town which was near to the sea where they used to overstep the limits of Allah: fishing on the Sabbath after they had been forbidden from doing so. Allah tested them by making the fish come to them so that they could see them clearly on the surface of the sea on Saturday, and then making them disappear from view during the rest of the week. Allah gave them this trial because of their disobedience and wrongdoing. So eventually they decided to fish by setting up their nets thereby using a trick, so that

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

164

وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا ۙ ٱللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۖ قَالُوا۟ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allāh is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him."

Wa iz qaalat ummatum minhum lima ta'izoona qaw manil laahu muhlikuhum aw mu'azzibuhum 'azaaban shadeedan qaaloo ma'ziratan ilaa Rabbikum wa la'allahum tattaqoon

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَتْ
qālat
said
أُمَّةٌۭ
ummatun
a community
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
among them
لِمَ
lima
Why
تَعِظُونَ
taʿiẓūna
(do) you preach
قَوْمًا ۙ
qawman
a people
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(whom) Allah
مُهْلِكُهُمْ
muh'likuhum
(is going to) destroy them
أَوْ
aw
or
مُعَذِّبُهُمْ
muʿadhibuhum
punish them
عَذَابًۭا
ʿadhāban
(with) a punishment
شَدِيدًۭا ۖ
shadīdan
severe
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
مَعْذِرَةً
maʿdhiratan
To be absolved
إِلَىٰ
ilā
before
رَبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
وَلَعَلَّهُمْ
walaʿallahum
and that they may
يَتَّقُونَ
yattaqūna
become righteous
Interpretation

Mention, O Messenger, when a group among them forbade them from doing what was wrong, cautioning them against it. Another group remarked: 'Why are you advising those whom Allah is going to destroy in this world because of their disobedience, or punish with a firm punishment on the Day of Judgement?' Those advising replied: 'This advising of ours is to be free from blame before Allah, through doing what He commanded us to do of instructing what is right and forbidding what is wrong, so that He would not take us to account for not doing so; and, perhaps, those we advise might benefit from the ad

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

165

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلسُّوٓءِ وَأَخَذْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ بِعَذَابٍۭ بَـِٔيسٍۭ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

And when they [i.e., those advised] forgot that by which they had been reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and seized those who wronged, with a wretched punishment, because they were defiantly disobeying.

Falammaa nasoo maa zukkiroo bihee anjainal lazeena yanhawna 'anis sooo'i wa akhaznal lazeena zalamoo bi'azaabim ba'eeim bimaa kaanooyafsuqoon

Word by word
فَلَمَّا
falammā
So when
نَسُوا۟
nasū
they forgot
مَا
what
ذُكِّرُوا۟
dhukkirū
they had been reminded
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
with [it]
أَنجَيْنَا
anjaynā
We saved
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يَنْهَوْنَ
yanhawna
forbade
عَنِ
ʿani
[from]
ٱلسُّوٓءِ
l-sūi
the evil
وَأَخَذْنَا
wa-akhadhnā
and We seized
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ظَلَمُوا۟
ẓalamū
wronged
بِعَذَابٍۭ
biʿadhābin
with a punishment
بَـِٔيسٍۭ
baīsin
wretched
بِمَا
bimā
because
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
يَفْسُقُونَ
yafsuqūna
defiantly disobeying
Interpretation

When the wrongdoers turned away from what those who advised them had reminded them of, and they would not give up their disobedience, Allah saved the group which had forbidden disobedience from the punishment, and afflicted those who transgressed the limits by fishing on the Saturday with a firm punishment, because they were not obedient to Allah and persisted in their rebellion.

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

166

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ

So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

Falammaa 'ataw 'ammmaa nuhoo 'anhu qulna lahum kkoonoo qiradatan khaasi'een

Word by word
فَلَمَّا
falammā
So when
عَتَوْا۟
ʿataw
they exceeded all bounds
عَن
ʿan
about
مَّا
what
نُهُوا۟
nuhū
they were forbidden
عَنْهُ
ʿanhu
from it
قُلْنَا
qul'nā
We said
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
كُونُوا۟
kūnū
Be
قِرَدَةً
qiradatan
apes
خَـٰسِـِٔينَ
khāsiīna
despised
Interpretation

When they overstepped the limits, rebelling against Allah out of pride and stubbornness, and they would not be advised, Allah told them: 'O you disobedient ones! Be you monkeys, humiliated!' So they became what He willed, because when He wills something He only says to it ‘Be!’ and it is.

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

167

وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

And [mention] when your Lord declared that He would surely [continue to] send upon them until the Day of Resurrection those who would afflict them with the worst torment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.

Wa iz ta azzana Rabbuka la yab'asannna 'alaihim ilaa Yawmil Qiyaamati mai yasoomuhum sooo'al 'azaab; inna Rabbaka lasaree'ul 'iqaab; wa innahoo la Ghafoorur Raheem

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
تَأَذَّنَ
ta-adhana
declared
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
لَيَبْعَثَنَّ
layabʿathanna
that He would surely send
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
upon them
إِلَىٰ
ilā
till
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
مَن
man
(those) who
يَسُومُهُمْ
yasūmuhum
would afflict them
سُوٓءَ
sūa
(with) a grievous
ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ
l-ʿadhābi
[the] punishment
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
لَسَرِيعُ
lasarīʿu
(is) surely swift
ٱلْعِقَابِ ۖ
l-ʿiqābi
(in) the retribution
وَإِنَّهُۥ
wa-innahu
but indeed, He
لَغَفُورٌۭ
laghafūrun
(is) surely Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Interpretation

Mention, O Messenger, when Allah declared in clear terms that He would put over the Jews those who would humiliate and humble them in this life until the Day of Judgement. Your Lord is quick with the punishment for those who go against Him, sometimes punishing them in the worldly life. Yet He is Forgiving to whoever repents to Him from among His servants, and is Merciful to them.

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

168

وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أُمَمًا ۖ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنْهُمْ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

And We divided them throughout the earth into nations. Of them some were righteous, and of them some were otherwise. And We tested them with good [times] and bad that perhaps they would return [to obedience].

Wa qatta'naahum fil ardi umamam minhumus aalihoona wa min hum doona zaalika wa balawnaahum bilhasanaati wassaiyi aati la'allahum yarji'oon

Word by word
وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْ
waqaṭṭaʿnāhum
And We divided them
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
أُمَمًۭا ۖ
umaman
(as) nations
مِّنْهُمُ
min'humu
Among them
ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ
l-ṣāliḥūna
(are) the righteous
وَمِنْهُمْ
wamin'hum
and among them
دُونَ
dūna
(are) other than
ذَٰلِكَ ۖ
dhālika
that
وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُم
wabalawnāhum
And We tested them
بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِ
bil-ḥasanāti
with the good
وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
wal-sayiāti
and the bad
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarjiʿūna
return
Interpretation

And I broke and separated them up in the earth, dividing them into communities, after they had been united. Among them were those who were righteous and who upheld the rights of Allah and the rights of His creatures; among them were those who were moderate; and among them were those who were excessive in their disobedience. Allah tested them with ease and difficulty, so that they might return from what they were doing.

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

169

فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ وَرِثُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَأْخُذُونَ عَرَضَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ وَيَقُولُونَ سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا وَإِن يَأْتِهِمْ عَرَضٌ مِّثْلُهُۥ يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ أَلَمْ يُؤْخَذْ عَلَيْهِم مِّيثَـٰقُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَن لَّا يَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْحَقَّ وَدَرَسُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ ۗ وَٱلدَّارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

And there followed them successors who inherited the Scripture [while] taking the commodities of this lower life and saying, "It will be forgiven for us." And if an offer like it comes to them, they will [again] take it. Was not the covenant of the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] taken from them that they would not say about Allāh except the truth, and they studied what was in it? And the home of the Hereafter is better for those who fear Allāh, so will you not use reason?

Fakhalafa mim ba'dihim khalfunw warisul Kitaaba yaa khuzoona 'arada haazal adnaa wa yaqooloona sayughfaru lanaa wa iny yaatihim 'aradum misluhoo yaakhuzooh; alam yu'khaz 'alaihim 'aradum misluhoo yaakhuzooh; alam yu'khaz 'alaihim meesaaqul Kitaabi al laa yaqooloo 'alal laahi illal haqqa wa darasoo maa feeh; wad Daarul Aakhirtu khairul lillazeena yattaqoon; afalaa ta'qiloon

Word by word
فَخَلَفَ
fakhalafa
Then succeeded
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهِمْ
baʿdihim
after them
خَلْفٌۭ
khalfun
successors
وَرِثُوا۟
warithū
(who) inherited
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
يَأْخُذُونَ
yakhudhūna
taking
عَرَضَ
ʿaraḍa
goods
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
(of) this
ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ
l-adnā
the lower (life)
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
and they say
سَيُغْفَرُ
sayugh'faru
It will be forgiven
لَنَا
lanā
for us
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يَأْتِهِمْ
yatihim
comes to them
عَرَضٌۭ
ʿaraḍun
goods
مِّثْلُهُۥ
mith'luhu
similar to it
يَأْخُذُوهُ ۚ
yakhudhūhu
they will take it
أَلَمْ
alam
Was not
يُؤْخَذْ
yu'khadh
taken
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
on them
مِّيثَـٰقُ
mīthāqu
Covenant
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
أَن
an
that
لَّا
not
يَقُولُوا۟
yaqūlū
they will say
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱلْحَقَّ
l-ḥaqa
the truth
وَدَرَسُوا۟
wadarasū
while they studied
مَا
what
فِيهِ ۗ
fīhi
(is) in it
وَٱلدَّارُ
wal-dāru
And the home
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ
l-ākhiratu
(of) the Hereafter
خَيْرٌۭ
khayrun
(is) better
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
يَتَّقُونَ ۗ
yattaqūna
fear Allah
أَفَلَا
afalā
So will not
تَعْقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
you use intellect
Interpretation

Then an evil people followed after these people, receiving the Torah from those who came before them. They read it but did not act according to what was in it, taking the miserable goods of this life as a bribe to distort the scripture of Allah; and they gave judgements which were not according to what was revealed in the scripture, convincing themselves that Allah would forgive them their sins. If some petty worldly gain should come their way, they would take it every time. Did Allah not make promises and contracts with these people that they would not say anything about Allah except the trut

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

170

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُمَسِّكُونَ بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ

But those who hold fast to the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and establish prayer - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of the reformers.

Wallazeena yumas sikoona bil Kitaabi wa aqaamus Salaata innaa laa nudee'uajral musliheen

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
يُمَسِّكُونَ
yumassikūna
hold fast
بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
bil-kitābi
to the Book
وَأَقَامُوا۟
wa-aqāmū
and establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
l-ṣalata
the prayer
إِنَّا
innā
indeed, We
لَا
(will) not
نُضِيعُ
nuḍīʿu
[We] let go waste
أَجْرَ
ajra
(the) reward
ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ
l-muṣ'liḥīna
(of) the reformers
Interpretation

Those who hold tightly to the scripture and act according to it, establishing the prayer as it should be established and in its set times, Allah will reward their actions – Allah does not allow the reward of those who act well to be lost.

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

171

۞ وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

And [mention] when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, [and Allāh said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allāh."

Wa iz nataqnal jabala fawqahum ka annahoo zullatunw wa zannooo annahoo waaqi'um bihim khuzoo maaa aatainaakum biquwwatinw wazkuroo maa feehi la'allakum tattaqoon

Word by word
۞ وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
نَتَقْنَا
nataqnā
We raised
ٱلْجَبَلَ
l-jabala
the mountain
فَوْقَهُمْ
fawqahum
above them
كَأَنَّهُۥ
ka-annahu
as if it was
ظُلَّةٌۭ
ẓullatun
a canopy
وَظَنُّوٓا۟
waẓannū
and they thought
أَنَّهُۥ
annahu
that it
وَاقِعٌۢ
wāqiʿun
(would) fall
بِهِمْ
bihim
upon them
خُذُوا۟
khudhū
(We said), "Take
مَآ
what
ءَاتَيْنَـٰكُم
ātaynākum
We have given you
بِقُوَّةٍۢ
biquwwatin
with strength
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟
wa-udh'kurū
and remember
مَا
what
فِيهِ
fīhi
(is) in it
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تَتَّقُونَ
tattaqūna
fear Allah
Interpretation

Mention, O Muhammad, when Allah raised the mountain above the Israelites when they refused to accept what was in the Torah. Then the mountain became like a cloud, casting a shadow over them, and they were sure it would fall upon them. They were told to firmly and seriously hold onto what Allah had revealed to them, and to remember the rulings that He had made law for them, and not to forget this, so that they might be Mindful.

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

172

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۛ شَهِدْنَآ ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَـٰذَا غَـٰفِلِينَ

And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."

Wa iz akhaza Rabbuka mim Baneee Aadama min zuhoorihim zurriyyatahum wa ash hadahum 'alaa anfusihim alastu bi Rabbikum qaaloo balaa shahidnaaa; an taqooloo Yawmal Qiyaamati innaa kunnaa 'an haazaa ghaafileen

Word by word
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
أَخَذَ
akhadha
(was) taken
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
(by) your Lord
مِنۢ
min
from
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
ءَادَمَ
ādama
(of) Adam
مِن
min
from
ظُهُورِهِمْ
ẓuhūrihim
their loins
ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ
dhurriyyatahum
their descendants
وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ
wa-ashhadahum
and made them testify
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
over
أَنفُسِهِمْ
anfusihim
themselves
أَلَسْتُ
alastu
Am I not
بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ
birabbikum
your Lord
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
بَلَىٰ ۛ
balā
Yes
شَهِدْنَآ ۛ
shahid'nā
we have testified
أَن
an
Lest
تَقُولُوا۟
taqūlū
you say
يَوْمَ
yawma
(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed
كُنَّا
kunnā
we were
عَنْ
ʿan
about
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
this
غَـٰفِلِينَ
ghāfilīna
unaware
Interpretation

Mention, O Muhammad, when your Lord took from the loins of the children of Adam their descendants and had them acknowledge, bearing witness to His lordship, making it part of their innate nature to acknowledge that He created them and that He is their Lord. He said to them, ‘Am I not your Lord?’ and they replied, ‘Yes, we bear witness’. Allah said: 'I asked you this question so that you would not deny the proofs of Allah on the Day of Judgement, saying that you did not have any knowledge of it.

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

173

أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allāh before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"

Aw taqoolooo innamaaa ashraka aabaaa 'unaa min qablu wa kunnaa zurriyyatam mim ba'dihim afatuhlikunna bimaa fa'alal mubtiloon

Word by word
أَوْ
aw
Or
تَقُولُوٓا۟
taqūlū
you say
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
Only
أَشْرَكَ
ashraka
partners (were) associated (with Allah)
ءَابَآؤُنَا
ābāunā
(by) our forefathers
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before (us)
وَكُنَّا
wakunnā
and we are
ذُرِّيَّةًۭ
dhurriyyatan
descendants
مِّنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ
baʿdihim
after them
أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا
afatuh'likunā
So will You destroy us
بِمَا
bimā
for what
فَعَلَ
faʿala
did
ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ
l-mub'ṭilūna
the falsifiers
Interpretation

'Lest you might say that your ancestors were the ones who broke the promise, taking others as partners with Allah, and that you were just following them. In this way, you would say: 'O our Lord! Will You destroy us for what our ancestors did, making our actions worthless because of taking others as partners with You?! Indeed we carry no sin because we were just following our ancestors and had no knowledge.'

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

174

وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

And thus do We [explain in] detail the verses, and perhaps they will return.

Wa kazaalika nufassihul Aayaati wa la'allahum yarji'oon

Word by word
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
نُفَصِّلُ
nufaṣṣilu
We explain
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
l-āyāti
the Verses
وَلَعَلَّهُمْ
walaʿallahum
so that they may
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarjiʿūna
return
Interpretation

So just as I made clear the signs and evidences for the previous nations, I make clear the lessons for these people (Quraish) so that they might repent from worshiping others as partners with Allah to believing in Him alone and worshipping Him alone, as they had agreed aforetime before they broke their promise.

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

175

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

And recite to them, [O Muḥammad], the news of him to whom We gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators.

Watlu 'alaihim naba allazeee aatainaahu Aayaatinaa fansalakha minhaa fa atba'a hush Shaytaano fakaana minal ghaaween

Word by word
وَٱتْلُ
wa-ut'lu
And recite
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
نَبَأَ
naba-a
(the) story
ٱلَّذِىٓ
alladhī
(of the) one whom
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ
ātaynāhu
We gave [him]
ءَايَـٰتِنَا
āyātinā
Our Verses
فَٱنسَلَخَ
fa-insalakha
but he detached
مِنْهَا
min'hā
[from] them
فَأَتْبَعَهُ
fa-atbaʿahu
so followed him
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
فَكَانَ
fakāna
and he became
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْغَاوِينَ
l-ghāwīna
those gone astray
Interpretation

Recite to the Israelites the news of the man from among them who Allah gave His signs to, so that he knew and understood the truth which they directed him to. But he did not act according to them, leaving them and removing himself away from them, so that Satan became his close companion, and he became one of those who go astray and are ruined, after he had been one of those who were rightly-guided and on the path to being saved.

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

176

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ بِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ ۚ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ ٱلْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ۚ ذَّٰلِكَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا ۚ فَٱقْصُصِ ٱلْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

And if We had willed, We could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.

Wa law shi'naa larafa'naahu bihaa wa laakin nahooo akhlada ilal ardi watta ba'a hawaah; famasaluhoo kamasalil kalb; in tahmil 'alaihi yalhas aw tatruk hu yalhas; zaalika masalul qawmil lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa; faqsusil qasasa la'allahum yatafakkaroon

Word by word
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
شِئْنَا
shi'nā
We willed
لَرَفَعْنَـٰهُ
larafaʿnāhu
surely, We (could) have raised him
بِهَا
bihā
with these
وَلَـٰكِنَّهُۥٓ
walākinnahu
[and] but he
أَخْلَدَ
akhlada
adhered
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَٱتَّبَعَ
wa-ittabaʿa
and followed
هَوَىٰهُ ۚ
hawāhu
his (vain) desires
فَمَثَلُهُۥ
famathaluhu
So his example
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
(is) like (the) example
ٱلْكَلْبِ
l-kalbi
(of) the dog
إِن
in
if
تَحْمِلْ
taḥmil
you attack
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
[on] him
يَلْهَثْ
yalhath
he lolls out his tongue
أَوْ
aw
or
تَتْرُكْهُ
tatruk'hu
if you leave him
يَلْهَث ۚ
yalhath
he lolls out his tongue
ذَّٰلِكَ
dhālika
That
مَثَلُ
mathalu
(is the) example
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
(of) the people
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا ۚ
biāyātinā
[in] Our Signs
فَٱقْصُصِ
fa-uq'ṣuṣi
So relate
ٱلْقَصَصَ
l-qaṣaṣa
the story
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
yatafakkarūna
reflect
Interpretation

If Allah had desired, He would have made this person benefit through these signs, enabling him to act according to them, so that he would be raised up in this world and in the next. But he chose what led to his failure, being attracted to the desires of the worldly life, and preferring them to the Afterlife. His example in his extreme greed for this world is like the example of a dog, which pants with its tongue constantly, whether it is resting or whether it is chased away. This example is the example of the people who are astray because of rejecting Allah’s signs. So relate the stories to th

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

177

سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.

Saaa'a masalanil qawmul lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wa anfusahum kaanoo yazlimoon

Word by word
سَآءَ
sāa
Evil
مَثَلًا
mathalan
(as) an example
ٱلْقَوْمُ
l-qawmu
(are) the people
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Signs
وَأَنفُسَهُمْ
wa-anfusahum
and themselves
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَظْلِمُونَ
yaẓlimūna
wrong
Interpretation

Is there anything worse than a people who reject Allah’s signs and proofs, not believing them, wronging themselves through doing so and only gaining their own ruin.

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

178

مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِى ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ

Whoever Allāh guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - it is those who are the losers.

mai yahdil laahu fa huwal muhtadee wa mai yudlil fa ulaaa'ika humul khaasiroon

Word by word
مَن
man
Whoever
يَهْدِ
yahdi
(is) guided
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
then he
ٱلْمُهْتَدِى ۖ
l-muh'tadī
(is) the guided one
وَمَن
waman
while whoever
يُضْلِلْ
yuḍ'lil
He lets go astray
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they]
ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ
l-khāsirūna
(are) the losers
Interpretation

Whoever Allah allows to be guided to the right path is truly guided, because they chose the path of their Lord; and whoever Allah does not lead to His path, sending them away from it because of their deviation and bad actions, those are the true losers, who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Judgment – is that not complete loss?

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

179

وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ

And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless.

Wa laqad zaraanaa li jahannama kaseeram minal jinni wal insi lahum quloobul laa yafqahoona bihaa wa lahum a'yunul laa yubisiroona bihaa wa lahum aazaanul laa yasma'oona bihaa; ulaaa'ika kal an'aami bal hum adall; ulaaa'ika humul ghaafiloon

Word by word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
ذَرَأْنَا
dharanā
We have created
لِجَهَنَّمَ
lijahannama
for Hell
كَثِيرًۭا
kathīran
many
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْجِنِّ
l-jini
the jinn
وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ
wal-insi
and men
لَهُمْ
lahum
For them
قُلُوبٌۭ
qulūbun
(are) hearts
لَّا
(but) not
يَفْقَهُونَ
yafqahūna
they understand
بِهَا
bihā
with them
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
أَعْيُنٌۭ
aʿyunun
(are) eyes
لَّا
(but) not
يُبْصِرُونَ
yub'ṣirūna
they see
بِهَا
bihā
with them
وَلَهُمْ
walahum
and for them
ءَاذَانٌۭ
ādhānun
(are) ears
لَّا
(but) not
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasmaʿūna
they hear
بِهَآ ۚ
bihā
with them
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
كَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ
kal-anʿāmi
(are) like cattle
بَلْ
bal
nay
هُمْ
hum
they
أَضَلُّ ۚ
aḍallu
(are) more astray
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ
l-ghāfilūna
(are) the heedless
Interpretation

And I made for the Hellfire, many people from Humankind and the Jinn, because of My Knowledge that they would do the actions of the people of Hell. They have hearts by which they do not understand what will benefit them and what will harm them; eyes which they do not use to see the signs of Allah within themselves and upon the horizons, so that they can learn from them; and they have ears which they do not use to listen to the verses of Allah, so that they might reflect over them. Such people resemble cattle in their lack of sense – rather, they are even more astray. They are oblivious to fait

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

180

وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ فَٱدْعُوهُ بِهَا ۖ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ أَسْمَـٰٓئِهِۦ ۚ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

And to Allāh belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. And leave [the company of] those who practice deviation concerning His names. They will be recompensed for what they have been doing.

Wa lillaahil Asmaaa 'ul Husnaa fad'oohu bihaa wa zarul lazeena yulhidoona feee Asmaaa'ih; sa yujzawna maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Word by word
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And for Allah
ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ
l-asmāu
(are) the names
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ
l-ḥus'nā
the most beautiful
فَٱدْعُوهُ
fa-id'ʿūhu
so invoke Him
بِهَا ۖ
bihā
by them
وَذَرُوا۟
wadharū
And leave
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
يُلْحِدُونَ
yul'ḥidūna
deviate
فِىٓ
concerning
أَسْمَـٰٓئِهِۦ ۚ
asmāihi
His names
سَيُجْزَوْنَ
sayuj'zawna
They will be recompensed
مَا
for what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
Interpretation

To Allah, glory be to Him, belongs the most beautiful names which show His majesty and perfection. So use them to call on Allah when you ask for whatever you wish for. Also leave those who turn away from the truth of these names by assigning them to false dieties, or denying them, or distorting their meanings. Allah will repay those who do this with a painful punishment.

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

181

وَمِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَآ أُمَّةٌ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ

And among those We created is a community which guides by truth and thereby establishes justice.

Wa mimman khalaqnaaa ummatuny yahdoona bilhaqqi wa bihee ya'diloon

Word by word
وَمِمَّنْ
wamimman
And of (those) whom
خَلَقْنَآ
khalaqnā
We have created
أُمَّةٌۭ
ummatun
(is) a nation
يَهْدُونَ
yahdūna
who guides
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
with the truth
وَبِهِۦ
wabihi
and thereby
يَعْدِلُونَ
yaʿdilūna
they establish justice
Interpretation

Among those Allah created are a nation which is guided by the truth, calling others to it so that they are also guided, and through the truth they are just in their judgement. They are the leaders of guidance whom Allah blessed with faith and good works.

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

182

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

But those who deny Our signs - We will progressively lead them [to destruction] from where they do not know.

Wallazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa sanastadrijuhum min haisu laa ya'lamoon

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
But those who
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Signs
سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم
sanastadrijuhum
We will gradually lead them
مِّنْ
min
from
حَيْثُ
ḥaythu
where
لَا
not
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
they know
Interpretation

Those who deny My signs, not having faith in them and rejecting them, I will continue to provide for them in the worldly life, not to honour them, but to lead them on gradually until they go further astray. Then they will be overtaken by the punishment when they do not expect it.

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

183

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

Wa umlee lahum; inna kaidee mateen

Word by word
وَأُمْلِى
wa-um'lī
And I will give respite
لَهُمْ ۚ
lahum
to them
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
كَيْدِى
kaydī
My plan
مَتِينٌ
matīnun
(is) firm
Interpretation

I delay the punishment of such people until they think they will not receive a punishment, so they keep increasing in their rejection and disbelief, thus their punishment also increases. My Planning is Strong-I outwardly display to them Kindness, but I intend for them to be forsaken.

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

184

أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۗ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Then do they not give thought? There is in their companion [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] no madness. He is not but a clear warner.

Awalam yatafakkaroo maa bisaahibihim min jinnah; in huwa illaa nazeerum mubeen

Word by word
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ ۗ
yatafakkarū
they reflect
مَا
Not
بِصَاحِبِهِم
biṣāḥibihim
in their companion
مِّن
min
[of]
جِنَّةٍ ۚ
jinnatin
(is) any madness
إِنْ
in
Not
هُوَ
huwa
he
إِلَّا
illā
(is) but
نَذِيرٌۭ
nadhīrun
a warner
مُّبِينٌ
mubīnun
clear
Interpretation

Do those who reject the signs of Allah and His Messenger not think about things? If they used their minds it would be clear to them that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is not crazy. He is a messenger from Allah, Who sent him to give a clear warning about the punishment of Allah.

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

185

أَوَلَمْ يَنظُرُوا۟ فِى مَلَكُوتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَدِ ٱقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allāh has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement [i.e., message] hereafter will they believe?

Awalam yanzuroo fee malakootis samaawaati wal ardi wa maa khalaqal laahu min shai'inw wa an 'asaaa ai yakoona qadiqtaraba ajaluhum fabi aiyi hadeesim ba'dahoo yu'minoon

Word by word
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَنظُرُوا۟
yanẓurū
they look
فِى
in
مَلَكُوتِ
malakūti
(the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
وَمَا
wamā
and what
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
has (been) created
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
مِن
min
of
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
(every)thing
وَأَنْ
wa-an
and that
عَسَىٰٓ
ʿasā
perhaps
أَن
an
[that]
يَكُونَ
yakūna
has
قَدِ
qadi
verily
ٱقْتَرَبَ
iq'taraba
come near
أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ
ajaluhum
their term
فَبِأَىِّ
fabi-ayyi
So in what
حَدِيثٍۭ
ḥadīthin
statement
بَعْدَهُۥ
baʿdahu
after this
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
will they believe
Interpretation

Do these people learn nothing from seeing Allah’s control of the heavens and the earth, and all the animals and plants and other things that Allah created in them, and their own life spans, the end of which may be near, so that they might repent to Allah before the time has gone? If they do not have faith in the Qur’ān and the promises it contains, what other book will they believe in?

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

186

مَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَا هَادِىَ لَهُۥ ۚ وَيَذَرُهُمْ فِى طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Whoever Allāh sends astray - there is no guide for him. And He leaves them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

Mai yadlilil laahu falaa haadiyaa lah; wa yazaruhum fee tughyaanihim ya'mahoon

Word by word
مَن
man
Whoever
يُضْلِلِ
yuḍ'lili
(is) let go astray
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
فَلَا
falā
then (there is) no
هَادِىَ
hādiya
guide
لَهُۥ ۚ
lahu
for him
وَيَذَرُهُمْ
wayadharuhum
And He leaves them
فِى
in
طُغْيَـٰنِهِمْ
ṭugh'yānihim
their transgression
يَعْمَهُونَ
yaʿmahūna
wandering blindly
Interpretation

Whoever Allah does not guide to the truth, sending them away from the right path, then there is no guide to direct them back to guidance. Allah leaves them in their misguidance and disbelief, wandering blindly, not being guided to anything that will ultimately benefit.

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

187

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّى ۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ ثَقُلَتْ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ لَا تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلَّا بَغْتَةً ۗ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِىٌّ عَنْهَا ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا عِلْمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival? Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."

Yas'aloonaka 'anis Saa'ati aiyaana mursaahaa qul innamaa 'ilmuhaa 'inda Rabbee laa yujallaeehaa liwaqtihaaa illaa Hoo; saqulat fis samaawaati wal ard; laa taateekum illaa baghtah; yas'aloonaka ka annaka hafiyyun 'anhaa qul innamaa 'ilmuhaa 'indal laahi wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa ya'lamoon

Word by word
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ
yasalūnaka
They ask you
عَنِ
ʿani
about
ٱلسَّاعَةِ
l-sāʿati
the Hour
أَيَّانَ
ayyāna
when will be
مُرْسَىٰهَا ۖ
mur'sāhā
its appointed time
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
عِلْمُهَا
ʿil'muhā
its knowledge
عِندَ
ʿinda
(is) with
رَبِّى ۖ
rabbī
my Lord
لَا
no (one)
يُجَلِّيهَا
yujallīhā
can reveal [it]
لِوَقْتِهَآ
liwaqtihā
its time
إِلَّا
illā
except
هُوَ ۚ
huwa
Him
ثَقُلَتْ
thaqulat
It lays heavily
فِى
in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
لَا
Not
تَأْتِيكُمْ
tatīkum
will it come to you
إِلَّا
illā
but
بَغْتَةًۭ ۗ
baghtatan
suddenly
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ
yasalūnaka
They ask you
كَأَنَّكَ
ka-annaka
as if you
حَفِىٌّ
ḥafiyyun
(were) well informed
عَنْهَا ۖ
ʿanhā
about it
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
عِلْمُهَا
ʿil'muhā
its knowledge
عِندَ
ʿinda
(is) with
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَلَـٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
أَكْثَرَ
akthara
most
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the people
لَا
(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Interpretation

Those who reject the truth and proud ask you about the Hour, asking when its appointed time is. Say to them O Muhammad: 'I do not have knowledge of it, nor anyone else; but Allah alone has knowledge of it. Only Allah will reveal its decreed time. Its appearance is hidden from all of those in the heavens and earth, and it will only come upon them unexpectedly.' They ask you O Muhammad about the Hour as if you are eager to know it, not realising that you did not ask about it because of your knowledge of your Lord. Say to them O Muhammad: 'The knowledge of the Hour is with Allah alone, but most p

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

188

قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِىَ ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚ إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allāh has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe."

Qul laaa amliku linafsee naf'anw wa laa darran illaa maa shaaa'al laah; wa law kuntu a'alamul ghaiba lastaksartu minal khairi wa maa massaniyas soo'; in ana illaa nazeerunw wa basheerul liqawminy yu'minoon

Word by word
قُل
qul
Say
لَّآ
Not
أَمْلِكُ
amliku
I have power
لِنَفْسِى
linafsī
for myself
نَفْعًۭا
nafʿan
(to) benefit
وَلَا
walā
and no
ضَرًّا
ḍarran
(power to) harm
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَا
what
شَآءَ
shāa
wills
ٱللَّهُ ۚ
l-lahu
Allah
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
كُنتُ
kuntu
I would
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
know
ٱلْغَيْبَ
l-ghayba
(of) the unseen
لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ
la-is'takthartu
surely I could have multiplied
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْخَيْرِ
l-khayri
the good
وَمَا
wamā
and not
مَسَّنِىَ
massaniya
(could) have touched me
ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚ
l-sūu
the evil
إِنْ
in
Not
أَنَا۠
anā
(am) I
إِلَّا
illā
except
نَذِيرٌۭ
nadhīrun
a warner
وَبَشِيرٌۭ
wabashīrun
and a bearer of good tidings
لِّقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
to a people
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
who believe
Interpretation

Say to them O Muhammad: 'I do not have the ability to bring good to myself, or to remove any harm from myself, except by Allah’s will. The dominion of these things belongs to Allah alone, and I only know what Allah taught me. I do not know the unseen, because if I did, I would have used what I know to serve my own interests, and to protect myself from misfortune, due to knowing about things before they happened. I am only a messenger from Allah, warning of a painful punishment, and bringing good news of Allah’s generous reward for a people who have faith, believing that I am a messenger from H

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

189

۞ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا ۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَـٰلِحًا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

It is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her. And when he [i.e., man] covers her, she carries a light burden [i.e., a pregnancy] and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allāh, their Lord, "If You should give us a good [child], we will surely be among the grateful."

Huwal lazee khalaqakum min nafsinw waahidatinw wa ja'ala minhaa zawjahaa liyas kuna ilaihaa falammaa taghash shaahaa hamalat hamlan khafeefan famarrat bihee falammaaa asqalad da'awal laaha Rabbahumaa la'in aayaitanaa saalihal lanakoo nanna minash shaakireen

Word by word
۞ هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(is) the One Who
خَلَقَكُم
khalaqakum
created you
مِّن
min
from
نَّفْسٍۢ
nafsin
a soul
وَٰحِدَةٍۢ
wāḥidatin
single
وَجَعَلَ
wajaʿala
and made
مِنْهَا
min'hā
from it
زَوْجَهَا
zawjahā
its mate
لِيَسْكُنَ
liyaskuna
that he might live
إِلَيْهَا ۖ
ilayhā
with her
فَلَمَّا
falammā
And when
تَغَشَّىٰهَا
taghashāhā
he covers her
حَمَلَتْ
ḥamalat
she carries
حَمْلًا
ḥamlan
a burden
خَفِيفًۭا
khafīfan
light
فَمَرَّتْ
famarrat
and continues
بِهِۦ ۖ
bihi
with it
فَلَمَّآ
falammā
But when
أَثْقَلَت
athqalat
she grows heavy
دَّعَوَا
daʿawā
they both invoke
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
رَبَّهُمَا
rabbahumā
their Lord
لَئِنْ
la-in
If
ءَاتَيْتَنَا
ātaytanā
You give us
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
a righteous (child)
لَّنَكُونَنَّ
lanakūnanna
surely we will be
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ
l-shākirīna
the thankful
Interpretation

It is He who created you from one soul, Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), and created from Adam (peace be upon him) his wife, Eve, creating her from his rib, so he would be close friends with her, and find peace with her. When he had relations with her she became pregnant with a light load, not noticed because it is at the beginning of the pregnancy. A woman continues with the pregnancy going about things without finding it heavy, until she becomes heavy with it when it has grown in her belly, the two of them call upon their Lord, saying: 'O our Lord, if You grant us a healthy child, we will b

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

190

فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا صَـٰلِحًا جَعَلَا لَهُۥ شُرَكَآءَ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا ۚ فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

But when He gives them a good [child], they ascribe partners to Him concerning that which He has given them. Exalted is Allāh above what they associate with Him.

Falammaaa aataahumaa saalihan ja'alaa lahoo shurakaaa'a feemaaa aataahumaa; fata'aalal laahu 'ammaa yushrikoon

Word by word
فَلَمَّآ
falammā
But when
ءَاتَىٰهُمَا
ātāhumā
He gives them
صَـٰلِحًۭا
ṣāliḥan
a good, (child)
جَعَلَا
jaʿalā
they make
لَهُۥ
lahu
for Him
شُرَكَآءَ
shurakāa
partners
فِيمَآ
fīmā
in what
ءَاتَىٰهُمَا ۚ
ātāhumā
He has given them
فَتَعَـٰلَى
fataʿālā
But exalted
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
عَمَّا
ʿammā
above what
يُشْرِكُونَ
yush'rikūna
they associate (with Him)
Interpretation

But when Allah responds to their prayer, and gives them a healthy child as they asked, they ascribe partners to Allah in what He gave to them when Allah is far above having any partner, and is alone in His divinity.

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

191

أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?

A yushrikoona maa laa yakhluqu shai'anw wa hum yukhlaqoon

Word by word
أَيُشْرِكُونَ
ayush'rikūna
Do they associate
مَا
what
لَا
(can) not
يَخْلُقُ
yakhluqu
create
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
anything
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
يُخْلَقُونَ
yukh'laqūna
are created
Interpretation

Do they consider these idols and other things to be partners with Allah being worthy of worship, when they know that these idols create nothing. Rather, they were created themselves, so how can they consider them to be partners with Allah in divinity?

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

192

وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

And they [i.e., the false deities] are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.

Wa laa yastatee'oona lahum nasranw wa laaa anfusahum yansuroon

Word by word
وَلَا
walā
And not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yastaṭīʿūna
they are able
لَهُمْ
lahum
to (give) them
نَصْرًۭا
naṣran
any help
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
يَنصُرُونَ
yanṣurūna
can they help
Interpretation

These things that are worshipped instead of Allah cannot help those who worship them, and cannot even help themselves, so worshipping them is clearly foolish and ignorant.

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

193

وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَـٰمِتُونَ

And if you [believers] invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is all the same for you whether you invite them or you are silent.

Wa in tad'oohum ilalhudaa laa yattabi'ookum; sawaaa'un 'alaikum a-da'awtumoohum am antum saamitoon

Word by word
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تَدْعُوهُمْ
tadʿūhum
you call them
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْهُدَىٰ
l-hudā
the guidance
لَا
not
يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ
yattabiʿūkum
will they follow you
سَوَآءٌ
sawāon
(It is) same
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
for you
أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ
adaʿawtumūhum
whether you call them
أَمْ
am
or
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
صَـٰمِتُونَ
ṣāmitūna
remain silent
Interpretation

And If you call these idols which you take as gods to guidance, they will not respond to what you call them to, nor can they follow you. It is the same whether you call them, or keep silent, because they are just objects, and are not conscious: they do not hear, and they cannot speak.

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

194

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَٱدْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allāh are servants [i.e., creations] like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful.

Innal lazeena tad'oona min doonil laahi 'ibaadun amsaalukum fad'oohum fal yastajeeboo lakum in kuntum saadiqeen

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
تَدْعُونَ
tadʿūna
you call
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
عِبَادٌ
ʿibādun
(are) slaves
أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ
amthālukum
like you
فَٱدْعُوهُمْ
fa-id'ʿūhum
So invoke them
فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟
falyastajībū
and let them respond
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
صَـٰدِقِينَ
ṣādiqīna
truthful
Interpretation

Those you call upon instead of Allah were created by Allah, and belong to Him, so they are the same as you in that way, although you are better in that you are living, and are able to speak and walk, and hear and see, while your idols are not so. Call on them and let them respond to you if you are telling the truth in what you say about them.

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

195

أَلَهُمْ أَرْجُلٌ يَمْشُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَيْدٍ يَبْطِشُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَآ ۖ أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۗ قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَكُمْ ثُمَّ كِيدُونِ فَلَا تُنظِرُونِ

Do they have feet by which they walk? Or do they have hands by which they strike? Or do they have eyes by which they see? Or do they have ears by which they hear? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Call your 'partners' and then conspire against me and give me no respite.

A lahum arjuluny yamshoona bihaa am lahum aidiny yabtishoona bihaaa am lahum a'yunuy yubsiroona bihaaa am lahum aazaanuny yasma'oona bihaa; qulid'oo shurakaaa'akum summa keedooni falaa tunziroon

Word by word
أَلَهُمْ
alahum
Are for them
أَرْجُلٌۭ
arjulun
feet
يَمْشُونَ
yamshūna
(to) walk
بِهَآ ۖ
bihā
with [it]
أَمْ
am
or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَيْدٍۢ
aydin
hands
يَبْطِشُونَ
yabṭishūna
(to) hold
بِهَآ ۖ
bihā
with [it]
أَمْ
am
or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَعْيُنٌۭ
aʿyunun
eyes
يُبْصِرُونَ
yub'ṣirūna
(to) see
بِهَآ ۖ
bihā
with [it]
أَمْ
am
or
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
ءَاذَانٌۭ
ādhānun
ears
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasmaʿūna
(to) hear
بِهَا ۗ
bihā
with [it]
قُلِ
quli
Say
ٱدْعُوا۟
id'ʿū
Call
شُرَكَآءَكُمْ
shurakāakum
your partners
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
كِيدُونِ
kīdūni
scheme against me
فَلَا
falā
and (do) not
تُنظِرُونِ
tunẓirūni
give me respite
Interpretation

Do these idols which they take as gods have feet to walk with, or hands to act with and strike? Or do they have eyes to see with, or ears to hear with? If they are incapable of doing these things, how can you worship them, hoping for benefit from them, or to protect yourself from harm? Say O Messenger: 'Call upon your partners all together, and plot whatever you will against me, and give me no respite.'

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

196

إِنَّ وَلِـِّۧىَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۖ وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Indeed, my protector is Allāh, who has sent down the Book; and He is an ally to the righteous.

Inna waliyyial laahul lazee nazzalal Kitaaba wa Huwa yatawallas saaliheen

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
وَلِـِّۧىَ
waliyyiya
my protector
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One Who
نَزَّلَ
nazzala
revealed
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۖ
l-kitāba
the Book
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
يَتَوَلَّى
yatawallā
protects
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
l-ṣāliḥīna
the righteous
Interpretation

Truly, my protector is Allah, Who keeps me safe, so that I need no one besides Him. I fear nothing from your idols, because Allah sent down the Book as a guidance to people; and it is He Who protects those who do good among His creation, keeping them safe and helping them.

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

197

وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves."

Wallazeena tad'oona min doonihee laa yastatee'oona nasrakum wa laaa anfusahum yansuroon

Word by word
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those whom
تَدْعُونَ
tadʿūna
you invoke
مِن
min
from
دُونِهِۦ
dūnihi
besides Him
لَا
not
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yastaṭīʿūna
they are able
نَصْرَكُمْ
naṣrakum
(to) help you
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
يَنصُرُونَ
yanṣurūna
can they help
Interpretation

Those you call upon O idolators from amongst these idols, are not able to help you, and are not able to help themselves. For they are utterly incapable, unable to do anything. So how can you call upon them instead of calling upon Allah?

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

198

وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.

Wa in tad'oohum ilal hudaa laa yasm'oo wa taraahum yanzuroona ilaika wa hum laa yubsiroon

Word by word
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تَدْعُوهُمْ
tadʿūhum
you call them
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْهُدَىٰ
l-hudā
the guidance
لَا
not
يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ
yasmaʿū
do they not
وَتَرَىٰهُمْ
watarāhum
And you see them
يَنظُرُونَ
yanẓurūna
looking
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
at you
وَهُمْ
wahum
but they
لَا
not
يُبْصِرُونَ
yub'ṣirūna
(do) they see
Interpretation

If you call your idols which you worship instead of Allah to the right path and steadfastness, they will not hear you calling them. You see them facing you with painted eyes, objects that cannot see! For they used to make statues in the form of people and animals, with hands, feet and eyes, but they were just objects, inanimate and unable to move.

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

199

خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Take what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.

khuzil 'afwa waamur bil'urfi waa'rid 'anil jaahileen

Word by word
خُذِ
khudhi
Hold
ٱلْعَفْوَ
l-ʿafwa
(to) forgiveness
وَأْمُرْ
wamur
and enjoin
بِٱلْعُرْفِ
bil-ʿur'fi
the good
وَأَعْرِضْ
wa-aʿriḍ
and turn away
عَنِ
ʿani
from
ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
l-jāhilīna
the ignorant
Interpretation

Accept from people O Messenger what they are able to do, the actions and conduct that is easy for them, and do not require them to do things that are too difficult for them, because that will drive them away. Instruct them to speak in a beautiful way and to do good actions, and turn away from those who are foolish and do not face them in their ignorance, returning like for like. Whoever harms you, do not harm them; and whoever denies you something, do not deny them.

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

200

وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ نَزْغٌ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

And if an evil suggestion comes to you from Satan, then seek refuge in Allāh. Indeed, He is Hearing and Knowing.

Wa immaa yanzaghannaka minash Shaitaani nazghun fasta'iz billaah; innahoo Samee'un Aleem

Word by word
وَإِمَّا
wa-immā
And if
يَنزَغَنَّكَ
yanzaghannaka
an evil suggestion comes to you
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ
l-shayṭāni
[the] Shaitaan
نَزْغٌۭ
nazghun
[an evil suggestion]
فَٱسْتَعِذْ
fa-is'taʿidh
then seek refuge
بِٱللَّهِ ۚ
bil-lahi
in Allah
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
سَمِيعٌ
samīʿun
(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Interpretation

And If you feel that Satan is bringing you an evil suggestion or stopping you from doing good, then ask Allah for protection and seek refuge with Him. He hears whatever you say, and is aware of you when you seek protection, and He will protect you from him.

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

201

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَـٰٓئِفٌ مِّنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ تَذَكَّرُوا۟ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ

Indeed, those who fear Allāh - when an impulse touches them from Satan, they remember [Him] and at once they have insight.

Innal lazeenat taqaw izaa massahum taaa'ifum minash Shaitaani tazakkaroo fa izaa hum mubsiroon

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱتَّقَوْا۟
ittaqaw
fear (Allah)
إِذَا
idhā
when
مَسَّهُمْ
massahum
touches them
طَـٰٓئِفٌۭ
ṭāifun
an evil thought
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ
l-shayṭāni
the Shaitaan
تَذَكَّرُوا۟
tadhakkarū
they remember (Allah)
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
and then
هُم
hum
they
مُّبْصِرُونَ
mub'ṣirūna
(are) those who see (aright)
Interpretation

Those who are mindful of Allah, following what He instructs and staying away from what He has prohibited, when an evil suggestion comes to them from Satan to do something wrong, they remember the might of Allah and His punishment for the wrongdoers and His reward for those who do good. They turn away from their disobedience, turning to Allah asking for forgiveness, so that they do the right thing, seeing clearly what they were doing wrong, and hold back from doing it.

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

202

وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْ يَمُدُّونَهُمْ فِى ٱلْغَىِّ ثُمَّ لَا يُقْصِرُونَ

But their brothers - they [i.e., the devils] increase them in error; then they do not stop short.

Wa ikhwaanuhum yamuddoonahum fil ghaiyi summa laa yuqsiroon

Word by word
وَإِخْوَٰنُهُمْ
wa-ikh'wānuhum
But their brothers
يَمُدُّونَهُمْ
yamuddūnahum
they plunge them
فِى
in
ٱلْغَىِّ
l-ghayi
the error
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
لَا
not
يُقْصِرُونَ
yuq'ṣirūna
they cease
Interpretation

The brothers of the satans, who commit immorality and disbelieve, are drawn by the satans into greater error, committing sin after sin. They do not stop in their efforts: neither the satans with their misguidance nor those who are immoral and who follow them, committing evil.

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

203

وَإِذَا لَمْ تَأْتِهِم بِـَٔايَةٍ قَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚ قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَتَّبِعُ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ مِن رَّبِّى ۚ هَـٰذَا بَصَآئِرُ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

And when you, [O Muḥammad], do not bring them a sign [i.e., miracle], they say, "Why have you not contrived it?" Say, "I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord. This [Qur’ān] is enlightenment from your Lord and guidance and mercy for a people who believe."

Wa izaa lam taatihim bi aayatin qaaloo law lajtabai tahaa; qul innamaaa attabi'u maa yoohaaa ilaiya mir Rabbee; haazaa basaaa'iru mir Rabbikum wa hudanw wa rahmatul liqawminy yu'minoon

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
لَمْ
lam
not
تَأْتِهِم
tatihim
you bring them
بِـَٔايَةٍۢ
biāyatin
a Sign
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they say
لَوْلَا
lawlā
Why (have) not
ٱجْتَبَيْتَهَا ۚ
ij'tabaytahā
you devised it
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
Only
أَتَّبِعُ
attabiʿu
I follow
مَا
what
يُوحَىٰٓ
yūḥā
is revealed
إِلَىَّ
ilayya
to me
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّى ۚ
rabbī
my Lord
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This (is)
بَصَآئِرُ
baṣāiru
enlightenment
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
وَهُدًۭى
wahudan
and guidance
وَرَحْمَةٌۭ
waraḥmatun
and mercy
لِّقَوْمٍۢ
liqawmin
for a people
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
who believe
Interpretation

And If you O Messenger come with a sign, they reject it and turn away from it; and if you do not come to them with a sign, they ask why he did not produce one. Say to them O Messenger: 'It is not up to me to just come with a sign. Rather, I only follow what was revealed to me from Allah: the Qur’ān which I recite to you, an evidence and proof from Allah your Creator, the arranger of your lives, a guidance and mercy for the believers among His creation. As for those who do not have faith, then they are lost and wretched.'

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

204

وَإِذَا قُرِئَ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥ وَأَنصِتُوا۟ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

So when the Qur’ān is recited, then listen to it and pay attention that you may receive mercy.

Wa izaa quri'al Quraanu fastami'oo lahoo wa ansitoo la 'allakum turhamoon

Word by word
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
قُرِئَ
quri-a
is recited
ٱلْقُرْءَانُ
l-qur'ānu
the Quran
فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟
fa-is'tamiʿū
then listen
لَهُۥ
lahu
to it
وَأَنصِتُوا۟
wa-anṣitū
and pay attention
لَعَلَّكُمْ
laʿallakum
so that you may
تُرْحَمُونَ
tur'ḥamūna
receive mercy
Interpretation

When the Qur’ān is recited, listen to it being recited: do not talk, and do not busy yourself with something else, so that Allah may have mercy on you.

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

205

وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِى نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ ٱلْجَهْرِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ

And remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.

Wazkur Rabbaka fee nafsika tadarru'anw wa kheefatanw wa doonal jahri minal qawli bilghuduwwi wal aasali wa laa takum minal ghaafileen

Word by word
وَٱذْكُر
wa-udh'kur
And remember
رَّبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
فِى
in
نَفْسِكَ
nafsika
yourself
تَضَرُّعًۭا
taḍarruʿan
humbly
وَخِيفَةًۭ
wakhīfatan
and (in) fear
وَدُونَ
wadūna
and without
ٱلْجَهْرِ
l-jahri
the loudness
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْقَوْلِ
l-qawli
[the] words
بِٱلْغُدُوِّ
bil-ghuduwi
in the mornings
وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ
wal-āṣāli
and (in) the evenings
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَكُن
takun
be
مِّنَ
mina
among
ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ
l-ghāfilīna
the heedless
Interpretation

And remember Allah your Lord, humbly, with lowliness before Him, and with fear and awe. Call upon him in a moderate manner, not too loudly, at the beginning and end of the day, because of the special qualities of these times, and do not be among those who neglect the remembrance of Allah the Exalted.

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

206

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُۥ وَلَهُۥ يَسْجُدُونَ ۩

Indeed, those who are near your Lord [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, and they exalt Him, and to Him they prostrate.

Innal lazeena 'inda Rabbika laa yastakbiroona 'an 'ibaadatihee wa yusabbihoonahoo wa lahoo yasjudoon

Word by word
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
عِندَ
ʿinda
(are) near
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
لَا
not
يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
yastakbirūna
(do) they turn away in pride
عَنْ
ʿan
from
عِبَادَتِهِۦ
ʿibādatihi
His worship
وَيُسَبِّحُونَهُۥ
wayusabbiḥūnahu
And they glorify Him
وَلَهُۥ
walahu
and to Him
يَسْجُدُونَ ۩
yasjudūna
they prostrate
Interpretation

The angels who are with your Lord are never too proud to worship Him, Glory be to Him. Rather, they devote themselves to worship with dedication, never tiring, glorifying Him day and night, and prostrating to Him.

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