سورة الفرقان
Surah Al-Furqan
The Criterion
Surah Al-Furqan (The Criterion) is the 25th surah of the Quran. It has 77 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي نَزَّلَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا﴿١﴾
Tabaraka allathee nazzala alfurqana ʿala ʿabdihi liyakoona lilʿalameena natheeran
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -
ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ لَمۡ يَتَّخِذۡ وَلَدࣰا وَ لَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكࣱ فِي ٱلۡمُلۡكِ وَ خَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيۡءࣲ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقۡدِيرࣰا﴿٢﴾
Allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi walam yattakhith waladan walam yakun lahu shareekun fee almulki wakhalaqa kulla shayin faqaddarahu taqdeeran
He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.
وَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةࣰ لَّا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ هُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ وَ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ ضَرࣰّا وَ لَا نَفۡعࣰا وَ لَا يَمۡلِكُونَ مَوۡتࣰا وَ لَا حَيَوٰةࣰ وَ لَا نُشُورࣰا﴿٣﴾
Waittakhathoo min doonihi alihatan la yakhluqoona shayan wahum yukhlaqoona wala yamlikoona lianfusihim darran wala nafʿan wala yamlikoona mawtan wala hayatan wala nushooran
But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.
وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفۡكٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ وَ أَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِ قَوۡمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءُو ظُلۡمࣰا وَ زُورࣰا﴿٤﴾
Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hatha illa ifkun iftarahu waaʿanahu ʿalayhi qawmun akharoona faqad jaoo thulman wazooran
And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.
وَ قَالُوٓاْ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ٱكۡتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ بُكۡرَةࣰ وَ أَصِيلࣰا﴿٥﴾
Waqaloo asateeru alawwaleena iktatabaha fahiya tumla ʿalayhi bukratan waaseelan
And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
قُلۡ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورࣰا رَّحِيمࣰا﴿٦﴾
Qul anzalahu allathee yaʿlamu alssirra fee alssamawati waalardi innahu kana ghafooran raheeman
Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."
وَ قَالُواْ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأۡكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَ يَمۡشِي فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مَلَكࣱ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا﴿٧﴾
Waqaloo mali hatha alrrasooli yakulu alttaʿama wayamshee fee alaswaqi lawla onzila ilayhi malakun fayakoona maʿahu natheeran
And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?
أَوۡ يُلۡقَىٰٓ إِلَيۡهِ كَنزٌ أَوۡ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةࣱ يَأۡكُلُ مِنۡهَا ۚ وَ قَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلࣰا مَّسۡحُورًا﴿٨﴾
Aw yulqa ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahu jannatun yakulu minha waqala alththalimoona in tattabiʿoona illa rajulan mashooran
Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلࣰا﴿٩﴾
Onthur kayfa daraboo laka alamthala fadalloo fala yastateeʿoona sabeelan
Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِيٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيۡرࣰا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتࣲ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ وَ يَجۡعَل لَّكَ قُصُورَۢا﴿١٠﴾
Tabaraka allathee in shaa jaʿala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu wayajʿal laka qusooran
Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.
بَلۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا﴿١١﴾
Bal kaththaboo bialssaʿati waaʿtadna liman kaththaba bialssaʿati saʿeeran
But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.
إِذَا رَأَتۡهُم مِّن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدࣲ سَمِعُواْ لَهَا تَغَيُّظࣰا وَ زَفِيرࣰا﴿١٢﴾
Itha raathum min makanin baʿeedin samiʿoo laha taghayyuthan wazafeeran
When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.
وَ إِذَآ أُلۡقُواْ مِنۡهَا مَكَانࣰا ضَيِّقࣰا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوۡاْ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورࣰا﴿١٣﴾
Waitha olqoo minha makanan dayyiqan muqarraneena daʿaw hunalika thubooran
And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.
لَّا تَدۡعُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ثُبُورࣰا وَٰحِدࣰا وَ ٱدۡعُواْ ثُبُورࣰا كَثِيرࣰا﴿١٤﴾
La tadʿoo alyawma thubooran wahidan waodʿoo thubooran katheeran
[They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."
قُلۡ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ جَنَّةُ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ ٱلَّتِي وُعِدَ ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَ ۚ كَانَتۡ لَهُمۡ جَزَآءࣰ وَ مَصِيرࣰا﴿١٥﴾
Qul athalika khayrun am jannatu alkhuldi allatee wuʿida almuttaqoona kanat lahum jazaan wamaseeran
Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.
لَّهُمۡ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَ ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعۡدࣰا مَّسۡـُٔولࣰا﴿١٦﴾
Lahum feeha ma yashaoona khalideena kana ʿala rabbika waʿdan masoolan
For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.
وَ يَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ وَ مَا يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمۡ أَضۡلَلۡتُمۡ عِبَادِي هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمۡ هُمۡ ضَلُّواْ ٱلسَّبِيلَ﴿١٧﴾
Wayawma yahshuruhum wama yaʿbudoona min dooni Allahi fayaqoolu aantum adlaltum ʿibadee haolai am hum dalloo alssabeela
And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allāh and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"
قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِي لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ وَ لَٰكِن مَّتَّعۡتَهُمۡ وَ ءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ نَسُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَۢا بُورࣰا﴿١٨﴾
Qaloo subhanaka ma kana yanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaa walakin mattaʿtahum waabaahum hatta nasoo alththikra wakanoo qawman booran
They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."
فَقَدۡ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسۡتَطِيعُونَ صَرۡفࣰا وَ لَا نَصۡرࣰا ۚ وَ مَن يَظۡلِم مِّنكُمۡ نُذِقۡهُ عَذَابࣰا كَبِيرࣰا﴿١٩﴾
Faqad kaththabookum bima taqooloona fama tastateeʿoona sarfan wala nasran waman yathlim minkum nuthiqhu ʿathaban kabeeran
So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.
وَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمۡ لَيَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَ يَمۡشُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ ۗ وَ جَعَلۡنَا بَعۡضَكُمۡ لِبَعۡضࣲ فِتۡنَةً أَتَصۡبِرُونَ ۗ وَ كَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرࣰا﴿٢٠﴾
Wama arsalna qablaka mina almursaleena illa innahum layakuloona alttaʿama wayamshoona fee alaswaqi wajaʿalna baʿdakum libaʿdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakana rabbuka baseeran
And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.
وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوۡلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَ عَتَوۡ عُتُوࣰّا كَبِيرࣰا﴿٢١﴾
Waqala allatheena la yarjoona liqaana lawla onzila ʿalayna almalaikatu aw nara rabbana laqadi istakbaroo fee anfusihim waʿataw ʿutuwwan kabeeran
And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.
يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشۡرَىٰ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ وَ يَقُولُونَ حِجۡرࣰا مَّحۡجُورࣰا﴿٢٢﴾
Yawma yarawna almalaikata la bushra yawmaithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijran mahjooran
The day they see the angels - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."
وَ قَدِمۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُواْ مِنۡ عَمَلࣲ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هَبَآءࣰ مَّنثُورًا﴿٢٣﴾
Waqadimna ila ma ʿamiloo min ʿamalin fajaʿalnahu habaan manthooran
And We will approach [i.e., regard] what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.
أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَيۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَقَرࣰّا وَ أَحۡسَنُ مَقِيلࣰا﴿٢٤﴾
Ashabu aljannati yawmaithin khayrun mustaqarran waahsanu maqeelan
The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.
وَ يَوۡمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلۡغَمَٰمِ وَ نُزِّلَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا﴿٢٥﴾
Wayawma tashaqqaqu alssamao bialghamami wanuzzila almalaikatu tanzeelan
And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.
ٱلۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ۚ وَ كَانَ يَوۡمًا عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرࣰا﴿٢٦﴾
Almulku yawmaithin alhaqqu lilrrahmani wakana yawman ʿala alkafireena ʿaseeran
True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.
وَ يَوۡمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيۡهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي ٱتَّخَذۡتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلࣰا﴿٢٧﴾
Wayawma yaʿaddu alththalimu ʿala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtu maʿa alrrasooli sabeelan
And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.
يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلࣰا﴿٢٨﴾
Ya waylata laytanee lam attakhith fulanan khaleelan
Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.
لَّقَدۡ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ بَعۡدَ إِذۡ جَآءَنِي ۗ وَ كَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولࣰا﴿٢٩﴾
Laqad adallanee ʿani alththikri baʿda ith jaanee wakana alshshaytanu lilinsani khathoolan
He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."
وَ قَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوۡمِي ٱتَّخَذُواْ هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ مَهۡجُورࣰا﴿٣٠﴾
Waqala alrrasoolu ya rabbi inna qawmee ittakhathoo hatha alqurana mahjooran
And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."
وَ كَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلۡنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوࣰّا مِّنَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ۗ وَ كَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيࣰا وَ نَصِيرࣰا﴿٣١﴾
Wakathalika jaʿalna likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan mina almujrimeena wakafa birabbika hadiyan wanaseeran
And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.
وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانُ جُمۡلَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۖ وَ رَتَّلۡنَٰهُ تَرۡتِيلࣰا﴿٣٢﴾
Waqala allatheena kafaroo lawla nuzzila ʿalayhi alquranu jumlatan wahidatan kathalika linuthabbita bihi fuadaka warattalnahu tarteelan
And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.
وَ لَا يَأۡتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئۡنَٰكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَ أَحۡسَنَ تَفۡسِيرًا﴿٣٣﴾
Wala yatoonaka bimathalin illa jinaka bialhaqqi waahsana tafseeran
And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُحۡشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ شَرࣱّ مَّكَانࣰا وَ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلࣰا﴿٣٤﴾
Allatheena yuhsharoona ʿala wujoohihim ila jahannama olaika sharrun makanan waadallu sabeelan
The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.
وَ لَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَ جَعَلۡنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرࣰا﴿٣٥﴾
Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba wajaʿalna maʿahu akhahu haroona wazeeran
And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.
فَقُلۡنَا ٱذۡهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ تَدۡمِيرࣰا﴿٣٦﴾
Faqulna ithhaba ila alqawmi allatheena kaththaboo biayatina fadammarnahum tadmeeran
And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.
وَ قَوۡمَ نُوحࣲ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُواْ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ وَ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةࣰ ۖ وَ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمࣰا﴿٣٧﴾
Waqawma noohin lamma kaththaboo alrrusula aghraqnahum wajaʿalnahum lilnnasi ayatan waaʿtadna lilththalimeena ʿathaban aleeman
And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.
وَ عَادࣰا وَ ثَمُودَاْ وَ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَ قُرُونَۢا بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرࣰا﴿٣٨﴾
Waʿadan wathamooda waashaba alrrassi waquroonan bayna thalika katheeran
And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well and many generations between them.
وَ كُلࣰّا ضَرَبۡنَا لَهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَٰلَ ۖ وَ كُلࣰّا تَبَّرۡنَا تَتۡبِيرࣰا﴿٣٩﴾
Wakullan darabna lahu alamthala wakullan tabbarna tatbeeran
And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.
وَ لَقَدۡ أَتَوۡاْ عَلَى ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُمۡطِرَتۡ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوۡءِ ۚ أَفَلَمۡ يَكُونُواْ يَرَوۡنَهَا ۚ بَلۡ كَانُواْ لَا يَرۡجُونَ نُشُورࣰا﴿٤٠﴾
Walaqad ataw ʿala alqaryati allatee omtirat matara alssawi afalam yakoonoo yarawnaha bal kanoo la yarjoona nushooran
And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.
وَ إِذَا رَأَوۡكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا﴿٤١﴾
Waitha raawka in yattakhithoonaka illa huzuwan ahatha allathee baʿatha Allahu rasoolan
And when they see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?
إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوۡلَآ أَن صَبَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ۚ وَ سَوۡفَ يَعۡلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوۡنَ ٱلۡعَذَابَ مَنۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا﴿٤٢﴾
In kada layudilluna ʿan alihatina lawla an sabarna ʿalayha wasawfa yaʿlamoona heena yarawna alʿathaba man adallu sabeelan
He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.
أَرَءَيۡتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيۡهِ وَكِيلًا﴿٤٣﴾
Araayta mani ittakhatha ilahahu hawahu afaanta takoonu ʿalayhi wakeelan
Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?
أَمۡ تَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ يَسۡمَعُونَ أَوۡ يَعۡقِلُونَ ۚ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بَلۡ هُمۡ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا﴿٤٤﴾
Am tahsabu anna aktharahum yasmaʿoona aw yaʿqiloona in hum illa kaalanʿami bal hum adallu sabeelan
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيۡفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَ لَوۡ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنࣰا ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ عَلَيۡهِ دَلِيلࣰا﴿٤٥﴾
Alam tara ila rabbika kayfa madda alththilla walaw shaa lajaʿalahu sakinan thumma jaʿalna alshshamsa ʿalayhi daleelan
Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.
ثُمَّ قَبَضۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡنَا قَبۡضࣰا يَسِيرࣰا﴿٤٦﴾
Thumma qabadnahu ilayna qabdan yaseeran
Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسࣰا وَ ٱلنَّوۡمَ سُبَاتࣰا وَ جَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورࣰا﴿٤٧﴾
Wahuwa allathee jaʿala lakumu allayla libasan waalnnawma subatan wajaʿala alnnahara nushooran
And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشۡرَۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡ رَحۡمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَ أَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءࣰ طَهُورࣰا﴿٤٨﴾
Wahuwa allathee arsala alrriyaha bushran bayna yaday rahmatihi waanzalna mina alssamai maan tahooran
And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure water
لِّنُحۡـِۧيَ بِهِۦ بَلۡدَةࣰ مَّيۡتࣰا وَ نُسۡقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقۡنَآ أَنۡعَٰمࣰا وَ أَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرࣰا﴿٤٩﴾
Linuhyiya bihi baldatan maytan wanusqiyahu mimma khalaqna anʿaman waanasiyya katheeran
That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.
وَ لَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَٰهُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورࣰا﴿٥٠﴾
Walaqad sarrafnahu baynahum liyaththakkaroo faaba aktharu alnnasi illa kufooran
And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.
وَ لَوۡ شِئۡنَا لَبَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرۡيَةࣲ نَّذِيرࣰا﴿٥١﴾
Walaw shina labaʿathna fee kulli qaryatin natheeran
And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ وَ جَٰهِدۡهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادࣰا كَبِيرࣰا﴿٥٢﴾
Fala tutiʿi alkafireena wajahidhum bihi jihadan kabeeran
So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ هَٰذَا عَذۡبࣱ فُرَاتࣱ وَ هَٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجࣱ وَ جَعَلَ بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخࣰا وَ حِجۡرࣰا مَّحۡجُورࣰا﴿٥٣﴾
Wahuwa allathee maraja albahrayni hatha ʿathbun furatun wahatha milhun ojajun wajaʿala baynahuma barzakhan wahijran mahjooran
And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ بَشَرࣰا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبࣰا وَ صِهۡرࣰا ۗ وَ كَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرࣰا﴿٥٤﴾
Wahuwa allathee khalaqa mina almai basharan fajaʿalahu nasaban wasihran wakana rabbuka qadeeran
And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].
وَ يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمۡ وَ لَا يَضُرُّهُمۡ ۗ وَ كَانَ ٱلۡكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرࣰا﴿٥٥﴾
Wayaʿbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yanfaʿuhum wala yadurruhum wakana alkafiru ʿala rabbihi thaheeran
But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].
وَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرࣰا وَ نَذِيرࣰا﴿٥٦﴾
Wama arsalnaka illa mubashshiran wanatheeran
And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.
قُلۡ مَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلࣰا﴿٥٧﴾
Qul ma asalukum ʿalayhi min ajrin illa man shaa an yattakhitha ila rabbihi sabeelan
Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."
وَ تَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡحَيِّ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَ سَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِهِۦ ۚ وَ كَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا﴿٥٨﴾
Watawakkal ʿala alhayyi allathee la yamootu wasabbih bihamdihi wakafa bihi bithunoobi ʿibadihi khabeeran
And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allāh] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, [fully] Aware -
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَ مَا بَيۡنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامࣲ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ۖ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ فَسۡـَٔلۡ بِهِۦ خَبِيرࣰا﴿٥٩﴾
Allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa ʿala alʿarshi alrrahmanu faisal bihi khabeeran
He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)].
وَ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسۡجُدُواْۤ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ قَالُواْ وَ مَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ أَنَسۡجُدُ لِمَا تَأۡمُرُنَا وَ زَادَهُمۡ نُفُورࣰا ۩﴿٦٠﴾
Waitha qeela lahumu osjudoo lilrrahmani qaloo wama alrrahmanu anasjudu lima tamuruna wazadahum nufooran
And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجࣰا وَ جَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجࣰا وَ قَمَرࣰا مُّنِيرࣰا﴿٦١﴾
Tabaraka allathee jaʿala fee alssamai buroojan wajaʿala feeha sirajan waqamaran muneeran
Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَ ٱلنَّهَارَ خِلۡفَةࣰ لِّمَنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوۡ أَرَادَ شُكُورࣰا﴿٦٢﴾
Wahuwa allathee jaʿala allayla waalnnahara khilfatan liman arada an yaththakkara aw arada shukooran
And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.
وَ عِبَادُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمۡشُونَ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هَوۡنࣰا وَ إِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلۡجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُواْ سَلَٰمࣰا﴿٦٣﴾
Waʿibadu alrrahmani allatheena yamshoona ʿala alardi hawnan waitha khatabahumu aljahiloona qaloo salaman
And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمۡ سُجَّدࣰا وَ قِيَٰمࣰا﴿٦٤﴾
Waallatheena yabeetoona lirabbihim sujjadan waqiyaman
And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصۡرِفۡ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا﴿٦٥﴾
Waallatheena yaqooloona rabbana isrif ʿanna ʿathaba jahannama inna ʿathabaha kana gharaman
And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;
إِنَّهَا سَآءَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرࣰّا وَ مُقَامࣰا﴿٦٦﴾
Innaha saat mustaqarran wamuqaman
Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُواْ لَمۡ يُسۡرِفُواْ وَ لَمۡ يَقۡتُرُواْ وَ كَانَ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامࣰا﴿٦٧﴾
Waallatheena itha anfaqoo lam yusrifoo walam yaqturoo wakana bayna thalika qawaman
And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدۡعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَ لَا يَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفۡسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَ لَا يَزۡنُونَ ۚ وَ مَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ يَلۡقَ أَثَامࣰا﴿٦٨﴾
Waallatheena la yadʿoona maʿa Allahi ilahan akhara wala yaqtuloona alnnafsa allatee harrama Allahu illa bialhaqqi wala yaznoona waman yafʿal thalika yalqa athaman
And those who do not invoke with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.
يُضَٰعَفۡ لَهُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَ يَخۡلُدۡ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا﴿٦٩﴾
Yudaʿaf lahu alʿathabu yawma alqiyamati wayakhlud feehi muhanan
Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -
إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَ ءَامَنَ وَ عَمِلَ عَمَلࣰا صَٰلِحࣰا فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ حَسَنَٰتࣲ ۗ وَ كَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورࣰا رَّحِيمࣰا﴿٧٠﴾
Illa man taba waamana waʿamila ʿamalan salihan faolaika yubaddilu Allahu sayyiatihim hasanatin wakana Allahu ghafooran raheeman
Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allāh will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.
وَ مَن تَابَ وَ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحࣰا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابࣰا﴿٧١﴾
Waman taba waʿamila salihan fainnahu yatoobu ila Allahi mataban
And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allāh with [accepted] repentance.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشۡهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَ إِذَا مَرُّواْ بِٱللَّغۡوِ مَرُّواْ كِرَامࣰا﴿٧٢﴾
Waallatheena la yashhadoona alzzoora waitha marroo biallaghwi marroo kiraman
And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ لَمۡ يَخِرُّواْ عَلَيۡهَا صُمࣰّا وَ عُمۡيَانࣰا﴿٧٣﴾
Waallatheena itha thukkiroo biayati rabbihim lam yakhirroo ʿalayha summan waʿumyanan
And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبۡ لَنَا مِنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِنَا وَ ذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعۡيُنࣲ وَ ٱجۡعَلۡنَا لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا﴿٧٤﴾
Waallatheena yaqooloona rabbana hab lana min azwajina wathurriyyatina qurrata aʿyunin waijʿalna lilmuttaqeena imaman
And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous."
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُجۡزَوۡنَ ٱلۡغُرۡفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ وَ يُلَقَّوۡنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةࣰ وَ سَلَٰمًا﴿٧٥﴾
Olaika yujzawna alghurfata bima sabaroo wayulaqqawna feeha tahiyyatan wasalaman
Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace,
خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ حَسُنَتۡ مُسۡتَقَرࣰّا وَ مُقَامࣰا﴿٧٦﴾
Khalideena feeha hasunat mustaqarran wamuqaman
Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.
قُلۡ مَا يَعۡبَؤُاْ بِكُمۡ رَبِّي لَوۡلَا دُعَآؤُكُمۡ ۖ فَقَدۡ كَذَّبۡتُمۡ فَسَوۡفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامَۢا﴿٧٧﴾
Qul ma yaʿbao bikum rabbee lawla duʿaokum faqad kaththabtum fasawfa yakoonu lizaman
Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so it [i.e., your denial] is going to be adherent.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The Surah takes its name "Al-Furqan" from the first verse. Though it is symbolic like the names of many other Surahs, it has a close relation to its subject matter.
Period of Revelation
It appears from its style and subject matter that like Surah Al- Mu'minun, it was also revealed during the third stage of Prophethood at Makkah. Ibn Jarir and Imam Razi have cited a narration of Dahhak bin Muzahim that this Surah was revealed eight years before Surah An Nisa. This also confirms our opinion as to its period of revelation. (Ibn Jarir, Vol. XIX, pp. 28-30, and Tafsir Kabir, Vol. VI,p. 358).
Subject Matter and Topics
The Surah deals with the doubts and objections that were being raised against the Qur'an, the Prophethood of Muhammad (Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and his teachings by the disbelievers of Makkah. Appropriate answers to each and every objection have been given and the people were warned of the consequences of rejecting the Truth. At the end of the Surah, a clear picture of the moral superiority of the Believers has been depicted as in the beginning of Surah Al-Mu'minun, as if to say, 'Here is the criterion for distinguishing the genuine from the counterfeit. This is the noble character of those people who have believed in and followed the teachings of the Holy Prophet and these are the kind of people that he is trying to reform. You may yourselves compare and contrast this type of people with those Arabs, who have not yet accepted the Message, and who are upholding "ignorance" and exerting their utmost to defeat the Truth. Now you may judge for yourselves as to which you would like to choose." Though this question was not posed in so many words, it was placed before every one in Arabia in a tangible shape. It may be noted that during the next few years, the practical answer given to this question by the whole nation, with the exception of a small minority, was that they chose Islam.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran