سورة المؤمنون
Surah Al-Mu'minun
The Believers
Surah Al-Mu'minun (The Believers) is the 23rd surah of the Quran. It has 118 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
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿١﴾
Qad aflaha almuminoona
Certainly will the believers have succeeded:
ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي صَلَاتِهِمۡ خَٰشِعُونَ﴿٢﴾
Allatheena hum fee salatihim khashiʿoona
They who are during their prayer humbly intent
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَنِ ٱللَّغۡوِ مُعۡرِضُونَ﴿٣﴾
Waallatheena hum ʿani allaghwi muʿridoona
And they who turn away from ill speech
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَٰعِلُونَ﴿٤﴾
Waallatheena hum lilzzakati faʿiloona
And they who are observant of zakāh
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَٰفِظُونَ﴿٥﴾
Waallatheena hum lifuroojihim hafithoona
And they who guard their private parts
إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُومِينَ﴿٦﴾
Illa ʿala azwajihim aw ma malakat aymanuhum fainnahum ghayru maloomeena
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -
فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ﴿٧﴾
Famani ibtagha waraa thalika faolaika humu alʿadoona
But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمۡ وَ عَهۡدِهِمۡ رَٰعُونَ﴿٨﴾
Waallatheena hum liamanatihim waʿahdihim raʿoona
And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٰتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُونَ﴿٩﴾
Waallatheena hum ʿala salawatihim yuhafithoona
And they who carefully maintain their prayers -
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ﴿١٠﴾
Olaika humu alwarithoona
Those are the inheritors
ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلۡفِرۡدَوۡسَ هُمۡ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ﴿١١﴾
Allatheena yarithoona alfirdawsa hum feeha khalidoona
Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.
وَ لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةࣲ مِّن طِينࣲ﴿١٢﴾
Walaqad khalaqna alinsana min sulalatin min teenin
And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.
ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ نُطۡفَةࣰ فِي قَرَارࣲ مَّكِينࣲ﴿١٣﴾
Thumma jaʿalnahu nutfatan fee qararin makeenin
Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb].
ثُمَّ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلنُّطۡفَةَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡعَلَقَةَ مُضۡغَةࣰ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمُضۡغَةَ عِظَٰمࣰا فَكَسَوۡنَا ٱلۡعِظَٰمَ لَحۡمࣰا ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَٰهُ خَلۡقًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقِينَ﴿١٤﴾
Thumma khalaqna alnnutfata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqna alʿalaqata mudghatan fakhalaqna almudghata ʿithaman fakasawna alʿithama lahman thumma anshanahu khalqan akhara fatabaraka Allahu ahsanu alkhaliqeena
Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allāh, the best of creators.
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ﴿١٥﴾
Thumma innakum baʿda thalika lamayyitoona
Then indeed, after that you are to die.
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ تُبۡعَثُونَ﴿١٦﴾
Thumma innakum yawma alqiyamati tubʿathoona
Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.
وَ لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَ مَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلۡخَلۡقِ غَٰفِلِينَ﴿١٧﴾
Walaqad khalaqna fawqakum sabʿa taraiqa wama kunna ʿani alkhalqi ghafileena
And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.
وَ أَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءَۢ بِقَدَرࣲ فَأَسۡكَنَّٰهُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۖ وَ إِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابِۭ بِهِۦ لَقَٰدِرُونَ﴿١٨﴾
Waanzalna mina alssamai maan biqadarin faaskannahu fee alardi wainna ʿala thahabin bihi laqadiroona
And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.
فَأَنشَأۡنَا لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّٰتࣲ مِّن نَّخِيلࣲ وَ أَعۡنَٰبࣲ لَّكُمۡ فِيهَا فَوَٰكِهُ كَثِيرَةࣱ وَ مِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ﴿١٩﴾
Faanshana lakum bihi jannatin min nakheelin waaʿnabin lakum feeha fawakihu katheeratun waminha takuloona
And We brought forth for you thereby gardens of palm trees and grapevines in which for you are abundant fruits and from which you eat.
وَ شَجَرَةࣰ تَخۡرُجُ مِن طُورِ سَيۡنَآءَ تَنۢبُتُ بِٱلدُّهۡنِ وَ صِبۡغࣲ لِّلۡأٓكِلِينَ﴿٢٠﴾
Washajaratan takhruju min toori saynaa tanbutu bialdduhni wasibghin lilakileena
And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food [i.e., olives] for those who eat.
وَ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةࣰ ۖ نُّسۡقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهَا وَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ كَثِيرَةࣱ وَ مِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ﴿٢١﴾
Wainna lakum fee alanʿami laʿibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butooniha walakum feeha manafiʿu katheeratun waminha takuloona
And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.
وَ عَلَيۡهَا وَ عَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ تُحۡمَلُونَ﴿٢٢﴾
Waʿalayha waʿala alfulki tuhmaloona
And upon them and on ships you are carried.
وَ لَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَقَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿٢٣﴾
Walaqad arsalna noohan ila qawmihi faqala ya qawmi oʿbudoo Allaha ma lakum min ilahin ghayruhu afala tattaqoona
And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"
فَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةࣰ مَّا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَٰذَا فِيٓ ءَابَآئِنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿٢٤﴾
Faqala almalao allatheena kafaroo min qawmihi ma hatha illa basharun mithlukum yureedu an yatafaddala ʿalaykum walaw shaa Allahu laanzala malaikatan ma samiʿna bihatha fee abaina alawwaleena
But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allāh had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلُۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةࣱ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِينࣲ﴿٢٥﴾
In huwa illa rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabbasoo bihi hatta heenin
He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ﴿٢٦﴾
Qala rabbi onsurnee bima kaththabooni
[Noah] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."
فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ أَنِ ٱصۡنَعِ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَا وَ وَحۡيِنَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا وَ فَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ فَٱسۡلُكۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلࣲّ زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَ أَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنۡهُمۡ ۖ وَ لَا تُخَٰطِبۡنِي فِي ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ إِنَّهُم مُّغۡرَقُونَ﴿٢٧﴾
Faawhayna ilayhi ani isnaʿi alfulka biaʿyunina wawahyina faitha jaa amruna wafara alttannooru faosluk feeha min kullin zawjayni ithnayni waahlaka illa man sabaqa ʿalayhi alqawlu minhum wala tukhatibnee fee allatheena thalamoo innahum mughraqoona
So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows, put into it [i.e., the ship] from each [creature] two mates and your family, except him for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.
فَإِذَا ٱسۡتَوَيۡتَ أَنتَ وَ مَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ فَقُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي نَجَّىٰنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٢٨﴾
Faitha istawayta anta waman maʿaka ʿala alfulki faquli alhamdu lillahi allathee najjana mina alqawmi alththalimeena
And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allāh who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'
وَ قُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلۡنِي مُنزَلࣰا مُّبَارَكࣰا وَ أَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡمُنزِلِينَ﴿٢٩﴾
Waqul rabbi anzilnee munzalan mubarakan waanta khayru almunzileena
And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].'"
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتࣲ وَ إِن كُنَّا لَمُبۡتَلِينَ﴿٣٠﴾
Inna fee thalika laayatin wain kunna lamubtaleena
Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].
ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِينَ﴿٣١﴾
Thumma anshana min baʿdihim qarnan akhareena
Then We produced after them a generation of others.
فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا فِيهِمۡ رَسُولࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرُهُۥٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿٣٢﴾
Faarsalna feehim rasoolan minhum ani oʿbudoo Allaha ma lakum min ilahin ghayruhu afala tattaqoona
And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"
وَ قَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِن قَوۡمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَ كَذَّبُواْ بِلِقَآءِ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَ أَتۡرَفۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يَأۡكُلُ مِمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ مِنۡهُ وَ يَشۡرَبُ مِمَّا تَشۡرَبُونَ﴿٣٣﴾
Waqala almalao min qawmihi allatheena kafaroo wakaththaboo biliqai alakhirati waatrafnahum fee alhayati alddunya ma hatha illa basharun mithlukum yakulu mimma takuloona minhu wayashrabu mimma tashraboona
And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.
وَ لَئِنۡ أَطَعۡتُم بَشَرࣰا مِّثۡلَكُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ إِذࣰا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ﴿٣٤﴾
Walain ataʿtum basharan mithlakum innakum ithan lakhasiroona
And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.
أَيَعِدُكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ إِذَا مِتُّمۡ وَ كُنتُمۡ تُرَابࣰا وَ عِظَٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخۡرَجُونَ﴿٣٥﴾
Ayaʿidukum annakum itha mittum wakuntum turaban waʿithaman annakum mukhrajoona
Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?
هَيۡهَاتَ هَيۡهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ﴿٣٦﴾
Hayhata hayhata lima tooʿadoona
How far, how far, is that which you are promised.
إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡيَا نَمُوتُ وَ نَحۡيَا وَ مَا نَحۡنُ بِمَبۡعُوثِينَ﴿٣٧﴾
In hiya illa hayatuna alddunya namootu wanahya wama nahnu bimabʿootheena
It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبࣰا وَ مَا نَحۡنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤۡمِنِينَ﴿٣٨﴾
In huwa illa rajulun iftara ʿala Allahi kathiban wama nahnu lahu bimumineena
He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allāh, and we will not believe him."
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ﴿٣٩﴾
Qala rabbi onsurnee bima kaththabooni
He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."
قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلࣲ لَّيُصۡبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ﴿٤٠﴾
Qala ʿamma qaleelin layusbihunna nadimeena
[Allāh] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ غُثَآءࣰ ۚ فَبُعۡدࣰا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٤١﴾
Faakhathathumu alssayhatu bialhaqqi fajaʿalnahum ghuthaan fabuʿdan lilqawmi alththalimeena
So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.
ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ﴿٤٢﴾
Thumma anshana min baʿdihim quroonan akhareena
Then We produced after them other generations.
مَا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَ مَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ﴿٤٣﴾
Ma tasbiqu min ommatin ajalaha wama yastakhiroona
No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].
ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتۡرَا ۖ كُلَّ مَا جَآءَ أُمَّةࣰ رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُ ۖ فَأَتۡبَعۡنَا بَعۡضَهُم بَعۡضࣰا وَ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَحَادِيثَ ۚ فَبُعۡدࣰا لِّقَوۡمࣲ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٤٤﴾
Thumma arsalna rusulana tatra kulla ma jaa ommatan rasooluha kaththaboohu faatbaʿna baʿdahum baʿdan wajaʿalnahum ahadeetha fabuʿdan liqawmin la yuminoona
Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.
ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَ سُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينٍ﴿٤٥﴾
Thumma arsalna moosa waakhahu haroona biayatina wasultanin mubeenin
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority
إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَ مَلَإِيْهِۦ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَ كَانُواْ قَوۡمًا عَالِينَ﴿٤٦﴾
Ila firʿawna wamalaihi faistakbaroo wakanoo qawman ʿaleena
To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.
فَقَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لِبَشَرَيۡنِ مِثۡلِنَا وَ قَوۡمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ﴿٤٧﴾
Faqaloo anuminu libasharayni mithlina waqawmuhuma lana ʿabidoona
They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"
فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِينَ﴿٤٨﴾
Fakaththaboohuma fakanoo mina almuhlakeena
So they denied them and were of those destroyed.
وَ لَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ﴿٤٩﴾
Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba laʿallahum yahtadoona
And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they would be guided.
وَ جَعَلۡنَا ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَ أُمَّهُۥٓ ءَايَةࣰ وَ ءَاوَيۡنَٰهُمَآ إِلَىٰ رَبۡوَةࣲ ذَاتِ قَرَارࣲ وَ مَعِينࣲ﴿٥٠﴾
Wajaʿalna ibna maryama waommahu ayatan waawaynahuma ila rabwatin thati qararin wamaʿeenin
And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a high ground having level [areas] and flowing water.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرُّسُلُ كُلُواْ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَ ٱعۡمَلُواْ صَٰلِحًا ۖ إِنِّي بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِيمࣱ﴿٥١﴾
Ya ayyuha alrrusulu kuloo mina alttayyibati waiʿmaloo salihan innee bima taʿmaloona ʿaleemun
[Allāh said], "O messengers, eat from the good foods and work righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Knowing.
وَ إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ وَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱتَّقُونِ﴿٥٢﴾
Wainna hathihi ommatukum ommatan wahidatan waana rabbukum faittaqooni
And indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so fear Me."
فَتَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ زُبُرࣰا ۖ كُلُّ حِزۡبِۭ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ فَرِحُونَ﴿٥٣﴾
Fataqattaʿoo amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu hizbin bima ladayhim farihoona
But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
فَذَرۡهُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَتِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ﴿٥٤﴾
Fatharhum fee ghamratihim hatta heenin
So leave them in their confusion for a time.
أَيَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُم بِهِۦ مِن مَّالࣲ وَ بَنِينَ﴿٥٥﴾
Ayahsaboona annama numidduhum bihi min malin wabaneena
Do they think that what We extend to them of wealth and children
نُسَارِعُ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ ۚ بَل لَّا يَشۡعُرُونَ﴿٥٦﴾
Nusariʿu lahum fee alkhayrati bal la yashʿuroona
Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَةِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ﴿٥٧﴾
Inna allatheena hum min khashyati rabbihim mushfiqoona
Indeed, they who are apprehensive from fear of their Lord
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٥٨﴾
Waallatheena hum biayati rabbihim yuminoona
And they who believe in the signs of their Lord
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ لَا يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٥٩﴾
Waallatheena hum birabbihim la yushrikoona
And they who do not associate anything with their Lord
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡتُونَ مَآ ءَاتَواْ وَّ قُلُوبُهُمۡ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ رَٰجِعُونَ﴿٦٠﴾
Waallatheena yutoona ma ataw waquloobuhum wajilatun annahum ila rabbihim rajiʿoona
And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful because they will be returning to their Lord -
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَ هُمۡ لَهَا سَٰبِقُونَ﴿٦١﴾
Olaika yusariʿoona fee alkhayrati wahum laha sabiqoona
It is those who hasten to good deeds, and they outstrip [others] therein.
وَ لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَا ۚ وَ لَدَيۡنَا كِتَٰبࣱ يَنطِقُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَ هُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ﴿٦٢﴾
Wala nukallifu nafsan illa wusʿaha waladayna kitabun yantiqu bialhaqqi wahum la yuthlamoona
And We charge no soul except [with that within] its capacity, and with Us is a record which speaks with truth; and they will not be wronged.
بَلۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ فِي غَمۡرَةࣲ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا وَ لَهُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلࣱ مِّن دُونِ ذَٰلِكَ هُمۡ لَهَا عَٰمِلُونَ﴿٦٣﴾
Bal quloobuhum fee ghamratin min hatha walahum aʿmalun min dooni thalika hum laha ʿamiloona
But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides that [i.e., disbelief] which they are doing,
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذۡنَا مُتۡرَفِيهِم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمۡ يَجۡـَٔرُونَ﴿٦٤﴾
Hatta itha akhathna mutrafeehim bialʿathabi itha hum yajaroona
Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying [to Allāh] for help.
لَا تَجۡـَٔرُواْ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ ۖ إِنَّكُم مِّنَّا لَا تُنصَرُونَ﴿٦٥﴾
La tajaroo alyawma innakum minna la tunsaroona
Do not cry out today. Indeed, by Us you will not be helped.
قَدۡ كَانَتۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡقَٰبِكُمۡ تَنكِصُونَ﴿٦٦﴾
Qad kanat ayatee tutla ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿala aʿqabikum tankisoona
My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels
مُسۡتَكۡبِرِينَ بِهِۦ سَٰمِرࣰا تَهۡجُرُونَ﴿٦٧﴾
Mustakbireena bihi samiran tahjuroona
In arrogance regarding it, conversing by night, speaking evil.
أَفَلَمۡ يَدَّبَّرُواْ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ أَمۡ جَآءَهُم مَّا لَمۡ يَأۡتِ ءَابَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿٦٨﴾
Afalam yaddabbaroo alqawla am jaahum ma lam yati abaahumu alawwaleena
Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?
أَمۡ لَمۡ يَعۡرِفُواْ رَسُولَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ﴿٦٩﴾
Am lam yaʿrifoo rasoolahum fahum lahu munkiroona
Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةُۢ ۚ بَلۡ جَآءَهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لِلۡحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ﴿٧٠﴾
Am yaqooloona bihi jinnatun bal jaahum bialhaqqi waaktharuhum lilhaqqi karihoona
Or do they say, "In him is madness"? Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.
وَ لَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلۡحَقُّ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَ مَن فِيهِنَّ ۚ بَلۡ أَتَيۡنَٰهُم بِذِكۡرِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ﴿٧١﴾
Walawi ittabaʿa alhaqqu ahwaahum lafasadati alssamawatu waalardu waman feehinna bal ataynahum bithikrihim fahum ʿan thikrihim muʿridoona
But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.
أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ خَرۡجࣰا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَيۡرࣱ ۖ وَ هُوَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ﴿٧٢﴾
Am tasaluhum kharjan fakharaju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru alrraziqeena
Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.
وَ إِنَّكَ لَتَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ﴿٧٣﴾
Wainnaka latadʿoohum ila siratin mustaqeemin
And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.
وَ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ لَنَٰكِبُونَ﴿٧٤﴾
Wainna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati ʿani alssirati lanakiboona
But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.
وَ لَوۡ رَحِمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَ كَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِم مِّن ضُرࣲّ لَّلَجُّواْ فِي طُغۡيَٰنِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ﴿٧٥﴾
Walaw rahimnahum wakashafna ma bihim min durrin lalajjoo fee tughyanihim yaʿmahoona
And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.
وَ لَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسۡتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَ مَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ﴿٧٦﴾
Walaqad akhathnahum bialʿathabi fama istakanoo lirabbihim wama yatadarraʿoona
And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم بَابࣰا ذَا عَذَابࣲ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمۡ فِيهِ مُبۡلِسُونَ﴿٧٧﴾
Hatta itha fatahna ʿalayhim baban tha ʿathabin shadeedin itha hum feehi mublisoona
Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَ ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَ ۚ قَلِيلࣰا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ﴿٧٨﴾
Wahuwa allathee anshaa lakumu alssamʿa waalabsara waalafidata qaleelan ma tashkuroona
And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ إِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ﴿٧٩﴾
Wahuwa allathee tharaakum fee alardi wailayhi tuhsharoona
And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَ يُمِيتُ وَ لَهُ ٱخۡتِلَٰفُ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَ ٱلنَّهَارِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ﴿٨٠﴾
Wahuwa allathee yuhyee wayumeetu walahu ikhtilafu allayli waalnnahari afala taʿqiloona
And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?
بَلۡ قَالُواْ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ﴿٨١﴾
Bal qaloo mithla ma qala alawwaloona
Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.
قَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَ كُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَ عِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ﴿٨٢﴾
Qaloo aitha mitna wakunna turaban waʿithaman ainna lamabʿoothoona
They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَ ءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿٨٣﴾
Laqad wuʿidna nahnu waabaona hatha min qablu in hatha illa asateeru alawwaleena
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."
قُل لِّمَنِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَ مَن فِيهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٨٤﴾
Qul limani alardu waman feeha in kuntum taʿlamoona
Say, [O Muḥammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?"
سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٨٥﴾
Sayaqooloona lillahi qul afala tathakkaroona
They will say, "To Allāh." Say, "Then will you not remember?"
قُلۡ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّبۡعِ وَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ﴿٨٦﴾
Qul man rabbu alssamawati alssabʿi warabbu alʿarshi alʿatheemi
Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"
سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ﴿٨٧﴾
Sayaqooloona lillahi qul afala tattaqoona
They will say, "[They belong] to Allāh." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"
قُلۡ مَنۢ بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ وَ هُوَ يُجِيرُ وَ لَا يُجَارُ عَلَيۡهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٨٨﴾
Qul man biyadihi malakootu kulli shayin wahuwa yujeeru wala yujaru ʿalayhi in kuntum taʿlamoona
Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"
سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ ۚ قُلۡ فَأَنَّىٰ تُسۡحَرُونَ﴿٨٩﴾
Sayaqooloona lillahi qul faanna tusharoona
They will say, "[All belongs] to Allāh." Say, "Then how are you deluded?"
بَلۡ أَتَيۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ﴿٩٠﴾
Bal ataynahum bialhaqqi wainnahum lakathiboona
Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.
مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدࣲ وَ مَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍ ۚ إِذࣰا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَٰهِۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَ لَعَلَا بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ ۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴿٩١﴾
Ma ittakhatha Allahu min waladin wama kana maʿahu min ilahin ithan lathahaba kullu ilahin bima khalaqa walaʿala baʿduhum ʿala baʿdin subhana Allahi ʿamma yasifoona
Allāh has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have [sought to] overcome others. Exalted is Allāh above what they describe [concerning Him].
عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَ ٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٩٢﴾
ʿalimi alghaybi waalshshahadati fataʿala ʿamma yushrikoona
[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him].
قُل رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّي مَا يُوعَدُونَ﴿٩٣﴾
Qul rabbi imma turiyannee ma yooʿadoona
Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised,
رَبِّ فَلَا تَجۡعَلۡنِي فِي ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٩٤﴾
Rabbi fala tajʿalnee fee alqawmi alththalimeena
My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."
وَ إِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّرِيَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمۡ لَقَٰدِرُونَ﴿٩٥﴾
Wainna ʿala an nuriyaka ma naʿiduhum laqadiroona
And indeed, We are Able to show you what We have promised them.
ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ ۚ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ﴿٩٦﴾
Idfaʿ biallatee hiya ahsanu alssayyiata nahnu aʿlamu bima yasifoona
Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.
وَ قُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنۡ هَمَزَٰتِ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ﴿٩٧﴾
Waqul rabbi aʿoothu bika min hamazati alshshayateeni
And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils,
وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحۡضُرُونِ﴿٩٨﴾
Waaʿoothu bika rabbi an yahdurooni
And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرۡجِعُونِ﴿٩٩﴾
Hatta itha jaa ahadahumu almawtu qala rabbi irjiʿooni
[For such is the state of the disbelievers] until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back
لَعَلِّيٓ أَعۡمَلُ صَٰلِحࣰا فِيمَا تَرَكۡتُ ۚ كَلَّآ ۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا ۖ وَ مِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرۡزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ﴿١٠٠﴾
Laʿallee aʿmalu salihan feema taraktu kalla innaha kalimatun huwa qailuha wamin waraihim barzakhun ila yawmi yubʿathoona
That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَ لَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ﴿١٠١﴾
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori fala ansaba baynahum yawmaithin wala yatasaaloona
So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.
فَمَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ﴿١٠٢﴾
Faman thaqulat mawazeenuhu faolaika humu almuflihoona
And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.
وَ مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ﴿١٠٣﴾
Waman khaffat mawazeenuhu faolaika allatheena khasiroo anfusahum fee jahannama khalidoona
But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.
تَلۡفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَ هُمۡ فِيهَا كَٰلِحُونَ﴿١٠٤﴾
Talfahu wujoohahumu alnnaru wahum feeha kalihoona
The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.
أَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ﴿١٠٥﴾
Alam takun ayatee tutla ʿalaykum fakuntum biha tukaththiboona
[It will be said], "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"
قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتۡ عَلَيۡنَا شِقۡوَتُنَا وَ كُنَّا قَوۡمࣰا ضَآلِّينَ﴿١٠٦﴾
Qaloo rabbana ghalabat ʿalayna shiqwatuna wakunna qawman dalleena
They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.
رَبَّنَآ أَخۡرِجۡنَا مِنۡهَا فَإِنۡ عُدۡنَا فَإِنَّا ظَٰلِمُونَ﴿١٠٧﴾
Rabbana akhrijna minha fain ʿudna fainna thalimoona
Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."
قَالَ ٱخۡسَـُٔواْ فِيهَا وَ لَا تُكَلِّمُونِ﴿١٠٨﴾
Qala ikhsaoo feeha wala tukallimooni
He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِيقࣱ مِّنۡ عِبَادِي يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَ ٱرۡحَمۡنَا وَ أَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ﴿١٠٩﴾
Innahu kana fareequn min ʿibadee yaqooloona rabbana amanna faighfir lana wairhamna waanta khayru alrrahimeena
Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'
فَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُمۡ سِخۡرِيًّا حَتَّىٰٓ أَنسَوۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرِي وَ كُنتُم مِّنۡهُمۡ تَضۡحَكُونَ﴿١١٠﴾
Faittakhathtumoohum sikhriyyan hatta ansawkum thikree wakuntum minhum tadhakoona
But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.
إِنِّي جَزَيۡتُهُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡفَآئِزُونَ﴿١١١﴾
Innee jazaytuhumu alyawma bima sabaroo annahum humu alfaizoona
Indeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."
قَٰلَ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ﴿١١٢﴾
Qala kam labithtum fee alardi ʿadada sineena
[Allāh] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"
قَالُواْ لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمࣲ فَسۡـَٔلِ ٱلۡعَآدِّينَ﴿١١٣﴾
Qaloo labithna yawman aw baʿda yawmin faisali alʿaddeena
They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."
قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلࣰا ۖ لَّوۡ أَنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿١١٤﴾
Qala in labithtum illa qaleelan law annakum kuntum taʿlamoona
He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.
أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ عَبَثࣰا وَ أَنَّكُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ﴿١١٥﴾
Afahasibtum annama khalaqnakum ʿabathan waannakum ilayna la turjaʿoona
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"
فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡحَقُّ ۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ﴿١١٦﴾
Fataʿala Allahu almaliku alhaqqu la ilaha illa huwa rabbu alʿarshi alkareemi
So exalted is Allāh, the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.
وَ مَن يَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَا بُرۡهَٰنَ لَهُۥ بِهِۦ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفۡلِحُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ﴿١١٧﴾
Waman yadʿu maʿa Allahi ilahan akhara la burhana lahu bihi fainnama hisabuhu ʿinda rabbihi innahu la yuflihu alkafiroona
And whoever invokes besides Allāh another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.
وَ قُل رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ وَ ٱرۡحَمۡ وَ أَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ﴿١١٨﴾
Waqul rabbi ighfir wairham waanta khayru alrrahimeena
And, [O Muḥammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful."
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The surah takes its name, Al-Mu'minun, from the first verse.
Period of Revelation.
Both its style and theme indicate that it was revealed during the middle stage of Prophethood at Makkah. Reading between the lines, one feels that a bitter conflict had begun between the, Holy Prophet and the disbelievers of Makkah, though the persecution by them had not yet become tyrannical. It appears that the surah was sent down during the climax of the "Famine" in Makkah (vv. 75-76), which according to authentic traditions occurred during the middle stage of Prophethood. Moreover, according to a tradition related by 'Urwah bin Zubair, Hadarat Umar who had embraced Islam by that time, said, "This Surah was revealed in my presence and I myself observed the state of the Holy Prophet during its revelation. When the revelation ended , the Holy Prophet remarked, 'On this occasion ten such verses have been sent down to me that the one who measures up to them, will most surely go to Paradise'. Then he recited the initial verses of the surah." (Ahmad, Tirmizi, Nasai, Hakim).
Theme Topics
The central theme of the surah is to invite disbelievers to accept Islam and follow the Message of the Holy Prophet.
Summary
The fact that people who have accepted the Message of the Holy Prophet started acquiring such noble qualities of character is practical proof of the truth of the Message. 1-11
In this passage, attention has been drawn to the creation of man and the universe, and to reflect on man's own self, as clear proof of the truth of the Holy Prophet's Message, which invites people to accept Tauhid and life in the Hereafter. 12-22
Furthermore, the stories of the former Prophets and their communities have been cited as historical evidences of the truth of the Message. They prove the following points:
- The objections and the doubts that the antagonists are raising against the Message of Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) are not new. These were raised against the former Prophets also whom they themselves acknowledged as Messengers of Allah. Therefore they should learn a lesson from their history and judge for themselves whether the Prophets were in the right or their objectors.
- The Message of Tauhid and the Hereafter that Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) is conveying is the same as was brought by the former Prophets; therefore they should accept it.
- They should take a warning from the consequences met by those communities who rejected the Message of their Prophets.
- All the Prophets brought one and the same religion from Allah and they all belonged to one and the same community. All other religions were invented by people themselves and none of them is from Allah. 23-54
After relating the stories of the Prophets, a fundamental principle has been enunciated: Success and prosperity in the worldly life is not a criterion of success in the sight of Allah. If some persons (or a person) are enjoying prosperity, wealth, power and the like in this world, it does not mean that they are favored by Allah. Conversely, poverty and adversity of people is not a sign that Allah is displeased with them. The real criterion is Faith (or lack of it). This declaration was needed because the antagonists of the Holy Prophet were the great chiefs of Makkah, who (and their followers) were deluded by their own prosperity that God and their deities were well pleased with them. On the other hand, they argued, the fact that Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) and his followers were indigent and in a state of helplessness, was a clear proof that Allah was not pleased with them, and they were under the curse of their deities. 55-67
In this passage different arguments have been used to convince them that Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) was a true Prophet of Allah. Then they have been told that the Famine (vv. vv. 75-76) was merely a warning and therefore "it is better for you to mend your ways; otherwise you will be visited by a terrible scourge." 68-77
Again they have been invited to observe the Signs in the universe and in their own selves because these are clear proofs of the truth of the Message of the Holy Prophet. 78-95
The Holy Prophet has been told not to adopt any wrong way in retaliation to counteract the evil ways of the enemies, and to guard against the incitement of Satan. 96-97
In this concluding passage, the enemies of the truth have been warned that they shall have to render an account in the Hereafter and bear the consequences of their persecution of the Believers; therefore they should mend their ways. 98-118
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran