سورة النحل
Surah An-Nahl
The Bee
Surah An-Nahl (The Bee) is the 16th surah of the Quran. It has 128 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
أَتَىٰٓ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُوهُ ۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَ تَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿١﴾
Ata amru Allahi fala tastaʿjiloohu subhanahu wataʿala ʿamma yushrikoona
The command of Allāh is coming, so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.
يُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ بِٱلرُّوحِ مِنۡ أَمۡرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱتَّقُونِ﴿٢﴾
Yunazzilu almalaikata bialrroohi min amrihi ʿala man yashao min ʿibadihi an anthiroo annahu la ilaha illa ana faittaqooni
He sends down the angels, with the inspiration [i.e., revelation] of His command, upon whom He wills of His servants, [telling them], "Warn that there is no deity except Me; so fear Me."
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ ۚ تَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٣﴾
Khalaqa alssamawati waalarda bialhaqqi taʿala ʿamma yushrikoona
He created the heavens and earth in truth. High is He above what they associate with Him.
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطۡفَةࣲ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمࣱ مُّبِينࣱ﴿٤﴾
Khalaqa alinsana min nutfatin faitha huwa khaseemun mubeenun
He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary.
وَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمَ خَلَقَهَا ۖ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا دِفۡءࣱ وَ مَنَٰفِعُ وَ مِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ﴿٥﴾
Waalanʿama khalaqaha lakum feeha difon wamanafiʿu waminha takuloona
And the grazing livestock He has created for you; in them is warmth and [numerous] benefits, and from them you eat.
وَ لَكُمۡ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَ حِينَ تَسۡرَحُونَ﴿٦﴾
Walakum feeha jamalun heena tureehoona waheena tasrahoona
And for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture].
وَ تَحۡمِلُ أَثۡقَالَكُمۡ إِلَىٰ بَلَدࣲ لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ بَٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلۡأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿٧﴾
Watahmilu athqalakum ila baladin lam takoonoo baligheehi illa bishiqqi alanfusi inna rabbakum laraoofun raheemun
And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
وَ ٱلۡخَيۡلَ وَ ٱلۡبِغَالَ وَ ٱلۡحَمِيرَ لِتَرۡكَبُوهَا وَ زِينَةࣰ ۚ وَ يَخۡلُقُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٨﴾
Waalkhayla waalbighala waalhameera litarkabooha wazeenatan wayakhluqu ma la taʿlamoona
And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.
وَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَصۡدُ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَ مِنۡهَا جَآئِرࣱ ۚ وَ لَوۡ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ﴿٩﴾
Waʿala Allahi qasdu alssabeeli waminha jairun walaw shaa lahadakum ajmaʿeena
And upon Allāh is the direction of the [right] way, and among them [i.e., the various paths] are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءࣰ ۖ لَّكُم مِّنۡهُ شَرَابࣱ وَ مِنۡهُ شَجَرࣱ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ﴿١٠﴾
Huwa allathee anzala mina alssamai maan lakum minhu sharabun waminhu shajarun feehi tuseemoona
It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].
يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرۡعَ وَ ٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَ ٱلنَّخِيلَ وَ ٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبَ وَ مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ﴿١١﴾
Yunbitu lakum bihi alzzarʿa waalzzaytoona waalnnakheela waalaʿnaba wamin kulli alththamarati inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yatafakkaroona
He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.
وَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَ ٱلنَّهَارَ وَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ وَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ ۖ وَ ٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتُۢ بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَعۡقِلُونَ﴿١٢﴾
Wasakhkhara lakumu allayla waalnnahara waalshshamsa waalqamara waalnnujoomu musakhkharatun biamrihi inna fee thalika laayatin liqawmin yaʿqiloona
And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
وَ مَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُخۡتَلِفًا أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَذَّكَّرُونَ﴿١٣﴾
Wama tharaa lakum fee alardi mukhtalifan alwanuhu inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yaththakkaroona
And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.
وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي سَخَّرَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ لِتَأۡكُلُواْ مِنۡهُ لَحۡمࣰا طَرِيࣰّا وَ تَسۡتَخۡرِجُواْ مِنۡهُ حِلۡيَةࣰ تَلۡبَسُونَهَا ۖ وَ تَرَى ٱلۡفُلۡكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَ لِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ﴿١٤﴾
Wahuwa allathee sakhkhara albahra litakuloo minhu lahman tariyyan watastakhrijoo minhu hilyatan talbasoonaha watara alfulka mawakhira feehi walitabtaghoo min fadlihi walaʿallakum tashkuroona
And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
وَ أَلۡقَىٰ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَ أَنۡهَٰرࣰا وَ سُبُلࣰا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَهۡتَدُونَ﴿١٥﴾
Waalqa fee alardi rawasiya an tameeda bikum waanharan wasubulan laʿallakum tahtadoona
And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,
وَ عَلَٰمَٰتࣲ ۚ وَ بِٱلنَّجۡمِ هُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ﴿١٦﴾
Waʿalamatin wabialnnajmi hum yahtadoona
And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.
أَفَمَن يَخۡلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخۡلُقُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿١٧﴾
Afaman yakhluqu kaman la yakhluqu afala tathakkaroona
Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?
وَ إِن تَعُدُّواْ نِعۡمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحۡصُوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿١٨﴾
Wain taʿuddoo niʿmata Allahi la tuhsooha inna Allaha laghafoorun raheemun
And if you should count the favors of Allāh, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَ ٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَ مَا تُعۡلِنُونَ﴿١٩﴾
WaAllahu yaʿlamu ma tusirroona wama tuʿlinoona
And Allāh knows what you conceal and what you declare.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ هُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ﴿٢٠﴾
Waallatheena yadʿoona min dooni Allahi la yakhluqoona shayan wahum yukhlaqoona
And those they invoke other than Allāh create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.
أَمۡوَٰتٌ غَيۡرُ أَحۡيَآءࣲ ۖ وَ مَا يَشۡعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبۡعَثُونَ﴿٢١﴾
Amwatun ghayru ahyain wama yashʿuroona ayyana yubʿathoona
They are [in fact] dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.
إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهࣱ وَٰحِدࣱ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةࣱ وَ هُم مُّسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ﴿٢٢﴾
Ilahukum ilahun wahidun faallatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati quloobuhum munkiratun wahum mustakbiroona
Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَ مَا يُعۡلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡمُسۡتَكۡبِرِينَ﴿٢٣﴾
La jarama anna Allaha yaʿlamu ma yusirroona wama yuʿlinoona innahu la yuhibbu almustakbireena
Assuredly, Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.
وَ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ﴿٢٤﴾
Waitha qeela lahum matha anzala rabbukum qaloo asateeru alawwaleena
And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Legends of the former peoples,"
لِيَحۡمِلُوٓاْ أَوۡزَارَهُمۡ كَامِلَةࣰ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَ مِنۡ أَوۡزَارِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُم بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍ ۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ﴿٢٥﴾
Liyahmiloo awzarahum kamilatan yawma alqiyamati wamin awzari allatheena yudilloonahum bighayri ʿilmin ala saa ma yaziroona
That they may bear their own burdens [i.e., sins] in full on the Day of Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they misguide without [i.e., by lack of] knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.
قَدۡ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنۡيَٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّقۡفُ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَ أَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ﴿٢٦﴾
Qad makara allatheena min qablihim faata Allahu bunyanahum mina alqawaʿidi fakharra ʿalayhimu alssaqfu min fawqihim waatahumu alʿathabu min haythu la yashʿuroona
Those before them had already plotted, but Allāh came at [i.e., uprooted] their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.
ثُمَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يُخۡزِيهِمۡ وَ يَقُولُ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآءِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمۡ تُشَٰٓقُّونَ فِيهِمۡ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ إِنَّ ٱلۡخِزۡيَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ وَ ٱلسُّوٓءَ عَلَى ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿٢٧﴾
Thumma yawma alqiyamati yukhzeehim wayaqoolu ayna shurakaiya allatheena kuntum tushaqqoona feehim qala allatheena ootoo alʿilma inna alkhizya alyawma waalssooa ʿala alkafireena
Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and say, "Where are My 'partners' for whom you used to oppose [the believers]?" Those who were given knowledge will say, "Indeed disgrace, this Day, and evil are upon the disbelievers" -
ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ ۖ فَأَلۡقَوُاْ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُ مِن سُوٓءِۭ ۚ بَلَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٢٨﴾
Allatheena tatawaffahumu almalaikatu thalimee anfusihim faalqawoo alssalama ma kunna naʿmalu min sooin bala inna Allaha ʿaleemun bima kuntum taʿmaloona
The ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves, and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what you used to do.
فَٱدۡخُلُوٓاْ أَبۡوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ فَلَبِئۡسَ مَثۡوَى ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرِينَ﴿٢٩﴾
Faodkhuloo abwaba jahannama khalideena feeha falabisa mathwa almutakabbireena
So enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and how wretched is the residence of the arrogant.
وَ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوۡاْ مَاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمۡ ۚ قَالُواْ خَيۡرࣰا ۗ لِّلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةࣱ ۚ وَ لَدَارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ خَيۡرࣱ ۚ وَ لَنِعۡمَ دَارُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٣٠﴾
Waqeela lillatheena ittaqaw matha anzala rabbukum qaloo khayran lillatheena ahsanoo fee hathihi alddunya hasanatun waladaru alakhirati khayrun walaniʿma daru almuttaqeena
And it will be said to those who feared Allāh, "What did your Lord send down?" They will say, "[That which is] good." For those who do good in this world is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better. And how excellent is the home of the righteous -
جَنَّٰتُ عَدۡنࣲ يَدۡخُلُونَهَا تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ ۖ لَهُمۡ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجۡزِي ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ﴿٣١﴾
Jannatu ʿadnin yadkhuloonaha tajree min tahtiha alanharu lahum feeha ma yashaoona kathalika yajzee Allahu almuttaqeena
Gardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow. They will have therein whatever they wish. Thus does Allāh reward the righteous -
ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ يَقُولُونَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٣٢﴾
Allatheena tatawaffahumu almalaikatu tayyibeena yaqooloona salamun ʿalaykumu odkhuloo aljannata bima kuntum taʿmaloona
The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."
هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَ أَمۡرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ ۚ وَ مَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَ لَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ﴿٣٣﴾
Hal yanthuroona illa an tatiyahumu almalaikatu aw yatiya amru rabbika kathalika faʿala allatheena min qablihim wama thalamahumu Allahu walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoona
Do they [i.e., the disbelievers] await except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allāh wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.
فَأَصَابَهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَ حَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ﴿٣٤﴾
Faasabahum sayyiatu ma ʿamiloo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzioona
So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
وَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدۡنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءࣲ نَّحۡنُ وَ لَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَ لَا حَرَّمۡنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَيۡءࣲ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ ۚ فَهَلۡ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ﴿٣٥﴾
Waqala allatheena ashrakoo law shaa Allahu ma ʿabadna min doonihi min shayin nahnu wala abaona wala harramna min doonihi min shayin kathalika faʿala allatheena min qablihim fahal ʿala alrrusuli illa albalaghu almubeenu
And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?
وَ لَقَدۡ بَعَثۡنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةࣲ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ ٱجۡتَنِبُواْ ٱلطَّٰغُوتَ ۖ فَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَ مِنۡهُم مَّنۡ حَقَّتۡ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةُ ۚ فَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ﴿٣٦﴾
Walaqad baʿathna fee kulli ommatin rasoolan ani oʿbudoo Allaha waijtaniboo alttaghoota faminhum man hada Allahu waminhum man haqqat ʿalayhi alddalalatu faseeroo fee alardi faonthuroo kayfa kana ʿaqibatu almukaththibeena
And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt." And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.
إِن تَحۡرِصۡ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمۡ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَ مَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ﴿٣٧﴾
In tahris ʿala hudahum fainna Allaha la yahdee man yudillu wama lahum min nasireena
[Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muḥammad], indeed, Allāh does not guide those He sends astray, and they will have no helpers.
وَ أَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَا يَبۡعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡهِ حَقࣰّا وَ لَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٣٨﴾
Waaqsamoo biAllahi jahda aymanihim la yabʿathu Allahu man yamootu bala waʿdan ʿalayhi haqqan walakinna akthara alnnasi la yaʿlamoona
And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths [that] Allāh will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.
لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يَخۡتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَ لِيَعۡلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ كَٰذِبِينَ﴿٣٩﴾
Liyubayyina lahumu allathee yakhtalifoona feehi waliyaʿlama allatheena kafaroo annahum kanoo kathibeena
[It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.
إِنَّمَا قَوۡلُنَا لِشَيۡءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدۡنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ﴿٤٠﴾
Innama qawluna lishayin itha aradnahu an naqoola lahu kun fayakoonu
Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.
وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ فِي ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةࣰ ۖ وَ لَأَجۡرُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُ ۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٤١﴾
Waallatheena hajaroo fee Allahi min baʿdi ma thulimoo lanubawwiannahum fee alddunya hasanatan walaajru alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaʿlamoona
And those who emigrated for [the cause of] Allāh after they had been wronged - We will surely settle them in this world in a good place; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if only they could know.
ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ﴿٤٢﴾
Allatheena sabaroo waʿala rabbihim yatawakkaloona
[They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied.
وَ مَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالࣰا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ ۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٤٣﴾
Wama arsalna min qablika illa rijalan noohee ilayhim faisaloo ahla alththikri in kuntum la taʿlamoona
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ وَ ٱلزُّبُرِ ۗ وَ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ ٱلذِّكۡرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيۡهِمۡ وَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ﴿٤٤﴾
Bialbayyinati waalzzuburi waanzalna ilayka alththikra litubayyina lilnnasi ma nuzzila ilayhim walaʿallahum yatafakkaroona
[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message [i.e., the Qur’ān] that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.
أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ﴿٤٥﴾
Afaamina allatheena makaroo alssayyiati an yakhsifa Allahu bihimu alarda aw yatiyahumu alʿathabu min haythu la yashʿuroona
Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allāh will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?
أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ فِي تَقَلُّبِهِمۡ فَمَا هُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ﴿٤٦﴾
Aw yakhuthahum fee taqallubihim fama hum bimuʿjizeena
Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure [i.e., escape from Him]?
أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفࣲ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفࣱ رَّحِيمٌ﴿٤٧﴾
Aw yakhuthahum ʿala takhawwufin fainna rabbakum laraoofun raheemun
Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
أَوَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَيۡءࣲ يَتَفَيَّؤُاْ ظِلَٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَ ٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدࣰا لِّلَّهِ وَ هُمۡ دَٰخِرُونَ﴿٤٨﴾
Awa lam yaraw ila ma khalaqa Allahu min shayin yatafayyao thilaluhu ʿani alyameeni waalshshamaili sujjadan lillahi wahum dakhiroona
Have they not considered what things Allāh has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allāh, while they [i.e., those creations] are humble.
وَ لِلَّهِۤ يَسۡجُدُۤ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِن دَآبَّةࣲ وَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَ هُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ﴿٤٩﴾
Walillahi yasjudu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi min dabbatin waalmalaikatu wahum la yastakbiroona
And to Allāh prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.
يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَ يَفۡعَلُونَ مَا يُؤۡمَرُونَ ۩﴿٥٠﴾
Yakhafoona rabbahum min fawqihim wayafʿaloona ma yumaroona
They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.
وَ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ إِلَٰهَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ ۖ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهࣱ وَٰحِدࣱ فَإِيَّٰيَ فَٱرۡهَبُونِ﴿٥١﴾
Waqala Allahu la tattakhithoo ilahayni ithnayni innama huwa ilahun wahidun faiyyaya fairhabooni
And Allāh has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He [i.e., Allāh] is but one God, so fear only Me."
وَ لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينُ وَاصِبًا ۚ أَفَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ تَتَّقُونَ﴿٥٢﴾
Walahu ma fee alssamawati waalardi walahu alddeenu wasiban afaghayra Allahi tattaqoona
And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allāh that you fear?
وَ مَا بِكُم مِّن نِّعۡمَةࣲ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فَإِلَيۡهِ تَجۡـَٔرُونَ﴿٥٣﴾
Wama bikum min niʿmatin famina Allahi thumma itha massakumu alddurru failayhi tajaroona
And whatever you have of favor - it is from Allāh. Then when adversity touches you, to Him you cry for help.
ثُمَّ إِذَا كَشَفَ ٱلضُّرَّ عَنكُمۡ إِذَا فَرِيقࣱ مِّنكُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ يُشۡرِكُونَ﴿٥٤﴾
Thumma itha kashafa alddurra ʿankum itha fareequn minkum birabbihim yushrikoona
Then when He removes the adversity from you, at once a party of you associates others with their Lord
لِيَكۡفُرُواْ بِمَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ ۚ فَتَمَتَّعُواْ فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٥٥﴾
Liyakfuroo bima ataynahum fatamattaʿoo fasawfa taʿlamoona
So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.
وَ يَجۡعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ نَصِيبࣰا مِّمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ ۗ تَٱللَّهِ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمۡ تَفۡتَرُونَ﴿٥٦﴾
Wayajʿaloona lima la yaʿlamoona naseeban mimma razaqnahum taAllahi latusalunna ʿamma kuntum taftaroona
And they assign to what they do not know [i.e., false deities] a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allāh, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.
وَ يَجۡعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡبَنَٰتِ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَ لَهُم مَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ﴿٥٧﴾
Wayajʿaloona lillahi albanati subhanahu walahum ma yashtahoona
And they attribute to Allāh daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire [i.e., sons].
وَ إِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجۡهُهُۥ مُسۡوَدࣰّا وَ هُوَ كَظِيمࣱ﴿٥٨﴾
Waitha bushshira ahaduhum bialontha thalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheemun
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أَيُمۡسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمۡ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ ۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ﴿٥٩﴾
Yatawara mina alqawmi min sooi ma bushshira bihi ayumsikuhu ʿala hoonin am yadussuhu fee altturabi ala saa ma yahkumoona
He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ مَثَلُ ٱلسَّوۡءِ ۖ وَ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡمَثَلُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ۚ وَ هُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ﴿٦٠﴾
Lillatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati mathalu alssawi walillahi almathalu alaʿla wahuwa alʿazeezu alhakeemu
For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description [i.e., an attribute] of evil; and for Allāh is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.
وَ لَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلۡمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيۡهَا مِن دَآبَّةࣲ وَ لَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمۡ لَا يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ سَاعَةࣰ وَ لَا يَسۡتَقۡدِمُونَ﴿٦١﴾
Walaw yuakhithu Allahu alnnasa bithulmihim ma taraka ʿalayha min dabbatin walakin yuakhkhiruhum ila ajalin musamman faitha jaa ajaluhum la yastakhiroona saʿatan wala yastaqdimoona
And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].
وَ يَجۡعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكۡرَهُونَ ۚ وَ تَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُهُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ ۚ لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَ أَنَّهُم مُّفۡرَطُونَ﴿٦٢﴾
Wayajʿaloona lillahi ma yakrahoona watasifu alsinatuhumu alkathiba anna lahumu alhusna la jarama anna lahumu alnnara waannahum mufratoona
And they attribute to Allāh that which they dislike [i.e., daughters], and their tongues assert the lie that they will have the best [from Him]. Assuredly, they will have the Fire, and they will be [therein] neglected.
تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ وَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ﴿٦٣﴾
TaAllahi laqad arsalna ila omamin min qablika fazayyana lahumu alshshaytanu aʿmalahum fahuwa waliyyuhumu alyawma walahum ʿathabun aleemun
By Allāh, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is their [i.e., the disbelievers] ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.
وَ مَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ وَ هُدࣰى وَ رَحۡمَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٦٤﴾
Wama anzalna ʿalayka alkitaba illa litubayyina lahumu allathee ikhtalafoo feehi wahudan warahmatan liqawmin yuminoona
And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.
وَ ٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءࣰ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَسۡمَعُونَ﴿٦٥﴾
WaAllahu anzala mina alssamai maan faahya bihi alarda baʿda mawtiha inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yasmaʿoona
And Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.
وَ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةࣰ ۖ نُّسۡقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ فَرۡثࣲ وَ دَمࣲ لَّبَنًا خَالِصࣰا سَآئِغࣰا لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ﴿٦٦﴾
Wainna lakum fee alanʿami laʿibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihi min bayni farthin wadamin labanan khalisan saighan lilshsharibeena
And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.
وَ مِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَ ٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنۡهُ سَكَرࣰا وَ رِزۡقًا حَسَنًا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَعۡقِلُونَ﴿٦٧﴾
Wamin thamarati alnnakheeli waalaʿnabi tattakhithoona minhu sakaran warizqan hasanan inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yaʿqiloona
And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.
وَ أَوۡحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحۡلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِي مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتࣰا وَ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَ مِمَّا يَعۡرِشُونَ﴿٦٨﴾
Waawha rabbuka ila alnnahli ani ittakhithee mina aljibali buyootan wamina alshshajari wamimma yaʿrishoona
And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses [i.e., hives], and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.
ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسۡلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلࣰا ۚ يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابࣱ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءࣱ لِّلنَّاسِ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ﴿٦٩﴾
Thumma kulee min kulli alththamarati faoslukee subula rabbiki thululan yakhruju min butooniha sharabun mukhtalifun alwanuhu feehi shifaon lilnnasi inna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yatafakkaroona
Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.
وَ ٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمۡ ۚ وَ مِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِكَيۡ لَا يَعۡلَمَ بَعۡدَ عِلۡمࣲ شَيۡـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمࣱ قَدِيرࣱ﴿٧٠﴾
WaAllahu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffakum waminkum man yuraddu ila arthali alʿumuri likay la yaʿlama baʿda ʿilmin shayan inna Allaha ʿaleemun qadeerun
And Allāh created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Competent.
وَ ٱللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعۡضَكُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ فِي ٱلرِّزۡقِ ۚ فَمَا ٱلَّذِينَ فُضِّلُواْ بِرَآدِّي رِزۡقِهِمۡ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَيۡمَٰنُهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعۡمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَجۡحَدُونَ﴿٧١﴾
WaAllahu faddala baʿdakum ʿala baʿdin fee alrrizqi fama allatheena fuddiloo biraddee rizqihim ʿala ma malakat aymanuhum fahum feehi sawaon afabiniʿmati Allahi yajhadoona
And Allāh has favored some of you over others in provision. But those who were favored [i.e., given more] would not hand over their provision to those whom their right hands possess [i.e., slaves] so they would be equal to them therein. Then is it the favor of Allāh they reject?
وَ ٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَ حَفَدَةࣰ وَ رَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚ أَفَبِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ يُؤۡمِنُونَ وَ بِنِعۡمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمۡ يَكۡفُرُونَ﴿٧٢﴾
WaAllahu jaʿala lakum min anfusikum azwajan wajaʿala lakum min azwajikum baneena wahafadatan warazaqakum mina alttayyibati afabialbatili yuminoona wabiniʿmati Allahi hum yakfuroona
And Allāh has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allāh they disbelieve?
وَ يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمۡلِكُ لَهُمۡ رِزۡقࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ﴿٧٣﴾
Wayaʿbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yamliku lahum rizqan mina alssamawati waalardi shayan wala yastateeʿoona
And they worship besides Allāh that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.
فَلَا تَضۡرِبُواْ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ وَ أَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٧٤﴾
Fala tadriboo lillahi alamthala inna Allaha yaʿlamu waantum la taʿlamoona
So do not assert similarities to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.
ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبۡدࣰا مَّمۡلُوكࣰا لَّا يَقۡدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءࣲ وَ مَن رَّزَقۡنَٰهُ مِنَّا رِزۡقًا حَسَنࣰا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنۡهُ سِرࣰّا وَ جَهۡرًا ۖ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوُۥنَ ۚ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٧٥﴾
Daraba Allahu mathalan ʿabdan mamlookan la yaqdiru ʿala shayin waman razaqnahu minna rizqan hasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirran wajahran hal yastawoona alhamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum la yaʿlamoona
Allāh presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allāh! But most of them do not know.
وَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلࣰا رَّجُلَيۡنِ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَبۡكَمُ لَا يَقۡدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءࣲ وَ هُوَ كَلٌّ عَلَىٰ مَوۡلَىٰهُ أَيۡنَمَا يُوَجِّههُّ لَا يَأۡتِ بِخَيۡرٍ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِي هُوَ وَ مَن يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَ هُوَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ﴿٧٦﴾
Wadaraba Allahu mathalan rajulayni ahaduhuma abkamu la yaqdiru ʿala shayin wahuwa kallun ʿala mawlahu aynama yuwajjihhu la yati bikhayrin hal yastawee huwa waman yamuru bialʿadli wahuwa ʿala siratin mustaqeemin
And Allāh presents an example of two men, one of them dumb and unable to do a thing, while he is a burden to his guardian. Wherever he directs him, he brings no good. Is he equal to one who commands justice, while he is on a straight path?
وَ لِلَّهِ غَيۡبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ وَ مَآ أَمۡرُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمۡحِ ٱلۡبَصَرِ أَوۡ هُوَ أَقۡرَبُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ قَدِيرࣱ﴿٧٧﴾
Walillahi ghaybu alssamawati waalardi wama amru alssaʿati illa kalamhi albasari aw huwa aqrabu inna Allaha ʿala kulli shayin qadeerun
And to Allāh belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.
وَ ٱللَّهُ أَخۡرَجَكُم مِّنۢ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَ ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ﴿٧٨﴾
WaAllahu akhrajakum min butooni ommahatikum la taʿlamoona shayan wajaʿala lakumu alssamʿa waalabsara waalafidata laʿallakum tashkuroona
And Allāh has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect] that perhaps you would be grateful.
أَلَمۡ يَرَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱلطَّيۡرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتࣲ فِي جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمۡسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ يُؤۡمِنُونَ﴿٧٩﴾
Alam yaraw ila alttayri musakhkharatin fee jawwi alssamai ma yumsikuhunna illa Allahu inna fee thalika laayatin liqawmin yuminoona
Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allāh. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
وَ ٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۢ بُيُوتِكُمۡ سَكَنࣰا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن جُلُودِ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ بُيُوتࣰا تَسۡتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوۡمَ ظَعۡنِكُمۡ وَ يَوۡمَ إِقَامَتِكُمۡ وَ مِنۡ أَصۡوَافِهَا وَ أَوۡبَارِهَا وَ أَشۡعَارِهَآ أَثَٰثࣰا وَ مَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينࣲ﴿٨٠﴾
WaAllahu jaʿala lakum min buyootikum sakanan wajaʿala lakum min juloodi alanʿami buyootan tastakhiffoonaha yawma thaʿnikum wayawma iqamatikum wamin aswafiha waawbariha waashʿariha athathan wamataʿan ila heenin
And Allāh has made for you from your homes a place of rest and made for you from the hides of the animals tents which you find light on your day of travel and your day of encampment; and from their wool, fur and hair is furnishing and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time.
وَ ٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَٰلࣰا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ أَكۡنَٰنࣰا وَ جَعَلَ لَكُمۡ سَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ ٱلۡحَرَّ وَ سَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأۡسَكُمۡ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعۡمَتَهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡلِمُونَ﴿٨١﴾
WaAllahu jaʿala lakum mimma khalaqa thilalan wajaʿala lakum mina aljibali aknanan wajaʿala lakum sarabeela taqeekumu alharra wasarabeela taqeekum basakum kathalika yutimmu niʿmatahu ʿalaykum laʿallakum tuslimoona
And Allāh has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows [i.e., shade] and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments [i.e., coats of mail] which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].
فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡبَلَٰغُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ﴿٨٢﴾
Fain tawallaw fainnama ʿalayka albalaghu almubeenu
But if they turn away, [O Muḥammad] - then only upon you is [responsibility for] clear notification.
يَعۡرِفُونَ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرُونَهَا وَ أَكۡثَرُهُمُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ﴿٨٣﴾
Yaʿrifoona niʿmata Allahi thumma yunkiroonaha waaktharuhumu alkafiroona
They recognize the favor of Allāh; then they deny it. And most of them are disbelievers.
وَ يَوۡمَ نَبۡعَثُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةࣲ شَهِيدࣰا ثُمَّ لَا يُؤۡذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَ لَا هُمۡ يُسۡتَعۡتَبُونَ﴿٨٤﴾
Wayawma nabʿathu min kulli ommatin shaheedan thumma la yuthanu lillatheena kafaroo wala hum yustaʿtaboona
And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect from every nation a witness [i.e., their prophet]. Then it will not be permitted to the disbelievers [to apologize or make excuses], nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].
وَ إِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ ٱلۡعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَ لَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ﴿٨٥﴾
Waitha raa allatheena thalamoo alʿathaba fala yukhaffafu ʿanhum wala hum yuntharoona
And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.
وَ إِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ أَشۡرَكُواْ شُرَكَآءَهُمۡ قَالُواْ رَبَّنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُرَكَآؤُنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدۡعُواْ مِن دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ إِلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ إِنَّكُمۡ لَكَٰذِبُونَ﴿٨٦﴾
Waitha raa allatheena ashrakoo shurakaahum qaloo rabbana haolai shurakaona allatheena kunna nadʿoo min doonika faalqaw ilayhimu alqawla innakum lakathiboona
And when those who associated others with Allāh see their "partners," they will say, "Our Lord, these are our partners [to You] whom we used to invoke [in worship] besides You." But they will throw at them the statement, "Indeed, you are liars."
وَ أَلۡقَوۡاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلسَّلَمَ ۖ وَ ضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفۡتَرُونَ﴿٨٧﴾
Waalqaw ila Allahi yawmaithin alssalama wadalla ʿanhum ma kanoo yaftaroona
And they will impart to Allāh that Day [their] submission, and lost from them is what they used to invent.
ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَ صَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ زِدۡنَٰهُمۡ عَذَابࣰا فَوۡقَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يُفۡسِدُونَ﴿٨٨﴾
Allatheena kafaroo wasaddoo ʿan sabeeli Allahi zidnahum ʿathaban fawqa alʿathabi bima kanoo yufsidoona
Those who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way of Allāh - We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment for what corruption they were causing.
وَ يَوۡمَ نَبۡعَثُ فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةࣲ شَهِيدًا عَلَيۡهِم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِهِمۡ ۖ وَ جِئۡنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚ وَ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ تِبۡيَٰنࣰا لِّكُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ وَ هُدࣰى وَ رَحۡمَةࣰ وَ بُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ﴿٨٩﴾
Wayawma nabʿathu fee kulli ommatin shaheedan ʿalayhim min anfusihim wajina bika shaheedan ʿala haolai wanazzalna ʿalayka alkitaba tibyanan likulli shayin wahudan warahmatan wabushra lilmuslimeena
And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves [i.e., their prophet]. And We will bring you, [O Muḥammad], as a witness over these [i.e., your nation]. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ وَ إِيتَآيِٕ ذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَ يَنۡهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَ ٱلۡبَغۡيِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٩٠﴾
Inna Allaha yamuru bialʿadli waalihsani waeetai thee alqurba wayanha ʿani alfahshai waalmunkari waalbaghyi yaʿithukum laʿallakum tathakkaroona
Indeed, Allāh orders justice and good conduct and giving [help] to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.
وَ أَوۡفُواْ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا عَٰهَدتُّمۡ وَ لَا تَنقُضُواْ ٱلۡأَيۡمَٰنَ بَعۡدَ تَوۡكِيدِهَا وَ قَدۡ جَعَلۡتُمُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ كَفِيلًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعۡلَمُ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ﴿٩١﴾
Waawfoo biʿahdi Allahi itha ʿahadtum wala tanqudoo alaymana baʿda tawkeediha waqad jaʿaltumu Allaha ʿalaykum kafeelan inna Allaha yaʿlamu ma tafʿaloona
And fulfill the covenant of Allāh when you have taken it, [O believers], and do not break oaths after their confirmation while you have made Allāh, over you, a security [i.e., witness]. Indeed, Allāh knows what you do.
وَ لَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّتِي نَقَضَتۡ غَزۡلَهَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنكَٰثࣰا تَتَّخِذُونَ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ دَخَلَۢا بَيۡنَكُمۡ أَن تَكُونَ أُمَّةٌ هِيَ أَرۡبَىٰ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ ۚ إِنَّمَا يَبۡلُوكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ ۚ وَ لَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ﴿٩٢﴾
Wala takoonoo kaallatee naqadat ghazlaha min baʿdi quwwatin ankathan tattakhithoona aymanakum dakhalan baynakum an takoona ommatun hiya arba min ommatin innama yablookumu Allahu bihi walayubayyinanna lakum yawma alqiyamati ma kuntum feehi takhtalifoona
And do not be like she who untwisted her spun thread after it was strong [by] taking your oaths as [means of] deceit between you because one community is more plentiful [in number or wealth] than another community. Allāh only tries you thereby. And He will surely make clear to you on the Day of Resurrection that over which you used to differ.
وَ لَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمۡ أُمَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ وَ لَٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَ يَهۡدِي مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٩٣﴾
Walaw shaa Allahu lajaʿalakum ommatan wahidatan walakin yudillu man yashao wayahdee man yashao walatusalunna ʿamma kuntum taʿmaloona
And if Allāh had willed, He could have made you [of] one religion, but He sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.
وَ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ دَخَلَۢا بَيۡنَكُمۡ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمُۢ بَعۡدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَ تَذُوقُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمۡ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَ لَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمࣱ﴿٩٤﴾
Wala tattakhithoo aymanakum dakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baʿda thubootiha watathooqoo alssooa bima sadadtum ʿan sabeeli Allahi walakum ʿathabun ʿatheemun
And do not take your oaths as [means of] deceit between you, lest a foot slip after it was [once] firm, and you would taste evil [in this world] for what [people] you diverted from the way of Allāh, and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.
وَ لَا تَشۡتَرُواْ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنࣰا قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيۡرࣱ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٩٥﴾
Wala tashtaroo biʿahdi Allahi thamanan qaleelan innama ʿinda Allahi huwa khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamoona
And do not exchange the covenant of Allāh for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allāh is best for you, if only you could know.
مَا عِندَكُمۡ يَنفَدُ وَ مَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقࣲ ۗ وَ لَنَجۡزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓاْ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٩٦﴾
Ma ʿindakum yanfadu wama ʿinda Allahi baqin walanajziyanna allatheena sabaroo ajrahum biahsani ma kanoo yaʿmaloona
Whatever you have will end, but what Allāh has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
مَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحࣰا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوۡ أُنثَىٰ وَ هُوَ مُؤۡمِنࣱ فَلَنُحۡيِيَنَّهُۥ حَيَوٰةࣰ طَيِّبَةࣰ ۖ وَ لَنَجۡزِيَنَّهُمۡ أَجۡرَهُم بِأَحۡسَنِ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ﴿٩٧﴾
Man ʿamila salihan min thakarin aw ontha wahuwa muminun falanuhyiyannahu hayatan tayyibatan walanajziyannahum ajrahum biahsani ma kanoo yaʿmaloona
Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.
فَإِذَا قَرَأۡتَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَٱسۡتَعِذۡ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ﴿٩٨﴾
Faitha qarata alqurana faistaʿith biAllahi mina alshshaytani alrrajeemi
So when you recite the Qur’ān, [first] seek refuge in Allāh from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
إِنَّهُۥ لَيۡسَ لَهُۥ سُلۡطَٰنٌ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ﴿٩٩﴾
Innahu laysa lahu sultanun ʿala allatheena amanoo waʿala rabbihim yatawakkaloona
Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.
إِنَّمَا سُلۡطَٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوۡنَهُۥ وَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشۡرِكُونَ﴿١٠٠﴾
Innama sultanuhu ʿala allatheena yatawallawnahu waallatheena hum bihi mushrikoona
His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allāh.
وَ إِذَا بَدَّلۡنَآ ءَايَةࣰ مَّكَانَ ءَايَةࣲ وَ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفۡتَرِۭ ۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ﴿١٠١﴾
Waitha baddalna ayatan makana ayatin waAllahu aʿlamu bima yunazzilu qaloo innama anta muftarin bal aktharuhum la yaʿlamoona
And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allāh is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muḥammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of them do not know.
قُلۡ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلۡقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ هُدࣰى وَ بُشۡرَىٰ لِلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ﴿١٠٢﴾
Qul nazzalahu roohu alqudusi min rabbika bialhaqqi liyuthabbita allatheena amanoo wahudan wabushra lilmuslimeena
Say, [O Muḥammad], "The Pure Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down from your Lord in truth to make firm those who believe and as guidance and good tidings to the Muslims."
وَ لَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرࣱ ۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِي يُلۡحِدُونَ إِلَيۡهِ أَعۡجَمِيࣱّ وَ هَٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيࣱّ مُّبِينٌ﴿١٠٣﴾
Walaqad naʿlamu annahum yaqooloona innama yuʿallimuhu basharun lisanu allathee yulhidoona ilayhi aʿjamiyyun wahatha lisanun ʿarabiyyun mubeenun
And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)]." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this [recitation, i.e., Qur’ān] is [in] a clear Arabic language.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَهۡدِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ وَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ﴿١٠٤﴾
Inna allatheena la yuminoona biayati Allahi la yahdeehimu Allahu walahum ʿathabun aleemun
Indeed, those who do not believe in the verses of Allāh - Allāh will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment.
إِنَّمَا يَفۡتَرِي ٱلۡكَذِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَٰذِبُونَ﴿١٠٥﴾
Innama yaftaree alkathiba allatheena la yuminoona biayati Allahi waolaika humu alkathiboona
They only invent falsehood who do not believe in the verses of Allāh, and it is those who are the liars.
مَن كَفَرَ بِٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ إِيمَٰنِهِۦٓ إِلَّا مَنۡ أُكۡرِهَ وَ قَلۡبُهُۥ مُطۡمَئِنُّۢ بِٱلۡإِيمَٰنِ وَ لَٰكِن مَّن شَرَحَ بِٱلۡكُفۡرِ صَدۡرࣰا فَعَلَيۡهِمۡ غَضَبࣱ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمࣱ﴿١٠٦﴾
Man kafara biAllahi min baʿdi eemanihi illa man okriha waqalbuhu mutmainnun bialeemani walakin man sharaha bialkufri sadran faʿalayhim ghadabun mina Allahi walahum ʿathabun ʿatheemun
Whoever disbelieves in [i.e., denies] Allāh after his belief... except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allāh, and for them is a great punishment;
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱسۡتَحَبُّواْ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا عَلَى ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ﴿١٠٧﴾
Thalika biannahumu istahabboo alhayata alddunya ʿala alakhirati waanna Allaha la yahdee alqawma alkafireena
That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَ سَمۡعِهِمۡ وَ أَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ ۖ وَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡغَٰفِلُونَ﴿١٠٨﴾
Olaika allatheena tabaʿa Allahu ʿala quloobihim wasamʿihim waabsarihim waolaika humu alghafiloona
Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allāh has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ﴿١٠٩﴾
La jarama annahum fee alakhirati humu alkhasiroona
Assuredly, it is they, in the Hereafter, who will be the losers.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا فُتِنُواْ ثُمَّ جَٰهَدُواْ وَ صَبَرُوٓاْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهَا لَغَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿١١٠﴾
Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheena hajaroo min baʿdi ma futinoo thumma jahadoo wasabaroo inna rabbaka min baʿdiha laghafoorun raheemun
Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to say words of disbelief] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allāh] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful
يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفۡسِهَا وَ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ وَ هُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ﴿١١١﴾
Yawma tatee kullu nafsin tujadilu ʿan nafsiha watuwaffa kullu nafsin ma ʿamilat wahum la yuthlamoona
On the Day when every soul will come disputing [i.e., pleading] for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].
وَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلࣰا قَرۡيَةࣰ كَانَتۡ ءَامِنَةࣰ مُّطۡمَئِنَّةࣰ يَأۡتِيهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدࣰا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانࣲ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِأَنۡعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلۡجُوعِ وَ ٱلۡخَوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ﴿١١٢﴾
Wadaraba Allahu mathalan qaryatan kanat aminatan mutmainnatan yateeha rizquha raghadan min kulli makanin fakafarat bianʿumi Allahi faathaqaha Allahu libasa aljooʿi waalkhawfi bima kanoo yasnaʿoona
And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.
وَ لَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ وَ هُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ﴿١١٣﴾
Walaqad jaahum rasoolun minhum fakaththaboohu faakhathahumu alʿathabu wahum thalimoona
And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.
فَكُلُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلࣰا طَيِّبࣰا وَ ٱشۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ إِيَّاهُ تَعۡبُدُونَ﴿١١٤﴾
Fakuloo mimma razaqakumu Allahu halalan tayyiban waoshkuroo niʿmata Allahi in kuntum iyyahu taʿbudoona
Then eat of what Allāh has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And be grateful for the favor of Allāh, if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَ وَ ٱلدَّمَ وَ لَحۡمَ ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ وَ مَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضۡطُرَّ غَيۡرَ بَاغࣲ وَ لَا عَادࣲ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمࣱ﴿١١٥﴾
Innama harrama ʿalaykumu almaytata waalddama walahma alkhinzeeri wama ohilla lighayri Allahi bihi famani idturra ghayra baghin wala ʿadin fainna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun
He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
وَ لَا تَقُولُواْ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَٰلࣱ وَ هَٰذَا حَرَامࣱ لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ لَا يُفۡلِحُونَ﴿١١٦﴾
Wala taqooloo lima tasifu alsinatukumu alkathiba hatha halalun wahatha haramun litaftaroo ʿala Allahi alkathiba inna allatheena yaftaroona ʿala Allahi alkathiba la yuflihoona
And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allāh. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allāh will not succeed.
مَتَٰعࣱ قَلِيلࣱ وَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ﴿١١٧﴾
Mataʿun qaleelun walahum ʿathabun aleemun
[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.
وَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمۡنَا مَا قَصَصۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُ ۖ وَ مَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَ لَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ﴿١١٨﴾
Waʿala allatheena hadoo harramna ma qasasna ʿalayka min qablu wama thalamnahum walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoona
And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before. And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةࣲ ثُمَّ تَابُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَ أَصۡلَحُوٓاْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهَا لَغَفُورࣱ رَّحِيمٌ﴿١١٩﴾
Thumma inna rabbaka lillatheena ʿamiloo alssooa bijahalatin thumma taboo min baʿdi thalika waaslahoo inna rabbaka min baʿdiha laghafoorun raheemun
Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.
إِنَّ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةࣰ قَانِتࣰا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفࣰا وَ لَمۡ يَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ﴿١٢٠﴾
Inna ibraheema kana ommatan qanitan lillahi haneefan walam yaku mina almushrikeena
Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allāh, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allāh.
شَاكِرࣰا لِّأَنۡعُمِهِ ۚ ٱجۡتَبَىٰهُ وَ هَدَىٰهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ﴿١٢١﴾
Shakiran lianʿumihi ijtabahu wahadahu ila siratin mustaqeemin
[He was] grateful for His favors. He [i.e., Allāh] chose him and guided him to a straight path.
وَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةࣰ ۖ وَ إِنَّهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿١٢٢﴾
Waataynahu fee alddunya hasanatan wainnahu fee alakhirati lamina alssaliheena
And We gave him good in this world, and indeed, in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.
ثُمَّ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعۡ مِلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفࣰا ۖ وَ مَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ﴿١٢٣﴾
Thumma awhayna ilayka ani ittabiʿ millata ibraheema haneefan wama kana mina almushrikeena
Then We revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allāh.
إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ ٱلسَّبۡتُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ ۚ وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ﴿١٢٤﴾
Innama juʿila alssabtu ʿala allatheena ikhtalafoo feehi wainna rabbaka layahkumu baynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehi yakhtalifoona
The sabbath was only appointed for those who differed over it. And indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.
ٱدۡعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ وَ ٱلۡمَوۡعِظَةِ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَ جَٰدِلۡهُم بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ﴿١٢٥﴾
Odʿu ila sabeeli rabbika bialhikmati waalmawʿithati alhasanati wajadilhum biallatee hiya ahsanu inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman dalla ʿan sabeelihi wahuwa aʿlamu bialmuhtadeena
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.
وَ إِنۡ عَاقَبۡتُمۡ فَعَاقِبُواْ بِمِثۡلِ مَا عُوقِبۡتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَ لَئِن صَبَرۡتُمۡ لَهُوَ خَيۡرࣱ لِّلصَّٰبِرِينَ﴿١٢٦﴾
Wain ʿaqabtum faʿaqiboo bimithli ma ʿooqibtum bihi walain sabartum lahuwa khayrun lilssabireena
And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
وَ ٱصۡبِرۡ وَ مَا صَبۡرُكَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ وَ لَا تَحۡزَنۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَ لَا تَكُ فِي ضَيۡقࣲ مِّمَّا يَمۡكُرُونَ﴿١٢٧﴾
Waisbir wama sabruka illa biAllahi wala tahzan ʿalayhim wala taku fee dayqin mimma yamkuroona
And be patient, [O Muḥammad], and your patience is not but through Allāh. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَواْ وَّ ٱلَّذِينَ هُم مُّحۡسِنُونَ﴿١٢٨﴾
Inna Allaha maʿa allatheena ittaqaw waallatheena hum muhsinoona
Indeed, Allāh is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
The name, An-Nahl, of this Surah has been taken from v. 68. This is merely to distinguish it from other Surahs.
Period of Revelation
The following internal evidence shows that this Surah was revealed during the last Makkan stage of Prophethood:
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41 clearly shows that persecution had forced some Muslims to emigrate to Habash before the revelation of this Surah.
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It is evident from v. 106 that at that time the persecution of the Muslims was at its height. Therefore a problem had arisen in regard to the utterance of a blasphemous word, without actual disbelief, under unbearable conditions. The problem was that if one did so how he should be treated.
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vv. 112-114 clearly refer to the end of seven year famine that had struck Makkah some years after the appointment of the Holy Prophet as Allah's Messenger.
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There is a reference to v. 116 of this Surah in VI: 145, and v. 118 of this Surah contains a reference to VI: 146. This is a proof that both these Surahs (VI and XVI) were sent down in the same period.
The general style of the Surah also supports the view that this was revealed during the last stage at Makkah.
Central Theme
All the topics of the Surah revolve round different aspects of the Message, ie., refutation of shirk, proof of Tauhid, and warning of the consequences of the rejection of and opposition and antagonism to the Message.
Topics of Discussion
The very first verse gives direct and strict warning to those who were rejecting the Message outright, as if to say, "Allah's decision has already been made concerning your rejection of the Message. Why are you then clamoring for hastening it? Why don't you make use of the respite that is being given to you!" And this was exactly what the disbelievers of Makkah needed at the time of the revelation of this Surah. For they challenged the Holy Prophet over and over again: "Why don't you bring that scourge with which you have been threatening us! For we have not only rejected your Message but have been openly opposing it for a long time." Such a challenge had become a by-word with them, which they frequently repeated as a clear proof that Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) was not a true Prophet.
Immediately after this warning they have been admonished to give up shirk, for this false creed was the main obstacle in the way of the Message. Then the following topics come over and over again, one after the other:
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Very convincing proofs of Tauhid and refutation of shirk have been based on the plain signs in the universe and in man's own self.
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The objections of the disbelievers have been answered, their arguments refuted, their doubts removed and their false pretexts exposed.
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Warnings have given of the consequences of persistence in false ways and antagonism to the Message.
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The moral changes which the Message of the Holy Prophet aims to bring practically in human life have been presented briefly in an appealing manner. The mushriks have been told that belief in Allah, which they also professed, demanded that it should not be confined merely to lip service, but this creed should take a definite shape in moral and practical life.
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The Holy Prophet and his companions have been comforted and told about the attitude they should adopt in the face of antagonism and persecution by the disbelievers.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran