JUZ 27

  

Surahs in this JUZ

51.Remaining part of AZ-ZARIATH, 52. AT-TUR, 53. AN-NAJM, 54. AL-
QAMAR, 55. AR-RAHMAN, 56. AL-WAQI’A, 57. AL-HADEED,

almursaloona ayyuha khatbukum fama Qala

Messengers O Pupose you Then for what He (Ibrahim)
have come said

      

31. Qala fama khatbukum ayyuha almursaloona
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Then for what purpose you have come, O Messengers?"

mujrimeena Qawmin ila orsilna inna Qaloo

Criminals A people To Have been We They said
(sinners, sent
polytheists)

      

32. Qaloo inna orsilna ila qawmin mujrimeena
They said: "We have been sent to a people who are Mujrimun (polytheists, sinners,
criminals, disbelievers in Allah);

teenin min hijaratan AAalayhim Linursila

Baked clay Of stones Upon them To send down

     

33. Linursila AAalayhim hijaratan min teenin

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To send down upon them stones of baked clay.

lilmusrifeena rabbika AAinda Musawwamat

an
For those Your Lord By Marked
transgress
Allah’s limits

    

34. Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeena
Marked by your Lord for the Musrifun (polytheists, criminals, sinners those who trespass
Allah's set limits in evil-doings by committing great sins).

almu/mineena mina Feeha kana man Faakhrajna

The believers From There in (was) (who) So we
brought out

      

35. Faakhrajna man kana feeha mina almu/mineena
So We brought out from therein the believers.

Mina baytin ghayra feeha wajadna Fama

Of One Except In it We found But not
household

almuslimeena
The Muslim

       

36. Fama wajadna feeha ghayra baytin mina almuslimeena
But We found not there any household of the Muslims except one [i.e. Lout (Lot) and his
two daughters].

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alAAathaba yakhafoona lillatheena ayatan feeha Watarakna
Torment Who fear For those A sign In it And we have
left

al-aleema
The painful

       

37. Watarakna feeha ayatan lillatheena yakhafoona alAAathaba al-aleema
And We have left there a sign (i.e. the place of the Dead Sea , well-known in Palestine) for
those who fear the painful torment.

firAAawna ila arsalnahu ith moosa Wafee

Pharaoh To We sent him When Moses And in

mubeenin bisultanin
A manifest With
authority

        

38. Wafee moosa ith arsalnahu ila firAAawna bisultanin mubeenin
And in Musa (Moses) (too, there is a sign). When We sent him to Fir'aun (Pharaoh) with a
manifest authority.

majnoonun aw sahirun waqala Biruknihi Fatawalla

A madman Or A sorcerer And said With his hosts But he turned
away

      

39. Fatawalla biruknihi waqala sahirun aw majnoonun
But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] turned away (from Belief in might) along with his hosts, and said:
"A sorcerer, or a madman."

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wahuwa alyammi fee fanabathnahu wajunoodahu Faakhathnahu
m
(while) he The sea Into And dumped And his hosts So we took
(was) them him

muleemun
Blameworthy

       

40. Faakhathnahu wajunoodahu fanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleemun
So We took him and his hosts, and dumped them into the sea, while he was to be blamed.

alrreeha AAalayhimu arsalna ith AAadin Wafee

Wind Against them We sent When Ad And in

alAAaqeema
The barren

       

41. Wafee AAadin ith arsalna AAalayhimu alrreeha alAAaqeema
And in 'Ad (there is also a sign) when We sent against them the barren wind;

AAalayhi atat shay-in min tatharu Ma

Over it It reached anything from It spared not

kaalrrameemi jaAAalat-hu illa

Like It made it But
something
rotten
(decayed)

         
42. Ma tatharu min shay-in atat AAalayhi illa jaAAalat-hu kaalrrameemi

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It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.

tamattaAAoo lahum qeela Ith thamooda Wafee

Enjoy To them Was said When Thamud And in
yourselves

heenin hatta
A while Till

        

43. Wafee thamooda ith qeela lahum tamattaAAoo hatta heenin
And in Thamud (there is also a sign), when they were told: "Enjoy yourselves for a while!"

alssaAAiqatu faakhathat- rabbihim amri AAan FaAAataw

humu
The torment , So overtook Of their Lord The command (from) But they
hit, awful cry them insolently
denied

yanthuroona wahum
Were looking While they

        

44. FaAAataw AAan amri rabbihim faakhathat-humu alssaAAiqatu wahum yanthuroona
But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord, so the Sa'iqah overtook them while
they were looking.

kanoo wama qiyamin min istataAAoo Fama

Could they Nor Rise up To They were So not
able

muntasireena
Help
themselves

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        
45. Fama istataAAoo min qiyamin wama kanoo muntasireena
Then they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

kanoo innahum qablu min noohin Waqawma

Were Verily they before Noah And the
people of

fasiqeena qawman
Rebellious , People
disobiedient
to Allah

         

46. Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo qawman fasiqeena
(So were) the people of Nuh (Noah) before them. Verily, they were a people who were
Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
Section 3

lamoosiAAoo wa-inna bi-aydin banaynaha Waalssamaa

na
Able to And verily we With power We And the
extend the are constructed Heaven
vastness of (it)
space thereof

     

47. Waalssamaa banaynaha bi-aydin wa-inna lamoosiAAoona
With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, We are Able to extend the vastness of
space thereof.

almahidoona faniAAma farashnaha Waal-arda

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 Spreaders are How We have And rhe Earth
we excellent spread out it

    

48. Waal-arda farashnaha faniAAma almahidoona
And We have spread out the earth, how Excellent Spreader (thereof) are We!

laAAallakum zawjayni khalaqna shay-in kulli Wamin

That you may Pairs We have Thing Every And of
created

tathakkaroona
Remember

       

49. Wamin kulli shay-in khalaqna zawjayni laAAallakum tathakkaroona
And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allah).

minhu lakum innee Allahi ila Fafirroo

From him To you Verily Iam Allah To So flee
(Muhammad)

mubeenun natheerun
Plain Warner

         

50. Fafirroo ila Allahi innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
So flee to Allah (from His Torment to His Mercy Islamic Monotheism), verily, I (Muhammad

) am a plain warner to you from Him.

akhara ilahan Allahi maAAa tajAAaloo Wala

Any other God Allah With Set up And not

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 mubeenun natheerun minhu lakum innee
A plain Warner From Him To you Verily I am

            
51. Wala tajAAaloo maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara innee lakum minhu natheerun mubeenun
And set not up (or worship) any other ilahan (god) along with Allah [Glorified be He (Alone),
Exalted above all that they associate as partners with Him]. Verily, I (Muhammad ) am a
plain warner to you from Him.

qablihim min allatheena ata ma Kathalika

Before them Those Came Not Like wise

aw sahirun qaloo illa rasoolin min

Or Sorcerer They said But messengers from

majnoonun
A madman

            


52. Kathalika ma ata allatheena min qablihim min rasoolin illa qaloo sahirun aw majnoonun
Likewise, no Messenger came to those before them, but they said: "A sorcerer or a
madman!"

taghoona qawmun hum bal bihi Atawasaw

Transgressing A people They are Nay This (saying) They have
beyond transmitted
bounds (to these)

       

53. Atawasaw bihi bal hum qawmun taghoona
Have they (the people of the past) transmitted this saying to these (Quraish pagans)? Nay,
they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds (in disbelief)!

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 bimaloomin anta fama AAanhum Fatawalla
To be blamed You are So not From them So turn away

     

54. Fatawalla AAanhum fama anta bimaloomin
So turn away (O Muhammad ) from them (Quraish pagans) you are not to be blamed
(as you have conveyed Allah's Message).

almu/mineena tanfaAAu alththikra fa-inna Wathakkir

The believers Benefits The For verily And remind
reminding

     

55. Wathakkir fa-inna alththikra tanfaAAu almu/mineena
And remind (by preaching the Qur'an, O Muhammad ) for verily, the reminding profits
the believers.

liyaAAbudoo Illa waal-insa aljinna khalaqtu Wama

ni
They should Except And Humans Jinns I (Allah) And not
worship me created

      

56. Wama khalaqtu aljinna waal-insa illa liyaAAbudooni
And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone).

Wama rizqin min minhum oreedu Ma

Nor Provision Any From them I want Not

yutAAimooni an oreedu
They should That I want

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 feed me

         
57. Ma oreedu minhum min rizqin wama oreedu an yutAAimooni
I seek not any provision from them (i.e. provision for themselves or for My creatures) nor
do I ask that they should feed Me (i.e. feed themselves or My creatures).

alquwwati thoo alrrazzaqu Huwa Allaha Inna

(of) power Owner All-provider Is ( He who) Allah Verily

almateenu
The most
strong

       

58. Inna Allaha huwa alrrazzaqu thoo alquwwati almateenu
Verily, Allah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.

thanoobi mithla thanooban thalamoo lillatheena Fa-inna

The portion Like (to) A portion of Who do Those who And verily
of torment of torment of wrong

yastaAAjiloo fala as-habihim

na
They ask Me So not Their friends
to hasten on

         
59. Fa-inna lillatheena thalamoo thanooban mithla thanoobi as-habihim fala yastaAAjiloona
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a portion of torment like to the evil portion of
torment (which came for) their likes (of old), so let them not ask Me to hasten on!

allathee yawmihimu min kafaroo lillatheena Fawaylun

Which Their day From Who To those Then , woe

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 disbelieve

yooAAadoon
a
They have
been
promised

        

60. Fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min yawmihimu allathee yooAAadoona
Then, woe to those who disbelieve (in Allah and His Oneness Islamic Monotheism) from
(that) their Day which they have been promised (for their punishment).

Surah # 52
AT-TUR

Makki
Period of revelation
Most probably this surah was revealed during the fifth year of the Prophet’s
(pboh) stay in Makkah. This surah contains 49 verses and 2 sections.

Waalttoori
By the Tur
Mount

  
1. Waalttoori
By the Tur Mount;

mastoorin Wakitabin

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 Inscribed And by the
Book

  

2. Wakitabin mastoorin
And by the Book Inscribed.

manshoorin raqqin Fee

Unrolled Parchment In

   

3. Fee raqqin manshoorin
In parchment unrolled.

almaAAmoor Waalbayti
i
Frequented And by the
House

  

4. Waalbayti almaAAmoori
And by the Bait-ul-Ma'mur (the house over the heavens parallel to the Ka'bah at Makkah,
continuously visited by the angels);

almarfooAAi Waalssaqfi
Raised high And by the
roof

  

5. Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi
And by the roof raised high (i.e. the heaven).

Almasjoori Waalbahri

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 Boiling And by the
ablaze sea

  

6. Waalbahri almasjoori
And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection).

lawaqiAAun rabbika AAathaba Inna

Surely will Your Lord The torment Verily
come to pass of

    

7. Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun
Verily, the Torment of your Lord will surely come to pass,

dafiAAin min lahu Ma

To avert any For it There is not

    

8. Ma lahu min dafiAAin
There is none that can avert it;

Mawran alssamao tamooru Yawma

With a The Heaven (when ) will On the day
dreadful shake
shaking

    

9. Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran
On the Day when the heaven will shake with a dreadful shaking,

sayran aljibalu Wataseeru

With a The And will

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 movement mountains move away

   

10. Wataseeru aljibalu sayran
And the mountains will move away with a (horrible) movement.

Lilmukaththib yawma-ithin Fawaylun

eena
To the That day Then woe
rejectors

   

11. Fawaylun yawma-ithin lilmukaththibeena
Then woe that Day to the disbeliers;

yalAAaboona khawdin fee hum Allatheena

Are playing Falsehood In (they) Who

     

12. Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona
Who are playing in falsehood .

daAAAAan Jahannama nari ila yudaAAAAo Yawma

ona
With forceful (of) Hell The fire To They will be The day
pushing pushed down
by the force

      

13. Yawma yudaAAAAoona ila nari jahannama daAAAAan
The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with a horrible, forceful
pushing.

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Tukaththiboo biha kuntum allatee alnnaru Hathihi
na
Deny In it You used to Which The fire This is

      

14. Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona
This is the Fire which you used to belie.

tubsiroona la antum am hatha Afasihrun

See Not You do Or This Is magic

      

15. Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona
Is this magic, or do you not see?

sawaon tasbiroo la aw faisbiroo Islawha

It is all the Be patient not Or And you be Burn you in
same patient of it its heat

taAAmaloona kuntum ma tujzawna innama AAalaykum

To do You used For what You are being Only To you
required

           

 
16. Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon AAalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum
taAAmaloona
Taste you therein its heat, and whether you are patient of it or impatient of it, it is all the
same. You are only being requited for what you used to do.

wanaAAeemi jannatin fee almuttaqeena Inna

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And delight Gardens In The pious Verily
will be

     

17. Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin
Verily, the Muttaqun (pious - see V.2:2) will be in Gardens (Paradise), and Delight.

rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum atahum bima Fakiheena

Their Lord And saved Their Lord Has bestowed In that which Enjoying
them on them

aljaheemi AAathaba
Blazing fire From the
torment of

        

18. Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum AAathaba aljaheemi
Enjoying in that which their Lord has bestowed on them, and (the fact that) their Lord saved
them from the torment of the blazing Fire.

taAAmaloona kuntum bima hanee-an waishraboo Kuloo

To do You used Because of With And drink Eat
what happiness

      

19. Kuloo waishraboo hanee-an bima kuntum taAAmaloona
"Eat and drink with happiness because of what you used to do."

bihoorin wazawwajnah masfoofatin sururin AAala Muttaki-eena

um
To lovely And we shall Arranged in Thrones On They will
maidens marry them ranks recline

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 AAeenin
With wide
lovely eyes

        

20. Muttaki-eena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin
They will recline (with ease) on thrones arranged in ranks. And We shall marry them to
Houris (female, fair ones) with wide lovely eyes.

alhaqna bi-eemanin thurriyyatuhu waittabaAAat amanoo Waallatheena

m -hum
We shall join In faith Their And follow Who believe And those
offspring them

AAamalihim min alatnahum wama thurriyyatahu bihim

m
Their deed of We shall And not Their To them
decrease them offspring

kasaba bima imri-in kullu shay-in min

He has earned For that Person Every Thing Any
which

raheenun
Pledge

         

          
21. Waallatheena amanoo waittabaAAat-hum thurriyyatuhum bi-eemanin alhaqna bihim
thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum min AAamalihim min shay-in kullu imri-in bima kasaba
raheenun
And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in Faith, to them shall We join their
offspring, and We shall not decrease the reward of their deeds in anything. Every person is
a pledge for that which he has earned.

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 yashtahoona mimma walahmin bifakihatin Waamdadnah
um
They desire Such as And meat With fruit And we shall
provide them

     

22. Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona
And We shall provide them with fruit and meat, such as they desire.

feeha Laghwun la ka/san feeha YatanazaAAo

ona
Therein Dirty , false No A (wine) cup Therein They shall
talk pass from
hand to hand

ta/theemun wala
Sin And no

        

23. YatanazaAAoona feeha ka/san la laghwun feeha wala ta/theemun
There they shall pass from hand to hand a (wine) cup, free from any Laghw (dirty, false,
evil vague talk between them), and free from sin (because it will be legal for them to drink).

lu/luon kaannahum lahum ghilmanun AAalayhim Wayatoofu

Pearls As if they To (serve) Boy servants On them And will go
were them round

maknoonun
Preserved

        

24. Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum lu/luon maknoonun
And there will go round boy-servants of theirs, to serve them as if they were preserved
pearls.

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 yatasaaloona baAAdin AAala baAAduhum Waaqbala
Questioning Others To Some of them And draw
near

     

25. Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona
And some of them draw near to others, questioning.

ahlina Fee qablu kunna inna Qaloo

Our families With Aforetime Were Verily we They will say

mushfiqeena
Afraid

       

26. Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena
Saying: "Aforetime, we were afraid with our families (from the punishment of Allah).

alssamoomi AAathaba wawaqana AAalayna Allahu Famanna

(of) the fire (from) And has To us Allah But has been
torment saved us gracious

      

27. Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi
"But Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us from the torment of the Fire.

Innahu nadAAoohu qablu min kunna Inna

Verily He We invoke before We used to Verily
Him

alrraheemu albarru huwa

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 The Most- The most (He) is
Merciful kind

          
28. Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu
"Verily, We used to invoke Him (Alone and none else) before. Verily, He is AlBarr (the Most
Subtle, Kind, Courteous, and Generous), the Most Merciful."
Section 2

bikahin rabbika biniAAmati Anta fama Fathakkir

A soothsayer Of your Lord By the grace You are So not Therefore
remind and
preach

majnoonin wala
A madman Nor

        

29. Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin
Therefore, remind and preach (mankind, O Muhammad of Islamic Monotheism). By the
Grace of Allah, you are neither a soothsayer, nor a madman.

rayba bihi natarabbasu shaAAirun yaqooloona Am

_ For Him We wait A poet Do they say Or

almanooni
Some
calamity by
time

       

30. Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni
Or do they say: "(Muhammad is) a poet! We await for him some calamity by time.!"

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almutarabbise mina maAAakum fa-innee tarabbasoo Qul
ena
The waiters Among With you I am Wait say

      

31. Qul tarabbasoo fa-innee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena
Say (O Muhammad to them): "Wait! I am with you, among the waiters!"

Hum am bihatha ahlamuhum ta/muruhum Am

They are Or This Their minds Command Or
them

taghoona qawmun
Exceeding the People
bounds

         

32. Am ta/muruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona
Do their minds command them this [i.e. to tell a lie against you (Muhammad )] or are
they people exceeding the bounds (i.e. from Belief in Allah to disbelief).

yu/minoona la bal taqawwalahu yaqooloona Am

They believe Not Nay He has forged They say Or
it

       

33. Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yu/minoona
Or do they say: "He (Muhammad ) has forged it (this Qur'an)?" Nay! They believe not!

Sadiqeena kanoo in mithlihi bihadeethin Falya/too

truthful They are If Like unto it A recietal Then let them
produce

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34. Falya/too bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena
Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful.

am shay-in ghayri min khuliqoo Am

Or Thing No By They were Or
created

alkhaliqoona humu
The creators They were

        

35. Am khuliqoo min ghayri shay-in am humu alkhaliqoona
Were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators?

la bal waal-arda alssamawati Khalaqoo Am

Not Nay , but And the Earth The Heavens Did they Or
create

yooqinoona
They have
firm belief

        

36. Am khalaqoo alssamawati waal-arda bal la yooqinoona
Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm Belief.

humu am rabbika khaza-inu AAindahum Am

They are Or Your Lord (are) the With them Or
treasures of

almusaytiroon

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The tyrants
with the
authority to
do as they
like

       

37. Am AAindahum khaza-inu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona
Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to
do as they like?

falya/ti feehi yastamiAAoo sullamun lahum Am

na
Then let By means of They listen A stairway Have they Or
produce which

mubeenin bisultanin mustamiAAu

hum
Manifest Proof Their listener

          
38. Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falya/ti mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin
Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the
angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.

albanoona walakumu Albanatu lahu Am

Sons And you have Daughters Has He Or

     

39. Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona
Or has He (Allah) only daughters and you have sons?

maghramin Min fahum ajran tas-aluhum Am

A load of From So that they A wage You ask from Or

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 debts them

muthqaloona
Are burdened

       

40. Am tas-aluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
Or is it that you (O Muhammad ) ask a wage from them (for your preaching of Islamic
Monotheism) so that they are burdened with a load of debt?

yaktuboona fahum alghaybu AAindahumu Am

Write it down And they The unseen Is with them Or

     

41. Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or that the Ghaib (unseen) is with them, and they write it down?

humu Kafaroo faallatheena kaydan yureedoona Am

Themselves Who So those A plot De they Or
disbelieve intend

almakeedoon
a
Are in a plot

        

42. Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona
Or do they intend a plot (against you O Muhammad )? But those who disbelieve (in the
Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism) are themselves in a plot!

subhana Allahi ghayru ilahun lahum Am

Glorified is Allah Other than A god Have they Or

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 yushrikoona AAamma Allahi
They ascribe From all that Allah
as partners (to
Him)

          
43. Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona
Or have they an ilah (a god) other than Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as
partners (to Him)

saqitan alssama-i mina kisfan yaraw Wa-in

Falling down The Heaven Of A piece They were to And if
see

markoomun sahabun yaqooloo

Gathered in Clouds They would
Heaps say

         
44. Wa-in yaraw kisfan mina alssama-i saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun
And if they were to see a piece of the heaven falling down, they would say: "Clouds
gathered in heaps!"

feehi allathee yawmahumu yulaqoo hatta Fatharhum

In it Which Their day Thye meet till So leave them

yusAAaqoon
a
They will
sink into a
fainting

       

45. Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona

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So leave them alone till they meet their Day, in which they will sink into a fainting (with
horror).

shay-an kayduhum AAanhum yughnee la Yawma

At all Their plotting (from) them Shall avail Not The Day
(when)

yunsaroona hum wala

Will be They (and) nor
helped

         

46. Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shay-an wala hum yunsaroona
The Day when their plotting shall not avail them at all nor will they be helped (i.e. they will
receive their torment in Hell).

thalika doona AAathaban thalamoo lillatheena Wa-inna

This Before Punishment Who do For those And verily
wrong

yaAAlamoon la aktharahum walakinna

a
Know Not Most of them But

          
47. Wa-inna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la
yaAAlamoona
And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment (i.e. the torment in this
world and in their graves) before this, but most of them know not. [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol.
27, Page 36].

wasabbih bi-aAAyunina fa-innaka rabbika lihukmi Waisbir

And glorify Under Our For verily you (of) you Lord For the So wait
eyes are decision patiently

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 taqoomu heena rabbika bihamdi
You get up When Your Lord The praises of
from sleep

           
48. Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fa-innaka bi-aAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu
So wait patiently (O Muhammad ) for the Decision of your Lord, for verily, you are under
Our Eyes , and glorify the Praises of your Lord when you get up from sleep.

alnnujoomi wa-idbara fasabbihhu allayli Wamina

The stars And (at the) Also glorify The night And in
setting of His praises time

      

49. Wamina allayli fasabbihhu wa-idbara alnnujoomi
And in the night-time, also glorify His Praises, and at the setting of the stars.

Surah # 53
AN-NAJM
Makki

Period of revelation
This Surah was also revealed during the fifth year of the Prophet’s (pboh)
stay in Makkah. According to the authoraties this was the first surah that prophet
(pboh) publicly recited in Kaba in the presence of both the belivers and the
disbelivers. When the Prophet (pboh) recited the verse of sajda in this surah both
the belivers and the disbelivers who were present there fall into prostration along
with the Prophet (pboh). This sura contains 62 verse and 3 sections.

hawa itha Waalnnajmi

Ir goes down When By the stars
(vanishes)

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1. Waalnnajmi itha hawa
By the star when it goes down, (or vanishes).

ghawa wama Sahibukum dalla Ma

Has erred Nor Your Has gone Neither
companion astray

     

2. Ma dalla sahibukum wama ghawa
Your companion (Muhammad ) has neither gone astray nor has erred.

alhawa AAani yantiqu Wama

The desire From Speak Nor

    

3. Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa
Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.

yooha Wahyun illa huwa In

That is An inspiration But (only) It is not
inspired

     

4. In huwa illa wahyun yooha
It is only an Inspiration that is inspired.

alquwa shadeedu AAallamahu

In power One mighty Has taught
him (this
Quran)

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5. AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa
He has been taught (this Qur'an) by one mighty in power [Jibrael (Gabriel)].

Faistawa mirratin Thoo

Then he rose endued
and became
stable

   

6. Thoo mirratin faistawa
Dhu Mirrah (free from any defect in body and mind), Fastawa [then he (Jibrael Gabriel)
rose and became stable]. [Tafsir At-Tabari].

al-aAAla bial-ofuqi Wahuwa

Highest part In the And He
Horizon

   

7. Wahuwa bial-ofuqi al-aAAla
While he [Jibrael (Gabriel)] was in the highest part of the horizon,

Fatadalla dana Thumma

And came He Then
closer approached

   

8. Thumma dana fatadalla
Then he [Jibrael (Gabriel)] approached and came closer,

adna aw qawsayni qaba Fakana

Nearer Or Two bow’s At a distance And was
lengths of

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9. Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna
And was at a distance of two bows' length or (even) nearer,

Awha ma AAabdihi ila Faawha

He inspired What His slave To So he
conveyed the
inspiration

     

10. Faawha ila AAabdihi ma awha
So did (Allah) convey the Inspiration to His slave [Muhammad through Jibrael
(Gabriel)].

Raa ma alfu-adu kathaba Ma

He saw What The Heart Lied Not

     

11. Ma kathaba alfu-adu ma raa
The (Prophet's ) heart lied not (in seeing) what he (Muhammad ) saw.

yara ma AAala Afatumaroon

ahu
He saw What About Will you then
dispute with
them

    

12. Afatumaroonahu AAala ma yara
Will you then dispute with him (Muhammad ) about what he saw [during the Mi'raj:

(Ascent of the Prophet over the seven heavens)] .

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 Okhra nazlatan raahu Walaqad
Another Descent He saw him And indeed

    

13. Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra
And indeed he (Muhammad ) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] at a second descent (i.e.
another time).

almuntaha sidrati AAinda

The utmost Lote-tree Near
boundry

   

14. AAinda sidrati almuntaha
Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha [lote-tree of the utmost boundary (beyond which none can pass)],

alma/wa jannatu AAindaha

Of abode The paradise Near it

   

15. AAindaha jannatu alma/wa
Near it is the Paradise of Abode.

Yaghsha ma alssidrata yaghsha Ith

It covered What The Lote-tree That covered When

     

16. Ith yaghsha alssidrata ma yaghsha
When that covered the lote-tree which did cover it!

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 Tagha wama albasaru zagha Ma
It And not The sight Turned aside Not
transgressed
beyond limit

     

17. Ma zagha albasaru wama tagha
The sight (of Prophet Muhammad ) turned not aside (right or left), nor it transgressed
beyond (the) limit (ordained for it).

alkubra rabbihi ayati min raa Laqad

The gratest Of his Lord Signs Of He did see Indeed

      

18. Laqad raa min ayati rabbihi alkubra
Indeed he (Muhammad ) did see, of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allah).

waalAAuzza allata Afaraaytumu

And Uzza Al-lat You have
then
considered

   

19. Afaraaytumu allata waalAAuzza
Have you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs)

al-okhra alththalithata Wamanata

Other The third And Manat

   

20. Wamanata alththalithata al-okhra
And Manat (another idol of the pagan Arabs), the other third?

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 al-ontha walahu alththakaru Alakumu
The females And for Him The males Is it for you

    

21. Alakumu alththakaru walahu al-ontha
Is it for you the males and for Him the females?

deeza qismatun ithan Tilka

Most unfair A division Then That

    

22. Tilka ithan qismatun deeza
That indeed is a division most unfair!

antum sammaytumo asmaon illa hiya In

oha
You Which you Names But they not
have named

min biha Allahu anzala ma waabaokum

Any For which Allah Has sent Not And your
down fathers

wama alththanna illa yattabiAAoon in sultanin

a
Ad that which A guess But They follow not Authority

rabbihimu min jaahum walaqad al-anfusu tahwa

Their Lord From Has come to And surely The souls Desire
them

alhuda

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 The Guidence

             

           

 
23. In hiya illa asmaon sammaytumooha antum waabaokum ma anzala Allahu biha min sultanin
in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wama tahwa al-anfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda
They are but names which you have named, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent
down no authority. They follow not but a guess and that which they themselves desire,
whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord!

tamanna ma lil-insani Am
He wishes What Shall man Or
have

    

24. Am lil-insani ma tamanna
Or shall man have what he wishes?

waal-oola al-akhiratu Falillahi

And the first The last But to Allah
(the world) (hereafter) belongs

   

25. Falillahi al-akhiratu waal-oola
But to Allah belongs the last (Hereafter) and the first (the world).
Section 2

la alssamawati fee Malakin min Wakam

Not The Heavens In angel of And How
many

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baAAdi min illa shay-an shafaAAatuh tughnee
um
after Except Anything Their Will avail
intercession

wayarda yashao liman Allahu ya/thana an

A pleases He wills For whom Allah Has given That
leave

             

     

26. Wakam min malakin fee alssamawati la tughnee shafaAAatuhum shay-an illa min baAAdi an
ya/thana Allahu liman yashao wayarda
And there are many angels in the heavens, whose intercession will avail nothing except
after Allah has given leave for whom He wills and pleases.

layusammoon bial-akhirati yu/minoona la allatheena Inna

a
Name In the Who believe Not Those Verily
Hereafter

al-ontha tasmiyata almala-ikata

Female With names The angels
(of)

         

27. Inna allatheena la yu/minoona bial-akhirati layusammoona almala-ikata tasmiyata al-ontha
Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.

in AAilmin min Bihi lahum Wama

not knowledge any Thereof They have While not

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la alththanna wa-inna alththanna illa yattabiAAoon
a
Doesnot Guess And verily A guess But They follow

shay-an alhaqqi mina yughnee

At all The truth For Substitute

               

  

28. Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin in yattabiAAoona illa alththanna wa-inna alththanna la
yughnee mina alhaqqi shay-an
While they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no
substitute for the truth.

thikrina AAan tawalla man AAan FaaAArid

Our Reminder From Turns away Him who From Therefore
withdraw

alddunya alhayata illa yurid walam

Of this world The life But He desires And not

           
29. FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAan thikrina walam yurid illa alhayata alddunya
Therefore withdraw (O Muhammad ) from him who turns away from Our Reminder (this
Qur'an) and desires nothing but the life of this world.

rabbaka inna alAAilmi mina mablaghuhum Thalika

Your Lord Verily Knowledge Of Their highest That is
point

sabeelihi AAan dalla biman aAAlamu huwa

His path From Goes astray Him who Knows best He is who

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 ihtada bimani aAAlamu wahuwa
Receives Him who Knows best And He
guidance

             

   

30. Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmi inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan
sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada
That is what they could reach of knowledge. Verily, your Lord it is He Who knows best him
who goes astray from His Path, and He knows best him who receives guidance.

fee wama alssamawati fee ma Walillahi

In And all that is The Heavens In All that is And to Allah
belongs

AAamiloo bima asaoo allatheena liyajziya al-ardi

They have With that Who do evil Those That He may The Earth
done which requite

bialhusna ahsanoo allatheena wayajziya

With Who do good Those And reward
goodness

           

    

31. Walillahi ma fee alssamawati wama fee al-ardi liyajziya allatheena asaoo bima AAamiloo
wayajziya allatheena ahsanoo bialhusna
And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, that He may
requite those who do evil with that which they have done (i.e. punish them in Hell), and
reward those who do good, with what is best (i.e. Paradise).

illa waalfawahish al-ithmi kaba-ira yajtaniboona Allatheena

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Except And illegal Sins Great Who avoid Those
sexual contact

huwa almaghfirati wasiAAu rabbaka inna allamama

He Forgiveness Of vast Your Lord is Verily The small
faults

al-ardi mina anshaakum ith bikum aAAlamu

The Earth From He created When (of) you Knows well
you

ommahatiku butooni fee ajinnatun antum wa-ith

m
Of your Wombs In Fetuses You were And when
mothers

bimani aAAlamu huwa anfusakum tuzakkoo fala

Him who Knows best He To yourselves Ascribe purity So not

ittaqa
Fears (Allah)

          

            

           
32. Allatheena yajtaniboona kaba-ira al-ithmi waalfawahisha illa allamama inna rabbaka
wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ith anshaakum mina al-ardi wa-ith antum ajinnatun
fee butooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakum huwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa
Those who avoid great sins (see the Qur'an, Verses: 6:152,153) and Al-Fawahish (illegal
sexual intercourse, etc.) except the small faults, verily, your Lord is of vast forgiveness. He
knows you well when He created you from the earth (Adam), and when you were fetuses in
your mothers' wombs. So ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows best him who fears
Allah and keep his duty to Him [i.e. those who are Al-Muttaqun (pious - see V.2:2)].
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 tawalla allathee Afaraayta
Truned away Him who Did you
observe

   

33. Afaraayta allathee tawalla
Did you (O Muhammad ) observe him who turned away (from Islam).

Waakda qaleelan WaaAAta

Then He A little And gave
stopped
(giving)

   

34. WaaAAta qaleelan waakda
And gave a little, then stopped (giving)?

yara fahuwa alghaybi Aailmu aAAindahu

He sees So that Of the unseen The Is with him
knowledge

     

35. aAAindahu Aailmu alghaybi fahuwa yara
Is with him the knowledge of the unseen so that he sees?

suhufi Fee bima yunabba/ lam Am

The pages In With what is He is Not Or
(scripture) informed

moosa
Of Moses

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        
36. Am lam yunabba/ bima fee suhufi moosa
Or is he not informed with what is in the Pages (Scripture) of Musa (Moses),

waffa allathee Wa-

ibraheema
Fulfilled (his Who Of Abraham
convenant)

   

37. Wa-ibraheema allathee waffa
And of Ibrahim (Abraham) who fulfilled (or conveyed) all that (what Allah ordered him to do
or convey),

okhra wizra waziratun taziru Alla

Of another The burden Burdened Shall bear That not
Person

     

38. Alla taziru waziratun wizra okhra
That no burdened person (with sins) shall bear the burden (sins) of another.

saAAa Ma illa lil-insani laysa Waan

He strives for What But Man can have Nothing And that

      

39. Waan laysa lil-insani illa ma saAAa
And that man can have nothing but what he does (good or bad) ,

yura sawfa saAAyahu Waanna

Seen Will be His efforts And that

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     
40. Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura
And that his deeds will be seen,

al-awfa aljazaa yujzahu Thumma

Full and best Recompense He will be Then
recompensed

    

41. Thumma yujzahu aljazaa al-awfa
Then he will be recompensed with a full and the best recompense

almuntaha rabbika ila Waanna

Is the end Your Lord To And that

    

42. Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha
And that to your Lord (Allah) is the End (Return of everything).

Waabka adhaka huwa Waannahu

And makes Who makes He And that it is
weep laugh

    

43. Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka
And that it is He (Allah) Who makes (whom He wills) laugh, and makes (whom He wills)
weep;

waahya amata huwa Waannahu

And gives life He who He And that it is
causes death

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     
44. Waannahu huwa amata waahya
And that it is He (Allah) Who causes death and gives life;

waal-ontha Alththakara alzzawjayni khalaqa Waannahu

And female Male The pairs Created And that He

     

45. Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waal-ontha
And that He (Allah) creates the pairs, male and female,

tumna itha nutfatin Min

It is emitted When The drops of From
semen

    

46. Min nutfatin itha tumna
From Nutfah (drops of semen male and female discharges) when it is emitted;

al-okhra alnnash-ata Aaalayhi Waanna

Another Bringing forth Upon Him is And that

    

47. Waanna Aaalayhi alnnash-ata al-okhra
And that upon Him (Allah) is another bringing forth (Resurrection);

Waaqna aghna huwa Waannahu

Or gives little Gives much Who And that it is
He (Allah)

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     
48. Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna
And that it is He (Allah) Who gives much or a little (or gives wealth and contentment),

alshshiAAra rabbu huwa Waannahu

Of Sirius The Lord Who is And that it is
He (Allah)

    

49. Waannahu huwa rabbu alshshiAAra
And that He (Allah) is the Lord of Sirius (the star which the pagan Arabs used to worship);

al-oola Aaadan ahlaka Waannahu

The former A`d People Who And that it is
destroyed He

    

50. Waannahu ahlaka Aaadan al-oola
And that it is He (Allah) Who destroyed the former „Ad (people),

abqa fama Wathamooda

He spared So none And Thamud
(people)

   

51. Wathamooda fama abqa
And Thamud (people). He spared none of them.

kanoo innahum qablu Min noohin Waqawma

were Verily they before Of Naoh And the
people

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 waatgha athlama hum
And more More unjust they
rebellious and
transgressing

          
52. Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo hum athlama waatgha
And the people of Nuh (Noah) aforetime, verily, they were more unjust and more rebellious
and transgressing [in disobeying Allah and His Messenger Nuh (Noah)].

ahwa Waalmu/tafik
ata
He destroyed And the
overthrown
cities

  

53. Waalmu/tafikata ahwa
And He destroyed the overthrown cities [of Sodom to which Prophet Lout (Lot) was sent].

ghashsha Ma Faghashshaha
Did cover That which So covered
them

   

54. Faghashshaha ma ghashsha
So there covered them that which did cover (i.e. torment with stones).

tatamara Rabbika ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you Your Lord Graces of Then which
doubt of

    

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55. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbika tatamara
Then which of the Graces of your Lord (O man!) will you doubt.

al-oola alnnuthuri mina natheerun Hatha

Of old The warners Of A warner This is

     

56. Hatha natheerun mina alnnuthuri al-oola
This (Muhammad ) is a warner (Messenger) of the (series of) warners (Messengers) of
old .

al-azifatu Azifati
The day of Draws near
resurrection

  

57. Azifati al-azifatu
The Day of Resurrection draws near,

kashifatun Allahi dooni min Laha Laysa

Can remove Allah besides For it None

      

58. Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifatun
None besides Allah can avert it, (or advance it, or delay it).

taAAjaboona alhadeethi hatha Afamin

You wonder Recital This Do then at

    

59. Afamin hatha alhadeethi taAAjaboona
Do you then wonder at this recital (the Qur'an)?

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 tabkoona wala Watadhakoon
a
Weep And not And you
laugh

   

60. Watadhakoona wala tabkoona
And you laugh at it and weep not,

Samidoona Waantum
Wasting your And you are
life in pastime
and
amusements

  

61. Waantum samidoona
Wasting your (precious) lifetime in pastime and amusements (singing, etc.).

waoAAbudoo Lillahi Faosjudoo

And worship To Allah So fall you
Him down in
prostration

     

62. Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo
So fall you down in prostration to Allah, and worship Him (Alone). (Sajda-e- Tilawath)

Surah # 54
AL-QAMAR
Makkia

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 Period of Revelation
The incident of the splitting of the moon as described in this surah, happened
in Mina in Makkah five years before the Prophet’s (pboh) migration to
madina.This surah contains 55 verses and 3 sections.

alqamaru wainshaqqa alssaAAatu Iqtarabati

The Moon And has cleft The Hour Has drawn
asunder near

     

1. Iqtarabati alssaAAatu wainshaqqa alqamaru
The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder (the people of Makkah
requested Prophet Muhammad to show them a miracle, so he showed them the splitting
of the moon).

sihrun wayaqooloo yuAAridoo ayatan yaraw Wa-in

Magic And say They turn A sign They see And if
away

mustamirrun
Continous

       

2. Wa-in yaraw ayatan yuAAridoo wayaqooloo sihrun mustamirrun
And if they see a sign, they turn away, and say: “This is continuous magic.”

mustaqirrun amrin wakullu ahwaahum waittabaAAo Wakaththabo

o o
Will be Matter And every Their own And followed And they
settled lusts denied

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        
3. Wakaththaboo waittabaAAoo ahwaahum wakullu amrin mustaqirrun
They belied (the Verses of Allah, this Qur‟an), and followed their own lusts. And every
matter will be settled [according to the kind of deeds (for the doer of good deeds, his deeds
will take him to Paradise, and similarly evil deeds will take their doers to Hell)].

Feehi ma al-anba-i mina jaahum Walaqad

Wherein is News (of) Has come to And indeed
them

muzdajarun
To check
(deterrent)

       

4. Walaqad jaahum mina al-anba-i ma feehi muzdajarun
And indeed there has come to them news (in this Qur'an) wherein there is (enough
warning) to check (them from evil),

alnnuthuru tughnee fama balighatun Hikmatun

Warners Benefit But not Perfect wisdom
(them)

      

5. Hikmatun balighatun fama tughnee alnnuthuru
Perfect wisdom (this Qur'an), but (the preaching of) warners benefit them not,

ila alddaAAi yadAAu yawma AAanhum Fatawalla

To The caller Will call The day that From them So withdraw
(them) you

nukurin shay-in
A terrible Thing

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          
6. Fatawalla AAanhum yawma yadAAu alddaAAi ila shay-in nukurin
So (O Muhammad ) withdraw from them. The Day that the caller will call (them) to a
terrible thing.

kaannahum al-ajdathi mina yakhrujoona absaruhum KhushshaAA

an
As if they The graves From They will Their eyes Will be
were come forth humbled

muntashirun jaradun
Spread aboard Locusts

        

7. KhushshaAAan absaruhum yakhrujoona mina al-ajdathi kaannahum jaradun muntashirun
They will come forth, with humbled eyes from (their) graves as if they were locusts spread
abroad,

hatha alkafiroona yaqoolu alddaAAi Ila MuhtiAAeena

This is The Will say The Caller towards Hastening
disbelievers

AAasirun yawmun
Hard A day

         

8. MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun
Hastening towards the caller, the disbelievers will say: "This is a hard Day."

AAabdana fakaththaboo noohin qawmu qablahum Kaththabat

Our slave They rejected Of Noah The people Before them Denied

waizdujira majnoonun waqaloo

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 And he was A madman And said
insolently
rebucked and
threatened

          
9. Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohin fakaththaboo AAabdana waqaloo majnoonun waizdujira
The people of Nuh (Noah) denied (their Messenger) before them, they rejected Our slave,
and said: "A madman!" and he was insolently rebuked and threatened.

faintasir maghloobun Annee rabbahu FadaAAa

So help (me) Have been I His Lord So he invoked
overcome

     

10. FadaAAa rabbahu annee maghloobun faintasir
Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!"

Munhamirin bima-in alssama-i abwaba Fafatahna

Pouring forth With water Of Heaven The gates So we opened

     

11. Fafatahna abwaba alssama-i bima-in munhamirin
So We opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth.

AAala Almao failtaqa AAuyoonan al-arda Wafajjarna

For The waters So met With springs The Earth And we
caused to
gush forth

qudira qad amrin

Predestined A matter

         

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12. Wafajjarna al-arda AAuyoonan failtaqa almao AAala amrin qad qudira
And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs. So the waters (of the heaven and the
earth) met for a matter predestined.

wadusurin alwahin thati AAala Wahamalnah

u
And nails Planks Made of On And We
carried him

     

13. Wahamalnahu AAala thati alwahin wadusurin
And We carried him on a (ship) made of planks and nails,

kufira Kana liman jazaan bi-aAAyunina Tajree

Rejected Has been For Him who A reward Under our Floating
eyes

      

14. Tajree bi-aAAyunina jazaan liman kana kufira
Floating under Our Eyes, a reward for him who had been rejected!

muddakirin min fahal ayatan taraknaha Walaqad

That will Any Then is there As a sign We have left And indeed
remember this

      

15. Walaqad taraknaha ayatan fahal min muddakirin
And indeed, We have left this as a sign, then is there any that will remember (or receive
admonition)?

wanuthuri AAathabee kana Fakayfa

And My My torment Was Then how
warnings

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16. Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

min fahal lilththikri alqur-ana yassarna Walaqad

Any Then is there To understand Quran We have And indeed
and remember made easy

muddakirin
That will
remember

       

17. Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember, then is there any
that will remember (or receive admonition)?

wanuthuri AAathabee kana fakayfa AAadun Kaththabat

And My My Torment Was Then how A`d Denied
warnings

      

18. Kaththabat AAadun fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
'Ad (people) belied (their Prophet, Hud), then how (terrible) was My Torment and My
Warnings?

Fee sarsaran reehan AAalayhim arsalna Inna

On Furious Wind Against them We sent Verily

mustamirrin nahsin yawmi

And Of evil omen A day
continous
calamity

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          
19. Inna arsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee yawmi nahsin mustamirrin
Verily, We sent against them a furious wind of harsh voice on a day of evil omen and
continuous calamity.

munqaAAirin nakhlin aAAjazu kaannahum alnnasa TanziAAu

Uprooted Of Date-Palm Stems As if they The men Plucking out
were

      

20. TanziAAu alnnasa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin munqaAAirin
Plucking out men as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms.

wanuthuri AAathabee kana Fakayfa

And My My torment Was Then How
warnings

    

21. Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

min fahal lilththikri alqur-ana yassarna Walaqad

Any Then is there To understand The Quran We have And indeed
and remember made easy

muddakirin
That will
remember

       

22. Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember, then is there any
that will remember (or receive admonition)?

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Section 2

bialnnuthuri thamoodu Kaththabat

The warnings Thamud Denied
(people)

   

23. Kaththabat thamoodu bialnnuthuri
Thamud (people also) belied the warnings.

inna nattabiAAuhu wahidan Minna abasharan Faqaloo

Truly we That we are to Alone From among A man For they said
should be follow us

wasuAAurin dalalin lafee ithan

And distress Error In Then
or madness

          
24. Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin
For they said: "A man! Alone from among us, that we are to follow? Truly, then we should
be in error and distress or madness!"

bal baynina min AAalayhi alththikru Aolqiya

Nay Among us From To Him The reminder Is sent

Ashirun kaththabun huwa

An insolent A liar He is

         
25. Aolqiya alththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirun
"Is it that the Reminder is sent to him [Prophet Salih (Saleh)] alone from among us? Nay,
he is an insolent liar!"

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 al-ashiru alkaththabu Mani ghadan SayaAAlamo
ona
The insolent The liar Who is Tomorrow They will
one come to know

     

26. SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu al-ashiru
Tomorrow they will come to know, who is the liar, the insolent one!

fairtaqibhum lahum fitnatan alnnaqati mursiloo Inna

So watch For them As a test The she- Are sending Verily we
them camel

waistabir
And be
patient

       

27. Inna mursiloo alnnaqati fitnatan lahum fairtaqibhum waistabir
Verily, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them [O Salih (Saleh)],
and be patient!

kullu baynahum qismatun almaa anna Wanabbi/hum

Each (one Between them Is to be The water That And inform
right) shared them

muhtadarun shirbin
Being To drink
established(
by turns)

         

28. Wanabbi/hum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarun
And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Each one's right to

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drink being established (by turns).

faAAaqara fataAAata sahibahum Fanadaw

And killed And he took Their But they
her comrade called

    

29. Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqara
But they called their comrade and he took (a sword) and killed (her).

wanuthuri AAathabee kana Fakayfa

And My My torment Was Then how
warnings

    

30. Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthuri
Then, how (terrible) was My Torment and My Warnings?

fakanoo wahidatan Sayhatan AAalayhim arsalna Inna

And they A single Torment Against them We sent Verily
became (awful cry)

almuhtathiri kahasheemi
Of a fence Like the dry
builder stubble

        

31. Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhtathiri
Verily, We sent against them a single Saihah (torment - awful cry, etc.), and they became
like the dry stubble of a fold-builder.

min fahal lilththikri alqur-ana yassarna Walaqad

Any Then is there To understand The Quran We have And indeed

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 and remember made easy

muddakirin
That will
remember

       

32. Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember, then is there any
that will remember (or receive admonition)?

bialnnuthuri lootin qawmu Kaththabat

The warnings Of Lot The people Denied

    

33. Kaththabat qawmu lootin bialnnuthuri
The people of Lout (Lot) belied the warnings.

ala illa Hasiban AAalayhim arsalna Inna

The family Except Violent Against them We sent Verily
storms of
stones

bisaharin najjaynahum lootin

In the last Whom we Of Lot
Hour of the saved
night

          
34. Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharin
Verily, We sent against them a violent storm of stones (which destroyed them all), except
the family of Lout (Lot), whom We saved in last hour of the night,

man najzee kathalika AAindina min NiAAmatan

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Him who We reward Thus Us From As a favour

shakara
Gives thanks

        

35. NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakara
As a Favour from Us, thus do We reward him who gives thanks (by obeying Us).

bialnnuthuri fatamaraw batshatana antharahum Walaqad

The warnings But they did (of) Our grasp He had And indeed
doubt warned them

     

36. Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw bialnnuthuri
And he [Lout (Lot)] indeed had warned them of Our Grasp, but they did doubt the warnings!

aAAyunahum fatamasna dayfihi AAan rawadoohu Walaqad

Ther eyes So we blinded His guests About They sought And verily
of lure (him)

wanuthuri AAathabee fathooqoo

And my My torment Then taste
warnings you

         
37. Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
And they indeed sought to shame his guest (by asking to commit sodomy with them). So
We blinded their eyes, "Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."

mustaqirrun AAathabun Bukratan sabbahahum Walaqad

An abiding torment Early Seized them And verily
in the
Morning

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      
38. Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrun
And verily, an abiding torment seized them early in the morning.

wanuthuri AAathabee Fathooqoo

And my My torment Then taste
warnings you

   

39. Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthuri
"Then taste you My Torment and My Warnings."

min fahal lilththikri alqur-ana yassarna Walaqad

Any Then there is To understand The Quran We have And indeed
and remember made easy

muddakirin
That will
remember

       

40. Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana lilththikri fahal min muddakirin
And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember, then is there any
that will remember (or receive admonition)?
Section 3

alnnuthuru firAAawna ala jaa Walaqad

Warnings Of Phaoraon The peole Came to And indeed

     

41. Walaqad jaa ala firAAawna alnnuthuru
And indeed, warnings came to the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) [through Musa (Moses) and
Harun (Aaron)].

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AAazeezin akhtha faakhathnahu kulliha bi-ayatina Kaththaboo
m
of Almighty With a So we seized All (everyone Our signs (they) denied
seizure them thereof)

muqtadirin
All-capable to
carry out
what He wills

       

42. Kaththaboo bi-ayatina kulliha faakhathnahum akhtha AAazeezin muqtadirin
(They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable
to carry out what he Will (Omnipotent).

lakum am ola-ikum min khayrun Akuffarukum

Have you Or These Than Better Are you
disbelievers

alzzuburi fee baraatun

The devine In An immunity
scriptures

         
43. Akuffarukum khayrun min ola-ikum am lakum baraatun fee alzzuburi
Are your disbelievers (O Quraish!) better than these [nations of Nuh (Noah), Lout (Lot),
Salih (Saleh), and the people of Fir'aun (Pharaoh), etc., who were destroyed)? Or have you
an immunity (against Our Torment) in the Divine Scriptures?

muntasirun jameeAAun Nahnu yaqooloona Am

And we shall A great We are Do they say Or
be victorious multitude

     

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44. Am yaqooloona nahnu jameeAAun muntasirun
Or do they say: "We are a great multitude, and we shall be victorious.?"

alddubura wayuwalloon aljamAAu Sayuhzamu

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(their) backs And they will (their) Will be put to
show multitude flight

    

45. Sayuhzamu aljamAAu wayuwalloona alddubura
Their multitude will be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

waamarru adha waalssaAAat mawAAiduhu alssaAAatu Bali

u m
And more Will be more And the Hour Their The Hour is Nay , but
bitter grieveous appointed
time

      

46. Bali alssaAAatu mawAAiduhum waalssaAAatu adha waamarru
Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be
more grievous and more bitter.

wasuAAurin dalalin fee almujrimeena Inna

And will burn error (are) in The criminals Verily

     

47. Inna almujrimeena fee dalalin wasuAAurin
Verily, the Mujrimun (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals, etc.) are in error (in this
world) and will burn (in the Hell-fire in the Hereafter).

wujoohihim AAala alnnari fee yushaboona Yawma

Their faces On The fire In They will be The day
dragged

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 saqara massa thooqoo
Of Hell Touch Taste you

         
48. Yawma yushaboona fee alnnari AAala wujoohihim thooqoo massa saqara
The Day they will be dragged in the Fire on their faces (it will be said to them): "Taste you
the touch of Hell!"

biqadarin khalaqnahu shay-in kulla Inna

With devine We have Things All Verily we
preodainment created
s

     

49. Inna kulla shay-in khalaqnahu biqadarin
Verily, We have created all things with Qadar (Divine Preordainments of all things before
their creation, as written in the Book of Decrees Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz).

bialbasari kalamhin wahidatun illa amruna Wama

Of an eye As the One But Our And not
twinkling commandmen (measure)
t is

      

50. Wama amruna illa wahidatun kalamhin bialbasari
And Our Commandment is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

muddakirin min fahal ashyaAAaku ahlakna Walaqad

m
That will Any Then is there Your likes We have And indeed
remember destroyed

      

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51. Walaqad ahlakna ashyaAAakum fahal min muddakirin
And indeed, We have destroyed your likes, then is there any that will remember (or receive
admonition)?

alzzuburi fee faAAaloohu shay-in Wakullu

Records (is noted) in That have And And each
done everything

     

52. Wakullu shay-in faAAaloohu fee alzzuburi
And each and everything they have done is noted in (their) Records (of deeds).

mustatarun wakabeerin sagheerin Wakullu

Is written And big Small And
everything

     

53. Wakullu sagheerin wakabeerin mustatarun
And everything, small and big is written (in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz already beforehand i.e.
before it befalls, or is done by its doer) (See the Qur'an V.57:22).

wanaharin jannatin fee almuttaqeena Inna

And Rivers ( the midst of) (will be) in The pious Verily
(paradise) Gardens

     

54. Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaharin
Verily, The Muttaqun (pious), will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers (Paradise).

muqtadirin maleekin AAinda sidqin maqAAadi Fee

Omnipotent A King Near Of truth A seat In

( paradise)

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        
55. Fee maqAAadi sidqin AAinda maleekin muqtadirin
In a seat of truth (i.e. Paradise), near the Omnipotent King (Allah, the All-Blessed, the Most
High, the Owner of Majesty and Honour).

Surah # 55
AR-RAHMAN
Makkiha

Period of Revelation
This Surah was revealed during the very early stage of Prophet’s (pboh) stay
in Makkah. This surah contains 78 verses and 3 sections.

Alrrahmanu
The most
gracious
(Allah)

  
1. Alrrahmanu
The Most Beneficent (Allah)!

alqur-ana AAallama
The Quran He taught

  

2. AAallama alqur-ana
Has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).

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 al-insana Khalaqa
Man He created

  

3. Khalaqa al-insana
He created man.

albayana AAallamahu
Eloquent He taught
speech Him

  

4. AAallamahu albayana
He taught him eloquent speech.

bihusbanin waalqamaru Alshshamsu

Fo reckoning And the The sun
Moon

   

5. Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin
The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out
stages for each (for reckoning, etc.).

Yasjudani waalshshajaru Waalnnajmu

Both prostrate And the trees And the star

   

6. Waalnnajmu waalshshajaru yasjudani
And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate.

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 almeezana wawadaAAa rafaAAaha Waalssamaa
The balance And He has He has raised And the
set up it high Heaven

    

7. Waalssamaa rafaAAaha wawadaAAa almeezana
And the heaven He has raised high, and He has set up the Balance.

Almeezani fee tatghaw Alla

The Balance In You may That not
transgress

    

8. Alla tatghaw fee almeezani
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.

almeezana tukhsiroo wala bialqisti alwazna Waaqeemoo

The balance Make And do not With equity The weight And observe
deficient

      

9. Waaqeemoo alwazna bialqisti wala tukhsiroo almeezana
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.

lil-anami wadaAAaha Waal-arda

For the He has put it And the Earth
creatures

   

10. Waal-arda wadaAAaha lil-anami
And the earth He has put for the creatures.

al-akmami thatu waalnnakhlu fakihatun Feeha

Sheathed (with) And date Fruits There in are

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     

11. Feeha fakihatun waalnnakhlu thatu al-akmami
Therein are fruits, date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).

waalrrayhani alAAasfi thoo Waalhabbu

And sweet Leaves and With And corn
scented plants stalks for
fodder

    

12. Waalhabbu thoo alAAasfi waalrrayhani
1And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
2

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

13. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

kaalfakhkhari salsalin min al-insana Khalaqa

Like the clay Sounding clay From The man He created
of pottery

     

14. Khalaqa al-insana min salsalin kaalfakhkhari
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.

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narin Min marijin min aljanna Wakhalaqa
Fire Of Smokeless From The jinns And he
flames created

      

15. Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijin min narin
And the jinns did He create from a smokeless flame of fire.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord Blessings Then which
deny of the

    

16. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

Almaghribay warabbu almashriqayni Rabbu

ni
Of the two And the Lord Of the two (He is) the
wests easts Lord

    

17. Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni
(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter)
and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter).

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord Blessings Then which
deny of the

    

18. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

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 yaltaqiyani albahrayni Maraja
Meeting The two seas He has let
together loose

   

19. Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyani
He has let loosed the two seas (the salt water and the sweet) meeting together.

yabghiyani la barzakhun Baynahuma

Which can None (of Is a barrier Between them
transgress them)

    

20. Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyani
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

21. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

waalmarjanu allu/luo minhuma Yakhruju

And coral Pearl Of them both Come out

    

22. Yakhruju minhuma allu/luo waalmarjanu
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

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 tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi
Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

23. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

kaal-aAAlami albahri fee almunshaatu aljawari Walahu

Like The sea In Going and The ships And His are
mountains coming

      

24. Walahu aljawari almunshaatu fee albahri kaal-aAAlami
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Fo your Lord blessings Then which
deny of

    

25. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?
Section 2

Fanin AAalayha man Kullu

Will perish Is on it (earth) Who Everyone

    

26. Kullu man AAalayha fanin
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.

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waal-ikrami aljalali Thoo rabbika wajhu Wayabqa
And Honour Majesty Full of Of your Lord The face And will
abide forever

      

27. Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thoo aljalali waal-ikrami
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will abide forever.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

28. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

kulla waal-ardi alssamawati fee man Yas-aluhu

Every And on the The Heavens In Whosoever is Begs of Him
Earth

sha/nin fee huwa yawmin

A matter (to Is (in) He Day
bring forth)

           
29. Yas-aluhu man fee alssamawati waal-ardi kulla yawmin huwa fee sha/nin
Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). Every day He
has a matter to bring forth (such as giving honour to some, disgrace to some, life to some,
death to some, etc.)!

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings then which of
deny

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30. Fabi-ayyi ala-I rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

alththaqalani ayyuha lakum Sanafrughu

Two classes O you To you We shall
(jinns and attend
men)

    

31. Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha alththaqalani
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinns and men)!

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

32. Fabi-ayyi ala-I rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

istataAAtum ini waal-insi aljinni maAAshara Ya

You have If And men Of Jinns assembly O!
power

waal-ardi alssamawati aqtari min tanfuthoo an

And the Earth Of the The zones To pass beyond
heavens

bisultanin illa tanfuthoona la faonfuthoo

With Except You will be But not Then pass
authority able to pass (them)
(them)

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       

33. Ya maAAshara aljinni waal-insi ini istataAAtum an tanfuthoo min aqtari alssamawati waal-
ardi faonfuthoo la tanfuthoona illa bisultanin
O assembly of jinns and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens
and the earth, then pass (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with
authority (from Allah)!

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both of your lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

34. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

wanuhasun narin min shuwathun AAalaykuma Yursalu

And brass Fire Of Smokeless Against you Will be sent
flames both

tantasirani fala
You will be And not
able to defend
yourselves

        

35. Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathun min narin wanuhasun fala tantasirani
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you
will not be able to defend yourselves.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which

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    

36. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

kaalddihani wardatan fakanat alssamao inshaqqati Fa-itha

Like red-oil Rosy or red And it The heaven Is sent Then when
or red hide becomes asunder

      

37. Fa-itha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

38. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

insun thanbihi AAan yus-alu la Fayawma-

ithin
Of man His sin As to Question will No So on that day
be asked

jannun wala
Jinn Nor

        

39. Fayawma-ithin la yus-alu AAan thanbihi insun wala jannun
So on that Day no question will be asked of man or jinn as to his sin, (because they have
already been known from their faces either white or black).

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 tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi
Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

40. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

waal-aqdami bialnnawasee Fayu/khathu biseemahum almujrimoona YuAArafu

And (their) By (their) And they will By their Criminals, Will be
feet) forelocks be seized marks sinners known

      

41. YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahum fayu/khathu bialnnawasee waal-aqdami
The Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners, etc.) will be known by their marks (black
faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

42. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

almujrimoona biha yukaththibu allatee jahannamu Hathihi

The criminals (with it) Denied Which Hell This is
, sinners ,
polytheists

      

43. Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibu biha almujrimoona

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This is Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners, etc.) denied.

anin hameemin wabayna baynaha Yatoofoona

Water The boiling And ( Between it They will fo
Hot Between) (Hell) around

     

44. Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameemin anin
They will go between it (Hell) and the boiling hot water!

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

45. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?
Section 3

jannatani rabbihi maqama khafa Waliman

Will be two (before) his The standing Who fears And for him
gardens Lord

     

46. Waliman khafa maqama rabbihi jannatani
But for him who [the true believer of Islamic Monotheism who performs all the duties
ordained by Allah and His Messenger Muhammad , and keeps away (abstain) from all
kinds of sin and evil deeds prohibited in Islam and] fears the standing before his Lord, there
will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

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     
47. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

afnanin Thawata
Spreading With
branches

  

48. Thawata afnanin
With spreading branches;

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

49. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

tajriyani Aaaynani Feehima

Will be Two springs In them
flowing

   

50. Feehima Aaaynani tajriyani
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free)

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

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     
51. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

zawjani fakihatin kulli min Feehima

In pairs Fruit Every kind Of In them
(both)

     

52. Feehima min kulli fakihatin zawjani
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of yor Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

53. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

istabraqin min bata-inuha furushin Aaala Muttaki-eena

Silk brocade Of Whose inner Couches On Reclining
livings (will
be)

danin aljannatayni wajana

Will be near Of the two And the fruits
at hand gardens

          
54. Muttaki-eena Aaala furushin bata-inuha min istabraqin wajana aljannatayni danin
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be
near at hand.

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 tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi
Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

55. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

insun yatmithhunna lam alttarfi qasiratu Feehinna

Man Has touched Not (their) glances Will be Wherein
them (upon their restraining
husbands)

jannun wala qablahum

Jinn And (no) Before them

         
56. Feehinna qasiratu alttarfi lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun
Wherein both will be those (maidens) restraining their glances upon their husbands, whom
no man or jinn yatmithhunna (has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse) before
them.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will both of Of your Lord The blessings Then which
you deny of

    

57. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

waalmarjanu alyaqootu Kaannahunna

And coral Rubies They are like

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   

58. Kaannahunna alyaqootu waalmarjanu
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

59. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

al-ihsanu illa al-ihsani jazao Hal

Good Other than For good Reward Is

     

60. Hal jazao al-ihsani illa al-ihsanu
Is there any reward for good other than good?

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

61. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

jannatani doonihima Wamin

Are two other And besides these two
gardens

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    
62. Wamin doonihima jannatani
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will both of Of your Lord The blessings Then which
your deny of

    

63. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

Mudhammata
ni
Dark green
(in colour)

 
64. Mudhammatani
Dark green (in colour).

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

65. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

naddakhatani AAaynani Feehima

Gushing forth (will be) two In them
water springs (both)

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    
66. Feehima AAaynani naddakhatani
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth water.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

67. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

warummanun wanakhlun fakihatun Feehima

And And date Fruits In them (will
pomegranates palms be)

    

68. Feehima fakihatun wanakhlun warummanun
In them (both) will be fruits, and date- palms and pomegranates.

Tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

69. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

hisanun khayratun Feehinna

Good and (will be) fair There in
beautiful (wives)

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70. Feehinna khayratun hisanun
Therein (gardens) will be fair (wives) good and beautiful;

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

71. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

alkhiyami fee maqsooratun Hoorun

Pavilions In Restrained Houris (fair
females)

    

72. Hoorun maqsooratun fee alkhiyami
Houris (beautiful, fair females) restrained in pavilions;

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

73. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

jannun wala qablahum insun yatmithhunna Lam

jinn And no Before them Man Touched them Not

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       
74. Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun
Whom no man or jinn yatmithhunna (has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse)
before them.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

75. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

hisanin waAAabqariy khudrin rafrafin AAala Muttaki-eena

yin
Rich And mattress Green Cushions On Reclining
Beautiful

      

76. Muttaki-eena AAala rafrafin khudrin waAAabqariyyin hisanin
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

tukaththibani rabbikuma ala-i Fabi-ayyi

Will you both Of your Lord The blessings Then which
deny of

    

77. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinns and men) deny?

waal-ikrami aljalali thee rabbika Ismu Tabaraka

And Honour Majesty The owner of Of your Lord The name Blessed is

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        
78. Tabaraka ismu rabbika thee aljalali waal-ikrami
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.

Surah # 56
AL-WAQI’A
Makkia

Period of Revelation
According to the authentic sources, this Surah was revealed before the first
migration to Habsha. This Surah contains 96 verses and 3 sections.

alwaqiAAatu waqaAAati Itha

The event Befalls When
(day of
resurrection)

    

1. Itha waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
When the Event (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) befalls.

Kathibatun liwaqAAatiha Laysa

(can be) Of its Not
denying befalling

   

2. Laysa liwaqAAatiha kathibatun
And there can be no denying of its befalling.

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 rafiAAatun Khafidatun
It will exalt If will bring
low

  

3. Khafidatun rafiAAatun
It will bring low (some); (and others) it will exalt;

rajjan al-ardu Rujjati Itha

With a The Earth Will be When
terrible shake shaken

  

4. Itha rujjati al-ardu rajjan
When the earth will be shaken with a terrible shake.

bassan aljibalu Wabussati

To dust The And will be
mountains powdered

   

5. Wabussati aljibalu bassan
And the mountains will be powdered to dust.

munbaththan habaan Fakanat

Floating Dust particles So they will
become

   

6. Fakanat habaan munbaththan
So that they will become floating dust particles.

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 thalathatan azwajan Wakuntum
(in) three Kinds And you will
be

   

7. Wakuntum azwajan thalathatan
And you (all) will be in three kinds (i.e. separate groups).

almaymanati as-habu Ma almaymanati Faas-habu

On the right (will be) Who On the right So those
hand those hand

     

8. Faas-habu almaymanati ma as-habu almaymanati
So those on the Right Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Records in their right hands),
Who will be those on the Right Hand? (As a respect for them, because they will enter
Paradise).

almash-amati as-habu ma almash-amati Waas-habu

On the left (will be) Who on the left And those
hand those hand

     

9. Waas-habu almash-amati ma as-habu almash-amati
And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their left hands),
Who will be those on the Left Hand? (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell).

alssabiqoona Waalssabiqoo
na
Will be And those
foremost foremost

  

10. Waalssabiqoona alssabiqoona
And those foremost [(in Islamic Faith of Monotheism and in performing righteous deeds) in

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the life of this world on the very first call for to embrace Islam,] will be foremost (in
Paradise).

Almuqarrabo Ola-ika
ona
Will be Those
nearest (to
Allah)

  

11. Ola-ika almuqarraboona
These will be those nearest to Allah.

alnnaAAeemi jannati Fee

Of delight The gardens In

   

12. Fee jannati alnnaAAeemi
In the Gardens of delight (Paradise).

al-awwaleena mina Thullatun

The first From A multitude
generations (will be)

   

13. Thullatun mina al-awwaleena
A multitude of those (foremost) will be from the first generations (who embraced Islam).

al-akhireena mina Waqaleelun

The later From And a few
generation (will be)

   

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14. Waqaleelun mina al-akhireena
And a few of those (foremost) will be from the later time (generations).

mawdoonatin sururin AAala

(of) gold and Thrones On
precious
stones

   

15. AAala sururin mawdoonatin
(They will be) on thrones woven with gold and precious stones,

Mutaqabileen AAalayha Muttaki-eena

a
Face to face Thereon Reclining

   

16. Muttaki-eena AAalayha mutaqabileena
Reclining thereon, face to face.

mukhalladoon wildanun AAalayhim Yatoofu

a
Immortal Boys On them Will go
round
(serving)

    

17. Yatoofu AAalayhim wildanun mukhalladoona
They will be served by immortal boys,

maAAeenin Min waka/sin waabareeqa Bi-akwabin

Flowing wine From And a glass And jugs With cups

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      
18. Bi-akwabin waabareeqa waka/sin min maAAeenin
With cups, and jugs, and a glass from the flowing wine,

Yunzifoona wala AAanha yusaddaAAoo La

na
They will get And nor Wherefrom They will get Neither
any any aching of
intoxication the Head

     

19. La yusaddaAAoona AAanha wala yunzifoona
Wherefrom they will get neither any aching of the head, nor any intoxication.

yatakhayyaro mimma Wafakihatin

ona
They may From what And fruit
chose

   
20. Wafakihatin mimma yatakhayyaroona
And fruit; that they may choose.

yashtahoona mimma tayrin Walahmi

They desire From what Of fowls And the flesh

    

21. Walahmi tayrin mimma yashtahoona
And the flesh of fowls that they desire.

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 AAeenun Wahoorun
With wide And houris
lovely eyes (fair females)

  

22. Wahoorun AAeenun
And (there will be) Houris (fair females) with wide, lovely eyes (as wives for the pious),

almaknooni allu/lui Kaamthali

Preserved Pearls Like unto

   

23. Kaamthali allu/lui almaknooni
Like unto preserved pearls.

yaAAmaloon Kanoo bima Jazaan

a
They do Used to For what A reward

    

24. Jazaan bima kanoo yaAAmaloona
A reward for what they used to do.

ta/theeman wala laghwan feeha yasmaAAoon La

a
Any sinful Nor Vain talk Therein Will they hear Not
speech

      

25. La yasmaAAoona feeha laghwan wala ta/theeman
No Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk) will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech (like
backbiting, etc.).

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 salaman salaman qeelan Illa
Salam Of salaam The saying But
(greeting with
peace)

    

26. Illa qeelan salaman salaman
But only the saying of: Salam!, Salam! (greetings with peace) !

alyameeni as-habu ma alyameeni Waas-habu

On the right Those Who are On the right And those
hand hand

     

27. Waas-habu alyameeni ma as-habu alyameeni
And those on the Right Hand, Who will be those on the Right Hand?

makhdoodin sidrin Fee

Thronless Lote-trees Among

   

28. Fee sidrin makhdoodin
(They will be) among thornless lote-trees,

mandoodin Watalhin
With fruits And banana
piled one trees
above another

  

29. Watalhin mandoodin
Among Talh (banana-trees) with fruits piled one above another,

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Long And (in)
extended shade

  

30. Wathillin mamdoodin
In shade long-extended,

maskoobin Wama-in
Flowing And by water
constantly

  

31. Wama-in maskoobin
By water flowing constantly,

katheeratin Wafakihatin
In plenty And fruit

  

32. Wafakihatin katheeratin
And fruit in plenty,

mamnooAAat wala maqtooAAati La

in n
(their) supply And not Whose season Not
will be cut off is unlimited

    

33. La maqtooAAatin wala mamnooAAatin
Whose season is not limited, and their supply will not be cut off,

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n
Raised high and (on)
couches or
thrones

  

34. Wafurushin marfooAAatin
And on couches or thrones, raised high.

inshaan ansha/nahunn Inna

a
Of special We have Verily
creation created them

   

35. Inna ansha/nahunna inshaan
Verily, We have created them (maidens) of special creation.

abkaran FajaAAalnah
unna
Virgins And made
them

  

36. FajaAAalnahunna abkaran
And made them virgins.

atraban AAuruban
Equal in age Loving (their
husbands
only)

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37. AAuruban atraban
Loving (their husbands only), equal in age.

Alyameeni Li-as-habi
On the right For those
hand

  

38. Li-as-habi alyameeni
For those on the Right Hand.
Section 2

al-awwaleena mina Thullatun

The first From A multitude
generation (will be)

   

39. Thullatun mina al-awwaleena
A multitude of those (on the Right Hand) will be from the first generation (who embraced
Islam).

al-akhireena mina Wathullatun

The later From And a
generations multitude
(will be)

   

40. Wathullatun mina al-akhireena
And a multitude of those (on the Right Hand) will be from the later times (generations).

alshshimali as-habu Ma alshshimali Waas-habu

On the left Those Who On the left And those

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41. Waas-habu alshshimali ma as-habu alshshimali
And those on the Left Hand Who will be those on the Left Hand?

wahameemin samoomin Fee

And Boiling Fierce Hot In
water wind

   

42. Fee samoomin wahameemin
In fierce hot wind and boiling water,

yahmoomin min Wathillin

Black smoke Of And shadow

   

43. Wathillin min yahmoomin
And shadow of black smoke,

kareemin wala baridin La

Good Nor Cool Neither

    

44. La baridin wala kareemin
(That shadow) neither cool, nor (even) good,

mutrafeena thalika qabla kanoo Innahum

Indulged in That Before (were) Verily they
luxury

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45. Innahum kanoo qabla thalika mutrafeena
Verily, before that, they indulged in luxury,


alAAatheemi alhinthi AAala yusirroona Wakanoo
Great Sin In Persisting And were

     

46. Wakanoo yusirroona AAala alhinthi alAAatheemi
And were persisting in great sin (joining partners in worship along with Allah, committing
murders and other crimes, etc.)

turaban wakunna mitna a-itha yaqooloona Wakanoo

Dust And become We die When They say And used to

lamabAAooth a-inna waAAithama

oona n
Indeed be Shall we then And bones
resurrected

         
47. Wakanoo yaqooloona a-itha mitna wakunna turaban waAAithaman a-inna
lamabAAoothoona
And they used to say: "When we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be
resurrected?

al-awwaloona abaona Awa

Our forefathers And also

  

48. Awa abaona al-awwaloona
"And also our forefathers?"

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akhireena
And those of Those of old Verily Say (O
later time Muhammad)

    

49. Qul inna al-awwaleena waal-akhireena
Say (O Muhammad ): “(Yes) verily, those of old, and those of later times.

maAAloomin Yawmin meeqati ila LamajmooA

Aoona
Well known Day Appointed To All will be
meeting surely
gathered
together

     

50. LamajmooAAoona ila meeqati yawmin maAAloomin
“All will surely be gathered together for appointed Meeting of a known Day.

almukaththib alddalloona ayyuha innakum Thumma

oona
The deniers The error- O Verily you Then
ones

     

51. Thumma innakum ayyuha alddalloona almukaththiboona
“Then moreover, verily, you the erring-ones, the deniers (of Resurrection)!

Zaqqoomin min shajarin min Laakiloona

Zaqqum Of Trees Of You verily
will eat

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52. Laakiloona min shajarin min zaqqoomin
“You verily will eat of the trees of Zaqqum.

albutoona minha Famali-oona

(your) bellies Therewith Then you will
fill

   

53. Famali-oona minha albutoona
“Then you will fill your bellies therewith,

alhameemi Mina Aaalayhi Fashariboona

Boiling water Of On it And drink

    

54. Fashariboona Aaalayhi mina alhameemi
“And drink boiling water on top of it,

Alheemi shurba Fashariboona

Thirsty Like drinking And so you
camels drink

   

55. Fashariboona shurba alheemi
“So you will drink (that) like thirsty camels!”

alddeeni Yawma nuzuluhum Hatha

Last On the day Their This will be
(Recompense entertainment
)

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56. Hatha nuzuluhum yawma alddeeni
That will be their entertainment on the Day of Recompense!

tusaddiqoona falawla khalaqnakum Nahnu

You believe Then why do Created you We
not

    

57. Nahnu khalaqnakum falawla tusaddiqoona
We created you, then why do you believe not?

tumnoona ma Afaraaytum
You emit What Do you see

   

58. Afaraaytum ma tumnoona
Then tell Me (about) the human semen that you emit.

alkhaliqoona nahnu Am takhluqoonah Aantum

u
Are the We Or Who create it Is it you
creators

     

59. Aantum takhluqoonahu am nahnu alkhaliqoona
Is it you who create it (i.e. make this semen into a perfect human being), or are We the
Creator?

nahnu Wama almawta baynakumu qaddarna Nahnu

We (are) And not The death Between you Have decreed We

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na
Out raced

       

60. Nahnu qaddarna baynakumu almawta wama nahnu bimasbooqeena
We have decreed death to you all, and We are not outstripped.

fee wanunshi- amthalakum Nubaddila an AAala

akum
In And create Your likes We That In
you transfigure

taAAlamoona la ma
You know Not (forms) that

         

61. AAala an nubaddila amthalakum wanunshi-akum fee ma la taAAlamoona
To transfigure you and create you in (forms) that you know not.

tathakkaroona falawla al-oola alnnash-ata AAalimtumu Walaqad

You Why then not The first from The creation You have And indeed
remember or known
take heed

      

62. Walaqad AAalimtumu alnnash-ata al-oola falawla tathakkaroona
And indeed, you have already known the first form of creation (i.e. the creation of Adam),
why then do you not remember or take heed?

tahruthoona ma Afaraaytum
You sow (the seed) that Do you see

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63. Afaraaytum ma tahruthoona
Tell Me! The seed that you sow in the ground.

alzzariAAoon nahnu am tazraAAoona Aantum

a hu
Are the We Or Makes it Is it you who
growers growor

     

64. Aantum tazraAAoonahu am nahnu alzzariAAoona
Is it you that make it grow, or are We the Grower?

tafakkahoona fathaltum hutaman lajaAAalnahu nashao Law

Be regretful And you Into dry We would We willed If
would pieces surely make it

      

65.Law nashao lajalnahu hutaman fathaltum tafakkahoon
Were it our will, We would crumble it to dry pieces, and you would be regretful (or left in
wonderment).

lamughramoo Inna
na
Indeed We are
undone
(ruined ,
punished)

  

66. Inna lamughramoona
(Saying): "We are indeed Mughramun (i.e. ruined or lost the money without any profit, or
punished by the loss of all that we spend for cultivation, etc.)! [See Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, Vol.
17, Page 219]

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a
Are deprived We Nay , but

   

67. Bal nahnu mahroomoona
"Nay, but we are deprived!"

tashraboona Allathee almaa Afaraaytumu

You drink That The water Do you see

    

68. Afaraaytumu almaa allathee tashraboona
Tell Me! The water that you drink.

nahnu am Almuzni mina anzaltumoohu Aantum

We Or The rain From Who cause it Is it you
clouds to come down

almunziloona
Are the
causers of it
to come down

       

69. Aantum anzaltumoohu mina almuzni am nahnu almunziloona
Is it you who cause it from the rainclouds to come down, or are We the Causer of it to come
down?

tashkuroona falawla ojajan jaAAalnahu nashao Law

You give Why then do Salt We could We willed If
thanks not make it

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70. Law nashao jaAAalnahu ojajan falawla tashkuroona
If We willed, We verily could make it salt (and undrinkable), why then do you not give
thanks (to Allah)?

tooroona allatee alnnara Afaraaytumu

You kindle Which The fire Do you see

    

71. Afaraaytumu alnnara allatee tooroona
Tell Me! The fire which you kindle,

almunshi- nahnu am shajarataha ansha/tum Aantum

oona
Are the We Or The tree Who made to Is it you
growers thereof grow

      

72. Aantum ansha/tum shajarataha am nahnu almunshi-oona
Is it you who made the tree thereof to grow, or are We the Grower?

lilmuqweena wamataAAan tathkiratan jaAAalnaha Nahnu

For the And an article A reminder Have made it We
travelers of use

     

73. Nahnu jaAAalnaha tathkiratan wamataAAan lilmuqweena
We have made it a Reminder (for the Hell-fire, in the Hereafter); and an article of use for
the travellers (and all the others, in this world).

alAAatheemi rabbika biismi Fasabbih

The most Your Lord With the Then glorify

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    

74. Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
Then glorify with praises the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.
Section 3

alnnujoomi bimawaqiAAi oqsimu Fala

Of the stars By setting I swear So verily

     

75. Fala oqsimu bimawaqiAAi alnnujoomi
So I swear by Mawaqi (setting or the mansions, etc.) of the stars (they traverse).

AAatheemun taAAlamoona law laqasamun Wa-innahu

Great You know If Oath And verily
that is

     

76. Wa-innahu laqasamun law taAAlamoona AAatheemun
And verily, that is indeed a great oath, if you but know.

kareemun laqur-anun Innahu

An Indeed a Verily this is
honourable recital (the
Quran)

   

77. Innahu laqur-anun kareemun
That (this) is indeed an honourable recital (the Noble Qur'an).

Maknoonin kitabin Fee

Well guarded A book In

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78. Fee kitabin maknoonin
In a Book well-guarded (with Allah in the heaven i.e. Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz).

almutahharoo illa yamassuhu La

na
The purified But Touches it None

    

79. La yamassuhu illa almutahharoona
Which (that Book with Allah) none can touch but the purified (i.e. the angels).

alAAalameen rabbi min Tanzeelun

a
Of the worlds The Lord From A revelation

    

80. Tanzeelun min rabbi alAAalameena
A Revelation (this Qur'an) from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

Mudhinoona antum alhadeethi Afabihatha

Deny (that ) you A talk Is it such

    

81. Afabihatha alhadeethi antum mudhinoona
Is it such a talk (this Qur'an) that you (disbelievers) deny?

Tukaththiboo annakum rizqakum WatajAAaloo

na na
You deny That you Your And you
(Him) provision make it

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82. WatajAAaloona rizqakum annakum tukaththiboona
And instead (of thanking Allah) for the provision He gives you, on the contrary, you deny
Him (by disbelief)!

alhulqooma balaghati itha Falawla

The throat It reaches When Then why not

    

83. Falawla itha balaghati alhulqooma
Then why do you not (intervene) when (the soul of a dying person) reaches the throat?

tanthuroona heena-ithin Waantum

Are looking At the And you
on moment

   

84. Waantum heena-ithin tanthuroona
And you at the moment are looking on,

la walakin minkum ilayhi aqrabu Wanahnu

Not But Then you To Him Are nearer But we

tubsiroona
You see

       

85. Wanahnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walakin la tubsiroona
But We (i.e. Our angels who take the soul) are nearer to him than you, but you see not,
[Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol.27, Page 209]

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 madeeneena ghayra kuntum in Falawla
From the Except You are If Then why not
reckoning and
recompense

     

86. Falawla in kuntum ghayra madeeneena
Then why do you not, if you are exempt from the reckoning and recompense (punishment,
etc.)

sadiqeena kuntum in TarjiAAoona

ha
truthful You are If Bring back
the soul

    

87. TarjiAAoonaha in kuntum sadiqeena
Bring back the soul (to its body), if you are truthful?

almuqarrabee mina kana in Faamma

na
Those Of He be If Then
brought near
(to Allah)

     

88. Faamma in kana mina almuqarrabeena
Then, if he (the dying person) be of the Muqarrabun (those brought near to Allah),

naAAeemin wajannatu warayhanun Farawhun

Of delights And a garden And provision Rest

    

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89. Farawhun warayhanun wajannatu naAAeemin
(There is for him) rest and provision, and a Garden of delights (Paradise).

alyameeni as-habi min kana in Waamma

On the right Those Of He be If And yet
hand

      

90. Waamma in kana min as-habi alyameeni
And if he (the dying person) be of those on the Right Hand,

alyameeni as-habi min laka Fasalamun

On th right Those From For you Then (there)
hand is safety and
peace

     

91. Fasalamun laka min as-habi alyameeni
Then there is safety and peace (from the Punishment of Allah) for (you as you are from)
those on the Right Hand.

alddalleena Almukaththib mina kana in Waamma

eena
The erring The denying Of He be If And yet

      

92. Waamma in kana mina almukaththibeena alddalleena
But if he (the dying person) be of the denying (of the Resurrection), the erring (away from
the Right Path of Islamic Monotheism),

hameemin min Fanuzulun

Boiling water From Then (for
him) is
entertainment

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93. Fanuzulun min hameemin
Then for him is entertainment with boiling water.

jaheemin Watasliyatu
In the Hell And burning
fire

  

94. Watasliyatu jaheemin
And burning in Hell-fire.

alyaqeeni haqqu lahuwa hatha Inna

With An absolute This is This Verily
certainity truth

     

95. Inna hatha lahuwa haqqu alyaqeeni
Verily, this! This is an absolute Truth with certainty.

alAAatheemi rabbika biismi Fasabbih

The Most Of your Lord With praises So glorify
great the names

     

96. Fasabbih biismi rabbika alAAatheemi
So glorify with praises the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.

Surah # 57
AL-HADEED
Madani

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 Period of Revelation
This Surah was revealed in Madina during the interval between the Battle of
Uhud and ‘The Truce of Hudaibiya’ i.e. between the fourth and fifth year after
Hijra. This Surah contains 29 verses and 4 Sections.

waal-ardi alssamawati fee ma lillahi Sabbaha

And the Earth The sky Is in Whatsoever (for) Allah Glorifies

alhakeemu alAAazeezu wahuwa

All-Wise The Almighty And He is

           

1. Sabbaha lillahi ma fee alssamawati waal-ardi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeemu
Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah, and He is the All-Mighty, All-
Wise.

wayumeetu yuhyee waal-ardi alssamawati mulku Lahu

And causes He gives life And the Earth Of the The kingdom His is
death Heaven

qadeerun shay-in kulli AAala wahuwa

The Most- Things All Over And He
Able

            


2. Lahu mulku alssamawati waal-ardi yuhyee wayumeetu wahuwa AAala kulli shay-in qadeerun
His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, It is He Who gives life and causes death;
and He is Able to do all things.

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wahuwa waalbatinu waalththahiru waal-akhiru al-awwalu Huwa
And He is And the Most The most And the Last The first He is
near high

Aaaleemun shay-in bikulli

The All- Thing Of every
knower

          
3. Huwa al-awwalu waal-akhiru waalththahiru waalbatinu wahuwa bikulli shay-in Aaaleemun
He is the First (nothing is before Him) and the Last (nothing is after Him), the Most High
(nothing is above Him) and the Most Near (nothing is nearer than Him). And He is the All-
Knower of every thing.

fee waal-arda alssamawati Khalaqa allathee Huwa

In And the Earth The Heavens Created Who He is

alAAarshi Aaala istawa thumma ayyamin sittati

The throne Over Rose And then Days Six

wama al-ardi fee yaliju ma yaAAlamu

And what The Earth Into Goes What He knows

alssama-i mina yanzilu wama minha yakhruju

The sky From Descends And what From it Comes forth

ayna maAAakum wahuwa feeha yaAAruju wama

_ With you And He is Thereto Ascends And what

baseerun taAAmaloona bima waAllahu kuntum ma

Is the All- You do Of what And Allah You may be wheresoevere
Seer

          

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             

              
4. Huwa allathee khalaqa alssamawati waal-arda fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa AAala
alAAarshi yaAAlamu ma yaliju fee al-ardi wama yakhruju minha wama yanzilu mina alssama-i
wama yaAAruju feeha wahuwa maAAakum ayna ma kuntum waAllahu bima taAAmaloona
baseerun
He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and then Istawa (rose over) the
Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty). He knows what goes into the earth and what
comes forth from it, what descends from the heaven and what ascends thereto. And He is
with you (by His Knowledge) wheresoever you may be. And Allah is the All-Seer of what you
do.

Allahi wa-ila waal-ardi alssamawati mulku Lahu

Allah And to And the Earth Of the The kingdom His is
Heavens

al-omooru turjaAAu
All the Return
matters

         

5. Lahu mulku alssamawati waal-ardi wa-ila Allahi turjaAAu al-omooru
His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And to Allah return all the matters (for
decision).

alnnahara wayooliju alnnahari fee Allayla Yooliju

Day And merges Day Into Night He merges

alssudoori bithati AAaleemun wahuwa allayi fee

In the breasts Of Full And He has Night Into
whatsoever is knowledge

            

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6. Yooliju allayla fee alnnahari wayooliju alnnahara fee allayi wahuwa AAaleemun bithati
alssudoori
He merges night into day (i.e. the decrease in the hours of the night is added into the hours
of the day), and merges day into night (i.e. the decrease in the hours of the day is added
into the hours of the night), and He has full knowledge of whatsoever is in the breasts.

jaAAalakum mimma waanfiqoo warasoolihi biAllahi Aminoo

He has made Of what And spend And His In Allah You believe
you Messenger
(Muhammad)

waanfaqoo minkum amanoo faallatheena feehi mustakhlafee

na
And spend Of you Who believe And those Whereof Trustees

kabeerun ajrun lahum

A great Reward Theirs (will
be)

         

      

7. Aminoo biAllahi warasoolihi waanfiqoo mimma jaAAalakum mustakhlafeena feehi
faallatheena amanoo minkum waanfaqoo lahum ajrun kabeerun
Believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad ), and spend of that whereof He has
made you trustees. And such of you as believe and spend (in Allah's Way), theirs will be a
great reward.

waalrrasoolu biAllahi tu/minoona La lakum Wama

And the In Allah You believe That not With you And what is
Messenger the matter

meethaqakum akhatha waqad birabbikum litu/minoo yadAAookum

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Your He has taken And indeed In your Lord To believe Invites you
covenant

mu/mineena kuntum in
Real believers You are If

           

    

8. Wama lakum la tu/minoona biAllahi waalrrasoolu yadAAookum litu/minoo birabbikum
waqad akhatha meethaqakum in kuntum mu/mineena
And what is the matter with you that you believe not in Allah! While the Messenger
(Muhammad ) invites you to believe in your Lord (Allah), and He (Allah) has indeed
taken your covenant, if you are real believers.

ayatin AAabdihi AAala Yunazzilu allathee Huwa

signs His slaves To Sends down Who He is

alnnoori ila alththulumati mina liyukhrijakum bayyinatin

The light Into The darkness From That He may Manifest
bring you out

raheemun laraoofun bikum Allaha wa-inna

Mosr merciful Full of To you Allah is And verily
kindness

          

       

9. Huwa allathee yunazzilu AAala AAabdihi ayatin bayyinatin liyukhrijakum mina alththulumati
ila alnnoori wa-inna Allaha bikum laraoofun raheemun
It is He Who sends down manifest Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) to His slave (Muhammad ) that He may bring you out from darkness
into light. And verily, Allah is to you full of kindness, Most Merciful.

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sabeeli Fee tunfiqoo alla lakum Wama
The (way) In You spend That not With you And what is
cause the matter

la waal-ardi alssamawati meerathu walillahi Allahi

Not And the Earth Of the The Heritage And to Allah Of Allah
Heavens belongs

qabli min anfaqa man minkum yastawee

Before (from) Spent Whose who Among you Equal are

mina darajatan aAAthamu ola-ika waqatala alfathi

Than In degree Are greater Such And fought The
conquering
(of Makkah)

wakullan waqataloo baAAdu min anfaqoo allatheena

But to all And fought after Who spent Those

taAAmaloona bima waAllahu alhusna Allahu waAAada

You do Of what And Allah The best Allah Has promised
(reward)

khabeerun
Is All-Aware

            

           

             

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10. Wama lakum alla tunfiqoo fee sabeeli Allahi walillahi meerathu alssamawati waal-ardi la
yastawee minkum man anfaqa min qabli alfathi waqatala ola-ika aAAthamu darajatan mina
allatheena anfaqoo min baAAdu waqataloo wakullan waAAada Allahu alhusna waAllahu bima
taAAmaloona khabeerun
And what is the matter with you that you spend not in the Cause of Allah? And to Allah
belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. Not equal among you are those who
spent and fought before the conquering (of Makkah) (with those among you who did so
later). Such are higher in degree than those who spent and fought afterwards. But to all,
Allah has promised the best (reward). And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
Section 2

qardan Allaha yuqridu allathee tha Man

Loan To Allah Will lend Who that Who is he

kareemun ajrun walahu lahu fayudaAAifah Hasanan

u
A good Reward And he will To his credit Then (Allah) A goodly
have (for him) will increase
it many fold

           


11. Man tha allathee yuqridu Allaha qardan hasanan fayudaAAifahu lahu walahu ajrun
kareemun
Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan, then (Allah) will increase it many fold to his
credit (in repaying), and he will have (besides) a good reward (i.e. Paradise).

nooruhum yasAAa waalmu/mina almu/mineena tara Yawma

ti
Their light Running And believing The believing You shall see On the day
women men

jannatun alyawma bushrakumu wabi- aydeehim bayna

aymanihim
Gardens This day Glad tidings And by their In front of them

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feeha khalideena al-anharu tahtiha min tajree

Therein To dwell Rivers underneath Flowing
forever

alAAatheemu alfawzu huwa thalika

The great Success It is That

        

           

  

12. Yawma tara almu/mineena waalmu/minati yasAAa nooruhum bayna aydeehim wabi-
aymanihim bushrakumu alyawma jannatun tajree min tahtiha al-anharu khalideena feeha thalika
huwa alfawzu alAAatheemu
On the Day you shall see the believing men and the believing women their light running
forward before them and by their right hands. Glad tidings for you this Day! Gardens under
which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever! Truly, this is the great success!

amanoo lillatheena Waalmunafiq almunafiqoon yaqoolu Yawma

atu a
Who believe To those And Hypocrites Will say On the day
hypocrites men
women

irjiAAoo qeela noorikum min naqtabis onthuroona

Go back it will be said Your light From Let us get Wait for us
something

bisoorin baynahum faduriba nooran failtamisoo waraakum

A wall Between them So will be put A light Then seek To your rear
up

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wathahiruhu alrrahmatu feehi batinuhu babun lahu
And outside it Will be mercy In it Inside it A gate Therein

alAAathabu qibalihi min

The torment Facing towards

       

          

        

13. Yawma yaqoolu almunafiqoona waalmunafiqatu lillatheena amanoo onthuroona naqtabis
min noorikum qeela irjiAAoo waraakum failtamisoo nooran faduriba baynahum bisoorin lahu
babun batinuhu feehi alrrahmatu wathahiruhu min qibalihi alAAathabu
On the Day when the hypocrites men and women will say to the believers: "Wait for us! Let
us get something from your light!" It will be said: "Go back to your rear! Then seek a light!"
So a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein. Inside it will be mercy, and
outside it will be torment."

bala qaloo maAAakum Nakun alam Yunadoonahu

m
Yes They With you We Were not (the
(believers) hypocrites)
will reply will call them
(believers)

wagharratku wairtabtum watarabbastu anfusakum fatantum walakinnaku

mu m m
And you were And you And looked Yourselves Led into But you
deceived doubted forward (for temptations
our
destruction)

wagharrakum Allahi amru jaa hatta al-amaniyyu

And deceived Of Allah The command Came Till By false
you desire

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 algharooru biAllahi
The chief In the respect
deceiver of Allah

          

          
14. Yunadoonahum alam nakun maAAakum qaloo bala walakinnakum fatantum anfusakum
watarabbastum wairtabtum wagharratkumu al-amaniyyu hatta jaa amru Allahi wagharrakum
biAllahi algharooru
(The hypocrites) will call the believers: "Were we not with you?" The believers will reply:
"Yes! But you led yourselves into temptations, you looked forward for our destruction; you
doubted (in Faith); and you were deceived by false desires, till the Command of Allah came
to pass. And the chief deceiver (Satan) deceived you in respect of Allah."

wala fidyatun minkum yu/khathu La Faalyawma

Nor Ransom From you Shall be taken Not So this day

hiya alnnaru ma/wakumu kafaroo allatheena mina

That is The fire Your abode is Disbelieved Those who Of

almaseeru wabi/sa mawlakum

The And worst is Your friend
destruction (place)

             

    

15. Faalyawma la yu/khathu minkum fidyatun wala mina allatheena kafaroo ma/wakumu alnnaru
hiya mawlakum wabi/sa almaseeru
So this Day no ransom shall be taken from you (hypocrites), nor of those who disbelieved,
(in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism). Your abode is the Fire, that is the proper
place for you, and worst indeed is that destination.

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takhshaAAa an amanoo Lillatheena ya/ni Alam
Be humbled To Who believe For those The time Has not
come

mina nazala wama Allahi lithikri quloobuhum

Of Has been And that Of Allah By reminder Their hearts
revealed which

alkitaba ootoo kaallatheena yakoonoo wala alhaqqi

The scripture Received And those They become And not The truth
who

faqasat al-amadu AAalayhimu fatala qablu min

And so were The term For them And was before
hardened prolonged

fasiqoona minhum wakatheerun quloobuhum

Were Of them And many Their hearts
rebellious

             

    

16. Alam ya/ni lillatheena amanoo an takhshaAAa quloobuhum lithikri Allahi wama nazala mina
alhaqqi wala yakoonoo kaallatheena ootoo alkitaba min qablu fatala AAalayhimu al-amadu
faqasat quloobuhum wakatheerun minhum fasiqoona
Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic
Monotheism) to be affected by Allah's Reminder (this Qur'an), and that which has been
revealed of the truth, lest they become as those who received the Scripture [the Taurat
(Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] before (i.e. Jews and Christians), and the term was
prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened? And many of them were Fasiqun
(rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

baAAda al-arda Yuhyee Allaha anna IAAlamoo

After To the earth Gives life Allah That Know

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laAAallakum al-ayati lakumu bayyanna qad mawtiha
So that you the signs To you We have Indeed Its death
made clear

taAAqiloona
Understand

            

 
17. IAAlamoo anna Allaha yuhyee al-arda baAAda mawtiha qad bayyanna lakumu al-ayati
laAAallakum taAAqiloona
Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death! Indeed We have made clear the Ayat
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) to you, if you but understand.

qardan Allaha waaqradoo waalmussaddi almussaddiqe Inna

qati ena
Loan To Allah And who lent And alms- The alms- Verily
giving women giving men

kareemun ajrun walahum lahum yudaAAafu hasanan

Honourable Reward And theirs For them It shall be A goodly
( good) (shall be) increased
manyfold

        

   

18. Inna almussaddiqeena waalmussaddiqati waaqradoo Allaha qardan hasanan yudaAAafu
lahum walahum ajrun kareemun
Verily, those who give Sadaqat (i.e. Zakat and alms, etc.), men and women, and lend to
Allah a goodly loan, it shall be increased many fold (to their credit), and theirs shall be an
honourable good reward (i.e. Paradise).

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Humu ola-ika warusulihi biAllahi amanoo Waallatheena
they Those are And His In Allah Believe And those
messengers who

ajruhum lahum rabbihim AAinda waalshshuhad alssiddeeqoon

ao a
Their rewards They shall Their Lord With And martyrs Are the
have truthful

ola-ika bi-ayatina wakaththaboo kafaroo waallatheena wanooruhum

They Our signs And deny Disbelieve And those And their
who light

aljaheemi as-habu
Of the blazing Shall be the
fire dwellers

         

         

  

19. Waallatheena amanoo biAllahi warusulihi ola-ika humu alssiddeeqoona waalshshuhadao
AAinda rabbihim lahum ajruhum wanooruhum waallatheena kafaroo wakaththaboo bi-ayatina
ola-ika as-habu aljaheemi
And those who believe in (the Oneness of) Allah and His Messengers, they are the Siddiqun
(i.e. those followers of the Prophets who were first and foremost to believe in them), and
the martyrs with their Lord, they shall have their reward and their light. But those who
disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) and deny Our Ayat (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they shall be the dwellers of the blazing
Fire.
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walahwun laAAibun alddunya alhayatu annama IAAlamoo

And Is play Of the world The life That only Know
amusement

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al-amwali fee watakathurun baynakum watafakhurun wazeenatun
Of wealth In respect And rivalry Among you And mutual And pomp
boasting

nabatuhu alkuffara aAAjaba ghaythin kamathali waal-awladi

Its growth To the tillers Is pleasing Of As the And children
(vegetation) likeness
after rain

yakoonu thumma musfarran fatarahu yaheeju thumma

It becomes Then Turning And you see It dries up Afterwards
yellow it

wamaghfiratu shadeedun AAathabun al-akhirati wafee hutaman

n
And A severe Torment The hereafter But in straw
forgiveness

alddunya alhayatu wama waridwanun Allahi mina

Fo the world The life And is not And good Allah From
pleasure

alghuroori mataAAu illa

A deceiving Enjoyment But

          

          

           

        

20. IAAlamoo annama alhayatu alddunya laAAibun walahwun wazeenatun watafakhurun

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baynakum watakathurun fee al-amwali waal-awladi kamathali ghaythin aAAjaba alkuffara
nabatuhu thumma yaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yakoonu hutaman wafee al-akhirati
AAathabun shadeedun wamaghfiratun mina Allahi waridwanun wama alhayatu alddunya illa
mataAAu alghuroori
Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting
among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after
rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning
yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the
disbelievers, evil-doers), and (there is) Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for
the believers, good-doers), whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment.

wajannatin rabbikum min Maghfiratin ila Sabiqoo

And Your Lord From Forgiveness Towards Race one with
(towards) another in
paradise hastening

lillatheena oAAiddat waal-ardi alssama-i kaAAardi AAarduha

For those Prepared And earth Of Heaven As the width Width
whereof is

Allahi fadlu thalika warusulihi biAllahi amanoo

Of Allah The grace That is And His In Allah Who believe
Messenger

alfadli thoo waAllahu yashao man yu/teehi

Of Bounty The owner And Allah is He pleases On whom He bestows

alAAatheemi
Great

         

            

    

21. Sabiqoo ila maghfiratin min rabbikum wajannatin AAarduha kaAAardi alssama-i waal-ardi
oAAiddat lillatheena amanoo biAllahi warusulihi thalika fadlu Allahi yu/teehi man yashao

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waAllahu thoo alfadli alAAatheemi
Race one with another in hastening towards Forgiveness from your Lord (Allah), and
towards Paradise, the width whereof is as the width of heaven and earth, prepared for those
who believe in Allah and His Messengers. That is the Grace of Allah which He bestows on
whom He pleases. And Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty.

al-ardi fee museebatin min asaba Ma

The Earth On Calamity Of Befalls Not

kitabin fee illa anfusikum fee wala

A book (of In But Yourselves In Nor
Decrees)

thalika inna nabraaha an qabli min

That is Verily We bring it That before
into existence

yaseerun Allahi AAala

Easy Allah For

            

         

22. Ma asaba min museebatin fee al-ardi wala fee anfusikum illa fee kitabin min qabli an
nabraaha inna thalika AAala Allahi yaseerun
No calamity befalls on the earth or in yourselves but is inscribed in the Book of Decrees (Al-
Lauh Al-Mahfuz), before We bring it into existence. Verily, that is easy for Allah.

wala fatakum ma AAala ta/saw Likayla

Nor You failed to What Over You may be In order that
get sad not

yuhibbu la waAllahu atakum bima tafrahoo

Likes Not And Allah Has been Because of Rejoice
given to you what

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 fakhoorin mukhtalin kulla
Boaster Prideful Any

            

   

23. Likayla ta/saw AAala ma fatakum wala tafrahoo bima atakum waAllahu la yuhibbu kulla
mukhtalin fakhoorin
In order that you may not be sad over matters that you fail to get, nor rejoice because of
that which has been given to you. And Allah likes not prideful boasters.

waman bialbukhli alnnasa waya/muroon yabkhaloona Allatheena

a
And whoever Miserliness People And enjoin Are misers Those who
upon

alhameedu alghaniyyu huwa Allaha fa-inna yatawalla

Worthy of all Rich He is Allah Then verily Turns away
praise

           

 
24. Allatheena yabkhaloona waya/muroona alnnasa bialbukhli waman yatawalla fa-inna Allaha
huwa alghaniyyu alhameedu
Those who are misers and enjoin upon people miserliness (Allah is not in need of their
charity). And whosoever turns away (from Faith Allah's Monotheism), then Allah is Rich
(Free of all wants), Worthy of all praise.

maAAahumu waanzalna bialbayyinati rusulana arsalna Laqad

With them And we With clear Our We have sent Indeed
revealed proofs Messengers

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waanzalna bialqisti alnnasu liyaqooma waalmeezana alkitaba
And We sent Justice Mankind That may And the The scripture
down keep up balance

lilnnasi wamanafiAA shadeedun ba/sun feehi alhadeeda

u
For mankind And benefits Mighty Power Wherein is Iron

bialghaybi warusulahu yansuruhu man Allahu waliyaAAlam

a
In the unseed And His Will help him Who Allah And that may
Messengers know

AAazeezun qawiyyun Allaha inna

All-Mighty All-Strong Allah is Verily

        

         

           
25. Laqad arsalna rusulana bialbayyinati waanzalna maAAahumu alkitaba waalmeezana
liyaqooma alnnasu bialqisti waanzalna alhadeeda feehi ba/sun shadeedun wamanafiAAu lilnnasi
waliyaAAlama Allahu man yansuruhu warusulahu bialghaybi inna Allaha qawiyyun AAazeezun
Indeed We have sent Our Messengers with clear proofs, and revealed with them the
Scripture and the Balance (justice) that mankind may keep up justice. And We brought forth
iron wherein is mighty power (in matters of war), as well as many benefits for mankind,
that Allah may test who it is that will help Him (His religion), and His Messengers in the
unseen. Verily, Allah is All-Strong, All-Mighty.
Section 4

fee wajaAAalna wa-ibraheema noohan arsalna Walaqad

In And we And Abraham Noah We sent And indeed
placed

wakatheerun muhtadin faminhum waalkitaba alnnubuwwat thurriyyatihi

a ma

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And many Are guided And among And scripture Prophethood Their
ones them offspring

fasiqoona minhum
Are rebellious Of them

         

      

26. Walaqad arsalna noohan wa-ibraheema wajaAAalna fee thurriyyatihima alnnubuwwata
waalkitaba faminhum muhtadin wakatheerun minhum fasiqoona
And indeed, We sent Nuh (Noah) and Ibrahim (Abraham), and placed in their offspring
Prophethood and Scripture, and among them there is he who is guided, but many of them
are Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

waqaffayna birusulina atharihim Aaala qaffayna Thumma

And we sent Our After them We sent Then
messengers

wajaAAalna al-injeela waataynahu maryama ibni biAAeesa

And we The Gospel And gave him Of Mary Son Jesus
placed

warahmatan ra/fatan ittabaAAoohu allatheena quloobi fee

And mercy Compassion Followed him Of those who Hearts In

illa AAalayhim katabnaha ma ibtadaAAooh warahbaniyya

a tan
But For them We did Not Which they But the
prescribe it invented for monasticism
themselves

haqqa raAAawha fama Allahi ridwani ibtighaa

With the right They did But not (of) Allah The pleasure Seeking
of observe it

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ajrahum minhum amanoo allatheena faatayna riAAayatiha
Their rewards Among them Believed Those who So we gave Its observance

fasiqoona minhum wakatheerun

Are rebellious Of them And many

         

        

          

           
27. Thumma qaffayna AAala atharihim birusulina waqaffayna biAAeesa ibni maryama
waataynahu al-injeela wajaAAalna fee quloobi allatheena ittabaAAoohu ra/fatan warahmatan
warahbaniyyatan ibtadaAAooha ma katabnaha AAalayhim illa ibtighaa ridwani Allahi fama
raAAawha haqqa riAAayatiha faatayna allatheena amanoo minhum ajrahum wakatheerun
minhum fasiqoona
Then, We sent after them, Our Messengers, and We sent 'Iesa (Jesus) son of Maryam
(Mary), and gave him the Injeel (Gospel). And We ordained in the hearts of those who
followed him, compassion and mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for
themselves, We did not prescribe for them, but (they sought it) only to please Allah
therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance. So We gave those
among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are Fasiqun (rebellious,
disobedient to Allah).

Allaha ittaqoo amanoo Allatheena ayyuha Ya

Allah Fear Believe Who you O!

rahmatihi min kiflayni yu/tikum birasoolihi waaminoo

His Mercy Of A double He will give In His And believe
portion you Messenger

wayaghfir bihi tamshoona nooran lakum wayajAAal

And He will By which You shall A light To you And He will
give walk give

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 raheemun ghafoorun waAllahu lakum
Most Oft-Forgiving And Allah is You
Merciful

         

          

 
28. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo ittaqoo Allaha waaminoo birasoolihi yu/tikum kiflayni min
rahmatihi wayajAAal lakum nooran tamshoona bihi wayaghfir lakum waAllahu ghafoorun
raheemun
O you who believe [in Musa (Moses) (i.e. Jews) and 'Iesa (Jesus) (i.e. Christians)]! Fear

Allah, and believe too in His Messenger (Muhammad ), He will give you a double portion
of His Mercy, and He will give you a light by which you shall walk (straight), and He will
forgive you. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

yaqdiroona alla Alkitabi ahlu yaAAlama Li-alla

They have That not Of the The people May know So that
power scripture

waanna Allahi fadli min shay-in AAala

And that Of Allah The grace (from) Anything Over

yashao man yu/teehi Allahi biyadi alfadla

He wills On He bestows it (of) Allah Is in hands The grace
whomsoever

alAAatheemi alfadli thoo waAllahu

great Bounty The owner of And Allah is

            

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             
29. Li-alla yaAAlama ahlu alkitabi alla yaqdiroona AAala shay-in min fadli Allahi waanna
alfadla biyadi Allahi yu/teehi man yashao waAllahu thoo alfadli alAAatheemi
So that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may know that they have no
power whatsoever over the Grace of Allah, and that (His) Grace is (entirely) in His Hand to
bestow it on whomsoever He wills. And Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty.

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