Kitab

الأنبياء

Chapter 21, 112 verses

  • Arabic
  • Pickthall
  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اقترب للناس حسابهم وهم في غفلة معرضون

Pickthall

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in heedlessness.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Draws near for mankind their reckoning, while they turn away in heedlessness.

Arabic

ما يأتيهم من ذكر من ربهم محدث إلا استمعوه وهم يلعبون

Pickthall

Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Comes not unto them an admonition (a chapter of the Qur'an) from their Lord as a recent revelation but they listen to it while they play

Arabic

لاهية قلوبهم ۗ وأسروا النجوى الذين ظلموا هل هذا إلا بشر مثلكم ۖ أفتأتون السحر وأنتم تبصرون

Pickthall

With hearts preoccupied. And they confer in secret. The wrong - doers say: Is this other than a mortal like you ? Will ye then succumb to magic when ye see (it) ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

With their hearts occupied (with evil things). Those who do wrong, conceal their private counsels, (saying): "Is this (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) more than a human being like you? Will you submit to magic while you see it?"

Arabic

قال ربي يعلم القول في السماء والأرض ۖ وهو السميع العليم

Pickthall

He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "My Lord knows (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower."

Arabic

بل قالوا أضغاث أحلام بل افتراه بل هو شاعر فليأتنا بآية كما أرسل الأولون

Pickthall

Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but invented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as those of old (who were God's messengers) were sent (with portents).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Nay, they say: "These (revelations of the Qur'an which are revealed to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are mixed up false dreams! Nay, he has invented them! - Nay, he is a poet! Let him then bring us an Ayah (sign as a proof) like the ones (Prophets) the former were sent (with)!"

Arabic

ما آمنت قبلهم من قرية أهلكناها ۖ أفهم يؤمنون

Pickthall

Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Not one of the towns (populations), of those which We destroyed, believed before them (though We sent them signs): will they then believe?

Arabic

وما أرسلنا قبلك إلا رجالا نوحي إليهم ۖ فاسألوا أهل الذكر إن كنتم لا تعلمون

Pickthall

And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men, whom We inspired. Ask the followers of the Reminder if ye know not ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We sent not before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) but men to whom We revealed. So ask the people of the Reminder [Scriptures - the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel)] if you do not know.

Arabic

وما جعلناهم جسدا لا يأكلون الطعام وما كانوا خالدين

Pickthall

We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We did not create them (the Messengers, with) bodies that ate not food, nor were they immortals.

Arabic

ثم صدقناهم الوعد فأنجيناهم ومن نشاء وأهلكنا المسرفين

Pickthall

Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then We fulfilled to them the promise. So We saved them and those whom We willed, but We destroyed Al-Musrifun (i.e. disbelievers in Allah, in His Messengers, extravagants, transgressors of Allah's limits by committing crimes, oppressions, polytheism and sins).

Arabic

لقد أنزلنا إليكم كتابا فيه ذكركم ۖ أفلا تعقلون

Pickthall

Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder. Have ye then no sense ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Indeed, We have sent down for you (O mankind) a Book (the Qur'an) in which there is Dhikrukum,(your Reminder or an honour for you i.e. honour for the one who follows the teaching of the Qur'an and acts on its teachings). Will you not then understand?

Arabic

وكم قصمنا من قرية كانت ظالمة وأنشأنا بعدها قوما آخرين

Pickthall

How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

How many a town (community) given to wrong-doing, have We destroyed, and raised up after them another people!

Arabic

فلما أحسوا بأسنا إذا هم منها يركضون

Pickthall

And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then, when they perceived (saw) Our Torment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.

Arabic

لا تركضوا وارجعوا إلى ما أترفتم فيه ومساكنكم لعلكم تسألون

Pickthall

(But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that (existence) which emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be questioned.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, in order that you may be questioned.

Arabic

قالوا يا ويلنا إنا كنا ظالمين

Pickthall

They cried: Alas for us! we were wrong - doers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly we have been Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah)."

Arabic

فما زالت تلك دعواهم حتى جعلناهم حصيدا خامدين

Pickthall

And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn, extinct.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is reaped, extinct (dead).

Arabic

وما خلقنا السماء والأرض وما بينهما لاعبين

Pickthall

We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for a (mere) play.

Arabic

لو أردنا أن نتخذ لهوا لاتخذناه من لدنا إن كنا فاعلين

Pickthall

If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Had We intended to take a pastime (i.e. a wife or a son), We could surely have taken it from Us, if We were going to do (that).

Arabic

بل نقذف بالحق على الباطل فيدمغه فإذا هو زاهق ۚ ولكم الويل مما تصفون

Pickthall

Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Nay, We fling (send down) the truth (this Qur'an) against the falsehood (disbelief), so it destroys it, and behold, it (falsehood) is vanished. And woe to you for that (lie) which you ascribe (to Allah by uttering that Allah has a wife and a son).

Arabic

وله من في السماوات والأرض ۚ ومن عنده لا يستكبرون عن عبادته ولا يستحسرون

Pickthall

Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who dwell in His presence are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they weary;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and on earth. And those who are near Him (i.e. the angels) are not too proud to worship Him, nor are they weary (of His worship).

Arabic

يسبحون الليل والنهار لا يفترون

Pickthall

They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They (i.e. the angels) glorify His Praises night and day, (and) they never slacken (to do so).

Arabic

أم اتخذوا آلهة من الأرض هم ينشرون

Pickthall

Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Or have they taken (for worship) alihah (gods) from the earth who raise the dead?

Arabic

لو كان فيهما آلهة إلا الله لفسدتا ۚ فسبحان الله رب العرش عما يصفون

Pickthall

If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Had there been therein (in the heavens and the earth) alihah (gods) besides Allah, then verily both would have been ruined. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, (High is He) above all that (evil) they associate with Him!

Arabic

لا يسأل عما يفعل وهم يسألون

Pickthall

He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will be questioned.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned.

Arabic

أم اتخذوا من دونه آلهة ۖ قل هاتوا برهانكم ۖ هذا ذكر من معي وذكر من قبلي ۗ بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون الحق ۖ فهم معرضون

Pickthall

Or have they chosen other gods beside Him ? say: Bring your proof (of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Or have they taken for worship (other) alihah (gods) besides Him? Say: "Bring your proof." This (the Qur'an) is the Reminder for those with me and the Reminder for those before me. But most of them know not the Truth, so they are averse.

Arabic

وما أرسلنا من قبلك من رسول إلا نوحي إليه أنه لا إله إلا أنا فاعبدون

Pickthall

And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no God save Me (Allah), so worship Me.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) but We revealed to him (saying): La ilaha illa Ana [none has the right to be worshipped but I (Allah)], so worship Me (Alone and none else)."

Arabic

وقالوا اتخذ الرحمن ولدا ۗ سبحانه ۚ بل عباد مكرمون

Pickthall

And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He Glorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And they say: "The Most Gracious (Allah) has begotten a son (or children)." Glory to Him! They [whom they call children of Allah i.e. the angels, 'Îsa (Jesus) - son of Maryam (Mary), 'Uzair (Ezra)], are but honoured slaves.

Arabic

لا يسبقونه بالقول وهم بأمره يعملون

Pickthall

They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They speak not until He has spoken, and they act on His Command.

Arabic

يعلم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم ولا يشفعون إلا لمن ارتضى وهم من خشيته مشفقون

Pickthall

He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him whom He accepteth, and they quake for awe of Him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him with whom He is pleased. And they stand in awe for fear of Him.

Arabic

۞ ومن يقل منهم إني إله من دونه فذلك نجزيه جهنم ۚ كذلك نجزي الظالمين

Pickthall

And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a god beside Him, that one We should repay with hell. Thus We Repay wrong - doers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And if any of them should say: "Verily, I am an ilah (a god) besides Him (Allah)," such a one We should recompense with Hell. Thus We recompense the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).

Arabic

أولم ير الذين كفروا أن السماوات والأرض كانتا رتقا ففتقناهما ۖ وجعلنا من الماء كل شيء حي ۖ أفلا يؤمنون

Pickthall

Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water ? Will they not then believe ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?

Arabic

وجعلنا في الأرض رواسي أن تميد بهم وجعلنا فيها فجاجا سبلا لعلهم يهتدون

Pickthall

And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them, and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find their way.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through, that they may be guided.

Arabic

وجعلنا السماء سقفا محفوظا ۖ وهم عن آياتها معرضون

Pickthall

And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).

Arabic

وهو الذي خلق الليل والنهار والشمس والقمر ۖ كل في فلك يسبحون

Pickthall

And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating.

Arabic

وما جعلنا لبشر من قبلك الخلد ۖ أفإن مت فهم الخالدون

Pickthall

We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): then if you die, would they live forever?

Arabic

كل نفس ذائقة الموت ۗ ونبلوكم بالشر والخير فتنة ۖ وإلينا ترجعون

Pickthall

Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good. And to Us you will be returned.

Arabic

وإذا رآك الذين كفروا إن يتخذونك إلا هزوا أهذا الذي يذكر آلهتكم وهم بذكر الرحمن هم كافرون

Pickthall

And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods ? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allah) see you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), they take you not except for mockery (saying): "Is this the one who talks (badly) about your gods?" While they disbelieve at the mention of the Most Gracious (Allah). [Tafsir Al-Qurtubi].

Arabic

خلق الإنسان من عجل ۚ سأريكم آياتي فلا تستعجلون

Pickthall

Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not to hasten.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Man is created of haste. I will show you My Ayat (torments, proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So ask Me not to hasten (them).

Arabic

ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين

Pickthall

And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And they say: "When will this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful."

Arabic

لو يعلم الذين كفروا حين لا يكفون عن وجوههم النار ولا عن ظهورهم ولا هم ينصرون

Pickthall

If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be able to drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs, and they will not be helped!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

If only those who disbelieved knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces, nor from their backs, and they will not be helped.

Arabic

بل تأتيهم بغتة فتبهتهم فلا يستطيعون ردها ولا هم ينظرون

Pickthall

Nay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy them, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be reprieved.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Nay, it (the Fire or the Day of Resurrection) will come upon them all of a sudden and will perplex them, and they will have no power to avert it nor will they get respite.

Arabic

ولقد استهزئ برسل من قبلك فحاق بالذين سخروا منهم ما كانوا به يستهزئون

Pickthall

Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Indeed, (many) Messengers were mocked before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.

Arabic

قل من يكلؤكم بالليل والنهار من الرحمن ۗ بل هم عن ذكر ربهم معرضون

Pickthall

Say: Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the Beneficent ? Nay, but they turn away from mention of their Lord!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Say: "Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the (punishment of the) Most Gracious (Allah)?" Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.

Arabic

أم لهم آلهة تمنعهم من دوننا ۚ لا يستطيعون نصر أنفسهم ولا هم منا يصحبون

Pickthall

Or have they gods who can shield them from Us ? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Or have they alihah (gods) who can guard them from Us? They have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us (i.e. from Our Torment).

Arabic

بل متعنا هؤلاء وآباءهم حتى طال عليهم العمر ۗ أفلا يرون أنا نأتي الأرض ننقصها من أطرافها ۚ أفهم الغالبون

Pickthall

Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long for them. See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts ? Can they then be the victors ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Nay, We gave the luxuries of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will overcome?

Arabic

قل إنما أنذركم بالوحي ۚ ولا يسمع الصم الدعاء إذا ما ينذرون

Pickthall

Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I warn you only by the Inspiration. But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I warn you only by the revelation (from Allah and not by the opinion of the religious scholars and others). But the deaf (who follow the religious scholars and others blindly) will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned [i.e. one should follow only the Qur'an and the Sunnah (legal ways, orders, acts of worship, and the statements of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, as the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did)] .

Arabic

ولئن مستهم نفحة من عذاب ربك ليقولن يا ويلنا إنا كنا ظالمين

Pickthall

And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong - doers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And if a breath (minor calamity) of the Torment of your Lord touches them, they will surely cry: "Woe unto us! Indeed we have been Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."

Arabic

ونضع الموازين القسط ليوم القيامة فلا تظلم نفس شيئا ۖ وإن كان مثقال حبة من خردل أتينا بها ۗ وكفى بنا حاسبين

Pickthall

And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We to take account.

Arabic

ولقد آتينا موسى وهارون الفرقان وضياء وذكرا للمتقين

Pickthall

And We verily gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion (of right and wrong) and a light and a Reminder for those who keep from evil,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed We granted to Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) the criterion (of right and wrong), and a shining light [i.e. the Taurat (Torah)] and a Reminder for Al-Muttaqun (the pious - See V.2:2).

Arabic

الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب وهم من الساعة مشفقون

Pickthall

Those who fear their Lord in secret and who dread the Hour (of doom).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Those who fear their Lord without seeing Him, and they are afraid of the Hour.

Arabic

وهذا ذكر مبارك أنزلناه ۚ أفأنتم له منكرون

Pickthall

This is a blessed Reminder that we have revealed: Will ye then reject it ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And this is a blessed Reminder (the Qur'an) which We have sent down: will you then (dare to) deny it?

Arabic

۞ ولقد آتينا إبراهيم رشده من قبل وكنا به عالمين

Pickthall

And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course, and We were Aware of him,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed We bestowed aforetime on Ibrahim (Abraham) his (portion of) guidance, and We were Well-Acquainted with him (as to his Belief in the Oneness of Allah).

Arabic

إذ قال لأبيه وقومه ما هذه التماثيل التي أنتم لها عاكفون

Pickthall

When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images unto which ye pay devotion ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

When he said to his father and his people: "What are these images, to which you are devoted?"

Arabic

قالوا وجدنا آباءنا لها عابدين

Pickthall

They said: We found our fathers worshippers of them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They said: "We found our fathers worshipping them."

Arabic

قال لقد كنتم أنتم وآباؤكم في ضلال مبين

Pickthall

He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He said: "Indeed, you and your fathers have been in manifest error."

Arabic

قالوا أجئتنا بالحق أم أنت من اللاعبين

Pickthall

They said: Bringest thou unto us the truth, or art thou some jester ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They said: "Have you brought us the truth, or are you one of those who play about?"

Arabic

قال بل ربكم رب السماوات والأرض الذي فطرهن وأنا على ذلكم من الشاهدين

Pickthall

He said: Nay, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them; and I am of those who testify unto that.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He said: "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them and to that I am one of the witnesses.

Arabic

وتالله لأكيدن أصنامكم بعد أن تولوا مدبرين

Pickthall

And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned your backs.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And by Allah, I shall plot a plan (to destroy) your idols after you have gone away and turned your backs."

Arabic

فجعلهم جذاذا إلا كبيرا لهم لعلهم إليه يرجعون

Pickthall

Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.

Arabic

قالوا من فعل هذا بآلهتنا إنه لمن الظالمين

Pickthall

They said: Who hath done this to our gods ? Surely it must be some evil - doer.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They said: "Who has done this to our alihah (gods)? He must indeed be one of the Zalimun (wrong-doers)."

Arabic

قالوا سمعنا فتى يذكرهم يقال له إبراهيم

Pickthall

They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called Abraham.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They said: "We heard a young man talking against them, who is called Ibrahim (Abraham)."

Arabic

قالوا فأتوا به على أعين الناس لعلهم يشهدون

Pickthall

They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people's eyes that they may testify.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They said: "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may testify."

Arabic

قالوا أأنت فعلت هذا بآلهتنا يا إبراهيم

Pickthall

They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They said: "Are you the one who has done this to our gods, O Ibrahim (Abraham)?"

Arabic

قال بل فعله كبيرهم هذا فاسألوهم إن كانوا ينطقون

Pickthall

He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"

Arabic

فرجعوا إلى أنفسهم فقالوا إنكم أنتم الظالمون

Pickthall

Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong - doers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So they turned to themselves and said: "Verily, you are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."

Arabic

ثم نكسوا على رءوسهم لقد علمت ما هؤلاء ينطقون

Pickthall

And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then they turned to themselves (their first thought and said): "Indeed you [Ibrahim (Abraham)] know well that these (idols) speak not!"

Arabic

قال أفتعبدون من دون الله ما لا ينفعكم شيئا ولا يضركم

Pickthall

He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you, nor harm you?

Arabic

أف لكم ولما تعبدون من دون الله ۖ أفلا تعقلون

Pickthall

Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then no sense ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense?"

Arabic

قالوا حرقوه وانصروا آلهتكم إن كنتم فاعلين

Pickthall

They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They said: "Burn him and help your alihah (gods), if you will be doing."

Arabic

قلنا يا نار كوني بردا وسلاما على إبراهيم

Pickthall

We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

We (Allah) said: "O fire! Be you coolness and safety for Ibrahim (Abraham)!"

Arabic

وأرادوا به كيدا فجعلناهم الأخسرين

Pickthall

And they wished to set a snare for him, but We made them the greater losers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And they wanted to harm him, but We made them the worst losers.

Arabic

ونجيناه ولوطا إلى الأرض التي باركنا فيها للعالمين

Pickthall

And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We rescued him and Lut (Lot) to the land which We have blessed for the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn).

Arabic

ووهبنا له إسحاق ويعقوب نافلة ۖ وكلا جعلنا صالحين

Pickthall

And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and Jacob as a grandson. Each of them We made righteous.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We bestowed upon him Ishaq (Isaac), and (a grandson) Ya'qub (Jacob). Each one We made righteous.

Arabic

وجعلناهم أئمة يهدون بأمرنا وأوحينا إليهم فعل الخيرات وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة ۖ وكانوا لنا عابدين

Pickthall

And We made them chiefs who guide by Our command, and We inspired in them the doing of good deeds and the right establishment of worship and the giving of alms, and they were worshippers of Us (alone).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We made them leaders, guiding (mankind) by Our Command, and We revealed to them the doing of good deeds, performing Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and the giving of Zakat and of Us (Alone) they were the worshippers.

Arabic

ولوطا آتيناه حكما وعلما ونجيناه من القرية التي كانت تعمل الخبائث ۗ إنهم كانوا قوم سوء فاسقين

Pickthall

And unto Lot we gave judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him from the community that did abominations. Lo! they were folk of evil, lewd.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) Lut (Lot), We gave him Hukm (right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) and (religious) knowledge, and We saved him from the town (folk) who practised Al-Khaba'ith (evil, wicked and filthy deeds). Verily, they were a people given to evil, and were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

Arabic

وأدخلناه في رحمتنا ۖ إنه من الصالحين

Pickthall

And We brought him in unto Our mercy. Lo! he was of the righteous.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We admitted him to Our Mercy; truly, he was of the righteous.

Arabic

ونوحا إذ نادى من قبل فاستجبنا له فنجيناه وأهله من الكرب العظيم

Pickthall

And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him and his household from the great affliction.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) Nuh (Noah), when he cried (to Us) aforetime. We answered his invocation and saved him and his family from the great distress.

Arabic

ونصرناه من القوم الذين كذبوا بآياتنا ۚ إنهم كانوا قوم سوء فأغرقناهم أجمعين

Pickthall

And delivered him from the people who denied Our revelations. Lo! they were folk of evil, therefor did We drown them all.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

We helped him against the people who denied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). Verily, they were a people given to evil. So We drowned them all.

Arabic

وداوود وسليمان إذ يحكمان في الحرث إذ نفشت فيه غنم القوم وكنا لحكمهم شاهدين

Pickthall

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when people's sheep had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) Dawud (David) and Sulaiman (Solomon), when they gave judgement in the case of the field in which the sheep of certain people had pastured at night; and We were witness to their judgement.

Arabic

ففهمناها سليمان ۚ وكلا آتينا حكما وعلما ۚ وسخرنا مع داوود الجبال يسبحن والطير ۚ وكنا فاعلين

Pickthall

And We made Solomon to understand (the case); and unto each of them We gave judgment and knowledge. And we subdued the hills and the birds to hymn (His) praise along with David. We were the doers (thereof).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We made Sulaiman (Solomon) to understand (the case); and to each of them We gave Hukm (right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains and the birds to glorify Our Praises along with Dawud (David). And it was We Who were the doer (of all these things).

Arabic

وعلمناه صنعة لبوس لكم لتحصنكم من بأسكم ۖ فهل أنتم شاكرون

Pickthall

And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We taught him the making of metal coats of mail (for battles), to protect you in your fighting. Are you then grateful?

Arabic

ولسليمان الريح عاصفة تجري بأمره إلى الأرض التي باركنا فيها ۚ وكنا بكل شيء عالمين

Pickthall

And unto Solomon (We subdued) the wind in its raging. It set by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are Aware.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And to Sulaiman (Solomon) (We subjected) the wind strongly raging, running by his command towards the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are the All-Knower.

Arabic

ومن الشياطين من يغوصون له ويعملون عملا دون ذلك ۖ وكنا لهم حافظين

Pickthall

And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for pearls) for him and did other work, and We were warders unto them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And of the Shayatin (devils from the jinn) were some who dived for him, and did other work besides that; and it was We Who guarded them.

Arabic

۞ وأيوب إذ نادى ربه أني مسني الضر وأنت أرحم الراحمين

Pickthall

And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) Ayyub (Job), when he cried to his Lord: "Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy."

Arabic

فاستجبنا له فكشفنا ما به من ضر ۖ وآتيناه أهله ومثلهم معهم رحمة من عندنا وذكرى للعابدين

Pickthall

Then We heard his prayer and removed that adversity from which he suffered, and We gave him his household (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them, a mercy from Our store, and a remembrance for the worshippers;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So We answered his call, and We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his family to him (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them as a mercy from Ourselves and a Reminder for all those who worship Us.

Arabic

وإسماعيل وإدريس وذا الكفل ۖ كل من الصابرين

Pickthall

And (mention) Ishmael, and Idris, and Dhu'l - Kifl. All were of the steadfast.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) Isma'il (Ishmael), and Idris (Enoch) and Dhul-Kifl (Isaiah): all were from among As-Sabirun (the patient).

Arabic

وأدخلناهم في رحمتنا ۖ إنهم من الصالحين

Pickthall

And We brought them in unto Our mercy. Lo! they are among the righteous.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We admitted them to Our Mercy. Verily, they were of the righteous.

Arabic

وذا النون إذ ذهب مغاضبا فظن أن لن نقدر عليه فنادى في الظلمات أن لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين

Pickthall

And (mention) Dhu'n - Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There is no God save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong - doer.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) Dhun-Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall not punish him (i.e. the calamities which had befallen him)! But he cried through the darkness (saying): La ilaha illa Anta [none has the right to be worshipped but You (O, Allah)], Glorified (and Exalted) be You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]! Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers."

Arabic

فاستجبنا له ونجيناه من الغم ۚ وكذلك ننجي المؤمنين

Pickthall

Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save believers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So We answered his call, and delivered him from the distress. And thus We do deliver the believers (who believe in the Oneness of Allah, abstain from evil and work righteousness).

Arabic

وزكريا إذ نادى ربه رب لا تذرني فردا وأنت خير الوارثين

Pickthall

And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) Zakariyya (Zachariah), when he cried to his Lord: "O My Lord! Leave me not single (childless), though You are the Best of the inheritors."

Arabic

فاستجبنا له ووهبنا له يحيى وأصلحنا له زوجه ۚ إنهم كانوا يسارعون في الخيرات ويدعوننا رغبا ورهبا ۖ وكانوا لنا خاشعين

Pickthall

Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted his wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the other in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and were submissive unto Us.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So We answered his call, and We bestowed upon him Yahya (John), and cured his wife (to bear a child) for him. Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble themselves before Us.

Arabic

والتي أحصنت فرجها فنفخنا فيها من روحنا وجعلناها وابنها آية للعالمين

Pickthall

And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And she who guarded her chastity [Virgin Maryam (Mary)]: We breathed into (the sleeves of) her (shirt or garment) [through Our Ruh - Jibril (Gabriel)], and We made her and her son ['Îsa (Jesus)] a sign for Al-'Alamin (the mankind and jinn).

Arabic

إن هذه أمتكم أمة واحدة وأنا ربكم فاعبدون

Pickthall

Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Truly! This, your Ummah [Shari'ah or religion (Islamic Monotheism)] is one religion, and I am your Lord, therefore worship Me (Alone). [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]

Arabic

وتقطعوا أمرهم بينهم ۖ كل إلينا راجعون

Pickthall

And they have broken their religion (into fragments) among them, (yet) all are returning unto Us.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

But they have broken up and differed as regards their religion among themselves. (And) they all shall return to Us.

Arabic

فمن يعمل من الصالحات وهو مؤمن فلا كفران لسعيه وإنا له كاتبون

Pickthall

Then whoso doeth some good works and is a believer, there will be no rejection of his effort. Lo! We record (it) for him.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So whoever does righteous good deeds while he is a believer (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), his efforts will not be rejected. Verily We record it for him (in his Book of deeds).

Arabic

وحرام على قرية أهلكناها أنهم لا يرجعون

Pickthall

And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that they shall not return.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And a ban is laid on every town (population) which We have destroyed that they shall not return (to this world again, nor repent to Us).

Arabic

حتى إذا فتحت يأجوج ومأجوج وهم من كل حدب ينسلون

Pickthall

Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of every mound,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Until, when Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) are let loose (from their barrier), and they swoop down from every mound.

Arabic

واقترب الوعد الحق فإذا هي شاخصة أبصار الذين كفروا يا ويلنا قد كنا في غفلة من هذا بل كنا ظالمين

Pickthall

And the True Promise draweth nigh; then behold them, staring wide (in terror), the eyes of those who disbelieve! (They say): Alas for us! We (lived) in forgetfulness of this. Ah, but we were wrong - doers!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the true promise (Day of Resurrection) shall draw near (of fulfillment). Then (when mankind is resurrected from their graves), you shall see the eyes of the disbelievers fixedly staring in horror. (They will say): "Woe to us! We were indeed heedless of this - nay, but we were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."

Arabic

إنكم وما تعبدون من دون الله حصب جهنم أنتم لها واردون

Pickthall

Lo! ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside Allah are fuel of hell. Thereunto ye will come.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Certainly you (disbelievers) and that which you are worshipping now besides Allah, are (but) fuel for Hell! (Surely), you will enter it.

Arabic

لو كان هؤلاء آلهة ما وردوها ۖ وكل فيها خالدون

Pickthall

If these had been gods they would not have come thither, but all will abide therein.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Had these (idols) been alihah (gods), they would not have entered there (Hell), and all of them will abide therein.

Arabic

لهم فيها زفير وهم فيها لا يسمعون

Pickthall

Therein wailing is their portion, and therein they hear not.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Therein they will be breathing out with deep sighs and roaring and therein they will hear not.

Arabic

إن الذين سبقت لهم منا الحسنى أولئك عنها مبعدون

Pickthall

Lo! those unto whom kindness hath gone forth before from Us, they will be far removed from thence.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, those for whom the good has preceded from Us, they will be removed far therefrom (Hell) [e.g. 'Îsa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary); 'Uzair (Ezra)].

Arabic

لا يسمعون حسيسها ۖ وهم في ما اشتهت أنفسهم خالدون

Pickthall

They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in that which their souls desire.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

They shall not hear the slightest sound of it (Hell), while they abide in that which their ownselves desire.

Arabic

لا يحزنهم الفزع الأكبر وتتلقاهم الملائكة هذا يومكم الذي كنتم توعدون

Pickthall

The Supreme Horror will not grieve them, and the angels will welcome them, (saying): This is your Day which ye were promised;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

The greatest terror (on the Day of Resurrection) will not grieve them, and the angels will meet them, (with the greeting): "This is your Day which you were promised."

Arabic

يوم نطوي السماء كطي السجل للكتب ۚ كما بدأنا أول خلق نعيده ۚ وعدا علينا ۚ إنا كنا فاعلين

Pickthall

The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise (binding) upon Us. Lo! We are to perform it.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (remember) the Day when We shall roll up the heaven like a scroll rolled up for books. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it.

Arabic

ولقد كتبنا في الزبور من بعد الذكر أن الأرض يرثها عبادي الصالحون

Pickthall

And verily we have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder: My righteous slaves will inherit the earth:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed We have written in Az-Zabur [i.e. all the revealed Holy Books - the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Psalms, the Qur'an,] after (We have already written in) Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (the Book that is in the heaven with Allah), that My righteous slaves shall inherit the land (i.e. the land of Paradise).

Arabic

إن في هذا لبلاغا لقوم عابدين

Pickthall

Lo! there is a plain statement for folk who are devout.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, in this (the Qur'an) there is a plain Message for people who worship Allah (i.e. the true, real believers of Islamic Monotheism who act practically on the Qur'an and the Sunnah - legal ways of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم).

Arabic

وما أرسلناك إلا رحمة للعالمين

Pickthall

We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And We have sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): not but as a mercy for the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

Arabic

قل إنما يوحى إلي أنما إلهكم إله واحد ۖ فهل أنتم مسلمون

Pickthall

Say: It is only inspired in me that your God is One God. Will ye then surrender (unto Him) ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "It is revealed to me that your Ilah (God) is only one Ilah (God - Allah). Will you then submit to His Will (become Muslims and stop worshipping others besides Allah)?"

Arabic

فإن تولوا فقل آذنتكم على سواء ۖ وإن أدري أقريب أم بعيد ما توعدون

Pickthall

But if they are averse, then say: I have warned you all alike, although I know not whether nigh or far is that which ye are promised.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

But if they (disbelievers, idolaters, Jews, Christians, polytheists) turn away (from Islamic Monotheism) say (to them O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I give you a notice (of war as) to be known to us all alike. And I know not whether that which you are promised (i.e. the torment or the Day of Resurrection) is near or far. "

Arabic

إنه يعلم الجهر من القول ويعلم ما تكتمون

Pickthall

Lo! He knoweth that which is said openly, and that which ye conceal.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

(Say O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): Verily, He (Allah) knows that which is spoken aloud (openly) and that which you conceal.

Arabic

وإن أدري لعله فتنة لكم ومتاع إلى حين

Pickthall

And I know not but that this may be a trial for you, and enjoyment for a while.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And I know not, perhaps it may be a trial for you, and an enjoyment for a while.

Arabic

قال رب احكم بالحق ۗ وربنا الرحمن المستعان على ما تصفون

Pickthall

He saith: My Lord! Judge Thou with truth. Our Lord is the Beneficent, Whose help is to be implored against that which ye ascribe (unto Him).

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "My Lord! Judge You in truth! Our Lord is the Most Gracious, Whose Help is to be sought against that which you attribute (unto Allah that He has offspring, and unto Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم that he is a sorcerer, and unto the Qur'an that it is poetry)!"

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