Al Furqan

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion (of right and wrong), that he may be a warner to the peoples.

1 Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -

2 He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, He hath chosen no son nor hath He any partner in the Sovereignty. He hath created everything and hath meted out for it a measure.

2 He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.

3 Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.

3 But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.

4 Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.

4 And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur'an] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.

5 And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.

5 And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

6 Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He who knoweth the secret of the heavens and the earth hath revealed it. Lo! He ever is Forgiving, Merciful.

6 Say, [O Muhammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."

7 And they say: What aileth this messenger (of Allah) that he eateth food and walketh in the markets ? Why is not an angel sent down unto him, to be a warner with him.

7 And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?

8 Or (why is not) treasure thrown down unto him, or why hath he not a paradise from whence to eat ? And the evil - doers say: Ye are but following a man bewitched.

8 Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

9 See how they coin similitudes for thee, so that they are all astray and cannot find a road!

9 Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

10 Blessed is He Who, if He will, will assign thee better than (all) that - Gardens underneath which rivers flow - and will assign thee mansions.

10 Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.

11 Nay, but they deny (the coming of) the Hour, and for those who deny (the coming of) the Hour We have prepared a flame.

11 But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.

12 When it seeth them from afar, they hear the crackling and the roar thereof.

12 When the Hellfire sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

13 And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there.

13 And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

14 Pray not that day for one destruction, but pray for many destructions!

14 [They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."

15 Say: Is that (doom) better or the Garden of Immortality which is promised unto those who ward off (evil) ? It will be their reward and journey's end.

15 Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.

16 Therein abiding, they have all that they desire. It is for thy Lord a promise that must be fulfilled.

16 For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.

17 And on the day when He will assemble them and that which they worship instead of Allah and will say: Was it ye who misled these my slaves or did they (themselves) wander from the way ?

17 And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"

18 They will say: Be Thou Glorified! it was not for us to choose any protecting friends beside thee; but Thou didst give them and their fathers ease till they forgot the warning and became lost folk.

18 They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."

19 Thus they will give you the lie regarding what ye say, then ye can neither avert (the doom) nor obtain help. And whoso among you doeth wrong, We shall make him taste great torment.

19 So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.

20 We never sent before thee any messengers but lo! they verily ate food and walked in the markets. And We have appointed some of you a test for others: Will ye be steadfast ? And thy Lord is ever Seer.

20 And We did not send before you, [O Muhammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

21 And those who look not for a meeting with Us say: Why are angels not sent down unto us and (Why) do we not see our Lord! Assuredly they think too highly of themselves and are scornful with great pride.

21 And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.

22 On the day when they behold the angels, on that day there will be no good tidings for the guilty; and they will cry: A forbidding ban!

22 The day they see the angels - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."

23 And We shall turn unto the work they did and make it scattered motes.

23 And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.

24 Those who have earned the Garden on that day will be better in their home and happier in their place of noonday rest;

24 The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.

25 A day when the heaven with the clouds will be rent asunder and the angels will be sent down, a grand descent.

25 And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

26 The Sovereignty on that day will be the True (Sovereignty) belonging to the Beneficent One, and it will be a hard day for disbelievers.

26 True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.

27 On the day when the wrong - doer gnaweth his hands, he will say: Ah, would that I had chosen a way together with the messenger (of Allah)!

27 And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.

28 Alas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such an one for friend!

28 Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.

29 He verily led me astray from the Reminder after it had reached me. Satan was ever man's deserter in the hour of need.

29 He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."

30 And the messenger saith: O my Lord! Lo! mine own folk make this Qur'an of no account.

30 And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as [a thing] abandoned."

31 Even so have We appointed unto every prophet an opponent from among the guilty; but Allah sufficeth for a Guide and Helper.

31 And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.

32 And those who disbelieve say: Why is the Qur'an not revealed unto him all at once ? (It is revealed) thus that We may strengthen thy heart therewith; and We have arranged it in right order.

32 And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur'an not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.

33 And they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as against it), and better (than their similitude) as argument.

33 And they do not come to you with an argument except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.

34 Those who will be gathered on their faces unto hell: such are worse in plight and further from the right road.

34 The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

35 We verily gave Moses the Scripture and placed with him his brother Aaron as henchman.

35 And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.

36 Then We said: Go together unto the folk who have denied Our revelations. Then We destroyed them, a complete destruction.

36 And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.

37 And Noah's folk, when they denied the messengers, We drowned them and made of them a portent for mankind. We have prepared a painful doom for evil - doers.

37 And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

38 And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and the dwellers in Ar - Rass, and many generations in between.

38 And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well and many generations between them.

39 Each (of them) We warned by examples, and each (of them) We brought to utter ruin.

39 And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.

40 And indeed they have passed by the township whereon was rained the fatal rain. Can it be that they have not seen it ? Nay, but they hope for no resurrection.

40 And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.

41 And when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger ?

41 And when they see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?

42 He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.

42 He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.

43 Hast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust ? Wouldst thou then be guardian over him ?

43 Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

44 Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand ? They are but as the cattle - nay, but they are farther astray ?

44 Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

45 Hast thou not seen how thy Lord hath spread the shade - And if He willed He could have made it still - then We have made the sun its pilot;

45 Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.

46 Then We withdraw it unto Us, a gradual withdrawal ?

46 Then We hold it in hand for a brief grasp.

47 And He it is Who maketh night a covering for you, and sleep repose, and maketh day a resurrection.

47 And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.

48 And He it is Who sendeth the winds, glad tidings heralding His mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky,

48 And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy, and We send down from the sky pure water

49 That We may give life thereby to a dead land, and We give many beasts and men that We have created to drink thereof.

49 That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.

50 And verily We have repeated it among them that they may remember, but most of mankind begrudge aught save ingratitude.

50 And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.

51 If We willed, We could raise up a warner in every village.

51 And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.

52 So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavour.

52 So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with the Qur'an a great striving.

53 And He it is Who hath given independence to the two seas (though they meet); one palatable, sweet, and the other saltish, bitter; and hath set a bar and a forbidding ban between them.

53 And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas, one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

54 And He it is Who hath created man from water, and hath appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is ever Powerful.

54 And it is He who has created from water a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].

55 Yet they worship instead of Allah that which can neither benefit them nor hurt them. The disbeliever was ever a partisan against his Lord.

55 But they worship rather than Allah that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

56 And We have sent thee (O Muhammad) only as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.

56 And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

57 Say: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord.

57 Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."

58 And trust thou in the Living One Who dieth not, and hymn His praise. He sufficeth as the Knower of His bondmen's sins,

58 And rely upon the Ever - Living who does not die, and exalt [Allah] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, Acquainted -

59 Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days, then He mounted the Throne. The Beneficent! Ask anyone informed concerning Him!

59 He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed.

60 And when it is said unto them: Adore the Beneficent! they say: And what is the Beneficent ? Are we to adore whatever thou (Muhammad) biddest us ? And it increaseth aversion in them.

60 And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.

61 Blessed be He Who hath placed in the heaven mansions of the stars, and hath placed therein a great lamp and a moon giving light!

61 Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

62 And He it is Who hath appointed night and day in succession, for him who desireth to remember, or desireth thankfulness.

62 And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.

63 The (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;

63 And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,

64 And who spend the night before their Lord, prostrate and standing,

64 And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]

65 And who say: Our Lord! Avert from us the doom of hell; lo! the doom thereof is anguish;

65 And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;

66 Lo! it is wretched as abode and station;

66 Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."

67 And those who, when they spend, are neither prodigal nor grudging; and there is ever a firm station between the two;

67 And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate

68 And those who cry not unto any other god along with Allah, nor take the life which Allah hath forbidden save in (course of) justice, nor commit adultery - and whoso doeth this shall pay the penalty;

68 And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.

69 The doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein disdained for ever;

69 Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -

70 Save him who repenteth and believeth and doth righteous work; as for such, Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.

70 Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.

71 And whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward Allah with true repentance -

71 And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allah with [accepted] repentance.

72 And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.

72 And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.

73 And those who, when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.

73 And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.

74 And who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our wives and of our offspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).

74 And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous."

75 They will be awarded the high place forasmuch as they were steadfast, and they will meet therein with welcome and the ward of peace,

75 Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace.

76 Abiding there for ever. Happy is it as abode and station!

76 Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.

77 Say (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): My Lord would not concern Himself with you but for your prayer. But now ye have denied (the Truth), therefor there will be judgment.

77 Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so your denial is going to be adherent.