Chapter 41, 54 verses
Ha, Meem.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حم
Ha Mim!
[This is] a revelation from the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful -
تنزيل من الرحمن الرحيم
A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful Allah:
A Book whose verses have been detailed, an Arabic Qur'an for a people who know,
كتاب فصلت آياته قرآنا عربيا لقوم يعلمون
A Book of which the verses are made plain, an Arabic Quran for a people who know:
As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.
بشيرا ونذيرا فأعرض أكثرهم فهم لا يسمعون
A herald of good news and a warner, but most of them turn aside so they hear not.
And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working."
وقالوا قلوبنا في أكنة مما تدعونا إليه وفي آذاننا وقر ومن بيننا وبينك حجاب فاعمل إننا عاملون
And they say: Our hearts are under coverings from that to which you call us, and there is a heaviness in our ears, and a veil hangs between us and you, so work, we too are working.
Say, O [Muhammad], "I am only a man like you to whom it has been revealed that your god is but one God; so take a straight course to Him and seek His forgiveness." And woe to those who associate others with Allah -
قل إنما أنا بشر مثلكم يوحى إلي أنما إلهكم إله واحد فاستقيموا إليه واستغفروه ۗ وويل للمشركين
Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your Allah is one Allah, therefore follow the right way to Him and ask His forgiveness; and woe to the polytheists;
Those who do not give zakah, and in the Hereafter they are disbelievers.
الذين لا يؤتون الزكاة وهم بالآخرة هم كافرون
(To) those who do not give poor - rate and they are unbelievers in the hereafter.
Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them is a reward uninterrupted.
إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات لهم أجر غير ممنون
(As for) those who believe and do good, they shall surely have a reward never to be cut off.
Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds."
۞ قل أئنكم لتكفرون بالذي خلق الأرض في يومين وتجعلون له أندادا ۚ ذلك رب العالمين
Say: What! do you indeed disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two periods, and do you set up equals with Him? That is the Lord of the Worlds.
And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information] of those who ask.
وجعل فيها رواسي من فوقها وبارك فيها وقدر فيها أقواتها في أربعة أيام سواء للسائلين
And He made in it mountains above its surface, and He blessed therein and made therein its foods, in four periods: alike for the seekers.
Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."
ثم استوى إلى السماء وهي دخان فقال لها وللأرض ائتيا طوعا أو كرها قالتا أتينا طائعين
Then He directed Himself to the heaven and it is a vapor, so He said to it and to the earth: Come both, willingly or unwillingly. They both said: We come willingly.
And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
فقضاهن سبع سماوات في يومين وأوحى في كل سماء أمرها ۚ وزينا السماء الدنيا بمصابيح وحفظا ۚ ذلك تقدير العزيز العليم
So He ordained them seven heavens in two periods, and revealed in every heaven its affair; and We adorned the lower heaven with brilliant stars and (made it) to guard; that is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing.
But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] 'Aad and Thamud.
فإن أعرضوا فقل أنذرتكم صاعقة مثل صاعقة عاد وثمود
But if they turn aside, then say: I have warned you of a scourge like the scourge of Ad and Samood.
[That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allah." They said, "If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."
إذ جاءتهم الرسل من بين أيديهم ومن خلفهم ألا تعبدوا إلا الله ۖ قالوا لو شاء ربنا لأنزل ملائكة فإنا بما أرسلتم به كافرون
When their apostles came to them from before them and from behind them, saying, Serve nothing but Allah, they said: If our Lord had pleased He would certainly have sent down angels, so we are surely unbelievers in that with which you are sent.
As for 'Aad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allah who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.
فأما عاد فاستكبروا في الأرض بغير الحق وقالوا من أشد منا قوة ۖ أولم يروا أن الله الذي خلقهم هو أشد منهم قوة ۖ وكانوا بآياتنا يجحدون
Then as to Ad, they were unjustly proud in the land, and they said: Who is mightier in strength than we? Did they not see that Allah Who created them was mightier than they in strength, and they denied Our communications?
So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.
فأرسلنا عليهم ريحا صرصرا في أيام نحسات لنذيقهم عذاب الخزي في الحياة الدنيا ۖ ولعذاب الآخرة أخزى ۖ وهم لا ينصرون
So We sent on them a furious wind in unlucky days, that We may make them taste the chastisement of abasement in this world's life; and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is much more abasing, and they shall not be helped.
And as for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.
وأما ثمود فهديناهم فاستحبوا العمى على الهدى فأخذتهم صاعقة العذاب الهون بما كانوا يكسبون
And as to Samood, We showed them the right way, but they chose error above guidance, so there overtook them the scourge of an abasing chastisement for what they earned.
And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allah.
ونجينا الذين آمنوا وكانوا يتقون
And We delivered those who believed and guarded (against evil).
And [mention, O Muhammad], the Day when the enemies of Allah will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven] assembled in rows,
ويوم يحشر أعداء الله إلى النار فهم يوزعون
And on the day that the enemies of Allah shall be brought together to the fire, then they shall be formed into groups.
Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.
حتى إذا ما جاءوها شهد عليهم سمعهم وأبصارهم وجلودهم بما كانوا يعملون
Until when they come to it, their ears and their eyes and their skins shall bear witness against them as to what they did.
And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.
وقالوا لجلودهم لم شهدتم علينا ۖ قالوا أنطقنا الله الذي أنطق كل شيء وهو خلقكم أول مرة وإليه ترجعون
And they shall say to their skins: Why have you borne witness against us? They shall say: Allah Who makes everything speak has made us speak, and He created you at first, and to Him you shall be brought back.
And you were not covering yourselves, lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allah does not know much of what you do.
وما كنتم تستترون أن يشهد عليكم سمعكم ولا أبصاركم ولا جلودكم ولكن ظننتم أن الله لا يعلم كثيرا مما تعملون
And you did not veil yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you, but you thought that Allah did not know most of what you did.
And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."
وذلكم ظنكم الذي ظننتم بربكم أرداكم فأصبحتم من الخاسرين
And that was your (evil) thought which you entertained about your Lord that has tumbled you down into perdition, so are you become of the lost ones.
So [even] if they are patient, the Fire is a residence for them; and if they ask to appease [Allah], they will not be of those who are allowed to appease.
فإن يصبروا فالنار مثوى لهم ۖ وإن يستعتبوا فما هم من المعتبين
Then if they will endure, still the fire is their abode, and if they ask for goodwill, then are they not of those who shall be granted goodwill.
And We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.
۞ وقيضنا لهم قرناء فزينوا لهم ما بين أيديهم وما خلفهم وحق عليهم القول في أمم قد خلت من قبلهم من الجن والإنس ۖ إنهم كانوا خاسرين
And We have appointed for them comrades so they have made fair - seeming to them what is before them and what is behind them, and the word proved true against them - - among the nations of the jinn and the men that have passed away before them - - that they shall surely be losers.
And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."
وقال الذين كفروا لا تسمعوا لهذا القرآن والغوا فيه لعلكم تغلبون
And those who disbelieve say: Do not listen to this Quran and make noise therein, perhaps you may overcome.
But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.
فلنذيقن الذين كفروا عذابا شديدا ولنجزينهم أسوأ الذي كانوا يعملون
Therefore We will most certainly make those who disbelieve taste a severe punishment, and We will most certainly reward them for the evil deeds they used to do.
That is the recompense of the enemies of Allah - the Fire. For them therein is the home of eternity as recompense for what they, of Our verses, were rejecting.
ذلك جزاء أعداء الله النار ۖ لهم فيها دار الخلد ۖ جزاء بما كانوا بآياتنا يجحدون
That is the reward of the enemies of Allah - - the fire; for them therein shall be the house of long abiding; a reward for their denying Our communications.
And those who disbelieved will [then] say, "Our Lord, show us those who misled us of the jinn and men [so] we may put them under our feet that they will be among the lowest."
وقال الذين كفروا ربنا أرنا اللذين أضلانا من الجن والإنس نجعلهما تحت أقدامنا ليكونا من الأسفلين
And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! show us those who led us astray from among the jinn and the men that we may trample them under our feet so that they may be of the lowest.
Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah " and then remained on a right course - the angels will descend upon them, [saying], "Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings of Paradise, which you were promised.
إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزل عليهم الملائكة ألا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا وأبشروا بالجنة التي كنتم توعدون
(As for) those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continue in the right way, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the garden which you were promised.
We [angels] were your allies in worldly life and [are so] in the Hereafter. And you will have therein whatever your souls desire, and you will have therein whatever you request [or wish]
نحن أولياؤكم في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرة ۖ ولكم فيها ما تشتهي أنفسكم ولكم فيها ما تدعون
We are your guardians in this world's life and in the hereafter, and you shall have therein what your souls desire and you shall have therein what you ask for:
As accommodation from a [Lord who is] Forgiving and Merciful."
نزلا من غفور رحيم
A provision from the Forgiving, the Merciful.
And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."
ومن أحسن قولا ممن دعا إلى الله وعمل صالحا وقال إنني من المسلمين
And who speaks better than he who calls to Allah while he himself does good, and says: I am surely of those who submit?
And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.
ولا تستوي الحسنة ولا السيئة ۚ ادفع بالتي هي أحسن فإذا الذي بينك وبينه عداوة كأنه ولي حميم
And not alike are the good and the evil. Repel (evil) with what is best, when lo! he between whom and you was enmity would be as if he were a warm friend.
But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good].
وما يلقاها إلا الذين صبروا وما يلقاها إلا ذو حظ عظيم
And none are made to receive it but those who are patient, and none are made to receive it but those who have a mighty good fortune.
And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
وإما ينزغنك من الشيطان نزغ فاستعذ بالله ۖ إنه هو السميع العليم
And if an interference of the Shaitan should cause you mischief, seek refuge in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.
ومن آياته الليل والنهار والشمس والقمر ۚ لا تسجدوا للشمس ولا للقمر واسجدوا لله الذي خلقهن إن كنتم إياه تعبدون
And among His signs are the night and the day and the sun and the moon; do not prostrate to the sun nor to the moon; and prostrate to Allah Who created them, if Him it is that you serve.
But if they are arrogant - then those who are near your Lord exalt Him by night and by day, and they do not become weary.
فإن استكبروا فالذين عند ربك يسبحون له بالليل والنهار وهم لا يسأمون ۩
But if they are proud, yet those with your Lord glorify Him during the night and the day, and they are not tired.
And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.
ومن آياته أنك ترى الأرض خاشعة فإذا أنزلنا عليها الماء اهتزت وربت ۚ إن الذي أحياها لمحيي الموتى ۚ إنه على كل شيء قدير
And among His signs is this, that you see the earth still, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells: most surely He Who gives it life is the Giver of life to the dead; surely He has power over all things.
Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.
إن الذين يلحدون في آياتنا لا يخفون علينا ۗ أفمن يلقى في النار خير أم من يأتي آمنا يوم القيامة ۚ اعملوا ما شئتم ۖ إنه بما تعملون بصير
Surely they who deviate from the right way concerning Our communications are not hidden from Us. What! is he then who is cast into the fire better, or he who comes safe on the day of resurrection? Do what you like, surely He sees what you do.
Indeed, those who disbelieve in the message after it has come to them... And indeed, it is a mighty Book.
إن الذين كفروا بالذكر لما جاءهم ۖ وإنه لكتاب عزيز
Surely those who disbelieve in the reminder when it comes to them, and most surely it is a Mighty Book:
Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.
لا يأتيه الباطل من بين يديه ولا من خلفه ۖ تنزيل من حكيم حميد
Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from behind it; a revelation from the Wise, the Praised One.
Nothing is said to you, [O Muhammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.
ما يقال لك إلا ما قد قيل للرسل من قبلك ۚ إن ربك لذو مغفرة وذو عقاب أليم
Naught is said to you but what was said indeed to the apostles before you; surely your Lord is the Lord of forgiveness and the Lord of painful retribution.
And if We had made it a non - Arabic Qur'an, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.
ولو جعلناه قرآنا أعجميا لقالوا لولا فصلت آياته ۖ أأعجمي وعربي ۗ قل هو للذين آمنوا هدى وشفاء ۖ والذين لا يؤمنون في آذانهم وقر وهو عليهم عمى ۚ أولئك ينادون من مكان بعيد
And if We had made it a Quran in a foreign tongue, they would certainly have said: Why have not its communications been made clear? What! a foreign (tongue) and an Arabian! Say: It is to those who believe a guidance and a healing; and (as for) those who do not believe, there is a heaviness in their ears and it is obscure to them; these shall be called to from a far - off place.
And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning the Qur'an, in disquieting doubt.
ولقد آتينا موسى الكتاب فاختلف فيه ۗ ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم ۚ وإنهم لفي شك منه مريب
And certainly We gave the Book to Musa, but it has been differed about, and had not a word already gone forth from your Lord, judgment would certainly have been given between them; and most surely they are in a disquieting doubt about it.
Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.
من عمل صالحا فلنفسه ۖ ومن أساء فعليها ۗ وما ربك بظلام للعبيد
Whoever does good, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is against it; and your Lord is not in the least unjust to the servants.
To him [alone] is attributed knowledge of the Hour. And fruits emerge not from their coverings nor does a female conceive or give birth except with His knowledge. And the Day He will call to them, "Where are My 'partners'?" they will say, "We announce to You that there is [no longer] among us any witness [to that]."
۞ إليه يرد علم الساعة ۚ وما تخرج من ثمرات من أكمامها وما تحمل من أنثى ولا تضع إلا بعلمه ۚ ويوم يناديهم أين شركائي قالوا آذناك ما منا من شهيد
To Him is referred the knowledge of the hour, and there come not forth any of the fruits from their coverings, nor does a female bear, nor does she give birth, but with His knowledge; and on the day when He shall call out to them, Where are (those whom you called) My associates? They shall say: We declare to Thee, none of us is a witness.
And lost from them will be those they were invoking before, and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.
وضل عنهم ما كانوا يدعون من قبل ۖ وظنوا ما لهم من محيص
And away from them shall go what they called upon before, and they shall know for certain that there is no escape for them.
Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.
لا يسأم الإنسان من دعاء الخير وإن مسه الشر فيئوس قنوط
Man is never tired of praying for good, and if evil touch him, then he is despairing, hopeless.
And if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity which has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me, and I do not think the Hour will occur; and [even] if I should be returned to my Lord, indeed, for me there will be with Him the best." But We will surely inform those who disbelieved about what they did, and We will surely make them taste a massive punishment.
ولئن أذقناه رحمة منا من بعد ضراء مسته ليقولن هذا لي وما أظن الساعة قائمة ولئن رجعت إلى ربي إن لي عنده للحسنى ۚ فلننبئن الذين كفروا بما عملوا ولنذيقنهم من عذاب غليظ
And if We make him taste mercy from Us after distress that has touched him, he would most certainly say: This is of me, and I do not think the hour will come to pass, and if I am sent back to my Lord, I shall have with Him sure good; but We will most certainly inform those who disbelieved of what they did, and We will most certainly make them taste of hard chastisement.
And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.
وإذا أنعمنا على الإنسان أعرض ونأى بجانبه وإذا مسه الشر فذو دعاء عريض
And when We show favor to man, he turns aside and withdraws himself; and when evil touches him, he makes lengthy supplications.
Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur'an is from Allah and you disbelieved in it, who would be more astray than one who is in extreme dissension?"
قل أرأيتم إن كان من عند الله ثم كفرتم به من أضل ممن هو في شقاق بعيد
Say: Tell me if it is from Allah; then you disbelieve in it, who is in greater error than he who is in a prolonged opposition?
We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?
سنريهم آياتنا في الآفاق وفي أنفسهم حتى يتبين لهم أنه الحق ۗ أولم يكف بربك أنه على كل شيء شهيد
We will soon show them Our signs in the Universe and in their own souls, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things?
Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing.
ألا إنهم في مرية من لقاء ربهم ۗ ألا إنه بكل شيء محيط
Now surely they are in doubt as to the meeting of their Lord; now surely He encompasses all things.