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المُؤْمِنُون

Shabbir Ahmed

Surah 23. The Believers (al-Mu`minun)

118 verses Meccan
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1 Success of the Faithful
23:1 ›
۞ قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝١
Shabbir Ahmed
Successful indeed are the believers
qad aflaḥa l-mu'minūn
23:2 ›
ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ فِی صَلَاتِهِمۡ خَـٰشِعُونَ ۝٢
Shabbir Ahmed
Who humbly and whole-heartedly follow Divine Commands
alladhīna hum fī ṣalātihim khāshiʿūn
23:3 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَنِ ٱللَّغۡوِ مُعۡرِضُونَ ۝٣
Shabbir Ahmed
And who turn away from all that is senseless. (And they value time)
wa-alladhīna hum ʿani l-laghwi muʿ'riḍūn
23:4 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَـٰعِلُونَ ۝٤
Shabbir Ahmed
They are the setters up of the Just Economic Order of ZAKAT (in which wealth circulates in the society and nourishes every individual)
wa-alladhīna hum lilzzakati fāʿilūn
23:5 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوجِهِمۡ حَـٰفِظُونَ ۝٥
Shabbir Ahmed
And who are mindful of their chastity. (17:32)
wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūn
23:6 ›
إِلَّا عَلَىٰۤ أَزۡوَ ٰجِهِمۡ أَوۡ مَا مَلَكَتۡ أَیۡمَـٰنُهُمۡ فَإِنَّهُمۡ غَیۡرُ مَلُومِینَ ۝٦
Shabbir Ahmed
Not giving way to their desires with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they each other rightfully possess. Behold, they are free of all blame. (4:3), (4:24), (4:25), (24:32.
illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīn
23:7 ›
فَمَنِ ٱبۡتَغَىٰ وَرَاۤءَ ذَ ٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡعَادُونَ ۝٧
Shabbir Ahmed
Those who cross these limits, are transgressors
famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūn
23:8 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَ ٰعُونَ ۝٨
Shabbir Ahmed
True believers are faithful to their trusts and to their pledges. (4:58)
wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūn
23:9 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَ ٰتِهِمۡ یُحَافِظُونَ ۝٩
Shabbir Ahmed
They guard the Divine System. (24:41)
wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalawātihim yuḥāfiẓūn
23:10 ›
أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡوَ ٰرِثُونَ ۝١٠
Shabbir Ahmed
It is they who shall be the inheritors
ulāika humu l-wārithūn
23:11 ›
ٱلَّذِینَ یَرِثُونَ ٱلۡفِرۡدَوۡسَ هُمۡ فِیهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ۝١١
Shabbir Ahmed
It is they who will inherit the Paradise wherein they shall abide (in both lives (7:43), (43:72), (70:33-34))
alladhīna yarithūna l-fir'dawsa hum fīhā khālidūn
23:12 ›
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن سُلَـٰلَةࣲ مِّن طِینࣲ ۝١٢
Shabbir Ahmed
Now, indeed, We created the human being from the essence of clay. (22:5)
walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min sulālatin min ṭīni
23:13 ›
ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَـٰهُ نُطۡفَةࣰ فِی قَرَارࣲ مَّكِینࣲ ۝١٣
Shabbir Ahmed
Then placed him as the male and female gamete (the product of conception) in a safe lodging
thumma jaʿalnāhu nuṭ'fatan fī qarārin makīni
23:14 ›
ثُمَّ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلنُّطۡفَةَ عَلَقَةࣰ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡعَلَقَةَ مُضۡغَةࣰ فَخَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمُضۡغَةَ عِظَـٰمࣰا فَكَسَوۡنَا ٱلۡعِظَـٰمَ لَحۡمࣰا ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَـٰهُ خَلۡقًا ءَاخَرَۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلۡخَـٰلِقِینَ ۝١٤
Shabbir Ahmed
Then We fashioned the gametes into zygote, a clot, then the hanging little lump, the embryo. Then We created bones within the embryonic lump, and then clothed the bones with flesh. (Thus We designed it into a fetus). And then We made it into a new creation (the human infant). So Blessed is Allah, The Best of creators. (33:7-9), (71:14)
thumma khalaqnā l-nuṭ'fata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍ'ghatan fakhalaqnā l-muḍ'ghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshanāhu khalqan ākhara fatabāraka l-lahu aḥsanu l-khāliqīn
23:15 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعۡدَ ذَ ٰلِكَ لَمَیِّتُونَ ۝١٥
Shabbir Ahmed
And then, behold, after all this you are destined to die
thumma innakum baʿda dhālika lamayyitūn
23:16 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمۡ یَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ تُبۡعَثُونَ ۝١٦
Shabbir Ahmed
And then, behold, on the Day of Resurrection you are raised again. (84:19)
thumma innakum yawma l-qiyāmati tub'ʿathūn
23:17 ›
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا فَوۡقَكُمۡ سَبۡعَ طَرَاۤىِٕقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلۡخَلۡقِ غَـٰفِلِینَ ۝١٧
Shabbir Ahmed
And, indeed We have created above you seven celestial orbits, and We are never unmindful of creation. (35:1)
walaqad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāiqa wamā kunnā ʿani l-khalqi ghāfilīn
23:18 ›
وَأَنزَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءَۢ بِقَدَرࣲ فَأَسۡكَنَّـٰهُ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ ذَهَابِۭ بِهِۦ لَقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝١٨
Shabbir Ahmed
And We send down from the sky water in due measure, and We lodge it in the earth. But, behold, We are Able to withdraw it
wa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-askannāhu fī l-arḍi wa-innā ʿalā dhahābin bihi laqādirūn
23:19 ›
فَأَنشَأۡنَا لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتࣲ مِّن نَّخِیلࣲ وَأَعۡنَـٰبࣲ لَّكُمۡ فِیهَا فَوَ ٰكِهُ كَثِیرَةࣱ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝١٩
Shabbir Ahmed
And from it, We produce for you gardens of date-palms and grapes, wherein you have abundant fruit and you eat thereof
fa-anshanā lakum bihi jannātin min nakhīlin wa-aʿnābin lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūn
23:20 ›
وَشَجَرَةࣰ تَخۡرُجُ مِن طُورِ سَیۡنَاۤءَ تَنۢبُتُ بِٱلدُّهۡنِ وَصِبۡغࣲ لِّلۡءَاكِلِینَ ۝٢٠
Shabbir Ahmed
As well as a tree that grows in abundance in (the lands adjoining) Mount Sinai, yielding oil and relish for all to eat
washajaratan takhruju min ṭūri saynāa tanbutu bil-duh'ni waṣib'ghin lil'ākilīn
23:21 ›
وَإِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَنۡعَـٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةࣰۖ نُّسۡقِیكُم مِّمَّا فِی بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمۡ فِیهَا مَنَـٰفِعُ كَثِیرَةࣱ وَمِنۡهَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٢١
Shabbir Ahmed
And, behold, in the cattle too there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies. You derive many benefits from them, and also consume their meat. (16:66)
wa-inna lakum fī l-anʿāmi laʿib'ratan nus'qīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā walakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūn
23:22 ›
وَعَلَیۡهَا وَعَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ تُحۡمَلُونَ ۝٢٢
Shabbir Ahmed
On them and on the ships you are carried
waʿalayhā waʿalā l-ful'ki tuḥ'malūn
2 Noah
23:23 ›
وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ فَقَالَ یَـٰقَوۡمِ ٱعۡبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَـٰهٍ غَیۡرُهُۥۤۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝٢٣
Shabbir Ahmed
(We took care of your physical and mental needs.) And, indeed, We sent (Our first Prophet), Noah to his people and he said, "O My people! Serve Allah. You have no god other than Him. Will you not then be mindful of Him and walk aright?"
walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi faqāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūn
23:24 ›
فَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ یُرِیدُ أَن یَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَیۡكُمۡ وَلَوۡ شَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةࣰ مَّا سَمِعۡنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِیۤ ءَابَاۤىِٕنَا ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٢٤
Shabbir Ahmed
But the leaders among his community who refused to acknowledge the Truth, said, "This is only a man like you who wants to become prominent among you. God could have sent angels if He willed (to convey a message to us). We never heard this from our forefathers
faqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yurīdu an yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum walaw shāa l-lahu la-anzala malāikatan mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīn
23:25 ›
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلُۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةࣱ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِینࣲ ۝٢٥
Shabbir Ahmed
He is nothing but a madman, so watch him for a while."
in huwa illā rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabbaṣū bihi ḥattā ḥīni
23:26 ›
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِی بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ۝٢٦
Shabbir Ahmed
Said he, "My Lord! Help me, for they accuse me of lying."
qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūn
23:27 ›
فَأَوۡحَیۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡهِ أَنِ ٱصۡنَعِ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ بِأَعۡیُنِنَا وَوَحۡیِنَا فَإِذَا جَاۤءَ أَمۡرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ فَٱسۡلُكۡ فِیهَا مِن كُلࣲّ زَوۡجَیۡنِ ٱثۡنَیۡنِ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَا تُخَـٰطِبۡنِی فِی ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوۤا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّغۡرَقُونَ ۝٢٧
Shabbir Ahmed
Then We revealed unto him thus, "Build, under Our eyes and according to Our revealed instructions, the ark. Then, as Our Command comes to pass and the torrent gushes forth, take on board a couple each of the domesticated animals. As well as your family and followers except him against whom the Word has already gone forth (for his persistent denial). And do not plead with Me on behalf of the oppressors. Verily, they will be drowned."
fa-awḥaynā ilayhi ani iṣ'naʿi l-ful'ka bi-aʿyuninā wawaḥyinā fa-idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru fa-us'luk fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu min'hum walā tukhāṭib'nī fī alladhīna ẓalamū innahum mugh'raqūn
23:28 ›
فَإِذَا ٱسۡتَوَیۡتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ فَقُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِی نَجَّىٰنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ۝٢٨
Shabbir Ahmed
When you have settled in the ship along with your companions, say, "All Praise is due to Allah Who has saved us from the oppressors."
fa-idhā is'tawayta anta waman maʿaka ʿalā l-ful'ki faquli l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīn
23:29 ›
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلۡنِی مُنزَلࣰا مُّبَارَكࣰا وَأَنتَ خَیۡرُ ٱلۡمُنزِلِینَ ۝٢٩
Shabbir Ahmed
And say, "O My Sustainer! Enable me to disembark with Your blessing. You are the Best Director of destinations!"
waqul rabbi anzil'nī munzalan mubārakan wa-anta khayru l-munzilīn
23:30 ›
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَـٰتࣲ وَإِن كُنَّا لَمُبۡتَلِینَ ۝٣٠
Shabbir Ahmed
Behold, herein are Messages indeed, for Our Law keeps testing nations (for viability)
inna fī dhālika laāyātin wa-in kunnā lamub'talīn
23:31 ›
ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قَرۡنًا ءَاخَرِینَ ۝٣١
Shabbir Ahmed
(And after those people of old) We gave rise to new generations
thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qarnan ākharīn
23:32 ›
فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا فِیهِمۡ رَسُولࣰا مِّنۡهُمۡ أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَـٰهٍ غَیۡرُهُۥۤۚ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝٣٢
Shabbir Ahmed
And always We sent to them a Messenger of their own. (Without exception each of these Messengers said), "Serve Allah. You have no god other than Him. Will you not then be mindful of Him and walk aright?"
fa-arsalnā fīhim rasūlan min'hum ani uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūn
3 Prophets after Noah
23:33 ›
وَقَالَ ٱلۡمَلَأُ مِن قَوۡمِهِ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِلِقَاۤءِ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ وَأَتۡرَفۡنَـٰهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَا مَا هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ یَأۡكُلُ مِمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ مِنۡهُ وَیَشۡرَبُ مِمَّا تَشۡرَبُونَ ۝٣٣
Shabbir Ahmed
(And invariably) it was their leaders who refused to acknowledge the Truth and denied the Meeting in the Hereafter. Simply because We had granted them ease and plenty in their worldly life. Every time such people would say, "This is only a man like you who eats what you eat and drinks as you drink
waqāla l-mala-u min qawmihi alladhīna kafarū wakadhabū biliqāi l-ākhirati wa-atrafnāhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yakulu mimmā takulūna min'hu wayashrabu mimmā tashrabūn
23:34 ›
وَلَىِٕنۡ أَطَعۡتُم بَشَرࣰا مِّثۡلَكُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ إِذࣰا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ ۝٣٤
Shabbir Ahmed
And indeed, if you obey a mortal like yourselves, you will surely be the losers
wala-in aṭaʿtum basharan mith'lakum innakum idhan lakhāsirūn
23:35 ›
أَیَعِدُكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ إِذَا مِتُّمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَنَّكُم مُّخۡرَجُونَ ۝٣٥
Shabbir Ahmed
Does he promise you that, after you die and become dust and bones, you shall be brought forth again
ayaʿidukum annakum idhā mittum wakuntum turāban waʿiẓāman annakum mukh'rajūn
23:36 ›
۞ هَیۡهَاتَ هَیۡهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ ۝٣٦
Shabbir Ahmed
Impossible, impossible indeed, is what you are promised
hayhāta hayhāta limā tūʿadūn
23:37 ›
إِنۡ هِیَ إِلَّا حَیَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡیَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡیَا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَبۡعُوثِینَ ۝٣٧
Shabbir Ahmed
There is nothing but our life of this world. We die and we live, and we shall not be raised again. (We see people dying and children being born every day)
in hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā naḥnu bimabʿūthīn
23:38 ›
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبࣰا وَمَا نَحۡنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٣٨
Shabbir Ahmed
He is just a man who has invented a lie about Allah. We are not going to believe in him."
in huwa illā rajulun if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban wamā naḥnu lahu bimu'minīn
23:39 ›
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرۡنِی بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ ۝٣٩
Shabbir Ahmed
(Whereupon the Messenger) would say, "My Lord! Help me, for they accuse me of lying."
qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūn
23:40 ›
قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِیلࣲ لَّیُصۡبِحُنَّ نَـٰدِمِینَ ۝٤٠
Shabbir Ahmed
(And Allah) would say, "In a little while they will be sorry!"
qāla ʿammā qalīlin layuṣ'biḥunna nādimīn
23:41 ›
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُمۡ غُثَاۤءࣰۚ فَبُعۡدࣰا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ۝٤١
Shabbir Ahmed
And then the Blast of (Our Requital) overtook them, justly and inevitably, and We made them as rubbish of dead leaves. (11:68). And so - away with people who wronged their own "Self"
fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu bil-ḥaqi fajaʿalnāhum ghuthāan fabuʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīn
23:42 ›
ثُمَّ أَنشَأۡنَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِینَ ۝٤٢
Shabbir Ahmed
Then after them We brought forth other generations
thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qurūnan ākharīn
23:43 ›
مَا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا یَسۡتَءۡخِرُونَ ۝٤٣
Shabbir Ahmed
No nation can advance its term, nor delay it. (The Laws of the rise and fall of nations are unchangeable (7:34), (13:38), (15:5))
mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūn
23:44 ›
ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتۡرَاۖ كُلَّ مَا جَاۤءَ أُمَّةࣰ رَّسُولُهَا كَذَّبُوهُۖ فَأَتۡبَعۡنَا بَعۡضَهُم بَعۡضࣰا وَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُمۡ أَحَادِیثَۚ فَبُعۡدࣰا لِّقَوۡمࣲ لَّا یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٤٤
Shabbir Ahmed
We sent Our Messengers in succession. Whenever a Messenger came to a nation, they denied him. Our Law of Requital caused them to follow one another in disaster, and We made them history. And so - away with people who would not believe
thumma arsalnā rusulanā tatrā kulla mā jāa ummatan rasūluhā kadhabūhu fa-atbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍan wajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha fabuʿ'dan liqawmin lā yu'minūn
23:45 ›
ثُمَّ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا وَسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ مُّبِینٍ ۝٤٥
Shabbir Ahmed
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our Messages and a clear authority from Us
thumma arsalnā mūsā wa-akhāhu hārūna biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīni
23:46 ›
إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِی۟هِۦ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوۡمًا عَالِینَ ۝٤٦
Shabbir Ahmed
To Pharaoh and his chiefs; but they showed arrogance. For, they were megalomaniacs
ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-is'takbarū wakānū qawman ʿālīn
23:47 ›
فَقَالُوۤا۟ أَنُؤۡمِنُ لِبَشَرَیۡنِ مِثۡلِنَا وَقَوۡمُهُمَا لَنَا عَـٰبِدُونَ ۝٤٧
Shabbir Ahmed
And so they said, "Shall we believe in these two mortals like us whose nation are our slaves?"
faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mith'linā waqawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūn
23:48 ›
فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِینَ ۝٤٨
Shabbir Ahmed
Thus they denied them, and earned their place among the doomed
fakadhabūhumā fakānū mina l-muh'lakīn
23:49 ›
وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَیۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَهۡتَدُونَ ۝٤٩
Shabbir Ahmed
For, indeed, We had given Moses the Scripture, that they might go aright
walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba laʿallahum yahtadūn
23:50 ›
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱبۡنَ مَرۡیَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥۤ ءَایَةࣰ وَءَاوَیۡنَـٰهُمَاۤ إِلَىٰ رَبۡوَةࣲ ذَاتِ قَرَارࣲ وَمَعِینࣲ ۝٥٠
Shabbir Ahmed
And We made the son of Mary and his mother a symbol (of Our Grace). And, We gave them abode on an elevated resort, affording rest and security and fresh water springs. (As they migrated from Canaan after the attempted crucifixion.
wajaʿalnā ib'na maryama wa-ummahu āyatan waāwaynāhumā ilā rabwatin dhāti qarārin wamaʿīni
4 Higher Values of Life
23:51 ›
یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلرُّسُلُ كُلُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلطَّیِّبَـٰتِ وَٱعۡمَلُوا۟ صَـٰلِحًاۖ إِنِّی بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ عَلِیمࣱ ۝٥١
Shabbir Ahmed
(This was a brief resume of some of Our Messengers. We had said to them), "O Messengers! Partake of the decent things of life and work for the betterment of humanity. Verily, I am Aware of what you do
yāayyuhā l-rusulu kulū mina l-ṭayibāti wa-iʿ'malū ṣāliḥan innī bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīmu
23:52 ›
وَإِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦۤ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱتَّقُونِ ۝٥٢
Shabbir Ahmed
And verily, this community of yours is one community and I am your Sustainer. So, walk aright remaining conscious of Me." (Since all Messengers were one Brotherhood unanimous in purpose, all mankind must consider one another as brothers and sisters)
wa-inna hādhihi ummatukum ummatan wāḥidatan wa-anā rabbukum fa-ittaqūn
23:53 ›
فَتَقَطَّعُوۤا۟ أَمۡرَهُم بَیۡنَهُمۡ زُبُرࣰاۖ كُلُّ حِزۡبِۭ بِمَا لَدَیۡهِمۡ فَرِحُونَ ۝٥٣
Shabbir Ahmed
But they (who claim to follow you O Messengers) have torn their unity wide asunder, piece by piece into disputing factions, each faction rejoicing in its beliefs. (30:32)
fataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥiz'bin bimā ladayhim fariḥūn
23:54 ›
فَذَرۡهُمۡ فِی غَمۡرَتِهِمۡ حَتَّىٰ حِینٍ ۝٥٤
Shabbir Ahmed
But leave them alone, lost in their ignorance until a time. (And the Truth will ultimately prevail (22:17), (22:55-57))
fadharhum fī ghamratihim ḥattā ḥīni
23:55 ›
أَیَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّمَا نُمِدُّهُم بِهِۦ مِن مَّالࣲ وَبَنِینَ ۝٥٥
Shabbir Ahmed
Do they think that, since We continue to provide them with wealth and children
ayaḥsabūna annamā numidduhum bihi min mālin wabanīn
23:56 ›
نُسَارِعُ لَهُمۡ فِی ٱلۡخَیۡرَ ٰتِۚ بَل لَّا یَشۡعُرُونَ ۝٥٦
Shabbir Ahmed
We are being swift to them with good things? Nay, but they perceive not
nusāriʿu lahum fī l-khayrāti bal lā yashʿurūn
23:57 ›
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ هُم مِّنۡ خَشۡیَةِ رَبِّهِم مُّشۡفِقُونَ ۝٥٧
Shabbir Ahmed
(It is people who must hasten to do good and become worthy of good things.) Verily, those who are reverently conscious of their Lord
inna alladhīna hum min khashyati rabbihim mush'fiqūn
23:58 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم بِءَایَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ یُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٥٨
Shabbir Ahmed
And those who have conviction in the Messages of their Lord
wa-alladhīna hum biāyāti rabbihim yu'minūn
23:59 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ هُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ لَا یُشۡرِكُونَ ۝٥٩
Shabbir Ahmed
And those who do not associate anyone with Him
wa-alladhīna hum birabbihim lā yush'rikūn
23:60 ›
وَٱلَّذِینَ یُؤۡتُونَ مَاۤ ءَاتَوا۟ وَّقُلُوبُهُمۡ وَجِلَةٌ أَنَّهُمۡ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ رَ ٰجِعُونَ ۝٦٠
Shabbir Ahmed
And those who give (in the Cause of Allah of their wealth and person) whatever they can, and are still afraid (that they have not done enough and) because they have to return to their Lord
wa-alladhīna yu'tūna mā ātaw waqulūbuhum wajilatun annahum ilā rabbihim rājiʿūn
23:61 ›
أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ یُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِی ٱلۡخَیۡرَ ٰتِ وَهُمۡ لَهَا سَـٰبِقُونَ ۝٦١
Shabbir Ahmed
It is they who race with one another to improve the quality of life for humanity, and it is they who are worthy of winning good things
ulāika yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wahum lahā sābiqūn
23:62 ›
وَلَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفۡسًا إِلَّا وُسۡعَهَاۚ وَلَدَیۡنَا كِتَـٰبࣱ یَنطِقُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ لَا یُظۡلَمُونَ ۝٦٢
Shabbir Ahmed
We do not hold responsible any person beyond his or her capacity. Our Commands are meant to expand your human potential. (2:286), (6:153), (7:42). And with Us is the Database that speaks the Truth (about what you can and cannot do). And none shall de wronged
walā nukallifu nafsan illā wus'ʿahā waladaynā kitābun yanṭiqu bil-ḥaqi wahum lā yuẓ'lamūn
23:63 ›
بَلۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ فِی غَمۡرَةࣲ مِّنۡ هَـٰذَا وَلَهُمۡ أَعۡمَـٰلࣱ مِّن دُونِ ذَ ٰلِكَ هُمۡ لَهَا عَـٰمِلُونَ ۝٦٣
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay, but their hearts are in ignorance of this Qur'an, and they are too busy doing other things and will keep doing so
bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratin min hādhā walahum aʿmālun min dūni dhālika hum lahā ʿāmilūn
23:64 ›
حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَاۤ أَخَذۡنَا مُتۡرَفِیهِم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمۡ یَجۡءَرُونَ ۝٦٤
Shabbir Ahmed
When We grasp their rich elite with retribution, they will moan and groan
ḥattā idhā akhadhnā mut'rafīhim bil-ʿadhābi idhā hum yajarūn
23:65 ›
لَا تَجۡءَرُوا۟ ٱلۡیَوۡمَۖ إِنَّكُم مِّنَّا لَا تُنصَرُونَ ۝٦٥
Shabbir Ahmed
Groan not in supplication this day! You will surely, not be helped by Us
lā tajarū l-yawma innakum minnā lā tunṣarūn
23:66 ›
قَدۡ كَانَتۡ ءَایَـٰتِی تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُمۡ عَلَىٰۤ أَعۡقَـٰبِكُمۡ تَنكِصُونَ ۝٦٦
Shabbir Ahmed
My Messages were conveyed to you, but you used to turn back on your heels
qad kānat āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿalā aʿqābikum tankiṣūn
23:67 ›
مُسۡتَكۡبِرِینَ بِهِۦ سَـٰمِرࣰا تَهۡجُرُونَ ۝٦٧
Shabbir Ahmed
In arrogance, talking nonsense about these Verses like people telling fables far into the night
mus'takbirīna bihi sāmiran tahjurūn
23:68 ›
أَفَلَمۡ یَدَّبَّرُوا۟ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ أَمۡ جَاۤءَهُم مَّا لَمۡ یَأۡتِ ءَابَاۤءَهُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٦٨
Shabbir Ahmed
Have they not pondered the Word? Is the Revelation something that never came to their remote forefathers, ( Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, and others)
afalam yaddabbarū l-qawla am jāahum mā lam yati ābāahumu l-awalīn
23:69 ›
أَمۡ لَمۡ یَعۡرِفُوا۟ رَسُولَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ۝٦٩
Shabbir Ahmed
Or do they not recognize their Messenger, that they deny him? (10:16)
am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahu munkirūn
23:70 ›
أَمۡ یَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةُۢۚ بَلۡ جَاۤءَهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لِلۡحَقِّ كَـٰرِهُونَ ۝٧٠
Shabbir Ahmed
Or do they say, "There is madness in him?" Nay, he brings them the Truth, and most of them are haters of the Truth. (They want him to make compromises (10:15), (11:113), (17:74), (68:9))
am yaqūlūna bihi jinnatun bal jāahum bil-ḥaqi wa-aktharuhum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūn
23:71 ›
وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلۡحَقُّ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُمۡ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِیهِنَّۚ بَلۡ أَتَیۡنَـٰهُم بِذِكۡرِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ۝٧١
Shabbir Ahmed
And if the Truth had followed their whims (2:120), verily the heavens and the earth and all beings therein would have fallen into ruin. Nay, We have given them their Reminder, but they turn away from their Reminder that can give them eminence. (7:176), (21:10-24), (43:43)
walawi ittabaʿa l-ḥaqu ahwāahum lafasadati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu waman fīhinna bal ataynāhum bidhik'rihim fahum ʿan dhik'rihim muʿ'riḍūn
23:72 ›
أَمۡ تَسۡءَلُهُمۡ خَرۡجࣰا فَخَرَاجُ رَبِّكَ خَیۡرࣱۖ وَهُوَ خَیۡرُ ٱلرَّ ٰزِقِینَ ۝٧٢
Shabbir Ahmed
(O Messenger) Do you ask them for any tribute? (They must know that) your Sustainer's tribute is best, for, He is the Best of providers
am tasaluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru l-rāziqīn
23:73 ›
وَإِنَّكَ لَتَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَ ٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِیمࣲ ۝٧٣
Shabbir Ahmed
And, verily, you call them onto a Straight Path
wa-innaka latadʿūhum ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmi
23:74 ›
وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَ ٰطِ لَنَـٰكِبُونَ ۝٧٤
Shabbir Ahmed
But, behold, those who disbelieve in the life to come are bound to deviate from that Way
wa-inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati ʿani l-ṣirāṭi lanākibūn
23:75 ›
۞ وَلَوۡ رَحِمۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِم مِّن ضُرࣲّ لَّلَجُّوا۟ فِی طُغۡیَـٰنِهِمۡ یَعۡمَهُونَ ۝٧٥
Shabbir Ahmed
Even if We had mercy on them and relieved them of their suffering, they would obstinately persist in their transgression wandering to and fro
walaw raḥim'nāhum wakashafnā mā bihim min ḍurrin lalajjū fī ṭugh'yānihim yaʿmahūn
23:76 ›
وَلَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَـٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسۡتَكَانُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَمَا یَتَضَرَّعُونَ ۝٧٦
Shabbir Ahmed
And, indeed, We tested them through suffering, but they did not humble themselves before their Lord, nor implored Him
walaqad akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi famā is'takānū lirabbihim wamā yataḍarraʿūn
23:77 ›
حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَا فَتَحۡنَا عَلَیۡهِم بَابࣰا ذَا عَذَابࣲ شَدِیدٍ إِذَا هُمۡ فِیهِ مُبۡلِسُونَ ۝٧٧
Shabbir Ahmed
Until when We open for them the gate of severe retribution, behold, they will be then completely demoralized
ḥattā idhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin idhā hum fīhi mub'lisūn
5 Polytheism is self-condemned
23:78 ›
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَـٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡءِدَةَۚ قَلِیلࣰا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ ۝٧٨
Shabbir Ahmed
(O Mankind) He is the One Who has created for you hearing and sight, and mind (the faculties to perceive and conceive). But, how seldom do you show gratitude by really using them
wahuwa alladhī ansha-a lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūn
23:79 ›
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِی ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَیۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ ۝٧٩
Shabbir Ahmed
And He it is Who has multiplied you on earth (as unity in diversity), and unto Him you will be gathered. (67:24)
wahuwa alladhī dhara-akum fī l-arḍi wa-ilayhi tuḥ'sharūn
23:80 ›
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِی یُحۡیِۦ وَیُمِیتُ وَلَهُ ٱخۡتِلَـٰفُ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ۝٨٠
Shabbir Ahmed
And He it is Who gives life and death and to Him is due the alternation of Night and Day. Will you not, then, use your sense? (His Laws govern the life and death of individuals and nations, just as He alternates night and day)
wahuwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu walahu ikh'tilāfu al-layli wal-nahāri afalā taʿqilūn
23:81 ›
بَلۡ قَالُوا۟ مِثۡلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ۝٨١
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay, they say what the people of the olden times used to say
bal qālū mith'la mā qāla l-awalūn
23:82 ›
قَالُوۤا۟ أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبۡعُوثُونَ ۝٨٢
Shabbir Ahmed
They say, "What! After we die and become mere dust and bones, shall we then, be raised again
qālū a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūn
23:83 ›
لَقَدۡ وُعِدۡنَا نَحۡنُ وَءَابَاۤؤُنَا هَـٰذَا مِن قَبۡلُ إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّاۤ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝٨٣
Shabbir Ahmed
Indeed, this we have been promised, we and our forefathers, long ago. These are nothing but tales of the ancient."
laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīn
23:84 ›
قُل لِّمَنِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِیهَاۤ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٨٤
Shabbir Ahmed
Say, "Unto whom belongs the earth and all that lives thereon, if you happen to know?"
qul limani l-arḍu waman fīhā in kuntum taʿlamūn
23:85 ›
سَیَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٨٥
Shabbir Ahmed
They will reply "Unto Allah." Say, "Will you not then, bethink?"
sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tadhakkarūn
23:86 ›
قُلۡ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ ٱلسَّبۡعِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡعَظِیمِ ۝٨٦
Shabbir Ahmed
Say, "Who is the Sustainer of the seven heavens and Lord of the Tremendous Throne?" (16:49), (42:29)
qul man rabbu l-samāwāti l-sabʿi warabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīm
23:87 ›
سَیَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ۝٨٧
Shabbir Ahmed
They will answer, "Unto Allah (all this belongs)." Say, "Will you not then be mindful of Him?"
sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tattaqūn
23:88 ›
قُلۡ مَنۢ بِیَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ وَهُوَ یُجِیرُ وَلَا یُجَارُ عَلَیۡهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٨٨
Shabbir Ahmed
Say, "In whose hand is the mighty Dominion over all things, and who protects, while against Him there is no protection? - If you happen to know the answer."
qul man biyadihi malakūtu kulli shayin wahuwa yujīru walā yujāru ʿalayhi in kuntum taʿlamūn
23:89 ›
سَیَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِۚ قُلۡ فَأَنَّىٰ تُسۡحَرُونَ ۝٨٩
Shabbir Ahmed
They will reply, "Unto Allah (all that belongs)." Say, "How can you then belie yourselves?"
sayaqūlūna lillahi qul fa-annā tus'ḥarūn
23:90 ›
بَلۡ أَتَیۡنَـٰهُم بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ ۝٩٠
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay, We have given them the Truth, yet, behold, they are intent upon lying to themselves. (Acceptance of His Rule in their lives hurts their vested interests (21:20), (23:70))
bal ataynāhum bil-ḥaqi wa-innahum lakādhibūn
23:91 ›
مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدࣲ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنۡ إِلَـٰهٍۚ إِذࣰا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَـٰهِۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲۚ سُبۡحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا یَصِفُونَ ۝٩١
Shabbir Ahmed
Never did God take unto Himself a son, nor was ever any god beside Him. For, had there been any, each god would have taken along its creation and overcome the other. Allah is High Above all that they allege
mā ittakhadha l-lahu min waladin wamā kāna maʿahu min ilāhin idhan ladhahaba kullu ilāhin bimā khalaqa walaʿalā baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūn
23:92 ›
عَـٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَیۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ فَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا یُشۡرِكُونَ ۝٩٢
Shabbir Ahmed
Knower of the Invisible and the Visible! And Exalted He is above the partners they attribute to Him
qul rabbi immā turiyannī mā yūʿadūn
6 Regrets of the Wicked
23:93 ›
قُل رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِیَنِّی مَا یُوعَدُونَ ۝٩٣
Shabbir Ahmed
(The believer should) pray, "My Lord! If you let me witness (in my life-time) what the wrongdoers are warned against
Qul rabbi imma turiyannee ma yooAAadoona
23:94 ›
رَبِّ فَلَا تَجۡعَلۡنِی فِی ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ۝٩٤
Shabbir Ahmed
My Lord! Then let me not be among them." (8:25)
rabbi falā tajʿalnī fī l-qawmi l-ẓālimīn
23:95 ›
وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰۤ أَن نُّرِیَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمۡ لَقَـٰدِرُونَ ۝٩٥
Shabbir Ahmed
For, behold, We are Able to show you that against which they are warned
wa-innā ʿalā an nuriyaka mā naʿiduhum laqādirūn
23:96 ›
ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِی هِیَ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلسَّیِّئَةَۚ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا یَصِفُونَ ۝٩٦
Shabbir Ahmed
(Nevertheless), counter evil with something that is better. We are best Aware of what others say and do
id'faʿ bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu l-sayi-ata naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaṣifūn
23:97 ›
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنۡ هَمَزَ ٰتِ ٱلشَّیَـٰطِینِ ۝٩٧
Shabbir Ahmed
And say, "My Lord! I seek refuge with you from the prompting of the satanic forces of dissension (in my heart and among the enemy)."
waqul rabbi aʿūdhu bika min hamazāti l-shayāṭīn
23:98 ›
وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن یَحۡضُرُونِ ۝٩٨
Shabbir Ahmed
And I seek refuge with you, my Lord, lest they come near me."
wa-aʿūdhu bika rabbi an yaḥḍurūn
23:99 ›
حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَا جَاۤءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرۡجِعُونِ ۝٩٩
Shabbir Ahmed
(Those who keep belying themselves), when death comes to one of them, say, "My Lord! Send me back" (23:74), (23:90)
ḥattā idhā jāa aḥadahumu l-mawtu qāla rabbi ir'jiʿūn
23:100 ›
لَعَلِّیۤ أَعۡمَلُ صَـٰلِحࣰا فِیمَا تَرَكۡتُۚ كَلَّاۤۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَاۤىِٕلُهَاۖ وَمِن وَرَاۤىِٕهِم بَرۡزَخٌ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ ۝١٠٠
Shabbir Ahmed
That I may do good works in that I left behind! But, nay! It is a mere word of no significance that he speaks. And behind them is a barrier until the Day they are raised. (39:58)
laʿallī aʿmalu ṣāliḥan fīmā taraktu kallā innahā kalimatun huwa qāiluhā wamin warāihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūn
23:101 ›
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِی ٱلصُّورِ فَلَاۤ أَنسَابَ بَیۡنَهُمۡ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ وَلَا یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ۝١٠١
Shabbir Ahmed
And when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no relationships between them that Day, nor will they ask about one another
fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri falā ansāba baynahum yawma-idhin walā yatasāalūn
23:102 ›
فَمَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ۝١٠٢
Shabbir Ahmed
Then those whose scales (of good deeds) are heavy; they are the successful
faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūn
23:103 ›
وَمَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ ٱلَّذِینَ خَسِرُوۤا۟ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فِی جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ ۝١٠٣
Shabbir Ahmed
And those whose scales are light, it is they who have wasted their "Self", and abide in hell
waman khaffat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum fī jahannama khālidūn
23:104 ›
تَلۡفَحُ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَهُمۡ فِیهَا كَـٰلِحُونَ ۝١٠٤
Shabbir Ahmed
Their faces in agony as the fire burns them therein
talfaḥu wujūhahumu l-nāru wahum fīhā kāliḥūn
23:105 ›
أَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَایَـٰتِی تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡكُمۡ فَكُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٠٥
Shabbir Ahmed
(And it will be said), "Were not My Revelations conveyed to you, and did you not deny them?"
alam takun āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum bihā tukadhibūn
23:106 ›
قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتۡ عَلَیۡنَا شِقۡوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوۡمࣰا ضَاۤلِّینَ ۝١٠٦
Shabbir Ahmed
They will say, "Our Lord! Our misfortune overwhelmed us, and we became a people astray
qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiq'watunā wakunnā qawman ḍāllīn
23:107 ›
رَبَّنَاۤ أَخۡرِجۡنَا مِنۡهَا فَإِنۡ عُدۡنَا فَإِنَّا ظَـٰلِمُونَ ۝١٠٧
Shabbir Ahmed
Our Lord! Bring us out of here, and if we return to our old behavior, then indeed we shall be wrongdoers."
rabbanā akhrij'nā min'hā fa-in ʿud'nā fa-innā ẓālimūn
23:108 ›
قَالَ ٱخۡسَءُوا۟ فِیهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ ۝١٠٨
Shabbir Ahmed
He will say, "Dump yourselves therein and plead not with Me."
qāla ikh'saū fīhā walā tukallimūn
23:109 ›
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِیقࣱ مِّنۡ عِبَادِی یَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَاۤ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَا وَأَنتَ خَیۡرُ ٱلرَّ ٰحِمِینَ ۝١٠٩
Shabbir Ahmed
"Behold, there were among My servants such who used to say, 'Our Lord! We have come to believe, so forgive us and bestow Grace upon us, for, You are the Best of the merciful.
innahu kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīn
23:110 ›
فَٱتَّخَذۡتُمُوهُمۡ سِخۡرِیًّا حَتَّىٰۤ أَنسَوۡكُمۡ ذِكۡرِی وَكُنتُم مِّنۡهُمۡ تَضۡحَكُونَ ۝١١٠
Shabbir Ahmed
But you ridiculed them, to the extent that it made you forget My Message while you were laughing at them
fa-ittakhadhtumūhum sikh'riyyan ḥattā ansawkum dhik'rī wakuntum min'hum taḍḥakūn
23:111 ›
إِنِّی جَزَیۡتُهُمُ ٱلۡیَوۡمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوۤا۟ أَنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡفَاۤىِٕزُونَ ۝١١١
Shabbir Ahmed
This Day I have rewarded them for their patience. They verily are the triumphant."
innī jazaytuhumu l-yawma bimā ṣabarū annahum humu l-fāizūn
23:112 ›
قَـٰلَ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ عَدَدَ سِنِینَ ۝١١٢
Shabbir Ahmed
He will ask, "What number of years have you spent on earth?"
qāla kam labith'tum fī l-arḍi ʿadada sinīn
23:113 ›
قَالُوا۟ لَبِثۡنَا یَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ یَوۡمࣲ فَسۡءَلِ ٱلۡعَاۤدِّینَ ۝١١٣
Shabbir Ahmed
They will say, "We stayed a day or part of a day. But ask those who keep count."
qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasali l-ʿādīn
23:114 ›
قَـٰلَ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰاۖ لَّوۡ أَنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝١١٤
Shabbir Ahmed
He will say, "You stayed only a little, if you had only realized then!"
qāla in labith'tum illā qalīlan law annakum kuntum taʿlamūn
23:115 ›
أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَـٰكُمۡ عَبَثࣰا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَیۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ۝١١٥
Shabbir Ahmed
Do you think that We have created you without purpose, and that you will not be brought before Us?"
afaḥasib'tum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-annakum ilaynā lā tur'jaʿūn
23:116 ›
فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡحَقُّۖ لَاۤ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ ٱلۡكَرِیمِ ۝١١٦
Shabbir Ahmed
Know that Allah is Exalted, the King, the Truth. There is no god but He, the Lord of the Honored Throne
fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīm
23:117 ›
وَمَن یَدۡعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَا بُرۡهَـٰنَ لَهُۥ بِهِۦ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦۤۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا یُفۡلِحُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ ۝١١٧
Shabbir Ahmed
Hence, anyone who calls upon gods besides Allah, has no evidence of it. And his account rests with his Lord? Verily, such deniers of the Truth will not attain the ultimate prosperity. (23:1)
waman yadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara lā bur'hāna lahu bihi fa-innamā ḥisābuhu ʿinda rabbihi innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-kāfirūn
23:118 ›
وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ وَٱرۡحَمۡ وَأَنتَ خَیۡرُ ٱلرَّ ٰحِمِینَ ۝١١٨
Shabbir Ahmed
And say, "My Lord! Grant me the protection of forgiveness absolving my imperfections and bestow Grace, for You are the Best of the merciful."
waqul rabbi igh'fir wa-ir'ḥam wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīn
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Surah
The Believers
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118
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
18
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  1. 1 Success of the Faithful Ayat 1 – 22
  2. 2 Noah Ayat 23 – 32
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  5. 5 Polytheism is self-condemned Ayat 78 – 92
  6. 6 Regrets of the Wicked Ayat 93 – 118

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