Man — Muhammad Asad Translation – Parallel Quran

1 Attainment of Perfection

هَلۡ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنِ حِینࣱ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهۡرِ لَمۡ یَكُن شَیۡءࣰا مَّذۡكُورًا ۝١

HAS THERE [not] been an endless span of time before man [appeared - a time] when he was not yet a thing to be thought of

hal atā ʿalā l-insāni ḥīnun mina l-dahri lam yakun shayan madhkūra

إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ أَمۡشَاجࣲ نَّبۡتَلِیهِ فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ سَمِیعَۢا بَصِیرًا ۝٢

Verily, it is We who have created man out of a drop of sperm intermingled, so that We might try him [in his later life]: and therefore We made him a being endowed with hearing and sight

innā khalaqnā l-insāna min nuṭ'fatin amshājin nabtalīhi fajaʿalnāhu samīʿan baṣīra

إِنَّا هَدَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلسَّبِیلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرࣰا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا ۝٣

Verily, We have shown him the way: [and it rests with him to prove himself] either grateful or ungrateful

innā hadaynāhu l-sabīla immā shākiran wa-immā kafūra

إِنَّاۤ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ سَلَـٰسِلَا۟ وَأَغۡلَـٰلࣰا وَسَعِیرًا ۝٤

[Now,] behold, for those who deny the truth We have readied chains and shackles, and a blazing flam

innā aʿtadnā lil'kāfirīna salāsilā wa-aghlālan wasaʿīra

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ یَشۡرَبُونَ مِن كَأۡسࣲ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا ۝٥

[whereas,] behold, the truly virtuous shall drink from a cup flavoured with the calyx of sweet-smelling flowers

inna l-abrāra yashrabūna min kasin kāna mizājuhā kāfūra

عَیۡنࣰا یَشۡرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ ٱللَّهِ یُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفۡجِیرࣰا ۝٦

a source [of bliss] whereof God's servants shall drink, seeing it flow in a flow abundant

yūfūna bil-nadhri wayakhāfūna yawman kāna sharruhu mus'taṭīra

یُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذۡرِ وَیَخَافُونَ یَوۡمࣰا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسۡتَطِیرࣰا ۝٧

[The truly virtuous are] they [who] fulfil their vows, and stand in awe of a Day the woe of which is bound to spread far and wide

Yoofoona bialnnathri wayakhafoona yawman kana sharruhu mustateeran

وَیُطۡعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسۡكِینࣰا وَیَتِیمࣰا وَأَسِیرًا ۝٨

and who give food - however great be their own want of it - unto the needy, and the orphan, and the captive

wayuṭ'ʿimūna l-ṭaʿāma ʿalā ḥubbihi mis'kīnan wayatīman wa-asīra

إِنَّمَا نُطۡعِمُكُمۡ لِوَجۡهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِیدُ مِنكُمۡ جَزَاۤءࣰ وَلَا شُكُورًا ۝٩

[saying, in their hearts,] "We feed you for the sake of God alone: we desire no recompense from you, nor thanks

innamā nuṭ'ʿimukum liwajhi l-lahi lā nurīdu minkum jazāan walā shukūra

إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا یَوۡمًا عَبُوسࣰا قَمۡطَرِیرࣰا ۝١٠

behold, we stand in awe of our Sustainer's judgment on a distressful, fateful Day!"

innā nakhāfu min rabbinā yawman ʿabūsan qamṭarīra

فَوَقَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمِ وَلَقَّىٰهُمۡ نَضۡرَةࣰ وَسُرُورࣰا ۝١١

And so, God will preserve them from the woes of that Day, and will bestow on them brightness and joy

fawaqāhumu l-lahu sharra dhālika l-yawmi walaqqāhum naḍratan wasurūra

وَجَزَىٰهُم بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ جَنَّةࣰ وَحَرِیرࣰا ۝١٢

and will reward them for all their patience in adversity with a garden [of bliss] and with [garments of] silk

wajazāhum bimā ṣabarū jannatan waḥarīra

مُّتَّكِءِینَ فِیهَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَاۤىِٕكِۖ لَا یَرَوۡنَ فِیهَا شَمۡسࣰا وَلَا زَمۡهَرِیرࣰا ۝١٣

In that [garden] they will on couches recline, and will know therein neither [burning] sun nor cold severe

muttakiīna fīhā ʿalā l-arāiki lā yarawna fīhā shamsan walā zamharīra

وَدَانِیَةً عَلَیۡهِمۡ ظِلَـٰلُهَا وَذُلِّلَتۡ قُطُوفُهَا تَذۡلِیلࣰا ۝١٤

since its [blissful] shades will come down low over them, and low will hang down its clusters of fruit, most easy to reach

wadāniyatan ʿalayhim ẓilāluhā wadhullilat quṭūfuhā tadhlīla

وَیُطَافُ عَلَیۡهِم بِءَانِیَةࣲ مِّن فِضَّةࣲ وَأَكۡوَابࣲ كَانَتۡ قَوَارِیرَا۠ ۝١٥

And they will be waited upon with vessels of silver and goblets that will [seem to] be crystal –

wayuṭāfu ʿalayhim biāniyatin min fiḍḍatin wa-akwābin kānat qawārīr

قَوَارِیرَا۟ مِن فِضَّةࣲ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقۡدِیرࣰا ۝١٦

crystal-like, [but] of silver - the measure whereof they alone will determine

qawārīrā min fiḍḍatin qaddarūhā taqdīra

وَیُسۡقَوۡنَ فِیهَا كَأۡسࣰا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنجَبِیلًا ۝١٧

And in that [paradise] they will be given to drink of a cup flavoured with ginger

wayus'qawna fīhā kasan kāna mizājuhā zanjabīla

عَیۡنࣰا فِیهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلۡسَبِیلࣰا ۝١٨

[derived from] a source [to be found] therein, whose name is "Seek Thy Way"

wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna idhā ra-aytahum ḥasib'tahum lu'lu-an manthūra

۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَیۡتَهُمۡ حَسِبۡتَهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣰا مَّنثُورࣰا ۝١٩

And immortal youths will wait upon them: when thou seest them, thou wouldst deem them to be scattered pearls

Wayatoofu AAalayhim wildanun mukhalladoona itha raaytahum hasibtahum lu/lu-an manthooran

وَإِذَا رَأَیۡتَ ثَمَّ رَأَیۡتَ نَعِیمࣰا وَمُلۡكࣰا كَبِیرًا ۝٢٠

and when thou seest [anything that is] there thou wilt see [only] bliss and a realm transcenden

wa-idhā ra-ayta thamma ra-ayta naʿīman wamul'kan kabīra

عَـٰلِیَهُمۡ ثِیَابُ سُندُسٍ خُضۡرࣱ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقࣱۖ وَحُلُّوۤا۟ أَسَاوِرَ مِن فِضَّةࣲ وَسَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ شَرَابࣰا طَهُورًا ۝٢١

Upon those [blest] will be garments of green silk and brocade; and they will be adorned with bracelets of silver. And their Sustainer will give them to drink of a drink most pure

inna hādhā kāna lakum jazāan wakāna saʿyukum mashkūra

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمۡ جَزَاۤءࣰ وَكَانَ سَعۡیُكُم مَّشۡكُورًا ۝٢٢

[And they will be told:] "Verily, all this is your reward since Your endeavour [in life] has met [God's] goodly acceptance!"

Inna hatha kana lakum jazaan wakana saAAyukum mashkooran

2 Another Generation raised

إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَیۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَنزِیلࣰا ۝٢٣

VERILY, [O believer,] it is We who have bestowed from on high this Qur’an upon thee, step by step - truly a bestowal from on high

innā naḥnu nazzalnā ʿalayka l-qur'āna tanzīla

فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعۡ مِنۡهُمۡ ءَاثِمًا أَوۡ كَفُورࣰا ۝٢٤

Await, then, in all patience thy Sustainer's judgment, and pay no heed to any of them, who is a wilful sinner or an ingrate

fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā tuṭiʿ min'hum āthiman aw kafūra

وَٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ بُكۡرَةࣰ وَأَصِیلࣰا ۝٢٥

and bear in mind thy Sustainer's name at morn and evenin

wa-udh'kuri is'ma rabbika buk'ratan wa-aṣīla

وَمِنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ فَٱسۡجُدۡ لَهُۥ وَسَبِّحۡهُ لَیۡلࣰا طَوِیلًا ۝٢٦

and during some of the night, and prostrate thyself before Him, and extol His limitless glory throughout the long night

wamina al-layli fa-us'jud lahu wasabbiḥ'hu laylan ṭawīla

إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ یُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ وَیَذَرُونَ وَرَاۤءَهُمۡ یَوۡمࣰا ثَقِیلࣰا ۝٢٧

Behold, they [who are unmindful of God] love this fleeting life, and leave behind them [all thought of] a grief-laden Day

inna hāulāi yuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata wayadharūna warāahum yawman thaqīla

نَّحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَشَدَدۡنَاۤ أَسۡرَهُمۡۖ وَإِذَا شِئۡنَا بَدَّلۡنَاۤ أَمۡثَـٰلَهُمۡ تَبۡدِیلًا ۝٢٨

[They will not admit to themselves that] it We who have created them and strengthened their make - and [that] if it be Our will We can replace them entirely with others of their kind

naḥnu khalaqnāhum washadadnā asrahum wa-idhā shi'nā baddalnā amthālahum tabdīla

إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذۡكِرَةࣱۖ فَمَن شَاۤءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِیلࣰا ۝٢٩

VERILY, all this is an admonition: whoever, then, so wills, may unto his Sustainer find a way

inna hādhihi tadhkiratun faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi sabīla

وَمَا تَشَاۤءُونَ إِلَّاۤ أَن یَشَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِیمًا حَكِیمࣰا ۝٣٠

But you cannot will it unless God wills [to show you that way]: for, behold, God is indeed all-seeing, wise

wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu inna l-laha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīma

یُدۡخِلُ مَن یَشَاۤءُ فِی رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِیمَۢا ۝٣١

He admits unto His grace everyone who wills [to be admitted]; but as for the evildoers - for them has He readied grievous suffering [in the life to come]

yud'khilu man yashāu fī raḥmatihi wal-ẓālimīna aʿadda lahum ʿadhāban alīma

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