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الإِنْسَان

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Surah 76. Man (al-Insan)

31 verses Medinan
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1 Attainment of Perfection
76:1 ›
هَلۡ أَتَىٰ عَلَى ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنِ حِینࣱ مِّنَ ٱلدَّهۡرِ لَمۡ یَكُن شَیۡءࣰا مَّذۡكُورًا ۝١
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
There has come upon man a period of time in which he was nothing worth mentioning
hal atā ʿalā l-insāni ḥīnun mina l-dahri lam yakun shayan madhkūra
76:2 ›
إِنَّا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ أَمۡشَاجࣲ نَّبۡتَلِیهِ فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ سَمِیعَۢا بَصِیرًا ۝٢
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
We have created man from a mixed sperm-drop to put him to a test; then We made him able to hear, able to see
innā khalaqnā l-insāna min nuṭ'fatin amshājin nabtalīhi fajaʿalnāhu samīʿan baṣīra
76:3 ›
إِنَّا هَدَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلسَّبِیلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرࣰا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا ۝٣
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
We have shown him the way to be either grateful or ungrateful
innā hadaynāhu l-sabīla immā shākiran wa-immā kafūra
76:4 ›
إِنَّاۤ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ سَلَـٰسِلَا۟ وَأَغۡلَـٰلࣰا وَسَعِیرًا ۝٤
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
We have prepared, for the disbelievers, shackles and iron-collars and a blazing Fire
innā aʿtadnā lil'kāfirīna salāsilā wa-aghlālan wasaʿīra
76:5 ›
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ یَشۡرَبُونَ مِن كَأۡسࣲ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا ۝٥
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Indeed, the righteous will have a drink from a goblet, blended with (a drink from) Campho
inna l-abrāra yashrabūna min kasin kāna mizājuhā kāfūra
76:6 ›
عَیۡنࣰا یَشۡرَبُ بِهَا عِبَادُ ٱللَّهِ یُفَجِّرُونَهَا تَفۡجِیرࣰا ۝٦
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
that will be a spring from which Allah‘s servants will drink, making it flow (wherever they wish) profusely
yūfūna bil-nadhri wayakhāfūna yawman kāna sharruhu mus'taṭīra
76:7 ›
یُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذۡرِ وَیَخَافُونَ یَوۡمࣰا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسۡتَطِیرࣰا ۝٧
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They (are the ones who) fulfill their vows, and fear a day whose evil (events) will spread far and wide
Yoofoona bialnnathri wayakhafoona yawman kana sharruhu mustateeran
76:8 ›
وَیُطۡعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسۡكِینࣰا وَیَتِیمࣰا وَأَسِیرًا ۝٨
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and they give food, out of their love for Him (Allah), to the needy, and the orphan, and the captive
wayuṭ'ʿimūna l-ṭaʿāma ʿalā ḥubbihi mis'kīnan wayatīman wa-asīra
76:9 ›
إِنَّمَا نُطۡعِمُكُمۡ لِوَجۡهِ ٱللَّهِ لَا نُرِیدُ مِنكُمۡ جَزَاۤءࣰ وَلَا شُكُورًا ۝٩
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(saying to them,) .We feed you only for the sake of Allah; we have no intention of (receiving) either a return from you or thanks
innamā nuṭ'ʿimukum liwajhi l-lahi lā nurīdu minkum jazāan walā shukūra
76:10 ›
إِنَّا نَخَافُ مِن رَّبِّنَا یَوۡمًا عَبُوسࣰا قَمۡطَرِیرࣰا ۝١٠
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
In fact, we are fearful of a day, from the side of our Lord, that will be frowning, extremely malignant
innā nakhāfu min rabbinā yawman ʿabūsan qamṭarīra
76:11 ›
فَوَقَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ شَرَّ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡیَوۡمِ وَلَقَّىٰهُمۡ نَضۡرَةࣰ وَسُرُورࣰا ۝١١
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So Allah will save them from the evil of that day, and will grant them bloom and delight
fawaqāhumu l-lahu sharra dhālika l-yawmi walaqqāhum naḍratan wasurūra
76:12 ›
وَجَزَىٰهُم بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ جَنَّةࣰ وَحَرِیرࣰا ۝١٢
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and will give them, in return for their patience, Paradise and (garments of) silk
wajazāhum bimā ṣabarū jannatan waḥarīra
76:13 ›
مُّتَّكِءِینَ فِیهَا عَلَى ٱلۡأَرَاۤىِٕكِۖ لَا یَرَوۡنَ فِیهَا شَمۡسࣰا وَلَا زَمۡهَرِیرࣰا ۝١٣
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
wherein they will be reclining on couches, feeling neither heat of the sun nor intense cold
muttakiīna fīhā ʿalā l-arāiki lā yarawna fīhā shamsan walā zamharīra
76:14 ›
وَدَانِیَةً عَلَیۡهِمۡ ظِلَـٰلُهَا وَذُلِّلَتۡ قُطُوفُهَا تَذۡلِیلࣰا ۝١٤
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And shades of gardens will be hanging low on them, and their fruits will be placed totally under their command
wadāniyatan ʿalayhim ẓilāluhā wadhullilat quṭūfuhā tadhlīla
76:15 ›
وَیُطَافُ عَلَیۡهِم بِءَانِیَةࣲ مِّن فِضَّةࣲ وَأَكۡوَابࣲ كَانَتۡ قَوَارِیرَا۠ ۝١٥
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Circulated among them will be vessels of silver, and cups that will be (as transparent as) crystals
wayuṭāfu ʿalayhim biāniyatin min fiḍḍatin wa-akwābin kānat qawārīr
76:16 ›
قَوَارِیرَا۟ مِن فِضَّةࣲ قَدَّرُوهَا تَقۡدِیرࣰا ۝١٦
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
__crystals (as shining as if made) of silver, measured by those (who filled them) with due measure
qawārīrā min fiḍḍatin qaddarūhā taqdīra
76:17 ›
وَیُسۡقَوۡنَ فِیهَا كَأۡسࣰا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنجَبِیلًا ۝١٧
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And they will be served with goblet of a drink blended with ginger
wayus'qawna fīhā kasan kāna mizājuhā zanjabīla
76:18 ›
عَیۡنࣰا فِیهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلۡسَبِیلࣰا ۝١٨
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
(acquired from) a spring therein called Salsabil
wayaṭūfu ʿalayhim wil'dānun mukhalladūna idhā ra-aytahum ḥasib'tahum lu'lu-an manthūra
76:19 ›
۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَیۡتَهُمۡ حَسِبۡتَهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣰا مَّنثُورࣰا ۝١٩
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And circling around them will be serving boys, blessed with eternal youth; when you would see them, you would take them as scattered pearls
Wayatoofu AAalayhim wildanun mukhalladoona itha raaytahum hasibtahum lu/lu-an manthooran
76:20 ›
وَإِذَا رَأَیۡتَ ثَمَّ رَأَیۡتَ نَعِیمࣰا وَمُلۡكࣰا كَبِیرًا ۝٢٠
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
When you will look around there, you will see the Bliss and a magnificent realm
wa-idhā ra-ayta thamma ra-ayta naʿīman wamul'kan kabīra
76:21 ›
عَـٰلِیَهُمۡ ثِیَابُ سُندُسٍ خُضۡرࣱ وَإِسۡتَبۡرَقࣱۖ وَحُلُّوۤا۟ أَسَاوِرَ مِن فِضَّةࣲ وَسَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ شَرَابࣰا طَهُورًا ۝٢١
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Upon them will be garments of green sundus (a kind of fine silk), and of istabraq (a kind of thick silk), and they will be adorned by bracelets of silver. Their Lord will give them a pure beverage to drink
inna hādhā kāna lakum jazāan wakāna saʿyukum mashkūra
76:22 ›
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا كَانَ لَكُمۡ جَزَاۤءࣰ وَكَانَ سَعۡیُكُم مَّشۡكُورًا ۝٢٢
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
.This is a reward for you, and your effort has been appreciated
Inna hatha kana lakum jazaan wakana saAAyukum mashkooran
2 Another Generation raised
76:23 ›
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَیۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَنزِیلࣰا ۝٢٣
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Indeed we have revealed to you the Qur‘an through a gradual process
innā naḥnu nazzalnā ʿalayka l-qur'āna tanzīla
76:24 ›
فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعۡ مِنۡهُمۡ ءَاثِمًا أَوۡ كَفُورࣰا ۝٢٤
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, be steadfast patiently in (obeying) your Lord‘s command, and do not obey any one of them who is sinner or ungrateful
fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā tuṭiʿ min'hum āthiman aw kafūra
76:25 ›
وَٱذۡكُرِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ بُكۡرَةࣰ وَأَصِیلࣰا ۝٢٥
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And pronounce the name of Allah morning and evening
wa-udh'kuri is'ma rabbika buk'ratan wa-aṣīla
76:26 ›
وَمِنَ ٱلَّیۡلِ فَٱسۡجُدۡ لَهُۥ وَسَبِّحۡهُ لَیۡلࣰا طَوِیلًا ۝٢٦
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And in some parts of night prostrate yourself before Him, and pronounce His purity for long times at night
wamina al-layli fa-us'jud lahu wasabbiḥ'hu laylan ṭawīla
76:27 ›
إِنَّ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ یُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ وَیَذَرُونَ وَرَاۤءَهُمۡ یَوۡمࣰا ثَقِیلࣰا ۝٢٧
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
In fact these people love that which is immediate, and neglect a Heavy Day ahead of them
inna hāulāi yuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata wayadharūna warāahum yawman thaqīla
76:28 ›
نَّحۡنُ خَلَقۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَشَدَدۡنَاۤ أَسۡرَهُمۡۖ وَإِذَا شِئۡنَا بَدَّلۡنَاۤ أَمۡثَـٰلَهُمۡ تَبۡدِیلًا ۝٢٨
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
We have created them and have made their joints strong. And whenever We will, We would replace them with others like them, a total replacement
naḥnu khalaqnāhum washadadnā asrahum wa-idhā shi'nā baddalnā amthālahum tabdīla
76:29 ›
إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦ تَذۡكِرَةࣱۖ فَمَن شَاۤءَ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِیلࣰا ۝٢٩
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Indeed, this is a reminder; so let anyone who so wishes, adopt a way to his Lord
inna hādhihi tadhkiratun faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi sabīla
76:30 ›
وَمَا تَشَاۤءُونَ إِلَّاۤ أَن یَشَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِیمًا حَكِیمࣰا ۝٣٠
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And you will not so wish unless Allah so wills. Indeed Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise
wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu inna l-laha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīma
76:31 ›
یُدۡخِلُ مَن یَشَاۤءُ فِی رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ وَٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِیمَۢا ۝٣١
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He admits whomsoever He wills to His mercy. As for the wrongdoers, He has prepared for them a painful punishment
yud'khilu man yashāu fī raḥmatihi wal-ẓālimīna aʿadda lahum ʿadhāban alīma
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Man
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31
Revelation
Medinan
Juz
29
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63

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Human Creation Gratitude Paradise Patience

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  1. 1 Attainment of Perfection Ayat 1 – 22
  2. 2 Another Generation raised Ayat 23 – 31

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