Al-Furqan

Blessed is He who sent down the Discernment upon His obedient one, that he may be a warner to all beings,

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا

and who created everything and measured it with precision.

وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًۭا

Yet they have taken, besides Him, deities that create nothing and are themselves created, that possess for themselves neither harm nor benefit, and that possess neither death, nor life, nor Deployment.

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةًۭ لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا نَفْعًۭا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًۭا وَلَا حَيَوٰةًۭ وَلَا نُشُورًۭا

And those who disown say: "This is nothing but a distortion he invented, and another group helped him with it."

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ

They have thus come with wrongdoing and falsification, saying: "These are legends of the ancients that he has transcribed himself, dictated to him morning and evening."

فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًۭا وَزُورًۭا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًۭا

He is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent."

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا

And the wrongdoers say: "You follow none but a man abused by illusion."

وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًۭا مَّسْحُورًا

Look how they have multiplied examples about you, and so gone astray: so they cannot find a way.

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا

Blessed is He who, if He willed, would make for you better than that: gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He would make for you palaces.

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًۭا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا

But rather they have denied the Hour.

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ

And We have made ready, for whoever denies the Hour, the Inferno. When it sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and a rattle.

وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًۭا وَزَفِيرًۭا

And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein, bound together, they will call there for their ruin.

وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًۭا ضَيِّقًۭا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًۭا

Do not call today for a single ruin, but call for many ruins.

لَّا تَدْعُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًۭا وَٰحِدًۭا وَٱدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا كَثِيرًۭا

It will be for them a recompense and a destination."

كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَآءًۭ وَمَصِيرًۭا

that is, on the part of your Guardian, a promise that is demanded.

كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًۭا مَّسْـُٔولًۭا

And the day when He gathers them, them and what they obeyed besides God, He will say: "Was it you who led these obedient ones of Mine astray, or did they themselves stray from the way?"

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ

but You granted them enjoyment, them and their ancestors, until they forgot the Reminder and became a blighted people."

وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًۭا

And whoever among you does wrong, We will make him taste a great punishment.

وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًۭا كَبِيرًۭا

Your Guardian is All-Seeing.

وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًۭا

They have grown greatly proud within themselves and behaved with immense insolence.

لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا

that cannot be crossed!"

مَّحْجُورًۭا

And We advanced upon every deed they had done, and We reduced it to scattered dust.

وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍۢ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هَبَآءًۭ مَّنثُورًا

The companions of the Garden, that day, will have a better haven and a more beautiful place of midday rest.

أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌۭ مُّسْتَقَرًّۭا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًۭا

And the day when the sky will split apart with the clouds, and the Agents will be sent down, a complete descent,

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

and it will be, for those who disown, a difficult day.

وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًۭا

The Diverter is, for the human being, one who always abandons him.

وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولًۭا

And the messenger said: "O my Guardian, my people have indeed deserted this Recitation."

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًۭا

And your Guardian suffices as guide and as help.

وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًۭا وَنَصِيرًۭا

and We have set it out in measured order.

وَرَتَّلْنَٰهُ تَرْتِيلًۭا

And they bring you no example without Our bringing you the truth and a more beautiful explanation.

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا

Those who will be gathered upon their faces toward Jahannam — those have the worst place and the most astray way.

ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّۭ مَّكَانًۭا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًۭا

We certainly gave Moussa the Scripture, and We placed with him his brother Harun as an assistant.

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرًۭا

And We destroyed them utterly.

فَدَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ تَدْمِيرًۭا

And We have made ready for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا

And the Aad, and the Thamud, and the companions of ar-Rass, and many generations between those times,

وَعَادًۭا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًۭا

and each one, We devastated utterly.

وَكُلًّۭا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًۭا

But they did not hope for any Deployment.

بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًۭا

And when they see you, they take you only as an object of mockery:

وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا

And they will know, when they see the punishment, who was most astray from the way.

وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Have you seen him who has taken his emotion as his deity? Would you then be his trustee?

أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا

They are but like cattle — no, they are even more astray from the way.

إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

And had He willed, He would have made it still.

وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنًۭا

Then We made the sun its indicator; then We drew it back to Us, an easy drawing-back.

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًۭا ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًۭا يَسِيرًۭا

It is He who made for you the night a garment, sleep a rest, and the day a time of deployment.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًۭا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًۭا

It is He who has sent the winds, as bearers of good tidings, before His benevolence,

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ

and We sent down from the sky a purifying water, to bring a dead land back to life through it, and to give drink from it to many of the cattle and human beings We created.

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ طَهُورًۭا لِّنُحْـِۧىَ بِهِۦ بَلْدَةًۭ مَّيْتًۭا وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ أَنْعَٰمًۭا وَأَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيرًۭا

We diversified it among them so that they might remember; but most men refused everything except disowning.

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا

And had We willed, We would have raised up in every city a warner.

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍۢ نَّذِيرًۭا

and strive against them through it with a great striving.

وَجَٰهِدْهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادًۭا كَبِيرًۭا

And He placed between them a barrier and a boundary that cannot be crossed.

وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًۭا وَحِجْرًۭا مَّحْجُورًۭا

Your Guardian is Capable.

وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًۭا

and he who disowns becomes a support against his Guardian.

وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًۭا

We have sent you only as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا

Say: "I ask of you no reward for this, except that whoever wills take a way to his Guardian."

قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًۭا

And He suffices, He, as Intimately Acquainted with the offenses of His obedient ones.

وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا

So ask about Him an Intimately Acquainted One.

فَسْـَٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًۭا

Shall we prostrate before what you order us?" And it only increases their recoil.

أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًۭا

Blessed is He who placed in the sky constellations, and placed therein a torch and an illuminating moon.

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًۭا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًۭا وَقَمَرًۭا مُّنِيرًۭا

It is He who made the night and the day a succession, for whoever wants to remember or wants to be grateful.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةًۭ لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًۭا

And the obedient ones of the All-Benevolent are those who walk upon the earth gently, and who, when the ignorant address them, say: "Peace."

وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا

And those who spend the night prostrating and standing for their Guardian,

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًۭا وَقِيَٰمًۭا

and those who say: "Our Guardian, turn away from us the punishment of Jahannam — for its punishment is an unforeseen levy;

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا

it is indeed an evil haven and an evil station" —

إِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّۭا وَمُقَامًۭا

and those who, when they spend, neither waste nor withhold excessively, standing between the two with just measure,

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا۟ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًۭا

and those who do not invoke, with God, any other deity, and who do not kill the Self that God has made inviolable, except by right, and who do not commit fornication —

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ

and God is Most-Forgiving, Benevolent.

وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا

And whoever repents and does a sound deed indeed turns back to God, a full turning back.

وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابًۭا

And those who do not bear witness to falsification, and who, when they pass by idle talk, pass with dignity,

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًۭا

and those who, when reminded by the signs of their Guardian, do not fall on them deaf and blind,

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّۭا وَعُمْيَانًۭا

and those who say: "Our Guardian, bestow on us, from our spouses and our descendants, a rest of the gaze, and make us a guide for those who guard themselves" —

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍۢ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

What an excellent haven and an excellent station!

حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّۭا وَمُقَامًۭا

You have thus denied, and it will become inevitable."

فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًۢا