Al-Jathiya الجاثية
A legislated way على شريعة
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The gate, then facing those who contest it, then the messenger's community (39, then 40-46, then 47-49)
Read the section from its beginning: sura 39
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- 39 Devoting the Law exclusively to Himthe threshold: the Law devoted to God alone
- 40 My Guardian Is Godthose who argue; the believing man of Fir'awn's clan
- 41 Their Skins Will Testifythose who turn away; the Aad and the Thamud
- 42 Uphold the Lawthe one Law revealed to all the messengers
- 43 In their footstepsthe footsteps of the fathers, and appearances
- 44 In a blessed nightthe blessed night, and the trial
- 46 Not a novelty among the messengersal-Ahqaf: the Aad, the Occulted who listen
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. حمٓ (Ḥa Mim).
بِسۡمِ اِ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لرَّحۡمَٰنِ اِ۬لرَّحِيمِ حۭمٓۚ
The descent of the Scripture comes from God, the All-Powerful, the Wise.
تَنزِيلُ اُ۬لۡكِتَٰبِ مِنَ اَ۬للَّهِ اِ۬لۡعَزِيزِ اِ۬لۡحَكِيمِ
Surely, in the heavens and the earth are signs for the believers.
إِنَّ فِي اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَاَلۡأَرۡضِ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
And in your creation, and in the living beings He spreads, are signs for a people who have certainty; and in the alternation of night and day, in the provision God sends down from the sky and by which He brings the earth back to life after its death, and in the diversity of the winds, are signs for a people who reason.
وَفِي خَلۡقِكُمۡ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ وَاَخۡتِلَٰفِ اِ۬لَّيۡلِ وَاَلنَّه۪ارِ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ اَ۬للَّهُ مِنَ اَ۬لسَّمَآءِ مِن رِّزۡقٖ فَأَحۡيَا بِهِ اِ۬لۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَا وَتَصۡرِيفِ اِ۬لرِّيَٰحِ ءَايَٰتٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ
Those are the signs of God, which We recite to you in truth.
تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ اُ۬للَّهِ نَتۡلُوهَا عَلَيۡكَ بِالۡحَقِّۖ
So in what discourse, after God and His signs, will they believe?
فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۢ بَعۡدَ اَ۬للَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُؤۡمِنُونَ
Woe to every transgressive distorter, who hears the signs of God recited to him, then persists, growing proud, as if he had not heard them.
وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ أَفَّاكٍ أَثِيمٖ يَسۡمَعُ ءَايَٰتِ اِ۬للَّهِ تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسۡتَكۡبِرٗا كَأَن لَّمۡ يَسۡمَعۡهَاۖ
So give him news of a painful punishment.
فَبَشِّرۡهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ
And when he learns something of Our signs, he takes them in mockery.
وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا شَيۡـًٔا اِ۪تَّخَذَهَا هُزُؤًاۚ
Those are the ones who will have a degrading punishment.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مُّهِينٞ
Beyond them is Jahannam; and what they earned will not avail them at all, nor will what they took as allies besides God.
مِّن وَرَآئِهِمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَلَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُم مَّا كَسَبُواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا مَا اَ۪تَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ اِ۬للَّهِ أَوۡلِيَآءَۖ
And they will have an immense punishment.
وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
This is guidance,
هَٰذَا هُدٗىۖ
and those who disown the signs of their Guardian will have a punishment of painful defilement.
وَاَلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مِّن رِّجۡزٍ أَلِيمٍ
God is the One who subjected the sea for you, so that vessels may sail upon it by His command, and so that you may seek of His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful.
اِ۬للَّهُ اُ۬لَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ اُ۬لۡبَحۡرَ لِتَجۡرِيَ اَ۬لۡفُلۡكُ فِيهِ بِأَمۡرِهِۦ وَلِتَبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمۡ تَشۡكُرُونَ
And He subjected for you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, all of it from Him.
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي اِ۬لۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا مِّنۡهُۚ
There are surely in that signs for a people who reflect.
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Tell those who believe to forgive those who do not hope for the days of God, so that He may recompense a people for what they used to earn.
قُل لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يَغۡفِرُواْ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يَرۡجُونَ أَيَّامَ اَ۬للَّهِ لِيَجۡزِيَ قَوۡمَۢا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ
Whoever does a sound deed, it is for himself,
مَنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ
and whoever does ill, it is against himself,
وَمَنۡ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيۡهَاۖ
then to your Guardian you will be returned.
ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ تُرۡجَعُونَ
We indeed gave the Sons of Israel the Scripture, the judgment, and the charge of informing; We provided them with wholesome things and favored them above all beings; and We gave them clear proofs concerning the Command.
۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ اَ۬لۡكِتَٰبَ وَاَلۡحُكۡمَ وَاَلنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ اَ۬لطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَى اَ۬لۡعَٰلَمِينَ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُم بَيِّنَٰتٖ مِّنَ اَ۬لۡأَمۡرِۖ
They did not differ except after knowledge had come to them,
فَمَا اَ۪خۡتَلَفُوٓاْ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ اُ۬لۡعِلۡمُ
out of iniquity among themselves.
بَغۡيَۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ
Your Guardian will indeed decide between them, on the Day of Appearance, concerning what they used to differ over.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقۡضِي بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ اَ۬لۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ
Then We placed you upon a legislated way from the Command, so follow it,
ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰكَ عَلَىٰ شَرِيعَةٖ مِّنَ اَ۬لۡأَمۡرِ فَاَتَّبِعۡهَا
and do not follow the emotions of those who do not know,
وَلَا تَتَّبِعۡ أَهۡوَآءَ اَ۬لَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
for they will not avail you anything against God,
إِنَّهُمۡ لَن يُغۡنُواْ عَنكَ مِنَ اَ۬للَّهِ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ
and the wrongdoers are allies of one another,
وَإِنَّ اَ۬لظَّٰلِمِينَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ أَوۡلِيَآءُ بَعۡضٖۖ
while God is the Ally of those who guard themselves.
وَاَللَّهُ وَلِيُّ اُ۬لۡمُتَّقِينَ
These are insights for mankind, and guidance and benevolence for a people who have certainty.
هَٰذَا بَصَٰٓئِرُ لِلنّ۪اسِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ
Or do those who have perpetrated evil deeds think that We will make them like those who have believed and done sound deeds, equal in their life and their death?
أَمۡ حَسِبَ اَ۬لَّذِينَ اَ۪جۡتَرَحُواْ اُ۬لسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجۡعَلَهُمۡ كَاَلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ اُ۬لصَّٰلِحَٰتِ سَوَآءٞ مَّحۡيَاهُمۡ وَمَمَاتُهُمۡۚ
How evil is what they decide!
سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ
And God created the heavens and the earth in truth,
وَخَلَقَ اَ۬للَّهُ اُ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَاَلۡأَرۡضَ بِالۡحَقِّ
and so that every Self may be recompensed for what it earned, and they will not be wronged.
وَلِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ
Have you seen the one who has taken his emotion as his deity? God knowingly led him astray, and sealed his hearing and his core, and placed a cover over his sight. Who then will guide him after God?
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ مَنِ اِ۪تَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اُ۬للَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٖ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمۡعِهِۦ وَقَلۡبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةٗ فَمَن يَهۡدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ اِ۬للَّهِۚ
Will you not then remember?
أَفَلَا تَذَّكَّرُونَ
And they said: "There is nothing but our near life; we die and we live, and nothing annihilates us but time."
وَقَالُواْ مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا اَ۬لدُّنۡيۭا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡيَا وَمَا يُهۡلِكُنَآ إِلَّا اَ۬لدَّهۡرُۚ
They have no knowledge of that,
وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ
they only presume.
إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
And when Our clear signs are recited to them, their only argument is to say: "Bring back our forefathers, if you are veracious."
وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٖ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ اُ۪ئۡتُواْ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ
Say: "God gives you life, then causes you to die, then He will bring you together on the Day of Appearance, about which there is no doubt,
قُلِ اِ۬للَّهُ يُحۡيِيكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يَجۡمَعُكُمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ اِ۬لۡقِيَٰمَةِ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهِ
but most men do not know."
وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ اَ۬لنّ۪اسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
And to God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth,
وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ اُ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَاَلۡأَرۡضِۚ
and on the day the Hour rises, that day the workers of falsehood will lose.
وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ اُ۬لسَّاعَةُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَخۡسَرُ اُ۬لۡمُبۡطِلُونَ
And you will see every community on its knees,
۞ وَتَر۪يٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٖ جَاثِيَةٗۚ
every community will be called to its record.
كُلُّ أُمَّةٖ تُدۡعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِهَا
"Today you are recompensed for what you used to do."
اَ۬لۡيَوۡمَ تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
"This is Our record; it utters about you the truth,
هَٰذَا كِتَٰبُنَا يَنطِقُ عَلَيۡكُم بِالۡحَقِّۚ
for We were having transcribed what you used to do."
إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسۡتَنسِخُ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ
As for those who believed and did sound deeds, their Guardian will admit them into His benevolence;
فَأَمَّا اَ۬لَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ اُ۬لصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُدۡخِلُهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ
that is the manifest triumph.
ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ اَ۬لۡفَوۡزُ اُ۬لۡمُبِينُ
And as for those who disowned: "Were not My signs recited to you? But you grew proud and were a severed people."
وَأَمَّا اَ۬لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَفَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَاَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتُمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّجۡرِمِينَ
And when it was said: "Indeed the promise of God is true, and the Hour, no doubt about it," you said: "We have no idea what the Hour is; we only presume, and we are not certain."
وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ اَ۬للَّهِ حَقّٞ وَاَلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا قُلۡتُم مَّا نَدۡرِي مَا اَ۬لسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنّٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُسۡتَيۡقِنِينَ
And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them,
وَبَدَا لَهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُواْ
and what they used to mock will come true against them.
وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
And it will be said: "Today We forget you, as you forgot the meeting of this your day; your resort is the Fire, and you will have no help."
وَقِيلَ اَ۬لۡيَوۡمَ نَنسَىٰكُمۡ كَمَا نَسِيتُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَا وَمَأۡوَىٰكُمُ اُ۬لنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ
"That is because you took the signs of God in mockery, and the near life deluded you."
ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّكُمُ اُ۪تَّخَذتُّمۡ ءَايَٰتِ اِ۬للَّهِ هُزُؤٗا وَغَرَّتۡكُمُ اُ۬لۡحَيَوٰةُ اُ۬لدُّنۡيۭاۚ
So today they will not be taken out of it, nor will they be asked to make amends.
فَاَلۡيَوۡمَ لَا يُخۡرَجُونَ مِنۡهَا وَلَا هُمۡ يُسۡتَعۡتَبُونَ
So to God belongs praise, Guardian of the heavens and Guardian of the earth, Guardian of all beings.
فَلِلَّهِ اِ۬لۡحَمۡدُ رَبِّ اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَرَبِّ اِ۬لۡأَرۡضِ رَبِّ اِ۬لۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And to Him belongs greatness in the heavens and the earth,
وَلَهُ اُ۬لۡكِبۡرِيَآءُ فِي اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَاَلۡأَرۡضِۖ
and He is the All-Powerful, the Wise.
وَهۡوَ اَ۬لۡعَزِيزُ اُ۬لۡحَكِيمُ