Sourate An-Nahl (16) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. The command of God has come: so do not seek to hasten it. 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم أتى أمر ٱلله فلا تستعجلوه

Glory be to Him, and He is exalted above what they associate with Him.i 1

سبحنه وتعلى عما يشركون

He sends down the Agents with the Influx, by His command, upon whom He wills among His obedient ones: "Warn that there is no deity but Me; so guard yourselves before Me."i 2

ينزل ٱلملئكة بٱلروح من أمره على من يشآء من عباده أن أنذروا أنه لآ إله إلآ أنا فٱتقون

He created the heavens and the earth with truth. 3

خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض بٱلحق

He is exalted above what they associate with Him. 3

تعلى عما يشركون

He created the human being from a drop, and behold, he is a declared disputant. 4

خلق ٱلإنسن من نطفة فإذا هو خصيم مبين

And the cattle, He created them: 5

وٱلأنعم خلقها

in them you find warmth and benefits, and from them you eat. 5

لكم فيها دفء ومنفع ومنها تأكلون

And in them you find a beauty, when you bring them back in the evening and when you lead them out to pasture. 6

ولكم فيها جمال حين تريحون وحين تسرحون

And they carry your burdens to a land you would not have reached except with great hardship on yourselves:i 7

وتحمل أثقالكم إلى بلد لم تكونوا بلغيه إلا بشق ٱلأنفس

your Guardian is indeed full of kindness, full of benevolence. 7

إن ربكم لرءوف رحيم

And horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride, and as adornment. 8

وٱلخيل وٱلبغال وٱلحمير لتركبوها وزينة

And He creates what you do not know. 8

ويخلق ما لا تعلمون

To God belongs the tracing of the straight path; some of it veers off.i 9

وعلى ٱلله قصد ٱلسبيل ومنها جآئر

Had He willed, He would have guided you all. 9

ولو شآء لهدىكم أجمعين

It is He who sent down from the sky a water: from it you have a drink, and from it comes vegetation where you graze [your herds]. 10

هو ٱلذي أنزل من ٱلسمآء مآء لكم منه شراب ومنه شجر فيه تسيمون

By it, He causes to grow for you the crops, the olive, the palms, the vines, and every kind of fruit: 11

ينبت لكم به ٱلزرع وٱلزيتون وٱلنخيل وٱلأعنب ومن كل ٱلثمرت

there is indeed in that a sign for a people who reflect. 11

إن في ذلك لءاية لقوم يتفكرون

He has subjected for you the night and the day, the sun and the moon; and the stars are subjected by His command. 12

وسخر لكم ٱليل وٱلنهار وٱلشمس وٱلقمر وٱلنجوم مسخرت بأمره

There are indeed in that signs for a people who reason. 12

إن في ذلك لءايت لقوم يعقلون

And what He has scattered for you on the earth, of varied colors: 13

وما ذرأ لكم في ٱلأرض مختلفا ألونه

there is indeed in that a sign for a people who remember. 13

إن في ذلك لءاية لقوم يذكرون

It is He who has subjected the sea, so that you may eat from it tender flesh and extract from it an ornament that you wear; 14

وهو ٱلذي سخر ٱلبحر لتأكلوا منه لحما طريا وتستخرجوا منه حلية تلبسونها

and you see the vessel cleaving through it, so that you may seek His favor, and perhaps you will be grateful. 14

وترى ٱلفلك مواخر فيه ولتبتغوا من فضله ولعلكم تشكرون

And He cast upon the earth firmly-anchored mountains, so that it would not shake beneath you, and rivers and paths, so that you might be guided, and landmarks,i 16

وألقى في ٱلأرض روسي أن تميد بكم وأنهرا وسبلا لعلكم تهتدون وعلمت

and it is by the star that they find their way. 16

وبٱلنجم هم يهتدون

Is He who creates then like one who creates nothing? 17

أفمن يخلق كمن لا يخلق

Will you not then remember? 17

أفلا تذكرون

If you were to count God's blessings, you could not enumerate them. 18

وإن تعدوا نعمة ٱلله لا تحصوهآ

God is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 18

إن ٱلله لغفور رحيم

God knows what you keep secret and what you disclose. 19

وٱلله يعلم ما تسرون وما تعلنون

Those they invoke besides God create nothing; it is they who are created.i 20

وٱلذين يدعون من دون ٱلله لا يخلقون شيا وهم يخلقون

Dead, without life, 21

أموت غير أحيآء

and they do not even know when they will be raised. 21

وما يشعرون أيان يبعثون

Your deity is a single deity. 22

إلهكم إله وحد

Those who do not believe in the last life have a denying Core, and they are full of pride.i 22

فٱلذين لا يؤمنون بٱلءاخرة قلوبهم منكرة وهم مستكبرون

There is no doubt that God knows what they keep secret and what they disclose: 23

لا جرم أن ٱلله يعلم ما يسرون وما يعلنون

He does not love those who are puffed up with pride. 23

إنه لا يحب ٱلمستكبرين

And when it is said to them: "What has your Guardian sent down?" they say: "Legends of the ancients" — so as to bear, on the Day of Appearance, their burdens in full, and a portion of the burdens of those they mislead without knowledge:i 25

وإذا قيل لهم ماذآ أنزل ربكم قالوا أسطير ٱلأولين ليحملوا أوزارهم كاملة يوم ٱلقيمة ومن أوزار ٱلذين يضلونهم بغير علم

how detestable is what they bear! 25

ألا سآء ما يزرون

Those before them indeed plotted; but God seized their structure from the foundations, so that the roof collapsed upon them from above, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive. 26

قد مكر ٱلذين من قبلهم فأتى ٱلله بنينهم من ٱلقواعد فخر عليهم ٱلسقف من فوقهم وأتىهم ٱلعذاب من حيث لا يشعرون

Then, on the Day of Appearance, He will cover them with shame and say: "Where are My associates, about whom you were in dissension?"i 27

ثم يوم ٱلقيمة يخزيهم ويقول أين شركآءي ٱلذين كنتم تشقون فيهم

Those to whom knowledge was given will say: "Humiliation, today, and misfortune, are upon those who deny" — those the Agents take, wronging themselves.i 28

قال ٱلذين أوتوا ٱلعلم إن ٱلخزي ٱليوم وٱلسوء على ٱلكفرين ٱلذين تتوفىهم ٱلملئكة ظالمي أنفسهم

They then offer their submission: "We were doing no evil!" — But yes, indeed!i 28

فألقوا ٱلسلم ما كنا نعمل من سوء بلى

God knows best what you were doing. 28

إن ٱلله عليم بما كنتم تعملون

So enter through the gates of Jahannam, to remain therein:i 29

فٱدخلوا أبوب جهنم خلدين فيها

what a detestable abode for those puffed up with pride! 29

فلبئس مثوى ٱلمتكبرين

And it is said to those who guarded themselves: "What has your Guardian sent down?" They say: "Something good." 30

وقيل للذين ٱتقوا ماذآ أنزل ربكم قالوا خيرا

For those who do good, in the present life, there is good; 30

للذين أحسنوا في هذه ٱلدنيا حسنة

but the abode of the last life is better, 30

ولدار ٱلءاخرة خير

and what an excellent abode is that of those who guard themselves! 30

ولنعم دار ٱلمتقين

The Gardens of Eden, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow; they will have therein what they desire. 31

جنت عدن يدخلونها تجري من تحتها ٱلأنهر لهم فيها ما يشآءون

Thus God rewards those who guard themselves, those the Agents take in a state of purity,i 32

كذلك يجزي ٱلله ٱلمتقين ٱلذين تتوفىهم ٱلملئكة طيبين

saying: "Peace be upon you! Enter the Garden, for what you used to do." 32

يقولون سلم عليكم ٱدخلوا ٱلجنة بما كنتم تعملون

Do they then wait only for the Agents to come to them, or for the command of your Guardian to come?i 33

هل ينظرون إلآ أن تأتيهم ٱلملئكة أو يأتي أمر ربك

Thus did those before them act. 33

كذلك فعل ٱلذين من قبلهم

God did not wrong them, 33

وما ظلمهم ٱلله

but they were unjust toward themselves. 33

ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون

The evils of what they did overtook them, 34

فأصابهم سيات ما عملوا

and what they used to mock encompassed them. 34

وحاق بهم ما كانوا به يستهزءون

Those who associated said: "Had God willed, we would not have obeyed anything besides Him, neither we nor our ancestors, nor would we have forbidden anything besides Him." 35

وقال ٱلذين أشركوا لو شآء ٱلله ما عبدنا من دونه من شىء نحن ولآ ءابآؤنا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شىء

Thus did those before them act. 35

كذلك فعل ٱلذين من قبلهم

Is anything then incumbent upon the messengers, except clear transmission? 35

فهل على ٱلرسل إلا ٱلبلغ ٱلمبين

We have indeed raised up, in every community, a messenger: "Obey God and avoid the Tyrant,"i 36

ولقد بعثنا في كل أمة رسولا أن ٱعبدوا ٱلله وٱجتنبوا ٱلطغوت

there are among them those God has guided, 36

فمنهم من هدى ٱلله

and there are those upon whom error has come true. 36

ومنهم من حقت عليه ٱلضللة

So travel the earth and see what was the end of those who denied. 36

فسيروا في ٱلأرض فٱنظروا كيف كان عقبة ٱلمكذبين

If you are eager for their guidance, God does not guide him who strays by himself,i 37

إن تحرص على هدىهم فإن ٱلله لا يهدي من يضل

and they will have no helpers. 37

وما لهم من نصرين

They swore by God, with their most solemn oaths, that God will not raise up the one who dies. 38

وأقسموا بٱلله جهد أيمنهم لا يبعث ٱلله من يموت

But yes indeed! It is a promise incumbent upon Him, in truth — but most people do not know — so that He may make clear to them that on which they differ, and so that those who deny may know that they were liars.i 39

بلى وعدا عليه حقا ولكن أكثر ٱلناس لا يعلمون ليبين لهم ٱلذي يختلفون فيه وليعلم ٱلذين كفروا أنهم كانوا كذبين

Our only word, for a thing, when We will it, is to say to it: "Be," 40

إنما قولنا لشىء إذآ أردنه أن نقول له كن

and it is. 40

فيكون

And those who emigrated for God, after having suffered injustice, We shall surely establish them in a fine position in the present life; 41

وٱلذين هاجروا في ٱلله من بعد ما ظلموا لنبوئنهم في ٱلدنيا حسنة

and the reward of the last life is even greater, if they knew — 41

ولأجر ٱلءاخرة أكبر لو كانوا يعلمون

those who were patient and who place their trust in their Guardian. 42

ٱلذين صبروا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون

And We sent, before you, none but men to whom We revealed: so ask the keepers of the Reminder, if you do not know — with the clear proofs and the Formulary.i 44

ومآ أرسلنا من قبلك إلا رجالا نوحي إليهم فسلوا أهل ٱلذكر إن كنتم لا تعلمون بٱلبينت وٱلزبر

And We have sent down to you the Reminder, so that you may make clear to the people what has been sent down to them, and perhaps they will reflect.i 44

وأنزلنآ إليك ٱلذكر لتبين للناس ما نزل إليهم ولعلهم يتفكرون

Are those who plotted the evils then sure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the punishment will not come to them from where they do not perceive, or that He will not seize them in their comings and goings, without their being able to thwart [Him], or that He will not seize them in a gradual dread? 47

أفأمن ٱلذين مكروا ٱلسيات أن يخسف ٱلله بهم ٱلأرض أو يأتيهم ٱلعذاب من حيث لا يشعرون أو يأخذهم في تقلبهم فما هم بمعجزين أو يأخذهم على تخوف

Your Guardian is indeed full of kindness, full of benevolence. 47

فإن ربكم لرءوف رحيم

Have they not seen that, of everything God has created, the shadows incline to the right and the left, prostrate before God, in utter humility?i 48

أولم يروا إلى ما خلق ٱلله من شىء يتفيؤا ظلله عن ٱليمين وٱلشمآئل سجدا لله وهم دخرون

And before God prostrates everything in the heavens and on the earth, among living creatures, as well as the Agents, without being puffed up with pride: they fear their Guardian, above them, and do what they are commanded.i 50

ولله يسجد ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض من دآبة وٱلملئكة وهم لا يستكبرون يخافون ربهم من فوقهم ويفعلون ما يؤمرون

And God said: "Do not take two deities. 51

وقال ٱلله لا تتخذوا إلهين ٱثنين

He is but a single deity; 51

إنما هو إله وحد

so it is Me you must dread." 51

فإيي فٱرهبون

To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on the earth, 52

وله ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

and to Him the Law, permanently.i 52

وله ٱلدين واصبا

Would you then fear other than God? 52

أفغير ٱلله تتقون

Every blessing that is in you comes from God; 53

وما بكم من نعمة فمن ٱلله

then, when harm touches you, it is to Him that you cry out, imploring.i 53

ثم إذا مسكم ٱلضر فإليه تجرون

Then, when He removes harm from you, behold, a group among you associates [others] with its Guardian, so as to deny what We have given them. 55

ثم إذا كشف ٱلضر عنكم إذا فريق منكم بربهم يشركون ليكفروا بمآ ءاتينهم

So enjoy yourselves, 55

فتمتعوا

but you will soon know. 55

فسوف تعلمون

And they assign, to what they do not know, a share of what We have provided them. 56

ويجعلون لما لا يعلمون نصيبا مما رزقنهم

By God, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent. 56

تٱلله لتسلن عما كنتم تفترون

And they assign to God daughters — Glory be to Him!i 57

ويجعلون لله ٱلبنت سبحنه

while for themselves is what they desire. 57

ولهم ما يشتهون

And when one of them receives the news of a daughter, his face darkens, and he is filled with suppressed distress; he hides himself from the people, because of the ill news he was given:i 59

وإذا بشر أحدهم بٱلأنثى ظل وجهه مسودا وهو كظيم يتورى من ٱلقوم من سوء ما بشر به

shall he keep her despite the humiliation, or bury her in the ground?i 59

أيمسكه على هون أم يدسه في ٱلتراب

How detestable is what they decide! 59

ألا سآء ما يحكمون

To those who do not believe in the last life belongs the example of evil, 60

للذين لا يؤمنون بٱلءاخرة مثل ٱلسوء

and to God belongs the most exalted example: 60

ولله ٱلمثل ٱلأعلى

He is the All-Mighty, the Wise. 60

وهو ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم

If God were to seize the people for their injustice, He would not leave upon it [the earth] a single living creature; 61

ولو يؤاخذ ٱلله ٱلناس بظلمهم ما ترك عليها من دآبة

but He defers them until an appointed term, 61

ولكن يؤخرهم إلى أجل مسمى

and when their term comes, they will not be able to delay it by an hour,i 61

فإذا جآء أجلهم لا يستخرون ساعة

nor advance it. 61

ولا يستقدمون

And they assign to God what they themselves detest, 62

ويجعلون لله ما يكرهون

and their tongues describe the lie, claiming that to them belongs the best: 62

وتصف ألسنتهم ٱلكذب أن لهم ٱلحسنى

there is no doubt that to them belongs the Fire, and that they will be sent forth into it first.i 62

لا جرم أن لهم ٱلنار وأنهم مفرطون

By God, We indeed sent [messengers] to communities before you; but the Diverter made their actions appear pleasing to them, and he is their ally today:i 63

تٱلله لقد أرسلنآ إلى أمم من قبلك فزين لهم ٱلشيطن أعملهم فهو وليهم ٱليوم

and they will have a painful punishment. 63

ولهم عذاب أليم

And We have sent down to you the Scripture only so that you may make clear to them that on which they differ, and as guidance and benevolence for a people who believe.i 64

ومآ أنزلنا عليك ٱلكتب إلا لتبين لهم ٱلذي ٱختلفوا فيه وهدى ورحمة لقوم يؤمنون

And God sent down from the sky a water, by which He revived the earth after its death: 65

وٱلله أنزل من ٱلسمآء مآء فأحيا به ٱلأرض بعد موتهآ

there is indeed in that a sign for a people who hear. 65

إن في ذلك لءاية لقوم يسمعون

And there is indeed, for you, in the cattle, a lesson:i 66

وإن لكم في ٱلأنعم لعبرة

We provide you drink from what is in their bellies, between chyme and blood, a pure milk, pleasant to drink for those who drink it; and from the fruits of palms and vines, you draw an intoxicating drink and an excellent provision.i 67

نسقيكم مما في بطونه من بين فرث ودم لبنا خالصا سآئغا للشربين ومن ثمرت ٱلنخيل وٱلأعنب تتخذون منه سكرا ورزقا حسنا

There is indeed in that a sign for a people who reason. 67

إن في ذلك لءاية لقوم يعقلون

And your Guardian inspired the bee: "Take, among the mountains, dwellings, and in the trees and in what they build [the people]; then eat of all the fruits, and follow the paths of your Guardian, made smooth."i 69

وأوحى ربك إلى ٱلنحل أن ٱتخذي من ٱلجبال بيوتا ومن ٱلشجر ومما يعرشون ثم كلي من كل ٱلثمرت فٱسلكي سبل ربك ذللا

From their bellies comes forth a drink of varied colors, in which there is healing for the people:i 69

يخرج من بطونها شراب مختلف ألونه فيه شفآء للناس

there is indeed in that a sign for a people who reflect. 69

إن في ذلك لءاية لقوم يتفكرون

God created you, then He causes you to die; 70

وٱلله خلقكم ثم يتوفىكم

and among you are those brought back to the most abject age, so as to know nothing more after having known.i 70

ومنكم من يرد إلى أرذل ٱلعمر لكى لا يعلم بعد علم شيا

God is Knowing, Able. 70

إن ٱلله عليم قدير

And God has favored some among you over others in provision: 71

وٱلله فضل بعضكم على بعض في ٱلرزق

those who have been favored do not hand back their provision to those bound by pledge among them, so that they would be equal in it: would they then deny God's blessing?i 71

فما ٱلذين فضلوا برآدي رزقهم على ما ملكت أيمنهم فهم فيه سوآء

Would they then deny the blessing of God?i 71

أفبنعمة ٱلله يجحدون

And God has given you, from yourselves, spouses, and given you, from your spouses, children and grandchildren,i 72

وٱلله جعل لكم من أنفسكم أزوجا وجعل لكم من أزوجكم بنين وحفدة

and He has provided you with good things. 72

ورزقكم من ٱلطيبت

Would they then believe in falsehood, and deny the blessing of God? 72

أفبٱلبطل يؤمنون وبنعمت ٱلله هم يكفرون

And they obey, besides God, what holds for them, from the heavens and the earth, no provision at all, and has no power to do so. 73

ويعبدون من دون ٱلله ما لا يملك لهم رزقا من ٱلسموت وٱلأرض شيا ولا يستطيعون

So do not multiply examples for God:i 74

فلا تضربوا لله ٱلأمثال

God knows, 74

إن ٱلله يعلم

and you do not know. 74

وأنتم لا تعلمون

God multiplies an example: a constrained one, having no power at all, and one to whom We have granted, from Us, a fine provision, from which he spends secretly and openly — would they be equal?i 75

ضرب ٱلله مثلا عبدا مملوكا لا يقدر على شىء ومن رزقنه منا رزقا حسنا فهو ينفق منه سرا وجهرا هل يستون

Praise be to God! 75

ٱلحمد لله

But most of them do not know. 75

بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون

And God multiplies another example: two men, one of whom is mute, possessing no power at all, an entire burden upon his master; wherever he sends him, he brings back nothing good — is that one the equal of one who commands justice and stands upon a straight path?i 76

وضرب ٱلله مثلا رجلين أحدهمآ أبكم لا يقدر على شىء وهو كل على مولىه أينما يوجهه لا يأت بخير هل يستوي هو ومن يأمر بٱلعدل وهو على صرط مستقيم

To God belongs what escapes the senses in the heavens and on the earth.i 77

ولله غيب ٱلسموت وٱلأرض

The matter of the Hour is only like the twinkling of an eye, or even swifter. 77

ومآ أمر ٱلساعة إلا كلمح ٱلبصر أو هو أقرب

God has power over everything. 77

إن ٱلله على كل شىء قدير

And God brought you out of your mothers' wombs, knowing nothing, 78

وٱلله أخرجكم من بطون أمهتكم لا تعلمون شيا

and He gave you hearing, sight, and consciences, perhaps you will be grateful.i 78

وجعل لكم ٱلسمع وٱلأبصر وٱلأفدة لعلكم تشكرون

Have they not seen the birds, subjected in the space of the sky, held by nothing but God? 79

ألم يروا إلى ٱلطير مسخرت في جو ٱلسمآء ما يمسكهن إلا ٱلله

There are indeed in that signs for a people who believe. 79

إن في ذلك لءايت لقوم يؤمنون

And God has given you, from your houses, a peaceful abode, and He has given you, from the hides of cattle, dwellings you find light on the day of your departure and the day of your settling, 80

وٱلله جعل لكم من بيوتكم سكنا وجعل لكم من جلود ٱلأنعم بيوتا تستخفونها يوم ظعنكم ويوم إقامتكم

and, from their wool, their fur, and their hair, furnishings and use for a time. 80

ومن أصوافها وأوبارها وأشعارهآ أثثا ومتعا إلى حين

And God has given you, from what He created, shades, and He has given you, from the mountains, shelters, and He has given you garments that protect you from the heat, and garments that protect you from your own violence:i 81

وٱلله جعل لكم مما خلق ظللا وجعل لكم من ٱلجبال أكننا وجعل لكم سربيل تقيكم ٱلحر وسربيل تقيكم بأسكم

thus He completes His blessing upon you, perhaps you will be true to Him alone.i 81

كذلك يتم نعمته عليكم لعلكم تسلمون

If they turn away, only clear transmission is incumbent upon you. 82

فإن تولوا فإنما عليك ٱلبلغ ٱلمبين

They recognize the blessing of God, then deny it, 83

يعرفون نعمت ٱلله ثم ينكرونها

and most of them deny. 83

وأكثرهم ٱلكفرون

And the Day We raise up, from every community, a witness, it will no longer be permitted to those who deny [to excuse themselves], nor will they be asked to make amends.i 84

ويوم نبعث من كل أمة شهيدا ثم لا يؤذن للذين كفروا ولا هم يستعتبون

And when those who were unjust see the punishment, it will neither be lightened for them, nor will they be granted a reprieve. 85

وإذا رءا ٱلذين ظلموا ٱلعذاب فلا يخفف عنهم ولا هم ينظرون

And when those who associated see their associates, they will say: "Our Guardian, these are our associates whom we used to invoke besides You." 86

وإذا رءا ٱلذين أشركوا شركآءهم قالوا ربنا هؤلآء شركآؤنا ٱلذين كنا ندعوا من دونك

These will then address these words to them: "You are indeed liars." 86

فألقوا إليهم ٱلقول إنكم لكذبون

And they will offer to God, that Day, their submission, 87

وألقوا إلى ٱلله يومئذ ٱلسلم

and what they used to invent will stray away from them. 87

وضل عنهم ما كانوا يفترون

Those who deny and who turned away from God's path — We shall add for them a punishment upon the punishment, for the corruption they spread.i 88

ٱلذين كفروا وصدوا عن سبيل ٱلله زدنهم عذابا فوق ٱلعذاب بما كانوا يفسدون

And the Day We raise up, in every community, a witness from among themselves, against it, and We bring you, as a witness against these, 89

ويوم نبعث في كل أمة شهيدا عليهم من أنفسهم وجئنا بك شهيدا على هؤلآء

And We have sent down to you the Scripture, making everything clear, and as guidance, benevolence, and glad tidings for those who are true to God alone.i 89

ونزلنا عليك ٱلكتب تبينا لكل شىء وهدى ورحمة وبشرى للمسلمين

God commands equity, benevolence, and giving to the close relative, 90

إن ٱلله يأمر بٱلعدل وٱلإحسن وإيتآئ ذي ٱلقربى

and He forbids indecency, the disavowed, and outrage:i 90

وينهى عن ٱلفحشآء وٱلمنكر وٱلبغي

He exhorts you, perhaps you will remember. 90

يعظكم لعلكم تذكرون

And keep God's covenant when you make a covenant, 91

وأوفوا بعهد ٱلله إذا عهدتم

and do not break oaths after affirming them, having taken God as a guarantor over you:i 91

ولا تنقضوا ٱلأيمن بعد توكيدها وقد جعلتم ٱلله عليكم كفيلا

God knows what you do. 91

إن ٱلله يعلم ما تفعلون

And do not be like her who unravels her thread, after having firmly spun it, reducing it to fibers; you take your oaths as a means of deceit among yourselves, on the pretext that one community is more numerous than another:i 92

ولا تكونوا كٱلتي نقضت غزلها من بعد قوة أنكثا تتخذون أيمنكم دخلا بينكم أن تكون أمة هي أربى من أمة

God only thereby tests you, 92

إنما يبلوكم ٱلله به

and He will surely make clear to you, on the Day of Appearance, that on which you differed.i 92

وليبينن لكم يوم ٱلقيمة ما كنتم فيه تختلفون

Had God willed, He would have made you a single community; 93

ولو شآء ٱلله لجعلكم أمة وحدة

but He lets go astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills, 93

ولكن يضل من يشآء ويهدي من يشآء

and you will surely be questioned about what you did. 93

ولتسلن عما كنتم تعملون

And do not take your oaths as a means of deceit among yourselves, or a foot would slip after having been firm, and you would taste evil for having turned away from God's path; and you would have an immense punishment. 94

ولا تتخذوا أيمنكم دخلا بينكم فتزل قدم بعد ثبوتها وتذوقوا ٱلسوء بما صددتم عن سبيل ٱلله ولكم عذاب عظيم

And do not sell God's covenant for a small price: 95

ولا تشتروا بعهد ٱلله ثمنا قليلا

what is with God is better for you, if you knew. 95

إنما عند ٱلله هو خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمون

What is with you is exhausted, 96

ما عندكم ينفد

and what is with God endures. 96

وما عند ٱلله باق

And We shall surely reward those who were patient according to the best of their deeds.i 96

ولنجزين ٱلذين صبروا أجرهم بأحسن ما كانوا يعملون

Whoever does good, male or female, while being a believer, We shall surely make him live a good life, and We shall surely reward them according to the best of their deeds. 97

من عمل صلحا من ذكر أو أنثى وهو مؤمن فلنحيينه حيوة طيبة ولنجزينهم أجرهم بأحسن ما كانوا يعملون

When you recite the Recitation, seek refuge with God from the banished Diverter.i 98

فإذا قرأت ٱلقرءان فٱستعذ بٱلله من ٱلشيطن ٱلرجيم

He has no authority over those who believe and who place their trust in their Guardian. 99

إنه ليس له سلطن على ٱلذين ءامنوا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون

His authority is exercised only over those who take him as ally, and over those who make him an associate. 100

إنما سلطنه على ٱلذين يتولونه وٱلذين هم به مشركون

And when We substitute one sign for another sign — God knows best what He sends down — they say: "You are but an inventor." 101

وإذا بدلنآ ءاية مكان ءاية وٱلله أعلم بما ينزل قالوا إنمآ أنت مفتر

But most of them do not know. 101

بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون

Say: "The Influx of holiness has brought it down, from your Guardian, with truth, so as to make firm those who believe, and as guidance and glad tidings for those who are true to God alone."i 102

قل نزله روح ٱلقدس من ربك بٱلحق ليثبت ٱلذين ءامنوا وهدى وبشرى للمسلمين

We indeed know that they say: "It is only a human being who teaches it to him." 103

ولقد نعلم أنهم يقولون إنما يعلمه بشر

Yet the tongue of the one to whom they allude is confused, whereas this tongue is flawless, clear.i 103

لسان ٱلذي يلحدون إليه أعجمي وهذا لسان عربي مبين

Those who do not believe in God's signs, God does not guide them, 104

إن ٱلذين لا يؤمنون بايت ٱلله لا يهديهم ٱلله

and they will have a painful punishment. 104

ولهم عذاب أليم

Those who invent falsehood are those who do not believe in God's signs, 105

إنما يفتري ٱلكذب ٱلذين لا يؤمنون بايت ٱلله

and they are the liars. 105

وأولئك هم ٱلكذبون

Whoever denies God after having believed — except one who is coerced, while his Core remains at peace in faith —i 106

من كفر بٱلله من بعد إيمنه إلا من أكره وقلبه مطمئن بٱلإيمن

but whoever opens his chest to denial, upon them falls a wrath from God, 106

ولكن من شرح بٱلكفر صدرا فعليهم غضب من ٱلله

and they will have an immense punishment. 106

ولهم عذاب عظيم

That, because they preferred the present life to the last life, and because God does not guide the people who deny. 107

ذلك بأنهم ٱستحبوا ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا على ٱلءاخرة وأن ٱلله لا يهدي ٱلقوم ٱلكفرين

Those are the ones on whose Core, hearing, and sight God has set a seal,i 108

أولئك ٱلذين طبع ٱلله على قلوبهم وسمعهم وأبصرهم

and those are the heedless. 108

وأولئك هم ٱلغفلون

There is no doubt that, in the last life, they are the losers. 109

لا جرم أنهم في ٱلءاخرة هم ٱلخسرون

Then, your Guardian, toward those who emigrated after having been tried, then strove and were patient — your Guardian, after that, is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 110

ثم إن ربك للذين هاجروا من بعد ما فتنوا ثم جهدوا وصبروا إن ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم

The Day every Self will come pleading for itself, and every Self will be paid in full for what it did, without being wronged.i 111

يوم تأتي كل نفس تجدل عن نفسها وتوفى كل نفس ما عملت وهم لا يظلمون

And God proposes an example: a city that was secure, at peace, to which its provision came abundantly from everywhere; then it denied God's blessings, and God made it taste the garment of hunger and fear, for what they were fabricating.i 112

وضرب ٱلله مثلا قرية كانت ءامنة مطمئنة يأتيها رزقها رغدا من كل مكان فكفرت بأنعم ٱلله فأذقها ٱلله لباس ٱلجوع وٱلخوف بما كانوا يصنعون

A messenger, from among them, had indeed come to them, but they denied him; the punishment then seized them, while they were unjust. 113

ولقد جآءهم رسول منهم فكذبوه فأخذهم ٱلعذاب وهم ظلمون

So eat of what God has provided you, lawful and good, 114

فكلوا مما رزقكم ٱلله حللا طيبا

and be grateful for God's blessing, if it is Him you obey. 114

وٱشكروا نعمت ٱلله إن كنتم إياه تعبدون

He has forbidden you only carrion, blood, the flesh of swine, and what has been consecrated to other than God. 115

إنما حرم عليكم ٱلميتة وٱلدم ولحم ٱلخنزير ومآ أهل لغير ٱلله به

But whoever is compelled, without transgression or excess, God is then Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 115

فمن ٱضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فإن ٱلله غفور رحيم

And do not say, for what your tongues falsely describe: "This is lawful and this is forbidden," so as to invent falsehood against God: 116

ولا تقولوا لما تصف ألسنتكم ٱلكذب هذا حلل وهذا حرام لتفتروا على ٱلله ٱلكذب

those who invent falsehood against God will not succeed. 116

إن ٱلذين يفترون على ٱلله ٱلكذب لا يفلحون

A fleeting enjoyment, 117

متع قليل

and they will have a painful punishment. 117

ولهم عذاب أليم

And to the Reoriented, We forbade what We have already set out to you; 118

وعلى ٱلذين هادوا حرمنا ما قصصنا عليك من قبل

We did not wrong them, 118

وما ظلمنهم

but they were unjust toward themselves. 118

ولكن كانوا أنفسهم يظلمون

Then, your Guardian, toward those who did evil out of ignorance, then repented after that and reformed — your Guardian, after that, is indeed Most-Forgiving, full of benevolence. 119

ثم إن ربك للذين عملوا ٱلسوء بجهلة ثم تابوا من بعد ذلك وأصلحوا إن ربك من بعدها لغفور رحيم

Ibrahim was indeed a community unto himself, obedient to God, wholly turned toward Him, and he was not among those who associate,i 120

إن إبرهيم كان أمة قانتا لله حنيفا ولم يك من ٱلمشركين

grateful for His blessings. 121

شاكرا لأنعمه

He elected him and guided him to a straight path. 121

ٱجتبىه وهدىه إلى صرط مستقيم

And We gave him, in the present life, good; 122

وءاتينه في ٱلدنيا حسنة

and in the last life, he is indeed among the righteous. 122

وإنه في ٱلءاخرة لمن ٱلصلحين

Then We revealed to you: "Follow the doctrine of Ibrahim, wholly turned toward God,"i 123

ثم أوحينآ إليك أن ٱتبع ملة إبرهيم حنيفا

and he was not among those who associate. 123

وما كان من ٱلمشركين

The sabt [the act of rest/inaction] was instituted only for those who differed about it: 124

إنما جعل ٱلسبت على ٱلذين ٱختلفوا فيه

your Guardian will surely judge between them, on the Day of Appearance, concerning that in which they differed.i 124

وإن ربك ليحكم بينهم يوم ٱلقيمة فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون

Call to the path of your Guardian with wisdom and fine exhortation, and debate with them in the finest manner. 125

ٱدع إلى سبيل ربك بٱلحكمة وٱلموعظة ٱلحسنة وجدلهم بٱلتي هي أحسن

Your Guardian knows best who strays from His path, 125

إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله

and He knows best the rightly guided. 125

وهو أعلم بٱلمهتدين

And if you punish, punish to the exact measure of that with which you were harmed; 126

وإن عاقبتم فعاقبوا بمثل ما عوقبتم به

but if you are patient, that is indeed better for those who are patient. 126

ولئن صبرتم لهو خير للصبرين

And be patient — 127

وٱصبر

yet your patience rests only in God. 127

وما صبرك إلا بٱلله

And do not grieve over them, and do not be constrained because of what they scheme. 127

ولا تحزن عليهم ولا تك في ضيق مما يمكرون

God is with those who guard themselves and those who excel [in good]. 128

إن ٱلله مع ٱلذين ٱتقوا وٱلذين هم محسنون