Sourate Al-Mu'minun (23) with hamza shown

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. The believers have attained success,i 1

بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم قد أفلح ٱلمؤمنون

those who, in their Contact, are humble, 2

ٱلذين هم في صلاتهم خشعون

and those who turn away from frivolity, 3

وٱلذين هم عن ٱللغو معرضون

and those who fulfill the purifying alms,i 4

وٱلذين هم للزكوة فعلون

and those who guard their private parts, except with their spouses or those bound by pledge — for then they are not blameworthy; 6

وٱلذين هم لفروجهم حفظون إلا على أزوجهم أو ما ملكت أيمنهم فإنهم غير ملومين

whoever seeks beyond that — those are the transgressors. 7

فمن ٱبتغى ورآء ذلك فأولئك هم ٱلعادون

and those who are watchful over their trusts and their covenant,i 8

وٱلذين هم لأمنتهم وعهدهم رعون

And those who, toward their Contacts, are watchful — those are the inheritors, who will inherit Paradise,i 11

وٱلذين هم على صلوتهم يحافظون أولئك هم ٱلورثون ٱلذين يرثون ٱلفردوس

abiding therein forever.i 11

هم فيها خلدون

We created the human being from an extract of clay, 12

ولقد خلقنا ٱلإنسن من سللة من طين

then We made him a drop in a secure receptacle, 13

ثم جعلنه نطفة في قرار مكين

then We created from the drop a clinging form, then We created from the clinging form a lump, then We created from the lump bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, then We brought it forth as another creation. 14

ثم خلقنا ٱلنطفة علقة فخلقنا ٱلعلقة مضغة فخلقنا ٱلمضغة عظما فكسونا ٱلعظم لحما ثم أنشأنه خلقا ءاخر

Blessed is God, the best of creators! 14

فتبارك ٱلله أحسن ٱلخلقين

Then, after that, you are destined to die, 15

ثم إنكم بعد ذلك لميتون

then, on the Day of Appearance, you will be raised.i 16

ثم إنكم يوم ٱلقيمة تبعثون

We created above you seven passages, 17

ولقد خلقنا فوقكم سبع طرآئق

and We have never been heedless of creation. 17

وما كنا عن ٱلخلق غفلين

We sent down from the sky water in due measure, and We settled it in the earth — 18

وأنزلنا من ٱلسمآء مآء بقدر فأسكنه في ٱلأرض

and We are indeed able to take it away. 18

وإنا على ذهاب به لقدرون

We thus brought forth for you, through it, gardens of palms and vines, wherein you have abundant fruits and from which you eat, and a tree that comes out of Mount Sinai, producing oil and a condiment for those who eat. 20

فأنشأنا لكم به جنت من نخيل وأعنب لكم فيها فوكه كثيرة ومنها تأكلون وشجرة تخرج من طور سينآء تنبت بٱلدهن وصبغ للءاكلين

And there is indeed, for you, a lesson in the livestock: 21

وإن لكم في ٱلأنعم لعبرة

We give you drink from what is in their bellies, 21

نسقيكم مما في بطونها

and you have in them many benefits, and you eat from them, and upon them as well as upon ships you are carried. 22

ولكم فيها منفع كثيرة ومنها تأكلون وعليها وعلى ٱلفلك تحملون

We sent Nuh to his people, and he said: O my people, obey God, you have no deity other than Him.i 23

ولقد أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه فقال يقوم ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

Will you not then guard yourselves? 23

أفلا تتقون

The court of his people, those who denied, then said: This is nothing but a human being like you, who wants to gain superiority over you; had God willed, He would have sent down Agents; we have not heard this among our first ancestors. He is nothing but a man afflicted with derangement — so wait concerning him for a while.i 25

فقال ٱلملؤا ٱلذين كفروا من قومه ما هذآ إلا بشر مثلكم يريد أن يتفضل عليكم ولو شآء ٱلله لأنزل ملئكة ما سمعنا بهذا في ءابآئنا ٱلأولين إن هو إلا رجل به جنة فتربصوا به حتى حين

He said [Nuh]: My Guardian, help me, for they have denied me.i 26

قال رب ٱنصرني بما كذبون

We then revealed to him: Build the ark under Our eyes and by Our revelation. 27

فأوحينآ إليه أن ٱصنع ٱلفلك بأعيننا ووحينا

Then, when Our command comes and the oven boils over, put into it a pair of every kind, along with your family, except him among them against whom the word has already been pronounced; 27

فإذا جآء أمرنا وفار ٱلتنور فٱسلك فيها من كل زوجين ٱثنين وأهلك إلا من سبق عليه ٱلقول منهم

and do not address Me concerning those who have done injustice, for they are to be drowned. 27

ولا تخطبني في ٱلذين ظلموا إنهم مغرقون

And when you are settled, you and those with you, upon the ark, say: Praise be to God who has saved us from the unjust people. 28

فإذا ٱستويت أنت ومن معك على ٱلفلك فقل ٱلحمد لله ٱلذي نجىنا من ٱلقوم ٱلظلمين

And say: My Guardian, grant me a blessed dwelling, for You are the best of those who grant a dwelling.i 29

وقل رب أنزلني منزلا مباركا وأنت خير ٱلمنزلين

There are indeed signs in that, 30

إن في ذلك لءايت

and We were indeed putting [that people] to the test. 30

وإن كنا لمبتلين

Then We brought forth, after them, another generation, and We sent among them a messenger, [one] of themselves: Obey God, you have no deity other than Him. 32

ثم أنشأنا من بعدهم قرنا ءاخرين فأرسلنا فيهم رسولا منهم أن ٱعبدوا ٱلله ما لكم من إله غيره

Will you not then guard yourselves? 32

أفلا تتقون

The court of his people, those who denied and treated the meeting of the hereafter as a lie, and to whom We had given ease in the present life, said: This is nothing but a human being like you, who eats of what you eat and drinks of what you drink; and if you obey a human being like you, you will then indeed be losers. Does he promise you that, once dead and become dust and bones, you will be raised up? Far, far indeed is what you are promised! There is nothing but our present life, we die and we live, and we will not be raised up! He is nothing but a man who has invented a lie against God, and we will not believe him. 38

وقال ٱلملأ من قومه ٱلذين كفروا وكذبوا بلقآء ٱلءاخرة وأترفنهم في ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا ما هذآ إلا بشر مثلكم يأكل مما تأكلون منه ويشرب مما تشربون ولئن أطعتم بشرا مثلكم إنكم إذا لخسرون أيعدكم أنكم إذا متم وكنتم ترابا وعظما أنكم مخرجون هيهات هيهات لما توعدون إن هي إلا حياتنا ٱلدنيا نموت ونحيا وما نحن بمبعوثين إن هو إلا رجل ٱفترى على ٱلله كذبا وما نحن له بمؤمنين

He said [the messenger]: My Guardian, help me, for they have denied me. 39

قال رب ٱنصرني بما كذبون

He said [God]: A little while yet, and they will surely become full of regret. 40

قال عما قليل ليصبحن ندمين

The cry then seized them in all truth, and We made them into debris [scattered on the surface]. 41

فأخذتهم ٱلصيحة بٱلحق فجعلنهم غثآء

Far removed then be the unjust people! 41

فبعدا للقوم ٱلظلمين

Then We brought forth, after them, other generations. 42

ثم أنشأنا من بعدهم قرونا ءاخرين

No community precedes its term, nor does it delay it.i 43

ما تسبق من أمة أجلها وما يستخرون

Then We sent Our messengers, one after another. 44

ثم أرسلنا رسلنا تترا

Every time a messenger came to a community, it treated him as a liar; 44

كل ما جآء أمة رسولها كذبوه

We thus made them follow one another, and We made them into narrated tales. 44

فأتبعنا بعضهم بعضا وجعلنهم أحاديث

Far removed then be a people that does not believe! 44

فبعدا لقوم لا يؤمنون

Then We sent Moussa and his brother Harun, with Our signs and a clear authority, to Fir'awn and his court; but they swelled with pride and were a haughty people,i 46

ثم أرسلنا موسى وأخاه هرون بايتنا وسلطن مبين إلى فرعون وملإيه فٱستكبروا وكانوا قوما عالين

and they said: Shall we believe in two human beings like ourselves, while their people are in our service? 47

فقالوا أنؤمن لبشرين مثلنا وقومهما لنا عبدون

They treated them as liars, and were thus among those destroyed. 48

فكذبوهما فكانوا من ٱلمهلكين

We gave Moussa the Scripture, that they might be guided.i 49

ولقد ءاتينا موسى ٱلكتب لعلهم يهتدون

And We made the son of Maryam and his mother a sign,i 50

وجعلنا ٱبن مريم وأمه ءاية

and We sheltered them toward a height endowed with stability and a spring.i 50

وءاوينهمآ إلى ربوة ذات قرار ومعين

O messengers, eat of the good things and act righteously — 51

يأيها ٱلرسل كلوا من ٱلطيبت وٱعملوا صلحا

I am, of what you do, fully informed. 51

إني بما تعملون عليم

And this community of yours is a single community, 52

وإن هذه أمتكم أمة وحدة

and I am your Guardian: so guard yourselves toward Me. 52

وأنا ربكم فٱتقون

But they split, concerning their affair, into divided factions, 53

فتقطعوا أمرهم بينهم زبرا

each faction rejoicing in what it holds. 53

كل حزب بما لديهم فرحون

So leave them in their [state of] daze, for a while. 54

فذرهم في غمرتهم حتى حين

Do they think that, what We grant them of wealth and children, We hasten toward them with good things? 56

أيحسبون أنما نمدهم به من مال وبنين نسارع لهم في ٱلخيرت

No, they do not perceive. 56

بل لا يشعرون

Those who, out of reverent awe of their Guardian, are watchful, and those who believe in the signs of their Guardian, and those who associate nothing with their Guardian, and those who give what they give, their core trembling [at the thought] that they are returning to their Guardian — those hasten toward good things, 61

إن ٱلذين هم من خشية ربهم مشفقون وٱلذين هم بايت ربهم يؤمنون وٱلذين هم بربهم لا يشركون وٱلذين يؤتون مآ ءاتوا وقلوبهم وجلة أنهم إلى ربهم رجعون أولئك يسرعون في ٱلخيرت

and they are foremost in that. 61

وهم لها سبقون

And We do not burden a Self beyond its capacity, 62

ولا نكلف نفسا إلا وسعها

and We have a record that speaks with truth, and they will not be wronged.i 62

ولدينا كتب ينطق بٱلحق وهم لا يظلمون

But their core is in a [dark] blindness about this, 63

بل قلوبهم في غمرة من هذا

and they have, apart from that, deeds 63

ولهم أعمل من دون ذلك

which they will continue to commit — 63

هم لها عملون

until, when We seize their privileged ones with punishment, there they are, crying out in distress. 64

حتى إذآ أخذنا مترفيهم بٱلعذاب إذا هم يجرون

Do not cry out today, 65

لا تجروا ٱليوم

you will not be helped by Us. 65

إنكم منا لا تنصرون

My signs were indeed recited to you, and you turned back on your heels, swelling with pride about them, 67

قد كانت ءايتي تتلى عليكم فكنتم على أعقبكم تنكصون مستكبرين به

conversing by night [about them], speaking ill of it. 67

سمرا تهجرون

Have they then not pondered the word, or has there come to them what did not come to their first ancestors? 68

أفلم يدبروا ٱلقول أم جآءهم ما لم يأت ءابآءهم ٱلأولين

Or did they not recognize their messenger, to the point that they disown him? 69

أم لم يعرفوا رسولهم فهم له منكرون

Or do they say that he is afflicted with derangement? 70

أم يقولون به جنة

No, he has come to them with the truth, 70

بل جآءهم بٱلحق

but most of them have an aversion to the truth. 70

وأكثرهم للحق كرهون

And had the truth followed their emotions, the heavens, the earth, and those therein would have been corrupted. 71

ولو ٱتبع ٱلحق أهوآءهم لفسدت ٱلسموت وٱلأرض ومن فيهن

No, We have brought them their own Reminder, 71

بل أتينهم بذكرهم

but they turn away from their Reminder. 71

فهم عن ذكرهم معرضون

Or do you ask them for a tribute? 72

أم تسلهم خرجا

The tribute of your Guardian is better, 72

فخراج ربك خير

and He is the best of providers. 72

وهو خير ٱلرزقين

And you indeed call them toward a straight path; 73

وإنك لتدعوهم إلى صرط مستقيم

but those who do not believe in the hereafter indeed deviate from that path. 74

وإن ٱلذين لا يؤمنون بٱلءاخرة عن ٱلصرط لنكبون

And if We had benevolence on them and removed from them the harm that afflicts them, they would persist, blinded, in their tyranny. 75

ولو رحمنهم وكشفنا ما بهم من ضر للجوا في طغينهم يعمهون

We did seize them with punishment, yet they did not submit to their Guardian, nor did they humbly plead, 76

ولقد أخذنهم بٱلعذاب فما ٱستكانوا لربهم وما يتضرعون

until, when We open upon them a gate of severe punishment, there they are, in despair. 77

حتى إذا فتحنا عليهم بابا ذا عذاب شديد إذا هم فيه مبلسون

And He is the One who brought forth for you hearing, sight, and Conscience. 78

وهو ٱلذي أنشأ لكم ٱلسمع وٱلأبصر وٱلأفدة

How little you are grateful! 78

قليلا ما تشكرون

And He is the One who has scattered you upon the earth, and it is to Him that you will be gathered. 79

وهو ٱلذي ذرأكم في ٱلأرض وإليه تحشرون

And He is the One who gives life and gives death, 80

وهو ٱلذي يحي ويميت

and to Him belongs the alternation of night and day. 80

وله ٱختلف ٱليل وٱلنهار

Will you not then reason? 80

أفلا تعقلون

But they said the same thing that the ancients used to say; they said: Is it that, once dead and become dust and bones, we will be raised up? 82

بل قالوا مثل ما قال ٱلأولون قالوا أءذا متنا وكنا ترابا وعظما أءنا لمبعوثون

We were promised this, we and our ancestors, before already; 83

لقد وعدنا نحن وءابآؤنا هذا من قبل

this is nothing but legends of the ancients. 83

إن هذآ إلآ أسطير ٱلأولين

Say: To whom belongs the earth and what is in it, if you know? They will say: To God. 85

قل لمن ٱلأرض ومن فيهآ إن كنتم تعلمون سيقولون لله

Say: Will you not then remember? 85

قل أفلا تذكرون

Say: Who is the Guardian of the seven heavens and the Guardian of the immense Edifice? 86

قل من رب ٱلسموت ٱلسبع ورب ٱلعرش ٱلعظيم

They will say: God. 87

سيقولون لله

Say: Will you not then guard yourselves? 87

قل أفلا تتقون

Say: Who holds in His hand the sovereign dominion of everything, who protects and against whom none can be protected, if you know? They will say: God.i 89

قل من بيده ملكوت كل شىء وهو يجير ولا يجار عليه إن كنتم تعلمون سيقولون لله

Say: How then are you bewitched by an illusion?i 89

قل فأنى تسحرون

No, We have brought them the truth, 90

بل أتينهم بٱلحق

and they are indeed liars. 90

وإنهم لكذبون

God has taken no child, 91

ما ٱتخذ ٱلله من ولد

and there was with Him no deity — 91

وما كان معه من إله

otherwise, each deity would have gone off with what it created, and some would have risen above others. 91

إذا لذهب كل إله بما خلق ولعلا بعضهم على بعض

Glory be to God, beyond what they describe! 91

سبحن ٱلله عما يصفون

Knower of what escapes our presence and of what is manifest, 92

علم ٱلغيب وٱلشهدة

He is far beyond what they associate with Him. 92

فتعلى عما يشركون

Say: My Guardian, if You show me what they are promised, then, my Guardian, do not place me among the unjust people. 94

قل رب إما تريني ما يوعدون رب فلا تجعلني في ٱلقوم ٱلظلمين

And We are indeed able to show you what We promise them. 95

وإنا على أن نريك ما نعدهم لقدرون

Repel evil with what is better — 96

ٱدفع بٱلتي هي أحسن ٱلسيئة

We know best what they describe. 96

نحن أعلم بما يصفون

And say: My Guardian, I seek protection with You from the incitements of the Diverters, and I seek protection with You, my Guardian, against their being present with me.i 98

وقل رب أعوذ بك من همزت ٱلشيطين وأعوذ بك رب أن يحضرون

Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: My Guardian, send me back, that I may act righteously in that which I left. Never! 100

حتى إذا جآء أحدهم ٱلموت قال رب ٱرجعون لعلي أعمل صلحا فيما تركت كلآ

It is a word that he utters [in vain], 100

إنها كلمة هو قآئلها

and behind them there is a barrier, until the day they are raised up. 100

ومن ورآئهم برزخ إلى يوم يبعثون

Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no ties of lineage between them that day, and they will not question one another. 101

فإذا نفخ في ٱلصور فلآ أنساب بينهم يومئذ ولا يتسآءلون

Those whose weights are heavy — those are the ones who succeed; 102

فمن ثقلت موزينه فأولئك هم ٱلمفلحون

And those whose weights are light — those are the ones who have lost their own Self, abiding forever in Jahannam; the fire will scorch their faces, and they will grimace therein. 104

ومن خفت موزينه فأولئك ٱلذين خسروا أنفسهم في جهنم خلدون تلفح وجوههم ٱلنار وهم فيها كلحون

Were My signs not recited to you, and you denied them? 105

ألم تكن ءايتي تتلى عليكم فكنتم بها تكذبون

They will say: Our Guardian, our misery overcame us, and we were an astray people. 106

قالوا ربنا غلبت علينا شقوتنا وكنا قوما ضآلين

Our Guardian, bring us out of it; if we relapse, we will then [truly] be unjust. 107

ربنآ أخرجنا منها فإن عدنا فإنا ظلمون

He will say: Remain therein, humiliated, and do not speak to Me. 108

قال ٱخسوا فيها ولا تكلمون

There was a group among My obedient ones who said: Our Guardian, we believe; forgive us and have benevolence on us, for You are the best of those who show benevolence — but you took them in mockery, until they made you forget My Reminder, and you used to laugh at them. 110

إنه كان فريق من عبادي يقولون ربنآ ءامنا فٱغفر لنا وٱرحمنا وأنت خير ٱلرحمين فٱتخذتموهم سخريا حتى أنسوكم ذكري وكنتم منهم تضحكون

I have this day rewarded them for their endurance: it is they who are the triumphant. 111

إني جزيتهم ٱليوم بما صبروا أنهم هم ٱلفآئزون

He will say: How many years did you remain on the earth? 112

قل كم لبثتم في ٱلأرض عدد سنين

They will say: We remained a day, 113

قالوا لبثنا يوما

or part of a day; so ask those who keep count. 113

أو بعض يوم فسل ٱلعآدين

He will say: You remained only a little, if only you knew. 114

قل إن لبثتم إلا قليلا لو أنكم كنتم تعلمون

Did you then think that We created you in vain, and that you would not be returned to Us? 115

أفحسبتم أنما خلقنكم عبثا وأنكم إلينا لا ترجعون

Exalted be God, the Sovereign, the Truth! 116

فتعلى ٱلله ٱلملك ٱلحق

There is no deity but Him, 116

لآ إله إلا هو

the Guardian of the generous Edifice. 116

رب ٱلعرش ٱلكريم

And whoever invokes, with God, another deity, having no proof of it, his account rests only with his Guardian. 117

ومن يدع مع ٱلله إلها ءاخر لا برهن له به فإنما حسابه عند ربه

Those who deny do not attain success. 117

إنه لا يفلح ٱلكفرون

And say: My Guardian, forgive and have benevolence, for You are the best of those who show benevolence. 118

وقل رب ٱغفر وٱرحم وأنت خير ٱلرحمين