Surah Al-Hashr

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 59:1 ▶

   سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿١﴾

   sabbaḥa lillāhi mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-arḍ | wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīm

   Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth exalts Allāh, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

   See footnote to 57:1.

2. 59:2 ▶

   هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ لِأَوَّلِ ٱلْحَشْرِ ۚ مَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ ۖ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مَّانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا۟ ۖ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ ۚ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُم بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَٱعْتَبِرُوا۟ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ ﴿٢﴾

   huwa lladhī 'akhraja lladhīna kafarū min 'ahli l-kitābi min diyārihim li'awwali l-ḥashr | mā ẓanantum 'ay yakhrujū | waẓannū 'annahum māniʿatuhum ḥuṣūnuhum mina llāhi fa'atāhumu llāhu min ḥaythu lam yaḥtasibū waqadhafa fī qulūbihimu r-ruʿb | yukhribūna buyūtahum bi'aydīhim wa'aydi l-mu'minīna faʿtabirū yā'uli l-abṣār

   It is He who expelled the ones who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allāh; but [the decree of] Allāh came upon them from where they had not expected, and He cast terror into their hearts [so] they destroyed their houses by their [own] hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision.

   Referring to the Jews of Banun-Naḍeer, who broke their pact with the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ).

   This was the first tme they had ever been gathered and expelled.

3. 59:3 ▶

   وَلَوْلَآ أَن كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْجَلَآءَ لَعَذَّبَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابُ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٣﴾

   walawlā 'an kataba llāhu ʿalayhimu l-jalā'a laʿadhdhabahum fi d-dunyā | walahum fi l-ākhirati ʿadhābu n-nār

   And if not that Allāh had decreed for them evacuation, He would have punished them in [this] world, and for them in the Hereafter is the punishment of the Fire.

4. 59:4 ▶

   ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ شَآقُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ ۖ وَمَن يُشَآقِّ ٱللَّهَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴿٤﴾

   dhālika bi'annahum shāqqu llāha warasūlah | wamay yushāqqi llāha fa'inna llāha shadīdu l-ʿiqāb

   That is because they opposed Allāh and His Messenger. And whoever opposes Allāh - then indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.

5. 59:5 ▶

   مَا قَطَعْتُم مِّن لِّينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَآئِمَةً عَلَىٰٓ أُصُولِهَا فَبِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيُخْزِىَ ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٥﴾

   mā qaṭaʿtum mil līnatin 'aw taraktumūhā qā'imatan ʿalā 'uṣūlihā fabi'idhni llāhi waliyukhziya l-fāsiqīn

   Whatever you have cut down of [their] palm trees or left standing on their trunks - it was by permission of Allāh and so He would disgrace the defiantly disobedient.

6. 59:6 ▶

   وَمَآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَلِّطُ رُسُلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٦﴾

   wamā 'afā'a llāhu ʿalā rasūlihī minhum famā 'awjaftum ʿalayhi min khayliw walā rikābiw walākinna llāha yusalliṭu rusulahū ʿalā may yashā' | wallāhu ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

   And what Allāh restored [of property] to His Messenger from them - you did not spur for it [in an expedition] any horses or camels, but Allāh gives His messengers power over whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.

   Meaning that they went through no hardship (i.e., war) to obtain it.

7. 59:7 ▶

   مَّآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ فَلِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ كَىْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةًۢ بَيْنَ ٱلْأَغْنِيَآءِ مِنكُمْ ۚ وَمَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ فَٱنتَهُوا۟ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴿٧﴾

   mā 'afā'a llāhu ʿalā rasūlihī min 'ahli l-qurā falillāhi walir-rasūli walidhi l-qurbā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīni wabni s-sabīli kay lā yakūna dūlatam bayna l-aghniyā'i minkum | wamā 'ātākumu r-rasūlu fakhudhūhu wamā nahākum ʿanhu fantahū | wattaqu llāh | inna llāha shadīdu l-ʿiqāb

   And what Allāh restored to His Messenger from the people of the towns - it is for Allāh and for the Messenger and for [his] near relatives and orphans and the needy and the [stranded] traveler - so that it will not be a perpetual distribution among the rich from among you. And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.

   Those of Banū Hāshim and Banū Muṭṭalib, whom he (ﷺ) had prohibited from accepting zakāh.

   This ruling concerning properties abandoned by an enemy without a war effort differs from that in Sūrah al-Anfāl, verse 41, which refers to spoils of war in which four fifths is distributed among those who fought in Allāh's cause.

8. 59:8 ▶

   لِلْفُقَرَآءِ ٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا۟ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ وَأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنًا وَيَنصُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصَّـٰدِقُونَ ﴿٨﴾

   lil-fuqarā'i l-muhājirīna lladhīna 'ukhrijū min diyārihim wa'amwālihim yabtaghūna faḍlam mina llāhi wariḍwānaw wayanṣurūna llāha warasūlah | ulā'ika humu ṣ-ṣādiqūn

   For the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and their properties, seeking bounty from Allāh and [His] approval and supporting [the cause of] Allāh and His Messenger, [there is also a share]. Those are the truthful.

9. 59:9 ▶

   وَٱلَّذِينَ تَبَوَّءُو ٱلدَّارَ وَٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ يُحِبُّونَ مَنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ فِى صُدُورِهِمْ حَاجَةً مِّمَّآ أُوتُوا۟ وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ ۚ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٩﴾

   walladhīna tabawwa'u d-dāra wal-īmāna min qablihim yuḥibbūna man hājara 'ilayhim walā yajidūna fī ṣudūrihim ḥājatam mimmā 'ūtū wayu'thirūna ʿalā 'anfusihim walaw kāna bihim khaṣāṣah | wamay yūqa shuḥḥa nafsihī fa'ulā'ika humu l-mufliḥūn

   And [also for] those who were settled in the Home [i.e.,al-Madīnah] and [adopted] the faith before them. They love those who emigrated to them and find not any want in their breasts of what they [i.e., the emigrants] were given but give [them] preference over themselves, even though they are in privation. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul - it is those who will be the successful.

   Before the settlement of the emigrants (Muhājireen) among the Anṣār, for whom a share is delegated as well.

10. 59:10 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَٰنِنَا ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِى قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٠﴾

    walladhīna jā'ū mim baʿdihim yaqūlūna rabbana ghfir lanā wali'ikhwānina lladhīna sabaqūnā bil-īmāni walā tajʿal fī qulūbinā ghillal lilladhīna 'āmanū rabbanā 'innaka ra'ūfur raḥīm

    And [there is a share for] those who come after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."

11. 59:11 ▶

    ۞ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ نَافَقُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَئِنْ أُخْرِجْتُمْ لَنَخْرُجَنَّ مَعَكُمْ وَلَا نُطِيعُ فِيكُمْ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا وَإِن قُوتِلْتُمْ لَنَنصُرَنَّكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿١١﴾

    alam tara 'ila lladhīna nāfaqū yaqūlūna li'ikhwānihimu lladhīna kafarū min 'ahli l-kitābi la'in 'ukhrijtum lanakhrujanna maʿakum walā nuṭīʿu fīkum 'aḥadan 'abadaw wa'in qūtiltum lananṣurannakum wallāhu yashhadu 'innahum lakādhibūn

    Have you not considered those who practice hypocrisy, saying to their brothers [i.e., associates] who have disbelieved among the People of the Scripture, "If you are expelled, we will surely leave with you, and we will not obey, in regard to you, anyone - ever; and if you are fought, we will surely aid you." But Allāh testifies that they are liars.

12. 59:12 ▶

    لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا۟ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِن قُوتِلُوا۟ لَا يَنصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    la'in 'ukhrijū lā yakhrujūna maʿahum wala'in qūtilū lā yanṣurūnahum wala'in naṣarūhum layuwallunna l-adbāra thumma lā yunṣarūn

    If they are expelled, they will not leave with them, and if they are fought, they will not aid them. And [even] if they should aid them, they will surely turn their backs; then [thereafter] they will not be aided.

13. 59:13 ▶

    لَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ رَهْبَةً فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

    la'antum 'ashaddu rahbatan fī ṣudūrihim mina llāh | dhālika bi'annahum qawmul lā yafqahūn

    You [believers] are more fearful within their breasts than Allāh. That is because they are a people who do not understand.

14. 59:14 ▶

    لَا يُقَـٰتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعًا إِلَّا فِى قُرًى مُّحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِن وَرَآءِ جُدُرٍۭ ۚ بَأْسُهُم بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌ ۚ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    lā yuqātilūnakum jamīʿan 'illā fī quram muḥaṣṣanatin 'aw miw warā'i judur | ba'suhum baynahum shadīd | taḥsabuhum jamīʿaw waqulūbuhum shattā | dhālika bi'annahum qawmul lā yaʿqilūn

    They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence [i.e., enmity] among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are diverse. That is because they are a people who do not reason.

15. 59:15 ▶

    كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا ۖ ذَاقُوا۟ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١٥﴾

    kamathali lladhīna min qablihim qarībā | dhāqū wabāla 'amrihim walahum ʿadhābun 'alīm

    [Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them: they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

16. 59:16 ▶

    كَمَثَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ إِذْ قَالَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ ٱكْفُرْ فَلَمَّا كَفَرَ قَالَ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّنكَ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

    kamathali sh-shayṭāni 'idh qāla lil-insāni kfur falammā kafara qāla 'innī barī'um minka 'innī 'akhāfu llāha rabba l-ʿālamīn

    [The hypocrites are] like the example of Satan when he says to man, "Disbelieve." But when he disbelieves, he says, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I fear Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

17. 59:17 ▶

    فَكَانَ عَـٰقِبَتَهُمَآ أَنَّهُمَا فِى ٱلنَّارِ خَـٰلِدَيْنِ فِيهَا ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

    fakāna ʿāqibatahumā 'annahumā fi n-nāri khālidayni fīhā | wadhālika jazā'u ẓ-ẓālimīn

    So the outcome for both of them is that they will be in the Fire, abiding eternally therein. And that is the recompense of the wrongdoers.

18. 59:18 ▶

    يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْتَنظُرْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

    yā'ayyuha lladhīna 'āmanu ttaqu llāha waltanẓur nafsum mā qaddamat lighad | wattaqu llāh | inna llāha khabīrum bimā taʿmalūn

    O you who have believed, fear Allāh. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow - and fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Aware of what you do.

19. 59:19 ▶

    وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    walā takūnū kalladhīna nasu llāha fa'ansāhum 'anfusahum | ulā'ika humu l-fāsiqūn

    And be not like those who forgot Allāh, so He made them forget themselves. Those are the defiantly disobedient.

20. 59:20 ▶

    لَا يَسْتَوِىٓ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ وَأَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    lā yastawī 'aṣḥābu n-nāri wa'aṣḥābu l-jannah | aṣḥābu l-jannati humu l-fā'izūn

    Not equal are the companions of the Fire and the companions of Paradise. The companions of Paradise - they are the attainers [of success].

21. 59:21 ▶

    لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَـٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

    law 'anzalnā hādha l-qur'āna ʿalā jabalil lara'aytahū khāshiʿam mutaṣaddiʿam min khashyati llāh | watilka l-amthālu naḍribuhā lin-nāsi laʿallahum yatafakkarūn

    If We had sent down this Qur’ān upon a mountain, you would have seen it humbled and splitting from fear of Allāh. And these examples We present to the people that perhaps they will give thought.

22. 59:22 ▶

    هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَـٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ ۖ هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٢٢﴾

    huwa llāhu lladhī lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | ʿālimu l-ghaybi wash-shahādah | huwa r-raḥmānu r-raḥīm

    He is Allāh, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed. He is the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

    See footnotes to 6:73.

23. 59:23 ▶

    هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَـٰمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    huwa llāhu lladhī lā 'ilāha 'illā huwa l-maliku l-quddūsu s-salāmu l-mu'minu l-muhayminu l-ʿazīzu l-jabbāru l-mutakabbir | subḥāna llāhi ʿammā yushrikūn

    He is Allāh, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Grantor of Security, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

    And owner of everything in existence.

    i.e., transcendent above any aspect belonging to His creation. Also, the possessor and grantor of blessings.

    Literally, "Free" from any imperfection. Also, "Peace" or "Soundness."

    And safety, i.e., reassurance that His promise is always fulfilled. Also, He who bestows faith.

    i.e., who observes, guards and protects. Also, "the Criterion."

    Refer to footnote in 2:129.

    Whose irresistible force is without limitation; the one above all things who compels the creation to be as He wills it. Also, "the Amender" or "the Rectifier" who repairs, restores, completes or sets something right once again, out of His mercy.

    Supreme, complete and perfect in His essence, attributes and actions.

24. 59:24 ▶

    هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿٢٤﴾

    huwa llāhu l-khāliqu l-bāri'u l-muṣawwir | lahu l-asmā'u l-ḥusnā | yusabbiḥu lahū mā fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīm

    He is Allāh, the Creator, the Producer, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

    i.e., He who destined existence for His creation.

    i.e., He who brings His creation into existence.

    i.e., He who gives every creation its particular form.

    Refer to the final paragraphs of the "Introduction" for a brief discussion of these attributes.

    Refer to footnote in 6:18.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.