Surah An-Nahl

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 16:1 ▶

   أَتَىٰٓ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿١﴾

   atā 'amru llāhi falā tastaʿjilūh | subḥānahū wataʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn

   The command of Allāh is coming, so be not impatient for it. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

   Literally, "has come," indicating the certainty and nearness of the Last Hour.

2. 16:2 ▶

   يُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ بِٱلرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱتَّقُونِ ﴿٢﴾

   yunazzilu l-malā'ikata bir-rūḥi min 'amrihī ʿalā may yashā'u min ʿibādihī 'an 'andhirū 'annahū lā 'ilāha 'illā 'ana fattaqūn

   He sends down the angels, with the inspiration [i.e., revelation] of His command, upon whom He wills of His servants, [telling them], "Warn that there is no deity except Me; so fear Me."

3. 16:3 ▶

   خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ تَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   khalaqa s-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqq | taʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn

   He created the heavens and earth in truth. High is He above what they associate with Him.

4. 16:4 ▶

   خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴿٤﴾

   khalaqa l-insāna min nuṭfatin fa'idhā huwa khaṣīmum mubīn

   He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary.

   As soon as he becomes strong and independent.

5. 16:5 ▶

   وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمَ خَلَقَهَا ۗ لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَـٰفِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ﴿٥﴾

   wal-anʿāma khalaqahā | lakum fīhā dif'uw wamanāfiʿu waminhā ta'kulūn

   And the grazing livestock He has created for you; in them is warmth and [numerous] benefits, and from them you eat.

   i.e., in clothing, tents, furnishings, etc.

6. 16:6 ▶

   وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ ﴿٦﴾

   walakum fīhā jamālun ḥīna turīḥūna waḥīna tasraḥūn

   And for you in them is [the enjoyment of] beauty when you bring them in [for the evening] and when you send them out [to pasture].

7. 16:7 ▶

   وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ بَـٰلِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ ٱلْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٧﴾

   wataḥmilu 'athqālakum 'ilā baladil lam takūnū bālighīhi 'illā bishiqqi l-anfus | inna rabbakum lara'ūfur raḥīm

   And they carry your loads to a land you could not have reached except with difficulty to yourselves. Indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

8. 16:8 ▶

   وَٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَٱلْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٨﴾

   wal-khayla wal-bighāla wal-ḥamīra litarkabūhā wazīnah | wayakhluqu mā lā taʿlamūn

   And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.

9. 16:9 ▶

   وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَصْدُ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَآئِرٌ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَهَدَىٰكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٩﴾

   waʿala llāhi qaṣdu s-sabīli waminhā jā'ir | walaw shā'a lahadākum 'ajmaʿīn

   And upon Allāh is the direction of the [right] way, and among them [i.e., the various paths] are those deviating. And if He willed, He could have guided you all.

   Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) has taken it upon Himself to guide man to the right path. The meaning has also been interpreted as "To Allāh..."

10. 16:10 ▶

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً ۖ لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

    huwa lladhī 'anzala mina s-samā'i mā'al lakum minhu sharābuw waminhu shajarun fīhi tusīmūn

    It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].

11. 16:11 ▶

    يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرْعَ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿١١﴾

    yumbitu lakum bihi z-zarʿa waz-zaytūna wan-nakhīla wal-aʿnāba wamin kulli th-thamarāt | inna fī dhālika la'āyatal liqawmiy yatafakkarūn

    He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

12. 16:12 ▶

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    wasakhkhara lakumu llayla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamar | wan-nujūmu musakhkharātum bi'amrih | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn

    And He has subjected for you the night and day and the sun and moon, and the stars are subjected by His command. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.

13. 16:13 ▶

    وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

    wamā dhara'a lakum fi l-arḍi mukhtalifan 'alwānuh | inna fī dhālika la'āyatal liqawmiy yadhdhakkarūn

    And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.

14. 16:14 ▶

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    wahuwa lladhī sakhkhara l-baḥra lita'kulū minhu laḥman ṭariyyaw watastakhrijū minhu ḥilyatan talbasūnahā watara l-fulka mawākhira fīhi walitabtaghū min faḍlihī walaʿallakum tashkurūn

    And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

15. 16:15 ▶

    وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَـٰرًا وَسُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

    wa'alqā fi l-arḍi rawāsiya 'an tamīda bikum wa'anhāraw wasubulal laʿallakum tahtadūn

    And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

16. 16:16 ▶

    وَعَلَـٰمَـٰتٍ ۚ وَبِٱلنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

    waʿalāmāt | wabin-najmi hum yahtadūn

    And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.

    Through the desert or the sea at night.

17. 16:17 ▶

    أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ ۗ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

    afamay yakhluqu kamal lā yakhluq | afalā tadhakkarūn

    Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

18. 16:18 ▶

    وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٨﴾

    wa'in taʿuddū niʿmata llāhi lā tuḥṣūhā | inna llāha laghafūrur raḥīm

    And if you should count the favors of Allāh, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

19. 16:19 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    wallāhu yaʿlamu mā tusirrūna wamā tuʿlinūn

    And Allāh knows what you conceal and what you declare.

20. 16:20 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    walladhīna yadʿūna min dūni llāhi lā yakhluqūna shay'aw wahum yukhlaqūn

    And those they invoke other than Allāh create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.

21. 16:21 ▶

    أَمْوَٰتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَآءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

    amwātun ghayru 'aḥyā'iw wamā yashʿurūna 'ayyāna yubʿathūn

    They are [in fact] dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.

    i.e., inanimate or without understanding.

22. 16:22 ▶

    إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٌ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    ilāhukum 'ilāhuw wāḥid | falladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati qulūbuhum munkiratuw wahum mustakbirūn

    Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.

23. 16:23 ▶

    لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    lā jarama 'anna llāha yaʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿlinūn | innahū lā yuḥibbu l-mustakbirīn

    Assuredly, Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.

24. 16:24 ▶

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۙ قَالُوٓا۟ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    wa'idhā qīla lahum mādhā 'anzala rabbukum qālū 'asāṭīru l-awwalīn

    And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Legends of the former peoples,"

25. 16:25 ▶

    لِيَحْمِلُوٓا۟ أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    liyaḥmilū 'awzārahum kāmilatay yawma l-qiyāmati wamin 'awzāri lladhīna yuḍillūnahum bighayri ʿilm | alā sā'a mā yazirūn

    That they may bear their own burdens [i.e., sins] in full on the Day of Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they misguide without [i.e., by lack of] knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.

26. 16:26 ▶

    قَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنْيَـٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    qad makara lladhīna min qablihim fa'ata llāhu bunyānahum mina l-qawāʿidi fakharra ʿalayhimu s-saqfu min fawqihim wa'atāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūn

    Those before them had already plotted, but Allāh came at [i.e., uprooted] their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.

    i.e., Allāh caused their plan to fail and exposed their plot.

27. 16:27 ▶

    ثُمَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يُخْزِيهِمْ وَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تُشَـٰٓقُّونَ فِيهِمْ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ إِنَّ ٱلْخِزْىَ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَٱلسُّوٓءَ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    thumma yawma l-qiyāmati yukhzīhim wayaqūlu 'ayna shurakā'iya lladhīna kuntum tushāqqūna fīhim | qāla lladhīna 'ūtu l-ʿilma 'inna l-khizya l-yawma was-sū'a ʿala l-kāfirīn

    Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and say, "Where are My 'partners' for whom you used to oppose [the believers]?" Those who were given knowledge will say, "Indeed disgrace, this Day, and evil are upon the disbelievers" -

28. 16:28 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ فَأَلْقَوُا۟ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِن سُوٓءٍۭ ۚ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    alladhīna tatawaffāhumu l-malā'ikatu ẓālimī 'anfusihim | fa'alqawu s-salama mā kunnā naʿmalu min sū'im balā 'inna llāha ʿalīmum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

    The ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves, and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what you used to do.

    i.e., having made punishment due to them for their numerous sins and crimes.

29. 16:29 ▶

    فَٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ أَبْوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ فَلَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    fadkhulū 'abwāba jahannama khālidīna fīhā | falabi'sa mathwa l-mutakabbirīn

    So enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and how wretched is the residence of the arrogant.

30. 16:30 ▶

    ۞ وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ مَاذَآ أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۚ قَالُوا۟ خَيْرًا ۗ لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ ۚ وَلَدَارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ ۚ وَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    waqīla lilladhīna ttaqaw mādhā 'anzala rabbukum | qālū khayral lilladhīna 'aḥsanū fī hādhihi d-dunyā ḥasanah | waladāru l-ākhirati khayr | walaniʿma dāru l-muttaqīn

    And it will be said to those who feared Allāh, "What did your Lord send down?" They will say, "[That which is] good." For those who do good in this world is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better. And how excellent is the home of the righteous -

31. 16:31 ▶

    جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ لَهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْزِى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

    jannātu ʿadniy yadkhulūnahā tajrī min taḥtiha l-anhāru lahum fīhā mā yashā'ūn | kadhālika yajzi llāhu l-muttaqīn

    Gardens of perpetual residence, which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow. They will have therein whatever they wish. Thus does Allāh reward the righteous -

32. 16:32 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ ۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    alladhīna tatawaffāhumu l-malā'ikatu ṭayyibīna yaqūlūna salāmun ʿalaykumu dkhulu l-jannata bimā kuntum taʿmalūn

    The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."

33. 16:33 ▶

    هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    hal yanẓurūna 'illā 'an ta'tiyahumu l-malā'ikatu 'aw ya'tiya 'amru rabbik | kadhālika faʿala lladhīna min qablihim | wamā ẓalamahumu llāhu walākin kānū 'anfusahum yaẓlimūn

    Do they [i.e., the disbelievers] await except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allāh wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.

34. 16:34 ▶

    فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    fa'aṣābahum sayyi'ātu mā ʿamilū waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

    So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

35. 16:35 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿٣٥﴾

    waqāla lladhīna 'ashrakū law shā'a llāhu mā ʿabadnā min dūnihī min shay'in naḥnu walā 'ābā'unā walā ḥarramnā min dūnihī min shay' | kadhālika faʿala lladhīna min qablihim | fahal ʿala r-rusuli 'illa l-balāghu l-mubīn

    And those who associate others with Allāh say, "If Allāh had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?

36. 16:36 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۚ فَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    walaqad baʿathnā fī kulli 'ummatir rasūlan 'ani ʿbudu llāha wajtanibu ṭ-ṭāghūt | faminhum man hada llāhu waminhum man ḥaqqat ʿalayhi ḍ-ḍalālah | fasīrū fi l-arḍi fanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-mukadhdhibīn

    And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allāh and avoid ṭāghūt." And among them were those whom Allāh guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed [i.e., travel] through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.

    False objects of worship.

37. 16:37 ▶

    إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَىٰهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    in taḥriṣ ʿalā hudāhum fa'inna llāha lā yahdī may yuḍillu wamā lahum min nāṣirīn

    [Even] if you should strive for their guidance, [O Muḥammad], indeed, Allāh does not guide those He sends astray, and they will have no helpers.

    As a result of their choice to reject guidance.

38. 16:38 ▶

    وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ ۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    wa'aqsamū billāhi jahda 'aymānihim lā yabʿathu llāhu may yamūt | balā waʿdan ʿalayhi ḥaqqaw walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

    And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths [that] Allāh will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.

39. 16:39 ▶

    لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    liyubayyina lahumu lladhī yakhtalifūna fīhi waliyaʿlama lladhīna kafarū 'annahum kānū kādhibīn

    [It is] so He will make clear to them [the truth of] that wherein they differ and so those who have disbelieved may know that they were liars.

40. 16:40 ▶

    إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَىْءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدْنَـٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴿٤٠﴾

    innamā qawlunā lishay'in 'idhā 'aradnāhu 'an naqūla lahū kun fayakūn

    Indeed, Our word to a thing when We intend it is but that We say to it, "Be," and it is.

41. 16:41 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ فِى ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَلَأَجْرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    walladhīna hājarū fi llāhi mim baʿdi mā ẓulimū lanubawwi'annahum fi d-dunyā ḥasanah | wala'ajru l-ākhirati 'akbar | law kānū yaʿlamūn

    And those who emigrated for [the cause of] Allāh after they had been wronged - We will surely settle them in this world in a good place; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if only they could know.

42. 16:42 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    alladhīna ṣabarū waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūn

    [They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied.

43. 16:43 ▶

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    wamā 'arsalnā min qablika 'illā rijālan nūḥī 'ilayhim | fas'alū 'ahla dh-dhikri 'in kuntum lā taʿlamūn

    And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

44. 16:44 ▶

    بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗ وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    bil-bayyināti waz-zubur | wa'anzalnā 'ilayka dh-dhikra litubayyina lin-nāsi mā nuzzila 'ilayhim walaʿallahum yatafakkarūn

    [We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message [i.e., the Qur’ān] that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.

45. 16:45 ▶

    أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    afa'amina lladhīna makaru s-sayyi'āti 'ay yakhsifa llāhu bihimu l-arḍa 'aw ya'tiyahumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūn

    Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allāh will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive?

46. 16:46 ▶

    أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِى تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    aw ya'khudhahum fī taqallubihim famā hum bimuʿjizīn

    Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure [i.e., escape from Him]?

47. 16:47 ▶

    أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿٤٧﴾

    aw ya'khudhahum ʿalā takhawwufin fa'inna rabbakum lara'ūfur raḥīm

    Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

    i.e., being aware of what is about to strike them after having seen those near them succumb.

    Postponing deserved punishment and giving opportunities for repentance.

48. 16:48 ▶

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَىْءٍ يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟ ظِلَـٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمْ دَٰخِرُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    awalam yaraw 'ilā mā khalaqa llāhu min shay'iy yatafayya'u ẓilāluhū ʿani l-yamīni wash-shamā'ili sujjadal lillāhi wahum dākhirūn

    Have they not considered what things Allāh has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allāh, while they [i.e., those creations] are humble.

49. 16:49 ▶

    وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    walillāhi yasjudu mā fi s-samāwāti wamā fi l-arḍi min dābbatiw wal-malā'ikatu wahum lā yastakbirūn

    And to Allāh prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.

50. 16:50 ▶

    يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ۩ ﴿٥٠﴾

    yakhāfūna rabbahum min fawqihim wayafʿalūna mā yu'marūn

    They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

51. 16:51 ▶

    ۞ وَقَالَ ٱللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ إِلَـٰهَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَإِيَّـٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ ﴿٥١﴾

    waqāla llāhu lā tattakhidhū 'ilāhayni thnayn | innamā huwa 'ilāhuw wāḥid | fa'iyyāya farhabūn

    And Allāh has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He [i.e., Allāh] is but one God, so fear only Me."

    Meaning more than one.

52. 16:52 ▶

    وَلَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَهُ ٱلدِّينُ وَاصِبًا ۚ أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ تَتَّقُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

    walahū mā fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍi walahu d-dīnu wāṣibā | afaghayra llāhi tattaqūn

    And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allāh that you fear?

53. 16:53 ▶

    وَمَا بِكُم مِّن نِّعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فَإِلَيْهِ تَجْـَٔرُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

    wamā bikum min niʿmatin famina llāh | thumma 'idhā massakumu ḍ-ḍurru fa'ilayhi taj'arūn

    And whatever you have of favor - it is from Allāh. Then when adversity touches you, to Him you cry for help.

54. 16:54 ▶

    ثُمَّ إِذَا كَشَفَ ٱلضُّرَّ عَنكُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنكُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾

    thumma 'idhā kashafa ḍ-ḍurra ʿankum 'idhā farīqum minkum birabbihim yushrikūn

    Then when He removes the adversity from you, at once a party of you associates others with their Lord

55. 16:55 ▶

    لِيَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ ۚ فَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾

    liyakfurū bimā 'ātaynāhum | fatamattaʿū | fasawfa taʿlamūn

    So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.

56. 16:56 ▶

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصِيبًا مِّمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ تَٱللَّهِ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    wayajʿalūna limā lā yaʿlamūna naṣībam mimmā razaqnāhum | tallāhi latus'alunna ʿammā kuntum taftarūn

    And they assign to what they do not know [i.e., false deities] a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allāh, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.

    i.e., that of which they have no knowledge; rather, they have mere assumption based upon tradition or the claims of misguided men.

57. 16:57 ▶

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ ٱلْبَنَـٰتِ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۙ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    wayajʿalūna lillāhi l-banāti subḥānahū walahum mā yashtahūn

    And they attribute to Allāh daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire [i.e., sons].

    By claiming that the angels are His daughters.

58. 16:58 ▶

    وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ﴿٥٨﴾

    wa'idhā bushshira 'aḥaduhum bil-unthā ẓalla wajhuhū muswaddaw wahuwa kaẓīm

    And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.

59. 16:59 ▶

    يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أَيُمْسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِى ٱلتُّرَابِ ۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    yatawārā mina l-qawmi min sū'i mā bushshira bih | ayumsikuhū ʿalā hūnin 'am yadussuhū fi t-turāb | alā sā'a mā yaḥkumūn

    He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.

60. 16:60 ▶

    لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مَثَلُ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۖ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿٦٠﴾

    lilladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati mathalu s-saw' | walillāhi l-mathalu l-aʿlā | wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīm

    For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description [i.e., an attribute] of evil; and for Allāh is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.

    Such as that described in the previous two verses.

61. 16:61 ▶

    وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَلَـٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

    walaw yu'ākhidhu llāhu n-nāsa biẓulmihim mā taraka ʿalayhā min dābbatiw walākiy yu'akhkhiruhum 'ilā 'ajalim musammā | fa'idhā jā'a 'ajaluhum lā yasta'khirūna sāʿah | walā yastaqdimūn

    And if Allāh were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon it [i.e., the earth] any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].

62. 16:62 ▶

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمُ ٱلْكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَأَنَّهُم مُّفْرَطُونَ ﴿٦٢﴾

    wayajʿalūna lillāhi mā yakrahūna wataṣifu 'alsinatuhumu l-kadhiba 'anna lahumu l-ḥusnā | lā jarama 'anna lahumu n-nāra wa'annahum mufraṭūn

    And they attribute to Allāh that which they dislike [i.e., daughters], and their tongues assert the lie that they will have the best [from Him]. Assuredly, they will have the Fire, and they will be [therein] neglected.

    Another meaning is "...and they will be made to precede [all others thereto]."

63. 16:63 ▶

    تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿٦٣﴾

    tallāhi laqad 'arsalnā 'ilā 'umamim min qablika fazayyana lahumu sh-shayṭānu 'aʿmālahum fahuwa waliyyuhumu l-yawma walahum ʿadhābun 'alīm

    By Allāh, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is their [i.e., the disbelievers] ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.

64. 16:64 ▶

    وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

    wamā 'anzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba 'illā litubayyina lahumu lladhi khtalafū fīhi wahudaw waraḥmatal liqawmiy yu'minūn

    And We have not revealed to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], except for you to make clear to them that wherein they have differed and as guidance and mercy for a people who believe.

65. 16:65 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

    wallāhu 'anzala mina s-samā'i mā'an fa'aḥyā bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā | inna fī dhālika la'āyatal liqawmiy yasmaʿūn

    And Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.

66. 16:66 ▶

    وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَآئِغًا لِّلشَّـٰرِبِينَ ﴿٦٦﴾

    wa'inna lakum fi l-anʿāmi laʿibrah | nusqīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihī mim bayni farthiw wadamil labanan khāliṣan sā'ighal lish-shāribīn

    And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.

67. 16:67 ▶

    وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

    wamin thamarāti n-nakhīli wal-aʿnābi tattakhidhūna minhu sakaraw warizqan ḥasanā | inna fī dhālika la'āyatal liqawmiy yaʿqilūn

    And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.

    This verse was revealed before the prohibition of intoxicants. It alludes to the fact that there are both evil and good possibilities in certain things.

68. 16:68 ▶

    وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

    wa'awḥā rabbuka 'ila n-naḥli 'ani ttakhidhī mina l-jibāli buyūtaw wamina sh-shajari wamimmā yaʿrishūn

    And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses [i.e., hives], and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.

69. 16:69 ▶

    ثُمَّ كُلِى مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسْلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾

    thumma kulī min kulli th-thamarāti faslukī subula rabbiki dhululā | yakhruju mim buṭūnihā sharābum mukhtalifun 'alwānuhū fīhi shifā'ul lin-nās | inna fī dhālika la'āyatal liqawmiy yatafakkarūn

    Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

    i.e., delicious substances found by the bee.

70. 16:70 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَىْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٧٠﴾

    wallāhu khalaqakum thumma yatawaffākum | waminkum may yuraddu 'ilā 'ardhali l-ʿumuri likay lā yaʿlama baʿda ʿilmin shay'ā | inna llāha ʿalīmun qadīr

    And Allāh created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Competent.

71. 16:71 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِى ٱلرِّزْقِ ۚ فَمَا ٱلَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا۟ بِرَآدِّى رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ ﴿٧١﴾

    wallāhu faḍḍala baʿḍakum ʿalā baʿḍin fi r-rizq | fama lladhīna fuḍḍilū birāddī rizqihim ʿalā mā malakat 'aymānuhum fahum fīhi sawā' | afabiniʿmati llāhi yajḥadūn

    And Allāh has favored some of you over others in provision. But those who were favored [i.e., given more] would not hand over their provision to those whom their right hands possess [i.e., slaves] so they would be equal to them therein. Then is it the favor of Allāh they reject?

    The argument presented in this verse is that if they cannot consider their own possessions equal to themselves, then how can they consider Allāh's creations as being equal to Him?

72. 16:72 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ ۚ أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ ﴿٧٢﴾

    wallāhu jaʿala lakum min 'anfusikum 'azwājaw wajaʿala lakum min 'azwājikum banīna waḥafadataw warazaqakum mina ṭ-ṭayyibāt | afabil-bāṭili yu'minūna wabiniʿmati llāhi hum yakfurūn

    And Allāh has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allāh they disbelieve?

73. 16:73 ▶

    وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ﴿٧٣﴾

    wayaʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yamliku lahum rizqam mina s-samāwāti wal-arḍi shay'aw walā yastaṭīʿūn

    And they worship besides Allāh that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.

74. 16:74 ▶

    فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٧٤﴾

    falā taḍribū lillāhi l-amthāl | inna llāha yaʿlamu wa'antum lā taʿlamūn

    So do not assert similarities to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.

    As there is nothing comparable to Him.

75. 16:75 ▶

    ۞ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَّمْلُوكًا لَّا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَمَن رَّزَقْنَـٰهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوُۥنَ ۚ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٧٥﴾

    ḍaraba llāhu mathalan ʿabdam mamlūkal lā yaqdiru ʿalā shay'iw wamar razaqnāhu minnā rizqan ḥasanan fahuwa yunfiqu minhu sirraw wajahrā | hal yastawūn | al-ḥamdu lillāh | bal 'aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn

    Allāh presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allāh! But most of them do not know.

76. 16:76 ▶

    وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلَىٰ مَوْلَىٰهُ أَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّههُّ لَا يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى هُوَ وَمَن يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ ۙ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿٧٦﴾

    waḍaraba llāhu mathalar rajulayni 'aḥaduhumā 'abkamu lā yaqdiru ʿalā shay'iw wahuwa kallun ʿalā mawlāhu 'aynamā yuwajjihhu lā ya'ti bikhayr | hal yastawī huwa wamay ya'muru bil-ʿadli wahuwa ʿalā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm

    And Allāh presents an example of two men, one of them dumb and unable to do a thing, while he is a burden to his guardian. Wherever he directs him, he brings no good. Is he equal to one who commands justice, while he is on a straight path?

77. 16:77 ▶

    وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَآ أَمْرُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمْحِ ٱلْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٧٧﴾

    walillāhi ghaybu s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | wamā 'amru s-sāʿati 'illā kalamḥi l-baṣari 'aw huwa 'aqrab | inna llāha ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

    And to Allāh belongs the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. And the command for the Hour is not but as a glance of the eye or even nearer. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

78. 16:78 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّنۢ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَ وَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٧٨﴾

    wallāhu 'akhrajakum mim buṭūni 'ummahātikum lā taʿlamūna shay'aw wajaʿala lakumu s-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-af'idata laʿallakum tashkurūn

    And Allāh has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect] that perhaps you would be grateful.

79. 16:79 ▶

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَٰتٍ فِى جَوِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٧٩﴾

    alam yaraw 'ila ṭ-ṭayri musakhkharātin fī jawwi s-samā'i mā yumsikuhunna 'illa llāh | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil liqawmiy yu'minūn

    Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allāh. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

80. 16:80 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۢ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن جُلُودِ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ إِقَامَتِكُمْ ۙ وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِهَآ أَثَـٰثًا وَمَتَـٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ﴿٨٠﴾

    wallāhu jaʿala lakum mim buyūtikum sakanaw wajaʿala lakum min julūdi l-anʿāmi buyūtan tastakhiffūnahā yawma ẓaʿnikum wayawma 'iqāmatikum wamin 'aṣwāfihā wa'awbārihā wa'ashʿārihā 'athāthaw wamatāʿan 'ilā ḥīn

    And Allāh has made for you from your homes a place of rest and made for you from the hides of the animals tents which you find light on your day of travel and your day of encampment; and from their wool, fur and hair is furnishing and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time.

81. 16:81 ▶

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَـٰلًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ أَكْنَـٰنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ ٱلْحَرَّ وَسَرَٰبِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأْسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ ﴿٨١﴾

    wallāhu jaʿala lakum mimmā khalaqa ẓilālaw wajaʿala lakum mina l-jibāli 'aknānaw wajaʿala lakum sarābīla taqīkumu l-ḥarra wasarābīla taqīkum ba'sakum | kadhālika yutimmu niʿmatahū ʿalaykum laʿallakum tuslimūn

    And Allāh has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows [i.e., shade] and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments [i.e., coats of mail] which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].

82. 16:82 ▶

    فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿٨٢﴾

    fa'in tawallaw fa'innamā ʿalayka l-balāghu l-mubīn

    But if they turn away, [O Muḥammad] - then only upon you is [responsibility for] clear notification.

83. 16:83 ▶

    يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٨٣﴾

    yaʿrifūna niʿmata llāhi thumma yunkirūnahā wa'aktharuhumu l-kāfirūn

    They recognize the favor of Allāh; then they deny it. And most of them are disbelievers.

84. 16:84 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ ﴿٨٤﴾

    wayawma nabʿathu min kulli 'ummatin shahīdan thumma lā yu'dhanu lilladhīna kafarū walā hum yustaʿtabūn

    And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect from every nation a witness [i.e., their prophet]. Then it will not be permitted to the disbelievers [to apologize or make excuses], nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].

85. 16:85 ▶

    وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ﴿٨٥﴾

    wa'idhā ra'a lladhīna ẓalamu l-ʿadhāba falā yukhaffafu ʿanhum walā hum yunẓarūn

    And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

86. 16:86 ▶

    وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ شُرَكَآءَهُمْ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُرَكَآؤُنَا ٱلَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلْقَوْا۟ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ إِنَّكُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿٨٦﴾

    wa'idhā ra'a lladhīna 'ashrakū shurakā'ahum qālū rabbanā hā'ulā'i shurakā'una lladhīna kunnā nadʿū min dūnik | fa'alqaw 'ilayhimu l-qawla 'innakum lakādhibūn

    And when those who associated others with Allāh see their "partners," they will say, "Our Lord, these are our partners [to You] whom we used to invoke [in worship] besides You." But they will throw at them the statement, "Indeed, you are liars."

87. 16:87 ▶

    وَأَلْقَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلسَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ ﴿٨٧﴾

    wa'alqaw 'ila llāhi yawma'idhini s-salam | waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūn

    And they will impart to Allāh that Day [their] submission, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

88. 16:88 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ زِدْنَـٰهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ ٱلْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يُفْسِدُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾

    alladhīna kafarū waṣaddū ʿan sabīli llāhi zidnāhum ʿadhāban fawqa l-ʿadhābi bimā kānū yufsidūn

    Those who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way of Allāh - We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment for what corruption they were causing.

89. 16:89 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ تِبْيَـٰنًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٨٩﴾

    wayawma nabʿathu fī kulli 'ummatin shahīdan ʿalayhim min 'anfusihim | waji'nā bika shahīdan ʿalā hā'ulā' | wanazzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba tibyānal likulli shay'iw wahudaw waraḥmataw wabushrā lil-muslimīn

    And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves [i.e., their prophet]. And We will bring you, [O Muḥammad], as a witness over these [i.e., your nation]. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.

    Those who have submitted themselves to Allāh.

90. 16:90 ▶

    ۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٩٠﴾

    inna llāha ya'muru bil-ʿadli wal-iḥsāni wa'ītā'i dhi l-qurbā wayanhā ʿani l-faḥshā'i wal-munkari wal-baghy | yaʿiẓukum laʿallakum tadhakkarūn

    Indeed, Allāh orders justice and good conduct and giving [help] to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.

91. 16:91 ▶

    وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا عَـٰهَدتُّمْ وَلَا تَنقُضُوا۟ ٱلْأَيْمَـٰنَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِيدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفِيلًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٩١﴾

    wa'awfū biʿahdi llāhi 'idhā ʿāhattum walā tanquḍu l-aymāna baʿda tawkīdihā waqad jaʿaltumu llāha ʿalaykum kafīlā | inna llāha yaʿlamu mā tafʿalūn

    And fulfill the covenant of Allāh when you have taken it, [O believers], and do not break oaths after their confirmation while you have made Allāh, over you, a security [i.e., witness]. Indeed, Allāh knows what you do.

92. 16:92 ▶

    وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّتِى نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنكَـٰثًا تَتَّخِذُونَ أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ أُمَّةٌ هِىَ أَرْبَىٰ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ ۚ إِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ ۚ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿٩٢﴾

    walā takūnū kallatī naqaḍat ghazlahā mim baʿdi quwwatin 'ankāthan tattakhidhūna 'aymānakum dakhalam baynakum 'an takūna 'ummatun hiya 'arbā min 'ummah | innamā yablūkumu llāhu bih | walayubayyinanna lakum yawma l-qiyāmati mā kuntum fīhi takhtalifūn

    And do not be like she who untwisted her spun thread after it was strong [by] taking your oaths as [means of] deceit between you because one community is more plentiful [in number or wealth] than another community. Allāh only tries you thereby. And He will surely make clear to you on the Day of Resurrection that over which you used to differ.

    i.e., do not swear falsely or break a treaty or contract merely for a worldly advantage.

93. 16:93 ▶

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾

    walaw shā'a llāhu lajaʿalakum 'ummataw wāḥidataw walākiy yuḍillu may yashā'u wayahdī may yashā' | walatus'alunna ʿammā kuntum taʿmalūn

    And if Allāh had willed, He could have made you [of] one religion, but He sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And you will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

    According to His knowledge of each soul's preference.

94. 16:94 ▶

    وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿٩٤﴾

    walā tattakhidhū 'aymānakum dakhalam baynakum fatazilla qadamum baʿda thubūtihā watadhūqu s-sū'a bimā ṣadattum ʿan sabīli llāh | walakum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm

    And do not take your oaths as [means of] deceit between you, lest a foot slip after it was [once] firm, and you would taste evil [in this world] for what [people] you diverted from the way of Allāh, and you would have [in the Hereafter] a great punishment.

    Referring to those who would be dissuaded from Islām as a result of a Muslim's deceit and treachery.

95. 16:95 ▶

    وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾

    walā tashtarū biʿahdi llāhi thamanan qalīlā | innamā ʿinda llāhi huwa khayrul lakum 'in kuntum taʿlamūn

    And do not exchange the covenant of Allāh for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allāh is best for you, if only you could know.

96. 16:96 ▶

    مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقٍ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓا۟ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

    mā ʿindakum yanfad | wamā ʿinda llāhi bāq | walanajziyanna lladhīna ṣabarū 'ajrahum bi'aḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūn

    Whatever you have will end, but what Allāh has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.

97. 16:97 ▶

    مَنْ عَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُۥ حَيَوٰةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٩٧﴾

    man ʿamila ṣāliḥam min dhakarin 'aw 'unthā wahuwa mu'minun falanuḥyiyannahū ḥayātan ṭayyibah | walanajziyannahum 'ajrahum bi'aḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūn

    Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do.

98. 16:98 ▶

    فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ ﴿٩٨﴾

    fa'idhā qara'ta l-qur'āna fastaʿidh billāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm

    So when you recite the Qur’ān, [first] seek refuge in Allāh from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].

99. 16:99 ▶

    إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ سُلْطَـٰنٌ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾

    innahū laysa lahū sulṭānun ʿala lladhīna 'āmanū waʿalā rabbihim yatawakkalūn

    Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.

100. 16:100 ▶

     إِنَّمَا سُلْطَـٰنُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِهِۦ مُشْرِكُونَ ﴿١٠٠﴾

     innamā sulṭānuhū ʿala lladhīna yatawallawnahū walladhīna hum bihī mushrikūn

     His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allāh.

101. 16:101 ▶

     وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَآ ءَايَةً مَّكَانَ ءَايَةٍ ۙ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍۭ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٠١﴾

     wa'idhā baddalnā 'āyatam makāna 'āyatiw wallāhu 'aʿlamu bimā yunazzilu qālū 'innamā 'anta muftar | bal 'aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn

     And when We substitute a verse in place of a verse - and Allāh is most knowing of what He sends down - they say, "You, [O Muḥammad], are but an inventor [of lies]." But most of them do not know.

102. 16:102 ▶

     قُلْ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلْقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿١٠٢﴾

     qul nazzalahū rūḥu l-qudusi mir rabbika bil-ḥaqqi liyuthabbita lladhīna 'āmanū wahudaw wabushrā lil-muslimīn

     Say, [O Muḥammad], "The Pure Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down from your Lord in truth to make firm those who believe and as guidance and good tidings to the Muslims."

103. 16:103 ▶

     وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرٌ ۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّ وَهَـٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿١٠٣﴾

     walaqad naʿlamu 'annahum yaqūlūna 'innamā yuʿallimuhū bashar | lisānu lladhī yulḥidūna 'ilayhi 'aʿjamiyyuw wahādhā lisānun ʿarabiyyum mubīn

     And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)]." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this [recitation, i.e., Qur’ān] is [in] a clear Arabic language.

     Having seen the Prophet (ﷺ) speaking with a foreign man on occasion, the Quraysh accused him of repeating the man's words.

104. 16:104 ▶

     إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَهْدِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١٠٤﴾

     inna lladhīna lā yu'minūna bi'āyāti llāhi lā yahdīhimu llāhu walahum ʿadhābun 'alīm

     Indeed, those who do not believe in the verses of Allāh - Allāh will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment.

105. 16:105 ▶

     إِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِى ٱلْكَذِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَـٰذِبُونَ ﴿١٠٥﴾

     innamā yaftari l-kadhiba lladhīna lā yu'minūna bi'āyāti llāh | wa'ulā'ika humu l-kādhibūn

     They only invent falsehood who do not believe in the verses of Allāh, and it is those who are the liars.

106. 16:106 ▶

     مَن كَفَرَ بِٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِيمَـٰنِهِۦٓ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُۥ مُطْمَئِنٌّۢ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ وَلَـٰكِن مَّن شَرَحَ بِٱلْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿١٠٦﴾

     man kafara billāhi mim baʿdi 'īmānihī 'illā man 'ukriha waqalbuhū muṭma'innum bil-īmāni walākim man sharaḥa bil-kufri ṣadran faʿalayhim ghaḍabum mina llāhi walahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm

     Whoever disbelieves in [i.e., denies] Allāh after his belief... except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allāh, and for them is a great punishment;

     Based upon the conclusion of this verse, the omitted phrase concerning the apostate is understood to be "...has earned the wrath of Allāh..."

107. 16:107 ▶

     ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿١٠٧﴾

     dhālika bi'annahumu staḥabbu l-ḥayāta d-dunyā ʿala l-ākhirati wa'anna llāha lā yahdi l-qawma l-kāfirīn

     That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter and that Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

108. 16:108 ▶

     أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَـٰفِلُونَ ﴿١٠٨﴾

     ulā'ika lladhīna ṭabaʿa llāhu ʿalā qulūbihim wasamʿihim wa'abṣārihim | wa'ulā'ika humu l-ghāfilūn

     Those are the ones over whose hearts and hearing and vision Allāh has sealed, and it is those who are the heedless.

109. 16:109 ▶

     لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ ﴿١٠٩﴾

     lā jarama 'annahum fi l-ākhirati humu l-khāsirūn

     Assuredly, it is they, in the Hereafter, who will be the losers.

110. 16:110 ▶

     ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا۟ ثُمَّ جَـٰهَدُوا۟ وَصَبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١١٠﴾

     thumma 'inna rabbaka lilladhīna hājarū mim baʿdi mā futinū thumma jāhadū waṣabarū 'inna rabbaka mim baʿdihā laghafūrur raḥīm

     Then, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to say words of disbelief] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allāh] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful

111. 16:111 ▶

     ۞ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَـٰدِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ﴿١١١﴾

     yawma ta'tī kullu nafsin tujādilu ʿan nafsihā watuwaffā kullu nafsim mā ʿamilat wahum lā yuẓlamūn

     On the Day when every soul will come disputing [i.e., pleading] for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].

112. 16:112 ▶

     وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ ءَامِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلْجُوعِ وَٱلْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ ﴿١١٢﴾

     waḍaraba llāhu mathalan qaryatan kānat 'āminatam muṭma'innatay ya'tīhā rizquhā raghadam min kulli makānin fakafarat bi'anʿumi llāhi fa'adhāqaha llāhu libāsa l-jūʿi wal-khawfi bimā kānū yaṣnaʿūn

     And Allāh presents an example: a city [i.e., Makkah] which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allāh. So Allāh made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.

113. 16:113 ▶

     وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ ﴿١١٣﴾

     walaqad jā'ahum rasūlum minhum fakadhdhabūhu fa'akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu wahum ẓālimūn

     And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

114. 16:114 ▶

     فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَـٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿١١٤﴾

     fakulū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu ḥalālan ṭayyibaw washkurū niʿmata llāhi 'in kuntum 'iyyāhu taʿbudūn

     Then eat of what Allāh has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And be grateful for the favor of Allāh, if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.

115. 16:115 ▶

     إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١١٥﴾

     innamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wad-dama walaḥma l-khinzīri wamā 'uhilla lighayri llāhi bih | famani ḍṭurra ghayra bāghiw walā ʿādin fa'inna llāha ghafūrur raḥīm

     He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

     Those not slaughtered or hunted expressly for food.

116. 16:116 ▶

     وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلْكَذِبَ هَـٰذَا حَلَـٰلٌ وَهَـٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ ﴿١١٦﴾

     walā taqūlū limā taṣifu 'alsinatukumu l-kadhiba hādhā ḥalāluw wahādhā ḥarāmul litaftarū ʿala llāhi l-kadhib | inna lladhīna yaftarūna ʿala llāhi l-kadhiba lā yufliḥūn

     And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allāh. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allāh will not succeed.

117. 16:117 ▶

     مَتَـٰعٌ قَلِيلٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ﴿١١٧﴾

     matāʿun qalīluw walahum ʿadhābun 'alīm

     [It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.

118. 16:118 ▶

     وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ﴿١١٨﴾

     waʿala lladhīna hādū ḥarramnā mā qaṣaṣnā ʿalayka min qabl | wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin kānū 'anfusahum yaẓlimūn

     And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before. And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.

     See 6:146.

119. 16:119 ▶

     ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَـٰلَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوٓا۟ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١١٩﴾

     thumma 'inna rabbaka lilladhīna ʿamilu s-sū'a bijahālatin thumma tābū mim baʿdi dhālika wa'aṣlaḥū 'inna rabbaka mim baʿdihā laghafūrur raḥīm

     Then, indeed your Lord, to those who have done wrong out of ignorance and then repent after that and correct themselves - indeed, your Lord, thereafter, is Forgiving and Merciful.

120. 16:120 ▶

     إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفًا وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿١٢٠﴾

     inna 'ibrāhīma kāna 'ummatan qānital lillāhi ḥanīfaw walam yaku mina l-mushrikīn

     Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allāh, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allāh.

     i.e., embodying all the excellent qualities which make one an example to be followed.

121. 16:121 ▶

     شَاكِرًا لِّأَنْعُمِهِ ۚ ٱجْتَبَىٰهُ وَهَدَىٰهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ﴿١٢١﴾

     shākiral li'anʿumih | ijtabāhu wahadāhu 'ilā ṣirāṭim mustaqīm

     [He was] grateful for His favors. He [i.e., Allāh] chose him and guided him to a straight path.

122. 16:122 ▶

     وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿١٢٢﴾

     wa'ātaynāhu fi d-dunyā ḥasanah | wa'innahū fi l-ākhirati lamina ṣ-ṣāliḥīn

     And We gave him good in this world, and indeed, in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.

123. 16:123 ▶

     ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿١٢٣﴾

     thumma 'awḥaynā 'ilayka 'ani ttabiʿ millata 'ibrāhīma ḥanīfā | wamā kāna mina l-mushrikīn

     Then We revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allāh.

124. 16:124 ▶

     إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ ٱلسَّبْتُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿١٢٤﴾

     innamā juʿila s-sabtu ʿala lladhīna khtalafū fīh | wa'inna rabbaka layaḥkumu baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn

     The sabbath was only appointed for those who differed over it. And indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

125. 16:125 ▶

     ٱدْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَـٰدِلْهُم بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ﴿١٢٥﴾

     udʿu 'ilā sabīli rabbika bil-ḥikmati wal-mawʿiẓati l-ḥasanati wajādilhum billatī hiya 'aḥsan | inna rabbaka huwa 'aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlih | wahuwa 'aʿlamu bil-muhtadīn

     Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.

126. 16:126 ▶

     وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٢٦﴾

     wa'in ʿāqabtum faʿāqibū bimithli mā ʿūqibtum bih | wala'in ṣabartum lahuwa khayrul liṣ-ṣābirīn

     And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.

     Not exceeding it.

127. 16:127 ▶

     وَٱصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُ فِى ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ ﴿١٢٧﴾

     waṣbir wamā ṣabruka 'illā billāh | walā taḥzan ʿalayhim walā taku fī ḍayqim mimmā yamkurūn

     And be patient, [O Muḥammad], and your patience is not but through Allāh. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.

128. 16:128 ▶

     إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّٱلَّذِينَ هُم مُّحْسِنُونَ ﴿١٢٨﴾

     inna llāha maʿa lladhīna ttaqaw walladhīna hum muḥsinūn

     Indeed, Allāh is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.

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