Surah Ar-Rum

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 30:1 ▶

   الٓمٓ ﴿١﴾

   alif-lām-mīm

   Alif, Lām, Meem.

   See footnote to 2:1.

2. 30:2 ▶

   غُلِبَتِ ٱلرُّومُ ﴿٢﴾

   ghulibati r-rūm

   The Byzantines have been defeated

   By the Persians.

3. 30:3 ▶

   فِىٓ أَدْنَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   fī 'adna l-arḍi wahum mim baʿdi ghalabihim sayaghlibūn

   In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome

   Another meaning is "in the lowest land."

4. 30:4 ▶

   فِى بِضْعِ سِنِينَ ۗ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِنۢ بَعْدُ ۚ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   fī biḍʿi sinīn | lillāhi l-amru min qablu wamim baʿd | wayawma'idhiy yafraḥu l-mu'minūn

   Within three to nine years. To Allāh belongs the command [i.e., decree] before and after. And that day the believers will rejoice

5. 30:5 ▶

   بِنَصْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ يَنصُرُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٥﴾

   binaṣri llāh | yanṣuru may yashā' | wahuwa l-ʿazīzu r-raḥīm

   In the victory of Allāh. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

   i.e., the victory given by Allāh to a people of the Scripture (Christians) over the Magians of Persia.

6. 30:6 ▶

   وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٦﴾

   waʿda llāh | lā yukhlifu llāhu waʿdahū walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

   [It is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in His promise, but most of the people do not know.

7. 30:7 ▶

   يَعْلَمُونَ ظَـٰهِرًا مِّنَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ غَـٰفِلُونَ ﴿٧﴾

   yaʿlamūna ẓāhiram mina l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wahum ʿani l-ākhirati hum ghāfilūn

   They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.

8. 30:8 ▶

   أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِم ۗ مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآئِ رَبِّهِمْ لَكَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٨﴾

   awalam yatafakkarū fī 'anfusihim | mā khalaqa llāhu s-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā 'illā bil-ḥaqqi wa'ajalim musammā | wa'inna kathīram mina n-nāsi biliqā'i rabbihim lakāfirūn

   Do they not contemplate within themselves? Allāh has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers.

   An additional meaning is "Do they not contemplate concerning themselves."

9. 30:9 ▶

   أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَثَارُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَعَمَرُوهَآ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عَمَرُوهَا وَجَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ﴿٩﴾

   awalam yasīrū fi l-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qablihim | kānū 'ashadda minhum quwwataw wa'athāru l-arḍa waʿamarūhā 'akthara mimmā ʿamarūhā wajā'at-hum rusuluhum bil-bayyināt | famā kāna llāhu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū 'anfusahum yaẓlimūn

   Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed [or excavated] the earth and built it up more than they [i.e., the Makkans] have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allāh would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.

10. 30:10 ▶

    ثُمَّ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَـٰٓـُٔوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ أَن كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ بِهَا يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

    thumma kāna ʿāqibata lladhīna 'asā'u s-sū'ā 'an kadhdhabū bi'āyāti llāhi wakānū bihā yastahzi'ūn

    Then the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allāh and used to ridicule them.

11. 30:11 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿١١﴾

    allāhu yabda'u l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhū thumma 'ilayhi turjaʿūn

    Allāh begins creation; then He will repeat it; then to Him you will be returned.

12. 30:12 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    wayawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu yublisu l-mujrimūn

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.

13. 30:13 ▶

    وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُم مِّن شُرَكَآئِهِمْ شُفَعَـٰٓؤُا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ كَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿١٣﴾

    walam yakul lahum min shurakā'ihim shufaʿā'u wakānū bishurakā'ihim kāfirīn

    And there will not be for them among their [alleged] partners any intercessors, and they will [then] be disbelievers in their partners.

14. 30:14 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    wayawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu yawma'idhiy yatafarraqūn

    And the Day the Hour appears - that Day they will become separated.

15. 30:15 ▶

    فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ فَهُمْ فِى رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

    fa'amma lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fahum fī rawḍatiy yuḥbarūn

    And as for those who had believed and done righteous deeds, they will be in a garden [of Paradise], delighted.

16. 30:16 ▶

    وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَلِقَآئِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

    wa'amma lladhīna kafarū wakadhdhabū bi'āyātinā waliqā'i l-ākhirati fa'ulā'ika fi l-ʿadhābi muḥḍarūn

    But as for those who disbelieved and denied Our verses and the meeting of the Hereafter, those will be brought into the punishment [to remain].

17. 30:17 ▶

    فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ حِينَ تُمْسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

    fasubḥāna llāhi ḥīna tumsūna waḥīna tuṣbiḥūn

    So exalted is Allāh when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning.

18. 30:18 ▶

    وَلَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَعَشِيًّا وَحِينَ تُظْهِرُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

    walahu l-ḥamdu fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍi waʿashiyyaw waḥīna tuẓhirūn

    And to Him is [due all] praise throughout the heavens and the earth. And [exalted is He] at night and when you are at noon.

19. 30:19 ▶

    يُخْرِجُ ٱلْحَىَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَيِّتَ مِنَ ٱلْحَىِّ وَيُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    yukhriju l-ḥayya mina l-mayyiti wayukhriju l-mayyita mina l-ḥayyi wayuḥyi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā | wakadhālika tukhrajūn

    He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. And thus will you be brought out.

    Of the graves or out of the earth at the time of resurrection.

20. 30:20 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī 'an khalaqakum min turābin thumma 'idhā 'antum basharun tantashirūn

    And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth].

21. 30:21 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī 'an khalaqa lakum min 'anfusikum 'azwājal litaskunū 'ilayhā wajaʿala baynakum mawaddataw waraḥmah | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn

    And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

22. 30:22 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَٰنِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّلْعَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī khalqu s-samāwāti wal-arḍi wakhtilāfu 'alsinatikum wa'alwānikum | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil lil-ʿālimīn

    And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge.

23. 30:23 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ مَنَامُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱبْتِغَآؤُكُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī manāmukum billayli wan-nahāri wabtighā'ukum min faḍlih | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil liqawmiy yasmaʿūn

    And of His signs is your sleep by night and day and your seeking of His bounty. Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen.

24. 30:24 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ يُرِيكُمُ ٱلْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَيُحْىِۦ بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī yurīkumu l-barqa khawfaw waṭamaʿaw wayunazzilu mina s-samā'i mā'an fayuḥyī bihi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil liqawmiy yaʿqilūn

    And of His signs is [that] He shows you the lightning [causing] fear and aspiration, and He sends down rain from the sky by which He brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that are signs for a people who use reason.

25. 30:25 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۚ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ دَعْوَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī 'an taqūma s-samā'u wal-arḍu bi'amrih | thumma 'idhā daʿākum daʿwatam mina l-arḍi 'idhā 'antum takhrujūn

    And of His signs is that the heaven and earth stand [i.e., remain] by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.

26. 30:26 ▶

    وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ كُلٌّ لَّهُۥ قَـٰنِتُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    walahū man fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | kullul lahū qānitūn

    And to Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and earth. All are to Him devoutly obedient.

27. 30:27 ▶

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ ۚ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴿٢٧﴾

    wahuwa lladhī yabda'u l-khalqa thumma yuʿīduhū wahuwa 'ahwanu ʿalayh | walahu l-mathalu l-aʿlā fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | wahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-ḥakīm

    And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description [i.e., attribute] in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

28. 30:28 ▶

    ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُم مِّن شُرَكَآءَ فِى مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَآءٌ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخِيفَتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    ḍaraba lakum mathalam min 'anfusikum | hal lakum mim mā malakat 'aymānukum min shurakā'a fī mā razaqnākum fa'antum fīhi sawā'un takhāfūnahum kakhīfatikum 'anfusakum | kadhālika nufaṣṣilu l-āyāti liqawmiy yaʿqilūn

    He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess [i.e., slaves] any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason.

    See footnote to 16:71.

29. 30:29 ▶

    بَلِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۖ فَمَن يَهْدِى مَنْ أَضَلَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    bali ttabaʿa lladhīna ẓalamū 'ahwā'ahum bighayri ʿilm | famay yahdī man 'aḍalla llāh | wamā lahum min nāṣirīn

    But those who wrong follow their [own] desires without knowledge. Then who can guide one whom Allāh has sent astray? And for them there are no helpers.

30. 30:30 ▶

    فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا ۚ فِطْرَتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى فَطَرَ ٱلنَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا ۚ لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    fa'aqim wajhaka lid-dīni ḥanīfā | fiṭrata llāhi llatī faṭara n-nāsa ʿalayhā | lā tabdīla likhalqi llāh | dhālika d-dīnu l-qayyimu walākinna 'akthara n-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

    So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fiṭrah of Allāh upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allāh. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.

    The natural inborn inclination of man to worship his Creator prior to the corruption of his nature by external influences. Thus, Islāmic monotheism is described as the religion of fiṭrah - that of the inherent nature of mankind.

    i.e., let people remain true to their fiṭrah within the religion of Islām.

31. 30:31 ▶

    ۞ مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

    munībīna 'ilayhi wattaqūhu wa'aqīmu ṣ-ṣalāta walā takūnū mina l-mushrikīn

    [Adhere to it], turning in repentance to Him, and fear Him and establish prayer and do not be of those who associate others with Allāh

32. 30:32 ▶

    مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ شِيَعًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    mina lladhīna farraqū dīnahum wakānū shiyaʿā | kullu ḥizbim bimā ladayhim fariḥūn

    [Or] of those who have divided their religion and become sects, every faction rejoicing in what it has.

    Of beliefs, opinions, customs, etc.

33. 30:33 ▶

    وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلنَّاسَ ضُرٌّ دَعَوْا۟ رَبَّهُم مُّنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَذَاقَهُم مِّنْهُ رَحْمَةً إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    wa'idhā massa n-nāsa ḍurrun daʿaw rabbahum munībīna 'ilayhi thumma 'idhā 'adhāqahum minhu raḥmatan 'idhā farīqum minhum birabbihim yushrikūn

    And when adversity touches the people, they call upon their Lord, turning in repentance to Him. Then when He lets them taste mercy from Him, at once a party of them associate others with their Lord,

34. 30:34 ▶

    لِيَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ ۚ فَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    liyakfurū bimā 'ātaynāhum | fatamattaʿū fasawfa taʿlamūn

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

    Or "So let them deny what We have granted them."

35. 30:35 ▶

    أَمْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنًا فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    am 'anzalnā ʿalayhim sulṭānan fahuwa yatakallamu bimā kānū bihī yushrikūn

    Or have We sent down to them an authority [i.e., a proof or scripture], and it speaks of what they have been associating with Him?

36. 30:36 ▶

    وَإِذَآ أَذَقْنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحْمَةً فَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَقْنَطُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    wa'idhā 'adhaqna n-nāsa raḥmatan fariḥū bihā | wa'in tuṣibhum sayyi'atum bimā qaddamat 'aydīhim 'idhā hum yaqnaṭūn

    And when We let the people taste mercy, they rejoice therein, but if evil afflicts them for what their hands have put forth, immediately they despair.

37. 30:37 ▶

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    awalam yaraw 'anna llāha yabsuṭu r-rizqa limay yashā'u wayaqdir | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil liqawmiy yu'minūn

    Do they not see that Allāh extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

38. 30:38 ▶

    فَـَٔاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    fa'āti dha l-qurbā ḥaqqahū wal-miskīna wabna s-sabīl | dhālika khayrul lilladhīna yurīdūna wajha llāh | wa'ulā'ika humu l-mufliḥūn

    So give the relative his right, as well as the needy and the traveler. That is best for those who desire the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh, and it is they who will be the successful.

39. 30:39 ▶

    وَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُم مِّن رِّبًا لِّيَرْبُوَا۟ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَلَا يَرْبُوا۟ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُم مِّن زَكَوٰةٍ تُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَ ٱللَّهِ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُضْعِفُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    wamā 'ātaytum mir ribal liyarbuwa fī 'amwāli n-nāsi falā yarbū ʿinda llāh | wamā 'ātaytum min zakātin turīdūna wajha llāhi fa'ulā'ika humu l-muḍʿifūn

    And whatever you give for interest [i.e., advantage] to increase within the wealth of people will not increase with Allāh. But what you give in zakāh, desiring the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh - those are the multipliers.

    The phrase includes several connotations, among them: a) that which is given as usury or interest, b) that which is given on the condition that it be repaid with interest, and c) a gift given with the intention of obtaining from the recipient greater benefit or a larger gift.

    The meaning of ṣadaqah (voluntary charity) is included here.

    Of their blessings on earth and their rewards in the Hereafter.

40. 30:40 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ۖ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُم مَّن يَفْعَلُ مِن ذَٰلِكُم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    allāhu lladhī khalaqakum thumma razaqakum thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥyīkum | hal min shurakā'ikum may yafʿalu min dhālikum min shay' | subḥānahū wataʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn

    Allāh is the one who created you, then provided for you, then will cause you to die, and then will give you life. Are there any of your "partners" who does anything of that? Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

41. 30:41 ▶

    ظَهَرَ ٱلْفَسَادُ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِى ٱلنَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى عَمِلُوا۟ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    ẓahara l-fasādu fi l-barri wal-baḥri bimā kasabat 'aydi n-nāsi liyudhīqahum baʿḍa lladhī ʿamilū laʿallahum yarjiʿūn

    Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He [i.e., Allāh] may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].

42. 30:42 ▶

    قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّشْرِكِينَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    qul sīrū fi l-arḍi fanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu lladhīna min qabl | kāna 'aktharuhum mushrikīn

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allāh].

43. 30:43 ▶

    فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    fa'aqim wajhaka lid-dīni l-qayyimi min qabli 'ay ya'tiya yawmul lā maradda lahū mina llāh | yawma'idhiy yaṣṣaddaʿūn

    So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.

    Into those destined for Paradise and those destined for Hell.

44. 30:44 ▶

    مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۥ ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلِأَنفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    man kafara faʿalayhi kufruh | waman ʿamila ṣāliḥan fali'anfusihim yamhadūn

    Whoever disbelieves - upon him is [the consequence of] his disbelief. And whoever does righteousness - they are for themselves preparing,

45. 30:45 ▶

    لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    liyajziya lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti min faḍlih | innahū lā yuḥibbu l-kāfirīn

    That He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds out of His bounty. Indeed, He does not like the disbelievers.

46. 30:46 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَن يُرْسِلَ ٱلرِّيَاحَ مُبَشِّرَٰتٍ وَلِيُذِيقَكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَلِتَجْرِىَ ٱلْفُلْكُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī 'ay yursila r-riyāḥa mubashshirātiw waliyudhīqakum mir raḥmatihī walitajriya l-fulku bi'amrihī walitabtaghū min faḍlihī walaʿallakum tashkurūn

    And of His signs is that He sends the winds as bringers of good tidings and to let you taste His mercy [i.e., rain] and so the ships may sail at His command and so you may seek of His bounty, and perhaps you will be grateful.

47. 30:47 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَآءُوهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا۟ ۖ وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    walaqad 'arsalnā min qablika rusulan 'ilā qawmihim fajā'ūhum bil-bayyināti fantaqamnā mina lladhīna 'ajramū | wakāna ḥaqqan ʿalaynā naṣru l-mu'minīn

    And We have already sent messengers before you to their peoples, and they came to them with clear evidences; then We took retribution from those who committed crimes, and incumbent upon Us was support of the believers.

    i.e., aid or the bestowal of victory.

48. 30:48 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَيَبْسُطُهُۥ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُۥ كِسَفًا فَتَرَى ٱلْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَـٰلِهِۦ ۖ فَإِذَآ أَصَابَ بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦٓ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    allāhu lladhī yursilu r-riyāḥa fatuthīru saḥāban fayabsuṭuhū fi s-samā'i kayfa yashā'u wayajʿaluhū kisafan fatara l-wadqa yakhruju min khilālih | fa'idhā 'aṣāba bihī may yashā'u min ʿibādihī 'idhā hum yastabshirūn

    It is Allāh who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds and spread them in the sky however He wills, and He makes them fragments so you see the rain emerge from within them. And when He causes it to fall upon whom He wills of His servants, immediately they rejoice

49. 30:49 ▶

    وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمُبْلِسِينَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    wa'in kānū min qabli 'ay yunazzala ʿalayhim min qablihī lamublisīn

    Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.

50. 30:50 ▶

    فَٱنظُرْ إِلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِ رَحْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٥٠﴾

    fanẓur 'ilā 'āthāri raḥmati llāhi kayfa yuḥyi l-arḍa baʿda mawtihā | inna dhālika lamuḥyi l-mawtā | wahuwa ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

    So observe the effects of the mercy of Allāh - how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that [same one] will give life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

51. 30:51 ▶

    وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّا لَّظَلُّوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ يَكْفُرُونَ ﴿٥١﴾

    wala'in 'arsalnā rīḥan fara'awhu muṣfarral laẓallū mim baʿdihī yakfurūn

    But if We should send a [bad] wind and they saw [their crops] turned yellow, they would remain thereafter disbelievers.

    Denying and ungrateful for the previous favors of Allāh.

52. 30:52 ▶

    فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ ﴿٥٢﴾

    fa'innaka lā tusmiʿu l-mawtā walā tusmiʿu ṣ-ṣumma d-duʿā'a 'idhā wallaw mudbirīn

    So indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.

53. 30:53 ▶

    وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَـٰدِ ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَـٰلَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ﴿٥٣﴾

    wamā 'anta bihādi l-ʿumyi ʿan ḍalālatihim | in tusmiʿu 'illā may yu'minu bi'āyātinā fahum muslimūn

    And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [in submission to Allāh].

54. 30:54 ▶

    ۞ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفًا وَشَيْبَةً ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ ﴿٥٤﴾

    allāhu lladhī khalaqakum min ḍaʿfin thumma jaʿala mim baʿdi ḍaʿfin quwwatan thumma jaʿala mim baʿdi quwwatin ḍaʿfaw washaybah | yakhluqu mā yashā' | wahuwa l-ʿalīmu l-qadīr

    Allāh is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Competent.

55. 30:55 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْفَكُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾

    wayawma taqūmu s-sāʿatu yuqsimu l-mujrimūna mā labithū ghayra sāʿah | kadhālika kānū yu'fakūn

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.

56. 30:56 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ وَٱلْإِيمَـٰنَ لَقَدْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْبَعْثِ ۖ فَهَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْبَعْثِ وَلَـٰكِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    waqāla lladhīna 'ūtu l-ʿilma wal-īmāna laqad labithtum fī kitābi llāhi 'ilā yawmi l-baʿth | fahādhā yawmu l-baʿthi walākinnakum kuntum lā taʿlamūn

    But those who were given knowledge and faith will say, "You remained the extent of Allāh's decree until the Day of Resurrection, and this is the Day of Resurrection, but you did not used to know."

    i.e., acknowledge the truth.

57. 30:57 ▶

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يَنفَعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    fayawma'idhil lā yanfaʿu lladhīna ẓalamū maʿdhiratuhum walā hum yustaʿtabūn

    So that Day, their excuse will not benefit those who wronged, nor will they be asked to appease [Allāh].

58. 30:58 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَلَئِن جِئْتَهُم بِـَٔايَةٍ لَّيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُبْطِلُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

    walaqad ḍarabnā lin-nāsi fī hādha l-qur'āni min kulli mathal | wala'in ji'tahum bi'āyatil layaqūlanna lladhīna kafarū 'in 'antum 'illā mubṭilūn

    And We have certainly presented to the people in this Qur’ān from every [kind of] example. But, [O Muḥammad], if you should bring them a sign, the disbelievers will surely say, "You [believers] are but falsifiers."

59. 30:59 ▶

    كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    kadhālika yaṭbaʿu llāhu ʿalā qulūbi lladhīna lā yaʿlamūn

    Thus does Allāh seal the hearts of those who do not know.

    i.e., those who do not wish to know the truth and refuse it.

60. 30:60 ▶

    فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُوقِنُونَ ﴿٦٠﴾

    faṣbir 'inna waʿda llāhi ḥaqq | walā yastakhiffannaka lladhīna lā yūqinūn

    So be patient. Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth. And let them not disquiet you who are not certain [in faith].

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