Surah Az-Zumar

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 39:1 ▶

   تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ ﴿١﴾

   tanzīlu l-kitābi mina llāhi l-ʿazīzi l-ḥakīm

   The revelation of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

2. 39:2 ▶

   إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَٱعْبُدِ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ ﴿٢﴾

   innā 'anzalnā 'ilayka l-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi faʿbudi llāha mukhliṣal lahu d-dīn

   Indeed, We have sent down to you the Book, [O Muḥammad], in truth. So worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

3. 39:3 ▶

   أَلَا لِلَّهِ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْخَالِصُ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ إِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ زُلْفَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِى مَا هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ كَـٰذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ ﴿٣﴾

   alā lillāhi d-dīnu l-khāliṣ | walladhīna ttakhadhū min dūnihī 'awliyā'a mā naʿbuduhum 'illā liyuqarribūnā 'ila llāhi zulfā 'inna llāha yaḥkumu baynahum fī mā hum fīhi yakhtalifūn | inna llāha lā yahdī man huwa kādhibun kaffār

   Unquestionably, for Allāh is the pure religion. And those who take protectors besides Him [say], "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allāh in position." Indeed, Allāh will judge between them concerning that over which they differ. Indeed, Allāh does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever.

   i.e., acceptable to Allāh is that none be associated with Him in worship and obedience.

4. 39:4 ▶

   لَّوْ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا لَّٱصْطَفَىٰ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۖ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ ﴿٤﴾

   law 'arāda llāhu 'ay yattakhidha waladal laṣṭafā mimmā yakhluqu mā yashā' | subḥānah | huwa llāhu l-wāḥidu l-qahhār

   If Allāh had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.

   Refer to footnotes in 12:39.

5. 39:5 ▶

   خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۖ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۗ أَلَا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّـٰرُ ﴿٥﴾

   khalaqa s-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqq | yukawwiru llayla ʿala n-nahāri wayukawwiru n-nahāra ʿala llayl | wasakhkhara sh-shamsa wal-qamar | kulluy yajrī li'ajalim musammā | alā huwa l-ʿazīzu l-ghaffār

   He created the heavens and earth in truth. He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver.

   Refer to footnotes in 38:66.

6. 39:6 ▶

   خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ ۚ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَـٰتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ ثَلَـٰثٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ۖ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ ﴿٦﴾

   khalaqakum min nafsiw wāḥidatin thumma jaʿala minhā zawjahā wa'anzala lakum mina l-anʿāmi thamāniyata 'azwāj | yakhluqukum fī buṭūni 'ummahātikum khalqam mim baʿdi khalqin fī ẓulumātin thalāth | dhālikumu llāhu rabbukum lahu l-mulk | lā 'ilāha 'illā huw | fa'annā tuṣrafūn

   He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is Allāh, your Lord; to Him belongs dominion. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?

   See 6:143-144.

   i.e., the belly, the womb, and the amniotic membrane.

7. 39:7 ▶

   إِن تَكْفُرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ عَنكُمْ ۖ وَلَا يَرْضَىٰ لِعِبَادِهِ ٱلْكُفْرَ ۖ وَإِن تَشْكُرُوا۟ يَرْضَهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُم مَّرْجِعُكُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ﴿٧﴾

   in takfurū fa'inna llāha ghaniyyun ʿankum | walā yarḍā liʿibādihi l-kufr | wa'in tashkurū yarḍahu lakum | walā taziru wāziratuw wizra 'ukhrā | thumma 'ilā rabbikum marjiʿukum fayunabbi'ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn | innahū ʿalīmum bidhāti ṣ-ṣudūr

   If you disbelieve - indeed, Allāh is Free from need of you. And He does not approve for His servants disbelief. And if you are grateful, He approves [i.e., likes] it for you; and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you about what you used to do. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.

8. 39:8 ▶

   ۞ وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُۥ مُنِيبًا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُۥ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِىَ مَا كَانَ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۚ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ ﴿٨﴾

   wa'idhā massa l-insāna ḍurrun daʿā rabbahū munīban 'ilayhi thumma 'idhā khawwalahū niʿmatam minhu nasiya mā kāna yadʿū 'ilayhi min qablu wajaʿala lillāhi 'andādal liyuḍilla ʿan sabīlih | qul tamattaʿ bikufrika qalīlā | innaka min 'aṣḥābi n-nār

   And when adversity touches man, he calls upon his Lord, turning to Him [alone]; then when He bestows on him a favor from Himself, he forgets Him whom he called upon before, and he attributes to Allāh equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little; indeed, you are of the companions of the Fire."

   Or "that for which he called upon Him before."

9. 39:9 ▶

   أَمَّنْ هُوَ قَـٰنِتٌ ءَانَآءَ ٱلَّيْلِ سَاجِدًا وَقَآئِمًا يَحْذَرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَيَرْجُوا۟ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِۦ ۗ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۗ إِنَّمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ﴿٩﴾

   amman huwa qānitun 'ānā'a llayli sājidaw waqā'imay yaḥdharu l-ākhirata wayarjū raḥmata rabbih | qul hal yastawi lladhīna yaʿlamūna walladhīna lā yaʿlamūn | innamā yatadhakkaru 'ulu l-albāb

   Is one who is devoutly obedient during periods of the night, prostrating and standing [in prayer], fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [like one who does not]? Say, "Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" Only they will remember [who are] people of understanding.

10. 39:10 ▶

    قُلْ يَـٰعِبَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ ۗ وَأَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٌ ۗ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ ﴿١٠﴾

    qul yāʿibādi lladhīna 'āmanu ttaqū rabbakum | lilladhīna 'aḥsanū fī hādhihi d-dunyā ḥasanah | wa'arḍu llāhi wāsiʿah | innamā yuwaffa ṣ-ṣābirūna 'ajrahum bighayri ḥisāb

    Say, "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allāh is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account [i.e., limit]."

    The Prophet (ﷺ) is instructed to say on behalf of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) to His believing servants.

11. 39:11 ▶

    قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصًا لَّهُ ٱلدِّينَ ﴿١١﴾

    qul 'innī 'umirtu 'an 'aʿbuda llāha mukhliṣal lahu d-dīn

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion.

12. 39:12 ▶

    وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿١٢﴾

    wa'umirtu li'an 'akūna 'awwala l-muslimīn

    And I have been commanded to be the first [among you] of the Muslims."

13. 39:13 ▶

    قُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّى عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿١٣﴾

    qul 'innī 'akhāfu 'in ʿaṣaytu rabbī ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīm

    Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."

14. 39:14 ▶

    قُلِ ٱللَّهَ أَعْبُدُ مُخْلِصًا لَّهُۥ دِينِى ﴿١٤﴾

    quli llāha 'aʿbudu mukhliṣal lahū dīnī

    Say, "Allāh [alone] do I worship, sincere to Him in my religion,

15. 39:15 ▶

    فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ ﴿١٥﴾

    faʿbudū mā shi'tum min dūnih | qul 'inna l-khāsirīna lladhīna khasirū 'anfusahum wa'ahlīhim yawma l-qiyāmah | alā dhālika huwa l-khusrānu l-mubīn

    So worship what you will besides Him." Say, "Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss."

16. 39:16 ▶

    لَهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمِن تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦ عِبَادَهُۥ ۚ يَـٰعِبَادِ فَٱتَّقُونِ ﴿١٦﴾

    lahum min fawqihim ẓulalum mina n-nāri wamin taḥtihim ẓulal | dhālika yukhawwifu llāhu bihī ʿibādah | yāʿibādi fattaqūn

    They will have canopies [i.e., layers] of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allāh threatens [i.e., warns] His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.

17. 39:17 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَنَبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ أَن يَعْبُدُوهَا وَأَنَابُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ لَهُمُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ ۚ فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ ﴿١٧﴾

    walladhīna jtanabu ṭ-ṭāghūta 'ay yaʿbudūhā wa'anābū 'ila llāhi lahumu l-bushrā | fabashshir ʿibād

    But those who have avoided ṭāghūt, lest they worship it, and turned back to Allāh - for them are good tidings. So give good tidings to My servants

    i.e., Satan or any false object of worship.

18. 39:18 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ﴿١٨﴾

    alladhīna yastamiʿūna l-qawla fayattabiʿūna 'aḥsanah | ulā'ika lladhīna hadāhumu llāh | wa'ulā'ika hum 'ulu l-albāb

    Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allāh has guided, and those are people of understanding.

19. 39:19 ▶

    أَفَمَنْ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَفَأَنتَ تُنقِذُ مَن فِى ٱلنَّارِ ﴿١٩﴾

    afaman ḥaqqa ʿalayhi kalimatu l-ʿadhābi 'afa'anta tunqidhu man fi n-nār

    Then, is one who has deserved the decree of punishment [to be guided]? Then, can you save one who is in the Fire?

20. 39:20 ▶

    لَـٰكِنِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ غُرَفٌ مِّن فَوْقِهَا غُرَفٌ مَّبْنِيَّةٌ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    lākini lladhīna ttaqaw rabbahum lahum ghurafum min fawqihā ghurafum mabniyyatun tajrī min taḥtiha l-anhār | waʿda llāh | lā yukhlifu llāhu l-mīʿād

    But those who have feared their Lord - for them are chambers, above them chambers built high, beneath which rivers flow. [This is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in [His] promise.

    i.e., elevated rooms, dwellings or palaces.

21. 39:21 ▶

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَسَلَكَهُۥ يَنَـٰبِيعَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرْعًا مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُۥ حُطَـٰمًا ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ﴿٢١﴾

    alam tara 'anna llāha 'anzala mina s-samā'i mā'an fasalakahū yanābīʿa fi l-arḍi thumma yukhriju bihī zarʿam mukhtalifan 'alwānuhū thumma yahīju fatarāhu muṣfarran thumma yajʿaluhū ḥuṭāmā | inna fī dhālika ladhikrā li'uli l-albāb

    Do you not see that Allāh sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.

22. 39:22 ▶

    أَفَمَن شَرَحَ ٱللَّهُ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَـٰمِ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْقَـٰسِيَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مِّن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

    afaman sharaḥa llāhu ṣadrahū lil-islāmi fahuwa ʿalā nūrim mir rabbih | fawaylul lil-qāsiyati qulūbuhum min dhikri llāh | ulā'ika fī ḍalālim mubīn

    So is one whose breast Allāh has expanded to [accept] Islām and he is upon [i.e., guided by] a light from his Lord [like one whose heart rejects it]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allāh. Those are in manifest error.

23. 39:23 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ كِتَـٰبًا مُّتَشَـٰبِهًا مَّثَانِىَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ ﴿٢٣﴾

    allāhu nazzala 'aḥsana l-ḥadīthi kitābam mutashābiham mathāniya taqshaʿirru minhu julūdu lladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum thumma talīnu julūduhum waqulūbuhum 'ilā dhikri llāh | dhālika huda llāhi yahdī bihī may yashā' | wamay yuḍlili llāhu famā lahū min hād

    Allāh has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance [i.e., mention] of Allāh. That is the guidance of Allāh by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allāh sends astray - for him there is no guide.

24. 39:24 ▶

    أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    afamay yattaqī biwajhihī sū'a l-ʿadhābi yawma l-qiyāmah | waqīla liẓ-ẓālimīna dhūqū mā kuntum taksibūn

    Then is he who will shield with his face the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure from it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, "Taste what you used to earn."

    Rather than his hands, which will be chained to his neck.

25. 39:25 ▶

    كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    kadhdhaba lladhīna min qablihim fa'atāhumu l-ʿadhābu min ḥaythu lā yashʿurūn

    Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.

26. 39:26 ▶

    فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخِزْىَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    fa'adhāqahumu llāhu l-khizya fi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati 'akbar | law kānū yaʿlamūn

    So Allāh made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

27. 39:27 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    walaqad ḍarabnā lin-nāsi fī hādha l-qur'āni min kulli mathalil laʿallahum yatadhakkarūn

    And We have certainly presented for the people in this Qur’ān from every [kind of] example - that they might remember.

28. 39:28 ▶

    قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا غَيْرَ ذِى عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    qur'ānan ʿarabiyyan ghayra dhī ʿiwajil laʿallahum yattaqūn

    [It is] an Arabic Qur’ān, without any deviance that they might become righteous.

    From the truth.

    Through consciousness of Allāh.

29. 39:29 ▶

    ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ مُتَشَـٰكِسُونَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    ḍaraba llāhu mathalar rajulan fīhi shurakā'u mutashākisūna warajulan salamal lirajulin hal yastawiyāni mathalā | al-ḥamdu lillāh | bal 'aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn

    Allāh presents an example: a man [i.e., slave] owned by quarreling partners and another belonging exclusively to one man - are they equal in comparison? Praise be to Allāh! But most of them do not know.

30. 39:30 ▶

    إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُم مَّيِّتُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    innaka mayyituw wa'innahum mayyitūn

    Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die.

31. 39:31 ▶

    ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

    thumma 'innakum yawma l-qiyāmati ʿinda rabbikum takhtaṣimūn

    Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord, will dispute.

32. 39:32 ▶

    ۞ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَبَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلصِّدْقِ إِذْ جَآءَهُۥٓ ۚ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    faman 'aẓlamu mimman kadhaba ʿala llāhi wakadhdhaba biṣ-ṣidqi 'idh jā'ah | alaysa fī jahannama mathwal lil-kāfirīn

    So who is more unjust than one who lies about Allāh and denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a residence for the disbelievers?

33. 39:33 ▶

    وَٱلَّذِى جَآءَ بِٱلصِّدْقِ وَصَدَّقَ بِهِۦٓ ۙ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    walladhī jā'a biṣ-ṣidqi waṣaddaqa bihī 'ulā'ika humu l-muttaqūn

    And the one who has brought the truth [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] and [they who] believed in it - those are the righteous.

34. 39:34 ▶

    لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    lahum mā yashā'ūna ʿinda rabbihim | dhālika jazā'u l-muḥsinīn

    They will have whatever they desire with their Lord. That is the reward of the doers of good -

35. 39:35 ▶

    لِيُكَفِّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى عَمِلُوا۟ وَيَجْزِيَهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    liyukaffira llāhu ʿanhum 'aswa'a lladhī ʿamilū wayajziyahum 'ajrahum bi'aḥsani lladhī kānū yaʿmalūn

    That Allāh may remove from them the worst of what they did and reward them their due for the best of what they used to do.

36. 39:36 ▶

    أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُۥ ۖ وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ بِٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ ﴿٣٦﴾

    alaysa llāhu bikāfin ʿabdah | wayukhawwifūnaka billadhīna min dūnih | wamay yuḍlili llāhu famā lahū min hād

    Is not Allāh sufficient for His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)]? And [yet], they threaten you with those [they worship] other than Him. And whoever Allāh leaves astray - for him there is no guide.

37. 39:37 ▶

    وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّضِلٍّ ۗ أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِعَزِيزٍ ذِى ٱنتِقَامٍ ﴿٣٧﴾

    wamay yahdi llāhu famā lahū mim muḍill | alaysa llāhu biʿazīzin dhi ntiqām

    And whoever Allāh guides - for him there is no misleader. Is not Allāh Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution?

38. 39:38 ▶

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلْ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ أَرَادَنِىَ ٱللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ هَلْ هُنَّ كَـٰشِفَـٰتُ ضُرِّهِۦٓ أَوْ أَرَادَنِى بِرَحْمَةٍ هَلْ هُنَّ مُمْسِكَـٰتُ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ قُلْ حَسْبِىَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ عَلَيْهِ يَتَوَكَّلُ ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    wala'in sa'altahum man khalaqa s-samāwāti wal-arḍa layaqūlunna llāh | qul 'afara'aytum mā tadʿūna min dūni llāhi 'in 'arādaniya llāhu biḍurrin hal hunna kāshifātu ḍurrihī 'aw 'arādanī biraḥmatin hal hunna mumsikātu raḥmatih | qul ḥasbiya llāh | ʿalayhi yatawakkalu l-mutawakkilūn

    And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "Allāh." Say, "Then have you considered what you invoke besides Allāh? If Allāh intended me harm, are they removers of His harm; or if He intended me mercy, are they withholders of His mercy?" Say, "Sufficient for me is Allāh; upon Him [alone] rely the [wise] reliers."

    i.e., "Tell me about..."

39. 39:39 ▶

    قُلْ يَـٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَـٰمِلٌ ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    qul yāqawmi ʿmalū ʿalā makānatikum 'innī ʿāmil | fasawfa taʿlamūn

    Say, "O my people, work according to your position, [for] indeed, I am working; and you are going to know

40. 39:40 ▶

    مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

    may ya'tīhi ʿadhābuy yukhzīhi wayaḥillu ʿalayhi ʿadhābum muqīm

    To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom will descend an enduring punishment."

41. 39:41 ▶

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لِلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ ﴿٤١﴾

    innā 'anzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba lin-nāsi bil-ḥaqq | famani htadā falinafsih | waman ḍalla fa'innamā yaḍillu ʿalayhā | wamā 'anta ʿalayhim biwakīl

    Indeed, We sent down to you the Book for the people in truth. So whoever is guided - it is for [the benefit of] his soul; and whoever goes astray only goes astray to its detriment. And you are not a manager [i.e., authority] over them.

42. 39:42 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلْأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَٱلَّتِى لَمْ تَمُتْ فِى مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ ٱلَّتِى قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    allāhu yatawaffa l-anfusa ḥīna mawtihā wallatī lam tamut fī manāmihā | fayumsiku llatī qaḍā ʿalayha l-mawta wayursilu l-ukhrā 'ilā 'ajalim musammā | inna fī dhālika la'āyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn

    Allāh takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

43. 39:43 ▶

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُفَعَآءَ ۚ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    ami ttakhadhū min dūni llāhi shufaʿā' | qul 'awalaw kānū lā yamlikūna shay'aw walā yaʿqilūn

    Or have they taken other than Allāh as intercessors? Say, "Even though they do not possess [power over] anything, nor do they reason?"

44. 39:44 ▶

    قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُ جَمِيعًا ۖ لَّهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    qul lillāhi sh-shafāʿatu jamīʿā | lahū mulku s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | thumma 'ilayhi turjaʿūn

    Say, "To Allāh belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you will be returned."

45. 39:45 ▶

    وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ ٱشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    wa'idhā dhukira llāhu waḥdahu shma'azzat qulūbu lladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirah | wa'idhā dhukira lladhīna min dūnihī 'idhā hum yastabshirūn

    And when Allāh is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice.

46. 39:46 ▶

    قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ عَـٰلِمَ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِ أَنتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِى مَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    quli llāhumma fāṭira s-samāwāti wal-arḍi ʿālima l-ghaybi wash-shahādati 'anta taḥkumu bayna ʿibādika fī mā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn

    Say, "O Allāh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You will judge between your servants concerning that over which they used to differ."

47. 39:47 ▶

    وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ بِهِۦ مِن سُوٓءِ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ وَبَدَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَحْتَسِبُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    walaw 'anna lilladhīna ẓalamū mā fi l-arḍi jamīʿaw wamithlahū maʿahū laftadaw bihī min sū'i l-ʿadhābi yawma l-qiyāmah | wabadā lahum mina llāhi mā lam yakūnū yaḥtasibūn

    And if those who did wrong had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby from the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection. And there will appear to them from Allāh that which they had not taken into account.

    Of His anger and punishment.

48. 39:48 ▶

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    wabadā lahum sayyi'ātu mā kasabū waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

    And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

49. 39:49 ▶

    فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَـٰهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    fa'idhā massa l-insāna ḍurrun daʿānā thumma 'idhā khawwalnāhu niʿmatam minnā qāla 'innamā 'ūtītuhū ʿalā ʿilm | bal hiya fitnatuw walākinna 'aktharahum lā yaʿlamūn

    And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.

50. 39:50 ▶

    قَدْ قَالَهَا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    qad qālaha lladhīna min qablihim famā 'aghnā ʿanhum mā kānū yaksibūn

    Those before them had already said it, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.

51. 39:51 ▶

    فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ﴿٥١﴾

    fa'aṣābahum sayyi'ātu mā kasabū | walladhīna ẓalamū min hā'ulā'i sayuṣībuhum sayyi'ātu mā kasabū wamā hum bimuʿjizīn

    And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them. And those who have wronged of these [people] will be struck [i.e., afflicted] by the evil consequences of what they earned; and they will not cause failure.

    i.e., prevent Allāh from what He wills or escape from the punishment.

52. 39:52 ▶

    أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

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

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

53. 39:53 ▶

    ۞ قُلْ يَـٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ﴿٥٣﴾

    qul yāʿibādiya lladhīna 'asrafū ʿalā 'anfusihim lā taqnaṭū mir raḥmati llāh | inna llāha yaghfiru dh-dhunūba jamīʿā | innahū huwa l-ghafūru r-raḥīm

    Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

    For those who repent and correct themselves.

54. 39:54 ▶

    وَأَنِيبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا۟ لَهُۥ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ ﴿٥٤﴾

    wa'anībū 'ilā rabbikum wa'aslimū lahū min qabli 'ay ya'tiyakumu l-ʿadhābu thumma lā tunṣarūn

    And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.

55. 39:55 ▶

    وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَحْسَنَ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾

    wattabiʿū 'aḥsana mā 'unzila 'ilaykum mir rabbikum min qabli 'ay ya'tiyakumu l-ʿadhābu baghtataw wa'antum lā tashʿurūn

    And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord [i.e., the Qur’ān] before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive,

56. 39:56 ▶

    أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَـٰحَسْرَتَىٰ عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطتُ فِى جَنۢبِ ٱللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ ٱلسَّـٰخِرِينَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    an taqūla nafsuy yāḥasratā ʿalā mā farraṭtu fī jambi llāhi wa'in kuntu lamina s-sākhirīn

    Lest a soul should say, "Oh, [how great is] my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allāh and that I was among the mockers."

    On the Day of Resurrection.

57. 39:57 ▶

    أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هَدَىٰنِى لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    aw taqūla law 'anna llāha hadānī lakuntu mina l-muttaqīn

    Or [lest] it say, "If only Allāh had guided me, I would have been among the righteous."

58. 39:58 ▶

    أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى ٱلْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿٥٨﴾

    aw taqūla ḥīna tara l-ʿadhāba law 'anna lī karratan fa'akūna mina l-muḥsinīn

    Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."

    At worldly life.

59. 39:59 ▶

    بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَتْكَ ءَايَـٰتِى فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    balā qad jā'atka 'āyātī fakadhdhabta bihā wastakbarta wakunta mina l-kāfirīn

    But yes, there had come to you My verses, but you denied them and were arrogant, and you were among the disbelievers.

60. 39:60 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ تَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وُجُوهُهُم مُّسْوَدَّةٌ ۚ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ﴿٦٠﴾

    wayawma l-qiyāmati tara lladhīna kadhabū ʿala llāhi wujūhuhum muswaddah | alaysa fī jahannama mathwal lil-mutakabbirīn

    And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied about Allāh [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in Hell a residence for the arrogant?

61. 39:61 ▶

    وَيُنَجِّى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ بِمَفَازَتِهِمْ لَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلسُّوٓءُ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

    wayunajji llāhu lladhīna ttaqaw bimafāzatihim lā yamassuhumu s-sū'u walā hum yaḥzanūn

    And Allāh will save those who feared Him by their attainment; no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve.

    i.e., their success in the trials of worldly life and attainment of Paradise.

62. 39:62 ▶

    ٱللَّهُ خَـٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ ﴿٦٢﴾

    allāhu khāliqu kulli shay' | wahuwa ʿalā kulli shay'iw wakīl

    Allāh is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs.

63. 39:63 ▶

    لَّهُۥ مَقَالِيدُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

    lahū maqālīdu s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | walladhīna kafarū bi'āyāti llāhi 'ulā'ika humu l-khāsirūn

    To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. And they who disbelieve in the verses of Allāh - it is those who are the losers.

64. 39:64 ▶

    قُلْ أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ تَأْمُرُوٓنِّىٓ أَعْبُدُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

    qul 'afaghayra llāhi ta'murūnnī 'aʿbudu 'ayyuha l-jāhilūn

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Is it other than Allāh that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"

65. 39:65 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ﴿٦٥﴾

    walaqad 'ūḥiya 'ilayka wa'ila lladhīna min qablika la'in 'ashrakta layaḥbaṭanna ʿamaluka walatakūnanna mina l-khāsirīn

    And it was already revealed to you and to those before you that if you should associate [anything] with Allāh, your work would surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the losers.

66. 39:66 ▶

    بَلِ ٱللَّهَ فَٱعْبُدْ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ ﴿٦٦﴾

    bali llāha faʿbud wakum mina sh-shākirīn

    Rather, worship [only] Allāh and be among the grateful.

67. 39:67 ▶

    وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦ وَٱلْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ مَطْوِيَّـٰتٌۢ بِيَمِينِهِۦ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

    wamā qadaru llāha ḥaqqa qadrihī wal-arḍu jamīʿan qabḍatuhū yawma l-qiyāmati was-samāwātu maṭwiyyātum biyamīnih | subḥānahū wataʿālā ʿammā yushrikūn

    They have not appraised Allāh with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

    i.e., appreciation of His attributes.

    Literally, "no more than a handful of His."

    See footnote to 2:19.

68. 39:68 ▶

    وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنظُرُونَ ﴿٦٨﴾

    wanufikha fi ṣ-ṣūri faṣaʿiqa man fi s-samāwāti waman fi l-arḍi 'illā man shā'a llāh | thumma nufikha fīhi 'ukhrā fa'idhā hum qiyāmuy yanẓurūn

    And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allāh wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on.

69. 39:69 ▶

    وَأَشْرَقَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا وَوُضِعَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ وَجِا۟ىٓءَ بِٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءِ وَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ﴿٦٩﴾

    wa'ashraqati l-arḍu binūri rabbihā wawuḍiʿa l-kitābu wajī'a bin-nabiyyīna wash-shuhadā'i waquḍiya baynahum bil-ḥaqqi wahum lā yuẓlamūn

    And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord, and the record [of deeds] will be placed, and the prophets and the witnesses will be brought, and it will be judged between them in truth, and they will not be wronged.

70. 39:70 ▶

    وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿٧٠﴾

    wawuffiyat kullu nafsim mā ʿamilat wahuwa 'aʿlamu bimā yafʿalūn

    And every soul will be fully compensated [for] what it did; and He is most knowing of what they do.

    With no need for any record or witnesses, which are but means to establish proof to the soul itself in addition to its own knowledge of what it has done.

71. 39:71 ▶

    وَسِيقَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ زُمَرًا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوهَا فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَٰبُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَآ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِ رَبِّكُمْ وَيُنذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَـٰذَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَلَـٰكِنْ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ عَلَى ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿٧١﴾

    wasīqa lladhīna kafarū 'ilā jahannama zumarā | ḥattā 'idhā jā'ūhā futiḥat 'abwābuhā waqāla lahum khazanatuhā 'alam ya'tikum rusulum minkum yatlūna ʿalaykum 'āyāti rabbikum wayundhirūnakum liqā'a yawmikum hādhā | qālū balā walākin ḥaqqat kalimatu l-ʿadhābi ʿala l-kāfirīn

    And those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in groups until, when they reach it, its gates are opened and its keepers will say, "Did there not come to you messengers from yourselves, reciting to you the verses of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "Yes, but the word [i.e., decree] of punishment has come into effect upon the disbelievers."

72. 39:72 ▶

    قِيلَ ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ أَبْوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ﴿٧٢﴾

    qīla dkhulū 'abwāba jahannama khālidīna fīhā | fabi'sa mathwa l-mutakabbirīn

    [To them] it will be said, "Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant."

73. 39:73 ▶

    وَسِيقَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْجَنَّةِ زُمَرًا ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُوهَا وَفُتِحَتْ أَبْوَٰبُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَٱدْخُلُوهَا خَـٰلِدِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

    wasīqa lladhīna ttaqaw rabbahum 'ila l-jannati zumarā | ḥattā 'idhā jā'ūhā wafutiḥat 'abwābuhā waqāla lahum khazanatuhā salāmun ʿalaykum ṭibtum fadkhulūhā khālidīn

    But those who feared their Lord will be driven to Paradise in groups until, when they reach it while its gates have been opened and its keepers say, "Peace be upon you; you have become pure; so enter it to abide eternally therein," [they will enter].

    In such honor and joy that is beyond description - thus, the omission of this conclusion in the Arabic text.

74. 39:74 ▶

    وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُۥ وَأَوْرَثَنَا ٱلْأَرْضَ نَتَبَوَّأُ مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ نَشَآءُ ۖ فَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾

    waqālu l-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī ṣadaqanā waʿdahū wa'awrathana l-arḍa natabawwa'u mina l-jannati ḥaythu nashā' | faniʿma 'ajru l-ʿāmilīn

    And they will say, "Praise to Allāh, who has fulfilled for us His promise and made us inherit the earth [so] we may settle in Paradise wherever we will. And excellent is the reward of [righteous] workers."

75. 39:75 ▶

    وَتَرَى ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ حَآفِّينَ مِنْ حَوْلِ ٱلْعَرْشِ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَقِيلَ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧٥﴾

    watara l-malā'ikata ḥāffīna min ḥawli l-ʿarshi yusabbiḥūna biḥamdi rabbihim | waquḍiya baynahum bil-ḥaqqi waqīla l-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

    And you will see the angels surrounding the Throne, exalting [Allāh] with praise of their Lord. And it will be judged between them in truth, and it will be said, "[All] praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds."

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