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"The Hijrah in 622 · 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica", "url": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" } ], "titles": [ "The opening letters", "Belief meets a test", "Sincerity made evident", "Can wrongdoing escape?", "Hope for the appointed meeting", "The benefit of striving", "Forgiveness and the best of the record", "Kindness with an independent conscience", "Belonging among the righteous", "Loyalty under pressure", "The inward reality is known", "An impossible transfer of responsibility", "The added burden of misleading", "Noah's long endurance", "Deliverance and a sign", "Abraham's invitation", "Provision, gratitude and return", "The duty of clear conveyance", "Creation and renewal", "Travel, observe and reflect", "Mercy, judgment and return", "No distance beyond accountability", "The cost of rejected hope", "Abraham is saved from the fire", "A bond that cannot last", "Belief and migration", "An inheritance of guidance", "Lot confronts wrongdoing", "A community's defiant reply", "A prayer against corruption", "News and warning reach Abraham", "Concern for Lot", "Visitors, anxiety and reassurance", "An announced consequence", "A sign for understanding", "Shuayb's call in Madyan", "Refusal and the shaking", "Ad and Thamud recalled", "Power cannot secure escape", "Responsibility without divine injustice", "The spider's fragile shelter", "The invoked powers are known", "Learning to understand a parable", "Creation with truth", "Prayer should restrain wrongdoing", "Dialogue in the better manner", "Varied responses to revelation", "The messenger's earlier life", "Clear signs held in the heart", "Who controls the signs?", "The Book as mercy and reminder", "A sufficient witness", "A challenge cannot set the time", "Mockery before an encompassing warning", "A reckoning related to deeds", "The earth is spacious", "The return shared by every soul", "A lasting welcome", "Patience joined with reliance", "Provision beyond what is stored", "Acknowledgment without faithful response", "Provision under complete knowledge", "Rain, revival and gratitude", "The fuller horizon of life", "Sincerity during a sea crossing", "Comfort and forgotten gratitude", "The gift of a sanctuary", "Honesty in claims about Allah", "Striving answered with guidance" ], "notes": [ "The separate letters introduce a Surah about tested faith and the supports on which people rely. Their recited form is preserved without an invented hidden code. The opening moves quickly from spoken belief to the realities that reveal its depth.", "A declaration of belief does not guarantee an untouched life. The question prepares readers for trial without presenting suffering as proof of divine rejection. Faith will be considered through response and endurance, rather than only through the ease of one's circumstances.", "Earlier people were tested as well, and sincerity is distinguished from pretension. The verse places present hardship within a wider human history. The test makes the reality of a response manifest; it is not described as teaching Allah something previously unknown.", "Wrongdoers are challenged in their assumption that they can outrun divine accountability. Apparent freedom from immediate consequence does not settle the outcome. The verse asks readers to examine the hidden confidence behind actions taken as though no reckoning could ever reach them.", "Those hoping for the meeting with Allah are reminded that its appointed time will come. Hearing and knowledge accompany the assurance. Expectation should therefore shape present conduct, rather than become a reason to speculate about a date the verse does not give.", "Striving benefits the person who undertakes it, while Allah remains independent of creation. The verse corrects the idea that devotion fills a divine need. Effort can form the character and direction of the servant who chooses to respond.", "Faith and good deeds are met with forgiveness and a reward shaped by the best of the record. Mercy exceeds a bare balance sheet. The promise offers hope amid testing without making moral effort or the need for change irrelevant.", "Kindness to parents remains a duty, while pressure to associate partners with Allah is refused. The verse protects conscience within a valued relationship. Read with 31:15, it shows that declining a religious demand need not mean abandoning respectful care.", "Those who believe and do good are welcomed among the righteous. The promise gives belonging a moral horizon beyond the immediate approval of family or society. The verse can steady someone whose faithful choices have made familiar relationships more difficult.", "Persecution can be mistaken for a final divine verdict, while later success attracts claims of loyalty. The verse examines inconsistent response under pressure. It warns against measuring truth solely by whether one's present circumstances bring pain, advantage or social acceptance.", "Belief and hypocrisy are fully known to Allah. The short statement closes the preceding examination of shifting loyalties. It invites integrity where outward claims may be difficult for people to assess, while limiting their confidence in judging another person's inward reality.", "An invitation to follow a false way comes with the promise that others will carry the consequences. That assurance is rejected. The verse exposes a common pressure tactic: making a harmful choice seem safe by claiming responsibility that cannot actually be transferred.", "Misleaders carry their own burden and an added responsibility for misleading others. This does not cancel the responsibility of those who follow them. The verse makes influence morally serious, especially when confidence or status is used to excuse invented religious claims.", "Noah's long stay among his people is stated as a thousand years less fifty. The duration emphasizes endurance within the Quranic account. It does not supply a calendar era, a date for the flood or a complete calculation of his lifespan.", "Noah and those with him are rescued in the vessel, and the account becomes a sign for others. The emphasis moves from prolonged warning to deliverance. The verse does not identify a surviving wreck or authorize a precise archaeological claim.", "Abraham calls his people to serve Allah and remain mindful of Him. The invitation is framed as good for its hearers, not merely as a demand for allegiance. The passage connects devotion with knowledge of what truly benefits a life.", "Idols are challenged through their inability to provide, and gratitude is directed toward Allah. The verse joins sustenance, worship and return. It asks whether a person's allegiance follows the actual source of their gifts or a claim supported only by custom.", "Denial has earlier precedents, and the messenger's duty is clear conveyance. The verse gives perspective without granting control over acceptance. Faithful communication matters, while another person's response cannot be possessed or forced into sincerity by the one speaking.", "The beginning and renewal of creation are offered as signs of divine ability. What appears difficult to human imagination is not difficult for Allah. The verse asks the listener to consider resurrection within the larger reality of already received existence.", "Travel and observation are invited as ways to reflect on creation's beginning. The later bringing forth belongs to the same power. The verse encourages thoughtful attention to the world without turning its brief language into a complete modern scientific account.", "Punishment and mercy belong to Allah, and the return is to Him. The statement places final judgment beyond human ownership. Its moral seriousness should be received with humility, rather than used to assign a certain destiny to particular people one dislikes.", "Neither earth nor sky offers an escape from divine sovereignty. The verse exposes the limits of imagined independence and substitute protection. Its invitation is to locate trust honestly, recognizing that distance, possessions or influence cannot erase responsibility for one's conduct.", "Rejecting the signs and the meeting closes the hope being offered within this warning. The verse is severe because refusal has lasting significance. It should be read alongside the Surah's promises of forgiveness and guidance for those who turn and strive.", "Abraham's people answer with a demand to kill or burn him, and Allah saves him from the fire. The narrative contrasts coercive violence with divine protection. It gives no precise location or calendar date for reconstructing the event historically.", "Shared devotion to idols is exposed as a bond that will collapse at judgment. Former allies turn toward denial and cursing instead of help. The verse asks whether a community's cohesion rests on truth and care or only on mutually reinforced error.", "Lot's belief is named, and the declaration of migration toward the Lord follows. The passage presents movement as a response to faith within the narrative. It does not identify an exact route, departure year or modern border crossing for the journey.", "Isaac and Jacob are bestowed, and prophethood and scripture continue among Abraham's descendants. The verse honors a transmitted inheritance without providing a complete family chronology. Its closing praise connects worldly blessing with righteousness in the Hereafter rather than reducing success to lineage.", "Lot confronts his people's conduct as a grave departure from right. The account addresses the actions of a particular community within the Quranic narrative. It should not be turned into permission to mistreat people or to pronounce judgment on entire modern populations.", "Lot names sexual wrongdoing, cutting off travelers and misconduct in their gatherings. His people answer by demanding punishment as a challenge. The passage portrays defiance rather than honest inquiry, and no reader is authorized to carry out the divine punishment it describes.", "Lot asks his Lord for help against corruption. The prayer acknowledges a limit to his own ability to change the situation. It offers a response of dependence within danger, rather than a detailed human instruction for retaliation or collective punishment.", "The messengers bring Abraham good news and announce an outcome for the wrongdoing town. The scene joins promise with warning within a larger narrative. Their identities and appearance are not reconstructed in this reader, and the town receives no speculative map pin.", "Abraham's concern turns immediately to Lot, and the messengers assure him that they know who is there. Deliverance is distinguished within the community. The verse prevents the story from being read as an undifferentiated judgment based only on residence or association.", "Lot is distressed for his visitors and reassured about deliverance. Fear and concern are acknowledged before the promise is repeated. His wife's exception is stated without this verse offering a complete account of her conduct, name or later memorial site.", "The announced consequence is connected to the town's wrongdoing. The verse belongs to the Quran's account of that particular event. It does not provide a method for identifying modern disasters as divine punishments or authorize harm against people regarded as sinners.", "A clear sign remains for those who use understanding. The verse emphasizes reflection without specifying the exact surviving feature in this passage. This edition therefore does not label a particular modern ruin or geological formation as a conclusively identified remnant.", "Shuayb calls the people of Madyan to worship Allah, expect the Last Day and avoid corruption. The address joins devotion with public conduct. The verse names a people and messenger but does not supply a securely dated reign or life chronology.", "The people reject Shuayb and are overtaken by a shaking that leaves their dwellings still. The Quranic warning concerns their refusal and wrongdoing. It should not become an automatic explanation of the moral condition of people affected by earthquakes today.", "Ad and Thamud are recalled through their dwellings and the attractiveness of their own deeds to them. Perception alone did not ensure guidance. The verse asks whether familiarity and confidence can make a harmful course appear reasonable to those following it.", "Korah, Pharaoh and Haman resist the clear proofs brought by Moses through arrogance in the land. Their power does not enable escape. The verse identifies narrative figures without naming a Pharaoh dynasty, establishing a mummy's identity or assigning an exact ancient date.", "Different consequences meet different wrongdoers, and divine injustice is explicitly denied. The list emphasizes moral accountability rather than one uniform historical mechanism. The final statement asks readers to consider self-inflicted wrong while resisting easy verdicts about every later community's hardship.", "A spider's house illustrates the weakness of protection sought apart from Allah. The comparison concerns its adequacy as a refuge, not the tensile strength of silk. It asks what kind of security a person actually receives from the loyalties they build.", "The invoked objects of devotion are fully known to Allah. Might and wisdom stand beyond the fragile shelter of the preceding comparison. The verse directs the reader from the appearance of protection toward the source whose knowledge and authority are complete.", "Parables are offered to people, but understanding them requires knowledge. The verse encourages readers to move beyond the surface image. A memorable comparison becomes useful when its moral relationship is recognized and allowed to question an existing assumption.", "Heaven and earth are created with truth, and that reality becomes a sign for believers. The verse broadens the reflection beyond one small creature. The world's existence is presented as meaningful, placing human choices within a purposeful created order.", "Recitation and established prayer are joined to restraint from indecency and wrongdoing. Remembrance is described as greater, and Allah knows conduct. The verse asks worship to shape behavior, rather than allowing an outward practice to become an excuse for unchanged harm.", "Engagement with the People of Scripture should use the better manner, with wrongdoing distinguished from ordinary disagreement. The shared confession of one God is stated explicitly. The verse supports principled dialogue without erasing conviction or requiring passive acceptance of injustice.", "Some recipients of earlier scripture recognize the present revelation, and some among the current audience believe as well. The verse presents varied responses rather than one uniform reaction from every community. It keeps the focus on encountering and acknowledging the message.", "Muhammad's earlier life is distinguished from reading or writing a prior scripture. The verse answers a charge of human fabrication within its historical address. It does not ask the reader to reject learning; it concerns the source claimed for this revelation.", "The signs are described as clear within the hearts of those given knowledge. Revelation is not only a physical object possessed or displayed. Understanding and retention matter, while the warning asks whether refusal arises from a will opposed to its demands.", "The demand for additional signs is answered by placing signs with Allah and defining the messenger as a clear warner. He does not control a supply of wonders. The verse distinguishes conveying entrusted guidance from performing whatever spectacle opponents require.", "The recited Book is itself presented as sufficient mercy and reminder for believers. The question redirects attention from a demanded novelty to what is already available. It asks whether a listener has genuinely considered the message before requesting something else.", "Allah's knowledge of heaven and earth is sufficient witness between messenger and audience. Final evaluation does not depend solely on a crowd's approval. The verse invites confidence grounded in truth while exposing the loss involved in building belief upon falsehood.", "Opponents demand that punishment be hastened, but an appointed term governs its arrival. Their challenge cannot control that timetable. The warning makes unpreparedness visible without offering a date for the reader to predict or a disaster to identify in advance.", "The repeated demand is answered by the image of an encompassing consequence. The opponents treat the warning as distant entertainment, while the text presents it as serious reality. The verse asks readers to reconsider a habit of mocking what deserves reflection.", "The scene surrounds its subjects from above and below and relates the experience to their deeds. Its severity belongs to divine judgment. The present reader's task is to respond responsibly now, rather than turn the warning into enjoyment of another person's suffering.", "The earth is spacious, and believers are called to worship Allah alone. The verse opens a horizon for faith beyond a place of pressure. It does not name a particular route or require every reader to infer the same practical journey.", "Every soul will encounter death, followed by return to Allah. The statement places movement, risk and security within a shared human limit. Remaining in familiar surroundings cannot remove mortality, and uncertainty about travel should not become an illusion of complete control.", "Belief and righteous action receive secure dwellings in the garden, with rivers below. The promise answers vulnerability with lasting welcome. Its imagery belongs to the Hereafter and cannot be treated as a geographically identifiable palace or a literal architectural reconstruction.", "Patience and reliance describe those just promised welcome. The brief verse connects hope with a sustained way of responding to difficulty. Trust is not portrayed as an absence of effort, but as the orientation carried while enduring and acting.", "Many creatures do not carry a stored provision, yet Allah sustains them and human beings. The comparison encourages trust amid uncertainty. It does not prohibit planning or work; it questions the assumption that safety rests entirely on what one can accumulate.", "The opponents acknowledge Allah as Creator and the One who subjects sun and moon. The question then exposes a gap between confession and allegiance. Recognizing the source of the world should affect the direction of worship and gratitude within it.", "Provision expands and narrows under divine knowledge. The verse steadies the call to trust without making wealth a simple proof of favor. A reader can acknowledge limited control over circumstances while remaining responsible for effort, generosity and the treatment of others.", "Rain restoring the earth is attributed to Allah even by those being questioned. Praise is the fitting response, yet understanding remains incomplete. The verse asks whether a familiar admission has become a lived recognition of dependence or only an answer spoken in debate.", "Worldly life is compared to diversion beside the fuller life of the Hereafter. The contrast concerns ultimate proportion, not the denial of every earthly duty. It invites a reader to hold temporary pleasures within a larger account of purpose and return.", "Travel at sea prompts sincere prayer, but arrival on land brings divided devotion again. The verse tests whether gratitude survives safety. Remembering a vulnerable moment can help preserve humility after the immediate need for rescue has passed.", "Ease becomes an occasion for ingratitude, yet a fuller knowledge of its consequence will come. The warning challenges a life organized only around immediate comfort. It asks what is forgotten when relief is received without acknowledgment of the Giver.", "The secure sanctuary is set against violence around it as a gift requiring recognition. The verse addresses its first audience's experience of protection. It should not be expanded into a claim that every place or period associated with the sanctuary was free of conflict.", "Inventing claims about Allah and rejecting arriving truth are named as grave wrongs. The two actions distort the relationship between guidance and response. The verse calls for honesty about what one attributes to God and openness to correction when truth challenges an assumption.", "Those who strive toward Allah are promised guidance along His paths, and divine care accompanies good action. The ending answers the opening trials with hope. Effort, direction and goodness belong together, keeping striving from becoming merely a display of intensity or power." ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 13, "title": "When belief meets pressure", "summary": "Trials distinguish sincerity from an outward claim. Kindness to parents stands alongside freedom of conscience, while no leader or companion can take away another person's responsibility.", "reflection": "Which values remain steady when approval or comfort becomes uncertain?" }, { "start": 14, "end": 27, "title": "Endurance, deliverance and a journey of faith", "summary": "Noah's long witness and Abraham's call show perseverance amid refusal. Creation, gratitude and migration widen the meaning of trust beyond familiar protections.", "reflection": "What makes a source of security worthy of your trust?" }, { "start": 28, "end": 40, "title": "Earlier peoples and the limits of power", "summary": "Lot, Shuayb and other messengers confront wrongdoing. Communities and powerful figures meet distinct outcomes, while the text explicitly denies divine injustice.", "reflection": "How can the warnings lead to self-examination rather than easy judgments about others?" }, { "start": 41, "end": 55, "title": "The spider's shelter, prayer and dialogue", "summary": "A fragile house becomes a parable for misplaced reliance. Prayer should restrain harmful conduct, and discussion with the People of Scripture should seek the better manner.", "reflection": "Does your worship change the way you act and speak?" }, { "start": 56, "end": 69, "title": "A spacious earth and the paths of striving", "summary": "Migration, mortality and provision challenge the illusion of complete safety. Rain and sea travel expose human dependence, and the ending promises guidance to those who strive toward Allah.", "reflection": "What practical step can join trust with good action?" } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "Before 622 CE · Makkan classification", "year": 622, "body": "The Surah is generally classified as Makkan, with reports placing some passages later. The year marks the Hijrah boundary used for this classification; it is not an exact revelation date.", "source": "https://quran.com/al-ankabut/info" }, { "title": "Earlier prophetic accounts · no calendar assigned", "year": null, "body": "Noah, Abraham, Lot, Shuayb and Moses appear in a sequence of lessons about response and responsibility. The text does not provide the ancient calendar dates needed for a verified chronological chart.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/029.htm" }, { "title": "The opening trials · reports differ", "year": null, "body": "The introduction records differing views about portions of the opening, including verses 10–11. These differences are retained rather than resolved into one confidently dated episode.", "source": "https://quran.com/al-ankabut/info" }, { "title": "A horizon of migration", "year": null, "body": "Verse 56 describes the earth as spacious. Its invitation supports worship beyond a place of pressure, but this passage names neither a destination nor a dated departure.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/029.htm" } ], "places": [ { "id": "makkah", "name": "Makkah · the first audience", "body": "The predominantly Makkan classification places the Surah's calls to endurance within the first community's experience of pressure. This is a broad city marker rather than a reconstructed revelation site.", "lat": 21.4225, "lon": 39.8262, "source": "https://quran.com/al-ankabut/info", "image": 0 }, { "id": "madyan", "name": "Madyan · Shuayb's community", "body": "Verse 36 names Madyan in Shuayb's call to worship, expect the Last Day and avoid corruption. This passage supplies neither a precise settlement coordinate nor an excavated building to identify.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/029.htm", "image": 2 }, { "id": "sanctuary", "name": "The sanctuary and the surrounding roads", "body": "Verse 67 recalls a secure sanctuary while people are seized around it. The contrast emphasizes gratitude for protection; the illustration evokes a general setting rather than documenting a particular incident.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/029.htm", "image": 4 } ], "people": [ { "id": "noah", "title": "Noah · a long witness", "body": "Verse 14 describes a thousand years less fifty among his people. That is the Quran's stated duration, not a supplied birth date, complete lifespan or securely dated flood chronology.", "verse": 14 }, { "id": "abraham-lot", "title": "Abraham and Lot · belief, concern and movement", "body": "Their accounts connect allegiance, migration and concern for others. Exact travel routes, ancient dates and graves are not established in this Surah; the reader follows its moral sequence.", "verse": 26 }, { "id": "shuaib", "title": "Shuayb · worship and public responsibility", "body": "His address to Madyan joins devotion with expectation of the Last Day and refusal of corruption. The text provides no royal chronology or burial location.", "verse": 36 }, { "id": "sad", "title": "Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas · conscience within family pressure", "body": "Sahih Muslim reports his mother's pressure to abandon his faith and connects the account with the commands about parents. The report illustrates a transmitted occasion; the verse's responsibility extends beyond one biography.", "url": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:1748c", "label": "Read the transmitted report" } ], "history": [ { "title": "A predominantly Makkan Surah, with reported exceptions", "body": "Quran.com's introduction discusses its setting amid trials and records disagreement about some verses. This edition uses a broad period rather than forcing every passage into one precisely dated occasion.", "source": "https://quran.com/al-ankabut/info" }, { "title": "The spider is a comparison about refuge", "body": "Verse 41 compares misplaced protection to a spider's house. It does not make a materials-science claim that spider silk is physically weak; the comparison concerns the shelter relied upon.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/029.htm" }, { "title": "Kindness without compelled belief", "body": "The report about Sa'd provides a personal setting for the parental verses. It distinguishes refusal of a religious demand from the duty of good treatment.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:1748c" }, { "title": "Earlier conflicts and present responsibility", "body": "The narratives concern named peoples and actions within the Quranic account. They do not authorize collective judgments about modern communities or identify every later natural disaster as a punishment.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/029.htm" } ], "revelationNote": "Usually classified as Makkan, with differing reports about individual passages, especially parts of the opening. The 622 CE marker is a period boundary, not an asserted revelation year. Ancient narratives remain undated where this text supplies no calendar.", "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "الٓمٓ", "translation": "Alif, Lam, Meem" }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ", "translation": "Do the people think that they will be left to say, \"We believe\" and they will not be tried?" }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ", "translation": "But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allah will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely make evident the liars." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا ۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ", "translation": "Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge." }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "مَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ لَءَاتٍۢ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ", "translation": "Whoever should hope for the meeting with Allah - indeed, the term decreed by Allah is coming. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing." }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "وَمَن جَٰهَدَ فَإِنَّمَا يُجَٰهِدُ لِنَفْسِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَغَنِىٌّ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "And whoever strives only strives for [the benefit of] himself. Indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds." }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَحْسَنَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely remove from them their misdeeds and will surely reward them according to the best of what they used to do." }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ حُسْنًۭا ۖ وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِى مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَآ ۚ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "And We have enjoined upon man goodness to parents. But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. To Me is your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do." }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ", "translation": "And those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will surely admit them among the righteous [into Paradise]." }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ فَإِذَآ أُوذِىَ فِى ٱللَّهِ جَعَلَ فِتْنَةَ ٱلنَّاسِ كَعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَئِن جَآءَ نَصْرٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا مَعَكُمْ ۚ أَوَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِمَا فِى صُدُورِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "And of the people are some who say, \"We believe in Allah,\" but when one [of them] is harmed for [the cause of] Allah, they consider the trial of the people as [if it were] the punishment of Allah. But if victory comes from your Lord, they say, \"Indeed, We were with you.\" Is not Allah most knowing of what is within the breasts of all creatures?" }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ", "translation": "And Allah will surely make evident those who believe, and He will surely make evident the hypocrites." }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ سَبِيلَنَا وَلْنَحْمِلْ خَطَٰيَٰكُمْ وَمَا هُم بِحَٰمِلِينَ مِنْ خَطَٰيَٰهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَٰذِبُونَ", "translation": "And those who disbelieve say to those who believe, \"Follow our way, and we will carry your sins.\" But they will not carry anything of their sins. Indeed, they are liars." }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّ أَثْقَالَهُمْ وَأَثْقَالًۭا مَّعَ أَثْقَالِهِمْ ۖ وَلَيُسْـَٔلُنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ", "translation": "But they will surely carry their [own] burdens and [other] burdens along with their burdens, and they will surely be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they used to invent." }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًۭا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ", "translation": "And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers." }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it a sign for the worlds." }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ ۖ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "And [We sent] Abraham, when he said to his people, \"Worship Allah and fear Him. That is best for you, if you should know." }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "إِنَّمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَٰنًۭا وَتَخْلُقُونَ إِفْكًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لَكُمْ رِزْقًۭا فَٱبْتَغُوا۟ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرِّزْقَ وَٱعْبُدُوهُ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ ۖ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ", "translation": "You only worship, besides Allah, idols, and you produce a falsehood. Indeed, those you worship besides Allah do not possess for you [the power of] provision. So seek from Allah provision and worship Him and be grateful to Him. To Him you will be returned.\"" }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "وَإِن تُكَذِّبُوا۟ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌۭ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ۖ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ", "translation": "And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification." }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌۭ", "translation": "Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy." }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ ٱلْخَلْقَ ۚ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ يُنشِئُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ", "translation": "Say, [O Muhammad], \"Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allah will produce the final creation. Indeed Allah, over all things, is competent.\"" }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ", "translation": "He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned." }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّۢ وَلَا نَصِيرٍۢ", "translation": "And you will not cause failure [to Allah] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allah any protector or any helper." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَئِسُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَتِى وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "And the ones who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and the meeting with Him - those have despaired of My mercy, and they will have a painful punishment." }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ", "translation": "And the answer of Abraham's people was not but that they said, \"Kill him or burn him,\" but Allah saved him from the fire. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe." }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "وَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْثَٰنًۭا مَّوَدَّةَ بَيْنِكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ ثُمَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُ بَعْضُكُم بِبَعْضٍۢ وَيَلْعَنُ بَعْضُكُم بَعْضًۭا وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ", "translation": "And [Abraham] said, \"You have only taken, other than Allah, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly life. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny one another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the Fire, and you will not have any helpers.\"" }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "۞ فَـَٔامَنَ لَهُۥ لُوطٌۭ ۘ وَقَالَ إِنِّى مُهَاجِرٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّىٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ", "translation": "And Lot believed him. [Abraham] said, \"Indeed, I will emigrate to [the service of] my Lord. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.\"" }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَجْرَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ", "translation": "And We gave to Him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the righteous." }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مَا سَبَقَكُم بِهَا مِنْ أَحَدٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "And [mention] Lot, when he said to his people, \"Indeed, you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds." }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ ٱلسَّبِيلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِى نَادِيكُمُ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ", "translation": "Indeed, you approach men and obstruct the road and commit in your meetings [every] evil.\" And the answer of his people was not but they said, \"Bring us the punishment of Allah, if you should be of the truthful.\"" }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ", "translation": "He said, \"My Lord, support me against the corrupting people.\"" }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُهْلِكُوٓا۟ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا۟ ظَٰلِمِينَ", "translation": "And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the good tidings, they said, \"Indeed, we will destroy the people of that Lot's city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers.\"" }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "قَالَ إِنَّ فِيهَا لُوطًۭا ۚ قَالُوا۟ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِيهَا ۖ لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ", "translation": "[Abraham] said, \"Indeed, within it is Lot.\" They said, \"We are more knowing of who is within it. We will surely save him and his family, except his wife. She is to be of those who remain behind.\"" }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًۭا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًۭا وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ ۖ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ", "translation": "And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort. They said, \"Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family, except your wife; she is to be of those who remain behind." }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ", "translation": "Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient.\"" }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَا مِنْهَآ ءَايَةًۢ بَيِّنَةًۭ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَعْقِلُونَ", "translation": "And We have certainly left of it a sign as clear evidence for a people who use reason." }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًۭا فَقَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱرْجُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلْءَاخِرَ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ", "translation": "And to Madyan [We sent] their brother Shu'ayb, and he said, \"O my people, worship Allah and expect the Last Day and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.\"" }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلرَّجْفَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دَارِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ", "translation": "But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone." }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "وَعَادًۭا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَقَد تَّبَيَّنَ لَكُم مِّن مَّسَٰكِنِهِمْ ۖ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ", "translation": "And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception." }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "وَقَٰرُونَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ سَٰبِقِينَ", "translation": "And [We destroyed] Qarun and Pharaoh and Haman. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our punishment]." }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًۭا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ", "translation": "So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allah would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves." }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْلِيَآءَ كَمَثَلِ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتًۭا ۖ وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ ٱلْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِ ۖ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "The example of those who take allies other than Allah is like that of the spider who takes a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew." }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ", "translation": "Indeed, Allah knows whatever thing they call upon other than Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise." }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ ۖ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْعَٰلِمُونَ", "translation": "And these examples We present to the people, but none will understand them except those of knowledge." }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَةًۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ", "translation": "Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth. Indeed in that is a sign for the believers." }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "ٱتْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۗ وَلَذِكْرُ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ", "translation": "Recite, [O Muhammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allah is greater. And Allah knows that which you do." }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "۞ وَلَا تُجَٰدِلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَأُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَإِلَٰهُنَا وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ وَٰحِدٌۭ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ", "translation": "And do not argue with the People of the Scripture except in a way that is best, except for those who commit injustice among them, and say, \"We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you. And our God and your God is one; and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him.\"" }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۖ وَمِنْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ", "translation": "And thus We have sent down to you the Qur'an. And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture believe in it. And among these [people of Makkah] are those who believe in it. And none reject Our verses except the disbelievers." }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "وَمَا كُنتَ تَتْلُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِن كِتَٰبٍۢ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَ ۖ إِذًۭا لَّٱرْتَابَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ", "translation": "And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Otherwise the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt." }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "بَلْ هُوَ ءَايَٰتٌۢ بَيِّنَٰتٌۭ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ ۚ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ", "translation": "Rather, the Qur'an is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge. And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers." }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ ۖ قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْءَايَٰتُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ", "translation": "But they say, \"Why are not signs sent down to him from his Lord?\" Say, \"The signs are only with Allah, and I am only a clear warner.\"" }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِهِمْ أَنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَرَحْمَةًۭ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ", "translation": "And is it not sufficient for them that We revealed to you the Book which is recited to them? Indeed in that is a mercy and reminder for a people who believe." }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَهِيدًۭا ۖ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَكَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ", "translation": "Say, \"Sufficient is Allah between me and you as Witness. He knows what is in the heavens and earth. And they who have believed in falsehood and disbelieved in Allah - it is those who are the losers.\"" }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّۭى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ", "translation": "And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not." }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِيطَةٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ", "translation": "They urge you to hasten the punishment. And indeed, Hell will be encompassing of the disbelievers" }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ", "translation": "On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, \"Taste [the result of] what you used to do.\"" }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ أَرْضِى وَٰسِعَةٌۭ فَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱعْبُدُونِ", "translation": "O My servants who have believed, indeed My earth is spacious, so worship only Me." }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ", "translation": "Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned." }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًۭا تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ نِعْمَ أَجْرُ ٱلْعَٰمِلِينَ", "translation": "And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - We will surely assign to them of Paradise [elevated] chambers beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Excellent is the reward of the [righteous] workers" }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ", "translation": "Who have been patient and upon their Lord rely." }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "وَكَأَيِّن مِّن دَآبَّةٍۢ لَّا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا ٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ", "translation": "And how many a creature carries not its [own] provision. Allah provides for it and for you. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing." }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ", "translation": "If you asked them, \"Who created the heavens and earth and subjected the sun and the moon?\" they would surely say, \"Allah.\" Then how are they deluded?" }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "ٱللَّهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ", "translation": "Allah extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts for him. Indeed Allah is, of all things, Knowing." }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ", "translation": "And if you asked them, \"Who sends down rain from the sky and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness?\" they would surely say \" Allah.\" Say, \"Praise to Allah \"; but most of them do not reason." }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا لَهْوٌۭ وَلَعِبٌۭ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ لَهِىَ ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "And this worldly life is not but diversion and amusement. And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life, if only they knew." }, { "n": 65, "arabic": "فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ", "translation": "And when they board a ship, they supplicate Allah, sincere to Him in religion. But when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him" }, { "n": 66, "arabic": "لِيَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ وَلِيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "So that they will deny what We have granted them, and they will enjoy themselves. But they are going to know." }, { "n": 67, "arabic": "أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا حَرَمًا ءَامِنًۭا وَيُتَخَطَّفُ ٱلنَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ ۚ أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَكْفُرُونَ", "translation": "Have they not seen that We made [Makkah] a safe sanctuary, while people are being taken away all around them? Then in falsehood do they believe, and in the favor of Allah they disbelieve?" }, { "n": 68, "arabic": "وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُۥٓ ۚ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًۭى لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ", "translation": "And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not in Hell a [sufficient] residence for the disbelievers?" }, { "n": 69, "arabic": "وَٱلَّذِينَ جَٰهَدُوا۟ فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمَعَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ", "translation": "And those who strive for Us - We will surely guide them to Our ways. And indeed, Allah is with the doers of good." } ], "glosses": [ [ "Alif Laam Meem." ], [ "Do think", "the people", "that", "they will be left", "because", "they say,", "\"We believe\"", "and they", "not", "will they be tested" ], [ "And indeed,", "We tested", "those who", "[from]", "before them", "will surely make evident", "Allah", "those who", "(are) truthful", "and He will surely make evident", "the liars." ], [ "Or", "think", "those who", "do", "evil deeds", "that", "they can outrun Us.", "Evil is", "what", "they judge." ], [ "Whoever", "[is]", "hopes", "(for the) meeting", "(with) Allah,", "then indeed,", "(the) Term", "(of) Allah", "(is) surely coming.", "And He", "(is) the All-Hearer,", "the All-Knower." ], [ "And whoever", "strives", "then only", "he strives", "for himself.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "(is) Free from need", "of", "the worlds." ], [ "And those who", "believe", "and do", "righteous (deeds),", "surely, We will remove", "from them", "their evil deeds,", "and We will surely reward them", "(the) best", "(of) what", "they used", "(to) do." ], [ "And We have enjoined", "(on) man", "to his parents", "goodness", "but if", "they both strive against you", "to make you associate", "with Me", "what", "not", "you have", "of it", "any knowledge,", "then (do) not", "obey both of them.", "To Me", "(is) your return,", "and I will inform you", "about what", "you used", "(to) do." ], [ "And those who", "believe", "and do", "righteous deeds", "We will surely admit them", "among", "the righteous." ], [ "And of", "the people", "(is he) who", "says,", "\"We believe", "in Allah.\"", "But when", "he is harmed", "in", "(the Way of) Allah", "he considers", "(the) trial", "(of) the people", "as (the) punishment", "(of) Allah.", "But if", "comes", "victory", "from", "your Lord,", "surely they say,", "\"Indeed, we", "were", "with you.\"", "Is not", "Allah", "most knowing", "of what", "(is) in", "(the) breasts", "(of) the worlds?" ], [ "And will surely make evident", "Allah", "those who", "believe,", "And He will surely make evident", "the hypocrites." ], [ "And said,", "those who", "disbelieve", "to those who", "believe,", "\"Follow", "our way,", "and we will carry", "your sins.\"", "But not", "they", "(are) going to carry", "of", "their sins", "any", "thing.", "Indeed, they", "(are) surely liars." ], [ "But surely they will carry", "their burdens", "and burdens", "with", "their burdens,", "and surely they will be questioned", "(on the) Day", "(of) the Resurrection", "about what", "they used", "(to) invent." ], [ "And verily,", "We sent", "Nuh", "to", "his people,", "and he remained", "among them", "a thousand", "year(s),", "save", "fifty", "year(s),", "then seized them", "the flood,", "while they", "(were) wrongdoers." ], [ "But We saved him", "and (the) people", "(of) the ship,", "and We made it", "a Sign", "for the worlds." ], [ "And Ibrahim -", "when", "he said", "to his people,", "\"Worship", "Allah", "and fear Him.", "That", "(is) better", "for you", "if", "you", "know." ], [ "Only", "you worship", "[from]", "besides", "Allah", "idols,", "and you create", "falsehood.", "Indeed,", "those whom", "you worship", "[from]", "besides", "Allah", "(do) not", "possess", "for you", "any provision.", "So seek", "from", "Allah", "the provision", "and worship Him", "and be grateful", "to Him.", "To Him", "you will be returned." ], [ "And if", "you deny", "then verily,", "denied", "(the) nations", "[from]", "before you", "And not", "(is) on", "the Messenger", "except", "the conveyance", "clear.\"" ], [ "Do not", "they see", "how", "originates", "Allah", "the creation", "then", "repeats it?", "Indeed,", "that", "for", "Allah", "(is) easy." ], [ "Say,", "\"Travel", "in", "the earth", "and see", "how", "He originated", "the creation,", "Then", "Allah", "will produce", "the creation", "the last.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "on", "every", "thing", "(is) All-Powerful.\"" ], [ "He punishes", "whom", "He wills", "and has mercy", "(on) whom", "He wills,", "and to Him", "you will be returned." ], [ "And not", "you", "can escape", "in", "the earth", "and not", "in", "the heaven.", "And not", "for you", "[from]", "besides", "Allah", "any", "protector", "and not", "a helper." ], [ "And those who", "disbelieve", "in (the) Signs", "(of) Allah", "and (the) meeting (with) Him,", "those", "(have) despaired", "of", "My Mercy.", "And those,", "for them", "(is) a punishment", "painful." ], [ "And not", "was", "(the) answer", "(of) his people", "except", "that", "they said,", "\"Kill him", "or", "burn him.\"", "But saved him", "Allah", "from", "the fire.", "Indeed,", "in", "that,", "surely (are) Signs", "for a people", "who believe." ], [ "And he said,", "\"Only", "you have taken", "[from]", "besides", "Allah", "idols", "(out of) love", "among you", "in", "the life", "(of) the world.", "Then", "(on the) Day", "(of) the Resurrection", "you will deny", "some of you", "in others", "and curse", "some of you", "others", "and your abode", "(will be) the Fire", "and not", "for you", "any", "helpers.\"" ], [ "And believed", "[in] him", "Lut,", "and he said,", "\"Indeed I (am)", "emigrating", "to", "my Lord.", "Indeed, He", "[He] (is)", "the All-Mighty,", "the All-Wise.\"" ], [ "And We granted", "to him", "Isaac", "and Yaqub", "and We placed", "in", "his offsprings", "the Prophethood", "and the Book.", "And We gave him", "his reward", "in", "the world.", "And indeed, he", "in", "the Hereafter", "(is) surely, among", "the righteous." ], [ "And Lut,", "when", "he said", "to his people,", "\"Indeed, you", "commit", "the immorality,", "not", "has preceded you", "with it", "any", "one", "from", "the worlds." ], [ "Indeed, you", "approach", "the men,", "and you cut off", "the road", "and commit", "in", "your meetings", "evil?\"", "And not", "was", "(the) answer", "(of) his people", "except", "that", "they said,", "\"Bring upon us", "(the) punishment", "(of) Allah", "if", "you are", "of", "the truthful.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"My Lord!", "Help me", "against", "the people", "the corrupters.\"" ], [ "And when", "came", "Our messengers", "(to) Ibrahim", "with the glad tidings", "they said,", "\"Indeed, we", "(are) going to destroy", "(the) people", "(of) this", "town.", "Indeed,", "its people", "are", "wrongdoers.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Indeed,", "in it", "(is) Lut.\"", "They said,", "\"We", "know better", "who", "(is) in it.", "We will surely save him", "and his family,", "except", "his wife.", "She", "(is) of", "those who remain behind.\"" ], [ "And when", "[that]", "came", "Our messengers", "(to) Lut", "he was distressed", "for them,", "and felt straitened", "for them", "(and) uneasy.", "And they said,", "\"(Do) not", "fear", "and (do) not", "grieve.", "Indeed, we", "(will) save you", "and your family,", "except", "your wife.", "She", "(is) of", "those who remain behind." ], [ "Indeed, we", "(will) bring down", "on", "(the) people", "(of) this", "town", "a punishment", "from", "(the) sky,", "because", "they have been", "defiantly disobedient.\"" ], [ "And verily,", "We have left", "about it", "a sign,", "(as) evidence", "for a people", "who use reason." ], [ "And to", "Madyan", "their brother", "Shuaib.", "And he said,", "\"O my people!", "Worship", "Allah", "and expect", "the Day", "the Last,", "and (do) not", "commit evil", "in", "the earth", "(as) corrupters.\"" ], [ "But they denied him,", "so seized them", "the earthquake,", "and they became", "in", "their home", "fallen prone." ], [ "And Aad", "and Thamud,", "and verily,", "(has) become clear", "to you", "from", "their dwellings.", "And made fair-seeming", "to them", "the Shaitaan", "their deeds", "and averted them", "from", "the Way,", "though they were", "endowed with insight." ], [ "And Qarun,", "and Firaun", "and Haman.", "And certainly", "came to them", "Musa", "with clear evidences,", "but they were arrogant", "in", "the earth,", "and not", "they could", "outstrip Us." ], [ "So each", "We seized", "for his sin.", "Then of them", "(was he) who,", "We sent", "on him", "a violent storm,", "and of them", "(was he) who,", "seized him", "the awful cry", "and of them", "(was he) who,", "We caused to swallow", "him,", "the earth", "and of them", "(was he) who,", "We drowned.", "And not", "was", "Allah", "to wrong them", "but", "they were", "themselves", "doing wrong." ], [ "(The) example", "(of) those who", "take", "[from]", "besides", "Allah", "protectors", "(is) like", "the spider", "who takes", "a house.", "And indeed,", "the weakest", "(of) houses", "(is) surely (the) house", "(of) the spider,", "if (only)", "they", "know." ], [ "Indeed,", "Allah", "knows", "what", "they invoke", "[from]", "besides Him", "any", "thing.", "And He", "(is) the All-Mighty,", "the All-Wise." ], [ "And these", "examples", "We set forth", "to mankind,", "but not", "will understand them", "except", "those of knowledge." ], [ "created", "Allah", "the heavens", "and the earth", "in truth.", "Indeed,", "in", "that", "(is) surely a Sign", "for the believers." ], [ "Recite", "what", "has been revealed", "to you", "of", "the Book,", "and establish", "the prayer.", "Indeed,", "the prayer", "prevents", "from", "the immorality", "and evil deeds,", "and surely (the) remembrance", "(of) Allah", "(is) greatest.", "And Allah", "knows", "what", "you do." ], [ "And (do) not", "argue", "the People of", "the Book", "except", "by which", "[it]", "(is) best,", "except", "those who", "(do) wrong", "among them,", "and say,", "\"We believe", "in that (which)", "has been revealed", "to us", "and was revealed", "to you.", "And our God", "and your God", "(is) One,", "and we", "to Him", "submit.\"" ], [ "And thus", "We (have) revealed", "to you", "the Book.", "So those", "We gave [them]", "the Book", "believe", "therein.", "And among", "these", "(are some) who", "believe", "therein.", "And none", "reject", "Our Verses", "except", "the disbelievers." ], [ "And not", "(did) you", "recite", "[from]", "before it", "any", "Book,", "and not", "(did) you write it", "with your right hand,", "in that case", "surely (would) have doubted", "the falsifiers." ], [ "Nay,", "it", "(is) Verses", "clear", "in", "(the) breasts", "(of) those who", "are given", "the knowledge.", "And not", "reject", "Our Verses", "except", "the wrongdoers." ], [ "And they say,", "\"Why not", "are sent down", "to him", "(the) Signs", "from", "his Lord?\"", "Say,", "\"Only", "the Signs", "(are) with", "Allah,", "and only", "I (am)", "a warner", "clear.\"" ], [ "And is (it) not", "sufficient for them", "that We", "revealed", "to you", "the Book", "(which) is recited", "to them?", "Indeed,", "in", "that,", "surely is a mercy", "and a reminder", "for a people", "who believe." ], [ "Say,", "\"Sufficient is", "Allah", "between me", "and between you", "(as) a Witness.", "He knows", "what", "(is) in", "the heavens", "and the earth.", "And those who", "believe", "in [the] falsehood", "and disbelieve", "in Allah,", "those,", "they", "(are) the losers.\"" ], [ "And they ask you to hasten", "[with] the punishment.", "And if not", "(for) a term", "appointed,", "surely (would) have come to them", "the punishment.", "But it will surely come to them", "suddenly", "while they", "(do) not", "perceive." ], [ "They ask you to hasten", "the punishment.", "And indeed,", "Hell,", "will surely, encompass", "the disbelievers" ], [ "On (the) Day", "will cover them", "the punishment", "from", "above them", "and from", "below", "their feet,", "and He will say,", "\"Taste", "what", "you used", "(to) do.\"" ], [ "O My servants", "who", "believe!", "Indeed,", "My earth", "(is) spacious,", "so only", "worship Me." ], [ "Every", "soul", "(will) taste", "the death.", "Then", "to Us", "you will be returned." ], [ "And those who", "believe", "and do", "[the] righteous deeds,", "surely We will give them a place", "in", "Paradise", "lofty dwellings,", "flow", "from", "underneath it", "the rivers,", "will abide forever", "in it.", "Excellent is", "(the) reward", "(of) the workers" ], [ "Those who", "(are) patient", "and upon", "their Lord", "put their trust." ], [ "And how many", "of", "a creature", "(does) not", "carry", "its provision.", "Allah", "provides (for) it", "and (for) you.", "And He", "(is) the All-Hearer,", "the All-Knower." ], [ "And if", "you ask them,", "\"Who", "created", "the heavens", "and the earth,", "and subjected", "the sun", "and the moon?\"", "Surely they would say", "\"Allah.\"", "Then how", "are they deluded?" ], [ "Allah", "extends", "the provision", "for whom", "He wills", "of", "His slaves", "and restricts", "for him.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "of every", "thing", "(is) All-Knower." ], [ "And if", "you ask them,", "\"Who", "sends down", "from", "the sky", "water", "and gives life", "thereby", "(to) the earth", "[from]", "after", "its death?\"", "Surely, they would say,", "\"Allah.\"", "Say,", "\"All Praises", "(are) for Allah.\"", "But", "most of them", "(do) not", "use reason." ], [ "And not", "(is) this", "life", "(of) the world", "but", "amusement", "and play.", "And indeed,", "the Home", "(of) the Hereafter -", "surely, it", "(is) the life,", "if only", "they", "know." ], [ "And when", "they embark", "[in]", "the ship,", "they call", "Allah", "(being) sincere", "to Him", "(in) the religion.", "But when", "He delivers them", "to", "the land,", "behold,", "they", "associate partners (with Him)" ], [ "So that they may deny", "[in] what", "We have given them,", "and they may enjoy (themselves).", "But soon", "they will know." ], [ "Do not", "they see", "that We", "have made", "a Sanctuary", "secure", "while are being taken away", "the people", "from", "around them", "Then do in (the) falsehood", "they believe", "and in (the) Favor", "(of) Allah", "they disbelieve?" ], [ "And who", "(is) more unjust", "than (he) who", "invents", "against", "Allah", "a lie", "or", "denies", "the truth", "when", "it has come to him.", "Is there not", "in", "Hell", "an abode", "for the disbelievers?" ], [ "And those who", "strive", "for Us,", "We will surely, guide them", "(to) Our ways.", "And indeed,", "Allah", "surely (is) with", "the good-doers." ] ], "glossNote": "English word hints follow the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Where the Corpus repeats a phrase across adjacent Arabic words, it is divided into individual word meanings for hover and audio; these editorial splits are recorded in the source audit. Brackets identify connective or grammatical senses that English does not translate separately." }