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"Righteous families welcomed", "The greatest success", "A refused invitation recalled", "Confession after the choosing", "Judgment belongs to Allah", "Signs and provision", "Sincere devotion", "Revelation and the Day of Meeting", "Whose is the sovereignty?", "No injustice in the reckoning", "The approaching day", "The hidden glance", "Judgment with truth", "Reading the traces of history", "Strength does not remove responsibility", "Moses brings clear authority", "The court's accusation", "Violence against vulnerable families", "Coercion dressed as protection", "Moses seeks refuge", "A believer speaks against killing", "Power today, vulnerability tomorrow", "Concern for his people", "Warnings without injustice", "The Day of Calling", "No escape through flight", "Joseph remembered, truth resisted", "Pride behind argument", "Pharaoh demands a tower", "A spectacle cannot establish truth", "A different guide", "The lasting home", "Equal moral worth, abundant reward", "An invitation toward rescue", "Calling to the Mighty and Forgiver", "False claims and the final return", "Entrusting the outcome", "The believer protected", "Consequence beyond earthly power", "Followers question their leaders", "The leaders have no rescue", "A plea for one day", "The warning had reached them", "Support for messengers and believers", "Excuses cannot repair everything", "A scriptural inheritance", "Guidance for understanding minds", "Patience and daily praise", "Pride without proof", "Creation larger than ourselves", "The difference reflection makes", "The Hour is coming", "The invitation to pray", "Night, day and gratitude", "The Creator of all", "The direction of refusal", "A world made habitable", "Prayer to the Living One", "Conviction grounded in guidance", "The stages of a human life", "The command that gives existence", "Where does argument lead?", "A rejected message, a coming knowledge", "Freedom lost", "A severe warning", "Where are the former partners?", "When imagined help vanishes", "Pride without right", "The destination of arrogance", "Patience beyond one's lifetime", "Messengers named and unnamed", "The gift of livestock", "Travel and practical provision", "Which signs are denied?", "Power cannot preserve forever", "When knowledge becomes conceit", "Belief after consequence appears", "Respond before the opportunity closes" ], "notes": [ "The separate letters introduce the first of the sequence of Surahs opening with Ha Mim. This edition preserves their recited form without assigning an unsupported secret code. The verses immediately following direct attention to revelation's source and its moral summons.", "The scripture's revelation is grounded in divine might and knowledge. These attributes frame what follows: neither opposition nor concealed motives escape its source. The opening asks the listener to consider the message's authority before judging it by the power of its opponents.", "Forgiveness, accepted repentance, stern consequence and bounty appear together. The Surah's name draws attention to the Forgiver, while the full verse resists reducing divine judgment to either indulgence or despair. Every journey finally returns to the same Lord.", "Prosperity and freedom of movement can make opponents appear unassailable. Muhammad is told not to mistake this temporary advantage for proof against revelation. The warning separates visible success from moral truth, a distinction that remains difficult whenever influence looks like vindication.", "Earlier peoples also tried to seize their messengers and defeat truth through false argument. The pattern joins coercion to distortion. The verse asks readers to recognize how threatened power can use both physical force and persuasive language to protect itself.", "The warning about final consequence follows the history of rejected messengers. Its concern is the outcome of persistent denial, not a human census of the damned. The surrounding call to repentance remains essential to understanding the Surah's serious tone.", "Those bearing and surrounding the Throne pray for believers who repent and follow the divine path. Mercy and knowledge are invoked together. The scene offers assurance that the faithful are remembered beyond what they can see, without inviting portraits of the unseen.", "The prayer asks for righteous family members to enter the promised gardens together. Kinship is cherished, while righteousness remains explicit. The verse joins personal hope with care for parents, spouses and descendants rather than imagining salvation as an entirely solitary concern.", "Protection from evil and its consequences is described as mercy and supreme success. The prayer enlarges the meaning of achievement beyond visible gain. A life can be assessed by what it is spared, healed from or enabled to leave behind.", "A proclamation confronts those who refused the invitation to faith. Their present revulsion cannot undo the earlier refusal. The scene directs attention to the cost of rejecting a summons while it remains possible to answer with trust and action.", "The condemned acknowledge death, life and their sins, then ask for a way out. Confession has arrived after the period of choosing. The verse heightens the value of honest admission now, when acknowledgment can still lead to repentance and repair.", "The explanation centers on rejecting Allah alone while accepting associated partners. Judgment belongs to the Sublime and Majestic, beyond those former preferences. The scene challenges a selective religiosity that welcomes devotion only when its favored substitutes remain untouched.", "Signs and provision from the sky are offered together. Noticing them requires a heart willing to return, rather than observation alone. Rain and sustenance can become invitations to gratitude when the familiar is received as a gift instead of an entitlement.", "Devotion is to be made sincere for Allah even when others dislike it. The verse encourages steadiness without making hostility a virtue. Its focus is the integrity of worship: the audience's approval cannot become the final reason for practicing or abandoning faith.", "The Lord of the Throne grants revelation to chosen servants as warning of the meeting. Exalted authority and a message reaching human beings stand together. The verse describes divine initiative, not a technique through which someone can manufacture prophethood for themselves.", "At the gathering, nothing is hidden and sovereignty is openly acknowledged as Allah's alone. Earthly claims of ultimate control have fallen away. The question invites readers to measure present power against the moment when all such claims are exposed.", "Each soul receives what it earned, and the denial of injustice is explicit. Swift reckoning does not imply careless judgment. The verse places moral responsibility within a promise of complete fairness, beyond the delays and failures familiar in human institutions.", "The approaching day is pictured through hearts rising toward the throat. This bodily language communicates fear and urgency. The failure of friendly influence or unauthorized intercession shows why present standing cannot be secured merely through powerful connections.", "A furtive glance and a concealed intention are both known. The verse brings accountability into the small, often unnoticed movements of life. Integrity therefore includes what happens before a public action, in the desire or calculation that guides it.", "Divine judgment is truthful, while invoked rivals possess no corresponding authority. Hearing and sight emphasize complete awareness. The contrast asks whether the standards used to evaluate conduct rest on reality, or on loyalties unable to offer either knowledge or justice.", "Travel can reveal the remains of people once stronger than the present audience. Their traces become an invitation to humility rather than admiration alone. The verse supplies a moral question for history without identifying every ruin as evidence of a particular punishment.", "The passage identifies rejection of clear proofs as the reason for the remembered consequence. Strength cannot make a people immune to accountability. This is the Quran's account of those earlier communities, not a license to infer hidden guilt from every later catastrophe.", "Moses enters the narrative carrying signs and a clear authority. The emphasis falls on the message entrusted to him before the opposing court is named. His appearance connects the Surah's general discussion of messengers with one sustained account of resistance.", "Pharaoh, Haman and Korah answer with an accusation of sorcery and lying. Labeling the messenger replaces engagement with his evidence. The verse identifies these narrative figures without naming a Pharaoh dynasty, identifying a mummy or establishing an archaeological chronology.", "Violence against children and the sparing of women are proposed as a response to truth. The narrative exposes oppression used to preserve authority. Its victims must not be lost behind a discussion of rulers; the scheme targets the most vulnerable households.", "Pharaoh presents killing Moses as protection of religion and public order. The claim illustrates how coercion can borrow the language of safety. The reader is invited to distinguish genuine concern for a community from a ruler's fear of losing control.", "Moses seeks refuge from arrogance that denies accountability. His response turns toward the Lord shared by speaker and audience, rather than matching Pharaoh's threat. The verse identifies pride and refusal of reckoning as dangers deeper than a single political dispute.", "An unnamed believer from Pharaoh's family challenges the proposed killing. He asks his people to consider evidence and the consequences if Moses speaks truly. His courage appears through reasoned protection of another person, without the Surah supplying a personal name.", "The believer includes himself in the danger facing his people, asking who could protect them. Pharaoh counters with a claim to exclusive sound judgment. The exchange contrasts shared vulnerability with the ruler's insistence that his own perspective alone defines wise policy.", "The believer warns of outcomes like those of earlier factions. His repeated address to his people keeps concern audible within criticism. The speech is not detached condemnation; it is an appeal intended to prevent those listening from repeating a destructive pattern.", "Noah's people, Ad and Thamud become examples, followed by an explicit denial that Allah wills injustice. The warning must therefore be read through moral responsibility. Ancient names are not used to justify indiscriminate judgment of living peoples or descendants.", "The warning turns from remembered history toward a future day of calling. The believer asks his audience to imagine a situation beyond their present control. That shift makes today's choices significant in relation to a horizon power cannot simply cancel.", "Flight offers no escape when protection is sought against Allah's judgment. The scene reverses the court's apparent security. The verse asks whether guidance is being received while there is still time, rather than relying on an exit that may not exist.", "Joseph's earlier mission is recalled as another encounter with evidence and doubt. His death then becomes an excuse to deny any future messenger. The passage warns against honoring a closed past while refusing the possibility that truth still makes demands.", "Argument without warrant is linked to arrogance and a sealed heart. The concern is not sincere questioning but pride defending itself against evidence. The reader can examine whether a discussion remains open to correction or has become a performance of superiority.", "Pharaoh orders Haman to build a high structure so he might reach the routes above. The narrative exposes a grand material project serving a false premise. It does not identify this structure with a surviving pyramid or any named monument.", "Pharaoh's imagined ascent turns the search for truth into a spectacle controlled by himself. His scheme is described as ruinous and his wrongdoing as deceptively attractive. The verse challenges the assumption that greater construction or display necessarily produces better understanding.", "The believer offers another path of guidance, directly contesting Pharaoh's claim to wise policy. The invitation is personal and accountable: follow toward right conduct. His speech makes courage visible as a sustained attempt to redirect a community, not one dramatic sentence alone.", "Worldly life is described as temporary enjoyment, while the Hereafter is the lasting home. The distinction changes the scale by which power and advantage are measured. The believer asks his audience to consider what remains when present comforts and honors end.", "Wrong receives its like, while faithful good action opens abundant reward for women and men alike. The contrast places generosity within justice. Moral worth is not restricted to one sex, and the promise exceeds a merely mechanical calculation of payment.", "The believer names the painful mismatch between his invitation and theirs: he seeks their rescue while they urge him toward ruin. The question retains concern despite conflict. It shows how conscience can remain relational without surrendering its judgment about harm.", "Their demand requires him to affirm partners without knowledge, while he calls toward the Mighty and Forgiver. Strength and forgiveness answer coercive religion with a different understanding of authority. The verse makes truthfulness about what one knows part of sincere devotion.", "The alleged rivals have no valid claim in either world, and the return is to Allah. The believer's conclusion concerns ultimate allegiance and excess. He refuses to let social pressure transform an unsupported claim into something worthy of worship.", "The speaker entrusts his affair to Allah after giving his warning. Trust follows action rather than replacing it: he has reasoned, appealed and risked opposition. The verse offers a model of releasing outcomes once one's duty has been faithfully attempted.", "The believer is protected from the plots against him, while Pharaoh's people face consequence. The Quran states the protection without describing every practical step of his escape. This edition leaves those omitted details open rather than filling them with an invented adventure.", "Pharaoh's people are exposed to fire before the further judgment of the Hour. The sequence emphasizes continuing consequence beyond worldly power. The verse does not identify a tomb, mummy or physical location where the reader could verify this unseen condition.", "Followers ask their former leaders to shoulder part of the punishment. The exchange reveals the failure of a relationship built on uncritical obedience. Influence carries responsibility, but following someone powerful does not remove the follower's own obligation to discern.", "The proud leaders can offer no relief; they share the same condition. Their former ability to command has vanished. The scene asks readers to assess leadership by truth and conduct rather than promises of protection that collapse when most needed.", "A request for even one day's relief shows the severity of the scene. Those suffering appeal to the keepers rather than their former allies. The passage's emotional force presses the reader to consider present responsibility before such helpless bargaining becomes imaginable.", "The keepers ask whether messengers brought clear proofs, and the answer acknowledges that they did. The scene centers a refused opportunity rather than an absence of warning. Its urgency belongs to the time when a response can still change direction.", "Divine support is promised to messengers and believers in this life and at the witnessing. The verse gives assurance without describing every earthly experience as easy or immediately victorious. Its horizon reaches beyond the visible outcome of a single confrontation.", "On that day, excuses do not benefit wrongdoers. The contrast with promised support makes accountability central rather than incidental. The reader is invited to distinguish explanation from evasion, especially where a habit of justifying harm prevents sincere acknowledgment.", "Moses receives guidance, and the Children of Israel inherit scripture. The passage remembers a gift and a responsibility shared across generations. Its language should not be converted into hostility toward present Jewish communities; the verse itself describes an honored scriptural inheritance.", "The inherited scripture is guidance and a reminder for understanding minds. Knowledge is therefore meant to be received actively, not merely possessed. The brief verse asks what a reader does with an inheritance capable of directing and awakening conscience.", "Patience, seeking forgiveness and praise at day's edges form the instructed response. These practices gather trust into a daily rhythm. The messenger's endurance is sustained through devotion, rather than through the demand that every dispute immediately resolve in his favor.", "Pride can drive argument far beyond the evidence available to it. Seeking refuge interrupts that struggle for unreachable status. Divine hearing and sight offer an alternative orientation: truth matters more than gaining the height an inflated self-image demands.", "The creation of heaven and earth dwarfs human creation. The comparison challenges a narrow sense of what power can accomplish, especially regarding resurrection. The verse invites intellectual humility before a world whose scale already exceeds ordinary human imagination.", "The contrasts of sight and blindness, goodness and wrongdoing are used to stress moral discernment. They do not assign lesser dignity to a person with a physical disability. The point is the difference between responsive understanding and a refusal to reflect.", "The coming Hour is affirmed despite widespread disbelief. Consensus is not presented as the measure of its reality. The verse asks how a promised future can shape present conduct even when the surrounding culture gives that future little attention.", "Prayer is invited directly, with the promise of response, while disdain for worship is rebuked. The verse encourages dependence without making prayer a device for controlling outcomes. Turning toward Allah is itself placed opposite the pride that refuses need.", "Night provides rest and day supports seeing and activity. Ordinary rhythms become evidence of bounty, easily overlooked through familiarity. Gratitude begins by recognizing these repeated provisions rather than waiting only for an extraordinary event to make dependence visible.", "The Lord just described is the Creator of everything, with no rival deity. The concluding question confronts the turn away from that recognition. The verse gathers familiar benefits into an argument about worship and the source to which gratitude belongs.", "Turning from the signs becomes a recurring pattern among those who deny them. This short verse links an inward response to an outward direction. It invites the reader to notice how repeated refusal can harden into an apparently natural way of thinking.", "Earth as a dwelling, sky as a canopy, human form and wholesome provision form a portrait of care. The passage praises the Lord of all worlds. It encourages appreciation of embodied life without reducing any person's dignity to appearance or physical ability.", "The Living One is the sole object of sincere worship, and praise belongs to the Lord of all worlds. After the many signs of dependence, this verse gathers the response into direct prayer. Gratitude becomes an act rather than an observation.", "Muhammad states that clear proofs forbid worship of the invoked rivals and require surrender to the universal Lord. The declaration is grounded in received guidance. It shows conviction as answerable to truth, not merely to inherited custom or an audience's expectations.", "Human life moves through origin, infancy, strength and age, though not everyone reaches each stage. The verse invites understanding through mortality and dependence. It is a sacred reflection on life's course, not a guarantee of longevity or a complete medical account.", "Life and death belong to Allah, whose command is sufficient for what He wills. The brief expression of creative power follows the stages of human dependence. It leaves no room for treating ordinary causes as independent of the Creator.", "The question returns to those who argue against revelation and turn away. Repetition gives the warning a personal edge: a listener must examine the direction of their own response. The issue is persistent evasion, not the mere presence of difficult questions.", "Rejection embraces both the Book and the messages entrusted to earlier messengers. Knowledge of the consequence is deferred but certain within the verse's warning. The reader is asked to consider the difference between what is unrecognized now and what remains unreal forever.", "The scene of collars and chains presents the loss of the freedom once misused. Its severity belongs to the account of final judgment. It should not be transformed into instructions for human coercion or imagery celebrating cruelty against religious opponents.", "Boiling water and fire continue the warning in stark physical language. The verse is meant to disturb complacency about persistent wrongdoing. Its moral force lies in turning the reader toward accountability and repentance, not in encouraging fascination with another person's suffering.", "The question asks where the former partners are when rescue is needed. The once confident claim of shared sovereignty is put to a practical test. What had attracted devotion must now answer a need it cannot meet.", "The former objects of worship have vanished as helpers, and their worshippers struggle to describe the past. The scene reveals how an apparent certainty can collapse. It invites honest examination before habit and group approval become substitutes for warranted belief.", "The reason given is unjustified exultation and overbearing behavior on earth. Joy itself is not condemned; the context concerns pride detached from right. The verse asks whether celebration recognizes others' dignity or depends on excess, domination and disregard.", "The gates of hell mark a lasting destination for the arrogant in this warning. The reversal of earthly self-importance is complete. Read with the Surah's opening, the scene makes the offered path of repentance and forgiveness all the more significant.", "Patience does not depend on personally witnessing every promised outcome. Muhammad may see part of it or die before it unfolds, but return remains to Allah. The verse releases the messenger from the burden of controlling the entire historical conclusion.", "Some messengers are named and others are not, and signs come only by divine permission. The verse explicitly marks the limits of the narrated record. This reader therefore does not invent complete prophetic biographies or claim knowledge of every messenger.", "Livestock provide riding and food within the patterns of human life. Their usefulness is presented as a gift requiring recognition. The passage turns from grand disputes to ordinary dependence, reminding readers that gratitude also belongs in daily habits of sustenance.", "The benefits of animals extend to transport and practical needs, with ships added to the picture. Human movement relies on provisions not wholly self-created. The verse connects desire, travel and gratitude without naming a particular caravan route or voyage.", "The signs have been placed before the audience, and a direct question follows. Rather than adding another spectacle, the verse asks what response the existing evidence receives. Reflection becomes a matter of attention and honesty in relation to familiar gifts.", "Travel again reveals the traces of people stronger and more numerous than the present audience. Their achievements could not guarantee safety from consequence. The repeated invitation asks history to correct arrogance, rather than merely furnish admiration for impressive remains.", "Existing knowledge becomes a source of boastful dismissal when messengers arrive with clear proofs. The warning concerns pride in knowledge, not learning itself. Intellectual confidence becomes dangerous when it prevents recognition of anything that might challenge one's established framework.", "Belief is finally declared when the threatened consequence becomes visible. Former partners are rejected, but the timing changes the meaning of the admission. The scene urges a willing response during the period of moral choice, before recognition becomes unavoidable.", "The closing verse states that belief at the sight of final punishment no longer benefits its speakers. This completes the warning about delayed response. The Surah's opening invitation to repentance gives the present reader the alternative that the scene has lost." ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 20, "title": "The Forgiver and the day of truthful account", "summary": "Revelation comes from the One who accepts repentance. Prayers for believers and their families stand beside an account in which no glance or intention is hidden.", "reflection": "How can belief in both mercy and fairness change the way you acknowledge a mistake?" }, { "start": 21, "end": 35, "title": "A voice of conscience in Pharaoh's court", "summary": "Moses faces accusation and threatened violence. An unnamed believer challenges the proposed killing, reminding his people of evidence, history and shared vulnerability.", "reflection": "What does it take to speak carefully and courageously when the powerful demand silence?" }, { "start": 36, "end": 50, "title": "The tower, the appeal and the failed allies", "summary": "Pharaoh's grand project contrasts with the believer's reasoned call. The speaker entrusts his affair to Allah, while final scenes expose the limits of arrogant leaders.", "reflection": "Which promises of protection deserve trust, and which merely depend on impressive appearances?" }, { "start": 51, "end": 68, "title": "Promise, prayer and the signs of everyday life", "summary": "The messenger is called to patience and praise. Creation, night and day, a habitable world and the stages of life invite prayer and sincere gratitude.", "reflection": "Which ordinary provision have you stopped noticing?" }, { "start": 69, "end": 85, "title": "Argument, memory and the time to respond", "summary": "Warnings of judgment return to the fate of invented protectors. History's impressive remains and pride in knowledge show why the present invitation should not be postponed.", "reflection": "Where might confidence be preventing an honest change of mind?" } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "Before 622 CE · Makkan classification", "year": 622, "body": "Quran.com classifies Ghafir as Makkan. The date shown is the Hijrah boundary, not a precisely established revelation year.", "source": "https://quran.com/ghafir/info" }, { "title": "622 CE · the period boundary", "year": 622, "body": "The Hijrah is dated to 622 CE and separates the broad Makkan and Madinan periods. It is a reader's calendar reference rather than an inferred date for this chapter.", "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "Moses and the believing Egyptian · undated here", "year": null, "body": "Verses 23–46 recount a confrontation with Pharaoh and the intervention of an unnamed believer. The passage does not name a dynasty, reign or calendar year.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/040.htm" }, { "title": "Abu Bakr's intervention · reported Makkan event", "year": null, "body": "Bukhari 4815 records Abu Bakr defending Muhammad from an assault near the Kaaba with words from 40:28. The report cited here supplies no exact date.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4815" } ], "places": [ { "id": "makkah", "name": "Makkah · the revelation setting", "body": "The chapter is classified as Makkan. This city marker gives broad orientation; it does not claim a precisely known location for the revelation of each verse.", "lat": 21.4225, "lon": 39.8262, "source": "https://quran.com/ghafir/info", "image": 0 }, { "id": "egyptian-court", "name": "Pharaoh's court · broad Egyptian context", "body": "The central narrative concerns Pharaoh, Haman, Moses and a believer from Pharaoh's family. Ibn Kathir identifies the believer as Egyptian. No particular palace, dynasty, mummy or grave is established here.", "source": "https://quran.com/40:28/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir", "image": 1 }, { "id": "tower", "name": "The proposed tower", "body": "Verses 36–37 report Pharaoh ordering a high structure. The Quran does not name its site or identify it with a pyramid, so the illustration is an imagined architectural setting.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/040.htm", "image": 2 }, { "id": "kaaba", "name": "The Kaaba's courtyard · a reported defense", "body": "Bukhari 4815 locates an assault on Muhammad and Abu Bakr's intervention near the Kaaba. This contextual report echoes the believing Egyptian's appeal; it is not part of the ancient court scene.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4815", "image": 1 }, { "id": "travel", "name": "Roads, ships and historical remains", "body": "Travel, livestock, ships and the traces of earlier peoples provide recurring signs. The Surah names no specific caravan itinerary or archaeological ruin for these reflections.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/040.htm", "image": 4 } ], "people": [ { "id": "believer", "title": "The unnamed believer from Pharaoh's family", "body": "Verse 28 identifies him through faith, family connection and his defense of Moses. The Quran does not give his personal name. His sustained appeal in verses 28–44 is the reason the Surah is also called Al-Mumin.", "verse": 28 }, { "id": "musa", "title": "Moses · seeking refuge and bearing evidence", "body": "Moses brings signs and faces a threat to his life. His response in verse 27 seeks refuge from arrogant denial of accountability. No portrait, exact life date or grave is asserted.", "verse": 27 }, { "id": "pharaoh-court", "title": "Pharaoh, Haman and Korah", "body": "Verse 24 names the opposing figures, and verses 36–37 describe Pharaoh's order to Haman. The narrative does not identify a historical Pharaoh by modern dynastic name.", "verse": 24 }, { "id": "yusuf", "title": "Joseph · the earlier messenger remembered", "body": "The believer recalls Joseph in verse 34, connecting present refusal with earlier doubt. The verse gives neither Joseph's precise dates nor the length of the interval before Moses.", "verse": 34 }, { "id": "abu-bakr", "title": "Abu Bakr · an echo in the Makkan period", "body": "Bukhari 4815 reports him protecting Muhammad from assault and repeating the believer's challenge against killing someone for professing faith. This is a transmitted report, kept distinct from the Quranic narrative.", "url": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4815", "label": "Read the primary report" } ], "history": [ { "title": "Ghafir and Al-Mumin", "body": "Ghafir highlights the Forgiver in verse 3; Al-Mumin points to the believing man in the central narrative. These names draw attention to both divine mercy and human courage.", "source": "https://quran.com/ghafir/info" }, { "title": "Why the believer remains unnamed", "body": "Ibn Kathir transmits additional opinions about his relationship to Pharaoh. This reader keeps to the Quran's identification as a believing man from Pharaoh's family and does not turn a reported name or lineage into certainty.", "source": "https://quran.com/40:28/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "A report of the verse being lived", "body": "The Bukhari report of Abu Bakr's intervention gives a concrete example of 40:28's protective appeal being spoken against violence. Its location and participants are attributed to that report.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/bukhari:4815" }, { "title": "The limits of the historical record here", "body": "The tower, royal court and Joseph's earlier mission are not supplied with precise dates or verified surviving structures. The scene descriptions therefore distinguish the Quranic account from imaginative visual reconstruction.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/040.htm" } ], "revelationNote": "Classified as Makkan, with 622 CE used only as the Hijrah boundary. Ancient Egyptian scenes remain undated; the Pharaoh is not identified with Ramesses II or another ruler. Bukhari 4815 is cited as a transmitted Makkan report, not as an exact revelation date.", "translationNote": "English translation: Sahih International, via AlQuran Cloud. Original source wording is preserved.", "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "حمٓ", "translation": "Ha, Meem." }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ", "translation": "The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing." }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "غَافِرِ ٱلذَّنۢبِ وَقَابِلِ ٱلتَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ ٱلْعِقَابِ ذِى ٱلطَّوْلِ ۖ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ", "translation": "The forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "مَا يُجَٰدِلُ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَا يَغْرُرْكَ تَقَلُّبُهُمْ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ", "translation": "No one disputes concerning the signs of Allah except those who disbelieve, so be not deceived by their [uninhibited] movement throughout the land." }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۢ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ وَجَٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ", "translation": "The people of Noah denied before them and the [disbelieving] factions after them, and every nation intended [a plot] for their messenger to seize him, and they disputed by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth. So I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty." }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "وَكَذَٰلِكَ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ", "translation": "And thus has the word of your Lord come into effect upon those who disbelieved that they are companions of the Fire." }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلْعَرْشَ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ رَّحْمَةًۭ وَعِلْمًۭا فَٱغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ", "translation": "Those [angels] who carry the Throne and those around it exalt [Allah] with praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who have believed, [saying], \"Our Lord, You have encompassed all things in mercy and knowledge, so forgive those who have repented and followed Your way and protect them from the punishment of Hellfire." }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّٰتِ عَدْنٍ ٱلَّتِى وَعَدتَّهُمْ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ", "translation": "Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and whoever was righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise." }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "وَقِهِمُ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ ۚ وَمَن تَقِ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ فَقَدْ رَحِمْتَهُۥ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ", "translation": "And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds]. And he whom You protect from evil consequences that Day - You will have given him mercy. And that is the great attainment.\"" }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُنَادَوْنَ لَمَقْتُ ٱللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ مِن مَّقْتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ إِذْ تُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلْإِيمَٰنِ فَتَكْفُرُونَ", "translation": "Indeed, those who disbelieve will be addressed, \"The hatred of Allah for you was [even] greater than your hatred of yourselves [this Day in Hell] when you were invited to faith, but you refused.\"" }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَمَتَّنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَأَحْيَيْتَنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَٱعْتَرَفْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلْ إِلَىٰ خُرُوجٍۢ مِّن سَبِيلٍۢ", "translation": "They will say, \"Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice and gave us life twice, and we have confessed our sins. So is there to an exit any way?\"" }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُۥ كَفَرْتُمْ ۖ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِۦ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ", "translation": "[They will be told], \"That is because, when Allah was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allah, the Most High, the Grand.\"" }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَيُنَزِّلُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ رِزْقًۭا ۚ وَمَا يَتَذَكَّرُ إِلَّا مَن يُنِيبُ", "translation": "It is He who shows you His signs and sends down to you from the sky, provision. But none will remember except he who turns back [in repentance]." }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "فَٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ", "translation": "So invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, although the disbelievers dislike it." }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "رَفِيعُ ٱلدَّرَجَٰتِ ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ يُلْقِى ٱلرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّلَاقِ", "translation": "[He is] the Exalted above [all] degrees, Owner of the Throne; He places the inspiration of His command upon whom He wills of His servants to warn of the Day of Meeting." }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "يَوْمَ هُم بَٰرِزُونَ ۖ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌۭ ۚ لِّمَنِ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۖ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ", "translation": "The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be concealed from Allah. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day? To Allah, the One, the Prevailing." }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ ۚ لَا ظُلْمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ", "translation": "This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allah is swift in account." }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْءَازِفَةِ إِذِ ٱلْقُلُوبُ لَدَى ٱلْحَنَاجِرِ كَٰظِمِينَ ۚ مَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍۢ وَلَا شَفِيعٍۢ يُطَاعُ", "translation": "And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed." }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "يَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِى ٱلصُّدُورُ", "translation": "He knows that which deceives the eyes and what the breasts conceal." }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "وَٱللَّهُ يَقْضِى بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَقْضُونَ بِشَىْءٍ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ", "translation": "And Allah judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allah - He is the Hearing, the Seeing." }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "۞ أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۭ وَءَاثَارًۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍۢ", "translation": "Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allah seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allah any protector." }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَكَفَرُوا۟ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ قَوِىٌّۭ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ", "translation": "That was because their messengers were coming to them with clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so Allah seized them. Indeed, He is Powerful and severe in punishment." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ", "translation": "And We did certainly send Moses with Our signs and a clear authority" }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَقَٰرُونَ فَقَالُوا۟ سَٰحِرٌۭ كَذَّابٌۭ", "translation": "To Pharaoh, Haman and Qarun; but they said, \"[He is] a magician and a liar.\"" }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ", "translation": "And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, \"Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive.\" But the plan of the disbelievers is not except in error." }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ", "translation": "And Pharaoh said, \"Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land.\"" }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍۢ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ", "translation": "But Moses said, \"Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Account.\"" }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "وَقَالَ رَجُلٌۭ مُّؤْمِنٌۭ مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَكْتُمُ إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّىَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَكُ كَٰذِبًۭا فَعَلَيْهِ كَذِبُهُۥ ۖ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقًۭا يُصِبْكُم بَعْضُ ٱلَّذِى يَعِدُكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌۭ كَذَّابٌۭ", "translation": "And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed his faith said, \"Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, 'My Lord is Allah' while he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? And if he should be lying, then upon him is [the consequence of] his lie; but if he should be truthful, there will strike you some of what he promises you. Indeed, Allah does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar." }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "يَٰقَوْمِ لَكُمُ ٱلْمُلْكُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ظَٰهِرِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَن يَنصُرُنَا مِنۢ بَأْسِ ٱللَّهِ إِن جَآءَنَا ۚ قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ مَآ أُرِيكُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَرَىٰ وَمَآ أَهْدِيكُمْ إِلَّا سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ", "translation": "O my people, sovereignty is yours today, [your being] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of Allah if it came to us?\" Pharaoh said, \"I do not show you except what I see, and I do not guide you except to the way of right conduct.\"" }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُم مِّثْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ", "translation": "And he who believed said, \"O my people, indeed I fear for you [a fate] like the day of the companies -" }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "مِثْلَ دَأْبِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍۢ وَعَادٍۢ وَثَمُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ ظُلْمًۭا لِّلْعِبَادِ", "translation": "Like the custom of the people of Noah and of 'Aad and Thamud and those after them. And Allah wants no injustice for [His] servants." }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "وَيَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلتَّنَادِ", "translation": "And O my people, indeed I fear for you the Day of Calling -" }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "يَوْمَ تُوَلُّونَ مُدْبِرِينَ مَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍۢ ۗ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍۢ", "translation": "The Day you will turn your backs fleeing; there is not for you from Allah any protector. And whoever Allah leaves astray - there is not for him any guide." }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِن قَبْلُ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ فِى شَكٍّۢ مِّمَّا جَآءَكُم بِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ رَسُولًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌۭ مُّرْتَابٌ", "translation": "And Joseph had already come to you before with clear proofs, but you remained in doubt of that which he brought to you, until when he died, you said, 'Never will Allah send a messenger after him.' Thus does Allah leave astray he who is a transgressor and skeptic.\"" }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ ۖ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَعِندَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍۢ جَبَّارٍۢ", "translation": "Those who dispute concerning the signs of Allah without an authority having come to them - great is hatred [of them] in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who have believed. Thus does Allah seal over every heart [belonging to] an arrogant tyrant." }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًۭا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَٰبَ", "translation": "And Pharaoh said, \"O Haman, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways -" }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "أَسْبَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ كَٰذِبًۭا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَصُدَّ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ إِلَّا فِى تَبَابٍۢ", "translation": "The ways into the heavens - so that I may look at the deity of Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar.\" And thus was made attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was averted from the [right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not except in ruin." }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُونِ أَهْدِكُمْ سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ", "translation": "And he who believed said, \"O my people, follow me, I will guide you to the way of right conduct." }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا مَتَٰعٌۭ وَإِنَّ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ هِىَ دَارُ ٱلْقَرَارِ", "translation": "O my people, this worldly life is only [temporary] enjoyment, and indeed, the Hereafter - that is the home of [permanent] settlement." }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "مَنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئَةًۭ فَلَا يُجْزَىٰٓ إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ يُرْزَقُونَ فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ", "translation": "Whoever does an evil deed will not be recompensed except by the like thereof; but whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer - those will enter Paradise, being given provision therein without account." }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "۞ وَيَٰقَوْمِ مَا لِىٓ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلنَّجَوٰةِ وَتَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ", "translation": "And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?" }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "تَدْعُونَنِى لِأَكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ وَأَنَا۠ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْغَفَّٰرِ", "translation": "You invite me to disbelieve in Allah and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, and I invite you to the Exalted in Might, the Perpetual Forgiver." }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُۥ دَعْوَةٌۭ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَنَّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ", "translation": "Assuredly, that to which you invite me has no [response to a] supplication in this world or in the Hereafter; and indeed, our return is to Allah, and indeed, the transgressors will be companions of the Fire." }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "فَسَتَذْكُرُونَ مَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ", "translation": "And you will remember what I [now] say to you, and I entrust my affair to Allah. Indeed, Allah is Seeing of [His] servants.\"" }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا۟ ۖ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ", "translation": "So Allah protected him from the evils they plotted, and the people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment -" }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "ٱلنَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوًّۭا وَعَشِيًّۭا ۖ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْخِلُوٓا۟ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ ٱلْعَذَابِ", "translation": "The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], \"Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment.\"" }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ فَيَقُولُ ٱلضُّعَفَٰٓؤُا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًۭا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ", "translation": "And [mention] when they will argue within the Fire, and the weak will say to those who had been arrogant, \"Indeed, we were [only] your followers, so will you relieve us of a share of the Fire?\"" }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُلٌّۭ فِيهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ ٱلْعِبَادِ", "translation": "Those who had been arrogant will say, \"Indeed, all [of us] are in it. Indeed, Allah has judged between the servants.\"" }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ", "translation": "And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Hell, \"Supplicate your Lord to lighten for us a day from the punishment.\"" }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۚ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ ۗ وَمَا دُعَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ", "translation": "They will say, \"Did there not come to you your messengers with clear proofs?\" They will say, \"Yes.\" They will reply, \"Then supplicate [yourselves], but the supplication of the disbelievers is not except in error.\"" }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْأَشْهَٰدُ", "translation": "Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand -" }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ ۖ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ", "translation": "The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home." }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأَوْرَثْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ", "translation": "And We had certainly given Moses guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture" }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "هُدًۭى وَذِكْرَىٰ لِأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ", "translation": "As guidance and a reminder for those of understanding." }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ وَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنۢبِكَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ", "translation": "So be patient, [O Muhammad]. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And ask forgiveness for your sin and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning." }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَٰنٍ أَتَىٰهُمْ ۙ إِن فِى صُدُورِهِمْ إِلَّا كِبْرٌۭ مَّا هُم بِبَٰلِغِيهِ ۚ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ", "translation": "Indeed, those who dispute concerning the signs of Allah without [any] authority having come to them - there is not within their breasts except pride, [the extent of] which they cannot reach. So seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Seeing." }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know." }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَلَا ٱلْمُسِىٓءُ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ", "translation": "And not equal are the blind and the seeing, nor are those who believe and do righteous deeds and the evildoer. Little do you remember." }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَءَاتِيَةٌۭ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ", "translation": "Indeed, the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - but most of the people do not believe." }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ", "translation": "And your Lord says, \"Call upon Me; I will respond to you.\" Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible." }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ", "translation": "It is Allah who made for you the night that you may rest therein and the day giving sight. Indeed, Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of the people are not grateful." }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ", "translation": "That is Allah, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded?" }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "كَذَٰلِكَ يُؤْفَكُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ", "translation": "Thus were those [before you] deluded who were rejecting the signs of Allah." }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًۭا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءًۭ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "It is Allah who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a ceiling and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allah, your Lord; then blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds." }, { "n": 65, "arabic": "هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۗ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds." }, { "n": 66, "arabic": "۞ قُلْ إِنِّى نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَمَّا جَآءَنِىَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ مِن رَّبِّى وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُسْلِمَ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "translation": "Say, [O Muhammad], \"Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you call upon besides Allah once the clear proofs have come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.\"" }, { "n": 67, "arabic": "هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍۢ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍۢ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًۭا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا۟ شُيُوخًۭا ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَجَلًۭا مُّسَمًّۭى وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ", "translation": "It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason." }, { "n": 68, "arabic": "هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ", "translation": "He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, \"Be,\" and it is." }, { "n": 69, "arabic": "أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُجَٰدِلُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ أَنَّىٰ يُصْرَفُونَ", "translation": "Do you not consider those who dispute concerning the signs of Allah - how are they averted?" }, { "n": 70, "arabic": "ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَبِمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا بِهِۦ رُسُلَنَا ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ", "translation": "Those who deny the Book and that with which We sent Our messengers - they are going to know," }, { "n": 71, "arabic": "إِذِ ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ وَٱلسَّلَٰسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ", "translation": "When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged" }, { "n": 72, "arabic": "فِى ٱلْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى ٱلنَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ", "translation": "In boiling water; then in the Fire they will be filled [with flame]." }, { "n": 73, "arabic": "ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ", "translation": "Then it will be said to them, \"Where is that which you used to associate [with Him in worship]" }, { "n": 74, "arabic": "مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًۭٔا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ", "translation": "Other than Allah?\" They will say, \"They have departed from us; rather, we did not used to invoke previously anything.\" Thus does Allah put astray the disbelievers." }, { "n": 75, "arabic": "ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ", "translation": "[The angels will say], \"That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently." }, { "n": 76, "arabic": "ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ أَبْوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ", "translation": "Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant.\"" }, { "n": 77, "arabic": "فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ ۚ فَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ", "translation": "So be patient, [O Muhammad]; indeed, the promise of Allah is truth. And whether We show you some of what We have promised them or We take you in death, it is to Us they will be returned." }, { "n": 78, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًۭا مِّن قَبْلِكَ مِنْهُم مَّن قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن لَّمْ نَقْصُصْ عَلَيْكَ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ قُضِىَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ", "translation": "And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of Allah. So when the command of Allah comes, it will be concluded in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all]." }, { "n": 79, "arabic": "ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ", "translation": "It is Allah who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat." }, { "n": 80, "arabic": "وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةًۭ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ", "translation": "And for you therein are [other] benefits and that you may realize upon them a need which is in your breasts; and upon them and upon ships you are carried." }, { "n": 81, "arabic": "وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ فَأَىَّ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُنكِرُونَ", "translation": "And He shows you His signs. So which of the signs of Allah do you deny?" }, { "n": 82, "arabic": "أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوٓا۟ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ قُوَّةًۭ وَءَاثَارًۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ", "translation": "Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn." }, { "n": 83, "arabic": "فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ", "translation": "And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule." }, { "n": 84, "arabic": "فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِۦ مُشْرِكِينَ", "translation": "And when they saw Our punishment, they said,\" We believe in Allah alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him.\"" }, { "n": 85, "arabic": "فَلَمْ يَكُ يَنفَعُهُمْ إِيمَٰنُهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا۟ بَأْسَنَا ۖ سُنَّتَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِى عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ", "translation": "But never did their faith benefit them once they saw Our punishment. 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people!", "For you", "(is) the kingdom", "today,", "dominant", "in", "the land,", "but who", "will help us", "from", "(the) punishment", "(of) Allah,", "if", "it came to us.\"", "Said", "Firaun,", "\"Not", "I show you", "except", "what", "I see", "and not", "I guide you", "except", "(to the) path", "the right.\"" ], [ "And said", "(he) who", "believed,", "\"O my people!", "Indeed I,", "[I] fear", "for you", "like", "(the) day", "(of) the companies," ], [ "Like", "(the) plight", "(of the) people", "(of) Nuh", "and Aad", "and Thamud", "and those", "[from]", "after them", "And not", "Allah", "want", "injustice", "for (His) slaves." ], [ "And O my people!", "Indeed, I", "[I] fear", "for you", "(the) Day", "(of) Calling," ], [ "A Day", "you will turn back", "fleeing;", "not", "for you", "from", "Allah", "any", "protector.", "And whoever", "lets go astray", "Allah", "then not", "for him", "any", "guide." ], [ "And indeed,", "came to you", "Yusuf", "[from]", "before", "with clear proofs,", 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the) plot", "(of) Firaun", "except", "in", "ruin." ], [ "And said", "the one who", "believed,", "\"O my people!", "Follow me;", "I will guide you", "(to the) way,", "the right." ], [ "O my people!", "Only", "this,", "the life", "(of) the world,", "(is) enjoyment,", "and indeed,", "the Hereafter -", "it", "(is the) home,", "(of) settlement." ], [ "Whoever", "does", "an evil", "then not", "he will be recompensed", "but", "(the) like thereof;", "and whoever", "does", "righteous (deeds),", "of", "male", "or", "female,", "while he", "(is) a believer,", "then those", "will enter", "Paradise,", "they will be given provision", "in it", "without", "account." ], [ "And O my people!", "What (is)", "for me", "(that) I call you", "to", "the salvation", "while you call me", "to", "the Fire!" ], [ "You call me", "that I disbelieve", "in Allah", "and (to) associate", "with Him", "what", "not", "for me", "of it", "any knowledge,", "and I", "call you", "to", "the All-Mighty,", "the Oft-Forgiving." ], [ "No", "doubt", "that what", "you call me", "to it", "not", "for it", "a claim", "in", "the world", "and not", "in", "the Hereafter;", "and that", "our return", "(is) to", "Allah,", "and that", "the transgressors -", "they", "(will be the) companions", "(of) the Fire." ], [ "And you will remember", "what", "I say", "to you,", "and I entrust", "my affair", "to", "Allah.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "(is) All-Seer", "of (His) slaves.\"" ], [ "So protected him", "Allah", "(from the) evils", "that", "they plotted,", "and enveloped", "(the) people", "(of) Firaun", "(the) worst", "punishment," ], [ "The Fire;", "they are exposed", "to it", "morning", "and evening.", "And (the) Day", "(will be) established", "the Hour,", "\"Cause to enter", "(the) people", "(of) Firaun", "(in the) severest", "punishment.\"" ], [ "And when", "they will dispute", "in", "the Fire,", "then will say", "the weak", "to those who", "were arrogant,", "\"Indeed, we", "[we] were", "for you", "followers,", "so can", "you", "avert", "from us", "a portion", "of", "the Fire?\"" ], [ "Will say", "those who", "(were) arrogant,", "\"Indeed, we", "all", "(are) in it.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "certainly", "has judged", "between", "(His) slaves\"" ], [ "And will say", "those", "in", "the Fire", "to (the) keepers", "(of) Hell,", "\"Call", "your Lord", "(to) lighten", "for us", "a day", "of", "the punishment.\"" ], [ "They (will) say,", "Did not", "[there] used to", "come to you", "your Messengers", "with clear proofs?\"", "They (will) say,", "\"Yes.\"", "They (will) say,", "\"Then call,", "but not", "(is the) call", "(of) the disbelievers", "except", "in", "error.\"" ], [ "Indeed We,", "We will surely help", "Our Messengers", "and those who", "believe", "in", "the life", "(of) the world", "and (on the) Day", "(when) will stand", "the witnesses," ], [ "(The) Day", "not", "will benefit", "the wrongdoers", "their excuse,", "and for them", "(is) the curse", "and for them", "(is the) worst", "home." ], [ "And certainly,", "We gave", "Musa", "the guidance", "and We caused to inherit", "the Children of", "Israel", "the Book," ], [ "A guide", "and a reminder", "for those", "(of) understanding." ], [ "So be patient;", "indeed,", "the promise of", "Allah", "(is) true.", "And ask forgiveness", "for your sin", "and glorify", "(the) praise", "(of) your Lord", "in the evening", "and the morning." ], [ "Indeed,", "those who", "dispute", "concerning", "(the) Signs", "(of) Allah", "without", "any authority", "(which) came to them,", "not", "(is) in", "their breasts", "but", "greatness,", "not", "they", "(can) reach it.", "So seek refuge", "in Allah.", "Indeed He,", "He", "(is) the All-Hearer", "the All-Seer." ], [ "Surely, (the) creation", "(of) the heavens", "and the earth", "(is) greater", "than", "(the) creation", "(of) the mankind,", "but", "most", "(of) the people", "(do) not", "know." ], [ "And not", "(are) equal", "the blind", "and the seeing", "and those who", "believe", "and do", "righteous deeds", "and not", "the evildoer.", "Little", "(is) what", "you take heed." ], [ "Indeed,", "the Hour", "(is) surely coming,", "no", "doubt", "in it,", "but", "most", "(of) the people", "(do) not", "believe." ], [ "And said", "your Lord,", "\"Call upon Me;", "I will respond", "to you.", "Indeed,", "those who", "(are) proud", "to", "worship Me", "will enter", "Hell", "(in) humiliation.\"" ], [ "Allah", "(is) the One Who", "made", "for you", "the night", "that you may rest", "in it,", "and the day", "giving visibility.", "Indeed,", "Allah", "is indeed full of", "bounty", "to", "the people,", "but", "most", "(of) the people", "(do) not", "give thanks." ], [ "That", "(is) Allah", "your Lord,", "(the) Creator", "(of) all", "things,", "(there is) no", "god", "except", "Him.", "So how", "are you deluded?" ], [ "Thus", "were deluded", "those who", "were -", "(the) Signs", "(of) Allah,", "rejecting." ], [ "Allah", "(is) the One Who", "made", "for you", "the earth", "a place of settlement", "and the sky", "a canopy", "and He formed you", "and perfected", "your forms,", "and provided you", "of", "the good things.", "That", "(is) Allah,", "your Lord.", "Then blessed (is)", "Allah,", "(the) Lord", "(of) the worlds." ], [ "He", "(is) the Ever-Living;", "(there is) no", "god", "but", "He,", "so call Him,", "(being) sincere", "to Him", "(in) the religion.", "All praise (be)", "to Allah,", "(the) Lord", "(of) the worlds." ], [ "Say,", "\"Indeed, I", "[I] have been forbidden", "to", "worship", "those whom", "you call", "[from]", "besides", "Allah", "when", "have come to me", "the clear proofs", "from", "my Lord,", "and I am commanded", "to", "submit", "to (the) Lord", "(of) the worlds." ], [ "He", "(is) the One Who", "created you", "from", "dust,", "then", "from", "a semen-drop,", "then", "from", "a clinging substance,", "then", "He brings you out", "(as) a child;", "then", "lets you reach", "your maturity,", "then", "lets you become", "old -", "and among you", "(is he) who", "dies", "[from]", "before", "and lets you reach", "a term", "specified,", "and that you may", "use reason." ], [ "He", "(is) the One Who", "gives life", "and causes death.", "And when", "He decrees", "a matter,", "then only", "He says", "to it,", "\"Be,\"", "and it is." ], [ "Do not", "you see", "[to]", "those who", "dispute", "concerning", "(the) Signs", "(of) Allah?", "How", "they are turned away?" ], [ "Those who", "deny", "the Book", "and with what", "We sent", "with it", "Our Messengers;", "but soon", "they will know." ], [ "When", "the iron collars", "(will be) around", "their necks", "and the chains,", "they will be dragged," ], [ "In", "the boiling water;", "then", "in", "the Fire", "they will be burned." ], [ "Then", "it will be said", "to them,", "\"Where", "(is) that which", "you used to", "associate" ], [ "[from]", "other than", "Allah?\"", "They will say,", "\"They have departed", "from us.", "Nay!", "Not", "we used to", "[we] call", "[from]", "before", "anything.\"", "Thus", "lets go astray", "Allah", "the disbelievers." ], [ "\"That was", "because", "you used to", "rejoice", "in", "the earth", "without", "right", "and because", "you used to", "be insolent." ], [ "Enter", "(the) gates", "(of) Hell", "(to) abide forever", "in it,", "and wretched is", "(the) abode", "(of) the arrogant.\"" ], [ "So be patient;", "indeed,", "(the) Promise", "(of) Allah", "(is) true.", "And whether", "We show you", "some", "(of) what", "We have promised them", "or", "We cause you to die,", "then to Us", "they will be returned." ], [ "And certainly", "We have sent", "Messengers", "[from]", "before you", "Among them", "(are) who -", "We have related", "to you,", "and among them", "(are) who -", "not", "We have related", "to you.", "And not", "is", "for any Messenger", "that", "he brings", "a Sign", "except", "by (the) permission", "(of) Allah.", "So when", "comes", "(the) Command", "(of) Allah,", "it will be decided", "in truth,", "and will lose", "there", "the falsifiers." ], [ "Allah", "(is) the One Who", "made", "for you", "the cattle,", "that you may ride", "some of them", "and some of them", "you eat." ], [ "And for you", "in them", "(are) benefits", "and that you may reach", "through them", "a need", "(that is) in", "your breasts;", "and upon them", "and upon", "the ships", "you are carried." ], [ "And He shows you", "His Signs.", "Then which", "(of the) Signs", "(of) Allah", "will you deny?" ], [ "Do they not", "travel", "through", "the land", "and see", "how", "was", "(the) end", "(of) those who", "[from]", "before them", "They were", "more numerous", "than them", "and mightier", "(in) strength", "and impressions", "in", "the land,", "but not", "availed", "them", "what", "they used to", "earn." ], [ "Then when", "came to them", "their Messengers", "with clear proofs", "they rejoiced", "in what", "they had", "of", "the knowledge,", "and enveloped", "them", "what", "they used to", "[at it]", "mock." ], [ "So when", "they saw", "Our punishment", "they said,", "\"We believe", "in Allah", "Alone", "and we disbelieve", "in what", "we used to", "with Him", "associate.\"" ], [ "But not", "[it] was", "benefit them", "their faith", "when", "they saw", "Our punishment.", "(Such is the) Way", "(of) Allah", "which", "(has) indeed", "preceded", "among", "His slaves.", "And are lost", "there", "the disbelievers." ] ], "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." }