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"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "The Night Journey and ascent · Sahih Muslim 162a", "url": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:162a" }, { "title": "The sacred journey · Ibn Kathir", "url": "https://quran.com/17:1/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir" }, { "title": "Sahih International · English translation (AlQuran Cloud)", "url": "https://alquran.cloud/quran/en.sahih" } ], "sections": [ { "start": 1, "end": 22, "title": "The journey and the open record", "summary": "The sacred journey, earlier Scripture, historical warnings, and individual accountability introduce a straight path.", "reflection": "How does remembering an eventual account change the measure of present success?" }, { "start": 23, "end": 39, "title": "Wisdom in the home and marketplace", "summary": "Parents, relatives, children, orphans, promises, trade, knowledge, and humility receive concrete ethical guidance.", "reflection": "Which of these instructions is closest to an ordinary decision today?" }, { "start": 40, "end": 60, "title": "Praise, listening, and the question of return", "summary": "Claims about God and angels are challenged, resistance to revelation is examined, and resurrection is affirmed.", "reflection": "What separates honest questioning from a refusal that merely keeps changing its objection?" }, { "start": 61, "end": 72, "title": "Temptation, rescue, and human dignity", "summary": "Iblis’ threat is bounded, the sea exposes human dependence, and Adam’s children are honored.", "reflection": "Can gratitude remain steady after the danger has passed?" }, { "start": 73, "end": 84, "title": "Firmness, prayer, and healing", "summary": "Pressure to alter the message meets divine support, daily worship, and guidance for emotional steadiness.", "reflection": "Where can truthful speech and regular prayer support one another?" }, { "start": 85, "end": 100, "title": "The limits of knowledge and demanded signs", "summary": "A question about the Spirit receives a restrained answer, while escalating demands meet the messenger’s humanity.", "reflection": "Can acknowledging a limit to knowledge itself be a truthful answer?" }, { "start": 101, "end": 111, "title": "Signs, gradual revelation, and praise", "summary": "Moses’ signs and Pharaoh’s response lead into the truth of revelation and a humble closing prayer.", "reflection": "Notice how knowledge becomes humility rather than a claim to control the unseen." } ], "timeline": [ { "title": "Before 622 CE · Makkan classification", "year": 622, "body": "The Makkan classification places the chapter broadly before the Hijrah to Madinah in 622 CE. This marker is a period boundary, not a claimed year or date of revelation. Classification details and any disputed passages are explained in History.", "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hejira" }, { "title": "The Night Journey · date not fixed here", "year": null, "body": "Verse 1 announces the journey between the two sacred places. Sahih Muslim 162a gives a fuller transmitted account. This edition does not assign an exact anniversary or a certain year to the event.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:162a" }, { "title": "Two historical reversals · unnamed in the text", "year": null, "body": "Verses 4–8 describe wrongdoing and successive reversals among the Children of Israel without naming invading rulers. Proposed historical identifications must remain interpretations, not accusations directed at modern Jewish communities.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/017.htm" }, { "title": "Moses and Pharaoh · an earlier warning", "year": null, "body": "Verses 101–104 recall signs, a threat of expulsion, and rescue from Pharaoh. No dynasty, crossing coordinate, or exact ancient year is identified in this account.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/017.htm" } ], "places": [ { "id": "isra-makkah", "name": "Makkah · the Sacred Mosque", "body": "Verse 1 begins the journey at the Sacred Place of Worship. This city marker supplies broad orientation; an illustration of an earlier sanctuary is a reconstruction rather than a photograph of a verified seventh-century layout.", "source": "https://quran.com/17:1/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir", "image": 0, "lat": 21.4225, "lon": 39.8262 }, { "id": "isra-jerusalem", "name": "Jerusalem · the sacred precinct", "body": "Sahih Muslim 162a identifies the destination with Bayt al-Maqdis in Jerusalem. The sacred precinct should be distinguished from the present buildings: the report does not establish that today’s architectural forms stood there during the journey.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:162a", "image": 0, "lat": 31.778, "lon": 35.235 }, { "id": "isra-sea", "name": "The open sea · a recurring human setting", "body": "Verses 66–69 use navigation, danger, rescue, and renewed forgetfulness to explore gratitude. No particular port or shipwreck is named. The sea scene illustrates the verse’s argument rather than a documented voyage.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/017.htm", "image": 3 } ], "people": [ { "id": "muhammad", "title": "Muhammad · the servant and messenger", "body": "The chapter opens with God’s servant and repeatedly describes a human messenger charged with warning and good news. The verse explanations keep his role distinct from control of the unseen or the final judgment of other people.", "verse": 1, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/017.htm", "label": "Character and context" }, { "id": "moses", "title": "Moses · Musa", "body": "Moses receives Scripture in verse 2 and returns in the closing account of nine signs and confrontation with Pharaoh. These selected episodes connect the chapter’s message with earlier revelation without giving a complete dated biography.", "verse": 2, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/017.htm", "label": "Character and context" }, { "id": "parents-children", "title": "Parents, children, and vulnerable dependents", "body": "The ethical passage protects elderly parents, children threatened by poverty, and orphans’ property. These are not incidental background figures: daily treatment of dependent people is central to the chapter’s account of responsible worship.", "verse": 23, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/017.htm", "label": "Character and context" }, { "id": "pharaoh", "title": "Pharaoh · no dynasty identified", "body": "The ruler calls Moses bewitched, seeks expulsion, and is overtaken with his forces. This chapter does not identify a specific royal name, tomb, or mummy. Its concern is the use of power against clear signs.", "verse": 101, "url": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/017.htm", "label": "Character and context" } ], "history": [ { "title": "A Makkan chapter with reported exceptions", "body": "Quran.com’s introduction describes the majority Makkan classification and notes differing claims about some verses. This edition uses a broad pre-Hijrah setting without asserting that every passage can be dated to one night or year.", "source": "https://quran.com/17/info" }, { "title": "Verse and report are different layers", "body": "The Quran’s opening states the journey between sacred places. The ascent and detailed prayer narrative are supplied by the cited report in Sahih Muslim 162a. These layers are presented distinctly rather than merged into an invented visual reconstruction.", "source": "https://sunnah.com/muslim:162a" }, { "title": "History without inherited guilt", "body": "The warning in verses 4–8 contains the principle that good and evil return upon those who do them, and it also leaves room for mercy. It should not be converted into a timeless condemnation of an ethnicity or religion.", "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/017.htm" }, { "title": "A translation omission checked independently", "body": "The complete Sacred Texts copy omits part of verse 59. The missing account of Thamud’s wrongdoing and the final warning clause are restored from the independently retrieved Pickthall copy at Alim. The complete original verse 110 was recovered from the untruncated source page.", "source": "https://www.alim.org/translation/picktal/17/" } ], "revelationNote": "Generally Makkan, with reported disagreements about particular passages. The 622 CE marker identifies the Hijrah boundary, not an exact date for the Night Journey. Historical identifications not stated by the chapter remain qualified; the final return is not mapped onto present political events.", "verses": [ { "n": 1, "arabic": "سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ", "translation": "Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing." }, { "n": 2, "arabic": "وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًۭى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًۭا", "translation": "And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs," }, { "n": 3, "arabic": "ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًۭا شَكُورًۭا", "translation": "O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant." }, { "n": 4, "arabic": "وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, \"You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness." }, { "n": 5, "arabic": "فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًۭا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًۭا مَّفْعُولًۭا", "translation": "So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled." }, { "n": 6, "arabic": "ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَٰكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا", "translation": "Then We gave back to you a return victory over them. And We reinforced you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower" }, { "n": 7, "arabic": "إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لِيَسُۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا", "translation": "[And said], \"If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves.\" Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction." }, { "n": 8, "arabic": "عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا", "translation": "[Then Allah said], \"It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed.\"" }, { "n": 9, "arabic": "إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَهْدِى لِلَّتِى هِىَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًۭا كَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "Indeed, this Qur'an guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward." }, { "n": 10, "arabic": "وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا", "translation": "And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter - We have prepared for them a painful punishment." }, { "n": 11, "arabic": "وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًۭا", "translation": "And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty." }, { "n": 12, "arabic": "وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةًۭ لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًۭا", "translation": "And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail." }, { "n": 13, "arabic": "وَكُلَّ إِنسَٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَٰهُ طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ كِتَٰبًۭا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا", "translation": "And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open." }, { "n": 14, "arabic": "ٱقْرَأْ كِتَٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًۭا", "translation": "[It will be said], \"Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant.\"" }, { "n": 15, "arabic": "مَّنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًۭا", "translation": "Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger." }, { "n": 16, "arabic": "وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَٰهَا تَدْمِيرًۭا", "translation": "And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction." }, { "n": 17, "arabic": "وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍۢ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا", "translation": "And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Acquainted and Seeing." }, { "n": 18, "arabic": "مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًۭا", "translation": "Whoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished." }, { "n": 19, "arabic": "وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًۭا", "translation": "But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer - it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allah]." }, { "n": 20, "arabic": "كُلًّۭا نُّمِدُّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا", "translation": "To each [category] We extend - to these and to those - from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted." }, { "n": 21, "arabic": "ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًۭا", "translation": "Look how We have favored [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction." }, { "n": 22, "arabic": "لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًۭا مَّخْذُولًۭا", "translation": "Do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken." }, { "n": 23, "arabic": "۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّۢ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًۭا كَرِيمًۭا", "translation": "And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], \"uff,\" and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word." }, { "n": 24, "arabic": "وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًۭا", "translation": "And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, \"My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small.\"" }, { "n": 25, "arabic": "رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًۭا", "translation": "Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving." }, { "n": 26, "arabic": "وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا", "translation": "And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully." }, { "n": 27, "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَٰنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورًۭا", "translation": "Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord ungrateful." }, { "n": 28, "arabic": "وَإِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ رَحْمَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمْ قَوْلًۭا مَّيْسُورًۭا", "translation": "And if you [must] turn away from the needy awaiting mercy from your Lord which you expect, then speak to them a gentle word." }, { "n": 29, "arabic": "وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًۭا مَّحْسُورًا", "translation": "And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent." }, { "n": 30, "arabic": "إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا", "translation": "Indeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing." }, { "n": 31, "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَٰقٍۢ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًۭٔا كَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin." }, { "n": 32, "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةًۭ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًۭا", "translation": "And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way." }, { "n": 33, "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًۭا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًۭا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّى ٱلْقَتْلِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورًۭا", "translation": "And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right. And whoever is killed unjustly - We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in [the matter of] taking life. Indeed, he has been supported [by the law]." }, { "n": 34, "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعَهْدِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔولًۭا", "translation": "And do not approach the property of an orphan, except in the way that is best, until he reaches maturity. And fulfill [every] commitment. Indeed, the commitment is ever [that about which one will be] questioned." }, { "n": 35, "arabic": "وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًۭا", "translation": "And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is the best [way] and best in result." }, { "n": 36, "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًۭا", "translation": "And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned." }, { "n": 37, "arabic": "وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًۭا", "translation": "And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height." }, { "n": 38, "arabic": "كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوهًۭا", "translation": "All that - its evil is ever, in the sight of your Lord, detested." }, { "n": 39, "arabic": "ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ۗ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًا", "translation": "That is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muhammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished." }, { "n": 40, "arabic": "أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًۭا", "translation": "Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying." }, { "n": 41, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًۭا", "translation": "And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur'an that mankind may be reminded, but it does not increase the disbelievers except in aversion." }, { "n": 42, "arabic": "قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌۭ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًۭا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًۭا", "translation": "Say, [O Muhammad], \"If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way.\"" }, { "n": 43, "arabic": "سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity." }, { "n": 44, "arabic": "تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًۭا", "translation": "The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allah] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing and Forgiving." }, { "n": 45, "arabic": "وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حِجَابًۭا مَّسْتُورًۭا", "translation": "And when you recite the Qur'an, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition." }, { "n": 46, "arabic": "وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًۭا ۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًۭا", "translation": "And We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn back in aversion." }, { "n": 47, "arabic": "نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًۭا مَّسْحُورًا", "translation": "We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, \"You follow not but a man affected by magic.\"" }, { "n": 48, "arabic": "ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا", "translation": "Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way." }, { "n": 49, "arabic": "وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًۭا", "translation": "And they say, \"When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?\"" }, { "n": 50, "arabic": "۞ قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا", "translation": "Say, \"Be you stones or iron" }, { "n": 51, "arabic": "أَوْ خَلْقًۭا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ ۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًۭا", "translation": "Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts.\" And they will say, \"Who will restore us?\" Say, \"He who brought you forth the first time.\" Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, \"When is that?\" Say, \"Perhaps it will be soon -" }, { "n": 52, "arabic": "يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا", "translation": "On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little.\"" }, { "n": 53, "arabic": "وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوًّۭا مُّبِينًۭا", "translation": "And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy." }, { "n": 54, "arabic": "رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ۖ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًۭا", "translation": "Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], over them as a manager." }, { "n": 55, "arabic": "وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًۭا", "translation": "And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms]." }, { "n": 56, "arabic": "قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا", "translation": "Say, \"Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else].\"" }, { "n": 57, "arabic": "أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًۭا", "translation": "Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared." }, { "n": 58, "arabic": "وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًۭا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًۭا", "translation": "And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed." }, { "n": 59, "arabic": "وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْءَايَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةًۭ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْءَايَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًۭا", "translation": "And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning." }, { "n": 60, "arabic": "وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَٰنًۭا كَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "And [remember, O Muhammad], when We told you, \"Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people.\" And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur'an. And We threaten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression." }, { "n": 61, "arabic": "وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًۭا", "translation": "And [mention] when We said to the angles, \"Prostrate to Adam,\" and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, \"Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?\"" }, { "n": 62, "arabic": "قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا", "translation": "[Iblees] said, \"Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few.\"" }, { "n": 63, "arabic": "قَالَ ٱذْهَبْ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءًۭ مَّوْفُورًۭا", "translation": "[Allah] said, \"Go, for whoever of them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of you - an ample recompense." }, { "n": 64, "arabic": "وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ وَعِدْهُمْ ۚ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا", "translation": "And incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses and foot soldiers and become a partner in their wealth and their children and promise them.\" But Satan does not promise them except delusion." }, { "n": 65, "arabic": "إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌۭ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًۭا", "translation": "Indeed, over My [believing] servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs." }, { "n": 66, "arabic": "رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًۭا", "translation": "It is your Lord who drives the ship for you through the sea that you may seek of His bounty. Indeed, He is ever, to you, Merciful." }, { "n": 67, "arabic": "وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا", "translation": "And when adversity touches you at sea, lost are [all] those you invoke except for Him. But when He delivers you to the land, you turn away [from Him]. And ever is man ungrateful." }, { "n": 68, "arabic": "أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًۭا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا", "translation": "Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an advocate." }, { "n": 69, "arabic": "أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ۙ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًۭا", "translation": "Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into the sea another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied? Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger." }, { "n": 70, "arabic": "۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍۢ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًۭا", "translation": "And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference." }, { "n": 71, "arabic": "يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًۭا", "translation": "[Mention, O Muhammad], the Day We will call forth every people with their record [of deeds]. Then whoever is given his record in his right hand - those will read their records, and injustice will not be done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside the date seed]." }, { "n": 72, "arabic": "وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًۭا", "translation": "And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way." }, { "n": 73, "arabic": "وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥ ۖ وَإِذًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًۭا", "translation": "And indeed, they were about to tempt you away from that which We revealed to you in order to [make] you invent about Us something else; and then they would have taken you as a friend." }, { "n": 74, "arabic": "وَلَوْلَآ أَن ثَبَّتْنَٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـًۭٔا قَلِيلًا", "translation": "And if We had not strengthened you, you would have almost inclined to them a little." }, { "n": 75, "arabic": "إِذًۭا لَّأَذَقْنَٰكَ ضِعْفَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعْفَ ٱلْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًۭا", "translation": "Then [if you had], We would have made you taste double [punishment in] life and double [after] death. Then you would not find for yourself against Us a helper." }, { "n": 76, "arabic": "وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَإِذًۭا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا", "translation": "And indeed, they were about to drive you from the land to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little." }, { "n": 77, "arabic": "سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا", "translation": "[That is Our] established way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find in Our way any alteration." }, { "n": 78, "arabic": "أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًۭا", "translation": "Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed." }, { "n": 79, "arabic": "وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةًۭ لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًۭا مَّحْمُودًۭا", "translation": "And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station." }, { "n": 80, "arabic": "وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍۢ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍۢ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَٰنًۭا نَّصِيرًۭا", "translation": "And say, \"My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority.\"" }, { "n": 81, "arabic": "وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًۭا", "translation": "And say, \"Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart.\"" }, { "n": 82, "arabic": "وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌۭ وَرَحْمَةٌۭ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًۭا", "translation": "And We send down of the Qur'an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss." }, { "n": 83, "arabic": "وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًۭا", "translation": "And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing." }, { "n": 84, "arabic": "قُلْ كُلٌّۭ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِۦ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلًۭا", "translation": "Say, \"Each works according to his manner, but your Lord is most knowing of who is best guided in way.\"" }, { "n": 85, "arabic": "وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا", "translation": "And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, \"The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little.\"" }, { "n": 86, "arabic": "وَلَئِن شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِۦ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيلًا", "translation": "And if We willed, We could surely do away with that which We revealed to you. Then you would not find for yourself concerning it an advocate against Us." }, { "n": 87, "arabic": "إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًۭا", "translation": "Except [We have left it with you] as a mercy from your Lord. Indeed, His favor upon you has ever been great." }, { "n": 88, "arabic": "قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍۢ ظَهِيرًۭا", "translation": "Say, \"If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants.\"" }, { "n": 89, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍۢ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا", "translation": "And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur'an from every [kind] of example, but most of the people refused [anything] except disbelief." }, { "n": 90, "arabic": "وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا", "translation": "And they say, \"We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring." }, { "n": 91, "arabic": "أَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌۭ مِّن نَّخِيلٍۢ وَعِنَبٍۢ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ خِلَٰلَهَا تَفْجِيرًا", "translation": "Or [until] you have a garden of palm tress and grapes and make rivers gush forth within them in force [and abundance]" }, { "n": 92, "arabic": "أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا", "translation": "Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allah and the angels before [us]" }, { "n": 93, "arabic": "أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌۭ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَٰبًۭا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًۭا رَّسُولًۭا", "translation": "Or you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read.\" Say, \"Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?\"" }, { "n": 94, "arabic": "وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًۭا رَّسُولًۭا", "translation": "And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, \"Has Allah sent a human messenger?\"" }, { "n": 95, "arabic": "قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌۭ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًۭا رَّسُولًۭا", "translation": "Say, \"If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger.\"" }, { "n": 96, "arabic": "قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا", "translation": "Say, \"Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and you. Indeed he is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing.\"" }, { "n": 97, "arabic": "وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًۭا وَبُكْمًۭا وَصُمًّۭا ۖ مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَٰهُمْ سَعِيرًۭا", "translation": "And whoever Allah guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides We increase them in blazing fire." }, { "n": 98, "arabic": "ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًۭا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًا", "translation": "That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, \"When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?\"" }, { "n": 99, "arabic": "۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًۭا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا", "translation": "Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse [anything] except disbelief." }, { "n": 100, "arabic": "قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ قَتُورًۭا", "translation": "Say [to them], \"If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending.\" And ever has man been stingy." }, { "n": 101, "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ ۖ فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًۭا", "translation": "And We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs, so ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, \"Indeed I think, O Moses, that you are affected by magic.\"" }, { "n": 102, "arabic": "قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًۭا", "translation": "[Moses] said, \"You have already known that none has sent down these [signs] except the Lord of the heavens and the earth as evidence, and indeed I think, O Pharaoh, that you are destroyed.\"" }, { "n": 103, "arabic": "فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًۭا", "translation": "So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together." }, { "n": 104, "arabic": "وَقُلْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ لِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًۭا", "translation": "And We said after Pharaoh to the Children of Israel, \"Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering.\"" }, { "n": 105, "arabic": "وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ ۗ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا", "translation": "And with the truth We have sent the Qur'an down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner." }, { "n": 106, "arabic": "وَقُرْءَانًۭا فَرَقْنَٰهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍۢ وَنَزَّلْنَٰهُ تَنزِيلًۭا", "translation": "And [it is] a Qur'an which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively." }, { "n": 107, "arabic": "قُلْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًۭا", "translation": "Say, \"Believe in it or do not believe. Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it - when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration," }, { "n": 108, "arabic": "وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًۭا", "translation": "And they say, \"Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, the promise of our Lord has been fulfilled.\"" }, { "n": 109, "arabic": "وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًۭا ۩", "translation": "And they fall upon their faces weeping, and the Qur'an increases them in humble submission." }, { "n": 110, "arabic": "قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ ۖ أَيًّۭا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًۭا", "translation": "Say, \"Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Merciful. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names.\" And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way." }, { "n": 111, "arabic": "وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًۭا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌۭ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلذُّلِّ ۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًۢا", "translation": "And say, \"Praise to Allah, who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification.\"" } ], "glosses": [ [ "Exalted", "(is) the One Who", "took", "His servant", "(by) night", "from", "the Mosque", "the Sacred,", "to", "the Mosque", "the Farthest", "which", "We blessed", "its surroundings,", "that We may show him", "of", "Our Signs.", "Indeed He,", "He", "(is) the All-Hearer,", "the All-Seer." ], [ "And We gave", "Musa", "the Book,", "and made it", "a guidance", "for the Children", "(of) Israel,", "\"That not", "you take", "other", "than Me", "(as) a Disposer of affairs.\"" ], [ "Offsprings", "(of one) who", "We carried", "with", "Nuh.", "Indeed, he", "was", "a servant", "grateful." ], [ "And We decreed", "for", "(the) Children", "(of) Israel", "in", "the Book,", "\"Surely you will cause corruption", "in", "the earth", "twice,", "and surely you will reach,", "haughtiness", "great.\"" ], [ "So when", "came", "(the) promise", "(for) the first of the two,", "We raised", "against you", "servants", "of Ours", "possessors of", "might", "great", "and they entered", "the inner most part", "(of) the homes,", "and (it) was", "a promise", "fulfilled." ], [ "Then", "We gave back", "to you", "the return victory", "over them.", "And We reinforced you", "with the wealth", "and sons", "and made you", "more", "numerous." ], [ "If", "you do good,", "you do good", "for yourselves;", "and if", "you do evil,", "then it is for it.", "So when", "came", "promise", "the last,", "to sadden", "your faces", "and 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may seek", "bounty", "from", "your Lord,", "and that you may know", "(the) number", "(of) the years,", "and the account.", "And every", "thing -", "We have explained it", "(in) detail." ], [ "And (for) every", "man", "We have fastened to him", "his fate", "in", "his neck,", "and We will bring forth", "for him", "(on the) Day", "(of) the Resurrection", "a record", "which he will find", "wide open." ], [ "\"Read", "your record.", "Sufficient", "(is) yourself", "today,", "against you", "(as) accountant.\"" ], [ "Whoever", "(is) guided", "then only", "he is guided", "for his soul.", "And whoever", "goes astray", "then only", "he goes astray", "against it", "And not", "will bear", "a bearer of burden,", "burden", "(of) another.", "And not", "We", "are to punish", "until,", "We have sent", "a Messenger." ], [ "And when", "We intend", "that", "We destroy", "a town,", "We order", "its wealthy people", "but they defiantly disobey", "therein;", "so (is) proved true", "against it", "the word,", "and We destroy it", "(with) destruction." ], [ "And how many", "We destroyed", "from", "the generations", "from", "after", "Nuh!", "And sufficient", "(is) your Lord", "concerning the sins", "(of) His servants", "All-Aware,", "All-Seer." ], [ "Whoever", "should", "desire", "the immediate", "We hasten", "for him", "in it", "what", "We will", "to whom", "We intend.", "Then", "We have made", "for him", "Hell,", "he will burn", "disgraced", "rejected." ], [ "And whoever", "desires", "the Hereafter", "and exerts", "for it", "the effort,", "while he", "(is) a believer,", "then those", "[are]", "their effort,", "(is) appreciated." ], [ "(To) each", "We extend", "(to) these", "and (to) these,", "from", "(the) gift", "(of) your Lord.", "And not", "is", "(the) gift", "(of) your Lord", "restricted." ], [ "See", "how", "We preferred", "some of them", "over", "others.", "And surely the Hereafter", "(is) greater", "(in) degrees", "and greater", "(in) excellence." ], [ "(Do) not", "make", "with", "Allah", "god", "another,", "lest you will sit", "disgraced,", "forsaken." ], [ "And has decreed", "your Lord,", "that (do) not", "worship", "except", "Him Alone", "and to the parents", "(be) good.", "Whether", "reach", "with you", "the old age", "one of them,", "or", "both of them,", "then (do) not", "say", "to both of them", "a word of disrespect", "and (do) not", "repel them,", "but speak", "to them", "a word", "noble." ], [ "And lower", "to them", "(the) wing", "(of) humility", "(out) of", "[the] mercy", "and say,", "\"My Lord!", "Have mercy on both of them", "as", "they brought me up", "(when I was) small.\"" ], [ "Your Lord", "(is) most knowing", "of what", "(is) in", "yourselves.", "If", "you are", "righteous,", "then indeed, He", "is", "to those who often turn (to Him)", "Most Forgiving." ], [ "And give", "possessor of", "kinship", "his right,", "and the needy,", "and the son of", "the road [traveler],", "and (do) not", "spend", "wastefully." ], [ "Indeed,", "the spendthrifts", "are", "brothers", "(of) the devils.", "And is", "the Shaitaan", "to his Lord", "ungrateful." ], [ "And if", "you turn away", "from them", "seeking", "mercy", "from", "your Lord,", "which you expect", "then say", "to them", "a word", "gentle." ], [ "And (do) not", "make", "your hand", "chained", "to", "your neck,", "and not", "extend it", "(to its) utmost", "reach,", "so that you sit", "blameworthy,", "insolvent." ], [ "Indeed,", "your Lord", "extends", "the provision", "for whom", "He wills,", "and straitens.", "Indeed, He", "is", "of His slaves", "All-Aware,", "All-Seer." ], [ "And (do) not", "kill", "your children", "(for) fear", "(of) poverty.", "We", "(We) provide for them", "and for you.", "Indeed,", "their killing", "is", "a sin", "great." ], [ "And (do) not", "go near", "adultery.", "Indeed, it", "is", "an immorality", "and (an) evil", "way." ], [ "And (do) not", "kill", "the soul", "which", "has forbidden", "Allah,", "except", "by right.", "And whoever", "(is) killed", "wrongfully,", "verily", "We have made", "for his heir", "an authority,", "but not", "he should exceed", "in", "the killing.", "Indeed, he", "is", "helped." ], [ "And (do) not", "come near", "(the) wealth", "(of) the orphan,", "except", "with what", "[it] is", "best", "until", "he reaches", "his maturity.", "And fulfil", "the covenant.", "Indeed,", "the covenant", "will be", "questioned." ], [ "And give full", "[the] measure", "when", "you measure,", "and weigh", "with the balance", "the straight.", "That", "(is) good", "and best", "(in) result." ], [ "And (do) not", "pursue", "what", "not", "you have", "of it", "any knowledge.", "Indeed,", "the hearing,", "and the sight,", "and the heart", "all", "those", "will be", "[about it]", "questioned." ], [ "And (do) not", "walk", "in", "the earth", "(with) insolence.", "Indeed, you", "will never", "tear", "the earth", "and will never", "reach", "the mountains", "(in) height." ], [ "All", "that", "is", "[its] evil", "near", "your Lord,", "hateful." ], [ "That", "(is) from what", "(was) revealed", "to you", "(from) your Lord", "of", "the wisdom.", "And (do) not", "make", "with", "Allah", "god", "other", "lest you should be thrown", "in", "Hell,", "blameworthy,", "abandoned." ], [ "Then has chosen for you", "your Lord", "sons", "and He has taken", "from", "the Angels", "daughters?", "Indeed, you", "surely say", "a word", "grave." ], [ "And verily,", "We have explained", "in", "this", "the Quran,", "that they may take heed,", "but not", "it increases them", "except", "(in) aversion." ], [ "Say,", "\"If", "(there) were", "with Him", "gods", "as", "they say,", "then", "surely they (would) have sought", "to", "(the) Owner", "(of) the Throne", "a way.\"" ], [ "Glorified is He", "and Exalted is He", "above what", "they say", "(by) height", "great." ], [ "Glorify", "[to] Him", "the heavens", "the seven", "and the earth", "and whatever", "(is) in them.", "And (there is) not", "any", "thing", "except", "glorifies", "His Praise,", "but", "not", "you understand", "their glorification.", "Indeed, He", "is", "Ever-Forbearing,", "Oft-Forgiving.\"" ], [ "And when", "you recite", "the Quran,", "We place", "between you", "and between", "those who", "(do) not", "believe", "in the Hereafter", "a barrier", "hidden." ], [ "And We have placed", "over", "their hearts", "coverings,", "lest", "they understand it,", "and in", "their ears", "deafness.", "And when", "you mention", "your Lord", "in", "the Quran", "Alone,", "they turn", "on", "their backs", "(in) aversion." ], [ "We", "know best", "[of] what", "they listen", "to [it]", "when", "they listen", "to you,", "and when", "they", "(are) in private conversation,", "when", "say", "the wrongdoers,", "\"Not", "you follow", "but", "a man", "bewitched.\"" ], [ "See", "how", "they put forth", "for you", "the examples;", "but they have gone astray", "so not", "they can", "(find) a way." ], [ "And they say,", "\"Is it when", "we are", "bones", "and crumbled particles,", "will we", "surely (be) resurrected", "(as) a creation", "new.\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"Be", "stones", "or", "iron." ], [ "Or", "a creation", "of what", "(is) great", "in", "your breasts.\"", "Then they will say,", "\"Who", "will restore us?\"", "Say,", "\"He Who", "created you", "(the) first", "time.\"", "Then they will shake", "at you", "their heads", "and they say,", "\"When (will)", "it (be)?\"", "Say,", "\"Perhaps", "that", "(it) will be", "soon.\"" ], [ "(On) the Day", "He will call you", "and you will respond", "with His Praise,", "and you will think,", "not", "you had remained", "except", "a little (while)." ], [ "And say", "to My slaves", "(to) say", "that", "which", "(is) best.", "Indeed,", "the Shaitaan", "sows discord", "between them.", "Indeed,", "the Shaitaan", "is", "to the man", "an enemy", "clear." ], [ "Your Lord", "(is) most knowing", "of you.", "If", "He wills,", "He will have mercy on you;", "or", "if", "He wills", "He will punish you.", "And not", "We have sent you", "over them", "(as) a guardian." ], [ "And your Lord", "(is) most knowing", "of whoever", "(is) in", "the heavens", "and the earth.", "And verily", "We have preferred", "some", "(of) the Prophets", "to", "others.", "And We gave", "Dawood", "Zaboor." ], [ "Say,", "\"Call", "those whom", "you claimed", "instead", "of Him,", "[then] not", "they have power", "(to) remove", "the misfortunes", "from you", "and not", "(to) transfer (it).\"" ], [ "Those", "whom", "they call,", "seek", "to", "their Lord", "the means of access,", "which of them", "(is) nearest,", "and they hope", "(for) His mercy", "and fear", "His punishment.", "Indeed,", "(the) punishment", "(of) your Lord", "is", "(ever) feared." ], [ "And not", "(is) any", "town", "but", "We", "(will) destroy it", "before", "(the) Day", "(of) the Resurrection", "or", "punish it", "with a punishment", "severe.", "is", "that", "in", "the Book", "written." ], [ "And not", "stopped Us", "that", "We send", "the Signs", "except", "that", "denied", "them", "the former (people)", "And We gave", "Thamud", "the she-camel", "(as) a visible sign,", "but they wronged", "her.", "And not", "We send", "the Signs", "except", "(as) a warning." ], [ "And when", "We said", "to you,", "\"Indeed,", "your Lord", "has encompassed", "the mankind.\"", "And not", "We made", "the vision", "which", "We showed you", "except", "(as) a trial", "for mankind,", "and the tree", "the accursed", "in", "the Quran.", "And We threaten them", "but not", "it increases them", "except", "(in) transgression", "great." ], [ "And when", "We said", "to the Angels,", "\"Prostrate", "to Adam.\"", "So they prostrated", "except", "Iblis.", "He said,", "\"Shall I prostrate", "to (one) whom", "You created", "(from) clay?\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Do You see", "this", "whom", "You have honored,", "above me?", "If", "You give me respite", "till", "(the) Day", "(of) the Resurrection,", "I will surely destroy", "his offspring", "except", "a few.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Go,", "and whoever", "follows you", "among them", "then indeed,", "Hell", "(is) your recompense -", "a recompense", "ample." ], [ "And incite", "whoever", "you can", "among them", "with your voice,", "and assault", "[on] them", "with your cavalry", "and infantry", "and be a partner", "in", "the wealth", "and the children,", "and promise them.\"", "And not", "promises them", "the Shaitaan", "except", "delusion." ], [ "\"Indeed,", "My slaves", "not", "for you", "over them", "any authority.", "And sufficient", "(is) your Lord", "(as) a Guardian.\"" ], [ "Your Lord", "(is) the One Who", "drives", "for you", "the ship", "in", "the sea,", "that you may seek", "of", "His Bounty.", "Indeed, He", "is", "to you", "Ever Merciful." ], [ "And when", "touches you", "the hardship", "in", "the sea,", "lost", "(are) who", "you call", "except", "Him Alone.", "But when", "He delivers you", "to", "the land", "you turn away.", "And is", "man", "ungrateful." ], [ "Do you then feel secure", "that (not)", "He will cause to swallow", "you,", "side", "(of) the land", "or", "send", "against you", "a storm of stones?", "Then", "not", "you will find", "for you", "a guardian?" ], [ "Or", "do you feel secure", "that (not)", "He will send you back", "into it", "a time", "other,", "and send", "upon you", "a hurricane", "of", "the wind,", "and drown you", "because", "you disbelieved?", "Then", "not", "you will find", "for you", "against Us", "therein", "an avenger?" ], [ "And certainly,", "We have honored", "the children of", "Adam", "and We carried them", "on", "the land", "and the sea,", "and We have provided them", "of", "the good things", "and We preferred them", "over", "many", "of those whom", "We have created", "(with) preference." ], [ "(The) Day", "We will call", "all", "human beings", "with their record,", "then whoever", "is given", "his record", "in his right hand,", "then those", "will read", "their records,", "and not", "they will be wronged", "(even as much as) a hair on a date seed." ], [ "And whoever", "is", "in", "this (world)", "blind,", "then he", "in", "the Hereafter", "(will be) blind,", "and more astray", "(from the) path." ], [ "And indeed,", "they were about (to)", "tempt you away", "from", "that which", "We revealed,", "to you", "that you invent", "about Us", "other (than) it.", "And then", "surely they would take you", "(as) a friend." ], [ "And if not", "[that]", "We (had) strengthened you,", "certainly,", "you almost", "(would) have inclined", "to them", "(in) something", "a little." ], [ "Then", "We (would) have made you taste", "double", "(in) the life,", "and double", "(after) the death.", "Then", "not", "you (would) have found", "for you", "against Us", "any helper." ], [ "And indeed,", "they were about", "(to) scare you", "from", "the land,", "that they evict you", "from it.", "But then", "not", "they (would) have stayed", "after you", "except", "a little." ], [ "(Such is Our) Way", "(for) whom", "[verily]", "We sent", "before you", "of", "Our Messengers.", "And not", "you will find", "(in) Our way", "any alteration." ], [ "Establish", "the prayer,", "at the decline", "(of) the sun", "till", "(the) darkness", "(of) the night", "and Quran", "at dawn,", "indeed,", "the Quran", "(at) the dawn", "is", "ever witnessed." ], [ "And from", "the night", "arise from sleep for prayer", "with it", "(as) additional", "for you;", "it may be", "that", "will raise you", "your Lord", "(to) a station", "praiseworthy." ], [ "And say,", "\"My Lord!", "Cause me to enter", "an entrance", "sound,", "and cause me to exit", "an exit", "sound", "and make", "for me", "from", "near You", "an authority", "helping.\"" ], [ "And say,", "\"Has come", "the truth", "and perished", "the falsehood.", "Indeed,", "the falsehood", "is", "(bound) to perish.\"" ], [ "And We reveal", "from", "the Quran", "that", "it", "(is) a healing", "and a mercy", "for the believers,", "but not", "it increases", "the wrongdoers", "except", "(in) loss." ], [ "And when", "We bestow favor", "on", "man", "he turns away", "and becomes remote", "on his side.", "And when", "touches him", "the evil", "he is", "(in) despair." ], [ "Say,", "\"Each", "works", "on", "his manner,", "but your Lord", "(is) most knowing", "of who", "[he]", "(is) best guided", "(in) way.\"" ], [ "And they ask you", "concerning", "the soul.", "Say,", "\"The soul", "(is) of", "(the) affair", "(of) my Lord.", "And not", "you have been given", "of", "the knowledge", "except", "a little.\"" ], [ "And if", "We willed,", "We (would) have surely taken away", "that which", "We have revealed", "to you.", "Then", "not", "you would find", "for you", "concerning it", "against Us", "any advocate," ], [ "Except", "a mercy", "from", "your Lord.", "Indeed,", "His Bounty", "is", "upon you", "great." ], [ "Say,", "\"If", "gathered", "the mankind", "and the jinn", "to", "[that]", "bring", "the like", "(of) this", "Quran,", "not", "they (could) bring", "the like of it,", "even if", "were", "some of them", "to some others", "assistants.\"" ], [ "And verily", "We have explained", "to mankind", "in", "this", "Quran", "from", "every", "example,", "but refused", "most", "(of) the mankind", "except", "disbelief." ], [ "And they say,", "\"Never", "we will believe", "in you", "until", "you cause to gush forth", "for us", "from", "the earth", "a spring." ], [ "Or", "you have", "for you", "a garden", "of", "date-palms", "and grapes,", "and cause to gush forth", "the rivers", "within them", "abundantly." ], [ "Or", "you cause to fall", "the sky,", "as", "you have claimed,", "upon us", "(in) pieces", "or", "you bring", "Allah", "and the Angels", "before (us)." ], [ "Or", "is", "for you", "a house", "of", "ornament", "or", "you ascend", "into", "the sky.", "And never", "we will believe", "in your ascension", "until", "you bring down", "to us", "a book", "we could read it.\"", "Say,", "\"Glorified (is)", "my Lord!", "\"What", "am I", "but", "a human,", "a Messenger.\"" ], [ "And what", "prevented", "the people", "that", "they believe", "when", "came to them", "the guidance", "except", "that", "they said,", "Has sent", "Allah", "a human", "Messenger?\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"If", "(there) were", "in", "the earth", "Angels", "walking", "securely,", "surely We (would) have sent down", "to them", "from", "the heaven", "an Angel", "(as) a Messenger.\"" ], [ "Say,", "\"Sufficient is", "Allah", "(as) a witness", "between me", "and between you.", "Indeed, He", "is", "of His slaves", "All-Aware,", "All-Seer.\"" ], [ "And whoever", "guides", "Allah", "then he (is)", "the guided one;", "and whoever", "He lets go astray -", "then never", "you will find", "for them", "protectors", "instead", "of Him.", "And We will gather them", "(on) the Day", "(of) the Resurrection", "on", "their faces -", "blind", "and dumb", "and deaf.", "Their abode", "(is) Hell;", "every time", "it subsides,", "We (will) increase (for) them", "the blazing fire." ], [ "That", "(is) their recompense", "because they", "disbelieved", "in Our Verses", "and said,", "\"When", "we are", "bones", "and crumbled particles,", "will we", "surely (be) resurrected", "(as) a creation", "new.\"" ], [ "Do not", "they see", "that", "Allah,", "the One Who,", "created", "the heavens", "and the earth", "(is) Able", "[on]", "to", "create", "the like of them?", "And He has made", "for them", "a term,", "no", "doubt", "in it.", "But refused", "the wrongdoers", "except", "disbelief." ], [ "Say,", "\"If", "you", "possess", "the treasures", "(of) the Mercy", "(of) my Lord,", "then", "surely you would withhold", "(out of) fear", "(of) spending.\"", "And is", "man", "stingy." ], [ "And certainly", "We had given", "Musa", "nine", "Signs", "clear,", "so ask", "the Children of", "Israel", "when", "he came to them,", "then said", "to him", "Firaun,", "\"Indeed, I", "[I] think you -", "O Musa!", "(you are) bewitched.\"" ], [ "He said,", "\"Verily,", "you have known", "none", "has sent down", "these", "except", "(the) Lord", "(of) the heavens", "and the earth", "(as) evidence,", "and indeed, I", "[I] surely think you", "O Firaun!", "(you are) destroyed.\"" ], [ "So he intended", "to", "drive them out", "from", "the land,", "but We drowned him", "and who", "(were) with him", "all." ], [ "And We said", "from", "after him", "to the Children of", "Israel,", "\"Dwell", "(in) the land,", "then when", "comes", "(the) promise", "(of) the Hereafter,", "We will bring", "you", "(as) a mixed crowd.\"" ], [ "And with the truth", "We sent it down,", "and with the truth", "it descended.", "And not", "We sent you", "except", "(as) a bearer of glad tidings", "and a warner." ], [ "And the Quran", "We have divided,", "that you might recite it", "to", "the people", "at", "intervals.", "And We have revealed it", "(in) stages." ], [ "Say,", "\"Believe", "in it", "or", "(do) not", "believe.", "Indeed,", "those who", "were given", "the knowledge", "from", "before it,", "when", "it is recited", "to them,", "they fall", "on their faces", "(in) prostration.\"" ], [ "And they say,", "\"Glory be to", "our Lord!", "Indeed,", "is", "(the) promise", "(of) our Lord", "surely fulfilled.\"" ], [ "And they fall", "on their faces", "weeping,", "and it increases them", "(in) humility." ], [ "Say,", "\"Invoke", "Allah", "or", "invoke", "the Most Gracious.", "whichever", "[emphasis]", "you invoke,", "to Him (belongs)", "the names", "the most beautiful.", "And (do) not", "be loud", "in your prayers", "and not", "be silent", "therein,", "but seek", "between", "that", "a way.\"" ], [ "And say,", "\"All Praise", "(is) for Allah", "the One Who", "not", "has taken", "a son", "and not", "is", "for Him", "a partner", "in", "the dominion,", "and not", "is", "for Him", "any protector", "out of", "weakness.", "And magnify Him", "(with all) magnificence.\"" ] ], "titles": [ "The journey by night", "Guidance entrusted to Moses", "Remembering a grateful ancestor", "A warning within history", "The first reversal", "A renewed opportunity", "The consequences return to oneself", "Mercy remains possible", "The straightest direction", "Taking the Hereafter seriously", "The danger of haste", "Night, day, and reckoning", "An open personal record", "Read your own account", "No borrowed burden", "Privilege and a city's failure", "Knowledge beyond the ruins", "Desiring only what passes", "Hope accompanied by effort", "Provision reaches different people", "Different measures of rank", "Undivided worship", "Kindness in the home", "Remembering earlier care", "Room to return", "Resources have claims upon them", "Waste and ingratitude", "Kind words when means are lacking", "Neither a closed hand nor ruin", "Provision and divine knowledge", "Children are not a financial threat", "Protecting intimate trust", "Life protected, vengeance restrained", "Guardianship and promises", "An honest measure", "Do not follow what you do not know", "The scale of human pride", "A moral pattern gathered together", "Wisdom with a foundation", "A claim exposed by its own prejudice", "A reminder can meet resistance", "Questioning divided sovereignty", "Beyond the claims made about Him", "Praise beyond human comprehension", "A barrier in reception", "Aversion to undivided worship", "Listening with a settled accusation", "Labels that obscure a path", "The question of scattered bones", "Even stone or iron", "The first Creator can restore", "A call beyond ordinary time", "Choose the kinder words", "The messenger is not a warden", "Knowledge and differing gifts", "An appeal to powerless protectors", "The invoked are themselves seekers", "No settlement is permanent", "A sign carries responsibility", "A vision and a trial", "Pride before a command", "Resentment directed at descendants", "Responsibility for following", "Promises that deceive", "A sufficient guardian", "Ships and provision", "Remembering only in danger", "Safety is never absolute", "A second voyage", "The dignity of Adam's children", "A record read without injustice", "Losing the way", "Pressure to alter the message", "Firmness as a gift", "The seriousness of entrusted speech", "The threat of expulsion", "A pattern across missions", "Prayer through the changing light", "A vigil and a promise", "A prayer for sound passage", "Truth and the passing of falsehood", "Healing and a willing response", "Comfort and despair", "Conduct reveals an orientation", "A boundary around knowledge", "Revelation is not a possession", "A great kindness", "The challenge of the Quran", "Many examples, persistent refusal", "A demanded spring", "A demanded garden", "Demands beyond the messenger's role", "A human messenger", "Why a human being", "A messenger suited to the audience", "The sufficient witness", "Guidance and the final gathering", "The objection repeated", "From the cosmos to return", "Imagining control of mercy", "Moses and the nine signs", "Recognition resisted", "Expulsion turned against the oppressor", "Settlement and the final assembly", "Revelation with truth", "A message received over time", "Knowledge that bows", "Trust in the promise", "Tears and growing humility", "Beautiful names, measured recitation", "Praise without partnership" ], "notes": [ "The opening praises God for carrying His servant between sacred places and showing him signs. It names the journey without supplying a calendar date. The transmitted account in Sahih Muslim 162a identifies the destination with Jerusalem and adds further details.", "Moses' Scripture is described as guidance for the Children of Israel, centered on reliance upon God. This establishes continuity between revelations. The chapter's later ethical instructions belong within that wider concern for faithful worship and responsible communal life.", "The audience is reminded of descent from those carried with Noah, who is praised for gratitude. Survival becomes an inherited responsibility rather than merely an ancestral distinction. The verse invites thankfulness as a response to protection received before one's own lifetime.", "Two episodes of corruption and arrogance are announced concerning the Children of Israel. The verse does not name the invading rulers or provide dates. Its warning should not be converted into a blanket accusation against Jewish people in every period.", "A powerful force enters the land in the first described judgment. The Quran leaves its identity unspecified here. Historical identifications belong to interpretation, while the narrative's explicit concern is the collapse of security after corruption and oppressive arrogance.", "Strength, resources, and numbers are restored after defeat. Recovery is not portrayed as the end of moral responsibility. The sequence gives renewed prosperity the character of another opportunity, whose value depends on what a community does with it.", "The passage states that good and evil conduct return upon their doers before describing another devastating reversal. Its moral principle reaches beyond the historical episode. The warning concerns responsibility, not a license to celebrate the suffering of later populations.", "The possibility of mercy stands beside a warning against renewed wrongdoing. History is not presented as an unchangeable sentence attached to ancestry. Conduct matters, and the door of mercy prevents the account from becoming a doctrine of inherited guilt.", "The Quran is presented as guidance toward a sound way, with good news for belief expressed through action. This prepares the ethical teachings that follow. The measure of response includes what people do, not simply their familiarity with sacred words.", "The promise of reward is accompanied by a warning concerning denial of the Hereafter. The chapter treats future accountability as relevant to present choices. This divine judgment should not be confused with authorization for private punishment of those who differ.", "Human beings can urgently ask for what harms them as readily as for what benefits them. The verse exposes the limits of immediate desire. Slowing down to examine a request can be part of learning what is actually good.", "The daily alternation provides light for work and a basis for counting years. Ordinary timekeeping becomes a sign of provision. The verse draws together practical livelihood and reflection, showing that familiar rhythms can carry meaning without ceasing to be familiar.", "A person's account is bound to them and will become an open book. Responsibility cannot be detached from the self and transferred to an excuse. The image prepares the following invitation to face one's own record directly.", "The person is asked to read and reckon with their own book. The scene gives accountability an intimate character: the evidence concerns one's actual life. Its force lies in recognition, rather than in dependence on other people's reputation or judgment.", "Guidance and error affect the person who chooses them, and no soul carries another's load. The verse also links punishment with a communicated message. These principles resist inherited blame and insist that responsibility cannot be assigned carelessly.", "The passage connects a township's ruin with disobedience among those living comfortably. Their influence makes their response consequential for communal life. The verse does not command immorality; it describes corruption following a command that should have been obeyed.", "Earlier generations are recalled without an exhaustive historical list. God is described as knowing and seeing their deeds. The reader need not invent dates or archaeological identifications to grasp the warning that established societies are not exempt from accountability.", "The pursuit of immediate life alone is contrasted with its final consequence. Even present gains are not guaranteed to everyone who wants them. The verse challenges a horizon in which success means only obtaining more before one's life ends.", "Desire for the Hereafter is joined to belief and the effort appropriate to it. Hope is therefore active rather than merely verbal. The verse assures that such striving is acknowledged, even when its value is not fully visible in worldly terms.", "Both groups receive from the Lord's bounty. Material provision cannot by itself identify a person's final standing or validate every choice. The verse cautions against treating prosperity as an exclusive certificate of spiritual approval or poverty as proof of rejection.", "Visible differences in worldly circumstances are acknowledged, then set beside the greater scale of the Hereafter. The comparison changes the weight given to social ranking. Present advantage is neither the whole story nor the final measure of a life.", "The ethical sequence begins with a prohibition against placing another deity beside God. Worship gives the following duties their orientation. The warning against abandonment also answers the human search for reliable protection that runs through much of the chapter.", "Worship of God is immediately joined to care for parents, particularly in old age. Even a dismissive expression is checked. The verse makes respect concrete through speech and daily treatment, where irritation can quietly erode a vulnerable person's dignity.", "Humility toward parents is shaped by mercy and a prayer recalling childhood dependence. The image of a lowered wing suggests tenderness rather than humiliation. Remembering received care can deepen compassion when family relationships require patience and practical support.", "God knows what lies within people and forgives those who return. Following demanding instructions about family, this assurance recognizes inward intention and repentance. It invites correction after failure instead of pretending that sincere people never speak or act badly.", "Relatives, people in need, and travelers are named as recipients with a due. Giving is balanced by a prohibition on wastefulness. The verse frames resources as connected to other people's needs rather than available only for personal display.", "Squandering is associated with the devil's ingratitude. The criticism concerns an attitude that consumes gifts without responsibility. Read with the preceding verse, it contrasts wasteful use with giving that recognizes the legitimate needs of family and vulnerable people.", "A person unable to give is still directed to speak graciously. Limited resources do not remove the obligation to preserve another person's dignity. The verse offers a practical form of kindness when generosity cannot presently take a material form.", "The images of a chained hand and a completely opened one warn against both miserliness and reckless depletion. Sustainable generosity requires judgment. The aim is to help without making refusal habitual or turning an impulsive gift into avoidable destitution.", "Different measures of provision are set within God's knowledge of His servants. The verse does not authorize contempt for those with less. In its context, it supports humility and proportion when deciding how to use what one has received.", "The fear of poverty is explicitly rejected as a reason to kill children. Their lives are protected while provision is attributed to God. The command confronts a destructive response to insecurity and affirms responsibility toward those most dependent on adults.", "The prohibition extends to approaching adultery, emphasizing the path toward a serious breach of trust. The verse asks for boundaries before harm occurs. It states a moral instruction here, without authorizing readers to invent penalties or police others privately.", "The sanctity of life is affirmed, and even the heir of someone wrongfully killed is forbidden excess. Grief does not erase limits. The verse concerns accountable justice; it cannot reasonably be used as permission for uncontrolled retaliation or private violence.", "An orphan's property must be approached for its benefit until maturity, and covenants must be kept. Both duties concern trust when another person depends on integrity. Power over an asset or an agreement brings responsibility rather than entitlement to exploit it.", "Accurate measures and a sound balance bring the ethical teaching into the marketplace. Small transactions become part of moral life. Honesty is described as good in itself and better in outcome, resisting the temptation to profit through concealed unfairness.", "Hearing, sight, and the heart are all brought under accountability. The verse challenges confident claims unsupported by knowledge. It encourages careful attention to evidence and to the inner judgments through which information becomes belief, accusation, or action.", "The earth and mountains expose the absurdity of swaggering self-importance. A person's posture cannot overcome the limits of being human. The image invites proportion and modesty without denying strength, achievement, or the dignity affirmed elsewhere in this chapter.", "The preceding prohibitions are gathered under God's disapproval of evil. Family care, financial honesty, protected life, and humility are not isolated manners. Together they form a coherent account of conduct that respects both divine command and human vulnerability.", "The ethical commands are identified as revealed wisdom, and the sequence closes as it began with undivided worship. Belief and conduct are held together. The passage resists treating devotion as separate from how one speaks, trades, gives, and protects others.", "The verse challenges people who prize sons while assigning daughters to God through claims about angels. The argument exposes inconsistency in their own assumptions. It does not establish female inferiority; the target is unsupported speech about God and angels.", "Warnings appear in varied forms so people may reflect, yet some respond with greater aversion. Repetition alone cannot compel openness. The verse invites attention to the listener's disposition, not merely to the quantity of information presented.", "The argument asks what multiple deities alongside God would imply. It directs thought toward the coherence of ultimate authority rather than accepting inherited claims without examination. The following praise rejects the picture of divine rivals competing within one creation.", "The declaration of glory follows the argument against competing gods. God is exalted above the claims just discussed. The verse offers a boundary for religious imagination: human assertions and social arrangements must not be projected uncritically onto the Creator.", "All creation is described as praising God, although people do not understand its praise. The verse combines an expansive vision of worship with humility about perception. It does not require the reader to invent the precise sound or mechanism involved.", "The act of recitation is accompanied by a barrier between the message and resistant hearers. The passage concerns the failure to receive guidance, not a visible wall readers can locate. The next verses explore this resistance through hearing and understanding.", "The imagery of covered hearts and blocked ears culminates in turning away when God alone is mentioned. The verse portrays a moral refusal to listen. It should not be used to demean people living with sensory disabilities.", "The opponents listen and consult while describing the messenger as bewitched. The passage exposes an interpretation formed before honest engagement. Hearing words is not the same as allowing them to be considered on their own terms.", "The various descriptions attached to the messenger leave his opponents without a sound way forward. Labels can replace examination rather than clarify it. The verse asks the reader to notice how accusation may protect a refusal to consider evidence.", "The objection to resurrection begins with bodily decay. Bones and fragments seem too far removed from living persons to return. The following answer takes this difficulty seriously while shifting attention from the remains to the power of the first Creator.", "The answer imagines matter harder and less lifelike than bones. Its brevity heightens the challenge: no choice of material establishes a limit upon the Creator. The thought continues into the next verse, where the origin of life becomes decisive.", "The response grounds return in the One who created initially, even if the imagined remains seem impossibly resistant. Questions about timing follow, but no calendar is supplied. The uncertainty of the date does not negate the certainty of the promise.", "At the call to return, the elapsed interval will seem brief. The verse changes the perspective from impatient calculation to the experience of being summoned. Human estimates of duration cannot provide a reliable measure of the final meeting.", "Speech is directed toward what is better because discord can grow through careless language. The verse makes verbal kindness a form of protection for relationships. It asks for an active choice of words, especially when tension makes harshness easy.", "God's knowledge and judgment are distinguished from the messenger's role. He communicates without possessing control over people's final standing. This limits the tendency to confuse conveying a message with managing every response or claiming authority over another person's destiny.", "God knows the inhabitants of heaven and earth and grants differing gifts among prophets. David's Psalms are named as an example. The verse locates such distinctions in divine wisdom, rather than in human competition over inherited prestige.", "Those invoked besides God cannot independently remove or redirect distress. The verse challenges the supposed power assigned to them. The issue is ultimate reliance, especially when fear tempts a person to treat created beings as possessing divine control.", "Those being called upon are described as seeking nearness, hoping for mercy, and fearing judgment. Their own dependence undermines claims of independent divinity. The verse turns attention from imagined intermediaries to the Lord whom those beings themselves need.", "Every township stands within a future beyond its present security. The warning places communal power inside a larger divine decree. It does not provide a schedule for modern cities or authorize predictions of particular disasters from contemporary headlines.", "Thamud’s she-camel illustrates that a clear sign can still be wronged. Signs are given as warnings, not simply as spectacles that settle every unwilling heart. The account connects the gift of evidence with responsibility for how it is treated.", "The sight shown to the messenger and the Quran's accursed tree are described as tests. The verse emphasizes response to revelation rather than giving a complete account of those images. Details supplied by commentary should remain distinguished from its wording.", "Iblis objects to honoring a being made from clay. His focus on material origin becomes a reason for refusing God's command. The account exposes a form of pride that judges worth through comparison while ignoring the authority it claims to recognize.", "Iblis' protest becomes a threat against Adam's offspring. The movement from wounded pride to hostility shows the destructive direction of envy. The verse belongs to the Quran's account of the unseen, whose physical details are not supplied for reconstruction.", "The warning includes those who follow Iblis rather than treating temptation as an excuse that removes choice. His threat does not make human responsibility disappear. The scene directs attention toward allegiance and the consequences of accepting deceptive guidance.", "The imagery ranges across voices, forces, possessions, and children, then exposes Satan's promises as deception. The breadth suggests temptation entering many areas of life. It does not require imagining a literal portrait or identifying ordinary people as unseen agents.", "God's faithful servants are placed beyond Satan's ultimate power, and the Lord is sufficient as guardian. This assurance answers the preceding threat. Temptation is serious, yet it is not presented as an independent sovereignty equal to God.", "Seafaring becomes a sign of mercy through the opportunities it opens for livelihood. The chapter moves from unseen temptation to an ordinary human enterprise. Travel, materials, and navigable waters are treated as gifts whose usefulness can awaken gratitude.", "At sea, distress strips away imagined sources of rescue, yet safety can be followed by forgetfulness. The verse recognizes a familiar inconsistency in gratitude. The challenge is to retain awareness of dependence when the immediate emergency has passed.", "Reaching land does not place a person beyond all vulnerability. The warning challenges the assumption that control has been recovered completely. It should prompt humility rather than speculation that a particular natural disaster proves the guilt of its victims.", "The possibility of returning to danger at sea exposes the limits of momentary security. The verse continues the critique of thanklessness after rescue. Its point is enduring dependence, not an instruction to fear travel or abandon practical precautions.", "Human beings are honored through provision, mobility, and a distinguished place among creation. The wording concerns Adam's children broadly. Read beside the warnings, this dignity gives responsibility a positive foundation rather than reducing humanity to its failures.", "The gathering is described through a personal record, with the assurance that no one is wronged even slightly. Accountability is careful rather than arbitrary. The right-hand image belongs to the chapter's portrayal of a welcome outcome in judgment.", "Blindness here functions within the passage as an image of failing to recognize guidance. It is not a judgment on people with physical sight loss. The warning concerns a moral direction that carries its confusion into the Hereafter.", "The opponents seek a changed revelation as the price of acceptance. Their offered friendship would depend on compromise over what is attributed to God. The verse highlights a pressure familiar in communication: approval purchased by surrendering the truth entrusted to one.", "The messenger's steadiness is attributed to divine support. The verse acknowledges the force of pressure without describing an actual alteration of revelation. It invites humility about steadfastness, which should not become a reason for boasting of personal invulnerability.", "The conditional warning underscores the grave responsibility of speaking in God's name. It follows the assurance that the messenger was made firm. The passage's severity concerns a hypothetical betrayal, not a claim that the threatened punishment actually occurred.", "The opponents seek to drive the messenger from the land. The warning connects their attempted exclusion with consequences for themselves. The verse records pressure surrounding the mission without supplying enough detail to assign a precise date to every part of it.", "The experience of earlier messengers provides a wider frame for the current opposition. The pattern is not presented as a new exception created for one individual. Historical continuity offers perspective when pressure makes the immediate conflict seem overwhelming.", "Worship is connected with the sun's decline, darkness, and dawn recitation. The day receives a devotional rhythm rather than being divided only by work. The special notice given to dawn invites attentiveness to a quiet and recurring moment.", "Part of the night is set aside for additional prayer, with hope of an honored station. The instruction addresses the messenger specifically here. Its movement from private worship to divine recognition contrasts with seeking public status through social approval.", "The prayer asks for truthful entry, truthful departure, and sustaining authority from God. Its language suits moments of transition without naming every application. It brings integrity to both beginning and ending, instead of treating a successful arrival as the only concern.", "The declaration presents falsehood as ultimately unstable. Its apparent strength does not give it enduring substance. Read after the prayer for support, the verse connects confidence with truth rather than with the immediate size or influence of its supporters.", "The Quran is described as healing and mercy for believers, while wrongdoing changes the effect of encountering it. The verse concerns a person's relationship to guidance. It should not be turned into a claim that recitation replaces necessary medical care.", "Ease can produce withdrawal from gratitude, while hardship can produce despair. The verse places these opposite reactions beside one another to reveal their shared instability. A steadier response remembers dependence in comfort and leaves room for hope in distress.", "People act according to their disposition or way, while God best knows whose path is rightly directed. The verse invites reflection on habits beneath individual actions. Self-knowledge matters, but final certainty about another person's inward standing remains limited.", "The answer concerning the Spirit directs attention to God's command and the small portion of knowledge given to humanity. It does not satisfy every speculative question. The restraint itself teaches that a faithful answer can acknowledge what has not been disclosed.", "The possibility of withdrawal makes clear that revelation is God's gift rather than a resource independently controlled by the messenger. His responsibility does not make him its owner. The following verse places its continuing presence within divine mercy.", "The continuation of revelation is described as mercy and great favor. The brief verse turns the preceding warning toward gratitude. What guides the messenger and his audience is received through generosity, which should shape the manner in which it is treasured.", "Humanity and jinn are imagined cooperating yet unable to produce its like. The challenge concerns the Quran's distinctive revelation. It does not invite portraits of unseen beings; the emphasis is the inadequacy of combined created power to replace the message.", "The Quran's varied examples are again contrasted with rejection. A message can approach its subject from many directions without compelling assent. The verse encourages reflection on whether resistance arises from lack of illustration or from refusal to engage.", "The opponents make belief conditional on a spring appearing from the earth. The request begins a growing list of demands. The passage asks whether the problem is really insufficient evidence or an insistence on setting endless conditions for listening.", "The next condition adds palms, vines, and abundant rivers. Material plenty becomes the proposed credential of a messenger. The chapter has already challenged that assumption by showing that worldly provision reaches different people and cannot alone establish spiritual authority.", "The list escalates to a falling sky and a visible divine or angelic guarantee. These demands treat the unseen as something the messenger should command. The response will return to his actual role as a human bearer of revelation.", "Even an ascent would not satisfy the opponents without a further document, illustrating how conditions can keep multiplying. The answer emphasizes the messenger's humanity. His task is not to possess every supernatural power that skeptical listeners might choose to demand.", "The objection now concerns the very idea of a mortal messenger. Guidance is rejected because its bearer shares ordinary human nature. The following answer questions this expectation by relating the messenger's nature to the community being addressed.", "An angelic population is offered as the corresponding case for an angelic messenger. The argument makes human embodiment fitting rather than disqualifying. Shared human life allows the message to be conveyed within the circumstances of those expected to receive it.", "God's knowledge and sight are invoked as witness between the messenger and his listeners. The statement closes an exchange of escalating demands without claiming control over their assent. Truth does not depend upon satisfying every newly invented condition.", "The passage contrasts divine guidance with the absence of any substitute protector. Its severe judgment imagery belongs to the Hereafter. The warning should encourage a serious response to guidance, without converting descriptions of sensory loss into contempt for disabled people.", "The question about bones and fragments returns as the reason for rejection. Repetition exposes how one settled objection can govern a whole response to revelation. The next verse answers again through the Creator's power displayed in the larger world.", "The creation of heaven and earth is offered as reason to recognize the possibility of renewed human life. An appointed term remains certain even when people deny it. The argument concerns power and accountability, rather than a revealed date.", "People are asked to imagine possessing the treasures of divine mercy, only to recognize their tendency to withhold from fear of depletion. The image contrasts human scarcity thinking with God's generosity. It also invites scrutiny of everyday habits of giving.", "Moses' clear signs are recalled, alongside Pharaoh's accusation that he was bewitched. This mirrors the dismissal directed at the current messenger. The verse names neither the Pharaoh's dynasty nor a date, so neither should be supplied as established fact.", "Moses answers that the signs come from the Lord of heaven and earth. The exchange portrays rejection despite evidence, not merely a shortage of information. Political power cannot change the source of the signs by attaching a dismissive label to their bearer.", "Pharaoh seeks to remove Moses and his people, but he and his forces are drowned. The episode echoes the earlier threat to expel the messenger. The Quran gives the moral reversal without specifying a modern crossing site or a particular mummy.", "The Children of Israel are told to dwell in the land, while a future gathering is promised. The verse moves beyond one historical settlement toward the Hereafter. It does not by itself resolve contemporary territorial claims or identify a modern political event.", "The chapter returns to the truth of the revelation and the messenger's task of good news and warning. After narratives and objections, the role remains clear. He bears the message faithfully rather than controlling the unseen or guaranteeing people's response.", "The Quran is described as revealed and recited in portions. Gradual reception allows the message to meet human life across changing circumstances. The verse values attentive engagement over the assumption that a single overwhelming delivery would automatically produce understanding.", "People already given knowledge respond to recitation with prostration. Recognition appears as humility rather than a claim to superiority. The verse presents a receptive response to revelation while leaving the choice of other listeners openly before them.", "Those who recognize the message praise their Lord and affirm His promise. Their words arise within a scene of worshipful response. Knowledge becomes gratitude and confidence, rather than merely the ability to identify a text or win an argument.", "Weeping and prostration express the effect of revelation on receptive hearts. The passage does not make a particular outward emotion a performance requirement. Its emphasis is an increase in humility that contrasts with the chapter's earlier scenes of arrogant refusal.", "The divine names belong to the same Lord, and prayer is directed toward a middle course in volume. Devotion combines reverence in address with consideration in how worship is voiced. The instruction gives sound itself a place within thoughtful practice.", "The chapter ends by praising God beyond offspring, shared sovereignty, or dependence on a protector. Its closing magnification gathers the argument for undivided worship. The ethical life described throughout rests on this vision of a Lord who is not needy." ], "translationNote": "English translation: Sahih International, via AlQuran Cloud. Original source wording is preserved.", "glossNote": "Word meanings follow the Quranic Arabic Corpus. Repeated phrase glosses are divided into individual word senses to match the displayed Arabic; every adjustment is recorded in the source audit. These short hints complement, rather than replace, the complete verse translation." }