مريم
Mary
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
jannāti ʿadnin allatī waʿada l-raḥmānu ʿibādahu bil-ghaybi innahu kāna waʿduhu matiyyan
[Therein are] gardens of perpetual residence which the Most Merciful has promised His servants in the unseen. Indeed, His promise has ever been eminent.
lā yasmaʿūna fīhā laghwan illā salāman walahum riz'quhum fīhā buk'ratan waʿashiyyan
They will not hear therein any ill speech - only [greetings of] peace - and they will have their provision therein, morning and afternoon.
til'ka l-janatu allatī nūrithu min ʿibādinā man kāna taqiyyan
That is Paradise, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allāh.
wamā natanazzalu illā bi-amri rabbika lahu mā bayna aydīnā wamā khalfanā wamā bayna dhālika wamā kāna rabbuka nasiyyan
[Gabriel said], "And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful -
rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā fa-uʿ'bud'hu wa-iṣ'ṭabir liʿibādatihi hal taʿlamu lahu samiyyan
Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?"
wayaqūlu l-insānu a-idhā mā mittu lasawfa ukh'raju ḥayyan
And man [i.e., the disbeliever] says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"
awalā yadhkuru l-insānu annā khalaqnāhu min qablu walam yaku shayan
Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?
fawarabbika lanaḥshurannahum wal-shayāṭīna thumma lanuḥ'ḍirannahum ḥawla jahannama jithiyyan
So by your Lord, We will surely gather them and the devils; then We will bring them to be present around Hell upon their knees.
thumma lananziʿanna min kulli shīʿatin ayyuhum ashaddu ʿalā l-raḥmāni ʿitiyyan
Then We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.
thumma lanaḥnu aʿlamu bi-alladhīna hum awlā bihā ṣiliyyan
Then, surely it is We who are most knowing of those most worthy of burning therein.
wa-in minkum illā wāriduhā kāna ʿalā rabbika ḥatman maqḍiyyan
And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed.
thumma nunajjī alladhīna ittaqaw wanadharu l-ẓālimīna fīhā jithiyyan
Then We will save those who feared Allāh and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.
wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin qāla alladhīna kafarū lilladhīna āmanū ayyu l-farīqayni khayrun maqāman wa-aḥsanu nadiyyan
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Which of [our] two parties is best in position and best in association?"
wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum aḥsanu athāthan wari'yan
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?
qul man kāna fī l-ḍalālati falyamdud lahu l-raḥmānu maddan ḥattā idhā ra-aw mā yūʿadūna immā l-ʿadhāba wa-immā l-sāʿata fasayaʿlamūna man huwa sharrun makānan wa-aḍʿafu jundan
Say, "Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers."
wayazīdu l-lahu alladhīna ih'tadaw hudan wal-bāqiyātu l-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawāban wakhayrun maraddan
And Allāh increases those who were guided, in guidance, and the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for recourse.
afara-ayta alladhī kafara biāyātinā waqāla laūtayanna mālan wawaladan
Then, have you seen he who disbelieved in Our verses and said, "I will surely be given wealth and children [in the next life]"?
aṭṭalaʿa l-ghayba ami ittakhadha ʿinda l-raḥmāni ʿahdan
Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?
kallā sanaktubu mā yaqūlu wanamuddu lahu mina l-ʿadhābi maddan
No! We will record what he says and extend [i.e., increase] for him from the punishment extensively.
wanarithuhu mā yaqūlu wayatīnā fardan
And We will inherit him [in] what he mentions, and he will come to Us alone.