Surah Maryam, Ayah 81-98 — Word by Word
مريم
Mary
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wa-ittakhadhū min dūni l-lahi ālihatan liyakūnū lahum ʿizzan
And they have taken besides Allāh [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.
kallā sayakfurūna biʿibādatihim wayakūnūna ʿalayhim ḍiddan
No! They [i.e., those "gods"] will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].
alam tara annā arsalnā l-shayāṭīna ʿalā l-kāfirīna ta-uzzuhum azzan
Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them [to evil] with [constant] incitement?
falā taʿjal ʿalayhim innamā naʿuddu lahum ʿaddan
So be not impatient over them. We only count out [i.e., allow] to them a [limited] number.
yawma naḥshuru l-mutaqīna ilā l-raḥmāni wafdan
On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation
wanasūqu l-muj'rimīna ilā jahannama wir'dan
And will drive the criminals to Hell in thirst
lā yamlikūna l-shafāʿata illā mani ittakhadha ʿinda l-raḥmāni ʿahdan
None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.
waqālū ittakhadha l-raḥmānu waladan
And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son."
laqad ji'tum shayan iddan
You have done an atrocious thing.
takādu l-samāwātu yatafaṭṭarna min'hu watanshaqqu l-arḍu watakhirru l-jibālu haddan
The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation
an daʿaw lilrraḥmāni waladan
That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.
wamā yanbaghī lilrraḥmāni an yattakhidha waladan
And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.
in kullu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi illā ātī l-raḥmāni ʿabdan
There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the Most Merciful as a servant.
laqad aḥṣāhum waʿaddahum ʿaddan
He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting.
wakulluhum ātīhi yawma l-qiyāmati fardan
And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.
inna alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti sayajʿalu lahumu l-raḥmānu wuddan
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - the Most Merciful will appoint for them affection.
fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika litubashira bihi l-mutaqīna watundhira bihi qawman luddan
So, [O Muḥammad], We have only made it [i.e., the Qur’ān] easy in your tongue [i.e., the Arabic language] that you may give good tidings thereby to the righteous and warn thereby a hostile people.
wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu min'hum min aḥadin aw tasmaʿu lahum rik'zan
And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?