Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 101-112 — Word by Word
الأنبياء
The Prophets
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
inna alladhīna sabaqat lahum minnā l-ḥus'nā ulāika ʿanhā mub'ʿadūna
Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.
lā yasmaʿūna ḥasīsahā wahum fī mā ish'tahat anfusuhum khālidūna
They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.
lā yaḥzunuhumu l-fazaʿu l-akbaru watatalaqqāhumu l-malāikatu hādhā yawmukumu alladhī kuntum tūʿadūna
They will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -
yawma naṭwī l-samāa kaṭayyi l-sijili lil'kutubi kamā badanā awwala khalqin nuʿīduhu waʿdan ʿalaynā innā kunnā fāʿilīna
The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.
walaqad katabnā fī l-zabūri min baʿdi l-dhik'ri anna l-arḍa yarithuhā ʿibādiya l-ṣāliḥūna
And We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.
inna fī hādhā labalāghan liqawmin ʿābidīna
Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.
wamā arsalnāka illā raḥmatan lil'ʿālamīna
And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
qul innamā yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥidun fahal antum mus'limūna
Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"
fa-in tawallaw faqul ādhantukum ʿalā sawāin wa-in adrī aqarībun am baʿīdun mā tūʿadūna
But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.
innahu yaʿlamu l-jahra mina l-qawli wayaʿlamu mā taktumūna
Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.
wa-in adrī laʿallahu fit'natun lakum wamatāʿun ilā ḥīnin
And I know not; perhaps it is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."
qāla rabbi uḥ'kum bil-ḥaqi warabbunā l-raḥmānu l-mus'taʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūna
[The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."