Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 101-118 — Word by Word
المؤمنون
The Believers
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri falā ansāba baynahum yawma-idhin walā yatasāalūna
So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.
faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna
And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.
waman khaffat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum fī jahannama khālidūna
But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.
talfaḥu wujūhahumu l-nāru wahum fīhā kāliḥūna
The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.
alam takun āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum bihā tukadhibūna
[It will be said], "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"
qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiq'watunā wakunnā qawman ḍāllīna
They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.
rabbanā akhrij'nā min'hā fa-in ʿud'nā fa-innā ẓālimūna
Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."
qāla ikh'saū fīhā walā tukallimūni
He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.
innahu kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna
Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'
fa-ittakhadhtumūhum sikh'riyyan ḥattā ansawkum dhik'rī wakuntum min'hum taḍḥakūna
But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.
innī jazaytuhumu l-yawma bimā ṣabarū annahum humu l-fāizūna
Indeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."
qāla kam labith'tum fī l-arḍi ʿadada sinīna
[Allāh] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"
qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasali l-ʿādīna
They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."
qāla in labith'tum illā qalīlan law annakum kuntum taʿlamūna
He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.
afaḥasib'tum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-annakum ilaynā lā tur'jaʿūna
Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"
fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīmi
So exalted is Allāh, the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.
waman yadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara lā bur'hāna lahu bihi fa-innamā ḥisābuhu ʿinda rabbihi innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-kāfirūna
And whoever invokes besides Allāh another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.
waqul rabbi igh'fir wa-ir'ḥam wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna
And, [O Muḥammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful."