المؤمنون
The Believers
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wa-inna lakum fī l-anʿāmi laʿib'ratan nus'qīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā walakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūna
And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.
waʿalayhā waʿalā l-ful'ki tuḥ'malūna
And upon them and on ships you are carried.
walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi faqāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūna
And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"
faqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yurīdu an yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum walaw shāa l-lahu la-anzala malāikatan mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīna
But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allāh had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.
in huwa illā rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabbaṣū bihi ḥattā ḥīnin
He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."
qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūni
[Noah] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."
fa-awḥaynā ilayhi ani iṣ'naʿi l-ful'ka bi-aʿyuninā wawaḥyinā fa-idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru fa-us'luk fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu min'hum walā tukhāṭib'nī fī alladhīna ẓalamū innahum mugh'raqūna
So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows, put into it [i.e., the ship] from each [creature] two mates and your family, except him for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.
fa-idhā is'tawayta anta waman maʿaka ʿalā l-ful'ki faquli l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna
And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allāh who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'
waqul rabbi anzil'nī munzalan mubārakan wa-anta khayru l-munzilīna
And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].'"
inna fī dhālika laāyātin wa-in kunnā lamub'talīna
Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].
thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qarnan ākharīna
Then We produced after them a generation of others.
fa-arsalnā fīhim rasūlan min'hum ani uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūna
And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"
waqāla l-mala-u min qawmihi alladhīna kafarū wakadhabū biliqāi l-ākhirati wa-atrafnāhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yakulu mimmā takulūna min'hu wayashrabu mimmā tashrabūna
And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.
wala-in aṭaʿtum basharan mith'lakum innakum idhan lakhāsirūna
And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.
ayaʿidukum annakum idhā mittum wakuntum turāban waʿiẓāman annakum mukh'rajūna
Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?
hayhāta hayhāta limā tūʿadūna
How far, how far, is that which you are promised.
in hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā naḥnu bimabʿūthīna
It [i.e., life] is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.
in huwa illā rajulun if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban wamā naḥnu lahu bimu'minīna
He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allāh, and we will not believe him."
qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūni
He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."
qāla ʿammā qalīlin layuṣ'biḥunna nādimīna
[Allāh] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."