المؤمنون
The Believers
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
ulāika yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wahum lahā sābiqūna
It is those who hasten to good deeds, and they outstrip [others] therein.
walā nukallifu nafsan illā wus'ʿahā waladaynā kitābun yanṭiqu bil-ḥaqi wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna
And We charge no soul except [with that within] its capacity, and with Us is a record which speaks with truth; and they will not be wronged.
bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratin min hādhā walahum aʿmālun min dūni dhālika hum lahā ʿāmilūna
But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides that [i.e., disbelief] which they are doing,
ḥattā idhā akhadhnā mut'rafīhim bil-ʿadhābi idhā hum yajarūna
Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying [to Allāh] for help.
lā tajarū l-yawma innakum minnā lā tunṣarūna
Do not cry out today. Indeed, by Us you will not be helped.
qad kānat āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿalā aʿqābikum tankiṣūna
My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels.
mus'takbirīna bihi sāmiran tahjurūna
In arrogance regarding it, conversing by night, speaking evil.
afalam yaddabbarū l-qawla am jāahum mā lam yati ābāahumu l-awalīna
Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?
am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahu munkirūna
Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?
am yaqūlūna bihi jinnatun bal jāahum bil-ḥaqi wa-aktharuhum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūna
Or do they say, "In him is madness"? Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.
walawi ittabaʿa l-ḥaqu ahwāahum lafasadati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu waman fīhinna bal ataynāhum bidhik'rihim fahum ʿan dhik'rihim muʿ'riḍūna
But if the Truth [i.e., Allāh] had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.
am tasaluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru l-rāziqīna
Or do you, [O Muḥammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.
wa-innaka latadʿūhum ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin
And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.
wa-inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati ʿani l-ṣirāṭi lanākibūna
But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.
walaw raḥim'nāhum wakashafnā mā bihim min ḍurrin lalajjū fī ṭugh'yānihim yaʿmahūna
And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.
walaqad akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi famā is'takānū lirabbihim wamā yataḍarraʿūna
And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
ḥattā idhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin idhā hum fīhi mub'lisūna
Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.
wahuwa alladhī ansha-a lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna
And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.
wahuwa alladhī dhara-akum fī l-arḍi wa-ilayhi tuḥ'sharūna
And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.
wahuwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu walahu ikh'tilāfu al-layli wal-nahāri afalā taʿqilūna
And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?