Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 81-100 — 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.
bal qālū mith'la mā qāla l-awalūna
Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.
qālū a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna
They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna
We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."
qul limani l-arḍu waman fīhā in kuntum taʿlamūna
Say, [O Muḥammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?"
sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tadhakkarūna
They will say, "To Allāh." Say, "Then will you not remember?"
qul man rabbu l-samāwāti l-sabʿi warabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīmi
Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"
sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tattaqūna
They will say, "[They belong] to Allāh." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"
qul man biyadihi malakūtu kulli shayin wahuwa yujīru walā yujāru ʿalayhi in kuntum taʿlamūna
Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"
sayaqūlūna lillahi qul fa-annā tus'ḥarūna
They will say, "[All belongs] to Allāh." Say, "Then how are you deluded?"
bal ataynāhum bil-ḥaqi wa-innahum lakādhibūna
Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.
mā ittakhadha l-lahu min waladin wamā kāna maʿahu min ilāhin idhan ladhahaba kullu ilāhin bimā khalaqa walaʿalā baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūna
Allāh has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have [sought to] overcome others. Exalted is Allāh above what they describe [concerning Him].
ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna
[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him].
qul rabbi immā turiyannī mā yūʿadūna
Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised,
rabbi falā tajʿalnī fī l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna
My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."
wa-innā ʿalā an nuriyaka mā naʿiduhum laqādirūna
And indeed, We are Able to show you what We have promised them.
id'faʿ bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu l-sayi-ata naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaṣifūna
Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.
waqul rabbi aʿūdhu bika min hamazāti l-shayāṭīni
And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils,
wa-aʿūdhu bika rabbi an yaḥḍurūni
And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."
ḥattā idhā jāa aḥadahumu l-mawtu qāla rabbi ir'jiʿūni
[For such is the state of the disbelievers] until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back
laʿallī aʿmalu ṣāliḥan fīmā taraktu kallā innahā kalimatun huwa qāiluhā wamin warāihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna
That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.