الفرقان
The Criterion
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
waqāla alladhīna lā yarjūna liqāanā lawlā unzila ʿalaynā l-malāikatu aw narā rabbanā laqadi is'takbarū fī anfusihim waʿataw ʿutuwwan kabīran
And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.
yawma yarawna l-malāikata lā bush'rā yawma-idhin lil'muj'rimīna wayaqūlūna ḥij'ran maḥjūran
The day they see the angels - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."
waqadim'nā ilā mā ʿamilū min ʿamalin fajaʿalnāhu habāan manthūran
And We will approach [i.e., regard] what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.
aṣḥābu l-janati yawma-idhin khayrun mus'taqarran wa-aḥsanu maqīlan
The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.
wayawma tashaqqaqu l-samāu bil-ghamāmi wanuzzila l-malāikatu tanzīlan
And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.
al-mul'ku yawma-idhin l-ḥaqu lilrraḥmāni wakāna yawman ʿalā l-kāfirīna ʿasīran
True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.
wayawma yaʿaḍḍu l-ẓālimu ʿalā yadayhi yaqūlu yālaytanī ittakhadhtu maʿa l-rasūli sabīlan
And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.
yāwaylatā laytanī lam attakhidh fulānan khalīlan
Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.
laqad aḍallanī ʿani l-dhik'ri baʿda idh jāanī wakāna l-shayṭānu lil'insāni khadhūlan
He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."
waqāla l-rasūlu yārabbi inna qawmī ittakhadhū hādhā l-qur'āna mahjūran
And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."
wakadhālika jaʿalnā likulli nabiyyin ʿaduwwan mina l-muj'rimīna wakafā birabbika hādiyan wanaṣīran
And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.
waqāla alladhīna kafarū lawlā nuzzila ʿalayhi l-qur'ānu jum'latan wāḥidatan kadhālika linuthabbita bihi fuādaka warattalnāhu tartīlan
And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.
walā yatūnaka bimathalin illā ji'nāka bil-ḥaqi wa-aḥsana tafsīran
And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.
alladhīna yuḥ'sharūna ʿalā wujūhihim ilā jahannama ulāika sharrun makānan wa-aḍallu sabīlan
The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.
walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba wajaʿalnā maʿahu akhāhu hārūna wazīran
And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.
faqul'nā idh'habā ilā l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā fadammarnāhum tadmīran
And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.
waqawma nūḥin lammā kadhabū l-rusula aghraqnāhum wajaʿalnāhum lilnnāsi āyatan wa-aʿtadnā lilẓẓālimīna ʿadhāban alīman
And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.
waʿādan wathamūdā wa-aṣḥāba l-rasi waqurūnan bayna dhālika kathīran
And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well and many generations between them.
wakullan ḍarabnā lahu l-amthāla wakullan tabbarnā tatbīran
And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.
walaqad ataw ʿalā l-qaryati allatī um'ṭirat maṭara l-sawi afalam yakūnū yarawnahā bal kānū lā yarjūna nushūran
And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.