الزخرف
The Ornaments of Gold
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
wa-innahu laʿil'mun lilssāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā wa-ittabiʿūni hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun
And indeed, he [i.e., Jesus] will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.
walā yaṣuddannakumu l-shayṭānu innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun
And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
walammā jāa ʿīsā bil-bayināti qāla qad ji'tukum bil-ḥik'mati wali-ubayyina lakum baʿḍa alladhī takhtalifūna fīhi fa-ittaqū l-laha wa-aṭīʿūni
And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom [i.e., prophethood] and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allāh and obey me.
inna l-laha huwa rabbī warabbukum fa-uʿ'budūhu hādhā ṣirāṭun mus'taqīmun
Indeed, Allāh is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."
fa-ikh'talafa l-aḥzābu min baynihim fawaylun lilladhīna ẓalamū min ʿadhābi yawmin alīmin
But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.
hal yanẓurūna illā l-sāʿata an tatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿurūna
Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?
al-akhilāu yawma-idhin baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun illā l-mutaqīna
Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous
yāʿibādi lā khawfun ʿalaykumu l-yawma walā antum taḥzanūna
[To whom Allāh will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,
alladhīna āmanū biāyātinā wakānū mus'limīna
[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.
ud'khulū l-janata antum wa-azwājukum tuḥ'barūna
Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."
yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfin min dhahabin wa-akwābin wafīhā mā tashtahīhi l-anfusu wataladhu l-aʿyunu wa-antum fīhā khālidūna
Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.
watil'ka l-janatu allatī ūrith'tumūhā bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.
lakum fīhā fākihatun kathīratun min'hā takulūna
For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.
inna l-muj'rimīna fī ʿadhābi jahannama khālidūna
Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.
lā yufattaru ʿanhum wahum fīhi mub'lisūna
It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.
wamā ẓalamnāhum walākin kānū humu l-ẓālimīna
And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.
wanādaw yāmāliku liyaqḍi ʿalaynā rabbuka qāla innakum mākithūna
And they will call, "O Mālik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."
laqad ji'nākum bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharakum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūna
We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.
am abramū amran fa-innā mub'rimūna
Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].
am yaḥsabūna annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktubūna
Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers [i.e., angels] are with them recording.