Surah Al-Insan, Ayah 21-31 — Word by Word
الانسان
The Man
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
ʿāliyahum thiyābu sundusin khuḍ'run wa-is'tabraqun waḥullū asāwira min fiḍḍatin wasaqāhum rabbuhum sharāban ṭahūran
Upon them [i.e., the inhabitants] will be green garments of fine silk and brocade. And they will be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord will give them a purifying drink.
inna hādhā kāna lakum jazāan wakāna saʿyukum mashkūran
[And it will be said], "Indeed, this is for you a reward, and your effort has been appreciated."
innā naḥnu nazzalnā ʿalayka l-qur'āna tanzīlan
Indeed, it is We who have sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], the Qur’ān progressively.
fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā tuṭiʿ min'hum āthiman aw kafūran
So be patient for the decision of your Lord and do not obey from among them a sinner or ungrateful [disbeliever].
wa-udh'kuri is'ma rabbika buk'ratan wa-aṣīlan
And mention the name of your Lord [in prayer] morning and evening
wamina al-layli fa-us'jud lahu wasabbiḥ'hu laylan ṭawīlan
And during the night prostrate to Him and exalt [i.e., praise] Him a long [part of the] night.
inna hāulāi yuḥibbūna l-ʿājilata wayadharūna warāahum yawman thaqīlan
Indeed, these [disbelievers] love the immediate and leave behind them a grave Day.
naḥnu khalaqnāhum washadadnā asrahum wa-idhā shi'nā baddalnā amthālahum tabdīlan
We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.
inna hādhihi tadhkiratun faman shāa ittakhadha ilā rabbihi sabīlan
Indeed, this is a reminder, so he who wills may take to his Lord a way.
wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu inna l-laha kāna ʿalīman ḥakīman
And you do not will except that Allāh wills. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.
yud'khilu man yashāu fī raḥmatihi wal-ẓālimīna aʿadda lahum ʿadhāban alīman
He admits whom He wills into His mercy; but the wrongdoers - He has prepared for them a painful punishment.