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.