23 - Surah Al-Mu'minun المؤمنون

Certainly will the believers have succeeded:

qad aflaḥa l-mu'minūna

They who are during their prayer humbly submissive

alladhīna hum fī ṣalātihim khāshiʿūna

And they who turn away from ill speech

wa-alladhīna hum ʿani l-laghwi muʿ'riḍūna

And they who are observant of zakah

wa-alladhīna hum lilzzakati fāʿilūna

And they who guard their private parts

wa-alladhīna hum lifurūjihim ḥāfiẓūna

Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -

illā ʿalā azwājihim aw mā malakat aymānuhum fa-innahum ghayru malūmīna

But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -

famani ib'taghā warāa dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-ʿādūna

And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive

wa-alladhīna hum li-amānātihim waʿahdihim rāʿūna

And they who carefully maintain their prayers -

wa-alladhīna hum ʿalā ṣalawātihim yuḥāfiẓūna

Those are the inheritors

ulāika humu l-wārithūna

Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.

alladhīna yarithūna l-fir'dawsa hum fīhā khālidūna

And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna min sulālatin min ṭīnin

Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging.

thumma jaʿalnāhu nuṭ'fatan fī qarārin makīnin

Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.

thumma khalaqnā l-nuṭ'fata ʿalaqatan fakhalaqnā l-ʿalaqata muḍ'ghatan fakhalaqnā l-muḍ'ghata ʿiẓāman fakasawnā l-ʿiẓāma laḥman thumma anshanāhu khalqan ākhara fatabāraka l-lahu aḥsanu l-khāliqīna

Then indeed, after that you are to die.

thumma innakum baʿda dhālika lamayyitūna

Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.

thumma innakum yawma l-qiyāmati tub'ʿathūna

And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.

walaqad khalaqnā fawqakum sabʿa ṭarāiqa wamā kunnā ʿani l-khalqi ghāfilīna

And We have sent down rain from the sky in a measured amount and settled it in the earth. And indeed, We are Able to take it away.

wa-anzalnā mina l-samāi māan biqadarin fa-askannāhu fī l-arḍi wa-innā ʿalā dhahābin bihi laqādirūna

And We brought forth for you thereby gardens of palm trees and grapevines in which for you are abundant fruits and from which you eat.

fa-anshanā lakum bihi jannātin min nakhīlin wa-aʿnābin lakum fīhā fawākihu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūna

And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food for those who eat.

washajaratan takhruju min ṭūri saynāa tanbutu bil-duh'ni waṣib'ghin lil'ākilīna

And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.

wa-inna lakum fī l-anʿāmi laʿib'ratan nus'qīkum mimmā fī buṭūnihā walakum fīhā manāfiʿu kathīratun wamin'hā takulūna

And upon them and on ships you are carried.

waʿalayhā waʿalā l-ful'ki tuḥ'malūna

And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

walaqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi faqāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūna

But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "This is not but a man like yourselves who wishes to take precedence over you; and if Allah had willed [to send a messenger], He would have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our forefathers.

faqāla l-mala-u alladhīna kafarū min qawmihi mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yurīdu an yatafaḍḍala ʿalaykum walaw shāa l-lahu la-anzala malāikatan mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī ābāinā l-awalīna

He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."

in huwa illā rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabbaṣū bihi ḥattā ḥīnin

[Noah] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūni

So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation, and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows, put into the ship from each [creature] two mates and your family, except those for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.

fa-awḥaynā ilayhi ani iṣ'naʿi l-ful'ka bi-aʿyuninā wawaḥyinā fa-idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru fa-us'luk fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu min'hum walā tukhāṭib'nī fī alladhīna ẓalamū innahum mugh'raqūna

And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allah who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'

fa-idhā is'tawayta anta waman maʿaka ʿalā l-ful'ki faquli l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

And say, 'My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place, and You are the best to accommodate [us].' "

waqul rabbi anzil'nī munzalan mubārakan wa-anta khayru l-munzilīna

Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].

inna fī dhālika laāyātin wa-in kunnā lamub'talīna

Then We produced after them a generation of others.

thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qarnan ākharīna

And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

fa-arsalnā fīhim rasūlan min'hum ani uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu afalā tattaqūna

And the eminent among his people who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter while We had given them luxury in the worldly life said, "This is not but a man like yourselves. He eats of that from which you eat and drinks of what you drink.

waqāla l-mala-u min qawmihi alladhīna kafarū wakadhabū biliqāi l-ākhirati wa-atrafnāhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā mā hādhā illā basharun mith'lukum yakulu mimmā takulūna min'hu wayashrabu mimmā tashrabūna

And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

wala-in aṭaʿtum basharan mith'lakum innakum idhan lakhāsirūna

Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones that you will be brought forth [once more]?

ayaʿidukum annakum idhā mittum wakuntum turāban waʿiẓāman annakum mukh'rajūna

How far, how far, is that which you are promised.

hayhāta hayhāta limā tūʿadūna

Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.

in hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā naḥnu bimabʿūthīna

He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him."

in huwa illā rajulun if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban wamā naḥnu lahu bimu'minīna

He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."

qāla rabbi unṣur'nī bimā kadhabūni

[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

qāla ʿammā qalīlin layuṣ'biḥunna nādimīna

So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu bil-ḥaqi fajaʿalnāhum ghuthāan fabuʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna

Then We produced after them other generations.

thumma anshanā min baʿdihim qurūnan ākharīna

No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].

mā tasbiqu min ummatin ajalahā wamā yastakhirūna

Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.

thumma arsalnā rusulanā tatrā kulla mā jāa ummatan rasūluhā kadhabūhu fa-atbaʿnā baʿḍahum baʿḍan wajaʿalnāhum aḥādītha fabuʿ'dan liqawmin lā yu'minūna

Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs and a clear authority

thumma arsalnā mūsā wa-akhāhu hārūna biāyātinā wasul'ṭānin mubīnin

To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.

ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-is'takbarū wakānū qawman ʿālīna

They said, "Should we believe two men like ourselves while their people are for us in servitude?"

faqālū anu'minu libasharayni mith'linā waqawmuhumā lanā ʿābidūna

So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

fakadhabūhumā fakānū mina l-muh'lakīna

And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they would be guided.

walaqad ātaynā mūsā l-kitāba laʿallahum yahtadūna

And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a high ground having level [areas] and flowing water.

wajaʿalnā ib'na maryama wa-ummahu āyatan waāwaynāhumā ilā rabwatin dhāti qarārin wamaʿīnin

[Allah said], "O messengers, eat from the good foods and work righteousness. Indeed, I, of what you do, am Knowing.

yāayyuhā l-rusulu kulū mina l-ṭayibāti wa-iʿ'malū ṣāliḥan innī bimā taʿmalūna ʿalīmun

And indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so fear Me."

wa-inna hādhihi ummatukum ummatan wāḥidatan wa-anā rabbukum fa-ittaqūni

But the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.

fataqaṭṭaʿū amrahum baynahum zuburan kullu ḥiz'bin bimā ladayhim fariḥūna

So leave them in their confusion for a time.

fadharhum fī ghamratihim ḥattā ḥīnin

Do they think that what We extend to them of wealth and children

ayaḥsabūna annamā numidduhum bihi min mālin wabanīna

Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.

nusāriʿu lahum fī l-khayrāti bal lā yashʿurūna

Indeed, they who are apprehensive from fear of their Lord

inna alladhīna hum min khashyati rabbihim mush'fiqūna

And they who believe in the signs of their Lord

wa-alladhīna hum biāyāti rabbihim yu'minūna

And they who do not associate anything with their Lord

wa-alladhīna hum birabbihim lā yush'rikūna

And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful because they will be returning to their Lord -

wa-alladhīna yu'tūna mā ātaw waqulūbuhum wajilatun annahum ilā rabbihim rājiʿūna

It is those who hasten to good deeds, and they outstrip [others] therein.

ulāika yusāriʿūna fī l-khayrāti wahum lahā sābiqūna

And We charge no soul except [with that within] its capacity, and with Us is a record which speaks with truth; and they will not be wronged.

walā nukallifu nafsan illā wus'ʿahā waladaynā kitābun yanṭiqu bil-ḥaqi wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides disbelief which they are doing,

bal qulūbuhum fī ghamratin min hādhā walahum aʿmālun min dūni dhālika hum lahā ʿāmilūna

Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying [to Allah] for help.

ḥattā idhā akhadhnā mut'rafīhim bil-ʿadhābi idhā hum yajarūna

Do not cry out today. Indeed, by Us you will not be helped.

lā tajarū l-yawma innakum minnā lā tunṣarūna

My verses had already been recited to you, but you were turning back on your heels

qad kānat āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum ʿalā aʿqābikum tankiṣūna

In arrogance regarding it, conversing by night, speaking evil.

mus'takbirīna bihi sāmiran tahjurūna

Then have they not reflected over the Qur'an, or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?

afalam yaddabbarū l-qawla am jāahum mā lam yati ābāahumu l-awalīna

Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?

am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahu munkirūna

Or do they say, "In him is madness?" Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse.

am yaqūlūna bihi jinnatun bal jāahum bil-ḥaqi wa-aktharuhum lil'ḥaqqi kārihūna

But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away.

walawi ittabaʿa l-ḥaqu ahwāahum lafasadati l-samāwātu wal-arḍu waman fīhinna bal ataynāhum bidhik'rihim fahum ʿan dhik'rihim muʿ'riḍūna

Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.

am tasaluhum kharjan fakharāju rabbika khayrun wahuwa khayru l-rāziqīna

And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.

wa-innaka latadʿūhum ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.

wa-inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati ʿani l-ṣirāṭi lanākibūna

And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.

walaw raḥim'nāhum wakashafnā mā bihim min ḍurrin lalajjū fī ṭugh'yānihim yaʿmahūna

And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

walaqad akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi famā is'takānū lirabbihim wamā yataḍarraʿūna

Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

ḥattā idhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin idhā hum fīhi mub'lisūna

And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful.

wahuwa alladhī ansha-a lakumu l-samʿa wal-abṣāra wal-afidata qalīlan mā tashkurūna

And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.

wahuwa alladhī dhara-akum fī l-arḍi wa-ilayhi tuḥ'sharūna

And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason?

wahuwa alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu walahu ikh'tilāfu al-layli wal-nahāri afalā taʿqilūna

Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.

bal qālū mith'la mā qāla l-awalūna

They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

qālū a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamabʿūthūna

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."

laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?"

qul limani l-arḍu waman fīhā in kuntum taʿlamūna

They will say, "To Allah." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tadhakkarūna

Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"

qul man rabbu l-samāwāti l-sabʿi warabbu l-ʿarshi l-ʿaẓīmi

They will say, "[They belong] to Allah." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?"

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul afalā tattaqūna

Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?"

qul man biyadihi malakūtu kulli shayin wahuwa yujīru walā yujāru ʿalayhi in kuntum taʿlamūna

They will say, "[All belongs] to Allah." Say, "Then how are you deluded?"

sayaqūlūna lillahi qul fa-annā tus'ḥarūna

Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.

bal ataynāhum bil-ḥaqi wa-innahum lakādhibūna

Allah 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 Allah above what they describe [concerning Him].

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

[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him].

ʿālimi l-ghaybi wal-shahādati fataʿālā ʿammā yush'rikūna

Say, [O Muhammad], "My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised,

qul rabbi immā turiyannī mā yūʿadūna

My Lord, then do not place me among the wrongdoing people."

rabbi falā tajʿalnī fī l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

And indeed, We are able to show you what We have promised them.

wa-innā ʿalā an nuriyaka mā naʿiduhum laqādirūna

Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.

id'faʿ bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu l-sayi-ata naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaṣifūna

And say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the incitements of the devils,

waqul rabbi aʿūdhu bika min hamazāti l-shayāṭīni

And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."

wa-aʿūdhu bika rabbi an yaḥḍurūni

[For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

ḥattā idhā jāa aḥadahumu l-mawtu qāla rabbi ir'jiʿūni

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.

laʿallī aʿmalu ṣāliḥan fīmā taraktu kallā innahā kalimatun huwa qāiluhā wamin warāihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūna

So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.

fa-idhā nufikha fī l-ṣūri falā ansāba baynahum yawma-idhin walā yatasāalūna

And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.

faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna

But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.

waman khaffat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum fī jahannama khālidūna

The Fire will sear their faces, and they therein will have taut smiles.

talfaḥu wujūhahumu l-nāru wahum fīhā kāliḥūna

[It will be said]. "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"

alam takun āyātī tut'lā ʿalaykum fakuntum bihā tukadhibūna

They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray.

qālū rabbanā ghalabat ʿalaynā shiq'watunā wakunnā qawman ḍāllīna

Our Lord, remove us from it, and if we were to return [to evil], we would indeed be wrongdoers."

rabbanā akhrij'nā min'hā fa-in ʿud'nā fa-innā ẓālimūna

He will say, "Remain despised therein and do not speak to Me.

qāla ikh'saū fīhā walā tukallimūni

Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'

innahu kāna farīqun min ʿibādī yaqūlūna rabbanā āmannā fa-igh'fir lanā wa-ir'ḥamnā wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna

But you took them in mockery to the point that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.

fa-ittakhadhtumūhum sikh'riyyan ḥattā ansawkum dhik'rī wakuntum min'hum taḍḥakūna

Indeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."

innī jazaytuhumu l-yawma bimā ṣabarū annahum humu l-fāizūna

[Allah] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"

qāla kam labith'tum fī l-arḍi ʿadada sinīna

They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."

qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasali l-ʿādīna

He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.

qāla in labith'tum illā qalīlan law annakum kuntum taʿlamūna

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

afaḥasib'tum annamā khalaqnākum ʿabathan wa-annakum ilaynā lā tur'jaʿūna

So exalted is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne.

fataʿālā l-lahu l-maliku l-ḥaqu lā ilāha illā huwa rabbu l-ʿarshi l-karīmi

And whoever invokes besides Allah another deity for which he has no proof - then his account is only with his Lord. Indeed, the disbelievers will not succeed.

waman yadʿu maʿa l-lahi ilāhan ākhara lā bur'hāna lahu bihi fa-innamā ḥisābuhu ʿinda rabbihi innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-kāfirūna

And, [O Muhammad], say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and You are the best of the merciful."

waqul rabbi igh'fir wa-ir'ḥam wa-anta khayru l-rāḥimīna