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Surah Al-Anbiya'

الأنبياء

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Al-Anbiya' (الأنبياء) is surah 21 of the Quran: Meccan, 112 verses, in juz 17, pages 322 to 331 of the Madani Mushaf. Listening takes 35 min 14 s with al-Husary's teaching recitation. Here is the full text of Al-Anbiya' with color-coded tajweed, transliteration, translation of the meaning and an explanation of each verse.

The full text of Al-Anbiya'

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿١﴾

    iqtaraba lin-nāsi ḥisābuhum wahum fī ghaflatim muʿriḍūn

    [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

  2. مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ ﴿٢﴾

    mā ya'tīhim min dhikrim mir rabbihim muḥdathin 'illa stamaʿūhu wahum yalʿabūn

    No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play

  3. لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٣﴾

    lāhiyatan qulūbuhum | wa'asarru n-najwa lladhīna ẓalamū hal hādhā 'illā basharum mithlukum | afata'tūna s-siḥra wa'antum tubṣirūn

    With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"

  4. قَالَ رَبِّى يَعْلَمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٤﴾

    qāla rabbī yaʿlamu l-qawla fi s-samā'i wal-arḍ | wahuwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

    He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."

  5. بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَـٰثُ أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ﴿٥﴾

    bal qālū 'aḍghāthu 'aḥlāmim bali ftarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun falya'tinā bi'āyatin kamā 'ursila l-awwalūn

    But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."

  6. مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٦﴾

    mā 'āmanat qablahum min qaryatin 'ahlaknāhā 'afahum yu'minūn

    Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

    Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles.

  7. وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٧﴾

    wamā 'arsalnā qablaka 'illā rijālan nūḥī 'ilayhim | fas'alū 'ahla dh-dhikri 'in kuntum lā taʿlamūn

    And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.

  8. وَمَا جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰلِدِينَ ﴿٨﴾

    wamā jaʿalnāhum jasadal lā ya'kulūna ṭ-ṭaʿāma wamā kānū khālidīn

    And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].

    Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes.

  9. ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٩﴾

    thumma ṣadaqnāhumu l-waʿda fa'anjaynāhum waman nashā'u wa'ahlakna l-musrifīn

    Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.

    Once they had conveyed the message.

  10. لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـٰبًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿١٠﴾

    laqad 'anzalnā 'ilaykum kitāban fīhi dhikrukum | afalā taʿqilūn

    We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

    This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder."

  11. وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ﴿١١﴾

    wakam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimataw wa'ansha'nā baʿdahā qawman 'ākharīn

    And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

    i.e., its inhabitants persisting in wrongdoing.

  12. فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

    falammā 'aḥassū ba'sanā 'idhā hum minhā yarkuḍūn

    And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

  13. لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ ﴿١٣﴾

    lā tarkuḍū warjiʿū 'ilā mā 'utriftum fīhi wamasākinikum laʿallakum tus'alūn

    [Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."

    About what happened to you. This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule.

  14. قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿١٤﴾

    qālū yāwaylanā 'innā kunnā ẓālimīn

    They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

  15. فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَـٰمِدِينَ ﴿١٥﴾

    famā zālat tilka daʿwāhum ḥattā jaʿalnāhum ḥaṣīdan khāmidīn

    And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

  16. وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

    wamā khalaqna s-samā'a wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīn

    And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

  17. لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

    law 'aradnā 'an nattakhidha lahwal lattakhadhnāhu mil ladunnā 'in kunnā fāʿilīn

    Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

    Such as a wife or a child.

  18. بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَـٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

    bal naqdhifu bil-ḥaqqi ʿala l-bāṭili fayadmaghuhū fa'idhā huwa zāhiq | walakumu l-waylu mimmā taṣifūn

    Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.

    Literally, "strikes its brain," disabling or killing it.

    Of untruth concerning Allāh, particularly here, the claim that He has a son or other "partner" in divinity.

  19. وَلَهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    walahū man fi s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | waman ʿindahū lā yastakbirūna ʿan ʿibādatihī walā yastaḥsirūn

    To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.

  20. يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    yusabbiḥūna llayla wan-nahāra lā yafturūn

    They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

  21. أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

    ami ttakhadhū 'ālihatam mina l-arḍi hum yunshirūn

    Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

  22. لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    law kāna fīhimā 'ālihatun 'illa llāhu lafasadatā | fasubḥāna llāhi rabbi l-ʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifūn

    Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

  23. لَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْـَٔلُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    lā yus'alu ʿammā yafʿalu wahum yus'alūn

    He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

  24. أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖ هَـٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى ۗ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ فَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    ami ttakhadhū min dūnihī 'ālihah | qul hātū burhānakum | hādhā dhikru mam maʿiya wadhikru man qablī | bal 'aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūna l-ḥaqqa fahum muʿriḍūn

    Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.

    All previous prophets called for the worship of Allāh alone.

  25. وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدُونِ ﴿٢٥﴾

    wamā 'arsalnā min qablika mir rasūlin 'illā nūḥī 'ilayhi 'annahū lā 'ilāha 'illā 'ana faʿbudūn

    And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

  26. وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وَلَدًا ۗ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۚ بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُّكْرَمُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    waqālu ttakhadha r-raḥmānu waladā | subḥānah | bal ʿibādum mukramūn

    And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.

    Those they claim to be "children" of Allāh, such as the angels, Ezra, Jesus, etc.

  27. لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُم بِأَمْرِهِۦ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    lā yasbiqūnahū bil-qawli wahum bi'amrihī yaʿmalūn

    They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

  28. يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    yaʿlamu mā bayna 'aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yashfaʿūna 'illā limani rtaḍā wahum min khashyatihī mushfiqūn

    He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

    See footnote to 20:110.

  29. ۞ وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّىٓ إِلَـٰهٌ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    wamay yaqul minhum 'innī 'ilāhum min dūnihī fadhālika najzīhi jahannam | kadhālika najzi ẓ-ẓālimīn

    And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

  30. أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَـٰهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    awalam yara lladhīna kafarū 'anna s-samāwāti wal-arḍa kānatā ratqan fafataqnāhumā | wajaʿalnā mina l-mā'i kulla shay'in ḥayy | afalā yu'minūn

    Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

  31. وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

    wajaʿalnā fi l-arḍi rawāsiya 'an tamīda bihim wajaʿalnā fīhā fijājan subulal laʿallahum yahtadūn

    And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.

  32. وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

    wajaʿalna s-samā'a saqfam maḥfūẓā | wahum ʿan 'āyātihā muʿriḍūn

    And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.

    The signs present in the heavens.

  33. وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    wahuwa lladhī khalaqa llayla wan-nahāra wash-shamsa wal-qamar | kullun fī falakiy yasbaḥūn

    And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.

  34. وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

    wamā jaʿalnā libasharim min qablika l-khuld | afa'im mitta fahumu l-khālidūn

    And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

  35. كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٣٥﴾

    kullu nafsin dhā'iqatu l-mawt | wanablūkum bish-sharri wal-khayri fitnah | wa'ilaynā turjaʿūn

    Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

  36. وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

    wa'idhā ra'āka lladhīna kafarū 'iy yattakhidhūnaka 'illā huzuwan 'ahādha lladhī yadhkuru 'ālihatakum wahum bidhikri r-raḥmāni hum kāfirūn

    And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.

  37. خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ ۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِى فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ ﴿٣٧﴾

    khuliqa l-insānu min ʿajal | sa'urīkum 'āyātī falā tastaʿjilūn

    Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.

  38. وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ ﴿٣٨﴾

    wayaqūlūna matā hādha l-waʿdu 'in kuntum ṣādiqīn

    And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"

  39. لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

    law yaʿlamu lladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿaw wujūhihimu n-nāra walā ʿan ẓuhūrihim walā hum yunṣarūn

    If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...

    The completion of the sentence is understood to be "...they would not be asking in disbelief and ridicule to be shown the punishment."

  40. بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ﴿٤٠﴾

    bal ta'tīhim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falā yastaṭīʿūna raddahā walā hum yunẓarūn

    Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.

  41. وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ﴿٤١﴾

    walaqadi stuhzi'a birusulim min qablika faḥāqa billadhīna sakhirū minhum mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn

    And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  42. قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

    qul may yakla'ukum billayli wan-nahāri mina r-raḥmān | bal hum ʿan dhikri rabbihim muʿriḍūn

    Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.

  43. أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَا ۚ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    am lahum 'ālihatun tamnaʿuhum min dūninā | lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣra 'anfusihim walā hum minnā yuṣḥabūn

    Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

  44. بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِى ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآ ۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

    bal mattaʿnā hā'ulā'i wa'ābā'ahum ḥattā ṭāla ʿalayhimu l-ʿumur | afalā yarawna 'annā na'ti l-arḍa nanquṣuhā min 'aṭrāfihā | afahumu l-ghālibūn

    But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? Is it they who will overcome?

    See footnote to 13:41.

  45. قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ ۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ ﴿٤٥﴾

    qul 'innamā 'undhirukum bil-waḥy | walā yasmaʿu ṣ-ṣummu d-duʿā'a 'idhā mā yundharūn

    Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

  46. وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٤٦﴾

    wala'im massat-hum nafḥatum min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yāwaylanā 'innā kunnā ẓālimīn

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  47. وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَـٰسِبِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

    wanaḍaʿu l-mawāzīna l-qisṭa liyawmi l-qiyāmati falā tuẓlamu nafsun shay'ā | wa'in kāna mithqāla ḥabbatim min khardalin 'ataynā bihā | wakafā binā ḥāsibīn

    And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.

    i.e., anything as small or insignificant as a mustard seed.

  48. وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَـٰرُونَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَآءً وَذِكْرًا لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٤٨﴾

    walaqad 'ātaynā mūsā wahārūna l-furqāna waḍiyā'aw wadhikral lil-muttaqīn

    And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder for the righteous

    These are three qualities of the Torah.

  49. ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ ﴿٤٩﴾

    alladhīna yakhshawna rabbahum bil-ghaybi wahum mina s-sāʿati mushfiqūn

    Who fear their Lord unseen, while they are of the Hour apprehensive.

    Which can mean "Him being unseen" by them or "though they are unseen" by others.

  50. وَهَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ﴿٥٠﴾

    wahādhā dhikrum mubārakun 'anzalnāh | afa'antum lahū munkirūn

    And this [Qur’ān] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?

    i.e., pretending ignorance, disapproving or refusing to acknowledge it?

  51. ۞ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٥١﴾

    walaqad 'ātaynā 'ibrāhīma rushdahū min qablu wakunnā bihī ʿālimīn

    And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing

    i.e., before Moses. Allāh had guided him from early youth.

  52. إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ ﴿٥٢﴾

    idh qāla li'abīhi waqawmihī mā hādhihi t-tamāthīlu llatī 'antum lahā ʿākifūn

    When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

  53. قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾

    qālū wajadnā 'ābā'anā lahā ʿābidīn

    They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

  54. قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿٥٤﴾

    qāla laqad kuntum 'antum wa'ābā'ukum fī ḍalālim mubīn

    He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."

  55. قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّـٰعِبِينَ ﴿٥٥﴾

    qālū 'aji'tanā bil-ḥaqqi 'am 'anta mina llāʿibīn

    They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

  56. قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ ﴿٥٦﴾

    qāla bar rabbukum rabbu s-samāwāti wal-arḍi lladhī faṭarahunna wa'ana ʿalā dhālikum mina sh-shāhidīn

    He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.

  57. وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَـٰمَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ ﴿٥٧﴾

    watallāhi la'akīdanna 'aṣnāmakum baʿda 'an tuwallū mudbirīn

    And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."

  58. فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٥٨﴾

    fajaʿalahum judhādhan 'illā kabīral lahum laʿallahum 'ilayhi yarjiʿūn

    So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

  59. قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٥٩﴾

    qālū man faʿala hādhā bi'ālihatinā 'innahū lamina ẓ-ẓālimīn

    They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."

  60. قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ ﴿٦٠﴾

    qālū samiʿnā fatay yadhkuruhum yuqālu lahū 'ibrāhīm

    They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."

  61. قَالُوا۟ فَأْتُوا۟ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ ﴿٦١﴾

    qālū fa'tū bihī ʿalā 'aʿyuni n-nāsi laʿallahum yashhadūn

    They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."

    To what they had heard him say. It may also mean "...that they may witness [what will be done to him as punishment]."

  62. قَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلْتَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَـٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ﴿٦٢﴾

    qālū 'a'anta faʿalta hādhā bi'ālihatinā yā'ibrāhīm

    They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"

  63. قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَـٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ ﴿٦٣﴾

    qāla bal faʿalahū kabīruhum hādhā fas'alūhum 'in kānū yanṭiqūn

    He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."

  64. فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ﴿٦٤﴾

    farajaʿū 'ilā 'anfusihim faqālū 'innakum 'antumu ẓ-ẓālimūn

    So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."

  65. ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ ﴿٦٥﴾

    thumma nukisū ʿalā ru'ūsihim laqad ʿalimta mā hā'ulā'i yanṭiqūn

    Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"

    After first admitting their error, they were seized by pride and obstinacy.

  66. قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ ﴿٦٦﴾

    qāla 'afataʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yanfaʿukum shay'aw walā yaḍurrukum

    He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

  67. أُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٦٧﴾

    uffil lakum walimā taʿbudūna min dūni llāh | afalā taʿqilūn

    Uff to you and to what you worship instead of Allāh. Then will you not use reason?"

    An exclamation of anger and displeasure.

  68. قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿٦٨﴾

    qālū ḥarriqūhu wanṣurū 'ālihatakum 'in kuntum fāʿilīn

    They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."

  69. قُلْنَا يَـٰنَارُ كُونِى بَرْدًا وَسَلَـٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴿٦٩﴾

    qulnā yānāru kūnī bardaw wasalāman ʿalā 'ibrāhīm

    We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."

  70. وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ ﴿٧٠﴾

    wa'arādū bihī kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-akhsarīn

    And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.

  71. وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٧١﴾

    wanajjaynāhu walūṭan 'ila l-arḍi llatī bāraknā fīhā lil-ʿālamīn

    And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples].

  72. وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَـٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صَـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٧٢﴾

    wawahabnā lahū 'isḥāqa wayaʿqūba nāfilah | wakullan jaʿalnā ṣāliḥīn

    And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.

  73. وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا عَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿٧٣﴾

    wajaʿalnāhum 'a'immatay yahdūna bi'amrinā wa'awḥaynā 'ilayhim fiʿla l-khayrāti wa'iqāma ṣ-ṣalāti wa'ītā'a z-zakāti wakānū lanā ʿābidīn

    And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us.

  74. وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ ٱلْخَبَـٰٓئِثَ ۗ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَـٰسِقِينَ ﴿٧٤﴾

    walūṭan 'ātaynāhu ḥukmaw waʿilmaw wanajjaynāhu mina l-qaryati llatī kānat taʿmalu l-khabā'ith | innahum kānū qawma saw'in fāsiqīn

    And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.

  75. وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٧٥﴾

    wa'adkhalnāhu fī raḥmatinā 'innahū mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīn

    And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.

  76. وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ﴿٧٦﴾

    wanūḥan 'idh nādā min qablu fastajabnā lahū fanajjaynāhu wa'ahlahū mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīm

    And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].

    i.e., supplicated against his people who had persisted in denial and animosity. See 71:26-28.

  77. وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿٧٧﴾

    wanaṣarnāhu mina l-qawmi lladhīna kadhdhabū bi'āyātinā | innahum kānū qawma saw'in fa'aghraqnāhum 'ajmaʿīn

    And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.

  78. وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى ٱلْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَـٰهِدِينَ ﴿٧٨﴾

    wadāwūda wasulaymāna 'idh yaḥkumāni fi l-ḥarthi 'idh nafashat fīhi ghanamu l-qawmi wakunnā liḥukmihim shāhidīn

    And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement.

    Eating and destroying the crops.

  79. فَفَهَّمْنَـٰهَا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ ۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيْنَا حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۚ وَكُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿٧٩﴾

    fafahhamnāhā sulaymān | wakullan 'ātaynā ḥukmaw waʿilmā | wasakhkharnā maʿa dāwūda l-jibāla yusabbiḥna waṭ-ṭayr | wakunnā fāʿilīn

    And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].

    Meaning that Allāh has always been capable of accomplishing whatever He wills.

  80. وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَـٰكِرُونَ ﴿٨٠﴾

    waʿallamnāhu ṣanʿata labūsil lakum lituḥṣinakum mim ba'sikum | fahal 'antum shākirūn

    And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

  81. وَلِسُلَيْمَـٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٨١﴾

    walisulaymāna r-rīḥa ʿāṣifatan tajrī bi'amrihī 'ila l-arḍi llatī bāraknā fīhā | wakunnā bikulli shay'in ʿālimīn

    And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.

  82. وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿٨٢﴾

    wamina sh-shayāṭīni may yaghūṣūna lahū wayaʿmalūna ʿamalan dūna dhālik | wakunnā lahum ḥāfiẓīn

    And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.

    Preventing any disobedience or deviation by them from Solomon's instructions and protecting him from being harmed by them.

  83. ۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ﴿٨٣﴾

    wa'ayyūba 'idh nādā rabbahū 'annī massaniya ḍ-ḍurru wa'anta 'arḥamu r-rāḥimīn

    And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."

  84. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿٨٤﴾

    fastajabnā lahū fakashafnā mā bihī min ḍurriw wa'ātaynāhu 'ahlahū wamithlahum maʿahum raḥmatam min ʿindinā wadhikrā lil-ʿābidīn

    So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].

  85. وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿٨٥﴾

    wa'ismāʿīla wa'idrīsa wadha l-kifl | kullum mina ṣ-ṣābirīn

    And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.

  86. وَأَدْخَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ﴿٨٦﴾

    wa'adkhalnāhum fī raḥmatinā | innahum mina ṣ-ṣāliḥīn

    And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.

  87. وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٨٧﴾

    wadha n-nūni 'idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna 'al lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fi ẓ-ẓulumāti 'al lā 'ilāha 'illā 'anta subḥānaka 'innī kuntu mina ẓ-ẓālimīn

    And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

    At the disbelief of his people.

    Or "would not restrict him" in the belly of the fish.

    That of the night, of the sea, and of the fish's interior.

  88. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٨٨﴾

    fastajabnā lahū wanajjaynāhu mina l-ghamm | wakadhālika nunji l-mu'minīn

    So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

  89. وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ ﴿٨٩﴾

    wazakariyyā 'idh nādā rabbahū rabbi lā tadharnī fardaw wa'anta khayru l-wārithīn

    And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."

  90. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُۥ زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا خَـٰشِعِينَ ﴿٩٠﴾

    fastajabnā lahū wawahabnā lahū yaḥyā wa'aṣlaḥnā lahū zawjah | innahum kānū yusāriʿūna fi l-khayrāti wayadʿūnanā raghabaw warahabaw wakānū lanā khāshiʿīn

    So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

    i.e., worship.

  91. وَٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا وَٱبْنَهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٩١﴾

    wallatī 'aḥṣanat farjahā fanafakhnā fīhā mir rūḥinā wajaʿalnāhā wabnahā 'āyatal lil-ʿālamīn

    And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.

  92. إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُونِ ﴿٩٢﴾

    inna hādhihī 'ummatukum 'ummataw wāḥidataw wa'ana rabbukum faʿbudūn

    Indeed this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

    i.e., a collective way of life or course of conduct followed by a community.

  93. وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَٰجِعُونَ ﴿٩٣﴾

    wataqaṭṭaʿū 'amrahum baynahum | kullun 'ilaynā rājiʿūn

    And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves, [but] all to Us will return.

    Becoming sects and denominations.

  94. فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا كُفْرَانَ لِسَعْيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَـٰتِبُونَ ﴿٩٤﴾

    famay yaʿmal mina ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wahuwa mu'minun falā kufrāna lisaʿyihī wa'innā lahū kātibūn

    So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort, and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.

    Such a person will not be deprived of his due reward.

  95. وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿٩٥﴾

    waḥarāmun ʿalā qaryatin 'ahlaknāhā 'annahum lā yarjiʿūn

    And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return

    They cannot return to this world, nor can they repent to Allāh.

  96. حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنسِلُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

    ḥattā 'idhā futiḥat ya'jūju wama'jūju wahum min kulli ḥadabiy yansilūn

    Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend

  97. وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَـٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَـٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٩٧﴾

    waqtaraba l-waʿdu l-ḥaqqu fa'idhā hiya shākhiṣatun 'abṣāru lladhīna kafarū yāwaylanā qad kunnā fī ghaflatim min hādhā bal kunnā ẓālimīn

    And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."

  98. إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمْ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ ﴿٩٨﴾

    innakum wamā taʿbudūna min dūni llāhi ḥaṣabu jahannama 'antum lahā wāridūn

    Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.

  99. لَوْ كَانَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾

    law kāna hā'ulā'i 'ālihatam mā waradūhā | wakullun fīhā khālidūn

    Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.

  100. لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿١٠٠﴾

    lahum fīhā zafīruw wahum fīhā lā yasmaʿūn

    For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.

  101. إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٰٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ ﴿١٠١﴾

    inna lladhīna sabaqat lahum minna l-ḥusnā 'ulā'ika ʿanhā mubʿadūn

    Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.

  102. لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿١٠٢﴾

    lā yasmaʿūna ḥasīsahā | wahum fī ma shtahat 'anfusuhum khālidūn

    They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.

  103. لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ ﴿١٠٣﴾

    lā yaḥzunuhumu l-fazaʿu l-akbaru watatalaqqāhumu l-malā'ikatu hādhā yawmukumu lladhī kuntum tūʿadūn

    They will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -

    The events of the Last Hour or of the Resurrection.

  104. يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ ﴿١٠٤﴾

    yawma naṭwi s-samā'a kaṭayyi s-sijilli lil-kutub | kamā bada'nā 'awwala khalqin nuʿīduh | waʿdan ʿalaynā | innā kunnā fāʿilīn

    The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.

    More literally, "Indeed, We are ever doers" of what We will.

  105. وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ ﴿١٠٥﴾

    walaqad katabnā fi z-zabūri mim baʿdi dh-dhikri 'anna l-arḍa yarithuhā ʿibādiya ṣ-ṣāliḥūn

    And We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.

    Az-Zabūr can also mean "scriptures" in general.

    i.e., the Torah. The "mention" may also refer to the original inscription with Allāh, i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).

  106. إِنَّ فِى هَـٰذَا لَبَلَـٰغًا لِّقَوْمٍ عَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿١٠٦﴾

    inna fī hādhā labalāghal liqawmin ʿābidīn

    Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.

  107. وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿١٠٧﴾

    wamā 'arsalnāka 'illā raḥmatal lil-ʿālamīn

    And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.

  108. قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ﴿١٠٨﴾

    qul 'innamā yūḥā 'ilayya 'annamā 'ilāhukum 'ilāhuw wāḥid | fahal 'antum muslimūn

    Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"

  109. فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ ﴿١٠٩﴾

    fa'in tawallaw faqul 'ādhantukum ʿalā sawā' | wa'in 'adrī 'aqarībun 'am baʿīdum mā tūʿadūn

    But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.

    The Prophet (ﷺ) made this message known to all people, not concealing any of it from anyone or preferring any group over another.

  110. إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ ﴿١١٠﴾

    innahū yaʿlamu l-jahra mina l-qawli wayaʿlamu mā taktumūn

    Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.

  111. وَإِنْ أَدْرِى لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتْنَةٌ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ﴿١١١﴾

    wa'in 'adrī laʿallahū fitnatul lakum wamatāʿun 'ilā ḥīn

    And I know not; perhaps it is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."

    The postponement of punishment.

  112. قَـٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ﴿١١٢﴾

    qāla rabbi ḥkum bil-ḥaqq | warabbuna r-raḥmānu l-mustaʿānu ʿalā mā taṣifūn

    [The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."

    i.e., their lies and disbelief.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.

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Tajweed in Al-Anbiya', by the numbers

The 993 color-coded rules of Al-Anbiya', from most to least frequent
RuleCountExamples
Madd Tabee'ee 201
Hamzat al-Wasl 160
Madd at a stop 111
Ikhfa 98
Madd Munfasil 67
Ghunnah 66
Qalqalah 61
Idgham with Ghunnah 58
Lam Shamsiyyah 51
Unpronounced letter 47
Madd Muttasil 23
Idgham Shafawi 18
Idgham without Ghunnah 17
Ikhfa Shafawi 11
Iqlab 3
Idgham Mutaqaribayn 1

Surah Al-Anbiya' tajweed, verse by verse

The meaning of Al-Anbiya', verse by verse

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  1. 21:1

    People’s being taken to account for their actions on the Day of Judgment has come close, but they are turning away from the afterlife in their unmindfulness, due to their being preoccupied with the world.

  2. 21:2

    And no part of the Qur’ān which is newly revealed comes to them except that they listen to it without benefiting, but rather playful listening, without caring about its contents.

  3. 21:3

    They listened to it whilst their hearts were unmindful of it. And those who are wrongdoers through disbelief hid their private talk when they said: “Is this one who claims to be a messenger but a man like you, without any distinction from you? What he has brought is magic. So will you follow him knowing that he is a man like you and what he has brought is magic?”

  4. 21:4

    The Messenger (peace be upon him) said: “My Lord knows the speech you concealed, for He knows everything said by anyone in the heavens and the earth. He is Hearing of the sayings of His servants and Knowing of their actions, for which He shall reward them”.

  5. 21:5

    But they were unsure of what Muhammad (peace be upon him) brought. At times they said: “Confused dreams which have no meaning”. And at times they said: “No, but in fact he made it up without any basis”. And sometimes they said: “He is a magician. If he is true in his claim, he should bring us a miracle like the former messengers, as they brought miracles like the staff of Moses and the camel of Salih”.

  6. 21:6

    Before these who are making a request, no town which ever made a request for divine signs. to be revealed and was then granted them as per their request ever believed. In fact, they denied them so I destroyed them. So will these people believe?

  7. 21:7

    And I did not send before you, O Messenger, except men amongst humans to whom I would send revelation. I did not send them as angels, so ask the People of the Book before you if you do not know this.

  8. 21:8

    And I did not make the messengers I used to send as bodies which did not eat food. In fact, they used to eat as others eat, and they were not to remain in the world without dying.

  9. 21:9

    Then I fulfilled what I promised My messengers, as I saved them and whomever I wanted amongst the believers from being destroyed. And I destroyed those who overstepped the limit through disbelief in Allah and committing disobedience.

  10. 21:10

    I have revealed to you the Qur’ān in which lies your honour and pride, if you believe it and act according to its contents. Do you not understand this, so that you hasten towards believing it and practicing what it contains?

  11. 21:11

    There are many towns which I destroyed due to their injustice through disbelief, and I created other people after them.

  12. 21:12

    Then when those who were destroyed saw My destructive punishment, they began to run from their towns to flee destruction.

  13. 21:13

    They were being called mockingly: “Do not flee, but return to your enjoyment of luxuries which you were in and to your homes, so that you can be questioned somewhat regarding your worldly possessions”.

  14. 21:14

    These wrongdoers who confessed to their sins said: “Woe and destruction for us. We were wrongdoers due to our disbelief in Allah”.

  15. 21:15

    So they continued confessing to their sins and praying for their own destruction until I made them like harvested crops, dead without any movement.

  16. 21:16

    And I did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is in between as a plaything or in vain, but rather I created them to show My power.

  17. 21:17

    If I wanted to take a wife or child, I would have done so on My own part. But I did not do this as I am pure of this.

  18. 21:18

    But rather, I throw the truth I reveal to My messengers upon the falsehood of the disbelievers, and it destroys it, and then their falsehood goes and finishes. And for you, O you who say Allah has taken a wife or son, is destruction, due to your describing Him with what is inappropriate for Him.

  19. 21:19

    And for Him alone is the kingdom of the heavens and the kingdom of earth. And the angels with Him neither scorn worshipping Him nor do they tire of it.

  20. 21:20

    They constantly glorify Him without tiring of it.

  21. 21:21

    But the idolaters took gods besides Allah which cannot revive the dead, so how do they worship something unable to do this?

  22. 21:22

    If there were numerous gods in the heavens and the earth, they would have been ruined, due to the gods disputing in the kingdom. But the reality is not like this. So Allah, Lord of the Throne, is pure of the lie the idolaters describe Him with, namely that He has partners.

  23. 21:23

    And Allah is alone in His kingdom and decree. Nobody can ask Him what He has decreed and ordered, whilst He will ask His servants about their actions and will reward them accordingly.

  24. 21:24

    But they took other gods besides Allah. Say, O Messenger, to these idolaters: “Bring your proof for their being worthy of worship. This book which has been revealed to me and the books revealed upon the messengers contain no proof for you”. But rather most of the idolaters only take support from ignorance and blind following, so they turn away from accepting the truth.

  25. 21:25

    And I have not sent before you, O Messenger, any messenger except that I revealed to him that there is no true god except Me, so worship Me alone and do not associate any partner with Me.

  26. 21:26

    The idolaters said: “Allah has taken the angels as daughters”. Pure and exalted is Allah from the lie they say. The angels are in fact the servants of Allah, honoured by Him and close to Him.

  27. 21:27

    They do not proceed before their Lord in any saying, so they do not speak until He orders them, and they act according to His command and do not oppose any command of His.

  28. 21:28

    He knows their previous and latter actions. They do not ask to intercede except with His permission and on behalf of whom He approves intercession. And they are wary out of their fear of Him, so they do not oppose Him in any command or prohibition.

  29. 21:29

    And for argument’s sake, whoever amongst the angels were to say: “I am a god besides Allah”, I will punish him for what he says with Hellfire on the Day of Judgment, staying therein forever. And with this kind of punishment I punish those who are unjust by disbelieving and associating partners with Allah.

  30. 21:30

    Do those who disbelieved in Allah not know that the heavens and the earth were joint without any gap in between that rain should come down from it, then I split them apart? And I made every animal and plant from the water that comes down from the sky. Do they not consider this and believe in Allah alone?

  31. 21:31

    And I made firm mountains on earth, so that it does not shake those on its surface. I made in it wide paths and ways, so that they may find their way in their journeys towards their objectives.

  32. 21:32

    And I made the sky a roof protected from falling and without any pillar, and protected from stealing words. But the idolaters turn away and do not consider the signs in the sky, such as the sun and moon.

  33. 21:33

    Allah alone is the One Who created the night for relaxation, created the day for earning one’s livelihood, created the sun as a sign of day, and the moon as a sign of night. The sun and moon both run in their specific orbits, without moving away or side-tracking.

  34. 21:34

    O Messenger, I have not given eternity in this life to any human before you. So if your life comes to an end in this life and you pass away, will they live forever after you? Never.

  35. 21:35

    Every believing and disbelieving soul will taste death in the world. And I test you, O mankind, in the worldly life through duties, blessings and hardships, then after your death you shall be returned to Me alone and nobody else, then I shall reward you for your deeds.

  36. 21:36

    O Messenger! When these idolaters see you they only mock you, trying to make you loathsome in the eyes of their followers by saying, “Is this the one who insults the idols that you worship?” whilst they themselves reject the Qur’ān that Allah revealed to them and the blessings He conferred upon them, together with mocking you. So they themselves are closer to shame, due to their accumulating every evil.

  37. 21:37

    The human was created intrinsically to be hasty, and so he/she wants things to happen before their due time. The idolaters asking for the punishment is a result of that nature. O the ones seeking My punishment in haste! I shall show you exactly what you hastily seek, so there is no need to ask for it.

  38. 21:38

    And the disbelievers who reject resurrection say in their haste, “O Muslims! If indeed you are truthful in what you claim, when will this resurrection that you promise us with, happen?”

  39. 21:39

    If these disbelieving rejecters of the resurrection were to know of the time when they will not be able to turn the hellfire away from their faces and backs, they would not be so hasty in seeking it. If only they were to know that there shall be no one to help relieve them of the punishment, and if only they were convinced of its reality, they would not be so hasty either.

  40. 21:40

    This fire that they shall be punished with will come upon them suddenly, without them anticipating it. They shall not be able to repel it, nor shall they be given respite to repent and consequently be shown mercy.

  41. 21:41

    O Messenger! Even if your people mock you, you are not unique in that, because many messengers before you were also mocked at. After their messengers warned them of it, the very punishment the disbelievers made a mockery of engulfed them in this very world.

  42. 21:42

    O Messenger! Say to these people who are hastily seeking the punishment: “Who will save you throughout the night and day from the punishment and destruction The Merciful intends to send upon you?” Rather, they are desisting from the admonition and proofs of their Lord; they foolishly and ignorantly do not ponder over any of it.

  43. 21:43

    Do they have gods that will protect them from My punishment? They are not capable of helping even themselves by removing any harm or acquiring any benefit! Whoever cannot help himself, how can he help others? Nor will they be protected from My punishment.

  44. 21:44

    Rather, I have supplied these disbelievers and their forefathers with all My blessings I conferred upon them, so that as time passes, they become blinded by them and stand firm upon their disbelief, gradually leading themselves into destruction. Do these people, deluded by My blessings and hastily seeking My punishment, not realise that I am narrowing the earth down from all sides, by My influence over the people and power over them? Do they not take lesson from that, lest the same does not happen to them? These people will not be victorious; they shall be beaten.

  45. 21:45

    Say, O Messenger: “O people! I only warn you of the punishment of Allah through divine revelation that my Lord reveals to me.” When those deaf to the truth are warned of the punishment of Allah, they do not listen to it with a heeding ear.

  46. 21:46

    O Messenger! If some of punishment of your Lord was to afflict these people who are seeking it hastily, they would then say, “Woe to our destruction and loss! We were wrong in our ascribing partners to Allah and rejecting what Muhammad peace be upon him brought to us!”

  47. 21:47

    I shall establish fair scales for the rising people to weigh their deeds with. On that day, no soul shall be wronged by having its good deeds decreased, or bad deeds increased. Even if the weighed deed is minute, like the weight equal to a mustard seed, I shall include it. I Myself am sufficient to take the deeds of My servants into account.

  48. 21:48

    I have given Moses and Aaron peace be upon them both the Torah, which distinguished between the permissible and the impermissible; was a means of guidance for those who believed in it, and a reminder for those who were mindful of their Lord.

  49. 21:49

    Those who fear the punishment of their Lord Who they believe in, despite having not seen Him, and are fearful of the Hour.

  50. 21:50

    This Qur’ān which was revealed onto Muhammad peace be upon him is a reminder and an admonition for those who want to take heed from it. It contains an abundance of benefit and goodness. Despite all that, do you still reject it? Do you not acknowledge its contents, and will you not practice upon it?

  51. 21:51

    And I granted Abraham proof against his people in his childhood, and I knew him well. I gave him the proof he deserved according to My knowledge.

  52. 21:52

    When he said to his father Azar and his people, “What are these idols that you have made with your own hands, and which you constantly worship?”

  53. 21:53

    His people said to him: “We found our forefathers worshipping them, so we also worshipped them following their example.”

  54. 21:54

    Abraham said to them, “You and your forefathers are in clear deviance from the path of truth!”

  55. 21:55

    His people said to him, “Are you serious about what you said, or are you joking?”

  56. 21:56

    Abraham said, “No, I am serious! Your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; He created them without there having been anything like them previously. I am from those who testify that He is your Lord and the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and that your idols have no share in that!”

  57. 21:57

    And in a manner inaudible to his people, Abraham said, “By Allah! Once you have left your idols to go to your festival, I shall hatch a plot concerning them that you shall hate.”

  58. 21:58

    So Abraham broke the idols into small pieces, and left the biggest of them hoping that the people return to it to ask it who smashed the others.

  59. 21:59

    So when they returned and found their idols having been smashed into pieces, they asked one another, “Who smashed our idols? Indeed, the one who has smashed them is from the oppressors, due to him having degraded that which deserves reverence and sanctification.”

  60. 21:60

    Those who had heard Abraham take an oath on Allah that he would plot against the idols, said, “We heard a young man talk evil regarding them and finding fault with them. He is known by the name ‘Abraham’; perhaps it is he who smashed them.”

  61. 21:61

    Their chiefs said, “Bring Abraham in front of the people so that they may testify to his confession to what he did, and their confession will be your evidence against him.”

  62. 21:62

    So they brought Abraham (peace be upon him) and questioned him, blaming him: “Was it you who did this horrible act to our idols, O Abraham?!”

  63. 21:63

    Sarcastically, exposing the helplessness of the idols to the people, Abraham said, “I did not do it; rather, the biggest idol did it. Ask your idols, if indeed they are capable of speaking!”

  64. 21:64

    So they turned to one another contemplating and considering. It had become clear to them that their idols do not benefit nor harm in any way, and so they were wrong in worshipping them instead of Allah.

  65. 21:65

    They then returned to their stubbornness and denial, saying, “O Abraham! You know, surely, that these idols cannot speak, so how can you then tell us to ask them?” They intended it to be an evidence in their favour, but it became an evidence against them.

  66. 21:66

    ٌRebuking them, Abraham said, “Do you then worship, instead of Allah, idols that do not benefit nor harm you; that are helpless in removing harm or bringing benefit to even themselves?”

  67. 21:67

    Shame on you, and shame upon that which you worship other than Allah, which neither benefit nor harm! Do you not understand that? Will you not leave their worship?

  68. 21:68

    When they found themselves incapable of countering Abraham with proof, they resorted to force and said, “If you are going to give Abraham a deterring punishment and seek revenge for your idols that he broke and destroyed, then burn him in a fire.”

  69. 21:69

    They lit a fire and threw Abraham into it, so I said, “O fire! Become cool and safe for Abraham!” And so it became such, and no harm came to him.

  70. 21:70

    Abraham’s (peace be upon him) people planned to burn him and I foiled their plan. Rather, I made them the ones who were overpowered and destroyed.

  71. 21:71

    I saved Abraham and I also saved Lot. I expatriated them to the land of Syria that I had blessed, by having sent many prophets to it and by scattering many forms of goodness for the creation.

  72. 21:72

    And I blessed Abraham with Isaac when he invoked his Lord to grant him a child. In addition, I also blessed him with Jacob. I made each one of the three: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, pious and obedient to Myself.

  73. 21:73

    I made them into leaders whom the people followed in goodness.With His permission, they would call to the worship of Allah alone. I also revealed to them that they should do good deeds, perform prayer with perfection and give Zakat. They were obedient to Me.

  74. 21:74

    ِAnd to Lot I granted the ability to judge fairly between disputing parties, together with sound knowledge of his religion. I also saved him from the punishment I sent upon the people of his village (Sodom) who were involved in immorality. Indeed, they were corrupt people who deviated from the worship of their Lord.

  75. 21:75

    And I entered him into My Mercy when I saved him from the punishment that befell his people. Indeed, he was of those who obeyed My commands and stayed away from My prohibitions.

  76. 21:76

    O Messenger! Mention the story of Noah when he called to Allah before Abraham and Lot, and so He accepted his call by granting him what he asked for: Allah saved him and his believing family members from the great sorrow.

  77. 21:77

    I saved him from the evil plot of those of his people who rejected the signs that I supported him with; those signs that pointed to his truthfulness. Indeed, they were evil, corrupt people, and so I destroyed them all by drowning them.

  78. 21:78

    O Messenger! And mention the story of David and his son Solomon (peace be upon them), when they were passing judgement in the case brought to them regarding the two disputers: One of them had a herd that went into the fields of the other at night. I was witness to the judgement of David and Solomon; no part of their judgement evaded My knowledge.

  79. 21:79

    I gave full understanding of the case to Solomon instead of his father David; yet I blessed each one with messengership and knowledge of religious law, not exclusively Solomon only. I subjugated the mountains for David, which would glorify Me with his glorifying Me. I also subjugated the birds for him. I was the One Who gave the understanding, the fair judgement, knowledge and it was I who subjugated the mountains and birds.

  80. 21:80

    I exclusively taught David, and not Solomon, the skill of crafting armour, so that you could protect yourselves from anyone who tried to attack you with weapons. O people! Will you then show gratitude for this blessing that I bestowed upon you?

  81. 21:81

    And I subjugated the strong-blowing wind for Solomon. At his command, whenever he would command it to, it would blow to the land of Syria which I had blessed by sending prophets to, and the goodness I spread within it. I am the One Who did everything; nothing evades My knowledge.

  82. 21:82

    I subjugated those Shayāṭīn who would dive into the oceans for him and find pearls etc. among doing other things like construction. I supervised their numbers and work well; nothing escaped My observation.

  83. 21:83

    O Messenger! Mention the story of Job, when he prayed to his Lord at the time of affliction, saying, “O my Lord! I have been afflicted with an illness and loss of family, yet you are the most merciful from all those who show mercy, so remove the afflictions that have befallen me.”

  84. 21:84

    And so I accepted his prayer and removed the harm that had befallen him; I granted him not just the family he had lost, but also more along with them. I did all that out of My Mercy, and so that it serves as a reminder for each subservient worshipper of Allah, in order that he may bear patience just as Job bore patience.

  85. 21:85

    O Messenger! Also mention Ishmael, Enoch and Ezekiel, (peace be upon them). Each one of them were from the patient ones at times of suffering and on whatever responsibility Allah placed on them.

  86. 21:86

    I enveloped them into My Mercy: I made them prophets and granted them entry into paradise. Indeed, they were from those pious servants of Mine who acted within My obedience, and whose private and public lives were ones of piety.

  87. 21:87

    O Messenger! Also mention the story of the Companion of the Whale: Jonah (peace be upon him), when he went away without the permission of his Lord, angry with his people for their insistence on sin. He thought I would not constrain him by punishing him for his hurrying away; and so he was afflicted with a severe form of constraint and imprisonment when the Whale swallowed him. He then called out in the darknesses of the belly of the Whale, the ocean and the night, acknowledging his error and repenting to Allah for it, saying, “There is no true deity except You, You are glorified of all faults and sanctified. Indeed, I was one of the wrongdoers.”

  88. 21:88

    So I accepted his call and saved him from that severe distress by taking him out from all the darknesses including from the belly of the Whale. Just like I saved Jonah from this distress of his, I also save the believers when they fall into distress and call out to Me for help.

  89. 21:89

    O Messenger! Also mention the story of Zechariah (peace be upon him), when he prayed to his Lord saying, “O my Lord! Do not leave me alone without any children. You are the best of the living, so grant me a child that lives after me.”

  90. 21:90

    I accepted his prayer for him, and granted him a child in John. In the process, I also cured his wife, who had been barren up until that point. Indeed, Zechariah, his wife and son were quick in doing good deeds, and would call out to Me eager in My reward and fearful of My punishment. They would frequently supplicate to Me.

  91. 21:91

    O Messenger! Also mention the story of Mary peace be upon her, who protected herself from fornication. Allah then sent Gabriel (peace be upon him) to her, and he blew into her. Consequently, she became pregnant with Jesus (peace be upon him); they were both signs for the people of the Power of Allah, and proofs that nothing is beyond Allah’s capability such that He created Jesus without a father.

  92. 21:92

    O people! This is your creed; one and only creed. It is monotheism which is the religion of Islam. I am your Lord, so make worship exclusive to Me alone.

  93. 21:93

    The people differed: some were monotheists, idolaters, disbelievers and believers. All these different types of people will return to Me alone on the Day of Judgment, when I shall requit them according to their deeds.

  94. 21:94

    So whosoever from among them did good deeds, whilst he believed in Allah, His messengers and in the last day, will not be denied the due of his good deeds. Rather, Allah will multiply his reward for him and he will find it recorded in his book of deeds on the day he is resurrected for which he will be pleased.

  95. 21:95

    It is impossible for the people of a village I destroyed due to their disbelief that they return to the world to repent, and that I accept their repentance.

  96. 21:96

    They will never return, even until the barrier of Gog and Magog is opened and they begin emerging, hurriedly descending from every high piece of land.

  97. 21:97

    Their emergence, terror and violence will be a sign of the rising drawing nearer. The disbelievers will be left wide-eyed in horror, saying: Oh my, what a destruction faces us! We were indulged in futility in the world, preoccupied from preparing for this severe day. Rather, we were wrongdoers by disbelieving and committing sins.

  98. 21:98

    O idolaters! You and whatever you worship instead of Allah, together with whoever is content with you worshipping them, shall be the fuel of hellfire. You and everything you worship will surely enter it.

  99. 21:99

    If these worshipped things were in reality gods that were worthy of being worshipped, they would not be entering the hellfire with their worshippers. Yet they shall all be entering it, having to remain in it forever, never to come out of it.

  100. 21:100

    Due to the severity of torture they shall face, they shall wail and breathe sharply. They will not be able to hear sounds due to the immense horrific torment that will afflict them.

  101. 21:101

    When the idolaters said, “Indeed, Jesus and the angels whom were worshipped, will therefore enter the hellfire!” Allah said, “Verily, those regarding whom it was decreed in the Knowledge of Allah that they would be from the people of good fortune, like Jesus (peace be upon him), will be kept away from the hellfire.”

  102. 21:102

    The sound of Hell shall not reach their ears, while they shall reside among whatever bounties their hearts desire. These bounties shall never finish.

  103. 21:103

    The great horror of the hellfire when it surrounds its inhabitants shall not scare them, and the angels will welcome them with glad tidings, saying: “This is your day that you were promised in the world; the one you were given glad tidings of receiving bounties in!”

  104. 21:104

    On the day in which I shall roll up the heavens like the rolling up of a scroll, and congregate the creation in the state they were created in the first instance. I have promised that it will happen; a promise that there is no going back on. I shall indeed fulfil My promise.

  105. 21:105

    I had indeed written in the books I revealed unto the messengers, after I had written it in the Preserved Tablet, that the earth would be ruled by the pious, obedient servants of Allah: they are the nation of Muhammad peace be upon him.

  106. 21:106

    Verily, in the admonition I revealed, there is a message for those who worship their Lord according to what He has legislated for them. It is they who truly benefit from it.

  107. 21:107

    O Muhammad! I have not sent you as a messenger, except as a merciful one to the whole of creation. This is because you are distinguished with aspiring for the guidance of all people and their safety from the punishment of Allah.

  108. 21:108

    Say, O Messenger: It is only revealed to me from my Lord that your true deity is only One; He has no partner, and He is Allah. So submit to believing in Him, and acting in His obedience.

  109. 21:109

    O Messenger! If these people turn away from that which you have brought to them, then say to them, “I am informing you that we are both in agreement that we are different, and I do not know when the punishment Allah promised you with, will descend upon you.”

  110. 21:110

    Indeed, Allah knows of the speech you disclose, and He knows of that which you keep secret. Nothing from either evades Him, and He will requit you for it.

  111. 21:111

    I do not know whether your respite from being punished is a test for you, or whether it is to lure you further into destruction, and to give you freedom until a time decreed in the Knowledge of Allah, so that you persist in your disbelief and error.

  112. 21:112

    Supplicating to his Lord, the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him said, “O my Lord! Judge well between us and those of our people who have persisted on disbelief. We seek help from our Lord alone, against your statements of disbelief and rejection.”

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112 verses and 1169 words. It starts in juz 17 and covers pages 322 to 331 of the Madani Mushaf.

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Meccan, according to the classification of the Madani Mushaf. In the order of revelation, it comes 73rd.

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Recite Surah Al-Anbiya' out loud in the Tilawa app, on iPhone or Android: it follows every word of Al-Anbiya', then shows you the words and tajweed rules to work on, with the correct recitation to replay.

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