Surah Fussilat

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 41:1 ▶

   حمٓ ﴿١﴾

   ḥā-mīm

   Ḥā, Meem.

   See footnote to 2:1.

2. 41:2 ▶

   تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٢﴾

   tanzīlum mina r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

   [This is] a revelation from the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful -

3. 41:3 ▶

   كِتَـٰبٌ فُصِّلَتْ ءَايَـٰتُهُۥ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣﴾

   kitābun fuṣṣilat 'āyātuhū qur'ānan ʿarabiyyal liqawmiy yaʿlamūn

   A Book whose verses have been detailed, an Arabic Qur’ān for a people who know,

   i.e., revealed in the Arabic language.

4. 41:4 ▶

   بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿٤﴾

   bashīraw wanadhīran fa'aʿraḍa 'aktharuhum fahum lā yasmaʿūn

   As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.

5. 41:5 ▶

   وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا فِىٓ أَكِنَّةٍ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنۢ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَٱعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَـٰمِلُونَ ﴿٥﴾

   waqālū qulūbunā fī 'akinnatim mimmā tadʿūnā 'ilayhi wafī 'ādhāninā waqruw wamim bayninā wabaynika ḥijābun faʿmal 'innanā ʿāmilūn

   And they say, "Our hearts are within coverings [i.e., screened] from that to which you invite us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and you is a partition, so work; indeed, we are working."

   For your own religion or work against us.

6. 41:6 ▶

   قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَٱسْتَقِيمُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ۗ وَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿٦﴾

   qul 'innamā 'ana basharum mithlukum yūḥā 'ilayya 'annamā 'ilāhukum 'ilāhuw wāḥidun fastaqīmū 'ilayhi wastaghfirūh | wawaylul lil-mushrikīn

   Say, [O Muḥammad], "I am only a man like you to whom it has been revealed that your god is but one God; so take a straight course to Him and seek His forgiveness." And woe to those who associate others with Allāh –

7. 41:7 ▶

   ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿٧﴾

   alladhīna lā yu'tūna z-zakāta wahum bil-ākhirati hum kāfirūn

   Those who do not give zakāh, and in the Hereafter they are disbelievers.

8. 41:8 ▶

   إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ ﴿٨﴾

   inna lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti lahum 'ajrun ghayru mamnūn

   Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them is a reward uninterrupted.

9. 41:9 ▶

   ۞ قُلْ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٩﴾

   qul 'a'innakum latakfurūna billadhī khalaqa l-arḍa fī yawmayni watajʿalūna lahū 'andādā | dhālika rabbu l-ʿālamīn

   Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds."

10. 41:10 ▶

    وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ مِن فَوْقِهَا وَبَـٰرَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَآ أَقْوَٰتَهَا فِىٓ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَآءً لِّلسَّآئِلِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

    wajaʿala fīhā rawāsiya min fawqihā wabāraka fīhā waqaddara fīhā 'aqwātahā fī 'arbaʿati 'ayyāmin sawā'al lis-sā'ilīn

    And He placed on it [i.e., the earth] firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information of] those who ask.

    Also "four equal days" or "four days of completion."

11. 41:11 ▶

    ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَهِىَ دُخَانٌ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَلِلْأَرْضِ ٱئْتِيَا طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا قَالَتَآ أَتَيْنَا طَآئِعِينَ ﴿١١﴾

    thumma stawā 'ila s-samā'i wahiya dukhānun faqāla lahā walil-arḍi 'tiyā ṭawʿan 'aw karhan qālatā 'ataynā ṭā'iʿīn

    Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."

    See footnote to 2:19.

    Literally, "become" or "do [as commanded]."

12. 41:12 ▶

    فَقَضَىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَاتٍ فِى يَوْمَيْنِ وَأَوْحَىٰ فِى كُلِّ سَمَآءٍ أَمْرَهَا ۚ وَزَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَـٰبِيحَ وَحِفْظًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ ﴿١٢﴾

    faqaḍāhunna sabʿa samāwātin fī yawmayni wa'awḥā fī kulli samā'in 'amrahā | wazayyanna s-samā'a d-dunyā bimaṣābīḥa waḥifẓā | dhālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīm

    And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired [i.e., made known] in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars, for beauty] and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

    From the devils who attempt to steal information from the angels.

13. 41:13 ▶

    فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا۟ فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَـٰعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَـٰعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ ﴿١٣﴾

    fa'in 'aʿraḍū faqul 'andhartukum ṣāʿiqatam mithla ṣāʿiqati ʿādiw wathamūd

    But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] ʿAad and Thamūd.

14. 41:14 ▶

    إِذْ جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلرُّسُلُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّنَا لَأَنزَلَ مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً فَإِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿١٤﴾

    idh jā'at-humu r-rusulu mim bayni 'aydīhim wamin khalfihim 'allā taʿbudū 'illa llāh | qālū law shā'a rabbunā la'anzala malā'ikatan fa'innā bimā 'ursiltum bihī kāfirūn

    [That occurred] when the messengers had come to them before them and after them, [saying], "Worship not except Allāh." They said, "If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down the angels, so indeed we, in that with which you have been sent, are disbelievers."

    To send messengers.

15. 41:15 ▶

    فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا۟ مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ ﴿١٥﴾

    fa'ammā ʿādun fastakbarū fi l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqqi waqālū man 'ashaddu minnā quwwah | awalam yaraw 'anna llāha lladhī khalaqahum huwa 'ashaddu minhum quwwah | wakānū bi'āyātinā yajḥadūn

    As for ʿAad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allāh who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.

16. 41:16 ▶

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ ۖ وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ﴿١٦﴾

    fa'arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī 'ayyāmin naḥisātil linudhīqahum ʿadhāba l-khizyi fi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati 'akhzā wahum lā yunṣarūn

    So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

17. 41:17 ▶

    وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْعَمَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَـٰعِقَةُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿١٧﴾

    wa'ammā thamūdu fahadaynāhum fastaḥabbu l-ʿamā ʿala l-hudā fa'akhadhat-hum ṣāʿiqatu l-ʿadhābi l-hūni bimā kānū yaksibūn

    And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn.

18. 41:18 ▶

    وَنَجَّيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ يَتَّقُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

    wanajjayna lladhīna 'āmanū wakānū yattaqūn

    And We saved those who believed and used to fear Allāh.

19. 41:19 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ يُحْشَرُ أَعْدَآءُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

    wayawma yuḥsharu 'aʿdā'u llāhi 'ila n-nāri fahum yūzaʿūn

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], the Day when the enemies of Allāh will be gathered to the Fire while they are [driven], assembled in rows,

20. 41:20 ▶

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٠﴾

    ḥattā 'idhā mā jā'ūhā shahida ʿalayhim samʿuhum wa'abṣāruhum wajulūduhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūn

    Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

21. 41:21 ▶

    وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

    waqālū lijulūdihim lima shahittum ʿalaynā | qālū 'anṭaqana llāhu lladhī 'anṭaqa kulla shay'iw wahuwa khalaqakum 'awwala marratiw wa'ilayhi turjaʿūn

    And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allāh, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.

22. 41:22 ▶

    وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَن يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَـٰرُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن ظَنَنتُمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾

    wamā kuntum tastatirūna 'ay yashhada ʿalaykum samʿukum walā 'abṣārukum walā julūdukum walākin ẓanantum 'anna llāha lā yaʿlamu kathīram mimmā taʿmalūn

    And you were not covering [i.e., protecting] yourselves, lest your hearing testify against you or your sight or your skins, but you assumed that Allāh does not know much of what you do.

    With righteousness or by fearing Allāh.

23. 41:23 ▶

    وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَىٰكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ﴿٢٣﴾

    wadhālikum ẓannukumu lladhī ẓanantum birabbikum 'ardākum fa'aṣbaḥtum mina l-khāsirīn

    And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."

24. 41:24 ▶

    فَإِن يَصْبِرُوا۟ فَٱلنَّارُ مَثْوًى لَّهُمْ ۖ وَإِن يَسْتَعْتِبُوا۟ فَمَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُعْتَبِينَ ﴿٢٤﴾

    fa'iy yaṣbirū fan-nāru mathwal lahum | wa'iy yastaʿtibū famā hum mina l-muʿtabīn

    So [even] if they are patient, the Fire is a residence for them; and if they ask to appease [Allāh], they will not be of those who are allowed to appease.

25. 41:25 ▶

    ۞ وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُوا۟ لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَـٰسِرِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾

    waqayyaḍnā lahum quranā'a fazayyanū lahum mā bayna 'aydīhim wamā khalfahum waḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-qawlu fī 'umamin qad khalat min qablihim mina l-jinni wal-ins | innahum kānū khāsirīn

    And We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word [i.e., decree] has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

    In this world among the evil jinn and men.

26. 41:26 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَسْمَعُوا۟ لِهَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَٱلْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    waqāla lladhīna kafarū lā tasmaʿū lihādha l-qur'āni wal-ghaw fīhi laʿallakum taghlibūn

    And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur’ān and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome."

    Other meanings include "speak improperly" and/or "make a clamor." The purpose of this was to prevent the hearing or understanding of the Qur’ān.

27. 41:27 ▶

    فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    falanudhīqanna lladhīna kafarū ʿadhāban shadīdaw walanajziyannahum 'aswa'a lladhī kānū yaʿmalūn

    But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

28. 41:28 ▶

    ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ أَعْدَآءِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ لَهُمْ فِيهَا دَارُ ٱلْخُلْدِ ۖ جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    dhālika jazā'u 'aʿdā'i llāhi n-nār | lahum fīhā dāru l-khuld | jazā'am bimā kānū bi'āyātinā yajḥadūn

    That is the recompense of the enemies of Allāh - the Fire. For them therein is the home of eternity as recompense for what they, of Our verses, were rejecting.

29. 41:29 ▶

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَرِنَا ٱلَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    waqāla lladhīna kafarū rabbanā 'arina lladhayni 'aḍallānā mina l-jinni wal-insi najʿalhumā taḥta 'aqdāminā liyakūnā mina l-asfalīn

    And those who disbelieved will [then] say, "Our Lord, show us those who misled us of the jinn and men [so] we may put them under our feet that they will be among the lowest."

    In the lowest depths of Hell. Or "that we may step on them" in revenge.

30. 41:30 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا۟ وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا۟ وَأَبْشِرُوا۟ بِٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

    inna lladhīna qālū rabbuna llāhu thumma staqāmū tatanazzalu ʿalayhimu l-malā'ikatu 'allā takhāfū walā taḥzanū wa'abshirū bil-jannati llatī kuntum tūʿadūn

    Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allāh" and then remained on a right course - the angels will descend upon them, [saying], "Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings of Paradise, which you were promised.

31. 41:31 ▶

    نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَآؤُكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِىٓ أَنفُسُكُمْ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَدَّعُونَ ﴿٣١﴾

    naḥnu 'awliyā'ukum fi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wafi l-ākhirah | walakum fīhā mā tashtahī 'anfusukum walakum fīhā mā taddaʿūn

    We [angels] were your allies in worldly life and [are so] in the Hereafter. And you will have therein whatever your souls desire, and you will have therein whatever you request [or wish]

32. 41:32 ▶

    نُزُلًا مِّنْ غَفُورٍ رَّحِيمٍ ﴿٣٢﴾

    nuzulam min ghafūrir raḥīm

    As accommodation from a [Lord who is] Forgiving and Merciful."

33. 41:33 ▶

    وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴿٣٣﴾

    waman 'aḥsanu qawlam mimman daʿā 'ila llāhi waʿamila ṣāliḥaw waqāla 'innanī mina l-muslimīn

    And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allāh and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."

34. 41:34 ▶

    وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌ ﴿٣٤﴾

    walā tastawi l-ḥasanatu wala s-sayyi'ah | idfaʿ billatī hiya 'aḥsanu fa'idha lladhī baynaka wabaynahū ʿadāwatun ka'annahū waliyyun ḥamīm

    And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.

35. 41:35 ▶

    وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٣٥﴾

    wamā yulaqqāhā 'illa lladhīna ṣabarū wamā yulaqqāhā 'illā dhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīm

    But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good].

36. 41:36 ▶

    وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ نَزْغٌ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿٣٦﴾

    wa'immā yanzaghannaka mina sh-shayṭāni nazghun fastaʿidh billāh | innahū huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīm

    And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allāh. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

37. 41:37 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ ۚ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

    wamin 'āyātihi llaylu wan-nahāru wash-shamsu wal-qamar | lā tasjudū lish-shamsi walā lil-qamari wasjudū lillāhi lladhī khalaqahunna 'in kuntum 'iyyāhu taʿbudūn

    And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allāh, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.

    i.e., Do not worship Allāh through His creations but worship Him directly and exclusively.

38. 41:38 ▶

    فَإِنِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فَٱلَّذِينَ عِندَ رَبِّكَ يُسَبِّحُونَ لَهُۥ بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْـَٔمُونَ ۩ ﴿٣٨﴾

    fa'ini stakbarū falladhīna ʿinda rabbika yusabbiḥūna lahū billayli wan-nahāri wahum lā yas'amūn

    But if they are arrogant - then those who are near your Lord [i.e., the angels] exalt Him by night and by day, and they do not become weary.

39. 41:39 ▶

    وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦٓ أَنَّكَ تَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ خَـٰشِعَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿٣٩﴾

    wamin 'āyātihī 'annaka tara l-arḍa khāshiʿatan fa'idhā 'anzalnā ʿalayha l-mā'a htazzat warabat | inna lladhī 'aḥyāhā lamuḥyi l-mawtā | innahū ʿalā kulli shay'in qadīr

    And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

40. 41:40 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا لَا يَخْفَوْنَ عَلَيْنَآ ۗ أَفَمَن يُلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلنَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّن يَأْتِىٓ ءَامِنًا يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

    inna lladhīna yulḥidūna fī 'āyātinā lā yakhfawna ʿalaynā | afamay yulqā fi n-nāri khayrun 'am may ya'tī 'āminay yawma l-qiyāmah | iʿmalū mā shi'tum | innahū bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr

    Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

    Through deviant recitations or interpretations.

41. 41:41 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱلذِّكْرِ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَكِتَـٰبٌ عَزِيزٌ ﴿٤١﴾

    inna lladhīna kafarū bidh-dhikri lammā jā'ahum | wa'innahū lakitābun ʿazīz

    Indeed, those who disbelieve in the message [i.e., the Qur’ān] after it has come to them... And indeed, it is a mighty Book.

    i.e., reject it or prefer deviant interpretation.

    The conclusion is understood to be "...will have earned an indescribable punishment."

    Inimitable, resistant to attack, protected by Allāh.

42. 41:42 ▶

    لَّا يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ ۖ تَنزِيلٌ مِّنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ ﴿٤٢﴾

    lā ya'tīhi l-bāṭilu mim bayni yadayhi walā min khalfihī tanzīlum min ḥakīmin ḥamīd

    Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.

43. 41:43 ▶

    مَّا يُقَالُ لَكَ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ قِيلَ لِلرُّسُلِ مِن قَبْلِكَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ وَذُو عِقَابٍ أَلِيمٍ ﴿٤٣﴾

    mā yuqālu laka 'illā mā qad qīla lir-rusuli min qablik | inna rabbaka ladhū maghfiratiw wadhū ʿiqābin 'alīm

    Nothing is said to you, [O Muḥammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty.

44. 41:44 ▶

    وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَانًا أَعْجَمِيًّا لَّقَالُوا۟ لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ ءَايَـٰتُهُۥٓ ۖ ءَا۬عْجَمِىٌّ وَعَرَبِىٌّ ۗ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ هُدًى وَشِفَآءٌ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًى ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ﴿٤٤﴾

    walaw jaʿalnāhu qur'ānan 'aʿjamiyyal laqālū lawlā fuṣṣilat 'āyātuh | a-aʿjamiyyuw waʿarabiyy | qul huwa lilladhīna 'āmanū hudaw washifā' | walladhīna lā yu'minūna fī 'ādhānihim waqruw wahuwa ʿalayhim ʿamā | ulā'ika yunādawna mim makānim baʿīd

    And if We had made it a foreign [i.e., non-Arabic] Qur’ān, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.

    For all practical purposes, since they neither hear nor understand.

45. 41:45 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۗ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍ ﴿٤٥﴾

    walaqad 'ātaynā mūsa l-kitāba fakhtulifa fīh | walawlā kalimatun sabaqat mir rabbika laquḍiya baynahum | wa'innahum lafī shakkim minhu murīb

    And We had already given Moses the Scripture, but it came under disagreement. And if not for a word [i.e., decree] that preceded from your Lord, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed they are, concerning it [i.e., the Qur’ān], in disquieting doubt.

    An alternative meaning is "he was opposed over it."

    See footnote to 10:19.

46. 41:46 ▶

    مَّنْ عَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۗ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّـٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ ﴿٤٦﴾

    man ʿamila ṣāliḥan falinafsih | waman 'asā'a faʿalayhā | wamā rabbuka biẓallāmil lil-ʿabīd

    Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.

47. 41:47 ▶

    ۞ إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ۚ وَمَا تَخْرُجُ مِن ثَمَرَٰتٍ مِّنْ أَكْمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِۦ ۚ وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِى قَالُوٓا۟ ءَاذَنَّـٰكَ مَا مِنَّا مِن شَهِيدٍ ﴿٤٧﴾

    ilayhi yuraddu ʿilmu s-sāʿah | wamā takhruju min thamarātim min 'akmāmihā wamā taḥmilu min 'unthā walā taḍaʿu 'illā biʿilmih | wayawma yunādīhim 'ayna shurakā'ī qālū 'ādhannāka mā minnā min shahīd

    To Him [alone] is attributed knowledge of the Hour. And fruits emerge not from their coverings nor does a female conceive or give birth except with His knowledge. And the Day He will call to them, "Where are My 'partners'?" they will say, "We announce to You that there is [no longer] among us any witness [to that]."

48. 41:48 ▶

    وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَدْعُونَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَظَنُّوا۟ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ ﴿٤٨﴾

    waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yadʿūna min qablu waẓannū mā lahum mim maḥīṣ

    And lost from them will be those they were invoking before, and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.

49. 41:49 ▶

    لَّا يَسْـَٔمُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِن دُعَآءِ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَإِن مَّسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَيَـُٔوسٌ قَنُوطٌ ﴿٤٩﴾

    lā yas'amu l-insānu min duʿā'i l-khayri wa'im massahu sh-sharru faya'ūsun qanūṭ

    Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.

50. 41:50 ▶

    وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَـٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَـٰذَا لِى وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّجِعْتُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّىٓ إِنَّ لِى عِندَهُۥ لَلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ ﴿٥٠﴾

    wala'in 'adhaqnāhu raḥmatam minnā mim baʿdi ḍarrā'a massat-hu layaqūlanna hādhā lī wamā 'aẓunnu s-sāʿata qā'imataw wala'ir rujiʿtu 'ilā rabbī 'inna lī ʿindahū lalḥusnā | falanunabbi'anna lladhīna kafarū bimā ʿamilū walanudhīqannahum min ʿadhābin ghalīẓ

    And if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity which has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me, and I do not think the Hour will occur; and [even] if I should be returned to my Lord, indeed, for me there will be with Him the best." But We will surely inform those who disbelieved about what they did, and We will surely make them taste a massive punishment.

    Because of my effort, knowledge, excellence, etc.

51. 41:51 ▶

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ ﴿٥١﴾

    wa'idhā 'anʿamnā ʿala l-insāni 'aʿraḍa wana'ā bijānibihī wa'idhā massahu sh-sharru fadhū duʿā'in ʿarīḍ

    And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.

52. 41:52 ▶

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُم بِهِۦ مَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ هُوَ فِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ﴿٥٢﴾

    qul 'ara'aytum 'in kāna min ʿindi llāhi thumma kafartum bihī man 'aḍallu mimman huwa fī shiqāqim baʿīd

    Say, "Have you considered: if it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is from Allāh and you disbelieved in it, who would be more astray than one who is in extreme dissension?"

53. 41:53 ▶

    سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ﴿٥٣﴾

    sanurīhim 'āyātinā fi l-āfāqi wafī 'anfusihim ḥattā yatabayyana lahum 'annahu l-ḥaqq | awalam yakfi birabbika 'annahū ʿalā kulli shay'in shahīd

    We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?

    Or "that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) is the Truth."

    See footnote of 4:79.

54. 41:54 ▶

    أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّن لِّقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُۥ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّحِيطٌۢ ﴿٥٤﴾

    alā 'innahum fī miryatim mil liqā'i rabbihim | alā 'innahū bikulli shay'im muḥīṭ

    Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing.

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