Surah Al-Furqaan

تَبَارَكَٱلَّذِىنَزَّلَٱلْفُرْقَانَعَلَىٰعَبْدِهِۦلِيَكُونَلِلْعَٰلَمِينَنَذِيرًا

Hallowed is He who from on high, step by step, has bestowed upon His servant the standard by which to discern the true from the false, so that to all the world it might be a warning:

ٱلَّذِىلَهُۥمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَلَمْيَتَّخِذْوَلَدًۭاوَلَمْيَكُنلَّهُۥشَرِيكٌۭفِىٱلْمُلْكِوَخَلَقَكُلَّشَىْءٍۢفَقَدَّرَهُۥتَقْدِيرًۭا

He to whom the dominion over the heavens and the earth belongs, and who begets no offspring, and has no partner in His dominion: for it is He who creates every thing and determines its nature in accordance with [His own] design.

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟مِندُونِهِۦٓءَالِهَةًۭلَّايَخْلُقُونَشَيْـًۭٔاوَهُمْيُخْلَقُونَوَلَايَمْلِكُونَلِأَنفُسِهِمْضَرًّۭاوَلَانَفْعًۭاوَلَايَمْلِكُونَمَوْتًۭاوَلَاحَيَوٰةًۭوَلَانُشُورًۭا

And yet, some choose to worship, instead of Him, imaginary deities that cannot create anything but are themselves created, and have it not within their power to avert harm from, or bring benefit to, themselves, and have no power over death, nor over life, nor over resurrection!

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟إِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّآإِفْكٌٱفْتَرَىٰهُوَأَعَانَهُۥعَلَيْهِقَوْمٌءَاخَرُونَفَقَدْجَآءُوظُلْمًۭاوَزُورًۭا

Moreover, those who are bent on denying the truth are wont to say, “This [Qur’an] is nothing but a lie, which he [himself] has devised with the help of other people, who thereupon have perverted the truth and brought a falsehood into being.”

وَقَالُوٓا۟أَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَٱكْتَتَبَهَافَهِىَتُمْلَىٰعَلَيْهِبُكْرَةًۭوَأَصِيلًۭا

And they say, “Fables of ancient times which he has caused to be written down, so that they might be read out to him at morn and evening!”

قُلْأَنزَلَهُٱلَّذِىيَعْلَمُٱلسِّرَّفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِإِنَّهُۥكَانَغَفُورًۭارَّحِيمًۭا

Say [O Muhammad]: “He who knows all the mysteries of the heavens and the earth has bestowed from on high this [Qur’an upon me]! Verily, He is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!”

وَقَالُوا۟مَالِهَٰذَاٱلرَّسُولِيَأْكُلُٱلطَّعَامَوَيَمْشِىفِىٱلْأَسْوَاقِلَوْلَآأُنزِلَإِلَيْهِمَلَكٌۭفَيَكُونَمَعَهُۥنَذِيرًا

Yet they say: What sort of apostle is this [man] who eats food [like all other mortals] and goes about in the market places? Why has not an angel [visibly] been sent down unto him, to act as a warner together with him?”

أَوْيُلْقَىٰٓإِلَيْهِكَنزٌأَوْتَكُونُلَهُۥجَنَّةٌۭيَأْكُلُمِنْهَاوَقَالَٱلظَّٰلِمُونَإِنتَتَّبِعُونَإِلَّارَجُلًۭامَّسْحُورًا

Or: “[Why has not] a treasure been granted to him [by God]?” Or: “He should [at least] have a [bountiful] garden, so that he could eat thereof [without effort]!” And so these evildoers say [unto one another], “If you were to follow [Muhammad, you would follow] but a man bewitched!”

ٱنظُرْكَيْفَضَرَبُوا۟لَكَٱلْأَمْثَٰلَفَضَلُّوا۟فَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَسَبِيلًۭا

See to what they liken thee, [O Prophet, simply] because they have gone astray and are now unable to find a way to the truth]!

تَبَارَكَٱلَّذِىٓإِنشَآءَجَعَلَلَكَخَيْرًۭامِّنذَٰلِكَجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُوَيَجْعَللَّكَقُصُورًۢا

Hallowed is He who, if it be His will, shall give thee something better than that [whereof they speak] - gardens through which running waters flow - and shall assign to thee mansions [of bliss in the life to come].

بَلْكَذَّبُوا۟بِٱلسَّاعَةِوَأَعْتَدْنَالِمَنكَذَّبَبِٱلسَّاعَةِسَعِيرًا

But nay! It is [the very coming of] the Last Hour to which they give the lie! However, for such as give the lie to [the announce­ment of] the Last Hour We have readied a blazing flame:

إِذَارَأَتْهُممِّنمَّكَانٍۭبَعِيدٍۢسَمِعُوا۟لَهَاتَغَيُّظًۭاوَزَفِيرًۭا

when it shall face them from afar, they will hear its angry roar and its hiss;

وَإِذَآأُلْقُوا۟مِنْهَامَكَانًۭاضَيِّقًۭامُّقَرَّنِينَدَعَوْا۟هُنَالِكَثُبُورًۭا

and when they are flung, linked [all] together, into a tight space within, they will pray for extinction there and then!

لَّاتَدْعُوا۟ٱلْيَوْمَثُبُورًۭاوَٰحِدًۭاوَٱدْعُوا۟ثُبُورًۭاكَثِيرًۭا

[But they will be told:] “Pray not today for one single extinction, but pray for many extinctions!”

قُلْأَذَٰلِكَخَيْرٌأَمْجَنَّةُٱلْخُلْدِٱلَّتِىوُعِدَٱلْمُتَّقُونَكَانَتْلَهُمْجَزَآءًۭوَمَصِيرًۭا

Say: “Which is better - that, or the paradise of life abiding which has been promised to the God-conscious as their reward and their journey’s end –

لَّهُمْفِيهَامَايَشَآءُونَخَٰلِدِينَكَانَعَلَىٰرَبِّكَوَعْدًۭامَّسْـُٔولًۭا

a promise given by thy Sustainer, [always] to be prayed for?”

وَيَوْمَيَحْشُرُهُمْوَمَايَعْبُدُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِفَيَقُولُءَأَنتُمْأَضْلَلْتُمْعِبَادِىهَٰٓؤُلَآءِأَمْهُمْضَلُّوا۟ٱلسَّبِيلَ

BUT [as for people who are oblivious of thy Sus­tainer’s oneness -] one Day He will gather them together with all that they [now] worship instead of God, and will ask [those to whom divinity was falsely ascribed]: “Was it you who led these My creatures astray, or did they by themselves stray from the right path?”

قَالُوا۟سُبْحَٰنَكَمَاكَانَيَنۢبَغِىلَنَآأَننَّتَّخِذَمِندُونِكَمِنْأَوْلِيَآءَوَلَٰكِنمَّتَّعْتَهُمْوَءَابَآءَهُمْحَتَّىٰنَسُوا۟ٱلذِّكْرَوَكَانُوا۟قَوْمًۢابُورًۭا

They will answer: “Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! It was inconceivable for us to take for our masters anyone but Thyself! But [as for them -] Thou didst allow them and their forefathers to enjoy [the pleasures of] life to such an extent that they forgot all remembrance [of Thee]: for they were people devoid of all good.”

فَقَدْكَذَّبُوكُمبِمَاتَقُولُونَفَمَاتَسْتَطِيعُونَصَرْفًۭاوَلَانَصْرًۭاوَمَنيَظْلِممِّنكُمْنُذِقْهُعَذَابًۭاكَبِيرًۭا

[Thereupon God will say:] “And now, they [whom you regarded as divine] have given the lie to all your [past] assertions, and you can neither ward off [your punishment] nor obtain any succour! For, whoever of you has committed [such] evil, him shall We cause to taste great suffering!”

وَمَآأَرْسَلْنَاقَبْلَكَمِنَٱلْمُرْسَلِينَإِلَّآإِنَّهُمْلَيَأْكُلُونَٱلطَّعَامَوَيَمْشُونَفِىٱلْأَسْوَاقِوَجَعَلْنَابَعْضَكُمْلِبَعْضٍۢفِتْنَةًأَتَصْبِرُونَوَكَانَرَبُّكَبَصِيرًۭا

AND [even] before thee, [O Muhammad,] We never sent as Our message-bearers any but [mortal men] who indeed ate food [like other human beings] and went about in the market places: for [it is thus that] We cause you [human beings] to be a means of testing one another. Are you able to endure [this test] with patience? For [remember, O man,] thy Sustainer is truly all-seeing!