Surah Al-Furqaan

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَلَايَرْجُونَلِقَآءَنَالَوْلَآأُنزِلَعَلَيْنَاٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُأَوْنَرَىٰرَبَّنَالَقَدِٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟فِىٓأَنفُسِهِمْوَعَتَوْعُتُوًّۭاكَبِيرًۭا

But those who do not believe that they are destined to meet Us are wont to say, “Why have no angels been sent down to us?” – or, “Why do we not see our Sustainer?” Indeed, they are far too proud of themselves, hav­ing rebelled [against God’s truth] with utter disdain!

يَوْمَيَرَوْنَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَلَابُشْرَىٰيَوْمَئِذٍۢلِّلْمُجْرِمِينَوَيَقُولُونَحِجْرًۭامَّحْجُورًۭا

[Yet] on that Day - the Day on which they shall see the angels there will be no glad tiding for those who were lost in sin; and they will exclaim, “By a forbidding ban [are we from God’s grace debarred]!” –

وَقَدِمْنَآإِلَىٰمَاعَمِلُوا۟مِنْعَمَلٍۢفَجَعَلْنَٰهُهَبَآءًۭمَّنثُورًا

for We shall have turned towards all the [supposedly good] deeds they ever wrought, and shall have transformed them into scattered dust –

أَصْحَٰبُٱلْجَنَّةِيَوْمَئِذٍخَيْرٌۭمُّسْتَقَرًّۭاوَأَحْسَنُمَقِيلًۭا

[whereas] on that same Day those who are destined for paradise will be graced with the best of abodes and the fairest place of repose.

وَيَوْمَتَشَقَّقُٱلسَّمَآءُبِٱلْغَمَٰمِوَنُزِّلَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُتَنزِيلًا

And on the Day on which the skies, together with the clouds, shall burst asunder, and the angels are made to descend in a mighty descent –

ٱلْمُلْكُيَوْمَئِذٍٱلْحَقُّلِلرَّحْمَٰنِوَكَانَيَوْمًاعَلَىٱلْكَٰفِرِينَعَسِيرًۭا

on that Day [it will become obvious to all that] true sover­eignty belongs to the Most Gracious [alone]: hence, a Day of distress will it be for all who deny the truth,

وَيَوْمَيَعَضُّٱلظَّالِمُعَلَىٰيَدَيْهِيَقُولُيَٰلَيْتَنِىٱتَّخَذْتُمَعَٱلرَّسُولِسَبِيلًۭا

and a Day on which the evildoer will bite his hands [in despair], exclaiming: “Oh, would that I had followed the path shown to me by the apostle!

يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰلَيْتَنِىلَمْأَتَّخِذْفُلَانًاخَلِيلًۭا

Oh, woe is me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so for a friend!

لَّقَدْأَضَلَّنِىعَنِٱلذِّكْرِبَعْدَإِذْجَآءَنِىوَكَانَٱلشَّيْطَٰنُلِلْإِنسَٰنِخَذُولًۭا

Indeed, he led me astray from the remembrance [of God] after it had come unto me!” For [thus it is:] Satan is ever a betrayer of man.

وَقَالَٱلرَّسُولُيَٰرَبِّإِنَّقَوْمِىٱتَّخَذُوا۟هَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانَمَهْجُورًۭا

AND [on that Day] the Apostle will say: “O my Sustainer! Behold, [some of] my people have come to regard this Qur’an as something [that ought to be] discarded!”

وَكَذَٰلِكَجَعَلْنَالِكُلِّنَبِىٍّعَدُوًّۭامِّنَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَوَكَفَىٰبِرَبِّكَهَادِيًۭاوَنَصِيرًۭا

For so it is that against every prophet We have set up enemies from among those who are lost in sin: yet none can guide and give succour as thy Sustainer does!

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَوْلَانُزِّلَعَلَيْهِٱلْقُرْءَانُجُمْلَةًۭوَٰحِدَةًۭكَذَٰلِكَلِنُثَبِّتَبِهِۦفُؤَادَكَوَرَتَّلْنَٰهُتَرْتِيلًۭا

Now they who are bent on denying the truth are wont to ask. “Why has not the Qur’an been bestowed on him from on high in one single re­velation?” [it has been revealed] in this manner so that We might strengthen thy heart thereby - for We have so arranged its component parts that they form one consistent whole -

وَلَايَأْتُونَكَبِمَثَلٍإِلَّاجِئْنَٰكَبِٱلْحَقِّوَأَحْسَنَتَفْسِيرًا

and [that] they [who deny the truth] might never taunt thee with any deceptive half-truth without Our conveying to thee the [full] truth and [providing thee] with the best explanation.

ٱلَّذِينَيُحْشَرُونَعَلَىٰوُجُوهِهِمْإِلَىٰجَهَنَّمَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَشَرٌّۭمَّكَانًۭاوَأَضَلُّسَبِيلًۭا

[And so, tell those who are bent on denying the truth that] they who shall be gathered unto hell upon their faces – it is they who [in the life to come] will be worst in station and still farther astray from the path [of truth]!

وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَامُوسَىٱلْكِتَٰبَوَجَعَلْنَامَعَهُۥٓأَخَاهُهَٰرُونَوَزِيرًۭا

AND, INDEED, [long before Muhammad] We vouchsafed revelation unto Moses, and appointed his brother Aaron to help him to bear his burden;

فَقُلْنَاٱذْهَبَآإِلَىٱلْقَوْمِٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَافَدَمَّرْنَٰهُمْتَدْمِيرًۭا

and We said, “Go you both unto the people who have given the lie to Our messages!” - and thereupon We broke those [sinners] to smithereens.

وَقَوْمَنُوحٍۢلَّمَّاكَذَّبُوا۟ٱلرُّسُلَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْوَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْلِلنَّاسِءَايَةًۭوَأَعْتَدْنَالِلظَّٰلِمِينَعَذَابًاأَلِيمًۭا

And [think of] the people of Noah: when they gave the lie to [one of] the apostles, We caused them to drown, and made them a symbol for all mankind: for, grievous suffering have We readied for all who [knowingly] do wrong!

وَعَادًۭاوَثَمُودَا۟وَأَصْحَٰبَٱلرَّسِّوَقُرُونًۢابَيْنَذَٰلِكَكَثِيرًۭا

And [remember how We punished the tribes of] Ad and Thamud and the people of Ar-Rass, and many generations [of sinners] in-between:

وَكُلًّۭاضَرَبْنَالَهُٱلْأَمْثَٰلَوَكُلًّۭاتَبَّرْنَاتَتْبِيرًۭا

and unto each of them did We proffer lessons and each of them did We destroy with utter destruction.

وَلَقَدْأَتَوْا۟عَلَىٱلْقَرْيَةِٱلَّتِىٓأُمْطِرَتْمَطَرَٱلسَّوْءِأَفَلَمْيَكُونُوا۟يَرَوْنَهَابَلْكَانُوا۟لَايَرْجُونَنُشُورًۭا

And they [who now deny Our messages] must surely have come across that town which was rained upon by a rain of evil: have they, then, never beheld it [with their minds eye]? But nay, they would not believe in resurrection!