Surah Al-Furqaan

وَإِذَارَأَوْكَإِنيَتَّخِذُونَكَإِلَّاهُزُوًاأَهَٰذَاٱلَّذِىبَعَثَٱللَّهُرَسُولًا

Hence, whenever they consider thee, [O Muhammad,] they but make thee a target of their mockery, [saying:] “Is this the one whom God has sent as an apostle?

إِنكَادَلَيُضِلُّنَاعَنْءَالِهَتِنَالَوْلَآأَنصَبَرْنَاعَلَيْهَاوَسَوْفَيَعْلَمُونَحِينَيَرَوْنَٱلْعَذَابَمَنْأَضَلُّسَبِيلًا

Indeed, he would well-nigh have led us astray from our deities, had we not been [so] steadfastly attached to them!” But in time, when they see the suffering [that awaits them], they will come to know who it was that went farthest astray from the path [of truth]!

أَرَءَيْتَمَنِٱتَّخَذَإِلَٰهَهُۥهَوَىٰهُأَفَأَنتَتَكُونُعَلَيْهِوَكِيلًا

Hast thou ever considered [the kind of man] who makes his own desires his deity? Couldst thou, then, [O Prophet,] be held responsible for him?

أَمْتَحْسَبُأَنَّأَكْثَرَهُمْيَسْمَعُونَأَوْيَعْقِلُونَإِنْهُمْإِلَّاكَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِبَلْهُمْأَضَلُّسَبِيلًا

Or dost thou think that most of them listen [to thy message] and use their reason? Nay, they are but like cattle - nay, they are even less conscious of the right way!

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٰرَبِّكَكَيْفَمَدَّٱلظِّلَّوَلَوْشَآءَلَجَعَلَهُۥسَاكِنًۭاثُمَّجَعَلْنَاٱلشَّمْسَعَلَيْهِدَلِيلًۭا

Art thou not aware of thy Sustainer [through His works]? - how He causes the shadow to lengthen [towards the night] when, had He so willed, He could indeed have made it stand still: but then, We have made the sun its guide;

ثُمَّقَبَضْنَٰهُإِلَيْنَاقَبْضًۭايَسِيرًۭا

and then, [after having caused it to lengthen,] We draw it in towards Our­selves with a gradual drawing-in.

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلَّيْلَلِبَاسًۭاوَٱلنَّوْمَسُبَاتًۭاوَجَعَلَٱلنَّهَارَنُشُورًۭا

And He it is who makes the night a garment for you, and [your] sleep a rest, and causes every [new] day to be a resurrection.

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىٓأَرْسَلَٱلرِّيَٰحَبُشْرًۢابَيْنَيَدَىْرَحْمَتِهِۦوَأَنزَلْنَامِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًۭطَهُورًۭا

And He it is who sends forth the winds as a glad tiding of His coming grace; and [thus, too,] We cause pure water to descend from the skies,

لِّنُحْۦِىَبِهِۦبَلْدَةًۭمَّيْتًۭاوَنُسْقِيَهُۥمِمَّاخَلَقْنَآأَنْعَٰمًۭاوَأَنَاسِىَّكَثِيرًۭا

so that We may bring dead land to life thereby, and give to drink thereof to many [beings] of Our creation, beasts as well as humans.

وَلَقَدْصَرَّفْنَٰهُبَيْنَهُمْلِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟فَأَبَىٰٓأَكْثَرُٱلنَّاسِإِلَّاكُفُورًۭا

And, indeed, many times have We repeated [all] this unto men, so that they might take it to heart: but most men refuse to be aught but ingrate.

وَلَوْشِئْنَالَبَعَثْنَافِىكُلِّقَرْيَةٍۢنَّذِيرًۭا

Now had We so willed. We could have [con­tinued as before and] raised up a [separate] warner in every single community:

فَلَاتُطِعِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَوَجَٰهِدْهُمبِهِۦجِهَادًۭاكَبِيرًۭا

hence, do not defer to [the likes and dislikes of] those who deny the truth, but strive hard against them, by means of this [divine writ], with utmost striving.

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىمَرَجَٱلْبَحْرَيْنِهَٰذَاعَذْبٌۭفُرَاتٌۭوَهَٰذَامِلْحٌأُجَاجٌۭوَجَعَلَبَيْنَهُمَابَرْزَخًۭاوَحِجْرًۭامَّحْجُورًۭا

AND HE it is who has given freedom of movement to the two great bodies of water – the one sweet and thirst-allaying, and the other salty and bitter - and yet has wrought between them a barrier and a forbidding ban.

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَمِنَٱلْمَآءِبَشَرًۭافَجَعَلَهُۥنَسَبًۭاوَصِهْرًۭاوَكَانَرَبُّكَقَدِيرًۭا

And He it is who out of this [very] water has created man, and has endowed him with [the con­sciousness of] descent and marriage-tie: for thy Sustainer is ever infinite in His power.

وَيَعْبُدُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِمَالَايَنفَعُهُمْوَلَايَضُرُّهُمْوَكَانَٱلْكَافِرُعَلَىٰرَبِّهِۦظَهِيرًۭا

And yet, some people worship, instead of God, things that can neither benefit them nor harm them: thus, he who denies the truth does indeed turn his back on his Sustainer!

وَمَآأَرْسَلْنَٰكَإِلَّامُبَشِّرًۭاوَنَذِيرًۭا

Yet [withal, O Prophet,] We have sent thee only as a herald of glad tidings and a warner.

قُلْمَآأَسْـَٔلُكُمْعَلَيْهِمِنْأَجْرٍإِلَّامَنشَآءَأَنيَتَّخِذَإِلَىٰرَبِّهِۦسَبِيلًۭا

Say: “For this, no reward do I ask of you [- no reward] other than that he who so wills may unto his Sustainer find a way!”

وَتَوَكَّلْعَلَىٱلْحَىِّٱلَّذِىلَايَمُوتُوَسَبِّحْبِحَمْدِهِۦوَكَفَىٰبِهِۦبِذُنُوبِعِبَادِهِۦخَبِيرًا

Hence, place thy trust in the Living One who dies not, and extol His limitless glory and praise: for none is as aware as His creatures’ sins as He –

ٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَوَمَابَيْنَهُمَافِىسِتَّةِأَيَّامٍۢثُمَّٱسْتَوَىٰعَلَىٱلْعَرْشِٱلرَّحْمَٰنُفَسْـَٔلْبِهِۦخَبِيرًۭا

He who has created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six aeons, and is established on the throne of His almightiness: the Most Gracious! Ask, then, about Him, [the] One who is [truly] aware.

وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمُٱسْجُدُوا۟لِلرَّحْمَٰنِقَالُوا۟وَمَاٱلرَّحْمَٰنُأَنَسْجُدُلِمَاتَأْمُرُنَاوَزَادَهُمْنُفُورًۭا

Yet when they [who are bent on denying the truth! are told, “Prostrate yourselves before the Most Gracious.” they are wont to ask, “And [who and] what is the Most Gracious? Are we to prostrate ourselves before whatever thou biddest us [to worship]?” - and so [thy call] but increases their aversion,