Surah Al-Muminoon

بَلْقَالُوا۟مِثْلَمَاقَالَٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

But nay, they speak as the people of olden times did speak:

قَالُوٓا۟أَءِذَامِتْنَاوَكُنَّاتُرَابًۭاوَعِظَٰمًاأَءِنَّالَمَبْعُوثُونَ

they say: “What! After we have died and become mere dust and bones, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead?

لَقَدْوُعِدْنَانَحْنُوَءَابَآؤُنَاهَٰذَامِنقَبْلُإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّآأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Indeed, this [very thing] we have been promised - we and our forefathers - long ago! This is nothing but fables of ancient times!”

قُللِّمَنِٱلْأَرْضُوَمَنفِيهَآإِنكُنتُمْتَعْلَمُونَ

Say: “Unto whom belongs the earth and all that lives there on? [Tell me this] if you happen to know [the answer]!”

سَيَقُولُونَلِلَّهِقُلْأَفَلَاتَذَكَّرُونَ

[And they will reply: “Unto God.” Say: “Will you not, then, bethink yourselves [of Him]?”

قُلْمَنرَّبُّٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِٱلسَّبْعِوَرَبُّٱلْعَرْشِٱلْعَظِيمِ

Say: “Who is it that sustains the seven heavens and is enthroned in His awesome almightiness?”

سَيَقُولُونَلِلَّهِقُلْأَفَلَاتَتَّقُونَ

[And] they will reply: “[All this power belongs] to God.” Say: “Will you not, then, remain conscious of Him?”

قُلْمَنۢبِيَدِهِۦمَلَكُوتُكُلِّشَىْءٍۢوَهُوَيُجِيرُوَلَايُجَارُعَلَيْهِإِنكُنتُمْتَعْلَمُونَ

Say: “In whose hand rests the mighty dominion over all things, and who is it that protects, the while there is no protection against Him? [Tell me this] if you happen to know [the answer]!”

سَيَقُولُونَلِلَّهِقُلْفَأَنَّىٰتُسْحَرُونَ

[And] they will reply: “[All this power belongs] to God.” Say: ‘How, then, can you be so deluded?”

بَلْأَتَيْنَٰهُمبِٱلْحَقِّوَإِنَّهُمْلَكَٰذِبُونَ

Nay, We have conveyed unto them the truth: and yet, behold, they are intent on lying [to them­selves]!

مَاٱتَّخَذَٱللَّهُمِنوَلَدٍۢوَمَاكَانَمَعَهُۥمِنْإِلَٰهٍإِذًۭالَّذَهَبَكُلُّإِلَٰهٍۭبِمَاخَلَقَوَلَعَلَابَعْضُهُمْعَلَىٰبَعْضٍۢسُبْحَٰنَٱللَّهِعَمَّايَصِفُونَ

Never did God take unto Himself any offspring, nor has there ever been any deity side by side with Him: [for, had there been any,] lo! each deity would surely have stood apart [from the others] in whatever it had created, and they would surely have [tried to] overcome one another! Limitless in His glory is God, [far] above anything that men may devise by way of definition,

عَٰلِمِٱلْغَيْبِوَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِفَتَعَٰلَىٰعَمَّايُشْرِكُونَ

knowing all that is beyond the reach of a created being’s perception as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature’s senses or mind and, hence, sublimely exalted is He above anything to which they may ascribe a share in His divinity!

قُلرَّبِّإِمَّاتُرِيَنِّىمَايُوعَدُونَ

SAY: “O my Sustainer! If it be Thy will to let me witness [the fulfillment of] whatever they [who blaspheme against Thee] have been promised [to suffer] –

رَبِّفَلَاتَجْعَلْنِىفِىٱلْقَوْمِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

do not, O my Sustainer, let me be one of those evildoing folk!”

وَإِنَّاعَلَىٰٓأَننُّرِيَكَمَانَعِدُهُمْلَقَٰدِرُونَ

[Pray thus] for, behold, We are most cer­tainly able to let thee witness [the fulfillment, even in this world, of] whatever We promise them!

ٱدْفَعْبِٱلَّتِىهِىَأَحْسَنُٱلسَّيِّئَةَنَحْنُأَعْلَمُبِمَايَصِفُونَ

[But whatever they may say or do,] repel the evil [which they commit] with something that is bet­ter: We are fully aware of what they attribute [to Us].

وَقُلرَّبِّأَعُوذُبِكَمِنْهَمَزَٰتِٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ

And say: “O my Sustainer! I seek refuge with Thee from the promptings of all evil impulses;

وَأَعُوذُبِكَرَبِّأَنيَحْضُرُونِ

and I seek refuge with Thee, O my Sustainer, lest they come near unto me!’

حَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءَأَحَدَهُمُٱلْمَوْتُقَالَرَبِّٱرْجِعُونِ

[AS FOR THOSE who will not believe in the life to come, they go on lying to themselves] until, when death approaches any of them, he prays: “O my Sustainer! Let me return, let me return [to life],

لَعَلِّىٓأَعْمَلُصَٰلِحًۭافِيمَاتَرَكْتُكَلَّآإِنَّهَاكَلِمَةٌهُوَقَآئِلُهَاوَمِنوَرَآئِهِمبَرْزَخٌإِلَىٰيَوْمِيُبْعَثُونَ

so that I might act righteously in whatever I have failed [aforetime]!” Nay, it is indeed but a [meaningless] word that he utters: for behind those [who leave the world] there is a barrier [of death] until the Day when all will be raised from the dead!