Surah Al-Qasas

أَفَمَنوَعَدْنَٰهُوَعْدًاحَسَنًۭافَهُوَلَٰقِيهِكَمَنمَّتَّعْنَٰهُمَتَٰعَٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاثُمَّهُوَيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِمِنَٱلْمُحْضَرِينَ

Is, then, he to whom We have given that goodly promise which he shall see fulfilled [on his resurrection] comparable to one on whom We have bestowed [all] the enjoyments of this worldly life but who, on Resurrection Day, will find himself among those that shall be arraigned [before Us]?

وَيَوْمَيُنَادِيهِمْفَيَقُولُأَيْنَشُرَكَآءِىَٱلَّذِينَكُنتُمْتَزْعُمُونَ

For, on that Day He will call unto them, and will ask: “Where, now, are those [beings or powers] whom you imagined to have a share in My divinity?”

قَالَٱلَّذِينَحَقَّعَلَيْهِمُٱلْقَوْلُرَبَّنَاهَٰٓؤُلَآءِٱلَّذِينَأَغْوَيْنَآأَغْوَيْنَٰهُمْكَمَاغَوَيْنَاتَبَرَّأْنَآإِلَيْكَمَاكَانُوٓا۟إِيَّانَايَعْبُدُونَ

[whereupon] they against whom the word [of truth] shall thus stand revealed will exclaim: O our Sustainer! Those whom we caused to err so grievously, we but caused to err as we our­selves had been erring. We [now] disavow them before Thee: it was not us that they worshipped!”

وَقِيلَٱدْعُوا۟شُرَكَآءَكُمْفَدَعَوْهُمْفَلَمْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟لَهُمْوَرَأَوُا۟ٱلْعَذَابَلَوْأَنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟يَهْتَدُونَ

And [they] will be told: “Call [now] unto those [beings or powers] to whom you were wont to ascribe a share in God’s divinity!” and they will call unto them [for help], but those [fake objects of worship] will not respond to them: whereupon they will see the suffering [that awaits them - the suffering which could have been avoided] if only they had allowed them­selves to be guided!

وَيَوْمَيُنَادِيهِمْفَيَقُولُمَاذَآأَجَبْتُمُٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

And on that Day He will call unto them, and will ask: “How did you respond to My message­ bearers?”

فَعَمِيَتْعَلَيْهِمُٱلْأَنۢبَآءُيَوْمَئِذٍۢفَهُمْلَايَتَسَآءَلُونَ

but all arguments and excuses will by then have been erased from their minds, and they will not [be able to] obtain any [helpful] answer from one another.

فَأَمَّامَنتَابَوَءَامَنَوَعَمِلَصَٰلِحًۭافَعَسَىٰٓأَنيَكُونَمِنَٱلْمُفْلِحِينَ

But as against this - anyone who repents and attains to faith and does righteous deeds may well [hope to] find himself among those who achieve a happy state [in the life to come].

وَرَبُّكَيَخْلُقُمَايَشَآءُوَيَخْتَارُمَاكَانَلَهُمُٱلْخِيَرَةُسُبْحَٰنَٱللَّهِوَتَعَٰلَىٰعَمَّايُشْرِكُونَ

AND [thus it is:] thy Sustainer creates whatever He wills; and He chooses [for mankind] whatever is best for them. Limitless is God in His glory, and sub­limely exalted above anything to which they may ascribe a share in His divinity!

وَرَبُّكَيَعْلَمُمَاتُكِنُّصُدُورُهُمْوَمَايُعْلِنُونَ

And thy Sustainer knows all that their hearts conceal as well as all that they bring into the open:

وَهُوَٱللَّهُلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَلَهُٱلْحَمْدُفِىٱلْأُولَىٰوَٱلْءَاخِرَةِوَلَهُٱلْحُكْمُوَإِلَيْهِتُرْجَعُونَ

for He is God, save whom there is no deity. Unto Him all praise is due, at the beginning and at the end [of time]; and with Him rests all judgment; and unto Him shall you all be brought back.

قُلْأَرَءَيْتُمْإِنجَعَلَٱللَّهُعَلَيْكُمُٱلَّيْلَسَرْمَدًاإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِمَنْإِلَٰهٌغَيْرُٱللَّهِيَأْتِيكُمبِضِيَآءٍأَفَلَاتَسْمَعُونَ

Say: “Have you ever considered [this]: If God had willed that there should always be night about you, without break, until the Day of Resurrection - is there any deity other than God that could bring you light? Will you not, then, listen [to the truth]?”

قُلْأَرَءَيْتُمْإِنجَعَلَٱللَّهُعَلَيْكُمُٱلنَّهَارَسَرْمَدًاإِلَىٰيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِمَنْإِلَٰهٌغَيْرُٱللَّهِيَأْتِيكُمبِلَيْلٍۢتَسْكُنُونَفِيهِأَفَلَاتُبْصِرُونَ

Say: “Have you ever considered [this]: If God had willed that there should always be daylight about you, without break, until the Day of Resurrection - is there any deity other than God that could bring you [the darkness of] night, wherein you might rest? Will you not, then, see [the truth]?”

وَمِنرَّحْمَتِهِۦجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلَّيْلَوَٱلنَّهَارَلِتَسْكُنُوا۟فِيهِوَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟مِنفَضْلِهِۦوَلَعَلَّكُمْتَشْكُرُونَ

For it is out of His grace that He has made for you the night and the day, so that you might rest therein as well as seek to obtain [what you need] of His bounty: and [He gave you all this] so that you might have cause to be grateful.

وَيَوْمَيُنَادِيهِمْفَيَقُولُأَيْنَشُرَكَآءِىَٱلَّذِينَكُنتُمْتَزْعُمُونَ

AND ON THAT DAY He will call unto those [that shall have been arraigned before His judgment seat], and will ask: “Where, now, are those [beings or powers] whom you imagined to have a share in My divinity?”

وَنَزَعْنَامِنكُلِّأُمَّةٍۢشَهِيدًۭافَقُلْنَاهَاتُوا۟بُرْهَٰنَكُمْفَعَلِمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱلْحَقَّلِلَّهِوَضَلَّعَنْهُممَّاكَانُوا۟يَفْتَرُونَ

And [they will remain silent: for by then] We will have called forth witnesses from within every community, and will have said [unto the sinners]: “Produce an evidence for what you have been claim­ing!” And so they will come to understand that all truth is God’s [alone]; and all their false imagery will have forsaken them.

إِنَّقَٰرُونَكَانَمِنقَوْمِمُوسَىٰفَبَغَىٰعَلَيْهِمْوَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمِنَٱلْكُنُوزِمَآإِنَّمَفَاتِحَهُۥلَتَنُوٓأُبِٱلْعُصْبَةِأُو۟لِىٱلْقُوَّةِإِذْقَالَلَهُۥقَوْمُهُۥلَاتَفْرَحْإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُحِبُّٱلْفَرِحِينَ

[NOW,] BEHOLD, Qarun was one of the people of Moses; but he arrogantly exalted himself above them - simply because We had granted him such riches that his treasure-chests alone would surely have been too heavy a burden for a troop of ten men or even more. When [they perceived his arrogance,] his people said unto him: “Exult not [in thy wealth], for, verily, God does not love those who exult [in things vain]!

وَٱبْتَغِفِيمَآءَاتَىٰكَٱللَّهُٱلدَّارَٱلْءَاخِرَةَوَلَاتَنسَنَصِيبَكَمِنَٱلدُّنْيَاوَأَحْسِنكَمَآأَحْسَنَٱللَّهُإِلَيْكَوَلَاتَبْغِٱلْفَسَادَفِىٱلْأَرْضِإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُحِبُّٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

Seek instead, by means of what God has granted thee, [the good of] the life to come, without forget­ting, withal, thine own [rightful] share in this world; and do good [unto others] as God has done good unto thee; and seek not to spread corruption on earth: for, verily, God does not love the spreaders of corruption!”

قَالَإِنَّمَآأُوتِيتُهُۥعَلَىٰعِلْمٍعِندِىٓأَوَلَمْيَعْلَمْأَنَّٱللَّهَقَدْأَهْلَكَمِنقَبْلِهِۦمِنَٱلْقُرُونِمَنْهُوَأَشَدُّمِنْهُقُوَّةًۭوَأَكْثَرُجَمْعًۭاوَلَايُسْـَٔلُعَنذُنُوبِهِمُٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

Answered he: “This [wealth] has been given to me only by virtue of the knowledge that is in me!” Did he not know that God had destroyed [the arrogant of] many a generation that preceded him - people who were greater than he in power, and richer in what they had amassed? But such as are lost in sin may not be asked about, their sins.

فَخَرَجَعَلَىٰقَوْمِهِۦفِىزِينَتِهِۦقَالَٱلَّذِينَيُرِيدُونَٱلْحَيَوٰةَٱلدُّنْيَايَٰلَيْتَلَنَامِثْلَمَآأُوتِىَقَٰرُونُإِنَّهُۥلَذُوحَظٍّعَظِيمٍۢ

And so he went forth before his people in all his pomp; [and] those who cared only for the life of this world would say, “Oh, if we but had the like of what Qarun has been given! Verily, with tremendous good fortune is he endowed!”

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْعِلْمَوَيْلَكُمْثَوَابُٱللَّهِخَيْرٌۭلِّمَنْءَامَنَوَعَمِلَصَٰلِحًۭاوَلَايُلَقَّىٰهَآإِلَّاٱلصَّٰبِرُونَ

But those who had been granted true knowl­edge said: “Woe unto you! Merit in the sight of God is by far the best for any who attains to faith and does what is right: but none save the patient in adversity can ever achieve this [blessing].”