Surah An-Nahl

أَمْوَٰتٌغَيْرُأَحْيَآءٍۢوَمَايَشْعُرُونَأَيَّانَيُبْعَثُونَ

they are dead, not living, and they do not [even] know when they will be raised from the dead!

إِلَٰهُكُمْإِلَٰهٌۭوَٰحِدٌۭفَٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلْءَاخِرَةِقُلُوبُهُممُّنكِرَةٌۭوَهُممُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Your God is the One God: but because of their false pride, the hearts of those who do not believe in the life to come refuse to admit this [truth].

لَاجَرَمَأَنَّٱللَّهَيَعْلَمُمَايُسِرُّونَوَمَايُعْلِنُونَإِنَّهُۥلَايُحِبُّٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ

Truly, God knows all that they keep secret as well as all that they bring into the open -[and,] behold, He does not love those who are given to arrogance,

وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُممَّاذَآأَنزَلَرَبُّكُمْقَالُوٓا۟أَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

and [who], whenever they are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?"-are wont to answer, "Fables of ancient times!"

لِيَحْمِلُوٓا۟أَوْزَارَهُمْكَامِلَةًۭيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِوَمِنْأَوْزَارِٱلَّذِينَيُضِلُّونَهُمبِغَيْرِعِلْمٍأَلَاسَآءَمَايَزِرُونَ

Hence, on Resurrection Day they shall bear the full weight of their own burdens, as well as some of the burdens of those ignorant ones whom they have led astray: oh, how evil the load with which they shall be burdened!

قَدْمَكَرَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْفَأَتَىٱللَّهُبُنْيَٰنَهُممِّنَٱلْقَوَاعِدِفَخَرَّعَلَيْهِمُٱلسَّقْفُمِنفَوْقِهِمْوَأَتَىٰهُمُٱلْعَذَابُمِنْحَيْثُلَايَشْعُرُونَ

Those who lived before them did, too, devise many a blasphemy -whereupon God visited with destruction all that they had ever built, [striking] at its very foundations, so that the roof fell in upon them from above and suffering befell them without their having perceived whence it came.

ثُمَّيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِيُخْزِيهِمْوَيَقُولُأَيْنَشُرَكَآءِىَٱلَّذِينَكُنتُمْتُشَٰٓقُّونَفِيهِمْقَالَٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْعِلْمَإِنَّٱلْخِزْىَٱلْيَوْمَوَٱلسُّوٓءَعَلَىٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

And then, on Resurrection Day, He will cover them [all] with ignominy, and will say: "Where, now, are those beings to whom you ascribed a share in My divinity, [and] for whose sake you cut yourselves off [from My guidance]?" [Whereupon] those who [in their lifetime] were endowed with knowledge will say: "Verily, ignominy and misery [have fallen] this day upon those who have been denying the truth-

ٱلَّذِينَتَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُظَالِمِىٓأَنفُسِهِمْفَأَلْقَوُا۟ٱلسَّلَمَمَاكُنَّانَعْمَلُمِنسُوٓءٍۭبَلَىٰٓإِنَّٱللَّهَعَلِيمٌۢبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

those whom the angels have gathered in death while they were still sinning against themselves!" Then will they [who are thus arraigned] proffer their submission, [saying:] "We did not [mean to] do any evil! [But they will be answered:] "Yea, verily, God has full knowledge of all that you were doing!

فَٱدْخُلُوٓا۟أَبْوَٰبَجَهَنَّمَخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَافَلَبِئْسَمَثْوَىٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

Hence, enter the gates of hell, therein to abide!" And evil, indeed, shall be the state of all who are given to false pride!

وَقِيلَلِلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوْا۟مَاذَآأَنزَلَرَبُّكُمْقَالُوا۟خَيْرًۭالِّلَّذِينَأَحْسَنُوا۟فِىهَٰذِهِٱلدُّنْيَاحَسَنَةٌۭوَلَدَارُٱلْءَاخِرَةِخَيْرٌۭوَلَنِعْمَدَارُٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

But [when] those who are conscious of God are asked, "What is it that your Sustainer has bestowed from on high?" -they answer, "Goodness supreme!" Good fortune awaits, in this world, all who persevere in doing good; but their ultimate state will be far better still: for, how excellent indeed will be the state of the God-conscious [in the life to come]!

جَنَّٰتُعَدْنٍۢيَدْخُلُونَهَاتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُلَهُمْفِيهَامَايَشَآءُونَكَذَٰلِكَيَجْزِىٱللَّهُٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Gardens of perpetual bliss will they enter - [gardens] through which running waters flow - having therein all that they might desire. Thus will God reward those who are conscious of Him-

ٱلَّذِينَتَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُطَيِّبِينَيَقُولُونَسَلَٰمٌعَلَيْكُمُٱدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْجَنَّةَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

those whom the angels gather in death while they are in a state of inner purity, greeting them thus: "Peace be upon you! Enter paradise by virtue of what you were doing [in life]!"

هَلْيَنظُرُونَإِلَّآأَنتَأْتِيَهُمُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُأَوْيَأْتِىَأَمْرُرَبِّكَكَذَٰلِكَفَعَلَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْوَمَاظَلَمَهُمُٱللَّهُوَلَٰكِنكَانُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْيَظْلِمُونَ

ARE THEY [who deny the truth] but waiting for the angels to appear unto them, or for God's judgment to become manifest? Even thus did behave those [stubborn sinners] who lived before their time; and [when they were destroyed,] it was not God who wronged them, but it was they who had wronged themselves:

فَأَصَابَهُمْسَيِّـَٔاتُمَاعَمِلُوا۟وَحَاقَبِهِممَّاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

for all the evil that they had done fell [back] upon them, and they were overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَأَشْرَكُوا۟لَوْشَآءَٱللَّهُمَاعَبَدْنَامِندُونِهِۦمِنشَىْءٍۢنَّحْنُوَلَآءَابَآؤُنَاوَلَاحَرَّمْنَامِندُونِهِۦمِنشَىْءٍۢكَذَٰلِكَفَعَلَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْفَهَلْعَلَىٱلرُّسُلِإِلَّاٱلْبَلَٰغُٱلْمُبِينُ

Now they who ascribe divinity to aught beside God say, "Had God so willed, we would not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our forefathers; nor would we have declared aught as forbidden without a commandment from Him." Even thus did speak those [sinners] who lived before their time; but, then, are the apostles bound to do more than clearly deliver the message [entrusted to them]?

وَلَقَدْبَعَثْنَافِىكُلِّأُمَّةٍۢرَّسُولًاأَنِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ٱلطَّٰغُوتَفَمِنْهُممَّنْهَدَىٱللَّهُوَمِنْهُممَّنْحَقَّتْعَلَيْهِٱلضَّلَٰلَةُفَسِيرُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِفَٱنظُرُوا۟كَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

And indeed, within every community have We raised up an apostle [entrusted with this message]: "Worship God, and shun the powers of evil!" And among those [past generations] were people whom God graced with His guidance, just as there was among them [many a one] who inevitably fell prey to grievous error: go, then, about the earth and behold what happened in the end to those who gave the lie to the truth!

إِنتَحْرِصْعَلَىٰهُدَىٰهُمْفَإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايَهْدِىمَنيُضِلُّوَمَالَهُممِّننَّٰصِرِينَ

[As for those who are bent on denying the truth-] though thou be ever so eager to show them the right way, [know that,] verily, God does not bestow His guidance upon any whom He judges to have gone astray; and such shall have none to succour them [on Resurrection Day].

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟بِٱللَّهِجَهْدَأَيْمَٰنِهِمْلَايَبْعَثُٱللَّهُمَنيَمُوتُبَلَىٰوَعْدًاعَلَيْهِحَقًّۭاوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ

As it is, they swear by God with their most solemn oaths, "Never will God raise from the dead anyone who has died!" Yea indeed! [This very thing has God promised] by a promise which He has willed upon Himself; but most people know it not.

لِيُبَيِّنَلَهُمُٱلَّذِىيَخْتَلِفُونَفِيهِوَلِيَعْلَمَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟أَنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟كَٰذِبِينَ

[He will resurrect them] to the end that He might make clear unto them all whereon they [now] hold divergent views, and that they who are bent on denying the truth [of resurrection] might come to know that they were liars.

إِنَّمَاقَوْلُنَالِشَىْءٍإِذَآأَرَدْنَٰهُأَننَّقُولَلَهُۥكُنفَيَكُونُ

Whenever We will anything to be, We but say unto it Our word "Be" -and it is.