Surah An-Nahl

وَٱلَّذِينَهَاجَرُوا۟فِىٱللَّهِمِنۢبَعْدِمَاظُلِمُوا۟لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْفِىٱلدُّنْيَاحَسَنَةًۭوَلَأَجْرُٱلْءَاخِرَةِأَكْبَرُلَوْكَانُوا۟يَعْلَمُونَ

NOW as for those who forsake the domain of evil in the cause of God, after having suffered wrong [on account of their faith] - We shall most certainly grant them a station of good fortune in this world: but their reward in the life to come will be far greater yet. If they [who deny the truth] could but understand

ٱلَّذِينَصَبَرُوا۟وَعَلَىٰرَبِّهِمْيَتَوَكَّلُونَ

those who, having attained to patience in adversity, in their Sustainer place their trust!

وَمَآأَرْسَلْنَامِنقَبْلِكَإِلَّارِجَالًۭانُّوحِىٓإِلَيْهِمْفَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟أَهْلَٱلذِّكْرِإِنكُنتُمْلَاتَعْلَمُونَ

AND [even] before thy time, [O Muhammad,] We never sent [as Our apostles] any but [mortal] men, whom We inspired: and if you have not [yet] realized this, ask the followers of [earlier] revelation,"

بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِوَٱلزُّبُرِوَأَنزَلْنَآإِلَيْكَٱلذِّكْرَلِتُبَيِّنَلِلنَّاسِمَانُزِّلَإِلَيْهِمْوَلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَفَكَّرُونَ

[and they will tell you that their prophets, too, were but mortal men whom We had endowed] with all evidence of the truth and with books of divine wisdom. And upon thee [too] have We bestowed from on high this reminder, so that thou might make clear unto mankind all that has ever been thus bestowed upon them, and that they might take thought.

أَفَأَمِنَٱلَّذِينَمَكَرُوا۟ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِأَنيَخْسِفَٱللَّهُبِهِمُٱلْأَرْضَأَوْيَأْتِيَهُمُٱلْعَذَابُمِنْحَيْثُلَايَشْعُرُونَ

Can, then, they who devise evil schemes ever feel sure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that suffering will not befall them without their perceiving whence [it came]? -

أَوْيَأْخُذَهُمْفِىتَقَلُّبِهِمْفَمَاهُمبِمُعْجِزِينَ

or that He will not take them to task [suddenly] in the midst of their comings and goings, without their being able to elude [Him],

أَوْيَأْخُذَهُمْعَلَىٰتَخَوُّفٍۢفَإِنَّرَبَّكُمْلَرَءُوفٌۭرَّحِيمٌ

or take them to task through slow decay? And yet, behold, your Sustainer is most compassionate, a dispenser of grace!

أَوَلَمْيَرَوْا۟إِلَىٰمَاخَلَقَٱللَّهُمِنشَىْءٍۢيَتَفَيَّؤُا۟ظِلَٰلُهُۥعَنِٱلْيَمِينِوَٱلشَّمَآئِلِسُجَّدًۭالِّلَّهِوَهُمْدَٰخِرُونَ

HAVE, THEN, they [who deny the truth] never considered any of the things that God has created _ (how] their shadows turn right and left, prostrating themselves before God and utterly submissive [to His will]?

وَلِلَّهِيَسْجُدُمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِمِندَآبَّةٍۢوَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُوَهُمْلَايَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

For, before God prostrates itself all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth - every beast that moves, and the angels: [even] these do not bear themselves with false pride:

يَخَافُونَرَبَّهُممِّنفَوْقِهِمْوَيَفْعَلُونَمَايُؤْمَرُونَ

they fear their Sustainer high above them, and do whatever they are bidden to do.

وَقَالَٱللَّهُلَاتَتَّخِذُوٓا۟إِلَٰهَيْنِٱثْنَيْنِإِنَّمَاهُوَإِلَٰهٌۭوَٰحِدٌۭفَإِيَّٰىَفَٱرْهَبُونِ

And God has said: "Do not take to worshipping two [or more] deities. He is the One and Only God: hence, of Me, of Me alone stand in awe!"

وَلَهُۥمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَلَهُٱلدِّينُوَاصِبًاأَفَغَيْرَٱللَّهِتَتَّقُونَ

And His is all that is in the heavens and on earth, and to Him [alone] obedience is always due: will you, then, pay reverence to aught but Him?

وَمَابِكُممِّننِّعْمَةٍۢفَمِنَٱللَّهِثُمَّإِذَامَسَّكُمُٱلضُّرُّفَإِلَيْهِتَجْـَٔرُونَ

For, whatever good thing comes to you, comes from God; and whenever harm befalls you, it is unto Him that you cry for help

ثُمَّإِذَاكَشَفَٱلضُّرَّعَنكُمْإِذَافَرِيقٌۭمِّنكُمبِرَبِّهِمْيُشْرِكُونَ

yet as soon as He has removed the harm from you, lo! some of you [begin to] ascribe to other powers a share 'in their Sustainer's divinity

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟بِمَآءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْفَتَمَتَّعُوا۟فَسَوْفَتَعْلَمُونَ

[as if] to prove their ingratitude for all that We have granted them! Enjoy, then, your [brief] life: but in time you will come to know [the truth]!

وَيَجْعَلُونَلِمَالَايَعْلَمُونَنَصِيبًۭامِّمَّارَزَقْنَٰهُمْتَٱللَّهِلَتُسْـَٔلُنَّعَمَّاكُنتُمْتَفْتَرُونَ

As it is, they ascribe - out of what We provide for them as sustenance - a share unto things of which they know nothing. By God, you shall most certainly be called to account for all your false imagery!

وَيَجْعَلُونَلِلَّهِٱلْبَنَٰتِسُبْحَٰنَهُۥوَلَهُممَّايَشْتَهُونَ

And [thus, too,] they ascribe daughters unto God, who is limitless in His glory - whereas for themselves [they would choose, if they could, only] what they desire:

وَإِذَابُشِّرَأَحَدُهُمبِٱلْأُنثَىٰظَلَّوَجْهُهُۥمُسْوَدًّۭاوَهُوَكَظِيمٌۭ

for, whenever any of them is given the glad tiding of [the birth of] a girl, his face darkens, and he is filled with suppressed anger,

يَتَوَٰرَىٰمِنَٱلْقَوْمِمِنسُوٓءِمَابُشِّرَبِهِۦٓأَيُمْسِكُهُۥعَلَىٰهُونٍأَمْيَدُسُّهُۥفِىٱلتُّرَابِأَلَاسَآءَمَايَحْكُمُونَ

avoiding all people because of the [alleged] evil of the glad tiding which he has received, [and debating within himself:] Shall he keep this [child] despite the contempt [which he feels for it]-or shall he bury it in the dust? Old, evil indeed is whatever they decide!

لِلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلْءَاخِرَةِمَثَلُٱلسَّوْءِوَلِلَّهِٱلْمَثَلُٱلْأَعْلَىٰوَهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

[Thus it is that] the attribute of evil applies to all who do not believe in the life to come -whereas unto God applies the attribute of all that is most sublime: for He alone is almighty, truly wise!