Surah Ar-Ra'd

وَٱلَّذِينَيَصِلُونَمَآأَمَرَٱللَّهُبِهِۦٓأَنيُوصَلَوَيَخْشَوْنَرَبَّهُمْوَيَخَافُونَسُوٓءَٱلْحِسَابِ

and who keep together what God has bidden to be joined, and stand in awe of their Sustainer and fear the most evil reckoning [which awaits such as do not respond to Him];

وَٱلَّذِينَصَبَرُوا۟ٱبْتِغَآءَوَجْهِرَبِّهِمْوَأَقَامُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَأَنفَقُوا۟مِمَّارَزَقْنَٰهُمْسِرًّۭاوَعَلَانِيَةًۭوَيَدْرَءُونَبِٱلْحَسَنَةِٱلسَّيِّئَةَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمْعُقْبَىٱلدَّارِ

and who are patient in adversity out of a longing for their Sustainer's countenance, and are constant in prayer, and spend on others, secretly and openly, out of what We provide for them as sustenance, and [who] repel evil with good. It is these that shall find their fulfilment in the hereafter:

جَنَّٰتُعَدْنٍۢيَدْخُلُونَهَاوَمَنصَلَحَمِنْءَابَآئِهِمْوَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْوَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْوَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُيَدْخُلُونَعَلَيْهِممِّنكُلِّبَابٍۢ

gardens of perpetual bliss, which they shall enter together with the righteous from among their parents, their spouses, and their offspring; and the angels will come unto them from every gate [and will say]:

سَلَٰمٌعَلَيْكُمبِمَاصَبَرْتُمْفَنِعْمَعُقْبَىٱلدَّارِ

"Peace be upon you, because you have persevered!" How excellent, then, this fulfilment in the hereafter!

وَٱلَّذِينَيَنقُضُونَعَهْدَٱللَّهِمِنۢبَعْدِمِيثَٰقِهِۦوَيَقْطَعُونَمَآأَمَرَٱللَّهُبِهِۦٓأَنيُوصَلَوَيُفْسِدُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمُٱللَّعْنَةُوَلَهُمْسُوٓءُٱلدَّارِ

But as for those who break their bond with God after it has been established [in their nature], and cut asunder what God has bidden to be joined, and spread corruption on earth -their due is rejection [by God], and theirs is a most evil fate [in the life to come].

ٱللَّهُيَبْسُطُٱلرِّزْقَلِمَنيَشَآءُوَيَقْدِرُوَفَرِحُوا۟بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَمَاٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَافِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِإِلَّامَتَٰعٌۭ

GOD GRANTS abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, unto whomever He wills; and they [who are given abundance] rejoice in the life of this world - even though, as compared with the life to come, the life of this world is nought but -a fleeting pleasure.

وَيَقُولُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَوْلَآأُنزِلَعَلَيْهِءَايَةٌۭمِّنرَّبِّهِۦقُلْإِنَّٱللَّهَيُضِلُّمَنيَشَآءُوَيَهْدِىٓإِلَيْهِمَنْأَنَابَ

NOW THOSE who are bent on denying the truth [of the Prophet's message] say, "Why has no miraculous sign ever been bestowed upon him from on high by his Sustainer?" Say: "Behold, God lets go astray him who wills [to go astray], just as He guides unto Himself all who turn unto Him-

ٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَتَطْمَئِنُّقُلُوبُهُمبِذِكْرِٱللَّهِأَلَابِذِكْرِٱللَّهِتَطْمَئِنُّٱلْقُلُوبُ

those who believe, and whose hearts find their rest in the remembrance of God - for, verily, in the remembrance of God [men's] hearts do find their rest-:

ٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِطُوبَىٰلَهُمْوَحُسْنُمَـَٔابٍۢ

[and so it is that] they who attain to faith and do righteous deeds are destined for happiness [in this world] and the most beauteous of all goals [in the life to come]!"

كَذَٰلِكَأَرْسَلْنَٰكَفِىٓأُمَّةٍۢقَدْخَلَتْمِنقَبْلِهَآأُمَمٌۭلِّتَتْلُوَا۟عَلَيْهِمُٱلَّذِىٓأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَيْكَوَهُمْيَكْفُرُونَبِٱلرَّحْمَٰنِقُلْهُوَرَبِّىلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَعَلَيْهِتَوَكَّلْتُوَإِلَيْهِمَتَابِ

Thus have We raised thee [O Muhammad] as Our Apostle amidst a community [of unbelievers] before whose time [similar] communities have come and gone, so that thou might propound to them what We have revealed unto thee: for [in their ignorance] they deny the Most Gracious! Say: "He is my Sustainer. There is no deity save Him. In Him have I placed my trust, and unto Him is my recourse!"

وَلَوْأَنَّقُرْءَانًۭاسُيِّرَتْبِهِٱلْجِبَالُأَوْقُطِّعَتْبِهِٱلْأَرْضُأَوْكُلِّمَبِهِٱلْمَوْتَىٰبَللِّلَّهِٱلْأَمْرُجَمِيعًاأَفَلَمْيَا۟يْـَٔسِٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَنلَّوْيَشَآءُٱللَّهُلَهَدَىٱلنَّاسَجَمِيعًۭاوَلَايَزَالُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟تُصِيبُهُمبِمَاصَنَعُوا۟قَارِعَةٌأَوْتَحُلُّقَرِيبًۭامِّندَارِهِمْحَتَّىٰيَأْتِىَوَعْدُٱللَّهِإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُخْلِفُٱلْمِيعَادَ

Yet even if [they should listen to] a [divine] discourse by which mountains could be moved, or the earth cleft asunder, or the dead made to speak - [they who are bent on denying the truth would still refuse to believe in it]! Nay, but God alone has the power to decide what shall be. Have, then, they who have attained to faith not yet come to know that, had God so willed; He would indeed have guided all mankind aright? But as for those who are bent on denying the truth-in result of their [evil] deeds, sudden calamities will always befall them or will alight close to their homes; [and this will continue] until God's promise [of resurrection] is fulfilled: verily, God never fails to fulfil His promise!

وَلَقَدِٱسْتُهْزِئَبِرُسُلٍۢمِّنقَبْلِكَفَأَمْلَيْتُلِلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ثُمَّأَخَذْتُهُمْفَكَيْفَكَانَعِقَابِ

And, indeed, [even] before thy time have [God's] apostles been derided, and for a while I gave rein to those who were [thus] bent on denying the truth: but then I took them to task - and how awesome was My retribution!

أَفَمَنْهُوَقَآئِمٌعَلَىٰكُلِّنَفْسٍۭبِمَاكَسَبَتْوَجَعَلُوا۟لِلَّهِشُرَكَآءَقُلْسَمُّوهُمْأَمْتُنَبِّـُٔونَهُۥبِمَالَايَعْلَمُفِىٱلْأَرْضِأَمبِظَٰهِرٍۢمِّنَٱلْقَوْلِبَلْزُيِّنَلِلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مَكْرُهُمْوَصُدُّوا۟عَنِٱلسَّبِيلِوَمَنيُضْلِلِٱللَّهُفَمَالَهُۥمِنْهَادٍۢ

IS, THEN, HE who has every living being in His almighty care, [dealing with each] according to what it deserves -[is, then, He like anything else that exists]? And yet, they ascribe to other beings a share in God's divinity! Say: "Give them any name [you please]: but do you [really think that you could] inform Him of anything on earth that He does not know-or [do you] but play with words?, Nay, goodly seems their false imagery to those who are bent on denying the truth, and so they are turned away from the [right] path: and he whom God lets go astray can never find any guide.

لَّهُمْعَذَابٌۭفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَلَعَذَابُٱلْءَاخِرَةِأَشَقُّوَمَالَهُممِّنَٱللَّهِمِنوَاقٍۢ

For such, there is suffering in the life of this world; but, truly, [their] suffering in the life to come will be harder still, and they will have none to shield them from God.

مَّثَلُٱلْجَنَّةِٱلَّتِىوُعِدَٱلْمُتَّقُونَتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُأُكُلُهَادَآئِمٌۭوَظِلُّهَاتِلْكَعُقْبَىٱلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوا۟وَّعُقْبَىٱلْكَٰفِرِينَٱلنَّارُ

THE PARABLE of the paradise promised to those who are conscious of God [is that of a garden] through which running waters flow: [but, unlike an earthly garden,] its fruits will be everlasting, and [so will be] its shade. Such will be the destiny of those who remain conscious of God-just as the destiny of those who deny the truth will be the fire.

وَٱلَّذِينَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُٱلْكِتَٰبَيَفْرَحُونَبِمَآأُنزِلَإِلَيْكَوَمِنَٱلْأَحْزَابِمَنيُنكِرُبَعْضَهُۥقُلْإِنَّمَآأُمِرْتُأَنْأَعْبُدَٱللَّهَوَلَآأُشْرِكَبِهِۦٓإِلَيْهِأَدْعُوا۟وَإِلَيْهِمَـَٔابِ

Hence, they unto whom We have vouchsafed this revelation rejoice at all that has been bestowed upon thee [O Prophet] from on high; but among the followers of other creeds there are such as deny the validity of some of it. Say [unto them, O Prophet]: "I have only been bidden to worship God, and not to ascribe divine. powers to aught beside Him: unto Him do I call [all mankind], and He is my goal!"

وَكَذَٰلِكَأَنزَلْنَٰهُحُكْمًاعَرَبِيًّۭاوَلَئِنِٱتَّبَعْتَأَهْوَآءَهُمبَعْدَمَاجَآءَكَمِنَٱلْعِلْمِمَالَكَمِنَٱللَّهِمِنوَلِىٍّۢوَلَاوَاقٍۢ

Thus, then, have We bestowed from on high this [divine writ] as an ordinance in the Arabic tongue. And, indeed, if thou shouldst defer to men's likes and dislikes after all the [divine] knowledge that has come unto thee, thou wouldst have none to protect thee from God, and none to shield thee [from Him].

وَلَقَدْأَرْسَلْنَارُسُلًۭامِّنقَبْلِكَوَجَعَلْنَالَهُمْأَزْوَٰجًۭاوَذُرِّيَّةًۭوَمَاكَانَلِرَسُولٍأَنيَأْتِىَبِـَٔايَةٍإِلَّابِإِذْنِٱللَّهِلِكُلِّأَجَلٍۢكِتَابٌۭ

And, truly, We sent forth apostles before thee, and We appointed for them wives and offspring; and it was not given to any apostle to produce a miracle save at God's behest. Every age has had its revelation:

يَمْحُوا۟ٱللَّهُمَايَشَآءُوَيُثْبِتُوَعِندَهُۥٓأُمُّٱلْكِتَٰبِ

God annuls or confirms whatever He wills [of His earlier messages] -for with Him is the source of all revelation.

وَإِنمَّانُرِيَنَّكَبَعْضَٱلَّذِىنَعِدُهُمْأَوْنَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَفَإِنَّمَاعَلَيْكَٱلْبَلَٰغُوَعَلَيْنَاٱلْحِسَابُ

BUT WHETHER We let thee see [in thy lifetime, O Prophet, the fulfilment of] some of what We have promised them, or whether We cause thee to die [before its fulfilment] - thy duty is no more than to deliver the message; and the reckoning is Ours.