Surah Ar-Room

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِۦٓأَنْخَلَقَلَكُممِّنْأَنفُسِكُمْأَزْوَٰجًۭالِّتَسْكُنُوٓا۟إِلَيْهَاوَجَعَلَبَيْنَكُممَّوَدَّةًۭوَرَحْمَةًإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَءَايَٰتٍۢلِّقَوْمٍۢيَتَفَكَّرُونَ

And among His wonders is this: He creates for you mates out of your own kind. so that you might incline towards them, and He engenders love and tenderness between you: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who think!

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِۦخَلْقُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَٱخْتِلَٰفُأَلْسِنَتِكُمْوَأَلْوَٰنِكُمْإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَءَايَٰتٍۢلِّلْعَٰلِمِينَ

And among his wonders is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of your tongues and colours: for in this, behold, there are messages indeed for all who are possessed of [innate] knowledge!

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِۦمَنَامُكُمبِٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِوَٱبْتِغَآؤُكُممِّنفَضْلِهِۦٓإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَءَايَٰتٍۢلِّقَوْمٍۢيَسْمَعُونَ

And among His wonders is your sleep, at night or in daytime, as well as your [ability to go about in] quest of some of His bounties: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who [are willing to] listen!

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِۦيُرِيكُمُٱلْبَرْقَخَوْفًۭاوَطَمَعًۭاوَيُنَزِّلُمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًۭفَيُحْىِۦبِهِٱلْأَرْضَبَعْدَمَوْتِهَآإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَءَايَٰتٍۢلِّقَوْمٍۢيَعْقِلُونَ

And among His wonders is this: He displays before you the lightning, giving rise to [both] fear and hope, and sends down water from the skies, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless: in this, behold, there are messages indeed for people who use their reason!

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِۦٓأَنتَقُومَٱلسَّمَآءُوَٱلْأَرْضُبِأَمْرِهِۦثُمَّإِذَادَعَاكُمْدَعْوَةًۭمِّنَٱلْأَرْضِإِذَآأَنتُمْتَخْرُجُونَ

And among His wonders is this: the skies and the earth stand firm at His behest. [Remember all this: for] in the end, when He will call you forth from the earth with a single call - lo! you will [all] emerge [for judgment].

وَلَهُۥمَنفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِكُلٌّۭلَّهُۥقَٰنِتُونَ

For, unto Him belongs every being that is in the heavens and on earth; all things devoutly obey His will.

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىيَبْدَؤُا۟ٱلْخَلْقَثُمَّيُعِيدُهُۥوَهُوَأَهْوَنُعَلَيْهِوَلَهُٱلْمَثَلُٱلْأَعْلَىٰفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَهُوَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

And He it is who creates [all life] in the first instance, and then brings it forth anew: and most easy is this for Him, since His is the essence of all that is most sublime in the heavens and on earth, and He alone is almighty, truly wise.

ضَرَبَلَكُممَّثَلًۭامِّنْأَنفُسِكُمْهَللَّكُممِّنمَّامَلَكَتْأَيْمَٰنُكُممِّنشُرَكَآءَفِىمَارَزَقْنَٰكُمْفَأَنتُمْفِيهِسَوَآءٌۭتَخَافُونَهُمْكَخِيفَتِكُمْأَنفُسَكُمْكَذَٰلِكَنُفَصِّلُٱلْءَايَٰتِلِقَوْمٍۢيَعْقِلُونَ

He propounds unto you a parable drawn from your own life: Would you [agree to] have some of those whom your right hands possess as [full-fledged] partners in whatever We may have bestowed upon you as sustenance, so that you [and they] would have equal shares in it, and you would fear [to make use of it without consulting] them, just as you might fear [the more powerful of] your equals? Thus clearly do We spell out these messages unto people who use their reason.

بَلِٱتَّبَعَٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوٓا۟أَهْوَآءَهُمبِغَيْرِعِلْمٍۢفَمَنيَهْدِىمَنْأَضَلَّٱللَّهُوَمَالَهُممِّننَّٰصِرِينَ

But nay - they who are bent on evildoing fol­low but their own desires, without having any knowl­edge (of the truth). And who could guide those whom God has [thus] let go astray, and who (thereupon) have none to succour them?

فَأَقِمْوَجْهَكَلِلدِّينِحَنِيفًۭافِطْرَتَٱللَّهِٱلَّتِىفَطَرَٱلنَّاسَعَلَيْهَالَاتَبْدِيلَلِخَلْقِٱللَّهِذَٰلِكَٱلدِّينُٱلْقَيِّمُوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ

AND SO, set thy face steadfastly towards the [one ever-true] faith, turning away from all that is false, in accordance with the natural disposition which God has instilled into man: [for,] not to allow any change to corrupt what God has thus created this is the [purpose of the one] ever-true faith; but most people know it not.

مُنِيبِينَإِلَيْهِوَٱتَّقُوهُوَأَقِيمُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَلَاتَكُونُوا۟مِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

[Turn, then, away from all that is false,] turn­ing unto Him [alone]; and remain conscious of Him, and be constant in prayer, and be not among those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him,

مِنَٱلَّذِينَفَرَّقُوا۟دِينَهُمْوَكَانُوا۟شِيَعًۭاكُلُّحِزْبٍۭبِمَالَدَيْهِمْفَرِحُونَ

[or] among those who have broken the unity of their faith and have become sects, each group delighting in but what they themselves hold [by way of tenets].

وَإِذَامَسَّٱلنَّاسَضُرٌّۭدَعَوْا۟رَبَّهُممُّنِيبِينَإِلَيْهِثُمَّإِذَآأَذَاقَهُممِّنْهُرَحْمَةًإِذَافَرِيقٌۭمِّنْهُمبِرَبِّهِمْيُشْرِكُونَ

NOW [thus it is:] when affliction befalls men, they cry out unto their Sustainer, turning unto Him [for help]; but as soon as He lets them taste of His grace, lo! some of them [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]!

أَمْأَنزَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمْسُلْطَٰنًۭافَهُوَيَتَكَلَّمُبِمَاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيُشْرِكُونَ

Have We ever bestowed upon them from on high a divine writ which would speak [with appro­val] of their worshipping aught beside Us?

وَإِذَآأَذَقْنَاٱلنَّاسَرَحْمَةًۭفَرِحُوا۟بِهَاوَإِنتُصِبْهُمْسَيِّئَةٌۢبِمَاقَدَّمَتْأَيْدِيهِمْإِذَاهُمْيَقْنَطُونَ

And [thus it is:] when we let men taste [Our] grace, they rejoice in it; but if evil befalls them as an outcome of what their own hands have wrought lo! they lose all hope!

أَوَلَمْيَرَوْا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَيَبْسُطُٱلرِّزْقَلِمَنيَشَآءُوَيَقْدِرُإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَءَايَٰتٍۢلِّقَوْمٍۢيُؤْمِنُونَ

Are they, then, not aware that it is God who grants abundant sustenance, or gives it in scant measure, unto whomever He wills? In this, behold, there are messages indeed for peo­ple who will believe!

فَـَٔاتِذَاٱلْقُرْبَىٰحَقَّهُۥوَٱلْمِسْكِينَوَٱبْنَٱلسَّبِيلِذَٰلِكَخَيْرٌۭلِّلَّذِينَيُرِيدُونَوَجْهَٱللَّهِوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

Hence, give his due to the near of kin, as well as to the needy and the wayfarer; this is best for all who seek God’s countenance: for it is they, they that shall attain to a happy state!

وَمَآءَاتَيْتُممِّنرِّبًۭالِّيَرْبُوَا۟فِىٓأَمْوَٰلِٱلنَّاسِفَلَايَرْبُوا۟عِندَٱللَّهِوَمَآءَاتَيْتُممِّنزَكَوٰةٍۢتُرِيدُونَوَجْهَٱللَّهِفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُضْعِفُونَ

And [remember:] whatever you may give out in usury so that it might increase through [other] people’s possessions will bring [you] no increase in the sight of God whereas all that you give out in charity, seeking God’s countenance, [will be blessed by Him:] for it is they, they [who thus seek His countenance] that shall have their recompense mul­tiplied!

ٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىخَلَقَكُمْثُمَّرَزَقَكُمْثُمَّيُمِيتُكُمْثُمَّيُحْيِيكُمْهَلْمِنشُرَكَآئِكُممَّنيَفْعَلُمِنذَٰلِكُممِّنشَىْءٍۢسُبْحَٰنَهُۥوَتَعَٰلَىٰعَمَّايُشْرِكُونَ

IT IS GOD who has created you, and then has provided you with sustenance, and then will cause you to die, and then will bring you to life again. Can any of those beings or powers to whom you ascribe a share in His divinity do any of these things? Limitless is He in His glory, and sublimely exalted above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!