Surah Ash-Shura

أَمْلَهُمْشُرَكَٰٓؤُا۟شَرَعُوا۟لَهُممِّنَٱلدِّينِمَالَمْيَأْذَنۢبِهِٱللَّهُوَلَوْلَاكَلِمَةُٱلْفَصْلِلَقُضِىَبَيْنَهُمْوَإِنَّٱلظَّٰلِمِينَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

Is it that they [who care for no more than this world] believe in forces supposed to have a share in God’s divinity, which enjoin upon them as a moral law something that God has never allowed? Now were it not for [God’s] decree on the final judgment, all would indeed have been decided be­tween them [in this world]: but, verily, grievous suffering awaits the evildoers [in the life to come].

تَرَىٱلظَّٰلِمِينَمُشْفِقِينَمِمَّاكَسَبُوا۟وَهُوَوَاقِعٌۢبِهِمْوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِفِىرَوْضَاتِٱلْجَنَّاتِلَهُممَّايَشَآءُونَعِندَرَبِّهِمْذَٰلِكَهُوَٱلْفَضْلُٱلْكَبِيرُ

[In that life to come,] thou wilt see the evil­doers full of fear at [the thought of] what they have earned: for [now] it is bound to fall back upon them. And in the flowering meadows of the gardens [of paradise thou wilt see] those who have attained to faith and done righteous deeds: all that they might desire shall they have with their Sustainer: [and] this, this is the great bounty –

ذَٰلِكَٱلَّذِىيُبَشِّرُٱللَّهُعِبَادَهُٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِقُللَّآأَسْـَٔلُكُمْعَلَيْهِأَجْرًاإِلَّاٱلْمَوَدَّةَفِىٱلْقُرْبَىٰوَمَنيَقْتَرِفْحَسَنَةًۭنَّزِدْلَهُۥفِيهَاحُسْنًاإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌۭشَكُورٌ

that [bounty] whereof God gives the glad tiding to such of His servants as attain to faith and do righteous deeds. Say [O Prophet]: “No reward do I ask of you for this [message] other than [that you should] love your fellow-men.” For, if anyone gains [the merit of] a good deed, We shall grant him through it an increase of good: and, verily, God is much-forgiving, ever responsive to gratitude.

أَمْيَقُولُونَٱفْتَرَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِكَذِبًۭافَإِنيَشَإِٱللَّهُيَخْتِمْعَلَىٰقَلْبِكَوَيَمْحُٱللَّهُٱلْبَٰطِلَوَيُحِقُّٱلْحَقَّبِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦٓإِنَّهُۥعَلِيمٌۢبِذَاتِٱلصُّدُورِ

DO THEY, perchance, say, “[Muhammad] has attri­buted his own lying inventions to God”? But then, had God so willed, He could have sealed thy heart [forever]: for God blots out all falsehood, and by His words proves the truth to be true. Verily, He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men];

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىيَقْبَلُٱلتَّوْبَةَعَنْعِبَادِهِۦوَيَعْفُوا۟عَنِٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِوَيَعْلَمُمَاتَفْعَلُونَ

and it is He who accepts repen­tance from His servants, and pardons bad deeds, and knows all that you do,

وَيَسْتَجِيبُٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِوَيَزِيدُهُممِّنفَضْلِهِۦوَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَلَهُمْعَذَابٌۭشَدِيدٌۭ

and responds unto all who attain to faith and do righteous deeds; and [it is He who, in the life to come,] will give them, out of His bounty, far more [than they will have deserved], whereas for the deniers of the truth there is [but] suffering severe in store.

وَلَوْبَسَطَٱللَّهُٱلرِّزْقَلِعِبَادِهِۦلَبَغَوْا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِوَلَٰكِنيُنَزِّلُبِقَدَرٍۢمَّايَشَآءُإِنَّهُۥبِعِبَادِهِۦخَبِيرٌۢبَصِيرٌۭ

For, if God were to grant [in this world] abundant sustenance to [all of] His servants, they would behave on earth with wanton insolence: but as it is, He bestows [His grace] from on high in due measure, as He wills: for, verily, He is fully aware of [the needs of] His creatures, and sees them all.

وَهُوَٱلَّذِىيُنَزِّلُٱلْغَيْثَمِنۢبَعْدِمَاقَنَطُوا۟وَيَنشُرُرَحْمَتَهُۥوَهُوَٱلْوَلِىُّٱلْحَمِيدُ

And it is He who sends down rain after [men] have lost all hope, and unfolds His grace [thereby]: for He alone is [their] Protector, the One to whom all praise is due.

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِۦخَلْقُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَابَثَّفِيهِمَامِندَآبَّةٍۢوَهُوَعَلَىٰجَمْعِهِمْإِذَايَشَآءُقَدِيرٌۭ

And among His signs is the [very] creation of the heavens and the earth, and of all the living creatures which He has caused to multiply throughout them: and [since He has created them,] He has [also] the power to gather them [unto Him­self] whenever He wills.

وَمَآأَصَٰبَكُممِّنمُّصِيبَةٍۢفَبِمَاكَسَبَتْأَيْدِيكُمْوَيَعْفُوا۟عَنكَثِيرٍۢ

Now whatever calamity may befall you [on Judgment Day] will be an outcome of what your own hands have wrought, although He pardons much;

وَمَآأَنتُمبِمُعْجِزِينَفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَمَالَكُممِّندُونِٱللَّهِمِنوَلِىٍّۢوَلَانَصِيرٍۢ

and you cannot elude Him on earth, and you will have none to protect you from God [in the life to come], and none to bring you succour.

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِٱلْجَوَارِفِىٱلْبَحْرِكَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ

And among His signs are the ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas:

إِنيَشَأْيُسْكِنِٱلرِّيحَفَيَظْلَلْنَرَوَاكِدَعَلَىٰظَهْرِهِۦٓإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلَءَايَٰتٍۢلِّكُلِّصَبَّارٍۢشَكُورٍ

if He so wills, He stills the wind, and then they lie motion­less on the sea’s surface - [and] herein, behold, there are messages indeed for all who are wholly patient in adversity and deeply grateful [to God];

أَوْيُوبِقْهُنَّبِمَاكَسَبُوا۟وَيَعْفُعَنكَثِيرٍۢ

or else He may cause them to perish because of what they have wrought; and [withal,] He pardons much.

وَيَعْلَمَٱلَّذِينَيُجَٰدِلُونَفِىٓءَايَٰتِنَامَالَهُممِّنمَّحِيصٍۢ

And let them know, those who call Our mes­sages in question, that for them there is no escape.

فَمَآأُوتِيتُممِّنشَىْءٍۢفَمَتَٰعُٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَمَاعِندَٱللَّهِخَيْرٌۭوَأَبْقَىٰلِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَلَىٰرَبِّهِمْيَتَوَكَّلُونَ

AND [remember that] whatever you are given [now] is but for the [passing] enjoyment of life in this world - whereas that which is with God is far better and more enduring. [It shall be given] to all who attain to faith and in their Sustainer place their trust;

وَٱلَّذِينَيَجْتَنِبُونَكَبَٰٓئِرَٱلْإِثْمِوَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَوَإِذَامَاغَضِبُوا۟هُمْيَغْفِرُونَ

and who shun the more heinous sins and abominations; and who, whenever they are moved to anger, readily forgive;

وَٱلَّذِينَٱسْتَجَابُوا۟لِرَبِّهِمْوَأَقَامُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَأَمْرُهُمْشُورَىٰبَيْنَهُمْوَمِمَّارَزَقْنَٰهُمْيُنفِقُونَ

and who respond to [the call of] their Sustainer and are constant in prayer; and whose rule [in all matters of common concern] is consultation among themselves; and who spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance;

وَٱلَّذِينَإِذَآأَصَابَهُمُٱلْبَغْىُهُمْيَنتَصِرُونَ

and who, whenever tyranny afflicts them, defend themselves.

وَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟سَيِّئَةٍۢسَيِّئَةٌۭمِّثْلُهَافَمَنْعَفَاوَأَصْلَحَفَأَجْرُهُۥعَلَىٱللَّهِإِنَّهُۥلَايُحِبُّٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

But [remember that an attempt at] requiting evil may, too, become an evil: hence, whoever par­dons [his foe] and makes peace, his reward rests with God - for, verily, He does not love evildoers.