Surah Az-Zukhruf

وَإِنَّهُۥلَعِلْمٌۭلِّلسَّاعَةِفَلَاتَمْتَرُنَّبِهَاوَٱتَّبِعُونِهَٰذَاصِرَٰطٌۭمُّسْتَقِيمٌۭ

AND, BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a means to know [that] the Last Hour [is bound to come]; hence, have no doubt whatever about it, but follow Me: this [alone] is a straight way.

وَلَايَصُدَّنَّكُمُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُإِنَّهُۥلَكُمْعَدُوٌّۭمُّبِينٌۭ

And let not Satan bars you [from it] - for, verily, he is your open foe!

وَلَمَّاجَآءَعِيسَىٰبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِقَالَقَدْجِئْتُكُمبِٱلْحِكْمَةِوَلِأُبَيِّنَلَكُمبَعْضَٱلَّذِىتَخْتَلِفُونَفِيهِفَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَأَطِيعُونِ

NOW WHEN Jesus came [to his people] with all evidence of the truth, he said: “I have now come unto you with wisdom, and to make clear Unto you some of that on which you are at variance: hence, be conscious of God, and pay heed unto me.

إِنَّٱللَّهَهُوَرَبِّىوَرَبُّكُمْفَٱعْبُدُوهُهَٰذَاصِرَٰطٌۭمُّسْتَقِيمٌۭ

“Verily, God is my Sustainer as well as your Sustainer; so worship [none but] Him: this [alone] is a straight way!”

فَٱخْتَلَفَٱلْأَحْزَابُمِنۢبَيْنِهِمْفَوَيْلٌۭلِّلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟مِنْعَذَابِيَوْمٍأَلِيمٍ

But factions from among those [who came after Jesus] began to hold divergent views: woe, then, unto those who are bent on evildoing - [woe] for the suffering [that will befall them] on a grie­vous Day!

هَلْيَنظُرُونَإِلَّاٱلسَّاعَةَأَنتَأْتِيَهُمبَغْتَةًۭوَهُمْلَايَشْعُرُونَ

ARE THEY [who are lost in sin] but waiting for the Last Hour - [waiting] that it come upon them of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach]?

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُيَوْمَئِذٍۭبَعْضُهُمْلِبَعْضٍعَدُوٌّإِلَّاٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

On that Day, [erstwhile] friends will be foes unto one another - [all] save the God-conscious.

يَٰعِبَادِلَاخَوْفٌعَلَيْكُمُٱلْيَوْمَوَلَآأَنتُمْتَحْزَنُونَ

[And God will say:] “O you servants of Mine! No fear need you have today, and neither shall you grieve –

ٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاوَكَانُوا۟مُسْلِمِينَ

[O you] who have attained to faith in Our messages and have surrendered your own selves unto Us!

ٱدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْجَنَّةَأَنتُمْوَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْتُحْبَرُونَ

Enter paradise, you and your spouses, with happiness blest!”

يُطَافُعَلَيْهِمبِصِحَافٍۢمِّنذَهَبٍۢوَأَكْوَابٍۢوَفِيهَامَاتَشْتَهِيهِٱلْأَنفُسُوَتَلَذُّٱلْأَعْيُنُوَأَنتُمْفِيهَاخَٰلِدُونَ

[And there] they will be waited upon with trays and goblets of gold; and there will be found all that the souls might desire, and [all that] the eyes might delight in. And therein shall you abide, [O you who believe:]

وَتِلْكَٱلْجَنَّةُٱلَّتِىٓأُورِثْتُمُوهَابِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

for such will be the paradise which you shall have inherited by virtue of your past deeds:

لَكُمْفِيهَافَٰكِهَةٌۭكَثِيرَةٌۭمِّنْهَاتَأْكُلُونَ

fruits [of those deeds] shall you have in abundance, [and] thereof shall you partake!

إِنَّٱلْمُجْرِمِينَفِىعَذَابِجَهَنَّمَخَٰلِدُونَ

[But,] behold, they who are lost in sin shall abide in the suffering of hell:

لَايُفَتَّرُعَنْهُمْوَهُمْفِيهِمُبْلِسُونَ

it will not be lightened for them; and therein they will be lost in hopeless despair.

وَمَاظَلَمْنَٰهُمْوَلَٰكِنكَانُوا۟هُمُٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And it is not We who will be doing wrong unto them, but it is they who will have wronged them­selves.

وَنَادَوْا۟يَٰمَٰلِكُلِيَقْضِعَلَيْنَارَبُّكَقَالَإِنَّكُممَّٰكِثُونَ

And they will cry: “O thou [angel] who rulest [over hell]! Let thy Sustainer put an end to us!” - whereupon] he will reply: “Verily, you must live on [in this state]

لَقَدْجِئْنَٰكُمبِٱلْحَقِّوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَكُمْلِلْحَقِّكَٰرِهُونَ

INDEED, [O you sinners,] We have conveyed the truth unto you; but most of you abhor the truth.

أَمْأَبْرَمُوٓا۟أَمْرًۭافَإِنَّامُبْرِمُونَ

Why - can they [who deny the truth ever] determine what [the truth] should be?

أَمْيَحْسَبُونَأَنَّالَانَسْمَعُسِرَّهُمْوَنَجْوَىٰهُمبَلَىٰوَرُسُلُنَالَدَيْهِمْيَكْتُبُونَ

Or do they, perchance, think that We do not hear their hidden thoughts and their secret confabulations? Yea, indeed, [We do,] and Our heavenly forces are with them, recording [all].