Surah Fussilat

وَقَالُوا۟لِجُلُودِهِمْلِمَشَهِدتُّمْعَلَيْنَاقَالُوٓا۟أَنطَقَنَاٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىٓأَنطَقَكُلَّشَىْءٍۢوَهُوَخَلَقَكُمْأَوَّلَمَرَّةٍۢوَإِلَيْهِتُرْجَعُونَ

And they will ask their skins, “Why did you bear witness against us?” - [and] these will reply: “God, who gives speech to all things, has given speech to us [as well]: for He [it is who] has created you in the first instance - and unto Him you are [now] brought back.

وَمَاكُنتُمْتَسْتَتِرُونَأَنيَشْهَدَعَلَيْكُمْسَمْعُكُمْوَلَآأَبْصَٰرُكُمْوَلَاجُلُودُكُمْوَلَٰكِنظَنَنتُمْأَنَّٱللَّهَلَايَعْلَمُكَثِيرًۭامِّمَّاتَعْمَلُونَ

And you did not try to hide [your sins] lest your hearing or your sight or your skins bear witness against you: nay, but you thought that God did not know much of what you were doing –

وَذَٰلِكُمْظَنُّكُمُٱلَّذِىظَنَنتُمبِرَبِّكُمْأَرْدَىٰكُمْفَأَصْبَحْتُممِّنَٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

and that very thought which you thought about your Sustainer has brought you to perdition, and so now you find yourselves among the lost!”

فَإِنيَصْبِرُوا۟فَٱلنَّارُمَثْوًۭىلَّهُمْوَإِنيَسْتَعْتِبُوا۟فَمَاهُممِّنَٱلْمُعْتَبِينَ

And then, [even] if they endure [their lot] in patience, the fire will still be their abode; and if they pray to be allowed to make amends, they will not be allowed to do so:

وَقَيَّضْنَالَهُمْقُرَنَآءَفَزَيَّنُوا۟لَهُممَّابَيْنَأَيْدِيهِمْوَمَاخَلْفَهُمْوَحَقَّعَلَيْهِمُٱلْقَوْلُفِىٓأُمَمٍۢقَدْخَلَتْمِنقَبْلِهِممِّنَٱلْجِنِّوَٱلْإِنسِإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟خَٰسِرِينَ

for [when they became obli­vious of Us,] We assigned to them [their own evil impulses as their] other selves, and these made appear goodly to them whatever lay open before them and whatever was beyond their ken. And so, the sentence [of doom] will have fallen due upon them together with the [other sinful] com­munities of invisible beings and humans that passed away before their time: verily, they [all] will indeed be lost!

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَاتَسْمَعُوا۟لِهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِوَٱلْغَوْا۟فِيهِلَعَلَّكُمْتَغْلِبُونَ

NOW THOSE who are bent on denying the truth say [unto one another]: “Do not listen to this Qur’an, but rather talk frivolously about it, so that you might gain the upper hand!”

فَلَنُذِيقَنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟عَذَابًۭاشَدِيدًۭاوَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْأَسْوَأَٱلَّذِىكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ

But We shall most certainly give those who are [thus] bent on denying the truth a taste of suffering severe, and We shall most certainly requite them according to the worst of their deeds!

ذَٰلِكَجَزَآءُأَعْدَآءِٱللَّهِٱلنَّارُلَهُمْفِيهَادَارُٱلْخُلْدِجَزَآءًۢبِمَاكَانُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَايَجْحَدُونَ

That requital of God’s enemies will be the fire [of the hereafter]: in it will they have an abode of immeasurable duration as an outcome of their having knowingly rejected Our messages.

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟رَبَّنَآأَرِنَاٱلَّذَيْنِأَضَلَّانَامِنَٱلْجِنِّوَٱلْإِنسِنَجْعَلْهُمَاتَحْتَأَقْدَامِنَالِيَكُونَامِنَٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

And they who [in their life on earth] were bent on denying the truth will [thereupon] exclaim: “O our Sustainer! Show us those of the invisible beings and humans that have led us astray: we shall trample them underfoot, so that they shall be the lowest of all!”

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَقَالُوا۟رَبُّنَاٱللَّهُثُمَّٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟تَتَنَزَّلُعَلَيْهِمُٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُأَلَّاتَخَافُوا۟وَلَاتَحْزَنُوا۟وَأَبْشِرُوا۟بِٱلْجَنَّةِٱلَّتِىكُنتُمْتُوعَدُونَ

[But,] behold, as for those who say, “Our Sustainer is God,” and then steadfastly pursue the right way - upon them do angels often descend, [say­ing:] “Fear not and grieve not, but receive the glad tiding of that paradise which has been promised to you!

نَحْنُأَوْلِيَآؤُكُمْفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَفِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِوَلَكُمْفِيهَامَاتَشْتَهِىٓأَنفُسُكُمْوَلَكُمْفِيهَامَاتَدَّعُونَ

We are close unto you in the life of this world and [will be so] in the life to come; and in that [life to come] you shall have all that your souls may desire, and in it you shall have all that you ever prayed for,

نُزُلًۭامِّنْغَفُورٍۢرَّحِيمٍۢ

as a ready welcome from Him who is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!”

وَمَنْأَحْسَنُقَوْلًۭامِّمَّندَعَآإِلَىٱللَّهِوَعَمِلَصَٰلِحًۭاوَقَالَإِنَّنِىمِنَٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

And who could be better of speech than he who calls [his fellow-men] unto God, and does what is just and right, and says, “Verily, I am of those who have surrendered themselves to God”?

وَلَاتَسْتَوِىٱلْحَسَنَةُوَلَاٱلسَّيِّئَةُٱدْفَعْبِٱلَّتِىهِىَأَحْسَنُفَإِذَاٱلَّذِىبَيْنَكَوَبَيْنَهُۥعَدَٰوَةٌۭكَأَنَّهُۥوَلِىٌّحَمِيمٌۭ

But [since] good and evil cannot be equal, repel thou [evil] with something that is better and lo! he between whom and thyself was enmity [may then become] as though he had [always] been close [unto thee], a true friend!

وَمَايُلَقَّىٰهَآإِلَّاٱلَّذِينَصَبَرُوا۟وَمَايُلَقَّىٰهَآإِلَّاذُوحَظٍّعَظِيمٍۢ

Yet [to achieve] this is not given to any but those who are wont to be patient in adversity: it is not given to any but those endowed with the greatest good fortune!

وَإِمَّايَنزَغَنَّكَمِنَٱلشَّيْطَٰنِنَزْغٌۭفَٱسْتَعِذْبِٱللَّهِإِنَّهُۥهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْعَلِيمُ

Hence, if it should happen that a prompting from Satan stirs thee up [to blind anger], seek refuge with God: behold, He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing!

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِٱلَّيْلُوَٱلنَّهَارُوَٱلشَّمْسُوَٱلْقَمَرُلَاتَسْجُدُوا۟لِلشَّمْسِوَلَالِلْقَمَرِوَٱسْجُدُوا۟لِلَّهِٱلَّذِىخَلَقَهُنَّإِنكُنتُمْإِيَّاهُتَعْبُدُونَ

Now among His signs are the night and the day, as well as the sun and the moon: [hence,] adore not the sun or the moon, but prostrate yourselves in adoration before God, who has created them - if it is Him whom you [really] worship.

فَإِنِٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟فَٱلَّذِينَعِندَرَبِّكَيُسَبِّحُونَلَهُۥبِٱلَّيْلِوَٱلنَّهَارِوَهُمْلَايَسْـَٔمُونَ

And though some be too proud [to listen to this call], they who [in their hearts] are with thy Sustainer extol His limitless glory by night and by day, and never grow weary [thereof].

وَمِنْءَايَٰتِهِۦٓأَنَّكَتَرَىٱلْأَرْضَخَٰشِعَةًۭفَإِذَآأَنزَلْنَاعَلَيْهَاٱلْمَآءَٱهْتَزَّتْوَرَبَتْإِنَّٱلَّذِىٓأَحْيَاهَالَمُحْىِٱلْمَوْتَىٰٓإِنَّهُۥعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢقَدِيرٌ

For among His signs is this: thou seest the earth lying desolate - and lo! when We send down water upon it, it stirs and swells [with life]! Verily, He who brings it to life can surely give life to the dead [of heart as well]: for, behold, He has the power to will anything.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَيُلْحِدُونَفِىٓءَايَٰتِنَالَايَخْفَوْنَعَلَيْنَآأَفَمَنيُلْقَىٰفِىٱلنَّارِخَيْرٌأَممَّنيَأْتِىٓءَامِنًۭايَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِٱعْمَلُوا۟مَاشِئْتُمْإِنَّهُۥبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَبَصِيرٌ

VERILY, they who distort the meaning of Our mes­sages are not hidden from Us: hence, which [of the two] will be in a better state - he that is [destined to be] cast into the fire, or he that shall come secure [before Us] on Resurrection Day? Do what you will: verily, He sees all that you do.