Surah Ghafir

حمٓ

Ha. Mim.

تَنزِيلُٱلْكِتَٰبِمِنَٱللَّهِٱلْعَزِيزِٱلْعَلِيمِ

THE BESTOWAL from on high of this divine writ issues from God, the Almighty, the All-Know­ing,

غَافِرِٱلذَّنۢبِوَقَابِلِٱلتَّوْبِشَدِيدِٱلْعِقَابِذِىٱلطَّوْلِلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَإِلَيْهِٱلْمَصِيرُ

forgiving sins and accepting repentance, severe in retribution, limitless in His bounty. There is no deity save Him: with Him is all jour­neys’ end.

مَايُجَٰدِلُفِىٓءَايَٰتِٱللَّهِإِلَّاٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟فَلَايَغْرُرْكَتَقَلُّبُهُمْفِىٱلْبِلَٰدِ

NONE BUT THOSE who are bent on denying the truth would call God’s messages in question. But let it not deceive thee that they seem to be able to do as they please on earth:

كَذَّبَتْقَبْلَهُمْقَوْمُنُوحٍۢوَٱلْأَحْزَابُمِنۢبَعْدِهِمْوَهَمَّتْكُلُّأُمَّةٍۭبِرَسُولِهِمْلِيَأْخُذُوهُوَجَٰدَلُوا۟بِٱلْبَٰطِلِلِيُدْحِضُوا۟بِهِٱلْحَقَّفَأَخَذْتُهُمْفَكَيْفَكَانَعِقَابِ

to the truth gave the lie, before their time, the people of Noah and, after them, all those [others] who were leagued together [against God’s message-bearers]; and each of those com­munities schemed against the apostle sent unto them, aiming to lay hands on him; and they contended [against his message] with fallacious arguments, so as to render void the truth thereby: but then I took them to task - and how awesome was My retribution!

وَكَذَٰلِكَحَقَّتْكَلِمَتُرَبِّكَعَلَىٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟أَنَّهُمْأَصْحَٰبُٱلنَّارِ

And thus shall thy Sustainer’s word come true against all who are bent on denying the truth: they shall find themselves in the fire [of hell].

ٱلَّذِينَيَحْمِلُونَٱلْعَرْشَوَمَنْحَوْلَهُۥيُسَبِّحُونَبِحَمْدِرَبِّهِمْوَيُؤْمِنُونَبِهِۦوَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَلِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟رَبَّنَاوَسِعْتَكُلَّشَىْءٍۢرَّحْمَةًۭوَعِلْمًۭافَٱغْفِرْلِلَّذِينَتَابُوا۟وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟سَبِيلَكَوَقِهِمْعَذَابَٱلْجَحِيمِ

THEY WHO BEAR [within themselves the knowl­edge of] the throne of [God’s] almightiness, as well as all who are near it, extol their Sustainer’s limitless glory and praise, and have faith in Him, and ask forgiveness for all [others] who have attained to faith: “O our Sustainer! Thou embracest all things within [Thy] grace and knowledge: forgive, then, their sins unto those who repent and follow Thy path, and preserve them from suffering through the blazing fire!

رَبَّنَاوَأَدْخِلْهُمْجَنَّٰتِعَدْنٍٱلَّتِىوَعَدتَّهُمْوَمَنصَلَحَمِنْءَابَآئِهِمْوَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْوَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْإِنَّكَأَنتَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

“And, O our Sustainer, bring them into the gardens of perpetual bliss which Thou hast promised them, together with the righteous from among their forebears, and their spouses, and their offspring - for, verily, Thou alone art almighty, truly wise –

وَقِهِمُٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِوَمَنتَقِٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِيَوْمَئِذٍۢفَقَدْرَحِمْتَهُۥوَذَٰلِكَهُوَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْعَظِيمُ

and preserve them from [doing] evil deeds: for anyone whom on that Day [of Judgment] Thou wilt have preserved from [the taint of] evil deeds, him wilt Thou have graced with Thy mercy: and that, that will be the triumph supreme!”

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟يُنَادَوْنَلَمَقْتُٱللَّهِأَكْبَرُمِنمَّقْتِكُمْأَنفُسَكُمْإِذْتُدْعَوْنَإِلَىٱلْإِيمَٰنِفَتَكْفُرُونَ

[But,] behold, as for those who are bent on denying the truth - [on that same Day] a voice will call out unto them: “Indeed, greater than your [present] loathing of yourselves was God’s loathing of you [at the time] when you were called unto faith but went on denying the truth!”

قَالُوا۟رَبَّنَآأَمَتَّنَاٱثْنَتَيْنِوَأَحْيَيْتَنَاٱثْنَتَيْنِفَٱعْتَرَفْنَابِذُنُوبِنَافَهَلْإِلَىٰخُرُوجٍۢمِّنسَبِيلٍۢ

[Whereupon] they will exclaim: “O our Sus­tainer! Twice hast Thou caused us to die, just as twice Thou hast brought us to life!

ذَٰلِكُمبِأَنَّهُۥٓإِذَادُعِىَٱللَّهُوَحْدَهُۥكَفَرْتُمْوَإِنيُشْرَكْبِهِۦتُؤْمِنُوا۟فَٱلْحُكْمُلِلَّهِٱلْعَلِىِّٱلْكَبِيرِ

[And they will be told:] “This [has befallen you] because, whenever the One God was invoked, you denied this truth; whereas, when divinity was ascribed to aught beside Him, you believed [in it]! But all judgment rests with God, the Exalted, the Great!”

هُوَٱلَّذِىيُرِيكُمْءَايَٰتِهِۦوَيُنَزِّلُلَكُممِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِرِزْقًۭاوَمَايَتَذَكَّرُإِلَّامَنيُنِيبُ

HE IT IS who shows you His wonders [in all nature], and sends down sustenance for you from the sky: but none bethinks himself [thereof] save those who are wont to turn to God.

فَٱدْعُوا۟ٱللَّهَمُخْلِصِينَلَهُٱلدِّينَوَلَوْكَرِهَٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

Invoke, then, God, sincere in your faith in Him alone, however hateful this may be to those who deny the truth!

رَفِيعُٱلدَّرَجَٰتِذُوٱلْعَرْشِيُلْقِىٱلرُّوحَمِنْأَمْرِهِۦعَلَىٰمَنيَشَآءُمِنْعِبَادِهِۦلِيُنذِرَيَوْمَٱلتَّلَاقِ

High above all orders [of being] is He, in almightiness enthroned. By His Own will does He bestow inspiration upon whomever He wills of His servants, so as to warn [all human beings of the coming] of the Day when they shall meet Him

يَوْمَهُمبَٰرِزُونَلَايَخْفَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِمِنْهُمْشَىْءٌۭلِّمَنِٱلْمُلْكُٱلْيَوْمَلِلَّهِٱلْوَٰحِدِٱلْقَهَّارِ

the Day when they shall come forth [from death], with nothing of themselves hidden from God. With whom will sovereignty rest on that Day? With God, the One who holds absolute sway over all that exists!

ٱلْيَوْمَتُجْزَىٰكُلُّنَفْسٍۭبِمَاكَسَبَتْلَاظُلْمَٱلْيَوْمَإِنَّٱللَّهَسَرِيعُٱلْحِسَابِ

On that Day will every human being be requited for what he has earned: no wrong [will be done] on that Day: verily, swift in reckoning is God!

وَأَنذِرْهُمْيَوْمَٱلْءَازِفَةِإِذِٱلْقُلُوبُلَدَىٱلْحَنَاجِرِكَٰظِمِينَمَالِلظَّٰلِمِينَمِنْحَمِيمٍۢوَلَاشَفِيعٍۢيُطَاعُ

Hence, warn them of that Day which draws ever nearer, when the hearts will chokingly come up to the throats: no loving friend will the evildoers have, nor any intercessor who would be heeded:

يَعْلَمُخَآئِنَةَٱلْأَعْيُنِوَمَاتُخْفِىٱلصُّدُورُ

[for] He is aware of the [most] stealthy glance, and of all that the hearts would conceal.

وَٱللَّهُيَقْضِىبِٱلْحَقِّوَٱلَّذِينَيَدْعُونَمِندُونِهِۦلَايَقْضُونَبِشَىْءٍإِنَّٱللَّهَهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْبَصِيرُ

And God will judge in accordance with truth and justice, whereas those [beings] whom they invoke beside Him cannot judge at all: for, verily, God alone is all-hearing, all-seeing.