Surah Ghafir

وَيَٰقَوْمِمَالِىٓأَدْعُوكُمْإِلَىٱلنَّجَوٰةِوَتَدْعُونَنِىٓإِلَىٱلنَّارِ

“And, O my people, how is it that I summon you to salvation, the while you summon me to the fire?

تَدْعُونَنِىلِأَكْفُرَبِٱللَّهِوَأُشْرِكَبِهِۦمَالَيْسَلِىبِهِۦعِلْمٌۭوَأَنَا۠أَدْعُوكُمْإِلَىٱلْعَزِيزِٱلْغَفَّٰرِ

- [for] you call upon me to deny [the one­ness of] God and to ascribe a share in His divinity to aught of which I cannot [possibly] have any knowl­edge the while I summon you to [a cognition of] the Almighty, the All-Forgiving!

لَاجَرَمَأَنَّمَاتَدْعُونَنِىٓإِلَيْهِلَيْسَلَهُۥدَعْوَةٌۭفِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَلَافِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِوَأَنَّمَرَدَّنَآإِلَىٱللَّهِوَأَنَّٱلْمُسْرِفِينَهُمْأَصْحَٰبُٱلنَّارِ

“There is no doubt that what you summon me to is something that has no claim to being invoked either in this world or in the life to come - as [there is no doubt] that unto God is our return, and that they who have wasted their own selves shall find them­selves in the fire:

فَسَتَذْكُرُونَمَآأَقُولُلَكُمْوَأُفَوِّضُأَمْرِىٓإِلَىٱللَّهِإِنَّٱللَّهَبَصِيرٌۢبِٱلْعِبَادِ

and at that time you will [have cause to] remember what I am telling you [now]. “But [as for me,] I commit myself unto God: for, verily, God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His servants.”

فَوَقَىٰهُٱللَّهُسَيِّـَٔاتِمَامَكَرُوا۟وَحَاقَبِـَٔالِفِرْعَوْنَسُوٓءُٱلْعَذَابِ

And God preserved him from the evil of their scheming, whereas suffering vile was to encompass Pharaoh’s folk:

ٱلنَّارُيُعْرَضُونَعَلَيْهَاغُدُوًّۭاوَعَشِيًّۭاوَيَوْمَتَقُومُٱلسَّاعَةُأَدْخِلُوٓا۟ءَالَفِرْعَوْنَأَشَدَّٱلْعَذَابِ

the fire [of the hereafter - that fire] which they had been made to contemplate [in vain], morning and evening: for on the Day when the Last Hour dawns [God will say], “Make Phar­aoh’s folk enter upon suffering most severe!”

وَإِذْيَتَحَآجُّونَفِىٱلنَّارِفَيَقُولُٱلضُّعَفَٰٓؤُا۟لِلَّذِينَٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟إِنَّاكُنَّالَكُمْتَبَعًۭافَهَلْأَنتُممُّغْنُونَعَنَّانَصِيبًۭامِّنَٱلنَّارِ

AND LO! They [who in life were wont to deny the truth] will contend with one another in the fire [of the hereafter]; and then the weak will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance, “Behold, we were but your followers: can you, then, relieve us of some [of our] share of this fire?”

قَالَٱلَّذِينَٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟إِنَّاكُلٌّۭفِيهَآإِنَّٱللَّهَقَدْحَكَمَبَيْنَٱلْعِبَادِ

[to which] they who had [once] been arrogant will reply, “Behold, we are all in it [together]! Verily, God has judged between His creatures!”

وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَفِىٱلنَّارِلِخَزَنَةِجَهَنَّمَٱدْعُوا۟رَبَّكُمْيُخَفِّفْعَنَّايَوْمًۭامِّنَٱلْعَذَابِ

And they who are in the fire will say to the keepers of hell, “Pray unto your Sustainer that He lighten, [though it be] for one day [only], this suffering of ours!”

قَالُوٓا۟أَوَلَمْتَكُتَأْتِيكُمْرُسُلُكُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِقَالُوا۟بَلَىٰقَالُوا۟فَٱدْعُوا۟وَمَادُعَٰٓؤُا۟ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَإِلَّافِىضَلَٰلٍ

[But the keepers of hell] will ask, “Is it not [true] that your apostles came unto you with all evidence of the truth?” Those [in the fire] will reply, “Yea, indeed.” [And the keepers of hell] will say, “Pray, then!” - for the prayer of those who deny the truth cannot lead to aught but delusion.

إِنَّالَنَنصُرُرُسُلَنَاوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟فِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَيَوْمَيَقُومُٱلْأَشْهَٰدُ

BEHOLD, We shall indeed succour Our apostles and those who have attained to faith, [both] in this world’s life and on the Day when all the witnesses shall stand up

يَوْمَلَايَنفَعُٱلظَّٰلِمِينَمَعْذِرَتُهُمْوَلَهُمُٱللَّعْنَةُوَلَهُمْسُوٓءُٱلدَّارِ

the Day when their excuses will be of no avail to the evildoers, seeing that their lot will be rejection from all that is good, and a woeful hereafter.

وَلَقَدْءَاتَيْنَامُوسَىٱلْهُدَىٰوَأَوْرَثْنَابَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَٱلْكِتَٰبَ

And, indeed, We bestowed aforetime [Our] guidance on Moses, and [thus] made the children of Israel heirs to the divine writ [revealed to him]

هُدًۭىوَذِكْرَىٰلِأُو۟لِىٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ

as a [means of] guidance and a reminder for those who were endowed with insight:

فَٱصْبِرْإِنَّوَعْدَٱللَّهِحَقٌّۭوَٱسْتَغْفِرْلِذَنۢبِكَوَسَبِّحْبِحَمْدِرَبِّكَبِٱلْعَشِىِّوَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ

hence, remain thou patient in adversity - for, verily, God’s promise always comes true - and ask forgiveness for thy sins, and extol thy Sustainer’s glory and praise by night and by day.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَيُجَٰدِلُونَفِىٓءَايَٰتِٱللَّهِبِغَيْرِسُلْطَٰنٍأَتَىٰهُمْإِنفِىصُدُورِهِمْإِلَّاكِبْرٌۭمَّاهُمبِبَٰلِغِيهِفَٱسْتَعِذْبِٱللَّهِإِنَّهُۥهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْبَصِيرُ

Behold, as for those who call God’s messages in question without having any evidence therefore in their hearts is nothing but overweening self-con­ceit, which they will never be able to satisfy: seek thou, then, refuge with God - for, verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-seeing!

لَخَلْقُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِأَكْبَرُمِنْخَلْقِٱلنَّاسِوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ

Greater indeed than the creation of man is the creation of the heavens and the earth: yet most men do not understand [what this implies].

وَمَايَسْتَوِىٱلْأَعْمَىٰوَٱلْبَصِيرُوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِوَلَاٱلْمُسِىٓءُقَلِيلًۭامَّاتَتَذَكَّرُونَ

But [then,] the blind and the seeing are not equal; and neither [can] they who have attained to faith and do good works and the doers of evil [be deemed equal]. How seldom do you keep this in mind!

إِنَّٱلسَّاعَةَلَءَاتِيَةٌۭلَّارَيْبَفِيهَاوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايُؤْمِنُونَ

Verily, the Last Hour is sure to come: of this there is no doubt; yet most men will not believe it.

وَقَالَرَبُّكُمُٱدْعُونِىٓأَسْتَجِبْلَكُمْإِنَّٱلَّذِينَيَسْتَكْبِرُونَعَنْعِبَادَتِىسَيَدْخُلُونَجَهَنَّمَدَاخِرِينَ

But your Sustainer says: “Call unto Me, [and] I shall respond to you! Verily, they who are too proud to worship Me will enter hell, abased!”