Surah Ghafir

ٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلَّيْلَلِتَسْكُنُوا۟فِيهِوَٱلنَّهَارَمُبْصِرًاإِنَّٱللَّهَلَذُوفَضْلٍعَلَىٱلنَّاسِوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَشْكُرُونَ

IT IS GOD who has made the night for you, so that you might rest therein, and the day, to make [you] see. Behold, God is indeed limitless in His bounty unto man - but most men are ungrateful.

ذَٰلِكُمُٱللَّهُرَبُّكُمْخَٰلِقُكُلِّشَىْءٍۢلَّآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَفَأَنَّىٰتُؤْفَكُونَ

Such is God, your Sustainer, the Creator of all that exists: there is no deity save Him. How perverted, then, are your minds!

كَذَٰلِكَيُؤْفَكُٱلَّذِينَكَانُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِيَجْحَدُونَ

[For] thus it is: perverted are the minds of those who knowingly reject God’s messages.

ٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلْأَرْضَقَرَارًۭاوَٱلسَّمَآءَبِنَآءًۭوَصَوَّرَكُمْفَأَحْسَنَصُوَرَكُمْوَرَزَقَكُممِّنَٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِذَٰلِكُمُٱللَّهُرَبُّكُمْفَتَبَارَكَٱللَّهُرَبُّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

It is God who has made the earth a resting- place for you and the sky a canopy, and has formed you - and formed you so well and provided for you sustenance out of the good things of life. Such is God, your Sustainer: hallowed, then, is God, the Sustainer of all the worlds!

هُوَٱلْحَىُّلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَفَٱدْعُوهُمُخْلِصِينَلَهُٱلدِّينَٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity save Him: call, then, unto Him [alone], sincere in your faith in Him. All praise is due to God, the Sustainer of all the worlds!

قُلْإِنِّىنُهِيتُأَنْأَعْبُدَٱلَّذِينَتَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِلَمَّاجَآءَنِىَٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُمِنرَّبِّىوَأُمِرْتُأَنْأُسْلِمَلِرَبِّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Say: “Since all evidence of the truth has come to me from my Sustainer, I am forbidden to worship [any of] those beings whom you invoke instead of God; and I am bidden to surrender myself to the Sustainer of all the worlds.”

هُوَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَكُممِّنتُرَابٍۢثُمَّمِننُّطْفَةٍۢثُمَّمِنْعَلَقَةٍۢثُمَّيُخْرِجُكُمْطِفْلًۭاثُمَّلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟أَشُدَّكُمْثُمَّلِتَكُونُوا۟شُيُوخًۭاوَمِنكُممَّنيُتَوَفَّىٰمِنقَبْلُوَلِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟أَجَلًۭامُّسَمًّۭىوَلَعَلَّكُمْتَعْقِلُونَ

It is He who creates you out of dust, and then out of a drop of sperm, and then out of a germ-cell; and then He brings you forth as children; and then [He ordains] that you reach maturity, and then, that you grow old - though some of you [He causes to] die earlier -: and [all this He ordains] so that you might reach a term set [by Him], and that you might [learn to] use your reason.

هُوَٱلَّذِىيُحْىِۦوَيُمِيتُفَإِذَاقَضَىٰٓأَمْرًۭافَإِنَّمَايَقُولُلَهُۥكُنفَيَكُونُ

It is He who grants life and deals death; and when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, “Be” - and it is.

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَيُجَٰدِلُونَفِىٓءَايَٰتِٱللَّهِأَنَّىٰيُصْرَفُونَ

ART THOU NOT aware of how far they who call God’s messages in question have lost sight of the truth?

ٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بِٱلْكِتَٰبِوَبِمَآأَرْسَلْنَابِهِۦرُسُلَنَافَسَوْفَيَعْلَمُونَ

they who give the lie to this divine writ and [thus] to all [the messages] with which We sent forth Our apostles [of old]? But in time they will come to know [how blind they have been: they will know it on Judgment Day],

إِذِٱلْأَغْلَٰلُفِىٓأَعْنَٰقِهِمْوَٱلسَّلَٰسِلُيُسْحَبُونَ

when they shall have to carry the shackles and chains [of their own making] around their necks,

فِىٱلْحَمِيمِثُمَّفِىٱلنَّارِيُسْجَرُونَ

and are dragged into burning despair, and in the end become fuel for the fire [of hell].

ثُمَّقِيلَلَهُمْأَيْنَمَاكُنتُمْتُشْرِكُونَ

And then they will be asked: “Where now are those [powers] to which you were wont to ascribe divinity

مِندُونِٱللَّهِقَالُوا۟ضَلُّوا۟عَنَّابَللَّمْنَكُننَّدْعُوا۟مِنقَبْلُشَيْـًۭٔاكَذَٰلِكَيُضِلُّٱللَّهُٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

side by side with God?” They will answer: “They have forsaken us - or, rather, what we were wont to invoke aforetime did not exist at all!” And they will be told:] “It is thus that God lets the deniers of the truth go astray:

ذَٰلِكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَفْرَحُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّوَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَمْرَحُونَ

this is an out­come of your having arrogantly exulted on earth without any [concern for what is] right, and of your having been so full of self-conceit!

ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟أَبْوَٰبَجَهَنَّمَخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَافَبِئْسَمَثْوَىٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

Enter [now] the gates of hell, therein to abide: and how vile an abode for all who are given to false pride!”

فَٱصْبِرْإِنَّوَعْدَٱللَّهِحَقٌّۭفَإِمَّانُرِيَنَّكَبَعْضَٱلَّذِىنَعِدُهُمْأَوْنَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَفَإِلَيْنَايُرْجَعُونَ

HENCE, remain thou patient in adversity - for, verily, God’s promise always comes true. And whether We show thee [in this world] something of what We hold in store for those [deniers of the truth], or whether We cause thee to die [ere that retribution takes place - know that, in the end], it is unto Us that they will be brought back.

وَلَقَدْأَرْسَلْنَارُسُلًۭامِّنقَبْلِكَمِنْهُممَّنقَصَصْنَاعَلَيْكَوَمِنْهُممَّنلَّمْنَقْصُصْعَلَيْكَوَمَاكَانَلِرَسُولٍأَنيَأْتِىَبِـَٔايَةٍإِلَّابِإِذْنِٱللَّهِفَإِذَاجَآءَأَمْرُٱللَّهِقُضِىَبِٱلْحَقِّوَخَسِرَهُنَالِكَٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

And, indeed, [O Muhammad,] We sent forth apostles before thy time; some of them We have mentioned to thee, and some of them We have not mentioned to thee. And it was not given to any apostle to bring forth a miracle other than by God’s leave. Yet when God’s will becomes manifest, judgment will [already] have been passed in all justice, and lost will be, then and there, all who tried to reduce to nothing [whatever they could not understand].

ٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلْأَنْعَٰمَلِتَرْكَبُوا۟مِنْهَاوَمِنْهَاتَأْكُلُونَ

It is God who [at all times works wonders for you: thus, He] provides for you [all manner of] livestock, so that on some of them you may ride, and from some derive your food,

وَلَكُمْفِيهَامَنَٰفِعُوَلِتَبْلُغُوا۟عَلَيْهَاحَاجَةًۭفِىصُدُورِكُمْوَعَلَيْهَاوَعَلَىٱلْفُلْكِتُحْمَلُونَ

and find [yet other] benefits in them; and that through them you may attain to the fulfillment of [many] a heartfelt need: for on them, as on ships, you are borne [through life].