Surah Maryam

جَنَّٰتِعَدْنٍٱلَّتِىوَعَدَٱلرَّحْمَٰنُعِبَادَهُۥبِٱلْغَيْبِإِنَّهُۥكَانَوَعْدُهُۥمَأْتِيًّۭا

[theirs will be the] gardens of perpetual bliss which the Most Gracious has promised unto His servants, in a realm which is beyond the reach of human perception: [and,] verily, His promise is ever sure of fulfilment!

لَّايَسْمَعُونَفِيهَالَغْوًاإِلَّاسَلَٰمًۭاوَلَهُمْرِزْقُهُمْفِيهَابُكْرَةًۭوَعَشِيًّۭا

No empty talk will they hear there-nothing but [tidings of] inner soundness and peace; and there will they have their sustenance by day and by night:

تِلْكَٱلْجَنَّةُٱلَّتِىنُورِثُمِنْعِبَادِنَامَنكَانَتَقِيًّۭا

this is the paradise which We grant as a heritage unto such of Our servants as are conscious of Us.

وَمَانَتَنَزَّلُإِلَّابِأَمْرِرَبِّكَلَهُۥمَابَيْنَأَيْدِينَاوَمَاخَلْفَنَاوَمَابَيْنَذَٰلِكَوَمَاكَانَرَبُّكَنَسِيًّۭا

AND [the angels say]: "We do not descend [with revelation], again and again, other than by thy Sustainer's command: unto Him belongs all that lies open before us and all that is hidden-from us and all that is in-between. And never does thy Sustainer forget [anything] –

رَّبُّٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَابَيْنَهُمَافَٱعْبُدْهُوَٱصْطَبِرْلِعِبَٰدَتِهِۦهَلْتَعْلَمُلَهُۥسَمِيًّۭا

the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them! Worship, then, Him alone, and remain steadfast in His worship! Dost thou know any whose name is worthy to be mentioned side by side with His?"

وَيَقُولُٱلْإِنسَٰنُأَءِذَامَامِتُّلَسَوْفَأُخْرَجُحَيًّا

WITH ALL THIS, man [often] says, "What! Once I am dead, shall I again be brought forth alive?"

أَوَلَايَذْكُرُٱلْإِنسَٰنُأَنَّاخَلَقْنَٰهُمِنقَبْلُوَلَمْيَكُشَيْـًۭٔا

But does man not bear in mind that We have created him aforetime out of nothing?

فَوَرَبِّكَلَنَحْشُرَنَّهُمْوَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَثُمَّلَنُحْضِرَنَّهُمْحَوْلَجَهَنَّمَجِثِيًّۭا

And so, by thy Sustainer, [on Judgment Day] We shall most certainly bring them forth together with the satanic forces [which impelled them in life] and then We shall most certainly gather them, on their knees, around hell;

ثُمَّلَنَنزِعَنَّمِنكُلِّشِيعَةٍأَيُّهُمْأَشَدُّعَلَىٱلرَّحْمَٰنِعِتِيًّۭا

and thereupon We shall, indeed, draw forth from every group [of sinners] the ones that had been most determined in their disdainful rebellion against the Most Gracious:

ثُمَّلَنَحْنُأَعْلَمُبِٱلَّذِينَهُمْأَوْلَىٰبِهَاصِلِيًّۭا

for, indeed, We know best as to which of them is most deserving of the fires of hell.

وَإِنمِّنكُمْإِلَّاوَارِدُهَاكَانَعَلَىٰرَبِّكَحَتْمًۭامَّقْضِيًّۭا

And every one of you will come within sight of it: this is, with thy Sustainer, a decree that must be fulfilled.

ثُمَّنُنَجِّىٱلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوا۟وَّنَذَرُٱلظَّٰلِمِينَفِيهَاجِثِيًّۭا

And once again: We shall save [from hell] those who have been conscious of Us; but We shall leave in it the evildoers, on their knees.

وَإِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتُنَابَيِّنَٰتٍۢقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لِلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَىُّٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِخَيْرٌۭمَّقَامًۭاوَأَحْسَنُنَدِيًّۭا

AS IT IS, whenever Our messages are conveyed to them in all their clarity, those who are bent on denying the truth are wont to say unto those who have attained to faith: "Which of the two kinds of man is in a stronger position and superior as a community?"

وَكَمْأَهْلَكْنَاقَبْلَهُممِّنقَرْنٍهُمْأَحْسَنُأَثَٰثًۭاوَرِءْيًۭا

And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time-[people] who surpassed them in material power and in outward show!

قُلْمَنكَانَفِىٱلضَّلَٰلَةِفَلْيَمْدُدْلَهُٱلرَّحْمَٰنُمَدًّاحَتَّىٰٓإِذَارَأَوْا۟مَايُوعَدُونَإِمَّاٱلْعَذَابَوَإِمَّاٱلسَّاعَةَفَسَيَعْلَمُونَمَنْهُوَشَرٌّۭمَّكَانًۭاوَأَضْعَفُجُندًۭا

Say: "As for him who lives in error, may the Most Gracious lengthen the span of his life! [And let them say whatever they say until the time when they behold that [doom] of which they were forewarned-whether it be suffering [in this world] or [at the coming of] the Last Hour -: for then they will understand which [of the two kinds of man] was worse in station and weaker in resources!

وَيَزِيدُٱللَّهُٱلَّذِينَٱهْتَدَوْا۟هُدًۭىوَٱلْبَٰقِيَٰتُٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُخَيْرٌعِندَرَبِّكَثَوَابًۭاوَخَيْرٌۭمَّرَدًّا

And God endows those who avail themselves of [His] guidance with an ever-deeper consciousness of the right way; and good deeds, the fruit whereof endures forever, are, in thy Sustainer's sight, of far greater merit [than any worldly goods], and yield far better returns.

أَفَرَءَيْتَٱلَّذِىكَفَرَبِـَٔايَٰتِنَاوَقَالَلَأُوتَيَنَّمَالًۭاوَوَلَدًا

And hast thou ever considered [the kind of man] who is bent on denying the truth of Our messages and says, "I will surely be given wealth and children"?

أَطَّلَعَٱلْغَيْبَأَمِٱتَّخَذَعِندَٱلرَّحْمَٰنِعَهْدًۭا

Has he, perchance, attained to a realm which is beyond the reach of a created being's perception? or has he concluded a covenant with the Most Gracious?

كَلَّاسَنَكْتُبُمَايَقُولُوَنَمُدُّلَهُۥمِنَٱلْعَذَابِمَدًّۭا

Nay! We shall record what he says, and We shall lengthen the length of his suffering [in the hereafter],

وَنَرِثُهُۥمَايَقُولُوَيَأْتِينَافَرْدًۭا

and divest him of all that he is [now] speaking of: for [on Judgment Day] he will appear before Us in a lonely state.