Surah Muhammad

ٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَصَدُّوا۟عَنسَبِيلِٱللَّهِأَضَلَّأَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

AS FOR THOSE who are bent on denying the truth and on barring [others] from the path of God - all their [good] deeds will He let go to waste;

وَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِوَءَامَنُوا۟بِمَانُزِّلَعَلَىٰمُحَمَّدٍۢوَهُوَٱلْحَقُّمِنرَّبِّهِمْكَفَّرَعَنْهُمْسَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْوَأَصْلَحَبَالَهُمْ

whereas those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds, and have come to believe in what has been bestowed from on high on Muhammad - for it is the truth from their Sustainer - [shall attain to God’s grace:] He will efface their [past] bad deeds, and will set their hearts at rest.

ذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ٱلْبَٰطِلَوَأَنَّٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ٱلْحَقَّمِنرَّبِّهِمْكَذَٰلِكَيَضْرِبُٱللَّهُلِلنَّاسِأَمْثَٰلَهُمْ

This, because they who are bent on denying the truth pursue falsehood, whereas they who have attained to faith pursue [but] the truth [that flows] from their Sustainer. In this way does God set forth unto man the parables of their true state.

فَإِذَالَقِيتُمُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟فَضَرْبَٱلرِّقَابِحَتَّىٰٓإِذَآأَثْخَنتُمُوهُمْفَشُدُّوا۟ٱلْوَثَاقَفَإِمَّامَنًّۢابَعْدُوَإِمَّافِدَآءًحَتَّىٰتَضَعَٱلْحَرْبُأَوْزَارَهَاذَٰلِكَوَلَوْيَشَآءُٱللَّهُلَٱنتَصَرَمِنْهُمْوَلَٰكِنلِّيَبْلُوَا۟بَعْضَكُمبِبَعْضٍۢوَٱلَّذِينَقُتِلُوا۟فِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِفَلَنيُضِلَّأَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

NOW WHEN you meet [in war] those who are bent on denying the truth, smite their necks until you overcome them fully, and then tighten their bonds; but thereafter [set them free,] either by an act of grace or against ransom, so that the burden of war may be lifted: thus [shall it be]. And [know that] had God so willed, He could indeed punish them [Himself]; but [He wills you to struggle] so as to test you [all] by means of one another. And as for those who are slain in God’s cause, never will He let their deeds go to waste:

سَيَهْدِيهِمْوَيُصْلِحُبَالَهُمْ

He will guide them [in the hereafter as well], and will set their hearts at rest,

وَيُدْخِلُهُمُٱلْجَنَّةَعَرَّفَهَالَهُمْ

and will admit them to the paradise which He has promised them.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنتَنصُرُوا۟ٱللَّهَيَنصُرْكُمْوَيُثَبِّتْأَقْدَامَكُمْ

O you who have attained to faith! If you help [the cause of] God, He will help you, and will make firm your steps;

وَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟فَتَعْسًۭالَّهُمْوَأَضَلَّأَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

but as for those who are bent on denying the truth, ill fortune awaits them, since He will let all their [good] deeds go to waste:

ذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّهُمْكَرِهُوا۟مَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُفَأَحْبَطَأَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

this, because they hate [the very thought of] what God has bestowed from on high and thus He causes all their deeds to come to nought!

أَفَلَمْيَسِيرُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِفَيَنظُرُوا۟كَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْدَمَّرَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِمْوَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَأَمْثَٰلُهَا

Have they, then, never journeyed about the earth and beheld what happened in the end to those [willful sinners] who lived before their time? God destroyed them utterly: and the like thereof awaits all who deny the truth.

ذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّٱللَّهَمَوْلَىٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَأَنَّٱلْكَٰفِرِينَلَامَوْلَىٰلَهُمْ

This, because God is the Protector of all who have attained to faith, whereas they who deny the truth have no protector.

إِنَّٱللَّهَيُدْخِلُٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُوَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟يَتَمَتَّعُونَوَيَأْكُلُونَكَمَاتَأْكُلُٱلْأَنْعَٰمُوَٱلنَّارُمَثْوًۭىلَّهُمْ

Verily, God will admit all who attain to faith and do righteous deeds into gardens through which running waters flow, whereas they who are bent on denying the truth shall have - even though they may enjoy their life [in this world] and eat as cattle eat - the fire [of the hereafter] for their abode.

وَكَأَيِّنمِّنقَرْيَةٍهِىَأَشَدُّقُوَّةًۭمِّنقَرْيَتِكَٱلَّتِىٓأَخْرَجَتْكَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْفَلَانَاصِرَلَهُمْ

And how many a community of greater power than this thy community which has driven thee out, [O Muhammad,] have We destroyed, with none to succour them!

أَفَمَنكَانَعَلَىٰبَيِّنَةٍۢمِّنرَّبِّهِۦكَمَنزُيِّنَلَهُۥسُوٓءُعَمَلِهِۦوَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟أَهْوَآءَهُم

CAN, THEN, he who takes his stand on a clear evidence from his Sustainer be likened Unto one to whom the evil of his own doings [always] seems goodly, and unto such as would follow but their own lusts?

مَّثَلُٱلْجَنَّةِٱلَّتِىوُعِدَٱلْمُتَّقُونَفِيهَآأَنْهَٰرٌۭمِّنمَّآءٍغَيْرِءَاسِنٍۢوَأَنْهَٰرٌۭمِّنلَّبَنٍۢلَّمْيَتَغَيَّرْطَعْمُهُۥوَأَنْهَٰرٌۭمِّنْخَمْرٍۢلَّذَّةٍۢلِّلشَّٰرِبِينَوَأَنْهَٰرٌۭمِّنْعَسَلٍۢمُّصَفًّۭىوَلَهُمْفِيهَامِنكُلِّٱلثَّمَرَٰتِوَمَغْفِرَةٌۭمِّنرَّبِّهِمْكَمَنْهُوَخَٰلِدٌۭفِىٱلنَّارِوَسُقُوا۟مَآءًحَمِيمًۭافَقَطَّعَأَمْعَآءَهُمْ

[And can] the parable of the paradise which the God-conscious are promised [a paradise] wherein there are rivers of water which time does not corrupt, and rivers of milk the taste whereof never alters, and rivers of wine delightful to those who drink it, and rivers of honey of all impurity cleansed, and the enjoyment of all the fruits [of their good deeds] and of forgiveness from their Sustainer -: can this [parable of paradise] be likened unto [the parable of the recompense of] such as are to abide in the fire and be given waters of burning despair to drink, so that it will tear their bowels asunder?

وَمِنْهُممَّنيَسْتَمِعُإِلَيْكَحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاخَرَجُوا۟مِنْعِندِكَقَالُوا۟لِلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْعِلْمَمَاذَاقَالَءَانِفًاأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَطَبَعَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰقُلُوبِهِمْوَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟أَهْوَآءَهُمْ

Now among those [hapless sinners] are such as [pretend to] listen to thee, [O Muhammad,] and then, as soon as they leave thy presence, speak [with scorn] unto those who have understood [thy mes­sage]: “What is it that he has said just now?” It is such as these whose hearts God has sealed because they [always] followed but their own lusts

وَٱلَّذِينَٱهْتَدَوْا۟زَادَهُمْهُدًۭىوَءَاتَىٰهُمْتَقْوَىٰهُمْ

just as for those who are [willing to be] guided, He increases their [ability to follow His] guidance and causes them to grow in God-consciousness.

فَهَلْيَنظُرُونَإِلَّاٱلسَّاعَةَأَنتَأْتِيَهُمبَغْتَةًۭفَقَدْجَآءَأَشْرَاطُهَافَأَنَّىٰلَهُمْإِذَاجَآءَتْهُمْذِكْرَىٰهُمْ

Are, then, they [whose hearts are sealed] wait­ing for the Last Hour - [waiting] that it come upon them of a sudden? But it has already been foretold! And what will their remembrance [of their past sins] avail them, once it has come upon them?

فَٱعْلَمْأَنَّهُۥلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاٱللَّهُوَٱسْتَغْفِرْلِذَنۢبِكَوَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِوَٱللَّهُيَعْلَمُمُتَقَلَّبَكُمْوَمَثْوَىٰكُمْ

Know, then, [O man,] that there is no deity save God, and [while there is yet time,] ask forgive­ness for thy sins and for [the sins of] all other believing men and women: for God knows all your comings and goings as well as your abiding [at rest].

وَيَقُولُٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَوْلَانُزِّلَتْسُورَةٌۭفَإِذَآأُنزِلَتْسُورَةٌۭمُّحْكَمَةٌۭوَذُكِرَفِيهَاٱلْقِتَالُرَأَيْتَٱلَّذِينَفِىقُلُوبِهِممَّرَضٌۭيَنظُرُونَإِلَيْكَنَظَرَٱلْمَغْشِىِّعَلَيْهِمِنَٱلْمَوْتِفَأَوْلَىٰلَهُمْ

NOW THOSE who have attained to faith say, “Would that a revelation [allowing us to fight] was bestowed from on high!” But now that a revelation clear in and by itself, mentioning war, has been bestowed from on high, thou canst see those in whose hearts is disease look­ing at thee, [O Muhammad,] with the look of one who is about to faint for fear of death! And yet, far better for them would be