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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

The Qur’ān

11:1

الٓر ۚ كِتَٰبٌ أُحْكِمَتْ ءَايَٰتُهُۥ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتْ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ خَبِيرٍ ۝١

Alif Lam Ra. This Qur’ān is a book whose verses and meanings are well consolidated around the concept of monotheism but, at the same time, they are divided into different chapters and subjects; it is from the Wise, the All-aware God.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:2

أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّنِى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌۭ وَبَشِيرٌۭ ۝٢

O Muḥammad, say: “Do not worship anyone but Allāh. (As for me, I am to you just a sincere warner of punishment and a bearer of good tidings from Him.)S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:3

وَأَنِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَٰعًا حَسَنًا إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِى فَضْلٍۢ فَضْلَهُۥ ۖ وَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍۢ كَبِيرٍ ۝٣

And ask forgiveness of your Lord for your sins, then turn to Him obediently. He will give you good provision until the final term of your life, and He will give His grace to everyone deserving the grace. But if you turn away from my advice, then surely I fear for you the chastisement of a great day—the day of judgement.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:4

إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ ۝٤

Unto Allāh is your return, and He has power over everything.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The Unbelievers of Mecca

11:5

أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ ۝٥

Behold, the unbelievers of Mecca fold their breasts by bending their heads forwards whenever they come across the Prophet in order to hide themselves from him so that they could claim that they never received the divine message. Why? Don’t they realize that even when they hide themselves in their garments, Allāh knows what they conceal and what they display—He knows what is in the hearts.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:6

۞ وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا ۚ كُلٌّۭ فِى كِتَٰبٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ۝٦

How can anyone hide anything from Allāh because there is no creature on the earth but that its provision is upon Allāh; He knows its lodging-place and its depository—all these matters are in ‘the Manifest Book’ (i.e., Allāh’s knowledge).S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:7

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْمَآءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا ۗ وَلَئِن قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ ۝٧

He is the one Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time —and His ‘throne’ was upon the water which is the source of life— so that He might try you, which one of you is best in deeds. O Muḥammad! If you say to the Meccans that, “You have been created for a test, and you shall surely be raised after death for the day of judgement,” the unbelievers will certainly say, “This is nothing but a manifest sorcery.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

See note under 7:54

11:8

وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍۢ مَّعْدُودَةٍۢ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ۝٨

And I swear that if We defer the punishment from them until a specified time, they will mockingly say, “What is preventing the punishment from us?!” Surely, on the day it shall come to them, it shall not be turned away from them—they shall be encompassed by the punishment that they mocked.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:9

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةًۭ ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَئَُوسٌۭ كَفُورٌۭ ۝٩

If We let a person taste mercy from Us, and then We wrest it from him, he surely becomes desperate and ungrateful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:10

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَٰهُ نَعْمَآءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ ٱلسَّئَِّاتُ عَنِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَفَرِحٌۭ فَخُورٌ ۝١٠

But if We make him taste a favour after an affliction has visited him, he will surely say: “The evils have gone from me by my own efforts.” Surely, he is joyous and boastful. Man becomes desperate and blames others in case of misfortune, but he claims the whole credit for himself in case of success.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:11

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَأَجْرٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ ۝١١

This is the ‘nature’ of humans, except those believers who are patient and do good deeds; they are the ones who shall have forgiveness and a great reward from their Lord.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:12

فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌۢ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَضَآئِقٌۢ بِهِۦ صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌ ۚ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٌۭ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَكِيلٌ ۝١٢

After all the persuasion by Prophet Muḥammad, the unbelievers of Mecca still stubbornly refused to believe in the message of Allāh, but they went on asking for more signs to be sent from Allāh. It seemed as if the Prophet was not conveying the message completely! Pointing to this apparent, but a certainly untrue, cause of their disbelief, Allāh says: O Muḥammad! Look at these Meccans! After all the revelations We have sent to you, the Meccans still refuse to believe. Thus, by their refusal, they portray that perhaps you are leaving part of what is being revealed to you, and your breast is constrained by what they say, “Why has not a treasure been sent down upon him or why has not an angel come with him as a proof of his claim?” We know that you convey Our messages faithfully because you are only a warner; you don’t lose anything in this work. Besides, Allāh has power over everything.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:13

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦ مُفْتَرَيَٰتٍۢ وَٱدْعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝١٣

Or, one of their other reason for disbelief was their saying that: “He (i.e., Muḥammad) has forged it.” O Muḥammad, say: “If you think that I have forged this Qur’ān, then produce ten forged chapters like it, and call on whomsoever you can besides Allāh for help, if you are truthful in your assumption.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:14

فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ بِعِلْمِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ۝١٤

But if the most capable persons among you or your idols aren’t able to respond to you in forging ten chapters, then know that this Qur’ān has been revealed with Allāh’s knowledge and that there is no god but He. Will you then submit to Him?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:15

مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ ۝١٥

Whosoever desires the present life and its adornment, then We will pay them in full for their deeds therein, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:16

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا۟ فِيهَا وَبَٰطِلٌۭ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ۝١٦

However, these are the ones for whom there is nothing in the hereafter but the Fire, and what they had done in this world will be forfeited, and I repeat that, what they were doing is worthless.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:17

أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ وَيَتْلُوهُ شَاهِدٌۭ مِّنْهُ وَمِن قَبْلِهِۦ كِتَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِمَامًۭا وَرَحْمَةً ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْأَحْزَابِ فَٱلنَّارُ مَوْعِدُهُۥ ۚ فَلَا تَكُ فِى مِرْيَةٍۢ مِّنْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝١٧

Describing Prophet Muḥammad, Allāh says: Is he better who stands upon a clear proof from his Lord (while a witness from God follows him) and before him is the Book of Mūsā as a guide and mercy or others? Those who stand upon a clear proof believe in it, but whoever from the different groups disbelieves in it, then his promised place is the Fire. So do not be in doubt about it; surely it is the truth from your Lord, but most people do not believe.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:18

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ٱلْأَشْهَٰدُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝١٨

Who can be more sinful than the one who forges a lie against Allāh? These people shall be brought before their Lord, on the day of judgement, and the witnesses will say: “These are the ones who lied against their Lord.” Surely the curse of Allāh is upon the sinful ones.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:19

ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا وَهُم بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ ۝١٩

The sinful ones are those who prevent the people from Allāh’s upright way, seeking to make it crooked, and they disbelieve in the hereafter.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:20

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘ يُضَٰعَفُ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يُبْصِرُونَ ۝٢٠

They were not able to escape from Allāh on the earth, and on the day of judgement they shall not have any protector besides Allāh; the punishment shall be doubled for them— because of their insolence, they could neither hear nor see the warnings.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The Qur’ān

11:21

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ ۝٢١

They are the ones who have incurred loss to themselves, and what they were forging against Allāh has gone away from them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The Unbelievers of Mecca

11:22

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ ۝٢٢

No doubt, in the hereafter, they are the greatest losers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:23

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَأَخْبَتُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝٢٣

As for those who believe, do good deeds and become humble before their Lord, they are the inhabitants of the Paradise; in it, they shall abide.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:24

۞ مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ ۚ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٢٤

The likeness of the two groups mentioned above is as the blind and the deaf person on the one hand, and the seeing and the hearing person on the other—are they equal in likeness?! Will you not then remember?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Nūḥ

11:25

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ ۝٢٥

And certainly when We sent Nūḥ to his people, he said to them: "I certainly am an obvious warner for you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:26

أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍۢ ۝٢٦

I have been sent to warn you that you should not worship anyone but Allāh. If you do not heed to my warning, then I fear for you the chastisement of a painful day."S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:27

فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ مَا نَرَىٰكَ إِلَّا بَشَرًۭا مِّثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَىٰكَ ٱتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِىَ ٱلرَّأْىِ وَمَا نَرَىٰ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍۭ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَٰذِبِينَ ۝٢٧

The aristocrats of the unbelievers among his people said, “We do not see you other than a human being like ourselves; and, at first thought, we do not see anyone following you except those who are of low status among us. In short, we do not see in you any superiority over us; rather, we think you all are liars.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:28

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ ۝٢٨

Nūḥ said: O my people! Tell me! What do you think if I have a clear proof from My Lord —and He has surely granted me a proof as a mercy from Himself, but it has remained obscured to you because of your insolence— then shall we force you to accept it while you are aversive to it?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:29

وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًۭا تَجْهَلُونَ ۝٢٩

O my people! If you do not believe in my message, I will not lose anything because I do not ask you for any wealth for this work of prophethood. My recompense for calling you to the right path falls only on Allāh. As for my followers whom you judge as ‘low,’ I am not going to drive away those who have believed in Allāh irrespective of their ‘social status,’ and they shall surely meet their Lord. Rather I consider you as an ignorant people.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:30

وَيَٰقَوْمِ مَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِن طَرَدتُّهُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝٣٠

O my people! Who will help me against Allāh if I drive them away? Will you not then mind?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:31

وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّى مَلَكٌۭ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِىٓ أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَن يُؤْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرًا ۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ إِنِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٣١

And as for your comment that you do not see any superiority in me, I never claimed such a thing. I do not say to you that, ‘I possess the treasures of Allāh’; and I do not know the unseen; and I do not say that, ‘I am an angel.’ Nor do I say about those whom your eyes hold in contempt that, ‘Allāh will not give them any good’ because Allāh knows best what is in their souls. If I say these things, then I should surely be among the unjust people.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:32

قَالُوا۟ يَٰنُوحُ قَدْ جَٰدَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَٰلَنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ۝٣٢

When Nūḥ refuted all their arguments, they said, “O Nūḥ! You have indeed disputed with us and have exhausted your disputation with us, but we still will not believe in your God, therefore, bring to us the chastisement that you threaten us with—if you are of the truthful ones.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:33

قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ۝٣٣

Nūḥ said, “Only Allāh will bring it to you if He pleases, and, at that moment, you will not be able to escape from it. It all depends totally on Allāh’s will.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:34

وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِىٓ إِنْ أَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ ۚ هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ۝٣٤

If Allāh intends to leave you in error, then even if I intend to advise you, my sincere advice will not benefit you. He is your Lord, and to Him shall you be returned.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:35

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ ۝٣٥

Or do they, the Meccans, say about the story of Nūḥ that, “He (i.e., Muḥammad) has forged it?” O Muḥammad, say: “If I have forged it, then upon me falls my guilt; but, as a matter of fact, I am free from associating others with God—the sin that you commit.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:36

وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ۝٣٦

Then it was revealed to Nūḥ that: “None of your people will believe except those who have already believed; therefore, do not grieve at what they are doing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:37

وَٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ ۝٣٧

O Nūḥ! Make the Ark before Our eyes and according to Our revelation, and do not address Me concerning those who have done evil because they shall surely be drowned.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:38

وَيَصْنَعُ ٱلْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌۭ مِّن قَوْمِهِۦ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا۟ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ ۝٣٨

So Nūḥ began to make the Ark. And whenever the aristocrats from his people passed by Nūḥ, they laughed at him. He said, “If you laugh at us, surely very soon we too shall laugh at you as you are laughing at us.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:39

فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌۭ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌۭ مُّقِيمٌ ۝٣٩

And soon shall you know upon whom will come a chastisement which will disgrace him, and upon whom will descend a lasting chastisement.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:40

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّۢ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ ۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌۭ ۝٤٠

This situation continued until when Our punishment came and the water in the pit boiled over, We said: “O Nūḥ! Carry in the Ark a pair (that is, two) of every kind of animal and your family —except those like your wife against whom the word of punishment has already preceded— and those who believe. But alas, there believed not with him but a few.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:41

۞ وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ ۝٤١

Nūḥ said to his party, “Embark in it. In Allāh’s name be its course and its anchorage. Surely my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:42

وَهِىَ تَجْرِى بِهِمْ فِى مَوْجٍۢ كَٱلْجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبْنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِى مَعْزِلٍۢ يَٰبُنَىَّ ٱرْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٤٢

The Ark sailed on with them amid waves that were high like mountains. When the flood started, a son of Nūḥ, known as Kan’ān, had not joined them in the Ark. Nūḥ did not know that Kan’ān was a hypocrite; therefore, as a father, he was concerned for his son. Nūḥ called out to his son (who had separated from his father), “O my son! Embark with us, and do not be with the unbelievers.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:43

قَالَ سََٔاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍۢ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ ۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ۚ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَ ۝٤٣

Nūḥ’s son said, “I will seek refuge in a mountain that will protect me from the water.” Nūḥ said, “There is no protector today from the punishment of Allāh but for a person on whom He has mercy.” Then suddenly, the wave came between them, and he became one of those who were drowned.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:44

وَقِيلَ يَٰٓأَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ وَيَٰسَمَآءُ أَقْلِعِى وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَٱسْتَوَتْ عَلَى ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًۭا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٤٤

And when Allāh wanted to bring the flood to an end, it was said: “O earth, swallow your water; and, O clouds, clear away.” The water subsided and the mission was accomplished. The Ark came to rest on Mount Judi. In the end, it was proclaimed: “Away with the unjust people!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:45

وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌۭ رَّبَّهُۥ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ٱبْنِى مِنْ أَهْلِى وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحْكَمُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ ۝٤٥

Still unsure of his son’s hypocrisy, Nūḥ cried out to his Lord and said, “O my Lord, my son is a member of my family, and Your promise to save my family is surely true; and You are the Most-Decisive of all the judges, therefore, please save my son.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:46

قَالَ يَٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَٰلِحٍۢ ۖ فَلَا تَسَْٔلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ ۝٤٦

Allāh said, “O Nūḥ! As for your son, you should know that he is not among those members of your family whom I had promised to save because he is an unrighteous act. Therefore, do not ask Me about the matters of which you have no knowledge. I admonish you lest you should be among the ignorant.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:47

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسَْٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ۝٤٧

When Nūḥ came to know the truth about Kan’ān, he said, O my Lord! I seek refuge in You, lest I should ask You a thing of which I have no knowledge. And if You do not forgive me and have mercy upon me, I shall be one of the losers.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:48

قِيلَ يَٰنُوحُ ٱهْبِطْ بِسَلَٰمٍۢ مِّنَّا وَبَرَكَٰتٍ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍۢ مِّمَّن مَّعَكَ ۚ وَأُمَمٌۭ سَنُمَتِّعُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَمَسُّهُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ ۝٤٨

Then it was said, “O Nūḥ! Get down from the Ark with peace and blessings from Us upon you and upon the future generations of those who are with you. And there shall be among the future generations some people to whom We will give provisions, but they also will go astray, and then a painful chastisement from Us shall afflict them.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:49

تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَآ إِلَيْكَ ۖ مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَآ أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَٰذَا ۖ فَٱصْبِرْ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْعَٰقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ۝٤٩

O Muḥammad! These are the news of the stories of the past which We reveal to you. You did not know them —neither you nor your people— before this. Therefore, be patient about the attitude of the unbelievers; surely, the ultimate victory is for those who guard themselves against displeasing Allāh.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Hūd

11:50

وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًۭا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۖ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ ۝٥٠

When We sent to the people of ‘Ād their brother Hūd, he said: O my people! Worship Allāh, you have no god other than Him. You are nothing but forgers of lies.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:51

يَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِىٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ۝٥١

O my people! I do not ask you for any recompense; my recompense for calling you to the right path falls only on Him who created me. Do you then not understand that whatever I am doing is for your own good?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:52

وَيَٰقَوْمِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًۭا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ۝٥٢

O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord for your sins, then turn to Him obediently. If you do so, He will send the clouds pouring rain over you copiously and increase you in strength to your already existing strength; and do not turn back as guilty ones.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:53

قَالُوا۟ يَٰهُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍۢ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِىٓ ءَالِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٥٣

His people said, “O Hūd! You have not brought to us any clear proof; and we are not going to leave our gods on the strength of your words, and we are not going to believe in you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:54

إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا ٱعْتَرَىٰكَ بَعْضُ ءَالِهَتِنَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ ۗ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ وَٱشْهَدُوٓا۟ أَنِّى بَرِىٓءٌۭ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ ۝٥٤

As for you, we do not say anything but that one of our gods has smitten you with evil.” Hūd said: I call Allāh to witness, and you too bear witness, that I am free from what you associate with Allāh other than Him.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:55

مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ فَكِيدُونِى جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ لَا تُنظِرُونِ ۝٥٥

If you think your gods have any power, then try to outwit me all together and give me no respite.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:56

إِنِّى تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم ۚ مَّا مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ ءَاخِذٌۢ بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ ۝٥٦

I am sure you will not be able to outwit me because I have put my trust in Allāh, who is my Lord and your Lord; there is no creature on this earth but that He takes it by the forelock. Surely my Lord is on the straight path.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:57

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُم مَّآ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ رَبِّى قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّونَهُۥ شَئًْا ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌۭ ۝٥٧

But if you turn away from my advice, then I do not lose anything because I have delivered to you the message with which I have been sent to you, and my Lord will bring another people in your place. By your disbelief and disobedience, you do not harm Him in any way. My Lord is, indeed, the Guardian of everything.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:58

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًۭا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍۢ ۝٥٨

When Our punishment came, We delivered Hūd and those who had believed with him by a mercy from Us—We surely delivered them from a harsh chastisement.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:59

وَتِلْكَ عَادٌۭ ۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍۢ ۝٥٩

That was the eventual outcome of the people of ‘Ād because they denied the signs of their Lord, disobeyed His messengers, and followed the command of every obstinate tyrant.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:60

وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةًۭ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ عَادًۭا كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًۭا لِّعَادٍۢ قَوْمِ هُودٍۢ ۝٦٠

As a result of their disbelief, they were pursued in this world and will be pursued on the day of resurrection by a curse of Allāh: “Surely the ‘Ād disbelieved in their Lord; so away with ‘Ād, the people of Hūd.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Ṣāliḥ

11:61

۞ وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًۭا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌۭ مُّجِيبٌۭ ۝٦١

When We sent to the people of Thamūd, their brother Ṣāliḥ, he said: O my people! Worship Allāh, you have no god other than Him. He has created you from the earth and has settled you in it; therefore, ask His forgiveness for your sins, then turn to Him obediently. Surely my Lord is nigh, answering your prayers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Ṣāliḥ was a messenger of God sent to the nation of Thamūd. The Thamūd were Arabs who lived in the post-Nūḥ era in northern Arabia. According to their description in various Qur’ān verses, their civilization was advanced. But as they progressed materially, they deteriorated spiritually, and eventually, they fell into worshipping idols. Then Allāh raised Ṣāliḥ among them to call his people to the straight path, but very few of them believed in him.

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قَالُوا۟ يَٰصَٰلِحُ قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّۭا قَبْلَ هَٰذَآ ۖ أَتَنْهَىٰنَآ أَن نَّعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍۢ ۝٦٢

They said, “O Ṣāliḥ! Before this, you were a source of expectation among us. Do you now forbid us from worshipping the idols that our fathers worship?! As for the God that you call us to, we truly are in disquieting doubt; therefore, we will not believe in you.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى مِنْهُ رَحْمَةًۭ فَمَن يَنصُرُنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُۥ ۖ فَمَا تَزِيدُونَنِى غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍۢ ۝٦٣

The Thamūd said that they would not believe unless Ṣāliḥ could miraculously bring a she-camel with specific qualities from the mountain. Allāh accepted their demand, and Ṣāliḥ brought a she-camel from the mountain as proof of his truth. Ṣāliḥ said: O my people! Tell me! What do you think if I have a clear proof from My Lord —and He has surely granted me a proof of mercy from Himself— then who will help me against Allāh if I disobey Him? If I lived up to your expectations, then you would increase nothing for me except loss.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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وَيَٰقَوْمِ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةًۭ فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍۢ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌۭ قَرِيبٌۭ ۝٦٤

O my people! This she-camel of Allāh is a sign of my truth for you. Therefore, leave her alone so that she may pasture on Allāh’s earth, and do not harm her; otherwise, a nigh chastisement will seize you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍۢ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍۢ ۝٦٥

But they still disobeyed Allāh and eventually slew her. So Ṣāliḥ said, “O my people! Although I had warned you, you disobeyed me. Therefore, enjoy in your abode for three days, then the chastisement will seize you—that is a promise not to be belied.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا صَٰلِحًۭا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْىِ يَوْمِئِذٍ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ۝٦٦

So when Our punishment came, We delivered Ṣāliḥ and those who had believed with him by a mercy from Us, and We also delivered them from the disgrace of that day. Your Lord is surely the Strong, the Mighty.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ ۝٦٧

And the rumbling of the earthquake seized those who were unjust, and thus they became lifeless bodies in their housesS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًۭا لِّثَمُودَ ۝٦٨

as if they had never dwelt there. Surely the Thamūd disbelieved in their Lord; so away with the Thamūd!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Ibrāhīm

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وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا ۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٌۭ ۖ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَن جَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ حَنِيذٍۢ ۝٦٩

When the angels, Our messengers, came to Ibrāhīm with the good news, they said, “Peace be upon you.” Ibrāhīm said, “Peace be upon you,” and welcomed them. It was not long before he brought a roasted calf for his guests.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةًۭ ۚ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِ لُوطٍۢ ۝٧٠

But when he saw that their hands were not reaching out towards it, he became suspicious of them and conceived a fear of them. When the guests saw this, they said, “Do not fear us; we are not eating because we are angels who have taken human form, and we have been sent to the people of Lūṭ.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌۭ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَٰهَا بِإِسْحَٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسْحَٰقَ يَعْقُوبَ ۝٧١

And his wife, Sārah, was standing by. (Sarah was a barren woman who had already passed the childbearing age.) By Our blessings, she began to have her period. Therefore, through the angels, We gave her the good news of Ishāq, and after Ishāq, of Ya‘qūb.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالَتْ يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌۭ وَهَٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌۭ ۝٧٢

When Sārah heard the good news, she said, “Woe unto me! Shall I bear a son while I am an old woman, and this my husband is an old man? This is surely a wonderful thing.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَعْجَبِينَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ رَحْمَتُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَٰتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَمِيدٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ ۝٧٣

The angels said, “Are you amazed at the decision of Allāh? The mercy of Allāh and His blessings are upon you, O people of the house. Surely He is Praised and Glorious.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلرَّوْعُ وَجَآءَتْهُ ٱلْبُشْرَىٰ يُجَٰدِلُنَا فِى قَوْمِ لُوطٍ ۝٧٤

So, when fear had gone away from Ibrāhīm and good news came to him, he began to plead with Us for the people of Lūṭ.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّٰهٌۭ مُّنِيبٌۭ ۝٧٥

Surely Ibrāhīm was forbearing, compassionate and repentant to Allāh.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَٰذَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ قَدْ جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَإِنَّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍۢ ۝٧٦

In answer to his pleading, We said, “O Ibrāhīm! Leave off this pleading for the people of Lūṭ because the decree of your Lord has surely come, and a chastisement that cannot be averted is coming upon them.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Lūṭ

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وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًۭا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًۭا وَقَالَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌۭ ۝٧٧

When Our messengers (i.e., the angels) came to Lūṭ in the form of handsome young men, he was grieved for them because he knew that his people had evil desires for such persons and that he was unable to do anything in the way of protection for them. He said to himself, “This is a critical day.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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وَجَآءَهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّئَِّاتِ ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ بَنَاتِى هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ ۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِى ضَيْفِىٓ ۖ أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌۭ رَّشِيدٌۭ ۝٧٨

When the people of Lūṭ saw the handsome young men, they came to him, running towards him. Lūṭ had anticipated this because they had been doing evil deeds from before. When Lūṭ realized that they had come with evil intentions, he said, pointing towards his daughters that, “O my people! These are my daughters, they are purer for you—marry them and fulfill your sexual desire lawfully. Fear Allāh, and do not disgrace me regarding my guests. Isn’t there among you a man of right mind?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالُوا۟ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِى بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّۢ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ ۝٧٩

They said, “You know better that we have no desire for your daughters, and you surely know what we desire.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ ۝٨٠

Lūṭ said, “If only I had power against you, or take refuge in a strong support to protect my guests!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالُوا۟ يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكَ ۖ فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مُصِيبُهَا مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ ٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ أَلَيْسَ ٱلصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍۢ ۝٨١

Then the angels disclosed their identity and said, “O Lūṭ! We are messengers of Your Lord. Do not be grieved, as they shall by no means reach you or us. We have been sent to punish your people. So go forth outside the city with your family in a part of the night, and let no one among you turn around to look at the city. However, regarding your wife, surely whatever will smite them will also smite her. The promised time of their punishment is the morning. Is not the morning near?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَٰلِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةًۭ مِّن سِجِّيلٍۢ مَّنضُودٍۢ ۝٨٢

So when Our punishment came upon the people of Lūṭ, We turned the city upside down and showered them with stones of baked clay, one after another,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا هِىَ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍۢ ۝٨٣

that had been marked by Your Lord. And O Muḥammad, it (i.e., the city of Lūṭ) is not far from the unjust people of Mecca.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Shu‘ayb

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۞ وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًۭا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَنقُصُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ ۚ إِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُم بِخَيْرٍۢ وَإِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍۢ مُّحِيطٍۢ ۝٨٤

When We sent to the Madyan their brother Shu‘ayb, he said: O my people, worship Allāh! You have no god other than Him. Do not lessen the measure and the balance. You should refrain more from such things because I see you in prosperity. I fear for you the chastisement of the encompassing day.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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وَيَٰقَوْمِ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ۝٨٥

O my people! Fill up the measure and the balance with fairness, and do not diminish the goods of the people; and do not act wickedly in the earth, creating chaos.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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بَقِيَّتُ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍۢ ۝٨٦

The honest earning and good deeds which remain with Allāh are better for you if you are believers. This is my advice; otherwise I am not a watcher over you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالُوا۟ يَٰشُعَيْبُ أَصَلَوٰتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَآ أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ فِىٓ أَمْوَٰلِنَا مَا نَشَٰٓؤُا۟ ۖ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ ٱلْحَلِيمُ ٱلرَّشِيدُ ۝٨٧

They said, “O Shu‘ayb! Does your prayer (i.e., religion) command you that we should forsake what our fathers worshipped or that we should not do what we please with our goods?! O Shu‘ayb, you should not say such things because you are the forbearing and the right-minded person.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَرَزَقَنِى مِنْهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًۭا ۚ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَكُمْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنْهَىٰكُمْ عَنْهُ ۚ إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا ٱلْإِصْلَٰحَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُ ۚ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِىٓ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ ۝٨٨

Shu’ayb said: Tell me! What do you think if I have a clear proof from my Lord, will you then listen to me? As for your suspicion that I intend to gain power over you and your wealth, then you should know that He (i.e., my Lord) has given me a goodly provision from Himself. I do not desire to oppose you in betaking myself what I forbid you. I desire nothing but to put things right, as far as I am able to do so; and my success is only with Allāh, in Him I have put my trust and to Him I turn obediently.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِىٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثْلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ صَٰلِحٍۢ ۚ وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍۢ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍۢ ۝٨٩

O my people! let not the breach with me cause you to befall upon you a punishment like which befell the people of Nūḥ, or the people of Hūd, or the people of Ṣāliḥ; and the people of Lūṭ were not far away from you, so at least learn a lesson from their outcome.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى رَحِيمٌۭ وَدُودٌۭ ۝٩٠

Therefore ask forgiveness of your Lord for your sins, then turn to Him obediently. Surely my Lord is Merciful, Loving.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

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قَالُوا۟ يَٰشُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًۭا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَىٰكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًۭا ۖ وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَٰكَ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْنَا بِعَزِيزٍۢ ۝٩١

The people of Shu‘ayb said: “O Shu‘ayb! We do not understand much of what you say. What matters is that we truly see you as weak among us. And had it not been for the regard of your tribe, we would have stoned you; and you are not strong to defend yourself against us.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:92

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَهْطِىٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا ۖ إِنَّ رَبِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌۭ ۝٩٢

Shu‘ayb said: O my people! Is my tribe more important to you than Allāh?! Look at you! You have taken Him as something to be thrown behind your backs! Surely my Lord encompasses what you are doing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:93

وَيَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَٰمِلٌۭ ۖ سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌۭ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَٰذِبٌۭ ۖ وَٱرْتَقِبُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌۭ ۝٩٣

O my people! Do whatever you like in your situation, I too am doing what I believe is right. Soon you will know upon whom will come the chastisement that will disgrace him, and who is the liar. Therefore, be on the lookout for it, I too am watching with you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:94

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًۭا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحْمَةٍۢ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ ۝٩٤

When Our punishment came upon them, We delivered Shu‘ayb and those who had believed with him by a mercy from Us. And the rumbling of the earthquake seized those who were unjust, and thus they became lifeless bodies in their housesS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:95

كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًۭا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ ۝٩٥

as if they had never dwelt there—so away with the people of Madyan, just as the Thamūd were done away!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Mūsā

11:96

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا وَسُلْطَٰنٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ۝٩٦

We sent Mūsā with Our signs and a clear evidenceS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Shu‘ayb

11:97

إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۖ وَمَآ أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيدٍۢ ۝٩٧

to Fir‘awn and his aristocrats. Mūsā demonstrated those signs to the aristocrats of Fir‘awn, but still they followed the command of Fir‘awn, although Fir‘awn’s command was not a wise one. Fir‘awn shallS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Prophet Mūsā

11:98

يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ ٱلنَّارَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْوِرْدُ ٱلْمَوْرُودُ ۝٩٨

lead his people on the day of resurrection and will bring them down to the Fire—evil is the destination to which they were led to!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:99

وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِۦ لَعْنَةًۭ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۚ بِئْسَ ٱلرِّفْدُ ٱلْمَرْفُودُ ۝٩٩

They were pursued in this world and will be pursued on the day of resurrection by the curse of Allāh—evil is the ‘gift’ which is offered to them!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

A Review of the Above

11:100

ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيْكَ ۖ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌۭ وَحَصِيدٌۭ ۝١٠٠

This is from the stories of the ancient cities which We relate to you, O Muḥammad; some of them are still standing while some are stubble.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:101

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۖ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍۢ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍۢ ۝١٠١

By punishing them, We did not treat them unjustly; rather, they were unjust to themselves by rejecting Our messengers. When the punishment from Your Lord came to them, their gods (whom they called upon besides Allāh) were of no avail to them in anyway; and they added nothing but destruction for them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:102

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَهِىَ ظَٰلِمَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٌۭ شَدِيدٌ ۝١٠٢

Such is the seizing of your Lord when He seizes the town whose people are unjust; surely His seizing is painful, severe.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:103

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةًۭ لِّمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌۭ مَّجْمُوعٌۭ لَّهُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌۭ مَّشْهُودٌۭ ۝١٠٣

Surely in this punishment, there is a sign for a person who fears the chastisement of the hereafter—that is a day in which the people shall be gathered, that is a day which shall indeed be witnessed.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:104

وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍۢ مَّعْدُودٍۢ ۝١٠٤

We shall not postpone it but to an appointed term.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:105

يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِىٌّۭ وَسَعِيدٌۭ ۝١٠٥

On the day when the time of judgement shall come, no soul shall speak except by His (i.e., God’s) permission: some of them shall be unhappy and some happy.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:106

فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌۭ وَشَهِيقٌ ۝١٠٦

As for those who are unhappy, they shall be in the Fire—in it they shall have only moaning and sighing,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:107

خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌۭ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ۝١٠٧

they shall abide in it, so long as the heavens and the earth last (unless your Lord pleases to forgive and transfer them to the Heaven). Surely your Lord accomplishes what He desires.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The Qur’ān has clearly stated that the Paradise and the Hell will last forever (see, for example, 64:9, 33:64-65), whereas the heavens and the earth will come to perish (see 46:3, 21:104, 39:67, 56:6). Therefore, the words “heavens” and “earth” in verses 107 and 108 do not refer to the present perishable earth and heavens, rather they refer to the earth and the heavens of the hereafter which will last forever. The heavens and earth of the hereafter have been mentioned in 15:48; 39:74. (al-Mizan, vol. 11, p. 23) Another explanation is that the sentence “as long as the heavens and the earth last—mā dāmati ‘s-samāwātu wa ’ l- ‘ arḍ” was a common way of expressing the concept of perpetuity and eternity among the Arabs of the pre-Islamic era. Therefore, this sentence should not be taken to mean that the Hell and the Paradise will last only as long as the present world. Rather, it says that the Hell and the Paradise will last forever.

11:108

۞ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ ۖ عَطَآءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍۢ ۝١٠٨

As for those who are happy, they shall be in the Garden—they shall abide in it, as long as the heavens and the earth last unless your Lord pleases otherwise, but that would not happen because admission in Paradise is a gift which will never be cut off.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:109

فَلَا تَكُ فِى مِرْيَةٍۢ مِّمَّا يَعْبُدُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚ مَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُهُم مِّن قَبْلُ ۚ وَإِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ غَيْرَ مَنقُوصٍۢ ۝١٠٩

Therefore, O Muḥammad, do not be in doubt as to the final defeat of the idols that these people of Mecca worship—they worship just as their fathers worshipped before. As for the punishment they earned by their evil deeds, We shall pay them back in full their portion undiminished.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:110

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَٱخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌۭ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّنْهُ مُرِيبٍۢ ۝١١٠

Certainly before you, O Muḥammad, We gave the Book (Tawrat) to Mūsā, but in spite of its being a revelation, there was disagreement about it among the Israelites. Had not a word —about deferring their punishment to the day of judgement— preceded from your Lord, the matter would have been immediately resolved between them; they surely are in a disquieting doubt about it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:111

وَإِنَّ كُلًّۭا لَّمَّا لَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمْ رَبُّكَ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌۭ ۝١١١

And surely your Lord will pay each of them in full for their evil deeds; He surely is aware of what they are doing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:112

فَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌۭ ۝١١٢

In the same way, the people of Mecca have disagreed about the Qur’ān. So stay firm as you have been commanded, O Muḥammad and also he who has turned to Allāh obediently with you; and do not exceed the proper bounds as He surely sees what you are doing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:113

وَلَا تَرْكَنُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ فَتَمَسَّكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ ۝١١٣

O Muslims! Do not incline towards, or rely on, those who are unjust, otherwise the Fire will touch you. You have no guardians besides Allāh; so if you incline toward the unjust, then you will not be helped by Him.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:114

وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ طَرَفَىِ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًۭا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْحَسَنَٰتِ يُذْهِبْنَ ٱلسَّئَِّاتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّٰكِرِينَ ۝١١٤

O Muḥammad! Establish the prayer in the two extreme parts of the day and in the first hours of the night. Surely the good deeds, like prayers, drive away the evil deeds. This is a reminder for those who remember Allāh.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

This verse personally addresses Prophet Muḥammad as a demonstration of the respect and eminence that he holds in the eyes of Allāh; otherwise, its contents are meant for all the believers. This verse is about three of the five daily prayers: 1. “in the two extreme parts of the day” refers to the dawn prayer (subḥ) and the evening prayer (maghrib). 2. “in the first hours of the night” refers to the night prayer (‘ishā).

11:115

وَٱصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝١١٥

O Muḥammad, be patient, for surely Allāh does not waste the reward of the good- doers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:116

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍۢ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ۝١١٦

Alas! Why were there not among the generations before you, men of conscience who would be forbidding corruption in the earth? There were no such persons except a few among those whom We delivered of them, but as for the majority who were unjust, they blindly went after the luxury in which they were surrounded and became sinners.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:117

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍۢ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ ۝١١٧

And remember that your Lord would never have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were those who did things right.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:118

وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ ۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ ۝١١٨

If your Lord had pleased, He would have forcefully made the people a single nation instead of being divided into different religions. But He will not do so because He has given humanity the freedom in action, and therefore, they shall continue to differS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:119

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ ۚ وَلِذَٰلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ ۗ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ ۝١١٩

except those upon whom your Lord has mercy by guiding them—they shall stay united in their faith. And He has created them for this mercy and guidance; but alas not all will follow it, thereby proving that the word of your Lord will certainly be fulfilled when He said that: “I shall surely fill the Hell with jinn and men, all together.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

A Summary of the Chapter

11:120

وَكُلًّۭا نَّقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۚ وَجَآءَكَ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَوْعِظَةٌۭ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝١٢٠

O Muḥammad, all that We relate to you of the news of the past messengers is so that We may strengthen your heart with it in your work for guiding the people to the right path. And in this chapter and its stories, there has come to you the truth about the beginning and the end, and how Allāh deals with humanity. It also serves as an admonition and a reminder to the believers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:121

وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنَّا عَٰمِلُونَ ۝١٢١

Therefore, O Muḥammad, say (just as Shu‘ayb and other messengers said) to those who do not believe: “Act according to your ability, we too are acting according to our ability;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:122

وَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ ۝١٢٢

and wait for the outcome, we too are waiting.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

11:123

وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُ ٱلْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُۥ فَٱعْبُدْهُ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ ۚ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ۝١٢٣

Allāh’s is the unseen in the heavens and the earth. To Him, the whole matter is returned, therefore, worship Him and put your trust in Him. Your Lord is not heedless of what you are doing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)