الفرقان Al-Furqan

25:1

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا ۝١

Tabaraka allathee nazzalaalfurqana AAala AAabdihi liyakoona lilAAalameenanatheera

Blessed is He who sent down the Measure of Distinction (al-Furqān) upon His servant, Muḥammad, so that he may be a warner of Allāh’s punishment to the people.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion to His servant that he may be a warner to all the nations.Ali Quli Qarai

Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -Saheeh International

25:2

ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًۭا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌۭ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًۭا ۝٢

Allathee lahu mulku assamawatiwal-ardi walam yattakhith waladan walamyakun lahu shareekun fee almulki wakhalaqa kulla shay-infaqaddarahu taqdeera

Blessed is He to whom belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and who has not taken unto Himself a son, nor has He any partner in the Kingdom. He is the one who has created everything and then assigned to it a measure of sustenance. He is the Creator as well as the Nourisher of all.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He, to whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and who did not take any offspring, nor has He any partner in sovereignty, and He created everything and determined it in a precise measure.Ali Quli Qarai

He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.Saheeh International

25:3

وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةًۭ لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَئًْۭا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا نَفْعًۭا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًۭا وَلَا حَيَوٰةًۭ وَلَا نُشُورًۭا ۝٣

Wattakhathoo min doonihi alihatanla yakhluqoona shay-an wahum yukhlaqoona walayamlikoona li-anfusihim darran wala nafAAan walayamlikoona mawtan wala hayatan walanushoora

But the idolators have taken besides Him gods who do not create anything; on the contrary, these gods themselves are created, and they do not control whatever is harmful or beneficial to themselves, neither do they have any say in death or life, or the resurrection after death!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Yet they have taken gods besides Him who create nothing and have themselves been created, and who have no control over their own harm or benefit and have no control over [their own] death, life, or resurrection.Ali Quli Qarai

But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.Saheeh International

25:4

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًۭا وَزُورًۭا ۝٤

Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hathailla ifkun iftarahu waaAAanahu AAalayhiqawmun akharoona faqad jaoo thulmanwazoora

Their Objection Against the Qur’ān: Those who disbelieve, say: “This is nothing but a lie which he (Muḥammad) has forged, and other people have helped him at it.” By making such a statement, they have indeed responded unfairly and insidiously.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The faithless say, ‘This is nothing but a lie that he has fabricated, and other people have abetted him in it.’ Thus they have certainly come out with wrongdoing and falsehood.Ali Quli Qarai

And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.Saheeh International

25:5

وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًۭا ۝٥

Waqaloo asateeru al-awwaleenaiktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseela

And they also said, “This Qur’ān is just stories of the ancient people which he has gotten written and which are read out to him in mornings and evenings.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They say, ‘He has taken down myths of the ancients, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.’Ali Quli Qarai

And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."Saheeh International

25:6

قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِى يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا ۝٦

Qul anzalahu allathee yaAAlamu assirrafee assamawati wal-ardiinnahu kana ghafooran raheema

O Muḥammad, in answer to such accusations, just say: “It has been sent down by the God who knows the secrets in the heaven and the earth. And He postpones your punishment and gives you time to repent because He is surely Most-Forgiving, Merciful.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘It has been sent down by Him who knows the hidden in the heavens and the earth. Indeed He is all-forgiving, all-merciful.’Ali Quli Qarai

Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."Saheeh International

25:7

وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌۭ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا ۝٧

Waqaloo mali hatha arrasooliya/kulu attaAAama wayamshee fee al-aswaqilawla onzila ilayhi malakun fayakoona maAAahu natheera

Their Objection Against Muḥammad: And they also say: “What is the matter with this Messenger of God—he eats food and walks about the markets just like us! How can we believe in him? Yes, if an angel had been sent down to him whom we could see with our eyes and who would be a warner of God’s punishment with him—then we might believe in him.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And they say, ‘What sort of apostle is this who eats food and walks in the marketplaces? Why has not an angel been sent down to him so as to be a warner along with him?’Ali Quli Qarai

And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?Saheeh International

25:8

أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌۭ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًۭا مَّسْحُورًا ۝٨

Aw yulqa ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahujannatun ya/kulu minha waqala aththalimoonain tattabiAAoona illa rajulan mashoora

Or if an unusual treasure would be sent down to him; or if there was a miraculous garden for him from which he would be eating—then we might have believed in him!” And the unjust among them said to the Muslims, “You are only following a man who has been bewitched.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Or, ‘[Why is not] a treasure thrown to him, or [why does] he [not] have a garden from which he may eat?’ And the wrongdoers say, ‘You are just following a bewitched man.’Ali Quli Qarai

Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."Saheeh International

25:9

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا ۝٩

Onthur kayfa daraboolaka al-amthala fadalloo fala yastateeAAoonasabeela

Look at their audacity, O Muḥammad, how they give you examples! Alas, they have gone astray; and therefore, they are unable to find a way.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Look, how they coin epithets for you; so they go astray, and cannot find the way.Ali Quli Qarai

Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.Saheeh International

25:10

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًۭا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا ۝١٠

Tabaraka allathee in shaajaAAala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajreemin tahtiha al-anharu wayajAAal laka qusoora

Blessed is the He who, if He wants, can make for you gardens better than these examples that they have given; He can make for you gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He can make for you palaces in them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Blessed is He who will grant you better than that if He wishes—gardens with streams running in them, and He will make for you palaces.Ali Quli Qarai

Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.Saheeh International

25:11

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا ۝١١

Bal kaththaboo bissaAAatiwaaAAtadna liman kaththaba bissaAAatisaAAeera

They, the unbelievers, have indeed rejected the belief in the Hour of doom and judgement. And for one who rejects the Hour, We have prepared a burning fire;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed, they deny the Hour, and We have prepared a Blaze for those who deny the Hour.Ali Quli Qarai

But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.Saheeh International

25:12

إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًۭا وَزَفِيرًۭا ۝١٢

Itha raat-hum min makaninbaAAeedin samiAAoo laha taghayyuthanwazafeera

when they shall come into its sight from a distant place, they shall hear it raging and exhaling.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When it sights them from a distant place, they will hear it raging and roaring.Ali Quli Qarai

When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.Saheeh International

25:13

وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًۭا ضَيِّقًۭا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًۭا ۝١٣

Wa-itha olqoo minha makanandayyiqan muqarraneena daAAaw hunalika thuboora

And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound to one another, they shall at that time let out a loud lament.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound together [in chains], they will pray for [their own] annihilation.Ali Quli Qarai

And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.Saheeh International

25:14

لَّا تَدْعُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًۭا وَٰحِدًۭا وَٱدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا كَثِيرًۭا ۝١٤

La tadAAoo alyawma thubooran wahidanwadAAoo thubooran katheera

In response to their lament, they will be told: “Do not let out just one loud lament; let out many loud laments!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[They will be told:] ‘Do not pray for a single annihilation today, but pray for many annihilations!’Ali Quli Qarai

[They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."Saheeh International

25:15

قُلْ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ ٱلْخُلْدِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۚ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَآءًۭ وَمَصِيرًۭا ۝١٥

Qul athalika khayrun am jannatualkhuldi allatee wuAAida almuttaqoona kanat lahum jazaanwamaseera

O Muḥammad, say: “Is this better as a final abode or the garden of eternity which has been promised to those who guard themselves against evil? That garden shall be a reward and a final resort for them;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘Is that better, or the everlasting paradise promised to the Godwary, which will be their reward and destination?’Ali Quli Qarai

Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.Saheeh International

25:16

لَّهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَ ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًۭا مَّسُْٔولًۭا ۝١٦

Lahum feeha ma yashaoonakhalideena kana AAala rabbika waAAdanmas-oola

in it they have whatever they desire, forever—this is a binding promise on your Lord.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

There they will have whatever they wish, abiding [forever]—a promise [much] besought, [binding] on your Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.Saheeh International

25:17

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ ۝١٧

Wayawma yahshuruhum wamayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi fayaqoolu aantum adlaltumAAibadee haola-i am hum dalloo assabeel

On the day when He shall gather them along with whatever they worshipped besides Allāh (i.e., angels or other humans), He shall ask those who were being worshipped: “Was it you who led astray these servants of Mine, or did they go astray from the path by themselves?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

On the day that He will muster them and those whom they worship besides Allah, He will say, ‘Was it you who led astray these servants of Mine, or did they themselves stray from the way?’Ali Quli Qarai

And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allāh and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"Saheeh International

25:18

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًۭا ۝١٨

Qaloo subhanaka ma kanayanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaawalakin mattaAAtahum waabaahum hattanasoo aththikra wakanoo qawman boora

They, the angels and other humans who had been idolized, shall say: “Glory be to Thee, O Allāh! It was not befitting us to take any guardians besides You—so how could we have asked them to worship us besides You? But You blessed them and their fathers with worldly bounties, and they got engrossed in them so much until they forgot the Reminder (i.e., the Qur’ān). They indeed were a people in perdition.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They will say, ‘Immaculate are You! It does not behoove us to take any wali in Your stead! But You provided for them and their fathers until they forgot the Reminder, and they were a ruined lot.’Ali Quli Qarai

They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."Saheeh International

25:19

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًۭا وَلَا نَصْرًۭا ۚ وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًۭا كَبِيرًۭا ۝١٩

Faqad kaththabookum bimataqooloona fama tastateeAAoona sarfan walanasran waman yathlim minkum nuthiqhuAAathaban kabeera

So those whom you idolized will surely reject your statements on the Day of Judgement; you shall neither be able to divert the punishment nor help yourselves in any way. And whosoever among you is unjust, We shall make him taste a great chastisement.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So they will certainly impugn you in what you say, and you will neither be able to circumvent [punishment] nor find help, and whoever of you does wrong, We shall make him taste a terrible punishment.Ali Quli Qarai

So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.Saheeh International

25:20

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍۢ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًۭا ۝٢٠

Wama arsalna qablaka minaalmursaleena illa innahum laya/kuloona attaAAamawayamshoona fee al-aswaqi wajaAAalna baAAdakumlibaAAdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakanarabbuka baseera

As for their amazement that God has sent a human being as His messenger, then know that We did not send from among the messengers before you anyone but that they used to eat the food and walk about in the markets. We have made some of you as a means of test and trial for others; will you then bear the hardship patiently? And indeed your Lord is All-SeeingS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We did not send any apostles before you but that they indeed ate food and walked in marketplaces. We have made you a [means of] test for one another, [to see] if you will be patient and steadfast, and your Lord is all-seeing.Ali Quli Qarai

And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.Saheeh International

25:21

۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا ۝٢١

Waqala allatheena layarjoona liqaana lawla onzila AAalaynaalmala-ikatu aw nara rabbana laqadiistakbaroo fee anfusihim waAAataw AAutuwwan kabeera

And those who do not anticipate meeting Us on the Day of Judgement, they say: “If only the angels had been sent down upon us or we could see our Lord, then we might believe.” By such statements, they have indeed thought arrogantly of themselves and have transgressed a great insolence.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who do not expect to encounter Us say, ‘Why have angels not been sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord?’ Certainly, they are full of arrogance within their souls and have become terribly defiant.Ali Quli Qarai

And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.Saheeh International

25:22

يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرَىٰ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْرًۭا مَّحْجُورًۭا ۝٢٢

Yawma yarawna almala-ikata labushra yawma-ithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijranmahjoora

On the Day of Judgement, when they shall indeed see the angels, there will be no joy on that day for the guilty people. And the angels shall say to them: “Keep away and stay out!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The day they will see the angels, there will be no good news for the guilty on that day, and they will say, ‘Keep off [from paradise]!’Ali Quli Qarai

The day they see the angels - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."Saheeh International

25:23

وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍۢ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هَبَآءًۭ مَّنثُورًا ۝٢٣

Waqadimna ila maAAamiloo min AAamalin fajaAAalnahu habaan manthoora

And We shall come across whatever they have done of good deeds, then We shall render them useless like floating dust particles!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We shall attend to the works they have done and then turn them into scattered dust.Ali Quli Qarai

And We will approach [i.e., regard] what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.Saheeh International

25:24

أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌۭ مُّسْتَقَرًّۭا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًۭا ۝٢٤

As-habu aljannati yawma-ithinkhayrun mustaqarran waahsanu maqeela

The inhabitants of the Paradise shall be, on that day, in the best of abodes and better resting place.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

On that day the inhabitants of paradise will be in the best abode and an excellent resting place.Ali Quli Qarai

The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.Saheeh International

25:25

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ۝٢٥

Wayawma tashaqqaqu assamao bilghamamiwanuzzila almala-ikatu tanzeela

And on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down in groups—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The day when the sky with its clouds will be split open, and the angels will be sent down [in a majestic] descent,Ali Quli Qarai

And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.Saheeh International

25:26

ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۚ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًۭا ۝٢٦

Almulku yawma-ithin alhaqqu lirrahmaniwakana yawman AAala alkafireena AAaseera

on that day, the Kingdom shall rightly belong to the Beneficent God. And it shall be a difficult day for the unbelievers:S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

on that day true sovereignty will belong to the All-beneficent, and it will be a hard day for the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.Saheeh International

25:27

وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًۭا ۝٢٧

Wayawma yaAAaddu aththalimuAAala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtumaAAa arrasooli sabeela

on that day, the unjust person shall bite his hands out of regret, saying: “O! if only I had followed the way of Islam with the Prophet!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It will be a day when the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying, ‘I wish I had followed the Apostle’s way!Ali Quli Qarai

And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.Saheeh International

25:28

يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًۭا ۝٢٨

Ya waylata laytanee lamattakhith fulanan khaleela

Woe unto me! If only I had not taken so-and-so for a friend!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Woe to me! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend!Ali Quli Qarai

Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.Saheeh International

25:29

لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولًۭا ۝٢٩

Laqad adallanee AAani aththikribaAAda ith jaanee wakana ashshaytanulil-insani khathoola

Certainly he led me astray from the Reminder (i.e., the Qur’ān) after it had come to me!” And the Satan will indeed abandon the human being.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly he led me astray from the Reminder after it had come to me, and Satan is a deserter of man.’Ali Quli Qarai

He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."Saheeh International

25:30

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًۭا ۝٣٠

Waqala arrasoolu yarabbi inna qawmee ittakhathoo hatha alqur-anamahjoora

On that day, the Messenger will say: “O my Lord! Surely my people have treated this Qur’ān as a forsaken thing.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And the Apostle will say, ‘O my Lord! Indeed my people consigned this Quran to oblivion.’Ali Quli Qarai

And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."Saheeh International

25:31

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًۭا وَنَصِيرًۭا ۝٣١

Wakathalika jaAAalna likullinabiyyin AAaduwwan mina almujrimeena wakafa birabbika hadiyanwanaseera

And, as part of the overall theme of test and trial in this world, We have allowed for every prophet an enemy from among the guilty people; and so O Muḥammad, you also have enemies but remember your Lord is sufficient for you as a Guide and Helper.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

That is how for every prophet We assigned an enemy from among the guilty, and your Lord suffices as helper and guide.Ali Quli Qarai

And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.Saheeh International

25:32

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ جُمْلَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۖ وَرَتَّلْنَٰهُ تَرْتِيلًۭا ۝٣٢

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lawlanuzzila AAalayhi alqur-anu jumlatan wahidatan kathalikalinuthabbita bihi fu-adaka warattalnahu tarteela

And those who disbelieve say: “If only the Qur’ān had been sent down on him all at once, then we would have believed in him.” These are just lame excuses! It has been revealed in this manner so that We may strengthen your heart by it. And We have revealed it in a well- arranged, gradual manner.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The faithless say, ‘Why has not the Quran been sent down to him all at once?’ So it was, that We may strengthen your heart with it, and We have recited it [to you] in a measured tone.Ali Quli Qarai

And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.Saheeh International

25:33

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا ۝٣٣

Wala ya/toonaka bimathalin illaji/naka bilhaqqi waahsana tafseera

And they will not bring to you an example or an argument but that We shall bring to you one which is based on truth and which has a better interpretation.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They do not bring you any representation but that We bring you the truth [in reply to them] and the best exposition.Ali Quli Qarai

And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.Saheeh International

25:34

ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّۭ مَّكَانًۭا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًۭا ۝٣٤

Allatheena yuhsharoona AAalawujoohihim ila jahannama ola-ika sharrun makananwaadallu sabeela

Those who shall be sent to Hell with their faces on the ground, theirs is the worst abode and they are the most further away from the path of truth.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who will be mustered [fallen] on their faces toward hell, they are the worse situated and further astray from the [right] way.Ali Quli Qarai

The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.Saheeh International

25:35

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرًۭا ۝٣٥

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba wajaAAalna maAAahu akhahu haroonawazeera

And We certainly gave Mūsa the Book, We appointed his brother Hārūn with him as a vizier,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We gave Moses the Book and We made Aaron, his brother, accompany him as a minister.Ali Quli Qarai

And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.Saheeh International

25:36

فَقُلْنَا ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ تَدْمِيرًۭا ۝٣٦

Faqulna ithhaba ilaalqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinafadammarnahum tadmeera

and then We said, “Go both of you to the people who have rejected Our signs.” But since those people did not heed to the call of Mūsa and Hārūn, We destroyed them completely.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We said, ‘Let the two of you go to the people who have denied Our signs.’ Then We destroyed them utterly.Ali Quli Qarai

And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.Saheeh International

25:37

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا ۝٣٧

Waqawma noohin lamma kaththabooarrusula aghraqnahum wajaAAalnahum linnasiayatan waaAAtadna liththalimeenaAAathaban aleema

And remember the people of Nūḥ: when they rejected the messengers, We drowned them and made them into a sign for the people. We indeed have prepared a painful chastisement for the unjust people!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And Noah’s people, We drowned them when they impugned the apostles, and We made them a sign for mankind, and We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.Ali Quli Qarai

And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.Saheeh International

25:38

وَعَادًۭا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًۭا ۝٣٨

WaAAadan wathamooda waas-habaarrassi waquroonan bayna thalika katheera

And remember the ‘Ād, the Thamūd, the Dwellers of the Well and many generations between them—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And ‘Ad and Thamud, and the people of Rass, and many generations between them.Ali Quli Qarai

And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well and many generations between them.Saheeh International

25:39

وَكُلًّۭا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ ۖ وَكُلًّۭا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًۭا ۝٣٩

Wakullan darabna lahu al-amthalawakullan tabbarna tatbeera

to each one of them, We gave examples, and when they did not heed Our words, We utterly destroyed each one of them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

For each of them We drew examples, and each We destroyed utterly.Ali Quli Qarai

And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.Saheeh International

25:40

وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًۭا ۝٤٠

Walaqad ataw AAala alqaryati allateeomtirat matara assaw-i afalam yakoonooyarawnaha bal kanoo la yarjoona nushoora

O Muḥammad, on their way to Syria, certainly they, the people of Mecca, have often passed by the town Sodom on which the evil rain descended—did they not see it? Nay, it had no effect on them because they did not expect or believe in being raised back to life for judgement!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly they must have passed the town on which an evil shower was rained. Have they not seen it? Rather, they did not expect resurrection [to happen].Ali Quli Qarai

And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.Saheeh International

25:41

وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا ۝٤١

Wa-itha raawka in yattakhithoonakailla huzuwan ahatha allathee baAAatha Allahurasoola

When they see you, O Muḥammad, they do not hold you but in contempt: “Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When they see you they just take you in derision: ‘Is this the one whom Allah has sent as an apostle!?Ali Quli Qarai

And when they see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a messenger?Saheeh International

25:42

إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ۝٤٢

In kada layudillunaAAan alihatina lawla an sabarnaAAalayha wasawfa yaAAlamoona heena yarawna alAAathabaman adallu sabeela

He indeed had nearly led us astray from our gods had we not stood firmly by them!” When they will soon see the chastisement, they will know who has strayed away from the right path.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed he was about to lead us astray from our gods, had we not stood firm by them.’ Soon they will know, when they sight the punishment, who is further astray from the [right] way.Ali Quli Qarai

He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.Saheeh International

25:43

أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا ۝٤٣

Araayta mani ittakhatha ilahahuhawahu afaanta takoonu AAalayhi wakeela

O Muḥammad! Have you seen him who has taken his desires for his god? Will you then be counsel for him and try to guide him to the right path?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god? Is it your duty to watch over him?Ali Quli Qarai

Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?Saheeh International

25:44

أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ۝٤٤

Am tahsabu anna aktharahumyasmaAAoona aw yaAAqiloona in hum illa kal-anAAamibal hum adallu sabeela

Or do you think that most of them hear and understand? No, they are beyond redemption because they will not listen to or contemplate what you say. They are nothing but mindless beings like the cattle; nay, they are even more astray from the path than the cattle.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do you suppose that most of them listen or exercise their reason? They are just like cattle; indeed, they are further astray from the way.Ali Quli Qarai

Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.Saheeh International

25:45

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنًۭا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًۭا ۝٤٥

Alam tara ila rabbika kayfa madda aththillawalaw shaa lajaAAalahu sakinan thumma jaAAalnaashshamsa AAalayhi daleela

How can you doubt God if you have a hearing heart and a thinking mind? Have you not considered the wonders of your Lord’s creations: (1) How He moves the shade by extending it? If He had wished, He could have made it stationary. And We have made the sun a source for moving the shade.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Have you not regarded how your Lord spreads the twilight? (Had He wished He would have made it stand still.) Then We made the sun a beacon for it.Ali Quli Qarai

Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.Saheeh International

25:46

ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًۭا يَسِيرًۭا ۝٤٦

Thumma qabadnahu ilaynaqabdan yaseera

Then We shorten the shade as if pulling it towards Ourselves, shortening it little by little till sunset when it disappears completely.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We retract it toward Ourselves, with a gentle retracting.Ali Quli Qarai

Then We [retract and] hold it with Us for a brief grasp.Saheeh International

25:47

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًۭا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًۭا ۝٤٧

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala lakumuallayla libasan wannawma subatan wajaAAalaannahara nushoora

(2) He is the one who made the night a cover of darkness for you just like a dress, and made the sleep as a means of rest for you; and He made the daytime as a time of rising up for work and seeking sustenance.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It is He who made for you the night as a covering and sleep for rest and He made the day a recall to life.Ali Quli Qarai

And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.Saheeh International

25:48

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ طَهُورًۭا ۝٤٨

Wahuwa allathee arsala arriyahabushran bayna yaday rahmatihi waanzalna mina assama-imaan tahoora

(3) He is the one who sends the winds as good tiding before His mercy—and We send down from the cloud clean waterS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And it is He who sends the winds as harbingers of His mercy, and We send down from the sky purifying water,Ali Quli Qarai

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy [i.e., rainfall], and We send down from the sky pure waterSaheeh International

25:49

لِّنُحِْۧىَ بِهِۦ بَلْدَةًۭ مَّيْتًۭا وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ أَنْعَٰمًۭا وَأَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيرًۭا ۝٤٩

Linuhyiya bihi baldatan maytanwanusqiyahu mimma khalaqna anAAaman waanasiyyakatheera

so that We may revive the dead land and so that We may water some of what We have created: the cattle and countless people.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

with which We revive a dead country and provide water to many of the cattle and humans We have created.Ali Quli Qarai

That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.Saheeh International

25:50

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا ۝٥٠

Walaqad sarrafnahu baynahumliyaththakkaroo faaba aktharu annasiilla kufoora

Certainly We have rotated the rain among them so that they may be mindful of My blessings, but the majority of people refused to be anything but ungrateful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly We distribute it among them so that they may take admonition. But most people are only intent on ingratitude.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.Saheeh International

25:51

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍۢ نَّذِيرًۭا ۝٥١

Walaw shi/na labaAAathna feekulli qaryatin natheera

If We had wished, We could have certainly raised a prophet as a warner in every town, but We decided to send you, O Muḥammad, as a prophet for all people.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Had We wished, We would have sent a warner to every town.Ali Quli Qarai

And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.Saheeh International

25:52

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَجَٰهِدْهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادًۭا كَبِيرًۭا ۝٥٢

Fala tutiAAi alkafireenawajahidhum bihi jihadan kabeera

So do not follow the unbelievers and strive against them intellectually through the Qur’ān a mighty struggle.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So do not obey the faithless, but wage a great jihad against them with it.Ali Quli Qarai

So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.Saheeh International

25:53

۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌۭ فُرَاتٌۭ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌۭ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًۭا وَحِجْرًۭا مَّحْجُورًۭا ۝٥٣

Wahuwa allathee maraja albahraynihatha AAathbun furatun wahatha milhunojajun wajaAAala baynahuma barzakhan wahijranmahjoora

(4) He is the one who has joined the two seas: one is fresh and sweet, while the other is salty and bitter; and He made between them a barrier and a prohibited border.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It is He who merged the two seas: this one sweet and agreeable, and that one briny and bitter, and between the two He set a barrier and a forbidding hindrance.Ali Quli Qarai

And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.Saheeh International

25:54

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًۭا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًۭا وَصِهْرًۭا ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًۭا ۝٥٤

Wahuwa allathee khalaqa mina alma-ibasharan fajaAAalahu nasaban wasihran wakanarabbuka qadeera

(5) He is the one who has created a human from a water-drop, then He created for him relatives based on lineage and marriage. Surely your Lord is Powerful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It is He who created the human being from water, then invested him with ties of blood and marriage, and your Lord is all-powerful.Ali Quli Qarai

And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].Saheeh International

25:55

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًۭا ۝٥٥

WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi mala yanfaAAuhum wala yadurruhum wakanaalkafiru AAala rabbihi thaheera

Despite all these signs of God’s power and glory, they, the people of Mecca, worship, other than Allāh, the idols that can neither benefit them nor harm them. Indeed the unbeliever (Abu Jahl, the leader of Mecca idolators) is a party against his Lord.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They worship besides Allah that which neither brings them any benefit nor causes them any harm, and the faithless one is ever an abettor against his Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].Saheeh International

25:56

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا ۝٥٦

Wama arsalnaka illamubashshiran wanatheera

O Muḥammad, We have not sent you but as a bearer of good news for the believers and a warner of chastisement for the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We did not send you except as a bearer of good news and as a warner.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.Saheeh International

25:57

قُلْ مَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًۭا ۝٥٧

Qul ma as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrinilla man shaa an yattakhitha ilarabbihi sabeela

Therefore, say, to these people, “I do not ask of you any wage for this work except that whosoever agrees he should take the way which leads to his Lord.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it, except that anyone who wishes should take the way to his Lord.’Ali Quli Qarai

Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."Saheeh International

25:58

وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْحَىِّ ٱلَّذِى لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِۦ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا ۝٥٨

Watawakkal AAala alhayyi allatheela yamootu wasabbih bihamdihi wakafabihi bithunoobi AAibadihi khabeera

And in your work, O Muḥammad, trust the Living God who will not die, and sing His praise; and do not care about the unbelievers’ reaction because it is sufficient that He, Allāh, is Aware of the sins of His servants—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Put your trust in the Living One who does not die, and celebrate His praise. He suffices as one all-aware of the sins of His servants.Ali Quli Qarai

And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allāh] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, [fully] Aware -Saheeh International

25:59

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ فَسَْٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًۭا ۝٥٩

Allathee khalaqa assamawatiwal-arda wama baynahuma fee sittatiayyamin thumma istawa AAala alAAarshi arrahmanufas-al bihi khabeera

the One who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between the two in six periods of time, and then He sat down upon the ‘throne.’ He is the Beneficent God, therefore, ask Him about the realities of the universe because He is Well-Aware of all things.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He, who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days, and then settled on the Throne, the All-beneficent; so ask someone who is well aware about Him.Ali Quli Qarai

He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)].Saheeh International

25:60

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًۭا ۩ ۝٦٠

Wa-itha qeela lahumu osjudoo lirrahmaniqaloo wama arrahmanu anasjudulima ta/muruna wazadahum nufoora

And when it is said to them: “Bow down in prostration to the Beneficent God,” they say, “And what is this Beneficent God?! Should we bow down in prostration to what you bid us?” And so their hatred towards God increases.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When they are told: ‘Prostrate yourselves before the All-beneficent,’ they say, ‘What is ‘‘the All-beneficent’’? Shall we prostrate ourselves before whatever you bid us?’ And it increases their aversion.Ali Quli Qarai

And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.Saheeh International

25:61

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًۭا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًۭا وَقَمَرًۭا مُّنِيرًۭا ۝٦١

Tabaraka allathee jaAAala feeassama-i buroojan wajaAAala feeha sirajanwaqamaran muneera

They do not realize that blessed is He who made constellations for the sun and the moon in heaven, and made therein a lamp (i.e., the Sun) and a shining moon.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Blessed is He who appointed houses in the sky and set in it a lamp and a shining moon.Ali Quli Qarai

Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.Saheeh International

25:62

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةًۭ لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًۭا ۝٦٢

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala allayla wannaharakhilfatan liman arada an yaththakkara aw aradashukoora

He is the One who made the night and the day to follow one another as a sign for one who is mindful of Allāh’s glory or wishes to be grateful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It is He who made the night and the day alternate for someone who desires to take admonition, or desires to give thanks.Ali Quli Qarai

And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.Saheeh International

25:63

وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا ۝٦٣

WaAAibadu arrahmaniallatheena yamshoona AAala al-ardi hawnanwa-itha khatabahumu aljahiloona qaloosalama

The committed believers are the servants of the Beneficent God. They are: (1) those who walk on the earth with humility; (2) and when the ignorant people address them with useless statements, they respond with a simple answer of “peace;”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The servants of the All-beneficent are those who walk humbly on the earth, and when the ignorant address them, say, ‘Peace!’Ali Quli Qarai

And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,Saheeh International

25:64

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًۭا وَقِيَٰمًۭا ۝٦٤

Wallatheena yabeetoonalirabbihim sujjadan waqiyama

(3) those who pass the night for the love of their Lord in prayers: prostrating and standing;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who spend the night for their Lord, prostrating and standing [in worship].Ali Quli Qarai

And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]Saheeh International

25:65

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا ۝٦٥

Wallatheena yaqooloona rabbanaisrif AAanna AAathaba jahannama inna AAathabahakana gharama

(4) those who pray: “Our Lord turn away from us the chastisement of hell, surely its chastisement will be severe;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who say, ‘Our Lord! Turn away from us the punishment of hell. Indeed its punishment is enduring.Ali Quli Qarai

And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;Saheeh International

25:66

إِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّۭا وَمُقَامًۭا ۝٦٦

Innaha saat mustaqarran wamuqama

surely it is an evil abode and destination;”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed it is an evil station and abode.’Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."Saheeh International

25:67

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا۟ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًۭا ۝٦٧

Wallatheena ithaanfaqoo lam yusrifoo walam yaqturoo wakana bayna thalikaqawama

(5) and when they give charity, they are neither extravagant nor niggardly, rather they are firmly between the two extremes;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who are neither wasteful nor tightfisted when spending, but balanced between these [two extremes].Ali Quli Qarai

And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderateSaheeh International

25:68

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًۭا ۝٦٨

Wallatheena layadAAoona maAAa Allahi ilahan akharawala yaqtuloona annafsa allatee harrama Allahuilla bilhaqqi wala yaznoona wamanyafAAal thalika yalqa athama

(6) those who do not call upon another god other than Allāh; (7) they do not kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden except when it is justified in case of retaliation or legal punishment; (8) and they do not commit adultery. And whosoever commits these sins (polytheism, murder and adultery), he shall indeed face the consequences of sins and,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who do not invoke another deity besides Allah, and do not kill a soul [whose life] Allah has made inviolable, except with due cause, and do not commit fornication. (Whoever does that shall encounter its retribution,Ali Quli Qarai

And those who do not invoke with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.Saheeh International

25:69

يُضَٰعَفْ لَهُ ٱلْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا ۝٦٩

YudaAAaf lahu alAAathabu yawmaalqiyamati wayakhlud feehi muhana

on the day of resurrection, the chastisement will be doubled for him, and he shall abide in it with humiliation—S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

the punishment being doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection. In it he will abide in humiliation forever,Ali Quli Qarai

Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -Saheeh International

25:70

إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًۭا صَٰلِحًۭا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَئَِّاتِهِمْ حَسَنَٰتٍۢ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا ۝٧٠

Illa man taba waamanawaAAamila AAamalan salihan faola-ikayubaddilu Allahu sayyi-atihim hasanatinwakana Allahu ghafooran raheema

except the one who repents, believes and does good deeds; these are the people for whom Allāh shall change their evil deeds into good. And Allāh surely is Forgiving, Merciful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

except those who repent, attain faith, and act righteously. For such, Allah will replace their misdeeds with good deeds, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.Ali Quli Qarai

Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allāh will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.Saheeh International

25:71

وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابًۭا ۝٧١

Waman taba waAAamila salihanfa-innahu yatoobu ila Allahi mataba

There should be no surprise in the effects of faith and good deeds for whosoever repents sincerely and does good deeds, he indeed turns to Allāh a true turning.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And whoever repents and acts righteously indeed turns to Allah with due penitence).Ali Quli Qarai

And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allāh with [accepted] repentance.Saheeh International

25:72

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًۭا ۝٧٢

Wallatheena layashhadoona azzoora wa-itha marroo billaghwimarroo kirama

(9) The servants of the Merciful God are those who do not bear witness falsely; (10) and when they pass by a vain person or situation, they pass by with dignity;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who do not give false testimony, and when they come upon frivolity, pass by with dignity.Ali Quli Qarai

And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.Saheeh International

25:73

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّۭا وَعُمْيَانًۭا ۝٧٣

Wallatheena itha thukkiroobi-ayati rabbihim lam yakhirroo AAalayha summanwaAAumyana

(11) and those who do not react as deaf and blind when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those who, when reminded of the signs of their Lord, do not turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to them.Ali Quli Qarai

And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.Saheeh International

25:74

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍۢ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ۝٧٤

Wallatheena yaqooloona rabbanahab lana min azwajina wathurriyyatinaqurrata aAAyunin wajAAalna lilmuttaqeena imama

(12) and those who pray: “O our Lord! Make our wives and our children the joy of eyes for us, and place us leaders of the righteous ones.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And those who say, ‘Our Lord! Give us joy and comfort in our spouses and offspring, and make us imams of the Godwary.’Ali Quli Qarai

And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous."Saheeh International

25:75

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةًۭ وَسَلَٰمًا ۝٧٥

Ola-ika yujzawna alghurfata bimasabaroo wayulaqqawna feeha tahiyyatan wasalama

These servants of the Merciful God shall be rewarded by the high palaces in Paradise for having patience during the trials and sufferings of the worldly life; and therein, they shall be welcomed by the angels with greetings and salutations;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those shall be rewarded with sublime abodes for their patience and steadfastness, and they shall be met there with greetings and ‘Peace,’Ali Quli Qarai

Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace,Saheeh International

25:76

خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّۭا وَمُقَامًۭا ۝٧٦

Khalideena feeha hasunatmustaqarran wamuqama

in it they shall live forever—it is indeed a good abode and destination.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

to abide in them [forever], an excellent station and abode.Ali Quli Qarai

Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.Saheeh International

25:77

قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا۟ بِكُمْ رَبِّى لَوْلَا دُعَآؤُكُمْ ۖ فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًۢا ۝٧٧

Qul ma yaAAbao bikum rabbee lawladuAAaokum faqad kaththabtum fasawfa yakoonu lizama

Referring to the unbelievers of Mecca, Allāh commands the Prophet: Say: “My Lord would not have cared for you at all had not been for your prayer and so He sent me to you. But you have rejected His message and so its consequences will soon cleave to you.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘Were it not for the sake of summoning you [to faith], what store my Lord would have set by you? But you impugned [me and my summons], so it will soon follow as a result.’Ali Quli Qarai

Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so it [i.e., your denial] is going to be adherent.Saheeh International