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العنكبوت

Surah AL-ANKABUT / The Spider phonetic | Surah 29

AL-ANKABUT · 69 verses

Bismi Allāhi Ar-Raĥmāni Ar-Raĥīmi

1 'Alif-Lām-Mīm

2 'Aĥasiba An-Nāsu 'An Yutrakū 'An Yaqūlū 'Āmannā Wa Hum Lā Yuftanūna

3 Wa Laqad Fatannā Al-Ladhīna Min Qablihim Falaya`lamanna Allāhu Al-Ladhīna Şadaqū Wa Laya`lamanna Al-Kādhibīna

4 'Am Ĥasiba Al-Ladhīna Ya`malūna As-Sayyi'āti 'An Yasbiqūnā Sā'a Mā Yaĥkumūna

5 Man Kāna Yarjū Liqā'a Allāhi Fa'inna 'Ajala Allāhi La'ātin Wa Huwa As-Samī`u Al-`Alīmu

6 Wa Man Jāhada Fa'innamā Yujāhidu Linafsihi 'Inna Allāha Laghanīyun `Ani Al-`Ālamīna

7 Wa Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa `Amilū Aş-Şāliĥāti Lanukaffiranna `Anhum Sayyi'ātihim Wa Lanajziyannahum 'Aĥsana Al-Ladhī Kānū Ya`malūna

8 Wa Waşşaynā Al-'Insāna Biwālidayhi Ĥusnāan Wa 'In Jāhadāka Litushrika Bī Mā Laysa Laka Bihi `Ilmun Falā Tuţi`humā 'Ilayya Marji`ukum Fa'unabbi'ukum Bimā Kuntum Ta`malūna

9 Wa Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa `Amilū Aş-Şāliĥāti Lanudkhilannahum Fī Aş-Şāliĥīna

10 Wa Mina An-Nāsi Man Yaqūlu 'Āmannā Billāhi Fa'idhā 'Ūdhiya Fī Allāhi Ja`ala Fitnata An-Nāsi Ka`adhābi Allāhi Wa La'in Jā'a Naşrun Min Rabbika Layaqūlunna 'Innā Kunnā Ma`akum 'Awalaysa Allāhu Bi'a`lama Bimā Fī Şudūri Al-`Ālamīna

11 Wa Laya`lamanna Allāhu Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa Laya`lamanna Al-Munāfiqīna

12 Wa Qāla Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Lilladhīna 'Āmanū Attabi`ū Sabīlanā Wa Lnaĥmil Khaţāyākum Wa Mā Hum Biĥāmilīna Min Khaţāyāhum Min Shay'in 'Innahum Lakādhibūna

13 Wa Layaĥmilunna 'Athqālahum Wa 'Athqālāan Ma`a 'Athqālihim Wa Layus'alunna Yawma Al-Qiyāmati `Ammā Kānū Yaftarūna

14 Wa Laqad 'Arsalnā Nūĥāan 'Ilá Qawmihi Falabitha Fīhim 'Alfa Sanatin 'Illā Khamsīna `Āmāan Fa'akhadhahumu Aţ-Ţūfānu Wa Hum Žālimūn

15 Fa'anjaynāhu Wa 'Aşĥāba As-Safīnati Wa Ja`alnāhā 'Āyatan Lil`ālamīna

16 Wa 'Ibrāhīma 'Idh Qāla Liqawmihi A`budū Allāha Wa Attaqūhu Dhālikum Khayrun Lakum 'In Kuntum Ta`lamūna

17 'Innamā Ta`budūna Min Dūni Allāhi 'Awthānāan Wa Takhluqūna 'Ifkāan 'Inna Al-Ladhīna Ta`budūna Min Dūni Allāhi Lā Yamlikūna Lakum Rizqāan Fābtaghū `Inda Allāhi Ar-Rizqa Wa A`budūhu Wa Ashkurū Lahu 'Ilayhi Turja`ūna

18 Wa 'In Tukadhibū Faqad Kadhaba 'Umamun Min Qablikum Wa Mā `Alá Ar-Rasūli 'Illā Al-Balāghu Al-Mubīnu

19 'Awalam Yaraw Kayfa Yubdi'u Allāhu Al-Khalqa Thumma Yu`īduhu 'Inna Dhālika `Alá Allāhi Yasīrun

20 Qul Sīrū Fī Al-'Arđi Fānžurū Kayfa Bada'a Al-Khalqa Thumma Allāhu Yunshi'u An-Nash'ata Al-'Ākhirata 'Inna Allāha `Alá Kulli Shay'in Qadīrun

21 Yu`adhibu Man Yashā'u Wa Yarĥamu Man Yashā'u Wa 'Ilayhi Tuqlabūna

22 Wa Mā 'Antum Bimu`jizīna Fī Al-'Arđi Wa Lā Fī As-Samā'i Wa Mā Lakum Min Dūni Allāhi Min Wa Līyin Wa Lā Naşīrin

23 Wa Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Bi'āyāti Allāhi Wa Liqā'ihi 'Ūlā'ika Ya'isū Min Raĥmatī Wa 'Ūlā'ika Lahum `Adhābun 'Alīmun

24 Famā Kāna Jawāba Qawmihi 'Illā 'An Qālū Aqtulūhu 'Aw Ĥarriqūhu Fa'anjāhu Allāhu Mina An-Nāri 'Inna Fī Dhālika La'āyātin Liqawmin Yu'uminūna

25 Wa Qāla 'Innamā Attakhadhtum Min Dūni Allāhi 'Awthānāan Mawaddata Baynikum Fī Al-Ĥayāati Ad-Dunyā Thumma Yawma Al-Qiyāmati Yakfuru Ba`đukum Biba`đin Wa Yal`anu Ba`đukum Ba`đāan Wa Ma'wākumu An-Nāru Wa Mā Lakum Min Nāşirīna

26 Fa'āmana Lahu Lūţun Wa Qāla 'Innī Muhājirun 'Ilá Rabbī 'Innahu Huwa Al-`Azīzu Al-Ĥakīmu

27 Wa Wahabnā Lahu 'Isĥāqa Wa Ya`qūba Wa Ja`alnā Fī Dhurrīyatihi An-Nubūwata Wa Al-Kitāba Wa 'Ātaynāhu 'Ajrahu Fī Ad-Dunyā Wa 'Innahu Fī Al-'Ākhirati Lamina Aş-Şāliĥīn

28 Wa Lūţāan 'Idh Qāla Liqawmihi 'Innakum Lata'tūna Al-Fāĥishata Mā Sabaqakum Bihā Min 'Aĥadin Mina Al-`Ālamīna

29 'A'innakum Lata'tūna Ar-Rijāla Wa Taqţa`ūna As-Sabīla Wa Ta'tūna Fī Nādīkumu Al-Munkara Famā Kāna Jawāba Qawmihi 'Illā 'An Qālū A'tinā Bi`adhābi Allāhi 'In Kunta Mina Aş-Şādiqīna

30 Qāla Rabbi Anşurnī `Alá Al-Qawmi Al-Mufsidīna

31 Wa Lammā Jā'at Rusulunā 'Ibrāhīma Bil-Bushrá Qālū 'Innā Muhlikū 'Ahli Hadhihi Al-Qaryati 'Inna 'Ahlahā Kānū Žālimīna

32 Qāla 'Inna Fīhā Lūţāan Qālū Naĥnu 'A`lamu Biman Fīhā Lanunajjiyannahu Wa 'Ahlahu 'Illā Amra'atahu Kānat Mina Al-Ghābirīn

33 Wa Lammā 'An Jā'at Rusulunā Lūţāan Sī'a Bihim Wa Đāqa Bihim Dhar`āan Wa Qālū Lā Takhaf Wa Lā Taĥzan 'Innā Munajjūka Wa 'Ahlaka 'Illā Amra'ataka Kānat Mina Al-Ghābirīna

34 'Innā Munzilūna `Alá 'Ahli Hadhihi Al-Qaryati Rijzāan Mina As-Samā'i Bimā Kānū Yafsuqūna

35 Wa Laqad Taraknā Minhā 'Āyatan Bayyinatan Liqawmin Ya`qilūna

36 Wa 'Ilá Madyana 'Akhāhum Shu`aybāan Faqāla Yā Qawmi A`budū Allāha Wa Arjū Al-Yawma Al-'Ākhira Wa Lā Ta`thaw Fī Al-'Arđi Mufsidīn

37 Fakadhabūhu Fa'akhadhat/humu Ar-Rajfatu Fa'aşbaĥū Fī Dārihim Jāthimīna

38 Wa `Ādāan Wa Thamūda Wa Qad Tabayyana Lakum Min Masākinihim Wa Zayyana Lahumu Ash-Shayţānu 'A`mālahum Faşaddahum `Ani As-Sabīli Wa Kānū Mustabşirīna

39 Wa Qārūna Wa Fir`awna Wa Hāmāna Wa Laqad Jā'ahum Mūsá Bil-Bayyināti Fāstakbarū Fī Al-'Arđi Wa Mā Kānū Sābiqīna

40 Fakullāan 'Akhadhnā Bidhanbihi Faminhum Man 'Arsalnā `Alayhi Ĥāşibāan Wa Minhum Man 'Akhadhat/hu Aş-Şayĥatu Wa Minhum Man Khasafnā Bihi Al-'Arđa Wa Minhum Man 'Aghraqnā Wa Mā Kāna Allāhu Liyažlimahum Wa Lakin Kānū 'Anfusahum Yažlimūna

41 Mathalu Al-Ladhīna Attakhadhū Min Dūni Allāhi 'Awliyā'a Kamathali Al-`Ankabūti Attakhadhat Baytāan Wa 'Inna 'Awhana Al-Buyūti Labaytu Al-`Ankabūti Law Kānū Ya`lamūna

42 'Inna Allāha Ya`lamu Mā Yad`ūna Min Dūnihi Min Shay'in Wa Huwa Al-`Azīzu Al-Ĥakīmu

43 Wa Tilka Al-'Amthālu Nađribuhā Lilnnāsi Wa Mā Ya`qiluhā 'Illā Al-`Ālimūna

44 Khalaqa Allāhu As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'Arđa Bil-Ĥaqqi 'Inna Fī Dhālika La'āyatan Lilmu'uminīna

45 Atlu Mā 'Ūĥiya 'Ilayka Mina Al-Kitābi Wa 'Aqimu Aş-Şalāata 'Inna Aş-Şalāata Tanhá `Ani Al-Faĥshā'i Wa Al-Munkari Wa Ladhikru Allāhi 'Akbaru Wa Allāhu Ya`lamu Mā Taşna`ūna

46 Wa Lā Tujādilū 'Ahla Al-Kitābi 'Illā Bi-Atī Hiya 'Aĥsanu 'Illā Al-Ladhīna Žalamū Minhum Wa Qūlū 'Āmannā Bial-Ladhī 'Unzila 'Ilaynā Wa 'Unzila 'Ilaykum Wa 'Ilahunā Wa 'Ilahukum Wāĥidun Wa Naĥnu Lahu Muslimūna

47 Wa Kadhalika 'Anzalnā 'Ilayka Al-Kitāba Fa-Al-Ladhīna 'Ātaynāhumu Al-Kitāba Yu'uminūna Bihi Wa Min Hā'uulā' Man Yu'uminu Bihi Wa Mā Yajĥadu Bi'āyātinā 'Illā Al-Kāfirūna

48 Wa Mā Kunta Tatlū Min Qablihi Min Kitābin Wa Lā Takhuţţuhu Biyamīnika 'Idhāan Lārtāba Al-Mubţilūna

49 Bal Huwa 'Āyātun Bayyinātun Fī Şudūri Al-Ladhīna 'Ūtū Al-`Ilma Wa Mā Yajĥadu Bi'āyātinā 'Illā Až-Žālimūna

50 Wa Qālū Lawlā 'Unzila `Alayhi 'Āyātun Min Rabbihi Qul 'Innamā Al-'Āyātu `Inda Allāhi Wa 'Innamā 'Anā Nadhīrun Mubīnun

51 'Awalam Yakfihim 'Annā 'Anzalnā `Alayka Al-Kitāba Yutlá `Alayhim 'Inna Fī Dhālika Laraĥmatan Wa Dhikrá Liqawmin Yu'uminūna

52 Qul Kafá Billāhi Baynī Wa Baynakum Shahīdāan Ya`lamu Mā Fī As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'Arđi Wa Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Bil-Bāţili Wa Kafarū Billāhi 'Ūlā'ika Humu Al-Khāsirūna

53 Wa Yasta`jilūnaka Bil-`Adhābi Wa Lawlā 'Ajalun Musammáan Lajā'ahumu Al-`Adhābu Wa Laya'tiyannahum Baghtatan Wa Hum Lā Yash`urūna

54 Yasta`jilūnaka Bil-`Adhābi Wa 'Inna Jahannama Lamuĥīţatun Bil-Kāfirīna

55 Yawma Yaghshāhumu Al-`Adhābu Min Fawqihim Wa Min Taĥti 'Arjulihim Wa Yaqūlu Dhūqū Mā Kuntum Ta`malūna

56 Yā `Ibādiya Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū 'Inna 'Arđī Wāsi`atun Fa'īyāya Fā`budūni

57 Kullu Nafsin Dhā'iqatu Al-Mawti Thumma 'Ilaynā Turja`ūna

58 Wa Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa `Amilū Aş-Şāliĥāti Lanubawwi'annahum Mina Al-Jannati Ghurafāan Tajrī Min Taĥtihā Al-'Anhāru Khālidīna Fīhā Ni`ma 'Ajru Al-`Āmilīna

59 Al-Ladhīna Şabarū Wa `Alá Rabbihim Yatawakkalūna

60 Wa Ka'ayyin Min Dābbatin Lā Taĥmilu Rizqahā Allāhu Yarzuquhā Wa 'Īyākum Wa Huwa As-Samī`u Al-`Alīmu

61 Wa La'in Sa'altahum Man Khalaqa As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'Arđa Wa Sakhkhara Ash-Shamsa Wa Al-Qamara Layaqūlunna Allāhu Fa'annā Yu'ufakūna

62 Allāhu Yabsuţu Ar-Rizqa Liman Yashā'u Min `Ibādihi Wa Yaqdiru Lahu 'Inna Allāha Bikulli Shay'in `Alīmun

63 Wa La'in Sa'altahum Man Nazzala Mina As-Samā'i Mā'an Fa'aĥyā Bihi Al-'Arđa Min Ba`di Mawtihā Layaqūlunna Allāhu Quli Al-Ĥamdu Lillāhi Bal 'Aktharuhum Lā Ya`qilūna

64 Wa Mā Hadhihi Al-Ĥayāatu Ad-Dunyā 'Illā Lahwun Wa La`ibun Wa 'Inna Ad-Dāra Al-'Ākhirata Lahiya Al-Ĥayawānu Law Kānū Ya`lamūna

65 Fa'idhā Rakibū Fī Al-Fulki Da`aw Allāha Mukhlişīna Lahu Ad-Dīna Falammā Najjāhum 'Ilá Al-Barri 'Idhā Hum Yushrikūna

66 Liyakfurū Bimā 'Ātaynāhum Wa Liyatamatta`ū Fasawfa Ya`lamūna

67 'Awalam Yaraw 'Annā Ja`alnā Ĥaramāan 'Āmināan Wa Yutakhaţţafu An-Nāsu Min Ĥawlihim 'Afabiālbāţili Yu'uminūna Wa Bini`mati Allāhi Yakfurūna

68 Wa Man 'Ažlamu Mimmani Aftará `Alá Allāhi Kadhibāan 'Aw Kadhaba Bil-Ĥaqqi Lammā Jā'ahu 'Alaysa Fī Jahannama Mathwáan Lilkāfirīna

69 Wa Al-Ladhīna Jāhadū Fīnā Lanahdiyannahum Subulanā Wa 'Inna Allāha Lama`a Al-Muĥsinīna

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Tafsir

Verse 1

Alif lām mīm: God knows best what He means by these [letters].

Verse 2

Do people suppose that they will be left to say, that is, [that they will be left alone] because of their saying, ‘We believe’, and they will not be tried?, tested with that which will reveal the sincerity of their belief. This [verse] was revealed regarding a group of individuals who when they became believers endured suffering at the hands of the idolaters.

Verse 3

And certainly We tried those who were before them. So God shall surely know those who are sincere, in their faith — a knowledge of direct vision — and He shall surely know those who are liars, regarding it.

Verse 4

Or do those who commit evil deeds, idolatry and acts of disobedience, suppose that they can elude Us?, so that We will not be able to requite them. Evil is that, judgement of theirs, which they judge!

Verse 5

Whoever expects to encounter God, [should know that] God’s [appointed] term, for this [encounter], will indeed come; so let him prepare for it. And He is the Hearer, of the sayings of His servants, the Knower, of their actions.

Verse 6

And whoever struggles, in war or against [the temptations of] his own soul, struggles only for his own sake, because the benefits [to be reaped] from his struggle will be for his sake and not for God’s. For truly God is Independent of [the creatures of] all the Worlds, mankind, jinn and angels, and [He is also without need] of their worship.

Verse 7

And those who believe and perform righteous deeds, We will surely absolve them of their misdeeds, by their performance of righteous deeds, and We will indeed requite them with the best of what they used to do, namely, their righteous deeds (it [ahsana] is in the accusative because the operator of the oblique [bi] has been omitted).

Verse 8

And We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents, that he should be dutiful towards them; but if they urge you to ascribe to Me as partner that of which you do not have any knowledge, [any knowledge] that accords with reality, and so is meaningless, then do not obey them, in [such incitements to] idolatry. To Me will be your return whereat I will inform you of what you used to do, and I will requite you for it.

Verse 9

And those who believe and perform righteous deeds, assuredly We shall admit them among the righteous, [among] the prophets and the saints, by gathering in the company of one another [at the Resurrection].

Verse 10

And among people there are those who say, ‘We believe in God’, but if such [a person] suffers hurt in God’s cause, he takes people’s persecution, that is, their harming of him, to be [the same] as God’s chastisement, in terms of his fear of it, and so he obeys them and behaves hypocritically. Yet if (la-in: the lām is for oaths) there comes help, to believers, from your Lord, and they take spoils, they will assuredly say (la-yaqūlunna: the [final] nūn [of the indicative] has been omitted because of the other nūn coming after it, and likewise the wāw, indicating the plural person [has been replaced by a damma], because of two unvocalised consonants coming together), ‘We were indeed with you’, in faith, so give us a share of the booty. God, exalted be He, says: Does God not know best what is in the breasts of all creatures?, [what is] in their hearts of faith or hypocrisy? Indeed [He does].

Verse 11

And God shall surely ascertain those who believe, in their hearts, and He shall surely ascertain the hypocrites, and He will requite each group accordingly (the lām in both verbs [la-ya‘lamanna, ‘He shall ascertain’] is for oaths).

Verse 12

And those who disbelieve say to those who believe, ‘Follow our path, our religion, and we will bear [responsibility for] your sins’, when you follow us, should there be any [such sins] (the imperative here functions as a predicate). God, exalted be He, says: But they will not [be able to] bear anything of their sins. Truly they are liars, in [saying] this.

Verse 13

And they shall certainly bear their [own] burdens, their sins, and other burdens along with their [own] burdens, [as punishment] for saying to believers: Follow our path [previous verse] and for their leading astray those who follow them [blindly]; and on the Day of Resurrection they shall surely be questioned concerning what they used to invent, [what] they used to fabricate of lies against God, a questioning of rebuke (the lām in both verbs [la-yahmilunna and la-yus’alunna] is for oaths; in both [verbs] the [plural] indicators of the subject, wāw and nūn [-ūna], have been omitted).

Verse 14

And verily We sent Noah to his people, when he was forty years of age or older, and he remained among them a thousand-less-fifty years, calling them to affirm God’s Oneness, but they denied him; so the Flood engulfed them, a deluge of water drifted against them, rising above them and drowning them, for they were wrongdoers, idolaters.

Verse 15

Then We delivered him, namely, Noah, and the occupants of the ship, those who were with him in it, and We made this a sign, a lesson, for all peoples, for [all] peoples that would come after them, should they disobey the messengers sent to them. Noah lived for a further sixty years or more after the Flood, until mankind multiplied [again].

Verse 16

And, mention, Abraham, when he said to his people, ‘Worship God and fear Him, fear His punishment; that is better for you, than the worship of idols which you practice, if you only knew, what is good from what is otherwise.

Verse 17

What you worship besides God, that is, other than Him, are only graven images and you fabricate a calumny, you speak lies [such as]: ‘[These] graven images are God’s partners’. Truly those whom you worship besides God have no power to provide for you. So seek your provision from God, request it from Him, and worship Him, and be thankful to Him; to Him you shall be returned.

Verse 18

But if you deny, that is, if you deny me, O people of Mecca, then [many] communities have denied before you, that is, before my time; and the messenger’s duty is only to communicate [the Message] clearly’. Both stories are meant to comfort the Prophet (s). And regarding his people, God, exalted be He, says:

Verse 19

Have they not seen (yaraw, or taraw, ‘have you not seen?’), observed, how God originates creation (yubdi’u, from [4th form] abda’a; a variant reading has yabda‘u from [1st form] bada’a, both with the same meaning: ‘He creates them originally’) then, He, restores it, namely, creation, just as He originated them? Surely that, which is mentioned of the first and the second [acts of] creation, is easy for God, so how can they deny the second one?

Verse 20

Say: ‘Travel in the land and observe how He originated creation, of those before you, and [how He] made them die. Then God shall bring about the other genesis (al-nashā’a, or al-nash’a). Truly God has power over all things, among them the origination [of creation] and the restoration [thereof].

Verse 21

He chastises whomever He will, to chastise, and has mercy on whomever He will, to have mercy, and to Him you shall be returned.

Verse 22

And you will never be able to thwart [Him], your Lord [and prevent Him] from catching up with you, on earth, or in the heaven, were you to be in it, in other words, you cannot elude Him; and you do not have besides God, that is, other than Him, any guardian, to defend you against Him, or any helper, to help you [escape] from His chastisement.

Verse 23

And those who disbelieve in God’s signs and the encounter with Him, namely, the Qur’ān and the Resurrection [respectively], they have despaired of My mercy, that is, [of attaining] My Paradise, and for those there shall be a painful chastisement.

Verse 24

God, exalted be He, says with regard to the tale of Abraham, peace be upon him: But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Slay him, or burn him!’ Then God delivered him from the fire, into which they threw him, by making it cool and harmless for him. Surely in that, namely, [in that] deliverance of him from it, there are signs — namely, the fact that it did not have any affect on him despite its greatness, and the fact that it was extinguished and that within a brief period meadows sprung up in its place — for a people who believe, [a people who] affirm the truth of God’s Oneness and His power, for they are the ones to benefit from these [signs].

Verse 25

And he, Abraham, said: ‘You have adopted mere idols besides God, which you worship (mā [of innamā] relates to the verbal noun) for the sake of [mutual] affection between you (mawaddatu baynikum: this is the predicate of inna [of innamā]; the accusative reading [mawaddata baynikum] would denote a direct object denoting reason, so that the mā would denote ‘entirety’) — in other words, you are friends of one another in your worship of them, in the life of this world. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will disown one another, the leaders will dissociate from those who followed [them]; and you will curse one another, those who followed will curse their leaders; and your abode, your destination all together, will be the Fire, and you will have no helpers’, to protect you against it.

Verse 26

And Lot believed in him, he affirmed the sincerity of Abraham, and he was his [paternal] nephew, from his brother Hārān, and he, Abraham, said, ‘Indeed I am migrating, away from my people, toward my Lord, to where my Lord commands. So he shunned his people and emigrated from the rural lands of Iraq to Syria. Indeed He is the Mighty, in His kingdom, the Wise’, in what He does.

Verse 27

And We gave him, after Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob, after Isaac; and We ordained among his descendants prophethood, thus all prophets after Abraham are descended from him, and the Scripture, meaning, the [Holy] Books, the Torah, the Gospels, the Psalms and the Criterion (al-furqān). And We gave him his reward in this world, which is fair praise [of him] by members of all the [Abrahamic] religions. And in the Hereafter he shall truly be among the righteous, for whom there shall be the highest degrees [of reward].

Verse 28

And, mention, Lot, when he said to his people ‘Truly you (read a-innakum, pronouncing both hamzas, or not pronouncing the second and inserting an alif between the two in either case and in both instances) commit lewdness, namely, [coming in unto] the rears of men, such as none in [all] the worlds, of jinn or men, has committed before you.

Verse 29

What! Do you come unto men, and cut off the way, the [travel] roads of passers-by, committing lewd acts with whoever passes your way, such that people ceased to pass by [where] you [live], and you discuss in your gatherings, in your conversations, indecency?’, [you discuss] committing lewd acts with one another. But the only answer of his people was that they said, ‘Bring us the chastisement of God, if you are truthful’, in your deeming such [acts] vile and that chastisement will befall those who do such things.

Verse 30

He said, ‘My Lord, help me, by making that of which I spoke come true regarding the sending down of chastisement, against the people who work corruption’, those who are disobedient, by coming unto men. So God answered his call.

Verse 31

And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the good tidings, of Isaac and Jacob after him, they said, ‘We shall assuredly destroy the people of this town, namely, the town of Lot, for truly its people are evildoers’, disbelievers.

Verse 32

He, Abraham, said, ‘Lo! Lot is in it.’ They, namely, the messengers, said, ‘We know very well who is in it. Assuredly We shall deliver him (read la-nunjiyannahu or la-nunajjiyannahu) and his family, except his wife: she is of those who will stay behind’, [of those] who will remain behind in the chastisement.

Verse 33

And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed on their account, he was grieved because of them, and he was constrained [unable] to help them, because they had handsome faces, dressed as guests, and thus he feared for them from his people. So they informed him that they were the messengers of his Lord. But they said, ‘Do not be afraid, nor grieve. We shall surely deliver you (read munajjūka or munjūka) and your family, except your wife: she is of those who will remain behind (ahlaka, ‘your family’, is in the accusative as a supplement to the [suffixed direct object pronoun] kāf [of munajjūka, ‘We shall surely deliver you’]).

Verse 34

We are indeed going to bring down (read munzilūna or munazzilūna) upon the people of this town a scourge, a chastisement, from the heaven because of, on account of the acts of, their immorality’.

Verse 35

And verily We have left of that a clear sign, a manifest one — namely, the remains of its [the town’s] ruins — for a people who understand, [a people who] reflect.

Verse 36

And, We sent, to Midian, their brother Shu‘ayb. He said, ‘O my people! Worship God and anticipate the Last Day, fear it, namely, the Day of Resurrection; and do not be degenerate in the earth, working corruption’ (mufsidīna is a circumstantial qualifier, emphasising its operator [wa-lā ta‘thaw, ‘do not be degenerate’]; it [the verb] derives from ‘athiya, meaning afsada, ‘he corrupted’).

Verse 37

But they denied him, and so the earthquake, the violent tremor, seized them, and they ended up lying lifeless prostrate in their habitations, keeled over their knees, dead.

Verse 38

And, We destroyed, ‘Ād, and Thamūd (may be fully declined, or not [as diptotes], denoting both the district or the tribe [respectively])— it is indeed evident to you, their destruction, from their [former] dwellings, in al-Hijr and in Yemen. For Satan adorned for them their deeds, of disbelief and disobedience, and thus barred them from the Way, the way of truth, though they had been discerning, perceptive people.

Verse 39

And, We destroyed, Korah, and Pharaoh, and Hāmān! And verily Moses brought them, beforehand, clear signs, manifest proofs, but they acted arrogantly in the land; and they could not thwart Us, they could not elude Our chastisement.

Verse 40

So each, of those mentioned, We seized for his sin; and among them were some upon whom We unleashed a squall of stones, as in the case of the people of Lot, and among them were some who were seized by the Cry, such as Thamūd, and among them were some whom We made the earth swallow, such as Korah, and among them were some whom We drowned, like the people of Noah, Pharaoh and his people. And God never wronged them, by chastising them for [having committed] no sin, but they wronged themselves, by committing sins.

Verse 41

The likeness of those who choose besides God [other] patrons, namely, idols, from whom they hope to profit, is as the likeness of the spider that makes a home, for itself in which to shelter. And truly the frailest, the weakest, of homes is the home of the spider, for it neither protects it from heat nor cold — likewise, idols cannot benefit those who worship them — if they only knew, this, they would not worship them.

Verse 42

Truly God knows whatever thing (mā functions like alladhī) they call on, [what] they worship (read yad‘ūna, ‘they call on’, or tad‘ūna, ‘you call on’) besides Him, other than Him. And He is the Mighty, in His kingdom, the Wise, in what He does.

Verse 43

And such similitudes, in the Qur’ān, We strike them, We coin them, for [the sake of] mankind; but none understands them, [none] grasp them, except those who know, those who reflect.

Verse 44

God created the heavens and the earth with truth, that is, rightly. Surely in that there is a sign, indicating His power, exalted be He, for believers — they are specifically mentioned because they are the ones to benefit thereby in their faith, in contrast to disbelievers.

Verse 45

Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book, the Qur’ān, and maintain prayer; truly prayer prohibits lewd acts and indecency, [defined as such] according to the Law. In other words, that is its purpose provided that the person adheres to [observance of] it. And the remembrance of God is surely greater, than other acts of obedience, and God knows what you do, and He will requite you for them.

Verse 46

And do not dispute with the People of the Scripture unless it be with that — in that manner of disputation, bettering the most virtuous way, such as calling [them] to God by [reference to] His signs and pointing out His arguments; except [in the case of] those of them who have done wrong, by waging war and refusing to accept [to pay] the jizya-tax: dispute with these using the sword, until such time as they submit or pay the jizya-tax; and say, to those who have accepted [the imposition upon them of] the jizya-tax, should they inform you of something stated in their Scriptures: ‘We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you — and neither believe nor disbelieve them in that [which they tell you] — our God and your God is one [and the same], and to Him we submit’, [to Him] we are obedient.

Verse 47

Thus have We revealed to you the Book, the Qur’ān, in the same way that We have revealed to them the Torah and other [scripture]. And so those to whom We have given the Scripture, the Torah, such as ‘Abd Allāh b. Salām and others, believe in it, in the Qur’ān, and of these, people of Mecca, there are some who believe in it; and none denies Our signs, after they have been manifested, except disbelievers, namely, the Jews, and those for whom it was apparent that the Qur’ān was the truth, and that the one who brought it was truthful but still denied it.

Verse 48

And you did not use to recite before this, namely, [before] the Qur’ān, any [other] Book, nor did you write it with your right hand, for, had you been reciting [something] and writing, then those who follow falsehood, the Jews, would have had doubts, about you and would have said, ‘What the Torah states is that he will be unlettered (ummī), unable to read or write’.

Verse 49

Nay, but it, that is, the Qur’ān which you have brought, is clear signs in the breasts of those who have been given knowledge, namely, the believers, who preserve it [in their hearts], and none denies Our signs except wrongdoers, namely, the Jews — they denied them after they were manifested to them.

Verse 50

And they, namely, the disbelievers of Mecca, say, ‘Why has not some sign been sent down to him, [to] Muhammad (s), from his Lord?’ (āyatun, ‘sign’: a variant reading has āyātun, ‘signs’) such as the she-camel of Sālih, or the staff of Moses, or the Table of Jesus. Say, to them: ‘Signs are only with God, and He sends them down as He will, and I am only a plain warner’, making manifest my warning of [the punishment of] the Fire for disobedient people.

Verse 51

Is it not sufficient for them, regarding what they have demanded, that We have revealed to you the Book, the Qur’ān, which is recited to them? — as it constitutes a ongoing sign that will never terminate, in contrast to the signs mentioned. Surely in that, Book, is mercy and a reminder, an admonition, for a people who believe.

Verse 52

Say: ‘God suffices as a witness between me and you’, of my sincerity. He knows whatever is in the heavens and the earth, including my circumstances and yours. And those who believe in falsehood, namely, all that is worshipped besides God, and [who] disbelieve in God, from among you — those, they are the losers, in their bargain, for they have purchased disbelief in return for faith.

Verse 53

And they ask you to hasten the chastisement. Yet were it not for an appointed term, for this [chastisement], the chastisement would have come upon them, before long, but it shall assuredly come upon them suddenly while they are unaware, of the time of its coming.

Verse 54

And they ask you to hasten the chastisement, in this world. And lo! Hell shall encompass the disbelievers,

Verse 55

on the Day when the chastisement shall envelop them from above them and from under their feet, and We shall say, thereat (read [the verb] as naqūlu, in other words, ‘We shall command that it be said; or [if read] yaqūlu, ‘he shall say’, namely, the one in charge of [meting out] chastisement), ‘Taste now what you used to do!’, that is, [taste] the requital for it, as you will not be able to elude Us.

Verse 56

O My servants who believe! My earth is indeed vast. So worship [only] Me, in whichever land worship is possible, by emigrating to it from a land in which worship is not possible — this [verse] was revealed regarding the oppressed Muslims [living] in Mecca, who were constrained to manifest [their] Islam in it.

Verse 57

Every soul shall taste death. Then to Us you shall be returned (turja‘ūna; or yurja‘ūna, ‘they shall be returned’) after resurrection.

Verse 58

And those who believe and perform righteous deeds, We shall surely lodge them, We shall give them residence (a variant reading has nuthwiyannahum, [derived] from thawā’, ‘residence’; the transitive link to the indirect object ghurafan is made without [the preposition] fī, ‘in’) in lofty abodes of Paradise, underneath which rivers flow, to abide, decreed for them to live forever, in them — excellent is, this reward as, the reward of the toilers;

Verse 59

they are, those who are steadfast, in [enduring] the harm inflicted [upon them] by the idolaters, and in [enduring] the Emigration, in order to make manifest the religion [of Islam], and who put their trust in their Lord, so that He provides for them whence they do not expect.

Verse 60

And how many (ka-ayyin means kam) an animal there is that does not bear its own provision, on account of its inability [to do so]. Yet God provides for it, and for you, O Emigrants (al-muhājirūn), even when you carry with you neither supplies nor substance. And He is the Hearer, of your sayings, the Knower, of your consciences.

Verse 61

And if (wa-la-in: the lām is for oaths) you were to ask them, namely, the disbelievers, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth and disposed the sun and the moon?’ They would assuredly say, ‘God.’ So how then are they turned away?, from affirming His Oneness after affirming that [God created them].

Verse 62

God extends provision, He makes it abundant, for whomever He will of His servants, by way of a test, and He straitens, He restricts it, for him, after having extended it, that is, for whomever He will to try. Truly God has knowledge of all things, among them the occasion in which [it is appropriate for Him] to extend or to straiten.

Verse 63

And if (wa-la-in: the lām is for oaths) you were to ask them, ‘Who sends down water from the heaven, and therewith revives the earth after its death?’ They would assuredly say, ‘God’: so how can they ascribe partners to Him?! Say, to them: ‘Praise be to God!’, that the proof has been established against you. Nay, but most of them do not realise, their contradictiousness in this respect.

Verse 64

And the life of this world is nothing but diversion and play, whereas closeness [to God] pertains to concern for the Hereafter, since the fruits thereof will be revealed in it. But surely the Abode of the Hereafter is indeed the [true] Life, if they only knew, this, [then] they would not prefer this world to it.

Verse 65

And when they board the ship, they call on God, making their supplications purely to Him, in other words, they do not call on any other besides Him, suffering distress which only He is able to remove; but when He delivers them to land, behold! they ascribe partners, to Him,

Verse 66

that they may be ungrateful for what We have bestowed on them, of graces, and that they may seek enjoyment, in consenting to worship idols together (a variant reading [for the purposive wa-li-yatamatta‘ū] has wa’l-yatamatta‘ū, ‘and let them seek their enjoyment’, as an imperative denoting a threat), for they will soon know!, the consequences of this.

Verse 67

Or is it that they have not seen, [have not] realised, that We have appointed, their town of Mecca to be, a secure Sanctuary, while people are snatched away all around them?, by being killed or taken captive, except for them? Is it that they believe in falsehood, [in] the idol, and are [wont to be] ungrateful for God’s grace?, when they ascribe partners to Him?

Verse 68

And who — in other words, there is none [who] — does greater wrong than he who invents a lie against God, by ascribing partners to Him, or denies truth, be it the Prophet or the Book, when it comes to him? Is there not in Hell a lodging, an abode, for the disbelievers?, in other words, there is such [an abode] therein and such [a person] belongs with them.

Verse 69

But as for those who struggle for Our sake, for Our truth, We shall assuredly guide them in Our ways, that is, the means to come to Us, and truly God is with the virtuous, the believers, assisting and helping.
Surah AL-ANKABUT Phonetic listening · 69 verses