21:1Juz 17 · p. 322
اقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ مُعْرِضُونَ1
(1) [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
Al-Anbiya
سورة الأنبياء
Surah 21 · Meccan · 112 verses
21:2Juz 17 · p. 322
مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ ذِكْرٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ مُحْدَثٍ إِلَّا اسْتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ2
(2) No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
21:3Juz 17 · p. 322
لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَأَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا هَلْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ ۖ أَفَتَأْتُونَ السِّحْرَ وَأَنْتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ3
(3) With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"
21:4Juz 17 · p. 322
قَالَ رَبِّي يَعْلَمُ الْقَوْلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ4
(4) He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."
21:5Juz 17 · p. 322
بَلْ قَالُوا أَضْغَاثُ أَحْلَامٍ بَلِ افْتَرَاهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِآيَةٍ كَمَا أُرْسِلَ الْأَوَّلُونَ5
(5) But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."
21:6Juz 17 · p. 322
مَا آمَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ6
(6) Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,[872] so will they believe?
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[872]- Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles.
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[872]- Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles.
21:7Juz 17 · p. 322
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ7
(7) And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
21:8Juz 17 · p. 322
وَمَا جَعَلْنَاهُمْ جَسَدًا لَا يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا خَالِدِينَ8
(8) And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,[873] nor were they immortal [on earth].
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[873]- Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes.
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[873]- Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes.
21:9Juz 17 · p. 322
ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَاهُمُ الْوَعْدَ فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُمْ وَمَنْ نَشَاءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا الْمُسْرِفِينَ9
(9) Then[874] We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.
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[874]- Once they had conveyed the message.
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[874]- Once they had conveyed the message.
21:10Juz 17 · p. 322
لَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ10
(10) We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.[875] Then will you not reason?
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[875]- This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder."
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[875]- This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder."
21:11Juz 17 · p. 323
وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنْشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ11
(11) And how many a city which was unjust[876] have We shattered and produced after it another people.
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[876]- i.e., its inhabitants persisting in wrongdoing.
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[876]- i.e., its inhabitants persisting in wrongdoing.
21:12Juz 17 · p. 323
فَلَمَّا أَحَسُّوا بَأْسَنَا إِذَا هُمْ مِنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ12
(12) And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
21:13Juz 17 · p. 323
لَا تَرْكُضُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَاكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ13
(13) [Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."[877]
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[877]- About what happened to you. This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule.
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[877]- About what happened to you. This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule.
21:14Juz 17 · p. 323
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ14
(14) They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
21:15Juz 17 · p. 323
فَمَا زَالَتْ تِلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَاهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَامِدِينَ15
(15) And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].
21:16Juz 17 · p. 323
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ16
(16) And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.
21:17Juz 17 · p. 323
لَوْ أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَاتَّخَذْنَاهُ مِنْ لَدُنَّا إِنْ كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ17
(17) Had We intended to take a diversion,[878] We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.
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[878]- Such as a wife or a child.
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[878]- Such as a wife or a child.
21:18Juz 17 · p. 323
بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ ۚ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ18
(18) Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,[879] and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.[880]
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[879]- Literally, "strikes its brain," disabling or killing it.
[880]- Of untruth concerning Allāh, particularly here, the claim that He has a son or other "partner" in divinity.
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[879]- Literally, "strikes its brain," disabling or killing it.
[880]- Of untruth concerning Allāh, particularly here, the claim that He has a son or other "partner" in divinity.
21:19Juz 17 · p. 323
وَلَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَنْ عِنْدَهُ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ19
(19) To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire.
21:20Juz 17 · p. 323
يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ20
(20) They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.
21:21Juz 17 · p. 323
أَمِ اتَّخَذُوا آلِهَةً مِنَ الْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنْشِرُونَ21
(21) Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?
21:22Juz 17 · p. 323
لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا آلِهَةٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ22
(22) Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides Allāh, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allāh, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
21:23Juz 17 · p. 323
لَا يُسْأَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَهُمْ يُسْأَلُونَ23
(23) He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.
21:24Juz 17 · p. 323
أَمِ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ آلِهَةً ۖ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ ۖ هَٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَنْ مَعِيَ وَذِكْرُ مَنْ قَبْلِي ۗ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْحَقَّ ۖ فَهُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ24
(24) Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muḥammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur’ān] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me."[881] But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away.
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[881]- All previous prophets called for the worship of Allāh alone.
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[881]- All previous prophets called for the worship of Allāh alone.
21:25Juz 17 · p. 324
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ25
(25) And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
21:26Juz 17 · p. 324
وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا ۗ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُكْرَمُونَ26
(26) And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they[882] are [but] honored servants.
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[882]- Those they claim to be "children" of Allāh, such as the angels, Ezra, Jesus, etc.
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[882]- Those they claim to be "children" of Allāh, such as the angels, Ezra, Jesus, etc.
21:27Juz 17 · p. 324
لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ وَهُمْ بِأَمْرِهِ يَعْمَلُونَ27
(27) They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.
21:28Juz 17 · p. 324
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ وَهُمْ مِنْ خَشْيَتِهِ مُشْفِقُونَ28
(28) He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,[883] and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.
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[883]- See footnote to 2:255.
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[883]- See footnote to 2:255.
21:29Juz 17 · p. 324
۞ وَمَنْ يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّي إِلَٰهٌ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الظَّالِمِينَ29
(29) And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
21:30Juz 17 · p. 324
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ ۖ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ30
(30) Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?
21:31Juz 17 · p. 324
وَجَعَلْنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَنْ تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجًا سُبُلًا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ31
(31) And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.
21:32Juz 17 · p. 324
وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ سَقْفًا مَحْفُوظًا ۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ32
(32) And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,[884] are turning away.
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[884]- The signs present in the heavens.
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[884]- The signs present in the heavens.
21:33Juz 17 · p. 324
وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ۖ كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ33
(33) And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming.
21:34Juz 17 · p. 324
وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ الْخُلْدَ ۖ أَفَإِنْ مِتَّ فَهُمُ الْخَالِدُونَ34
(34) And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?
21:35Juz 17 · p. 324
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ35
(35) Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
21:36Juz 17 · p. 325
وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَهُمْ بِذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ هُمْ كَافِرُونَ36
(36) And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muḥammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.
21:37Juz 17 · p. 325
خُلِقَ الْإِنْسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ ۚ سَأُرِيكُمْ آيَاتِي فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ37
(37) Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me.
21:38Juz 17 · p. 325
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا الْوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ38
(38) And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
21:39Juz 17 · p. 325
لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَنْ وُجُوهِهِمُ النَّارَ وَلَا عَنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ39
(39) If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...[885]
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[885]- The completion of the sentence is understood to be "...they would not be asking in disbelief and ridicule to be shown the punishment."
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[885]- The completion of the sentence is understood to be "...they would not be asking in disbelief and ridicule to be shown the punishment."
21:40Juz 17 · p. 325
بَلْ تَأْتِيهِمْ بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ40
(40) Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.
21:41Juz 17 · p. 325
وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ41
(41) And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
21:42Juz 17 · p. 325
قُلْ مَنْ يَكْلَؤُكُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ مِنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ ۗ بَلْ هُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَ42
(42) Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away.
21:43Juz 17 · p. 325
أَمْ لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ تَمْنَعُهُمْ مِنْ دُونِنَا ۚ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ مِنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ43
(43) Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
21:44Juz 17 · p. 325
بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ وَآبَاءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ ۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِي الْأَرْضَ نَنْقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَا ۚ أَفَهُمُ الْغَالِبُونَ44
(44) But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?[886] Is it they who will overcome?
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[886]- See footnote to 13:41.
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[886]- See footnote to 13:41.
21:45Juz 17 · p. 326
قُلْ إِنَّمَا أُنْذِرُكُمْ بِالْوَحْيِ ۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ الصُّمُّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا مَا يُنْذَرُونَ45
(45) Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.
21:46Juz 17 · p. 326
وَلَئِنْ مَسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ46
(46) And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."
21:47Juz 17 · p. 326
وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا ۖ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَاسِبِينَ47
(47) And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed,[887] We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.
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[887]- i.e., anything as small or insignificant as a mustard seed.
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[887]- i.e., anything as small or insignificant as a mustard seed.
21:48Juz 17 · p. 326
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ الْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَاءً وَذِكْرًا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ48
(48) And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder[888] for the righteous
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[888]- These are three qualities of the Torah.
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[888]- These are three qualities of the Torah.
21:49Juz 17 · p. 326
الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ وَهُمْ مِنَ السَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ49
(49) Who fear their Lord unseen,[889] while they are of the Hour apprehensive.
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[889]- Which can mean "Him being unseen" by them or "though they are unseen" by others.
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[889]- Which can mean "Him being unseen" by them or "though they are unseen" by others.
21:50Juz 17 · p. 326
وَهَٰذَا ذِكْرٌ مُبَارَكٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ ۚ أَفَأَنْتُمْ لَهُ مُنْكِرُونَ50
(50) And this [Qur’ān] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?[890]
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[890]- i.e., pretending ignorance, disapproving or refusing to acknowledge it?
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[890]- i.e., pretending ignorance, disapproving or refusing to acknowledge it?
21:51Juz 17 · p. 326
۞ وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ رُشْدَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِ عَالِمِينَ51
(51) And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before,[891] and We were of him well-Knowing
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[891]- i.e., before Moses. Allāh had guided him from early youth.
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[891]- i.e., before Moses. Allāh had guided him from early youth.
21:52Juz 17 · p. 326
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ52
(52) When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
21:53Juz 17 · p. 326
قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا لَهَا عَابِدِينَ53
(53) They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
21:54Juz 17 · p. 326
قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ54
(54) He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."
21:55Juz 17 · p. 326
قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا بِالْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنْتَ مِنَ اللَّاعِبِينَ55
(55) They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"
21:56Juz 17 · p. 326
قَالَ بَلْ رَبُّكُمْ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ56
(56) He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.
21:57Juz 17 · p. 326
وَتَاللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَامَكُمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا مُدْبِرِينَ57
(57) And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."
21:58Juz 17 · p. 327
فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ58
(58) So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].
21:59Juz 17 · p. 327
قَالُوا مَنْ فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ59
(59) They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."
21:60Juz 17 · p. 327
قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ60
(60) They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."
21:61Juz 17 · p. 327
قَالُوا فَأْتُوا بِهِ عَلَىٰ أَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ61
(61) They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."[892]
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[892]- To what they had heard him say. It may also mean "...that they may witness [what will be done to him as punishment]."
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[892]- To what they had heard him say. It may also mean "...that they may witness [what will be done to him as punishment]."
21:62Juz 17 · p. 327
قَالُوا أَأَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ هَٰذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ62
(62) They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"
21:63Juz 17 · p. 327
قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَٰذَا فَاسْأَلُوهُمْ إِنْ كَانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ63
(63) He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
21:64Juz 17 · p. 327
فَرَجَعُوا إِلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوا إِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ64
(64) So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."
21:65Juz 17 · p. 327
ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ يَنْطِقُونَ65
(65) Then they reversed themselves,[893] [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"
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[893]- After first admitting their error, they were seized by pride and obstinacy.
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[893]- After first admitting their error, they were seized by pride and obstinacy.
21:66Juz 17 · p. 327
قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنْفَعُكُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ66
(66) He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?
21:67Juz 17 · p. 327
أُفٍّ لَكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ67
(67) Uff[894] to you and to what you worship instead of Allāh. Then will you not use reason?"
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[894]- An exclamation of anger and displeasure.
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[894]- An exclamation of anger and displeasure.
21:68Juz 17 · p. 327
قَالُوا حَرِّقُوهُ وَانْصُرُوا آلِهَتَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ68
(68) They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."
21:69Juz 17 · p. 327
قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ69
(69) We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."
21:70Juz 17 · p. 327
وَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَخْسَرِينَ70
(70) And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.
21:71Juz 17 · p. 327
وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَالَمِينَ71
(71) And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples].
21:72Juz 17 · p. 327
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً ۖ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صَالِحِينَ72
(72) And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.
21:73Juz 17 · p. 328
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَإِقَامَ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءَ الزَّكَاةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا لَنَا عَابِدِينَ73
(73) And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us.
21:74Juz 17 · p. 328
وَلُوطًا آتَيْنَاهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَعْمَلُ الْخَبَائِثَ ۗ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَاسِقِينَ74
(74) And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.
21:75Juz 17 · p. 328
وَأَدْخَلْنَاهُ فِي رَحْمَتِنَا ۖ إِنَّهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ75
(75) And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous.
21:76Juz 17 · p. 328
وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ76
(76) And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh][895] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].
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[895]- i.e., supplicated against his people who had persisted in denial and animosity. See 71:26-28.
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[895]- i.e., supplicated against his people who had persisted in denial and animosity. See 71:26-28.
21:77Juz 17 · p. 328
وَنَصَرْنَاهُ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ77
(77) And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.
21:78Juz 17 · p. 328
وَدَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِي الْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ الْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَاهِدِينَ78
(78) And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night],[896] and We were witness to their judgement.
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[896]- Eating and destroying the crops.
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[896]- Eating and destroying the crops.
21:79Juz 17 · p. 328
فَفَهَّمْنَاهَا سُلَيْمَانَ ۚ وَكُلًّا آتَيْنَا حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا ۚ وَسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوُودَ الْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَالطَّيْرَ ۚ وَكُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ79
(79) And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].[897]
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[897]- Meaning that Allāh has always been capable of accomplishing whatever He wills.
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[897]- Meaning that Allāh has always been capable of accomplishing whatever He wills.
21:80Juz 17 · p. 328
وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُمْ مِنْ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ شَاكِرُونَ80
(80) And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?
21:81Juz 17 · p. 328
وَلِسُلَيْمَانَ الرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةً تَجْرِي بِأَمْرِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا ۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَالِمِينَ81
(81) And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.
21:82Juz 17 · p. 329
وَمِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ مَنْ يَغُوصُونَ لَهُ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَافِظِينَ82
(82) And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.[898]
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[898]- Preventing any disobedience or deviation by them from Solomon's instructions and protecting him from being harmed by them.
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[898]- Preventing any disobedience or deviation by them from Solomon's instructions and protecting him from being harmed by them.
21:83Juz 17 · p. 329
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ الضُّرُّ وَأَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ83
(83) And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."
21:84Juz 17 · p. 329
فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِ مِنْ ضُرٍّ ۖ وَآتَيْنَاهُ أَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَابِدِينَ84
(84) So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].
21:85Juz 17 · p. 329
وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا الْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّ مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ85
(85) And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
21:86Juz 17 · p. 329
وَأَدْخَلْنَاهُمْ فِي رَحْمَتِنَا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ86
(86) And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.
21:87 · The prayer of YunusJuz 17 · p. 329
وَذَا النُّونِ إِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغَاضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ87
(87) And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger[899] and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.[900] And he called out within the darknesses,[901] "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
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[899]- At the disbelief of his people.
[900]- Or "would not restrict him" in the belly of the fish.
[901]- That of the night, of the sea, and of the fish's interior.
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[899]- At the disbelief of his people.
[900]- Or "would not restrict him" in the belly of the fish.
[901]- That of the night, of the sea, and of the fish's interior.
21:88Juz 17 · p. 329
فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُنْجِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ88
(88) So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
21:89Juz 17 · p. 329
وَزَكَرِيَّا إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ89
(89) And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
21:90Juz 17 · p. 329
فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًا وَرَهَبًا ۖ وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِعِينَ90
(90) So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate[902] Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
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[902]- i.e., worship.
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[902]- i.e., worship.
21:91Juz 17 · p. 330
وَالَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِنْ رُوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَاهَا وَابْنَهَا آيَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ91
(91) And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
21:92Juz 17 · p. 330
إِنَّ هَٰذِهِ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَأَنَا رَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُونِ92
(92) Indeed this, your religion, is one religion,[903] and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
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[903]- i.e., a collective way of life or course of conduct followed by a community.
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[903]- i.e., a collective way of life or course of conduct followed by a community.
21:93Juz 17 · p. 330
وَتَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَاجِعُونَ93
(93) And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves,[904] [but] all to Us will return.
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[904]- Becoming sects and denominations.
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[904]- Becoming sects and denominations.
21:94Juz 17 · p. 330
فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِنَ الصَّالِحَاتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا كُفْرَانَ لِسَعْيِهِ وَإِنَّا لَهُ كَاتِبُونَ94
(94) So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort,[905] and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.
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[905]- Such a person will not be deprived of his due reward.
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[905]- Such a person will not be deprived of his due reward.
21:95Juz 17 · p. 330
وَحَرَامٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ95
(95) And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return[906]
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[906]- They cannot return to this world, nor can they repent to Allāh.
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[906]- They cannot return to this world, nor can they repent to Allāh.
21:96Juz 17 · p. 330
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ96
(96) Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend
21:97Juz 17 · p. 330
وَاقْتَرَبَ الْوَعْدُ الْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَاخِصَةٌ أَبْصَارُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِي غَفْلَةٍ مِنْ هَٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ97
(97) And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."
21:98Juz 17 · p. 330
إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنْتُمْ لَهَا وَارِدُونَ98
(98) Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.
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لَوْ كَانَ هَٰؤُلَاءِ آلِهَةً مَا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ99
(99) Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.
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لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ100
(100) For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُمْ مِنَّا الْحُسْنَىٰ أُولَٰئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ101
(101) Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.
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لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِي مَا اشْتَهَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ خَالِدُونَ102
(102) They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.
21:103Juz 17 · p. 331
لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ الْفَزَعُ الْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ103
(103) They will not be grieved by the greatest terror,[907] and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -
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[907]- The events of the Last Hour or of the Resurrection.
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[907]- The events of the Last Hour or of the Resurrection.
21:104Juz 17 · p. 331
يَوْمَ نَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ كَطَيِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ104
(104) The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.[908]
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[908]- More literally, "Indeed, We are ever doers" of what We will.
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[908]- More literally, "Indeed, We are ever doers" of what We will.
21:105Juz 17 · p. 331
وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِي الزَّبُورِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَ105
(105) And We have already written in the book [of Psalms][909] after the [previous] mention[910] that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.
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[909]- Az-Zabūr can also mean "scriptures" in general.
[910]- i.e., the Torah. The "mention" may also refer to the original inscription with Allāh, i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).
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[909]- Az-Zabūr can also mean "scriptures" in general.
[910]- i.e., the Torah. The "mention" may also refer to the original inscription with Allāh, i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ).
21:106Juz 17 · p. 331
إِنَّ فِي هَٰذَا لَبَلَاغًا لِقَوْمٍ عَابِدِينَ106
(106) Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.
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وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ107
(107) And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
21:108Juz 17 · p. 331
قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ108
(108) Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"
21:109Juz 17 · p. 331
فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ آذَنْتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَاءٍ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ أَمْ بَعِيدٌ مَا تُوعَدُونَ109
(109) But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally.[911] And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.
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[911]- The Prophet (ﷺ) made this message known to all people, not concealing any of it from anyone or preferring any group over another.
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[911]- The Prophet (ﷺ) made this message known to all people, not concealing any of it from anyone or preferring any group over another.
21:110Juz 17 · p. 331
إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ110
(110) Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.
21:111Juz 17 · p. 331
وَإِنْ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ111
(111) And I know not; perhaps it[912] is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."
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[912]- The postponement of punishment.
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[912]- The postponement of punishment.
21:112Juz 17 · p. 331
قَالَ رَبِّ احْكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا الرَّحْمَٰنُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ112
(112) [The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."[913]
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[913]- i.e., their lies and disbelief.
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[913]- i.e., their lies and disbelief.