Sura 23: Al-Mu’minûn (The Believers) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

[23:1] Successful indeed are the believers;

قَدْqadأَفْلَحَaflaḥaٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūna ﴿١﴾

[23:2] who are reverent during their Contact Prayers (Salat).

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaهُمْhumفِىfīصَلَاتِهِمْṣalātihimخَـٰشِعُونَkhāshiʿūna ﴿٢﴾

[23:3] And they avoid vain talk.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمْhumعَنِʿaniٱللَّغْوِl-laghwiمُعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna ﴿٣﴾

[23:4] And they give their obligatory charity (Zakat).

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمْhumلِلزَّكَوٰةِlilzzakatiفَـٰعِلُونَfāʿilūna ﴿٤﴾

[23:5] And they maintain their chastity.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمْhumلِفُرُوجِهِمْlifurūjihimحَـٰفِظُونَḥāfiẓūna ﴿٥﴾

[23:6] Only with their spouses, or those who are rightfully theirs, do they have sexual relations; they are not to be blamed.

إِلَّاillāعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَزْوَٰجِهِمْazwājihimأَوْawمَاmāمَلَكَتْmalakatأَيْمَـٰنُهُمْaymānuhumفَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumغَيْرُghayruمَلُومِينَmalūmīna ﴿٦﴾

[23:7] Those who transgress these limits are the transgressors.

فَمَنِfamaniٱبْتَغَىٰib'taghāوَرَآءَwarāaذَٰلِكَdhālikaفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaهُمُhumuٱلْعَادُونَl-ʿādūna ﴿٧﴾

[23:8] When it comes to deposits entrusted to them, as well as any agreements they make, they are trustworthy.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمْhumلِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْli-amānātihimوَعَهْدِهِمْwaʿahdihimرَٰعُونَrāʿūna ﴿٨﴾

[23:9] And they observe their Contact Prayers (Salat) regularly.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمْhumعَلَىٰʿalāصَلَوَٰتِهِمْṣalawātihimيُحَافِظُونَyuḥāfiẓūna ﴿٩﴾

[23:10] Such are the inheritors.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaهُمُhumuٱلْوَٰرِثُونَl-wārithūna ﴿١٠﴾

[23:11] They will inherit Paradise, wherein they abide forever.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaيَرِثُونَyarithūnaٱلْفِرْدَوْسَl-fir'dawsaهُمْhumفِيهَاfīhāخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna ﴿١١﴾

[23:12] We created the human being from a certain kind of mud.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaمِنminسُلَـٰلَةٍsulālatinمِّنminطِينٍṭīnin ﴿١٢﴾

[23:13] Subsequently, we reproduced him from a tiny drop, that is placed into a well protected repository.

ثُمَّthummaجَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhuنُطْفَةًnuṭ'fatanفِىfīقَرَارٍqarārinمَّكِينٍmakīnin ﴿١٣﴾

[23:14] Then we developed the drop into a hanging (embryo), then developed the hanging (embryo) into a bite-size (fetus), then created the bite-size (fetus) into bones, then covered the bones with flesh. We thus produce a new creature. Most blessed is GOD, the best Creator.

ثُمَّthummaخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāٱلنُّطْفَةَl-nuṭ'fataعَلَقَةًʿalaqatanفَخَلَقْنَاfakhalaqnāٱلْعَلَقَةَl-ʿalaqataمُضْغَةًmuḍ'ghatanفَخَلَقْنَاfakhalaqnāٱلْمُضْغَةَl-muḍ'ghataعِظَـٰمًاʿiẓāmanفَكَسَوْنَاfakasawnāٱلْعِظَـٰمَl-ʿiẓāmaلَحْمًاlaḥmanثُمَّthummaأَنشَأْنَـٰهُanshanāhuخَلْقًاkhalqanءَاخَرَākharaفَتَبَارَكَfatabārakaٱللَّهُl-lahuأَحْسَنُaḥsanuٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَl-khāliqīna ﴿١٤﴾

[23:15] Then, later on, you die.

ثُمَّthummaإِنَّكُمinnakumبَعْدَbaʿdaذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَمَيِّتُونَlamayyitūna ﴿١٥﴾

[23:16] Then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will be resurrected.

ثُمَّthummaإِنَّكُمْinnakumيَوْمَyawmaٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiتُبْعَثُونَtub'ʿathūna ﴿١٦﴾

[23:17] We created above you seven universes in layers, and we are never unaware of a single creature in them.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāفَوْقَكُمْfawqakumسَبْعَsabʿaطَرَآئِقَṭarāiqaوَمَاwamāكُنَّاkunnāعَنِʿaniٱلْخَلْقِl-khalqiغَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīna ﴿١٧﴾

[23:18] We send down from the sky water, in exact measure, then we store it in the ground. Certainly, we can let it escape.

وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāمِنَminaٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāiمَآءًۢmāanبِقَدَرٍbiqadarinفَأَسْكَنَّـٰهُfa-askannāhuفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَإِنَّاwa-innāعَلَىٰʿalāذَهَابٍۭdhahābinبِهِۦbihiلَقَـٰدِرُونَlaqādirūna ﴿١٨﴾

[23:19] With it, we produce for you orchards of date palms, grapes, all kinds of fruits, and various foods.

فَأَنشَأْنَاfa-anshanāلَكُمlakumبِهِۦbihiجَنَّـٰتٍjannātinمِّنminنَّخِيلٍnakhīlinوَأَعْنَـٰبٍwa-aʿnābinلَّكُمْlakumفِيهَاfīhāفَوَٰكِهُfawākihuكَثِيرَةٌkathīratunوَمِنْهَاwamin'hāتَأْكُلُونَtakulūna ﴿١٩﴾

[23:20] Also, a tree native to Sinai produces oil, as well as relish for the eaters.

وَشَجَرَةًwashajaratanتَخْرُجُtakhrujuمِنminطُورِṭūriسَيْنَآءَsaynāaتَنۢبُتُtanbutuبِٱلدُّهْنِbil-duh'niوَصِبْغٍwaṣib'ghinلِّلْـَٔاكِلِينَlil'ākilīna ﴿٢٠﴾

[23:21] And the livestock should provide you with a lesson. We let you drink (milk) from their bellies, you derive other benefits from them, and some of them you use for food.

وَإِنَّwa-innaلَكُمْlakumفِىfīٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِl-anʿāmiلَعِبْرَةًlaʿib'ratanنُّسْقِيكُمnus'qīkumمِّمَّاmimmāفِىfīبُطُونِهَاbuṭūnihāوَلَكُمْwalakumفِيهَاfīhāمَنَـٰفِعُmanāfiʿuكَثِيرَةٌkathīratunوَمِنْهَاwamin'hāتَأْكُلُونَtakulūna ﴿٢١﴾

[23:22] On them, and on the ships, you ride.

وَعَلَيْهَاwaʿalayhāوَعَلَىwaʿalāٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kiتُحْمَلُونَtuḥ'malūna ﴿٢٢﴾

[23:23] We sent Noah to his people, saying, "O my people, worship GOD. You have no other god beside Him. Would you not be righteous?"

وَلَقَدْwalaqadأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāنُوحًاnūḥanإِلَىٰilāقَوْمِهِۦqawmihiفَقَالَfaqālaيَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūٱللَّهَl-lahaمَاmāلَكُمlakumمِّنْminإِلَـٰهٍilāhinغَيْرُهُۥٓghayruhuأَفَلَاafalāتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna ﴿٢٣﴾

[23:24] The leaders who disbelieved among his people said, "This is no more than a human like you, who wants to gain prominence among you. Had GOD willed, He could have sent down angels. We never heard of anything like this from our ancestors.

فَقَالَfaqālaٱلْمَلَؤُا۟l-mala-uٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūمِنminقَوْمِهِۦqawmihiمَاmāهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّاillāبَشَرٌbasharunمِّثْلُكُمْmith'lukumيُرِيدُyurīduأَنanيَتَفَضَّلَyatafaḍḍalaعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumوَلَوْwalawشَآءَshāaٱللَّهُl-lahuلَأَنزَلَla-anzalaمَلَـٰٓئِكَةًmalāikatanمَّاmāسَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāفِىٓfīءَابَآئِنَاābāināٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna ﴿٢٤﴾

[23:25] "He is simply a man gone crazy. Just ignore him for awhile."

إِنْinهُوَhuwaإِلَّاillāرَجُلٌۢrajulunبِهِۦbihiجِنَّةٌjinnatunفَتَرَبَّصُوا۟fatarabbaṣūبِهِۦbihiحَتَّىٰḥattāحِينٍḥīnin ﴿٢٥﴾

[23:26] He said, "My Lord, grant me victory, for they have disbelieved me."

قَالَqālaرَبِّrabbiٱنصُرْنِىunṣur'nīبِمَاbimāكَذَّبُونِkadhabūni ﴿٢٦﴾

[23:27] We then inspired him: "Make the watercraft* under our watchful eyes, and in accordance with our inspiration. When our command comes, and the atmosphere boils up, put on it a pair of every kind (of your domesticated animals), and your family, except those condemned to be doomed. Do not speak to Me on behalf of those who transgressed; they will be drowned.

فَأَوْحَيْنَآfa-awḥaynāإِلَيْهِilayhiأَنِaniٱصْنَعِiṣ'naʿiٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kaبِأَعْيُنِنَاbi-aʿyunināوَوَحْيِنَاwawaḥyināفَإِذَاfa-idhāجَآءَjāaأَمْرُنَاamrunāوَفَارَwafāraٱلتَّنُّورُl-tanūruفَٱسْلُكْfa-us'lukفِيهَاfīhāمِنminكُلٍّkullinزَوْجَيْنِzawjayniٱثْنَيْنِith'nayniوَأَهْلَكَwa-ahlakaإِلَّاillāمَنmanسَبَقَsabaqaعَلَيْهِʿalayhiٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluمِنْهُمْmin'humوَلَاwalāتُخَـٰطِبْنِىtukhāṭib'nīفِىfīٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūإِنَّهُمinnahumمُّغْرَقُونَmugh'raqūna ﴿٢٧﴾

*23:27 The story tellers have created a mockery of Noah's history. Noah's ark was a flat watercraft made of logs, tied together with primitive ropes (54:13), the flood was local, around the Dead Sea area, and the animals were Noah's domesticated animals.

[23:28] "Once you are settled, together with those who are with you, on the watercraft, you shall say, 'Praise GOD for saving us from the evil people.'

فَإِذَاfa-idhāٱسْتَوَيْتَis'tawaytaأَنتَantaوَمَنwamanمَّعَكَmaʿakaعَلَىʿalāٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kiفَقُلِfaquliٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduلِلَّهِlillahiٱلَّذِىalladhīنَجَّىٰنَاnajjānāمِنَminaٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmiٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٢٨﴾

[23:29] "And say, 'My Lord, let me disembark onto a blessed location; You are the best deliverer.' "

وَقُلwaqulرَّبِّrabbiأَنزِلْنِىanzil'nīمُنزَلًاmunzalanمُّبَارَكًاmubārakanوَأَنتَwa-antaخَيْرُkhayruٱلْمُنزِلِينَl-munzilīna ﴿٢٩﴾

[23:30] These should provide sufficient proofs for you. We will certainly put you to the test.

إِنَّinnaفِىfīذَٰلِكَdhālikaلَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinوَإِنwa-inكُنَّاkunnāلَمُبْتَلِينَlamub'talīna ﴿٣٠﴾

[23:31] Subsequently, we established another generation after them.

ثُمَّthummaأَنشَأْنَاanshanāمِنۢminبَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimقَرْنًاqarnanءَاخَرِينَākharīna ﴿٣١﴾

[23:32] We sent to them a messenger from among them, saying, "You shall worship GOD. You have no other god beside Him. Would you not be righteous?"

فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāفِيهِمْfīhimرَسُولًاrasūlanمِّنْهُمْmin'humأَنِaniٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūٱللَّهَl-lahaمَاmāلَكُمlakumمِّنْminإِلَـٰهٍilāhinغَيْرُهُۥٓghayruhuأَفَلَاafalāتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna ﴿٣٢﴾

[23:33] The leaders among his people who disbelieved and rejected the idea of the Hereafter - although we provided for them generously in this life - said, "This is no more than a human being like you. He eats from what you eat, and drinks as you drink.

وَقَالَwaqālaٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uمِنminقَوْمِهِqawmihiٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaكَفَرُوا۟kafarūوَكَذَّبُوا۟wakadhabūبِلِقَآءِbiliqāiٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratiوَأَتْرَفْنَـٰهُمْwa-atrafnāhumفِىfīٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatiٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāمَاmāهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّاillāبَشَرٌbasharunمِّثْلُكُمْmith'lukumيَأْكُلُyakuluمِمَّاmimmāتَأْكُلُونَtakulūnaمِنْهُmin'huوَيَشْرَبُwayashrabuمِمَّاmimmāتَشْرَبُونَtashrabūna ﴿٣٣﴾

[23:34] "If you obey a human being like you, then you are really losers.

وَلَئِنْwala-inأَطَعْتُمaṭaʿtumبَشَرًاbasharanمِّثْلَكُمْmith'lakumإِنَّكُمْinnakumإِذًاidhanلَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūna ﴿٣٤﴾

[23:35] "Does he promise you that, after you die and turn into dust and bones, you will come out again?

أَيَعِدُكُمْayaʿidukumأَنَّكُمْannakumإِذَاidhāمِتُّمْmittumوَكُنتُمْwakuntumتُرَابًاturābanوَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanأَنَّكُمannakumمُّخْرَجُونَmukh'rajūna ﴿٣٥﴾

[23:36] "Impossible, impossible indeed is what is promised to you.

هَيْهَاتَhayhātaهَيْهَاتَhayhātaلِمَاlimāتُوعَدُونَtūʿadūna ﴿٣٦﴾

[23:37] "We only live this life - we live and die - and we will never be resurrected.

إِنْinهِىَhiyaإِلَّاillāحَيَاتُنَاḥayātunāٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāنَمُوتُnamūtuوَنَحْيَاwanaḥyāوَمَاwamāنَحْنُnaḥnuبِمَبْعُوثِينَbimabʿūthīna ﴿٣٧﴾

[23:38] "He is just a man who fabricated lies and attributed them to GOD. We will never believe him."

إِنْinهُوَhuwaإِلَّاillāرَجُلٌrajulunٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarāعَلَىʿalāٱللَّهِl-lahiكَذِبًاkadhibanوَمَاwamāنَحْنُnaḥnuلَهُۥlahuبِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīna ﴿٣٨﴾

[23:39] He said, "My Lord, grant me victory, for they have disbelieved me."

قَالَqālaرَبِّrabbiٱنصُرْنِىunṣur'nīبِمَاbimāكَذَّبُونِkadhabūni ﴿٣٩﴾

[23:40] He said, "Soon they will be sorry."

قَالَqālaعَمَّاʿammāقَلِيلٍqalīlinلَّيُصْبِحُنَّlayuṣ'biḥunnaنَـٰدِمِينَnādimīna ﴿٤٠﴾

[23:41] The retribution struck them, equitably, and thus, we turned them into ruins. The wicked people perished.

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiفَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumغُثَآءًghuthāanفَبُعْدًاfabuʿ'danلِّلْقَوْمِlil'qawmiٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٤١﴾

[23:42] Subsequently, we established other generations after them.

ثُمَّthummaأَنشَأْنَاanshanāمِنۢminبَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimقُرُونًاqurūnanءَاخَرِينَākharīna ﴿٤٢﴾

[23:43] No community can advance its predetermined fate, nor delay it.

مَاmāتَسْبِقُtasbiquمِنْminأُمَّةٍummatinأَجَلَهَاajalahāوَمَاwamāيَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَyastakhirūna ﴿٤٣﴾

[23:44] Then we sent our messengers in succession. Every time a messenger went to his community, they disbelieved him. Consequently, we annihilated them, one after the other, and made them history. The people who disbelieved have perished.

ثُمَّthummaأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāرُسُلَنَاrusulanāتَتْرَاtatrāكُلَّkulla مَاmāجَآءَjāaأُمَّةًummatanرَّسُولُهَاrasūluhāكَذَّبُوهُkadhabūhuفَأَتْبَعْنَاfa-atbaʿnāبَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahumبَعْضًاbaʿḍanوَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhumأَحَادِيثَaḥādīthaفَبُعْدًاfabuʿ'danلِّقَوْمٍliqawminلَّاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿٤٤﴾

[23:45] Then we sent Moses and his brother Aaron with our revelations and a profound proof.

ثُمَّthummaأَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāمُوسَىٰmūsāوَأَخَاهُwa-akhāhuهَـٰرُونَhārūnaبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināوَسُلْطَـٰنٍwasul'ṭāninمُّبِينٍmubīnin ﴿٤٥﴾

[23:46] To Pharaoh and his elders, but they turned arrogant. They were oppressive people.

إِلَىٰilāفِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiفَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūوَكَانُوا۟wakānūقَوْمًاqawmanعَالِينَʿālīna ﴿٤٦﴾

[23:47] They said, "Shall we believe for two men whose people are our slaves?"

فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūأَنُؤْمِنُanu'minuلِبَشَرَيْنِlibasharayniمِثْلِنَاmith'lināوَقَوْمُهُمَاwaqawmuhumāلَنَاlanāعَـٰبِدُونَʿābidūna ﴿٤٧﴾

[23:48] They rejected the two, and consequently, they were annihilated.

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَاfakadhabūhumāفَكَانُوا۟fakānūمِنَminaٱلْمُهْلَكِينَl-muh'lakīna ﴿٤٨﴾

[23:49] We gave Moses the scripture, that they may be guided.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadءَاتَيْنَاātaynāمُوسَىmūsāٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābaلَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumيَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna ﴿٤٩﴾

[23:50] We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign, and we gave them refuge on a mesa with food and drink.

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāٱبْنَib'naمَرْيَمَmaryamaوَأُمَّهُۥٓwa-ummahuءَايَةًāyatanوَءَاوَيْنَـٰهُمَآwaāwaynāhumāإِلَىٰilāرَبْوَةٍrabwatinذَاتِdhātiقَرَارٍqarārinوَمَعِينٍwamaʿīnin ﴿٥٠﴾

[23:51] O you messengers, eat from the good provisions, and work righteousness. I am fully aware of everything you do.

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāٱلرُّسُلُl-rusuluكُلُوا۟kulūمِنَminaٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātiوَٱعْمَلُوا۟wa-iʿ'malūصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanإِنِّىinnīبِمَاbimāتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnaعَلِيمٌʿalīmun ﴿٥١﴾

[23:52] Such is your congregation - one congregation - and I am your Lord; you shall reverence Me.

وَإِنَّwa-innaهَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihiأُمَّتُكُمْummatukumأُمَّةًummatanوَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanوَأَنَا۠wa-anāرَبُّكُمْrabbukumفَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūni ﴿٥٢﴾

[23:53] But they tore themselves into disputing factions; each party happy with what they have.

فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟fataqaṭṭaʿūأَمْرَهُمamrahumبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumزُبُرًاzuburanكُلُّkulluحِزْبٍۭḥiz'binبِمَاbimāلَدَيْهِمْladayhimفَرِحُونَfariḥūna ﴿٥٣﴾

[23:54] Therefore, just leave them in their confusion, for awhile.

فَذَرْهُمْfadharhumفِىfīغَمْرَتِهِمْghamratihimحَتَّىٰḥattāحِينٍḥīnin ﴿٥٤﴾

[23:55] Do they think that, since we provided them with money and children,

أَيَحْسَبُونَayaḥsabūnaأَنَّمَاannamāنُمِدُّهُمnumidduhumبِهِۦbihiمِنminمَّالٍmālinوَبَنِينَwabanīna ﴿٥٥﴾

[23:56] we must be showering them with blessings? Indeed, they have no idea.

نُسَارِعُnusāriʿuلَهُمْlahumفِىfīٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrātiبَلbalلَّاlāيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna ﴿٥٦﴾

[23:57] Surely, those who are reverently conscious of their Lord,

إِنَّinnaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaهُمhumمِّنْminخَشْيَةِkhashyatiرَبِّهِمrabbihimمُّشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūna ﴿٥٧﴾

[23:58] And who believe in the revelations of their Lord,

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمhumبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiرَبِّهِمْrabbihimيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna ﴿٥٨﴾

[23:59] And who never set up any idols beside their Lord,

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaهُمhumبِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimلَاlāيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna ﴿٥٩﴾

[23:60] As they give their charities, their hearts are fully reverent. For they recognize that they will be summoned before their Lord,

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaيُؤْتُونَyu'tūnaمَآmāءَاتَوا۟ātawوَّقُلُوبُهُمْwaqulūbuhumوَجِلَةٌwajilatunأَنَّهُمْannahumإِلَىٰilāرَبِّهِمْrabbihimرَٰجِعُونَrājiʿūna ﴿٦٠﴾

[23:61] They are eager to do righteous works; they compete in doing them.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaيُسَـٰرِعُونَyusāriʿūnaفِىfīٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrātiوَهُمْwahumلَهَاlahāسَـٰبِقُونَsābiqūna ﴿٦١﴾

[23:62] We never burden any soul beyond its means, and we keep a record that utters the truth. No one will suffer injustice.

وَلَاwalāنُكَلِّفُnukallifuنَفْسًاnafsanإِلَّاillāوُسْعَهَاwus'ʿahāوَلَدَيْنَاwaladaynāكِتَـٰبٌkitābunيَنطِقُyanṭiquبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَهُمْwahumلَاlāيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūna ﴿٦٢﴾

[23:63] Because their minds are oblivious to this, they commit works that do not conform with this; their works are evil.

بَلْbalقُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhumفِىfīغَمْرَةٍghamratinمِّنْminهَـٰذَاhādhāوَلَهُمْwalahumأَعْمَـٰلٌaʿmālunمِّنminدُونِdūniذَٰلِكَdhālikaهُمْhumلَهَاlahāعَـٰمِلُونَʿāmilūna ﴿٦٣﴾

[23:64] Then, when we requite their leaders with retribution, they complain.

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāإِذَآidhāأَخَذْنَاakhadhnāمُتْرَفِيهِمmut'rafīhimبِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābiإِذَاidhāهُمْhumيَجْـَٔرُونَyajarūna ﴿٦٤﴾

[23:65] Do not complain now; you have given up all help from us.

لَاlāتَجْـَٔرُوا۟tajarūٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaإِنَّكُمinnakumمِّنَّاminnāلَاlāتُنصَرُونَtunṣarūna ﴿٦٥﴾

[23:66] My proofs have been presented to you, but you turned back on your heels.

قَدْqadكَانَتْkānatءَايَـٰتِىāyātīتُتْلَىٰtut'lāعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumفَكُنتُمْfakuntumعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَعْقَـٰبِكُمْaʿqābikumتَنكِصُونَtankiṣūna ﴿٦٦﴾

[23:67] You were too arrogant to accept them, and you defiantly disregarded them.

مُسْتَكْبِرِينَmus'takbirīnaبِهِۦbihiسَـٰمِرًاsāmiranتَهْجُرُونَtahjurūna ﴿٦٧﴾

[23:68] Why do they not reflect upon this scripture? Do they not realize that they have received something never attained by their ancestors?

أَفَلَمْafalamيَدَّبَّرُوا۟yaddabbarūٱلْقَوْلَl-qawlaأَمْamجَآءَهُمjāahumمَّاmāلَمْlamيَأْتِyatiءَابَآءَهُمُābāahumuٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna ﴿٦٨﴾

[23:69] Have they failed to recognize their messenger? Is this why they are disregarding him?

أَمْamلَمْlamيَعْرِفُوا۟yaʿrifūرَسُولَهُمْrasūlahumفَهُمْfahumلَهُۥlahuمُنكِرُونَmunkirūna ﴿٦٩﴾

[23:70] Have they decided that he is crazy? Indeed, he has brought the truth to them, but most of them hate the truth.

أَمْamيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaبِهِۦbihiجِنَّةٌۢjinnatunبَلْbalجَآءَهُمjāahumبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَأَكْثَرُهُمْwa-aktharuhumلِلْحَقِّlil'ḥaqqiكَـٰرِهُونَkārihūna ﴿٧٠﴾

[23:71] Indeed, if the truth conformed to their wishes, there would be chaos in the heavens and the earth; everything in them would be corrupted. We have given them their proof, but they are disregarding their proof.

وَلَوِwalawiٱتَّبَعَittabaʿaٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquأَهْوَآءَهُمْahwāahumلَفَسَدَتِlafasadatiٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuوَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuوَمَنwamanفِيهِنَّfīhinnaبَلْbalأَتَيْنَـٰهُمataynāhumبِذِكْرِهِمْbidhik'rihimفَهُمْfahumعَنʿanذِكْرِهِمdhik'rihimمُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna ﴿٧١﴾

[23:72] Are you asking them for a wage? Your Lord's wage is far better. He is the best Provider.

أَمْamتَسْـَٔلُهُمْtasaluhumخَرْجًاkharjanفَخَرَاجُfakharājuرَبِّكَrabbikaخَيْرٌkhayrunوَهُوَwahuwaخَيْرُkhayruٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna ﴿٧٢﴾

[23:73] Most assuredly, you are inviting them to a straight path.

وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaلَتَدْعُوهُمْlatadʿūhumإِلَىٰilāصِرَٰطٍṣirāṭinمُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīmin ﴿٧٣﴾

[23:74] Those who disbelieve in the Hereafter will surely deviate from the right path.

وَإِنَّwa-innaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaلَاlāيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiعَنِʿaniٱلصِّرَٰطِl-ṣirāṭiلَنَـٰكِبُونَlanākibūna ﴿٧٤﴾

[23:75] Even when we showered them with mercy, and relieved their problems, they plunged deeper into transgression, and continued to blunder.

وَلَوْwalawرَحِمْنَـٰهُمْraḥim'nāhumوَكَشَفْنَاwakashafnāمَاmāبِهِمbihimمِّنminضُرٍّḍurrinلَّلَجُّوا۟lalajjūفِىfīطُغْيَـٰنِهِمْṭugh'yānihimيَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūna ﴿٧٥﴾

[23:76] Even when we afflicted them with retribution, they never turned to their Lord imploring.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadأَخَذْنَـٰهُمakhadhnāhumبِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābiفَمَاfamāٱسْتَكَانُوا۟is'takānūلِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihimوَمَاwamāيَتَضَرَّعُونَyataḍarraʿūna ﴿٧٦﴾

[23:77] Subsequently, when we requited them with the severe retribution they had incurred, they were shocked.

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāإِذَاidhāفَتَحْنَاfataḥnāعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimبَابًاbābanذَاdhāعَذَابٍʿadhābinشَدِيدٍshadīdinإِذَاidhāهُمْhumفِيهِfīhiمُبْلِسُونَmub'lisūna ﴿٧٧﴾

[23:78] He is the One who granted you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brains. Rarely are you appreciative.

وَهُوَwahuwaٱلَّذِىٓalladhīأَنشَأَansha-aلَكُمُlakumuٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿaوَٱلْأَبْصَـٰرَwal-abṣāraوَٱلْأَفْـِٔدَةَwal-afidataقَلِيلًاqalīlanمَّاmāتَشْكُرُونَtashkurūna ﴿٧٨﴾

[23:79] He is the One who established you on earth, and before Him you will be summoned.

وَهُوَwahuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīذَرَأَكُمْdhara-akumفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiوَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiتُحْشَرُونَtuḥ'sharūna ﴿٧٩﴾

[23:80] He is the One who controls life and death, and He is the One who alternates the night and day. Do you not understand?

وَهُوَwahuwaٱلَّذِىalladhīيُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīوَيُمِيتُwayumītuوَلَهُwalahuٱخْتِلَـٰفُikh'tilāfuٱلَّيْلِal-layliوَٱلنَّهَارِwal-nahāriأَفَلَاafalāتَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna ﴿٨٠﴾

[23:81] They said what their ancestors said.

بَلْbalقَالُوا۟qālūمِثْلَmith'laمَاmāقَالَqālaٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūna ﴿٨١﴾

[23:82] They said, "After we die and become dust and bones, we get resurrected?

قَالُوٓا۟qālūأَءِذَاa-idhāمِتْنَاmit'nāوَكُنَّاwakunnāتُرَابًاturābanوَعِظَـٰمًاwaʿiẓāmanأَءِنَّاa-innāلَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūna ﴿٨٢﴾

[23:83] "Such promises were given to us and to our parents in the past. These are no more than tales from the past."

لَقَدْlaqadوُعِدْنَاwuʿid'nāنَحْنُnaḥnuوَءَابَآؤُنَاwaābāunāهَـٰذَاhādhāمِنminقَبْلُqabluإِنْinهَـٰذَآhādhāإِلَّآillāأَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna ﴿٨٣﴾

[23:84] Say, "To whom belongs the earth and everyone on it, if you know?"

قُلqulلِّمَنِlimaniٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuوَمَنwamanفِيهَآfīhāإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿٨٤﴾

*23:84-89 Belief in God is valid only if one recognizes God's qualities, such as the fact that God controls everything (8:17). Believers who do not know God are not really believers. Most believers nullify their belief by idolizing such powerless idols as the prophets and saints (6:106).

[23:85] They will say, "To GOD." Say, "Why then do you not take heed?"

سَيَقُولُونَsayaqūlūnaلِلَّهِlillahiقُلْqulأَفَلَاafalāتَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūna ﴿٨٥﴾

[23:86] Say, "Who is the Lord of the seven universes; the Lord of the great dominion?"

قُلْqulمَنmanرَّبُّrabbuٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiٱلسَّبْعِl-sabʿiوَرَبُّwarabbuٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshiٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi ﴿٨٦﴾

[23:87] They will say, "GOD." Say, "Why then do you not turn righteous?"

سَيَقُولُونَsayaqūlūnaلِلَّهِlillahiقُلْqulأَفَلَاafalāتَتَّقُونَtattaqūna ﴿٨٧﴾

[23:88] Say, "In whose hand is all sovereignty over all things, and He is the only one who can provide help, but needs no help, if you know?"

قُلْqulمَنۢmanبِيَدِهِۦbiyadihiمَلَكُوتُmalakūtuكُلِّkulliشَىْءٍshayinوَهُوَwahuwaيُجِيرُyujīruوَلَاwalāيُجَارُyujāruعَلَيْهِʿalayhiإِنinكُنتُمْkuntumتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿٨٨﴾

[23:89] They will say, "GOD." Say, "Where did you go wrong?"

سَيَقُولُونَsayaqūlūnaلِلَّهِlillahiقُلْqulفَأَنَّىٰfa-annāتُسْحَرُونَtus'ḥarūna ﴿٨٩﴾

[23:90] We have given them the truth, while they are liars.

بَلْbalأَتَيْنَـٰهُمataynāhumبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiوَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumلَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna ﴿٩٠﴾

[23:91] GOD has never begotten a son. Nor was there ever any other god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have declared independence with his creations, and they would have competed with each other for dominance. GOD be glorified; far above their claims.

مَاmāٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaٱللَّهُl-lahuمِنminوَلَدٍwaladinوَمَاwamāكَانَkānaمَعَهُۥmaʿahuمِنْminإِلَـٰهٍilāhinإِذًاidhanلَّذَهَبَladhahabaكُلُّkulluإِلَـٰهٍۭilāhinبِمَاbimāخَلَقَkhalaqaوَلَعَلَاwalaʿalāبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumعَلَىٰʿalāبَعْضٍbaʿḍinسُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaٱللَّهِl-lahiعَمَّاʿammāيَصِفُونَyaṣifūna ﴿٩١﴾

[23:92] The Knower of all secrets and declarations; be He exalted, far above having a partner.

عَـٰلِمِʿālimiٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybiوَٱلشَّهَـٰدَةِwal-shahādatiفَتَعَـٰلَىٰfataʿālāعَمَّاʿammāيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna ﴿٩٢﴾

[23:93] Say, "My Lord, whether You show me (the retribution) they have incurred,

قُلqulرَّبِّrabbiإِمَّاimmāتُرِيَنِّىturiyannīمَاmāيُوعَدُونَyūʿadūna ﴿٩٣﴾

[23:94] "My Lord, let me not be one of the transgressing people."

رَبِّrabbiفَلَاfalāتَجْعَلْنِىtajʿalnīفِىfīٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmiٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna ﴿٩٤﴾

[23:95] To show you (the retribution) we have reserved for them is something we can easily do.

وَإِنَّاwa-innāعَلَىٰٓʿalāأَنanنُّرِيَكَnuriyakaمَاmāنَعِدُهُمْnaʿiduhumلَقَـٰدِرُونَlaqādirūna ﴿٩٥﴾

[23:96] Therefore, counter their evil works with goodness; we are fully aware of their claims.

ٱدْفَعْid'faʿبِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīهِىَhiyaأَحْسَنُaḥsanuٱلسَّيِّئَةَl-sayi-ataنَحْنُnaḥnuأَعْلَمُaʿlamuبِمَاbimāيَصِفُونَyaṣifūna ﴿٩٦﴾

[23:97] Say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the whispers of the devils.

وَقُلwaqulرَّبِّrabbiأَعُوذُaʿūdhuبِكَbikaمِنْminهَمَزَٰتِhamazātiٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِl-shayāṭīni ﴿٩٧﴾

[23:98] "And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they come near me."

وَأَعُوذُwa-aʿūdhuبِكَbikaرَبِّrabbiأَنanيَحْضُرُونِyaḥḍurūni ﴿٩٨﴾

[23:99] When death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back.

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāإِذَاidhāجَآءَjāaأَحَدَهُمُaḥadahumuٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuقَالَqālaرَبِّrabbiٱرْجِعُونِir'jiʿūni ﴿٩٩﴾

[23:100] "I will then work righteousness in everything I left." Not true. This is a false claim that he makes. A barrier will separate his soul from this world until resurrection.

لَعَلِّىٓlaʿallīأَعْمَلُaʿmaluصَـٰلِحًاṣāliḥanفِيمَاfīmāتَرَكْتُtaraktuكَلَّآkallāإِنَّهَاinnahāكَلِمَةٌkalimatunهُوَhuwaقَآئِلُهَاqāiluhāوَمِنwaminوَرَآئِهِمwarāihimبَرْزَخٌbarzakhunإِلَىٰilāيَوْمِyawmiيُبْعَثُونَyub'ʿathūna ﴿١٠٠﴾

[23:101] When the horn is blown, no relations among them will exist on that day, nor will they care about one another.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāنُفِخَnufikhaفِىfīٱلصُّورِl-ṣūriفَلَآfalāأَنسَابَansābaبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumيَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinوَلَاwalāيَتَسَآءَلُونَyatasāalūna ﴿١٠١﴾

[23:102] As for those whose weights are heavy, they will be the winners.

فَمَنfamanثَقُلَتْthaqulatمَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaهُمُhumuٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna ﴿١٠٢﴾

[23:103] Those whose weights are light are the ones who lost their souls; they abide in Hell forever.

وَمَنْwamanخَفَّتْkhaffatمَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuفَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikaٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaخَسِرُوٓا۟khasirūأَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumفِىfīجَهَنَّمَjahannamaخَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna ﴿١٠٣﴾

[23:104] Fire will overwhelm their faces, and they last miserably therein.

تَلْفَحُtalfaḥuوُجُوهَهُمُwujūhahumuٱلنَّارُl-nāruوَهُمْwahumفِيهَاfīhāكَـٰلِحُونَkāliḥūna ﴿١٠٤﴾

[23:105] Were not My revelations recited to you, and you kept on rejecting them?

أَلَمْalamتَكُنْtakunءَايَـٰتِىāyātīتُتْلَىٰtut'lāعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumفَكُنتُمfakuntumبِهَاbihāتُكَذِّبُونَtukadhibūna ﴿١٠٥﴾

[23:106] They will say, "Our Lord, our wickedness overwhelmed us, and we were people gone astray.

قَالُوا۟qālūرَبَّنَاrabbanāغَلَبَتْghalabatعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāشِقْوَتُنَاshiq'watunāوَكُنَّاwakunnāقَوْمًاqawmanضَآلِّينَḍāllīna ﴿١٠٦﴾

[23:107] "Our Lord, take us out of this; if we return (to our old behavior), then we are really wicked."

رَبَّنَآrabbanāأَخْرِجْنَاakhrij'nāمِنْهَاmin'hāفَإِنْfa-inعُدْنَاʿud'nāفَإِنَّاfa-innāظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna ﴿١٠٧﴾

[23:108] He will say, "Abide therein, humiliated, and do not speak to Me.

قَالَqālaٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ikh'saūفِيهَاfīhāوَلَاwalāتُكَلِّمُونِtukallimūni ﴿١٠٨﴾

[23:109] "A group of My servants used to say, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and shower us with mercy. Of all the merciful ones, You are the Most Merciful.'

إِنَّهُۥinnahuكَانَkānaفَرِيقٌfarīqunمِّنْminعِبَادِىʿibādīيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnaرَبَّنَآrabbanāءَامَنَّاāmannāفَٱغْفِرْfa-igh'firلَنَاlanāوَٱرْحَمْنَاwa-ir'ḥamnāوَأَنتَwa-antaخَيْرُkhayruٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna ﴿١٠٩﴾

[23:110] "But you mocked and ridiculed them, to the extent that you forgot Me. You used to laugh at them.

فَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُمْfa-ittakhadhtumūhumسِخْرِيًّاsikh'riyyanحَتَّىٰٓḥattāأَنسَوْكُمْansawkumذِكْرِىdhik'rīوَكُنتُمwakuntumمِّنْهُمْmin'humتَضْحَكُونَtaḍḥakūna ﴿١١٠﴾

[23:111] "I have rewarded them today, in return for their steadfastness, by making them the winners."

إِنِّىinnīجَزَيْتُهُمُjazaytuhumuٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaبِمَاbimāصَبَرُوٓا۟ṣabarūأَنَّهُمْannahumهُمُhumuٱلْفَآئِزُونَl-fāizūna ﴿١١١﴾

[23:112] He said, "How long have you lasted on earth? How many years?"

قَـٰلَqālaكَمْkamلَبِثْتُمْlabith'tumفِىfīٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍiعَدَدَʿadadaسِنِينَsinīna ﴿١١٢﴾

[23:113] They said, "We lasted a day or part of a day. Ask those who counted."

قَالُوا۟qālūلَبِثْنَاlabith'nāيَوْمًاyawmanأَوْawبَعْضَbaʿḍaيَوْمٍyawminفَسْـَٔلِfasaliٱلْعَآدِّينَl-ʿādīna ﴿١١٣﴾

[23:114] He said, "In fact, you stayed but a brief interim, if you only knew.

قَـٰلَqālaإِنinلَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tumإِلَّاillāقَلِيلًاqalīlanلَّوْlawأَنَّكُمْannakumكُنتُمْkuntumتَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna ﴿١١٤﴾

[23:115] "Did you think that we created you in vain; that you were not to be returned to us?"

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْafaḥasib'tumأَنَّمَاannamāخَلَقْنَـٰكُمْkhalaqnākumعَبَثًاʿabathanوَأَنَّكُمْwa-annakumإِلَيْنَاilaynāلَاlāتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūna ﴿١١٥﴾

[23:116] Most exalted is GOD, the true Sovereign. There is no other god beside Him; the Most Honorable Lord, possessor of all authority.

فَتَعَـٰلَىfataʿālāٱللَّهُl-lahuٱلْمَلِكُl-malikuٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquلَآlāإِلَـٰهَilāhaإِلَّاillāهُوَhuwaرَبُّrabbuٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshiٱلْكَرِيمِl-karīmi ﴿١١٦﴾

[23:117] Anyone who idolizes beside GOD any other god, and without any kind of proof, his reckoning rests with his Lord. The disbelievers never succeed.

وَمَنwamanيَدْعُyadʿuمَعَmaʿaٱللَّهِl-lahiإِلَـٰهًاilāhanءَاخَرَākharaلَاlāبُرْهَـٰنَbur'hānaلَهُۥlahuبِهِۦbihiفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāحِسَابُهُۥḥisābuhuعِندَʿindaرَبِّهِۦٓrabbihiإِنَّهُۥinnahuلَاlāيُفْلِحُyuf'liḥuٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūna ﴿١١٧﴾

[23:118] Say, "My Lord, shower us with forgiveness and mercy. Of all the merciful ones, You are the Most Merciful."

وَقُلwaqulرَّبِّrabbiٱغْفِرْigh'firوَٱرْحَمْwa-ir'ḥamوَأَنتَwa-antaخَيْرُkhayruٱلرَّٰحِمِينَl-rāḥimīna ﴿١١٨﴾

Sura 23: Al-Mu’minûn (The Believers) المؤمنون

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