Surah Al-Anbiya

Ta'awwudh · Seeking Refuge

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

A'udhu billahi min ash-shaytani ar-rajim. I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed.

The Name · Bismillah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahi ar-Rahmani ar-Rahim. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

The Surah · Verses 51 to 112

﴾٥١﴿ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ

Wa laqad aatainaaa Ibraahima rushdahu min qablu wa kunnaa bihi 'aalimin

We gave Ibrahim his right judgment before, and We knew him well,

﴾٥٢﴿ إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ

Iz qaala li abihi wa qawmihi maa haazihit tamaasilul latie antum lahi 'aakifun

when he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues you are devoted to?"

﴾٥٣﴿ قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ

Qaalu wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa lahaa 'aabidin

They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them."

﴾٥٤﴿ قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Qaala laqad kuntum antum wa aabaaa'ukum fi dalaalim mubin

He said, "You and your fathers have been in clear error."

﴾٥٥﴿ قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ

Qaaluo aji'tanaa bil haqqi am anta minal laa'ibin

They said, "Have you come to us with the truth, or are you one of those who play?"

﴾٥٦﴿ قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

Qaala bar Rabbukum Rabbus samaawaati wal ardil lazi fatarahunna wa ana 'alaa zaalikum minash shaahidin

He said, "Rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, who originated them, and I am a witness to that.

﴾٥٧﴿ وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَٰمَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

Wa tallaahi la akidanna asnaamakum ba'da an tuwallu mudbirin

And by Allah, I will plan against your idols after you have turned away and gone."

﴾٥٨﴿ فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًۭا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

Faja'alahum juzaazan illaa kabiral lahum la'allahum ilaihi yarji'un

So he made them into pieces, except a large one of theirs, so that they might return to it.

﴾٥٩﴿ قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Qaalu man fa'ala haazaa bi aalihatinaaa innahu laminaz zaalimin

They said, "Who did this to our gods? He is one of the wrongdoers."

﴾٦٠﴿ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا فَتًۭى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ

Qaalu sami'naa fatany yazkuruhum yuqaalu lahuo Ibraahim

They said, "We heard a young man mentioning them, called Ibrahim."

﴾٦١﴿ قَالُوا۟ فَأْتُوا۟ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ

Qaalu faatu bihi 'alaaa a'yunin naasi la'allahum yash hadun

They said, "Bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may witness."

﴾٦٢﴿ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلْتَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

Qaaluo 'a-anta fa'alta haazaa bi aalihatinaa yaaa Ibraahim

They said, "Did you do this to our gods, Ibrahim?"

﴾٦٣﴿ قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ

Qaala bal fa'alahu kabiruhum haazaa fas'aluhum in kaanu yantiqun

He said, "Rather, this large one of them did it. So ask them, if they can speak."

﴾٦٤﴿ فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

Faraja'uo ilaaa anfusihim faqaaluo innakum antumuz zaalimun

So they returned to themselves and said, "It is you who are the wrongdoers."

﴾٦٥﴿ ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ

Summa nukisu 'alaa ru'usihim laqad 'alimta maa haaa'ulaaa'i yantiqun

Then they were turned upside down in their heads: "You know these do not speak."

﴾٦٦﴿ قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

Qaala afata'buduna min dunil laahi maa laa yanfa'ukum shai'anw wa laa yadurrukum

He said, "Do you then worship, besides Allah, what does not benefit you at all, and does not harm you?

﴾٦٧﴿ أُفٍّۢ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Uffil lakum wa limaa ta'buduna min dunil laah; afalaa ta'qilun

Shame on you and on what you worship besides Allah. Will you not reason?"

﴾٦٨﴿ قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

Qaalu harriquho wansuruo aalihatakum in kuntum faa'ilin

They said, "Burn him and support your gods, if you are going to act."

﴾٦٩﴿ قُلْنَا يَٰنَارُ كُونِى بَرْدًۭا وَسَلَٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ

Qulnaa yaa naaru kuni bardanw wa salaaman 'alaaa Ibraahim

We said, "Fire, be coolness and peace upon Ibrahim."

﴾٧٠﴿ وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًۭا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ

Wa araadu bihi kaidan faja'alnaahumul akhsarin

They intended a plot against him, and We made them the greatest losers.

﴾٧١﴿ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Wa najjainaahu wa Lutan ilal ardil lati baaraknaa fihaa lil 'aalamin

And We saved him and Lut to the land We had blessed for the worlds.

﴾٧٢﴿ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةًۭ ۖ وَكُلًّۭا جَعَلْنَا صَٰلِحِينَ

Wa wahabnaa lahuo Ishaaq; wa Ya'quba naafilah; wa kullan ja'alnaa saalihin

And We granted him Ishaq, and Yaqub in addition, and We made all of them righteous.

﴾٧٣﴿ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةًۭ يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا عَٰبِدِينَ

Wa ja'alnaahum a'immatany yahduna bi amrinaa wa awhainaaa ilaihim fi'lal khairaati wa iqaamas Salaati wa itaaa'az Zakaati wa kaanu lanaa 'aabidin

And We made them leaders guiding by Our command, and We revealed to them the doing of good deeds, the establishment of the prayer, and the giving of the zakat. And they were worshippers of Us.

﴾٧٤﴿ وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمًۭا وَعِلْمًۭا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ ٱلْخَبَٰٓئِثَ ۗ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍۢ فَٰسِقِينَ

Wa Lutan aatainaahu hukmanw wa 'ilmanw wa najjainaahu minal qaryatil lati kaanat ta'malul khabaaa'is; innahum kaanu qawma saw'in faasiqin

And Lut, We gave him judgment and knowledge, and We saved him from the town that was committing vile deeds. They were an evil people, defiantly disobedient.

﴾٧٥﴿ وَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

Wa adkhalnaahu fi rahmatinaa innahu minas saalihi

And We admitted him into Our mercy. He was among the righteous.

﴾٧٦﴿ وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Wa nuhan iz naadaa min qablu fastajabnaa lahu fanajjainaahu wa ahlahu minal karbil 'azim

And Nuh, when he called out before that, and We answered him and saved him and his family from the great distress.

﴾٧٧﴿ وَنَصَرْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍۢ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Wa nasarnaahu minal qawmil lazina kazzabu bi Aayaatinaa; innahum kkaanu qawma saw'in fa-aghraq naahum ajma'in

And We helped him against the people who denied Our signs. They were an evil people, so We drowned them all.

﴾٧٨﴿ وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ إِذْ يَحْكُمَانِ فِى ٱلْحَرْثِ إِذْ نَفَشَتْ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلْقَوْمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكْمِهِمْ شَٰهِدِينَ

Wa Daawuda wa Sulaimaana iz yahkumaani fil harsi iz nafashat fihi ghanamul qawmi wa kunnaa lihukmihim shaahidin

And Dawud and Sulayman, when they judged concerning the field, when the sheep of a people had strayed into it at night. We were witnesses to their judgment.

﴾٧٩﴿ فَفَهَّمْنَٰهَا سُلَيْمَٰنَ ۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيْنَا حُكْمًۭا وَعِلْمًۭا ۚ وَسَخَّرْنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلْجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَٱلطَّيْرَ ۚ وَكُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ

Fafahhamnaahaa sulaimaan; wa kullan aatainaa hukmanw wa'ilmanw wa sakh kharnaa ma'a Daawudal jibaala yusabbihna wattayr; wa kunnaa faa'ilin

We gave Sulayman understanding of it, and to each We gave judgment and knowledge. And We made the mountains and the birds glorify with Dawud. And We were the doers.

﴾٨٠﴿ وَعَلَّمْنَٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍۢ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَٰكِرُونَ

Wa 'allamanaahu san'ata labusil lakum lituhsinakum mim baasikum fahal antum shaakirun

And We taught him the making of armor for you, to protect you from your own violence. Are you then grateful?

﴾٨١﴿ وَلِسُلَيْمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةًۭ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِى بَٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَٰلِمِينَ

Wa li Sulaimaanar riha 'aasifatan tajri bi amrihie ilal ardil lati baaraknaa fihaa; wa kunnaa bikulli shai'in 'aalimin

And to Sulayman the wind, blowing strongly, running by his command to the land We had blessed. And We are Knowing of all things.

﴾٨٢﴿ وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًۭا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَٰفِظِينَ

Wa minash Shayaatini mai yaghusuna lahu wa ya'maluna 'amalan duna zaalika wa kunna lahum baafizin

And among the devils were those who dived for him and did other work besides that. And We were guarding them.

﴾٨٣﴿ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

Wa Ayyuba iz naadaa Rabbahuo anni massaniyad durru wa Anta arhamur raahimin

And Ayyub, when he called out to his Lord, "Harm has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."

﴾٨٤﴿ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّۢ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَٰبِدِينَ

Fastajabnaa lahu fakashaf naa maa bihi min durrinw wa aatainaahu ahlahu wa mislahum ma'ahum rahmatam min 'indinaa wa zikraa lil'aabidin

So We answered him and removed the harm he was in, and We gave him his family and the like of them with them, as a mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers.

﴾٨٥﴿ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدْرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلْكِفْلِ ۖ كُلٌّۭ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

Wa Ismaa'ila wa Idrisa wa Zal Kifli kullum minas saabirin

And Isma'il, and Idris, and Dhul-Kifl. All of them were among the patient.

﴾٨٦﴿ وَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

Wa adkhalnaahum fi rahmatinaa innahum minas saalihin

And We admitted them into Our mercy. They were among the righteous.

﴾٨٧﴿ وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًۭا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Wa Zan Nuni iz zahaba mughaadiban fazaanna al lan naqdira 'alaihi fanaadaa fiz zulumaati al laaa ilaaha illaaa Anta Subhaanaka inni kuntu minaz zaalimin

And the man of the fish, when he left in anger and thought We would not restrict him. Then he called out in the darknesses, "There is no god but You. Glory to You. I have been among the wrongdoers."

﴾٨٨﴿ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Fastajabnaa lahu wa najjainaahu minal ghamm; wa kazaalika nunjil mu'minin

So We answered him and saved him from the distress. That is how We save the believers.

﴾٨٩﴿ وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًۭا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Wa Zakariyyaaa iz naadaa Rabbahu Rabbi laa tazarni fardanw wa Anta khairul waarisin

And Zakariyya, when he called out to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone, and You are the best of inheritors."

﴾٩٠﴿ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ يَحْيَىٰ وَأَصْلَحْنَا لَهُۥ زَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَبًۭا وَرَهَبًۭا ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ

Fastajabnaa lahu wa wahabnaa lahu Yahyaa Wa aslahnaa lahu zawjah; innahum kaanu yusaari'una fil khairaati wa yad'unanaa raghabanw wa rahabaa; wa kaanu lanaa khaashi'in

So We answered him and granted him Yahya, and We set his wife right for him. They used to hurry to good deeds, and they called upon Us in hope and in fear, and they were humble before Us.

﴾٩١﴿ وَٱلَّتِىٓ أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا وَٱبْنَهَآ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Wallatie ahsanat farjahaa fanafakhnaa fihaa mir ruhinaa wa ja'alnaahaa wabnahaaa Aayatal lil'aalamin

And she who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.

﴾٩٢﴿ إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُونِ

Inna haazihie ummatukum ummatanw waahidatanw wa Ana Rabbukum fa'budun

This community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

﴾٩٣﴿ وَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَٰجِعُونَ

Wa taqatta'uo amrahum bainahum kullun ilainaaa raaji'un

But they cut their affair into pieces among themselves. All of them are returning to Us.

﴾٩٤﴿ فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَلَا كُفْرَانَ لِسَعْيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَٰتِبُونَ

Famai ya'mal minas saalihaati wa huwa mu'minun falaa kufraana lisa'yihi wa innaa lahu kaatibun

Whoever does righteous deeds while a believer, his effort will not be denied. We are recording it for him.

﴾٩٥﴿ وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Wa haraamun 'alaa qaryatin ahlaknaahaaa annahum laa yarji'un

And it is forbidden for a town We destroyed that they should return,

﴾٩٦﴿ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍۢ يَنسِلُونَ

Hattaaa izaa futihat Yaajuju wa Maajuju wa hum min kulli hadabiny yansilun

until, when Yajuj and Majuj are let loose, and they descend from every height,

﴾٩٧﴿ وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ هَٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

Waqtarabal wa'dul haqqu fa-izaa hiya shaakhisatun absaarul lazina kafaru yaawailanaa qad kunna fi ghaflatim min haaza bal kunnaa zaalimin

and the true promise draws near, then the eyes of those who disbelieved will stare: "Woe to us, we were in heedlessness of this. Rather, we were wrongdoers."

﴾٩٨﴿ إِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمْ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ

Innakum wa maa ta'buduna min dunil laahi hasabu Jahannama antum lahaa waaridun

You and what you worship besides Allah are fuel for Hell. You will enter it.

﴾٩٩﴿ لَوْ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةًۭ مَّا وَرَدُوهَا ۖ وَكُلٌّۭ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

Law kaana haaa'ulaaa'i aalihatam maa waraduhaa wa kullun fihaa khaalidun

If these had been gods, they would not have entered it, and all will remain in it.

﴾١٠٠﴿ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌۭ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Lahum fihaa zafirunw wa hum fihaa laa yasma'un

For them in it is groaning, and they will not hear.

﴾١٠١﴿ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتْ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلْحُسْنَىٰٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَنْهَا مُبْعَدُونَ

Innal lazina sabaqat lahum minnal husnaaa ulaaa'ika 'anhaa mub'adun

Those for whom the best has already gone forth from Us, they are kept far from it.

﴾١٠٢﴿ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ

Laa yasma'una hasi sahaa wa hum fi mash tahat anfusuhum khaalidun

They will not hear its faintest sound, and they will remain in what their souls desired.

﴾١٠٣﴿ لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

Laa yahzunuhumul faza'ul akbaru wa tatalaq qaahumul malaaa'ikatu haazaa Yawmukumul lazi kuntum tu'adun

The greatest terror will not grieve them, and the angels will meet them: "This is your Day which you were promised."

﴾١٠٤﴿ يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍۢ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ

Yawma natwis samaaa'a kataiyis sijilli lilkutub; kamaa badaanaa awwala khalqin nu'iduh; wa'dan 'alainaa; innaa kunna faa'ilin

On the Day We roll up the sky like a scroll rolled for records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it, a promise upon Us. We will do it.

﴾١٠٥﴿ وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ أَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِىَ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ

Wa laqad katabnaa fiz Zaburi mim ba'diz zikri annal arda yarisuhaa 'ibaadi yas saalihun

We wrote in the Psalms, after the reminder, that My righteous servants will inherit the earth.

﴾١٠٦﴿ إِنَّ فِى هَٰذَا لَبَلَٰغًۭا لِّقَوْمٍ عَٰبِدِينَ

Inna fi haaza labalaa ghal liqawmin 'aabidin

In this is a delivery for a people who worship.

﴾١٠٧﴿ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Wa maaa arsalnaaka illaa rahmatal lil'aalamin

We sent you only as a mercy to the worlds.

﴾١٠٨﴿ قُلْ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌۭ وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

Qul innamaa yuhaa ilaiya annamaaa ilaahukum illaahunw Waahid, fahal antum muslimun

Say, "It is revealed to me that your God is one God. So are you submitting?"

﴾١٠٩﴿ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍۢ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌۭ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ

Fa in tawallaw faqul aazantukum 'alaa sawaaa'; wa in adrie aqaribun am ba'idum maa tu'adun

If they turn away, say, "I have announced to you all alike. I do not know whether what you are promised is near or far.

﴾١١٠﴿ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ

Innahu ya'lamul jahra minal qawli wa ya'lamu maa taktumun

He knows what is spoken openly, and He knows what you conceal.

﴾١١١﴿ وَإِنْ أَدْرِى لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتْنَةٌۭ لَّكُمْ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ

Wa in adri la'allahu fitnatul lakum wa mataa'un ilaahin

And I do not know, perhaps it is a trial for you, and enjoyment for a time."

﴾١١٢﴿ قَٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ

Qaala Rabbih kum bil haqq; wa Rabbunar Rahmaa nul musta'aanu 'alaa maa tasifun

He said, "My Lord, judge in truth. And our Lord is the Most Gracious, the One whose help is sought against what you describe."

The Tafsir · The Breakdown

What This Part Means

Overview

So We Answered Him.

Part Two runs the prophets one after another, and most of them are shown at the worst hour of their lives rather than the best. A man alone in a temple with an axe. A man in a fire. A man on a heap of loss. A man in the belly of a fish in the dark. A childless old man. And four times, at four different points, the same two words appear in Arabic. Fastajabna lahu. So We answered him. Verse 76 for Nuh, verse 84 for Ayyub, verse 88 for the man in the fish, verse 90 for Zakariyya. Four men, four completely different crises, one identical response. The section is a demonstration rather than an argument, and its conclusion is stated plainly at the end of verse 88. That is how We save the believers. Not that is how We saved him. The mechanism is being handed to the reader.

Verses 51 to 75

Ask Them, If They Can Speak.

Verse 52 opens with a question rather than an accusation. What are these statues you are devoted to? Verse 53 gives the answer that has been the answer in every century. We found our fathers worshipping them. Then verse 58, which is one of the boldest acts recorded in the Book. He made them into pieces, except a large one of theirs, so that they might return to it. He does not destroy everything. He leaves one standing, deliberately, because the argument requires a survivor. Verse 63 springs it. Rather, this large one of them did it. So ask them, if they can speak. He is not lying. He is constructing a case that forces them to say the thing out loud themselves. And verse 64 is the moment it lands. So they returned to themselves and said, "It is you who are the wrongdoers." Raja'u ila anfusihim, they returned to themselves. For one sentence they saw it clearly. Then verse 65, and this is the verse to sit with longest in the whole part. Then they were turned upside down in their heads. Nukisu ala ru'usihim. The clarity of verse 64 lasted exactly one verse, and then they inverted, and used the very fact they had just conceded as their defense: you know these do not speak. They admit the idols cannot speak and go straight back to worshipping them. A man can see a thing plainly and still turn himself back over, and this is the surah that records the interval. Verses 66 and 67 are Ibrahim's answer, and it is the last thing he says to them. Do you then worship what does not benefit you at all, and does not harm you? Shame on you. Then verse 68, the answer to a question that had no answer: burn him. And verse 69, four words that end it. Fire, be coolness and peace upon Ibrahim. Note both words. Not just cool. Cool and safe, since cold alone can also kill. Verse 73 then names what the line was made into: leaders guiding by Our command, with three things revealed to them, the doing of good deeds, the establishment of the prayer, and the giving of the zakat. The reward for standing alone was a mandate to lead, and the mandate came with a work order.

Verses 76 to 91

The Prayers, Word for Word.

Read the actual wording of these prayers, because the wording is the lesson. Verse 83, Ayyub, a man who has lost his health, his wealth and his family. His entire prayer is two sentences and contains no request. Harm has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful. He states his condition, then states an attribute of his Lord, and stops. He does not tell Allah what to do about it. Verse 84 records what came back: the harm removed, his family restored, and the like of them with them. Verse 87, the man of the fish, who is named here only by his situation. He left in anger and thought We would not restrict him. Then, in the dark, three clauses: there is no god but You, glory to You, I have been among the wrongdoers. Tawhid, then glorification, then the admission. No request in this one either. And verse 88 gives the ruling that makes this section useful to anyone reading it: We answered him and saved him from the distress. That is how We save the believers. Verse 89, Zakariyya, an old man with no child, and his prayer is one line. My Lord, do not leave me alone, and You are the best of inheritors. He does not say give me a son. He names the loneliness, then names Allah as the inheritor, which is a man saying he knows the succession is not really his to arrange. Verse 90 answers him and then, before moving on, tells you why these people were answered. They used to hurry to good deeds, and they called upon Us in hope and in fear, and they were humble before Us. Hope and fear together, in the same act of calling. Verses 78 through 80 are worth noting for a different reason. Dawud and Sulayman judge the same case, Sulayman is given the understanding of it, and then the verse immediately protects the elder: to each We gave judgment and knowledge. The younger man being right did not diminish the older man. And verse 80 gives the reason armor was taught: to protect you from your own violence. Bas'ikum, your own force. The technology was given because of what men do to each other.

Verses 92 to 112

One Community, and a Mercy to the Worlds.

Verse 92 states the design after showing eighteen prophets. This community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord, so worship Me. Verse 93 states what was done to it, in the same two words used in Al-Mu'minun. They cut their affair into pieces among themselves. Verse 94 then addresses the individual who is worried about whether any of his work counted. Whoever does righteous deeds while a believer, his effort will not be denied. We are recording it for him. La kufrana lisa'yih, no denial of his effort, and the recording is stated as ongoing. Verse 101 and verse 103 give the outcome for such a man in terms of what he will not experience. He will not hear the faintest sound of the Fire, and the greatest terror will not grieve them. Not that he will be rescued from it. That he will be kept far enough away not to hear it. Verse 104 gives the image for the end of everything. On the Day We roll up the sky like a scroll rolled for records. The sky handled the way a clerk closes a ledger. Verse 105 gives the inheritance clause. My righteous servants will inherit the earth. And verse 107 is the sentence the whole surah has been walking toward, and it is seven words. We sent you only as a mercy to the worlds. After every account of destruction in this surah, that is what the final messenger is called. Not a warner to the worlds. A mercy. Verse 109 then models the honest position for anyone carrying it. I have announced to you all alike. I do not know whether what you are promised is near or far. He is told to say he does not know the timing. The surah closes in verse 112 with the whole matter handed over. My Lord, judge in truth.

Structural Summary

Verses Fifty-One to One Hundred Twelve. So We Answered Him.

A young man breaks the idols and leaves one standing so that his people are forced to say the truth out loud, and they see it for exactly one verse before turning themselves back over. The fire is told to be cool and safe. Then four men in four different crises pray, and none of them states a request. Each names his condition and names his Lord, and each is answered with the same two words. The section closes by stating that this is how believers are saved, that a believer's effort is not denied and is being recorded, that the righteous inherit the earth, and that the final messenger was sent as a mercy to the worlds.

The Practice

Take It Into the Week

Verse 83. Pray it exactly as Ayyub did once this week. State your condition, state who He is, and stop there without adding the instruction.

Verse 65. Name the thing you have already seen clearly and then talked yourself back out of. That verse is about the interval you are standing in.

Verse 90. Check your calling on both sides. Hope and fear, in the same request, not one or the other.

آمِين

Prepared with discipline · Ameen

Verse-By-Verse · Test Yourself

The Quiz

Two questions per verse. Translation and a key Arabic word. Walk through it slow. The goal is comprehension, not speed.

Verse 581 / 12

The Verse

Why did Ibrahim leave the largest idol standing, in verse 58?