25. Al-Furqaan

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

— Saheeh International

Tabaraka allathee nazzala alfurqana AAala AAabdihi liyakoona lilAAalameena natheeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Allathee lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi walam yattakhith waladan walam yakun lahu shareekun fee almulki wakhalaqa kulla shayin faqaddarahu taqdeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waittakhathoo min doonihi alihatan la yakhluqoona shayan wahum yukhlaqoona wala yamlikoona lianfusihim darran wala nafAAan wala yamlikoona mawtan wala hayatan wala nushooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waqala allatheena kafaroo in hatha illa ifkun iftarahu waaAAanahu AAalayhi qawmun akharoona faqad jaoo <i>th</i>ulman wazooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waqaloo asateeru alawwaleena iktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Qul anzalahu allathee yaAAlamu alssirra fee alssamawati waalardi innahu kana ghafooran raheeman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waqaloo mali hatha alrrasooli yakulu alttaAAama wayamshee fee alaswaqi lawla onzila ilayhi malakun fayakoona maAAahu natheeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Aw yulqa ilayhi kanzun aw takoonu lahu jannatun yakulu minha waqala al<i>thth</i>alimoona in tattabiAAoona illa rajulan mashooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

On<i>th</i>ur kayfa daraboo laka alamthala fadalloo fala yastateeAAoona sabeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Tabaraka allathee in shaa jaAAala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu wayajAAal laka qusooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Bal kaththaboo bialssaAAati waaAAtadna liman kaththaba bialssaAAati saAAeeran

— Transliteration

When the Hellfire sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

— Saheeh International

Itha raathum min makanin baAAeedin samiAAoo laha taghayyu<i>th</i>an wazafeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waitha olqoo minha makanan dayyiqan muqarraneena daAAaw hunalika thubooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

La tadAAoo alyawma thubooran wahidan waodAAoo thubooran katheeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Qul athalika khayrun am jannatu alkhuldi allatee wuAAida almuttaqoona kanat lahum jazaan wamaseeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Lahum feeha ma yashaoona khalideena kana AAala rabbika waAAdan masoolan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wayawma yahshuruhum wama yaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi fayaqoolu aantum adlaltum AAibadee haolai am hum dalloo alssabeela

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Qaloo subhanaka ma kana yanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaa walakin mattaAAtahum waabaahum hatta nasoo alththikra wakanoo qawman booran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Faqad kaththabookum bima taqooloona fama tastateeAAoona sarfan wala nasran waman ya<i>th</i>lim minkum nuthiqhu AAathaban kabeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wama arsalna qablaka mina almursaleena illa innahum layakuloona alttaAAama wayamshoona fee alaswaqi wajaAAalna baAAdakum libaAAdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakana rabbuka baseeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waqala allatheena la yarjoona liqaana lawla onzila AAalayna almalaikatu aw nara rabbana laqadi istakbaroo fee anfusihim waAAataw AAutuwwan kabeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Yawma yarawna almalaikata la bushra yawmaithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijran mahjooran

— Transliteration

And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.

— Saheeh International

Waqadimna ila ma AAamiloo min AAamalin fajaAAalnahu habaan manthooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Ashabu aljannati yawmaithin khayrun mustaqarran waahsanu maqeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wayawma tashaqqaqu alssamao bialghamami wanuzzila almalaikatu tanzeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Almulku yawmaithin alhaqqu lilrrahmani wakana yawman AAala alkafireena AAaseeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wayawma yaAAaddu al<i>thth</i>alimu AAala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtu maAAa alrrasooli sabeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Ya waylata laytanee lam attakhith fulanan khaleelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Laqad adallanee AAani alththikri baAAda ith jaanee wakana alshshaytanu lilinsani khathoolan

— Transliteration

And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as [a thing] abandoned."

— Saheeh International

Waqala alrrasoolu ya rabbi inna qawmee ittakhathoo hatha alqurana mahjooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wakathalika jaAAalna likulli nabiyyin AAaduwwan mina almujrimeena wakafa birabbika hadiyan wanaseeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lawla nuzzila AAalayhi alquranu jumlatan wahidatan kathalika linuthabbita bihi fuadaka warattalnahu tarteelan

— Transliteration

And they do not come to you with an argument except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.

— Saheeh International

Wala yatoonaka bimathalin illa jinaka bialhaqqi waahsana tafseeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Allatheena yuhsharoona AAala wujoohihim ila jahannama olaika sharrun makanan waadallu sabeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba wajaAAalna maAAahu akhahu haroona wazeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Faqulna ithhaba ila alqawmi allatheena kaththaboo biayatina fadammarnahum tadmeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waqawma noohin lamma kaththaboo alrrusula aghraqnahum wajaAAalnahum lilnnasi ayatan waaAAtadna lil<i>thth</i>alimeena AAathaban aleeman

— Transliteration

And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well and many generations between them.

— Saheeh International

WaAAadan wathamooda waashaba alrrassi waquroonan bayna thalika katheeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wakullan darabna lahu alamthala wakullan tabbarna tatbeeran

— Transliteration

And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.

— Saheeh International

Walaqad ataw AAala alqaryati allatee omtirat matara alssawi afalam yakoonoo yarawnaha bal kanoo la yarjoona nushooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waitha raawka in yattakhithoonaka illa huzuwan ahatha allathee baAAatha Allahu rasoolan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

In kada layudilluna AAan alihatina lawla an sabarna AAalayha wasawfa yaAAlamoona heena yarawna alAAathaba man adallu sabeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Araayta mani ittakhatha ilahahu hawahu afaanta takoonu AAalayhi wakeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Am tahsabu anna aktharahum yasmaAAoona aw yaAAqiloona in hum illa kaalanAAami bal hum adallu sabeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Alam tara ila rabbika kayfa madda al<i>thth</i>illa walaw shaa lajaAAalahu sakinan thumma jaAAalna alshshamsa AAalayhi daleelan

— Transliteration

Then We hold it in hand for a brief grasp.

— Saheeh International

Thumma qabadnahu ilayna qabdan yaseeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala lakumu allayla libasan waalnnawma subatan wajaAAala alnnahara nushooran

— Transliteration

And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy, and We send down from the sky pure water

— Saheeh International

Wahuwa allathee arsala alrriyaha bushran bayna yaday rahmatihi waanzalna mina alssamai maan tahooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Linuhyiya bihi baldatan maytan wanusqiyahu mimma khalaqna anAAaman waanasiyya katheeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Walaqad sarrafnahu baynahum liyaththakkaroo faaba aktharu alnnasi illa kufooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Walaw shina labaAAathna fee kulli qaryatin natheeran

— Transliteration

So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with the Qur'an a great striving.

— Saheeh International

Fala tutiAAi alkafireena wajahidhum bihi jihadan kabeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wahuwa allathee maraja albahrayni hatha AAathbun furatun wahatha milhun ojajun wajaAAala baynahuma barzakhan wahijran mahjooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wahuwa allathee khalaqa mina almai basharan fajaAAalahu nasaban wasihran wakana rabbuka qadeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

WayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yanfaAAuhum wala yadurruhum wakana alkafiru AAala rabbihi <i>th</i>aheeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wama arsalnaka illa mubashshiran wanatheeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Qul ma asalukum AAalayhi min ajrin illa man shaa an yattakhitha ila rabbihi sabeelan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Watawakkal AAala alhayyi allathee la yamootu wasabbih bihamdihi wakafa bihi bithunoobi AAibadihi khabeeran

— Transliteration

He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed.

— Saheeh International

Allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda wama baynahuma fee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa AAala alAAarshi alrrahmanu faisal bihi khabeeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waitha qeela lahumu osjudoo lilrrahmani qaloo wama alrrahmanu anasjudu lima tamuruna wazadahum nufooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Tabaraka allathee jaAAala fee alssamai buroojan wajaAAala feeha sirajan waqamaran muneeran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala allayla waalnnahara khilfatan liman arada an yaththakkara aw arada shukooran

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

WaAAibadu alrrahmani allatheena yamshoona AAala alardi hawnan waitha khatabahumu aljahiloona qaloo salaman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waallatheena yabeetoona lirabbihim sujjadan waqiyaman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waallatheena yaqooloona rabbana isrif AAanna AAathaba jahannama inna AAathabaha kana gharaman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Innaha saat mustaqarran wamuqaman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waallatheena itha anfaqoo lam yusrifoo walam yaqturoo wakana bayna thalika qawaman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waallatheena la yadAAoona maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara wala yaqtuloona alnnafsa allatee harrama Allahu illa bialhaqqi wala yaznoona waman yafAAal thalika yalqa athaman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

YudaAAaf lahu alAAathabu yawma alqiyamati wayakhlud feehi muhanan

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Illa man taba waamana waAAamila AAamalan salihan faolaika yubaddilu Allahu sayyiatihim hasanatin wakana Allahu ghafooran raheeman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waman taba waAAamila salihan fainnahu yatoobu ila Allahi mataban

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waallatheena la yashhadoona alzzoora waitha marroo biallaghwi marroo kiraman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Waallatheena itha thukkiroo biayati rabbihim lam yakhirroo AAalayha summan waAAumyanan

— Transliteration

And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous."

— Saheeh International

Waallatheena yaqooloona rabbana hab lana min azwajina wathurriyyatina qurrata aAAyunin waijAAalna lilmuttaqeena imaman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Olaika yujzawna alghurfata bima sabaroo wayulaqqawna feeha tahiyyatan wasalaman

— Transliteration

Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.

— Saheeh International

Khalideena feeha hasunat mustaqarran wamuqaman

— Transliteration

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

— Saheeh International

Qul ma yaAAbao bikum rabbee lawla duAAaokum faqad kaththabtum fasawfa yakoonu lizaman

— Transliteration