25: Al-Furqaan الفرقان

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

تَبٰرَكَ الَّذِىْ نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهٖ لِيَكُوْنَ لِلْعٰلَمِيْنَ نَذِيْرَا ۙ‏(1)

Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures;-

اۨلَّذِىْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَّلَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ شَرِيْكٌ فِى الْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهٗ تَقْدِيْرًا‏(2)

He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it is He who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions.

وَاتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِهٖۤ اٰلِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُوْنَ شَيْئًا وَّهُمْ يُخْلَقُوْنَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ لِاَنْفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَّلَا نَفْعًا وَّلَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ مَوْتًا وَّلَا حَيٰوةً وَّلَا نُشُوْرًا‏(3)

Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create nothing but are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to themselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection.

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْۤا اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اِفْكٌ اۨفْتَرٰٮهُ وَاَعَانَهٗ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ اٰخَرُوْنَ‌‌ ۛۚ فَقَدْ جَآءُوْ ظُلْمًا وَّزُوْرًا ۛۚ‏(4)

But the misbelievers say: “Naught is this but a lie which he has forged, and others have helped him at it.” In truth it is they who have put forward an iniquity and a falsehood.

وَقَالُوْۤا اَسَاطِيْرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلٰى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَّاَصِيْلًا‏(5)

And they say: “Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening.”

قُلْ اَنْزَلَهُ الَّذِىْ يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ‌ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ غَفُوْرًا رَّحِيْمًا‏(6)

Say: “The (Qur'an) was sent down by Him who knows the mystery (that is) in the heavens and the earth: verily He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

وَقَالُوْا مَالِ هٰذَا الرَّسُوْلِ يَاْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِىْ فِى الْاَسْوَاقِ‌ ؕ لَوْلَاۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُوْنَ مَعَهٗ نَذِيْرًا ۙ‏(7)

And they say: “What sort of a messenger is this, who eats food, and walks through the streets? Why has not an angel been sent down to him to give admonition with him?

اَوْ يُلْقٰٓى اِلَيْهِ كَنْزٌ اَوْ تَكُوْنُ لَهٗ جَنَّةٌ يَّاْكُلُ مِنْهَا‌ ؕ وَقَالَ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُوْرًا‏(8)

“Or (Why) has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or why has he (not) a garden for enjoyment?” The wicked say: “Ye follow none other than a man bewitched.”

اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوْا لَكَ الْاَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوْا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ سَبِيْلاً‏(9)

See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find!

تَبٰرَكَ الَّذِىْۤ اِنْ شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًا مِّنْ ذٰ لِكَ جَنّٰتٍ تَجْرِىْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ ۙ وَيَجْعَلْ لَّكَ قُصُوْرًا‏(10)

Blessed is He who, if that were His will, could give thee better (things) than those, Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and He could give thee palaces (secure to dwell in).

بَلْ كَذَّبُوْا بِالسَّاعَةِ‌ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِمَنْ كَذَّبَ بِالسَّاعَةِ سَعِيْرًا‌ ۚ‏(11)

Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have prepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:

اِذَا رَاَتْهُمْ مِّنْ مَّكَانٍۢ بَعِيْدٍ سَمِعُوْا لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَّزَفِيْرًا‏(12)

When it sees them from a place fAr off, they will hear its fury and its ranging sigh.

وَاِذَاۤ اُلْقُوْا مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِيْنَ دَعَوْا هُنَالِكَ ثُبُوْرًا ؕ‏(13)

And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will pLead for destruction there and then!

لَا تَدْعُوا الْيَوْمَ ثُبُوْرًا وَّاحِدًا وَّادْعُوْا ثُبُوْرًا كَثِيْرًا‏(14)

“This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft-repeated!”

قُلْ اَذٰ لِكَ خَيْرٌ اَمْ جَنَّةُ الْخُلْدِ الَّتِىْ وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُوْنَ ‌ؕ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَآءً وَّمَصِيْرًا‏(15)

Say: “Is that best, or the eternal garden, promised to the righteous? for them, that is a reward as well as a goal (of attainment).

لَّهُمْ فِيْهَا مَا يَشَآءُوْنَ خٰلِدِيْنَ‌ ؕ كَانَ عَلٰى رَبِّكَ وَعْدًا مَّسْئُوْلًا‏(16)

“For them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will dwell (there) for aye: A promise to be prayed for from thy Lord.”

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ فَيَقُوْلُ ءَاَنْتُمْ اَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِىْ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ اَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا السَّبِيْلَ ؕ‏(17)

The day He will gather them together as well as those whom they worship besides Allah, He will ask: “Was it ye who let these My servants astray, or did they stray from the Path themselves?”

قَالُوْا سُبْحٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنْۢبَغِىْ لَنَاۤ اَنْ نَّتَّخِذَ مِنْ دُوْنِكَ مِنْ اَوْلِيَآءَ وَ لٰكِنْ مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَاٰبَآءَهُمْ حَتّٰى نَسُوا الذِّكْرَ‌ۚ وَكَانُوْا قَوْمًۢا بُوْرًا‏(18)

They will say: “Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should take for protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on them and their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost.”

فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوْكُمْ بِمَا تَقُوْلُوْنَۙ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ صَرْفًا وَّلَا نَصْرًا‌ۚ وَمَنْ يَّظْلِمْ مِّنْكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيْرًا‏(19)

(Allah will say): “Now have they proved you liars in what ye say: so ye cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help.” And whoever among you does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.

وَمَاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ اِلَّاۤ اِنَّهُمْ لَيَاْكُلُوْنَ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُوْنَ فِى الْاَسْوَاقِ‌ ؕ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً ؕ اَتَصْبِرُوْنَ‌ۚ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيْرًا‏(20)

And the messengers whom We sent before thee were all (men) who ate food and walked through the streets: We have made some of you as a trial for others: will ye have patience? for Allah is One Who sees (all things).

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يَرْجُوْنَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَاۤ اُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ اَوْ نَرٰى رَبَّنَا ؕ لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا فِىْۤ اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيْرًا‏(21)

Such as fear not the meeting with Us (for Judgment) say: “Why are not the angels sent down to us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?” Indeed they have an arrogant conceit of themselves, and mighty is the insolence of their impiety!

يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرٰى يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُجْرِمِيْنَ وَ يَقُوْلُوْنَ حِجْرًا مَّحْجُوْرًا‏(22)

The Day they see the angels, no joy will there be to the sinners that Day: The (angels) will say: “There is a barrier forbidden (to you) altogether!”

وَقَدِمْنَاۤ اِلٰى مَا عَمِلُوْا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنٰهُ هَبَآءً مَّنْثُوْرًا‏(23)

And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about.

اَصْحٰبُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُّسْتَقَرًّا وَّاَحْسَنُ مَقِيْلًا‏(24)

The Companions of the Garden will be well, that Day, in their abode, and have the fairest of places for repose.

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَآءُ بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ تَنْزِيْلًا‏(25)

The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and angels shall be sent down, descending (in ranks),

اَلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذِ اۨلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ‌ؕ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى الْكٰفِرِيْنَ عَسِيْرًا‏(26)

That Day, the dominion as of right and truth, shall be (wholly) for (Allah) Most Merciful: it will be a Day of dire difficulty for the Misbelievers.

وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلٰى يَدَيْهِ يَقُوْلُ يٰلَيْتَنِى اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُوْلِ سَبِيْلًا‏(27)

The Day that the wrong-doer will bite at his hands, he will say, “Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Messenger!

يٰوَيْلَتٰى لَيْتَنِىْ لَمْ اَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيْلًا‏(28)

“Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend!

لَقَدْ اَضَلَّنِىْ عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ اِذْ جَآءَنِىْ‌ ؕ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطٰنُ لِلْاِنْسَانِ خَذُوْلًا‏(29)

“He did lead me astray from the Message (of Allah) after it had come to me! Ah! the Evil One is but a traitor to man!”

وَقَالَ الرَّسُوْلُ يٰرَبِّ اِنَّ قَوْمِى اتَّخَذُوْا هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ مَهْجُوْرًا‏(30)

Then the Messenger will say: “O my Lord! Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense.”

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ‌ؕ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَّنَصِيْرًا‏(31)

Thus have We made for every prophet an enemy among the sinners: but enough is thy Lord to guide and to help.

وَقَالَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْاٰنُ جُمْلَةً وَّاحِدَةً‌ ‌ۛۚ كَذٰلِكَ ‌ۛۚ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهٖ فُؤَادَكَ‌ وَرَتَّلْنٰهُ تَرْتِيْلًا‏(32)

Those who reject Faith say: “Why is not the Qur'an revealed to him all at once? Thus (is it revealed), that We may strengthen thy heart thereby, and We have rehearsed it to thee in slow, well-arranged stages, gradually.

وَلَا يَاْتُوْنَكَ بِمَثَلٍ اِلَّا جِئْنٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَاَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيْرًا ؕ‏(33)

And no question do they bring to thee but We reveal to thee the truth and the best explanation (thereof).

اَلَّذِيْنَ يُحْشَرُوْنَ عَلٰى وُجُوْهِهِمْ اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَۙ اُولٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَّاَضَلُّ سَبِيْلًا‏(34)

Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces, they will be in an evil plight, and, as to Path, most astray.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْسَى الْكِتٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهٗۤ اَخَاهُ هٰرُوْنَ وَزِيْرًا‌ ۖ‌ ۚ‏(35)

(Before this,) We sent Moses The Book, and appointed his brother Aaron with him as minister;

فَقُلْنَا اذْهَبَاۤ اِلَى الْقَوْمِ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَاؕ فَدَمَّرْنٰهُمْ تَدْمِيْرًاؕ‏(36)

And We command: “Go ye both, to the people who have rejected our Signs:” And those (people) We destroyed with utter destruction.

وَقَوْمَ نُوْحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا الرُّسُلَ اَغْرَقْنٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ اٰيَةً ‌ ؕ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِلظّٰلِمِيْنَ عَذَابًا اَ لِيْمًا ‌ۖ‌ ۚ‏(37)

And the people of Noah, when they rejected the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them as a Sign for mankind; and We have prepared for (all) wrong-doers a grievous Penalty;-

وَّعَادًا وَّثَمُوْدَا۟ وَ اَصْحٰبَ الرَّسِّ وَقُرُوْنًۢا بَيْنَ ذٰ لِكَ كَثِيْرًا‏(38)

As also 'Ad and Thamud, and the Companions of the Rass, and many a generation between them.

وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ الْاَمْثَالَ‌ وَكُلًّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيْرًا‏(39)