Surah 25 of 114 · Makki · 77 ayat
Al-Furqan الفرقان
The Criterion
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
PickthallBlessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion (of right and wrong), that he may be a warner to the peoples.
Yusuf AliBlessed is He who sent down the criterion to His servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures;-
The agreed readingBlessed is He - the word is of good that multiplies - who sent the Criterion down upon His servant, so that he might be a warner to all peoples.
ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًا
PickthallHe unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, He hath chosen no son nor hath He any partner in the Sovereignty. He hath created everything and hath meted out for it a measure.
Yusuf AliHe 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.
The agreed readingTo Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He has taken no child, and He has no partner in the kingdom. He created everything and set its measure exactly: the commentaries gloss that measuring as the fixing of limits - the term, the provision, how long a thing lasts and when it ends.
وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَوٰةً وَلَا نُشُورًا
PickthallYet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.
Yusuf AliYet 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.
The agreed readingAnd they have taken up gods besides Him that create nothing and are themselves made; that hold no harm and no benefit even for themselves; that have no power over death, or life, or the raising of the dead.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا
PickthallThose who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.
Yusuf AliBut 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.
The agreed readingThose who refuse say: this is nothing but a lie he made up, and other people helped him with it. In saying so they have brought a wrong and a falsehood of their own.
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا
PickthallAnd they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.
Yusuf AliAnd they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."
The agreed readingAnd they say: they are the tales of the ancients, which he had copied out for him, and which are read over to him morning and evening.
قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِى يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
PickthallSay (unto them, O Muhammad): He who knoweth the secret of the heavens and the earth hath revealed it. Lo! He ever is Forgiving, Merciful.
Yusuf AliSay: "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."
The agreed readingSay: it was sent down by the One who knows what is kept secret in the heavens and the earth - so nothing invented could have been hidden from Him. And He is forgiving and merciful.
وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا
PickthallAnd they say: What aileth this messenger (of Allah) that he eateth food and walketh in the markets? Why is not an angel sent down unto him, to be a warner with him.
Yusuf AliAnd 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?
The agreed readingAnd they say: what sort of messenger is this, who eats food and walks about in the markets? Why was no angel sent down to be a warner alongside him and to confirm him?
أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا
PickthallOr (why is not) treasure thrown down unto him, or why hath he not a paradise from whence to eat? And the evil-doers say: Ye are but following a man bewitched.
Yusuf Ali"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."
The agreed readingOr a treasure thrown down to him, so that he would not have to go about looking for a living; or a garden of his own to eat from. And the wrongdoers say: the man you follow is under a spell.
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
PickthallSee how they coin similitudes for thee, so that they are all astray and cannot find a road!
Yusuf AliSee what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find!
The agreed readingLook at the pictures they make of him - a man bewitched, a man in need of money, a man who ought to have an angel beside him. They have lost the road by it, and they cannot find their way back to it.
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا
PickthallBlessed is He Who, if He will, will assign thee better than (all) that - Gardens underneath which rivers flow - and will assign thee mansions.
Yusuf AliBlessed 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).
The agreed readingBlessed is He who, if He willed, could give him better than the things they named: gardens with rivers running beneath them, and palaces besides.
بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا
PickthallNay, but they deny (the coming of) the Hour, and for those who deny (the coming of) the Hour We have prepared a flame.
Yusuf AliNay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have prepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:
The agreed readingBut the real matter is that they called the Hour a lie; and for whoever calls the Hour a lie, a Blaze has been made ready.
إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا
PickthallWhen it seeth them from afar, they hear the crackling and the roar thereof.
Yusuf AliWhen it sees them from a place far off, they will hear its fury and its ranging sigh.
The agreed readingWhen it sees them from far off - the commentaries say from a year's journey away - they hear it raging and roaring.
وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًا ضَيِّقًا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًا
PickthallAnd when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there.
Yusuf AliAnd when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then!
The agreed readingAnd when they are flung into a narrow place in it, chained one to another, they call out there for their own destruction.
لَّا تَدْعُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًا وَٰحِدًا وَٱدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا كَثِيرًا
PickthallPray not that day for one destruction, but pray for many destructions!
Yusuf Ali"This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft-repeated!"
The agreed readingDo not call today for one destruction, they are told; call for many. The punishment is of many kinds, and one cry will not cover it.
قُلْ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ ٱلْخُلْدِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَآءً وَمَصِيرًا
PickthallSay: Is that (doom) better or the Garden of Immortality which is promised unto those who ward off (evil)? It will be their reward and journey's end.
Yusuf AliSay: "Is that best, or the eternal garden, promised to the righteous? for them, that is a reward as well as a goal (of attainment).
The agreed readingSay: is that better, or the Garden that lasts, which is promised to those who guard themselves? It is their reward and the place they arrive at. The commentaries note the form of the question: it is put as a comparison to make them feel the distance between the two, not because there is any good in the Fire to be weighed.
لَّهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًا مَّسْـُٔولًا
PickthallTherein abiding, they have all that they desire. It is for thy Lord a promise that must be fulfilled.
Yusuf Ali"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."
The agreed readingThey have there whatever they wish for, and they stay. It is a promise binding on your Lord - a promise of the kind that is asked for, and He has taken it upon Himself.
وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ
PickthallAnd on the day when He will assemble them and that which they worship instead of Allah and will say: Was it ye who misled these my slaves or did they (themselves) wander from the way?
Yusuf AliThe 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?"
The agreed readingAnd on the day He gathers them and the things they worshipped besides God - the commentaries name among them angels, and Jesus, and Ezra - and asks: was it you who led these servants of Mine astray, or did they wander off the road themselves?
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًا
PickthallThey will say: Be Thou Glorified! it was not for us to choose any protecting friends beside thee; but Thou didst give them and their fathers ease till they forgot the warning and became lost folk.
Yusuf AliThey 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."
The agreed readingThey say: glory be to You - it was never right for us to take any protectors besides You. But You gave them and their fathers ease until they forgot the reminder, and they were a people ruined.
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا
PickthallThus they will give you the lie regarding what ye say, then ye can neither avert (the doom) nor obtain help. And whoso among you doeth wrong, We shall make him taste great torment.
Yusuf Ali(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.
The agreed readingSo the ones they worshipped have given them the lie about what they claimed, and now they can neither turn the punishment away nor find any help. And whoever of you does wrong will be made to taste a great punishment.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا
PickthallWe never sent before thee any messengers but lo! they verily ate food and walked in the markets. And We have appointed some of you a test for others: Will ye be steadfast? And thy Lord is ever Seer.
Yusuf AliAnd 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).
The agreed readingAnd no messenger was sent before Muhammad who did not eat food and walk in the markets: he is like them in that, and they were told what he is told. And some of you have been made a test for others - will you be patient? And your Lord sees it all.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا
PickthallAnd those who look not for a meeting with Us say: Why are angels not sent down unto us and (Why) do we not see our Lord! Assuredly they think too highly of themselves and are scornful with great pride.
Yusuf AliSuch 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!
The agreed readingAnd those who do not look for any meeting with God say: why are the angels not sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord ourselves? They have grown large in their own eyes and have gone far in their insolence.
يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرَىٰ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا
PickthallOn the day when they behold the angels, on that day there will be no good tidings for the guilty; and they will cry: A forbidding ban!
Yusuf AliThe 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!"
The agreed readingOn the day they do see the angels, there is no good news in it for the guilty. They will say: a barrier, and forbidden - the words they used to say to ward off what they feared, said now against what cannot be warded off.
وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هَبَآءً مَّنثُورًا
PickthallAnd We shall turn unto the work they did and make it scattered motes.
Yusuf AliAnd We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about.
The agreed readingAnd whatever deeds they did will be gone over and scattered like dust in the air. The commentaries name the kinds of good they mean: charity given, kin visited, a guest fed, someone in trouble helped.
أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُّسْتَقَرًّا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًا
PickthallThose who have earned the Garden on that day will be better in their home and happier in their place of noonday rest;
Yusuf AliThe Companions of the Garden will be well, that Day, in their abode, and have the fairest of places for repose.
The agreed readingThose who belong to the Garden on that day are better placed than they are, and better off at their midday rest.
وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا
PickthallA day when the heaven with the clouds will be rent asunder and the angels will be sent down, a grand descent.
Yusuf AliThe Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and angels shall be sent down, descending (in ranks),-
The agreed readingAnd on the day the sky is split open with the clouds, and the angels are sent down, coming down in force.
ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًا
PickthallThe Sovereignty on that day will be the True (Sovereignty) belonging to the Beneficent One, and it will be a hard day for disbelievers.
Yusuf AliThat 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.
The agreed readingThe kingdom on that day - the true kingdom, shared with no one - belongs to the Compassionate. And it is a hard day for those who refuse, and not for those who believe.
وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا
PickthallOn the day when the wrong-doer gnaweth his hands, he will say: Ah, would that I had chosen a way together with the messenger (of Allah)!
Yusuf AliThe 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!
The agreed readingOn the day the wrongdoer bites at his own hands - the gesture the commentaries read as regret at its sharpest - and says: if only I had taken some road with the Messenger, any road at all.
يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا
PickthallAlas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such an one for friend!
Yusuf Ali"Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend!
The agreed readingWoe to me, he says: if only I had never taken that man for a friend. The one he names is the one who had been closest to him.
لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولًا
PickthallHe verily led me astray from the Reminder after it had reached me. Satan was ever man's deserter in the hour of need.
Yusuf Ali"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!"
The agreed readingHe turned me away from the reminder after it had already reached me. And Satan leaves a man in the lurch at exactly the point where the man needs him.
وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًا
PickthallAnd the messenger saith: O my Lord! Lo! mine own folk make this Qur'an of no account.
Yusuf AliThen the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense."
The agreed readingAnd the Messenger says: my Lord, my own people have put this Qur'an aside as a thing abandoned.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَنَصِيرًا
PickthallEven so have We appointed unto every prophet an opponent from among the guilty; but Allah sufficeth for a Guide and Helper.
Yusuf AliThus have We made for every prophet an enemy among the sinners: but enough is thy Lord to guide and to help.
The agreed readingAnd so it has always been: for every prophet an enemy was made out of the guilty. Be patient as they were patient. Your Lord is enough as a guide and enough as a helper.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ جُمْلَةً وَٰحِدَةً كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ وَرَتَّلْنَٰهُ تَرْتِيلًا
PickthallAnd those who disbelieve say: Why is the Qur'an not revealed unto him all at once? (It is revealed) thus that We may strengthen thy heart therewith; and We have arranged it in right order.
Yusuf AliThose 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.
The agreed readingThose who refuse say: why was the Qur'an not sent down on him all at once, the way the earlier books were? It came in parts for a reason - so that his heart would be made firm by it, part after part - and it was set out in its own order.
وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا
PickthallAnd they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as against it), and better (than their similitude) as argument.
Yusuf AliAnd no question do they bring to thee but We reveal to thee the truth and the best explanation (thereof).
The agreed readingThey bring him no argument and no comparison against what he says without the truth being brought against it, and a better setting-out of the matter along with it.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
PickthallThose who will be gathered on their faces unto hell: such are worse in plight and further from the right road.
Yusuf AliThose who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces,- they will be in an evil plight, and, as to Path, most astray.
The agreed readingThose who will be gathered on their faces towards Hell are the worse placed and the further off the road. The commentaries answer the obvious objection plainly: the One who made them walk on their feet can make them walk on their faces.
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرًا
PickthallWe verily gave Moses the Scripture and placed with him his brother Aaron as henchman.
Yusuf Ali(Before this,) We sent Moses The Book, and appointed his brother Aaron with him as minister;
The agreed readingAnd Moses was given the Book, and his brother Aaron was put with him as a support.
فَقُلْنَا ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ تَدْمِيرًا
PickthallThen We said: Go together unto the folk who have denied Our revelations. Then We destroyed them, a complete destruction.
Yusuf AliAnd We command: "Go ye both, to the people who have rejected our Signs:" And those (people) We destroyed with utter destruction.
The agreed readingThen We said: go, the two of you, to the people who called Our signs a lie. They went, and they were called liars, and then that people was destroyed utterly.
وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةً وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
PickthallAnd Noah's folk, when they denied the messengers, We drowned them and made of them a portent for mankind. We have prepared a painful doom for evil-doers.
Yusuf AliAnd 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;-
The agreed readingAnd Noah's people: when they called the messengers liars - the commentaries note the plural, since to deny one of them is to deny all of them - they were drowned, and they were left as a sign for people. And a painful punishment is prepared for the wrongdoers.
وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًا
PickthallAnd (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and the dwellers in Ar-Rass, and many generations in between.
Yusuf AliAs also 'Ad and Thamud, and the Companions of the Rass, and many a generation between them.
The agreed readingAnd Ad, who were Hud's people, and Thamud, who were Salih's, and the people of the well called al-Rass, and many generations in between them.
وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ وَكُلًّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًا
PickthallEach (of them) We warned by examples, and each (of them) We brought to utter ruin.
Yusuf AliTo each one We set forth Parables and examples; and each one We broke to utter annihilation (for their sins).
The agreed readingFor each of them the case was first set out in comparisons: not one was destroyed before being warned. And then each was ruined utterly.
وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا
PickthallAnd indeed they have passed by the township whereon was rained the fatal rain. Can it be that they have not seen it? Nay, but they hope for no resurrection.
Yusuf AliAnd the (Unbelievers) must indeed have passed by the town on which was rained a shower of evil: did they not then see it (with their own eyes)? But they fear not the Resurrection.
The agreed readingThey have passed by the town on which the evil rain came down. Can it be that they never saw it? They saw it, and it taught them nothing, because they look for no raising at all.
وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا
PickthallAnd when they see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?
Yusuf AliWhen they see thee, they treat thee no otherwise than in mockery: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?"
The agreed readingAnd when they see him they make a joke of him: is this the one God sent as a messenger? They say it to make the sending itself look small.
إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
PickthallHe would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.
Yusuf Ali"He indeed would well-nigh have misled us from our gods, had it not been that we were constant to them!" - Soon will they know, when they see the Penalty, who it is that is most misled in Path!
The agreed readingHe almost turned us away from our gods, they say, if we had not held out against him. They will know, when they see the punishment, which of them was the further off the road.
أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا
PickthallHast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust? Wouldst thou then be guardian over him?
Yusuf AliSeest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him?
The agreed readingHave you seen the man who takes his own desire as his god - who obeys it and follows it in the place of God? Are you then to be set over him as his keeper?
أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
PickthallOr deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle - nay, but they are farther astray?
Yusuf AliOr thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They are only like cattle;- nay, they are worse astray in Path.
The agreed readingOr do you suppose that most of them hear or use their minds? They are only like grazing animals; in fact they are further off the road than the animals are.
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنًا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًا
PickthallHast thou not seen how thy Lord hath spread the shade - And if He willed He could have made it still - then We have made the sun its pilot;
Yusuf AliHast thou not turned thy vision to thy Lord?- How He doth prolong the shadow! If He willed, He could make it stationary! then do We make the sun its guide;
The agreed readingHave you not looked at how your Lord spread the shade - the commentaries put it at the stretch between the first light and the rising of the sun? Had He willed, He would have left it standing still; and then the sun was made the thing that points to it.
ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًا يَسِيرًا
PickthallThen We withdraw it unto Us, a gradual withdrawal?
Yusuf AliThen We draw it in towards Ourselves,- a contraction by easy stages.
The agreed readingThen it is drawn back in, a little at a time and so quietly that the drawing is not seen, as the sun comes up.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا
PickthallAnd He it is Who maketh night a covering for you, and sleep repose, and maketh day a resurrection.
Yusuf AliAnd He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you, and Sleep as Repose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.
The agreed readingAnd He is the one who made the night a covering that wraps you as clothing does, and sleep a cutting-off from work so that the body can rest, and the day a rising up again.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً طَهُورًا
PickthallAnd He it is Who sendeth the winds, glad tidings heralding His mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky,
Yusuf AliAnd He it is Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy, and We send down pure water from the sky,-
The agreed readingAnd He is the one who sends the winds ahead of His mercy with the news of it, and sends down from the sky water that is pure and that makes pure.
لِّنُحْـِۧىَ بِهِۦ بَلْدَةً مَّيْتًا وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ أَنْعَٰمًا وَأَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيرًا
PickthallThat We may give life thereby to a dead land, and We give many beasts and men that We have created to drink thereof.
Yusuf AliThat with it We may give life to a dead land, and slake the thirst of things We have created,- cattle and men in great numbers.
The agreed readingSo that a dead land may be brought to life by it, and so that many of the animals and the people He created may drink of it.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا
PickthallAnd verily We have repeated it among them that they may remember, but most of mankind begrudge aught save ingratitude.
Yusuf AliAnd We have distributed the (water) amongst them, in order that they may celebrate (our) praises, but most men are averse (to aught) but (rank) ingratitude.
The agreed readingAnd He turns the rain about among them - to one people at one time and to another at another - so that they would take heed. But most people will have nothing but ingratitude.
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَّذِيرًا
PickthallIf We willed, We could raise up a warner in every village.
Yusuf AliHad it been Our Will, We could have sent a warner to every centre of population.
The agreed readingAnd had He willed, a warner could have been raised up in every single town. He was sent instead to the people of all of them.
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَجَٰهِدْهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادًا كَبِيرًا
PickthallSo obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavour.
Yusuf AliTherefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an).
The agreed readingSo do not give in to those who refuse; and strive against them with this - with the Qur'an itself - a great striving.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا
PickthallAnd He it is Who hath given independence to the two seas (though they meet); one palatable, sweet, and the other saltish, bitter; and hath set a bar and a forbidding ban between them.
Yusuf AliIt is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water: One palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter; yet has He made a barrier between them, a partition that is forbidden to be passed.
The agreed readingAnd He is the one who let the two waters run together: one sweet and fresh, the other salt and bitter. Between them He set a barrier and a partition neither of them crosses, so that they meet without mixing.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًا
PickthallAnd He it is Who hath created man from water, and hath appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is ever Powerful.
Yusuf AliIt is He Who has created man from water: then has He established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things).
The agreed readingAnd He is the one who created a human being out of water and made of him kinship by blood and kinship by marriage. Your Lord has always been able to do it.
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًا
PickthallYet they worship instead of Allah that which can neither benefit them nor hurt them. The disbeliever was ever a partisan against his Lord.
Yusuf AliYet do they worship, besides Allah, things that can neither profit them nor harm them: and the Misbeliever is a helper (of Evil), against his own Lord!
The agreed readingAnd they worship, instead of God, what does them no good if they serve it and no harm if they leave it. And the one who refuses stands as a supporter against his own Lord.
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا
PickthallAnd We have sent thee (O Muhammad) only as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.
Yusuf AliBut thee We only sent to give glad tidings and admonition.
The agreed readingAnd Muhammad was sent for nothing beyond this: to bring the good news of the Garden and to warn of the Fire. Nothing past that was laid on him.
قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًا
PickthallSay: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord.
Yusuf AliSay: "No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one who will may take a (straight) Path to his Lord."
The agreed readingSay: I ask you no fee at all for delivering this. The only return asked is that whoever wishes should take a road to his Lord.
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْحَىِّ ٱلَّذِى لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا
PickthallAnd trust thou in the Living One Who dieth not, and hymn His praise. He sufficeth as the Knower of His bondmen's sins,
Yusuf AliAnd put thy trust in Him Who lives and dies not; and celebrate his praise; and enough is He to be acquainted with the faults of His servants;-
The agreed readingAnd put your trust in the Living One who does not die, and declare His purity along with His praise. He is enough as one who knows the sins of His servants.
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ فَسْـَٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًا
PickthallWho created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days, then He mounted the Throne. The Beneficent! Ask anyone informed concerning Him!
Yusuf AliHe Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between, in six days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of Authority): Allah Most Gracious: ask thou, then, about Him of any acquainted (with such things).
The agreed readingHe created the heavens and the earth and everything between them in six days, and then established Himself upon the Throne: the Compassionate. So ask about Him one who knows.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًا
PickthallAnd when it is said unto them: Prostrate to the Beneficent! they say: And what is the Beneficent? Are we to prostrate to whatever thou (Muhammad) biddest us? And it increaseth aversion in them.
Yusuf AliWhen it is said to them, "Prostrate to (Allah) Most Gracious!", they say, "And what is (Allah) Most Gracious? Shall we prostrate to that which thou commandest us?" And it increases their flight (from the Truth).
The agreed readingAnd when they are told to prostrate to the Compassionate, they say: and what is the Compassionate? Are we to prostrate to whatever you tell us to? And the telling only drives them further off.
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا
PickthallBlessed be He Who hath placed in the heaven mansions of the stars, and hath placed therein a great lamp and a moon giving light!
Yusuf AliBlessed is He Who made constellations in the skies, and placed therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light;
The agreed readingBlessed is He who set the constellations in the sky, and put in it a lamp that burns and a moon that gives light.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًا
PickthallAnd He it is Who hath appointed night and day in succession, for him who desireth to remember, or desireth thankfulness.
Yusuf AliAnd it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow each other: for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their gratitude.
The agreed readingAnd He is the one who made night and day follow one after the other, each taking the other's place, for anyone who wants to take heed or to be thankful - so that what was missed in the one can be made up in the other.
وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا
PickthallThe (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;
Yusuf AliAnd the servants of (Allah) Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, "Peace!";
The agreed readingAnd the servants of the Compassionate are those who walk on the earth without weight: the commentaries agree that it means a man's own natural gait, with no strutting in it and nothing put on. And when the ignorant speak at them, they answer: peace.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيَٰمًا
PickthallAnd who spend the night before their Lord, prostrate and standing,
Yusuf AliThose who spend the night in adoration of their Lord prostrate and standing;
The agreed readingAnd those who pass the night before their Lord, prostrating and standing in prayer. The night is named because worship then is the harder thing and the further from being seen.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا
PickthallAnd who say: Our Lord! Avert from us the doom of hell; lo! the doom thereof is anguish;
Yusuf AliThose who say, "Our Lord! avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous,-
The agreed readingAnd those who say: our Lord, turn the punishment of Hell away from us - its punishment is a thing that clings and does not let go.
إِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا
PickthallLo! it is wretched as abode and station;
Yusuf Ali"Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in";
The agreed readingIt is an evil place to be brought to rest in and an evil place to stay in - the two words the commentaries separate, one for where a man settles and one for where he remains.
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا۟ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًا
PickthallAnd those who, when they spend, are neither prodigal nor grudging; and there is ever a firm station between the two;
Yusuf AliThose who, when they spend, are not extravagant and not niggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);
The agreed readingAnd those who, when they spend, neither go beyond what is needed nor hold back too tightly; their spending stands between the two.
وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا
PickthallAnd those who cry not unto any other god along with Allah, nor take the life which Allah hath forbidden save in (course of) justice, nor commit adultery - and whoso doeth this shall pay the penalty;
Yusuf AliThose who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit fornication; - and any that does this (not only) meets punishment.
The agreed readingAnd those who call on no other god beside God; who do not take the life God has made inviolable, except by right; and who do not commit fornication. Whoever does any one of those three will meet the penalty of it.
يُضَٰعَفْ لَهُ ٱلْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا
PickthallThe doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein disdained for ever;
Yusuf Ali(But) the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignominy,-
The agreed readingThe punishment is doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he stays in it, brought low.
إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًا صَٰلِحًا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ حَسَنَٰتٍ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
PickthallSave him who repenteth and believeth and doth righteous work; as for such, Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
Yusuf AliUnless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah will change the evil of such persons into good, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful,
The agreed readingExcept the one who repents, and believes, and does what is right. For those, God turns their bad deeds into good ones; and God has never been anything other than forgiving and merciful.
وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابًا
PickthallAnd whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward Allah with true repentance -
Yusuf AliAnd whoever repents and does good has truly turned to Allah with an (acceptable) conversion;-
The agreed readingAnd whoever repents and does what is right has turned to God with a real turning: the turning back is itself the thing God receives from him.
وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًا
PickthallAnd those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.
Yusuf AliThose who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honourable (avoidance);
The agreed readingAnd those who give no witness to what is false and take no part in it; and when they pass by what is idle, they pass by keeping their dignity and turning away from it.
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَعُمْيَانًا
PickthallAnd those who, when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.
Yusuf AliThose who, when they are admonished with the Signs of their Lord, droop not down at them as if they were deaf or blind;
The agreed readingAnd those who, when they are reminded of their Lord's signs, do not fall upon them deaf and blind: they hear what is said to them and they see what they are shown.
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا
PickthallAnd who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our wives and of our offspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).
Yusuf AliAnd those who pray, "Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous."
The agreed readingAnd those who say: our Lord, give us from our wives and our children what will cool our eyes - the commentaries gloss it as seeing them obedient to God - and make us a pattern for those who guard themselves.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةً وَسَلَٰمًا
PickthallThey will be awarded the high place forasmuch as they were steadfast, and they will meet therein with welcome and the ward of peace,
Yusuf AliThose are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in heaven, because of their patient constancy: therein shall they be met with salutations and peace,
The agreed readingThose are the ones rewarded with the highest place, for their patience; and they are met there with a greeting and with peace.
خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّا وَمُقَامًا
PickthallAbiding there for ever. Happy is it as abode and station!
Yusuf AliDwelling therein;- how beautiful an abode and place of rest!
The agreed readingThey stay there and do not die and are not taken out of it. It is a good place to be brought to rest in, and a good place to stay in.
قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا۟ بِكُمْ رَبِّى لَوْلَا دُعَآؤُكُمْ فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًۢا
PickthallSay (O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers): My Lord would not concern Himself with you but for your prayer. But now ye have denied (the Truth), therefor there will be judgment.
Yusuf AliSay (to the Rejecters): "My Lord is not uneasy because of you if ye call not on Him: But ye have indeed rejected (Him), and soon will come the inevitable (punishment)!"
The agreed readingSay: my Lord would take no account of you at all but for your calling on Him - the commentaries take it as the calling that comes out of people in hard times. But you have called the truth a lie, and now the consequence must fall.