Meaning: The Believers | Total Verses: 118 | Revealed In: Mecca (Makki Surah)
1. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
Certainly will the believers have succeeded:
2. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى صَلَاتِهِمْ خَـٰشِعُونَ
They who are during their prayer humbly submissive.
3. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ
And they who turn away from ill speech.
4. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَـٰعِلُونَ
And they who are observant of zakah.
5. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَـٰفِظُونَ
And they who guard their private parts.
6. إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ
Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed.
7. فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ
But whoever seeks beyond that – then those are the transgressors.
8. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَـٰنَـٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ
And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive.
9. وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
And they who carefully maintain their prayers.
10. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ
Those are the inheritors.
11. ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسَ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.
12. وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن سُلَـٰلَةٍۢ مِّن طِينٍۢ
And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.
13. ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَـٰهُ نُطْفَةًۭ فِى قَرَارٍۢ مَّكِينٍۢ
Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging.
14. ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةًۭ
Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump \[of flesh]...
15. ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ
Then indeed, after that you are to die.
16. ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ تُبْعَثُونَ
Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.
17. وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَآئِقَ
And We have created above you seven layered heavens...
18. وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ بِقَدَرٍۢ
And We sent down from the sky water in due measure...
19. فَأَنشَأْنَا لَكُم بِهِۦ جَنَّـٰتٍۢ مِّن نَّخِيلٍۢ وَأَعْنَـٰبٍۢ
And We brought forth for you thereby gardens of palm trees and grapevines...
20. وَشَجَرَةًۭ تَخْرُجُ مِن طُورِ سَيْنَآءَ
And \[We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai...
21. وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ لَعِبْرَةًۭ
And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson...
22. وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ
And upon them and on ships you are carried.
23. وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ
And We had certainly sent Noah to his people...
24. فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ
But the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said...
25. مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌۭ مِّثْلُكُمْ
"This is not but a man like yourselves..."
26. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
\[Noah] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."
27. فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ ٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا
So We inspired him, "Construct the ship under Our observation..."
28. فَإِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ
And when you have boarded the ship...
29. وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِى مُنزَلًۭا مُّبَارَكًۭا
And say, "My Lord, let me land at a blessed landing place..."
30. إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ
Indeed in that are signs...
31. ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Then We produced after them a generation of others.
32. فَأَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ رَسُولًۭا مِّنْهُمْ
And We sent among them a messenger from themselves...
33. وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟
And the eminent among his people who disbelieved said...
34. لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَأَنزَلَ مَلَـٰٓئِكَةً
"If Allah had willed, He would have sent down angels..."
35. أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتُّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَابًۭا وَعِظَـٰمًا
"Does he promise you that when you have died and become dust and bones..."
36. هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ
"How far, how far, is that which you are promised."
37. إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا
"There is nothing but our worldly life..."
38. قَالَ رَبِّ ٱنصُرْنِى بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
\[The messenger] said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."
39. قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍۢ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَـٰدِمِينَ
\[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
40. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ
So the blast seized them in truth...
41. ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ
Then We produced after them other generations.
42. مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا
No nation will precede its time \[of termination]...
43. ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا تَتْرَا
Then We sent Our messengers in succession...
44. ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَأَخَاهُ هَـٰرُونَ
Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron...
45. فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُهْلَكِينَ
But they denied them, so they were of those destroyed.
46. وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ
And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture that perhaps they would be guided.
47. وَجَعَلْنَا ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥٓ ءَايَةًۭ
And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign...
48. إِنَّ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ
Indeed this, your religion, is one religion...
49. فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًۭا
But they divided their affair among themselves...
50. فَكُلٌّ إِلَيْنَا رَٰجِعُونَ
So each \[group] is returning to Us.