43. Surah Az-Zukhruf

یٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَیْكُمُ الْیَوْمَ وَ لَاۤ اَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُوْنَۚ ﴿٦٨﴾Open ayah 43:68 in the Quran reader

(to whom it will be said) "0 my slaves, there is no fear for you today, nor will you grieve-

اَلَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا وَ كَانُوْا مُسْلِمِیْنَۚ ﴿٦٩﴾Open ayah 43:69 in the Quran reader

(that is, 0) those (slaves) who believed in Our signs, and remained obedient.

اُدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ اَنْتُمْ وَ اَزْوَاجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُوْنَ ﴿٧٠﴾Open ayah 43:70 in the Quran reader

Enter the Paradise, you and your spouses, showered with bliss."

یُطَافُ عَلَیْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِّنْ ذَهَبٍ وَّ اَكْوَابٍ١ۚ وَ فِیْهَا مَا تَشْتَهِیْهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَ تَلَذُّ الْاَعْیُنُ١ۚ وَ اَنْتُمْ فِیْهَا خٰلِدُوْنَۚ ﴿٧١﴾Open ayah 43:71 in the Quran reader

Circulated among them will be the bowls of gold, and glasses. And therein will be whatever souls desire and that in which eyes delight. "And you will be living in it for ever.

وَ تِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتِیْۤ اُوْرِثْتُمُوْهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ ﴿٧٢﴾Open ayah 43:72 in the Quran reader

And that is the Paradise that you are made to inherit because of what you used to do.

لَكُمْ فِیْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ كَثِیْرَةٌ مِّنْهَا تَاْكُلُوْنَ ﴿٧٣﴾Open ayah 43:73 in the Quran reader

For you there are fruits in abundance from which you will eat."

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ فِیْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدُوْنَۚۖ ﴿٧٤﴾Open ayah 43:74 in the Quran reader

The sinners (on the other hand) will be in the punishment of Jahannam, living there forever.

لَا یُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَ هُمْ فِیْهِ مُبْلِسُوْنَۚ ﴿٧٥﴾Open ayah 43:75 in the Quran reader

It will not be lightened for them, and they will be there, devoid of all hopes.

وَ مَا ظَلَمْنٰهُمْ وَ لٰكِنْ كَانُوْا هُمُ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ ﴿٧٦﴾Open ayah 43:76 in the Quran reader

And We did not do injustice to them, rather, they themselves were the unjust.

وَ نَادَوْا یٰمٰلِكُ لِیَقْضِ عَلَیْنَا رَبُّكَ١ؕ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ مّٰكِثُوْنَ ﴿٧٧﴾Open ayah 43:77 in the Quran reader

And they will call (Malik, the keeper of the hell,) "0 Malik, let your Lord do away with us." He will say, " You have to stay on."

لَقَدْ جِئْنٰكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَ لٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كٰرِهُوْنَ ﴿٧٨﴾Open ayah 43:78 in the Quran reader

Indeed We have brought to you the truth, but it is the truth that most of you detest.

اَمْ اَبْرَمُوْۤا اَمْرًا فَاِنَّا مُبْرِمُوْنَۚ ﴿٧٩﴾Open ayah 43:79 in the Quran reader

Is it that they have firmly resolved to do something (harmful to Our messenger)? Then, We have firmly resolved (to frustrate their plan.)

اَمْ یَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَ نَجْوٰىهُمْ١ؕ بَلٰى وَ رُسُلُنَا لَدَیْهِمْ یَكْتُبُوْنَ ﴿٨٠﴾Open ayah 43:80 in the Quran reader

Do they think that We do not hear their secrets and their whispers? Why not? And Our messengers (angels) are with them who record.

قُلْ اِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌ١ۖۗ فَاَنَا اَوَّلُ الْعٰبِدِیْنَ ﴿٨١﴾Open ayah 43:81 in the Quran reader

Say, "Had there been a son for the Rahman, I would have been the first to worship."

سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا یَصِفُوْنَ ﴿٨٢﴾Open ayah 43:82 in the Quran reader

Pure is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, from what they describe (about Him).

فَذَرْهُمْ یَخُوْضُوْا وَ یَلْعَبُوْا حَتّٰى یُلٰقُوْا یَوْمَهُمُ الَّذِیْ یُوْعَدُوْنَ ﴿٨٣﴾Open ayah 43:83 in the Quran reader

So, let them indulge (in their fallacy) and play, until they face their Day that they are promised.

وَ هُوَ الَّذِیْ فِی السَّمَآءِ اِلٰهٌ وَّ فِی الْاَرْضِ اِلٰهٌ١ؕ وَ هُوَ الْحَكِیْمُ الْعَلِیْمُ ﴿٨٤﴾Open ayah 43:84 in the Quran reader

And He is the One who is God to be worshipped in the sky, and God to be worshipped on the earth. And He is the Wise, the All-Knowing.

وَ تَبٰرَكَ الَّذِیْ لَهٗ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ وَ مَا بَیْنَهُمَا١ۚ وَ عِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ١ۚ وَ اِلَیْهِ تُرْجَعُوْنَ ﴿٨٥﴾Open ayah 43:85 in the Quran reader

And Glorious is the One to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever lies between them. And with Him is the knowledge of the Hour; and towards Him you are to be returned.

وَ لَا یَمْلِكُ الَّذِیْنَ یَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ اِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَ هُمْ یَعْلَمُوْنَ ﴿٨٦﴾Open ayah 43:86 in the Quran reader

And those whom they invoke besides Him have no power to intercede, but those who bear witness to the truth, while they have knowledge (may intercede for the believers with Allah's permission).

وَ لَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَیَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى یُؤْفَكُوْنَۙ ﴿٨٧﴾Open ayah 43:87 in the Quran reader

And if you ask them as to who has created them, they will certainly say, "Allah". Then, to where are they driven back (by their false desires)?

وَ قِیْلِهٖ یٰرَبِّ اِنَّ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ لَّا یُؤْمِنُوْنَۘ ﴿٨٨﴾Open ayah 43:88 in the Quran reader

And (Allah has the knowledge) of his (prophet's) saying, "0 my Lord, these are a people who do not believe." (1) (1) This translation is based on the construction adopted by many exegetes, including Maulana Ashraf ` Ali Thanawi (رح) . However, according to Imam Razi, the translation will be as follows, "And (remember the time) of his (Prophet's) saying "This rendering seems to be closer to the text in view of the grammatical construction of the verse. (For details, please see At-tafsir-ul-kabir, by Imam Razi v.27, p.234) (Muhammad Taqi Usmani)

فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَ قُلْ سَلٰمٌ١ؕ فَسَوْفَ یَعْلَمُوْنَ۠ ﴿٨٩﴾Open ayah 43:89 in the Quran reader

So, turn away from them, and say, "Salam!" (good-bye! ). Then, soon they will come to know.