Alif Lām Mīm – This surah begins with disconnected letters, the explanation for which has already preceded in Surat Al-Baqarah.

This Quran that Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم has brought was revealed to him by the Lord of all the worlds. There is no doubt in it.

These disbelievers say: Indeed, Muhammad has fabricated it and attributed it to his Lord. It is not as they say. Instead, it is the truth in which there is no doubt, revealed from your Lord to you, O Messenger, so that you may warn a nation, to whom no Messenger has come before you, of the punishment of Allah, so that they may be guided to the truth, and follow and practice it.

Allah is the One who created the heavens and the Earth and created everything in between them in six days, while He is capable of making them in less than the time it takes to bat an eyelid. He then rose over His throne in a manner that befits His Majesty. O people, you do not have a guardian who cares for your affairs other than Him or an intercessor who intercedes for you in front of your Lord. Do you not think to worship Allah, who created you, and not to worship others besides Him?

Allah, may He be Exalted and Transcendent, disposes of the affair of all creation in the heavens and the Earth. That affair then ascends to Him in a day, the duration of which is like a thousand of your years in this world.

The One who organizes all that is aware of everything present and absent; none of it is hidden from Him. He is the Almighty whom none can overcome; who takes retribution from his enemies and is Merciful towards His believing slaves.

He is the One who perfected everything He created and created man from clay without any precedent.

He then created his progeny after him from a delicate fluid: semen.

Then He completed the creation of man in his complete form, then blew His soul [that He created for him] into him by commanding the angel appointed with blowing the soul, and made for you, O people, ears so that you could hear with them, eyes so that you could see, and hearts so that you could understand. Seldom are you grateful for Allah's bounties, which He bestows upon you.

The polytheists who reject the resurrection say: When we die, and our bodies become dust and disappear into the earth, will we be resurrected back to life? That is inconceivable. Instead, they reject the resurrection and do not believe in it.

O Messenger, tell these polytheists who reject the resurrection: The angel of death whom Allah has appointed to seize your souls shall do so, then to Us alone you will return on the Day of Resurrection to give account and to be recompensed.

The criminals will soon emerge on the Day of Resurrection, bowing their heads in humiliation due to their rejection of the resurrection, feeling ashamed, and saying: Our Lord! We have seen the resurrection that we used to reject. Now we hear the confirmation of that which the Messengers brought from You. Therefore, return us to the worldly life so we can do good deeds that will make You pleased with us. Indeed, we are now convinced of the resurrection and the truth of whatever the Messengers brought. If you were to see the criminals in that state, you would see something genuinely profound.

And if I wished to give every soul guidance and success, I would have made them [follow the guidance]. However, it was necessary to pass the decree through wisdom and justice that I would fill Hell on the Day of Resurrection with the disbelievers from both assemblies of jinn and humanity because they chose the path of disbelief and error over the path of belief and steadfastness.

And on the Day of Resurrection, they will be told in rebuke and censure: Now taste the punishment due to your heedlessness of the meeting with Allah on the Day of Resurrection for accountability in the worldly life. I shall leave you in the punishment without caring for how much you suffer from it. Taste the punishment of the everlasting Fire that will not end because of the sins you used to commit in the worldly life.

After mentioning the condition of criminals, Allah mentions the condition of the believers, stating:

Only those who believe in Our verses revealed to Our Messenger prostrate to Allah when reminded, exalting, and praising Him. They are not arrogant from worshipping Him or prostrating to Him in any condition.

They stay from their beds to worship Allah, supplicating to Him in their prayers, fearing His punishment, and hoping for His mercy. They also spend the wealth Allah has given them in His path.

So, no one knows what Allah has prepared for them that brings coolness and joy to the eyes as a reward for the good deeds they did in this world. Due to its magnitude, it is a reward that no one except Allah can fully comprehend.

The one who believes in Allah, acts upon His commands, and avoids His prohibitions is unlike the one who disobeys Him. According to Allah, the two groups are not equal in reward.

As for those who believe in Allah and do good deeds, the reward prepared for them is gardens in which they shall remain as an honor from Allah to them and a reward for the good deeds they used to do in this world.

As for those who left the obedience of Allah by disbelieving and committing sins, the abode prepared for them on the Day of Resurrection is the Fire in which they shall remain forever. They will be returned to it every time they attempt to come out of it. It will be said to them, rebukingly: Taste the punishment of the Fire you used to deny in the worldly life when your messengers used to warn you.

We will make these disbelievers who left the obedience of their Lord and do not repent suffer trials and afflictions in this worldly life before the major punishment, for perhaps due to those worldly afflictions, they will repent to Allah.

There is no one more wrong than the one who is admonished with the words of Allah but does not take heed and turns away without caring about them. Indeed, We will inevitably take retribution from the criminals because they commit disbelief and sins and turn away from the verses of Allah.

Verily, We gave Moses the Torah, so, O Messenger, do not be in doubt over you having met Moses in the Night Journey and the Ascension. We made the Book revealed to Moses a guide for the Israelites to stop them from falling into misguidance.

And We made some Israelites be leaders whom the people would emulate and follow. They became guides to the truth when they were patient in calling others to Allah, complied with the commands of Allah, avoided His prohibitions, and firmly believed in His words revealed to their Messengers.

O Messenger, indeed, your Lord is the One who will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection in matters they disputed in this world. He will make the one on truth clear from the one on falsehood and recompense each with what they deserve.

Are these people blind that they cannot see how many of the previous nations We destroyed before them? Here they are, walking past dwellings previously resided in by those who were destroyed, yet they do not take heed of their state. Indeed, the destruction of the previous nations due to their disbelief is a lesson from which the truth of their messengers, who came to them from Allah, can be proven. Will these rejecters of the words of Allah then not listen attentively using their intellects?

Do these resurrection deniers not see that We send rainwater to a barren land where there are no plants and then bring out the crops by that water, from which they and their cattle eat? Do they not see that and understand that whoever causes the barren earth to grow can revive the dead?

The rejectors of resurrection say while seeking the punishment in haste: When is this judgment that you claim between you and us on the Day of Resurrection, such that our abode will be the Fire, and your abode will be Paradise?

Say to them, O Messenger: This promise is the Day of Resurrection. It is the Day of Judgment between the slaves of Allah when those who disbelieve in Allah in this world will not benefit from believing in it after witnessing the Day of Resurrection, nor will they be given respite to repent to their Lord and turn back to Him.

Therefore, O Messenger, turn away from these people once they persist in their deviance and wait for what will befall them. Indeed, they await the punishment that you promised them.