23. Surah Al-Muminoon

وَ هُوَ الَّذِیْ یُحْیٖ وَ یُمِیْتُ وَ لَهُ اخْتِلَافُ الَّیْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ١ؕ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ ﴿٨٠﴾Open ayah 23:80 in the Quran reader

It is He Who gives life and causes death, and He holds mastery over the alternation of night and day. 75 Do you not understand this? 76

بَلْ قَالُوْا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ الْاَوَّلُوْنَ ﴿٨١﴾Open ayah 23:81 in the Quran reader

Nay, but they say like their predecessors of yore had said.

قَالُوْۤا ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَ كُنَّا تُرَابًا وَّ عِظَامًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ ﴿٨٢﴾Open ayah 23:82 in the Quran reader

They say: 'Is it that when we are dead and have been reduced to dust and bones, shall we then be raised up again?

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَ اٰبَآؤُنَا هٰذَا مِنْ قَبْلُ اِنْ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّاۤ اَسَاطِیْرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ﴿٨٣﴾Open ayah 23:83 in the Quran reader

We were promised such things and so were our forefathers before us. All these are no more than tales of the past." 77

قُلْ لِّمَنِ الْاَرْضُ وَ مَنْ فِیْهَاۤ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ﴿٨٤﴾Open ayah 23:84 in the Quran reader

Ask them: 'Whose is the earth and who are those who are in it? Tell us if you know.'

سَیَقُوْلُوْنَ لِلّٰهِ١ؕ قُلْ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ ﴿٨٥﴾Open ayah 23:85 in the Quran reader

They will surely say: "Allah's." Say: "Then why do you not take heed?" 78

قُلْ مَنْ رَّبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ السَّبْعِ وَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِیْمِ ﴿٨٦﴾Open ayah 23:86 in the Quran reader

Ask them: 'Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, the Lord of the Great Throne?'

سَیَقُوْلُوْنَ لِلّٰهِ١ؕ قُلْ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ ﴿٨٧﴾Open ayah 23:87 in the Quran reader

They will surely say: "Allah." 79 Say: "Will you not, then, fear (Allah)?" 80

قُلْ مَنْۢ بِیَدِهٖ مَلَكُوْتُ كُلِّ شَیْءٍ وَّ هُوَ یُجِیْرُ وَ لَا یُجَارُ عَلَیْهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ﴿٨٨﴾Open ayah 23:88 in the Quran reader

Ask them: "Say, if you indeed know, to whom belongs the dominion 81 over all things; (Who is it) that grants asylum, but against Whom no asylum is available?"

سَیَقُوْلُوْنَ لِلّٰهِ١ؕ قُلْ فَاَنّٰى تُسْحَرُوْنَ ﴿٨٩﴾Open ayah 23:89 in the Quran reader

They will surely say: "(The dominion over all things) belongs to Allah." Say: "Whence are you then deluded?" 82

بَلْ اَتَیْنٰهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَ اِنَّهُمْ لَكٰذِبُوْنَ ﴿٩٠﴾Open ayah 23:90 in the Quran reader

We have brought before them the Truth, and there is no doubt that they are lying. 83

مَا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ وَّلَدٍ وَّ مَا كَانَ مَعَهٗ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ اِذًا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ اِلٰهٍۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَ لَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ١ؕ سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا یَصِفُوْنَۙ ﴿٩١﴾Open ayah 23:91 in the Quran reader

Never did Allah take unto Himself any son, 84 nor is there any god other than He. (Had there been any other gods) each god would have taken his creatures away with him, and each would have rushed to overpower the other. 85 Glory be to Allah from all that they characterize Him with!

عٰلِمِ الْغَیْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ فَتَعٰلٰى عَمَّا یُشْرِكُوْنَ۠ ﴿٩٢﴾Open ayah 23:92 in the Quran reader

He knows both what is visible and what is not visible. 86 Exalted is Allah above all that they associate with Him.

قُلْ رَّبِّ اِمَّا تُرِیَنِّیْ مَا یُوْعَدُوْنَۙ ﴿٩٣﴾Open ayah 23:93 in the Quran reader

Pray (O Muhammad!): 'My Lord, if You should bring the scourge of which they had been warned in my presence,

رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِیْ فِی الْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ ﴿٩٤﴾Open ayah 23:94 in the Quran reader

then do not include me, my Lord, among these wrong-doing people." 87

وَ اِنَّا عَلٰۤى اَنْ نُّرِیَكَ مَا نَعِدُهُمْ لَقٰدِرُوْنَ ﴿٩٥﴾Open ayah 23:95 in the Quran reader

Surely We are able to show you that We warn them against.

اِدْفَعْ بِالَّتِیْ هِیَ اَحْسَنُ السَّیِّئَةَ١ؕ نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا یَصِفُوْنَ ﴿٩٦﴾Open ayah 23:96 in the Quran reader

(O Muhammad!): Repel evil in the best manner. We are well aware of all that they say about you.

وَ قُلْ رَّبِّ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزٰتِ الشَّیٰطِیْنِۙ ﴿٩٧﴾Open ayah 23:97 in the Quran reader

And pray: 'My Lord! I seek your refuge from the suggestions of the evil ones;

وَ اَعُوْذُ بِكَ رَبِّ اَنْ یَّحْضُرُوْنِ ﴿٩٨﴾Open ayah 23:98 in the Quran reader

I even seek Your refuge, my Lord, lest they should approach me." 88

حَتّٰۤى اِذَا جَآءَ اَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُوْنِۙ ﴿٩٩﴾Open ayah 23:99 in the Quran reader

(They shall persist in their deeds) until when death comes to anyone of them he will say: "My Lord, send me back to the world 89

لَعَلِّیْۤ اَعْمَلُ صَالِحًا فِیْمَا تَرَكْتُ كَلَّا١ؕ اِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا١ؕ وَ مِنْ وَّرَآئِهِمْ بَرْزَخٌ اِلٰى یَوْمِ یُبْعَثُوْنَ ﴿١٠٠﴾Open ayah 23:100 in the Quran reader

that I have left behind. I am likely to do good." 90 Nay, 91 it is merely a word that he is uttering. 92 There is a barrier behind all of them (who are dead) until the Day 93 when they will be raised up.

فَاِذَا نُفِخَ فِی الصُّوْرِ فَلَاۤ اَنْسَابَ بَیْنَهُمْ یَوْمَئِذٍ وَّ لَا یَتَسَآءَلُوْنَ ﴿١٠١﴾Open ayah 23:101 in the Quran reader

And then no sooner the Trumpet is blown than there will remain no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask one another. 94

فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِیْنُهٗ فَاُولٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُوْنَ ﴿١٠٢﴾Open ayah 23:102 in the Quran reader

It will be an Hour when those whose scales are heavy, 95 they alone will attain success;

وَ مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِیْنُهٗ فَاُولٰٓئِكَ الَّذِیْنَ خَسِرُوْۤا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فِیْ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدُوْنَۚ ﴿١٠٣﴾Open ayah 23:103 in the Quran reader

and those whose scales are light, those will be the ones who will have courted loss. 96 They will abide in Hell.

تَلْفَحُ وُجُوْهَهُمُ النَّارُ وَ هُمْ فِیْهَا كٰلِحُوْنَ ﴿١٠٤﴾Open ayah 23:104 in the Quran reader

The Fire shall scorch their faces, exposing their jaws. 97

اَلَمْ تَكُنْ اٰیٰتِیْ تُتْلٰى عَلَیْكُمْ فَكُنْتُمْ بِهَا تُكَذِّبُوْنَ ﴿١٠٥﴾Open ayah 23:105 in the Quran reader

Are you not those to whom My revelations were recited, and you dubbed them as lies?'

قَالُوْا رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَیْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَ كُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَآلِّیْنَ ﴿١٠٦﴾Open ayah 23:106 in the Quran reader

They will say: 'Our Lord! Our misfortune prevailed over us. We were indeed an erring people.

رَبَّنَاۤ اَخْرِجْنَا مِنْهَا فَاِنْ عُدْنَا فَاِنَّا ظٰلِمُوْنَ ﴿١٠٧﴾Open ayah 23:107 in the Quran reader

Our Lord! Take us out of this. Then if we revert (to evil-doing) we shall indeed be wrong-doers.'

قَالَ اخْسَئُوْا فِیْهَا وَ لَا تُكَلِّمُوْنِ ﴿١٠٨﴾Open ayah 23:108 in the Quran reader

Allah will say: "Away from Me; stay where you are and do not address Me. 98

اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فَرِیْقٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِیْ یَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَاۤ اٰمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَ ارْحَمْنَا وَ اَنْتَ خَیْرُ الرّٰحِمِیْنَۚۖ ﴿١٠٩﴾Open ayah 23:109 in the Quran reader

Your are those that when a party of My servants said:“Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us, and have mercy on us, for You are the Best of those that are merciful”

فَاتَّخَذْتُمُوْهُمْ سِخْرِیًّا حَتّٰۤى اَنْسَوْكُمْ ذِكْرِیْ وَ كُنْتُمْ مِّنْهُمْ تَضْحَكُوْنَ ﴿١١٠﴾Open ayah 23:110 in the Quran reader

you made a laughing-stock of them and your hostility to them caused you to forget Me, and you simply kept laughing.

اِنِّیْ جَزَیْتُهُمُ الْیَوْمَ بِمَا صَبَرُوْۤا١ۙ اَنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْفَآئِزُوْنَ ﴿١١١﴾Open ayah 23:111 in the Quran reader

Lo! I have rewarded them this Day for their steadfastness, so that they, and they alone, are triumphant." 99

قٰلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِی الْاَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِیْنَ ﴿١١٢﴾Open ayah 23:112 in the Quran reader

Then Allah will ask them: 'For how many years did you stay on the earth?'

قَالُوْا لَبِثْنَا یَوْمًا اَوْ بَعْضَ یَوْمٍ فَسْئَلِ الْعَآدِّیْنَ ﴿١١٣﴾Open ayah 23:113 in the Quran reader

They will say: "We stayed for a day or part of a day. 100 Ask of those who keep count of this."

قٰلَ اِنْ لَّبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا لَّوْ اَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ﴿١١٤﴾Open ayah 23:114 in the Quran reader

He will say: "You stayed only for a while, if you only knew that. 101

اَفَحَسِبْتُمْ اَنَّمَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَّ اَنَّكُمْ اِلَیْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُوْنَ ﴿١١٥﴾Open ayah 23:115 in the Quran reader

Did you imagine that We created you without any purpose, 102 and that you will not be brought back to Us?"

فَتَعٰلَى اللّٰهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ١ۚ لَاۤ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَ١ۚ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِیْمِ ﴿١١٦﴾Open ayah 23:116 in the Quran reader

So, exalted be Allah, 103 the True King! There is no god but He, the Lord of the Great Throne.

وَ مَنْ یَّدْعُ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ١ۙ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهٗ بِهٖ١ۙ فَاِنَّمَا حِسَابُهٗ عِنْدَ رَبِّهٖ١ؕ اِنَّهٗ لَا یُفْلِحُ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ ﴿١١٧﴾Open ayah 23:117 in the Quran reader

He who invokes any other god along with Allah " one for whom he has no evidence" 104 his reckoning is with his Lord alone. 105 Indeed, these unbelievers shall not prosper. 106

وَ قُلْ رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ وَ ارْحَمْ وَ اَنْتَ خَیْرُ الرّٰحِمِیْنَ۠ ﴿١١٨﴾Open ayah 23:118 in the Quran reader

And say, (O Muhammad): "My Lord, forgive us and have mercy on us, for You are the Best of those that are merciful." 107