Surah Ibrahim

وَبَرَزُوا۟لِلَّهِجَمِيعًۭافَقَالَٱلضُّعَفَٰٓؤُا۟لِلَّذِينَٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟إِنَّاكُنَّالَكُمْتَبَعًۭافَهَلْأَنتُممُّغْنُونَعَنَّامِنْعَذَابِٱللَّهِمِنشَىْءٍۢقَالُوا۟لَوْهَدَىٰنَاٱللَّهُلَهَدَيْنَٰكُمْسَوَآءٌعَلَيْنَآأَجَزِعْنَآأَمْصَبَرْنَامَالَنَامِنمَّحِيصٍۢ

And all [mankind] will appear before God [on the Day of Judgment]; and then the weak will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance: "Behold, We were but your followers: can you, then, relieve us of something of God's chastisement?" [And the others] will answer: "If God would but show us the way [to salvation], we would indeed guide you [towards it]. It is [now] all one, as far as we are concerned, whether we grieve impatiently or endure [our lot] with patience: there is no escape for us!"

وَقَالَٱلشَّيْطَٰنُلَمَّاقُضِىَٱلْأَمْرُإِنَّٱللَّهَوَعَدَكُمْوَعْدَٱلْحَقِّوَوَعَدتُّكُمْفَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْوَمَاكَانَلِىَعَلَيْكُممِّنسُلْطَٰنٍإِلَّآأَندَعَوْتُكُمْفَٱسْتَجَبْتُمْلِىفَلَاتَلُومُونِىوَلُومُوٓا۟أَنفُسَكُممَّآأَنَا۠بِمُصْرِخِكُمْوَمَآأَنتُمبِمُصْرِخِىَّإِنِّىكَفَرْتُبِمَآأَشْرَكْتُمُونِمِنقَبْلُإِنَّٱلظَّٰلِمِينَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

And when everything will have been decided, Satan will say: "Behold, God promised you something that was bound to come true! I, too, held out [all manner of] promises to you -but I deceived you. Yet I had no power at all over you: I but called you-and you responded unto me. Hence, blame not me, but blame yourselves. It is not for me to respond to your cries, nor for you to respond to mine: for, behold, I have [always] refused to admit that there was any truth in your erstwhile belief that I had a share in God's divinity." Verily, for all evildoers there is grievous suffering in store.

وَأُدْخِلَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِجَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَابِإِذْنِرَبِّهِمْتَحِيَّتُهُمْفِيهَاسَلَٰمٌ

But those who shall have attained to faith and done righteous deeds will be brought into gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide by their Sustainer's leave, and will be welcomed with the greeting, "Peace!"

أَلَمْتَرَكَيْفَضَرَبَٱللَّهُمَثَلًۭاكَلِمَةًۭطَيِّبَةًۭكَشَجَرَةٍۢطَيِّبَةٍأَصْلُهَاثَابِتٌۭوَفَرْعُهَافِىٱلسَّمَآءِ

ART THOU NOT aware how God sets forth the parable of a good word? [It is] like a good tree, firmly rooted, [reaching out] with its branches towards the sky,

تُؤْتِىٓأُكُلَهَاكُلَّحِينٍۭبِإِذْنِرَبِّهَاوَيَضْرِبُٱللَّهُٱلْأَمْثَالَلِلنَّاسِلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَذَكَّرُونَ

yielding its fruit at all times by its Sustainer's leave. And [thus it is that] God propounds parables unto men,' so that they might bethink themselves [of the truth].

وَمَثَلُكَلِمَةٍخَبِيثَةٍۢكَشَجَرَةٍخَبِيثَةٍٱجْتُثَّتْمِنفَوْقِٱلْأَرْضِمَالَهَامِنقَرَارٍۢ

And the parable of a corrupt word is that of a corrupt tree, torn up [from its roots] onto the face of the earth, wholly unable to endure.

يُثَبِّتُٱللَّهُٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟بِٱلْقَوْلِٱلثَّابِتِفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَفِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِوَيُضِلُّٱللَّهُٱلظَّٰلِمِينَوَيَفْعَلُٱللَّهُمَايَشَآءُ

[Thus,] God grants firmness unto those who have attained to faith through the word that is unshakably true in the life of this world as well as in the life to come; but the wrongdoers He lets go astray: for God does whatever He wills.

أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَبَدَّلُوا۟نِعْمَتَٱللَّهِكُفْرًۭاوَأَحَلُّوا۟قَوْمَهُمْدَارَٱلْبَوَارِ

ART THOU NOT aware of those who have preferred a denial of the truth to God's blessings, and [thereby] invited their people to alight in that abode of utter desolation

جَهَنَّمَيَصْلَوْنَهَاوَبِئْسَٱلْقَرَارُ

- hell - which they [themselves] will ' have to endure? And how vile a state to settle in!

وَجَعَلُوا۟لِلَّهِأَندَادًۭالِّيُضِلُّوا۟عَنسَبِيلِهِۦقُلْتَمَتَّعُوا۟فَإِنَّمَصِيرَكُمْإِلَىٱلنَّارِ

For, they claimed that there are powers that could rival God, and so they strayed from His path. Say: "Enjoy yourselves [in this world], but, verily, the fire will be your journey's end!"

قُللِّعِبَادِىَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟يُقِيمُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَيُنفِقُوا۟مِمَّارَزَقْنَٰهُمْسِرًّۭاوَعَلَانِيَةًۭمِّنقَبْلِأَنيَأْتِىَيَوْمٌۭلَّابَيْعٌۭفِيهِوَلَاخِلَٰلٌ

[And] tell [those of] My servants who have attained to faith that they should be constant in prayer and spend [in Our way], secretly and openly, out of what We provide for them as sustenance, ere there come a Day when there will be no bargaining, and no mutual befriending.

ٱللَّهُٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَوَأَنزَلَمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَآءًۭفَأَخْرَجَبِهِۦمِنَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِرِزْقًۭالَّكُمْوَسَخَّرَلَكُمُٱلْفُلْكَلِتَجْرِىَفِىٱلْبَحْرِبِأَمْرِهِۦوَسَخَّرَلَكُمُٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ

[And remember that] it is God who has created the heavens and the earth, and who sends down water from the sky and thereby brings forth [all manner] of fruits for your sustenance; and who has made ships subservient to. you, so that they may sail through the sea at His behest; and has made the rivers subservient [to His laws, so that they be of use] to you;

وَسَخَّرَلَكُمُٱلشَّمْسَوَٱلْقَمَرَدَآئِبَيْنِوَسَخَّرَلَكُمُٱلَّيْلَوَٱلنَّهَارَ

and has made the sun and the moon, both of them constant upon their courses, subservient [to His laws, so that they be of use] to you; and has made the night and the day subservient [to His laws, so that they be of use] to you.

وَءَاتَىٰكُممِّنكُلِّمَاسَأَلْتُمُوهُوَإِنتَعُدُّوا۟نِعْمَتَٱللَّهِلَاتُحْصُوهَآإِنَّٱلْإِنسَٰنَلَظَلُومٌۭكَفَّارٌۭ

And [always] does He give you something out of what you may be asking of Him; and should you try to count God's blessings, you could never compute them. [And yet,] behold, man is indeed most persistent in wrongdoing, stubbornly ingrate!

وَإِذْقَالَإِبْرَٰهِيمُرَبِّٱجْعَلْهَٰذَاٱلْبَلَدَءَامِنًۭاوَٱجْنُبْنِىوَبَنِىَّأَننَّعْبُدَٱلْأَصْنَامَ

AND [remember the time] when Abraham spoke [thus]: "O my Sustainer! Make this land secure, and preserve me and my children from ever worshipping idols -

رَبِّإِنَّهُنَّأَضْلَلْنَكَثِيرًۭامِّنَٱلنَّاسِفَمَنتَبِعَنِىفَإِنَّهُۥمِنِّىوَمَنْعَصَانِىفَإِنَّكَغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

for, verily, O my Sustainer, these [false objects of worship] have led many people astray! "Hence, [only] he who follows me [in this my faith] ~ is truly of me; and as for him who disobeys me - Thou art, verily, much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!

رَّبَّنَآإِنِّىٓأَسْكَنتُمِنذُرِّيَّتِىبِوَادٍغَيْرِذِىزَرْعٍعِندَبَيْتِكَٱلْمُحَرَّمِرَبَّنَالِيُقِيمُوا۟ٱلصَّلَوٰةَفَٱجْعَلْأَفْـِٔدَةًۭمِّنَٱلنَّاسِتَهْوِىٓإِلَيْهِمْوَٱرْزُقْهُممِّنَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِلَعَلَّهُمْيَشْكُرُونَ

"O our Sustainer! Behold, I have settled some of my offspring in a valley in which there is no arable land, close to Thy sanctified Temple, so that, O our Sustainer, they might devote themselves to prayer: cause Thou, therefore, people's hearts to incline towards them and grant them fruitful sustenance, so that they might have cause to be grateful.

رَبَّنَآإِنَّكَتَعْلَمُمَانُخْفِىوَمَانُعْلِنُوَمَايَخْفَىٰعَلَىٱللَّهِمِنشَىْءٍۢفِىٱلْأَرْضِوَلَافِىٱلسَّمَآءِ

"O our Sustainer! Thou truly knowest all that we may hide [in our hearts] as well as all that we bring into the open:' for nothing whatever, be it on earth or in heaven, remains hidden from God.

ٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِٱلَّذِىوَهَبَلِىعَلَىٱلْكِبَرِإِسْمَٰعِيلَوَإِسْحَٰقَإِنَّرَبِّىلَسَمِيعُٱلدُّعَآءِ

"All praise is due to God, who has bestowed upon me, in my old age, Ishmael and Isaac! Behold, my Sustainer hears indeed all prayer:

رَبِّٱجْعَلْنِىمُقِيمَٱلصَّلَوٰةِوَمِنذُرِّيَّتِىرَبَّنَاوَتَقَبَّلْدُعَآءِ

[hence,] O my Sustainer, cause me and [some] of my offspring to remain constant in prayer! "And, O our Sustainer, accept this my prayer: