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الفرقان

Al-Furqan · The Criterion

77 verses · Revealed in Makkah

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 25:1

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا ۝١

    Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion to His servant that he may be a warner to all the nations.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 240–248

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  2. 25:2

    ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًۭا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌۭ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًۭا ۝٢

    He, to whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and who did not take any offspring, nor has He any partner in sovereignty, and He created everything and determined it in a precise measure.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 240–248

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  3. 25:3

    وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةًۭ لَّا يَخْلُقُونَ شَئًْۭا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا نَفْعًۭا وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًۭا وَلَا حَيَوٰةًۭ وَلَا نُشُورًۭا ۝٣

    Yet they have taken gods besides Him who create nothing and have themselves been created, and who have no control over their own harm or benefit and have no control over [their own] death, life, or resurrection.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 240–248

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  4. 25:4

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفْكٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ ءَاخَرُونَ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءُو ظُلْمًۭا وَزُورًۭا ۝٤

    The faithless say, ‘This is nothing but a lie that he has fabricated, and other people have abetted him in it.’ Thus they have certainly come out with wrongdoing and falsehood.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  5. 25:5

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًۭا ۝٥

    They say, ‘He has taken down myths of the ancients, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  6. 25:6

    قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ ٱلَّذِى يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا ۝٦

    Say, ‘It has been sent down by Him who knows the hidden in the heavens and the earth. Indeed He is all-forgiving, all-merciful.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  7. 25:7

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌۭ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا ۝٧

    And they say, ‘What sort of apostle is this who eats food and walks in the marketplaces? Why has not an angel been sent down to him so as to be a warner along with him?’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  8. 25:8

    أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌۭ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًۭا مَّسْحُورًا ۝٨

    Or, ‘[Why is not] a treasure thrown to him, or [why does] he [not] have a garden from which he may eat?’ And the wrongdoers say, ‘You are just following a bewitched man.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  9. 25:9

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا ۝٩

    Look, how they coin epithets for you; so they go astray, and cannot find the way.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  10. 25:10

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًۭا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا ۝١٠

    Blessed is He who will grant you better than that if He wishes—gardens with streams running in them, and He will make for you palaces.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  11. 25:11

    بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا ۝١١

    Indeed, they deny the Hour, and We have prepared a Blaze for those who deny the Hour.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  12. 25:12

    إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًۭا وَزَفِيرًۭا ۝١٢

    When it sights them from a distant place, they will hear it raging and roaring.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  13. 25:13

    وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًۭا ضَيِّقًۭا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًۭا ۝١٣

    And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound together [in chains], they will pray for [their own] annihilation.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  14. 25:14

    لَّا تَدْعُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًۭا وَٰحِدًۭا وَٱدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا كَثِيرًۭا ۝١٤

    [They will be told:] ‘Do not pray for a single annihilation today, but pray for many annihilations!’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  15. 25:15

    قُلْ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ ٱلْخُلْدِ ٱلَّتِى وُعِدَ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ ۚ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَآءًۭ وَمَصِيرًۭا ۝١٥

    Say, ‘Is that better, or the everlasting paradise promised to the Godwary, which will be their reward and destination?’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  16. 25:16

    لَّهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَ ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًۭا مَّسُْٔولًۭا ۝١٦

    There they will have whatever they wish, abiding [forever]—a promise [much] besought, [binding] on your Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  17. 25:17

    وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ فَيَقُولُ ءَأَنتُمْ أَضْلَلْتُمْ عِبَادِى هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَمْ هُمْ ضَلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ ۝١٧

    On the day that He will muster them and those whom they worship besides Allah, He will say, ‘Was it you who led astray these servants of Mine, or did they themselves stray from the way?’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  18. 25:18

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ مَا كَانَ يَنۢبَغِى لَنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ مِن دُونِكَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَٰكِن مَّتَّعْتَهُمْ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ نَسُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۢا بُورًۭا ۝١٨

    They will say, ‘Immaculate are You! It does not behoove us to take any wali in Your stead! But You provided for them and their fathers until they forgot the Reminder, and they were a ruined lot.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  19. 25:19

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًۭا وَلَا نَصْرًۭا ۚ وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًۭا كَبِيرًۭا ۝١٩

    So they will certainly impugn you in what you say, and you will neither be able to circumvent [punishment] nor find help, and whoever of you does wrong, We shall make him taste a terrible punishment.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  20. 25:20

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۗ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍۢ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًۭا ۝٢٠

    We did not send any apostles before you but that they indeed ate food and walked in marketplaces. We have made you a [means of] test for one another, [to see] if you will be patient and steadfast, and your Lord is all-seeing.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 249–272

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 11

  21. 25:21

    ۞ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا ۗ لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا ۝٢١

    Those who do not expect to encounter Us say, ‘Why have angels not been sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord?’ Certainly, they are full of arrogance within their souls and have become terribly defiant.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

  22. 25:22

    يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرَىٰ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْرًۭا مَّحْجُورًۭا ۝٢٢

    The day they will see the angels, there will be no good news for the guilty on that day, and they will say, ‘Keep off [from paradise]!’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  23. 25:23

    وَقَدِمْنَآ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنْ عَمَلٍۢ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هَبَآءًۭ مَّنثُورًا ۝٢٣

    Then We shall attend to the works they have done and then turn them into scattered dust.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  24. 25:24

    أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌۭ مُّسْتَقَرًّۭا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًۭا ۝٢٤

    On that day the inhabitants of paradise will be in the best abode and an excellent resting place.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  25. 25:25

    وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا ۝٢٥

    The day when the sky with its clouds will be split open, and the angels will be sent down [in a majestic] descent,Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  26. 25:26

    ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ ۚ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًۭا ۝٢٦

    on that day true sovereignty will belong to the All-beneficent, and it will be a hard day for the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  27. 25:27

    وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًۭا ۝٢٧

    It will be a day when the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying, ‘I wish I had followed the Apostle’s way!Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  28. 25:28

    يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًۭا ۝٢٨

    Woe to me! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend!Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  29. 25:29

    لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولًۭا ۝٢٩

    Certainly he led me astray from the Reminder after it had come to me, and Satan is a deserter of man.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  30. 25:30

    وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورًۭا ۝٣٠

    And the Apostle will say, ‘O my Lord! Indeed my people consigned this Quran to oblivion.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  31. 25:31

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًۭا وَنَصِيرًۭا ۝٣١

    That is how for every prophet We assigned an enemy from among the guilty, and your Lord suffices as helper and guide.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 273–289

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  32. 25:32

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ جُمْلَةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۖ وَرَتَّلْنَٰهُ تَرْتِيلًۭا ۝٣٢

    The faithless say, ‘Why has not the Quran been sent down to him all at once?’ So it was, that We may strengthen your heart with it, and We have recited it [to you] in a measured tone.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  33. 25:33

    وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا ۝٣٣

    They do not bring you any representation but that We bring you the truth [in reply to them] and the best exposition.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  34. 25:34

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّۭ مَّكَانًۭا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًۭا ۝٣٤

    Those who will be mustered [fallen] on their faces toward hell, they are the worse situated and further astray from the [right] way.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  35. 25:35

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرًۭا ۝٣٥

    Certainly We gave Moses the Book and We made Aaron, his brother, accompany him as a minister.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  36. 25:36

    فَقُلْنَا ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ تَدْمِيرًۭا ۝٣٦

    Then We said, ‘Let the two of you go to the people who have denied Our signs.’ Then We destroyed them utterly.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  37. 25:37

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍۢ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةًۭ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا ۝٣٧

    And Noah’s people, We drowned them when they impugned the apostles, and We made them a sign for mankind, and We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  38. 25:38

    وَعَادًۭا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرًۭا ۝٣٨

    And ‘Ad and Thamud, and the people of Rass, and many generations between them.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  39. 25:39

    وَكُلًّۭا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ ۖ وَكُلًّۭا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًۭا ۝٣٩

    For each of them We drew examples, and each We destroyed utterly.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  40. 25:40

    وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًۭا ۝٤٠

    Certainly they must have passed the town on which an evil shower was rained. Have they not seen it? Rather, they did not expect resurrection [to happen].Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 290–306

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  41. 25:41

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا ۝٤١

    When they see you they just take you in derision: ‘Is this the one whom Allah has sent as an apostle!?Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  42. 25:42

    إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ۝٤٢

    Indeed he was about to lead us astray from our gods, had we not stood firm by them.’ Soon they will know, when they sight the punishment, who is further astray from the [right] way.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  43. 25:43

    أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا ۝٤٣

    Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god? Is it your duty to watch over him?Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  44. 25:44

    أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا ۝٤٤

    Do you suppose that most of them listen or exercise their reason? They are just like cattle; indeed, they are further astray from the way.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  45. 25:45

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنًۭا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلًۭا ۝٤٥

    Have you not regarded how your Lord spreads the twilight? (Had He wished He would have made it stand still.) Then We made the sun a beacon for it.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  46. 25:46

    ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضًۭا يَسِيرًۭا ۝٤٦

    Then We retract it toward Ourselves, with a gentle retracting.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  47. 25:47

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًۭا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًۭا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًۭا ۝٤٧

    It is He who made for you the night as a covering and sleep for rest and He made the day a recall to life.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  48. 25:48

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرًۢا بَيْنَ يَدَىْ رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ طَهُورًۭا ۝٤٨

    And it is He who sends the winds as harbingers of His mercy, and We send down from the sky purifying water,Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  49. 25:49

    لِّنُحِْۧىَ بِهِۦ بَلْدَةًۭ مَّيْتًۭا وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ أَنْعَٰمًۭا وَأَنَاسِىَّ كَثِيرًۭا ۝٤٩

    with which We revive a dead country and provide water to many of the cattle and humans We have created.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  50. 25:50

    وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًۭا ۝٥٠

    Certainly We distribute it among them so that they may take admonition. But most people are only intent on ingratitude.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  51. 25:51

    وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍۢ نَّذِيرًۭا ۝٥١

    Had We wished, We would have sent a warner to every town.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  52. 25:52

    فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ وَجَٰهِدْهُم بِهِۦ جِهَادًۭا كَبِيرًۭا ۝٥٢

    So do not obey the faithless, but wage a great jihad against them with it.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  53. 25:53

    ۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌۭ فُرَاتٌۭ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌۭ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًۭا وَحِجْرًۭا مَّحْجُورًۭا ۝٥٣

    It is He who merged the two seas: this one sweet and agreeable, and that one briny and bitter, and between the two He set a barrier and a forbidding hindrance.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  54. 25:54

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ بَشَرًۭا فَجَعَلَهُۥ نَسَبًۭا وَصِهْرًۭا ۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرًۭا ۝٥٤

    It is He who created the human being from water, then invested him with ties of blood and marriage, and your Lord is all-powerful.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  55. 25:55

    وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًۭا ۝٥٥

    They worship besides Allah that which neither brings them any benefit nor causes them any harm, and the faithless one is ever an abettor against his Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  56. 25:56

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا ۝٥٦

    We did not send you except as a bearer of good news and as a warner.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  57. 25:57

    قُلْ مَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ أَن يَتَّخِذَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ سَبِيلًۭا ۝٥٧

    Say, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it, except that anyone who wishes should take the way to his Lord.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  58. 25:58

    وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْحَىِّ ٱلَّذِى لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِۦ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا ۝٥٨

    Put your trust in the Living One who does not die, and celebrate His praise. He suffices as one all-aware of the sins of His servants.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  59. 25:59

    ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍۢ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۚ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ فَسَْٔلْ بِهِۦ خَبِيرًۭا ۝٥٩

    He, who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days, and then settled on the Throne, the All-beneficent; so ask someone who is well aware about Him.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  60. 25:60

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ قَالُوا۟ وَمَا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ أَنَسْجُدُ لِمَا تَأْمُرُنَا وَزَادَهُمْ نُفُورًۭا ۩ ۝٦٠

    When they are told: ‘Prostrate yourselves before the All-beneficent,’ they say, ‘What is ‘‘the All-beneficent’’? Shall we prostrate ourselves before whatever you bid us?’ And it increases their aversion.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  61. 25:61

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًۭا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًۭا وَقَمَرًۭا مُّنِيرًۭا ۝٦١

    Blessed is He who appointed houses in the sky and set in it a lamp and a shining moon.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  62. 25:62

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةًۭ لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًۭا ۝٦٢

    It is He who made the night and the day alternate for someone who desires to take admonition, or desires to give thanks.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 307–332

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  63. 25:63

    وَعِبَادُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ هَوْنًۭا وَإِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ ٱلْجَٰهِلُونَ قَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًۭا ۝٦٣

    The servants of the All-beneficent are those who walk humbly on the earth, and when the ignorant address them, say, ‘Peace!’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  64. 25:64

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًۭا وَقِيَٰمًۭا ۝٦٤

    Those who spend the night for their Lord, prostrating and standing [in worship].Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  65. 25:65

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا ۝٦٥

    Those who say, ‘Our Lord! Turn away from us the punishment of hell. Indeed its punishment is enduring.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  66. 25:66

    إِنَّهَا سَآءَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّۭا وَمُقَامًۭا ۝٦٦

    Indeed it is an evil station and abode.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  67. 25:67

    وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا۟ وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا۟ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًۭا ۝٦٧

    Those who are neither wasteful nor tightfisted when spending, but balanced between these [two extremes].Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  68. 25:68

    وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًۭا ۝٦٨

    Those who do not invoke another deity besides Allah, and do not kill a soul [whose life] Allah has made inviolable, except with due cause, and do not commit fornication. (Whoever does that shall encounter its retribution,Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  69. 25:69

    يُضَٰعَفْ لَهُ ٱلْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا ۝٦٩

    the punishment being doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection. In it he will abide in humiliation forever,Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  70. 25:70

    إِلَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًۭا صَٰلِحًۭا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ ٱللَّهُ سَئَِّاتِهِمْ حَسَنَٰتٍۢ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا ۝٧٠

    except those who repent, attain faith, and act righteously. For such, Allah will replace their misdeeds with good deeds, and Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  71. 25:71

    وَمَن تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَإِنَّهُۥ يَتُوبُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَتَابًۭا ۝٧١

    And whoever repents and acts righteously indeed turns to Allah with due penitence).Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  72. 25:72

    وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ ٱلزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِٱللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا۟ كِرَامًۭا ۝٧٢

    Those who do not give false testimony, and when they come upon frivolity, pass by with dignity.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  73. 25:73

    وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّۭا وَعُمْيَانًۭا ۝٧٣

    Those who, when reminded of the signs of their Lord, do not turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to them.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  74. 25:74

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍۢ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ۝٧٤

    And those who say, ‘Our Lord! Give us joy and comfort in our spouses and offspring, and make us imams of the Godwary.’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  75. 25:75

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُجْزَوْنَ ٱلْغُرْفَةَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ وَيُلَقَّوْنَ فِيهَا تَحِيَّةًۭ وَسَلَٰمًا ۝٧٥

    Those shall be rewarded with sublime abodes for their patience and steadfastness, and they shall be met there with greetings and ‘Peace,’Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  76. 25:76

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّۭا وَمُقَامًۭا ۝٧٦

    to abide in them [forever], an excellent station and abode.Ali Quli Qarai

    Al-Mizan · Vol. 29, pp. 333–348

    Enlightening Commentary · Vol. 12

  77. 25:77

    قُلْ مَا يَعْبَؤُا۟ بِكُمْ رَبِّى لَوْلَا دُعَآؤُكُمْ ۖ فَقَدْ كَذَّبْتُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَكُونُ لِزَامًۢا ۝٧٧

    Say, ‘Were it not for the sake of summoning you [to faith], what store my Lord would have set by you? But you impugned [me and my summons], so it will soon follow as a result.’Ali Quli Qarai

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