Read the surah · Surah 36
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Eighty-three verses turning on things offered as evidence — a city that denied the messengers sent to it, the dead earth revived, the night stripped from the day, the sun running its course — and closing on bones long rotted and the question of who revives them. Its name is the disconnected letters it opens with.
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يسٓ
Easy-read (simplified)yaa seen
DIN 31635yā sīn
The translators spell these letters differently
Ya, Seen.
Ya Sin
Y. S.
YA. SIN
Y. S.
وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-qur'aani l-hakeem
DIN 31635wal-qurʾāni l-ḥakīmi
By the Wise Quran.
By the wise Qur'an
By the wise Qur'an
By the wise Koran
I swear by the instructive Koran
إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)innaka lamina l-mursaleen
DIN 31635ʾinnaka lamina l-mursalīna
The translators word this verse differently
You are one of the messengers.
Lo! thou art of those sent
verily, thou art of the apostles
Surely of the Sent Ones, Thou
that thou art one of the messengers of God
عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)'alaa siraatin mustaqeem
DIN 31635ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqīmin
The translators word this verse differently
On a straight path.
On a straight path
upon a right way
Upon a right path
sent to shew the right way
تَنزِيلَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Easy-read (simplified)tanzeela l-'azeezi r-raheem
DIN 31635tanzīla l-ʿazīzi r-raḥīmi
The revelation of the Almighty, the Merciful.
A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful
The revelation of the mighty, the merciful
A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful
This is a revelation of the most mighty, the merciful God
لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أُنذِرَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَٰفِلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)litundhira qawman maa undhira aabaa'uhum fahum ghaafiloon
DIN 31635litunḏira qawman mā ʾunḏira ʾābāʾuhum fahum ġāfilūna
To warn a people whose ancestors were not warned, and so they are unaware.
That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless
That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and who themselves are heedless
That thou shouldest warn a people whose fathers were not warned and therefore lived in heedlessness
That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and who live in negligence
لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)laqad haqqa l-qawlu 'alaa aktharihim fahum laa yu'minoon
DIN 31635laqad ḥaqqa l-qawlu ʿalā ʾakṯarihim fahum lā yuʾminūna
The Word was realized against most of them, for they do not believe.
Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not
Now is the sentence due against most of them, for they will not believe
Just, now, is our sentence against most of them; therefore they shall not believe
Our sentence hath justly been pronounced against the greater part of them; wherefore they shall not believe
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَٰلًا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)innaa ja'alnaa fee a'naaqihim aghlaalan fahiya ilaa l-'adhqaani fahum muqmahoon
DIN 31635ʾinnā ǧaʿalnā fī ʾaʿnāqihim ʾaġlālan fahiya ʾilā l-ʾaḏqāni fahum muqmaḥūna
The translators word this verse differently
We placed shackles around their necks, up to their chins, so they are stiff-necked.
Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked
Verity, we will place upon their necks fetters, and they shall reach up to their chins, and they shall have their heads forced back
On their necks have we placed chains which reach the chin, and forced up are their heads
We have put yokes on their necks, which come up to their chins; and they are forced to hold up their heads
وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)waja'alnaa min bayni aydeehim saddan wamin khalfihim saddan fa'aghshaynaahum fahum laa yubsiroon
DIN 31635waǧaʿalnā min bayni ʾaydīhim saddan wamin ḫalfihim saddan faʾaġšaynāhum fahum lā yubṣirūna
And We placed a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, and We have enshrouded them, so they cannot see.
And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not
and we will place before them a barrier, and behind them a barrier; and we will cover them and they shall not see
Before them have we set a barrier and behind them a barrier, and we have shrouded them in a veil, so that they shall not see
And We have set a bar before them, and a bar behind them; and We have covered them with darkness; wherefore they shall not see
وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wasawaa'un 'alayhim a'andhartahum am lam tundhirhum laa yu'minoon
DIN 31635wasawāʾun ʿalayhim ʾaʾanḏartahum ʾam lam tunḏirhum lā yuʾminūna
It is the same for them, whether you warn them, or do not warn them-they will not believe.
Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not
and it is all, the same to them if thou dost warn them or dost warn them not, they will not believe
Alike is it to them if thou warn them or warn them not: they will not believe
It shall be equal unto them whether thou preach unto them, or do not preach unto them; they shall not believe
إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَخَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِمَغْفِرَةٍ وَأَجْرٍ كَرِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)innamaa tundhiru mani taba'a dh-dhikra wakhashiya r-rahmaana bil-ghaybi fabashshirhu bimaghfiratin wa'ajrin kareem
DIN 31635ʾinnamā tunḏiru mani tabaʿa ḏ-ḏikra waḫašiya r-raḥmāna bil-ġaybi fabašširhu bimaġfiratin waʾaǧrin karīmin
The translators word this verse differently
You warn only him who follows the Message, and fears the Most Gracious inwardly. So give him good news of forgiveness, and a generous reward.
Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward
Thou canst only warn him who follows the reminder, and fears the Merciful in the unseen; but give him glad tidings of forgiveness and a noble hire
Him only shalt thou really warn, who followeth the monition and feareth the God of mercy in secret: him cheer with tidings of pardon, and of a noble recompense
But thou shalt preach with effect unto him only who followeth the admonition of the Koran, and feareth the Merciful in secret. Wherefore bear good tidings unto him, of mercy, and an honourable reward
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ
Easy-read (simplified)innaa nahnu nuhyee l-mawtaa wanaktubu maa qaddamoo wa'aathaarahum wakulla shay'in ahsaynaahu fee imaamin mubeen
DIN 31635ʾinnā naḥnu nuḥyī l-mawtā wanaktubu mā qaddamū waʾāṯārahum wakulla šayʾin ʾaḥṣaynāhu fī ʾimāmin mubīnin
The translators word this verse differently
It is We who revive the dead; and We write down what they have forwarded, and their traces. We have tallied all things in a Clear Record.
Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before (them, and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register)
Verily, we quicken the dead, and write down what they have done before, and what vestiges they leave behind; and everything have we counted in a plain model
Verily, it is We who will quicken the dead, and write down the works which they have sent on before them, and the traces which they shall have left behind them: and everything have we set down in the clear Book of our decrees
Verily We will restore the dead to life, and will write down their works which they shall have sent before them, and their footsteps which they shall have left behind them; and every thing do We set down in a plain register
وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wadrib lahum mathalan ashaaba l-qaryati idh jaa'ahaa l-mursaloon
DIN 31635waḍrib lahum maṯalan ʾaṣḥāba l-qaryati ʾiḏ ǧāʾahā l-mursalūna
The translators word this verse differently
And cite for them the parable of the landlords of the town-when the messengers came to it.
Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them
Strike out for them a parable: the fellows of the city when there came to it the apostles
Set forth to them the instance of the people of the city when the Sent Ones came to it
Propound unto them as an example the inhabitants of the city of Antioch, when the apostles of Jesus came thereto
إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)idh arsalnaa ilayhimu thnayni fakadhdhaboohumaa fa'azzaznaa bithaalithin faqaaloo innaa ilaykum mursaloon
DIN 31635ʾiḏ ʾarsalnā ʾilayhimu ṯnayni fakaḏḏabūhumā faʿazzaznā biṯāliṯin faqālū ʾinnā ʾilaykum mursalūna
We sent them two messengers, but they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third. They said, "We are messengers to you."
When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you
when we sent those two and they called them both liars, and we strengthened them with a third; and they said, 'Verily, we are sent to you
When we sent two unto them and they charged them both with imposture - therefore with a third we strengthened them: and they said, "Verily we are the Sent unto you of God
When We sent unto them two of the said apostles; but they charged them with imposture. Wherefore We strengthened them with a third. And they said, verily we are sent unto you by God
قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo maa antum illaa basharun mithlunaa wamaa anzala r-rahmaanu min shay'in in antum illaa takdhiboon
DIN 31635qālū mā ʾantum ʾillā bašarun miṯlunā wamā ʾanzala r-raḥmānu min šayʾin ʾin ʾantum ʾillā takḏibūna
The translators word this verse differently
They said, "You are nothing but humans like us, and the Gracious did not send down anything; you are only lying."
They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie
They said, 'Ye are only mortals like ourselves, nor has the Merciful sent down aught; ye are naught but liars
They said, "Ye are only men like us: Nought hath the God of Mercy sent down. Ye do nothing but lie
The inhabitants answered, ye are no other than men, as we are; neither hath the Merciful revealed any thing unto you: Ye only publish a lie
قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo rabbunaa ya'lamu innaa ilaykum lamursaloon
DIN 31635qālū rabbunā yaʿlamu ʾinnā ʾilaykum lamursalūna
They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you.
They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you
They said, 'Our Lord knows that we are sent to you
They said, "Our Lord knoweth that we are surely sent unto you
The apostles replied, our Lord knoweth that we are really sent unto you
وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa 'alaynaa illaa l-balaaghu l-mubeen
DIN 31635wamā ʿalaynā ʾillā l-balāġu l-mubīnu
The translators word this verse differently
And our only duty is clear communication."
And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message)
and we have only our plain message to preach
To proclaim a clear message is our only duty
And our duty is only public preaching
قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo innaa tatayyarnaa bikum la'in lam tantahoo lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minnaa 'adhaabun aleem
DIN 31635qālū ʾinnā taṭayyarnā bikum laʾin lam tantahū lanarǧumannakum walayamassannakum minnā ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun
They said, "We see an evil omen in you; if you do not give up, we will stone you, and a painful punishment from us will befall you."
(The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands
They said, 'Verily, we have augured concerning you, and if ye do not desist we will surely stone you, and there shall touch you from us a grievous woe
They said, "Of a truth we augur ill from you: if ye desist not we will surely stone you, and a grievous punishment will surely befall you from us
Those of Antioch said, verily we presage evil from you: If ye desist not from preaching, we will surely stone you, and a painful punishment shall be inflicted on you by us
قَالُوا۟ طَٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo taa'irukum ma'akum a'in dhukkirtum bal antum qawmun musrifoon
DIN 31635qālū ṭāʾirukum maʿakum ʾaʾin ḏukkirtum bal ʾantum qawmun musrifūna
The translators word this verse differently
They said, "Your evil omen is upon you. Is it because you were reminded? But you are an extravagant people."
They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk
Said they, 'Your augury is with you; what! if ye are reminded -? Nay, ye are an extravagant people
They said, "Your augury of ill is with yourselves. Will ye be warned? Nay, ye are an erring people
The apostles answered, your evil presage is with yourselves: Although ye be warned, will ye persist in your errors? Verily ye are a people who transgress exceedingly
وَجَآءَ مِنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wajaa'a min aqsaa l-madeenati rajulun yas'aa qaala yaa qawmi tabi'oo l-mursaleen
DIN 31635waǧāʾa min ʾaqṣā l-madīnati raǧulun yasʿā qāla yā qawmi tabiʿū l-mursalīna
Then a man came running from the remotest part of the city. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers.
And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent
And there came from the remote part of the city a man hastening up. Said he, 'O my people! follow the apostles
Then from the end of the city a man came running: He said, "O my people! follow the Sent Ones
And a certain man came hastily from the farther parts of the city, and said, O my people, follow the messengers of God
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَن لَّا يَسْـَٔلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)ittabi'oo man laa yas'alukum ajran wahum muhtadoon
DIN 31635ittabiʿū man lā yasʾalukum ʾaǧran wahum muhtadūna
Follow those who ask you of no wage, and are themselves guided.
Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided
follow those who do not ask you a hire, and who are guided
Follow those who ask not of you a recompense, and who are rightly guided
follow him who demandeth not any reward of you: for these are rightly directed
وَمَا لِىَ لَآ أَعْبُدُ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَنِى وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa liya laa a'budu lladhee fataranee wa'ilayhi turja'oon
DIN 31635wamā liya lā ʾaʿbudu llaḏī faṭaranī waʾilayhi turǧaʿūna
"And why should I not worship Him Who created me, and to Whom you will be returned?
For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back
What ails me that I should not worship Him who originated me, and unto whom I must return
And why should I not worship Him who made me, and to whom ye shall be brought back
What reason have I that I should not worship Him who hath created me? For unto Him shall ye return
ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ
Easy-read (simplified)a'attakhidhu min doonihi aalihatan in yuridni r-rahmaanu bidurrin laa tughni 'annee shafaa'atuhum shay'an walaa yunqidhoon
DIN 31635ʾaʾattaḫiḏu min dūnihi ʾālihatan ʾin yuridni r-raḥmānu biḍurrin lā tuġni ʿannī šafāʿatuhum šayʾan walā yunqiḏūni
Shall I take other gods instead of Him? If the Merciful desires harm for me, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor will they save me.
Shall I take (other) gods in place of Him when, if the Beneficent should wish me any harm, their intercession will avail me naught, nor can they save
Shall I take gods beside Him? If the Merciful One desires harm for me, their intercession cannot avail me at all, nor can they rescue me
Shall I take gods beside Him? If the God of Mercy be pleased to afflict me, their intercession will not avert from me aught, nor will they deliver
Shall I take other gods besides Him? If the Merciful be pleased to afflict me, their intercession will not avail me at all, neither can they deliver me
إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
Easy-read (simplified)innee idhan lafee dalaalin mubeen
DIN 31635ʾinnī ʾiḏan lafī ḍalālin mubīnin
In that case, I would be completely lost.
Then truly I should be in error manifest
Verily, I should then be in obvious error
Truly then should I be in a manifest error
Then should I be in a manifest error
إِنِّىٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَٱسْمَعُونِ
Easy-read (simplified)innee aamantu birabbikum fasma'oon
DIN 31635ʾinnī ʾāmantu birabbikum fasmaʿūni
I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."
Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me
verily, I believe in your Lord, then listen ye to me
Verily, in your Lord have I believed; therefore hear me
Verily I believe in your Lord; wherefore hearken unto me
قِيلَ ٱدْخُلِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ قَوْمِى يَعْلَمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qeela dkhuli l-jannata qaala yaa layta qawmee ya'lamoon
DIN 31635qīla dḫuli l-ǧannata qāla yā layta qawmī yaʿlamūna
It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "If only my people knew.
It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew
It was said, 'Enter thou into Paradise!' said he, 'O, would that my people did but know
It was said to him, "Enter thou into Paradise:" And he said, "Oh that my people knew
But they stoned him: And as he died, it was said unto him, enter thou into paradise. And he said, O that my people knew
بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)bimaa ghafara lee rabbee waja'alanee mina l-mukrameen
DIN 31635bimā ġafara lī rabbī waǧaʿalanī mina l-mukramīna
The translators word this verse differently
How my Lord has forgiven me, and made me one of the honored."
With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones
for that my Lord has forgiven me, and has made me of the honoured
How gracious God hath been to me, and that He hath made me one of His honoured ones
how merciful God hath been unto me! for he hath highly honoured me
وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ مِن جُندٍ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa anzalnaa 'alaa qawmihi min ba'dihi min jundin mina s-samaa'i wamaa kunnaa munzileen
DIN 31635wamā ʾanzalnā ʿalā qawmihi min baʿdihi min ǧundin mina s-samāʾi wamā kunnā munzilīna
The translators word this verse differently
After him, We sent down no hosts from heaven to his people; nor would We ever send any down.
We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send
And we did send down upon his people no hosts from heaven, nor yet what we were wont to send down
But no army sent we down out of heaven after his death, nor were we then sending down our angels
And we sent not down against his people, after they had slain him, an army from heaven, nor the other instruments of destruction which we sent down on unbelievers in former days
إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)in kaanat illaa sayhatan waahidatan fa'idhaa hum khaamidoon
DIN 31635ʾin kānat ʾillā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan faʾiḏā hum ḫāmidūna
It was just one Cry, and they were stilled.
It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct
it was but a single noise, and lo! they were extinct
There was but one shout from Gabriel, and lo! they were extinct
There was only one cry of Gabriel from heaven, and behold, they became utterly extinct
يَٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى ٱلْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)yaa hasratan 'alaa l-'ibaadi maa ya'teehim min rasoolin illaa kaanoo bihi yastahzi'oon
DIN 31635yā ḥasratan ʿalā l-ʿibādi mā yaʾtīhim min rasūlin ʾillā kānū bihi yastahziʾūna
The translators word this verse differently
Alas for the servants. No messenger ever came to them, but they ridiculed him.
Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him
Alas for the servants! there comes to them no apostle but they mock at him
Oh! the misery that rests upon my servants! No apostle cometh to them but they laugh him to scorn
O the misery of men! No apostle cometh unto them, but they laugh him to scorn
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)alam yaraw kam ahlaknaa qablahum mina l-qurooni annahum ilayhim laa yarji'oon
DIN 31635ʾalam yaraw kam ʾahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni ʾannahum ʾilayhim lā yarǧiʿūna
Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them; and that unto them they will not return?
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them
Have they not seen how many generations we have, destroyed before them
See they not how many generations we have destroyed before them? Not to false gods is it that they shall be brought back
Do they not consider how many generations we have destroyed before them? Verily they shall not return unto them
وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'in kullun lammaa jamee'un ladaynaa muhdaroon
DIN 31635waʾin kullun lammā ǧamīʿun ladaynā muḥḍarūna
The translators word this verse differently
All of them, every single one of them, will be arraigned before Us.
But all, without exception, will be brought before Us
verily, they shall not return to them; but all of them shall surely altogether be arraigned
But all, gathered together, shall be set before Us
But all of them in general shall be assembled before us
وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'aayatun lahumu l-'ardu l-maytatu ahyaynaahaa wa'akhrajnaa minhaa habban faminhu ya'kuloon
DIN 31635waʾāyatun lahumu l-ʾarḍu l-maytatu ʾaḥyaynāhā waʾaḫraǧnā minhā ḥabban faminhu yaʾkulūna
And there is a sign for them in the dead land: We give it life, and produce from it grains from which they eat.
A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof
And a sign for them is the dead earth which we have quickened and brought forth therefrom seed, and from it do they eat
Moreover, the dead earth is a sign to them: we quicken it and bring forth the grain from it, and they eat thereof
One sign of the resurrection unto them is the dead earth: We quicken the same by the rain, and produce thereout various sorts of grain, of which they eat
وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا جَنَّٰتٍ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَأَعْنَٰبٍ وَفَجَّرْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ ٱلْعُيُونِ
Easy-read (simplified)waja'alnaa feehaa jannaatin min nakheelin wa'a'naabin wafajjarnaa feehaa mina l-'uyoon
DIN 31635waǧaʿalnā fīhā ǧannātin min naḫīlin waʾaʿnābin wafaǧǧarnā fīhā mina l-ʿuyūni
And We place in it gardens of palm-trees and vines, and cause springs to gush out of it.
And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein
and we made therein gardens and palms and grapes, and we have caused fountains to gush forth therein
And we make in it gardens of the date and vine; and we cause springs to gush forth in it
And We make therein gardens of palm-trees, and vines; and We cause springs to gush forth in the same
لِيَأْكُلُوا۟ مِن ثَمَرِهِۦ وَمَا عَمِلَتْهُ أَيْدِيهِمْ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)liya'kuloo min thamarihi wamaa 'amilathu aydeehim afalaa yashkuroon
DIN 31635liyaʾkulū min ṯamarihi wamā ʿamilathu ʾaydīhim ʾafalā yaškurūna
That they may eat from its fruits, although their hands did not make it. Will they not be appreciative?
That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks
that they may eat from the fruit thereof, and of what their hands have made; will they not then give thanks
That they may eat of its fruits and of the labour of their hands. Will they not therefore be thankful
That they may eat of the fruits thereof, and of the labour of their hands. Will they not therefore give thanks
سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)subhaana lladhee khalaqa l-'azwaaja kullahaa mimmaa tunbitu l-'ardu wamin anfusihim wamimmaa laa ya'lamoon
DIN 31635subḥāna llaḏī ḫalaqa l-ʾazwāǧa kullahā mimmā tunbitu l-ʾarḍu wamin ʾanfusihim wamimmā lā yaʿlamūna
Glory be to Him who created all the pairs; of what the earth produces, and of their own selves, and of what they do not know.
Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not
Celebrated be the praises of Him who created all kinds, of what the earth brings forth, and of themselves, and what they know not of
Glory be to Him, who hath created all the sexual pairs of such things as Earth produceth, and of mankind themselves; and of things beyond their ken
Praise be unto Him who hath created all the different kinds, both of vegetables, which the earth bringeth forth, and of their own species, by forming the two sexes, and also the various sorts of things which they know not
وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلَّيْلُ نَسْلَخُ مِنْهُ ٱلنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا هُم مُّظْلِمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'aayatun lahumu llaylu naslakhu minhu n-nahaara fa'idhaa hum muzlimoon
DIN 31635waʾāyatun lahumu llaylu naslaḫu minhu n-nahāra faʾiḏā hum muẓlimūna
Another sign for them is the night: We strip the day out of it-and they are in darkness.
A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness
And a sign to them is the night, from which we strip off the day, and lo! they are in the dark
A sign to them also is the Night. We withdraw the day from it, and lo! they are plunged in darkness
The night also is a sign unto them: We withdraw the day from the same, and behold, they are covered with darkness
وَٱلشَّمْسُ تَجْرِى لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَّهَا ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ
Easy-read (simplified)wash-shamsu tajree limustaqarrin lahaa dhaalika taqdeeru l-'azeezi l-'aleem
DIN 31635waš-šamsu taǧrī limustaqarrin lahā ḏālika taqdīru l-ʿazīzi l-ʿalīmi
The translators word this verse differently
And the sun runs towards its destination. Such is the design of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise
and the sun runs on to a place of rest for it; that is the ordinance of the mighty, the wise
And the Sun hasteneth to her place of rest. This, the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knowing
And the sun hasteneth to his place of rest. This is the disposition of the mighty, the wise God
وَٱلْقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَٰهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّىٰ عَادَ كَٱلْعُرْجُونِ ٱلْقَدِيمِ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-qamara qaddarnaahu manaazila hattaa 'aada kal-'urjooni l-qadeem
DIN 31635wal-qamara qaddarnāhu manāzila ḥattā ʿāda kal-ʿurǧūni l-qadīmi
And the moon: We have disposed it in phases, until it returns like the old twig.
And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf
And the moon, we have ordered for it stations, until it comes again to be like an old dry palm branch
And as for the Moon, We have decreed stations for it, till it change like an old and crooked palm branch
And for the moon have We appointed certain mansions, until she change and return to be like the old branch of a palm-tree
لَا ٱلشَّمْسُ يَنۢبَغِى لَهَآ أَن تُدْرِكَ ٱلْقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيْلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَكُلٌّ فِى فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)laa sh-shamsu yanbaghee lahaa an tudrika l-qamara walaa llaylu saabiqu n-nahaari wakullun fee falakin yasbahoon
DIN 31635lā š-šamsu yanbaġī lahā ʾan tudrika l-qamara walā llaylu sābiqu n-nahāri wakullun fī falakin yasbaḥūna
The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each floats in an orbit.
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit
Neither is it proper for it to catch up the moon, nor for the night to outstrip the day, but each one floats on in its sky
To the Sun it is not given to overtake the Moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day; but each in its own sphere doth journey on
It is not expedient that the sun should overtake the moon in her course; neither doth the night outstrip the day: But each of these luminaries moveth in a peculiar orbit
وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'aayatun lahum annaa hamalnaa dhurriyyatahum fee l-fulki l-mashhoon
DIN 31635waʾāyatun lahum ʾannā ḥamalnā ḏurriyyatahum fī l-fulki l-mašḥūni
Another sign for them is that We carried their offspring in the laden Ark.
And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship
And a sign for them is that we bear their seed in a laden ship
It is also a sign to them that we bare their posterity in the full-laden Ark
It is a sign also unto them, that We carry their offspring in the ship filled with merchandize
وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wakhalaqnaa lahum min mithlihi maa yarkaboon
DIN 31635waḫalaqnā lahum min miṯlihi mā yarkabūna
And We created for them the like of it, in which they ride.
And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride
and we have created for them the like thereof whereon to ride
And that we have made for them vessels like it on which they embark
and that We have made for them other conveniencies like unto it, whereon they ride
وَإِن نَّشَأْ نُغْرِقْهُمْ فَلَا صَرِيخَ لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنقَذُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'in nasha' nughriqhum falaa sareekha lahum walaa hum yunqadhoon
DIN 31635waʾin našaʾ nuġriqhum falā ṣarīḫa lahum walā hum yunqaḏūna
If We will, We can drown them-with no screaming to be heard from them, nor will they be saved.
And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved
and if we please, we drown them, and there is none for them to appeal to; nor are they rescued
And if we please, we drown them, and there is none to help them, and they are not rescued
If we please, We drown them, and there is none to help them; neither are they delivered
إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ
Easy-read (simplified)illaa rahmatan minnaa wamataa'an ilaa heen
DIN 31635ʾillā raḥmatan minnā wamatāʿan ʾilā ḥīnin
The translators word this verse differently
Except by a mercy from Us, and enjoyment for a while.
Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while
save by mercy from us, as a provision for a season
Unless through our mercy, and that they may enjoy themselves for yet awhile
unless through our mercy, and that they may enjoy life for a season
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa qeela lahumu taqoo maa bayna aydeekum wamaa khalfakum la'allakum turhamoon
DIN 31635waʾiḏā qīla lahumu taqū mā bayna ʾaydīkum wamā ḫalfakum laʿallakum turḥamūna
Yet when it is said to them, "Beware of what lies before you, and what lies behind you, that you may receive mercy."
When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless)
And when it is said to them, 'Fear what is before you and what is behind you, haply ye may obtain mercy
And when it is said to them, Fear what is before you and what is behind you, that ye may obtain mercy
When it is said unto them, fear that which is before you, and that which is behind you, that ye may obtain mercy; they withdraw from thee
وَمَا تَأْتِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ مِّنْ ءَايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa ta'teehim min aayatin min aayaati rabbihim illaa kaanoo 'anhaa mu'rideen
DIN 31635wamā taʾtīhim min ʾāyatin min ʾāyāti rabbihim ʾillā kānū ʿanhā muʿriḍīna
Yet never came to them a sign of their Lord's signs, but they turned away from it.
Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it
and thou bringest them not any one of the signs of their Lord, but they turn away therefrom
Aye, not one sign from among the signs of their Lord dost thou bring them, but they turn away from it
And thou dost not bring them one sign, of the signs of their Lord, but they turn aside from the same
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ أَنفِقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنُطْعِمُ مَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ أَطْعَمَهُۥٓ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa qeela lahum anfiqoo mimmaa razaqakumu llaahu qaala lladheena kafaroo lilladheena aamanoo anut'imu man law yashaa'u llaahu at'amahu in antum illaa fee dalaalin mubeen
DIN 31635waʾiḏā qīla lahum ʾanfiqū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu qāla llaḏīna kafarū lillaḏīna ʾāmanū ʾanuṭʿimu man law yašāʾu llāhu ʾaṭʿamahu ʾin ʾantum ʾillā fī ḍalālin mubīnin
And when it is said to them, "Spend of what God has provided for you," those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Shall we feed someone whom God could feed, if He so willed? You must be deeply misguided."
And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest
and when it is said to them, 'Expend in alms of what God has bestowed upon you,' those who misbelieve say to those who believe, 'Shall we feed him whom, if God pleased, He would feed? ye are only in an obvious error
And when it is said to them, Give alms of what God hath bestowed on you, they who believe not say to the believers, "Shall we feed him whom God can feed if He will? Truly ye are in no other than a plain error
And when it is said unto them, give alms of that which God hath bestowed on you; the unbelievers say unto those who believe, by way of mockery, shall we feed him whom God can feed, if he pleaseth? Verily ye are in no other than a manifest error
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wayaqooloona mataa haadhaa l-wa'du in kuntum saadiqeen
DIN 31635wayaqūlūna matā hāḏā l-waʿdu ʾin kuntum ṣādiqīna
And they say, "When will this promise be, if you are truthful?"
And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful
They say, 'When shall this promise come to pass, if ye do tell the truth
And they say, "When will this promise be fulfilled, if what ye say be true
And they say, when will this promise of the resurrection be fulfilled, if ye speak truth
مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)maa yanzuroona illaa sayhatan waahidatan ta'khudhuhum wahum yakhissimoon
DIN 31635mā yanẓurūna ʾillā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan taʾḫuḏuhum wahum yaḫiṣṣimūna
The translators word this verse differently
All they can expect is a single blast, which will seize them while they feud.
They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing
They await but a single noise, that shall seize them as they are contending
They await but a single blast: as they are wrangling shall it assail them
They only wait for one sounding of the trumpet, which shall overtake them while they are disputing together
فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ تَوْصِيَةً وَلَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)falaa yastatee'oona tawsiyatan walaa ilaa ahlihim yarji'oon
DIN 31635falā yastaṭīʿūna tawṣiyatan walā ʾilā ʾahlihim yarǧiʿūna
They will not be able to make a will, nor will they return to their families.
Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk
And they shall not be able to make a bequest; nor to their people shall they return
And not a bequest shall they be able to make, nor to their families shall they return
and they shall not have time to make any disposition of their effects, neither shall they return to their family
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wanufikha fee s-soori fa'idhaa hum mina l-'ajdaathi ilaa rabbihim yansiloon
DIN 31635wanufiḫa fī ṣ-ṣūri faʾiḏā hum mina l-ʾaǧdāṯi ʾilā rabbihim yansilūna
The Trumpet will be blown, then behold, they will rush from the tombs to their Lord.
And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord
but the trumpet shall be blown, and, behold, from their graves unto their Lord shall they slip out
And the trumpet shall be blown, and, lo! they shall speed out of their sepulchres to their Lord
And the trumpet shall be sounded again; and behold they shall come forth from their graves, and hasten unto their Lord
قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)qaaloo yaa waylanaa man ba'athanaa min marqadinaa haadhaa maa wa'ada r-rahmaanu wasadaqa l-mursaloon
DIN 31635qālū yā waylanā man baʿaṯanā min marqadinā hāḏā mā waʿada r-raḥmānu waṣadaqa l-mursalūna
They will say, "Woe to us! Who resurrected us from our resting-place?" This is what the Most Gracious had promised, and the messengers have spoken the truth."
Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth
They shall say, 'O, woe is us! who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? this is what the Merciful promised, and the apostles told the truth
They shall say, "Oh! woe to us! who hath roused us from our sleeping place? 'Tis what the God of Mercy promised; and the Apostles spake the truth
They shall say, alas for us! Who hath awakened us from our bed? This is what the Merciful promised us; and his apostles spoke the truth
إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)in kaanat illaa sayhatan waahidatan fa'idhaa hum jamee'un ladaynaa muhdaroon
DIN 31635ʾin kānat ʾillā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan faʾiḏā hum ǧamīʿun ladaynā muḥḍarūna
It will be but a single scream; and behold, they will all be brought before Us.
It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us
It shall be but a single noise, and lo! they are all arraigned before us
But one blast shall there be, and, lo! they shall be assembled before us, all together
It shall be but one sound of the trumpet, and behold, they shall be all assembled before us
فَٱلْيَوْمَ لَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)fal-yawma laa tuzlamu nafsun shay'an walaa tujzawna illaa maa kuntum ta'maloon
DIN 31635fal-yawma lā tuẓlamu nafsun šayʾan walā tuǧzawna ʾillā mā kuntum taʿmalūna
The translators word this verse differently
On that Day, no soul will be wronged in the least, and you will be recompensed only for what you used to do.
This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do
And on that day no soul shall be wronged at all, nor shall ye be rewarded for aught but that which ye have done
And on that day shall no soul be wronged in the least: neither shall ye be rewarded but as ye shall have wrought
On this day no soul shall be unjustly treated in the least; neither shall ye be rewarded, but according to what ye shall have wrought
إِنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى شُغُلٍ فَٰكِهُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)inna ashaaba l-jannati l-yawma fee shughulin faakihoon
DIN 31635ʾinna ʾaṣḥāba l-ǧannati l-yawma fī šuġulin fākihūna
The translators word this verse differently
The inhabitants of Paradise, on that Day, will be happily busy.
Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed
Verily, the fellows of Paradise upon that day shall be employed in enjoyment
But joyous on that day shall be the inmates of Paradise, in their employ
On this day the inhabitants of paradise shall be wholly taken up with joy
هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ
Easy-read (simplified)hum wa'azwaajuhum fee zilaalin 'alaa l-'araa'iki muttaki'oon
DIN 31635hum waʾazwāǧuhum fī ẓilālin ʿalā l-ʾarāʾiki muttakiʾūna
They and their spouses, in shades, reclining on couches.
They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining
they and their wives, in shade upon thrones, reclining
In shades, on bridal couches reclining, they and their spouses
They and their wives shall rest in shady groves, leaning on magnificent couches
لَهُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَلَهُم مَّا يَدَّعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)lahum feehaa faakihatun walahum maa yadda'oon
DIN 31635lahum fīhā fākihatun walahum mā yaddaʿūna
The translators word this verse differently
They will have therein fruits. They will have whatever they call for.
Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask
therein shall they have fruits, and they shall have what they may call for
Therein shall they have fruits, and shall have whatever they require
There shall they have fruit, and they shall obtain whatever they shall desire
سَلَٰمٌ قَوْلًا مِّن رَّبٍّ رَّحِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)salaamun qawlan min rabbin raheem
DIN 31635salāmun qawlan min rabbin raḥīmin
Peace-a saying from a Most Merciful Lord.
The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace
Peace!' - a speech from the merciful Lord
Peace!" shall be the word on the part of a merciful Lord
Peace shall be the word spoken unto the righteous, by a merciful Lord
وَٱمْتَٰزُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wamtaazoo l-yawma ayyuhaa l-mujrimoon
DIN 31635wamtāzū l-yawma ʾayyuhā l-muǧrimūna
The translators word this verse differently
But step aside today, you criminals.
But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day
Separate yourselves today, O ye sinners
But be ye separated this day, O ye sinners
But He shall say unto the wicked, be ye separated this day, O ye wicked, from the righteous
أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يَٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا۟ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ
Easy-read (simplified)alam a'had ilaykum yaa banee aadama an laa ta'budoo sh-shaytaana innahu lakum 'aduwwun mubeen
DIN 31635ʾalam ʾaʿhad ʾilaykum yā banī ʾādama ʾan lā taʿbudū š-šayṭāna ʾinnahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun
Did I not covenant with you, O Children of Adam, that you shall not serve the devil? That he is your sworn enemy?
Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe
Did I not covenant with you, O children of Adam! that ye should not serve Satan? verily, he is to you an open foe
Did I not enjoin on you, O sons of Adam, 'Worship not Satan, for that he is your declared foe
Did I not command you, O sons of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; because he was an open enemy unto you
وَأَنِ ٱعْبُدُونِى هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'ani 'budoonee haadhaa siraatun mustaqeem
DIN 31635waʾani ʿbudūnī hāḏā ṣirāṭun mustaqīmun
The translators word this verse differently
And that you shall serve Me? This is a straight path.
But that ye worship Me? That was the right path
but serve ye me, this is the right way
But 'Worship Me: this is a right path
And did I not say, worship Me; this is the right way
وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)walaqad adalla minkum jibillan katheeran afalam takoonoo ta'qiloon
DIN 31635walaqad ʾaḍalla minkum ǧibillan kaṯīran ʾafalam takūnū taʿqilūna
He has misled a great multitude of you. Did you not understand?
Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense
But he led astray a numerous race of you; what! had ye then no sense
But now hath he led a vast host of you astray. Did ye not then comprehend
But now hath he seduced a great multitude of you: Did ye not therefore understand
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)haadhihi jahannamu llatee kuntum too'adoon
DIN 31635hāḏihi ǧahannamu llatī kuntum tūʿadūna
This is Hellfire, which you were promised.
This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him)
this is hell, which ye were threatened
This is Hell with which ye were threatened
This is hell, with which ye were threatened
ٱصْلَوْهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)islawhaa l-yawma bimaa kuntum takfuroon
DIN 31635iṣlawhā l-yawma bimā kuntum takfurūna
The translators word this verse differently
Roast in it today, because you persistently disbelieved.
Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved
broil therein today, for that ye misbelieved
Endure its heat this day, for that ye believed not
Be ye cast into the same this day, to be burned; for that ye have been unbelievers
ٱلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَىٰٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَآ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)al-yawma nakhtimu 'alaa afwaahihim watukallimunaa aydeehim watashhadu arjuluhum bimaa kaanoo yaksiboon
DIN 31635al-yawma naḫtimu ʿalā ʾafwāhihim watukallimunā ʾaydīhim watašhadu ʾarǧuluhum bimā kānū yaksibūna
On this Day, We will seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify to everything they had done.
This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn
On that day we will seat their mouths, and their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they earned
On that day will we set a seal upon their mouths; yet shall their hands speak unto us, and their feet shall bear witness of that which they shall have done
On this day We will seal up their mouths, that they shall not open them in their own defence; and their hands shall speak unto Us, and their feet shall bear witness of that which they have committed
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)walaw nashaa'u latamasnaa 'alaa a'yunihim fastabaqoo s-siraata fa'annaa yubsiroon
DIN 31635walaw našāʾu laṭamasnā ʿalā ʾaʿyunihim fastabaqū ṣ-ṣirāṭa faʾannā yubṣirūna
The translators word this verse differently
If We will, We can blind their eyes as they rush towards the path-but how will they see?
And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen
And if we please we could put out their eyes, and they would race along the road; and then how could they see
And, if we pleased, we would surely put out their eyes: yet even then would they speed on with rivalry in their path: but how should they see
If We pleased We could put out their eyes, and they might run with emulation in the way they use to take; and how should they see their error
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مُضِيًّا وَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)walaw nashaa'u lamasakhnaahum 'alaa makaanatihim famaa stataa'oo mudiyyan walaa yarji'oon
DIN 31635walaw našāʾu lamasaḫnāhum ʿalā makānatihim famā staṭāʿū muḍiyyan walā yarǧiʿūna
The translators word this verse differently
And if We will, We can cripple them in their place; so they can neither move forward, nor go back.
And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back
And if we pleased we would transform them in their places, and they should not be able to go on, nor yet to return
And, if we pleased, we would surely transform them as they stand, and they would not be able to move onward, or to return
And if We pleased We could transform them into other shapes, in their places where they should be found; and they should not be able to depart: Neither should they repent
وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)waman nu'ammirhu nunakkishu fee l-khalqi afalaa ya'qiloon
DIN 31635waman nuʿammirhu nunakkishu fī l-ḫalqi ʾafalā yaʿqilūna
The translators word this verse differently
Whomever We grant old age, We reverse his development. Do they not understand?
He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense
And him to whom we grant old age, we bow him down in his form; have they then no sense
Him cause we to stoop through age whose days we lengthen. Will they not understand
Unto whomsoever We grant a long life, him do We cause to bow down his body through age. Will they not therefore understand
وَمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْءَانٌ مُّبِينٌ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa 'allamnaahu sh-shi'ra wamaa yanbaghee lahu in huwa illaa dhikrun waqur'aanun mubeen
DIN 31635wamā ʿallamnāhu š-šiʿra wamā yanbaġī lahu ʾin huwa ʾillā ḏikrun waqurʾānun mubīnun
We did not teach him poetry, nor is it proper for him. It is only a reminder, and a Clear Quran.
And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain
We have not taught him poetry, nor was it proper for him; it is but a reminder and a plain Qur'an
We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor would it beseem him. This Book is no other than a warning and a clear Koran
We have not taught Mohammed the art of poetry; nor is it expedient for him to be a poet. This book is no other than an admonition from God, and a perspicuous Koran
لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)liyundhira man kaana hayyan wayahiqqa l-qawlu 'alaa l-kaafireen
DIN 31635liyunḏira man kāna ḥayyan wayaḥiqqa l-qawlu ʿalā l-kāfirīna
The translators word this verse differently
That he may warn whoever is alive, and prove the Word against the faithless.
To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers
to warn him who is living; but the sentence is due against the misbelievers
To warn whoever liveth; and, that against the Infidels sentence may be justly given
that he may warn him who is living: And the sentence of condemnation will be justly executed on the unbelievers
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَآ أَنْعَٰمًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَٰلِكُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)awalam yaraw annaa khalaqnaa lahum mimmaa 'amilat aydeenaa an'aaman fahum lahaa maalikoon
DIN 31635ʾawalam yaraw ʾannā ḫalaqnā lahum mimmā ʿamilat ʾaydīnā ʾanʿāman fahum lahā mālikūna
Have they not seen that We created for them, of Our Handiwork, livestock that they own?
Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners
Have they not seen that we have created for them of what our hands have made for them, cattle, and they are owners thereof
See they not that we have created for them among the things which our hands have wrought, the animals of which they are masters
Do they not consider that We have created for them, among the things which our hands have wrought, cattle of several kinds, of which they are possessors
وَذَلَّلْنَٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)wadhallalnaahaa lahum faminhaa rakoobuhum waminhaa ya'kuloon
DIN 31635waḏallalnāhā lahum faminhā rakūbuhum waminhā yaʾkulūna
And We subdued them for them. Some they ride, and some they eat.
And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food
and we have tamed them for them, and of them are some to ride, and of them are what they eat
And that we have subjected them unto them? And on some they ride, and of others they eat
and that We have put the same in subjection under them? Some of them are for their riding; and on some of them do they feed
وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ وَمَشَارِبُ أَفَلَا يَشْكُرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)walahum feehaa manaafi'u wamashaaribu afalaa yashkuroon
DIN 31635walahum fīhā manāfiʿu wamašāribu ʾafalā yaškurūna
The translators word this verse differently
And they have in them other benefits, and drinks. Will they not give thanks?
Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks
and therein have they advantages and beverages; will they not then give thanks
And they find in them profitable uses and beverages
And they receive other advantages therefrom; and of their milk do they drink. Will they not, therefore, be thankful
وَٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ءَالِهَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)waattakhadhoo min dooni llaahi aalihatan la'allahum yunsaroon
DIN 31635wāttaḫaḏū min dūni llāhi ʾālihatan laʿallahum yunṣarūna
Yet they have taken to themselves gods other than God, that perhaps they may be helped.
And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped
But they take, beside God, gods that haply they may be helped
Yet have they taken other gods beside God that they might be helpful to them
They have taken other gods, besides God, in hopes that they may be assisted by them
لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)laa yastatee'oona nasrahum wahum lahum jundun muhdaroon
DIN 31635lā yastaṭīʿūna naṣrahum wahum lahum ǧundun muḥḍarūna
The translators word this verse differently
They cannot help them, although they are arrayed as troops for them.
It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms
They cannot help them; yet are they a host ready for them
No power have they to succour them: yet are their votaries an army at their service
but they are not able to give them any assistance: Yet are they a party of troops ready to defend them
فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)falaa yahzunka qawluhum innaa na'lamu maa yusirroona wamaa yu'linoon
DIN 31635falā yaḥzunka qawluhum ʾinnā naʿlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʿlinūna
So let their words not sadden you. We know what they conceal, and what they reveal.
So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim
But let not their speech grieve thee: verily, we know what they conceal and what they display
Let not their speech grieve thee: We know what they hide and what they bring to light
Let not their speech, therefore, grieve thee: We know that which they privately conceal, and that which they publicly discover
أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ
Easy-read (simplified)awalam yara l-'insaanu annaa khalaqnaahu min nutfatin fa'idhaa huwa khaseemun mubeen
DIN 31635ʾawalam yara l-ʾinsānu ʾannā ḫalaqnāhu min nuṭfatin faʾiḏā huwa ḫaṣīmun mubīnun
Does the human being not consider that We created him from a seed? Yet he becomes a fierce adversary.
Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent
Has not man seen that we have created him from a clot? and lo! he is an open opponent
Doth not man perceive that we have created him of the moist germs of life? Yet lo! is he an open caviller
Doth not man know that We have created him of seed? Yet behold, he is an open disputer against the resurrection
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)wadaraba lanaa mathalan wanasiya khalqahu qaala man yuhyee l-'izaama wahiya rameem
DIN 31635waḍaraba lanā maṯalan wanasiya ḫalqahu qāla man yuḥyī l-ʿiẓāma wahiya ramīmun
And he produces arguments against Us, and he forgets his own creation. He says, "Who will revive the bones when they have decayed?"
And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away
and he strikes out for us a likeness; and forgets his creation; and says, 'Who shall quicken bones when they are rotten
And he meeteth us with arguments, and forgetteth his creation: "Who," saith he, "shall give life to bones when they are rotten
and he propoundeth unto us a comparison, and forgetteth his creation. He saith, who shall restore bones to life, when they are rotten
قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)qul yuhyeehaa lladhee ansha'ahaa awwala marratin wahuwa bikulli khalqin 'aleem
DIN 31635qul yuḥyīhā llaḏī ʾanšaʾahā ʾawwala marratin wahuwa bikulli ḫalqin ʿalīmun
Say, "He who initiated them in the first instance will revive them. He has knowledge of every creation."
Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation
Say, 'He shall quicken them who produced them at first, for every creation does He know
SAY: He shall give life to them who gave them being at first, for in all creation is he skilled
Answer, He shall restore them to life, Who produced them the first time: For He is skilled in every kind of creation
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ ٱلْأَخْضَرِ نَارًا فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْهُ تُوقِدُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)alladhee ja'ala lakum mina sh-shajari l-'akhdari naaran fa'idhaa antum minhu tooqidoon
DIN 31635allaḏī ǧaʿala lakum mina š-šaǧari l-ʾaḫḍari nāran faʾiḏā ʾantum minhu tūqidūna
He who produced fuel for you from the green trees, with which you kindle a fire.
Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it
who has made for you fire out of a green tree, and lo! ye kindle therewith
Who even out of the green tree hath given you fire, and lo! ye kindle flame from it
Who giveth you fire out of the green tree, and behold, ye kindle your fuel from thence
أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Easy-read (simplified)awalaysa lladhee khalaqa s-samaawaati wal-'arda biqaadirin 'alaa an yakhluqa mithlahum balaa wahuwa l-khallaaqu l-'aleem
DIN 31635ʾawalaysa llaḏī ḫalaqa s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍa biqādirin ʿalā ʾan yaḫluqa miṯlahum balā wahuwa l-ḫallāqu l-ʿalīmu
Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Certainly. He is the Supreme All-Knowing Creator.
Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator
Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like thereof? yea! He is the knowing Creator
What! must not He who hath created the Heavens and the Earth be mighty enough to create your likes? Yes! and He is the skilful creator
Is not He who hath created the heavens and the earth, able to create new creatures like unto them? Yea certainly: For He is the wise creator
إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Easy-read (simplified)innamaa amruhu idhaa araada shay'an an yaqoola lahu kun fayakoon
DIN 31635ʾinnamā ʾamruhu ʾiḏā ʾarāda šayʾan ʾan yaqūla lahu kun fayakūnu
His command, when He wills a thing, is to say to it, "Be," and it comes to be.
But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is
His bidding is only, when He desires anything to say to it, 'BE,' and it is
His command when He willeth aught, is but to say to it, BE, and IT IS
His command, when He willeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it, be; and it is
فَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)fasubhaana lladhee biyadihi malakootu kulli shay'in wa'ilayhi turja'oon
DIN 31635fasubḥāna llaḏī biyadihi malakūtu kulli šayʾin waʾilayhi turǧaʿūna
So glory be to Him in whose hand is the dominion of everything, and to Him you will be returned.
Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back
Then celebrated be the praises of Him in whose hands is the kingdom of everything! and unto Him shall ye return
So glory be to Him in whose hand is sway over all things! And to Him shall ye be brought back
Wherefore praise be unto Him, in whose hand is the kingdom of all things, and unto Whom ye shall return at the last day
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