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20. Taa-Haa No. 21 22. Al-Hajj

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Movement 1 * Verses 1–10 Section 1 of 7

Section 1: Verses 1–10

Thematic progression across verses 1–10

21:1 Juz 17 * Page 322

ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةࣲ مُّعۡرِضُونَ 1

Iqtaraba linnaasi hisaa buhum wa hum fee ghaflatim mu'ridoon

اقْترب (Has) approached
للناس for [the] mankind
حسابُهُمْ their account,
وهُمْ while they
فى (are) in
غفْلةٌ heedlessness
مُعْرضُون turning away.

Mankind’s reckoning has drawn near, but they turn away heedlessly

21:2 Juz 17 * Page 322

مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرࣲ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ 2

Maa yaateehim min zikrim mir Rabbihim muhdasin illas tama'oohu wa hum yal'aboon

ما Not
يأْتيهم comes to them
من of
ذكْرٌ a Reminder
من from
ربهم their Lord,
مُحْدثٌ anew
إلا except
اسْتمعُوهُ they listen to it
وهُمْ while they
يلْعبُون (are at) play

No fresh reminder comes to them from their Lord, but they listen to it playfully

21:3 Juz 17 * Page 322

لَاهِيَةࣰ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرࣱ مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ أَفَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ 3

Laahiyatan quloobuhum; wa asarrun najwal lazeena zalamoo hal haazaa illaa basharum mislukum afataa toonas sihra wa antum tubsiroon

لاهيةً Distracted
قُلُوبُهُمْ their hearts.
وأسرُوا And they conceal
النجْوى the private conversation,
الذين those who
ظلمُوا [they] wronged,
هلْ "Is
هذا this
إلا except
بشر a human being
مثْلُكُمْ like you?
أفتأْتُون So would you approach
السحْر the magic
وأنتُمْ while you
تُبْصرُون see (it)?"

Their hearts distracted, the wrongdoers confer secretly, “Is this anything but a mortal like you? Will you take to sorcery, with open-eyes?”

21:4 Juz 17 * Page 322

قَالَ رَبِّي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ 4

Qaala Rabbee ya'lamul qawla fis samaaa'i wal ardi wa Huwas Samee'ul Aleem

قال He said,
ربى "My Lord
يعْلمُ knows
الْقوْل the word
فى in
السماء the heavens
والْأرْض and the earth.
وهُو And He
السميعُ (is) the All-Hearer,
الْعليمُ the All-Knower."

He said, “My Lord knows what is said in the heaven and the earth; and He is the Hearer, the Knower.”

21:5 Juz 17 * Page 322

بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمِۭ بَلِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ بَلۡ هُوَ شَاعِرࣱ فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا بِـَٔايَةࣲ كَمَآ أُرۡسِلَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ 5

Bal qaalooo adghaasu ahlaamim balif taraahu bal huwa shaa'irun falyaatinaa bi Aayatin kamaa ursilal awwaloon

بلْ Nay,
قالُوا they say,
أضْغثُ "Muddled
أحْلمٌ dreams;
بل nay,
افْترىهُ he (has) invented it;
بلْ nay,
هُو he
شاعر (is) a poet.
فلْيأْتنا So let him bring us
بـايةٌ a sign
كما like what
أُرْسل was sent
الْأولُون (to) the former."

And they said, “A jumble of dreams,” and, “He made it up,” and, “He is a poet,” “let him bring us a sign, like those sent to the ancients.”

21:6 Juz 17 * Page 322

مَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ 6

Maaa aaamanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknaahaa a-fahum yu'minoon

ما Not
ءامنتْ believed
قبْلهُم before them
من any
قرْيةٌ town
أهْلكْنها which We destroyed,
أفهُمْ so will they
يُؤْمنُون believe?

None of the towns We destroyed before them had believed. Will they, then, believe

21:7 Juz 17 * Page 322

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالࣰ ا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ 7

Wa maaa arsalnaa qablaka illaa rijaalan nooheee ilaihim fas'aloo ahlaz zikri in kuntum laa ta'lamoon

وما And not
أرْسلْنا We sent
قبْلك before you
إلا except
رجالًا men,
نُوحى We revealed
إليْهمْ to them.
فسْـلُوا So ask
أهْل (the) people
الذكْر (of) the Reminder,
إن if
كُنتُمْ you
لا (do) not
تعْلمُون know.

We did not send before you except men, whom We inspired. Ask the people of knowledge, if you do not know

21:8 Juz 17 * Page 322

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدࣰ ا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ 8

Wa maa ja'alnaahum jasadal laa yaakuloonat ta'aama wa maa kaanoo khaalideen

وما And not
جعلْنهُمْ We made them
جسدًا bodies
لا not
يأْكُلُون eating
الطعام the food,
وما and not
كانُوا they were
خلدين immortals.

We did not make them mere bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal

21:9 Juz 17 * Page 322

ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ 9

summa sadaqnaa humul wa'da fa-anjainaahum wa man nashaaa'u wa ahlaknal musrifeen

ثُم Then
صدقْنهُمُ We fulfilled (for) them
الْوعْد the promise,
فأنجيْنهُمْ and We saved them
ومن and whom
نشاءُ We willed,
وأهْلكْنا and We destroyed
الْمُسْرفين the transgressors.

Then We fulfilled Our promise to them, and We saved them together with whomever We willed, and We destroyed the extravagant

21:10 Juz 17 * Page 322

لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبࣰ ا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ 10

Laqad anzalnaaa ilaikum Kitaaban feehi zikrukum afalaa ta'qiloon

لقدْ Indeed,
أنزلْنا We (have) sent down
إليْكُمْ to you
كتبًا a Book
فيه in it
ذكْرُكُمْ (is) your mention.
أفلا Then will not
تعْقلُون you use reason?

We have sent down to you a Book, containing your message. Do you not understand

Movement 2 * Verses 11–29 Section 2 of 7

Section 2: Verses 11–29

Thematic progression across verses 11–29

21:11 Juz 17 * Page 323

وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةࣲ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةࣰ وَأَنشَأۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ 11

Wa kam qasamnaa min qaryatin kannat zaalimatanw wa anshadnaa ba'dahaa qawman aakhareen

وكمْ And how many
قصمْنا We (have) shattered
من of
قرْيةٌ a town
كانتْ (that) was
ظالمةً unjust,
وأنشأْنا and We produced
بعْدها after them
قوْمًا another people.
ءاخرين another people.

How many a guilty town have We crushed, and established thereafter another people

21:12 Juz 17 * Page 323

فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ 12

Falammaaa ahassoo baasanaaa izaaa hum minhaa yarkudoon

فلما Then when
أحسُوا they perceived
بأْسنا Our torment,
إذا behold,
هُم they
منْها from it
يرْكُضُون were fleeing.

Then, when they sensed Our might, they started running away from it

21:13 Juz 17 * Page 323

لَا تَرۡكُضُواْ وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ 13

Laa tarkudoo warji'ooo ilaa maaa utriftum feehe wa masaakinikum la'allakum tus'aloon

لا Flee not,
ترْكُضُوا Flee not,
وارْجعُوا but return
إلى to
ما what
أُتْرفْتُمْ you were given luxury
فيه in it
ومسكنكُمْ and to your homes,
لعلكُمْ so that you may
تُسْـلُون be questioned.

Do not run, but come back to your luxuries, and to your homes, that you may be questioned

21:14 Juz 17 * Page 323

قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ 14

Qaaloo yaa wailanaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen

قالُوا They said,
يويْلنا "O woe to us!
إنا Indeed, [we]
كُنا we were
ظلمين wrongdoers."

They said, “Woe to us; we were unfair.”

21:15 Juz 17 * Page 323

فَمَا زَالَت تِّلۡكَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ 15

Famaa zaalat tilka da'waahum hattaa ja'alnaahum haseedan khaamideen

فما Then not
زالت ceased
تلْك [this]
دعْوىهُمْ their cry
حتى until
جعلْنهُمْ We made them
حصيدًا reaped
خمدين extinct.

This continued to be their cry, until We made them silent ashes

21:16 Juz 17 * Page 323

وَمَا خَلَقۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ 16

Wa maa khalaqnas samaaa'a wal arda wa maa bainahumaa laa'ibeen

وما And not
خلقْنا We created
السماء the heavens
والْأرْض and the earth
وما and what
بيْنهُما (is) between them
لعبين (for) playing.

We did not create the sky and the earth and what is between them for amusement

21:17 Juz 17 * Page 323

لَوۡ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهۡوࣰ ا لَّٱتَّخَذۡنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ 17

Law aradnaaa an nattakhiza lahwal lat takhaznaahu mil ladunnaaa in kunnaa faa'ileen

لوْ If
أردْنا We intended
أن that
نتخذ We take
لهْوًا a pastime,
لاتخذْنهُ surely We (could have) taken it
من from
لدُنا Us,
إن if
كُنا We were
فعلين doers.

If We wanted amusement, We could have found it within Us, were We to do so

21:18 Juz 17 * Page 323

بَلۡ نَقۡذِفُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقࣱۚ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡوَيۡلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ 18

Bal naqzifu bilhaqqi 'alal baatili fa yadmaghuhoo fa izaa huwa zaahiq; wa lakumul wailu mimmaa tasifoon

بلْ Nay,
نقْذفُ We hurl
بالْحق the truth
على against
الْبطل [the] falsehood,
فيدْمغُهُ and it breaks its head,
فإذا behold,
هُو it (is)
زاهق vanishing.
ولكُمُ And for you
الْويْلُ (is) destruction
مما for what
تصفُون you ascribe.

In fact, We hurl the truth against falsehood, and it crushes it, so it vanishes. Woe unto you, for what you describe

21:19 Juz 17 * Page 323

وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَمَنۡ عِندَهُۥ لَا يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَلَا يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ 19

Wa lahoo man fis samaawaati wal ard; wa man 'indahoo laa yastakbiroona 'an 'ibaada tihee wa laa yastahsiroon

ولهُ And to Him (belongs)
من whoever
فى (is) in
السموت the heavens
والْأرْض and the earth.
ومنْ And (those) who
عندهُ (are) near Him
لا not
يسْتكْبرُون they are arrogant
عنْ to
عبادته worship Him
ولا and not
يسْتحْسرُون they tire.

To Him belongs everyone in the heavens and the earth. Those near Him are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they waver

21:20 Juz 17 * Page 323

يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفۡتُرُونَ 20

Yusabbihoona laila wannahaara laa yafturoon

يُسبحُون They glorify (Him)
اليْل [the] night
والنهار and [the] day,
لا not
يفْتُرُون they slacken.

They praise night and day, without ever tiring

21:21 Juz 17 * Page 323

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَالِهَةࣰ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ هُمۡ يُنشِرُونَ 21

Amit takhazooo aalihatam minal ardi hum yunshiroon

أم Or
اتخذُوا (have) they taken
ءالهةً gods
من from
الْأرْض the earth,
هُمْ they
يُنشرُون raise (the dead)?

Or have they taken to themselves gods from the earth who resurrect

21:22 Juz 17 * Page 323

لَوۡ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَاۚ فَسُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَرۡشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ 22

Law kaana feehimaaa aalihatun illal laahu lafasadataa; fa-Subhaanal laahi Rabbil 'Arshi 'ammaa yasifoon

لوْ If
كان (there) were
فيهما in both of them
ءالهة gods
إلا besides
اللهُ Allah,
لفسدتا surely they (would) have been ruined.
فسُبْحن So glorified
الله (is) Allah,
رب Lord
الْعرْش (of) the Throne
عما (above) what
يصفُون they attribute.

If there were in them gods other than God, they would have gone to ruin. So glory be to God, Lord of the Throne, beyond what they allege

21:23 Juz 17 * Page 323

لَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَمَّا يَفۡعَلُ وَهُمۡ يُسۡـَٔلُونَ 23

Laa yus'alu 'ammaa yaf'alu wa hum yus'aloon

لا Not
يُسْـلُ He (can) be questioned
عما about what
يفْعلُ He does,
وهُمْ but they
يُسْـلُون will be questioned.

He will not be questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned

21:24 Juz 17 * Page 323

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةࣰۖ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡۖ هَٰذَا ذِكۡرُ مَن مَّعِيَ وَذِكۡرُ مَن قَبۡلِيۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ فَهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ 24

Amit takhazoo min doonihee aalihatan qul haatoo burhaanakum haaza zikru mam ma'iya wa zikru man qablee; bal aksaruhum laa ya'lamoonal haqqa fahum mu'ridoon

أم Or
اتخذُوا (have) they taken
من besides Him
دُونه besides Him
ءالهةً gods?
قُلْ Say,
هاتُوا "Bring
بُرْهنكُمْ your proof.
هذا This
ذكْرُ (is) a Reminder
من (for those) who
معى (are) with me,
وذكْرُ and a Reminder
من (for those) who
قبْلى (were) before me."
بلْ But
أكْثرُهُمْ most of them
لا (do) not
يعْلمُون know
الْحق the truth
فهُم so they
مُعْرضُون (are) averse.

Or have they taken, besides Him, other gods? Say, “Bring your proof. This is a message for those with me, and a message of those before me.” But most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away

21:25 Juz 17 * Page 324

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ 25

Wa maaa arsalnaa min qablika mir Rasoolin illaa nooheee ilaihi annahoo laaa ilaaha illaaa Ana fa'budoon

وما And not
أرْسلْنا We sent
من before you
قبْلك before you
من any
رسُولٌ Messenger
إلا but
نُوحى We reveal(ed)
إليْه to him
أنهُ that [He],
لا "(There is) no
إله god
إلا except
أنا Me
فاعْبُدُون so worship Me."

We never sent a messenger before you without inspiring him that: “There is no god but I, so worship Me.”

21:26 Juz 17 * Page 324

وَقَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدࣰ اۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ بَلۡ عِبَادࣱ مُّكۡرَمُونَ 26

Wa qaalut takhazar Rahmaanu waladan Subhaanah; bal 'ibaadum mkkramoon

وقالُوا And they say,
اتخذ "Has taken
الرحْمنُ the Most Gracious
ولدًا a son."
سُبْحنهُ Glorified is He!
بلْ Nay,
عباد (they are) slaves
مُكْرمُون honored.

And they say, “The Most Merciful has taken to himself a son.” Be He glorified; they are but honored servants

21:27 Juz 17 * Page 324

لَا يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَهُم بِأَمۡرِهِۦ يَعۡمَلُونَ 27

Laa yasbiqoonahoo bil qawli wa hum bi amrihee ya'maloon

لا Not
يسْبقُونهُ they (can) precede Him
بالْقوْل in word,
وهُم and they
بأمْره by His command
يعْملُون act.

They never speak before He has spoken, and they only act on His command

21:28 Juz 17 * Page 324

يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡ وَلَا يَشۡفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرۡتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنۡ خَشۡيَتِهِۦ مُشۡفِقُونَ 28

Ya'lamu maa baina aideehim wa maa khalfahum wa laa yashfa'oona illaa limanir tadaa wa hum min khash yatihee mushfiqoon

يعْلمُ He knows
ما what
بيْن (is) before them,
أيْديهمْ (is) before them,
وما and what
خلْفهُمْ (is) behind them,
ولا and not
يشْفعُون they (can) intercede
إلا except
لمن for whom
ارْتضى He approves.
وهُم And they,
منْ from
خشْيته fear of Him,
مُشْفقُون stand in awe.

He knows what is before them, and what is behind them; and they do not intercede except for him whom He approves; and they tremble in awe of Him

21:29 Juz 17 * Page 324

۞وَمَن يَقُلۡ مِنۡهُمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِلَٰهࣱ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ 29

Wa mai yaqul minhum inneee ilaahum min doonihee fazaalika najzeehi Jahannam; kazaalika najziz zaalimeen

ومن And whoever
يقُلْ says
منْهُمْ of them,
إنى "Indeed, I am
إله a god
من besides Him."
دُونه besides Him."
فذلك Then that
نجْزيه We will recompense
جهنم (with) Hell.
كذلك Thus
نجْزى We recompense
الظلمين the wrongdoers.

And whoever of them says, “I am a god besides Him,” We will reward him with Hell. Thus We reward the wrongdoers

Movement 3 * Verses 30–41 Section 3 of 7

Section 3: Verses 30–41

Thematic progression across verses 30–41

21:30 Juz 17 * Page 324

أَوَلَمۡ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ كَانَتَا رَتۡقࣰ ا فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَاۖ وَجَعَلۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ حَيٍّۚ أَفَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ 30

Awalam yaral lazeena kafarooo annas samaawaati wal arda kaanataa ratqan faftaqnaahumaa wa ja'alnaa minal maaa'i kulla shai'in haiyin afalaa yu'minoon

أولمْ Do not
ير see
الذين those who
كفرُوا disbelieved
أن that
السموت the heavens
والْأرْض and the earth
كانتا were
رتْقًا a joined entity,
ففتقْنهُما then We parted them
وجعلْنا and We made
من from
الْماء [the] water
كُل every
شىْءٌ living thing?
حىٌ living thing?
أفلا Then will not
يُؤْمنُون they believe?

Do the disbelievers not see that the heavens and the earth were one mass, and We tore them apart? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not believe

Thematic Cross-References (Quran Explains Quran)

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمۡ فِي رَيۡبࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡبَعۡثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابࣲ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةࣲ ثُمَّ مِنۡ عَلَقَةࣲ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضۡغَةࣲ مُّخَلَّقَةࣲ وَغَيۡرِ مُخَلَّقَةࣲ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمۡۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّ ى ثُمَّ نُخۡرِجُكُمۡ طِفۡلࣰ ا ثُمَّ لِتَبۡلُغُوٓاْ أَشُدَّكُمۡۖ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرۡذَلِ ٱلۡعُمُرِ لِكَيۡلَا يَعۡلَمَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ عِلۡمࣲ شَيۡـࣰٔ اۚ وَتَرَى ٱلۡأَرۡضَ هَامِدَةࣰ فَإِذَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَآءَ ٱهۡتَزَّتۡ وَرَبَتۡ وَأَنۢبَتَتۡ مِن كُلِّ زَوۡجِۭ بَهِيجࣲ‏

Shares 7 Arabic roots — thematic cross-reference

21:31 Juz 17 * Page 324

وَجَعَلۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجࣰ ا سُبُلࣰ ا لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَهۡتَدُونَ 31

Wa ja'alnaa fil ardi rawaasiya an tameeda bihim wa ja'alnaa feehaa fijaajan subulal la'allahum yahtadoon

وجعلْنا And We (have) placed
فى in
الْأرْض the earth
روسى firmly set mountains,
أن lest
تميد it (should) shake
بهمْ with them,
وجعلْنا and We made
فيها therein
فجاجًا broad passes
سُبُلًا (as) ways,
لعلهُمْ so that they may
يهْتدُون (be) guided.

And We placed on earth stabilizers, lest it sways with them, and We placed therein signposts and passages, that they may be guided

21:32 Juz 17 * Page 324

وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقۡفࣰ ا مَّحۡفُوظࣰ اۖ وَهُمۡ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعۡرِضُونَ 32

Wa ja'alnas samaaa'a saqfam mahfoozanw wa hum 'an Aayaatihaa mu'ridoon

وجعلْنا And We made
السماء the sky
سقْفًا a roof
محْفُوظًا protected.
وهُمْ But they,
عنْ from
ءايتها its Signs,
مُعْرضُون turn away.

And We made the sky a protected ceiling; yet they turn away from its wonders

21:33 Juz 17 * Page 324

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ كُلࣱّ فِي فَلَكࣲ يَسۡبَحُونَ 33

Wa Huwal lazee khalaqal laila wannahaara washshamsa wal qamara kullun fee falakiny yashbahoon

وهُو And He
الذى (is) the One Who
خلق created
اليْل the night
والنهار and the day,
والشمْس and the sun
والْقمر and the moon;
كُل each
فى in
فلكٌ an orbit
يسْبحُون floating.

It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in an orbit

Thematic Cross-References (Quran Explains Quran)

لَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ يَنۢبَغِي لَهَآ أَن تُدۡرِكَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ وَلَا ٱلَّيۡلُ سَابِقُ ٱلنَّهَارِۚ وَكُلࣱّ فِي فَلَكࣲ يَسۡبَحُونَ

Shares 7 Arabic roots — thematic cross-reference

21:34 Juz 17 * Page 324

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا لِبَشَرࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ ٱلۡخُلۡدَۖ أَفَإِيْن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِدُونَ 34

Wa maa ja'alnaa libasharim min qablikal khuld; afaimmitta fahumul khaalidoon

وما And not
جعلْنا We made
لبشرٌ for any man
من before you
قبْلك before you
الْخُلْد [the] immortality;
أفإين so if
مت you die,
فهُمُ then (would) they
الْخلدُون live forever?

We did not grant immortality to any human being before you. Should you die, are they then the immortal

21:35 Juz 17 * Page 324

كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ وَنَبۡلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلۡخَيۡرِ فِتۡنَةࣰۖ وَإِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ 35

Kullu nafsin zaaa'iqatul mawt; wa nablookum bishsharri walkhairi fitnatanw wa ilainaa turja'oon

كُلُ Every
نفْسٌ soul
ذائقةُ (will) taste
الْموْت [the] death.
ونبْلُوكُم And We test you
بالشر with [the] bad
والْخيْر and [the] good
فتْنةً (as) a trial;
وإليْنا and to Us
تُرْجعُون you will be returned.

Every soul will taste death. We burden you with adversity and prosperity—a test. And to Us you will be returned

21:36 Juz 17 * Page 325

وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَذۡكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ هُمۡ كَٰفِرُونَ 36

Wa izaa ra aakal lazeena kafarooo iny-yattakhizoonaka illa huzuwaa; ahaazal lazee yazkuru aalihatakum wa hum bi zikrir Rahmaani hum kaafiroon

وإذا And when
رءاك they see you,
الذين those who
كفرُوا disbelieve
إن not
يتخذُونك they take you
إلا except
هُزُوًا (in) ridicule,
أهذا "Is this
الذى the one who
يذْكُرُ mentions
ءالهتكُمْ your gods?"
وهُم And they
بذكْر at (the) mention
الرحْمن (of) the Most Gracious
هُمْ [they]
كفرُون (are) disbelievers.

When those who disbelieve see you, they treat you only with ridicule: “Is this the one who mentions your gods?” And they reject the mention of the Merciful

21:37 Juz 17 * Page 325

خُلِقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِنۡ عَجَلࣲۚ سَأُوْرِيكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِي فَلَا تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونِ 37

Khuliqal insaanu min 'ajal; sa ureekum Aayaatee falaa tasta'jiloon

خُلق Is created
الْإنسنُ the man
منْ of
عجلٌ haste.
سأُوريكُمْ I will show you
ءايتى My Signs
فلا so (do) not
تسْتعْجلُون ask Me to hasten.

The human being was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not seek to rush Me

21:38 Juz 17 * Page 325

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ 38

Wa yaqooloona mataa haazal wa'du in kuntum saadiqeen

ويقُولُون And they say,
متى "When (will be fulfilled)
هذا this
الْوعْدُ promise,
إن if
كُنتُمْ you are
صدقين truthful?"

And they say, “When will this promise come true, if you are truthful?”

21:39 Juz 17 * Page 325

لَوۡ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ 39

Law ya'lamul lazeena kafaroo heena laa yakuffoona 'anw wujoohihimun Naara wa laa 'an zuhoorihim wa laa hum yunsaroon

لوْ If
يعْلمُ knew
الذين those who
كفرُوا disbelieved
حين (the) time
لا (when) not
يكُفُون they will avert
عن from
وُجُوههمُ their faces
النار the Fire
ولا and not
عن from
ظُهُورهمْ their backs
ولا and not
هُمْ they
يُنصرُون will be helped!

If those who disbelieve only knew, when they cannot keep the fire off their faces and off their backs, and they will not be helped

21:40 Juz 17 * Page 325

بَلۡ تَأۡتِيهِم بَغۡتَةࣰ فَتَبۡهَتُهُمۡ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنظَرُونَ 40

Bal taateehim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falaa yastatee'oona raddahaa wa laa hum yunzaroon

بلْ Nay,
تأْتيهم it will come to them
بغْتةً unexpectedly
فتبْهتُهُمْ and bewilder them,
فلا then not
يسْتطيعُون they will be able
ردها to repel it,
ولا and not
هُمْ they
يُنظرُون will be given respite.

In fact, it will come upon them suddenly, and bewilder them. They will not be able to repel it, and they will not be reprieved

21:41 Juz 17 * Page 325

وَلَقَدِ ٱسۡتُهۡزِئَ بِرُسُلࣲ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ 41

Wa laqadis tuhzi'a bi-Rusulim min qablika fahaaqa billazeena sakhiroo minhum maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon

ولقد And verily,
اسْتُهْزئ were mocked
برُسُلٌ Messengers
من before you
قبْلك before you
فحاق then surrounded
بالذين those who
سخرُوا mocked
منْهُم from them
ما what
كانُوا they used
به at it
يسْتهْزءُون (to) mock.

Messengers before you were also ridiculed, but those who jeered were surrounded by what they had ridiculed

Movement 4 * Verses 42–50 Section 4 of 7

Section 4: Verses 42–50

Thematic progression across verses 42–50

21:42 Juz 17 * Page 325

قُلۡ مَن يَكۡلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ 42

Qul mai yakla 'ukum billaili wannahaari minar Rahmaan; bal hum 'an zikri Rabbihim mu'ridoon

قُلْ Say,
من "Who
يكْلؤُكُم (can) protect you
باليْل in the night
والنهار and the day
من from
الرحْمن the Most Gracious?"
بلْ Yet,
هُمْ they
عن from
ذكْر (the) remembrance
ربهم (of) their Lord
مُعْرضُون turn away.

Say, “Who guards you against the Merciful by night and by day?” But they turn away from the mention of their Lord

21:43 Juz 17 * Page 325

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةࣱ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَاۚ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ 43

Am lahum aalihatun tamna'ulum min dooninaa; laa yastatee'oona nasra anfusihim wa laa hum minnna yus-haboon

أمْ Or
لهُمْ have they
ءالهة gods
تمْنعُهُم (to) defend them
من from
دُوننا Us?
لا Not
يسْتطيعُون they are able
نصْر (to) help
أنفُسهمْ themselves
ولا and not
هُم they
منا from Us
يُصْحبُون can be protected.

Or do they have gods who can defend them against Us? They cannot help themselves, nor will they be protected from Us

21:44 Juz 17 * Page 325

بَلۡ مَتَّعۡنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ 44

Bal matta'naa haaa'ulaaa'i wa aabaaa'ahum hattaa taala 'alaihimul 'umur; afalaa yarawna anna naatil arda nanqusuhaa min atraafihaa; afahumul ghaaliboon

بلْ Nay,
متعْنا We gave provision
هؤُلاء (to) these
وءاباءهُمْ and their fathers
حتى until
طال grew long
عليْهمُ for them,
الْعُمُرُ the life.
أفلا Then do not
يروْن they see
أنا that We
نأْتى We come
الْأرْض (to) the land,
ننقُصُها We reduce it
منْ from
أطْرافها its borders?
أفهُمُ So is (it) they
الْغلبُون (who will be) overcoming?

We have given these enjoyments, and their ancestors, until time grew long upon them. Do they not see how We gradually reduce the land from its extremities? Are they then the victors

21:45 Juz 17 * Page 326

قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلۡوَحۡيِۚ وَلَا يَسۡمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ 45

Qul innamaaa unzirukum bilwahyi; wa laa yasma'us summud du'aaa'a izaa maa yunzaroon

قُلْ Say,
إنما "Only
أُنذرُكُم I warn you
بالْوحْى by the revelation."
ولا But not
يسْمعُ hear
الصُمُ the deaf
الدُعاء the call
إذا when
ما when
يُنذرُون they are warned.

Say, “I am warning you through inspiration.” But the deaf cannot hear the call when they are being warned

21:46 Juz 17 * Page 326

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتۡهُمۡ نَفۡحَةࣱ مِّنۡ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ 46

Wa la'im massat hum nafhatum min 'azaabi Rabbika la yaqoolunna yaawailanaaa innnaa kunnaa zaalimeen

ولئن And if
مستْهُمْ touches them
نفْحة a whiff
منْ of
عذاب (the) punishment
ربك (of) your Lord,
ليقُولُن surely they will say,
يويْلنا "O woe to us!
إنا Indeed, we
كُنا [we] were
ظلمين wrongdoers."

And when a breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they say, “Woe to us, we were truly wicked.”

21:47 Juz 17 * Page 326
Justice & Testimony

وَنَضَعُ ٱلۡمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلۡقِسۡطَ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظۡلَمُ نَفۡسࣱ شَيۡـࣰٔ اۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةࣲ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٍ أَتَيۡنَا بِهَاۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ 47

Wa nada'ul mawaazeenal qista li Yawmil Qiyaamati falaa tuzlamu nafsun shai'aa; wa in kaana misqaala habbatim min khardalin atainaa bihaa; wa kafaa binaa haasibeen

ونضعُ And We set
الْموزين the scales
الْقسْط (of) the justice
ليوْم for (the) Day
الْقيمة (of) the Resurrection,
فلا so not
تُظْلمُ will be wronged
نفْس any soul
شيْـًا (in) anything.
وإن And if
كان (there) be
مثْقال weight
حبةٌ (of) a seed
منْ of
خرْدلٌ a mustard
أتيْنا We will bring
بها [with] it.
وكفى And sufficient
بنا (are) We
حسبين (as) Reckoners.

We will set up the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so that no soul will suffer the least injustice. And even if it be the weight of a mustard-seed, We will bring it up. Sufficient are We as Reckoners

21:48 Juz 17 * Page 326

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ وَضِيَآءࣰ وَذِكۡرࣰ ا لِّلۡمُتَّقِينَ 48

Wa laqad aatainaa Moosa wa haaroonal Furqaana wa diyaa'anw wa zikral lilmuttaqeen

ولقدْ And verily,
ءاتيْنا We gave
مُوسى Musa
وهرُون and Harun
الْفُرْقان the Criterion
وضياءً and a light
وذكْرًا and a Reminder
للْمُتقين for the righteous.

We gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion, and illumination, and a reminder for the righteous

21:49 Juz 17 * Page 326

ٱلَّذِينَ يَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشۡفِقُونَ 49

Allazeena yakhshawna Rabbahum bilghaibi wa hum minas Saa'ati mushfiqoon

الذين Those who
يخْشوْن fear
ربهُم their Lord
بالْغيْب in the unseen,
وهُم and they
من of
الساعة the Hour
مُشْفقُون (are) afraid.

Those who fear their Lord in private, and are apprehensive of the Hour

21:50 Juz 17 * Page 326

وَهَٰذَا ذِكۡرࣱ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُۚ أَفَأَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ 50

Wa haazaa Zikrum Mubaarakun anzalnaah; afa antum lahoo munkiroon

وهذا And this
ذكْر (is) a Reminder
مُبارك blessed,
أنزلْنهُ which We (have) revealed.
أفأنتُمْ Then are you
لهُ of it
مُنكرُون rejecters?

This too is a blessed message that We revealed. Are you going to deny it

Movement 5 * Verses 51–75 Section 5 of 7

Section 5: Verses 51–75

Thematic progression across verses 51–75

21:51 Juz 17 * Page 326

۞وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ رُشۡدَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ 51

Wa laqad aatainaaa Ibraaheema rushdahoo min qablu wa kunnaa bihee 'aalimeen

ولقدْ And verily,
ءاتيْنا We gave
إبْرهيم Ibrahim
رُشْدهُ his guidance
من before,
قبْلُ before,
وكُنا and We were
به about him
علمين Well-Knowing.

We gave Abraham his integrity formerly, and We knew him well

21:52 Juz 17 * Page 326

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ 52

Iz qaala li abeehi wa qawmihee maa haazihit tamaaseelul lateee antum lahee 'aakifoon

إذْ When
قال he said
لأبيه to his father
وقوْمه and his people,
ما "What
هذه (are) these
التماثيلُ [the] statues
التى which
أنتُمْ you
لها to it
عكفُون (are) devoted?"

When he said to his father and his people, “What are these statues to which you are devoted?”

21:53 Juz 17 * Page 326

قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ 53

Qaaloo wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa lahaa 'aabideen

قالُوا They said,
وجدْنا "We found
ءاباءنا our forefathers
لها of them
عبدين worshippers."

They said, “We found our parents worshiping them.”

21:54 Juz 17 * Page 326

قَالَ لَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمۡ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينࣲ‏ 54

Qaala laqad kuntum antum wa aabaaa'ukum fee dalaalim mubeen

قال He said,
لقدْ "Verily,
كُنتُمْ you are
أنتُمْ [you]
وءاباؤُكُمْ and your forefathers
فى (were) in
ضللٌ an error
مُبينٌ manifest."

He said, “You and your parents are in evident error.”

21:55 Juz 17 * Page 326

قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ أَمۡ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ 55

Qaalooo aji'tanaa bil haqqi am anta minal laa'ibeen

قالُوا They said,
أجئْتنا "Have you come to us
بالْحق with the truth,
أمْ or
أنت you
من (are) of
اللعبين those who play?"

They said, “Are you telling us the truth, or are you just playing?”

21:56 Juz 17 * Page 326

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمۡ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ 56

Qaala bar Rabbukum Rabbus samaawaati wal ardil lazee fatarahunna wa ana 'alaa zaalikum minash shaahideen

قال He said,
بل "Nay,
ربُكُمْ your Lord
ربُ (is the) Lord
السموت (of) the heavens
والْأرْض and the earth,
الذى the One Who
فطرهُن created them
وأنا and I am
على to
ذلكُم that
من of
الشهدين the witnesses.

He said, “Your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the One who created them, and I bear witness to that

21:57 Juz 17 * Page 326

وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصۡنَٰمَكُم بَعۡدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدۡبِرِينَ 57

Wa tallaahi la akeedanna asnaamakum ba'da an tuwalloo mudbireen

وتالله And by Allah
لأكيدن surely, I will plan
أصْنمكُم (against) your idols
بعْد after
أن [that]
تُولُوا you go away
مُدْبرين turning (your) backs."

“By God, I will have a plan for your statues after you have gone away.”

21:58 Juz 17 * Page 327

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرࣰ ا لَّهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ يَرۡجِعُونَ 58

Faja'alahum juzaazan illaa kabeeral lahum la'allahum ilaihi yarji'oon

فجعلهُمْ So he made them
جُذذًا (into) pieces
إلا except
كبيرًا a large (one)
لهُمْ of them,
لعلهُمْ so that they may
إليْه to it
يرْجعُون return.

So he reduced them into pieces, except for their biggest, that they may return to it

21:59 Juz 17 * Page 327

قَالُواْ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ 59

Qaaloo man fa'ala haazaa bi aalihatinaaa innahoo laminaz zaalimeen

قالُوا They said,
من "Who
فعل (has) done
هذا this
بـالهتنا to our gods?
إنهُ Indeed, he
لمن (is) of
الظلمين the wrongdoers."

They said, “Who did this to our gods? He is certainly one of the wrongdoers.”

21:60 Juz 17 * Page 327

قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا فَتࣰ ى يَذۡكُرُهُمۡ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ 60

Qaaloo sami'naa fatany yazkuruhum yuqaalu lahooo Ibraaheem

قالُوا They said,
سمعْنا "We heard
فتًى a youth
يذْكُرُهُمْ mention them
يُقالُ he is called
لهُ he is called
إبْرهيمُ Ibrahim."

They said, “We heard a youth mentioning them. He is called Abraham.”

21:61 Juz 17 * Page 327

قَالُواْ فَأۡتُواْ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡهَدُونَ 61

Qaaloo faatoo bihee 'alaaa a'yunin naasi la'allahum yash hadoon

قالُوا They said,
فأْتُوا "Then bring
به him
على before
أعْيُن (the) eyes
الناس (of) the people
لعلهُمْ so that they may
يشْهدُون bear witness."

They said, “Bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may witness.”

21:62 Juz 17 * Page 327

قَالُوٓاْ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلۡتَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ 62

Qaalooo 'a-anta fa'alta haazaa bi aalihatinaa yaaa Ibraaheem

قالُوا They said,
ءأنت "Have you
فعلْت done
هذا this
بـالهتنا to our gods
يإبْرهيمُ O Ibrahim?"

They said, “Are you the one who did this to our gods, O Abraham?”

21:63 Juz 17 * Page 327

قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمۡ هَٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡ إِن كَانُواْ يَنطِقُونَ 63

Qaala bal fa'alahoo kabeeruhum haazaa fas'aloohum in kaanoo yantiqoon

قال He said,
بلْ "Nay,
فعلهُ (some doer) did it.
كبيرُهُمْ Their chief
هذا (is) this.
فسْـلُوهُمْ So ask them
إن if
كانُوا they (can)
ينطقُون speak."

He said, “But it was this biggest of them that did it. Ask them, if they can speak.”

21:64 Juz 17 * Page 327

فَرَجَعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ 64

Faraja'ooo ilaaa anfusihim faqaalooo innakum antumuz zaalimoon

فرجعُوا So they returned
إلى to
أنفُسهمْ themselves
فقالُوا and said,
إنكُمْ "Indeed, you
أنتُمُ [you]
الظلمُون (are) the wrongdoers."

Then they turned to one another, and said, “You yourselves are the wrongdoers.”

21:65 Juz 17 * Page 327

ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمۡ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ 65

Summa nukisoo 'alaa ru'oosihim laqad 'alimta maa haaa'ulaaa'i yantiqoon

ثُم Then
نُكسُوا they were turned
على on
رُءُوسهمْ their heads,
لقدْ "Verily,
علمْت you know
ما not
هؤُلاء these
ينطقُون (can) speak!"

But they reverted to their old ideas: “You certainly know that these do not speak.”

21:66 Juz 17 * Page 327

قَالَ أَفَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمۡ شَيۡـࣰٔ ا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمۡ 66

Qaala afata'budoona min doonil laahi maa laa yanfa'ukum shai'anw wa laa yadurrukum

قال He said,
أفتعْبُدُون "Then do you worship
من besides
دُون besides
الله Allah
ما what
لا (does) not
ينفعُكُمْ benefit you
شيْـًا (in) anything
ولا and not
يضُرُكُمْ harms you?

He said, “Do you worship, instead of God, what can neither benefit you in anything, nor harm you

21:67 Juz 17 * Page 327

أُفࣲّ لَّكُمۡ وَلِمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ 67

Uffil lakum wa limaa ta'budoona min doonil laah; afalaa ta'qiloon

أُفٌ Uff
لكُمْ to you
ولما and to what
تعْبُدُون you worship
من besides
دُون besides
الله Allah.
أفلا Then will not
تعْقلُون you use reason?"

Fie on you, and on what you worship instead of God. Do you not understand?”

21:68 Juz 17 * Page 327

قَالُواْ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ 68

Qaaloo harriqooho wansurooo aalihatakum in kuntum faa'ileen

قالُوا They said,
حرقُوهُ "Burn him
وانصُرُوا and support
ءالهتكُمْ your gods,
إن if
كُنتُمْ you are
فعلين doers."

They said, “Burn him and support your gods, if you are going to act.”

21:69 Juz 17 * Page 327

قُلۡنَا يَٰنَارُ كُونِي بَرۡدࣰ ا وَسَلَٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ 69

Qulnaa yaa naaru koonee bardanw wa salaaman 'alaaa Ibraaheem

قُلْنا We said,
ينارُ "O fire!
كُونى Be
برْدًا cool[ness]
وسلمًا and safe[ty]
على for
إبْرهيم Ibrahim."

We said, “O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham.”

21:70 Juz 17 * Page 327

وَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدࣰ ا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ 70

Wa araadoo bihee kaidan faja'alnaahumul akhsareen

وأرادُوا And they intended
به for him,
كيْدًا a plan
فجعلْنهُمُ but We made them
الْأخْسرين the greatest losers.

They planned to harm him, but We made them the worst losers

21:71 Juz 17 * Page 327

وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَلُوطًا إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَا لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 71

Wa najjainaahu wa Lootan ilal ardil latee baaraknaa feehaa lil 'aalameen

ونجيْنهُ And We delivered him
ولُوطًا and Lut
إلى to
الْأرْض the land
التى which
بركْنا We (had) blessed
فيها [in it]
للْعلمين for the worlds.

And We delivered him, and Lot, to the land that We blessed for all people

21:72 Juz 17 * Page 327

وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ نَافِلَةࣰۖ وَكُلࣰّ ا جَعَلۡنَا صَٰلِحِينَ 72

Wa wahabnaa lahooo Ishaaq; wa Ya'qooba naafilah; wa kullan ja'alnaa saaliheen

ووهبْنا And We bestowed
لهُ on him
إسْحق Isaac
ويعْقُوب and Yaqub
نافلةً (in) addition,
وكُلًا and all
جعلْنا We made
صلحين righteous.

And We granted him Isaac and Jacob as a gift; and each We made righteous

21:73 Juz 17 * Page 328

وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ أَئِمَّةࣰ يَهۡدُونَ بِأَمۡرِنَا وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِمۡ فِعۡلَ ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا عَٰبِدِينَ 73

Wa ja'alnaahum a'immatany yahdoona bi amrinaa wa awhainaaa ilaihim fi'lal khairaati wa iqaamas Salaati wa eetaaa'az Zakaati wa kaanoo lanaa 'aabideen

وجعلْنهُمْ And We made them
أئمةً leaders,
يهْدُون they guide
بأمْرنا by Our Command.
وأوْحيْنا And We inspired
إليْهمْ to them
فعْل (the) doing
الْخيْرت (of) good deeds,
وإقام and establishment
الصلوة (of) the prayer
وإيتاء and giving
الزكوة (of) zakah;
وكانُوا and they were
لنا of Us
عبدين worshippers.

And We made them leaders, guiding by Our command; and We inspired them to do good works, and to observe the prayer, and to give out charity. They were devoted servants to Us

Thematic Cross-References (Quran Explains Quran)

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ رُوحࣰ ا مِّنۡ أَمۡرِنَاۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدۡرِي مَا ٱلۡكِتَٰبُ وَلَا ٱلۡإِيمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلۡنَٰهُ نُورࣰ ا نَّهۡدِي بِهِۦ مَن نَّشَآءُ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَاۚ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَهۡدِيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ‏

Shares 7 Arabic roots — thematic cross-reference

21:74 Juz 17 * Page 328

وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ حُكۡمࣰ ا وَعِلۡمࣰ ا وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَت تَّعۡمَلُ ٱلۡخَبَٰٓئِثَۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَ سَوۡءࣲ فَٰسِقِينَ 74

Wa Lootan aatainaahu hukmanw wa 'ilmanw wa najjainaahu minal qaryatil latee kaanat ta'malul khabaaa'is; innahum kaanoo qawma saw'in faasiqeen

ولُوطًا And (to) Lut
ءاتيْنهُ We gave him
حُكْمًا judgment
وعلْمًا and knowledge,
ونجيْنهُ and We saved him
من from
الْقرْية the town
التى which
كانت was
تعْملُ doing
الْخبئث wicked deeds.
إنهُمْ Indeed, they
كانُوا were
قوْم a people
سوْءٌ evil,
فسقين defiantly disobedient.

And Lot—We gave him judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him from the town that practiced the abominations. They were wicked and perverted people

21:75 Juz 17 * Page 328

وَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآۖ إِنَّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ 75

Wa adkhalnaahu fee rahmatinaa innahoo minas saalihee

وأدْخلْنهُ And We admitted him
فى into
رحْمتنا Our Mercy.
إنهُ Indeed, he
من (was) of
الصلحين the righteous.

And We admitted him into Our mercy; for He was one of the righteous

Movement 6 * Verses 76–93 Section 6 of 7

Section 6: Verses 76–93

Thematic progression across verses 76–93

21:76 Juz 17 * Page 328

وَنُوحًا إِذۡ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبۡلُ فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ 76

Wa noohan iz naadaa min qablu fastajabnaa lahoo fanajjainaahu wa ahlahoo minal karbil 'azeem

ونُوحًا And Nuh,
إذْ when
نادى he called
من before,
قبْلُ before,
فاسْتجبْنا so We responded
لهُ to him
فنجيْنهُ and We saved him
وأهْلهُ and his family
من from
الْكرْب the affliction,
الْعظيم [the] great.

And Noah, when he called before. So We answered him, and delivered him and his family from the great disaster

21:77 Juz 17 * Page 328

وَنَصَرۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمَ سَوۡءࣲ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ 77

Wa nasarnaahu minal qawmil lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa; innahum kkaanoo qawma saw'in fa-aghraq naahum ajma'een

ونصرْنهُ And We helped him
من from
الْقوْم the people
الذين who
كذبُوا denied
بـايتنا Our Signs.
إنهُمْ Indeed, they
كانُوا were
قوْم a people
سوْءٌ evil,
فأغْرقْنهُمْ so We drowned them
أجْمعين all.

And We supported him against the people who rejected Our signs. They were an evil people, so We drowned them all

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وَدَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيۡمَٰنَ إِذۡ يَحۡكُمَانِ فِي ٱلۡحَرۡثِ إِذۡ نَفَشَتۡ فِيهِ غَنَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ وَكُنَّا لِحُكۡمِهِمۡ شَٰهِدِينَ 78

Wa Daawooda wa Sulaimaana iz yahkumaani fil harsi iz nafashat feehi ghanamul qawmi wa kunnaa lihukmihim shaahideen

وداوُد And Dawud
وسُليْمن and Sulaiman,
إذْ when
يحْكُمان they judged
فى concerning
الْحرْث the field,
إذْ when
نفشتْ pastured
فيه in it
غنمُ sheep
الْقوْم (of) a people,
وكُنا and We were
لحُكْمهمْ to their judgment
شهدين witness.

And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the case of the field, when some people’s sheep wandered therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment

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فَفَهَّمۡنَٰهَا سُلَيۡمَٰنَۚ وَكُلًّا ءَاتَيۡنَا حُكۡمࣰ ا وَعِلۡمࣰ اۚ وَسَخَّرۡنَا مَعَ دَاوُۥدَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ يُسَبِّحۡنَ وَٱلطَّيۡرَۚ وَكُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ 79

Fafahhamnaahaa sulaimaan; wa kullan aatainaa hukmanw wa'ilmanw wa sakh kharnaa ma'a Daawoodal jibaala yusabbihna wattayr; wa kunnaa faa'ileen

ففهمْنها And We gave understanding of it
سُليْمن (to) Sulaiman,
وكُلًا and (to) each
ءاتيْنا We gave
حُكْمًا judgment
وعلْمًا and knowledge.
وسخرْنا And We subjected
مع with
داوُد Dawud
الْجبال the mountains
يُسبحْن (to) glorify Our praises
والطيْر and the birds.
وكُنا And We were
فعلين the Doers.

And so We made Solomon understand it, and to each We gave wisdom and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains along with David to sing Our praises, and the birds as well—surely We did

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وَعَلَّمۡنَٰهُ صَنۡعَةَ لَبُوسࣲ لَّكُمۡ لِتُحۡصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأۡسِكُمۡۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُمۡ شَٰكِرُونَ 80

Wa 'allamanaahu san'ata laboosil lakum lituhsinakum mim baasikum fahal antum shaakiroon

وعلمْنهُ And We taught him
صنْعة (the) making
لبُوسٌ (of) coats of armor
لكُمْ for you
لتُحْصنكُم to protect you
من from
بأْسكُمْ your battle.
فهلْ Then will
أنتُمْ you
شكرُون (be) grateful?

And We taught him the making of shields for you, to protect you from your violence. Are you, then, appreciative

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وَلِسُلَيۡمَٰنَ ٱلرِّيحَ عَاصِفَةࣰ تَجۡرِي بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَاۚ وَكُنَّا بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَٰلِمِينَ 81

Wa li Sulaimaanar reeha 'aasifatan tajree bi amriheee ilal ardil latee baaraknaa feehaa; wa kunnaa bikulli shai'in 'aalimeen

ولسُليْمن And to Sulaiman,
الريح the wind
عاصفةً forcefully
تجْرى blowing
بأمْره by his command
إلى to
الْأرْض the land
التى which
بركْنا We blessed
فيها [in it].
وكُنا And We are
بكُل of every
شىْءٌ thing
علمين Knowers.

And to Solomon the stormy wind, blowing at His command towards the land that We have blessed. We are aware of everything

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وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعۡمَلُونَ عَمَلࣰ ا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ 82

Wa minash Shayaateeni mai yaghoosoona lahoo wa ya'maloona 'amalan doona zaalika wa kunna lahum baafizeen

ومن And of
الشيطين the devils
من (were some) who
يغُوصُون would dive
لهُ for him
ويعْملُون and would do
عملًا work
دُون other than
ذلك that.
وكُنا And We were
لهُمْ of them
حفظين Guardians.

And of the devils were some that dived for him, and performed other, lesser tasks. But We kept them restrained

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۞وَأَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ 83

Wa Ayyooba iz naadaa Rabbahooo annee massaniyad durru wa Anta arhamur raahimeen

وأيُوب And Ayub,
إذْ when
نادى he called
ربهُ (to) his Lord,
أنى "Indeed, [I]
مسنى has touched me
الضُرُ the adversity,
وأنت and You
أرْحمُ (are) Most Merciful
الرحمين (of) the Merciful."

And Job, when he cried out to his Lord: “Great harm has afflicted me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful.”

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فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرࣲّۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡعَٰبِدِينَ 84

Fastajabnaa lahoo fakashaf naa maa bihee min durrinw wa aatainaahu ahlahoo wa mislahum ma'ahum rahmatam min 'indinaa wa zikraa lil'aabideen

فاسْتجبْنا So We responded
لهُ to him
فكشفْنا and We removed
ما what
به (was) on him
من of
ضُرٌ (the) adversity.
وءاتيْنهُ And We gave him
أهْلهُ his family
ومثْلهُم and (the) like thereof
معهُمْ with them
رحْمةً (as) Mercy
منْ from Ourselves,
عندنا from Ourselves,
وذكْرى and a reminder
للْعبدين for the worshippers.

So We answered him, lifted his suffering, and restored his family to him, and their like with them—a mercy from Us, and a reminder for the worshipers

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وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدۡرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ كُلࣱّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ 85

Wa Ismaa'eela wa Idreesa wa Zal Kifli kullum minas saabireen

وإسْمعيل And Ishmael
وإدْريس and Idris
وذا and Dhul-Kifl;
الْكفْل and Dhul-Kifl;
كُل all
من (were) of
الصبرين the patient ones.

And Ishmael, and Enoch, and Ezekiel; each was one of the steadfast

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وَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ 86

Wa adkhalnaahum fee rahmatinaa innahum minas saaliheen

وأدْخلْنهُمْ And We admitted them
فى in
رحْمتنا Our Mercy.
إنهُم Indeed, they
من (were) of
الصلحين the righteous.

And We admitted them into Our mercy. They were among the righteous

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وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبࣰ ا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ 87

Wa Zan Nooni iz zahaba mughaadiban fazaanna al lan naqdira 'alaihi fanaanna al lan naqdira 'alaihi fanaadaa fiz zulumaati al laaa ilaaha illaaa Anta Subhaanaka innee kuntu minaz zaalimeen

وذا And Dhun-Nun
النُون And Dhun-Nun
إذ when
ذهب he went
مُغضبًا (while) angry
فظن and thought
أن that
لن never
نقْدر We would decree
عليْه upon him.
فنادى Then he called
فى in
الظُلُمت the darkness(es)
أن that,
لا "(There is) no
إله god
إلا except
أنت You,
سُبْحنك Glory be to You!
إنى Indeed, [I]
كُنتُ I am
من of
الظلمين the wrongdoers."

And Jonah, when he stormed out in fury, thinking We had no power over him. But then He cried out in the darkness, “There is no god but You! Glory to You! I was one of the wrongdoers!”

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فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِي ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ 88

Fastajabnaa lahoo wa najjainaahu minal ghamm; wa kazaalika nunjil mu'mineen

فاسْتجبْنا So We responded
لهُ to him,
ونجيْنهُ and We saved him
من from
الْغم the distress.
وكذلك And thus
نُجى We save
الْمُؤْمنين the believers.

So We answered him, and saved him from the affliction. Thus We save the faithful

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وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدࣰ ا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ 89

Wa Zakariyyaaa iz naadaa Rabbahoo Rabbi laa tazarnee fardanw wa Anta khairul waariseen

وزكريا And Zakariya,
إذْ when
نادى he called
ربهُ (to) his Lord,
ربـ "My Lord!
لا (Do) not
تذرْنى leave me
فرْدًا alone,
وأنت while You
خيْرُ (are) [the] Best
الْورثين (of) the inheritors."

And Zechariah, when he called out to his Lord, “My Lord, do not leave me alone, even though you are the Best of heirs.”

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Marriage & Family

فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ وَأَصۡلَحۡنَا لَهُۥ زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَيَدۡعُونَنَا رَغَبࣰ ا وَرَهَبࣰ اۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ 90

Fastajabnaa lahoo wa wahabnaa lahoo Yahyaa Wa aslahnaa lahoo zawjah; innahum kaanoo yusaari'oona fil khairaati wa yad'oonanaa raghabanw wa rahabaa; wa kaanoo lanaa khaashi'een

فاسْتجبْنا So We responded
لهُ to him,
ووهبْنا and We bestowed
لهُ on him
يحْيى Yahya,
وأصْلحْنا and We cured
لهُ for him
زوْجهُ his wife.
إنهُمْ Indeed, they
كانُوا used (to)
يُسرعُون hasten
فى in
الْخيْرت good deeds,
ويدْعُوننا and they supplicate to Us
رغبًا (in) hope
ورهبًا and fear,
وكانُوا and they were
لنا to Us
خشعين humbly submissive.

So We answered him, and gave him John. And We cured his wife for him. They used to vie in doing righteous deeds, and used to call on Us in love and awe, and they used to humble themselves to Us

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وَٱلَّتِيٓ أَحۡصَنَتۡ فَرۡجَهَا فَنَفَخۡنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا وَٱبۡنَهَآ ءَايَةࣰ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 91

Wallateee ahsanat farjahaa fanafakhnaa feehaa mir roohinaa wa ja'alnaahaa wabnahaaa Aayatal lil'aalameen

والتى And she who
أحْصنتْ guarded
فرْجها her chastity,
فنفخْنا so We breathed
فيها into her
من of
رُوحنا Our Spirit,
وجعلْنها and We made her
وابْنها and her son
ءايةً a sign
للْعلمين for the worlds.

And she who guarded her virginity. We breathed into her of Our spirit, and made her and her son a sign to the world

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إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمۡ أُمَّةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ وَأَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُونِ 92

Inna haaziheee ummatukum ummatanw waahidatanw wa Ana Rabbukum fa'budoon

إن Indeed,
هذه this
أُمتُكُمْ (is) your religion -
أُمةً religion
وحدةً one,
وأنا and I Am
ربُكُمْ your Lord,
فاعْبُدُون so worship Me.

This community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord, so worship Me

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وَتَقَطَّعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلٌّ إِلَيۡنَا رَٰجِعُونَ 93

Wa taqatta'ooo amrahum bainahum kullun ilainaaa raaji'oon

وتقطعُوا But they cut off
أمْرهُم their affair
بيْنهُمْ among themselves,
كُل all
إليْنا to Us
رجعُون (will) return.

But they splintered themselves into factions. They will all return to Us

Movement 7 * Verses 94–112 Section 7 of 7

Section 7: Verses 94–112

Thematic progression across verses 94–112

21:94 Juz 17 * Page 330
Inheritance

فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنࣱ فَلَا كُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَٰتِبُونَ 94

Famai ya'mal minas saalihaati wa huwa mu'minun falaa kufraana lisa'yihee wa innaa lahoo kaatiboon

فمن Then whoever
يعْملْ does
من [of]
الصلحت [the] righteous deeds
وهُو while he
مُؤْمن (is) a believer
فلا then not
كُفْران (will be) rejected
لسعْيه [of] his effort.
وإنا And indeed, We
لهُ of it
كتبُون (are) Recorders.

Whoever does righteous deeds, and is a believer, his effort will not be denied. We are writing it down for him

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وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ 95

Wa haraamun 'alaa qaryatin ahlaknaahaaa annahum laa yarji'oon

وحرم And (there is) prohibition
على upon
قرْيةٌ a city
أهْلكْنها which We have destroyed,
أنهُمْ that they
لا not
يرْجعُون will return.

There is a ban on the town that We had destroyed—that they will not return

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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتۡ يَأۡجُوجُ وَمَأۡجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبࣲ يَنسِلُونَ 96

Hattaaa izaa futihat Yaajooju wa Maajooju wa hum min kulli hadabiny yansiloon

حتى Until
إذا when
فُتحتْ has been opened
يأْجُوجُ (for) the Yajuj
ومأْجُوجُ and Majuj,
وهُم and they
من from
كُل every
حدبٌ elevation
ينسلُون descend.

Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they swarm down from every mound

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وَٱقۡتَرَبَ ٱلۡوَعۡدُ ٱلۡحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِيَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبۡصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِي غَفۡلَةࣲ مِّنۡ هَٰذَا بَلۡ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ 97

Waqtarabal wa'dul haqqu fa-izaa hiya shaakhisatun absaarul lazeena kafaroo yaawailanaa qad kunna fee ghaflatim min haaza bal kunnaa zaalimeen

واقْترب And has approached
الْوعْدُ the promise
الْحقُ [the] true
فإذا then behold,
هى [it]
شخصة (are) staring
أبْصرُ (the) eyes
الذين (of) those who
كفرُوا disbelieved,
يويْلنا "O woe to us!
قدْ Verily,
كُنا we had been
فى in
غفْلةٌ heedlessness
منْ of
هذا this;
بلْ nay,
كُنا we were
ظلمين wrongdoers."

The promise of truth has drawn near. The eyes of those who disbelieved will stare in horror: “Woe to us. We were oblivious to this. In fact, we were wrongdoers.”

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إِنَّكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا وَٰرِدُونَ 98

Innakum wa maa ta'budoona min doonil laahi hasabu Jahannama antum lahaa waaridoon

إنكُمْ Indeed, you
وما and what
تعْبُدُون you worship
من besides Allah
دُون besides Allah
الله besides Allah
حصبُ (are) firewood
جهنم (of) Hell.
أنتُمْ You
لها to it
وردُون will come.

You and what you worship besides God are fuel for Hell. You will descend into it

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لَوۡ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةࣰ مَّا وَرَدُوهَاۖ وَكُلࣱّ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ 99

Law kaana haaa'ulaaa'i aalihatam maa waradoohaa wa kullun feehaa khaalidoon

لوْ If
كان were
هؤُلاء these
ءالهةً gods,
ما not
وردُوها they (would) have come to it.
وكُل And all
فيها therein
خلدُون will abide forever.

Had these been gods, they would not have descended into it. All will abide in it

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لَهُمۡ فِيهَا زَفِيرࣱ وَهُمۡ فِيهَا لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ 100

Lahum feehaa zafeerunw wa hum feehaa laa yasma'oon

لهُمْ For them
فيها therein
زفير (is) sighing,
وهُمْ and they
فيها therein
لا not
يسْمعُون will hear.

In it they will wail. In it they will not hear

21:101 Juz 17 * Page 330

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقَتۡ لَهُم مِّنَّا ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰٓ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَنۡهَا مُبۡعَدُونَ 101

Innal lazeena sabaqat lahum minnal husnaaa ulaaa'ika 'anhaa mub'adoon

إن Indeed,
الذين those
سبقتْ has gone forth
لهُم for them
منا from Us
الْحُسْنى the good,
أُولئك those
عنْها from it
مُبْعدُون (will be) removed far.

As for those who deserved goodness from Us—these will be kept away from it

21:102 Juz 17 * Page 331

لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَاۖ وَهُمۡ فِي مَا ٱشۡتَهَتۡ أَنفُسُهُمۡ خَٰلِدُونَ 102

Laa yasma'oona hasee sahaa wa hum fee mash tahat anfusuhum khaalidoon

لا Not
يسْمعُون they will hear
حسيسها (the) slightest sound of it
وهُمْ and they
فى in
ما what
اشْتهتْ desire
أنفُسُهُمْ their souls
خلدُون will abide forever.

They will not hear its hissing, and they will forever abide in what their hearts desire

21:103 Juz 17 * Page 331

لَا يَحۡزُنُهُمُ ٱلۡفَزَعُ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوۡمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ 103

Laa yahzunuhumul faza'ul akbaru wa tatalaq qaahumul malaaa'ikatu haazaa Yawmukumul lazee kuntum too'adoon

لا Not
يحْزُنُهُمُ will grieve them
الْفزعُ the terror
الْأكْبرُ [the] greatest,
وتتلقىهُمُ and will meet them
الْملئكةُ the Angels,
هذا "This
يوْمُكُمُ (is) your Day
الذى which
كُنتُمْ you were
تُوعدُون promised."

The Supreme Fear will not worry them, and the angels will receive them: “This is your Day which you were promised.”

21:104 Juz 17 * Page 331

يَوۡمَ نَطۡوِي ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَيِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلۡكُتُبِۚ كَمَا بَدَأۡنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلۡقࣲ نُّعِيدُهُۥۚ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ 104

Yawma natwis samaaa'a kataiyis sijilli lilkutub; kamaa badaanaa awwala khalqin nu'eeduh; wa'dan 'alainaa; innaa kunna faa'ileen

يوْم (The) Day
نطْوى We will fold
السماء the heaven
كطى like (the) folding
السجل (of) a scroll
للْكُتُب for records.
كما As
بدأْنا We began
أول (the) first
خلْقٌ creation
نُعيدُهُ We will repeat it,
وعْدًا a promise
عليْنا upon Us.
إنا Indeed, We -
كُنا We are
فعلين (the) Doers.

On the Day when We fold the heaven, like the folding of a book. Just as We began the first creation, We will repeat it—a promise binding on Us. We will act

21:105 Juz 17 * Page 331
Inheritance

وَلَقَدۡ كَتَبۡنَا فِي ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ أَنَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ 105

Wa laqad katabnaa fiz Zaboori mim ba'diz zikri annal arda yarisuhaa 'ibaadi yas saalihoon

ولقدْ And verily,
كتبْنا We have written
فى in
الزبُور the Scripture
من after
بعْد after
الذكْر the mention,
أن that
الْأرْض the earth -
يرثُها will inherit it
عبادى My slaves,
الصلحُون the righteous.

We have written in the Psalms, after the Reminder, that the earth will be inherited by My righteous servants

21:106 Juz 17 * Page 331

إِنَّ فِي هَٰذَا لَبَلَٰغࣰ ا لِّقَوۡمٍ عَٰبِدِينَ 106

Inna fee haaza labalaa ghal liqawmin 'aabideen

إن Indeed,
فى in
هذا this
لبلغًا surely is a Message
لقوْمٌ for a people,
عبدين worshippers.

Indeed, in this is a message for people who worship

21:107 Juz 17 * Page 331

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا رَحۡمَةࣰ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 107

Wa maaa arsalnaaka illaa rahmatal lil'aalameen

وما And not
أرْسلْنك We have sent you
إلا but
رحْمةً (as) a mercy
للْعلمين for the worlds.

We did not send you except as mercy to mankind

21:108 Juz 17 * Page 331

قُلۡ إِنَّمَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهࣱ وَٰحِدࣱۖ فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ 108

Qul innamaa yoohaa ilaiya annamaaa ilaahukum illaahunw Waahid, fahal antum muslimoon

قُلْ Say,
إنما "Only
يُوحى it is revealed
إلىـ to me
أنما that
إلهُكُمْ your god
إله (is) God
وحد One;
فهلْ so will
أنتُم you
مُسْلمُون submit (to Him)?"

Say, “It is revealed to me that your God is One God. Are you going to submit?”

21:109 Juz 17 * Page 331

فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَقُلۡ ءَاذَنتُكُمۡ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءࣲۖ وَإِنۡ أَدۡرِيٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدࣱ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ 109

Fa in tawallaw faqul aazantukum 'alaa sawaaa'; wa in adreee aqareebun am ba'eedum maa too'adoon

فإن But if
تولوْا they turn away
فقُلْ then say,
ءاذنتُكُمْ "I (have) announced to you
على equally
سواءٌ equally
وإنْ And not
أدْرى I know
أقريب whether is near
أم or
بعيد far
ما what
تُوعدُون you are promised.

But if they turn away, say, “I have informed you sufficiently. Although I do not know whether what you are promised is near or far.”

21:110 Juz 17 * Page 331

إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا تَكۡتُمُونَ 110

Innahoo ya'lamul jahra minal qawli wa ya'lamu maa taktumoon

إنهُ Indeed, He
يعْلمُ knows
الْجهْر the declared
من [of]
الْقوْل [the] speech
ويعْلمُ and He knows
ما what
تكْتُمُون you conceal.

He knows what is said openly, and He knows what you conceal

21:111 Juz 17 * Page 331

وَإِنۡ أَدۡرِي لَعَلَّهُۥ فِتۡنَةࣱ لَّكُمۡ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينࣲ‏ 111

Wa in adree la'allahoo fitnatul lakum wa mataa'un ilaaheen

وإنْ And not
أدْرى I know,
لعلهُ perhaps it may be
فتْنة a trial
لكُمْ for you,
ومتع and an enjoyment
إلى for
حينٌ a time."

“And I do not know whether it is perhaps a trial for you, and an enjoyment for a while.”

21:112 Juz 17 * Page 331

قَٰلَ رَبِّ ٱحۡكُم بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَرَبُّنَا ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ٱلۡمُسۡتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ 112

Qaala Rabbih kum bil haqq; wa Rabbunar Rahmaa nul musta'aanu 'alaa maa tasifoon

قل He said,
ربـ "My Lord!
احْكُم judge
بالْحق in truth.
وربُنا And our Lord
الرحْمنُ (is) the Most Gracious,
الْمُسْتعانُ the One Whose help is sought
على against
ما what
تصفُون you attribute."

He said, “My Lord, judge with justice.” And, “Our Lord is the Gracious, Whose help is sought against what you allege.”

Quran-Anchored Prophetic Context

8 Narrations

Authentic narrations in the active corpus that explicitly cite, name, or explain verses in Surah Al-Anbiyaa.

Sahih al-Bukhari #3211 Cites 21:104

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّكُمْ مَحْشُورُونَ حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلاً ـ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ – ‏{‏كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ‏}‏ وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يُكْسَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، وَإِنَّ أُنَاسًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِي يُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ فَأَقُولُ أَصْحَابِي أَصْحَابِي‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ، إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزَالُوا مُرْتَدِّينَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتَهُمْ‏.‏ فَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ ‏{‏وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏{‏الْحَكِيمُ ‏}‏‏"‏

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You will be gathered (on the Day of Judgment), bare-footed, naked and not circumcised." He then recited:--'As We began the first creation, We, shall repeat it: A Promise We have undertaken: Truly we shall do it.' (21.104) He added, "The first to be dressed on the Day of Resurrection, will be Abraham, and some of my companions will be taken towards the left side (i.e. to the (Hell) Fire), and I will say: 'My companions! My companions!' It will be said: 'They renegade from Islam after you left them.' Then I will say as the Pious slave of Allah (i.e. Jesus) said. 'And I was a witness Over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up You were the Watcher over them, And You are a witness to all things. If You punish them. They are Your slaves And if You forgive them, Verily you, only You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." (5.120-121)

Sahih al-Bukhari #3304 Cites 21:104

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ تُحْشَرُونَ حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلاً، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ‏{‏كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ‏}‏ فَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يُكْسَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ، ثُمَّ يُؤْخَذُ بِرِجَالٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ فَأَقُولُ أَصْحَابِي فَيُقَالُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزَالُوا مُرْتَدِّينَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتَهُمْ، فَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ‏{‏وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏{‏الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ‏}‏‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ذُكِرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ قَالَ هُمُ الْمُرْتَدُّونَ الَّذِينَ ارْتَدُّوا عَلَى عَهْدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَاتَلَهُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه‏.‏

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "You will be resurrected (and assembled) bare-footed, naked and uncircumcised." The Prophet (ﷺ) then recited the Divine Verse:-- "As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it: A promise We have undertaken. Truly we shall do it." (21.104) He added, "The first to be dressed will be Abraham. Then some of my companions will take to the right and to the left. I will say: 'My companions! 'It will be said, 'They had been renegades since you left them.' I will then say what the Pious Slave Jesus, the son of Mary said: 'And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them; when You did take me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things. If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if you forgive them, You, only You are the All-Mighty the All-Wise.' " (5.117-118) Narrated Quaggas, "Those were the apostates who renegade from Islam during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr who fought them".

Sahih al-Bukhari #4419 Cites 21:104

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ خَطَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ مَحْشُورُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلاً ـ ثُمَّ قَالَ ـ ‏{‏كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ‏}‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ ـ ثُمَّ قَالَ ـ أَلاَ وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ الْخَلاَئِقِ يُكْسَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، أَلاَ وَإِنَّهُ يُجَاءُ بِرِجَالٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ، فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أُصَيْحَابِي‏.‏ فَيُقَالُ إِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ‏.‏ فَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ ‏{‏وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ‏}‏ فَيُقَالُ إِنَّ هَؤُلاَءِ لَمْ يَزَالُوا مُرْتَدِّينَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتَهُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) delivered a sermon and said, "O people! You will be gathered before Allah barefooted, naked and not circumcised." Then (quoting Qur'an) he said:-- "As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. A promise We have undertaken: Truly we shall do it.." (21.104) The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "The first of the human beings to be dressed on the Day of Resurrection, will be Abraham. Lo! Some men from my followers will be brought and then (the angels) will drive them to the left side (Hell-Fire). I will say. 'O my Lord! (They are) my companions!' Then a reply will come (from Almighty), 'You do not know what they did after you.' I will say as the pious slave (the Prophet (ﷺ) Jesus) said: And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up. You were the Watcher over them and You are a Witness to all things.' (5.117) Then it will be said, "These people have continued to be apostates since you left them."

Sahih al-Bukhari #6287 Cites 21:104

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَامَ فِينَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّكُمْ مَحْشُورُونَ حُفَاةً عُرَاةً ‏{‏كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ‏}‏ الآيَةَ، وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ الْخَلاَئِقِ يُكْسَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، وَإِنَّهُ سَيُجَاءُ بِرِجَالٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي، فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ‏.‏ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أُصَيْحَابِي‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ‏.‏ فَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ ‏{‏وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ‏}‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏{‏الْحَكِيمُ‏}‏ قَالَ فَيُقَالُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَزَالُوا مُرْتَدِّينَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ ‏"‏‏.‏

The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up among us and addressed (saying) "You will be gathered, barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised (as Allah says): 'As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it..' (21.104) And the first human being to be dressed on the Day of Resurrection will be (the Prophet) Abraham Al-Khalil. Then will be brought some men of my followers who will be taken towards the left (i.e., to the Fire), and I will say: 'O Lord! My companions whereupon Allah will say: You do not know what they did after you left them. I will then say as the pious slave, Jesus said, And I was witness over them while I dwelt amongst them..........(up to) ...the All-Wise.' (5.117-118). The narrator added: Then it will be said that those people (relegated from Islam, that is) kept on turning on their heels (deserted Islam).

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #3094 Cites 21:95

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ خِرَاشٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ لِي ‏"‏ يَا جَابِرُ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ مُنْكَسِرًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتُشْهِدَ أَبِي قُتِلَ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ وَتَرَكَ عِيَالاً وَدَيْنًا ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَفَلاَ أُبَشِّرُكَ بِمَا لَقِيَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَبَاكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ أَحَدًا قَطُّ إِلاَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ وَأَحْيَا أَبَاكَ فَكَلَّمَهُ كِفَاحًا فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدِي تَمَنَّ عَلَىَّ أُعْطِكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ تُحْيِينِي فَأُقْتَلَ فِيكَ ثَانِيةً ‏.‏ قَالَ الرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّهُ قَدْ سَبَقَ مِنِّي أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهَا لاَ يُرْجَعُونَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ ‏:‏ ‏(‏وَلَاَ تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا ‏)‏ الآيَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مُوسَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَرَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمَدِينِيِّ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ كِبَارِ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ هَكَذَا عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ رَوَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذَا ‏.‏

"I heard Talhah bin Khirash say: 'I heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah saying: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) met me and said to me: 'O Jabir! Why do I see you upset?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! My father was martyred (on the Day of Uhud) leaving my family and debt behind.'" "He (ﷺ) said: 'Shall I give you news of what your father met Allah with?'" He said: "But of course O Messenger of Allah!" He said: 'Allah does not speak to anyone except from behind a veil, but He brought your father to speak to Him directly. He said: " said: 'It has been decreed by Me that they shall not return (21:95).' He said: "So this Ayah was revealed: Think not of those as dead who are killed in the way of Allah (3:169)."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #3249 Cites 21:47

حَدَّثَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، - بَغْدَادِيٌّ - وَالْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الأَعْرَجُ بَغْدَادِيٌّ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ أَبُو نُوحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، قَعَدَ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي مَمْلُوكَيْنِ يُكْذِبُونَنِي وَيَخُونُونَنِي وَيَعْصُونَنِي وَأَشْتُمُهُمْ وَأَضْرِبُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ أَنَا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ ‏"‏ يُحْسَبُ مَا خَانُوكَ وَعَصَوْكَ وَكَذَبُوكَ وَعِقَابُكَ إِيَّاهُمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ عِقَابُكَ إِيَّاهُمْ بِقَدْرِ ذُنُوبِهِمْ كَانَ كَفَافًا لاَ لَكَ وَلاَ عَلَيْكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ عِقَابُكَ إِيَّاهُمْ دُونَ ذُنُوبِهِمْ كَانَ فَضْلاً لَكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ عِقَابُكَ إِيَّاهُمْ فَوْقَ ذُنُوبِهِمُ اقْتُصَّ لَهُمْ مِنْكَ الْفَضْلُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَتَنَحَّى الرَّجُلُ فَجَعَلَ يَبْكِي وَيَهْتِفُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَمَا تَقْرَأُ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ ‏:‏ ‏(‏ ونَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلاَ تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا وَإِنْ كَانَ مِثْقَالَ ‏)‏ الآيَةَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَجِدُ لِي وَلِهَؤُلاَءِ شَيْئًا خَيْرًا مِنْ مُفَارَقَتِهِمْ أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَارٌ كُلَّهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ وَقَدْ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ‏.‏

that a man came and sat in front of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have two slaves who lie to me, deceive me, and disobey me, and I scold them and hit them. So what is my case because of them?" He said: "The extent to which they betrayed you, disobeyed you and lied to you will be measured against how much you punish them. If your punishing them is equal to their sins, then the two will be the same, nothing for you and nothing against you. If your punishing them is above their sin, some of your rewards will be taken from you and given to them." So the man left, and began weeping and crying aloud. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "You should read what Allah said in His Book: 'And We shall set up the Balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything...' to the rest of the Ayah (21:47). So the man said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah! I see nothing better for myself, than me parting with them. Bear witness that they are all free."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #3251 Cites 21:104

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، وَوَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ مَحْشُورُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ عُرَاةً غُرْلاً ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَرَأََ ‏:‏ ‏(‏ كما بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا ‏)‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُكْسَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِنَّهُ سَيُؤْتَى بِرِجَالٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ فَأَقُولُ رَبِّ أَصْحَابِي ‏.‏ فَيُقَالُ إِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ ‏.‏ فَأَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ ‏(‏ وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي كُنْتَ أَنْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ * إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ‏)‏ فَيُقَالُ هَؤُلاَءِ لَمْ يَزَالُوا مُرْتَدِّينَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتَهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَرَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى كَأَنَّهُ تَأَوَّلَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ ‏.‏

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood to deliver a Khutbah, he said: 'O you people! You will be gathered before Allah naked and uncircumcised.' Then he recited: 'As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it...' until the end of the Ayah (21:104). He said: 'The first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection is Ibrahim. Indeed some men from my Ummah will be brought and taken from the left side, so I will say: "My Lord! My followers!" It will be said: "Indeed you do not know what they innovated after you.' So I shall say as the righteous slave said: 'And I was a witness over them while I dwelt among them, but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them. If You punish them, they are your slaves, and if You forgive them...' the Ayah (5:117 & 118) I shall be told: 'These people have not ceased turning on their heels as apostates ever since you parted from them.'"

Jami' al-Tirmidhi #3253 Cites 21:1

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي سَفَرٍ فَتَفَاوَتَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ فِي السَّيْرِ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَوْتَهُ بِهَاتَيْنِ الآيَتَيْنِ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ ‏)‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏:‏ ‏(‏ إن عذَابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ ‏)‏ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابُهُ حَثُّوا الْمَطِيَّ وَعَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ عِنْدَ قَوْلٍ يَقُولُهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هَلْ تَدْرُونَ أَىُّ يَوْمٍ ذَلِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ذَاكَ يَوْمٌ يُنَادِي اللَّهُ فِيهِ آدَمَ فَيُنَادِيهِ رَبُّهُ فَيَقُولُ يَا آدَمُ ابْعَثْ بَعْثَ النَّارِ ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ وَمَا بَعْثُ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَلْفٍ تِسْعُمِائَةٍ وَتِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَوَاحِدٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَيَئِسَ الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى مَا أَبْدَوْا بِضَاحِكَةٍ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الَّذِي بِأَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ اعْمَلُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَمَعَ خَلِيقَتَيْنِ مَا كَانَتَا مَعَ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ كَثَّرَتَاهُ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَمَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ وَبَنِي إِبْلِيسَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَسُرِّيَ عَنِ الْقَوْمِ بَعْضُ الَّذِي يَجِدُونَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اعْمَلُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا أَنْتُمْ فِي النَّاسِ إِلاَّ كَالشَّامَةِ فِي جَنْبِ الْبَعِيرِ أَوْ كَالرَّقْمَةِ فِي ذِرَاعِ الدَّابَّةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

"We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey when some of his Companions fell behind. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his voice reciting these two Ayat: "O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord! Verily the earthquake of the hour is a terrible thing..." up to His saying: but Allah's torment is severe (21:1 & 2)." When his Companions heard that, they hastened to catch up with him, since they knew that he had something to say. He (ﷺ) said: 'Do you know what Day this is? That is the Day when Adam will be called. His Lord will call him and say: O Adam, send forth those who are to be sent to the Fire. He will say: O Lord! How many are to be sent to the Fire? He will say: From every one-thousand there are nine-hundred and ninety-nine for the Fire and one for Paradise. So the people despaired as if they would not smile again. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw the state of his Companions, he said: 'Strive hard and receive the good news. By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, you will be counted with two creations who are immense in numbers; Ya'juj and Ma'juj, and those who have died among the progeny of Adam and the progeny of Iblis.'" He said: "So some of the people's grief went away, and he (ﷺ) said: 'Strive hard and receive the good news. By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad! Among mankind, you are but like the mole on the flank of a camel, or a mark on the foreleg of a beast.'"