Surah Al Jathiyah

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. حٰمۤ ۚ

   Ḥā mīm.

   Ḥâ-Mĩm.

2. تَنْزِيْلُ الْكِتٰبِ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْعَزِيْزِ الْحَكِيْمِ

   Tanzīlul-kitābi minallāhil-‘azīzil-ḥakīm(i).

   The revelation of this Book is from Allah—the Almighty, All-Wise.

3. اِنَّ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَۗ

   Inna fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi la'āyātil lil-mu'minīn(a).

   Surely in ˹the creation of˺ the heavens and the earth are signs for the believers.

4. وَفِيْ خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِنْ دَاۤبَّةٍ اٰيٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُّوْقِنُوْنَۙ

   Wa fī khalqikum wa mā yabuṡṡu min dābbatin āyātul liqaumiy yūqinūn(a).

   And in your own creation, and whatever living beings He dispersed, are signs for people of sure faith.

5. وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَآ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مِنْ رِّزْقٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيْفِ الرِّيٰحِ اٰيٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَّعْقِلُوْنَ

   Wakhtilāfil-laili wan-nahāri wa mā anzalallāhu minas-samā'i mir rizqin fa aḥyā bihil-arḍa ba‘da mautihā wa taṣrīfir-riyāḥi āyātul liqaumiy ya‘qilūn(a).

   And ˹in˺ the alternation of the day and the night, the provision sent down from the skies by Allah—reviving the earth after its death—and the shifting of the winds, are signs for people of understanding.

6. تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ اللّٰهِ نَتْلُوْهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّۚ فَبِاَيِّ حَدِيْثٍۢ بَعْدَ اللّٰهِ وَاٰيٰتِهٖ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ

   Tilka āyātullāhi natlūhā ‘alaika bil-ḥaqq(i), fa bi'ayyi ḥadīṡim ba‘dallāhi wa āyātihī yu'minūn(a).

   These are Allah’s revelations which We recite to you ˹O Prophet˺ in truth. So what message will they believe in after ˹denying˺ Allah and His revelations?

7. وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَثِيْمٍۙ

   Wailul likulli affākin aṡīm(in).

   Woe to every sinful liar.

8. يَّسْمَعُ اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَاَنْ لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَاۚ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ اَلِيْمٍ

   Yasma‘u āyātillāhi tutlā ‘alaihi ṡumma yuṣirru mustakbiran ka'allam yasma‘hā, fa basysyirhu bi‘ażābin alīm(in).

   They hear Allah’s revelations recited to them, then persist ˹in denial˺ arrogantly as if they did not hear them. So give them good news of a painful punishment.

9. وَاِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ اٰيٰتِنَا شَيْـًٔا ۨاتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًاۗ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِيْنٌۗ

   Wa iżā ‘alima min āyātinā syai'anittakhażahā huzuwā(n), ulā'ika lahum ‘ażābum muhīn(un).

   And whenever they learn anything of Our revelations, they make a mockery of it. It is they who will suffer a humiliating punishment.

10. مِنْ وَّرَاۤىِٕهِمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۚوَلَا يُغْنِيْ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَسَبُوْا شَيْـًٔا وَّلَا مَا اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَوْلِيَاۤءَۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيْمٌۗ

    Miw warā'ihim jahannam(u), wa lā yugnī ‘anhum mā kasabū syai'aw wa lā mattakhażū min dūnillāhi auliyā'(a), wa lahum ‘ażābun ‘aẓīm(un).

    Awaiting them is Hell. Their ˹worldly˺ gains will not be of any benefit to them whatsoever, nor will those protectors they have taken besides Allah. And they will suffer a tremendous punishment.

11. هٰذَا هُدًىۚ وَالَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّنْ رِّجْزٍ اَلِيْمٌ ࣖ

    Hāżā hudā(n), wal-lażīna kafarū bi'āyāti rabbihim lahum ‘ażābum mir rijzin alīm(un).

    This ˹Quran˺ is ˹true˺ guidance. And those who deny their Lord’s revelations will suffer the ˹worst˺ torment of agonizing pain.

12. ۞ اَللّٰهُ الَّذِيْ سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ فِيْهِ بِاَمْرِهٖ وَلِتَبْتَغُوْا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُوْنَۚ

    Allāhul-lażī sakhkhara lakumul-baḥra litajriyal-fulku fīhi bi'amrihī wa litabtagū min faḍlihī wa la‘allakum tasykurūn(a).

    Allah is the One Who has subjected the sea for you so that ships may sail upon it by His command, and that you may seek His bounty, and that perhaps you will be grateful.

13. وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَّا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ جَمِيْعًا مِّنْهُ ۗاِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَّتَفَكَّرُوْنَ

    Wa sakhkhara lakum mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi jamī‘am minh(u), inna fī żālika la'āyātil liqaumiy yatafakkarūn(a).

    He ˹also˺ subjected for you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth—all by His grace. Surely in this are signs for people who reflect.

14. قُلْ لِّلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا يَغْفِرُوْا لِلَّذِيْنَ لَا يَرْجُوْنَ اَيَّامَ اللّٰهِ لِيَجْزِيَ قَوْمًا ۢبِمَا كَانُوْا يَكْسِبُوْنَ

    Qul lil-lażīna āmanū yagfirū lil-lażīna lā yarjūna ayyāmallāhi liyajziya qaumam bimā kānū yaksibūn(a).

    ˹O Prophet!˺ Tell the believers to forgive those who do not fear Allah’s days ˹of torment˺, so that He will reward each group for what they used to commit.

15. مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهٖۚ وَمَنْ اَسَاۤءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ۖ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُوْنَ

    Man ‘amila ṣāliḥan fa linafsih(ī), wa man asā'a fa ‘alaihā, ṡumma ilā rabbikum turja‘ūn(a).

    Whoever does good, it is to their own benefit. And whoever does evil, it is to their own loss. Then to your Lord you will ˹all˺ be returned.

16. وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ الْكِتٰبَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الطَّيِّبٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنٰهُمْ عَلَى الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۚ

    Wa laqad ātainā banī isrā'īlal-kitāba wal-ḥukma wan-nubuwwata wa razaqnāhum minaṭ-ṭayyibāti wa faḍḍalnāhum ‘alal-‘ālamīn(a).

    Indeed, We gave the Children of Israel the Scripture, wisdom, and prophethood; granted them good, lawful provisions; and favoured them above the others.

17. وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ بَيِّنٰتٍ مِّنَ الْاَمْرِۚ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوْٓا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَاۤءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًاۢ بَيْنَهُمْ ۗاِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِيْ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ فِيْمَا كَانُوْا فِيْهِ يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ

    Wa ātaināhum bayyinātim minal-amr(i), fa makhtalafū illā mim ba‘di mā jā'ahumul-‘ilmu bagyam bainahum, inna rabbaka yaqḍī bainahum yaumal-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūn(a).

    We ˹also˺ gave them clear commandments regarding ˹their˺ faith. But it was not until knowledge came to them that they differed out of mutual envy. Surely your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgment regarding their differences.

18. ثُمَّ جَعَلْنٰكَ عَلٰى شَرِيْعَةٍ مِّنَ الْاَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ اَهْوَاۤءَ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ

    Ṡumma ja‘alnāka ‘alā syarī‘atim minal-amri fattabi‘hā wa lā tattabi‘ ahwā'al-lażīna lā ya‘lamūn(a).

    Now We have set you ˹O Prophet˺ on the ˹clear˺ Way of faith. So follow it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know ˹the truth˺.

19. اِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُّغْنُوْا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـًٔا ۗوَاِنَّ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ بَعْضُهُمْ اَوْلِيَاۤءُ بَعْضٍۚ وَاللّٰهُ وَلِيُّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ

    Innahum lay yugnū ‘anka minallāhi syai'ā(n), wa innaẓ-ẓālimīna ba‘ḍuhum auliyā'u ba‘ḍ(in), wallāhu waliyyul-muttaqīn(a).

    They certainly can be of no benefit to you against Allah whatsoever. Surely the wrongdoers are patrons of each other, whereas Allah is the Patron of the righteous.

20. هٰذَا بَصَاۤىِٕرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَّرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُّوْقِنُوْنَ

    Hāżā baṣā'iru lin-nāsi wa hudaw wa raḥmatul liqaumiy yūqinūn(a).

    This ˹Quran˺ is an insight for humanity—a guide and mercy for people of sure faith.

21. اَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِيْنَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّاٰتِ اَنْ نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ سَوَاۤءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ ۗسَاۤءَ مَا يَحْكُمُوْنَ ࣖࣖ

    Am ḥasibal-lażīnajtaraḥus -sayyi'āti an naj‘alahum kal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti sawā'am maḥyāhum wa mamātuhum, sā'a mā yaḥkumūn(a).

    Or do those who commit evil deeds ˹simply˺ think that We will make them equal—in their life and after their death—to those who believe and do good? How wrong is their judgment!

22. وَخَلَقَ اللّٰهُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ وَلِتُجْزٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُوْنَ

    Wa khalaqallāhus-samāwāti wal-arḍa bil-ḥaqqi wa litujzā kullu nafsim bimā kasabat wa hum lā yuẓlamūn(a).

    For Allah created the heavens and the earth for a purpose, so that every soul may be paid back for what it has committed. And none will be wronged.

23. اَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰهَهٗ هَوٰىهُ وَاَضَلَّهُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ وَّخَتَمَ عَلٰى سَمْعِهٖ وَقَلْبِهٖ وَجَعَلَ عَلٰى بَصَرِهٖ غِشٰوَةًۗ فَمَنْ يَّهْدِيْهِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اللّٰهِ ۗ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ

    Afa ra'aita manittakhaża ilāhahū hawāhu wa aḍallahullāhu ‘alā ‘ilmiw wa khatama ‘alā sam‘ihī wa qalbihī wa ja‘ala ‘alā baṣarihī gisyāwah(tan), famay yahdīhi mim ba‘dillāh(i), afalā tażakkarūn(a).

    Have you seen ˹O Prophet˺ those who have taken their own desires as their god? ˹And so˺ Allah left them to stray knowingly, sealed their hearing and hearts, and placed a cover on their sight. Who then can guide them after Allah? Will you ˹all˺ not then be mindful?

24. وَقَالُوْا مَا هِيَ اِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوْتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ اِلَّا الدَّهْرُۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۚ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَظُنُّوْنَ

    Wa qālū mā hiya illā ḥayātunad-dun-yā namūtu wa naḥyā wa mā yuhlikunā illad-dahr(u), wa mā lahum biżālika min ‘ilmin in hum illā yaẓunnūn(a).

    And they argue, “There is nothing beyond our worldly life. We die; others are born. And nothing destroys us but ˹the passage of˺ time.” Yet they have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this ˹claim˺. They only speculate.

25. وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيٰتُنَا بَيِّنٰتٍ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ اِلَّآ اَنْ قَالُوا ائْتُوْا بِاٰبَاۤىِٕنَآ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ

    Wa iżā tutlā ‘alaihim āyātunā bayyinātim mā kāna ḥujjatahum illā an qālu'tū bi'ābā'inā in kuntum ṣādiqīn(a).

    And whenever Our clear revelations are recited to them, their only argument is to say: “Bring our forefathers back, if what you say is true!”

26. قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُحْيِيْكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيْتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ لَارَيْبَ فِيْهِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ

    Qulillāhu yuḥyīkum ṡumma yumītukum ṡumma yajma‘ukum ilā yaumil-qiyāmati lā raiba fīhi wa lākinna akṡaran-nāsi lā ya‘lamūn(a).

    Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “˹It is˺ Allah ˹Who˺ gives you life, then causes you to die, then will gather you ˹all˺ on the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doubt. But most people do not know.”

27. وَلِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ وَيَوْمَ تَقُوْمُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يَّخْسَرُ الْمُبْطِلُوْنَ

    Wa lillāhi mulkus-samāwāti wal-arḍ(i), wa yauma taqūmus-sā‘atu yauma'iżiy yakhsarul-mubṭilūn(a).

    To Allah ˹alone˺ belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. On the Day the Hour will be established, the people of falsehood will then be in ˹total˺ loss.

28. وَتَرٰى كُلَّ اُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً ۗ كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ تُدْعٰٓى اِلٰى كِتٰبِهَاۗ اَلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

    Wa tarā kulla ummatin jāṡiyah(tan), kullu ummatin tud‘ā ilā kitābihā, al-yauma tujzauna mā kuntum ta‘malūn(a).

    And you will see every faith-community on its knees. Every community will be summoned to its record ˹of deeds˺. ˹They all will be told,˺ “This Day you will be rewarded for what you used to do.

29. هٰذَا كِتٰبُنَا يَنْطِقُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ ۗاِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنْسِخُ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ

    Hāżā kitābunā yanṭiqu ‘alaikum bil-ḥaqq(i), innā kunnā nastansikhu mā kuntum ta‘malūn(a).

    This record of Ours speaks the truth about you. Indeed, We always had your deeds recorded ˹by the angels˺.”

30. فَاَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَيُدْخِلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ فِيْ رَحْمَتِهٖۗ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْمُبِيْنُ

    Fa'ammal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti fayudkhiluhum rabbuhum fī raḥmatih(ī), żālika huwal-fauzul-mubīn(u).

    As for those who believed and did good, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is ˹truly˺ the absolute triumph.

31. وَاَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْاۗ اَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ اٰيٰتِيْ تُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِيْنَ

    Wa ammal-lażīna kafarū, falam takun āyātī tutlā ‘alaikum fastakbartum wa kuntum qaumam mujrimīn(a).

    And as for those who disbelieved, ˹they will be told,˺ “Were My revelations not recited to you, yet you acted arrogantly and were a wicked people?

32. وَاِذَا قِيْلَ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَّالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهَا قُلْتُمْ مَّا نَدْرِيْ مَا السَّاعَةُۙ اِنْ نَّظُنُّ اِلَّا ظَنًّا وَّمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِيْنَ

    Wa iżā qīla inna wa‘dallāhi ḥaqquw was-sā‘atu lā raiba fīhā qultum mā nadrī mas-sā‘ah(tu), in naẓunnu illā ẓannaw wa mā naḥnu bimustaiqinīn(a).

    And whenever it was said ˹to you˺, ‘Surely Allah’s promise ˹of judgment˺ is true and there is no doubt about the Hour,’ you said ˹mockingly˺, ‘We do not know what the Hour is! We think it is no more than speculation, and we are not convinced ˹that it will ever come˺.’”

33. وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّاٰتُ مَا عَمِلُوْا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَّا كَانُوْا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ

    Wa badā lahum sayyi'ātu mā ‘amilū wa ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahzi'ūn(a).

    And the evil ˹consequences˺ of their deeds will unfold before them, and they will be overwhelmed by what they used to ridicule.

34. وَقِيْلَ الْيَوْمَ نَنْسٰىكُمْ كَمَا نَسِيْتُمْ لِقَاۤءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَاۙ وَمَأْوٰىكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ نّٰصِرِيْنَ

    Wa qīlal-yauma nansākum kamā nasītum liqā'a yaumikum hāżā, wa ma'wākumun nāru wa mā lakum min nāṣirīn(a).

    It will be said, “This Day We will neglect you as you neglected the meeting of this Day of yours! Your home will be the Fire, and you will have no helpers.

35. ذٰلِكُمْ بِاَنَّكُمُ اتَّخَذْتُمْ اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ هُزُوًا وَّغَرَّتْكُمُ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا ۚفَالْيَوْمَ لَا يُخْرَجُوْنَ مِنْهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُوْنَ

    Żālikum bi'annakumuttakhażtum āyātillāhi huzuwaw wa garratkumul-ḥayātud-dun-yā, fal-yauma lā yukhrajūna minhā wa lā hum yusta‘tabūn(a).

    This is because you made a mockery of Allah’s revelations, and were deluded by ˹your˺ worldly life.” So ˹from˺ that Day ˹on˺ they will not be taken out of the Fire, nor will they be allowed to appease ˹their Lord˺.

36. فَلِلّٰهِ الْحَمْدُ رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَرَبِّ الْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

    Fa lillāhil-ḥamdu rabbis-samāwāti wa rabbil-arḍi rabbil-‘ālamīn(a).

    So all praise is for Allah—Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of all worlds.

37. وَلَهُ الْكِبْرِيَاۤءُ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ۗوَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ ࣖ ۔

    Wa lahul-kibriyā'u fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ(i), wa huwal-‘azīzul-ḥakīm(u).

    To Him belongs ˹all˺ Majesty in the heavens and the earth. And He is the Almighty, All-Wise.