Ar-Room (The Romans)
1الم
30|1|Alif, Lam, Meem.
2غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ
30|2|The Romans have been defeated.
3فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ
30|3|In a nearby territory. But following their defeat, they will be victorious.
4فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ ۗ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن بَعْدُ ۚ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
30|4|In a few years. The matter is up to God, in the past, and in the future. On that day, the believers will rejoice.
30|5|In God’s support. He supports whomever He wills. He is the Almighty, the Merciful.
6وَعْدَ اللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
30|6|The promise of God—God never breaks His promise, but most people do not know.
7يَعْلَمُونَ ظَاهِرًا مِّنَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ عَنِ الْآخِرَةِ هُمْ غَافِلُونَ
30|7|They know an outer aspect of the worldly life, but they are heedless of the Hereafter.
8أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِم ۗ مَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ النَّاسِ بِلِقَاءِ رَبِّهِمْ لَكَافِرُونَ
30|8|Do they not reflect within themselves? God did not create the heavens and the earth, and what is between them, except with reason, and for a specific duration. But most people, regarding meeting their Lord, are disbelievers.
9أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَانُوا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَأَثَارُوا الْأَرْضَ وَعَمَرُوهَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عَمَرُوهَا وَجَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
30|9|Have they not travelled the earth and seen how those before them ended up? They were more powerful than them, and they cultivated the land and developed it more than they developed it, and their messengers came to them with clear signs. God would never wrong them, but they used to wrong themselves.
30:9 have a look around. Despite our best efforts people are born,they mature, then die. This is the way, death is inevitable.
10ثُمَّ كَانَ عَاقِبَةَ الَّذِينَ أَسَاءُوا السُّوأَىٰ أَن كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَكَانُوا بِهَا يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
30|10|Then, evil was the end of those who committed evil. That is because they rejected God’s revelations, and used to ridicule them.
11اللَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
30|11|God originates creation, and then repeats it. Then to Him you will be returned.
12وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ
30|12|On the Day when the Hour takes place, the guilty will despair.
13وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُم مِّن شُرَكَائِهِمْ شُفَعَاءُ وَكَانُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ كَافِرِينَ
30|13|They will have no intercessors from among their idols, and they will disown their partners.
14وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ
30|14|On the Day when the Hour takes place—on that Day they will separate.
15فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَهُمْ فِي رَوْضَةٍ يُحْبَرُونَ
30|15|As for those who believed and did good deeds—they will be delighted in meadows.
16وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَلِقَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ
30|16|But as for those who disbelieved, and rejected Our signs and the encounter of the Hereafter—those will be hauled into the torment.
17فَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ حِينَ تُمْسُونَ وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُونَ
30|17|So glorify God when you retire at night, and when you rise in the morning.
H 3281, CH 48, h 20
A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa
from al-Husayn ibn Sa’Id from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn abu Hamza from
abu Basir from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has
said the following:
“When you perform the Maghrib (prayer at sunset) and
morning prayers say, ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful, there are no means and no power
without the help of Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,’ seven
times. Whoever says this will not suffer from leprosy, insanity as
well as seventy other kinds of misfortunes. The Imam said, ‘If
you say in the morning and in the evening, “All praise belongs
to Allah, Lord of the morning and all praise belongs to Allah,
Who opens up the morning’, [two times]. ‘All praise belongs to
Allah, who removes the night by His power and brings the
morning through His favor and we enjoy good health,’ then
recite verses 255 of Chapter Two of the Holy Quran, the last
verse of Chapter 59 and ten verses of Chapter 37: ‘Your Lord,
the Lord of Honor, is by far more exalted and above being
considered as they describe Him. (37:180) Peace be with the
Messengers (of Allah) (37:181). It is only Allah, the Lord of the
worlds, Who deserves all praise.’ (37:182) and, ‘Glory belongs
to Allah, when they (creatures) are in the morning and in the
evening, (30:17) all praise belongs to Allah, in the heavens and
on earth, at later evening and at noon time, (30:18) He brings out
the living from the dead and the dead from the living, gives life
to earth after it dies away and in a similar way you will come to
life again.’ (30:19) and, ‘He is Glorious and Most Holy, Lord of
the angels and the Spirit. (O Lord,) Your mercy comes before
Your anger, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, glory
belongs to You. I have committed evil deeds and wronged
myself, grant me forgiveness, grant me mercy and accept my
repentance; You grant acceptance to repentance; You are most
Merciful.’”
A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa
from al-Husayn ibn Sa’Id from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn abu Hamza from
abu Basir from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has
said the following:
“When you perform the Maghrib (prayer at sunset) and
morning prayers say, ‘(I begin) in the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful, there are no means and no power
without the help of Allah, the Most High, the Most Great,’ seven
times. Whoever says this will not suffer from leprosy, insanity as
well as seventy other kinds of misfortunes. The Imam said, ‘If
you say in the morning and in the evening, “All praise belongs
to Allah, Lord of the morning and all praise belongs to Allah,
Who opens up the morning’, [two times]. ‘All praise belongs to
Allah, who removes the night by His power and brings the
morning through His favor and we enjoy good health,’ then
recite verses 255 of Chapter Two of the Holy Quran, the last
verse of Chapter 59 and ten verses of Chapter 37: ‘Your Lord,
the Lord of Honor, is by far more exalted and above being
considered as they describe Him. (37:180) Peace be with the
Messengers (of Allah) (37:181). It is only Allah, the Lord of the
worlds, Who deserves all praise.’ (37:182) and, ‘Glory belongs
to Allah, when they (creatures) are in the morning and in the
evening, (30:17) all praise belongs to Allah, in the heavens and
on earth, at later evening and at noon time, (30:18) He brings out
the living from the dead and the dead from the living, gives life
to earth after it dies away and in a similar way you will come to
life again.’ (30:19) and, ‘He is Glorious and Most Holy, Lord of
the angels and the Spirit. (O Lord,) Your mercy comes before
Your anger, no one deserves to be worshipped except You, glory
belongs to You. I have committed evil deeds and wronged
myself, grant me forgiveness, grant me mercy and accept my
repentance; You grant acceptance to repentance; You are most
Merciful.’”
18وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَعَشِيًّا وَحِينَ تُظْهِرُونَ
30|18|His is the praise in the heavens and on earth, and in the evening, and when you reach midday.
19يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَيُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ
30|19|He brings the living out of the dead, and He brings the dead out of the living, and He revives the land after it had died. Likewise you will be resurrected.
20وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ إِذَا أَنتُم بَشَرٌ تَنتَشِرُونَ
30|20|And of His signs is that He created you from dust; and behold, you become humans spreading out.
30:20 seems human race was initially created from dust/ soil. Is this separate to Nabi Adam AS ?
21وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
30|21|And of His signs is that He created for you mates from among yourselves, so that you may find tranquility in them; and He planted love and compassion between you. In this are signs for people who reflect.
22وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَانِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّلْعَالِمِينَ
30|22|And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of your languages and colors. In this are signs for those who know.
30:22 diversity is a sign of Allah, what could this mean?
23وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ مَنَامُكُم بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَابْتِغَاؤُكُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ
30|23|And of His signs are your sleep by night and day, and your pursuit of His bounty. In this are signs for people who listen.
24وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ يُرِيكُمُ الْبَرْقَ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَيُحْيِي بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
30|24|And of His signs is that He shows you the lightning, causing fear and hope. And He brings down water from the sky, and with it He revives the earth after it was dead. In this are signs for people who understand.
25وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَن تَقُومَ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِ ۚ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ دَعْوَةً مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ إِذَا أَنتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ
30|25|And of His signs is that the heaven and the earth stand at His disposal. And then, when He calls you out of the earth, you will emerge at once.
26وَلَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ كُلٌّ لَّهُ قَانِتُونَ
30|26|To Him belongs everyone in the heavens and the earth. All are submissive to Him.
27وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ ۚ وَلَهُ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَىٰ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
30|27|It is He who initiates creation, and then repeats it, something easy for Him. His is the highest attribute, in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, the Wise.
28ضَرَبَ لَكُم مَّثَلًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ هَل لَّكُم مِّن مَّا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُم مِّن شُرَكَاءَ فِي مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ فَأَنتُمْ فِيهِ سَوَاءٌ تَخَافُونَهُمْ كَخِيفَتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
30|28|He illustrates an example for you, from your own selves: do you make your servants full partners in the wealth We have given you? Do you revere them as you revere one another? We thus explain the revelations for a people who understand.
30:28 Allah has not given us full power or control over things. We just can follow the laws of this universe. Allah can do as he wills. Just as a slave does not have the power, position, or respect of a master, we are like the slave to Allah.
29بَلِ اتَّبَعَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَهْوَاءَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۖ فَمَن يَهْدِي مَنْ أَضَلَّ اللَّهُ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ
30|29|Yet the wrongdoers follow their desires without knowledge. But who can guide whom God leaves astray? They will have no helpers.
30:29 wrongdoers do as they like rather than what they should do. Eg I should go to work and earn money for my family, but I don’t want to, if I do what I want, rather than what I should do, then I would be in the wrong.
30فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا ۚ فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا ۚ لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
30|30|So devote yourself to the religion of monotheism—the natural instinct God has instilled in mankind. There is no altering God’s creation. This is the true religion, but most people do not know.
H 1456, CH 4, h 2 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following: “I asked him about the words of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, ‘The invention of Allah (had a certain) nature with which He created all people. . . .’ (30:30) What is that creation (and nature)? The Imam said, ‘It is al-Islam. Allah created them with such nature at the time He made a covenant with them to believe in Oneness of Allah as He asked them all, “Am I not your Lord?” when all the believers and the unbelievers were there.’”
31۞ مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
30|31|Turning towards Him—and be conscious of Him, and perform the prayer, and do not be of the idolaters.
32مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
30|32|Of those who divided their religion, and became sects; each faction pleased with what they have.
30:32 it seems the sect in this context is one who divides, eg takes a part of the religion and exaggerates it or takes a part and abandons other parts.
33وَإِذَا مَسَّ النَّاسَ ضُرٌّ دَعَوْا رَبَّهُم مُّنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا أَذَاقَهُم مِّنْهُ رَحْمَةً إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ
30|33|When affliction touches the people, they call on their Lord, turning to Him in repentance. But then, when He gives them a taste of His mercy, some of them attribute partners to their Lord.
34لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ ۚ فَتَمَتَّعُوا فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
30|34|To show ingratitude for what We have given them. Indulge yourselves—you will surely know.
35أَمْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانًا فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُوا بِهِ يُشْرِكُونَ
30|35|Have We sent down to them any authority, which speaks in support of their idols?
36وَإِذَا أَذَقْنَا النَّاسَ رَحْمَةً فَرِحُوا بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَقْنَطُونَ
30|36|When We give people a taste of mercy, they rejoice in it. But when adversity befalls them, because of what their hands have perpetrated, they begin to despair.
37أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
30|37|Do they not see that God expands the provision for whomever He wills, or restricts it? Surely in this are signs for people who believe.
38فَآتِ ذَا الْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْكِينَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيلِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
30|38|So give the relative his rights, and the destitute, and the wayfarer. That is best for those who seek God’s presence. Those are the prosperous.
39وَمَا آتَيْتُم مِّن رِّبًا لِّيَرْبُوَ فِي أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ فَلَا يَرْبُو عِندَ اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَا آتَيْتُم مِّن زَكَاةٍ تُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُضْعِفُونَ
30|39|The usury you practice, seeking thereby to multiply people’s wealth, will not multiply with God. But what you give in charity, desiring God’s approval—these are the multipliers.
H 8621, Ch. 50, h 6
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar al-Yamaniy who has said the following:
“Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that Riba’ is of two kinds: One kind is that which is
consumed and the other kind is not consumed. The gift that one presents to someone in order to
receive Thawab (rewards from Allah) is better. Of this kind is the Riba’ which is consumed as it is
mentioned in the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘The Riba’ in which you are involved
so it increases in people’s property does not increase before Allah.’ (30:39) The other kind of Riba’ is
that which Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has prohibited and has warned those involved in it
with punishment in the fire.”
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar al-Yamaniy who has said the following:
“Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that Riba’ is of two kinds: One kind is that which is
consumed and the other kind is not consumed. The gift that one presents to someone in order to
receive Thawab (rewards from Allah) is better. Of this kind is the Riba’ which is consumed as it is
mentioned in the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘The Riba’ in which you are involved
so it increases in people’s property does not increase before Allah.’ (30:39) The other kind of Riba’ is
that which Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has prohibited and has warned those involved in it
with punishment in the fire.”
H 8620, Ch. 50, h 5
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following:
“Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that once a man came to my father and said, ‘I have
inherited a certain amount of property and I knew the owner from whom I inherited received Raba’
and I know with certainty there is Riba’ in it and I do not feel happy to consume it because of my
knowledge about it. I asked the scholars of law of Iraq about it and they said, ‘It is not lawful to
consume it.’ Abu Ja‘far, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, said, ‘If you know exactly Riba’ property in it and you
know the owner also, you must separate it and return to the owner. If it is mixed you can consume it in
good health and pleasure. It is your property but you must stay away from what the previous owner
would do. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy
of their services to Your cause, granted relief to what is passed and prohibited from Riba’ in coming
times. If one is ignorant he is exempt, until he comes to know of the unlawfulness of Riba’. Once a
person learns that Riba’ is unlawful and punishment becomes necessary if one consumes Riba’ just as
it (punishment) is necessary for one who has consumed Riba’.’”
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following:
“Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that once a man came to my father and said, ‘I have
inherited a certain amount of property and I knew the owner from whom I inherited received Raba’
and I know with certainty there is Riba’ in it and I do not feel happy to consume it because of my
knowledge about it. I asked the scholars of law of Iraq about it and they said, ‘It is not lawful to
consume it.’ Abu Ja‘far, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, said, ‘If you know exactly Riba’ property in it and you
know the owner also, you must separate it and return to the owner. If it is mixed you can consume it in
good health and pleasure. It is your property but you must stay away from what the previous owner
would do. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy
of their services to Your cause, granted relief to what is passed and prohibited from Riba’ in coming
times. If one is ignorant he is exempt, until he comes to know of the unlawfulness of Riba’. Once a
person learns that Riba’ is unlawful and punishment becomes necessary if one consumes Riba’ just as
it (punishment) is necessary for one who has consumed Riba’.’”
40اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ۖ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَائِكُم مَّن يَفْعَلُ مِن ذَٰلِكُم مِّن شَيْءٍ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
30|40|God is He who created you, then provides for you, then makes you die, then brings you back to life. Can any of your idols do any of that? Glorified is He, and Exalted above what they associate.
41ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
30|41|Corruption has appeared on land and sea, because of what people’s hands have earned, in order to make them taste some of what they have done, so that they might return.
42قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّشْرِكِينَ
30|42|Say, “Roam the earth, and observe the fate of those who came before. Most of them were idolaters.”
43فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ الْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ ۖ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ
30|43|So devote yourself to the upright religion, before there comes from God a Day that cannot be averted. On that Day, they will be shocked.
44مَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُ ۖ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِأَنفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُونَ
30|44|Whoever disbelieves, upon him falls his disbelief. And whoever acts righteously—they are preparing for themselves.
45لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِن فَضْلِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْكَافِرِينَ
30|45|So that He may reward those who have believed and done the righteous deeds out of His bounty. Indeed, He does not love the ungrateful.
46وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَن يُرْسِلَ الرِّيَاحَ مُبَشِّرَاتٍ وَلِيُذِيقَكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِ وَلِتَجْرِيَ الْفُلْكُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
30|46|And of His signs is that He sends the winds bearing good news, to give you a taste of His mercy, and so that the ships may sail by His command, and so that you may seek of His bounty, and so that you may give thanks.
47وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَاءُوهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا ۖ وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
30|47|Before you, We sent messengers to their people. They came to them with clear proofs. Then We took revenge on those who sinned. It is incumbent on Us to help the believers.
48اللَّهُ الَّذِي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُ كِسَفًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ ۖ فَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ
30|48|God is He who sends the winds. They stir up clouds. Then He spreads them in the sky as He wills. And He breaks them apart. Then you see rain drops issuing from their midst. Then, when He makes it fall upon whom He wills of His servants, behold, they rejoice.
49وَإِن كَانُوا مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِ لَمُبْلِسِينَ
30|49|Although they were before this—before it was sent down upon them—in despair.
50فَانظُرْ إِلَىٰ آثَارِ رَحْمَتِ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
30|50|So observe the effects of God’s mercy—how He revives the earth after it was dead. Indeed, He is the Reviver of the dead. He is Capable of everything.
51وَلَئِنْ أَرْسَلْنَا رِيحًا فَرَأَوْهُ مُصْفَرًّا لَّظَلُّوا مِن بَعْدِهِ يَكْفُرُونَ
30|51|But if We send a wind, and they see it turning things yellow, they would continue thereafter to disbelieve.
52فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ
30|52|You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call when they turn away.
53وَمَا أَنتَ بِهَادِ الْعُمْيِ عَن ضَلَالَتِهِمْ ۖ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
30|53|Nor can you guide the blind out of their error. You can make hear only those who believe in Our signs, and so have submitted.
54۞ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفًا وَشَيْبَةً ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۖوَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ
30|54|God is He Who created you weak, then after weakness gave you strength, then after strength gave you weakness and gray hair. He creates whatever He wills. He is the Omniscient, the Omnipotent.
55وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُوا يُؤْفَكُونَ
30|55|On the Day when the Hour takes place, the sinners will swear they had stayed but an hour. Thus they were deluded.
56وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ وَالْإِيمَانَ لَقَدْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْبَعْثِ ۖ فَهَٰذَا يَوْمُ الْبَعْثِ وَلَٰكِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
30|56|But those endowed with knowledge and faith will say, “You remained in God’s Book until the Day of Resurrection. This is the Day of Resurrection, but you did not know.”
57فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يَنفَعُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ
30|57|On that Day, the sinners’ excuses will not benefit them, nor will they be excused.
58وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِي هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَلَئِن جِئْتَهُم بِآيَةٍ لَّيَقُولَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُبْطِلُونَ
30|58|We have cited in this Quran for the people every sort of parable. But even if you bring them a miracle, those who disbelieve will say, “You are nothing but fakers.”
59كَذَٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
30|59|God thus seals the hearts of those who do not know.
60فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يُوقِنُونَ
30|60|So be patient. The promise of God is true. And do not let those who lack certainty belittle you.