45: Al-Jathiyah الجاثية

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful

حٰمٓ‌‌ ۚ‏(1)

HAA MEEM.

Ha, Meem.

تَنْزِيْلُ الْكِتٰبِ مِنَ اللّٰهِ الْعَزِيْزِ الْحَكِيْمِ‏(2)

TANZEELUL KETAABE MENAL LAAHIL A’ZEEZIL HAKEEM.

The [gradual] sending down of the Book is from Allah, the All-mighty, All-wise.

اِنَّ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَؕ‏(3)

INNA FIS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZE LA-AAYAATIL LIL-MOAMENEEN.

In the heavens and the earth there are indeed signs for the faithful,

وَفِىْ خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِنْ دَآبَّةٍ اٰيٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُّوْقِنُوْنَۙ‏(4)

WA FEE KHALQEKUM WA MAA YABUSSO MIN DAABBATIN AAYAATUL LE-QAWMIN-Y YOOQENOON.

There are signs for people who have certainty in your own creation and in animals, He scatters abroad.

وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَاۤ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مِنْ رِّزْقٍ فَاَحْيَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَ تَصْرِيْفِ الرِّيٰحِ اٰيٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَّعْقِلُوْنَ‏(5)

WAKH TELAAFIL LAYLE WAN NAHAARE WA MAA ANZALAL LAAHO MENAS SAMAAA-E MIR RIZQIN FA-AHYAA BEHIL ARZA BA’DA MAWTEHAA WA TASREEFIR REYAAHE AAYAATUL LE-QAWMIN-Y YA’QELOON.

There are signs for people who exercise their reason in the alternation of night and day, in the provision that Allah sends down from the sky, with which He revives the earth after its death, and in the changing of the winds.

تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ اللّٰهِ نَتْلُوْهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ‌ ‌ۚ فَبِاَىِّ حَدِيْثٍۢ بَعْدَ اللّٰهِ وَاٰيٰتِهٖ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ‏(6)

TILKA AAYAATUL LAAHE NATLOOHAA A’LAYKA BIL-HAQ, FABE-AYYE HADEESIM BA’DAL LAAHE WA AAYAATEHI YOAMENOON.

These are the signs of Allah that We recite for you in truth. So what discourse will they believe after Allah and His signs?

وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ اَفَّاكٍ اَثِيْمٍۙ‏(7)

WAYLUL LE-KULLE AFFAAKIN ASEEM.

Woe to every sinful liar,

يَّسْمَعُ اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَاَنْ لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا‌ ۚ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ اَ لِيْمٍ‏(8)

YASMA-O’ AAYAATIL LAAHE TUTLAA A’LAYHE SUMMA YOSIRRO MUSTAKBERAN KA-AL LAM YASMA’HAA, FA-BASH-SHIRHO BE-A’ZAABIN ALEEM.

who hears the signs of Allah being recited to him, yet persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So inform him of a painful punishment.

وَاِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ اٰيٰتِنَا شَيْئًا اۨتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًا‌ ؕ اُولٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِيْنٌ ؕ‏(9)

WA EZAA A’LEMA MIN AAYAATENAA SHAY-ANIT TAKHAZAHAA HOZOWAA, OOLAAA-EKA LAHUM A’ZAABUM MOHEEN.

Should he learn anything about Our signs, he takes them in derision. For such there is a humiliating punishment.

مِنْ وَّرَآئِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُۚ وَلَا يُغْنِىْ عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَسَبُوْا شَيْئًا وَّلَا مَا اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَوْلِيَآءَ‌ ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيْمٌؕ‏(10)

MINW WARAAA-EHIM JAHANNAM, WA LAA YUGHNEE A’NHUM MAA KASABOO SHAY-ANW WA LAA MAT TAKHAZOO MIN DOONIL LAAHE AWLEYAAA, WA LAHUM A’ZAABUN A’ZEEM.

Ahead of them is hell, and neither what they have earned, nor what they had taken as guardians besides Allah will avail them in any way, and there is a great punishment for them.

هٰذَا هُدًى‌ ‌ۚ وَالَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّنْ رِّجْزٍ اَلِيْمٌ‏(11)

HAAZAA HODAA, WAL LAZEENA KAFAROO BE-AAYAATE RABBEHIM LAHUM A’ZAABUM MIR RIJZIN ALEEM.

This is [true] guidance, and there is a painful punishment due to defilement for those who defy the signs of their Lord.

اَللّٰهُ الَّذِىْ سَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الْبَحْرَ لِتَجْرِىَ الْفُلْكُ فِيْهِ بِاَمْرِهٖ وَلِتَبْتَغُوْا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُوْنَ‌ۚ‏(12)

ALLAAHUL LAZEE SAKH-KHARA LAKOMUL BAHRA LE-TAJREYAL FULKO FEEHE BE-AMREHI WA LE-TABTAGHOO MIN FAZLEHI WA LA-A’LLAKUM TASHKOROON.

It is Allah who disposed the sea for you[r benefit] so that the ships may sail in it by His command, that you may seek of His bounty and that you may give thanks.

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَّا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ جَمِيْعًا مِّنْهُ‌ ؕ اِنَّ فِىْ ذٰ لِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَّتَفَكَّرُوْنَ‏(13)

WA SAKH-KHARA LAKUM MAA FIS SAMAAWAATE WA MAA FIL ARZE JAMEE-A’M MINH, INNA FEE ZAALEKA LA-AAYAATIL LE-QAWMIN-Y YATAFAKKAROON.

He has disposed for you[r benefit] whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth; all is from Him. There are indeed signs in that for a people who reflect.

قُلْ لِّلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا يَغْفِرُوْا لِلَّذِيْنَ لَا يَرْجُوْنَ اَيَّامَ اللّٰهِ لِيَجْزِىَ قَوْمًۢا بِمَا كَانُوْا يَكْسِبُوْنَ‏(14)

QUL LILLAZEENA AAMANOO YAGHFEROO LILLAZEENA LAA YARJOONA AYYAAMAL LAAHE LE-YAJZEYA QAWMAM BEMAA KAANOO YAKSEBOON.

Say to the faithful to forgive those who do not expect Allah’s days, that He may [Himself] requite every people for what they used to earn.

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهٖ‌ۚ وَمَنْ اَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُوْنَ‏(15)

MAN A’MELA SAALEHAN FALE-NAFSEH, WA MAN ASAAA-A FA-A’LAYHAA, SUMMA ELAA RABBEKUM TURJA-O’ON.

Whoever acts righteously, it is for his own soul, and whoever does evil, it is to its own detriment, then you will be brought back to your Lord.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا بَنِىْۤ اِسْرَآءِيْلَ الْكِتٰبَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الطَّيِّبٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنٰهُمْ عَلَى الْعٰلَمِيْنَ‌ۚ‏(16)

WA LAQAD AATAYNAA BANEE ISRAAA-EELAL KETAABA WAL HUKMA WAN NOBUWWATA WA RAZAQNAAHUM MENAT TAYYEBAATE WA FAZZALNAAHUM A’LAL A’ALAMEEN.

Certainly We gave the Children of Israel the Book, judgement and prophethood and We provided them with all the good things. We gave them an advantage over all the nations,

وَاٰتَيْنٰهُمْ بَيِّنٰتٍ مِّنَ الْاَمْرِ‌ ۚ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوْۤا اِلَّا مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ ۙ بَغْيًاۢ بَيْنَهُمْ‌ؕ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْضِىْ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ فِيْمَا كَانُوْا فِيْهِ يَخْتَلِفُوْنَ‏(17)

WA AATAYNAAHUM BAYYENAATIM MENAL AMR, FAMAKH TALAFOO ILLAA MIM BA’DE MAA JAAA-AHOMUL I’LMO, BAGHYAM BAYNAHUM, INNA RABBAKA YAQZEE BAYNAHUM YAWMAL QEYAAMATE FEEMAA KAANOO FEEHE YAKHTALEFOON.

and We gave them manifest precepts. But they did not differ except after knowledge had come to them, out of envy among themselves. Indeed your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which they used to differ.

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنٰكَ عَلٰى شَرِيْعَةٍ مِّنَ الْاَمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ اَهْوَآءَ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(18)

SUMMA JA-A’LNAAKA A’LAA SHAREE-A’TIM MENAL AMRE FAT-TABE’HAA WA LAA TATTABE’ AHWAAA-AL LAZEENA LAA YA’LAMOON.

Then We set you upon a clear course of the Law; so follow it, and do not follow the desires of those who do not know.

اِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يُّغْنُوْا عَنْكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْئًا‌ ؕ وَ اِنَّ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ بَعْضُهُمْ اَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ‌ ۚ وَاللّٰهُ وَلِىُّ الْمُتَّقِيْنَ‏(19)

INNAHUM LAN-Y YUGHNOO A’NKA MENAL LAAHE SHAY-AA, WA INNAZ ZAALEMEENA BA’ZOHUM AWLEYAAA-O BA’Z, WAL LAAHO WALIYYUL MUTTAQEEN.

Indeed they will not avail you in any way against Allah. Indeed the wrongdoers are allies of one another, but Allah is the ally of the Godwary.

هٰذَا بَصَائِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَّرَحْمَةٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُّوْقِنُوْنَ‏(20)

HAAZAA BASAAA-ERO LIN-NAASE WA HODANW WA RAHMATUL LE-QAWMIN-Y YOOQENOON.

These are eye-openers for mankind, and guidance and mercy for a people who have certainty.

اَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِيْنَ اجْتَرَحُوا السَّيِّاٰتِ اَنْ نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ ۙ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ‌ ؕ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُوْنَ‏(21)

AM HASEBAL LAZEENAJ TARAHUS SAYYE-AATE AN NAJ-A’LAHUM KALLAZEENA AAMANOO WA A’MELUS SAALEHAATE, SAWAAA-AM MAHYAAHUM WA MAMAATOHUM, SAAA-A MAA YAHKOMOON.

Do those who have perpetrated misdeeds suppose that We shall treat them like those who have faith and do righteous deeds, their life and death being equal? Evil is the judgement that they make!

وَ خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ وَلِتُجْزٰى كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُوْنَ‏(22)

WA KHALAQAL LAAHUS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZA BIL-HAQQE WA LE-TUJZAA KULLO NAFSIM BEMAA KASABAT WA HUM LAA YUZLAMOON.

Allah created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom, so that every soul may be requited for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.

اَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰهَهٗ هَوٰٮهُ وَاَضَلَّهُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ وَّخَتَمَ عَلٰى سَمْعِهٖ وَقَلْبِهٖ وَجَعَلَ عَلٰى بَصَرِهٖ غِشٰوَةً ؕ فَمَنْ يَّهْدِيْهِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ اللّٰهِ‌ ؕ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ‏(23)

AFA-RA-AYTA MANIT TAKHAZA ELAAHAHU HAWAAHO WA AZALLAHUL LAAHO A’LAA I’LMINW WA KHATAMA A’LAA SAM-E’HI WA QALBEHI WA JA-A’LA A’LAA BASAREHI GHESHAAWAH, FAMAN-Y YAHDEEHE MIM BA’DIL LAAH, AFALAA TAZAKKAROON.

Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god and whom Allah has led astray knowingly, set a seal upon his hearing and heart, and put a blindfold on his sight? So who will guide him after Allah [has consigned him to error]? Will you not then take admonition?

وَقَالُوْا مَا هِىَ اِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوْتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَاۤ اِلَّا الدَّهْرُ‌ؕ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ‌ ۚ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَظُنُّوْنَ‏(24)

WA QAALOO MAA HEYA ILLAA HAYAATONAD DUNYAA NAMOOTO WA NAHYAA WA MAA YOHLEKONAA ILLAD DAHR, WA MAA LAHUM BEZAALEKA MIN I’LM, IN HUM ILLAA YAZUNNOON.

They say, ‘There is nothing but the life of this world: we live and we die, and nothing but time destroys us.’ But they do not have any knowledge of that, and they only make conjectures.

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيٰتُنَا بَيِّنٰتٍ مَّا كَانَ حُجَّتَهُمْ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ قَالُوا ائْتُوْا بِاٰبَآئِنَاۤ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰدِقِيْنَ‏(25)

WA EZAA TUTLAA A’LAYHIM AAYAATONAA BAYYENAATIM MAA KAANA HUJJATAHUM ILLAA AN QAALOATOO BE-AABAAA-ENAA IN KUNTUM SAADEQEEN.

When Our manifest signs are recited to them, their only argument is to say, ‘Bring our fathers back [to life], if you are truthful.’

قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُحْيِيْكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيْتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(26)

QOLIL LAAHO YOHYEEKUM SUMMA YOMEETOKUM SUMMA YAJMA-O’KUM ELAA YAWMIL QEYAAMATE LAA RAYBA FEEHE WA LAAKINNA AKSARAN NAASE LAA YA’LAMOON.

Say, ‘It is Allah who gives you life, then He makes you die. Then He will gather you on the Day of Resurrection, in which there is no doubt. But most people do not know.’

وَلِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ‌ؕ وَيَوْمَ تَقُوْمُ السَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَّخْسَرُ الْمُبْطِلُوْنَ‏(27)

WA LILLAAHE MULKUS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZ, WA YAWMA TAQOOMUS SAA-A’TO YAWMA-EZIN-Y YAKHSARUL MUBTELOON.

To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and when the Hour sets in, the falsifiers will be losers on that day.

وَتَرٰى كُلَّ اُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً‌ كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ تُدْعٰۤى اِلٰى كِتٰبِهَا ؕ اَلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(28)

WA TARAA KULLA UMMATIN JAASEYAH, KULLO UMMATIN TUD-A’A ELAA KETAABEHAA, AL-YAWMA TUJZAWNA MAA KUNTUM TA’MALOON.

And you will see every nation fallen on its knees. Every nation will be summoned to its book: ‘Today you will be requited for what you used to do.

هٰذَا كِتٰبُنَا يَنْطِقُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ‌ؕ اِنَّا كُنَّا نَسْتَنْسِخُ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(29)

HAAZAA KETAABONAA YANTEQO A’LAYKUM BIL-HAQ, INNAA KUNNAA NASTANSEKHO MAA KUNTUM TA’MALOON.

This is Our book, which speaks truly against you. Indeed We used to record what you used to do.’

فَاَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَيُدْخِلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ فِىْ رَحْمَتِهٖ‌ ؕ ذٰ لِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْمُبِيْنُ‏(30)

FA-AMMAL LAZEENA AAMANOO WA A’MELUS SAALEHAATE FA-YUDKHELOHUM RABBOHUM FEE RAHMATEH, ZAALEKA HOWAL FAWZUL MOBEEN.

As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into His mercy. That is the manifest success!

وَاَمَّا الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْۤا اَفَلَمْ تَكُنْ اٰيٰتِىْ تُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِيْنَ‏(31)

WA AMMAL LAZEENA KAFAROO, AFALAM TAKUN AAYAATEE TUTLAA A’LAYKUM FASTAKBARTUM WA KUNTUM QAWMAM MUJREMEEN.

But as for the faithless, [they will be asked,] ‘Were not My signs recited to you? But you were disdainful, and you were a guilty lot.

وَاِذَا قِيْلَ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَّالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهَا قُلْتُمْ مَّا نَدْرِىْ مَا السَّاعَةُ ۙ اِنْ نَّظُنُّ اِلَّا ظَنًّا وَّمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِيْنَ‏(32)

WA EZAA QEELA INNA WA’DAL LAAHE HAQQUNW WAS SAA-A’TO LAA RAYBA FEEHAA QULTUM MAA NADREE MAS SAA-A’TO, IN NAZUNNO ILLAA ZANNANW WA MAA NAHNO BE-MUSTAYQENEEN.

When it was said, ‘‘Allah’s promise is indeed true, and there is no doubt about the Hour,’’ you said, ‘‘We do not know what the Hour is. We know nothing beyond conjectures, and we do not possess any certainty.’’ ’

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

WA BADAA LAHUM SAYYE-AATO MAA A’MELOO WA HAAQA BEHIM MAA KAANOO BEHI YASTAHZE-OON.

The evils of what they had done will appear to them, and they will be besieged by what they used to deride.

وَقِيْلَ الْيَوْمَ نَنْسٰٮكُمْ كَمَا نَسِيْتُمْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَا وَمَاْوٰٮكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ نّٰصِرِيْنَ‏(34)

WA QEELAL YAWMA NANSAAKUM KAMAA NASEETUM LEQAAA-A YAWMEKUM HAAZAA WA MAAWAAKOMUN NAARO WA MAA LAKUM MIN NAASEREEN.

And it will be said, ‘Today We will forget you, just as you forgot the encounter of this day of yours. The Fire will be your abode, and you will not have any helpers.

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

ZAALEKUM BE-ANNAKOMUT TAKHAZTUM AAYAATIL LAAHE HOZOWANW WA GHARRATKOMUL HAYAATUD DUNYAA, FALYAWMA LAA YUKHRAJOONA MINHAA WA LAA HUM YUSTA’TABOON.

That is because you took the signs of Allah in derision, and the life of the world had deceived you.’ So today, they will not be brought out of it, nor will they be asked to propitiate [Allah].

فَلِلّٰهِ الْحَمْدُ رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَرَبِّ الْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ‏(36)

FALILLAAHIL HAMDO RABBIS SAMAAWAATE WA RABBIL ARZE RABBIL A’ALAMEEN.

So all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of all the worlds.

وَلَهُ الْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ‌ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ‏(37)

WA LAHUL KIBREYAAA-O FIS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZ, WA HOWAL A’ZEEZUL HAKEEM.

To Him belongs all supremacy in the heavens and the earth, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.