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ذَٰلِكَ That بِأَنَّ (is) because ٱللَّهَ Allah هُوَ He ٱلْحَقُّ (is) the Truth وَأَنَّهُۥ And that He يُحْىِ [He] gives life ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ (to) the dead وَأَنَّهُۥ and that He عَلَىٰ (is) over كُلِّ every شَىْءٍۢ thing قَدِيرٌۭ All-Powerful ٦

That is because Allāh is the True Reality and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent

— Come To Light

وَأَنَّ And that ٱلسَّاعَةَ the Hour ءَاتِيَةٌۭ will come لَّا (there is) no رَيْبَ doubt فِيهَا about it وَأَنَّ and that ٱللَّهَ Allah يَبْعَثُ will resurrect مَن (those) who فِى (are) in ٱلْقُبُورِ the graves ٧

And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allāh will resurrect those in the graves.

— Come To Light

وَمِنَ And among ٱلنَّاسِ mankind مَن (is he) who يُجَـٰدِلُ disputes فِى concerning ٱللَّهِ Allah بِغَيْرِ without عِلْمٍۢ any knowledge وَلَا and not هُدًۭى any guidance وَلَا and not كِتَـٰبٍۢ a Book مُّنِيرٍۢ enlightening ٨

And of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening book [from Him],

— Come To Light

ثَانِىَ Twisting عِطْفِهِۦ his neck لِيُضِلَّ to mislead عَن from سَبِيلِ (the) way ٱللَّهِ ۖ (of) Allah لَهُۥ For him فِى in ٱلدُّنْيَا the world خِزْىٌۭ ۖ (is) disgrace وَنُذِيقُهُۥ and We will make him taste يَوْمَ (on the) Day ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ (of) Resurrection عَذَابَ (the) punishment ٱلْحَرِيقِ (of) the Burning Fire ٩

Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from the way of Allāh. For him in the world is disgrace, and We will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the punishment of the Burning Fire [while it is said],

— Come To Light

ذَٰلِكَ That بِمَا (is) for what قَدَّمَتْ have sent forth يَدَاكَ your hands وَأَنَّ and that ٱللَّهَ Allah لَيْسَ is not بِظَلَّـٰمٍۢ unjust لِّلْعَبِيدِ to His slaves ١٠

"That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allāh is not ever unjust to [His] servants."

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وَمِنَ And among ٱلنَّاسِ the mankind مَن (is he) who يَعْبُدُ worships ٱللَّهَ Allah عَلَىٰ on حَرْفٍۢ ۖ an edge فَإِنْ And if أَصَابَهُۥ befalls him خَيْرٌ good ٱطْمَأَنَّ he is content بِهِۦ ۖ with it وَإِنْ and if أَصَابَتْهُ befalls him فِتْنَةٌ a trial ٱنقَلَبَ he turns عَلَىٰ on وَجْهِهِۦ his face خَسِرَ He has lost ٱلدُّنْيَا the world وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ and the Hereafter ذَٰلِكَ That هُوَ [it] ٱلْخُسْرَانُ (is) the loss ٱلْمُبِينُ clear ١١

And of the people is he who worships Allāh on an edge. If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to unbelief]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.

— Come To Light

يَدْعُوا۟ He calls مِن besides دُونِ besides ٱللَّهِ Allah مَا what لَا not يَضُرُّهُۥ harms him وَمَا and what لَا not يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ benefits him ذَٰلِكَ That هُوَ [it] ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ (is) the straying ٱلْبَعِيدُ far away ١٢

He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

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يَدْعُوا۟ He calls لَمَن (one) who ضَرُّهُۥٓ his harm أَقْرَبُ (is) closer مِن than نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ his benefit لَبِئْسَ Surely, an evil ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ protector وَلَبِئْسَ and surely an evil ٱلْعَشِيرُ friend ١٣

He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.

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إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah يُدْخِلُ will admit ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe وَعَمِلُوا۟ and do ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ the righteous deeds جَنَّـٰتٍۢ (to) Gardens تَجْرِى flow مِن from تَحْتِهَا underneath it ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ the rivers إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah يَفْعَلُ does مَا what يُرِيدُ He intends ١٤

Indeed, Allāh will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. Indeed, Allāh does what He intends.

— Come To Light

مَن Whoever كَانَ [is] يَظُنُّ thinks أَن that لَّن not يَنصُرَهُ Allah will help him ٱللَّهُ Allah will help him فِى in ٱلدُّنْيَا the world وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ and the Hereafter فَلْيَمْدُدْ then let him extend بِسَبَبٍ a rope إِلَى to ٱلسَّمَآءِ the sky ثُمَّ then لْيَقْطَعْ let him cut off فَلْيَنظُرْ then let him see هَلْ whether يُذْهِبَنَّ will remove كَيْدُهُۥ his plan مَا what يَغِيظُ enrages ١٥

Whoever should think that Allāh will not support him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] in this world and the Hereafter - let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath], and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]?

— Come To Light

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