Sura 29: Al-‘Ankaboot (The Spider) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[29:1] A. L. M.*

الٓمٓalif-lam-meemA.L.M. ﴿١﴾

*29:1 See Appendix 1 for details of the Quran's mathematical composition, and the meaning of these previously mysterious Quranic Initials.

[29:2] Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe," without being put to the test?

أَحَسِبَaḥasibaHas [he] thoughtٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe peopleأَنanthatيُتْرَكُوٓا۟yut'rakūthey will be leftأَنanthatيَقُولُوٓا۟yaqūlūthey say,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believed"وَهُمْwahumand theyلَاlānotيُفْتَنُونَyuf'tanūna[they] will be tested? ﴿٢﴾

[29:3] We have tested those before them, for GOD must distinguish those who are truthful, and He must expose the liars.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed,فَتَنَّاfatannāwe testedٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoمِنminfromقَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them.فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّfalayaʿlamannaAnd surely [He] will make known / evident / distinguishٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoصَدَقُوا۟ṣadaqū[they] proved truthfulوَلَيَعْلَمَنَّwalayaʿlamannaand He will surely make known / evident / distinguishٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars. ﴿٣﴾

[29:4] Do those who commit sins think that they can ever fool us? Wrong indeed is their judgment.

أَمْamOrحَسِبَḥasiba[he] thoughtٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] practice / doٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiāti[the] evil deedsأَنanthatيَسْبِقُونَاyasbiqūnāthey can outrun / escape us.سَآءَsāaEvil / Wrong (is)مَاmāwhatيَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūnathey judge. ﴿٤﴾

[29:5] Anyone hoping to meet GOD, (should know that) such a meeting with GOD will most assuredly come to pass. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.

مَنmanWhoeverكَانَkānahe used toيَرْجُوا۟yarjū[he] hope (in)لِقَآءَliqāameetingٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,أَجَلَajalaan appointed termٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God (is)لَـَٔاتٍlaātinsurely coming.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd Heٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearerٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient. ﴿٥﴾

[29:6] Those who strive, strive for their own good. GOD is in no need for anyone.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverجَـٰهَدَjāhada[he] strivedفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyيُجَـٰهِدُyujāhiduhe strivesلِنَفْسِهِۦٓlinafsihifor himself / his soul.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَغَنِىٌّlaghaniyyunsurely free from needعَنِʿaniofٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / people. ﴿٦﴾

[29:7] Those who believe and lead a righteous life, we will certainly remit their sins, and will certainly reward them generously for their righteous works.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds,لَنُكَفِّرَنَّlanukaffirannasurely we will remitعَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom themسَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْsayyiātihimtheir evil deeds / sins,وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْwalanajziyannahumand we will surely reward themأَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best / generously ٱلَّذِىalladhīthat whichكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] do. ﴿٧﴾

[29:8] We enjoined the human being to honor his parents. But if they try to force you to set up idols beside Me, do not obey them. To Me is your ultimate return, then I will inform you of everything you had done.

وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynāAnd we enjoinedٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānathe human beingبِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhito his parentsحُسْنًاḥus'nangoodness / honor,وَإِنwa-inbut ifجَـٰهَدَاكَjāhadākathey both strove against youلِتُشْرِكَlitush'rikathat you may associateبِىbīwith Meمَاmāwhatلَيْسَlaysanotلَكَlakafor youبِهِۦbihiin itعِلْمٌʿil'mun(any) knowledge,فَلَاfalāthen (do) notتُطِعْهُمَآtuṭiʿ'humāyou obey both of them.إِلَىَّilayyaTo Me (is)مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukumyour ultimate return,فَأُنَبِّئُكُمfa-unabbi-ukumthen I will inform you [all]بِمَاbimāabout whatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] usedتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do. ﴿٨﴾

[29:9] Those who believe and lead a righteous life, we will certainly admit them with the righteous.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds,لَنُدْخِلَنَّهُمْlanud'khilannahumsurely we will admit themفِىfīamongٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٩﴾

[29:10] Among the people there are those who say, "We believe in GOD," but as soon as they suffer any hardship because of GOD, they equate the people's persecution with GOD's retribution. But if blessings from your Lord come your way, they say, "We were with you." Is GOD not fully aware of the people's innermost thoughts?

وَمِنَwaminaAnd ofٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleمَنman(is he) whoيَقُولُyaqūluhe says,ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God."فَإِذَآfa-idhāBut whenأُوذِىَūdhiyahe was persecuted / harmedفِىfīin / on account ofٱللَّهِl-lahi(the cause of) Godجَعَلَjaʿalahe made / equatedفِتْنَةَfit'nata(the) trial / persecutionٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the peopleكَعَذَابِkaʿadhābilike (the) retributionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God.وَلَئِنwala-inBut surely ifجَآءَjāa[it] cameنَصْرٌnaṣrunhelp / victory (blessing)مِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they will say,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, weكُنَّاkunnā[we] wereمَعَكُمْmaʿakumwith you [all]."أَوَلَيْسَawalaysaIs notٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبِأَعْلَمَbi-aʿlama[of] best knower / fully awareبِمَاbimāof whatفِىfī(is) inصُدُورِṣudūri(the) minds / chests / heartsٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) all people? ﴿١٠﴾

[29:11] GOD will most certainly distinguish those who believe, and He will most certainly expose the hypocrites.

وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّwalayaʿlamannaAnd surely [He] will distinguish / exposeٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed,وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّwalayaʿlamannaand surely He will distinguish / exposeٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites. ﴿١١﴾

[29:12] Those who disbelieved said to those who believed, "If you follow our way, we will be responsible for your sins." Not true; they cannot bear any of their sins. They are liars.

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd [he] said,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedلِلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanū[they] believed,ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿū"Follow [you all]سَبِيلَنَاsabīlanāour way,وَلْنَحْمِلْwalnaḥmiland let us carryخَطَـٰيَـٰكُمْkhaṭāyākumyour sins."وَمَاwamāBut notهُمhumtheyبِحَـٰمِلِينَbiḥāmilīnaever ones to carryمِنْminany (of)خَطَـٰيَـٰهُمkhaṭāyāhumtheir sinsمِّنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthing.إِنَّهُمْinnahumIn fact, they (are)لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnasurely liars. ﴿١٢﴾

[29:13] In fact, they will carry their own sins, in addition to loads of other people's sins for which they were responsible. Most certainly, they will be asked on the Day of Resurrection about their false claims.

وَلَيَحْمِلُنَّwalayaḥmilunnaBut surely they will carryأَثْقَالَهُمْathqālahumtheir burdens (of sins) وَأَثْقَالًاwa-athqālanand loadsمَّعَmaʿaalong withأَثْقَالِهِمْathqālihimtheir burdens (of sins of others),وَلَيُسْـَٔلُنَّwalayus'alunnaand surely they will be questionedيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionعَمَّاʿammāabout whatكَانُوا۟kānūthey used toيَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna[they] fabricate. ﴿١٣﴾

[29:14] We sent Noah to his people, and he stayed with them one thousand years, less fifty.* Subsequently, they incurred the flood because of their transgressions.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily,أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentنُوحًاnūḥanNoahإِلَىٰilātoقَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people,فَلَبِثَfalabithaand he remainedفِيهِمْfīhimamong themأَلْفَalfaa thousandسَنَةٍsanatinyear(s),إِلَّاillāless / exceptخَمْسِينَkhamsīnafiftyعَامًاʿāman[lunar] year(s),فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuthen [it] seized them / afflicted themٱلطُّوفَانُl-ṭūfānuthe flood,وَهُمْwahumwhile they (were)ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūnawrongdoers / transgressors. ﴿١٤﴾

*29:14 Since the Quran's miracle is mathematical, the numbers especially constitute an important part of the 19-based code. Thus, the numbers mentioned in the Quran add up to 162146, or 19x8534 (see Appendix 1 for the details).

[29:15] We saved him and those who accompanied him in the ark, and we set it up as a lesson for all the people.

فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُfa-anjaynāhuBut we saved himوَأَصْحَـٰبَwa-aṣḥābaand (the) companions / people (of)ٱلسَّفِينَةِl-safīnatithe ship / ark,وَجَعَلْنَـٰهَآwajaʿalnāhāand we made itءَايَةًāyatana sign / lessonلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnafor the worlds / for all (the) people. ﴿١٥﴾

[29:16] Abraham said to his people, "You shall worship GOD, and reverence Him. This is better for you, if you only knew.

وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَwa-ib'rāhīmaAnd Abrahamإِذْidhwhenقَالَqālahe saidلِقَوْمِهِliqawmihito his people,ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budū"Worship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱتَّقُوهُwa-ittaqūhuand reverence Him [you all].ذَٰلِكُمْdhālikumThat [you all] (is)خَيْرٌkhayrunbetterلَّكُمْlakumfor you [all]إِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] [happen]تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna[you all] know. ﴿١٦﴾

[29:17] "What you worship instead of GOD are powerless idols; you have invented a lie." The idols you worship beside GOD do not possess any provisions for you. Therefore, you shall seek provisions only from GOD. You shall worship Him alone, and be appreciative of Him; to Him is your ultimate return.

إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou [all] worshipمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَوْثَـٰنًاawthānanidols,وَتَخْلُقُونَwatakhluqūnaand you [all] createإِفْكًاif'kanfalsehood."إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomتَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou [all] worshipمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodلَاlā(do) notيَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possessلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]رِزْقًاriz'qan(any) provision.فَٱبْتَغُوا۟fa-ib'taghūSo seek [you all]عِندَʿindafromٱللَّهِl-lahiGodٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provisionوَٱعْبُدُوهُwa-uʿ'budūhuand worship Him [you all]وَٱشْكُرُوا۟wa-ush'kurūand be appreciative [you all]لَهُۥٓlahuto Him.إِلَيْهِilayhiTo Himتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou [all] will return. ﴿١٧﴾

[29:18] If you disbelieve, generations before you have also disbelieved. The sole function of the messenger is to deliver (the message).

وَإِنwa-inAnd ifتُكَذِّبُوا۟tukadhibūyou [all] deny / disbelieveفَقَدْfaqadthen verily,كَذَّبَkadhaba[it] denied / disbelievedأُمَمٌumamun(the) communities مِّنminfromقَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you [all].وَمَاwamāAnd notعَلَىʿalā(is) uponٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe messengerإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghuthe deliveryٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuthe clear." ﴿١٨﴾

[29:19] Have they not seen how GOD initiates the creation, then repeats it? This is easy for GOD to do.

أَوَلَمْawalamDo notيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeكَيْفَkayfahowيُبْدِئُyub'di-u[He] initiatesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodٱلْخَلْقَl-khalqathe creationثُمَّthummathenيُعِيدُهُۥٓyuʿīduhu[He] repeats it?إِنَّinnaIndeed,ذَٰلِكَdhālikathatعَلَىʿalāforٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)يَسِيرٌyasīruneasy. ﴿١٩﴾

*29:19-20 We learn from the Quran that evolution is a divinely guided process. See Appendix 31 for the details.

[29:20] Say, "Roam the earth and find out the origin of life."* For GOD will thus initiate the creation in the Hereafter. GOD is Omnipotent.

قُلْqulSay,سِيرُوا۟sīrū"Travel / Roam [you all]فِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthفَٱنظُرُوا۟fa-unẓurūand see [you all]كَيْفَkayfahowبَدَأَbada-aHe initiatedٱلْخَلْقَl-khalqathe creation."ثُمَّthummaThenٱللَّهُl-lahuGodيُنشِئُyunshi-uHe will produce / initiateٱلنَّشْأَةَl-nashatathe creationٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhiratathe Hereafter.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)عَلَىٰʿalāoverكُلِّkullieveryشَىْءٍshayinthingقَدِيرٌqadīrunOmnipotent. ﴿٢٠﴾

[29:21] He condemns to retribution whomever He wills, and showers His mercy upon whomever He wills. Ultimately, to Him you will be turned over.

يُعَذِّبُyuʿadhibuHe punishesمَنmanwhomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsوَيَرْحَمُwayarḥamuand He has mercyمَنman(on) whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills,وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Himتُقْلَبُونَtuq'labūnayou [all] will return. ﴿٢١﴾

[29:22] None of you can escape from these facts, on earth or in the heaven, and you have none beside GOD as a Lord and Master.

وَمَآwamāAnd notأَنتُمantumyou [all] (are)بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnaever ones who can escapeفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthوَلَاwalāand notفِىfīinٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven.وَمَاwamāAnd notلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodمِنminanyوَلِىٍّwaliyyinprotector / lord and masterوَلَاwalāand notنَصِيرٍnaṣīrina helper. ﴿٢٢﴾

[29:23] Those who disbelieve in GOD's revelations, and in meeting Him, have despaired from My mercy. They have incurred a painful retribution.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) signs / revelationsٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godوَلِقَآئِهِۦٓwaliqāihiand meeting Him,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathoseيَئِسُوا۟ya-isū[they] despairedمِنminofرَّحْمَتِىraḥmatīMy mercy.وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those,لَهُمْlahumfor them (is)عَذَابٌʿadhābuna retributionأَلِيمٌalīmunpainful. ﴿٢٣﴾

[29:24] The only response from his people was their saying, "Kill him, or burn him." But GOD saved him from the fire. This should provide lessons for people who believe.

فَمَاfamāAnd notكَانَkānawasجَوَابَjawāba(the) responseقَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his peopleإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,ٱقْتُلُوهُuq'tulūhu"Kill him [you all]أَوْaworحَرِّقُوهُḥarriqūhuburn him [you all]."فَأَنجَىٰهُfa-anjāhuBut [He] saved himٱللَّهُl-lahuGodمِنَminafromٱلنَّارِl-nārithe fire.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (are)لَـَٔايَـٰتٍlaāyātinsurely signs / proofs / lessonsلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿٢٤﴾

[29:25] He said, "You worship beside GOD powerless idols due to peer pressure, just to preserve some friendship among you in this worldly life. But then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will disown one another, and curse one another. Your destiny is Hell, wherein you cannot help one another."

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyٱتَّخَذْتُمittakhadhtumyou [all] tookمِّنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَوْثَـٰنًاawthānanidolsمَّوَدَّةَmawaddata(for) mutual love / friendship*بَيْنِكُمْbaynikumamong you [all] (*peer pressure)فِىfīinٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world.ثُمَّthummaThenيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionيَكْفُرُyakfuru[he] (will) disown / deny بَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukum some of you [all]*بِبَعْضٍbibaʿḍinto some others (*each other)وَيَلْعَنُwayalʿanuand [it] will curseبَعْضُكُمbaʿḍukumsome of you [all]*بَعْضًاbaʿḍansome others (*each other)وَمَأْوَىٰكُمُwamawākumuand your abodeٱلنَّارُl-nāru(will be) the Fire / Hellوَمَاwamāand notلَكُمlakumfor you [all]مِّنminanyنَّـٰصِرِينَnāṣirīnahelpers." ﴿٢٥﴾

[29:26] Lot believed with him and said, "I am emigrating to my Lord. He is the Almighty, the Most Wise."

فَـَٔامَنَfaāmanaAnd [he] believedلَهُۥlahu[in] himلُوطٌlūṭunLot,وَقَالَwaqālaand he said,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, I amمُهَاجِرٌmuhājirun[one] emigratingإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّىٓrabbīmy Lord.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, Heهُوَhuwa[He] (is)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise." ﴿٢٦﴾

[29:27] We granted him Isaac and Jacob, we assigned to his descendants prophethood and the scriptures, we endowed him with his due recompense in this life, and in the Hereafter he will surely be with the righteous.

وَوَهَبْنَاwawahabnāAnd we bestowed / grantedلَهُۥٓlahuto himإِسْحَـٰقَis'ḥāqaIsaacوَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Jacobوَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand we placed / attributed / assignedفِىfītoذُرِّيَّتِهِdhurriyyatihihis descendantsٱلنُّبُوَّةَl-nubuwatathe prophethoodوَٱلْكِتَـٰبَwal-kitābaand the scripture.وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُwaātaynāhuAnd we gave himأَجْرَهُۥajrahuhis reward / recompenseفِىfīinٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world.وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, he (is)فِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterلَمِنَlaminasurely amongٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous [ones]. ﴿٢٧﴾

[29:28] Lot said to his people, "You commit such an abomination, no one in the world has ever done it before you.

وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd Lot,إِذْidhwhenقَالَqālahe saidلِقَوْمِهِۦٓliqawmihito his people,إِنَّكُمْinnakum"Indeed, [you all]لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnasurely you [all] commitٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishatathe immorality / abomination,مَاmānotسَبَقَكُمsabaqakumit preceded you [all]بِهَاbihāwith itمِنْminanyأَحَدٍaḥadinoneمِّنَminafromٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds / all people. ﴿٢٨﴾

[29:29] "You practice sex with the men, you commit highway robbery, and you allow all kinds of vice in your society." The only response from his people was to say, "Bring to us GOD's retribution, if you are truthful."

أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakum"Indeed why do you [all]لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnasurely [you all] commit / approach (*have sex)ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men,وَتَقْطَعُونَwataqṭaʿūnaand you [all] cut off*ٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīlathe road (*commit highway robbery)وَتَأْتُونَwatatūnaand you [all] commitفِىfīinنَادِيكُمُnādīkumuyour assembly (society)ٱلْمُنكَرَl-munkara[the] most disagreeable / repugnant (act) / vice."فَمَاfamāAnd notكَانَkānawasجَوَابَjawāba(the) responseقَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his peopleإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatقَالُوا۟qālūthey said,ٱئْتِنَاi'tinā"Bring upon usبِعَذَابِbiʿadhābiof (the) retributionٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godإِنinifكُنتَkuntayou wereمِنَminaofٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful [ones]." ﴿٢٩﴾

[29:30] He said, "My Lord, grant me victory over these wicked people."

قَالَqālaHe said,رَبِّrabbi"My Lord!ٱنصُرْنِىunṣur'nīHelp meعَلَىʿalāagainstٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe peopleٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters / wicked ones." ﴿٣٠﴾

[29:31] When our messengers went to Abraham with good news (about Isaac's birth), they also said, "We are on our way to annihilate the people of that town (Sodom). For its people have been wicked."

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd whenجَآءَتْjāat[it] cameرُسُلُنَآrusulunāour (angel) messengersإِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(to) Abrahamبِٱلْبُشْرَىٰbil-bush'rāwith the good newsقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, we (are)مُهْلِكُوٓا۟muh'likū[ones] going to destroy / annihilateأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)هَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati[the] town.إِنَّinnaIndeed,أَهْلَهَاahlahāits peopleكَانُوا۟kānū[they] wereظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers / wicked ones." ﴿٣١﴾

[29:32] He said, "But Lot is living there." They said, "We are fully aware of everyone who lives in it. We will of course save him and his family, except his wife; she is doomed."

قَالَqālaHe said,إِنَّinna"Indeed,فِيهَاfīhāin it (is)لُوطًاlūṭanLot."قَالُوا۟qālūThey said,نَحْنُnaḥnu"Weأَعْلَمُaʿlamufully aware / know betterبِمَنbimanin who (is)فِيهَاfīhāin it.لَنُنَجِّيَنَّهُۥlanunajjiyannahuSurely we will save himوَأَهْلَهُۥٓwa-ahlahuand his family,إِلَّاillāexceptٱمْرَأَتَهُۥim'ra-atahuhis wife.كَانَتْkānatShe wasمِنَminaofٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who remained behind. ﴿٣٢﴾

[29:33] When our messengers arrived at Lot's place, they were mistreated, and he was embarrassed by their presence. But they said, "Have no fear, and do not worry. We will save you and your family, except your wife; she is doomed.

وَلَمَّآwalammāAnd whenأَنanthatجَآءَتْjāat[it] cameرُسُلُنَاrusulunāour (angel) messengers لُوطًاlūṭan(to) Lotسِىٓءَsīahe was distressed / grievedبِهِمْbihimfor them,وَضَاقَwaḍāqaand he became straitened / troubled (embarrassed)بِهِمْbihimfor themذَرْعًاdharʿan(and) uneasy / felt helpless.وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,لَاlā"Notتَخَفْtakhafyou fearوَلَاwalāand notتَحْزَنْtaḥzanyou grieve.إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we (are)مُنَجُّوكَmunajjūkaones who will save youوَأَهْلَكَwa-ahlakaand your family,إِلَّاillāexceptٱمْرَأَتَكَim'ra-atakayour wife.كَانَتْkānatShe wasمِنَminaofٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَl-ghābirīnathose who remained behind. ﴿٣٣﴾

[29:34] "We will pour upon the people of this town a disaster from the sky, as a consequence of their wickedness."

إِنَّاinnā"Indeed, we (are)مُنزِلُونَmunzilūnaones who will bring downعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَهْلِahli(the) people (of)هَـٰذِهِhādhihithisٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati[the] townرِجْزًاrij'zana disaster / punishment / condemnationمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky,بِمَاbimābecauseكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereيَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūna[they are] defiantly disobedient / wicked." ﴿٣٤﴾

[29:35] We left standing some of their ruins, to serve as a profound lesson for people who understand.

وَلَقَدwalaqadAnd verily,تَّرَكْنَاtaraknāwe leftمِنْهَآmin'hāfrom itءَايَةًۢāyatana sign / lesson,بَيِّنَةًbayyinatan(as) evidenceلِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnathey understand. ﴿٣٥﴾

[29:36] To Midyan we sent their brother Shu'aib. He said, "O my people, you shall worship GOD and seek the Last Day, and do not roam the earth corruptingly."

وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd toمَدْيَنَmadyanaMidyanأَخَاهُمْakhāhumtheir brotherشُعَيْبًاshuʿaybanShuaib.فَقَالَfaqālaAnd he said,يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi"O my people!ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodوَٱرْجُوا۟wa-ir'jūand expect [you all]ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmathe Dayٱلْـَٔاخِرَl-ākhirathe Last,وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَعْثَوْا۟taʿthawyou [all] commit evil / act wickedlyفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمُفْسِدِينَmuf'sidīna[ones] spreading corruption." ﴿٣٦﴾

[29:37] They disbelieved him and, consequently, the earthquake annihilated them; they were left dead in their homes by morning.

فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuBut they denied / disbelieved him,فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuso [it] struck themٱلرَّجْفَةُl-rajfatuthe earthquake,فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūand they becameفِىfīinدَارِهِمْdārihimtheir homeجَـٰثِمِينَjāthimīna[ones] laying on their chest motionless / dead. ﴿٣٧﴾

[29:38] Similarly, 'Ãd and Thamûd (were annihilated). This is made manifest to you through their ruins. The devil had adorned their works in their eyes, and had diverted them from the path, even though they had eyes.

وَعَادًاwaʿādanAnd Adوَثَمُودَا۟wathamūdāand Thamud,وَقَدwaqadand verily,تَّبَيَّنَtabayyanait became clear / evidentلَكُمlakumto you [all]مِّنminfromمَّسَـٰكِنِهِمْmasākinihimtheir homes (ruins).وَزَيَّنَwazayyanaAnd [he] adornedلَهُمُlahumufor themٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilأَعْمَـٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deedsفَصَدَّهُمْfaṣaddahumand he diverted themعَنِʿanifromٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe path,وَكَانُوا۟wakānūthough they wereمُسْتَبْصِرِينَmus'tabṣirīna[ones] endowed with sight / reason / eyes. ﴿٣٨﴾

[29:39] Also Qãroon, Pharaoh, and Hãmãn; Moses went to them with clear signs. But they continued to commit tyranny on earth. Consequently, they could not evade (the retribution).

وَقَـٰرُونَwaqārūnaAnd Qaroon,وَفِرْعَوْنَwafir'ʿawnaand Pharaohوَهَـٰمَـٰنَwahāmānaand Haman.وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyجَآءَهُمjāahum[he] came to themمُّوسَىٰmūsāMosesبِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith the clear signs,فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūbut they turned arrogantفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth,وَمَاwamāand notكَانُوا۟kānūthey wereسَـٰبِقِينَsābiqīnaones who to outstrip / outrun / evade (the retribution). ﴿٣٩﴾

[29:40] All those disbelievers were doomed as a consequence of their sins. Some of them we annihilated by violent winds, some were annihilated by the quake, some we caused the earth to swallow, and some we drowned. GOD is not the One who wronged them; it is they who wronged their own souls.

فَكُلًّاfakullanSo eachأَخَذْنَاakhadhnāwe seized / requitedبِذَنۢبِهِۦbidhanbihifor its sin.فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen some of themمَّنْman(was) whom,أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentعَلَيْهِʿalayhion itحَاصِبًاḥāṣibana violent storm,وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand some of themمَّنْman(was) whom,أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathu[it] seized itٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatu[the] blast / disasterوَمِنْهُمwamin'humand some of themمَّنْman(was) whom,خَسَفْنَاkhasafnāwe caused to swallowبِهِbihi[in] itٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthوَمِنْهُمwamin'humand some of themمَّنْman(was) whom,أَغْرَقْنَاaghraqnāwe drowned.وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkāna[He] wasٱللَّهُl-lahuGodلِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumthat He wronged themوَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutكَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were (to)أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves / their own soulsيَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna[they] do wrong. ﴿٤٠﴾

[29:41] The allegory of those who accept other masters beside GOD is that of the spider and her home; the flimsiest of all homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.*

مَثَلُmathalu(The) example (of)ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhūthey tookمِنminfromدُونِdūnibesidesٱللَّهِl-lahiGodأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors / mastersكَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like the example ofٱلْعَنكَبُوتِl-ʿankabūtithe spiderٱتَّخَذَتْittakhadhat(who) she tookبَيْتًاbaytana house / home.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,أَوْهَنَawhana(the) flimsiest / weakest (of)ٱلْبُيُوتِl-buyūtithe houses / homes (is)لَبَيْتُlabaytusurely (the) house / home (of)ٱلْعَنكَبُوتِl-ʿankabūtithe spider,لَوْlawif (only)كَانُوا۟kānūthey were (to)يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٤١﴾

*29:41-43 It takes a knowledgeable person to know that the Black Widow spider kills her mate. The use of the feminine reference to the spider in 29:41 is thus significant. This is in addition to the fact that the spider web is physically very flimsy.

[29:42] GOD knows full well that whatever they worship besides Him are really nothing. He is the Almighty, the Most Wise.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey invoke / worshipمِنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Himمِنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthing.وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe Almighty,ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuMost Wise. ﴿٤٢﴾

[29:43] We cite these examples for the people, and none appreciate them except the knowledgeable.*

وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd theseٱلْأَمْثَـٰلُl-amthālu[the] examplesنَضْرِبُهَاnaḍribuhāwe set them forth / cite themلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people,وَمَاwamābut notيَعْقِلُهَآyaʿqiluhāhe understands themإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْعَـٰلِمُونَl-ʿālimūnathe knowledgeable ones. ﴿٤٣﴾

[29:44] GOD created the heavens and the earth, truthfully. This provides a sufficient proof for the believers.

خَلَقَkhalaqa[He] createdٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin the truth (*truthfully).إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat (is)لَـَٔايَةًlaāyatansurely a sign / proofلِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers. ﴿٤٤﴾

[29:45] You shall recite what is revealed to you of the scripture, and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), for the Contact Prayers prohibit evil and vice. But the remembrance of GOD (through Salat) is the most important objective.* GOD knows everything you do.

ٱتْلُut'luReciteمَآmāwhatأُوحِىَūḥiyait was communicated / revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youمِنَminaofٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture,وَأَقِمِwa-aqimiand observeٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat).إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat)تَنْهَىٰtanhāit ceases / forbids / prevents / prohibitsعَنِʿanifromٱلْفَحْشَآءِl-faḥshāithe immoralitiesوَٱلْمُنكَرِwal-munkariand [the] wrong / evil / vice,وَلَذِكْرُwaladhik'ruand surely (the) remembrance ofٱللَّهِl-lahiGod (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreatest.وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd GodيَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatتَصْنَعُونَtaṣnaʿūnayou [all] do. ﴿٤٥﴾

*29:45 Your god is whatever occupies your mind most of the time (see 20:14 & Appendix 27).

[29:46] Do not argue with the people of the scripture (Jews, Christians, & Muslims) except in the nicest possible manner - unless they transgress - and say, "We believe in what was revealed to us and in what was revealed to you, and our god and your god is one and the same; to Him we are submitters."

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُجَـٰدِلُوٓا۟tujādilūyou [all] argueأَهْلَahla(with the) People (of)ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scriptureإِلَّاillāexceptبِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīin (that) whichهِىَhiyait (is)أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(the) best (manner),إِلَّاillāexceptٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū[they] did wrong / transgressedمِنْهُمْmin'humamong them.وَقُولُوٓا۟waqūlūAnd say [you all],ءَامَنَّاāmannā"We believedبِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin that whichأُنزِلَunzilait was revealedإِلَيْنَاilaynāto usوَأُنزِلَwa-unzilaand it was revealedإِلَيْكُمْilaykumto you [all].وَإِلَـٰهُنَاwa-ilāhunāAnd our godوَإِلَـٰهُكُمْwa-ilāhukumand your god (is)وَٰحِدٌwāḥidunOne,وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuand we (are)لَهُۥlahuto Himمُسْلِمُونَmus'limūnasubmitters." ﴿٤٦﴾

[29:47] We have revealed to you this scripture, and those whom we blessed with the previous scripture will believe in it. Also, some of your people will believe in it. Indeed, those who disregard our revelations are the real disbelievers.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thusأَنزَلْنَآanzalnāwe revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīnaso thoseءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuwe gave themٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scriptureيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeبِهِۦbihitherein.وَمِنْwaminAnd amongهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseمَنman(are some) whoيُؤْمِنُyu'minu[he] believesبِهِۦbihitherein.وَمَاwamāAnd noneيَجْحَدُyajḥadu[he] rejects / disregardsبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināin our verses / revelationsإِلَّاillāexceptٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَl-kāfirūnathe disbelievers. ﴿٤٧﴾

[29:48] You did not read the previous scriptures, nor did you write them with your hand. In that case, the rejectors would have had reason to harbor doubts.

وَمَاwamāAnd notكُنتَkuntayou used toتَتْلُوا۟tatlū[you] recite / readمِنminfromقَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore itمِنminanyكِتَـٰبٍkitābinscripture,وَلَاwalāand not (did)تَخُطُّهُۥtakhuṭṭuhuyou write itبِيَمِينِكَbiyamīnikawith your right hand,إِذًاidhanthenلَّٱرْتَابَla-ir'tābasurely [he] would have doubtedٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers / rejectors. ﴿٤٨﴾

*29:48-51 It was the will of the Most Wise to separate the Quran from its awesome mathematical miracle by 1400 years. Seeing how the Muslims en masse have idolized Muhammad, it is obvious that if the Quran's mathematical miracle were also revealed through Muhammad, many people would have worshiped him as God incarnate. As it is, God willed that the great miracle of the Quran (74:30-35) shall await the computer age, and to have it revealed through His Messenger of the Covenant (see Appendices 1, 2, & 26).

[29:49] In fact, these revelations are clear in the chests of those who possess knowledge. Only the wicked will disregard our revelations.

بَلْbalNay / In fact,هُوَhuwait (is)ءَايَـٰتٌۢāyātunrevelationsبَيِّنَـٰتٌbayyinātunclearفِىfīinصُدُورِṣudūri(the) chestsٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those whoأُوتُوا۟ūtūthey were givenٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge.وَمَاwamāAnd notيَجْحَدُyajḥaduhe rejects / disregardsبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآbiāyātināin our verses / revelationsإِلَّاillāexceptٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers / wicked [ones]. ﴿٤٩﴾

[29:50] They said, "If only miracles* could come down to him from his Lord!" Say, "All miracles come only from GOD; I am no more than a manifest warner."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,لَوْلَآlawlā"Why notأُنزِلَunzilait was sent downعَلَيْهِʿalayhito himءَايَـٰتٌāyātun(the) miraclesمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord?"قُلْqulSay,إِنَّمَاinnamā"Onlyٱلْـَٔايَـٰتُl-āyātuthe signs / miraclesعِندَʿinda(are) withٱللَّهِl-lahiGod,وَإِنَّمَآwa-innamāand onlyأَنَا۠anāI amنَذِيرٌnadhīruna warnerمُّبِينٌmubīnunmanifest." ﴿٥٠﴾

[29:51] Is it not enough of a miracle* that we sent down to you this book, being recited to them? This is indeed a mercy and a reminder for people who believe.

أَوَلَمْawalam(And) is it notيَكْفِهِمْyakfihimit sufficient for themأَنَّآannāthat weأَنزَلْنَاanzalnā[we] revealedعَلَيْكَʿalaykato youٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe bookيُتْلَىٰyut'lā(which) it is recitedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them?إِنَّinnaIndeed,فِىfīinذَٰلِكَdhālikathat,لَرَحْمَةًlaraḥmatansurely is a mercyوَذِكْرَىٰwadhik'rāand a reminderلِقَوْمٍliqawminfor a peopleيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believe. ﴿٥١﴾

[29:52] Say, "GOD suffices as a witness between me and you. He knows everything in the heavens and the earth. Surely, those who believe in falsehood and disbelieve in GOD are the real losers."

قُلْqulSay,كَفَىٰkafā"Sufficientبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godبَيْنِىbaynībetween meوَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakumand between you [all]شَهِيدًاshahīdan(as) a witness.يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knowsمَاmāwhatفِىfī(is) inٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliin [the] falsehoodوَكَفَرُوا۟wakafarūand they disbelievedبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin God,أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose,هُمُhumuthey (are)ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūnathe losers." ﴿٥٢﴾

[29:53] They challenge you to bring the retribution! If it were not for a predetermined appointment, the retribution would have come to them immediately.* Certainly, it will come to them suddenly, when they least expect it.

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَwayastaʿjilūnakaAnd they ask you to hastenبِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābi[with] the retribution.وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if notأَجَلٌajalun(for) an appointed termمُّسَمًّىmusammanpredetermined,لَّجَآءَهُمُlajāahumusurely it would have came to themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe retribution.وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُمwalayatiyannahumBut it will surely come to themبَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenlyوَهُمْwahumwhile theyلَاlā(do) notيَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna[they] perceive / expect. ﴿٥٣﴾

*29:53 Anyone who dies before the age of 40 goes to Heaven, and not everyone deserves this. People sometimes lament the slowness of justice when a vicious criminal is not executed promptly. God knows who deserves Heaven (see 46:15 and Appendix 32).

[29:54] They challenge you to bring retribution! Hell already surrounds the disbelievers.

يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَyastaʿjilūnakaThey ask you to hastenبِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābi[with] the retribution.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellلَمُحِيطَةٌۢlamuḥīṭatunsurely surroundsبِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَbil-kāfirīna[in] the disbelievers. ﴿٥٤﴾

[29:55] The day will come when the retribution overwhelms them, from above them and from beneath their feet; He will say, "Taste the consequences of your works."

يَوْمَyawma(On the) dayيَغْشَىٰهُمُyaghshāhumu[it] will cover / overwhelm themٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe retributionمِنminfromفَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove themوَمِنwaminand fromتَحْتِtaḥtibeneathأَرْجُلِهِمْarjulihimtheir feet,وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand He will say,ذُوقُوا۟dhūqū"Taste [you all]مَاmāwhatكُنتُمْkuntumyou [all] usedتَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna[you all] do." ﴿٥٥﴾

[29:56] O My servants who believed, My earth is spacious, so worship Me.

يَـٰعِبَادِىَyāʿibādiyaO My servantsٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanūthey believed!إِنَّinnaIndeed,أَرْضِىarḍīMy earth (is)وَٰسِعَةٌwāsiʿatunspacious,فَإِيَّـٰىَfa-iyyāyaso Me aloneفَٱعْبُدُونِfa-uʿ'budūni[so] worship Me [you all]. ﴿٥٦﴾

[29:57] Every soul will taste death, then to us you will be ultimately returned.

كُلُّkulluEveryنَفْسٍnafsinsoulذَآئِقَةُdhāiqatutastesٱلْمَوْتِl-mawtithe death.ثُمَّthummaThenإِلَيْنَاilaynāto usتُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou [all] will return. ﴿٥٧﴾

[29:58] Those who believe and lead a righteous life, we will surely settle them in Paradise, with mansions and flowing streams. Eternally they abide therein. What a beautiful reward for the workers.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believedوَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand [they] didٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti[the] righteous deeds,لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمlanubawwi-annahumsurely we will settle themمِّنَminainٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatithe Paradiseغُرَفًاghurafanlofty mansions,تَجْرِىtajrīit flowsمِنminfromتَحْتِهَاtaḥtihāunderneath itٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāruthe rivers,خَـٰلِدِينَkhālidīna[ones] abiding foreverفِيهَاfīhāin it.نِعْمَniʿ'maExcellent (is)أَجْرُajru(the) reward (of)ٱلْعَـٰمِلِينَl-ʿāmilīnathe workers. ﴿٥٨﴾

[29:59] They are the ones who steadfastly persevere, and trust in their Lord.

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose whoصَبَرُوا۟ṣabarūthey were steadfastوَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand uponرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordيَتَوَكَّلُونَyatawakkalūna[they] put (their) trust. ﴿٥٩﴾

[29:60] Many a creature that does not carry its provision, GOD provides for it, as well as for you. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.

وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how manyمِّنminofدَآبَّةٍdābbatina creatureلَّاlānotتَحْمِلُtaḥmiluit carriesرِزْقَهَاriz'qahāits provision.ٱللَّهُl-lahuGodيَرْزُقُهَاyarzuquhā[He] provides for itوَإِيَّاكُمْwa-iyyākumand for you [all] (as well).وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He (is)ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearer,ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe Omniscient. ﴿٦٠﴾

[29:61] If you ask them, "Who created the heavens and the earth, and put the sun and the moon in your service," they will say, "GOD." Why then did they deviate?

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd surely ifسَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou asked them,مَّنْman"Whoخَلَقَkhalaqa[he] createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth,وَسَخَّرَwasakharaand [he] subjected / committed to serveٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sunوَٱلْقَمَرَwal-qamaraand the moon?"لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely they will sayٱللَّهُl-lahu"God."فَأَنَّىٰfa-annāThen how (could)يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnathey turn away / deviate? ﴿٦١﴾

[29:62] GOD is the One who increases the provision for whomever He chooses from among His creatures, and withholds it. GOD is fully aware of all things.

ٱللَّهُal-lahuGodيَبْسُطُyabsuṭu[He] increasesٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provisionلِمَنlimanfor whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe willsمِنْminofعِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis servantsوَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand He restrictsلَهُۥٓlahufor him.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)بِكُلِّbikulliin everyشَىْءٍshayinthingعَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower. ﴿٦٢﴾

[29:63] If you ask them, "Who sends down from the sky water, to revive dead land," they will say, "GOD." Say, "Praise GOD." Most of them do not understand.

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd surely ifسَأَلْتَهُمsa-altahumyou asked them,مَّنman"Whoنَّزَّلَnazzala[He] sent downمِنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe skyمَآءًmāanwaterفَأَحْيَاfa-aḥyāand He gave lifeبِهِbihitherebyٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(to) the earthمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterمَوْتِهَاmawtihāits death?"لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnaSurely they will say,ٱللَّهُl-lahu"God."قُلِquliSay,ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu"All praise beلِلَّهِlillahito God."بَلْbalNay / In fact,أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of themلَاlā(do) notيَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnathey understand. ﴿٦٣﴾

[29:64] This worldly life is no more than vanity and play, while the abode of the Hereafter is the real life, if they only knew.

وَمَاwamāAnd notهَـٰذِهِhādhihi(is) thisٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatuthe life (of)ٱلدُّنْيَآl-dun'yāthe worldإِلَّاillābutلَهْوٌlahwunamusement / vanityوَلَعِبٌwalaʿibunand play.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱلدَّارَl-dārathe abode (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhiratathe Hereafterلَهِىَlahiyasurely it (is)ٱلْحَيَوَانُl-ḥayawānuthe (real) life,لَوْlawif (only)كَانُوا۟kānūthey were (to)يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna[they] know. ﴿٦٤﴾

[29:65] When they ride on a ship, they implore GOD, devoting their prayers to Him. But as soon as He saves them to the shore, they revert to idolatry.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd whenرَكِبُوا۟rakibūthey rideفِىfī[in]ٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ship,دَعَوُا۟daʿawūthey imploredٱللَّهَl-lahaGodمُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna[ones who are] sincere / exclusively devotedلَهُlahuto Himٱلدِّينَl-dīna(in) the religion.فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenنَجَّىٰهُمْnajjāhumHe delivered / saved themإِلَىilātoٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land / shore,إِذَاidhābehold,هُمْhumtheyيُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna[they] associate partners (with Him). ﴿٦٥﴾

[29:66] Let them disbelieve in what we have given them, and let them enjoy temporarily; they will surely find out.

لِيَكْفُرُوا۟liyakfurūSo that they may deny / disbelieveبِمَآbimā[in] whatءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhumwe gave them,وَلِيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟waliyatamattaʿūand so that they may enjoy themselves.فَسَوْفَfasawfaBut soonيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey will know. ﴿٦٦﴾

[29:67] Have they not seen that we have established a Sacred Sanctuary that we made secure, while all around them the people are in constant danger? Would they still believe in falsehood, and reject GOD's blessings?

أَوَلَمْawalamDo notيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeأَنَّاannāthat weجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā[we] madeحَرَمًاḥaramana Sacred / Sanctuaryءَامِنًاāminansecureوَيُتَخَطَّفُwayutakhaṭṭafuwhile [it] is snatchedٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe peopleمِنْminfromحَوْلِهِمْḥawlihimaround them?أَفَبِٱلْبَـٰطِلِafabil-bāṭiliThen is it in the falsehoodيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnathey believeوَبِنِعْمَةِwabiniʿ'matiand in (the) favor / blessingٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Godيَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnathey disbelieve? ﴿٦٧﴾

[29:68] Who is more evil than one who fabricates lies and attributes them to GOD, or rejects the truth when it comes to him? Is Hell not a just retribution for the disbelievers?

وَمَنْwamanAnd who (is)أَظْلَمُaẓlamumore unjustمِمَّنِmimmanithan (he) whoٱفْتَرَىٰif'tarā[he] fabricatedعَلَىʿalāagainstٱللَّهِl-lahiGodكَذِبًاkadhibana lieأَوْaworكَذَّبَkadhabahe denied / rejectedبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin the truth لَمَّاlammāwhenجَآءَهُۥٓjāahuit came to him.أَلَيْسَalaysaIs (there) notفِىfīinجَهَنَّمَjahannamaHellمَثْوًىmathwanan abodeلِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers? ﴿٦٨﴾

[29:69] As for those who strive in our cause, we will surely guide them in our paths. Most assuredly, GOD is with the pious.

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those whoجَـٰهَدُوا۟jāhadūthey stroveفِينَاfīnāfor us,لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْlanahdiyannahumsurely we will guide them (to)سُبُلَنَاsubulanāour paths.وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed,ٱللَّهَl-lahaGod (is)لَمَعَlamaʿasurely withٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīnathe righteous / pious [ones]. ﴿٦٩﴾

Sura 29: Al-‘Ankaboot (The Spider) العنكبوت

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