وَلَا تَهِنُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَاَنْتُمُ الْاَعْلَوْنَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ
Be not, then, faint of heart, and grieve not: for you are bound to rise high if you are [truly] believers.Read the verse in its surah ↗
لَا يَسْتَوِي الْقَاعِدُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ غَيْرُ اُو۬لِي الضَّرَرِ وَالْمُجَاهِدُونَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاَنْفُسِهِمْۜ فَضَّلَ اللّٰهُ الْمُجَاهِد۪ينَ بِاَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاَنْفُسِهِمْ عَلَى الْقَاعِد۪ينَ دَرَجَةًۜ وَكُلًّا وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الْحُسْنٰىۜ وَفَضَّلَ اللّٰهُ الْمُجَاهِد۪ينَ عَلَى الْقَاعِد۪ينَ اَجْرًا عَظ۪يمًاۙ
SUCH of the believers as remain passive – other than the disabled – cannot be deemed equal to those who strive hard in Allah's cause with their possessions and their lives: Allah has exalted those who strive hard with their possessions and their lives far above those who remain passive. Although Allah has promised the ultimate good unto all [believers], yet has Allah exalted those who strive hard above those who remain passive by [promising them] a mighty reward –
دَرَجَاتٍ مِنْهُ وَمَغْفِرَةً وَرَحْمَةًۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُورًا رَح۪يمًا۟
[many] degrees thereof – and forgiveness of sins, and His grace; for Allah is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا ف۪ي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ اَكَابِرَ مُجْرِم۪يهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا ف۪يهَاۜ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ اِلَّا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
And it is in this way that We cause the great ones in every land to become its [greatest] evildoers, there to weave their schemes: yet it is only against themselves that they scheme -and they perceive it not.
وَكَذٰلِكَ نُوَلّ۪ي بَعْضَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ بَعْضًا بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ۟
And in this manner do We cause evildoers to seduce one another by means of their (evil] doings.
وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٓائِفَ الْاَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ ف۪ي مَٓا اٰتٰيكُمْۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَر۪يعُ الْعِقَابِۘ وَاِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ
For, He it is who has made you inherit the earth, and has raised some of you by degrees above others, so that He might try you by means of what He has bestowed upon you. Verily, thy Sustainer is swift in retribution: yet, behold, He is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَمْلُوكًا لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ وَمَنْ رَزَقْنَاهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًاۜ هَلْ يَسْتَوُ۫نَۜ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Allah propounds [to you] the parable of [two men-] a man enslaved, unable to do anything of his own accord, and a [free] man upon whom We have bestowed goodly sustenance [as a gift] from Ourselves, so that he can spend thereof [at will, both] secretly and openly. Can these [two] be deemed equal? All praise is due to Allah [alone]: but most of them do not understand it.
وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا رَجُلَيْنِ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلٰى مَوْلٰيهُۙ اَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّهْهُ لَا يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍۜ هَلْ يَسْتَو۪ي هُوَۙ وَمَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِۙ وَهُوَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ۟
And Allah propounds [to you] the parable of two [other] men -one of them dumb, unable to do anything of his own accord, and a sheer burden on his master: to whichever task the latter directs him, he accomplishes no good. Can such a one be considered the equal of [a wise man] who enjoins the doing of what is right and himself follows a straight way?
اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍۜ وَلَلْاٰخِرَةُ اَكْبَرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَاَكْبَرُ تَفْض۪يلًا
Behold how We bestow [on earth) more bounty on some of them than on others: but [remember that] the life to come will be far higher in degree and far greater in merit and bounty.
وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُٓ اِسْحٰقَۜ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةًۜ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صَالِح۪ينَ
And We bestowed upon him Isaac and [Isaacs son] Jacob as an additional gift and caused all of them to be righteous men,
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ اَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِاَمْرِنَا وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَاِقَامَ الصَّلٰوةِ وَا۪يتَٓاءَ الزَّكٰوةِۚ وَكَانُوا لَنَا عَابِد۪ينَۙ
and made them leaders who would guide [others] in accordance with Our behest: for We inspired them [with a will] to do good works, and to be constant in prayer, and to dispense charity: and Us [alone] did they worship.
وَوَرِثَ سُلَيْمٰنُ دَاوُ۫دَ وَقَالَ يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عُلِّمْنَا مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ وَاُو۫ت۪ينَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۜ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْمُب۪ينُ
And [in this insight] Solomon was [truly] David’s heir; and he would say: “O you people! We have been taught the speech of birds, and have been given [in abundance] of all [good] things: this, behold, is indeed a manifest favour [from Allah]!”
يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَٓا اَطَعْنَا اللّٰهَ وَاَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا
On the Day when their faces shall be tossed about in the fire, they will exclaim, “Oh, would that we had paid heed unto Allah, and paid heed unto the Apostle!”
وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَٓا اِنَّٓا اَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَٓاءَنَا فَاَضَلُّونَا السَّب۪يلَا
And they will say: “O our Sustainer! Behold, we paid heed unto our leaders and our great men, and it is they who have led us astray from the right path!Read the verse in its surah ↗
رَبَّنَٓا اٰتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَالْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًا كَب۪يرًا۟
O our Sustainer! Give them double suffering, and banish them utterly from Thy grace!”
وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ بِهٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ وَلَا بِالَّذ۪ي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِۜ وَلَوْ تَرٰٓى اِذِ الظَّالِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْۚ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ اِلٰى بَعْضٍۨ الْقَوْلَۚ يَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لَوْلَٓا اَنْتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِن۪ينَ
And [yet,] those who are bent on denying the truth do say, “We shall never believe in this Qur’an, and neither in whatever there still remains of earlier revelations!” But if thou couldst only see [how it will be on Judgment Day,] when these evildoers shall be made to stand before their Sustainer, hurling reproaches back and forth at one another! Those [of them] who had been weak [on earth] will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance: “Had it not been for you, we would certainly have been believers!”
قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُٓوا اَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَاكُمْ عَنِ الْهُدٰى بَعْدَ اِذْ جَٓاءَكُمْ بَلْ كُنْتُمْ مُجْرِم۪ينَ
[And] those who were wont to glory in their arrogance will say unto those who had been weak: “Why – did we keep you [forcibly] from following the right path after it had become obvious to you? Nay, it was but you [yourselves] who were guilty!”
وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا لِلَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا بَلْ مَكْرُ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ اِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَٓا اَنْ نَكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُٓ اَنْدَادًاۜ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَاَوُا الْعَذَابَۜ وَجَعَلْنَا الْاَغْلَالَ ف۪ٓي اَعْنَاقِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۜ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
But those who had been weak will say unto those who had gloried in their arrogance: “Nay, [what kept us away was your] devising of false arguments, night and day, [against Allah’s messages- as you did] when you persuaded us to blaspheme against Allah and to claim that there are powers that could rival Him!” And when they see the suffering [that awaits them], they will [all] be unable to express [the full depth of] their remorse: for We shall have put shackles around the necks of those who had been bent on denying the truth: [and] will this be aught but a [just] requital for what they were doing?
يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَاُنْثٰى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَٓائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُواۜ اِنَّ اَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ اَتْقٰيكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ خَب۪يرٌ
O men! Behold, We have created you all out of a male and a female, and have made you into nations and tribes, so that you might come to know one another. Verily, the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the one who is most deeply conscious of Him. Behold, Allah is all-knowing, all-aware.