العنكبوت

29 - The Spider (Al-'Ankaboot)

Order of Revelation: 85

وَإِن تُكَذِّبُوا فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ

Transliteration:

Wa-in tukaththiboo faqad kaththaba omamun min qablikum wama AAala alrrasooli illa albalaghu almubeenu

Word by Word:

And if you deny then verily, denied (the) nations before you. And not (is) on the Messenger except the conveyance clear."

Translations:

And if you give [me] the lie - well, [other] communities have given the lie [to Gods prophets] before your time: but no more is an apostle bound to do than clearly deliver the message [entrusted to him]."

"And if ye reject (the Message), so did generations before you: and the duty of the apostle is only to preach publicly (and clearly)."

But if ye deny, then nations have denied before you. The messenger is only to convey (the message) plainly.

And if you reject, nations before you indeed reject (the Truth). And the duty of the Messenger is only to deliver (the message) plainly.

And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

Transliteration:

Awa lam yaraw kayfa yubdi-o Allahu alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu inna thalika AAala Allahi yaseerun

Word by Word:

Do not they see how Allah originates the creation then repeats it? Indeed, that for Allah (is) easy.

Translations:

Are then they [who deny the truth] not aware of how God creates [life] in the first instance, and then brings it forth anew? This, verily, is easy for God!

See they not how God originates creation, then repeats it: truly that is easy for God.

See they not how Allah produceth creation, then reproduceth it? Lo! for Allah that is easy.

See they not how Allah originates the creation, the reproduces it? Surely that is easy to Allah.

Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah , is easy.

قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ اللَّهُ يُنشِئُ النَّشْأَةَ الْآخِرَةَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Transliteration:

Qul seeroo fee al-ardi faonthuroo kayfa badaa alkhalqa thumma Allahu yunshi-o alnnash-ata al-akhirata inna Allaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeerun

Word by Word:

Say, "Travel in the earth and see how He originated the creation, Then Allah will produce the creation the last. Indeed, Allah on every thing (is) All-Powerful."

Translations:

Say: Go all over the earth and behold how [wondrously] He has created [man] in the first instance: and thus, too, will God bring into being your second life for, verily, God has the power to will anything!

Say: "Travel through the earth and see how God did originate creation; so will God produce a later creation: for God has power over all things.

Say (O Muhammad): Travel in the land and see how He originated creation, then Allah bringeth forth the later growth. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.

Say: Travel in the earth then see how He makes the first creation, then Allah creates the latter creation. Surely Allah is Possessor of power over all things.

Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allah will produce the final creation. Indeed Allah , over all things, is competent."

يُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَرْحَمُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُقْلَبُونَ

Transliteration:

YuAAaththibu man yashao wayarhamu man yashao wa-ilayhi tuqlaboona

Word by Word:

He punishes whom He wills and has mercy (on) whom He wills, and to Him you will be return

Translations:

He causes to suffer whomever He wills, and bestows His mercy on whomever He wills; and unto Him you shall be made to return:

"He punishes whom He pleases, and He grants Mercy to whom He pleases, and towards Him are ye turned.

He punisheth whom He will and showeth mercy unto whom He will, and unto Him ye will be turned.

He chastises whom He pleases and has mercy on whom He pleases, and to Him you will be turned back.

He punishes whom He wills and has mercy upon whom He wills, and to Him you will be returned.

وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

Transliteration:

Wama antum bimuAAjizeena fee al-ardi wala fee alssama-i wama lakum min dooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseerin

Word by Word:

And not you can escape in the earth and not in the heaven. And not for you besides Allah any protector and not a helper.

Translations:

and never - not on earth and not in the skies - can you [hope to] elude Him: and you have none to protect you from God, and none to bring you succour."

"Not on earth nor in heaven will ye be able (fleeing) to frustrate (his Plan), nor have ye, besides God, any protector or helper."

Ye cannot escape (from Him) in the earth or in the sky, and beside Allah there is for you no friend or helper.

And you cannot escape in the earth nor in the heaven, and you have no protector or helper besides Allah.

And you will not cause failure [to Allah ] upon the earth or in the heaven. And you have not other than Allah any protector or any helper.

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَلِقَائِهِ أُولَٰئِكَ يَئِسُوا مِن رَّحْمَتِي وَأُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Transliteration:

Waallatheena kafaroo bi-ayati Allahi waliqa-ihi ola-ika ya-isoo min rahmatee waola-ika lahum AAathabun aleemun

Word by Word:

And those who disbelieve in (the) Signs (of) Allah and (the) meeting (with) Him, those (have) despaired of My Mercy. And those, for them (is) a punishment painful.

Translations:

And [thus it is:] they who are bent on denying the truth of God's messages and of their [ultimate] meeting with Him - it is they who abandon all hope of My grace and mercy: and it is they whom grievous suffering awaits [in the life to come].

Those who reject the Signs of God and the Meeting with Him (in the Hereafter),- it is they who shall despair of My Mercy: it is they who will (suffer) a most grievous Penalty.

Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah and in (their) Meeting with Him, such have no hope of My mercy. For such there is a painful doom.

And those who disbelieve in the messages of Allah and the meeting with Him, they despair of My mercy and for them is a painful chastisement.

And the ones who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and the meeting with Him - those have despaired of My mercy, and they will have a painful punishment.