RationalWiki:Annotated Qur'an/The Embellishment

Annotated Qur'an
Sura 43: The Embellishment
Word-by-word translation Alternate translations and related tafsirs Alternate translations
Previous sura	Following sura

Qur'an 43:1 Ha, Meem.	Qur'an 43:1 Notes

Qur'an 43:2 By the Book that makes things clear.	Qur'an 43:2 Notes

Qur'an 43:3 We made it an Arabic Quran, so that you may understand.	Qur'an 43:3 Notes

Qur'an 43:4 And it is with Us, in the Source Book, sublime and wise.	Qur'an 43:4 Notes

Qur'an 43:5 Shall We hold back the Reminder from you, since you are a transgressing people?	Qur'an 43:5 Notes

Qur'an 43:6 How many a prophet did We send to the ancients?	Qur'an 43:6 Notes

Qur'an 43:7 No messenger came to them, but they ridiculed him.	Qur'an 43:7 Notes

Qur'an 43:8 We destroyed people more powerful than they, and so the example of the ancients has passed away.	Qur'an 43:8 Notes

Qur'an 43:9 And if you asked them, “Who created the heavens and the earth?” They would say, “The Mighty, the Knower created them.”	Qur'an 43:9 Notes

Qur'an 43:10 He who made the earth a habitat for you, and traced pathways for you on it, that you may be guided.	Qur'an 43:10 Notes

Qur'an 43:11 He who sends down water from the sky in due proportion; and so We revive thereby a dead land. Thus you will be brought out.	Qur'an 43:11 Notes

Qur'an 43:12 He Who created all the pairs; and provided you with ships, and animals on which you ride.	Qur'an 43:12 Notes

Qur'an 43:13 That you may mount their backs, and remember the favor of your Lord as you sit firmly upon them, and say, “Glory be to Him Who placed these at our service; surely we could not have done it by ourselves.	Qur'an 43:13 Notes

Qur'an 43:14 And surely, to our Lord we will return.”	Qur'an 43:14 Notes

Qur'an 43:15 Yet they turn one of His servants into a part of Him. Man is clearly ungrateful.	Qur'an 43:15 Notes

Qur'an 43:16 Or has He chosen for Himself daughters from what He creates, and favored you with sons?	Qur'an 43:16 Notes

Qur'an 43:17 Yet when one of them is given news of what he attributes to the Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he suppresses grief.	Qur'an 43:17 Notes

Qur'an 43:18 “Someone brought up to be beautiful, and unable to help in a fight?”	Qur'an 43:18 Notes

Qur'an 43:19 And they appoint the angels, who are servants to the Most Gracious, as females. Have they witnessed their creation? Their claim will be recorded, and they will be questioned.	Qur'an 43:19 Notes

Qur'an 43:20 And they say, “Had the Most Gracious willed, we would not have worshiped them.” But they have no knowledge of that; they are merely guessing.	Qur'an 43:20 Notes

Qur'an 43:21 Or have We given them a book prior to this one, to which they adhere?	Qur'an 43:21 Notes

Qur'an 43:22 But they say, “We found our parents on a course, and we are guided in their footsteps.”	Qur'an 43:22 Notes

Qur'an 43:23 Likewise, We sent no warner before you to any town, but the wealthy among them said, “We found our parents on a course, and we are following in their footsteps.”	Qur'an 43:23 Notes

Qur'an 43:24 He would say, “Even if I bring you better guidance than what you found your parents following?” They would say, “We reject what you are sent with.”	Qur'an 43:24 Notes

Qur'an 43:25 So We wreaked vengeance upon them. Behold, then, what was the fate of those who deny.	Qur'an 43:25 Notes

Qur'an 43:26 When Abraham said to his father and his people, “I am innocent of what you worship.	Qur'an 43:26 Notes

Qur'an 43:27 Except for He who created me, for He will guide me.”	Qur'an 43:27 Notes

Qur'an 43:28 And he made it an enduring word in his progeny, so that they may return.	Qur'an 43:28 Notes

Qur'an 43:29 I gave these and their forefathers some enjoyment, until the truth and a manifest messenger came to them.	Qur'an 43:29 Notes

Qur'an 43:30 But when the truth came to them, they said, “This is sorcery, and we refuse to believe in it.”	Qur'an 43:30 Notes

Qur'an 43:31 They also said, “If only this Quran was sent down to a man of importance from the two cities.”	Qur'an 43:31 Notes

Qur'an 43:32 Is it they who allocate the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have allocated their livelihood in this life, and We elevated some of them in rank above others, that some of them would take others in service. But your Lord’s mercy is better than what they amass.	Qur'an 43:32 Notes

Qur'an 43:33 Were it not that humanity would become a single community, We would have provided those who disbelieve in the Most Gracious with roofs of silver to their houses, and stairways by which they ascend.	Qur'an 43:33 Notes

Qur'an 43:34 And doors to their houses, and furnishings on which they recline.	Qur'an 43:34 Notes

Qur'an 43:35 And decorations. Yet all that is nothing but the stuff of this life. Yet the Hereafter, with your Lord, is for the righteous.	Qur'an 43:35 Notes

Qur'an 43:36 Whoever shuns the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We assign for him a devil, to be his companion.	Qur'an 43:36 Notes

Qur'an 43:37 They hinder them from the path, though they think they are guided.	Qur'an 43:37 Notes

Qur'an 43:38 Until, when He comes to Us, he will say, “If only there were between me and you the distance of the two Easts.” What an evil companion!	Qur'an 43:38 Notes

Qur'an 43:39 It will not benefit you on that Day, since you did wrong. You are partners in the suffering.	Qur'an 43:39 Notes

Qur'an 43:40 Can you make the deaf hear, or guide the blind, and him who is in evident error?	Qur'an 43:40 Notes

Qur'an 43:41 Even if We take you away, We will wreak vengeance upon them.	Qur'an 43:41 Notes

Qur'an 43:42 Or show you what We have promised them; for We have absolute power over them.	Qur'an 43:42 Notes

Qur'an 43:43 So adhere to what is revealed to you. You are upon a straight path.	Qur'an 43:43 Notes

Qur'an 43:44 It is a message for you, and for your people; and you will be questioned.	Qur'an 43:44 Notes

Qur'an 43:45 Ask those of Our messengers We sent before you: “Did We appoint gods besides the Most Gracious to be worshiped?”	Qur'an 43:45 Notes

Qur'an 43:46 We sent Moses with Our revelations to Pharaoh and his dignitaries. He said, “I am the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.”	Qur'an 43:46 Notes

Qur'an 43:47 But when he showed them Our signs, they started laughing at them.	Qur'an 43:47 Notes

Qur'an 43:48 Each sign We showed them was more marvelous than its counterpart. And We afflicted them with the plagues, so that they may repent.	Qur'an 43:48 Notes

Qur'an 43:49 They said, “O sorcerer, pray to your Lord for us, according to His pledge to you, and then we will be guided.”	Qur'an 43:49 Notes

Qur'an 43:50 But when We lifted the torment from them, they immediately broke their promise.	Qur'an 43:50 Notes

Qur'an 43:51 Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying, “O my people, do I not own the Kingdom of Egypt, and these rivers flow beneath me? Do you not see?	Qur'an 43:51 Notes

Qur'an 43:52 Am I not better than this miserable wretch, who can barely express himself?	Qur'an 43:52 Notes

Qur'an 43:53 Why are bracelets of gold not dropped on him, or they angels came with him in procession?”	Qur'an 43:53 Notes

Qur'an 43:54 Thus he fooled his people, and they obeyed him. They were wicked people.	Qur'an 43:54 Notes

Qur'an 43:55 And when they provoked Our wrath, We took retribution from them, and We drowned them all.	Qur'an 43:55 Notes

Qur'an 43:56 Thus We made them a precedent and an example for the others.	Qur'an 43:56 Notes

Qur'an 43:57 And when the son of Mary was cited as an example, your people opposed.	Qur'an 43:57 Notes

Qur'an 43:58 They said, “Are our gods better, or he?” They cited him only for argument. In fact, they are a quarrelsome people.	Qur'an 43:58 Notes

Qur'an 43:59 He was just a servant whom We blessed, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.	Qur'an 43:59 Notes

Qur'an 43:60 Had We willed, We would have made of you angels to be successors on earth.	Qur'an 43:60 Notes

Qur'an 43:61 He is a portent of the Hour, so have no doubt about it, and follow Me. This is a straight way.	Qur'an 43:61 Notes

Qur'an 43:62 And let not Satan divert you. He is an open enemy to you.	Qur'an 43:62 Notes

Qur'an 43:63 When Jesus came with the clarifications, he said, “I have come to you with wisdom, and to clarify for you some of what you differ about. So fear God, and obey me.	Qur'an 43:63 Notes

Qur'an 43:64 God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him—this is a straight path.”	Qur'an 43:64 Notes

Qur'an 43:65 But the factions differed among themselves. So woe to the wrongdoers from the suffering of a painful Day.	Qur'an 43:65 Notes

Qur'an 43:66 Are they only waiting for the Hour to come upon them suddenly, while they are unaware?	Qur'an 43:66 Notes

Qur'an 43:67 On that Day, friends will be enemies of one another, except for the righteous.	Qur'an 43:67 Notes

Qur'an 43:68 O My servants, you have nothing to fear on that Day, nor will you grieve.	Qur'an 43:68 Notes

Qur'an 43:69 Those who believed in Our revelations, and were submissive.	Qur'an 43:69 Notes

Qur'an 43:70 Enter the Garden, you and your spouses, Joyfully.	Qur'an 43:70 Notes

Qur'an 43:71 They will be served around with trays of gold, and cups. Therein is whatever the souls desire and delights the eyes. Therein you will stay forever.	Qur'an 43:71 Notes

Qur'an 43:72 Such is the Garden you are made to inherit, because of what you used to do.	Qur'an 43:72 Notes

Qur'an 43:73 Therein you will have abundant fruit, from which you eat.	Qur'an 43:73 Notes

Qur'an 43:74 As for the sinners, they will be in the torment of Hell forever.	Qur'an 43:74 Notes

Qur'an 43:75 It will never be eased for them. In it, they will be devastated.	Qur'an 43:75 Notes

Qur'an 43:76 We did them no injustice, but it was they who were the unjust.	Qur'an 43:76 Notes

Qur'an 43:77 And they will cry, “O Malek, let your Lord finish us off.” He will say, “You are staying.”	Qur'an 43:77 Notes

Qur'an 43:78 We have given you the truth, but most of you hate the truth.	Qur'an 43:78 Notes

Qur'an 43:79 Have they contrived some scheme? We too are contriving.	Qur'an 43:79 Notes

Qur'an 43:80 Or do they think that We cannot hear their secrets and their conspiracies? Yes indeed, Our messengers are by them, writing down.	Qur'an 43:80 Notes

Qur'an 43:81 Say, “If the Most Gracious had a son, I would be the first to worship.”	Qur'an 43:81 Notes

Qur'an 43:82 Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, beyond what they describe.	Qur'an 43:82 Notes

Qur'an 43:83 So leave them to blunder and play, until they encounter their Day which they are promised.	Qur'an 43:83 Notes

Qur'an 43:84 It is He who is God in heaven, and God on earth. He is the Wise, the Knower.	Qur'an 43:84 Notes

Qur'an 43:85 It is He who is God in heaven, and God on earth. He is the Wise, the Knower.	Qur'an 43:85 Notes

Qur'an 43:86 And blessed is He Who has sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and what is between them. He alone has knowledge of the Hour, and to Him you will be returned.	Qur'an 43:86 Notes

Qur'an 43:87 Those they invoke besides Him are incapable of intercession; only those who testify to the truth and have knowledge.	Qur'an 43:87 Notes

Qur'an 43:88 And if you asked them, “Who created them?”, they would say, “God.” Why then do they deviate?	Qur'an 43:88 Notes

Qur'an 43:89 As for his statement: “My Lord, these are a people who do not believe.”	Qur'an 43:89 Notes

Qur'an 43:90 Pardon them, and say, “Peace.” They will come to know.	Qur'an 43:90 Notes