Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub * - Translations’ Index
۞ يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفۡسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ
111. (Remember) the Day when every soul will come, arguing for itself, and every soul will be paid in full what it has done, and they will not be dealt with unjustly.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا قَرۡيَةٗ كَانَتۡ ءَامِنَةٗ مُّطۡمَئِنَّةٗ يَأۡتِيهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدٗا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِأَنۡعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلۡجُوعِ وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ
112. Allāh sets forth an example: a town safe and secure to which its provision comes in abundance from every place; but it became ungrateful for Allah’s favors, so Allāh made it to taste the utmost degree of hunger and fear because of what they used to do (of sins)39.
39. This is a direct warning to the people - they are being warned against Divine Retribution in this worldly life as much as they have just been warned against the one in the Hereafter.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ وَهُمۡ ظَٰلِمُونَ
113. Indeed, there had came to them a Messenger (Muhammad) from among them, but they denied him, so the torment seized them40 while they were unjust.
40. By hunger and fear.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحۡمَ ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيۡرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦۖ فَمَنِ ٱضۡطُرَّ غَيۡرَ بَاغٖ وَلَا عَادٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ
115. He has only forbidden you carrion, blood41, pork and and what is consecrated in the name of any other than Allāh. But whoever is driven (to consume such meats) by necessity, not desiring nor exceeding the limits, then Allāh is certainly All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
41. I.e., flowing blood, not what remains in blood vessels after the slaughter.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَلَا تَقُولُواْ لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ ٱلۡكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَٰلٞ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٞ لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفۡتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ لَا يُفۡلِحُونَ
116. Do not say what your tongues describe falsely "saying': "This is lawful and this is unlawful, in order to invent a lie against Allāh." Those who forge lies against Allāh will not succeed and prosper.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
مَتَٰعٞ قَلِيلٞ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمۡنَا مَا قَصَصۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ
118. And for those who Judaized, We prohibited that which We have already related to you (O Muhammad)42 earlier. We did them no injustice, but they were unjust to themselves.
42. See chapter 6 verse 146.
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Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Translations’ Index
Translated by Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub