39:1 The revelation of this Book (the Quran) is from Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.

39:2 Certainly We have revealed to you (O' Prophet ﷺ) the Book with the Truth. Therefore pray Allah, offering Him your sincere obedience.

39:3 Surely, the religion is completely the devotion to Allah (alone). As for those who take other protectors (idols) besides Him, (saying), 'We worship them only because they may bring us closer to Allah' (are misguided). Surely Allah will judge between all,  regarding what they differed about. Allah certainly does not guide whoever is persistent in lying and disbelief.

39:4 If Allah had intended to take a son, He could have chosen anyone He willed from whatever He created.  Glory be to Him (that He should have a son).! He is Allah, the One God, the One who holds absolute sway over all that exists.

39:5 He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth. He makes the night overtake the day and makes the day overtake the night. He has subjected the sun and the moon, each is running for an appointed term. Surely, He is the Almighty, Most Forgiving.

39:6 He has created you all from a single Nafs (Adam عليه السلام); then made his wife (Hawwa عليها السلام) from him. He has sent down for you of cattle 8 in pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation in 3 layers of darkness.  Such is Allah, your Lord. The kingdom belongs to Him; there is no one worthy of worship but He. How can you then turn away?

39:7 If you disbelieve, then you should know that Allah does not need you. He does not like ingratitude from His servants. Therefore, if you are grateful,  He is pleased with you. On the Day of Judgement, no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another.  Ultimately, all of you have to return to your Lord. Then He will tell you the truth of all that you did in this life.  Surely He knows even the secrets of your hearts.

39:8 When a  man encounters some hard times, he calls upon his Lord, turning to Him in repentance. But when He bestows a favor from Him, he forget what he had supplicated to Him before, and  set up rivals to Allah in order to mislead others from His Way.   Say : 'Take pleasure in your disbelief for a while. Surely, you will be one of the inmates of the fire!'

39:9 Can the one who is obedient to Allah, prostrating or standing (in prayer) during the Hours of the night, fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the Mercy of the Lord (be compared with a disbeliever)? Say : 'Are those who know,  equal to those who don’t know?' It is only the people of understanding who will remember.

39:10 Say : O' My servants who have truly believed, fear your Lord; those who will do good deeds in this world shall receive a good reward. If it has become difficult to follow the Right Way where you live, then migrate, you will find that Allah’s earth is spacious. Those who endure with patience will be given limitless rewards.'

39:11 Say : 'I am commanded to pray Allah and serve none but Him,

39:12 and I am commanded to be the first of those who submit themselves to Allah as Muslims.'

39:13 Say : 'Surely, if I disobey my Lord (as per your desire), I am afraid of the punishment of a great Day.'

39:14 Say : 'Allah Alone I pray, and Him Alone I serve.

39:15 (As for yourselves, I have conveyed to you the Truth and if you do not believe, then) 'worship what you want besides Him.' Say : 'The real losers are those who will lose themselves as well their families on the Day of Resurrection. That will indeed be a great Loss.'

39:16 They will have layers of fire above and below them. That is what Allah warns His servants with.  So fear Me, O My servants!

39:17 Those who avoid false deities by not worshiping them and turn to Allah in repentance, there are glad tidings for them. So announce (O' Prophet  ﷺ) the good news to My servants,

39:18 those who heed the advice, and implement its best features are the ones whom Allah has guided!  Such are the sensible ones.'

39:19 The one who deserves the sentence of the (eternal) punishment (cannot be helped). Can you rescue the one who is (slated to be) in the fire?

39:20 As for those who truly fear their Lord, they shall be provided lofty (residential) mansions, built with one story upon another, beneath which the rivers flow; this is the promise of Allah; Allah does not fail in His promise.

39:21 Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky, channeling it through streams on the earth, then produces with it crops of various colors, then they wither and you see them turn yellow, and then He makes them dry and broken pieces.   Surely, in this, there is a reminder for people of understanding.

39:22 Is the one whose heart Allah has opened to Islam and is walking in the light from his Lord,   similar to the one who has learned no lesson and is still a non-Muslim. So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of Allah!  They are clearly in error.

39:23 Allah has revealed the most beautiful message, a Book (the Quran) consistent in its verses yet repeating its teachings in different ways. Those who fear their Lord are filled with awe when they hear it, their skins and their hearts become pliant to the remembrance of Allah.  Such is the guidance of Allah.  He guides with it,  whom He pleases. And one whom Allah leaves astray,  for him there is no guide.

39:24 Is the one who will confront with the awful punishment on the Day of Resurrection,  (same as one who enters  into Paradise blissfully.)? It will be said to the wrongdoers, 'Taste what you earned!'

39:25 Those before them (also) rejected (the truth), then the torment came upon them from where they least expected.

39:26 Allah  made them taste disgrace in this worldly life, but the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

39:27 Certainly we have drawn for mankind, in this Quran, all kinds of examples, so that they may reflect and be mindful.

39:28 (It is) the Quran (revealed) in Arabic without any distortions, so that they (the people) will fear Allah (and do good deeds).

39:29 Allah cites you a parable.   There is a slave man who is shared by many masters, each pulling this man to himself (is like  the man who worships other deities along with Allah), and there is another slave man who belongs entirely to one master (like the man who worships Allah Alone);  are the two alike in comparison? Praise be to Allah! But most of them do not know

39:30 Surely  you shall die and they (unbelievers) too shall  die.

39:31 Then on the Day of Resurrection, your disputes shall be settled in the presence of your Lord.

39:32 Who could be more wicked than the one who invents a lie against Allah, and rejects the truth when it comes to him? Is there not an abode in Hell for such unbelievers?

39:33 And the one who comes with the truth, and the one who confirms it,  surely are the righteous.

39:34 They will have with their Lord whatever they desire.  This is the reward for those who do good.

39:35 As such, Allah will absolve them of (even) the worst of what they did,  and reward them according to the best of what they used to do.

39:36 Is Allah not sufficient for His servant (the Apostle ﷺ)? Yet they threaten you with other (false powerless) gods besides Him. Whoever Allah leaves to stray,  will be left with no guide.

39:37 And the one whom Allah guides, there is none to mislead him. Is not Allah the Mighty, the Possessor of Retribution?

39:38 And, if you ask them : 'Who created the heavens and the earth?' Surely, they will say : 'Allah.'   Say : 'Do you see these idols that you invoke besides Allah, if Allah intends some harm for me, could they remove the harm, or if He intends some Mercy for me, could they withhold His Mercy?' Say : 'Allah is sufficient for me, (and) all those who truly trust,  put their trust in Him.'

39:39 Say : 'O my people! If you do not believe me, then do whatever you want in your power,  and so shall I.  Soon you will find out, 

39:40 who will be visited by a humiliating torment (in this life), as well as  an everlasting punishment (in Hereafter).' 

39:41 Surely, We have sent down to you (O' Prophet  ﷺ) the book (the Quran) for mankind,  in truth.  So those who accept the guidance, it is only for their own good,  and those who go astray, they go astray only to their own loss.  You  are not a trustee over them. 

39:42 It is Allah who takes away the souls at the time of their death, and those that don’t die during their sleep.  He keeps those souls for which He has ordained death and sends the rest for an appointed term.  Surely, in that there are signs for people who reflect. 

39:43 Or have they taken others (Idols) besides Allah as intercessors? Ask them,  '(How can they intercede) if they don’t possess anything and have no intelligence?'

39:44 Say : 'Intercession is wholly in the hands of Allah. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and to Him you shall all be brought back.'

39:45 The hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with disgust when Allah alone is mentioned, but when those (idols) other than Him are mentioned, they suddenly rejoice.

39:46 Pray : 'O Allah! the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who has the knowledge of the unseen and the seen, You Alone can judge the disputes of your servants concerning those matters in which they differ.  (O' our lord, guide us to the right path).'

39:47 Those who did wrong (the disbelievers, if they) possessed all that is in earth and as much again with it, they surely would offer it to ransom with it (to save themselves) from the severe punishment on the Day of Resurrection.  It will become apparent to them from Allah what they would never have imagined.

39:48 And the evil (consequences) of their deeds will unfold before them, and they will be overwhelmed by (the retribution of) what they used to ridicule.

39:49 When the distress afflicts man, he prays to Us (for relief). But once We grant him Our blessings, he says, 'In fact, I have been granted all this because of my (superior) knowledge.' Of course not!  Rather, it is a test for him! But most of them do not know.

39:50 The same had already been said by those (destroyed) before them, their (worldly) gains were of no benefit to them,

39:51 as the evil of their deeds caught up with them.  (Similarly),  the evil deeds of those who have wronged themselves among these people (Makkans) will also catch up with them, and they will not be able to evade Allah.

39:52 Do they not know that Allah expands or restricts His provision for whomever He wills?  In this are signs for a people who believe.

39:53 Say, 'O My servants who have transgressed against themselves (by sinning), do not despair of the Mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.  Indeed, it is He who is All Forgiving,  Most Merciful.

39:54 Turn towards your Lord and obey Him before the punishment comes upon you when you will not be helped.

39:55 Follow the best teaching sent down to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly, when you are not expecting it,

39:56 Then the (evil) person would say, 'Oh pity on me! Concerning Allah I was too neglectful (and I went too far). I was among those who used to mock at His revelations.

39:57 Then he will say, 'I would have been an Allah fearing person, had Allah guided me!'

39:58 Or say, upon seeing the torment, 'If only I had a second chance, I would be one of those who are good.'

39:59 Then Allah will say to him : 'My revelations did come to you; but you denied them, were arrogant and you were among the disbelievers.'

39:60 On the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied against Allah, their faces will be black.  Is there not an abode for the arrogant in Hell?

39:61 On the contrary, Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation. No harm shall touch them, nor shall they ever grieve.

39:62 Allah is the Creator of everything, and He is the Guardian over everything.

39:63 To Him belongs the keys of the heavens and the earth. Those who deny the revelations of Allah, it is they who will be the losers.

39:64 (O Prophet  ﷺ) Tell the Pagans : 'O ignorant people! Do you bid me to worship someone other than Allah?'

39:65 Tell them plainly 'because it has already been revealed to you,  as it was revealed to those before you,  that if you commit shirk, all your deeds will become fruitless and you will surely be among the losers.'

39:66 Therefore, pray Allah alone and be among those who are grateful to Him.

39:67 They did not revere Allah as He rightfully deserves. On the Day of Resurrection, the whole earth will be grasped in His Jurisdiction and the heavens will be rolled up under His authority.  Glory be to Him, and High is He above that they associate partners with Him!

39:68 When the (first) trumpet is blown, all who are in the heavens and the earth will fall dead, except those whom Allah wills. Then the trumpet will blow for a second time and they all will be (alive) standing, looking on.

39:69 The light emanating from the Lord will flood the earth, and make it glitter. The book (of deeds) will be placed (in evidence). The prophets and (other) witnesses would be at hand (to testify). The matter would be settled with justice. No one would be wronged at all!

39:70 And each person will get recompense  for what he/she did; and Allah is all aware of what they did.

39:71 After the Judgment, the Unbelievers will be driven to Hell in groups.  When they reach there, its gates will be opened and its keepers will say : 'Did there not come to you Apostles from among yourselves, who recited to you the revelations of your Lord and forewarned you about the meeting of this Day?' 'Yes,' they will answer. But at that time the sentence of punishment would have already been  announced against the unbelievers.'

39:72 They will be told : 'Enter the gates of Hell to live therein.' Evil shall be the abode of the arrogant.'

39:73 As for those who fear their Lord, they shall be guided towards paradise in groups. When they reach there, its gates will be opened, and its keepers will say : 'Peace be on you! You have done well, now enter (the Paradise) to live therein forever.'

39:74 They will say : 'Praise be to Allah Who has truly fulfilled His promise and gave us this place to inherit, now we can live in Paradise wherever we like.'  How excellent will be the reward for the righteous?

39:75 And you will see the angels surrounding the Throne (of Allah) from all round, glorifying the praise of their Lord. They (the people) will be judged with truth, and it will be said : 'All praises are due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds!'