Surah 30. Ar-Rum

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Verses [Section]: 1-10[1], 11-19 [2], 20-27 [3], 28-40 [4], 41-53 [5], 54-60 [6]

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Quran Text of Verse 11-19اَللّٰهُAllahیَبْدَؤُاoriginatesالْخَلْقَthe creationثُمَّthenیُعِیْدُهٗHe repeats itثُمَّthenاِلَیْهِto Himتُرْجَعُوْنَ you will be returned وَ یَوْمَAnd (the) Dayتَقُوْمُwill (be) establishedالسَّاعَةُthe Hourیُبْلِسُwill (be in) despairالْمُجْرِمُوْنَ the criminals وَ لَمْAnd notیَكُنْwill beلَّهُمْfor themمِّنْamongشُرَكَآىِٕهِمْtheirs partnersشُفَعٰٓؤُاany intercessorsوَ كَانُوْاand they will beبِشُرَكَآىِٕهِمْin their partnersكٰفِرِیْنَ disbelievers وَ یَوْمَAnd (the) Dayتَقُوْمُwill (be) establishedالسَّاعَةُthe Hourیَوْمَىِٕذٍthat Dayیَّتَفَرَّقُوْنَ they will become separated فَاَمَّاThen as forالَّذِیْنَthose whoاٰمَنُوْاbelievedوَ عَمِلُواand didالصَّلِحٰتِrighteous deedsفَهُمْso theyفِیْinرَوْضَةٍa Gardenیُّحْبَرُوْنَ will be delighted 30. Ar-Rum Page 406وَ اَمَّاBut as forالَّذِیْنَthose whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelievedوَ كَذَّبُوْاand deniedبِاٰیٰتِنَاOur Signsوَ لِقَآئِand (the) meetingالْاٰخِرَةِ(of) the Hereafterفَاُولٰٓىِٕكَthen thoseفِیinالْعَذَابِthe punishmentمُحْضَرُوْنَ (will be) brought forth فَسُبْحٰنَSo glory be toاللّٰهِAllahحِیْنَwhenتُمْسُوْنَyou reach the eveningوَ حِیْنَand whenتُصْبِحُوْنَ you reach the morning وَ لَهُAnd for Himالْحَمْدُ(are) all praisesفِیinالسَّمٰوٰتِthe heavensوَ الْاَرْضِand the earthوَ عَشِیًّاand (at) nightوَّ حِیْنَand whenتُظْهِرُوْنَ you are at noon یُخْرِجُHe brings forthالْحَیَّthe livingمِنَfromالْمَیِّتِthe deadوَ یُخْرِجُand He brings forthالْمَیِّتَthe deadمِنَfromالْحَیِّthe livingوَ یُحْیِand He gives lifeالْاَرْضَ(to) the earthبَعْدَafterمَوْتِهَا ؕits deathوَ كَذٰلِكَand thusتُخْرَجُوْنَ۠you will be brought forth

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Translation of Verse 11-19

11. Allah begins creation, then He will reproduce it¹⁷, then you will be returned to Him.

12. And on the day when the Hour of Doom strikes, the guilty will be speechless with despair. ¹⁸

13. And none of the partners invented by them (for Allah) will intercede for them, and they will deny their partners¹⁹.

14. And on the day when the Hour of Doom strikes, people will be separated one from the other²⁰.

15. So those who believed and performed good acts will be kept happy in a Garden²¹.

16. And those who disbelieved and denied²² Our revelations and the meeting in the Hereafter will be delivered up for punishment.

17. So recite glory of Allah when you enter the evening and rise in the morning²³.

18. Praise is for Him in the heavens and the earth²⁴, and (recite His praise) in the fading part of the day²⁵ and at the noon²⁶.

19. He brings forth the living from the dead²⁷, and He bringsforth the dead from the living²⁸, and He revives the earth after its death. And likewise you will be broughtforth²⁹.

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Commentary

17. For explanation please see Surah Ankaboot Note No.36.

18. Those who would have come after committing the unforgivable guilt like that of polytheism, they will be despairing of the mercy of Allah and on observing the happenings on the Day of Resurrection their senses will leave them.

19. That is: In the world whom they had considered to be their intercessors with Allah and had imagined them to be having the rights and the authority of Allah and His partner, with such imagined partners their devotion would be over, and at that time they will admit that they are not their gods.

20. That is: On the Day of Judgment people will be divided on the basis of belief and disbelief, in two different groups. All differences of colour, race, nation and country will disappear. The difference on account of belief and acts will be considered the real difference, and on the basis of this difference people will be divided into groups.

21. Here the word Garden is used, which in Arabic is spoken for a garden which is beautiful and has plenty of water. The idea is to present a picture of the garden of Paradise, which is very beautiful and green and ever blooming.

22. (Kufr) disbelief and denial is not only disbelief and denial of Allah’s existence, but also of His signs and revelations, which include all those signs which prove Allah’s oneness, and the ayat which were revealed to the Prophet. Similarly denial of meeting with Allah on the Day of Judgment is also absolute kufr.

23. When these wonderful manifestations are the result of Allah’s might, which you observe daily, then you should sing His praises, and recite words of His glorification, particularly at the turning of the time during day and night when the natural phenomena occur, and the signs of change appear in the atmosphere. Seeing these signs, which divert attention towards God, you should busy yourselves in praising and glorifying Allah and in worshipping Him.

This command for reciting words of glorification are of a general nature, but this ayah and the one following it hint at the five-time regular salat (prayer) which is the best form of praise and glorification of Allah. The time of evening is the time for Maghrib and Isha prayer and the morning is the time of Fajr prayer.

24. That is: In the heavens and the earth only Allah is worthy of praises and the whole universe is busy in singing His praises. So you also join them in singing praises of your Lord. There does not arise the question of singing praises of any one else in this gathering.

25.’Ashiyya’ the fading part of the day or the last part of the day signifies the time of ‘Asr’. This time is for offering the prayer of ‘Asr’.

26. Zuhr. i.e. the time of decline. ‘This time is for offering the prayer of Zuhr.

27. This has been explained in Surah Al-e- Imran Note No.40 and Surah An’am Note No.177.

28. This has been explained in Surah Baqarah Note No.197.

29. That is: After death on the Day of Resurrection you will be revived and will live again.