Surah 13. Ar-Ra'd

---

Verses [Section]: 1-7[1], 8-18 [2], 19-26 [3], 27-31 [4], 32-37 [5], 38-43 [6]

---

Quran Text of Verse 32-37وَ لَقَدِAnd certainlyاسْتُهْزِئَwere mockedبِرُسُلٍMessengersمِّنْfromقَبْلِكَbefore youفَاَمْلَیْتُbut I granted respiteلِلَّذِیْنَto those whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelievedثُمَّthenاَخَذْتُهُمْ ۫I seized themفَكَیْفَand howكَانَwasعِقَابِ My penalty اَفَمَنْIs then He Whoهُوَ(He)قَآىِٕمٌ(is) a Maintainerعَلٰیofكُلِّeveryنَفْسٍۭsoulبِمَاfor whatكَسَبَتْ ۚit has earnedوَ جَعَلُوْاYet they ascribeلِلّٰهِto Allahشُرَكَآءَ ؕpartnersقُلْSayسَمُّوْهُمْ ؕName themاَمْOrتُنَبِّـُٔوْنَهٗ(do) you inform Himبِمَاof whatلَاnotیَعْلَمُHe knowsفِیinالْاَرْضِthe earthاَمْorبِظَاهِرٍof the apparentمِّنَofالْقَوْلِ ؕthe wordsبَلْNayزُیِّنَ(is) made fair-seemingلِلَّذِیْنَto those whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelieveمَكْرُهُمْtheir plottingوَ صُدُّوْاand they are hinderedعَنِfromالسَّبِیْلِ ؕthe Pathوَ مَنْAnd whoeverیُّضْلِلِ(by) AllahاللّٰهُAllah lets go astrayفَمَاthen notلَهٗfor himمِنْanyهَادٍ guide لَهُمْFor themعَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentفِیinالْحَیٰوةِthe lifeالدُّنْیَا(of) the worldوَ لَعَذَابُand surely the punishmentالْاٰخِرَةِ(of) the Hereafterاَشَقُّ ۚ(is) harderوَ مَاAnd notلَهُمْfor themمِّنَagainstاللّٰهِAllahمِنْanyوَّاقٍ defender 13. Ar-Ra'd Page 254مَثَلُThe exampleالْجَنَّةِof Paradiseالَّتِیْwhichوُعِدَ(is) promisedالْمُتَّقُوْنَ ؕ(to) the righteousتَجْرِیْflowsمِنْfromتَحْتِهَاunderneath itالْاَنْهٰرُ ؕthe riversاُكُلُهَاIts foodدَآىِٕمٌ(is) everlastingوَّ ظِلُّهَا ؕand its shadeتِلْكَThisعُقْبَی(is the) endالَّذِیْنَof those whoاتَّقَوْا ۖۗ(are) righteousوَّ عُقْبَیand (the) endالْكٰفِرِیْنَ(of) the disbelieversالنَّارُ (is) the Fire وَ الَّذِیْنَAnd those (to) whomاٰتَیْنٰهُمُWe have given themالْكِتٰبَthe Bookیَفْرَحُوْنَrejoiceبِمَاۤat whatاُنْزِلَhas been revealedاِلَیْكَto youوَ مِنَbut amongالْاَحْزَابِthe groupsمَنْ(those) whoیُّنْكِرُdenyبَعْضَهٗ ؕa part of itقُلْSayاِنَّمَاۤOnlyاُمِرْتُI have been commandedاَنْthatاَعْبُدَI worshipاللّٰهَAllahوَ لَاۤand notاُشْرِكَI associate partnersبِهٖ ؕwith HimاِلَیْهِTo HimاَدْعُوْاI callوَ اِلَیْهِand to Himمَاٰبِ (is) my return وَ كَذٰلِكَAnd thusاَنْزَلْنٰهُWe have revealed itحُكْمًا(to be) a judgment of authorityعَرَبِیًّا ؕ(in) Arabicوَ لَىِٕنِAnd ifاتَّبَعْتَyou followاَهْوَآءَهُمْtheir desiresبَعْدَ مَاafter whatجَآءَكَcame to youمِنَofالْعِلْمِ ۙthe knowledgeمَاnotلَكَfor youمِنَagainstاللّٰهِAllahمِنْanyوَّلِیٍّprotectorوَّ لَاand notوَاقٍ۠defender

---

Translation of Verse 32-37

32. Other messengers had already been ridiculed before you, but I delayed the disbelievers ˹for a while˺ then seized them. And how ˹horrible˺ was My punishment!

33. Is ˹there any equal to˺ the Vigilant One Who knows what every soul commits? Yet the pagans have associated others with Allah ˹in worship˺. Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ "Name them! Or do you ˹mean to˺ inform Him of something He does not know on the earth? Or are these ˹gods˺ just empty words?" In fact, the disbelievers' falsehood has been made so appealing to them that they have been turned away from the Path. And whoever Allah leaves to stray will be left with no guide.

34. For them is punishment in this worldly life, but the punishment of the Hereafter is truly far worse. And none can shield them from Allah.

35. The description of the Paradise promised to the righteous is that under it rivers flow; eternal is its fruit as well as its shade. That is the ˹ultimate˺ outcome for the righteous. But the outcome for the disbelievers is the Fire!

36. ˹The believers among˺ those who were given the Scripture rejoice at what has been revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺, while some ˹disbelieving˺ factions deny a portion of it. Say, "I have only been commanded to worship Allah, associating none with Him ˹in worship˺. To Him I invite ˹all˺, and to Him is my return."

37. And so We have revealed it as an authority in Arabic. And if you were to follow their desires after ˹all˺ the knowledge that has come to you, there would be none to protect or shield you from Allah.

---

Commentary