Surah 47. Muhammad

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Verses [Section]: 1-11[1], 12-19 [2], 20-28 [3], 29-38 [4]

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Quran Text of Verse 12-1947. Muhammad Page 508اِنَّIndeedاللّٰهَAllahیُدْخِلُwill admitالَّذِیْنَthose whoاٰمَنُوْاbelieveوَ عَمِلُواand doالصّٰلِحٰتِrighteous deedsجَنّٰتٍ(to) gardensتَجْرِیْflowمِنْfromتَحْتِهَاunderneath itالْاَنْهٰرُ ؕthe riversوَ الَّذِیْنَbut those whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelieveیَتَمَتَّعُوْنَthey enjoyوَ یَاْكُلُوْنَand eatكَمَاasتَاْكُلُeatالْاَنْعَامُthe cattleوَ النَّارُand the Fireمَثْوًی(will be) an abodeلَّهُمْ for them وَ كَاَیِّنْAnd how manyمِّنْofقَرْیَةٍa townهِیَwhichاَشَدُّ(was) strongerقُوَّةً(in) strengthمِّنْthanقَرْیَتِكَyour townالَّتِیْۤwhichاَخْرَجَتْكَ ۚhas driven you outاَهْلَكْنٰهُمْWe destroyed themفَلَاso noنَاصِرَhelperلَهُمْ for them اَفَمَنْThen is (he) whoكَانَisعَلٰیonبَیِّنَةٍa clear proofمِّنْfromرَّبِّهٖhis Lordكَمَنْlike (he) whoزُیِّنَis made attractiveلَهٗfor himسُوْٓءُ(the) evilعَمَلِهٖ(of) his deedsوَ اتَّبَعُوْۤاwhile they followاَهْوَآءَهُمْ their desires مَثَلُA parableالْجَنَّةِ(of) Paradiseالَّتِیْwhichوُعِدَis promisedالْمُتَّقُوْنَ ؕ(to) the righteousفِیْهَاۤThereinاَنْهٰرٌ(are) riversمِّنْofمَّآءٍwaterغَیْرِnotاٰسِنٍ ۚpollutedوَ اَنْهٰرٌand riversمِّنْofلَّبَنٍmilkلَّمْnotیَتَغَیَّرْchangesطَعْمُهٗ ۚits tasteوَ اَنْهٰرٌand riversمِّنْofخَمْرٍwineلَّذَّةٍdeliciousلِّلشّٰرِبِیْنَ ۚ۬to (the) drinkersوَ اَنْهٰرٌand riversمِّنْofعَسَلٍhoneyمُّصَفًّی ؕpurifiedوَ لَهُمْand for themفِیْهَاthereinمِنْofكُلِّallالثَّمَرٰتِfruitsوَ مَغْفِرَةٌand forgivenessمِّنْfromرَّبِّهِمْ ؕtheir Lordكَمَنْlike he whoهُوَlike he whoخَالِدٌ(will) abide foreverفِیinالنَّارِthe Fireوَ سُقُوْاand they will be given to drinkمَآءًwaterحَمِیْمًاboilingفَقَطَّعَso it cuts into piecesاَمْعَآءَهُمْ their intestines وَ مِنْهُمْAnd among themمَّنْ(are some) whoیَّسْتَمِعُlistenاِلَیْكَ ۚto youحَتّٰۤیuntilاِذَاwhenخَرَجُوْاthey departمِنْfromعِنْدِكَyouقَالُوْاthey sayلِلَّذِیْنَto those whoاُوْتُواwere givenالْعِلْمَthe knowledgeمَا ذَاWhatقَالَ(has) he saidاٰنِفًا ۫just nowاُولٰٓىِٕكَThoseالَّذِیْنَ(are) the onesطَبَعَAllah has set a sealاللّٰهُAllah has set a sealعَلٰیuponقُلُوْبِهِمْtheir heartsوَ اتَّبَعُوْۤاand they followاَهْوَآءَهُمْ their desires وَ الَّذِیْنَAnd those whoاهْتَدَوْاaccept guidanceزَادَهُمْHe increases themهُدًی(in) guidanceوَّ اٰتٰىهُمْand gives themتَقْوٰىهُمْ their righteousness فَهَلْThen doیَنْظُرُوْنَthey waitاِلَّاbutالسَّاعَةَ(for) the Hourاَنْthatتَاْتِیَهُمْit should come to themبَغْتَةً ۚsuddenlyفَقَدْBut indeedجَآءَhave comeاَشْرَاطُهَا ۚits indicationsفَاَنّٰیThen howلَهُمْto themاِذَاwhenجَآءَتْهُمْhas come to themذِكْرٰىهُمْ their reminder فَاعْلَمْSo knowاَنَّهٗthat [He]لَاۤ(there is) noاِلٰهَgodاِلَّاbutاللّٰهُAllahوَ اسْتَغْفِرْand ask forgivenessلِذَنْۢبِكَfor your sinوَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَand for the believing menوَ الْمُؤْمِنٰتِ ؕand the believing womenوَ اللّٰهُAnd Allahیَعْلَمُknowsمُتَقَلَّبَكُمْyour movementوَ مَثْوٰىكُمْ۠and your resting places

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Translation of Verse 12-19

12. Surely Allah will admit those who believe and do good into Gardens under which rivers flow. As for the disbelievers, they enjoy themselves and feed like cattle. ¹⁰⁴¹ But the Fire will be their home.

13. ˹Imagine, O Prophet,˺ how many societies We destroyed that were far superior in might than your society-which drove you out- and there was none to help them!

14. Can those ˹believers˺ who stand on clear proof from their Lord be like those whose evil deeds are made appealing to them and ˹only˺ follow their desires?

15. The description of the Paradise promised to the righteous is that in it are rivers of fresh water, rivers of milk that never changes in taste, rivers of wine delicious to drink, and rivers of pure honey. There they will ˹also˺ have all kinds of fruit, and forgiveness from their Lord. ˹Can they be˺ like those who will stay in the Fire forever, left to drink boiling water that will tear apart their insides?

16. There are some of them who listen to you ˹O Prophet˺, but when they depart from you, they say ˹mockingly˺ to those ˹believers˺ gifted with knowledge, "What did he just say?" These are the ones whose hearts Allah has sealed and who ˹only˺ follow their desires.

17. As for those who are ˹rightly˺ guided, He increases them in guidance and blesses them with righteousness.

18. Are they only waiting for the Hour to take them by surprise? Yet ˹some of˺ its signs have already come. ¹⁰⁴² Once it actually befalls them, will it not be too late to be mindful?

19. So, know ˹well, O Prophet,˺ that there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Allah. And seek forgiveness for your shortcomings ¹⁰⁴³ and for ˹the sins of˺ the believing men and women. For Allah ˹fully˺ knows your movements and places of rest ˹O people˺.

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Commentary

1041. Meaning, the disbelievers enjoy their life to the fullest while they are heedless of what will happen to them in the Hereafter, just like the cattle that graze in the pasture are unaware that they will probably end up in the slaughter house.

1042. The coming of Muḥammad ( ﷺ ) is one of the signs of the Hour.

1043. Like other prophets, Muḥammad ( ﷺ ) was infallible of sin. The verse here refers to misjudgments, such as the example given in 80:1-10. If the Prophet ( ﷺ ) himself is urged to seek forgiveness, then the believers are even more in need of praying for Allah's forgiveness.