Surah Fuşşilat (Explained in Detail) in English

1. إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزل عليهم الملائكة ألا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا وأبشروا بالجنة التي كنتم توعدون

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   Indeed those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah!’ and then remain steadfast, the angels descend upon them, [saying,] ‘Do not fear, nor be grieved! Receive the good news of the paradise, which you have been promised.

   ʾinna lladhīna qālū rabbunā llāhu thumma staqāmū tatanazzalu ʿalayhimu l-malāʾikatu ʾallā takhāfū wa-lā taḥzanū wa-ʾabshirū bi-l-jannati llatī kuntum tūʿadūna

2. نحن أولياؤكم في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرة ولكم فيها ما تشتهي أنفسكم ولكم فيها ما تدعون

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   We are your friends in the life of this world and in the Hereafter, and you will have in it whatever your souls desire, and you will have in it whatever you ask for,

   naḥnu ʾawliyāʾukum fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-fī l-ʾākhirati wa-lakum fīhā mā tashtahī ʾanfusukum wa-lakum fīhā mā taddaʿūna

3. نزلا من غفور رحيم

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   as a hospitality from One all-forgiving, all-merciful.’

   nuzulan min ghafūrin raḥīmin

4. ومن أحسن قولا ممن دعا إلى الله وعمل صالحا وقال إنني من المسلمين

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   Who has a better call than him who summons to Allah and acts righteously and says, ‘Indeed I am one of the Muslims’?

   wa-man ʾaḥsanu qawlan mimman daʿā ʾilā llāhi wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan wa-qāla ʾinnanī mina l-muslimīna

5. ولا تستوي الحسنة ولا السيئة ادفع بالتي هي أحسن فإذا الذي بينك وبينه عداوة كأنه ولي حميم

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   Good and evil [conduct] are not equal. Repel [evil] with what is best. [If you do so,] he between whom and you was enmity, will then be as though he were a sympathetic friend.

   wa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʾatu dfaʿ bi-llatī hiya ʾaḥsanu fa-ʾidhā lladhī baynaka wa-baynahū ʿadāwatun ka-ʾannahū waliyyun ḥamīmun

6. وما يلقاها إلا الذين صبروا وما يلقاها إلا ذو حظ عظيم

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   But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except the greatly endowed.

   wa-mā yulaqqāhā ʾillā lladhīna ṣabarū wa-mā yulaqqāhā ʾillā dhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīmin

7. وإما ينزغنك من الشيطان نزغ فاستعذ بالله إنه هو السميع العليم

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   Should an incitement from Satan prompt you [to ill feeling], seek the protection of Allah. Indeed, He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.

   wa-ʾimmā yanzaghannaka mina sh-shayṭāni nazghun fa-staʿidh bi-llāhi ʾinnahū huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

8. ومن آياته الليل والنهار والشمس والقمر لا تسجدوا للشمس ولا للقمر واسجدوا لله الذي خلقهن إن كنتم إياه تعبدون

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   Among His signs are night and day, and the sun and the moon. Do not prostrate to the sun, nor to the moon, but prostrate to Allah who created them, if it is Him that you worship.

   wa-min ʾāyātihi l-laylu wa-n-nahāru wa-sh-shamsu wa-l-qamaru lā tasjudū li-sh-shamsi wa-lā li-l-qamari wa-sjudū li-llāhi lladhī khalaqahunna ʾin kuntum ʾiyyāhu taʿbudūna

9. Obligatory prostration

   فإن استكبروا فالذين عند ربك يسبحون له بالليل والنهار وهم لا يسأمون

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   But if they disdain [the worship of Allah], those who are near your Lord glorify Him night and day, and they are not wearied.

   fa-ʾini stakbarū fa-lladhīna ʿinda rabbika yusabbiḥūna lahū bi-l-layli wa-n-nahāri wa-hum lā yasʾamūna