Sūrah Al-Jāthiyah

01Signs in the heavens, earth, and within yourselvesāyāt 1–6

Indeed, in the heavens and the earth are signs for the believers. And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain in faith. And in the alternation of night and day, and what Allah sends down from the sky of provision, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness, and the directing of the winds, are signs for a people who use reason. These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth, so in what statement after Allah and His signs will they believe?

02The one who hears the signs recited yet persists arrogantlyāyāt 7–11

Woe to every sinful liar who hears the verses of Allah recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them; so give him tidings of a painful punishment. And when he learns anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule; those will have a humiliating punishment. Ahead of them is Hell, and what they have earned will not avail them, nor will the protectors they had taken besides Allah. For them is a great punishment. This [Qur'an] is guidance, and those who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord will have a painful punishment of foul nature.

03Clear guidance given to the Children of Israel, divided by envyāyāt 16–19

And We certainly gave the Children of Israel the Scripture, judgement, and prophethood, and provided them with good things, and preferred them over the worlds. And We gave them clear proofs of the matter [of religion], and they did not differ except after knowledge had come to them, out of insolent envy between themselves. Then We put you [O Muḥammad] on an ordained way (sharīʿah) concerning the matter [of religion], so follow it and do not follow the desires of those who do not know.

04Taking one's own desire as a godāyāt 23–26

Have you seen he who has taken as his god his own desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge and sealed his hearing and his heart and put a cover over his sight? So who will guide him after Allah? Then will you not be reminded? And they say, 'There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us but time.' And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming. Say, 'It is Allah who gives you life, then causes you to die; then He will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt.'

05Every nation kneeling, called to its recordāyāt 27–37

And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and the Day the Hour appears, that Day the falsifiers will lose. And you will see every nation kneeling; every nation will be called to its record, [and told], 'Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.' This is Our record which speaks concerning you in truth; indeed, We were causing to be recorded whatever you used to do. So to Allah is [due] all praise, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of the worlds. And to Him belongs [all] grandeur within the heavens and the earth, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.