سورة النحل

Question 1

أَتَىٰ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ‎﴿١﴾‏

Answer 1

Allah (s.w.t)’s command has (almost) come. So do not demand that it should come sooner. Pure is He and much higher than their ascribing partners to Him.

Question 2

يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ بِالرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرُوا أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاتَّقُونِ ‎﴿٢﴾‏

Answer 2

He sends down the angels at His command with the spirit (that is, the revelation), upon whom He wills from among His servants: ‘Warn people that there is no god but Me. So fear Me’.

Question 3

خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ تَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ‎﴿٣﴾

Answer 3

He created The Heavens and The Earth in the proper way. He is much higher than their ascribing partners to Him.

Question 4

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ ‎﴿٤﴾

Answer 4

He created man from a drop, and soon he turned into a debating person, expressing himself openly.

Question 5

وَالْأَنْعَامَ خَلَقَهَا ۗ لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَافِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ ‎﴿٥﴾

Answer 5

He has caused cattle in which there is warmth and other benefits for you; and from them you have food.

Question 6

وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ ‎﴿٦﴾‏

Answer 6

And in them there is a beautiful look for you when you drive them home in the evening and take them out to graze.

Question 7

وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَّمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْأَنفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ‎﴿٧﴾

Answer 7

And they carry your loads to a city where you were not able to reach without putting yourselves to arduous labour. Surely your Lord is Very Kind, Very Merciful.

Question 8

وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٨﴾‏

Answer 8

And (He created) horses, mules and donkeys so that you may ride on them, and they may give you a good look. And He creates what you do not know (as yet).

Question 9

وَعَلَى اللَّهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَائِرٌ ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ‎﴿٩﴾‏

Answer 9

Undetaken by Allah (s.w.t) is (to show) the right path, while there are some (paths) that are crooked. He had so willed, He would have led all of you to the right path.

Allah (s.w.t) has taken it upon Himself to show the right path to everyone. He has the power to make all of them take the right path by force. But the purpose is to test people as to whether they will adopt the right path by choice.

Question 10

هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً ۖ لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ ‎﴿١٠﴾‏

Answer 10

He is The One who sent down water from The Heavens of which you have drink; and with it (you grow) plants on which you pasture your cattle.

Question 11

يُنبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخِيلَ وَالْأَعْنَابَ وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ‎﴿١١﴾

Answer 11

He causes the crops therewith to grow for you, and olives and date palms and grape vines and all the fruits. Surely in that there is a sign for a people who ponder.

Question 12

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ۖ وَالنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَاتٌ بِأَمْرِهِ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ‎﴿١٢﴾‏

Answer 12

He has subjugated for you the day and the night and the sun and the moon and the stars (too) are subservient by His command. Surely in that there are signs for a people who understand.

Question 13

وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَانُهُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ‎﴿١٣﴾‏

Answer 13

And (He subjugated to you) whatever He created for you on The Earth having varied colours. Surely in that there is a sign for a people who accept advice.

Question 14

وَهُوَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ‎﴿١٤﴾‏

Answer 14

*He is The One who has subjugated the sea so that you may eat fresh meat from it and may take out from it ornaments you wear. And you see the boasts cleaving through it, and so that you may seek His bounty (trading by sea), and that you may be grateful.

Question 15

وَأَلْقَىٰ فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَارًا وَسُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ‎﴿١٥﴾‏

Answer 15

And He placed mountains on The Earth, lest it should shake with you. And rivers and tracks so that you may find the right way.

Question 16

وَعَلَامَاتٍ ۚ وَبِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ ‎﴿١٦﴾‏

Answer 16

And He has set landmarks. And by the strars they find the right way.

Question 17

أَفَمَن يَخْلُقُ كَمَن لَّا يَخْلُقُ ۗ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ‎﴿١٧﴾

Answer 17

Is then The One who creates (everything) equal to the one who does not create? Would you still pay no heed?

Question 18

وَإِن تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ‎﴿١٨﴾

Answer 18

If you count the bounties of Allah (s.w.t) you cannot count them all. Surely Allah (s.w.t) is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.

Question 19

وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ ‎﴿١٩﴾‏

Answer 19

Allah (s.w.t) knows what you conceal and what you reveal.

Question 20

وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ ‎﴿٢٠﴾‏

Answer 20

Those whom they invoke beside Allah (s.w.t) do not create anything. Rather they are themselves created.

Question 21

أَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ ‎﴿٢١﴾‏

Answer 21

*They are dead having no life. And the do not know when they shall be raised again.

Refers to all those worshipped by the disbelievers.

Question 22

إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۚ فَالَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٌ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ ‎﴿٢٢﴾‏

Answer 22

Your God is one God. As for those who do not believe in The Hereafter, their hearts are defiant and they are arrogant.

Question 23

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ ‎﴿٢٣﴾‏

Answer 23

Invariably, Allah (s.w.t) knows what they conceal and what they reveal. Surely He does not like the arrogant.

Question 24

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُم مَّاذَا أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۙ قَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ‎﴿٢٤﴾

Answer 24

When it is said to them: ‘What has your Lord sent down’, they say: ‘It is nothing but the tales of the ancient people’.

Question 25

لِيَحْمِلُوا أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُم بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ ‎﴿٢٥﴾

Answer 25

Hence they shall bear the full weight of their burdens on The Day of Judgement. And also some of the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. Remember, evil is the burden they bear.

Question 26

قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى اللَّهُ بُنْيَانَهُم مِّنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ‎﴿٢٦﴾‏

Answer 26

Those (too) who were before them made plots. Then (the command of) Allah (s.w.t) came upon their buildings (uprooting them) from the foundations. So roofs fell down upon them from above. And the chastisement came to them from where they could not even imagine.

Question 27

ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُخْزِيهِمْ وَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَائِيَ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تُشَاقُّونَ فِيهِمْ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ إِنَّ الْخِزْيَ الْيَوْمَ وَالسُّوءَ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ ‎﴿٢٧﴾

Answer 27

Then on The Day of Judgement He will put them to disgrace and will say: ‘Where are My partners for whose sake you used to quarrel (with the believers)?’. Those endowed with knowledge will say: ‘Today the disgrace and the evil (chastisement) has to befall the unbelievers’.

Question 28

الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ فَأَلْقَوُا السَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِن سُوءٍ ۚ بَلَىٰ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ‎﴿٢٨﴾‏

Answer 28

The ones to whom the angels brought death while they were (still) wronging themselves. Then they will resort to submission (yet will say): ‘We used to do nothing wrong’. (They will be answered): ‘Why not? Allah (s.w.t) knows well what you used to do’.

Question 29

فَادْخُلُوا أَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ فَلَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ ‎﴿٢٩﴾

Answer 29

Hence enter the gates of Jahannum to live in it forever. So evil is the abode of the arrogant.

Question 30

۞ وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا مَاذَا أَنزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۚ قَالُوا خَيْرًا ۗ لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا فِي هَٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ ۚ وَلَدَارُ الْآخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ ۚ وَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ الْمُتَّقِينَ ‎﴿٣٠﴾

Answer 30

And (on the other hand) it is said to the God-fearing: ‘What has your Lord sent down?’. They say: ‘(He has sent down) excellent (discourse)’. For those who do good, there is good (end) in this world. And indeed the abode of The Hereafter is much better. Excellent is the abode of The God-Fearing.

Question 31

جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۖ لَهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَاءُونَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْزِي اللَّهُ الْمُتَّقِينَ ‎﴿٣١﴾

Answer 31

The eternal gardens they enter with rivers flowing beneath them. For them there is what they desire. That is how Allah (s.w.t) rewards the God-Fearing.

Question 32

الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ ۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ‎﴿٣٢﴾

Answer 32

The ones to whom angels bring death while the are pure (in beliefs and deeds). They (angels) say: ‘Peace on you! Enter Paradise for the deeds you have been doing’.

Question 33

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ‎﴿٣٣﴾

Answer 33

They (the unbelievers) are waiting for nothing but that the angels should come to them or comes the command of your Lord. Similar was the reaction of those who were before them. Allah (s.w.t) did not wrong them. Rather they were doing wrong to themselves.

Question 34

فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ ‎﴿٣٤﴾‏

Answer 34

So the evils of what they did overtook them. And they were encircled by the very thing they used to ridicule.

Question 35

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِ مِن شَيْءٍ نَّحْنُ وَلَا آبَاؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِ مِن شَيْءٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ ‎﴿٣٥﴾

Answer 35

The polytheists said: ‘If Allah (s.w.t) had so willed, we would have not worshipped anything other than Him. Neither we nor our forefathers. Nor would we have made anything unlawful without (a command from) Him’. Similar was the reaction of those who were before them. Therefore, the messengers’ obligation is no more than to convey the message clearly’.

Question 36

وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَالَةُ ۚ فَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ ‎﴿٣٦﴾

Answer 36

We did raise a messenger among every people with the message: ‘Worship Allah (s.w.t) and stay away from the rebel (shaytan)’. Then there were some among them whom Allah (s.w.t) guided and there were others against whom deviation (from the right path) was established. So travel on Earth and see how was the fate of those who rejected (the prophets (a.s)).

Question 37

إِن تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَاهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَن يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّاصِرِينَ ‎﴿٣٧﴾‏

Answer 37

If you are keen for their guidance, then (remember that) Allah (s.w.t) does not lead those to the right path whom He lets go astray. And for them there are no helpers.

Question 38

وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ ۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٣٨﴾

Answer 38

They swore by Allah (s.w.t) on solemn oaths: ‘Allah (s.w.t) will not resurrect those who die’. Why not? It is a promise on His part which is due to come true. But most of the people do not know.

Question 39

لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَاذِبِينَ ‎﴿٣٩﴾‏

Answer 39

(He will resurrect all of them) so that He discloses for them what they have been disputing about. And so that those who disbelieve may know that they were liars.

Question 40

إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَيْءٍ إِذَا أَرَدْنَاهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ‎﴿٤٠﴾

Answer 40

Whenever We intend to do something, We do not more than say to it: ‘Be’ and it comes to be.

Question 41

وَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا فِي اللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَلَأَجْرُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٤١﴾

Answer 41

*Those who have migrated for the sake of Allah (s.w.t) after they were oppressed, We shall give them a good place in the world. And of course the reward of The Hereafter is much greater if they only knew.

Many muslims had to migrate due to persecution of the pagans. This verse consoles them of reward in The Hereafter, as well as a peaceful homeland to live in this world.

Question 42

الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ‎﴿٤٢﴾‏

Answer 42

Those who kept patient and who place trust in their Lord.

Question 43

وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٤٣﴾

Answer 43

We did not send (messengers) before you other than men whom We inspired with revelation. So ask the people (having the knowledge) of the Reminder (the earlier scriptures) if you do not know.

Question 44

بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالزُّبُرِ ۗ وَأَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ‎﴿٤٤﴾‏

Answer 44

(We sent them) with clear signs and scriptures. And we sent down The Reminder (Qur’an) to you so that you explain to the people what has been revealed for them. And so that they may ponder.

Question 45

أَفَأَمِنَ الَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ‎﴿٤٥﴾

Answer 45

Do those who contrive evil plots feel immune from that Allah (s.w.t) makes them sink into The Earth, or from that the punishment comes to them from where they would not perceive?

Question 46

أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِي تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ ‎﴿٤٦﴾

Answer 46

*Or that He seizes them when roaming about, while they are not able to frustrate Him.

Question 47

أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ ‎﴿٤٧﴾‏

Answer 47

Or that He seizes them while they are in apprehension? So indeed your Lord is Very Kind, Very Merciful.

Question 48

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِن شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلَالُهُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالشَّمَائِلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ ‎﴿٤٨﴾

Answer 48

*Have they not observed the things Allah (s.w.t) has created, their shadows inclining from the right and the left prostrating themselves before Allah (s.w.t) while they are humble?

The shadows being submissive to Allah (s.w.t)’s will and command which is one of the proofs of His Omnipotence.

Question 49

وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن دَابَّةٍ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ ‎﴿٤٩﴾

Answer 49

To Allah (s.w.t) prostrates itself whatever there is in The Heavens and whatever there is in The Earth. And they show no arrogance.

Question 50

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ۩ ‎﴿٥٠﴾

Answer 50

They fear their Lord above them and do as they are commanded.

Question 51

۞ وَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا إِلَٰهَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ ۖ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۖ فَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ ‎﴿٥١﴾

Answer 51

Allah (s.w.t) has said: ‘Do not take 2 gods. He is but one God. So Me alone you fear’.

Question 52

وَلَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَهُ الدِّينُ وَاصِبًا ۚ أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَتَّقُونَ ‎﴿٥٢﴾

Answer 52

And to Him belongs what is in The Heavens and The Earth. And it is only He who deserves obedience as ever due. Would you then fear someone other than Allah (s.w.t)?

Question 53

وَمَا بِكُم مِّن نِّعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فَإِلَيْهِ تَجْأَرُونَ ‎﴿٥٣﴾

Answer 53

Whatever blessing you have is from Allah (s.w.t). Then once you are touched by distress, to Him alone you cry for help.

Question 54

ثُمَّ إِذَا كَشَفَ الضُّرَّ عَنكُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنكُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ ‎﴿٥٤﴾‏

Answer 54

Then as soon as He removes the distress from you, a group from among you starts ascribing partners to their Lord.

Question 55

لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ ۚ فَتَمَتَّعُوا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٥٥﴾‏

Answer 55

Thus they deny what We have given to them. Well enjoy yourself (for some time) and soon you will come to know (that fate of your misdeeds).

Question 56

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصِيبًا مِّمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ ۗ تَاللَّهِ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ ‎﴿٥٦﴾

Answer 56

They allocate a share from what We have given to them for those (idols). The reality of whom they do not even know. By Allah (s.w.t) you shall definitely be responsible for the fabrications you have been inventing.

Question 57

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ الْبَنَاتِ سُبْحَانَهُ ۙ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ ‎﴿٥٧﴾

Answer 57

*They ascribe daughters to Allah (s.w.t). Pure is He! And for themselves is what they desire.

Daughters detested by Pagans.

Question 58

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِالْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ‎﴿٥٨﴾

Answer 58

When one of them is given the good news of a female child, his face becomes gloomy and he is choked with grief.

Question 59

يَتَوَارَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِن سُوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِ ۚ أَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِ ۗ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ ‎﴿٥٩﴾

Answer 59

He hides himself from people because of the (self-presumed) bad news given to him (and wonders): ‘Shall he keep it despite the disgrace (he will face in the society) or put it away into the dust? In fact, evil is what they decide.

Question 60

لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ ۖ وَلِلَّهِ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَىٰ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ‎﴿٦٠﴾

Answer 60

Those who do not believe in The Hereafter have evil attributes. And to Allah (s.w.t) belong the most exalted attributes. He is The Mighty, The Wise.

Question 61

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَابَّةٍ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ ‎﴿٦١﴾

Answer 61

If Allah (s.w.t) were to seize the people for their transgression, He would have spared no creature on Earth. But He lets them go on up to an appointed time. So when their time will come, they will not be able to delay it for a moment, nor to bring it soon.

Question 62

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمُ الْكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ النَّارَ وَأَنَّهُم مُّفْرَطُونَ ‎﴿٦٢﴾‏

Answer 62

They assign to Allah (s.w.t) what they themselves dislike. And their tongues make false statement that for them there is a happy end. No, fire is imminently theirs. And they are being driven (towards it) speedily.

Question 63

تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ‎﴿٦٣﴾‏

Answer 63

By Allah (s.w.t), We sent (messengers) to communities before you, but the shaytan made their deeds look good to them. So he is their patron today. And for them there is a painful punishment.

Question 64

وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ‎﴿٦٤﴾‏

Answer 64

We have sent down The Book to you only because you may explain to them what they differed about and (so that it may be) guidance and mercy for a people who believe.

Question 65

وَاللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ ‎﴿٦٥﴾‏

Answer 65

*Allah (s.w.t) sent down water from The Heavens and revived the land with it after it was dead. Surely in that there is a sign for a people who listen.

Question 66

وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِ مِن بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِّلشَّارِبِينَ ‎﴿٦٦﴾

Answer 66

*Surely there is a lesson for you in the cattle. We provide you out of what lies in their bellies between faeces and blood. The (drink of) milk, pure and pleasant for those who drink.

Question 67

وَمِن ثَمَرَاتِ النَّخِيلِ وَالْأَعْنَابِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ ‎﴿٦٧﴾‏

Answer 67

*And from the fruits of date palms and grapevines, you obtain intoxicants and good provision. Surely in that there is a sign for a people who understand.

Drinking wine was not yet prohibited. But the verse separates it from good provision, suggesting it was not a good thing.

Question 68

وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ ‎﴿٦٨﴾‏

Answer 68

Your Lord revealed to the honeybee: ‘Make homes in the mountains in the trees and in the structures they raise’.

Good indication about milk and honey and that wine was not liked by Allah (s.w.t). Hint that it was going to be prohibited at some stage.

Question 69

ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِن بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ‎﴿٦٩﴾

Answer 69

Then eat from all the fruits and go along the pathways of your Lord made easy for you. From their bellies comes out a drink of various colours in which there is cure for people. Surely in that there is a sign for a people who ponder.

Question 70

وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْئًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ ‎﴿٧٠﴾

Answer 70

*Allah (s.w.t) has carried you, then He takes you back. And among you there is one who is carried to the worst part of age, so that he knows nothing after having knowledge. Surely Allah (s.w.t) is All-Knowing, Powerful.

Man forgets in his old age. Lesson to not be overproud, because Allah (s.w.t) blessed him with it and He may take it away also.

Question 71

وَاللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِي الرِّزْقِ ۚ فَمَا الَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا بِرَادِّي رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَاءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ ‎﴿٧١﴾

Answer 71

*Allah (s.w.t) has given some of you preferance over others in provision. So those given preferance are not willing to pass on their provision to their slaves so that they become equal in it. Do they then reject the blessing of Allah (s.w.t)?

They believed that the partners were owned by Allah (s.w.t)

Question 72

وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَاجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ ۚ أَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ اللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ ‎﴿٧٢﴾‏

Answer 72

Allah (s.w.t) has created spouses from among you and created sons and grandsons for you from your spouses. And gave you provision from good things. Is it then the falsehood that they believe in and the blessing of Allah (s.w.t) that they reject?

Question 73

وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ‎﴿٧٣﴾

Answer 73

They worship besides Allah (s.w.t) the objects that have no power to give them anything from The Heavens and The Earth, nor can they ever have such power.

Question 74

فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا لِلَّهِ الْأَمْثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٧٤﴾

Answer 74

So do not coin similarities for Allah (s.w.t). Surely Allah (s.w.t) knows and you do not know.

Question 75

۞ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَّمْلُوكًا لَّا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ وَمَن رَّزَقْنَاهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوُونَ ۚ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٧٥﴾

Answer 75

Allah (s.w.t) gives an example. There is a slave owned (by someone) who has no power over anything and there is a person whom We have given good provision from Us and he spends out of it secretly and openly. Are they equal? Praise be to Allah (s.w.t). But most of them do not know.

Question 76

وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلَىٰ مَوْلَاهُ أَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّههُّ لَا يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي هُوَ وَمَن يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ ۙ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ‎﴿٧٦﴾‏

Answer 76

And Allah (s.w.t) gives another example: There are 2 men. One of them is dumb who is unable to do anything and he is a burden to his master. Wherever he directs him to, he brings no good. Can he be equal to the one who enjoins justice and is on the straight path?

Question 77

وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَا أَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ‎﴿٧٧﴾‏

Answer 77

*To Allah (s.w.t) belongs the unseen of The Heavens and The Earth. And the matter of The Hour (of Judgement) is no more than of twinkling of the eye, or even quicker. Of course Allah (s.w.t) is Powerful over everything.

Hour will come all at once. Could also mean Resurrection of the dead will not take much time. All dead raised in one single moment.

Question 78

وَاللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّن بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ‎﴿٧٨﴾‏

Answer 78

Allah (s.w.t) has brought you forth from your mothers’ wombs when you knew nothing. And He made for you ears, eyes and hearts so that you may be grateful.

Question 79

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ فِي جَوِّ السَّمَاءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ ‎﴿٧٩﴾‏

Answer 79

Did they not look at the birds, how they are controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? Noone holds them but Allah (s.w.t). Surely in that there are signs for a people who believe.

Question 80

وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن جُلُودِ الْأَنْعَامِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ إِقَامَتِكُمْ ۙ وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِهَا أَثَاثًا وَمَتَاعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ‎﴿٨٠﴾

Answer 80

Allah (s.w.t) has made your houses a place of comfort for you. And made for you houses from the hides of cattle, which you find so light on the day you travel and the day you camp. And out of their wool and their fur and their hair (He created) furnishings and goods of enjoyment for a period of time.

Question 81

وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَالًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الْجِبَالِ أَكْنَانًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ الْحَرَّ وَسَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُم بَأْسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ ‎﴿٨١﴾‏

Answer 81

Allah (s.w.t) has made for your benefit shades from what He has created. And made for you shelters in mountains. And made for you shirts that protect you from the heat. And shirts that protect you in your battles. This is how He perfects His favour upon you so that you may submit.

Question 82

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ ‎﴿٨٢﴾‏

Answer 82

If they still turn away, then your responsibility is only to convey the message clearly.

Question 83

يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ ‎﴿٨٣﴾‏

Answer 83

They are aware of Allah (s.w.t)’s favour yet they deny it. And most of them are ungrateful.

Question 84

وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ ‎﴿٨٤﴾

Answer 84

(Remember) The Day on which We shall raise up a witness from every people. Then the disbelievers will not be allowed (to make excuses) nor shall they be asked to repent.

Question 85

وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ‎﴿٨٥﴾

Answer 85

And when the unjust will see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be given respite.

Question 86

وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا شُرَكَاءَهُمْ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُرَكَاؤُنَا الَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُو مِن دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلْقَوْا إِلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلَ إِنَّكُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ ‎﴿٨٦﴾

Answer 86

*When the polytheists will see those whom they made partners with Allah (s.w.t), they will say: ‘Our Lord, these are the partners we made whom we called in worship besides you’. Then they (the partners) will turn to them saying: ‘You are indeed liars’.

They will disown them.

Question 87

وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ السَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ ‎﴿٨٧﴾‏

Answer 87

On that Day they will tender submission to Allah (s.w.t) and all that they used to fabricate will have vanished from them.

Question 88

الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يُفْسِدُونَ ‎﴿٨٨﴾

Answer 88

For those who disbelieve and put obstructions in the way of Allah (s.w.t), We shall add up punishment after punishment for the mischief they used to make.

Question 89

وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ۚ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ تِبْيَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ‎﴿٨٩﴾‏

Answer 89

And (think of) the day We shall send to every people a witness from among them (to testify) against them and We shall bring you (Oh Prophet (s.a.w)) as witness against these. And We have revealed to you the Book, and exposition of everything and guidance and mercy and glad tidings for the Muslims.

Question 90

۞ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ‎﴿٩٠﴾

Answer 90

Allah (s.w.t) enjoins to do justice and to adopt good behaviour and to give relatives (their due rights). And forbids shameful acts, evil deeds and oppressive attitude. He exhorts you, so that you may be mindful.

Question 91

وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ إِذَا عَاهَدتُّمْ وَلَا تَنقُضُوا الْأَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِيدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفِيلًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ ‎﴿٩١﴾

Answer 91

Fulfill the Covenant of Allah (s.w.t) when you pledge and do not break oaths after you swear them solemnly while you have made Allah (s.w.t) a Witness over you. Surely Allah (s.w.t) knows all that you do.

Question 92

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّتِي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِن بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنكَاثًا تَتَّخِذُونَ أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ أَن تَكُونَ أُمَّةٌ هِيَ أَرْبَىٰ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ ۚ إِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ ۚ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ ‎﴿٩٢﴾

Answer 92

*Do not be like the woman who had broken her yarn into pieces after spinning it firmly, by taking your oaths as means of mischief between yourselves. Merely because a group gets greater benefit than the other. In fact, Allah (s.w.t) puts you to test thereby and of course on The Day of Judgement He will explain to you all the matters in which you disagreed.

Mad woman in Makkah. Cited as an example for one who exerts all his efforts then nullifies it at the end of the day. Those who entered in a solemn oath then violate.

Question 93

وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَلَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ‎﴿٩٣﴾‏

Answer 93

*If Allah (s.w.t) so willed, He would have made all of you a single community. But He lets whom He wills go astray and takes whom He wills to the right path. And surely you will be questioned about what you used to do.

Defeats purpose of the test.

Question 94

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ‎﴿٩٤﴾

Answer 94

*Do not make your oaths a means of mischief among yourselves, lest a foot should slip after it is firmly placed. And you taste evil consequences for your having prevented (others) from the path of Allah (s.w.t) and you incur a great punishment.

May make others do the same and they slipped because of you. Then you will be responsible.

Question 95

وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿٩٥﴾

Answer 95

And do not take a paltry (small) price against the pledge of Allah (s.w.t). Indeed what is with Allah (s.w.t) is much better for you, if only you knew.

Question 96

مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ‎﴿٩٦﴾

Answer 96

What is with you shall perish. And what is with Allah (s.w.t) shall last. And certainly We shall bless those who observed patience with their reward for the best of what they used to do.

Question 97

مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ‎﴿٩٧﴾‏

Answer 97

Whoever, male or female has acted righteously while being a believer, We shall certainly make his life a good life. And shall give such people their reward for the best of what they used to do.

Question 98

فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ‎﴿٩٨﴾‏

Answer 98

So when you recite The Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah (s.w.t) against shaytan, the accursed.

Question 99

إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ‎﴿٩٩﴾

Answer 99

He (shaytan) is such that he has no authority over those who believe and place trust in their Lord.

Question 100

إِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِهِ مُشْرِكُونَ ‎﴿١٠٠﴾

Answer 100

His (shaytan) authority is only over those who befriend him and those who associate partners with Allah (s.w.t).

Question 101

وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَّكَانَ آيَةٍ ۙ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ‎﴿١٠١﴾

Answer 101

*Whenever We replace a verse with another verse, and Allah (s.w.t) knows well what He reveals, they say: ‘You are but a forger’. The fact rather is that most of them are ignorant.

If Qur’an was a divine discourse then no changes should have taken place. But Allah (s.w.t) replaces one rule with another according to His wisdom and the conditions at a particular time.

Question 102

قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ‎﴿١٠٢﴾‏

Answer 102

Say: ‘This has been brought down by The Holy Spirit (Jibrael (a.s)) from your Lord rightly (as due), so that it may bring firmness to the believers and become guidance and good news for the Muslims’.

Question 103

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ ۗ لِّسَانُ الَّذِي يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهَٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُّبِينٌ ‎﴿١٠٣﴾

Answer 103

*We know well that they say: ‘There is a man who teaches him’. The language of the one they refer to is non-arabic while this is clear arabic language.

Nabi (s.a.w) got the Qur’an from a Roman slave. They did not think that the slave was unable to compose such eloquent discourse.

Question 104

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَا يَهْدِيهِمُ اللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ‎﴿١٠٤﴾

Answer 104

Surely those who do not believe in Allah (s.w.t)’s verses, Allah (s.w.t) does not lead them to the right path and for them there is a painful punishment.

Question 105

إِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِي الْكَذِبَ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ ‎﴿١٠٥﴾

Answer 105

It is (not the prophet but) the disbelievers in Allah (s.w.t)’s verses who forge lies and it is they who are liars.

Question 106

مَن كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَٰكِن مَّن شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ‎﴿١٠٦﴾

Answer 106

Whoever rejects his faith in Allah (s.w.t) after having believed in Him, not the one who is compelled (to utter a word of disbelief) under duress while his heart is at peace with faith, but the one who had laid his breast wide open for disbelief, upon such people is the wrath of Allah (s.w.t) and for them there is a heavy punishment.

Question 107

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ ‎﴿١٠٧﴾

Answer 107

That is because they have preferred the worldly life to The Hereafter and that Allah (s.w.t) does not lead the disbelieving people to the right path.

Question 108

أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ ‎﴿١٠٨﴾

Answer 108

Those are the ones Allah (s.w.t) has set a seal on whose hearts, ears and eyes. And they are the heedless.

Question 109

لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ ‎﴿١٠٩﴾‏

Answer 109

Invariably, they are the losers in The Hereafter.

Question 110

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا مِن بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا ثُمَّ جَاهَدُوا وَصَبَرُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ‎﴿١١٠﴾‏

Answer 110

Then your Lord, for those who left their homes after being persecuted, then fought in the way of Allah (s.w.t) and stood patient, surely your Lord is after all that, Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.

Question 111

۞ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ‎﴿١١١﴾‏

Answer 111

(All this will happen) on The Day when everyone will come pleading for himself. And everyone will be given in full what he did. And they will not be wronged.

Question 112

وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ آمِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ ‎﴿١١٢﴾‏

Answer 112

Allah (s.w.t) gives an example. There was a town, secure and content with its sustenance coming in plenty from every place. Then it turned ungrateful to the bounties of Allah (s.w.t). So Allah (s.w.t) made it taste hunger and terror (that covered it) like a garment, as a recompense of what its people used to do.

Question 113

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ ‎﴿١١٣﴾

Answer 113

And of course a messenger from amongst themselves had come to them, but they rejected him. So the punishment seized them when they were wrongdoers.

Question 114

فَكُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَاشْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ ‎﴿١١٤﴾

Answer 114

So eat the permissible and pure things from what Allah (s.w.t) has provided you. And be grateful for the bounty of Allah (s.w.t) if you worship Him alone.

Question 115

إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ ۖ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ‎﴿١١٥﴾

Answer 115

He has but prohibited for you the carrion, the blood, the flesh of swine and what has been invoked upon with a name other than that of Allah (s.w.t). However if anyone is compelled by necessity, neither seeking pleasure, nor crossing the limit (of necessity), then Allah (s.w.t) is Most-Forgiving, Most-Merciful.

Question 116

وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِّتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ ‎﴿١١٦﴾

Answer 116

Do not say about what your tongues describe falsely. ‘This is lawful and this is unlawful’. So that you may forge the lie upon Allah (s.w.t). Surely those who forge a lie upon Allah (s.w.t) do not prosper.

Question 117

مَتَاعٌ قَلِيلٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ‎﴿١١٧﴾‏

Answer 117

(Let there be) a little enjoyment and (then) for them there is a painful punishment.

Question 118

وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ‎﴿١١٨﴾‏

Answer 118

For those who are Jews, We have prohibited that which We have already told you. And We did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

Question 119

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِن بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ ‎﴿١١٩﴾‏

Answer 119

Then your Lord, for those who did evil because of ignorance, then repented after that and corrected themselves, surely your Lord is after all that Most-Forgiving, Very Merciful.

Question 120

إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفًا وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ‎﴿١٢٠﴾

Answer 120

Surely Ibrahim (a.s) was an Ummah (whole community in himself), devoted to Allah (s.w.t), a man of pure faith. And he was not among the polytheist.

Question 121

شَاكِرًا لِّأَنْعُمِهِ ۚ اجْتَبَاهُ وَهَدَاهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ‎﴿١٢١﴾‏

Answer 121

He (Ibrahim (a.s) was grateful to His bounties. He (Allah (s.w.t)) chose him and led him to the straight path.

Question 122

وَآتَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ ‎﴿١٢٢﴾‏

Answer 122

We bestowed good upon him in this world. And in The Hereafter he is amongst the righteous.

Question 123

ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ‎﴿١٢٣﴾‏

Answer 123

Then We revealed to you: ‘Follow the way of Ibrahim (a.s), the upright, and he was not among the polytheists’.

Question 124

إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ السَّبْتُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ ۚ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ ‎﴿١٢٤﴾

Answer 124

*The sabbath was was prescribed only for those people (Jews) who differed in it, and your Lord will certainly judge between them on The Day of Judgement, in those matters they used to differ.

Imposed on Jews not on Ibrahim (a.s).

Question 125

‏ ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ ‎﴿١٢٥﴾

Answer 125

Invite (people) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good counsel. And argue with them in the best of manners. Surely your Lord knows best the one who deviates from His path, and He knows best the ones who are on the right path.

Question 126

وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِ ۖ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِّلصَّابِرِينَ ‎﴿١٢٦﴾

Answer 126

*And if you were to harm (them) in retaliation, harm them to the measure you were harmed. And if you opt for patience, it is definitely much better for those who are patient.

Question 127

وَاصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُ فِي ضَيْقٍ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ ‎﴿١٢٧﴾‏

Answer 127

*And be patient. Your patience is bestowed by none but Allah (s.w.t). And do not grieve over them. And do not be in distress for what they devise.

Question 128

إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوا وَّالَّذِينَ هُم مُّحْسِنُونَ ‎﴿١٢٨﴾‏

Answer 128

Surely Allah (s.w.t) is with those who fear Him, and those who are good in their deeds.