وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلْقَـٰسِطُونَ ۖ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا۟ رَشَدًۭا ١٤
72:14 | And among us are Muslims [in submission to Allāh], and among us are the unjust. ¹ And whoever has become Muslim - those have sought out the right course.
Footnote 72:14 (1):🅧
i.e., those who deviate from the truth and act tyrannically.
وَأَمَّا ٱلْقَـٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا۟ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًۭا ١٥
72:15 | But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'
وَأَلَّوِ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَـٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقًۭا ١٦
72:16 | And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision].
لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًۭا صَعَدًۭا ١٧
72:17 | So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord ¹ He will put into arduous punishment.
Footnote 72:17 (1):🅧
i.e., refuses obedience to Him.
وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًۭا ١٨
72:18 | And [He revealed] that the masjids ¹ are for Allāh, so do not invoke ² with Allāh anyone.
Footnote 72:18 (1):🅧
The term "masjid" here includes every place of worship or the earth in general.
Footnote 72:18 (2):🅧
Or "worship."
وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًۭا ١٩
72:19 | And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass." ¹
Footnote 72:19 (1):🅧
Crowding on top of each other in the manner of locusts in order to hear him (ﷺ). "They" may refer to the jinn or to the disbelievers among the Arabs.
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًۭا ٢٠
72:20 | Say, [O Muḥammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."
قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّۭا وَلَا رَشَدًۭا ٢١
72:21 | Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."
قُلْ إِنِّى لَن يُجِيرَنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٌۭ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا ٢٢
72:22 | Say, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allāh anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.
إِلَّا بَلَـٰغًۭا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَـٰلَـٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ٢٣
72:23 | But [I have for you] only notification from Allāh, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًۭا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًۭا ٢٤
72:24 | [The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number.
قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌۭ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا ٢٥
72:25 | Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."
عَـٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ٢٦
72:26 | [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍۢ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًۭا ٢٧
72:27 | Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers ¹
Footnote 72:27 (1):🅧
Guardian angels to protect the messenger and the message.
لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا۟ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عَدَدًۢا ٢٨
72:28 | That he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] may know ¹ that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.
Footnote 72:28 (1):🅧
This phrase may also be read: "So He [i.e., Allāh] may make evident."