21:25
وَمَآ
wama
And not
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
arsalna
We sent
مِن
min
before you
قَبۡلِكَ
qablika
before you
مِن
min
any
رَّسُولٍ
rasulin
Messenger
إِلَّا
illa
but
نُوحِيٓ
nuhi
We reveal(ed)
إِلَيۡهِ
ilayhi
to him
أَنَّهُۥ
annahu
that [He]
لَآ
la
(There is) no
إِلَٰهَ
ilaha
god
إِلَّآ
illa
except
أَنَا۠
ana
Me
فَٱعۡبُدُونِ
fa-u'buduni
so worship Me
٢٥

We never sent any messenger before you [Muhammad] without revealing to him: ‘There is no god but Me, so serve Me.’

Translation 1260

21:26
وَقَالُواْ
waqalu
And they say
ٱتَّخَذَ
ittakhadha
Has taken
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
al-rahmanu
the Most Gracious
وَلَدٗاۗ
waladan
a son
سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ
sub'hanahu
Glorified is He
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
عِبَادٞ
ibadun
(they are) slaves
مُّكۡرَمُونَ
muk'ramuna
honored
٢٦

And they say, ‘The Lord of Mercy has taken offspring for Himself.’ May He be exalted! No! They are only His honoured servants

Translation 1260

21:27
لَا
la
Not
يَسۡبِقُونَهُۥ
yasbiqunahu
they (can) precede Him
بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ
bil-qawli
in word
وَهُم
wahum
and they
بِأَمۡرِهِۦ
bi-amrihi
by His command
يَعۡمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
act
٢٧

they do not speak before He speaks and they act by His command

Translation 1260

21:28
يَعۡلَمُ
ya'lamu
He knows
مَا
ma
what
بَيۡنَ
bayna
(is) before them
أَيۡدِيهِمۡ
aydihim
(is) before them
وَمَا
wama
and what
خَلۡفَهُمۡ
khalfahum
(is) behind them
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَشۡفَعُونَ
yashfa'una
they (can) intercede
إِلَّا
illa
except
لِمَنِ
limani
for whom
ٱرۡتَضَىٰ
ir'tada
He approves
وَهُم
wahum
And they
مِّنۡ
min
from
خَشۡيَتِهِۦ
khashyatihi
fear of Him
مُشۡفِقُونَ
mush'fiquna
stand in awe
٢٨

He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede without His permission––indeed they themselves stand in awe of Him

Translation 1260

21:29
۞وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَقُلۡ
yaqul
says
مِنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
of them
إِنِّيٓ
inni
Indeed I am
إِلَٰهٞ
ilahun
a god
مِّن
min
besides Him
دُونِهِۦ
dunihi
besides Him
فَذَٰلِكَ
fadhalika
Then that
نَجۡزِيهِ
najzihi
We will recompense
جَهَنَّمَۚ
jahannama
(with) Hell
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
نَجۡزِي
najzi
We recompense
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers
٢٩

If any of them were to claim, ‘I am a god beside Him,’ We would reward them with Hell: this is how We reward evildoers

Translation 1260

21:30
أَوَلَمۡ
awalam
Do not
يَرَ
yara
see
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوٓاْ
kafaru
disbelieved
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
wal-arda
and the earth
كَانَتَا
kanata
were
رَتۡقٗا
ratqan
a joined entity
فَفَتَقۡنَٰهُمَاۖ
fafataqnahuma
then We parted them
وَجَعَلۡنَا
waja'alna
and We made
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلۡمَآءِ
al-mai
[the] water
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَيۡءٍ
shayin
living thing
حَيٍّۚ
hayyin
living thing
أَفَلَا
afala
Then will not
يُؤۡمِنُونَ
yu'minuna
they believe
٣٠

Are the disbelievers not aware that the heavens and the earth used to be joined together and that We ripped them apart, that We made every living thing from water? Will they not believe

Translation 1260

21:31
وَجَعَلۡنَا
waja'alna
And We (have) placed
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
al-ardi
the earth
رَوَٰسِيَ
rawasiya
firmly set mountains
أَن
an
lest
تَمِيدَ
tamida
it (should) shake
بِهِمۡ
bihim
with them
وَجَعَلۡنَا
waja'alna
and We made
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
فِجَاجٗا
fijajan
broad passes
سُبُلٗا
subulan
(as) ways
لَّعَلَّهُمۡ
la'allahum
so that they may
يَهۡتَدُونَ
yahtaduna
(be) guided
٣١

And We put firm mountains on the earth, lest it should sway under them, and set broad paths on it, so that they might follow the right direction

Translation 1260

21:32
وَجَعَلۡنَا
waja'alna
And We made
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
al-samaa
the sky
سَقۡفٗا
saqfan
a roof
مَّحۡفُوظٗاۖ
mahfuzan
protected
وَهُمۡ
wahum
But they
عَنۡ
an
from
ءَايَٰتِهَا
ayatiha
its Signs
مُعۡرِضُونَ
mu'riduna
turn away
٣٢

and We made the sky a well-secured canopy- yet from its wonders they turn away

Translation 1260

21:33
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
ٱلَّيۡلَ
al-layla
the night
وَٱلنَّهَارَ
wal-nahara
and the day
وَٱلشَّمۡسَ
wal-shamsa
and the sun
وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ
wal-qamara
and the moon
كُلّٞ
kullun
each
فِي
fi
in
فَلَكٖ
falakin
an orbit
يَسۡبَحُونَ
yasbahuna
floating
٣٣

It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit

Translation 1260

21:34
وَمَا
wama
And not
جَعَلۡنَا
ja'alna
We made
لِبَشَرٖ
libasharin
for any man
مِّن
min
before you
قَبۡلِكَ
qablika
before you
ٱلۡخُلۡدَۖ
al-khul'da
[the] immortality
أَفَإِيْن
afa-in
so if
مِّتَّ
mitta
you die
فَهُمُ
fahumu
then (would) they
ٱلۡخَٰلِدُونَ
al-khaliduna
live forever
٣٤

We have not granted everlasting life to any other human being before you either [Muhammad]- if you die, will [the disbelievers] live for ever

Translation 1260

21:35
كُلُّ
kullu
Every
نَفۡسٖ
nafsin
soul
ذَآئِقَةُ
dhaiqatu
(will) taste
ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ
al-mawti
[the] death
وَنَبۡلُوكُم
wanablukum
And We test you
بِٱلشَّرِّ
bil-shari
with [the] bad
وَٱلۡخَيۡرِ
wal-khayri
and [the] good
فِتۡنَةٗۖ
fit'natan
(as) a trial
وَإِلَيۡنَا
wa-ilayna
and to Us
تُرۡجَعُونَ
tur'ja'una
you will be returned
٣٥

Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return

Translation 1260