25:12
إِذَا
idha
When
رَأَتۡهُم
ra-athum
it sees them
مِّن
min
from
مَّكَانِۭ
makanin
a place
بَعِيدٖ
ba'idin
far
سَمِعُواْ
sami'u
they will hear
لَهَا
laha
its
تَغَيُّظٗا
taghayyuzan
raging
وَزَفِيرٗا
wazafiran
and roaring
١٢

When it sees them from a distance, they will hear it raging and roaring

Translation 1260

25:13
وَإِذَآ
wa-idha
And when
أُلۡقُواْ
ul'qu
they are thrown
مِنۡهَا
min'ha
thereof
مَكَانٗا
makanan
(in) a place
ضَيِّقٗا
dayyiqan
narrow
مُّقَرَّنِينَ
muqarranina
bound in chains
دَعَوۡاْ
da'aw
they will call
هُنَالِكَ
hunalika
there
ثُبُورٗا
thuburan
(for) destruction
١٣

and when they are hurled into a narrow part of it, chained together, they will cry out for death

Translation 1260

25:14
لَّا
la
(Do) not
تَدۡعُواْ
tad'u
call
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
al-yawma
this day
ثُبُورٗا
thuburan
(for) destruction
وَٰحِدٗا
wahidan
one
وَٱدۡعُواْ
wa-id'u
but call
ثُبُورٗا
thuburan
(for) destructions
كَثِيرٗا
kathiran
many
١٤

‘Do not cry out this day for one death, but for many.’

Translation 1260

25:15
قُلۡ
qul
Say
أَذَٰلِكَ
adhalika
Is that
خَيۡرٌ
khayrun
better
أَمۡ
am
or
جَنَّةُ
jannatu
Garden
ٱلۡخُلۡدِ
al-khul'di
(of) Eternity
ٱلَّتِي
allati
which
وُعِدَ
wu'ida
is promised
ٱلۡمُتَّقُونَۚ
al-mutaquna
(to) the righteous
كَانَتۡ
kanat
It will be
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
جَزَآءٗ
jazaan
a reward
وَمَصِيرٗا
wamasiran
and destination
١٥

Say, ‘Which is better, this or the lasting Garden that those who are mindful of God have been promised as their reward and journey’s end?’

Translation 1260

25:16
لَّهُمۡ
lahum
For them
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
مَا
ma
(is) whatever
يَشَآءُونَ
yashauna
they wish
خَٰلِدِينَۚ
khalidina
they will abide forever
كَانَ
kana
It is
عَلَىٰ
ala
on
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
وَعۡدٗا
wa'dan
a promise
مَّسۡـُٔولٗا
masulan
requested
١٦

There they will find everything they wish for, and there they will stay. [Prophet], this is a binding promise from your Lord

Translation 1260

25:17
وَيَوۡمَ
wayawma
And (the) Day
يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ
yahshuruhum
He will gather them
وَمَا
wama
and what
يَعۡبُدُونَ
ya'buduna
they worship
مِن
min
besides Allah
دُونِ
duni
besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
besides Allah
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqulu
and He will say
ءَأَنتُمۡ
a-antum
Did you
أَضۡلَلۡتُمۡ
adlaltum
[you] mislead
عِبَادِي
ibadi
My slaves
هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ
haulai
these
أَمۡ
am
or
هُمۡ
hum
they
ضَلُّواْ
dallu
went astray
ٱلسَّبِيلَ
al-sabila
(from) the way
١٧

On the Day He gathers them all together with those they worship beside Him, He will say, ‘Was it you [false gods] who led these creatures of Mine astray, or did they stray from the path by themselves?’

Translation 1260

25:18
قَالُواْ
qalu
They say
سُبۡحَٰنَكَ
sub'hanaka
Glory be to You
مَا
ma
Not
كَانَ
kana
it was proper
يَنۢبَغِي
yanbaghi
it was proper
لَنَآ
lana
for us
أَن
an
that
نَّتَّخِذَ
nattakhidha
we take
مِن
min
besides You
دُونِكَ
dunika
besides You
مِنۡ
min
any
أَوۡلِيَآءَ
awliyaa
protectors
وَلَٰكِن
walakin
But
مَّتَّعۡتَهُمۡ
matta'tahum
You gave them comforts
وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ
waabaahum
and their forefathers
حَتَّىٰ
hatta
until
نَسُواْ
nasu
they forgot
ٱلذِّكۡرَ
al-dhik'ra
the Message
وَكَانُواْ
wakanu
and became
قَوۡمَۢا
qawman
a people
بُورٗا
buran
ruined
١٨

They will say, ‘May You be exalted! We ourselves would never take masters other than You! But You granted them and their forefathers pleasures in this life, until they forgot Your Reminder and were ruined.’

Translation 1260

25:19
فَقَدۡ
faqad
So verily
كَذَّبُوكُم
kadhabukum
they deny you
بِمَا
bima
in what
تَقُولُونَ
taquluna
you say
فَمَا
fama
so not
تَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
tastati'una
you are able
صَرۡفٗا
sarfan
(to) avert
وَلَا
wala
and not
نَصۡرٗاۚ
nasran
(to) help
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَظۡلِم
yazlim
does wrong
مِّنكُمۡ
minkum
among you
نُذِقۡهُ
nudhiq'hu
We will make him taste
عَذَابٗا
adhaban
a punishment
كَبِيرٗا
kabiran
great
١٩

[God will say], ‘Now your gods have denounced what you say as lies: you cannot avoid the punishment; you will not get any help.’ If any of you commits such evil, We shall make him taste agonizing torment

Translation 1260

25:20
وَمَآ
wama
And not
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
arsalna
We sent
قَبۡلَكَ
qablaka
before you
مِنَ
mina
any
ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
al-mur'salina
Messengers
إِلَّآ
illa
but
إِنَّهُمۡ
innahum
indeed they
لَيَأۡكُلُونَ
layakuluna
[surely] ate
ٱلطَّعَامَ
al-ta'ama
food
وَيَمۡشُونَ
wayamshuna
and walked
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِۗ
al-aswaqi
the markets
وَجَعَلۡنَا
waja'alna
And We have made
بَعۡضَكُمۡ
ba'dakum
some of you
لِبَعۡضٖ
liba'din
for others
فِتۡنَةً
fit'natan
a trial
أَتَصۡبِرُونَۗ
atasbiruna
will you have patience
وَكَانَ
wakana
And is
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
بَصِيرٗا
basiran
All-Seer
٢٠

No messenger have We sent before you [Muhammad] who did not eat food and walk about in the marketplace. But We have made some of you a means of testing others- will you stand fast? Your Lord is always watching

Translation 1260