25:44
أَمۡ
am
Or
تَحۡسَبُ
tahsabu
do you think
أَنَّ
anna
that
أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ
aktharahum
most of them
يَسۡمَعُونَ
yasma'una
hear
أَوۡ
aw
or
يَعۡقِلُونَۚ
ya'qiluna
understand
إِنۡ
in
Not
هُمۡ
hum
they
إِلَّا
illa
(are) except
كَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ
kal-an'ami
like cattle
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
هُمۡ
hum
they
أَضَلُّ
adallu
(are) more astray
سَبِيلًا
sabilan
(from the) way
٤٤

Do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cattle- no, they are further from the path

Translation 1260

25:45
أَلَمۡ
alam
Do you not
تَرَ
tara
see
إِلَىٰ
ila
[to]
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
كَيۡفَ
kayfa
how
مَدَّ
madda
He extends
ٱلظِّلَّ
al-zila
the shadow
وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
شَآءَ
shaa
He willed
لَجَعَلَهُۥ
laja'alahu
surely He (could) have made it
سَاكِنٗا
sakinan
stationary
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
جَعَلۡنَا
ja'alna
We made
ٱلشَّمۡسَ
al-shamsa
the sun
عَلَيۡهِ
alayhi
for it
دَلِيلٗا
dalilan
an indication
٤٥

Do you not see how your Lord lengthens the shade? If He had willed, He could have made it stand still- We made the sun its indicator

Translation 1260

25:46
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
قَبَضۡنَٰهُ
qabadnahu
We withdraw it
إِلَيۡنَا
ilayna
to Us
قَبۡضٗا
qabdan
a withdrawal
يَسِيرٗا
yasiran
gradual
٤٦

but We gradually draw it towards Us, little by little

Translation 1260

25:47
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
جَعَلَ
ja'ala
made
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
ٱلَّيۡلَ
al-layla
the night
لِبَاسٗا
libasan
(as) a covering
وَٱلنَّوۡمَ
wal-nawma
and the sleep
سُبَاتٗا
subatan
a rest
وَجَعَلَ
waja'ala
and made
ٱلنَّهَارَ
al-nahara
the day
نُشُورٗا
nushuran
a resurrection
٤٧

It is He who made the night a garment for you, and sleep a rest, and made the day like a resurrection

Translation 1260

25:48
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِيٓ
alladhi
(is) the One Who
أَرۡسَلَ
arsala
sends
ٱلرِّيَٰحَ
al-riyaha
the winds
بُشۡرَۢا
bush'ran
(as) glad tidings
بَيۡنَ
bayna
before
يَدَيۡ
yaday
before
رَحۡمَتِهِۦۚ
rahmatihi
His Mercy
وَأَنزَلۡنَا
wa-anzalna
and We send down
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
al-samai
the sky
مَآءٗ
maan
water
طَهُورٗا
tahuran
pure
٤٨

It is He who sends the winds as heralds of good news before His Mercy. We send down pure water from the sky

Translation 1260

25:49
لِّنُحۡـِۧيَ
linuh'yiya
That We may give life
بِهِۦ
bihi
thereby
بَلۡدَةٗ
baldatan
(to) a land
مَّيۡتٗا
maytan
dead
وَنُسۡقِيَهُۥ
wanus'qiyahu
and We give drink
مِمَّا
mimma
thereof
خَلَقۡنَآ
khalaqna
(to those) We created
أَنۡعَٰمٗا
an'aman
cattle
وَأَنَاسِيَّ
wa-anasiyya
and men
كَثِيرٗا
kathiran
many
٤٩

so that We can revive a dead land with it, and We give it as a drink to many animals and people We have created

Translation 1260

25:50
وَلَقَدۡ
walaqad
And verily
صَرَّفۡنَٰهُ
sarrafnahu
We have distributed it
بَيۡنَهُمۡ
baynahum
among them
لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ
liyadhakkaru
that they may remember
فَأَبَىٰٓ
fa-aba
but refuse
أَكۡثَرُ
aktharu
most
ٱلنَّاسِ
al-nasi
(of) the people
إِلَّا
illa
except
كُفُورٗا
kufuran
disbelief
٥٠

Many times We have repeated this to people so that they might take heed, but most persist in their ingratitude

Translation 1260

25:51
وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
شِئۡنَا
shi'na
We willed
لَبَعَثۡنَا
laba'athna
surely We (would) have raised
فِي
fi
in
كُلِّ
kulli
every
قَرۡيَةٖ
qaryatin
town
نَّذِيرٗا
nadhiran
a warner
٥١

If it had been Our will, We would have sent a warner to every town

Translation 1260

25:52
فَلَا
fala
So (do) not
تُطِعِ
tuti'i
obey
ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
al-kafirina
the disbelievers
وَجَٰهِدۡهُم
wajahid'hum
and strive (against) them
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
جِهَادٗا
jihadan
a striving
كَبِيرٗا
kabiran
great
٥٢

so do not give in to the disbelievers: strive hard against them with this Quran

Translation 1260

25:53
۞وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
مَرَجَ
maraja
(has) released
ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ
al-bahrayni
the two seas
هَٰذَا
hadha
[this] (one)
عَذۡبٞ
adhbun
palatable
فُرَاتٞ
furatun
and sweet
وَهَٰذَا
wahadha
and [this] (one)
مِلۡحٌ
mil'hun
salty
أُجَاجٞ
ujajun
(and) bitter
وَجَعَلَ
waja'ala
and He has made
بَيۡنَهُمَا
baynahuma
between them
بَرۡزَخٗا
barzakhan
a barrier
وَحِجۡرٗا
wahij'ran
and a partition
مَّحۡجُورٗا
mahjuran
forbidden
٥٣

It is He who released the two bodies of flowing water, one sweet and fresh and the other salty and bitter, and put an insurmountable barrier between them

Translation 1260

25:54
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
has created
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلۡمَآءِ
al-mai
the water
بَشَرٗا
basharan
human being
فَجَعَلَهُۥ
faja'alahu
and has made (for) him
نَسَبٗا
nasaban
blood relationship
وَصِهۡرٗاۗ
wasih'ran
and marriage relationship
وَكَانَ
wakana
And is
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
قَدِيرٗا
qadiran
All-Powerful
٥٤

It is He who creates human beings from fluid, then makes them kin by blood and marriage: your Lord is all powerful

Translation 1260

25:55
وَيَعۡبُدُونَ
waya'buduna
But they worship
مِن
min
besides Allah
دُونِ
duni
besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
besides Allah
مَا
ma
what
لَا
la
not profits them
يَنفَعُهُمۡ
yanfa'uhum
not profits them
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَضُرُّهُمۡۗ
yadurruhum
harms them
وَكَانَ
wakana
and is
ٱلۡكَافِرُ
al-kafiru
the disbeliever
عَلَىٰ
ala
against
رَبِّهِۦ
rabbihi
his Lord
ظَهِيرٗا
zahiran
a helper
٥٥

Yet instead of God they worship things that can neither benefit nor harm them: the disbeliever has always turned his back on his Lord

Translation 1260