30:6
وَعۡدَ
wa'da
(It is the) Promise
ٱللَّهِۖ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
لَا
la
(Does) not
يُخۡلِفُ
yukh'lifu
fail
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
وَعۡدَهُۥ
wa'dahu
(in) His promise
وَلَٰكِنَّ
walakinna
but
أَكۡثَرَ
akthara
most (of)
ٱلنَّاسِ
al-nasi
[the] people
لَا
la
(do) not
يَعۡلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
know
٦

This is God’s promise: God never breaks His promise, but most people do not know

Translation 1260

30:7
يَعۡلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
They know
ظَٰهِرٗا
zahiran
(the) apparent
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
al-hayati
the life
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
وَهُمۡ
wahum
but they
عَنِ
ani
about
ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ
al-akhirati
the Hereafter
هُمۡ
hum
[they]
غَٰفِلُونَ
ghafiluna
(are) heedless
٧

they only know the outer surface of this present life and are heedless of the life to come

Translation 1260

30:8
أَوَلَمۡ
awalam
Do not
يَتَفَكَّرُواْ
yatafakkaru
they ponder
فِيٓ
fi
within
أَنفُسِهِمۗ
anfusihim
themselves
مَّا
ma
Not
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
Allah (has) created
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah (has) created
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
wal-arda
and the earth
وَمَا
wama
and what
بَيۡنَهُمَآ
baynahuma
(is) between them
إِلَّا
illa
except
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
bil-haqi
in truth
وَأَجَلٖ
wa-ajalin
and (for) a term
مُّسَمّٗىۗ
musamman
appointed
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
كَثِيرٗا
kathiran
many
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلنَّاسِ
al-nasi
the people
بِلِقَآيِٕ
biliqai
in (the) meeting
رَبِّهِمۡ
rabbihim
(with) their Lord
لَكَٰفِرُونَ
lakafiruna
surely (are) disbelievers
٨

Have they not thought about their own selves? God did not create the heavens and earth and everything between them without a serious purpose and an appointed time, yet many people deny that they will meet their Lord

Translation 1260

30:9
أَوَلَمۡ
awalam
Have not
يَسِيرُواْ
yasiru
they traveled
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
al-ardi
the earth
فَيَنظُرُواْ
fayanzuru
and observed
كَيۡفَ
kayfa
how
كَانَ
kana
was
عَٰقِبَةُ
aqibatu
(the) end
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
(of) those
مِن
min
before them
قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ
qablihim
before them
كَانُوٓاْ
kanu
They were
أَشَدَّ
ashadda
mightier
مِنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
than them
قُوَّةٗ
quwwatan
(in) strength
وَأَثَارُواْ
wa-atharu
and they dug
ٱلۡأَرۡضَ
al-arda
the earth
وَعَمَرُوهَآ
wa'amaruha
and built (on) it
أَكۡثَرَ
akthara
more
مِمَّا
mimma
than what
عَمَرُوهَا
amaruha
they have built (on) it
وَجَآءَتۡهُمۡ
wajaathum
And came (to) them
رُسُلُهُم
rusuluhum
their Messengers
بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِۖ
bil-bayinati
with clear proofs
فَمَا
fama
So not
كَانَ
kana
was
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ
liyazlimahum
to wrong them
وَلَٰكِن
walakin
but
كَانُوٓاْ
kanu
they were
أَنفُسَهُمۡ
anfusahum
themselves
يَظۡلِمُونَ
yazlimuna
(doing) wrong
٩

Have they not travelled through the land and seen how their predecessors met their end? They were mightier than them: they cultivated the earth more and built more upon it. Their own mes-sengers also came to them with clear signs: God did not wrong them; they wronged themselves

Translation 1260

30:10
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
كَانَ
kana
was
عَٰقِبَةَ
aqibata
(the) end
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
(of) those who
أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ
asau
did evil
ٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ
al-sua
the evil
أَن
an
because
كَذَّبُواْ
kadhabu
they denied
بِـَٔايَٰتِ
biayati
(the) Signs
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
وَكَانُواْ
wakanu
and were
بِهَا
biha
of them
يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
yastahziuna
making mockery
١٠

Later the evildoers met a terrible end for rejecting and [repeatedly] mocking God’s revelations

Translation 1260

30:11
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
يَبۡدَؤُاْ
yabda-u
originates
ٱلۡخَلۡقَ
al-khalqa
the creation
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُعِيدُهُۥ
yu'iduhu
He repeats it
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
إِلَيۡهِ
ilayhi
to Him
تُرۡجَعُونَ
tur'ja'una
you will be returned
١١

God brings creation into being; in the end He will reproduce it and it is to Him you will be recalled

Translation 1260

30:12
وَيَوۡمَ
wayawma
And (the) Day
تَقُومُ
taqumu
will (be) established
ٱلسَّاعَةُ
al-sa'atu
the Hour
يُبۡلِسُ
yub'lisu
will (be in) despair
ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
al-muj'rimuna
the criminals
١٢

On the Day the Hour arrives, the guilty will despair

Translation 1260

30:13
وَلَمۡ
walam
And not
يَكُن
yakun
will be
لَّهُم
lahum
for them
مِّن
min
among
شُرَكَآئِهِمۡ
shurakaihim
theirs partners
شُفَعَٰٓؤُاْ
shufa'au
any intercessors
وَكَانُواْ
wakanu
and they will be
بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ
bishurakaihim
in their partners
كَٰفِرِينَ
kafirina
disbelievers
١٣

and they will have no intercessors among those partners they ascribed to God- they will deny these partners

Translation 1260

30:14
وَيَوۡمَ
wayawma
And (the) Day
تَقُومُ
taqumu
will (be) established
ٱلسَّاعَةُ
al-sa'atu
the Hour
يَوۡمَئِذٖ
yawma-idhin
that Day
يَتَفَرَّقُونَ
yatafarraquna
they will become separated
١٤

When the Hour arrives, on that Day people will be separated

Translation 1260

30:15
فَأَمَّا
fa-amma
Then as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
ءَامَنُواْ
amanu
believed
وَعَمِلُواْ
wa'amilu
and did
ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ
al-salihati
righteous deeds
فَهُمۡ
fahum
so they
فِي
fi
in
رَوۡضَةٖ
rawdatin
a Garden
يُحۡبَرُونَ
yuh'baruna
will be delighted
١٥

those who believed and did good deeds will delight in a Garden

Translation 1260