سورة الفرقان   


Surah Name: Al-Furqan Meaning: The Standard (Criterion)

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 6
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 77
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 25
  • Rukū / Section 3 contains Āyāt / Parts 14
  • Siparah/ Volume 18

bismillah

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءنَا لَوْلَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَى رَبَّنَا لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا

Waqala allatheena la yarjoona liqaana lawla onzila AAalayna almalaikatu aw nara rabbana laqadi istakbaroo fee anfusihim waAAataw AAutuwwan kabeera(n)

And those who look not to their meeting with Us say: Why are not angels sent down to us, or why we see not our Rabb-SWT ? Assuredly they have proved stiff-necked in their souls and have exceeded the bounds with great excess.

(25:21)


يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا بُشْرَى يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

Yawma yarawna almalaikata la bushra yawmaithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijran mahjoora(n)

The Day they will see the angels there will be no joy for the culprits on that Day, and they will say: away! Away!

(25:22)


وَقَدِمْنَا إِلَى مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَاء مَّنثُورًا

Waqadimna ila ma AAamiloo min AAamalin fajaAAalnahu habaan manthoora(n)

And We-SWT shall set upon what they worked, and shall make it as dust wind-scattered.

(25:23)


أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُّسْتَقَرًّا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًا

Ashabu aljannati yawmaithin khayrun mustaqarran waahsanu maqeela(n)

Fellows of the Garden shall be on that Day in goodly abode and goodly repose.

(25:24)


وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَاء بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

Wayawma tashaqqaqu a(l)ssamao bi(a)lghamami wanuzzila almalaikatu tanzeela(n)

And on the Day when the sky shall be rent asunder from the clouds and the angels shall be sent down with a great descending.

(25:25)


الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَنِ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ عَسِيرًا

Almulku yawmaithin alhaqqu li(l)rrahmani wakana yawman AAala alkafireena AAaseera(n)

The dominion on that Day shall be the true dominion of the Compassionate, and it shall be a Day hard on the infidels.

(25:26)


وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا

Wayawma yaAAaddu a(l)ththalimu AAala yadayhi yaqoolu ya laytanee ittakhathtu maAAa a(l)rrasooli sabeela(n)

On the Day when the wrongdoer shall gnaw his hands saying: Would that I had taken a way with the Messenger!

(25:27)


يَا وَيْلَتَى لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلًا

Ya waylata laytanee lam attakhith fulanan khaleela(n)

Ah! Woe unto me! Would that I had not taken such a one for a friend!

(25:28)


لَقَدْ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَاءنِي وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِلْإِنسَانِ خَذُولًا

Laqad adallanee AAani a(l)ththikri baAAda ith jaanee wakana a(l)shshaytanu lilinsani khathoola(n)

Assuredly he led me away from the admonition after it had come to me; verily Satan is to man ever a betrayer.

(25:29)


وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُورًا

Waqala a(l)rrasoolu ya rabbi inna qawmee ittakhathoo hatha alqurana mahjoora(n)

And the Messenger-SW will say: Rabb-SWT ! Verily my people took this Quran as a thing to be shunned.

(25:30)


وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوًّا مِّنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ وَكَفَى بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًا وَنَصِيرًا

Wakathalika jaAAalna likulli nabiyyin AAaduwwan mina almujrimeena wakafa birabbika hadiyan wanaseera(n)

And even so We appointed to every Messenger-AS an enemy from among the culprits. And suffices your Rabb-SWT as Guide and Helper.

(25:31)


وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً كَذَلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ وَرَتَّلْنَاهُ تَرْتِيلًا

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lawla nuzzila AAalayhi alquranu jumlatan wahidatan kathalika linuthabbita bihi fuadaka warattalnahu tarteela(n)

And those who disbelieve say: Why is the Quran not revealed to him-SW entire at once? We-SWT revealed it thus that We-SWT may strengthen your heart with it and We-SWT have repeated it with a repetition.

(25:32)


وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا

Wala yatoonaka bimathalin illa jinaka bi(a)lhaqqi waahsana tafseera(n)

And they come not to you-SW with similitude but We-SWT bring you the truth and an excellent interpretation.

(25:33)


الَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ أُوْلَئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Allatheena yuhsharoona AAala wujoohihim ila jahannama olaika sharrun makanan waadallu sabeela(n)

They who shall be gathered prone on their faces into Hell those shall be the worst in respect of place and the most astray in respect of path.

(25:34)


In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

There infidels do not confine their objections to the Holy Prophet-SW only. The denial of the Aakhirah and Reckoning has made them arrogant and impudent. They even ask why the Archangel visits the Holy Prophet-SW only and does not come and speak to them. They dare speak like that out of sheer arrogance and self conceit. Yet there will be a Day when they shall see the angels face to face; firstly at the time of death and secondly on the Day of Judgment. However, the time to embrace Islam and deliberately choose a path would then have run out. Of course, the appearance of angels would hardly be a source of comfort and rejoicing for these wrongdoers. Rather they would cry out and seek refuge from the Divine Punishment unleashed upon them. Allah-SWT will scatter like dust their life time deeds, which they presumed to be meritorious. These will have no value being not carried out to obey His-SWT Commands, or those of the Holy Prophet-SW. These indeed were concoctions by the infidels and the heretics. A person who denies Aakhirah yet acts piously, does it only for some worldly gain. So he is rewarded for it in this world, leaving nothing for the Aakhirah.

 

On that Day, only those who qualify for Jannah because of their faith and obedience will enjoy the comforts. That Day, the heaven would be rent asunder sending a cloud down and the angels would continuously descend. According to the Commentators, when after the destruction of the heavens and the earth, these will be re-laid for the purpose of reckoning; a cloud like thing would descend carrying Allah-SWT’s Refulgence escorted by the angels. It is then that everyone would confess that the real Sovereignty belongs to Allah-SWT Alone, Who-SWT is the Truth and Most Merciful. It would be an extremely hard Day for the deniers.

 

The Company Of Evil People:


On that Day a non believer, or a transgressor shall bite his fingers in anguish, and regret wistfully if only he had not befriended so and so. If only he had cultivated a link with Allah-SWT’s Prophet-SW, and obeyed him-SW! If only he had never known so and so who alluded him away from the right path after the advent of the true faith, raising of the Holy Prophet-SW and the revelation of the Quran. Indeed, the Satan abases and humiliates mankind and betrays them thoroughly, and befriending evil-doers is indeed a Satanic act.

 

Renouncing The Quran – A Great Crime:


On that Day the Holy Prophet-SW will testify: “O Allah-SWT these were the people who had completely ignored the Quran, and had refused to believe in it. So pay no heed to any of their pleas.” Whereas this is a word of admonition for the non believers and the refuters, it also warns Muslims who do not act accordingly. And those who assert that Quran is no longer applicable have indeed driven themselves out of Islam. This word of warning is also for those who believe in the Quran but practically fail to adhere to its teachings. According to Hadith, the believers who read the Quran but keep it away adorned in a niche, neither ponder over nor practise it, the Quran will complain against them in the Divine Court.

 

It is also a form of Divine Punishment for a sinner who gradually exceeds all limits so as to become an enemy of a Prophet-AS. This happened through times and such transgressors did exist. So the Holy Prophet-SW need not worry, for His Rabb-SWT provides guidance only to the seeker and is Powerful enough to help him-SW against the deniers.

 

 

The Gradual Descent Of Lights:


The infidels also question why was the Quran not revealed in one go? They, of course, have no knowledge of the wisdom embedded in its gradual revelation. For instance, Allah-SWT gradually energized the sacred Qalb of the Holy Prophet-SW with His Refulgence attending the words of the Quran. Had it descended all at once it could not have been tolerated. Same is the case with the seekers of the sublime Sufi Path. If a seeker is pulled up to the higher stations in one go, he might well become a Majzoob (out of senses). However, if he is gradually uplifted, it enhances his tolerance level. The second aspect of the wisdom behind the progressive revelation of the Quran was to render its recitation and memorizing easy. As every Aayat was revealed with reference to a specific event, it also served as a context to correctly determine the meanings thereof.

 

Karamah:


These cavilling infidels ask the Holy Prophet-SW questions after due deliberation and mutual consultations. Allah-SWT always guides him-SW to the most beautiful and logical answers. They can, therefore, never outwit him-SW. And this special favour is also bestowed upon some Aulia’ of high calibre, because of the Barakah of the Holy Prophet-SW whereby they enjoy extensive knowledge from Allah-SWT .

 

Actions And Punishment:


These infidels raising crafty objections will realise only when due to their perverted conduct, they will be dragged, prone on their faces, into Hell; indeed a very morbid place. They, being very distant from the right path, will be condemned correspondingly to the distant corners of the Hell upside down.

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