Surah Al-'Ankabut Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

29:41

مَثَلُ الَّذِیْنَ اتَّخَذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَوْلِیَآءَ كَمَثَلِ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِۖۚ-اِتَّخَذَتْ بَیْتًاؕ-وَ اِنَّ اَوْهَنَ الْبُیُوْتِ لَبَیْتُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِۘ-لَوْ كَانُوْا یَعْلَمُوْنَ(۴۱)

The semblance of those who take protectors besides God is that of the spider. She arranges a house for herself, but the flimsiest of houses is the spider´s. If only they had sense!

The likeness of those who have taken to them protectors, apart from God, is as the likeness of the spider that takes to itself a house; and surely the frailest of houses is the house of the spider, did they but know.

29:42

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یَعْلَمُ مَا یَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ شَیْءٍؕ-وَ هُوَ الْعَزِیْزُ الْحَكِیْمُ(۴۲)

Verily God knows what they invoke in His place, for He is all-mighty and all-wise.

God knows whatever thing they call upon apart from Him; He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.

29:43

وَ تِلْكَ الْاَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِۚ-وَ مَا یَعْقِلُهَاۤ اِلَّا الْعٰلِمُوْنَ(۴۳)

These are precepts of wisdom We offer to men, but only those who are rational understand.

And those similitudes -- We strike them for the people, but none understands them save those who know.

29:44

خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّؕ-اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰیَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ۠(۴۴)

God has created the heavens and the earth with reason. Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.

God created the heavens and the earth with the truth; surely in that is a sign to the believers.

29:45

اُتْلُ مَاۤ اُوْحِیَ اِلَیْكَ مِنَ الْكِتٰبِ وَ اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَؕ-اِنَّ الصَّلٰوةَ تَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَآءِ وَ الْمُنْكَرِؕ-وَ لَذِكْرُ اللّٰهِ اَكْبَرُؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ یَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُوْنَ(۴۵)

Recite what has been revealed to you of this Book, and be constant in devotion. Surely prayer keeps you away from the obscene and detestable, but the remembrance of God is greater far; and God knows what you do.

Recite what has been revealed to thee of the Book, and perform the prayer; prayer forbids indecency and dishonour. God's remembrance is greater; and God knows the things you work.

29:46

وَ لَا تُجَادِلُوْۤا اَهْلَ الْكِتٰبِ اِلَّا بِالَّتِیْ هِیَ اَحْسَنُ ﳓ اِلَّا الَّذِیْنَ ظَلَمُوْا مِنْهُمْ وَ قُوْلُوْۤا اٰمَنَّا بِالَّذِیْۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَیْنَا وَ اُنْزِلَ اِلَیْكُمْ وَ اِلٰهُنَا وَ اِلٰهُكُمْ وَاحِدٌ وَّ نَحْنُ لَهٗ مُسْلِمُوْنَ(۴۶)

Do not argue with the people of the Book unless in a fair way, apart from those who act wrongly, and say to them: "We believe what has been sent down to us, and we believe what has been sent down to you. Our God and your God is one, and to Him we submit."

Dispute not with the People of the Book save in the fairer manner, except for those of them that do wrong; and say, 'We believe in what has been sent down to us, and what has been sent down to you; our God and your God is One, and to Him we have surrendered.'

29:47

وَ كَذٰلِكَ اَنْزَلْنَاۤ اِلَیْكَ الْكِتٰبَؕ-فَالَّذِیْنَ اٰتَیْنٰهُمُ الْكِتٰبَ یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهٖۚ-وَ مِنْ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ مَنْ یُّؤْمِنُ بِهٖؕ-وَ مَا یَجْحَدُ بِاٰیٰتِنَاۤ اِلَّا الْكٰفِرُوْنَ(۴۷)

That is how We have revealed this Book to you and those to whom We have sent down the Book will believe in it. Only those who are infidels will deny it.

Even so We have sent down to thee the Book. Those to whom We have given the Book believe in it; and some of these believe in it; and none denies Our signs but the unbelievers.

29:48

وَ مَا كُنْتَ تَتْلُوْا مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ مِنْ كِتٰبٍ وَّ لَا تَخُطُّهٗ بِیَمِیْنِكَ اِذًا لَّارْتَابَ الْمُبْطِلُوْنَ(۴۸)

You did not read any Scripture before this, nor wrote one with your right hand, or else these dissemblers would have found a cause to doubt it.

Not before this didst thou recite any Book, or inscribe it with thy right hand, for then those who follow falsehood would have doubted.

29:49

بَلْ هُوَ اٰیٰتٌۢ بَیِّنٰتٌ فِیْ صُدُوْرِ الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَؕ-وَ مَا یَجْحَدُ بِاٰیٰتِنَاۤ اِلَّا الظّٰلِمُوْنَ(۴۹)

In fact, in the minds of those who have intelligence these are clear signs. No one denies Our revelations except those who are unjust.

Nay; rather it is signs, clear signs in the breasts of those who have been given knowledge; and none denies Our signs but the evildoers.

29:50

وَ قَالُوْا لَوْ لَاۤ اُنْزِلَ عَلَیْهِ اٰیٰتٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖؕ-قُلْ اِنَّمَا الْاٰیٰتُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِؕ-وَ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا نَذِیْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌ(۵۰)

For they say: "How Is it no signs were sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "The signs are with God. I am only a warner, plain and simple."

They say, 'Why have signs not been gent down upon him from his Lord?' Say: 'The signs are only with God, and I am only a plain warner.

29:51

اَوَ لَمْ یَكْفِهِمْ اَنَّاۤ اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَیْكَ الْكِتٰبَ یُتْلٰى عَلَیْهِمْؕ-اِنَّ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ لَرَحْمَةً وَّ ذِكْرٰى لِقَوْمٍ یُّؤْمِنُوْنَ۠(۵۱)

Is it not sufficient for them that We have revealed the Book to you which is read out to them? It is indeed a grace and reminder for people who believe.

What, is it not sufficient for them that We have sent down upon thee the Book that is recited to them? Surely in that is a mercy, and a reminder to a people who believe.

29:52

قُلْ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ بَیْنِیْ وَ بَیْنَكُمْ شَهِیْدًاۚ-یَعْلَمُ مَا فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِؕ-وَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِالْبَاطِلِ وَ كَفَرُوْا بِاللّٰهِۙ-اُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْخٰسِرُوْنَ(۵۲)

Say: "God is sufficient as witness between me and you." He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. It is those who believe in falsehood and disbelieve in God who will perish.

Say: 'God suffices as a witness between me and you.' He knows whatsoever is in the heavens and earth. Those who believe in vanity and disbelieve in God -- those, they are the losers.

29:53

وَ یَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَكَ بِالْعَذَابِؕ-وَ لَوْ لَاۤ اَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ الْعَذَابُؕ-وَ لَیَاْتِیَنَّهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَّ هُمْ لَا یَشْعُرُوْنَ(۵۳)

They want you to hasten the punishment: But for a time already determined the punishment would have come upon them. It will come upon them all too suddenly, and they will be caught unawares.

And they demand of thee to hasten the chastisement! But for a stated term the chastisement would have come upon them; but it shall come upon them suddenly, when they are not aware.

29:54

یَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَكَ بِالْعَذَابِؕ-وَ اِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ لَمُحِیْطَةٌۢ بِالْكٰفِرِیْنَۙ(۵۴)

They want you to hasten the punishment: Hell will indeed surround the unbelievers.

They demand of thee to hasten the chastisement! Lo, Gehenna encompasses the unbelievers.

29:55

یَوْمَ یَغْشٰىهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَ مِنْ تَحْتِ اَرْجُلِهِمْ وَ یَقُوْلُ ذُوْقُوْا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ(۵۵)

The day the punishment comes upon them from above and underneath their feet, (God will) say: "And now taste of what you had done."

Upon the day the chastisement shall overwhelm them from above them and from under their feet, and He shall say, 'Taste now what you were doing!'

29:56

یٰعِبَادِیَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْۤا اِنَّ اَرْضِیْ وَاسِعَةٌ فَاِیَّایَ فَاعْبُدُوْنِ(۵۶)

O My creatures who believe, surely My earth has plenty of scope and so worship only Me.

O My servants who believe, surely My earth is wide; therefore Me do you serve!

29:57

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآىٕقَةُ الْمَوْتِ- ثُمَّ اِلَیْنَا تُرْجَعُوْنَ(۵۷)

Every soul has to know the taste of death. You will then be sent back to Us.

Every soul shall taste of death; then unto Us you shall be returned.

29:58

وَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا تَجْرِیْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُ خٰلِدِیْنَ فِیْهَاؕ-نِعْمَ اَجْرُ الْعٰمِلِیْنَۗۖ(۵۸)

We shall admit those who believe and do the right to empyreal gardens with rivers rippling by, where they will abide for ever. How excellent the guerdon of those who toil,

And those who believe, and do righteous deeds, We shall surely lodge them in lofty chambers of paradise, underneath which rivers flow, therein dwelling forever; and excellent is the wage of those who labour,

29:59

الَّذِیْنَ صَبَرُوْا وَ عَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ یَتَوَكَّلُوْنَ(۵۹)

Who persevere and place their trust in their Lord.

such men as are patient, and put their trust in their Lord.

29:60

وَ كَاَیِّنْ مِّنْ دَآبَّةٍ لَّا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا ﰮ اَللّٰهُ یَرْزُقُهَا وَ اِیَّاكُمْ ﳲ وَ هُوَ السَّمِیْعُ الْعَلِیْمُ(۶۰)

How many living things there are on the earth that do not Store their food; God provides them as well as you. He is all-hearing and all-knowing.

How many a beast that bears not its own provision, but God provides for it and you! He is the All-hearer, the All-knower.

29:61

وَ لَىٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضَ وَ سَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ لَیَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُۚ-فَاَنّٰى یُؤْفَكُوْنَ(۶۱)

If you ask them: "Who created the heavens and the earth, and who set the sun and the moon to work?" They will answer: "God." Why then do they vacillate?

If thou askest them, 'Who created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon?' they will say, 'God.' How then are they perverted?

29:62

اَللّٰهُ یَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ یَّشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ وَ یَقْدِرُ لَهٗؕ-اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَیْءٍ عَلِیْمٌ(۶۲)

God increases the means of those of His creatures as He please, or limits them for whomsoever He will. He is certainly cognisant of everything.

God outspreads and straitens His provision to whomsoever He will of His servants; God has knowledge of everything.

29:63

وَ لَىٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ نَّزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَاَحْیَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَیَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُؕ-قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِؕ-بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا یَعْقِلُوْنَ۠(۶۳)

If you ask them: "Who sends down rain from the sky and quickens the earth when it is dead?" They will answer: "God." Say: "All praise be to God." But most of them do not understand.

If thou askest them, 'Who sends down out of heaven water, and therewith revives the earth after it is dead?' they will say, 'God.' Say: 'Praise belongs to God.' Nay, but most of them have no understanding.

29:64

وَ مَا هٰذِهِ الْحَیٰوةُ الدُّنْیَاۤ اِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَّ لَعِبٌؕ-وَ اِنَّ الدَّارَ الْاٰخِرَةَ لَهِیَ الْحَیَوَانُۘ-لَوْ كَانُوْا یَعْلَمُوْنَ(۶۴)

The life of this world is only a sport and play. It is surely the home of the Hereafter that will indeed be life extended and new, if only they knew!

This present life is naught but a diversion and a sport; surely the Last Abode is Life, did they but know.

29:65

فَاِذَا رَكِبُوْا فِی الْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصِیْنَ لَهُ الدِّیْنَﳛ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰىهُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ اِذَا هُمْ یُشْرِكُوْنَۙ(۶۵)

When they board a ship they call on God, placing their faith wholly in Him. But when He brings them safely back to shore, they begin to associate others with Him,

When they embark in the ships, they call on God, making their religion sincerely His; but when He has delivered them to the land, they associate others with Him,

29:66

لِیَكْفُرُوْا بِمَاۤ اٰتَیْنٰهُمْ ﳐ وَ لِیَتَمَتَّعُوْاٙ-فَسَوْفَ یَعْلَمُوْنَ(۶۶)

And deny what We had given them, in order to go on enjoying themselves. They will come to know soon.

that they may be ungrateful for what We have given them, and take their enjoyment; they will soon know!

29:67

اَوَ لَمْ یَرَوْا اَنَّا جَعَلْنَا حَرَمًا اٰمِنًا وَّ یُتَخَطَّفُ النَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْؕ-اَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ یُؤْمِنُوْنَ وَ بِنِعْمَةِ اللّٰهِ یَكْفُرُوْنَ(۶۷)

Do they not see that We have given them a safe sanctuary, while all around them men are being despoiled? Do they then believe what is false, and deny the bounty of God?

Have they not seen that We have appointed a sanctuary secure, while all about them the people are snatched away? What, do they believe in vanity, and do they disbelieve in God's blessing?

29:68

وَ مَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِبًا اَوْ كَذَّبَ بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهٗؕ-اَلَیْسَ فِیْ جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْكٰفِرِیْنَ(۶۸)

Who is more unjust than he who fabricates a lie about God, or denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not an abode for unbelievers in Hell?

And who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie, or cries lies to the truth when it comes to him? What, is there not in Gehenna a lodging for the unbelievers?

29:69

وَ الَّذِیْنَ جَاهَدُوْا فِیْنَا لَنَهْدِیَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَاؕ-وَ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ۠(۶۹)

We shall guide those who strive in Our cause to the paths leading straight to Us. Surely God is with those who do good.

But those who struggle in Our cause, surely We shall guide them in Our ways; and God is with the good-doers.