Surah At-Taghabun English Translation & Transliteration

¹Everything in the heavens and everything on the earth submits to the law Allah has laid down. For absolute sovereignty is His, and all praise belongs to Him alone, for it is He who sets a measure for all things.

²It is He who created you; yet some of you, by refusing to believe, become disbelievers, and some of you, by believing, become believers. Allah sees everything you do.

³Allah created the heavens and the earth for a true purpose, and He shaped you, and gave you the finest of shapes. And in the end the return will be to Him.

⁴He knows all that is in the heavens and on the earth; and so He knows what you conceal and what you disclose. For Allah knows the most intimate secrets hidden in hearts.

⁵Has the news not reached you of what became of the disbelievers who came before? They suffered the punishment for what they did. And a painful punishment awaits them.

⁶That is because their messengers came to them with clear proofs of the truth, and they said: "Is a mere human being to guide us?" and turned away in disbelief. So Allah, by destroying them, showed that He needs no one. For Allah needs no one and is worthy of all praise.

⁷The disbelievers claim that they will not be raised again. Say: —I swear by my Lord, you will certainly be raised again, and then you will be told, one by one, of everything you did. For this is very easy for Allah.

⁸So, whatever you do, believe in Allah, in His Messenger, and in the Quran We have sent down. Do not forget that Allah is fully aware of everything you do.

⁹He will gather you together on the Day of Gathering. That is the day on which it will become clear who has won and who has lost. Whoever believes in Allah and does good and beautiful deeds, Allah will cover over his sins and settle him in gardens beneath which rivers flow, to remain there forever. That is the great salvation.

¹⁰But as for the disbelievers who cover up the truths and cling to lies in the face of Our verses, they are the people of the Fire, and there they will remain. What an evil journey's end Hell is!

¹¹Everything that can befall a person happens only within the framework of the laws and limits Allah has laid down. And whoever believes in Allah and becomes a believer, Allah guides his heart. For Allah knows all things.

¹²So obey Allah, and obey His Messenger, who conveys Allah's messages. But if you turn away, then the only duty that falls to Our Messenger is to set forth Our verses clearly and plainly.

¹³Allah is the One besides whom there is no god. That is why the believers should commit themselves to Allah alone and put their trust in Him alone.

¹⁴O you who believe! Among your spouses and your children there may be some who act as enemies to you. So be wary of their attitudes and behavior. But if you pardon their wrong behavior, overlook it, and forgive, know well that Allah too is matchless in forgiveness and an infinite source of mercy.

¹⁵Do not forget that your wealth and possessions and your children are truly a means of testing you. The truly great reward is with Allah.

¹⁶So do all you can to guard yourselves against defying Allah. Listen intently to His message, the Quran, and do what it requires; and spend of your wealth in His way, for your own good. Know that whoever purifies his self of covetousness and stinginess, it is they who will attain what they hope for.

¹⁷If you lend Allah a goodly loan, He will return it to you many times over and forgive you. For Allah is the One who never leaves the grateful unrewarded and does not hasten to punish.

¹⁸He is the One who knows everything seen and unseen, who is absolutely supreme, and whose every judgment is right.