إِذًا لَأَذَقناكَ ضِعفَ الحَياةِ وَضِعفَ المَماتِ ثُمَّ لا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَينا نَصيرًا
In that case, We would’ve made you taste double in life, and double at death, and then you would’ve found no helper with respect to Us.
وَإِن كادوا لَيَستَفِزّونَكَ مِنَ الأَرضِ لِيُخرِجوكَ مِنها ۖ وَإِذًا لا يَلبَثونَ خِلافَكَ إِلّا قَليلًا
They almost provoked you, to expel you from the land. But then they wouldn’t have remained after you, except for a short while.
سُنَّةَ مَن قَد أَرسَلنا قَبلَكَ مِن رُسُلِنا ۖ وَلا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنا تَحويلًا
That is the established way with the messengers We sent before you, and you won’t find any change in Our ways.
أَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ لِدُلوكِ الشَّمسِ إِلىٰ غَسَقِ اللَّيلِ وَقُرآنَ الفَجرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرآنَ الفَجرِ كانَ مَشهودًا
Perform the prayer at the sun’s decline until the darkness of the night, and the Quran at daybreak. The recitation at daybreak is witnessed.
وَمِنَ اللَّيلِ فَتَهَجَّد بِهِ نافِلَةً لَكَ عَسىٰ أَن يَبعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقامًا مَحمودًا
Spend part of the night in vigil, as a supplementary prayer, so that your Lord may elevate you to a commendable station.
وَقُل رَبِّ أَدخِلني مُدخَلَ صِدقٍ وَأَخرِجني مُخرَجَ صِدقٍ وَاجعَل لي مِن لَدُنكَ سُلطانًا نَصيرًا
And pray, “My Lord, let my entry be truthful, and my exit be truthful; and grant me, from You, a supporting authority.”
وَقُل جاءَ الحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الباطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ الباطِلَ كانَ زَهوقًا
And say, “The truth has come, and falsehood has dissipated. Falsehood is bound to dissipate.”
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ القُرآنِ ما هُوَ شِفاءٌ وَرَحمَةٌ لِلمُؤمِنينَ ۙ وَلا يَزيدُ الظّالِمينَ إِلّا خَسارًا
We reveal in the Quran healing and mercy for believers, but it increases the wrongdoers in nothing but loss.
وَإِذا أَنعَمنا عَلَى الإِنسانِ أَعرَضَ وَنَأىٰ بِجانِبِهِ ۖ وَإِذا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كانَ يَئوسًا
When We bestow favor upon a person, he withdraws and turns aside; but when adversity touches him, he is in despair.
قُل كُلٌّ يَعمَلُ عَلىٰ شاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُم أَعلَمُ بِمَن هُوَ أَهدىٰ سَبيلًا
Say, “Each person acts according to his character, and your Lord knows best who is rightly guided.”
وَيَسأَلونَكَ عَنِ الرّوحِ ۖ قُلِ الرّوحُ مِن أَمرِ رَبّي وَما أوتيتُم مِنَ العِلمِ إِلّا قَليلًا
They ask you about the spirit. Respond, “The spirit is by the command of my Lord, and you’ve been given only a little knowledge.”