Say, “My Lord has only forbidden open and secret indecencies, sinfulness, unjust aggression, associating ˹others˺ with Allah ˹in worship˺—a practice He has never authorized—and attributing to Allah what you do not know.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Say, "My Lord has only forbidden immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed - and sin,1 and oppression without right, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has not sent down authority, and that you say about Allah that which you do not know."
— Saheeh International
For each community there is an appointed term. When their time arrives, they can neither delay it for a moment, nor could they advance it.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And for every nation is a [specified] term. So when their time has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it].
— Saheeh International
O children of Adam! When messengers from among yourselves come to you reciting My revelations—whoever shuns evil and mends their ways, there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you relating to you My verses [i.e., scriptures and laws], then whoever fears Allah and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
— Saheeh International
But those who receive Our revelations with denial and arrogance will be the residents of the Fire. They will be there forever.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
— Saheeh International
Who does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah or deny His revelations? They will receive what is destined for them,1 until Our messenger-angels arrive to take their souls, asking them, “Where are those ˹false gods˺ you used to invoke besides Allah?” They will cry, “They have failed us,” and they will confess against themselves that they were indeed disbelievers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree1 until, when Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to them to take them in death, they will say, "Where are those you used to invoke besides Allah?" They will say, "They have departed from us," and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.
— Saheeh International
Allah will say, “Enter the Fire along with the ˹evil˺ groups of jinn and humans that preceded you.” Whenever a group enters Hell, it will curse the preceding one until they are all gathered inside, the followers will say about their leaders, “Our Lord! They have misled us, so multiply their torment in the Fire.” He will answer, “It has already been multiplied for all, but you do not know.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
[Allah] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister1 until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them2 will say about the first of them,3 "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire." He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."
— Saheeh International
Then the leaders will say to their followers, “You were no better than us! So taste the torment for what you used to commit.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."
— Saheeh International
Surely those who receive our revelations with denial and arrogance, the gates of heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel passes through the eye of a needle. This is how We reward the wicked.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle [i.e., never]. And thus do We recompense the criminals.
— Saheeh International
Hell will be their bed; flames will be their cover. This is how We reward the wrongdoers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.
— Saheeh International
As for those who believe and do good—We never require of any soul more than what it can afford—it is they who will be the residents of Paradise. They will be there forever.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But those who believed and did righteous deeds - We charge no soul except [within] its capacity. Those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.
— Saheeh International
We will remove whatever bitterness they had in their hearts.1 Rivers will flow under their feet. And they will say, “Praise be to Allah for guiding us to this. We would have never been guided if Allah had not guided us. The messengers of our Lord had certainly come with the truth.” It will be announced to them, “This is Paradise awarded to you for what you used to do.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment,1 [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."
— Saheeh International