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Surah Muhammad (Arabic: سورة Muhammad, "Muhammad") is the 47 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 38 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Medinan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Medinan Period (622–632 CE) of the prophecy.
Introduction
Surah Muhammad ("Muhammad") is chapter 47 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 38 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.
Text and Translation
Verse 47:1
اَلَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا وَصَدُّوۡا عَنۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِ اَضَلَّ اَعۡمَالَهُمۡ
alladhīna kafarū waṣaddū ʿan sabīli l-lahi aḍalla aʿmālahum
Those who disbelieve and avert [people] from the way of Allah - He will waste their deeds
Verse 47:2
وَالَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَاٰمَنُوۡا بِمَا نُزِّلَ عَلٰي مُحَمَّدٍ وَّهُوَ الۡحَقُّ مِنۡ رَّبِّهِمۡۙ كَفَّرَ عَنۡهُمۡ سَيِّاٰتِهِمۡ وَاَصۡلَحَ بَالَهُمۡ
wa-alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti waāmanū bimā nuzzila ʿalā muḥammadin wahuwa l-ḥaqu min rabbihim kaffara ʿanhum sayyiātihim wa-aṣlaḥa bālahum
And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what has been sent down upon Muhammad - and it is the truth from their Lord - He will remove from them their misdeeds and amend their condition
Verse 47:3
ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوا اتَّبَعُوا الۡبَاطِلَ وَاَنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوا اتَّبَعُوا الۡحَقَّ مِنۡ رَّبِّهِمۡؕ كَذٰلِكَ يَضۡرِبُ اللّٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ اَمۡثَالَهُمۡ
dhālika bi-anna alladhīna kafarū ittabaʿū l-bāṭila wa-anna alladhīna āmanū ittabaʿū l-ḥaqa min rabbihim kadhālika yaḍribu l-lahu lilnnāsi amthālahum
That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah present to the people their comparisons
Verse 47:4
فَاِذَا لَقِيۡتُمُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا فَضَرۡبَ الرِّقَابِؕ حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا٘ اَثۡخَنۡتُمُوۡهُمۡ فَشُدُّوا الۡوَثَاقَۙ فَاِمَّا مَنًّاۭ بَعۡدُ وَاِمَّا فِدَآءً حَتّٰي تَضَعَ الۡحَرۡبُ اَوۡزَارَهَا ۚࣞۛ ذٰلِكَؕۛ وَلَوۡ يَشَآءُ اللّٰهُ لَانۡتَصَرَ مِنۡهُمۡۙ وَلٰكِنۡ لِّيَبۡلُوَا۠ بَعۡضَكُمۡ بِبَعۡضٍؕ وَالَّذِيۡنَ قُتِلُوۡا فِيۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِ فَلَنۡ يُّضِلَّ اَعۡمَالَهُمۡ
fa-idhā laqītumu alladhīna kafarū faḍarba l-riqābi ḥattā idhā athkhantumūhum fashuddū l-wathāqa fa-immā mannan baʿdu wa-immā fidāan ḥattā taḍaʿa l-ḥarbu awzārahā dhālika walaw yashāu l-lahu la-intaṣara min'hum walākin liyabluwā baʿḍakum bibaʿḍin wa-alladhīna qutilū fī sabīli l-lahi falan yuḍilla aʿmālahum
So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure their bonds, and either [confer] favor afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens. That [is the command]. And if Allah had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allah - never will He waste their deeds
Verse 47:5
سَيَهۡدِيۡهِمۡ وَيُصۡلِحُ بَالَهُمۡۚ
sayahdīhim wayuṣ'liḥu bālahum
He will guide them and amend their condition
Verse 47:6
وَيُدۡخِلُهُمُ الۡجَنَّةَ عَرَّفَهَا لَهُمۡ
wayud'khiluhumu l-janata ʿarrafahā lahum
And admit them to Paradise, which He has made known to them
Verse 47:7
يٰ٘اَيُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡ٘ا اِنۡ تَنۡصُرُوا اللّٰهَ يَنۡصُرۡكُمۡ وَيُثَبِّتۡ اَقۡدَامَكُمۡ
yāayyuhā alladhīna āmanū in tanṣurū l-laha yanṣur'kum wayuthabbit aqdāmakum
O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly your feet
Verse 47:8
وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا فَتَعۡسًا لَّهُمۡ وَاَضَلَّ اَعۡمَالَهُمۡ
wa-alladhīna kafarū fataʿsan lahum wa-aḍalla aʿmālahum
But those who disbelieve - for them is misery, and He will waste their deeds
Verse 47:9
ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمۡ كَرِهُوۡا مَا٘ اَنۡزَلَ اللّٰهُ فَاَحۡبَطَ اَعۡمَالَهُمۡ
dhālika bi-annahum karihū mā anzala l-lahu fa-aḥbaṭa aʿmālahum
That is because they disliked what Allah revealed, so He rendered worthless their deeds
Verse 47:10
اَفَلَمۡ يَسِيۡرُوۡا فِي الۡاَرۡضِ فَيَنۡظُرُوۡا كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِيۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِهِمۡؕ دَمَّرَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡؗ وَلِلۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ اَمۡثَالُهَا
afalam yasīrū fī l-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu alladhīna min qablihim dammara l-lahu ʿalayhim walil'kāfirīna amthāluhā
Have they not traveled through the land and seen how was the end of those before them? Allah destroyed [everything] over them, and for the disbelievers is something comparable
Verse 47:11
ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ مَوۡلَي الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَاَنَّ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ لَا مَوۡلٰي لَهُمۡࣖ
That is because Allah is the protector of those who have believed and because the disbelievers have no protector
Verse 47:12
اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُدۡخِلُ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ جَنّٰتٍ تَجۡرِيۡ مِنۡ تَحۡتِهَا الۡاَنۡهٰرُؕ وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا يَتَمَتَّعُوۡنَ وَيَاۡكُلُوۡنَ كَمَا تَاۡكُلُ الۡاَنۡعَامُ وَالنَّارُ مَثۡوًي لَّهُمۡ
Indeed, Allah will admit those who have believed and done righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow, but those who disbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as grazing livestock eat, and the Fire will be a residence for them
Verse 47:13
وَكَاَيِّنۡ مِّنۡ قَرۡيَةٍ هِيَ اَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّنۡ قَرۡيَتِكَ الَّتِيۡ٘ اَخۡرَجَتۡكَۚ اَهۡلَكۡنٰهُمۡ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمۡ
And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them
Verse 47:14
اَفَمَنۡ كَانَ عَلٰي بَيِّنَةٍ مِّنۡ رَّبِّهٖ كَمَنۡ زُيِّنَ لَهٗ سُوۡٓءُ عَمَلِهٖ وَاتَّبَعُوۡ٘ا اَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ
So is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires
Verse 47:15
مَثَلُ الۡجَنَّةِ الَّتِيۡ وُعِدَ الۡمُتَّقُوۡنَؕ فِيۡهَا٘ اَنۡهٰرٌ مِّنۡ مَّآءٍ غَيۡرِ اٰسِنٍۚ وَاَنۡهٰرٌ مِّنۡ لَّبَنٍ لَّمۡ يَتَغَيَّرۡ طَعۡمُهٗۚ وَاَنۡهٰرٌ مِّنۡ خَمۡرٍ لَّذَّةٍ لِّلشّٰرِبِيۡنَ ۚ وَاَنۡهٰرٌ مِّنۡ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّيؕ وَلَهُمۡ فِيۡهَا مِنۡ كُلِّ الثَّمَرٰتِ وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّهِمۡؕ كَمَنۡ هُوَ خَالِدٌ فِي النَّارِ وَسُقُوۡا مَآءً حَمِيۡمًا فَقَطَّعَ اَمۡعَآءَهُمۡ
Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey, in which they will have from all [kinds of] fruits and forgiveness from their Lord, like [that of] those who abide eternally in the Fire and are given to drink scalding water that will sever their intestines
Verse 47:16
وَمِنۡهُمۡ مَّنۡ يَّسۡتَمِعُ اِلَيۡكَۚ حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا خَرَجُوۡا مِنۡ عِنۡدِكَ قَالُوۡا لِلَّذِيۡنَ اُوۡتُوا الۡعِلۡمَ مَاذَا قَالَ اٰنِفًاࣞ اُولٰٓئِكَ الَّذِيۡنَ طَبَعَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰي قُلُوۡبِهِمۡ وَاتَّبَعُوۡ٘ا اَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ
And among them, [O Muhammad], are those who listen to you, until when they depart from you, they say to those who were given knowledge, "What has he said just now?" Those are the ones of whom Allah has sealed over their hearts and who have followed their [own] desires
Verse 47:17
وَالَّذِيۡنَ اهۡتَدَوۡا زَادَهُمۡ هُدًي وَّاٰتٰىهُمۡ تَقۡوٰىهُمۡ
And those who are guided - He increases them in guidance and gives them their righteousness
Verse 47:18
فَهَلۡ يَنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ اَنۡ تَاۡتِيَهُمۡ بَغۡتَةًۚ فَقَدۡ جَآءَ اَشۡرَاطُهَاۚ فَاَنّٰي لَهُمۡ اِذَا جَآءَتۡهُمۡ ذِكۡرٰىهُمۡ
Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then what good to them, when it has come, will be their remembrance
Verse 47:19
فَاعۡلَمۡ اَنَّهٗ لَا٘ اِلٰهَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَاسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لِذَنۭۡ بِكَ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ وَالۡمُؤۡمِنٰتِؕ وَاللّٰهُ يَعۡلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمۡ وَمَثۡوٰىكُمۡࣖ
So know, [O Muhammad], that there is no deity except Allah and ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women. And Allah knows of your movement and your resting place
Verse 47:20
وَيَقُوۡلُ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَوۡلَا نُزِّلَتۡ سُوۡرَةٌۚ فَاِذَا٘ اُنۡزِلَتۡ سُوۡرَةٌ مُّحۡكَمَةٌ وَّذُكِرَ فِيۡهَا الۡقِتَالُۙ رَاَيۡتَ الَّذِيۡنَ فِيۡ قُلُوۡبِهِمۡ مَّرَضٌ يَّنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَيۡكَ نَظَرَ الۡمَغۡشِيِّ عَلَيۡهِ مِنَ الۡمَوۡتِؕ فَاَوۡلٰي لَهُمۡۚ
Those who believe say, "Why has a surah not been sent down? But when a precise surah is revealed and fighting is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is hypocrisy looking at you with a look of one overcome by death. And more appropriate for them [would have been]
Verse 47:21
طَاعَةٌ وَّقَوۡلٌ مَّعۡرُوۡفٌࣞ فَاِذَا عَزَمَ الۡاَمۡرُࣞ فَلَوۡ صَدَقُوا اللّٰهَ لَكَانَ خَيۡرًا لَّهُمۡۚ
Obedience and good words. And when the matter [of fighting] was determined, if they had been true to Allah, it would have been better for them
Verse 47:22
فَهَلۡ عَسَيۡتُمۡ اِنۡ تَوَلَّيۡتُمۡ اَنۡ تُفۡسِدُوۡا فِي الۡاَرۡضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوۡ٘ا اَرۡحَامَكُمۡ
So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship
Verse 47:23
اُولٰٓئِكَ الَّذِيۡنَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُ فَاَصَمَّهُمۡ وَاَعۡمٰ٘ي اَبۡصَارَهُمۡ
Those [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision
Verse 47:24
اَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُوۡنَ الۡقُرۡاٰنَ اَمۡ عَلٰي قُلُوۡبٍ اَقۡفَالُهَا
Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts
Verse 47:25
اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ ارۡتَدُّوۡا عَلٰ٘ي اَدۡبَارِهِمۡ مِّنۭۡ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الۡهُدَيۙ الشَّيۡطٰنُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمۡؕ وَاَمۡلٰي لَهُمۡ
Indeed, those who reverted back [to disbelief] after guidance had become clear to them - Satan enticed them and prolonged hope for them
Verse 47:26
ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمۡ قَالُوۡا لِلَّذِيۡنَ كَرِهُوۡا مَا نَزَّلَ اللّٰهُ سَنُطِيۡعُكُمۡ فِيۡ بَعۡضِ الۡاَمۡرِۚ وَاللّٰهُ يَعۡلَمُ اِسۡرَارَهُمۡ
That is because they said to those who disliked what Allah sent down, "We will obey you in part of the matter." And Allah knows what they conceal
Verse 47:27
فَكَيۡفَ اِذَا تَوَفَّتۡهُمُ الۡمَلٰٓئِكَةُ يَضۡرِبُوۡنَ وُجُوۡهَهُمۡ وَاَدۡبَارَهُمۡ
Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs
Verse 47:28
ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ اتَّبَعُوۡا مَا٘ اَسۡخَطَ اللّٰهَ وَكَرِهُوۡا رِضۡوَانَهٗ فَاَحۡبَطَ اَعۡمَالَهُمۡࣖ
That is because they followed what angered Allah and disliked [what earns] His pleasure, so He rendered worthless their deeds
Verse 47:29
اَمۡ حَسِبَ الَّذِيۡنَ فِيۡ قُلُوۡبِهِمۡ مَّرَضٌ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يُّخۡرِجَ اللّٰهُ اَضۡغَانَهُمۡ
Or do those in whose hearts is disease think that Allah would never expose their [feelings of] hatred
Verse 47:30
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَاَرَيۡنٰكَهُمۡ فَلَعَرَفۡتَهُمۡ بِسِيۡمٰهُمۡؕ وَلَتَعۡرِفَنَّهُمۡ فِيۡ لَحۡنِ الۡقَوۡلِؕ وَاللّٰهُ يَعۡلَمُ اَعۡمَالَكُمۡ
And if We willed, We could show them to you, and you would know them by their mark; but you will surely know them by the tone of [their] speech. And Allah knows your deeds
Verse 47:31
وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُمۡ حَتّٰي نَعۡلَمَ الۡمُجٰهِدِيۡنَ مِنۡكُمۡ وَالصّٰبِرِيۡنَۙ وَنَبۡلُوَا۠ اَخۡبَارَكُمۡ
And We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you [for the cause of Allah] and the patient, and We will test your affairs
Verse 47:32
اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا وَصَدُّوۡا عَنۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِ وَشَآقُّوا الرَّسُوۡلَ مِنۭۡ بَعۡدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الۡهُدٰيۙ لَنۡ يَّضُرُّوا اللّٰهَ شَيۡـًٔاؕ وَسَيُحۡبِطُ اَعۡمَالَهُمۡ
Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allah and opposed the Messenger after guidance had become clear to them - never will they harm Allah at all, and He will render worthless their deeds
Verse 47:33
يٰ٘اَيُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡ٘ا اَطِيۡعُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطِيۡعُوا الرَّسُوۡلَ وَلَا تُبۡطِلُوۡ٘ا اَعۡمَالَكُمۡ
O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and do not invalidate your deeds
Verse 47:34
اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا وَصَدُّوۡا عَنۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِ ثُمَّ مَاتُوۡا وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٌ فَلَنۡ يَّغۡفِرَ اللّٰهُ لَهُمۡ
Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allah and then died while they were disbelievers - never will Allah forgive them
Verse 47:35
فَلَا تَهِنُوۡا وَتَدۡعُوۡ٘ا اِلَي السَّلۡمِࣗۖ وَاَنۡتُمُ الۡاَعۡلَوۡنَࣗۖ وَاللّٰهُ مَعَكُمۡ وَلَنۡ يَّتِرَكُمۡ اَعۡمَالَكُمۡ
So do not weaken and call for peace while you are superior; and Allah is with you and will never deprive you of [the reward of] your deeds
Verse 47:36
اِنَّمَا الۡحَيٰوةُ الدُّنۡيَا لَعِبٌ وَّلَهۡوٌؕ وَاِنۡ تُؤۡمِنُوۡا وَتَتَّقُوۡا يُؤۡتِكُمۡ اُجُوۡرَكُمۡ وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلۡكُمۡ اَمۡوَالَكُمۡ
[This] worldly life is only amusement and diversion. And if you believe and fear Allah, He will give you your rewards and not ask you for your properties
Verse 47:37
اِنۡ يَّسۡـَٔلۡكُمُوۡهَا فَيُحۡفِكُمۡ تَبۡخَلُوۡا وَيُخۡرِجۡ اَضۡغَانَكُمۡ
If He should ask you for them and press you, you would withhold, and He would expose your unwillingness
Verse 47:38
هٰ٘اَنۡتُمۡ هٰ٘ؤُلَآءِ تُدۡعَوۡنَ لِتُنۡفِقُوۡا فِيۡ سَبِيۡلِ اللّٰهِۚ فَمِنۡكُمۡ مَّنۡ يَّبۡخَلُۚ وَمَنۡ يَّبۡخَلۡ فَاِنَّمَا يَبۡخَلُ عَنۡ نَّفۡسِهٖؕ وَاللّٰهُ الۡغَنِيُّ وَاَنۡتُمُ الۡفُقَرَآءُۚ وَاِنۡ تَتَوَلَّوۡا يَسۡتَبۡدِلۡ قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡۙ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُوۡنُوۡ٘ا اَمۡثَالَكُمۡࣖ
Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allah - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allah is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away, He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you