The Criterion

Surah
Al-Furqan

تَبَارَكَ
ٱلَّذِي
نَزَّلَ
ٱلۡفُرۡقَانَ
عَلَىٰ
عَبۡدِهِۦ
لِيَكُونَ
لِلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
نَذِيرًا
١

Blessed is the One Who sent down the Decisive Authority¹ to His servant,² so that he may be a warner to the whole world.³

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

25:2

ٱلَّذِي

لَهُۥ

مُلۡكُ

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَلَمۡ

يَتَّخِذۡ

وَلَدٗا

وَلَمۡ

يَكُن

لَّهُۥ

شَرِيكٞ

فِي

ٱلۡمُلۡكِ

وَخَلَقَ

كُلَّ

شَيۡءٖ

فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

تَقۡدِيرٗا

˹Allah is˺ the One to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, Who has never had ˹any˺ offspring, nor does He have a partner in ˹governing˺ the kingdom. He has created everything, ordaining it precisely.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

25:3

وَٱتَّخَذُواْ

مِن

دُونِهِۦٓ

ءَالِهَةٗ

لَّا

يَخۡلُقُونَ

شَيۡـٔٗا

وَهُمۡ

يُخۡلَقُونَ

وَلَا

يَمۡلِكُونَ

لِأَنفُسِهِمۡ

ضَرّٗا

وَلَا

نَفۡعٗا

وَلَا

يَمۡلِكُونَ

مَوۡتٗا

وَلَا

حَيَوٰةٗ

وَلَا

نُشُورٗا

Yet they have taken besides Him gods who cannot create anything but are themselves created. Nor can they protect or benefit themselves. Nor can they control life, death, or resurrection.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

25:4

وَقَالَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

كَفَرُوٓاْ

إِنۡ

هَٰذَآ

إِلَّآ

إِفۡكٌ

ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ

وَأَعَانَهُۥ

عَلَيۡهِ

قَوۡمٌ

ءَاخَرُونَۖ

فَقَدۡ

جَآءُو

ظُلۡمٗا

وَزُورٗا

The disbelievers say, “This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but a fabrication which he¹ made up with the help of others.” Their claim is totally unjustified and untrue!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

25:5

وَقَالُوٓاْ

أَسَٰطِيرُ

ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

ٱكۡتَتَبَهَا

فَهِيَ

تُمۡلَىٰ

عَلَيۡهِ

بُكۡرَةٗ

وَأَصِيلٗا

And they say, “˹These revelations are only˺ ancient fables which he has had written down, and they are rehearsed to him morning and evening.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

25:6

قُلۡ

أَنزَلَهُ

ٱلَّذِي

يَعۡلَمُ

ٱلسِّرَّ

فِي

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ

إِنَّهُۥ

كَانَ

غَفُورٗا

رَّحِيمٗا

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “This ˹Quran˺ has been revealed by the One Who knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth. Surely He is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

25:7

وَقَالُواْ

مَالِ

هَٰذَا

ٱلرَّسُولِ

يَأۡكُلُ

ٱلطَّعَامَ

وَيَمۡشِي

فِي

ٱلۡأَسۡوَاقِ

لَوۡلَآ

أُنزِلَ

إِلَيۡهِ

مَلَكٞ

فَيَكُونَ

مَعَهُۥ

نَذِيرًا

And they say ˹mockingly˺, “What kind of messenger is this who eats food and goes about in market-places ˹for a living˺? If only an angel had been sent down with him to be his co-warner,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

25:8

أَوۡ

يُلۡقَىٰٓ

إِلَيۡهِ

كَنزٌ

أَوۡ

تَكُونُ

لَهُۥ

جَنَّةٞ

يَأۡكُلُ

مِنۡهَاۚ

وَقَالَ

ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

إِن

تَتَّبِعُونَ

إِلَّا

رَجُلٗا

مَّسۡحُورًا

or a treasure had been cast down to him, or he had had a garden from which he may eat!” And the wrongdoers say ˹to the believers˺, “You are only following a bewitched man.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

25:9