۞ يَوۡمَ
تَأۡتِي
كُلُّ
نَفۡسٖ
تُجَٰدِلُ
عَن
نَّفۡسِهَا
وَتُوَفَّىٰ
كُلُّ
نَفۡسٖ
مَّا
عَمِلَتۡ
وَهُمۡ
لَا
يُظۡلَمُونَ
١١١

˹Consider˺ the Day ˹when˺ every soul will come pleading for itself, and each will be paid in full for what it did, and none will be wronged.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:112

وَضَرَبَ

ٱللَّهُ

مَثَلٗا

قَرۡيَةٗ

كَانَتۡ

ءَامِنَةٗ

مُّطۡمَئِنَّةٗ

يَأۡتِيهَا

رِزۡقُهَا

رَغَدٗا

مِّن

كُلِّ

مَكَانٖ

فَكَفَرَتۡ

بِأَنۡعُمِ

ٱللَّهِ

فَأَذَٰقَهَا

ٱللَّهُ

لِبَاسَ

ٱلۡجُوعِ

وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ

بِمَا

كَانُواْ

يَصۡنَعُونَ

١١٢

And Allah sets forth the example of a society which was safe and at ease, receiving its provision in abundance from all directions. But its people met Allah’s favours with ingratitude, so Allah made them taste the clutches of hunger and fear for their misdeeds.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:113

وَلَقَدۡ

جَآءَهُمۡ

رَسُولٞ

مِّنۡهُمۡ

فَكَذَّبُوهُ

فَأَخَذَهُمُ

ٱلۡعَذَابُ

وَهُمۡ

ظَٰلِمُونَ

١١٣

A messenger of their own actually did come to them, but they denied him. So the torment overtook them while they persisted in wrongdoing.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:114

فَكُلُواْ

مِمَّا

رَزَقَكُمُ

ٱللَّهُ

حَلَٰلٗا

طَيِّبٗا

وَٱشۡكُرُواْ

نِعۡمَتَ

ٱللَّهِ

إِن

كُنتُمۡ

إِيَّاهُ

تَعۡبُدُونَ

١١٤

So eat from the good, lawful things which Allah has provided for you, and be grateful for Allah’s favours, if you ˹truly˺ worship Him ˹alone˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:115

إِنَّمَا

حَرَّمَ

عَلَيۡكُمُ

ٱلۡمَيۡتَةَ

وَٱلدَّمَ

وَلَحۡمَ

ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ

وَمَآ

أُهِلَّ

لِغَيۡرِ

ٱللَّهِ

بِهِۦۖ

فَمَنِ

ٱضۡطُرَّ

غَيۡرَ

بَاغٖ

وَلَا

عَادٖ

فَإِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

غَفُورٞ

رَّحِيمٞ

١١٥

He has only forbidden you ˹to eat˺ carrion, blood, swine,¹ and what is slaughtered in the name of any other than Allah. But if someone is compelled by necessity—neither driven by desire nor exceeding immediate need—then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:116

وَلَا

تَقُولُواْ

لِمَا

تَصِفُ

أَلۡسِنَتُكُمُ

ٱلۡكَذِبَ

هَٰذَا

حَلَٰلٞ

وَهَٰذَا

حَرَامٞ

لِّتَفۡتَرُواْ

عَلَى

ٱللَّهِ

ٱلۡكَذِبَۚ

إِنَّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

يَفۡتَرُونَ

عَلَى

ٱللَّهِ

ٱلۡكَذِبَ

لَا

يُفۡلِحُونَ

١١٦

Do not falsely declare with your tongues, “This is lawful, and that is unlawful,” ˹only˺ fabricating lies against Allah. Indeed, those who fabricate lies against Allah will never succeed.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:117

مَتَٰعٞ

قَلِيلٞ

وَلَهُمۡ

عَذَابٌ

أَلِيمٞ

١١٧

˹It is only˺ a brief enjoyment, then they will suffer a painful punishment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:118

وَعَلَى

ٱلَّذِينَ

هَادُواْ

حَرَّمۡنَا

مَا

قَصَصۡنَا

عَلَيۡكَ

مِن

قَبۡلُۖ

وَمَا

ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ

وَلَٰكِن

كَانُوٓاْ

أَنفُسَهُمۡ

يَظۡلِمُونَ

١١٨

To the Jews, We have forbidden what We related to you before.¹ We did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:119

ثُمَّ

إِنَّ

رَبَّكَ

لِلَّذِينَ

عَمِلُواْ

ٱلسُّوٓءَ

بِجَهَٰلَةٖ

ثُمَّ

تَابُواْ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

ذَٰلِكَ

وَأَصۡلَحُوٓاْ

إِنَّ

رَبَّكَ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِهَا

لَغَفُورٞ

رَّحِيمٌ

١١٩

As for those who commit evil ignorantly ˹or recklessly˺, then repent afterwards and mend their ways, then your Lord is surely All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

16:120