Ar-Ra'd

For each one there are successive angels before and behind, protecting them by Allah’s command. Indeed, Allah would never change a people’s state ˹of favour˺ until they change their own state ˹of faith˺. And if it is Allah’s Will to torment a people, it can never be averted, nor can they find a protector other than Him.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels]¹ before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah.² Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill,³ there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

— Saheeh International

He is the One Who shows you lightning, inspiring ˹you with˺ hope and fear,¹ and produces heavy clouds.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

It is He who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.

— Saheeh International

The thunder glorifies His praises, as do the angels in awe of Him. He sends thunderbolts, striking with them whoever He wills. Yet they dispute about Allah. And He is tremendous in might.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And the thunder exalts [Allah] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allah; and He is severe in assault.

— Saheeh International

Calling upon Him ˹alone˺ is the truth. But those ˹idols˺ the pagans invoke besides Him ˹can˺ never respond to them in any way. ˹It is˺ just like someone who stretches out their hands to water, ˹asking it˺ to reach their mouths, but it can never do so. The calls of the disbelievers are only in vain.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

To Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus].¹ And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e., futility].

— Saheeh International

To Allah ˹alone˺ bow down ˹in submission˺¹ all those in the heavens and the earth—willingly or unwillingly—as do their shadows, morning and evening.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And to Allah prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well] in the mornings and the afternoons.

— Saheeh International

Ask ˹them, O  Prophet˺, “Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?” Say, “Allah!” Ask ˹them˺, “Why ˹then˺ have you taken besides Him lords who cannot even benefit or protect themselves?” Say, “Can the blind and the sighted be equal? Or can darkness and light be equal?”¹ Or have they associated with Allah partners who ˹supposedly˺ produced a creation like His, leaving them confused between the two creations? Say, “Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Supreme.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allah." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allah partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?"¹ Say, "Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."²

— Saheeh International

He sends down rain from the sky, causing the valleys to flow, each according to its capacity. The currents then carry along rising foam, similar to the slag produced from metal that people melt in the fire for ornaments or tools. This is how Allah compares truth to falsehood. The ˹worthless˺ residue is then cast away, but what benefits people remains on the earth. This is how Allah sets forth parables.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He sends down from the sky, rain, and valleys flow according to their capacity, and the torrent carries a rising foam. And from that [ore] which they heat in the fire, desiring adornments and utensils, is a foam like it. Thus Allah presents [the example of] truth and falsehood. As for the foam, it vanishes, [being] cast off; but as for that which benefits the people, it remains on the earth. Thus does Allah present examples.

— Saheeh International

Those who respond to ˹the call of˺ their Lord will have the finest reward. As for those who do not respond to Him, even if they were to possess everything in the world twice over, they would certainly offer it to ransom themselves. They will face strict judgment, and Hell will be their home. What an evil place to rest!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

— Saheeh International

Can the one who knows that your Lord’s revelation to you ˹O Prophet˺ is the truth be like the one who is blind? None will be mindful ˹of this˺ except people of reason.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then is he who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth like one who is blind? They will only be reminded who are people of understanding -

— Saheeh International

˹They are˺ those who honour Allah’s covenant, never breaking the pledge;

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Those who fulfill the covenant of Allah and do not break the contract,

— Saheeh International

and those who maintain whatever ˹ties˺ Allah has ordered to be maintained, stand in awe of their Lord, and fear strict judgment.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And those who join that which Allah has ordered to be joined¹ and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account,

— Saheeh International