أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِي مِنْ دُونِي أَوْلِيَاءَ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نُزُلًا
Do they who are bent on denying the truth think, perchance, that they could take [any of] My creatures for protectors against Me? Verily, We have readied hell to welcome all who [thus] deny the truth! (102)
قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالًا
Say: "Shall we tell you who are the greatest losers in whatever they may do? (103)
الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا
"[It is] they whose labour has gone astray in [the pursuit of no more than] this world's life, and who none the less think that they are doing good works: (104)
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَائِهِ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَزْنًا
it is they who have chosen to deny their Sustainer's messages and the truth that they are destined to meet Him." Hence, all their [good] deeds come to nought, and no weight shall We assign to them on Resurrection Day. (105)
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَاؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَاتَّخَذُوا آيَاتِي وَرُسُلِي هُزُوًا
That will be their recompense – [their] hell – for having denied the truth and made My messages and My apostles a target of their mockery. (106)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا
[But,] verily, as for those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds – the gardens of paradise will be there to welcome them; (107)
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا
therein will they abide, [and] never will they desire any change therefrom. (108)
قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا
SAY: "If all the sea were ink for my Sustainer's words, the sea would indeed be exhausted ere my Sustainer's words are exhausted! And [thus it would be] if We were to add to it sea upon sea." (109)
قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا
Say [O Prophet]: "I am but a mortal man like all of you. It has been revealed unto me that your God is the One and Only God. Hence, whoever looks forward [with hope and awe] to meeting his Sustainer [on Judgment Day], let him do righteous deeds, and let him not ascribe unto anyone or anything a share in the worship due to his Sustainer!" (110)
- Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?-2448
- 2448 That is, those who prided themselves on their works in this life, and now find that those works are of no avail. Their loss is all the greater because they had a misplaced confidence in their own deeds or in the assistance of false "protectors". Allah is the only Protector: no one else's protection is of any use.
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Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?-
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
Say: Shall We inform you who will be the greatest losers by their works?
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
Say: Shall We inform you of the greatest losers in (their) deeds?
— M. Habib Shakir -
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds?
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
Say thou: shall I declare unto you the greatest losers in respect of works?
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
Say: 'Shall we tell you of those who are the greatest losers in deeds? '
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
Say, `shall we tell you who are the greatest losers in their works?
— Ayub Khan -
Say, 'Shall We tell you of those who are the greatest losers in respect of their works.'
— Sher Ali -
Say: "Shall we tell you who are the greatest losers in whatever they may do?
— Muhammad Asad -
Say: Shall We tell you who will be the greatest losers in their works?
— Arthur Arberry -
Say, (O Muhammad): "Shall We tell you who will be the greatest losers in respect of their works?
— Abu'l Ala Maududi