The Call to Sincere Tawbah (Repentance) and the Reality of the Hereafter

At-Tahrim — Verses 6–9 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَائِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ٦

O you who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who disobey not, (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allah, but do that which they are commanded.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قُوا
O you who believe!
أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا
Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire (Hell)
النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا
whose fuel is men and stones,
مَلَائِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا
over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe,
يَعْصُونَ اللَّهَ مَا أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ
who disobey not, (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allah,
مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ
but do that which they are commanded.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا الْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ٧

(It will be said in the Hereafter) O you who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism)! Make no excuses this Day! You are being requited only for what you used to do.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا
O you who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism)!
تَعْتَذِرُوا الْيَوْمَ ۖ إِنَّمَا
Make no excuses this Day!
تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
You are being requited only for what you used to do.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوحًا عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ يَوْمَ لَا يُخْزِي اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ ۖ نُورُهُمْ يَسْعَىٰ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٨

O you who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise) the Day that Allah will not disgrace the Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and those who believe with him, their Light will run forward before them and with (their Records Books of deeds) in their right hands they will say: "Our Lord! Keep perfect our Light for us [and do not put it off till we cross over the Sirat (a slippery bridge over the Hell) safely] and grant us forgiveness. Verily, You are Able to do all things."

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا
O you who believe!
إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوحًا عَسَىٰ
Turn to Allah with sincere repentance!
رَبُّكُمْ أَن يُكَفِّرَ عَنكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَكُمْ
It may be that your Lord will remit from you your sins,
جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ يَوْمَ
and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise)
لَا يُخْزِي اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ ۖ نُورُهُمْ
the Day that Allah will not disgrace the Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and those who believe with him,
يَسْعَىٰ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَبِأَيْمَانِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ
their Light will run forward before them and with (their Records Books of deeds) in their right hands
رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ
"Our Lord! Keep perfect our Light for us [and do not put it off till we cross over the Sirat (a slippery bridge over the Hell) safely] and grant us forgiveness.
عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Verily, You are Able to do all things.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ٩

O Prophet (Muhammad SAW)! Strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be severe against them, their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جَاهِدِ
O Prophet (Muhammad SAW)!
الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ وَاغْلُظْ
Strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites,
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَمَأْوَاهُمْ
and be severe against them,
جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ
their abode will be Hell,
الْمَصِيرُ
and worst indeed is that destination.