حمٓ
١
Ha Mim
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
About Surah Al-Ahqaf
The only chapter in the Quran to name al-Aḥqāf—the sandy dunes where the mighty nation of ʿĀd lived before their destruction—takes its title from this very landscape of ruin. These verses were revealed during a period of intense Makkan persecution, arriving when the Prophet required both consolation and strengthening against the polytheists.
The text opens by rooting the Quran’s divine origin in the perfection of creation, challenging deniers to prove the power of false gods. It then moves to unexpected witnesses of prophecy: the testimony of a believing Jewish scholar, and a group of Jinn who heard the recitation and believed. From commanding righteousness toward parents and affirming the Resurrection, the narrative pivots to the dunes of al-Aḥqāf, wielding the annihilation of Prophet Hūd's people as a severe historical lesson.
Against the crushing weight of Makkan opposition, a firm mandate remains for times of trial: be patient as the resolute messengers were patient, and wait for Allah’s promised victory.
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Surah 46 of 114Makkan
Al-Ahqaf
الأحقاف The Wind-Curved Sandhills
- 35
- Makkan
- 26
- 502–506
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
تَنزِيلُ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
مِنَ
ٱللَّهِ
ٱلۡعَزِيزِ
ٱلۡحَكِيمِ
٢
This Scripture is sent down from God, the Almighty, the Wise.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
مَا
خَلَقۡنَا
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
وَمَا
بَيۡنَهُمَآ
إِلَّا
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
وَأَجَلٖ
مُّسَمّٗىۚ
وَٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
عَمَّآ
أُنذِرُواْ
مُعۡرِضُونَ
٣
It was for a true purpose and a specific term that We created heaven and earth and everything in between, yet those who deny the truth ignore the warning they have been given.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قُلۡ
أَرَءَيۡتُم
مَّا
تَدۡعُونَ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
أَرُونِي
مَاذَا
خَلَقُواْ
مِنَ
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
أَمۡ
لَهُمۡ
شِرۡكٞ
فِي
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِۖ
ٱئۡتُونِي
بِكِتَٰبٖ
مِّن
قَبۡلِ
هَٰذَآ
أَوۡ
أَثَٰرَةٖ
مِّنۡ
عِلۡمٍ
إِن
كُنتُمۡ
صَٰدِقِينَ
٤
Say [Prophet], ‘Consider those you pray to other than God: show me which part of the earth they created or which share of the heavens they own; bring me a previous scripture or some vestige of divine knowledge––if what you say is true.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَمَنۡ
أَضَلُّ
مِمَّن
يَدۡعُواْ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
مَن
لَّا
يَسۡتَجِيبُ
لَهُۥٓ
إِلَىٰ
يَوۡمِ
ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
وَهُمۡ
عَن
دُعَآئِهِمۡ
غَٰفِلُونَ
٥
Who could be more wrong than a person who calls on those other than God, those who will not answer him till the Day of Resurrection, those who are unaware of his prayers,
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَإِذَا
حُشِرَ
ٱلنَّاسُ
كَانُواْ
لَهُمۡ
أَعۡدَآءٗ
وَكَانُواْ
بِعِبَادَتِهِمۡ
كَٰفِرِينَ
٦
those who, when all mankind is gathered, will become his enemies and disown his worship?
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَإِذَا
تُتۡلَىٰ
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
ءَايَٰتُنَا
بَيِّنَٰتٖ
قَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
لِلۡحَقِّ
لَمَّا
جَآءَهُمۡ
هَٰذَا
سِحۡرٞ
مُّبِينٌ
٧
When Our revelations are recited to them in all their clarity, the disbelievers say of the Truth that has reached them, ‘This is clearly sorcery,’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
أَمۡ
يَقُولُونَ
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ
قُلۡ
إِنِ
ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥ
فَلَا
تَمۡلِكُونَ
لِي
مِنَ
ٱللَّهِ
شَيۡـًٔاۖ
هُوَ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِمَا
تُفِيضُونَ
فِيهِۚ
كَفَىٰ
بِهِۦ
شَهِيدَۢا
بَيۡنِي
وَبَيۡنَكُمۡۖ
وَهُوَ
ٱلۡغَفُورُ
ٱلرَّحِيمُ
٨
or they say, ‘He has invented it himself.’ Say [Prophet], ‘If I have really invented it, there is nothing you can do to save me from God. He knows best what you say amongst yourselves about it; He is sufficient as a witness between me and you; He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قُلۡ
مَا
كُنتُ
بِدۡعٗا
مِّنَ
ٱلرُّسُلِ
وَمَآ
أَدۡرِي
مَا
يُفۡعَلُ
بِي
وَلَا
بِكُمۡۖ
إِنۡ
أَتَّبِعُ
إِلَّا
مَا
يُوحَىٰٓ
إِلَيَّ
وَمَآ
أَنَا۠
إِلَّا
نَذِيرٞ
مُّبِينٞ
٩
Say, ‘I am nothing new among God’s messengers. I do not know what will be done with me or you; I only follow what is revealed to me; I only warn plainly.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قُلۡ
أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ
إِن
كَانَ
مِنۡ
عِندِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَكَفَرۡتُم
بِهِۦ
وَشَهِدَ
شَاهِدٞ
مِّنۢ
بَنِيٓ
إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
عَلَىٰ
مِثۡلِهِۦ
فَـَٔامَنَ
وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرۡتُمۡۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
لَا
يَهۡدِي
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
١٠
Say, ‘Have you thought: what if this Quran really is from God and you reject it? What if one of the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity [to earlier scripture] and believes in it, and yet you are too proud to [do the same]? God certainly does not guide evildoers.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَقَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
لِلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَوۡ
كَانَ
خَيۡرٗا
مَّا
سَبَقُونَآ
إِلَيۡهِۚ
وَإِذۡ
لَمۡ
يَهۡتَدُواْ
بِهِۦ
فَسَيَقُولُونَ
هَٰذَآ
إِفۡكٞ
قَدِيمٞ
١١
Those who disbelieve say of the believers, ‘If there were any good in this Quran, they would not have believed in it before we did,’and, since they refuse to be guided by it, they say, ‘This is an ancient fabrication.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَمِن
قَبۡلِهِۦ
كِتَٰبُ
مُوسَىٰٓ
إِمَامٗا
وَرَحۡمَةٗۚ
وَهَٰذَا
كِتَٰبٞ
مُّصَدِّقٞ
لِّسَانًا
عَرَبِيّٗا
لِّيُنذِرَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُواْ
وَبُشۡرَىٰ
لِلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
١٢
Yet the scripture of Moses was revealed before it as a guide and a mercy, and this is a scripture confirming it in the Arabic language to warn those who do evil and bring good news for those who do good.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
إِنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
قَالُواْ
رَبُّنَا
ٱللَّهُ
ثُمَّ
ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ
فَلَا
خَوۡفٌ
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
وَلَا
هُمۡ
يَحۡزَنُونَ
١٣
For those who say, ‘Our lord is God,’ and then follow the straight path there is no fear, nor shall they grieve:
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
أَصۡحَٰبُ
ٱلۡجَنَّةِ
خَٰلِدِينَ
فِيهَا
جَزَآءَۢ
بِمَا
كَانُواْ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
١٤
they are the people of Paradise, there to remain as a reward for what they were doing.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَوَصَّيۡنَا
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ
إِحۡسَٰنًاۖ
حَمَلَتۡهُ
أُمُّهُۥ
كُرۡهٗا
وَوَضَعَتۡهُ
كُرۡهٗاۖ
وَحَمۡلُهُۥ
وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ
ثَلَٰثُونَ
شَهۡرًاۚ
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
أَشُدَّهُۥ
وَبَلَغَ
أَرۡبَعِينَ
سَنَةٗ
قَالَ
رَبِّ
أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ
أَنۡ
أَشۡكُرَ
نِعۡمَتَكَ
ٱلَّتِيٓ
أَنۡعَمۡتَ
عَلَيَّ
وَعَلَىٰ
وَٰلِدَيَّ
وَأَنۡ
أَعۡمَلَ
صَٰلِحٗا
تَرۡضَىٰهُ
وَأَصۡلِحۡ
لِي
فِي
ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖ
إِنِّي
تُبۡتُ
إِلَيۡكَ
وَإِنِّي
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
١٥
We have commanded man to be good to his parents: his mother struggled to carry him and struggled to give birth to him- his bearing and weaning took a full thirty months. When he has grown to manhood and reached the age of forty he [may] say, ‘Lord, help me to be truly grateful for Your favours to me and to my parents; help me to do good work that pleases You; make my offspring good. I turn to You; I am one of those who devote themselves to You.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
نَتَقَبَّلُ
عَنۡهُمۡ
أَحۡسَنَ
مَا
عَمِلُواْ
وَنَتَجَاوَزُ
عَن
سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمۡ
فِيٓ
أَصۡحَٰبِ
ٱلۡجَنَّةِۖ
وَعۡدَ
ٱلصِّدۡقِ
ٱلَّذِي
كَانُواْ
يُوعَدُونَ
١٦
We accept from such people the best of what they do and We overlook their bad deeds. They will be among the people of Paradise- the true promise that has been given to them.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَٱلَّذِي
قَالَ
لِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ
أُفّٖ
لَّكُمَآ
أَتَعِدَانِنِيٓ
أَنۡ
أُخۡرَجَ
وَقَدۡ
خَلَتِ
ٱلۡقُرُونُ
مِن
قَبۡلِي
وَهُمَا
يَسۡتَغِيثَانِ
ٱللَّهَ
وَيۡلَكَ
ءَامِنۡ
إِنَّ
وَعۡدَ
ٱللَّهِ
حَقّٞ
فَيَقُولُ
مَا
هَٰذَآ
إِلَّآ
أَسَٰطِيرُ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
١٧
But some say to their parents, ‘What? Are you really warning me that I shall be raised alive from my grave, when so many generations have already passed and gone before me?’ His parents implore God for help; they say, ‘Alas for you! Believe! God’s promise is true,’ but still he replies, ‘These are nothing but ancient fables.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
حَقَّ
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ٱلۡقَوۡلُ
فِيٓ
أُمَمٖ
قَدۡ
خَلَتۡ
مِن
قَبۡلِهِم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡجِنِّ
وَٱلۡإِنسِۖ
إِنَّهُمۡ
كَانُواْ
خَٰسِرِينَ
١٨
The verdict has been passed on such people, along with all the communities that went before them, jinn and human: they are lost.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَلِكُلّٖ
دَرَجَٰتٞ
مِّمَّا
عَمِلُواْۖ
وَلِيُوَفِّيَهُمۡ
أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ
وَهُمۡ
لَا
يُظۡلَمُونَ
١٩
Everyone will be ranked according to their deeds and God will repay them in full for what they have done: they will not be wronged.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَيَوۡمَ
يُعۡرَضُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
عَلَى
ٱلنَّارِ
أَذۡهَبۡتُمۡ
طَيِّبَٰتِكُمۡ
فِي
حَيَاتِكُمُ
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
وَٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم
بِهَا
فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ
تُجۡزَوۡنَ
عَذَابَ
ٱلۡهُونِ
بِمَا
كُنتُمۡ
تَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
بِغَيۡرِ
ٱلۡحَقِّ
وَبِمَا
كُنتُمۡ
تَفۡسُقُونَ
٢٠
On the Day when those who deny the truth are brought before the Fire, it will be said to them, ‘You squandered the good things you were given in your earthly life, you took your fill of pleasure there, so on this Day a punishment of shame is yours: you were arrogant on earth without any right, and exceeded all limits.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
۞ وَٱذۡكُرۡ
أَخَا
عَادٍ
إِذۡ
أَنذَرَ
قَوۡمَهُۥ
بِٱلۡأَحۡقَافِ
وَقَدۡ
خَلَتِ
ٱلنُّذُرُ
مِنۢ
بَيۡنِ
يَدَيۡهِ
وَمِنۡ
خَلۡفِهِۦٓ
أَلَّا
تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهَ
إِنِّيٓ
أَخَافُ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
عَذَابَ
يَوۡمٍ
عَظِيمٖ
٢١
Mention [Hud] of the tribe of Ad: he warned his people among the sand dunes- other warners have come and gone both before and after him- ‘ Worship no one but God: I fear for you, that you will be punished on a terrible Day,’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالُوٓاْ
أَجِئۡتَنَا
لِتَأۡفِكَنَا
عَنۡ
ءَالِهَتِنَا
فَأۡتِنَا
بِمَا
تَعِدُنَآ
إِن
كُنتَ
مِنَ
ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
٢٢
but they said, ‘Have you come to turn us away from our gods? If what you say is true, bring down that punishment you threaten us with!’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالَ
إِنَّمَا
ٱلۡعِلۡمُ
عِندَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَأُبَلِّغُكُم
مَّآ
أُرۡسِلۡتُ
بِهِۦ
وَلَٰكِنِّيٓ
أَرَىٰكُمۡ
قَوۡمٗا
تَجۡهَلُونَ
٢٣
He said, ‘Only God knows when it will come: I simply convey to you the message I am sent with but I can see you are an insolent people.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
فَلَمَّا
رَأَوۡهُ
عَارِضٗا
مُّسۡتَقۡبِلَ
أَوۡدِيَتِهِمۡ
قَالُواْ
هَٰذَا
عَارِضٞ
مُّمۡطِرُنَاۚ
بَلۡ
هُوَ
مَا
ٱسۡتَعۡجَلۡتُم
بِهِۦۖ
رِيحٞ
فِيهَا
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٞ
٢٤
When they saw a cloud approaching their valley, they said, ‘This cloud will give us rain!’ ‘No indeed! It is what you wanted to hasten: a storm-wind bearing a painful punishment
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
تُدَمِّرُ
كُلَّ
شَيۡءِۭ
بِأَمۡرِ
رَبِّهَا
فَأَصۡبَحُواْ
لَا
يُرَىٰٓ
إِلَّا
مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
نَجۡزِي
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
٢٥
which will destroy everything by its Lord’s command.’ In the morning there was nothing to see except their [ruined] dwellings: this is how We repay the guilty.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَلَقَدۡ
مَكَّنَّٰهُمۡ
فِيمَآ
إِن
مَّكَّنَّٰكُمۡ
فِيهِ
وَجَعَلۡنَا
لَهُمۡ
سَمۡعٗا
وَأَبۡصَٰرٗا
وَأَفۡـِٔدَةٗ
فَمَآ
أَغۡنَىٰ
عَنۡهُمۡ
سَمۡعُهُمۡ
وَلَآ
أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ
وَلَآ
أَفۡـِٔدَتُهُم
مِّن
شَيۡءٍ
إِذۡ
كَانُواْ
يَجۡحَدُونَ
بِـَٔايَٰتِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَحَاقَ
بِهِم
مَّا
كَانُواْ
بِهِۦ
يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
٢٦
We had established them in a way we have not established you [people of Mecca]; We gave them hearing, sight, and hearts, yet their hearing, sight, and hearts were of no use to them, since they denied God’s revelations. They were overwhelmed by the punishment they had mocked.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَلَقَدۡ
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
مَا
حَوۡلَكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلۡقُرَىٰ
وَصَرَّفۡنَا
ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ
لَعَلَّهُمۡ
يَرۡجِعُونَ
٢٧
We have also destroyed other communities that once flourished around you- We had given them various signs so that they might return to the right way-
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
فَلَوۡلَا
نَصَرَهُمُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ٱتَّخَذُواْ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
قُرۡبَانًا
ءَالِهَةَۢۖ
بَلۡ
ضَلُّواْ
عَنۡهُمۡۚ
وَذَٰلِكَ
إِفۡكُهُمۡ
وَمَا
كَانُواْ
يَفۡتَرُونَ
٢٨
so why did their gods not help them, those they set up as gods besides God to bring them nearer to Him? No indeed! They failed them utterly: it was all a lie of their own making.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَإِذۡ
صَرَفۡنَآ
إِلَيۡكَ
نَفَرٗا
مِّنَ
ٱلۡجِنِّ
يَسۡتَمِعُونَ
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
فَلَمَّا
حَضَرُوهُ
قَالُوٓاْ
أَنصِتُواْۖ
فَلَمَّا
قُضِيَ
وَلَّوۡاْ
إِلَىٰ
قَوۡمِهِم
مُّنذِرِينَ
٢٩
We sent a group of jinn to you [Prophet] to listen to the Quran. When they heard it, they said to one another, ‘Be quiet!’ Then when it was finished they turned to their community and gave them warning.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
قَالُواْ
يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ
إِنَّا
سَمِعۡنَا
كِتَٰبًا
أُنزِلَ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
مُوسَىٰ
مُصَدِّقٗا
لِّمَا
بَيۡنَ
يَدَيۡهِ
يَهۡدِيٓ
إِلَى
ٱلۡحَقِّ
وَإِلَىٰ
طَرِيقٖ
مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ
٣٠
They said, ‘Our people, we have been listening to a Scripture that came after Moses, confirming previous scriptures, giving guidance to the truth and the straight path.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
يَٰقَوۡمَنَآ
أَجِيبُواْ
دَاعِيَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَءَامِنُواْ
بِهِۦ
يَغۡفِرۡ
لَكُم
مِّن
ذُنُوبِكُمۡ
وَيُجِرۡكُم
مِّنۡ
عَذَابٍ
أَلِيمٖ
٣١
Our people, respond to the one who calls you to God. Believe in Him: He will forgive you your sins and protect you from a painful torment.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَمَن
لَّا
يُجِبۡ
دَاعِيَ
ٱللَّهِ
فَلَيۡسَ
بِمُعۡجِزٖ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَلَيۡسَ
لَهُۥ
مِن
دُونِهِۦٓ
أَوۡلِيَآءُۚ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
فِي
ضَلَٰلٖ
مُّبِينٍ
٣٢
Those who fail to respond to God’s call cannot escape God’s power anywhere on earth, nor will they have any protector against Him: such people have clearly gone far astray.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
أَوَلَمۡ
يَرَوۡاْ
أَنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
ٱلَّذِي
خَلَقَ
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
وَلَمۡ
يَعۡيَ
بِخَلۡقِهِنَّ
بِقَٰدِرٍ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَن
يُحۡـِۧيَ
ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۚ
بَلَىٰٓۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
عَلَىٰ
كُلِّ
شَيۡءٖ
قَدِيرٞ
٣٣
Do the disbelievers not understand that God, who created the heavens and earth and did not tire in doing so, has the power to bring the dead back to life? Yes indeed! He has power over everything.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
وَيَوۡمَ
يُعۡرَضُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
عَلَى
ٱلنَّارِ
أَلَيۡسَ
هَٰذَا
بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ
قَالُواْ
بَلَىٰ
وَرَبِّنَاۚ
قَالَ
فَذُوقُواْ
ٱلۡعَذَابَ
بِمَا
كُنتُمۡ
تَكۡفُرُونَ
٣٤
On the Day the disbelievers are brought before Hell [it will be said to them], ‘Is this not real?’ ‘Yes, by our Lord,’ they will reply and He will say, ‘Then taste the punishment for having denied the truth.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
فَٱصۡبِرۡ
كَمَا
صَبَرَ
أُوْلُواْ
ٱلۡعَزۡمِ
مِنَ
ٱلرُّسُلِ
وَلَا
تَسۡتَعۡجِل
لَّهُمۡۚ
كَأَنَّهُمۡ
يَوۡمَ
يَرَوۡنَ
مَا
يُوعَدُونَ
لَمۡ
يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ
إِلَّا
سَاعَةٗ
مِّن
نَّهَارِۭۚ
بَلَٰغٞۚ
فَهَلۡ
يُهۡلَكُ
إِلَّا
ٱلۡقَوۡمُ
ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ
٣٥
Be steadfast [Muhammad], like those messengers of firm resolve. Do not seek to hasten the punishment for the disbelievers: on the Day they see what they had been warned about, it will seem to them that they lingered no more than a single hour of a single day [in this life]. This is a warning. Shall any be destroyed except the defiant?
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem