In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
الم
1. Alif-Lām –Mīm.
[These
letters are one of the miracles of the Qur’ān,
and none but Allāh (Alone) knows their meanings.]
أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن
يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ
2. Do people think that they will
be left alone because they say: ‘We believe,’ and will not be tested?
وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذِينَ
مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكَاذِبِينَ
3. And We indeed tested those who
were before them. And Allāh will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will
certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those who are liars, (although Allāh
knows all that before putting them to test).
أَمْ حَسِبَ الَّذِينَ
يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا ۚ سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
4. Or think those who do evil
deeds that they can outstrip Us (i.e. escape Our punishment)? Evil is that
which they judge!
مَن كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ
اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ لَآتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
5. Whoever hopes for the Meeting
with Allāh, then Allāh’s Term is surely coming and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
وَمَن جَاهَدَ فَإِنَّمَا
يُجَاهِدُ لِنَفْسِهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ
6. And whosoever strives, he
strives only for himself. Verily, Allāh stands not in need of any of the ‘Ālamīn (mankind, jinn, and all that
exists).
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَنُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ
أَحْسَنَ الَّذِي كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
7.
Those who believe [in the Oneness of Allāh
(Monotheism) and in Messenger Muhammad صلى
الله عليه وسلم, and do not give up their faith because of the harm they
receive from the polytheists], and do righteous good deeds, surely, We shall
expiate from them their evil deeds and shall reward them according to the best
of that which they used to do.
Souce: al-Hilâlî & Muhsin Khân Translation , The Noble Qur'ân, Sûrah 29. Al-‘Ankabût, Ayâh 1-7, Part 20, page. 530-531
