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Surah Al-Jathiyah Englsh Translation, Transliteration Tafsir [-9-0]

About Surah Al-Jathiyah

The Kneeling (Arabic: الجاثية, al-jāthiyah; meaning: "Upon Their Knees," "Crouching") is the 45th chapter (surah) of the Qur'an with 37 verses (ayat).

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The Summary/Theme of Surah Al-Jathiyah:

The Surah admonishes and warns those who reject the Divine truth. It speaks about human arrogance and that God will judge everyone, and the nations will kneel in front of God at that time. It answers the doubts of Mecca's disbelievers about Tauhid and the Hereafter in this Surah.

Lessons Learned from Surah Al-Jathiyah:

  1. Allah has made most things on earth subservient to man.
  2. Whoever does good, does so for his/her own benefit; and whoever does bad, will suffer from it.
  3. If you become a slave to your desires, you will deviate despite knowing the truth, and become blind and deaf to it.
  4. On the Day of Qiyamah, each nation will be seen on their knees, before their book of deeds is given to them.
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

 

وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَفَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ ءَايَٰتِي تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرۡتُمۡ وَكُنتُمۡ قَوۡمٗا مُّجۡرِمِينَ

Transliteration:( Wa ammal lazeena kafarooo afalam takun Aayaatee tutlaa 'alaikum fastakbartum wa kuntum qawmam mujrimeen )
31. And those who disbelieved, it will he said to them: "Were not My Verses recited to you? But you were arrogant[67], and you were a guilty people".

وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا قُلۡتُم مَّا نَدۡرِي مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنّٗا وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمُسۡتَيۡقِنِينَ

Transliteration:( Wa izaa qeela inna wa'dallaahi haqqunw was Saa'atu laa raiba feehaa qultum maa nadree mas Saa'atu in nazunnu illaa zannanw wa maa nahnu bimustaiqineen )
32. And when it was said: "Surely, the promise of Allah is true, and there is no doubt on the Hour" you used to say: "We do not know what the Hour [69] is. We think it only as a conjecture and we do not have faith[70] in it".

وَبَدَا لَهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

Transliteration:( Wa badaa lahum saiyiaatu maa 'amiloo wa haaqa bihim maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon )
33. And the evil (consequences) of teir deeds will become apparent (71) to them, and they will be encircled by the punishment that you mocked at(72).
Topic Discussed: Deeds(Word)   | Evil(Word)   | Punishment(Word)   |

وَقِيلَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ نَنسَىٰكُمۡ كَمَا نَسِيتُمۡ لِقَآءَ يَوۡمِكُمۡ هَٰذَا وَمَأۡوَىٰكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ

Transliteration:( Wa qeelal yawma nansaakum kamaa naseetum liqaaa'a yawmikum haazaa wa maawaakumun Naaru wa maa lakum min naasireen )
34.And it will be said to them: Today We forgot [73] you as you had forgotten the meeting of this day [74], and your destination is the fire, and ou have no helper (75),"

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّكُمُ ٱتَّخَذۡتُمۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوٗا وَغَرَّتۡكُمُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۚ فَٱلۡيَوۡمَ لَا يُخۡرَجُونَ مِنۡهَا وَلَا هُمۡ يُسۡتَعۡتَبُونَ

Transliteration:( Zaalikum bi annakumut takhaztum aayaatil laahi huzuwanw wa gharratkumul hayaatud dunyaa; fal yawma laa yukhrajoona minhaa wa laahum yusta'taboon )
35.This is a fact that you took the signs of Allah in mockery [76], and the present life of this world deceived[77] you. Therefore, that day either will they be taken out (from he fire) nor any favour (78) of Allah will be allowed to them.

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَرَبِّ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration:( Falillaahil hamdu Rabbis samaawaati wa Rabbil ardi Rabbil-'aalameen )
36. All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the heavens, the Lord of the earth and the Lord of the universe.

وَلَهُ ٱلۡكِبۡرِيَآءُ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ

Transliteration:( Wa lahul kibriyaaa'u fissamaawaati wal ardi wa Huwal 'Azeezul Hakeem (section 4) (End Juz 25) )
37. And for Him is the Greatness[79] in the heavens and in the earth, and He is the Honourable, the Wise.

Surah Al-Jathiyah English Translation and Transliteration

In Surah Al-Jathiyah you can read the translation of Ahmad Raza Khan who was a renowned scholar of the Islamic world and his translation book is known as Kanzul Imaan. You can read the transliteration of Surah Al-Jathiyah which will help you to understand how to read the Arabic text. Apart from that, we have included a Word-By-Word English Translation of the Arabic text of Surah Al-Jathiyah.

Surah Al-Jathiyah English Tafsir/Tafseer (Commentry)

In Surah Al-Jathiyah we have included two Tafseer (Commentary) in English. The first one is from Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan who was a well-known scholar. In this tafsir, we have also included the most popular Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is the most comprehensive tafsir available in the world. You can read both or any one of your choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are 37 verses / Ayat in Surah Al-Jathiyah

Surah Al-Jathiyah was revealed in Makkah

Surah Al-Jathiyah can be found in Juz or Para 25

There are 4 Ruku in Surah Al-Jathiyah

Surah number of Surah Al-Jathiyah is 45

The meaning of Surah Al-Jathiyah is The Kneeling Down, Crouching

You can find English Translation, Transliteration and Tafseer/Tafsir of Surah Al-Jathiyah here at quran4ever.com. Here two tafseer are currently.One is Tafsir Ibn-Kathir and another one is Tafsir-e-Naeemi.

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