قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ ١
The believers must (eventually) win through,-
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
23:2
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ ٢
Those who humble themselves in their prayers;
23:3
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ ٣
Who avoid vain talk;
23:4
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَاةِ فَاعِلُونَ ٤
Who are active in deeds of charity;
23:5
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ ٥
Who abstain from sex,
23:6
إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ ٦
Except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (in their case) they are free from blame,
23:7
فَمَنِ ابْتَغَىٰ وَرَاءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ ٧
But those whose desires exceed those limits are transgressors;-
23:8
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ ٨
Those who faithfully observe their trusts and their covenants;
23:9
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ ٩
And who (strictly) guard their prayers;-
23:10
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْوَارِثُونَ ١٠
These will be the heirs,
23:11
الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ ١١
Who will inherit Paradise: they will dwell therein (for ever).
23:12
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ ١٢
Man We did create from a quintessence (of clay);
23:13
ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ ١٣
Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed;
23:14
ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ ١٤
Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then we made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh; then we developed out of it another creature. So blessed be Allah, the best to create!
23:15
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ ١٥
After that, at length ye will die