Surah Ar-Ra'd (الرعد) • The Thunder

Quran 13:18

13:18

لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُۥ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْحِسَابِ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

lilladhīna is'tajābū lirabbihimu l-ḥus'nā wa-alladhīna lam yastajībū lahu law anna lahum mā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan wamith'lahu maʿahu la-if'tadaw bihi ulāika lahum sūu l-ḥisābi wamawāhum jahannamu wabi'sa l-mihādu

For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

— Saheeh International

There will be the best of rewards for those who respond to their Lord; those who do not respond would willingly give away the earth’s contents twice over, if they had it, in order to ransom themselves, so terrible will be their reckoning. Hell will be their home, and their bed wretched.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

For those who answered their Lord’s Call [believed in the Oneness of Allâh and followed His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم i.e. Islâmic Monotheism] is Al-Husnâ (i.e. Paradise). But those who answered not His Call (disbelieved in the Oneness of Allâh and followed not His Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), if they had all that is in the earth together with its like, they would offer it in order to save themselves (from the torment, but it will be in vain). For them there will be the terrible reckoning. Their dwelling-place will be Hell; and worst indeed is that place for rest.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnaFor those who
ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟is'tajābūresponded
لِرَبِّهِمُlirabbihimuto their Lord
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰۚl-ḥus'nā(is) the bliss
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd for those who
لَمْlam(did) not
يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟yastajībūrespond
لَهُۥlahuto Him
لَوْlawif
أَنَّannathat
لَهُمlahumthey had
مَّاmāwhatever
فِىfī(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
وَمِثْلَهُۥwamith'lahuand like of it
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith it
لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟la-if'tadawsurely they would offer ransom
بِهِۦٓۚbihiwith it
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
لَهُمْlahumfor them
سُوٓءُsūu(is) a terrible
ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābireckoning
وَمَأْوَىٰهُمْwamawāhumand their abode
جَهَنَّمُۖjahannamu(is) Hell
وَبِئْسَwabi'saand wretched
ٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu(is) the resting place