Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:55

24:55

وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمَا ٱسْتَخْلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى ٱرْتَضَىٰ لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْنًا ۚ يَعْبُدُونَنِى لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِى شَيْـًٔا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

waʿada l-lahu alladhīna āmanū minkum waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti layastakhlifannahum fī l-arḍi kamā is'takhlafa alladhīna min qablihim walayumakkinanna lahum dīnahumu alladhī ir'taḍā lahum walayubaddilannahum min baʿdi khawfihim amnan yaʿbudūnanī lā yush'rikūna bī shayan waman kafara baʿda dhālika fa-ulāika humu l-fāsiqūna

Allāh has promised those who have believed among you and done righteous deeds that He will surely grant them succession [to authority] upon the earth just as He granted it to those before them and that He will surely establish for them [therein] their religion which He has preferred for them and that He will surely substitute for them, after their fear, security, [for] they worship Me, not associating anything with Me. But whoever disbelieves after that - then those are the defiantly disobedient.

— Saheeh International

God has made a promise to those among you who believe and do good deeds: He will make them successors to the land, as He did those who came before them; He will empower the religion He has chosen for them; He will grant them security to replace their fear. ‘They will worship Me and not join anything with Me.’ Those who are defiant after that will be the rebels.-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh has promised those among you who believe and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the land, as He granted it to those before them, and that He will grant them the authority to practise their religion which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islâm). And He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they (believers) worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me. But whoever disbelieves after this, they are the Fâsiqûn (rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

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

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وَعَدَwaʿadaAllah (has) promised
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) promised
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْlayastakhlifannahumsurely He will grant them succession
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
كَمَاkamāas
ٱسْتَخْلَفَis'takhlafaHe gave succession
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnato those who
مِنmin(were) before them
قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
وَلَيُمَكِّنَنَّwalayumakkinannaand that He will surely establish
لَهُمْlahumfor them
دِينَهُمُdīnahumutheir religion
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
ٱرْتَضَىٰir'taḍāHe has approved
لَهُمْlahumfor them
وَلَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمwalayubaddilannahumand surely He will change for them
مِّنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
خَوْفِهِمْkhawfihimtheir fear
أَمْنًۭاۚamnansecurity
يَعْبُدُونَنِىyaʿbudūnanī(for) they worship Me
لَاlānot
يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate
بِىbīwith Me
شَيْـًۭٔاۚshayananything
وَمَنwamanBut whoever
كَفَرَkafaradisbelieved
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
هُمُhumu[they]
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūna(are) the defiantly disobedient