Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:21

45:21

أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن نَّجْعَلَهُمْ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ سَوَآءً مَّحْيَاهُمْ وَمَمَاتُهُمْ ۚ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

am ḥasiba alladhīna ij'taraḥū l-sayiāti an najʿalahum ka-alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti sawāan maḥyāhum wamamātuhum sāa mā yaḥkumūna

Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their death? Evil is that which they judge [i.e., assume].

— Saheeh International

Do those who commit evil deeds really think that We will deal with them in the same way as those who believe and do righteous deeds, that they will be alike in their living and their dying? How badly they judge!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Or do those who earn evil deeds think that We shall hold them equal with those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, in their present life and after their death? Worst is the judgement that they make.

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

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Word by Word

أَمْamDo
حَسِبَḥasibathink
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱجْتَرَحُوا۟ij'taraḥūcommit
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِl-sayiātievil deeds
أَنanthat
نَّجْعَلَهُمْnajʿalahumWe will make them
كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīnalike those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand did
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
سَوَآءًۭsawāanequal
مَّحْيَاهُمْmaḥyāhum(in) their life
وَمَمَاتُهُمْۚwamamātuhumand their death
سَآءَsāaEvil is
مَاmāwhat
يَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūnathey judge