Verses 1–17

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ﴿١﴾

23:1Certainly, the faithful have attained salvation

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى صَلَاتِهِمْ خَٰشِعُونَ﴿٢﴾

23:2—those who are humble in their prayers,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ ٱللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ﴿٣﴾

23:3avoid vain talk,¹

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَوٰةِ فَٰعِلُونَ﴿٤﴾

23:4carry out their [duty of] zakat,

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ﴿٥﴾

23:5guard their private parts,

إِلَّا عَلَىٰٓ أَزْوَٰجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ﴿٦﴾

23:6(except from their spouses or their slave women, for then they are not blameworthy;

فَمَنِ ٱبْتَغَىٰ وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْعَادُونَ﴿٧﴾

23:7but whoever seeks [anything] beyond that—it is they who are transgressors),²

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ﴿٨﴾

23:8and those who keep their trusts and covenants

وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٰتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ﴿٩﴾

23:9and are watchful of their prayers.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ﴿١٠﴾

23:10It is they who will be the inheritors,

ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ﴿١١﴾

23:11who shall inherit paradise and will remain in it [forever].

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍۢ مِّن طِينٍۢ﴿١٢﴾

23:12Certainly We created man from an extract of clay.

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَٰهُ نُطْفَةًۭ فِى قَرَارٍۢ مَّكِينٍۢ﴿١٣﴾

23:13Then We made him a drop of [seminal] fluid [lodged] in a secure abode.

ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةًۭ فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْمُضْغَةَ عِظَٰمًۭا فَكَسَوْنَا ٱلْعِظَٰمَ لَحْمًۭا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَٰهُ خَلْقًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ﴿١٤﴾

23:14Then We created the drop of fluid as a clinging mass. Then We created the clinging mass as a fleshy tissue. Then We created the fleshy tissue as bones. Then We clothed the bones with flesh. Then We produced him as [yet] another creature. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators!

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ﴿١٥﴾

23:15Then indeed you die after that.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ تُبْعَثُونَ﴿١٦﴾

23:16Then you will indeed be raised up on the Day of Resurrection.

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلْخَلْقِ غَٰفِلِينَ﴿١٧﴾

23:17Certainly We created above you seven levels and We have not been oblivious of the creation.