The Qur’an speaks about a soul that inclines towards wrong, a self-reproaching soul and the tranquil soul addressed with honour. These descriptions are not personality badges. They…
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The Qur’an speaks about a soul that inclines towards wrong, a self-reproaching soul and the tranquil soul addressed with honour. These descriptions are not personality badges. They teach responsibility, hope, purification and honest self-reckoning under the mercy of اللّٰه(ALLAH).
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1۞ وَمَآwamāAnd not
2أُبَرِّئُubarri-uI absolve
3نَفۡسِيٓۚnafsīmyself
4إِنَّinnaIndeed
5ٱلنَّفۡسَl-nafsathe soul
6لَأَمَّارَةُۢla-ammāratun(is) a certain enjoiner
7بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūiof evil
8إِلَّاillāunless
9مَاmā[that]
10رَحِمَraḥimabestows Mercy
11رَبِّيٓۚrabbīmy Lord
12إِنَّinnaIndeed
13رَبِّيrabbīmy Lord
14غَفُورٞghafūrun(is) Oft-Forgiving
15رَّحِيمٞraḥīmunMost Merciful
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."
Compare · M. Pickthall
I do not exculpate myself. Lo! the (human) soul enjoineth unto evil, save that whereon my Lord hath mercy. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely my Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 12:53. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَنَفۡسٖwanafsinAnd (the) soul
2وَمَاwamāand (He) Who
3سَوَّىٰهَاsawwāhāproportioned it
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
Compare · M. Pickthall
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:7. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَأَلۡهَمَهَاfa-alhamahāAnd He inspired it
2فُجُورَهَاfujūrahā(to distinguish) its wickedness
3وَتَقۡوَىٰهَاwataqwāhāand its righteousness
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
Compare · M. Pickthall
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:8. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قَدۡqadIndeed
2أَفۡلَحَaflaḥahe succeeds
3مَنmanwho
4زَكَّىٰهَاzakkāhāpurifies it
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Compare · M. Pickthall
He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:9. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَقَدۡwaqadAnd indeed
2خَابَkhābahe fails
3مَنmanwho
4دَسَّىٰهَاdassāhāburies it
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
Compare · M. Pickthall
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And he fails that corrupts it!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:10. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1۞ قُلۡqulSay
2يَٰعِبَادِيَyāʿibādiyaO My slaves
3ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
4أَسۡرَفُواْasrafūhave transgressed
5عَلَىٰٓʿalāagainst
6أَنفُسِهِمۡanfusihimthemselves
7لَاlā(do) not
8تَقۡنَطُواْtaqnaṭūdespair
9مِنminof
10رَّحۡمَةِraḥmati(the) Mercy
11ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
12إِنَّinnaIndeed
13ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
14يَغۡفِرُyaghfiruforgives
15ٱلذُّنُوبَl-dhunūbathe sins
16جَمِيعًاۚjamīʿanall
17إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
18هُوَhuwaHe
19ٱلۡغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
20ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh forgives all sins.1 Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Say: "O my Servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 39:53. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Qur’an 12:53 records a careful statement: the soul strongly inclines towards wrong except where the Lord grants mercy. The verse teaches vigilance and dependence upon divine mercy; it does not make wrongdoing inevitable or remove responsibility.
Qur’an 12:53 presents the soul’s pull towards wrong together with the mercy of its Lord. Pause before acting and name the desire, the command you know and the consequence that could follow. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه(ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
Read the complete evidence panel before reducing it to a step. The Arabic, named translation, source locator and explanation have different roles; preserving those roles lets a learner worship with confidence without turning a short guide into an unsupported ruling.
Keep three lines in your notes: what the source explicitly says, what this lesson explains, and what remains for qualified review. That structure makes later correction clear rather than embarrassing.
The verse must not be used to excuse deliberate harm or to diagnose a permanent spiritual identity.
Learning move: Open lesson 1, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
The Self-Reproaching Soul
Qur’an study · Al-Qiyamah
Ayah 75:2
✓ Source checkedArabic Qur’an:
وَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلنَّفۡسِ ٱللَّوَّامَةِ ٢
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَآwalāAnd nay
2أُقۡسِمُuq'simuI swear
3بِٱلنَّفۡسِbil-nafsiby the soul
4ٱللَّوَّامَةِl-lawāmatiself-accusing
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].
Compare · M. Pickthall
Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And I do call to witness the self-reproaching spirit: (Eschew Evil).
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 75:2. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnayou (who)
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieve
4ٱتَّقُواْittaqūFear
5ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
6وَلۡتَنظُرۡwaltanẓurand let look
7نَفۡسٞnafsunevery soul
8مَّاmāwhat
9قَدَّمَتۡqaddamatit has sent forth
10لِغَدٖۖlighadinfor tomorrow
11وَٱتَّقُواْwa-ittaqūand fear
12ٱللَّهَۚl-lahaAllah
13إِنَّinnaIndeed
14ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
15خَبِيرُۢkhabīrun(is) All-Aware
16بِمَاbimāof what
17تَعۡمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, fear Allāh. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow – and fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Aware of what you do.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah. And let every soul look to that which it sendeth on before for the morrow. And observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and let every soul look to what (provision) He has sent forth for the morrow. Yea, fear Allah: for Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 59:18. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قَدۡqadIndeed
2أَفۡلَحَaflaḥahe succeeds
3مَنmanwho
4زَكَّىٰهَاzakkāhāpurifies it
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Compare · M. Pickthall
He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:9. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَقَدۡwaqadAnd indeed
2خَابَkhābahe fails
3مَنmanwho
4دَسَّىٰهَاdassāhāburies it
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
Compare · M. Pickthall
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And he fails that corrupts it!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:10. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1۞ قُلۡqulSay
2يَٰعِبَادِيَyāʿibādiyaO My slaves
3ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
4أَسۡرَفُواْasrafūhave transgressed
5عَلَىٰٓʿalāagainst
6أَنفُسِهِمۡanfusihimthemselves
7لَاlā(do) not
8تَقۡنَطُواْtaqnaṭūdespair
9مِنminof
10رَّحۡمَةِraḥmati(the) Mercy
11ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
12إِنَّinnaIndeed
13ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
14يَغۡفِرُyaghfiruforgives
15ٱلذُّنُوبَl-dhunūbathe sins
16جَمِيعًاۚjamīʿanall
17إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
18هُوَhuwaHe
19ٱلۡغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
20ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh forgives all sins.1 Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Say: "O my Servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 39:53. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
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Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Qur’an 75:2 swears by the self-reproaching soul. Healthy self-reproach notices a wrong and moves towards truth and repair. It is different from despair, humiliation, obsessive doubt or repeatedly punishing oneself after a matter has been responsibly corrected.
Qur’an 59:18 directs each soul to consider what it has sent ahead for tomorrow. End reflection with a future action, deadline and lawful support route rather than replaying the past without change. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه(ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
A beginner needs a usable route and an honest boundary at the same time. Learn the shared practice first, record any circumstance that changes it, and take medical, financial, disability or school-specific questions to a qualified person who can examine the real case.
Read once for meaning and a second time for boundaries. On the second reading, test strong words such as always, never, invalid and required against the complete evidence shown.
Personal application requires honest facts, privacy and qualified review.
Learning move: Open lesson 2, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
The Tranquil Soul
Qur’an study · Al-Fajr
Ayah 89:27
✓ Source checkedArabic Qur’an:
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَاyāayyatuhāO
2ٱلنَّفۡسُl-nafsusoul
3ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُl-muṭ'ma-inatuwho is satisfied
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Compare · M. Pickthall
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 89:27. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1ٱرۡجِعِيٓir'jiʿīReturn
2إِلَىٰilāto
3رَبِّكِrabbikiyour Lord
4رَاضِيَةٗrāḍiyatanwell pleased
5مَّرۡضِيَّةٗmarḍiyyatanand pleasing
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Compare · M. Pickthall
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 89:28. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1فَٱدۡخُلِيfa-ud'khulīSo enter
2فِيfīamong
3عِبَٰدِيʿibādīMy slaves
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Compare · M. Pickthall
Enter thou among My bondmen!
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 89:29. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَٱدۡخُلِيwa-ud'khulīAnd enter
2جَنَّتِيjannatīMy Paradise
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And enter My Paradise."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Enter thou My Garden!
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 89:30. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieved
3وَتَطۡمَئِنُّwataṭma-innuand find satisfaction
4قُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumtheir hearts
5بِذِكۡرِbidhik'riin the remembrance
6ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
7أَلَاalāNo doubt
8بِذِكۡرِbidhik'riin the remembrance
9ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
10تَطۡمَئِنُّtaṭma-innufind satisfaction
11ٱلۡقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe hearts
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allāh. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allāh hearts are assured."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Who have believed and whose hearts have rest in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah: for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 13:28. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قَدۡqadIndeed
2أَفۡلَحَaflaḥahe succeeds
3مَنmanwho
4زَكَّىٰهَاzakkāhāpurifies it
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Compare · M. Pickthall
He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:9. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Qur’an 89:27–30 addresses the tranquil soul with return, pleasure and entry among honoured servants. The passage inspires hope and steady obedience. A learner should not convert it into a self-issued certificate about final acceptance or into pressure to appear calm during grief and illness.
Qur’an 13:28 connects believing hearts and remembrance of اللّٰه(ALLAH) with reassurance. Build a short, sourced remembrance routine that fits ordinary mornings, travel or bedtime. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه(ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
Calm completeness is the goal. Repeating an action without evidence, rushing past a required distinction, or ignoring real harm can all move the learner away from careful worship. Work through the evidence once slowly, check once, and improve through reviewed teaching.
An adult guiding a child should praise careful attention and an honest “I need to ask” answer. The aim is worship with understanding, not performance for the teacher.
The verse does not promise that remembrance alone replaces medical or psychological treatment.
Learning move: Open lesson 3, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnayou (who)
3ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieve
4ٱتَّقُواْittaqūFear
5ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
6وَلۡتَنظُرۡwaltanẓurand let look
7نَفۡسٞnafsunevery soul
8مَّاmāwhat
9قَدَّمَتۡqaddamatit has sent forth
10لِغَدٖۖlighadinfor tomorrow
11وَٱتَّقُواْwa-ittaqūand fear
12ٱللَّهَۚl-lahaAllah
13إِنَّinnaIndeed
14ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
15خَبِيرُۢkhabīrun(is) All-Aware
16بِمَاbimāof what
17تَعۡمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, fear Allāh. And let every soul look to what it has put forth for tomorrow – and fear Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Aware of what you do.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah. And let every soul look to that which it sendeth on before for the morrow. And observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and let every soul look to what (provision) He has sent forth for the morrow. Yea, fear Allah: for Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 59:18. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1۞ قُلۡqulSay
2يَٰعِبَادِيَyāʿibādiyaO My slaves
3ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
4أَسۡرَفُواْasrafūhave transgressed
5عَلَىٰٓʿalāagainst
6أَنفُسِهِمۡanfusihimthemselves
7لَاlā(do) not
8تَقۡنَطُواْtaqnaṭūdespair
9مِنminof
10رَّحۡمَةِraḥmati(the) Mercy
11ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
12إِنَّinnaIndeed
13ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
14يَغۡفِرُyaghfiruforgives
15ٱلذُّنُوبَl-dhunūbathe sins
16جَمِيعًاۚjamīʿanall
17إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
18هُوَhuwaHe
19ٱلۡغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Oft-Forgiving
20ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh forgives all sins.1 Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Say: "O my Servants who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of Allah: for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 39:53. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1قَدۡqadIndeed
2أَفۡلَحَaflaḥahe succeeds
3مَنmanwho
4زَكَّىٰهَاzakkāhāpurifies it
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Compare · M. Pickthall
He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:9. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَقَدۡwaqadAnd indeed
2خَابَkhābahe fails
3مَنmanwho
4دَسَّىٰهَاdassāhāburies it
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
Compare · M. Pickthall
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And he fails that corrupts it!
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 91:10. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 1 September 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
2ءَامَنُواْāmanūbelieved
3وَتَطۡمَئِنُّwataṭma-innuand find satisfaction
4قُلُوبُهُمqulūbuhumtheir hearts
5بِذِكۡرِbidhik'riin the remembrance
6ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
7أَلَاalāNo doubt
8بِذِكۡرِbidhik'riin the remembrance
9ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
10تَطۡمَئِنُّtaṭma-innufind satisfaction
11ٱلۡقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe hearts
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Those who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the remembrance of Allāh. Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allāh hearts are assured."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Who have believed and whose hearts have rest in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah: for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 13:28. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 25 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Daily muhasabah is a short, honest review of what was done, why it mattered, whose right was affected and what comes next. It is useful when it leads to worship and repair; it becomes harmful when it turns into public confession, endless checking or despair.
Qur’an 91:9–10 directs attention to genuine cultivation rather than appearing spiritually impressive. Track a private habit over seven days and assess whether conduct actually improved. Read the complete displayed evidence before turning this into a label for yourself or somebody else. The aim is a truthful next action for the sake of اللّٰه(ALLAH), not a dramatic verdict about an unseen heart.
For a younger learner, use plain words, a visual sequence without animate imagery and one correction at a time. Adults should protect privacy, explain unfamiliar terms and never use religious teaching to shame a child.
If terminology becomes difficult, return to the practical question: what is the learner preparing to do, which step is established here, and what fact about the person or situation could change the answer?
Personal application requires honest facts, privacy and qualified review.
Learning move: Open lesson 4, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Keep revelation, demonstration and legal classification distinct
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَمَآwamāAnd not
2أَرۡسَلۡنَاarsalnāWe sent
3مِنminbefore you
4قَبۡلِكَqablikabefore you
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6رِجَالٗاrijālanmen
7نُّوحِيٓnūḥīWe revealed
8إِلَيۡهِمۡۖilayhimto them
9فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْfasalūso ask
10أَهۡلَahla(the) people
11ٱلذِّكۡرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
12إِنinif
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired – Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! –
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 16:43. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Read Qur’an 12:53, 75:2 and 89:27–30 in their own contexts. Connect them with Qur’an 91:7–10, 59:18 and 39:53 so accountability never becomes self-worship, despair or a claim to know an unseen final state.
The course begins with the Qur’anic command, uses authenticated Prophetic teaching where relevant and labels later legal classifications. This gives a learner a usable route without pretending that a short page decides every recognised difference or personal case.
Distinguish a revealed command, an authenticated Prophetic demonstration and a later legal classification. They work together, but they are not interchangeable. Where recognised schools differ, this resource labels the difference instead of presenting one view as the only Islam.
A resume point can preserve more than scroll position. Save the last completed step, the unresolved question and the next safe action so the learner can continue without unnecessary repetition.
This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance without diagnosing another person’s heart. Mental-health distress, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviour, legal rights and safeguarding concerns require appropriate qualified support before indexing.
Learning move: Make three columns headed revelation, authenticated demonstration and qualified application.
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A human-reviewed full transliteration is being prepared. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than relying on an unreviewed technical conversion.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
ArabicTransliterationContextual meaning
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
How this ayah panel was sourced and checkedOpen the transparent evidence record
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API controlled snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah, Mushaf field and font are recorded in the release data.
Reading aids
The technical source transliteration is deliberately withheld until a learner-facing form passes human review. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Controlled check
Arabic, audio locators, word alignment and named source identifiers checked 30 August 2026. Automated parity does not replace qualified Arabic/Qur’an review.
Use a private daily review: name the action, evidence, trigger, right affected, repair needed and next small act of obedience. Escalate danger, abuse, severe distress or compulsive self-punishment to appropriate support.
Record what has been learned, practised and checked. Do not turn uncertainty into repeated worship, abandoned obligations or authority over another learner. The next action should be specific and proportionate.
Save the exact point that needs review. A useful learning record says what was completed, what remains uncertain, which source was checked and who should help next. That is more valuable than a confident tick beside a misunderstood step.
Explain the practice in plain language before using legal vocabulary. If the simple sentence overstates the evidence, a technical Arabic label will not repair it.
This resource teaches revealed foundations and authenticated Prophetic guidance without diagnosing another person’s heart. Mental-health distress, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviour, legal rights and safeguarding concerns require appropriate qualified support before indexing.
Learning move: Save the completed steps, one unresolved question and the support route required next.
See exactly where this resource comes fromQur’an, authentic hadith and editorial boundaries are kept distinct
Qur’an evidence
Qur'an-primary; controlled Quran Foundation QPC Hafs panels. Named translations are human renderings and later explanation remains separately attributed. Arabic, word alignment, transliteration and named translations are supplied through the separately labelled Quran Foundation panels.
Hadith evidence
No hadith quotation or paraphrase is used in this resource. The collection and reference are preserved; a named displayed grading is not silently changed into a universal claim.
Teaching explanation
Explanatory prose, examples, diagrams and adult teaching advice are Tawheed Club editorial material. They are never presented as Qur’an, translation, tafsir or words of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him).
Release control
This item must pass source, meaning, language, editorial and release checks. Corrections remain welcome when supported by an exact source locator.
Help a learner master States of the Soul and Self-Reckoning
The Qur’an speaks about a soul that inclines towards wrong, a self-reproaching soul and the tranquil soul addressed with honour. These descriptions are not personality badges. They teach responsibility, hope, purification and honest self-reckoning under the mercy of اللّٰه(ALLAH). Your role is to slow the learning down, keep the exact evidence visible and make it safe for the learner to say, “I am not sure yet.”
Begin with the source
Open the named ayah or hadith before explaining it. Tell the learner whether they are seeing Arabic revelation, a reading aid, a named translation, a hadith translation or editorial teaching.
Invite an answer before helping
Ask one precise question and wait. If the learner struggles, point to the relevant line, narrow the choice or replay the audio before supplying the answer.
Correct with dignity
Praise honest checking and careful effort. Correct the idea or sound without labelling the learner, and never turn a mistake into embarrassment.
01Prepare a focused session
Read States of the Soul and Self-Reckoning yourself and open every cited source before inviting the learner.
Choose one realistic aim from the mastery statement. Do not try to teach the whole page in one sitting.
Test any Arabic audio. If a sound is outside your confidence, plan to listen together and seek correction from a capable teacher.
Remove distractions and decide when to stop: about 8–10 minutes for a younger child, 15–20 minutes for ages 8–11, or 20–30 minutes for an older learner.
Keep paper optional. If Qur’anic text is printed, follow the respect and waste guidance shown above the ayah panel.
Opening words: “We are going to learn one idea carefully and see exactly where it comes from. We can pause, replay and check the source whenever we need to.”
02Use a source-led teaching conversation
Connect: Ask what the learner already thinks the title means. Record the answer without immediately judging it.
Read or listen: Open the first evidence panel or cited report. Hear the complete Arabic before isolating one word or phrase.
Notice: Ask the learner to identify the exact words that support the first teaching point. A contextual word gloss is a clue; the complete named translation supplies the sentence meaning.
Explain: Read the teaching paragraph. Ask, “Which part came directly from the source, and which part is the writer helping us understand?”
Apply: Choose one practice task. Keep everyday examples within the boundary of the source; do not invent promises, hidden causes or rulings.
Retrieve: Close the explanation and ask the learner to state the idea, evidence locator and one careful application in their own words.
03Questions for this exact resource
“What does The Soul That Commands Wrong mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 12:53)?”
“What does The Self-Reproaching Soul mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 91:7)?”
“Which sentence is revelation or hadith, and which sentence is explanation?”
“What would be an overstatement that the cited source does not allow us to make?”
04Adapt the same truth for different ages
Ages 5–7
Teach one short source phrase and one meaning. Use text cards, colour bands, paths or simple geometric symbols—never a picture of اللّٰه(ALLAH) and never an image that implies His form. Let the child point, match, listen and repeat once or twice.
Ages 8–11
Use two or three evidence cards and ask the learner to match each idea to its locator. Invite a short explanation in their own words, then reopen the source to correct it together.
Ages 12–15
Compare the named English translations where provided. Ask what wording differs, what remains constant, and why a translation must not be called the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Ages 16+ and adults
Require a precise claim, an exact source locator and a stated boundary. Invite the learner to distinguish established meaning from inference and to mark any unresolved question for qualified review.
05Support Arabic without creating false confidence
Listen to the whole ayah or supplication first.
Follow the Arabic from right to left and use the word-level controls only after hearing the complete wording.
Treat transliteration as temporary scaffolding. It cannot reproduce every Arabic sound.
Let the learner echo a short unit, then return it to the full phrase so meaning and pronunciation remain connected.
If neither of you can hear or form a sound confidently, record it for a capable Qur’an or Arabic teacher. Do not manufacture an English substitute and call it exact.
Gentle correction: “Let us listen once more and notice where the sound begins,” protects both accuracy and confidence.
06Choose one useful follow-up
Study every controlled evidence panel in context.
Complete the practice move and resume from the saved position.
Complete one task independently before adding another. Adult support should reveal the route, not hide whether the learner can use it.
07Revisit for durable mastery
After 24 hours · five minutes
Ask for the central idea without showing the answer.
Ask the learner to find its source locator.
Replay one Arabic phrase and reconnect it to the complete meaning.
Correct by reopening the source, then end with one successful retrieval.
After seven days · eight minutes
Ask for the idea, source and boundary in the learner’s own words.
Retry the most difficult mastery question.
Apply the idea to one new but appropriate situation.
Record what is secure and what needs another supported attempt.
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