Sura 16 - An-Nahl

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Kwa Jina La Mwenyezi Mungu, Mwingi Wa Rehema, Mwenye Kurehemu.
16:1
أَتَىٰ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
*Amri ya Mwenyezi Mungu itafika tu. Basi msiihimize. Ametakasika na Ametukuka na wanayo mshirikisha nayo.
*God’s edict is coming! So do not seek to hasten it. Immaculate is He and far above having any partners that they ascribe to Him.
16:2
يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ بِالرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَىٰ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرُوا أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاتَّقُونِ
*Huwateremsha Malaika na Roho kwa amri yake juu ya amtakaye katika waja wake ili nyinyi muonye kwamba hapana mungu ila Mimi, basi nicheni Mimi.
*He sends down the angels with the Spirit of His command to whomever He wishes of His servants: ‘Warn the people that there is no god except Me; so be wary of Me.’
16:3
خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ تَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
*Ameziumba mbingu na ardhi kwa Haki. Ametukuka na wanayo shirikisha.
*He created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom. He is far above having any partners that they ascribe to Him.
16:4
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُبِينٌ
*Amemuumba mtu kwa tone la manii. Naye mara amekuwa mshindani dhaahiri.
*He created man from a drop of seminal fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!
16:5
وَالْأَنْعَامَ خَلَقَهَا ۗ لَكُمْ فِيهَا دِفْءٌ وَمَنَافِعُ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ
*Na nyama hoa amekuumbieni. Katika hao mna vifaa vya kutia joto, na manufaa mengineyo, na baadhi yao mnawala.
*He created the cattle, in which there is warmth for you and other uses and some of them you eat.
16:6
وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا جَمَالٌ حِينَ تُرِيحُونَ وَحِينَ تَسْرَحُونَ
*Na wanakupeni furaha pale mnapo warudisha jioni na mnapo wapeleka malishoni asubuhi.
*There is in them a beauty for you when you bring them home for rest and when you drive them forth to pasture.
16:7
وَتَحْمِلُ أَثْقَالَكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَلَدٍ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بَالِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْأَنْفُسِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ
*Na hubeba mizigo yenu kupeleka kwenye miji msiyo weza kuifikia ila kwa mashaka ya nafsi. Hakika Mola wenu Mlezi ni Mpole na Mwenye kurehemu.
*And they bear your burdens to towns which you could not reach except by straining yourselves. Your Lord is indeed most kind and merciful.
16:8
وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً ۚ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
*Na farasi, na nyumbu, na punda ili muwapande, na kuwa ni pambo. Na ataumba msivyo vijua.
*And horses, mules and asses, for you to ride them, and for pomp, and He creates what you do not know.
16:9
وَعَلَى اللَّهِ قَصْدُ السَّبِيلِ وَمِنْهَا جَائِرٌ ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
*Na ni juu ya Mwenyezi Mungu kuelekeza Njia. Na zipo njia za upotovu. Na angeli penda angeli kuongoeni nyote.
*With God rests guidance to the straight path, and some of them are devious, and had He wished He would have guided you all.
16:10
هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً ۖ لَكُمْ مِنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ
*Yeye ndiye anaye kuteremshieni maji kutoka mbinguni. Katika hayo nyinyi mnapata ya kunywa, na miti ya kulishia.
*It is He who sends down water from the sky: from it you get your drink and with it are sustained the plants wherein you pasture your herds.
16:11
يُنْبِتُ لَكُمْ بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخِيلَ وَالْأَعْنَابَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
*Kwa hayo Yeye anaizalisha kwa ajili yenu mimea, na mizaituni, na mitende, na mizabibu, na kila namna ya matunda. Hakika katika haya zipo ishara kwa watu wanao fikiri.
*With it He makes the crops grow for you and olives, date palms, vines, and fruits of all kinds. There is indeed a sign in that for people who reflect.
16:12
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ ۖ وَالنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَاتٌ بِأَمْرِهِ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
*Na amefanya ukutumikieni usiku na mchana, na jua na mwezi, na nyota zikutumikieni kwa amri yake. Hakika katika hayo zipo ishara kwa watu wenye akili.
*He disposed the night and the day for you, and the sun, the moon and the stars are disposed by His command. There are indeed signs in that for people who exercise their reason.
16:13
وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَانُهُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ
*Na hivi alivyo vieneza katika ardhi vya rangi mbali mbali. Hakika katika hayo ipo ishara kwa watu wanao waidhika.
*And whatever He has created for you in the earth of diverse hues —there is indeed a sign in that for people who take admonition.
16:14
وَهُوَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
*Yeye ndiye aliye ifanya bahari ikutumikieni, ili kutokana na humo mpate kula nyama laini, na mtoe humo mapambo mnayo yavaa. Na unaona marikebu zikikata maji humo, ili mtafute fadhila yake, na mpate kushukuru.
*It is He who disposed the sea [for your benefit] that you may eat from it fresh meat, and obtain from it ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through it, so that you may seek of His bounty and that you may give thanks.
16:15
وَأَلْقَىٰ فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَنْ تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَارًا وَسُبُلًا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
*Na kaweka katika ardhi milima ili ardhi isiyumbe yumbe nanyi. Na mito, na njia ili mpate kuongoka.
*He cast firm mountains in the earth lest it should shake with you, and made streams and ways so that you may be guided
16:16
وَعَلَامَاتٍ ۚ وَبِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ
*Na alama nyengine. Na kwa nyota wao wanajiongoza.
*—and the landmarks as well— and by the stars they are guided.
16:17
أَفَمَنْ يَخْلُقُ كَمَنْ لَا يَخْلُقُ ۗ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
*Ati anaye umba ni kama asiye umba? Basi hebu, hamkumbuki?
*Is He who creates like one who does not create? Will you not then take admonition?
16:18
وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
*Na mkizihisabu neema za Mwenyezi Mungu, hamwezi kuzidhibiti. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye maghfira, Mwenye kurehemu.
*If you enumerate God’s blessings, you will not be able to count them. God is indeed all-forgiving, all-merciful,
16:19
وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُسِرُّونَ وَمَا تُعْلِنُونَ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu anayajua mnayo yaficha na mnayo yatangaza.
*and God knows whatever you hide and whatever you disclose.
16:20
وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْئًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ
*Na wale wanao waomba wasio kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu hawaumbi kitu, bali wao wameumbwa.
*Those whom they invoke besides God do not create anything and are themselves created.
16:21
أَمْوَاتٌ غَيْرُ أَحْيَاءٍ ۖ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ أَيَّانَ يُبْعَثُونَ
*Ni wafu si wahai, na wala hawajui watafufuliwa lini.
*They are dead and lifeless and are not aware when they will be resurrected.
16:22
إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۚ فَالَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ مُنْكِرَةٌ وَهُمْ مُسْتَكْبِرُونَ
*Mungu wenu ni Mungu Mmoja. Lakini wasio iamini Akhera nyoyo zao zinakataa, nao wanajivuna.
*Your God is the One God. Those who do not believe in the Hereafter, their hearts are in denial of the truth and they are arrogant.
16:23
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ
*Hapana shaka kuwa hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anayajua wanayo yaficha na wanayo yatangaza. Kwa hakika Yeye hawapendi wanao jivuna.
*Undoubtedly, God knows whatever they hide and whatever they disclose. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.
16:24
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ مَاذَا أَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۙ قَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
*Na wanapo ambiwa: Kateremsha nini Mola wenu Mlezi? Husema: Hadithi za kubuni za watu wa kale!
*When they are asked, ‘What is it that your Lord has sent down?,’ they say, ‘Myths of the ancients,’ [with the result]
16:25
لِيَحْمِلُوا أَوْزَارَهُمْ كَامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ وَمِنْ أَوْزَارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ ۗ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ
*Ili wabebe mizigo yao kwa ukamilifu Siku ya Kiyama, na sehemu ya mizigo ya wale wanao wapoteza bila ya kujua. Angalia, ni maovu mno hayo wanayo yabeba!
*that they will bear the full weight of their own burden on the Day of Resurrection, along with part of the burden of those whom they mislead without any knowledge. Behold! Evil is what they bear!
16:26
قَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى اللَّهُ بُنْيَانَهُمْ مِنَ الْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّقْفُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
*Walipanga vitimbi walio kuwa kabla yao, Mwenyezi Mungu akayasukua majengo yao kwenye misingi, dari zikawaporomokea juu yao, na adhabu ikawajia kutoka wasipo kujua.
*Those who were before them had also schemed. Then God came at their edifice from the foundations and the roof fell down upon them from above and the punishment overtook them whence they were not aware.
16:27
ثُمَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُخْزِيهِمْ وَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَائِيَ الَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تُشَاقُّونَ فِيهِمْ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ إِنَّ الْخِزْيَ الْيَوْمَ وَالسُّوءَ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
*Kisha Siku ya Kiyama atawahizi na atasema: Wako wapi hao washirika wangu ambao kwao mkiwakutisha (Manabii) mashaka? Watasema walio pewa ilimu: Hakika leo ndiyo hizaya na adhabu itawashukia makafiri,
*Then, on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them and say, ‘Where are My “partners” for whose sake you used to defy God?’ Those who were given knowledge will say, ‘Indeed, disgrace and distress pursue the faithless today.’
16:28
الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ظَالِمِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ ۖ فَأَلْقَوُا السَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِنْ سُوءٍ ۚ بَلَىٰ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
*Ambao Malaika waliwafisha nao wamejidhulumu nafsi zao! Basi watasalimu amri, waseme: Hatukuwa tukifanya uovu wowote. (Wataambiwa): Kwani! Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anajua sana mliyo kuwa mkiyatenda.
*—Those whom the angels take away while they were wronging themselves. Thereat they submit: ‘We were not doing any evil!’ ‘Yes,’ [the angels reply,] ‘God indeed knows well what you used to do!
16:29
فَادْخُلُوا أَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ فَلَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ
*Basi ingieni milango ya Jahannamu, humo mdumu. Ni maovu mno makaazi ya wafanyao kiburi!
*Enter the gates of hell to remain in it. Evil is the final abode of the arrogant.’
16:30
وَقِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا مَاذَا أَنْزَلَ رَبُّكُمْ ۚ قَالُوا خَيْرًا ۗ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا فِي هَٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ ۚ وَلَدَارُ الْآخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ ۚ وَلَنِعْمَ دَارُ الْمُتَّقِينَ
*Na wataambiwa walio mcha Mungu: Mola wenu Mlezi kateremsha nini? Watasema: Kheri. Walio fanya wema katika dunia hii watapata wema. Na nyumba ya Akhera ni bora zaidi, na njema mno nyumba ya wachamngu.
*But to those who were Godwary it will be said, ‘What is it that your Lord has sent down?’ They will say, ‘Good.’ For those who do good in this world there will be a good reward, and the abode of the Hereafter is better, and the abode of the Godwary is surely excellent:
16:31
جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ ۖ لَهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَاءُونَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْزِي اللَّهُ الْمُتَّقِينَ
*Bustani za milele wataziingia; iwe inapita kati yake mito. Humo watapata watakacho. Hivi ndivyo Mwenyezi Mungu awalipavyo wenye kumcha.
*the Gardens of Eden, which they will enter, with streams running in them. There they will have whatever they wish, and thus does God reward the Godwary
16:32
الَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّاهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ ۙ يَقُولُونَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
*Wale ambao Malaika huwafisha katika hali njema, wanawaambia: Amani iwe juu yenu! Ingieni Peponi kwa sababu ya yale mliyo kuwa mkiyatenda.
*—those whom the angels take away while they are pure. They say to them, ‘Peace be to you! Enter paradise because of what you used to do.’
16:33
هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
*Wanangojea jengine hawa ila Malaika wawafikie, au iwafikie amri ya Mola wako Mlezi? Kama hivyo walitenda walio kuwa kabla yao. Na Mwenyezi Mungu hakuwadhulumu, lakini walijidhulumu wenyewe.
*Do they await aught except that the angels should come to them, or your Lord’s edict should come? Those who were before them had acted likewise; God did not wrong them, but they used to wrong themselves.
16:34
فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
*Basi ukawafikia uovu wa waliyo yatenda, na waliyo kuwa wakiyakejeli yakawazunguka.
*So the evils of what they had earned visited them, and they were besieged by what they used to deride.
16:35
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ نَحْنُ وَلَا آبَاؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ دُونِهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى الرُّسُلِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ
*Na washirikina wanasema: Mwenyezi Mungu angeli taka tusingeli abudu chochote badala yake, sisi wala baba zetu, wala tusingeli harimisha chochote bila ya Yeye. Kama hivyo walifanya walio kuwa kabla yao. Basi lipo lolote juu ya Mitume isipo kuwa kubalighisha kwa uwazi?
*The polytheists say, ‘Had God wished, we would not have worshiped anything besides Him —neither we, nor our fathers— nor forbidden anything without His sanction.’ Those who were before them had acted likewise. Is the apostles’ duty anything but to communicate in clear terms?
16:36
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَسُولًا أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَ ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ هَدَى اللَّهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الضَّلَالَةُ ۚ فَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
*Na kwa hakika kwa kila umma tuliutumia Mtume kwamba: Muabuduni Mwenyezi Mungu, na muepukeni Shetani. Basi kati yao wapo alio waongoa Mwenyezi Mungu. Na kati yao wapo ambao ulio wathibitikia upotovu. Basi tembeeni katika ardhi, muangalie ulikuwaje mwisho wa wanao kanusha.
*Certainly We raised an apostle in every nation to preach: ‘Worship God, and shun satanic entities.’ Among them were some whom God guided, and among them were some who deserved to be in error. So travel through the land and observe how was the fate of the deniers.
16:37
إِنْ تَحْرِصْ عَلَىٰ هُدَاهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَنْ يُضِلُّ ۖ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
*Hata ukiwa na pupa ya kutaka kuwaongoa, lakini Mwenyezi Mungu hamwongoi yule anaye shikilia kupotea. Wala hawatapata wa kuwanusuru.
*Even if you are eager for them to be guided, indeed God does not guide those who mislead others, and they will have no helpers.
16:38
وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ ۙ لَا يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ مَنْ يَمُوتُ ۚ بَلَىٰ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
*Na wanaapa kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ukomo wa viapo vyao kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu hatomfufua aliye kufa. Kwani! Ni ahadi iliyo juu yake kikweli; lakini watu wengi hawajui.
*They swear by God with solemn oaths that God will not resurrect those who die. Yes indeed, He will, it is a promise binding upon Him, but most people do not know,
16:39
لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي يَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا كَاذِبِينَ
*Ili kuwabainishia yale waliyo khitalifiana, na ili wajue walio kufuru kwamba wao walikuwa ni waongo.
*so that He may clarify for them what they differ about, and that the faithless may know that they were liars.
16:40
إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَيْءٍ إِذَا أَرَدْنَاهُ أَنْ نَقُولَ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
*Kauli yetu kwa kitu tunacho kitaka kiwe, ni kukiambia: Kuwa! Basi kinakuwa.
*All that We say to a thing, when We will it, is to say to it ‘Be!’ and it is.
16:41
وَالَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا فِي اللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَلَأَجْرُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
*Na wale walio hama kwa ajili ya Mwenyezi Mungu baada ya kudhulumiwa, bila ya shaka tutawaweka duniani kwa wema; na ujira wa Akhera ni mkubwa zaidi; laiti kuwa wanajua!
*Those who migrate for the sake of God after they have been wronged, We will surely settle them in a good place in the world, and the reward of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known.
16:42
الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
*Wale wanao subiri na wakamtegemea Mola wao Mlezi.
*—Those who are patient and put their trust in their Lord.
16:43
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
*Nasi hatukuwatuma kabla yako ila watu wanaume tulio wapa Wahyi (Ufunuo). Basi waulizeni wenye ukumbusho kama nyinyi hamjui
*We did not send any apostles before you except as men to whom We revealed. Ask the People of the Reminder if you do not know.
16:44
بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالزُّبُرِ ۗ وَأَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
*Kwa Ishara wazi na Vitabu. Nasi tumekuteremshia wewe Ukumbusho ili uwabainishie watu yaliyo teremshwa kwao, wapate kufikiri.
*We sent them with clear proofs and scriptures. We have sent down the Reminder to you so that you may clarify for these people that which has been sent down to them, so that they may reflect.
16:45
أَفَأَمِنَ الَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا السَّيِّئَاتِ أَنْ يَخْسِفَ اللَّهُ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
*Je! Wameaminisha wanao fanya vitimbi vya uovu kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu hatawadidimiza katika ardhi, na haitawafika adhabu kutoka wasipo pajua?
*Do those who devise evil schemes feel secure that God will not make the earth swallow them, or the punishment will not overtake them whence they are not aware?
16:46
أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِي تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ
*Au hatawashika katika nyendo zao, na wala hawataponyoka?
*Or that He will not seize them in the midst of their bustle, whereupon they will not be able to frustrate Him?
16:47
أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ
*Au hatawashika kwa kitisho na kuwapunguza kidogo kidogo? Hakika Mola wenu Mlezi ni Mwenye huruma, Mwenye kurehemu.
*Or that He will not visit them with attrition? Your Lord is indeed most kind and merciful.
16:48
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَتَفَيَّأُ ظِلَالُهُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَالشَّمَائِلِ سُجَّدًا لِلَّهِ وَهُمْ دَاخِرُونَ
*Je! Hawavioni vitu alivyo viumba Mwenyezi Mungu - vivuli vyao vinaelekea kushotoni na kuliani, kumsujudia Mwenyezi Mungu na vikinyenyekea?
*Have they not regarded that whatever thing God has created casts its shadow to the right and the left, prostrating to God in utter humility?
16:49
وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
*Na vyote viliomo katika mbingu na katika ardhi, tangu wanyama mpaka Malaika, vinamsujuidia Mwenyezi Mungu, na wala havitakabari.
*To God prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, including animals and angels, and they are not arrogant.
16:50
يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ۩
*Vinamkhofu Mola wao Mlezi aliye juu yao, na vinafanya vinavyo amrishwa.
*They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are commanded.
16:51
وَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا إِلَٰهَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ ۖ إِنَّمَا هُوَ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۖ فَإِيَّايَ فَارْهَبُونِ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu amesema: Msiwe na miungu wawili! Hakika Yeye ni Mungu Mmoja. Basi niogopeni Mimi tu!
*God has said, ‘Do not worship two gods. Indeed, He is the One God, so be in awe of Me alone.’
16:52
وَلَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَهُ الدِّينُ وَاصِبًا ۚ أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَتَّقُونَ
*Na ni vyake Yeye viliomo katika mbingu na ardhi. Na Dini ni yake Yeye daima. Je! Mtamcha mwengine asiye kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu?
*To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him belongs the enduring religion. Will you, then, be wary of other than God?
16:53
وَمَا بِكُمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ اللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فَإِلَيْهِ تَجْأَرُونَ
*Na neema yoyote mliyo nayo inatoka kwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Kisha yakikuguseni madhara mnamyayatikia Yeye.
*Whatever blessing you have is from God, and when a distress befalls you, you make entreaties to Him.
16:54
ثُمَّ إِذَا كَشَفَ الضُّرَّ عَنْكُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِنْكُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ
*Na anapo kuondosheeni madhara mara kundi moja miongoni mwenu linamshirikisha Mola wao Mlezi,
*Then, when He removes the distress from you, behold, a part of them ascribe partners to their Lord,
16:55
لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَا آتَيْنَاهُمْ ۚ فَتَمَتَّعُوا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
*Wakizikataa neema tulizo wapa. Basi stareheni. Mtakuja jua!
*being unthankful for what We have given them. So let them enjoy. Soon they will know!
16:56
وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصِيبًا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ ۗ تَاللَّهِ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ
*Na hao ambao hata hawawajui wanawawekea sehemu ya tunavyo waruzuku. Wallahi! Bila ya shaka mtasailiwa kwa hayo mliyo kuwa mnayazua!
*To what they do not know, they attribute a share in what We have provided them. By God, you will surely be questioned concerning what you used to fabricate.
16:57
وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ الْبَنَاتِ سُبْحَانَهُ ۙ وَلَهُمْ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ
*Na wanamfanyia Mwenyezi Mungu ati ana mabinti, Subhanahu, Aliye takasika! Na wao wenyewe, ati ndio wawe na hayo wanayo yatamani!
*And they attribute daughters to God—immaculate is He— while they will have what they desire!
16:58
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُمْ بِالْأُنْثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
*Na mmoja wao akibashiriwa kwa msichana, uso wake unasawijika, naye kajaa chuki.
*When one of them is brought the news of a female newborn, his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed agony.
16:59
يَتَوَارَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ سُوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِ ۚ أَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِ ۗ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
*Anajificha asionekane na watu kwa ubaya wa aliyo bashiriwa! Je, akae naye juu ya fedheha hiyo au amfukie udongoni? Tazama uovu wa wanavyo hukumu!
*He hides from the people out of distress at the news he has been brought: shall he retain it in humiliation, or bury it in the ground! Behold! Evil is the judgement that they make.
16:60
لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ ۖ وَلِلَّهِ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَىٰ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
*Hali ya wasio iamini Akhera ni ovu; na Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye Mwenye sifa tukufu. Naye ni Mwenye nguvu na Mwenye hikima.
*Of those who do not believe in the Hereafter there is an evil description, and the loftiest description belongs to God, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.
16:61
وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِمْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ وَلَٰكِنْ يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
*Na lau kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu angeli wachukulia watu kwa mujibu wa dhulma zao, basi asingeli mwacha hapa hata mnyama mmoja. Lakini anawaakhirisha mpaka muda ulio wekwa. Na unapo fika muda wao hawatakawilia hata saa moja wala hawatatangulia.
*Were God to take mankind to task for their wrongdoing, He would not leave any living being upon it. But He respites them until a specified time; so when their time comes they shall not defer it by a single hour nor shall they advance it.
16:62
وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمُ الْكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ النَّارَ وَأَنَّهُمْ مُفْرَطُونَ
*Na wanampa Mwenyezi Mungu wanavyo vichukia wao, na ndimi zao zinasema uwongo kwamba wao watapata mema. Hapana shaka hakika wamewekewa Moto, nao wataachwa humo.
*They attribute to God what they dislike for themselves, and their tongues assert the lie that the best reward [in the Hereafter] will be theirs. Undoubtedly, the Fire shall be their lot and they will be foremost in entering it.
16:63
تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَىٰ أُمَمٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
*Wallahi! Sisi tulituma Mitume kwa umati zilizo kuwa kabla yako, lakini Shetani aliwapambia vitendo vyao. Kwa hivyo leo yeye ndiye rafiki yao; nao watapata adhabu chungu.
*By God, We have certainly sent apostles to nations before you. But Satan made their deeds seem decorous to them. So he is their master today and there is a painful punishment for them.
16:64
وَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا لِتُبَيِّنَ لَهُمُ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ ۙ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
*Na hatukukuteremshia Kitabu isipo kuwa uwabainishie yale ambayo wanakhitalifiana, na kiwe Uwongofu na Rehema kwa watu wanao amini.
*We did not send down the Book to you except for the purpose that you may clarify for them what they differ about, and as guidance and mercy for people who have faith.
16:65
وَاللَّهُ أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu ameteremsha maji kutoka mbinguni na kwa hayo akaihuisha ardhi baada ya kufa kwake. Kwa hakika katika hayo imo Ishara kwa watu wanao sikia.
*God sends down water from the sky with which He revives the earth after its death. There is indeed a sign in that for people who listen.
16:66
وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُسْقِيكُمْ مِمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِلشَّارِبِينَ
*Na hakika katika nyama hoa nyinyi mna mazingatio. Tunakunywesheni katika vile viliomo matumboni mwao, vikatoka baina ya mavi na damu, maziwa safi mazuri kwa wanywao.
*There is indeed a lesson for you in the cattle: We give you to drink from what is in their bellies, from between intestinal waste and blood, pure milk, pleasant to those who drink.
16:67
وَمِنْ ثَمَرَاتِ النَّخِيلِ وَالْأَعْنَابِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ
*Na kutokana na matunda ya mitende na mizabibu mnatengeneza ulevi na riziki nzuri. Hakika katika hayo ipo Ishara kwa wanao tumia akili.
*And from the fruits of date palms and vines, you draw wine and goodly provision. There are indeed signs in that for people who exercise their reason.
16:68
وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ
*Na Mola wako Mlezi amemfunulia nyuki: Jitengenezee majumba yako katika milima,na katika miti, na katika wanayo jenga watu.
*And your Lord inspired the bee saying: ‘Make your home in the mountains, and on trees and the trellises that they erect.
16:69
ثُمَّ كُلِي مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
*Kisha kula katika kila matunda, na upite katika njia za Mola wako Mlezi zilizo fanywa nyepesi kuzipita. Na kutoka matumbo yao kinatoka kinywaji chenye rangi mbali mbali; ndani yake kina matibabu kwa wanaadamu. Hakika katika haya ipo Ishara kwa watu wanao fikiri.
*Then eat from every kind of fruit and follow meekly the ways of your Lord.’ There issues from its belly a juice of diverse hues in which there is cure for the people. There is indeed a sign in that for a people who reflect.
16:70
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّاكُمْ ۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْئًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu amekuumbeni; kisha anakufisheni. Na miongoni mwenu wapo wanao rudishwa kwenye umri mbaya kabisa, hata akawa asijue kitu baada ya ujuzi alio kuwa nao. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye Mjuzi na Mweza.
*God has created you, then He takes you away, and there are some among you who are relegated to the nethermost age so that they know nothing after some knowledge. God is indeed all-knowing, all-powerful.
16:71
وَاللَّهُ فَضَّلَ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِي الرِّزْقِ ۚ فَمَا الَّذِينَ فُضِّلُوا بِرَادِّي رِزْقِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَهُمْ فِيهِ سَوَاءٌ ۚ أَفَبِنِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu amewafadhilisha baadhi yenu kuliko wengine katika riziki. Na wale walio fadhilishwa hawarudishi riziki zao kwa wale ilio wamiliki mikono yao ya kulia ili wawe sawa katika riziki hiyo. Basi je, wanazikataa neema za Mwenyezi Mungu?
*God has granted some of you an advantage over others in respect of provision. Those who have been granted an advantage do not give over their provision to their slaves so that they become equal in its respect. What, do they dispute the blessing of God?
16:72
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً وَرَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ ۚ أَفَبِالْبَاطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ اللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu amekuumbieni wake katika jinsi yenu, na akakujaalieni kutoka kwa wake zenu wana na wajukuu, na akakuruzukuni vitu vizuri vizuri. Basi je, wanaamini upotovu na wanazikataa neema za Mwenyezi Mungu?
*God made for you mates from your own selves and appointed for you, from your mates, children and grandchildren, and We provided you with all the good things. What, do they believe in falsehood while they deny the blessing of God?
16:73
وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
*Na badala ya Mwenyezi Mungu wanawaabudu wasio wamilikia riziki kutoka mbinguni wala kwenye ardhi, wala hawawezi kitu.
*They worship besides God what has no power to provide them with anything from the heavens and the earth, nor are they capable of doing that.
16:74
فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا لِلَّهِ الْأَمْثَالَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
*Basi msimpigie Mwenyezi Mungu mifano. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anajua, na nyinyi hamjui.
*So do not draw comparisons for God: indeed God knows and you do not know.
16:75
ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبْدًا مَمْلُوكًا لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ وَمَنْ رَزَقْنَاهُ مِنَّا رِزْقًا حَسَنًا فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ سِرًّا وَجَهْرًا ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوُونَ ۚ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
*Mwenyezi Mungu anapiga mfano wa mtumwa aliye milikiwa, asiye weza kitu, na mwingine tuliye mruzuku riziki njema inayo toka kwetu, naye akawa anatoa katika riziki hiyo kwa siri na dhaahiri. Je, hao watakuwa sawa? Alhamdu Lillahi! Kuhimidiwa kote ni kwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Lakini wengi wao hawajui.
*God draws a parable: a slave owned by a master, having no power over anything, and someone, [a free man], whom We have provided with a goodly provision and he spends out of it secretly and openly. Are they equal? All praise belongs to God. But most of them do not know.
16:76
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلَىٰ مَوْلَاهُ أَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّهْهُ لَا يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ ۖ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي هُوَ وَمَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ ۙ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu anapiga mfano wa watu wawili. Mmoja wao ni bubu, hawezi chochote, naye ni mzigo kwa bwana wake. Popote anapo muelekeza haleti kheri. Je! Huyo anaweza kuwa sawa na yule anaye amrisha uadilifu, naye yuko juu ya Njia Iliyo Nyooka?
*God draws another parable: Two men, one of whom is dumb, having no power over anything and who is a liability to his master: wherever he directs him, he does not bring any good. Is he equal to someone who enjoins justice and is steady on a straight path?
16:77
وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَا أَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
*Na siri zote za katika mbingu na ardhi ziko kwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Wala halikuwa jambo la Saa (ya Kiyama) ila kama kupepesa kwa jicho, au akali ya hivyo. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Muweza wa kila kitu.
*To God belongs the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. The matter of the Hour is just like the twinkling of an eye, or even shorter. Indeed, God has power over all things.
16:78
وَاللَّهُ أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ ۙ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu amekutoeni matumboni mwa mama zenu, hali ya kuwa hamjui kitu, na amekujaalieni masikio na macho na nyoyo ili mpate kushukuru.
*God has brought you forth from the bellies of your mothers while you did not know anything. He invested you with hearing, sight, and the hearts so that you may give thanks.
16:79
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ فِي جَوِّ السَّمَاءِ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
*Je! Hawawaoni ndege walivyo wat´iifu katika anga la mbingu? Hapana mwenye kuwashika isipo kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Hakika katika haya zipo ishara kwa watu wanao amini.
*Have they not regarded the birds disposed in the air of the sky: no one sustains them except God. There are indeed signs in that for people who have faith.
16:80
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ جُلُودِ الْأَنْعَامِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ إِقَامَتِكُمْ ۙ وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِهَا أَثَاثًا وَمَتَاعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu amekujaalieni majumba yenu yawe ni maskani yenu, na amekujaalieni kutokana na ngozi za wanyama nyumba mnazo ziona nyepesi wakati wa safari zenu na wakati wa kutua kwenu. Na kutokana na sufi zao na manyoya yao na nywele zao mnafanya matandiko na mapambo ya kutumia kwa muda.
*It is God who has made your homes for you a place of rest, and He made for you homes out of the skins of the cattle which you find light and portable on the day of your shifting and on the day of your halt, and out of their wool, fur and hair [He has appointed] furniture and wares enduring for a while.
16:81
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِمَّا خَلَقَ ظِلَالًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ أَكْنَانًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ سَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُمُ الْحَرَّ وَسَرَابِيلَ تَقِيكُمْ بَأْسَكُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْلِمُونَ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu amekufanyieni vivuli katika vitu alivyo viumba, na amekufanyieni maskani milimani, na amekufanyieni nguo za kukingeni na joto, na nguo za kukingeni katika vita vyenu. Ndio hivyo anakutimizieni neema zake ili mpate kut´ii.
*It is God who made for you the shade from what He has created, and made for you retreats in the mountains, and made for you garments that protect you from heat, and garments that protect you from your mutual violence. That is how He completes His blessing upon you so that you may submit to Him.
16:82
فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ
*Basi wakikengeuka lilio juu yako wewe ni kufikisha ujumbe wazi wazi.
*But if they turn their backs on you, your duty is only to communicate in clear terms.
16:83
يَعْرِفُونَ نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُنْكِرُونَهَا وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ
*Wanazijua neema za Mwenyezi Mungu, kisha wanazikanusha; na wengi wao ni makafiri.
*They recognize the blessing of God and then deny it, and most of them are faithless.
16:84
وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا ثُمَّ لَا يُؤْذَنُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ
*Na siku tutakapo wainua kutokana na kila umma shahidi, kisha hawataruhusiwa walio kufuru wala hawataachiliwa kutaka radhi.
*The day We shall raise up a witness from every nation, the faithless will not be permitted to speak, nor will they be asked to propitiate God.
16:85
وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ
*Na walio dhulumu watakapo iona adhabu hawatapunguziwa hiyo adhabu, wala hawatapewa muhula.
*And when the wrongdoers sight the punishment, it shall not be lightened for them, nor will they be granted any respite.
16:86
وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا شُرَكَاءَهُمْ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ شُرَكَاؤُنَا الَّذِينَ كُنَّا نَدْعُو مِنْ دُونِكَ ۖ فَأَلْقَوْا إِلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلَ إِنَّكُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
*Na walio shirikisha watakapo waona hao walio washirikisha na Mwenyezi Mungu, watasema: Mola wetu Mlezi! Hawa ndio washirikishwa wetu ambao tulikuwa tukiwaabudu badala yako. Ndipo wale watakapo watupia kauli: Hakika nyinyi ni waongo!
*When the polytheists sight their partners, they will say, ‘Our Lord! These are our partners whom we used to invoke besides You.’ But they will retort to them, ‘You are indeed liars!’
16:87
وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ السَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ
*Na siku hiyo watasalimu amri mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu, na yatapotea waliyo kuwa wakiyazua.
*They will submit to God on that day, and what they used to fabricate will forsake them.
16:88
الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يُفْسِدُونَ
*Wale walio kufuru na kuzuilia Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu tutawazidishia adhabu juu ya adhabu, kwa walivyo kuwa wakifisidi.
*Those who are faithless and bar from the way of God —We shall add punishment to their punishment because of the corruption they used to cause.
16:89
وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَٰؤُلَاءِ ۚ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ تِبْيَانًا لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ
*Na (waonye) siku tutakapo wainua mashahidi katika kila umma wakiwashuhudia kwa yanayo tokana na wao, na tutakuleta wewe uwe shahidi juu ya hao. Na tumekuteremshia Kitabu hiki kinacho bainisha kila kitu, na ni uwongofu, na rehema, na bishara kwa Waislamu.
*The day We raise in every nation a witness against them from among themselves, We shall bring you as a witness against these. We have sent down the Book to you as a clarification of all things and as guidance, mercy and good news for those who submit to God.
16:90
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
*Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anaamrisha kufanya uadilifu, na hisani, na kuwapa jamaa; na anakataza uchafu, na uovu, na dhulma. Anakuwaidhini ili mpate kukumbuka.
*Indeed, God enjoins justice and kindness, and generosity towards relatives, and He forbids indecency, wrongdoing, and aggression. He advises you so that you may take admonition.
16:91
وَأَوْفُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ إِذَا عَاهَدْتُمْ وَلَا تَنْقُضُوا الْأَيْمَانَ بَعْدَ تَوْكِيدِهَا وَقَدْ جَعَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْكُمْ كَفِيلًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
*Na timizeni ahadi ya Mwenyezi Mungu mnapo ahidi, wala msivunje viapo baada ya kuvithibitisha, ilihali mmekwisha mfanya Mwenyezi Mungu ndiye mdhamini wenu. Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anayajua myatendayo.
*Fulfill God’s covenant when you pledge, and do not break your oaths after pledging them solemnly and having made God a witness over yourselves. God indeed knows what you do.
16:92
وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّتِي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنْكَاثًا تَتَّخِذُونَ أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ أَنْ تَكُونَ أُمَّةٌ هِيَ أَرْبَىٰ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ ۚ إِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ ۚ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا كُنْتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ
*Wala msiwe kama mwanamke anaye uzongoa uzi wake baada ya kwisha usokota ukawa mgumu. Mnavifanya viapo vyenu kuwa ni njia ya kudanganyana baina yenu kwa kuwa ati taifa moja lina nguvu zaidi kuliko jengine? Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu anakujaribuni kwa njia hiyo. Na bila ya shaka atakubainishieni Siku ya Kiyama mliyo kuwa mkikhitalifiana.
*Do not be like her who would undo her yarn, breaking it up after spinning it to strength, by making your oaths a means of mutual deceit among yourselves, so that one community may become more affluent than another community. God only tests you thereby, and He will clarify for you on the Day of Resurrection what you used to differ about.
16:93
وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَٰكِنْ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَلَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu angeli taka, kwa yakini angeli kufanyeni umma mmoja. Lakini anamwachia kupotea anaye mtaka, na anamwongoa amtakaye. Na hakika mtaulizwa kwa yale mliyo kuwa mkiyafanya.
*Had God wished, He would have surely made you one community, but He leads astray whomever He wishes and guides whomever He wishes, and you will surely be questioned concerning what you used to do.
16:94
وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا أَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلًا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّوءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
*Wala msifanye viapo vyenu ni njia ya kudanganyana baina yenu. Usije mguu ukateleza badala ya kuthibiti, na mkaonja maovu kwa sababu ya kule kuzuilia Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu, na mkapata adhabu kubwa.
*Do not make your oaths a means of mutual deceit among yourselves, lest feet should stumble after being steady and lest you suffer ill for barring from the way of God and face a great punishment.
16:95
وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
*Wala msinunue ahadi ya Mwenyezi Mungu kwa thamani ndogo. Hakika kilichoko kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ndicho bora kwenu, ikiwa mnajua.
*Do not sell God’s covenants for a paltry gain. What is with God is indeed better for you, should you know.
16:96
مَا عِنْدَكُمْ يَنْفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ بَاقٍ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
*Mlivyo navyo vitakwisha na vilivyoko kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ndivyo vitakavyo bakia. Na kwa yakini Sisi tutawapa walio subiri ujira wao kwa bora ya waliyo kuwa wakiyatenda.
*That which is with you will be spent and gone, but what is with God shall last forever, and We will surely pay the patient their reward by the best of what they used to do.
16:97
مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
*Mwenye kutenda mema, mwanamume au mwanamke, naye akawa ni Muumini, tutamhuisha maisha mema; na tutawapa ujira wao kwa bora ya waliyo kuwa wakiyatenda.
*Whoever acts righteously, whether male or female, should he be faithful, We shall revive him with a good life and pay them their reward by the best of what they used to do.
16:98
فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
*Na ukisoma Qur´ani mwombe Mwenyezi Mungu akulinde na Shetani maluuni.
*When you recite the Qur’ān, seek the protection of God against the outcast Satan.
16:99
إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
*Hakika yeye hana madaraka juu ya walio amini na wakamtegemea Mola wao Mlezi.
*Indeed, he does not have any authority over those who have faith and put their trust in their Lord.
16:100
إِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ بِهِ مُشْرِكُونَ
*Hakika madaraka yake ni juu ya wanao mfanya rafiki yao, na wale wanao fanya ushirika naye.
*His authority is only over those who befriend him and those who make him a partner of God.
16:101
وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَا آيَةً مَكَانَ آيَةٍ ۙ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُفْتَرٍ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
*Na tunapo badilisha Ishara pahala pa Ishara nyengine, na Mwenyezi Mungu anajua anayo teremsha, wao husema: Wewe ni mzushi. Bali wengi wao hawajui kitu.
*When We change a sign for another in its place —and God knows best what He sends down— they say, ‘You are only a fabricator.’ Indeed, most of them do not know.
16:102
قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ
*Sema: Ameiteremsha hii Roho takatifu kutokana na Mola wako Mlezi kwa haki, ili awathibitishe wale walio amini, na kuwa ni uwongofu, na ni bishara kwa Waislamu.
*Say, the Holy Spirit has brought it down duly from your Lord to fortify those who have faith and as guidance and good news for those who submit.
16:103
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ ۗ لِسَانُ الَّذِي يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهَٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُبِينٌ
*Na Sisi hakika tunajua kwamba wanasema: Yuko mtu anaye mfundisha. Lugha ya huyo wanaye muelekezea ni ya kigeni, na hii ni lugha ya Kiarabu mbayana.
*We certainly know that they say, ‘It is only a human that instructs him.’ The language of him to whom they refer is non-Arabic, while this is a clear Arabic language.
16:104
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَا يَهْدِيهِمُ اللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
*Hakika wasio ziamini Ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu, Mwenyezi Mungu hawaongoi, nao watapata adhabu chungu.
*Indeed, those who do not believe in the signs of God —God shall not guide them and there is a painful punishment for them.
16:105
إِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِي الْكَذِبَ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَاذِبُونَ
*Wanao zua uwongo ni wale tu wasio ziamini Ishara za Mwenyezi Mungu. Na hao ndio waongo.
*Only those fabricate lies who do not believe in the signs of God, and it is they who are the liars.
16:106
مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَٰكِنْ مَنْ شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
*Anaye mkataa Mwenyezi Mungu baada ya kuamini kwake - isipo kuwa aliye lazimishwa na hali ya kuwa moyo wake umetua juu ya Imani, lakini aliye kifungulia kifua chake kukataa - basi hao ghadhabu ya Mwenyezi Mungu ipo juu yao, na wao watapata adhabu kubwa.
*Those who disbelieve in God after affirming their faith —excepting someone who is compelled to recant while his heart is at rest in faith— but those who open up their breasts to unfaith, God’s wrath shall be upon them and there is a great punishment for them.
16:107
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ
*Hayo ni kwa sababu wameyapenda zaidi maisha ya duniani kuliko ya Akhera, na kwa sababu Mwenyezi Mungu hawaongoi watu makafiri.
*That, because they preferred the life of the world to the Hereafter and that God does not guide the faithless lot.
16:108
أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَارِهِمْ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ
*Hao ndio Mwenyezi Mungu ameziziba nyoyo zao na masikio yao na macho yao. Na hao ndio walio ghafilika.
*They are the ones God has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing and sight, and it is they who are the heedless.
16:109
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ
*Hapana shaka ya kwamba hao ndio wenye kukhasiri Akhera.
*Undoubtedly, they are the ones who will be the losers in the Hereafter.
16:110
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا فُتِنُوا ثُمَّ جَاهَدُوا وَصَبَرُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
*Kisha hakika Mola wako Mlezi, kwa wale walio hama makwao baada ya kuteswa, kisha wakapigania Dini na wakasubiri, bila ya shaka Mola wako Mlezi baada ya hayo ni Mwenye kusamehe Mwenye kurehemu.
*Thereafter your Lord will indeed be to those who migrated after they were persecuted, waged jihād and remained steadfast —indeed, after that, your Lord will surely be forgiving and merciful to them.
16:111
يَوْمَ تَأْتِي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ عَنْ نَفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ
*Siku ambayo kila nafsi itakuja jitetea, na kila nafsi italipwa sawa sawa na a´mali ilizo zifanya, nao hawatadhulumiwa.
*The day when every soul will come pleading for itself and every soul will be recompensed fully for what it has done, and they will not be wronged.
16:112
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ آمِنَةً مُطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ
*Na Mwenyezi Mungu amepiga mfano wa mji ulio kuwa na amani na utulivu, riziki yake ikiufikia kwa nafasi kutoka kila mahali. Lakini ukazikufuru neema za Mwenyezi Mungu; kwa hivyo Mwenyezi Mungu akauvika vazi la njaa na khofu kwa sababu ya yale waliyo kuwa wakiyafanya.
*God draws a parable: There was a town secure and peaceful, its provision coming abundantly from every place. But it was ungrateful toward God’s blessings. So God made it taste hunger and fear because of what they used to do.
16:113
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
*Na alikwisha wajia Mjumbe wa miongoni mwao wenyewe. Lakini wakamkanusha; basi iliwafika adhabu hali ya kuwa wamedhulumu.
*There had already come to them an apostle from among themselves, but they impugned him. So the punishment seized them while they were wrongdoers.
16:114
فَكُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَاشْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ
*Basi kuleni katika vile alivyo kupeni Mwenyezi Mungu, vilivyo halali na vizuri. Na shukuruni neema za Mwenyezi Mungu, ikiwa kweli mnamuabudu Yeye.
*Eat out of what God has provided you as lawful and good, and give thanks for God’s blessing, if it is Him that you worship.
16:115
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ ۖ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
*Amekuharimishieni nyamafu tu, na damu, na nyama ya nguruwe, na mnyama aliye chinjwa kwa ajili isiyo kuwa ya Mwenyezi Mungu. Lakini anaye lazimishwa bila ya kuasi, wala kuruka mipaka, basi hakika Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwenye kusamehe na Mwenye kurehemu.
*He has forbidden you only carrion, blood, the flesh of the swine, and that which has been offered to other than God. But if someone is compelled to eat any of that without being rebellious or aggressive, indeed God is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
16:116
وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ
*Wala msiseme uwongo, kwa kuropokwa na ndimi zenu: Hichi halali, na hichi haramu - mkimzulia uwongo Mwenyezi Mungu. Hakika wanao mzulia uwongo Mwenyezi Mungu hawatafanikiwa.
*Do not say, asserting falsely with your tongues, ‘This is lawful, and that is unlawful,’ attributing lies to God. Indeed, those who attribute lies to God will not prosper.
16:117
مَتَاعٌ قَلِيلٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
*Ni starehe ndogo, nao watapata adhabu chungu.
*[Their share of the present life is a trifling enjoyment, and there will be a painful punishment for them.
16:118
وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلَٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
*Na Mayahudi tuliwaharimishia yale tuliyo kuhadithia zamani. Na Sisi hatukuwadhulumu, bali walikuwa wakijudhulumu wenyewe.
*We forbade to the Jews what We have recounted to you earlier, and We did not wrong them, but they used to wrong themselves.
16:119
ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُوا السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
*Kisha hakika Mola wako Mlezi kwa walio tenda uovu kwa ujinga, kisha wakatubia baada ya hayo na wakatenda mema; bila ya shaka Mola wako Mlezi baada ya hayo ni Mwenye kusamehe na Mwenye kurehemu.
*Moreover, indeed your Lord, to those who commit evil out of ignorance and then repent after that and reform themselves —indeed, after that, your Lord will surely be forgiving and merciful to them.
16:120
إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِلَّهِ حَنِيفًا وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
*Hakika Ibrahim alikuwa mfano mwema, mnyenyekevu kwa Mwenyezi Mungu, mwongofu, wala hakuwa miongoni mwa washirikina.
*Indeed, Abraham was a nation all by himself obedient to God, a ḥanīf, and he was not a polytheist.
16:121
شَاكِرًا لِأَنْعُمِهِ ۚ اجْتَبَاهُ وَهَدَاهُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
*Mwenye kuzishukuru neema zake, Mwenyezi Mungu. Yeye kamteuwa, na akamwongoa kwenye Njia Iliyo Nyooka.
*Grateful as he was for His blessings, He chose him and guided him to a straight path.
16:122
وَآتَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً ۖ وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
*Na tukampa wema duniani, na hakika Akhera atakuwa miongoni mwa watu wema.
*We gave him good in this world, and in the Hereafter he will indeed be among the Righteous.
16:123
ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
*Kisha tukakufunulia ya kwamba ufuate mila ya Ibrahim, mwongofu, wala hakuwa miongoni mwa washirikina.
*Thereafter, We revealed to you, saying, ‘Follow the creed of Abraham, a ḥanīf, who was not a polytheist.’
16:124
إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ السَّبْتُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ ۚ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ
*Hakika siku ya Sabato (Jumaamosi) waliwekewa wale walio khitalifiana kwa ajili yake. Na hakika Mola wako Mlezi bila ya shaka atahukumu baina yao Siku ya Kiyama katika yale waliyo kuwa wakikhitalifiana.
*The Sabbath was only prescribed for those who differed about it. Your Lord will indeed judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which they used to differ.
16:125
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
*Waite waelekee kwenye Njia ya Mola wako Mlezi kwa hikima na mawaidha mema, na ujadiliane nao kwa namna iliyo bora. Hakika Mola wako Mlezi ndiye anaye mjua zaidi aliye ipotea Njia yake, na Yeye ndiye anaye wajua zaidi walio ongoka.
*Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and dispute with them in a manner that is best. Indeed, your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided.
16:126
وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ ۖ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ
*Na mkilipiza basi lipizeni sawa na vile mlivyo adhibiwa. Na ikiwa mtasubiri, basi hakika hivyo ni bora zaidi kwa wanao subiri.
*If you retaliate, retaliate with the like of what you have been made to suffer, but if you are patient, that is surely better for the steadfast.
16:127
وَاصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُ فِي ضَيْقٍ مِمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ
*Na subiri. Na kusubiri kwako kusiwe ila kwa sababu ya Mwenyezi Mungu tu. Wala usiwahuzunikie; wala usiwe katika dhiki kwa hila wanazo zifanya.
*So be patient, and you cannot be patient except with God’s help. And do not grieve for them, nor be upset by their guile.
16:128
إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ مُحْسِنُونَ
*Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu yu pamoja na wenye kumcha, na watendao mema.
*Indeed, God is with those who are Godwary and those who are virtuous.