سورة السَّجدَة

Surah Al-Sajdah 32:18

The Prostration · Verse 18 of 30

أَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَنْ كَانَ فَاسِقًا ۚ لَا يَسْتَوُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

What! can one who has been a believer (be treated) like one who has been a disobedient sinner. They cannot be alike.

Is then the man who believes no better than the man who is rebellious and wicked? Not equal are they.

Is one who is a believer like one who is a transgressor? No, they are not alike.

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Is, then, he who is a believer like him who is a transgressor? They are not equal.

Shall he, therefore, who is a believer, be like unto him who is a transgressor? They are not equal.

So will the believer ever be equal to the one who is lawless? They are not equal!

Is he then, who is a believer, like him who is a transgressor? They are not equal.

Is he, then, who is a believer like one who is disobedient? they are not equal.

Is, then, he who [in his earthly life] was a believer to be compared with one who was iniquitous? [Nay,] these two are not equal!

Is then he who is a believer like him who is Fasiq (disbeliever and disobedient to Allah)? Not equal are they.

Is he who is a believer like unto him who is an evil-liver? They are not alike.

Is a believer equal to an evil-doer? They are not equal at all.

Is he then who is a believer like him who is a transgressor? They are not equal.

Is one who is a believer the same as one who is wicked? They are not equal.

Is he, then, who was a believer like the one who drifted away from the Permanent Values? Nay, these two are not alike.