Al-Qur'an Surah Ar-Ra'd Verse 21

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and those who maintain the relationships Allah has commanded to be maintained and fear their Lord and are frightful of evil reckoning,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and those who maintain whatever ˹ties˺ Allah has ordered to be maintained, stand in awe of their Lord, and fear strict judgment.

Ruwwad Translation Center

and those who maintain [the ties] which Allah has ordered to be maintained, and fear their Lord, and are afraid of a terrible reckoning,

A. J. Arberry

who join what God has commanded shall be joined, and fear their Lord, and dread the evil reckoning,

Abdul Haleem

who join together what God commands to be joined; who are in awe of their Lord and fear the harshness of the Reckoning;

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And those who enjoin that which Allah hath commanded to be enjoined, and fear their Lord, and dread the evil reckoning;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Those who join together those things which Allah hath commanded to be joined, hold their Lord in awe, and fear the terrible reckoning;

Abul Ala Maududi

who join together the ties which Allah has bidden to be joined; who fear their Lord and dread lest they are subjected to severe reckoning;

Ahmed Ali

Who keep together what God has ordained held together, and fear their Lord and dread the hardship of the Reckoning,

Ahmed Raza Khan

Those who unite what Allah has commanded to be united, and fear their Lord, and apprehend the evil of the account.

Ali Quli Qarai

and those who join what Allah has commanded to be joined, and fear their Lord, and are afraid of an adverse reckoning

Ali Ünal

And those who unite the bonds God has commanded to be joined (among kin as a requirement of blood relationship, and among people as required by human social interdependence), and stand in awe of their Lord, and fearful of (facing) the most evil reckoning;

Amatul Rahman Omar

These are the persons who keep the ties (of love and relationship) Allâh has commanded to be kept, who hold their Lord in awe and who dread the evil reckoning.

English Literal

And those who connect what God ordered/commanded with it that (it) be connected , and they fear their Lord, and they fear the account`s/calculation`s evil .

Faridul Haque

Those who unite what Allah has commanded to be united, and fear their Lord, and apprehend the evil of the account.

Hamid S. Aziz

Those who fulfil the Covenant of Allah and break not the pact,

Hilali & Khan

Those who join that which Allah has commanded to be joined (i.e. they are good to their relatives and do not sever the bond of kinship), fear their Lord, and dread the terrible reckoning (i.e. abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which Allah has forbidden and perform all kinds of good deeds which Allah has ordained).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Those who fulfil the pact of Allah, and break not the covenant,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined and have awe of their Lord and fear the evil reckoning.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Such as unite that which Allah hath commandeth should be joined, and fear their Lord, and dread a woeful reckoning;

Muhammad Sarwar

who maintain all the proper relations that God has commanded them to maintain, who have fear of their Lord and the hardships of the Day of Judgment,

Qaribullah & Darwish

who join together what Allah has bidden to be united; who fear their Lord and dread the evil reckoning.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And those who join that which Allah has commanded to be joined and fear their Lord, and dread the terrible reckoning.

Wahiduddin Khan

and those who join together what God has commanded to be joined, and fear their Lord and dread the harshness of the reckoning;

Talal Itani

And those who join what God has commanded to be joined, and fear their Lord, and dread the dire reckoning.

Tafsir jalalayn

and such as cement what God has commanded should be cemented, of faith and kinship ties and so forth, and fear their Lord, that is, His Threat [of punishment], and dread an awful reckoning -- a similar [statement] has preceded;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَالَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللّهُ بِهِ أَن يُوصَلَ

And those who join that which Allah has commanded to be joined,

they are good to their relatives and do not sever the bond of kinship.

They are also kind to the poor and the needy and generous in nature,

وَيَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ

and fear their Lord,

in what they do or do not do of actions and statements. They remember that Allah is watching during all of this and are afraid of His terrifying reckoning in the Hereafter. Therefore, all their affairs are on the straight path and correct, whether they are active or idle, and in all of their affairs, including those that affect others,

وَيَخَافُونَ سُوءَ الحِسَابِ



and dread the terrible reckoning