Successful indeed are the believers. Those who

[23] Surah Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
Revealed in Makkah

1 قََدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Successful indeed are the believers. (Al-Mu'minun 23:1)
 
2 الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ

Those who offer their Salât (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness. (Al-Mu'minun 23:2)
  
3 وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَ

And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allâh has forbidden). (Al-Mu'minun 23:3)

4 وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلزَّكَاةِ فَاعِلُونَ

And those who pay the Zakât . (Al-Mu'minun 23:4)

5 وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ

And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts) (Al-Mu'minun 23:5)

6 إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, for then, they are free from blame; (Al-Mu'minun 23:6)

7 فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاء ذَلِكَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْعَادُونَ

But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors; (Al-Mu'minun 23:7)
 
8 وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ

Those who are faithfully true to their Amanât (all the duties which Allâh has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trusts etc.)[] and to their covenants; (Al-Mu'minun 23:8)

9 وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَى صَلَوَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

And those who strictly guard their (five compulsory congregational) Salawât (prayers) (at their fixed stated hours). (Al-Mu'minun 23:9)

10 أُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْوَارِثُونَ

These are indeed the inheritors. (Al-Mu'minun 23:10)
 
11 الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

Who shall inherit the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall dwell therein forever. (Al-Mu'minun 23:11)