The transelation of the holy Quran

Surah 23. Al-Muminun

The Believers

1.
The believers must (eventually) win through,-

2. Those who humble
themselves in their prayers;

3. Who avoid vain talk;

4. Who are
active in deeds of charity;

5. Who abstain from sex,

6. Except
with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their
right hands possess,- for (in their case) they are free from blame,

7.
But those whose desires exceed those limits are transgressors;-

8. Those
who faithfully observe their trusts and their covenants;

9. And who
(strictly) guard their prayers;-

10. These will be the heirs,

11. Who will inherit Paradise: they will dwell therein (for ever).

12. Man We did create from a quintessence (of clay);

13. Then We
placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed;

14.
Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made
a (foetus) lump; then we made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with
flesh; then we developed out of it another creature. So blessed be Allah, the
best to create!

15. After that, at length ye will die

16. Again,
on the Day of Judgment, will ye be raised up.

17. And We have made,
above you, seven tracts; and We are never unmindful of (our) Creation.

18. And We send down water from the sky according to (due) measure, and
We cause it to soak in the soil; and We certainly are able to drain it off (with
ease).

19. With it We grow for you gardens of date-palms and vines: in
them have ye abundant fruits: and of them ye eat (and have enjoyment),-

20. Also a tree springing out of Mount Sinai, which produces oil, and
relish for those who use it for food.

21. And in cattle (too) ye have an
instructive example: from within their bodies We produce (milk) for you to
drink; there are, in them, (besides), numerous (other) benefits for you; and of
their (meat) ye eat;

22. An on them, as well as in slips, ye side.

23. (Further, We sent a long line of prophets for your instruction). We
sent Noah to his people: He said, "O my people! worship Allah. Ye have no other
god but Him. Will ye not fear (Him)?"

24. The chiefs of the Unbelievers
among his people said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves: his wish is to
assert his superiority over you: if Allah had wished (to send messengers), He
could have sent down angels; never did we hear such a thing (as he says), among
our ancestors of old."

25. (And some said): "He is only a man possessed:
wait (and have patience) with him for a time."

26. (Noah) said: "O my
Lord! help me: for that they accuse me of falsehood!"

27. So We inspired
him (with this message): "Construct the Ark within Our sight and under Our
guidance: then when comes Our Command, and the fountains of the earth gush
forth, take thou on board pairs of every species, male and female, and thy
family- except those of them against whom the Word has already gone forth: And
address Me not in favour of the wrong-doers; for they shall be drowned (in the
Flood).

28. And when thou hast embarked on the Ark - thou and those with
thee,- say: "Praise be to Allah, Who has saved us from the people who do wrong."

29. And say: "O my Lord! enable me to disembark with thy blessing: for
Thou art the Best to enable (us) to disembark."

30. Verily in this there
are Signs (for men to understand); (thus) do We try (men).

31. Then We
raised after them another generation.

32. And We sent to them an apostle
from among themselves, (saying), "Worship Allah. ye have no other god but Him.
Will ye not fear (Him)?"

33. And the chiefs of his people, who
disbelieved and denied the Meeting in the Hereafter, and on whom We had bestowed
the good things of this life, said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves:
he eats of that of which ye eat, and drinks of what ye drink.

34. "If ye
obey a man like yourselves, behold, it is certain ye will be lost.

35.
"Does he promise that when ye die and become dust and bones, ye shall be brought
forth (again)?

36. "Far, very far is that which ye are promised!

37. "There is nothing but our life in this world! We shall die and we
live! But we shall never be raised up again!

38. "He is only a man who
invents a lie against Allah, but we are not the ones to believe in him!"

39. (The prophet) said: "O my Lord! help me: for that they accuse me of
falsehood."

40. ((Allah)) said: "In but a little while, they are sure to
be sorry!"

41. Then the Blast overtook them with justice, and We made
them as rubbish of dead leaves (floating on the stream of Time)! So away with
the people who do wrong!

42. Then We raised after them other
generations.

43. No people can hasten their term, nor can they delay
(it).

44. Then sent We our apostles in succession: every time there came
to a people their apostle, they accused him of falsehood: so We made them follow
each other (in punishment): We made them as a tale (that is told): So away with
a people that will not believe!

45. Then We sent Moses and his brother
Aaron, with Our Signs and authority manifest,

46. To Pharaoh and his
Chiefs: But these behaved insolently: they were an arrogant people.

47.
They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves? And their people are
subject to us!"

48. So they accused them of falsehood, and they became
of those who were destroyed.

49. And We gave Moses the Book, in order
that they might receive guidance.

50. And We made the son of Mary and
his mother as a Sign: We gave them both shelter on high ground, affording rest
and security and furnished with springs.

51. O ye apostles! enjoy (all)
things good and pure, and work righteousness: for I am well-acquainted with
(all) that ye do.

52. And verily this Brotherhood of yours is a single
Brotherhood, and I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore fear Me (and no other).

53. But people have cut off their affair (of unity), between them, into
sects: each party rejoices in that which is with itself.

54. But leave
them in their confused ignorance for a time.

55. Do they think that
because We have granted them abundance of wealth and sons,

56. We would
hasten them on in every good? Nay, they do not understand.

57. Verily
those who live in awe for fear of their Lord;

58. Those who believe in
the Signs of their Lord;

59. Those who join not (in worship) partners
with their Lord;

60. And those who dispense their charity with their
hearts full of fear, because they will return to their Lord;-

61. It is
these who hasten in every good work, and these who are foremost in them.

62. On no soul do We place a burden greater than it can bear: before Us
is a record which clearly shows the truth: they will never be wronged.

63. But their hearts are in confused ignorance of this; and there are,
besides that, deeds of theirs, which they will (continue) to do,-

64.
Until, when We seize in Punishment those of them who received the good things of
this world, behold, they will groan in supplication!

65. (It will be
said): "Groan not in supplication this day: for ye shall certainly not be helped
by Us.

66. "My Signs used to be rehearsed to you, but ye used to turn
back on your heels-

67. "In arrogance: talking nonsense about the
(Qur'an), like one telling fables by night."

68. Do they not ponder over
the Word (of Allah., or has anything (new) come to them that did not come to
their fathers of old?

69. Or do they not recognise their Messenger, that
they deny him?

70. Or do they say, "He is possessed"? Nay, he has
brought them the Truth, but most of them hate the Truth.

71. If the
Truth had been in accord with their desires, truly the heavens and the earth,
and all beings therein would have been in confusion and corruption! Nay, We have
sent them their admonition, but they turn away from their admonition.

72. Or is it that thou askest them for some recompense? But the
recompense of thy Lord is best: He is the Best of those who give sustenance.

73. But verily thou callest them to the Straight Way;

74. And
verily those who believe not in the Hereafter are deviating from that Way.

75. If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them,
they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering in distraction
to and fro.

76. We inflicted Punishment on them, but they humbled not
themselves to their Lord, nor do they submissively entreat (Him)!-

77.
Until We open on them a gate leading to a severe Punishment: then Lo! they will
be plunged in despair therein!

78. It is He Who has created for you (the
faculties of) hearing, sight, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye
give!

79. And He has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall
ye be gathered back.

80. It is He Who gives life and death, and to Him
(is due) the alternation of Night and Day: will ye not then understand?

81. On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.

82. They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we
really be raised up again?

83. "Such things have been promised to us and
to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"

84.
Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye know!"

85. They will say, "To Allah." say: "Yet will ye not receive
admonition?"

86. Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the
Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme?"

87. They will say, "(They
belong) to Allah." Say: "Will ye not then be filled with awe?"

88. Say:
"Who is it in whose hands is the governance of all things,- who protects (all),
but is not protected (of any)? (say) if ye know."

89. They will say,
"(It belongs) to Allah." Say: "Then how are ye deluded?"

90. We have
sent them the Truth: but they indeed practise falsehood!

91. No son did
Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods),
behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have
lorded it over others! Glory to Allah. (He is free) from the (sort of) things
they attribute to Him!

92. He knows what is hidden and what is open: too
high is He for the partners they attribute to Him!

93. Say: "O my Lord!
if Thou wilt show me (in my lifetime) that which they are warned against,-

94. "Then, O my Lord! put me not amongst the people who do wrong!"

95. And We are certainly able to show thee (in fulfilment) that against
which they are warned.

96. Repel evil with that which is best: We are
well acquainted with the things they say.

97. And say "O my Lord! I seek
refuge with Thee from the suggestions of the Evil Ones.

98. "And I seek
refuge with Thee O my Lord! lest they should come near me."

99. (In
Falsehood will they be) Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "O my
Lord! send me back (to life),-

100. "In order that I may work
righteousness in the things I neglected." - "By no means! It is but a word he
says."- Before them is a Partition till the Day they are raised up.

101.
Then when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no more relationships between them
that Day, nor will one ask after another!

102. Then those whose balance
(of good deeds) is heavy,- they will attain salvation:

103. But those
whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls, in Hell will
they abide.

104. The Fire will burn their faces, and they will therein
grin, with their lips displaced.

105. "Were not My Signs rehearsed to
you, and ye did but treat them as falsehood?"

106. They will say: "our
Lord! Our misfortune overwhelmed us, and we became a people astray!

107.
"Our Lord! bring us out of this: if ever we return (to Evil), then shall we be
wrong-doers indeed!"

108. He will say: "Be ye driven into it (with
ignominy)! And speak ye not to Me!

109. "A part of My servants there
was, who used to pray 'our Lord! we believe; then do Thou forgive us, and have
mercy upon us: For Thou art the Best of those who show mercy!"

110. "But
ye treated them with ridicule, so much so that (ridicule of) them made you
forget My Message while ye were laughing at them!

111. "I have rewarded
them this Day for their patience and constancy: they are indeed the ones that
have achieved Bliss..."

112. He will say: "What number of years did ye
stay on earth?"

113. They will say: "We stayed a day or part of a day:
but ask those who keep account."

114. He will say: "Ye stayed not but a
little,- if ye had only known!

115. "Did ye then think that We had
created you in jest, and that ye would not be brought back to Us (for account)?"

116. Therefore exalted be Allah, the King, the Reality: there is no god
but He, the Lord of the Throne of Honour!

117. If anyone invokes,
besides Allah, Any other god, he has no authority therefor; and his reckoning
will be only with his Lord! and verily the Unbelievers will fail to win through!

118. So say: "O my Lord! grant Thou forgiveness and mercy for Thou art
the Best of those who show mercy!"

Surah 24.
An-Nur

Light

1. A sura which We have sent down and which We
have ordained in it have We sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive
admonition.

2. The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,-
flog each of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their
case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day:
and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.

3. Let no man
guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman similarly guilty, or an
Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever marry such a woman: to
the Believers such a thing is forbidden.

4. And those who launch a
charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their
allegations),- flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever
after: for such men are wicked transgressors;-

5. Unless they repent
thereafter and mend (their conduct); for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.

6. And for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have (in
support) no evidence but their own,- their solitary evidence (can be received)
if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by Allah that they are solemnly
telling the truth;

7. And the fifth (oath) (should be) that they
solemnly invoke the curse of Allah on themselves if they tell a lie.

8.
But it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness four times
(with an oath) By Allah, that (her husband) is telling a lie;

9. And the
fifth (oath) should be that she solemnly invokes the wrath of Allah on herself
if (her accuser) is telling the truth.

10. If it were not for Allah.s
grace and mercy on you, and that Allah is Oft- Returning, full of Wisdom,- (Ye
would be ruined indeed).

11. Those who brought forward the lie are a
body among yourselves: think it not to be an evil to you; On the contrary it is
good for you: to every man among them (will come the punishment) of the sin that
he earned, and to him who took on himself the lead among them, will be a penalty
grievous.

12. Why did not the believers - men and women - when ye heard
of the affair,- put the best construction on it in their own minds and say,
"This (charge) is an obvious lie" ?

13. Why did they not bring four
witnesses to prove it? When they have not brought the witnesses, such men, in
the sight of Allah, (stand forth) themselves as liars!

14. Were it not
for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, in this world and the Hereafter, a
grievous penalty would have seized you in that ye rushed glibly into this
affair.

15. Behold, ye received it on your tongues, and said out of your
mouths things of which ye had no knowledge; and ye thought it to be a light
matter, while it was most serious in the sight of Allah.

16. And why did
ye not, when ye heard it, say? - "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory
to Allah. this is a most serious slander!"

17. Allah doth admonish you,
that ye may never repeat such (conduct), if ye are (true) Believers.

18.
And Allah makes the Signs plain to you: for Allah is full of knowledge and
wisdom.

19. Those who love (to see) scandal published broadcast among
the Believers, will have a grievous Penalty in this life and in the Hereafter:
Allah knows, and ye know not.

20. Were it not for the grace and mercy of
Allah on you, and that Allah is full of kindness and mercy, (ye would be ruined
indeed).

21. O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will
follow the footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful and wrong:
and were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not one of you would
ever have been pure: but Allah doth purify whom He pleases: and Allah is One Who
hears and knows (all things).

22. Let not those among you who are endued
with grace and amplitude of means resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen,
those in want, and those who have left their homes in Allah.s cause: let them
forgive and overlook, do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah
is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

23. Those who slander chaste women,
indiscreet but believing, are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter: for them
is a grievous Penalty,-

24. On the Day when their tongues, their hands,
and their feet will bear witness against them as to their actions.

25.
On that Day Allah will pay them back (all) their just dues, and they will
realise that Allah is the (very) Truth, that makes all things manifest.

26. Women impure are for men impure, and men impure for women impure and
women of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are for women of
purity: these are not affected by what people say: for them there is
forgiveness, and a provision honourable.

27. O ye who believe! enter not
houses other than your own, until ye have asked permission and saluted those in
them: that is best for you, in order that ye may heed (what is seemly).

28. If ye find no one in the house, enter not until permission is given
to you: if ye are asked to go back, go back: that makes for greater purity for
yourselves: and Allah knows well all that ye do.

29. It is no fault on
your part to enter houses not used for living in, which serve some (other) use
for you: And Allah has knowledge of what ye reveal and what ye conceal.

30. Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard
their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well
acquainted with all that they do.

31. And say to the believing women
that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not
display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof;
that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty
except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons,
their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters'
sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male
servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the
shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw
attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together
towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.

32. Marry those among you who
are single, or the virtuous ones among yourselves, male or female: if they are
in poverty, Allah will give them means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth
all, and he knoweth all things.

33. Let those who find not the
wherewithal for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means
out of His grace. And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable
them to earn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know
any good in them: yea, give them something yourselves out of the means which
Allah has given to you. But force not your maids to prostitution when they
desire chastity, in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. But
if anyone compels them, yet, after such compulsion, is Allah, Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful (to them),

34. We have already sent down to you verses
making things clear, an illustration from (the story of) people who passed away
before you, and an admonition for those who fear ((Allah)).

35. Allah is
the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there
were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass: the glass as it
were a brilliant star: Lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the east
nor of the west, whose oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it:
Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set
forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things.

36. (Lit is such
a Light) in houses, which Allah hath permitted to be raised to honour; for the
celebration, in them, of His name: In them is He glorified in the mornings and
in the evenings, (again and again),-

37. By men whom neither traffic nor
merchandise can divert from the Remembrance of Allah, nor from regular Prayer,
nor from the practice of regular Charity: Their (only) fear is for the Day when
hearts and eyes will be transformed (in a world wholly new),-

38. That
Allah may reward them according to the best of their deeds, and add even more
for them out of His Grace: for Allah doth provide for those whom He will,
without measure.

39. But the Unbelievers,- their deeds are like a mirage
in sandy deserts, which the man parched with thirst mistakes for water; until
when he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing: But he finds Allah (ever)
with him, and Allah will pay him his account: and Allah is swift in taking
account.

40. Or (the Unbelievers' state) is like the depths of darkness
in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with billow topped by billow, topped by (dark)
clouds: depths of darkness, one above another: if a man stretches out his hands,
he can hardly see it! for any to whom Allah giveth not light, there is no light!

41. Seest thou not that it is Allah Whose praises all beings in the
heavens and on earth do celebrate, and the birds (of the air) with wings
outspread? Each one knows its own (mode of) prayer and praise. And Allah knows
well all that they do.

42. Yea, to Allah belongs the dominion of the
heavens and the earth; and to Allah is the final goal (of all).

43.
Seest thou not that Allah makes the clouds move gently, then joins them
together, then makes them into a heap? - then wilt thou see rain issue forth
from their midst. And He sends down from the sky mountain masses (of clouds)
wherein is hail: He strikes therewith whom He pleases and He turns it away from
whom He pleases, the vivid flash of His lightning well-nigh blinds the sight.

44. It is Allah Who alternates the Night and the Day: verily in these
things is an instructive example for those who have vision!

45. And
Allah has created every animal from water: of them there are some that creep on
their bellies; some that walk on two legs; and some that walk on four. Allah
creates what He wills for verily Allah has power over all things.

46. We
have indeed sent down signs that make things manifest: and Allah guides whom He
wills to a way that is straight.

47. They say, "We believe in Allah and
in the apostle, and we obey": but even after that, some of them turn away: they
are not (really) Believers.

48. When they are summoned to Allah and His
apostle, in order that He may judge between them, behold some of them decline
(to come).

49. But if the right is on their side, they come to him with
all submission.

50. Is it that there is a disease in their hearts? or do
they doubt, or are they in fear, that Allah and His Messenger will deal unjustly
with them? Nay, it is they themselves who do wrong.

51. The answer of
the Believers, when summoned to Allah and His Messenger, in order that He may
judge between them, is no other than this: they say, "We hear and we obey": it
is such as these that will attain felicity.

52. It is such as obey Allah
and His Messenger, and fear Allah and do right, that will win (in the end),

53. They swear their strongest oaths by Allah that, if only thou wouldst
command them, they would leave (their homes). Say: "Swear ye not; Obedience is
(more) reasonable; verily, Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do."

54. Say: "Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger. but if ye turn away, he is
only responsible for the duty placed on him and ye for that placed on you. If ye
obey him, ye shall be on right guidance. The Messenger.s duty is only to preach
the clear (Message).

55. Allah has promised, to those among you who
believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the
land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He
will establish in authority their religion - the one which He has chosen for
them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear in which they
(lived), to one of security and peace: 'They will worship Me (alone) and not
associate aught with Me. 'If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious
and wicked.

56. So establish regular Prayer and give regular Charity;
and obey the Messenger. that ye may receive mercy.

57. Never think thou
that the Unbelievers are going to frustrate ((Allah)'s Plan) on earth: their
abode is the Fire,- and it is indeed an evil refuge!

58. O ye who
believe! let those whom your right hands possess, and the (children) among you
who have not come of age ask your permission (before they come to your
presence), on three occasions: before morning prayer; the while ye doff your
clothes for the noonday heat; and after the late-night prayer: these are your
three times of undress: outside those times it is not wrong for you or for them
to move about attending to each other: Thus does Allah make clear the Signs to
you: for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.

59. But when the
children among you come of age, let them (also) ask for permission, as do those
senior to them (in age): Thus does Allah make clear His Signs to you: for Allah
is full of knowledge and wisdom.

60. Such elderly women as are past the
prospect of marriage,- there is no blame on them if they lay aside their (outer)
garments, provided they make not a wanton display of their beauty: but it is
best for them to be modest: and Allah is One Who sees and knows all things.

61. It is no fault in the blind nor in one born lame, nor in one
afflicted with illness, nor in yourselves, that ye should eat in your own
houses, or those of your fathers, or your mothers, or your brothers, or your
sisters, or your father's brothers or your father's sisters, or your mohter's
brothers, or your mother's sisters, or in houses of which the keys are in your
possession, or in the house of a sincere friend of yours: there is no blame on
you, whether ye eat in company or separately. But if ye enter houses, salute
each other - a greeting of blessing and purity as from Allah. Thus does Allah
make clear the signs to you: that ye may understand.

62. Only those are
believers, who believe in Allah and His Messenger. when they are with him on a
matter requiring collective action, they do not depart until they have asked for
his leave; those who ask for thy leave are those who believe in Allah and His
Messenger. so when they ask for thy leave, for some business of theirs, give
leave to those of them whom thou wilt, and ask Allah for their forgiveness: for
Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.

63. Deem not the summons of the
Messenger among yourselves like the summons of one of you to another: Allah doth
know those of you who slip away under shelter of some excuse: then let those
beware who withstand the Messenger.s order, lest some trial befall them, or a
grievous penalty be inflicted on them.

64. Be quite sure that to Allah
doth belong whatever is in the heavens and on earth. Well doth He know what ye
are intent upon: and one day they will be brought back to Him, and He will tell
them the truth of what they did: for Allah doth know all things.

Surah 25. Al-Furqan

The Criterion, The
Standard

1. Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His
servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures;-

2. He to whom
belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son has He begotten, nor
has He a partner in His dominion: it is He who created all things, and ordered
them in due proportions.

3. Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that
can create nothing but are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or
good to themselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection.

4. But the misbelievers say: "Naught is this but a lie which he has
forged, and others have helped him at it." In truth it is they who have put
forward an iniquity and a falsehood.

5. And they say: "Tales of the
ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him
morning and evening."

6. Say: "The (Qur'an) was sent down by Him who
knows the mystery (that is) in the heavens and the earth: verily He is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

7. And they say: "What sort of an apostle
is this, who eats food, and walks through the streets? Why has not an angel been
sent down to him to give admonition with him?

8. "Or (Why) has not a
treasure been bestowed on him, or why has he (not) a garden for enjoyment?" The
wicked say: "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched."

9. See what
kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone astray, and never a
way will they be able to find!

10. Blessed is He who, if that were His
will, could give thee better (things) than those,- Gardens beneath which rivers
flow; and He could give thee palaces (secure to dwell in).

11. Nay they
deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have prepared a blazing fire for
such as deny the hour:

12. When it sees them from a place fAr off, they
will hear its fury and its ranging sigh.

13. And when they are cast,
bound together into a constricted place therein, they will pLead for destruction
there and then!

14. "This day plead not for a single destruction: plead
for destruction oft- repeated!"

15. Say: "Is that best, or the eternal
garden, promised to the righteous? for them, that is a reward as well as a goal
(of attainment).

16. "For them there will be therein all that they wish
for: they will dwell (there) for aye: A promise to be prayed for from thy Lord."

17. The day He will gather them together as well as those whom they
worship besides Allah, He will ask: "Was it ye who let these My servants astray,
or did they stray from the Path themselves?"

18. They will say: "Glory
to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should take for protectors others
besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on them and their fathers, good things (in
life), until they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and)
lost."

19. ((Allah) will say): "Now have they proved you liars in what
ye say: so ye cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help." And whoever among you
does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.

20. And
the apostles whom We sent before thee were all (men) who ate food and walked
through the streets: We have made some of you as a trial for others: will ye
have patience? for Allah is One Who sees (all things).

21. Such as fear
not the meeting with Us (for Judgment) say: "Why are not the angels sent down to
us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?" Indeed they have an arrogant conceit of
themselves, and mighty is the insolence of their impiety!

22. The Day
they see the angels,- no joy will there be to the sinners that Day: The (angels)
will say: "There is a barrier forbidden (to you) altogether!"

23. And We
shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such
deeds as floating dust scattered about.

24. The Companions of the Garden
will be well, that Day, in their abode, and have the fairest of places for
repose.

25. The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and
angels shall be sent down, descending (in ranks),-

26. That Day, the
dominion as of right and truth, shall be (wholly) for ((Allah)) Most Merciful:
it will be a Day of dire difficulty for the Misbelievers.

27. The Day
that the wrong-doer will bite at his hands, he will say, "Oh! would that I had
taken a (straight) path with the Messenger.

28. "Ah! woe is me! Would
that I had never taken such a one for a friend!

29. "He did lead me
astray from the Message (of Allah. after it had come to me! Ah! the Evil One is
but a traitor to man!" Then the Messenger will say:

30. "O my Lord!
Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense."

31. Thus
have We made for every prophet an enemy among the sinners: but enough is thy
Lord to guide and to help.

32. Those who reject Faith say: "Why is not
the Qur'an revealed to him all at once? Thus (is it revealed), that We may
strengthen thy heart thereby, and We have rehearsed it to thee in slow,
well-arranged stages, gradually.

33. And no question do they bring to
thee but We reveal to thee the truth and the best explanation (thereof).

34. Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces,- they
will be in an evil plight, and, as to Path, most astray.

35. (Before
this,) We sent Moses The Book, and appointed his brother Aaron with him as
minister;

36. And We command: "Go ye both, to the people who have
rejected our Signs:" And those (people) We destroyed with utter destruction.

37. And the people of Noah,- when they rejected the apostles, We drowned
them, and We made them as a Sign for mankind; and We have prepared for (all)
wrong-doers a grievous Penalty;-

38. As also 'Ad and Thamud, and the
Companions of the Rass, and many a generation between them.

39. To each
one We set forth Parables and examples; and each one We broke to utter
annihilation (for their sins).

40. And the (Unbelievers) must indeed
have passed by the town on which was rained a shower of evil: did they not then
see it (with their own eyes)? But they fear not the Resurrection.

41.
When they see thee, they treat thee no otherwise than in mockery: "Is this the
one whom Allah has sent as an apostle?"

42. "He indeed would well-nigh
have misled us from our gods, had it not been that we were constant to them!" -
Soon will they know, when they see the Penalty, who it is that is most misled in
Path!

43. Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion
(or impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him?

44. Or
thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They are only like
cattle;- nay, they are worse astray in Path.

45. Hast thou not turned
thy vision to thy Lord?- How He doth prolong the shadow! If He willed, He could
make it stationary! then do We make the sun its guide;

46. Then We draw
it in towards Ourselves,- a contraction by easy stages.

47. And He it is
Who makes the Night as a Robe for you, and Sleep as Repose, and makes the Day
(as it were) a Resurrection.

48. And He it is Who sends the winds as
heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy, and We send down pure water
from the sky,-

49. That with it We may give life to a dead land, and
slake the thirst of things We have created,- cattle and men in great numbers.

50. And We have distributed the (water) amongst them, in order that they
may celebrate (our) praises, but most men are averse (to aught) but (rank)
ingratitude.

51. Had it been Our Will, We could have sent a warner to
every centre of population.

52. Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers,
but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an).

53. It is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water: One
palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter; yet has He made a barrier
between them, a partition that is forbidden to be passed.

54. It is He
Who has created man from water: then has He established relationships of lineage
and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things).

55. Yet do they
worship, besides Allah, things that can neither profit them nor harm them: and
the Misbeliever is a helper (of Evil), against his own Lord!

56. But
thee We only sent to give glad tidings and admonition.

57. Say: "No
reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one who will may take a
(straight) Path to his Lord."

58. And put thy trust in Him Who lives and
dies not; and celebrate his praise; and enough is He to be acquainted with the
faults of His servants;-

59. He Who created the heavens and the earth
and all that is between, in six days, and is firmly established on the Throne
(of Authority): Allah Most Gracious: ask thou, then, about Him of any acquainted
(with such things).

60. When it is said to them, "Adore ye ((Allah))
Most Gracious!", they say, "And what is ((Allah)) Most Gracious? Shall we adore
that which thou commandest us?" And it increases their flight (from the Truth).

61. Blessed is He Who made constellations in the skies, and placed
therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light;

62. And it is He Who made the
Night and the Day to follow each other: for such as have the will to celebrate
His praises or to show their gratitude.

63. And the servants of
((Allah)) Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when
the ignorant address them, they say, "Peace!";

64. Those who spend the
night in adoration of their Lord prostrate and standing;

65. Those who
say, "Our Lord! avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its Wrath is indeed an
affliction grievous,-

66. "Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place
to rest in";

67. Those who, when they spend, are not extravagant and not
niggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);

68. Those
who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made
sacred except for just cause, nor commit fornication; - and any that does this
(not only) meets punishment.

69. (But) the Penalty on the Day of
Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignominy,-

70. Unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah
will change the evil of such persons into good, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful,

71. And whoever repents and does good has truly turned to
Allah with an (acceptable) conversion;-

72. Those who witness no
falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honourable
(avoidance);

73. Those who, when they are admonished with the Signs of
their Lord, droop not down at them as if they were deaf or blind;

74.
And those who pray, "Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the
comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous."

75.
Those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in heaven,
because of their patient constancy: therein shall they be met with salutations
and peace,

76. Dwelling therein;- how beautiful an abode and place of
rest!

77. Say (to the Rejecters): "My Lord is not uneasy because of you
if ye call not on Him: But ye have indeed rejected (Him), and soon will come the
inevitable (punishment)!"

Surah 26.
Ash-Shu‘ara’

The Poets

1. Ta. Sin. Mim.

2. These
are verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.

3. It may be thou
frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not become Believers.

4. If
(such) were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky a Sign, to which
they would bend their necks in humility.

5. But there comes not to them
a newly-revealed Message from ((Allah)) Most Gracious, but they turn away
therefrom.

6. They have indeed rejected (the Message): so they will know
soon (enough) the truth of what they mocked at!

7. Do they not look at
the earth,- how many noble things of all kinds We have produced therein?

8. Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

9. And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

10. Behold, thy Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity,-

11. "The people of the Pharaoh: will they not fear Allah."

12.
He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with falsehood:

13. "My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly):
so send unto Aaron.

14. "And (further), they have a charge of crime
against me; and I fear they may slay me."

15. Allah said: "By no means!
proceed then, both of you, with Our Signs; We are with you, and will listen (to
your call).

16. "So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have
been sent by the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds;

17. "'Send thou with
us the Children of Israel.'"

18. (Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish
thee as a child among us, and didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy
life?

19. "And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou
didst, and thou art an ungrateful (wretch)!"

20. Moses said: "I did it
then, when I was in error.

21. "So I fled from you (all) when I feared
you; but my Lord has (since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and
appointed me as one of the apostles.

22. "And this is the favour with
which thou dost reproach me,- that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!"

23. Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the worlds'?"

24. (Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the earth,
and all between,- if ye want to be quite sure."

25. (Pharaoh) said to
those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he says)?"

26. (Moses) said:
"Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the beginning!"

27.
(Pharaoh) said: "Truly your apostle who has been sent to you is a veritable
madman!"

28. (Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all
between! if ye only had sense!"

29. (Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put
forward any god other than me, I will certainly put thee in prison!"

30.
(Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and) convincing?"

31. (Pharaoh) said: "Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!"

32. So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for
all to see)!

33. And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to
all beholders!

34. (Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is
indeed a sorcerer well- versed:

35. "His plan is to get you out of your
land by his sorcery; then what is it ye counsel?"

36. They said: "Keep
him and his brother in suspense (for a while), and dispatch to the Cities
heralds to collect-

37. "And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers
well-versed."

38. So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment
of a day well-known,

39. And the people were told: "Are ye (now)
assembled?-

40. "That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they
win?"

41. So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of
course - shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?

42. He said: "Yea,
(and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my
person)."

43. Moses said to them: "Throw ye - that which ye are about to
throw!"

44. So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: "By the
might of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win!"

45. Then Moses threw
his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows up all the falsehoods which they
fake!

46. Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,

47. Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

48. "The Lord
of Moses and Aaron."

49. Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye in Him before I
give you permission? surely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but
soon shall ye know! "Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite
sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross!"

50. They said: "No
matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord!

51. "Only, our desire
is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that we may become foremost among
the believers!"

52. By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with
my servants; for surely ye shall be pursued."

53. Then Pharaoh sent
heralds to (all) the Cities,

54. (Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a
small band,

55. "And they are raging furiously against us;

56.
"But we are a multitude amply fore-warned."

57. So We expelled them from
gardens, springs,

58. Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;

59. Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such
things.

60. So they pursued them at sunrise.

61. And when the
two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said: "We are sure to be
overtaken."

62. (Moses) said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon
will He guide me!"

63. Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the
sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge,
firm mass of a mountain.

64. And We made the other party approach
thither.

65. We delivered Moses and all who were with him;

66.
But We drowned the others.

67. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of
them do not believe.

68. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in
Might, Most Merciful.

69. And rehearse to them (something of) Abraham's
story.

70. Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship
ye?"

71. They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in
attendance on them."

72. He said: "Do they listen to you when ye call
(on them), "

73. "Or do you good or harm?"

74. They said: "Nay,
but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."

75. He said: "Do ye
then see whom ye have been worshipping,-

76. "Ye and your fathers before
you?-

77. "For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of
the Worlds;

78. "Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;

79.
"Who gives me food and drink,

80. "And when I am ill, it is He Who cures
me;

81. "Who will cause me to die, and then to life (again);

82.
"And who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the day of Judgment.

83.
"O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous;

84.
"Grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth among the latest
(generations);

85. "Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of
Bliss;

86. "Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray;

87. "And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when (men) will be raised
up;-

88. "The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail,

89. "But only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart;

90. "To the righteous, the Garden will be brought near,

91. "And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view;

92. "And it shall be said to them: 'Where are the (gods) ye worshipped-

93. "'Besides Allah. Can they help you or help themselves?'

94.
"Then they will be thrown headlong into the (Fire),- they and those straying in
Evil,

95. "And the whole hosts of Iblis together.

96. "They will
say there in their mutual bickerings:

97. "'By Allah, we were truly in
an error manifest,

98. "'When we held you as equals with the Lord of the
Worlds;

99. "'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in
guilt.

100. "'Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us),

101. "'Nor a single friend to feel (for us).

102. "'Now if we
only had a chance of return we shall truly be of those who believe!'"

103. Verily in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe.

104. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

105. The people of Noah rejected the apostles.

106. Behold,
their brother Noah said to them: "Will ye not fear ((Allah))?

107. "I am
to you an apostle worthy of all trust:

108. "So fear Allah, and obey me.

109. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord
of the Worlds:

110. "So fear Allah, and obey me."

111. They
said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that follow thee?"

112. He said: "And what do I know as to what they do?

113.
"Their account is only with my Lord, if ye could (but) understand.

114.
"I am not one to drive away those who believe.

115. "I am sent only to
warn plainly in public."

116. They said: "If thou desist not, O Noah!
thou shalt be stoned (to death)."

117. He said: "O my Lord! truly my
people have rejected me.

118. "Judge Thou, then, between me and them
openly, and deliver me and those of the Believers who are with me."

119.
So We delivered him and those with him, in the Ark filled (with all creatures).

120. Thereafter We drowned those who remained behind.

121.
Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

122. And
verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

123. The 'Ad
(people) rejected the apostles.

124. Behold, their brother Hud said to
them: "Will ye not fear ((Allah))?

125. "I am to you an apostle worthy
of all trust:

126. "So fear Allah and obey me.

127. "No reward
do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

128. "Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amuse yourselves?

129. "And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living
therein (for ever)?

130. "And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do
it like men of absolute power?

131. "Now fear Allah, and obey me.

132. "Yea, fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that ye know.

133. "Freely has He bestowed on you cattle and sons,-

134. "And
Gardens and Springs.

135. "Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Great
Day."

136. They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or
be not among (our) admonishers!

137. "This is no other than a customary
device of the ancients,

138. "And we are not the ones to receive Pains
and Penalties!"

139. So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily
in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

140. And verily thy
Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

141. The Thamud
(people) rejected the apostles.

142. Behold, their brother Salih said to
them: "Will you not fear ((Allah))?

143. "I am to you an apostle worthy
of all trust.

144. "So fear Allah, and obey me.

145. "No reward
do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

146. "Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have
here?-

147. "Gardens and Springs,

148. "And corn-fields and
date-palms with spathes near breaking (with the weight of fruit)?

149.
"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.

150.
"But fear Allah and obey me;

151. "And follow not the bidding of those
who are extravagant,-

152. "Who make mischief in the land, and mend not
(their ways)."

153. They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!

154. "Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if
thou tellest the truth!"

155. He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a
right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day
appointed.

156. "Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great
Day seize you."

157. But they ham-strung her: then did they become full
of regrets.

158. But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign:
but most of them do not believe.

159. And verily thy Lord is He, the
Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

160. The people of Lut rejected the
apostles.

161. Behold, their brother Lut said to them: "Will ye not fear
((Allah))?

162. "I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.

163. "So fear Allah and obey me.

164. "No reward do I ask of you
for it: my reward is only from the lord of the Worlds.

165. "Of all the
creatures in the world, will ye approach males,

166. "And leave those
whom Allah has created for you to be your mates? Nay, ye are a people
transgressing (all limits)!"

167. They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut!
thou wilt assuredly be cast out!"

168. He said: "I do detest your
doings."

169. "O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as
they do!"

170. So We delivered him and his family,- all

171.
Except an old woman who lingered behind.

172. But the rest We destroyed
utterly.

173. We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil
was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

174.
Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

175. And
verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.

176. The
Companions of the Wood rejected the apostles.

177. Behold, Shu'aib said
to them: "Will ye not fear ((Allah))?

178. "I am to you an apostle
worthy of all trust.

179. "So fear Allah and obey me.

180. "No
reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.

181. "Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud).

182. "And weigh with scales true and upright.

183. "And withhold
not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the land, working mischief.

184. "And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the generations
before (you)"

185. They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!

186. "Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think thou
art a liar!

187. "Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou
art truthful!"

188. He said: "My Lord knows best what ye do."

189. But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of
overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.

190. Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

191. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

192. Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:

193. With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth-

194. To
thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish.

195. In the perspicuous
Arabic tongue.

196. Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books
of former peoples.

197. Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the
Children of Israel knew it (as true)?

198. Had We revealed it to any of
the non-Arabs,

199. And had he recited it to them, they would not have
believed in it.

200. Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the
sinners.

201. They will not believe in it until they see the grievous
Penalty;

202. But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while
they perceive it not;

203. Then they will say: "Shall we be respited?"

204. Do they then ask for Our Penalty to be hastened on?

205.
Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few years,

206.
Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they were promised!

207. It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!

208.
Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -

209. By way of
reminder; and We never are unjust.

210. No evil ones have brought down
this (Revelation):

211. It would neither suit them nor would they be
able (to produce it).

212. Indeed they have been removed far from even
(a chance of) hearing it.

213. So call not on any other god with Allah,
or thou wilt be among those under the Penalty.

214. And admonish thy
nearest kinsmen,

215. And lower thy wing to the Believers who follow
thee.

216. Then if they disobey thee, say: "I am free (of
responsibility) for what ye do!"

217. And put thy trust on the Exalted
in Might, the Merciful,-

218. Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),

219. And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves,

220. For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things.

221. Shall
I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend?

222. They descend on every lying, wicked person,

223. (Into
whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them are liars.

224.
And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow them:

225.
Seest thou not that they wander distracted in every valley?-

226. And
that they say what they practise not?-

227. Except those who believe,
work righteousness, engage much in the remembrance of Allah, and defend
themselves only after they are unjustly attacked. And soon will the unjust
assailants know what vicissitudes their affairs will take!

Surah 27.
An-Naml

The Ant, The Ants
1. These are verses of the Qur'an,-a
book that makes (things) clear;

2. A guide: and glad tidings for the
believers,-

3. Those who establish regular prayers and give in regular
charity, and also have (full) assurance of the hereafter.

4. As to those
who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds pleasing in their
eyes; and so they wander about in distraction.

5. Such are they for whom
a grievous Penalty is (waiting); and in the Hereafter theirs will be the
greatest loss.

6. As to thee, the Qur'an is bestowed upon thee from the
presence of one who is wise and all-knowing.

7. Behold! Moses said to
his family: "I perceive a fire; soon will I bring you from there some
information, or I will bring you a burning brand to light our fuel, that ye may
warn yourselves.

8. But when he came to the (fire), a voice was heard:
"Blessed are those in the fire and those around: and glory to Allah, the Lord of
the worlds.

9. "O Moses! verily, I am Allah, the exalted in might, the
wise!....

10. "Now do thou throw thy rod!" But when he saw it moving (of
its own accord)as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, and
retraced not his steps: "O Moses!" (it was said), "Fear not: truly, in My
presence, those called as apostles have no fear,-

11. "But if any have
done wrong and have thereafter substituted good to take the place of evil,
truly, I am Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

12. "Now put thy hand into thy
bosom, and it will come forth white without stain (or harm): (these are) among
the nine Signs (thou wilt take) to Pharaoh and his people: for they are a people
rebellious in transgression."

13. But when Our Signs came to them, that
should have opened their eyes, they said: "This is sorcery manifest!"

14. And they rejected those Signs in iniquity and arrogance, though
their souls were convinced thereof: so see what was the end of those who acted
corruptly!

15. We gave (in the past) knowledge to David and Solomon: And
they both said: "Praise be to Allah, Who has favoured us above many of his
servants who believe!"

16. And Solomon was David's heir. He said: "O ye
people! We have been taught the speech of birds, and on us has been bestowed (a
little) of all things: this is indeed Grace manifest (from Allah.)"

17.
And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts,- of Jinns and men and birds, and
they were all kept in order and ranks.

18. At length, when they came to
a (lowly) valley of ants, one of the ants said: "O ye ants, get into your
habitations, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing
it."

19. So he smiled, amused at her speech; and he said: "O my Lord! so
order me that I may be grateful for Thy favours, which thou hast bestowed on me
and on my parents, and that I may work the righteousness that will please Thee:
And admit me, by Thy Grace, to the ranks of Thy righteous Servants."

20.
And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: "Why is it I see not the Hoopoe?
Or is he among the absentees?

21. "I will certainly punish him with a
severe penalty, or execute him, unless he bring me a clear reason (for
absence)."

22. But the Hoopoe tarried not far: he (came up and) said: "I
have compassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to
thee from Saba with tidings true.

23. "I found (there) a woman ruling
over them and provided with every requisite; and she has a magnificent throne.

24. "I found her and her people worshipping the sun besides Allah. Satan
has made their deeds seem pleasing in their eyes, and has kept them away from
the Path,- so they receive no guidance,-

25. "(Kept them away from the
Path), that they should not worship Allah, Who brings to light what is hidden in
the heavens and the earth, and knows what ye hide and what ye reveal.

26. "(Allah)!- there is no god but He!- Lord of the Throne Supreme!"

27. (Solomon) said: "Soon shall we see whether thou hast told the truth
or lied!

28. "Go thou, with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them:
then draw back from them, and (wait to) see what answer they return"...

29. (The queen) said: "Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter
worthy of respect.

30. "It is from Solomon, and is (as follows): 'In the
name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful:

31. "'Be ye not arrogant
against me, but come to me in submission (to the true Religion).'"

32.
She said: "Ye chiefs! advise me in (this) my affair: no affair have I decided
except in your presence."

33. They said: "We are endued with strength,
and given to vehement war: but the command is with thee; so consider what thou
wilt command."

34. She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil
it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave.

35. "But I am going to send him a present, and (wait) to see with what
(answer) return (my) ambassadors."

36. Now when (the embassy) came to
Solomon, he said: "Will ye give me abundance in wealth? But that which Allah has
given me is better than that which He has given you! Nay it is ye who rejoice in
your gift!

37. "Go back to them, and be sure we shall come to them with
such hosts as they will never be able to meet: We shall expel them from there in
disgrace, and they will feel humbled (indeed)."

38. He said (to his own
men): "Ye chiefs! which of you can bring me her throne before they come to me in
submission?"

39. Said an 'Ifrit, of the Jinns: "I will bring it to thee
before thou rise from thy council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose,
and may be trusted."

40. Said one who had knowledge of the Book: "I will
bring it to thee within the twinkling of an eye!" Then when (Solomon) saw it
placed firmly before him, he said: "This is by the Grace of my Lord!- to test me
whether I am grateful or ungrateful! and if any is grateful, truly his gratitude
is (a gain) for his own soul; but if any is ungrateful, truly my Lord is Free of
all Needs, Supreme in Honour !"

41. He said: "Transform her throne out
of all recognition by her: let us see whether she is guided (to the truth) or is
one of those who receive no guidance."

42. So when she arrived, she was
asked, "Is this thy throne?" She said, "It was just like this; and knowledge was
bestowed on us in advance of this, and we have submitted to Allah (in Islam)."

43. And he diverted her from the worship of others besides Allah. for
she was (sprung) of a people that had no faith.

44. She was asked to
enter the lofty Palace: but when she saw it, she thought it was a lake of water,
and she (tucked up her skirts), uncovering her legs. He said: "This is but a
palace paved smooth with slabs of glass." She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed
wronged my soul: I do (now) submit (in Islam), with Solomon, to the Lord of the
Worlds."

45. We sent (aforetime), to the Thamud, their brother Salih,
saying, "Serve Allah.: But behold, they became two factions quarrelling with
each other.

46. He said: "O my people! why ask ye to hasten on the evil
in preference to the good? If only ye ask Allah for forgiveness, ye may hope to
receive mercy.

47. They said: "Ill omen do we augur from thee and those
that are with thee". He said: "Your ill omen is with Allah. yea, ye are a people
under trial."

48. There were in the city nine men of a family, who made
mischief in the land, and would not reform.

49. They said: "Swear a
mutual oath by Allah that we shall make a secret night attack on him and his
people, and that we shall then say to his heir (when he seeks vengeance): 'We
were not present at the slaughter of his people, and we are positively telling
the truth.'"

50. They plotted and planned, but We too planned, even
while they perceived it not.

51. Then see what was the end of their
plot!- this, that We destroyed them and their people, all (of them).

52.
Now such were their houses, - in utter ruin, - because they practised wrong-
doing. Verily in this is a Sign for people of knowledge.

53. And We
saved those who believed and practised righteousness.

54. (We also sent)
Lut (as an apostle): behold, He said to his people, "Do ye do what is shameful
though ye see (its iniquity)?

55. Would ye really approach men in your
lusts rather than women? Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!

56.
But his people gave no other answer but this: they said, "Drive out the
followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and
pure!"

57. But We saved him and his family, except his wife; her We
destined to be of those who lagged behind.

58. And We rained down on
them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were
admonished (but heeded not)!

59. Say: Praise be to Allah, and Peace on
his servants whom He has chosen (for his Message). (Who) is better?- Allah or
the false gods they associate (with Him)?

60. Or, Who has created the
heavens and the earth, and Who sends you down rain from the sky? Yea, with it We
cause to grow well-planted orchards full of beauty of delight: it is not in your
power to cause the growth of the trees in them. (Can there be another) god
besides Allah. Nay, they are a people who swerve from justice.

61. Or,
Who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon
mountains immovable; and made a separating bar between the two bodies of flowing
water? (can there be another) god besides Allah. Nay, most of them know not.

62. Or, Who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and
Who relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth?
(Can there be another) god besides Allah. Little it is that ye heed!

63.
Or, Who guides you through the depths of darkness on land and sea, and Who sends
the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy? (Can there be
another) god besides Allah.- High is Allah above what they associate with Him!

64. Or, Who originates creation, then repeats it, and who gives you
sustenance from heaven and earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah. Say,
"Bring forth your argument, if ye are telling the truth!"

65. Say: None
in the heavens or on earth, except Allah, knows what is hidden: nor can they
perceive when they shall be raised up (for Judgment).

66. Still less can
their knowledge comprehend the Hereafter: Nay, they are in doubt and uncertainty
thereanent; nay, they are blind thereunto!

67. The Unbelievers say:
"What! when we become dust,- we and our fathers,- shall we really be raised
(from the dead)?

68. "It is true we were promised this,- we and our
fathers before (us): these are nothing but tales of the ancients."

69.
Say: "Go ye through the earth and see what has been the end of those guilty (of
sin)."

70. But grieve not over them, nor distress thyself because of
their plots.

71. They also say: "When will this promise (come to pass)?
(Say) if ye are truthful."

72. Say: "It may be that some of the events
which ye wish to hasten on may be (close) in your pursuit!"

73. But
verily thy Lord is full of grace to mankind: Yet most of them are ungrateful.

74. And verily thy Lord knoweth all that their hearts do hide. As well
as all that they reveal.

75. Nor is there aught of the unseen, in heaven
or earth, but is (recorded) in a clear record.

76. Verily this Qur'an
doth explain to the Children of Israel most of the matters in which they
disagree.

77. And it certainly is a Guide and a Mercy to those who
believe.

78. Verily thy Lord will decide between them by His Decree: and
He is Exalted in Might, All-Knowing.

79. So put thy trust in Allah. for
thou art on (the path of) manifest Truth.

80. Truly thou canst not cause
the dead to listen, nor canst thou cause the deaf to hear the call, (especially)
when they turn back in retreat.

81. Nor canst thou be a guide to the
blind, (to prevent them) from straying: only those wilt thou get to listen who
believe in Our Signs, and they will bow in Islam.

82. And when the Word
is fulfilled against them (the unjust), we shall produce from the earth a beast
to (face) them: He will speak to them, for that mankind did not believe with
assurance in Our Signs.

83. One day We shall gather together from every
people a troop of those who reject our Signs, and they shall be kept in ranks,-

84. Until, when they come (before the Judgment-seat), ((Allah)) will
say: "Did ye reject My Signs, though ye comprehended them not in knowledge, or
what was it ye did?"

85. And the Word will be fulfilled against them,
because of their wrong-doing, and they will be unable to speak (in plea).

86. See they not that We have made the Night for them to rest in and the
Day to give them light? Verily in this are Signs for any people that believe!

87. And the Day that the Trumpet will be sounded - then will be smitten
with terror those who are in the heavens, and those who are on earth, except
such as Allah will please (to exempt): and all shall come to His (Presence) as
beings conscious of their lowliness.

88. Thou seest the mountains and
thinkest them firmly fixed: but they shall pass away as the clouds pass away:
(such is) the artistry of Allah, who disposes of all things in perfect order:
for he is well acquainted with all that ye do.

89. If any do good, good
will (accrue) to them therefrom; and they will be secure from terror that Day.

90. And if any do evil, their faces will be thrown headlong into the
Fire: "Do ye receive a reward other than that which ye have earned by your
deeds?"

91. For me, I have been commanded to serve the Lord of this
city, Him Who has sanctified it and to Whom (belong) all things: and I am
commanded to be of those who bow in Islam to Allah.s Will,-

92. And to
rehearse the Qur'an: and if any accept guidance, they do it for the good of
their own souls, and if any stray, say: "I am only a Warner".

93. And
say: "Praise be to Allah, Who will soon show you His Signs, so that ye shall
know them"; and thy Lord is not unmindful of all that ye do

Surah 28.
Al-Qasas

The Story, Stories

1. Ta. Sin. Mim.

2.
These are Verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.

3. We rehearse
to thee some of the story of Moses and Pharaoh in Truth, for people who believe.

4. Truly Pharaoh elated himself in the land and broke up its people into
sections, depressing a small group among them: their sons he slew, but he kept
alive their females: for he was indeed a maker of mischief.

5. And We
wished to be Gracious to those who were being depressed in the land, to make
them leaders (in Faith) and make them heirs,

6. To establish a firm
place for them in the land, and to show Pharaoh, Haman, and their hosts, at
their hands, the very things against which they were taking precautions.

7. So We sent this inspiration to the mother of Moses: "Suckle (thy
child), but when thou hast fears about him, cast him into the river, but fear
not nor grieve: for We shall restore him to thee, and We shall make him one of
Our apostles."

8. Then the people of Pharaoh picked him up (from the
river): (It was intended) that (Moses) should be to them an adversary and a
cause of sorrow: for Pharaoh and Haman and (all) their hosts were men of sin.

9. The wife of Pharaoh said: "(Here is) joy of the eye, for me and for
thee: slay him not. It may be that he will be use to us, or we may adopt him as
a son." And they perceived not (what they were doing)!

10. But there
came to be a void in the heart of the mother of Moses: She was going almost to
disclose his (case), had We not strengthened her heart (with faith), so that she
might remain a (firm) believer.

11. And she said to the sister of
(Moses), "Follow him" so she (the sister) watched him in the character of a
stranger. And they knew not.

12. And we ordained that he refused suck at
first, until (His sister came up and) said: "Shall I point out to you the people
of a house that will nourish and bring him up for you and be sincerely attached
to him?"...

13. Thus did We restore him to his mother, that her eye
might be comforted, that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the
promise of Allah is true: but most of them do not understand.

14. When
he reached full age, and was firmly established (in life), We bestowed on him
wisdom and knowledge: for thus do We reward those who do good.

15. And
he entered the city at a time when its people were not watching: and he found
there two men fighting,- one of his own religion, and the other, of his foes.
Now the man of his own religion appealed to him against his foe, and Moses
struck him with his fist and made an end of him. He said: "This is a work of
Evil (Satan): for he is an enemy that manifestly misleads!"

16. He
prayed: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul! Do Thou then forgive me!" So
((Allah)) forgave him: for He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

17.
He said: "O my Lord! For that Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace on me, never shall I
be a help to those who sin!"

18. So he saw the morning in the city,
looking about, in a state of fear, when behold, the man who had, the day before,
sought his help called aloud for his help (again). Moses said to him: "Thou art
truly, it is clear, a quarrelsome fellow!"

19. Then, when he decided to
lay hold of the man who was an enemy to both of them, that man said: "O Moses!
Is it thy intention to slay me as thou slewest a man yesterday? Thy intention is
none other than to become a powerful violent man in the land, and not to be one
who sets things right!"

20. And there came a man, running, from the
furthest end of the City. He said: "O Moses! the Chiefs are taking counsel
together about thee, to slay thee: so get thee away, for I do give thee sincere
advice."

21. He therefore got away therefrom, looking about, in a state
of fear. He prayed "O my Lord! save me from people given to wrong-doing."

22. Then, when he turned his face towards (the land of) Madyan, he said:
"I do hope that my Lord will show me the smooth and straight Path."

23.
And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan, he found there a group of
men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found two women who were
keeping back (their flocks). He said: "What is the matter with you?" They said:
"We cannot water (our flocks) until the shepherds take back (their flocks): And
our father is a very old man."

24. So he watered (their flocks) for
them; then he turned back to the shade, and said:"O my Lord! truly am I in
(desperate) need of any good that Thou dost send me!"

25. Afterwards one
of the (damsels) came (back) to him, walking bashfully. She said: "My father
invites thee that he may reward thee for having watered (our flocks) for us." So
when he came to him and narrated the story, he said: "Fear thou not: (well) hast
thou escaped from unjust people."

26. Said one of the (damsels): "O my
(dear) father! engage him on wages: truly the best of men for thee to employ is
the (man) who is strong and trusty"....

27. He said: "I intend to wed
one of these my daughters to thee, on condition that thou serve me for eight
years; but if thou complete ten years, it will be (grace) from thee. But I
intend not to place thee under a difficulty: thou wilt find me, indeed, if Allah
wills, one of the righteous."

28. He said: "Be that (the agreement)
between me and thee: whichever of the two terms I fulfil, let there be no
ill-will to me. Be Allah a witness to what we say."

29. Now when Moses
had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his family, he perceived a fire
in the direction of Mount Tur. He said to his family: "Tarry ye; I perceive a
fire; I hope to bring you from there some information, or a burning firebrand,
that ye may warm yourselves."

30. But when he came to the (fire), a
voice was heard from the right bank of the valley, from a tree in hallowed
ground: "O Moses! Verily I am Allah, the Lord of the Worlds....

31. "Now
do thou throw thy rod!" but when he saw it moving (of its own accord) as if it
had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, and retraced not his steps: O
Moses!" (It was said), "Draw near, and fear not: for thou art of those who are
secure.

32. "Move thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth white
without stain (or harm), and draw thy hand close to thy side (to guard) against
fear. Those are the two credentials from thy Lord to Pharaoh and his Chiefs: for
truly they are a people rebellious and wicked."

33. He said: "O my Lord!
I have slain a man among them, and I fear lest they slay me.

34. "And my
brother Aaron - He is more eloquent in speech than I: so send him with me as a
helper, to confirm (and strengthen) me: for I fear that they may accuse me of
falsehood."

35. He said: "We will certainly strengthen thy arm through
thy brother, and invest you both with authority, so they shall not be able to
touch you: with Our Sign shall ye triumph,- you two as well as those who follow
you."

36. When Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said: "This
is nothing but sorcery faked up: never did we head the like among our fathers of
old!"

37. Moses said: "My Lord knows best who it is that comes with
guidance from Him and whose end will be best in the Hereafter: certain it is
that the wrong-doers will not prosper."

38. Pharaoh said: "O Chiefs! no
god do I know for you but myself: therefore, O Haman! light me a (kiln to bake
bricks) out of clay, and build me a lofty palace, that I may mount up to the god
of Moses: but as far as I am concerned, I think (Moses) is a liar!"

39.
And he was arrogant and insolent in the land, beyond reason,- He and his hosts:
they thought that they would not have to return to Us!

40. So We seized
him and his hosts, and We flung them into the sea: Now behold what was the end
of those who did wrong!

41. And we made them (but) leaders inviting to
the Fire; and on the Day of Judgment no help shall they find.

42. in
this world We made a curse to follow them and on the Day of Judgment they will
be among the loathed (and despised).

43. We did reveal to Moses the Book
after We had destroyed the earlier generations, (to give) Insight to men, and
guidance and Mercy, that they might receive admonition.

44. Thou wast
not on the Western side when We decreed the Commission to Moses, nor wast thou a
witness (of those events).

45. But We raised up (new) generations, and long were the ages that passed
over them; but thou wast not a dweller among the people of Madyan, rehearsing
Our Signs to them; but it is We Who send apostles (with inspiration).

46. Nor wast thou at the side of (the Mountain of) Tur when we called
(to Moses). Yet (art thou sent) as Mercy from thy Lord, to give warning to a
people to whom no warner had come before thee: in order that they may receive
admonition.

47. If (We had) not (sent thee to the Quraish),- in case a
calamity should seize them for (the deeds) that their hands have sent forth,
they might say: "Our Lord! why didst Thou not sent us an apostle? We should then
have followed Thy Signs and been amongst those who believe!"

48. But
(now), when the Truth has come to them from Ourselves, they say, "Why are not
(Signs) sent to him, like those which were sent to Moses?" Do they not then
reject (the Signs) which were formerly sent to Moses? They say: "Two kinds of
sorcery, each assisting the other!" And they say: "For us, we reject all (such
things)!"

49. Say: "Then bring ye a Book from Allah, which is a better
guide than either of them, that I may follow it! (do), if ye are truthful!"

50. But if they hearken not to thee, know that they only follow their
own lusts: and who is more astray than one who follow his own lusts, devoid of
guidance from Allah. for Allah guides not people given to wrong-doing.

51. Now have We caused the Word to reach them themselves, in order that
they may receive admonition.

52. Those to whom We sent the Book before
this,- they do believe in this (revelation):

53. And when it is recited
to them, they say: "We believe therein, for it is the Truth from our Lord:
indeed we have been Muslims (bowing to Allah.s Will) from before this.

54. Twice will they be given their reward, for that they have
persevered, that they avert Evil with Good, and that they spend (in charity) out
of what We have given them.

55. And when they hear vain talk, they turn
away therefrom and say: "To us our deeds, and to you yours; peace be to you: we
seek not the ignorant."

56. It is true thou wilt not be able to guide
every one, whom thou lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows
best those who receive guidance.

57. They say: "If we were to follow the
guidance with thee, we should be snatched away from our land." Have We not
established for them a secure sanctuary, to which are brought as tribute fruits
of all kinds,- a provision from Ourselves? but most of them understand not.

58. And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted in their life
(of ease and plenty)! now those habitations of theirs, after them, are
deserted,- All but a (miserable) few! and We are their heirs!

59. Nor
was thy Lord the one to destroy a population until He had sent to its centre an
apostle, rehearsing to them Our Signs; nor are We going to destroy a population
except when its members practise iniquity.

60. The (material) things
which ye are given are but the conveniences of this life and the glitter
thereof; but that which is with Allah is better and more enduring: will ye not
then be wise?

61. Are (these two) alike?- one to whom We have made a
goodly promise, and who is going to reach its (fulfilment), and one to whom We
have given the good things of this life, but who, on the Day of Judgment, is to
be among those brought up (for punishment)?

62. That Day ((Allah)) will
call to them, and say "Where are my 'partners'?- whom ye imagined (to be such)?"

63. Those against whom the charge will be proved, will say: "Our Lord!
These are the ones whom we led astray: we led them astray, as we were astray
ourselves: we free ourselves (from them) in Thy presence: it was not us they
worshipped."

64. It will be said (to them): "Call upon your 'partners'
(for help)" :they will call upon them, but they will not listen to them; and
they will see the Penalty (before them); (how they will wish) 'if only they had
been open to guidance!'

65. That Day ((Allah)) will call to them, and
say: "What was the answer ye gave to the apostles?"

66. Then the (whole)
story that Day will seem obscure to them (like light to the blind) and they will
not be able (even) to question each other.

67. But any that (in this
life) had repented, believed, and worked righteousness, will have hopes to be
among those who achieve salvation.

68. Thy Lord does create and choose
as He pleases: no choice have they (in the matter): Glory to Allah. and far is
He above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!

69. And thy Lord knows all
that their hearts conceal and all that they reveal.

70. And He is Allah.
There is no god but He. To Him be praise, at the first and at the last: for Him
is the Command, and to Him shall ye (all) be brought back.

71. Say: See
ye? If Allah were to make the night perpetual over you to the Day of Judgment,
what god is there other than Allah, who can give you enlightenment? Will ye not
then hearken?

72. Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the day perpetual
over you to the Day of Judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can
give you a night in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see?

73. It is
out of His Mercy that He has made for you Night and Day,- that ye may rest
therein, and that ye may seek of his Grace;- and in order that ye may be
grateful.

74. The Day that He will call on them, He will say: "Where are
my 'partners'? whom ye imagined (to be such)?"

75. And from each people
shall We draw a witness, and We shall say: "Produce your Proof": then shall they
know that the Truth is in Allah (alone), and the (lies) which they invented will
leave them in lurch.

76. Qarun was doubtless, of the people of Moses;
but he acted insolently towards them: such were the treasures We had bestowed on
him that their very keys would have been a burden to a body of strong men,
behold, his people said to him: "Exult not, for Allah loveth not those who exult
(in riches).

77. "But seek, with the (wealth) which Allah has bestowed
on thee, the Home of the Hereafter, nor forget thy portion in this world: but do
thou good, as Allah has been good to thee, and seek not (occasions for) mischief
in the land: for Allah loves not those who do mischief."

78. He said:
"This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge which I have." Did he
not know that Allah had destroyed, before him, (whole) generations,- which were
superior to him in strength and greater in the amount (of riches) they had
collected? but the wicked are not called (immediately) to account for their
sins.

79. So he went forth among his people in the (pride of his wordly)
glitter. Said those whose aim is the Life of this World: "Oh! that we had the
like of what Qarun has got! for he is truly a lord of mighty good fortune!"

80. But those who had been granted (true) knowledge said: "Alas for you!
The reward of Allah (in the Hereafter) is best for those who believe and work
righteousness: but this none shall attain, save those who steadfastly persevere
(in good)."

81. Then We caused the earth to swallow up him and his
house; and he had not (the least little) party to help him against Allah, nor
could he defend himself.

82. And those who had envied his position the
day before began to say on the morrow: "Ah! it is indeed Allah Who enlarges the
provision or restricts it, to any of His servants He pleases! had it not been
that Allah was gracious to us, He could have caused the earth to swallow us up!
Ah! those who reject Allah will assuredly never prosper."

83. That Home
of the Hereafter We shall give to those who intend not high- handedness or
mischief on earth: and the end is (best) for the righteous.

84. If any
does good, the reward to him is better than his deed; but if any does evil, the
doers of evil are only punished (to the extent) of their deeds.

85.
Verily He Who ordained the Qur'an for thee, will bring thee back to the Place of
Return. Say: "My Lord knows best who it is that brings true guidance, and who is
in manifest error."

86. And thou hadst not expected that the Book would
be sent to thee except as a Mercy from thy Lord: Therefore lend not thou support
in any way to those who reject ((Allah)'s Message).

87. And let nothing
keep thee back from the Signs of Allah after they have been revealed to thee:
and invite (men) to thy Lord, and be not of the company of those who join gods
with Allah.

88. And call not, besides Allah, on another god. There is no
god but He. Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face. To Him
belongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.

Surah 29.
Al-‘Ankabut

The Spider

1. A.L.M.

2. Do men think
that they will be left alone on saying, "We believe", and that they will not be
tested?

3. We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know
those who are true from those who are false.

4. Do those who practise
evil think that they will get the better of Us? Evil is their judgment!

5. For those whose hopes are in the meeting with Allah (in the
Hereafter, let them strive); for the term (appointed) by Allah is surely coming
and He hears and knows (all things).

6. And if any strive (with might
and main), they do so for their own souls: for Allah is free of all needs from
all creation.

7. Those who believe and work righteous deeds,- from them
shall We blot out all evil (that may be) in them, and We shall reward them
according to the best of their deeds.

8. We have enjoined on man
kindness to parents: but if they (either of them) strive (to force) thee to join
with Me (in worship) anything of which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not. Ye
have (all) to return to me, and I will tell you (the truth) of all that ye did.

9. And those who believe and work righteous deeds,- them shall We admit
to the company of the Righteous.

10. Then there are among men such as
say, "We believe in Allah.; but when they suffer affliction in (the cause of)
Allah, they treat men's oppression as if it were the Wrath of Allah. And if help
comes (to thee) from thy Lord, they are sure to say, "We have (always) been with
you!" Does not Allah know best all that is in the hearts of all creation?

11. And Allah most certainly knows those who believe, and as certainly
those who are Hypocrites.

12. And the Unbelievers say to those who
believe: "Follow our path, and we will bear (the consequences) of your faults."
Never in the least will they bear their faults: in fact they are liars!

13. They will bear their own burdens, and (other) burdens along with
their own, and on the Day of Judgments they will be called to account for their
falsehoods.

14. We (once) sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among
them a thousand years less fifty: but the Deluge overwhelmed them while they
(persisted in) sin.

15. But We saved him and the companions of the Ark,
and We made the (Ark) a Sign for all peoples!

16. And (We also saved)
Abraham: behold, he said to his people, "Serve Allah and fear Him: that will be
best for you- If ye understand!

17. "For ye do worship idols besides
Allah, and ye invent falsehood. The things that ye worship besides Allah have no
power to give you sustenance: then seek ye sustenance from Allah, serve Him, and
be grateful to Him: to Him will be your return.

18. "And if ye reject
(the Message), so did generations before you: and the duty of the apostle is
only to preach publicly (and clearly)."

19. See they not how Allah
originates creation, then repeats it: truly that is easy for Allah.

20.
Say: "Travel through the earth and see how Allah did originate creation; so will
Allah produce a later creation: for Allah has power over all things.

21.
"He punishes whom He pleases, and He grants Mercy to whom He pleases, and
towards Him are ye turned.

22. "Not on earth nor in heaven will ye be
able (fleeing) to frustrate (his Plan), nor have ye, besides Allah, any
protector or helper."

23. Those who reject the Signs of Allah and the
Meeting with Him (in the Hereafter),- it is they who shall despair of My Mercy:
it is they who will (suffer) a most grievous Penalty.

24. So naught was
the answer of (Abraham's) people except that they said: "Slay him or burn him."
But Allah did save him from the Fire. Verily in this are Signs for people who
believe.

25. And he said: "For you, ye have taken (for worship) idols
besides Allah, out of mutual love and regard between yourselves in this life;
but on the Day of Judgment ye shall disown each other and curse each other: and
your abode will be the Fire, and ye shall have none to help."

26. But
Lut had faith in Him: He said: "I will leave home for the sake of my Lord: for
He is Exalted in Might, and Wise."

27. And We gave (Abraham) Isaac and
Jacob, and ordained among his progeny Prophethood and Revelation, and We granted
him his reward in this life; and he was in the Hereafter (of the company) of the
Righteous.

28. And (remember) Lut: behold, he said to his people: "Ye do
commit lewdness, such as no people in Creation (ever) committed before you.

29. "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise
wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no answer but this:
they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth."

30.
He said: "O my Lord! help Thou me against people who do mischief!"

31.
When Our Messengers came to Abraham with the good news, they said: "We are
indeed going to destroy the people of this township: for truly they are
(addicted to) crime."

32. He said: "But there is Lut there." They said:
"Well do we know who is there : we will certainly save him and his following,-
except his wife: she is of those who lag behind!"

33. And when Our
Messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account, and felt himself
powerless (to protect) them: but they said: "Fear thou not, nor grieve: we are
(here) to save thee and thy following, except thy wife: she is of those who lag
behind.

34. "For we are going to bring down on the people of this
township a Punishment from heaven, because they have been wickedly rebellious."

35. And We have left thereof an evident Sign, for any people who (care
to) understand.

36. To the Madyan (people) (We sent) their brother
Shu'aib. Then he said: "O my people! serve Allah, and fear the Last Day: nor
commit evil on the earth, with intent to do mischief."

37. But they
rejected him: Then the mighty Blast seized them, and they lay prostrate in their
homes by the morning.

38. (Remember also) the 'Ad and the Thamud
(people): clearly will appear to you from (the traces) of their buildings (their
fate): the Evil One made their deeds alluring to them, and kept them back from
the Path, though they were gifted with intelligence and skill.

39.
(Remember also) Qarun, Pharaoh, and Haman: there came to them Moses with Clear
Signs, but they behaved with insolence on the earth; yet they could not
overreach (Us).

40. Each one of them We seized for his crime: of them,
against some We sent a violent tornado (with showers of stones); some were
caught by a (mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We
drowned (in the waters): It was not Allah Who injured (or oppressed) them:" They
injured (and oppressed) their own souls.

41. The parable of those who
take protectors other than Allah is that of the spider, who builds (to itself) a
house; but truly the flimsiest of houses is the spider's house;- if they but
knew.

42. Verily Allah doth know of (every thing) whatever that they
call upon besides Him: and He is Exalted (in power), Wise.

43. And such
are the Parables We set forth for mankind, but only those understand them who
have knowledge.

44. Allah created the heavens and the earth in true
(proportions): verily in that is a Sign for those who believe.

45.
Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee, and establish regular
Prayer: for Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds; and remembrance of
Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds)
that ye do.

46. And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except
with means better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who
inflict wrong (and injury): but say, "We believe in the revelation which has
come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is
one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam)."

47. And thus (it is) that We
have sent down the Book to thee. So the People of the Book believe therein, as
also do some of these (pagan Arabs): and none but Unbelievers reject our signs.

48. And thou wast not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book came),
nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: In that case, indeed,
would the talkers of vanities have doubted.

49. Nay, here are Signs
self-evident in the hearts of those endowed with knowledge: and none but the
unjust reject Our Signs.

50. Ye they say: "Why are not Signs sent down
to him from his Lord?" Say: "The signs are indeed with Allah. and I am indeed a
clear Warner."

51. And is it not enough for them that we have sent down
to thee the Book which is rehearsed to them? Verily, in it is Mercy and a
Reminder to those who believe.

52. Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness
between me and you: He knows what is in the heavens and on earth. And it is
those who believe in vanities and reject Allah, that will perish (in the end).

53. They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it not
been for a term (of respite) appointed, the Punishment would certainly have come
to them: and it will certainly reach them,- of a sudden, while they perceive
not!

54. They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment: but, of a surety,
Hell will encompass the Rejecters of Faith!-

55. On the Day that the
Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, and (a Voice)
shall say: "Taste ye (the fruits) of your deeds!"

56. O My servants who
believe! truly, spacious is My Earth: therefore serve ye Me - (and Me alone)!

57. Every soul shall have a taste of death in the end to Us shall ye be
brought back.

58. But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness
- to them shall We give a Home in Heaven,- lofty mansions beneath which flow
rivers,- to dwell therein for aye;- an excellent reward for those who do
(good)!-

59. Those who persevere in patience, and put their trust, in
their Lord and Cherisher.

60. How many are the creatures that carry not
their own sustenance? It is Allah who feeds (both) them and you: for He hears
and knows (all things).

61. If indeed thou ask them who has created the
heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law), they will
certainly reply, "(Allah)". How are they then deluded away (from the truth)?

62. Allah enlarges the sustenance (which He gives) to whichever of His
servants He pleases; and He (similarly) grants by (strict) measure, (as He
pleases): for Allah has full knowledge of all things.

63. And if indeed
thou ask them who it is that sends down rain from the sky, and gives life
therewith to the earth after its death, they will certainly reply, "(Allah)!"
Say, "Praise be to Allah." But most of them understand not.

64. What is
the life of this world but amusement and play? but verily the Home in the
Hereafter,- that is life indeed, if they but knew.

65. Now, if they
embark on a boat, they call on Allah, making their devotion sincerely (and
exclusively) to Him; but when He has delivered them safely to (dry) land,
behold, they give a share (of their worship to others)!-

66. Disdaining
ungratefully Our gifts, and giving themselves up to (worldly) enjoyment! But
soon will they know.

67. Do they not then see that We have made a
sanctuary secure, and that men are being snatched away from all around them?
Then, do they believe in that which is vain, and reject the Grace of Allah.

68. And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah or
rejects the Truth when it reaches him? Is there not a home in Hell for those who
reject Faith?

69. And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will
certainly guide them to our Paths: For verily Allah is with those who do right.

Surah 30. Ar-Rum

The Romans, The
Byzantines

1. A. L. M.

2. The Roman Empire has
been defeated-

3. In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this)
defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious-

4. Within a few years. With
Allah is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the
Believers rejoice-

5. With the help of Allah. He helps whom He will, and
He is exalted in might, most merciful.

6. (It is) the promise of Allah.
Never does Allah depart from His promise: but most men understand not.

7. They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world: but of
the End of things they are heedless.

8. Do they not reflect in their own
minds? Not but for just ends and for a term appointed, did Allah create the
heavens and the earth, and all between them: yet are there truly many among men
who deny the meeting with their Lord (at the Resurrection)!

9. Do they
not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them?
They were superior to them in strength: they tilled the soil and populated it in
greater numbers than these have done: there came to them their apostles with
Clear (Signs). (Which they rejected, to their own destruction): It was not Allah
Who wronged them, but they wronged their own souls.

10. In the long run
evil in the extreme will be the End of those who do evil; for that they rejected
the Signs of Allah, and held them up to ridicule.

11. It is Allah Who
begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it; then shall ye be brought back
to Him.

12. On the Day that the Hour will be established, the guilty
will be struck dumb with despair.

13. No intercessor will they have
among their "Partners" and they will (themselves) reject their "Partners".

14. On the Day that the Hour will be established,- that Day shall (all
men) be sorted out.

15. Then those who have believed and worked
righteous deeds, shall be made happy in a Mead of Delight.

16. And those
who have rejected Faith and falsely denied our Signs and the meeting of the
Hereafter,- such shall be brought forth to Punishment.

17. So (give)
glory to Allah, when ye reach eventide and when ye rise in the morning;

18. Yea, to Him be praise, in the heavens and on earth; and in the late
afternoon and when the day begins to decline.

19. It is He Who brings
out the living from the dead, and brings out the dead from the living, and Who
gives life to the earth after it is dead: and thus shall ye be brought out (from
the dead).

20. Among His Signs in this, that He created you from dust;
and then,- behold, ye are men scattered (far and wide)!

21. And among
His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye
may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put love and mercy between your
(hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who reflect.

22. And among
His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in
your languages and your colours: verily in that are Signs for those who know.

23. And among His Signs is the sleep that ye take by night and by day,
and the quest that ye (make for livelihood) out of His Bounty: verily in that
are signs for those who hearken.

24. And among His Signs, He shows you
the lightning, by way both of fear and of hope, and He sends down rain from the
sky and with it gives life to the earth after it is dead: verily in that are
Signs for those who are wise.

25. And among His Signs is this, that
heaven and earth stand by His Command: then when He calls you, by a single call,
from the earth, behold, ye (straightway) come forth.

26. To Him belongs
every being that is in the heavens and on earth: all are devoutly obedient to
Him.

27. It is He Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it;
and for Him it is most easy. To Him belongs the loftiest similitude (we can
think of) in the heavens and the earth: for He is Exalted in Might, full of
wisdom.

28. He does propound to you a similitude from your own
(experience): do ye have partners among those whom your right hands possess, to
share as equals in the wealth We have bestowed on you? Do ye fear them as ye
fear each other? Thus do we explain the Signs in detail to a people that
understand.

29. Nay, the wrong-doers (merely) follow their own lusts,
being devoid of knowledge. But who will guide those whom Allah leaves astray? To
them there will be no helpers.

30. So set thou thy face steadily and
truly to the Faith: (establish) Allah.s handiwork according to the pattern on
which He has made mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by
Allah. that is the standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not.

31. Turn ye back in repentance to Him, and fear Him: establish regular
prayers, and be not ye among those who join gods with Allah,-

32. Those
who split up their Religion, and become (mere) Sects,- each party rejoicing in
that which is with itself!

33. When trouble touches men, they cry to
their Lord, turning back to Him in repentance: but when He gives them a taste of
Mercy as from Himself, behold, some of them pay part-worship to other god's
besides their Lord,-

34. (As if) to show their ingratitude for the
(favours) We have bestowed on them! Then enjoy (your brief day); but soon will
ye know (your folly).

35. Or have We sent down authority to them, which
points out to them the things to which they pay part-worship?

36. When
We give men a taste of Mercy, they exult thereat: and when some evil afflicts
them because of what their (own) hands have sent forth, behold, they are in
despair!

37. See they not that Allah enlarges the provision and
restricts it, to whomsoever He pleases? Verily in that are Signs for those who
believe.

38. So give what is due to kindred, the needy, and the
wayfarer. That is best for those who seek the Countenance, of Allah, and it is
they who will prosper.

39. That which ye lay out for increase through
the property of (other) people, will have no increase with Allah. but that which
ye lay out for charity, seeking the Countenance of Allah, (will increase): it is
these who will get a recompense multiplied.

40. It is Allah Who has
created you: further, He has provided for your sustenance; then He will cause
you to die; and again He will give you life. Are there any of your (false)
"Partners" who can do any single one of these things? Glory to Him! and high is
He above the partners they attribute (to him)!

41. Mischief has appeared
on land and sea because of (the meed) that the hands of men have earned, that
((Allah)) may give them a taste of some of their deeds: in order that they may
turn back (from Evil).

42. Say: "Travel through the earth and see what
was the end of those before (you): Most of them worshipped others besides
Allah."

43. But set thou thy face to the right Religion before there
come from Allah the Day which there is no chance of averting: on that Day shall
men be divided (in two).

44. Those who reject Faith will suffer from
that rejection: and those who work righteousness will spread their couch (of
repose) for themselves (in heaven):

45. That He may reward those who
believe and work righteous deeds, out of his Bounty. For He loves not those who
reject Faith.

46. Among His Signs is this, that He sends the Winds, as
heralds of Glad Tidings, giving you a taste of His (Grace and) Mercy,- that the
ships may sail (majestically) by His Command and that ye may seek of His Bounty:
in order that ye may be grateful.

47. We did indeed send, before thee,
apostles to their (respective) peoples, and they came to them with Clear Signs:
then, to those who transgressed, We meted out Retribution: and it was due from
Us to aid those who believed.

48. It is Allah Who sends the Winds, and
they raise the Clouds: then does He spread them in the sky as He wills, and
break them into fragments, until thou seest rain-drops issue from the midst
thereof: then when He has made them reach such of his servants as He wills
behold, they do rejoice!-

49. Even though, before they received (the
rain) - just before this - they were dumb with despair!

50. Then
contemplate (O man!) the memorials of Allah.s Mercy!- how He gives life to the
earth after its death: verily the same will give life to the men who are dead:
for He has power over all things.

51. And if We (but) send a Wind from
which they see (their tilth) turn yellow,- behold, they become, thereafter,
Ungrateful (Unbelievers)!

52. So verily thou canst not make the dead to
hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs
and turn away.

53. Nor canst thou lead back the blind from their
straying: only those wilt thou make to hear, who believe in Our signs and submit
(their wills in Islam).

54. It is Allah Who created you in a state of
(helpless) weakness, then gave (you) strength after weakness, then, after
strength, gave (you weakness and a hoary head: He creates as He wills, and it is
He Who has all knowledge and power.

55. On the Day that the Hour (of
Reckoning) will be established, the transgressors will swear that they tarried
not but an hour: thus were they used to being deluded!

56. But those
endued with knowledge and faith will say: "Indeed ye did tarry, within Allah.s
Decree, to the Day of Resurrection, and this is the Day of Resurrection: but ye
- ye were not aware!"

57. So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail
the transgressors, nor will they be invited (then) to seek grace (by
repentance).

58. verily We have propounded for men, in this Qur'an every
kind of Parable: But if thou bring to them any Sign, the Unbelievers are sure to
say, "Ye do nothing but talk vanities."

59. Thus does Allah seal up the
hearts of those who understand not.

60. So patiently persevere: for
verily the promise of Allah is true: nor let those shake thy firmness, who have
(themselves) no certainty of faith.

Surah 31. Luqman

Luqman

1. A. L. M.

2. These are Verses of the Wise Book,-

3. A Guide and a Mercy to
the Doers of Good,-

4. Those who establish regular Prayer, and give
regular Charity, and have (in their hearts) the assurance of the Hereafter.

5. These are on (true) guidance from their Lord: and these are the ones
who will prosper.

6. But there are, among men, those who purchase idle
tales, without knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah
and throw ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a Humiliating Penalty.

7. When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in
arrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in both his ears:
announce to him a grievous Penalty.

8. For those who believe and work
righteous deeds, there will be Gardens of Bliss,-

9. To dwell therein.
The promise of Allah is true: and He is Exalted in Power, Wise.

10. He
created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on the earth
mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and He scattered through
it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the sky, and produce on the earth
every kind of noble creature, in pairs.

11. Such is the Creation of
Allah. now show Me what is there that others besides Him have created: nay, but
the Transgressors are in manifest error.

12. we bestowed (in the past)
Wisdom on Luqman: "Show (thy) gratitude to Allah." Any who is (so) grateful does
so to the profit of his own soul: but if any is ungrateful, verily Allah is free
of all wants, Worthy of all praise.

13. Behold, Luqman said to his son
by way of instruction: "O my son! join not in worship (others) with Allah. for
false worship is indeed the highest wrong-doing."

14. And We have
enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in travail upon travail did his
mother bear him, and in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command), "Show
gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.

15. "But
if they strive to make thee join in worship with Me things of which thou hast no
knowledge, obey them not; yet bear them company in this life with justice (and
consideration), and follow the way of those who turn to me (in love): in the end
the return of you all is to Me, and I will tell you the truth (and meaning) of
all that ye did."

16. "O my son!" (said Luqman), "If there be (but) the
weight of a mustard-seed and it were (hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in the
heavens or on earth, Allah will bring it forth: for Allah understands the finest
mysteries, (and) is well-acquainted (with them).

17. "O my son!
establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, and forbid what is wrong: and
bear with patient constancy whatever betide thee; for this is firmness (of
purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.

18. "And swell not thy cheek (for
pride) at men, nor walk in insolence through the earth; for Allah loveth not any
arrogant boaster.

19. "And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice;
for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."

20.
Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in the heavens
and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, (both)
seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about Allah, without
knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to enlighten them!

21. When they are told to follow the (Revelation) that Allah has sent
down, they say: "Nay, we shall follow the ways that we found our fathers
(following). "What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to the Penalty of the
(Blazing) Fire?

22. Whoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a
doer of good, has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold: and with Allah
rests the End and Decision of (all) affairs.

23. But if any reject
Faith, let not his rejection grieve thee: to Us is their return, and We shall
tell them the truth of their deeds: for Allah knows well all that is in (men's)
hearts.

24. We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end
shall We drive them to a chastisement unrelenting.

25. If thou ask them,
who it is that created the heavens and the earth. They will certainly say,
"(Allah)". Say: "Praise be to Allah." But most of them understand not.

26. To Allah belong all things in heaven and earth: verily Allah is He
(that is) free of all wants, worthy of all praise.

27. And if all the
trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink), with seven oceans behind it
to add to its (supply), yet would not the words of Allah be exhausted (in the
writing): for Allah is Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.

28. And your
creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an individual soul: for Allah
is He Who hears and sees (all things).

29. Seest thou not that Allah
merges Night into Day and he merges Day into Night; that He has subjected the
sun, and the moon (to his Law), each running its course for a term appointed;
and that Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do?

30. That is
because Allah is the (only) Reality, and because whatever else they invoke
besides Him is Falsehood; and because Allah,- He is the Most High, Most Great.

31. Seest thou not that the ships sail through the ocean by the Grace of
Allah.- that He may show you of His Signs? Verily in this are Signs for all who
constantly persevere and give thanks.

32. When a wave covers them like
the canopy (of clouds), they call to Allah, offering Him sincere devotion. But
when He has delivered them safely to land, there are among them those that halt
between (right and wrong). But none reject Our Signs except only a perfidious
ungrateful (wretch)!

33. O mankind! do your duty to your Lord, and fear
(the coming of) a Day when no father can avail aught for his son, nor a son
avail aught for his father. Verily, the promise of Allah is true: let not then
this present life deceive you, nor let the chief Deceiver deceive you about
Allah.

34. Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). It is
He Who sends down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does any one
know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: Nor does any one know in what
land he is to die. Verily with Allah is full knowledge and He is acquainted
(with all things).

Surah 32. As-Sajda

The Prostration, Worship,
Adoration

1. A. L. M.

2. (This is) the Revelation of the
Book in which there is no doubt,- from the Lord of the Worlds.

3. Or do
they say, "He has forged it"? Nay, it is the Truth from thy Lord, that thou
mayest admonish a people to whom no warner has come before thee: in order that
they may receive guidance.

4. It is Allah Who has created the heavens
and the earth, and all between them, in six Days, and is firmly established on
the Throne (of Authority): ye have none, besides Him, to protect or intercede
(for you): will ye not then receive admonition?

5. He rules (all)
affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will (all affairs) go up to
Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your
reckoning.

6. Such is He, the Knower of all things, hidden and open, the
Exalted (in power), the Merciful;-

7. He Who has made everything which
He has created most good: He began the creation of man with (nothing more than)
clay,

8. And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a
fluid despised:

9. But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed
into him something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and
sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!

10. And
they say: "What! when we lie, hidden and lost, in the earth, shall we indeed be
in a Creation renewed? Nay, they deny the Meeting with their Lord.

11.
Say: "The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly) take your souls:
then shall ye be brought back to your Lord."

12. If only thou couldst
see when the guilty ones will bend low their heads before their Lord,
(saying "Our Lord! We have seen and we have heard: Now then send us back (to
the world): we will work righteousness: for we do indeed (now) believe."

13. If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul its
true guidance: but the Word from Me will come true, "I will fill Hell with Jinns
and men all together."

14. "Taste ye then - for ye forgot the Meeting of
this Day of yours, and We too will forget you - taste ye the Penalty of Eternity
for your (evil) deeds!"

15. Only those believe in Our Signs, who, when
they are recited to them, fall down in adoration, and celebrate the praises of
their Lord, nor are they (ever) puffed up with pride.

16. Their limbs do
forsake their beds of sleep, the while they call on their Lord, in Fear and
Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of the sustenance which We have bestowed
on them.

17. Now no person knows what delights of the eye are kept
hidden (in reserve) for them - as a reward for their (good) deeds.

18.
Is then the man who believes no better than the man who is rebellious and
wicked? Not equal are they.

19. For those who believe and do righteous
deeds are Gardens as hospitable homes, for their (good) deeds.

20. As to
those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will be the Fire: every time
they wish to get away therefrom, they will be forced thereinto, and it will be
said to them: "Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire, the which ye were wont to
reject as false."

21. And indeed We will make them taste of the Penalty
of this (life) prior to the supreme Penalty, in order that they may (repent and)
return.

22. And who does more wrong than one to whom are recited the
Signs of his Lord, and who then turns away therefrom? Verily from those who
transgress We shall exact (due) Retribution.

23. We did indeed aforetime
give the Book to Moses: be not then in doubt of its reaching (thee): and We made
it a guide to the Children of Israel.

24. And We appointed, from among
them, leaders, giving guidance under Our command, so long as they persevered
with patience and continued to have faith in Our Signs.

25. Verily thy
Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgment, in the matters wherein they
differ (among themselves)

26. Does it not teach them a lesson, how many
generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they (now) go to and
fro? Verily in that are Signs: Do they not then listen?

27. And do they
not see that We do drive rain to parched soil (bare of herbage), and produce
therewith crops, providing food for their cattle and themselves? Have they not
the vision?

28. They say: "When will this decision be, if ye are telling
the truth?"

29. Say: "On the Day of Decision, no profit will it be to
Unbelievers if they (then) believe! nor will they be granted a respite."

30. So turn away from them, and wait: they too are waiting.

Surah 33. Al-Ahzab

The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined
Forces

1. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the
Unbelievers and the Hypocrites: verily Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.

2. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord: for
Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.

3. And put thy trust in
Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.

4. Allah has not
made for any man two hearts in his (one) body: nor has He made your wives whom
ye divorce by Zihar your mothers: nor has He made your adopted sons your sons.
Such is (only) your (manner of) speech by your mouths. But Allah tells (you) the
Truth, and He shows the (right) Way.

5. Call them by (the names of)
their fathers: that is juster in the sight of Allah. But if ye know not their
father's (names, call them) your Brothers in faith, or your maulas. But there is
no blame on you if ye make a mistake therein: (what counts is) the intention of
your hearts: and Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

6. The Prophet
is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and his wives are their
mothers. Blood-relations among each other have closer personal ties, in the
Decree of Allah. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers and Muhajirs: nevertheless
do ye what is just to your closest friends: such is the writing in the Decree
(of Allah..

7. And remember We took from the prophets their covenant: As
(We did) from thee: from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary: We
took from them a solemn covenant:

8. That ((Allah)) may question the
(custodians) of Truth concerning the Truth they (were charged with): And He has
prepared for the Unbelievers a grievous Penalty.

9. O ye who believe!
Remember the Grace of Allah, (bestowed) on you, when there came down on you
hosts (to overwhelm you): But We sent against them a hurricane and forces that
ye saw not: but Allah sees (clearly) all that ye do.

10. Behold! they
came on you from above you and from below you, and behold, the eyes became dim
and the hearts gaped up to the throats, and ye imagined various (vain) thoughts
about Allah.

11. In that situation were the Believers tried: they were
shaken as by a tremendous shaking.

12. And behold! The Hypocrites and
those in whose hearts is a disease (even) say: "(Allah) and His Messenger
promised us nothing but delusion!"

13. Behold! A party among them said:
"Ye men of Yathrib! ye cannot stand (the attack)! therefore go back!" And a band
of them ask for leave of the Prophet, saying, "Truly our houses are bare and
exposed," though they were not exposed they intended nothing but to run away.

14. And if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of the
(city), and they had been incited to sedition, they would certainly have brought
it to pass, with none but a brief delay!

15. And yet they had already
covenanted with Allah not to turn their backs, and a covenant with Allah must
(surely) be answered for.

16. Say: "Running away will not profit you if
ye are running away from death or slaughter; and even if (ye do escape), no more
than a brief (respite) will ye be allowed to enjoy!"

17. Say: "Who is it
that can screen you from Allah if it be His wish to give you punishment or to
give you Mercy?" Nor will they find for themselves, besides Allah, any protector
or helper.

18. Verily Allah knows those among you who keep back (men)
and those who say to their brethren, "Come along to us", but come not to the
fight except for just a little while.

19. Covetous over you. Then when
fear comes, thou wilt see them looking to thee, their eyes revolving, like
(those of) one over whom hovers death: but when the fear is past, they will
smite you with sharp tongues, covetous of goods. Such men have no faith, and so
Allah has made their deeds of none effect: and that is easy for Allah.

20. They think that the Confederates have not withdrawn; and if the
Confederates should come (again), they would wish they were in the deserts
(wandering) among the Bedouins, and seeking news about you (from a safe
distance); and if they were in your midst, they would fight but little.

21. Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of
conduct) for any one whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages
much in the Praise of Allah.

22. When the Believers saw the Confederate
forces, they said: "This is what Allah and his Messenger had promised us, and
Allah and His Messenger told us what was true." And it only added to their faith
and their zeal in obedience.

23. Among the Believers are men who have
been true to their covenant with Allah. of them some have completed their vow
(to the extreme), and some (still) wait: but they have never changed (their
determination) in the least:

24. That Allah may reward the men of Truth
for their Truth, and punish the Hypocrites if that be His Will, or turn to them
in Mercy: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

25. And Allah
turned back the Unbelievers for (all) their fury: no advantage did they gain;
and enough is Allah for the believers in their fight. And Allah is full of
Strength, able to enforce His Will.

26. And those of the People of the
Book who aided them - Allah did take them down from their strongholds and cast
terror into their hearts. (So that) some ye slew, and some ye made prisoners.

27. And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and their goods,
and of a land which ye had not frequented (before). And Allah has power over all
things.

28. O Prophet! Say to thy Consorts: "If it be that ye desire the
life of this World, and its glitter,- then come! I will provide for your
enjoyment and set you free in a handsome manner.

29. But if ye seek
Allah and His Messenger, and the Home of the Hereafter, verily Allah has
prepared for the well-doers amongst you a great reward.

30. O Consorts
of the Prophet! If any of you were guilty of evident unseemly conduct, the
Punishment would be doubled to her, and that is easy for Allah.

31. But
any of you that is devout in the service of Allah and His Messenger, and works
righteousness,- to her shall We grant her reward twice: and We have prepared for
her a generous Sustenance.

32. O Consorts of the Prophet! Ye are not
like any of the (other) women: if ye do fear ((Allah)), be not too complacent of
speech, lest one in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: but
speak ye a speech (that is) just.

33. And stay quietly in your houses,
and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and
establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His
Messenger. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members
of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless.

34. And recite what is
rehearsed to you in your homes, of the Signs of Allah and His Wisdom: for Allah
understands the finest mysteries and is well-acquainted (with them).

35.
For Muslim men and women,- for believing men and women, for devout men and
women, for true men and women, for men and women who are patient and constant,
for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women who give in Charity,
for men and women who fast (and deny themselves), for men and women who guard
their chastity, and for men and women who engage much in Allah.s praise,- for
them has Allah prepared forgiveness and great reward.

36. It is not
fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah
and His Messenger to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys
Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path.

37.
Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of Allah and thy
favour: "Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear Allah." But thou didst hide
in thy heart that which Allah was about to make manifest: thou didst fear the
people, but it is more fitting that thou shouldst fear Allah. Then when Zaid had
dissolved (his marriage) with her, with the necessary (formality), We joined her
in marriage to thee: in order that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the
Believers in (the matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when
the latter have dissolved with the necessary (formality) (their marriage) with
them. And Allah.s command must be fulfilled.

38. There can be no
difficulty to the Prophet in what Allah has indicated to him as a duty. It was
the practice (approved) of Allah amongst those of old that have passed away. And
the command of Allah is a decree determined.

39. (It is the practice of
those) who preach the Messages of Allah, and fear Him, and fear none but Allah.
And enough is Allah to call (men) to account.

40. Muhammad is not the
father of any of your men, but (he is) the Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of
the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all things.

41. O ye who
believe! Celebrate the praises of Allah, and do this often;

42. And
glorify Him morning and evening.

43. He it is Who sends blessings on
you, as do His angels, that He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness
into Light: and He is Full of Mercy to the Believers.

44. Their
salutation on the Day they meet Him will be "Peace!"; and He has prepared for
them a generous Reward.

45. O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a
Witness, a Bearer of Glad Tidings, and Warner,-

46. And as one who
invites to Allah.s (grace) by His leave, and as a lamp spreading light.

47. Then give the Glad Tidings to the Believers, that they shall have
from Allah a very great Bounty.

48. And obey not (the behests) of the
Unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and heed not their annoyances, but put thy Trust
in Allah. For enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.

49. O ye who
believe! When ye marry believing women, and then divorce them before ye have
touched them, no period of 'Iddat have ye to count in respect of them: so give
them a present. And set them free in a handsome manner.

50. O Prophet!
We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and
those whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has
assigned to thee; and daughters of thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters
of thy maternal uncles and aunts, who migrated (from Makka) with thee; and any
believing woman who dedicates her soul to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to
wed her;- this only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large); We know what
We have appointed for them as to their wives and the captives whom their right
hands possess;- in order that there should be no difficulty for thee. And Allah
is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.

51. Thou mayest defer (the turn of)
any of them that thou pleasest, and thou mayest receive any thou pleasest: and
there is no blame on thee if thou invite one whose (turn) thou hadst set aside.
This were nigher to the cooling of their eyes, the prevention of their grief,
and their satisfaction - that of all of them - with that which thou hast to give
them: and Allah knows (all) that is in your hearts: and Allah is All- Knowing,
Most Forbearing.

52. It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women
after this, nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty
attract thee, except any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): and
Allah doth watch over all things.

53. O ye who believe! Enter not the
Prophet's houses,- until leave is given you,- for a meal, (and then) not (so
early as) to wait for its preparation: but when ye are invited, enter; and when
ye have taken your meal, disperse, without seeking familiar talk. Such
(behaviour) annoys the Prophet: he is ashamed to dismiss you, but Allah is not
ashamed (to tell you) the truth. And when ye ask (his ladies) for anything ye
want, ask them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your
hearts and for theirs. Nor is it right for you that ye should annoy Allah.s
Messenger, or that ye should marry his widows after him at any time. Truly such
a thing is in Allah.s sight an enormity.

54. Whether ye reveal anything
or conceal it, verily Allah has full knowledge of all things.

55. There
is no blame (on these ladies if they appear) before their fathers or their sons,
their brothers, or their brother's sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women,
or the (slaves) whom their right hands possess. And, (ladies), fear Allah. for
Allah is Witness to all things.

56. Allah and His angels send blessings
on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with
all respect.

57. Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger - Allah has
cursed them in this World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a
humiliating Punishment.

58. And those who annoy believing men and women
undeservedly, bear (on themselves) a calumny and a glaring sin.

59. O
Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should
cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most
convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is
Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.

60. Truly, if the Hypocrites, and those
in whose hearts is a disease, and those who stir up sedition in the City, desist
not, We shall certainly stir thee up against them: Then will they not be able to
stay in it as thy neighbours for any length of time:

61. They shall have
a curse on them: whenever they are found, they shall be seized and slain
(without mercy).

62. (Such was) the practice (approved) of Allah among
those who lived aforetime: No change wilt thou find in the practice (approved)
of Allah.

63. Men ask thee concerning the Hour: Say, "The knowledge
thereof is with Allah (alone)": and what will make thee understand?- perchance
the Hour is nigh!

64. Verily Allah has cursed the Unbelievers and
prepared for them a Blazing Fire,-

65. To dwell therein for ever: no
protector will they find, nor helper.

66. The Day that their faces will
be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had
obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger."

67. And they would say: "Our
Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us as to the
(right) Path.

68. "Our Lord! Give them double Penalty and curse them
with a very great Curse!"

69. O ye who believe! Be ye not like those who
vexed and insulted Moses, but Allah cleared him of the (calumnies) they had
uttered: and he was honourable in Allah.s sight.

70. O ye who believe!
Fear Allah, and (always) say a word directed to the Right:

71. That He
may make your conduct whole and sound and forgive you your sins: He that obeys
Allah and His Messenger, has already attained the highest achievement.

72. We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the
Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but man
undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;-

73. (With the result)
that Allah has to punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the Unbelievers, men
and women, and Allah turns in Mercy to the Believers, men and women: for Allah
is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Surah 34. Saba’

Sheba

1. Praise be to Allah,
to Whom belong all things in the heavens and on earth: to Him be Praise in the
Hereafter: and He is Full of Wisdom, acquainted with all things.

2. He
knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes out thereof; all that
comes down from the sky and all that ascends thereto and He is the Most
Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving.

3. The Unbelievers say, "Never to us will
come the Hour": Say, "Nay! but most surely, by my Lord, it will come upon you;-
by Him Who knows the unseen,- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in
the heavens or on earth: Nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but
is in the Record Perspicuous:

4. That He may reward those who believe
and work deeds of righteousness: for such is Forgiveness and a Sustenance Most
Generous."

5. But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate
them,- for such will be a Penalty,- a Punishment most humiliating.

6.
And those to whom knowledge has come see that the (Revelation) sent down to thee
from thy Lord - that is the Truth, and that it guides to the Path of the Exalted
(in might), Worthy of all praise.

7. The Unbelievers say (in ridicule):
"Shall we point out to you a man that will tell you, when ye are all scattered
to pieces in disintegration, that ye shall (then be raised) in a New Creation?

8. "Has he invented a falsehood against Allah, or has a spirit (seized)
him?"- Nay, it is those who believe not in the Hereafter, that are in (real)
Penalty, and in farthest error.

9. See they not what is before them and
behind them, of the sky and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to
swallow them up, or cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this
is a Sign for every devotee that turns to Allah (in repentance).

10. We
bestowed Grace aforetime on David from ourselves: "O ye Mountains! Sing ye back
the Praises of Allah with him! and ye birds (also)! And We made the iron soft
for him;-

11. (Commanding), "Make thou coast of mail, balancing well the
rings of chain armour, and work ye righteousness; for be sure I see (clearly)
all that ye do."

12. And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): Its
early morning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a
month's (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him; and there
were Jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his Lord, and if any of
them turned aside from our command, We made him taste of the Penalty of the
Blazing Fire.

13. They worked for him as he desired, (making) arches,
images, basons as large as reservoirs, and (cooking) cauldrons fixed (in their
places): "Work ye, sons of David, with thanks! but few of My servants are
grateful!"

14. Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed
them his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing
away at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had
known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of
their Task).

15. There was, for Saba, aforetime, a Sign in their
home-land - two Gardens to the right and to the left. "Eat of the Sustenance
(provided) by your Lord, and be grateful to Him: a territory fair and happy, and
a Lord Oft-Forgiving!

16. But they turned away (from Allah., and We sent
against them the Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted their two
garden (rows) into "gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few
(stunted) Lote-trees.

17. That was the Requital We gave them because
they ungratefully rejected Faith: and never do We give (such) requital except to
such as are ungrateful rejecters.

18. Between them and the Cities on
which We had poured our blessings, We had placed Cities in prominent positions,
and between them We had appointed stages of journey in due proportion: "Travel
therein, secure, by night and by day."

19. But they said: "Our Lord!
Place longer distances between our journey- stages": but they wronged themselves
(therein). At length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed
them all in scattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that
is) patiently constant and grateful.

20. And on them did Satan prove
true his idea, and they followed him, all but a party that believed.

21.
But he had no authority over them,- except that We might test the man who
believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it: and thy Lord
doth watch over all things.

22. Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye
fancy, besides Allah. They have no power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the
heavens or on earth: No (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a
helper to Allah.

23. "No intercession can avail in His Presence, except
for those for whom He has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that,
when terror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will
they say, 'what is it that your Lord commanded?' they will say, 'That which is
true and just; and He is the Most High Most Great'."

24. Say: "Who gives
you sustenance, from the heavens and the earth?" Say: "It is Allah. and certain
it is that either we or ye are on right guidance or in manifest error!"

25. Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor shall we be
questioned as to what ye do."

26. Say: "Our Lord will gather us together
and will in the end decide the matter between us (and you) in truth and justice:
and He is the one to decide, the One Who knows all."

27. Say: "Show me
those whom ye have joined with Him as partners: by no means (can ye). Nay, He is
Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise."

28. We have not sent thee but as
a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them
(against sin), but most men understand not.

29. They say: "When will
this promise (come to pass) if ye are telling the truth?"

30. Say: "The
appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put back for an hour nor put
forward."

31. The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this
scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when the
wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of
blame) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant
ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"

32. The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised: "Was it
we who kept you back from Guidance after it reached you? Nay, rather, it was ye
who transgressed.

33. Those who had been despised will say to the
arrogant ones: "Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night: Behold! Ye
(constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to Allah and to attribute equals to
Him!" They will declare (their) repentance when they see the Penalty: We shall
put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital for their
(ill) Deeds.

34. Never did We send a warner to a population, but the
wealthy ones among them said: "We believe not in the (Message) with which ye
have been sent."

35. They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and
we cannot be punished."

36. Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts
the Provision to whom He pleases, but most men understand not."

37. It
is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you nearer to Us in degree:
but only those who believe and work righteousness - these are the ones for whom
there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while secure they (reside) in the
dwellings on high!

38. Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate
them, will be given over into Punishment.

39. Say: "Verily my Lord
enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of his servants as He pleases: and
nothing do ye spend in the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is
the Best of those who grant Sustenance.

40. One Day He will gather them
all together, and say to the angels, "Was it you that these men used to
worship?"

41. They will say, "Glory to Thee! our (tie) is with Thee - as
Protector - not with them. Nay, but they worshipped the Jinns: most of them
believed in them."

42. So on that Day no power shall they have over each
other, for profit or harm: and We shall say to the wrong-doers, "Taste ye the
Penalty of the Fire,- the which ye were wont to deny!"

43. When Our
Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, "This is only a man who wishes to
hinder you from the (worship) which your fathers practised." And they say, "This
is only a falsehood invented!" and the Unbelievers say of the Truth when it
comes to them, "This is nothing but evident magic!"

44. But We had not
given them Books which they could study, nor sent apostles to them before thee
as Warners.

45. And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have
not received a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when they rejected My
apostles, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!

46. Say: "I do
admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up before Allah,- (It may be) in
pairs, or (it may be) singly,- and reflect (within yourselves): your Companion
is not possessed: he is no less than a warner to you, in face of a terrible
Penalty."

47. Say: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your
interest: my reward is only due from Allah. And He is witness to all things."

48. Say: "Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth (over His
servants),- He that has full knowledge of (all) that is hidden."

49.
Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither creates anything new, nor
restores anything."

50. Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss
of my own soul: but if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of
my Lord to me: it is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near."

51.
If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then there will be
no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a position (quite) near.

52. And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (Truth)"; but how
could they receive (Faith) from a position (so far off,-

53. Seeing that
they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and that they (continually) cast
(slanders) on the unseen from a position far off?

54. And between them
and their desires, is placed a barrier, as was done in the past with their
partisans: for they were indeed in suspicious (disquieting) doubt.

Surah 35. Fatir

The Angels, Orignator

1. Praise be to Allah, Who created
(out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with
wings,- two, or three, or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for
Allah has power over all things.

2. What Allah out of his Mercy doth
bestow on mankind there is none can withhold: what He doth withhold, there is
none can grant, apart from Him: and He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.

3. O men! Call to mind the grace of Allah unto you! is there a creator,
other than Allah, to give you sustenance from heaven or earth? There is no god
but He: how then are ye deluded away from the Truth?

4. And if they
reject thee, so were apostles rejected before thee: to Allah back for decision
all affairs.

5. O men! Certainly the promise of Allah is true. Let not
then this present life deceive you, nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about
Allah.

6. Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy. He
only invites his adherents, that they may become Companions of the Blazing Fire.

7. For those who reject Allah, is a terrible Penalty: but for those who
believe and work righteous deeds, is Forgiveness, and a magnificent Reward.

8. Is he, then, to whom the evil of his conduct is made alluring, so
that he looks upon it as good, (equal to one who is rightly guided)? For Allah
leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. So let not thy soul go
out in (vainly) sighing after them: for Allah knows well all that they do!

9. It is Allah Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up the
Clouds, and We drive them to a land that is dead, and revive the earth therewith
after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection!

10. If any do seek
for glory and power,- to Allah belong all glory and power. To Him mount up (all)
Words of Purity: It is He Who exalts each Deed of Righteousness. Those that lay
Plots of Evil,- for them is a Penalty terrible; and the plotting of such will be
void (of result).

11. And Allah did create you from dust; then from a
sperm-drop; then He made you in pairs. And no female conceives, or lays down
(her load), but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted length of
days, nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Decree (ordained). All
this is easy to Allah.

12. Nor are the two bodies of flowing water
alike,- the one palatable, sweet, and pleasant to drink, and the other, salt and
bitter. Yet from each (kind of water) do ye eat flesh fresh and tender, and ye
extract ornaments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the
waves, that ye may seek (thus) of the Bounty of Allah that ye may be grateful.

13. He merges Night into Day, and he merges Day into Night, and he has
subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law): each one runs its course for a term
appointed. Such is Allah your Lord: to Him belongs all Dominion. And those whom
ye invoke besides Him have not the least power.

14. If ye invoke them,
they will not listen to your call, and if they were to listen, they cannot
answer your (prayer). On the Day of Judgment they will reject your
"Partnership". and none, (O man!) can tell thee (the Truth) like the One Who is
acquainted with all things.

15. O ye men! It is ye that have need of
Allah. but Allah is the One Free of all wants, worthy of all praise.

16.
If He so pleased, He could blot you out and bring in a New Creation.

17.
Nor is that (at all) difficult for Allah.

18. Nor can a bearer of
burdens bear another's burdens if one heavily laden should call another to
(bear) his load. Not the least portion of it can be carried (by the other). Even
though he be nearly related. Thou canst but admonish such as fear their Lord
unseen and establish regular Prayer. And whoever purifies himself does so for
the benefit of his own soul; and the destination (of all) is to Allah.

19. The blind and the seeing are not alike;

20. Nor are the
depths of Darkness and the Light;

21. Nor are the (chilly) shade and the
(genial) heat of the sun:

22. Nor are alike those that are living and
those that are dead. Allah can make any that He wills to hear; but thou canst
not make those to hear who are (buried) in graves.

23. Thou art no other
than a warner.

24. Verily We have sent thee in truth, as a bearer of
glad tidings, and as a warner: and there never was a people, without a warner
having lived among them (in the past).

25. And if they reject thee, so
did their predecessors, to whom came their apostles with Clear Signs, Books of
dark prophecies, and the Book of Enlightenment.

26. In the end did I
punish those who rejected Faith: and how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!

27. Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky? With it We
then bring out produce of various colours. And in the mountains are tracts white
and red, of various shades of colour, and black intense in hue.

28. And
so amongst men and crawling creatures and cattle, are they of various colours.
Those truly fear Allah, among His Servants, who have knowledge: for Allah is
Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving.

29. Those who rehearse the Book of
Allah, establish regular Prayer, and spend (in Charity) out of what We have
provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a commerce that will never
fail:

30. For He will pay them their meed, nay, He will give them (even)
more out of His Bounty: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate
(service).

31. That which We have revealed to thee of the Book is the
Truth,- confirming what was (revealed) before it: for Allah is assuredly- with
respect to His Servants - well acquainted and Fully Observant.

32. Then
We have given the Book for inheritance to such of Our Servants as We have
chosen: but there are among them some who wrong their own souls; some who follow
a middle course; and some who are, by Allah.s leave, foremost in good deeds;
that is the highest Grace.

33. Gardens of Eternity will they enter:
therein will they be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls; and their
garments there will be of silk.

34. And they will say: "Praise be to
Allah, Who has removed from us (all) sorrow: for our Lord is indeed
Oft-Forgiving Ready to appreciate (service):

35. "Who has, out of His
Bounty, settled us in a Home that will last: no toil nor sense of weariness
shall touch us therein."

36. But those who reject ((Allah)) - for them
will be the Fire of Hell: No term shall be determined for them, so they should
die, nor shall its Penalty be lightened for them. Thus do We reward every
ungrateful one!

37. Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): "Our
Lord! Bring us out: we shall work righteousness, not the (deeds) we used to do!"
- "Did We not give you long enough life so that he that would should receive
admonition? and (moreover) the warner came to you. So taste ye (the fruits of
your deeds): for the wrong-doers there is no helper."

38. Verily Allah
knows (all) the hidden things of the heavens and the earth: verily He has full
knowledge of all that is in (men's) hearts.

39. He it is That has made
you inheritors in the earth: if, then, any do reject ((Allah)), their rejection
(works) against themselves: their rejection but adds to the odium for the
Unbelievers in the sight of their Lord: their rejection but adds to (their own)
undoing.

40. Say: "Have ye seen (these) 'Partners' of yours whom ye call
upon besides Allah. Show Me what it is they have created in the (wide) earth. Or
have they a share in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book from which they
(can derive) clear (evidence)?- Nay, the wrong-doers promise each other nothing
but delusions.

41. It is Allah Who sustains the heavens and the earth,
lest they cease (to function): and if they should fail, there is none - not one
- can sustain them thereafter: Verily He is Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.

42. They swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a warner came to
them, they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of the Peoples: But
when a warner came to them, it has only increased their flight (from
righteousness),-

43. On account of their arrogance in the land and their
plotting of Evil, but the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof.
Now are they but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with? But no change
wilt thou find in Allah.s way (of dealing): no turning off wilt thou find in
Allah.s way (of dealing).

44. Do they not travel through the earth, and
see what was the End of those before them,- though they were superior to them in
strength? Nor is Allah to be frustrated by anything whatever in the heavens or
on earth: for He is All-Knowing. All-Powerful.

45. If Allah were to
punish men according to what they deserve. He would not leave on the back of the
(earth) a single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term:
when their Term expires, verily Allah has in His sight all His Servants.

Surah 36. Ya Sin

Ya-sin

1. Ya Sin.

2.
By the Qur'an, full of Wisdom,-

3. Thou art indeed one of the apostles,

4. On a Straight Way.

5. It is a Revelation sent down by (Him),
the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

6. In order that thou mayest
admonish a people, whose fathers had received no admonition, and who therefore
remain heedless (of the Signs of Allah..

7. The Word is proved true
against the greater part of them: for they do not believe.

8. We have
put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so that their heads are
forced up (and they cannot see).

9. And We have put a bar in front of
them and a bar behind them, and further, We have covered them up; so that they
cannot see.

10. The same is it to them whether thou admonish them or
thou do not admonish them: they will not believe.

11. Thou canst but
admonish such a one as follows the Message and fears the (Lord) Most Gracious,
unseen: give such a one, therefore, good tidings, of Forgiveness and a Reward
most generous.

12. Verily We shall give life to the dead, and We record
that which they send before and that which they leave behind, and of all things
have We taken account in a clear Book (of evidence).

13. Set forth to
them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the Companions of the City. Behold!,
there came apostles to it.

14. When We (first) sent to them two
apostles, they rejected them: But We strengthened them with a third: they said,
"Truly, we have been sent on a mission to you."

15. The (people) said:
"Ye are only men like ourselves; and ((Allah)) Most Gracious sends no sort of
revelation: ye do nothing but lie."

16. They said: "Our Lord doth know
that we have been sent on a mission to you:

17. "And our duty is only to
proclaim the clear Message."

18. The (people) said: "for us, we augur an
evil omen from you: if ye desist not, we will certainly stone you. And a
grievous punishment indeed will be inflicted on you by us."

19. They
said: "Your evil omens are with yourselves: (deem ye this an evil omen). If ye
are admonished? Nay, but ye are a people transgressing all bounds!"

20.
Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City, a man, saying, "O
my people! Obey the apostles:

21. "Obey those who ask no reward of you
(for themselves), and who have themselves received Guidance.

22. "It
would not be reasonable in me if I did not serve Him Who created me, and to Whom
ye shall (all) be brought back.

23. "Shall I take (other) gods besides
Him? If ((Allah)) Most Gracious should intend some adversity for me, of no use
whatever will be their intercession for me, nor can they deliver me.

24.
"I would indeed, if I were to do so, be in manifest Error.

25. "For me,
I have faith in the Lord of you (all): listen, then, to me!"

26. It was
said: "Enter thou the Garden." He said: "Ah me! Would that my People knew (what
I know)!-

27. "For that my Lord has granted me Forgiveness and has
enrolled me among those held in honour!"

28. And We sent not down
against his People, after him, any hosts from heaven, nor was it needful for Us
so to do.

29. It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold!
they were (like ashes) quenched and silent.

30. Ah! Alas for (My)
Servants! There comes not an apostle to them but they mock him!

31. See
they not how many generations before them we destroyed? Not to them will they
return:

32. But each one of them all - will be brought before Us (for
judgment).

33. A Sign for them is the earth that is dead: We do give it
life, and produce grain therefrom, of which ye do eat.

34. And We
produce therein orchard with date-palms and vines, and We cause springs to gush
forth therein:

35. That they may enjoy the fruits of this (artistry): It
was not their hands that made this: will they not then give thanks?

36.
Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well
as their own (human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge.

37. And a Sign for them is the Night: We withdraw therefrom the Day, and
behold they are plunged in darkness;

38. And the sun runs his course for
a period determined for him: that is the decree of (Him), the Exalted in Might,
the All-Knowing.

39. And the Moon,- We have measured for her mansions
(to traverse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a
date-stalk.

40. It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor
can the Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit
(according to Law).

41. And a Sign for them is that We bore their race
(through the Flood) in the loaded Ark;

42. And We have created for them
similar (vessels) on which they ride.

43. If it were Our Will, We could
drown them: then would there be no helper (to hear their cry), nor could they be
delivered,

44. Except by way of Mercy from Us, and by way of (world)
convenience (to serve them) for a time.

45. When they are told, "Fear ye
that which is before you and that which will be after you, in order that ye may
receive Mercy," (they turn back).

46. Not a Sign comes to them from
among the Signs of their Lord, but they turn away therefrom.

47. And
when they are told, "Spend ye of (the bounties) with which Allah has provided
you," the Unbelievers say to those who believe: "Shall we then feed those whom,
if Allah had so willed, He would have fed, (Himself)?- Ye are in nothing but
manifest error."

48. Further, they say, "When will this promise (come to
pass), if what ye say is true?"

49. They will not (have to) wait for
aught but a single Blast: it will seize them while they are yet disputing among
themselves!

50. No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of
their affairs), nor to return to their own people!

51. The trumpet shall
be sounded, when behold! from the sepulchres (men) will rush forth to their
Lord!

52. They will say: "Ah! Woe unto us! Who hath raised us up from
our beds of repose?"... (A voice will say The transelation of the holy Quran - صفحة 3 Smile

The transelation of the holy Quran - صفحة 3 Smile

"This is what ((Allah)) Most Gracious
had promised. And true was the word of the apostles!"

53. It will be no
more than a single Blast, when lo! they will all be brought up before Us!

54. Then, on that Day, not a soul will be wronged in the least, and ye
shall but be repaid the meeds of your past Deeds.

55. Verily the
Companions of the Garden shall that Day have joy in all that they do;

56. They and their associates will be in groves of (cool) shade,
reclining on Thrones (of dignity);

57. (Every) fruit (enjoyment) will be
there for them; they shall have whatever they call for;

58. "Peace!" - a
word (of salutation) from a Lord Most Merciful!

59. "And O ye in sin!
Get ye apart this Day!

60. "Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of
Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed?-

61. "And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was the Straight
Way?

62. "But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not,
then, understand?

63. "This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly)
warned!

64. "Embrace ye the (fire) this Day, for that ye (persistently)
rejected (Truth)."

65. That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But
their hands will speak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did.

66. If it had been our Will, We could surely have blotted out their
eyes; then should they have run about groping for the Path, but how could they
have seen?

67. And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed
them (to remain) in their places; then should they have been unable to move
about, nor could they have returned (after error).

68. If We grant long
life to any, We cause him to be reversed in nature: Will they not then
understand?

69. We have not instructed the (Prophet) in Poetry, nor is
it meet for him: this is no less than a Message and a Qur'an making things
clear:

70. That it may give admonition to any (who are) alive, and that
the charge may be proved against those who reject (Truth).

71. See they
not that it is We Who have created for them - among the things which Our hands
have fashioned - cattle, which are under their dominion?-

72. And that
We have subjected them to their (use)? of them some do carry them and some they
eat:

73. And they have (other) profits from them (besides), and they get
(milk) to drink. Will they not then be grateful?

74. Yet they take (for
worship) gods other than Allah, (hoping) that they might be helped!

75.
They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought up (before Our
Judgment-seat) as a troop (to be condemned).

76. Let not their speech,
then, grieve thee. Verily We know what they hide as well as what they disclose.

77. Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet
behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary!

78. And he makes
comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and) Creation: He says, "Who can
give life to (dry) bones and decomposed ones (at that)?"

79. Say, "He
will give them life Who created them for the first time! for He is Well-versed
in every kind of creation!-

80. "The same Who produces for you fire out
of the green tree, when behold! ye kindle therewith (your own fires)!

81. "Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the
like thereof?" - Yea, indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme, of skill and
knowledge (infinite)!

82. Verily, when He intends a thing, His Command
is, "be", and it is!

83. So glory to Him in Whose hands is the dominion
of all things: and to Him will ye be all brought back.

Surah 37.
As-Saffat

Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In
Ranks

1. By those who range themselves in ranks,

2.
And so are strong in repelling (evil),

3. And thus proclaim the Message
(of Allah.!

4. Verily, verily, your Allah is one!-

5. Lord of
the heavens and of the earth and all between them, and Lord of every point at
the rising of the sun!

6. We have indeed decked the lower heaven with
beauty (in) the stars,-

7. (For beauty) and for guard against all
obstinate rebellious evil spirits,

8. (So) they should not strain their
ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,

9. Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty,

10. Except
such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are pursued by a flaming
fire, of piercing brightness.

11. Just ask their opinion: are they the
more difficult to create, or the (other) beings We have created? Them have We
created out of a sticky clay!

12. Truly dost thou marvel, while they
ridicule,

13. And, when they are admonished, pay no heed,-

14.
And, when they see a Sign, turn it to mockery,

15. And say, "This is
nothing but evident sorcery!

16. "What! when we die, and become dust and
bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again)

17. "And also our fathers of
old?"

18. Say thou: "Yea, and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of
your evil)."

19. Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold,
they will begin to see!

20. They will say, "Ah! Woe to us! This is the
Day of Judgment!"

21. (A voice will say,) "This is the Day of Sorting
Out, whose truth ye (once) denied!"

22. "Bring ye up", it shall be said,
"The wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-

23.
"Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!

24. "But
stop them, for they must be asked:

25. "'What is the matter with you
that ye help not each other?'"

26. Nay, but that day they shall submit
(to Judgment);

27. And they will turn to one another, and question one
another.

28. They will say: "It was ye who used to come to us from the
right hand (of power and authority)!"

29. They will reply: "Nay, ye
yourselves had no Faith!

30. "Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it
was ye who were a people in obstinate rebellion!

31. "So now has been
proved true, against us, the word of our Lord that we shall indeed (have to)
taste (the punishment of our sins).

32. "We led you astray: for truly we
were ourselves astray."

33. Truly, that Day, they will (all) share in
the Penalty.

34. Verily that is how We shall deal with Sinners.

35. For they, when they were told that there is no god except Allah,
would puff themselves up with Pride,

36. And say: "What! shall we give
up our gods for the sake of a Poet possessed?"

37. Nay! he has come with
the (very) Truth, and he confirms (the Message of) the apostles (before him).

38. Ye shall indeed taste of the Grievous Penalty;-

39. But it
will be no more than the retribution of (the Evil) that ye have wrought;-

40. But the sincere (and devoted) Servants of Allah,-

41. For
them is a Sustenance determined,

42. Fruits (Delights); and they (shall
enjoy) honour and dignity,

43. In Gardens of Felicity,

44.
Facing each other on Thrones (of Dignity):

45. Round will be passed to
them a Cup from a clear-flowing fountain,

46. Crystal-white, of a taste
delicious to those who drink (thereof),

47. Free from headiness; nor
will they suffer intoxication therefrom.

48. And besides them will be
chaste women, restraining their glances, with big eyes (of wonder and beauty).

49. As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.

50. Then
they will turn to one another and question one another.

51. One of them
will start the talk and say: "I had an intimate companion (on the earth),

52. "Who used to say, 'what! art thou amongst those who bear witness to
the Truth (of the Message)?

53. "'When we die and become dust and bones,
shall we indeed receive rewards and punishments?'"

54. (A voice) said:
"Would ye like to look down?"

55. He looked down and saw him in the
midst of the Fire.

56. He said: "By Allah. thou wast little short of
bringing me to perdition!

57. "Had it not been for the Grace of my Lord,
I should certainly have been among those brought (there)!

58. "Is it
(the case) that we shall not die,

59. "Except our first death, and that
we shall not be punished?"

60. Verily this is the supreme achievement!

61. For the like of this let all strive, who wish to strive.

62.
Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?

63. For We have
truly made it (as) a trial for the wrong-doers.

64. For it is a tree
that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire:

65. The shoots of its
fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils:

66. Truly they will eat
thereof and fill their bellies therewith.

67. Then on top of that they
will be given a mixture made of boiling water.

68. Then shall their
return be to the (Blazing) Fire.

69. Truly they found their fathers on
the wrong Path;

70. So they (too) were rushed down on their footsteps!

71. And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-

72. But We sent aforetime, among them, (apostles) to admonish them;-

73. Then see what was the end of those who were admonished (but heeded
not),-

74. Except the sincere (and devoted) Servants of Allah.

75. (In the days of old), Noah cried to Us, and We are the best to hear
prayer.

76. And We delivered him and his people from the Great Calamity,

77. And made his progeny to endure (on this earth);

78. And We
left (this blessing) for him among generations to come in later times:

79. "Peace and salutation to Noah among the nations!"

80. Thus
indeed do we reward those who do right.

81. For he was one of our
believing Servants.

82. Then the rest we overwhelmed in the Flood.

83. Verily among those who followed his Way was Abraham.

84.
Behold! he approached his Lord with a sound heart.

85. Behold! he said
to his father and to his people, "What is that which ye worship?

86. "Is
it a falsehood- gods other than Allah. that ye desire?

87. "Then what is
your idea about the Lord of the worlds?"

88. Then did he cast a glance
at the Stars.

89. And he said, "I am indeed sick (at heart)!"

90. So they turned away from him, and departed.

91. Then did he
turn to their gods and said, "will ye not eat (of the offerings before you)?...

92. "What is the matter with you that ye speak not (intelligently)?"

93. Then did he turn upon them, striking (them) with the right hand.

94. Then came (the worshippers) with hurried steps, and faced (him).

95. He said: "Worship ye that which ye have (yourselves) carved?

96. "But Allah has created you and your handwork!"

97. They
said, "Build him a furnace, and throw him into the blazing fire!"

98.
(This failing), they then sought a stratagem against him, but We made them the
ones most humiliated!

99. He said: "I will go to my Lord! He will surely
guide me!

100. "O my Lord! Grant me a righteous (son)!"

101. So We gave him the good news of a boy ready to suffer and forbear.

102. Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him,
he said: "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: Now see what
is thy view!" (The son) said: "O my father! Do as thou art commanded: thou will
find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience and Constancy!"

103.
So when they had both submitted their wills (to Allah., and he had laid him
prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice),

104. We called out to him "O
Abraham!

105. "Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!" - thus indeed do
We reward those who do right.

106. For this was obviously a trial-

107. And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice:

108. And We
left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in later times:

109. "Peace and salutation to Abraham!"

110. Thus indeed do We
reward those who do right.

111. For he was one of our believing
Servants.

112. And We gave him the good news of Isaac - a prophet,- one
of the Righteous.

113. We blessed him and Isaac: but of their progeny
are (some) that do right, and (some) that obviously do wrong, to their own
souls.

114. Again (of old) We bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron,

115. And We delivered them and their people from (their) Great Calamity;

116. And We helped them, so they overcame (their troubles);

117.
And We gave them the Book which helps to make things clear;

118. And We
guided them to the Straight Way.

119. And We left (this blessing) for
them among generations (to come) in later times:

120. "Peace and
salutation to Moses and Aaron!"

121. Thus indeed do We reward those who
do right.

122. For they were two of our believing Servants.

123.
So also was Elias among those sent (by Us).

124. Behold, he said to his
people, "Will ye not fear ((Allah))?

125. "Will ye call upon Baal and
forsake the Best of Creators,-

126. "(Allah), your Lord and Cherisher
and the Lord and Cherisher of your fathers of old?"

127. But they
rejected him, and they will certainly be called up (for punishment),-

128. Except the sincere and devoted Servants of Allah (among them).

129. And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in
later times:

130. "Peace and salutation to such as Elias!"

131.
Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.

132. For he was one of our
believing Servants.

133. So also was Lut among those sent (by Us).

134. Behold, We delivered him and his adherents, all

135. Except
an old woman who was among those who lagged behind:

136. Then We
destroyed the rest.

137. Verily, ye pass by their (sites), by day-

138. And by night: will ye not understand?

139. So also was
Jonah among those sent (by Us).

140. When he ran away (like a slave from
captivity) to the ship (fully) laden,

141. He (agreed to) cast lots, and
he was condemned:

142. Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had
done acts worthy of blame.

143. Had it not been that he (repented and)
glorified Allah,

144. He would certainly have remained inside the Fish
till the Day of Resurrection.

145. But We cast him forth on the naked
shore in a state of sickness,

146. And We caused to grow, over him, a
spreading plant of the gourd kind.

147. And We sent him (on a mission)
to a hundred thousand (men) or more.

148. And they believed; so We
permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.

149. Now ask them
their opinion: Is it that thy Lord has (only) daughters, and they have sons?-

150. Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnesses
(thereto)?

151. Is it not that they say, from their own invention,

152. "(Allah) has begotten children"? but they are liars!

153.
Did He (then) choose daughters rather than sons?

154. What is the matter
with you? How judge ye?

155. Will ye not then receive admonition?

156. Or have ye an authority manifest?

157. Then bring ye your
Book (of authority) if ye be truthful!

158. And they have invented a
blood-relationship between Him and the Jinns: but the Jinns know (quite well)
that they have indeed to appear (before his Judgment- Seat)!

159. Glory
to Allah. (He is free) from the things they ascribe (to Him)!

160. Not
(so do) the Servants of Allah, sincere and devoted.

161. For, verily,
neither ye nor those ye worship-

162. Can lead (any) into temptation
concerning Allah,

163. Except such as are (themselves) going to the
blazing Fire!

164. (Those ranged in ranks say): "Not one of us but has a
place appointed;

165. "And we are verily ranged in ranks (for service);

166. "And we are verily those who declare ((Allah)'s) glory!"

167. And there were those who said,

168. "If only we had had
before us a Message from those of old,

169. "We should certainly have
been Servants of Allah, sincere (and devoted)!"

170. But (now that the
Qur'an has come), they reject it: But soon will they know!

171. Already
has Our Word been passed before (this) to our Servants sent (by Us),

172. That they would certainly be assisted,

173. And that Our
forces,- they surely must conquer.

174. So turn thou away from them for
a little while,

175. And watch them (how they fare), and they soon shall
see (how thou farest)!

176. Do they wish (indeed) to hurry on our
Punishment?

177. But when it descends into the open space before them,
evil will be the morning for those who were warned (and heeded not)!

178. So turn thou away from them for a little while,

179. And
watch (how they fare) and they soon shall see (how thou farest)!

180.
Glory to thy Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power! (He is free) from what they
ascribe (to Him)!

181. And Peace on the apostles!

182. And
Praise to Allah, the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds.

Surah 38. Sâd

((the Letter) Sad ( S ))

1.
Sad: By the Qur'an, Full of Admonition: (This is the Truth).

2. But the
Unbelievers (are steeped) in self-glory and Separatism.

3. How many
generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when
there was no longer time for being saved!

4. So they wonder that a
Warner has come to them from among themselves! and the Unbelievers say, "This is
a sorcerer telling lies!

5. "Has he made the gods (all) into one Allah.
Truly this is a wonderful thing!"

6. And the leader among them go away
(impatiently), (saying), "Walk ye away, and remain constant to your gods! For
this is truly a thing designed (against you)!

7. "We never heard (the
like) of this among the people of these latter days: this is nothing but a
made-up tale!"

8. "What! has the Message been sent to him - (Of all
persons) among us?"...but they are in doubt concerning My (Own) Message! Nay,
they have not yet tasted My Punishment!

9. Or have they the treasures of
the mercy of thy Lord,- the Exalted in Power, the Grantor of Bounties without
measure?

10. Or have they the dominion of the heavens and the earth and
all between? If so, let them mount up with the ropes and means (to reach that
end)!

11. But there - will be put to flight even a host of confederates.

12. Before them (were many who) rejected apostles,- the people of Noah,
and 'Ad, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes,

13. And Thamud, and the people
of Lut, and the Companions of the Wood; - such were the Confederates.

14. Not one (of them) but rejected the apostles, but My punishment came
justly and inevitably (on them).

15. These (today) only wait for a
single mighty Blast, which (when it comes) will brook no delay.

16. They
say: "Our Lord! hasten to us our sentence (even) before the Day of Account!"

17. Have patience at what they say, and remember our servant David, the
man of strength: for he ever turned (to Allah..

18. It was We that made
the hills declare, in unison with him, Our Praises, at eventide and at break of
day,

19. And the birds gathered (in assemblies): all with him did turn
(to Allah..

20. We strengthened his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and
sound judgment in speech and decision.

21. Has the Story of the
Disputants reached thee? Behold, they climbed over the wall of the private
chamber;

22. When they entered the presence of David, and he was
terrified of them, they said: "Fear not: we are two disputants, one of whom has
wronged the other: Decide now between us with truth, and treat us not with
injustice, but guide us to the even Path..

23. "This man is my brother:
He has nine and ninety ewes, and I have (but) one: Yet he says, 'commit her to
my care,' and is (moreover) harsh to me in speech."

24. (David) said:
"He has undoubtedly wronged thee in demanding thy (single) ewe to be added to
his (flock of) ewes: truly many are the partners (in business) who wrong each
other: Not so do those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and how few
are they?"...and David gathered that We had tried him: he asked forgiveness of
his Lord, fell down, bowing (in prostration), and turned (to Allah in
repentance).

25. So We forgave him this (lapse): he enjoyed, indeed, a
Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful place of (Final) Return.

26. O
David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: so judge thou between men
in truth (and justice): Nor follow thou the lusts (of thy heart), for they will
mislead thee from the Path of Allah. for those who wander astray from the Path
of Allah, is a Penalty Grievous, for that they forget the Day of Account.

27. Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between!
that were the thought of Unbelievers! but woe to the Unbelievers because of the
Fire (of Hell)!

28. Shall We treat those who believe and work deeds of
righteousness, the same as those who do mischief on earth? Shall We treat those
who guard against evil, the same as those who turn aside from the right?

29. (Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of
blessings, that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of understanding may
receive admonition.

30. To David We gave Solomon (for a son),- How
excellent in Our service! Ever did he turn (to Us)!

31. Behold, there
were brought before him, at eventide coursers of the highest breeding, and swift
of foot;

32. And he said, "Truly do I love the love of good, with a view
to the glory of my Lord,"- until (the sun) was hidden in the veil (of night):

33. "Bring them back to me." then began he to pass his hand over (their)
legs and their necks.

34. And We did try Solomon: We placed on his
throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion):

35. He said, "O my Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom which, (it
may be), suits not another after me: for Thou art the Grantor of Bounties
(without measure).

36. Then We subjected the wind to his power, to flow
gently to his order, Whithersoever he willed,-

37. As also the evil
ones, (including) every kind of builder and diver,-

38. As also others
bound together in fetters.

39. "Such are Our Bounties: whether thou
bestow them (on others) or withhold them, no account will be asked."

40.
And he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful Place of (Final)
Return.

41. Commemorate Our Servant Job. Behold he cried to his Lord:
"The Evil One has afflicted me with distress and suffering!"

42. (The
command was given The transelation of the holy Quran - صفحة 3 Smile

"Strike with thy foot: here is (water)
wherein to wash, cool and refreshing, and (water) to drink."

43. And We
gave him (back) his people, and doubled their number,- as a Grace from
Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who have Understanding.

44. "And take in thy hand a little grass, and strike therewith: and
break not (thy oath)." Truly We found him full of patience and constancy. How
excellent in Our service! ever did he turn (to Us)!

45. And commemorate
Our Servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, possessors of Power and Vision.

46. Verily We did choose them for a special (purpose)- proclaiming the
Message of the Hereafter.

47. They were, in Our sight, truly, of the
company of the Elect and the Good.

48. And commemorate Isma'il, Elisha,
and Zul-Kifl: Each of them was of the Company of the Good.

49. This is a
Message (of admonition): and verily, for the righteous, is a beautiful Place of
(Final) Return,-

50. Gardens of Eternity, whose doors will (ever) be
open to them;

51. Therein will they recline (at ease): Therein can they
call (at pleasure) for fruit in abundance, and (delicious) drink;

52.
And beside them will be chaste women restraining their glances, (companions) of
equal age.

53. Such is the Promise made, to you for the Day of Account!

54. Truly such will be Our Bounty (to you); it will never fail;-

55. Yea, such! but - for the wrong-doers will be an evil place of
(Final) Return!-

56. Hell!- they will burn therein, - an evil bed
(indeed, to lie on)!-

57. Yea, such! - then shall they taste it,- a
boiling fluid, and a fluid dark, murky, intensely cold!-

58. And other
Penalties of a similar kind, to match them!

59. Here is a troop rushing
headlong with you! No welcome for them! truly, they shall burn in the Fire!

60. (The followers shall cry to the misleaders The transelation of the holy Quran - صفحة 3 Smile

"Nay, ye (too)! No
welcome for you! It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil is (this)
place to stay in!"

61. They will say: "Our Lord! whoever brought this
upon us,- Add to him a double Penalty in the Fire!"

62. And they will
say: "What has happened to us that we see not men whom we used to number among
the bad ones?

63. "Did we treat them (as such) in ridicule, or have
(our) eyes failed to perceive them?"

64. Truly that is just and
fitting,- the mutual recriminations of the People of the Fire!

65. Say:
"Truly am I a Warner: no god is there but the one Allah, Supreme and
Irresistible,-

66. "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all
between,- Exalted in Might, able to enforce His Will, forgiving again and
again."

67. Say: "That is a Message Supreme (above all),-

68.
"From which ye do turn away!

69. "No knowledge have I of the Chiefs on
high, when they discuss (matters) among themselves.

70. 'Only this has
been revealed to me: that I am to give warning plainly and publicly."

71. Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man from
clay:

72. "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed
into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."

73. So the
angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:

74. Not so Iblis: he
was haughty, and became one of those who reject Faith.

75. ((Allah))
said: "O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have
created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and
mighty) ones?"

76. (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: thou createdst me
from fire, and him thou createdst from clay."

77. ((Allah)) said: "Then
get thee out from here: for thou art rejected, accursed.

78. "And My
curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."

79. (Iblis) said: "O
my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."

80.
((Allah)) said: "Respite then is granted thee-

81. "Till the Day of the
Time Appointed."

82. (Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them
all in the wrong,-

83. "Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and
purified (by Thy Grace)."

84. ((Allah)) said: "Then it is just and
fitting- and I say what is just and fitting-

85. "That I will certainly
fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee,- every one."

86. Say:
"No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I a pretender.

87.
"This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.

88. "And ye shall
certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."

Surah 39.
Az-Zumar

The Troops, Throngs

1. The revelation of this Book
is from Allah, the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.

2. Verily it is We
Who have revealed the Book to thee in Truth: so serve Allah, offering Him
sincere devotion.

3. Is it not to Allah that sincere devotion is due?
But those who take for protectors other than Allah (say): "We only serve them in
order that they may bring us nearer to Allah." Truly Allah will judge between
them in that wherein they differ. But Allah guides not such as are false and
ungrateful.

4. Had Allah wished to take to Himself a son, He could have
chosen whom He pleased out of those whom He doth create: but Glory be to Him!
(He is above such things.) He is Allah, the One, the Irresistible.

5. He
created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): He makes the Night
overlap the Day, and the Day overlap the Night: He has subjected the sun and the
moon (to His law): Each one follows a course for a time appointed. Is not He the
Exalted in Power - He Who forgives again and again?

6. He created you
(all) from a single person: then created, of like nature, his mate; and he sent
down for you eight head of cattle in pairs: He makes you, in the wombs of your
mothers, in stages, one after another, in three veils of darkness. such is
Allah, your Lord and Cherisher: to Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god
but He: then how are ye turned away (from your true Centre)?

7. If ye
reject ((Allah)), Truly Allah hath no need of you; but He liketh not ingratitude
from His servants: if ye are grateful, He is pleased with you. No bearer of
burdens can bear the burden of another. In the end, to your Lord is your Return,
when He will tell you the truth of all that ye did (in this life). for He
knoweth well all that is in (men's) hearts.

8. When some trouble
toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning to Him in repentance: but when He
bestoweth a favour upon him as from Himself, (man) doth forget what he cried and
prayed for before, and he doth set up rivals unto Allah, thus misleading others
from Allah.s Path. Say, "Enjoy thy blasphemy for a little while: verily thou art
(one) of the Companions of the Fire!"

9. Is one who worships devoutly
during the hour of the night prostrating himself or standing (in adoration), who
takes heed of the Hereafter, and who places his hope in the Mercy of his Lord -
(like one who does not)? Say: "Are those equal, those who know and those who do
not know? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition.

10. Say: "O ye my servants who believe! Fear your Lord, good is (the
reward) for those who do good in this world. Spacious is Allah.s earth! those
who patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without measure!"

11. Say: "Verily, I am commanded to serve Allah with sincere devotion;

12. "And I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah in
Islam."

13. Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of
the Penalty of a Mighty Day."

14. Say: "It is Allah I serve, with my
sincere (and exclusive) devotion:

15. "Serve ye what ye will besides
him." Say: "Truly, those in loss are those who lose their own souls and their
People on the Day of Judgment: Ah! that is indeed the (real and) evident Loss!

16. They shall have Layers of Fire above them, and Layers (of Fire)
below them: with this doth Allah warn off his servants: "O My Servants! then
fear ye Me!"

17. Those who eschew Evil,- and fall not into its worship,-
and turn to Allah (in repentance),- for them is Good News: so announce the Good
News to My Servants,-

18. Those who listen to the Word, and follow the
best (meaning) in it: those are the ones whom Allah has guided, and those are
the ones endued with understanding.

19. Is, then, one against whom the
decree of Punishment is justly due (equal to one who eschews Evil)? Wouldst
thou, then, deliver one (who is) in the Fire?

20. But it is for those
who fear their Lord. That lofty mansions, one above another, have been built:
beneath them flow rivers (of delight): (such is) the Promise of Allah. never
doth Allah fail in (His) promise.

21. Seest thou not that Allah sends
down rain from the sky, and leads it through springs in the earth? Then He
causes to grow, therewith, produce of various colours: then it withers; thou
wilt see it grow yellow; then He makes it dry up and crumble away. Truly, in
this, is a Message of remembrance to men of understanding.

22. Is one
whose heart Allah has opened to Islam, so that he has received Enlightenment
from Allah, (no better than one hard-hearted)? Woe to those whose hearts are
hardened against celebrating the praises of Allah. they are manifestly wandering
(in error)!

23. Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most
beautiful Message in the form of a Book, consistent with itself, (yet) repeating
(its teaching in various aspects): the skins of those who fear their Lord
tremble thereat; then their skins and their hearts do soften to the celebration
of Allah.s praises. Such is the guidance of Allah. He guides therewith whom He
pleases, but such as Allah leaves to stray, can have none to guide.

24.
Is, then, one who has to fear the brunt of the Penalty on the Day of Judgment
(and receive it) on his face, (like one guarded therefrom)? It will be said to
the wrong- doers: "Taste ye (the fruits of) what ye earned!"

25. Those
before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the Punishment came to them
from directions they did not perceive.

26. So Allah gave them a taste of
humiliation in the present life, but greater is the punishment of the Hereafter,
if they only knew!

27. We have put forth for men, in this Qur'an every
kind of Parable, in order that they may receive admonition.

28. (It is)
a Qur'an in Arabic, without any crookedness (therein): in order that they may
guard against Evil.

29. Allah puts forth a Parable a man belonging to
many partners at variance with each other, and a man belonging entirely to one
master: are those two equal in comparison? Praise be to Allah. but most of them
have no knowledge.

30. Truly thou wilt die (one day), and truly they
(too) will die (one day).

31. In the end will ye (all), on the Day of
Judgment, settle your disputes in the presence of your Lord.

32. Who,
then, doth more wrong than one who utters a lie concerning Allah, and rejects
the Truth when it comes to him; is there not in Hell an abode for blasphemers?

33. And he who brings the Truth and he who confirms (and supports) it -
such are the men who do right.

34. They shall have all that they wish
for, in the presence of their Lord: such is the reward of those who do good:

35. So that Allah will turn off from them (even) the worst in their
deeds and give them their reward according to the best of what they have done.

36. Is not Allah enough for his Servant? But they try to frighten thee
with other (gods) besides Him! for such as Allah leaves to stray, there can be
no guide.

37. And such as Allah doth guide there can be none to lead
astray. Is not Allah Exalted in Power, (Able to enforce His Will), Lord of
Retribution?

38. If indeed thou ask them who it is that created the
heavens and the earth, they would be sure to say, "(Allah)". Say: "See ye then?
the things that ye invoke besides Allah,- can they, if Allah wills some Penalty
for me, remove His Penalty?- Or if He wills some Grace for me, can they keep
back his Grace?" Say: "Sufficient is Allah for me! In Him trust those who put
their trust."

39. Say: "O my People! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my
part): but soon will ye know-

40. "Who it is to whom comes a Penalty of
ignominy, and on whom descends a Penalty that abides."

41. Verily We
have revealed the Book to thee in Truth, for (instructing) mankind. He, then,
that receives guidance benefits his own soul: but he that strays injures his own
soul. Nor art thou set over them to dispose of their affairs.

42. It is
Allah that takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that die not (He takes)
during their sleep: those on whom He has passed the decree of death, He keeps
back (from returning to life), but the rest He sends (to their bodies) for a
term appointed verily in this are Signs for those who reflect.

43. What!
Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah. Say: "Even if they have no
power whatever and no intelligence?"

44. Say: "To Allah belongs
exclusively (the right to grant) intercession: to Him belongs the dominion of
the heavens and the earth: In the End, it is to Him that ye shall be brought
back."

45. When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of
those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror; but
when (gods) other than He are mentioned, behold, they are filled with joy!

46. Say: "O Allah. Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of all
that is hidden and open! it is Thou that wilt judge between Thy Servants in
those matters about which they have differed."

47. Even if the
wrong-doers had all that there is on earth, and as much more, (in vain) would
they offer it for ransom from the pain of the Penalty on the Day of Judgment:
but something will confront them from Allah, which they could never have counted
upon!

48. For the evils of their Deeds will confront them, and they will
be (completely) encircled by that which they used to mock at!

49. Now,
when trouble touches man, he cries to Us: But when We bestow a favour upon him
as from Ourselves, he says, "This has been given to me because of a certain
knowledge (I have)!" Nay, but this is but a trial, but most of them understand
not!

50. Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they
did was of no profit to them.

51. Nay, the evil results of their Deeds
overtook them. And the wrong-doers of this (generation)- the evil results of
their Deeds will soon overtake them (too), and they will never be able to
frustrate (Our Plan)!

52. Know they not that Allah enlarges the
provision or restricts it, for any He pleases? Verily, in this are Signs for
those who believe!

53. 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.

54. "Turn ye to our Lord (in
repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that
ye shall not be helped.

55. "And follow the best of (the courses)
revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden
while ye perceive not!-

56. "Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe
is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who
mocked!'-

57. "Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I
should certainly have been among the righteous!'-

58. "Or (lest) it
should say when it (actually) sees the penalty: 'If only I had another chance, I
should certainly be among those who do good!'

59. "(The reply will
be The transelation of the holy Quran - صفحة 3 Smile

'Nay, but there came to thee my Signs, and thou didst reject them:
thou wast Haughty, and became one of those who reject faith!'"

60. On
the Day of Judgment wilt thou see those who told lies against Allah.- their
faces will be turned black; Is there not in Hell an abode for the Haughty?

61. But Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: no
evil shall touch them, nor shall they grieve.

62. Allah is the Creator
of all things, and He is the Guardian and Disposer of all affairs.

63.
To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: and those who reject the
Signs of Allah,- it is they who will be in loss.

64. Say: "Is it some
one other than Allah that ye order me to worship, O ye ignorant ones?"

65. But it has already been revealed to thee,- as it was to those before
thee,- "If thou wert to join (gods with Allah., truly fruitless will be thy work
(in life), and thou wilt surely be in the ranks of those who lose (all spiritual
good)".

66. Nay, but worship Allah, and be of those who give thanks.

67. No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him: On
the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful, and the
heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is He above the
Partners they attribute to Him!

68. The Trumpet will (just) be sounded,
when all that are in the heavens and on earth will swoon, except such as it will
please Allah (to exempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when, behold, they
will be standing and looking on!

69. And the Earth will shine with the
Glory of its Lord: the Record (of Deeds) will be placed (open); the prophets and
the witnesses will be brought forward and a just decision pronounced between
them; and they will not be wronged (in the least).

70. And to every soul
will be paid in full (the fruit) of its Deeds; and ((Allah)) knoweth best all
that they do.

71. The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowd: until,
when they arrive, there, its gates will be opened. And its keepers will say,
"Did not apostles come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing to you the Signs
of your Lord, and warning you of the Meeting of This Day of yours?" The answer
will be: "True: but the Decree of Punishment has been proved true against the
Unbelievers!"

72. (To them) will be said: "Enter ye the gates of Hell,
to dwell therein: and evil is (this) Abode of the Arrogant!"

73. And
those who feared their Lord will be led to the Garden in crowds: until behold,
they arrive there; its gates will be opened; and its keepers will say: "Peace be
upon you! well have ye done! enter ye here, to dwell therein."

74. They
will say: "Praise be to Allah, Who has truly fulfilled His Promise to us, and
has given us (this) land in heritage: We can dwell in the Garden as we will: how
excellent a reward for those who work (righteousness)!"

75. And thou
wilt see the angels surrounding the Throne (Divine) on all sides, singing Glory
and Praise to their Lord. The Decision between them (at Judgment) will be in
(perfect) justice, and the cry (on all sides) will be, "Praise be to Allah, the
Lord of the Worlds!"

Surah 40.
Ghafir

The Believer, The Forgiver god

1. Ha Mim

2.
The revelation of this Book is from Allah, Exalted in Power, Full of Knowledge,-

3. Who forgiveth sin, accepteth repentance, is strict in punishment, and
hath a long reach (in all things). there is no god but He: to Him is the final
goal.

4. None can dispute about the Signs of Allah but the Unbelievers.
Let not, then, their strutting about through the land deceive thee!

5.
But (there were people) before them, who denied (the Signs),- the People of
Noah, and the Confederates (of Evil) after them; and every People plotted
against their prophet, to seize him, and disputed by means of vanities,
therewith to condemn the Truth; but it was I that seized them! and how
(terrible) was My Requital!

6. Thus was the Decree of thy Lord proved
true against the Unbelievers; that truly they are Companions of the Fire!

7. Those who sustain the Throne (of Allah. and those around it Sing
Glory and Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implore Forgiveness for
those who believe: "Our Lord! Thy Reach is over all things, in Mercy and
Knowledge. Forgive, then, those who turn in Repentance, and follow Thy Path; and
preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire!

8. "And grant, our
Lord! that they enter the Gardens of Eternity, which Thou hast promised to them,
and to the righteous among their fathers, their wives, and their posterity! For
Thou art (He), the Exalted in Might, Full of Wisdom.

9. "And preserve
them from (all) ills; and any whom Thou dost preserve from ills that Day,- on
them wilt Thou have bestowed Mercy indeed: and that will be truly (for them) the
highest Achievement".

10. The Unbelievers will be addressed: "Greater
was the aversion of Allah to you than (is) your aversion to yourselves, seeing
that ye were called to the Faith and ye used to refuse."

11. They will
say: "Our Lord! twice hast Thou made us without life, and twice hast Thou given
us Life! Now have we recognised our sins: Is there any way out (of this)?"

12. (The answer will be The transelation of the holy Quran - صفحة 3 Smile

"This is because, when Allah was
invoked as the Only (object of worship), ye did reject Faith, but when partners
were joined to Him, ye believed! the Command is with Allah, Most High, Most
Great!"

13. He it is Who showeth you his Signs, and sendeth down
sustenance for you from the sky: but only those receive admonition who turn (to
Allah..

14. Call ye, then, upon Allah with sincere devotion to Him, even
though the Unbelievers may detest it.

15. Raised high above ranks (or
degrees), (He is) the Lord of the Throne (of Authority): by His Command doth He
send the Spirit (of inspiration) to any of His servants he pleases, that it may
warn (men) of the Day of Mutual Meeting,-

16. The Day whereon they will
(all) come forth: not a single thing concerning them is hidden from Allah. Whose
will be the dominion that Day?" That of Allah, the One the Irresistible!

17. That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; no
injustice will there be that Day, for Allah is Swift in taking account.

18. Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near, when the hearts
will (come) right up to the throats to choke (them); No intimate friend nor
intercessor will the wrong-doers have, who could be listened to.

19.
((Allah)) knows of (the tricks) that deceive with the eyes, and all that the
hearts (of men) conceal.

20. And Allah will judge with (justice and)
Truth: but those whom (men) invoke besides Him, will not (be in a position) to
judge at all. Verily it is Allah (alone) Who hears and sees (all things).

21. Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of
those before them? They were even superior to them in strength, and in the
traces (they have left) in the land: but Allah did call them to account for
their sins, and none had they to defend them against Allah.

22. That was
because there came to them their apostles with Clear (Signs), but they rejected
them: So Allah called them to account: for He is Full of Strength, Strict in
Punishment.

23. Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority
manifest,

24. To Pharaoh, Haman, and Qarun; but they called (him)" a
sorcerer telling lies!"...

25. Now, when he came to them in Truth, from
Us, they said, "Slay the sons of those who believe with him, and keep alive
their females," but the plots of Unbelievers (end) in nothing but errors (and
delusions)!...

26. Said Pharaoh: "Leave me to slay Moses; and let him
call on his Lord! What I fear is lest he should change your religion, or lest he
should cause mischief to appear in the land!"

27. Moses said: "I have
indeed called upon my Lord and your Lord (for protection) from every arrogant
one who believes not in the Day of Account!"

28. A believer, a man from
among the people of Pharaoh, who had concealed his faith, said: "Will ye slay a
man because he says, 'My Lord is Allah.?- when he has indeed come to you with
Clear (Signs) from your Lord? and if he be a liar, on him is (the sin of) his
lie: but, if he is telling the Truth, then will fall on you something of the
(calamity) of which he warns you: Truly Allah guides not one who transgresses
and lies!

29. "O my People! Yours is the dominion this day: Ye have the
upper hand in the land: but who will help us from the Punishment of Allah,
should it befall us?" Pharaoh said: "I but point out to you that which I see
(myself); Nor do I guide you but to the Path of Right!"

30. Then said
the man who believed: "O my people! Truly I do fear for you something like the
Day (of disaster) of the Confederates (in sin)!-

31. "Something like the
fate of the People of Noah, the 'Ad, and the Thamud, and those who came after
them: but Allah never wishes injustice to his Servants.

32. "And O my
people! I fear for you a Day when there will be Mutual calling (and wailing),-

33. "A Day when ye shall turn your backs and flee: No defender shall ye
have from Allah. Any whom Allah leaves to stray, there is none to guide...

34. "And to you there came Joseph in times gone by, with Clear Signs,
but ye ceased not to doubt of the (Mission) for which he had come: At length,
when he died, ye said: 'No apostle will Allah send after him.' thus doth Allah
leave to stray such as transgress and live in doubt,-

35. "(Such) as
dispute about the Signs of Allah, without any authority that hath reached them,
grievous and odious (is such conduct) in the sight of Allah and of the
Believers. Thus doth Allah, seal up every heart - of arrogant and obstinate
Transgressors."

36. Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace,
that I may attain the ways and means-

37. "The ways and means of
(reaching) the heavens, and that I may mount up to the Allah of Moses: But as
far as I am concerned, I think (Moses) is a liar!" Thus was made alluring, in
Pharaoh's eyes, the evil of his deeds, and he was hindered from the Path; and
the plot of Pharaoh led to nothing but perdition (for him).

38. The man
who believed said further: "O my people! Follow me: I will lead you to the Path
of Right.

39. "O my people! This life of the present is nothing but
(temporary) convenience: It is the Hereafter that is the Home that will last.

40. "He that works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof:
and he that works a righteous deed - whether man or woman - and is a Believer-
such will enter the Garden (of Bliss): Therein will they have abundance without
measure.

41. "And O my people! How (strange) it is for me to call you to
Salvation while ye call me to the Fire!

42. "Ye do call upon me to
blaspheme against Allah, and to join with Him partners of whom I have no
knowledge; and I call you to the Exalted in Power, Who forgives again and
again!"

43. "Without doubt ye do call me to one who is not fit to be
called to, whether in this world, or in the Hereafter; our return will be to
Allah. and the Transgressors will be Companions of the Fire!

44. "Soon
will ye remember what I say to you (now), My (own) affair I commit to Allah. for
Allah (ever) watches over His Servants."

45. Then Allah saved him from
(every) ill that they plotted (against him), but the burnt of the Penalty
encompassed on all sides the People of Pharaoh.

46. In front of the Fire
will they be brought, morning and evening: And (the sentence will be) on the Day
that Judgment will be established: "Cast ye the People of Pharaoh into the
severest Penalty!"

47. Behold, they will dispute with each other in the
Fire! The weak ones (who followed) will say to those who had been arrogant, "We
but followed you: Can ye then take (on yourselves) from us some share of the
Fire?

48. Those who had been arrogant will say: "We are all in this
(Fire)! Truly, Allah has judged between (his) Servants!"

49. Those in
the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to your Lord to lighten us the
Penalty for a day (at least)!"

50. They will say: "Did there not come to
you your apostles with Clear Signs?" They will say, "Yes". They will reply,
"Then pray (as ye like)! But the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but
(futile wandering) in (mazes of) error!"

51. We will, without doubt,
help our apostles and those who believe, (both) in this world's life and on the
Day when the Witnesses will stand forth,-

52. The Day when no profit
will it be to Wrong-doers to present their excuses, but they will (only) have
the Curse and the Home of Misery.

53. We did aforetime give Moses the
(Book of) Guidance, and We gave the book in inheritance to the Children of
Israel,-

54. A Guide and a Message to men of Understanding.

55.
Patiently, then, persevere: for the Promise of Allah is true: and ask
forgiveness for thy fault, and celebrate the Praises of thy Lord in the evening
and in the morning.

56. Those who dispute about the signs of Allah
without any authority bestowed on them,- there is nothing in their breasts but
(the quest of) greatness, which they shall never attain to: seek refuge, then,
in Allah. It is He Who hears and sees (all things).

57. Assuredly the
creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater (matter) than the creation of
men: Yet most men understand not.

58. Not equal are the blind and those
who (clearly) see: Nor are (equal) those who believe and work deeds of
righteousness, and those who do evil. Little do ye learn by admonition!

59. The Hour will certainly come: Therein is no doubt: Yet most men
believe not.

60. And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your
(Prayer): but those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves
in Hell - in humiliation!"

61. It is Allah Who has made the Night for
you, that ye may rest therein, and the days as that which helps (you) to see.
Verily Allah is full of Grace and Bounty to men: yet most men give no thanks.

62. Such is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things, there is no god
but He: Then how ye are deluded away from the Truth!

63. Thus are
deluded those who are wont to reject the Signs of Allah.

64. It is Allah
Who has made for you the earth as a resting place, and the sky as a canopy, and
has given you shape- and made your shapes beautiful,- and has provided for you
Sustenance, of things pure and good;- such is Allah your Lord. So Glory to
Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

65. He is the Living (One): There is no
god but He: Call upon Him, giving Him sincere devotion. Praise be to Allah, Lord
of the Worlds!

66. Say: "I have been forbidden to invoke those whom ye
invoke besides Allah,- seeing that the Clear Sings have come to me from my Lord;
and I have been commanded to bow (in Islam) to the Lord of the Worlds."

67. It is He Who has created you from dust then from a sperm-drop, then
from a leech-like clot; then does he get you out (into the light) as a child:
then lets you (grow and) reach your age of full strength; then lets you become
old,- though of you there are some who die before;- and lets you reach a Term
appointed; in order that ye may learn wisdom.

68. It is He Who gives
Life and Death; and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it, "Be", and it
is.

69. Seest thou not those that dispute concerning the Sings of Allah.
How are they turned away (from Reality)?-

70. Those who reject the Book
and the (revelations) with which We sent our apostles: but soon shall they
know,-

71. When the yokes (shall be) round their necks, and the chains;
they shall be dragged along-

72. In the boiling fetid fluid: then in the
Fire shall they be burned;

73. Then shall it be said to them: "Where are
the (deities) to which ye gave part- worship-

74. "In derogation of
Allah." They will reply: "They have left us in the lurch: Nay, we invoked not,
of old, anything (that had real existence)." Thus does Allah leave the
Unbelievers to stray.

75. "That was because ye were wont to rejoice on
the earth in things other than the Truth, and that ye were wont to be insolent.

76. "Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell therein: and evil is (this)
abode of the arrogant!"

77. So persevere in patience; for the Promise of
Allah is true: and whether We show thee (in this life) some part of what We
promise them,- or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (before that),-(in any case)
it is to Us that they shall (all) return.

78. We did aforetime send
apostles before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to
thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee. It was not (possible)
for any apostle to bring a sign except by the leave of Allah. but when the
Command of Allah issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there
perished, there and then those who stood on Falsehoods.

79. It is Allah
Who made cattle for you, that ye may use some for riding and some for food;

80. And there are (other) advantages in them for you (besides); that ye
may through them attain to any need (there may be) in your hearts; and on them
and on ships ye are carried.

81. And He shows you (always) His Signs:
then which of the Signs of Allah will ye deny?

82. Do they not travel
through the earth and see what was the End of those before them? They were more
numerous than these and superior in strength and in the traces (they have left)
in the land: Yet all that they accomplished was of no profit to them.

83. For when their apostles came to them with Clear Signs, they exulted
in such knowledge (and skill) as they had; but that very (Wrath) at which they
were wont to scoff hemmed them in.

84. But when they saw Our Punishment,
they said: "We believe in Allah,- the one Allah - and we reject the partners we
used to join with Him."

85. But their professing the Faith when they
(actually) saw Our Punishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been)
Allah.s Way of dealing with His Servants (from the most ancient times). And even
thus did the Rejecters of Allah perish (utterly)!

Surah 41.
Fussilat

Signs

1. Ha Mim:

2. A Revelation from
((Allah)), Most Gracious, Most Merciful;-

3. A Book, whereof the verses
are explained in detail;- a Qur'an in Arabic, for people who understand;-

4. Giving good news and admonition: yet most of them turn away, and so
they hear not.

5. They say: "Our hearts are under veils, (concealed)
from that to which thou dost invite us, and in our ears in a deafness, and
between us and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us, we shall
do (what we will!)"

6. Say thou: "I am but a man like you: It is
revealed to me by Inspiration, that your Allah is one Allah. so stand true to
Him, and ask for His Forgiveness." And woe to those who join gods with Allah,-

7. Those who practise not regular Charity, and who even deny the
Hereafter.

8. For those who believe and work deeds of righteousness is a
reward that will never fail.

9. Say: Is it that ye deny Him Who created
the earth in two Days? And do ye join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all)
the Worlds.

10. He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high
above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measure therein all things to
give them nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordance with (the
needs of) those who seek (Sustenance).

11. Moreover He comprehended in
His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth:
"Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly." They said: "We do come (together),
in willing obedience."

12. So He completed them as seven firmaments in
two Days, and He assigned to each heaven its duty and command. And We adorned
the lower heaven with lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree
of (Him) the Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge.

13. But if they turn
away, say thou: "I have warned you of a stunning Punishment (as of thunder and
lightning) like that which (overtook) the 'Ad and the Thamud!"

14.
Behold, the apostles came to them, from before them and behind them,
(preaching): "Serve none but Allah." They said, "If our Lord had so pleased, He
would certainly have sent down angels (to preach). Now we reject your mission
(altogether)."

15. Now the 'Ad behaved arrogantly through the land,
against (all) truth and reason, and said: "Who is superior to us in strength?"
What! did they not see that Allah, Who created them, was superior to them in
strength? But they continued to reject Our Signs!

16. So We sent against
them a furious Wind through days of disaster, that We might give them a taste of
a Penalty of humiliation in this life; but the Penalty of a Hereafter will be
more humiliating still: and they will find no help.

17. As to the
Thamud, We gave them Guidance, but they preferred blindness (of heart) to
Guidance: so the stunning Punishment of humiliation seized them, because of what
they had earned.

18. But We delivered those who believed and practised
righteousness.

19. On the Day that the enemies of Allah will be gathered
together to the Fire, they will be marched in ranks.

20. At length, when
they reach the (Fire), their hearing, their sight, and their skins will bear
witness against them, as to (all) their deeds.

21. They will say to
their skins: "Why bear ye witness against us?" They will say: "(Allah) hath
given us speech,- (He) Who giveth speech to everything: He created you for the
first time, and unto Him were ye to return.

22. "Ye did not seek to hide
yourselves, lest your hearing, your sight, and your skins should bear witness
against you! But ye did think that Allah knew not many of the things that ye
used to do!

23. "But this thought of yours which ye did entertain
concerning your Lord, hath brought you to destruction, and (now) have ye become
of those utterly lost!"

24. If, then, they have patience, the Fire will
be a home for them! and if they beg to be received into favour, into favour will
they not (then) be received.

25. And We have destined for them intimate
companions (of like nature), who made alluring to them what was before them and
behind them; and the sentence among the previous generations of Jinns and men,
who have passed away, is proved against them; for they are utterly lost.

26. The Unbelievers say: "Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk at random
in the midst of its (reading), that ye may gain the upper hand!"

27. But
We will certainly give the Unbelievers a taste of a severe Penalty, and We will
requite them for the worst of their deeds.

28. Such is the requital of
the enemies of Allah,- the Fire: therein will be for them the Eternal Home: a
(fit) requital, for that they were wont to reject Our Sings.

29. And the
Unbelievers will say: "Our Lord! Show us those, among Jinns and men, who misled
us: We shall crush them beneath our feet, so that they become the vilest (before
all)."

30. In the case of those who say, "Our Lord is Allah., and,
further, stand straight and steadfast, the angels descend on them (from time to
time): "Fear ye not!" (they suggest), "Nor grieve! but receive the Glad Tidings
of the Garden (of Bliss), the which ye were promised!

31. "We are your
protectors in this life and in the Hereafter: therein shall ye have all that
your souls shall desire; therein shall ye have all that ye ask for!-

32.
"A hospitable gift from one Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!"

33. Who is
better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah, works righteousness, and
says, "I am of those who bow in Islam"?

34. Nor can goodness and Evil be
equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: Then will he between whom and thee was
hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate!

35. And no one will be
granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint,-
none but persons of the greatest good fortune.

36. And if (at any time)
an incitement to discord is made to thee by the Evil One, seek refuge in Allah.
He is the One Who hears and knows all things.

37. Among His Sings are
the Night and the Day, and the Sun and the Moon. Adore not the sun and the moon,
but adore Allah, Who created them, if it is Him ye wish to serve.

38.
But is the (Unbelievers) are arrogant, (no matter): for in the presence of thy
Lord are those who celebrate His praises by night and by day. And they never
flag (nor feel themselves above it).

39. And among His Signs in this:
thou seest the earth barren and desolate; but when We send down rain to it, it
is stirred to life and yields increase. Truly, He Who gives life to the (dead)
earth can surely give life to (men) who are dead. For He has power over all
things.

40. Those who pervert the Truth in Our Signs are not hidden from
Us. Which is better?- he that is cast into the Fire, or he that comes safe
through, on the Day of Judgment? Do what ye will: verily He seeth (clearly) all
that ye do.

41. Those who reject the Message when it comes to them (are
not hidden from Us). And indeed it is a Book of exalted power.

42. No
falsehood can approach it from before or behind it: It is sent down by One Full
of Wisdom, Worthy of all Praise.

43. Nothing is said to thee that was
not said to the apostles before thee: that thy lord has at his Command (all)
forgiveness as well as a most Grievous Penalty.

44. Had We sent this as
a Qur'an (in the language) other than Arabic, they would have said: "Why are not
its verses explained in detail? What! (a Book) not in Arabic and (a Messenger an
Arab?" Say: "It is a Guide and a Healing to those who believe; and for those who
believe not, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness in their
(eyes): They are (as it were) being called from a place far distant!"

45. We certainly gave Moses the Book aforetime: but disputes arose
therein. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their
differences) would have been settled between them: but they remained in
suspicious disquieting doubt thereon.

46. Whoever works righteousness
benefits his own soul; whoever works evil, it is against his own soul: nor is
thy Lord ever unjust (in the least) to His Servants.

47. To Him is
referred the Knowledge of the Hour (of Judgment: He knows all): No date-fruit
comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive (within her womb) nor bring
forth the Day that ((Allah)) will propound to them the (question), "Where are
the partners (ye attributed to Me?" They will say, "We do assure thee not one of
us can bear witness!"

48. The (deities) they used to invoke aforetime
will leave them in the lurch, and they will perceive that they have no way of
escape.

49. Man does not weary of asking for good (things), but if ill
touches him, he gives up all hope (and) is lost in despair.

50. When we
give him a taste of some Mercy from Ourselves, after some adversity has touched
him, he is sure to say, "This is due to my (merit): I think not that the Hour
(of Judgment) will (ever) be established; but if I am brought back to my Lord, I
have (much) good (stored) in His sight!" But We will show the Unbelievers the
truth of all that they did, and We shall give them the taste of a severe
Penalty.

51. When We bestow favours on man, he turns away, and gets
himself remote on his side (instead of coming to Us); and when evil seizes him,
(he comes) full of prolonged prayer!

52. Say: "See ye if the
(Revelation) is (really) from Allah, and yet do ye reject it? Who is more astray
than one who is in a schism far (from any purpose)?"

53. Soon will We
show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own
souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not
enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?

54. Ah indeed! Are they in
doubt concerning the Meeting with their Lord? Ah indeed! It is He that doth
encompass all things!

Surah 42.
Ash-Shura

Councel, Consultation

1. Ha-Mim

2.
'Ain. Sin. Qaf.

3. Thus doth (He) send inspiration to thee as (He did)
to those before thee,- Allah, Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.

4. To
Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: and He is Most High, Most
Great.

5. The heavens are almost rent asunder from above them (by Him
Glory): and the angels celebrate the Praises of their Lord, and pray for
forgiveness for (all) beings on earth: Behold! Verily Allah is He, the
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

6. And those who take as protectors others
besides Him,- Allah doth watch over them; and thou art not the disposer of their
affairs.

7. Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Qur'an:
that thou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her,- and warn (them)
of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt: (when) some will be in the
Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire.

8. If Allah had so willed, He
could have made them a single people; but He admits whom He will to His Mercy;
and the Wrong-doers will have no protector nor helper.

9. What! Have
they taken (for worship) protectors besides Him? But it is Allah,- He is the
Protector, and it is He Who gives life to the dead: It is He Who has power over
all things,

10. Whatever it be wherein ye differ, the decision thereof
is with Allah. such is Allah my Lord: In Him I trust, and to Him I turn.

11. (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for
you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs among cattle: by this means does He
multiply you: there is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that
hears and sees (all things).

12. To Him belong the keys of the heavens
and the earth: He enlarges and restricts. The Sustenance to whom He will: for He
knows full well all things.

13. The same religion has He established for
you as that which He enjoined on Noah - the which We have sent by inspiration to
thee - and that which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: Namely, that ye
should remain steadfast in religion, and make no divisions therein: to those who
worship other things than Allah, hard is the (way) to which thou callest them.
Allah chooses to Himself those whom He pleases, and guides to Himself those who
turn (to Him).

14. And they became divided only after Knowledge reached
them,- through selfish envy as between themselves. Had it not been for a Word
that went forth before from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term appointed, the matter
would have been settled between them: But truly those who have inherited the
Book after them are in suspicious (disquieting) doubt concerning it.

15.
Now then, for that (reason), call (them to the Faith), and stand steadfast as
thou art commanded, nor follow thou their vain desires; but say: "I believe in
the Book which Allah has sent down; and I am commanded to judge justly between
you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord: for us (is the responsibility for) our
deeds, and for you for your deeds. There is no contention between us and you.
Allah will bring us together, and to Him is (our) Final Goal.

16. But
those who dispute concerning Allah after He has been accepted,- futile is their
dispute in the Sight of their Lord: on them will be a Penalty terrible.

17. It is Allah Who has sent down the Book in Truth, and the Balance (by
which to weigh conduct). And what will make thee realise that perhaps the Hour
is close at hand?

18. Only those wish to hasten it who believe not in
it: those who believe hold it in awe, and know that it is the Truth. Behold,
verily those that dispute concerning the Hour are far astray.

19.
Gracious is Allah to His servants: He gives Sustenance to whom He pleases: and
He has power and can carry out His Will.

20. To any that desires the
tilth of the Hereafter, We give increase in his tilth, and to any that desires
the tilth of this world, We grant somewhat thereof, but he has no share or lot
in the Hereafter.

21. What! have they partners (in godhead), who have
established for them some religion without the permission of Allah. Had it not
been for the Decree of Judgment, the matter would have been decided between them
(at once). But verily the Wrong- doers will have a grievous Penalty.

22.
Thou wilt see the Wrong-doers in fear on account of what they have earned, and
(the burden of) that must (necessarily) fall on them. But those who believe and
work righteous deeds will be in the luxuriant meads of the Gardens: they shall
have, before their Lord, all that they wish for. That will indeed be the
magnificent Bounty (of Allah..

23. That is (the Bounty) whereof Allah
gives Glad Tidings to His Servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: "No
reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin." And if
any one earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect
thereof: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service).

24. What! Do they say, "He has forged a falsehood against Allah.? But if
Allah willed, He could seal up thy heart. And Allah blots out Vanity, and proves
the Truth by His Words. For He knows well the secrets of all hearts.

25.
He is the One that accepts repentance from His Servants and forgives sins: and
He knows all that ye do.

26. And He listens to those who believe and do
deeds of righteousness, and gives them increase of His Bounty: but for the
Unbelievers their is a terrible Penalty.

27. If Allah were to enlarge
the provision for His Servants, they would indeed transgress beyond all bounds
through the earth; but he sends (it) down in due measure as He pleases. For He
is with His Servants Well-acquainted, Watchful.

28. He is the One that
sends down rain (even) after (men) have given up all hope, and scatters His
Mercy (far and wide). And He is the Protector, Worthy of all Praise.

29.
And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living
creatures that He has scattered through them: and He has power to gather them
together when He wills.

30. Whatever misfortune happens to you, is
because on the things your hands have wrought, and for many (of them) He grants
forgiveness.

31. Nor can ye frustrate (aught), (fleeing) through the
earth; nor have ye, besides Allah, any one to protect or to help.

32.
And among His Signs are the ships, smooth-running through the ocean, (tall) as
mountains.

33. If it be His Will He can still the Wind: then would they
become motionless on the back of the (ocean). Verily in this are Signs for
everyone who patiently perseveres and is grateful.

34. Or He can cause
them to perish because of the (evil) which (the men) have earned; but much doth
He forgive.

35. But let those know, who dispute about Our Signs, that
there is for them no way of escape.

36. Whatever ye are given (here) is
(but) a convenience of this life: but that which is with Allah is better and
more lasting: (it is) for those who believe and put their trust in their Lord:

37. Those who avoid the greater crimes and shameful deeds, and, when
they are angry even then forgive;

38. Those who hearken to their Lord,
and establish regular Prayer; who (conduct) their affairs by mutual
Consultation; who spend out of what We bestow on them for Sustenance;

39. And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them, (are
not cowed but) help and defend themselves.

40. The recompense for an
injury is an injury equal thereto (in degree): but if a person forgives and
makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah. for ((Allah)) loveth not
those who do wrong.

41. But indeed if any do help and defend themselves
after a wrong (done) to them, against such there is no cause of blame.

42. The blame is only against those who oppress men and wrong-doing and
insolently transgress beyond bounds through the land, defying right and justice:
for such there will be a penalty grievous.

43. But indeed if any show
patience and forgive, that would truly be an exercise of courageous will and
resolution in the conduct of affairs.

44. For any whom Allah leaves
astray, there is no protector thereafter. And thou wilt see the Wrong-doers,
when in sight of the Penalty, Say: "Is there any way (to effect) a return?"

45. And thou wilt see them brought forward to the (Penalty), in a humble
frame of mind because of (their) disgrace, (and) looking with a stealthy glance.
And the Believers will say: "Those are indeed in loss, who have given to
perdition their own selves and those belonging to them on the Day of Judgment.
Behold! Truly the Wrong-doers are in a lasting Penalty!"

46. And no
protectors have they to help them, other than Allah. And for any whom Allah
leaves to stray, there is no way (to the Goal).

47. Hearken ye to your
Lord, before there come a Day which there will be no putting back, because of
(the Ordainment of) Allah. that Day there will be for you no place of refuge nor
will there be for you any room for denial (of your sins)!

48. If then
they run away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them. Thy duty is but to
convey (the Message). And truly, when We give man a taste of a Mercy from
Ourselves, he doth exult thereat, but when some ill happens to him, on account
of the deeds which his hands have sent forth, truly then is man ungrateful!

49. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He
creates what He wills (and plans). He bestows (children) male or female
according to His Will (and Plan),

50. Or He bestows both males and
females, and He leaves barren whom He will: for He is full of Knowledge and
Power.

51. It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him
except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger
to reveal, with Allah.s permission, what Allah wills: for He is Most High, Most
Wise.

52. And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to thee:
thou knewest not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Faith; but We have
made the (Qur'an) a Light, wherewith We guide such of Our servants as We will;
and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight Way,-

53. The Way of
Allah, to Whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth.
Behold (how) all affairs tend towards Allah.

Surah 43. Az-Zukhruf

Ornaments Of Gold,
Luxury

1. Ha-Mim

2. By the Book that makes things clear,-

3. We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to understand
(and learn wisdom).

4. And verily, it is in the Mother of the Book, in
Our Presence, high (in dignity), full of wisdom.

5. Shall We then take
away the Message from you and repel (you), for that ye are a people
transgressing beyond bounds?

6. But how many were the prophets We sent
amongst the peoples of old?

7. And never came there a prophet to them
but they mocked him.

8. So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than
these;- and (thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.

9.
If thou wert to question them, 'Who created the heavens and the earth?' They
would be sure to reply, 'they were created by (Him), the Exalted in Power, Full
of Knowledge';-

10. (Yea, the same that) has made for you the earth
(like a carpet) spread out, and has made for you roads (and channels) therein,
in order that ye may find guidance (on the way);

11. That sends down
(from time to time) rain from the sky in due measure;- and We raise to life
therewith a land that is dead; even so will ye be raised (from the dead);-

12. That has created pairs in all things, and has made for you ships and
cattle on which ye ride,

13. In order that ye may sit firm and square on
their backs, and when so seated, ye may celebrate the (kind) favour of your
Lord, and say, "Glory to Him Who has subjected these to our (use), for we could
never have accomplished this (by ourselves),

14. "And to our Lord,
surely, must we turn back!"

15. Yet they attribute to some of His
servants a share with Him (in his godhead)! truly is man a blasphemous ingrate
avowed!

16. What! has He taken daughters out of what He himself creates,
and granted to you sons for choice?

17. When news is brought to one of
them of (the birth of) what he sets up as a likeness to ((Allah)) Most Gracious,
his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!

18. Is then one
brought up among trinkets, and unable to give a clear account in a dispute (to
be associated with Allah.?

19. And they make into females angels who
themselves serve Allah. Did they witness their creation? Their evidence will be
recorded, and they will be called to account!

20. ("Ah!") they say, "If
it had been the will of ((Allah)) Most Gracious, we should not have worshipped
such (deities)!" Of that they have no knowledge! they do nothing but lie!

21. What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they are
holding fast?

22. Nay! they say: "We found our fathers following a
certain religion, and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps."

23.
Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before thee to any people, the
wealthy ones among them said: "We found our fathers following a certain
religion, and we will certainly follow in their footsteps."

24. He said:
"What! Even if I brought you better guidance than that which ye found your
fathers following?" They said: "For us, we deny that ye (prophets) are sent (on
a mission at all)."

25. So We exacted retribution from them: now see
what was the end of those who rejected (Truth)!

26. Behold! Abraham said
to his father and his people: "I do indeed clear myself of what ye worship:

27. "(I worship) only Him Who made me, and He will certainly guide me."

28. And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came after him,
that they may turn back (to Allah..

29. Yea, I have given the good
things of this life to these (men) and their fathers, until the Truth has come
to them, and an apostle making things clear.

30. But when the Truth came
to them, they said: "This is sorcery, and we do reject it."

31. Also,
they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man in either of the
two (chief) cities?"

32. Is it they who would portion out the Mercy of
thy Lord? It is We Who portion out between them their livelihood in the life of
this world: and We raise some of them above others in ranks, so that some may
command work from others. But the Mercy of thy Lord is better than the (wealth)
which they amass.

33. And were it not that (all) men might become of one
(evil) way of life, We would provide, for everyone that blasphemes against
((Allah)) Most Gracious, silver roofs for their houses and (silver) stair-ways
on which to go up,

34. And (silver) doors to their houses, and thrones
(of silver) on which they could recline,

35. And also adornments of
gold. But all this were nothing but conveniences of the present life: The
Hereafter, in the sight of thy Lord is for the Righteous.

36. If anyone
withdraws himself from remembrance of ((Allah)) Most Gracious, We appoint for
him an evil one, to be an intimate companion to him.

37. Such (evil
ones) really hinder them from the Path, but they think that they are being
guided aright!

38. At length, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says (to
his evil companion): "Would that between me and thee were the distance of East
and West!" Ah! evil is the companion (indeed)!

39. When ye have done
wrong, it will avail you nothing, that Day, that ye shall be partners in
Punishment!

40. Canst thou then make the deaf to hear, or give direction
to the blind or to such as (wander) in manifest error?

41. Even if We
take thee away, We shall be sure to exact retribution from them,

42. Or
We shall show thee that (accomplished) which We have promised them: for verily
We shall prevail over them.

43. So hold thou fast to the Revelation sent
down to thee; verily thou art on a Straight Way.

44. The (Qur'an) is
indeed the message, for thee and for thy people; and soon shall ye (all) be
brought to account.

45. And question thou our apostles whom We sent
before thee; did We appoint any deities other than ((Allah)) Most Gracious, to
be worshipped?

46. We did send Moses aforetime, with Our Signs, to
Pharaoh and his Chiefs: He said, "I am an apostle of the Lord of the Worlds."

47. But when he came to them with Our Signs, behold they ridiculed them.

48. We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We
seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).

49.
And they said, "O thou sorcerer! Invoke thy Lord for us according to His
covenant with thee; for we shall truly accept guidance."

50. But when We
removed the Penalty from them, behold, they broke their word.

51. And
Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying: "O my people! Does not the dominion
of Egypt belong to me, (witness) these streams flowing underneath my (palace)?
What! see ye not then?

52. "Am I not better than this (Moses), who is a
contemptible wretch and can scarcely express himself clearly?

53. "Then
why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him, or (why) come (not) with him angels
accompanying him in procession?"

54. Thus did he make fools of his
people, and they obeyed him: truly were they a people rebellious (against
Allah..

55. When at length they provoked Us, We exacted retribution from
them, and We drowned them all.

56. And We made them (a people) of the
Past and an Example to later ages.

57. When (Jesus) the son of Mary is
held up as an example, behold, thy people raise a clamour thereat (in ridicule)!

58. And they say, "Are our gods best, or he?" This they set forth to
thee, only by way of disputation: yea, they are a contentious people.

59. He was no more than a servant: We granted Our favour to him, and We
made him an example to the Children of Israel.

60. And if it were Our
Will, We could make angels from amongst you, succeeding each other on the earth.

61. And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of
Judgment): therefore have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow ye Me: this is a
Straight Way.

62. Let not the Evil One hinder you: for he is to you an
enemy avowed.

63. When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: "Now have I
come to you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of the (points)
on which ye dispute: therefore fear Allah and obey me.

64. "For Allah,
He is my Lord and your Lord: so worship ye Him: this is a Straight Way."

65. But sects from among themselves fell into disagreement: then woe to
the wrong-doers, from the Penalty of a Grievous Day!

66. Do they only
wait for the Hour - that it should come on them all of a sudden, while they
perceive not?

67. Friends on that day will be foes, one to another,-
except the Righteous.

68. My devotees! no fear shall be on you that Day,
nor shall ye grieve,-

69. (Being) those who have believed in Our Signs
and bowed (their wills to Ours) in Islam.

70. Enter ye the Garden, ye
and your wives, in (beauty and) rejoicing.

71. To them will be passed
round, dishes and goblets of gold: there will be there all that the souls could
desire, all that their ayes could delight in: and ye shall abide therein (for
eye).

72. Such will be the Garden of which ye are made heirs for your
(good) deeds (in life).

73. Ye shall have therein abundance of fruit,
from which ye shall have satisfaction.

74. The sinners will be in the
Punishment of Hell, to dwell therein (for aye):

75. Nowise will the
(Punishment) be lightened for them, and in despair will they be there
overwhelmed.

76. Nowise shall We be unjust to them: but it is they who
have been unjust themselves.

77. They will cry: "O Malik! would that thy
Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Nay, but ye shall abide!"

78.
Verily We have brought the Truth to you: but most of you have a hatred for
Truth.

79. What! have they settled some plan (among themselves)? But it
is We Who settle things.

80. Or do they think that We hear not their
secrets and their private counsels? Indeed (We do), and Our messengers are by
them, to record.

81. Say: "If ((Allah)) Most Gracious had a son, I would
be the first to worship."

82. Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the
earth, the Lord of the Throne (of Authority)! (He is free) from the things they
attribute (to him)!

83. So leave them to babble and play (with vanities)
until they meet that Day of theirs, which they have been promised.

84.
It is He Who is Allah in heaven and Allah on earth; and He is full of Wisdom and
Knowledge.

85. And blessed is He to Whom belongs the dominion of the
heavens and the earth, and all between them: with Him is the Knowledge of the
Hour (of Judgment): and to Him shall ye be brought back.

86. And those
whom they invoke besides Allah have no power of intercession;- only he who bears
witness to the Truth, and they know (him).

87. If thou ask them, who
created them, they will certainly say, Allah. How then are they deluded away
(from the Truth)?

88. ((Allah) has knowledge) of the (Prophet's) cry, "O
my Lord! Truly these are people who will not believe!"

89. But turn away
from them, and say "Peace!" But soon shall they know!

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