1. Glory to ((Allah))
Who did take His servant for a
Journey by night from the Sacred
Mosque to the farthest Mosque,
whose precincts We did bless,-
in order that We might show him
some of Our Signs: for He is the
One Who heareth and seeth (all
things).
2. We gave Moses the Book, and
made it a Guide to the Children
of Israel, (commanding): "Take
not other than Me as Disposer of
(your) affairs."
3. O ye that are sprung from
those whom We carried (in the
Ark) with Noah! Verily he was a
devotee most grateful.
4. And We gave (Clear) Warning
to the Children of Israel in the
Book, that twice would they do
mischief on the earth and be
elated with mighty arrogance
(and twice would they be
punished)!
5. When the first of the
warnings came to pass, We sent
against you Our servants given
to terrible warfare: They
entered the very inmost parts of
your homes; and it was a warning
(completely) fulfilled.
6. Then did We grant you the
Return as against them: We gave
you increase in resources and
sons, and made you the more
numerous in man-power.
7. If ye did well, ye did well
for yourselves; if ye did evil,
(ye did it) against yourselves.
So when the second of the
warnings came to pass, (We
permitted your enemies) to
disfigure your faces, and to
enter your Temple as they had
entered it before, and to visit
with destruction all that fell
into their power.
8. It may be that your Lord may
(yet) show Mercy unto you; but
if ye revert (to your sins), We
shall revert (to Our
punishments): And we have made
Hell a prison for those who
reject (all Faith).
9. Verily this Qur'an doth guide
to that which is most right (or
stable), and giveth the Glad
Tidings to the Believers who
work deeds of righteousness,
that they shall have a
magnificent reward;
10. And to those who believe not
in the Hereafter, (it announceth)
that We have prepared for them a
Penalty Grievous (indeed).
11. The prayer that man should
make for good, he maketh for
evil; for man is given to hasty
(deeds).
12. We have made the Night and
the Day as two (of Our) Signs:
the Sign of the Night have We
obscured, while the Sign of the
Day We have made to enlighten
you; that ye may seek bounty
from your Lord, and that ye may
know the number and count of the
years: all things have We
explained in detail.
13. Every man's fate We have
fastened on his own neck: On the
Day of Judgment We shall bring
out for him a scroll, which he
will see spread open.
14. (It will be said to him:)
"Read thine (own) record:
Sufficient is thy soul this day
to make out an account against
thee."
15. Who receiveth guidance,
receiveth it for his own
benefit: who goeth astray doth
so to his own loss: No bearer of
burdens can bear the burden of
another: nor would We visit with
Our Wrath until We had sent an
apostle (to give warning).
16. When We decide to destroy a
population, We (first) send a
definite order to those among
them who are given the good
things of this life and yet
transgress; so that the word is
proved true against them: then
(it is) We destroy them utterly.
17. How many generations have We
destroyed after Noah? and enough
is thy Lord to note and see the
sins of His servants.
18. If any do wish for the
transitory things (of this
life), We readily grant them -
such things as We will, to such
person as We will: in the end
have We provided Hell for them:
they will burn therein,
disgraced and rejected.
19. Those who do wish for the
(things of) the Hereafter, and
strive therefor with all due
striving, and have Faith,- they
are the ones whose striving is
acceptable (to Allah..
20. Of the bounties of thy Lord
We bestow freely on all- These
as well as those: The bounties
of thy Lord are not closed (to
anyone).
21. See how We have bestowed
more on some than on others; but
verily the Hereafter is more in
rank and gradation and more in
excellence.
22. Take not with Allah another
object of worship; or thou (O
man!) wilt sit in disgrace and
destitution.
23. Thy Lord hath decreed that
ye worship none but Him, and
that ye be kind to parents.
Whether one or both of them
attain old age in thy life, say
not to them a word of contempt,
nor repel them, but address them
in terms of honour.
24. And, out of kindness, lower
to them the wing of humility,
and say: "My Lord! bestow on
them thy Mercy even as they
cherished me in childhood."
25. Your Lord knoweth best what
is in your hearts: If ye do
deeds of righteousness, verily
He is Most Forgiving to those
who turn to Him again and again
(in true penitence).
26. And render to the kindred
their due rights, as (also) to
those in want, and to the
wayfarer: But squander not (your
wealth) in the manner of a
spendthrift.
27. Verily spendthrifts are
brothers of the Evil Ones; and
the Evil One is to his Lord
(himself) ungrateful.
28. And even if thou hast to
turn away from them in pursuit
of the Mercy from thy Lord which
thou dost expect, yet speak to
them a word of easy kindness.
29. Make not thy hand tied (like
a niggard's) to thy neck, nor
stretch it forth to its utmost
reach, so that thou become
blameworthy and destitute.
30. Verily thy Lord doth provide
sustenance in abundance for whom
He pleaseth, and He provideth in
a just measure. For He doth know
and regard all His servants.
31. Kill not your children for
fear of want: We shall provide
sustenance for them as well as
for you. Verily the killing of
them is a great sin.
32. Nor come nigh to adultery:
for it is a shameful (deed) and
an evil, opening the road (to
other evils).
33. Nor take life - which Allah
has made sacred - except for
just cause. And if anyone is
slain wrongfully, we have given
his heir authority (to demand
qisas or to forgive): but let
him nor exceed bounds in the
matter of taking life; for he is
helped (by the Law).
34. Come not nigh to the
orphan's property except to
improve it, until he attains the
age of full strength; and fulfil
(every) engagement, for (every)
engagement will be enquired into
(on the Day of Reckoning).
35. Give full measure when ye
measure, and weigh with a
balance that is straight: that
is the most fitting and the most
advantageous in the final
determination.
36. And pursue not that of which
thou hast no knowledge; for
every act of hearing, or of
seeing or of (feeling in) the
heart will be enquired into (on
the Day of Reckoning).
37. Nor walk on the earth with
insolence: for thou canst not
rend the earth asunder, nor
reach the mountains in height.
38. Of all such things the evil
is hateful in the sight of thy
Lord.
39. These are among the
(precepts of) wisdom, which thy
Lord has revealed to thee. Take
not, with Allah, another object
of worship, lest thou shouldst
be thrown into Hell, blameworthy
and rejected.
40. Has then your Lord (O
Pagans!) preferred for you sons,
and taken for Himself daughters
among the angels? Truly ye utter
a most dreadful saying!
41. We have explained (things)
in various (ways) in this
Qur'an, in order that they may
receive admonition, but it only
increases their flight (from the
Truth)!
42. Say: If there had been
(other) gods with Him, as they
say,- behold, they would
certainly have sought out a way
to the Lord of the Throne!
43. Glory to Him! He is high
above all that they say!-
Exalted and Great (beyond
measure)!
44. The seven heavens and the
earth, and all beings therein,
declare His glory: there is not
a thing but celebrates His
praise; And yet ye understand
not how they declare His glory!
Verily He is Oft-Forbear, Most
Forgiving!
45. When thou dost recite the
Qur'an, We put, between thee and
those who believe not in the
Hereafter, a veil invisible:
46. And We put coverings over
their hearts (and minds) lest
they should understand the
Qur'an, and deafness into their
ears: when thou dost commemorate
thy Lord and Him alone in the
Qur'an, they turn on their
backs, fleeing (from the Truth).
47. We know best why it is they
listen, when they listen to
thee; and when they meet in
private conference, behold, the
wicked say, "Ye follow none
other than a man bewitched!"
48. See what similes they strike
for thee: but they have gone
astray, and never can they find
a way.
49. They say: "What! when we are
reduced to bones and dust,
should we really be raised up
(to be) a new creation?"
50. Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or
iron,
51. "Or created matter which, in
your minds, is hardest (to be
raised up),- (Yet shall ye be
raised up)!" then will they say:
"Who will cause us to return?"
Say: "He who created you first!"
Then will they wag their heads
towards thee, and say, "When
will that be?" Say, "May be it
will be quite soon!
52. "It will be on a Day when He
will call you, and ye will
answer (His call) with (words
of) His praise, and ye will
think that ye tarried but a
little while!"
53. Say to My servants that they
should (only) say those things
that are best: for Satan doth
sow dissensions among them: For
Satan is to man an avowed enemy.
54. It is your Lord that knoweth
you best: If He please, He
granteth you mercy, or if He
please, punishment: We have not
sent thee to be a disposer of
their affairs for them.
55. And it is your Lord that
knoweth best all beings that are
in the heavens and on earth: We
did bestow on some prophets more
(and other) gifts than on
others: and We gave to David
(the gift of) the Psalms.
56. Say: "Call on those -
besides Him - whom ye fancy:
they have neither the power to
remove your troubles from you
nor to change them."
57. Those whom they call upon do
desire (for themselves) means of
access to their Lord, - even
those who are nearest: they hope
for His Mercy and fear His
Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord
is something to take heed of.
58. There is not a population
but We shall destroy it before
the Day of Judgment or punish it
with a dreadful Penalty: that is
written in the (eternal) Record.
59. And We refrain from sending
the signs, only because the men
of former generations treated
them as false: We sent the
she-camel to the Thamud to open
their eyes, but they treated her
wrongfully: We only send the
Signs by way of terror (and
warning from evil).
60. Behold! We told thee that
thy Lord doth encompass mankind
round about: We granted the
vision which We showed thee, but
as a trial for men,- as also the
Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the
Qur'an: We put terror (and
warning) into them, but it only
increases their inordinate
transgression!
61. Behold! We said to the
angels: "Bow down unto Adam":
They bowed down except Iblis: He
said, "Shall I bow down to one
whom Thou didst create from
clay?"
62. He said: "Seest Thou? this
is the one whom Thou hast
honoured above me! If Thou wilt
but respite me to the Day of
Judgment, I will surely bring
his descendants under my sway -
all but a few!"
63. ((Allah)) said: "Go thy way;
if any of them follow thee,
verily Hell will be the
recompense of you (all)- an
ample recompense.
64. "Lead to destruction those
whom thou canst among them, with
thy (seductive) voice; make
assaults on them with thy
cavalry and thy infantry;
mutually share with them wealth
and children; and make promises
to them." But Satan promises
them nothing but deceit.
65. "As for My servants, no
authority shalt thou have over
them:" Enough is thy Lord for a
Disposer of affairs.
66. Your Lord is He That maketh
the Ship go smoothly for you
through the sea, in order that
ye may seek of his Bounty. For
he is unto you most Merciful.
67. When distress seizes you at
sea, those that ye call upon -
besides Himself - leave you in
the lurch! but when He brings
you back safe to land, ye turn
away (from Him). Most ungrateful
is man!
68. Do ye then feel secure that
He will not cause you to be
swallowed up beneath the earth
when ye are on land, or that He
will not send against you a
violent tornado (with showers of
stones) so that ye shall find no
one to carry out your affairs
for you?
69. Or do ye feel secure that He
will not send you back a second
time to sea and send against you
a heavy gale to drown you
because of your ingratitude, so
that ye find no helper. Therein
against Us?
70. We have honoured the sons of
Adam; provided them with
transport on land and sea; given
them for sustenance things good
and pure; and conferred on them
special favours, above a great
part of our creation.
71. One day We shall call
together all human beings with
their (respective) Imams: those
who are given their record in
their right hand will read it
(with pleasure), and they will
not be dealt with unjustly in
the least.
72. But those who were blind in
this world, will be blind in the
hereafter, and most astray from
the Path.
73. And their purpose was to
tempt thee away from that which
We had revealed unto thee, to
substitute in our name something
quite different; (in that case),
behold! they would certainly
have made thee (their) friend!
74. And had We not given thee
strength, thou wouldst nearly
have inclined to them a little.
75. In that case We should have
made thee taste an equal portion
(of punishment) in this life,
and an equal portion in death:
and moreover thou wouldst have
found none to help thee against
Us!
76. Their purpose was to scare
thee off the land, in order to
expel thee; but in that case
they would not have stayed
(therein) after thee, except for
a little while.
77. (This was Our) way with the
apostles We sent before thee:
thou wilt find no change in Our
ways.
78. Establish regular prayers -
at the sun's decline till the
darkness of the night, and the
morning prayer and reading: for
the prayer and reading in the
morning carry their testimony.
79. And pray in the small
watches of the morning: (it
would be) an additional prayer
(or spiritual profit) for thee:
soon will thy Lord raise thee to
a Station of Praise and Glory!
80. Say: "O my Lord! Let my
entry be by the Gate of Truth
and Honour, and likewise my exit
by the Gate of Truth and Honour;
and grant me from Thy Presence
an authority to aid (me)."
81. And say: "Truth has (now)
arrived, and Falsehood perished:
for Falsehood is (by its nature)
bound to perish."
82. We send down (stage by
stage) in the Qur'an that which
is a healing and a mercy to
those who believe: to the unjust
it causes nothing but loss after
loss.
83. Yet when We bestow Our
favours on man, he turns away
and becomes remote on his side
(instead of coming to Us), and
when evil seizes him he gives
himself up to despair!
84. Say: "Everyone acts
according to his own
disposition: But your Lord knows
best who it is that is best
guided on the Way."
85. They ask thee concerning the
Spirit (of inspiration). Say:
"The Spirit (cometh) by command
of my Lord: of knowledge it is
only a little that is
communicated to you, (O men!)"
86. If it were Our Will, We
could take away that which We
have sent thee by
inspiration:then wouldst thou
find none to plead thy affair in
that matter as against Us,-
87. Except for Mercy from thy
Lord: for his bounty is to thee
(indeed) great.
88. Say: "If the whole of
mankind and Jinns were to gather
together to produce the like of
this Qur'an, they could not
produce the like thereof, even
if they backed up each other
with help and support.
89. And We have explained to
man, in this Qur'an, every kind
of similitude: yet the greater
part of men refuse (to receive
it) except with ingratitude!
90. They say: "We shall not
believe in thee, until thou
cause a spring to gush forth for
us from the earth,
91. "Or (until) thou have a
garden of date trees and vines,
and cause rivers to gush forth
in their midst, carrying
abundant water;
92. "Or thou cause the sky to
fall in pieces, as thou sayest
(will happen), against us; or
thou bring Allah and the angels
before (us) face to face:
93. "Or thou have a house
adorned with gold, or thou mount
a ladder right into the skies.
No, we shall not even believe in
thy mounting until thou send
down to us a book that we could
read." Say: "Glory to my Lord!
Am I aught but a man,- an
apostle?"
94. What kept men back from
belief when Guidance came to
them, was nothing but this: they
said, "Has Allah sent a man
(like us) to be (His)
Messenger."
95. Say, "If there were settled,
on earth, angels walking about
in peace and quiet, We should
certainly have sent them down
from the heavens an angel for an
apostle."
96. Say: "Enough is Allah for a
witness between me and you: for
He is well acquainted with His
servants, and He sees (all
things).
97. It is he whom Allah guides,
that is on true Guidance; but he
whom He leaves astray - for such
wilt thou find no protector
besides Him. On the Day of
Judgment We shall gather, them
together, prone on their faces,
blind, dumb, and deaf: their
abode will be Hell: every time
it shows abatement, We shall
increase from them the
fierceness of the Fire.
98. That is their recompense,
because they rejected Our signs,
and said, "When we are reduced
to bones and broken dust, should
we really be raised up (to be) a
new Creation?"
99. See they not that Allah, Who
created the heavens and the
earth, has power to create the
like of them (anew)? Only He has
decreed a term appointed, of
which there is no doubt. But the
unjust refuse (to receive it)
except with ingratitude.
100. Say: "If ye had control of
the Treasures of the Mercy of my
Lord, behold, ye would keep them
back, for fear of spending them:
for man is (every) niggardly!"
101. To Moses We did give Nine
Clear Sings: As the Children of
Israel: when he came to them,
Pharaoh said to him: "O Moses! I
consider thee, indeed, to have
been worked upon by sorcery!
102. Moses said, "Thou knowest
well that these things have been
sent down by none but the Lord
of the heavens and the earth as
eye-opening evidence: and I
consider thee indeed, O Pharaoh,
to be one doomed to
destruction!"
103. So he resolved to remove
them from the face of the earth:
but We did drown him and all who
were with him.
104. And We said thereafter to
the Children of Israel, "Dwell
securely in the land (of
promise)": but when the second
of the warnings came to pass, We
gathered you together in a
mingled crowd.
105. We sent down the (Qur'an)
in Truth, and in Truth has it
descended: and We sent thee but
to give Glad Tidings and to warn
(sinners).
106. (It is) a Qur'an which We
have divided (into parts from
time to time), in order that
thou mightest recite it to men
at intervals: We have revealed
it by stages.
107. Say: "Whether ye believe in
it or not, it is true that those
who were given knowledge
beforehand, when it is recited
to them, fall down on their
faces in humble prostration,
108. "And they say: 'Glory to
our Lord! Truly has the promise
of our Lord been fulfilled!'"
109. They fall down on their
faces in tears, and it increases
their (earnest) humility.
110. Say: "Call upon Allah, or
call upon Rahman: by whatever
name ye call upon Him, (it is
well): for to Him belong the
Most Beautiful Names. Neither
speak thy Prayer aloud, nor
speak it in a low tone, but seek
a middle course between."
111. Say: "Praise be to Allah,
who begets no son, and has no
partner in (His) dominion: Nor
(needs) He any to protect Him
from humiliation: yea, magnify
Him for His greatness and
glory!" |