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)!" |