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. |