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)
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