1. Ha-Mim.
2. The Revelation of the Book is
from Allah the Exalted in Power,
Full of Wisdom.
3. We created not the heavens
and the earth and all between
them but for just ends, and for
a Term Appointed: But those who
reject Faith turn away from that
whereof they are warned.
4. Say: "Do ye see what it is ye
invoke besides Allah. Show me
what it is they have created on
earth, or have they a share in
the heavens bring me a book
(revealed) before this, or any
remnant of knowledge (ye may
have), if ye are telling the
truth!
5. And who is more astray than
one who invokes besides Allah,
such as will not answer him to
the Day of Judgment, and who (in
fact) are unconscious of their
call (to them)?
6. And when mankind are gathered
together (at the Resurrection),
they will be hostile to them and
reject their worship
(altogether)!
7. When Our Clear Signs are
rehearsed to them, the
Unbelievers say, of the Truth
when it comes to them: "This is
evident sorcery!"
8. Or do they say, "He has
forged it"? Say: "Had I forged
it, then can ye obtain no single
(blessing) for me from Allah. He
knows best of that whereof ye
talk (so glibly)! Enough is He
for a witness between me and
you! And he is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful."
9. Say: "I am no bringer of
new-fangled doctrine among the
apostles, nor do I know what
will be done with me or with
you. I follow but that which is
revealed to me by inspiration; I
am but a Warner open and clear."
10. Say: "See ye? If (this
teaching) be from Allah, and ye
reject it, and a witness from
among the Children of Israel
testifies to its similarity
(with earlier scripture), and
has believed while ye are
arrogant, (how unjust ye are!)
truly, Allah guides not a people
unjust."
11. The Unbelievers say of those
who believe: "If (this Message)
were a good thing, (such men)
would not have gone to it first,
before us!" And seeing that they
guide not themselves thereby,
they will say, "this is an
(old,) falsehood!"
12. And before this, was the
Book of Moses as a guide and a
mercy: And this Book confirms
(it) in the Arabic tongue; to
admonish the unjust, and as Glad
Tidings to those who do right.
13. Verily those who say, "Our
Lord is Allah," and remain firm
(on that Path),- on them shall
be no fear, nor shall they
grieve.
14. Such shall be Companions of
the Gardens, dwelling therein
(for aye): a recompense for
their (good) deeds.
15. We have enjoined on man
kindness to his parents: In pain
did his mother bear him, and in
pain did she give him birth. The
carrying of the (child) to his
weaning is (a period of) thirty
months. At length, when he
reaches the age of full strength
and attains forty years, he
says, "O my Lord! Grant me that
I may be grateful for Thy favour
which Thou has bestowed upon me,
and upon both my parents, and
that I may work righteousness
such as Thou mayest approve; and
be gracious to me in my issue.
Truly have I turned to Thee and
truly do I bow (to Thee) in
Islam."
16. Such are they from whom We
shall accept the best of their
deeds and pass by their ill
deeds: (They shall be) among the
Companions of the Garden: a
promise! of truth, which was
made to them (in this life).
17. But (there is one) who says
to his parents, "Fie on you! Do
ye hold out the promise to me
that I shall be raised up, even
though generations have passed
before me (without rising
again)?" And they two seek
Allah.s aid, (and rebuke the
son): "Woe to thee! Have faith!
for the promise of Allah is
true." But he says, "This is
nothing but tales of the
ancients!"
18. Such are they against whom
is proved the sentence among the
previous generations of Jinns
and men, that have passed away;
for they will be (utterly) lost.
19. And to all are (assigned)
degrees according to the deeds
which they (have done), and in
order that ((Allah)) may
recompense their deeds, and no
injustice be done to them.
20. And on the Day that the
Unbelievers will be placed
before the Fire, (It will be
said to them): "Ye received your
good things in the life of the
world, and ye took your pleasure
out of them: but today shall ye
be recompensed with a Penalty of
humiliation: for that ye were
arrogant on earth without just
cause, and that ye (ever)
transgressed."
21. Mention (Hud) one of 'Ad's
(own) brethren: Behold, he
warned his people about the
winding Sand-tracts: but there
have been warners before him and
after him: "Worship ye none
other than Allah. Truly I fear
for you the Penalty of a Mighty
Day."
22. They said: "Hast thou come
in order to turn us aside from
our gods? Then bring upon us the
(calamity) with which thou dost
threaten us, if thou art telling
the truth?"
23. He said: "The Knowledge (of
when it will come) is only with
Allah. I proclaim to you the
mission on which I have been
sent: But I see that ye are a
people in ignorance!"..
24. Then, when they saw the
(Penalty in the shape of) a
cloud traversing the sky, coming
to meet their valleys, they
said, "This cloud will give us
rain!" "Nay, it is the
(Calamity) ye were asking to be
hastened!- A wind wherein is a
Grievous Penalty!
25. "Everything will it destroy
by the command of its Lord!"
Then by the morning they -
nothing was to be seen but (the
ruins of) their houses! thus do
We recompense those given to
sin!
26. And We had firmly
established them in a
(prosperity and) power which We
have not given to you (ye
Quraish!) and We had endowed
them with (faculties of)
hearing, seeing, heart and
intellect: but of no profit to
them were their (faculties of)
hearing, sight, and heart and
intellect, when they went on
rejecting the Signs of Allah.
and they were (completely)
encircled by that which they
used to mock at!
27. We destroyed aforetime
populations round about you; and
We have shown the Signs in
various ways, that they may turn
(to Us).
28. Why then was no help
forthcoming to them from those
whom they worshipped as gods,
besides Allah, as a means of
access (to Allah.? Nay, they
left them in the lurch: but that
was their falsehood and their
invention.
29. Behold, We turned towards
thee a company of Jinns
(quietly) listening to the
Qur'an: when they stood in the
presence thereof, they said,
"Listen in silence!" When the
(reading) was finished, they
returned to their people, to
warn (them of their sins).
30. They said, "O our people! We
have heard a Book revealed after
Moses, confirming what came
before it: it guides (men) to
the Truth and to a Straight
Path.
31. "O our people, hearken to
the one who invites (you) to
Allah, and believe in him: He
will forgive you your faults,
and deliver you from a Penalty
Grievous.
32. "If any does not hearken to
the one who invites (us) to
Allah, he cannot frustrate ((Allah)'s
Plan) on earth, and no
protectors can he have besides
Allah. such men (wander) in
manifest error."
33. See they not that Allah, Who
created the heavens and the
earth, and never wearied with
their creation, is able to give
life to the dead? Yea, verily He
has power over all things.
34. And on the Day that the
Unbelievers will be placed
before the Fire, (they will be
asked,) "Is this not the Truth?"
they will say, "Yea, by our
Lord!" (One will say:) "Then
taste ye the Penalty, for that
ye were wont to deny (Truth)!"
35. Therefore patiently
persevere, as did (all) apostles
of inflexible purpose; and be in
no haste about the
(Unbelievers). On the Day that
they see the (Punishment)
promised them, (it will be) as
if they had not tarried more
than an hour in a single day.
(Thine but) to proclaim the
Message: but shall any be
destroyed except those who
transgress? |