1. A. L. R. These are
the Ayats of Revelation,- of a
Qur'an that makes things clear.
2. Again and again will those
who disbelieve, wish that they
had bowed (to Allah.s will) in
Islam.
3. Leave them alone, to enjoy
(the good things of this life)
and to please themselves: let
(false) hope amuse them: soon
will knowledge (undeceive them).
4. Never did We destroy a
population that had not a term
decreed and assigned beforehand.
5. Neither can a people
anticipate its term, nor delay
it.
6. They say: "O thou to whom the
Message is being revealed! truly
thou art mad (or possessed)!
7. "Why bringest thou not angels
to us if it be that thou hast
the Truth?"
8. We send not the angels down
except for just cause: if they
came (to the ungodly), behold!
no respite would they have!
9. We have, without doubt, sent
down the Message; and We will
assuredly guard it (from
corruption).
10. We did send apostles before
thee amongst the religious sects
of old:
11. But never came an apostle to
them but they mocked him.
12. Even so do we let it creep
into the hearts of the sinners -
13. That they should not believe
in the (Message); but the ways
of the ancients have passed
away.
14. Even if We opened out to
them a gate from heaven, and
they were to continue (all day)
ascending therein,
15. They would only say: "Our
eyes have been intoxicated: Nay,
we have been bewitched by
sorcery."
16. It is We Who have set out
the zodiacal signs in the
heavens, and made them
fair-seeming to (all) beholders;
17. And (moreover) We have
guarded them from every evil
spirit accursed:
18. But any that gains a hearing
by stealth, is pursued by a
flaming fire, bright (to see).
19. And the earth We have spread
out (like a carpet); set thereon
mountains firm and immovable;
and produced therein all kinds
of things in due balance.
20. And We have provided therein
means of subsistence,- for you
and for those for whose
sustenance ye are not
responsible.
21. And there is not a thing but
its (sources and) treasures
(inexhaustible) are with Us; but
We only send down thereof in due
and ascertainable measures.
22. And We send the fecundating
winds, then cause the rain to
descend from the sky, therewith
providing you with water (in
abundance), though ye are not
the guardians of its stores.
23. And verily, it is We Who
give life, and Who give death:
it is We Who remain inheritors
(after all else passes away).
24. To Us are known those of you
who hasten forward, and those
who lag behind.
25. Assuredly it is thy Lord Who
will gather them together: for
He is perfect in Wisdom and
Knowledge.
26. We created man from sounding
clay, from mud moulded into
shape;
27. And the Jinn race, We had
created before, from the fire of
a scorching wind.
28. Behold! thy Lord said to the
angels: "I am about to create
man, from sounding clay from mud
moulded into shape;
29. "When I have fashioned him
(in due proportion) and breathed
into him of My spirit, fall ye
down in obeisance unto him."
30. So the angels prostrated
themselves, all of them
together:
31. Not so Iblis: he refused to
be among those who prostrated
themselves.
32. ((Allah)) said: "O Iblis!
what is your reason for not
being among those who prostrated
themselves?"
33. (Iblis) said: "I am not one
to prostrate myself to man, whom
Thou didst create from sounding
clay, from mud moulded into
shape."
34. ((Allah)) said: "Then get
thee out from here; for thou art
rejected, accursed.
35. "And the curse shall be on
thee till the day of Judgment."
36. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord!
give me then respite till the
Day the (dead) are raised."
37. ((Allah)) said: "Respite is
granted thee
38. "Till the Day of the Time
appointed."
39. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord!
because Thou hast put me in the
wrong, I will make (wrong)
fair-seeming to them on the
earth, and I will put them all
in the wrong,-
40. "Except Thy servants among
them, sincere and purified (by
Thy Grace)."
41. ((Allah)) said: "This (way
of My sincere servants) is
indeed a way that leads straight
to Me.
42. "For over My servants no
authority shalt thou have,
except such as put themselves in
the wrong and follow thee."
43. And verily, Hell is the
promised abode for them all!
44. To it are seven gates: for
each of those gates is a
(special) class (of sinners)
assigned.
45. The righteous (will be) amid
gardens and fountains (of
clear-flowing water).
46. (Their greeting will be):
"Enter ye here in peace and
security."
47. And We shall remove from
their hearts any lurking sense
of injury: (they will be)
brothers (joyfully) facing each
other on thrones (of dignity).
48. There no sense of fatigue
shall touch them, nor shall they
(ever) be asked to leave.
49. Tell My servants that I am
indeed the Oft-forgiving, Most
Merciful;
50. And that My Penalty will be
indeed the most grievous
Penalty.
51. Tell them about the guests
of Abraham.
52. When they entered his
presence and said, "Peace!" He
said, "We feel afraid of you!"
53. They said: "Fear not! We
give thee glad tidings of a son
endowed with wisdom."
54. He said: "Do ye give me glad
tidings that old age has seized
me? Of what, then, is your good
news?"
55. They said: "We give thee
glad tidings in truth: be not
then in despair!"
56. He said: "And who despairs
of the mercy of his Lord, but
such as go astray?"
57. Abraham said: "What then is
the business on which ye (have
come), O ye messengers (of
Allah.?"
58. They said: "We have been
sent to a people (deep) in sin,
59. "Excepting the adherents of
Lut: them we are certainly
(charged) to save (from harm),-
All -
60. "Except his wife, who, We
have ascertained, will be among
those who will lag behind."
61. At length when the
messengers arrived among the
adherents of Lut,
62. He said: "Ye appear to be
uncommon folk."
63. They said: "Yea, we have
come to thee to accomplish that
of which they doubt.
64. "We have brought to thee
that which is inevitably due,
and assuredly we tell the truth.
65. "Then travel by night with
thy household, when a portion of
the night (yet remains), and do
thou bring up the rear: let no
one amongst you look back, but
pass on whither ye are ordered."
66. And We made known this
decree to him, that the last
remnants of those (sinners)
should be cut off by the
morning.
67. The inhabitants of the city
came in (mad) joy (at news of
the young men).
68. Lut said: "These are my
guests: disgrace me not:
69. "But fear Allah, and shame
me not."
70. They said: "Did we not
forbid thee (to speak) for all
and sundry?"
71. He said: "There are my
daughters (to marry), if ye must
act (so)."
72. Verily, by thy life (O
Prophet), in their wild
intoxication, they wander in
distraction, to and fro.
73. But the (mighty) Blast
overtook them before morning,
74. And We turned (the cities)
upside down, and rained down on
them brimstones hard as baked
clay.
75. Behold! in this are Signs
for those who by tokens do
understand.
76. And the (cities were) right
on the high-road.
77. Behold! in this is a sign
for those who believed.
78. And the Companions of the
Wood were also wrong-doers;
79. So We exacted retribution
from them. They were both on an
open highway, plain to see.
80. The Companions of the Rocky
Tract also rejected the
apostles:
81. We sent them Our Sings, but
they persisted in turning away
from them.
82. Out of the mountains did
they hew (their) edifices,
(feeling themselves) secure.
83. But the (mighty) Blast
seized them of a morning,
84. And of no avail to them was
all that they did (with such art
and care)!
85. We created not the heavens,
the earth, and all between them,
but for just ends. And the Hour
is surely coming (when this will
be manifest). So overlook (any
human faults) with gracious
forgiveness.
86. For verily it is thy Lord
who is the Master-Creator,
knowing all things.
87. And We have bestowed upon
thee the Seven Oft-repeated
(verses) and the Grand Qur'an.
88. Strain not thine eyes.
(Wistfully) at what We have
bestowed on certain classes of
them, nor grieve over them: but
lower thy wing (in gentleness)
to the believers.
89. And say: "I am indeed he
that warneth openly and without
ambiguity,"-
90. (Of just such wrath) as We
sent down on those who divided
(Scripture into arbitrary
parts),-
91. (So also on such) as have
made Qur'an into shreds (as they
please).
92. Therefore, by the Lord, We
will, of a surety, call them to
account,
93. For all their deeds.
94. Therefore expound openly
what thou art commanded, and
turn away from those who join
false gods with Allah.
95. For sufficient are We unto
thee against those who scoff,-
96. Those who adopt, with Allah,
another god: but soon will they
come to know.
97. We do indeed know how thy
heart is distressed at what they
say.
98. But celebrate the praises of
thy Lord, and be of those who
prostrate themselves in
adoration.
99. And serve thy Lord until
there come unto thee the Hour
that is Certain. |