1. (Inevitable) cometh
(to pass) the Command of Allah.
seek ye not then to hasten it:
Glory to Him, and far is He
above having the partners they
ascribe unto Him!
2. He doth send down His angels
with inspiration of His Command,
to such of His servants as He
pleaseth, (saying): "Warn (Man)
that there is no god but I: so
do your duty unto Me."
3. He has created the heavens
and the earth for just ends: Far
is He above having the partners
they ascribe to Him!
4. He has created man from a
sperm-drop; and behold this same
(man) becomes an open disputer!
5. And cattle He has created for
you (men): from them ye derive
warmth, and numerous benefits,
and of their (meat) ye eat.
6. And ye have a sense of pride
and beauty in them as ye drive
them home in the evening, and as
ye lead them forth to pasture in
the morning.
7. And they carry your heavy
loads to lands that ye could not
(otherwise) reach except with
souls distressed: for your Lord
is indeed Most Kind, Most
Merciful,
8. And (He has created) horses,
mules, and donkeys, for you to
ride and use for show; and He
has created (other) things of
which ye have no knowledge.
9. And unto Allah leads straight
the Way, but there are ways that
turn aside: if Allah had willed,
He could have guided all of you.
10. It is He who sends down rain
from the sky: from it ye drink,
and out of it (grows) the
vegetation on which ye feed your
cattle.
11. With it He produces for you
corn, olives, date-palms, grapes
and every kind of fruit: verily
in this is a sign for those who
give thought.
12. He has made subject to you
the Night and the Day; the sun
and the moon; and the stars are
in subjection by His Command:
verily in this are Signs for men
who are wise.
13. And the things on this earth
which He has multiplied in
varying colours (and qualities):
verily in this is a sign for men
who celebrate the praises of
Allah (in gratitude).
14. It is He Who has made the
sea subject, that ye may eat
thereof flesh that is fresh and
tender, and that ye may extract
therefrom ornaments to wear; and
thou seest the ships therein
that plough the waves, that ye
may seek (thus) of the bounty of
Allah and that ye may be
grateful.
15. And He has set up on the
earth mountains standing firm,
lest it should shake with you;
and rivers and roads; that ye
may guide yourselves;
16. And marks and sign-posts;
and by the stars (men) guide
themselves.
17. Is then He Who creates like
one that creates not? Will ye
not receive admonition?
18. If ye would count up the
favours of Allah, never would ye
be able to number them: for
Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
19. And Allah doth know what ye
conceal, and what ye reveal.
20. Those whom they invoke
besides Allah create nothing and
are themselves created.
21. (They are things) dead,
lifeless: nor do they know when
they will be raised up.
22. Your Allah is one Allah. as
to those who believe not in the
Hereafter, their hearts refuse
to know, and they are arrogant.
23. Undoubtedly Allah doth know
what they conceal, and what they
reveal: verily He loveth not the
arrogant.
24. When it is said to them,
"What is it that your Lord has
revealed?" they say, "Tales of
the ancients!"
25. Let them bear, on the Day of
Judgment, their own burdens in
full, and also (something) of
the burdens of those without
knowledge, whom they misled.
Alas, how grievous the burdens
they will bear!
26. Those before them did also
plot (against Allah.s Way): but
Allah took their structures from
their foundations, and the roof
fell down on them from above;
and the Wrath seized them from
directions they did not
perceive.
27. Then, on the Day of
Judgment, He will cover them
with shame, and say: "Where are
My 'partners' concerning whom ye
used to dispute (with the
godly)?" Those endued with
knowledge will say: "This Day,
indeed, are the Unbelievers
covered with shame and misery,-
28. "(Namely) those whose lives
the angels take in a state of
wrong-doing to their own souls."
Then would they offer submission
(with the pretence), "We did no
evil (knowingly)." (The angels
will reply), "Nay, but verily
Allah knoweth all that ye did;
29. "So enter the gates of Hell,
to dwell therein. Thus evil
indeed is the abode of the
arrogant."
30. To the righteous (when) it
is said, "What is it that your
Lord has revealed?" they say,
"All that is good." To those who
do good, there is good in this
world, and the Home of the
Hereafter is even better and
excellent indeed is the Home of
the righteous,-
31. Gardens of Eternity which
they will enter: beneath them
flow (pleasant) rivers: they
will have therein all that they
wish: thus doth Allah reward the
righteous,-
32. (Namely) those whose lives
the angels take in a state of
purity, saying (to them), "Peace
be on you; enter ye the Garden,
because of (the good) which ye
did (in the world)."
33. Do the (ungodly) wait until
the angels come to them, or
there comes the Command of thy
Lord (for their doom)? So did
those who went before them. But
Allah wronged them not: nay,
they wronged their own souls.
34. But the evil results of
their deeds overtook them, and
that very (Wrath) at which they
had scoffed hemmed them in.
35. The worshippers of false
gods say: "If Allah had so
willed, we should not have
worshipped aught but Him -
neither we nor our fathers,- nor
should we have prescribed
prohibitions other than His." So
did those who went before them.
But what is the mission of
apostles but to preach the Clear
Message?
36. For We assuredly sent
amongst every People an apostle,
(with the Command), "Serve
Allah, and eschew Evil": of the
People were some whom Allah
guided, and some on whom error
became inevitably (established).
So travel through the earth, and
see what was the end of those
who denied (the Truth).
37. If thou art anxious for
their guidance, yet Allah
guideth not such as He leaves to
stray, and there is none to help
them.
38. They swear their strongest
oaths by Allah, that Allah will
not raise up those who die: Nay,
but it is a promise (binding) on
Him in truth: but most among
mankind realise it not.
39. (They must be raised up), in
order that He may manifest to
them the truth of that wherein
they differ, and that the
rejecters of Truth may realise
that they had indeed
(surrendered to) Falsehood.
40. For to anything which We
have willed, We but say the
word, "Be", and it is.
41. To those who leave their
homes in the cause of Allah,
after suffering oppression,- We
will assuredly give a goodly
home in this world; but truly
the reward of the Hereafter will
be greater. If they only
realised (this)!
42. (They are) those who
persevere in patience, and put
their trust on their Lord.
43. And before thee also the
apostles We sent were but men,
to whom We granted inspiration:
if ye realise this not, ask of
those who possess the Message.
44. (We sent them) with Clear
Signs and Books of dark
prophecies; and We have sent
down unto thee (also) the
Message; that thou mayest
explain clearly to men what is
sent for them, and that they may
give thought.
45. Do then those who devise
evil (plots) feel secure that
Allah will not cause the earth
to swallow them up, or that the
Wrath will not seize them from
directions they little
perceive?-
46. Or that He may not call them
to account in the midst of their
goings to and fro, without a
chance of their frustrating
Him?-
47. Or that He may not call them
to account by a process of slow
wastage - for thy Lord is indeed
full of kindness and mercy.
48. Do they not look at Allah.s
creation, (even) among
(inanimate) things,- How their
(very) shadows turn round, from
the right and the left,
prostrating themselves to Allah,
and that in the humblest manner?
49. And to Allah doth obeisance
all that is in the heavens and
on earth, whether moving
(living) creatures or the
angels: for none are arrogant
(before their Lord).
50. They all revere their Lord,
high above them, and they do all
that they are commanded.
51. Allah has said: "Take not
(for worship) two gods: for He
is just One Allah. then fear Me
(and Me alone)."
52. To Him belongs whatever is
in the heavens and on earth, and
to Him is duty due always: then
will ye fear other than Allah.
53. And ye have no good thing
but is from Allah. and moreover,
when ye are touched by distress,
unto Him ye cry with groans;
54. Yet, when He removes the
distress from you, behold! some
of you turn to other gods to
join with their Lord-
55. (As if) to show their
ingratitude for the favours we
have bestowed on them! then
enjoy (your brief day): but soon
will ye know (your folly)!
56. And they (even) assign, to
things they do not know, a
portion out of that which We
have bestowed for their
sustenance! By Allah, ye shall
certainly be called to account
for your false inventions.
57. And they assign daughters
for Allah. - Glory be to Him! -
and for themselves (sons,- the
issue) they desire!
58. When news is brought to one
of them, of (the birth of) a
female (child), his face
darkens, and he is filled with
inward grief!
59. With shame does he hide
himself from his people, because
of the bad news he has had!
Shall he retain it on
(sufferance and) contempt, or
bury it in the dust? Ah! what an
evil (choice) they decide on?
60. To those who believe not in
the Hereafter, applies the
similitude of evil: to Allah
applies the highest similitude:
for He is the Exalted in Power,
full of Wisdom.
61. If Allah were to punish men
for their wrong-doing, He would
not leave, on the (earth), a
single living creature: but He
gives them respite for a stated
Term: When their Term expires,
they would not be able to delay
(the punishment) for a single
hour, just as they would not be
able to anticipate it (for a
single hour).
62. They attribute to Allah what
they hate (for themselves), and
their tongues assert the
falsehood that all good things
are for themselves: without
doubt for them is the Fire, and
they will be the first to be
hastened on into it!
63. By Allah, We (also) sent
(Our apostles) to Peoples before
thee; but Satan made, (to the
wicked), their own acts seem
alluring: He is also their
patron today, but they shall
have a most grievous penalty.
64. And We sent down the Book to
thee for the express purpose,
that thou shouldst make clear to
them those things in which they
differ, and that it should be a
guide and a mercy to those who
believe.
65. And Allah sends down rain
from the skies, and gives
therewith life to the earth
after its death: verily in this
is a Sign for those who listen.
66. And verily in cattle (too)
will ye find an instructive
sign. From what is within their
bodies between excretions and
blood, We produce, for your
drink, milk, pure and agreeable
to those who drink it.
67. And from the fruit of the
date-palm and the vine, ye get
out wholesome drink and food:
behold, in this also is a sign
for those who are wise.
68. And thy Lord taught the Bee
to build its cells in hills, on
trees, and in (men's)
habitations;
69. Then to eat of all the
produce (of the earth), and find
with skill the spacious paths of
its Lord: there issues from
within their bodies a drink of
varying colours, wherein is
healing for men: verily in this
is a Sign for those who give
thought.
70. It is Allah who creates you
and takes your souls at death;
and of you there are some who
are sent back to a feeble age,
so that they know nothing after
having known (much): for Allah
is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.
71. Allah has bestowed His gifts
of sustenance more freely on
some of you than on others:
those more favoured are not
going to throw back their gifts
to those whom their right hands
possess, so as to be equal in
that respect. Will they then
deny the favours of Allah.
72. And Allah has made for you
mates (and companions) of your
own nature, and made for you,
out of them, sons and daughters
and grandchildren, and provided
for you sustenance of the best:
will they then believe in vain
things, and be ungrateful for
Allah.s favours?-
73. And worship others than
Allah,- such as have no power of
providing them, for sustenance,
with anything in heavens or
earth, and cannot possibly have
such power?
74. Invent not similitudes for
Allah. for Allah knoweth, and ye
know not.
75. Allah sets forth the Parable
(of two men: one) a slave under
the dominion of another; He has
no power of any sort; and (the
other) a man on whom We have
bestowed goodly favours from
Ourselves, and he spends thereof
(freely), privately and
publicly: are the two equal? (By
no means;) praise be to Allah.
But most of them understand not.
76. Allah sets forth (another)
Parable of two men: one of them
dumb, with no power of any sort;
a wearisome burden is he to his
master; whichever way be directs
him, he brings no good: is such
a man equal with one who
commands Justice, and is on a
Straight Way?
77. To Allah belongeth the
Mystery of the heavens and the
earth. And the Decision of the
Hour (of Judgment) is as the
twingkling of an eye, or even
quicker: for Allah hath power
over all things.
78. It is He Who brought you
forth from the wombs of your
mothers when ye knew nothing;
and He gave you hearing and
sight and intelligence and
affections: that ye may give
thanks (to Allah..
79. Do they not look at the
birds, held poised in the midst
of (the air and) the sky?
Nothing holds them up but (the
power of) Allah. Verily in this
are signs for those who believe.
80. It is Allah Who made your
habitations homes of rest and
quiet for you; and made for you,
out of the skins of animals,
(tents for) dwellings, which ye
find so light (and handy) when
ye travel and when ye stop (in
your travels); and out of their
wool, and their soft fibres
(between wool and hair), and
their hair, rich stuff and
articles of convenience (to
serve you) for a time.
81. It is Allah Who made out of
the things He created, some
things to give you shade; of the
hills He made some for your
shelter; He made you garments to
protect you from heat, and coats
of mail to protect you from your
(mutual) violence. Thus does He
complete His favours on you,
that ye may bow to His Will (in
Islam).
82. But if they turn away, thy
duty is only to preach the clear
Message.
83. They recognise the favours
of Allah. then they deny them;
and most of them are (creatures)
ungrateful.
84. One Day We shall raise from
all Peoples a Witness: then will
no excuse be accepted from
Unbelievers, nor will they
receive any favours.
85. When the wrong-doers
(actually) see the Penalty, then
will it in no way be mitigated,
nor will they then receive
respite.
86. When those who gave partners
to Allah will see their
"partners", they will say: "Our
Lord! these are our 'partners,'
those whom we used to invoke
besides Thee." But they will
throw back their word at them
(and say): "Indeed ye are
liars!"
87. That Day shall they (openly)
show (their) submission to
Allah. and all their inventions
shall leave them in the lurch.
88. Those who reject Allah and
hinder (men) from the Path of
Allah - for them will We add
Penalty to Penalty; for that
they used to spread mischief.
89. One day We shall raise from
all Peoples a witness against
them, from amongst themselves:
and We shall bring thee as a
witness against these (thy
people): and We have sent down
to thee the Book explaining all
things, a Guide, a Mercy, and
Glad Tidings to Muslims.
90. Allah commands justice, the
doing of good, and liberality to
kith and kin, and He forbids all
shameful deeds, and injustice
and rebellion: He instructs you,
that ye may receive admonition.
91. Fulfil the Covenant of Allah
when ye have entered into it,
and break not your oaths after
ye have confirmed them; indeed
ye have made Allah your surety;
for Allah knoweth all that ye
do.
92. And be not like a woman who
breaks into untwisted strands
the yarn which she has spun,
after it has become strong. Nor
take your oaths to practise
deception between yourselves,
lest one party should be more
numerous than another: for Allah
will test you by this; and on
the Day of Judgment He will
certainly make clear to you (the
truth of) that wherein ye
disagree.
93. If Allah so willed, He could
make you all one people: But He
leaves straying whom He pleases,
and He guides whom He pleases:
but ye shall certainly be called
to account for all your actions.
94. And take not your oaths, to
practise deception between
yourselves, with the result that
someone's foot may slip after it
was firmly planted, and ye may
have to taste the evil
(consequences) of having
hindered (men) from the Path of
Allah, and a Mighty Wrath
descend on you.
95. Nor sell the covenant of
Allah for a miserable price: for
with Allah is (a prize) far
better for you, if ye only knew.
96. What is with you must
vanish: what is with Allah will
endure. And We will certainly
bestow, on those who patiently
persevere, their reward
according to the best of their
actions.
97. Whoever works righteousness,
man or woman, and has Faith,
verily, to him will We give a
new Life, a life that is good
and pure and We will bestow on
such their reward according to
the best of their actions.
98. When thou dost read the
Qur'an, seek Allah.s protection
from Satan the rejected one.
99. No authority has he over
those who believe and put their
trust in their Lord.
100. His authority is over those
only, who take him as patron and
who join partners with Allah.
101. When We substitute one
revelation for another,- and
Allah knows best what He reveals
(in stages),- they say, "Thou
art but a forger": but most of
them understand not.
102. Say, the Holy Spirit has
brought the revelation from thy
Lord in Truth, in order to
strengthen those who believe,
and as a Guide and Glad Tidings
to Muslims.
103. We know indeed that they
say, "It is a man that teaches
him." The tongue of him they
wickedly point to is notably
foreign, while this is Arabic,
pure and clear.
104. Those who believe not in
the Signs of Allah,- Allah will
not guide them, and theirs will
be a grievous Penalty.
105. It is those who believe not
in the Signs of Allah, that
forge falsehood: it is they who
lie!
106. Any one who, after
accepting faith in Allah, utters
Unbelief,- except under
compulsion, his heart remaining
firm in Faith - but such as open
their breast to Unbelief, on
them is Wrath from Allah, and
theirs will be a dreadful
Penalty.
107. This because they love the
life of this world better than
the Hereafter: and Allah will
not guide those who reject
Faith.
108. Those are they whose
hearts, ears, and eyes Allah has
sealed up, and they take no
heed.
109. Without doubt, in the
Hereafter they will perish.
110. But verily thy Lord,- to
those who leave their homes
after trials and persecutions,-
and who thereafter strive and
fight for the faith and
patiently persevere,- Thy Lord,
after all this is oft-forgiving,
Most Merciful.
111. One Day every soul will
come up struggling for itself,
and every soul will be
recompensed (fully) for all its
actions, and none will be
unjustly dealt with.
112. Allah sets forth a Parable:
a city enjoying security and
quiet, abundantly supplied with
sustenance from every place: Yet
was it ungrateful for the
favours of Allah. so Allah made
it taste of hunger and terror
(in extremes) (closing in on it)
like a garment (from every
side), because of the (evil)
which (its people) wrought.
113. And there came to them an
Messenger from among themselves,
but they falsely rejected him;
so the Wrath seized them even in
the midst of their iniquities.
114. So eat of the sustenance
which Allah has provided for
you, lawful and good; and be
grateful for the favours of
Allah, if it is He Whom ye
serve.
115. He has only forbidden you
dead meat, and blood, and the
flesh of swine, and any (food)
over which the name of other
than Allah has been invoked. But
if one is forced by necessity,
without wilful disobedience, nor
transgressing due limits,- then
Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
116. But say not - for any false
thing that your tongues may put
forth,- "This is lawful, and
this is forbidden," so as to
ascribe false things to Allah.
For those who ascribe false
things to Allah, will never
prosper.
117. (In such falsehood) is but
a paltry profit; but they will
have a most grievous Penalty.
118. To the Jews We prohibited
such things as We have mentioned
to thee before: We did them no
wrong, but they were used to
doing wrong to themselves.
119. But verily thy Lord,- to
those who do wrong in ignorance,
but who thereafter repent and
make amends,- thy Lord, after
all this, is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
120. Abraham was indeed a model,
devoutly obedient to Allah,
(and) true in Faith, and he
joined not gods with Allah.
121. He showed his gratitude for
the favours of Allah, who chose
him, and guided him to a
Straight Way.
122. And We gave him Good in
this world, and he will be, in
the Hereafter, in the ranks of
the Righteous.
123. So We have taught thee the
inspired (Message), "Follow the
ways of Abraham the True in
Faith, and he joined not gods
with Allah."
124. The Sabbath was only made
(strict) for those who disagreed
(as to its observance); But
Allah will judge between them on
the Day of Judgment, as to their
differences.
125. Invite (all) to the Way of
thy Lord with wisdom and
beautiful preaching; and argue
with them in ways that are best
and most gracious: for thy Lord
knoweth best, who have strayed
from His Path, and who receive
guidance.
126. And if ye do catch them
out, catch them out no worse
than they catch you out: But if
ye show patience, that is indeed
the best (course) for those who
are patient.
127. And do thou be patient, for
thy patience is but from Allah.
nor grieve over them: and
distress not thyself because of
their plots.
128. For Allah is with those who
restrain themselves, and those
who do good. |