1. The revelation of
this Book is from Allah, the
Exalted in Power, full of
Wisdom.
2. Verily it is We Who have
revealed the Book to thee in
Truth: so serve Allah, offering
Him sincere devotion.
3. Is it not to Allah that
sincere devotion is due? But
those who take for protectors
other than Allah (say): "We only
serve them in order that they
may bring us nearer to Allah."
Truly Allah will judge between
them in that wherein they
differ. But Allah guides not
such as are false and
ungrateful.
4. Had Allah wished to take to
Himself a son, He could have
chosen whom He pleased out of
those whom He doth create: but
Glory be to Him! (He is above
such things.) He is Allah, the
One, the Irresistible.
5. He created the heavens and
the earth in true (proportions):
He makes the Night overlap the
Day, and the Day overlap the
Night: He has subjected the sun
and the moon (to His law): Each
one follows a course for a time
appointed. Is not He the Exalted
in Power - He Who forgives again
and again?
6. He created you (all) from a
single person: then created, of
like nature, his mate; and he
sent down for you eight head of
cattle in pairs: He makes you,
in the wombs of your mothers, in
stages, one after another, in
three veils of darkness. such is
Allah, your Lord and Cherisher:
to Him belongs (all) dominion.
There is no god but He: then how
are ye turned away (from your
true Centre)?
7. If ye reject ((Allah)), Truly
Allah hath no need of you; but
He liketh not ingratitude from
His servants: if ye are
grateful, He is pleased with
you. No bearer of burdens can
bear the burden of another. In
the end, to your Lord is your
Return, when He will tell you
the truth of all that ye did (in
this life). for He knoweth well
all that is in (men's) hearts.
8. When some trouble toucheth
man, he crieth unto his Lord,
turning to Him in repentance:
but when He bestoweth a favour
upon him as from Himself, (man)
doth forget what he cried and
prayed for before, and he doth
set up rivals unto Allah, thus
misleading others from Allah.s
Path. Say, "Enjoy thy blasphemy
for a little while: verily thou
art (one) of the Companions of
the Fire!"
9. Is one who worships devoutly
during the hour of the night
prostrating himself or standing
(in adoration), who takes heed
of the Hereafter, and who places
his hope in the Mercy of his
Lord - (like one who does not)?
Say: "Are those equal, those who
know and those who do not know?
It is those who are endued with
understanding that receive
admonition.
10. Say: "O ye my servants who
believe! Fear your Lord, good is
(the reward) for those who do
good in this world. Spacious is
Allah.s earth! those who
patiently persevere will truly
receive a reward without
measure!"
11. Say: "Verily, I am commanded
to serve Allah with sincere
devotion;
12. "And I am commanded to be
the first of those who bow to
Allah in Islam."
13. Say: "I would, if I
disobeyed my Lord, indeed have
fear of the Penalty of a Mighty
Day."
14. Say: "It is Allah I serve,
with my sincere (and exclusive)
devotion:
15. "Serve ye what ye will
besides him." Say: "Truly, those
in loss are those who lose their
own souls and their People on
the Day of Judgment: Ah! that is
indeed the (real and) evident
Loss!
16. They shall have Layers of
Fire above them, and Layers (of
Fire) below them: with this doth
Allah warn off his servants: "O
My Servants! then fear ye Me!"
17. Those who eschew Evil,- and
fall not into its worship,- and
turn to Allah (in repentance),-
for them is Good News: so
announce the Good News to My
Servants,-
18. Those who listen to the
Word, and follow the best
(meaning) in it: those are the
ones whom Allah has guided, and
those are the ones endued with
understanding.
19. Is, then, one against whom
the decree of Punishment is
justly due (equal to one who
eschews Evil)? Wouldst thou,
then, deliver one (who is) in
the Fire?
20. But it is for those who fear
their Lord. That lofty mansions,
one above another, have been
built: beneath them flow rivers
(of delight): (such is) the
Promise of Allah. never doth
Allah fail in (His) promise.
21. Seest thou not that Allah
sends down rain from the sky,
and leads it through springs in
the earth? Then He causes to
grow, therewith, produce of
various colours: then it
withers; thou wilt see it grow
yellow; then He makes it dry up
and crumble away. Truly, in
this, is a Message of
remembrance to men of
understanding.
22. Is one whose heart Allah has
opened to Islam, so that he has
received Enlightenment from
Allah, (no better than one
hard-hearted)? Woe to those
whose hearts are hardened
against celebrating the praises
of Allah. they are manifestly
wandering (in error)!
23. Allah has revealed (from
time to time) the most beautiful
Message in the form of a Book,
consistent with itself, (yet)
repeating (its teaching in
various aspects): the skins of
those who fear their Lord
tremble thereat; then their
skins and their hearts do soften
to the celebration of Allah.s
praises. Such is the guidance of
Allah. He guides therewith whom
He pleases, but such as Allah
leaves to stray, can have none
to guide.
24. Is, then, one who has to
fear the brunt of the Penalty on
the Day of Judgment (and receive
it) on his face, (like one
guarded therefrom)? It will be
said to the wrong- doers: "Taste
ye (the fruits of) what ye
earned!"
25. Those before them (also)
rejected (revelation), and so
the Punishment came to them from
directions they did not
perceive.
26. So Allah gave them a taste
of humiliation in the present
life, but greater is the
punishment of the Hereafter, if
they only knew!
27. We have put forth for men,
in this Qur'an every kind of
Parable, in order that they may
receive admonition.
28. (It is) a Qur'an in Arabic,
without any crookedness
(therein): in order that they
may guard against Evil.
29. Allah puts forth a Parable a
man belonging to many partners
at variance with each other, and
a man belonging entirely to one
master: are those two equal in
comparison? Praise be to Allah.
but most of them have no
knowledge.
30. Truly thou wilt die (one
day), and truly they (too) will
die (one day).
31. In the end will ye (all), on
the Day of Judgment, settle your
disputes in the presence of your
Lord.
32. Who, then, doth more wrong
than one who utters a lie
concerning Allah, and rejects
the Truth when it comes to him;
is there not in Hell an abode
for blasphemers?
33. And he who brings the Truth
and he who confirms (and
supports) it - such are the men
who do right.
34. They shall have all that
they wish for, in the presence
of their Lord: such is the
reward of those who do good:
35. So that Allah will turn off
from them (even) the worst in
their deeds and give them their
reward according to the best of
what they have done.
36. Is not Allah enough for his
Servant? But they try to
frighten thee with other (gods)
besides Him! for such as Allah
leaves to stray, there can be no
guide.
37. And such as Allah doth guide
there can be none to lead
astray. Is not Allah Exalted in
Power, (Able to enforce His
Will), Lord of Retribution?
38. If indeed thou ask them who
it is that created the heavens
and the earth, they would be
sure to say, "(Allah)". Say:
"See ye then? the things that ye
invoke besides Allah,- can they,
if Allah wills some Penalty for
me, remove His Penalty?- Or if
He wills some Grace for me, can
they keep back his Grace?" Say:
"Sufficient is Allah for me! In
Him trust those who put their
trust."
39. Say: "O my People! Do
whatever ye can: I will do (my
part): but soon will ye know-
40. "Who it is to whom comes a
Penalty of ignominy, and on whom
descends a Penalty that abides."
41. Verily We have revealed the
Book to thee in Truth, for
(instructing) mankind. He, then,
that receives guidance benefits
his own soul: but he that strays
injures his own soul. Nor art
thou set over them to dispose of
their affairs.
42. It is Allah that takes the
souls (of men) at death; and
those that die not (He takes)
during their sleep: those on
whom He has passed the decree of
death, He keeps back (from
returning to life), but the rest
He sends (to their bodies) for a
term appointed verily in this
are Signs for those who reflect.
43. What! Do they take for
intercessors others besides
Allah. Say: "Even if they have
no power whatever and no
intelligence?"
44. Say: "To Allah belongs
exclusively (the right to grant)
intercession: to Him belongs the
dominion of the heavens and the
earth: In the End, it is to Him
that ye shall be brought back."
45. When Allah, the One and
Only, is mentioned, the hearts
of those who believe not in the
Hereafter are filled with
disgust and horror; but when
(gods) other than He are
mentioned, behold, they are
filled with joy!
46. Say: "O Allah. Creator of
the heavens and the earth!
Knower of all that is hidden and
open! it is Thou that wilt judge
between Thy Servants in those
matters about which they have
differed."
47. Even if the wrong-doers had
all that there is on earth, and
as much more, (in vain) would
they offer it for ransom from
the pain of the Penalty on the
Day of Judgment: but something
will confront them from Allah,
which they could never have
counted upon!
48. For the evils of their Deeds
will confront them, and they
will be (completely) encircled
by that which they used to mock
at!
49. Now, when trouble touches
man, he cries to Us: But when We
bestow a favour upon him as from
Ourselves, he says, "This has
been given to me because of a
certain knowledge (I have)!"
Nay, but this is but a trial,
but most of them understand not!
50. Thus did the (generations)
before them say! But all that
they did was of no profit to
them.
51. Nay, the evil results of
their Deeds overtook them. And
the wrong-doers of this
(generation)- the evil results
of their Deeds will soon
overtake them (too), and they
will never be able to frustrate
(Our Plan)!
52. Know they not that Allah
enlarges the provision or
restricts it, for any He
pleases? Verily, in this are
Signs for those who believe!
53. Say: "O my Servants who have
transgressed against their
souls! Despair not of the Mercy
of Allah. for Allah forgives all
sins: for He is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
54. "Turn ye to our Lord (in
repentance) and bow to His
(Will), before the Penalty comes
on you: after that ye shall not
be helped.
55. "And follow the best of (the
courses) revealed to you from
your Lord, before the Penalty
comes on you - of a sudden while
ye perceive not!-
56. "Lest the soul should (then)
say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I
neglected (my duty) towards
Allah, and was but among those
who mocked!'-
57. "Or (lest) it should say:
'If only Allah had guided me, I
should certainly have been among
the righteous!'-
58. "Or (lest) it should say
when it (actually) sees the
penalty: 'If only I had another
chance, I should certainly be
among those who do good!'
59. "(The reply will be:) 'Nay,
but there came to thee my Signs,
and thou didst reject them: thou
wast Haughty, and became one of
those who reject faith!'"
60. On the Day of Judgment wilt
thou see those who told lies
against Allah.- their faces will
be turned black; Is there not in
Hell an abode for the Haughty?
61. But Allah will deliver the
righteous to their place of
salvation: no evil shall touch
them, nor shall they grieve.
62. Allah is the Creator of all
things, and He is the Guardian
and Disposer of all affairs.
63. To Him belong the keys of
the heavens and the earth: and
those who reject the Signs of
Allah,- it is they who will be
in loss.
64. Say: "Is it some one other
than Allah that ye order me to
worship, O ye ignorant ones?"
65. But it has already been
revealed to thee,- as it was to
those before thee,- "If thou
wert to join (gods with Allah.,
truly fruitless will be thy work
(in life), and thou wilt surely
be in the ranks of those who
lose (all spiritual good)".
66. Nay, but worship Allah, and
be of those who give thanks.
67. No just estimate have they
made of Allah, such as is due to
Him: On the Day of Judgment the
whole of the earth will be but
His handful, and the heavens
will be rolled up in His right
hand: Glory to Him! High is He
above the Partners they
attribute to Him!
68. The Trumpet will (just) be
sounded, when all that are in
the heavens and on earth will
swoon, except such as it will
please Allah (to exempt). Then
will a second one be sounded,
when, behold, they will be
standing and looking on!
69. And the Earth will shine
with the Glory of its Lord: the
Record (of Deeds) will be placed
(open); the prophets and the
witnesses will be brought
forward and a just decision
pronounced between them; and
they will not be wronged (in the
least).
70. And to every soul will be
paid in full (the fruit) of its
Deeds; and ((Allah)) knoweth
best all that they do.
71. The Unbelievers will be led
to Hell in crowd: until, when
they arrive, there, its gates
will be opened. And its keepers
will say, "Did not apostles come
to you from among yourselves,
rehearsing to you the Signs of
your Lord, and warning you of
the Meeting of This Day of
yours?" The answer will be:
"True: but the Decree of
Punishment has been proved true
against the Unbelievers!"
72. (To them) will be said:
"Enter ye the gates of Hell, to
dwell therein: and evil is
(this) Abode of the Arrogant!"
73. And those who feared their
Lord will be led to the Garden
in crowds: until behold, they
arrive there; its gates will be
opened; and its keepers will
say: "Peace be upon you! well
have ye done! enter ye here, to
dwell therein."
74. They will say: "Praise be to
Allah, Who has truly fulfilled
His Promise to us, and has given
us (this) land in heritage: We
can dwell in the Garden as we
will: how excellent a reward for
those who work (righteousness)!"
75. And thou wilt see the angels
surrounding the Throne (Divine)
on all sides, singing Glory and
Praise to their Lord. The
Decision between them (at
Judgment) will be in (perfect)
justice, and the cry (on all
sides) will be, "Praise be to
Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!" |