Pickthall 20-114

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Complete 114 chapters of the Holy Koran.

"The Meaning of the Glorious Koran" - Translated by Marmaduke Pickthall.



#20. Ta Ha

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ta. Ha.
2 We have not revealed unto thee (Mohammed) this Koran that thou shouldst be distressed,
3 But as a reminder unto him who feareth,
4 A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens,
5 The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne.
6 Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and whatsoever is between them, and whatsoever is beneath the sod.
7 And if thou speakest aloud, then lo! He knoweth the secret (thought) and (that which is yet) more hidden.
8 Allah! There is no God save Him. His are the most beautiful names.
9 Hath there come unto thee the story of Moses?
10 When he saw a fire and said unto his folk: Lo! Wait! I see a fire afar off. Peradventure I may bring you a brand therefrom or may find guidance at the fire.
11 And when he reached it, he was called by name: O Moses!
12 Lo! I, even I, am thy Lord, So take off thy shoes, for lo! thou art in the holy valley of Tuwa.
13 And I have chosen thee, so hearken unto that which is inspired.
14 Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no God save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance.
15 Lo! the Hour is surely coming. But I will to keep it hidden, that every soul may be rewarded for that which it striveth (to achieve).
16 Therefor, let not him turn thee aside from (the thought of) it who believeth not therein but followeth his own desire, lest thou perish.
17 And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses?
18 He said: This is my staff whereon I lean, and wherewith I bear down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses.
19 He said: Cast it down, O Moses!
20 So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent, gliding.
21 He said: Grasp it and fear not. We shall return it to its former state.
22 And thrust thy hand within thine armpit, it will come forth white without hurt. (That will be) another token.
23 That We may show thee (some) of Our greater portents,
24 Go thou unto Pharaoh! Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).
25 (Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind
26 And ease my task for me;
27 And loose a knot from my tongue,
28 That they may understand my saying.
29 Appoint for me a henchman from my folk,
30 Aaron, my brother.
31 Confirm my strength with him
32 And let him share my task,
33 That we may glorify Thee much
34 And much remember Thee.
35 Lo! Thou art ever Seeing us.
36 He said: Thou art granted thy request, O Moses.
37 And indeed, another time, already We have shown thee favour,
38 When we inspired in thy mother that which is inspired,
39 Saying: Throw him into the ark, and throw it into the river, then the river shall throw it on to the bank, and there an enemy to Me and an enemy to him shall take him. And I endued thee with love from Me that thou mightest be trained according to My will,
40 When thy sister went and said: Shall I show you one who will nurse him? and we restored thee to thy mother that her eyes might be refreshed and might not sorrow. And thou didst kill a man and We delivered thee from great distress, and tried thee with a heavy trial. And thou didst tarry years among the folk of Midian. Then camest thou (hither) by (My) providence, O Moses,
41 And I have attached thee to Myself.
42 Go, thou and thy brother, with My tokens, and be not faint in remembrance of Me.
43 Go, both of you, unto Pharaoh. Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds).
44 And speak unto him a gentle word, that peradventure he may heed or fear.
45 They said: Our Lord! Lo! we fear that he may be beforehand with us or that he may play the tyrant.
46 He said: Fear not. Lo! I am with you twain, Hearing and Seeing.
47 So go ye unto him and say: Lo! we are two messengers of thy Lord. So let the children of Israel go with us, and torment them not. We bring thee a token from thy Lord. And peace will be for him who followeth right guidance.
48 Lo! it hath been revealed unto us that the doom will be for him who denieth and turneth away.
49 (Pharaoh) said: Who then is the Lord of you twain, O Moses?
50 He said: Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its nature, then guided it aright.
51 He said: What then is the state of the generations of old?
52 He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither erreth nor forgetteth,
53 Who hath appointed the earth as a bed and hath threaded roads for you therein and hath sent down water from the sky and thereby We have brought forth divers kinds of vegetation,
54 (Saying): Eat ye and feed your cattle. Lo! herein verily are portents for men of thought.
55 Thereof We created you, and thereunto We return you, and thence We bring you forth a second time.
56 And We verily did show him all Our tokens, but he denied them and refused.
57 He said: Hast come to drive us out from our land by thy magic, O Moses?
58 But we surely can produce for thee magic the like thereof; so appoint a tryst between us and you, which neither we nor thou shall fail to keep, at a place convenient (to us both).
59 (Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.
60 Then Pharaoh went and gathered his strength, then came (to the appointed tryst).
61 Moses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah, lest He extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth miserably.
62 Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their counsel secret.
63 They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions;
64 So arrange your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost this day will be indeed successful.
65 They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw?
66 He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran.
67 And Moses conceived a fear in his mind.
68 We said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher.
69 Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they have made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he may attain.
70 Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.
71 (Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment.
72 They said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come unto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only this life of the world.
73 Lo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting.
74 Lo! whoso cometh guilty unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There he will neither die nor live.
75 But whoso cometh unto Him a believer, having done good works, for such are the high stations;
76 Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward of him who groweth.
77 And verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night and strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken, neither being afraid (of the sea).
78 Then Pharaoh followed them with his hosts and there covered them that which did cover them of the sea.
79 And Pharaoh led his folk astray, he did not guide them.
80 O Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and we made a covenant with you on the holy mountain's side, and sent down on you the manna and the quails,
81 (Saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and transgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he on whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed.
82 And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright.
83 And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses?
84 He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased.
85 He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them.
86 Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me?
87 They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed.
88 Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten.
89 See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use?
90 And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order.
91 They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us.
92 He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray,
93 That thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order?
94 He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word.
95 (Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri?
96 He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me.
97 (Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea.
98 Your God is only Allah, than Whom there is no other God. He embraceth all things in His knowledge.
99 Thus relate We unto thee (Mohammed) some tidings of that which happened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder.
100 Whoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection,
101 Abiding under it - an evil burden for them on the Day of Resurrection,
102 The day when the Trumpet is blown. On that day we assemble the guilty white-eyed (with terror),
103 Murmuring among themselves: Ye have tarried but ten (days).
104 We are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say: Ye have tarried but a day.
105 They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust.
106 And leave it as an empty plain,
107 Wherein thou seest neither curve nor ruggedness.
108 On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur.
109 On that day no intercession availeth save (that of) him unto whom the Beneficent hath given leave and whose word He accepteth.
110 He knoweth (all) that is before them and (all) that is behind them, while they cannot compass it in knowledge.
111 And faces humble themselves before the Living, the Eternal. And he who beareth (a burden of) wrongdoing is indeed a failure (on that day).
112 And he who hath done some good works, being a believer, he feareth not injustice nor begrudging (of his wage).
113 Thus we have revealed it as a Lecture in Arabic, and have displayed therein certain threats, that peradventure they may keep from evil or that it may cause them to take heed.
114 Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Mohammed) with the Koran ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.
115 And verily We made a covenant of old with Adam, but he forgot, and We found no constancy in him.
116 And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused.
117 Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil.
118 It is (vouchsafed) unto thee that thou hungerest not therein nor art naked,
119 And that thou thirstest not therein nor art exposed to the sun's heat.
120 But the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away?
121 Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent unto them, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray.
122 Then his Lord chose him, and relented toward him, and guided him.
123 He said: Go down hence, both of you, one of you a foe unto the other. But when there come unto you from Me a guidance, then whoso followeth My guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief.
124 But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow life, and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection.
125 He will say: My Lord! Wherefor hast Thou gathered me (hither) blind, when I was wont to see?
126 He will say: So (it must be). Our revelations came unto thee but thou didst forget them. In like manner thou art forgotten this Day.
127 Thus do We reward him who is prodigal and believeth not the revelations of his Lord; and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be sterner and more lasting.
128 Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought.
129 And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this world).
130 Therefor (O Mohammed), bear with what they say, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord ere the rising of the sun and ere the going down thereof. And glorify Him some hours of the night and at the two ends of the day, that thou mayst find acceptance.
131 And strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoy, the flower of the life of the world, that We may try them thereby. The provision of thy Lord is better and more lasting.
132 And enjoin upon thy people worship, and be constant therein. We ask not of thee a provision: We provided for thee. And the sequel is for righteousness.
133 And they say: If only he would bring us a miracle from his Lord! Hath there not come unto them the proof of what is in the former scriptures?
134 And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced!
135 Say: Each is awaiting; so await ye! Ye will come to know who are the owners of the path of equity, and who is right.



#21. al-Anbiya: The Prophets

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in heedlessness.
2 Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play,
3 With hearts preoccupied. And they confer in secret. The wrong-doers say: Is this other than a mortal like you? Will ye then succumb to magic when ye see (it)?
4 He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
5 Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but invented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as those of old (who were God's messengers) were sent (with portents).
6 Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe?
7 And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men, whom We inspired. Ask the followers of the Reminder if ye know not?
8 We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.
9 Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.
10 Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder. Have ye then no sense?
11 How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk!
12 And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it!
13 (But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that (existence) which emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be questioned.
14 They cried: Alas for us! we were wrong-doers.
15 And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn, extinct.
16 We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play.
17 If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did.
18 Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him).
19 Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who dwell in His presence are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they weary;
20 They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not.
21 Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead?
22 If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him).
23 He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will be questioned.
24 Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? say: Bring your proof (of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse.
25 And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no God save Me (Allah), so worship Me.
26 And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He Glorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves;
27 They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command.
28 He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him whom He accepteth, and they quake for awe of Him.
29 And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a god beside Him, that one We should repay with hell. Thus We Repay wrong-doers.
30 Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?
31 And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them, and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find their way.
32 And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents.
33 And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit.
34 We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!
35 Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.
36 And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent.
37 Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not to hasten.
38 And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
39 If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be able to drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs, and they will not be helped!
40 Nay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy them, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be reprieved.
41 Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.
42 Say: Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the Beneficent? Nay, but they turn away from mention of their Lord!
43 Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us.
44 Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long for them. See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts? Can they then be the victors?
45 Say (O Mohammed, unto mankind): I warn you only by the Inspiration. But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.
46 And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers.
47 And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners.
48 And We verily gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion (of right and wrong) and a light and a Reminder for those who keep from evil,
49 Those who fear their Lord in secret and who dread the Hour (of doom).
50 This is a blessed Reminder that we have revealed: Will ye then reject it?
51 And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course, and We were Aware of him,
52 When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images unto which ye pay devotion?
53 They said: We found our fathers worshippers of them.
54 He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error.
55 They said: Bringest thou unto us the truth, or art thou some jester?
56 He said: Nay, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them; and I am of those who testify unto that.
57 And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned your backs.
58 Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.
59 They said: Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some evil- doer.
60 They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called Abraham.
61 They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people's eyes that they may testify.
62 They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham?
63 He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.
64 Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong-doers.
65 And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not.
66 He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you?
67 Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then no sense?
68 They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing.
69 We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham,
70 And they wished to set a snare for him, but We made them the greater losers.
71 And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples.
72 And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and Jacob as a grandson. Each of them We made righteous.
73 And We made them chiefs who guide by Our command, and We inspired in them the doing of good deeds and the right establishment of worship and the giving of alms, and they were worshippers of Us (alone).
74 And unto Lot we gave judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him from the community that did abominations. Lo! they were folk of evil, lewd.
75 And We brought him in unto Our mercy. Lo! he was of the righteous.
76 And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him and his household from the great affliction.
77 And delivered him from the people who denied Our revelations. Lo! they were folk of evil, therefor did We drown them all.
78 And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when people's sheep had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment.
79 And We made Solomon to understand (the case); and unto each of them We gave judgment and knowledge. And we subdued the hills and the birds to hymn (His) praise along with David. We were the doers (thereof).
80 And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful?
81 And unto Solomon (We subdued) the wind in its raging. It set by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are Aware.
82 And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for pearls) for him and did other work, and We were warders unto them.
83 And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.
84 Then We heard his prayer and removed that adversity from which he suffered, and We gave him his household (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them, a mercy from Our store, and a remembrance for the worshippers;
85 And (mention) Ishmael, and Idris, and Dhu'l-Kifl. All were of the steadfast.
86 And We brought them in unto Our mercy. Lo! they are among the righteous.
87 And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There is no God save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer.
88 Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save believers.
89 And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors.
90 Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted his wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the other in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and were submissive unto Us.
91 And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.
92 Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
93 And they have broken their religion (into fragments) among them, (yet) all are returning unto Us.
94 Then whoso doeth some good works and is a believer, there will be no rejection of his effort. Lo! We record (it) for him.
95 And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that they shall not return.
96 Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of every mound,
97 And the True Promise draweth nigh; then behold them, staring wide (in terror), the eyes of those who disbelieve! (They say): Alas for us! We (lived) in forgetfulness of this. Ah, but we were wrong-doers!
98 Lo! ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside Allah are fuel of hell. Thereunto ye will come.
99 If these had been gods they would not have come thither, but all will abide therein.
100 Therein wailing is their portion, and therein they hear not.
101 Lo! those unto whom kindness hath gone forth before from Us, they will be far removed from thence.
102 They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in that which their souls desire.
103 The Supreme Horror will not grieve them, and the angels will welcome them, (saying): This is your Day which ye were promised;
104 The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise (binding) upon Us. Lo! We are to perform it.
105 And verily we have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder: My righteous slaves will inherit the earth:
106 Lo! there is a plain statement for folk who are devout.
107 We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.
108 Say: It is only inspired in me that your God is One God. Will ye then surrender (unto Him)?
109 But if they are averse, then say: I have warned you all alike, although I know not whether nigh or far is that which ye are promised.
110 Lo! He knoweth that which is said openly, and that which ye conceal.
111 And I know not but that this may be a trial for you, and enjoyment for a while.
112 He saith: My Lord! Judge Thou with truth. Our Lord is the Beneficent, Whose help is to be implored against that which ye ascribe (unto Him).



#22. al-Hajj: The Pilgrimage

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 O mankind! Fear your Lord. Lo! the earthquake of the Hour (of Doom) is a tremendous thing.
2 On the day when ye behold it, every nursing mother will forget her nursling and every pregnant one will be delivered of her burden, and thou (Mohammed) wilt see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be drunken, but the Doom of Allah will be strong (upon them).
3 Among mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah without knowledge, and followeth each froward devil;
4 For him it is decreed that whoso taketh him for friend, he verily will mislead him and will guide him to the punishment of the Flame.
5 O mankind! if ye are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then lo! We have created you from dust, then from a drop of seed, then from a clot, then from a little lump of flesh shapely and shapeless, that We may make (it) clear for you. And We cause what We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed time, and afterward We bring you forth as infants, then (give you growth) that ye attain your full strength. And among you there is he who dieth (young), and among you there is he who is brought back to the most abject time of life, so that, after knowledge, he knoweth naught. And thou (Mohammed) seest the earth barren, but when We send down water thereon, it doth thrill and swell and put forth every lovely kind (of growth).
6 That is because Allah, He is the Truth and because He quickeneth the dead, and because He is Able to do all things;
7 And because the Hour will come, there is no doubt thereof; and because Allah will raise those who are in the graves.
8 And among mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah without knowledge or guidance or a scripture giving light,
9 Turning away in pride to beguile (men) from the way of Allah. For him in this world is ignominy, and on the Day of Resurrection We make him taste the doom of burning.
10 (And unto him it will be said): This is for that which thy two hands have sent before, and because Allah is no oppressor of His slaves.
11 And among mankind is he who worshippeth Allah upon a narrow marge so that if good befalleth him he is content therewith, but if a trial befalleth him, he falleth away utterly. He loseth both the world and the Hereafter. That is the sheer loss.
12 He calleth, beside Allah, unto that which hurteth him not nor benefiteth him. That is the far error.
13 He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend!
14 Lo! Allah causeth those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Lo! Allah doth what He intendeth.
15 Whoso is wont to think (through envy) that Allah will not give him (Mohammed) victory in the world and the Hereafter (and is enraged at the thought of his victory), let him stretch a rope up to the roof (of his dwelling), and let him hang himself. Then let him see whether his strategy dispelleth that whereat he rageth!.
16 Thus We reveal it as plain revelations, and verily Allah guideth whom He will.
17 Lo! those who believe (this revelation), and those who are Jews, and the Sabaeans and the Christians and the Magians and the idolaters - Lo! Allah will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! Allah is Witness over all things.
18 Hast thou not seen that unto Allah payeth adoration whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the hills, and the trees, and the beasts, and many of mankind, while there are many unto whom the doom is justly due. He whom Allah scorneth, there is none to give him honour. Lo! Allah doeth what He will.
19 These twain (the believers and the disbelievers) are two opponents who contend concerning their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them; boiling fluid will be poured down on their heads,
20 Whereby that which is in their bellies, and their skins too, will be melted;
21 And for them are hooked rods of iron.
22 Whenever, in their anguish, they would go forth from thence they are driven back therein and (it is said unto them): Taste the doom of burning.
23 Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will be allowed armlets of gold, and pearls, and their raiment therein will be silk.
24 They are guided unto gentle speech; they are guided unto the path of the Glorious One.
25 Lo! those who disbelieve and bar (men) from the way of Allah and from the Inviolable Place of Worship, which We have appointed for mankind together, the dweller therein and the nomad: whosoever seeketh wrongful partiality therein, him We shall cause to taste a painful doom.
26 And (remember) when We prepared for Abraham the place of the (holy) House, saying: Ascribe thou no thing as partner unto Me, and purify My House for those who make the round (thereof) and those who stand and those who bow and make prostration.
27 And proclaim unto mankind the pilgrimage. They will come unto thee on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every deep ravine,
28 That they may witness things that are of benefit to them, and mention the name of Allah on appointed days over the beast of cattle that He hath bestowed upon them. Then eat thereof and feed therewith the poor unfortunate.
29 Then let them make an end of their unkemptness and pay their vows and go around the ancient House.
30 That (is the command). And whoso magnifieth the sacred things of Allah, it will be well for him in the sight of his Lord. The cattle are lawful unto you save that which hath been told you. So shun the filth of idols, and shun lying speech,
31 Turning unto Allah (only), not ascribing partners unto Him; for whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, it is as if he had fallen from the sky and the birds had snatched him or the wind had blown him to a far-off place.
32 That (is the command). And whoso magnifieth the offerings consecrated to Allah, it surely is from devotion of the hearts,
33 Therein are benefits for you for an appointed term; and afterward they are brought for sacrifice unto the ancient House.
34 And for every nation have We appointed a ritual, that they may mention the name of Allah over the beast of cattle that He hath given them for food; and your God is One God, therefor surrender unto Him. And give good tidings (O Mohammed) to the humble,
35 Whose hearts fear when Allah is mentioned, and the patient of whatever may befall them, and those who establish worship and who spend of that We have bestowed on them.
36 And the camels! We have appointed them among the ceremonies of Allah. Therein ye have much good. So mention the name of Allah over them when they are drawn up in lines. Then when their flanks fall (dead), eat thereof and feed the beggar and the suppliant. Thus have We made them subject unto you, that haply ye may give thanks.
37 Their flesh and their food reach not Allah, but the devotion from you reacheth Him. Thus have We made them subject unto you that ye may magnify Allah that He hath guided you. And give good tidings (O Mohammed) to the good.
38 Lo! Allah defendeth those who are true. Lo! Allah loveth not each treacherous ingrate.
39 Sanction is given unto those who fight because they have been wronged; and Allah is indeed Able to give them victory;
40 Those who have been driven from their homes unjustly only because they said: Our Lord is Allah - For had it not been for Allah's repelling some men by means of others, cloisters and churches and oratories and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is oft mentioned, would assuredly have been pulled down. Verily Allah helpeth one who helpeth Him. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty -
41 Those who, if We give them power in the land, establish worship and pay the poor-due and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity. And Allah's is the sequel of events.
42 If they deny thee (Mohammed), even so the folk of Noah, and (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, before thee, denied (Our messengers);
43 And the folk of Abraham and the folk of Lot;
44 (And) the dwellers in Midian. And Moses was denied; but I indulged the disbelievers a long while, then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My abhorrence!
45 How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful, so that it lieth (to this day) in ruins, and (how many) a deserted well and lofty tower!
46 Have they not travelled in the land, and have they hearts wherewith to feel and ears wherewith to hear? For indeed it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that grow blind.
47 And they will bid thee hasten on the Doom, and Allah faileth not His promise, but lo! a Day with Allah is as a thousand years of what ye reckon.
48 And how many a township did I suffer long though it was sinful! Then I grasped it. Unto Me is the return.
49 Say: O mankind! I am only a plain warner unto you.
50 Those who believe and do good works, for them is pardon and a rich provision;
51 While those who strive to thwart Our revelations, such are rightful owners of the Fire.
52 Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He recited (the message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that which he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth that which Satan proposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise;
53 That He may make that which the devil proposeth a temptation for those in whose hearts is a disease, and those whose hearts are hardened - Lo! the evil-doers are in open schism -
54 And that those who have been given knowledge may know that it is the truth from thy Lord, so that they may believe therein and their hearts may submit humbly unto Him. Lo! Allah verily is guiding those who believe unto a right path.
55 And those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt thereof until the Hour come upon them unawares, or there come unto them the doom of a disastrous day.
56 The Sovereignty on that day will be Allah's, He will judge between them. Then those who believed and did good works will be in Gardens of Delight,
57 While those who disbelieved and denied Our revelations, for them will be a shameful doom.
58 Those who fled their homes for the cause of Allah and then were slain or died, Allah verily will provide for them a good provision. Lo! Allah, He verily is Best of all who make provision.
59 Assuredly He will cause them to enter by an entry that they will love. Lo! Allah verily is Knower, Indulgent.
60 That (is so). And whoso hath retaliated with the like of that which he was made to suffer and then hath (again) been wronged, Allah will succour him. Lo! Allah verily is Mild, Forgiving.
61 That is because Allah maketh the night to pass into the day and maketh the day to pass into the night, and because Allah is Hearer, Seer.
62 That is because Allah, He is the True, and that whereon they call instead of Him, it is the false, and because Allah, He is the High, the Great.
63 Seest thou not how Allah sendeth down water from the sky and then the earth becometh green upon the morrow? Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.
64 Unto Him belongeth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. Lo! Allah, He verily is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
65 Hast thou not seen how Allah hath made all that is in the earth subservient unto you? And the ship runneth upon the sea by His command, and He holdeth back the heaven from falling on the earth unless by His leave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful.
66 And He it is Who gave you life, then He will cause you to die, and then will give you life (again). Lo! man is verily an ingrate.
67 Unto each nation have We given sacred rites which they are to perform; so let them not dispute with thee of the matter, but summon thou unto thy Lord. Lo! thou indeed followest right guidance.
68 And if they wrangle with thee, say: Allah is Best Aware of what ye do.
69 Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein ye used to differ.
70 Hast thou not known that Allah knoweth all that is in the heaven and the earth? Lo! it is in a record. Lo! that is easy for Allah.
71 And they worship instead of Allah that for which He hath sent down no warrant, and that whereof they have no knowledge. For evil-doers there is no helper.
72 And when Our revelations are recited unto them, thou knowest the denial in the faces of those who disbelieve; they all but attack those who recite Our revelations unto them. Say: Shall I proclaim unto you worse than that? The Fire! Allah hath promised it for those who disbelieve. A hapless journey's end!
73 O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought!
74 They measure not Allah His rightful measure. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty.
75 Allah chooseth from the angels messengers, and (also) from mankind. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Seer.
76 He knoweth all that is before them and all that is behind them, and unto Allah all things are returned.
77 O ye who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves, and worship your Lord, and do good, that haply ye may prosper.
78 And strive for Allah with the endeavour which is His right. He hath chosen you and hath not laid upon you in religion any hardship; the faith of your father Abraham (is yours). He hath named you Muslims of old time and in this (Scripture), that the messenger may be a witness against you, and that ye may be witnesses against mankind. So establish worship, pay the poor-due, and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protecting friend. A blessed Patron and a blessed Helper!



#23. al-Muminun: The Believers

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Successful indeed are the believers
2 Who are humble in their prayers,
3 And who shun vain conversation,
4 And who are payers of the poor-due;
5 And who guard their modesty -
6 Save from their wives or the (slaves) that their right hands possess, for then they are not blameworthy,
7 But whoso craveth beyond that, such are transgressors -
8 And who are shepherds of their pledge and their covenant,
9 And who pay heed to their prayers.
10 These are the heirs
11 Who will inherit paradise. There they will abide.
12 Verily We created man from a product of wet earth;
13 Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging;
14 Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a little lump, then fashioned We the little lump bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and then produced it as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!
15 Then lo! after that ye surely die.
16 Then lo! on the Day of Resurrection ye are raised (again).
17 And We have created above you seven paths, and We are never unmindful of creation.
18 And we send down from the sky water in measure, and We give it lodging in the earth, and lo! We are Able to withdraw it.
19 Then We produce for you therewith gardens of date-palms and grapes, wherein is much fruit for you and whereof ye eat;
20 And a tree that springeth forth from Mount Sinai that groweth oil and relish for the eaters.
21 And lo! in the cattle there is verily a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, and many uses have ye in them, and of them do ye eat;
22 And on them and on the ship ye are carried.
23 And We verily sent Noah unto his folk, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other God save Him. Will ye not ward off (evil)?
24 But the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: This is only a mortal like you who would make himself superior to you. Had Allah willed, He surely could have sent down angels. We heard not of this in the case of our fathers of old.
25 He is only a man in whom is a madness, so watch him for a while.
26 He said: My Lord! Help me because they deny me.
27 Then We inspired in him, saying: Make the ship under Our eyes and Our inspiration. Then, when Our command cometh and the oven gusheth water, introduce therein of every (kind) two spouses, and thy household save him thereof against whom the Word hath already gone forth. And plead not with Me on behalf of those who have done wrong. Lo! they will be drowned.
28 And when thou art on board the ship, thou and whoso is with thee, then say: Praise be to Allah Who hath saved us from the wrongdoing folk!
29 And say: My Lord! Cause me to land at a blessed landing-place, for Thou art Best of all who bring to land.
30 Lo! herein verily are portents, for lo! We are ever putting (mankind) to the test.
31 Then, after them, We brought forth another generation;
32 And we sent among them a messenger of their own, saying: Serve Allah, Ye have no other God save Him. Will ye not ward off (evil)?
33 And the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter, and whom We had made soft in the life of the world, said: This is only a mortal like you, who eateth of that whereof ye eat and drinketh of that ye drink.
34 If ye were to obey a mortal like yourselves, then, lo! ye surely would be losers.
35 Doth he promise you that you, when ye are dead and have become dust and bones, will (again) be brought forth?
36 Begone, begone, with that which ye are promised!
37 There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and we shall not be raised (again).
38 He is only a man who hath invented a lie about Allah. We are not going to put faith in him.
39 He said: My Lord! Help me because they deny me.
40 He said: In a little while they surely will become repentant.
41 So the (Awful) Cry overtook them rightfully, and We made them like as wreckage (that a torrent hurleth). A far removal for wrongdoing folk!
42 Then after them We brought forth other generations.
43 No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it.
44 Then We sent our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger came unto a nation they denied him; so We caused them to follow one another (to disaster) and We made them bywords. A far removal for folk who believe not!
45 Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our tokens and a clear warrant
46 Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they scorned (them) and they were despotic folk.
47 And they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves, and whose folk are servile unto us?
48 So they denied them, and became of those who were destroyed.
49 And We verily gave Moses the Scripture, that haply they might go aright.
50 And We made the son of Mary and his mother a portent, and We gave them refuge on a height, a place of flocks and watersprings.
51 O ye messengers! Eat of the good things, and do right. Lo! I am Aware of what ye do.
52 And lo! this your religion is one religion and I am your Lord, so keep your duty unto Me.
53 But they (mankind) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its tenets.
54 So leave them in their error till a time.
55 Think they that in the wealth and sons wherewith We provide them
56 We hasten unto them with good things? Nay, but they perceive not.
57 Lo! those who go in awe for fear of their Lord.
58 And those who believe in the revelations of their Lord,
59 And those who ascribe not partners unto their Lord,
60 And those who give that which they give with hearts afraid because they are about to return unto their Lord,
61 These race for the good things, and they shall win them in the race.
62 And we task not any soul beyond its scope, and with Us is a Record which speaketh the truth, and they will not be wronged.
63 Nay, but their hearts are in ignorance of this (Koran), and they have other works, besides, which they are doing;
64 Till when We grasp their luxurious ones with the punishment, behold! they supplicate.
65 Supplicate not this day! Assuredly ye will not be helped by Us.
66 My revelations were recited unto you, but ye used to turn back on your heels,
67 In scorn thereof. Nightly did ye rave together.
68 Have they not pondered the Word, or hath that come unto them which came not unto their fathers of old?
69 Or know they not their messenger, and so reject him?
70 Or say they: There is a madness in him? Nay, but he bringeth them the Truth; and most of them are haters of the Truth.
71 And if the Truth had followed their desires, verily the heavens and the earth and whosoever is therein had been corrupted. Nay, We have brought them their Reminder, but from their Reminder they now turn away.
72 Or dost thou ask of them (O Mohammed) any tribute? But the bounty of thy Lord is better, for He is Best of all who make provision.
73 And lo! thou summonest them indeed unto a straight path.
74 And lo! those who believe not in the Hereafter are indeed astray from the path.
75 Though We had mercy on them and relieved them of the harm afflicting them, they still would wander blindly on in their contumacy.
76 Already have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray,
77 Until, when We open for them the gate of extreme punishment, behold! they are aghast thereat.
78 He it is Who hath created for you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
79 And He it is Who hath sown you broadcast in the earth, and unto Him ye will be gathered.
80 And He it is Who giveth life and causeth death, and His is the difference of night and day. Have ye then no sense?
81 Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old;
82 They say: When we are dead and have become (mere) dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again?
83 We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.
84 Say: Unto Whom (belongeth) the earth and whosoever is therein, if ye have knowledge?
85 They will say: Unto Allah. Say: Will ye not then remember?
86 Say: Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the Tremendous Throne?
87 They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: Will ye not then keep duty (unto Him)?
88 Say: In Whose hand is the dominion over all things and He protecteth, while against Him there is no protection, if ye have knowledge?
89 They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: How then are ye bewitched?
90 Nay, but We have brought them the Truth, and lo! they are liars.
91 Allah hath not chosen any son, nor is there any god along with Him; else would each god have assuredly championed that which he created, and some of them would assuredly have overcome others. Glorified be Allah above all that they allege.
92 Knower of the Invisible and the Visible! and Exalted be He over all that they ascribe as partners (unto Him)!
93 Say: My Lord! If Thou shouldst show me that which they are promised.
94 My Lord! then set me not among the wrongdoing folk.
95 And verily We are Able to show thee that which We have promised them.
96 Repel evil with that which is better. We are Best Aware of that which they allege.
97 And say: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from suggestions of the evil ones,
98 And I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, lest they be present with me,
99 Until, when death cometh unto one of them, he saith: My Lord! Send me back,
100 That I may do right in that which I have left behind! But nay! It is but a word that he speaketh; and behind them is a barrier until the day when they are raised.
101 And when the trumpet is blown there will be no kinship among them that day, nor will they ask of one another.
102 Then those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful.
103 And those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in hell abiding.
104 The fire burneth their faces, and they are glum therein.
105 (It will be said): Were not My revelations recited unto you, and then ye used to deny them?
106 They will say: Our Lord! Our evil fortune conquered us, and we were erring folk.
107 Our Lord! Oh, bring us forth from hence! If we return (to evil) then indeed we shall be wrong-doers.
108 He saith: Begone therein, and speak not unto Me.
109 Lo! there was a party of My slaves who said: Our Lord! We believe, therefor forgive us and have mercy on us for Thou art Best of all who show mercy;
110 But ye chose them for a laughing-stock until they caused you to forget remembrance of Me, while ye laughed at them.
111 Lo! I have rewarded them this day forasmuch as they were steadfast in that they, even they, are the triumphant.
112 He will say: How long tarried ye in the earth, counting by years?
113 They will say: We tarried by a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep count!
114 He will say: Ye tarried but a little if ye only knew.
115 Deemed ye then that We had created you for naught, and that ye would not be returned unto Us?
116 Now Allah be Exalted, the True King! There is no God save Him, the Lord of the Throne of Grace.
117 He who crieth unto any other god along with Allah hath no proof thereof. His reckoning is only with his Lord. Lo! disbelievers will not be successful.
118 And (O Mohammed) say: My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for Thou art Best of all who show mercy.



#24. an-Nur: Light

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 (Here is) a surah which We have revealed and enjoined, and wherein We have revealed plain tokens, that haply ye may take heed.
2 The adulterer and the adulteress, scourge ye each one of them (with) a hundred stripes. And let not pity for the twain withhold you from obedience to Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party of believers witness their punishment.
3 The adulterer shall not marry save an adulteress or an idolatress, and the adulteress none shall marry save an adulterer or an idolater. All that is forbidden unto believers.
4 And those who accuse honourable women but bring not four witnesses, scourge them (with) eighty stripes and never (afterward) accept their testimony - They indeed are evil-doers -
5 Save those who afterward repent and make amends. (For such) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6 As for those who accuse their wives but have no witnesses except themselves; let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies, (swearing) by Allah that he is of those who speak the truth;
7 And yet a fifth, invoking the curse of Allah on him if he is of those who lie.
8 And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bear witness before Allah four times that the thing he saith is indeed false,
9 And a fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he speaketh truth.
10 And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, and that Allah is Clement, Wise, (ye had been undone).
11 Lo! they who spread the slander are a gang among you. Deem it not a bad thing for you; nay, it is good for you. Unto every man of them (will be paid) that which he hath earned of the sin; and as for him among them who had the greater share therein, his will be an awful doom.
12 Why did not the believers, men and women, when ye heard it, think good of their own own folk, and say: It is a manifest untruth?
13 Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.
14 Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you in the world and the Hereafter an awful doom had overtaken you for that whereof ye murmured.
15 When ye welcomed it with your tongues, and uttered with your mouths that whereof ye had no knowledge, ye counted it a trifle. In the sight of Allah it is very great.
16 Wherefor, when ye heard it, said ye not: It is not for us to speak of this. Glory be to Thee (O Allah)! This is awful calumny.
17 Allah admonisheth you that ye repeat not the like thereof ever, if ye are (in truth) believers.
18 And He expoundeth unto you the revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise.
19 Lo! those who love that slander should be spread concerning those who believe, theirs will be a painful punishment in the world and the Hereafter. Allah knoweth. Ye know not.
20 Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, and that Allah is Clement, Merciful, (ye had been undone).
21 O ye who believe! Follow not the footsteps of the devil. Unto whomsoever followeth the footsteps of the devil, lo! he commandeth filthiness and wrong. Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, not one of you would ever have grown pure. But Allah causeth whom He will to grow. And Allah is Hearer, Knower.
22 And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear not to give to the near of kin and to the needy, and to fugitives for the cause of Allah. Let them forgive and show indulgence. Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you? Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
23 Lo! as for those who traduce virtuous, believing women (who are) careless, cursed are they in the world and the Hereafter. Theirs will be an awful doom
24 On the day when their tongues and their hands and their feet testify against them as to what they used to do,
25 On that day Allah will pay them their just due, and they will know that Allah, He is the Manifest Truth.
26 Vile women are for vile men, and vile men for vile women. Good women are for good men, and good men for good women; such are innocent of that which people say: For them is pardon and a bountiful provision.
27 O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own without first announcing your presence and invoking peace upon the folk thereof. That is better for you, that ye may be heedful.
28 And if ye find no-one therein, still enter not until permission hath been given. And if it be said unto you: Go away again, then go away, for it is purer for you. Allah knoweth what ye do.
29 (It is) no sin for you to enter uninhabited houses wherein is comfort for you. Allah knoweth what ye proclaim and what ye hide.
30 Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is aware of what they do.
31 And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers or husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons, or their brothers or their brothers' sons or sisters' sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male attendants who lack vigour, or children who know naught of women's nakedness. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And turn unto Allah together, O believers, in order that ye may succeed.
32 And marry such of you as are solitary and the pious of your slaves and maid- servants. If they be poor, Allah will enrich them of His bounty. Allah is of ample means, Aware.
33 And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till Allah give them independence by His grace. And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), write it for them if ye are aware of aught of good in them, and bestow upon them of the wealth of Allah which He hath bestowed upon you. Force not your slave-girls to whoredom that ye may seek enjoyment of the life of the world, if they would preserve their chastity. And if one force them, then (unto them), after their compulsion, lo! Allah will be Forgiving, Merciful.
34 And verily We have sent down for you revelations that make plain, and the example of those who passed away before you. An admonition unto those who ward off (evil).
35 Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light. Allah guideth unto His light whom He will. And Allah speaketh to mankind in allegories, for Allah is Knower of all things.
36 (This lamp is found) in houses which Allah hath allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein do offer praise to Him at morn and evening.
37 Men whom neither merchandise nor sale beguileth from remembrance of Allah and constancy in prayer and paying to the poor their due; who fear a day when hearts and eyeballs will be overturned;
38 That Allah may reward them with the best of what they did, and increase reward for them of His bounty. Allah giveth blessings without stint to whom He will.
39 As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are as a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one supposeth it to be water till he cometh unto it and findeth it naught, and findeth, in the place thereof, Allah Who payeth him his due; and Allah is swift at reckoning.
40 Or as darkness on a vast, abysmal sea. There covereth him a wave, above which is a wave, above which is a cloud. Layer upon layer of darkness. When he holdeth out his hand he scarce can see it. And he for whom Allah hath not appointed light, for him there is no light.
41 Hast thou not seen that Allah, He it is Whom all who are in the heavens and the earth praise, and the birds in their flight? Of each He knoweth verily the worship and the praise; and Allah is Aware of what they do.
42 And unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and unto Allah is the journeying.
43 Hast thou not seen how Allah wafteth the clouds, then gathereth them, then maketh them layers, and thou seest the rain come forth from between them; He sendeth down from the heaven mountains wherein is hail, and smiteth therewith whom He will, and averteth it from whom He will. The flashing of His lightning all but snatcheth away the sight.
44 Allah causeth the revolution of the day and the night. Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for those who see.
45 Allah hath created every animal of water. Of them is (a kind) that goeth upon its belly and (a kind) that goeth upon two legs and (a kind) that goeth upon four. Allah createth what He will. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.
46 Verily We have sent down revelations and explained them. Allah guideth whom He will unto a straight path.
47 And they say: We believe in Allah and the messenger, and we obey; then after that a faction of them turn away. Such are not believers.
48 And when they appeal unto Allah and His messenger to judge between them, lo! a faction of them are averse;
49 But if right had been with them they would have come unto him willingly.
50 Is there in their hearts a disease, or have they doubts, or fear they lest Allah and His messenger should wrong them in judgment? Nay, but such are evil-doers.
51 The saying of (all true) believers when they appeal unto Allah and His messenger to judge between them is only that they say: We hear and we obey. And such are the successful.
52 He who obeyeth Allah and His messenger, and feareth Allah, and keepeth duty (unto Him): such indeed are the victorious.
53 They swear by Allah solemnly that, if thou order them, they will go forth. Say: Swear not; known obedience (is better). Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.
54 Say: Obey Allah and obey the messenger. But if ye turn away, then (it is) for him (to do) only that wherewith he hath been charged, and for you (to do) only that wherewith ye have been charged. If ye obey him, ye will go aright. But the messenger hath no other charge than to convey (the message) plainly.
55 Allah hath promised such of you as believe and do good work that He will surely make them to succeed (the present rulers) in the earth even as He caused those who were before them to succeed (others); and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He hath approved for them, and will give them in exchange safety after their fear. They serve Me. They ascribe no thing as partner unto Me. Those who disbelieve henceforth, they are the miscreants.
56 Establish worship and pay the poor-due and obey the messenger, that haply ye may find mercy.
57 Think not that the disbelievers can escape in the land. Fire will be their home - a hapless journey's end!
58 O ye who believe! Let your slaves, and those of you who have not come to puberty, ask leave of you at three times (before they come into your presence): Before the prayer of dawn, and when ye lay aside your raiment for the heat of noon, and after the prayer of night. Three times of privacy for you. It is no sin for them or for you at other times, when some of you go round attendant upon others (if they come into your presence without leave). Thus Allah maketh clear the revelations for you. Allah is Knower, Wise.
59 And when the children among you come to puberty then let them ask leave even as those before them used to ask it. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations for you. Allah is Knower, Wise.
60 As for women past child-bearing, who have no hope of marriage, it is no sin for them if they discard their (outer) clothing in such a way as not to show adornment. But to refrain is better for them. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
61 No blame is there upon the blind nor any blame upon the lame nor any blame upon the sick nor on yourselves if ye eat from your houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your fathers' brothers, or the houses of your fathers' sisters, or the houses of your mothers' brothers, or the houses of your mothers' sisters, or (from that) whereof ye hold the keys, or (from the house) of a friend. No sin shall it be for you whether ye eat together or apart. But when ye enter houses, salute one another with a greeting from Allah, blessed and sweet. Thus Allah maketh clear His revelations for you, that haply ye may understand.
62 They only are the true believers who believe in Allah and His messenger and, when they are with him on some common errand, go not away until they have asked leave of him. Lo! those who ask leave of thee, those are they who believe in Allah and His messenger. So, if they ask thy leave for some affair of theirs, give leave to whom thou wilt of them, and ask for them forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
63 Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your calling one of another. Allah knoweth those of you who steal away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to evade orders beware lest grief or painful punishment befall them.
64 Lo! verily unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. He knoweth your condition. And (He knoweth) the Day when they are returned unto Him so that He may inform them of what they did. Allah is Knower of all things.



#25. al-Furqan: The Criterion

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion (of right and wrong), that he may be a warner to the peoples.
2 He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, He hath chosen no son nor hath He any partner in the Sovereignty. He hath created everything and hath meted out for it a measure.
3 Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.
4 Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.
5 And they say: Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.
6 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): He who knoweth the secret of the heavens and the earth hath revealed it. Lo! He ever is Forgiving, Merciful.
7 And they say: What aileth this messenger (of Allah) that he eateth food and walketh in the markets? Why is not an angel sent down unto him, to be a warner with him.
8 Or (why is not) treasure thrown down unto him, or why hath he not a paradise from whence to eat? And the evil-doers say: Ye are but following a man bewitched.
9 See how they coin similitudes for thee, so that they are all astray and cannot find a road!
10 Blessed is He Who, if He will, will assign thee better than (all) that - Gardens underneath which rivers flow - and will assign thee mansions.
11 Nay, but they deny (the coming of) the Hour, and for those who deny (the coming of) the Hour We have prepared a flame.
12 When it seeth them from afar, they hear the crackling and the roar thereof.
13 And when they are flung into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they pray for destruction there.
14 Pray not that day for one destruction, but pray for many destructions!
15 Say: Is that (doom) better or the Garden of Immortality which is promised unto those who ward off (evil)? It will be their reward and journey's end.
16 Therein abiding, they have all that they desire. It is for thy Lord a promise that must be fulfilled.
17 And on the day when He will assemble them and that which they worship instead of Allah and will say: Was it ye who misled these my slaves or did they (themselves) wander from the way?
18 They will say: Be Thou Glorified! it was not for us to choose any protecting friends beside thee; but Thou didst give them and their fathers ease till they forgot the warning and became lost folk.
19 Thus they will give you the lie regarding what ye say, then ye can neither avert (the doom) nor obtain help. And whoso among you doeth wrong, We shall make him taste great torment.
20 We never sent before thee any messengers but lo! they verily ate food and walked in the markets. And We have appointed some of you a test for others: Will ye be steadfast? And thy Lord is ever Seer.
21 And those who look not for a meeting with Us say: Why are angels not sent down unto us and (Why) do we not see our Lord! Assuredly they think too highly of themselves and are scornful with great pride.
22 On the day when they behold the angels, on that day there will be no good tidings for the guilty; and they will cry: A forbidding ban!
23 And We shall turn unto the work they did and make it scattered motes.
24 Those who have earned the Garden on that day will be better in their home and happier in their place of noonday rest;
25 A day when the heaven with the clouds will be rent asunder and the angels will be sent down, a grand descent.
26 The Sovereignty on that day will be the True (Sovereignty) belonging to the Beneficent One, and it will be a hard day for disbelievers.
27 On the day when the wrong-doer gnaweth his hands, he will say: Ah, would that I had chosen a way together with the messenger (of Allah)!
28 Alas for me! Ah, would that I had never taken such an one for friend!
29 He verily led me astray from the Reminder after it had reached me. Satan was ever man's deserter in the hour of need.
30 And the messenger saith: O my Lord! Lo! mine own folk make this Koran of no account.
31 Even so have We appointed unto every prophet an opponent from among the guilty; but Allah sufficeth for a Guide and Helper.
32 And those who disbelieve say: Why is the Koran not revealed unto him all at once? (It is revealed) thus that We may strengthen thy heart therewith; and We have arranged it in right order.
33 And they bring thee no similitude but We bring thee the Truth (as against it), and better (than their similitude) as argument.
34 Those who will be gathered on their faces unto hell: such are worse in plight and further from the right road.
35 We verily gave Moses the Scripture and placed with him his brother Aaron as henchman.
36 Then We said: Go together unto the folk who have denied Our revelations. Then We destroyed them, a complete destruction.
37 And Noah's folk, when they denied the messengers, We drowned them and made of them a portent for mankind. We have prepared a painful doom for evil-doers.
38 And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, and the dwellers in Ar-Rass, and many generations in between.
39 Each (of them) We warned by examples, and each (of them) We brought to utter ruin.
40 And indeed they have passed by the township whereon was rained the fatal rain. Can it be that they have not seen it? Nay, but they hope for no resurrection.
41 And when they see thee (O Mohammed) they treat thee only as a jest (saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger?
42 He would have led us far away from our gods if we had not been staunch to them. They will know, when they behold the doom, who is more astray as to the road.
43 Hast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust? Wouldst thou then be guardian over him?
44 Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle - nay, but they are farther astray?
45 Hast thou not seen how thy Lord hath spread the shade - And if He willed He could have made it still - then We have made the sun its pilot;
46 Then We withdraw it unto Us, a gradual withdrawal?
47 And He it is Who maketh night a covering for you, and sleep repose, and maketh day a resurrection.
48 And He it is Who sendeth the winds, glad tidings heralding His mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky,
49 That We may give life thereby to a dead land, and We give many beasts and men that We have created to drink thereof.
50 And verily We have repeated it among them that they may remember, but most of mankind begrudge aught save ingratitude.
51 If We willed, We could raise up a warner in every village.
52 So obey not the disbelievers, but strive against them herewith with a great endeavour.
53 And He it is Who hath given independence to the two seas (though they meet); one palatable, sweet, and the other saltish, bitter; and hath set a bar and a forbidding ban between them.
54 And He it is Who hath created man from water, and hath appointed for him kindred by blood and kindred by marriage; for thy Lord is ever Powerful.
55 Yet they worship instead of Allah that which can neither benefit them nor hurt them. The disbeliever was ever a partisan against his Lord.
56 And We have sent thee (O Mohammed) only as a bearer of good tidings and a warner.
57 Say: I ask of you no reward for this, save that whoso will may choose a way unto his Lord.
58 And trust thou in the Living One Who dieth not, and hymn His praise. He sufficeth as the Knower of His bondmen's sins,
59 Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six Days, then He mounted the Throne. The Beneficent! Ask anyone informed concerning Him!
60 And when it is said unto them: Adore the Beneficent! they say: And what is the Beneficent? Are we to adore whatever thou (Mohammed) biddest us? And it increaseth aversion in them.
61 Blessed be He Who hath placed in the heaven mansions of the stars, and hath placed therein a great lamp and a moon giving light!
62 And He it is Who hath appointed night and day in succession, for him who desireth to remember, or desireth thankfulness.
63 The (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;
64 And who spend the night before their Lord, prostrate and standing,
65 And who say: Our Lord! Avert from us the doom of hell; lo! the doom thereof is anguish;
66 Lo! it is wretched as abode and station;
67 And those who, when they spend, are neither prodigal nor grudging; and there is ever a firm station between the two;
68 And those who cry not unto any other god along with Allah, nor take the life which Allah hath forbidden save in (course of) justice, nor commit adultery - and whoso doeth this shall pay the penalty;
69 The doom will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein disdained for ever;
70 Save him who repenteth and believeth and doth righteous work; as for such, Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
71 And whosoever repenteth and doeth good, he verily repenteth toward Allah with true repentance -
72 And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.
73 And those who, when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.
74 And who say: Our Lord! Vouchsafe us comfort of our wives and of our offspring, and make us patterns for (all) those who ward off (evil).
75 They will be awarded the high place forasmuch as they were steadfast, and they will meet therein with welcome and the ward of peace,
76 Abiding there for ever. Happy is it as abode and station!
77 Say (O Mohammed, unto the disbelievers): My Lord would not concern Himself with you but for your prayer. But now ye have denied (the Truth), therefor there will be judgment.



#26. ash-Shuara: The Poets

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ta. Sin. Mim.
2 These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.
3 It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Mohammed) because they believe not.
4 If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it.
5 Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it.
6 Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff.
7 Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein?
8 Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
9 And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
10 And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk,
11 The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil)?
12 He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me,
13 And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me).
14 And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me.
15 He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing.
16 And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds,
17 (Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us.
18 (Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us,
19 And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates.
20 He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray.
21 Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).
22 And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.
23 Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds?
24 (Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief.
25 (Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not?
26 He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers.
27 (Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman!
28 He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand.
29 (Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners.
30 He said: Even though I show thee something plain?
31 (Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful!
32 Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest,
33 And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders.
34 (Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard,
35 Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye?
36 They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners
37 Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard.
38 So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed.
39 And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering?
40 (They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners.
41 And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners?
42 He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me).
43 Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw!
44 Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners.
45 Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show.
46 And the wizards were flung prostrate,
47 Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
48 The Lord of Moses and Aaron.
49 (Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one.
50 They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return.
51 Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers.
52 And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.
53 Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,
54 (Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop,
55 And lo! they are offenders against us.
56 And lo! we are a ready host.
57 Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings,
58 And treasures and a fair estate.
59 Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them.
60 And they overtook them at sunrise.
61 And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught.
62 He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me.
63 Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
64 Then brought We near the others to that place.
65 And We saved Moses and those with him, every one;
66 And We drowned the others.
67 Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
68 And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
69 Recite unto them the story of Abraham:
70 When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye?
71 They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them.
72 He said: Do they hear you when ye cry?
73 Or do they benefit or harm you?
74 They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.
75 He said: See now that which ye worship,
76 Ye and your forefathers!
77 Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds,
78 Who created me, and He doth guide me,
79 And Who feedeth me and watereth me.
80 And when I sicken, then He healeth me,
81 And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),
82 And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment.
83 My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous.
84 And give unto me a good report in later generations.
85 And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight,
86 And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err.
87 And abase me not on the day when they are raised,
88 The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)
89 Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart.
90 And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil).
91 And hell will appear plainly to the erring.
92 And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship
93 Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves?
94 Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers
95 And the hosts of Iblis, together.
96 And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein:
97 By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest
98 When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds.
99 It was but the guilty who misled us.
100 Now we have no intercessors
101 Nor any loving friend.
102 Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers!
103 Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers!
104 And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
105 Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah),
106 When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
107 Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
108 So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
109 And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
110 So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
111 They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee?
112 He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)?
113 Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew;
114 And I am not (here) to repulse believers.
115 I am only a plain warner.
116 They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).
117 He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me.
118 Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me.
119 And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.
120 Then afterward We drowned the others.
121 Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
122 And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
123 (The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah).
124 When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
125 Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
126 So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
127 And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
128 Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?
129 And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever?
130 And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?
131 Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
132 Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,
133 Hath aided you with cattle and sons.
134 And gardens and watersprings.
135 Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.
136 They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;
137 This is but a fable of the men of old,
138 And we shall not be doomed.
139 And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
140 And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
141 (The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)
142 When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
143 Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
144 So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
145 And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
146 Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,
147 In gardens and watersprings.
148 And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,
149 Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?
150 Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
151 And obey not the command of the prodigal,
152 Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
153 They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
154 Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.
155 He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.
156 And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.
157 But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
158 So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
159 And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
160 The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
161 When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
162 Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
163 So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
164 And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
165 What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,
166 And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk.
167 They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.
168 He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.
169 My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.
170 So We saved him and his household, every one,
171 Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
172 Then afterward We destroyed the others.
173 And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
174 Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
175 And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
176 The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),
177 When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
178 Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
179 So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
180 And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
181 Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).
182 And weigh with the true balance.
183 Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
184 And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.
185 They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
186 Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.
187 Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.
188 He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.
189 But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.
190 Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
191 And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
192 And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,
193 Which the True Spirit hath brought down
194 Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,
195 In plain Arabic speech.
196 And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.
197 Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it?
198 And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,
199 And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.
200 Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.
201 They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,
202 So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.
203 Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved?
204 Would they (now) hasten on Our doom?
205 Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,
206 And then cometh that which they were promised,
207 (How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them?
208 And We destroyed no township but it had its warners
209 For reminder, for We never were oppressors.
210 The devils did not bring it down.
211 It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,
212 Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.
213 Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.
214 And warn thy tribe of near kindred,
215 And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.
216 And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.
217 And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
218 Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
219 And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).
220 Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
221 Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?
222 They descend on every sinful, false one.
223 They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
224 As for poets, the erring follow them.
225 Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,
226 And how they say that which they do not?
227 Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!



#27. an-Naml: The Ant

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ta. Sin. These are revelations of the Koran and a Scripture that maketh plain;
2 A guidance and good tidings for believers
3 Who establish worship and pay the poor-due and are sure of the Hereafter.
4 Lo! as for those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their works fairseeming unto them so that they are all astray.
5 Those are they for whom is the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers.
6 Lo! as for thee (Mohammed), thou verily receivest the Koran from the presence of One Wise, Aware.
7 (Remember) when Moses said unto his household: Lo! I spy afar off a fire; I will bring you tidings thence, or bring to you a borrowed flame that ye may warm yourselves.
8 But when he reached it, he was called, saying: Blessed is Whosoever is in the fire and Whosoever is round about it! And Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!
9 O Moses! Lo! it is I, Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
10 And throw down thy staff! But when he saw it writhing as it were a demon, he turned to flee headlong; (but it was said unto him): O Moses! Fear not! the emissaries fear not in My presence,
11 Save him who hath done wrong and afterward hath changed evil for good. And lo! I am Forgiving, Merciful.
12 And put thy hand into the bosom of thy robe, it will come forth white but unhurt. (This will be one) among nine tokens unto Pharaoh and his people Lo! they were ever evil-living folk.
13 But when Our tokens came unto them, plain to see, they said: This is mere magic,
14 And they denied them, though their souls acknowledged them, for spite and arrogance. Then see the nature of the consequence for the wrong-doers!
15 And We verily gave knowledge unto David and Solomon, and they said: Praise be to Allah, Who hath preferred us above many of His believing slaves!
16 And Solomon was David's heir. And he said: O mankind! Lo! we have been taught the language of birds, and have been given (abundance) of all things. This surely is evident favour.
17 And there were gathered together unto Solomon his armies of the jinn and humankind, and of the birds, and they were set in battle order;
18 Till, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant exclaimed: O ants! Enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies crush you, unperceiving.
19 And (Solomon) smiled, laughing at her speech, and said: My Lord, arouse me to be thankful for Thy favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and to do good that shall be pleasing unto Thee, and include me in (the number of) Thy righteous slaves.
20 And he sought among the birds and said: How is it that I see not the hoopoe, or is he among the absent?
21 I verily will punish him with hard punishment or I verily will slay him, or he verily shall bring me a plain excuse.
22 But he was not long in coming, and he said: I have found out (a thing) that thou apprehendest not, and I come unto thee from Sheba with sure tidings.
23 Lo! I found a woman ruling over them, and she hath been given (abundance) of all things, and hers is a mighty throne.
24 I found her and her people worshipping the sun instead of Allah; and Satan maketh their works fairseeming unto them, and debarreth them from the way (of Truth), so that they go not aright;
25 So that they worship not Allah, Who bringeth forth the hidden in the heavens and the earth, and knoweth what ye hide and what ye proclaim,
26 Allah; there is no God save Him, the Lord of the Tremendous Throne.
27 (Solomon) said: We shall see whether thou speakest truth or whether thou art of the liars.
28 Go with this my letter and throw it down unto them; then turn away and see what (answer) they return,
29 (The Queen of Sheba) said (when she received the letter): O chieftains! Lo! there hath been thrown unto me a noble letter.
30 Lo! it is from Solomon, and lo! it is: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful;
31 Exalt not yourselves against me, but come unto me as those who surrender.
32 She said: O chieftains! Pronounce for me in my case. I decide no case till ye are present with me.
33 They said: We are lords of might and lords of great prowess, but it is for thee to command; so consider what thou wilt command.
34 She said: Lo! kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the honour of its people shame. Thus will they do.
35 But lo! I am going to send a present unto them, and to see with what (answer) the messengers return.
36 So when (the envoy) came unto Solomon, (the King) said: What! Would ye help me with wealth? But that which Allah hath given me is better than that which He hath given you. Nay it is ye (and not I) who exult in your gift.
37 Return unto them. We verily shall come unto them with hosts that they cannot resist, and we shall drive them out from thence with shame, and they will be abased.
38 He said: O chiefs! Which of you will bring me her throne before they come unto me, surrendering?
39 A stalwart of the jinn said: I will bring it thee before thou canst rise from thy place. Lo! I verily am strong and trusty for such work.
40 One with whom was knowledge of the Scripture said: I will bring it thee before thy gaze returneth unto thee. And when he saw it set in his presence, (Solomon) said: This is of the bounty of my Lord, that He may try me whether I give thanks or am ungrateful. Whosoever giveth thanks he only giveth thanks for (the good of) his own soul; and whosoever is ungrateful (is ungrateful only to his own soul's hurt). For lo! my Lord is Absolute in independence, Bountiful.
41 He said: Disguise her throne for her that we may see whether she will go aright or be of those not rightly guided.
42 So, when she came, it was said (unto her): Is thy throne like this? She said: (It is) as though it were the very one. And (Solomon said): We were given the knowledge before her and we had surrendered (to Allah).
43 And (all) that she was wont to worship instead of Allah hindered her, for she came of disbelieving folk.
44 It was said unto her: Enter the hall. And when she saw it she deemed it a pool and bared her legs. (Solomon) said: Lo! it is a hall, made smooth, of glass. She said: My Lord! Lo! I have wronged myself, and I surrender with Solomon unto Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
45 And We verily sent unto Thamud their brother Salih, saying: Worship Allah. And lo! they (then became two parties quarrelling.
46 He said: O my people! Why will ye hasten on the evil rather than the good? Why will ye not ask pardon of Allah, that ye may receive mercy.
47 They said: We augur evil of thee and those with thee. He said: Your evil augury is with Allah. Nay, but ye are folk that are being tested.
48 And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and reformed not.
49 They said: Swear one to another by Allah that we verily will attack him and his household by night, and afterward we will surely say unto his friend: We witnessed not the destruction of his household. And lo! we are truthtellers.
50 So they plotted a plot: and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.
51 Then see the nature of the consequence of their plotting, for lo! We destroyed them and their people, every one.
52 See, yonder are their dwellings empty and in ruins because they did wrong. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a people who have knowledge.
53 And we saved those who believed and used to ward off (evil).
54 And Lot! when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit abomination knowingly?
55 Must ye needs lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly.
56 But the answer of his folk was naught save that they said: Expel the household of Lot from your township, for they (forsooth) are folk who would keep clean!
57 Then We saved him and his household save his wife; We destined her to be of those who stayed behind.
58 And We rained a rain upon them. Dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
59 Say (O Mohammed): Praise be to Allah, and peace be on His slaves whom He hath chosen! Is Allah best, or (all) that ye ascribe as partners (unto Him)?
60 Is not He (best) Who created the heavens and the earth, and sendeth down for you water from the sky wherewith We cause to spring forth joyous orchards, whose trees it never hath been yours to cause to grow. Is there any God beside Allah? Nay, but they are folk who ascribe equals (unto Him)!
61 Is not He (best) Who made the earth a fixed abode, and placed rivers in the folds thereof, and placed firm hills therein, and hath set a barrier between the two seas? Is there any God beside Allah? Nay, but most of them know not!
62 Is not He (best) Who answereth the wronged one when he crieth unto Him and removeth the evil, and hath made you viceroys of the earth? Is there any God beside Allah? Little do they reflect!
63 Is not He (best) Who guideth you in the darkness of the land and the sea, He Who sendeth the winds as heralds of His mercy? Is there any God beside Allah? High Exalted be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
64 Is not He (best) Who produceth creation, then reproduceth it, and Who provideth for you from the heaven and the earth? Is there any God beside Allah? Say: Bring your proof, if ye are truthful!
65 Say (O Mohammed): None in the heavens and the earth knoweth the Unseen save Allah; and they know not when they will be raised (again).
66 Nay, but doth their knowledge reach to the Hereafter? Nay, for they are in doubt concerning it. Nay, for they cannot see it.
67 Yet those who disbelieve say: When we have become dust like our fathers, shall we verily be brought forth (again)?
68 We were promised this, forsooth, we and our fathers. (All) this is naught but fables of the men of old.
69 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Travel in the land and see the nature of the sequel for the guilty!
70 And grieve thou not for them, nor be in distress because of what they plot (against thee).
71 And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
72 Say: It may be that a part of that which ye would hasten on is close behind you.
73 Lo! thy Lord is full of bounty for mankind, but most of them do not give thanks.
74 Lo! thy Lord knoweth surely all that their bosoms hide, and all that they proclaim.
75 And there is nothing hidden in the heaven or the earth but it is in a clear Record.
76 Lo! this Koran narrateth unto the Children of Israel most of that concerning which they differ.
77 And lo! it is a guidance and a mercy for believers.
78 Lo! thy Lord will judge between them of His wisdom, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
79 Therefor (O Mohammed) put thy trust in Allah, for thou (standest) on the plain Truth.
80 Lo! thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee;
81 Nor canst thou lead the blind out of their error. Thou canst make none to hear, save those who believe Our revelations and who have surrendered.
82 And when the word is fulfilled concerning them, We shall bring forth a beast of the earth to speak unto them because mankind had not faith in Our revelations.
83 And (remind them of) the Day when We shall gather out of every nation a host of those who denied Our revelations, and they will be set in array;
84 Till, when they come (before their Lord), He will say: Did ye deny My revelations when ye could not compass them in knowledge, or what was it that ye did?
85 And the Word will be fulfilled concerning them because they have done wrong, and they will not speak.
86 Have they not seen how We have appointed the night that they may rest therein, and the day sight-giving? Lo! therein verily are portents for a people who believe.
87 And (remind them of) the Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and all who are in the heavens and the earth will start in fear, save him whom Allah willeth. And all come unto Him, humbled.
88 And thou seest the hills thou deemest solid flying with the flight of clouds: the doing of Allah Who perfecteth all things. Lo! He is Informed of what ye do.
89 Whoso bringeth a good deed will have better than its worth; and such are safe from fear that Day.
90 And whoso bringeth an ill-deed, such will be flung down on their faces in the Fire. Are ye rewarded aught save what ye did?
91 (Say): I (Mohammed) am commanded only to serve the Lord of this land which He hath hallowed, and unto Whom all things belong. And I am commanded to be of those who surrender (unto Him),
92 And to recite the Koran. And whoso goeth right, goeth right only for (the good of) his own soul; and as for him who goeth astray - (Unto him) say: Lo! I am only a warner.
93 And say: Praise be to Allah Who will show you His portents so that ye shall know them. And thy Lord is not unaware of what ye (mortals) do.



#28. al-Qasas: The Story

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ta. Sin. Mim.
2 These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain.
3 We narrate unto thee (somewhat) of the story of Moses and Pharaoh with truth, for folk who believe.
4 Lo! Pharaoh exalted himself in the earth and made its people castes. A tribe among them he oppressed, killing their sons and sparing their women. Lo! he was of those who work corruption.
5 And We desired to show favour unto those who were oppressed in the earth, and to make them examples and to make them the inheritors,
6 And to establish them in the earth, and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts that which they feared from them.
7 And We inspired the mother of Moses, saying: Suckle him and, when thou fearest for him, then cast him into the river and fear not nor grieve. Lo! We shall bring him back unto thee and shall make him (one) of Our messengers.
8 And the family of Pharaoh took him up, that he might become for them an enemy and a sorrow, Lo! Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts were ever sinning.
9 And the wife of Pharaoh said: (He will be) a consolation for me and for thee. Kill him not. Peradventure he may be of use to us, or we may choose him for a son. And they perceived not.
10 And the heart of the mother of Moses became void, and she would have betrayed him if We had not fortified her heart, that she might be of the believers.
11 And she said unto his sister: Trace him. So she observed him from afar, and they perceived not.
12 And We had before forbidden foster-mothers for him, so she said: Shall I show you a household who will rear him for you and take care of him?
13 So We restored him to his mother that she might be comforted and not grieve, and that she might know that the promise of Allah is true. But most of them know not.
14 And when he reached his full strength and was ripe, We gave him wisdom and knowledge. Thus do We reward the good.
15 And he entered the city at a time of carelessness of its folk, and he found therein two men fighting, one of his own caste, and the other of his enemies; and he who was of his caste asked him for help against him who was of his enemies. So Moses struck him with his fist and killed him. He said: This is of the devil's doing. Lo! he is an enemy, a mere misleader.
16 He said: My Lord! Lo! I have wronged my soul, so forgive me. Then He forgave him. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
17 He said: My Lord! Forasmuch as Thou hast favoured me, I will nevermore be a supporter of the guilty.
18 And morning found him in the city, fearing, vigilant, when behold! he who had appealed to him the day before cried out to him for help. Moses said unto him: Lo! thou art indeed a mere hothead.
19 And when he would have fallen upon the man who was an enemy unto them both, he said: O Moses! Wouldst thou kill me as thou didst kill a person yesterday. Thou wouldst be nothing but a tyrant in the land, thou wouldst not be of the reformers.
20 And a man came from the uttermost part of the city, running. He said: O Moses! Lo! the chiefs take counsel against thee to slay thee; therefor escape. Lo! I am of those who give thee good advice.
21 So he escaped from thence, fearing, vigilant. He said: My Lord! Deliver me from the wrongdoing folk.
22 And when he turned his face toward Midian, he said: Peradventure my Lord will guide me in the right road.
23 And when he came unto the water of Midian he found there a whole tribe of men, watering. And he found apart from them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What aileth you? The two said: We cannot give (our flocks) to drink till the shepherds return from the water; and our father is a very old man.
24 So he watered (their flock) for them. Then he turned aside into the shade, and said: My Lord! I am needy of whatever good Thou sendest down for me.
25 Then there came unto him one of the two women, walking shyly. She said: Lo! my father biddeth thee, that he may reward thee with a payment for that thou didst water (the flock) for us. Then, when he came unto him and told him the (whole) story, he said: Fear not! Thou hast escaped from the wrongdoing folk.
26 One of the two women said: O my father! Hire him! For the best (man) that thou canst hire in the strong, the trustworthy.
27 He said: Lo! I fain would marry thee to one of these two daughters of mine on condition that thou hirest thyself to me for (the term of) eight pilgrimages. Then if thou completest ten it will be of thine own accord, for I would not make it hard for thee. Allah willing, thou wilt find me of the righteous.
28 He said: That (is settled) between thee and me. Whichever of the two terms I fulfil, there will be no injustice to me, and Allah is Surety over what we say.
29 Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves.
30 And when he reached it, he was called from the right side of the valley in the blessed field, from the tree: O Moses! Lo! I, even I, am Allah, the Lord of the Worlds;
31 Throw down thy staff. And when he saw it writhing as it had been a demon, he turned to flee headlong, (and it was said unto him): O Moses! Draw nigh and fear not. Lo! thou art of those who are secure.
32 Thrust thy hand into the bosom of thy robe it will come forth white without hurt. And guard thy heart from fear. Then these shall be two proofs from your Lord unto Pharaoh and his chiefs. Lo! they are evil-living folk.
33 He said: My Lord! Lo! I killed a man among them and I fear that they will kill me.
34 My brother Aaron is more eloquent than me in speech. Therefor send him with me as a helper to confirm me. Lo! I fear that they will give the lie to me.
35 He said: We will strengthen thine arm with thy brother, and We will give unto you both power so that they cannot reach you for Our portents. Ye twain, and those who follow you, will be the winners.
36 But when Moses came unto them with Our clear tokens, they said: This is naught but invented magic. We never heard of this among our fathers of old.
37 And Moses said: My Lord is Best Aware of him who bringeth guidance from His presence, and whose will be the sequel of the Home (of bliss). Lo! wrong-doers will not be successful.
38 And Pharaoh said: O chiefs! I know not that ye have a god other than me, so kindle for me (a fire), O Haman, to bake the mud; and set up for me a lofty tower in order that I may survey the God of Moses; and lo! I deem him of the liars.
39 And he and his hosts were haughty in the land without right, and deemed that they would never be brought back to Us.
40 Therefor We seized him and his hosts, and abandoned them unto the sea. Behold the nature of the consequence for evil-doers!
41 And We made them patterns that invite unto the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.
42 And We made a curse to follow them in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be among the hateful.
43 And We verily gave the Scripture unto Moses after We had destroyed the generations of old: clear testimonies for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that haply they might reflect.
44 And thou (Mohammed) wast not on the western side (of the Mount) when We expounded unto Moses the commandment, and thou wast not among those present;
45 But We brought forth generations, and their lives dragged on for them. And thou wast not a dweller in Midian, reciting unto them Our revelations, but We kept sending (messengers to men).
46 And thou was not beside the Mount when We did call; but (the knowledge of it is) a mercy from thy Lord that thou mayst warn a folk unto whom no warner came before thee, that haply they may give heed.
47 Otherwise, if disaster should afflict them because of that which their own hands have sent before (them), they might say: Our Lord! Why sentest Thou no messenger unto us, that we might have followed Thy revelations and been of the believers?
48 But when there came unto them the Truth from Our presence, they said: Why is he not given the like of what was given unto Moses? Did they not disbelieve in that which was given unto Moses of old? They say: Two magics that support each other; and they say: Lo! in both we are disbelievers.
49 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Then bring a scripture from the presence of Allah that giveth clearer guidance than these two (that) I may follow it, if ye are truthful.
50 And if they answer thee not, then know that what they follow is their lusts. And who goeth farther astray than he who followeth his lust without guidance from Allah. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
51 And now verily We have caused the Word to reach them, that haply they may give heed.
52 Those unto whom We gave the Scripture before it, they believe in it,
53 And when it is recited unto them, they say: We believe in it. Lo! it is the Truth from our Lord. Lo! even before it we were of those who surrender (unto Him).
54 These will be given their reward twice over, because they are steadfast and repel evil with good, and spend of that wherewith We have provided them,
55 And when they hear vanity they withdraw from it and say: Unto us our works and unto you your works. Peace be unto you! We desire not the ignorant.
56 Lo! thou (O Mohammed) guidest not whom thou lovest, but Allah guideth whom He will. And He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.
57 And they say: If we were to follow the Guidance with thee we should be torn out of our land. Have We not established for them a sure sanctuary, whereunto the produce of all things is brought (in trade), a provision from Our presence? But most of them know not.
58 And how many a community have We destroyed that was thankless for its means of livelihood! And yonder are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We, even We, were the inheritors.
59 And never did thy Lord destroy the townships, till He had raised up in their mother(-town) a messenger reciting unto them Our revelations. And never did We destroy the townships unless the folk thereof were evil-doers.
60 And whatsoever ye have been given is a comfort of the life of the world and an ornament thereof; and that which Allah hath is better and more lasting. Have ye then no sense?
61 Is he whom We have promised a fair promise which he will find (true) like him whom We suffer to enjoy awhile the comfort of the life of the world, then on the Day of Resurrection he will be of those arraigned?
62 On the day when He will call unto them and say: Where are My partners whom ye imagined?
63 Those concerning whom the Word will have come true will say: Our Lord! These are they whom we led astray. We led them astray even as we ourselves were astray. We declare our innocence before Thee: us they never worshipped.
64 And it will be said: Cry unto your (so-called) partners (of Allah). And they will cry unto them, and they will give no answer unto them, and they will see the Doom. Ah, if they had but been guided!
65 And on the Day when He will call unto them and say: What answer gave ye to the messengers?
66 On that day (all) tidings will be dimmed for them, nor will they ask one of another,
67 But as for him who shall repent and believe and do right, he haply may be one of the successful.
68 Thy Lord bringeth to pass what He willeth and chooseth. They have never any choice. Glorified be Allah and Exalted above all that they associate (with Him)!
69 And thy Lord knoweth what their breasts conceal, and what they publish.
70 And He is Allah; there is no God save Him. His is all praise in the former and the latter (state), and His is the command, and unto Him ye will be brought back.
71 Say: Have ye thought, if Allah made night everlasting for you till the Day of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you light? Will ye not then hear?
72 Say: Have ye thought, if Allah made day everlasting for you till the Day of Resurrection, who is a god beside Allah who could bring you night wherein ye rest? Will ye not then see?
73 Of His mercy hath He appointed for you night and day, that therein ye may rest, and that ye may seek His bounty, and that haply ye may be thankful.
74 And on the Day when He shall call unto them and say: Where are My partners whom ye pretended?
75 And We shall take out from every nation a witness and We shall say: Bring your proof. Then they will know that Allah hath the Truth, and all that they invented will have failed them.
76 Now Korah was of Moses' folk, but he oppressed them; and We gave him so much treasure that the stores thereof would verily have been a burden for a troop of mighty men. When his own folk said unto him: Exult not; lo! Allah loveth not the exultant;
77 But seek the abode of the Hereafter in that which Allah hath given thee and neglect not thy portion of the world, and be thou kind even as Allah hath been kind to thee, and seek not corruption in the earth; lo! Allah loveth not corrupters,
78 He said: I have been given it only on account of knowledge I possess. Knew he not that Allah had destroyed already of the generations before him men who were mightier than him in strength and greater in respect of following? The guilty are not questioned of their sins.
79 Then went he forth before his people in his pomp. Those who were desirous of the life of the world said: Ah, would that we had the like of what hath been given unto Korah! Lo! he is lord of rare good fortune.
80 But those who had been given knowledge said: Woe unto you! The reward of Allah for him who believeth and doeth right is better, and only the steadfast will obtain it.
81 So We caused the earth to swallow him and his dwelling-place. Then he had no host to help him against Allah, nor was he of those who can save themselves.
82 And morning found those who had coveted his place but yesterday crying: Ah, welladay! Allah enlargeth the provision for whom He will of His slaves and straiteneth it (for whom He will). If Allah had not been gracious unto us He would have caused it to swallow us (also). Ah, welladay! the disbelievers never prosper.
83 As for that Abode of the Hereafter We assign it unto those who seek not oppression in the earth, nor yet corruption. The sequel is for those who ward off (evil).
84 Whoso bringeth a good deed, he will have better than the same; while as for him who bringeth an ill-deed, those who do ill-deeds will be requited only what they did.
85 Lo! He Who hath given thee the Koran for a law will surely bring thee home again. Say: My Lord is Best Aware of him who bringeth guidance and him who is in error manifest.
86 Thou hadst no hope that the Scripture would be inspired in thee; but it is a mercy from thy Lord, so never be a helper to the disbelievers.
87 And let them not divert thee from the revelations of Allah after they have been sent down unto thee; but call (mankind) unto thy Lord, and be not of those who ascribe partners (unto Him).
88 And cry not unto any other god along with Allah. There is no God save Him. Everything will perish save His countenance. His is the command, and unto Him ye will be brought back.



#29. al-Ankabut: The Spider

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Alif. Lam. Mim.
2 Do men imagine that they will be left (at ease) because they say, We believe, and will not be tested with affliction?
3 Lo! We tested those who were before you. Thus Allah knoweth those who are sincere, and knoweth those who feign.
4 Or do those who do ill-deeds imagine that they can outstrip Us? Evil (for them) is that which they decide.
5 Whoso looketh forward to the meeting with Allah (let him know that) Allah's reckoning is surely nigh, and He is the Hearer, the Knower.
6 And whosoever striveth, striveth only for himself, for lo! Allah is altogether Independent of (His) creatures.
7 And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall remit from them their evil deeds and shall repay them the best that they did.
8 We have enjoined on man kindness to parents; but if they strive to make thee join with Me that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Unto Me is your return and I shall tell you what ye used to do.
9 And as for those who believe and do good works, We verily shall make them enter in among the righteous.
10 Of mankind is he who saith: We believe in Allah, but, if he be made to suffer for the sake of Allah, he mistaketh the persecution of mankind for Allah's punishment; and then, if victory cometh from thy Lord, will say: Lo! we were with you (all the while). Is not Allah Best Aware of what is in the bosoms of (His) creatures?
11 Verily Allah knoweth those who believe, and verily He knoweth the hypocrites.
12 Those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Follow our way (of religion) and we verily will bear your sins (for you). They cannot bear aught of their sins. Lo! they verily are liars.
13 But they verily will bear their own loads and other loads beside their own, and they verily will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection concerning that which they invented.
14 And verily we sent Noah (as Our messenger) unto his folk, and he continued with them for a thousand years save fifty years; and the flood engulfed them, for they were wrong-doers.
15 And We rescued him and those with him in the ship, and made of it a portent for the peoples.
16 And Abraham! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Serve Allah, and keep your duty unto Him; that is better for you if ye did but know.
17 Ye serve instead of Allah only idols, and ye only invent a lie. Lo! those whom ye serve instead of Allah own no provision for you. So seek your provision from Allah, and serve Him, and give thanks unto Him, (for) unto Him ye will be brought back.
18 But if ye deny, then nations have denied before you. The messenger is only to convey (the message) plainly.
19 See they not how Allah produceth creation, then reproduceth it? Lo! for Allah that is easy.
20 Say (O Mohammed): Travel in the land and see how He originated creation, then Allah bringeth forth the later growth. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.
21 He punisheth whom He will and showeth mercy unto whom He will, and unto Him ye will be turned.
22 Ye cannot escape (from Him) in the earth or in the sky, and beside Allah there is for you no friend or helper.
23 Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah and in (their) Meeting with Him, such have no hope of My mercy. For such there is a painful doom.
24 But the answer of his folk was only that they said: "Kill him" or "Burn him." Then Allah saved him from the Fire. Lo! herein verily are portents for folk who believe.
25 He said: Ye have chosen only idols instead of Allah. The love between you is only in the life of the world. Then on the Day of Resurrection ye will deny each other and curse each other, and your abode will be the Fire, and ye will have no helpers.
26 And Lot believed him, and said: Lo! I am a fugitive unto my Lord. Lo! He, only He, is the Mighty, the Wise.
27 And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and We established the prophethood and the Scripture among his seed, and We gave him his reward in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he verily is among the righteous.
28 And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Lo! ye commit lewdness such as no creature did before you.
29 For come ye not in unto males, and cut ye not the road (for travellers), and commit ye not abomination in your meetings? But the answer of his folk was only that they said: Bring Allah's doom upon us if thou art a truthteller!
30 He said: My Lord! Give me victory over folk who work corruption.
31 And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers.
32 He said: Lo! Lot is there. They said: We are best aware of who is there. We are to deliver him and his household, all save his wife, who is of those who stay behind.
33 And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was troubled upon their account, for he could not protect them; but they said: Fear not, nor grieve! Lo! we are to deliver thee and thy household, (all) save thy wife, who is of those who stay behind.
34 Lo! We are about to bring down upon the folk of this township a fury from the sky because they are evil-livers.
35 And verily of that We have left a clear sign for people who have sense.
36 And unto Midian We sent Shu'eyb, their brother. He said: O my people! Serve Allah, and look forward to the Last Day, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
37 But they denied him, and the dreadful earthquake took them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling place.
38 And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud! (Their fate) is manifest unto you from their (ruined and deserted) dwellings. Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they were keen observers.
39 And Korah, Pharaoh and Haman! Moses came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but they were boastful in the land. And they were not winners (in the race).
40 So We took each one in his sin; of them was he on whom We sent a hurricane, and of them was he who was overtaken by the (Awful) Cry, and of them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow, and of them was he whom We drowned. It was not for Allah to wrong them, but they wronged themselves.
41 The likeness of those who choose other patrons than Allah is as the likeness of the spider when she taketh unto herself a house, and lo! the frailest of all houses is the spider's house, if they but knew.
42 Lo! Allah knoweth what thing they invoke instead of Him. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
43 As for these similitudes, We coin them for mankind, but none will grasp their meaning save the wise.
44 Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth. Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.
45 Recite that which hath been inspired in thee of the Scripture, and establish worship. Lo! worship preserveth from lewdness and iniquity, but verily remembrance of Allah is more important. And Allah knoweth what ye do.
46 And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and say: We believe in that which hath been revealed unto us and revealed unto you; our God and your God is One, and unto Him we surrender.
47 In like manner We have revealed unto thee the Scripture, and those unto whom We gave the Scripture aforetime will believe therein; and of these (also) there are some who believe therein. And none deny Our revelations save the disbelievers.
48 And thou (O Mohammed) wast not a reader of any scripture before it, nor didst thou write it with thy right hand, for then might those have doubted, who follow falsehood.
49 But it is clear revelations in the hearts of those who have been given knowledge, and none deny Our revelations save wrong-doers.
50 And they say: Why are not portents sent down upon him from his Lord? Say: Portents are with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner.
51 Is it not enough for them that We have sent down unto thee the Scripture which is read unto them? Lo! herein verily is mercy, and a reminder for folk who believe.
52 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Allah sufficeth for witness between me and you. He knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who believe in vanity and disbelieve in Allah, they it is who are the losers.
53 They bid thee hasten on the doom (of Allah). And if a term had not been appointed, the doom would assuredly have come unto them (ere now). And verily it will come upon them suddenly when they perceive not.
54 They bid thee hasten on the doom, when lo! hell verily will encompass the disbelievers
55 On the day when the doom will overwhelm them from above them and from underneath their feet, and He will say: Taste what ye used to do!
56 O my bondmen who believe! Lo! My earth is spacious. Therefor serve Me only.
57 Every soul will taste of death. Then unto Us ye will be returned.
58 Those who believe and do good works, them verily We shall house in lofty dwellings of the Garden underneath which rivers flow. There they will dwell secure. How sweet the guerdon of the toilers,
59 Who persevere, and put their trust in their Lord!
60 And how many an animal there is that beareth not its own provision! Allah provideth for it and for you. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
61 And if thou wert to ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, and constrained the sun and the moon (to their appointed work)? they would say: Allah. How then are they turned away?
62 Allah maketh the provision wide for whom He will of His bondmen, and straiteneth it for whom (He will). Lo! Allah is Aware of all things.
63 And if thou wert to ask them: Who causeth water to come down from the sky, and therewith reviveth the earth after its death? they verily would say: Allah. Say: Praise be to Allah! But most of them have no sense.
64 This life of the world is but a pastime and a game. Lo! the home of the Hereafter - that is Life, if they but knew.
65 And when they mount upon the ships they pray to Allah, making their faith pure for Him only, but when He bringeth them safe to land, behold! they ascribe partners (unto Him),
66 That they may disbelieve in that which We have given them, and that they may take their ease. But they will come to know.
67 Have they not seen that We have appointed a sanctuary immune (from violence), while mankind are ravaged all around them? Do they then believe in falsehood and disbelieve in the bounty of Allah?
68 Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah, or denieth the truth when it cometh unto him? Is not there a home in hell for disbelievers?
69 As for those who strive in Us, We surely guide them to Our paths, and lo! Allah is with the good.



#30. ar-Rum: The Romans

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Alif. Lam. Mim.
2 The Romans have been defeated
3 In the nearer land, and they, after their defeat will be victorious
4 Within ten years - Allah's is the command in the former case and in the latter - and in that day believers will rejoice
5 In Allah's help to victory. He helpeth to victory whom He will. He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
6 It is a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise, but most of mankind know not.
7 They know only some appearance of the life of the world, and are heedless of the Hereafter.
8 Have they not pondered upon themselves? Allah created not the heavens and the earth, and that which is between them, save with truth and for a destined end. But truly many of mankind are disbelievers in the meeting with their Lord.
9 Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? They were stronger than these in power, and they dug the earth and built upon it more than these have built. Messengers of their own came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). Surely Allah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves.
10 Then evil was the consequence to those who dealt in evil, because they denied the revelations of Allah and made a mock of them.
11 Allah produceth creation, then He reproduceth it, then unto Him ye will be returned.
12 And in the day when the Hour riseth the unrighteous will despair.
13 There will be none to intercede for them of those whom they made equal with Allah. And they will reject their partners (whom they ascribed unto Him).
14 In the day when the Hour cometh, in that day they will be sundered.
15 As for those who believed and did good works, they will be made happy in a Garden.
16 But as for those who disbelieved and denied Our revelations, and denied the meeting of the Hereafter, such will be brought to doom.
17 So glory be to Allah when ye enter the night and when ye enter the morning -
18 Unto Him be praise in the heavens and the earth! - and at the sun's decline and in the noonday.
19 He bringeth forth the living from the dead, and He bringeth forth the dead from the living, and He reviveth the earth after her death. And even so will ye be brought forth.
20 And of His signs is this: He created you of dust, and behold you human beings, ranging widely!
21 And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmeets from yourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect.
22 And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. Lo! herein indeed are portents for men of knowledge.
23 And of His signs is your slumber by night and by day, and your seeking of His bounty. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who heed.
24 And of His signs is this: He showeth you the lightning for a fear and for a hope, and sendeth down water from the sky, and thereby quickeneth the earth after her death. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who understand.
25 And of His signs is this: The heavens and the earth stand fast by His command, and afterward, when He calleth you, lo! from the earth ye will emerge.
26 Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. All are obedient unto Him.
27 He it is Who produceth creation, then reproduceth it, and it is easier for Him. His is the Sublime Similitude in the heavens and the earth. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
28 He coineth for you a similitude of yourselves. Have ye, from among those whom your right hands possess, partners in the wealth We have bestowed upon you, equal with you in respect thereof, so that ye fear them as ye fear each other (that ye ascribe unto Us partners out of that which We created)? Thus We display the revelations for people who have sense.
29 Nay, but those who do wrong follow their own lusts without knowledge. Who is able to guide him whom Allah hath sent astray? For such there are no helpers.
30 So set thy purpose (O Mohammed) for religion as a man by nature upright - the nature (framed) of Allah, in which He hath created man. There is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation. That is the right religion, but most men know not -
31 Turning unto Him (only); and be careful of your duty unto Him and establish worship, and be not of those who ascribe partners (unto Him);
32 Of those who split up their religion and became schismatics, each sect exulting in its tenets.
33 And when harm toucheth men they cry unto their Lord, turning to Him in repentance; then, when they have tasted of His mercy, behold! some of them attribute partners to their Lord
34 So as to disbelieve in that which We have given them. (Unto such it is said): Enjoy yourselves awhile, but ye will come to know.
35 Or have We revealed unto them any warrant which speaketh of that which they associate with Him?
36 And when We cause mankind to taste of mercy they rejoice therein; but if an evil thing befall them as the consequence of their own deeds, lo! they are in despair!
37 See they not that Allah enlargeth the provision for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who believe.
38 So give to the kinsman his due, and to the needy, and to the wayfarer. That is best for those who seek Allah's Countenance. And such are they who are successful.
39 That which ye give in usury in order that it may increase on (other) people's property hath no increase with Allah; but that which ye give in charity, seeking Allah's Countenance, hath increase manifold.
40 Allah is He Who created you and then sustained you, then causeth you to die, then giveth life to you again. Is there any of your (so-called) partners (of Allah) that doeth aught of that? Praised and Exalted be He above what they associate (with Him)!
41 Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which men's hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return.
42 Say (O Mohammed, to the disbelievers): Travel in the land, and see the nature of the consequence for those who were before you! Most of them were idolaters.
43 So set thy purpose resolutely for the right religion, before the inevitable day cometh from Allah. On that day mankind will be sundered-
44 Whoso disbelieveth must (then) bear the consequences of his disbelief, while those who do right make provision for themselves -
45 That He may reward out of His bounty those who believe and do good works. Lo! He loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance).
46 And of His signs is this: He sendeth herald winds to make you taste His mercy, and that the ships may sail at His command, and that ye may seek his favour, and that haply ye may be thankful.
47 Verily We sent before thee (Mohammed) messengers to their own folk. Then we took vengeance upon those who were guilty (in regard to them). To help believers is ever incumbent upon Us.
48 Allah is He Who sendeth the winds so that they raise clouds, and spreadeth them along the sky as pleaseth Him, and causeth them to break and thou seest the rain downpouring from within them. And when He maketh it to fall on whom He will of His bondmen, lo! they rejoice;
49 Though before that, even before it was sent down upon them, they were in despair.
50 Look, therefore, at the prints of Allah's mercy (in creation): how He quickeneth the earth after her death. Lo! He verily is the Quickener of the Dead, and He is Able to do all things.
51 And if We sent a wind and they beheld it yellow, they verily would still continue in their disbelief.
52 For verily thou (Mohammed) canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee.
53 Nor canst thou guide the blind out of their error. Thou canst make none to hear save those who believe in Our revelations so that they surrender (unto Him).
54 Allah is He Who shaped you out of weakness, then appointed after weakness strength, then, after strength, appointed weakness and grey hair. He createth what He will. He is the Knower, the Mighty.
55 And on the day when the Hour riseth the guilty will vow that they did tarry but an hour - thus were they ever deceived.
56 But those to whom knowledge and faith are given will say: The truth is, ye have tarried, by Allah's decree, until the Day of Resurrection. This is the Day of Resurrection, but ye used not to know.
57 In that day their excuses will not profit those who did injustice, nor will they be allowed to make amends.
58 Verily We have coined for mankind in this Koran all kinds of similitudes; and indeed if thou camest unto them with a miracle, those who disbelieve would verily exclaim: Ye are but tricksters!
59 Thus doth Allah seal the hearts of those who know not.
60 So have patience (O Mohammed)! Allah's promise is the very truth, and let not those who have no certainty make thee impatient.



#31. Luqman

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Alif. Lam. Mim.
2 These are revelations of the wise Scripture,
3 A guidance and a mercy for the good,
4 Those who establish worship and pay the poor-due and have sure faith in the Hereafter.
5 Such have guidance from their Lord. Such are the successful.
6 And of mankind is he who payeth for mere pastime of discourse, that he may mislead from Allah's way without knowledge, and maketh it the butt of mockery. For such there is a shameful doom.
7 And when Our revelations are recited unto him he turneth away in pride as if he heard them not, as if there were a deafness in his ears. So give him tidings of a painful doom.
8 Lo! those who believe and do good works, for them are the gardens of delight,
9 Wherein they will abide. It is a promise of Allah in truth. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
10 He hath created the heavens without supports that ye can see, and hath cast into the earth firm hills, so that it quake not with you; and He hath dispersed therein all kinds of beasts. And We send down water from the sky and We cause (plants) of every goodly kind to grow therein.
11 This is the Creation of Allah. Now show me that which those (ye worship) beside Him have created. Nay, but the wrong-doers are in error manifest!
12 And verily We gave Luqman wisdom, saying: Give thanks unto Allah; and whosoever giveth thanks, he giveth thanks for (the good of) his soul. And whosoever refuseth - Lo! Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise.
13 And (remember) when Luqman said unto his son, when he was exhorting him: O my dear son! Ascribe no partners unto Allah. Lo! to ascribe partners (unto Him) is a tremendous wrong -
14 And We have enjoined upon man concerning his partners - His mother beareth him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years - Give thanks unto Me and unto thy parents. Unto Me is the journeying.
15 But if they strive with thee to make thee ascribe unto Me as partner that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Consort with them in the world kindly, and follow the path of him who repenteth unto Me. Then unto Me will be your return, and I shall tell you what ye used to do -
16 O my dear son! Lo! though it be but the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.
17 O my dear son! Establish worship and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity, and persevere whatever may befall thee. Lo! that is of the steadfast heart of things.
18 Turn not thy cheek in scorn toward folk, nor walk with pertness in the land. Lo! Allah loveth not each braggart boaster.
19 Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.
20 See ye not how Allah hath made serviceable unto you whatsoever is in the skies and whatsoever is in the earth and hath loaded you with His favours both without and within? Yet of mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah, without knowledge or guidance or a scripture giving light.
21 And if it be said unto them: Follow that which Allah hath revealed, they say: Nay, but we follow that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though the devil were inviting them unto the doom of flame?
22 Whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Allah while doing good, he verily hath grasped the firm hand-hold. Unto Allah belongeth the sequel of all things.
23 And whosoever disbelieveth, let not his disbelief afflict thee (O Mohammed). Unto Us is their return, and We shall tell them what they did. Lo! Allah is Aware of what is in the breasts (of men).
24 We give them comfort for a little, and then We drive them to a heavy doom.
25 If thou shouldst ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth? they would answer: Allah. Say: Praise be to Allah! But most of them know not.
26 Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Lo! Allah, He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
27 And if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea, with seven more seas to help it, (were ink), the words of Allah could not be exhausted. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.
28 Your creation and your raising (from the dead) are only as (the creation and the raising of) a single soul. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.
29 Hast thou not seen how Allah causeth the night to pass into the day and causeth the day to pass into the night, and hath subdued the sun and the moon (to do their work), each running unto an appointed term; and that Allah is Informed of what ye do?
30 That (is so) because Allah, He is the True, and that which they invoke beside Him is the False, and because Allah, He is the Sublime, the Great.
31 Hast thou not seen how the ships glide on the sea by Allah's grace, that He may show you of His wonders? Lo! therein indeed are portents for every steadfast, grateful (heart).
32 And if a wave enshroudeth them like awnings, they cry unto Allah, making their faith pure for Him only. But when He bringeth them safe to land, some of them compromise. None denieth Our signs save every traitor ingrate.
33 O mankind! Keep your duty to your Lord and fear a Day when the parent will not be able to avail the child in aught, nor the child to avail the parent. Lo! Allah's promise is the very truth. Let not the life of the world beguile you, nor let the deceiver beguile you, in regard to Allah.
34 Lo! Allah! With Him is knowledge of the Hour. He sendeth down the rain, and knoweth that which is in the wombs. No soul knoweth what it will earn to- morrow, and no soul knoweth in what land it will die. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware.



#32. as-Sajdah: The Prostration

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Alif. Lam. Mim
2 The revelation of the Scripture whereof there is no doubt is from the Lord of the Worlds.
3 Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but it is the Truth from thy Lord, that thou mayst warn a folk to whom no warner came before thee, that haply they may walk aright.
4 Allah it is Who created the heavens and the earth, and that which is between them, in six Days. Then He mounted the Throne. Ye have not, beside Him, a protecting friend or mediator. Will ye not then remember?
5 He directeth the ordinance from the heaven unto the earth; then it ascendeth unto Him in a Day, whereof the measure is a thousand years of that ye reckon.
6 Such is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Mighty, the Merciful,
7 Who made all things good which He created, and He began the creation of man from clay;
8 Then He made his seed from a draught of despised fluid;
9 Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His Spirit; and appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
10 And they say: When we are lost in the earth, how can we then be re-created? Nay but they are disbelievers in the meeting with their Lord.
11 Say: The angel of death, who hath charge concerning you, will gather you, and afterward unto your Lord ye will be returned.
12 Couldst thou but see when the guilty hang their heads before their Lord, (and say): Our Lord! We have now seen and heard, so send us back; we will do right, now we are sure.
13 And if We had so willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word from Me concerning evildoers took effect: that I will fill hell with the jinn and mankind together.
14 So taste (the evil of your deeds). Forasmuch as ye forgot the meeting of this your day, lo! We forget you. Taste the doom of immortality because of what ye used to do.
15 Only those believe in Our revelations who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate and hymn the praise of their Lord, and they are not scornful,
16 Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of that We have bestowed on them.
17 No soul knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a reward for what they used to do.
18 Is he who is a believer like unto him who is an evil-liver? They are not alike.
19 But as for those who believe and do good works, for them are the Gardens of Retreat - a welcome (in reward) for what they used to do.
20 And as for those who do evil, their retreat is the Fire. Whenever they desire to issue forth from thence, they are brought back thither. Unto them it is said: Taste the torment of the Fire which ye used to deny.
21 And verily We make them taste the lower punishment before the greater, that haply they may return.
22 And who doth greater wrong than he who is reminded of the revelations of his Lord, then turneth from them. Lo! We shall requite the guilty.
23 We verily gave Moses the Scripture; so be not ye in doubt of his receiving it; and We appointed it a guidance for the Children of Israel.
24 And when they became steadfast and believed firmly in Our revelations, We appointed from among them leaders who guided by Our command.
25 Lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to differ.
26 Is it not a guidance for them (to observe) how many generations We destroyed before them, amid whose dwelling places they do walk? Lo! therein verily are portents! Will they not then heed?
27 Have they not seen how We lead the water to the barren land and therewith bring forth crops whereof their cattle eat, and they themselves? Will they not then see?
28 And they say: When cometh this victory (of yours) if ye are truthful?
29 Say (unto them): On the day of the victory the faith of those who disbelieve (and who then will believe) will not avail them, neither will they be reprieved.
30 So withdraw from them (O Mohammed), and await (the event). Lo! they (also) are awaiting (it).



#33. al-Ahzab: The Clans [Allies]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 O Prophet! Keep thy duty to Allah and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.
2 And follow that which is inspired in thee from thy Lord. Lo! Allah is Aware of what ye do.
3 And put thy trust in Allah, for Allah is sufficient as Trustee.
4 Allah hath not assigned unto any man two hearts within his body, nor hath He made your wives whom ye declare (to be your mothers) your mothers, nor hath He made those whom ye claim (to be your sons) your sons. This is but a saying of your mouths. But Allah saith the truth and He showeth the way.
5 Proclaim their real parentage. That will be more equitable in the sight of Allah. And if ye know not their fathers, then (they are) your brethren in the faith, and your clients. And there is no sin for you in the mistakes that ye make unintentionally, but what your hearts purpose (that will be a sin for you). Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
6 The Prophet is closer to the believers than their selves, and his wives are (as) their mothers. And the owners of kinship are closer one to another in the ordinance of Allah than (other) believers and the fugitives (who fled from Mecca), except that ye should do kindness to your friends. This is written in the Book (of nature).
7 And when We exacted a covenant from the prophets, and from thee (O Mohammed) and from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus son of Mary. We took from them a solemn covenant;
8 That He may ask the loyal of their loyalty. And He hath prepared a painful doom for the unfaithful.
9 O ye who believe! Remember Allah's favour unto you when there came against you hosts, and We sent against them a great wind and hosts ye could not see. And Allah is ever Seer of what ye do.
10 When they came upon you from above you and from below you, and when eyes grew wild and hearts reached to the throats, and ye were imagining vain thoughts concerning Allah.
11 There were the believers sorely tried, and shaken with a mighty shock.
12 And when the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, were saying: Allah and His messenger promised us naught but delusion.
13 And when a party of them said: O folk of Yathrib! There is no stand (possible) for you, therefor turn back. And certain of them (even) sought permission of the Prophet, saying: Our homes lie open (to the enemy). And they lay not open. They but wished to flee.
14 If the enemy had entered from all sides and they had been exhorted to treachery, they would have committed it, and would have hesitated thereupon but little.
15 And verily they had already sworn unto Allah that they would not turn their backs (to the foe). An oath to Allah must be answered for.
16 Say: Flight will not avail you if ye flee from death or killing, and then ye dwell in comfort but a little while.
17 Say: Who is he who can preserve you from Allah if He intendeth harm for you, or intendeth mercy for you. They will not find that they have any friend or helper other than Allah.
18 Allah already knoweth those of you who hinder, and those who say unto their brethren: "Come ye hither unto us!" and they come not to the stress of battle save a little,
19 Being sparing of their help to you (believers). But when the fear cometh, then thou (Mohammed) seest them regarding thee with rolling eyes like one who fainteth unto death. Then, when the fear departeth, they scald you with sharp tongues in their greed for wealth (from the spoil). Such have not believed. Therefor Allah maketh their deeds fruitless. And that is easy for Allah.
20 They hold that the clans have not retired (for good); and if the clans should advance (again), they would fain be in the desert with the wandering Arabs, asking for the news of you; and if they were among you, they would not give battle, save a little.
21 Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.
22 And when the true believers saw the clans, they said: This is that which Allah and His messenger promised us. Allah and His messenger are true. It did but confirm them in their faith and resignation.
23 Of the believers are men who are true to that which they covenanted with Allah. Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle), and some of them still are waiting; and they have not altered in the least;
24 That Allah may reward the true men for their truth, and punish the hypocrites if He will, or relent toward them (if He will). Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
25 And Allah repulsed the disbelievers in their wrath; they gained no good. Allah averted their attack from the believers. Allah is ever Strong, Mighty.
26 And He brought those of the People of the Scripture who supported them down from their strongholds, and cast panic into their hearts. Some ye slew, and ye made captive some.
27 And He caused you to inherit their land and their houses and their wealth, and land ye have not trodden. Allah is ever Able to do all things.
28 O Prophet! Say unto thy wives: If ye desire the world's life and its adornment, come! I will content you and will release you with a fair release.
29 But if ye desire Allah and His messenger and the abode of the Hereafter, then lo! Allah hath prepared for the good among you an immense reward.
30 O ye wives of the Prophet! Whosoever of you committeth manifest lewdness, the punishment for her will be doubled, and that is easy for Allah.
31 And whosoever of you is submissive unto Allah and His messenger and doeth right, We shall give her her reward twice over, and We have prepared for her a rich provision.
32 O ye wives of the Prophet! Ye are not like any other women. If ye keep your duty (to Allah), then be not soft of speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease aspire (to you), but utter customary speech.
33 And stay in your houses. Bedizen not yourselves with the bedizenment of the Time of Ignorance. Be regular in prayer, and pay the poor-due, and obey Allah and His messenger. Allah's wish is but to remove uncleanness far from you, O Folk of the Household, and cleanse you with a thorough cleansing.
34 And bear in mind that which is recited in your houses of the revelations of Allah and wisdom. Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware.
35 Lo! men who surrender unto Allah, and women who surrender, and men who believe and women who believe, and men who obey and women who obey, and men who speak the truth and women who speak the truth, and men who persevere (in righteousness) and women who persevere, and men who are humble and women who are humble, and men who give alms and women who give alms, and men who fast and women who fast, and men who guard their modesty and women who guard (their modesty), and men who remember Allah much and women who remember - Allah hath prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward.
36 And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.
37 And when thou saidst unto him on whom Allah hath conferred favour and thou hast conferred favour: Keep thy wife to thyself, and fear Allah. And thou didst hide in thy mind that which Allah was to bring to light, and thou didst fear mankind whereas Allah hath a better right that thou shouldst fear Him. So when Zeyd had performed that necessary formality (of divorce) from her, We gave her unto thee in marriage, so that (henceforth) there may be no sin for believers in respect of wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have performed the necessary formality (of release) from them. The commandment of Allah must be fulfilled.
38 There is no reproach for the Prophet in that which Allah maketh his due. That was Allah's way with those who passed away of old - and the commandment of Allah is certain destiny -
39 Who delivered the messages of Allah and feared Him, and feared none save Allah. Allah keepeth good account.
40 Mohammed is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is ever Aware of all things.
41 O ye who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance.
42 And glorify Him early and late.
43 He it is Who blesseth you, and His angels (bless you), that He may bring you forth from darkness unto light; and He is ever Merciful to the believers.
44 Their salutation on the day when they shall meet Him will be: Peace. And He hath prepared for them a goodly recompense.
45 O Prophet! Lo! We have sent thee as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner.
46 And as a summoner unto Allah by His permission, and as a lamp that giveth light.
47 And announce unto the believers the good tidings that they will have great bounty from Allah.
48 And incline not to the disbelievers and the hypocrites. Disregard their noxious talk, and put thy trust in Allah. Allah is sufficient as Trustee.
49 O ye who believe! If ye wed believing women and divorce them before ye have touched them, then there is no period that ye should reckon. But content them and release them handsomely.
50 O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the father's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the father's side, and the daughters of thine uncle on the mother's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother's side who emigrated with thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in marriage - a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of) believers - We are Aware of that which We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess - that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
51 Thou canst defer whom thou wilt of them and receive unto thee whom thou wilt, and whomsoever thou desirest of those whom thou hast set aside (temporarily), it is no sin for thee (to receive her again); that is better; that they may be comforted and not grieve, and may all be pleased with what thou givest them. Allah knoweth what is in your hearts (O men), and Allah is ever Forgiving, Clement.
52 It is not allowed thee to take (other) women henceforth, nor that thou shouldst change them for other wives even though their beauty pleased thee, save those whom thy right hand possesseth. And Allah is ever Watcher over all things.
53 O Ye who believe! Enter not the dwellings of the Prophet for a meal without waiting for the proper time, unless permission be granted you. But if ye are invited, enter, and, when your meal is ended, then disperse. Linger not for conversation. Lo! that would cause annoyance to the Prophet, and he would be shy of (asking) you (to go); but Allah is not shy of the truth. And when ye ask of them (the wives of the Prophet) anything, ask it of them from behind a curtain. That is purer for your hearts and for their hearts. And it is not for you to cause annoyance to the messenger of Allah, nor that ye should ever marry his wives after him. Lo! that in Allah's sight would be an enormity.
54 Whether ye divulge a thing or keep it hidden, lo! Allah is ever Knower of all things.
55 It is no sin for them (thy wives) to converse freely) with their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or the sons of their sisters or of their own women, or their slaves. O women! Keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is ever Witness over all things.
56 Lo! Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet. O ye who believe! Ask blessings on him and salute him with a worthy salutation.
57 Lo! those who malign Allah and His messenger, Allah hath cursed them in the world and the Hereafter, and hath prepared for them the doom of the disdained.
58 And those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and manifest sin.
59 O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, so that they may be recognised and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
60 If the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and the alarmists in the city do not cease, We verily shall urge thee on against them, then they will be your neighbours in it but a little while.
61 Accursed, they will be seized wherever found and slain with a (fierce) slaughter.
62 That was the way of Allah in the case of those who passed away of old; thou wilt not find for the way of Allah aught of power to change.
63 Men ask thee of the Hour. Say: The knowledge of it is with Allah only. What can convey (the knowledge) unto thee? It may be that the Hour is nigh.
64 Lo! Allah hath cursed the disbelievers, and hath prepared for them a flaming fire,
65 Wherein they will abide for ever. They will find (then) no protecting friend nor helper.
66 On the day when their faces are turned over in the Fire, they say: Oh, would that we had obeyed Allah and had obeyed His messenger!
67 And they say: Our Lord! Lo! we obeyed our princes and great men, and they misled us from the Way.
68 Our Lord! Oh, give them double torment and curse them with a mighty curse.
69 O ye who believe! Be not as those who slandered Moses, but Allah proved his innocence of that which they alleged, and he was well esteemed in Allah's sight.
70 O ye who believe! Guard your duty to Allah, and speak words straight to the point;
71 He will adjust your works for you and will forgive you your sins. Whosoever obeyeth Allah and His messenger, he verily hath gained a signal victory.
72 Lo! We offered the trust unto the heavens and the earth and the hills, but they shrank from bearing it and were afraid of it. And man assumed it. Lo! he hath proved a tyrant and a fool.
73 So Allah punisheth hypocritical men and hypocritical women, and idolatrous men and idolatrous women. But Allah pardoneth believing men and believing women, and Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.



#34. Saba [Sheba]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Praise be to Allah, unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. His is the praise in the Hereafter, and He is the Wise, the Aware.
2 He knoweth that which goeth into the earth and that which cometh forth from it, and that descendeth from the heaven and that which ascendeth into it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.
3 Those who disbelieve say: The Hour will never come unto us. Say: Nay, by my Lord, but it is coming unto you surely. (He is) the Knower of the Unseen. Not an atom's weight, or less than that or greater, escapeth Him in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a clear Record,
4 That He may reward those who believe and do good works. For them is pardon and a rich provision.
5 But those who strive against Our revelations, challenging (Us), theirs will be a painful doom of wrath.
6 Those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the truth and leadeth unto the path of the Mighty, the Owner of Praise.
7 Those who disbelieve say: Shall we show you a man who will tell you (that) when ye have become dispersed in dust with most complete dispersal still, even then, ye will be created anew?
8 Hath he invented a lie concerning Allah, or is there in him a madness? Nay, but those who disbelieve in the Hereafter are in torment and far error.
9 Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause obliteration from the sky to fall on them. Lo! herein surely is a portent for every slave who turneth (to Allah) repentant.
10 And assuredly We gave David grace from Us, (saying): O ye hills and birds, echo his psalms of praise! And We made the iron supple unto him,
11 Saying: Make thou long coats of mail and measure the links (thereof). And do ye right. Lo! I am Seer of what ye do.
12 And unto Solomon (We gave) the wind, whereof the morning course was a month's journey and the evening course a month's journey, and We caused the fount of copper to gush forth for him, and (We gave him) certain of the jinn who worked before him by permission of his Lord. And such of them as deviated from Our command, them We caused to taste the punishment of flaming Fire.
13 They made for him what he willed: synagogues and statues, basins like wells and boilers built into the ground. Give thanks, O House of David! Few of My bondmen are thankful.
14 And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.
15 There was indeed a sign for Sheba in their dwelling-place: Two gardens on the right hand and the left (as who should say): Eat of the provision of your Lord and render thanks to Him. A fair land and an indulgent Lord!
16 But they were froward, so We sent on them the flood of 'Iram, and in exchange for their two gardens gave them two gardens bearing bitter fruit, the tamarisk and here and there a lote-tree.
17 This We awarded them because of their ingratitude. Punish We ever any save the ingrates?
18 And We set, between them and the towns which We had blessed, towns easy to be seen, and We made the stage between them easy, (saying): Travel in them safely both by night and day.
19 But they said: Our Lord! Make the stage between our journeys longer. And they wronged themselves, therefore We made them bywords (in the land) and scattered them abroad, a total scattering. Lo! herein verily are portents for each steadfast, grateful (heart).
20 And Satan indeed found his calculation true concerning them, for they follow him, all save a group of true believers.
21 And he had no warrant whatsoever against them, save that We would know him who believeth in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt thereof; and thy Lord (O Mohammed) taketh note of all things.
22 Say (O Mohammed): Call upon those whom ye set up beside Allah! They possess not an atom's weight either in the heavens or in the earth, nor have they any share in either, nor hath He an auxiliary among them.
23 No intercession availeth with Him save for him whom He permitteth. Yet, when fear is banished from their hearts, they say: What was it that your Lord said? They say: The Truth. And He is the Sublime, the Great.
24 Say: Who giveth you provision from the sky and the earth? Say: Allah, Lo! we or you assuredly are rightly guided or in error manifest.
25 Say: Ye will not be asked of what we committed, nor shall we be asked of what ye do.
26 Say: Our Lord will bring us all together, then He will judge between us with truth. He is the All-knowing Judge.
27 Say: Show me those whom ye have joined unto Him as partners. Nay (ye dare not)! For He is Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
28 And We have not sent thee (O Mohammed) save as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all mankind; but most of mankind know not.
29 And they say: When is this promise (to be fulfilled) if ye are truthful?
30 Say (O Mohammed): Yours is the promise of a Day which ye cannot postpone nor hasten by an hour.
31 And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Koran nor in that which was before it; but oh, if thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame one to another; how those who were despised (in the earth) say unto those who were proud: But for you, we should have been believers.
32 Those who were proud say unto those who were despised: Did we drive you away from the guidance after it had come unto you? Nay, but ye were guilty.
33 Those who were despised say unto those who were proud: Nay but (it was your) scheming night and day, when ye commanded us to disbelieve in Allah and set up rivals unto Him. And they are filled with remorse when they behold the doom; and We place carcans on the necks of those who disbelieved. Are they requited aught save what they used to do?
34 And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones declared: Lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent.
35 And they say: We are more (than you) in wealth and children. We are not the punished!
36 Say (O Mohammed): Lo! my Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will and narroweth it (for whom He will). But most of mankind know not.
37 And it is not your wealth nor your children that will bring you near unto Us, but he who believeth and doeth good (he draweth near). As for such, theirs will be twofold reward for what they did and they will dwell secure in lofty halls.
38 And as for those who strive against Our revelations, challenging, they will be brought to the doom.
39 Say: Lo! my Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will of His bondmen, and narroweth (it) for him. And whatsoever ye spend (for good) He replaceth it. And He is the Best of Providers.
40 And on the day when He will gather them all together, He will say unto the angels: Did these worship you?
41 They will say: Be Thou Glorified. Thou (alone) art our Guardian, not them! Nay, but they worshipped the jinn; most of them were believers in them.
42 That day ye will possess no use nor hurt one for another. And We shall say unto those who did wrong: Taste the doom of the Fire which ye used to deny.
43 And if Our revelations are recited unto them in plain terms, they say: This is naught else than a man who would turn you away from what your fathers used to worship; and they say: This is naught else than an invented lie. Those who disbelieve say of the truth when it reacheth them: This is naught else than mere magic.
44 And We have given them no scriptures which they study, nor sent We unto them, before thee, any warner.
45 Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that which We bestowed on them (of old); yet they denied My messengers. How intense then was My abhorrence (of them)!
46 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.
47 Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things.
48 Say: Lo! my Lord hurleth the truth. (He is) the Knower of Things Hidden.
49 Say: The Truth hath come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will not return.
50 Say: If I err, I err only to my own loss, and if I am rightly guided it is because of that which my Lord hath revealed unto me. Lo! He is Hearer, Nigh.
51 Couldst thou but see when they are terrified with no escape, and are seized from near at hand,
52 And say: We (now) believe therein. But how can they reach (faith) from afar off,
53 When they disbelieved in it of yore. They aim at the unseen from afar off.
54 And a gulf is set between them and that which they desire, as was done for people of their kind of old. Lo! they were in hopeless doubt.



#35. al-Malaikah: The Angels; and, [al Fatir: The Creator]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Praise be to Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who appointeth the angels messengers having wings two, three and four. He multiplieth in creation what He will. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.
2 That which Allah openeth unto mankind of mercy none can withhold it; and that which He withholdeth none can release thereafter. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
3 O mankind! Remember Allah's grace toward you! Is there any creator other than Allah who provideth for you from the sky and the earth? There is no God save Him. Whither then are ye turned?
4 And if they deny thee, (O Mohammed), messengers (of Allah) were denied before thee. Unto Allah all things are brought back.
5 O mankind! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. So let not the life of the world beguile you, and let not the (avowed) beguiler beguile you with regard to Allah.
6 Lo! the devil is an enemy for you, so treat him as an enemy. He only summoneth his faction to be owners of the flaming Fire.
7 Those who disbelieve, theirs will be an awful doom; and those who believe and do good works, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.
8 Is he, the evil of whose deeds is made fairseeming unto him so that he deemeth it good, (other than Satan's dupe)? Allah verily sendeth whom He will astray, and guideth whom He will; so let not thy soul expire in sighings for them. Lo! Allah is Aware of what they do!
9 And Allah it is Who sendeth the winds and they raise a cloud; then We lead it unto a dead land and revive therewith the earth after its death. Such is the Resurrection.
10 Whoso desireth power (should know that) all power belongeth to Allah. Unto Him good words ascend, and the pious deed doth He exalt; but those who plot iniquities, theirs will be an awful doom; and the plotting of such (folk) will come to naught.
11 Allah created you from dust, then from a little fluid, then He made you pairs (the male and female). No female beareth or bringeth forth save with His knowledge. And no-one groweth old who groweth old, nor is aught lessened of his life, but it is recorded in a Book, Lo! that is easy for Allah.
12 And the two seas are not alike: this, fresh, sweet, good to drink, this (other) bitter, salt. And from them both ye eat fresh meat and derive the ornament that ye wear. And thou seest the ship cleaving them with its prow that ye may seek of His bounty, and that haply ye may give thanks.
13 He maketh the night to pass into the day and He maketh the day to pass into the night. He hath subdued the sun and moon to service. Each runneth unto an appointed term. Such is Allah, your Lord; His is the Sovereignty; and those unto whom ye pray instead of Him own not so much as the white spot on a date-stone.
14 If ye pray unto them they hear not your prayer, and if they heard they could not grant it you. On the Day of Resurrection they will disown association with you. None can inform you like Him Who is Aware.
15 O mankind! Ye are the poor in your relation to Allah. And Allah! He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
16 If He will, He can be rid of you and bring (instead of you) some new creation.
17 That is not a hard thing for Allah.
18 And no burdened soul can bear another's burden, and if one heavy laden crieth for (help with) his load, naught of it will be lifted even though he (unto whom he crieth) be of kin. Thou warnest only those who fear their Lord in secret, and have established worship. He who groweth (in goodness), groweth only for himself, (he cannot by his merit redeem others). Unto Allah is the journeying.
19 The blind man is not equal with the seer;
20 Nor is darkness (tantamount to) light;
21 Nor is the shadow equal with the sun's full heat;
22 Nor are the living equal with the dead. Lo! Allah maketh whom He will to hear. Thou canst not reach those who are in the graves.
23 Thou art but a warner.
24 Lo! We have sent thee with the Truth, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner; and there is not a nation but a warner hath passed among them.
25 And if they deny thee, those before them also denied. Their messengers came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), and with the Psalms and the Scripture giving light.
26 Then seized I those who disbelieved, and how intense was My abhorrence!
27 Hast thou not seen that Allah causeth water to fall from the sky, and We produce therewith fruit of divers hues; and among the hills are streaks white and red, of divers hues, and (others) raven-black;
28 And of men and beasts and cattle, in like manner, divers hues? The erudite among His bondmen fear Allah alone. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.
29 Lo! those who read the Scripture of Allah, and establish worship, and spend of that which We have bestowed on them secretly and openly, they look forward to imperishable gain,
30 That He will pay them their wages and increase them of His grace. Lo! He is Forgiving, Responsive.
31 As for that which We inspire in thee of the Scripture, it is the Truth confirming that which was (revealed) before it. Lo! Allah is indeed Observer, Seer of His slaves.
32 Then We gave the Scripture as inheritance unto those whom We elected of Our bondmen. But of them are some who wrong themselves and of them are some who are lukewarm, and of them are some who outstrip (others) through good deeds, by Allah's leave. That is the great favour!
33 Gardens of Eden! They enter them wearing armlets of gold and pearl and their raiment therein is silk.
34 And they say: Praise be to Allah Who hath put grief away from us. Lo! Our Lord is Forgiving, Bountiful,
35 Who, of His grace, hath installed us in the mansion of eternity, where toil toucheth us not nor can weariness affect us.
36 But as for those who disbelieve, for them is fire of hell; it taketh not complete effect upon them so that they can die, nor is its torment lightened for them. Thus We punish every ingrate.
37 And they cry for help there, (saying): Our Lord! Release us; we will do right, not (the wrong) that we used to do. Did not We grant you a life long enough for him who reflected to reflect therein? And the warner came unto you. Now taste (the flavour of your deeds), for evil-doers have no helper.
38 Lo! Allah is the Knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. Lo! He is Aware of the secret of (men's) breasts.
39 He it is Who hath made you regents in the earth; so he who disbelieveth, his disbelief be on his own head. Their disbelief increaseth for the disbelievers, in their Lord's sight, naught save abhorrence. Their disbelief increaseth for the disbelievers naught save loss.
40 Say: Have ye seen your partner-gods to whom ye pray beside Allah? Show me what they created of the earth! Or have they any portion in the heavens? Or have We given them a scripture so they act on clear proof therefrom? Nay, the evil-doers promise one another only to deceive.
41 Lo! Allah graspeth the heavens and the earth that they deviate not, and if they were to deviate there is not one that could grasp them after Him. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving.
42 And they swore by Allah, their most binding oath, that if a warner came unto them they would be more tractable than any of the nations; yet, when a warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save repugnance,
43 (Shown in their) behaving arrogantly in the land and plotting evil; and the evil plot encloseth but the men who make it. Then, can they expect aught save the treatment of the folk of old? Thou wilt not find for Allah's way of treatment any substitute, nor wilt thou find for Allah's way of treatment aught of power to change.
44 Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them, and they were mightier than these in power? Allah is not such that aught in the heavens or in the earth escapeth Him. Lo! He is the Wise, the Mighty.
45 If Allah took mankind to task by that which they deserve, He would not leave a living creature on the surface of the earth; but He reprieveth them unto an appointed term, and when their term cometh - then verily (they will know that) Allah is ever Seer of His slaves.



#36. Ya Sin

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ya Sin.
2 By the wise Koran,
3 Lo! thou art of those sent
4 On a straight path,
5 A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,
6 That thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.
7 Already hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not.
8 Lo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked.
9 And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.
10 Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not.
11 Thou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward.
12 Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before (them, and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register.
13 Coin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them;
14 When We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you.
15 They said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie!
16 They answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you,
17 And our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message).
18 (The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands.
19 They said: Your evil augury be with you! Is it because ye are reminded (of the truth)? Nay, but ye are froward folk!
20 And there came from the uttermost part of the city a man running. He cried: O my people! Follow those who have been sent!
21 Follow those who ask of you no fee, and who are rightly guided.
22 For what cause should I not serve Him Who hath created me, and unto Whom ye will be brought back?
23 Shall I take (other) gods in place of Him when, if the Beneficent should wish me any harm, their intercession will avail me naught, nor can they save?
24 Then truly I should be in error manifest.
25 Lo! I have believed in your Lord, so hear me!
26 It was said (unto him): Enter paradise. He said: Would that my people knew
27 With what (munificence) my Lord hath pardoned me and made me of the honoured ones!
28 We sent not down against his people after him a host from heaven, nor do We ever send.
29 It was but one Shout, and lo! they were extinct.
30 Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him!
31 Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them;
32 But all, without exception, will be brought before Us.
33 A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof;
34 And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein,
35 That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks?
36 Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not!
37 A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness.
38 And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
39 And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf.
40 It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.
41 And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship,
42 And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride.
43 And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved;
44 Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.
45 When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).
46 Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it!
47 And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest.
48 And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful?
49 They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing.
50 Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk.
51 And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord,
52 Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth.
53 It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!
54 This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do.
55 Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,
56 They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining;
57 Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask;
58 The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!
59 But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day!
60 Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! -
61 But that ye worship Me? That was the right path.
62 Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense?
63 This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him).
64 Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.
65 This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn.
66 And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen?
67 And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.
68 He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense?
69 And We have not taught him (Mohammed) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain,
70 To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers.
71 Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners,
72 And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food?
73 Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks?
74 And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped.
75 It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms.
76 So let not their speech grieve thee (O Mohammed). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim.
77 Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent.
78 And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away?
79 Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation,
80 Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it.
81 Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator,
82 But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is.
83 Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back.



#37. as-Saffat: Those who set the Ranks

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By those who set the ranks in battle order
2 And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof
3 And those who read (the Word) for a reminder,
4 Lo! thy Lord is surely One;
5 Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.
6 Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;
7 With security from every froward devil.
8 They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,
9 Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;
10 Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.
11 Then ask them (O Mohammed): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.
12 Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock
13 And heed not when they are reminded,
14 And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.
15 And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;
16 When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)?
17 And our forefathers?
18 Say (O Mohammed): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.
19 There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,
20 And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.
21 This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.
22 (And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship
23 Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;
24 And stop them, for they must be questioned.
25 What aileth you that ye help not one another?
26 Nay, but this day they make full submission.
27 And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
28 They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).
29 They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.
30 We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.
31 Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).
32 Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.
33 Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.
34 Lo! thus deal We with the guilty.
35 For when it was said unto them, There is no God save Allah, they were scornful
36 And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?
37 Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him).
38 Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom -
39 Ye are requited naught save what ye did -
40 Save single-minded slaves of Allah;
41 For them there is a known provision,
42 Fruits. And they will be honoured
43 In the Gardens of delight,
44 On couches facing one another;
45 A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,
46 White, delicious to the drinkers,
47 Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.
48 And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,
49 (Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).
50 And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
51 A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade
52 Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?
53 Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?
54 He saith: Will ye look?
55 Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.
56 He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,
57 And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).
58 Are we then not to die
59 Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?
60 Lo! this is the supreme triumph.
61 For the like of this, then, let the workers work.
62 Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?
63 Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.
64 Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.
65 Its crop is as it were the heads of devils
66 And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith.
67 And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water
68 And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.
69 They indeed found their fathers astray,
70 But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.
71 And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,
72 And verily We sent among them warners.
73 Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,
74 Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
75 And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer
76 And We saved him and his household from the great distress,
77 And made his seed the survivors,
78 And left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
79 Peace be unto Noah among the peoples!
80 Lo! thus do We reward the good.
81 Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
82 Then We did drown the others.
83 And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham
84 When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart;
85 When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship?
86 Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire?
87 What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?
88 And he glanced a glance at the stars
89 Then said: Lo! I feel sick!
90 And they turned their backs and went away from him.
91 Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat?
92 What aileth you that ye speak not?
93 Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand.
94 And (his people) came toward him, hastening.
95 He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve
96 When Allah hath created you and what ye make?
97 They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire.
98 And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.
99 And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.
100 My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous.
101 So We gave him tidings of a gentle son.
102 And when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.
103 Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face,
104 We called unto him: O Abraham!
105 Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good.
106 Lo! that verily was a clear test.
107 Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim.
108 And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
109 Peace be unto Abraham!
110 Thus do We reward the good.
111 Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
112 And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous.
113 And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves.
114 And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron,
115 And saved them and their people from the great distress,
116 And helped them so that they became the victors.
117 And We gave them the clear Scripture
118 And showed them the right path.
119 And We left for them among the later folk (the salutation):
120 Peace be unto Moses and Aaron!
121 Lo! thus do We reward the good.
122 Lo! they are two of Our believing slaves.
123 And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn),
124 When he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
125 Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators,
126 Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?
127 But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom)
128 Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
129 And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
130 Peace be unto Elias!
131 Lo! thus do We reward the good.
132 Lo! he is one of our believing slaves.
133 And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn).
134 When We saved him and his household, every one,
135 Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;
136 Then We destroyed the others.
137 And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning
138 And at night-time; have ye then no sense?
139 And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)
140 When he fled unto the laden ship,
141 And then drew lots and was of those rejected;
142 And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;
143 And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)
144 He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised;
145 Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick;
146 And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;
147 And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more
148 And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while.
149 Now ask them (O Mohammed): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons?
150 Or created We the angels females while they were present?
151 Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say:
152 Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie.
153 (And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.
154 What aileth you? How judge ye?
155 Will ye not then reflect?
156 Or have ye a clear warrant?
157 Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful.
158 And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him).
159 Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him),
160 Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
161 Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship,
162 Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him.
163 Save him who is to burn in hell.
164 There is not one of us but hath his known position.
165 Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks,
166 Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise
167 And indeed they used to say:
168 If we had but a reminder from the men of old
169 We would be single-minded slaves of Allah.
170 Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know.
171 And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)
172 That they verily would be helped,
173 And that Our host, they verily would be the victors.
174 So withdraw from them (O Mohammed) awhile,
175 And watch, for they will (soon) see.
176 Would they hasten on Our doom?
177 But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned.
178 Withdraw from them awhile
179 And watch, for they will (soon) see.
180 Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)
181 And peace be unto those sent (to warn).
182 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!



# 38. Saad

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Saad. By the renowned Koran,
2 Nay, but those who disbelieve are in false pride and schism.
3 How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!
4 And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them, and the disbelievers say: This is a wizard, a charlatan.
5 Maketh he the gods One God? Lo! that is an astounding thing.
6 The chiefs among them go about, exhorting: Go and be staunch to your gods! Lo! this is a thing designed.
7 We have not heard of this in later religion. This is naught but an invention.
8 Hath the reminder been unto him (alone) among us? Nay, but they are in doubt concerning My reminder; nay but they have not yet tasted My doom.
9 Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower?
10 Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them theirs? Then let them ascend by ropes!
11 A defeated host are (all) the factions that are there.
12 The folk of Noah before them denied (their messenger) and (so did the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh firmly planted,
13 And (the tribe of) Thamud, and the folk of Lot, and the dwellers in the wood: these were the factions.
14 Not one of them but did deny the messengers, therefor My doom was justified,
15 These wait for but one Shout, there will be no second thereto.
16 They say: Our Lord! Hasten on for us our fate before the Day of Reckoning.
17 Bear with what they say, and remember Our bondman David, lord of might, Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah).
18 Lo! We subdued the hills to hymn the praises (of their Lord) with him at nightfall and sunrise,
19 And the birds assembled; all were turning unto Him.
20 We made his kingdom strong and gave him wisdom and decisive speech.
21 And hath the story of the litigants come unto thee? How they climbed the wall into the royal chamber;
22 How they burst in upon David, and he was afraid of them. They said: Be not afraid! (We are) two litigants, one of whom hath wronged the other, therefor judge aright between us; be not unjust; and show us the fair way.
23 Lo! this my brother hath ninety and nine ewes while I had one ewe; and he said: Entrust it to me, and he conquered me in speech.
24 (David) said: He hath wronged thee in demanding thine ewe in addition to his ewes, and lo! many partners oppress one another, save such as believe and do good works, and they are few. And David guessed that We had tried him, and he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he bowed himself and fell down prostrate and repented.
25 So We forgave him that; and lo! he had access to Our presence and a happy journey's end.
26 (And it was said unto him): O David! Lo! We have set thee as a viceroy in the earth; therefor judge aright between mankind, and follow not desire that it beguile thee from the way of Allah. Lo! those who wander from the way of Allah have an awful doom, forasmuch as they forgot the Day of Reckoning.
27 And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve. And woe unto those who disbelieve, from the Fire!
28 Shall We treat those who believe and do good works as those who spread corruption in the earth; or shall We treat the pious as the wicked?
29 (This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of blessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of understanding may reflect.
30 And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (toward Allah).
31 When there were shown to him at eventide lightfooted coursers
32 And he said: Lo! I have preferred the good things (of the world) to the remembrance of my Lord; till they were taken out of sight behind the curtain.
33 (Then he said): Bring them back to me, and fell to slashing (with his sword their) legs and necks.
34 And verily We tried Solomon, and set upon his throne a (mere) body. Then did he repent.
35 He said: My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me sovereignty such as shall not belong to any after me. Lo! Thou art the Bestower.
36 So We made the wind subservient unto him, setting fair by his command whithersoever he intended.
37 And the unruly, every builder and diver (made We subservient),
38 And others linked together in chains,
39 (Saying): This is Our gift, so bestow thou, or withhold, without reckoning.
40 And lo! he hath favour with Us, and a happy journey's end.
41 And make mention (O Mohammed) of Our bondman Job, when he cried unto his Lord (saying): Lo! the devil doth afflict me with distress and torment.
42 (And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.
43 And We bestowed on him (again) his household and therewith the like thereof, a mercy from Us, and a memorial for men of understanding.
44 And (it was said unto him): Take in thine hand a branch and smite therewith, and break not thine oath. Lo! We found him steadfast, how excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (to his Lord).
45 And make mention of Our bondmen, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of parts and vision.
46 Lo! We purified them with a pure thought, remembrance of the Home (of the Hereafter).
47 Lo! in Our sight they are verily of the elect, the excellent.
48 And make mention of Ishmael and Elisha and Dhu'l-Kifl. All are of the chosen.
49 This is a reminder. And lo! for those who ward off (evil) is a happy journey's end,
50 Gardens of Eden, whereof the gates are opened for them,
51 Wherein, reclining, they call for plenteous fruit and cool drink (that is) therein.
52 And with them are those of modest gaze, companions.
53 This it is that ye are promised for the Day of Reckoning.
54 Lo! this in truth is Our provision, which will never waste away.
55 This (is for the righteous). And lo! for the transgressors there with be an evil journey's end,
56 Hell, where they will burn, an evil resting-place.
57 Here is a boiling and an ice-cold draught, so let them taste it,
58 And other (torment) of the kind in pairs (the two extremes)!
59 Here is an army rushing blindly with you. (Those who are already in the Fire say): No word of welcome for them. Lo! they will roast at the Fire.
60 They say: Nay, but you (misleaders), for you there is no word of welcome. Ye prepared this for us (by your misleading). Now hapless is the plight.
61 They say: Our Lord! Whoever did prepare this for us, oh, give him double portion of the Fire!
62 And they say: What aileth us that we behold not men whom we were wont to count among the wicked?
63 Did we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes missed them?
64 Lo! that is very truth: the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire.
65 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): I am only a warner, and there is no God save Allah, the One, the Absolute,
66 Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning.
67 Say: It is tremendous tidings
68 Whence ye turn away!
69 I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed;
70 It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner.
71 When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,
72 And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate,
73 The angels fell down prostrate, every one,
74 Saving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers.
75 He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?
76 He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.
77 He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast,
78 And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment.
79 He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.
80 He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved
81 Until the day of the time appointed.
82 He said: Then, by Thy might, I surely will beguile them every one,
83 Save Thy single-minded slaves among them.
84 He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak,
85 That I shall fill hell with thee and with such of them as follow thee, together.
86 Say (O Mohammed, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for this, and I am no simulating.
87 Lo! it is naught else than a reminder for all peoples
88 And ye will come in time to know the truth thereof.



#39. az-Zumar: The Troops [or Companies]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
2 Lo! We have revealed the Scripture unto thee (Mohammed) with truth; so worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).
3 Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who choose protecting friends beside Him (say): We worship them only that they may bring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an ingrate.
4 If Allah had willed to choose a son, He could have chosen what He would of that which He hath created. Be He Glorified! He is Allah, the One, the Absolute.
5 He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. He maketh night to succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night, and He constraineth the sun and the moon to give service, each running on for an appointed term. Is not He the Mighty, the Forgiver?
6 He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its mate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds. He created you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold gloom. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty. There is no God save Him. How then are ye turned away?
7 If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).
8 And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Mohammed, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.
9 Is he who payeth adoration in the watches of the night, prostrate and standing, bewaring of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, (to be accounted equal with a disbeliever)? Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed.
10 Say: O My bondmen who believe! Observe your duty to your Lord. For those who do good in this world there is good, and Allah's earth is spacious. Verily the steadfast will be paid their wages without stint.
11 Say (O Mohammed): Lo! I am commanded to worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).
12 And I am commanded to be the first of those who are muslims (surrender unto Him).
13 Say: Lo! if I should disobey my Lord, I fear the doom of a tremendous Day.
14 Say: Allah I worship, making my religion pure for Him (only).
15 Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss!
16 They have an awning of fire above them and beneath them a dais (of fire). With this doth Allah appal His bondmen. O My bondmen, therefor fear Me!
17 And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings (O Mohammed) to My bondmen
18 Who hear advice and follow the best thereof. Such are those whom Allah guideth, and such are men of understanding.
19 Is he on whom the word of doom is fulfilled (to be helped), and canst thou (O Mohammed) rescue him who is in the Fire?
20 But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are lofty halls with lofty halls above them, built (for them), beneath which rivers flow. (It is) a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise.
21 Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding.
22 Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he followeth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error.
23 Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements, a Scripture consistent, (wherein promises of reward are) paired (with threats of punishment), whereat doth creep the flesh of those who fear their Lord, so that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah's reminder. Such is Allah's guidance, wherewith He guideth whom He will. And him whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.
24 Is he then, who will strike his face against the awful doom upon the Day of Resurrection (as he who doeth right)? And it will be said unto the wrong-doers: Taste what ye used to earn.
25 Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not.
26 Thus Allah made them taste humiliation in the life of the world, and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be greater if they did but know.
27 And verily We have coined for mankind in this Koran all kinds of similitudes, that haply they may reflect;
28 A Lecture in Arabic, containing no crookedness, that haply they may ward off (evil).
29 Allah coineth a similitude: A man in relation to whom are several part- owners, quarrelling, and a man belonging wholly to one man. Are the two equal in similitude? Praise be to Allah! But most of them know not.
30 Lo! thou wilt die, and lo! they will die;
31 Then lo! on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord ye will dispute.
32 And who doth greater wrong than he who telleth a lie against Allah, and denieth the truth when it reacheth him? Will not the home of disbelievers be in hell?
33 And whoso bringeth the truth and believeth therein - Such are the dutiful.
34 They shall have what they will of their Lord's bounty. That is the reward of the good:
35 That Allah will remit from them the worst of what they did, and will pay them for reward the best they used to do.
36 Will not Allah defend His slave? Yet they would frighten thee with those beside Him. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.
37 And he whom Allah guideth, for him there can be no misleader. Is not Allah Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong)?
38 And verily, if thou shouldst ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth? they will say: Allah. Say: Bethink you then of those ye worship beside Allah, if Allah willed some hurt for me, could they remove from me His hurt; or if He willed some mercy for me, could they restrain His mercy? Say: Allah is my all. In Him do (all) the trusting put their trust.
39 Say: O my people! Act in your manner. Lo! I (too) am acting. Thus ye will come to know
40 Who it is unto whom cometh a doom that will abase him, and on whom there falleth everlasting doom.
41 Lo! We have revealed unto thee (Mohammed) the Scripture for mankind with truth. Then whosoever goeth right it is for his soul, and whosoever strayeth, strayeth only to its hurt. And thou art not a warder over them.
42 Allah receiveth (men's) souls at the time of their death, and that (soul) which dieth not (yet) in its sleep. He keepeth that (soul) for which He hath ordained death and dismisseth the rest till an appointed term. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take thought.
43 Or choose they intercessors other than Allah? Say: What! Even though they have power over nothing and have no intelligence?
44 Say: Unto Allah belongeth all intercession. His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. And afterward unto Him ye will be brought back.
45 And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are repelled, and when those (whom they worship) beside Him are mentioned, behold! they are glad.
46 Say: O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of the Invisible and the Visible! Thou wilt judge between Thy slaves concerning that wherein they used to differ.
47 And though those who do wrong possess all that is in the earth, and therewith as much again, they verily will seek to ransom themselves therewith on the Day of Resurrection from the awful doom; and there will appear unto them, from their Lord, that wherewith they never reckoned.
48 And the evils that they earned will appear unto them, and that whereat they used to scoff will surround them.
49 Now when hurt toucheth a man he crieth unto Us, and afterward when We have granted him a boon from Us, he saith: Only by force of knowledge I obtained it. Nay, but it is a test. But most of them know not.
50 Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not;
51 But the evils that they earned smote them; and such of these as do wrong, the evils that they earn will smite them; they cannot escape.
52 Know they not that Allah enlargeth providence for whom He will, and straiteneth it (for whom He will). Lo! herein verily are portents for people who believe.
53 Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
54 Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.
55 And follow the better (guidance) of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know not,
56 Lest any soul should say: Alas, my grief that I was unmindful of Allah, and I was indeed among the scoffers!
57 Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful!
58 Or should say, when it seeth the doom: Oh, that I had but a second chance that I might be among the righteous!
59 (But now the answer will be): Nay, for My revelations came unto thee, but thou didst deny them and wast scornful and wast among the disbelievers.
60 And on the Day of Resurrection thou (Mohammed) seest those who lied concerning Allah with their faces blackened. Is not the home of the scorners in hell?
61 And Allah delivereth those who ward off (evil) because of their deserts. Evil toucheth them not, nor do they grieve.
62 Allah is Creator of all things, and He is Guardian over all things.
63 His are the keys of the heavens and the earth, and they who disbelieve the revelations of Allah - such are they who are the losers.
64 Say (O Mohammed, to the disbelievers): Do ye bid me serve other than Allah? O ye fools!
65 And verily it hath been revealed unto thee as unto those before thee (saying): If thou ascribe a partner to Allah thy work will fail and thou indeed wilt be among the losers.
66 Nay, but Allah must thou serve, and be among the thankful!
67 And they esteem not Allah as He hath the right to be esteemed, when the whole earth is His handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens are rolled in His right hand. Glorified is He and High Exalted from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him).
68 And the trumpet is blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who are in the earth swoon away, save him whom Allah willeth. Then it is blown a second time, and behold them standing waiting!
69 And the earth shineth with the light of her Lord, and the Book is set up, and the prophets and the witnesses are brought, and it is judged between them with truth, and they are not wronged.
70 And each soul is paid in full for what it did. And He is Best Aware of what they do.
71 And those who disbelieve are driven unto hell in troops till, when they reach it and the gates thereof are opened, and the warders thereof say unto them: Came there not unto you messengers of your own, reciting unto you the revelations of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of this your Day? they say: Yea, verily. But the word of doom of disbelievers is fulfilled.
72 It is said (unto them): Enter ye the gates of hell to dwell therein. Thus hapless is the journey's end of the scorners.
73 And those who keep their duty to their Lord are driven unto the Garden in troops till, when they reach it, and the gates thereof are opened, and the warders thereof say unto them: Peace be unto you! Ye are good, so enter ye (the Garden of delight), to dwell therein;
74 They say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath fulfilled His promise unto us and hath made us inherit the land, sojourning in the Garden where we will! So bounteous is the wage of workers.
75 And thou (O Mohammed) seest the angels thronging round the Throne, hymning the praises of their Lord. And they are judged aright. And it is said: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!



#40. al-Mumin: The Believer; and, [Al Ghafir: The Forgiver]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ha. Mim.
2 The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the Knower,
3 The Forgiver of sin, the Accepter of repentance, the Stern in punishment, the Bountiful. There is no God save Him. Unto Him is the journeying.
4 None argue concerning the revelations of Allah save those who disbelieve, so let not their turn of fortune in the land deceive thee (O Mohammed).
5 The folk of Noah and the factions after them denied (their messengers) before these, and every nation purposed to seize their messenger and argued falsely, (thinking) thereby to refute the Truth. Then I seized them, and how (awful) was My punishment.
6 Thus was the word of thy Lord concerning those who disbelieve fulfilled: That they are owners of the Fire.
7 Those who bear the Throne, and all who are round about it, hymn the praises of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who believe (saying): Our Lord! Thou comprehendest all things in mercy and knowledge, therefor forgive those who repent and follow Thy way. Ward off from them the punishment of hell.
8 Our Lord! And make them enter the Gardens of Eden which thou hast promised them, with such of their fathers and their wives and their descendants as do right. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.
9 And ward off from them ill-deeds; and he from whom Thou wardest off ill- deeds that day, him verily hast Thou taken into mercy. That is the supreme triumph.
10 Lo! (on that day) those who disbelieve are informed by proclamation: Verily Allah's abhorrence is more terrible than your abhorrence one of another, when ye were called unto the faith but did refuse.
11 They say: Our Lord! Twice hast Thou made us die, and twice hast Thou made us live. Now we confess our sins. Is there any way to go out?
12 (It is said unto them): This is (your plight) because, when Allah only was invoked, ye disbelieved, but when some partner was ascribed to Him ye were believing. But the command belongeth only to Allah, the Sublime, the Majestic.
13 He it is Who showeth you His portents, and sendeth down for you provision from the sky. None payeth heed save him who turneth (unto Him) repentant.
14 Therefor (O believers) pray unto Allah, making religion pure for Him (only), however much the disbelievers be averse.
15 The Exalter of Ranks, the Lord of the Throne. He causeth the Spirit of His command upon whom He will of His slaves, that He may warn of the Day of Meeting,
16 The day when they come forth, nothing of them being hidden from Allah. Whose is the Sovereignty this day? It is Allah's, the One, the Almighty.
17 This day is each soul requited that which it hath earned; no wrong (is done) this day. Lo! Allah is swift at reckoning.
18 Warn them (O Mohammed) of the Day of the approaching (doom), when the hearts will be choking the throats, (when) there will be no friend for the wrong-doers, nor any intercessor who will be heard.
19 He knoweth the traitor of the eyes, and that which the bosoms hide.
20 Allah judgeth with truth, while those to whom they cry instead of Him judge not at all. Lo! Allah, He is the Hearer, the Seer.
21 Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who disbelieved before them? They were mightier than these in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. Yet Allah seized them for their sins, and they had no protector from Allah.
22 That was because their messengers kept bringing them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) but they disbelieved; so Allah seized them. Lo! He is Strong, severe in punishment.
23 And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant
24 Unto Pharaoh and Haman and Korah, but they said: A lying sorcerer!
25 And when he brought them the Truth from Our presence, they said: Slay the sons of those who believe with him, and spare their women. But the plot of disbelievers is in naught but error.
26 And Pharaoh said: Suffer me to kill Moses, and let him cry unto his Lord. Lo! I fear that he will alter your religion or that he will cause confusion in the land.
27 Moses said: Lo! I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every scorner who believeth not in a Day of Reckoning.
28 And a believing man of Pharaoh's family, who hid his faith, said: Would ye kill a man because he saith: My Lord is Allah, and hath brought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is lying, then his lie is upon him; and if he is truthful, then some of that wherewith he threateneth you will strike you. Lo! Allah guideth not one who is a prodigal, a liar.
29 O my people! Yours is the kingdom to-day, ye being uppermost in the land. But who would save us from the wrath of Allah should it reach us? Pharaoh said: I do but show you what I think, and I do but guide you to wise policy.
30 And he who believed said: O my people! Lo! I fear for you a fate like that of the factions (of old);
31 A plight like that of Noah's folk, and A'ad and Thamud, and those after them, and Allah willeth no injustice for (His) slaves.
32 And, O my people! Lo! I fear for you a Day of Summoning,
33 A day when ye will turn to flee, having no preserver from Allah: and he whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.
34 And verily Joseph brought you of old clear proofs, yet ye ceased not to be in doubt concerning what he brought you till, when he died, ye said: Allah will not send any messenger after him. Thus Allah deceiveth him who is a prodigal, a doubter.
35 Those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without any warrant that hath come unto them, it is greatly hateful in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus doth Allah print on every arrogant, disdainful heart.
36 And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads,
37 The roads of the heavens, and may look upon the God of Moses, though verily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that he did made fairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The plot of Pharaoh ended but in ruin.
38 And he who believed said: O my people! Follow me. I will show you the way of right conduct.
39 O my people! Lo! this life of the world is but a passing comfort, and lo! the Hereafter, that is the enduring home.
40 Whoso doeth an ill-deed, he will be repaid the like thereof, while whoso doeth right, whether male or female, and is a believer, (all) such will enter the Garden, where they will be nourished without stint.
41 And, O my people! What aileth me that I call you unto deliverance when ye call me unto the Fire?
42 Ye call me to disbelieve in Allah and ascribe unto Him as partners that whereof I have no knowledge, while I call you unto the Mighty, the Forgiver.
43 Assuredly that whereunto ye call me hath no claim in the world or in the Hereafter, and our return will be unto Allah, and the prodigals will be owners of the Fire.
44 And ye will remember what I say unto you. I confide my cause unto Allah. Lo! Allah is Seer of (His) slaves.
45 So Allah warded off from him the evils which they plotted, while a dreadful doom encompassed Pharaoh's folk,
46 The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening; and on the day when the Hour upriseth (it is said): Cause Pharaoh's folk to enter the most awful doom.
47 And when they wrangle in the Fire, the weak say unto those who were proud: Lo! we were a following unto you; will ye therefor rid us of a portion of the Fire?
48 Those who were proud say: Lo! we are all (together) herein. Lo! Allah hath judged between (His) slaves.
49 And those in the Fire say unto the guards of hell: Entreat your Lord that He relieve us of a day of the torment.
50 They say: Came not your messengers unto you with clear proofs? They say: Yea, verily. They say: Then do ye pray, although the prayer of disbelievers is in vain.
51 Lo! We verily do help Our messengers, and those who believe, in the life of the world and on the day when the witnesses arise,
52 The day when their excuse availeth not the evil-doers, and theirs is the curse, and theirs the ill abode.
53 And We verily gave Moses the guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture,
54 A guide and a reminder for men of understanding.
55 Then have patience (O Mohammed). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And ask forgiveness of thy sin, and hymn the praise of thy Lord at fall of night and in the early hours.
56 Lo! those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without a warrant having come unto them, there is naught else in their breasts save pride which they will never attain. So take thou refuge in Allah. Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.
57 Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of mankind; but most of mankind know not.
58 And the blind man and the seer are not equal, neither are those who believe and do good works (equal with) the evil-doer. Little do ye reflect!
59 Lo! the Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt thereof; yet most of mankind believe not.
60 And your Lord hath said: Pray unto Me and I will hear your prayer. Lo! those who scorn My service, they will enter hell, disgraced.
61 Allah it is Who hath appointed for you night that ye may rest therein, and day for seeing. Lo! Allah is a Lord of bounty for mankind, yet most of mankind give not thanks.
62 Such is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things, There is no God save Him. How then are ye perverted?
63 Thus are they perverted who deny the revelations of Allah.
64 Allah it is Who appointed for you the earth for a dwelling-place and the sky for a canopy, and fashioned you and perfected your shapes, and hath provided you with good things. Such is Allah, your Lord. Then blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!
65 He is the Living One. There is no God save Him. So pray unto Him, making religion pure for Him (only). Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!
66 Say (O Mohammed): I am forbidden to worship those unto whom ye cry beside Allah since there have come unto me clear proofs from my Lord, and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds.
67 He it is Who created you from dust, then from a drop (of seed) then from a clot, then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that ye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men - though some among you die before - and that ye reach an appointed term, that haply ye may understand.
68 He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
69 Hast thou not seen those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah, how they are turned away? -
70 Those who deny the Scripture and that wherewith We send Our messengers. But they will come to know,
71 When carcans are about their necks and chains. They are dragged
72 Through boiling waters; then they are thrust into the Fire.
73 Then it is said unto them: Where are (all) that ye used to make partners (in the Sovereignty)
74 Beside Allah? They say: They have failed us; but we used not to pray to anything before. Thus doth Allah send astray the disbelievers (in His guidance).
75 (And it is said unto them): This is because ye exulted in the earth without right, and because ye were petulant.
76 Enter ye the gates of hell, to dwell therein. Evil is the habitation of the scornful.
77 Then have patience (O Mohammed). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And whether we let thee see a part of that which We promise them, or (whether) We cause thee to die, still unto Us they will be brought back.
78 Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We have told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee; and it was not given to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's leave, but when Allah's commandment cometh (the cause) is judged aright, and the followers of vanity will then be lost.
79 Allah it is Who hath appointed for you cattle, that ye may ride on some of them, and eat of some -
80 (Many) benefits ye have from them - and that ye may satisfy by their means a need that is in your breasts, and may be borne upon them as upon the ship.
81 And He showeth you His tokens. Which, then, of the tokens of Allah do ye deny?
82 Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those before them? They were more numerous than these, and mightier in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. But all that they used to earn availed them not.
83 And when their messengers brought them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) they exulted in the knowledge they (themselves) possessed. And that which they were wont to mock befell them.
84 Then, when they saw Our doom, they said: We believe in Allah only and reject (all) that we used to associate (with Him).
85 But their faith could not avail them when they saw Our doom. This is Allah's law which hath ever taken course for His bondmen. And then the disbelievers will be ruined.



#41. Fussilat: [They are expounded]; and, [Ha Mim Sajdah]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ha. Mim.
2 A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful,
3 A Scripture whereof the verses are expounded, a Lecture in Arabic for people who have knowledge,
4 Good tidings and a warning. But most of them turn away so that they hear not.
5 And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou (O Mohammed) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall be acting.
6 Say (unto them O Mohammed): I am only a mortal like you. It is inspired in me that your God is One God, therefor take the straight path unto Him and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe unto the idolaters,
7 Who give not the poor-due, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
8 Lo! as for those who believe and do good works, for them is a reward enduring.
9 Say (O Mohammed, unto the idolaters): Disbelieve ye verily in Him Who created the earth in two Days, and ascribe ye unto Him rivals? He (and none else) is the Lord of the Worlds.
10 He placed therein firm hills rising above it, and blessed it and measured therein its sustenance in four Days, alike for (all) who ask;
11 Then turned He to the heaven when it was smoke, and said unto it and unto the earth: Come both of you, willingly or loth. They said: We come, obedient.
12 Then He ordained them seven heavens in two Days and inspired in each heaven its mandate; and We decked the nether heaven with lamps, and rendered it inviolable. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Knower.
13 But if they turn away, then say: I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt (which fell of old upon the tribes) of A'ad and Thamud;
14 When their messengers came unto them from before them and behind them, saying: Worship none but Allah! they said: If our Lord had willed, He surely would have sent down angels (unto us), so lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent.
15 As for A'ad, they were arrogant in the land without right, and they said: Who is mightier than us in power? Could they not see that Allah Who created them, He was mightier than them in power? And they denied Our revelations.
16 Therefor We let loose on them a raging wind in evil days, that We might make them taste the torment of disgrace in the life of the world. And verily the doom of the Hereafter will be more shameful, and they will not be helped.
17 And as for Thamud, We gave them guidance, but they preferred blindness to the guidance, so the bolt of the doom of humiliation overtook them because of what they used to earn.
18 And We delivered those who believed and used to keep their duty to Allah.
19 And (make mention of) the day when the enemies of Allah are gathered unto the Fire, they are driven on
20 Till, when they reach it, their ears and their eyes and their skins testify against them as to what they used to do.
21 And they say unto their skins: Why testify ye against us? They say: Allah hath given us speech Who giveth speech to all things, and Who created you at the first, and unto Whom ye are returned.
22 Ye did not hide yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your skins should testify against you, but ye deemed that Allah knew not much of what ye did.
23 That, your thought which ye did think about your Lord, hath ruined you; and ye find yourselves (this day) among the lost.
24 And though they are resigned, yet the Fire is still their home; and if they ask for favour, yet they are not of those unto whom favour can be shown.
25 And We assigned them comrades (in the world), who made their present and their past fairseeming unto them. And the Word concerning nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before them hath effect for them. Lo! they were ever losers.
26 Those who disbelieve say: Heed not this Koran, and drown the hearing of it; haply ye may conquer.
27 But verily We shall cause those who disbelieve to taste an awful doom, and verily We shall requite them the worst of what they used to do.
28 That is the reward of Allah's enemies: the Fire. Therein is their immortal home, payment forasmuch as they denied Our revelations.
29 And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! Show us those who beguiled us of the jinn and humankind. We will place them underneath our feet that they may be among the nethermost.
30 Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and afterward are upright, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not nor grieve, but hear good tidings of the paradise which ye are promised.
31 We are your protecting friends in the life of the world and in the Hereafter. There ye will have (all) that your souls desire, and there ye will have (all) for which ye pray.
32 A gift of welcome from One Forgiving, Merciful.
33 And who is better in speech than him who prayeth unto his Lord and doeth right, and saith: Lo! I am of those who are muslims (surrender unto Him).
34 The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.
35 But none is granted it save those who are steadfast, and none is granted it save the owner of great happiness.
36 And if a whisper from the devil reach thee (O Mohammed) then seek refuge in Allah. Lo! He is the Hearer, the Knower.
37 And of His portents are the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Adore not the sun not the moon; but adore Allah Who created them, if it is in truth Him Whom ye worship.
38 But if they are too proud - still those who are with thy Lord glorify Him night and day, and tire not.
39 And of His portents (is this): that thou seest the earth lowly, but when We send down water thereon it thrilleth and groweth. Lo! He Who quickeneth it is verily the Quickener of the Dead. Lo! He is Able to do all things.
40 Lo! those who distort Our revelations are not hid from Us. Is he who is hurled into the Fire better, or he who cometh secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do what ye will. Lo! He is Seer of what ye do.
41 Lo! those who disbelieve in the Reminder when it cometh unto them (are guilty), for lo! it is an unassailable Scripture.
42 Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or from behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.
43 Naught is said unto thee (Mohammed) save what was said unto the messengers before thee. Lo! thy Lord is owner of forgiveness, and owner (also) of dire punishment.
44 And if We had appointed it a Lecture in a foreign tongue they would assuredly have said: If only its verses were expounded (so that we might understand)? What! A foreign tongue and an Arab? - Say unto them (O Mohammed): For those who believe it is a guidance and a healing; and as for those who disbelieve, there is a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. Such are called to from afar.
45 And We verily gave Moses the Scripture, but there hath been dispute concerning it; and but for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord, it would ere now have been judged between them; but lo! they are in hopeless doubt concerning it.
46 Whoso doeth right it is for his soul, and whoso doeth wrong it is against it. And thy Lord is not at all a tyrant to His slaves.
47 Unto Him is referred (all) knowledge of the Hour. And no fruits burst forth from their sheaths, and no female carrieth or bringeth forth but with His knowledge. And on the day when He calleth unto them: Where are now My partners? they will say: We confess unto Thee, not one of us is a witness (for them).
48 And those to whom they used to cry of old have failed them, and they perceive they have no place of refuge.
49 Man tireth not of praying for good, and if ill toucheth him, then he is disheartened, desperate.
50 And verily, if We cause him to taste mercy after some hurt that hath touched him, he will say: This is my own; and I deem not that the Hour will ever rise, and if I am brought back to my Lord, I surely shall be better off with Him - But We verily shall tell those who disbelieve (all) that they did, and We verily shall make them taste hard punishment.
51 When We show favour unto man, he withdraweth and turneth aside, but when ill toucheth him then he aboundeth in prayer.
52 Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye reject it - Who is further astray than one who is at open feud (with Allah)?
53 We shall show them Our portents on the horizons and within themselves until it will be manifest unto them that it is the Truth. Doth not thy Lord suffice, since He is Witness over all things?
54 How! Are they still in doubt about the meeting with their Lord? Lo! Is not He surrounding all things?



#42. ash-Shura: The Counsel

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ha. Mim.
2 Ain. Sin. Qaf.
3 Thus Allah the Mighty, the Knower inspireth thee (Mohammed) as (He inspired) those before thee.
4 Unto Him belongeth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and He is the Sublime, the Tremendous.
5 Almost might the heavens above be rent asunder while the angels hymn the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on the earth. Lo! Allah, He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.
6 And as for those who choose protecting friends beside Him, Allah is Warden over them, and thou art in no wise a guardian over them.
7 And thus We have inspired in thee a Lecture in Arabic, that thou mayst warn the mother-town and those around it, and mayst warn of a day of assembling whereof there is no doubt. A host will be in the Garden, and a host of them in the Flame.
8 Had Allah willed, He could have made them one community, but Allah bringeth whom He will into His mercy. And the wrong-doers have no friend nor helper.
9 Or have they chosen protecting friends besides Him? But Allah, He (alone) is the Protecting Friend. He quickeneth the dead, and He is Able to do all things.
10 And in whatsoever ye differ, the verdict therein belongeth to Allah. Such is my Lord, in Whom I put my trust, and unto Whom I turn.
11 The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He hath made for you pairs of yourselves, and of the cattle also pairs, whereby He multiplieth you. Naught is as His likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer.
12 His are the keys of the heavens and the earth. He enlargeth providence for whom He will and straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo! He is Knower of all things.
13 He hath ordained for you that religion which He commended unto Noah, and that which We inspire in thee (Mohammed), and that which We commended unto Abraham and Moses and Jesus, saying: Establish the religion, and be not divided therein. Dreadful for the idolaters is that unto which thou callest them. Allah chooseth for Himself whom He will, and guideth unto Himself him who turneth (toward Him).
14 And they were not divided until after the knowledge came unto them, through rivalry among themselves; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord for an appointed term, it surely had been judged between them. And those who were made to inherit the Scripture after them are verily in hopeless doubt concerning it.
15 Unto this, then, summon (O Mohammed). And be thou upright as thou art commanded, and follow not their lusts, but say: I believe in whatever scripture Allah hath sent down, and I am commanded to be just among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. Unto us our works and unto you your works; no argument between us and you. Allah will bring us together, and unto Him is the journeying.
16 And those who argue concerning Allah after He hath been acknowledged, their argument hath no weight with their Lord, and wrath is upon them and theirs will be an awful doom.
17 Allah it is Who hath revealed the Scripture with truth, and the Balance. How canst thou know? It may be that the Hour is nigh.
18 Those who believe not therein seek to hasten it, while those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the Truth. Are not they who dispute, in doubt concerning the Hour, far astray?
19 Allah is gracious unto His slaves. He provideth for whom He will. And He is the Strong, the Mighty.
20 Whoso desireth the harvest of the Hereafter, We give him increase in its harvest. And whoso desireth the harvest of the world, We give him thereof, and he hath no portion in the Hereafter.
21 Or have they partners (of Allah) who have made lawful for them in religion that which Allah allowed not? And but for a decisive word (gone forth already), it would have been judged between them. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom.
22 Thou seest the wrong-doers fearful of that which they have earned, and it will surely befall them, while those who believe and do good works (will be) in flowering meadows of the Gardens, having what they wish from their Lord. This is the great preferment.
23 This it is which Allah announceth unto His bondmen who believe and do good works. Say (O Mohammed, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee therefor, save lovingkindness among kinsfolk. And whoso scoreth a good deed We add unto its good for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Responsive.
24 Or say they: He hath invented a lie concerning Allah? If Allah willed, He could have sealed thy heart (against them). And Allah will wipe out the lie and will vindicate the truth by His words. Lo! He is Aware of what is hidden in the breasts (of men).
25 And He it is Who accepteth repentance from His bondmen, and pardoneth the evil deeds, and knoweth what ye do,
26 And accepteth those who do good works, and giveth increase unto them of His bounty. And as for disbelievers, theirs will be an awful doom.
27 And if Allah were to enlarge the provision for His slaves they would surely rebel in the earth, but He sendeth down by measure as He willeth. Lo! He is Informed, a Seer of His bondmen.
28 And He it is Who sendeth down the saving rain after they have despaired, and spreadeth out His mercy. He is the Protecting Friend, the Praiseworthy.
29 And of His portents is the creation of the heaven and the earth, and of whatever beasts He hath dispersed therein. And He is Able to gather them when He will.
30 Whatever of misfortune striketh you, it is what your right hands have earned. And He forgiveth much.
31 Ye cannot escape in the earth, for beside Allah ye have no protecting friend nor any helper.
32 And of His portents are the ships, like banners on the sea;
33 If He will He calmeth the wind so that they keep still upon its surface - Lo! herein verily are signs for every steadfast grateful (heart). -
34 Or He causeth them to perish on account of that which they have earned - And He forgiveth much -
35 And that those who argue concerning Our revelations may know they have no refuge.
36 Now whatever ye have been given is but a passing comfort for the life of the world, and that which Allah hath is better and more lasting for those who believe and put their trust in their Lord,
37 And those who shun the worst of sins and indecencies and, when they are wroth, forgive,
38 And those who answer the call of their Lord and establish worship, and whose affairs are a matter of counsel, and who spend of what We have bestowed on them,
39 And those who, when great wrong is done to them, defend themselves,
40 The guerdon of an ill-deed is an ill the like thereof. But whosoever pardoneth and amendeth, his wage is the affair of Allah. Lo! He loveth not wrong-doers.
41 And whoso defendeth himself after he hath suffered wrong - for such, there is no way (of blame) against them.
42 The way (of blame) is only against those who oppress mankind, and wrongfully rebel in the earth. For such there is a painful doom.
43 And verily whoso is patient and forgiveth - lo! that, verily, is (of) the steadfast heart of things.
44 He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no protecting friend after Him. And thou (Mohammed) wilt see the evil-doers when they see the doom, (how) they say: Is there any way of return?
45 And thou wilt see them exposed to (the Fire), made humble by disgrace, and looking with veiled eyes. And those who believe will say: Lo! the (eternal) losers are they who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! are not the wrong-doers in perpetual torment?
46 And they will have no protecting friends to help them instead of Allah. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no road.
47 Answer the call of your Lord before there cometh unto you from Allah a Day which there is no averting. Ye have no refuge on that Day, nor have a ye any (power of) refusal.
48 But if they are averse, We have not sent thee as a warder over them. Thine is only to convey (the message). And lo! when We cause man to taste of mercy from Us he exulteth therefor. And if some evil striketh them because of that which their own hands have sent before, then lo! man is an ingrate.
49 Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He createth what He will. He bestoweth female (offspring) upon whom He will, and bestoweth male (offspring) upon whom He will;
50 Or He mingleth them, males and females, and He maketh barren whom He will. Lo! He is Knower, Powerful.
51 And it was not (vouchsafed) to any mortal that Allah should speak to him unless (it be) by revelation or from behind a veil, or (that) He sendeth a messenger to reveal what He will by His leave. Lo! He is Exalted, Wise.
52 And thus have We inspired in thee (Mohammed) a Spirit of Our command. Thou knewest not what the Scripture was, nor what the Faith. But We have made it a light whereby We guide whom We will of Our bondmen. And lo! thou verily dost guide unto a right path,
53 The path of Allah, unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Do not all things reach Allah at last?



#43. az-Zukhruf: Ornaments of Gold

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ha. Mim.
2 By the Scripture which maketh plain,
3 Lo! We have appointed it a Lecture, in Arabic that haply ye may understand.
4 And Lo! in the Source of Decrees, which We possess, it is indeed sublime, decisive.
5 Shall We utterly ignore you because ye are a wanton folk?
6 How many a prophet did We send among the men of old!
7 And never came there unto them a prophet but they used to mock him.
8 Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).
9 And if thou (Mohammed) ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely answer: The Mighty, the Knower created them;
10 Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and placed roads for you therein, that haply ye may find your way;
11 And Who sendeth down water from the sky in (due) measure, and We revive a dead land therewith. Even so will ye be brought forth;
12 He Who created all the pairs, and appointed for you ships and cattle whereupon ye ride.
13 That ye may mount upon their backs, and may remember your Lord's favour when ye mount thereon, and may say: Glorified be He Who hath subdued these unto us, and we were not capable (of subduing them);
14 And lo! unto our Lord we surely are returning.
15 And they allot to Him a portion of His bondmen! Lo! man is verily a mere ingrate.
16 Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth He you with sons?
17 And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the Beneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward rage.
18 (Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and in dispute cannot make itself plain?
19 And they make the angels, who are the slaves of the Beneficent, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded and they will be questioned.
20 And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.
21 Or have We given them any scripture before (this Koran) so that they are holding fast thereto?
22 Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.
23 And even so We sent not a warner before thee (Mohammed) into any township but its luxurious ones said: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are following their footprints.
24 (And the warner) said: What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following? They answered: Lo! in what ye bring we are disbelievers.
25 So We requited them. Then see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!
26 And when Abraham said unto his father and his folk: Lo! I am innocent of what ye worship
27 Save Him Who did create me, for He will surely guide me.
28 And he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might return.
29 Nay, but I let these and their fathers enjoy life (only) till there should come unto them the Truth and a messenger making plain.
30 And now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere magic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein.
31 And they say: If only this Koran had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?
32 Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.
33 And were it not that mankind would have become one community, We might well have appointed, for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent, roofs of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) whereby to mount,
34 And for their houses doors (of silver) and couches of silver whereon to recline,
35 And ornaments of gold. Yet all that would have been but a provision of the life of the world. And the Hereafter with your Lord would have been for those who keep from evil.
36 And he whose sight is dim to the remembrance of the Beneficent, We assign unto him a devil who becometh his comrade;
37 And lo! they surely turn them from the way of Allah, and yet they deem that they are rightly guided;
38 Till, when he cometh unto Us, he saith (unto his comrade): Ah, would that between me and thee there were the distance of the two horizons - an evil comrade!
39 And it profiteth you not this day, because ye did wrong, that ye will be sharers in the doom.
40 Canst thou (Mohammed) make the deaf to hear, or canst thou guide the blind or him who is in error manifest?
41 And if We take thee away, We surely shall take vengeance on them,
42 Or (if) We show thee that wherewith We threaten them; for lo! We have complete command of them.
43 So hold thou fast to that which is inspired in thee. Lo! thou art on a right path.
44 And lo! it is in truth a Reminder for thee and for thy folk; and ye will be questioned.
45 And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before thee: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped beside the Beneficent?
46 And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said: I am a messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.
47 But when he brought them Our tokens, behold! they laughed at them.
48 And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.
49 And they said: O wizard! Entreat thy Lord for us by the pact that He hath made with thee. Lo! we verily will walk aright.
50 But when We eased them of the torment, behold! they broke their word.
51 And Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made among his people saying: O my people! Is not mine the sovereignty of Egypt and these rivers flowing under me? Can ye not then discern?
52 I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain!
53 Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him?
54 Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they obeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk.
55 So, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every one.
56 And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).
57 And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example, behold! the folk laugh out,
58 And say: Are our gods better, or is he? They raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folk.
59 He is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him a pattern for the Children of Israel.
60 And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth.
61 And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but follow Me. This is the right path.
62 And let not Satan turn you aside. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.
63 When Jesus came with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), he said: I have come unto you with wisdom, and to make plain some of that concerning which ye differ. So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
64 Lo! Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a right path.
65 But the factions among them differed. Then woe unto those who do wrong from the doom of a painful day.
66 Await they aught save the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly, when they know not?
67 Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to Allah).
68 O My slaves! For you there is no fear this day, nor is it ye who grieve;
69 (Ye) who believed Our revelations and were self-surrendered,
70 Enter the Garden, ye and your wives, to be made glad.
71 Therein are brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that souls desire and eyes find sweet. And ye are immortal therein.
72 This is the Garden which ye are made to inherit because of what ye used to do.
73 Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat.
74 Lo! the guilty are immortal in hell's torment.
75 It is not relaxed for them, and they despair therein.
76 We wronged them not, but they it was who did the wrong.
77 And they cry: O master! Let thy Lord make an end of us. He saith: Lo! here ye must remain.
78 We verily brought the Truth unto you, but ye were, most of you, averse to the Truth.
79 Or do they determine any thing (against the Prophet)? Lo! We (also) are determining.
80 Or deem they that We cannot hear their secret thoughts and private confidences? Nay, but Our envoys, present with them, do record.
81 Say (O Mohammed): If the Beneficent One hath a son, then, I shall be first among the worshippers. (But there is no son).
82 Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, from that which they ascribe (unto Him)!
83 So let them flounder (in their talk) and play until they meet the Day which they are promised.
84 And He it is Who in the heaven is God, and in the earth God. He is the Wise, the Knower.
85 And blessed be He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and with Whom is knowledge of the Hour, and unto Whom ye will be returned.
86 And those unto whom they cry instead of Him possess no power of intercession, saving him who beareth witness unto the Truth knowingly.
87 And if thou ask them who created them, they will surely say: Allah. How then are they turned away?
88 And he saith: O my Lord! Lo! these are a folk who believe not.
89 Then bear with them (O Mohammed) and say: Peace. But they will come to know.



#44. ad-Dukhan: Smoke

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ha. Mim.
2 By the Scripture that maketh plain
3 Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning -
4 Whereon every wise command is made clear
5 As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending -
6 A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower,
7 Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure.
8 There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.
9 Nay, but they play in doubt.
10 But watch thou (O Mohammed) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke
11 That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment.
12 (Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers.
13 How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them,
14 And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman?
15 Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief).
16 On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish.
17 And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,
18 Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you.
19 And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant.
20 And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
21 And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go.
22 And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk.
23 Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed,
24 And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host.
25 How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind,
26 And the cornlands and the goodly sites
27 And pleasant things wherein they took delight!
28 Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk;
29 And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
30 And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom;
31 (We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones.
32 And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.
33 And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.
34 Lo! these, forsooth, are saying:
35 There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
36 Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth!
37 Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty.
38 And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play.
39 We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not.
40 Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them,
41 A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,
42 Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
43 Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
44 The food of the sinner!
45 Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies
46 As the seething of boiling water.
47 (And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell,
48 Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water.
49 (Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble!
50 Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt.
51 Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured.
52 Amid gardens and watersprings,
53 Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another.
54 Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
55 They call therein for every fruit in safety.
56 They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,
57 A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph.
58 And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed.
59 Wait then (O Mohammed). Lo! they (too) are waiting.



#45. al-Jathiyah: Crouching

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ha. Mim.
2 The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
3 Lo! in the heavens and the earth are portents for believers.
4 And in your creation, and all the beasts that He scattereth in the earth, are portents for a folk whose faith is sure.
5 And the difference of night and day and the provision that Allah sendeth down from the sky and thereby quickeneth the earth after her death, and the ordering of the winds, are portents for a people who have sense.
6 These are the portents of Allah which We recite unto thee (Mohammed) with truth. Then in what fact, after Allah and His portents, will they believe?
7 Woe unto each sinful liar,
8 Who heareth the revelations of Allah recited unto him, and then continueth in pride as though he heard them not. Give him tidings of a painful doom.
9 And when he knoweth aught of Our revelations he maketh it a jest. For such there is a shameful doom.
10 Beyond them there is hell, and that which they have earned will naught avail them, nor those whom they have chosen for protecting friends beside Allah. Theirs will be an awful doom.
11 This is guidance. And those who disbelieve the revelations of their Lord, for them there is a painful doom of wrath.
12 Allah it is Who hath made the sea of service unto you that the ships may run thereon by His command, and that ye may seek of His bounty, and that haply ye may be thankful;
13 And hath made of service unto you whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; it is all from Him. Lo! herein verily are portents for a people who reflect.
14 Tell those who believe to forgive those who hope not for the days of Allah; in order that He may requite folk what they used to earn.
15 Whoso doeth right, it is for his soul, and whoso doeth wrong, it is against it. And afterward unto your Lord ye will be brought back.
16 And verily we gave the Children of Israel the Scripture and the Command and the Prophethood, and provided them with good things and favoured them above (all) peoples;
17 And gave them plain commandments. And they differed not until after the knowledge came unto them, through rivalry among themselves. Lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to differ.
18 And now have We set thee (O Mohammed) on a clear road of (Our) commandment; so follow it, and follow not the whims of those who know not.
19 Lo! they can avail thee naught against Allah. And lo! as for the wrong-doers, some of them are friends of others; and Allah is the Friend of those who ward off (evil).
20 This is clear indication for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy for a folk whose faith is sure.
21 Or do those who commit ill-deeds suppose that We shall make them as those who believe and do good works, the same in life and death? Bad is their judgment!
22 And Allah hath created the heavens and the earth with truth, and that every soul may be repaid what it hath earned. And they will not be wronged.
23 Hast thou seen him who maketh his desire his god, and Allah sendeth him astray purposely, and sealeth up his hearing and his heart, and setteth on his sight a covering? Then who will lead him after Allah (hath condemned him)? Will ye not then heed?
24 And they say: There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and naught destroyeth us save time; when they have no knowledge whatsoever of (all) that; they do but guess.
25 And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them their only argument is that they say: Bring (back) our fathers. then, if ye are truthful.
26 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Allah giveth life to you, then causeth you to die, then gathereth you unto the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no doubt. But most of mankind know not.
27 And unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and on the day when the Hour riseth, on that day those who follow falsehood will be lost.
28 And thou wilt see each nation crouching, each nation summoned to its record. (And it will be said unto them): This day ye are requited what ye used to do.
29 This Our Book pronounceth against you with truth. Lo! We have caused (all) that ye did to be recorded.
30 Then, as for those who believed and did good works, their Lord will bring them in unto His mercy. That is the evident triumph.
31 And as for those who disbelieved (it will be said unto them): Were not Our revelations recited unto you? But ye were scornful and became a guilty folk.
32 And when it was said: Lo! Allah's promise is the truth, and there is no doubt of the Hour's coming, ye said: We know not what the Hour is. We deem it naught but a conjecture, and we are by no means convinced.
33 And the evils of what they did will appear unto them, and that which they used to deride will befall them.
34 And it will be said: This day We forget you, even as ye forgot the meeting of this your day; and your habitation is the Fire, and there is none to help you.
35 This, forasmuch as ye made the revelations of Allah a jest, and the life of the world beguiled you. Therefor this day they come not forth from thence, nor can they make amends.
36 Then praise be to Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, the Lord of the Worlds.
37 And unto Him (alone) belongeth Majesty in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.



#46. al-Ahqaf: The wind-curved Sandhills

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Ha. Mim.
2 The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah the Mighty, the Wise.
3 We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and for a term appointed. But those who disbelieve turn away from that whereof they are warned.
4 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Have ye thought on all that ye invoke beside Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth. Or have they any portion in the heavens? Bring me a scripture before this (Scripture), or some vestige of knowledge (in support of what ye say), if ye are truthful.
5 And who is further astray than those who, instead of Allah, pray unto such as hear not their prayer until the Day of Resurrection, and are unconscious of their prayer,
6 And when mankind are gathered (to the Judgment) will become enemies for them, and will become deniers of having been worshipped.
7 And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say of the Truth when it reacheth them: This is mere magic.
8 Or say they: He hath invented it? Say (O Mohammed): If I have invented it, still ye have no power to support me against Allah. He is Best Aware of what ye say among yourselves concerning it. He sufficeth for a witness between me and you. And He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
9 Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be done with me or with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.
10 Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye disbelieve therein, and a witness of the Children of Israel hath already testified to the like thereof and hath believed, and ye are too proud (what plight is yours)? Lo! Allah guideth not wrong-doing folk.
11 And those who disbelieve say of those who believe: If it had been (any) good, they would not have been before us in attaining it. And since they will not be guided by it, they say: This is an ancient lie;
12 When before it there was the Scripture of Moses, an example and a mercy; and this is a confirming Scripture in the Arabic language, that it may warn those who do wrong and bring good tidings for the righteous.
13 Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and thereafter walk aright, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
14 Such are rightful owners of the Garden, immortal therein, as a reward for what they used to do.
15 And We have commended unto man kindness toward parents. His mother beareth him with reluctance, and bringeth him forth with reluctance, and the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months, till, when he attaineth full strength and reacheth forty years, he saith: My Lord! Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable unto Thee. And be gracious unto me in the matter of my seed. Lo! I have turned unto Thee repentant, and lo! I am of those who surrender (unto Thee).
16 Those are they from whom We accept the best of what they do, and overlook their evil deeds. (They are) among the owners of the Garden. This is the true promise which they were promised (in the world).
17 And whoso saith unto his parents: Fie upon you both! Do ye threaten me that I shall be brought forth (again) when generations before me have passed away? And they twain cry unto Allah for help (and say): Woe unto thee! Believe! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. But he saith: This is naught save fables of the men of old:
18 Such are those on whom the Word concerning nations of the jinn and mankind which have passed away before them hath effect. Lo! they are the losers.
19 And for all there will be ranks from what they do, that He may pay them for their deeds; and they will not be wronged.
20 And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire (it will be said): Ye squandered your good things in the life of the world and sought comfort therein. Now this day ye are rewarded with the doom of ignominy because ye were disdainful in the land without a right, and because ye used to transgress.
21 And make mention (O Mohammed) of the brother of A'ad when he warned his folk among the wind-curved sandhills - and verily warners came and went before and after him - saying: Serve none but Allah. Lo! I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day.
22 They said: Hast come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful.
23 He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not.
24 Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,
25 Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.
26 And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.
27 And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return.
28 Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach (unto Allah) not help them? Nay, but they did fail them utterly. And (all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.
29 And when We inclined toward thee (Mohammed) certain of the jinn, who wished to hear the Koran and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished, turned back to their people, warning.
30 They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a scripture which hath been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right road.
31 O our people! respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom.
32 And whoso respondeth not to Allah's summoner he can nowise escape in the earth, and he hath no protecting friends instead of Him. Such are in error manifest.
33 Have they not seen that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not wearied by their creation, is Able to give life to the dead? Aye, He verily is Able to do all things.
34 And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire (they will be asked): Is not this real? They will say: Yea, by our Lord. He will say: Then taste the doom for that ye disbelieved.
35 Then have patience (O Mohammed) even as the stout of heart among the messengers (of old) had patience, and seek not to hasten on (the doom) for them. On the day when they see that which they are promised (it will seem to them) as though they had tarried but an hour of daylight. A clear message. Shall any be destroyed save evil-living folk?



#47. Mohammed

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Those who disbelieve and turn (men) from the way of Allah, He rendereth their actions vain.
2 And those who believe and do good works and believe in that which is revealed unto Mohammed - and it is the truth from their Lord - He riddeth them of their ill-deeds and improveth their state.
3 That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood and because those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus Allah coineth their similitudes for mankind.
4 Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain.
5 He will guide them and improve their state,
6 And bring them in unto the Garden which He hath made known to them.
7 O ye who believe! If ye help Allah, He will help you and will make your foothold firm.
8 And those who disbelieve, perdition is for them, and He will make their actions vain.
9 That is because they are averse to that which Allah hath revealed, therefor maketh He their actions fruitless.
10 Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? Allah wiped them out. And for the disbelievers there will be the like thereof.
11 That is because Allah is patron of those who believe, and because the disbelievers have no patron.
12 Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow; while those who disbelieve take their comfort in this life and eat even as the cattle eat, and the Fire is their habitation.
13 And how many a township stronger than thy township (O Mohammed) which hath cast thee out, have We destroyed, and they had no helper!
14 Is he who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord like those for whom the evil that they do is beautified while they follow their own lusts?
15 A similitude of the Garden which those who keep their duty (to Allah) are promised: Therein are rivers of water unpolluted, and rivers of milk whereof the flavour changeth not, and rivers of wine delicious to the drinkers, and rivers of clear- run honey; therein for them is every kind of fruit, with pardon from their Lord. (Are those who enjoy all this) like those who are immortal in the Fire and are given boiling water to drink so that it teareth their bowels?
16 Among them are some who give ear unto thee (Mohammed) till, when they go forth from thy presence they say unto those who have been given knowledge: What was that he said just now? Those are they whose hearts Allah hath sealed, and they follow their own lusts.
17 While as for those who walk aright, He addeth to their guidance, and giveth them their protection (against evil).
18 Await they aught save the Hour, that it should come upon them unawares? And the beginnings thereof have already come. But how, when it hath come upon them, can they take their warning?
19 So know (O Mohammed) that there is no God save Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women. Allah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest.
20 And those who believe say: If only a surah were revealed! But when a decisive surah is revealed and war is mentioned therein, thou seest those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with the look of men fainting unto death. Therefor woe unto them!
21 Obedience and a civil word. Then, when the matter is determined, if they are loyal to Allah it will be well for them.
22 Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship?
23 Such are they whom Allah curseth so that He deafeneth them and maketh blind their eyes.
24 Will they then not meditate on the Koran, or are there locks on the hearts?
25 Lo! those who turn back after the guidance hath been manifested unto them, Satan hath seduced them, and He giveth them the rein.
26 That is because they say unto those who hate what Allah hath revealed: We will obey you in some matters; and Allah knoweth their secret talk.
27 Then how (will it be with them) when the angels gather them, smiting their faces and their backs!
28 That will be because they followed that which angereth Allah, and hated that which pleaseth Him. Therefor He hath made their actions vain.
29 Or do those in whose hearts is a disease deem that Allah will not bring to light their (secret) hates?
30 And if We would, We could show them unto thee (Mohammed) so that thou shouldst know them surely by their marks. And thou shalt know them by the burden of their talk. And Allah knoweth your deeds.
31 And verily We shall try you till We know those of you who strive hard (for the cause of Allah) and the steadfast, and till We test your record.
32 Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and oppose the messenger after the guidance hath been manifested unto them, they hurt Allah not a jot, and He will make their actions fruitless.
33 O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the messenger, and render not your actions vain.
34 Lo! those who disbelieve and turn from the way of Allah and then die disbelievers, Allah surely will not pardon them.
35 So do not falter and cry out for peace when ye (will be) the uppermost, and Allah is with you, and He will not grudge (the reward of) your actions.
36 The life of the world is but a sport and a pastime. And if ye believe and ward off (evil). He will give you your wages, and will not ask of you your wordly wealth.
37 If He should ask it of you and importune you, ye would hoard it, and He would bring to light your (secret) hates.
38 Lo! ye are those who are called to spend in the way of Allah, yet among you there are some who hoard. And as for him who hoardeth, he hoardeth only from his soul. And Allah is the Rich, and ye are the poor. And if ye turn away He will exchange you for some other folk, and they will not be the likes of you.



#48. al-Fath: Victory

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Lo! We have given thee (O Mohammed) a signal victory,
2 That Allah may forgive thee of thy sin that which is past and that which is to come, and may perfect His favour unto thee, and may guide thee on a right path,
3 And that Allah may help thee with strong help -
4 He it is Who sent down peace of reassurance into the hearts of the believers that they might add faith unto their faith. Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is ever Knower, Wise -
5 That He may bring the believing men and the believing women into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide, and may remit from them their evil deeds - That, in the sight of Allah, is the supreme triumph -
6 And may punish the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women, and the idolatrous men and the idolatrous women, who think an evil thought concerning Allah. For them is the evil turn of fortune, and Allah is wroth against them and hath cursed them, and hath made ready for them hell, a hapless journey's end.
7 Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.
8 Lo! We have sent thee (O Mohammed) as a witness and a bearer of good tidings and a warner,
9 That ye (mankind) may believe in Allah and His messenger, and may honour Him, and may revere Him, and may glorify Him at early dawn and at the close of day.
10 Lo! those who swear allegiance unto thee (Mohammed), swear allegiance only unto Allah. The Hand of Allah is above their hands. So whosoever breaketh his oath, breaketh it only to his soul's hurt; while whosoever keepeth his covenant with Allah, on him will He bestow immense reward.
11 Those of the wandering Arabs who were left behind will tell thee: Our possessions and our households occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us! They speak with their tongues that which is not in their hearts. Say: Who can avail you aught against Allah, if He intend you hurt or intend you profit? Nay, but Allah is ever Aware of what ye do.
12 Nay, but ye deemed that the messenger and the believers would never return to their own folk, and that was made fairseeming in your hearts, and ye did think an evil thought, and ye were worthless folk.
13 And so for him who believeth not in Allah and His messenger - Lo! We have prepared a flame for disbelievers.
14 And Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He forgiveth whom He will, and punisheth whom He will. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
15 Those who were left behind will say, when ye set forth to capture booty: Let us go with you. They fain would change the verdict of Allah. Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Ye shall not go with us. Thus hath Allah said beforehand. Then they will say: Ye are envious of us. Nay, but they understand not, save a little.
16 Say unto those of the wandering Arabs who were left behind: Ye will be called against a folk of mighty prowess, to fight them until they surrender; and if ye obey, Allah will give you a fair reward; but if ye turn away as ye did turn away before, He will punish you with a painful doom.
17 There is no blame for the blind, nor is there blame for the lame, nor is there blame for the sick (that they go not forth to war). And whoso obeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow; and whoso turneth back, him will He punish with a painful doom.
18 Allah was well pleased with the believers when they swore allegiance unto thee beneath the tree, and He knew what was in their hearts, and He sent down peace of reassurance on them, and hath rewarded them with a near victory;
19 And much booty that they will capture. Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.
20 Allah promiseth you much booty that ye will capture, and hath given you this in advance, and hath withheld men's hands from you, that it may be a token for the believers, and that He may guide you on a right path.
21 And other (gain), which ye have not been able to achieve, Allah will compass it, Allah is Able to do all things.
22 And if those who disbelieve join battle with you they will take to flight, and afterward they will find no protecting friend nor helper.
23 It is the law of Allah which hath taken course aforetime. Thou wilt not find for the law of Allah aught of power to change.
24 And He it is Who hath withheld men's hands from you, and hath withheld your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after He had made you victors over them. Allah is Seer of what ye do.
25 These it was who disbelieved and debarred you from the Inviolable Place of Worship, and debarred the offering from reaching its goal. And if it had not been for believing men and believing women, whom ye know not - lest ye should tread them under foot and thus incur guilt for them unknowingly; that Allah might bring into His mercy whom He will - If (the believers and the disbelievers) had been clearly separated We verily had punished those of them who disbelieved with painful punishment.
26 When those who disbelieve had set up in their hearts zealotry, the zealotry of the Age of Ignorance, then Allah sent down His peace of reassurance upon His messenger and upon the believers and imposed on them the word of self-restraint, for they were worthy of it and meet for it. And Allah is Aware of all things.
27 Allah hath fulfilled the vision for His messenger in very truth. Ye shall indeed enter the Inviolable Place of Worship, if Allah will, secure, (having your hair) shaven and cut, not fearing. But He knoweth that which ye know not, and hath given you a near victory beforehand.
28 He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion. And Allah sufficeth as a Witness.
29 Mohammed is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou (O Mohammed) seest them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their foreheads from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in the Gospel - like as sown corn that sendeth forth its shoot and strengtheneth it and riseth firm upon its stalk, delighting the sowers - that He may enrage the disbelievers with (the sight of) them. Allah hath promised, unto such of them as believe and do good works, forgiveness and immense reward.



#49. al-Hujurat: The Private Apartments

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 O ye who believe! Be not forward in the presence of Allah and His messenger, and keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.
2 O ye who believe! Lift not up your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor shout when speaking to him as ye shout one to another, lest your works be rendered vain while ye perceive not.
3 Lo! they who subdue their voices in the presence of the messenger of Allah, those are they whose hearts Allah hath proven unto righteousness. Theirs will be forgiveness and immense reward.
4 Lo! those who call thee from behind the private apartments, most of them have no sense.
5 And if they had had patience till thou camest forth unto them, it had been better for them. And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6 O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did.
7 And know that the messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to obey you in much of the government, ye would surely be in trouble; but Allah hath endeared the faith to you and hath beautified it in your hearts, and hath made disbelief and lewdness and rebellion hateful unto you. Such are they who are the rightly guided.
8 (It is) a bounty and a grace from Allah; and Allah is Knower, Wise.
9 And if two parties of believers fall to fighting, then make peace between them. And if one party of them doeth wrong to the other, fight ye that which doeth wrong till it return unto the ordinance of Allah; then, if it return, make peace between them justly, and act equitably. Lo! Allah loveth the equitable.
10 The believers are naught else than brothers. Therefore make peace between your brethren and observe your duty to Allah that haply ye may obtain mercy.
11 O ye who believe! Let not a folk deride a folk who may be better than they (are), not let women (deride) women who may be better than they are; neither defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. Bad is the name of lewdness after faith. And whoso turneth not in repentance, such are evil-doers.
12 O ye who believe! Shun much suspicion; for lo! some suspicion is a crime. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Ye abhor that (so abhor the other)! And keep your duty (to Allah). Lo! Allah is Relenting, Merciful.
13 O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware.
14 The wandering Arabs say: We believe. Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Ye believe not, but rather say "We submit," for the faith hath not yet entered into your hearts. Yet, if ye obey Allah and His messenger, He will not withhold from you aught of (the reward of) your deeds. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
15 The (true) believers are those only who believe in Allah and His messenger and afterward doubt not, but strive with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah. Such are the sincere.
16 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Would ye teach Allah your religion, when Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, and Allah is Aware of all things?
17 They make it a favour unto thee (Mohammed) that they have surrendered (unto Him). Say: Deem not your Surrender a favour unto me; but Allah doth confer a favour on you, inasmuch as He hath led you to the Faith, if ye are earnest.
18 Lo! Allah knoweth the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is Seer of what ye do.



#50. Qaf:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Qaf. By the Glorious Koran,
2 Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:
3 When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That would be a far return!
4 We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.
5 Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.
6 Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?
7 And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,
8 A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.
9 And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,
10 And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,
11 Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.
12 The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,
13 And (the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,
14 And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb'a: every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.
15 Were We then worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation.
16 We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
17 When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,
18 He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.
19 And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.
20 And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day.
21 And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.
22 (And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy sight this day.
23 And (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have ready (as testimony).
24 (And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate,
25 Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,
26 Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom.
27 His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error.
28 He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning.
29 The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves.
30 On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled? and it saith: Can there be more to come?
31 And the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no longer distant.
32 (And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one,
33 Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.
34 Enter it in peace. This is the day of immortality.
35 There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.
36 And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?
37 Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.
38 And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.
39 Therefor (O Mohammed) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;
40 And in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations.
41 And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,
42 The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).
43 Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.
44 On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).
45 We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Mohammed) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Koran him who feareth My threat.



#51. adh-Dhariyat: The Winnowing Winds

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By those that winnow with a winnowing
2 And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
3 And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
4 And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
5 Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
6 And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
7 By the heaven full of paths,
8 Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
9 He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
10 Accursed be the conjecturers
11 Who are careless in an abyss!
12 They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
13 (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
14 (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
15 Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
16 Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
17 They used to sleep but little of the night,
18 And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
19 And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
20 And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
21 And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
22 And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
23 And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
24 Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Mohammed)?
25 When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
26 Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
27 And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
28 Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
29 Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
30 They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
31 (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
32 They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
33 That we may send upon them stones of clay,
34 Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
35 Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
36 But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
37 And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
38 And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
39 But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
40 So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
41 And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
42 It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
43 And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
44 But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
45 And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
46 And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
47 We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
48 And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
49 And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
50 Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
51 And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
52 Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
53 Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
54 So withdraw from them (O Mohammed), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
55 And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
56 I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
57 I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
58 Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
59 And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
60 And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.



#52. at-Tur: The Mount

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the Mount,
2 And a Scripture inscribed
3 On fine parchment unrolled,
4 And the House frequented,
5 And the roof exalted,
6 And the sea kept filled,
7 Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;
8 There is none that can ward it off.
9 On the day when the heaven will heave with (awful) heaving,
10 And the mountains move away with (awful) movement,
11 Then woe that day unto the deniers
12 Who play in talk of grave matters;
13 The day when they are thrust with a (disdainful) thrust, into the fire of hell
14 (And it is said unto them): This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.
15 Is this magic, or do ye not see?
16 Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.
17 Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,
18 Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and (because) their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire.
19 (And it is said unto them): Eat and drink in health (as a reward) for what ye used to do,
20 Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.
21 And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them (there), and We deprive them of nought of their (life's) work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned.
22 And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.
23 There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.
24 And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.
25 And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,
26 Saying: Lo! of old, when we were with our families, we were ever anxious;
27 But Allah hath been gracious unto us and hath preserved us from the torment of the breath of Fire.
28 Lo! we used to pray unto Him of old. Lo! He is the Benign, the Merciful.
29 Therefor warn (men, O Mohammed). By the grace of Allah thou art neither soothsayer nor madman.
30 Or say they: (he is) a poet, (one) for whom we may expect the accident of time?
31 Say (unto them): Except (your fill)! Lo! I am with you among the expectant.
32 Do their minds command them to do this, or are they an outrageous folk?
33 Or say they: He hath invented it? Nay, but they will not believe!
34 Then let them produce speech the like thereof, if they are truthful.
35 Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators?
36 Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
37 Or do they own the treasures of thy Lord? Or have they been given charge (thereof)?
38 Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!
39 Or hath He daughters whereas ye have sons?
40 Or askest thou (Mohammed) a fee from them so that they are plunged in debt?
41 Or possess they the Unseen so that they can write (it) down?
42 Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!
43 Or have they any god beside Allah? Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)!
44 And if they were to see a fragment of the heaven falling, they would say: A heap of clouds.
45 Then let them be (O Mohammed), till they meet their day, in which they will be thunder-stricken,
46 A day in which their guile will naught avail them, nor will they be helped.
47 And verily, for those who do wrong, there is a punishment beyond that. But most of them know not.
48 So wait patiently (O Mohammed) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest,
49 And in the night-time also hymn His praise, and at the setting of the stars.



#53. an-Najm: The Star

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the Star when it setteth,
2 Your comrade erreth not, nor is deceived;
3 Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire.
4 It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired,
5 Which one of mighty powers hath taught him,
6 One vigorous; and he grew clear to view
7 When he was on the uppermost horizon.
8 Then he drew nigh and came down
9 Till he was (distant) two bows' length or even nearer,
10 And He revealed unto His slave that which He revealed.
11 The heart lied not (in seeing) what it saw.
12 Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he seeth?
13 And verily he saw him yet another time
14 By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary,
15 Nigh unto which is the Garden of Abode.
16 When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree,
17 The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.
18 Verily he saw one of the greater revelations of his Lord.
19 Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza
20 And Manat, the third, the other?
21 Are yours the males and His the females?
22 That indeed were an unfair division!
23 They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them.
24 Or shall man have what he coveteth?
25 But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former.
26 And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth.
27 Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels with the names of females.
28 And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth.
29 Then withdraw (O Mohammed) from him who fleeth from Our remembrance and desireth but the life of the world.
30 Such is their sum of knowledge. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth, and He is Best Aware of him whom goeth right.
31 And unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil with that which they have done, and reward those who do good with goodness.
32 Those who avoid enormities of sin and abominations, save the unwilled offences - (for them) lo! thy Lord is of vast mercy. He is Best Aware of you (from the time) when He created you from the earth, and when ye were hidden in the bellies of your mothers. Therefor ascribe not purity unto yourselves. He is Best Aware of him who wardeth off (evil).
33 Didst thou (O Mohammed) observe him who turned away,
34 And gave a little, then was grudging?
35 Hath he knowledge of the Unseen so that he seeth?
36 Or hath he not had news of what is in the books of Moses
37 And Abraham who paid his debt:
38 That no laden one shall bear another's load,
39 And that man hath only that for which he maketh effort,
40 And that his effort will be seen.
41 And afterward he will be repaid for it with fullest payment;
42 And that thy Lord, He is the goal;
43 And that He it is who maketh laugh, and maketh weep,
44 And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life;
45 And that He createth the two spouses, the male and the female,
46 From a drop (of seed) when it is poured forth;
47 And that He hath ordained the second bringing forth;
48 And that He it is Who enricheth and contenteth;
49 And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius;
50 And that He destroyed the former (tribe of) A'ad,
51 And (the tribe of) Thamud He spared not;
52 And the folk of Noah aforetime, Lo! they were more unjust and more rebellious;
53 And Al-Mu'tafikah He destroyed
54 So that there covered them that which did cover.
55 Concerning which then, of the bounties of thy Lord, canst thou dispute?
56 This is a warner of the warners of old.
57 The threatened Hour is nigh.
58 None beside Allah can disclose it.
59 Marvel ye then at this statement,
60 And laugh and not weep,
61 While ye amuse yourselves?
62 Rather prostrate yourselves before Allah and serve Him.



#54. al-Qamar: The Moon

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
2 And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
3 They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
4 And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
5 Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
6 So withdraw from them (O Mohammed) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
7 With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
8 Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
9 The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
10 So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
11 Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
12 And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
13 And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
14 That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
15 And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?
16 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
17 And in truth We have made the Koran easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
18 (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
19 Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
20 Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.
21 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
22 And in truth We have made the Koran easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
23 (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
24 For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.
25 Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
26 (Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
27 Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
28 And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
29 But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
30 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
31 Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.
32 And in truth We have made the Koran easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
33 The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
34 Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,
35 As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
36 And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
37 They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!
38 And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
39 Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
40 And in truth We have made the Koran easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
41 And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
42 Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
43 Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures?
44 Or say they: We are a host victorious?
45 The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
46 Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
47 Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
48 On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
49 Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
50 And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
51 And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?
52 And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
53 And every small and great thing is recorded.
54 Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
55 Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.



#55. ar-Rahman: The Beneficent

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 The Beneficent
2 Hath made known the Koran.
3 He hath created man.
4 He hath taught him utterance.
5 The sun and the moon are made punctual.
6 The stars and the trees adore.
7 And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,
8 That ye exceed not the measure,
9 But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
10 And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
11 Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm-trees,
12 Husked grain and scented herb.
13 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
14 He created man of clay like the potter's,
15 And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.
16 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
17 Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!
18 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
19 He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.
20 There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).
21 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
22 There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral-stone.
23 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
24 His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
25 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
26 Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
27 There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
28 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
29 All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.
30 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
31 We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).
32 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
33 O company of jinn and men, if ye have power to penetrate (all) regions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate (them)! Ye will never penetrate them save with (Our) sanction.
34 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
35 There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.
36 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
37 And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -
38 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
39 On that day neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.
40 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
41 The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
42 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
43 This is hell which the guilty deny.
44 They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.
45 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
46 But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two gardens.
47 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
48 Of spreading branches.
49 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
50 Wherein are two fountains flowing.
51 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
52 Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.
53 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
54 Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand.
55 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
56 Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.
57 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
58 (In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral-stone.
59 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
60 Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness?
61 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
62 And beside them are two other gardens,
63 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
64 Dark green with foliage.
65 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
66 Wherein are two abundant springs.
67 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
68 Wherein is fruit, the date-palm and pomegranate.
69 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
70 Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful -
71 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
72 Fair ones, close-guarded in pavilions -
73 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
74 Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them -
75 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
76 Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.
77 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
78 Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!



#56. al-Waqiah: The Event

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 When the event befalleth -
2 There is no denying that it will befall -
3 Abasing (some), exalting (others);
4 When the earth is shaken with a shock
5 And the hills are ground to powder
6 So that they become a scattered dust,
7 And ye will be three kinds:
8 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?
9 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand?
10 And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:
11 Those are they who will be brought nigh
12 In gardens of delight;
13 A multitude of those of old
14 And a few of those of later time.
15 On lined couches,
16 Reclining therein face to face.
17 There wait on them immortal youths
18 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring
19 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,
20 And fruit that they prefer
21 And flesh of fowls that they desire.
22 And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
23 Like unto hidden pearls,
24 Reward for what they used to do.
25 There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination
26 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.
27 And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?
28 Among thornless lote-trees
29 And clustered plantains,
30 And spreading shade,
31 And water gushing,
32 And fruit in plenty
33 Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,
34 And raised couches;
35 Lo! We have created them a (new) creation
36 And made them virgins,
37 Lovers, friends,
38 For those on the right hand;
39 A multitude of those of old
40 And a multitude of those of later time.
41 And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand?
42 In scorching wind and scalding water
43 And shadow of black smoke,
44 Neither cool nor refreshing.
45 Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury
46 And used to persist in the awful sin.
47 And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,
48 And also our forefathers?
49 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Lo! those of old and those of later time
50 Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.
51 Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,
52 Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum
53 And will fill your bellies therewith;
54 And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,
55 Drinking even as the camel drinketh.
56 This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.
57 We created you. Will ye then not admit the truth?
58 Have ye seen that which ye emit?
59 Do ye create it or are We the Creator?
60 We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,
61 That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.
62 And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect?
63 Have ye seen that which ye cultivate?
64 Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer?
65 If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:
66 Lo! we are laden with debt!
67 Nay, but we are deprived!
68 Have ye observed the water which ye drink?
69 Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder?
70 If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks?
71 Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;
72 Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?
73 We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.
74 Therefor (O Mohammed), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
75 Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
76 And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
77 That (this) is indeed a noble Koran
78 In a Book kept hidden
79 Which none toucheth save the purified,
80 A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
81 Is it this Statement that ye scorn,
82 And make denial thereof your livelihood?
83 Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)
84 And ye are at that moment looking
85 - And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -
86 Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),
87 Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful?
88 Thus if he is of those brought nigh,
89 Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.
90 And if he is of those on the right hand,
91 Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.
92 But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,
93 Then the welcome will be boiling water
94 And roasting at hell-fire.
95 Lo! this is certain truth.
96 Therefor (O Mohammed) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.



#57. al-Hadid: Iron

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2 His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; He quickeneth and He giveth death; and He is Able to do all things.
3 He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward; and He is Knower of all things.
4 He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days; then He mounted the Throne. He knoweth all that entereth the earth and all that emergeth therefrom and all that cometh down from the sky and all that ascendeth therein; and He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah is Seer of what ye do.
5 His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and unto Allah (all) things are brought back.
6 He causeth the night to pass into the day, and He causeth the day to pass into the night, and He is knower of all that is in the breasts.
7 Believe in Allah and His messenger, and spend of that whereof He hath made you trustees; and such of you as believe and spend (aright), theirs will be a great reward.
8 What aileth you that ye believe not in Allah, when the messenger calleth you to believe in your Lord, and He hath already made a covenant with you, if ye are believers?
9 He it is Who sendeth down clear revelations unto His slave, that He may bring you forth from darkness unto light; and lo! for you, Allah is Full of Pity, Merciful.
10 And what aileth you that ye spend not in the way of Allah when unto Allah belongeth the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? Those who spent and fought before the victory are not upon a level (with the rest of you). Such are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. Unto each hath Allah promised good. And Allah is Informed of what ye do.
11 Who is he that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, that He may double it for him and his may be a rich reward?
12 On the day when thou (Mohammed) wilt see the believers, men and women, their light shining forth before them and on their right hands, (and wilt hear it said unto them): Glad news for you this day: Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein ye are immortal. That is the supreme triumph.
13 On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say unto those who believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your light! it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there will separate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner side whereof containeth mercy, while the outer side thereof is toward the doom.
14 They will cry unto them (saying): Were we not with you? They will say: Yea, verily; but ye tempted one another, and hesitated, and doubted, and vain desires beguiled you till the ordinance of Allah came to pass; and the deceiver deceived you concerning Allah;
15 So this day no ransom can be taken from you nor from those who disbelieved. Your home is the Fire; that is your patron, and a hapless journey's end.
16 Is not the time ripe for the hearts of those who believe to submit to Allah's reminder and to the truth which is revealed, that they become not as those who received the scripture of old but the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened, and many of them are evil-livers.
17 Know that Allah quickeneth the earth after its death. We have made clear Our revelations for you, that haply ye may understand.
18 Lo! those who give alms, both men and women, and lend unto Allah a goodly loan, it will be doubled for them, and theirs will be a rich reward.
19 And those who believe in Allah and His messengers, they are the loyal, and the martyrs are with their Lord; they have their reward and their light; while as for those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, they are owners of hell-fire.
20 Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.
21 Race one with another for forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whereof the breadth is as the breadth of the heavens and the earth, which is in store for those who believe in Allah and His messengers. Such is the bounty of Allah, which He bestoweth upon whom He will, and Allah is of Infinite Bounty.
22 Naught of disaster befalleth in the earth or in yourselves but it is in a Book before we bring it into being - Lo! that is easy for Allah -
23 That ye grieve not for the sake of that which hath escaped you, nor yet exult because of that which hath been given. Allah loveth not all prideful boasters,
24 Who hoard and who enjoin upon the people avarice. And whosoever turneth away, still Allah is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
25 We verily sent Our messengers with clear proofs, and revealed with them the Scripture and the Balance, that mankind may observe right measure; and He revealed iron, wherein is mighty power and (many) uses for mankind, and that Allah may know him who helpeth Him and His messengers, though unseen. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty.
26 And We verily sent Noah and Abraham and placed the prophethood and the scripture among their seed, and among them there is he who goeth right, but many of them are evil-livers.
27 Then We caused Our messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow, and gave him the Gospel, and placed compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. But monasticism they invented - We ordained it not for them - only seeking Allah's pleasure, and they observed it not with right observance. So We give those of them who believe their reward, but many of them are evil-livers.
28 O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah and put faith in His messenger. He will give you twofold of His mercy and will appoint for you a light wherein ye shall walk, and will forgive you. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
29 That the People of the Scripture may know that they control naught of the bounty of Allah, but that the bounty is in Allah's hand to give to whom He will. And Allah is of Infinite Bounty.



#58. al-Mujadilah: She that disputeth

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Allah hath heard the saying of her that disputeth with thee (Mohammed) concerning her husband, and complaineth unto Allah. And Allah heareth your colloquy. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.
2 Such of you as put away your wives (by saying they are as their mothers) - They are not their mothers; none are their mothers except those who gave them birth - they indeed utter an ill word and a lie. And lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
3 Those who put away their wives (by saying they are as their mothers) and afterward would go back on that which they have said, (the penalty) in that case (is) the freeing of a slave before they touch one another. Unto this ye are exhorted; and Allah is Informed of what ye do.
4 And he who findeth not (the wherewithal), let him fast for two successive months before they touch one another; and for him who is unable to do so (the penance is) the feeding of sixty needy ones. This, that ye may put trust in Allah and His messenger. Such are the limits (imposed by Allah); and for disbelievers is a painful doom.
5 Lo! those who oppose Allah and His messenger will be abased even as those before them were abased; and We have sent down clear tokens, and for disbelievers is a shameful doom
6 On the day when Allah will raise them all together and inform them of what they did. Allah hath kept account of it while they forgot it. And Allah is Witness over all things.
7 Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth? There is no secret conference of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be; and afterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they did. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things.
8 Hast thou not observed those who were forbidden conspiracy and afterward returned to that which they had been forbidden, and (now) conspire together for crime and wrongdoing and disobedience toward the messenger? And when they come unto thee they greet thee with a greeting wherewith Allah greeteth thee not, and say within themselves: Why should Allah punish us for what we say? Hell will suffice them; they will feel the heat thereof - a hapless journey's end!
9 O ye who believe! When ye conspire together, conspire not together for crime and wrongdoing and disobedience toward the messenger, but conspire together for righteousness and piety, and keep your duty toward Allah, unto whom ye will be gathered.
10 Lo! Conspiracy is only of the devil, that he may vex those who believe; but he can harm them not at all unless by Allah's leave. In Allah let believers put their trust.
11 O ye who believe! when it is said unto you, Make room! in assemblies, then make room; Allah will make way for you (hereafter). And when it is said, Come up higher! go up higher; Allah will exalt those who believe among you, and those who have knowledge, to high ranks. Allah is Informed of what ye do.
12 O ye who believe! When ye hold conference with the messenger, offer an alms before your conference. That is better and purer for you. But if ye cannot find (the wherewithal) then lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
13 Fear ye to offer alms before your conference? Then, when ye do it not and Allah hath forgiven you, establish worship and pay the poor-due and obey Allah and His messenger. And Allah is Aware of what ye do.
14 Hast thou not seen those who take for friends a folk with whom Allah is wroth? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear a false oath knowingly.
15 Allah hath prepared for them a dreadful doom. Evil indeed is that which they are wont to do.
16 They make a shelter of their oaths and turn (men) from the way of Allah; so theirs will be a shameful doom.
17 Their wealth and their children will avail them naught against Allah. Such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.
18 On the day when Allah will raise them all together, then will they swear unto Him as they (now) swear unto you, and they will fancy that they have some standing. Lo! is it not they who are the liars?
19 The devil hath engrossed them and so hath caused them to forget remembrance of Allah. They are the devil's party. Lo! is it not the devil's party who will be the losers?
20 Lo! those who oppose Allah and His messenger, they will be among the lowest.
21 Allah hath decreed: Lo! I verily shall conquer, I and My messengers. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty.
22 Thou wilt not find folk who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His messenger, even though they be their fathers or their sons or their brethren or their clan. As for such, He hath written faith upon their hearts and hath strengthened them with a Spirit from Him, and He will bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide. Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him. They are Allah's party. Lo! is it not Allah's party who are the successful?



#59. al-Hashr: Exile

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2 He it is Who hath caused those of the People of the Scripture who disbelieved to go forth from their homes unto the first exile. Ye deemed not that they would go forth, while they deemed that their strongholds would protect them from Allah. But Allah reached them from a place whereof they recked not, and cast terror in their hearts so that they ruined their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O ye who have eyes!
3 And if Allah had not decreed migration for them, He verily would have punished them in the world, and theirs in the Hereafter is the punishment of the Fire.
4 That is because they were opposed to Allah and His messenger; and whoso is opposed to Allah, (for him) verily Allah is stern in reprisal.
5 Whatsoever palm-trees ye cut down or left standing on their roots, it was by Allah's leave, in order that He might confound the evil-livers.
6 And that which Allah gave as spoil unto His messenger from them, ye urged not any horse or riding-camel for the sake thereof, but Allah giveth His messenger lordship over whom He will. Allah is Able to do all things.
7 That which Allah giveth as spoil unto His messenger from the people of the townships, it is for Allah and His messenger and for the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, that it become not a commodity between the rich among you. And whatsoever the messenger giveth you, take it. And whatsoever he forbiddeth, abstain (from it). And keep your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is stern in reprisal.
8 And (it is) for the poor fugitives who have been driven out from their homes and their belongings, who seek bounty from Allah and help Allah and His messenger. They are the loyal.
9 Those who entered the city and the faith before them love those who flee unto them for refuge, and find in their breasts no need for that which hath been given them, but prefer (the fugitives) above themselves though poverty become their lot. And whoso is saved from his own avarice - such are they who are successful.
10 And those who came (into the faith) after them say: Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who were before us in the faith, and place not in our hearts any rancour toward those who believe. Our Lord! Thou art Full of Pity, Merciful.
11 Hast thou not observed those who are hypocrites, (how) they tell their brethren who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture: If ye are driven out, we surely will go out with you, and we will never obey anyone against you, and if ye are attacked we verily will help you. And Allah beareth witness that they verily are liars.
12 (For) indeed if they are driven out they go not out with them, and indeed if they are attacked they help them not, and indeed if they had helped them they would have turned and fled, and then they would not have been victorious.
13 Ye are more awful as a fear in their bosoms than Allah. That is because they are a folk who understand not.
14 They will not fight against you in a body save in fortified villages or from behind walls. Their adversity among themselves is very great. Ye think of them as a whole whereas their hearts are divers. That is because they are a folk who have no sense.
15 On the likeness of those (who suffered) a short time before them, they taste the ill-effects of their own conduct, and theirs is painful punishment.
16 (And the hypocrites are) on the likeness of the devil when he telleth man to disbelieve, then, when he disbelieveth saith: Lo! I am quit of thee. Lo! I fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
17 And the consequence for both will be that they are in the Fire, therein abiding. Such is the reward of evil-doers.
18 O ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah. And let every soul look to that which it sendeth on before for the morrow. And observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye do.
19 And be not ye as those who forgot Allah, therefor He caused them to forget their souls. Such are the evil-doers.
20 Not equal are the owners of the Fire and the owners of the Garden. The owners of the Garden, they are the victorious.
21 If We had caused this Koran to descend upon a mountain, thou (O Mohammed) verily hadst seen it humbled, rent asunder by the fear of Allah. Such similitudes coin We for mankind that haply they may reflect.
22 He is Allah, than Whom there is no other God, the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible. He is the Beneficent, Merciful.
23 He is Allah, than Whom there is no other God, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One, Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him).
24 He is Allah, the Creator, the Shaper out of naught, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.



#60. al-Mumtahanah: She who is to be Examined

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 O ye who believe! Choose not My enemy and your enemy for allies. Do ye give them friendship when they disbelieve in that truth which hath come unto you, driving out the messenger and you because ye believe in Allah, your Lord? If ye have come forth to strive in My way and seeking My good pleasure, (show them not friendship). Do ye show friendship unto them in secret, when I am Best Aware of what ye hide and what ye proclaim? And whosoever doeth it among you, he verily hath strayed from the right way.
2 If they have the upper hand of you, they will be your foes, and will stretch out their hands and their tongues toward you with evil (intent), and they long for you to disbelieve.
3 Your ties of kindred and your children will avail you naught upon the Day of Resurrection. He will part you. Allah is Seer of what ye do.
4 There is a goodly pattern for you in Abraham and those with him, when they told their folk: Lo! we are guiltless of you and all that ye worship beside Allah. We have done with you. And there hath arisen between us and you hostility and hate for ever until ye believe in Allah only - save that which Abraham promised his father (when he said): I will ask forgiveness for thee, though I own nothing for thee from Allah - Our Lord! In Thee we put our trust, and unto Thee we turn repentant, and unto Thee is the journeying.
5 Our Lord! Make us not a prey for those who disbelieve, and forgive us, our Lord! Lo! Thou, only Thou, are the Mighty, the Wise.
6 Verily ye have in them a goodly pattern for everyone who looketh to Allah and the Last Day. And whosoever may turn away, lo! still Allah, He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
7 It may be that Allah will ordain love between you and those of them with whom ye are at enmity. Allah is Mighty, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
8 Allah forbiddeth you not those who warred not against you on account of religion and drove you not out from your homes, that ye should show them kindness and deal justly with them. Lo! Allah loveth the just dealers.
9 Allah forbiddeth you only those who warred against you on account of religion and have driven you out from your homes and helped to drive you out, that ye make friends of them. Whosoever maketh friends of them - (All) such are wrong- doers.
10 O ye who believe! When believing women come unto you as fugitives, examine them. Allah is Best Aware of their faith. Then, if ye know them for true believers, send them not back unto the disbelievers. They are not lawful for them (the disbelievers), nor are they (the disbelievers) lawful for them. And give them (the disbelievers) that which they have spent (upon them). And it is no sin for you to marry such women when ye have given them their dues. And hold not to the ties of disbelieving women; and ask for (the return of) that which ye have spent; and let them (the disbelievers) ask for that which they have spent. That is the judgment of Allah. He judgeth between you. Allah is Knower, Wise.
11 And if any of your wives have gone from you unto the disbelievers and afterward ye have your turn (of triumph), then give unto those whose wives have gone the like of that which they have spent, and keep your duty to Allah in Whom ye are believers.
12 O Prophet! If believing women come unto thee, taking oath of allegiance unto thee that they will ascribe no thing as partner unto Allah, and will neither steal nor commit adultery nor kill their children, nor produce any lie that they have devised between their hands and feet, nor disobey thee in what is right, then accept their allegiance and ask Allah to forgive them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
13 O ye who believe! Be not friendly with a folk with whom Allah is wroth, (a folk) who have despaired of the Hereafter as the disbelievers despair of those who are in the graves.



#61. as-Saff: The Ranks

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2 O ye who believe! Why say ye that which ye do not?
3 It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that ye say that which ye do not.
4 Lo! Allah loveth them who battle for His cause in ranks, as if they were a solid structure.
5 And (remember) when Moses said unto his people: O my people! Why persecute ye me, when ye well know that I am Allah's messenger unto you? So when they went astray Allah sent their hearts astray. And Allah guideth not the evil-living folk.
6 And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come unto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic.
7 And who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah when he is summoned unto Al-Islam? And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
8 Fain would they put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light however much the disbelievers are averse.
9 He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may make it conqueror of all religion however much idolaters may be averse.
10 O ye who believe! Shall I show you a commerce that will save you from a painful doom?
11 Ye should believe in Allah and His messenger, and should strive for the cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That is better for you, if ye did but know.
12 He will forgive you your sins and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, and pleasant dwellings in Gardens of Eden. That is the supreme triumph.
13 And (He will give you) another (blessing) which ye love: help from Allah and present victory. Give good tidings (O Mohammed) to believers.
14 O ye who believe! Be Allah's helpers, even as Jesus son of Mary said unto the disciples: Who are my helpers for Allah? They said: We are Allah's helpers. And a party of the Children of Israel believed, while a party disbelieved. Then We strengthened those who believed against their foe, and they became the uppermost.



#62. al-Jumah: The Congregation

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth Allah, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One, the Mighty, the Wise.
2 He it is Who hath sent among the unlettered ones a messenger of their own, to recite unto them His revelations and to make them grow, and to teach them the Scripture and wisdom, though heretofore they were indeed in error manifest,
3 Along with others of them who have not yet joined them. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
4 That is the bounty of Allah; which He giveth unto whom He will. Allah is of Infinite Bounty.
5 The likeness of those who are entrusted with the Law of Moses, yet apply it not, is as the likeness of the ass carrying books. Wretched is the likeness of folk who deny the revelations of Allah. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
6 Say (O Mohammed): O ye who are Jews! If ye claim that ye are favoured of Allah apart from (all) mankind, then long for death if ye are truthful.
7 But they will never long for it because of all that their own hands have sent before, and Allah is Aware of evil-doers.
8 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Lo! the death from which ye shrink will surely meet you, and afterward ye will be returned unto the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.
9 O ye who believe! When the call is heard for the prayer of the day of congregation, haste unto remembrance of Allah and leave your trading. That is better for you if ye did but know.
10 And when the prayer is ended, then disperse in the land and seek of Allah's bounty, and remember Allah much, that ye may be successful.
11 But when they spy some merchandise or pastime they break away to it and leave thee standing. Say: That which Allah hath is better than pastime and than merchandise, and Allah is the Best of providers.



#63. al-Munafiqun: The Hypocrites

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 When the hypocrites come unto thee (O Mohammed), they say: We bear witness that thou art indeed Allah's messenger. And Allah knoweth that thou art indeed His messenger, and Allah beareth witness that the hypocrites indeed are speaking falsely.
2 They make their faith a pretext so that they may turn (men) from the way of Allah. Verily evil is that which they are wont to do,
3 That is because they believed, then disbelieved, therefore their hearts are sealed so that they understand not.
4 And when thou seest them their figures please thee; and if they speak thou givest ear unto their speech. (They are) as though they were blocks of wood in striped cloaks. They deem every shout to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. Allah confound them! How they are perverted!
5 And when it is said unto them: Come! The messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you! they avert their faces and thou seest them turning away, disdainful.
6 Whether thou ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them is all one for them; Allah will not forgive them. Lo! Allah guideth not the evil-living folk.
7 They it is who say: Spend not on behalf of those (who dwell) with Allah's messenger that they may disperse (and go away from you); when Allah's are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the hypocrites comprehend not.
8 They say: Surely, if we return to Al-Madinah the mightier will soon drive out the weaker; when might belongeth to Allah and to His messenger and to the believers; but the hypocrites know not.
9 O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers.
10 And spend of that wherewith We have provided you before death cometh unto one of you and he saith: My Lord! If only thou wouldst reprieve me for a little while, then I would give alms and be among the righteous.
11 But Allah reprieveth no soul when its term cometh, and Allah is Informed of what ye do.



#64. at-Taghabun: Mutual Disillusion

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth Allah; unto Him belongeth Sovereignty and unto Him belongeth praise, and He is Able to do all things.
2 He it is Who created you, but one of you is a disbeliever and one of you is a believer, and Allah is Seer of what ye do.
3 He created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He shaped you and made good your shapes, and unto Him is the journeying.
4 He knoweth all that is in the heavens and the earth, and He knoweth what ye conceal and what ye publish. And Allah is Aware of what is in the breasts (of men).
5 Hath not the story reached you of those who disbelieved of old and so did taste the ill-effects of their conduct, and theirs will be a painful doom.
6 That was because their messengers (from Allah) kept coming unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but they said: Shall mere mortals guide us? So they disbelieved and turned away, and Allah was independent (of them). Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise.
7 Those who disbelieve assert that they will not be raised again. Say (unto them, O Mohammed): Yea, verily, by my Lord! ye will be raised again and then ye will be informed of what ye did; and that is easy for Allah.
8 So believe in Allah and His messenger and the light which We have revealed. And Allah is Informed of what ye do.
9 The day when He shall gather you unto the Day of Assembling, that will be a day of mutual disillusion. And whoso believeth in Allah and doeth right, He will remit from him his evil deeds and will bring him unto Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to abide for ever. That is the supreme triumph.
10 But those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, such are owners of the Fire; they will abide therein - a hapless journey's end!
11 No calamity befalleth save by Allah's leave. And whosoever believeth in Allah, He guideth his heart. And Allah is Knower of all things.
12 Obey Allah and obey His messenger; but if ye turn away, then the duty of Our messenger is only to convey (the message) plainly.
13 Allah! There is no God save Him. In Allah, therefore, let believers put their trust.
14 O ye who believe! Lo! among your wives and your children there are enemies for you, therefor beware of them. And if ye efface and overlook and forgive, then lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
15 Your wealth and your children are only a temptation, whereas Allah! with Him is an immense reward.
16 So keep your duty to Allah as best ye can, and listen, and obey, and spend; that is better for your souls. And whoso is saved from his own greed, such are the successful.
17 If ye lend unto Allah a goodly loan, He will double it for you and will forgive you, for Allah is Responsive, Clement,
18 Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Mighty, the Wise.



#65. at-Talaq: Divorce

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 O Prophet! When ye (men) put away women, put them away for their (legal) period and reckon the period, and keep your duty to Allah, your Lord. Expel them not from their houses nor let them go forth unless they commit open immorality. Such are the limits (imposed by) Allah; and whoso transgresseth Allah's limits, he verily wrongeth his soul. Thou knowest not: it may be that Allah will afterward bring some new thing to pass.
2 Then, when they have reached their term, take them back in kindness or part from them in kindness, and call to witness two just men among you, and keep your testimony upright for Allah. Whoso believeth in Allah and the Last Day is exhorted to act thus. And whosoever keepeth his duty to Allah, Allah will appoint a way out for him,
3 And will provide for him from (a quarter) whence he hath no expectation. And whosoever putteth his trust in Allah, He will suffice him. Lo! Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah hath set a measure for all things.
4 And for such of your women as despair of menstruation, if ye doubt, their period (of waiting) shall be three months, along with those who have it not. And for those with child, their period shall be till they bring forth their burden. And whosoever keepeth his duty to Allah, He maketh his course easy for him.
5 That is the commandment of Allah which He revealeth unto you. And whoso keepeth his duty to Allah, He will remit from him his evil deeds and magnify reward for him.
6 Lodge them where ye dwell, according to your wealth, and harass them not so as to straiten life for them. And if they are with child, then spend for them till they bring forth their burden. Then, if they give suck for you, give them their due payment and consult together in kindness; but if ye make difficulties for one another, then let some other woman give suck for him (the father of the child).
7 Let him who hath abundance spend of his abundance, and he whose provision is measured, let him spend of that which Allah hath given him. Allah asketh naught of any soul save that which He hath given it. Allah will vouchsafe, after hardship, ease.
8 And how many a community revolted against the ordinance of its Lord and His messengers, and We called it to a stern account and punished it with dire punishment,
9 So that it tasted the ill-effects of its conduct, and the consequence of its conduct was loss.
10 Allah hath prepared for them stern punishment; so keep your duty to Allah, O men of understanding! O ye who believe! Now Allah hath sent down unto you a reminder,
11 A messenger reciting unto you the revelations of Allah made plain, that He may bring forth those who believe and do good works from darkness unto light. And whosoever believeth in Allah and doeth right, He will bring him into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to abide for ever. Allah hath made good provision for him.
12 Allah it is who hath created seven heavens, and of the earth the like thereof. The commandment cometh down among them slowly, that ye may know that Allah is Able to do all things, and that Allah surroundeth all things in knowledge.



#66. at-Tahrim: Banning

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 O Prophet! Why bannest thou that which Allah hath made lawful for thee, seeking to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
2 Allah hath made lawful for you (Muslims) absolution from your oaths (of such a kind), and Allah is your Protector. He is the Knower, the Wise.
3 When the Prophet confided a fact unto one of his wives and when she afterward divulged it and Allah apprised him thereof, he made known (to her) part thereof and passed over part. And when he told it her she said: Who hath told thee? He said: The Knower, the Aware hath told me.
4 If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant, (ye have cause to do so) for your hearts desired (the ban); and if ye aid one another against him (Mohammed) then lo! Allah, even He, is his Protecting Friend, and Gabriel and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore the angels are his helpers.
5 It may happen that his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your stead wives better than you, submissive (to Allah), believing, pious, penitent, devout, inclined to fasting, widows and maids.
6 O ye who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire whereof the fuel is men and stones, over which are set angels strong, severe, who resist not Allah in that which He commandeth them, but do that which they are commanded.
7 (Then it will be said): O ye who disbelieve! Make no excuses for yourselves this day. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.
8 O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your evil deeds and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before them and on their right hands; they will say: Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.
9 O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them. Hell will be their home, a hapless journey's end.
10 Allah citeth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot, who were under two of Our righteous slaves yet betrayed them so that they (the husbands) availed them naught against Allah and it was said (unto them): Enter the Fire along with those who enter.
11 And Allah citeth an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharaoh when she said: My Lord! Build for me a home with thee in the Garden, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from evil-doing folk;
12 And Mary, daughter of Imran, whose body was chaste, therefor We breathed therein something of Our Spirit. And she put faith in the words of her Lord and His scriptures, and was of the obedient.



#67. al-Mulk: The Sovereignty

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and, He is Able to do all things.
2 Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,
3 Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Mohammed) canst see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again: Canst thou see any rifts?
4 Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim.
5 And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.
6 And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom of hell, a hapless journey's end!
7 When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth up,
8 As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner?
9 They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said: Allah hath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a great error.
10 And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not been among the dwellers in the flames.
11 So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the dwellers in the flames.
12 Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.
13 And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of all that is in the breasts (of men).
14 Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.
15 He it is Who hath made the earth subservient unto you, so Walk in the paths thereof and eat of His providence. And unto Him will be the resurrection (of the dead).
16 Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed?
17 Or have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not let loose on you a hurricane? But ye shall know the manner of My warning.
18 And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!
19 Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and closing them? Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent. Lo! He is Seer of all things.
20 Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.
21 Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.
22 Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road?
23 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): He it is who gave you being, and hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
24 Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered.
25 And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
26 Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;
27 But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which ye used to call.
28 Say (O Mohammed): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me (Mohammed) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom?
29 Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put our trust. And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest.
30 Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water?



#68. al-Qalam: The Pen

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),
2 Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.
3 And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.
4 And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.
5 And thou wilt see and they will see
6 Which of you is the demented.
7 Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.
8 Therefor obey not thou the rejecters
9 Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
10 Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,
11 Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,
12 Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor
13 Greedy therewithal, intrusive.
14 It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
15 That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
16 We shall brand him on the nose.
17 Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,
18 And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);
19 Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept
20 And in the morning it was as if plucked.
21 And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
22 Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
23 So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
24 No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.
25 They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
26 But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
27 Nay, but we are desolate!
28 The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)?
29 They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.
30 Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.
31 They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
32 It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.
33 Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.
34 Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.
35 Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?
36 What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!
37 Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn
38 That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?
39 Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?
40 Ask them (O Mohammed) which of them will vouch for that!
41 Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful
42 On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,
43 With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.
44 Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.
45 Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.
46 Or dost thou (Mohammed) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?
47 Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?
48 But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.
49 Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
50 But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
51 And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;
52 When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.



#69. al-Haqqah: The Reality

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 The Reality!
2 What is the Reality?
3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!
4 (The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.
5 As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.
6 And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,
7 Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm- trees.
8 Canst thou (O Mohammed) see any remnant of them?
9 And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,
10 And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.
11 Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship
12 That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.
13 And when the trumpet shall sound one blast
14 And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,
15 Then, on that day will the Event befall.
16 And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.
17 And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.
18 On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
19 Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!
20 Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.
21 Then he will be in blissful state
22 In a high garden
23 Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.
24 (And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.
25 But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book
26 And knew not what my reckoning!
27 Oh, would that it had been death!
28 My wealth hath not availed me,
29 My power hath gone from me.
30 (It will be said): Take him and fetter him
31 And then expose him to hell-fire
32 And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.
33 Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,
34 And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.
35 Therefor hath he no lover here this day,
36 Nor any food save filth
37 Which none but sinners eat.
38 But nay! I swear by all that ye see
39 And all that ye see not
40 That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.
41 It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!
42 Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!
43 It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
45 We assuredly had taken him by the right hand
46 And then severed his life-artery,
47 And not one of you could have held Us off from him.
48 And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).
49 And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).
50 And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.
51 And lo! it is absolute truth.
52 So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.



#70. al-Maarij: The Ascending Stairways

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall
2 Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,
3 From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways
4 (Whereby) the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the span is fifty thousand years.
5 But be patient (O Mohammed) with a patience fair to see.
6 Lo! they behold it afar off
7 While we behold it nigh:
8 The day when the sky will become as molten copper,
9 And the hills become as flakes of wool,
10 And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend
11 Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be able to ransom himself from the punishment of that day at the price of his children
12 And his spouse and his brother
13 And his kin that harboured him
14 And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.
15 But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
16 Eager to roast;
17 It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
18 And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
19 Lo! man was created anxious,
20 Fretful when evil befalleth him
21 And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
22 Save worshippers.
23 Who are constant at their worship
24 And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
25 For the beggar and the destitute;
26 And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,
27 And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -
28 Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -
29 And those who preserve their chastity
30 Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
31 But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
32 And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
33 And those who stand by their testimony
34 And those who are attentive at their worship.
35 These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
36 What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Mohammed), open-eyed,
37 On the right and on the left, in groups?
38 Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?
39 Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
40 But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able
41 To replace them by (others) better than them. And we are not to be outrun.
42 So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,
43 The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,
44 With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they are promised.



#71. Nuh: Noah

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.
2 He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
3 (Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
4 That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.
5 He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
6 But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
7 And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.
8 And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
9 And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.
10 And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
11 He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
12 And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.
13 What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
14 When He created you by (divers) stages?
15 See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,
16 And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
17 And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,
18 And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.
19 And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
20 That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.
21 Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;
22 And they have plotted a mighty plot,
23 And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
24 And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong-doers in naught save error.
25 Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.
26 And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.
27 If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.
28 My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin.



#72. al-Jinn: The Jinn

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Say (O Mohammed): It is revealed unto me that a company of the Jinn gave ear, and they said: Lo! we have heard a marvellous Koran,
2 Which guideth unto righteousness, so we believe in it and we ascribe no partner unto our Lord.
3 And (we believe) that He - exalted be the glory of our Lord! - hath taken neither wife nor son,
4 And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an atrocious lie.
5 And lo! we had supposed that humankind and jinn would not speak a lie concerning Allah -
6 And indeed (O Mohammed) individuals of humankind used to invoke the protection of individuals of the jinn, so that they increased them in revolt against Allah);
7 And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not raise anyone (from the dead) -
8 And (the Jinn who had listened to the Koran said): We had sought the heaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors.
9 And we used to sit on places (high) therein to listen. But he who listeneth now findeth a flame in wait for him;
10 And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth guidance for them.
11 And among us there are righteous folk and among us there are far from that. We are sects having different rules.
12 And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we escape by flight.
13 And when we heard the guidance, we believed therein, and whoso believeth in his Lord, he feareth neither loss nor oppression.
14 And there are among us some who have surrendered (to Allah) and there are among us some who are unjust. And whoso hath surrendered to Allah, such have taken the right path purposefully.
15 And as for those who are unjust, they are firewood for hell.
16 If they (the idolaters) tread the right path, We shall give them to drink of water in abundance
17 That We may test them thereby, and whoso turneth away from the remembrance of his Lord; He will thrust him into ever-growing torment.
18 And the places of worship are only for Allah, so pray not unto anyone along with Allah.
19 And when the slave of Allah stood up in prayer to Him, they crowded on him, almost stifling.
20 Say (unto them, O Mohammed): I pray unto Allah only, and ascribe unto Him no partner.
21 Say: Lo! I control not hurt nor benefit for you.
22 Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge beside Him
23 (Mine is) but conveyance (of the Truth) from Allah, and His messages; and whoso disobeyeth Allah and His messenger, lo! his is fire of hell, wherein such dwell for ever.
24 Till (the day) when they shall behold that which they are promised (they may doubt); but then they will know (for certain) who is weaker in allies and less in multitude.
25 Say (O Mohammed, unto the disbelievers): I know not whether that which ye are promised is nigh, or if my Lord hath set a distant term for it.
26 (He is) the Knower of the Unseen, and He revealeth unto none His secret,
27 Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He maketh a guard to go before him and a guard behind him
28 That He may know that they have indeed conveyed the messages of their Lord. He surroundeth all their doings, and He keepeth count of all things.



#73. al-Muzammil: The Enshrouded One

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 O thou wrapped up in thy raiment!
2 Keep vigil the night long, save a little -
3 A half thereof, or abate a little thereof
4 Or add (a little) thereto - and chant the Koran in measure,
5 For we shall charge thee with a word of weight.
6 Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is more keen and speech more certain.
7 Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.
8 So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion -
9 Lord of the East and the West; there is no God save Him; so choose thou Him alone for thy defender -
10 And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a fair leave- taking.
11 Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort (in this life); and do thou respite them awhile.
12 Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,
13 And food which choketh (the partaker), and a painful doom
14 On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.
15 Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as We sent unto Pharaoh a messenger.
16 But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him with no gentle grip.
17 Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey,
18 The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled.
19 Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord.
20 Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or (sometimes) half or a third thereof, as do a party of those with thee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it not, and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Koran that which is easy for you. He knoweth that there are sick folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others (still) are fighting for the cause of Allah. So recite of it that which is easy (for you), and establish worship and pay the poor-due, and (so) lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoever good ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better and greater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.



#74. al-Mudathir: The Cloaked One

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 O thou enveloped in thy cloak,
2 Arise and warn!
3 Thy Lord magnify,
4 Thy raiment purify,
5 Pollution shun!
6 And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!
7 For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
8 For when the trumpet shall sound,
9 Surely that day will be a day of anguish,
10 Not of ease, for disbelievers.
11 Leave Me (to deal) with him whom I created lonely,
12 And then bestowed upon him ample means,
13 And sons abiding in his presence
14 And made (life) smooth for him.
15 Yet he desireth that I should give more.
16 Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.
17 On him I shall impose a fearful doom.
18 For lo! he did consider; then he planned -
19 (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!
20 Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! -
21 Then looked he,
22 Then frowned he and showed displeasure.
23 Then turned he away in pride
24 And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;
25 This is naught else than speech of mortal man.
26 Him shall I fling unto the burning.
27 - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -
28 It leaveth naught; it spareth naught
29 It shrivelleth the man.
30 Above it are nineteen.
31 We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their number have We made to be a stumbling-block for those who disbelieve; that those to whom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers may increase in faith; and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given and believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is disease, and disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendeth astray whom He will, and whom He will He guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thy Lord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.
32 Nay, by the Moon
33 And the night when it withdraweth
34 And the dawn when it shineth forth,
35 Lo! this is one of the greatest (portents)
36 As a warning unto men,
37 Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.
38 Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
39 Save those who will stand on the right hand.
40 In gardens they will ask one another
41 Concerning the guilty:
42 What hath brought you to this burning?
43 They will answer: We were not of those who prayed
44 Nor did we feed the wretched.
45 We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,
46 And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,
47 Till the Inevitable came unto us.
48 The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.
49 Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,
50 As they were frightened asses
51 Fleeing from a lion?
52 Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).
53 Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.
54 Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.
55 So whosoever will may heed.
56 And they will not heed unless Allah willeth (it). He is the fount of fear. He is the fount of Mercy.



#75. al-Qiyamah: The Rising of the Dead

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?
4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
5 But man would fain deny what is before him.
6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?
7 But when sight is confounded
8 And the moon is eclipsed
9 And sun and moon are united,
10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
11 Alas! No refuge!
12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
15 Although he tender his excuses.
16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
21 And neglect the Hereafter.
22 That day will faces be resplendent,
23 Looking toward their Lord;
24 And that day will other faces be despondent,
25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now)?
28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;
29 And agony is heaped on agony;
30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
32 But he denied and flouted.
33 Then went he to his folk with glee.
34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,
35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?
37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?
38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.
40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?



#76. Al Insan: Man; and, [ad-Dahr: Time]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Hath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered?
2 Lo! We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We make him hearing, knowing.
3 Lo! We have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or disbelieving.
4 Lo! We have prepared for disbelievers manacles and carcans and a raging fire.
5 Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of Kafur,
6 A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allah drink, making it gush forth abundantly,
7 (Because) they perform the vow and fear a day whereof the evil is wide- spreading,
8 And feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of Him,
9 (Saying): We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no reward nor thanks from you;
10 Lo! we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate.
11 Therefor Allah hath warded off from them the evil of that day, and hath made them find brightness and joy;
12 And hath awarded them for all that they endured, a Garden and silk attire;
13 Reclining therein upon couches, they will find there neither (heat of) a sun nor bitter cold.
14 The shade thereof is close upon them and the clustered fruits thereof bow down.
15 Goblets of silver are brought round for them, and beakers (as) of glass
16 (Bright as) glass but (made) of silver, which they (themselves) have measured to the measure (of their deeds).
17 There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of Zanjabil,
18 (The water of) a spring therein, named Salsabil.
19 There wait on them immortal youths, whom, when thou seest, thou wouldst take for scattered pearls.
20 When thou seest, thou wilt see there bliss and high estate.
21 Their raiment will be fine green silk and gold embroidery. Bracelets of silver will they wear. Their Lord will slake their thirst with a pure drink.
22 (And it will be said unto them): Lo! this is a reward for you. Your endeavour (upon earth) hath found acceptance.
23 Lo! We, even We, have revealed unto thee the Koran, a revelation;
24 So submit patiently to thy Lord's command, and obey not of them any guilty one or disbeliever.
25 Remember the name of thy Lord at morn and evening.
26 And worship Him (a portion) of the night. And glorify Him through the livelong night.
27 Lo! these love fleeting life, and put behind them (the remembrance of) a grievous day.
28 We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We will, We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.
29 Lo! this is an Admonishment, that whosoever will may choose a way unto his Lord.
30 Yet ye will not, unless Allah willeth. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.
31 He maketh whom He will to enter His mercy, and for evil-doers hath prepared a painful doom.



#77. al-Mursalat: The Emissaries

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
2 By the raging hurricanes,
3 By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,
5 By those who bring down the Reminder,
6 To excuse or to warn,
7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
8 So when the stars are put out,
9 And when the sky is riven asunder,
10 And when the mountains are blown away,
11 And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
12 For what day is the time appointed?
13 For the Day of Decision.
14 And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
16 Destroyed We not the former folk,
17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after?
18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
20 Did We not create you from a base fluid
21 Which We laid up in a safe abode
22 For a known term?
23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle
26 Both for the living and the dead,
27 And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein?
28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
29 (It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
31 (Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
33 (Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
35 This is a day wherein they speak not,
36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
38 This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.
39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
41 Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
42 And fruits such as they desire.
43 (Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.
44 Thus do We reward the good.
45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
46 Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
48 When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
50 In what statement, after this, will they believe?



#78. an-Naba: The Tidings

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Whereof do they question one another?
2 (It is) of the awful tidings,
3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.
4 Nay, but they will come to know!
5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!
6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,
7 And the high hills bulwarks?
8 And We have created you in pairs,
9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,
10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,
11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.
12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,
16 And gardens of thick foliage.
17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
22 A home for the rebellious.
23 They will abide therein for ages.
24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.
30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
33 And maidens for companions,
34 And a full cup.
35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
40 Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"



#79. an-Naziaat: Those Who Drag Forth

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By those who drag forth to destruction,
2 By the meteors rushing,
3 By the lone stars floating,
4 By the angels hastening,
5 And those who govern the event,
6 On the day when the first trump resoundeth.
7 And the second followeth it,
8 On that day hearts beat painfully
9 While eyes are downcast
10 (Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
11 Even after we are crumbled bones?
12 They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
13 Surely it will need but one shout,
14 And lo! they will be awakened.
15 Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?
16 How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
17 (Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
18 And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?
19 Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
20 And he showed him the tremendous token.
21 But he denied and disobeyed,
22 Then turned he away in haste,
23 Then gathered he and summoned
24 And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
25 So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
26 Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
27 Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?
28 He raised the height thereof and ordered it;
29 And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
30 And after that He spread the earth,
31 And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
32 And He made fast the hills,
33 A provision for you and for your cattle.
34 But when the great disaster cometh,
35 The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
36 And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
37 Then, as for him who rebelled
38 And chose the life of the world,
39 Lo! hell will be his home.
40 But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
41 Lo! the Garden will be his home.
42 They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?
43 Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof?
44 Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof.
45 Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.
46 On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof.



#80. Abasa: He Frowned

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 He frowned and turned away
2 Because the blind man came unto him.
3 What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)
4 Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?
5 As for him who thinketh himself independent,
6 Unto him thou payest regard.
7 Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace).
8 But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose
9 And hath fear,
10 From him thou art distracted.
11 Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,
12 So let whosoever will pay heed to it,
13 On honoured leaves
14 Exalted, purified,
15 (Set down) by scribes
16 Noble and righteous.
17 Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!
18 From what thing doth He create him?
19 From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,
20 Then maketh the way easy for him,
21 Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;
22 Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.
23 Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.
24 Let man consider his food:
25 How We pour water in showers
26 Then split the earth in clefts
27 And cause the grain to grow therein
28 And grapes and green fodder
29 And olive-trees and palm-trees
30 And garden-closes of thick foliage
31 And fruits and grasses:
32 Provision for you and your cattle.
33 But when the Shout cometh
34 On the day when a man fleeth from his brother
35 And his mother and his father
36 And his wife and his children,
37 Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others).
38 On that day faces will be bright as dawn,
39 Laughing, rejoicing at good news;
40 And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,
41 Veiled in darkness,
42 Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.



#81. at-Takwir: The Overthrowing

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 When the sun is overthrown,
2 And when the stars fall,
3 And when the hills are moved,
4 And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
5 And when the wild beasts are herded together,
6 And when the seas rise,
7 And when souls are reunited,
8 And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked
9 For what sin she was slain,
10 And when the pages are laid open,
11 And when the sky is torn away,
12 And when hell is lighted,
13 And when the Garden is brought nigh,
14 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
15 Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
16 The stars which rise and set,
17 And the close of night,
18 And the breath of morning
19 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
20 Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
21 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
22 And your comrade is not mad.
23 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
24 And he is not avid of the Unseen.
25 Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
26 Whither then go ye?
27 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
28 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
29 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.



#82. al-Infitar: The Cleaving

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 When the heaven is cleft asunder,
2 When the planets are dispersed,
3 When the seas are poured forth,
4 And the sepulchres are overturned,
5 A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
6 O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
7 Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee?
8 Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
9 Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
10 Lo! there are above you guardians,
11 Generous and recording,
12 Who know (all) that ye do.
13 Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
14 And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
15 They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
16 And will not be absent thence.
17 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
18 Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
19 A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.



#83. at-Tatfif: Defrauding

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Woe unto the defrauders:
2 Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
3 But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
4 Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
5 Unto an Awful Day,
6 The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
7 Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
8 Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
9 A written record.
10 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
11 Those who deny the Day of Judgment
12 Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
13 Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
14 Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
15 Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
16 Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
17 And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
18 Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
19 Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
20 A written record,
21 Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
22 Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
23 On couches, gazing,
24 Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
25 They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
26 Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
27 And mixed with water of Tasnim,
28 A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
29 Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
30 And wink one to another when they passed them;
31 And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
32 And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
33 Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
34 This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
35 On high couches, gazing.
36 Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?



#84. al-Inshiqaq: The Sundering

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 When the heaven is split asunder
2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,
3 And when the earth is spread out
4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!
6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning
9 And will return unto his folk in joy.
10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,
11 He surely will invoke destruction
12 And be thrown to scorching fire.
13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,
14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
18 And by the moon when she is at the full,
19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not
21 And, when the Koran is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)?
22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,
25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.



#85. al-Buruj: The Mansion of the Stars

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
2 And by the Promised Day.
3 And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
4 (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch
5 Of the fuel-fed fire,
6 When they sat by it,
7 And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
8 They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
9 Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
10 Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.
11 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
12 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
13 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,
16 Doer of what He will.
17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud?
19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
21 Nay, but it is a glorious Koran.
22 On a guarded tablet.



#86. at-Tariq: The Morning Star

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the heaven and the Morning Star
2 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
3 - The piercing Star!
4 No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
5 So let man consider from what he is created.
6 He is created from a gushing fluid
7 That issued from between the loins and ribs.
8 Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
9 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
10 Then will he have no might nor any helper.
11 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
12 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
13 Lo! this (Koran) is a conclusive word,
14 It is no pleasantry.
15 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Mohammed)
16 And I plot a plot (against them).
17 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.



#87. al-Aala: The Most High

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,
2 Who createth, then disposeth;
3 Who measureth, then guideth;
4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
5 Then turneth it to russet stubble.
6 We shall make thee read (O Mohammed) so that thou shalt not forget
7 Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
8 And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.
9 Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.
10 He will heed who feareth,
11 But the most hapless will flout it,
12 He who will be flung to the great Fire
13 Wherein he will neither die nor live.
14 He is successful who groweth,
15 And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,
16 But ye prefer the life of the world
17 Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.
18 Lo! This is in the former scrolls.
19 The Books of Abraham and Moses.



#88. al-Ghashiya: The Overwhelming

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?
2 On that day (many) faces will be downcast,
3 Toiling, weary,
4 Scorched by burning fire,
5 Drinking from a boiling spring,
6 No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit
7 Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.
8 In that day other faces will be calm,
9 Glad for their effort past,
10 In a high Garden
11 Where they hear no idle speech,
12 Wherein is a gushing spring,
13 Wherein are couches raised
14 And goblets set at hand
15 And cushions ranged
16 And silken carpets spread.
17 Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?
18 And the heaven, how it is raised?
19 And the hills, how they are set up?
20 And the earth, how it is spread?
21 Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,
22 Thou art not at all a warder over them.
23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
24 Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
25 Lo! unto Us is their return
26 And Ours their reckoning.



#89. al-Fajr: The Dawn

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the Dawn
2 And ten nights,
3 And the Even and the Odd,
4 And the night when it departeth,
5 There surely is an oath for thinking man.
6 Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
7 With many-columned Iram,
8 The like of which was not created in the lands;
9 And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
10 And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
11 Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
12 And multiplied iniquity therein?
13 Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
15 As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
16 But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
17 Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
20 And love wealth with abounding love.
21 Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
22 And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
23 And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
24 He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
25 None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
26 None bindeth as He then will bind.
27 But ah! thou soul at peace!
28 Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
29 Enter thou among My bondmen!
30 Enter thou My Garden!



#90. al-Balad: The City

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Nay, I swear by this city -
2 And thou art an indweller of this city -
3 And the begetter and that which he begat,
4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him?
6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes
9 And a tongue and two lips,
10 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?
11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
12 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
13 (It is) to free a slave,
14 And to feed in the day of hunger.
15 An orphan near of kin,
16 Or some poor wretch in misery,
17 And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
18 Their place will be on the right hand.
19 But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
20 Fire will be an awning over them.



#91. ash-Shams: The Sun

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the sun and his brightness,
2 And the moon when she followeth him,
3 And the day when it revealeth him,
4 And the night when it enshroudeth him,
5 And the heaven and Him Who built it,
6 And the earth and Him Who spread it,
7 And a soul and Him Who perfected it
8 And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
9 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
10 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
11 (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
12 When the basest of them broke forth
13 And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink!
14 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
15 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).



#92. al-Layl: The Night

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the night enshrouding
2 And the day resplendent
3 And Him Who hath created male and female,
4 Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward divers ends).
5 As for him who giveth and is dutiful (toward Allah)
6 And believeth in goodness;
7 Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease.
8 But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent,
9 And disbelieveth in goodness;
10 Surely We will ease his way unto adversity.
11 His riches will not save him when he perisheth.
12 Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidance
13 And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former.
14 Therefor have I warned you of the flaming Fire
15 Which only the most wretched must endure,
16 He who denieth and turneth away.
17 Far removed from it will be the righteous
18 Who giveth his wealth that he may grow (in goodness).
19 And none hath with him any favour for reward,
20 Except as seeking (to fulfil) the purpose of his Lord Most High.
21 He verily will be content.



#93. ad-Duha: The Morning Hours

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the morning hours
2 And by the night when it is stillest,
3 Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee,
4 And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former,
5 And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content.
6 Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)?
7 Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)?
8 Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)?
9 Therefor the orphan oppress not,
10 Therefor the beggar drive not away,
11 Therefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse.



#94. al-Inshirah: Solace

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,
2 And eased thee of the burden
3 Which weighed down thy back;
4 And exalted thy fame?
5 But lo! with hardship goeth ease,
6 Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
7 So when thou art relieved, still toil
8 And strive to please thy Lord.



#95. at-Teen: The Fig

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the fig and the olive,
2 By Mount Sinai,
3 And by this land made safe;
4 Surely We created man of the best stature
5 Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low,
6 Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing.
7 So who henceforth will give the lie to thee about the judgment?
8 Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges?



#96. al-Alaq: The Clot

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth,
2 Createth man from a clot.
3 Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,
4 Who teacheth by the pen,
5 Teacheth man that which he knew not.
6 Nay, but verily man is rebellious
7 That he thinketh himself independent!
8 Lo! unto thy Lord is the return.
9 Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth
10 A slave when he prayeth?
11 Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah)
12 Or enjoineth piety?
13 Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward?
14 Is he then unaware that Allah seeth?
15 Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock
16 The lying, sinful forelock
17 Then let him call upon his henchmen!
18 We will call the guards of hell.
19 Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah).



#97. al-Qadr: Power

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Power.
2 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!
3 The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.
4 The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.
5 (The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn.



#98. al-Beyyinah: The Clear Proof

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters could not have left off (erring) till the clear proof came unto them,
2 A messenger from Allah, reading purified pages
3 Containing correct scriptures.
4 Nor were the People of the Scripture divided until after the clear proof came unto them.
5 And they are ordered naught else than to serve Allah, keeping religion pure for Him, as men by nature upright, and to establish worship and to pay the poor-due. That is true religion.
6 Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, will abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings.
7 (And) lo! those who believe and do good works are the best of created beings.
8 Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they dwell for ever. Allah hath pleasure in them and they have pleasure in Him. This is (in store) for him who feareth his Lord.



#99. al-Zilzal: The Earthquake

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake
2 And Earth yieldeth up her burdens,
3 And man saith: What aileth her?
4 That day she will relate her chronicles,
5 Because thy Lord inspireth her.
6 That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds.
7 And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,
8 And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.



#100. al-Adiyat: The Coursers

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the snorting courses,
2 Striking sparks of fire
3 And scouring to the raid at dawn,
4 Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,
5 Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe),
6 Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord
7 And lo! he is a witness unto that;
8 And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.
9 Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth
10 And the secrets of the breasts are made known,
11 On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them.



#101. al-Qariah: The Calamity

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 The Calamity!
2 What is the Calamity?
3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
4 A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths
5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.
6 Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
7 He will live a pleasant life.
8 But as for him whose scales are light,
9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
10 Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
11 Raging Fire.




#102. at-Takathur: Rivalry in Worldly Increase

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you
2 Until ye come to the graves.
3 Nay, but ye will come to know!
4 Nay, but ye will come to know!
5 Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge!
6 For ye will behold hell-fire.
7 Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.
8 Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.



#103. al-Asr: The Declining Day

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 By the declining day,
2 Lo! man is a state of loss,
3 Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.



#104. al-Humazah: The Traducer

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Woe unto every slandering traducer,
2 Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.
3 He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.
4 Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.
5 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!
6 (It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,
7 Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).
8 Lo! it is closed in on them
9 In outstretched columns.



#105. al-Feel: The Elephant

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?
2 Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,
3 And send against them swarms of flying creatures,
4 Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,
5 And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)?



#106. ash Shita: Winter; and, [Qureysh: Qoraish Tribe]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 For the taming of Qureysh.
2 For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and summer.
3 So let them worship the Lord of this House,
4 Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear.



#107. al-Maun: Small Kindnesses

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Hast thou observed him who belieth religion?
2 That is he who repelleth the orphan,
3 And urgeth not the feeding of the needy.
4 Ah, woe unto worshippers
5 Who are heedless of their prayer;
6 Who would be seen (at worship)
7 Yet refuse small kindnesses!



#108. al-Kauthar: Abundance

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Lo! We have given thee Abundance;
2 So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice.
3 Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity.



#109. al-Kafirun: The Disbelievers

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Say: O disbelievers!
2 I worship not that which ye worship;
3 Nor worship ye that which I worship.
4 And I shall not worship that which ye worship.
5 Nor will ye worship that which I worship.
6 Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.



#110. an-Nasr: Succour

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh
2 And thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops,
3 Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy.



#111. al Masad: Palm Fibre; and, [Lahab: Abu Lahab, Father of The Flame]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.
2 His wealth and gains will not exempt him.
3 He will be plunged in flaming Fire,
4 And his wife, the wood-carrier,
5 Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.



#112. At Tauhid: The Unity; and, [al-Ikhlas: Purity of Faith]

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Say: He is Allah, the One!
2 Allah, the eternally Besought of all!
3 He begetteth not nor was begotten.
4 And there is none comparable unto Him.



#113. al-Falaq: The Daybreak

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak
2 From the evil of that which He created;
3 From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,
4 And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,
5 And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.



#114. an-Nas: Mankind

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
2 The King of mankind,
3 The God of mankind,
4 From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,
5 Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind,
6 Of the jinn and of mankind

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- The End -

"The Meaning of the Glorious Koran" - Translated by Marmaduke Pickthall.

[ Marmaduke Pickthall, the translator of the Holy Koran converted to Islam ]

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