- Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the Wise Scripture.
- Is it a wonder for mankind that We have inspired a man among
them, saying: Warn mankind and bring unto those who believe the good
tidings that they have a sure footing with their Lord ? The
disbelievers say: Lo! this is a mere wizard.
- Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth
in six Days, then He established Himself upon the Throne, directing
all things. There is no intercessor (with Him) save after His
permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Oh, will ye not
remind ?
- Unto Him is the return of all of you; it is a promise of Allah
in truth. Lo! He produceth creation, then reproduceth it, that He may
reward those who believe and do good works with equity; while, as for
those who disbelieve, theirs will be a boiling drink and painful doom
because they disbelieved.
- He it is Who appointed the sun a splendour and the moon a
light, and measured for her stages, that ye might know the number of
the years, and the reckoning. Allah created not (all) that save in
truth. He detaileth the revelations for people who have knowledge.
- Lo! in the difference of day and night and all that Allah hath
created in the heavens and the earth are portents, verily, for folk
who ward off (evil).
- Lo! those who expect not the meeting with Us but desire the
life of the world and feel secure therein, and those who are
neglectful of Our revelations,
- Their home will be the Fire because of what they used to earn.
- Lo! those who believe and do good works, their Lord guideth
them by their faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of
Delight,
- Their prayer therein will be: Glory be to Thee, O Allah! and
their greeting therein will be: Peace. And the conclusion of their
prayer will be: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
- If Allah were to hasten on for men the ill (that they have
earned) as they would hasten on the good, their respite would already
have expired. But We suffer those who look not for the meeting with Us
to wander blindly on in their contumacy.
- And if misfortune touch a man he crieth unto Us, (while
reclining) on his side, or sitting or standing, but when We have
relieved him of the misfortune he goeth his way as though he had not
cried unto Us because of a misfortune that afflicted him. Thus is what
they do made (seeming) fair unto the prodigal.
- We destroyed the generations before you when they did wrong;
and their messengers (from Allah) came unto them with clear proofs (of
His Sovereignty) but they would not believe. Thus do We reward the
guilty folk.
- Then We appointed you viceroys in the earth after them, that
We might see how ye behave.
- And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, they who
look not for the meeting with Us say: Bring a Lecture other than this,
or change it. Say (O Muhammad): It is not for me to change it of my
accord. I only follow that which is inspired in me. Lo! if I disobey
my Lord I fear the retribution of an awful Day.
- Say: If Allah had so willed I should not have recited it to
you nor would He have made it known to you. I dwelt among you a whole
lifetime before it (came to me). Have ye then no sense ?
- Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning
Allah and denieth His revelations ? Lo! the guilty never are
successful.
- They worship beside Allah that which neither hurteth them nor
profiteth them, and they say: These are our intercessors with Allah.
Say: Would ye inform Allah of (something) that He knoweth not in the
heavens or in the earth ? Praised be He and High Exalted above all
that ye associate (with Him)!
- Mankind were but one community; then they differed; and had it
not been for a word that had already gone forth from thy Lord it had
been judged between them in respect of that wherein they differ.
- And they will say: If only a portent were sent down upon him
from his Lord! Then say, (O Muhammad): The Unseen belongeth to Allah.
So wait! Lo! I am waiting with you.
- And when We cause mankind to taste of mercy after some
adversity which had afflicted them, behold! they have some plot
against Our revelations. Say: Allah is more swift in plotting. Lo! Our
messengers write down that which ye plot.
- He it is Who maketh you to go on the land and the sea till,
when ye are in the ships and they sail with them with a fair breeze
and they are glad therein, a storm-wind reacheth them and the wave
cometh unto them from every side and they deem that they are
overwhelmed therein; (then) they cry unto Allah, making their faith
pure for Him only: If Thou deliver us from this, we truly will be of
the thankful.
- Yet when He hath delivered them, behold! they rebel in the
earth wrongfully. O mankind! Your rebellion is only against
yourselves. (Ye have) enjoyment of the life of the world; then unto Us
is your return and We shall proclaim unto you what ye used to do.
- The similitude of the life of the world is only as water which
We send down from the sky, then the earth's growth of that which men
and cattle eat mingleth with it till, when the earth hath taken on her
ornaments and is embellished, and her people deem that they are
masters of her, Our commandment cometh by night or by day and We make
it as reaped corn as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do we
expound the revelations for people who reflect.
- And Allah summoneth to the abode of peace, and leadeth whom He
will to a straight path.
- For those who do good is the best (reward) and more (thereto).
Neither dust nor ignominy cometh near their faces. Such are rightful
owners of the Garden; they will abide therein.
- And those who earn ill-deeds, (for them) requital of each
ill-deed by the like thereof; and ignominy overtaketh them - They have
no protector from Allah - as if their faces had been covered with a
cloak of darkest night. Such are rightful owners of the Fire; they
will abide therein.
- On the day when We gather them all together, then We say unto
those who ascribed partners (unto Us): Stand back, ye and your
(pretended) partners (of Allah)! And We separate them, the one from
the other, and their (pretended) partners say: It was not us ye
worshipped.
- Allah sufficeth as a witness between us and you, that we were
unaware of your worship.
- There doth every soul experience that which it did aforetime,
and they are returned unto Allah, their rightful Lord, and that which
they used to invent hath failed them.
- Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Who provideth for you from the
sky and the earth, or Who owneth hearing and sight; and Who bringeth
forth the living from the dead and bringeth forth the dead from the
living; and Who directeth the course ? They will say: Allah. Then say:
Will ye not then keep your duty (unto Him) ?
- Such then is Allah, your rightful Lord. After the Truth what
is there saving error ? How then are ye turned away!
- Thus is the Word of thy Lord justified concerning those who do
wrong: that they believe not.
- Say: Is there of your partners (whom ye ascribe unto Allah)
one that produceth Creation and then reproduceth it ? Say: Allah
produceth Creation, then reproduceth it. How then, are ye misled!
- Say: Is there of your partners (whom ye ascribe unto Allah)
one that leadeth to the Truth ? Say: Allah leadeth to the Truth. Is He
Who leadeth to the Truth more deserving that He should be followed, or
he who findeth not the way unless he (himself) be guided. What aileth
you ? How judge ye ?
- Most of them follow not but conjecture. Assuredly conjecture
can by no means take the place of truth. Lo! Allah is Aware of what
they do.
- And this Qur'an is not such as could ever be invented in
despite of Allah; but it is a confirmation of that which was before it
and an exposition of that which is decreed for mankind - Therein is no
doubt - from the Lord of the Worlds.
- Or say they: He hath invented it ? Say: Then bring a surah
like unto it, and call (for help) on all ye can besides Allah, if ye
are truthful.
- Nay, but they denied that, the knowledge whereof they could
not compass, and whereof the interpretation (in events) hath not yet
come unto them. Even so did those before them deny. Then see what was
the consequence for the wrong-doers!
- And of them is he who believeth therein, and of them is he who
believeth not therein, and thy Lord is Best Aware of the corrupters.
- And if they deny thee, say: Unto me my work, and unto you your
work. Ye are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what ye do.
- And of them are some who listen unto thee. But canst thou make
the deaf to hear even though they apprehend not ?
- And of them is he who looketh toward thee. But canst thou
guide the blind even though they see not ?
- Lo! Allah wrongeth not mankind in aught; but mankind wrong
themselves.
- And on the day when He shall gather them together, (when it
will seem) as though they had tarried but an hour of the day,
recognising one another, those will verily have perished who denied
the meeting with Allah and were not guided.
- Whether We let thee (O Muhammad) behold something of that
which We promise them or (whether We) cause thee to die, still unto Us
is their return, and Allah, moreover, is Witness over what they do.
- And for every nation there is a messenger. And when their
messenger cometh (on the Day of Judgment) it will be judged between
them fairly, and they will not be wronged.
- And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are
truthful ?
- Say: I have no power to hurt or benefit myself, save that
which Allah willeth. For every nation there is an appointed time. When
their time cometh, then they cannot put it off an hour, nor hasten
(it).
- Say: Have ye thought: When His doom cometh unto you as a raid
by night, or in the (busy) day; what is there of it that the guilty
ones desire to hasten ?
- Is it (only) then, when it hath befallen you, that ye will
believe ? What! (Believe) now, when (until now) ye have been hastening
it on (through disbelief) ?
- Then will it be said unto those who dealt unjustly Taste the
torment of eternity. Are ye requited aught save what ye used to earn ?
- And they ask thee to inform them (saying): Is it true ? Say:
Yea, by my Lord, verily it is true, and ye cannot escape.
- And if each soul that doeth wrong had all that is in the earth
it would seek to ransom itself therewith; and they will feel remorse
within them, when they see the doom. But it hath been judged between
them fairly and they are not wronged.
- Lo! verily all that is in the heavens and the earth is
Allah's. Lo! verily Allah's promise is true. But most of them know
not.
- He quickeneth and giveth death, and unto Him ye will be
returned.
- O mankind! There hath come unto you an exhortation from your
Lord, a balm for that which is in the breasts, a guidance and a mercy
for believers.
- Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy: therein let them
rejoice. It is better than what they hoard.
- Say: Have ye considered what provision Allah hath sent down
for you, how ye have made of it lawful and unlawful ? Hath Allah
permitted you, or do ye invent a lie concerning Allah ?
- And what think those who invent a lie concerning Allah (will
be their plight) upon the Day of Resurrection ? Lo! Allah truly is
Bountiful toward mankind, but most of them give not thanks.
- And thou (Muhammad) art not occupied with any business and
thou recitest not a Lecture from this (Scripture), and ye (mankind)
perform no act, but We are Witness of you when ye are engaged therein.
And not an atom's weight in the earth or in the sky escapeth your
Lord, nor what is less than that or greater than that, but it is
(written) in a clear Book.
- Lo! verily the friends of Allah are (those) on whom fear
(cometh) not, nor do they grieve ?
- Those who believe and keep their duty (to Allah).
- Theirs are good tidings in the life of the world and in the
Hereafter - There is no changing the Words of Allah - that is the
Supreme Triumph.
- And let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! power
belongeth wholly to Allah. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
- Lo! is it not unto Allah that belongeth whosoever is in the
heavens and whosoever is in the earth ? Those who follow aught instead
of Allah follow not (His) partners. They follow only a conjecture, and
they do but guess.
- He it is Who hath appointed for you the night that ye should
rest therein and the day giving sight. Lo! herein verily are portents
for a folk that heed.
- They say: Allah hath taken (unto Him) a son - Glorified be He!
He hath no needs! His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in
the earth. Ye have no warrant for this. Tell ye concerning Allah that
which ye know not ?
- Say: Verily those who invent a lie concerning Allah will not
succeed.
- This world's portion (will be theirs), then unto Us is their
return. Then We make them taste a dreadful doom because they used to
disbelieve.
- Recite unto them the story of Noah, when he told his people: O
my people! If my sojourn (here) and my reminding you by Allah's
revelations are an offence unto you, in Allah have I put my trust, so
decide upon your course of action you and your partners. Let not your
course of action be in doubt for you. Then have at me, give me no
respite.
- But if ye are averse I have asked of you no wage. My wage is
the concern of Allah only, and I am commanded to be of those who
surrender (unto Him).
- But they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the
ship, and made them viceroys (in the earth), while We drowned those
who denied Our revelations. See then the nature of the consequence for
those who had been warned.
- Then, after him, We sent messengers unto their folk, and they
brought them clear proofs. But they were not ready to believe in that
which they before denied. Thus print We on the hearts of the
transgressors.
- Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron unto Pharaoh and his
chiefs with Our revelations, but they were arrogant and were a guilty
folk.
- And when the Truth from Our presence came unto them, they
said: Lo! this is mere magic.
- Moses said: Speak ye (so) of the Truth when it hath come unto
you ? Is this magic ? Now magicians thrive not.
- They said: Hast thou come unto us to pervert us from that
(faith) in which we found our fathers, and that you two may own the
place of greatness in the land ? We will not believe you two.
- And Pharaoh said: Bring every cunning wizard unto me.
- And when the wizards came, Moses said unto them: Cast your
cast!
- And when they had cast, Moses said: That which ye have brought
is magic. Lo! Allah will make it vain. Lo! Allah upholdeth not the
work of mischief-makers.
- And Allah will vindicate the Truth by His words, however much
the guilty be averse.
- But none trusted Moses, save some scions of his people, (and
they were) in fear of Pharaoh and their chiefs, that he would
persecute them. Lo! Pharaoh was verily a tyrant in the land, and lo!
he verily was of the wanton.
- And Moses said: O my people! If ye have believed in Allah then
put trust in Him, if ye have indeed surrendered (unto Him)!
- They said: In Allah we put trust. Our Lord! Oh, make us not a
lure for the wrongdoing folk;
- And, of Thy mercy, save us from the folk that disbelieve.
- And We inspired Moses and his brother, (saying): Appoint
houses for your people in Egypt and make your houses oratories, and
establish worship. And give good news to the believers.
- And Moses said: Our Lord! Lo! Thou hast given Pharaoh and his
chiefs splendour and riches in the life of the world, Our Lord! that
they may lead men astray from Thy way. Our Lord! Destroy their riches
and harden their hearts so that they believe not till they see the
painful doom.
- He said: Your prayer is heard. Do ye twain keep to the
straight path, and follow not the road of those who have no knowledge.
- And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and
Pharaoh with his hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression,
till, when the (fate of) drowning overtook him, he exclaimed: I
believe that there is no God save Him in Whom the Children of Israel
believe, and I am of those who surrender (unto Him).
- What! Now! When hitherto thou hast rebelled and been of the
wrong-doers ?
- But this day We save thee in thy body that thou mayst be a
portent for those after thee. Lo! most of mankind are heedless of Our
portents.
- And We verily did allot unto the Children of Israel a fixed
abode, and did provide them with good things; and they differed not
until the knowledge came unto them. Lo! thy Lord will judge between
them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to
differ.
- And if thou (Muhammad) art in doubt concerning that which We
reveal unto thee, then question those who read the Scripture (that
was) before thee. Verily the Truth from thy Lord hath come unto thee.
So be not thou of the waverers.
- And be not thou of those who deny the revelations of Allah,
for then wert thou of the losers.
- Lo! those for whom the word of thy Lord (concerning sinners)
hath effect will not believe,
- Though every token come unto them, till they see the painful
doom.
- If only there had been a community (of all those that were
destroyed of old) that believed and profited by its belief as did the
folk of Jonah! When they believed We drew off from them the torment of
disgrace in the life of the world and gave them comfort for a while.
- And if thy Lord willed, all who are in the earth would have
believed together. Wouldst thou (Muhammad) compel men until they are
believers ?
- It is not for any soul to believe save by the permission of
Allah. He hath set uncleanness upon those who have no sense.
- Say: Behold what is in the heavens and the earth! But
revelations and warnings avail not folk who will not believe.
- What expect they save the like of the days of those who passed
away before them ? Say: Expect then! I am with you among the
expectant.
- Then shall We save Our messengers and the believers, in like
manner (as of old). It is incumbent upon Us to save believers.
- Say (O Muhammad): O mankind! If ye are in doubt of my
religion, then (know that) I worship not those whom ye worship instead
of Allah, but I worship Allah Who causeth you to die, and I have been
commanded to be of the believers.
- And, (O Muhammad) set thy purpose resolutely for religion, as
a man by nature upright, and be not of those who ascribe partners (to
Allah).
- And cry not, beside Allah, unto that which cannot profit thee
nor hurt thee, for if thou didst so then wert thou of the wrong-doers.
- If Allah afflicteth thee with some hurt, there is none who can
remove it save Him; and if He desireth good for thee, there is none
who can repel His bounty. He striketh with it whom He will of his
bondmen. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
- Say: O mankind! Now hath the Truth from your Lord come unto
you. So whosoever is guided, is guided only for (the good of) his
soul, and whosoever erreth erreth only against it. And I am not a
warder over you.
- And (O Muhammad) follow that which is inspired in thee, and
forbear until Allah give judgment. And He is the Best of Judges.