- Alif. Lam. Ra. (This is) a Scripture the revelations whereof
are perfected and then expounded. (It cometh) from One Wise, Informed,
- (Saying): Serve none but Allah. Lo! I am unto you from Him a
warner and a bringer of good tidings.
- And (bidding you): Ask pardon of your Lord and turn to Him
repentant. He will cause you to enjoy a fair estate until a time
appointed. He giveth His bounty unto every bountiful one. But if ye
turn away, lo! (then) I fear for you the retribution of an awful Day.
- Unto Allah is your return, and He is Able to do all things.
- Lo! now they fold up their breasts that they may hide (their
thoughts) from Him. At the very moment when they cover themselves with
their clothing, Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that
which they proclaim. Lo! He is Aware of what is in the breasts (of
men).
- And there is not a beast in the earth but the sustenance
thereof dependeth on Allah. He knoweth its habitation and its
repository. All is in a clear Record.
- And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days
- and His Throne was upon the water - that He might try you, which of
you is best in conduct. Yet if thou (O Muhammad) sayest: Lo! ye will
be raised again after death! those who disbelieve will surely say:
This is naught but mere magic.
- And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they
will surely say: What withholdeth it ? Verily on the day when it
cometh unto them, it cannot be averted from them, and that which they
derided will surround them.
- And if we cause man to taste some mercy from Us and afterward
withdraw it from him, lo! he is despairing, thankless.
- And if We cause him to taste grace after some misfortune that
had befallen him, he saith: The ills have gone from me. Lo! he is
exultant, boastful;
- Save those who persevere and do good works. Theirs will be
forgiveness and a great reward.
- A likely thing, that thou wouldst forsake aught of that which
hath been revealed unto thee, and that thy breast should be straitened
for it, because they say: Why hath not a treasure been sent down for
him, or an angel come with him ? Thou art but a warner, and Allah is
in charge of all things.
- Or they say: He hath invented it. Say: Then bring ten surahs,
the like thereof, invented, and call on everyone ye can beside Allah,
if ye are truthful!
- And if they answer not your prayer, then know that it is
revealed only in the knowledge of Allah; and that there is no God save
Him. Will ye then be (of) those who surrender ?
- Whoso desireth the life of the world and its pomp, We shall
repay them their deeds herein, and therein they will not be wronged.
- Those are they for whom is naught in the Hereafter save the
Fire. (All) that they contrive here is vain and (all) that they are
wont to do is fruitless.
- Is he (to be counted equal with them) who relieth on a clear
proof from his Lord, and a witness from Him reciteth it, and before it
was the Book of Moses, an example and a mercy ? Such believe therein,
and whoso disbelieveth therein of the clans, the Fire is his appointed
place. So be not thou in doubt concerning it. Lo! it is the Truth from
thy Lord; but most of mankind believe not.
- Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning
Allah ? Such will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will
say: These are they who lied concerning their Lord. Now the curse of
Allah is upon wrong-doers,
- Who debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it
crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
- Such will not escape in the earth, nor have they any
protecting friends beside Allah. For them the torment will be double.
They could not bear to hear, and they used not to see.
- Such are they who have lost their souls, and that which they
used to invent hath failed them.
- Assuredly in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers.
- Lo! those who believe and do good works and humble themselves
before their Lord: such are rightful owners of the Garden; they will
abide therein.
- The similitude of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf
and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal in similitude ? Will ye
not then be admonished ?
- And We sent Noah unto his folk (and he said): Lo! I am a plain
warner unto you.
- That ye serve none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for you the
retribution of a painful Day.
- The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: We see thee
but a mortal like us, and we see not that any follow thee save the
most abject among us, without reflection. We behold in you no merit
above us - nay, we deem you liars.
- He said: O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on a clear proof
from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from His presence,
and it hath been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it
when ye are averse thereto ?
- And O my people! I ask of you no wealth therefor. My reward is
the concern only of Allah, and I am not going to thrust away those who
believe - Lo! they have to meet their Lord! - but I see you a folk
that are ignorant.
- And, O my people! who would deliver me from Allah if I thrust
them away ? Will ye not then reflect ?
- I say not unto you: "I have the treasures of Allah" nor "I
have knowledge of the Unseen," nor say I: "Lo! I am an angel!" Nor say
I unto those whom your eyes scorn that Allah will not give them good -
Allah knoweth best what is in their hearts - Lo! then indeed I should
be of the wrong-doers.
- They said: O Noah! Thou hast disputed with us and multiplied
disputation with us; now bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest
us, if thou art of the truthful.
- He said: Only Allah will bring it upon you if He will, and ye
can by no means escape.
- My counsel will not profit you if I were minded to advise you,
if Allah's will is to keep you astray. He is your Lord and unto Him ye
will be brought back.
- Or say they (again): He hath invented it ? Say: If I have
invented it, upon me be my crimes, but I am innocent of (all) that ye
commit.
- And it was inspired in Noah, (saying): No-one of thy folk will
believe save him who hath believed already. Be not distressed because
of what they do.
- Build the ship under Our eyes and by Our inspiration, and
speak not unto Me on behalf of those who do wrong. Lo! they will be
drowned.
- And he was building the ship, and every time that chieftains
of his people passed him, they made mock of him. He said: Though ye
make mock of Us, yet We mock at you even as ye mock;
- And ye shall know to whom a punishment that will confound him
cometh, and upon whom a lasting doom will fall.
- (Thus it was) till, when Our commandment came to pass and the
oven gushed forth water, We said: Load therein two of every kind, a
pair (the male and female), and thy household, save him against whom
the word hath gone forth already, and those who believe. And but a few
were they who believed with him.
- And he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its
course and its mooring. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
- And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains, and Noah
cried unto his son - and he was standing aloof - O my son! Come ride
with us, and be not with the disbelievers.
- He said: I shall betake me to some mountain that will save me
from the water. (Noah) said: This day there is none that saveth from
the commandment of Allah save him on whom He hath had mercy. And the
wave came in between them, so he was among the drowned.
- And it was said: O earth! Swallow thy water and, O sky! be
cleared of clouds! And the water was made to subside. And the
commandment was fulfilled. And it (the ship) came to rest upon (the
mount) Al-Judi and it was said: A far removal for wrongdoing folk!
- And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Lo! my son is
of my household! Surely Thy promise is the truth and Thou are the Most
Just of Judges.
- He said: O Noah! Lo! he is not of thy household; lo! he is of
evil conduct, so ask not of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I
admonish thee lest thou be among the ignorant.
- He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin)
that I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless
Thou forgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost.
- It was said (unto him): O Noah! Go thou down (from the
mountain) with peace from Us and blessings upon thee and some nations
(that will spring) from those with thee. (There will be other) nations
unto whom We shall give enjoyment a long while and then a painful doom
from Us will overtake them.
- This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee
(Muhammad). Thou thyself knewest it not, nor did thy folk (know it)
before this. Then have patience. Lo! the sequel is for those who ward
off (evil).
- And unto (the tribe of) A'ad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He
said: O my people! Serve Allah! Ye have no other God save Him. Lo! ye
do but invent.
- O my people! I ask of you no reward for it. Lo! my reward is
the concern only of Him Who made me. Have ye then no sense ?
- And, O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn unto
Him repentant; He will cause the sky to rain abundance on you and will
add unto you strength to your strength. Turn not away, guilty!
- They said: O Hud! Thou hast brought us no clear proof and we
are not going to forsake our gods on thy (mere) saying, and we are not
believers in thee.
- We say naught save that one of our gods hath possessed thee in
an evil way. He said: I call Allah to witness, and do ye (too) bear
witness, that I am innocent of (all) that ye ascribe as partners (to
Allah)
- Beside Him. So (try to) circumvent me, all of you, give me no
respite.
- Lo! I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Not
an animal but He doth grasp it by the forelock! Lo! my Lord is on a
straight path.
- And if ye turn away, still I have conveyed unto you that
wherewith I was sent unto you, and my Lord will set in place of you a
folk other than you. Ye cannot injure Him at all. Lo! my Lord is
Guardian over all things.
- And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Hud and those
who believed with him by a mercy from Us; We saved them from a harsh
doom.
- And such were A'ad. They denied the revelations of their Lord
and flouted His messengers and followed the command of every froward
potentate.
- And a curse was made to follow them in the world and on the
Day of Resurrection. Lo! A'ad disbelieved in their Lord. A far removal
for A'ad, the folk of Hud!
- And unto (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih.
He said: O my people! Serve Allah, Ye have no other God save Him. He
brought you forth from the earth and hath made you husband it. So ask
forgiveness of Him and turn unto Him repentant. Lo! my Lord is Nigh,
Responsive.
- They said: O Salih! Thou hast been among us hitherto as that
wherein our hope was placed. Dost thou ask us not to worship what our
fathers worshipped ? Lo! we verily are in grave doubt concerning that
to which thou callest us.
- He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on clear
proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from Him, who
will save me from Allah if I disobey Him ? Ye would add to me naught
save perdition.
- O my people! This is the camel of Allah, a token unto you, so
suffer her to feed in Allah's earth, and touch her not with harm lest
a near torment seize you.
- But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy life in your
dwelling-place three days! This is a threat that will not be belied.
- So, when Our commandment came to pass, We saved Salih, and
those who believed with him, by a mercy from Us, from the ignominy of
that day. Lo, thy Lord! He is the Strong, the Mighty.
- And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong, so that
morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,
- As though they had not dwelt there. Lo! Thamud disbelieved in
their Lord. A far removal for Thamud!
- And Our messengers cam unto Abraham with good news. They said:
Peace! He answered: Peace! and delayed not to bring a roasted calf.
- And when he saw their hands reached not to it, he mistrusted
them and conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! Lo! we are
sent unto the folk of Lot.
- And his wife, standing by laughed when We gave her good
tidings (of the birth) of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob.
- She said: Oh woe is me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old
woman, and this my husband is an old man ? Lo! this is a strange
thing!
- They said: Wonderest thou at the commandment of Allah ? The
mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, O people of the house!
Lo! He is Owner of Praise, Owner of Glory!
- And when the awe departed from Abraham, and the glad news
reached him, he pleaded with Us on behalf of the folk of Lot.
- Lo! Abraham was mild, imploring, penitent.
- (It was said) O Abraham! Forsake this! Lo! thy Lord's
commandment hath gone forth, and lo! there cometh unto them a doom
which cannot be repelled.
- And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was distressed and
knew not how to protect them. He said: This is a distressful day.
- And his people came unto him, running towards him - and before
then they used to commit abominations - He said: O my people! Here are
my daughters! They are purer for you. Beware of Allah, and degrade me
not in (the person of) my guests. Is there not among you any upright
man ?
- They said: Well thou knowest that we have no right to thy
daughters, and well thou knowest what we want.
- He said: Would that I had strength to resist you or had some
strong support (among you)!
- (The messengers) said: O Lot! Lo! we are messengers of thy
Lord; they shall not reach thee. So travel with thy people in a part
of the night, and let not one of you turn round - (all) save thy wife.
Lo! that which smiteth them will smite her (also). Lo! their tryst is
(for) the morning. Is not the morning nigh ?
- So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that
township) and rained upon it stones of clay, one after another,
- Marked with fire in the providence of thy Lord (for the
destruction of the wicked). And they are never far from the
wrong-doers.
- And unto Midian (We sent) their brother Shu'eyb. He said: O my
people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other God save Him! And give not short
measure and short weight. Lo! I see you well-to-do, and lo! I fear for
you the doom of a besetting Day.
- O my people! Give full measure and full weight in justice, and
wrong not people in respect of their goods. And do not evil in the
earth, causing corruption.
- That which Allah leaveth with you is better for you if ye are
believers; and I am not a keeper over you.
- They said: O Shu'eyb! Doth thy way of prayer command thee that
we should forsake that which our fathers (used to) worship, or that we
(should leave off) doing what we will with our own property. Lo! thou
art the mild, the guide to right behaviour.
- He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on a clear
proof from my Lord and He sustaineth me with fair sustenance from Him
(how can I concede aught to you) ? I desire not to do behind your
backs that which I ask you not to do. I desire naught save reform so
far as I am able. My welfare is only in Allah. In Him I trust and unto
Him I turn (repentant).
- And, O my people! Let not the schism with me cause you to sin
so that there befall you that which befell the folk of Noah and the
folk of Hud, and the folk of Salih; and the folk of Lot are not far
off from you.
- Ask pardon of your Lord and then turn unto Him (repentant).
Lo! my Lord is Merciful, Loving.
- They said: O Shu'eyb! We understand not much of that thou
tellest, and lo! we do behold thee weak among us. But for thy family,
we should have stoned thee, for thou art not strong against us.
- He said: O my people! Is my family more to be honoured by you
than Allah ? and ye put Him behind you, neglected! Lo! my Lord
surroundeth what ye do.
- And, O my people! Act according to your power, lo! I (too) am
acting. Ye will soon know on whom there cometh a doom that will abase
him, and who it is that lieth. And watch! Lo! I am a watcher with you.
- And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Shu'eyb and
those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; and the (Awful) Cry
seized those who did injustice, and morning found them prostrate in
their dwellings,
- As though they had not dwelt there. A far removal for Midian,
even as Thamud had been removed afar!
- And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear
warrant
- Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they did follow the command
of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was no right guide.
- He will go before his people on the Day of Resurrection and
will lead them to the Fire for watering-place. Ah, hapless is the
watering-place (whither they are) led.
- A curse is made to follow them in the world and on the Day of
Resurrection. Hapless is the gift (that will be) given (them).
- That is (something) of the tidings of the townships (which
were destroyed of old). We relate it unto thee (Muhammad). Some of
them are standing and some (already) reaped.
- We wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves; and their
gods on whom they call beside Allah availed them naught when came thy
Lord's command; they added to them naught save ruin.
- Even thus is the grasp of thy Lord when He graspeth the
townships while they are doing wrong. Lo! His grasp is painful, very
strong.
- Lo! herein verily there is a portent for those who fear the
doom of the Hereafter. That is a day unto which mankind will be
gathered, and that is a day that will be witnessed.
- And We defer it only to a term already reckoned.
- On the day when it cometh no soul will speak except by His
permission; some among them will be wretched, (others) glad.
- As for those who will be wretched (on that day) they will be
in the Fire; sighing and wailing will be their portion therein,
- Abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save
for that which thy Lord willeth. Lo! thy Lord is Doer of what He will.
- And as for those who will be glad (that day) they will be in
the Garden, abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure
save for that which thy Lord willeth: a gift unfailing.
- So be not thou in doubt concerning that which these (folk)
worship. They worship only as their fathers worshipped aforetime. Lo!
we shall pay them their whole due unabated.
- And we verily gave unto Moses the Scripture, and there was
strife thereupon; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone
forth from thy Lord, the case would have been judged between them, and
lo! they are in grave doubt concerning it.
- And lo! unto each thy Lord will verily repay his works in
full. Lo! He is Informed of what they do.
- So tread thou the straight path as thou art commanded, and
those who turn (unto Allah) with thee, and transgress not. Lo! He is
Seer of what ye do.
- And incline not toward those who do wrong lest the Fire touch
you, and ye have no protecting friends against Allah, and afterward ye
would not be helped.
- Establish worship at the two ends of the day and in some
watches of the night. Lo! good deeds annul ill-deeds. This is reminder
for the mindful.
- And have patience, (O Muhammad), for lo! Allah loseth not the
wages of the good.
- If only there had been among the generations before you men
possessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from
corruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from
them! The wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless,
and were guilty.
- In truth thy Lord destroyed not the townships tyrannously
while their folk were doing right.
- And if thy Lord had willed, He verily would have made mankind
one nation, yet they cease not differing,
- Save him on whom thy Lord hath mercy; and for that He did
create them. And the Word of thy Lord hath been fulfilled: Verily I
shall fill hell with the jinn and mankind together.
- And all that We relate unto thee of the story of the
messengers is in order that thereby We may make firm thy heart. And
herein hath come unto thee the Truth and an exhortation and a reminder
for believers.
- And say unto those who believe not: Act according to your
power. Lo! We (too) are acting.
- And wait! Lo! We (too) are waiting.
- And Allah's is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth, and
unto Him the whole matter will be returned. So worship Him and put thy
trust in Him. Lo! thy Lord is not unaware of what ye (mortals) do.