- Alif. Lam. Mim
- The revelation of the Scripture whereof there is no doubt is
from the Lord of the Worlds.
- 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.
- 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 ?
- 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.
- Such is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the
Mighty, the Merciful,
- Who made all things good which He created, and He began the
creation of man from clay;
- Then He made his seed from a draught of despised fluid;
- Then He fashioned him and breathed into him of His Spirit; and
appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
- 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.
- Say: The angel of death, who hath charge concerning you, will
gather you, and afterward unto your Lord ye will be returned.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and
hope, and spend of that We have bestowed on them.
- No soul knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a reward
for what they used to do.
- Is he who is a believer like unto him who is an evil-liver ?
They are not alike.
- 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.
- 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.
- And verily We make them taste the lower punishment before the
greater, that haply they may return.
- 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.
- 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.
- And when they became steadfast and believed firmly in Our
revelations, We appointed from among them leaders who guided by Our
command.
- Lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of
Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to differ.
- 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 ?
- 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 ?
- And they say: When cometh this victory (of yours) if ye are
truthful ?
- 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.
- So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), and await (the event). Lo!
they (also) are awaiting (it).