- Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and, He is
Able to do all things.
- 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,
- Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Muhammad)
canst see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again:
Canst thou see any rifts ?
- Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee
weakened and made dim.
- 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.
- And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom
of hell, a hapless journey's end!
- When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it
boileth up,
- As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung
therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner ?
- 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.
- And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had
not been among the dwellers in the flames.
- So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy)
are the dwellers in the flames.
- Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be
forgiveness and a great reward.
- And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower
of all that is in the breasts (of men).
- Should He not know what He created ? And He is the Subtile,
the Aware.
- 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).
- 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 ?
- 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.
- And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of
My wrath (with them)!
- 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.
- 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.
- Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold
His providence ? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.
- Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he
who walketh upright on a straight road ?
- Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is who gave you being, and
hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
- Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom
ye will be gathered.
- And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye
are truthful ?
- Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain
warner;
- 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.
- Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me
(Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who
will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom ?
- 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.
- Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear
into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water ?