1. Alif, Lám, Mím,
Sád.
2. A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart
be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account,- that with it
thou mightest warn (the erring), and a reminder to the Believers.
3. Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you
from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than
Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition.
4. How many towns have We destroyed (for their
sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept
for their afternoon rest.
5. When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry
did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."
6. Then shall we question those to whom Our
Message was sent and those by whom We sent it.
7. And verily, We shall recount their whole
story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place).
8. The balance that day will be true (to a
nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:
9. Those whose scale will be light, will find
their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our Signs.
10. It is We Who have placed you with authority
on earth, and provided you therein with means for the fulfillment of
your life: small are the thanks that ye give!
11. It is We Who created you and gave you shape;
then We bade the angels prostrate to Adam, and they prostrated; not so
Iblis; He refused to be of those who bow down.
12. (Allah) said: "What prevented thee from
bowing down when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou
didst create me from fire, and him from clay."
13. (Allah) said: "Get thee down from it (the
Garden): it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art
of the meanest (of creatures)."
14. He said: "Give me respite till the day they
are raised up."
15. (Allah) said: "Be thou among those who have
respite."
16. He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out
(of the Way), lo! I will lie in wait for them on Thy Straight Way:
17. "Then will I assault them from before them
and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor wilt Thou find, in
most of them, gratitude (for Thy mercies)."
18. (Allah) said: "Get out from this, disgraced
and expelled. If any of them follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you
all.
19. "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the
Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: but approach not this
tree, lest you become of the unjust."
20. Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to
them, in order to reveal to them their shame that was hidden from them
(before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should
become angels or such beings as live for ever."
21. And he swore to them both, that he was their
sincere adviser.
22. So by deceit he brought about their fall:
when they tasted of the tree, their shame parts became manifest to them,
and they began to sew together the leaves of the Garden over their
bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that
tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?"
23. They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our
own souls: If Thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we
shall certainly be lost."
24. (Allah) said: "Get ye down. With enmity
between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means
of livelihood,- for a time."
25. He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein
shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)."
26. O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed
raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to
you. But the raiment of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among
the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition!
27. O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce
you, in the same manner as he got your parents out of the Garden,
stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his
tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the
Satans friends (only) to those without faith.
28. When they commit ab Indecency, they say: "We
found our fathers doing so"; and "Allah commanded us thus": Say: "Nay,
Allah never command what is Indecent: do ye say of Allah what ye know
not?"
29. Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and
that ye set your whole selves (to Him) at every time and place of
prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere: such as He
created you in the beginning, so shall ye return."
30. Some He hath guided: Others have deserved
the loss of their way; in that they took the Satans ones, in preference
to Allah, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive
guidance.
31. O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful
apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not
by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters.
32. Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful
(gifts) of Allah, which He hath produced for His servants, and the
things, clean and pure, (which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say:
They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) purely
for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the Signs in detail
for those who know.
33. Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed
forbidden are: Indecent deeds, whether open or secret; sins and
trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah, for
which He hath given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which
ye have no knowledge.
34. To every People is a term appointed: when
their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour)
can they advance (it in anticipation).
35. O ye Children of Adam! whenever there come
to you messengers from amongst you, rehearsing My Signs unto you,- those
who are righteous and mend (their lives),- on them shall be no fear nor
shall they grieve.
36. But those who reject Our Signs and treat
them with arrogance,- they are companions of the Fire, to dwell therein
(for ever).
37. Who is more unjust than one who invents a
lie against Allah or rejects His Signs? For such, their portion
appointed must reach them from the Book (of Decrees): until, when Our
messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they say: "Where are
the things that ye used to invoke besides Allah." They will reply, "They
have left us in the lurch," And they will bear witness against
themselves, that they had rejected Allah.
38. He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the
Peoples who passed away before you - men and Jinns, - into the Fire."
Every time a new People enters, it curses its sister-People (that went
before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last
about the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a
double punishment in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled for all" : but
this ye do not know.
39. Then the first will say to the last: "See
then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the Chastisement for
all that ye did !"
40. To those who reject Our Signs and treat them
with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor
will they enter the Garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of
the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin.
41. For them there is Hell, as a couch (below)
and folds and folds of covering above: such is Our requital of those who
do wrong.
42. But those who believe and work
righteousness,- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can
bear,- they will be Companions of the Garden, therein to dwell (for
ever).
43. And We shall remove from their hearts any
rancor;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say:
"Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could
we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah.
indeed it was the truth, that the messengers of our Lord brought unto
us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the Garden before you! Ye
have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)."
44. The Companions of the Garden will call out
to the Companions of the Fire: "We have indeed found the promises of our
Lord to us true: Have you also found Your Lord's promises true?" They
shall say, "Yes"; but a crier shall proclaim between them: "The Curse of
Allah is on the wrong-doers;-
45. "Those who would hinder (men) from the path
of Allah and would seek in it something crooked: they were those who
denied the Hereafter."
46. Between them shall be a veil, and on the
Heights will be men who would know every one by his marks: they will
call out to the Companions of the Garden, "Peace on you": they have not
entered it, but still hoped to (enter it).
47. When their eyes shall be turned towards the
Companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Lord! send us not to the
company of the wrong-doers."
48. The men on the Heights will call to certain
men whom they will know from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you
were your hoards and your arrogant ways?
49. "Behold! are these not the men whom you
swore that Allah with His Mercy would never bless? Enter ye the Garden:
no fear shall be on you, nor shall ye grieve."
50. The Companions of the Fire will call to the
Companions of the Garden: "Pour down to us water or anything that Allah
doth provide for your sustenance." They will say: "Both these things
hath Allah forbidden to those who rejected Him."
51. "Such as took their religion to be mere
amusement and play, and were deceived by the life of the world." That
day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of
theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our Signs.
52. For We had certainly sent unto them a Book,
based on knowledge, which We explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy
to all who believe.
53. Are they waiting for its fulfillment? On the
day it is fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The
messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no
intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back?
then should we behave differently from our behavior in the past." In
fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they forged will
leave them in the lurch.
54. Your Guardian Lord is Allah, Who created the
heavens and the earth in six days, then He settled Himself on the
Throne: He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the
other in rapid succession: and the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all)
are subservient by His Command. Verily, His are the Creation and the
Command. Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds!
55. Call on your Lord with humility and in
private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.
56. Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath
been set in order, but call on Him with fear and longing (in your
hearts): for the Mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.
57. It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds
of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the
heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to
descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall
We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember.
58. From the land that is clean and good, by the
Will of its Cherisher, springs up produce, (rich) after its kind: but
from the land that is bad, springs up nothing but that which is scanty.
Thus do we explain the Signs by various (symbols) to those who are
grateful.
59. We sent Noah to his people. He said: "O my
people! worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him. I fear for you the
Punishment of a dreadful Day!
60. The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see
thee in evident error."
61. He said: "O my people! No wandering is there
in my (mind): on the contrary I am a messenger from the Lord and
Cherisher of the Worlds!
62. "I but convey to you the Message of my Lord:
Sincere is my advice to you, and I know from Allah something that ye
know not.
63. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a
remainder from your Lord, through a man of your own people, to warn
you,- so that ye may fear Allah and haply receive His Mercy?"
64. But they rejected him, and We delivered him,
and those with him, in the Ark: but We overwhelmed in the Flood those
who rejected Our Signs. They were indeed a blind people!
65. To the Àd people, (We sent) Hüd, one of
their (own) brethren: He said: "O my people! Worship Allah: ye have no
other god but Him. Will ye not fear (Allah)?"
66. The leaders of the unbelievers among his
people said: "Ah! we see thou art a folly!", and "We think thou art a
liar!"
67. He said: "O my people! there is no folly in
me, but (I am) a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds!
68. "I but convey to you the Message of my Lord:
I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser."
69. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a
message from your Lord through a man of your own people, to warn you?
Call in remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of
Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance
the benefits (ye have received) from Allah. that so ye may prosper."
70. They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may
worship Allah alone, and give up that which our fathers used to worship?
bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the
truth!"
71. He said: "Punishment and wrath have already
come upon you from your Lord: dispute ye with me over names which ye
have devised - ye and your fathers,- without authority from Allah? Then
wait: I am amongst you, also waiting."
72. We saved him and those who adhered to him,
by Our Mercy, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our Signs
and did not believe.
73. To the Thamüd people (We sent) Sálih, one of
their own brethren: He said: "O my people! worship Allah. ye have no
other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord!
This she-camel of Allah is a Sign unto you: So leave her to graze in
Allah's earth, and let her come to no harm, or ye shall be seized with a
grievous punishment.
74. "And remember how He made you inheritors
after the Àd people and gave you habitations in the land: ye build for
yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and carve out homes in
the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received)
from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth."
75. The leaders of the arrogant party among his
people said to those who were reckoned powerless - those among them who
believed: "Know ye indeed that Sálih is a messenger from his Lord?" They
said: "We do indeed believe in the revelation which hath been sent
through him."
76. The Arrogant party said: "For our part, we
reject what ye believe in."
77. Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and
insolently defied the order of their Lord, saying: "O Sálih! bring about
thy threats, if thou art a messenger (of Allah)!"
78. So the earthquake took them unawares, and
they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!
79. So Sálih left them, saying: "O my people! I
did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I
gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counselors!"
80. We also (sent) Lüt: He said to his people:
"Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed
before you?
81. "For ye practice your lusts on men in
preference to women : ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond
bounds."
82. And his people gave no answer but this: they
said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be
clean and pure!"
83. But we saved him and his family, except his
wife: she was of those who legged behind.
84. And we rained down on them a shower (of
brimstone): Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and
crime!
85. To the Madyan people We sent Shuàib, one of
their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah. Ye have no
other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord!
Give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things
that are their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been
set in order: that will be best for you, if ye have Faith.
86. "And squat not on every road, breathing
threats, hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him, and
seeking in it something crooked; But remember how ye were little, and He
gave you increase. And see what was the end of those who did mischief.
87. "And if there is a party among you who
believes in the Message with which I have been sent, and a party which
does not believe, hold yourselves in patience until Allah doth decide
between us: for He is the best to decide."
88. The leaders, the arrogant party among his
people, said: "O Shuàib! we shall certainly drive thee out of our city -
(thee) and those who believe with thee; or else ye (thou and they) shall
have to return to our religion." He said: "What! even though we do
detest (them)?
89. "We should indeed forge a lie against Allah,
if we returned to your religion after Allah hath rescued us therefrom;
nor could we by any manner of means return thereto unless it be as in
the will of Allah, Our Lord. Our Lord comprehend all things in His
knowledge. In Allah is our trust. Our Lord! decide Thou between us and
our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide."
90. The leaders, the unbelievers among his
people, said: "If ye follow Shuàib, be sure then ye are ruined!"
91. But the earthquake took them unawares, and
they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning!
92. The men who reject Shuàib became as if they
had never been in the homes where they had flourished: the men who
rejected Shuàib - it was they who were ruined!
93. So Shuàib left them, saying: "O my people! I
did indeed convey to you the Messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I
gave you good counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse
to believe!"
94. Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We
took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might
call in humility.
95. Then We changed their suffering into
prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and began to say: "Our
fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence" ... Behold! We
called them to account of a sudden, while they realized not (their
peril).
96. If the people of the towns had but believed
and feared Allah, We should indeed have opened out to them (All kinds
of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and
We brought them to book for their misdeeds.
97. Did the people of the towns feel secure
against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep?
98. Or else did they feel secure against its
coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)?
99. Did they then feel secure against Allah's
devising - but no one can feel secure from the Plan of Allah, except
those (doomed) to ruin!
100. To those who inherit the earth in
succession to its (previous) possessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson)
that, if We so willed, We could punish them (too) for their sins, and
seal up their hearts so that they could not hear?
101. Such were the towns whose story We (thus)
relate unto thee: There came indeed to them their messengers with clear
(Signs): But they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus
doth Allah seal up the hearts of those who reject faith.
102. Most of them We found not men (true) to
their covenant: but most of them We found rebellious and disobedient.
103. Then after them We sent Moses with Our
Signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So
see what was the end of those who made mischief.
104. Moses said: "O Pharaoh! I am a messenger
from the Lord of the Worlds,-
105. One for whom it is right to say nothing but
truth about Allah. Now have I come unto you (people), from your Lord,
with a clear (Sign): So let the Children of Israel depart along with
me."
106. (Pharaoh) said: "If indeed thou hast come
with a Sign, show it forth,- if thou tellest the truth."
107. Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! it
was a serpent, plain (for all to see)!
108. And he drew out his hand, and behold! it
was white to all beholders!
109. Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh:
"This is indeed a sorcerer well- versed.
110. "His plan is to get you out of your land:
then what is it ye counsel?"
111. They said: "Keep him and his brother in
suspense (for a while); and send to the cities men to collect-
112. "And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers
well-versed."
113. So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh:
They said, "of course we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!"
114. He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in
that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person)."
115. They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw
(first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"
116. Said Moses: "Throw ye (first)." So when
they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror
into them: for they showed a great (feat of) magic.
117. We revealed to Moses: "Throw (now) thy rod"
:and behold! it swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!
118. Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they
did was made of no effect.
119. So they were vanquished there and then, and
turned about humiliated.
120. But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in
adoration.
121. Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the
Worlds,-
122. "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."
123. Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye in Him before I
give you permission? Surely this is a trick which ye have planned in the
city to drive out its people: but soon shall ye know (the consequences).
124. "Be sure I will cut off your hands and your
feet on apposite sides, and I will crucify you all."
125. They said: "For us, We are but sent back
unto our Lord:
126. "But thou dost wreak thy vengeance on us
simply because we believed in the Signs of our Lord when they reached
us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience and constancy, and take our souls
unto Thee as Muslims (who bow to Thy Will)!"
127. Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: "Wilt
thou leave Moses and his people, to spread mischief in the land, and to
abandon thee and thy gods?" He said: "Their male children will we slay;
(only) their females will we save alive; and we have over them (power)
irresistible."
128. Said Moses to his people: "Pray for help
from Allah, and (wait) in patience and constancy: for the earth is
Allah's, to give as a heritage to such of His servants as He pleaseth;
and the end is (best) for the righteous."
129. They said: "We have had (nothing but)
trouble, both before and after thou camest to us." He said: "It may be
that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you inheritors in the
earth; that so He may see how you act."
130. We punished the people of Pharaoh with
years (of droughts) and shortness of crops; that they might receive
admonition.
131. But when good (times) came, they said,
"This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil
omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the
omens of evil are theirs in Allah's sight, but most of them do not
understand!
132. They said (to Moses): "Whatever be the
Signs thou bringest, to work therewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never
believe in thee."
133. So We sent on them: Wholesale Death,
Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they
were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin.
134. And when the plague fell on them, they
said: "O Moses! on our behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise
to thee: If thou wilt remove the Plague from us, we shall truly believe
in thee, and we shall send away the Children of Israel with thee."
135. But every time We removed the Plague from
them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfill,- Behold! they
broke their word!
136. So We exacted retribution from them: We
drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to
take warning from them.
137. And We made a people, considered weak (and
of no account), inheritors of lands in both East and West, - lands
whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was
fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and
constancy, and We leveled to the ground the great works and fine
buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride).
138. We took the Children of Israel (with
safety) across the sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to some
idols they had. They said: "O Moses! fashion for us a god like unto the
gods they have." He said: "Surely ye are a people without knowledge.
139. "As to these folk,- the cult they are in is
bound to destruction, and vain is the (worship) which they practice."
140. He said: "Shall I seek for you a god other
than Allah, when it is Allah Who hath endowed you with gifts above the
nations?"
141. And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's
people, who afflicted you with the worst of punishments, who slew your
male children and saved alive your females: in that was a momentous
trial from your Lord.
142. We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and
completed (the period) with ten (more): thus was completed the term with
his Lord, forty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before
he went up): "Act for me amongst my people: Do right, and follow not the
way of those who do mischief."
143. When Moses came to the place appointed by
Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to
me, that I may look upon Thee." Allah said: "By no means canst thou see
Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its place, then
shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested Himself to the Mount, He
made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his
senses he said: "Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I
am the first to believe."
144. (Allah) said: "O Moses! I have chosen thee
above (other) men, by the messages I (have given thee) and the words I
(have spoken to thee): take then the (revelation) which I give thee, and
be of those who give thanks."
145. And We ordained for him in the Tablets in
all matters, admonition and explanation of all things, (and said): "Take
and hold these with firmness, and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the
best in the precepts: soon shall I show you the homes of the wicked,-
(how they lie desolate)."
146. Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in
defiance of right - them will I turn away from My Signs: Even if they
see all the Signs, they will not believe in them; and if they see the
way of right conduct, they will not adopt it as the way; but if they see
the way of error, that is the way they will adopt. For they have
rejected Our Signs, and failed to take warning from them.
147. Those who reject Our Signs and the meeting
in the Hereafter,- vain are their deeds: Can they expect to be rewarded
except as they have wrought?
148. The people of Moses made, in his absence,
out of their ornaments, the body of a calf, (for worship): having lowing
sound: did they not see that it could neither speak to them, nor show
them the Way? They took it for worship and they did wrong.
149. When they repented, and saw that they had
erred, they said: "If our Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we
shall indeed be among the losers."
150. When Moses came back to his people, angry
and grieved, he said: "Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my
absence: did ye make haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He
put down the Tablets, seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and
dragged him to him. Aaron said: "Son of my mother! the people did indeed
reckon me as naught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies
rejoice over my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of
sin."
151. Moses prayed: "O my Lord! forgive me and my
brother! admit us to Thy mercy! for Thou art the Most Merciful of those
who show mercy!"
152. Those who took the calf (for worship) will
indeed be overwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this
life: thus do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods).
153. But those who do wrong but repent
thereafter and (truly) believe,- verily thy Lord is thereafter
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
154. When the anger of Moses was appeased, he
took up the Tablets: in the writing thereon was Guidance and Mercy for
such as fear their Lord.
155. And Moses chose seventy of his people for
Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he
prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed,
long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of
the foolish ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou
causest whom Thou wilt stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the
right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy;
for Thou art the Best of those who forgive.
156. "And ordain for us that which is good, in
this life and in the Hereafter: for we have turned unto Thee." He said:
"I afflict on whom I will; but My mercy extendeth to all things. That
(mercy) I shall ordain for those who do right, and pay Zakat, and those
who believe in Our signs;-
157. "Those who follow the messenger, the
unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),-
in the Law and the Gospel;- for he commands them what is just and
forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and
pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases them
from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is
those who believe in him, honor him, help him, and follow the Light
which is sent down with him,- it is they who will prosper."
158. Say: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the
Messenger of Allah, to Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and
the earth: there is no god but He: it is He that giveth both life and
death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet,
who believeth in Allah and His Words: follow him that (so) ye may be
guided."
159. Of the people of Moses there is a section
who guide and do justice in the light of truth.
160. We divided them into twelve tribes or
nations. We directed Moses by inspiration, when his (thirsty) people
asked him for water: "Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there
gushed forth twelve springs: Each group knew its own place for water. We
gave them the shade of clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails,
(saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (but they
rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls.
161. And remember it was said to them: "Dwell in
this town and eat therein as ye wish, but say the word of humility and
enter the gate in a posture of humility: We shall forgive you your
faults; We shall increase (the portion of) those who do good."
162. But the transgressors among them changed
the word from that which had been given them so we sent on them a plague
from heaven. For that they repeatedly transgressed.
163. Ask them concerning the town standing close
by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For
on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding
up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus
did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.
164. When some of them said: "Why do ye preach
to a people whom Allah will destroy or visit with a terrible
punishment?"- said the preachers:" To discharge our duty to your Lord,
and perchance they may fear Him."
165. When they disregarded the warnings that had
been given them, We rescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited the
wrong-doers with a grievous punishment because they were given to
transgression.
166. When in their insolence they transgressed
(all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and
rejected."
167. Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would
send against them, to the Day of Judgment, those who would afflict them
with grievous chastisement. Thy Lord is quick in retribution, but He is
also Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
168. We broke them up into sections on this
earth. There are among them some that are the righteous, and some that
are the opposite. We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity:
In order that they might turn (to Us).
169. After them succeeded an (evil) generation:
They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of
this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us."
(Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize
them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would
not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? and they study what is in
the Book. But best for the righteous is the Home in the Hereafter. Will
ye not understand?
170. As to those who hold fast by the Book and
establish regular prayer,- never shall We suffer the reward of the
righteous to perish.
171. When We raised the Mount over them, as if
it had been a canopy, and they thought it was going to fall on them (We
said): "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and bring (ever) to
remembrance what is therein; perchance ye may fear Allah."
172. When thy Lord drew forth from the Children
of Adam - from their loins - their descendants, and made them testify
concerning themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (Who cherishes and
sustains you)?"- They said: "Yea! We do testify!" (This), lest ye should
say on the Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful":
173. Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before
us took false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou
then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were followed
falsehood?"
174. Thus do We explain the Signs in detail; and
perchance they may turn (unto Us).
175. Relate to them the story of the man to whom
We sent Our Signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and
he went astray.
176. If it had been Our Will, We should have
elevated him with Our Signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed
his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack
him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still)
lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our
Signs; so relate the story; perchance they may reflect.
177. Evil as an example are people who reject
Our Signs and wrong their own souls.
178. Whom Allah doth guide,- he is on the right
path: whom He rejects from His guidance,- such are the persons who lose.
179. Many are the Jinns and men we have made for
Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith
they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,-
nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning).
180. The most beautiful names belong to Allah:
so call on him by them; but shun such men as distort His names: for what
they do, they will soon be requited.
181. Of those We have created are people who
direct (others) with truth. And dispense justice therewith.
182. Those who reject Our Signs, We shall lead
them gradually to ruin, while they known not;
183. Respite will I grant unto them: for My
scheme is strong (and unfailing).
184. Do they not reflect? Their companion is not
seized with madness: he is but a perspicuous warner.
185. Do they see nothing in the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth and all that Allah hath created? (Do they not see)
that it may well be that their terms is nigh drawing to an end? In what
message after this will they then believe?
186. To such as Allah rejects from His guidance,
there can be no guide: He will leave them in their trespasses, wandering
in distraction.
187. They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when
will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord
(alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its
burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it
come to you." They ask thee as if thou wert eager in search thereof:
Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know
not."
188. Say: "I have no power over any good or harm
to myself except as Allah willeth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I
should have multiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me: I
am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith."
189. It is He Who created you from a single
person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell
with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and
carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to
Allah their Lord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we
shall (ever) be grateful."
190. But when He giveth them a goodly child,
they ascribe to others a share in the gift they have received: but Allah
is exalted high above the partners they ascribe to Him.
191. Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners
things that can create nothing, but are themselves created?
192. No aid can they give them, nor can they aid
themselves!
193. If ye call them to guidance, they will not
obey: For you it is the same whether ye call them or ye keep silent!
194. Verily those whom ye call upon besides
Allah are servants like unto you: Call upon them, and let them listen to
your prayer, if ye are (indeed) truthful!
195. Have they feet to walk with? Or hands to
lay hold with? Or eyes to see with? Or ears to hear with? Say: "Call
your 'god-partners', scheme (your worst) against me, and give me no
respite!
196. "For my Protector is Allah, Who revealed
the Book (from time to time), and He will befriend the righteous.
197. "But those ye call upon besides Him, are
unable to help you, and indeed to help themselves."
198. If thou callest them to guidance, they hear
not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not.
199. Hold to forgiveness; command what is right;
But turn away from the ignorant.
200. If a suggestion from Satan assail thy
(mind), seek refuge with Allah; for He heareth and knoweth (all things).
201. Those who fear Allah, when a thought of
evil from Satan assaults them, bring Allah to remembrance, when lo! they
see (aright)!
202. But their brethren (the evil ones) plunge
them deeper into error, and never relax (their efforts).
203. If thou bring them not a revelation, they
say: "Why hast thou not got it together?" Say: "I but follow what is
revealed to me from my Lord: this is (nothing but) Lights from your
Lord, and Guidance, and Mercy, for any who have faith."
204. When the Qurán is read, listen to it with
attention, and hold your peace: that ye may receive Mercy.
205. And do thou (O reader!) Bring thy Lord to
remembrance in thy (very) soul, with humility, and remember without
loudness in words, in the mornings and evenings; and be not thou of
those who are unheedful.
206. Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not
to worship Him: They glorify Him, and prostrate before Him.
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