1. Alif. Lám. Mím.
2. These are Verses of the Wise Book,-
3. A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers of Good,-
4. Those who establish regular prayer, and give Zakat, and have sure faith in
the Hereafter.
5. These are on (true) guidance from their Lord: and these are the ones who will
prosper.
6. But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, without knowledge
(or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah and throw ridicule (on the
Path): for such there will be a humiliating Chastisement.
7. When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in arrogance, as if
he heard them not, as if there were deafness in both his ears: announce to him a
grievous Chastisement.
8. For those who believe and work righteous deeds, there will be Gardens of
Bliss,-
9. To dwell therein. The promise of Allah is true: and He is Exalted in Power,
Wise.
10. He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on the
earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and He scattered
through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the sky, and produce on
the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs.
11. Such is the Creation of Allah. Now show Me what is there that others besides
Him have created: nay, but the Transgressors are in manifest error.
12. We bestowed (in the past) Wisdom on Luqmán: "Show (thy) gratitude to Allah."
Any who is (so) grateful does so to the profit of his own soul: but if any is
ungrateful, verily Allah is free of all wants, Worthy of all praise.
13. Behold, Luqmán said to his son admonishing him: "O my son! join not in
worship (others) with Allah: for false worship is indeed the highest
wrong-doing."
14. And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in travail upon
travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was his weaning: (hear the
command), "Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.
15. "But if they strive to make thee join in worship with Me things of which
thou hast no knowledge, obey them not; yet bear them company in this life with
justice (and consideration), and follow the way of those who turn to Me: in the
end the return of you all is to Me, and I will tell you all that ye did."
16. "O my son!" (said Luqmán), "If there be (but) the weight of a mustard-seed
and it were (hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in the heavens or on earth, Allah
will bring it forth: for Allah is Subtle and Aware .
17. "O my son! establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, and forbid what is
wrong: and bear with patient constancy whatever betide thee; for this is
firmness (of purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.
18. "And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men, nor walk in insolence through
the earth; for Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster.
19. "And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of
sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."
20. Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in the
heavens and on earth, and has made His bounties flow to you in exceeding
measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about
Allah, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to enlighten
them!
21. When they are told to follow the (Revelation) that Allah has sent down, they
say: "Nay, we shall follow the ways that we found our fathers (following).
"What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to the Chastisement of the (Blazing)
Fire?
22. Whoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a doer of good, has grasped
indeed the firmest hand-hold: and with Allah shall all things return.
23. But if any reject Faith, let not his rejection grieve thee: to Us is their
return, and We shall tell them the truth of their deeds: for Allah knows well
all that is in (men's) hearts.
24. We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end shall We drive
them to a chastisement unrelenting.
25. If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the earth. They
will certainly say, "Allah". Say: "Praise be to Allah." But most of them know
not.
26. To Allah belong all things in heaven and earth: verily Allah is He (that is)
free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
27. And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink), with seven
oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the Words of Allah be
exhausted (in the writing): for Allah is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
28. And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an individual
soul: for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things).
29. Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and he merges Day into
Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to His Law), each running
its course for a term appointed; and that Allah is well-acquainted with all that
ye do?
30. That is because Allah is the Truth, and because whatever else they invoke
besides Him is Falsehood; and because Allah,- He is the Most High, Most Great.
31. Seest thou not that the ships sail through the ocean by the Grace of Allah?-
that He may show you of His Signs? Verily in this are Signs for all who
constantly persevere and give thanks.
32. When a wave covers them like the canopy (of clouds), they call upon Allah,
offering Him sincere devotion. But when He has delivered them safely to land,
there are among them those that falter between (right and wrong). But none
reject Our Signs except only a perfidious ungrateful (wretch)!
33. O mankind! do your duty to your Lord, and fear (the coming of) a Day when no
father can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for his father.
Verily, the promise of Allah is true: let not then this present life deceive
you, nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about Allah.
34. Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). It is He Who sends
down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does any one know what it
is that he will earn on the morrow: nor does any one know in what land he is to
die. Verily with Allah is full knowledge and He is acquainted (with all things).
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