1. Blessed be He Who sent down the criterion
(of right and wrong, i.e. this Qur'ān) to His slave (Muhammad  ) that he may
be a warner to the 'Alamīn (mankind and jinns).
2. He to Whom belongs the dominion of the
heavens and the earth, and Who has begotten no son (children or offspring) and for Whom
there is no partner in the dominion. He has created everything, and has measured it
exactly according to its due measurements.
3. Yet they have taken besides Him other ālihā
(gods) that created nothing but are themselves created, and possess neither hurt nor
benefit for themselves, and possess no power (of causing) death, nor (of giving) life, nor
of raising the dead.
4. Those who disbelieve say: "This (the
Qur'ān) is nothing but a lie that he (Muhammad ) has invented, and others
have helped him at it, so that they have produced an unjust wrong (thing) and a lie."
5. And they say: "Tales of the ancients,
which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
6. Say: "It (this Qur'ān) has been sent
down by Him (Allāh) (the Real Lord of the heavens and earth) Who knows the secret of the
heavens and the earth. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
7. And they say: "Why does this Messenger
(Muhammad ) eat food, and walk about in the markets (like ourselves). Why is
not an angel sent down to him to be a warner with him?
8. "Or (why) has not a treasure been
granted to him, or why has he not a garden whereof he may eat?" And the Zālimūn
(polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.) say: "You follow none but a man bewitched."
9. See how they coin similitudes for you, so
they have gone astray, and they cannot find a (Right) Path.
10. Blessed be He Who, if He will, will assign
you better than (all) that, - Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise) and will assign
you palaces (i.e. in Paradise).
11. Nay, they deny the Hour (the Day of
Resurrection), and for those who deny the Hour, We have prepared a flaming Fire (i.e.
Hell).
12. When it (Hell) sees them from a far place,
they will hear its raging and its roaring.
13. And when they shall be thrown into a narrow
place thereof, chained together, they will exclaim therein for destruction.
14. Exclaim not today for one destruction, but
exclaim for many destructions.
15. Say: (O Muhammad ) "Is
that (torment) better or the Paradise of Eternity promised to the Muttaqūn (pious
and righteous persons - see V.2:2)?" It will be theirs as a reward and as a final
destination.
16. For them there will be therein all that
they desire, and they will abide (there forever). It is a promise binding upon your Lord
that must be fulfilled.
17. And on the Day when He will gather them
together and that which they worship besides Allāh [idols, angels, pious men, saints,
'Iesa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), etc.]. He will say: "Was
it you who misled these My slaves or did they (themselves) stray from the (Right)
Path?"
18. They will say: "Glorified be You! It
was not for us to take any Auliyā' (Protectors, Helpers, etc.) besides You, but
You gave them and their fathers comfort till they forgot the warning, and became a lost
people (doomed to total loss).
19. Thus they (false gods all deities other
than Allāh) will give you (polytheists) the lie regarding what you say (that they are
gods besides Allāh), then you can neither avert (the punishment), nor get help. And
whoever among you does wrong (i.e. sets up rivals to Allāh), We shall make him taste a
great torment.
20. And We never sent before you (O Muhammad )
any of the Messengers but verily, they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have
made some of you as a trial for others: will you have patience? And your Lord is Ever
All-Seer (of everything).
21. And those who expect not for a Meeting with
Us (i.e. those who deny the Day of Resurrection and the life of the Hereafter), say:
"Why are not the angels sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord?" Indeed
they think too highly of themselves, and are scornful with great pride.
22. On the Day they will see the angels, no
glad tidings will there be for the Mujrimūn (criminals, disbelievers, polytheists,
sinners, etc.) that day. And they (angels) will say: "All kinds of glad tidings are
forbidden for you," [None will be allowed to enter Paradise except the one who said: Lā
ilāha ill-Allāh, "(none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh) and acted
practically on its legal orders and obligations].
23. And We shall turn to whatever deeds they
(disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, etc.) did, and We shall make such deeds as scattered
floating particles of dust.
24. The dwellers of Paradise (i.e. those who
deserved it through their Faith and righteousness) will, on that Day, have the best abode,
and have the fairest of places for repose.
25. And (remember) the Day when the heaven
shall be rent asunder with clouds, and the angels will be sent down, with a grand
descending.
26. The sovereignty on that Day will be the
true (sovereignty), belonging to the Most Beneficent (Allāh), and it will be a hard Day
for the disbelievers (those who disbelieve in the Oneness of Allāh Islāmic Monotheism).
27. And (remember) the Day when the Zālim
(wrong-doer, oppressor, polytheist, etc.) will bite at his hands, he will say: "Oh!
Would that I had taken a path with the Messenger ( Muhammad ).
28. "Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never
taken so-and-so as a friend!
29. "He indeed led me astray from the
Reminder (this Qur'ān) after it had come to me. And Shaitān (Satan) is ever a
deserter to man in the hour of need."
30. And the Messenger (Muhammad )
will say: "O my Lord! Verily, my people deserted this Qur'ān (neither listened to
it, nor acted on its laws and orders).
31. Thus have We made for every Prophet an
enemy among the Mujrimūn (disbelievers, polytheists, criminals, etc.). But
Sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper.
32. And those who disbelieve say: "Why is
not the Qur'ān revealed to him all at once?" Thus (it is sent down in parts), that
We may strengthen your heart thereby. And We have revealed it to you gradually, in stages.
(It was revealed to the Prophet in 23 years.).
33. And no example or similitude do they bring
(to oppose or to find fault in you or in this Qur'ān), but We reveal to you the truth
(against that similitude or example), and the better explanation thereof.
34. Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone)
on their faces, such will be in an evil state, and most astray from the (Straight) Path.
35. And indeed We gave Mūsa (Moses) the
Scripture [the Taurāt (Torah)], and placed his brother Hārūn (Aaron) with him as a
helper;
36. And We said: "Go you both to the
people who have denied Our Ayāt (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.)." Then We destroyed them with utter destruction.
37. And Nūh's (Noah) people, when they denied
the Messengers We drowned them, and We made them as a sign for mankind. And We have
prepared a painful torment for the Zālimūn (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc).
38. And (also) 'Ad and Thamūd, and the
dwellers of Ar-Rass, and many generations in between.
39. And for each of them We put forward
examples (as proofs and lessons, etc.), and each (of them) We brought to utter ruin
(because of their disbelief and evil deeds).
40. And indeed they have passed by the town [of
Prophet Lout (Lot)] on which was rained the evil rain. Did they (disbelievers) not then
see it (with their own eyes)? Nay ! But they used not to expect for any resurrection.
41. And when they see you (O Muhammad ),
they treat you only as a mockery (saying):"Is this the one whom Allāh has sent as a
Messenger?
42. "He would have nearly misled us from
our āliha (gods), had it not been that we were patient and constant in their
worship!" And they will know when they see the torment, who it is that is most astray
from the (Right) Path!
43. Have you (O Muhammad ) seen him
who has taken as his ilāh (god) his own desire? Would you then be a Wakīl
(a disposer of his affairs or a watcher) over him?
44. Or do you think that most of them hear or
understand? They are only like cattle; nay, they are even farther astray from the Path.
(i.e. even worst than cattle).
45. Have you not seen how your Lord spread the
shadow. If He willed, He could have made it still then We have made the sun its guide
[i.e. after the sunrise, it (the shadow) squeezes and vanishes at midnoon and then again
appears in the afternoon with the decline of the sun, and had there been no sun light,
there would have been no shadow].
46. Then We withdraw it to Us a gradual
concealed withdrawal.
47. And it is He Who makes the night a covering
for you, and the sleep (as) repose, and makes the day Nushūr (i.e. getting up and
going about here and there for daily work, etc. after one's sleep at night or like
resurrection after one's death).
48. And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds
of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain), and We send down pure water from the sky,
49. That We may give life thereby to a dead
land, and We give to drink thereof many of the cattle and men that We had created.
50. And indeed We have distributed it (rain or
water) amongst them in order that they may remember the Grace of Allāh, but most men
refuse (or deny the Truth or Faith) and accept nothing but disbelief or ingratitude.
51. And had We willed, We would have raised a
warner in every town.
52. So obey not the disbelievers, but strive
against them (by preaching) with the utmost endeavour, with it (the Qur'ān).
53. And it is He Who has let free the two seas
(kinds of water), one palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter, and He has set a
barrier and a complete partition between them.
54. And it is He Who has created man from
water, and has appointed for him kindred by blood, and kindred by marriage. And your Lord
is Ever All-Powerful to do what He will.
55. And they (disbelievers, polytheists, etc.)
worship besides Allāh, that which can neither profit them nor harm them, and the
disbeliever is ever a helper (of the Satan) against his Lord.
56. And We have sent you (O Muhammad
) only as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner.
57. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for
this (that which I have brought from my Lord and its preaching, etc.), save that whosoever
wills, may take a Path to his Lord.
58. And put your trust (O Muhammad )
in the Ever Living One Who dies not, and glorify His Praises, and Sufficient is He as the
All-Knower of the sins of His slaves;
59. Who created the heavens and the earth and
all that is between them in six Days. Then He Istawā (rose over) the Throne (in a
manner that suits His Majesty). The Most Beneficent (Allāh)! Ask Him (O Prophet Muhammad ),
(concerning His Qualities, His rising over His Throne, His creations, etc.), as He is Al-Khabīr
(The All-Knower of everything i.e. Allāh).
60. And when it is said to them:
"Prostrate to the Most Beneficent (Allāh)! They say: "And what is the Most
Beneficent? Shall we fall down in prostration to that which you (O Muhammad )
command us?" And it increases in them only aversion.
61. Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven
big stars, and has placed therein a great lamp (sun), and a moon giving light.
62. And He it is Who has put the night and the
day in succession, for such who desires to remember or desires to show his gratitude.
63. And the slaves of the Most Beneficent
(Allāh) are those who walk on the earth in humility and sedateness, and when the foolish
address them (with bad words) they reply back with mild words of gentleness.
64. And those who spend the night before their
Lord, prostrate and standing.
65. And those who say: "Our Lord! Avert
from us the torment of Hell. Verily! Its torment is ever an inseparable, permanent
punishment."
66. Evil indeed it (Hell) is as an abode and as
a place to dwell.
67. And those, who, when they spend, are
neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes).
68. And those who invoke not any other ilāh
(god) along with Allāh, nor kill such life as Allāh has forbidden, except for just
cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse and whoever does this shall receive the
punishment.
69. The torment will be doubled to him on the
Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein in disgrace;
70. Except those who repent and believe (in
Islāmic Monotheism), and do righteous deeds, for those, Allāh will change their sins
into good deeds, and Allāh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
71. And whosoever repents and does righteous
good deeds, then verily, he repents towards Allāh with true repentance.
72. And those who do not witness falsehood, and
if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.
73. And those who, when they are reminded of
the Ayāt (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their
Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.
74. And those who say: "Our Lord! Bestow
on us from our wives and our offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and make us
leaders for the Muttaqūn" (pious - see V.2:2 and the footnote of
V.3:164)."
75. Those will be rewarded with the highest
place (in Paradise) because of their patience. Therein they shall be met with greetings
and the word of peace and respect.
76. Abiding therein; excellent it is as an
abode, and as a place to dwell.
77. Say (O Muhammad to the
disbelievers): "My Lord pays attention to you only because of your invocation to Him.
But now you have indeed denied (Him). So the torment will be yours for ever (inseparable
permanent punishment)." |
