(These letters are one of the miracles of the
Quran and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings).
(This is)
a Book, the Verses whereof are perfected (in
every sphere of knowledge, etc.),
and then explained in detail from One
(Allah),
Who is All-Wise and Well- Acquainted
(with all things).
2.
(Saying)
worship none but Allah.
Verily, I
(Muhammad SAW)
am unto you from Him a warner and a bringer of glad tidings.
3.
And
(commanding you):
"Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in
repentance, that He may grant you good enjoyment, for a term
appointed, and bestow His abounding Grace to every owner of
grace.
(i.e. the one who helps
and serves needy and deserving, physically and with his
wealth, and even with good words)
But if you
turn away, then I fear for you the torment of a Great Day
(i.e. the Day of
Resurrection).
4.
To Allah is
your return, and He is Able to do all things."
5.
No doubt!
They did fold up their breasts, that they may hide from Him.
Surely,
even when they cover themselves with their garments, He
knows what they conceal and what they reveal.
Verily, He
is the All-Knower of the (innermost secrets)
of the breasts.
6.
And no
(moving)
living creature is there on earth but its provision is due
from Allah. And He knows its dwelling place and its deposit
(in the uterous, grave,
etc.).
all is in a
Clear Book (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfooz - the
Book of Decrees with Allah).
7.
And He it
is Who has created the heavens and the earth in six Days and
His Throne was on the water, that He might try you, which of
you is the best in deeds.
But if you
were to say to them: "You shall indeed be raised up after
death,"
those who
disbelieve would be sure to say, "This is nothing but
obvious magic."
8.
And if We
delay the torment for them till a determined term, they are
sure to say, "What keeps it back?"
Verily, on
the day it reaches them, nothing will turn it away from
them, and they will be surrounded by
(fall in)
that at which they used to mock!
9.
And if We
give man a taste of Mercy from Us, and then withdraw it from
him, verily! He is despairing, ungrateful.
10.
But if We
let him taste good (favour)
after evil (poverty and harm)
has touched him, he is sure to say: "Ills have departed from
me."
Surely, he
is exultant, and boastful (ungrateful to Allah).
11.
Except
those who show patience and do righteous good deeds, those:
theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward
(Paradise).
12.
So
perchance you (Muhammad SAW)
may give up a part of what is revealed unto you, and that
your breast feels straitened for it because they say,
"Why has
not a treasure been sent down unto him, or an angel has come
with him?"
But you are
only a warner.
And Allah
is a Wakeel (Disposer of affairs,
Trustee, Guardian, etc.) over all
things.
13.
Or they
say, "He (Prophet Muhammad SAW)
forged it (the Quran)."
Say: "Bring
you then ten forged Soorah (chapters) like unto
it, and call whomsoever you can, other than Allah (to
your help),
if you speak the truth!"
14.
If then
they answer you not, know then that the Revelation
(this Quran)
is sent down with the Knowledge of Allah and that La ilaha
illa Huwa: (none has the right to be
worshipped but He)!
Will you
then be Muslims (those who submit to
Islam)?
15.
Whosoever
desires the life of the world and its glitter; to them We
shall pay in full (the wages of)
their deeds therein,
and they
will have no diminution therein.
16.
They are
those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but Fire;
and vain are the deeds they did therein. And of no effect is
that which they used to do.
17.
Can they
(Muslims) who rely on
a clear proof (the Quran) from their
Lord, and whom a witness (Prophet Muhammad SAW
through Jibrael (Gabriel OaCa))
from Him follows it (can they be equal with
the disbelievers);
and before it, came the Book of Moosa
(Moses),
a guidance and a mercy, they believe therein, but those of
the sects (Jews, Christians and all
the other non-Muslim nations) that reject
it (the Quran),
the Fire will be their promised meeting-place. So be not in
doubt about it.
(i.e. those who denied Prophet Muhammad SAW
and also denied all that which he brought from Allah,
surely, they will enter Hell)
Verily, it
is the truth from your Lord, but most of the mankind believe
not.
18.
And who
does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah.
Such will
be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say,
"These are the ones who lied against their Lord!"
No doubt!
the curse of Allah is on the Zalimoon
(polytheists, wrong-doers, oppressors, etc.).
19.
Those who
hinder (others)
from the Path of Allah (Islamic Monotheism),
and seek a crookedness therein,
while they
are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
20.
By no means
will they escape (from Allah's Torment)
on earth,
nor have they protectors besides Allah! Their torment will
be doubled!
They could
not bear to hear (the preachers of the
truth)
and they used not to see (the truth because of
their severe aversin, inspite of the fact that they had the
sense of hearing and sight).
21.
They are
those who have lost their ownselves, and their invented
false deities will vanish from them.
22.
Certainly,
they are those who will be the greatest losers in the
Hereafter.
23.
Verily,
those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah -
Islamic Monotheism)
and do righteous good deeds, and humble themselves (in
repentance and obedience)
before their Lord, - they will be dwellers of Paradise to
dwell therein forever.
24.
The
likeness of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and
the seer and the hearer.
Are they
equal when compared?
Will you
not then take heed?
25.
And indeed
We sent Nooh (Noah) to his
people (and he said):
"I have
come to you as a plain warner."
26.
"That you
worship none but Allah, surely, I fear for you the torment
of a painful Day."
27.
The chiefs
of the disbelievers among his people said:
"We see you
but a man like ourselves, nor do we see any follow you but
the meanest among us and they (too)
followed you without thinking. And we do not see in you any
merit above us, in fact we think you are liars."
28.
He said:
"O my
people! Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Lord, and a
Mercy (Prophethood, etc.)
has come to me from Him, but that
(Mercy)
has been obscured from your sight.
Shall we
compel you to accept it (Islamic Monotheism)
when you have a strong hatred for it?
29.
"And O my
people! I ask of you no wealth for it, my reward is from
none but Allah.
I am not
going to drive away those who have believed.
Surely,
they are going to meet their Lord, but I see that you are a
people that are ignorant.
30.
"And O my
people! Who will help me against Allah, if I drove them
away?
Will you
not then give a thought?
31.
"And I do
not say to you that with me are the Treasures of Allah,
"Nor that I
know the Ghaib (unseen);
"nor do I
say I am an angel,
and I do
not say of those whom your eyes look down upon that Allah
will not bestow any good on them. Allah knows what is in
their inner-selves (as regards belief, etc.).
In that case, I should, indeed be one of the Zalimoon
(wrong-doers, oppressors, etc.)."
32.
They said:
"O Nooh (Noah)!
You have disputed with us and much have you prolonged the
dispute with us, now bring upon us what you threaten us
with, if you are of the truthful."
33.
He said:
"Only Allah will bring it (the punishment)
on you, if He will, and then you will escape not.
34.
"And my
advice will not profit you, even if I wish to give you good
counsel, if Allah's Will is to keep you astray.
He is your
Lord! and to Him you shall return."
35.
Or they
(the pagans of Makkah)
say: "He
(Muhammad SAW)
has fabricated it (the Quran)."
Say: "If I
have fabricated it, upon me be my crimes, but I am innocent
of (all)
those crimes which you commit."
36.
And it was
inspired to Nooh (Noah):
"None of your people will believe except those who have
believed already. So be not sad because of what they used to
do.
37.
"And
construct the ship under Our Eyes and with Our Inspiration,
and address Me not on behalf of those who did wrong;
they are
surely to be drowned."
38.
And as he
was constructing the ship, whenever the chiefs of his people
passed by him, they made a mockery of him.
He said:
"If you
mock at us, so do we mock at you likewise for your mocking.
39.
"And you
will know who it is on whom will come a torment that will
cover him with disgrace and on whom will fall a lasting
torment."
40.
(So
it was)
till then
there came Our Command and the oven gushed forth
(water like fountains from the earth).
We said:
"Embark
therein, of each kind two (male and female),
and your family, except him against whom the Word has
already gone forth, and those who believe.
And none
believed with him, except a few."
41.
And he
(Nooh (Noah))
said:
"Embark
therein, in the Name of Allah will be its moving course and
its resting anchorage.
Surely, my
Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
(Tafsir At-Tabaree, Vol.
12, Page 43)
42.
So it
(the ship)
sailed with them amidst the waves like mountains,
and Nooh
(Noah)
called out to his son, who had separated himself
(apart),
"O my son! Embark with us and be not with the disbelievers."
43.
The son
replied: "I will betake myself to a mountain, it will save
me from the water."
Nooh
(Noah) said: "This
day there is no saviour from the Decree of Allah except him
on whom He has mercy."
And a wave
came in between them, so he (the son)
was among the drowned.
44.
And it was
said: "O earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold
(your rain)."
And the
water was diminished (made to subside)
and the Decree (of Allah)
was fulfilled (i.e. the destruction of
the people of Nooh (Noah).
And it
(the ship) rested on
Mount Judi,
and it was
said: "Away with the people who are Zalimoon
(polytheists and wrong-doing)!"
45.
And Nooh
(Noah) called upon
his Lord and said,
"O my Lord!
Verily, my son is of my family!
And
certainly, Your Promise is true, and You are the Most Just
of the judges."
46.
He said:
"O Nooh
(Noah)!
Surely, he is not of your family; verily, his work is
unrighteous, so ask not of Me that of which you have no
knowledge! I admonish you, lest you be one of the
ignorants."
47.
Nooh
(Noah)
said:
"O my Lord!
I seek refuge with You from asking You that of which I have
no knowledge.
And unless
You forgive me and have Mercy on me, I would indeed be one
of the losers."
48.
It was
said:
"O Nooh
(Noah)!
Come down (from the ship)
with peace from Us and blessings on you and on the people
who are with you (and on some of their off
spring),
but (there will be other)
people to whom We shall grant their pleasures (for
a time),
but in the end a painful torment will reach them from Us."
49.
This is of
the news of the unseen which We reveal unto you (O
Muhammad SAW),
neither you nor your people knew them before this.
So be
patient. Surely, the (good) end is for
the Muttaqoon
(pious - see V.2:2)
50.
And to Ad
(people We sent)
their brother Hood.
He said,
"O my
people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilah
(God)
but Him.
Certainly,
you do nothing but invent (lies)!
51.
"O my
people I ask of you no reward for it (the
Message).
My reward is only from Him, Who created me.
Will you
not then understand?
52.
"And O my
people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him,
He will send you (from the sky)
abundant rain, and add strength to your strength, so do not
turn away as Mujrimoon (criminals, disbelievers
in the Oneness of Allah)."
53.
They said:
"O Hood! No
evidence have you brought us, and we shall not leave our
gods for your (mere)
saying! And we are not believers in you.
54.
"All that
we say is that some of our gods
(false deities) have seized
you with evil (madness)."
He said:
"I call
Allah to witness and bear you witness that I am free from
that which you ascribe as partners in worship, -
55.
With Him
(Allah).
So plot
against me, all of you, and give me no respite.
56.
"I put my
trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord!
There is
not a moving (living)
creature but He has grasp of its forelock.
Verily, my
Lord is on the Straight Path (the truth).
57.
"So if you
turn away, still I have conveyed the Message with which I
was sent to you.
My Lord
will make another people succeed you, and you will not harm
Him in the least.
Surely, my
Lord is Guardian over all things."
58.
And when
Our Commandment came, We saved Hood and those who believed
with him by a Mercy from Us,
and We
saved them from a severe torment.
59.
Such were
Ad (people).
They
rejected the Ayat (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
of their Lord and disobeyed His Messengers, and followed the
command of every proud obstinate
(oppressor of the truth, from their leaders).
60.
And they
were pursued by a curse in this world and (so
they will be)
on the Day of Resurrection.
No doubt!
Verily, Ad disbelieved in their Lord. So away with Ad, the
people of Hood.
61.
And to
Thamood (people, We sent)
their brother Salih (Saleh).
He said:
"O my
people! Worship Allah, you have no other Ilah
(God)
but Him. He brought you forth from the earth and settled you
therein, then ask forgiveness of Him and turn to Him in
repentance. Certainly, my Lord is Near (to
all by His Knowledge),
Responsive."
62.
They said:
"O Salih
(Saleh)!
You have been among us as a figure of good hope (and
we wished
for
you to be our chief),
till this (new thing which you have
brought; that we leave our gods and worship your God (Allah)
Alone)!
Do you
(now)
forbid us the worship of what our fathers have worshipped?
But we are
really in grave doubt as to that which you invite us to
(monotheism)."
63.
He said: "O
my people! Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Lord,
and there has come to me a Mercy
(Prophethood, etc.)
from Him, who then can help me against Allah, if I were to
disobey Him?
Then you
increase me not but in loss.
64.
"And O my
people! This she-camel of Allah is a sign to you, leave her
to feed on Allah's earth,
and touch
her not with evil, lest a near torment will seize you."
65.
But they
killed her. So he said:
"Enjoy
yourselves in your homes for three days.
This is a
promise
(i.e. a threat)
that will not be belied."
66.
So when Our
Commandment came, We saved Salih
(Saleh)
and those who believed with him by a Mercy from Us, and from
the disgrace of that Day.
Verily,
your Lord, He is the All-Strong, the All-Mighty.
67.
And
As-Saeehah (torment - awful cry,
etc.)
overtook the wrong-doers, so they lay
(dead),
prostrate in their homes, -
68.
As if they
had never lived there.
No doubt!
Verily, Thamood disbelieved in their Lord. So away with
Thamood!
69.
And verily,
there came Our Messengers to Ibraheem
(Abraham)
with glad tidings.
They said:
Salam (greetings or peace!)
He
answered, Salam (greetings or peace!)
and he hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf.
70.
But when he
saw their hands went not towards it (the
meal),
he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them.
They said:
"Fear not, we have been sent against the people of Lout
(Lot)."
71.
And his
wife was standing (there),
and she laughed (either, because the
Messengers did not eat their food or for being glad for the
destruction of the people of Lout (Lot).
But We gave
her glad tidings of Ishaque (Isaac),
and after him, of Yaqoob (Jacob).
72.
She said
(in astonishment):
"Woe unto
me! Shall I bear a child while I am an old woman, and here
is my husband, an old man?
Verily!
This is a strange thing!"
73.
They said:
"Do you
wonder at the Decree of Allah?
The Mercy
of Allah and His Blessings be on you, O the family (of
Ibraheem (Abraham)).
Surely, He
(Allah)
is All-Praiseworthy, All-Glorious."
74.
Then when
the fear had gone away from (the mind of)
Ibraheem (Abraham),
and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with
Us (Our Messengers)
for the people of Lout (Lot).
75.
Verily,
Ibraheem (Abraham) was,
without doubt, forbearing, used to invoke Allah with
humility, and was repentant (to Allah all the time,
again and again).
76.
"O Ibraheem
(Abraham)!
Forsake this. Indeed, the Commandment of your Lord has gone
forth.
Verily,
there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned
back."
77.
And when
Our Messengers came to Lout (Lot),
he was grieved on their account and felt himself straitened
for them (lest the town people
should approach them to commit sodomy with them).
He said:
"This is a distressful day."
78.
And his
people came rushing towards him, and since aforetime they
used to commit crimes (sodomy, etc.),
he said:
"O my
people! Here are my daughters (i.e. the daughters of my
nation),
they are purer for you (if you marry them
lawfully).
So fear Allah and degrade me not as regards my guests! Is
there not among you a single right-minded man?"
79.
They said:
"Surely you know that we have neither any desire nor in need
of your daughters, and indeed you know well what we want!"
80.
He said:
"Would that
I had strength (men)
to overpower you, or that I could betake myself to some
powerful support (to resist you)."
81.
They
(Messengers)
said:
"O Lout
(Lot)!
Verily, we are the Messengers from your Lord!
They shall
not reach you! So travel with your family in a part of the
night, and let not any of you look back, but your wife
(will remain behind),
verily, the punishment which will afflict them, will afflict
her.
Indeed,
morning is their appointed time.
Is not the
morning near?"
82.
So when Our
Commandment came, We turned (the towns of Sodom in
Palestine)
upside down, and rained on them stones of baked clay, piled
up;
83.
Marked from
your Lord,
and they
are not ever far from the Zalimoon
(polytheists, evil-doers, etc.).
84.
And to the
Madyan (Midian)
people (We sent) their
brother Shuaib.
He said:
"O my
people! Worship Allah, you have no other Ilah
(God) but Him,
and give not short measure or weight, I see you in
prosperity; and verily I fear for you the torment of a Day
encompassing.
85.
"And O my
people! Give full measure and weight in justice and reduce
not the things that are due to the people, and do not commit
mischief in the land, causing corruption.
86.
"That which
is left by Allah for you (after giving the rights
of the people)
is better for you, if you are believers.
And I am
not set over you as a guardian.
87.
They said:
"O Shuaib!
Does your Salat (prayer) (i.e. the prayers
which you offer has spoiled your mind, so you)
command that we leave off what our fathers used to worship,
or that we leave off doing what we like with our property?
Verily, you
are the forbearer, right-minded!"
(They said this sarcastically).
88.
He said:
"O my
people! Tell me, if I have a clear evidence from my Lord,
and He has given me a good sustenance from Himself
(shall I corrupt it by mixing it with the unlawfully earned
money).
I wish not,
in contradiction to you, to do that which I forbid you.
I only
desire reform so far as I am able, to the best of my power.
And my
guidance cannot come except from Allah,
in Him I
trust and unto Him I repent.
89.
"And O my
people! Let not my Shiqaq cause you to suffer the fate
similar to that of the people of Nooh
(Noah)
or of Hood or of Salih (Saleh),
and the people of Lout (Lot) are not far
off from you!
90.
"And ask
forgiveness of your Lord and turn unto Him in repentance.
Verily, my Lord is Most Merciful, Most Loving."
91.
They said:
"O Shuaib!
We do not understand much of what you say, and we see you a
weak (man, it is said that he
was a blind man)
among us.
Were it not
for your family, we should certainly have stoned you and you
are not powerful against us."
92.
He said:
"O my
people! Is then my family of more weight with you than
Allah?
And you
have cast Him away behind your backs.
Verily, my
Lord is surrounding all that you do.
93.
"And O my
people! Act according to your ability and way, and I am
acting (on my way).
You will come to know who it is on whom descends the torment
that will cover him with ignominy, and who is a liar! And
watch you! Verily, I too am watching with you."
94.
And when
Our Commandment came, We saved Shuaib and those who believed
with him by a Mercy from Us. And As-Saeehah
(torment - awful cry, etc.)
seized the wrong-doers, and they lay
(dead) prostrate
in their homes.
95.
As if they
had never lived there!
So away
with Madyan (Midian)!
As away with Thamud! (All these nations were
destroyed).
96.
And indeed
We sent Moosa (Moses)
with Our Ayat (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
and a manifest authority;
97.
To Firaun
(Pharaoh)
and his chiefs, but they followed the command of Firaun
(Pharaoh),
and the command of Firaun (Pharaoh) was no
right guide.
98.
He will go
ahead of his people on the Day of Resurrection, and will
lead them into the Fire,
and evil
indeed is the place to which they are led.
99.
They were
pursued by a curse in this (deceiving life of this
world)
and (so they will be pursued
by a curse)
on the Day of Resurrection.
How bad is
the curse
(in this world) pursued by
another curse (in the Hereafter).
100.
These are
some of the news of the (population of)
towns which We relate unto you (O Muhammad SAW);
of them, some are standing, and some have been
(already)
reaped.
101.
We wronged
them not, but they wronged themselves.
So their
aliha (gods),
other than Allah, whom they invoked, profited them naught
when there came the Command of your Lord, nor did they add
aught (to their lot)
but destruction.
102.
Such is the
Seizure of your Lord when He seizes the
(population of) towns while
they are doing wrong.
Verily, His
Seizure is painful, and severe.
103.
Indeed in
that (there)
is a sure lesson for those who fear the torment of the
Hereafter.
That is a
Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, and that is a
Day when all (the dwellers of the
heavens and the earth)
will be present.
104.
And We
delay it only for a term (already)
fixed.
105.
On the Day
when it comes, no person shall speak except by His
(Allah's)
Leave.
Some among
them will be wretched and (others)
blessed.
106.
As for
those who are wretched, they will be in the Fire, sighing in
a high and low tone.
107.
They will
dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the
earth endure, except as your Lord wills.
Verily,
your Lord is the doer of what He wills.
108.
And those
who are blessed, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein
for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure,
except as your Lord will, a gift without an end.
109.
So be not
in doubt (O Muhammad SAW) as
to what these (pagans and polytheists)
men
worship.
They
worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before
(them).
And verily,
We shall repay them in full their portion without
diminution.
110.
Indeed, We
gave the Book to Moosa (Moses),
but differences arose therein,
and had it
not been for a Word that had gone forth before from your
Lord, the case would have been judged between them,
and indeed
they are in grave doubt concerning it
(this Quran).
111.
And verily,
to each of them your Lord will repay their works in full.
Surely, He
is All-Aware of what they do.
112.
So stand
(ask Allah to make)
you (Muhammad SAW)
firm and straight (on the religion of
Islamic Monotheism)
as you are commanded and those (your companions) who
turn in repentance (unto Allah)
with you, and transgress not (Allah's legal limits).
Verily, He
is All-Seer of what you do.
113.
And incline
not toward those who do wrong, lest the Fire should touch
you, and you have no protectors other than Allah, nor you
would then be helped.
114.
And perform
As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat),
at the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night
(i.e. the five compulsory
Salat (prayers)).
Verily, the
good deeds remove the evil deeds
(i.e. small sins).
That is a
reminder (an advice) for the
mindful (those who accept advice).
115.
And be
patient; verily, Allah loses not the reward of the
good-doers.
116.
If only
there had been among the generations before you, persons
having wisdom, prohibiting (others)
from Al-Fasad (disbelief, polytheism,
and all kinds of crimes and sins)
in the earth, except a few of those whom We saved from among
them.
Those who
did wrong pursued the enjoyment of good things of
(this worldly)
life, and were Mujrimoon (criminals, disbelievers
in Allah, polytheists, sinners, etc.).
117.
And your
Lord would never destroy the towns wrongfully, while their
people were right-doers.
118.
And if your
Lord had so willed, He could surely have made mankind one
Ummah (nation or community
(following one religion only i.e. Islam)),
but they
will not cease to disagree,-
119.
Except him
on whom your Lord has bestowed His Mercy (the
follower of truth - Islamic Monotheism)
and for
that did He create them.
And the
Word of your Lord has been fulfilled
(i.e. His Saying):
"Surely, I shall fill Hell with jinns and men all together."
120.
And all
that We relate to you (O Muhammad SAW) of
the news of the Messengers is in order that We may make
strong and firm your heart thereby.
And in this
(chapter of the Quran)
has come to you the truth, as well as an admonition and a
reminder for the believers.
121.
And say to
those who do not believe:
"Act
according to your ability and way, We are acting (in
our way).
122.
And you
wait ! We (too)
are waiting."
123.
And to
Allah belongs the Ghaib (unseen)
of the heavens and the earth, and to Him return all affairs
(for decision).
So worship
Him (O Muhammad SAW)
and put your trust in Him.
And your
Lord is not unaware of what you
(people)
do."