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Surah
Hud
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1. |
Alif Lam Ra.
(This is)
a Book, with verses basic or fundamental
(of
established meaning)
--
further explained
in detail -- from One Who is Wise and Well-Acquainted
(with all
things): |
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2. |
(It teacheth)
that ye should worship none but Allah.
(Say:)
"Verily I am
(sent)
unto you from Him to warn and to bring glad tidings: |
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3. |
 
("And to
preach thus),
'Seek ye the
forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance; that He may
grant you enjoyment, good (and true),
for a term appointed,
and bestow His abounding grace on all who
abound in merit!
But if ye turn
away, then I fear for you the Penalty of a Great Day: |
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4. |
 
"'To Allah is your
return, and He hath power over all things.'" |
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5. |
Behold! they fold
up their hearts, that they may lie hid from Him!
Ah! even when they
cover themselves with their
garments, He knoweth what they conceal, and what they reveal:
for He knoweth well the
(inmost secrets)
of the hearts. |
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6. |
There is no moving
creature on earth but its sustenance dependeth on Allah:
He knoweth the time
and place of its temporary deposit:
all is in a clear Record. |
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7. |
He it is Who
created the heavens and the earth in six Days -- and His Throne was
over the Waters --
that He might try you, which of you is best in
conduct.
But if thou wert to
say to them, "Ye shall indeed be
raised up after death,"
the Unbelievers
would be sure to say, "This is nothing
but obvious sorcery!" |
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8. |
If We delay the
Penalty for them for a definite term, they are sure to say, "What keeps it
back?"
 
Ah! on the day it
(actually)
reaches them, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be
completely encircled by that which they used to mock at! |
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9. |
if We give man a taste of mercy from Ourselves, and then
withdraw it from him, behold! he is in despair and
(falls into)
blasphemy. |
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10. |
But if We give him
a taste of
(Our)
favors after adversity hath touched him, He is sure to say, "All evil has
departed from me;"
Behold! he falls
into exultation and pride. |
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11. |
Not so do those who
show patience and constancy, and work righteousness; for them is
forgiveness
(of sins)
and a great reward. |
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12. |
Perchance thou
mayest
(feel the inclination)
to give up a
part of what is revealed unto thee,
and thy heart feeleth straitened
lest they say, "Why is not a
treasure sent down unto him,
or why does not an angel come down with
him?
But thou art there
only to warn!
It is Allah that arrangeth all affairs! |
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13. |
Or they may say,
"He forged it."
Say,
"Bring ye then ten
Surahs forged, like unto it, and call
(to your aid)
whomsoever ye can,
other than Allah! --
if ye speak the truth! |
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14. |
"If then they
(your
false gods)
answer not your
(call),
know ye that this Revelation is sent down
(replete)
with the knowledge of Allah,
and that there is no god but He!
Will ye even then
submit
(to Islam)?" |
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15. |
Those who desire
the life of the Present and its glitter -- to them We shall pay
(the
price of)
their deeds therein -- without diminution. |
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16. |
They are those for
whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the Fire:
vain are the
designs they frame therein, and of no effect are the deeds that they
do! |
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17. |
Can they be
(like)
those who accept a Clear
(Sign)
from their Lord,
and whom a witness from Himself doth teach,
as did
the Book of Moses before it -- a guide and a mercy?
They believe
therein;
but those of the
Sects that reject it -- the Fire will be their promised
meeting place.
Be not then in
doubt thereon:
for it is the Truth from thy Lord: yet many among men
do not believe! |
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18. |
Who doth more wrong
than those who invent a lie against Allah?
They will be turned
back to the presence of their Lord,
and the witnesses will say,
"These are the ones
who lied against their Lord!
Behold! the Curse of Allah
is on those who do wrong! -- |
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19. |
"Those who would
hinder
(men)
from the path of Allah and would seek in it something crooked:
these
were they who denied the Hereafter! |
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20. |
 
They will in nowise
frustrate (His design)
on earth, nor have they protectors besides Allah!
Their Penalty will
be doubled!
They lost the power
to hear, and they did not see! |
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21. |
They are the ones
who have lost their own
souls: and the
(fancies)
they invented have left them in the lurch! |
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22. |
Without a doubt,
these are the very ones who will lose most in the Hereafter! |
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23. |
But those who
believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves before their
Lord --
they will be
Companions
of the Garden, to dwell
therein for aye! |
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24. |
These two kinds
(of
men)
may be compared to the blind and deaf, and those who can see and
hear well.
Are they equal when
compared?
Will ye not then
take heed? |
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25. |
We sent Noah to his
people
(with a mission):
"I have come to you
with a Clear Warning: |
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26. |
 
"That ye serve none
but Allah: verily I do fear for you the Penalty of a Grievous Day." |
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27. |
But the Chiefs of
the Unbelievers among his people said:
"We see
(in)
thee nothing but a man like ourselves:
 
nor do we see that any follow
thee but the meanest among us, in judgment immature:
nor do we see
in you
(all)
any merit above us:
in fact we think ye
are liars! |
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28. |
He said:
"O my people!
see ye if
(it be that)
I have a Clear Sign from my Lord,
and that He hath sent Mercy unto
me from His own Presence, but that the Mercy hath been obscured from
your sight?
 
Shall we compel you
to accept it when ye are averse to it? |
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29. |
 
"And O my People!
I ask you for no
wealth in return: my reward
is from none but Allah:
but I will not
drive away
(in contempt)
those who believe:
 
for verily they are to meet their Lord, and ye I
see are the ignorant ones! |
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30. |
"And O my People!
who would help me
against Allah if I drove them away?
Will ye not then
take heed? |
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31. |
"I tell you not
that with me are the Treasures of Allah,
 
nor do I know what
is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel.
Nor yet do I say,
of those whom your eyes do despise that Allah will not grant them
(all)
that
is good:
Allah knoweth best what is in their souls:
I should, if I did,
indeed be a wrongdoer." |
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32. |
They said:
"O Noah! thou hast disputed
with us, and
(much)
hast thou prolonged the dispute with us:
now bring upon us what thou threatenest us with, if thou speakest the truth!" |
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33. |
 
He said:
"Truly, Allah will
bring it on you if He wills -- and then, ye will not be able to
frustrate it! |
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34. |
"Of no profit will
be my counsel to you, much as
I desire to give you
(good)
counsel, if it be that Allah willeth to leave you astray:
 
He is your Lord!
and to Him will ye return!" |
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35. |
Or do they say, "He
has forged it?"
 
Say: "If I had forged
it, on me were my sin! And I am free of the sins of which ye are
guilty! |
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36. |
It was revealed to
Noah:
"None of thy people
will believe except those who have believed already!
So grieve no
longer over their
(evil)
deeds. |
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37. |
"But construct an
Ark under Our eyes and Our inspiration,
and address Me no
(further)
on behalf of those who are in sin:
for they are about to be
overwhelmed
(in the Flood)." |
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38. |
Forthwith he starts
constructing the Ark:
every time that the Chiefs of his People
passed by him they threw ridicule on him.
He said:
"If ye ridicule us
now, we
(in our turn)
can look down on
you with ridicule likewise! |
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39. |
 
"But soon will ye
know who it is on whom will descend a Penalty that will cover them
with shame -- will be unloosed a Penalty lasting." |
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40. |
At length, behold!
there came Our Command, and the fountains of the earth gushed forth!
We said:
"Embark therein, of
each kind two, male and female,
and your family -- except those
against whom the Word has already gone forth -- and the Believers."
But only a few
believed with him. |
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41. |
So he said:
"Embark ye on the
Ark, in the name of Allah, whether it move or be at rest!
For my Lord is, be
sure, Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!" |
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42. |
So the Ark floated
with them on the waves
(towering)
like mountains,
and Noah called out to his son, who had separated
himself
(from the rest):
"O my son! embark
with us, and be not with the Unbelievers!" |
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43. |
The son replied: "I
will be take myself to some mountain: it will save me from the
water."
Noah said: "This day nothing
can save, from the Command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath
mercy!" --
and the waves came
between them, and the son was among those over whelmed in the Flood. |
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44. |
When the word went
forth: "O earth! swallow
up thy water, and O sky! withhold
(thy
rain)!"
and the water
abated, and the matter was ended.
The Ark rested on
Mount Judi
and the word went
forth: "Away with those
who do wrong!" |
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45. |
And Noah called
upon his Lord, and said:
"O my Lord! surely my son is of
my family! and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the Justest of
Judges!" |
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46. |
 
He said:
"O Noah! he is not
of thy family: for his conduct is unrighteous.
So ask not of Me
that of which thou hast no knowledge!
I give thee
counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!" |
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47. |
Noah said:
"O my Lord! I do seek refuge
with Thee, lest I ask Thee for that of which I have no knowledge.
And unless Thou
forgive me and have Mercy on me, I should indeed be lost!" |
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48. |
The word came:
"O Noah! come down
(from the
Ark)
with Peace from Us, and Blessings on thee and on some of the Peoples
(who
will spring)
from those with thee:
but
(there will
be other)
Peoples to whom We shall grant their pleasures
(for a time),
but in the end will a grievous Penalty reach them from Us." |
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49. |
Such are some of
the stories of the Unseen, which We have revealed unto thee:
before
this, neither thou nor thy People knew them.
So persevere
patiently:
for the End is for those who are righteous. |
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50. |
To the 'Ad People
(We
sent)
Hud, one of their own brethren.
He said:
"O my people!
worship Allah! ye
have no other god but Him.
(Your other
gods)
ye do nothing but invent! |
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51. |
"O my people!
I ask of you no
reward for this
(Message).
My reward is from none but Him Who created me:
will ye not then
understand? |
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52. |
"And O my people!
ask forgiveness of
your Lord, and turn to Him
(in repentance):
He will send you
the skies pouring abundant rain, and add strength to your strength:
so turn ye not back
in sin!" |
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53. |
They said:
"O Hud! no Clear
(Sign)
hast thou
brought us,
and we are not the ones to desert our gods on thy word!
Nor do we believe in thee! |
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54. |
"We say nothing but
that
(perhaps)
some of our gods may have seized thee with imbecility."
He said:
"I call Allah to
witness, and do ye bear witness that I am free from the sin of
ascribing, to Him, |
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55. |
"Other gods as
partners!
So scheme
(your worst)
against me, all of you, and give me no respite. |
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56. |
"I put my trust in
Allah, my Lord and your Lord!
There is not a
moving creature, but He hath grasp of its forelock.
Verily, it is my
Lord that is on a Straight Path. |
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57. |
"If ye turn away --
I (at
least)
have conveyed the Message with which I was sent to you.
 
My Lord will
make another People to succeed you, and you will not harm Him in the
least.
For my Lord hath
care and watch over all things." |
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58. |
So when Our decree
issued, We saved Hud and those who believed with him, by
(special)
Grace from Ourselves:
We saved them from
a severe Penalty. |
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59. |
Such were the 'Ad
people:
they rejected the
Signs of their Lord and Cherisher; disobeyed His Messengers; and
followed the command of every powerful, obstinate transgressor. |
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60. |
And they were
pursued by a Curse in this Life -- and on the Day of Judgment.
Ah! behold! for the
'Ad rejected their Lord and Cherisher!
Ah! behold! removed
(from
sight)
were 'Ad, the people of Hud! |
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61. |
To the Thamud
People
(We sent)
Salih, one of their own brethren.
He said:
"O my people!
worship Allah: ye
have no other god but Him.
It is He Who hath
produced you from the earth and settled you therein:
then ask
forgiveness of Him, and turn to Him
(in repentance):
for my Lord in
(always)
near, ready to answer." |
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62. |
"O Salih! thou hast been of
us! -- a center of our hopes hitherto!
They
said:
Dost thou
(now)
forbid us the worship of what our fathers worshipped?
But we are really
in suspicious
(disquieting)
doubt as to that to
which thou invitest us." |
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63. |
He said:
"O my people!
Do ye see? --
if I
have a Clear
(Sign)
from my Lord
and He hath sent Mercy unto me from Himself --
who then
can help me against Allah if I were to disobey Him?
What then would ye
add to my
(portion)
but perdition? |
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64. |
"And O my people!
this she-camel of
Allah is a symbol to you:
 
leave her to feed on Allah's
(free)
earth, and
inflict no harm on her, or a swift Penalty will seize you! |
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65. |
But
they did hamstring her.
So he said:
"Enjoy yourselves
in your homes for three days:
(then will be
your ruin):
there is a promise not to be belied!" |
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66. |
When Our Decree
issued, We saved Saleh and those who believed with him, by
(special)
Grace
from Ourselves -- and from the Ignominy of that Day.
For thy Lord -- He
is the Strong One, and Able to enforce His Will. |
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67. |
 
The
(mighty)
Blast overtook the wrongdoers, and they lay prostrate in their homes
before the morning -- |
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68. |
As if they had
never dwelt and flourished there.
Ah! behold! for the
Thamud rejected their Lord and Cherisher!
Ah! behold! removed
(from
sight)
were the Thamud! |
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69. |
There came Our
Messengers to Abraham with glad tidings.
They said, "Peace!"
He answered,
"Peace!"
and hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf. |
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70. |
But when he saw
their hands went not towards 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 Lut." |
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71. |
And his wife was
standing
(there),
and she laughed:
but We gave her
glad tidings of Isaac, and after him, of Jacob. |
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72. |
 
She said:
"Alas for me! Shall
I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman, and my husband here is an
old man?
That would indeed
be a wonderful thing!" |
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73. |
They said:
"Dost thou wonder
at Allah's decree?
The grace of Allah
and His blessings on you, O ye people of the house!
for He is indeed
worthy of all praise, full of all glory!" |
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74. |
When fear had
passed from
(the mind of)
Abraham and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with
Us for Lut's people. |
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75. |
For Abraham was,
without doubt, forbearing
(of faults),
compassionate, and given to look to Allah. |
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76. |
Abraham! seek not
this.
 
The decree of thy
Lord hath gone forth: for them there cometh a Penalty that cannot be
turned back! |
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77. |
When Our Messengers
came to Lut, he was grieved on their account and felt himself
powerless
(to protect)
them.
He said: "This is a
distressful day." |
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78. |
 
And his people came
rushing towards him, and they had been long in the habit of
practicing abominations.
He said:
"O my people! here
are my daughters: they are purer for you
(if ye marry)!
Now fear Allah, and cover me not with shame about my guests!
Is there not among
you a single right-minded man?" |
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79. |
They said:
"Well dost thou
know we have no need of thy daughters:
indeed thou knowest quite
well what we want!" |
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80. |
 
He said: "Would
that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to
some powerful support." |
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81. |
(The
Messengers)
said
"O Lut! we are
Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall
they reach thee!
 
Now travel with thy family while yet a part of the
night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife
(will remain
behind):
to her will happen what happens to the people.
Morning is their
time appointed:
is not the morning
nigh?" |
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82. |
When Our decree
issued, We turned
(the cities)
upside down,
and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay,
spread, layer on layer -- |
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83. |
Marked as from thy
Lord:
nor are they ever
far from those who do wrong! |
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84. |
To the Madyan
people
(We sent)
Shuaib, one of their own brethren:
he said:
"O my people!
worship Allah: ye
have no other god but Him.
And give not short
measure or weight:
 
I see you in
prosperity, but I fear for you the Penalty of a Day that will
compass
(you)
all round. |
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85. |
"And O my people!
give just measure
and weight,
nor withhold from the people the things that are their
due:
commit not evil in
the land with intent to do mischief. |
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86. |
"That which is left
you by Allah is best for you, if ye
(but)
believed!
But I am
not set over you to keep watch!" |
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87. |
They said:
"Oh Shuaib! does thy
(religion of)
prayer command thee that we leave off the worship which our fathers
practiced,
or that we leave
off doing what we like with our property?
Truly, though art
the one that forbeareth with faults and is right-minded!" |
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88. |
He said:
"O my people!
see ye whether I
have a Clear
(Sign)
from my Lord, and He hath given me sustenance
(pure and)
good
as from Himself?
I wish not, in
opposition to you, to do that which I forbid you to do.
I only
desire
(your)
betterment to the best of my power;
and my success
(in my task)
can
only come from Allah:
in Him I trust, and
unto Him I look. |
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89. |
"And O my people!
let not my dissent
(from
you)
cause you to sin, lest ye suffer a fate similar to that of the
people of Noah or of Hud or of Salih,
nor are the people
of Lut far off from you! |
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90. |
"But ask
forgiveness of you Lord, and turn unto Him
(in
repentance):
for my Lord is indeed Full of mercy and loving-kindness." |
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91. |
They said:
"O Shuaib! much of
what thou sayest we do not understand!
In fact among us we
see that thou hast no strength!
Were it not for thy family, we
should certainly have stoned thee!
For thou hast among us no great
position!" |
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92. |
He said:
"O my people!
is then my family
of more consideration with you than Allah?
For ye cast Him
away behind your backs
(with contempt).
But verily my Lord
encompasseth on all sides all that ye do! |
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93. |
"And O my people!
do whatever ye can:
I will do
(my part):
soon will ye know who it is on whom descends the Penalty of
ignominy, and who is a liar!
And watch ye! for I
too am watching with you!" |
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94. |
When Our decree
issued, We saved Shuaib and those who believed with him, by
(special)
Mercy from Ourselves:
but the
(mighty)
Blast
did seize the wrongdoers, and they lay prostrate in their homes by
the morning -- |
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95. |
As if they had
never dwelt and flourished there!
Ah! behold! how the
Madyan were removed
(from sight)
as were removed the Thamud! |
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96. |
And We sent Moses,
with Our Clear
(Signs)
and an authority manifest, |
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97. |
Unto Pharaoh and
his Chiefs:
 
but they followed
the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was no right
(guide). |
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98. |
He will go before
his people on the Day of Judgment, and lead them into the Fire
(as
cattle are led to water):
but woeful indeed
will be this leading
(and)
the place led to! |
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99. |
And they are
followed by a curse in this
(life)
and on the Day of
Judgment:
and woeful is the
gift which shall be given
(unto them)! |
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100. |
These are some of
the stories of communities which We relate unto thee:
of them some
are standing, and some have been mown down
(by the
sickle of time). |
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101. |
It was not We that
wronged them: they wronged their own souls:
the deities, other
than Allah, whom they invoked, profited them no whit when there
issued the decree of thy Lord:
nor did they add aught
(to their
lot)
but perdition! |
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102. |
Such is the
chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises communities in the midst
of their wrong: grievous,
indeed, and severe
is His chastisement. |
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103. |
In that is a Sign
for those who fear the Penalty of the Hereafter:
that is a Day for
which mankind will be gathered together:
that will be a Day of
Testimony. |
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104. |
Nor shall We delay
it but for a term appointed. |
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105. |
The day it arrives,
no soul shall speak except His leave:
of those
(gathered)
some
will be wretched and some will be blessed. |
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106. |
Those who are
wretched shall be in the Fire: there will be for
them therein
(nothing but)
the heaving of
sighs and sobs: |
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107. |
They will dwell
therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure,
except as thy Lord willeth:
for thy Lord is the
(sure)
Accomplisher of what He planneth. |
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108. |
And those who are
blessed shall be in the Garden:
they will dwell therein for all the
time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth:
a gift without break. |
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109. |
Be not then in
doubt as to what these men worship.
They worship
nothing but what their fathers worshipped before
(them):
but verily We shall pay them back
(in full)
their portion without
(the least)
abatement. |
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110. |
We certainly gave
the Book to Moses, but differences arose therein:
had it not been
that a Word had gone forth before from thy Lord, the matter would
have been decided between them:
but they are in suspicious doubt
concerning it. |
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111. |
And, of a surety,
to all will your Lord pay back
(in full the recompense)
of their
deeds:
for He knoweth well all that they do. |
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112. |
Therefore stand
firm
(in the straight path)
as thou art commanded -- thou and those who with thee turn
(unto Allah);
and transgress not
(from the Path):
for He seeth well all that ye do. |
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113. |
And incline not to
those who do wrong, or the Fire will seize you;
and ye have no
protectors other than Allah, nor shall ye be helped. |
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114. |
And establish
regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of
the night:
for those things that are good remove those that are
evil:
be that the word of
remembrance to those who remember
(their Lord): |
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115. |
And be steadfast in
patience; for verily Allah
will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish. |
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116. |
Why were there not,
among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced good
sense, prohibiting
(men)
from mischief in the earth -- except a few among them whom We saved
(from
harm)?
But the wrongdoers
pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given
them, and persisted in sin. |
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117. |
Nor would thy Lord
be the One to destroy communities for a single wrongdoing if its
members were likely to mend. |
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118. |
If thy Lord had so
willed He could have made mankind one People:
but they will not
cease to dispute, |
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119. |
Except those on
whom He hath bestowed His Mercy:
and for this did He create them:
and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled: "I will fill Hell
with jinns and men all together." |
|
120. |
All that We relate
to thee of the stories of the apostles -- with it We make firm thy
heart:
 
in them there
cometh to thee the Truth, as well as an exhortation and a message of
remembrance to those who believe. |
|
121. |
Say to those who do
not believe: "Do whatever ye can: we shall do our part; |
|
122. |
"And wait ye! we
too shall wait." |
|
123. |
 
To Allah do belong
the unseen
(secrets)
of the heavens and the earth, and to Him goeth back every affair
(for
decision):
then worship Him,
and put thy trust in Him:
and thy Lord is not
unmindful of aught that ye do.
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