In the name of Allah, Most
Gracious, Most Merciful.
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):
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:
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:
4.
"'To Allah
is your return, and He hath power over all things.'"
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.
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.
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!"
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!
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.
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.
11.
Not so do
those who show patience and constancy, and work
righteousness; for them is forgiveness (of
sins)
and a great reward.
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!
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!
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)?"
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.
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!
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!
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! --
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!
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!
21.
They are
the ones who have
lost their own souls: and the (fancies)
they invented have left them in the lurch!
22.
Without a
doubt, these are the very ones who will lose most in the
Hereafter!
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!
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?
25.
We sent
Noah to his people (with a mission):
"I have come to you with a Clear Warning:
26.
"That ye
serve none but Allah: verily I do fear for you the Penalty
of a Grievous Day."
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!
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?
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!
30.
"And O my
People! who would help me against Allah if I drove them
away?
Will ye not
then take heed?
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."
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!"
33.
He said:
"Truly,
Allah will bring it on you if He wills -- and then, ye will
not be able to frustrate it!
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!"
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!
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.
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)."
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!
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."
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.
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!"
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!"
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.
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!"
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!"
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!"
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!"
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."
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.
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!
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?
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!"
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!
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,
55.
"Other gods
as partners!
So scheme
(your worst)
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 creature, but He hath grasp of its forelock.
Verily, it
is my Lord that is on a Straight Path.
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."
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.
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.
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!
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."
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."
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?
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!
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!"
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.
67.
The
(mighty)
Blast overtook the wrongdoers, and they lay prostrate in
their homes before the morning --
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!
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.
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."
71.
And his
wife was standing (there),
and she laughed:
but We gave
her glad tidings of Isaac, and after him, of Jacob.
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!"
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!"
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.
75.
For Abraham
was, without doubt, forbearing (of faults),
compassionate, and given to look to Allah.
76.
Abraham!
seek not this.
The decree
of thy Lord hath gone forth: for them there cometh a Penalty
that cannot be turned back!
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."
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?"
79.
They said:
"Well dost
thou know we have no need of thy daughters:
indeed thou
knowest quite well what we want!"
80.
He said:
"Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could
betake myself to some powerful support."
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?"
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 --
83.
Marked as
from thy Lord:
nor are
they ever far from those who do wrong!
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.
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.
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!"
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!"
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.
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!
90.
"But ask
forgiveness of you Lord, and turn unto Him (in
repentance):
for my Lord
is indeed Full of mercy and loving-kindness."
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!"
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!
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!"
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 --
95.
As if they
had never dwelt and flourished there!
Ah! behold!
how the Madyan were removed (from sight)
as were removed the Thamud!
96.
And We sent
Moses, with Our Clear (Signs)
and an authority manifest,
97.
Unto
Pharaoh and his Chiefs:
but they
followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh
was no right (guide).
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!
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)!
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).
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!
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.
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.
104.
Nor shall
We delay it but for a term appointed.
105.
The day it
arrives, no soul shall speak except His leave:
of those
(gathered)
some will
be wretched and some will be blessed.
106.
Those who
are wretched shall be in the Fire: there will be for them
therein
(nothing but)
the heaving
of sighs and sobs:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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):
115.
And be
steadfast in patience; for verily Allah will not suffer the
reward of the righteous to perish.
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.
117.
Nor would
thy Lord be the One to destroy communities for a single
wrongdoing if its members were likely to mend.
118.
If thy Lord
had so willed He could have made mankind one People:
but they
will not cease to dispute,
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.