MARY, CHAPTER NO. 019
019.001 Kaf. Ha. Ya. 'Ain. Sad.
019.002 (This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya.
019.003 Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,
019.004 Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head
doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to Thee!
019.005 "Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my
wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,-
019.006 "(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity of Jacob;
and make him, O my Lord! one with whom Thou art well-pleased!"
019.007 (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good news of a son:
His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We conferred distinction
before."
019.008 He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I
have grown quite decrepit from old age?"
019.009 He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did indeed
create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!'"
019.010 (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the answer,
"Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights, although thou art not
dumb."
019.011 So Zakariya came out to his people from him chamber: He told them by
signs to celebrate God's praises in the morning and in the evening.
019.012 (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book with
might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,
019.013 And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was devout,
019.014 And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.
019.015 So Peace on him the day he was born, the day that he dies, and the day that
he will be raised up to life (again)!
019.016 Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family
to a place in the East.
019.017 She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her our
angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.
019.018 She said: "I seek refuge from thee to (God) Most Gracious: (come not near)
if thou dost fear God."
019.019 He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee
the gift of a holy son.
019.020 She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I
am not unchaste?"
019.021 He said: "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: and (We wish)
to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us':It is a matter (so) decreed."
019.022 So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place.
019.023 And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried
(in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a
thing forgotten and out of sight!"
019.024 But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve not! for thy
Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;
019.025 "And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let fall fresh
ripe dates upon thee.
019.026 "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man, say, 'I
have vowed a fast to (God) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into not talk with
any human being'"
019.027 At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms).
They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
019.028 "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a
woman unchaste!"
019.029 But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a
child in the cradle?"
019.030 He said: "I am indeed a servant of God: He hath given me revelation and
made me a prophet;
019.031 "And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me
Prayer and Charity as long as I live;
019.032 "(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;
019.033 "So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I
shall be raised up to life (again)"!
019.034 Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which
they (vainly) dispute.
019.035 It is not befitting to (the majesty of) God that He should beget a son. Glory
be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is.
019.036 Verily God is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye: this is a
Way that is straight.
019.037 But the sects differ among themselves: and woe to the unbelievers because
of the (coming) Judgment of a Momentous Day!
019.038 How plainly will they see and hear, the Day that they will appear before Us!
but the unjust today are in error manifest!
019.039 But warn them of the Day of Distress, when the matter will be determined:
for (behold,) they are negligent and they do not believe!
019.040 It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: to Us will they all
be returned.
019.041 (Also mention in the Book (the story of) Abraham: He was a man of Truth, a
prophet.
019.042 Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth
not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?
019.043 "O my father! to me hath come knowledge which hath not reached thee: so
follow me: I will guide thee to a way that is even and straight.
019.044 "O my father! serve not Satan: for Satan is a rebel against (God) Most
Gracious.
019.045 "O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict thee from (God) Most Gracious, so
that thou become to Satan a friend."
019.046 (The father) replied: "Dost thou hate my gods, O Abraham? If thou forbear
not, I will indeed stone thee: Now get away from me for a good long while!"
019.047 Abraham said: "Peace be on thee: I will pray to my Lord for thy forgiveness:
for He is to me Most Gracious.
019.048 "And I will turn away from you (all) and from those whom ye invoke
besides God: I will call on my Lord: perhaps, by my prayer to my Lord, I shall be not
unblest."
019.049 When he had turned away from them and from those whom they worshipped
besides God, We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and each one of them We made a
prophet.
019.050 And We bestowed of Our Mercy on them, and We granted them lofty
honour on the tongue of truth.
019.051 Also mention in the Book (the story of) Moses: for he was specially chosen,
and he was an apostle (and) a prophet.
019.052 And we called him from the right side of Mount (Sinai), and made him draw
near to Us, for mystic (converse).
019.053 And, out of Our Mercy, We gave him his brother Aaron, (also) a prophet.
019.054 Also mention in the Book (the story of) Isma'il: He was (strictly) true to
what he promised, and he was an apostle (and) a prophet.
019.055 He used to enjoin on his people Prayer and Charity, and he was most
acceptable in the sight of his Lord.
019.056 Also mention in the Book the case of Idris: He was a man of truth (and
sincerity), (and) a prophet:
019.057 And We raised him to a lofty station.
019.058 Those were some of the prophets on whom God did bestow His Grace,- of
the posterity of Adam, and of those who We carried (in the Ark) with Noah, and of
the posterity of Abraham and Israel of those whom We guided and chose. Whenever
the Signs of (God) Most Gracious were rehearsed to them, they would fall down in
prostrate adoration and in tears.
019.059 But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and followed
after lusts soon, then, will they face Destruction,-
019.060 Except those who repent and believe, and work righteousness: for these will
enter the Garden and will not be wronged in the least,-
019.061 Gardens of Eternity, those which (God) Most Gracious has promised to His
servants in the Unseen: for His promise must (necessarily) come to pass.
019.062 They will not there hear any vain discourse, but only salutations of Peace:
And they will have therein their sustenance, morning and evening.
019.063 Such is the Garden which We give as an inheritance to those of Our servants
who guard against Evil.
019.064 (The angels say:) "We descend not but by command of thy Lord: to Him
belongeth what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between: and thy Lord
never doth forget,-
019.065 "Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is between them; so
worship Him, and be constant and patient in His worship: knowest thou of any who is
worthy of the same Name as He?"
019.066 Man says: "What! When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive?"
019.067 But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing?
019.068 So, by thy Lord, without doubt, We shall gather them together, and (also)
the Evil Ones (with them); then shall We bring them forth on their knees round about
Hell;
019.069 Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who were worst
in obstinate rebellion against (God) Most Gracious.
019.070 And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being burned
therein.
019.071 Not one of you but will pass over it: this is, with thy Lord, a Decree which
must be accomplished.
019.072 But We shall save those who guarded against evil, and We shall leave the
wrong-doers therein, (humbled) to their knees.
019.073 When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say to those
who believe, "Which of the two sides is best in point of position? Which makes the
best show in council?"
019.074 But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who
were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?
019.075 Say: "If any men go astray, (God) Most Gracious extends (the rope) to them,
until, when they see the warning of God (being fulfilled) - either in punishment or in
(the approach of) the Hour,- they will at length realise who is worst in position, and
(who) weakest in forces!
019.076 "And God doth advance in guidance those who seek guidance: and the
things that endure, Good Deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best
in respect of (their) eventual return."
019.077 Hast thou then seen the (sort of) man who rejects Our Signs, yet says: "I
shall certainly be given wealth and children?"
019.078 Has he penetrated to the Unseen, or has he taken a contract with (God) Most
Gracious?
019.079 Nay! We shall record what he says, and We shall add and add to his
punishment.
019.080 To Us shall return all that he talks of and he shall appear before Us bare and
alone.
019.081 And they have taken (for worship) gods other than God, to give them power
and glory!
019.082 Instead, they shall reject their worship, and become adversaries against
them.
019.083 Seest thou not that We have set the Evil Ones on against the unbelievers, to
incite them with fury?
019.084 So make no haste against them, for We but count out to them a (limited)
number (of days).
019.085 The day We shall gather the righteous to (God) Most Gracious, like a band
presented before a king for honours,
019.086 And We shall drive the sinners to Hell, like thirsty cattle driven down to
water,-
019.087 None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has received
permission (or promise) from (God) Most Gracious.
019.088 They say: "(God) Most Gracious has begotten a son!"
019.089 Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!
019.090 At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the
mountains to fall down in utter ruin,
019.091 That they should invoke a son for (God) Most Gracious.
019.092 For it is not consonant with the majesty of (God) Most Gracious that He
should beget a son.
019.093 Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to (God)
Most Gracious as a servant.
019.094 He does take an account of them (all), and hath numbered them (all) exactly.
019.095 And everyone of them will come to Him singly on the Day of Judgment.
019.096 On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will (God) Most
Gracious bestow love.
019.097 So have We made the (Qur'an) easy in thine own tongue, that with it thou
mayest give Glad Tidings to the righteous, and warnings to people given to
contention.
019.098 But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed?
Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them?
TA-HA, CHAPTER NO. 020
020.001 Ta-Ha.
020.002 We have not sent down the Qur'an to thee to be (an occasion) for thy
distress,
020.003 But only as an admonition to those who fear (God),-
020.004 A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the heavens on high.
020.005 (God) Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne (of authority).
020.006 To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, and all between them,
and all beneath the soil.
020.007 If thou pronounce the word aloud, (it is no matter): for verily He knoweth
what is secret and what is yet more hidden.
020.008 God! there is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful Names.
020.009 Has the story of Moses reached thee?
020.010 Behold, he saw a fire: So he said to his family, "Tarry ye; I perceive a fire;
perhaps I can bring you some burning brand therefrom, or find some guidance at the
fire."
020.011 But when he came to the fire, a voice was heard: "O Moses!
020.012 "Verily I am thy Lord! therefore (in My presence) put off thy shoes: thou
art in the sacred valley Tuwa.
020.013 "I have chosen thee: listen, then, to the inspiration (sent to thee).
020.014 "Verily, I am God: There is no god but I: So serve thou Me (only), and
establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise.
020.015 "Verily the Hour is coming - My design is to keep it hidden - for every soul
to receive its reward by the measure of its Endeavour.
020.016 "Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own lusts,
divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!"..
020.017 "And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?"
020.018 He said, "It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for my flocks;
and in it I find other uses."
020.019 (God) said, "Throw it, O Moses!"
020.020 He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.
020.021 (God) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to its former
condition"..
020.022 "Now draw thy hand close to thy side: It shall come forth white (and
shining), without harm (or stain),- as another Sign,-
020.023 "In order that We may show thee (two) of our Greater Signs.
020.024 "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds."
020.025 (Moses) said: "O my Lord! expand me my breast;
020.026 "Ease my task for me;
020.027 "And remove the impediment from my speech,
020.028 "So they may understand what I say:
020.029 "And give me a Minister from my family,
020.030 "Aaron, my brother;
020.031 "Add to my strength through him,
020.032 "And make him share my task:
020.033 "That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint,
020.034 "And remember Thee without stint:
020.035 "For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us."
020.036 (God) said: "Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!"
020.037 "And indeed We conferred a favour on thee another time (before).
020.038 "Behold! We sent to thy mother, by inspiration, the message:
020.039 "'Throw (the child) into the chest, and throw (the chest) into the river: the
river will cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up by one who is an enemy to
Me and an enemy to him': But I cast (the garment of) love over thee from Me: and
(this) in order that thou mayest be reared under Mine eye.
020.040 "Behold! thy sister goeth forth and saith, 'shall I show you one who will
nurse and rear the (child)?' So We brought thee back to thy mother, that her eye might
be cooled and she should not grieve. Then thou didst slay a man, but We saved thee
from trouble, and We tried thee in various ways. Then didst thou tarry a number of
years with the people of Midian. Then didst thou come hither as ordained, O Moses!
020.041 "And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)"..
020.042 "Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not, either of you, in
keeping Me in remembrance.
020.043 "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds;
020.044 "But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (God)."
020.045 They (Moses and Aaron) said: "Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with
insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds."
020.046 He said: "Fear not: for I am with you: I hear and see (everything).
020.047 "So go ye both to him, and say, 'Verily we are apostles sent by thy Lord:
Send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and afflict them not: with a Sign,
indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and peace to all who follow guidance!
020.048 "'Verily it has been revealed to us that the Penalty (awaits) those who reject
and turn away.'"
020.049 (When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, then, O Moses,
is the Lord of you two?"
020.050 He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its form and
nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."
020.051 (Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous generations?"
020.052 He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly recorded: my
Lord never errs, nor forgets,-
020.053 "He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled
you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the
sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.
020.054 Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are Signs for men
endued with understanding.
020.055 From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and
from it shall We bring you out once again.
020.056 And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and refuse.
020.057 He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy magic, O
Moses?
020.058 "But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a tryst between
us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor thou - in a place where
both shall have even chances."
020.059 Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be
assembled when the sun is well up."
020.060 So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came (back).
020.061 Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against God, lest He
destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must suffer frustration!"
020.062 So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they kept their talk
secret.
020.063 They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their object is to
drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away with your most
cherished institutions.
020.064 "Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried) ranks: He wins
(all along) today who gains the upper hand."
020.065 They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or that we be
the first to throw?"
020.066 He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods-so it
seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively motion!
020.067 So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.
020.068 We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:
020.069 "Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that
which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the
magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes."
020.070 So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said, "We believe in
the Lord of Aaron and Moses".
020.071 (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this
must be your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I will cut off your hands and
feet on opposite sides, and I will have you crucified on trunks of palm-trees: so shall
ye know for certain, which of us can give the more severe and the more lasting
punishment!"
020.072 They said: "Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear Sings that
have come to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree whatever thou desirest to
decree: for thou canst only decree (touching) the life of this world.
020.073 "For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our faults, and the
magic to which thou didst compel us: for God is Best and Most Abiding."
020.074 Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for him is Hell:
therein shall he neither die nor live.
020.075 But such as come to Him as Believers who have worked righteous deeds,-
for them are ranks exalted,-
020.076 Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwell therein for
aye: such is the reward of those who purify themselves (from evil).
020.077 We sent an inspiration to Moses: "Travel by night with My servants, and
strike a dry path for them through the sea, without fear of being overtaken (by
Pharaoh) and without (any other) fear."
020.078 Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters completely
overwhelmed them and covered them up.
020.079 Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright.
020.080 O ye Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a
Covenant with you on the right side of Mount (Sinai), and We sent down to you
Manna and quails:
020.081 (Saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but
commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on you: and those on
whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed!
020.082 "But, without doubt, I am (also) He that forgives again and again, to those
who repent, believe, and do right, who,- in fine, are ready to receive true guidance."
020.083 (When Moses was up on the Mount, God said:) "What made thee hasten in
advance of thy people, O Moses?"
020.084 He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened to thee, O
my Lord, to please thee."
020.085 (God) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: the Samiri has led
them astray."
020.086 So Moses returned to his people in a state of indignation and sorrow. He
said: "O my people! did not your Lord make a handsome promise to you? Did then
the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye desire that Wrath should
descend from your Lord on you, and so ye broke your promise to me?"
020.087 They said: "We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in our power: but
we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people, and we
threw them (into the fire), and that was what the Samiri suggested.
020.088 "Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: It
seemed to low: so they said: This is your god, and the god of Moses, but (Moses) has
forgotten!"
020.089 Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer), and that
it had no power either to harm them or to do them good?
020.090 Aaron had already, before this said to them: "O my people! ye are being
tested in this: for verily your Lord is (God) Most Gracious; so follow me and obey my
command."
020.091 They had said: "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote ourselves
to it until Moses returns to us."
020.092 (Moses) said: "O Aaron! what kept thee back, when thou sawest them going
wrong,
020.093 "From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?"
020.094 (Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my beard nor by
(the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say, 'Thou has caused a
division among the children of Israel, and thou didst not respect my word!'"
020.095 (Moses) said: "What then is thy case, O Samiri?"
020.096 He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the
footprint of the Apostle, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."
020.097 (Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life will be that
thou wilt say, 'touch me not'; and moreover (for a future penalty) thou hast a promise
that will not fail: Now look at thy god, of whom thou hast become a devoted
worshipper: We will certainly (melt) it in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the
sea!"
020.098 But the god of you all is the One God: there is no god but He: all things He
comprehends in His knowledge.
020.099 Thus do We relate to thee some stories of what happened before: for We
have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.
020.100 If any do turn away therefrom, verily they will bear a burden on the Day of
judgment;
020.101 They will abide in this (state): and grievous will the burden be to them on
that Day,-
020.102 The Day when the Trumpet will be sounded: that Day, We shall gather the
sinful, blear-eyed (with terror).
020.103 In whispers will they consult each other: "Yet tarried not longer than ten
(Days);
020.104 We know best what they will say, when their leader most eminent in
conduct will say: "Ye tarried not longer than a day!"
020.105 They ask thee concerning the Mountains: say, "My Lord will uproot them
and scatter them as dust;
020.106 "He will leave them as plains smooth and level;
020.107 "Nothing crooked or curved wilt thou see in their place."
020.108 On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookedness (can they
show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in the Presence of (God) Most
Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of their feet (as they march).
020.109 On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those for whom
permission has been granted by (God) Most Gracious and whose word is acceptable
to Him.
020.110 He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them:
but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.
020.111 (All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting,
Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity (on his back).
020.112 But he who works deeds of righteousness, and has faith, will have no fear of
harm nor of any curtailment (of what is his due).
020.113 Thus have We sent this down - an arabic Qur'an - and explained therein in
detail some of the warnings, in order that they may fear God, or that it may cause
their remembrance (of Him).
020.114 High above all is God, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an
before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in
knowledge."
020.115 We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, but he forgot: and
We found on his part no firm resolve.
020.116 When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated
themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.
020.117 Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let
him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.
020.118 "There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to go
naked,
020.119 "Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun's heat."
020.120 But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead thee to the
Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?"
020.121 In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to
them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did
Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced.
020.122 But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and gave him
Guidance.
020.123 He said: "Get ye down, both of you,- all together, from the Garden, with
enmity one to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from Me,
whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way, nor fall into misery.
020.124 "But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a life
narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment."
020.125 He will say: "O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I had
sight (before)?"
020.126 (God) will say: "Thus didst Thou, when Our Signs came unto thee, disregard
them: so wilt thou, this day, be disregarded."
020.127 And thus do We recompense him who transgresses beyond bounds and
believes not in the Sings of his Lord: and the Penalty of the Hereafter is far more
grievous and more enduring.
020.128 Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations
before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are
Signs for men endued with understanding.
020.129 Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their
punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term appointed (for respite).
020.130 Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate (constantly) the
praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun, and before its setting; yea, celebrate
them for part of the hours of the night, and at the sides of the day: that thou mayest
have (spiritual) joy.
020.131 Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment
to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world, through which We test
them: but the provision of thy Lord is better and more enduring.
020.132 Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask thee not to
provide sustenance: We provide it for thee. But the (fruit of) the Hereafter is for
righteousness.
020.133 They say: "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has not a Clear
Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of revelation?
020.134 And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they would have said:
"Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us an apostle, we should certainly have followed
Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to shame."
020.135 Say: "Each one (of us) is waiting: wait ye, therefore, and soon shall ye know
who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is that has received
Guidance."
THE PROPHETS, CHAPTER NO. 021
021.001 Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and
they turn away.
021.002 Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but
they listen to it as in jest,-
021.003 Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrong-doers conceal their private
counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than a man like yourselves? Will ye go to
witchcraft with your eyes open?"
021.004 Say: "My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth:
He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things)."
021.005 "Nay," they say, "(these are) medleys of dream! - Nay, He forged it! - Nay,
He is (but) a poet! Let him then bring us a Sign like the ones that were sent to
(Prophets) of old!"
021.006 (As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed
believed: will these believe?
021.007 Before thee, also, the apostles We sent were but men, to whom We granted
inspiration: If ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
021.008 Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from
death.
021.009 In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and those
whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds.
021.010 We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for you:
will ye not then understand?
021.011 How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their
iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples?
021.012 Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee
from it.
021.013 Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and
to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.
021.014 They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrong-doers!"
021.015 And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is mown,
as ashes silent and quenched.
021.016 Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is
between!
021.017 If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely have taken
it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a thing)!
021.018 Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain, and
behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the (false) things ye ascribe (to
Us).
021.019 To Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: Even those who
are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor are they (ever) weary
(of His service):
021.020 They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.
021.021 Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who can raise (the
dead)?
021.022 If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides God, there
would have been confusion in both! but glory to God, the Lord of the Throne: (High
is He) above what they attribute to Him!
021.023 He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned (for
theirs).
021.024 Or have they taken for worship (other) gods besides him? Say, "Bring your
convincing proof: this is the Message of those with me and the Message of those
before me." But most of them know not the Truth, and so turn away.
021.025 Not an apostle did We send before thee without this inspiration sent by Us to
him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve Me.
021.026 And they say: "(God) Most Gracious has begotten offspring." Glory to Him!
they are (but) servants raised to honour.
021.027 They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His
Command.
021.028 He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no
intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in awe and reverence
of His (Glory).
021.029 If any of them should say, "I am a god besides Him", such a one We should
reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong.
021.030 Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined
together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from
water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
021.031 And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake
with them, and We have made therein broad highways (between mountains) for them
to pass through: that they may receive Guidance.
021.032 And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn
away from the Signs which these things (point to)!
021.033 It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon: all
(the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course.
021.034 We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if then thou
shouldst die, would they live permanently?
021.035 Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and by good
by way of trial. to Us must ye return.
021.036 When the Unbelievers see thee, they treat thee not except with ridicule. "Is
this," (they say), "the one who talks of your gods?" and they blaspheme at the
mention of (God) Most Gracious!
021.037 Man is a creature of haste: soon (enough) will I show you My Signs; then ye
will not ask Me to hasten them!
021.038 They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if ye are telling the truth?"
021.039 If only the Unbelievers knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward
off the fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, and (when) no help can reach
them!
021.040 Nay, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them: no power will
they have then to avert it, nor will they (then) get respite.
021.041 Mocked were (many) apostle before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in
by the thing that they mocked.
021.042 Say: "Who can keep you safe by night and by day from (the Wrath of) (God)
Most Gracious?" Yet they turn away from the mention of their Lord.
021.043 Or have they gods that can guard them from Us? They have no power to aid
themselves, nor can they be defended from Us.
021.044 Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until
the period grew long for them; See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in
their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will win?
021.045 Say, "I do but warn you according to revelation": But the deaf will not hear
the call, (even) when they are warned!
021.046 If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will then say,
"Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!"
021.047 We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that not a soul
will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more than) the weight of a
mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and enough are We to take account.
021.048 In the past We granted to Moses and Aaron the criterion (for judgment), and
a Light and a Message for those who would do right,-
021.049 Those who fear their Lord in their most secret thoughts, and who hold the
Hour (of Judgment) in awe.
021.050 And this is a blessed Message which We have sent down: will ye then reject
it?
021.051 We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and well were
We acquainted with him.
021.052 Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to
which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"
021.053 They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them."
021.054 He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your fathers."
021.055 They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those who
jest?"
021.056 He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who
created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).
021.057 "And by God, I have a plan for your idols - after ye go away and turn your
backs"..
021.058 So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might
turn (and address themselves) to it.
021.059 They said, "Who has done this to our gods? He must indeed be some man of
impiety!"
021.060 They said, "We heard a youth talk of them: He is called Abraham."
021.061 They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may bear
witness."
021.062 They said, "Art thou the one that did this with our gods, O Abraham?"
021.063 He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they
can speak intelligently!"
021.064 So they turned to themselves and said, "Surely ye are the ones in the
wrong!"
021.065 Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Thou knowest full
well that these (idols) do not speak!"
021.066 (Abraham) said, "Do ye then worship, besides God, things that can neither
be of any good to you nor do you harm?
021.067 "Fie upon you, and upon the things that ye worship besides God! Have ye no
sense?"..
021.068 They said, "Burn him and protect your gods, If ye do (anything at all)!"
021.069 We said, "O Fire! be thou cool, and (a means of) safety for Abraham!"
021.070 Then they sought a stratagem against him: but We made them the ones that
lost most!
021.071 But We delivered him and (his nephew) Lut (and directed them) to the land
which We have blessed for the nations.
021.072 And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional gift, (a grandson),
Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of them).
021.073 And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and We sent
them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and to practise regular
charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us only).
021.074 And to Lut, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, and We saved him
from the town which practised abominations: truly they were a people given to Evil, a
rebellious people.
021.075 And We admitted him to Our Mercy: for he was one of the Righteous.
021.076 (Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened to his
(prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress.
021.077 We helped him against people who rejected Our Signs: truly they were a
people given to Evil: so We drowned them (in the Flood) all together.
021.078 And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the matter
of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed by night: We did
witness their judgment.
021.079 To Solomon We inspired the (right) understanding of the matter: to each (of
them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was Our power that made the hills and
the birds celebrate Our praises, with David: it was We Who did (all these things).
021.080 It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your benefit, to
guard you from each other's violence: will ye then be grateful?
021.081 (It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flow (tamely) for
Solomon, to his order, to the land which We had blessed: for We do know all things.
021.082 And of the evil ones, were some who dived for him, and did other work
besides; and it was We Who guarded them.
021.083 And (remember) Job, when He cried to his Lord, "Truly distress has seized
me, but Thou art the Most Merciful of those that are merciful."
021.084 So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was on him, and We
restored his people to him, and doubled their number,- as a Grace from Ourselves,
and a thing for commemoration, for all who serve Us.
021.085 And (remember) Isma'il, Idris, and Zul-kifl, all (men) of constancy and
patience;
021.086 We admitted them to Our mercy: for they were of the righteous ones.
021.087 And remember Zun-nun, when he departed in wrath: He imagined that We
had no power over him! But he cried through the deptHs of darkness, "There is no
god but thou: glory to thee: I was indeed wrong!"
021.088 So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus do We
deliver those who have faith.
021.089 And (remember) Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: "O my Lord! leave me
not without offspring, though thou art the best of inheritors."
021.090 So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his wife's
(Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in good works; they
used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble themselves before Us.
021.091 And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our
spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.
021.092 Verily, this brotherhood of yours is a single brotherhood, and I am your
Lord and Cherisher: therefore serve Me (and no other).
021.093 But (later generations) cut off their affair (of unity), one from another: (yet)
will they all return to Us.
021.094 Whoever works any act of righteousness and has faith,- His endeavour will
not be rejected: We shall record it in his favour.
021.095 But there is a ban on any population which We have destroyed: that they
shall not return,
021.096 Until the Gog and Magog (people) are let through (their barrier), and they
swiftly swarm from every hill.
021.097 Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold! the eyes
of the Unbelievers will fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed
heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!"
021.098 Verily ye, (unbelievers), and the (false) gods that ye worship besides God,
are (but) fuel for Hell! to it will ye (surely) come!
021.099 If these had been gods, they would not have got there! but each one will
abide therein.
021.100 There, sobbing will be their lot, nor will they there hear (aught else).
021.101 Those for whom the good (record) from Us has gone before, will be
removed far therefrom.
021.102 Not the slightest sound will they hear of Hell: what their souls desired, in
that will they dwell.
021.103 The Great Terror will bring them no grief: but the angels will meet them
(with mutual greetings): "This is your Day,- (the Day) that ye were promised."
021.104 The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books
(completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one:
a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it.
021.105 Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My
servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth."
021.106 Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would (truly) worship
God.
021.107 We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures.
021.108 Say: "What has come to me by inspiration is that your God is One God: will
ye therefore bow to His Will (in Islam)?"
021.109 But if they turn back, Say: "I have proclaimed the Message to you all alike
and in truth; but I know not whether that which ye are promised is near or far.
021.110 "It is He Who knows what is open in speech and what ye hide (in your
hearts).
021.111 "I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of (worldly)
livelihood (to you) for a time."
021.112 Say: "O my Lord! judge Thou in truth!" "Our Lord Most Gracious is the
One Whose assistance should be sought against the blasphemies ye utter!"
THE PILGRIMAGE, CHAPTER NO. 022
022.001 O mankind! fear your Lord! for the convulsion of the Hour (of Judgment)
will be a thing terrible!
022.002 The Day ye shall see it, every mother giving suck shall forget her suckling-
babe, and every pregnant female shall drop her load (unformed): thou shalt see
mankind as in a drunken riot, yet not drunk: but dreadful will be the Wrath of God.
022.003 And yet among men there are such as dispute about God, without
knowledge, and follow every evil one obstinate in rebellion!
022.004 About the (Evil One) it is decreed that whoever turns to him for friendship,
him will he lead astray, and he will guide him to the Penalty of the Fire.
022.005 O mankind! if ye have a doubt about the Resurrection, (consider) that We
created you out of dust, then out of sperm, then out of a leech-like clot, then out of a
morsel of flesh, partly formed and partly unformed, in order that We may manifest
(our power) to you; and We cause whom We will to rest in the wombs for an
appointed term, then do We bring you out as babes, then (foster you) that ye may
reach your age of full strength; and some of you are called to die, and some are sent
back to the feeblest old age, so that they know nothing after having known (much),
and (further), thou seest the earth barren and lifeless, but when We pour down rain on
it, it is stirred (to life), it swells, and it puts forth every kind of beautiful growth (in
pairs).
022.006 This is so, because God is the Reality: it is He Who gives life to the dead,
and it is He Who has power over all things.
022.007 And verily the Hour will come: there can be no doubt about it, or about (the
fact) that God will raise up all who are in the graves.
022.008 Yet there is among men such a one as disputes about God, without
Knowledge, without Guidance, and without a Book of Enlightenment,-
022.009 (Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to lead (men) astray from the Path
of God: for him there is disgrace in this life, and on the Day of Judgment We shall
make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire).
022.010 (It will be said): "This is because of the deeds which thy hands sent forth, for
verily God is not unjust to His servants.
022.011 There are among men some who serve God, as it were, on the verge: if good
befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial comes to them, they turn
on their faces: they lose both this world and the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!
022.012 They call on such deities, besides God, as can neither hurt nor profit them:
that is straying far indeed (from the Way)!
022.013 (Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed,
is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!
022.014 Verily God will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, to
Gardens, beneath which rivers flow: for God carries out all that He plans.
022.015 If any think that God will not help him (His Apostle) in this world and the
Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and cut (himself) off: then let him
see whether his plan will remove that which enrages (him)!
022.016 Thus have We sent down Clear Sings; and verily God doth guide whom He
will!
022.017 Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures),
and the Sabians, Christians, Magians, and Polytheists,- God will judge between them
on the Day of Judgment: for God is witness of all things.
022.018 Seest thou not that to God bow down in worship all things that are in the
heavens and on earth,- the sun, the moon, the stars; the hills, the trees, the animals;
and a great number among mankind? But a great number are (also) such as are fit for
Punishment: and such as God shall disgrace,- None can raise to honour: for God
carries out all that He wills.
022.019 These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord: But those
who deny (their Lord),- for them will be cut out a garment of Fire: over their heads
will be poured out boiling water.
022.020 With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well as (their) skins.
022.021 In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.
022.022 Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be
forced back therein, and (it will be said), "Taste ye the Penalty of Burning!"
022.023 God will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, to Gardens
beneath which rivers flow: they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and
pearls; and their garments there will be of silk.
022.024 For they have been guided (in this life) to the purest of speeches; they have
been guided to the Path of Him Who is Worthy of (all) Praise.
022.025 As to those who have rejected (God), and would keep back (men) from the
Way of God, and from the Sacred Mosque, which We have made (open) to (all) men -
equal is the dweller there and the visitor from the country - and any whose purpose
therein is profanity or wrong-doing - them will We cause to taste of a most Grievous
Penalty.
022.026 Behold! We gave the site, to Abraham, of the (Sacred) House, (saying):
"Associate not anything (in worship) with Me; and sanctify My House for those who
compass it round, or stand up, or bow, or prostrate themselves (therein in prayer).
022.027 "And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot
and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and
distant mountain highways;
022.028 "That they may witness the benefits (provided) for them, and celebrate the
name of God, through the Days appointed, over the cattle which He has provided for
them (for sacrifice): then eat ye thereof and feed the distressed ones in want.
022.029 "Then let them complete the rites prescribed for them, perform their vows,
and (again) circumambulate the Ancient House."
022.030 Such (is the Pilgrimage): whoever honours the sacred rites of God, for him it
is good in the Sight of his Lord. Lawful to you (for food in Pilgrimage) are cattle,
except those mentioned to you (as exception): but shun the abomination of idols, and
shun the word that is false,-
022.031 Being true in faith to God, and never assigning partners to Him: if anyone
assigns partners to God, is as if he had fallen from heaven and been snatched up by
birds, or the wind had swooped (like a bird on its prey) and thrown him into a far-
distant place.
022.032 Such (is his state): and whoever holds in honour the symbols of God, (in the
sacrifice of animals), such (honour) should come truly from piety of heart.
022.033 In them ye have benefits for a term appointed: in the end their place of
sacrifice is near the Ancient House.
022.034 To every people did We appoint rites (of sacrifice), that they might celebrate
the name of God over the sustenance He gave them from animals (fit for food). But
your God is One God: submit then your wills to Him (in Islam): and give thou the
good news to those who humble themselves,-
022.035 To those whose hearts when God is mentioned, are filled with fear, who
show patient perseverance over their afflictions, keep up regular prayer, and spend (in
charity) out of what We have bestowed upon them.
022.036 The sacrificial camels we have made for you as among the symbols from
God: in them is (much) good for you: then pronounce the name of God over them as
they line up (for sacrifice): when they are down on their sides (after slaughter), eat ye
thereof, and feed such as (beg not but) live in contentment, and such as beg with due
humility: thus have We made animals subject to you, that ye may be grateful.
022.037 It is not their meat nor their blood, that reaches God: it is your piety that
reaches Him: He has thus made them subject to you, that ye may glorify God for His
Guidance to you and proclaim the good news to all who do right.
022.038 Verily God will defend (from ill) those who believe: verily, God loveth not
any that is a traitor to faith, or show ingratitude.
022.039 To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because
they are wronged;- and verily, God is most powerful for their aid;-
022.040 (They are) those who have been expelled from their homes in defiance of
right,- (for no cause) except that they say, "our Lord is God". Did not God check one
set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down
monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which the name of God is
commemorated in abundant measure. God will certainly aid those who aid his
(cause);- for verily God is full of Strength, Exalted in Might, (able to enforce His
Will).
022.041 (They are) those who, if We establish them in the land, establish regular
prayer and give regular charity, enjoin the right and forbid wrong: with God rests the
end (and decision) of (all) affairs.
022.042 If they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the peoples before them (with their
prophets),- the People of Noah, and 'Ad and Thamud;
022.043 Those of Abraham and Lut;
022.044 And the Companions of the Madyan People; and Moses was rejected (in the
same way). But I granted respite to the Unbelievers, and (only) after that did I punish
them: but how (terrible) was my rejection (of them)!
022.045 How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to wrong-
doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are lying idle and
neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?
022.046 Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and minds) may
thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear? Truly it is not their eyes that
are blind, but their hearts which are in their breasts.
022.047 Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But God will not fail in His
Promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your
reckoning.
022.048 And to how many populations did I give respite, which were given to
wrong-doing? in the end I punished them. To me is the destination (of all).
022.049 Say: "O men! I am (sent) to you only to give a Clear Warning:
022.050 "Those who believe and work righteousness, for them is forgiveness and a
sustenance most generous.
022.051 "But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- they will be
Companions of the Fire."
022.052 Never did We send an apostle or a prophet before thee, but, when he framed
a desire, Satan threw some (vanity) into his desire: but God will cancel anything
(vain) that Satan throws in, and God will confirm (and establish) His Signs: for God
is full of Knowledge and Wisdom:
022.053 That He may make the suggestions thrown in by Satan, but a trial for those
in whose hearts is a disease and who are hardened of heart: verily the wrong-doers are
in a schism far (from the Truth):
022.054 And that those on whom knowledge has been bestowed may learn that the
(Qur'an) is the Truth from thy Lord, and that they may believe therein, and their
hearts may be made humbly (open) to it: for verily God is the Guide of those who
believe, to the Straight Way.
022.055 Those who reject Faith will not cease to be in doubt concerning (Revelation)
until the Hour (of Judgment) comes suddenly upon them, or there comes to them the
Penalty of a Day of Disaster.
022.056 On that Day of Dominion will be that of God: He will judge between them:
so those who believe and work righteous deeds will be in Gardens of Delight.
022.057 And for those who reject Faith and deny our Signs, there will be a
humiliating Punishment.
022.058 Those who leave their homes in the cause of God, and are then slain or die,-
On them will God bestow verily a goodly Provision: Truly God is He Who bestows
the best provision.
022.059 Verily He will admit them to a place with which they shall be well pleased:
for God is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.
022.060 That (is so). And if one has retaliated to no greater extent than the injury he
received, and is again set upon inordinately, God will help him: for God is One that
blots out (sins) and forgives (again and again).
022.061 That is because God merges night into day, and He merges day into night,
and verily it is God Who hears and sees (all things).
022.062 That is because God - He is the Reality; and those besides Him whom they
invoke,- they are but vain Falsehood: verily God is He, Most High, Most Great.
022.063 Seest thou not that God sends down rain from the sky, and forthwith the
earth becomes clothed with green? for God is He Who understands the finest
mysteries, and is well-acquainted (with them).
022.064 To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: for verily God,- He is
free of all wants, Worthy of all Praise.
022.065 Seest thou not that God has made subject to you (men) all that is on the
earth, and the ships that sail through the sea by His Command? He withholds the sky
(rain) from failing on the earth except by His leave: for God is Most Kind and Most
Merciful to man.
022.066 It is He Who gave you life, will cause you to die, and will again give you
life: Truly man is a most ungrateful creature!
022.067 To every People have We appointed rites and ceremonies which they must
follow: let them not then dispute with thee on the matter, but do thou invite (them) to
thy Lord: for thou art assuredly on the Right Way.
022.068 If they do wrangle with thee, say, "God knows best what it is ye are doing."
022.069 "God will judge between you on the Day of Judgment concerning the
matters in which ye differ."
022.070 Knowest thou not that God knows all that is in heaven and on earth? Indeed
it is all in a Record, and that is easy for God.
022.071 Yet they worship, besides God, things for which no authority has been sent
down to them, and of which they have (really) no knowledge: for those that do wrong
there is no helper.
022.072 When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, thou wilt notice a denial on
the faces of the Unbelievers! they nearly attack with violence those who rehearse Our
Signs to them. Say, "Shall I tell you of something (far) worse than these Signs? It is
the Fire (of Hell)! God has promised it to the Unbelievers! and evil is that
destination!"
022.073 O men! Here is a parable set forth! listen to it! Those on whom, besides
God, ye call, cannot create (even) a fly, if they all met together for the purpose! and if
the fly should snatch away anything from them, they would have no power to release
it from the fly. Feeble are those who petition and those whom they petition!
022.074 No just estimate have they made of God: for God is He Who is strong and
able to Carry out His Will.
022.075 God chooses messengers from angels and from men for God is He Who
hears and sees (all things).
022.076 He knows what is before them and what is behind them: and to God go back
all questions (for decision).
022.077 O ye who believe! bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore your Lord;
and do good; that ye may prosper.
022.078 And strive in His cause as ye ought to strive, (with sincerity and under
discipline). He has chosen you, and has imposed no difficulties on you in religion; it
is the cult of your father Abraham. It is He Who has named you Muslims, both before
and in this (Revelation); that the Apostle may be a witness for you, and ye be
witnesses for mankind! So establish regular Prayer, give regular Charity, and hold
fast to God! He is your Protector - the Best to protect and the Best to help!