THE WIND-CURVED SANDHILLS, THE DUNES, CHAPTER NO. 046
046.001 Ha-Mim.
046.002 The Revelation of the Book is from God the Exalted in Power, Full of
Wisdom.
046.003 We created not the heavens and the earth and all between them but for just
ends, and for a Term Appointed: But those who reject Faith turn away from that
whereof they are warned.
046.004 Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides God? Show me what it is they
have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens bring me a book (revealed)
before this, or any remnant of knowledge (ye may have), if ye are telling the truth!
046.005 And who is more astray than one who invokes besides God, such as will not
answer him to the Day of Judgment, and who (in fact) are unconscious of their call (to
them)?
046.006 And when mankind are gathered together (at the Resurrection), they will be
hostile to them and reject their worship (altogether)!
046.007 When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say, of the
Truth when it comes to them: "This is evident sorcery!"
046.008 Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say: "Had I forged it, then can ye obtain
no single (blessing) for me from God. He knows best of that whereof ye talk (so
glibly)! Enough is He for a witness between me and you! And he is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful."
046.009 Say: "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the apostles, nor do I
know what will be done with me or with you. I follow but that which is revealed to
me by inspiration; I am but a Warner open and clear."
046.010 Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be from God, and ye reject it, and a witness
from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity (with earlier scripture), and
has believed while ye are arrogant, (how unjust ye are!) truly, God guides not a
people unjust."
046.011 The Unbelievers say of those who believe: "If (this Message) were a good
thing, (such men) would not have gone to it first, before us!" And seeing that they
guide not themselves thereby, they will say, "this is an (old,) falsehood!"
046.012 And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide and a mercy: And this
Book confirms (it) in the Arabic tongue; to admonish the unjust, and as Glad Tidings
to those who do right.
046.013 Verily those who say, "Our Lord is God," and remain firm (on that Path),-
on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
046.014 Such shall be Companions of the Gardens, dwelling therein (for aye): a
recompense for their (good) deeds.
046.015 We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In pain did his mother
bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his
weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full
strength and attains forty years, he says, "O my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful
for Thy favour which Thou has bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and
that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me in
my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam."
046.016 Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds and pass
by their ill deeds: (They shall be) among the Companions of the Garden: a promise!
of truth, which was made to them (in this life).
046.017 But (there is one) who says to his parents, "Fie on you! Do ye hold out the
promise to me that I shall be raised up, even though generations have passed before
me (without rising again)?" And they two seek God's aid, (and rebuke the son): "Woe
to thee! Have faith! for the promise of God is true." But he says, "This is nothing but
tales of the ancients!"
046.018 Such are they against whom is proved the sentence among the previous
generations of Jinns and men, that have passed away; for they will be (utterly) lost.
046.019 And to all are (assigned) degrees according to the deeds which they (have
done), and in order that (God) may recompense their deeds, and no injustice be done
to them.
046.020 And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before the Fire, (It will
be said to them): "Ye received your good things in the life of the world, and ye took
your pleasure out of them: but today shall ye be recompensed with a Penalty of
humiliation: for that ye were arrogant on earth without just cause, and that ye (ever)
transgressed."
046.021 Mention (Hud) one of 'Ad's (own) brethren: Behold, he warned his people
about the winding Sand-tracts: but there have been warners before him and after him:
"Worship ye none other than God: Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Mighty Day."
046.022 They said: "Hast thou come in order to turn us aside from our gods? Then
bring upon us the (calamity) with which thou dost threaten us, if thou art telling the
truth?"
046.023 He said: "The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only with God: I
proclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent: But I see that ye are a people
in ignorance!"..
046.024 Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud traversing the sky,
coming to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud will give us rain!" "Nay, it is the
(Calamity) ye were asking to be hastened!- A wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!
046.025 "Everything will it destroy by the command of its Lord!" Then by the
morning they - nothing was to be seen but (the ruins of) their houses! thus do We
recompense those given to sin!
046.026 And We had firmly established them in a (prosperity and) power which We
have not given to you (ye Quraish!) and We had endowed them with (faculties of)
hearing, seeing, heart and intellect: but of no profit to them were their (faculties of)
hearing, sight, and heart and intellect, when they went on rejecting the Signs of God;
and they were (completely) encircled by that which they used to mock at!
046.027 We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We have shown
the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).
046.028 Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom they
worshipped as gods, besides God, as a means of access (to God)? Nay, they left them
in the lurch: but that was their falsehood and their invention.
046.029 Behold, We turned towards thee a company of Jinns (quietly) listening to
the Qur'an: when they stood in the presence thereof, they said, "Listen in silence!"
When the (reading) was finished, they returned to their people, to warn (them of their
sins).
046.030 They said, "O our people! We have heard a Book revealed after Moses,
confirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and to a Straight Path.
046.031 "O our people, hearken to the one who invites (you) to God, and believe in
him: He will forgive you your faults, and deliver you from a Penalty Grievous.
046.032 "If any does not hearken to the one who invites (us) to God, he cannot
frustrate (God's Plan) on earth, and no protectors can he have besides God: such men
(wander) in manifest error."
046.033 See they not that God, Who created the heavens and the earth, and never
wearied with their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yea, verily He has power
over all things.
046.034 And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before the Fire, (they
will be asked,) "Is this not the Truth?" they will say, "Yea, by our Lord!" (One will
say:) "Then taste ye the Penalty, for that ye were wont to deny (Truth)!"
046.035 Therefore patiently persevere, as did (all) apostles of inflexible purpose; and
be in no haste about the (Unbelievers). On the Day that they see the (Punishment)
promised them, (it will be) as if they had not tarried more than an hour in a single
day. (Thine but) to proclaim the Message: but shall any be destroyed except those
who transgress?
MUHAMMAD, CHAPTER NO. 047
047.001 Those who reject God and hinder (men) from the Path of God,- their deeds
will God render astray (from their mark).
047.002 But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and believe in the
(Revelation) sent down to Muhammad - for it is the Truth from their Lord,- He will
remove from them their ills and improve their condition.
047.003 This because those who reject God follow vanities, while those who believe
follow the Truth from their Lord: Thus does God set forth for men their lessons by
similitudes.
047.004 Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks; At
length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them):
thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its
burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been God's Will, He could certainly
have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test
you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of God,- He will never let
their deeds be lost.
047.005 Soon will He guide them and improve their condition,
047.006 And admit them to the Garden which He has announced for them.
047.007 O ye who believe! If ye will aid (the cause of) God, He will aid you, and
plant your feet firmly.
047.008 But those who reject (God),- for them is destruction, and (God) will render
their deeds astray (from their mark).
047.009 That is because they hate the Revelation of God; so He has made their deeds
fruitless.
047.010 Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End of those
before them (who did evil)? God brought utter destruction on them, and similar (fates
await) those who reject God.
047.011 That is because God is the Protector of those who believe, but those who
reject God have no protector.
047.012 Verily God will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens
beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject God will enjoy (this world) and eat
as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their abode.
047.013 And how many cities, with more power than thy city which has driven thee
out, have We destroyed (for their sins)? and there was none to aid them.
047.014 Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than one to
whom the evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such as follow their own lusts?
047.015 (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are
rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of
wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for
them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be
compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling
water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?
047.016 And among them are men who listen to thee, but in the end, when they go
out from thee, they say to those who have received Knowledge, "What is it he said
just then?" Such are men whose hearts God has sealed, and who follow their own
lusts.
047.017 But to those who receive Guidance, He increases the (light of) Guidance,
and bestows on them their Piety and Restraint (from evil).
047.018 Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them of a
sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when it (actually) is on
them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?
047.019 Know, therefore, that there is no god but God, and ask forgiveness for thy
fault, and for the men and women who believe: for God knows how ye move about
and how ye dwell in your homes.
047.020 Those who believe say, "Why is not a sura sent down (for us)?" But when a
sura of basic or categorical meaning is revealed, and fighting is mentioned therein,
thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with a look of one in
swoon at the approach of death. But more fitting for them-
047.021 Were it to obey and say what is just, and when a matter is resolved on, it
were best for them if they were true to God.
047.022 Then, is it to be expected of you, if ye were put in authority, that ye will do
mischief in the land, and break your ties of kith and kin?
047.023 Such are the men whom God has cursed for He has made them deaf and
blinded their sight.
047.024 Do they not then earnestly seek to understand the Qur'an, or are their hearts
locked up by them?
047.025 Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clearly shown to
them,- the Evil One has instigated them and busied them up with false hopes.
047.026 This, because they said to those who hate what God has revealed, "We will
obey you in part of (this) matter"; but God knows their (inner) secrets.
047.027 But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, and smite their
faces and their backs?
047.028 This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath of God, and
they hated God's good pleasure; so He made their deeds of no effect.
047.029 Or do those in whose hearts is a disease, think that God will not bring to
light all their rancour?
047.030 Had We so wiled, We could have shown them up to thee, and thou shouldst
have known them by their marks: but surely thou wilt know them by the tone of their
speech! And God knows all that ye do.
047.031 And We shall try you until We test those among you who strive their utmost
and persevere in patience; and We shall try your reported (mettle).
047.032 Those who reject God, hinder (men) from the Path of God, and resist the
Apostle, after Guidance has been clearly shown to them, will not injure God in the
least, but He will make their deeds of no effect.
047.033 O ye who believe! Obey God, and obey the apostle, and make not vain your
deeds!
047.034 Those who reject God, and hinder (men) from the Path of God, then die
rejecting God,- God will not forgive them.
047.035 Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, when ye should be
uppermost: for God is with you, and will never put you in loss for your (good) deeds.
047.036 The life of this world is but play and amusement: and if ye believe and
guard against Evil, He will grant you your recompense, and will not ask you (to give
up) your possessions.
047.037 If He were to ask you for all of them, and press you, ye would covetously
withhold, and He would bring out all your ill-feeling.
047.038 Behold, ye are those invited to spend (of your substance) in the Way of God:
But among you are some that are niggardly. But any who are niggardly are so at the
expense of their own souls. But God is free of all wants, and it is ye that are needy. If
ye turn back (from the Path), He will substitute in your stead another people; then
they would not be like you!
VICTORY, CONQUEST, CHAPTER NO. 048
048.001 Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:
048.002 That God may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to follow; fulfil
His favour to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;
048.003 And that God may help thee with powerful help.
048.004 It is He Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the Believers, that they
may add faith to their faith;- for to God belong the Forces of the heavens and the
earth; and God is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom;-
048.005 That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Gardens beneath
which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye, and remove their ills from them;- and that
is, in the sight of God, the highest achievement (for man),-
048.006 And that He may punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the
Polytheists men and women, who imagine an evil opinion of God. On them is a round
of Evil: the Wrath of God is on them: He has cursed them and got Hell ready for
them: and evil is it for a destination.
048.007 For to God belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and God is
Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
048.008 We have truly sent thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad Tidings, and as a
Warner:
048.009 In order that ye (O men) may believe in God and His Apostle, that ye may
assist and honour Him, and celebrate His praise morning and evening.
048.010 Verily those who plight their fealty to thee do no less than plight their fealty
to God: the Hand of God is over their hands: then any one who violates his oath, does
so to the harm of his own soul, and any one who fulfils what he has covenanted with
God,- God will soon grant him a great Reward.
048.011 The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee: "We were engaged in
(looking after) our flocks and herds, and our families: do thou then ask forgiveness
for us." They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say: "Who then has
any power at all (to intervene) on your behalf with God, if His Will is to give you
some loss or to give you some profit? But God is well acquainted with all that ye do.
048.012 "Nay, ye thought that the Apostle and the Believers would never return to
their families; this seemed pleasing in your hearts, and ye conceived an evil thought,
for ye are a people lost (in wickedness)."
048.013 And if any believe not in God and His Apostle, We have prepared, for those
who reject God, a Blazing Fire!
048.014 To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: He forgives
whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills: but God is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
048.015 Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye (are free to) march and take
booty (in war): "Permit us to follow you." They wish to change God's decree: Say:
"Not thus will ye follow us: God has already declared (this) beforehand": then they
will say, "But ye are jealous of us." Nay, but little do they understand (such things).
048.016 Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind: "Ye shall be summoned (to
fight) against a people given to vehement war: then shall ye fight, or they shall
submit. Then if ye show obedience, God will grant you a goodly reward, but if ye turn
back as ye did before, He will punish you with a grievous Penalty."
048.017 No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the lame, nor on one ill
(if he joins not the war): But he that obeys God and his Apostle,- (God) will admit
him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and he who turns back, (God) will punish
him with a grievous Penalty.
048.018 God's Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they swore Fealty to thee
under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, and He sent down Tranquillity to
them; and He rewarded them with a speedy Victory;
048.019 And many gains will they acquire (besides): and God is Exalted in Power,
Full of Wisdom.
048.020 God has promised you many gains that ye shall acquire, and He has given
you these beforehand; and He has restrained the hands of men from you; that it may
be a Sign for the Believers, and that He may guide you to a Straight Path;
048.021 And other gains (there are), which are not within your power, but which
God has compassed: and God has power over all things.
048.022 If the Unbelievers should fight you, they would certainly turn their backs;
then would they find neither protector nor helper.
048.023 (Such has been) the practice (approved) of God already in the past: no
change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of God.
048.024 And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from
them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory over them. And God
sees well all that ye do.
048.025 They are the ones who denied Revelation and hindered you from the Sacred
Mosque and the sacrificial animals, detained from reaching their place of sacrifice.
Had there not been believing men and believing women whom ye did not know that
ye were trampling down and on whose account a crime would have accrued to you
without (your) knowledge, (God would have allowed you to force your way, but He
held back your hands) that He may admit to His Mercy whom He will. If they had
been apart, We should certainly have punished the Unbelievers among them with a
grievous Punishment.
048.026 While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant - the heat and cant
of ignorance,- God sent down His Tranquillity to his Apostle and to the Believers,
and made them stick close to the command of self-restraint; and well were they
entitled to it and worthy of it. And God has full knowledge of all things.
048.027 Truly did God fulfil the vision for His Apostle: ye shall enter the Sacred
Mosque, if God wills, with minds secure, heads shaved, hair cut short, and without
fear. For He knew what ye knew not, and He granted, besides this, a speedy victory.
048.028 It is He Who has sent His Apostle with Guidance and the Religion of Truth,
to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is God for a Witness.
048.029 Muhammad is the apostle of God; and those who are with him are strong
against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other. Thou wilt see them
bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking Grace from God and (His) Good
Pleasure. On their faces are their marks, (being) the traces of their prostration. This is
their similitude in the Taurat; and their similitude in the Gospel is: like a seed which
sends forth its blade, then makes it strong; it then becomes thick, and it stands on its
own stem, (filling) the sowers with wonder and delight. As a result, it fills the
Unbelievers with rage at them. God has promised those among them who believe and
do righteous deeds forgiveness, and a great Reward.
THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS, THE INNER APARTMENTS, CHAPTER NO.
049
049.001 O Ye who believe! Put not yourselves forward before God and His Apostle;
but fear God: for God is He Who hears and knows all things.
049.002 O ye who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor
speak aloud to him in talk, as ye may speak aloud to one another, lest your deeds
become vain and ye perceive not.
049.003 Those that lower their voices in the presence of God's Apostle,- their hearts
has God tested for piety: for them is Forgiveness and a great Reward.
049.004 Those who shout out to thee from without the inner apartments - most of
them lack understanding.
049.005 If only they had patience until thou couldst come out to them, it would be
best for them: but God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
049.006 O ye who believe! If a wicked person comes to you with any news, ascertain
the truth, lest ye harm people unwittingly, and afterwards become full of repentance
for what ye have done.
049.007 And know that among you is God's Apostle: were he, in many matters, to
follow your (wishes), ye would certainly fall into misfortune: But God has endeared
the Faith to you, and has made it beautiful in your hearts, and He has made hateful to
you Unbelief, wickedness, and rebellion: such indeed are those who walk in
righteousness;-
049.008 A Grace and Favour from God; and God is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.
049.009 If two parties among the Believers fall into a quarrel, make ye peace
between them: but if one of them transgresses Beyond bounds against the other, Then fight ye (all) against The one that transgresses Until it complies with The command of God; But if it complies, then Make peace between them With justice, and be fair; For God loves those Who are fair (and just).
049.010 The Believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace and
reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers; and fear God, that ye may
receive Mercy.
049.011 O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may be
that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: It
may be that the (latter are better than the (former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to
each other, nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name
connoting wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do
not desist are (indeed) doing wrong.
049.012 O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in
some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind their backs. Would any of you
like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it...But fear God: For
God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
049.013 O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and
made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may
despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of God is (he who
is) the most righteous of you. And God has full knowledge and is well acquainted
(with all things).
049.014 The desert Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "Ye have no faith; but ye
(only)say, 'We have submitted our wills to God,' For not yet has Faith entered your
hearts. But if ye obey God and His Apostle, He will not belittle aught of your deeds:
for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
049.015 Only those are Believers who have believed in God and His Apostle, and
have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in
the Cause of God: Such are the sincere ones, Were We then weary with the first
Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation?
049.016 Say: "What! Will ye instruct God about your religion? But God knows all
that is in the heavens and on earth: He has full knowledge of all things.
049.017 They impress on thee as a favour that they have embraced Islam. Say,
"Count not your Islam as a favour upon me: Nay, God has conferred a favour upon
you that He has guided you to the faith, if ye be true and sincere.
049.018 "Verily God knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth: and God Sees
well all that ye do."
QAF, (THE LETTER), ( Q ), CHAPTER NO. 050
050.001 Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art God's Apostle).
050.002 But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among
themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing!
050.003 "What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort
of) return far (from our understanding)."
050.004 We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us is a
record guarding (the full account).
050.005 But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a confused
state.
050.006 Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and
adorned it, and there are no flaws in it?
050.007 And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing
firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)-
050.008 To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to God).
050.009 And We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and We
produce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests;
050.010 And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over
another;-
050.011 As sustenance for (God's) Servants;- and We give (new) life therewith to
land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection.
050.012 Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah, the
Companions of the Rass, the Thamud,
050.013 The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut,
050.014 The Companions of the Wood, and the People of Tubba'; each one (of them)
rejected the apostles, and My warning was duly fulfilled (in them).
050.015 Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused
doubt about a new Creation?
050.016 It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul
makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein.
050.017 Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn (and
noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left.
050.018 Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to note it).
050.019 And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): "This was the
thing which thou wast trying to escape!"
050.020 And the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the Day whereof Warning
(had been given).
050.021 And there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (angel) to drive,
and an (angel) to bear witness.
050.022 (It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now have We removed thy
veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day!"
050.023 And his Companion will say: "Here is (his Record) ready with me!"
050.024 (The sentence will be:) "Throw, throw into Hell every contumacious
Rejecter (of God)!-
050.025 "Who forbade what was good, transgressed all bounds, cast doubts and
suspicions;
050.026 "Who set up another god beside God: Throw him into a severe penalty."
050.027 His Companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, but he
was (himself) far astray."
050.028 He will say: "Dispute not with each other in My Presence: I had already in
advance sent you Warning.
050.029 "The Word changes not before Me, and I do not the least injustice to My
Servants."
050.030 One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say, "Are
there any more (to come)?"
050.031 And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a thing
distant.
050.032 (A voice will say:) "This is what was promised for you,- for every one who
turned (to God) in sincere repentance, who kept (His Law),
050.033 "Who feared (God) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart turned in
devotion (to Him):
050.034 "Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal Life!"
050.035 There will be for them therein all that they wish,- and more besides in Our
Presence.
050.036 But how many generations before them did We destroy (for their sins),-
stronger in power than they? Then did they wander through the land: was there any
place of escape (for them)?
050.037 Verily in this is a Message for any that has a heart and understanding or who
gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth).
050.038 We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor
did any sense of weariness touch Us.
050.039 Bear, then, with patience, all that they say, and celebrate the praises of thy
Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting.
050.040 And during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises, and (so likewise)
after the postures of adoration.
050.041 And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place quiet near,-
050.042 The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that will be the
Day of Resurrection.
050.043 Verily it is We Who give Life and Death; and to Us is the Final Goal-
050.044 The Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from (men) hurrying out: that
will be a gathering together,- quite easy for Us.
050.045 We know best what they say; and thou art not one to overawe them by force.
So admonish with the Qur'an such as fear My Warning!
THE WINNOWING WINDS, CHAPTER NO. 051
051.001 By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;
051.002 And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;
051.003 And those that flow with ease and gentleness;
051.004 And those that distribute and apportion by Command;-
051.005 Verily that which ye are promised is true;
051.006 And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass.
051.007 By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,
051.008 Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,
051.009 Through which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as would be
deluded.
051.010 Woe to the falsehood-mongers,-
051.011 Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion:
051.012 They ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?"
051.013 (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the Fire!
051.014 "Taste ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened!"
051.015 As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Springs,
051.016 Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before then,
they lived a good life.
051.017 They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,
051.018 And in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for Forgiveness;
051.019 And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the
(needy,) him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was prevented (from
asking).
051.020 On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith,
051.021 As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see?
051.022 And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are promised.
051.023 Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as much as the
fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.
051.024 Has the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham?
051.025 Behold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said, "Peace!" (and
thought, "These seem) unusual people."
051.026 Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted calf,
051.027 And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat?"
051.028 (When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said, "Fear not,"
and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with knowledge.
051.029 But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and
said: "A barren old woman!"
051.030 They said, "Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of Wisdom and
Knowledge."
051.031 (Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand (now)?"
051.032 They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin;-
051.033 "To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),
051.034 "Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond bounds."
051.035 Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there,
051.036 But We found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in one house:
051.037 And We left there a Sign for such as fear the Grievous Penalty.
051.038 And in Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him to Pharaoh, with
authority manifest.
051.039 But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcerer, or one
possessed!"
051.040 So We took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and his was the
blame.
051.041 And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent against them
the devastating Wind:
051.042 It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to ruin and
rottenness.
051.043 And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told, "Enjoy
(your brief day) for a little while!"
051.044 But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the stunning noise
(of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were looking on.
051.045 Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they help
themselves.
051.046 So were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly transgressed.
051.047 With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who
create the vastness of pace.
051.048 And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently We do
spread out!
051.049 And of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive instruction.
051.050 Hasten ye then (at once) to God: I am from Him a Warner to you, clear and
open!
051.051 And make not another an object of worship with God: I am from Him a
Warner to you, clear and open!
051.052 Similarly, no apostle came to the Peoples before them, but they said (of him)
in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!
051.053 Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay, they are
themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!
051.054 So turn away from them: not thine is the blame.
051.055 But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.
051.056 I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me.
051.057 No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they should feed
Me.
051.058 For God is He Who gives (all) Sustenance,- Lord of Power,- Steadfast (for
ever).
051.059 For the Wrong-doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their fellows
(of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that portion)!
051.060 Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs which they
have been promised!
THE MOUNT, CHAPTER NO. 052
052.001 By the Mount (of Revelation);
052.002 By a Decree inscribed
052.003 In a Scroll unfolded;
052.004 By the much-frequented Fane;
052.005 By the Canopy Raised High;
052.006 And by the Ocean filled with Swell;-
052.007 Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass;-
052.008 There is none can avert it;-
052.009 On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.
052.010 And the mountains will fly hither and thither.
052.011 Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;-
052.012 That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.
052.013 That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.
052.014 "This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire,- which ye were wont to deny!
052.015 "Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?
052.016 "Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with patience, or
not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds."
052.017 As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,-
052.018 Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord
shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.
052.019 (To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of
your (good) deeds."
052.020 They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in ranks; and
We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and lustrous eyes.
052.021 And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to them
shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the fruit) of aught of their
works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his deeds.
052.022 And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall desire.
052.023 They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of frivolity,
free of all taint of ill.
052.024 Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them. Youths (handsome) as
Pearls well-guarded.
052.025 They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.
052.026 They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our
people.
052.027 "But God has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of the
Scorching Wind.
052.028 "Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the
Merciful!"
052.029 Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of thy
Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.
052.030 Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by
Time!"
052.031 Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"
052.032 Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a
people transgressing beyond bounds?
052.033 Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no faith!
052.034 Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak the truth!
052.035 Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?
052.036 Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm belief.
052.037 Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers (of
affairs)?
052.038 Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to
its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.
052.039 Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?
052.040 Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load
of debt?-
052.041 Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?
052.042 Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy God are
themselves involved in a Plot!
052.043 Or have they a god other than God? Exalted is God far above the things they
associate with Him!
052.044 Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would (only) say:
"Clouds gathered in heaps!"
052.045 So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein they
shall (perforce) swoon (with terror),-
052.046 The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall be
given them.
052.047 And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment besides
this: But most of them understand not.
052.048 Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in Our
eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou standest forth,
052.049 And for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat of the
stars!
THE STAR, CHAPTER NO. 053
053.001 By the Star when it goes down,-
053.002 Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled.
053.003 Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.
053.004 It is no less than inspiration sent down to him:
053.005 He was taught by one Mighty in Power,
053.006 Endued with Wisdom: for he appeared (in stately form);
053.007 While he was in the highest part of the horizon:
053.008 Then he approached and came closer,
053.009 And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer;
053.010 So did (God) convey the inspiration to His Servant- (conveyed) what He
(meant) to convey.
053.011 The (Prophet's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw.
053.012 Will ye then dispute with him concerning what he saw?
053.013 For indeed he saw him at a second descent,
053.014 Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass:
053.015 Near it is the Garden of Abode.
053.016 Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)
053.017 (His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!
053.018 For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest!
053.019 Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza,
053.020 And another, the third (goddess), Manat?
053.021 What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female?
053.022 Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair!
053.023 These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your fathers,-
for which God has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but
conjecture and what their own souls desire!- Even though there has already come to
them Guidance from their Lord!
053.024 Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after?
053.025 But it is to God that the End and the Beginning (of all things) belong.
053.026 How many-so-ever be the angels in the heavens, their intercession will avail
nothing except after God has given leave for whom He pleases and that he is
acceptable to Him.
053.027 Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.
053.028 But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture;
and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.
053.029 Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire nothing
but the life of this world.
053.030 That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lord knoweth best
those who stray from His Path, and He knoweth best those who receive guidance.
053.031 Yea, to God belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so that He
rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and He rewards those who do
good, with what is best.
053.032 Those who avoid great sins and shameful deeds, only (falling into) small
faults,- verily thy Lord is ample in forgiveness. He knows you well when He brings
you out of the earth, And when ye are hidden in your mothers' wombs. Therefore
justify not yourselves: He knows best who it is that guards against evil.
053.033 Seest thou one who turns back,
053.034 Gives a little, then hardens (his heart)?
053.035 What! Has he knowledge of the Unseen so that he can see?
053.036 Nay, is he not acquainted with what is in the Books of Moses-
053.037 And of Abraham who fulfilled his engagements?-
053.038 Namely, that no bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another;
053.039 That man can have nothing but what he strives for;
053.040 That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight:
053.041 Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete;
053.042 That to thy Lord is the final Goal;
053.043 That it is He Who granteth Laughter and Tears;
053.044 That it is He Who granteth Death and Life;
053.045 That He did create in pairs,- male and female,
053.046 From a seed when lodged (in its place);
053.047 That He hath promised a Second Creation (Raising of the Dead);
053.048 That it is He Who giveth wealth and satisfaction;
053.049 That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star);
053.050 And that it is He Who destroyed the (powerful) ancient 'Ad (people),
053.051 And the Thamud nor gave them a lease of perpetual life.
053.052 And before them, the people of Noah, for that they were (all) most unjust
and most insolent transgressors,
053.053 And He destroyed the Overthrown Cities (of Sodom and Gomorrah).
053.054 So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up.
053.055 Then which of the gifts of thy Lord, (O man,) wilt thou dispute about?
053.056 This is a Warner, of the (series of) Warners of old!
053.057 The (Judgment) ever approaching draws nigh:
053.058 No (soul) but God can lay it bare.
053.059 Do ye then wonder at this recital?
053.060 And will ye laugh and not weep,-
053.061 Wasting your time in vanities?
053.062 But fall ye down in prostration to God, and adore (Him)!
THE MOON, CHAPTER NO. 054
054.001 The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
054.002 But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient
magic."
054.003 They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has
its appointed time.
054.004 There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to
check (them),
054.005 Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
054.006 Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will
call (them) to a terrible affair,
054.007 They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like
locusts scattered abroad,
054.008 Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the
Unbelievers will say.
054.009 Before them the People of Noah rejected (their apostle): they rejected Our
servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
054.010 Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
054.011 So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
054.012 And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and
rose) to the extent decreed.
054.013 But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-
fibre:
054.014 She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been
rejected (with scorn)!
054.015 And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will
receive admonition?
054.016 But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
054.017 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember:
then is there any that will receive admonition?
054.018 The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty
and My Warning?
054.019 For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
054.020 Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the
ground).
054.021 Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
054.022 But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember:
then is there any that will receive admonition?
054.023 The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
054.024 For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we
follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!
054.025 "Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a
liar, an insolent one!"
054.026 Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
054.027 For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O
Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
054.028 And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right
to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
054.029 But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and
hamstrung (her).
054.030 Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
054.031 For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the
dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
054.032 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember:
then is there any that will receive admonition?
054.033 The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
054.034 We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which
destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-
054.035 As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
054.036 And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the
Warning.
054.037 And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded
their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
054.038 Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
054.039 "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
054.040 And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember:
then is there any that will receive admonition?
054.041 To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from God).
054.042 The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty
(as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.
054.043 Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an
immunity in the Sacred Books?
054.044 Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
054.045 Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
054.046 Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full
recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
054.047 Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
054.048 The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will
hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
054.049 Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
054.050 And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.
054.051 And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there
any that will receive admonition?
054.052 All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
054.053 Every matter, small and great, is on record.
054.054 As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
054.055 In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.
THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCY GIVING, CHAPTER NO. 055
055.001 (God) Most Gracious!
055.002 It is He Who has taught the Qur'an.
055.003 He has created man:
055.004 He has taught him speech (and intelligence).
055.005 The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;
055.006 And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) bow in adoration.
055.007 And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of
Justice),
055.008 In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance.
055.009 So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.
055.010 It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:
055.011 Therein is fruit and date-palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates);
055.012 Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling plants.
055.013 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.014 He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,
055.015 And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:
055.016 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.017 (He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:
055.018 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.019 He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:
055.020 Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
055.021 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.022 Out of them come Pearls and Coral:
055.023 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.024 And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains:
055.025 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.026 All that is on earth will perish:
055.027 But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and
Honour.
055.028 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.029 Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every
day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!
055.030 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.031 Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!
055.032 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.033 O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the
heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass!
055.034 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.035 On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a
smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:
055.036 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.037 When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:
055.038 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.039 On that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin.
055.040 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.041 (For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by
their forelocks and their feet.
055.042 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.043 This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
055.044 In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
055.045 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.046 But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat
of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens-
055.047 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.048 Containing all kinds (of trees and delights);-
055.049 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.050 In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);
055.051 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.052 In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.
055.053 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.054 They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the
Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach).
055.055 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.056 In them will be (Maidens), chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man
or Jinn before them has touched;-
055.057 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.058 Like unto Rubies and coral.
055.059 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.060 Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good?
055.061 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.062 And besides these two, there are two other Gardens,-
055.063 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.064 Dark-green in colour (from plentiful watering).
055.065 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.066 In them (each) will be two Springs pouring forth water in continuous
abundance:
055.067 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.068 In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates:
055.069 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.070 In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful;-
055.071 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.072 Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodly) pavilions;-
055.073 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.074 Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched;-
055.075 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
055.076 Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty.
055.077 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
055.078 Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.