Sura XXV (25)
Al Furkan
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Blessed
be He who hath sent down Al Furkan (the illumination) on his servant, that to
all creatures he may be a warner.
His
the Kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth! No son hath He begotten! No
partner hath He in his Empire! All things hath He created, and decreeing hath
decreed their destinies.
Yet
have they adopted gods beside Him which have created nothing, but were
themselves created:
And no
power have they over themselves for evil or for good, nor have they power of
death, or of life, or of raising the dead.
And
the infidels say, "This Koran is a mere fraud of his own devising, and
others have helped him with it, who had come hither by outrage and life."
And
they say, "Tales of the ancients that he hath put in writing! and they
were dictated to him morn and even."
Say: He hath sent it down who knoweth the secrets of
the Heavens and of the Earth. He truly is the Gracious, the Merciful.
And
they say, "What sort of apostle is this? He eateth food and he walketh the
streets! Unless an angel be sent down and take part in his warnings,
Or a
treasure be thrown down to him, or he have a garden that supplieth him with
food..." and those unjust persons say, "You follow but a man
enchanted."
25:10 See what likenesses they strike out
for thee! But they err, and cannot find their way.
Blessed
be He who if he please can give thee better than that of which they speak --
Gardens, 'neath which the rivers flow: and
pavilions will He assign thee.
Aye,
they have treated the coming of "the Hour" as a lie. But a flaming
fire have we got ready for those who treat the coming of the Hour as a lie.
When
it shall see them from afar, they shall hear its raging and roaring, --
And
when they shall be flung into a narrow space thereof bound together, they shall
invoke destruction on the spot:
-
"Call not this day for one destruction, but call for destructions
many."
Say: Is this, or the Paradise of Eternity which was
promised to the God-fearing, best? Their recompense shall it be and their
retreat;
Abiding
therein for ever, they shall have it in all that they desire! It is a promise
to be claimed of thy Lord.
And on
the day when he shall gather them together, and those whom they worshipped
beside God, he will say, "Was it you who led these my servants astray, or
of themselves strayed they from the path?"
They
will say, "Glory be to thee! It beseemed not us to take other lords than
thee. But thou gavest them and their fathers their fill of good things, till
they forgat the remembrance of thee, and became a lost people."
25:20 Then will God say to the Idolaters,
"Now have they made you liars in what you say, and they have no power to
avert your doom, or to succour you."
And
whosoever of you thus offendeth, we will make him taste a great punishment.
Never
have we sent Apostles before thee who ate not common food, and walked not the
streets. And we test you by means of each other. Will you be steadfast? Thy
Lord is looking on!
They
who look not forward to meet Us say, "If the angels be not sent down to
us, or unless we behold our Lord...." Ah! they are proud of heart, and
exceed with great excess!
On the
day when they shall see the angels, no good news shall there be for the guilty
ones, and they shall cry6 out, "A barrier
than cannot be passed!"
Then
will we proceed to the works which they have wrought, and make them as
scattered dust.
Happier,
on that day, the inmates of the Garden as to abode, and better off as to place
of noontide slumber!
On
that day shall the heaven with its clouds be cleft, and the angels shall be
sent down, descending:
On
that day shall all empire be in very deed with the God of Mercy, and hard day
shall it be for the Infidels.
And on
that day shall the wicked one bite his hands, and say, "Oh! would that I
had taken the same path with the Apostle!
25:30 "Oh! woe is me! would that I had
not taken such an one for my friend!
It was
he who led me astray from the Warning which had reached me! and Satan is man's
betrayer."
Then
said the Apostle, "O my Lord! truly my people have esteemed this Koran to
be vain babbling."
Thus
have we given to every Prophet an enemy from among the wicked ones - But thy
Lord is a sufficient guide and helper.
And
the infidels say, "Unless the Koran be sent down to him all at
once...." But in this say would we stablish thy heart by it; in parcels
have we parcelled it out to thee;
Nor
shall they come to thee with puzzling questions, but we will come to thee with
the truth, and their best solution.
They
who shall be gathered upon their faces into hell, shall have the worst place,
and be farthest from the path of happiness.
Heretofore
we gave the law to Moses, and appointed his brother Aaron to be his counsellor:
And we
said, "Go you to the people who treat our signs as lies." And them
destroyed we with utter destruction.
And as
to the people of Noah! when they treated their Apostles as impostors, we
drowned them; and we made them a sign to mankind:
-- A grievous chastisement have we prepared for the wicked!
25:40 And Ad and Themoud, and the men of
Rass, and divers generations between them:
Unto
each of them did we set forth parables for warnings, and each of them did we
utterly exterminate.
Oft
there this have the unbelieving Meccans passed by the city on which we rained a
fatal rain. What! Have they not seen it? Yet have they no hope of a
resurrection!
And
when they see thee, they do but take thee as the subject of their railleries.
"What! Is this he whom God has sent as an Apostle?
Indeed
he had well nigh led us astray from our gods, had we not persevered steadfastly
in their service." But in the end they shall know, when they shall see the
punishment, who hath most strayed from the path.
What
thinkest thou? He who hath taken his passion as a god -- wilt thou be a
guardian over him?
Thinkest
thou that the greater part of them hear or understand? They are just like the
brutes! Yes! they stray even further from the right way.
Hast
thou not seen how thy Lord lengthened out the shadow? Had He pleased he had
made it motionless. But we made the sun to be its guide;
Then
draw it in unto Us with easy indrawing.
He it
is who ordaineth the night as a garment, and sleep for rest, and ordaineth the
day for waking up to life:
25:50 He it is who sendeth the winds as the
forerunner of his mercy; and pure water send we down from Heaven,
That
we may revive by it a dead land: and we give
it for drink to our creation, beasts and men in numbers;
And we
distribute it among them on all sides, that they may reflect: Yet most decline to render thanks.
Had we
pleased, we had raised up a warner in every city.
Give
not way therefore to the Infidels, but by means of this Koran strive against
them with a mighty strife.
And He
it is who hath let loose the two seas, the one sweet, fresh; and the other
salt, bitter; and hath put an interspace between them, and a barrier that
cannot be passed.
And it
is He who hath created man of water, and established between them the ties of
kindred and affinity: and potent is thy Lord.
Yet
beside God do they worship what can neither help nor hurt them: and the Infidel is Satan's helper against his Lord:
Still
we have sent thee only as a herald and a warner.
Say: I ask of you no recompense for it, except from him
who is willing to take the way to his Lord.
25:60 And put thou thy trust in Him that
liveth and dieth not, and celebrate his praise; (He fully knoweth the faults of
his servants) who in six days created the Heavens and the Earth, and whatever
is between them, then mounted his Throne: the
God of Mercy! Ask now of the Wise concerning Him.
But
when it is said to them, "Bow down before the God of Mercy," they
say, "Who is the God of Mercy? Shall we bow down to what thou
biddest?" And they fly from thee the more.
Blessed
be He who hath placed in the Heaven the sign of the Zodiac! who hath placed in
it the Lamp of the Sun, and the light-giving Moon!
And it
is He who hath ordained the night and the day to succeed one another for those
who desire to think on God or desire to be thankful.
And
the servants of the God of Mercy are thy who walk upon the Earth softly; and
when the ignorant address them, they reply, "Peace!"
They
that pass the night in the worship of their lord prostrate and standing: --
And
that say, "O our Lord! turn away from us the torment of Hell, for its
torment is endless: it is indeed an ill abode
and resting place!
Those
who when they spend are neither lavish nor niggard, but keep the mean: --
Those
who call on no other gods with God, nor slay whom God hath forbidden to be
slain, except for a just cause, and who commit not fornication (for he who doth
this shall meet the reward of his wickedness:
Doubt
to him shall be the torment on the day of Resurrection; and in it shall he
remain, disgraced, for ever: --
25:70 Save those who shall repent and
believe and do righteous works -- for them God will change their evil things
into good things, for God is Gracious, Merciful --
And
whoso turneth to God and doeth what is right, he verily will concert with a
true conversion):
And
they who bear not witness to that which is false, and when they pass by
frivolous sport, pass on with dignity: --
And
they who, when monished by the signs of their Lord, fall not down thereat, as
if deaf and blind: --
And
who say, "O our Lord! give us in our wives and offspring the joy of our
eyes, and make us examples to those who fear thee:"
These
shall be rewarded with the High Places of Paradise for their steadfast
endurance, and they shall meet therein with -- Welcome and Salutation: -- For ever shall they remain therein: a fair abode and resting-place!
Say: Not on your account doth my Lord care if you call
not on Him! you have treated his Apostle as an impostor:
but bye and bye a punishment shall cleave to them.