Sura XLV (45)
The Kneeling
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Ha.
Mim. This Book is sent down from God, the Mighty, the Wise!
Assuredly
in the Heavens and the Earth are signs for those who believe:
And in
your own creation, and in the beasts which are scattered abroad are signs to
the firm in faith:
And in
the succession of night and day, and in the supply which God sendeth down from
the Heaven whereby He giveth life to the earth when dead, and in the change of
the winds, are signs for a people of discernment.
Such
are the signs of God: with truth do we recite
them to thee. But in what teaching will they believe, if they reject God and
his signs?
Woe to
every lying sinner,
Who
heareth the signs of God recited to him, and then, as though he heard them not,
persisteth in proud disdain! Apprise him of an afflictive punishment.
And
when he becometh acquainted with any of our signs he turneth them into
ridicule. These! a shameful punishment for them!
Hell
is behind them! and neither their gains nor the lords whom they have adopted
beside God shall avail them in the least: and
theirs, a great punishment!
45:10 This is "Guidance:" and for those who disbelieve the signs of
their Lord is the punishment of an afflictive torment.
It is
God who hath subjected the sea to you that the ships may traverse it at his
bidding, and that you may go in quest of the gifts of his bounty, and that you
may be thankful.
And he
hath subjected to you all that is in the Heavens and all that is on the Earth: all is from him. Verily, herein are signs for
those who reflect.
Tell
the believers to pardon those who hope not for the days of God in which He
purposeth to reward men according to their deeds.
He who
doth that which is right, doth it to his own behoof, and whoso doth evil, doth
it to his own hurt. Hereafter, to your Lord shall you be brought back.
To the
children of Israel gave we of old the Book and the Wisdom, and the gift of
Prophecy, and we supplied them with good things, and privileged them above all
peoples:
And we
gave them clear sanctions for our behests:
neither did they differ, through mutual envy, till after they had become
possessed of knowledge; but thy Lord will judge between them on the day of
resurrection, as to the subject of their disputes.
Afterwards,
we set thee over our divine law: follow it
then: and follow not the wishes of those who
have no knowledge,
For
against God shall they avail thee nothing. And in sooth, the doers of evil are
one another's patrons; but the patron of them that fear Him is God himself.
This
Book hath insight for mankind, and a Guidance and Mercy to a people who are
firm in faith.
45:20 Deem they whose gettings are only
evil, that we will deal with them as with those who believe and work
righteousness, so that their lives and deaths shall be alike? Ill do they
judge.
In all
truth hath God created the Heavens and the Earth, that he may reward every one
as he shall have wrought; and they shall not be wronged.
What
thinkest thou? he who hath made a God of his passions, and whom God causeth
wilfully to err, and whose ears and whose heart he hath sealed up, and over
whose sight he hath placed a veil -- who, after his rejection by God, shall guide
such a one? Will you not then be warned?
And
they say, "There is only this our present life:
we die and we live, and nought but time destroyeth us." But in this they
have no knowledge: it is merely their own
conceit.
And
when our clear signs are recited to them, their only argument is to say,
"Bring back our fathers, if you speak the truth."
Say: God giveth you life, then causeth you to die: then will He assemble you on the day of
resurrection: there is no doubt of it: but most men have not this knowledge.
And
God's is the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth; and on the day when the
Hour shall arrive, on that day shall the despisers perish.
And
thou shalt see every nation kneeling: to its
own book shall every nation be summoned: --
"This day shall you be repaid as you have wrought.
This
our Book will speak of you with truth: therein
have we written down whatever you have done."
As to
those who have believed and wrought righteously, into his mercy shall their
Lord cause them to enter. This shall be undoubted bliss!
45:30 But as to the Infidels -- "Were
not my signs recited to you? but you proudly scorned them, and became a sinful
people."
And
when it was said, "Verily the Promise of God is truth; and as to the Hour,
there is no doubt of it;" you said, "We know not what the hour is --
we conceive it a mere conceit, -- we have no assurance of it,"
And
the evils they have wrought shall rise up into their view, and that at which
they mocked shall hem them in on every side.
And it
shall be said to them, "This day will we forget you as you forgat your
meeting with us this day, and your abode shall be the fire, and none shall
there be to succour you: --
This,
because you received the signs of God with mockery, and this present life
deceived you." On that that therefore they shall not come out from it; and
they shall not be asked to win the favour of God.
Praise
then be to God, Lord of the Heavens and Lord of the Earth; the Lord of the
world!
And He
be the greatness in the Heavens and on the Earth; for He is the Mighty, the
Wise!