Sura LXIV (64)
Mutual Deceit
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All
that is in the Heavens, and all that is in the Earth, praiseth God: His the Kingdom and His the Glory! And He hath
power over all things!
It is
He who hath created you all; yet some of you are infidel and others believers: but God beholdeth all your actions.
He
hath created the Heavens and the Earth in Truth; and He hath fashioned you and
given you goodly forms; and to Him must you all return.
He
knoweth all that passeth in the Heavens and in the Earth; and He knoweth what
you hide and what you bring to light; and God knoweth the very secrets of men's
breasts.
Hath
not the story reached you of those who disbelieved of yore, and therefore
tasted the evil consequences of their doings? And a sore punishment doth await
them.
This,
for that when their apostles came to them with the clear tokens, they said,
"What! shall men be our guides?" And they believed not and turned
their backs. But God can dispense with them:
for God is the Rich, the Praiseworthy!
The
infidels pretend that they shall not be raised from the dead. Say: Yea, by my Lord, you shall surely be raised; then
shall you surely be told of your deeds! And easy is this for God.
Believe
then in God and his apostle and in the light which we have sent down; for God
is fully aware of all you do.
The
day when He shall gather you together for the day of mutual gathering, will be
the day of Mutual Deceit, and whoso shall have believed in God and done what is
right, for him will He cancel his deeds of evil; and He will bring him into the
gardens beneath whose shades the rivers flow, to abide therein for evermore.
This will be the great bliss!
64:10 But the unbelieving -- those who gave
the lie to our signs -- shall be the inmates of the fire, wherein they shall
remain for ever. And a wretched passage thither!
No
mischance chanceth but by God's permission; and whoso believeth in God, that
man's heart will he guide: and God knoweth all
things.
Obey
God then and obey the apostle: but if you turn
away, our apostle is not to blame, for he is only charged with plain preaching.
God!
there is no God but He! On God, then, let the faithful trust.
O you
who believe! Verily, in your wives and your children you have an enemy: wherefore beware of them. But if you pass it over
and pardon, and are lenient, Then God too is Lenient, Merciful.
Your
wealth and your children are only a source of trial! but God! with Him is the
great recompense.
Fear
God, then, with all your might, and hear and obey:
and give alms for your own weal; for such as are saved from their good greed,
shall prosper.
If you
lend God a generous loan, He will double it to you and will forgive you, for
God is Grateful, Long-suffering.
He
knoweth alike the Hidden and the Manifest: the
Mighty, the Wise!