Part 19
[25.21]
Those who do not hope to meet Us ask: 'Why have no
angels been sent to us? Why can we not see our Lord? ' How
proud they are within themselves, and have become greatly disdainful.
[25.22]
On the Day when they behold the angels, there will be no glad tidings for the
sinners. They will say: 'A refuge which is forbidden! '
[25.23] Then We shall advance upon the work which they
have done and render it as scattered dust.
[25.24] On that Day, the
companions of
[25.25] On that Day, the heaven is split asunder with
clouds and the angels are sent down in majesty,
[25.26] the true Kingdom on that Day shall belong to the
Merciful a harsh day for the unbelievers.
[25.27] Upon that Day the harmdoer shall bite his hands,
and say: 'Would that I had taken a Path with the Messenger!
[25.28] Would that I had never chosen soandso for my
companion!
[25.29] He led me astray from the Remembrance after it
had reached me, satan is ever the foresaker of humans. '
[25.30] The Messenger says: 'O my Lord, my people have
taken this Koran while deserting it. '
[25.31] To every Prophet We have appointed an enemy
among the harmdoers; your Lord is Sufficient for you, a Guide and a Helper.
[25.32] The unbelievers ask: 'Why was the Koran not sent
down to him all at once? ' As such We strengthen your heart thereby, and We
have recited it very distinctly.
[25.33] They do not bring to you any parable but that
which We bring to you is the truth and better in explanation.
[25.34] Those who will be gathered into Gehenna (Hell)
upon their faces shall be in the worst in place, and have gone further astray
from the Path.
[25.35] We gave the Book to Moses and gave him his
brother Aaron as a minister.
[25.36] (Then) We said: 'Go to the nation who have belied
Our signs. ' And We utterly destroyed them.
[25.37] The nation of Noah, We drowned them when they
belied their Messenger, and made of them a sign to the nation. For the
harmdoers We have prepared a painful punishment
[25.38] also to Aad and Thamood and the nation of ErRass
and many generations in between;
[25.39] to each of them We gave examples, and each of
them We utterly ruined.
[25.40] They have surely passed by the village which was
rained upon by evil rain (of stones); what, have they never seen it? No, they
look for no resurrection.
[25.41] Whenever they see you, they mock you (saying):
'Is this whom Allah has sent as a Messenger?
[25.42] He would have mislead us from our gods, if we
had not been steadfast to them. ' But they shall know who is further astray
from the Path when they see the punishment.
[25.43] Have you seen him who has made gods of his own
desires? Would you be a guardian over him?
[25.
44] Do you think that most of them can hear or
understand? They are like cattle, no, they are further astray from the Path.
[25.45] Do you not see how your Lord stretches the
shadow? Had it been His will, He could have made it constant. Then He appointed
the sun to be a guide to it;
[25.46] thereafter We seize it to Us withdrawing it
gently.
[25.47] It is He who has appointed the night a mantle
for you and sleep for a rest. The day He has appointed for rising.
[25.48] It is He who loosens the winds, bearing glad
tidings before the Hands of His Mercy, and We have sent down pure water from
the heaven,
[25.49] so, that with it We revive dead lands and
provide drink for the cattle and the human We created.
[25.50] We have indeed turned it about them, so that they
remember; yet most people refuse all except disbelief.
[25.51] Had it been Our will, We could have raised a
warner in every village.
[25.52] So do not obey the unbelievers, but struggle
mightily with it (the Koran).
[25.53] It was He who let forth the two seas, this one
is palatably sweet and this salt, a bitter taste, and He set a barrier between
them, and a refuge which is forbidden.
[25.54] And it is He who created the human from water
and gave him kindred of blood and of marriage. Your Lord is the Powerful.
[25.55] Yet they (the unbelievers) worship, other than
Allah, that which can neither benefit nor harm them. Surely, the unbeliever is
ever a partisan against his Lord.
[25.56] We did not send you but as a bearer of glad
tidings and as a warner.
[25.57] Say: 'I demand of you no wage for this except
for he who wishes to take the Path to his Lord. '
[25.58] Put your trust in the All Living who never dies,
and exalt with His praise, He is sufficiently aware of His worshipers' sins.
[25.59] (It is) He who, in six days created the heavens
and the earth and all that lies between them, and then He willed to the Throne.
The Merciful; ask about Him from he who knows Him.
[25.60] When it is said to them: 'Prostrate yourselves
before the Merciful', they ask: 'And what is the Merciful? Shall we prostrate
ourselves to whatever you bid us? ' And it increases their aversion.
[25.61] Blessed be He who has set the constellations in
the heaven, and set amongst them a sun, and an illuminating moon.
[25.62] It is He who has made the night and day follow
each other for those whom He desires to remember or He desires to be thankful.
[25.63] The worshipers of the Merciful are those who
walk humbly on the earth, and when the ignorant address them say: 'Peace, '
[25.64] who pass the night prostrating and standing to
their Lord.
[25.65] Who say: 'Our Lord, turn from us the punishment
of Gehenna, for its punishment is the most terrible;
[25.66] it is an evil settling, and an evil residence, '
[25.67] who when they spend are neither wasteful nor
miserly, between that is a just stand,
[25.68] who do not call upon another god with Allah, nor
slay the soul which Allah has forbidden except by right; who do not fornicate,
for he who does this shall face punishment
[25.69] doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection is
his punishment, and therein he shall live, humbled,
[25.70] except he who repents and believes and does good
works those, Allah will change their evil deeds into good deeds; Allah is ever
Forgiving and Merciful.
[25.71] He who repents and does good works truly turns
to Allah in repentance,
[25.72] and those who do not bear false witness, and
when they pass by idle talk, pass by with honor
[25.73] and who when they are reminded of the verses of
their Lord, they do not fall down deaf and blind.
[25.74] Those who say: 'Lord give us of our wives and
children what pleases our eyes and make us leaders to the fearful. '
[25.75] Those shall be recompensed with the highest rank
for their patience. There they shall receive a greeting, and peace!
[25.76] There they shall live for ever; a fine dwelling
place, and residence.
[25.77] Say: 'My Lord cares little for you if it was not
for your supplication, indeed you have belied (the Messenger and the Koran) so
it (the punishment) will be fastened. '
26 The Poets
-Ash-Shu'ara'
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
[26.1] TaSeenMeem.
[26.2] Those are the verses of the clear Book.
[26.3] Perhaps you consume yourself that they are not
believers.
[26.4] If We will, We can send down on them a sign from
heaven before which their necks will remain humbled.
[26.5] A fresh remembrance has never come to them from
the Merciful, except they turn away from it.
[26.6] So, they belied, but surely the tidings of that
they mocked will come to them.
[26.7] Have they not seen the earth, how many We caused
to grow in it every generous kind?
[26.8] Surely, in this there is a sign yet most of them
do not believe.
[26.9] Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
[26.10] And when your Lord called to Moses, saying: 'Go
to the harmdoing nation,
[26.11] the nation of Pharaoh. Will they not fear Me? '
[26.12] 'My Lord, ' he replied, 'I fear they will belie
me
[26.13] and my chest will become constricted and my
tongue will not be loosed (in my speech), therefore, send to Aaron.
[26.14] They hold a sin against me, and I fear that they
will kill me. '
[26.15] He said: 'Never so, go both of you with Our
signs; We shall be with you, listening
[26.16] go both to Pharaoh and both of you say to him:
'We are (each) a Messenger from the Lord of all the Worlds.
[26.17] Send forth with us the Children of
[26.18] He (Pharaoh) said (to Moses): 'Did We not bring
you up when you were a child? And have you not spent years of your life amongst
us?
[26.19] Yet you were ungrateful and have done the deed
you did. '
[26.20] He (Moses) replied: 'Indeed, I did that when I
was among those who stray.
[26.21] I fled from you because I feared you. But my
Lord has given me judgment and made me one of the Messengers.
[26.22] Is this then the blessing with which you
reproach me, that you have the Children of
[26.23] Pharaoh said: 'And what is the Lord of the
Worlds? '
[26.24] 'He' (Moses) replied: 'is the Lord of the
heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you believe! '
[26.25] 'Do you not hear? ' said he (Pharaoh) to those
around him.
[26.26] He said, 'Your Lord and the Lord of your
fathers, the ancients. '
[26.27] (Pharaoh) said: 'Surely, the Messenger who has
been sent to you is mad! '
[26.28] 'He is the Lord of the East and the West, ' said
he (Moses), 'and all that is between them, if you could understand! '
[26.29] 'If you take any other god except myself, ' he
(Pharaoh) replied, 'you shall be thrown into prison. '
[26.30] 'What, even if I brought you something clear, '
said he (Moses).
[26.31] He (Pharaoh) replied: 'Show us your sign, if you
are of the truthful. '
[26.32] He cast down his staff and thereupon it was a
clear serpent.
[26.33] Then he drew out his hand, and it was luminous
to the onlookers.
[26.34] 'This', said he (Pharaoh) to his Council, 'is a
cunning sorcerer
[26.35] who seeks to expel you from your land by his
sorcery. What is your counsel? '
[26.36] They replied: 'Put him and his brother off for a
while, and send heralds to your cities
[26.37] to bring every knowledgeable sorcerer. '
[26.38] The sorcerers were gathered at the appointed
time on a wellknown day,
[26.39] and the people were asked: 'Will you gather
[26.40] in order that we shall follow the sorcerers if
they are the victors. '
[26.41] Then, when the sorcerers came to Pharaoh, they
said: 'Shall we receive a wage if we win? '
[26.42] 'Yes, indeed' he answered, 'and you shall become
among those who are near stationed. '
[26.43] Moses said to them: 'Cast down what you cast. '
[26.44] So they cast their ropes and staffs, saying: 'By
Pharaoh's might, we shall be the victors. '
[26.45] Then Moses cast down his staff and it swallowed
up their lying invention,
[26.46] so the sorcerers were cast down, prostrating
themselves,
[26.47] saying: 'We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
[26.48] the Lord of Moses and Aaron. '
[26.49] He (Pharaoh) said: 'You have believed him before
I have given you permission. He is the chief of you who has taught you sorcery.
But you shall know. I will surely cut off on opposite sides a hand and a foot,
and crucify you all. '
[26.50] 'There is no harm, ' they replied, 'for surely
to our Lord we are turning.
[26.51] We are eager that Our Lord should forgive us our
offenses, for we are the first of the believers. '
[26.52] Also, We revealed to Moses, saying: 'Go with My
worshipers by night, for you will be followed. '
[26.53] Then Pharaoh sent gatherers to the cities.
[26.54] 'These, ' they said, 'are a small band,
[26.55] they have enraged us,
[26.56] and we are a host on our guard. '
[26.57] As such We expelled them from their gardens and
their fountains,
[26.58] their treasures and a noble station.
[26.59] As such we gave it to the Children of Israel.
[26.60] At sunrise, they followed them.
[26.61] And when the two hosts came in view of each
other, Moses' companions said: 'We have been reached! '
[26.62] 'No, indeed' he replied, 'my Lord is with me and
He will guide me. '
[26.63] Then We revealed to Moses: 'Strike the sea with
your staff', so it divided and each part was as a mighty mount.
[26.64] And there We brought the others on,
[26.65] and We saved Moses and those who were with him
together,
[26.66] then, We drowned the others.
[26.67] Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of
them do not believe.
[26.68] Surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Most
Merciful.
[26.69] And recite to them the news of Abraham.
[26.70] He said to his father and to his nation: 'What
do you worship? '
[26.71] They replied: 'We worship idols and continue
cleaving to them. '
[26.72] 'Do they hear you when you call on them? ' He
asked.
[26.73] 'Can they benefit you or harm you? '
[26.74] They replied: 'No, but we found our fathers
doing so. '
[26.75] He said: 'Have you considered what you worship,
[26.76] you, and your elderly fathers?
[26.77] They are enemies to me except the Lord of all
the Worlds
[26.78] who created me; and He guides me,
[26.79] and He gives me to eat and drink,
[26.80] who, when I am sick, heals me;
[26.81] who makes me to die and then revives me,
[26.82] and whom I am eager shall forgive me my sins on
the Day of Recompense. '
[26.83] My Lord, give me judgment, and join me with the
righteous.
[26.84] And appoint me a tongue of truthfulness among
the latter.
[26.85] and place me amongst the inheritors of the
Garden of Bliss.
[26.86] and forgive my father, for he was among the
astray.
[26.87] Do not degrade me on the Day when they are
resurrected.
[26.88] The Day when neither wealth nor sons shall
benefit
[26.89] except him who comes before Allah with a pure
heart;
[26.90] and Paradise shall be brought forward to the
cautious.
[26.91] And Hell is brought near to the perverse. '
[26.92] It will be said to them: 'Where is that you
worshipped,
[26.93] other than Allah? Do they help you or even help
themselves? '
[26.94] And they will be pitched into it, they and the
perverse
[26.95] and the hosts of iblis all together.
[26.96] And they will say while they dispute with one
another,
[26.97] 'By Allah, we were certainly in clear error,
[26.98] when we made you equal with the Lord of the
Worlds.
[26.99] It was nothing but the evildoers who led us
astray.
[26.100] We have no intercessors now,
[26.101] no caring friend.
[26.102] Would that we might return again, and be among
the believers. '
[26.103] Surely, in that there is a sign, yet most of
them do not believe.
[26.104] Surely, Your Lord is the Almighty, the Most
Merciful.
[26.105] The nation of Noah, belied their Messengers.
[26.106] when Noah, their brother, said to them: 'Will
you not be cautious?
[26.107] I am for you an honest Messenger,
[26.108] so fear Allah, and obey me.
[26.109] For this I ask of you no wage, for my wage
falls only on the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.110] So fear Allah and obey me. '
[26.111] They replied: 'Are we to believe you whom the
lowliest follow? '
[26.112] He said: 'I have no knowledge of what they have
done.
[26.113] Their account falls only upon My Lord, if you
were but aware.
[26.114] I will not drive away the believers.
[26.115] I am only a clear warner. '
[26.116] 'Noah, ' they replied, 'if you do not desist
you shall be of those stoned. '
[26.117] He said: 'My Lord, my nation have belied me.
[26.118] So open between me and them an opening, and
save me and the believers who are with me. '
[26.119] We saved him and those who were with him in the
laden ship,
[26.120] afterwards, We drowned the rest.
[26.121] Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of
them do not believe.
[26.122] Your Lord is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.
[26.123] (The nation of) Aad belied their Messengers.
[26.124] When their brother Hood said to them: 'Will you
not be cautious?
[26.125] I am for you an honest Messenger.
[26.126] Fear Allah and obey me.
[26.127] For this I ask of you no wage, for my wage
falls only on the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.128] Do you build over each high place a sign to
amuse yourselves!
[26.129] And do you take to yourselves underground
reservoirs, in order to live for ever!
[26.130] When you assault, you assault like tyrants.
[26.131] So fear Allah, and obey me.
[26.132] Fear Him who has given you all the things you
know.
[26.133] He has given you flocks and sons,
[26.134] gardens and fountains.
[26.135] Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a
dreadful Day. '
[26.136] They replied: 'It is the same to us whether you
admonish or whether you are not one of the admonishers.
[26.137] That is nothing but a habit of the ancients,
[26.138] and we shall never be punished. '
[26.139] So they belied him, so We destroyed them.
Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of them do not believe.
[26.140] Surely, your Lord is the Almighty, the Most
Merciful.
[26.141] Thamood, belied their Messengers.
[26.142] Their brother Salih said to them: 'Will you not
be cautious?
[26.143] I am for you an honest Messenger.
[26.144] So fear Allah, and obey me.
[26.145] For this I ask of you no wage; my wage falls
only upon the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.146] Will you be left secure in this,
[26.147] amidst gardens and fountains,
[26.148] sown fields and palmtrees, with slender
spathes.
[26.149] Will you still hew your dwellings in the
mountains?
[26.150] So fear Allah and obey me.
[26.151] Do not obey the order of the wasteful,
[26.152] who corrupt in the earth, and do not reform. '
[26.153] They replied: 'Surely, you are one of those
bewitched.
[26.154] You are but a human like ourselves. Produce for
us a sign, if you are of the truthful. '
[26.155] He said: 'Here is a shecamel. She shall have
her share of water as you have yours on an appointed day.
[26.156] Do not touch her with malice so that punishment
of a dreadful day seizes you. '
[26.157] Yet they hamstrung her, and in the morning they
were remorseful,
[26.158] and the punishment seized them. Surely, in that
there is a sign. Yet most of them do not believe.
[26.159] Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most
Merciful.
[26.160]
[26.161] When their brother
[26.162] I am for you an honest Messenger.
[26.163] So fear Allah, and obey me.
[26.164] I ask of you no wage for this; my wage is only
with the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.165] What, do you come to the males of the world,
[26.166] and leave your wives whom your Lord has created
for you? No, but you are a transgressing nation. '
[26.167] 'Lot, ' they replied, 'if you do not desist,
you shall be thrown out. '
[26.168] He said: 'Truly, I am a detester of what you
do. '
[26.169] 'My Lord, save me and my people from that they
are doing. '
[26.170] So We saved him and all his people,
[26.171] except an old woman who stayed behind,
[26.172] then We destroyed the others.
[26.173] We rained upon them a rain, and evil is the
rain (of stones) on those that are warned.
[26.174] Surely, in that there is a sign. Yet most of
them do not believe.
[26.175] Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most
Merciful.
[26.176] The dwellers of the Thicket belied their
Messengers.
[26.177] Shu'aib said to them: 'Will you not be
cautious?
[26.178] I am for you an honest Messenger.
[26.179] So fear Allah, and obey me.
[26.180] I ask of you no wage for this; my wage is only
with the Lord of the Worlds.
[26.181] Fill up the measure, do not be among the
cheats, 182 and weigh with the straight scale,
[26.183] and do not diminish the goods of the people,
and do not make mischief in the earth, working corruption.
[26.184] Fear He who created you, and the generations of
the ancient. '
[26.185] They replied: 'You are surely one of those
bewitched.
[26.186] You are but a human like ourselves, we think
that you are one of the liars.
[26.187] Drop down on us lumps from heaven, if you are
one of the truthful. '
[26.188] He said: 'My Lord knows what you are doing. '
[26.189] But they belied him, then the punishment of the
Day of Shadow (raining fire) seized them. Truly, it was the punishment of a
dreadful day.
[26.190] Surely, in that there is a sign; yet most of
them do not believe.
[26.191] Your Lord, He is the Almighty, the Most
Merciful.
[26.192] Truly, it is the sending of the Lord of the
Worlds.
[26.193] The honest Spirit (Gabriel) brought it down
[26.194] upon your heart (Prophet Muhammad), in order to
be one of the warners,
[26.195] in a clear, Arabic tongue.
[26.196] Truly, it is in the Books of the ancients.
[26.197] Was it not a sign for them known to the learned
of the Children of Israel?
[26.198] If We had revealed it to a nonArab,
[26.199] and he had recited it to them, they would not
have believed.
[26.200] Even so, We have caused it to enter into the
hearts of harmdoers:
[26.201] they shall not believe in it until they see the
painful punishment
[26.202] so that it will come upon them suddenly, while
they are unaware,
[26.203] and then they will say: 'Shall we be respited?
'
[26.204] Do they wish to hasten Our punishment?
[26.205] What do you see? If We gave them enjoyment for
years,
[26.206] and then what they were promised comes to them,
[26.207] what avail will their past enjoyments be to
them?
[26.208] We never destroyed a village that did not have
warners
[26.209] for a reminder, and We never harmed.
[26.210] It was not the satans who brought it down:
[26.211] it is not for them, nor are they able.
[26.212] Truly, they are expelled from hearing.
[26.213] So do not call upon another god with Allah,
lest you should be one of those who are punished.
[26.214] Warn your tribe and your near kinsmen.
[26.215] and lower your wing to the believers who follow
you.
[26.216] If they disobey you, say: 'I am quit of what
you do. '
[26.217] Put your trust in the Almighty, the Most
Merciful,
[26.218] who sees you when you stand
[26.219] and when you turn among those who prostrate
themselves.
[26.220] Surely, He is the Hearer, the Knower.
[26.221] Shall I tell you on whom the satans descend?
[26.222] They descend on every guilty impostor.
[26.223] They listen, but most of them are liars.
[26.224] Poets are followed by the perverse.
[26.225] Have you not seen how they wander in every
valley,
[26.226] and they say what they do not do?
[26.227] Except those who believe, and do good works and
remember Allah in abundance and became victorious after they had been wronged.
The wrongdoers will surely know which turn they will be returning to (Hell).
27 The Ants -An-Naml
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[27.1] TaSeen. Those are the verses of the Koran, a
clear Book,
[27.2] a guidance and glad tidings to believers,
[27.3] who establish their prayers, and pay the
obligatory charity, and are certain of the Everlasting Life.
[27.4] As for those who do not believe in the
Everlasting Life, We have decorated for them their works, and they wander
blindly.
[27.5] Such are those for whom there is an evil
punishment, and in the Everlasting Life are the greatest losers.
[27.6] You have received the Koran from the Wise, the
Knower.
[27.7] When Moses said to his household: 'Indeed, I can
see a fire far away. I will go and bring you news of it or I will bring you a
lighted flame so that you can warm yourselves. '
[27.8] And when he came near it he was called: 'Blessed
be who is (Moses) in the fire and (the angels) who are around it! Exaltations
to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
[27.9] Moses, it is I, Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.
[27.10] Cast down your staff. ' And when he saw it
writhing like a serpent, he turned about retreating, and did not turn back.
'Moses, do not fear, indeed the Messengers do not fear (when they are) with Me,
[27.11] except he who has done evil, then, after evil, has
changed into good. I am the Forgiving, Most Merciful.
[27.12] Put your hand inside your collar and it will
come out luminous without evil – among the nine signs to Pharaoh and his
nation, indeed they were an impious nation. '
[27.13] But when Our signs came to them visibly, they
said: 'This is plain sorcery. '
[27.14] They denied them unjustly out of pride, though
their souls acknowledged them. See, how was the end of the corrupt workers!
[27.15] We gave knowledge to David and Solomon. They
said: 'Praise be to Allah who has preferred us above many of His believing
worshipers. '
[27.16] Solomon inherited David. He said: 'Know, my
people, we have been taught the speech of birds and given everything. Surely,
this is a clear bounty. '
[27.17] We gathered to Solomon his army of jinn, humans
and birds; gathered and dispersed,
[27.18] and when they came to the Valley of the Ants, an
ant said: 'Ants, go into your dwellings lest Solomon and his army should,
unknowingly, crush you. '
[27.19] He smiled, and laughed at its words, and said:
'My Lord, inspire me that I should be thankful for Your blessing with which You
have blessed me and my parents, and that I may do good works that will please
You. Admit me, by Your Mercy, among Your righteous worshipers. '
[27.20] He reviewed the birds and said: 'Why is it that
I do not see the hoopoe here? Or is he among the absent?
[27.21] Surely, I will punish him with a terrible
punishment, or I will slaughter him or he gives me a good reason. '
[27.22] He was not long in coming, and said: 'I know
what you do not know. I come to you from
[27.23] There I found a woman ruling over them. She
possess everything and has a great throne.
[27.24] But she and her people prostrate to the sun instead
of Allah. And satan has made their deeds seem pleasing to them and barred them
from the Path, and therefore they are not guided.
[27.25] Do they not prostrate themselves to Allah who
brings forth all that is concealed in the heavens and earth and He knows what
they hide and what they reveal?
[27.26] Allah, there is no god except He, the Lord of
the Mighty Throne. '
[27.27] He replied: 'We shall see if what you have said
is true or whether you are among those who lie.
[27.28] Take my letter, and drop it to them. Then turn
aside and see what they shall return. '
[27.29] She (the Queen of Sheba) said: 'O Council, look,
an honorable letter has been dropped to me.
[27.30] It is from Solomon and it is "In the Name
of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful.
[27.31] Do not rise up against me, but come to me in
surrender (Muslims)."
[27.32] She said: 'O Council, let me hear your counsel,
concerning my affairs, for I am not used to deciding an affair until you bear
me witness. '
[27.33] They replied: 'We are possessors of force and
great might. It is for you to command, so consider what you will. '
[27.34] She said: 'When kings enter a village, they ruin
it and humiliate its nobles. And this they will do.
[27.35] But I shall send them a gift and see what the
messengers bring back. '
[27.36] But when he came to Solomon, he said: 'Is it
wealth that you would give me, when Allah has given me that which is better
than He has given to you? No, but instead you rejoice in your gift!
[27.37] Go back then, we shall surely come against them
with soldiers of which they have no power to oppose, and we shall drive them
from there abased and humiliated. '
[27.38] And he said: 'O Council, which of you will bring
me her throne, before they come to me, Muslims (submissive to Allah)? '
[27.39] An efreet (an extremely strong jinn) among the
jinn replied: 'I will bring it to you before you rise from your place; I have
the strength and am trustworthy. '
[27.40] But he who had knowledge of the Book, said: 'I
will bring it to you before your glance comes back to you. ' And when he saw it
set before him, he (Solomon) said: 'This is a favor from my Lord that He might
test me whether I am thankful or ungrateful. Whosoever gives thanks gives
thanks only for his (own soul's) good, but he who is ungrateful, truly my Lord
is Rich and Generous. '
[27.41] (Then) he said: 'Let her throne be disguised, so
that we can see whether she is guided or if she is among those who are not
guided. '
[27.42] And when she came she was asked: 'Is your throne
like this? ' And she replied: 'It looks like it. ' And we were given the
knowledge before her, and were Muslims.
[27.43] That which she worshipped, other than Allah, had
prevented her, for she came from an unbelieving nation.
[27.44] It was said to her: 'Enter the pavilion. ' And
when she saw it, she thought it was a pool of water, and bared her legs. But he
said: 'It is a pavilion smoothed with crystal. ' She said: 'My Lord, I have
wronged myself, and I become a Muslim (submissive) with Solomon to Allah, Lord
of the Worlds. '
[27.45] To Thamood We sent their brother Salih saying:
'Worship Allah. ' But they were two parties in dispute with one another.
[27.46] 'My nation, ' he said, 'why do you wish to
hasten evil rather than good? Why do you not ask the forgiveness of Allah, in
order that you find mercy? '
[27.47] They said: 'We predict an evil omen from you and
those who are with you. ' He replied: 'Your prediction is with Allah, you are a
nation being tested. '
[27.48] In the city there were nine people who were
corrupting the land and did not reform.
[27.49] They said: 'Let us swear by Allah to attack him
and his family at night, then we will tell his guardian we were not witnesses
of the destruction of his family; and surely we are truthful. '
[27.50] And they devised a scheme and, without their
knowledge, We devised a scheme.
[27.51] And behold the consequences of their devising!
We destroyed them, and their nation altogether.
[27.52] Those are their houses, all are in ruins because
of the evil they committed; surely in this there is a sign for nation who know.
[27.53] And We saved those who believed and were
cautious.
[27.
54] And Lot, he said to his nation: 'Do you
commit indecencies with your eyes open!
[27.55] Do you approach men lustfully instead of women!
No, you are an ignorant nation. '