Part 27
[51.31]
'Messengers, ' said he (Abraham), 'what is your errand? '
[51.32]
They replied: 'We are sent to a sinful nation,
[51.33] so that we bring down stones of clay upon them
[51.34] marked by your Lord for the sinful. '
[51.35] So We brought the believers out of that they
were in.
[51.36] But We found in it only one household of those
who had surrendered themselves,
[51.37] and left therein a sign for those who fear the
painful punishment.
[51.38] In Moses, too, (there were signs). We sent him
to Pharaoh with clear authority,
[51.39] but he turned his back with his Assembly,
saying: 'He is (either) a sorcerer or a mad man! '
[51.40] So We seized him and his hosts and cast them
into the sea. Indeed, he was blameworthy.
[51.41] And in Aad. We let loose on them a withering
wind
[51.42] that left nothing it came upon, except that it
was ashes.
[51.43] And in Thamood it was said to them: 'Take your
enjoyment for awhile! '
[51.44] But in their pride they turn away from the
commandment of their Lord and the thunderbolt struck them whilst they were
looking;
[51.45] they could neither stand up straight, nor were
they helped.
[51.46] And before them the nation of Noah, indeed they
were a debauched nation.
[51.47] We built the heaven with might, and We widely
extended it.
[51.48] and We cradled the earth. And We are the Best of
Cradlers.
[51.49] We created two kinds of all things, so that you
will remember.
[51.50] Therefore, flee to Allah. I am a clear warner to
you from Him.
[51.51] Do not set up with Allah another god. I am a
clear warner to you from Him.
[51.52] Similarly, no Messenger came to those before
them but they said: 'Sorcerer, or mad! '
[51.53] Have they handed this down from one to another?
No, rather, they are an insolent nation.
[51.54] So turn away from them, you shall not be blamed,
[51.55] But remind, the Reminder will benefit the
believers.
[51.56] I have not created mankind and jinn except to
worship Me.
[51.57] I do not desire provision from them, nor do I
desire that they should feed Me.
[51.58] Surely, Allah is the Provider, the Possessor of
Power, the Mighty.
[51.59] The evildoers shall have for their portion, a
portion like their companions (who were destroyed before them). Therefore, they
should not ask Us to hasten!
[51.60] Woe then to the unbelievers for their Day which
they were promised!
52 The Mount -At-Tur
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[52.1] By the Mount
[52.2] and by the Book in lines
[52.3] in an exposed parchment
[52.4] by the Visited House,
[52.5] and the uplifted roof
[52.6] and the sea that is full
[52.7] surely, the punishment of your Lord is about to
come,
[52.8] there is none to prevent it.
[52.9] Upon the Day when the heaven spins dizzily
[52.10] and the mountains move, moving.
[52.11] On that Day woe to those who belied
[52.12] those who are in plunging, playing.
[52.13] On that Day when they shall be pitched into the
Fire of Gehenna (Hell),
[52.14] (it will be said to them): 'This is the Fire
which you belied!
[52.15] Is this magic, or is it that you do you not see?
[52.16] Roast in it, bear it with or without patience,
it is the same, you are only being recompensed for that which you used to do. '
[52.17] But in the Gardens the righteous shall live in
bliss,
[52.18] rejoicing in all their Lord has given them, and
their Lord will guard them against the punishment of Hell.
[52.19] (It will be said): 'Eat and drink with a good
appetite because of that which you did. '
[52.20] (They shall be) reclining on couches ranged in
rows and We shall wed them to houris (virgins of
[52.21] Those who believe, and whose descendants follow
in belief, We will join their descendants to them. And We will not reduce them
of anything of their deeds. Every one is pledged for what he has earned.
[52.22] We shall give them fruits and meat as they
desire.
[52.23] There they will pass a goblet to one another
with neither idle talk nor sin,
[52.24] and youths, of their own, shall pass among them
as if they were hidden pearls.
[52.25] They will go to one another asking each other
questions:
[52.26] 'When we were among our people, ' they will say,
'we were ever fearful,
[52.27] but Allah has been gracious to us and has
protected us from the punishment of the burning wind.
[52.28] Before, we were supplicating to Him. He is the
Giving, the Most Merciful. '
[52.29] Therefore, remind. By the Favor of Allah, you
are neither a soothsayer, nor mad.
[52.30] Or do they say: 'He is a poet, we are waiting
for some misfortune to befall him? '
[52.31] Say: 'Wait if you will; I shall be waiting with
you. '
[52.32] Or, do their intellects order them to do this?
Or, are they an insolent people?
[52.33] Do they say: 'He has invented it? ' No, they do
not believe.
[52.34] Let them produce a phrase like it, if what they
say is true!
[52.35] Or, were they created out of nothing? Or, were
they their own creators?
[52.36] Or, did they create the heavens and the earth?
No, their belief is not certain!
[52.37] Or, are the treasures of your Lord in their
keeping? Or, are they the controllers?
[52.38] Or, do they have a ladder on which they listen?
Then let any of them that has listened bring a clear authority.
[52.39] Or, has He daughters, and they sons?
[52.40] Or, do you ask them for a wage, so that they
become weighed down in debt?
[52.41] Or, is the Unseen in their keeping, so they are
writing it down?
[52.42] Or, do they desire to outwit? The unbelievers
are the outwitted.
[52.43] Or, do they have a god, other than Allah?
Exaltations to Allah above that which they associate!
[52.44] Even if they saw lumps falling from the sky they
would say: 'A massed cloud! '
[52.45] So leave them till they encounter their Day in
which they shall be thunderstruck.
[52.46] The Day when their guile shall not relieve them
a thing, and they shall not be helped.
[52.47] For the harmdoers there is indeed, a punishment
before that, but most of them do not know.
[52.48] And be patient under the Judgement of your Lord,
surely, you are before Our Eyes. And exalt with the praise of your Lord when
you arise,
[52.49] and exalt Him in the night and at the declining
of the stars.
53 The Star -An-Najm
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[53.1] By the star when it plunges,
[53.2] your companion is neither astray, neither errs,
[53.3] nor does he speak out of desire.
[53.4] Indeed it is not except a Revelation which is
revealed,
[53.5] taught by One who is Stern in power.
[53.6] Of might, he (Gabriel) stood firm
[53.7] while he was in the highest horizon;
[53.8] then he drew near, and became close
[53.9] he was but two bows' length or even nearer,
[53.10] so (Allah) revealed to His worshiper (Gabriel)
that which he revealed (to Prophet Muhammad).
[53.11] His heart did not lie of what he saw.
[53.12] What, will you dispute with him about what he
sees!
[53.13] Indeed, he saw him in another descent
[53.14] at the Lote Tree (Sidrat tree) of the ending
[53.15] close to the
[53.16] When there comes to the Lote Tree, that which
comes
[53.17] his eyes did not swerve, nor did they stray
[53.18] for indeed he saw one of the greatest signs of
his Lord.
[53.19] (Among the idols) have you considered allat and
al'uzza,
[53.20] and, another, the third manat?
[53.21] What, have you males, and He females!
[53.22] That is indeed an unjust division.
[53.23] They are but names, named by you and your
fathers. Allah has not sent down any authority for them. They follow conjecture
and their soul's desire, even though the guidance of their Lord has come to
them.
[53.24] Is the human to have whatever he fancies?
[53.25] To Allah belongs the Eternal life and the first
life.
[53.26] How many an angel is there in the heavens whose
intercession shall not benefit until Allah gives permission to whom He will and
is pleased.
[53.27] Those who disbelieve in the Everlasting Life
call the angels by female names.
[53.28] Yet of this they have no knowledge, they follow
mere conjecture, and conjecture does not help against truth.
[53.29] So turn from those who turn away from Our Remembrance
and only desire this present life.
[53.30] That is all they have of knowledge. Your Lord
knows best who has strayed from His Path, and those who are guided.
[53.31] To Allah belongs whatsoever is in the heavens
and whatsoever is in the earth. He will recompense the evildoers according to
their deeds, and recompense those who have done good with the finest reward
[53.32] those who avoid the major sin and indecencies
except the small sins, indeed your Lord is of immense forgiveness and He is more
knowledgeable of you when He created you from the earth and when you were still
unborn in your mothers' wombs. Do not praise yourself. Allah knows the
cautious.
[53.33] Have you considered he who turns his back,
[53.34] and gives a little, grudgingly?
[53.35] Or, does he possess knowledge of the Unseen, and
can therefore see?
[53.36] Or, has he not been told of that which is in the
Scrolls of Moses
[53.37] and Abraham, who paid his debt in full?
[53.38] That no soul shall bear another's burden,
[53.39] and that everyone shall have in his account only
that which he worked for,
[53.40] and that his work is surely seen
[53.41] then, he shall be recompensed for it in full
repayment
[53.42] and that the final return is to your Lord,
[53.43] that it is He who causes to laugh and causes to
weep.
[53.44] and that it is He who causes to die, and causes
to live
[53.45] and that it is He who created pairs, the male
and the female,
[53.46] from an ejaculated drop (of sperm),
[53.47] and that upon Him is the second creation
[53.48] and that it is He who gives riches and causes to
hoard,
[53.49] and that He is the Lord of (the star) Sirius,
[53.50] that it was He that destroyed ancient Aad
[53.51] and Thamood, sparing no one,
[53.52] and before them the nation of Noah, they
exceeded in evil and were insolent.
[53.53] He plunged the villages
[53.54] so that there came upon them that which came.
[53.55] So which then of your Lord's favors do you
dispute?
[53.56] This is a warner from the warners of ancient
times.
[53.57] The Imminent is near at hand;
[53.58] none except Allah can disclose it.
[53.59] Do you marvel then at this discourse (the
Koran)?
[53.60] Or do you laugh, and do you not weep
[53.61] while you are thoughtless?
[53.62] Rather, prostrate to Allah and worship Him.
54 The Moon -Al Qamar
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[54.1] The Hour is drawing near, and the moon is split
(in two).
[54.2] Yet if they see a sign (the unbelievers) turn
their backs and say: 'This is but a continuation of sorcery! '
[54.3] They have belied, and follow their own fancies.
But, every issue will be settled!
[54.4] Tidings containing a deterrent have come to them
[54.5] which are full of wisdom; but the warnings do not
help.
[54.6] Therefore, turn away from them. On the Day when
the Caller summons them to a terrible thing,
[54.7] their eyes will be humbled as they come out from
their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
[54.8] running (with their necks extended) to the
Caller. The unbelievers will say: 'This is indeed a harsh Day! '
[54.9] (Long) before them the nation of Noah belied.
They belied Our worshiper saying: 'Mad! ' and he was reprimanded.
[54.10] Then he supplicated to his Lord, (saying): 'I am
overcome, help me! '
[54.11] We opened the Gates of Heaven with torrential
water
[54.12] and caused the earth to gush with springs, so
that the waters met for a predestined matter.
[54.13] We carried him in a well built, watertight
vessel made from planks (of wood)
[54.14] that ran on under Our Eyes, a recompense for him
because he had been disbelieved.
[54.15] We have left it as a sign. Is there any that
will remember?
[54.16] How then were My punishment and My warnings!
[54.17] We have made the Koran easy to remember, is
there any that will remember!
[54.18] Aad too belied. How then were My punishment and
My warnings!
[54.19] And We sent against them a howling wind in a Day
of continuous of ill fortune
[54.20] and snatched people up as though they were
stumps of uprooted palmtrees.
[54.21] How then were My punishment and My warnings!
[54.22] We have made the Koran easy to remember, is
there any that will remember?
[54.23] Thamood, too, belied Our warnings.
[54.24] They said: 'Are we to follow a mortal who is one
of us? Then indeed, we would surely be in error and insane.
[54.25] Out of all of us has the Reminder been given to
him alone? Rather, he is indeed an arrogant liar. '
[54.26] (To him We said): 'Tomorrow they shall know who
is the arrogant liar.
[54.27] We are sending to them as a trial, a shecamel,
so watch them and have patience.
[54.28] Tell them that the water is to be divided
between them, a drink each for them in turn. '
[54.29] But they called their companion who took hold of
her and hamstrung her.
[54.30] How then were My punishment and My warnings!
[54.31] Then We sent against them one Shout and they
became like the trampled twigs of the (sheep) penbuilder.
[54.32] We have made the Koran an easy Remembrance, is
there any that will remember!
[54.33] The nation of Lot belied Our warnings.
[54.34] We let loose on all of them a squall of
claystones, except for the house of Lot whom We saved at dawn
[54.35] through Our Mercy. So it is that We recompense
the thankful.
[54.36] He had warned them of Our assault but they
disputed the warnings.
[54.37] They even solicited of him his guests, but We
obliterated their eyes: 'Now, taste My punishment and My warnings! '
[54.38] And at daybreak a determined punishment came
upon them.
[54.39] 'Now, taste My punishment and My warnings! '
[54.40] We have made the Koran an easy Remembrance, is
there any that will remember!
[54.41] The warnings also came to Pharaoh's people,
[54.42] but they belied all Our signs so We seized them
with the seizing of the Mighty, Powerful.
[54.43] What then, are your unbelievers better than
those? Or do you have an immunity (written) in the Scrolls?
[54.44] Or do they say: 'We are a gathering that will be
victorious? '
[54.45] Most certainly their gatherings shall be routed,
and they will turn their backs.
[54.46] Rather, the Hour is their encounter. And that
Hour will be most calamitous and bitter.
[54.47] Indeed the wrongdoers are in error and a raging
fire.
[54.48] On the Day when they are dragged on their faces
into the Fire, (it will be said to them): 'Taste the touch of the Scorching! '
[54.49] Indeed, We have created all things according to
a measure.
[54.50] And Our Order is but one word like the flashing
of an eye.
[54.51] And We destroyed those like you, is there any
that will remember!
[54.52] All their deeds are in the Scrolls,
[54.53] everything, be it great or small, is recorded.
[54.54] Indeed, the cautious shall live amid gardens and
a river,
[54.55] in a secure abode, in the presence of the
Powerful King.
55 The Merciful
-Ar-Rahman
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[55.1] The Merciful
[55.2] has taught the Koran.
[55.3] He created the human
[55.4] and taught him its pronunciation.
[55.5] The sun and the moon to a reckoning.
[55.6] The stars and the trees prostrate themselves.
[55.7] He raised the heaven on high and set the scale.
[55.8] Do not transgress the scales.
[55.9] Give just weight and do not skimp the scales.
[55.10] He set down the earth for the creation.
[55.11] Therein are fruits and palm trees with sheaths,
[55.12] the grain in the blade; and aromatic herbs.
[55.13] Which favors of your Lord will you both (humans
and jinn) belie?
[55.14] He created the human from clay, like earthenware
[55.15] and He created the jinn from smokeless fire.
[55.16] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.17] The Lord of the Two Easts, the Lord of the Two
Wests.
[55.18] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.19] He has let forth the two seas, they meet
together,
[55.20] and between them is a barrier which they do not
overpass.
[55.21] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.22] Pearls and corals come from both.
[55.23] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.24] Also, His are the ships that run, raised up like
mountains upon the sea.
[55.25] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.26] All that live on it will perish.
[55.27] Yet the Face of your Lord will abide forever,
Majestic and Splendid.
[55.28] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.29] Whosoever is in the heaven and earth ask Him.
Every day He is upon an affair (He reveals according to His Eternal
determination).
[55.30] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.31] We shall surely aim, O both burdened.
[55.32] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.33] Tribe of jinn and of human, if you are able to
penetrate the provinces of heaven and earth, pass through them! But you shall
not pass through except with a power!
[55.34] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.35] Flames of fire and molten copper shall be loosed
against you, and you shall not be helped.
[55.36] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.37] When the heaven splits asunder and turns
crimson, like red leather.
[55.38] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.39] On that Day, neither human nor jinn shall be
asked about his sin.
[55.40] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.41] The sinners shall be known by their mark, they
shall be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
[55.42] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.43] This is Gehenna (Hell) which the sinners belied,
[55.44] they shall go round between it, and between a
hot, boiling water.
[55.45] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.46] And for he who fears the standing (before) his
Lord there are two Gardens.
[55.47] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.48] (Gardens) with many branches.
[55.49] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.50] Therein are two running fountains.
[55.51] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.52] Therein are two kinds of every fruit.
[55.53] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.54] (They shall) recline on couches lined with
brocade, and the fruits of the Gardens will be near at hand.
[55.55] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.56] Therein are maidens who restrain their glances,
whom neither human nor jinn have touched before.
[55.57] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.58] As (lovely as) rubies and as (beautiful as)
coral.
[55.59] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.60] Shall the recompense of goodness be anything
other than goodness?
[55.61] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.62] And beside these there shall be two Gardens.
[55.63] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.64] The greenest of green pastures.
[55.65] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.66] Therein are two gushing fountains of water.
[55.67] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.68] In them are fruits, palm trees and pomegranates.
[55.69] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.70] In them shall be good and pleasing.
[55.71] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.72] Maidens (of Paradise, Houris) in cloistered cool
pavilions.
[55.73] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.74] Neither human nor jinn will have touched them
before.
[55.75] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.76] Reclining on green cushions and fine carpets.
[55.77] Which favors of your Lord will you both belie?
[55.78] Blessed be the Name of your Lord, Majestic,
Splendid.
56 The Event
-Al-Waqi'a
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[56.1] When the Event (the resurrection) comes
[56.2] there is no denying its coming
[56.3] (it will) abase (some) and exalt (others).
[56.4] When the earth is shaken
[56.5] and the mountains fragmented
[56.6] becoming scattered dust,
[56.7] you shall be divided into three parties,
[56.8] Companions of the Right, what are the Companions
of the Right?
[56.9] Companions of the Left, what are the Companions
of the Left?
[56.10] And the Outstrippers, the Outstrippers
[56.11] those are they brought near (to their Lord)
[56.12] in the Gardens of Delight,
[56.13] a host of the ancients
[56.14] but only a few from the later generations.
[56.15] on lavish couches
[56.16] they shall recline, facing each other,
[56.17] (and there) shall wait on them immortal youths
[56.18] with goblets and ewers, and a cup from a spring
[56.19] that will neither make the head throb, nor
intoxicate,
[56.20] with fruits of their own choice
[56.21] and any flesh of fowl that they desire.
[56.22] And wideeyed houris
[56.23] like hidden pearls,
[56.24] a recompense for all that they did.
[56.25] There they shall hear no idle talk, no cause of
sin,
[56.26] but only the saying: 'Peace, Peace! '
[56.27] The Companions of the Right
[56.28] (will be) among thornless Lote trees.
[56.29] Bananatrees, piled
[56.30] and continuous shade,
[56.31] and flowing water
[56.32] and an abundance of fruits,
[56.33] unfailing and not forbidden.
[56.34] And couches raised up.
[56.35] Indeed We formed them (the houris and all
believing women),
[56.36] and made them virgins,
[56.37] chaste, loving companions of the same age
[56.38] for the Companions of the Right
[56.39] a multitude of the ancients,
[56.40] and a multitude of the later people.
[56.41] As for the Companions of the Left
[56.42] (they shall live) amid burning winds and boiling
water,
[56.43] in the shadow of a smoking blaze,
[56.44] neither cool nor good.
[56.45] Before they lived at ease,
[56.46] and persisted in the great sin
[56.47] and constantly said: 'What, when we are dead and
become dust and bones, shall we then be restored to life?
[56.48] What, and our fathers, the ancients? '
[56.49] Say: 'Those of ancient times and those of later
times
[56.50] shall be gathered together to the appointed time
on a known Day. '
[56.51] Then you went astray, you that belied,
[56.52] you shall eat (the fruit) of the Tree of Zakkum.
[56.53] You shall fill your bellies with it,
[56.54] and drink boiling water on top of that,
[56.55] and you will drink as the lapping of thirsty
camels.
[56.56] Such shall be your hospitality on the Day of
Recompense.
[56.57] We created you, why will you not believe!
[56.58] Have you thought about what (sperm) you
ejaculate?
[56.59] Did you create it, or are We the Creator?
[56.60] It was We who decreed death among you. We will
not be surpassed
[56.61] that We will change you and cause you to grow
again in a way you do not know.
[56.62] You have surely known of the first creation. Why
then, will you not remember!
[56.63] Ponder upon the soil you till,
[56.64] is it you that sow it, or are We the Sower?
[56.65] If We will, We would make it broken stubble and
you would remain wondering,
[56.66] (Saying:) 'We are laden with debts!
[56.67] Rather, we have been prevented! '
[56.68] Have you thought about the water you drink?
[56.69] Is it you that send it down from the clouds or
We?
[56.70] If We will, We would make it bitter, why then do
you not give thanks?
[56.71] Have you thought about the fire you kindle?
[56.72] Is it you that originated its tree, or are We
the Originator?
[56.73] We have made it a reminder, and a blessing to
the traveler.
[56.74] Then, exalt the Name of your Lord, the Great.
[56.75] I swear by the fallings of the stars
[56.76] and that is a mighty oath, if you but knew
[56.77] it is indeed a Glorious Koran,
[56.78] in a Book protected (from tampering)
[56.79] which none shall touch except the purified;
[56.80] a sending down from the Lord of all the Worlds.
[56.81] What, do you hold this discourse in disdain,
[56.82] do you make it your provision to belie it?
[56.83] Why, then, when the soul leaps up to the throat
of the dying
[56.84] and you are watching at that time
[56.85] We are nearer to him than you, but you do not
see
[56.86] why then, if you are not revived,
[56.87] do you not restore his soul, if you are
truthful?
[56.88] If he is among the near
[56.89] there shall be calmness and ease, a Garden of
Delight.
[56.90] If he is a Companion of the Right
[56.91] (he will be greeted with): 'Peace be upon you,
Companion of the Right! '
[56.92] But, if he is of those who belied, and went
astray,
[56.93] there shall be a hospitality of boiling water,
[56.94] and a roasting in Hell.
[56.95] Indeed, this is the certain truth.
[56.96] So exalt the Name of your Lord, the Great.
57 The Iron
-Al-Hadeed
In the Name of Allah, the
Merciful, the Most Merciful
[57.1] All that is in the heavens and earth exalt Allah.
He is the Almighty, the Wise.
[57.2] To Him belongs the Kingdom in the heavens and
earth. It is He who revives and causes to die, and He has power over all
things.
[57.3] He is the First and the Last, the Clear and the
Hidden. He has knowledge of all things.
[57.4] He created the heavens and the earth in six days,
and willed to the Throne. He knows what penetrates the earth and all that
emerges from it; all that descends from heaven and all that ascends to it. He
is with you wherever you are. Allah sees the things you do.
[57.5] To Him belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the
earth. To Him all matters shall return.
[57.6] He causes the night to enter into the day and the
day to enter into the night. He has knowledge of the thoughts of the innermost
of the chests.
[57.7] Believe in Allah and His Messenger and spend (in
charity) of that which He has made you successors. Whosoever of you believes
and spends shall have a mighty wage.
[57.8] Why is it that you do not believe in Allah, when
the Messenger calls on you to believe in your Lord, and He has made a covenant
with you if you are believers?
[57.9] It is He who sends down clear verses to His
worshiper, so that He brings you out of the darkness into the light. Indeed,
Allah is the Gentle, the Most Merciful to you.
[57.10] And why is it that you do not spend in the Way
of Allah, when the inheritance of the heavens and earth belong to Allah alone?
Those who spent before the victory and took part in the fighting are mightier
in rank and are not equal to those who spent and fought thereafter. Yet, Allah
has promised each a fine reward, and Allah is Aware of what you do.
[57.11] Who will lend a generous loan to Allah? He will
multiply it for him and he shall receive a generous wage.
[57.12] The Day (will surely come) when you shall see
believing men and women with their light running before them on their right
hands, (it will be said to them): 'Glad tidings for you this Day. You shall
live for ever in Gardens underneath which rivers flow! That is indeed the
mighty triumph.
[57.13] On that Day the hypocrites, both men and women,
will say to the believers: 'Wait for us so that we can take from your light. '
But they will be answered: 'Go back and seek a light! ' And a wall with a door
shall be between them. Inside it there is mercy, and outside will be the
punishment.
[57.14] They will call out to them, saying: 'Were we not
with you? ' 'Yes, ' they will reply, 'but you tempted yourselves, you waited
(for problems to befall the believers), and you doubted, and were deluded by
your own fancies until the Command of Allah came, and the deluder (satan)
deluded you concerning Allah.
[57.15] Today no ransom shall be accepted from you or
from the unbelievers. Your shelter is the Fire, that is your sponsor, the worst
arrival! '
[57.16] Is it not time that the hearts of the believers
be humbled to the Remembrance of Allah and the truth which He has sent down?
They should not be like those who were given the Book before this, whose time
became very long so that their hearts became hardened. Many of them were
impious.
[57.17] Know that Allah revives the earth after it was
dead. We have made plain to you the signs in order that you understand.
[57.18] Indeed, those who give in charity, be they men
or women, and those who lend a good loan to Allah, shall be repaid in
multiples. They shall receive a generous wage.
[57.19] Those who believe in Allah and His Messengers
are the sincere and the martyrs before their Lord, they shall have their reward
and their light. But those that disbelieve and belied Our verses are the
inhabitants of Gehenna (Hell).
[57.20] Know that the life of this world is but play and
an amusement, and adornment, and a cause for boasting among you, a rivalry for
greater riches and children. It is like rain whose vegetation pleases the unbelievers,
but then it withers and turns yellow, becoming broken stubble. In the
Everlasting Life is a terrible punishment, forgiveness, and great pleasure from
Allah. The life of this world is nothing except the joy of delusion.
[57.21] Therefore, race for forgiveness from your Lord,
and for a Garden as wide as heaven and earth, prepared for those who believe in
Allah and His Messengers. Such is the Favor of Allah; He gives it to whom He
will. Allah is the Owner of great favor.
[57.22] No affliction can befall either the earth, or
yourself, except that it is (written) in a Book before We created it. That is
easy for Allah;
[57.23] so that you will not be saddened for whatever
does not come to you, nor be overjoyed in what has come to you. Allah does not
love those who are proud and boastful
[57.24] nor those who are mean, and encourage others to
be mean. And he that turns away, (know) that Allah is Rich and Praised.
[57.25] We have sent Our Messengers with proofs, and
sent them with the Book and the Scales, so that people might establish the
Scale (of justice). We have sent down iron in which there is great might and
diverse benefit for people, so that Allah knows those who help Him and His
Messengers in the Unseen. Indeed, Allah is the Strong, the Almighty.
[57.26] We sent forth Noah and Abraham, and appointed
the Prophethood and the Book to be given to their descendants. Some were
guided, but many were impious.
[57.27] Following them We sent Our (other) Messengers,
and We sent following in their footsteps, (Prophet) Jesus, the son of Mary and
gave him the Gospel, and put tenderness and mercy in the hearts of his
followers. As for monasticism, they invented it thereby seeking the pleasure of
Allah. We did not write it for them, and they did not observe it as it should
be observed. We gave to those of them who believed their wage, but many of them
are impious.
[57.28] Believers, fear Allah and believe in His
Messenger (Prophet Muhammad), He will give you a double portion of His Mercy
and He will make for you a light in which to walk, and forgive you; Allah is
the Forgiver and the Most Merciful.
[57.29] So that the People of the Book may know that
they have no power over any of the favors of Allah; that the favors are in the
Hand of Allah; He gives it to whom He will. The Favor of Allah is the Great.