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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Alif-Lâm-Râ. [These letters are one
of the miracles of the Qur'ân and none but Allâh
(Alone) knows their meanings]. (This is) a Book, the Verses whereof are
perfected (in every sphere of knowledge), and then explained in detail from One
(Allâh), Who is All-Wise Well-Acquainted (with all
things). (1) (Saying) worship none but Allâh. Verily, I (Muhammad SAW) am
unto you from Him a warner and a bringer of glad tidings. (2) And (commanding you):
"Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance, that He
may grant you good enjoyment, for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding
Grace to every owner of grace (i.e. the one who helps and serves needy and
deserving, physically and with his wealth, and even with good words). But if
you turn away, then I fear for you the torment of a Great Day (i.e. the Day of
Resurrection). (3) To Allâh is your return, and He is Able to do all things."
(4) No doubt! They did
fold up their breasts, that they may hide from Him.
Surely, even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knows what they
conceal and what they reveal. Verily, He is the All-Knower of the (innermost
secrets) of the breasts. (5)And no (moving) living creature is there on
earth but its provision is due from Allâh. And He knows its dwelling place and
its deposit (in the uterus, grave). all is in a Clear
Book (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz - the Book of Decrees with Allâh). (6) And He it is Who has
created the heavens and the earth in six Days and His Throne was on the water,
that He might try you, which of you is the best in deeds. But if you were to
say to them: "You shall indeed be raised up after death," those who
disbelieve would be sure to say, "This is nothing but obvious magic.[]" (7) And if We delay the torment for them till a
determined term, they are sure to say, "What keeps it back?" Verily,
on the day it reaches them, nothing will turn it away from them, and they will
be surrounded by (or fall in) that at which they used to mock! (8) And if We give man a taste of Mercy from Us, and then withdraw it
from him, verily! he is despairing, ungrateful. (9) But if We let him taste good (favour) after evil (poverty and harm)
has touched him, he is sure to say: "Ills have departed from me."
Surely, he is exultant, and boastful (ungrateful to
Allâh). (10) Except those who show patience and do
righteous good deeds, those: theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward (Paradise). (11) So perchance you (Muhammad SAW) may give up a
part of what is revealed unto you, and that your breast feels straitened for it
because they say, "Why has not a treasure been sent down unto him, or an
angel has come with him?" But you are only a warner. And Allâh is a Wakîl
(Disposer of affairs, Trustee, Guardian) over all things. (12)Or they say, "He
(Prophet Muhammad SAW) forged it (the Qur'an)." Say: "Bring you then
ten forged Sûrahs (chapters) like unto it, and call whomsoever you can, other
than Allâh (to your help), if you speak the truth!" (13) If then they answer
you not, know then that it [the Revelation (this Qur'ân)] is sent down with the
Knowledge of Allâh and that Lâ ilâha illa Huwa: (none has the right to be
worshipped but He)! Will you then be Muslims (those who submit to Islâm)? (14) Whosoever desires the
life of the world and its glitter; to them We shall pay in full (the wages of)
their deeds therein, and they will have no diminution therein. (15) They are those for
whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but Fire; and vain are the deeds they
did therein. And of no effect is that which they used to do (16) Can they (Muslims)
who rely on a clear proof (the Qur'ân) from their Lord, and whom a witness
[Jibrail (Gabriel A.S.] from Him recities (follows) it (can they be equal with
the disbelievers); and before it, came the Book of Mûsa (Moses), a guidance and
a mercy, they believe therein, but those of the sects (Jews, Christians and all
the other non-Muslim nations) that reject it (the Qur'ân), the Fire will be
their promised meeting-place. So be not in doubt about it (i.e. those who
denied Prophet Muhammad SAW and also denied all that which he brought from
Allâh, surely, they will enter Hell). Verily, it is the truth from your Lord,
but most of the mankind believe not[] (17) And who does more wrong than he who
invents a lie against Allâh. Such wi,l be brought before their Lord, and the
witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord!"
No doubt! the curse of Allâh is on the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers,
oppressors)[] (18) Those who hinder (others) from the Path of Allâh (Islâmic
Monotheism), and seek a crookedness therein, while they are disbelievers in the
Hereafter. (19)By no means will they escape (from Allâh's Torment) on earth, nor
have they protectors besides Allâh! Their torment will be doubled! They could
not bear to hear (the preachers of the truth) and they used not to see (the
truth because of their severe aversoin, inspite of the fact that they had the
sense of hearing and sight). (20) They are those who have lost their ownselves,
and their invented false deities will vanish from them. (21) Certainly, they are
those who will be the greatest losers in the Hereafter. (22) Verily, those who
believe (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous good
deeds, and humble themselves (in repentance and obedience) before their Lord, -
they will be dwellers of Paradise to dwell therein forever. (23) The likeness of the
two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they
equal when compared? Will you not then take heed? (24) And indeed We sent
Nûh (Noah) to his people (and he said): "I have come to you as a plain
warner." (25) "That you worship none but Allâh, surely, I fear for you
the torment of a painful Day." (26) The chiefs who the disbelieved among his
people said: "We see you but a man like ourselves, nor do we see any
follow you but the meanest among us and they (too) followed you without
thinking. And we do not see in you any merit above us, in fact we think you are
liars." (27) He said: "O my people! Tell me, if I have a clear proof
from my Lord, and a Mercy (Prophethood) has come to me from Him, but that
(Mercy) has been obscured from your sight. Shall we compel you to accept it
(Islâmic Monotheism) when you have a strong hatred for it? (28)"And O my people!
I ask of you no wealth for it, my reward is from none but Allâh. I am not going
to drive away those who have believed. Surely, they are going to meet their
Lord, but I see that you are a people that are ignorant (29) "And O my
people! Who will help me against Allâh, if I drove them away? Will you not then
give a thought? (30) "And I do not say to you that with me are the Treasures of
Allâh, "Nor that I know the Ghaib (unseen);"nor do I say I am an
angel, and I do not say of those whom your eyes look down upon that Allâh will
not bestow any good on them. Allâh knows what is in their inner-selves (as
regards belief, etc.). In that case, I should, indeed be one of the Zâlimûn
(wrong-doers, oppressors)." (31) They said: "O Nûh (Noah)! You have
disputed with us and much have you prolonged the dispute with us, now bring
upon us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful." (32) He said: "Only
Allâh will bring it (the punishment) on you, if He wills, and then you will
escape not. (33) "And my advice will not profit you, even if I wish to give
you good counsel, if Allâh's Will is to keep you astray. He is your Lord! and
to Him you shall return." (34) Or they (the pagans of Makkah) say: "He
(Muhammad SAW) has fabricated it (the Qur'ân)." Say: "If I have fabricated
it, upon me be my crimes, but I am innocent of (all) those crimes which you
commit." (35) And it was revealed to Nûh (Noah): "None of your people
will believe except those who have believed already. So be not sad because of
what they used to do. (36) "And construct the ship under Our Eyes and with Our
Revelation, and call not upon Me on behalf of those
who did wrong; they are surely to be drowned." (37)And as he was
constructing the ship, whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him, they
made a mocked at him. He said: "If you mock at us, so do we mock at you
likewise for your mocking (38) "And you will know who it is on whom
will come a torment that will cover him with disgrace and on whom will fall a
lasting torment." (39) (So it was) till when Our Command came and the oven
gushed forth (water like fountains from the earth). We said: "Embark
therein, of each kind two (male and female), and your family - except him
against whom the Word has already gone forth - and those who believe. And none believed
with him, except a few." (40) And he [Nûh (Noah) A.S.] said: "Embark
therein, in the Name of Allâh will be its (moving) course and its (resting)
anchorage. Surely, my Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Tafsir
At-Tabarî) (41) So it (the ship) sailed with them amidst the waves like
mountains, and Nûh (Noah) called out to his son, who had separated himself
(apart), "O my son! Embark with us and be not with the disbelievers."
(42) (The son) replied:
"I will betake myself to some mountain, it will save me from the
water." Nûh (Noah) said: "This day there is no saviour[] from the
Decree of Allâh except him on whom He has mercy." And a waves came in
between them, so he (the son) was among the drowned. (43) And it was said:
"O earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold (your rain)."
And the water was made to subside and the Decree (of Allâh) was fulfilled (i.e.
the destruction of the people of Nûh (Noah). And it (the ship) rested on Mount Judi,
and it was said: "Away with the people who are Zalimûn (polytheists and
wrong-doers)!" (44) And Nûh (Noah) called upon his Lord and said, "O my
Lord! Verily, my son is of my family! And certainly, Your Promise is true, and You are the Most Just of the judges." (45)He said: "O Nûh
(Noah)! Surely, he is not of your family; verily, his work is unrighteous, so
ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge! I admonish you, lest you be
one of the ignorant." (46) Nûh (Noah) said: "O my Lord! I seek
refuge with You from asking You that of which I have no knowledge. And unless
You forgive me and have Mercy on me, I will indeed be one of the losers."
(47) It was said: "O
Nûh (Noah)! Come down (from the ship) with peace from Us and blessings on you
and on the people who are with you (and on some of their off spring), but
(there will be other) people to whom We shall grant their pleasures (for a
time), but in the end a painful torment will reach them from Us." (48) This is of the news
of the unseen which We reveal unto you (O Muhammad SAW), neither you nor your
people knew it before this. So be patient. Surely, the (good) end is for the
Al-Muttaqûn (pious - see V.2:2) (49) And to 'Ad (people We sent) their brother
Hûd. He said, "O my people! Worship Allâh! You have no other ilâh (god) but
Him. Certainly, you do nothing but invent lies! (50) "O my people I
ask of you no reward for it (the Message). My reward is only from Him, Who
created me. Will you not then understand? (51) "And O my
people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him, He will send you
(from the sky) abundant rain, and add strength to your strength, so do not turn
away as Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh)." (52) They said: "O
Hûd! No evidence have you brought us, and we shall not leave our gods for your
(mere) saying! And we are not believers in you. (53)"All that we say
is that some of our gods (false deities) have seized you with evil
(madness)." He said: "I call Allâh to witness and bear you witness
that I am free from that which you ascribe as partners in worship,— (54) With Him (Allâh). So
plot against me, all of you, and give me no respite. (55) "I put my trust
in Allâh, my Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving (living) creature but He
has grasp of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the Straight Path (the truth).
(56) "So if you turn
away, still I have conveyed the Message with which I was sent to you. My Lord
will make another people succeed you, and you will not harm Him in the least.
Surely, my Lord is Guardian over all things." (57) And when Our
Commandment came, We saved Hûd and those who believed with him by a Mercy from
Us, and We saved them from a severe torment. (58) Such were 'Ad
(people). They rejected the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) of their Lord and disobeyed His Messengers, and followed the
command of every proud obstinate (oppressor of the truth, from their leaders) (59) And they were pursued
by a curse in this world and (so they will be) on the Day of Resurrection. No
doubt! Verily, 'Ad disbelieved in their Lord. So away with 'Ad, the people of
Hûd (60) And to Thamûd
(people, We sent) their brother Sâlih. He said: "O my people! Worship
Allâh, you have no other ilâh (god) but Him. He brought you forth from the
earth and settled you therein, then ask forgiveness of Him and turn to Him in
repentance. Certainly, my Lord is Near (to all by His Knowledge),
Responsive." (61) They said: "O Sâlih! You have been among us as a
figure of good hope (and we wished for you to be our chief), till this [new
thing which you have brought; that we leave our gods and worship your God
(Allâh) Alone]! Do you (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers have
worshipped? But we are really in grave doubt as to that which you invite us
(monotheism)." (62)He said: "O my people! Tell me, if I have a clear
proof from my Lord, and there has come to me a Mercy (Prophethood) from Him,
who then can help me against Allâh, if I were to disobey Him? Then you increase
me not but in loss. (63) "And O my people! This she-camel of Allâh is a sign
to you, leave her to feed (graze) in Allâh's land, and touch her not with evil,
lest a near torment should seize you." (64) But they killed her.
So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. This is a
promise (i.e. a threat) that will not be belied." (65) So when Our
Commandment came, We saved Sâlih and those who believed with him by a Mercy
from Us, and from the disgrace of that Day. Verily, your Lord, He is the
All-Strong, the All-Mighty (66) And As-Saîhah (torment - awful cry) overtook
the wrong-doers, so they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes, (67) As if they had never
lived there. No doubt! Verily, Thamûd disbelieved in their Lord. So away with
Thamûd! (68) And verily, there came Our Messengers to Ibrahîm (Abraham) with
glad tidings.They said: Salâm (greetings or peace!) He answered, Salâm
(greetings or peace!) and he hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf. (69) But when he saw their
hands went not towards it (the meal), he mistrusted them, and conceived a fear
of them. They said: "Fear not, we have been sent against the people of Lût
(Lot)." (70) And his wife was
standing (there), and she laughed (either, because the Messengers did not eat
their food or for being glad for the destruction of the people of Lut (Lot). But We gave her glad tidings of Ishâq (Isaac), and
after Ishâq, of Ya'qûb (Jacob). (71)She said (in astonishment): "Woe unto me!
Shall I bear a child while I am an old woman, and here is my husband, an old
man? Verily! This is a strange thing!" (72) They said: "Do
you wonder at the Decree of Allâh? The Mercy of Allâh and His Blessings be on
you, O the family [of Ibrahîm (Abraham)]. Surely, He (Allâh) is
All-Praiseworthy, All-Glorious." (73) Then when the fear had gone away from
(the mind of) Ibrahîm (Abraham), and the glad tidings had reached him, he began
to plead with Us (Our Messengers) for the people of Lut (Lot).
(74) Verily, Ibrahîm
(Abraham) was, without doubt, forbearing, used to invoking Allâh with humility,
and was repentant (to Allâh all the time, again and again). (75) "O Ibrahîm
(Abraham)! Forsake this. Indeed, the Commandment of your Lord has gone forth.
Verily, there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned back." (76) And when Our
Messengers came to Lut (Lot), he was grieved
on for them account and felt himself straitened for them (lest the town people
should approach them to commit sodomy with them). He said: "This is a
distressful day." (77) And his people came rushing towards him, and since
aforetime they used to commit crimes (sodomy), he said: "O my people! Here
are my daughters (i.e. the women of nation), they are purer for you (if you
marry them lawfully). So fear Allâh and degrace me not with regards to my
guests! Is there not among you a single right-minded man?" (78) They said:
"Surely you know that we have neither any desire nor need of your
daughters, and indeed you know well what we want!" (79) He said: "Would
that I had strength (men) to overpower you, or that I could betake myself to
some powerful support (to resist you)." (80) They (Messengers)
said: "O Lut (Lot)! Verily, we are the
Messengers from your Lord! They shall not reach you![] So travel with your
family in a part of the night, and let not any of you look back, but your wife
(will remain behind), verily, the punishment which will afflict them, will
afflict her. Indeed, morning is their appointed time. Is not the morning
near?" (81)So when Our Commandment came, We turned (the towns of Sodom in
Palestine) upside down, and rained on them stones of baked clay, in a
well-arranged manner one after another; (82) Marked from your Lord, and they are
not ever far from the Zâlimûn (polytheists, evil-doers,). (83) And to the Madyan
(Midian) people (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said: "O my people! Worship
Allâh, you have no other ilâh (god) but Him, and give not short measure or
weight, I see you in prosperity; and verily I fear for you the torment of a Day
encompassing. (84) "And O my people! Give full measure and weight in justice
and reduce not the things that are due to the people, and do not commit
mischief in the land, causing corruption. (85) "That which is
left by Allâh for you (after giving the rights of the people) is better for
you, if you are believers. And I am not a guardian over you." (86) They said: "O
Shu‘aib! Does your Salât (prayer) command that we give up what our fathers used
to worship, or that we give up doing what we like with our property? Verily,
you are the forbearer, right-minded!" (They said this sarcastically). (87) He said: "O my
people! Tell me, if I have a clear evidence from my Lord, and He has given me a
good sustenance from Himself (shall I corrupt it by mixing it with the
unlawfully earned money). I wish not, in contradiction to you, to do that which
I forbid you. I only desire reform to the best of my power. And my guidance
cannot come except from Allâh, in Him I trust and unto Him I repent. (88)"And O my people!
Let not my Shiqâq[] cause you to suffer the fate similar to that of the people
of Nûh (Noah) or of Hûd or of Sâlih, and the people of Lut (Lot) are not far
off from you! (89) "And ask forgiveness of your Lord and turn unto Him in
repentance. Verily, my Lord is Most Merciful, Most Loving." (90) They said: "O
Shu'aib! We do not understand much of what you say, and we see you a weak (it
is said that he was a blind man) among us. Were it not for your family, we
should certainly have stoned you and you are not powerful against us." (91) He said: "O my
people! Is then my family of more weight with you than Allâh? And you have cast
Him away behind your backs. Verily, my Lord is surrounding all that you do (92) "And O my
people! Act according to your ability and way, and I am acting (on my way). You
will come to know who it is on whom descends the torment that will cover him
with ignominy, and who is a liar! And watch you! Verily, I too am watching with
you." (93) And when Our Commandment came, We saved Shu'aib and those who
believed with him by a Mercy from Us. And As-Saihah (torment - awful cry)
seized the wrong-doers, and they lay (dead) prostrate in their homes. (94) As if they had never
lived there! So away with Madyan (Midian)! as away with Thamud! (All these
nations were destroyed). (95) And indeed We sent Mûsa (Moses) with Our Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and a manifest
authority; (96) To Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his chiefs, but they followed the
command of Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and the command of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) was no right
guide. (97)He will go ahead of his people on the Day of Resurrection, and
will lead them into the Fire, and evil indeed is the place to which they are
led. (98) They were pursued by a curse in this (deceiving life of this
world) and (so they will be pursued by a curse) on the Day of Resurrection.
Evil indeed is the gift gifted [i.e., the curse (in this world) pursued by
another curse (in the Hereafter)]. (99) That is some of the news of the (population
of) towns which We relate unto you (O Muhammad SAW); of them, some are (still)
standing, and some have been (already) reaped. (100) We wronged them not,
but they wronged themselves. So their âlihah (gods), other than Allâh, whom
they invoked, profited them naught when there came the Command of your Lord,
nor did they add aught (to them) but destruction. (101) Such is the Seizure
of your Lord when He seizes the (population of) towns while they are doing
wrong. Verily, His Seizure is painful, (and) severe[]. (102) Indeed in that
(there) is a sure lesson for those who fear the torment of the Hereafter. That
is a Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, and that is a Day when all
(the dwellers of the heavens and the earth) will be present. (103) And We delay it only
for a term (already) fixed. (104) On the Day when it comes, no person shall
speak except by His (Allâh's) Leave. Some among them will be wretched and
(others) blessed. (105) As for those who are wretched, they will be in the Fire,
sighing in a high and low tone. (106) They will dwell therein for all the time that
the heavens and the earth endure, except as your Lord wills. Verily, your Lord
is the Doer of whatsoever He intends (or wills). (107) And those who are
blessed, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein for all the time that the
heavens and the earth endure, except as your Lord wills, a gift without an end.
(108)So be not in doubt (O
Muhammad SAW) as to what these people (pagans and polytheists) worship. They
worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them). And verily, We
shall repay them in full their portion without diminution. (109) Indeed, We gave the
Book to Mûsa (Moses), but differences arose therein, and had it not been for a
Word that had gone forth before from your Lord, the case would have been judged
between them, and indeed they are in grave doubt concerning it (this Qur'ân). (110) And verily, to each
of them your Lord will repay their works in full. Surely, He is All-Aware of
what they do. (111) So stand (ask Allâh to make) you (Muhammad SAW) firm and straight
(on the religion of Islâmic Monotheism) as you are commanded and those (your
companions) who turn in repentance (unto Allâh) with you, and transgress not
(Allâh's legal limits). Verily, He is All-Seer of what you do. (112) And incline not
toward those who do wrong, lest the Fire should touch you, and you have no
protectors other than Allâh, nor you would then be helped[] (113) And perform As-Salât
(Iqâmat-as-Salât), at the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night
[i.e. the five compulsory Salât (prayers)]. Verily, the good deeds remove the
evil deeds (i.e. small sins). That is a reminder (an advice) for the mindful
(those who accept advice).[] (114) And be patient; verily, Allâh wastes not the
reward of the good-doers. (115) If
only there had been among the generations before you, persons having wisdom,
prohibiting (others) from Al-Fasâd (disbelief, polytheism, and all kinds of
crimes and sins) in the earth, (but there were none) except a few of those whom
We saved from among them. Those who did wrong pursued the enjoyment of good
things of (this worldly) life, and were Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers in
Allâh, polytheists, sinners). (116) And your Lord would never destroy the towns
wrongfully, while their people were right-doers. (117) And if your Lord had
so willed, He could surely have made mankind one Ummah [nation or community
(following one religion only i.e. Islâm)], but they will not cease to
disagree,— (118) Except him on whom your Lord has bestowed His Mercy (the
follower of truth - Islâmic Monotheism) and for that did He create them. And
the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled (i.e. His Saying): "Surely, I
shall fill Hell with jinn and men all together." (119) And all that We
relate to you (O Muhammad SAW) of the news of the Messengers is in order that
We may make strong and firm your heart thereby. And in this (chapter of the
Qur'an) has come to you the truth, as well as an admonition and a reminder for
the believers. (120) And say to those who do not believe: "Act according to your
ability and way, We are acting (in our way). (121) And you wait ! We
(too) are waiting." (122) And to Allâh belongs the Ghaib (unseen) of
the heavens and the earth, and to Him return all affairs (for decision). So
worship Him (O Muhammad SAW) and put your trust in Him. And your Lord is not
unaware of what you (people) do." (123)