Part 22
33-31
But any of you that is devout in the service of God and His
Apostle, and works righteousness,- to her shall We grant her reward twice: and
We have prepared for her a generous Sustenance.
33-32
O Consorts of the Prophet! Ye are not like any of the
(other) women: if ye do fear (God), be not too complacent of speech, lest one
in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: but speak ye a speech
(that is) just.
33-33
And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling
display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular
Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey God and His Apostle. And God only
wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the Family, and to
make you pure and spotless.
33-34
And recite what is rehearsed to you in your homes, of the
Signs of God and His Wisdom: for God understands the finest mysteries and is
well-acquainted (with them).
33-35
For Muslim men and women,- for believing men and women, for
devout men and women, for true men and women, for men and women who are patient
and constant, for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women who
give in Charity, for men and women who fast (and deny themselves), for men and
women who guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage much in God's
praise,- for them has God prepared forgiveness and great reward.
33-36
It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a
matter has been decided by God and His Apostle to have any option about their
decision: if any one disobeys God and His Apostle, he is indeed on a clearly
wrong Path.
33-37
Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of
God and thy favour: "Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear
God." But thou didst hide in thy heart that which God was about to make
manifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that thou shouldst
fear God. Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with her, with the
necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee: in order that (in
future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers in (the matter of) marriage
with the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have dissolved with the
necessary (formality) (their marriage) with them. And God's command must be
fulfilled.
33-38
There can be no difficulty to the Prophet in what God has
indicated to him as a duty. It was the practice (approved) of God amongst those
of old that have passed away. And the command of God is a decree determined.
33-39
(It is the practice of those) who preach the Messages of
God, and fear Him, and fear none but God. And enough is God to call (men) to
account.
33-40
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is)
the Apostle of God, and the Seal of the Prophets: and God has full knowledge of
all things.
33-41
O ye who believe! Celebrate the praises of God, and do this
often;
33-42
And glorify Him morning and evening.
33-43
He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that
He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He is Full of
Mercy to the Believers.
33-44
Their salutation on the Day they meet Him will be
"Peace!"; and He has prepared for them a generous Reward.
33-45
O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a Witness, a Bearer of
Glad Tidings, and Warner,-
33-46
And as one who invites to God's (grace) by His leave, and as
a lamp spreading light.
33-47
Then give the Glad Tidings to the Believers, that they shall
have from God a very great Bounty.
33-48
And obey not (the behests) of the Unbelievers and the
Hypocrites, and heed not their annoyances, but put thy Trust in God. For enough
is God as a Disposer of affairs.
33-49
O ye who believe! When ye marry believing women, and then
divorce them before ye have touched them, no period of 'Iddat have ye to count
in respect of them: so give them a present. And set them free in a handsome
manner.
33-50
O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom
thou hast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of the
prisoners of war whom God has assigned to thee; and daughters of thy paternal
uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal uncles and aunts, who migrated
(from Makka) with thee; and any believing woman who dedicates her soul to the
Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her;- this only for thee, and not for the
Believers (at large); We know what We have appointed for them as to their wives
and the captives whom their right hands possess;- in order that there should be
no difficulty for thee. And God is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
33-51
Thou mayest defer (the turn of) any of them that thou
pleasest, and thou mayest receive any thou pleasest: and there is no blame on
thee if thou invite one whose (turn) thou hadst set aside. This were nigher to
the cooling of their eyes, the prevention of their grief, and their
satisfaction - that of all of them - with that which thou hast to give them:
and God knows (all) that is in your hearts: and God is All- Knowing, Most
Forbearing.
33-52
It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this,
nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty attract thee,
except any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): and God doth watch
over all things.
33-53
O ye who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses,- until
leave is given you,- for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its
preparation: but when ye are invited, enter; and when ye have taken your meal,
disperse, without seeking familiar talk. Such (behaviour) annoys the Prophet:
he is ashamed to dismiss you, but God is not ashamed (to tell you) the truth.
And when ye ask (his ladies) for anything ye want, ask them from before a
screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts and for theirs. Nor is it
right for you that ye should annoy God's Apostle, or that ye should marry his
widows after him at any time. Truly such a thing is in God's sight an enormity.
33-54
Whether ye reveal anything or conceal it, verily God has
full knowledge of all things.
33-55
There is no blame (on these ladies if they appear) before
their fathers or their sons, their brothers, or their brother's sons, or their
sisters' sons, or their women, or the (slaves) whom their right hands possess.
And, (ladies), fear God; for God is Witness to all things.
33-56
God and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that
believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.
33-57
Those who annoy God and His Apostle - God has cursed them in
this World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating
Punishment.
33-58
And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly,
bear (on themselves) a calumny and a glaring sin.
33-59
O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing
women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when
abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not
molested. And God is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
33-60
Truly, if the Hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease,
and those who stir up sedition in the City, desist not, We shall certainly stir
thee up against them: Then will they not be able to stay in it as thy
neighbours for any length of time:
33-61
They shall have a curse on them: whenever they are found,
they shall be seized and slain (without mercy).
33-62
(Such was) the practice (approved) of God among those who
lived aforetime: No change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of God.
33-63
Men ask thee concerning the Hour: Say, "The knowledge
thereof is with God (alone)": and what will make thee understand?-
perchance the Hour is nigh!
33-64
Verily God has cursed the Unbelievers and prepared for them
a Blazing Fire,-
33-65
To dwell therein for ever: no protector will they find, nor
helper.
33-66
The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the
Fire, they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed God and obeyed
the Apostle!"
33-67
And they would say: "Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and
our great ones, and they misled us as to the (right) Path.
33-68
"Our Lord! Give them double Penalty and curse them with
a very great Curse!"
33-69
O ye who believe! Be ye not like those who vexed and
insulted Moses, but God cleared him of the (calumnies) they had uttered: and he
was honourable in God's sight.
33-70
O ye who believe! Fear God, and (always) say a word directed
to the Right:
33-71
That He may make your conduct whole and sound and forgive
you your sins: He that obeys God and His Apostle, has already attained the
highest achievement.
33-72
We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth
and the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but
man undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;-
33-73
(With the result) that God has to punish the Hypocrites, men
and women, and the Unbelievers, men and women, and God turns in Mercy to the
Believers, men and women: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
34-1
Praise be to God, to Whom belong all things in the heavens
and on earth: to Him be Praise in the Hereafter: and He is Full of Wisdom,
acquainted with all things.
34-2
He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes
out thereof; all that comes down from the sky and all that ascends thereto and
He is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving.
34-3
The Unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the
Hour": Say, "Nay! but most surely, by my Lord, it will come upon
you;- by Him Who knows the unseen,- from Whom is not hidden the least little
atom in the heavens or on earth: Nor is there anything less than that, or
greater, but is in the Record Perspicuous:
34-4
That He may reward those who believe and work deeds of
righteousness: for such is Forgiveness and a Sustenance Most Generous."
34-5
But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,-
for such will be a Penalty,- a Punishment most humiliating.
34-6
And those to whom knowledge has come see that the
(Revelation) sent down to thee from thy Lord - that is the Truth, and that it
guides to the Path of the Exalted (in might), Worthy of all praise.
34-7
The Unbelievers say (in ridicule): "Shall we point out
to you a man that will tell you, when ye are all scattered to pieces in
disintegration, that ye shall (then be raised) in a New Creation?
34-8
"Has he invented a falsehood against God, or has a
spirit (seized) him?"- Nay, it is those who believe not in the Hereafter,
that are in (real) Penalty, and in farthest error.
34-9
See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky
and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or
cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every
devotee that turns to God (in repentance).
34-10
We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from ourselves: "O
ye Mountains! Sing ye back the Praises of God with him! and ye birds (also)!
And We made the iron soft for him;-
34-11
(Commanding), "Make thou coast of mail, balancing well
the rings of chain armour, and work ye righteousness; for be sure I see
(clearly) all that ye do."
34-12
And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): Its early
morning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a
month's (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him; and
there were Jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his Lord, and if
any of them turned aside from our command, We made him taste of the Penalty of
the Blazing Fire.
34-13
They worked for him as he desired, (making) arches, images,
basons as large as reservoirs, and (cooking) cauldrons fixed (in their places):
"Work ye, sons of David, with thanks! but few of My servants are
grateful!"
34-14
Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them
his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away
at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had
known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of
their Task).
34-15
There was, for Saba, aforetime, a Sign in their home-land -
two Gardens to the right and to the left. "Eat of the Sustenance
(provided) by your Lord, and be grateful to Him: a territory fair and happy,
and a Lord Oft-Forgiving!
34-16
But they turned away (from God), and We sent against them the
Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted their two garden (rows) into
"gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few
(stunted) Lote-trees.
34-17
That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully
rejected Faith: and never do We give (such) requital except to such as are
ungrateful rejecters.
34-18
Between them and the Cities on which We had poured our
blessings, We had placed Cities in prominent positions, and between them We had
appointed stages of journey in due proportion: "Travel therein, secure, by
night and by day."
34-19
But they said: "Our Lord! Place longer distances
between our journey- stages": but they wronged themselves (therein). At
length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in
scattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is)
patiently constant and grateful.
34-20
And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followed
him, all but a party that believed.
34-21
But he had no authority over them,- except that We might
test the man who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning
it: and thy Lord doth watch over all things.
34-22
Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides
God: They have no power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the heavens or on
earth: No (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helper to
God.
34-23
"No intercession can avail in His Presence, except for
those for whom He has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, when
terror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they
say, 'what is it that your Lord commanded?' they will say, 'That which is true
and just; and He is the Most High Most Great'."
34-24
Say: "Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and
the earth?" Say: "It is God; and certain it is that either we or ye
are on right guidance or in manifest error!"
34-25
Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor
shall we be questioned as to what ye do."
34-26
Say: "Our Lord will gather us together and will in the
end decide the matter between us (and you) in truth and justice: and He is the
one to decide, the One Who knows all."
34-27
Say: "Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as
partners: by no means (can ye). Nay, He is God, the Exalted in Power, the
Wise."
34-28
We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men,
giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men
understand not.
34-29
They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye
are telling the truth?"
34-30
Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye
cannot put back for an hour nor put forward."
34-31
The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this
scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when
the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word
(of blame) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant
ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been
believers!"
34-32
The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised:
"Was it we who kept you back from Guidance after it reached you? Nay,
rather, it was ye who transgressed.
34-33
Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones:
"Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night: Behold! Ye
(constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to God and to attribute equals to
Him!" They will declare (their) repentance when they see the Penalty: We
shall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital
for their (ill) Deeds.
34-34
Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy
ones among them said: "We believe not in the (Message) with which ye have
been sent."
34-35
They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we
cannot be punished."
34-36
Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the
Provision to whom He pleases, but most men understand not."
34-37
It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you
nearer to Us in degree: but only those who believe and work righteousness -
these are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while
secure they (reside) in the dwellings on high!
34-38
Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will
be given over into Punishment.
34-39
Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the
Sustenance to such of his servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye spend in
the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of those who
grant Sustenance.
34-40
One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the
angels, "Was it you that these men used to worship?"
34-41
They will say, "Glory to Thee! our (tie) is with Thee -
as Protector - not with them. Nay, but they worshipped the Jinns: most of them
believed in them."
34-42
So on that Day no power shall they have over each other, for
profit or harm: and We shall say to the wrong-doers, "Taste ye the Penalty
of the Fire,- the which ye were wont to deny!"
34-43
When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say,
"This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from the (worship) which your
fathers practised." And they say, "This is only a falsehood
invented!" and the Unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them,
"This is nothing but evident magic!"
34-44
But We had not given them Books which they could study, nor
sent apostles to them before thee as Warners.
34-45
And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not
received a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when they rejected My
apostles, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
34-46
Say: "I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand
up before God,- (It may be) in pairs, or (it may be) singly,- and reflect
(within yourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less than a
warner to you, in face of a terrible Penalty."
34-47
Say: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your
interest: my reward is only due from God: And He is witness to all
things."
34-48
Say: "Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth
(over His servants),- He that has full knowledge of (all) that is hidden."
34-49
Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither
creates anything new, nor restores anything."
34-50
Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my
own soul: but if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my
Lord to me: it is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near."
34-51
If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror;
but then there will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a
position (quite) near.
34-52
And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the
(Truth)"; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position (so far off,-
34-53
Seeing that they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and
that they (continually) cast (slanders) on the unseen from a position far off?
34-54
And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as
was done in the past with their partisans: for they were indeed in suspicious
(disquieting) doubt.
FATHIR
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
35-1
Praise be to God, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens
and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three, or
four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for God has power over all
things.
35-2
What God out of his Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is
none can withhold: what He doth withhold, there is none can grant, apart from
Him: and He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
35-3
O men! Call to mind the grace of God unto you! is there a
creator, other than God, to give you sustenance from heaven or earth? There is
no god but He: how then are ye deluded away from the Truth?
35-4
And if they reject thee, so were apostles rejected before
thee: to God back for decision all affairs.
35-5
O men! Certainly the promise of God is true. Let not then
this present life deceive you, nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about
God.
35-6
Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy.
He only invites his adherents, that they may become Companions of the Blazing
Fire.
35-7
For those who reject God, is a terrible Penalty: but for
those who believe and work righteous deeds, is Forgiveness, and a magnificent
Reward.
35-8
Is he, then, to whom the evil of his conduct is made
alluring, so that he looks upon it as good, (equal to one who is rightly
guided)? For God leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. So
let not thy soul go out in (vainly) sighing after them: for God knows well all
that they do!
35-9
It is God Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up
the Clouds, and We drive them to a land that is dead, and revive the earth
therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection!
35-10
If any do seek for glory and power,- to God belong all glory
and power. To Him mount up (all) Words of Purity: It is He Who exalts each Deed
of Righteousness. Those that lay Plots of Evil,- for them is a Penalty
terrible; and the plotting of such will be void (of result).
35-11
And God did create you from dust; then from a sperm-drop;
then He made you in pairs. And no female conceives, or lays down (her load),
but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted length of days, nor is
a part cut off from his life, but is in a Decree (ordained). All this is easy
to God.
35-12
Nor are the two bodies of flowing water alike,- the one
palatable, sweet, and pleasant to drink, and the other, salt and bitter. Yet
from each (kind of water) do ye eat flesh fresh and tender, and ye extract
ornaments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the waves, that
ye may seek (thus) of the Bounty of God that ye may be grateful.
35-13
He merges Night into Day, and he merges Day into Night, and
he has subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law): each one runs its course for
a term appointed. Such is God your Lord: to Him belongs all Dominion. And those
whom ye invoke besides Him have not the least power.
35-14
If ye invoke them, they will not listen to your call, and if
they were to listen, they cannot answer your (prayer). On the Day of Judgment
they will reject your "Partnership". and none, (O man!) can tell thee
(the Truth) like the One Who is acquainted with all things.
35-15
O ye men! It is ye that have need of God: but God is the One
Free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
35-16
If He so pleased, He could blot you out and bring in a New
Creation.
35-17
Nor is that (at all) difficult for God.
35-18
Nor can a bearer of burdens bear another's burdens if one heavily
laden should call another to (bear) his load. Not the least portion of it can
be carried (by the other). Even though he be nearly related. Thou canst but
admonish such as fear their Lord unseen and establish regular Prayer. And
whoever purifies himself does so for the benefit of his own soul; and the
destination (of all) is to God.
35-19
The blind and the seeing are not alike;
35-20
Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light;
35-21
Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun:
35-22
Nor are alike those that are living and those that are dead.
God can make any that He wills to hear; but thou canst not make those to hear
who are (buried) in graves.
35-23
Thou art no other than a warner.
35-24
Verily We have sent thee in truth, as a bearer of glad
tidings, and as a warner: and there never was a people, without a warner having
lived among them (in the past).
35-25
And if they reject thee, so did their predecessors, to whom
came their apostles with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the Book of
Enlightenment.
35-26
In the end did I punish those who rejected Faith: and how
(terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
35-27
Seest thou not that God sends down rain from the sky? With
it We then bring out produce of various colours. And in the mountains are
tracts white and red, of various shades of colour, and black intense in hue.
35-28
And so amongst men and crawling creatures and cattle, are
they of various colours. Those truly fear God, among His Servants, who have knowledge:
for God is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving.
35-29
Those who rehearse the Book of God, establish regular
Prayer, and spend (in Charity) out of what We have provided for them, secretly
and openly, hope for a commerce that will never fail:
35-30
For He will pay them their meed, nay, He will give them
(even) more out of His Bounty: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to
appreciate (service).
35-31
That which We have revealed to thee of the Book is the
Truth,- confirming what was (revealed) before it: for God is assuredly- with
respect to His Servants - well acquainted and Fully Observant.
35-32
Then We have given the Book for inheritance to such of Our
Servants as We have chosen: but there are among them some who wrong their own
souls; some who follow a middle course; and some who are, by God's leave,
foremost in good deeds; that is the highest Grace.
35-33
Gardens of Eternity will they enter: therein will they be
adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of
silk.
35-34
And they will say: "Praise be to God, Who has removed
from us (all) sorrow: for our Lord is indeed Oft-Forgiving Ready to appreciate
(service):
35-35
"Who has, out of His Bounty, settled us in a Home that
will last: no toil nor sense of weariness shall touch us therein."
35-36
But those who reject (God) - for them will be the Fire of
Hell: No term shall be determined for them, so they should die, nor shall its
Penalty be lightened for them. Thus do We reward every ungrateful one!
35-37
Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): "Our
Lord! Bring us out: we shall work righteousness, not the (deeds) we used to
do!" - "Did We not give you long enough life so that he that would
should receive admonition? and (moreover) the warner came to you. So taste ye
(the fruits of your deeds): for the wrong-doers there is no helper."
35-38
Verily God knows (all) the hidden things of the heavens and
the earth: verily He has full knowledge of all that is in (men's) hearts.
35-39
He it is That has made you inheritors in the earth: if,
then, any do reject (God), their rejection (works) against themselves: their
rejection but adds to the odium for the Unbelievers in the sight of their Lord:
their rejection but adds to (their own) undoing.
35-40
Say: "Have ye seen (these) 'Partners' of yours whom ye
call upon besides God? Show Me what it is they have created in the (wide)
earth. Or have they a share in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book from
which they (can derive) clear (evidence)?- Nay, the wrong-doers promise each
other nothing but delusions.
35-41
It is God Who sustains the heavens and the earth, lest they
cease (to function): and if they should fail, there is none - not one - can
sustain them thereafter: Verily He is Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.
35-42
They swore their strongest oaths by God that if a warner
came to them, they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of the
Peoples: But when a warner came to them, it has only increased their flight
(from righteousness),-
35-43
On account of their arrogance in the land and their plotting
of Evil, but the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now are
they but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with? But no change wilt
thou find in God's way (of dealing): no turning off wilt thou find in God's way
(of dealing).
35-44
Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the
End of those before them,- though they were superior to them in strength? Nor
is God to be frustrated by anything whatever in the heavens or on earth: for He
is All-Knowing. All-Powerful.
35-45
If God were to punish men according to what they deserve. He
would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He
gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily God has
in His sight all His Servants.
YASSIIN
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
36-1
Ya Sin.
36-2
By the Qur'an, full of Wisdom,-
36-3
Thou art indeed one of the apostles,
36-4
On a
36-5
It is a Revelation sent down by (Him), the Exalted in Might,
Most Merciful.
36-6
In order that thou mayest admonish a people, whose fathers
had received no admonition, and who therefore remain heedless (of the Signs of
God).
36-7
The Word is proved true against the greater part of them:
for they do not believe.
36-8
We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins,
so that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see).
36-9
And We have put a bar in front of them and a bar behind
them, and further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see.
36-10
The same is it to them whether thou admonish them or thou do
not admonish them: they will not believe.
36-11
Thou canst but admonish such a one as follows the Message
and fears the (Lord) Most Gracious, unseen: give such a one, therefore, good
tidings, of Forgiveness and a Reward most generous.
36-12
Verily We shall give life to the dead, and We record that
which they send before and that which they leave behind, and of all things have
We taken account in a clear Book (of evidence).
36-13
Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the
Companions of the City. Behold!, there came apostles to it.
36-14
When We (first) sent to them two apostles, they rejected
them: But We strengthened them with a third: they said, "Truly, we have
been sent on a mission to you."
36-15
The (people) said: "Ye are only men like ourselves; and
(God) Most Gracious sends no sort of revelation: ye do nothing but lie."
36-16
They said: "Our Lord doth know that we have been sent
on a mission to you:
36-17
"And our duty is only to proclaim the clear
Message."
36-18
The (people) said: "for us, we augur an evil omen from
you: if ye desist not, we will certainly stone you. And a grievous punishment
indeed will be inflicted on you by us."
36-19
They said: "Your evil omens are with yourselves: (deem
ye this an evil omen). If ye are admonished? Nay, but ye are a people
transgressing all bounds!"
36-20
Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City,
a man, saying, "O my people! Obey the apostles:
36-21
"Obey those who ask no reward of you (for themselves),
and who have themselves received Guidance.
36-22
"It would not be reasonable in me if I did not serve
Him Who created me, and to Whom ye shall (all) be brought back.
36-23
"Shall I take (other) gods besides Him? If (God) Most
Gracious should intend some adversity for me, of no use whatever will be their
intercession for me, nor can they deliver me.
36-24
"I would indeed, if I were to do so, be in manifest
Error.
36-25
"For me, I have faith in the Lord of you (all): listen,
then, to me!"
36-26
It was said: "Enter thou the Garden." He said:
"Ah me! Would that my People knew (what I know)!-
36-27
"For that my Lord has granted me Forgiveness and has
enrolled me among those held in honour!"