Chapter 67, 30 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبارك الذي بيده الملك وهو على كل شيء قدير
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion; and He is Able to do all things.
الذي خلق الموت والحياة ليبلوكم أيكم أحسن عملا ۚ وهو العزيز الغفور
Who has created death and life that He may test you which of you is best in deed. And He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving;
الذي خلق سبع سماوات طباقا ۖ ما ترى في خلق الرحمن من تفاوت ۖ فارجع البصر هل ترى من فطور
Who has created the seven heavens one above another; you can see no fault in the creation of the Most Gracious. Then look again: "Can you see any rifts?"
ثم ارجع البصر كرتين ينقلب إليك البصر خاسئا وهو حسير
Then look again and yet again: your sight will return to you in a state of humiliation and worn out.
ولقد زينا السماء الدنيا بمصابيح وجعلناها رجوما للشياطين ۖ وأعتدنا لهم عذاب السعير
And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps , and We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayatin (devils), and have prepared for them the torment of the blazing Fire.
وللذين كفروا بربهم عذاب جهنم ۖ وبئس المصير
And for those who disbelieve in their Lord (Allah) is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.
إذا ألقوا فيها سمعوا لها شهيقا وهي تفور
When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath as it blazes forth.
تكاد تميز من الغيظ ۖ كلما ألقي فيها فوج سألهم خزنتها ألم يأتكم نذير
It almost bursts up with fury. Every time a group is cast therein, its keeper will ask: "Did no warner come to you?"
قالوا بلى قد جاءنا نذير فكذبنا وقلنا ما نزل الله من شيء إن أنتم إلا في ضلال كبير
They will say: "Yes, indeed a warner did come to us, but we belied him and said: 'Allah never sent down anything (of revelation); you are only in great error.'"
وقالوا لو كنا نسمع أو نعقل ما كنا في أصحاب السعير
And they will say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire!"
فاعترفوا بذنبهم فسحقا لأصحاب السعير
Then they will confess their sin. So, away with the dwellers of the blazing Fire!
إن الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب لهم مغفرة وأجر كبير
Verily,, those who fear their Lord unseen (i.e. they do not see Him, nor His punishment in the Hereafter), theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward (i.e. Paradise).
وأسروا قولكم أو اجهروا به ۖ إنه عليم بذات الصدور
And whether you keep your talk secret or disclose it, Verily, He is the All-Knower of what is in the breasts (of men).
ألا يعلم من خلق وهو اللطيف الخبير
Should not He Who has created know? And He is the Most Kind and Courteous (to His slaves), All-Aware (of everything).
هو الذي جعل لكم الأرض ذلولا فامشوا في مناكبها وكلوا من رزقه ۖ وإليه النشور
He it is Who has made the earth subservient to you (i.e. easy for you to walk, to live and to do agriculture on it); so walk in the path thereof and eat of His provision. And to Him will be the Resurrection.
أأمنتم من في السماء أن يخسف بكم الأرض فإذا هي تمور
Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then it should quake?
أم أمنتم من في السماء أن يرسل عليكم حاصبا ۖ فستعلمون كيف نذير
Or do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not send against you a violent whirlwind? Then you shall know how (terrible) has been My Warning.
ولقد كذب الذين من قبلهم فكيف كان نكير
And indeed those before them belied (the Messengers of Allah), then how terrible was My denial (punishment)?
أولم يروا إلى الطير فوقهم صافات ويقبضن ۚ ما يمسكهن إلا الرحمن ۚ إنه بكل شيء بصير
Do they not see the birds above them, spreading out their wings and folding them in? None upholds them except the Most Gracious (Allah). Verily, He is the All-Seer of everything.
أمن هذا الذي هو جند لكم ينصركم من دون الرحمن ۚ إن الكافرون إلا في غرور
Who is he besides the Most Gracious that can be an army to you to help you? The disbelievers are in nothing but delusion.
أمن هذا الذي يرزقكم إن أمسك رزقه ۚ بل لجوا في عتو ونفور
Who is he that can provide for you if He should withhold His provision? Nay, but they continue to be in pride, and (they) flee (from the truth).
أفمن يمشي مكبا على وجهه أهدى أمن يمشي سويا على صراط مستقيم
Is he who walks prone (without seeing) on his face, more rightly guided, or he who (sees and) walks upright on the Straight Way (i.e. Islamic Monotheism)?
قل هو الذي أنشأكم وجعل لكم السمع والأبصار والأفئدة ۖ قليلا ما تشكرون
Say it is He Who has created you, and endowed you with hearing (ears) and seeing (eyes), and hearts. Little thanks you give.
قل هو الذي ذرأكم في الأرض وإليه تحشرون
Say: "It is He Who has created you on the earth, and to Him shall you be gathered (in the Hereafter)."
ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين
They say: "When will this promise (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) come to pass if you are telling the truth.?"
قل إنما العلم عند الله وإنما أنا نذير مبين
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "The knowledge (of its exact time) is with Allah only, and I am only a plain warner."
فلما رأوه زلفة سيئت وجوه الذين كفروا وقيل هذا الذي كنتم به تدعون
But when they will see it (the torment on the Day of Resurrection) approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will change and turn black with sadness and in grief and it will be said (to them): "This is (the promise) which you were calling for!"
قل أرأيتم إن أهلكني الله ومن معي أو رحمنا فمن يجير الكافرين من عذاب أليم
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Tell me! If Allah destroys me, and those with me, or He bestows His Mercy on us - who can save the disbelievers from a painful torment?"
قل هو الرحمن آمنا به وعليه توكلنا ۖ فستعلمون من هو في ضلال مبين
Say: "He is the Most Gracious (Allah), in Him we believe, and in Him we put our trust. So you will come to know who it is that is in manifest error."
قل أرأيتم إن أصبح ماؤكم غورا فمن يأتيكم بماء معين
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Tell me! If (all) your water were to sink away, who then can supply you with flowing (spring) water?"