Chapter 67, 30 verses
Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبارك الذي بيده الملك وهو على كل شيء قدير
Who created death and life that He may try you - - which of you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,
الذي خلق الموت والحياة ليبلوكم أيكم أحسن عملا ۚ وهو العزيز الغفور
Who created the seven heavens one above another; you see no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent Allah; then look again, can you see any disorder?
الذي خلق سبع سماوات طباقا ۖ ما ترى في خلق الرحمن من تفاوت ۖ فارجع البصر هل ترى من فطور
Then turn back the eye again and again; your look shall come back to you confused while it is fatigued.
ثم ارجع البصر كرتين ينقلب إليك البصر خاسئا وهو حسير
And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We have made these missiles for the Shaitans, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning.
ولقد زينا السماء الدنيا بمصابيح وجعلناها رجوما للشياطين ۖ وأعتدنا لهم عذاب السعير
And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the punishment of hell, and evil is the resort.
وللذين كفروا بربهم عذاب جهنم ۖ وبئس المصير
When they shall be cast therein, they shall hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves,
إذا ألقوا فيها سمعوا لها شهيقا وهي تفور
Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its keeper shall ask them: Did there not come to you a warner?
تكاد تميز من الغيظ ۖ كلما ألقي فيها فوج سألهم خزنتها ألم يأتكم نذير
They shall say: Yea! indeed there came to us a warner, but we rejected (him) and said: Allah has not revealed anything, you are only in a great error.
قالوا بلى قد جاءنا نذير فكذبنا وقلنا ما نزل الله من شيء إن أنتم إلا في ضلال كبير
And they shall say: Had we but listened or pondered, we should not have been among the inmates of the burning fire.
وقالوا لو كنا نسمع أو نعقل ما كنا في أصحاب السعير
So they shall acknowledge their sins, but far will be (forgiveness) from the inmates of the burning fire.
فاعترفوا بذنبهم فسحقا لأصحاب السعير
(As for) those who fear their Lord in secret, they shall surely have forgiveness and a great reward.
إن الذين يخشون ربهم بالغيب لهم مغفرة وأجر كبير
And conceal your word or manifest it; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.
وأسروا قولكم أو اجهروا به ۖ إنه عليم بذات الصدور
Does He not know, Who created? And He is the Knower of the subtleties, the Aware.
ألا يعلم من خلق وهو اللطيف الخبير
He it is Who made the earth smooth for you, therefore go about in the spacious sides thereof, and eat of His sustenance, and to Him is the return after death.
هو الذي جعل لكم الأرض ذلولا فامشوا في مناكبها وكلوا من رزقه ۖ وإليه النشور
Are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it shall be in a state of commotion.
أأمنتم من في السماء أن يخسف بكم الأرض فإذا هي تمور
Or are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not send down upon you a punishment? Then shall you know how was My warning.
أم أمنتم من في السماء أن يرسل عليكم حاصبا ۖ فستعلمون كيف نذير
And certainly those before them rejected (the truth), then how was My disapproval.
ولقد كذب الذين من قبلهم فكيف كان نكير
Have they not seen the birds above them expanding (their wings) and contracting (them)? What is it that withholds them save the Beneficent Allah? Surely He sees everything.
أولم يروا إلى الطير فوقهم صافات ويقبضن ۚ ما يمسكهن إلا الرحمن ۚ إنه بكل شيء بصير
Or who is it that will be a host for you to assist you besides the Beneficent Allah? The unbelievers are only in deception.
أمن هذا الذي هو جند لكم ينصركم من دون الرحمن ۚ إن الكافرون إلا في غرور
Or who is it that will give you sustenance if He should withhold His sustenance? Nay! they persist in disdain and aversion.
أمن هذا الذي يرزقكم إن أمسك رزقه ۚ بل لجوا في عتو ونفور
What! is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright upon a straight path?
أفمن يمشي مكبا على وجهه أهدى أمن يمشي سويا على صراط مستقيم
Say: He it is Who brought you into being and made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts: little is it that you give thanks.
قل هو الذي أنشأكم وجعل لكم السمع والأبصار والأفئدة ۖ قليلا ما تشكرون
Say: He it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him you shall be gathered.
قل هو الذي ذرأكم في الأرض وإليه تحشرون
And they say: When shall this threat be (executed) if you are truthful?
ويقولون متى هذا الوعد إن كنتم صادقين
Say: The knowledge (thereof is only with Allah and I am only a plain warner.
قل إنما العلم عند الله وإنما أنا نذير مبين
But when they shall see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve shall be sorry, and it shall be said; This is that which you used to call for.
فلما رأوه زلفة سيئت وجوه الذين كفروا وقيل هذا الذي كنتم به تدعون
Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me - - rather He will have mercy on us; yet who will protect the unbelievers from a painful punishment?
قل أرأيتم إن أهلكني الله ومن معي أو رحمنا فمن يجير الكافرين من عذاب أليم
Say: He is the Beneficent Allah, we believe in Him and on Him do we rely, so you shall come to know who it is that is in clear error.
قل هو الرحمن آمنا به وعليه توكلنا ۖ فستعلمون من هو في ضلال مبين
Say: Have you considered if your water should go down, who is it then that will bring you flowing water?
قل أرأيتم إن أصبح ماؤكم غورا فمن يأتيكم بماء معين