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?
Pickthall
Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Muhammad) canst see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again: Canst thou see any rifts ?
Transliteration
Allathee khalaqa sabAAa samawatin tibaqan ma tara fee khalqi alrrahmani min tafawutin fairjiAAi albasara hal tara min futoorin
Shakir
Then turn back the eye again and again; your look shall come back to you confused while it is fatigued.
Pickthall
Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim.
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.
Pickthall
And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame.
Does He not know, Who created? And He is the Knower of the subtleties, the Aware.
Pickthall
Should He not know what He created ? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.
Transliteration
Ala yaAAlamu man khalaqa wahuwa allateefu alkhabeeru
Shakir
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.
Pickthall
He it is Who hath made the earth subservient unto you, so Walk in the paths thereof and eat of His providence. And unto Him will be the resurrection (of the dead).
Transliteration
Huwa allathee jaAAala lakumu alarda thaloolan faimshoo fee manakibiha wakuloo min rizqihi wailayhi alnnushooru
Shakir
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.
Pickthall
Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed ?
Transliteration
Aamintum man fee alssamai an yakhsifa bikumu alarda faitha hiya tamooru
Shakir
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.
Pickthall
Or have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not let loose on you a hurricane ? But ye shall know the manner of My warning.
Transliteration
Am amintum man fee alssamai an yursila AAalaykum hasiban fasataAAlamoona kayfa natheeri
Shakir
And certainly those before them rejected (the truth), then how was My disapproval.
Pickthall
And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!
Transliteration
Walaqad kaththaba allatheena min qablihim fakayfa kana nakeeri
Shakir
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.
Pickthall
Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and closing them ? Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent. Lo! He is Seer of all things.
Transliteration
Awalam yaraw ila alttayri fawqahum saffatin wayaqbidna ma yumsikuhunna illa alrrahmanu innahu bikulli shayin baseerun
Shakir
Or who is it that will be a host for you to assist you besides the Beneficent Allah? The unbelievers are only in deception.
Pickthall
Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of the Beneficent ? The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.
Transliteration
Amman hatha allathee huwa jundun lakum yansurukum min dooni alrrahmani ini alkafiroona illa fee ghuroorin
Shakir
Or who is it that will give you sustenance if He should withhold His sustenance? Nay! they persist in disdain and aversion.
Pickthall
Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence ? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.
Transliteration
Amman hatha allathee yarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoorin
Shakir
What! is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright upon a straight path?
Pickthall
Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road ?
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?
Pickthall
Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me (Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom ?
Transliteration
Qul araaytum in ahlakaniya Allahu waman maAAiya aw rahimana faman yujeeru alkafireena min AAathabin aleemin
Shakir
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.
Pickthall
Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put our trust. And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest.
Transliteration
Qul huwa alrrahmanu amanna bihi waAAalayhi tawakkalna fasataAAlamoona man huwa fee dalalin mubeenin
Shakir
Say: Have you considered if your water should go down, who is it then that will bring you flowing water?
Pickthall
Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water ?
Transliteration
Qul araaytum in asbaha maokum ghawran faman yateekum bimain maAAeenin