Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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?"
Arabic
الذي خلق سبع سماوات طباقا ۖ ما ترى في خلق الرحمن من تفاوت ۖ فارجع البصر هل ترى من فطور
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 ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then look again and yet again: your sight will return to you in a state of humiliation and worn out.
Arabic
ثم ارجع البصر كرتين ينقلب إليك البصر خاسئا وهو حسير
Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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.
Arabic
ولقد زينا السماء الدنيا بمصابيح وجعلناها رجوما للشياطين ۖ وأعتدنا لهم عذاب السعير
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.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And for those who disbelieve in their Lord (Allah) is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.
As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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.'"
Arabic
قالوا بلى قد جاءنا نذير فكذبنا وقلنا ما نزل الله من شيء إن أنتم إلا في ضلال كبير
So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the dwellers in the flames.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).
Should He not know what He created ? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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.
Arabic
هو الذي جعل لكم الأرض ذلولا فامشوا في مناكبها وكلوا من رزقه ۖ وإليه النشور
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).
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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?
Arabic
أأمنتم من في السماء أن يخسف بكم الأرض فإذا هي تمور
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 ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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.
Arabic
أم أمنتم من في السماء أن يرسل عليكم حاصبا ۖ فستعلمون كيف نذير
And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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.
Arabic
أولم يروا إلى الطير فوقهم صافات ويقبضن ۚ ما يمسكهن إلا الرحمن ۚ إنه بكل شيء بصير
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.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Who is he besides the Most Gracious that can be an army to you to help you? The disbelievers are in nothing but delusion.
Arabic
أمن هذا الذي هو جند لكم ينصركم من دون الرحمن ۚ إن الكافرون إلا في غرور
Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence ? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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)?
Arabic
أفمن يمشي مكبا على وجهه أهدى أمن يمشي سويا على صراط مستقيم
Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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!"
Arabic
فلما رأوه زلفة سيئت وجوه الذين كفروا وقيل هذا الذي كنتم به تدعون
But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which ye used to call.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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?"
Arabic
قل أرأيتم إن أهلكني الله ومن معي أو رحمنا فمن يجير الكافرين من عذاب أليم
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 ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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."
Arabic
قل هو الرحمن آمنا به وعليه توكلنا ۖ فستعلمون من هو في ضلال مبين