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?"
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
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then look again and yet again: your sight will return to you in a state of humiliation and worn out.
Pickthall
Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim.
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.
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.
It almost bursts up with fury. Every time a group is cast therein, its keeper will ask: "Did no warner come to you?"
Pickthall
As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner ?
Transliteration
Takadu tamayyazu mina alghaythi kullama olqiya feeha fawjun saalahum khazanatuha alam yatikum natheerun
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.'"
Pickthall
They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said: Allah hath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a great error.
Transliteration
Qaloo bala qad jaana natheerun fakaththabna waqulna ma nazzala Allahu min shayin in antum illa fee dalalin kabeerin
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And they will say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire!"
Pickthall
And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not been among the dwellers in the flames.
Transliteration
Waqaloo law kunna nasmaAAu aw naAAqilu ma kunna fee ashabi alssaAAeeri
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then they will confess their sin. So, away with the dwellers of the blazing Fire!
Pickthall
So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the dwellers in the flames.
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).
Pickthall
Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.
Should not He Who has created know? And He is the Most Kind and Courteous (to His slaves), All-Aware (of everything).
Pickthall
Should He not know what He created ? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.
Transliteration
Ala yaAAlamu man khalaqa wahuwa allateefu alkhabeeru
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.
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
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?
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
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.
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
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And indeed those before them belied (the Messengers of Allah), then how terrible was My denial (punishment)?
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
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.
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
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.
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
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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).
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
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)?
Pickthall
Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road ?
Say it is He Who has created you, and endowed you with hearing (ears) and seeing (eyes), and hearts. Little thanks you give.
Pickthall
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is who gave you being, and hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
Transliteration
Qul huwa allathee anshaakum wajaAAala lakumu alssamAAa waalabsara waalafidata qaleelan ma tashkuroona
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Say: "It is He Who has created you on the earth, and to Him shall you be gathered (in the Hereafter)."
Pickthall
Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered.
Transliteration
Qul huwa allathee tharaakum fee alardi wailayhi tuhsharoona
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
They say: "When will this promise (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) come to pass if you are telling the truth.?"
Pickthall
And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful ?
Transliteration
Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "The knowledge (of its exact time) is with Allah only, and I am only a plain warner."
Pickthall
Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;
Transliteration
Qul innama alAAilmu AAinda Allahi wainnama ana natheerun mubeenun
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!"
Pickthall
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.
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?"
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
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."
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
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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?"
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