Chapter 25, 77 verses
Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures; -
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -
He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it is He who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions.
He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.
Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create nothing but are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to themselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection.
But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.
But the misbelievers say: "Naught is this but a lie which he has forged, and others have helped him at it." In truth it is they who have put forward an iniquity and a falsehood.
And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur'an] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.
And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."
And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
Say: "The (Qur'an) was sent down by Him who knows the mystery (that is) in the heavens and the earth: verily He is Oft - Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Say, [O Muhammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."
And they say: "What sort of a messenger is this, who eats food, and walks through the streets? Why has not an angel been sent down to him to give admonition with him?
And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?
"Or (Why) has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or why has he (not) a garden for enjoyment?" The wicked say: "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched."
Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find!
Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
Blessed is He who, if that were His will, could give thee better (things) than those, - Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and He could give thee palaces (secure to dwell in).
Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.
Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have prepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:
But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.
When it sees them from a place far off, they will hear its fury and its ranging sigh.
When the Hellfire sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.
And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then!
And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.
"This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft - repeated!"
[They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."
Say: "Is that best, or the eternal garden, promised to the righteous? for them, that is a reward as well as a goal (of attainment).
Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.
"For them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will dwell (there) for aye: A promise to be prayed for from thy Lord."
For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.
The day He will gather them together as well as those whom they worship besides Allah, He will ask: "Was it ye who let these My servants astray, or did they stray from the Path themselves?"
And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"
They will say: "Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should take for protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on them and their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost."
They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."
(Allah will say): "Now have they proved you liars in what ye say: so ye cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help." And whoever among you does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.
So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.
And the messengers whom We sent before thee were all (men) who ate food and walked through the streets: We have made some of you as a trial for others: will ye have patience? for Allah is One Who sees (all things).
And We did not send before you, [O Muhammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.
Such as fear not the meeting with Us (for Judgment) say: "Why are not the angels sent down to us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?" Indeed they have an arrogant conceit of themselves, and mighty is the insolence of their impiety!
And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence.
The Day they see the angels, - no joy will there be to the sinners that Day: The (angels) will say: "There is a barrier forbidden (to you) altogether!"
The day they see the angels - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."
And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about.
And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.
The Companions of the Garden will be well, that Day, in their abode, and have the fairest of places for repose.
The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.
The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and angels shall be sent down, descending (in ranks), -
And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.
That Day, the dominion as of right and truth, shall be (wholly) for (Allah) Most Merciful: it will be a Day of dire difficulty for the misbelievers.
True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.
The Day that the wrong - doer will bite at his hands, he will say, "Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Messenger!
And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.
"Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend!
Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.
"He did lead me astray from the Message (of Allah) after it had come to me! Ah! the Evil One is but a traitor to man!"
He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."
Then the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish nonsense."
And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur'an as [a thing] abandoned."
Thus have We made for every prophet an enemy among the sinners: but enough is thy Lord to guide and to help.
And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.
Those who reject Faith say: "Why is not the Qur'an revealed to him all at once? Thus (is it revealed), that We may strengthen thy heart thereby, and We have rehearsed it to thee in slow, well - arranged stages, gradually.
And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur'an not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.
And no question do they bring to thee but We reveal to thee the truth and the best explanation (thereof).
And they do not come to you with an argument except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.
Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces, - they will be in an evil plight, and, as to Path, most astray.
The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.
(Before this,) We sent Moses The Book, and appointed his brother Aaron with him as minister;
And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.
And We command: "Go ye both, to the people who have rejected our Signs:" And those (people) We destroyed with utter destruction.
And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.
And the people of Noah, - when they rejected the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them as a Sign for mankind; and We have prepared for (all) wrong - doers a grievous Penalty; -
And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.
As also 'Ad and Thamud, and the Companions of the Rass, and many a generation between them.
And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well and many generations between them.
To each one We set forth Parables and examples; and each one We broke to utter annihilation (for their sins).
And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.
And the (Unbelievers) must indeed have passed by the town on which was rained a shower of evil: did they not then see it (with their own eyes)? But they fear not the Resurrection.
And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.
When they see thee, they treat thee no otherwise than in mockery: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?"
And when they see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?
"He indeed would well - nigh have misled us from our gods, had it not been that we were constant to them!" - Soon will they know, when they see the Penalty, who it is that is most misled in Path!
He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in [worship of] them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.
Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him?
Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?
Or thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They are only like cattle; - nay, they are worse astray in Path.
Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
Hast thou not turned thy vision to thy Lord? - How He doth prolong the shadow! If He willed, He could make it stationary! then do We make the sun its guide;
Have you not considered your Lord - how He extends the shadow, and if He willed, He could have made it stationary? Then We made the sun for it an indication.
Then We draw it in towards Ourselves, - a contraction by easy stages.
Then We hold it in hand for a brief grasp.
And He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you, and Sleep as Repose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.
And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.
And He it is Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy, and We send down pure water from the sky, -
And it is He who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy, and We send down from the sky pure water
That with it We may give life to a dead land, and slake the thirst of things We have created, - cattle and men in great numbers.
That We may bring to life thereby a dead land and give it as drink to those We created of numerous livestock and men.
And We have distributed the (water) amongst them, in order that they may celebrate (our) praises, but most men are averse (to aught) but (rank) ingratitude.
And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.
Had it been Our Will, We could have sent a warner to every centre of population.
And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.
Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an).
So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with the Qur'an a great striving.
It is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water: One palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter; yet has He made a barrier between them, a partition that is forbidden to be passed.
And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas, one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.
It is He Who has created man from water: then has He established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things).
And it is He who has created from water a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].
Yet do they worship, besides Allah, things that can neither profit them nor harm them: and the Misbeliever is a helper (of Evil), against his own Lord!
But they worship rather than Allah that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].
But thee We only sent to give glad tidings and admonition.
And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.
Say: "No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one who will may take a (straight) Path to his Lord."
Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."
And put thy trust in Him Who lives and dies not; and celebrate his praise; and enough is He to be acquainted with the faults of His servants; -
And rely upon the Ever - Living who does not die, and exalt [Allah] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, Acquainted -
He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between, in six days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of Authority): Allah Most Gracious: ask thou, then, about Him of any acquainted (with such things).
He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well .
When it is said to them, "Prostrate to (Allah) Most Gracious!", they say, "And what is (Allah) Most Gracious? Shall we prostrate to that which thou commandest us?" And it increases their flight (from the Truth).
And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.
Blessed is He Who made constellations in the skies, and placed therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light;
Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.
And it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow each other: for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their gratitude.
And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.
And the servants of (Allah) Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, "Peace!";
And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,
Those who spend the night in adoration of their Lord prostrate and standing;
And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]
Those who say, "Our Lord! avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous, -
And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;
"Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in";
Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."
Those who, when they spend, are not extravagant and not niggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);
And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate
Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit fornication; - and any that does this (not only) meets punishment.
And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.
(But) the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignominy, -
Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -
Unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah will change the evil of such persons into good, and Allah is Oft - Forgiving, Most Merciful,
Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allah will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
And whoever repents and does good has truly turned to Allah with an (acceptable) conversion; -
And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allah with [accepted] repentance.
Those who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honourable (avoidance);
And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.
Those who, when they are admonished with the Signs of their Lord, droop not down at them as if they were deaf or blind;
And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.
And those who pray, "Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous."
And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous."
Those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in heaven, because of their patient constancy: therein shall they be met with salutations and peace,
Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace.
Dwelling therein; - how beautiful an abode and place of rest!
Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.
Say (to the Rejecters): "My Lord is not uneasy because of you if ye call not on Him: But ye have indeed rejected (Him), and soon will come the inevitable (punishment)!"
Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?" For you [disbelievers] have denied, so your denial is going to be adherent.