1.
A.L.R. These are the ayats of the Book of Wisdom.
2.
Is it a matter of wonderment to men that We have sent Our inspiration
to a man from among themselves?- that he should warn mankind (of their
danger), and give the good news to the Believers that they have before
their Lord the lofty rank of truth. (But) say the Unbelievers: "This
is indeed an evident sorcerer!"
3.
Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in
six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating
and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except
after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore
serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?
4.
To Him will be your return- of all of you. The promise of Allah is true
and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of creation, and repeateth
it, that He may reward with justice those who believe and work righteousness;
but those who reject Him will have draughts of boiling fluids, and a
penalty grievous, because they did reject Him.
5.
It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a
light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might know
the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah create
this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His Signs
in detail, for those who understand.
6.
Verily, in the alternation of the night and the day, and in all that
Allah hath created, in the heavens and the earth, are signs for those
who fear Him.
7.
Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but are pleased
and satisfied with the life of the present, and those who heed not Our
Signs,-
8.
Their abode is the Fire, because of the (evil) they earned.
9.
Those who believe, and work righteousness,- their Lord will guide them
because of their faith: beneath them will flow rivers in gardens of
bliss.
10.
(This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to Thee, O Allah." And "Peace"
will be their greeting therein! and the close of their cry will be:
"Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!"
11.
If Allah were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they would
fain hasten on the good,- then would their respite be settled at once.
But We leave those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us,
in their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro.
12.
When trouble toucheth a man, He crieth unto Us (in all postures)- lying
down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have solved his
trouble, he passeth on his way as if he had never cried to Us for a
trouble that touched him! thus do the deeds of transgressors seem fair
in their eyes!
13.
Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong: their apostles
came to them with clear-signs, but they would not believe! thus do We
requite those who sin!
14.
Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how ye would behave!
15.
But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not
their hope on their meeting with Us, Say: "Bring us a reading other
than this, or change this," Say: "It is not for me, of my own accord,
to change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me: if I were
to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of a Great Day
(to come)."
16.
Say: "If Allah had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to you,
nor would He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this
have I tarried amongst you: will ye not then understand?"
17.
Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against Allah, or deny
His Signs? But never will prosper those who sin.
18.
They serve, besides Allah, things that hurt them not nor profit them,
and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allah." Say: "Do ye indeed
inform Allah of something He knows not, in the heavens or on earth?-
Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!"
19.
Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been for
a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would
have been settled between them.
20.
They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "The
Unseen is only for Allah (to know), then wait ye: I too will wait with
you."
21.
When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity hath touched
them, behold! they take to plotting against Our Signs! Say: "Swifter
to plan is Allah." Verily, Our messengers record all the plots that
ye make!
22.
He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; so that
ye even board ships;- they sail with them with a favourable wind, and
they rejoice thereat; then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to
them from all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: they
cry unto Allah, sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him saying, "If
thou dost deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!"
23.
But when he delivereth them, behold! they transgress insolently through
the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is against
your own souls,- an enjoyment of the life of the present: in the end,
to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of all that ye
did.
24.
The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send
down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth-
which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is
clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people
to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There
reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest
clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do
We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.
25.
But Allah doth call to the Home of Peace: He doth guide whom He pleaseth
to a way that is straight.
26.
To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than in measure)!
No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! they are companions of
the garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!
27.
But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like evil: ignominy
will cover their (faces): No defender will they have from (the wrath
of) Allah. Their faces will be covered, as it were, with pieces from
the depth of the darkness of night: they are companions of the Fire:
they will abide therein (for aye)!
28.
One day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say to those
who joined gods (with Us): "To your place! ye and those ye joined as
'partners' We shall separate them, and their "Partners" shall say: "It
was not us that ye worshipped!
29.
"Enough is Allah for a witness between us and you: we certainly knew
nothing of your worship of us!"
30.
There will every soul prove (the fruits of) the deeds it sent before:
they will be brought back to Allah their rightful Lord, and their invented
falsehoods will leave them in the lurch.
31.
Say: "Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the sky and from the
earth? or who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And who is
it that brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living?
and who is it that rules and regulates all affairs?" They will soon
say, "(Allah)". Say, "will ye not then show piety (to Him)?"
32.
Such is Allah, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from truth,
what (remains) but error? How then are ye turned away?
33.
Thus is the word of thy Lord proved true against those who rebel: Verily
they will not believe.
34.
Say: "Of your 'partners', can any originate creation and repeat it?"
Say: "It is Allah Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are
ye deluded away (from the truth)?"
35.
Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards
truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then
He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who
finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? what then is the matter
with you? How judge ye?"
36.
But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no
avail against truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.
37.
This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah. on the
contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it,
and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from
the Lord of the worlds.
38.
Or do they say, "He forged it"? say: "Bring then a Sura like unto it,
and call (to your aid) anyone you can besides Allah, if it be ye speak
the truth!"
39.
Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot compass,
even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them: thus did those
before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those
who did wrong!
40.
Of them there are some who believe therein, and some who do not: and
thy Lord knoweth best those who are out for mischief.
41.
If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to me, and yours to
you! ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what ye
do!"
42.
Among them are some who (pretend to) listen to thee: But canst thou
make the deaf to hear,- even though they are without understanding?
43.
And among them are some who look at thee: but canst thou guide the blind,-
even though they will not see?
44.
Verily Allah will not deal unjustly with man in aught: It is man that
wrongs his own soul.
45.
One day He will gather them together: (It will be) as if they had tarried
but an hour of a day: they will recognise each other: assuredly those
will be lost who denied the meeting with Allah and refused to receive
true guidance.
46.
Whether We show thee (realised in thy life-time) some part of what We
promise them,- or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (Before that),- in
any case, to Us is their return: ultimately Allah is witness, to all
that they do.
47.
To every people (was sent) an apostle: when their apostle comes (before
them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they
will not be wronged.
48.
They say: "When will this promise come to pass,- if ye speak the truth?"
49.
Say: "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except as Allah
willeth. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached,
not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it
in anticipation)."
50.
Say: "Do ye see,- if His punishment should come to you by night or by
day,- what portion of it would the sinners wish to hasten?
51.
"Would ye then believe in it at last, when it actually cometh to pass?
(It will then be said): 'Ah! now? and ye wanted (aforetime) to hasten
it on!'
52.
"At length will be said to the wrong-doers: 'Taste ye the enduring punishment!
ye get but the recompense of what ye earned!'"
53.
They seek to be informed by thee: "Is that true?" Say: "Aye! by my Lord!
it is the very truth! and ye cannot frustrate it!"
54.
Every soul that hath sinned, if it possessed all that is on earth, would
fain give it in ransom: They would declare (their) repentance when they
see the penalty: but the judgment between them will be with justice,
and no wrong will be done unto them.
55.
Is it not (the case) that to Allah belongeth whatever is in the heavens
and on earth? Is it not (the case) that Allah.s promise is assuredly
true? Yet most of them understand not.
56.
It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall ye all
be brought back.
57.
O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lord and a healing
for the (diseases) in your hearts,- and for those who believe, a guidance
and a Mercy.
58.
Say: "In the bounty of Allah. And in His Mercy,- in that let them rejoice":
that is better than the (wealth) they hoard.
59.
Say: "See ye what things Allah hath sent down to you for sustenance?
Yet ye hold forbidden some things thereof and (some things) lawful."
Say: "Hath Allah indeed permitted you, or do ye invent (things) to attribute
to Allah."
60.
And what think those who invent lies against Allah, of the Day of Judgment?
Verily Allah is full of bounty to mankind, but most of them are ungrateful.
61.
In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion thou mayest
be reciting from the Qur'an,- and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be
doing,- We are witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed therein.
Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom on the
earth or in heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these
things but are recorded in a clear record.
62.
Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they
grieve;
63.
Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil;-
64.
For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in the Hereafter;
no change can there be in the words of Allah. This is indeed the supreme
felicity.
65.
Let not their speech grieve thee: for all power and honour belong to
Allah. It is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
66.
Behold! verily to Allah belong all creatures, in the heavens and on
earth. What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other than
Allah. They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.
67.
He it is That hath made you the night that ye may rest therein, and
the day to make things visible (to you). Verily in this are signs for
those who listen (to His Message).
68.
They say: "(Allah) hath begotten a son!" - Glory be to Him! He is self-
sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warrant
have ye for this! say ye about Allah what ye know not?
69.
Say: "Those who invent a lie against Allah will never prosper."
70.
A little enjoyment in this world!- and then, to Us will be their return,
then shall We make them taste the severest penalty for their blasphemies.
71.
Relate to them the story of Noah. Behold! he said to his people: "O
my people, if it be hard on your (mind) that I should stay (with you)
and commemorate the signs of Allah,- yet I put my trust in Allah. Get
ye then an agreement about your plan and among your partners, so your
plan be on to you dark and dubious. Then pass your sentence on me, and
give me no respite.
72.
"But if ye turn back, (consider): no reward have I asked of you: my
reward is only due from Allah, and I have been commanded to be of those
who submit to Allah.s will (in Islam)."
73.
They rejected Him, but We delivered him, and those with him, in the
Ark, and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed in the
flood those who rejected Our Signs. Then see what was the end of those
who were warned (but heeded not)!
74.
Then after him We sent (many) apostles to their peoples: they brought
them Clear Signs, but they would not believe what they had already rejected
beforehand. Thus do We seal the hearts of the transgressors.
75.
Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with
Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin.
76.
When the Truth did come to them from Us, they said: "This is indeed
evident sorcery!"
77.
Said Moses: "Say ye (this) about the truth when it hath (actually) reached
you? Is sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper."
78.
They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us away from the ways we found
our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother may have
greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!"
79.
Said Pharaoh: "Bring me every sorcerer well versed."
80.
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw ye what ye (wish)
to throw!"
81.
When they had had their throw, Moses said: "What ye have brought is
sorcery: Allah will surely make it of no effect: for Allah prospereth
not the work of those who make mischief.
82.
"And Allah by His words doth prove and establish His truth, however
much the sinners may hate it!"
83.
But none believed in Moses except some children of his people, because
of the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should persecute them;
and certainly Pharaoh was mighty on the earth and one who transgressed
all bounds.
84.
Moses said: "O my people! If ye do (really) believe in Allah, then in
Him put your trust if ye submit (your will to His)."
85.
They said: "In Allah do we put out trust. Our Lord! make us not a trial
for those who practise oppression;
86.
"And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject (Thee)."
87.
We inspired Moses and his brother with this Message: "Provide dwellings
for your people in Egypt, make your dwellings into places of worship,
and establish regular prayers: and give glad tidings to those who believe!"
88.
Moses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his
chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so, Our
Lord, they mislead (men) from Thy Path. Deface our Lord, the features
of their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not
believe until they see the grievous penalty."
89.
Allah said: "Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! So stand ye
straight, and follow not the path of those who know not."
90.
We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts
followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with
the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no god except Him Whom
the Children of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (to Allah
in Islam)."
91.
(It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou
in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)!
92.
"This day shall We save thee in the body, that thou mayest be a sign
to those who come after thee! but verily, many among mankind are heedless
of Our Signs!"
93.
We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place, and
provided for them sustenance of the best: it was after knowledge had
been granted to them, that they fell into schisms. Verily Allah will
judge between them as to the schisms amongst them, on the Day of Judgment.
94.
If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask
those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath
indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt.
95.
Nor be of those who reject the signs of Allah, or thou shalt be of those
who perish.
96.
Those against whom the word of thy Lord hath been verified would not
believe-
97.
Even if every Sign was brought unto them,- until they see (for themselves)
the penalty grievous.
98.
Why was there not a single township (among those We warned), which believed,-
so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of Jonah? When
they believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy in the life
of the present, and permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.
99.
If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,- all who
are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to
believe!
100.
No soul can believe, except by the will of Allah, and He will place
doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand.
101.
Say: "Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth"; but neither Signs
nor Warners profit those who believe not.
102.
Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the days of the
men who passed away before them? Say: "Wait ye then: for I, too, will
wait with you."
103.
In the end We deliver Our apostles and those who believe: Thus is it
fitting on Our part that We should deliver those who believe!
104.
Say: "O ye men! If ye are in doubt as to my religion, (behold!) I worship
not what ye worship, other than Allah. But I worship Allah - Who will
take your souls (at death): I am commanded to be (in the ranks) of the
Believers,
105.
"And further (thus): 'set thy face towards religion with true piety,
and never in any wise be of the Unbelievers;
106.
"'Nor call on any, other than Allah.- Such will neither profit thee
nor hurt thee: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those
who do wrong.'"
107.
If Allah do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it but He:
if He do design some benefit for thee, there is none can keep back His
favour: He causeth it to reach whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth.
And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
108.
Say: "O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you from your Lord! those who
receive guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those who stray,
do so to their own loss: and I am not (set) over you to arrange your
affairs."
109.
Follow thou the inspiration sent unto thee, and be patient and constant,
till Allah do decide: for He is the best to decide.
