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43- سُورَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ

سُورَةُ الزُّخْرُفِالمكية89بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖیمِحمٓ١وَالْكِتاٰبِ الْمُبٖینِ٢اِنّاٰ جَعَلْناٰهُ قُرْءاٰنًا عَرَبِیًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ٣وَاِنَّهُۥ فٖیٓ اُمِّ الْكِتاٰبِ لَدَیْناٰ لَعَلِیٌّ حَكٖیمٌ٤اَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنْكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحًا اَنْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْمًا مُسْرِفٖینَ٥وَكَمْ اَرْسَلْناٰ مِنْ نَبِیٍّ فِی الْاَوَّلٖینَ٦وَماٰ یَأْتٖیهِمْ مِنْ نَبِیٍّ اِلّاٰ كاٰنُوا بِهٖ یَسْتَهْزِءُونَ٧فَاَهْلَكْنآٰ اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا وَمَضٰی مَثَلُ الْاَوَّلٖینَ٨وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰواٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَیَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزٖیزُ الْعَلٖیمُ٩ٱَلَّذٖی جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فٖیهاٰ سُبُلًا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ١٠وَالَّذٖی نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمآٰءِ مآٰءً بِقَدَرٍ فَاَنْشَرْناٰ بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَیْتًاۚ كَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ١١وَالَّذٖی خَلَقَ الْاَزْواٰجَ كُلَّهاٰ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْاَنْعاٰمِ ماٰ تَرْكَبُونَ١٢لِتَسْتَوُۥا عَلٰی ظُهُورِهٖ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ اِذَا اسْتَوَیْتُمْ عَلَیْهِ وَتَقُولُوا سُبْحاٰنَ الَّذٖی سَخَّرَ لَناٰ هٰذاٰ وَماٰ كُنّاٰ لَهُۥ مُقْرِنٖینَ١٣وَاِنّآٰ اِلٰی رَبِّناٰ لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ١٤وَجَعَلُوا لَهُۥ مِنْ عِباٰدِهٖ جُزْءًاۚ اِنَّ الْاِنْساٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ مُبٖینٌ١٥اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمّاٰ یَخْلُقُ بَناٰتٍ وَاَصْفٰىكُمْ بِالْبَنٖینَ١٦وَاِذاٰ بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِماٰ ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظٖیمٌ١٧اَوَ مَنْ یُنَشَّؤُا فِی الْحِلْیَةِ وَهُوَ فِی الْخِصاٰمِ غَیْرُ مُبٖینٍ١٨وَجَعَلُوا الْمَلآٰئِكَةَ الَّذٖینَ هُمْ عِباٰدُ الرَّحْمٰنِ اِناٰثًاۚ اَشَهِدُوا خَلْقَهُمْۚ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهاٰدَتُهُمْ وَیُسْئَلُونَ١٩وَقاٰلُوا لَوْ شآٰءَ الرَّحْمٰنُ ماٰ عَبَدْناٰهُمْۗ ماٰ لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۖ اِنْ هُمْ اِلّاٰ یَخْرُصُونَ٢٠اَمْ ءاٰتَیْناٰهُمْ كِتاٰبًا مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ فَهُمْ بِهٖ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ٢١بَلْ قاٰلُوٓا اِنّاٰ وَجَدْنآٰ ءاٰبآٰءَناٰ عَلٰٓی اُمَّةٍ وَاِنّاٰ عَلٰٓی ءاٰثاٰرِهِمْ مُهْتَدُونَ٢٢وَكَذٰلِكَ مآٰ اَرْسَلْناٰ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فٖی قَرْیَةٍ مِنْ نَذٖیرٍ اِلّاٰ قاٰلَ مُتْرَفُوهآٰ اِنّاٰ وَجَدْنآٰ ءاٰبآٰءَناٰ عَلٰٓی اُمَّةٍ وَاِنّاٰ عَلٰٓی ءاٰثاٰرِهِمْ مُقْتَدُونَ٢٣قاٰلَ اَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِاَهْدٰی مِمّاٰ وَجَدْتُمْ عَلَیْهِ ءاٰبآٰءَكُمْۖ قاٰلُوٓا اِنّاٰ بِمآٰ اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كاٰفِرُونَ٢٤فَانْتَقَمْناٰ مِنْهُمْۖ فَانْظُرْ كَیْفَ كاٰنَ عاٰقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبٖینَ٢٥وَاِذْ قاٰلَ اِبْراٰهٖیمُ لِاَبٖیهِ وَقَوْمِهٖٓ اِنَّنٖی بَرآٰءٌ مِمّاٰ تَعْبُدُونَ٢٦اِلَّا الَّذٖی فَطَرَنٖی فَاِنَّهُۥ سَیَهْدٖینِ٢٧وَجَعَلَهاٰ كَلِمَةً باٰقِیَةً فٖی عَقِبِهٖ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَرْجِعُونَ٢٨بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هٰٓؤُلآٰءِ وَءاٰبآٰءَهُمْ حَتّٰی جآٰءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُبٖینٌ٢٩وَلَمّاٰ جآٰءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قاٰلُوا هٰذاٰ سِحْرٌ وَاِنّاٰ بِهٖ كاٰفِرُونَ٣٠وَقاٰلُوا لَوْلاٰ نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْءاٰنُ عَلٰی رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَرْیَتَیْنِ عَظٖیمٍ٣١اَهُمْ یَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَۚ نَحْنُ قَسَمْناٰ بَیْنَهُمْ مَعٖیشَتَهُمْ فِی الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیاٰۚ وَرَفَعْناٰ بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجاٰتٍ لِیَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا سُخْرِیًّاۗ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَیْرٌ مِمّاٰ یَجْمَعُونَ٣٢وَلَوْلآٰ اَنْ یَكُونَ النّاٰسُ اُمَّةً واٰحِدَةً لَجَعَلْناٰ لِمَنْ یَكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُیُوتِهِمْ سُقُفًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَمَعاٰرِجَ عَلَیْهاٰ یَظْهَرُونَ٣٣وَلِبُیُوتِهِمْ اَبْواٰبًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَیْهاٰ یَتَّكِئُونَ٣٤وَزُخْرُفًاۚ وَاِنْ كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمّاٰ مَتاٰعُ الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیاٰۚ وَالْءاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقٖینَ٣٥وَمَنْ یَعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَیِّضْ لَهُۥ شَیْطاٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرٖینٌ٣٦وَاِنَّهُمْ لَیَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبٖیلِ وَیَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ٣٧حَتّٰٓی اِذاٰ جآٰءَناٰ قاٰلَ یاٰ لَیْتَ بَیْنٖی وَبَیْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَیْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرٖینُ٣٨وَلَنْ یَنْفَعَكُمُ الْیَوْمَ اِذْ ظَلَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ فِی الْعَذاٰبِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ٣٩اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ اَوْ تَهْدِی الْعُمْیَ وَمَنْ كاٰنَ فٖی ضَلاٰلٍ مُبٖینٍ٤٠فَاِمّاٰ نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَاِنّاٰ مِنْهُمْ مُنْتَقِمُونَ٤١اَوْ نُرِیَنَّكَ الَّذٖی وَعَدْناٰهُمْ فَاِنّاٰ عَلَیْهِمْ مُقْتَدِرُونَ٤٢فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذٖیٓ اُوحِیَ اِلَیْكَۖ اِنَّكَ عَلٰی صِراٰطٍ مُسْتَقٖیمٍ٤٣وَاِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرٌ لَكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَۖ وَسَوْفَ تُسْئَلُونَ٤٤وَسْئَلْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْناٰ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنآٰ اَجَعَلْناٰ مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمٰنِ ءاٰلِهَةً یُعْبَدُونَ٤٥وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْناٰ مُوسٰی بِأٰیاٰتِنآٰ اِلٰی فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِیهٖ فَقاٰلَ اِنّٖی رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعاٰلَمٖینَ٤٦فَلَمّاٰ جآٰءَهُمْ بِأٰیاٰتِنآٰ اِذاٰ هُمْ مِنْهاٰ یَضْحَكُونَ٤٧وَماٰ نُرٖیهِمْ مِنْ ءاٰیَةٍ اِلّاٰ هِیَ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ اُخْتِهاٰۖ وَاَخَذْناٰهُمْ بِالْعَذاٰبِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَرْجِعُونَ٤٨وَقاٰلُوا یآٰ اَیُّهَ السّاٰحِرُ ادْعُ لَناٰ رَبَّكَ بِماٰ عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَ اِنَّناٰ لَمُهْتَدُونَ٤٩فَلَمّاٰ كَشَفْناٰ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذاٰبَ اِذاٰ هُمْ یَنْكُثُونَ٥٠وَناٰدٰی فِرْعَوْنُ فٖی قَوْمِهٖ قاٰلَ یاٰ قَوْمِ اَلَیْسَ لٖی مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهٰذِهِ الْاَنْهاٰرُ تَجْرٖی مِنْ تَحْتٖیٓۚ اَفَلاٰ تُبْصِرُونَ٥١اَمْ اَنَا خَیْرٌ مِنْ هٰذَا الَّذٖی هُوَ مَهٖینٌ وَلاٰ یَكاٰدُ یُبٖینُ٥٢فَلَوْلآٰ اُلْقِیَ عَلَیْهِ اَسْوِرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ اَوْ جآٰءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلآٰئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنٖینَ٥٣فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَاَطاٰعُوهُۚ اِنَّهُمْ كاٰنُوا قَوْمًا فاٰسِقٖینَ٥٤فَلَمّآٰ ءاٰسَفُونَا انْتَقَمْناٰ مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْناٰهُمْ اَجْمَعٖینَ٥٥فَجَعَلْناٰهُمْ سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِلْءاٰخِرٖینَ٥٦وَلَمّاٰ ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْیَمَ مَثَلًا اِذاٰ قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ یَصِدُّونَ٥٧وَقاٰلُوٓا ءَءاٰلِهَتُناٰ خَیْرٌ اَمْ هُوَۚ ماٰ ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ اِلّاٰ جَدَلًاۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ٥٨اِنْ هُوَ اِلّاٰ عَبْدٌ اَنْعَمْناٰ عَلَیْهِ وَجَعَلْناٰهُ مَثَلًا لِبَنٖیٓ اِسْرآٰئٖیلَ٥٩وَلَوْ نَشآٰءُ لَجَعَلْناٰ مِنْكُمْ مَلآٰئِكَةً فِی الْاَرْضِ یَخْلُفُونَ٦٠وَاِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِلسّاٰعَةِ فَلاٰ تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهاٰ وَاتَّبِعُونِۚ هٰذاٰ صِراٰطٌ مُسْتَقٖیمٌ٦١وَلاٰ یَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّیْطاٰنُۖ اِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبٖینٌ٦٢وَلَمّاٰ جآٰءَ عٖیسٰی بِالْبَیِّناٰتِ قاٰلَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَلِاُبَیِّنَ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذٖی تَخْتَلِفُونَ فٖیهِۖ فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطٖیعُونِ٦٣اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ رَبّٖی وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُۚ هٰذاٰ صِراٰطٌ مُسْتَقٖیمٌ٦٤فَاخْتَلَفَ الْاَحْزاٰبُ مِنْ بَیْنِهِمْۖ فَوَیْلٌ لِلَّذٖینَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْ عَذاٰبِ یَوْمٍ اَلٖیمٍ٦٥هَلْ یَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّا السّاٰعَةَ اَنْ تَأْتِیَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لاٰ یَشْعُرُونَ٦٦ٱَلْاَخِلّآٰءُ یَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقٖینَ٦٧یاٰ عِباٰدِ لاٰ خَوْفٌ عَلَیْكُمُ الْیَوْمَ وَلآٰ اَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ٦٨ٱَلَّذٖینَ ءاٰمَنُوا بِأٰیاٰتِناٰ وَكاٰنُوا مُسْلِمٖینَ٦٩ٱُدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ اَنْتُمْ وَاَزْواٰجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ٧٠یُطاٰفُ عَلَیْهِمْ بِصِحاٰفٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَاَكْواٰبٍۖ وَفٖیهاٰ ماٰ تَشْتَهٖیهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْاَعْیُنُۖ وَاَنْتُمْ فٖیهاٰ خاٰلِدُونَ٧١وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتٖیٓ اُورِثْتُمُوهاٰ بِماٰ كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ٧٢لَكُمْ فٖیهاٰ فاٰكِهَةٌ كَثٖیرَةٌ مِنْهاٰ تَأْكُلُونَ٧٣اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمٖینَ فٖی عَذاٰبِ جَهَنَّمَ خاٰلِدُونَ٧٤لاٰ یُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فٖیهِ مُبْلِسُونَ٧٥وَماٰ ظَلَمْناٰهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كاٰنُوا هُمُ الظّاٰلِمٖینَ٧٦وَناٰدَوْا یاٰ ماٰلِكُ لِیَقْضِ عَلَیْناٰ رَبُّكَۖ قاٰلَ اِنَّكُمْ ماٰكِثُونَ٧٧لَقَدْ جِئْناٰكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كاٰرِهُونَ٧٨اَمْ اَبْرَمُوٓا اَمْرًا فَاِنّاٰ مُبْرِمُونَ٧٩اَمْ یَحْسَبُونَ اَنّاٰ لاٰ نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوٰىهُمْۚ بَلٰی وَرُسُلُناٰ لَدَیْهِمْ یَكْتُبُونَ٨٠قُلْ اِنْ كاٰنَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَاَنَا اَوَّلُ الْعاٰبِدٖینَ٨١سُبْحاٰنَ رَبِّ السَّمٰواٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمّاٰ یَصِفُونَ٨٢فَذَرْهُمْ یَخُوضُوا وَیَلْعَبُوا حَتّٰی یُلاٰقُوا یَوْمَهُمُ الَّذٖی یُوعَدُونَ٨٣وَهُوَ الَّذٖی فِی السَّمآٰءِ اِلٰهٌ وَفِی الْاَرْضِ اِلٰهٌۚ وَهُوَ الْحَكٖیمُ الْعَلٖیمُ٨٤وَتَباٰرَكَ الَّذٖی لَهُۥ مُلْكُ السَّمٰواٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَماٰ بَیْنَهُماٰ وَعِنْدَهُۥ عِلْمُ السّاٰعَةِ وَاِلَیْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ٨٥وَلاٰ یَمْلِكُ الَّذٖینَ یَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ الشَّفاٰعَةَ اِلّاٰ مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ یَعْلَمُونَ٨٦وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَیَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُۖ فَاَنّٰی یُؤْفَكُونَ٨٧وَقٖیلِهٖ یاٰ رَبِّ اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلآٰءِ قَوْمٌ لاٰ یُؤْمِنُونَ٨٨فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلاٰمٌۚ فَسَوْفَ یَعْلَمُونَ٨٩

Surah Az-ZukhrufMakiha89In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.Ha, Meem. 1By the Manifest Book: 2We have made it an Arabic Quran so that you may exercise your reason, 3and it is sublime and wise with Us in the Mother Book. 4Shall We keep back the Reminder from you and disregard you because you are an unrestrained lot? 5How many a prophet We have sent to the former peoples! 6There did not come to them any prophet but that they used to deride him. 7So We destroyed those who were stronger than these, and the example of the former peoples has already come to pass. 8If you ask them, ‘Who created the heavens and the earth?’ they will surely say, ‘The All-mighty, the All-knowing created them.’ 9He, who made the earth a cradle for you, and made for you in it ways so that you may be guided [to your destinations], 10and who sent down water from the sky in a measured manner, and We revived with it a dead country. Likewise, you shall be raised [from the dead]. 11He created all the kinds and made for you the ships and the cattle such which you ride, 12that you may sit on their backs, then remember the blessing of your Lord when you are settled on them, and say, ‘Immaculate is He who has disposed this for us, and we [by ourselves] were no match for it. 13Indeed we shall return to our Lord.’ 14They ascribe to Him offspring from among His servants! Man is indeed a manifest ingrate. 15Did He adopt daughters from what He creates while He preferred you with sons? 16When one of them is brought the news of what he ascribes to the All-beneficent, his face becomes darkened and he chokes with suppressed rage, [and says] 17‘What! One who is brought up amid ornaments and is inconspicuous in contests?’ 18They have made the angels—who are servants of the All-beneficent—females. Were they witness to their creation? Their testimony will be written down and they shall be questioned. 19They say, ‘Had the All-beneficent wished, we would not have worshipped them.’ They do not have any knowledge of that, and they do nothing but surmise. 20Did We give them a Book before this, so that they are holding fast to it? 21No, they said, ‘We found our fathers following a creed, and we are indeed guided in their footsteps.’ 22So it has been that We did not send any warner to a town before you, without its affluent ones saying, ‘We found our fathers following a creed and we are indeed following in their footsteps.’ 23 He would say, ‘What! Even if I bring you a better guidance than what you found your fathers following?!’ They would say, ‘We indeed disbelieve in what you are sent with.’ 24Thereupon We took vengeance on them; so observe how was the fate of the deniers. 25When Abraham said to his father and his people, ‘I repudiate what you worship, 26excepting Him who originated me; indeed He will guide me.’ 27He made it a lasting word among his posterity so that they may come back [to the right path]. 28Indeed, I provided for these and their fathers until the truth and a manifest apostle came to them. 29But when the truth came to them, they said, ‘This is magic, and we indeed disbelieve in it.’ 30And they said, ‘Why was not this Quran sent down to some great man from the two cities?’ 31Is it they who dispense the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have dispensed among them their livelihood in the present life, and raised some of them above others in rank, so that some may take others into service, and your Lord’s mercy is better than what they amass. 32Were it not [for the danger] that mankind would be one community, We would have made for those who defy the All-beneficent, silver roofs for their houses and [silver] stairways by which they ascend, 33and [silver] doors for their houses and [silver] couches on which they recline, 34and ornaments of gold; yet all that would be nothing but the wares of the life of this world, and the Hereafter is for the Godwary near your Lord. 35We assign a devil to be the companion of him who turns a blind eye to the remembrance of the All-beneficent. 36Indeed they bar them from the way [of Allah], while they suppose that they are [rightly] guided. 37When he comes to Us, he will say, ‘I wish there had been between me and you the distance between the east and the west! What an evil companion [you are]!’ 38‘Today that will be of no avail to you. As you did wrong, so will you share in the punishment.’ 39Can you, then, make the deaf hear or guide the blind and those who are in manifest error? 40We will indeed take vengeance on them, whether We take you away 41or show you what We have promised them, for indeed We hold them in Our power. 42So hold fast to what has been revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path. 43Indeed it is a reminder for you and your people, and soon you will be questioned. 44Ask those of Our apostles We have sent before you: Did We set up any gods to be worshipped besides the All-beneficent? 45Certainly We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his elite. He said, ‘I am indeed an apostle of the Lord of all the worlds.’ 46But when he brought them Our signs, they indeed laughed at them. 47We did not show them a sign but it was greater than the other, and We visited on them punishment so that they might come back. 48They would say, ‘O magician! Invoke your Lord for us by the covenant He has made with you [to remove this scourge]. We will indeed be guided [when it is removed].’ 49But when We lifted the punishment from them, behold, they would break their pledge. 50And Pharaoh proclaimed to his people, saying, ‘O my people! Do not the kingdom of Egypt and these rivers that run at my feet belong to me? Do you not perceive? 51Am I not better than this wretch who cannot even speak clearly? 52Why no bracelets of gold have been thrown to him, nor any angels accompany him as escorts?’ 53Thus did he mislead his people and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were a transgressing lot. 54So when they roused Our wrath, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all. 55Thus We made them the vanguard and an example for posterity. 56When the Son of Mary was cited as an example, behold, your people raise an outcry. 57They say, ‘Are our gods better or he?’ They cite him to you only for the sake of contention. Indeed, they are a contentious lot. 58He was just a servant whom We had blessed and made an exemplar for the Children of Israel. 59Had We wished We would have set angels in your stead to be [your] successors on the earth. 60[Say,] ‘Indeed he is a portent of the Hour; so do not doubt it and follow me. This is a straight path. 61Do not let Satan bar you [from the way of Allah]. Indeed he is your manifest enemy.’ 62When Jesus brought those manifest proofs, he said, ‘I have certainly brought you wisdom, and [I have come] to make clear to you some of the things that you differ about. So be wary of Allah and obey me. 63Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him. This is a straight path.’ 64But the factions differed among themselves. So woe to the wrongdoers for the punishment of a painful day. 65Do they not consider that the Hour may overtake them suddenly while they are unaware? 66On that day, friends will be one another’s enemies, except for the Godwary. 67[They will be told,] ‘O My servants! Today you will have no fear, nor will you grieve 68—those who believed in Our signs and had been Muslims. 69Enter paradise, you and your spouses, rejoicing.’ 70They will be served around with golden dishes and goblets, and therein will be whatever the souls desire and eyes delight in. ‘You will remain in it [forever]. 71That is the paradise you have been given to inherit for what you used to do. 72There are abundant fruits for you in it, from which you will eat.’ 73Indeed the guilty will remain [forever] in the punishment of hell. 74It will not be lightened for them, and they will be despondent in it. 75We did not wrong them, but they themselves were wrongdoers. 76They will call out, ‘O Malik! Let your Lord finish us off!’ He will say, ‘Indeed you will stay on.’ 77‘We certainly brought you the truth, but most of you were averse to the truth.’ 78Have they settled on some [devious] plan? Indeed, We too are settling [on Our plans]. 79Do they suppose that We do not hear their secret thoughts and their secret talks? Yes indeed [We do]! And with them are Our messengers, writing down [everything]. 80Say, ‘If the All-beneficent had offspring, I would have been the first to worship [him].’ 81Clear is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, of whatever they allege [concerning Him]! 82So leave them to gossip and play until they encounter the day they are promised. 83It is He who is God in the sky, and God on the earth, and He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing. 84Blessed is He to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and to Him you will be brought back. 85Those whom they invoke besides Him have no power of intercession, except those who are witness to the truth and who know [for whom to intercede]. 86If you ask them, ‘Who created them?’ they will surely say, ‘Allah.’ Then where do they stray? 87And his plaint: ‘My Lord! Indeed these are a people who will not have faith!’ 88So disregard them, and say, ‘Peace!’ Soon they will know. 89