وَمآٰ اَنْزَلْناٰ عَلٰ۩٢٤فَغَفَرْناٰ لَهُۥ ذٰلِكَۖ وَاِنَّ لَهُۥ عِنْدَناٰ لَزُلْفٰ
After him We did not send down on his people a host from the sky, nor We would have sent down. ﴾28﴿It was but a single Cry, and, behold, they were stilled [like burnt ashes]! ﴾29﴿How regrettable of the servants! There did not come to them any apostle but that they used to deride him. ﴾30﴿Have they not regarded how many generations We have destroyed before them who will not come back to them? ﴾31﴿And all of them will indeed be presented before Us. ﴾32﴿A sign for them is the dead earth, which We revive and bring forth grain out of it, so they eat of it. ﴾33﴿We make in it orchards of date palms and vines, and We cause springs to gush forth in it, ﴾34﴿so that they may eat of its fruit and what their hands have cultivated. Will they not then give thanks? ﴾35﴿Immaculate is He who has created all the kinds of what the earth grows, and of themselves, and of what they do not know. ﴾36﴿A sign for them is the night, which We strip of daylight, and, behold, they find themselves in the dark! ﴾37﴿The sun runs on to its place of rest: That is the ordaining of the All-mighty, the All-knowing. ﴾38﴿As for the moon, We have ordained its phases, until it becomes like an old palm leaf. ﴾39﴿Neither it behooves the sun to overtake the moon, nor may the night outrun the day, and each swims in an orbit. ﴾40﴿A sign for them is that We carried their progeny in the laden ship, ﴾41﴿and We have created for them what is similar to it, which they ride. ﴾42﴿And if We like We drown them, whereat they have no one to call for help, nor are they rescued ﴾43﴿except by a mercy from Us and for an enjoyment until some time. ﴾44﴿And when they are told, ‘Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, so that you may receive [His] mercy…’ ﴾45﴿There does not come to them any sign from among the signs of their Lord but that they have been disregarding it. ﴾46﴿When they are told, ‘Spend out of what Allah has provided you,’ the faithless say to the faithful, ‘Shall we feed [someone] whom Allah would feed, if He wished? You are only in manifest error.’ ﴾47﴿And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, should you be truthful?’ ﴾48﴿They do not await but a single Cry that will seize them as they wrangle. ﴾49﴿Then they will not be able to make any will, nor will they return to their folks. ﴾50﴿And when the Trumpet is blown, behold, there they will be, scrambling towards their Lord from their graves! ﴾51﴿They will say, ‘Woe to us! Who raised us from our place of sleep?’ ‘This is what the All-beneficent had promised, and the apostles had spoken the truth!’ ﴾52﴿It will be but a single Cry, and, behold, they will all be presented before Us! ﴾53﴿‘Today no soul will be wronged in the least, nor will you be requited except for what you used to do.’ ﴾54﴿Indeed today the inhabitants of paradise rejoice in their engagements ﴾55﴿—they and their mates, reclining on couches in the shades. ﴾56﴿There they have fruits, and they have whatever they want. ﴾57﴿‘Peace!’—a watchword from the all-merciful Lord. ﴾58﴿And ‘Get apart today, you guilty ones!’ ﴾59﴿‘Did I not exhort you, O children of Adam, saying, “Do not worship Satan. He is indeed your manifest enemy. ﴾60﴿Worship Me. That is a straight path”? ﴾61﴿Certainly, he has led astray many of your generations. Have you not exercised your reason? ﴾62﴿This is the hell you had been promised! ﴾63﴿Enter it today, because of what you used to deny. ﴾64﴿Today We shall seal their mouths, and their hands shall speak to Us, and their feet shall bear witness concerning what they used to earn.’ ﴾65﴿Had We wished We would have blotted out their eyes: then, were they to advance towards the path, how would have they seen? ﴾66﴿And had We wished We would have deformed them in their place; then they would neither have been able to move ahead nor to return. ﴾67﴿And whomever We give a long life, We cause him to regress in creation. Then, will they not exercise their reason? ﴾68﴿We did not teach him poetry, nor does it behoove him. This is just a reminder and a manifest Quran, ﴾69﴿so that anyone who is alive may be warned, and that the word may come due against the faithless. ﴾70﴿Have they not seen that We have created for them—of what Our hands have worked—cattle, so they have become their masters? ﴾71﴿And We made them tractable for them; so some of them make their mounts and some of them they eat. ﴾72﴿There are other benefits for them therein, and drinks. Will they not then give thanks? ﴾73﴿They have taken gods besides Allah, [hoping] that they might be helped [by the fake deities]. ﴾74﴿[But] they cannot help them, while they [themselves] are an army mobilized for their defence. ﴾75﴿So do not let their remarks grieve you. We indeed know whatever they hide and whatever they disclose. ﴾76﴿Does not man see that We created him from a drop of [seminal] fluid, and, behold, he is an open contender!? ﴾77﴿He draws comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation. He says, ‘Who shall revive the bones when they have decayed?’ ﴾78﴿Say, ‘He will revive them who produced them the first time, and He has knowledge of all creation. ﴾79﴿He, who made for you fire out of the green tree, and, behold, you light fire from it! ﴾80﴿Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yes indeed! He is the All-creator, the All-knowing. ﴾81﴿All His command, when He wills something, is to say to it ‘Be,’ and it is. ﴾82﴿So immaculate is He in whose hand is the dominion of all things, and to whom you shall be brought back. ﴾83﴿Surah As-SaffatMakiha182In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.By the [angels] ranged in ranks, ﴾1﴿by the ones who drive [the clouds] vigorously, ﴾2﴿by the ones who recite the reminder: ﴾3﴿indeed your God is certainly One, ﴾4﴿the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and the Lord of the easts. ﴾5﴿Indeed We have adorned the lowest heaven with the finery of the stars, ﴾6﴿and to guard from any froward devil. ﴾7﴿They do not eavesdrop on the Supernal Elite—they are shot at from every side, ﴾8﴿to drive them away, and there is a perpetual punishment for them— ﴾9﴿except any who snatches a snatch, whereat a piercing flame pursues him. ﴾10﴿Ask them, is their creation more prodigious or [that of other creatures] that We have created? Indeed, We created them from a viscous clay. ﴾11﴿Indeed you wonder, while they engage in ridicule, ﴾12﴿and [even] when admonished do not take admonition, ﴾13﴿and when they see a sign they make it an object of ridicule, ﴾14﴿and say, ‘This is nothing but plain magic!’ ﴾15﴿‘What! When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we be resurrected? ﴾16﴿And our forefathers too?!’ ﴾17﴿Say, ‘Yes! And you will be utterly humble.’ ﴾18﴿It will be only a single shout and, behold, they will look on, ﴾19﴿and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Retribution!’ ﴾20﴿‘This is the Day of Judgement that you used to deny!’ ﴾21﴿ ‘Muster the wrongdoers and their mates and what they used to worship ﴾22﴿besides Allah, and show them the way to hell! ﴾23﴿[But first] stop them! For they must be questioned.’ ﴾24﴿‘Why is it that you do not support one another [today]?’ ﴾25﴿‘Indeed, they are [meek and] submissive today!’ ﴾26﴿Some of them will turn to others, questioning each other. ﴾27﴿They will say, ‘Indeed you used to accost us peremptorily.’ ﴾28﴿They will answer, ‘No, you [yourselves] had no faith. ﴾29﴿We had no authority over you. No, you [yourselves] were a rebellious lot. ﴾30﴿So our Lord’s word became due against us that we shall indeed taste [the punishment]. ﴾31﴿So we perverted you, for we were perverse [ourselves].’ ﴾32﴿So, that day they will share the punishment. ﴾33﴿Indeed, that is how We deal with the guilty. ﴾34﴿Indeed, it was they who, when they were told, ‘There is no god except Allah,’ used to be disdainful, ﴾35﴿and [they would] say, ‘Shall we abandon our gods for a crazy poet?’ ﴾36﴿Indeed, he has brought [them] the truth, and confirmed the [earlier] apostles. ﴾37﴿Indeed you will taste the painful punishment, ﴾38﴿and you will be requited only for what you used to do ﴾39﴿—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants. ﴾40﴿For such there is a known provision ﴾41﴿—fruits—and they will be held in honour, ﴾42﴿in the gardens of bliss, ﴾43﴿[reclining] on couches, facing one another, ﴾44﴿served around with a cup, from a clear fountain, ﴾45﴿snow-white, delicious to the drinkers, ﴾46﴿wherein there will be neither headache nor will it cause them stupefaction, ﴾47﴿and with them will be maidens, of restrained glances with big [beautiful] eyes, ﴾48﴿as if they were hidden ostrich eggs. ﴾49﴿Some of them will turn to others, questioning each other. ﴾50﴿One of them will say, ‘Indeed I had a companion ﴾51﴿who used to say, ‘‘Are you really among those who affirm ﴾52﴿that when we have died and become dust and bones, we shall be brought to retribution?’’ ’ ﴾53﴿He will say, ‘Will you have a look?’ ﴾54﴿Then he will take a look and sight him in the middle of hell. ﴾55﴿He will say, ‘By Allah, you had almost ruined me! ﴾56﴿Had it not been for my Lord’s blessing, I too would have been among those mustered [in hell]!’ ﴾57﴿‘Is it [true] that we shall not die [anymore], ﴾58﴿aside from our earlier death, and that we shall not be punished? ﴾59﴿This is indeed the supreme triumph!’ ﴾60﴿Let all workers work for the like of this! ﴾61﴿Is this a better reception, or the Zaqqum tree? ﴾62﴿Indeed We have made it a punishment for the wrongdoers. ﴾63﴿It is a tree that rises from the depths of hell. ﴾64﴿Its spathes are as if they were devils’ heads. ﴾65﴿They will eat from it and gorge with it their bellies. ﴾66﴿On top of that they will take a solution of scalding water. ﴾67﴿Then their retreat will be toward hell. ﴾68﴿They had found their fathers astray, ﴾69﴿yet they press onwards in their footsteps. ﴾70﴿Most of the former peoples went astray before them, ﴾71﴿and We had certainly sent warners among them. ﴾72﴿So observe how was the fate of those who were warned ﴾73﴿—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants! ﴾74﴿Certainly Noah called out to Us, and how well did We respond! ﴾75﴿We delivered him and his family from their great distress, ﴾76﴿and made his descendants the survivors, ﴾77﴿and left for him a good name among posterity: ﴾78﴿‘Peace to Noah, throughout the nations!’ ﴾79﴿Thus do We reward the virtuous. ﴾80﴿He is indeed one of Our faithful servants. ﴾81﴿Then We drowned the rest. ﴾82﴿Indeed Abraham was among his followers, ﴾83﴿when he came to his Lord with a sound heart [untainted by sin]. ﴾84﴿When he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping? ﴾85﴿Is it a lie, gods other than Allah, that you desire? ﴾86﴿Then what is your idea about the Lord of all the worlds?’ ﴾87﴿Then he made an observation of the stars ﴾88﴿and said, ‘Indeed I am sick!’ ﴾89﴿So they went away leaving him behind. ﴾90﴿Then he stole away to their gods and said, ‘Will you not eat? ﴾91﴿Why do you not speak?’ ﴾92﴿Then he attacked them, striking forcefully. ﴾93﴿They came running towards him. ﴾94﴿He said, ‘Do you worship what you have yourselves carved, ﴾95﴿when Allah has created you and whatever you make?’ ﴾96﴿They said, ‘Build a structure for him and cast him into a huge fire.’ ﴾97﴿So they sought to outwit him, but We made them the lowermost. ﴾98﴿He said, ‘Indeed I am going toward my Lord, who will guide me.’ ﴾99﴿‘My Lord! Give me [an heir], one of the righteous.’ ﴾100﴿So We gave him the good news of a forbearing son. ﴾101﴿When he was old enough to assist in his endeavour, he said, ‘My son! I see in dreams that I am sacrificing you. See what you think.’ He said, ‘Father! Do whatever you have been commanded. If Allah wishes, you will find me to be patient.’ ﴾102﴿So when they had both surrendered [to Allah’s will], and he had laid him down on his forehead, ﴾103﴿We called out to him, ‘O Abraham! ﴾104﴿You have indeed fulfilled your vision! Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous! ﴾105﴿This was indeed a manifest test.’ ﴾106﴿Then We ransomed him with a great sacrifice, ﴾107﴿and left for him a good name in posterity: ﴾108﴿‘Peace be to Abraham!’ ﴾109﴿Thus do We reward the virtuous. ﴾110﴿He is indeed one of Our faithful servants. ﴾111﴿And We gave him the good news of [the birth of] Isaac, a prophet, one of the righteous. ﴾112﴿And We blessed him and Isaac. Among their descendants [some] are virtuous, and [some] who manifestly wrong themselves. ﴾113﴿Certainly We favoured Moses and Aaron, ﴾114﴿and delivered them and their people from their great distress, ﴾115﴿and We helped them so that they became the victors. ﴾116﴿We gave them the illuminating scripture ﴾117﴿and guided them to the straight path, ﴾118﴿and left for them a good name in posterity. ﴾119﴿‘Peace be to Moses and Aaron!’ ﴾120﴿Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous. ﴾121﴿They are indeed among Our faithful servants. ﴾122﴿Indeed Ilyas was one of the apostles. ﴾123﴿When he said to his people, ‘Will you not be Godwary? ﴾124﴿Do you invoke Baal and abandon the best of creators, ﴾125﴿Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?,’ ﴾126﴿they impugned him. So they will indeed be mustered [in hell] ﴾127﴿—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants. ﴾128﴿We left for him a good name in posterity. ﴾129﴿‘Peace be to Ilyas!’ ﴾130﴿Thus indeed do We reward the virtuous. ﴾131﴿He is indeed one of Our faithful servants. ﴾132﴿Indeed Lot was one of the apostles. ﴾133﴿When We delivered him and all his family, ﴾134﴿excepting an old woman among those who remained behind, ﴾135﴿We destroyed the rest. ﴾136﴿Indeed you pass by them at dawn ﴾137﴿and at night. Do you not exercise your reason? ﴾138﴿Indeed Jonah was one of the apostles. ﴾139﴿When he absconded toward the laden ship, ﴾140﴿he drew lots with them and was the one to be condemned [as one to be thrown overboard]. ﴾141﴿Then the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy. ﴾142﴿Had he not been one of those who celebrate Allah’s glory, ﴾143﴿he would have surely remained in its belly till the day they will be resurrected. ﴾144﴿ Then We cast him on a bare shore, and he was sick. ﴾145﴿So We made a gourd plant grow above him. ﴾146﴿We sent him to a [community of] hundred thousand or more, ﴾147﴿and they believed [in him]. So We provided for them for a while. ﴾148﴿Ask them, are daughters to be for your Lord while sons are to be for them? ﴾149﴿Did We create the angels females while they were present? ﴾150﴿Be aware that it is out of their mendacity that they say, ﴾151﴿‘Allah has begotten [offsprings],’ and they indeed speak a falsehood. ﴾152﴿Has He preferred daughters to sons? ﴾153﴿What is the matter with you? How do you judge? ﴾154﴿Will you not then take admonition? ﴾155﴿Do you have a manifest authority? ﴾156﴿Then produce your scripture, should you be truthful. ﴾157﴿And they have set up a kinship between Him and the jinn, while the jinn certainly know that they will be presented [before Him]. ﴾158﴿Clear is Allah of whatever they allege [about Him] ﴾159﴿—[all] except Allah’s exclusive servants. ﴾160﴿Indeed you and what you worship ﴾161﴿cannot mislead [anyone] about Him, ﴾162﴿except someone who is bound for hell. ﴾163﴿‘There is none among us but has a known place. ﴾164﴿It is we who are the ranged ones. ﴾165﴿It is we who celebrate Allah’s glory.’ ﴾166﴿They indeed, used to say, ﴾167﴿‘Had we possessed a Reminder from our predecessors, ﴾168﴿we would have surely been Allah’s exclusive servants.’ ﴾169﴿But they disbelieved it [when it came to them]. Soon they will know! ﴾170﴿Certainly Our decree has gone beforehand in favour of Our servants, the apostles, ﴾171﴿that they will indeed receive [Allah’s] help, ﴾172﴿and indeed Our hosts will be the victors. ﴾173﴿So leave them alone for a while, ﴾174﴿and watch them; soon they will see [the truth of the matter]! ﴾175﴿Do they seek to hasten Our punishment? ﴾176﴿But when it descends in their courtyard it will be a dismal dawn for those who had been warned. ﴾177﴿So leave them alone for a while, ﴾178﴿and watch; soon they will see! ﴾179﴿Clear is your Lord, the Lord of Might, of whatever they allege [concerning Him]. ﴾180﴿Peace be to the apostles! ﴾181﴿All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. ﴾182﴿Surah SadMakiha88In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.Suad. By the Quran bearing the Reminder, ﴾1﴿the faithless indeed dwell in conceit and defiance. ﴾2﴿How many a generation We have destroyed before them! They cried out [for help], but gone was the time for escape. ﴾3﴿They consider it odd that there should come to them a warner from among themselves, and the faithless say, ‘This is a magician, a mendacious liar.’ ﴾4﴿‘Has he reduced the gods to one god? This is indeed an odd thing!’ ﴾5﴿Their elite go about [urging others]: ‘Go and stand by your gods! This is indeed the desirable thing [to do]. ﴾6﴿We did not hear of this in the latter-day creed. This is nothing but a fabrication. ﴾7﴿Has the Reminder been sent down to him out of [all of] us?’ Indeed, they are in doubt concerning My Reminder. Indeed, they have not yet tasted My punishment. ﴾8﴿Do they possess the treasuries of the mercy of your Lord, the All-mighty, the All-munificent? ﴾9﴿Do they own the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them? [If so,] let them ascend [to the higher spheres] by the means [of ascension]. ﴾10﴿[They are but] a host routed out there of the factions. ﴾11﴿Before them Noah’s people impugned [their apostle] and [so did the people of] ‘Ad, and Pharaoh, the Impaler [of his victims], ﴾12﴿and Thamud, and the people of Lot, and the inhabitants of Aykah: those were the factions. ﴾13﴿There was not any one but such as impugned the apostles; so My retribution became due [against them]. ﴾14﴿These [too] do not await but a single Cry, which will not grant [them] any respite. ﴾15﴿They say, ‘Our Lord! Hasten on for us our share before the Day of Reckoning.’ ﴾16﴿Be patient over what they say, and remember Our servant, David, [the man] of strength. Indeed he was a penitent [soul]. ﴾17﴿We disposed the mountains to glorify [Allah] with him at evening and dawn, ﴾18﴿and the birds [as well], mustered [in flocks]; all echoing him [in a chorus]. ﴾19﴿We consolidated his kingdom and gave him wisdom and conclusive speech. ﴾20﴿Has there not come to you the account of the contenders, when they scaled the wall into the sanctuary? ﴾21﴿When they entered into the presence of David, he was alarmed by them. They said, ‘Do not be afraid. [We are only] two contenders: one of us has bullied the other. So judge justly between us, and do not exceed [the bounds of justice], and show us the right path.’ ﴾22﴿‘This brother of mine has ninety-nine ewes, while I have only a single ewe, and [yet] he says, ‘Commit it to my care,’ and he browbeats me in speech.’ ﴾23﴿He said, ‘He has certainly wronged you by asking your ewe in addition to his own ewes, and indeed many partners bully one another, except such as have faith and do righteous deeds, and few are they.’ Then David knew that We had tested him, whereat he pleaded with his Lord for forgiveness, and fell down in prostration and repented. ﴾24﴿So We forgave him that, and indeed he has [a station of] nearness with Us and a good destination. ﴾25﴿‘O David! Indeed, We have made you a vicegerent on the earth. So judge between people with justice, and do not follow your desires, or they will lead you astray from the way of Allah. Indeed there is a severe punishment for those who stray from the way of Allah, because of their forgetting the Day of Reckoning.’ ﴾26﴿We did not create the sky and the earth and whatever is between them in vain. That is a conjecture of the faithless. So woe to the faithless for the Fire! ﴾27﴿Shall We treat those who have faith and do righteous deeds like those who cause corruption on the earth? Shall We treat the Godwary like the vicious? ﴾28﴿[This is] a blessed Book that We have sent down to you, so that they may contemplate its signs, and that those who possess intellect may take admonition. ﴾29﴿And to David We gave Solomon—what an excellent servant he was! Indeed, he was a penitent [soul]. ﴾30﴿One evening when there were displayed before him prancing steeds, ﴾31﴿he said, ‘Indeed I have preferred the love of [worldly] niceties to the remembrance of my Lord until [the sun] disappeared behind the [night’s] veil.’ ﴾32﴿‘Bring it back for me!’ Then he [and others] began to wipe [their] legs and necks. ﴾33﴿Certainly We tried Solomon, and cast a [lifeless] body on his throne. Thereupon he was penitent. ﴾34﴿He said, ‘My Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom that will not befit anyone except me. Indeed You are the All-munificent.’ ﴾35﴿So We disposed the wind for him, blowing softly wherever he intended by his command, ﴾36﴿and every builder and diver from the demons, ﴾37﴿and others [too] bound together in chains. ﴾38﴿‘This is Our bounty: so withhold or bestow without any reckoning.’ ﴾39﴿Indeed he has [a station of] nearness with Us and a good destination. ﴾40﴿And remember Our servant Job [in the Quran]. When he called out to his Lord, ‘The devil has visited on me hardship and torment,’ ﴾41﴿[We told him:] ‘Stamp your foot on the ground; this [ensuing spring] will be a cooling bath and drink.’ ﴾42﴿We gave [back] his family to him along with others like them, as a mercy from Us and an admonition for those who possess intellect. ﴾43﴿[We told him:] ‘Take a faggot in your hand and then strike [your wife] with it, but do not break [your] oath.’ Indeed, We found him to be patient. What an excellent servant! Indeed he was a penitent [soul]. ﴾44﴿And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of strength and insight. ﴾45﴿Indeed We purified them with exclusive remembrance of the abode [of the Hereafter]. ﴾46﴿Indeed they are surely with Us among the elect of the best. ﴾47﴿And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhu’l-Kifl—each [of whom was] among the elect. ﴾48﴿This is a Reminder, and indeed the Godwary have a good destination: ﴾49﴿the Gardens of Eden, whose gates will be flung open for them. ﴾50﴿Reclining therein [on couches], they will call for abundant fruits and drinks, ﴾51﴿ and there will be with them maidens of restrained glances, of a like age. ﴾52﴿This is what you are promised on the Day of Reckoning. ﴾53﴿This is Our provision, which will never be exhausted. ﴾54﴿This [will be for the righteous], and as for the rebellious there will surely be a bad destination: ﴾55﴿hell, which they shall enter, an evil resting place. ﴾56﴿[They will be told, ‘This is scalding water and pus; let them taste it, ﴾57﴿and other kinds [of torments] resembling it.’ ﴾58﴿[The leaders of the faithless will be told,] ‘This is a group [of your followers] plunging [into hell] along with you.’ [They will repond,] ‘May wretchedness be their lot! For they will enter the Fire.’ ﴾59﴿They will say, ‘No, may wretchedness be your lot! You prepared this [hell] for us. What an evil abode!’ ﴾60﴿They will say, ‘Our Lord! Whoever has prepared this for us, double his punishment in the Fire!’ ﴾61﴿And they will say, ‘Why is it that we do not see [here] men whom we used to count among the bad ones, ﴾62﴿ridiculing them, or do [our] eyes miss them [here]?’ ﴾63﴿That is indeed a true account of the contentions of the inmates of the Fire. ﴾64﴿Say, ‘I am just a warner, and there is no god except Allah, the One, the All-paramount, ﴾65﴿the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the All-mighty, the All-forgiver.’ ﴾66﴿Say, ‘It is a great prophesy, ﴾67﴿of which you are disregardful. ﴾68﴿I have no knowledge of the Supernal Elite when they contend. ﴾69﴿All that is revealed to me is that I am just a manifest warner.’ ﴾70﴿When your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am about to create a human being out of clay. ﴾71﴿So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My spirit, then fall down in prostration before him.’ ﴾72﴿Thereat the angels prostrated, all of them together, ﴾73﴿but not Iblis; he acted arrogantly and he was one of the faithless. ﴾74﴿He said, ‘O Iblis! What keeps you from prostrating before that which I have created with My [own] two hands? Are you arrogant, or are you one of the exalted ones?’ ﴾75﴿‘I am better than him,’ he said. ‘You created me from fire and You created him from clay.’ ﴾76﴿He said, ‘Begone hence, for you are indeed an outcast, ﴾77﴿and indeed My curse will be on you till the Day of Retribution.’ ﴾78﴿He said, ‘My Lord! Respite me till the day they will be resurrected.’ ﴾79﴿Said He, ‘You are indeed among the reprieved ﴾80﴿until the day of the known time.’ ﴾81﴿He said, ‘By Your might, I will surely pervert them, ﴾82﴿except Your exclusive servants among them.’ ﴾83﴿Said He, ‘The truth is that—and I speak the truth— ﴾84﴿I will surely fill hell with you and all those who follow you.’ ﴾85﴿Say, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it, and I am no impostor. ﴾86﴿It is just a reminder for all the nations, ﴾87﴿and you will surely learn its tidings in due time.’ ﴾88﴿Surah Az-ZumarMakiha75In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.The [gradual] sending down of the Book is from Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise. ﴾1﴿Indeed We have sent down the Book to you with the truth; so worship Allah, putting exclusive faith in Him. ﴾2﴿Indeed, only exclusive faith is worthy of Allah, and those who take other as awliya besides Him [claiming,] ‘We only worship them so that they may bring us near to Allah,’ Allah will judge between them concerning that about which they differ. Indeed Allah does not guide someone who is a liar and an ingrate. ﴾3﴿Had Allah intended to take a son, He could have chosen from those He has created whatever He wished. Immaculate is He! He is Allah, the One, the All-paramount. ﴾4﴿He created the heavens and the earth with consummate wisdom. He winds the night over the day, and winds the day over the night, and He has disposed the sun and the moon, each moving for a specified term. Indeed, He is the All-mighty, the All-forgiver! ﴾5﴿He created you from a single soul, then made from it its mate, and He has sent down for you eight mates of the cattle. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold darkness. That is Allah, your Lord! To Him belongs all sovereignty. There is no god except Him. Then where are you being led away? ﴾6﴿If you are ungrateful, Allah has indeed no need of you, though He does not approve ingratitude for His servants; and if you give thanks, He approves that for you. No bearer shall bear another’s burden; then your return will be to your Lord, whereat He will inform you concerning what you used to do. Indeed, He knows best what is in the breasts. ﴾7﴿When distress befalls man, he supplicates his Lord, turning to Him penitently. Then, when He grants him a blessing from Himself, he forgets that for which he had supplicated Him earlier and sets up equals to Allah, that he may lead [people] astray from His way. Say, ‘Revel in your ingratitude for a while. Indeed you are among the inmates of the Fire.’ ﴾8﴿Is he who supplicates in the watches of the night, prostrating and standing, apprehensive of the Hereafter and expecting the mercy of his Lord...? Say, ‘Are those who know equal to those who do not know?’ Only those who possess intellect take admonition. ﴾9﴿Say, ‘[Allah declares:] “O My servants who have faith! Be wary of your Lord. For those who do good in this world there will be a good [reward], and Allah’s earth is vast. Indeed the patient will be paid in full their reward without any reckoning.” ’ ﴾10﴿Say, ‘I have been commanded to worship Allah with exclusive faith in Him, ﴾11﴿and I have been commanded to be the foremost of those who submit [to Him].’ ﴾12﴿Say, ‘Indeed, should I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of a tremendous day.’ ﴾13﴿Say, ‘I worship [only] Allah, putting my exclusive faith in Him. ﴾14﴿You worship whatever you wish besides Him.’ Say, ‘The losers are those who ruin themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection.’ Indeed, that is a manifest loss! ﴾15﴿There will be canopies of fire above them, and [similar] canopies beneath them. With that Allah deters His servants. So, My servants, be wary of Me! ﴾16﴿As for those who stay clear of the worship of fake deities and turn penitently to Allah, there is good news for them. So give good news to My servants ﴾17﴿who listen to the word [of Allah] and follow the best [interpretation] of it. They are the ones whom Allah has guided, and it is they who possess intellect. ﴾18﴿Can he against whom the word of punishment has become due…? Can you rescue someone who is in the Fire? ﴾19﴿But as for those who are wary of their Lord, for them there will be lofty abodes with [other] lofty abodes built above them, with streams running beneath them—a promise of Allah. Allah does not break His promise. ﴾20﴿Have you not seen that Allah sends down water from the sky, then He conducts it through the ground as springs. Then He brings forth with it crops of diverse hues. Then they wither and you see them turn yellow. Then He turns them into chaff. There is indeed a lesson in that for those who possess intellect. ﴾21﴿Is someone whose breast Allah has opened to Islam so that he follows a light from His Lord…? So woe to those whose hearts have been hardened to the remembrance of Allah. They are in manifest error. ﴾22﴿Allah has sent down the best of discourses, a scripture [composed] of similar motifs, whereat shiver the skins of those who fear their Lord, then their skins and hearts relax at Allah’s remembrance. That is Allah’s guidance, by which He guides whomever He wishes; and whomever Allah leads astray, has no guide. ﴾23﴿What! Is someone who fends off with his face the terrible punishment [meted out to him] on the Day of Resurrection…? And the wrongdoers will be told, ‘Taste what you used to earn.’ ﴾24﴿Those who were before them impugned [the apostles], whereat the punishment overtook them whence they were not aware. ﴾25﴿So Allah made them taste disgrace in the life of the world, and the punishment of the Hereafter will surely be greater, if they knew. ﴾26﴿We have drawn for mankind in this Quran every [kind of] example, so that they may take admonition: ﴾27﴿an Arabic Quran, without any deviousness, so that they may be Godwary. ﴾28﴿Allah draws an example: a man jointly owned by several contending masters, and a man belonging entirely to one man: are the two equal in comparison? All praise belongs to Allah! But most of them do not know. ﴾29﴿You will die, and they [too] will die. ﴾30﴿Then on the Day of Resurrection you will contend before your Lord. ﴾31﴿
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