| m_ali | |
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| 1. * | Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom, and He is Possessor of power over all things. |
| 2. * | Who created death and life that He might try you -- which of you is best in deeds. And He is the Mighty, the Forgiving, |
| 3. * | Who created the seven heavens alike. Thou seest no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent. Then look again: Canst thou see any disorder? |
| 4. * | Then turn the eye again and again -- thy look will return to thee confused, while it is fatigued. |
| 5. * | And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with lamps and We make them means of conjectures for the devils, and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning. |
| 6. * | And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the chastisement of hell, and evil is the resort. |
| 7. * | When they are cast therein, they will hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves, |
| 8. * | Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its keepers ask them: Did not a warner come to you? |
| 9. * | They say: Yea, indeed a warner came to us, but we denied and said: Allah has revealed nothing; you are only in great error. |
| 10. * | And they say: Had we but listened or pondered, we should not have been among the inmates of the burning Fire. |
| 11. * | Or who is it that will give you sustenance, if He should withhold His sustenance? Nay, they persist in disdain and aversion. |
| 12. * | Thus they will confess their sins; so far (from good) are the inmates of the burning Fire. |
| 13. * | Those who fear their Lord in secret, for them is surely forgiveness and a great reward. |
| 14. * | And conceal your word or manifest it, truly He is Knower of that which is in the hearts. |
| 15. * | Does He not know Who created? And He is the Knower of subtilties, the Aware. |
| 16. * | He it is Who made the earth subservient to you, so go about in the spacious sides thereof, and eat of His sustenance. And to Him is the rising (after death). |
| 17. * | Do you feel secure that He Who is in the heaven will not make the earth to swallow you up? Then lo! it will shake. |
| 18. * | Or do you feel secure that He Who is in the Heaven will not send on you a violent wind? Then shall you know how (truthful) was My warning! |
| 19. * | And certainly those before them denied, then how (terrible) was My disapproval! |
| 20. * | Do they not see the birds above them spreading and contracting (their wings)? Naught upholds them save the Beneficent. Surely He is Seer of all things. |
| 21. * | Or who is it that will be a host for you to help you against the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but delusion. |
| 22. * | Is, then, he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright on a straight path? |
| 23. * | Say: He it is Who brought you into being and made for you ears and eyes and hearts. Little thanks it is you give! |
| 24. * | Say: He it is Who multiplies you in the earth and to Him you will be gathered. |
| 25. * | And they say: When will this threat be (executed), if you are truthful? |
| 26. * | Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am only a plain warner. |
| 27. * | But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be grieved, and it will be said: This is that which you used to call for. |
| 28. * | Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me -- rather He will have mercy on us -- yet who will protect the disbelievers from a painful chastisement? |
| 29. * | Say: He is the Beneficent -- we believe in Him and on Him do we rely. So you will come to know who it is that is in clear error. |
| 30. * | Say: Have you considered if your water should subside, who is it then that will bring you flowing water? |