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| 1. * | By the angels, who rank themselves in order; |
| 2. * | and by those who drive forward and dispel the clouds; |
| 3. * | and by those who read the Koran for an admonition; |
| 4. * | verily your God is one: |
| 5. * | The Lord of heaven and earth, and of whatever is between them, and the Lord of the east. |
| 6. * | We have adorned the lower heaven with the ornament of the stars: |
| 7. * | And We have placed therein a guard, against every rebellious devil; |
| 8. * | that they may not listen to the discourse of the exalted princes, -- for they are darted at from every side, |
| 9. * | to repel them, and a lasting torment is prepared for them; -- |
| 10. * | except him who catcheth a word by stealth, and is pursued by a shining flame. |
| 11. * | Ask the Meccans therefore, whether they be stronger by nature, or the angels whom We have created? We have surely created them of stiff clay. |
| 12. * | Thou wondrest at God's power and their obstinacy; but they mock at the arguments urged to convince them: |
| 13. * | When they are warned, they do not take warning; |
| 14. * | and when they see any sign, they scoff thereat, |
| 15. * | and say, this is no other than manifest sorcery: |
| 16. * | After we shall be dead, and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised to life, |
| 17. * | and our fore-fathers also? |
| 18. * | Answer, yea: And ye shall then be despicable. |
| 19. * | There shall be but one blast of the trumpet, and they shall see themselves raised: |
| 20. * | And they shall say, alas for us! This is the day of judgement; |
| 21. * | this is the day of distinction between the righteous and the wicked, which ye rejected as a falsehood. |
| 22. * | Gather together those who have acted unjustly, and their comrades, and the idols which they worshipped |
| 23. * | besides God, and direct them in the way to hell: |
| 24. * | And set them before God's tribunal; for they shall be called to account. |
| 25. * | What aileth you that ye defend not one another? |
| 26. * | But on this day they shall submit themselves to the judgement of God: |
| 27. * | And they shall draw nigh unto one another, and shall dispute among themselves. |
| 28. * | And the seduced shall say unto those who seduced them, verily ye came unto us with presages of prosperity; |
| 29. * | and the seducers shall answer, nay, rather ye were not true believers: |
| 30. * | For we had no power over you to compel you; but ye were people who voluntarily transgressed: |
| 31. * | Wherefore the sentence of our Lord hath been justly pronounced against us, and we shall surely taste his vengeance. |
| 32. * | We seduced you; but we also erred ourselves. |
| 33. * | They shall both thereof be made partakers of the same punishment on that day. |
| 34. * | Thus will We deal with the wicked: |
| 35. * | Because when it is said unto them, there is no god besides the true God, they swell with arrogance, |
| 36. * | and say, shall we abandon our gods for a distracted poet? |
| 37. * | Nay; he cometh with the truth, and beareth witness to the former Apostles. |
| 38. * | Ye shall surely taste the painful torment of hell; |
| 39. * | and ye shall not be rewarded, but according to your works. |
| 40. * | But as for the sincere servants of God, |
| 41. * | they shall have a certain provision in paradise, |
| 42. * | namely, delicious fruits: And they shall be honoured: |
| 43. * | They shall be placed in gardens of pleasure, |
| 44. * | leaning on couches, opposite to one another: |
| 45. * | A cup shall be carried round unto them, filled from a limpid fountain, |
| 46. * | for the delight of those who drink: |
| 47. * | It shall not oppress the understanding, neither shall they be inebriated therewith. |
| 48. * | And near them shall lie the virgins of paradise, refraining their looks from beholding any besides their spouses, having large black eyes, |
| 49. * | and resembling the eggs of an ostrich covered with feathers from the dust. |
| 50. * | And they shall turn the one unto the other, and shall ask one another questions. |
| 51. * | And one of them shall say, verily I had an intimate friend while I lived in the world, |
| 52. * | who said unto me, art thou one of those who assertest the truth of the resurrection? |
| 53. * | After we shall be dead, and reduced to dust and bones, shall we surely be judged? |
| 54. * | Then he shall say to his companions, will ye look down? |
| 55. * | And he shall look down, and shall see him in the midst of hell: |
| 56. * | And he shall say unto him, by God, it wanted little but thou hadst drawn me into ruin; |
| 57. * | and had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I had surely been one of those who have been delivered up to eternal torment. |
| 58. * | Shall we die any other |
| 59. * | than our first death; or do we suffer any punishment? |
| 60. * | Verily this is great felicity: |
| 61. * | For the obtaining a felicity like this let the labourers labour. |
| 62. * | Is this a better entertainment, or the tree of Al Zakkum? |
| 63. * | Verily We have designed the same for an occasion of dispute unto the unjust. |
| 64. * | It is a tree which issueth from the bottom of hell: |
| 65. * | The fruit thereof resembleth the heads of devils; |
| 66. * | and the damned shall eat of the same, and shall fill their bellies therewith; |
| 67. * | and there shall be given them thereon a mixture of filthy and boiling water to drink: |
| 68. * | Afterwards shall they return into hell. |
| 69. * | They found their fathers going astray, |
| 70. * | and they trod hastily in their footsteps: |
| 71. * | For the greater part of the ancients erred before them. |
| 72. * | And We sent warners unto them heretofore: |
| 73. * | And see how miserable was the end of those who were warned; |
| 74. * | except the sincere servants of God. |
| 75. * | Noah called on Us in former days, and We heard him graciously: |
| 76. * | And We delivered him and his family out of the great distress; |
| 77. * | and We caused his off-spring to be those who survived to people the earth: |
| 78. * | And We left the following salutation to be bestowed on him by the latest posterity, |
| 79. * | namely, peace be on Noah among all creatures! |
| 80. * | Thus do We reward the righteous; |
| 81. * | for he was one of our servants the true believers. |
| 82. * | Afterwards We drowned the others. |
| 83. * | Abraham also was of his religion: |
| 84. * | When he came unto his Lord with a perfect heart. |
| 85. * | When he said unto his father and his people, what do ye worship? |
| 86. * | Do ye choose false gods preferably to the true God? |
| 87. * | What therefore is your opinion of the Lord of all creatures? |
| 88. * | And he looked and observed the stars, |
| 89. * | and said, verily I shall be sick, and shall not assist at your sacrifices: |
| 90. * | And they turned their backs and departed from him. |
| 91. * | And Abraham went privately to their gods, and said scoffingly unto them, do ye not eat of the meat which is set before you? |
| 92. * | What aileth you that ye speak not? |
| 93. * | And he turned upon them, and struck them with his right hand, and demolished them. |
| 94. * | And the people came hastily unto him: |
| 95. * | And he said, do ye worship the images which ye carve? |
| 96. * | Whereas God hath created you, and also that which ye make. |
| 97. * | They said, build a pile for him, and cast him into the glowing fire. |
| 98. * | And they devised a plot against him; but We made them the inferior, and delivered him. |
| 99. * | And Abraham said, verily I am going unto my Lord, who will direct me. |
| 100. * | O Lord, grant me a righteous issue. |
| 101. * | Wherefore We acquainted him that he should have a son, who should be a meek youth. |
| 102. * | And when he had attained to years of discretion, and could join in acts of religion with him; Abraham said unto him, O my son, verily I saw in a dream that I should offer thee in sacrifice: Consider therefore what thou art of opinion I should do. He answered, O my father, do what thou art commanded: Thou shalt find me, if God please, a patient person. |
| 103. * | And when they had submitted themselves to the divine will, and Abraham had laid his son prostrate on his face, |
| 104. * | We cried unto him, O Abraham, |
| 105. * | now hast thou verified the vision. Thus do We reward the righteous. |
| 106. * | Verily this was a manifest trial. |
| 107. * | And We ransomed him with a noble victim. |
| 108. * | And We left the following salutation to be bestowed on him by the latest posterity, |
| 109. * | namely, peace be on Abraham! |
| 110. * | Thus do We reward the righteous: |
| 111. * | For he was one of our faithful servants. |
| 112. * | And We rejoiced him with the promise of Isaac, a righteous prophet; |
| 113. * | and We blessed him and Isaac: And of their off-spring were some righteous doers, and others who manifestly injured their own souls. |
| 114. * | We were also gracious unto Moses and Aaron, heretofore: |
| 115. * | And We delivered them and their people from a great distress. |
| 116. * | And We assisted them against the Egyptians, and they became the conquerors. |
| 117. * | And We gave them the perspicuous book of the law, |
| 118. * | and We directed them into the right way: |
| 119. * | And We left the following salutation to be bestowed on them by the latest posterity, |
| 120. * | namely, peace be on Moses and Aaron! |
| 121. * | Thus do We reward the righteous; |
| 122. * | for they were two of our faithful servants. |
| 123. * | And Elias was also one of those who were sent by Us. |
| 124. * | When he said unto his people, do ye not fear God? |
| 125. * | Do ye invoke Baal, and forsake the most excellent creator? |
| 126. * | God is your Lord, and the Lord of your fore-fathers. |
| 127. * | But they accuse him of imposture: Wherefore they shall be delivered up to eternal punishment; |
| 128. * | except the sincere servants of God. |
| 129. * | And We left the following salutation to be bestowed on him by the latest posterity, |
| 130. * | namely, peace be on Ilyasin! |
| 131. * | Thus do We reward the righteous: |
| 132. * | For he was one of our faithful servants. |
| 133. * | And Lot was also one of those who were sent by Us. |
| 134. * | When We delivered him and his whole family, |
| 135. * | except an old woman, his wife, who perished among those that remained behind: |
| 136. * | Afterwards We destroyed the others. |
| 137. * | And ye, O people of Mecca, pass by the places where they once dwelt, as ye journey in the morning, |
| 138. * | and by night: Will ye not therefore understand? |
| 139. * | Jonas was also one of those who were sent by Us. |
| 140. * | When he fled into the loaded ship; |
| 141. * | and those who were on board cast lots among themselves, and he was condemned: |
| 142. * | And the fish swallowed him; for he was worthy of reprehension. |
| 143. * | And if he had not been one of those who praised God, |
| 144. * | verily he had remained in the belly thereof until the day of resurrection. |
| 145. * | And We cast him on the naked shore, and he was sick: |
| 146. * | And We caused a plant of a gourd to grow up over him; |
| 147. * | and We sent him to an hundred thousand persons, or they were a greater number, |
| 148. * | and they believed: Wherefore We granted them to enjoy this life, for a season. |
| 149. * | Inquire of the Meccans whether thy Lord hath daughters, and they sons? |
| 150. * | Have We created the angels of the female sex? And were they witnesses thereof? |
| 151. * | Do they not say of their own false invention, |
| 152. * | God hath begotten issue? And are they not really liars? |
| 153. * | Hath he chosen daughters preferably to sons? |
| 154. * | Ye have no reason to judge thus. |
| 155. * | Will ye not therefore be admonished? |
| 156. * | Or have ye a manifest proof of what ye say? |
| 157. * | Produce now your book of revelations, if ye speak truth. |
| 158. * | And they make Him to be of kin unto the genii; whereas the genii know that they who affirm such things, shall be delivered up to eternal punishment; |
| 159. * | -- far be that from God, which they affirm of him! -- |
| 160. * | Except the sincere servants of God. |
| 161. * | Moreover ye and that which ye worship |
| 162. * | shall not seduce any concerning God, |
| 163. * | except him who is destined to be burned in hell. |
| 164. * | There is none of us, but hath an appointed place: |
| 165. * | We range ourselves in order, attending the commands of God; |
| 166. * | and we celebrate the divine praise. |
| 167. * | The infidels said, |
| 168. * | if we had been favoured with a book of divine revelations, of those which were delivered to the ancients, |
| 169. * | we had surely been sincere servants of God: |
| 170. * | Yet now the Koran is revealed, they believe not therein; but hereafter shall they know the consequence of their unbelief. |
| 171. * | Our word hath formerly been given unto our servants the apostles; |
| 172. * | that they should certainly be assisted against the infidels, |
| 173. * | and that our armies should surely be the conquerors. |
| 174. * | Turn aside therefore from them, for a season: |
| 175. * | And see the calamities which shall afflict them; for they shall see thy future success and prosperity. |
| 176. * | Do they therefore seek to hasten our vengeance? |
| 177. * | Verily when it shall descend into their courts, an evil morning shall it be unto those who were warned in vain. |
| 178. * | Turn aside from them therefore for a season; |
| 179. * | and see: Hereafter shall they see thy success and their punishment. |
| 180. * | Praise be unto thy Lord, the Lord who is far exalted above what they affirm of Him! |
| 181. * | And peace be on his apostles! |
| 182. * | And praise be unto God, the Lord of all creatures! |