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| 1. * | Y. S. |
| 2. * | And the Quran of wisdom. |
| 3. * | You are one of the messengers. |
| 4. * | Upon a straight path. |
| 5. * | The revelation of the Most Honourable, Most Merciful. |
| 6. * | To warn a people whose fathers were not warned, for they are unaware. |
| 7. * | The retribution has been deserved by most of them, for they do not believe. |
| 8. * | We have placed shackles around their necks, up to their chins, so that they are forced in direction. |
| 9. * | And We have placed a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, thus We shielded them so they cannot see. |
| 10. * | And whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. |
| 11. * | You can only warn him who follows the reminder, and reverences the Almighty while unseen. Give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward. |
| 12. * | It is indeed Us who resurrect the dead, and We record what they have done and left behind. And everything We have counted in a clear ledger. |
| 13. * | And cite for them the example of the people of the town, when the messengers came to it. |
| 14. * | Where We sent two to them, but they disbelieved in them, so We supported them with a third one, thus they said: "We are messengers to you." |
| 15. * | They replied: "You are but human beings like us, and the Almighty did not send down anything, you are only telling lies." |
| 16. * | They said: "Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you." |
| 17. * | "And we are only required to give a clear delivery." |
| 18. * | They replied: "We have welcomed you better than you deserve. If you do not cease, we will stone you, and you will receive a painful retribution from us!" |
| 19. * | They said: "Keep your welcome with you, for you have been reminded. Indeed, you are transgressing people." |
| 20. * | And a man came running from the farthest part of the city, saying: "O my people, follow the messengers." |
| 21. * | "Follow those who do not ask you for any wage, and are guided." |
| 22. * | "And why should I not serve the One who initiated me, and to Him is your ultimate return?" |
| 23. * | "Shall I take gods besides Him? If the Almighty intends any harm for me, their intercession cannot help me in the least, nor can they save me." |
| 24. * | "Then I would be clearly astray." |
| 25. * | "I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me!" |
| 26. * | It was said: "Enter Paradise." He said "Oh, how I wish my people only knew!" |
| 27. * | "Of what my Lord has forgiven me, and made me of the honoured ones." |
| 28. * | And We did not send down upon his people after him soldiers from the sky; for there was no need to send them down. |
| 29. * | For all it took was one scream, whereupon they were stilled. |
| 30. * | What sorrow for the servants. For every time a messenger went to them, they would ridicule him. |
| 31. * | Did they not see how many generations We destroyed before them, do they not go back to them? |
| 32. * | And how every one of them will be summoned before Us. |
| 33. * | And a sign for them is the dead land, We revive it and produce from it seeds from which they eat. |
| 34. * | And We made in it gardens of date palms, and grapes, and We cause springs to gush forth therein. |
| 35. * | So that they may eat from its fruits, and what they manufacture with their own hands. Would they be thankful? |
| 36. * | Praise be to the One who created all pairs from what the Earth sprouts out and from themselves, and from what they do not know. |
| 37. * | And a sign for them is the night, We remove the daylight from it, whereupon they are in darkness. |
| 38. * | And the sun runs to a specific destination, such is the design of the Noble, the Knowledgeable. |
| 39. * | And the moon We have measured it to appear in stages, until it returns to being like an old curved sheath. |
| 40. * | The sun is not required to overtake the moon, nor will the night precede the day; each of them is swimming in its own orbit. |
| 41. * | And a sign for them is that We carried their ancestors on the charged Ship. |
| 42. * | And We created for them of its similarity, to ride in. |
| 43. * | And if We wished, We could drown them, so that their screaming would not be heard, nor could they be saved. |
| 44. * | Except through a mercy from Us, and as an enjoyment for awhile. |
| 45. * | And when they are told: "Be aware of your present and your past, that you may attain mercy." |
| 46. * | And no matter what sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord, they turn away from it. |
| 47. * | And when they are told: "Spend from what God has provisioned you." Those who reject say to those who believe: "Shall we feed those whom God could feed, if He so willed? You are clearly misguided!" |
| 48. * | And they Say: "When is this promise to come, if you are truthful?" |
| 49. * | They will not realize it when one scream overwhelms them, while they dispute. |
| 50. * | They will not even be able to leave a will, nor will they be able to return to their people. |
| 51. * | And the horn will be blown, whereupon they will rise from the graves massing towards their Lord. |
| 52. * | They will Say: "Woe to us. Who has resurrected us from our resting place? This is what the Almighty had promised. The messengers were truthful!" |
| 53. * | It only took one scream, whereupon they are summoned before Us. |
| 54. * | On this Day, no soul will be wronged in the least. You will be recompensed precisely for whatever you did. |
| 55. * | The dwellers of Paradise will be, on that Day, joyfully busy. |
| 56. * | Both them and their spouses, they will be shaded, reclining on high furnishings. |
| 57. * | They will have fruits therein; they will have in it whatever they ask for. |
| 58. * | Saying of: "Peace" from a Merciful Lord. |
| 59. * | "As for you, O criminals, you are singled out." |
| 60. * | "Did I not pledge to you, O Children of Adam, that you should not serve the devil for he is your most ardent enemy?" |
| 61. * | "And that you should serve Me? That is a straight path." |
| 62. * | "He has misled mountain loads of you. Did you not possess any understanding?" |
| 63. * | "This is Hell that you have been promised!" |
| 64. * | "Burn in it today, as a consequence of your rejection." |
| 65. * | Today, We shall seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness to everything they had done. |
| 66. * | And if We wished, We can blind their eyes, and they would race towards the path, but how would they see?. |
| 67. * | And if We wished, We can freeze them in their place; thus, they can neither move forward, nor go back. |
| 68. * | And for whomever We grant a long life, We weaken him in body. Do they not understand? |
| 69. * | And We did not teach him poetry, nor does he need it. This is a reminder and a clear Quran. |
| 70. * | To warn those who are alive, and so that the retribution will be deserved by the rejecters. |
| 71. * | Did they not see that We created for them with Our own hands livestock which they own? |
| 72. * | And they were subdued by Us for them. So some they ride, and some they eat. |
| 73. * | And they have in them other benefits, as well as drinks. Would they not be appreciative? |
| 74. * | And they have taken besides God other gods, perhaps they will help them! |
| 75. * | They cannot help them. And they become to them as foot-soldiers. |
| 76. * | So do not be saddened by what they say. We are fully aware of what they conceal and what they declare. |
| 77. * | Has man not seen that We have created him from a seed, that he would become a clear enemy? |
| 78. * | And he cites an example for Us, while forgetting his own creation! He says: "Who can resurrect the bones while they are dust?" |
| 79. * | Say: "The One who made them in the first place will resurrect them. He is fully aware of every creation." |
| 80. * | The One who initiated for you a forest fire, by which you learned to light. |
| 81. * | Is not the One who created the heavens and the Earth able to create the like of them? Yes indeed; He is the Creator, the Knowledgeable. |
| 82. * | His command, when He wants anything, is to say to it: "Be" and it is! |
| 83. * | Therefore, praise be to the One in whose Hand is the sovereignty of all things, and to Him you will be returned. |