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May 1, 2011 | 1:46 PM Comments  1 comments

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Free and open source software
Related to this project: International Information Technology Educational System Foundation (IITESF)


Free and open-source software (F/OSS, FOSS) or free/libre/open-source software (FLOSS) is software that is liberally licensed to grant the right of users to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code. This approach has gained both momentum and acceptance as the potential benefits have been increasingly recognized by both individuals and corporations.[1][2]

In the context of free and open-source software, free refers to the freedom to copy and re-use the software, rather than to the price of the software. The Free Software Foundation, an organization that advocates the free software model, suggests that, to understand the concept, one should "think of free as in free speech, not as in free beer".[3]

Free and open-source software is an inclusive term which covers both free software and open source software which, despite describing similar development models, have differing cultures and philosophies.[4] Free software focuses on the philosophical freedoms it gives to users while open source focuses on the perceived strengths of its peer-to-peer development model.[5] FOSS is a term that can be used without particular bias towards either political approach.

Free software licences and open source licenses are used by many software packages. While the licenses themselves are in most cases the same, the two terms grew out of different philosophies and are often used to signify different distribution methodologies.[6]
History
Main article: History of free and open source software

In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, it was normal for computer users to have the freedoms that are provided by free software. Software was commonly shared by individuals who used computers and by hardware manufacturers who were glad that people were making software that made their hardware useful. Organizations of users and suppliers were formed to facilitate the exchange of software; see, for example, SHARE and DECUS. By the late 1960s change was inevitable: software costs were dramatically increasing, a growing software industry was competing with the hardware manufacturer's bundled software products (free in that the cost was included in the hardware cost), leased machines required software support while providing no revenue for software, and some customers able to better meet their own needs did not want the costs of "free" software bundled with hardware product costs. In United States vs. IBM, filed January 17, 1969, the government charged that bundled software was anticompetitive.[7] While some software might always be free, there would be a growing amount of software that was for sale only. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the software industry began using technical measures (such as only distributing binary copies of computer programs) to actually prevent computer users from being able to study and customize software they had paid for. In 1980 copyright law[where?] was extended to computer programs.

In 1983, Richard Stallman, longtime member of the hacker community at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, announced the GNU project, saying that he had become frustrated with the effects of the change in culture of the computer industry and its users.[8] Software development for the GNU operating system began in January 1984, and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) was founded in October 1985. An article outlining the project and its goals was published in March 1985 titled the GNU Manifesto. The manifesto also focused heavily on the philosophy of free software. He developed The Free Software Definition and the concept of "copyleft", designed to ensure software freedom for all.

The Linux kernel, started by Linus Torvalds, was released as freely modifiable source code in 1991. The licence wasn't exactly a free software licence, but with version 0.12 in February 1992, he relicensed the project under the GNU General Public License.[9] Much like Unix, Torvalds' kernel attracted the attention of volunteer programmers.

In 1997, Eric Raymond published The Cathedral and the Bazaar, a reflective analysis of the hacker community and free software principles. The paper received significant attention in early 1998, and was one factor in motivating Netscape Communications Corporation to release their popular Netscape Communicator Internet suite as free software. This code is today better known as Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.

Netscape's act prompted Raymond and others to look into how to bring free software principles and benefits to the commercial software industry. They concluded that FSF's social activism was not appealing to companies like Netscape, and looked for a way to rebrand the free software movement to emphasize the business potential of the sharing of source code. The new name they chose was "open source", and quickly Bruce Perens, publisher Tim O'Reilly, Linus Torvalds, and others signed on to the rebranding. The Open Source Initiative was founded in February 1998 to encourage use of the new term and evangelize open source principles.[10]
[edit] Naming
[edit] Free software

The Free Software Definition, written by Richard Stallman and published by Free Software Foundation (FSF), defines free software as a matter of liberty, not price.[11] The earliest known publication of the definition was in the February 1986 edition[12] of the now-discontinued GNU's Bulletin publication of FSF. The canonical source for the document is in the philosophy section of the GNU Project website. As of April 2008, it is published there in 39 languages.[13]
[edit] Open source

The Open Source Definition is used by the Open Source Initiative to determine whether a software license can be considered open source. The definition was based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines, written and adapted primarily by Bruce Perens.[14][15] Perens did not base his writing on the four freedoms of free software from the Free Software Foundation, which were only widely available later.[16]
[edit] FOSS

The first known use of the phrase free open source software on Usenet was in a posting on 18 March 1998, just a month after the term open source itself was coined.[17] In February 2002, F/OSS appeared on a Usenet newsgroup dedicated to Amiga computer games.[18] In early 2002, MITRE used the term FOSS in what would later be their 2003 report Use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense.
[edit] FLOSS

The acronym FLOSS was coined in 2001 by Rishab Aiyer Ghosh for free/libre/open source software. Later that year, the European Commission (EC) used the phrase when they funded a study on the topic.[19]

Unlike libre software, which aimed to solve the ambiguity problem, FLOSS aimed to avoid taking sides in the debate over whether it was better to say "free software" or to say "open source software".

Proponents of the term point out that parts of the FLOSS acronym can be translated into other languages, with for example the F representing free (English) or frei (German), and the L representing libre (Spanish or French), livre (Portuguese), or libero (Italian), and so on. However, this term is not often used in official, non-English, documents, since the words in these languages for free as in freedom do not have the ambiguity problem of free in English.

By the end of 2004, the FLOSS acronym had been used in official English documents issued by South Africa,[20] Spain,[21] and Brazil.[22]
[edit] Criticism of "FLOSS" and "FOSS"

The terms "FLOSS" and "FOSS" have come under some criticism for being counterproductive and sounding silly. For instance, Eric Raymond, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, has stated, "Near as I can figure ... people think they’d be making an ideological commitment ... if they pick 'open source' or 'free software'. Well, speaking as the guy who promulgated 'open source' to abolish the colossal marketing blunders that were associated with the term 'free software', I think 'free software' is less bad than 'FLOSS'. Somebody, please, shoot this pitiful acronym through the head and put it out of our misery." Raymond quotes programmer Rick Moen as stating "I continue to find it difficult to take seriously anyone who adopts an excruciatingly bad, haplessly obscure acronym associated with dental hygiene aids" and "neither term can be understood without first understanding both free software and open source, as prerequisite study."
[edit] Adoption by governments
See also: Linux adoption

The German City of Munich was amongst the first to announce its intention to switch from Microsoft Windows-based Operating Systems to an open source implementation of SuSE Linux in March 2003,[23][24] having achieved an adoption rate of 20% by 2010.[25]

In 2004, a law in Venezuela (Decree 3390) went into effect, mandating a two year transition to open source in all public agencies. As of June 2009 this ambitious transition is still under way.[26][27] Malaysia launched the "Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Software Program", saving millions on proprietary software licences till 2008.[28][29]

In 2005 the Government of Peru voted to adopt open source across all its bodies.[30] The 2002 response to Microsoft's critique is available online. In the preamble to the bill, the Peruvian government stressed that the choice was made to ensure that key pillars of democracy were safeguarded: "The basic principles which inspire the Bill are linked to the basic guarantees of a state of law."[31] In September, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced its formal adoption of the OpenDocument standard for all Commonwealth entities.[23]

In 2006, the Brazilian government has simultaneously encouraged the distribution of cheap computers running Linux throughout its poorer communities by subsidizing their purchase with tax breaks. [23]

In February 2008, the Dominican Republic passed a law to facilitate the migration of all public entities (government, education, etc.) to Software Libre, and to adopt open standards in the public sector.[32] In April, Ecuador passed a similar law, Decree 1014, designed to migrate the public sector to Software Libre.[33]

In February 2009, the United States White House moved its website to Linux servers using Drupal for content management.[34] In March, the French Gendarmerie Nationale announced it will totally switch to Ubuntu by 2015.[35]

April 26, 2011 | 3:21 AM Comments  1 comments

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Translation of Glourious Quran (Surah Fateha)

In the name of Allah (God), Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Surah 1. The Opening
Verses no 1 to 7,

1. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
2. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
4. Master of the Day of Judgment.
5. Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
6. Show us the straight way,
7. The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those
whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.

April 26, 2010 | 2:04 AM Comments  1 comments

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Defrauding, The Cheats, Cheating (Translation of the Holy Quran)
About the book: "The Holy Quran"


Surah 83. Defrauding, The Cheats, Cheating
1. Woe to those that deal in fraud,-
2. Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men,
exact full measure,
3. But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give
less than due.
4. Do they not think that they will be called to account?-.5. On a Mighty Day,
6. A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds?
7. Day! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin.
8. And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is?
9. (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.
10. Woe, that Day, to those that deny-
11. Those that deny the Day of Judgment.
12. And none can deny it but the Transgressor beyond bounds the
Sinner!
13. When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he says, "Tales of the
ancients!"
14. By no means! but on their hearts is the stain of the (ill) which
they do!
15. Verily, from (the Light of) their Lord, that Day, will they be veiled.
16. Further, they will enter the Fire of Hell.
17. Further, it will be said to them: "This is the (reality) which ye
rejected as false!
18. Day, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in 'Illiyin.
19. And what will explain to thee what 'Illiyun is?
20. (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed,
21. To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah..
22. Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss:
23. On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things):
24. Thou wilt recognise in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss.
25. Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
26. The seal thereof will be Musk: And for this let those aspire, who
have aspirations:.27. With it will be (given) a mixture of Tasnim:
28. A spring, from (the waters) whereof drink those Nearest to Allah.
29. Those in sin used to laugh at those who believed,
30. And whenever they passed by them, used to wink at each other
(in mockery);
31. And when they returned to their own people, they would return
jesting;
32. And whenever they saw them, they would say, "Behold! These
are the people truly astray!"
33. But they had not been sent as keepers over them!
34. But on this Day the Believers will laugh at the Unbelievers:
35. On Thrones (of Dignity) they will command (a sight) (of all
things).
36. Will not the Unbelievers have been paid back for what they did?

October 30, 2009 | 4:45 PM Comments  1 comments

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Why is polygamy allowed in Islam?
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POLYGAMY

Question: Why is a man allowed to have more than one wife in Islam? i.e. why is polygamy allowed in Islam?

Answer:

1. Definition of Polygamy
Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygamy where a man marries more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam, limited polygamy is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely prohibited.
Now coming to the original question, why is a man allowed to have more than one wife?

2. The Qur’an is the only religious scripture in the world that says, “marry only one”.
The Qur’an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase ‘marry only one’. There is no other religious book that instructs men to have only one wife. In none of the other religious scriptures, whether it be the
Vedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives. According to these scriptures one can marry as many as one wish. It was only later, that the Hindu priests and the Christian Church restricted the number of wives to one.
Many Hindu religious personalities, according to their scriptures, had multiple wives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama, had more than one wife. Krishna had several wives.
In earlier times, Christian men were permitted as many wives as they wished, since the Bible puts no restriction on the number of wives. It was only a few centuries ago that the Church restricted the number of wives to one.
Polygamy is permitted in Judaism. According to Talmudic law, Abraham had three wives, and Solomon had hundreds of wives. The practice of polygamy continued till Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (960 C.E to 1030 C.E) issued an edict against it. The Jewish Sephardic communities living in Muslim countries continued the practice till as late as 1950, until an Act of the Chief Rabbinate of
Israel extended the ban on marrying more than one wife.
(*Interesting Note: - As per the 1975 census of India Hindus are more polygynous than Muslims. The report of the ‘Committee of The Status of
Woman in Islam’, published in 1975 mentions on page numbers 66 and 67 that the percentage of polygamous marriages between the years 1951 and 1961 was 5.06% among the Hindus and only 4.31% among the Muslims. According to Indian law only Muslim men are permitted to have more than one wife. It is illegal for any non-Muslim in India to have more than one wife. Despite it being illegal, Hindus have more multiple wives as compared to Muslims. Earlier, there was no restriction even on Hindu men with respect to the number of wives allowed. It was only in 1954, when the Hindu Marriage Act was passed that it became illegal for a Hindu to have more than one wife. At present it is the Indian Law that restricts a Hindu man from having more than one wife and not the Hindu scriptures.)
Let us now analyze why Islam allows a man to have more than one wife.

3. Qur’an permits limited polygamy
As I mentioned earlier, Qur’an is the only religious book on the face of the earth that says ‘marry only one’. The context of this phrase is the following verse from Surah Nisa of the Glorious Qur’an:
“Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that
ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one.”
[Al-Qur’an 4:3]
Before the Qur’an was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygamy and many men had scores of wives, some even hundreds. Islam put an upper limit of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women, only on the condition that he deals justly with them.
In the same chapter i.e. Surah Nisa verse 129 says:
“Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women....”
[Al-Qur’an 4:129]
Therefore polygamy is not a rule but an exception. Many people are under the misconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to have more than one wife.
Broadly, Islam has five categories of Do’s and Don’ts:
(i) ‘Fard’ i.e. compulsory or obligatory
(ii) ‘Mustahab’ i.e. recommended or encouraged
(iii) ‘Mubah’ i.e. permissible or allowed
(iv) ‘Makruh’ i.e. not recommended or discouraged
(v) ‘Haraam’ i.e. prohibited or forbidden
Polygamy falls in the middle category of things that are permissible. It cannot be said that a Muslim who has two, three or four wives is a better Muslim as compared to a Muslim who has only one wife.

4. Average life span of females is more than that of males
By nature males and females are born in approximately the same ratio. A female child has more immunity than a male child. A female child can fight the germs and diseases better than the male child. For this reason, during the pediatric age itself there are more deaths among males as compared to the females.
During wars, there are more men killed as compared to women. More men die due to accidents and diseases than women. The average life span of females is more than that of males, and at any given time one finds more widows in the world than widowers.
5. India has more male population than female due to female feticide and infanticide
India is one of the few countries, along with the other neighbouring countries, in which the female population is less than the male population. The reason lies in the high rate of female infanticide in India, and the fact that more than one million female fetuses are aborted every year in this country, after they are identified as females. If this evil practice is stopped, then India too will have more females as compared to males.

6. World female population is more than male population
In the USA, women outnumber men by 7.8 million. New York alone has one million more females as compared to the number of males, and of the male population of New York one-third are gays i.e. sodomites. The U.S.A as a whole has more than twenty-five million gays. This means that these people do not wish to marry women. Great Britain has four million more females as compared to males. Germany has five million more females as compared to males. Russia has nine million more females than males. God alone knows how many million more females there are in the whole world as compared to males.

7. Restricting each and every man to have only one wife is not practical
Even if every man got married to one woman, there would still be more than thirty million females in U.S.A who would not be able to get husbands (Considering that America has twenty five million gays). There would be more than four million females in Great Britain, 5 million females in Germany and nine million females in Russia alone who would not be able to find a husband.
Suppose my sister happens to be one of the unmarried women living in USA, or suppose your sister happens to be one of the unmarried women in USA. The only two options remaining for her are that she either marries a man who already has a wife or becomes 'public property'. There is no other option. All those who are modest will opt for the first.
Most women would not like to share their husband with other women. But in
Islam when the situation deems it really necessary Muslim women in due faith could bear a small personal loss to prevent a greater loss of letting other Muslim sisters becoming 'public properties'.

8. Marring a married man preferable to becoming 'public property'
In Western society, it is common for a man to have mistresses and/or multiple
Extra-marital affairs, in which case, the woman leads a disgraceful, unprotected life. The same society, however, cannot accept a man having more than one wife, in which women retain their honourable, dignified position in society and lead a protected life.
Thus the only two options before a woman who cannot find a husband is to marry a married man or to become 'public property'. Islam prefers giving women the honourable position by permitting the first option and disallowing the second.
There are several other reasons, why Islam has permitted limited polygamy, but it is mainly to protect the modesty of women.


Regards:
Danish Khan

June 7, 2009 | 12:25 AM Comments  3 comments

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PROHIBITION OF ALCOHOL IN ALL MAJOR RELIGIONS
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Question: Why is the consumption of alcohol prohibited in all Major Religions?

Answer:Alcohol has been the scourge of human society since time immemorial. It
continues to cost countless human lives, and causes terrible misery to millions
throughout the world. Alcohol is the root cause of several problems facing
society. The statistics of soaring crime rates, increasing instances of mental
illnesses and millions of broken homes throughout the world bear mute
testimony to the destructive power of alcohol.

1. Prohibition of alcohol in the Qur’an
The Glorious Qur’an prohibits the consumption of alcohol in the following verse:
“O ye who believe! Intoxicants and Gambling, (dedication of) stones,
and (divination by) arrows, are an Abomination – of Satan’s handiwork;
eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.” [Al-Qur’an 5:90]

2. Prohibition of alcohol in the Bible
The Bible prohibits the consumption of alcohol in the following verses:
a. “Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.” [Proverbs 20:1]
b. “And be not drunk with wine.” [Ephesians 5:18]

3. Alcohol inhibits the inhibitory centre
The human beings possess an inhibitory centre in their brains. This inhibitory
centre prevents the person from doing things that he considers wrong. For
instance a person does not normally use abusive language while addressing his
parents or elders. If he has to answer the call of nature, his inhibitory centre will
prevent him from doing so in public. Therefore he uses the toilet.
When a person consumes alcohol, the inhibitory centre itself is inhibited. That
is precisely the reason that an inebriated person is often found to be indulging
in behaviour that is completely uncharacteristic of him. For instance the
intoxicated person is found to use abusive and foul language and does not
realize his mistake even if he is addressing his parents. Many even urinate in
their clothes. Neither do they talk nor walk properly. They even misbehave.

4. Cases of adultery, rape, incest and AIDS are found more among
alcoholics
According to National Crime Victimization Survey Bureau of Justice (U.S.
Department of Justice) in the year 1996 alone everyday on an average 2,713
rapes took place. The statistics tell us that the majority of the rapists, were
intoxicated while committing the crime. The same is true in cases of
molestation.
According to statistics, 8% of Americans commit incest i.e. one in every twelve
to thirteen persons in America is involved in incest. Almost all the cases of
incest are due to intoxication of one or both the persons involved.
One of the major factors associated with the spread of AIDS, the most dreaded
disease, is alcoholism.

5. Every alcoholic was initially a social drinker
Many may argue in favour of liquor by calling themselves ‘social drinkers’. They
claim that they only have one or two pegs and they have self-control and so
never get intoxicated. Investigations reveal that every alcoholic started as a
social drinker. Not a single alcoholic or drunkard initially starts drinking with the
intention of becoming an alcoholic or a drunkard. No social drinker can say that
I have been having alcohol for several years and that I have so much selfcontrol
that I have never been intoxicated even a single time.

6. If a person is intoxicated just once and commits something
shameful, it will remain with him for a lifetime.
Suppose a ‘social drinker’ loses his self-control just once. In a state of
intoxication he commits rape or incest. Even if the act is later regretted, a
normal human being is likely to carry the guilt throughout his life. Both the
perpetrator and the victim are irreparably and irreversibly damaged.

7. Alcohol is prohibited in the Hadith
The Prophet of Islam Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
a. In Sunan Ibn-I-Majah Volume 3, Book of Intoxicants, Chapter 30 Hadith No.
3371.
“Alcohol is the mother of all evils and it is the most shameful of evils.”
b. In Sunan Ibn-I-Majah Volume 3, Book of Intoxicants, Chapter 30 Hadith No.
3392
“Anything which intoxicates in a large quantity, is prohibited even in a small
quantity.”
Thus there is no excuse for a nip or a tot.
c. Not only those who drink alcohol are cursed but also those who deal with
them directly or indirectly are cursed by Allah.
According to Sunan Ibn-I-Majah Volume 3, Book of Intoxicants, Chapter 30
Hadith No. 3380.
It was reported by Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), that Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) said:
“God’s curse falls on ten groups of people who deal with alcohol. The one who
distills it, the one for whom it has been distilled, the one who drinks it, the one
who transports it, the one to who it has been brought, the one whom serves it,
the one who sells it, the one who utilizes money from it, the one who buys it and
the one who buys it for someone else.”

8. Diseases associated with alcoholism
There are several scientific reasons for the prohibition of consumption of
intoxicants i.e. alcohol. The maximum number of deaths in the world related to
any one particular cause is due to the consumption of alcohol. Millions of people
die every year only because of intake of alcohol. I need not go into the details
of all the ill-effects of alcohol since most of them are commonly known. Below
is a simple list of few of the alcohol related illnesses:

1. Cirrhosis of Liver is the most well known alcohol associated disease.

2. Others are Cancer of Oesophagus, Cancer of Head and Neck, Cancer of
Liver (Hepatoma), Cancer of Bowel, etc.

3. Oesophagitis, Gastritis, Pancreatitis and Hepatitis are linked with alcohol
consumption.

4. Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, Coronary Artherosclerosis, Angina and
Heart Attacks are linked with heavy alcohol intakes.

5. Strokes, Apoplexy, Fits and different types of Paralysis are linked with
alcohol intake.

6. Peripheral Neuropathy, Cortical Atrophy, Cerebellar Atrophy are well-known
syndromes caused by alcohol consumption.

7. Wernicke – Korsakoff syndrome with amnesia of recent events,
confabulations and retainment of memory to old events with different types
of paralysis are mainly due to thiamine deficiency due to excessive alcohol
intake.

8. Beriberi and other deficiencies are not uncommon among alcoholics. Even
Pellagra occurs in alcoholics.

9. Delerium Tremens is a serious complication that may occur during recurrent
infection of alcoholics or post operatively. It also occurs during abstention as
a sign of withdrawal effect. It is quite serious and may cause death even if
treated in well equipped centres.

10. Numerous Endocrine Disorders have been associated with alcoholism
ranging from Myxodema to Hyperthyroidism and Florid Cushing Syndrome.

11. Hematological ill effects are long and variable. Folic acid deficiency,
however, is the most common manifestation of alcoholic abuse resulting in
Macrocytic Anemia. Zeive’s syndrome is a triad of Hemolytic Anemia,
Jaundice and Hyperlipaedemia that follows alcoholic binges.

12. Thrombocytopenia and other platelet abnormalities are not rare in
alcoholics.

13. The commonly used tablet metronidazole (flagyl) interacts badly with
alcohol.

14. Recurrent infection is very common among chronic alcoholics. The
resistance to disease and the immunological defense system are
compromised by alcohol intake.

15. Chest infections are notorious in alcoholics. Pneumonia, Lung Abcess,
Emphysema and Pulmonary Tuberculosis are all common in alcoholics.

16. During acute alcoholic intoxication, the drunk person usually vomits, the
cough reflexes which are protective are paralysed. The vomitus thus easily
pass to the lung causing Pneumonia or Lung Abscess. Occasionally it may
even cause suffocation and death.

17. The ill effects of alcohol consumption on women deserves special mention.
Females are more vulnerable to alcohol-related Cirrhosis than men. During
pregnancy alcohol consumption has a severe detrimental effect on the
foetus. Foetal Alcohol Syndrome is being recognised more and more in the
medical profession.

18. Skin diseases are also related to alcohol indulgence.

19. Eczema, Alopecia, Nail Dystrophy, Paronychia (infection around the nails)
and Angular Stomatitis (inflammation of the angle of the mouth) are
common diseases among alcoholics.

9. Alcoholism is a ‘disease’
Medical doctors have now turned liberal towards alcoholics and call alcoholism
a disease rather than an addiction.
The Islamic Research Foundation has published a pamphlet that says:
If alcohol is a disease, it is the only disease that:
- Is sold in bottles
- Is advertised in newspapers, magazines, on radio and television
- Has licensed outlets to spread it
- Produces revenue for the government
- Brings violent deaths on the highways
- Destroys family life and increases crime
- Has no germs or viral cause

ALCOHOLISM IS NOT A DISEASE – IT IS SATAN’S HANDIWORK
Allah (swt) in His Infinite Wisdom has warned us against this snare of Satan.
Islam is called the “Deen-ul-Fitrah” or the natural religion of Man. All its
injunctions are aimed at preserving the natural state of man. Alcohol is a
deviation from this natural state, for the individual as well as for society. It
degrades man to a level below that of the beasts he claims to be superior to.
Hence the consumption of alcohol is prohibited in Islam.


Research by:
Danish Khan
Pakistan

April 9, 2009 | 12:44 AM Comments  6 comments

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My 3 years complete with TIG
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Dear All,

My three year with TIG completed on March 14 2009. It is being a great experience.



March 16, 2009 | 1:08 AM Comments  3 comments

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Stop violence in Gaza
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The new year bodes ill for prospects of Middle East peace going by the current happenings in Gaza with Israeli fighter planes bombarding this tiny strip of land killing over 300 people and maiming several hundreds while causing massive destruction to Palestinian settlements.

The unfolding mayhem as shown on satellite TV of mangled bodies and devastated buildings has once again raised the spectre of a dangerous conflagration in this most volatile corner of the earth where enmities date back to biblical times.

Israel says it was responding to Hamas rocket attacks into Israel territory. Whatever the provocation it is apparent that Israel has overreacted and overreached itself judging by the scale of the carnage and the destruction wrought.

The attacks and the violence coming as it does in the teeth of attempts by the international community to end the Israel Arab conflict is alarming to say the least particularly in the midst increasing tensions in the region.

It is certainly going to affect the prospects of peace negotiations which were painstakingly put to together by countries such as France and the EU. That is why the UN in an emergency session has called for an immediate end to violence in the Gaza and Southern Israel.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his "deep alarm' by the worsening situation in Gaza and Southern Israel and called for an immediate halt to all violence.

While recognising Israel's security concerns regarding the continued firing of rockets from Gaza, the UN Chief has reiterated Israel's obligation to uphold International Humanitarian and Human rights Law and condemned excessive use of force leading to killing and injuring of civilians.

That Israel has been flouting UN resolutions with impunity is plain for all to see. What is worse is that it has been allowed to get away with it all this time and spared those sanctions that would normally have visited lesser nations that flouted such resolutions with much less frequency.

It is therefore incumbent on the UN to intervene speedily to bring a halt to this massacre and put in place a mechanism for an enduring peace in the Middle East which at the moment is a powder keg with foreign powers manipulating the situation.

What is even more alarming is the danger of the situation degenerating into a full blown conflagration given the proliferation of modern military hardware and its fall out on the rest of the world. The developing scenario in the Gaza was the result of a chain of events that undermined the authority of the Hamas regime that was elected by its own people.

It was plain to all that the new Hamas regime that was elected by popular vote at a referendum was thwarted at every turn in attempts to forge a peace, by the insidious designs of interested parties. All ceasefires called became non starters and it was apparent that these extraneous forces were only desirous of fomenting conflict.

This is why it is hoped that the UN would take into account all the ramifications that has led to current state of play in approaching the situation. It is also hoped that the world body would play a more assertive role in bringing about a peaceful resolution to the conflict, giving full play to the radical reforms that has blown through the world body in recent times.

The latest development in the Gaza would no doubt be a major issue that will confront the new American President Barack Obama who is due to be sworn in on January 20. He will doubtless be in the world spot- light vis-a-vis his handling this first major challenge of his Presidency. So far all US President's who intervened to forge a negotiated settlement had failed in their bid.

It is expected that the new US President would comply and abide by the UN resolutions unlike his immediate predecessor who overrode the UN particularly in the Iraqi invasion. Because any open defiance of the UN at this stage can only make the situation more combustible leading to escalation of the conflict.

This, at a time when the world economy is in it's worst recession since the great depression of the 1930s and the financial edifices of many developing nations crumbling before their eyes driving people into penury. A full blown conflict in the Middle East is therefore a harrowing prospect which the world powers should come to grips with before it is too late. Hence the need for treading cautiously without plunging into any precipitate action that could only worsen the overall situation. This is why the UN which is the only credible world body in the area of conflict resolution between states should be allowed to act without impediments to douse the raging flames and revive the peace process in the Middle East which was stymied by vested interests all these years.

Sri Lanka has every reason to be concerned by the plight of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Lankan-Palestine relations go a long away and was reinforced by the recent visit of Palestinian leader Mahaumud Abbas to the country. Also being a country stalked by a different kind of terror all Sri Lankans no doubt would empathise with suffering of the hapless civilians in the Gaza. Sri Lanka has already added her voice to the sea of condemnations pouring from nations against the genocide and for the immediate intervention of the UN to quell the anarchy. It is hoped that this collective voice would carry enough resonance for the perpetrators of this atrocity to realise their folly and call a halt to the carnage and sit down for talks.



January 5, 2009 | 11:53 PM Comments  10 comments

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The Disbelievers, Atheists
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Translation of the Glorious Holy Quran:

Versus No 1 to 6,

Surah 109. The Disbelievers, Atheists
1. Say: O ye that reject Faith!
2. I worship not that, which ye worship,
3. Nor will ye worship that which I worship.
4. And I will not worship that, which ye have been wont to worship,
5. Nor will ye worship that which I worship.
6. To you be your Way, and to me mine.


January 5, 2009 | 11:48 PM Comments  3 comments

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H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !
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Dear All Friends!

I wish you Health...
So you may enjoy each day in comfort.

I wish you the Love of friends and family...
And Peace within your heart.

I wish you the Beauty of nature...
That you may enjoy the work of God.

I wish you Wisdom to choose priorities...
For those things that really matter in life.

I wish you Generousity so you may share...
All good things that come to you.

I wish you Happiness and Joy...
And Blessings for the New Year.

I wish you the best of everything...
That you so well deserve.


HAPPY NEW YEAR MEANS TO ME!


H ours of happy times with friends and family
A bundant time for relaxation
P rosperity
P lenty of love when you need it the most
Y outhful excitement at lifes simple pleasures

N ights of restful slumber (you know - dont' worry be happy)
E verything you need
W ishing you love and light

Y ears and years of good health
E njoyment and mirth
A angels to watch over you
R embrances of a happy years!


Regards:
Danish Khan

December 28, 2008 | 11:28 PM Comments  1 comments

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Merry Christmas to All
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Dear All!

Merry Christmas to all of you as well as your family. May God give you and your family all cheers of life...Aameen!


Regards:
Danish Khan
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December 25, 2008 | 4:41 AM Comments  1 comments

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Who are you waiting for?
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“Who are you waiting for? I am here now”

“Just one look, I am here now”

“Who are you waiting for? I am here now”

“Just one look, I am here now”

“Why are you quiet, why the heavy brow?

“If its endless love you wish, ask for it aloud”

“And you shall receive it, for I am here now”

“Who are you waiting for? I am here now”

“Just one look, I am here now”

“When you think, when you see…”

“How much I love you…”

“Do not stay silent”

“Tell me, you have that special friend…”

“Who will give you his heart, give up his soul”

“And I will say, true, for I am here now”

“Who are you waiting for? I am here now”

“Just one look, I am here now”

“Why are you quiet, why the heavy brow?

“If its endless love you wish, ask for it aloud”

“And you shall receive it, for I am here now”

“Who are you waiting for? I am here now”

“If there is something in your heart…”

“Tell me”

“No matter what time of day or night…”

“Tell me”

“If problem plague you…”

“Or you feel down and out…”

“Tell me”

“If you have a wish, a little want…”

“Don’t ever be apprehensive, for I am here now…”

“Who are you waiting for? I am here now”

“Just one look, I am here now”

“Why are you quiet, why the heavy brow?

“If its endless love you wish, ask for it aloud”

“And you shall receive it, for I am here now”


Best Regards:
Danish

December 17, 2008 | 11:30 PM Comments  3 comments

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Happy Eid Greetings to all!
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Dear All Salam!

Happy Eid Greetings to all of you and your family members.


May God give you all cheers of life.


Take Care and have a nice life... Aameen


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Danish

December 6, 2008 | 3:43 AM Comments  6 comments

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My Love, you are the one
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My Love, you are the one

My heart beats for…

You are the one who lives
In every pore of my being…

My heart , I had already
Given away to you…

But my life too,
I shall lay down for you

When you come to meet me
This full Moon night…

I have decided to what we will do

I will lay my heart
At your feet…

With my eyes,
I shall offer you a worship

When you come to meet me
This full Moon night…

I know you are a killer…
But you are the one
Who give succour to my heart…

You are a river
In which flows poison…
But you are still precious to me

Those that lack courge,
Cannot stand by you
Come to me as my life…
I shall spend it with you

When you come to meet me
This full Moon night…

When you come to meet me
This full Moon night…


Regards:
Danish Khan

November 2, 2008 | 5:52 AM Comments  17 comments

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Glourious Quran Translation
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Translation of Glourious Quran (Surah Fateha)

In the name of Allah (God), Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Surah 1. The Opening
Verses no 1 to 7,

1. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
2. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
4. Master of the Day of Judgment.
5. Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
6. Show us the straight way,
7. The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those
whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.


Presented by:
Muhammad Danish Mahboob Khan,
Saudi Arabia.

June 19, 2008 | 4:50 AM Comments  8 comments

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Happy Christmas, Eid Mubarik and Happy New Year Friends
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Happy Christmas, Eid Mubarik and Happy New Year to all of my friends,

Please work hard to be successful in life!

May God give you all cheers of life...
Aameen



Best Regards:
Muhammad Danish Mahboob Khan

December 25, 2007 | 4:25 AM Comments  1 comments

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WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) THE PROPHET OF ISLAM

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) THE PROPHET OF ISLAM
A lecture by Ahmed Deedat

SAY: "DO YOU SEE? WHETHER THIS MESSAGE BE FROM ALLAH (God Almighty), AND YET YOU REJECT IT, AND A WITNESS FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL1 BORE WITNESS OF ONE LIKE HIM..." (SURA AHQAF) Holy Qur’ân 46:10.
1. This refers to Moses. See Yusuf Ali's commentaries Nos. 4783/4 to this verse.

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, The subject of this evening's talk* - "What the BIBLE says about MUHAMMAD (Peace be upon him)" - will no doubt come as a surprise to many of you because the speaker is a Muslim. How does it come about that a Muslim happens to be expounding prophecies from the Jewish and Christian Scriptures?
As a young man, about 30 years ago, I attended a series of religious lectures by a Christian theologian, a certain Rev. Hiten, at the "Theatre Royal", Durban in South Africa.
* This is the text of a lecture delivered by the author in the early 1970's.
Pope or Kissinger?
This Reverend gentleman was expounding Biblical prophecies. He went on to prove that the Christian Bible foretold the rise of Soviet Russia, and the Last Days. At one stage he went to the extent of proving that his Holy Book did not leave even the Pope out of its predictions. He expatiated vigorously in order to convince his audience that the "Beast 666" mentioned in the Book of Revelation the last book of the New Testament was the POPE, who was the Vicar of Christ on earth. It is not befitting for us Muslims to enter into this controversy between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants. By the way, the latest Christian exposition of the "Beast 666" of the Christian Bible is Dr. Henry Kissinger1. Christian scholars are ingenious and indefatigable in their efforts to prove their case.
Rev. Hiten's lectures led me to ask that if the Bible foretold so many things - not even excluding the "Pope" and "Israel" - then surely it must have something to say about the greatest benefactor of mankind 2, the Holy Prophet Muhammed (may the peace of Allah be upon him).
As a youngster I set out to search for an answer. I met priest after priest, attended lectures, and read everything that I could lay my hands relating to the fields of Bible prophecies. Tonight I am going to narrate to you one of these interviews with a dominee3 of the Dutch Reformed Church.
1. Christian exegesists give progressive numerical values by sixes, to the English alphabet and add up to get the total 666. i.e. A=6,B=12,C=18, D=24 and so on. Progression by 6's because the number of the Beast in the Bible is "666". Try it for Dr.Kissinger.
2. The writer has just delivered another talk in the City Hall, Durban on the 10th December 1975 on the subject "Muhammad the Greatest".
3. "Dominee" is the Afrikaans equivalent of priest, parson and predikant.
Lucky Thirteen
I was invited to the Transvaal1 to deliver a talk on the occasion of Birthday celebration of the Holy Prophet Muhammed. Knowing that in that province of the Republic, the Afrikaans language is widely spoken, even by my own people, I felt that I ought to acquire a smattering of this language so a s to feel a little "at home" with the people. I opened the telephone directory and began phoning the Afrikaans-speaking Churches. I indicated my purpose to the priests that I was interested in having a dialogue with them, but they all refused my request with "Plausible" excuses. No.13 was my lucky number. The thirteenth call brought me pleasure and relief. A dominee Van Heerden agreed to meet me at his home on the Saturday afternoon that I was to leave for Transvaal.
He received me on his verandah with a friendly welcome. He said if I did not mind, he would like his father-in-law from the Free State (a 70 year old man) to join us in the discussion. I did not mind. The three of us settled down in the dominee's library.
1. One of the Provinces of the Republic of South Africa.
Why Nothing?
I posed the question: "What does the Bible say about Muhammed?" Without hesitation he answered, "Nothing!" I asked: "Why nothing? According to your interpretation the Bible have so many things to say about the rise of Soviet Russia and about the Last Days and even about the Pope of the Roman Catholics?" He said, "Yes, but there was nothing about Muhammed!" I asked again, "Why nothing? Surely this man Muhammed who had been responsible for the bringing into being a worldwide community of millions of Believers who, on his authority, believe in:
(1) The miraculous birth of Jesus,
(2) that Jesus is the Messiah, 1
(3) that he gave life to the dead by God's permission, and that he healed those born blind and the lepers by God's permission.
Surely this book (the Bible) must have something to say about this great Leader of men who spoke so well of Jesus and his mother Mary?" (Peace be upon them both).
The old man from the Free State replied. "My son, I have been reading the Bible for the past 50 years, and if there was any mention of him, I would have known it."
1. The word "Messiah" comes from the Arabic and Hebrew word masaha, which means to rub, to massage, to anoint. The religious significance is "the one who is anointed" - priests and kings were anointed in consecration to their offices. Messiah translated Christ does not mean God. Even the heathen Cyrus is called "Christ" in the Bible, (Isaiah 45:1)
Not one by name!
I enquired: "According to you, are there not hundreds of prophecies regarding the coming of Jesus in the Old Testament." The dominee interjected: "Not hundreds, but thousands!" I said, "I am not going to dispute the 'thousand and one' prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the coming of Jesus Christ, because the whole Muslim-world has already accepted him without the testimony of any Biblical prophecy. We Muslims have accepted the de facto Jesus on the authority of Muhummed alone, and there are in the world today no less than 900,000,0001 followers of Muhummed who love, respect and revere this great Messenger of God -Jesus Christ- without having the Christians to convince them by means of their Biblical dialectics. Out of the 'thousands' of prophecies referred to, can you please give me just one single prophecy where Jesus is mentioned by name? The term 'Messiah', translated as 'Christ', is not a name but a title. Is there a single Prophecy where it says that the name of the Messiah will be JESUS, and that his mother's name will be MARY, that his supposed father will be JOSEPH THE CARPENTER; that he will be born in the reign of HEROD THE KING, etc. etc.? No! There are no such details! Then how can you conclude that those 'thousand' Prophecies refer to Jesus (Peace be upon him)?"
1. This was first written in 1976.
What is Prophecy?
The dominee replied: "You see, prophecies are word-pictures of something that is going to happen in the future. When that thing actually comes to pass, we see vividly in these prophecies the fulfillment of what had been predicted in the past." I said: "What you actually do is that you deduce, you reason, you put two and two together." He said: "Yes." I said: "If this is what you have to do with a 'thousand' prophecies to justify your claim with regards to the genuineness of Jesus, why should we not adopt the very same system for Muhummed?"1 The dominee agreed that it was a fair proposition, a reasonable way of dealing with the problem.
I asked him to open up Deuteronomy, chapter 18, verse 18, which he did. I read from memory the verse in Afrikaans, because this was my purpose in having a little practice with the language of the ruling race in South Africa.2
'N PROFEET SAL EK VIR HULLE VERWEK UIT DIE MIDDE VAN HULLE BROERS, SOOS JY IS, EN EK SAL MY WOORDE IN SY MOND LE, EN HY SY SAL AAN HULLE SE ALLE WAT EK HOM BEVEEL. Deut.18: 18.
The English translation reads as follows:-
"I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him."
(HOLY BIBLE) Deuteronomy 18:18.
1. Muhummed is mentioned by name in the Song of Solomon 5:16. The Hebrew word used there is Muhammuddim. The end letters IM is plural of respect majesty and grandeur. Minus "im" the name would be Muhamud translated as "altogether lovely" in the Authorised Version of the Bible or 'The Praised One' 'the one worthy of Praise' i.e. MUHUMMED! (P.B.U.H)
2. If this booklet is translated into any language, please change the Afrikaans words into the local dialect; and do not try a free hand translation of the Biblical quotation. Obtain a Bible in the language in which translation is being made and transcribe exactly as the words occur in that Bible.
Prophet Like Moses
Having recited the verse in Afrikaans, I apologised for my uncertain pronunciation, The dominee assured me that I was doing fine. I enquired: "To whom does this prophecy refer?" Without the slightest hesitation he answered: "JESUS!" I asked: "Why Jesus?... his name is not mentioned here." The dominee replied: "Since prophecies are word-pictures of something that is going to happen in the future, we find that the wordings of this verse adequately describe him. You see the most important words of this prophecy are 'SOOS JY IS' (like unto thee), - LIKE YOU - like Moses, and Jesus is like Moses. I questioned: "In which way is Jesus like Moses?" The answer was: "In the first place Moses was a JEW and Jesus was also a JEW; secondly, Moses was a PROPHET and Jesus was also a PROPHET - therefore Jesus is like Moses and that is exactly what God had foretold Moses - "SOOS JY IS". "Can you think of any other similarities between Moses and Jesus?" I asked. The dominee said that he could not think of any. I replied: "If these are the only two criteria for discovering a candidate for this prophecy of Deuteronomy 18:18, then in that case the criteria could fit any one of the following Biblical personages after Moses:- Solomon, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Malachi, John the Baptist etc., because they were also ALL "Jews" as well as "Prophets". Why should we not apply this prophecy to any one of these prophets, and why only to Jesus? Why should we make fish of one and fowl of another?" The dominee had no reply. I continued: "You see, my conclusions are that Jesus is most unlike Moses, and if I am wrong I would like you to correct me."
Three Unlikes
So saying, I reasoned with him:
"In the FIRST place Jesus is not like Moses, because, according to You - 'JESUS IS A GOD', but Moses is not God. Is this true?" He said: "Yes." I said: "Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses!
"SECONDLY, according to You - 'JESUS DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD', but Moses did not have to die for the sins of the world. Is this true?" He again said: "Yes." I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses!"
"THIRDLY, according to You - 'JESUS WENT TO HELL FOR THREE DAYS', but Moses did not have to go there. Is this true?" He answered meekly: "Y-e-s." I concluded: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses!"
"But dominee," I continued: "these are not hard facts, solid facts, they are mere matters of belief over which the little ones can stumble and fall. Let us discuss something very simple, very easy that if your little ones are called in to hear the discussion, would have no difficulty in following it, shall we?" The dominee was quiet happy at the suggestion.

CHAPTER TWO
Eight Irrefutable Arguments
Father and Mother
(1) "Moses had a father and a mother. Muhummed also had a father and a mother. But Jesus had only a mother, and no human father. Is this true?" He said: "Yes." I said: "DAAROM IS JESUS NIE SOOS MOSES NIE, MAAR MUHUMMED IS SOOS MOSES!" Meaning: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhummed is like Moses!" (By now the reader will realise that I was using the Afrikaans language only for practice purposes. I shall discontinue its use in this narration).
Miraculous Birth
(2) "Moses and Muhummed were born in the normal, natural course, i.e. the physical association of man and woman; but Jesus was created by a special miracle. You will recall that we are told in the Gospel of St. Matthew 1:18 ".....BEFORE THEY CAME TOGETHER,(Joseph the Carpenter and Mary) SHE WAS FOUND WITH CHILD BY THE HOLY GHOST." And St. Luke tells us that when the good news of the birth of a holy son was announced to her, Mary reasoned: "...HOW SHALL THIS BE, SEEING I KNOW NOT A MAN? AND THE ANGEL ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, THE HOLY GHOST SHALL COME UPON THEE, AND THE POWER OF THE HIGHEST SHALL OVERSHADOW THEE..." (Luke 1:35). The Holy Qur’ân confirms the miraculous birth of Jesus, in nobler and sublimer terms. In answer to her logical question:
" O MY LORD! HOW SHALL I HAVE A SON WHEN NO MAN HATH TOUCHED ME? "
The angel says in reply: "EVEN SO: ALLAH CREATETH WHAT HE WILLETH:
WHEN HE HATH DECREED A PLAN, HE BUT SAITH TO IT "BE,"
AND IT IS " 1 (HOLY QUR'AN, 3:47).
It is not necessary for God to plant a seed in man or animal. He merely wills it and it comes into being. This is the Muslim conception of the of birth of Jesus. (When I compared the Qur’ân and the Biblical versions of the birth of Jesus to the head of the Bible Society in our largest City, and when I enquired: "Which version would you prefer to give your daughter, the QUR'ANIC version or the BIBLICAL version?" The man bowed his head and answered: "The Qur’ânic.") In short, I said to the dominee: "Is it true that Jesus was born miraculously as against the natural birth of Moses and Muhummed?" He replied proudly: "Yes!" I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhummed is like Moses. And God says to Moses in the Book of Deuteronomy 18:18 "LIKE UNTO THEE" (Like You, Like Moses) and Muhummed is like Moses."
1. Please open the Holy Qur’ân 3:42 and 19:16 where the birth of Jesus is spoken about; read it with the commentary, note the high position which Jesus and his mother occupy in Islam.
Marriage Ties
(3) "Moses and Muhummed married and begat children, but Jesus remained a bachelor all his life. Is this true?" The dominee said: "Yes." I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhummed is like Moses."
Jesus Rejected by his People
(4) "Moses and Muhummed were accepted as prophets by their people in their very lifetime. No doubt the Jews gave endless trouble to Moses and they murmured in the wilderness, but as a nation, they acknowledged that Moses was a Messenger of God sent to them. The Arabs too made Muhummed's life impossible. He suffered very badly at their hands. After 13 years of preaching in Mecca, he had to emigrate from the city of his birth. But before his demise, the Arab nation as a whole accepted him as the Messenger of Allah. But according to the Bible: 'He (Jesus) CAME UNTO HIS OWN, BUT HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT.' (John 1:11). And even today, after two thousand years, his people- the Jews, as a whole, have rejected him. Is this true?" The dominee said: "Yes." I said: "THEREFORE JESUS IS NOT LIKE MOSES, BUT MUHUMMED IS LIKE MOSES."
"Other-Wordly" Kingdom
(5) "Moses and Muhummed were prophets as well as kings. A prophet means a man who receives Divine Revelation for the Guidance of Man and this Guidance he conveys to God's creatures as received without any addition or deletion. A king is a person who has the power of life and death over his people. It is immaterial whether the person wears a crown or not, or whether he was ever addressed as king or monarch: if the man has the prerogative of inflicting capital punishment - HE IS A KING. Moses possessed such a power. Do you remember the Israelite who was found picking up firewood on Sabbath Day, and Moses had him stoned to death? (Numbers- 15:13). There are other crimes also mentioned in the Bible for which capital punishment was inflicted on the Jews at the behest of Moses. Muhummed too, had the power of life and death over his people.
There are instances in the Bible of persons who were given gift of prophecy only, but they were not in a position to implement their directives. Some of these holy men of God who were helpless in the face of stubborn rejection of their message, were the prophets lot, Jonah, Daniel, Ezra, and John the Baptist. They could only deliver the message, but could not enforce the Law. The Holy Prophet Jesus (Peace p.b.u.h) also belonged to this category. The Christian Gospel clearly confirms this: when Jesus was dragged before the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, Charged for sedition, Jesus made a convincing point in his defence to refute the false charge: JESUS ANSWERED, "MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD': IF MY KINGDOM WERE OF THIS WORLD, THEN WOULD MY SERVANTS FIGHT, THAT I SHOULD NOT BE DELIVERED TO THE JEWS; BUT NOW IS MY KINGDOM NOT FROM HENCE" (John 18:36) This convinced Pilate (A Pagan) that though Jesus might not be in full possession of his mental faculty, he did not strike him as being a danger to his rule. Jesus claimed a spiritual Kingdom only; in other words he only claimed to be a Prophet. Is this true?" The dominee answered: "Yes." I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses but Muhummed is like Moses."
No New Laws
(6) "Moses and Muhummed brought new laws and new regulations for their people. Moses not only gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites, but a very comprehensive ceremonial law for the guidance of his people. Muhummed comes to a people steeped in barbarism and ignorance. They married their step-mothers; they buried their daughters alive; drunkenness, adultery, idolatry, and gambling were the order of the day. Gibbon describe the Arabs before Islam in his "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", THE HUMAN BRUTE, ALMOST WITHOUT SENSE, IS POORLY DISTINGUISHED FROM THE REST OF THE ANIMAL CREATION.' There was hardly anything to distinguish between the "man" and the "animal" of the time; they were animals in human form.
"From this abject barbarism, Muhummed elevated them, in the words of Thomas Carlysle, "into torch-bearers of light and learning.' 'TO THE ARAB NATION IT WAS AS A BIRTH FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT. ARABIA FIRST BECAME ALIVE BY MEANS OF IT. A POOR SHEPHERD PEOPLE, ROAMING UNNOTICED IN ITS DESERTS SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. SEE, THE UNNOTICED BECOMES WORLD NOTABLE, THE SMALL HAS GROWN WORLD-GREAT. WITHIN ONE CENTURY AFTERWARDS ARABIA WAS AT GRANADA ON ONE HAND AND AT DELHI ON THE OTHER. GLANCING IN VALOUR AND SPLENDOUR, AND THE LIGHT OF GENIUS, ARABIA SHINES OVER A GREAT SECTION OF THE WORLD. ..." The fact is that Muhummed gave his people a Law and Order they never had before.
As regards Jesus, when the Jews felt suspicious of him that he might be an impostor with designs to pervert their teachings, Jesus took pains to assure them that he had not come with a new religion - no new laws and no new regulations. I quote his own words: 'THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY THE LAW, OR THE PROPHETS: I AM NOT COME TO DESTROY, BUT TO FULFIL. FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, ONE JOT OR ONE TITLE SHALL IN NO WISE PASS FROM THE LAW, TILL ALL BE FULFILLED.'(Mathew 5:17-18). In other words he had not come with any new laws or regulation he came only to fulfil the old law. This what he gave the Jews to understand- unless he was speaking with the tongue in his cheek trying to bluff the Jews into accepting him as a man of God and by subterfuge trying to ram a new religion down their throats. No! This Messenger of God would never resort to such fo ul means to subvert the Religion of God. He himself fulfilled the laws. He observed the commandments of Moses, and he respected the Sabbath. At no time did a single Jew point a finger at him to say, 'why don't you fast' or 'why don't you wash your hands before you break bread',which charges they always levied against his disciples, but never against Jesus. This is because as a good Jew he honoured the laws of the prophets who preceded him. In short, he had created no new religion and had brought no new law like Moses and Muhummed. Is this true?" I asked the dominee, and he answered: "Yes." I said: "Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses but Muhummed is like Moses."
How they Departed
(7) "Both Moses and Muhummed died natural deaths, but according to Christianity, Jesus was violently killed on the cross.1 Is this true?" The dominee said: "Yes." I averred: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses but Muhummed is like Moses."
Heavenly Abode
(8) "Moses and Muhummed both lie buried in earth, but according to you, Jesus in heaven. Is this true?" The dominee agreed. I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses but Muhummed is like Moses."
1. For a full exposition of this topic, see "CRUCIFIXION OR CRUCI-FICTION?".

CHAPTER THREE
Further Proofs
Ishmael The First Born
Since the dominee was helplessly agreeing with every point, I said, "Dominee, so far what I have done is to prove only one point out of the whole prophecy- that is proving the phrase 'LIKE UNTO THEE' - 'Like You' - 'Like Moses'. The Prophecy is much more than this single phrase which reads as follows : "I WILL RAISE THEM UP A PROPHET FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN LIKE UNTO THEE......." The emphasis is on the words- "From among their brethren." Moses and his people, the Jews, are here addressed as a racial entity, and as such their 'brethren' would undoubtedly be the Arabs. You see, the Holy Bible speaks of Abraham as the "Friend of God". Abraham had two wives - Sarah and Hagar. Hagar bore Abraham a son - HIS FIRST-BORN- '......And Abraham1 called HIS SON'S name, which Hagar bare Ishmael.' (Genesis 16:15). 'And Abraham took Ishmael HIS SON......" (Genesis 17:23). 'And Ishmael HIS SON was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.'(Genesis 17:25). Up to the age of THIRTEEN Ishmael was the ONLY son and seed of Abraham, when the covenant was ratified between God and Abraham. God grants Abraham another son through Sarah, named Isaac, who was very much the junior to his brother Ishmael.
1. According to the Bible, Abraham's name was Abram before it was changed by God to Abraham.
Arabs and Jews
If Ishmael and Isaac are the sons of the same father Abraham, then they are brothers. And so the children of the one are the BRETHREN of the children of the other. The children of Isaac are the Jews and the Children of Ishmael are the Arabs - so they are BRETHREN to one another. The Bible affirms, 'AND HE (ISHMAEL) SHALL DWELL IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS BRETHREN.' (Genesis 16:12). 'AND HE (ISHMAEL) DIED IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS BRETHREN.(Genesis 25:18). The children of Isaac are the brethren of the Ishmaelites. In like manner Muhummed is from among the brethren of the Israelites because he was a descendant of Ishmael the son of Abraham. This exactly as the prophecy has it- 'FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN'.(Deut.18:18). There the prophecy distinctly mentions that the coming prophet who would be like Moses, must arise NOT from the 'children of Israel' or from 'among themselves', but from among their brethren. MUHUMMED THEREFORE WAS FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN!
Words in the Mouth
"The prophecy proceeds further:'.......AND I WILL PUT MY WORDS INTO HIS MOUTH.......' What does it mean when it is said 'I will put my words in your mouth'? You see, when I asked you (the dominee) to open Deuteronomy chapter 18, verse 18, at the beginning, and if I had asked you to read, and if you had read: would I be putting my words into your mouth?" The dominee answered: "No." "But," I continued: "If I were to teach you a language like Arabic about which you have no knowledge, and if I asked you to read or repeat after me what I utter i.e.

(I read them in Arabic )
Would I not be putting these unheard words of a foreign tongue which you utter, into your mouth?" The dominee agreed that it was indeed so. In an identical manner, I said, the words of the Holy Qur’ân, the Revelation vouchsafed by the Almighty God to Muhummed, were revealed.
History tells us that Muhummed was forty years of age. He was in a cave some three miles north of the City of Mecca. It was the 27th night of the Muslim month of Ramadaan. In the cave the Archangel Gabriel commands him in his mother tongue: 'IQRA' which means READ! or PROCLAIM! or RECITE! Muhummed is terrified and in his bewilderment replies " MA ANA BEQARA which means I AM NOT LEARNED! The angel commands him a second time with the same result. For the third time the angel continues.

Now Muhummed, grasps, that what was required of him was to repeat! to rehearse! And he repeats the words as they were put into his mouth:

These are the first five verses, which were revealed to Muhummed, which now occupy the beginning of the 96th chapter of the Holy Qur’ân.
The Faithful Witness
Immediately the angel had departed, Muhummed rushed to his home. Terrified and sweating all over he asked his beloved wife Khadija to 'cover him up!' He lay down, and she watched by him. When he had regained his composure, he explained to her what he had seen and heard. She assured him of her faith in him and that Allah would not allow any terrible thing to happen to him. Are these the confessions of an impostar? Would impostars confess that when an angel of the Lord confronts them with a Message from on High, they get fear-stricken, terrified, and sweating all over, run home to their wives? Any critic can see that his reactions and confessions are that of an honest, sincere man, the man of Truth- 'AL-AMIN' - THE Honest, the Upright, the Truthful.
During the next twenty-three years of his prophetic life, words were 'Put into his mouth', and he uttered them. They made an indeliable impression on his heart and mind: and as the volume of the Sacred Scripture (Holy Qur’ân) grew, they were recorded on palm-leaf fibre, on skins and on the shoulder-blades of animals; and in the hearts of his devoted disciples. Before his demise these words were arranged according to his instructions i n the order in which we find them today in the Holy Qur’ân.
The words (revelation) were actually put into his mouth, exactly as foretold in the prophecy under discussion: 'AND I WILL PUT MY WORDS IN HIS MOUTH.' (Deut. 18:18).
Un-lettered Prophet
Muhummed's experience in the cave of Hira, later to be known as Jabal-un Noor - The Mountain of Light, and his response to that first Revelation is the exact fulfillment of another Biblical Prophecy. In the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 29, verse 12, we read: "AND THE BOOK" (al-Kitaab, al-Qur’ân the 'Reading', the 'Recitation') "IS DELIVERED TO HIM THAT IS NOT LEARNED," (Isaiah 29:12) "THE UNLETTERED PROPHET " (Holy Qur’ân 7:158) and the biblical verse continues : "SAYING, READ THIS, I PRAY THEE:" (the words "I pray thee", are not in the Hebrew manuscripts; compare with the Roman Catholics' "Douay Version and also with the "Revised Standard Versions") "AND HE SAITH, I AM NOT LEARNED." ("I am not learned." is the exact translation of the Arabic words MA ANA BEQARA which Muhummed uttered twice to the Holy Ghost - the Archangel Gabriel, when he was commanded : IQRAA "READ!").
Let me quote the verse in full without a break as found in the "King James Version," or the "Authorised version" as it is more popularly known "AND THE BOOK IS DELIVERED TO HIM THAT IS NOT LEARNED, SAYING, READ THIS I PRAY THEE: AND HE SAITH, I AM NOT LEARNED." (Isaiah 29:12).
Important note:
It may be noted that there were no Arabic Bibles in existence in the 6th Century of the Christian Era when Muhummed lived and preached! Besides, he was absolutely unlettered and unlearned. No human had ever taught him a word. His teacher was his Creator:

Without any human learning, 'he put to shame the wisdom of the learned'."
(12) There are today Arabic Bibles in Fourteen different scripts and dialects for the Arabs alone. See "The Gospels in many tongues".
Grave Warning
"See!" I told the dominee, "how the prophecies fit Muhummed like a glove. We do not have to stretch prophecies to justify their fulfillment in Muhummed."
The dominee replied, "All your expositions sound very well, but they are of no real consequence, because we Christians have Jesus Christ the "incarnate" God, who has redeemed us from the Bondage of Sin!"
I asked, "Not important?" God didn't think so! He went to a great deal of trouble to have His warnings recorded. God knew that there would be people like you who will flippantly, light-heartedly discount his words, so he followed up Deuteronomy 18:18 with a dire warning: "AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, " (it is going to happen) "THAT WHOSOEVER WILL NOT HEARKEN UNTO MY WORDS WHICH HE SHALL SPEAK IN MY NAME, I WILL REQUIRE IT OF HIM. (in the Catholic Bible the ending words are - "I will be the revenger", I will take vengeance from him - I will take revenge!) "Does not this terrify you? God Almighty is threatening revenge! We shake in our pants if some hoodlum threatens us, yet you have no fear of God's warning?"
"Miracle of Miracles! in the verse 19 of Deuteronomy chapter 18, we have a further fulfillment of the prophecy in Muhummed! Note the words-'.....MY WORDS WHICH HE SHALL SPEAK IN MY NAME," In whose name is Muhummed speaking?" I opened Yusuf Ali's translation of the Holy Qur’ân, at chapter 114- 'Sura Nas', or Mankind - the last chapter, and showed him the formula at the head of the chapter:

And the meaning: "IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL." And the heading of chapter 113:

And the meaning: "IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL". And every chapter downwards 112, 111, 110...was the same formula and the same meaning on every page, because the end SURAS (chapters) are short and take about a page each.
"And what did the prophecy demand?' ...WHICH HE SHALL SPEAK IN MY NAME and in whose name does Muhummed speak? 'IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS MOST MERCIFUL.' The Prophecy is being fulfilled in Muhummed to the letter
"Every chapter of the Holy Qur’ân except the 9th begin with the formula:

IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL.' The Muslim begins his every lawful act with the Holy formula. But the Christian begins: "In the name of the Father, son and Holy Ghost.'"1
Concerning Deuteronomy chapter eighteen, I have given you more than 15 reasons as to how this prophecy refers to Muhummed and NOT to Jesus.
1. The Christian theologians are ignorant of even the "name of God. Because "God" is not a name, and "Father" is also not a name. See "WHAT IS HIS NAME?"

CHAPTER FOUR
New Testament Also Confirms
Baptist Contradicts Jesus
In New Testament times, we find that the Jews were still expecting the fulfilment of the prophecy of 'ONE LIKE MOSES', refer John 1:19-25. When Jesus claimed to be the Messiah of the Jews, the Jews began to enquire as to where was Elias? The Jews had a parallel prophecy that before the coming of the Messiah, Elias must come first in his second coming. Jesus confirms this Jewish belief:
"...ELIAS TRULY SHALL FIRST COME, AND RESTORE ALL THINGS. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT ELIAS IS COME ALREADY, AND THEY KNEW HIM NOT...THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD THAT HE SPAKE UNTO THEM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST." (Matthew 17:11-13).
According to the New Testament the Jews were not the ones to swallow the words of any would-be Messiah. In their investigations they underwent intense difficulties in order to find their true Messiah. And this the Gospel of John confirms: "AND THIS IS THE RECORD OF JOHN,"(the Baptist) "WHEN THE JEWS SENT PRIESTS AND LEVITES FROM JERUSALEM TO ASK HIM, WHO ART THOU? AND HE CONFESSED AND DENIED NOT; BUT CONFESSED, I AM NOT THE CHRIST." (This was only natural because there can't be two Messiahs1 at the same time. If Jesus was the Christ then John couldn't be the Christ!) "AND THEY ASKED HIM, WHAT THEN? ART THOU ELIAS? AND HE SAITH, I AM NOT." (Here John the Baptist contradicts Jesus! Jesus says that John is "Elias" and John denies that he is what Jesus ascribes him to be. One of the TWO (Jesus or John), God forbid!, is definitely not speaking the TRUTH! On the testimony of Jesus himself, John the Baptist was the greatest of the Israelite prophets: "VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, AMONG THEM THAT ARE BORN OF WOMEN THERE HAS NOT RISEN A GREATER THAN JOHN THE BAPTIST:... "(Matthew 11:11).
We Muslims know John the Baptist as Hazrut YAHYAA Alai-his-salaam (peace be upon him). We revere him as a true prophet of Allah. The Holy Prophet Jesus known to us as Hazrut ISAA Alai-his-salaam (peace be upon him), is also esteemed as one of the mightiest messenger of the Almighty. How can we Muslims impute lies to either of them? We leave this problem between Jesus and John for the Christians to solve, for their "sacred scriptures" abound in discrepancies which they have been glossing over as the "dark sayings of Jesus"(15). We Muslims are really interested in the last questions posed to John the Baptist by the Jewish elite- "ART THOU THAT PROPHET? AND HE ANSWERED, NO." (John 1:21)
1. The Jews were expecting a single Messiah not two.
2. See the "TIMES" Magazine December 30th, 1974, article "How true is the Bible?" And also see "50,000 Errors in the Bible?" a reproduction from the Christian Magazine "AWAKE!" September 8, 1957.
Three Questions!
Please note that three different and distinct questions were posed to John the Baptist and to which he gave three emphatic "NO'S" as answers. To recapitulate:-

1) ART THOU THE CHRIST?
2) ART THOU ELIAS?
3) ART THOU THAT PROPHET?
But the learned men of Christendom somehow only see two questions implied here. To make doubly clear that the Jews definitely had T-H-R-E-E separate prophecies in their minds when they were interrogating John the Baptist, let us read the remonstrance of the Jews in the verses following:
"AND THEY ASKED HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHY BAPTIZEST THOU THEN, IF THOU BE
a) NOT THAT CHRIST,
b) NOR ELIAS,
c) NEITHER THAT PROPHET?" (John 1:25)
The Jews were waiting for the fulfillment of THREE distinct prophecies: One, the coming of CHRIST. Two the coming of ELIAS, and Three, the coming of THAT PROPHET.
"That Prophet"
If we look up any Bible which has a concordance or cross-references, the we will find in the marginal note where the words "the Prophet", or "that Prophet" occur in John 1:25, that these words refer to the prophecy of Deuteronomy 18:15 and 18. And that 'that prophet' - 'the prophet like Moses' - "LIKE UNTO THEE", we have proved through overwhelming evidence that he was MUHUMMED and not Jesus!
We Muslims are not denying that Jesus was the "Messiah", which word is translated as "Christ".1 We are not contesting the "thousand and one prophecies" which the Christians claim abound in the Old Testament foretelling the coming of the Messiah. What we say is that Deuteronomy 18:18 does NOT refer to Jesus Christ but it is an explicit prophecy about the Holy Prophet MUHUMMED!"
The dominee, very politely parted with me by saying that it was a very interesting discussion and he would like me very much to come one day and address his congregation on the subject. A decade and half has passed since then but I am still awaiting that privilege.
I believe the dominee was sincere when he made the offer, but prejudices die hard and who would like to loose his sheep?
1. How the word Messiah was transmuted to Christ?. See "Christ in Islam"
The Acid Test
To the lambs of Christ I say, why not apply that acid test which the Master himself wanted you to apply to any would be claimant to Prophethood? He had said: "BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. DO MEN GATHER GRAPES FROM THE THORNS, OR FIGS FROM THE THISTLES? EVERY GOOD TREE WILL BEAR GOOD FRUIT AND EVERY EVIL TREE WILL BEAR EVIL FRUIT.... BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. (Matthew 7:16-20).
Why are you afraid to apply this test to the teachings of Muhummed? You will find in the Last Testament of God - the Holy Qur’ân - the true fulfillment of the teachings of Moses and Jesus, which will bring to the world the much-needed peace and happiness. "IF A MAN LIKE MOHAMED WERE TO ASSUME THE DIC TATORSHIP OF THE MODERN WORLD, HE WOULD SUCCEED IN SOLVING ITS PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BRING IT THE MUCH NEEDED PEACE AND HAPPINESS." (George Bernard Shaw)
The Greatest!
The Weekly Newsmagazine "TIME" dated July 15, 1974, carried a selection of opinions by various historians, writers, military men, businessmen and others on the subject: "Who Were History's Great Leaders?" Some said that it was Hitler; others said - Gandhi, Buddha, Lincoln and the like. But Jules Masserman, a United States psychoanalyst put the standards straight by giving the correct criteria wherewith to judge. He said:
"LEADERS MUST FULFIL THREE FUNCTIONS:-
(1) Provide for the well-being of the led,
(2) Provide a social organization in which people feel relatively secure and
(3) Provide them with one set of beliefs."
With the above three criteria he searches history and analyses - Hitler, Pasteur, Gaesar, Moses, Confucius and the lot, and ultimately concludes:
"PEOPLE LIKE PASTEUR AND SALK ARE LEADERS IN THE FIRST SENSE. PEOPLE LIKE GANDHI AND CONFUCIUS, ON ONE HAND, AND ALEXANDER, CAESAR AND HITLER ON THE OTHER, ARE LEADERS IN THE SECOND AND PERHAPS THE THIRD SENSE. JESUS AND BUDDHA BELONG IN THE THIRD CATEGORY ALONE. PERHAPS THE GREATEST LEADER OF ALL TIMES WAS MOHAMMED, WHO COMBINED ALL THREE FUNCTIONS. To a lesser degree, MOSES DID THE SAME."
According to the objective standards set by the Professor of the Chicago University, whom I believe to be Jewish, - JESUS and BUDDHA are now - here in the picture of the "Great Leaders of Mankind", but by a queer coincidence groups Moses and Muhummed together thus adding further weight to the argument that JESUS is not like MOSES, but MUHUMMED is like MOSES: Deut.18:18 "LIKE UNTO THEE" - Like MOSES!
Reverend James L. Dow in Collins Dictionary of the Bible gives further proof, that JESUS is not like MOSES, but MUHUMMED is like Moses: "AS A STATESMAN AND LAWGIVER MOSES IS THE CREATOR OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. HE FOUND A LOOSE CONGLOMERATION OF SEMITIC PEOPLE, NONE OF ......

*Also in "THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RELIGION", Moses is looked upon in the different traditions. Under Moses in Islam; we read
"MOSES IS HIGHLY REGARDED IN ISLAM AS THE GREAT PROPHET WHO FORETOLD THE COMING OF MUHAMMAD, HIS SUCCESSOR...THERE IS MUCH IN THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD THAT IS IMPLICITLY REMINISCENT OF THE MOSES TRADITION.

P121, THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RELIGION, Mircea Eliade (EDITOR IN CHIEF)
Volume 10, Macmillean Publishing Company
In conclusion, I end with a quotation of a Christian Reverend the commentator of the Bible, followed by that of his Master:
"THE ULTIMATE CRITERION OF A TRUE PROPHET IS THE MORAL CHARACTER OF HIS TEACHING." (Prof. Dummelow.)
"BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM." (Jesus Christ)


COME LET US REASON TOGETHER
SAY:"O PEOPLE OF THE BOOK! COME TO COMMON TERMS AS BETWEEN US AND YOU: THAT WE WORSHIP NONE BUT GOD; THAT WE ASSOCIATE NO PARTNERS WITH HIM; THAT WE ERECT NOT, FROM AMONG OURSELVES, LORDS AND PATRONS OTHER THAN GOD." IF THEN THEY TURN BACK,
SAY: "BEAR WITNESS THAT WE (AT LEAST) ARE MUSLIMS (BOWING TO GOD'S WILL)." (SURA AL-I-'IMRAN) Holy Qur’ân 3:64
"PEOPLE OF THE BOOK" is the respectful title given to the Jews and the Christians in the Holy Qur’ân. The Muslims is here commanded to invite - "O People of the Book!" - O Learned People! O People who claim to be the recipients of Divine Revelation, of a Holy Scripture; let us gather together onto a common platform - "that we worship none but God", because none but God is worthy of worship, not because "THE LORD THY GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME." (Exodus 20:25). But because He is our Lord and Cherisher, our Sustainer and Evolver, worthy of all praise, prayer and devotion.
In the abstract the Jews and the Christians would agree to all the three propositions contained in this Qur’ânic verse. In practice they fail. Apart from doctrinal lapses from the unity of the One True God, (ALLAH Subhanahu wa ta-ala) there is the question of a consecrated Priesthood (among the Jews it was hereditary also), as if a mere human being - Cohen or Pope, or Priest, or Brahman, - could claim superiority apart from his learning and the purity of his life, or could stand between man and God in some special sense. ISLAM DOES NOT RECOGNISE PRIESTHOOD!
The Creed of Islam is given to us here in a nutshell from Holy Qur’ân:
Say ye: "We believe in Allah, And the revelation given to us, And to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, And that given to Moses and Jesus And that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord: We make no difference Between one and another of them: And we bow to Allah (in Islam)." (SURA BAQARA) Holy Qur’ân 2:136.
The Muslim position is clear. The Muslim does not claim to have a religion peculiar to himself. Islam is not a sect or an ethnic religion. In its view all Religion is one, for the Truth is one. IT WAS THE SAME RELIGION PREACHED BY ALL THE EARLIER PROPHETS. (Holy Qur’ân 42:13). It was the truth taught by all the inspired Books. In essence it amounts to a consciousness of the Will and Plan of God and a joyful submission to that Will and Plan. IF ANYONE WANTS A RELIGION OTHER THAN THAT, HE IS FALSE TO HIS OWN NATURE, AS HE IS FALSE TO GOD'S WILL AND PLAN. Such a one cannot expect guidance, for he has deliberately renounced guidance.

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COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM PART Ist

COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM
Part1:
PRESENTING ISLAM TO HINDUS
Arabic Recitation (3:64)
I. Introduction
A. Introduction of Hinduism
1. Definition of a Hindu
2. Definition of Hinduism
B. Introduction of Islam
1. Definition of Islam
2. Definition of a Muslim
3. Misconception about Islam
II. Pillars of Faith (Imaan)
(i) Pillars of Hinduism - Pillars of Faith in Hinduism are not defined
(ii) Pillars of Faith (Imaan) in Islam
A. Tawheed
1. 2:177
2. Hadith of six pillars of Imaan - Sahih Muslim, Vol. 1, Kitabul Imaan, Chapter 2, Hadith 6
3. Concept of God in Islam (112:1-4) (3:64)
4. Concept of God in Hinduism
a) Common concept of God in Hinduism
b) Difference between Islam and Hinduism is ‘S’
c) Bhagavad Geeta 7:20
d) Upanishad
Chandogya Upanishad, Ch. 6, Section 2, Verse 1
Svetasvatara Upanishad 6: 9
Svetasvatara Upanishad 4: 19
Svetasvatara Upanishad 4: 20
e) Yajurveda
Yajurveda 32: 3
Yajurveda 40: 8
Yajurveda 40: 9
f) Atharvaveda 20 : 58 : 3
g) Rigveda
Rigveda 1: 64: 46
Rigveda 2: 1
B. Angels
1. Angels in Islam
2. Angels in Hinduism
C. Books
(i) Books of Islam
1. Several revelations of Allah (13:38)
2. By name four are mentioned
3. Qur’an is the last and final revelation
4. All previous revelation meant for particular group of people and for a particular group of people and for a particular period of time
5. Qur’an revealed for whole humankind (14:52) (2:185) (39:41)
(ii) Books of Hinduism
Introduction
1. Vedas
2. Upanishads
3. Puranas
4. Itihas
5. Can Hindu scriptures be considered the word of God

D. Messengers
Messengers in Islam
1. Messengers sent to every nation (35:24) (13:7)
2. 25 prophets mentioned by name in the Qur’an
3. Stories of only some prophets mentioned in the Qur’an (4:164) (40:78)
4. Several hundreds of messengers sent to the world according to Hadith
5. All previous messengers were only sent for their people and nation and their complete message was meant for that period of time
6. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) last and final messenger (33:40)
7. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) sent for whole of humankind (21:107) (34:28) Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 1, Book of Salaah, Chapter 56, Hadith 429
8. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) prophesied in Hindu scriptures
a) Bhavishya Purana, Parv 3, Khand 3, Adhaya 3, Shloka 5-8
b) Bhavishya Purana, Parv 3, Khand 3, Adhaya 3, Shloka 10-27
c) Atharvaveda, Book 20, Hymn 127, Verses 1-113 (kuntap sukla)
d) Atharvaveda, Book 20, Hymn 21, Verse 6
e) Atharvaveda, Book 20, Hymn 21, Verse 7
f) Samveda, Book 2, Hymn 6, Verse 8
9. Avtaars and Messengers in Hinduism
10. Anthropomorphism
11. Which prophet was sent to India, can we consider Ram and Krishna to be the messengers of Allah?
12. Hadith sayings and tradition of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

E. Life after Death - hereafter
(i) Life after death in Islam
1. Life after death (2:28)
2. This life is the test for the hereafter (67:2)
3. Full recompense on the day of judgement (3:185)
4. Paradise - Al Jannah
5. Hell - Jahannam

(ii) Life after death in Hinduism

1. Concept of Rebirths in Hinduism - Reincarnation or Transmigration of the souls
a) Bhagavad Geeta, Chapter 2, Verse 22
b) Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, Part 4, Chapter 4, Verse 3
2. Karma - the law of cause and effect
3. Dharma - righteous duties
4. Moksha - liberation from the cycle of rebirths
5. Rebirths not mentioned in the Vedas
6. Punarjanam is not cycle of rebirth but life after death
7. Life after death in the Vedas
a) Rigveda, Book 10, Hymn 16, Verse 4
b) Rigveda, Book 10, Hymn 16, Verse 5
8. Paradise - Swarga in the Vedas
a) Atharvaveda, Book 4, Hymn 34, Verse 6
b) Atharvaveda, Book 4, Hymn 34, Verse 2
c) Atharvaveda, Book 2, Hymn 34, Verse 5
d) Atharvaveda, Book 6, Hymn 122, Verse 3
e) Rigveda, Book 10, Hymn 95, Verse 18
9. Hell - Nark in the Vedas - Rigveda, Book 4, Hymn 5, Verse 4
F. Destiny
1. Concept of Destiny - Qadr in Islam
2. Logical concept for differences in different individuals (67:2)
3. Present conditions in Islam is a test (2:214) (29:2) (21:35) (2:155) (8:28)

III. Pillars of Islam
1. Islamic Creed
a) Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 1, Book of Imaan, Chapter 1, Hadith 8
b) To testify that ‘Ash-hadu-al-lailaha illallah wa anna Muhammadar Rasulullah’

2. Salaah
a) Not merely prayers but programming (5:90) (2:188)
b) Prayers restrains you from unjust and shameful deeds (29:45)
c) Five times Salaah for healthy souls
d) Idol worship is prohibited in Hinduism
e) Common Hindus use idols for worshipping for concentration
f) Muslims do not worship Kaaba while offering Salaah

3. Zakat
a) Meaning purification and growth
b) Description 2.5% charity of the saving above nisab every lunar year (9:60)
c) If every human being gives Zakat, not a single human being will die of hunger
d) Wealth does not circulate only among the wealthy and rich
e) Charity in Hinduism
4. Saum - Fasting
a) Description - Abstain from food and drink from dawn to sunset for one lunar month in Ramazan
b) (2:183) Learn self-restraint. If you control your hunger you can control almost of all your desires
c) Discourages smoking, alcoholism and other addictions
d) Medical benefits, increases absorption of intestine
e) Decreases cholesterol level
f) Fasting in Hinduism
5. Hajj - pilgrimage
a) Description - Pilgrimage atleast once in life time if you can afford it
b) Universal brotherhood - 2.5 million people from all over the world gather, wear 2 pieces unsewn preferably white cloth - can’t differentiate
c) Pilgrimage in Hinduism
IV. Commandments of Allah
1. Five pillars do not constitute the complete religion of Islam
2. Islam is not merely a religion but complete way of life it caters to the body as well as the soul

3. (51:56)
(1) Abstaining from prohibited food is submitting your will to Allah (SWT) e.g. Alcohol (5:90) - Alcohol prohibited in Veda (Rigveda 8:2:12) (Rigveda 8:21:14)
(2) Prohibition of gambling in Qur’an (5:90) - Prohibition of gambling in Veda (Rigveda 10:34:3-13)
(3) Prohibition of Interest in the Qur’an (3:130) (4:161) (30:39) (2:275) (2:276) (2:278) - Prohibition of Interest in the Veda (Rigveda 3:35:14)
(4) Dressing modestly (24:31) + six criteria’s in hijab - Dressing modestly in Hinduism (Rigveda 10:33:19) Men forbidden to wear female dress (Rigveda 10:85:30)
V. Hindu Reformers
1. Sri Ramakrishna
2. Swami Vivekananda
3. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
5. Mahatma Gandhi
VI. Conclusion
1. No reforms required in Islam (5:3)


COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ISLAM AND HINDUISM

PRESENTING ISLAM TO HINDUS
Arabic Recitation (3:64)
I. Introduction
A. Introduction of Hinduism
1. Definition of a Hindu
The word Hindu has geographical significance and was used originally for those people who lived beyond the river Sindhu or the region watered by the river Indus. Some historians say that it was first used by the Persians who came to India through the north western passes of the Himalayas. The word Hindu is no where mentioned in Indian literature or scriptures before the advent of Muslims to India, according to the Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics. According to Jawaharlal Nehru in the book Discovery of India on page 74-75, he writes that the earliest reference to the word Hindu can be traced to a tantrik of the 8th Century CE, where it means a people and not a follower of a particular religion. The use of the word Hindu in connection with a particular religion is of late occurrence.
In short Hindu is a geographical definition used for the people living beyond the river Indus or those living in India
2. Definition of Hinduism
a) Hinduism has been derived from the word Hindu. Hinduism was a name given in English language in the Nineteenth Century by the English people to the multiplicity of the beliefs and faith of the people of the Indus land. According to New Encyclopedia Britannica 20:581. The British writers in 1830 gave the word Hinduism to be used as the common name for all the beliefs of the people of India excluding the Muslims and converted Christians.
b) The term Hinduism is misleading because though it suggests the unified system of beliefs and ideas, it is certainly not the case. Hinduism is too broad a phenomenon to be confined to a usual definitions of religions. It does not owe its origin, formation or finalization to any historical person or a prophet since there is no uniformly accepted belief sacraments, rituals and practices in Hinduism, there are no criteria for establishing rules in Hinduism. In short a person who calls himself a Hindu becomes a true practicing Hindu irrespective who he worships and what ever may be his beliefs and practice.
c) According to the Hindu scholars Hinduism is a misnomer and it should be referred a Sanatana Dharma, meaning eternal religion or Vedic Dharma meaning religion of the Veda. According to Swami Vivekananda the followers of this religion is referred as Vedantist.
B. Introduction of Islam
1. Definition of Islam
Islam is an Arabic word which comes from the word ‘Salaam’ which means ‘Peace’. It also means submitting your will to Allah - the Almighty God. In short Islam means peace acquired by submitting your will to Allah (SWT).
2. Definition of a Muslim
A Muslim is a person who submits his will to Allah - the Almighty God.
3. Misconception about Islam
Many people have a misconception that Islam is a new religion which came into existence 1400 years ago and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the founder of the religion of Islam. Infact Islam is there since time immemorial, since man set foot on the earth. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is not the founder of the religion of Islam but he is the last and final messenger of Islam.
II. Pillars of Faith (Imaan) - Pillars of Hinduism
Pillars of Faith in Hinduism are not defined. As mentioned earlier that Hinduism does not have a set of unified or codified beliefs. Neither does it have any fixed pillars or principles which are obligatory for its followers to practice. A Hindu has a freedom to practice whatever he pleases, there is no such thing as compulsory or prohibited for him thus no act committed by a person can make him a non-Hindu. Neither omission of any act can make him a non-Hindu. However there are certain beliefs which are common to most of the Hindus. Even though it may not be agreed upon 100% by all the Hindus, we shall discuss some of them while discussing the pillars of Islam.

CONCEPT OF GOD IN HINDUISM

The most popular amongst the Aryan religion is Hinduism
1. Common concept of God in Hinduism:
If you ask a common Hindu that how many Gods he believe in, some may say three some may say thirty three, some may say a thousand while some may say thirty three crore i.e. 330 millions. But if you ask this question to a Hindu learned man who is well Versed with the Hindu scriptures, he will reply that the Hindu should actually believe and worship only one God.
2. Difference between Islam and Hinduism is ‘s’
(Everything is ‘God’s’ - everything is ‘God’):
The major difference between the Hindu and the Muslim is that the common Hindu believes in philosophy of Pantheism i.e. everything is God, the tree is God, the sun is God, the moon is God, the snake is God, the monkey is God, the human being is God.
The Muslims believe that everything is God’s. God with and apostrophe ‘s’. Everything belongs to God, the tree belongs to God, the sun belongs to God, the moon belongs to God, monkey belongs to God, the human being belongs to God.
Thus the major difference between the Hindus and the Muslims is the apostrophe ‘s’. The Hindu says everything is God. The Muslim says everything is God’s, God with an apostrophe ‘s’. If we can solve the difference of the apostrophe ‘s’, the Hindus and the Muslims will be united.
The Holy Qur’an says, “Come to common terms as between us and you”, which is the first term? “That we worship none but Allah”, so lets come to common terms by analyzing the scripture of the Hindus and the Muslim.
3. Bhagwad Geeta 7:20
The most popular amongst all the Hindu scriptures is the Bhagwad Geeta. Bhagwad Geeta mentions in Chapter 7, Verse 20, “Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires worship demigods” that is “Those who are materialistic, they worship demigods” i.e. besides the true God.
4. Upanishad
Upanishad are also one of the sacred scriptures of the Hindus.
(i) Chandogya Upanishad, Chapter 6, Section 2, Verse 1
It is mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad, Prapathaka(Chapter) 6, Khanda(Section)2, Shloka(Verse) “Ekam evaditiyam”, “He is one only without a second”.
The principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan, page 447 and 448(sacred books of the east Volume 1 the Upanishads, part I, page 93)
a) (ii) Similar to what is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an in Surah Ikhlas, Chapter 112, Verse 1, “Say he is Allah one and only”.
b) (i) Svetasvatara Upanishad, Chapter 6, Verse 9
It is mentioned in the Svetasvatara Upanishad, Adhyaya(Chapter) 6, Shloka(Verse) 9, “Na casya kascij janita na cadhipah” “Of him there is neither parents nor lord”.
“na tasya kascit patir asti loke, na cesita naiva ca tasya lingam, na karanam karanadhipadhipo na casya kascij janita na cadhipah”.
“Of him there is no master in the world, no ruler, nor is there any mark of him. He is the cause, the lord of the lords of the sense organs; of him there is neither progenitor nor lord”.
(The principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 745 and in sacred books of the east Volume 15, the Upanishads, part II, page 263)
(ii) Similar message is given in Holy Qur’an in Surah Ikhlas, Chapter 112, Verse 3,
“He begets not, nor is he begotten”.
(i) In Svetasvatara Upanishad, Chapter 4, Verse 19
It is mentioned in Svetasvatara Upanishad, Adhyaya(Chapter) 4, Shloka(Verse) 19,
“Na tasya pratima asti” “There is no likeness of him”.
“nainam urdhvam na tiryancam na madhye na parijagrabhat na tasya pratima asti yasya nama mahad yasah” “There is no likeness of him whose name is great glory”.
(The principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 736 & 737 and in sacred books of the east Volume 15, the Upanishad, part II, page 253)
c) (ii) Similar message is given in the Holy Qur’an in Surah Ikhlas, Chapter 112, Verse 4,
“And there is none like unto him”.
c) (iii) Surah Shura, Chapter 42, Verse 11 and also in Surah Shura, Chapter 42, Verse 11,
“There is nothing whatever like unto him”.
d) (i) In Svetasvatara Upanishad, Chapter 4, Verse 20
It is mentioned in Svetasvatara Upanishad, Adhyaya(Chapter) 4, Shloka(Verse) 20,
“na samdrse tishati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam” “his form cannot be seen, no one sees him with the eye”
“nasamdrse tishati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam. Hrda hrdistham manasa ya enam, evam vidur amrtas te bhavanti”
“His form is not to be seen; no one sees him with the eye. Those who through heart and mind know him as abiding in the heart become immortal”.
(The principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 737 & in sacred books of the east Volume 15, the Upanishad part II, page 253)
e) (ii) Similar message is given in the Holy Qur’an in Surah Anam, Chapter 6, Verse 103,
“No vision can grasp him. But his grasp is over all vision: he is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things”.
5. Yajurveda
Vedas are the most sacred amongst all the Hindu scriptures, there are principally 4 Vedas, Rigved, Yajurved, Samved and Atharvaved.
a) Yajurveda, Chapter 32, Verse 3
It is mentioned in Yajurved, Chapter 32, Verse 3
“na tasya pratima asti” “There is no image of Him”
It further says as “He is unborn, He deserves our worship”
“There is no image of him whose glory verily is great. He sustains within himself all luminous objects like the sun etc. may he not harm me, this is my prayer. As he is unborn, he deserves our worship”.
(The Yajurveda by Devi Chand M.A. page 377)
b) Yajurveda, Chapter 40, Verse 8
It is mentioned in Yajurved, Chapter 40, Verse 8, “He is body less and pure”
“He hath attained unto the bright, bodiless, woundless, sinewless, the pure which evil hath not pierced. Far-sighted wise, encompassing, he self existent hath prescribed aims as propriety demands unto the everlasting years”
(Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph I.H. Griffith page 538)
c) Yajurveda, Chapter 40, Verse 9
It is mentioned in Yajurved, Chapter 40, Verse 9
“Andhatma pravishanti ye asambhuti mupaste”
“They enter darkness, those who worship natural things” For e.g. air, water, fire etc.
It further continues and says, “They sink deeper in darkness those who worship Sambhuti i.e. created things”, For example table, chair, idol etc.
“Deep into shade of blinding gloom fall asambhuti’s worshippers. They sink to darkness deeper yet who on sambhuti are intent”
(Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T.H. Griffith page 538)
6. Atharvaveda
a) (i) Atharvaveda, Book 20, Hymn (Chapter) 58, Verse 3
It is mentioned in Atharvaveda, Book 20, Hymn (Chapter) 58, Verse 3
“Dev maha osi” “God is verily great”
“Verily, surya, thou art great; truly, aditya, thou art great. As thou art great indeed thy greatness is admired: yea, verily, great art thou, O God”
(Atharvaveda Samhiti Volume 2, William Dwight Whitney page 910)
a) (ii) Surah Rad, Chapter 13, Verse 9
A similar message is given in Qur’an Surah Rad, Chapter 13, Verse 9,
“He is the Great, the most High.”
7. Rigveda
The most oldest and sacred amongst all the Vedas is Rigveda.
a) Rigveda, Book No.1, Hymn No. 164, Verse 46
It is mentioned in Rigveda Book no.1, Hymn no.164 Verse 46
“Sages (learned Priest) call one God by many names”
“They have styled (Him, God or the sun) indra (the resplendent), mitra (the surveyor), varuna (the venerable), agni (the adorable), and he is the celestial, well-winged garutmat (the great), for learned priests call one by many names as they speak of the adorable as yama (ordainer) and matarisvan (cosmic breath)”.
b) (i) Rigveda, Book 2, Hymn 1
Rigveda gives no less than 33 different attributes to Almighty God several of these attributes are mentioned in Rigveda, Book 2, Hymn 1
b) (ii) Brahma - Creator - Khaliq, Rigveda Book 2, Hymn 1, Verse 3
Amongst the various attributes given in Rigveda one of the beautiful attributes for Almighty God is ‘Brahma’. ‘Brahma’ means ‘the creator’. If you translate into Arabic it means ‘Khaliq’. We Muslims have got no objection if you call Almighty God a ‘Khaliq’ or ‘Creator’ or ‘Brahma’ but if someone says that ‘Brahma’ is Almighty God who has got 4 heads and on each head is a crown and he has got 4 hands. We Muslims take strong except to it because you are giving an image to Almighty God. Moreover you are going against Yajurveda, Chapter 32, Verse 3, which says,
“Na tasya pratima asti” ‘”There is no image of him”
b) (iii) Vishnu - Sustainer - Rabb: Rigveda, Book II, Hymn 1, Verse 3
Another beautiful attribute mentioned in the Rigveda, Book II, Hymn 1, Verse 3, is Vishnu, ‘Vishnu’ means ‘the Sustainer’. If you translate into Arabic it means ‘Rabb’, we Muslims have no objection if anyone call Almighty God as ‘Rabb’ or ‘Sustainer’ or ‘Vishnu’ but if someone says Vishnu is Almighty God who has got 4 arms. One of the right arm holding the ‘Chakra’ i.e. a discus and one of the left arms holding a ‘Conch shell’ and he is riding on a bird or reclining on a snake couch. We Muslims take strong exception to this, because you are giving an image to Almighty God. Moreover you are going against Yajurveda, Chapter 40, Verse 8.
c) Rigveda, Book 8, Hymn 1, Verse 1
It is mentioned in Rigveda, Book 8, Hymn 1, Verse 1
“Ma Chidanyadia Shansata”
“Do not worship anybody but Him, the divine one Praise Him alone”
“Ma cid anyad vi sansata sakhayo ma rishanyata in dram it stota vrishanam saca sute muhaur uktha ca sansata”.
“O friends, do not worship anybody but Him, the divine one. Let no grief perturb you. Praise Him alone, the radiant, the showerer of benefits. During the course of self-realization, go on repeatedly uttering Hymns in His honour”.
(Rigveda Samhiti, Volume IX, page 1 and 2 by Swami Satyaprakash Sarasvati and Satyakam Vidhya Lankar)
d) (i) Rigveda, Book 5, Hymn 81, Verse 1
It is mentioned in Rigveda, Book 5, Hymn 81, Verse 1,
“Verily great is the glory of the divine creator”
(Rigveda Samhiti, Volume 6, page 1802 and 1803 by Swami Satya Prakash Saraswati and Satyakam Vidhyalanka)
d) (ii) Surah Fateha, Chapter 1, Verse 2
Similar message is given in the Holy Qur’an In Surah Fateha, Chapter 1, Verse 2,
“Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds”.
e) (i) Rigveda, Book 3, Hymn 34, Verse 1
It is mentioned in Rigveda, Book 3, Hymn 34, Verse 1
“The bounteous giver”
(Hymns of Rigveda, Volume 2, page 377, by Ralph T.H. Griffith)
e) (ii) Surah Fateha, Chapter 1, Verse 3
Same as Surah Fateha, Chapter 1, Verse 3, “Most Gracious, most merciful”
f) (i) Yajurveda, Chapter 40, Verse 160
It is mentioned in Yajurveda, Chapter 40, Verse 16
“Lead us to the good path and remove the sin that makes us stray and wonder”
“By goodly path lead us to riches, Agni, thou God who knowest all our works and wisdom. Remove the sin that makes us astray and wander: most ample adoration will we bring thee”
(The Yajurveda Samhiti by Ralph T.H Griffith Page 541)
f) (ii) Surah Fateha, Chapter 1, Verse 6 and 7
Similar message is given in Surah Fateha, Chapter 1, Verse 6 and 7
“Show us the straight way, the way of those on whom thou has bestowed thy grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath. And who go not astray”.

g) Rigveda, Book No VI, Hymn 45, Verse 16
It is mentioned in Rigveda, Book VI, Hymn 45, Verse 16
“Ya eka ittamushtuhi”
“Praize Him who is the matchless and alone.”
(Hymns of Rigveda by Ralph T.H. Griffith page 648)
8. Brahma Sutra of Hindu Vedanta
The Brahma Sutra of Hindu Vedanta is:
“Ekam Brahm, dvitiya naste nen na naste kinchan”
“Bhagwan ek hi hai dusara nahi hai, nahi hain nahi hai zara bhi nahi hai.”
“There is only one God, not the second, not at all, not in the least bit.”
Therefore only if you read the Hindu Scripture will you understand the correct concept of God in Hinduism.

II B Angels

1. Angels in Islam
Angels are creation of Allah (SWT) which are normally unseen and has been created from light. They do not have their own free will and always obey the commandments of Almighty Allah. Different angels have been appointed by Almighty Allah for different activity e.g. Arch Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) was appointed to bring the Revelation of Allah (SWT) to the prophets.

2. Angels in Hinduism
There is no concept of Angels in Hinduism. However there are certain super beings which perform acts which cannot be done by a normal human being. These too are worshipped as deities by some Hindus.


II C (ii) Books of Hinduism
Introduction:
There are two kinds of sacred writings in Hinduism Sruti and Smrti. Sruti means that which has been heard perceived understood or revealed. It is the oldest and the most sacred of the Hindu’s scriptures. The Sruti is divided into two main parts. The Vedas and the Upanishads and are considered to be of divine origin.
Smrti is not as sacred as the Sruti, but it is yet considered to be important and is popular with the Hindus today. Smrti means memory or remembered. This Hindu literature is easier to understand because it speaks about the truths of the uniVerse through symbolism and mythology. The Smrti are not considered to be of divine origin but are human composition which regulate and guide individuals in their daily conduct and lists rules governing the actions of the individual, the community and the society. They are also known as Dharma Shastra Smrtis consists of many writings including the Puranas and Itihas.

II Muhammad (pbuh) in the Hindu Scriptures
1. Introduction
There are several Holy Scriptures of the Hindus among them are the Vedas, Upanishads & the Puranas.
a) (i)Vedas: It is derived from ‘Vid’, to know, means knowledge par excellence, sacred wisdom. There are 4 principal divisions of the Vedas (Although according to their number, they amount to 1131 out of which about a dozen are available. According to Maha Bhashya of Patanjali there are 21 branches of Rigveda, 9 types of Atharvaveda, 101 branches of Yajurveda and 1000 of Samveda)
(ii) The Rigveda, the Yajurveda and Samveda are considered to be more ancient books and are known as ‘Trai Viddya’ or the ‘Tripple Sciences’. The Rigveda is the oldest and has been compiled in 3 long and different periods of time. The 4th Veda is the Atharvaveda which is of a later date.
(iii) There is no unanimous opinion regarding the date of compilation or revelation of the 4 Vedas. According to Swami Dayanand, who is the founder of the Arya Samaj, the Vedas were revealed 1310 millions of years ago and according to other scholars they are not more than 4000 years old.
(iv) Similarly there is a difference of opinion regarding the places where these books were revealed and the Rishis to whom these Scriptures were given. Inspite of these differences the Vedas are the most authentic of the Hindu Scriptures and the real foundations of the Hindu Dharma.

b) Upanishads:
(i) The word Upanishads is derived from ‘Upa’ meaning near, ‘ni’ which means down and ‘shad’ means to sit, therefore Upanishads means sitting down near groups of pupils sit near the teacher to learn from him the secret doctrines.
According to Samkara Upanishad is derived from the root word ‘Sad’ which means ‘to loosen’, ‘to reach’ or ‘to destroy’, with ‘Upa’ and ‘ni’ as prefix, therefore Upanishad means Brahma-knowledge by which ignorance is loosened or destroyed.
(ii) The number of Upanishads exceeds 200 though the Indian tradition puts it at 108. There are 10 principal Upanishads however some consider them to be more than 10, while other 18.
(iii) The Vedanta meant originally the Upanishads, though the word is now used for the system of philosophy based on the Upanishad. Literally, Vedanta means the end of the Veda, Vedasya-antah, the conclusion as well as the goal of Vedas. The Upanishads are the concluding portion of the Vedas and chronologically they come at the end of the Vedic period.
(iv) Some Pandits consider the Upanishad to be more superior to the Vedas.

c) Puranas
Next in order of authenticity are the Puranas which are the most widely read scriptures. The Purana contains the history of the creation of the uniVerse, history of the early Aryan tribes and life stones of the devines and deities of the Hindus. The Puranas are revealed books like the Vedas which were revealed simultaneously with the Vedas or somewhere close to it.
Maharishi Vyasa has divided the Puranas into 18 voluminous parts. He also arranged the Vedas under various heads. The Gita and Mahabharata were productions of his masterly pen.
Chief among the Puranas is a book known as Bhavishya Purana. It is called so because it gives an account of future event. The Hindus consider it to be the word of God. Maharishi Vyasa was just the compiler of the book. The real author being God himself.
Muhammad (pbuh) prophesized in Bhavishya Purana
According to Bhavishya Purana in the Prati Sarag, Parv III, Khand 3, Aday 3, Shaloka 5 to 8
“A malechha (belonging to a foreign country and speaking foreign language) spiritual teacher will appear with his companions. His name will be Mohammad. Raja (Bhoj) after giving this Maha Dev Arab (of angelic disposition) a both in the ‘Panchgavya’ and the Ganges water (i.e. purging him of all time) offered him the presents of his sincere devotion and showing him all reverence said, “I make obeisance to thee, ‘Oye! The pride of mankind, the dweller in Arabia, Ye have collected a great force to kill the Devil and you yourself have been protected from the malechha opponents.”
The Prophecy clearly states:
(i) The name of the Prophet as Muhammad
(ii) He will belong to Arabia. The Sanskrit word ‘Marusthal’ means a sandy track of land or a desert.
(iii) Special mention is made of the companions of the Prophet i.e. the Sahabas. No other Prophet had as many companions as Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
(iv) He is referred as the pride of mankind (Parbatis nath). The Holy Qur’an reconfirms this in Surah Al-Qalam, Chapter 68, Verse 4
“And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character” and in Surah Al-Ahzab Chapter 33, Verse 21
“Ye have indeed in the messenger of Allah, a beautiful pattern (of conduct)”
(v) He will kill the devil i.e. abolish idol worship and all sorts of vices.
(vi) The Prophet will be given the protection against his enemy.
Some people may argue that Raja Bhoj mentioned in the prophecy lived in the 11th century CE 500 years after the advent of Prophet Muhammad and was the descendant in the 10th generation of Raja Shalivahan. These people fail to realize that there was not only one Raja of the name Bhoj. The Egyptian Monarchs were called as Pharaoh and the Roman kings were known as Caesar’s, similarly the Indian Rajas were given the tittle of Bhoj. There were several Raja Bhoj who came before the one in 11th Century CE.
The Prophet did not physically take a bath in Panchgavya and the water of Ganges. Since the water of Ganges is considered holy, taking bath in the Ganges is an idem meaning washing away or making immune from all sorts of sins. Here the prophecy implies that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was sinless i.e. ‘Maasoom’.
3. Muhammad (pbuh) prophesized in Bhavishya Purana
According to Bhavishya Purana in the Pratisarag, Parv III, Khand 3, Shloka 10 to 27 Maharishi Vyas has prophesized.
“The Malechha have spoiled the well known land of the Arabs. Arya Dharma is not to be found in the country. Before also there appeared a misguided friend whom I had killed; he has now again appeared being sent by a powerful enemy. To show these enemies the right path and to give them guidance the well-known Mohamad (Muhammad), who has been given by me the epithet of Brahma, is busy in bringing the ‘Pishachas’ to the right path. O Raja, you need not go to the land of the foolish Pishachas, you will be purified through my kindness even where you are at night, he of the angelic disposition, the shrewd man, in the guise of a Pischacha said to Raja Bhoj, O Raja! Your Arya Dharma has been made to prevail over all religions, but according to the commandment of Ishwar Parmatma, I shall enforce the strong need of the meat eaters. My follower will be a man circumcised, without a tail (on his head), keeping beard, creating a revolution announcing Adhan (call for prayer) and will be eating all lawful things. He will eat all sorts of animals except swine. They will not seek purification from the holy shrubs, but will be purified through warfare. On account of their fighting the irreligious nations, they will be known as ‘Musalmans’. I shall be the originator of the religion of the meat-eating nation”

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The Prophecy states that:
(i) The evil doers have corrupted the Arab land.
(ii) Arya Dharma is not found in that land.
(iii) The present enemies will be destroyed just as the previous enemies like Abraha had perished. Qur’an speaks about these sort of previous enemies in Surah Al-Feel, Chapter No. 105, Verse No. 1 to 5.
“Seest thou not how thy word dealt with the companions of the elephant? Did we not make their treacherous plan go astray? And He sent against them flights of Birds sticking them with stones of baked day then did He make them like an empty field of stalk and straw, (of which the corn) has been eaten up”.
(iv) Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has been given the title Brahma to guide the opponents of truth.
(v) The Indian Raja need not go to Arab land since his purification will take place in India after the Musalman will arrive in India.
(vi) The coming Prophet will atlest the truth of the Aryan faith i.e. Monotheism and will reform the misguided people.
(vii) The Prophets followers will be circumcised without a tail on the head being a beard and will create a great revolution.
(viii) Will announce the Adhan i.e. ‘call for prayer’.
(ix) He will only eat lawful things and animals but will not eat pork. Qur’an confirms this is no less than 4 different places.
In Surah Al-Baqarah, Chapter 2, Verse 173
In Surah Al-Maidah, Chapter 5, Verse 3
In Surah Al-Anam, Chapter 6, Verse 145
In Surah Al-Nahl, Chapter 16, Verse 115
“Forbidden for you for food are dead meat, blood, flesh of swine, and that on which had been invoked the name of other than Allah”.
(x) They will not purify with grass like the Hindus but by means of sword they will fight their irreligious people.
(xi) They will be called as Musalman.
(xii) They will be a meat eating nation.
Qur’an confirms the eating of herbivorous animals in,
Surah Maidah, Chapter 5, Verse No. 1 &
Surah Moominoon, Chapter 23, Verse No. 21

Commentary
According to Bhavishya Purana, Parv III, Khand 1, Aday 3, Shloka 21-23,
Corruption and persecution are in seven sacred cities of Kashi etc. India is inhabited by Rakshas, Shabar, Bhil and other foolish people. In the land of ‘Malechhas’, the followers of the ‘Malechha dharma’ (Islam) are wise and brave people. All good qualities are found in Musalmans and all sorts of vices have accumulated in the land of the Aryas. Islam will rule in India and its islands. Having known these facts O Muni, glorify the name of thy Lord”.
Qur’an conforms this in,
Surah Taukah, Chapter 9, Verse 33 &
Surah Al-Saf, Chapter 61, Verse 9,
“It is the who hath sort His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the pagan may detect (it)” and a similar message is given in, Surah Fatah Chapter 48, Verse 28,
Ending with ‘And enough is Allah as a witness’.
4. Muhammad (pbuh) prophesized in Bhavishya Purana
In the 20th Book of Atharvaveda, Hymn 127. Some Suktas (Chapters) are known as Kuntap Sukt. Kuntap means the consumer of misery and troubles. Thus meaning the message of peace and safety and if translated in Arabic means Islam.
Kuntap also means hidden glands in the abdomen. These mantras are called so probably because their true meaning was hidden and was to be revealed in future. Its hidden meaning is also connected with the navel or the middle point of this earth. Mecca is called the ‘Ummul Qur’an’ the mother of the towns or the naval of the earth in many revealed books it was the first house of divine worship where God Almighty gave spiritual nourishment to the world. The Holy Qur’an says in Surah Ale-Imran, Chapter 3, Verse 95.
“The first house (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka (Mecca) full of blessings and of guidance and for all kinds of beings”.
Another name for Mecca is ‘Becca’. Thus Kuntap stands for Mecca or Becca.
Several people have translated these Kuntap Suktas like M. Blomfield, Prof. Ralph Griffith, Pandith Rajaram, Pandit Khem Karan, etc.
The main points mentioned in the Kuntap Suktas that is Atharvaved, Book XX, Hymn 127, Verses 1-13 are:
Mantra 1:
He is narashansah or the praised one (Muhammad).
He is Kaurama the prince of peace or the emigrant, who is safe, even amongst a host of 60,090 enemies.
Mantra 2:
He is a camel-riding Rishi, whose chariot touches the heaven.
Mantra 3:
He is Mamah Rishi who is given a hundred gold coins, ten chaklets (necklaces), three hundred good steeds and ten thousand cows.
Mantra 4:
Vachyesv rebh, ’Oh! ye who glorifies’
Mantra 5:
The praying ones with their prayers hurry on like powerful bulls.
Mantra 6:
O you who praises hold fast the wisdom which earns cows and good things. Disseminate this among the divine.
Mantra 7:
He is the king of the worlds, the best of men and guide for the entire mankind.
Mantra 8-9:
He has procured a secure dwelling for the people, gives protection to every body and has spread peace in the world.
Mantra 10:
People thrive happily end prosper under his rule and from the depth of degradation they rise to the height of glory.
Mantra 11:
He is asked to wake up and warn the world.
Mantra 12:
He is extremely bountiful and very generous.
Mantra 13:
(His followers) have been saved from the hostility and robbery of the enemy and May the Master not be harmed.
Mantra 14:
We Glorify and praise the great hero with a song of praise and a prayer. Please accept this praise so that evil may not befall us.

(i) The Sanskrit word ‘Narashansah’ means ‘the praised one’ which is the literal translation of the Arabic word Muhammad (pbuh).
The Sanskrit word ‘Kaurama’ means ‘one who spreads and promotes peace’ the holy Prophet was the ‘Prince of Peace’ and he preached equality of human kind and universal brotherhood. ‘Kaurama’ also means an emigrant. The Prophet migrated from Mecca to Medina and was thus also an Emigrant. He will be protected from 60,090 enemies which was the population of Mecca.
(ii) The Prophet would ride a camel, this clearly indicates that, it cannot be an Indian Rishi since it is forbidden for a Brahman to ride a camel, sacred Books of the east, Volume 25, Laws of Manu page 472 according to Manu Smriti, Chapter 11, Verse 202.
“A Brahman is prohibited from riding a camel or an ass and to bath naked. He should purify himself by suppressing his breath”.
(iii) (a) This Mantra gave the Rishis name as Mamah. No rishi in India or any other Prophet had this name ‘Mamah’ is derived from ‘Mah’ which means to esteem highly, on a revere, to exalt, etc. Some Sanskrit books give the Prophets name as ‘Mahamad’, but this word according to Sanskrit grammar can also be used in the bad sense. It is incorrect to apply grammar to an Arabic word. Actually Mamah has the some meaning and somewhat similar pronunciation as the word Muhammad (pbuh).
(b) He is given 100 gold coins, which refers to the believers and the earlier companions of the Prophet during his turbulent Meccan life. Later on due to persecution they migrated from Mecca to Abyssinia later when Prophet migrated to Madina all of them joined him in Madinah.
(c) The 10 chaplets or necklaces were the 10 best companions of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) known as ‘Ashra – Mubbashshira’ (10 bestowed with good news). These were fore told in this world of their salvation in the hereafter i.e. they were given the good news of entering paradise by Prophets own lips and after naming each one he said (in Paradise). They were Abu Baker, Umer, Uthman, Ali, Talha, Zubair, Abdur Rahman Ibni Auf, Sad Bin Abi Waqqar, Sad Bin Zaid and Abu Ubeidah (May God be well-pleased with them).
(d) The third gift was 300 good steeds. These horses belonged to the Arab breed. The Sanskrit word ‘Arvah’ means swift Arab horse, The 300 steeds refers to the 300 companions of the Holy Prophet who fought at the battle of Badar and came back victorious even though the enemies were thrice the number.
(e) The Sankrit word ‘Go’ is derived from ‘Gaw’ which means ‘to go to war’. A cow is also called ‘Go’ and is a symbol of war as well as peace, the 10,000 cows refers to the 10,000 companious of who accompanied the Prophet (Pubh) when he entered Mecca during Fateh Mecca which was a unique victory in the history of mankind in which there was no blood shed. The 10,000 companions were pious and compassionate like a cow and were at the same time strong and fierce and are described in the Holy Qur’an in Surah Fatah, Chapter 48, Verse 29,
“Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are strong against unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other”.
(iv) This mantra calls the Prophet as ‘Rebh’ which means one who praises which when translated into Arabic is Ahmed which is another name for the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
(v) He and his followers are always mindful of their prayers even in the battlefield. The Holy Qur’an says in Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2, Verse 45,
“Nay, seek (Allah’s) help with patience, perseverance and prayer”
The Holy Qur’an says in Surah Nisa, Chapter 4, Verse 102,
“When thou (O Messenger) act with them, and standest to lead them in prayer, Let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with thee, taking their arms with them. When they finish their prostations, let them take their position in the rear. And let the other party come up which hath not yet prayed and let them pray with thee, taking all precautions, and bearing arms.”
(vi) The wisdom mentioned in this mantra refer to the Holy Qur’an. The Holy Qur’an earns good not only in this world but also in the here after. The Prophet (pbuh) is asked to propagate amongst his companions. Many of whom memorized the Qur’an.
(vii) All the attributes in this mantra apply to the Holy Prophet (pbuh)
In Surah Al-Anbiya, Chapter 21, Verse 107
“We sent thee not, but as a mercy for all creatures”
In Surah Saba, Chapter 34, Verse 28
“We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not.”
In Surah Al-Qalam, Chapter 68, Verse 4
“And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.”
In Surah Al-Ahzab, Chapter 33, Verse 21
“We have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct)”.
(viii) & (ix) During the reconstruction of Kaaba, the Prophet (pbuh) Through his wisdom prevented a war between the Arab tribe. The Prophet not only gave peace to the Arab land but also to the whole world. Even during the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet established peace without shedding a single drop of blood. He gave peace, shelter to the bitterest enemies and let them go by saying, “There shall be no reproof against you this day.”
(x) The Arabs were the most ignorant people 1400 years ago and it was referred to as ‘Youmul Jahiliya’. The Prophet with his message brought prosperity and raised these ignorant people and made them the torchbearers.
(xi) This Mantra gives the translation of the Holy Qur’an Surah Al-Mudaththir, Chapter 74, Verses 1-3
“O thou wrapped up (in a mantle)! Arise and deliver thy warning!
And thy Lord do thou magnify!” The Prophet arose and warned the people and glorified the Lord.
(xii) The Holy Qur’an says in Surah Ale-Imran, Chapter 3, Verse 159
“It is part of the Mercy of Allah that thou don’t deal gently with them.
Wert thou severe or harsh hearted, They would have broken away from about thee.”
It was due to the Prophets (pbuh) kind-heartedness; mercy and generosity that people flocked around him otherwise the stubborn Arabs could never have been won.
(xiii) This Mantra is a prayer of the Rishi for the Prophet (pbuh) a similar prayer is found in the last Chapter of the Holy Qur’an i.e. Surah Nas, Chapter 114, Verses 1-3.
“Say, I seek refuge with Lord and Cherisher of mankind, The King (or Ruler) of mankind, the God (or Judge) of mankind from the mischief of the Whisperer (of Evil), who withdraws (after his whisper) - (the same) who whispers into the hearts of mankind – Among Jinns and among Men.”
(xiv) In this last Mantra, the Rishi of the Veda makes it compulsory for the followers of the Veda to praise the Holy Prophet (pbuh) land follow him so that they will be saved from the evil of this world.
5. Battle of the Allies described in the Vedas.
It is mentioned in Atharvaveda, Book XX, Hymn 21, Verse 6, “Lord of the truthful! These libatrous drinks these feats of bravery and the inspiring songs gladdened thee in field of battle. When thou renders vanquished without fight the ten thousand opponents of the praying one, the adoring one.”
(i) This Prophecy of the Veda describes the well-known battle of Ahzab or the battle of the Allies during the time of Prophet Muhammad. The Prophet was victorious without an actual conflict which is mentioned in the Qur’an in Surah Ahzab, Chapter 33, Verse 22, “When the believers saw the confederate forces they said, This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us and Allah and His Messenger told us what was true”.
And it only added to their faith and their zeal in obedience.
(ii) The Sanskrit word karo in the Mantra means the ‘praying one’ which when translated into Arabic means Ahmed, the second name of Prophet Muhammad.
(iii) (Pbuh) The 10,000 opponents mentioned in the mantra were the enemies of the Prophet and the Muslims were only 3000 in numbers.
(iv) The last words of the Mantra ‘aprati ni bashayah’ means the defeat was given to the enemies without an actual fight.
6. The enemies defeat in the conquest of Mecca
It is mentioned in Atharvaveda, Book 20, Hymn 21, Verse No. 7
“You have O India, overthrown 20 Kings and 60,099 men with an outstripping Chariat wheel who came to fight the praised one or far famed (Muhammad) orphan.”
(i) The Population of Mecca at the time of Prophet advent was nearly 60,000.
(ii) There were several clans in Mecca each having its own chief. Totally there were about 20 chiefs to rule the population of Mecca.
(iii) An Abandhu meaning a helpless man who was far famed and ‘Praised one’ Muhammad (pbuh) overcame his enemies with the help of God.
A similar prophecy is also found in Rigveda, Book I, Hymn 53, Verse 9
The Sanskrit word used is ‘Sushrana’ which means praise worthy or well praised which in Arabic means Muhammad (pbuh).
7. Muhammad (pbuh) prophesized in Samveda
Book II, Hymn 6, Verse 8
“Ahmed acquired from his Lord the knowledge of eternal law I received light from him just as from the sun”. The Prophecy confirms.
(i) The name of the Prophet as Ahmed since Ahmed is an Arabic name; many translators misunderstood it to be Ahmat and translated the mantra as I alone have acquired the real wisdom of my father.
(ii) Prophet was given external law i.e. Shariah
(iii) The Rishi was enlightened by the Shariah of Prophet Muhammad. The Holy Qur’an says in Surah Saba, Chapter 34, Verse 28
“We have not sent thee but as a universal (messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not.”

II Common Questions Asked By Hindus About Islam

10. ARE THE VEDAS A REVELATION OF GOD?
Question:
If Allah has sent his books and revelations in every period, then which revelation was sent to India? Can we consider the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures to be word of God?
Answer:
1. Revelation sent in every period.
The Glorious Qur’an mentions in Surah Rad, Chapter 13, Verse 38
“For each period is a book (revealed).”
[Al-Qur’an 13:38]
2. Four revelations of God mentioned by name in Qur’an
By name, only four revelations of God are mentioned in the Qur’an i.e. Torah, Zaboor, Injeel and the Qur’an
Torah is the revelation, which was given to Moses (pbuh)
Zaboor is the revelation, which was given to David (pbuh)
Injeel is the revelation, which was given to Jesus (pbuh) and
Qur’an is the last and final revelation which was given to the last and final Messenger Muhammad (pbuh).
3. All the previous revelations sent only for their people
All the revelations that came before Qur’an were only sent for their own people and were to be followed only for a particular time period.
4. The Qur’an sent for whole humankind
Since the Qur’an is the last and final revelation, it was not sent only for the Muslims or the Arabs but it was sent for the whole of humankind. It is mentioned in:
a. Surah Ibrahim, Chapter 14, Verse 1
“Alif Lam Ra. A book which We have revealed unto thee, in order that thou mightiest lead mankind out of the depths of darkness into light…”
[Al-Qur’an 14:1]

b. A similar message is repeated in Surah Ibrahim, Chapter 14, Verse 52
“Here is a Message for mankind: let them take warning therefrom, and let them know that He is (no other than) One God: let men of understanding take heed”.
[Al-Qur’an 14:52]
c. Qur’an mentions in Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2, Verse 185
“Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur’an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgement (between right and wrong).” [Al-Qur’an 2:185]
c. d. A similar message is repeated in Surah Zumur, Chapter 39, Verse 41
“Verily We have revealed the Book to thee in Truth, for (instructing) mankind.” [Al-Qur’an 39:41]
5. Which revelation sent to India?
The question that arises is “which revelation of God was sent to India and whether we can consider the Vedas and the other Hindu Scriptures to be the revelations of God?” There is no text in the Qur’an or Sahih Hadith mentioning the name of the revelation that was sent to India. Since the name of the Vedas or other Hindu scriptures are no where to be found in Qur’an and Sahih Hadith, one cannot say for sure that they were the revelations of God. They may be the revelation of God or may not be the revelation of God.
6. Even if the Veda was the word of God today you have to follow the Qur’an
Even if the Vedas and the other scriptures were the revelations from God, they were only meant for people of that time and were to be followed only for that particular period of time. Today all human beings through out the world including India should only follow the last and final Revelation of God, i.e. the Qur’an. Moreover since all the previous revelations were not meant to be followed for eternity, Almighty God did not preserve them in their original form. There is not a single religious scripture of any of the major religions, which claims to be the word of God and has maintained its pure original text and is free from alteration, adulteration and interpolation. Since the Glorious Qur’an is to be followed for eternity, Allah (SWT) has taken upon Himself to maintain its original purity and guard it from corruption. Allah says in Glorious Qur’an.

Surah Hijr, Chapter 15, Verse 9
“We have without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).”
[Al-Qur’an 15:9]

Common Questions Asked By Hindus About Islam
9. ARE RAM AND KRISHNA PROPHETS OF GOD?
Question:
If according to Islam, messengers or prophets were sent to each and every ntion of the world, then which prophet was sent to India? Can we consider Ram and Krishna to be messengers of God?
Answer:
1. Prophets sent to every nation
a) The Glorious Qur’an mentions in Surah Fatir, Chapter 35, Verse 24
“…And there never was a people, without a warner having lived among them (in the past)”.[Al-Qur’an 35:24]
b) A similar message is repeated in Surah, Chapter 13, Verse 7
“…and to every people a guide”.[Al-Qur’an 13:7]
2. Stories only of some prophets narrated in the Qur’an
a) Allah (SWT) says in Surah Nisa, Chapter 4, Verse 164
“Of some messengers We have already told thee the story; of others we have not.”
[Al-Qur’an 4:164]
b) A similar message is repeated in Surah Ghafir, Chapter 40, Verse 78
“We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee...”
[Al-Qur’an 40:78]

3. 25 Prophets of God are mentioned by name in the Qur’an
By name, only 25 Prophets of God are mentioned in the Qur’an e.g. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad (pbuh)
4. More than 1,24,000 prophets of God
According to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), there were more than 1,24,000 prophets sent to this world.
5. All previous prophets sent only for their people
All the prophets that came before Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) were only sent for their own people and were to be followed only for a particular period of time.
Surah Ali Imran, Chapter 3, Verse 49
“And (appoint him) a messenger to the Children of Israel,…”
[Al-Qur’an 3:49]
6. Muhammad (pbuh), the last messenger of God
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the last and final messenger of Almighty God. It is mentioned in
Surah Ahzab, Chapter 33, Verse 40
“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the Messenger of Allah, and the seal of the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all things.”
[Al-Qur’an 33:40]
7. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), sent for whole Humankind
Since Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the last and final messenger, he was not sent only for the Muslims or the Arabs, but he was sent for the whole of humankind.
a. It is mentioned in
Surah Anbiya, Chapter 21, Verse 107
“We sent thee not, but as a mercy for all creatures.”
[Al-Qur’an 21:107]
b. A similar message is repeated in
Surah Saba, Chapter 34, Verse 28
“We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not.”
[Al-Qur’an 34:28]
c. It is mentioned in
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book of Salaah, Chapter 56, Hadith no. 429
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah: Allah’s Messenger said,
“Every Prophet used to be sent to his nation only but I have been sent to all mankind.”
8. Which prophet was sent to India?
Regarding the question of which prophet was sent to India, and can we consider Ram or Krishna to be prophets of God, there is no text in the Qur’an or Sahih Hadith mentioning the name of the prophet that was sent to India. Since the names of Ram and Krishna are nowhere to be found in the Qur’an and Sahih Hadith, one cannot say for sure whether they were prophets of God or not. Some Muslims, especially certain Muslim politicians who try to appease the Hindus, say Ram Alai-his-salaam, i.e. Ram, may peace be on him. This is totally wrong, since there is no authentic proof from the Qur’an and Sahih Hadith that he was a prophet of God. However, a person may say that perhaps they may have been the prophets of God.
9. Even if Ram and Krishna were prophets, today we have to follow the last Prophet of God i.e. Muhammad (pbuh)
Even if Ram and Krishna were prophets of God, they were only meant for people of that time and were to be followed only for that particular period of time. Today, all the human beings throughout the world, including India should only follow the last and final prophet and Messenger of God-prophet Muhammad (pbuh).


D 9. Avtaars and Messengers in Hinduism
There is no concept of Messengers of God in Hinduism. However they have a concept of Avtaar. Avtaar is the Sanskrit term where ‘Av’ means down and ‘tr’ means passover. Thus Avtar means to descend down or to come down. The meaning of Avtaar in the oxford Dictionary is, “(In Hindu Mythology) the descent of a diety of a released soul to earth in bodily form”. In simple words, Avtaar means God Almighty coming down to earth in bodily form.
In Hinduism, It is believed that God Almighty comes down to the earth in some bodily form to protect the religion or to set an example or set the rules for the human beings.
There is no reference of Avtaars anywhere in the Vedas. The most sacred of the Hindu Scriptures i.e. Sruti. However it is found in the Smrti i.e. the Puranas and the Itihasas.
It is mentioned in the most popular and widely read book of Hinduism.
Bhagavad Geeta, Chapter 4, Verse 7-8
“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendent of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion at that time I descend Myself”.
“To deliver the Pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I myself appear, millenium after millennium”.
Thus according to Bhagavad Geeta, God takes Avtaar to deliver the pious and annihilate miscreants and to reestablish the principles or religion.
According to the Puranas there are hundreds of Avtaars, but the Vishnu the sustainer has 10 Avtaars.
1. Matsya-avatar, in the form of a fish
2. Kurm-avatar, in the form of a tortoise
3. Varah-avatar, in the form of a boar or a pig
4. Narasimha-avatar, in the form of a monster, half man half lion
5. Vamana-avatar, in the form of a Brahmin dwarf named Vamana
6. Parashuaram-avatar, in the form of Parashurama
7. Rama-avatar, in the form of Rama, the hero of Ramayana
8. Krishna-avatar, in the form of Krishna, the hero of Gita
9. Buddha-avatar, in the form of Gautam Buddha
10. Kalki-avatar, in the form of Kalki
(Rigveda Samhiti, Volume XII, page 4309 by Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati and Satyakam Vidhyalank)
All these Scriptures are telling its reader that though the things are made so clear yet they divert away from the truth.

4. ANTHROPOMORPHISM
a. God need not take human form to understand human being.
Most of the other religions some time or the other believes in the philosophy of anthropomorphism i.e. God take human form. They have a very good logic for it Almighty God is so pure and Holy the he is unaware of the hardships, shortcomings, difficulties feelings etc. of the human being. He does not know how does a person feel when he is hurt or when he is in trouble etc. Therefore in order to set the rules for the human beings. He came down to the earth in the form of a human being. On the face of it, it seems to be a very good logic.
b. Creator prepares an instruction manual.
Suppose I manufacture a tape recorder. Do I have to become a tape recorder to know what is good or what is bad for the tape recorder. I writer an instruction manual. In order to listen to the audiocassette, insert the cassette and press the play button. In order to stop, press the stop button. If you want to fast-forward press the FF. button. Do not drop it from a height it will get damaged. Do not immerse it in water it will get spoilt. I write an instruction manual. The dos and don’ts for the machine.
c. Holy Qur’an is the instruction manual for the human being.
In the similar fashion our lord and creator Allah (SWT) need not come in the form of a human being to know what is good or bad for the human being. He only has to reveal the instruction manual the last and final instruction manual of the human beings is the Holy Qur’an.
The dos and don’ts for the human beings is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an.
d. Allah chooses messengers:
Allah (SWT) need not come down personally for writing the instruction manual. He chooses a man amongst men to deliver the message and communication with him at a higher level through the revelation. Such chosen men are called as messengers and prophets of God.

I E LIFE AFTER DEATH-HEREAFTER
1. Its mentioned in the Qur’an Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2, Verse 28
“How can ye reject the faith in Allah? Seeing that ye were without life, And He gave you life; Then will He cause you to die, And will again bring you to life; And again to Him Will ye return”.
In Islam a human being comes into this world only once and after he dies, he is again resurrected on the day of judgement and depending upon the deeds he has done he will either dwell in heaven i.e. Paradise or in hell.
2. This life is the test for the here after
Its mentioned in the Qur’an
Surah Al Mulk, Chapter 67, Verse 2
“He who created Death and Life, that He May try which of you is best in deed; and He is the exalted in Might, oft forgiving.
This life that we lead in this world is a test for the here after. If we follow the commandment of the creator Almighty Allah and we pass the test, We shall enter Paradise i.e. Eternal Bliss. If you do not follow the commandments of our creator and fail the test then we shall be put into Hell.
3. Full Recompense on the Day of Judgement
Its mentioned in the Qur’an Surah Ali Imran, Chapter 3, Verse 185
“Every soul shall have a taste of death And only on the Day of Judgement shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of life). For the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception”.
4. Paradise – Al-Jannah
Al-Jannah i.e. Paradise is a place of Perpetual bliss, in Arabic it literally means the Garden. The Qur’an describes the Jannah in great detail, such as Paradise, underneath which rivers run. It contains rivers of milk unchanging in flavor and rivers of honey purified. In it is fruit of every kind. No fatigue shall be fell neither shall they hear idle talk. There shall be no cause of sin except Peace and Peace.
5. Hell – Jahannam
Hell is a place of torment where the people undergo suffering most often described as fire, a fire whose fuel is men and stones.
6. Purnjanam is not cycle of Rebirth but life after death.
The common word used for the Doctrine of Rebirth is ‘Punarjanam’. In Sanskrit Punar or Puna means ‘next time’ or ‘again’ and Janam means ‘life’. Therefore Punarjanam means next life or the life here after. It does not means coming to life again and again. Most of the reference for Punarjanam in the other Hindu Scriptures besides the Vedas if read keeping life hereafter in mind including the quotation of Bhagavad Gita and Upanishad it give us a concept of next life or life again but not life again and again. This concept of Rebirth again and again was developed later on after the vedic period to rationalize the indifferences found in different individuals at birth and different surrounding in which people live. Since the creator Almighty can not be unjust.
Islam has a rational answer to this which we shall discuss later Insha Allah.
7. Life after death in the Vedas
There is reference to life after death in the Vedas. It’s mentioned in
a. Rigveda Book No. 10, Hymn No. 16, Verse No. 4
“The unborn portion; burn that, AGNI, with thy heat; let thy flame, thy splendour, consume it; with those glorious members which thou has given him, JATAVEDAS, bear him to the world (of the virtuous)”
The Sanskrit word Sukritam u Lokam means the world of the virtuous or region of the pious, referring to the hereafter. The next Verse i.e.
b. Rigveda, Book 10 Hymn 16, Verse 5 says.
“…Putting on (celestial) life, let the remains (of bodily life) depart let him, JATAVEDAS be associated with a body.”
This Verse too refers to a second life i.e. life after death.
8. Paradise-Swarga in the Vedas.
Swarg i.e. Paradise is described in several places in the Vedas including
Atharvaveda, Book 4, Hymn 34, Verse 6 (Devichand)
a. “May all these streams of butter, with their banks of honey, flowing with distilled water, and milk and curds and water reach thee in domestic life enhancing thy pleasure. May thou acquire completely these things strengthening the soul in diverse ways.”
It’s mentioned in
a. Atharvaveda, Book 4, Hymn 34, Verse 6 (Ved pra.)
“Having pools of clarified butter, stocks of sweet honey, and having exhilarating drinks for water, full of milk and curds, may all these streams flew to us in the world of happiness swelling sweetly. May our lakes full of Lotuses be situated near us”.
b. Its mentioned in
Atharvaveda, Book 4, Hymn 34, Verse 2
“Bereft of physical bodies, pure, cleansed with the wind, brilliant, they go to a brilliant world. The fire does not cause burning in their male organ. In the world if happiness they get plenty of women”.
c. Its mentioned in
Atharvaveda, Book 2, Hymn 34, Verse 5
May the realized ones, first of all, take the vital breath under their control from the limbs in which it has been circulating. Go to heaven, stay firm with all the parts of your body Attain the world of light and emancipation, following the path of the enlightened ones, (your predecessors).
d. It is mentioned in
Atharvaveda, Book 6, Hymn 122, Verse 3.
“O both of you, start to accomplish it; make determined effort to accomplish it. Those having unflinching faith attain this abode of happiness. Whatever ripe offerings you have made in fire of sacrifice may both, the husband and wife, stand united to guard them with care”.
8 e. It is mentioned in
Rigveda, Book 10, Hymn 95, Verse 18
“O Aila, the loud-sounding clouds, these divines say to you, since you are indeed subject to death, let your progeny propitiate your revered cosmic forces with oblations, then alone you shall rejoice (with me) in heaven”
9. Hell-Nark in the vedas
Nark or Hell is also described in the Vedas and the Sanskrit word used is ‘Narakasthanam’.
It is mentioned in
Rigveda, Book 4, Hymn 5, Verse 4
“May the bounteous fire-divine, consume them with his fiercely glowing sharp jaws like flames, who disregard the commandments and steadfast laws of most venerable and sagacious lord”.

F. DESTINY
1. Concept of Destiny – Qadr in Islam
Qadr is the concept of Destiny. Certain aspects of human life is predestined by our creator Almighty Allah for e.g. where and when will a person be born. The Surround and condition in which he will be born, how long will he live and where will he die.
2. Logical concept for differences in different Individuals.
In Hinduism the differences in two individual at birth e.g. one child is healthy while the other is handicapped, one child is born in a rich family and the other in a poor family is based on past karma i.e. actions of the previous life. There is no scientific or logical proof of the cycle of Rebirths. The Islamic concept for these differences in different Individual is given in Surah Mulk, Chapter 67, Verse 2
“He who created Death and life, that He may try which of you is best in deed; And He is the Exalted In Might; oft-forgiving”.
This life that we live is the test for the hereafter.
3. Present Conditions in Islam is a test
There are several Verses in the Qur’an which clearly specify that Our Creator Almighty Allah tests us in several different ways
a. It is mentioned in the Qur’an.
Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2, Verse 214
“Or do ye think that ye shall enter the Garden (of Bliss) without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you?
They encountered suffering and adversity, And were so shaken in Spirit that even the messenger and those of faith who were with him cried. “When (will come) the help of Allah” Ah! Verily, the help of Allah is (always) near!”
b. It is mentioned in the Qur’an
Surah Ankabut, Chapter 29, Verse 2
“Do men think that they will be left a lone on saying, “we believe”, And that they will not be tested?”
c. It is mentioned in the Qur’an
Surah Anbiya, Chapter 21, Verse 35
“Every Soul shall have a taste of death. And we test you by evil and by good by way of trial to us must ye return.”
d. It is mentioned in the Qur’an
Surah Baqarah, Chapter 2, Verse 155
“Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your tail), but give Glad tidings to those who patiently persevere.”
e. It is mentioned in the Qur’an
Surah Anfal, Chapter 8, Verse 28
“And know ye that your possession and your progeny are but a trial; And it is Allah with whom lies your highest reward”.

II Life after Death in Hinduism
1. Concept of Rebirths in Hinduism-Reincarnation or Transmigration of the souls.
Hinduism believe in the cycle of birth, death and Rebirth, which is called as samsara. Samsara or the doctrine of Rebirth is also called as the theory of Reincarnation or the transmigration of the Soul and is considered to be the basic tenet of Hinduism. According to doctrine of Rebirth the difference found between one individual and the other even at birth like one child is healthy the other is handicapped or blind is due to their part karma i.e. actions done in the past birth. Similarly all actions may not bear fruit in this life, thus there has to be another life.
a. Its mentioned in Bhagavad Geeta in Chapter 2, Verse 22
“As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones the Soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless.”
b. The doctrine of Rebirth in also described in Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, Part 4 Chapter 4, Verse 3
“As a caterpillar which has wriggled to the top of a blade of grass draws itself over to a new blade, so does the Soul, after it has put aside its body draw itself over to a new existence.


2. Karma – the law of Cause and Effect
Karma means act, action or activity and refers not only to action undertaken by the body but also to those undertaken by the mind Karma is actually action and reaction or the law of cause and effect. It is explained by the saying,
“As we sow so shall we reap”
A Farmer cannot sow wheat and expect Rice. Similarly every good thought word or deed begets a similar reaction which affects our next life and every unkind thought harsh word and evil deed comes back to harm us in this life or in the next life.
3. Dharma – righteous duties
Dharma means what is right or Righteous duties. This includes what is right for the individual, family, the class or cast and also for the universe itself in order to achieve good Karma life should be lived according to Dharma, otherwise its will result in bad Karma. Dharma besides affecting the present life can also affect the future.
4. Moksha – liberation from the cycle of Rebirth
Moksha means liberation from the cycle of Rebirth i.e. Samsara. The ultimate aim of every Hindu is that one-day the cycle of Rebirth will be over and he will not have to reborn again. This can only happen if there is no Karma to cause an individual to reborn i.e. it looses its good and bad Karma.
5. Rebirth not mentioned in the Vedas
The Doctrine of rebirth is not mentioned anywhere in the Vedas. There is no concept of transmigration of the Souls.

GOD IS UNJUST AS SOME ARE BORN HEALTHY WHILE OTHERS ARE BORN WITH DEFECTS
Question:
If God is just then why are some people born healthy while some are born with defects and are deaf and dumb, some are born in rich families while other in poor families?
Answer:
1. This life is a test for the Hereafter
According to Qur’an in
Surah Mulk, Chapter 67, Verse 2


2. Allah tests different human being in different ways
Every year the question paper in an examination keeps on changing. It does not remain the same. Similarly Allah tests different human beings in different ways. He gives health to some people while others are born with defects or are handicap. To some people He gives wealth while others are poor.
3. Judgement will be based upon the difficulty of the test
Depending upon what facilities and qualities Allah has provided to each human being Allah (SWT) will judge him accordingly If the test is difficult then Allah will be lenient while judging. If the test is simple then Allah will be lenient while judging e.g. A poor person does not have to give Zakah. He gets full marks where Zakat is concerned on the other hand a rich person is supposed to give Zakat. Many rich people give much less than what they actually are supposed to give, thus getting less marks where Zakat is concerned.
4. Allah makes human being with congenital defects, some are deaf and dumb while other are handicap. The infant is not responsible for the defect. In such cases may be Allah is testing the parents, whether they yet have faith in Allah after this calamity.
Allah says in the Qur’an in
Surah Anfal, Chapter 8, Verse 28

IDOL USED FOR CONCENTRATION
Question:
The Hindu Pandits and Scholars agree that the Vedas and other Hindu religions scriptures prohibit idol worship but initially because the mind may not be matured an idol is required for concentration while worshipping. After the mind reaches higher consciousness, the idol is not required for concentration.
Muslims have reached the higher level of consciousness
Answer:
1. If Idol is required for concentration only in the initial stages and not later on when the mind reaches higher consciousness then I would like to say that the Muslims have already reached the state of higher consciousness because when we worship Allah (SWT) we do not require any idol or statue.
2. Child asks why does it thunder?
When I was discussing with a Swami in I.R.F. He said that when our child asks us, why does the sky thunder? We reply that ‘aaee ma chhakki pees rahi hai’, the grandmother is grinding flour in the heaven, because he is too young to understand, similarly in the initial stages people require idol for concentration.
In Islam we don’t believe in talking a lie even if it’s a while lie. I will never give such wrong answer to my child because later on where he goes to school and learns that the thundering sound after lightening is due to the expansion of rapid heated air, he will either think that the teacher is lying or later on when he understand the fact he will conclude that the father is a liar. If you feel that the child may not understand certain difficult they you should simplify the answer but never give a wrong fictitious reply. If you, yourself do not know the answer, you should have the guts to be truthful and say ‘I don’t know’. Many children will not be satisfied with such a simple but yet truthful and if this answer is given to my son, he will say ‘Abba why you don’t know answer, that it will compel you to do your homework and thus educate yourself as well as your child’.
3. Those in standard one require idol for concentration 2+2=4 will remain same in standard one and ten)
Some pandits while trying to convince me regarding idol worship said that in standard one the student is initially taught to worship God by concentrating with the help of an idol but later on when he graduates he no longer requires the idol to concentrate while worshipping the God.
A very important fact to be noted is that only if the fundamentals of any particular subject is strong, then only will he be able to excel in future for e.g. Teacher of mathematics in standard I teaches the students that 2+2=4 irrespective whether the student parses school or does graduation, or does a Ph.D. in mathematics the basics of 2+2=4, will yet remain the same, it will not change to 5 or 6. In higher standards the students, besides addition may learn about Algebra, trigonometry, logarithm etc. but the fundamental of addition will yet remain the same. If the teacher in standard I itself teaches the fundamentals wrong, how can expect the student to excel in future?
It is the fundamental principle of the Vedas regarding the concept of God that he has got no image so how can the scholars even after knowing this fact keep silent at the wrong practice being done by people.
Will you tell your son who is in standard I that 2+2=4 is not equal to 4 but 5 or 6 and only confirm the truth after he passes school. Infact if he makes a mistake you will correct him, and say it is 4 and not wait till he graduates if you don’t correct him initial you will his future.

Muslims do not worship the Kaaba
Question:
Many non-Muslims allege when Islam is against idol worship why do the Muslims worship and bow down to the Kaaba in their prayer.
Answer:
1. Kaaba is the Qibla i.e. the direction:
Muslims do not worship the Kaaba in the Salaah. Kaaba is the Qibla that is the direction we face towards and we worship & bow down to no one but Allah towards in the Salaah, Islam always believes in unity for e.g. If Muslims want to offer Salaah some may say lets face north, some may say lets east for the sake of unity Muslims are asked to face only in one direction i.e. towards the Kaaba. If they live in the west they face the east, if they live in the east they face the west, if they live in the north they face the south, if they live in the south they face the north.
2. Kaaba in center of earth
The Muslims were the first people to draw the map of the world and they drew it with the south on top and north down and the Kaaba was in the center. Later on the westerners drew the map upside down with north on top and south down but yet Alhamdullilah the Kaaba is in the center of the world map.


3. Tawaaf around Kaaba for indicating one God:
When the Muslims go to Masjid-e-Haram in Mecca we do tawaf round the Kaaba i.e. circumambulate round the Kaaba to indicate that as every circle has one center, similarly there is only one Allah (SWT) worthy of Worship.
Hadith of Hazrat Umar:
According to Sahih Bukhari Vol. II Book of Hajj, Ch. 56, V. No. 675, Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said “I know that you are a stone, can neither benefit nor harm. Had I not seen the Prophet (pbuh) touching & kissing) you, I would never have touched (& Kissed) you”.
This statements of Hazrat Umar (RA) the second caliph of Islam is sufficient proof that we Muslims do not worship the Kaaba.
People stood on Kaaba and gave the Adhan.
At the time of the Prophet people even stood on the Kaaba and gave the Adhan which idol worshipper will ever stand on the idol he worships.

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WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) THE PROPHET OF ISLAM

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM) THE PROPHET OF ISLAM
A lecture by Ahmed Deedat

SAY: "DO YOU SEE? WHETHER THIS MESSAGE BE FROM ALLAH (God Almighty), AND YET YOU REJECT IT, AND A WITNESS FROM AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL1 BORE WITNESS OF ONE LIKE HIM..." (SURA AHQAF) Holy Qur’ân 46:10.
1. This refers to Moses. See Yusuf Ali's commentaries Nos. 4783/4 to this verse.

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, The subject of this evening's talk* - "What the BIBLE says about MUHAMMAD (Peace be upon him)" - will no doubt come as a surprise to many of you because the speaker is a Muslim. How does it come about that a Muslim happens to be expounding prophecies from the Jewish and Christian Scriptures?
As a young man, about 30 years ago, I attended a series of religious lectures by a Christian theologian, a certain Rev. Hiten, at the "Theatre Royal", Durban in South Africa.
* This is the text of a lecture delivered by the author in the early 1970's.
Pope or Kissinger?
This Reverend gentleman was expounding Biblical prophecies. He went on to prove that the Christian Bible foretold the rise of Soviet Russia, and the Last Days. At one stage he went to the extent of proving that his Holy Book did not leave even the Pope out of its predictions. He expatiated vigorously in order to convince his audience that the "Beast 666" mentioned in the Book of Revelation the last book of the New Testament was the POPE, who was the Vicar of Christ on earth. It is not befitting for us Muslims to enter into this controversy between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants. By the way, the latest Christian exposition of the "Beast 666" of the Christian Bible is Dr. Henry Kissinger1. Christian scholars are ingenious and indefatigable in their efforts to prove their case.
Rev. Hiten's lectures led me to ask that if the Bible foretold so many things - not even excluding the "Pope" and "Israel" - then surely it must have something to say about the greatest benefactor of mankind 2, the Holy Prophet Muhammed (may the peace of Allah be upon him).
As a youngster I set out to search for an answer. I met priest after priest, attended lectures, and read everything that I could lay my hands relating to the fields of Bible prophecies. Tonight I am going to narrate to you one of these interviews with a dominee3 of the Dutch Reformed Church.
1. Christian exegesists give progressive numerical values by sixes, to the English alphabet and add up to get the total 666. i.e. A=6,B=12,C=18, D=24 and so on. Progression by 6's because the number of the Beast in the Bible is "666". Try it for Dr.Kissinger.
2. The writer has just delivered another talk in the City Hall, Durban on the 10th December 1975 on the subject "Muhammad the Greatest".
3. "Dominee" is the Afrikaans equivalent of priest, parson and predikant.
Lucky Thirteen
I was invited to the Transvaal1 to deliver a talk on the occasion of Birthday celebration of the Holy Prophet Muhammed. Knowing that in that province of the Republic, the Afrikaans language is widely spoken, even by my own people, I felt that I ought to acquire a smattering of this language so a s to feel a little "at home" with the people. I opened the telephone directory and began phoning the Afrikaans-speaking Churches. I indicated my purpose to the priests that I was interested in having a dialogue with them, but they all refused my request with "Plausible" excuses. No.13 was my lucky number. The thirteenth call brought me pleasure and relief. A dominee Van Heerden agreed to meet me at his home on the Saturday afternoon that I was to leave for Transvaal.
He received me on his verandah with a friendly welcome. He said if I did not mind, he would like his father-in-law from the Free State (a 70 year old man) to join us in the discussion. I did not mind. The three of us settled down in the dominee's library.
1. One of the Provinces of the Republic of South Africa.
Why Nothing?
I posed the question: "What does the Bible say about Muhammed?" Without hesitation he answered, "Nothing!" I asked: "Why nothing? According to your interpretation the Bible have so many things to say about the rise of Soviet Russia and about the Last Days and even about the Pope of the Roman Catholics?" He said, "Yes, but there was nothing about Muhammed!" I asked again, "Why nothing? Surely this man Muhammed who had been responsible for the bringing into being a worldwide community of millions of Believers who, on his authority, believe in:
(1) The miraculous birth of Jesus,
(2) that Jesus is the Messiah, 1
(3) that he gave life to the dead by God's permission, and that he healed those born blind and the lepers by God's permission.
Surely this book (the Bible) must have something to say about this great Leader of men who spoke so well of Jesus and his mother Mary?" (Peace be upon them both).
The old man from the Free State replied. "My son, I have been reading the Bible for the past 50 years, and if there was any mention of him, I would have known it."
1. The word "Messiah" comes from the Arabic and Hebrew word masaha, which means to rub, to massage, to anoint. The religious significance is "the one who is anointed" - priests and kings were anointed in consecration to their offices. Messiah translated Christ does not mean God. Even the heathen Cyrus is called "Christ" in the Bible, (Isaiah 45:1)
Not one by name!
I enquired: "According to you, are there not hundreds of prophecies regarding the coming of Jesus in the Old Testament." The dominee interjected: "Not hundreds, but thousands!" I said, "I am not going to dispute the 'thousand and one' prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the coming of Jesus Christ, because the whole Muslim-world has already accepted him without the testimony of any Biblical prophecy. We Muslims have accepted the de facto Jesus on the authority of Muhummed alone, and there are in the world today no less than 900,000,0001 followers of Muhummed who love, respect and revere this great Messenger of God -Jesus Christ- without having the Christians to convince them by means of their Biblical dialectics. Out of the 'thousands' of prophecies referred to, can you please give me just one single prophecy where Jesus is mentioned by name? The term 'Messiah', translated as 'Christ', is not a name but a title. Is there a single Prophecy where it says that the name of the Messiah will be JESUS, and that his mother's name will be MARY, that his supposed father will be JOSEPH THE CARPENTER; that he will be born in the reign of HEROD THE KING, etc. etc.? No! There are no such details! Then how can you conclude that those 'thousand' Prophecies refer to Jesus (Peace be upon him)?"
1. This was first written in 1976.
What is Prophecy?
The dominee replied: "You see, prophecies are word-pictures of something that is going to happen in the future. When that thing actually comes to pass, we see vividly in these prophecies the fulfillment of what had been predicted in the past." I said: "What you actually do is that you deduce, you reason, you put two and two together." He said: "Yes." I said: "If this is what you have to do with a 'thousand' prophecies to justify your claim with regards to the genuineness of Jesus, why should we not adopt the very same system for Muhummed?"1 The dominee agreed that it was a fair proposition, a reasonable way of dealing with the problem.
I asked him to open up Deuteronomy, chapter 18, verse 18, which he did. I read from memory the verse in Afrikaans, because this was my purpose in having a little practice with the language of the ruling race in South Africa.2
'N PROFEET SAL EK VIR HULLE VERWEK UIT DIE MIDDE VAN HULLE BROERS, SOOS JY IS, EN EK SAL MY WOORDE IN SY MOND LE, EN HY SY SAL AAN HULLE SE ALLE WAT EK HOM BEVEEL. Deut.18: 18.
The English translation reads as follows:-
"I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him."
(HOLY BIBLE) Deuteronomy 18:18.
1. Muhummed is mentioned by name in the Song of Solomon 5:16. The Hebrew word used there is Muhammuddim. The end letters IM is plural of respect majesty and grandeur. Minus "im" the name would be Muhamud translated as "altogether lovely" in the Authorised Version of the Bible or 'The Praised One' 'the one worthy of Praise' i.e. MUHUMMED! (P.B.U.H)
2. If this booklet is translated into any language, please change the Afrikaans words into the local dialect; and do not try a free hand translation of the Biblical quotation. Obtain a Bible in the language in which translation is being made and transcribe exactly as the words occur in that Bible.
Prophet Like Moses
Having recited the verse in Afrikaans, I apologised for my uncertain pronunciation, The dominee assured me that I was doing fine. I enquired: "To whom does this prophecy refer?" Without the slightest hesitation he answered: "JESUS!" I asked: "Why Jesus?... his name is not mentioned here." The dominee replied: "Since prophecies are word-pictures of something that is going to happen in the future, we find that the wordings of this verse adequately describe him. You see the most important words of this prophecy are 'SOOS JY IS' (like unto thee), - LIKE YOU - like Moses, and Jesus is like Moses. I questioned: "In which way is Jesus like Moses?" The answer was: "In the first place Moses was a JEW and Jesus was also a JEW; secondly, Moses was a PROPHET and Jesus was also a PROPHET - therefore Jesus is like Moses and that is exactly what God had foretold Moses - "SOOS JY IS". "Can you think of any other similarities between Moses and Jesus?" I asked. The dominee said that he could not think of any. I replied: "If these are the only two criteria for discovering a candidate for this prophecy of Deuteronomy 18:18, then in that case the criteria could fit any one of the following Biblical personages after Moses:- Solomon, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Malachi, John the Baptist etc., because they were also ALL "Jews" as well as "Prophets". Why should we not apply this prophecy to any one of these prophets, and why only to Jesus? Why should we make fish of one and fowl of another?" The dominee had no reply. I continued: "You see, my conclusions are that Jesus is most unlike Moses, and if I am wrong I would like you to correct me."
Three Unlikes
So saying, I reasoned with him:
"In the FIRST place Jesus is not like Moses, because, according to You - 'JESUS IS A GOD', but Moses is not God. Is this true?" He said: "Yes." I said: "Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses!
"SECONDLY, according to You - 'JESUS DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD', but Moses did not have to die for the sins of the world. Is this true?" He again said: "Yes." I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses!"
"THIRDLY, according to You - 'JESUS WENT TO HELL FOR THREE DAYS', but Moses did not have to go there. Is this true?" He answered meekly: "Y-e-s." I concluded: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses!"
"But dominee," I continued: "these are not hard facts, solid facts, they are mere matters of belief over which the little ones can stumble and fall. Let us discuss something very simple, very easy that if your little ones are called in to hear the discussion, would have no difficulty in following it, shall we?" The dominee was quiet happy at the suggestion.

CHAPTER TWO
Eight Irrefutable Arguments
Father and Mother
(1) "Moses had a father and a mother. Muhummed also had a father and a mother. But Jesus had only a mother, and no human father. Is this true?" He said: "Yes." I said: "DAAROM IS JESUS NIE SOOS MOSES NIE, MAAR MUHUMMED IS SOOS MOSES!" Meaning: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhummed is like Moses!" (By now the reader will realise that I was using the Afrikaans language only for practice purposes. I shall discontinue its use in this narration).
Miraculous Birth
(2) "Moses and Muhummed were born in the normal, natural course, i.e. the physical association of man and woman; but Jesus was created by a special miracle. You will recall that we are told in the Gospel of St. Matthew 1:18 ".....BEFORE THEY CAME TOGETHER,(Joseph the Carpenter and Mary) SHE WAS FOUND WITH CHILD BY THE HOLY GHOST." And St. Luke tells us that when the good news of the birth of a holy son was announced to her, Mary reasoned: "...HOW SHALL THIS BE, SEEING I KNOW NOT A MAN? AND THE ANGEL ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, THE HOLY GHOST SHALL COME UPON THEE, AND THE POWER OF THE HIGHEST SHALL OVERSHADOW THEE..." (Luke 1:35). The Holy Qur’ân confirms the miraculous birth of Jesus, in nobler and sublimer terms. In answer to her logical question:
" O MY LORD! HOW SHALL I HAVE A SON WHEN NO MAN HATH TOUCHED ME? "
The angel says in reply: "EVEN SO: ALLAH CREATETH WHAT HE WILLETH:
WHEN HE HATH DECREED A PLAN, HE BUT SAITH TO IT "BE,"
AND IT IS " 1 (HOLY QUR'AN, 3:47).
It is not necessary for God to plant a seed in man or animal. He merely wills it and it comes into being. This is the Muslim conception of the of birth of Jesus. (When I compared the Qur’ân and the Biblical versions of the birth of Jesus to the head of the Bible Society in our largest City, and when I enquired: "Which version would you prefer to give your daughter, the QUR'ANIC version or the BIBLICAL version?" The man bowed his head and answered: "The Qur’ânic.") In short, I said to the dominee: "Is it true that Jesus was born miraculously as against the natural birth of Moses and Muhummed?" He replied proudly: "Yes!" I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhummed is like Moses. And God says to Moses in the Book of Deuteronomy 18:18 "LIKE UNTO THEE" (Like You, Like Moses) and Muhummed is like Moses."
1. Please open the Holy Qur’ân 3:42 and 19:16 where the birth of Jesus is spoken about; read it with the commentary, note the high position which Jesus and his mother occupy in Islam.
Marriage Ties
(3) "Moses and Muhummed married and begat children, but Jesus remained a bachelor all his life. Is this true?" The dominee said: "Yes." I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhummed is like Moses."
Jesus Rejected by his People
(4) "Moses and Muhummed were accepted as prophets by their people in their very lifetime. No doubt the Jews gave endless trouble to Moses and they murmured in the wilderness, but as a nation, they acknowledged that Moses was a Messenger of God sent to them. The Arabs too made Muhummed's life impossible. He suffered very badly at their hands. After 13 years of preaching in Mecca, he had to emigrate from the city of his birth. But before his demise, the Arab nation as a whole accepted him as the Messenger of Allah. But according to the Bible: 'He (Jesus) CAME UNTO HIS OWN, BUT HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT.' (John 1:11). And even today, after two thousand years, his people- the Jews, as a whole, have rejected him. Is this true?" The dominee said: "Yes." I said: "THEREFORE JESUS IS NOT LIKE MOSES, BUT MUHUMMED IS LIKE MOSES."
"Other-Wordly" Kingdom
(5) "Moses and Muhummed were prophets as well as kings. A prophet means a man who receives Divine Revelation for the Guidance of Man and this Guidance he conveys to God's creatures as received without any addition or deletion. A king is a person who has the power of life and death over his people. It is immaterial whether the person wears a crown or not, or whether he was ever addressed as king or monarch: if the man has the prerogative of inflicting capital punishment - HE IS A KING. Moses possessed such a power. Do you remember the Israelite who was found picking up firewood on Sabbath Day, and Moses had him stoned to death? (Numbers- 15:13). There are other crimes also mentioned in the Bible for which capital punishment was inflicted on the Jews at the behest of Moses. Muhummed too, had the power of life and death over his people.
There are instances in the Bible of persons who were given gift of prophecy only, but they were not in a position to implement their directives. Some of these holy men of God who were helpless in the face of stubborn rejection of their message, were the prophets lot, Jonah, Daniel, Ezra, and John the Baptist. They could only deliver the message, but could not enforce the Law. The Holy Prophet Jesus (Peace p.b.u.h) also belonged to this category. The Christian Gospel clearly confirms this: when Jesus was dragged before the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, Charged for sedition, Jesus made a convincing point in his defence to refute the false charge: JESUS ANSWERED, "MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD': IF MY KINGDOM WERE OF THIS WORLD, THEN WOULD MY SERVANTS FIGHT, THAT I SHOULD NOT BE DELIVERED TO THE JEWS; BUT NOW IS MY KINGDOM NOT FROM HENCE" (John 18:36) This convinced Pilate (A Pagan) that though Jesus might not be in full possession of his mental faculty, he did not strike him as being a danger to his rule. Jesus claimed a spiritual Kingdom only; in other words he only claimed to be a Prophet. Is this true?" The dominee answered: "Yes." I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses but Muhummed is like Moses."
No New Laws
(6) "Moses and Muhummed brought new laws and new regulations for their people. Moses not only gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites, but a very comprehensive ceremonial law for the guidance of his people. Muhummed comes to a people steeped in barbarism and ignorance. They married their step-mothers; they buried their daughters alive; drunkenness, adultery, idolatry, and gambling were the order of the day. Gibbon describe the Arabs before Islam in his "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", THE HUMAN BRUTE, ALMOST WITHOUT SENSE, IS POORLY DISTINGUISHED FROM THE REST OF THE ANIMAL CREATION.' There was hardly anything to distinguish between the "man" and the "animal" of the time; they were animals in human form.
"From this abject barbarism, Muhummed elevated them, in the words of Thomas Carlysle, "into torch-bearers of light and learning.' 'TO THE ARAB NATION IT WAS AS A BIRTH FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT. ARABIA FIRST BECAME ALIVE BY MEANS OF IT. A POOR SHEPHERD PEOPLE, ROAMING UNNOTICED IN ITS DESERTS SINCE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. SEE, THE UNNOTICED BECOMES WORLD NOTABLE, THE SMALL HAS GROWN WORLD-GREAT. WITHIN ONE CENTURY AFTERWARDS ARABIA WAS AT GRANADA ON ONE HAND AND AT DELHI ON THE OTHER. GLANCING IN VALOUR AND SPLENDOUR, AND THE LIGHT OF GENIUS, ARABIA SHINES OVER A GREAT SECTION OF THE WORLD. ..." The fact is that Muhummed gave his people a Law and Order they never had before.
As regards Jesus, when the Jews felt suspicious of him that he might be an impostor with designs to pervert their teachings, Jesus took pains to assure them that he had not come with a new religion - no new laws and no new regulations. I quote his own words: 'THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY THE LAW, OR THE PROPHETS: I AM NOT COME TO DESTROY, BUT TO FULFIL. FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS, ONE JOT OR ONE TITLE SHALL IN NO WISE PASS FROM THE LAW, TILL ALL BE FULFILLED.'(Mathew 5:17-18). In other words he had not come with any new laws or regulation he came only to fulfil the old law. This what he gave the Jews to understand- unless he was speaking with the tongue in his cheek trying to bluff the Jews into accepting him as a man of God and by subterfuge trying to ram a new religion down their throats. No! This Messenger of God would never resort to such fo ul means to subvert the Religion of God. He himself fulfilled the laws. He observed the commandments of Moses, and he respected the Sabbath. At no time did a single Jew point a finger at him to say, 'why don't you fast' or 'why don't you wash your hands before you break bread',which charges they always levied against his disciples, but never against Jesus. This is because as a good Jew he honoured the laws of the prophets who preceded him. In short, he had created no new religion and had brought no new law like Moses and Muhummed. Is this true?" I asked the dominee, and he answered: "Yes." I said: "Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses but Muhummed is like Moses."
How they Departed
(7) "Both Moses and Muhummed died natural deaths, but according to Christianity, Jesus was violently killed on the cross.1 Is this true?" The dominee said: "Yes." I averred: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses but Muhummed is like Moses."
Heavenly Abode
(8) "Moses and Muhummed both lie buried in earth, but according to you, Jesus in heaven. Is this true?" The dominee agreed. I said: "Therefore Jesus is not like Moses but Muhummed is like Moses."
1. For a full exposition of this topic, see "CRUCIFIXION OR CRUCI-FICTION?".

CHAPTER THREE
Further Proofs
Ishmael The First Born
Since the dominee was helplessly agreeing with every point, I said, "Dominee, so far what I have done is to prove only one point out of the whole prophecy- that is proving the phrase 'LIKE UNTO THEE' - 'Like You' - 'Like Moses'. The Prophecy is much more than this single phrase which reads as follows : "I WILL RAISE THEM UP A PROPHET FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN LIKE UNTO THEE......." The emphasis is on the words- "From among their brethren." Moses and his people, the Jews, are here addressed as a racial entity, and as such their 'brethren' would undoubtedly be the Arabs. You see, the Holy Bible speaks of Abraham as the "Friend of God". Abraham had two wives - Sarah and Hagar. Hagar bore Abraham a son - HIS FIRST-BORN- '......And Abraham1 called HIS SON'S name, which Hagar bare Ishmael.' (Genesis 16:15). 'And Abraham took Ishmael HIS SON......" (Genesis 17:23). 'And Ishmael HIS SON was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.'(Genesis 17:25). Up to the age of THIRTEEN Ishmael was the ONLY son and seed of Abraham, when the covenant was ratified between God and Abraham. God grants Abraham another son through Sarah, named Isaac, who was very much the junior to his brother Ishmael.
1. According to the Bible, Abraham's name was Abram before it was changed by God to Abraham.
Arabs and Jews
If Ishmael and Isaac are the sons of the same father Abraham, then they are brothers. And so the children of the one are the BRETHREN of the children of the other. The children of Isaac are the Jews and the Children of Ishmael are the Arabs - so they are BRETHREN to one another. The Bible affirms, 'AND HE (ISHMAEL) SHALL DWELL IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS BRETHREN.' (Genesis 16:12). 'AND HE (ISHMAEL) DIED IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS BRETHREN.(Genesis 25:18). The children of Isaac are the brethren of the Ishmaelites. In like manner Muhummed is from among the brethren of the Israelites because he was a descendant of Ishmael the son of Abraham. This exactly as the prophecy has it- 'FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN'.(Deut.18:18). There the prophecy distinctly mentions that the coming prophet who would be like Moses, must arise NOT from the 'children of Israel' or from 'among themselves', but from among their brethren. MUHUMMED THEREFORE WAS FROM AMONG THEIR BRETHREN!
Words in the Mouth
"The prophecy proceeds further:'.......AND I WILL PUT MY WORDS INTO HIS MOUTH.......' What does it mean when it is said 'I will put my words in your mouth'? You see, when I asked you (the dominee) to open Deuteronomy chapter 18, verse 18, at the beginning, and if I had asked you to read, and if you had read: would I be putting my words into your mouth?" The dominee answered: "No." "But," I continued: "If I were to teach you a language like Arabic about which you have no knowledge, and if I asked you to read or repeat after me what I utter i.e.

(I read them in Arabic )
Would I not be putting these unheard words of a foreign tongue which you utter, into your mouth?" The dominee agreed that it was indeed so. In an identical manner, I said, the words of the Holy Qur’ân, the Revelation vouchsafed by the Almighty God to Muhummed, were revealed.
History tells us that Muhummed was forty years of age. He was in a cave some three miles north of the City of Mecca. It was the 27th night of the Muslim month of Ramadaan. In the cave the Archangel Gabriel commands him in his mother tongue: 'IQRA' which means READ! or PROCLAIM! or RECITE! Muhummed is terrified and in his bewilderment replies " MA ANA BEQARA which means I AM NOT LEARNED! The angel commands him a second time with the same result. For the third time the angel continues.

Now Muhummed, grasps, that what was required of him was to repeat! to rehearse! And he repeats the words as they were put into his mouth:

These are the first five verses, which were revealed to Muhummed, which now occupy the beginning of the 96th chapter of the Holy Qur’ân.
The Faithful Witness
Immediately the angel had departed, Muhummed rushed to his home. Terrified and sweating all over he asked his beloved wife Khadija to 'cover him up!' He lay down, and she watched by him. When he had regained his composure, he explained to her what he had seen and heard. She assured him of her faith in him and that Allah would not allow any terrible thing to happen to him. Are these the confessions of an impostar? Would impostars confess that when an angel of the Lord confronts them with a Message from on High, they get fear-stricken, terrified, and sweating all over, run home to their wives? Any critic can see that his reactions and confessions are that of an honest, sincere man, the man of Truth- 'AL-AMIN' - THE Honest, the Upright, the Truthful.
During the next twenty-three years of his prophetic life, words were 'Put into his mouth', and he uttered them. They made an indeliable impression on his heart and mind: and as the volume of the Sacred Scripture (Holy Qur’ân) grew, they were recorded on palm-leaf fibre, on skins and on the shoulder-blades of animals; and in the hearts of his devoted disciples. Before his demise these words were arranged according to his instructions i n the order in which we find them today in the Holy Qur’ân.
The words (revelation) were actually put into his mouth, exactly as foretold in the prophecy under discussion: 'AND I WILL PUT MY WORDS IN HIS MOUTH.' (Deut. 18:18).
Un-lettered Prophet
Muhummed's experience in the cave of Hira, later to be known as Jabal-un Noor - The Mountain of Light, and his response to that first Revelation is the exact fulfillment of another Biblical Prophecy. In the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 29, verse 12, we read: "AND THE BOOK" (al-Kitaab, al-Qur’ân the 'Reading', the 'Recitation') "IS DELIVERED TO HIM THAT IS NOT LEARNED," (Isaiah 29:12) "THE UNLETTERED PROPHET " (Holy Qur’ân 7:158) and the biblical verse continues : "SAYING, READ THIS, I PRAY THEE:" (the words "I pray thee", are not in the Hebrew manuscripts; compare with the Roman Catholics' "Douay Version and also with the "Revised Standard Versions") "AND HE SAITH, I AM NOT LEARNED." ("I am not learned." is the exact translation of the Arabic words MA ANA BEQARA which Muhummed uttered twice to the Holy Ghost - the Archangel Gabriel, when he was commanded : IQRAA "READ!").
Let me quote the verse in full without a break as found in the "King James Version," or the "Authorised version" as it is more popularly known "AND THE BOOK IS DELIVERED TO HIM THAT IS NOT LEARNED, SAYING, READ THIS I PRAY THEE: AND HE SAITH, I AM NOT LEARNED." (Isaiah 29:12).
Important note:
It may be noted that there were no Arabic Bibles in existence in the 6th Century of the Christian Era when Muhummed lived and preached! Besides, he was absolutely unlettered and unlearned. No human had ever taught him a word. His teacher was his Creator:

Without any human learning, 'he put to shame the wisdom of the learned'."
(12) There are today Arabic Bibles in Fourteen different scripts and dialects for the Arabs alone. See "The Gospels in many tongues".
Grave Warning
"See!" I told the dominee, "how the prophecies fit Muhummed like a glove. We do not have to stretch prophecies to justify their fulfillment in Muhummed."
The dominee replied, "All your expositions sound very well, but they are of no real consequence, because we Christians have Jesus Christ the "incarnate" God, who has redeemed us from the Bondage of Sin!"
I asked, "Not important?" God didn't think so! He went to a great deal of trouble to have His warnings recorded. God knew that there would be people like you who will flippantly, light-heartedly discount his words, so he followed up Deuteronomy 18:18 with a dire warning: "AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, " (it is going to happen) "THAT WHOSOEVER WILL NOT HEARKEN UNTO MY WORDS WHICH HE SHALL SPEAK IN MY NAME, I WILL REQUIRE IT OF HIM. (in the Catholic Bible the ending words are - "I will be the revenger", I will take vengeance from him - I will take revenge!) "Does not this terrify you? God Almighty is threatening revenge! We shake in our pants if some hoodlum threatens us, yet you have no fear of God's warning?"
"Miracle of Miracles! in the verse 19 of Deuteronomy chapter 18, we have a further fulfillment of the prophecy in Muhummed! Note the words-'.....MY WORDS WHICH HE SHALL SPEAK IN MY NAME," In whose name is Muhummed speaking?" I opened Yusuf Ali's translation of the Holy Qur’ân, at chapter 114- 'Sura Nas', or Mankind - the last chapter, and showed him the formula at the head of the chapter:

And the meaning: "IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL." And the heading of chapter 113:

And the meaning: "IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL". And every chapter downwards 112, 111, 110...was the same formula and the same meaning on every page, because the end SURAS (chapters) are short and take about a page each.
"And what did the prophecy demand?' ...WHICH HE SHALL SPEAK IN MY NAME and in whose name does Muhummed speak? 'IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS MOST MERCIFUL.' The Prophecy is being fulfilled in Muhummed to the letter
"Every chapter of the Holy Qur’ân except the 9th begin with the formula:

IN THE NAME OF GOD, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL.' The Muslim begins his every lawful act with the Holy formula. But the Christian begins: "In the name of the Father, son and Holy Ghost.'"1
Concerning Deuteronomy chapter eighteen, I have given you more than 15 reasons as to how this prophecy refers to Muhummed and NOT to Jesus.
1. The Christian theologians are ignorant of even the "name of God. Because "God" is not a name, and "Father" is also not a name. See "WHAT IS HIS NAME?"

CHAPTER FOUR
New Testament Also Confirms
Baptist Contradicts Jesus
In New Testament times, we find that the Jews were still expecting the fulfilment of the prophecy of 'ONE LIKE MOSES', refer John 1:19-25. When Jesus claimed to be the Messiah of the Jews, the Jews began to enquire as to where was Elias? The Jews had a parallel prophecy that before the coming of the Messiah, Elias must come first in his second coming. Jesus confirms this Jewish belief:
"...ELIAS TRULY SHALL FIRST COME, AND RESTORE ALL THINGS. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT ELIAS IS COME ALREADY, AND THEY KNEW HIM NOT...THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD THAT HE SPAKE UNTO THEM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST." (Matthew 17:11-13).
According to the New Testament the Jews were not the ones to swallow the words of any would-be Messiah. In their investigations they underwent intense difficulties in order to find their true Messiah. And this the Gospel of John confirms: "AND THIS IS THE RECORD OF JOHN,"(the Baptist) "WHEN THE JEWS SENT PRIESTS AND LEVITES FROM JERUSALEM TO ASK HIM, WHO ART THOU? AND HE CONFESSED AND DENIED NOT; BUT CONFESSED, I AM NOT THE CHRIST." (This was only natural because there can't be two Messiahs1 at the same time. If Jesus was the Christ then John couldn't be the Christ!) "AND THEY ASKED HIM, WHAT THEN? ART THOU ELIAS? AND HE SAITH, I AM NOT." (Here John the Baptist contradicts Jesus! Jesus says that John is "Elias" and John denies that he is what Jesus ascribes him to be. One of the TWO (Jesus or John), God forbid!, is definitely not speaking the TRUTH! On the testimony of Jesus himself, John the Baptist was the greatest of the Israelite prophets: "VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, AMONG THEM THAT ARE BORN OF WOMEN THERE HAS NOT RISEN A GREATER THAN JOHN THE BAPTIST:... "(Matthew 11:11).
We Muslims know John the Baptist as Hazrut YAHYAA Alai-his-salaam (peace be upon him). We revere him as a true prophet of Allah. The Holy Prophet Jesus known to us as Hazrut ISAA Alai-his-salaam (peace be upon him), is also esteemed as one of the mightiest messenger of the Almighty. How can we Muslims impute lies to either of them? We leave this problem between Jesus and John for the Christians to solve, for their "sacred scriptures" abound in discrepancies which they have been glossing over as the "dark sayings of Jesus"(15). We Muslims are really interested in the last questions posed to John the Baptist by the Jewish elite- "ART THOU THAT PROPHET? AND HE ANSWERED, NO." (John 1:21)
1. The Jews were expecting a single Messiah not two.
2. See the "TIMES" Magazine December 30th, 1974, article "How true is the Bible?" And also see "50,000 Errors in the Bible?" a reproduction from the Christian Magazine "AWAKE!" September 8, 1957.
Three Questions!
Please note that three different and distinct questions were posed to John the Baptist and to which he gave three emphatic "NO'S" as answers. To recapitulate:-

1) ART THOU THE CHRIST?
2) ART THOU ELIAS?
3) ART THOU THAT PROPHET?
But the learned men of Christendom somehow only see two questions implied here. To make doubly clear that the Jews definitely had T-H-R-E-E separate prophecies in their minds when they were interrogating John the Baptist, let us read the remonstrance of the Jews in the verses following:
"AND THEY ASKED HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHY BAPTIZEST THOU THEN, IF THOU BE
a) NOT THAT CHRIST,
b) NOR ELIAS,
c) NEITHER THAT PROPHET?" (John 1:25)
The Jews were waiting for the fulfillment of THREE distinct prophecies: One, the coming of CHRIST. Two the coming of ELIAS, and Three, the coming of THAT PROPHET.
"That Prophet"
If we look up any Bible which has a concordance or cross-references, the we will find in the marginal note where the words "the Prophet", or "that Prophet" occur in John 1:25, that these words refer to the prophecy of Deuteronomy 18:15 and 18. And that 'that prophet' - 'the prophet like Moses' - "LIKE UNTO THEE", we have proved through overwhelming evidence that he was MUHUMMED and not Jesus!
We Muslims are not denying that Jesus was the "Messiah", which word is translated as "Christ".1 We are not contesting the "thousand and one prophecies" which the Christians claim abound in the Old Testament foretelling the coming of the Messiah. What we say is that Deuteronomy 18:18 does NOT refer to Jesus Christ but it is an explicit prophecy about the Holy Prophet MUHUMMED!"
The dominee, very politely parted with me by saying that it was a very interesting discussion and he would like me very much to come one day and address his congregation on the subject. A decade and half has passed since then but I am still awaiting that privilege.
I believe the dominee was sincere when he made the offer, but prejudices die hard and who would like to loose his sheep?
1. How the word Messiah was transmuted to Christ?. See "Christ in Islam"
The Acid Test
To the lambs of Christ I say, why not apply that acid test which the Master himself wanted you to apply to any would be claimant to Prophethood? He had said: "BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. DO MEN GATHER GRAPES FROM THE THORNS, OR FIGS FROM THE THISTLES? EVERY GOOD TREE WILL BEAR GOOD FRUIT AND EVERY EVIL TREE WILL BEAR EVIL FRUIT.... BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. (Matthew 7:16-20).
Why are you afraid to apply this test to the teachings of Muhummed? You will find in the Last Testament of God - the Holy Qur’ân - the true fulfillment of the teachings of Moses and Jesus, which will bring to the world the much-needed peace and happiness. "IF A MAN LIKE MOHAMED WERE TO ASSUME THE DIC TATORSHIP OF THE MODERN WORLD, HE WOULD SUCCEED IN SOLVING ITS PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BRING IT THE MUCH NEEDED PEACE AND HAPPINESS." (George Bernard Shaw)
The Greatest!
The Weekly Newsmagazine "TIME" dated July 15, 1974, carried a selection of opinions by various historians, writers, military men, businessmen and others on the subject: "Who Were History's Great Leaders?" Some said that it was Hitler; others said - Gandhi, Buddha, Lincoln and the like. But Jules Masserman, a United States psychoanalyst put the standards straight by giving the correct criteria wherewith to judge. He said:
"LEADERS MUST FULFIL THREE FUNCTIONS:-
(1) Provide for the well-being of the led,
(2) Provide a social organization in which people feel relatively secure and
(3) Provide them with one set of beliefs."
With the above three criteria he searches history and analyses - Hitler, Pasteur, Gaesar, Moses, Confucius and the lot, and ultimately concludes:
"PEOPLE LIKE PASTEUR AND SALK ARE LEADERS IN THE FIRST SENSE. PEOPLE LIKE GANDHI AND CONFUCIUS, ON ONE HAND, AND ALEXANDER, CAESAR AND HITLER ON THE OTHER, ARE LEADERS IN THE SECOND AND PERHAPS THE THIRD SENSE. JESUS AND BUDDHA BELONG IN THE THIRD CATEGORY ALONE. PERHAPS THE GREATEST LEADER OF ALL TIMES WAS MOHAMMED, WHO COMBINED ALL THREE FUNCTIONS. To a lesser degree, MOSES DID THE SAME."
According to the objective standards set by the Professor of the Chicago University, whom I believe to be Jewish, - JESUS and BUDDHA are now - here in the picture of the "Great Leaders of Mankind", but by a queer coincidence groups Moses and Muhummed together thus adding further weight to the argument that JESUS is not like MOSES, but MUHUMMED is like MOSES: Deut.18:18 "LIKE UNTO THEE" - Like MOSES!
Reverend James L. Dow in Collins Dictionary of the Bible gives further proof, that JESUS is not like MOSES, but MUHUMMED is like Moses: "AS A STATESMAN AND LAWGIVER MOSES IS THE CREATOR OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. HE FOUND A LOOSE CONGLOMERATION OF SEMITIC PEOPLE, NONE OF ......

*Also in "THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RELIGION", Moses is looked upon in the different traditions. Under Moses in Islam; we read
"MOSES IS HIGHLY REGARDED IN ISLAM AS THE GREAT PROPHET WHO FORETOLD THE COMING OF MUHAMMAD, HIS SUCCESSOR...THERE IS MUCH IN THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD THAT IS IMPLICITLY REMINISCENT OF THE MOSES TRADITION.

P121, THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RELIGION, Mircea Eliade (EDITOR IN CHIEF)
Volume 10, Macmillean Publishing Company
In conclusion, I end with a quotation of a Christian Reverend the commentator of the Bible, followed by that of his Master:
"THE ULTIMATE CRITERION OF A TRUE PROPHET IS THE MORAL CHARACTER OF HIS TEACHING." (Prof. Dummelow.)
"BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM." (Jesus Christ)


COME LET US REASON TOGETHER
SAY:"O PEOPLE OF THE BOOK! COME TO COMMON TERMS AS BETWEEN US AND YOU: THAT WE WORSHIP NONE BUT GOD; THAT WE ASSOCIATE NO PARTNERS WITH HIM; THAT WE ERECT NOT, FROM AMONG OURSELVES, LORDS AND PATRONS OTHER THAN GOD." IF THEN THEY TURN BACK,
SAY: "BEAR WITNESS THAT WE (AT LEAST) ARE MUSLIMS (BOWING TO GOD'S WILL)." (SURA AL-I-'IMRAN) Holy Qur’ân 3:64
"PEOPLE OF THE BOOK" is the respectful title given to the Jews and the Christians in the Holy Qur’ân. The Muslims is here commanded to invite - "O People of the Book!" - O Learned People! O People who claim to be the recipients of Divine Revelation, of a Holy Scripture; let us gather together onto a common platform - "that we worship none but God", because none but God is worthy of worship, not because "THE LORD THY GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS UPON THE CHILDREN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION OF THEM THAT HATE ME." (Exodus 20:25). But because He is our Lord and Cherisher, our Sustainer and Evolver, worthy of all praise, prayer and devotion.
In the abstract the Jews and the Christians would agree to all the three propositions contained in this Qur’ânic verse. In practice they fail. Apart from doctrinal lapses from the unity of the One True God, (ALLAH Subhanahu wa ta-ala) there is the question of a consecrated Priesthood (among the Jews it was hereditary also), as if a mere human being - Cohen or Pope, or Priest, or Brahman, - could claim superiority apart from his learning and the purity of his life, or could stand between man and God in some special sense. ISLAM DOES NOT RECOGNISE PRIESTHOOD!
The Creed of Islam is given to us here in a nutshell from Holy Qur’ân:
Say ye: "We believe in Allah, And the revelation given to us, And to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, And that given to Moses and Jesus And that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord: We make no difference Between one and another of them: And we bow to Allah (in Islam)." (SURA BAQARA) Holy Qur’ân 2:136.
The Muslim position is clear. The Muslim does not claim to have a religion peculiar to himself. Islam is not a sect or an ethnic religion. In its view all Religion is one, for the Truth is one. IT WAS THE SAME RELIGION PREACHED BY ALL THE EARLIER PROPHETS. (Holy Qur’ân 42:13). It was the truth taught by all the inspired Books. In essence it amounts to a consciousness of the Will and Plan of God and a joyful submission to that Will and Plan. IF ANYONE WANTS A RELIGION OTHER THAN THAT, HE IS FALSE TO HIS OWN NATURE, AS HE IS FALSE TO GOD'S WILL AND PLAN. Such a one cannot expect guidance, for he has deliberately renounced guidance.

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FASTEST GROWING RELIGION TODAY

Chapter 3
FASTEST GROWING RELIGION TODAY
THE SWORD OF THE INTELECT

The enemy, the sceptic, the missionary and their passive camp followers will not stop bleating that "lslam was spread at the point of the sword!" but they will not venture to answer our question -- "WHO BRIBED CARLYLE!?" In 1840 when Carlyle defended Muhammad (pbuh) and refuted the allegation about the sword, there was nobody around to bribe. The whole Muslim world was in the gutters. The countries of Islam were all under subjugation by the Christians, except for a few like Persia, Afghanistan and Turkey who were only nominally independent. There were no riches to flaunt and no petro-dollars to bribe with!

That was yesterday and many yesterdays ago, but what about today, in modern times? It is claimed that "Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world." The overall increase of all the sects and denominations of Christianity was a staggering 138 per cent with the incredible increase of Islam by 235 per cent in the same period of time of half-a-century. It is further affirmed that in Britain and the United States of America, Islam is the fastest growing faith. It is said that in Britain "There are more Muslims than Methodists in the country." You have a right to ask, "What sword?" The answer is, "THE SWORD INDEED!" {Thomas Carlyle}1 It is the sword of intellect? It is the fulfillment of yet another prophecy; IT IS HE (God Almighty) WHO HAS SENT HIS MESSENGER (Muhammad) WITH GUIDANCE AND THE RELIGION OF TRUTH (Islam) THAT HE MAY MAKE IT PREVAIL OVER ALL RELIGIONS, AND ENOUGH IS GOD FOR A WITNESS.
Holy Qur'an 48:28
The destiny of Islam is spelt out here in the clearest terms. Islam is to master, overcome and supersede every other faith - That He (God Almighty) make it (Islam) prevail over all religions … In Arabic the word is Deen [Usually translated as Religion, which literally Islam is not.] (literally meaning "Way of Life",), to supersede all, whether it be Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianism, [In the time of Thomas Carlyle this was the team applied to Christianity. ] Judaism, Communism or any other "ism." This is the destiny of Allah's Deen. The same Qur'anic Verse is repeated in chapter 61 verse 9 which ends with this slight variation - (Never mind) Though the unbelievers might be averse to it (Islam).

TRIUMPH OF ISLAM
Islam will prevail. It is the promise of God, and His Promise is true. But how? With the sword? Not even if we had the laser gun! Could we use it? The Holy Qur'an forbids us to use force as a means of converting! Yet the verse prophesies that Islam would be the most dominant of religions. The triumphs of its doctrines have already started and is gaining hold over the religious ideology and doctrines of the various schools of thought in the world. Though not in the name of Islam, but in the name of reformation and amendments, the doctrines of Islam are being fastly grafted into the various religious orders. Many things which are exclusively Islamic and which were formerly unknown, or which were being opposed before with tooth and nail by the other creeds, are now part of their believes. The Brotherhood of man The abolition of the Caste system and untouchability The right of women to inherit Opening the places of worship to all. Prohibition of all intoxicants The true concept of the Unity of God etc. etc.
Just one word on the last subject above, before we proceed further. Ask any theist, polytheist, [. Polytheist: One who believes in many gods] pantheist, [Pantheist: The one who believes that everything is god. Of course the "trinitarian,'' you already know ] or trinitarian: how many Gods he believes in? He will shudder to say anything other than ONE! This is the EFFECT of the strict monotheism of Islam.

THE CREED OF MOHAMED IS FREE FROM THE SUSPICIONS OF AMBIGUITY AND THE KORAN IS A GLORIOUS TESTIMONY TO THE UNITY OF GOD.
Gibbon in his "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.''
VERDICT OF NON-MUSLIM ORIENTALS
Almost all the defenders of Muhammad (phuh) who spoke out against the false theory that he spread his religion at the point of the sword, were Westerners. Let us now hear what some non-Muslim Easterners have to say on the subject:

8a. THE MORE I STUDY THE MORE I DISCOVER THAT THE STRENGTH OF ISLAM DOES NOT LIE IN THE SWORD.
Mahatma Gandhi - the father of modern India, in "Young India."
b. THEY {Muhammad's critics} SEE FIRE INSTEAD OF LIGHT, UGLINESS INSTEAD OF GOOD. THEY DISTORT AND PRESENT EVERY GOOD QUALITY AS A GREAT VICE. IT REFLECTS THEIR OWN DEPRAVITY... THE CRITICS ARE BLIND. THEY CANNOT SEE THAT THE ONLY ‘SWORD' MUHAMMAD WIELDED WAS THE SWORD OF MERCY, COMPASSION, FRIENDSHIP AND FORGIVENESS - THE SWORD THAT CONQUERS ENEMIES AND PURIFIES THEIR HEARTS. HIS SWORD WAS SHARPER THAN THE SWORD OF STEEL.
Pandit Gyanandra Dev Sharma Shastri, at a meeting in Gorakhpur lndia). 1928
c. HE PREFERRED MIGRATION TO FIGHTING HIS OWN PEOPLE, BUT WHEN OPPRESSION WENT BEYOND THE PALE OF TOLERANCE HE TOOK UP HIS SWORD IN SELF-DEFENCE. THOSE WHO BELIEVE RELIGION CAN BE SPREAD BY FORCE ARE FOOLS WHO NEITHER KNOW THE WAYS OF RELIGION NOR THE WAYS OF THE WORLD. THEY ARE PROUD OF THIS BELIEF BECAUSE THEY ARE A LONG, LONG WAY AWAY FROM THE TRUTH.
A Sikh journalist in "Nawan Hindustan," Delhi, 17 November 1947.
It was Rudyard Kipling who said, "East is East and West Is West, never the twain shall meet!" He was wrong! In the defence of Muhammad {pbuh}, all, who are not blinded by prejudice will converge.

THREE OTHER STANDARDS
Fourteen years after Thomas Carlyle had delivered his lecture on his Hero Prophet, a Frenchman by the name of Lamartine wrote the history of the Turks. Incidentally, the Turks being Muslims, Lamartine touched on some aspects of Islam and its founder. Like our Jules Wasserman (see page 10) of current times, who had conceived three objective standards for discovering greatness of leadership; Lamartine had over 2 century ago thought of three other objective standards for conferring GREATNESS. We must give credit to the Westemer for this type of insight. Lamartine opines:
9. IF GREATNESS OF PURPOSE, SMALLNESS OF MEANS AND ASTOUNDING RESULTS [The full quotation from Lamartine's book will be found in appendix''B" page 61. ] ARE THE THREE CRITERIA OF HUMAN GENIUS, WHO COULD DARE TO COMPARE ANY GREAT MAN IN MODERN HISTORY WITH MUHUMMED? {Lamartine ends his lengthy segment of literary masterpiece with the words): . . . PHILOSOPHER, ORATOR, APOSTLE, LEGISLATOR, WARRIOR, CONQUEROR OF IDEAS, RESTORER OF RATIONAL BELIEFS, OF A CULT WITHOUT IMAGES: THE FOUNDER OF TWENTY TERRESTRIAL EMPIRES AND OF ONE SPIRITUAL EMPIRE, THAT IS MUHUMMED. AS REGARDS ALL STANDARDS BY WHICH HUMAN GREATNESS MAY BE MEASURED, WE MAY WELL ASK, IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THEN HE? Lamartine, "Historie de la Turquie," Paris 1854
The answer to his question, "Is there any man greater than he?" is reposed in the question itself. By implication he is saying . . . "there is no man greater than Muhammad. Muhammad is the greatest man that ever lived!" And have We not raised high the esteem (in which) thou (O Muhammad are held)?

MOST CERTAINLY THOU HAST, O MY LORD! Holy Quran 94:4
Before we absolve Lamartine of any favouritism, partiality, or of the charge of being bribed, we will scrutinize his three standards, and whether they can be justified in the case of Muhammad {pbuh).

1. GREATNESS OF PURPOSE
History of the time will tell you that it was the darkest period in the history of mankind when Muhammad {pbuh} was commanded to declare his mission. The need was for the raising of prophets in every corner of the world, or the sending of one Master Messenger for the whole of mankind, to deliver them from falsehood, superstition, selfishness, polytheism, wrong and oppression. It was to be the reclamation of the whole of humanity. And God Almighty in His wisdom chose His prophet from the backwaters of Arabia as His universal Messenger. Thus He records in His Noble Book
AND WE SENT THEE NOT {O Mubammad}, BUT AS A MERCY UNTO {all} THE WORLDS. Holy Quran 21:107
"There is no question now of race or nation, of a "chosen people" or the "seed of Abraham," or the "seed of David": or of Hindu Arya varta; of Jew or Gentile. Arab or 'Ajam {Persian), Turk or Tajik, European or Asiatic, White or Coloured; Aryan, Semitic, Mongolian, or African: or American, Australian, or Polynesian. To all men and creatures who have any spiritual responsibility, the principles universally apply."
Abdulbh Yusut Ali [Get your copy now of Yusuf Ali's English translation and cornrnentary, with over 6000 annotations. Obtain a copy for your non-Muslim friend, also.]

JESUS {PBUH) DlSCRIMINATES
Muhammad's (pbuh) immediate predecessor advised his disciples, "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs" (meaning non-Jews}, "Neither cast ye your pearls before swine" (meaning non-Jews, Matthew 7:6). The Gospel writers are unanimous in recording that Christ lived by the precepts which he preached. In his lifetime he did not preach to a single non-Jew. In fact he spurned a gentile woman who sought his spiritual blessings {"the woman was a Greek'' Mark 7:26). Then during the "Passover" season in Jerusalem when the master with his disciples had congregated for the occasion, certain Greeks hearing of his reputation sought an audience with him for spiritual enlightenment, but Jesus {pbuh} gave them the "cold shoulder'' [Means a deliberately unkind or unfriendly treatment; a slight; a snub.] as narrated by St.
John:
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

The same came therefore to Philip . . . and desired him saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
John 12:20-22


SELF GLORIFICATION
The verses that follow do not even record the courtesy of "Yea,yea;" or "Nay, nay;" (Yes, yes or no, no of Matthew 5:37). They continue with his own praise
And Jesus answered them (Andrew and Philip), saying, The hour is come, that the son of man (referring to himself} should be glorified. John 12:23

HIGHEST STANDARDS
Muhammad (pbuh) could never afford any such latitudes. Remember, how the Almighty reminded him of the
highest etiquette required from him. Even the thought of being ruffled by the untimely intrusion of a blind man, was not accepted from him {see page 22 "He frowned']. As a universal Messenger, God set for him the most lofty standards: And Most Certainly, Thou (O Muhammad) Are of most sublime And Exalted Character. Holy Quran 68:4
And his diocese, his field of mission? The whole of mankind!
And We sent thee not (O Muhammad), but as a mercy unto (all) the worlds. Holy Quran 21:107
UNIVERSAL MESSENGER
These are not mere platitudes; beautiful sentiments bereft of action. Muhammad (pbuh) practised what he preached. Among his first Sahabas (companions) and converts, beside the Arabs can be counted Bilal the Abyssinian, Salman the Persian and Abdullah Bin-Salaam the Jew. The sceptics may say that his outreach was simply incidental but what can they say about the historical fact that before his demise, he sent out five epistles, one to each of the five surrounding countries, inviting them to accept the religion of Islam.
1. The Emperor of Persia
2. The King of Egypt
3. The Negus of Abyssinia
4. The Emperor Hiraclius at Constantinople, and
5. The King of Yemen
Thus he set the example for the fulfilment of his impelling mission, his "greatness of purpose," the reclamation of the whole of humanity into the Master's fold. Is there another example of such universality in another religion? Muhammad (pbuh) was not out to set or to break any records, he was simply carrying out the trust that was reposed in him by the Lord of Creation!
1. SMALLNESS OF MEANS
Muhammad (pbuh) was born with no silver spoon in his mouth. His life begins with infinitesimal support. His father had died before he was bom. His mother dies by the time he was six years old. He was doubly-orphaned at this tender age, his grandfather Abdul-Muttalib takes charge of the child, but within three years he also died. As soon as he was able, he began to look after his uncle Abu Talib's sheep and goats for his keep. Contrast this poor, double-orphaned Arab child with some of the great religious personalities that preceded him, and you must marvel at what Destiny had in store for him!
Abraham (pbuh) the spiritual father of Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (May the peace of God be upon them all), was the son of a very successful businessman of his time. Moses (pbuh) was reared in the house of Pharoah. Jesus (pbuh) though described as "a carpenter and the son of a carpenter," was well endowed with learning as well as material means. Peter, Philip, Andrew, etc. all downed tools and followed him to be at his beck and call, not because he had any halo [Halo.- An imaginary luminous ring or disc surrounding the head of saintly men and women in religious paintings.] on his head; there was no such thing, but because of his affluent attire and princely bearing. He could command mansions in Jerusalem for himself and his disciples even during the height of the festive season; and have sumptuous suppers arranged; and you could hear him reproach the materialistic Jews -
And when they found him (Jesus) on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
Jesus answered them and said, "most assuredly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw the signs, [The veracity of the Messiah's message and his mission.] but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. John 6:25-26
NOTHING TO OFFER
Muhammad (pbuh) had no bread nor meat to offer, no sugar-plums of any kind, in this world or the next! The only thing he could offer his bedraggled, poor shepherd people was trial and tribulations and the strait-jacketing of their lives here on earth and the good pleasures of God in the Hereafter. The life of the Prophet was an open book before them. He had shown them as to what he was; the nobility of his character, his integrity of purpose, his earnestness and fiery enthusiasm for the truth he had come to preach revealed the hero; and they followed him. Mr. Stanley Lane Poole's estimate of our hero is so beautiful and yet so truthful that I cannot resist the temptation of quoting it here:
HE WAS AN ENTHUSIAST IN THAT NOBLEST SENSE WHEN ENTHUSIASM BECOMES THE SALT OF THE EARTH, THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS MEN FROM ROTTING WHILST THEY LIVE.
ENTHUSIASM IS OFTEN USED DESPITEFULLY, BECAUSE IT IS JOINED TO AN UNWORTHY CAUSE, OR FALLS UPON BARREN GROUND AND BEARS NO FRUIT. SO WAS IT NOT WITH MOHAMMED. HE WAS AN ENTHUSIAST WHEN ENTHUSIASM WAS THE ONE THING NEEDED TO SET THE WORLD AFLAME, AND HIS ENTHUSIASM WAS NOBLE FOR A NOBLE CAUSE. HE WAS ONE OF THOSE HAPPY FEW WHO HAVE ATTAINED THE SUPREME JOY OF MAKING ONE GREAT TRUTH THEIR VERY LIFE-SPRING.
HE WAS THE MESSENGER OF THE ONE GOD, AND NEVER TO HIS LIFE'S END DID HE FORGET WHO HE WAS, OR THE MESSAGE WHICH WAS THE MARROW OF HIS BEING. HE BROUGHT HIS TIDINGS TO HIS PEOPLE WITH A GRAND DIGNITY SPRUNG FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS HIGH OFFICE, TOGETHER WITH A MOST SWEET HUMILITY, WHOSE ROOTS LAY IN THE KNOW-LEDGE OF HIS OWN WEAKNESS."
It may easliy be conceded that Muhammad (pbuh) was blessed with the flimsiest of human resources. In fact the odds were loaded against him. But what about his fortune towards the end of his earthly sojourn? He was the overlord of the whole of Arabia! What about the endless means at his disposal then? We will allow a Christian missionary to answer that -
HE WAS CAESAR AND POPE IN ONE, BUT HE WAS POPE WITHOUT THE POPE'S PRETENTIONS, AND CAESAR WITHOUT THE LEGIONS OF CAESAR: WITHOUT A STANDING ARMY, WITHOUT A BODYGUARD, WITHOUT A PALACE, WITHOUT A FIXED REVENUE; IF EVER ANY MAN HAD THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT HE RULED BY THE RIGHT DIVINE, IT WAS MOHAMMAD, FOR HE HAD ALL THE POWERS WITHOUT ITS INSTRUMENTS AND WITHOUT ITS SUPPORTS." R. Bosworth Smith -Mohammad and Mohammadanism", London 1874, p. 92
HIS HANDICAPS
His "weakness" was his strength. The very fact that he had no material means of support made him to put his entire trust in God, and God the Merciful did not forsake him. His success was all the more staggering. May not the Muslims justly say, the entire work was the work of God? And Muhammad (pbuh) his Instrument?

OUTSTANDING RESULTS
In the words of Thomas Carlyle - "One man against all men," [See full quotation by Thomas Carlyle on page 31.] to a hundred and twenty four thousand at the Farewell pilgrimage alone. How many were left behind of men, women and children, believers all?
On the 12th of RABI I., in the 11 th year after the Hijra, [Hijra literally means Migration.] approximating to the 8th of June 632 of the Christian Era, whilst praying earnestly in whisper, the spirit of the great Prophet took flight to the "blessed companion-ship on high" (Ibn Hisham).
Hazrat Omar (May Allah be pleased with him), on receiving the sad news of the demise of the Holy Prophet, lost his bearings. He was so shocked that he blurted out "if anyone says that Muhammad is dead, I will chop off his head!" Hazrat Abu Bakr As-Siddiq presently verified that the Master had indeed departed from this world; and coming out from the Prophet's apartment announced to the gathering throng outside, that, "Muhammad (pbuh) had indeed passed away. Those that worshipped Muhammad," he said, "'Let them know that Muhammad is dead, but those who worship Allah, let them know that Allah lives for ever!"
This brought Omar al-Farooq (R.A.) back to his senses. Could this man who was to become the second great Khaleefah of Islam at this moment imagine that fourteen hundred years later there would be a thousand million followers of Muhammad (pbuh) at one time? Could he have visualized that the religion of the Prophet would be the fastest growing religion in the world?1
Christianity had a 600-year start on Islam. Numerically the Christians claim to outnumber the followers of any other faith; this is true but let us look at the picture in its true perspective -
THERE ARE MORE PROFESSING CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD THAN PROFESSING MUSLIMS, BUT THERE ARE MORE PRACTISING MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD THAN PRACTISING CHRISTIANS.
(Emphasis added) R.V.C. Bodley (the American) in "The Messenger: The Life of Mohammed." U.S.A. 1969
1 understand from the above that Mr. Bodley is trying to tell us that there are people in the world who, when filling their census forms, will tick off the term Christian under "Religion." It is not necessarily that they believe in the dogmas of Christianity. They could actually be atheists or bush-Baptists, [Bush-Baptist: There are forty different Baptist Churches in the United States of America. But bush-Baptists are people with strong religious feelings yet will not go to any Church; and will not affiliate with any sect or denomination.]as opposed to being a Jew or Hindu or Muslim; coming from a Christian background they would for the purpose of convenience label themselves "Christian." From that point of view, and from the point of view that a person who practises what he believes, there would be more Muslims in the world than Christians. Chronologically, Islam is six hundred years behind Christianity, but amazingly it is at least a very close second, and is catching up fast - the fastest growing religion in the world today (see chart on page 34). "One Billion!" The figure is outstanding and the sincerity and practise of the Believers astonishing!
Taking into account his own three objective standards: (a) "greatness of purpose;" (b) "smallness of means;" and (c) "outstanding results;" does Lamartine dare to produce another candidate greater than Muhammad (pbuh)? He further awes his readers with the multifarious roles of Muhammad (pbuh) in which he excelled, ie. Philosopher, Orator, Apostle, Legislator, Warrior, Conqueror of Ideas, the Restorer of Rational Beliefs, of a Cult without Images, the Founder of twenty Terrestrial Empires and of one Spiritual Empire, that Is Muhammad. As regards ALL standards (I repeat "ALL") by which Human Greatness may be measured, we may well ask, "IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?" (Emphasis added).
No! Muhammad (pbuh) was the greatest man that ever lived! According to Lamartine the French historian. And God Almighty questions –
And Have We not raised high the esteem (in which) thou (O Muhammad) are held?
MOST ASSUREDLY THOU HAST, O MY LORD! Holy Quran 94:4
THE QUALITY OF MERCY
The Christian propagandists make the wild boast that there is nothing in the history of mankind to compare with the merciful and forgiving cry of Jesus (pbuh) on the cross ... "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
Luke 23:34
Amazing as it may sound, of the four writers of the Canonical Gospels, only St. Luke was inspired by the Holy ghost (?) to pen these words. The other three - Matthew, Mark and John never heard these words or they felt them to be too insipid or not important enough for recording. St. Luke was not even one of the twelve disciples selected by Jesus (pbuh). According to the revisers of the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible, these words are not in the most ancient manuscripts which by implication means that they are an interpolation.
In "The New King James Version," (Copyrighted by the Thomas Nelson Publishers inr 1984), we are told that these words are "not in the original text" of the Greek manuscripts of St. Luke. In other words they have been fabricated by some pious gentleman. Although the quotation is unauthentic, we will still entertain it because it demonstrates great piety of loving one's enemies and of unsurpassed forgiveness as preached by the Master himself.
For forgiveness to be of any worth, the forgiver must be in a position to forgive. If the victim of injustice is still in the clutches of his enemies; in that helpless position and he would cry out, "I FORGIVE YOU!" it would be meaningless. But if the aggrieved party had turned the tables on his enemies and was in a position of taking revenge or exact retribution, and yet say "I forgive you!", only then would it mean something!
MUHAMMAD'S (PBUH) CLEMENCY
Contrast the alleged forgiveness from the "cross" with the historical bloodless conquest of Makkah by Muhammad (pbuh) at the head of ten thousand "saints" [A fulfilment of another prophecy in Muhammad (pbuh). "...He came from mount Paran (that is in Arabia), and he came with ten thousand saints..." Deuteronomy 33:2.] (his companions).

"THE CITY WHICH HAD TREATED HIM SO CRUELLY, DRIVEN HIM AND HIS FAITHFUL BAND FOR REFUGE AMONGST STRANGERS, WHICH HAD SWORN HIS LIFE AND THE LIVES OF HIS DEVOTED DISCIPLES, LAY AT HIS FEET. HIS OLD PERSECUTERS RELENTLESS AND RUTHLESS, WHO HAD DISGRACED HUMANITY BY INFLICTING CRUEL OUTRAGES UPON INOFFENSIVE MEN AND WOMEN, AND EVEN UPON THE LIFELESS DEAD, WERE NOW COMPLETELY AT HIS MERCY. BUT IN THE HOUR OF HIS TRIUMPH EVERY EVIL SUFFERED WAS FORGOTTEN, EVERY INJURY INFLICTED WAS FORGIVEN, AND A GENERAL AMNESTY WAS EXTENDED TO THE POPULATION OF MAKKAH ..." Sayed Amir Ali in "The Spirit of Islam"
Calling before him the populace of the vanquished city, he addressed them with "What do you expect at my hands today?" His people had known him too well, even from his childhood so they replied, "Mercy, 0 generous brother and nephew!" Tears came into the eyes of the Prophet, and he said, "I will speak to you as Joseph spoke unto his brethren, I will not reproach you today: go you are free!"
And now a scene was enacted of which there is really no parallel in the history of the world. Hosts upon hosts came forward and adopted the religion of Islam. God Almighty testifies as to the lofty and exalted behaviour of His Messenger - Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct). Holy Quran 33:21
How well has Lamartine1 unknowingly echoed these sentiments -
"AS REGARDS ALL STANDARDS BY WHICH HUMAN GREATNESS MAY BE MEASURED, WE MAY WELL ASK, IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?"
In reply, we too can say once more, "No! there is no man greater than Muhammad (pbuh). Muhammad (pbuh) was the greatest man that ever lived!"
So far, our hero has earned the unsolicited and ungrudging tributes from many non-Muslims of different religious persuasions and from varying intellectual fields of endeavour. But all this still remains incomplete without the Master's verdict; Muhammad's (pbuh) predecessor - Jesus Christ, (pbuh). We will now apply his own standard for evaluating greatness.
JOHN THE BAPTIST
1. John the Baptist, ["JOHN- not to be confused with John the disciple of Jesus (pbuh). A very common name among the Jews and Arabs, even today, like Tarik Aziz the recent Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs. Real name Tarik Hanna Aziz; Hanna short for Yuhanna meaning John. No one in the non-Arab Muslim world knowing that our friend is a Christian Marxist.] Known throughout the Muslim world as Hazrat Yahya Alaihis-salaam (Peace be upon him) was a contemporary prophet of the Messiah. They were also cousins. Here is what the Master has to say of him:
2. Full quotation of Larmartine will be found in Appendix "B" on page 61.
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist:Matthew 11:11
Every son of man is "born of women." By this very fact John the Baptist is greater than Moses, David, Solomon, Abraham or Isaiah; none of the Israelite prophets excluded. What gives John this ascendancy over every other prophet? It could not be any miracle, because the Bible records none to his credit. It could not be his teachings, because he brought no new laws or regulations. Then what makes him the greatest? Simply because he was the heralder, a pre-cursor, a harbinger of the happy news of the coming of the Messiah. This is what made John the greatest, but Jesus (pbuh) claims that he himself was even greater than the greatest (ie. John). Why?
But I have greater witness than that of John (the Baptist): For The Works which the Father hath given me to finish: (Emphasis added) John 5:36
It is the "witness," the commission which God Almighty had entrusted him with, which makes Jesus (pbuh) greater than even John. Applying these very standards as enunciated by the Master, we find that -
1. John the Baptist was the greatest of all the Israelite prophets, because he heralded the mighty Messiah (Jesus pbuh). Similarly Jesus (pbuh) would be greater than even John because he heralded "The Spirit of Truth, the Comforter," who was to guide mankind into all Truth (of the Gospel of St. John, chapter 16). [ For a detalted explanation about this prophecy, obtain today your FREE copy of the book -MUHUMMED (pbuh) the Natural Successor to CHRIST (pbuh) from the IPCI.]
2. The diocese, the mission of Jesus (pbuh), or "the works which God had given him to accomplish," was limited to the Lost sheep of the House of Israel (Matthew 15:24), whereas the mission of Muhammad (pbuh) was universal. He had been told -
And we have sent thee not (O Muhammad), but as a Mercy unto (all) the worlds. Holy Quran 21:107
In keeping with his grand commission, Muhammad (pbuh) consistently delivered his Message to one and all who would hear, irrespective of race, class or creed, He welcomed them all in the religion of God, without any discrimination. He had no thought of dividing the creatures of God into "dogs and pigs" (Matthew 7:6) or into "sheep and goats" (Matthew 25:32). He was the Messenger of the One True God, who was sent as a Mercy unto all mankind, nay, unto the whole universe (H.Q. 21:107 above). And, he never forgot this mission even right up to his dying day.
Towards the end of his earthly sojourn, when he could look back to a hectic and dangerous past, now crowned with success; he now feels that he could sit back and enjoy the fruits of his toil; he dreams of a life free from turmoil and full of satisfaction and relaxation. Not for him! There is no time to rest or relax. There is work still to be done. God Almighty reminds him - - WE HAVE NOT SENT THEE (O MUHAMMAD) BUT TO THE WHOLE OF MANKIND.
AS A GIVER OF GLAD TIDINGS AND AS A WARNER,
BUT MOST OF MANKIND STILL DO NOT KNOW.
Holy Quran 34:28 [This is your last chance to memorize the text and the translation of this verse. It you are lackadaisical, we can only mourn your loss.]
How was he to respond to this new challenge in his ripening old age? There were no electronic gadgets of modern communication methods at his disposal; there were no telex and fax machines which he could exploit. What could he do? Being an ummi (unlettered), he called the scribes and dictated five letters, one each to the Emperor at Constantinople, the King of Egypt, the Negus of Abyssinia, the King of Yemen and to the Emperor in Persia. He called forth five Sahaaba (his holy companions) with five Arab steeds and set them out in five different directions inviting the nations of the world to the universal religion of God.
I had the good fortune of seeing one of those holy epistles in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul (old Constantinople) Turkey. That letter is collecting dust! Materially the Turks have preserved the parchment. But the Message is collecting dust, as I have said.
The letter begins, "From Muhammad the Messenger of God, to Heraclius the Emperor at Constantinople:
Accept Islam and be benefited." followed by this exhortation from the Book of God - -
SAY: "O PEOPLE OF THE BOOK! ["People of the Book," stands for the Jews and the Christians. You will never have it so good for learning Allah's Kalaam. Don't ignore this opportunity. Memorize the verses as they occur.]
COME TO COMMON TERMS AS BETWEEN US AND YOU:
THAT WE WORSHIP NONE BUT GOD;
THAT WE ASSOCIATE NO PARTNERS WITH HIM;
THAT WE ERECT NOT, FROM AMONG OURSELVES, LORDS AND PATRONS OTHER THAN GOD."
IF THEN THEY TURN BACK, SAY YE: "BEAR WITNESS THAT WE (AT LEAST) ARE MUSLIMS (BOWING TO GOD'S WILL) Holy Quran 3:64
After the above Quranic insertion in the letter, it is concluded with felicitation in the Prophet's own words, ending with a seal on which is inscribed - "There is no other object of worship but Allah, and Muhammad is His Messenger."
The letter in Turkey arouses our curiosity; and interest with regards to its preservation, but the preservation itself is lost upon the sightseer. The same Quranic Message is in almost every Muslim home; being read and re-read a thousand times over without the reader being moved to deliver its Message to the addressees!
Glance once more at the above verse. It is addressed to the "ahle-Kitaab," - the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians. But, for over a thousand years we have utterly ignored that great directive at our own peril. We are sitting on that Message like a cobra on a pile of wealth, keeping the rightful heirs at bay. This utter neglect will continue to inflict untold suffering to the Ummah for generations to come.
After over fourteen hundred years of our reading, and chanting the Quran in every rhythmic style, we still hear this poignant cry:
But Most of mankind still do not know. Holy Quran 34:28
This is the concluding phrase of the verse revealed fourteen hundred years ago. It was the factual situation of the then religious world. The question which must be asked is if it is any different today? Not at all! There are today more Mushriks in the world than there are believers in the One True God.
Is there any hope of changing this situation? Allah commanded His Prophet then as He is commanding us now through the first seven verses of Sura Muddaththir (chapter 74).
1. 0 THOU WRAPPED UP (IN A MANTLE)! "As usual, there is these wonderful early mystical verses (including the ones that follow), a triple thread of thought:
(a) A particular occasion or person is referred to
(b) a general spiritual lesson is taught, and
(c) a more profound mystical reverie is suggested.
As to (a), the Prophet was now past the stage of personal contemplation. Wearing his mantle; he was now to go forth and boldly deliver his Message and publicly proclaim Allah The One True God. His heart had always been purified, but now all his outward doings must be dedicated to God, and conventional respect for ancestral customs or worship must be thrown aside. The work of his Messengership was the most generous that could flow from his personality, but no reward or appreciation was to be expected from his people, but quite the contrary, there would be much call on his patience, but his contentment would arise from the good pleasure of God.
As to (b), similar stages arise in a minor degree in the life of every good man, for which the Prophet's life is to be a universal pattern.
As to (c), the Sufis understand, by the mantle and outward wrappings, the circumstances of our phenomenal existence, which are necessary to our physical comfort up to a certain stage; but we soon outgrow them, and our inner nature should then boldly proclaim itself, not that it brings any credit or reward with men; the very hope of expectation of such would be inconsistent with our higher nature, which should bear all checks and rejoice in the favour of God."
2. ARISE AND DELIVER THY WARMING!
3. AND THY LORD DO THOU MAGNIFY!
4. AND THY GARMENTS KEEP FREE FROM STAIN!
5. AND ALL ABOMINATION SHUN!
"(a) Rujz or Rijz means abomination and is usually understood to mean idolatry. It is even possible that there was an idol called RUJZ. But these days it has a wider significance as including a mental state opposed to true worship, a state of doubt or indecision."
6. NOR EXPECT, IN GIVING, ANY INCREASE (FOR THYSELF)!
"(b) The legal and commercial formula is that you give in order to receive what is worth to you a little more than you give, but expect nothing from the receiver. You serve God and God's creatures."
7. BUT, FOR THY LORD'S (CAUSE) BE PATIENT AND CONSTANT! (c) [Remember to memorize Allah's Kalaam with its meaning]
Holy Quran 74:1-7
"(c) Our zeal for God's Cause itself requires that we should not be impatient, and that we should show constancy in our efforts for His Cause. For we have faith, and we know that He is All-Good, All-Wise, and All-Powerful, and everything will ultimately be right." AbdullahYusuf Ali [The English translation and the commentaries were by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Obtain your volume from the IPCI at a specially subsidised price. Ako order a volume for your non-Muslim friends.]
To the Arabs in general and to our Holy Prophet in particular "a mantle" was the protective covering used for protection against the sun, wind and sand. He was so to say girding himself, rolling up his sleeves, to accomplish his task. Although most of the Muslims in the world do not cover themselves with shawls (mantles), in their day to day living, they carry a host of mantles in the way of inferiority complexes.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE GOD'S LIGHT SHINE FORTH THROUGH THE DARKNESS AROUND US?
WE MUST FIRST LET IT SHINE IN OUR OWN TRUE SELVES WITH THAT LIGHT IN THE NICHE OF OUR INMOST HEARTS WE CAN WALK WITH STEPS BOTH FIRM AND SURE: WE CAN HUMBLY VISIT THE COMFORTLESS AND GUIDE THEIR STEPS. NOT WE, BUT THE LIGHT WILL GUIDE! BUT OH! THE JOY OF BEING FOUND WORTHY TO BEAR THE TORCH, AND TO SAY TO OUR BRETHREN- "I TOO WAS IN DARKNESS, COMFORTLESS, AND BEHOLD, I HAVE FOUND COMFORT AND JOY IN THE GRACE DIVINE!" THUS SHOULD WE PAY THE DUES OF BROTHERHOOD, - - BY WALKING HUMBLY SIDE BY SIDE, IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD, WITH MUTUAL AID AND COMFORT, AND HEARTFELT PRAYER,
BACKED BY ACTION, THAT GOD'S GOOD PURPOSE MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED, IN US ALL TOGETHER!
BUT MOST OF MANKIND STILL DO NOT KNOW
Thus spake, inspired our Holy prophet, Muhammad (pbuh) on whom we invoke God's blessings for ever and ever - AAMEEN!
APPENDIX "A"
He attained the height of eminence by his perfection;
He dispelled the darkness (of the world) by his grace;
Excellent were all his qualities,
Pray for blessings on him and his descendants.
Shaikh Sa'di Sheeraazi (RA)

APPENDIX "B"
"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad?
The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. This man Muhammed moved not only armies, legislations, empires, peoples nd dynasties, but millions of men; and more than that the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and the souls. On the basis of a Book, every letter of which has become law, he created a spiritual nationality which blended together peoples of every tongue and of every race ... The idea of the unity of God, proclaimed amidst the exhaustion of fabulous theologies, was in itself such a miracle that upon its utterance from his lips it destroyed all the ancient superstitions ... His endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death: all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma was twofold, the unity of God and the Immateriality of God; the former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not ...
... "PHILOSOPHER, ORATOR, APOSTLE, LEGISLATOR, WARRIOR, CONQUEROR OF IDEAS, RESTORER OF RATIONAL BELIEFS, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. AS REGARDS ALL STANDARDS BY WHICH HUMAN GREATNESS MAY BE MEASURED, WE MAY WELL ASK, IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?"
(Lamartine, Historie de la Turquie, Paris 1854, Vol II pp.276-277).

APPENDIX "C"
JULES MASSERMAN, U.S. psychoanalyst
TIME, JULY 15, 1974
Leaders must fulfil three functions - - - provide for the well-being of the led, provide a social organization in which people feel relatively secure, and provide them with one set of beliefs. People like Pasteur and Salk are leaders in the first sense.
People like Gandhi and Confucius, on one hand, and Alexander, Caesar and Hitler on the other, are leaders in the second and perhaps the third sense. Jesus and Buddha belong in the third category alone. PERHAPS THE GREATEST LEADER OF ALL TIMES WAS MOHAMMED, WHO COMBINED ALL THREE FUNCTIONS. To a lesser degree Moses did the same. (Emphasis added)

APPENDIX "D"
Fidelity is said to be a human attribute,
Which makes the modern gentleman distinguished from the brute,
But that supreme fidelity, inborn in every hound, Which is the mark of man's best friend, In man, it's rarely found!
A South African Poet.

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Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) the Greatest
by Ahmad Deedat
Chapter 1
"And most certainly, thou (O Muhammad) are of most sublime and exalted character."
(The Holy Qur’ân, 68:4)
How the Topic Arose About ten years ago, a distant cousin of mine - Mr. Mohamed Mehtar Farooki gave me a typed quotation by the French historian, Lamartine. The quotation [A detailed exposition of the quotation will be found on page 38 ] purported to prove that Muhammad (pbuh), the prophet of Islam, was the greatest man that ever lived. Mr. Mehtar was in the habit of passing information on to me, believing that I might put the same to some good use at the proper time and place. Before this he had presented me with "The Call of the Minaret," an expensive book written by (Bishop Kenneth Cragg). By analysing this book I discovered the masterful deceit of the Christian Orientalists. Lamartine's tribute to our prophet inspired me and I had a great desire to share his thoughts about our Nabee with my Muslim brethren. The opportunity to do so was not long in coming.
I received a phone call from the Muslim community in Dannhauser, a small town in Northern Natal,, who were organising a birthday celebration of the Holy Prophet. They invited me to give a lecture on that auspicious occasion. So I deemed it an honour and a privilege, I readily agreed. When they inquired, in view of their advertising needs, as to the subject of my lecture, I suggested on the inspiration from Lamartine, "Muhammad (pbuh) the Greatest."
REPEATED LET-DOWNS
On my arrival in Dannhauser, I noticed a lot of posters advertising the meeting which in essence said that Deedat would be lecturing on the subject "MUHAMMAD THE GREAT." I was somewhat disheartened and, on inquiring was told that the change in the title was due to a printer's error.
Some two months later, I got another, similar invitation. This time from the Muslim community of Pretoria the administrative capital of South Africa. The subject I had mooted was the same - "Muhammad (pbuh) the Greatest." To my dismay the topic was again changed to "MUHAMMAD THE GREAT." Identical reasons and excuses were given. Both these incidences happened in South Africa, my own country. But, let me give you one more example of our inferiority complex - so much part of the sickness of the Ummah.
USA NO DIFFERENT
On my lecture tour of the mighty United States in 1977, 1 discovered that our soldiers in the New World also had feet of clay. Out of the many sad experiences I have had, I think that this one will suffice to prove the point. The Muslims of Indianapolis were advised to organise a lecture for me on the subject "What the Bible says about Muhammad (pbuh)" T'hey agreed to advertise just that, but their timidity did not permit them to do so. They thought the topic was too provocative, so they, in their wisdom (?), toned it down to "A PROPHET IN THE BIBLE." A lifeless, insipid title you will no doubt agree. Which Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Jew would be intrigued to attend? What does "A PROPHET" mean? To most A PROPHET means ANY PROPHET, and who would be interested in attending a meeting where just any prophet in the Bible was debated?
Job, Joel, Jonah, Ezra, Elisha, Ezekiel are just a few of the many mentioned in the Bible. As was to be expected the attendance left much to be desired.
INFERIORITY COMPLEX
What is the cause of this sickness? This inferiority complex? "Yes!" We are an emasculated people. Dynamism has been wringed out of us, not only by our enemies but by our own spiritless friends. We even dare not repeat Allah's Own testimony regarding his beloved -
And Most Certainly, Thou (O Muhammad) Are of most sublime And Exalted Character.
Holy Qur’ân 68:4
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
Normally, it is quite, natural for anyone to love, praise, idolize or hero-worship ones leader, be it a guru, saint or prophet: and very often we do.
However, if I were to reproduce here what great Muslims have said or written about our illustrious prophet, it could be played down as exaggeration, fancy or idolization by the sceptics and the opponents of Islam. Therefore, allow me to quote unbiased historians, friendly critics and even avowed enemies of that mighty Messenger of God - Muhammad (pbuh). If the tributes of the non-Muslims do not touch your hearts, then you are in the wrong faith. Opt out of Islam! There is already too much deadwood on the "ship" of Islam.
In recent times, a book has been published in America titled "The 100," or the Top One hundred, or the Greatest Hundred in History. A certain Michael H. Hart, described as a historian, mathematician and astronomer has written this novel book. He has searched history, seeking for men who had the greatest influence on mankind. In this book he gives us The hundred most influential men, including Asoka, Aristotle, Buddha, Confucius, Hitler, Plato, and Zoroaster. He does not give us a mere chart of the topmost "one hundred" from the point of view of their influence on people, but he evaluates the degree of their influence and rates them in order of their excellence from No. 1, through to No. 100. He gives us his reasons for the placing of his candidates. We are not asked to agree with him, but we cannot help admire the man's research and honesty.
The most amazing thing about his selection is that he has put our Nabee-e-Kareem, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as No. 1, the first of his "100!" Thus confirming, unknowingly, God's Own testimony in His Final Revelation to the World:
MOST CERTAINLY, YOU HAVE IN THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH AN EXCELLENT PATTERN (OF BEHAVIOUR)
Holy Qur’ân 33:21
JESUS (PBUH) No. 3!
Hart placing the Prophet of Islam as No. 1, has naturally pleased the Muslims. But his choice as shocked the Non-Muslims, more specially the Jews and the Christians, who consider this as an affront. What? Jesus (pbuh) No. 3 and Moses (pbuh) No. 40! This is for them very difficult to stomach, but what says Hart? Let us hear his arguments –
SINCE THERE ARE ROUGHLY TWICE [The latest estimate is that there are one thousand million Muslims in the world and one thousand two hundred million Christians] AS MANY CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD, IT MAY INITIALLY SEEM STRANGE THAT MUHAMMAD HAS BEEN RANKED HIGHER THAN JESUS. THERE ARE TWO PRINCIPAL REASONS FOR THAT DECISION.
FIRST, MUHAMMAD PLAYED A FAR MORE IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE EVELOPMENT OF ISLAM THAN JESUS DID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITY. ALTHOUGH JESUS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAIN ETHICAL AND MORAL PRECEPTS OF CHRISTIANITY (INSOFAR AS THESE DIFFERED FROM JUDAISM), ST. PAUL WAS THE MAIN DEVELOPER OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY, ITS PRINCIPAL
PROSELYTIZER, AND THE AUTHOR OF A LARGE PORTION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
MUHAMMAD, HOWEVER, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH THE THEOLOGY OF ISLAM AND ITS MAIN ETHICAL AND MORAL PRINCIPLES. IN ADDITION, HE PLAYED THE KEY ROLE IN PROSELYTIZING THE NEW FAITH, AND IN ESTABLISHING THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF ISLAM.
Michael H. Hart in his book - "THE 100"-pages 38/39
PAUL THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY
According to Hart, the honor for founding Christianity is to be shared between Jesus (pbuh) and St. Paul. The latter he believes to be the real founder of Christianity.
I cannot help agreeing with Hart. Out of the total of 27 Books of the New Testament, more than half is authored by Paul. As opposed to Paul, the Master has not written a single word of the twenty-seven books. If you can lay your hands on what is called "'A Red Letter Bible," you will find every word alleged to have been uttered by Jesus (pbuh) - in red ink and the rest in normal black ink. Don't be shocked to find that in this so called "Injeel," the Gospel of Jesus, over ninety percent of the 27 Books of the New Testament is printed in black ink!
This is the candid Christian confession on what they call the "Injeel." In actual any confrontation with Christian missionaries, you will find them quoting one hundred percent from Paul.
NO ONE FOLLOWS JESUS (PBUH) Jesus (pbuh) said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15)
He said further, Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven . . ." (Matthew 5:19)
Every Christian controversialist you question, "Do you keep the laws and the commandments?" will answer, "No!" If you ask further, "Why don't you?" He will if he is a Bible-thumper, invariably reply, "The law is nailed to the cross!" Meaning the law is done away with. "We are now living under grace!"
Every time you prod him with what his Lord and Master (pbuh) had said, he will confront you with something from Cornithians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, etc. If you ask, "Who are they?" You will hear, 'Paul, Paul, Paul!" "Who is your master?" you question, and he will say, "Jesus!" But he will ever and anon contradict his own Jesus (pbuh) by his Paul!
No learned Christian will ever dispute the fact that the real founder of Christianity is St. Paul. Therefore, Michael H. Hart to be fair, had to place Jesus (pbuh), in slot number three. WHY PROVOKE YOUR CUSTOMER? This placing of Christ in the number three spot by Michael H. Hart poses a very serious question for us. Why would an American publish a book of 572 pages in America and selling in America for $15 each, go out of his way to provoke his potential readers? Who will buy his books? Surely, not the Pakistanis and the Bangladeshis, neither the Arabs nor the Turks! Except for a few copies here and there, the overwhelming number of his customers will be from the 250 million Christians and the 6 million Jews of America. Then why did he provoke his customers? Did he not hear the dictum - "the customer is always right!" Of course he did. Then why his daring choice. But before I close this episode of Hart, I will allow him to make his one last apology for his "temerity."
"MY CHOICE OF MUHAMMAD TO LEAD THE LIST OF THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS MAY SURPRISE SOME READERS AND MAY BE QUESTIONED BY OTHERS, BUT HE WAS THE ONLY MAN IN HISTORY WHO WAS SUPREMELY SUCCESSFUL ON BOTH THE RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR LEVEL." Michael H. Hart "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History", New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., 1978, p.33.
WHO WERE HISTORY'S GREAT LEADERS
TIME, JULY 15, 1974
The world famous "Time" carried the above rubic on its front cover. Inside the magazine were numerous essays as to 'What makes a great leader?' 'Throughout history, who qualifies?' TIME asked a variety of historians, writers, military men, businessmen and others for their selections. Each gave his candidate according to his "light" as objectively as is humanly possible, depending on one's own awareness and prejudice.
WHO KNOWS DR. SALAZAR?
It is my habit and pleasurable duty to take non-Muslims on a guided tour of the largest mosque in the Southern Hemisphere - "The Jumma Masjid" Durban.
On one occasion I was hosting a Portuguese couple, a husband and wife team. At some stage during the discussion the Portuguese gentleman said that "Dr. Salazar was the greatest man in the world!" I did not debate the point with him as I personally knew little about Dr. Salazar except that he was a one time dictator of Portugal albeit to many a great benefactor to his nation. My poor visitor was, however, speaking according to his own knowledge, point of view and prejudice.
MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AN NOT BE IGNORED!
Among the contributors to the "Time," it seems that none could ignore Muhammad (pbuh).
WILLIAM McNEILL, a United States historian, of the University of Chicago, records:
"IF YOU MEASURE LEADERSHIP BY IMPACT, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO NAME JESUS, BUDDHA, MOHAMMED, CONFUCIUS, THE GREAT PROPHETS OF THE WORLD ..."
McNeill does not go into details, nor does he give us any explanation as to why he placed Jesus (pbuh) first and Muhammad (pbuh) number three. Perhaps it was by force of habit. It is very likely that McNeill is a Christian. However, we will not argue with him. Then comes -
JAMES GAVIN, described as a United States army man, a retired lieutenant general. He says - "AMONG LEADERS WHO HAVE MADE THE GREATEST IMPACT THROUGH AGES, I WOULD CONSIDER MOHAMMED, JESUS CHRIST, MAYBE LENIN, POSSIBLY MAO. AS FOR A LEADER WHOSE QUALITIES WE COULD MOST USE NOW, I WOULD CHOOSE JOHN F. KENNEDY."
The General does not say much more, yet we have to salute him. It calls for tremendous fortitude to pen the name Muhammad before that of Christ (peace be upon them both). It surely, was no slip of the pen.
JULES MASSERMAN, United States psychoanalyst and professor of the Chicago University, gives us, unlike the other contributors, the basis for making his selection. He gives us his reason for choosing his greatest LEADER of all times. He wants us to find out, what we are really looking for in the man, the qualities that sets him apart. We may be looking for any sets of qualities. As in the case of Michael H. Hart, he was looking for a person wielding the MOST Influence.1
However, Masserman does not want us to depend on our fancies or prejudices: he wants to establish objective standards for judging, before we confer greatness upon anybody.
He says that "Leaders must fulfill three functions--"
No. 1 THE LEADER MUST PROVIDE FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE LEAD ...
The leader, whoever he is, must be interested in your welfare. He must not be looking for milking cows for his own greed like the Rev. Jim Jones of Jonestown, Guyana, of the "Suicide Cult" fame. You will remember him as the man who committed suicide together with 910 of his followers, all at the same time EN MASSE!
The United States Government was on his trail and he was on the verge of being caught for certain felonies. But before they could apprehend him, he thought it wise to eliminate himself, together with all his followers, so that no one would be left to testify against him. He laced lemonade with cynide and inspired his devotees to drink it, and so they did and they all died in disgrace! In the meantime, it was discovered that the Rev. Jim Jones had salted away fifteen million dollars and stacked it in his own account in banks throughout the world. All his victims were his milking cows and he was exploiting them to satisfy his own lust and greed. Masserman's hero must be found to benefit his sheep, his flock, and not himself
No. 2 THE LEADER OR WOULD BE LEADER MUST PROVIDE A SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN WHICH PEOPLE FEEL RELATIVELY SECURE ...
Unlike the Marxist, the Facist, the Nazi, the Neo-Nazi the Ashkenazi, [The Jews from Germany, Central Europe and Eastern Europe, mostly from Russia who are in unlawful occupation of Palestine. There is something prophetic in the name itself - the Jews are doing to the people of the occupied territories exactly what the Nazis did to them. What an irony!] the Zionist, and their fellow-travellers, Professor Masserman, in his brief essay in the TIME magazine, did not spell this out. But his beliefs and feelings are abundantly clear. He is in search of a Leader who will provide a social order free of self, and greed and racism: for all these "isms" carry within them the seeds of their own destruction.
There's still with us much sorrow and sin, Injustice, Oppression, wrong and hate. Still does Arrogance deaden Conscience Rob struggling souls of e'en the crumbs Of Pity, and make, of loathsome flesh And crumbling dust, fair-seeming Idols For worship. Still does Ignorance blow A mighty Horn and try to shame True Wisdom. Still do men drive Slaves,
- - Protesting smoothly the end of Slavery! Still does Greed devour the substance Of helpless ones within her power. Nay, more, - -
the fine Individual Voice Is smothered in the raucous din Of groups and Crowds that madly shout What they call Slogans New, - - Old Falsehoods long discredited ... Abdullah Yusuf Ali
No. 3 THAT THIS LEADER MUST PROVIDE HIS PEOPLE WITH ONE SET OF BELIEFS
It is easy to talk of the Fellowship of Faith and the Brotherhood of Man, but in South Africa today, there are a thousand different sects and denominations among the Whites (people of European descent) and three thousand among the Blacks (of African descent). The White Churches in my country are Spawning "Black" Bishops, fast, but in the first three hundred years of European conquest, they did not produce a single Black Bishop. Even now, the Black, the White, the Colored and the Indian cannot pray together in most of the Dutch Reformed Churches. The hatred between the Christian sects was aptly described by the Christian Emperor Julian, who said: "NO WILD BEASTS ARE SO HOSTILE TO MAN AS CHRISTIAN SECTS IN GENERAL ARE TO ONE ANOTHER." Sayed Amir Ali in his "Spirit of lslam,"- page 1 ii.
With the foregoing three standards, Masserman searches history and analyses Louis Pasteur, Salk, Gandhi, Confucius, Alexander the Great, Caesar, Hitler, Buddha, Jesus and the rest; finally coming to the conclusion that - PERHAPS THE GREATEST LEADER OF ALL TIMES WAS MUHAMMED, WHO COMBINED ALL THREE FUNCTIONS. (and) TO A LESSER DEGREE, MOSES DID THE SAME
We cannot help marveling at Masserman, that as a Jew he condescends to scrutinize even Adolf Hitler, the arch-enemy of his people. He considers Hitler to be a great leader. His race, the mighty German nation of 90 million people, was ready to march to destiny or destruction at his behest. Alas, he lead them to ruin. Hitler is not the question. The question is why would Masserman, as an American Jew, a paid servant of the Government proclaim to his countrymen of over two hundred million Jews and Christians that not Jesus, not Moses but Muhummed was "The greatest Leader of all times!" ACCOUNT FOR THAT!
WHAT SAY THE SCEPTICS?
Michael H. Hart put Muhammad No. 1 on his list and his own Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (pbuh) No. 3. Why? -"He was bribed!"(?) William McNeill considers Muhammad as worthy of honour in his list of the first three names of his. Why? "He was bribed!" (?) James Gavin puts Muhammad (pbuh) before Christ (pbuh). Why? "He was bribed!" (?) James Masserman adjudges Muhammad (pbuh) No. 1 and his own hero Moses (pbuh) a close second. Why? "He was bribed!" (?) "ARE WE TO SUPPOSE THAT ALL THE GLOWING ADULATION OF MUHAMMAD (PBUH) WAS A MISERABLE PIECE OF INTELLECTUAL LEGERDEMAIN, HOCUS POCUS . . . I, FOR MY PART, CANNOT FORM ANY SUCH SUPPOSITION ... ONE WOULD BE ENTIRELY AT A LOSS WHAT TO THINK OF MANKIND AT ALL IF QUACKERY SO GREW AND FLOURISHED IN THE WORLD."1
Yet the scoffers bemoan anyone who has anything good to say about Muhammad (pbuh) or Islam AS HAVING BEEN BRIBED by the Arabs! They are giving too much credit to my brethren. I repeat: "It is possible, but it is improbable!"
During the Second World War, Norway produced only one "Quisling." He was tried for treason and executed. It is unlikely that America and the Western world have just reached puberty to spawn a breed of Quislings nurtured by hot petrodollars from the Middle East. Please do not demean your honest, courageous men, who without fear or favour are prepared to suffer obloquy for their convictions. We must all admire them! We can now justifiably conclude that the God of Mercy, Who forever recognises the sincere efforts of His servants, is only fulfilling His Promise to Muhammad (pbuh), His Chosen Messenger -
AND HAVE WE NOT RAISED HIGH THE ESTEEM (IN WHICH) THOU (ARE HELD)? Holy Qur’ân 94:4
Alternative renderings:
(a) Have We not exalted thy fame?
(b) And have We not raised thy name for thee?
(c) Have We not given you high renown?
Friends and foes alike, as if by some secret compulsion are made to pay unsolicited tributes to this mighty Messenger of God. But the Almighty commanders even the devil into His service, as He had done in the time of Jesus (pbuh), (Matthew 4:1 -11). Even the devil sometimes speaks Gospel truths. Professor K. S. Ramakrishna Rao, a Hindu philosopher in his book "MUHUMMED - The Prophet of lslam", quotes the arch-devil himself, yes, Adolf Hitler, to prove the unique greatness of Muhammad (pbuh). The Professor, like Jules Masserman who had evaluated the Prophet of Islam on three grounds (see appendix "C" on page 63) also saw in Hitler's "Mein Kamp!" a three faceted jewel, a rare commodity which he found in our hero under discussion. Quoting Hitler, he says:
"A GREAT THEORIST IS SELDOM A GREAT LEADER. AN AGITATOR IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO POSSESS THESE QUALITIES. HE WILL ALWAYS BE A BETTER LEADER. FOR, LEADERSHIP MEANS THE ABILITY TO MOVE MASSES OF MEN. THE TALENT TO PRODUCE IDEAS HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH THE CAPACITY FOR LEADERSHIP." HITLER CONTINUES, "THE UNION OF THE THEORIST, ORGANISER, AND LEADER IN ONE MAN IS THE RAREST PHENOMENON ON THIS EARTH; THEREIN CONSISTS GREATNESS." PROFESSOR RAO CONCLUDES, IN HIS OWN WORDS, "IN THE PERSON OF THE PROPHET OF ISLAM THE WORLD HAS SEEN THIS RAREST PHENOMENON ON EARTH, WALKING IN FLESH AND BLOOD."
SHARE THE ANGER
Before anyone assails the Professor of undue bias and "bribery," let me give them a few more names of admirers of Muhammad (pbuh).
1. "MUHUMMAD WAS THE SOUL OF KINDNESS, AND HIS INFLUENCE WAS FELT AND NEVER FORGOTTEN BY THOSE AROUND HIM." A Hindu scholar - Diwan Chand Sharma in his "The Prophets of the East," Calcutta 1935, p. 122.
2. "FOUR YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF JUSTINIAN, A.D. 569, WAS BORN AT MAKKAH, IN ARABIA THE MAN WHO, OF ALL MEN EXERCISED THE GREATEST INFLUENCE UPON THE HUMAN RACE ... MOHAMMED ..." John William Draper, M.D., LLD., in his "A History of the lntellectual Development of Europe",- London 1875.
3. "I DOUBT WHETHER ANY MAN WHOSE EXTERNAL CONDITIONS CHANGED SO MUCH EVER CHANGED HIMSELF LESS TO MEET THEM." R. V. C. Bodley in "The Messenger,"- London 1946, p.9.
4. "I HAVE STUDIED HIM - THE WONDERFUL MAN - AND IN MY OPINION FAR FROM BEING AN ANTI-CHRIST, HE MUST BE CALLED THE SAVIOUR OF HUMANITY." George Bernard Shaw, in "The Genuine Islam,- Vol. 1, No. 81936.
5. "BY A FORTUNE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE IN HISTORY, MOHAMMED IS A THREEFOLD FOUNDER OF A NATION, OF AN EMPIRE, AND OF A RELIGION." R. Bosworth-Smith in "Mohammed and Mohammedanism".- 1946.
6. "MOHAMMED WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF ALL RELIGIOUS PERSONALITIES." Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition


Chapter 2
FROM THE HISTORICAL PAST
It is not difficult to reproduce a further dozen or more eulogies by the admirers and critics of Muhammad (pbuh). Despite all their objectivity, jaundiced minds can always conjure up some aspersions. Let me take my readers deep down in past history.
It was Friday the 8th of May, 1840, that is about a hundred and fifty years ago, at a time when it was a sacrilege to say anything good about Muhammad (pbuh), and the Christian West was rained to hate the man Muhammad (pbuh) and his religion, the same way as dogs were at one stage trained in my country to hate all black people. At that time in history, Thomas Carlyle, one of the greatest thinkers of the past century delivered a series of lectures under the theme - "Heroes and Hero-worship."
DEVELOPED SICKNESS
Carlyle exposed this blind prejudice of his people at the beginning of his talk. He made reference to one of the literary giants a Dutch scholar and statesman, by the name of Hugo Grotius, [From page 57 of the book - "On Heroes Hero-worship and the Heroic in History" by Thomas Carlyle, London 1959.] who had written a bitter and abusive invective against the prophet of Islam. He had falsely charged that the Holy Prophet had trained pigeons to pick out peas from his ears, so that he could by this trick bluff his people that the Holy Ghost in the shape of a dove was revealing God's Revelation to him, which he then had them recorded in his Bible the Qur’ân. Perhaps Grotius was inspired into this fairy-tale from his reading of his own Holy Scriptures: 'Then, Jesus, when he had been baptized (by John the Baptist in the Jordan River), came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God Descending Like A Dove and alighting upon him. (Emphasis added) Matthew 3:16
WHERE'S THE AUTHORITY
Pococke, another respected intellectual of the time, like "doubting Thomas" (John 20:25), wanted proof about Muhammad (pbuh), the pigeons, and the peas? Grotius answered "THAT THERE WAS NO PROOF!" He just felt like inventing this story for his audience. To him and his audience the "pigeons and peas" theory was more plausible than that of the Archangel dictating to Muhammad (pbuh). These falsities wringed the heart of Carlyle. He cried: "THE LIES, WHICH WELL-MEANING ZEAL HAS HEAPED ROUND THIS MAN, ARE DISGRACEFUL TO OURSELVES ONLY." Thomas Carlyle
THE HERO PROPHET
Carlyle was a man of genius and God gifted him with the art of articulation. In his own way, he wanted to put the records straight. He planned to deliver a lecture and he chose a very provocative topic "The hero as Prophet." and he chose this hero-prophet to be the most maligned man of his time, "MUHAMMAD (PBUH)!" Not Moses, david, Solomon, or Jesus but Muhammad! To placate his overwhelming Anglican (belonging to the Church of England) fellow countrymen, he apologised - "AS THERE IS NO DANGER OF OUR BECOMING, ANY OF US, MAHOMETANS, I MEAN TO SAY ALL THE GOOD OF HIM I JUSTLY CAN."
In other words he, as well as his elite audience were free from the fear of converting to Islam, and could take a chance in paying some compliments to Muhammad (pbuh). If he had any fears regarding the strength of their faith, he would not have taken that chance. In an era of hatred and spite towards evernhing Islamic and to an audience full of scepticism and cynicism, Carlyle unfolded many a glowing truth about his hero - Muhammad (pbuh). To the praise-worthy," indeed be praise. For that is what the very name Muhammad means - the Praised One - the Praiseworthy. There are times when Carlyle uses words and expressions, which might not be too pleasing to the believing Muslim, but one has to forgive him as he was walking a cultural tightrope, and he succeeded eminently. He Paid our hero many ardent and enthusiastic tribute, and defended him from the false charges and calumnies of his enemies, exactly as the Prophet had done in the case of Jesus (pbuh) and his mother.
HIS SINCERITY
l a. "THE GREAT MAN'S SINCERITY IS OF THE KIND HE CANNOT SPEAK OF: NAY, I SUPPOSE, HE IS CONSCIOUS RATHER OF INSINCERITY; FOR WHAT MAN CAN WALK ACCURATELY BY THE LAW OF TRUTH FOR ONE DAY? NO, THE GREAT MAN DOES NOT BOAST HIMSELF SINCERE, FAR FROM THAT; PERHAPS DOES NOT ASK HIMSELF IF HE IS SO: I WOULD SAY RATHER, HIS SINCERITY DOES NOT DEPEND ON HIMSELF: HE CANNOT HELP BEING SINCERE!" Heros and Hero-Worship, p.59
b. "A SILENT GREAT SOUL, HE WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO CANNOT BUT BE IN EARNEST, WHOM NATURE HERSELF HAS APPOINTED TO BE SINCERE. WHILE OTHERS WALK IN FORMULAS AND HEARSAYS, CONTENTED ENOUGH TO DWELL THERE, THIS MAN COULD NOT SCREEN HIMSELF IN FORMULAS; HE WAS ALONE WITH HIS OWN SOUL AND THE REALITY OF THINGS . . . SUCH SINCERITY, AS WE NAMED IT, HAS IN VERY TRUTH SOMETHING OF DIVINE. THE WORD OF SUCH A MAN IS A VOICE DIRECT FROM NATURE'S OWN HEART. MEN DO AND MUST LISTEN TO THAT AS TO NOTHING ELSE, - - - ALL ELSE IS WIND IN COMPARISON." Heros and Hero-Worship, p.71
In his lengthy speech, Carlyle did not have the opportunity to inform his audience about the sources of his inferences. I may furnish just one incident from the life of the Prophet. An incidence which reflects the highest degree of his sincerity in recording a Revelation in the Holy Qur’ân even if it seems to reprove him for some natural and human zeal.
ADMONITION AS REVEALED
It was in the early days of his mission in Makkah. Muhammad (pbuh) was deeply engrossed in trying to wean the leaders of the pagan Quraish to his teachings. Apparently one of them was giving him an attentive hearing when a poor blind man by the name Of Abdullah lbn Umm-1- Maktum tried to barge in into the discussion and wanting to draw attention to himself. The blessed Prophet said nothing, but a thought went through his mind (why don't you have a little patience, can't you see (sense) that because of your impatience I might lose these customers). I believe that lesser men, sinners and saints, will not be questioned for such lapses, but not so for Muhammad (pbuh). Did not God choose him and honour him with that lofty status as recorded? And Most Certainly Thou (O Muhammad) Are of Most sublime And Exalted Character.
Holy Qur’ân 68:4
HE FROWNED
Whilst in the midst of the conversation with his pagan fellow tribesmen, God Almighty sends Gabriel, the Angel of Revelation, with this admonition:
(THE PROPHET) FROWNED AND TURNED AWAY, BECAUSE THERE CAME TO HIM HE BLIND MAN (INTERRUPTING). BUT WHAT COULD TELL THEE THAT PERCHANCE HE MIGHT GROW (IN SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING)? OR THAT HE MIGHT RECEIVE ADMONITION, AND THE TEACHING MIGHT PRORT HIM? Holy Qur’ân 80:1-4
The holy Prophet (pbuh) had naturally disliked the interruption. Perhaps the poor man's feelings were hurt. But he whose gentle heart ever sympathised with the poor and the afflicted, got new Light (Revelation) from his Lord, and without the least hesitation, he immediately published it for all eternity! Subsequently, every time he met this blind man, he received him graciously and thanked him that on his account the Lord had remembered him. During Muhammad's (pbuh) absences from Madinah, the blind man was made the Governor of the City twice. Such was the sincerity and gratitude of Carlyle's Hero Prophet.
HIS FIDELITY
2. "IT IS A BOUNDLESS FAVOUR.HE NEVER FORGOT THIS GOOD KADIJAH. LONG AFTERWARDS, AYESHA HIS YOUNG FAVOURITE WIFE, A WOMAN WHO INDEED DISTINGUISHED HERSELF AMONG THE MOSLEMS, BY ALL MANNER OF QUALITIES, THROUGH HER WHOLE LONG LIFE; THIS YOUNG BRILLIANT AYESHA WAS, ONE DAY, QUESTIONING HIM.'NOW AM NOT I BETTER THAN KADIJAH? SHE WAS A WIDOW; OLD, AND HAD LOST HER LOOKS: YOU LOVE ME BETTER THAN YOU DID HER?' 'NO, BY ALLAH!' ANSWERED MAHOMET: 'NO, BY ALLAH! SHE BELIEVED IN ME WHEN NONE ELSE WOULD BELIEVE. IN THE WHOLE WORLD I HAD BUT ONE FRIEND, AND SHE WAS THAT!... Heros and Hero-Worship, p. 76 It would have been easier to repel the temptation of the devil than to succumb to the ego of a young, loving, brilliant and beautiful wife like lady Ayesha Siddiqa. Why not let her hear the soft soothing balm of flattery-, it will not harm anyone. Even the soul of Bibi Khadija, the mother of the Faithful, would look light-heartedly at the ruse. There is no shamming, no innocent "white lies" with Muhammad (pbuh). Traits of this kind show us the genuine man, brother of us all, brought visible through fourteen centuries, - - - the veritable son of our common mother.
'AL AMEEN. THE FAITHFUL'
3 a. "A MAN OF TRUTH AND FIDELITY; TRUE IN WHAT HE DID, IN WHAT HE SPAKE AND THOUGHT. THEY NOTED THAT HE ALWAYS MEANT SOMETHING. A MAN RATHER TACITURN IN SPEECH; SILENT WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE SAID; BUT PERTINENT WISE, SINCERE, WHEN HE DID SPEAK; ALWAYS THROWING LIGHT ON THE MATTER. THIS IS THE ONLY SORT OF SPEECH WORTH SPEAKING!" Heros and Hero-Worship, p. 69
b. "MAHOMET NATURALLY GAVE OFFENCE TO THE KOREISH, KEEPERS OF THE KAABAH, SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE IDOLS. ONE OR TWO MEN OF INFLUENCE HAD JOINED HIM:
1. “THE THING SPREAD SLOWLY, BUT IT WAS SPREADING, NATURALLY HE GAVE OFFENCE
TO EVERYBODY."[The Jews hated the Prophet: the Christians hated the Prophet: the mushriks (the Polytheists) hated the Prophet, and the Munafiqeen (the hypocrites) hated the Prophet. It is the nature of Falsehood to hate the Truth. Light dismisses Darkness, but darkness does not take kindly to light. ] Heros and Hero-Worship, p. 77 c.
"NOT A MEALYMOUTHED MAN! A CANDID FEROCITY, IF THE CASE CALLS FOR IT, IS IN HIM; HE DOES NOT MINCE MATRERS! THE WAR OF TABUC IS A THING HE OFTEN SPEAKS OF:HIS MEN REFUSED, MANY OF THEM, TO MARCH ON THAT OCCASION; PLEADED THE HEAT OF THE WEATHER, THE HARVEST, AND SO FORTH; HE CAN NEVER FORGET THAT. YOUR HARVEST? IT LASTS FOR A DAY. WHAT WILL BECOME OF YOUR HARVEST THROUGH ALL ETERNITY? HOT WEATHER? YES, IT WAS HOT; 'BUT HELL WILL BE HOTER!' SOMETIMES A ROUGH SARCASM TURNS UP: HE SAYS TO THE UNBELIEVERS, YE SHALL NOT HAVE SHORT WEIGHT!" Heros and Hero-Worship, p. 95/6.
Remember, Thomas Carlyle uttered these words, and many more to a shocked and bewildered Christian audience in England, a hundred and fifty years ago. History did not record for us the lively arguments and debates which his lecture must naturally have caused. He kept to his promise: "I mean to say all the good of him (his Hero Prophet) I justly can'" and he went on in his talk to I defend Muhammad (pbuh) against the false charges, slander and calumnies of his enemies:
CHARGE OF FALSITY
4a. "A FALSE MAN FOUND A RELIGION? WHY, A FALSE MAN CANNOT BUILD A BRICK HOUSE! IF HE DOES NOT KNOW AND FOLLOW TRULY THE PROPERTIES OF MORTAR, BURNT CLAY AND WHAT ELSE HE WORKS IN, IT IS NO HOUSE THAT HE MAKES, BUT A RUBBISH HEAP. IT WILL NOT STAND FOR TWELVE CENTURIES,[Now, fourteen centuries] TO LODGE A HUNDRED-AND EIGHTY MILLIONS; [A thousand million today.] IT WILL FALL STRAIGHTAWAY . SPECIOSITIES ARE SPECIOUS [Specious: Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false.]. . . IT IS LIKE A FORGED BANK NOTE; THEY GET IT PASSED OUT OF THEIR WORTHLESS HANDS: OTHERS, NOT THEY, HAVE TO SMART FOR IT. NATURE BURSTS-UP IN FIRE-FLAMES, FRENCH REVOLUTIONS AND SUCH-LIKE, PROCLAIMING WITH THE TERRIBLE VERACITY THAT FORGED NOTES ARE FORGED." Heros and Hero-Worship ), p.58
b."IT GOES GREATLY AGAINST THE IMPOSTER THEORY, THE FACT THAT HE LIVED IN THIS ENTIRELY UNEXCEPTIONABLE, ENTIRELY QUIET AND COMMON PLACE WAY, TILL THE HEAT OF HIS YEARS WAS DONE. HE WAS FORTY BEFORE HE TALKED OF ANY MISSION FROM HEAVEN . . ALL HIS 'AMBITION,' SEEMINGLY, HAD BEEN, HITHERTO, TO LIVE AN HONEST LIFE; HIS 'FAME,' THE MERE GOOD OPINION OF NEIGHBOURS THAT KNEW HIM..." Heros and Hero-Worship, p. 70
"AMBITION? WHAT COULD ALL ARABIA DO FOR THIS MAN; WITH THE CROWN OF GREEK HERACLIUS, OF PERSIAN CHOSROES, AND ALL THE CROWNS IN EARTH; - WHAT COULD THEY ALL DO FOR HIM? IT WAS NOT OF THE HEAVEN ABOVE AND OF THE HELL BENEATH. ALL CROWNS AND SOVEREIGNTIES WHAT- SOEVER, WHERE WOULD THEY IN A FEW BRIEF YEARS BE? TO BE SHEIK OF MAKKAH OR ARABIA, AND HAVE A BIT OF GILT WOOD PUT INTO YOUR HAND, - - - WILL THAT BE ONES SALVATION? I DECIDEDLY THINK, NOT, WE WILL LEAVE IT ALTOGETHER, THIS IMPOSTER HYPOTHESIS, AS NOT CREDIT- ABLE: NOT VERY TOLERABLE EVEN, WORTHY CHIEFLY OF DISMISSAL BY US." Heros and Hero-Worship, p. 72/3
CHARGE OF SINNING
5. "FAULTS? THE GREATEST OF FAULTS, I SHOULD SAY, IS TO BE CONSCIOUS OF NONE. READERS OF THE BIBLE ABOVE ALL, ONE WOULD THINK, MIGHT KNOW BETTER. WHO IS CALLED THERE 'THE MAN ACCORDING TO GOD'S OWN HEART'? DAVID, THE HEBREW KING HAD FALLEN INTO SINS ENOUGH; BLACKEST CRIMES; THERE WAS NO WANT OF SINS.[This is the Jewish and Christian concept of God's prophets. They charge their prophets with incest, adultery and even murder. They impure horrendous crimes to them on the authority of the Holy Bible.] AND THEREUPON THE UNBELIEVERS SNEER AND ASK, IS THIS YOUR MAN ACCORDING TO GOD'S HEART? THE SNEER, I MUST SAY, SEEMS TO ME BUT A SHALLOW ONE. WHAT ARE FAULTS, WHAT ARE THE OUTWARD DETAILS OF A LIFE; IF THE INNER SECRET OF IT, THE REMORSE, TEMPTATIONS, TRUE, OFTEN-BAFFLED, NEVER ENDED STRUGGLE OF IT BE FORGOTTEN? 'IT IS NOT IN MAN THAT WALKETH TO DIRECT HIS STEPS.' OF ALL ACTS, IS NOT, FOR A MAN, REPENTANCE THE MOST DIVINE? THE DEADLIEST SIN, I SAY, WERE THE SAME SUPERCILIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS OF NO SIN; THAT IS DEATH; THE HEART SO CONSCIOUS IS DIVORCED FROM SINCERITY, HUMILITY, AND FACT; IS DEAD: IT IS 'PURE' AS DEAD DRY SAND IS PURE." Heros and Hero-Worship. p. 61
CHARGE OF "THE SWORD"
The greatest crime, the greatest "sin" of Muhammad (pbuh} in the eyes of the Christian West is that he did not allow himself to be slaughtered, to be "crucified" by his enemies. He ably defended himself, his family and his followers; and finally vanquished his enemies. Muhammad's (pbuh} success is the Christians' gall of disappointment: he did not believe in any vicarious sacrifice for the sins of others. He believed and behaved naturally.IN THE STATE OF NATURE, EVERY ONE HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND HIS PERSON AND POSSESSIONS, AND EXTEND HIS HOSTILITIES TO A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF SATISFACTION AND RETALIATION," says Gibbon, the master historian in his "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." His struggle and victory over the forces of unbelief and evil made the editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica to exclaim, Muhammad (pbuh} to be - - - "THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF ALL RELIGIOUS PERSONALITIES."
How can the enemies of Islam account for Muhammad's phenomenal achievements except to decry that he spread his religion at the point of the sword? He forced Islam down peoples' throats!?

6a. "HISTORY MAKES IT CLEAR HOWEVER, THAT THE LEGEND OF FANATICAL MUSLIMS SWEEP- ING THROUGH THE WORLD AND FORCING ISLAM AT THE POINT OF THE SWORD UPON CONQUERED RACES IS ONE OF THE MOST FANTASTICALLY ABSURD MYTHS THAT HISTORIANS HAVE EVER REPEATED." De Lacy O'Leary in "Islam at the Crossroads'' London, 1923, p.8 You do not have to be a historian like O'Leary to know that the Muslims ruled Spain for 736 years. The longest the Christians ever ruled over Muslims was 500 years in Mozambique, a territory captured from an Arab governor by the name of Musa-bin-baique, a name they could not properly pronounce, hence the name Mozambique. Even today, after five centuries of Christian overlordship the country is still 60 percent Muslim.
However, after eight centuries in Spain the Muslims were totally eliminated from that country so that not even one man was left to give the Azan {the Muslim call to prayer}. If the Muslims had used force, military or economic there would not have been any Christian left in Spain to have kicked the Muslims out. One can blame the Muslims for exploitation if you like but one cannot charge them with using the sword to convert Spaniards to the Islamic religion.Today, Islam is still spreading all over the world and Muslims have NO sword!! The Muslims were also the masters of India for a thousand years, but eventually when the sub-continent received independence in 1947, the Hindus obtained three quarters of the country and the Muslims the balance of the one-quarter. Why? Because the Muslims did not force Islam down the Hindus' throats! In Spain and in India, the Muslims were no paragons of virtue, yet they obeyed the Qur'anic injunction to the letter
LET THERE BE NO COMPULSION IN RELIGION: FOR TRUTH STANDS OUT DISTINCT FROM ERROR. Holy Quran 2:256
The Muslim conquerors understood from this command that "compulsion" was incompatible with true religion:
because
(a} Religion depends on faith and will, and these would be meaningless if induced by force. Force can conquer but cannot convert.
(b) Truth and Error have been so clearly shown up by the Mercy of God that there should be no doubt in the minds of any person of goodwill as to the fundamentals of faith.
(c) God's protection is continuous and His Plan is always to lead us from the depths of darkness into the clearest light.[(a), (b} and (c) are Yusuf Ali's comments on verse 256. Obtain his translation with over 6000 explanatory footnotes from the IPCI. ]Except for some eccentrics here and there, the Muslims as a whole adhered to the commandment of God in the lands over which they held sway. But what can the enemy say about countries where no single Muslim soldier had set foot?
(i) INDONESIA: It is a fact that over a hundred million Indonesians are Muslim, yet no conquering Muslim army ever landed on any of its over two thousand islands.
(ii} MALAYSIA: The overwhelming number of its people in this country are Muslims yet no Muslim soldier had landed there either.
(iii} AFRICA: The majority of the people on the East coast of Africa as far down as Mozambique, as well as the bulk of the inhabitants on the West coast of the continent are Muslims, but history does not record any invading hoards of Muslims from anywhere. What sword? Where was the sword? The Muslim trader did the job. His good conduct and moral rectitude achieved the miracle of conversion. "All what you say seems incontrovertible, Mr. Deedat," says the Christian controversialist, "but we are talking about Islam at its very beginning, the way in which your prophet converted the pagans to his faith! How did he do it if not with the sword?"

ONE AGAINST ALL?
We can do no better than to allow Thomas Carlyle himself to defend his Hero Prophet against this false
charge; - - -
7. "THE SWORD INDEED: BUT WHERE WILL YOU GET YOUR SWORD! EVERY NEW OPINION, AT ITS STARTING, IS PRECISELY IN A MINORITY OF ONE. IN ONE MAN'S HEAD ALONE, THERE IT DWELLS AS YET. ONE MAN ALONE OF THE WHOLE WORLD BELIEVES IT; THERE IS ONE MAN AGAINST ALL MEN. THAT HE TAKE A SWORD, AND TRY TO PROPAGATE WITH THAT, WILL DO LITTLE FOR HIM. YOU MUST FIRST GET YOUR SWORD! ON THE WHOLE, A THING WILL PROPAGATE ITSELF AS IT CAN. WE DO NOT FIND, OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION EITHER, THAT IT ALWAYS DISDAINED THE SWORD, WHEN ONCE IT HAD GOT ONE. CHARLEMAGNE'S CONVERSION OF THE SAXONS WAS NOT BY PREACHING." Heroes and Hero-Worship. p. 80
At the age of forty when Muhammad {pbuh} declared his mission from heaven, there was no political party, or royalty, and certainly no family or tribe to back him up. His people - the Arabs, immersed in idol-worship and fetishism were not by any means a docile people, they were no easy meat. They were a very volatile people. given to internecine and fratricidal wars: subject to "all kinds of fierce sincerities - " {Carlyle}. One man, single-handed, to wean such a people required nothing short of a miracle. A miracle did happen. God alone could have made Islam and Muhammad {pbuh} to triumph through with flimsy, gossamer support. God fulfilling His promise:
And have We not raised high the esteem in which thou O Muhammad are held? Holy Quran 94:4
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THE MUSLIM AT PRAYER

THE MUSLIM AT PRAYER
by
Shaikh Ahmed Deedat

THE OPENING CHAPTER OF THE HOLY QUR'AN
In the name of Allah (God), The Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord (Who is the Creator, Sustainer and Guide) of all the worlds.
The Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful; Sovereign of the Day of Judgement.
Thee (alone) do we worship, And from thee (alone) we seek help.
Show us the straight Path, The Path of those (who fear Allah) and on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy blessings.
Not of those (committing wrongs deliberately) On whom Thou art angry, nor of those who (Having wrong opinions) go astray. Ameen
YOUR VISIT TO THE MOSQUE
We present to you this Brochure which is a Comparative Study of Muslims Prayer. It is intended to show in it, among other things, the relationship of the various aspects of Islamic prayer with the teachings of the People of the Book (i.e. the Jews and the Christians). Today, amongst some of our non-Muslims Brethren there is a strong misconception of Islam which they believe to be a mystical cult abounding in dogmas, superstitions and ritual dances.
The fact is that Islam is a simple, reasonable and practical religion and free from priestcraft and the above charges. It is a way of life for the social, moral and spiritual development of humanity. It does not demand of a man to surrender his reasoning faculties nor does it demand a blind faith in obscure and inexplicable mysteries. It teaches the purest form of Monotheism and regards Polytheisms as an unpardonable sin.
Although Islam is regarded as the youngest of all revealed religions, it is NOT A NEW RELIGION, but a continuation of the first religion of God to Man, purged and purified, time after time, from all human adulterations and restored to its original purity.
Thus all prophets from Adam to Muhummed (PEACE BE UPON THEM) came to preach the same religion; which continued to grow and grow until it reached perfection at the hands of the Holy Prophet "Muhummed".
Islam is the only religion in the world that commands its followers to respect and revere the founders of all revealed religions, such as Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jesus,etc.
Muhummed´s advent has been prophesied in religious scriptures, includung the Bible.* The New Testament says, in the words of Jesus: "And I will Pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter,** that he may abide with you for ever" (John 14:16); "But when the Comforter is come, whom i will send unto you, from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me" (John 15:26); "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away; for the if I go not away , the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you" (John 16:7) ; "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of Truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself: but whatsoever he shall hear, that he shall speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you" (John 16:12-14).
THE QURAN SPEAKS! Vol. II-No. 47 GOD BEGETS NOT
It is not befitting to the (Majesty of) God that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When he determines a matter, he only says to it, "Be" and it is, (HOLY QURAN 19:35).
Begetting a son is a physical act and is against God´s nature. "Son of God" should NOT be taken in literal sence because God addresses His chosen servants as his "sons" - Adam (Luke 3:38) So Solomon (1 Chronicles 28:6), Jesus (Luke 3:22) Israel (Exodus 4:22) and Ephraim (Jeremiah 31:9) were "GOD´S FIRST BORNS". The new Testament also interprets "son of God" to be allegorical, vide Romans 8:14: "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." "... In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the Devil.." (1 John 3:9-10).

"There is no other object of worship but God; Muhummed is the Messenger of God."
"Say: He is Allah (God), the One and Only; Allah the eternally Besought of all; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none comparable unto Him." (HOLY QURAN 112.1-4).
"..To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?"- (ISAIAH 40:18).
"Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence Satan, for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. "-(MATTHEW 4:10).
Five times a day, every day, a muezzin climbs to the minaret and calls the faithful to prayer, his voice ringing clear over the rooftops and across the streets... "O you who belive! When the call is made for prayer...hasten to the remembrance of Allah."-(HOLY QURAN 62:9).
"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, make thee two trumpets of silver...that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly...And when they shall blow whit them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."-(NUMBERS 10:1-3).
PRAYER
(An International anthem of some 1000 million Muslims of the world.)
Allah is Greatest.
Allah is Greatest
I bear witness that there is no other object of worship but Allah.
I bear witness that there is no other object of worship but Allah.
I bear witness that Muhummed is the Messenger of Allah.
I bear witness that Muhummed is the Messenger of Allah.
Come to prayer.
Come to prayer.
Come to Success.
Come to Success.
Allah is Greatest.
Allah is Greatest.
There is no other object of worship but Allah.


THE MUEZZIN CALLING THE FAITHFUL TO PRAYER

...the faithful come to the mosque and take off their shoes so that they may enter the house of worship in bare feet...
"When he came to the Fire, a voice was uttered: O Moses! I am thy Lord, therefore put off thy shoes, for thou art in the sacred valley of Tuwa."-(HOLY QURAN 20:11-12).
(And God said to Moses), "Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."-(EXODUS 3:5, also ACTS 7:33).

...but before entering the mosque, they make ablution, washing their faces, hands and feet...
"O you who belive! When you rise up to prayer, wash your faces and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads, and wash your feet to the ankles."-(HOLY QURAN 5:7)
"And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat; when they went into tent of the conregation they washed as the Lord commanded Moses."-(EXODUS 40:31-32).
"Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple..."-(ACTS 21:26).

...and in the mosque, the faithful face that Great Mosque in Mecca, whether in prayer, or reciting, or seeking the blessings of God in Unisom with the faithful from all over the world...
"So turn thy face toward the Sacred Mosque, and (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your faces toward it."- (HOLY QURAN 2:144).
"Now when Daniel...went into his house; and his window being open in his chamber towards Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and thanks before his God, as he did aforetime."-(DANIEL 6:10).

...the house is a place of peace and serenity, without images or idols of worship, and simple, with a carpet on which to stand or sit, and meditate.
"God forgiveth not (the sin of) joining other gods with Him;...one who joins other gods with God, hath strayed far, far away (from the Right)."-(HOLY QURAN 4:116).
"I am the Lord thy God...Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them."-(THE FIRST COMMANDMENT, EXODUS 20:2-5).

...and when the time of prayer is come, the faithful stand and bow before God, and make obeisance to Him, by touching the ground before them with their foreheads...
They do blaspheme who say: "God is Christ, the son of Mary." But said Christ:" O Children of Israel! Worship God, my Lord and your Lord."-(HOLY QURAN 5:75).
They do blaspheme who say: God is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except One God.-(HOLY QURAN 5:76).
And, behold, one came and said unto him (Jesus), "Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but One, that is God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the Commandments.-(MATTHEW 19:16-17).

"O you who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves and serve your Lord, and do good that you may prosper."-(HOLY QURAN 22:77).
"And he (Jesus) went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed..."-(MATTHEW 26:39).
"And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship..."-(JOSHUA 5:14).
"And he (Elijah) cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees."-(1 KINGS 18:42).
"And they (Moses and Aaron) fell upon their faces..."-(NUMBERS 20:6).
"And Abraham fell on his face..."-(GENESIS 17:3).

...and invariably, the faithful spreads out his hands to God, asking forgiveness, seeking His blessings, beseeching His protection for mankind...
"Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire."-(HOLY QURAN 2:201)
"...when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven."-(1 KINGS 8:54).
And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that Thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that Thou hast sent me.-(JOHN 11:41-42).

...and on Fridays, before the prayer immediately after noon, the imam climbs up the pulpit to preach a sermon that the faithful may listen and heed the words of God, and so shall it be, forever.
"When the call is sounded for prayer on Fridays, hasten to the remembrance of God...but when the prayer is ended, disperse abroad in the land and seek of God´s grace and remember God, that you may be successful."-(HOLY QURAN 62:9-10).

BIRTH OF JESUS (A QURANIC CONCEPTION)
Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.
She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our Angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.
She said: "I seek refuge from thee to (God) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear God."
He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son."
She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"
He said: "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, "That is easy for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us: It is a matter (so) decreed."
So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place...
At length she brought (the babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! Truly an amazing thing has thou brought!
"O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"
He (the babe) said: "I am indeed a servant of God; He hath given me Revelation and made me a prophet: And he hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live; (He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or misrable; so Peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again).
Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.-(HOLY QURAN 19:16-34).
THE QURAN SPEAKS VOL. 11-No.36 JESUS IS NOT GOD
And behold. God will say: "O Jesus son of Mary! Did´st thou say unto men, Worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of God?" He will say: "Glory to Thee! Never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, Thou would´st indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, though I know not what is in Thine. For thou knowest in full all that is hidden. Never said I to them aught except what Thou did´st command me to say, to wit, worship God, my Lord and your Lord." (HOLY QURAN 5:119-120).
Compare with Bible: (1) John 5:30; (2) John 12:49; (3) John 14:28; (4) Isaiah 42:8; (5) Acts 2:22.
THE QURAN SPEAKS VOL. 111-No.4 MUHUMMED IS NOT GOD
Say thou (O Muhummed to the people): "I am but a man like you: it is revealed to me by inspiration, that your God is One God: so stand true to Him, and ask for His forgiveness". And woe to those who join gods with God. (HOLY QURAN 41:6)
Some people maintain that Muslims worship Muhummed instead of God, and call them "Muhummedans". The above verse gives the lie to such an allegation as Muhummed never claimed himself to be a god. He was a prophet like any other messenger of God. The word "Muhummedanism" as applied to the Islamic religion is a misnomer. Islam means submission to the Will of God and its followers are called Muslims.
How then can man be justified with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?-(JOB 25:4).
THE FOLLOWING EXTRACTS FROM THE BIBLE BEAR TESTIMONY TO THE QURANIC TRUTH THAT JESUS IS NOT GOD
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders ans signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know.-(ACTS 2:22).
"And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God...-(REVELATION 19:10)
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, He gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.-(JOHN 12:49).
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.-(JOHN 5:30-31).
...for my Father is greater than I.-(JOHN 14:28).
And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.-(JOHN 17:3)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his Lord; neither he that is sent greater than He that sent him.-(JOHN 13:16)
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her (Mary Magdalene)... I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.-(JOHN 20:17)
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.-(MARK 13:32)
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God.-(JOHN 8:40).
"It was the first religion that preached and practised democracy; for, in the mosque when the call from the Minaret is sounded and the worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and the king kneel side by side and proclaim, "God alone is great." I have been struck over and over again by this indivisible unity of Islam that makes a man distinctively a brother."
THE LATE SIROJINI NAIDU - A GREAT HINDU POETESS, RIGHTLY DESCRIBED AS THE "NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA."
*Muhummed is mentioned by name in song of Solomon 5:16. The Hebrew word used is "Mahummudim".
**The word "comforter" is the English translation of the Greek word "Peri clytos" which is almost a literal translation of the Aramaic or Hebrew word "Mauhamana" used by Jesus himself, and which identifies with the name of Prophet Muhummed. (Refer Note 5438. - Yusuf Ali Translation of the Holy Quran).

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Happy Birth Day to G. Moheyuddin

Happy Birth Day to G. Moheyuddin
Research Scholar | M.Phil Economics Student, GC University, Lahore
The man of my city:

EXPERIENCES:

I - Independent/Personal Research Activities [September 2004-Present]
Researcher | Economic Analyst | Economist
[details of research work shown in coming section (Research Work)]

II - Khushhali Bank, Bahawalnagar [August 2003 - June 2004]
Customer Services Officer
Job Profile
-Frontline microfinance sales and service function
-Customer servicing and education
-Outbound sales/business acquisition operations
-Sales team management
-Prepare and monitoring case loadings
-Documentation and policy compliances
-Cash flow based credit appraisal
-Ensuring high-quality social collateral formation
-Front-end delinquency and collection management

III - AFAQ College of Commerce, Haroonabad [March 2002 - July 2003]
Lecturer (Economics)
.Teaching the papers of:
i)Principles of Economics
ii) Economy of Pakistan

ACHIEVMENTS:

I - Gold Medallist in MA Economics. (Overall 1st Position in Islamia
University, Bahawalpur).

II - Selected for, and participated in, various Online Courses arranged by
the World Bank Institute, Washington DC, USA.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

I - GC University, Lahore
-M.Phil (Economics), 2005-2007
-course work cmpleted, working on thesis

II - Islamia University, Bahawalpur
-Masters of Arts (Economics), 1999-2001
-Gold Medalist (Overall 1st Position in Islamia University, Bahawalpur)

III - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad
-Refresher Course in Economics, June 2004 - August 2004
Courses:
i) Development Finance ii)Microeconomic Theory iii)Macroeconomic Theory
iv) Mathematics for Economists v) Statistics and Econometrics

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

I - World Bank Institute, Washington DC, USA (Internet Course)
-Gender, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction [Oct 31st, 2005 - Nov
25th, 2005]
-The course deals with the Gender Issues in the economic development and
poverty reduction

II - World Bank Institute, Washington DC, USA (Internet Course)
Macroeconomic Management in Oil Exporting Countries [July 1st, 2005 - July
29th,2005]
-The course deals with the Macroeconomic and Policy Issues of Oil-Exporting
Countries

III - Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP), Karachi
-Diploma in Banking and Finance (JAIBP) Stage II, Continue
-The Stage - II of Diploma is being continued (Six out of Twelve papers
have been passed)

IV - Nice Institute of Computer Education (NICE), Haroonabad
-A Certificate in Windows (Computer) Application, October 2002 - December
2002
-MS Windows, MS Office, Disk Operating System (DOS), Electronic Data
Processing (EDP) etc.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

I - Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad
-Member since March, 2005

II - Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP), Karachi
-Enrolled as Examinee for Junior Associate of IBP (JAIBP)

III - Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE), PIDE-Islamabad
-Applied for Membership

RESEARCH WORK:

Moheyuddin, Ghulam. (2007). "Impact of Foreign Capital Inflow (FCI) on GDP
Growth in Pakistan". Journal of Independent Studies and Research (JISR). Volume 5, Issue 1, Januray 2007. pp 24-29. [Journal Available online at http://jisr.szabist.edu/pk ]

Moheyuddin, Ghulam. (2005a). "Background, Assessment and Analysis of the
Gender Issues in Pakistan". Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA).
University Library of Munich, Germany. MPRA Paper No. 683. Online at
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/683/

Moheyuddin, Ghulam. (2005b). "Incorporating Gender into Poverty Reduction
Strategies". Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA). University Library of
Munich, Germany. MPRA Paper No. 684. Online at
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/684/

Moheyuddin, Ghulam. (2005c). "Gender Inequality in Education: Impact on
Income, Growth and Development". Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA).
University Library of Munich, Germany. MPRA Paper No. 685. Online at
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/685/

Moheyuddin, Ghulam. (2005d). "Introduction to Gender, Economic Development
and Poverty Reduction". Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA). University
Library of Munich, Germany. MPRA Paper No. 689. Online at
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/689/

Moheyuddin, Ghulam. (2006). "Low-Cost Housing Solutions". The paper is
submitted in the 'Banking Research Papers Competition' arranged by the
Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP). [Result: Not announced]

TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS:

I - Human Development Institute, Khushhali Bank, Islamabad
-Two weeks Residential Training workshop held at NIBAF (National Institute
of Banking and Finance), Islamabad.
-The training was focused on: Microfinance, Customer Services & Sales, and
Social Mobilization

II - Khushhali Bank, Bahawalnagar
-On the Job Training (Customer Services and Micro-Financing)
-The first six months of the job as "Customer Services Officer" were as
"on-the-job training"

COMPUTER SKILLS:

i)MS Windows 95/98/2000/XP ii) MS Front Page 97/2000/XP
iii) Internet/E-Mailing iv)E-Views v) MS Office 97/2000/XP
vi) Adobe Acrobat (Reader + Writer) vii) SPSS (Statistical Package for
Social Scientists) viii) Fox Pro (for Windows):

He is a great person. I personally know him. I wish him the best of luck in rest of his future...
May God give him all cheers of life...
Aameen

April 22, 2007 | 5:42 PM Comments  3 comments

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I am still in trouble O people of the world Please help me!!!

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April 22, 2007 | 2:58 PM Comments  14 comments



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April 16, 2007 | 3:21 PM Comments  13 comments



The Complete English Translation of The Glourious Quran

Aslam-U-Alikum!
I want to dedicate this effort to my beloved parents, My sisters, My teachers and all the persons who help me in this regard.

Thanks and have a nice life....

April 15, 2007 | 4:51 PM Comments  1 comments

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The Opening

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Surah 1. The Opening
1. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
2. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
4. Master of the Day of Judgment.
5. Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
6. Show us the straight way,
7. The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those
whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.

April 15, 2007 | 4:50 PM Comments  6 comments

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The Cow

Surah 2. The Cow
1. A.L.M.
2. This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear
Allah.
3. Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of what
We have provided for them;
4. And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time,
and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.
5. They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord, and it is these who will
prosper.
6. As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them
or do not warn them; they will not believe.
7. Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes
is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).
8. Of the people there are some who say: "We believe in Allah and the Last
Day;" but they do not (really) believe.
9. Fain would they deceive Allah and those who believe, but they only deceive
themselves, and realise (it) not!.10. In their hearts is a disease; and Allah has
increased their disease:
And grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to
themselves).
11. When it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "Why,
we only Want to make peace!"
12. Of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not.
13. When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:" They say: "Shall
we believe as the fools believe?" Nay, of a surety they are the fools, but they do
not know.
14. When they meet those who believe, they say: "We believe;" but when they
are alone with their evil ones, they say: "We are really with you: We (were)
only jesting."
15. Allah will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their
trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (To and fro).
16. These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is
profitless, and they have lost true direction,
17. Their similitude is that of a man who kindled a fire; when it lighted all
around him, Allah took away their light and left them in utter darkness. So they
could not see.
18. Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path).
19. Or (another similitude) is that of a rain-laden cloud from the sky: In it are
zones of darkness, and thunder and lightning: They press their fingers in their
ears to keep out the stunning thunder-clap, the while they are in terror of
death. But Allah is ever round the rejecters of Faith!
20. The lightning all but snatches away their sight; every time the light (Helps)
them, they walk therein, and when the darkness grows on them, they stand
still. And if Allah willed, He could take away their faculty of hearing and seeing;
for Allah hath power over all things.
21. O ye people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who
came before you, that ye may have the chance to learn righteousness;
22. Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and
sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for your
sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the truth)..23.
And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our
servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers
(If there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true.
24. But if ye cannot- and of a surety ye cannot- then fear the Fire whose fuel is
men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject Faith.
25. But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that
their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow.
Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, this is what we
were fed with before," for they are given things in similitude; and they have
therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (forever).
26. Allah disdains not to use the similitude of things, lowest as well as highest.
Those who believe know that it is truth from their Lord; but those who reject
Faith say: "What means Allah by this similitude?" By it He causes many to
stray, and many He leads into the right path; but He causes not to stray, except
those who forsake (the path),-
27. Those who break Allah’s Covenant after it is ratified, and who sunder what
Allah Has ordered to be joined, and do mischief on earth:
These cause loss (only) to themselves.
28. How can ye reject the faith in Allah.- seeing that ye were without life, and
He gave you life; then will He cause you to die, and will again bring you to life;
and again to Him will ye return.
29. It is He Who hath created for you all things that are on earth; Moreover His
design comprehended the heavens, for He gave order and perfection to the
seven firmaments; and of all things He hath perfect knowledge.
30. Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth."
They said: "Wilt Thou place therein one who will make mischief therein and
shed blood?- whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?"
He said: "I know what ye know not."
31. And He taught Adam the nature of all things; then He placed them before
the angels, and said: "Tell me the nature of these if ye are right."
32. They said: "Glory to Thee, of knowledge We have none, save what Thou
Hast taught us: In truth it is Thou Who art perfect in knowledge and wisdom.".
33. He said: "O Adam! Tell them their natures." When he had told them, Allah
said: "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth, and I
know what ye reveal and what ye conceal?"
34. And behold, We said to the angels: "Bow down to Adam" and they bowed
down. Not so Iblis: he refused and was haughty: He was of those who reject
Faith.
35. We said: "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden; and eat of the
bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will; but approach not this
tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."
36. Then did Satan make them slip from the (garden), and get them out of the
state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: "Get ye down, all (ye
people), with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place
and your means of livelihood - for a time."
37. Then learnt Adam from his Lord words of inspiration, and his Lord Turned
towards him; for He is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
38. We said: "Get ye down all from here; and if, as is sure, there comes to you
Guidance from me, whosoever follows My guidance, on them shall be no fear,
nor shall they grieve.
39. "But those who reject Faith and belie Our Signs, they shall be companions
of the Fire; they shall abide therein."
40. O Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed
upon you, and fulfil your covenant with Me as I fulfil My Covenant with you, and
fear none but Me.
41. And believe in what I reveal, confirming the revelation which is with you,
and be not the first to reject Faith therein, nor sell My Signs for a small price;
and fear Me, and Me alone.
42. And cover not Truth with falsehood, nor conceal the Truth when ye know
(what it is).
43. And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down your
heads with those who bow down (in worship).
44. Do ye enjoin right conduct on the people, and forget (To practise it)
yourselves, and yet ye study the Scripture? Will ye not understand?
45. Nay, seek ((Allah)'s) help with patient perseverance and prayer: It is
indeed hard, except to those who bring a lowly spirit,-.46. Who bear in mind
the certainty that they are to meet their Lord, and that they are to return to
Him.
47. Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon
you, and that I preferred you to all other (for My Message).
48. Then guard yourselves against a day when one soul shall not avail another
nor shall intercession be accepted for her, nor shall compensation be taken
from her, nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).
49. And remember, We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: They set you
hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your women-folk
live; therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord.
50. And remember We divided the sea for you and saved you and drowned
Pharaoh's people within your very sight.
51. And remember We appointed forty nights for Moses, and in his absence ye
took the calf (for worship), and ye did grievous wrong.
52. Even then We did forgive you; there was a chance for you to be grateful.
53. And remember We gave Moses the Scripture and the Criterion (Between
right and wrong): There was a chance for you to be guided aright.
54. And remember Moses said to his people: "O my people! Ye have indeed
wronged yourselves by your worship of the calf: So turn (in repentance) to your
Maker, and slay yourselves (the wrong-doers); that will be better for you in the
sight of your Maker." Then He turned towards you (in forgiveness): For He is
Oft- Returning, Most Merciful.
55. And remember ye said: "O Moses! We shall never believe in thee until we
see Allah manifestly," but ye were dazed with thunder and lighting even as ye
looked on.
56. Then We raised you up after your death: Ye had the chance to be
grateful.
57. And We gave you the shade of clouds and sent down to you Manna and
quails, saying: "Eat of the good things We have provided for you:" (But they
rebelled); to us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls..
58. And remember We said: "Enter this town, and eat of the plenty therein as
ye wish; but enter the gate with humility, in posture and in words, and We shall
forgive you your faults and increase (the portion of) those who do good."
59. But the transgressors changed the word from that which had been given
them; so We sent on the transgressors a plague from heaven, for that they
infringed (Our command) repeatedly.
60. And remember Moses prayed for water for his people; We said: "Strike the
rock with thy staff." Then gushed forth there from twelve springs. Each group
knew its own place for water. So eat and drink of the
sustenance provided by Allah, and do no evil nor mischief on the (face of
the) earth.
61. And remember ye said: "O Moses! we cannot endure one kind of food
(always); so beseech thy Lord for us to produce for us of what the earth
groweth, -its pot-herbs, and cucumbers, Its garlic, lentils, and onions." He said:
"Will ye exchange the better for the worse? Go ye down to any town, and ye
shall find what ye want!" They were covered with humiliation and misery; they
drew on themselves the wrath of Allah. This because they went on rejecting the
Signs of Allah and slaying His Messengers without just cause. This because they
rebelled and went on transgressing.
62. Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish
(scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in Allah and
the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord;
on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
63. And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (The
towering height) of Mount (Sinai) : (Saying): "Hold firmly to what We have
given you and bring (ever) to remembrance what is therein: Perchance ye may
fear Allah."
64. But ye turned back thereafter: Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of
Allah to you, ye had surely been among the lost.
65. And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the
Sabbath: We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."
66. So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a
lesson to those who fear Allah.
67. And remember Moses said to his people: "(Allah) commands that ye
sacrifice a heifer." They said: "Makest thou a laughing-stock of us?" He said:
"(Allah) save me from being an ignorant (fool)!".68. They said: "Beseech on
our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us
what (heifer) it is!" He said; "He says: The heifer should be neither too old
nor too young, but of middling age. Now do what ye are commanded!"
69. They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us Her colour."
He said: "He says: A fawn-coloured heifer, pure and rich in tone, the admiration
of beholders!"
70. They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us what she
is: To us are all heifers alike: We wish indeed for guidance, if Allah wills."
71. He said: "He says: A heifer not trained to till the soil or water the fields;
sound and without blemish." They said: "Now hast thou brought the truth."
Then they offered her in sacrifice, but not with good-will.
72. Remember ye slew a man and fell into a dispute among yourselves as to
the crime: But Allah was to bring forth what ye did hide.
73. So We said: "Strike the (body) with a piece of the (heifer)." Thus Allah
bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His Signs: Perchance ye may
understand.
74. Thenceforth were your hearts hardened: They became like a rock and even
worse in hardness. For among rocks there are some from which rivers gush
forth; others there are which when split asunder send forth water; and others
which sink for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unmindful of what ye do.
75. Can ye (o ye men of Faith) entertain the hope that they will believe in
you?- Seeing that a party of them heard the Word of Allah, and perverted it
knowingly after they understood it.
76. Behold! when they meet the men of Faith, they say: "We believe": But
when they meet each other in private, they say: "Shall you tell them what Allah
hath revealed to you, that they may engage you in
argument about it before your Lord?"- Do ye not understand (their aim)?
77. Know they not that Allah knoweth what they conceal and what they reveal?
78. And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book, but (see
therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture.
79. Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say:”
This is from Allah," to traffic with it for miserable price!- Woe to them for what
their hands do write, and for the gain they make thereby..80. And they say:
"The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered days:" Say: "Have ye taken
a promise from Allah, for He never breaks His promise? or is it that ye say of
Allah what ye do not know?"
81. Nay, those who seek gain in evil, and are girt round by their sins,- they are
companions of the Fire: Therein shall they abide (For ever).
82. But those who have faith and work righteousness, they are companions of
the Garden: Therein shall they abide (For ever).
83. And remember We took a covenant from the Children of Israel (to this
effect): Worship none but Allah. treat with kindness your parents and kindred,
and orphans and those in need; speak fair to the people; be steadfast in
prayer; and practise regular charity. Then did ye turn back, except a few among
you, and ye backslide (even now).
84. And remember We took your covenant (to this effect): Shed no blood
amongst you, nor turn out your own people from your homes: and this ye
solemnly ratified, and to this ye can bear witness.
85. After this it is ye, the same people, who slay among yourselves and banish
a party of you from their homes; assist (Their enemies) against them, in guilt
and rancour; and if they come to you as captives,
ye ransom them, though it was not lawful for you to banish them. Then is it
only a part of the Book that ye believe in, and do ye reject the rest? But what is
the reward for those among you who behave like this but disgrace in this life?-
and on the Day of Judgment they shall be consigned to the most grievous
penalty. For Allah is not unmindful of what ye do.
86. These are the people who buy the life of this world at the price of the
Hereafter: their penalty shall not be lightened nor shall they be helped.
87. We gave Moses the Book and followed him up with a succession of
apostles; We gave Jesus the son of Mary Clear (Signs) and strengthened him
with the holy spirit. Is it that whenever there comes to you an apostle with
what ye yourselves desire not, ye are puffed up with pride?- Some ye called
impostors, and others ye slay!
88. They say, "Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve Allah’s Word: we
need no more)." Nay, Allah’s curse is on them for their blasphemy: Little is it
they believe.
89. And when there comes to them a Book from Allah, confirming what is with
them,- although from of old they had prayed for victory against those without
Faith,- when there comes to them that which they.(should) have recognised,
they refuse to believe in it but the curse of Allah is on those without Faith.
90. Miserable is the price for which they have sold their souls, in that they deny
(the revelation) which Allah has sent down, in insolent envy that Allah of His
Grace should send it to any of His servants He pleases: Thus have they drawn
on themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And humiliating is the punishment of those
who reject Faith.
91. When it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah Hath sent down, "they say,
"We believe in what was sent down to us:" yet they reject all besides, even if it
be Truth confirming what is with them. Say: "Why then have ye slain the
prophets of Allah in times gone by, if ye did indeed believe?"
92. There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf
(Even) after that, and ye did behave wrongfully.
93. And remember We took your covenant and We raised above you (the
towering height) of Mount (Sinai): (Saying): "Hold firmly to what We have
given you, and hearken (to the Law)": They said:" We hear, and we disobey:"
And they had to drink into their hearts (of the taint) of the calf because of their
Faithlessness. Say: "Vile indeed are the behests of your Faith if ye have any
faith!"
94. Say: "If the last Home, with Allah, be for you specially, and not for anyone
else, then seek ye for death, if ye are sincere."
95. But they will never seek for death, on account of the (sins) which their
hands have sent on before them. and Allah is well-acquainted with
the wrong-doers.
96. Thou wilt indeed find them, of all people, most greedy of life,-even more
than the idolaters: Each one of them wishes He could be given a life of a
thousand years: But the grant of such life will not save him from (due)
punishment. For Allah sees well all that they do.
97. Say: Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel-for he brings down the (revelation) to
thy heart by Allah’s will, a confirmation of what went before, and guidance and
glad tidings for those who believe,-
98. Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and apostles, to Gabriel and
Michael,- Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith.
99. We have sent down to thee Manifest Signs (ayat); and none reject them
but those who are perverse..100. Is it not (the case) that every time they
make a covenant, some party among them throw it aside?- Nay, Most of them
are faithless.
101. And when there came to them an apostle from Allah, confirming
what was with them, a party of the people of the Book threw away the
Book of Allah behind their backs, as if (it had been something) they did
not know!
102. They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of
Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but the evil ones, teaching men
Magic, and such things as came down at babylon to the angels Harut and
Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We
are only for trial; so do not blaspheme." They learned from them the means to
sow discord between man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone
except by Allah’s permission. And they learned what harmed them, not what
profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share
in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell
their souls, if they but knew!
103. If they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far better
had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
104. O ye of Faith! Say not (to the Messenger. words of ambiguous import, but
words of respect; and hearken (to him): To those without Faith is a grievous
punishment.
105. It is never the wish of those without Faith among the People of the Book,
nor of the Pagans, that anything good should come down to you from your
Lord. But Allah will choose for His special Mercy whom He will -for Allah is Lord
of grace abounding.
106. None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We
substitute something better or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah Hath power
over all things?
107. Knowest thou not that to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and
the earth? And besides Him ye have neither patron nor helper.
108. Would ye question your Messenger as Moses was questioned of old? but
whoever changeth from Faith to Unbelief, Hath strayed without doubt from the
even way.
109. Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could Turn you
(people) back to infidelity after ye have believed, from selfish envy, after the
Truth hath become Manifest unto them: But forgive and. overlook, Till Allah
accomplish His purpose; for Allah Hath power over all things.
110. And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity: And whatever good ye
send forth for your souls before you, ye shall find it with Allah. For Allah sees
Well all that ye do.
111. And they say: "None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a
Christian." Those are their (vain) desires. Say: "Produce your proof if ye are
truthful."
112. Nay,-whoever submits His whole self to Allah and is a doer of good,- He
will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
113. The Jews say: "The Christians have naught (to stand) upon; and the
Christians say: "The Jews have naught (To stand) upon." Yet they (Profess to)
study the (same) Book. Like unto their word is what those say who know not;
but Allah will judge between them in their quarrel on the Day of Judgment.
114. And who is more unjust than he who forbids that in places for the worship
of Allah, Allah’s name should be celebrated?-whose zeal is (in fact) to ruin
them? It was not fitting that such should themselves enter them except in fear.
For them there is nothing but disgrace in this world, and in the world to come,
an exceeding torment.
115. To Allah belong the east and the West: Whithersoever ye turn, there is the
presence of Allah. For Allah is all-Pervading, all-Knowing.
116. They say: "(Allah) hath begotten a son" :Glory be to Him.-Nay, to Him
belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: everything renders worship to
Him.
117. To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: When He
decreeth a matter, He saith to it: "Be," and it is.
118. Say those without knowledge: "Why speaketh not Allah unto us? or why
cometh not unto us a Sign?" So said the people before them words of similar
import. Their hearts are alike. We have indeed made clear the Signs unto any
people who hold firmly to Faith (in their hearts).
119. Verily We have sent thee in truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner:
But of thee no question shall be asked of the Companions of the Blazing Fire.
120. Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou
follow their form of religion. Say: "The Guidance of Allah,-that. is the (only)
Guidance." Wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath
reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither Protector nor helper against Allah.
121. Those to whom We have sent the Book study it as it should be studied:
They are the ones that believe therein: Those who reject faith therein,- the loss
is their own.
122. O Children of Israel! call to mind the special favour which I bestowed upon
you, and that I preferred you to all others (for My Message).
123. Then guard yourselves against a-Day when one soul shall not avail
another, nor shall compensation be accepted from her nor shall intercession
profit her nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).
124. And remember that Abraham was tried by his Lord with certain
commands, which he fulfilled: He said: "I will make thee an Imam to the
Nations." He pleaded: "And also (Imams) from my offspring!" He answered:
"But My Promise is not within the reach of evil-doers."
125. Remember We made the House a place of assembly for men and a place
of safety; and take ye the station of Abraham as a place of prayer; and We
covenanted with Abraham and Isma'il, that they should sanctify My House for
those who compass it round, or use it as a retreat, or bow, or prostrate
themselves (therein in prayer).
126. And remember Abraham said: "My Lord, make this a City of Peace, and
feed its people with fruits,-such of them as believe in Allah and the Last Day."
He said: "(Yea), and such as reject Faith,-for a while will I grant them their
pleasure, but will soon drive them to the torment of Fire,- an evil destination
(indeed)!"
127. And remember Abraham and Isma'il raised the foundations of the House
(With this prayer): "Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us: For Thou art the
All-Hearing, the All-knowing.
128. "Our Lord! make of us Muslims, bowing to Thy (Will), and of our progeny
a people Muslim, bowing to Thy (will); and show us our place for the celebration
of (due) rites; and turn unto us (in Mercy); for Thou art the Oft-Returning, Most
Merciful.
129. "Our Lord! send amongst them an Messenger of their own, who shall
rehearse Thy Signs to them and instruct them in scripture and wisdom, and
sanctify them: For Thou art the Exalted in Might, the Wise.".
130. And who turns away from the religion of Abraham but such as debase
their souls with folly? Him We chose and rendered pure in this world: And he
will be in the Hereafter in the ranks of the Righteous.
131. Behold! his Lord said to him: "Bow (thy will to Me):" He said: "I bow (my
will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the Universe."
132. And this was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons, and so did Jacob;
"Oh my sons! Allah hath chosen the Faith for you; then die not except in the
Faith of Islam."
133. Were ye witnesses when death appeared before Jacob? Behold, he said to
his sons: "What will ye worship after me?" They said: "We shall worship Thy
Allah and the Allah of thy fathers, of Abraham, Isma'il and Isaac,- the one
(True) Allah. To Him we bow (in Islam)."
134. That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of
what they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no question in your
case!
135. They say: "Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guided (To
salvation)." Say thou: "Nay! (I would rather) the Religion of Abraham the True,
and he joined not gods with Allah."
136. Say ye: "We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to
Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and
Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference
between one and another of them: And we bow to Allah (in Islam)."
137. So if they believe as ye believe, they are indeed on the right path; but if
they turn back, it is they who are in schism; but Allah will suffice thee as
against them, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
138. (Our religion is) the Baptism of Allah. And who can baptize better than
Allah. And it is He Whom we worship.
139. Say: Will ye dispute with us about Allah, seeing that He is our Lord and
your Lord; that we are responsible for our doings and ye for yours; and that We
are sincere (in our faith) in Him?
140. Or do ye say that Abraham, Isma'il Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes were Jews
or Christians? Say: Do ye know better than Allah. Ah! who is more unjust than
those who conceal the testimony they have from Allah.
but Allah is not unmindful of what ye do!.
141. That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of
what they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no question in your
case:
142. The fools among the people will say: "What hath turned them from the
Qibla to which they were used?" Say: To Allah belong both east and West: He
guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight.
143. Thus, have We made of you an Ummat justly balanced, that ye might be
witnesses over the nations, and the Messenger a witness over yourselves; and
We appointed the Qibla to which thou wast used, only to test those who
followed the Messenger from those who would turn on their heels (From the
Faith). Indeed it was (A change) momentous, except to those guided by Allah.
And never would Allah Make your faith of no effect. For Allah is to all people
Most surely full of kindness, Most Merciful.
144. We see the turning of thy face (for guidance to the heavens: now Shall
We turn thee to a Qibla that shall please thee. Turn then Thy face in the
direction of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn yourfaces in that
direction. The people of the Book know well that that is the truth from their
Lord. Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.
145. Even if thou wert to bring to the people of the Book all the Signs
(together), they would not follow Thy Qibla; nor art thou going to follow their
Qibla; nor indeed will they follow each other's Qibla. If thou after the knowledge
hath reached thee, Wert to follow their (vain) desires,-then wert thou Indeed
(clearly) in the wrong.
146. The people of the Book know this as they know their own sons; but some
of them conceal the truth which they themselves know.
147. The Truth is from thy Lord; so be not at all in doubt.
148. To each is a goal to which Allah turns him; then strive together (as in a
race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, Allah will bring you
Together. For Allah Hath power over all things.
149. From whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the direction of
the sacred Mosque; that is indeed the truth from the Lord. And Allah is not
unmindful of what ye do.
150. So from whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the direction
of the sacred Mosque; and wheresoever ye are, Turn your face thither: that
there be no ground of dispute against you among the people, except those of
them that are bent on wickedness; so fear them not, but fear Me; and that I
may complete My favours on you, and ye May (consent to) be guided;.151. A
similar (favour have ye already received) in that We have sent among you an
Messenger of your own, rehearsing to you Our Signs, and sanctifying you, and
instructing you in Scripture and Wisdom, and in new knowledge.
152. Then do ye remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful to Me, and
reject not Faith.
153. O ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance and prayer; for
Allah is with those who patiently persevere.
154. And say not of those who are slain in the way of Allah. "They are dead."
Nay, they are living, though ye perceive (it) not.
155. Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in
goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who
patiently persevere,
156. Who say, when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah We belong, and to Him is
our return":-
157. They are those on whom (Descend) blessings from Allah, and Mercy, and
they are the ones that receive guidance.
158. Behold! Safa and Marwa are among the Symbols of Allah. So if those who
visit the House in the Season or at other times, should compass them round, it
is no sin in them. And if any one obeyeth his own impulse to good,- be sure
that Allah is He Who recogniseth and knoweth.
159. Those who conceal the clear (Signs) We have sent down, and the
Guidance, after We have made it clear for the people in the Book,-on them shall
be Allah’s curse, and the curse of those entitled to curse,-
160. Except those who repent and make amends and openly declare (the
Truth): To them I turn; for I am Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
161. Those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- on them is Allah’s curse, and
the curse of angels, and of all mankind;
162. They will abide therein: Their penalty will not be lightened, nor will respite
be their (lot).
163. And your Allah is One Allah. There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most
Merciful.
164. Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of
the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the
profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah Sends down from. the skies, and the
life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds
that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds
which they Trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed
are Signs for a people that are wise.
165. Yet there are men who take (for worship) others besides Allah, as equal
(with Allah.: They love them as they should love Allah. But those of Faith are
overflowing in their love for Allah. If only the unrighteous could see, behold,
they would see the penalty: that to Allah belongs all power, and Allah will
strongly enforce the penalty.
166. Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow
(them) : They would see the penalty, and all relations between them would be
cut off.
167. And those who followed would say: "If only We had one more chance, We
would clear ourselves of them, as they have cleared themselves of us." Thus
will Allah show them (The fruits of) their deeds as (nothing but) regrets. Nor
will there be a way for them out of the Fire.
168. O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, Lawful and good; and do not follow
the footsteps of the evil one, for he is to you an avowed enemy.
169. For he commands you what is evil and shameful, and that ye should say
of Allah that of which ye have no knowledge.
170. When it is said to them: "Follow what Allah hath revealed:" They say:
"Nay! we shall follow the ways of our fathers." What! even though their fathers
Were void of wisdom and guidance?
171. The parable of those who reject Faith is as if one were to shout Like a
goat-herd, to things that listen to nothing but calls and cries: Deaf, dumb, and
blind, they are void of wisdom.
172. O ye who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you,
and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him ye worship.
173. He hath only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine,
and that on which any other name hath been invoked besides that of Allah. But
if one is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due
limits,- then is he guiltless. For Allah is Oft-forgiving Most Merciful.
174. Those who conceal Allah’s revelations in the Book, and purchase for them
a miserable profit,- they swallow into themselves naught but Fire; Allah will not
address them on the Day of Resurrection. Nor purify them: Grievous will be
their penalty..
175. They are the ones who buy Error in place of Guidance and Torment in
place of Forgiveness. Ah! what boldness (They show) for the Fire!
176. (Their doom is) because Allah sent down the Book in truth but those who
seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism Far (from the purpose).
177. It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but
it is righteousness- to believe in Allah and the Last Day, and the Angels, and
the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, out of love for Him,
for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask,
and for the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular
charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient,
in pain (or suffering) and adversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such
are the people of truth, the Allah. fearing.
178. O ye who believe! the law of equality is prescribed to you in cases of
murder: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the woman for the
woman. But if any remission is made by the brother of the slain, then grant any
reasonable demand, and compensate him with handsome gratitude, this is a
concession and a Mercy from your Lord. After this whoever exceeds the limits
shall be in grave penalty.
179. In the Law of Equality there is (saving of) Life to you, o ye men of
understanding; that ye may restrain yourselves.
180. It is prescribed, when death approaches any of you, if he leave any goods
that he make a bequest to parents and next of kin, according to reasonable
usage; this is due from the Allah. fearing.
181. If anyone changes the bequest after hearing it, the guilt shall be on those
who make the change. For Allah hears and knows (All things).
182. But if anyone fears partiality or wrong-doing on the part of the testator,
and makes peace between (The parties concerned), there is no wrong in him:
For Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
183. O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to
those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint,-
184. (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill, or on a
journey, the prescribed number (Should be made up) from days later. For those
who can do it (With hardship), is a ransom, the feeding of one that is indigent.
But he that will give more, of his own free will,- it is better for him. And it is
better for you that ye fast, if ye only knew..
185. Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide
to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and
wrong). So every one of you who is present (at his home) during that month
should spend it in fasting, but if any one is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed
period (Should be made up) by days later. Allah intends every facility for you;
He does not want to put to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete the
prescribed period, and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance
ye shall be grateful.
186. When My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I
listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calleth on Me: Let them also,
with a will, Listen to My call, and believe in Me: That they may walk in the right
way.
187. Permitted to you, on the night of the fasts, is the approach to your wives.
They are your garments and ye are their garments. Allah knoweth what ye used
to do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you and forgave you; so now
associate with them, and seek what Allah Hath ordained for you, and eat and
drink, until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct from its black
thread; then complete your fast Till the night appears; but do not associate with
your wives while ye are in retreat in the mosques. Those are Limits (set by)
Allah. Approach not nigh thereto. Thus doth Allah make clear His Signs to men:
that they may learn self-restraint.
188. And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it
as bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly
a little of (other) people's property.
189. They ask thee concerning the New Moons. Say: They are but signs to
mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men, and for Pilgrimage. It is no
virtue if ye enter your houses from the back: It is virtue if ye fear Allah. Enter
houses through the proper doors: And fear Allah. That ye may prosper.
190. Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress
limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors.
191. And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where
they have Turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter;
but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but
if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith.
192. But if they cease, Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful..193. And fight
them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice
and faith in Allah. but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those
who practise oppression.
194. The prohibited month for the prohibited month,- and so for all things
prohibited,- there is the law of equality. If then any one transgresses the
prohibition against you, Transgress ye likewise against him. But fear Allah, and
know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves.
195. And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your
own hands contribute to (your) destruction; but do good; for Allah loveth those
who do good.
196. And complete the Hajj or 'umra in the service of Allah. But if ye are
prevented (From completing it), send an offering for sacrifice, such as ye may
find, and do not shave your heads until the offering reaches the place of
sacrifice. And if any of you is ill, or has an ailment in his scalp, (Necessitating
shaving), (He should) in compensation either fast, or feed the poor, or offer
sacrifice; and when ye are in peaceful conditions (again), if any one wishes to
continue the 'umra on to the hajj, He must make an offering, such as he can
afford, but if he cannot afford it, He should fast three days during the hajj and
seven days on his return, Making ten days in all. This is for those whose
household is not in (the precincts of) the Sacred Mosque. And fear Allah, and
know that Allah Is strict in punishment.
197. For Hajj are the months well known. If any one undertakes that duty
therein, Let there be no obscenity, nor wickedness, nor wrangling in the Hajj.
And whatever good ye do, (be sure) Allah knoweth it. And take a provision
(With you) for the journey, but the best of provisions is right
conduct. So fear Me, o ye that are wise.
198. It is no crime in you if ye seek of the bounty of your Lord (during
pilgrimage). Then when ye pour down from (Mount) Arafat, celebrate the
praises of Allah at the Sacred Monument, and celebrate His praises as He has
directed you, even though, before this, ye went astray.
199. Then pass on at a quick pace from the place whence it is usual for the
multitude so to do, and ask for Allah’s forgiveness. For Allah is Oft forgiving,
Most Merciful.
200. So when ye have accomplished your holy rites, celebrate the praises of
Allah, as ye used to celebrate the praises of your fathers,- yea, with far more
Heart and soul. There are men who say: "Our Lord! Give us (Thy bounties) in
this world!" but they will have no portion in the Hereafter..
201. And there are men who say: "Our Lord! Give us good in this world and
good in the Hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire!"
202. To these will be allotted what they have earned; and Allah is quick in
account.
203. Celebrate the praises of Allah during the Appointed Days. But if any one
hastens to leave in two days, there is no blame on him, and if any one stays on,
there is no blame on him, if his aim is to do right. Then fear Allah, and know
that ye will surely be gathered unto Him.
204. There is the type of man whose speech about this world's life May dazzle
thee, and he calls Allah to witness about what is in his heart; yet is he the most
contentious of enemies.
205. When he turns his back, His aim everywhere is to spread mischief through
the earth and destroy crops and cattle. But Allah loveth not mischief.
206. When it is said to him, "Fear Allah., He is led by arrogance to (more)
crime. Enough for him is Hell;-An evil bed indeed (To lie on)!
207. And there is the type of man who gives his life to earn the pleasure of
Allah. And Allah is full of kindness to (His) devotees.
208. O ye who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the
footsteps of the evil one; for he is to you an avowed enemy.
209. If ye backslide after the clear (Signs) have come to you, then know that
Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
210. Will they wait until Allah comes to them in canopies of clouds, with angels
(in His train) and the question is (thus) settled? but to Allah do all questions go
back (for decision).
211. Ask the Children of Israel how many clear (Signs) We have sent them. But
if any one, after Allah’s favour has come to him, substitutes (something else),
Allah is strict in punishment.
212. The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith, and they scoff at
those who believe. But the righteous will be above them on the Day of
Resurrection; for Allah bestows His abundance without measure on whom He
will.
213. Mankind was one single nation, and Allah sent Messengers with glad
tidings and warnings; and with them He sent the Book in truth, to judge
between people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of. The Book,
after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves, except
through selfish contumacy. Allah by His Grace Guided the believers to the
Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For Allah guided whom He will to a
path that is straight.
214. Or do ye think that ye shall enter the Garden (of bliss) without such
(trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They encountered
suffering and adversity, and were so shaken in spirit that even the Messenger
and those of faith who were with him cried: "When (will come) the help of
Allah." Ah! Verily, the help of Allah is (always) near!
215. They ask thee what they should spend (In charity). Say: Whatever ye
spend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want
and for wayfarers. And whatever ye do that is good, -(Allah) knoweth it well.
216. Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye
dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for
you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.
217. They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: "Fighting
therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent
access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred
Mosque, and drive out its members." Tumult and oppression are worse than
slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn
you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you Turn back from their
faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the
Hereafter; they will be companions of the Fire and will abide therein.
218. Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and strove
and struggled) in the path of Allah,- they have the hope of the Mercy of Allah.
And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
219. They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: "In them is great sin,
and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit."
They ask thee how much they are to spend; Say: "What is beyond your needs."
Thus doth Allah Make clear to you His Signs: In order that ye may
consider-
220. (Their bearings) on this life and the Hereafter. They ask thee concerning
orphans. Say: "The best thing to do is what is for their good; if ye mix their
affairs with yours, they are your brethren; but Allah knows the man who means
mischief from the man who means good. And if Allah had wished, He could have
put you into difficulties: He is indeed Exalted in Power, Wise.".
221. Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave
woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she
allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man
slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you.
Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to
the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind:
That they may celebrate His praise.
222. They ask thee concerning women's courses. Say: They are a hurt and a
pollution: So keep away from women in their courses, and do not approach
them until they are clean. But when they have purified themselves, ye may
approach them in any manner, time, or place ordained for you by Allah. For
Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep
themselves pure and clean.
223. Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye
will; but do some good act for your souls beforehand; and fear Allah. And know
that ye are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), and give (these) good tidings to
those who believe.
224. And make not Allah’s (name) an excuse in your oaths against doing good,
or acting rightly, or making peace between persons; for Allah is One Who
heareth and knoweth all things.
225. Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for
the intention in your hearts; and He is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing.
226. For those who take an oath for abstention from their wives, a waiting for
four months is ordained; if then they return, Allah is Oft forgiving, Most
Merciful.
227. But if their intention is firm for divorce, Allah heareth and knoweth all
things.
228. Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three monthly
periods. Nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah Hath created in their
wombs, if they have faith in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands have
the better right to take them back in that period, if they wish for reconciliation.
And women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to
what is equitable; but men have a degree (of advantage) over them. And Allah
is Exalted in Power, Wise.
229. A divorce is only permissible twice: after that, the parties should either
hold Together on equitable terms, or separate with kindness. It is not lawful for
you, (Men), to take back any of your gifts (from your wives), except when both
parties fear that they would be unable to keep the limits ordained by Allah. If ye
(judges) do indeed fear that they would be unable to keep the limits ordained
by Allah, there is no blame on either
of them if she give something for her freedom. These are the limits ordained by
Allah. so do not transgress them if any do transgress the limits ordained by
Allah, such persons wrong (Themselves as well as others).
230. So if a husband divorces his wife (irrevocably), He cannot, after that, remarry
her until after she has married another husband and He has divorced
her. In that case there is no blame on either of them if they re-unite, provided
they feel that they can keep the limits ordained by Allah. Such are the limits
ordained by Allah, which He makes plain to those who understand.
231. When ye divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat), either
take them back on equitable terms or set them free on equitable terms; but do
not take them back to injure them, (or) to take undue advantage; if any one
does that; He wrongs his own soul. Do not treat Allah’s Signs as a jest, but
solemnly rehearse Allah’s favours on you, and the fact that He sent down to you
the Book and Wisdom, for your instruction. And fear Allah, and know that Allah
is well acquainted with all things.
232. When ye divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat), do not
prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands, if they mutually agree on
equitable terms. This instruction is for all amongst you, who believe in Allah and
the Last Day. That is (the course Making for) most virtue and purity amongst
you and Allah knows, and ye know not.
233. The mothers shall give such to their offspring for two whole years, if the
father desires to complete the term. But he shall bear the cost of their food and
clothing on equitable terms. No soul shall have a burden laid on it greater than
it can bear. No mother shall be Treated unfairly on account of her child. Nor
father on account of his child, an heir shall be chargeable in the same way. If
they both decide on weaning, by mutual consent, and after due consultation,
there is no blame on them. If ye decide on a foster-mother for your offspring,
there is no blame on you, provided ye pay (the mother) what ye offered, on
equitable terms. But fear Allah and know that Allah sees well what ye do.
234. If any of you die and leave widows behind, they shall wait concerning
themselves four months and ten days: When they have fulfilled their term,
there is no blame on you if they dispose of themselves in a just and reasonable
manner. And Allah is well acquainted with what ye do.
235. There is no blame on you if ye make an offer of betrothal or hold it in your
hearts. Allah knows that ye cherish them in your hearts:. But do not make a
secret contract with them except in terms Honourable, nor resolve on the tie of
marriage till the term prescribed is fulfilled. And know that Allah Knoweth what
is in your hearts, and take heed of Him; and know that Allah is Oft-forgiving,
Most Forbearing.
236. There is no blame on you if ye divorce women before consummation or
the fixation of their dower; but bestow on them (A suitable gift), the wealthy
according to his means, and the poor according to his means;- A gift of a
reasonable amount is due from those who wish to do the right thing.
237. And if ye divorce them before consummation, but after the fixation of a
dower for them, then the half of the dower (Is due to them), unless they remit
it or (the man's half) is remitted by him in whose hands is the marriage tie; and
the remission (of the man's half) is the nearest to righteousness. And do not
forget Liberality between yourselves. For Allah sees well all that ye do.
238. Guard strictly your (habit of) prayers, especially the Middle Prayer; and
stand before Allah in a devout (frame of mind).

239. If ye fear (an enemy), pray on foot, or riding, (as may be most
convenient), but when ye are in security, celebrate Allah’s praises in the
manner He has taught you, which ye knew not (before).
240. Those of you who die and leave widows should bequeath for their widows
a year's maintenance and residence; but if they leave (The residence), there is
no blame on you for what they do with themselves, provided it is reasonable.
And Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
241. For divorced women Maintenance (should be provided) on a reasonable
(scale). This is a duty on the righteous.
242. Thus doth Allah Make clear His Signs to you: In order that ye may
understand.
243. Didst thou not Turn by vision to those who abandoned their homes,
though they were thousands (In number), for fear of death? Allah said to them:
"Die": Then He restored them to life. For Allah is full of bounty to mankind, but
Most of them are ungrateful.
244. Then fight in the cause of Allah, and know that Allah Heareth and knoweth
all things.
245. Who is he that will loan to Allah a beautiful loan, which Allah will double
unto his credit and multiply many times? It is Allah that giveth (you) Want or
plenty, and to Him shall be your return..
246. Hast thou not Turned thy vision to the Chiefs of the Children of Israel after
(the time of) Moses? they said to a prophet (That was) among them: "Appoint
for us a king, that we May fight in the cause of Allah." He said: "Is it not
possible, if ye were commanded to fight, that that ye will not fight?" They said:
"How could we refuse to fight in the cause of Allah, seeing that we were turned
out of our homes and our families?" but whe they were commanded to fight,
they turned back, except a small band among them. But Allah Has full
knowledge of those who do wrong.
247. Their Prophet said to them: "(Allah) hath appointed Talut as king over
you." They said: "How can he exercise authority over us when we are better
fitted than he to exercise authority, and he is not even gifted, with wealth in
abundance?" He said: "(Allah) hath Chosen him above you, and hath gifted him
abundantly with knowledge and bodily prowess: Allah Granteth His authority to
whom He pleaseth. Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things."
248. And (further) their Prophet said to them: "A Sign of his authority is that
there shall come to you the Ark of the covenant, with (an assurance) therein of
security from your Lord, and the relics left by the family of Moses and the
family of Aaron, carried by angels. In this is a symbol for you if ye indeed have
faith."
249. When Talut set forth with the armies, he said: "(Allah) will test you at the
stream: if any drinks of its water, He goes not with my army: Only those who
taste not of it go with me: A mere sip out of the hand is excused." but they all
drank of it, except a few. When they crossed the river,- He and the faithful ones
with him,- they said: "This day We cannot cope with Goliath and his forces." but
those who were convinced that they must meet Allah, said: "How oft, by Allah’s
will, Hath a small force vanquished a big one? Allah is with those who
steadfastly persevere."
250. When they advanced to meet Goliath and his forces, they prayed: "Our
Lord! Pour out constancy on us and make our steps firm: Help us against those
that reject faith."
251. By Allah’s will they routed them; and David slew Goliath; and
Allah gave him power and wisdom and taught him whatever (else) He willed.
And did not Allah Check one set of people by means of another, the earth would
indeed be full of mischief: But Allah is full of bounty to all the worlds.
252. These are the Signs of Allah. we rehearse them to thee in truth: verily
Thou art one of the apostles.
253. Those apostles We endowed with gifts, some above others: To one of
them Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the son of
Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with. The holy spirit. If Allah
had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other,
after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some
believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have
fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth His plan.
254. O ye who believe! Spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for you,
before the Day comes when no bargaining (Will avail), nor friendship nor
intercession. Those who reject Faith they are the wrong-doers.
255. Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No
slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth.
Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He
knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them.
Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne
doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in
guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).
256. Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error:
whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy
hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
257. Allah is the Protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness
He will lead them forth into light. Of those who reject faith the patrons are the
evil ones: from light they will lead them forth into the depths of darkness. They
will be companions of the fire, to dwell therein (For ever).
258. Hast thou not Turned thy vision to one who disputed with Abraham About
his Lord, because Allah had granted him power? Abraham said: "My Lord is He
Who Giveth life and death." He said: "I give life and death". Said Abraham: "But
it is Allah that causeth the sun to rise from the east: Do thou then cause him to
rise from the West." Thus was he confounded who (in arrogance) rejected faith.
Nor doth Allah Give guidance to a people unjust.
259. Or (take) the similitude of one who passed by a hamlet, all in ruins to its
roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall Allah bring it (ever) to life, after (this) its death?"
but Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him up (again). He
said: "How long didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: (Perhaps) a day or part of a
day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried thus a hundred years; but look at thy
food and thy drink; they show no signs of age; and look at thy donkey: And
that We may make of thee a sign unto the people, Look further at the bones,
how We bring them. together and clothe them with flesh." When this was
shown clearly to him, he said: "I know that Allah hath power over all things."
260. Behold! Abraham said: "My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the
dead." He said: "Dost thou not then believe?" He said: "Yea! but to satisfy My
own undertaking." He said: "Take four birds; Tame them to turn to thee; put a
portion of them on every hill and call to them: They will come to thee (Flying)
with speed. Then know that Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise."
261. The parable of those who spend their substance in the way of Allah is that
of a grain of corn: it groweth seven ears, and each ear Hath a hundred grains.
Allah giveth manifold increase to whom He pleaseth: And Allah careth for all
and He knoweth all things.
262. Those who spend their substance in the cause of Allah, and follow not up
their gifts with reminders of their generosity or with injury,-for them their
reward is with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
263. Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity followed by
injury. Allah is free of all wants, and He is Most-Forbearing.
264. O ye who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity
or by injury,- like those who spend their substance to be seen of men, but
believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. They are in parable like a hard,
barren rock, on which is a little soil: on it falls heavy rain, which leaves it (Just)
a bare stone. They will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And
Allah guideth not those who reject faith.
265. And the likeness of those who spend their substance, seeking to please
Allah and to strengthen their souls, is as a garden, high and fertile: heavy rain
falls on it but makes it yield a double increase of harvest, and if it receives not
Heavy rain, light moisture sufficeth it. Allah seeth well whatever ye do.
266. Does any of you wish that he should have a garden with date-palms and
vines and streams flowing underneath, and all kinds of fruit, while he is stricken
with old age, and his children are not strong (enough to look after themselves)-
that it should be caught in a whirlwind, with fire therein, and be burnt up? Thus
doth Allah make clear to you (His) Signs; that ye may consider.
267. O ye who believe! Give of the good things which ye have (honourably)
earned, and of the fruits of the earth which We have produced for you, and do
not even aim at getting anything which is bad, in order that out of it ye may
give away something, when ye yourselves. would not receive it except with
closed eyes. And know that Allah is Free of all wants, and worthy of all praise.
268. The Evil one threatens you with poverty and bids you to conduct
unseemly. Allah promiseth you His forgiveness and bounties. And Allah careth
for all and He knoweth all things.
269. He granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth; and he to whom wisdom is
granted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing; but none will grasp the Message
but men of understanding.
270. And whatever ye spend in charity or devotion, be sure Allah knows it all.
But the wrong-doers have no helpers.
271. If ye disclose (acts of) charity, even so it is well, but if ye conceal them,
and make them reach those (really) in need, that is best for you: It will remove
from you some of your (stains of) evil. And Allah is well acquainted with what
ye do.
272. It is not required of thee (O Messenger., to set them on the right path,
but Allah sets on the right path whom He pleaseth. Whatever of good ye give
benefits your own souls, and ye shall only do so seeking the "Face" of Allah.
Whatever good ye give, shall be rendered back to you, and ye shall not Be dealt
with unjustly.
273. (Charity is) for those in need, who, in Allah’s cause are restricted (from
travel), and cannot move about in the land, seeking (For trade or work): the
ignorant man thinks, because of their modesty, that they are free from want.
Thou shalt know them by their (Unfailing) mark: They beg not importunately
from all the sundry. And whatever of good ye give, be assured Allah knoweth it
well.
274. Those who (in charity) spend of their goods by night and by day, in secret
and in public, have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor
shall they grieve.
275. Those who devour usury will not stand except as stand one whom the Evil
one by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is
like usury," but Allah hath permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who
after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past;
their case is for Allah (to judge); but those who repeat (The offence) are
companions of the Fire: They will abide therein (for ever).
276. Allah will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of
charity: For He loveth not creatures ungrateful and wicked..
277. Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish regular
prayers and regular charity

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1. O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a le
person, created, of like nature, His mate, and from them twain scattered (like
seeds) countless men and women;- reverence Allah, through whom ye demand
your mutual (rights), and (reverence) the wombs (That bore you): for Allah
ever watches over you.
2. To orphans restore their property (When they reach their age), nor titute
(your) worthless things for (their) good ones; and devour not their substance
(by mixing it up) with your own. For this is indeed a great sin.
3. If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry
women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be
able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right
hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.
4. And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift; but if , of their
own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, Take it and enjoy it with right
good cheer..5. To those weak of understanding Make not over your property,
which Allah hath made a means of support for you, but feed and clothe them
therewith, and speak to them words of kindness and justice.
6. Make trial of orphans until they reach the age of marriage; if then ye find
sound judgment in them, release their property to them; but consume it not
wastefully, nor in haste against their growing up. If the guardian is well-off, Let
him claim no remuneration, but if he is poor, let him have for himself what is
just and reasonable. When ye release their property to them, take witnesses in
their presence: But all-sufficient is Allah in taking account.
7. From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is a share for
men and a share for women, whether the property be small or large,-a
determinate share.
8. But if at the time of division other relatives, or orphans or poor, are present,
feed them out of the (property), and speak to them words of kindness and
justice.
9. Let those (disposing of an estate) have the same fear in their minds as they
would have for their own if they had left a helpless family behind: Let them fear
Allah, and speak words of appropriate (comfort).
10. Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans, eat up a Fire into their
own bodies: They will soon be enduring a Blazing Fire!
11. Allah (thus) directs you as regards your Children's (Inheritance): to the
male, a portion equal to that of two females: if only daughters, two or more,
their share is two-thirds of the inheritance; if only one, her share is a half. For
parents, a sixth share of the inheritance to each, if the deceased left children; if
no children, and the parents are the (only) heirs, the mother has a third; if the
deceased Left brothers (or sisters) the mother has a sixth. (The distribution in
all cases ('s) after the payment of legacies and debts. Ye know not whether
your parents or your children are nearest to you in benefit. These are settled
portions ordained by Allah. and Allah is All-knowing, All-wise.
12. In what your wives leave, your share is a half, if they leave no child; but if
they leave a child, ye get a fourth; after payment of legacies and debts. In what
ye leave, their share is a fourth, if ye leave no child; but if ye leave a child, they
get an eighth; after payment of legacies and debts. If the man or woman whose
inheritance is in question, has left neither ascendants nor descendants, but has
left a brother or a sister, each one of the two gets a sixth; but if more than two,
they share in a third; after payment of legacies and debts; so that no loss is
caused (to any one). Thus is it ordained by Allah. and Allah is All-knowing, Most
Forbearing..
13. Those are limits set by Allah. those who obey Allah and His Messenger will
be admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, to abide therein (for ever)
and that will be the supreme achievement.
14. But those who disobey Allah and His Messenger and transgress His limits
will be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein: And they shall have a humiliating
punishment.
15. If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, Take the evidence of four
(Reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine
them to houses until death do claim them, or Allah ordain for them some
(other) way.
16. If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they
repent and amend, Leave them alone; for Allah is Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
17. Allah accept the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and repent
soon afterwards; to them will Allah turn in mercy: For Allah is full of knowledge
and wisdom.
18. Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil, until death
faces one of them, and he says, "Now have I repented indeed;" nor of those
who die rejecting Faith: for them have We prepared a punishment most
grievous.
19. O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor
should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower
ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on
the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a
dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through
it a great deal of good.
20. But if ye decide to take one wife in place of another, even if ye had given
the latter a whole treasure for dower, Take not the least bit of it back: Would ye
take it by slander and manifest wrong?
21. And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other, and they
have Taken from you a solemn covenant?
22. And marry not women whom your fathers married,- except what is past: It
was shameful and odious,- an abominable custom indeed.
23. Prohibited to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters;
father's sisters, Mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; fostermothers
(Who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your stepdaughters
under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone
in,- no prohibition if ye have not gone.in;- (Those who have been) wives of your
sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the
same time, except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;-
24. Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your
right hands possess: Thus hath Allah ordained (Prohibitions) against you:
Except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in marriage) with
gifts from your property,- desiring chastity, not lust, seeing that ye derive
benefit from them, give them their dowers (at least) as prescribed; but if, after
a dower is prescribed, agree Mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and
Allah is All-knowing, All-wise.
25. If any of you have not the means wherewith to wed free believing women,
they may wed believing girls from among those whom your right hands
possess: And Allah hath full knowledge about your faith. Ye are one from
another: Wed them with the leave of their owners, and give them their dowers,
according to what is reasonable: They should be chaste, not lustful, nor taking
paramours: when they are taken in wedlock, if they fall into shame, their
punishment is half that for free women. This (permission) is for those among
you who fear sin; but it is better for you that ye practise self-restraint. And
Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
26. Allah doth wish to make clear to you and to show you the ordinances of
those before you; and (He doth wish to) turn to you (In Mercy): And Allah is
All-knowing, All-wise.
27. Allah doth wish to Turn to you, but the wish of those who follow their lusts
is that ye should turn away (from Him),- far, far away.
28. Allah doth wish to lighten your (difficulties): For man was created Weak (in
flesh).
29. O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities:
But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or
destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful!
30. If any do that in rancour and injustice,- soon shall We cast them into the
Fire: And easy it is for Allah.
31. If ye (but) eschew the most heinous of the things which ye are forbidden to
do, We shall expel out of you all the evil in you, and admit you to a gate of
great honour.
32. And in no wise covet those things in which Allah Hath bestowed His gifts
More freely on some of you than on others: To men is allotted what they earn,
and to women what they earn: But ask Allah of His bounty. For Allah hath full
knowledge of all things..
33. To (benefit) every one, We have appointed shares and heirs to property left
by parents and relatives. To those, also, to whom your right hand was pledged,
give their due portion. For truly Allah is witness to all things.
34. Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given
the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from
their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard
in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those
women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first),
(Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they
return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is
Most High, great (above you all).
35. If ye fear a breach between them twain, appoint (two) arbiters, one from
his family, and the other from hers; if they wish for peace, Allah will cause their
reconciliation: For Allah hath full knowledge, and is acquainted with all things.
36. Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents,
kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are
strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your
right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious;-
37. (Nor) those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on others, or hide the
bounties which Allah hath bestowed on them; for We have prepared, for those
who resist Faith, a punishment that steeps them in contempt;-
38. Not those who spend of their substance, to be seen of men, but have no
faith in Allah and the Last Day: If any take the Evil One for their intimate, what
a dreadful intimate he is!
39. And what burden Were it on them if they had faith in Allah and in the Last
Day, and they spent out of what Allah hath given them for sustenance? For
Allah hath full knowledge of them.
40. Allah is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any good (done), He
doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a great reward.
41. How then if We brought from each people a witness, and We brought thee
as a witness against these people!
42. On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the apostle will wish that
the earth Were made one with them: But never will they hide a single fact from
Allah..
43. O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye can
understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (Except when
travelling on the road), until after washing your whole body. If ye are ill, or on a
journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in
contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand
or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands. For Allah doth blot out sins
and forgive again and again.
44. Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the
Book? they traffic in error, and wish that ye should lose the right path.
45. But Allah hath full knowledge of your enemies: Allah is enough for a
protector, and Allah is enough for a Helper.
46. Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places,
and say: "We hear and we disobey"; and "Hear what is not Heard"; and
"Ra'ina"; with a twist of their tongues and a slander to Faith.
If only they had said: "What hear and we obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at
us"; it would have been better for them, and more proper; but Allah hath
cursed them for their Unbelief; and but few of them will believe.
47. O ye People of the Book! believe in what We have (now) revealed,
confirming what was (already) with you, before We change the face and fame
of some (of you) beyond all recognition, and turn them hindwards, or curse
them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers, for the decision of Allah Must be
carried out.
48. Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He
forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to
devise a sin Most heinous indeed.
49. Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who claim sanctity for themselves?
Nay-but Allah Doth sanctify whom He pleaseth. But never will they fail to
receive justice in the least little thing.
50. Behold! how they invent a lie against Allah. but that by itself is a manifest
sin!
51. Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the
Book? they believe in sorcery and Evil, and say to the Unbelievers that they are
better guided in the (right) way Than the believers!
52. They are (men) whom Allah hath cursed: And those whom Allah Hath
cursed, thou wilt find, have no one to help..
53. Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a farthing to
their fellow-men?
54. Or do they envy mankind for what Allah hath given them of his bounty? but
We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and
conferred upon them a great kingdom.
55. Some of them believed, and some of them averted their faces from him:
And enough is Hell for a burning fire.
56. Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as
their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they
may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
57. But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit
to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal home: Therein shall they
have companions pure and holy: We shall admit them to shades, cool and ever
deepening.
58. Allah doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they
are due; And when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with justice:
Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For Allah is He Who
heareth and seeth all things.
59. O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those charged
with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to
Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: That is
best, and most suitable for final determination.
60. Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who declare that they believe in
the revelations that have come to thee and to those before thee? Their (real)
wish is to resort together for judgment (in their disputes) to the Evil One,
though they were ordered to reject him. But Satan's wish is to lead them astray
far away (from the right).
61. When it is said to them: "Come to what Allah hath revealed, and to the
Messenger.: Thou seest the Hypocrites avert their faces from thee in disgust.
62. How then, when they are seized by misfortune, because of the deeds which
they hands have sent forth? Then their come to thee, swearing by Allah. "We
meant no more than good-will and conciliation!"
63. Those men,-(Allah) knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear of them,
but admonish them, and speak to them a word to reach their very souls..
64. We sent not an apostle, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of
Allah. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee
and asked Allah’s forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for
them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
65. But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee
judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance
against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.
66. If We had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave their homes, very
few of them would have done it: But if they had done what they were (actually)
told, it would have been best for them, and would have gone farthest to
strengthen their (faith);
67. And We should then have given them from our presence a great reward;
68. And We should have shown them the Straight Way.
69. All who obey Allah and the apostle are in the company of those on whom is
the Grace of Allah,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth),
the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! what a
beautiful fellowship!
70. Such is the bounty from Allah. And sufficient is it that Allah knoweth all.
71. O ye who believe! Take your precautions, and either go forth in
parties or go forth all together.
72. There are certainly among you men who would tarry behind: If a
misfortune befalls you, they say: "(Allah) did favour us in that we were
not present among them."
73. But if good fortune comes to you from Allah, they would be sure
to say - as if there had never been Ties of affection between you and
them - "Oh! I wish I had been with them; a fine thing should I then have
made of it!"
74. Let those fight in the cause of Allah Who sell the life of this world
for the hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah,- whether he is
slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value).
75. And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those
who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?- Men, women, and
children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people.are
oppressors; and raise for us from thee one who will protect; and raise
for us from thee one who will help!"
76. Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who
reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of
Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan.
77. Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were told to hold
back their hands (from fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in
regular charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issued to
them, behold! a section of them feared men as - or even more than - they
should have feared Allah. They said: "Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordered us
to fight? Wouldst Thou not Grant us respite to our (natural) term, near
(enough)?" Say: "Short is the enjoyment of this world: the Hereafter is
the best for those who do right: Never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the
very least!
78. "Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye are in towers
built up strong and high!" If some good befalls them, they say, "This is
from Allah.; but if evil, they say, "This is from thee" (O Prophet). Say: "All
things are from Allah." But what hath come to these people, that they fail
to understand a single fact?
79. Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from Allah. but
whatever evil happens to thee, is from thy (own) soul. and We have sent
thee as an apostle to (instruct) mankind. And enough is Allah for a
witness.
80. He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah. But if any turn away,
We have not sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds).
81. They have "Obedience" on their lips; but when they leave thee, a
section of them Meditate all night on things very different from what thou
tellest them. But Allah records their nightly (plots): So keep clear of them,
and put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of affairs.
82. Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from
other Than Allah, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy.
83. When there comes to them some matter touching (Public) safety
or fear, they divulge it. If they had only referred it to the Messenger, or to
those charged with authority among them, the proper investigators would
have Tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace and Mercy of
Allah unto you, all but a few of you would have fallen into the clutches of
Satan..84. Then fight in Allah’s cause - Thou art held responsible only for
thyself - and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain the fury
of the Unbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in punishment.
85. Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner
therein: And whoever recommends and helps an evil cause, shares in its
burden: And Allah hath power over all things.
86. When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a
greeting still more courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. Allah takes
careful account of all things.
87. Allah. There is no god but He: of a surety He will gather you
together against the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doubt. And
whose word can be truer than Allah’s?
88. Why should ye be divided into two parties about the Hypocrites?
Allah hath upset them for their (evil) deeds. Would ye guide those whom
Allah hath thrown out of the Way? For those whom Allah hath thrown out
of the Way, never shalt thou find the Way.
89. They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be
on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until
they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn
renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any
case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks;-
90. Except those who join a group between whom and you there is a
treaty (of peace), or those who approach you with hearts restraining them
from fighting you as well as fighting their own people. If Allah had
pleased, He could have given them power over you, and they would have
fought you: Therefore if they withdraw from you but fight you not, and
(instead) send you (Guarantees of) peace, then Allah Hath opened no way
for you (to war against them).
91. Others you will find that wish to gain your confidence as well as
that of their people: Every time they are sent back to temptation, they
succumb thereto: if they withdraw not from you nor give you (guarantees)
of peace besides restraining their hands, seize them and slay them
wherever ye get them: In their case We have provided you with a clear
argument against them.
92. Never should a believer kill a believer; but (If it so happens) by
mistake, (Compensation is due): If one (so) kills a believer, it is ordained
that he should free a believing slave, and pay compensation to the
deceased's family, unless they remit it freely. If the deceased belonged to
a people at war with you, and he was a believer, the freeing of a believing
slave (Is enough). If he belonged to a people with whom ye have treaty
of.Mutual alliance, compensation should be paid to his family, and a believing
slave be freed. For those who find this beyond their means, (is prescribed)
a fast for two months running: by way of repentance to Allah. for Allah
hath all knowledge and all wisdom.
93. If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to
abide therein (For ever): And the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon
him, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him.
94. O ye who believe! When ye go abroad in the cause of Allah,
investigate carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation:
"Thou art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life:
with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye yourselves
before, till Allah conferred on you His favours: Therefore carefully
investigate. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do.
95. Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no
hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods
and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive
and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home).
Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and
fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special
reward,-
96. Ranks specially bestowed by Him, and Forgiveness and Mercy.
For Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
97. When angels take the souls of those who die in sin against their
souls, they say: "In what (plight) Were ye?" They reply: "Weak and
oppressed Were we in the earth." They say: "Was not the earth of Allah
spacious enough for you to move yourselves away (From evil)?" Such men
will find their abode in Hell,- What an evil refuge! -
98. Except those who are (really) weak and oppressed - men,
women, and children - who have no means in their power, nor (a guide-post)
to their way.
99. For these, there is hope that Allah will forgive: For Allah doth blot
out (sins) and forgive again and again.
100. He who forsakes his home in the cause of Allah, finds in the
earth Many a refuge, wide and spacious: Should he die as a refugee from
home for Allah and His Messenger, His reward becomes due and sure with
Allah. And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
101. When ye travel through the earth, there is no blame on you if
ye shorten your prayers, for fear the Unbelievers May attack you: For the
Unbelievers are unto you open enemies..102. When thou (O Messenger. art
with them, and standest to lead
them in prayer, Let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with thee,
Taking their arms with them: When they finish their prostrations, let them
Take their position in the rear. And let the other party come up which hath
not yet prayed - and let them pray with thee, Taking all precaution, and
bearing arms: the Unbelievers wish, if ye were negligent of your arms and
your baggage, to assault you in a single rush. But there is no blame on
you if ye put away your arms because of the inconvenience of rain or
because ye are ill; but take (every) precaution for yourselves. For the
Unbelievers Allah hath prepared a humiliating punishment.
103. When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah’s
praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye
are free from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are
enjoined on believers at stated times.
104. And slacken not in following up the enemy: If ye are suffering
hardships, they are suffering similar hardships; but ye have Hope from
Allah, while they have none. And Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
105. We have sent down to thee the Book in truth, that thou
mightest judge between men, as guided by Allah. so be not (used) as an
advocate by those who betray their trust;
106. But seek the forgiveness of Allah. for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most
Merciful.
107. Contend not on behalf of such as betray their own souls; for
Allah loveth not one given to perfidy and crime:
108. They may hide (Their crimes) from men, but they cannot hide
(Them) from Allah, seeing that He is in their midst when they plot by
night, in words that He cannot approve: And Allah Doth compass round all
that they do.
109. Ah! These are the sort of men on whose behalf ye may contend
in this world; but who will contend with Allah on their behalf on the Day of
Judgment, or who will carry their affairs through?
110. If any one does evil or wrongs his own soul but afterwards
seeks Allah’s forgiveness, he will find Allah Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
111. And if any one earns sin. he earns it against His own soul: for
Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
112. But if any one earns a fault or a sin and throws it on to one that
is innocent, He carries (on himself) (Both) a falsehood and a flagrant sin..113.
But for the Grace of Allah to thee and his Mercy, a party of them
would certainly have plotted to lead thee astray. But (in fact) they will
only Lead their own souls astray, and to thee they can do no harm in the
least. For Allah hath sent down to thee the Book and wisdom and taught
thee what thou Knewest not (before): And great is the Grace of Allah unto
thee.
114. In most of their secret talks there is no good: But if one exhorts
to a deed of charity or justice or conciliation between men, (Secrecy is
permissible): To him who does this, seeking the good pleasure of Allah,
We shall soon give a reward of the highest (value).
115. If anyone contends with the Messenger even after guidance has
been plainly conveyed to him, and follows a path other than that
becoming to men of Faith, We shall leave him in the path he has chosen,
and land him in Hell,- what an evil refuge!
116. Allah forgiveth not (The sin of) joining other gods with Him; but
He forgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than this: one who joins other
gods with Allah, Hath strayed far, far away (from the right).
117. (The Pagans), leaving Him, call but upon female deities: They
call but upon satan the persistent rebel!
118. Allah did curse him, but he said: "I will take of Thy servants a
portion Marked off;
119. "I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I
will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature
created by Allah." Whoever, forsaking Allah, takes satan for a friend, hath
of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.
120. Satan makes them promises, and creates in them false desires;
but satan's promises are nothing but deception.
121. They (his dupes) will have their dwelling in Hell, and from it
they will find no way of escape.
122. But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness,- we shall
soon admit them to gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,-to dwell therein
for ever. Allah’s promise is the truth, and whose word can be truer than
Allah’s?
123. Not your desires, nor those of the People of the Book (can
prevail): whoever works evil, will be requited accordingly. Nor will he find,
besides Allah, any protector or helper..124. If any do deeds of righteousness,-
be they male or female - and
have faith, they will enter Heaven, and not the least injustice will be done
to them.
125. Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole
self to Allah, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith?
For Allah did take Abraham for a friend.
126. But to Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And
He it is that Encompasseth all things.
127. They ask thy instruction concerning the women say: Allah doth
instruct you about them: And (remember) what hath been rehearsed unto
you in the Book, concerning the orphans of women to whom ye give not
the portions prescribed, and yet whom ye desire to marry, as also
concerning the children who are weak and oppressed: that ye stand firm
for justice to orphans. There is not a good deed which ye do, but Allah is
well-acquainted therewith.
128. If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part, there
is no blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between
themselves; and such settlement is best; even though men's souls are
swayed by greed. But if ye do good and practise self-restraint, Allah is
well-acquainted with all that ye do.
129. Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women, even if
it is your ardent desire: But turn not away (from a woman) altogether, so
as to leave her (as it were) hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly
understanding, and practise self- restraint, Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most
Merciful.
130. But if they disagree (and must part), Allah will provide
abundance for all from His all-reaching bounty: for Allah is He that careth
for all and is Wise.
131. To Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth. Verily we
have directed the People of the Book before you, and you (o Muslims) to
fear Allah. But if ye deny Him, lo! unto Allah belong all things in the
heavens and on earth, and Allah is free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
132. Yea, unto Allah belong all things in the heavens and on earth,
and enough is Allah to carry through all affairs.
133. If it were His will, He could destroy you, o mankind, and create
another race; for He hath power this to do..134. If any one desires a reward in
this life, in Allah’s (gift) is the
reward (both) of this life and of the hereafter: for Allah is He that heareth
and seeth (all things).
135. O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to
Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and
whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow
not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or
decline to do justice, verily Allah is well- acquainted with all that ye do.
136. O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His Messenger, and the
scripture which He hath sent to His Messenger and the scripture which He
sent to those before (him). Any who denieth Allah, His angels, His Books,
His Messenger., and the Day of Judgment, hath gone far, far astray.
137. Those who believe, then reject faith, then believe (again) and
(again) reject faith, and go on increasing in unbelief,- Allah will not forgive
them nor guide them nor guide them on the way.
138. To the Hypocrites give the glad tidings that there is for them
(but) a grievous penalty;-
139. Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than
believers: is it honour they seek among them? Nay,- all honour is with
Allah.
140. Already has He sent you Word in the Book, that when ye hear
the signs of Allah held in defiance and ridicule, ye are not to sit with them
unless they turn to a different theme: if ye did, ye would be like them. For
Allah will collect the hypocrites and those who defy faith - all in Hell:-
141. (These are) the ones who wait and watch about you: if ye do
gain a victory from Allah, they say: "Were we not with you?"- but if the
unbelievers gain a success, they say (to them): "Did we not gain an
advantage over you, and did we not guard you from the believers?" but
Allah will judge betwixt you on the Day of Judgment. And never will Allah
grant to the unbelievers a way (to triumphs) over the believers.
142. The Hypocrites - they think they are over-reaching Allah, but He
will over- reach them: When they stand up to prayer, they stand without
earnestness, to be seen of men, but little do they hold Allah in
remembrance;
143. (They are) distracted in mind even in the midst of it,- being
(sincerely) for neither one group nor for another whom Allah leaves
straying,- never wilt thou find for him the way..144. O ye who believe! Take
not for friends unbelievers rather than
believers: Do ye wish to offer Allah an open proof against yourselves?
145. The Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire: no helper
wilt thou find for them;-
146. Except for those who repent, mend (their lives) hold fast to
Allah, and purify their religion as in Allah’s sight: if so they will be
(numbered) with the believers. And soon will Allah grant to the believers a
reward of immense value.
147. What can Allah gain by your punishment, if ye are grateful and
ye believe? Nay, it is Allah that recogniseth (all good), and knoweth all
things.
148. Allah loveth not that evil should be noised abroad in public
speech, except where injustice hath been done; for Allah is He who
heareth and knoweth all things.
149. Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with
pardon, verily Allah doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in the judgment
of values).
150. Those who deny Allah and His apostles, and (those who) wish to
separate Allah from His apostles, saying: "We believe in some but reject
others": And (those who) wish to take a course midway,-
151. They are in truth (equally) unbelievers; and we have prepared
for unbelievers a humiliating punishment.
152. To those who believe in Allah and His apostles and make no
distinction between any of the apostles, we shall soon give their (due)
rewards: for Allah is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful.
153. The people of the Book ask thee to cause a book to descend to
them from heaven: Indeed they asked Moses for an even greater
(miracle), for they said: "Show us Allah in public," but they were dazed for
their presumption, with thunder and lightning. Yet they worshipped the
calf even after clear signs had come to them; even so we forgave them;
and gave Moses manifest proofs of authority.
154. And for their covenant we raised over them (the towering
height) of Mount (Sinai); and (on another occasion) we said: "Enter the
gate with humility"; and (once again) we commanded them: "Transgress
not in the matter of the sabbath." And we took from them a solemn
covenant..155. (They have incurred divine displeasure): In that they broke
their
covenant; that they rejected the signs of Allah. that they slew the
Messengers in defiance of right; that they said, "Our hearts are the
wrappings (which preserve Allah’s Word; We need no more)";- Nay, Allah
hath set the seal on their hearts for their blasphemy, and little is it they
believe;-
156. That they rejected Faith; that they uttered against Mary a grave
false charge;
157. That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of
Mary, the Messenger of Allah.;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him,
but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are
full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow,
for of a surety they killed him not:-
158. Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in
Power, Wise;-
159. And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in
him before his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness
against them;-
160. For the iniquity of the Jews We made unlawful for them certain
(foods) good and wholesome which had been lawful for them;- in that
they hindered many from Allah’s Way;-
161. That they took usury, though they were forbidden; and that
they devoured men's substance wrongfully;- we have prepared for those
among them who reject faith a grievous punishment.
162. But those among them who are well-grounded in knowledge,
and the believers, believe in what hath been revealed to thee and what
was revealed before thee: And (especially) those who establish regular
prayer and practise regular charity and believe in Allah and in the Last
Day: To them shall We soon give a great reward.
163. We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the
Messengers after him: we sent inspiration to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac,
Jacob and the Tribes, to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and solomon, and to
David We gave the Psalms.
164. Of some apostles We have already told thee the story; of others
We have not;- and to Moses Allah spoke direct;-
165. Messenger. who gave good news as well as warning, that
mankind, after (the coming) of the apostles, should have no plea against
Allah. For Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise..166. But Allah beareth witness that
what He hath sent unto thee He
hath sent from His (own) knowledge, and the angels bear witness: But
enough is Allah for a witness.
167. Those who reject Faith and keep off (men) from the way of
Allah, have verily strayed far, far away from the Path.
168. Those who reject Faith and do wrong,- Allah will not forgive
them nor guide them to any way-
169. Except the way of Hell, to dwell therein for ever. And this to
Allah is easy.
170. O Mankind! The Messenger hath come to you in truth from
Allah. believe in him: It is best for you. But if ye reject Faith, to Allah
belong all things in the heavens and on earth: And Allah is All-knowing,
All-wise.
171. O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor
say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no
more than) an apostle of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on
Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His
apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is
one Allah. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him
belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a
Disposer of affairs.
172. Christ disdaineth nor to serve and worship Allah, nor do the
angels, those nearest (to Allah.: those who disdain His worship and are
arrogant,-He will gather them all together unto Himself to (answer).
173. But to those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, He will
give their (due) rewards,- and more, out of His bounty: But those who are
disdainful and arrogant, He will punish with a grievous penalty; Nor will
they find, besides Allah, any to protect or help them.
174. O mankind! verily there hath come to you a convincing proof
from your Lord: For We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest.
175. Then those who believe in Allah, and hold fast to Him,- soon will
He admit them to mercy and grace from Himself, and guide them to
Himself by a straight way.
176. They ask thee for a legal decision. Say: Allah directs (thus)
about those who leave no descendants or ascendants as heirs. If it is a
man that dies, leaving a sister but no child, she shall have half the
inheritance: If (such a deceased was) a woman, who left no child, Her
brother takes her inheritance: If there are two sisters, they shall have.twothirds
of the inheritance (between them): if there are brothers and
sisters, (they share), the male having twice the share of the female. Thus
doth Allah make clear to you (His law), lest ye err. And Allah hath
knowledge of all things.

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The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran

Surah 3. The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran
1. A. L. M.
2. Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-Subsisting,
Eternal.
3. It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming
what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of
Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of
judgment between right and wrong).
4. Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of Allah will suffer the severest
penalty, and Allah is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution.
5. From Allah, verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens.
6. He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is no god but He,
the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
7. He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or
fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book:
others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow
the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden
meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah.. And those who
are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it
is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of
understanding.
8. "Our Lord!" (they say), "Let not our hearts deviate now after Thou hast
guided us, but grant us mercy from Thine own Presence; for Thou art the
Grantor of bounties without measure.
9. "Our Lord! Thou art He that will gather mankind Together against a day
about which there is no doubt; for Allah never fails in His promise."
10. Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their (numerous)
progeny will avail them aught against Allah. They are themselves but fuel for
the Fire.
11. (Their plight will be) no better than that of the people of Pharaoh, and their
predecessors: They denied our Signs, and Allah called them to account for their
sins. For Allah is strict in punishment.
12. Say to those who reject Faith: "Soon will ye be vanquished and gathered
together to Hell,-an evil bed indeed (to lie on)!
13. "There has already been for you a Sign in the two armies that met (in
combat): One was fighting in the cause of Allah, the other resisting Allah. these
saw with their own eyes Twice their number. But Allah doth support with His aid
whom He pleaseth. In this is a warning for such as have eyes to see."
14. Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: Women and sons;
Heaped-up hoards of gold and silver; horses branded (for blood and
excellence); and (wealth of) cattle and well-tilled land. Such are the
possessions of this world's life; but in nearness to Allah is the best of the goals
(To return to).
15. Say: Shall I give you glad tidings of things Far better than those? For the
righteous are Gardens in nearness to their Lord, with rivers flowing beneath;
therein is their eternal home; with companions pure (and holy); and the good
pleasure of Allah. For in Allah’s sight are (all) His servants,-
16. (Namely), those who say: "Our Lord! we have indeed believed: forgive us,
then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the Fire;"-
17. Those who show patience, Firmness and self-control; who are true (in word
and deed); who worship devoutly; who spend (in the way of Allah.; and who
pray for forgiveness in the early hours of the morning..
18. There is no god but He: That is the witness of Allah, His angels, and those
endued with knowledge, standing firm on justice. There is no god but He, the
Exalted in Power, the Wise.
19. The Religion before Allah is Islam (submission to His Will): Nor did the
People of the Book dissent therefrom except through envy of each other, after
knowledge had come to them. But if any deny the Signs of Allah, Allah is swift
in calling to account.
20. So if they dispute with thee, say: "I have submitted My whole self to Allah
and so have those who follow me." And say to the People of the Book and to
those who are unlearned: "Do ye (also) submit yourselves?" If they do, they are
in right guidance, but if they turn back, Thy duty is to convey the Message; and
in Allah’s sight are (all) His servants.
21. As to those who deny the Signs of Allah and in defiance of right, slay the
prophets, and slay those who teach just dealing with mankind, announce to
them a grievous penalty.
22. They are those whose works will bear no fruit in this world and in the
Hereafter nor will they have anyone to help.
23. Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who have been given a portion of
the Book? They are invited to the Book of Allah, to settle their dispute, but a
party of them Turn back and decline (The arbitration).
24. This because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a few numbered
days": For their forgeries deceive them as to their own religion.
25. But how (will they fare) when we gather them together against a day about
which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out just what it has earned,
without (favour or) injustice?
26. Say: "O Allah. Lord of Power (And Rule), Thou givest power to whom Thou
pleasest, and Thou strippest off power from whom Thou pleasest: Thou enduest
with honour whom Thou pleasest, and Thou bringest low whom Thou pleasest:
In Thy hand is all good. Verily, over all things Thou hast power.
27. "Thou causest the night to gain on the day, and thou causest the day to
gain on the night; Thou bringest the Living out of the dead, and Thou bringest
the dead out of the Living; and Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest,
without measure."
28. Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than
believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah. except by way
of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from. them. But Allah cautions you
(To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.
29. Say: "Whether ye hide what is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah knows it all:
He knows what is in the heavens, and what is on earth. And Allah has power
over all things.
30. "On the Day when every soul will be confronted with all the good it has
done, and all the evil it has done, it will wish there were a great distance
between it and its evil. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself. And
Allah is full of kindness to those that serve Him."
31. Say: "If ye do love Allah, Follo w me: Allah will love you and forgive you
your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
32. Say: "Obey Allah and His Messenger.: But if they turn back, Allah loveth
not those who reject Faith.
33. Allah did choose Adam and Noah, the family of Abraham, and the family of
'Imran above all people,-
34. Offspring, one of the other: And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
35. Behold! a woman of 'Imran said: "O my Lord! I do dedicate unto Thee what
is in my womb for Thy special service: So accept this of me: For Thou hearest
and knowest all things."
36. When she was delivered, she said: "O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a
female child!"- and Allah knew best what she brought forth-"And no wise is the
male Like the female. I have named her Mary, and I commend her and her
offspring to Thy protection from the Evil One, the Rejected."
37. Right graciously did her Lord accept her: He made her grow in purity and
beauty: To the care of Zakariya was she assigned. Every time that he entered
(Her) chamber to see her, He found her supplied with sustenance. He said: "O
Mary! Whence (comes) this to you?" She said: "From Allah. for Allah Provides
sustenance to whom He pleases without measure."
38. There did Zakariya pray to his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant unto me
from Thee a progeny that is pure: for Thou art He that heareth prayer!
39. While he was standing in prayer in the chamber, the angels called unto
him: "(Allah) doth give thee glad tidings of Yahya, witnessing the. truth of a
Word from Allah, and (be besides) noble, chaste, and a prophet,- of the
(goodly) company of the righteous."
40. He said: "O my lord! How shall I have a son seeing I am very old and my
wife is barren?" "Thus" was the answer "doth Allah accomplish what He willeth."
41. He said: "O my Lord! Give me a Sign!" "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall
be that thou shalt speak to no man for three days but with signals. Then
celebrate the praises of thy Lord again and again, and glorify Him in the
evening and in the morning."
42. Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah hath chosen thee and purified theechosen
thee above the women of all nations.
43. "O Mary! worship Thy Lord devoutly: Prostrate thyself, and bow down (in
prayer) with those who bow down."
44. This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee
(O Messenger.) by inspiration: Thou wast not with them when they cast lots
with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary: Nor
wast thou with them when they disputed (the point).
45. Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word
from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this
world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah.
46. "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be
(of the company) of the righteous."
47. She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched
me?" He said: "Even so: Allah createth what He willeth: When He
hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!
48. "And Allah will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel,
49. "And (appoint him) an apostle to the Children of Israel, (with this
message): "'I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for
you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it
becomes a bird by Allah’s leave: And I heal those born blind, and the lepers,
and I quicken the dead, by Allah’s leave; and I declare to you what ye eat, and
what ye store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if ye did believe;.
50. "'(I have come to you), to attest the Law which was before me. And to
make lawful to you part of what was (Before) forbidden to you; I have come to
you with a Sign from your Lord. So fear Allah, and obey me.
51. "'It is Allah Who is my Lord and your Lord; then worship Him. This is a Way
that is straight.'"
52. When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be My helpers
to (the work of) Allah." Said the disciples: "We are Allah’s helpers: We believe
in Allah, and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims.
53. "Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed, and we follow the
Messenger. then write us down among those who bear witness."
54. And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah too planned, and the
best of planners is Allah.
55. Behold! Allah said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and
clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who
follow thee superior to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then
shall ye all return unto me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein
ye dispute.
56. "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this
world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help."
57. "As to those who believe and work righteousness, Allah will pay them (in
full) their reward; but Allah loveth not those who do wrong."
58. "This is what we rehearse unto thee of the Signs and the Message of
Wisdom."
59. The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam; He created him
from dust, then said to him: "Be". And he was.
60. The Truth (comes) from Allah alone; so be not of those who doubt.
61. If any one disputes in this matter with thee, now after (full) knowledge
Hath come to thee, say: "Come! let us gather together,- our sons and your
sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: Then let us
earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie!"
62. This is the true account: There is no god except Allah. And Allah. He is
indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise..63. But if they turn back, Allah hath full
knowledge of those who do mischief.
64. Say: "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and
you: That we worship none but Allah. that we associate no partners with him;
that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah."
If then they turn back, say ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims
(bowing to Allah’s Will).
65. Ye People of the Book! Why dispute ye about Abraham, when the Law and
the Gospel Were not revealed Till after him? Have ye no understanding?
66. Ah! Ye are those who fell to disputing (Even) in matters of which ye had
some knowledge! but why dispute ye in matters of which ye have no
knowledge? It is Allah Who knows, and ye who know not!
67. Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and
bowed his will to Allah’s (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah.
68. Without doubt, among men, the nearest of kin to Abraham, are those who
follow him, as are also this Messenger and those who believe: And Allah is the
Protector of those who have faith.
69. It is the wish of a section of the People of the Book to lead you astray. But
they shall lead astray (Not you), but themselves, and they do not perceive!
70. Ye People of the Book! Why reject ye the Signs of Allah, of which ye are
(Yourselves) witnesses?
71. Ye People of the Book! Why do ye clothe Truth with falsehood, and conceal
the Truth, while ye have knowledge?
72. A section of the People of the Book say: "Believe in the morning what is
revealed to the believers, but reject it at the end of the day; perchance they
may (themselves) Turn back;
73. "And believe no one unless he follows your religion." Say: "True guidance is
the Guidance of Allah. (Fear ye) Lest a revelation be sent to someone (else)
Like unto that which was sent unto you? or that those (Receiving such
revelation) should engage you in argument before your Lord?" Say: "All
bounties are in the hand of Allah. He granteth them to whom He pleaseth: And
Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things."
74. For His Mercy He specially chooseth whom He pleaseth; for Allah is the Lord
of bounties unbounded..75. Among the People of the Book are some who, if
entrusted with a
hoard of gold, will (readily) pay it back; others, who, if entrusted with a single
silver coin, will not repay it unless thou constantly stoodest demanding,
because, they say, "there is no call on us (to keep faith) with these ignorant
(Pagans)." but they tell a lie against Allah, and (well) they know it.
76. Nay.- Those that keep their plighted faith and act aright,-verily Allah loves
those who act aright.
77. As for those who sell the faith they owe to Allah and their own plighted
word for a small price, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter: Nor will Allah
(Deign to) speak to them or look at them on the Day of Judgment, nor will He
cleans them (of sin): They shall have a grievous penalty.
78. There is among them a section who distort the Book with their tongues: (As
they read) you would think it is a part of the Book, but it is no part of the Book;
and they say, "That is from Allah," but it is not from Allah. It is they who tell a
lie against Allah, and (well) they know it!
79. It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, and Wisdom,
and the prophetic office, should say to people: "Be ye my worshippers rather
than Allah’s": on the contrary (He would say) "Be ye worshippers of Him Who is
truly the Cherisher of all: For ye have taught the Book and ye have studied it
earnestly."
80. Nor would he instruct you to take angels and prophets for Lords and
patrons. What! would he bid you to unbelief after ye have bowed your will (To
Allah in Islam)?
81. Behold! Allah took the covenant of the prophets, saying: "I give you a Book
and Wisdom; then comes to you an apostle, confirming what is with you; do ye
believe in him and render him help." Allah said: "Do ye agree, and take this my
Covenant as binding on you?" They said: "We agree." He said: "Then bear
witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."
82. If any turn back after this, they are perverted transgressors.
83. Do they seek for other than the Religion of Allah.-while all creatures in the
heavens and on earth have, willing or unwilling, bowed to His Will (Accepted
Islam), and to Him shall they all be brought back.
84. Say: "We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what
was revealed to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the
Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their. Lord: We make no
distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our
will (in Islam)."
85. If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah., never
will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those
who have lost (All spiritual good).
86. How shall Allah Guide those who reject Faith after they accepted it and bore
witness that the Messenger was true and that Clear Signs had come unto them?
but Allah guides not a people unjust.
87. Of such the reward is that on them (rests) the curse of Allah, of His angels,
and of all mankind;-
88. In that will they dwell; nor will their penalty be lightened, nor respite be
(their lot);-
89. Except for those that repent (Even) after that, and make amends; for verily
Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
90. But those who reject Faith after they accepted it, and then go on adding to
their defiance of Faith,- never will their repentance be accepted; for they are
those who have (of set purpose) gone astray.
91. As to those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- never would be accepted
from any such as much gold as the earth contains, though they should offer it
for ransom. For such is (in store) a penalty grievous, and they will find no
helpers.
92. By no means shall ye attain righteousness unless ye give (freely) of that
which ye love; and whatever ye give, of a truth Allah knoweth it well.
93. All food was lawful to the Children of Israel, except what Israel Made
unlawful for itself, before the Law (of Moses) was revealed. Say: "Bring ye the
Law and study it, if ye be men of truth."
94. If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to Allah, they are indeed
unjust wrong-doers.
95. Say: "(Allah) speaketh the Truth: follow the religion of Abraham, the sane
in faith; he was not of the Pagans."
96. The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka: Full of
blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings:
97. In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever
enters it attains security; Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe. to Allah,- those
who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith, Allah stands not in need of
any of His creatures.
98. Say: "O People of the Book! Why reject ye the Signs of Allah, when Allah is
Himself witness to all ye do?"
99. Say: "O ye People of the Book! Why obstruct ye those who believe, from
the path of Allah, Seeking to make it crooked, while ye were yourselves
witnesses (to Allah’s Covenant)? but Allah is not unmindful of all that ye do."
100. O ye who believe! If ye listen to a faction among the People of the Book,
they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have believed!
101. And how would ye deny Faith while unto you are rehearsed the Signs of
Allah, and among you Lives the Messenger. Whoever holds firmly to Allah will
be shown a way that is straight.
102. O ye who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in
a state of Islam.
103. And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for
you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude
Allah’s favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love,
so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit
of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth Allah make His Signs clear to you:
That ye may be guided.
104. Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good,
enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to
attain felicity.
105. Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into
disputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful penalty,-
106. On the Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and some faces
will be (in the gloom of) black: To those whose faces will be black, (will be
said): "Did ye reject Faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for
rejecting Faith."
107. But those whose faces will be (lit with) white,- they will be in (the light of)
Allah’s mercy: therein to dwell (for ever).
108. These are the Signs of Allah. We rehearse them to thee in Truth: And
Allah means no injustice to any of His creatures..
109. To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: To Him do all
questions go back (for decision).
110. Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right,
forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book
had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but
most of them are perverted transgressors.
111. They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; if they come out
to fight you, they will show you their backs, and no help shall they get.
112. Shame is pitched over them (Like a tent) wherever they are found, except
when under a covenant (of protection) from Allah and from men; they draw on
themselves wrath from Allah, and pitched over them is (the tent of) destitution.
This because they rejected the Signs of Allah, and slew the prophets in defiance
of right; this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds.
113. Not all of them are alike: Of the People of the Book are a portion that
stand (For the right): They rehearse the Signs of Allah all night long, and they
prostrate themselves in adoration.
114. They believe in Allah and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and
forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works: They
are in the ranks of the righteous.
115. Of the good that they do, nothing will be rejected of them; for Allah
knoweth well those that do right.
116. Those who reject Faith,- neither their possessions nor their (numerous)
progeny will avail them aught against Allah. They will be companions of the
Fire,- dwelling therein (for ever).
117. What they spend in the life of this (material) world May be likened to a
wind which brings a nipping frost: It strikes and destroys the harvest of men
who have wronged their own souls: it is not Allah that hath wronged them, but
they wrong themselves.
118. O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks:
They will not fail to corrupt you. They only desire your ruin: Rank hatred has
already appeared from their mouths: What their hearts conceal is far worse. We
have made plain to you the Signs, if ye have wisdom.
119. Ah! ye are those who love them, but they love you not,- though ye believe
in the whole of the Book. When they meet you, they say, "We believe": But
when they are alone, they bite off the very tips of their.fingers at you in their
rage. Say: "Perish in you rage; Allah knoweth well all the secrets of the heart."
120. If aught that is good befalls you, it grieves them; but if some misfortune
overtakes you, they rejoice at it. But if ye are constant and do right, not the
least harm will their cunning do to you; for Allah Compasseth round about all
that they do.
121. Remember that morning Thou didst leave Thy household (early) to post
the faithful at their stations for battle: And Allah heareth and knoweth all
things:
122. Remember two of your parties Meditated cowardice; but Allah was their
protector, and in Allah should the faithful (Ever) put their trust.
123. Allah had helped you at Badr, when ye were a contemptible little force;
then fear Allah. thus May ye show your gratitude.
124. Remember thou saidst to the Faithful: "Is it not enough for you that Allah
should help you with three thousand angels (Specially) sent down?
125. "Yea, - if ye remain firm, and act aright, even if the enemy should rush
here on you in hot haste, your Lord would help you with five thousand angels
Making a terrific onslaught.
126. Allah made it but a message of hope for you, and an assurance to your
hearts: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah. The Exalted, the Wise:
127. That He might cut off a fringe of the Unbelievers or expose them to
infamy, and they should then be turned back, frustrated of their purpose.
128. Not for thee, (but for Allah., is the decision: Whether He turn in mercy to
them, or punish them; for they are indeed wrong-doers.
129. To Allah belongeth all that is in the heavens and on earth. He forgiveth
whom He pleaseth and punisheth whom He pleaseth; but Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
130. O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear
Allah. that ye may (really) prosper.
131. Fear the Fire, which is repaired for those who reject Faith:
132. And obey Allah and the Messenger. that ye may obtain mercy..
133. Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden
whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for
the righteous,-
134. Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; who
restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for Allah loves those who do good;-
135. And those who, having done something to be ashamed of, or wronged
their own souls, earnestly bring Allah to mind, and ask for forgiveness for their
sins,- and who can forgive sins except Allah.- and are never obstinate in
persisting knowingly in (the wrong) they have done.
136. For such the reward is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with
rivers flowing underneath,- an eternal dwelling: How excellent a recompense for
those who work (and strive)!
137. Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel
through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.
138. Here is a plain statement to men, a guidance and instruction to those who
fear Allah.
139. So lose not heart, nor fall into despair: For ye must gain mastery if ye are
true in Faith.
140. If a wound hath touched you, be sure a similar wound hath touched the
others. Such days (of varying fortunes) We give to men and men by turns: that
Allah may know those that believe, and that He may take to Himself from your
ranks Martyr-witnesses (to Truth). And Allah loveth not those that do wrong.
141. Allah’s object also is to purge those that are true in Faith and to deprive of
blessing Those that resist Faith.
142. Did ye think that ye would enter Heaven without Allah testing those of you
who fought hard (In His Cause) and remained steadfast?
143. Ye did indeed wish for death before ye met him: Now ye have seen him
with your own eyes, (And ye flinch!)
144. Muhammad is no more than an apostle: many Were the apostle that
passed away before him. If he died or were slain, will ye then Turn back on
your heels? If any did turn back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to
Allah. but Allah (on the other hand) will swiftly reward those who (serve Him)
with gratitude..
145. Nor can a soul die except by Allah’s leave, the term being fixed as by
writing. If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it to him; and if any
do desire a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give it to him. And swiftly shall We
reward those that (serve us with) gratitude.
146. How many of the prophets fought (in Allah’s way), and with them (fought)
Large bands of godly men? but they never lost heart if they met with disaster in
Allah’s way, nor did they weaken (in will) nor give in. And Allah Loves those
who are firm and steadfast.
147. All that they said was: "Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything We
may have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly, and help
us against those that resist Faith."
148. And Allah gave them a reward in this world, and the excellent reward of
the Hereafter. For Allah Loveth those who do good.
149. O ye who believe! If ye obey the Unbelievers, they will drive you back on
your heels, and ye will turn back (from Faith) to your own loss.
150. Nay, Allah is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.
151. Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they
joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority: their abode
will be the Fire: And evil is the home of the wrong-doers!
152. Allah did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with His permission
Were about to annihilate your enemy,-until ye flinched and fell to disputing
about the order, and disobeyed it after He brought you in sight (of the booty)
which ye covet. Among you are some that hanker after this world and some
that desire the Hereafter. Then did He divert you from your foes in order to test
you but He forgave you: For Allah is full of grace to those who believe.
153. Behold! ye were climbing up the high ground, without even casting a side
glance at any one, and the Messenger in your rear was calling you back. There
did Allah give you one distress after another by way of requital, to teach you
not to grieve for (the booty) that had escaped you and for (the ill) that had
befallen you. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do.
154. After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on a band of
you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety by their
own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of Allah’suspicions due to ignorance.
They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this affair is wholly
Allah’s." They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to thee. They say
(to themselves): "If we had. had anything to do with this affair, We should not
have been in the slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your
homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to
the place of their death"; but (all this was) that Allah might test what is in your
breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For Allah knoweth well the secrets of
your hearts.
155. Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts Met,-it was Satan
who caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they had done. But Allah Has
blotted out (their fault): For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.
156. O ye who believe! Be not like the Unbelievers, who say of their brethren,
when they are travelling through the Earth or engaged in fighting: "If they had
stayed with us, they would not have died, or been slain." This that Allah may
make it a cause of sighs and regrets in their hearts. It is Allah that gives Life
and Death, and Allah sees well all that ye do.
157. And if ye are slain, or die, in the way of Allah, forgiveness and mercy from
Allah are far better than all they could amass.
158. And if ye die, or are slain, Lo! it is unto Allah that ye are brought together.
159. It is part of the Mercy of Allah that thou dost deal gently with them Wert
thou severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about thee:
so pass over (Their faults), and ask for ((Allah)'s) forgiveness for them; and
consult them in affairs (of moment). Then, when thou hast Taken a decision put
thy trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).
160. If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is
there, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, Let believers put their trust.
161. No prophet could (ever) be false to his trust. If any person is so false, He
shall, on the Day of Judgment, restore what he misappropriated; then shall
every soul receive its due,- whatever it earned,- and none shall be dealt with
unjustly.
162. Is the man who follows the good pleasure of Allah Like the man who
draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and whose abode is in Hell?- A woeful
refuge!
163. They are in varying gardens in the sight of Allah, and Allah sees well all
that they do..164. Allah did confer a great favour on the believers when He
sent among them an apostle from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the
Signs of Allah, sanctifying them, and instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom,
while, before that, they had been in manifest error.
165. What! When a single disaster smites you, although ye smote (your
enemies) with one twice as great, do ye say?- "Whence is this?" Say (to them):
"It is from yourselves: For Allah hath power over all things."
166. What ye suffered on the day the two armies Met, was with the leave of
Allah, in order that He might test the believers,-
167. And the Hypocrites also. These were told: "Come, fight in the way of
Allah, or (at least) drive (The foe from your city)." They said: "Had we known
how to fight, we should certainly have followed you." They were that day nearer
to Unbelief than to Faith, saying with their lips what was not in their hearts but
Allah hath full knowledge of all they conceal.
168. (They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while they
themselves sit (at ease): "If only they had listened to us they would not have
been slain." Say: "Avert death from your own selves, if ye speak the truth."
169. Think not of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead. Nay, they live,
finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord;
170. They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah. And with regard to those left
behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the
fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve.
171. They glory in the Grace and the bounty from Allah, and in the fact that
Allah suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the least).
172. Of those who answered the call of Allah and the Messenger, even after
being wounded, those who do right and refrain from wrong have a great
reward;-
173. Men said to them: "A great army is gathering against you": And
frightened them: But it (only) increased their Faith: They said: "For us Allah
sufficeth, and He is the best disposer of affairs."
174. And they returned with Grace and bounty from Allah. no harm ever
touched them: For they followed the good pleasure of Allah. And Allah is the
Lord of bounties unbounded..
175. It is only the Evil One that suggests to you the fear of his votaries: Be ye
not afraid of them, but fear Me, if ye have Faith.
176. Let not those grieve thee who rush headlong into Unbelief: Not the least
harm will they do to Allah. Allah’s plan is that He will give them no portion in
the Hereafter, but a severe punishment.
177. Those who purchase Unbelief at the price of faith,- not the least harm will
they do to Allah, but they will have a grievous punishment.
178. Let not the Unbelievers think that our respite to them is good for
themselves: We grant them respite that they may grow in their iniquity: But
they will have a shameful punishment.
179. Allah will not leave the believers in the state in which ye are now, until He
separates what is evil from what is good nor will He disclose to you the secrets
of the Unseen. But He chooses of His Messenger. (For the purpose) whom He
pleases. So believe in Allah. And His apostles: And if ye believe and do right, ye
have a reward without measure.
180. And let not those who covetously withhold of the gifts which Allah Hath
given them of His Grace, think that it is good for them: Nay, it will be the worse
for them: soon shall the things which they covetously withheld be tied to their
necks Like a twisted collar, on the Day of Judgment. To Allah belongs the
heritage of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is well-acquainted with all that
ye do.
181. Allah hath heard the taunt of those who say: "Truly, Allah is indigent and
we are rich!"- We shall certainly record their word and (their act) of slaying the
prophets in defiance of right, and We shall say: "Taste ye the penalty of the
Scorching Fire!
182. "This is because of the (unrighteous deeds) which your hands sent on
before ye: For Allah never harms those who serve Him."
183. They (also) said: "(Allah) took our promise not to believe in an apostle
unless He showed us a sacrifice consumed by Fire (From heaven)." Say: "There
came to you apostles before me, with clear Signs and even with what ye ask
for: why then did ye slay them, if ye speak the truth?"
184. Then if they reject thee, so were rejected apostles before thee, who came
with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the Book of Enlightenment.
185. Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment
shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved. Far from the Fire
and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of Life): For the life of
this world is but goods and chattels of deception.
186. Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in your
personal selves; and ye shall certainly Hear much that will grieve you, from
those who received the Book before you and from those who worship many
gods. But if ye persevere patiently, and guard against evil,-then that will be a
determining factor in all affairs.
187. And remember Allah took a covenant from the People of the Book, to
make it known and clear to mankind, and not to hide it; but they threw it away
behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And vile was
the bargain they made!
188. Think not that those who exult in what they have brought about, and love
to be praised for what they have not done,- think escape the penalty. For them
is a penalty Grievous indeed.
189. To Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and Allah
hath power over all things.
190. Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation
of night and day,- there are indeed Signs for men of understanding,-
191. Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down
on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and
the earth, (With the thought): "Our Lord! not for naught Hast Thou created (all)
this! Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire.
192. "Our Lord! any whom Thou dost admit to the Fire, Truly Thou coverest
with shame, and never will wrong-doers Find any helpers!
193. "Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (Us) to Faith, 'Believe ye
in the Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, blot out from
us our iniquities, and take to Thyself our souls in the company of the righteous.
194. "Our Lord! Grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through Thine
apostles, and save us from shame on the Day of Judgment: For Thou never
breakest Thy promise."
195. And their Lord hath accepted of them, and answered them: "Never will I
suffer to be lost the work of any of you, be he male or female: Ye are members,
one of another: Those who have left their homes, or been driven out therefrom,
or suffered harm in My Cause, or fought or been slain,- verily, I will blot out
from them their iniquities, and. admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing
beneath;- A reward from the presence of Allah, and from His presence is the
best of rewards."
196. Let not the strutting about of the Unbelievers through the land deceive
thee:
197. Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an evil bed
(To lie on)!
198. On the other hand, for those who fear their Lord, are Gardens, with rivers
flowing beneath; therein are they to dwell (for ever),- a gift from the presence
of Allah. and that which is in the presence of Allah is the best (bliss) for the
righteous.
199. And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book, those who believe
in Allah, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to them, bowing in
humility to Allah. They will not sell the Signs of Allah for a miserable gain! For
them is a reward with their Lord, and Allah is swift in account.
200. O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such
perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah. that ye may prosper.

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Surah 6. Cattle, Livestock
1. Praise be Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made
the darkness and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as
equal, with their Guardian-Lord.
2. He it is created you from clay, and then decreed a stated term (for
you). And there is in His presence another determined term; yet ye doubt
within yourselves!
3. And He is Allah in the heavens and on earth. He knoweth what ye
hide, and what ye reveal, and He knoweth the (recompense) which ye
earn (by your deeds).
4. But never did a single one of the signs of their Lord reach them,
but they turned away therefrom.
5. And now they reject the truth when it reaches them: but soon shall
they learn the reality of what they used to mock at.
6. See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?-
generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We have
not given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in
abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for
their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations
(to succeed them).
7. If We had sent unto thee a written (message) on parchment, so
that they could touch it with their hands, the Unbelievers would have been
sure to say: "This is nothing but obvious magic!"
8. They say: "Why is not an angel sent down to him?" If we did send
down an angel, the matter would be settled at once, and no respite would
be granted them.
9. If We had made it an angel, We should have sent him as a man,
and We should certainly have caused them confusion in a matter which
they have already covered with confusion..10. Mocked were (many) apostles
before thee; but their scoffers were
hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
11. Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of
those who rejected Truth."
12. Say: "To whom belongeth all that is in the heavens and on
earth?" Say: "To Allah. He hath inscribed for Himself (the rule of) Mercy.
That He will gather you together for the Day of Judgment, there is no
doubt whatever. It is they who have lost their own souls, that will not
believe.
13. To him belongeth all that dwelleth (or lurketh) in the night and
the day. For he is the one who heareth and knoweth all things."
14. Say: "Shall I take for my protector any other than Allah, the
Maker of the heavens and the earth? And He it is that feedeth but is not
fed." Say: "Nay! but I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to
Allah (in Islam), and be not thou of the company of those who join gods
with Allah."
15. Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of the
penalty of a Mighty Day.
16. "On that day, if the penalty is averted from any, it is due to
Allah’s mercy; And that would be (Salvation), the obvious fulfilment of all
desire.
17. "If Allah touch thee with affliction, none can remove it but He; if
He touch thee with happiness, He hath power over all things.
18. "He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His
worshippers; and He is the Wise, acquainted with all things."
19. Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?" Say: "(Allah) is
witness between me and you; This Qur'an hath been revealed to me by
inspiration, that I may warn you and all whom it reaches. Can ye possibly
bear witness that besides Allah there is another Allah." Say: "Nay! I
cannot bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the one Allah, and I truly
am innocent of (your blasphemy of) joining others with Him."
20. Those to whom We have given the Book know this as they know
their own sons. Those who have lost their own souls refuse therefore to
believe.
21. Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a lie against Allah
or rejecteth His sings? But verily the wrong-doers never shall prosper..22. One
day shall We gather them all together: We shall say to those
who ascribed partners (to Us): "Where are the partners whom ye
(invented and) talked about?"
23. There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: "By
Allah our Lord, we were not those who joined gods with Allah."
24. Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which
they invented will leave them in the lurch.
25. Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to thee; but We
have thrown veils on their hearts, So they understand it not, and deafness
in their ears; if they saw every one of the signs, not they will believe in
them; in so much that when they come to thee, they (but) dispute with
thee; the Unbelievers say: "These are nothing but tales of the ancients."
26. Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away;
but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not.
27. If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the Fire!
They will say: "Would that we were but sent back! Then would we not
reject the signs of our Lord, but would be amongst those who believe!"
28. Yea, in their own (eyes) will become manifest what before they
concealed. But if they were returned, they would certainly relapse to the
things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars.
29. And they (sometimes) say: "There is nothing except our life on
this earth, and never shall we be raised up again."
30. If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with their Lord!
He will say: "Is not this the truth?" They will say: "Yea, by our Lord!" He
will say: "Taste ye then the penalty, because ye rejected Faith."
31. Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood that they must
meet Allah,- until on a sudden the hour is on them, and they say: "Ah!
woe unto us that we took no thought of it"; for they bear their burdens on
their backs, and evil indeed are the burdens that they bear?
32. What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is
the home in the hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will ye not then
understand?
33. We know indeed the grief which their words do cause thee: It is
not thee they reject: it is the signs of Allah, which the wicked contemn.
34. Rejected were the apostles before thee: with patience and
constancy they bore their rejection and their wrongs, until Our aid did.reach
them: there is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of Allah.
Already hast thou received some account of those apostles.
35. If their spurning is hard on thy mind, yet if thou wert able to seek
a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a sign,-
(what good?). If it were Allah’s will, He could gather them together unto
true guidance: so be not thou amongst those who are swayed by
ignorance (and impatience)!
36. Those who listen (in truth), be sure, will accept: as to the dead,
Allah will raise them up; then will they be turned unto Him.
37. They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?"
Say: "(Allah) hath certainly power to send down a sign: but most of them
understand not.
38. There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that
flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you. Nothing have
we omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered to their Lord in
the end.
39. Those who reject our sings are deaf and dumb,- in the midst of
darkness profound: whom Allah willeth, He leaveth to wander: whom He
willeth, He placeth on the way that is straight.
40. Say: "Think ye to yourselves, if there come upon you the wrath of
Allah, or the Hour (that ye dread), would ye then call upon other than
Allah.- (reply) if ye are truthful!
41. "Nay,- On Him would ye call, and if it be His will, He would
remove (the distress) which occasioned your call upon Him, and ye would
forget (the false gods) which ye join with Him!"
42. Before thee We sent (apostles) to many nations, and We afflicted
the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.
43. When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not
learn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan
made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.
44. But when they forgot the warning they had received, We opened
to them the gates of all (good) things, until, in the midst of their
enjoyment of Our gifts, on a sudden, We called them to account, when lo!
they were plunged in despair!
45. Of the wrong-doers the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to
Allah, the Cherisher of the worlds..46. Say: "Think ye, if Allah took away your
hearing and your sight,
and sealed up your hearts, who - a god other than Allah - could restore
them to you?" See how We explain the signs by various (symbols); yet
they turn aside.
47. Say: "Think ye, if the punishment of Allah comes to you, whether
suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except those who do wrong?
48. We send the apostles only to give good news and to warn: so
those who believe and mend (their lives),- upon them shall be no fear, nor
shall they grieve.
49. But those who reject our signs,- them shall punishment touch, for
that they ceased not from transgressing.
50. Say: "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor
do I know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but follow
what is revealed to me." Say: "can the blind be held equal to the seeing?"
Will ye then consider not?
51. Give this warning to those in whose (hearts) is the fear that they
will be brought (to judgment) before their Lord: except for Him they will
have no protector nor intercessor: that they may guard (against evil).
52. Send not away those who call on their Lord morning and evening,
seeking His face. In naught art thou accountable for them, and in naught
are they accountable for thee, that thou shouldst turn them away, and
thus be (one) of the unjust.
53. Thus did We try some of them by comparison with others, that
they should say: "Is it these then that Allah hath favoured from amongst
us?" Doth not Allah know best those who are grateful?
54. When those come to thee who believe in Our signs, Say: "Peace
be on you: Your Lord hath inscribed for Himself (the rule of) mercy: verily,
if any of you did evil in ignorance, and thereafter repented, and amend
(his conduct), lo! He is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful.
55. Thus do We explain the signs in detail: that the way of the
sinners may be shown up.
56. Say: "I am forbidden to worship those - others than Allah - whom
ye call upon." Say: "I will not follow your wain desires: If I did, I would
stray from the path, and be not of the company of those who receive
guidance."
57. Say: "For me, I (work) on a clear sign from my Lord, but ye
reject Him. What ye would see hastened, is not in my power. The.command
rests with none but Allah. He declares the truth, and He is the
best of judges."
58. Say: "If what ye would see hastened were in my power, the
matter would be settled at once between you and me. But Allah knoweth
best those who do wrong."
59. With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none
knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the
sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the
darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or
withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear (to those who can read).
60. It is He who doth take your souls by night, and hath knowledge of
all that ye have done by day: by day doth He raise you up again; that a
term appointed be fulfilled; In the end unto Him will be your return; then
will He show you the truth of all that ye did.
61. He is the irresistible, (watching) from above over His
worshippers, and He sets guardians over you. At length, when death
approaches one of you, Our angels take his soul, and they never fail in
their duty.
62. Then are men returned unto Allah, their protector, the (only)
reality: Is not His the command? and He is the swiftest in taking account.
63. Say: "Who is it that delivereth you from the dark recesses of land
and sea, when ye call upon Him in humility and silent terror: 'If He only
delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall truly show our
gratitude'.?"
64. Say "It is Allah that delivereth you from these and all (other)
distresses: and yet ye worship false gods!"
65. Say: "He hath power to send calamities on you, from above and
below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of
mutual vengeance - each from the other." See how We explain the signs
by various (symbols); that they may understand.
66. But thy people reject this, though it is the truth. Say: "Not mine
is the responsibility for arranging your affairs;
67. For every message is a limit of time, and soon shall ye know it."
68. When thou seest men engaged in vain discourse about Our signs,
turn away from them unless they turn to a different theme. If Satan ever
makes thee forget, then after recollection, sit not thou in the company of
those who do wrong..69. On their account no responsibility falls on the
righteous, but
(their duty) is to remind them, that they may (learn to) fear Allah.
70. Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and
amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world. But proclaim (to
them) this (truth): that every soul delivers itself to ruin by its own acts: it
will find for itself no protector or intercessor except Allah. if it offered
every ransom, (or reparation), none will be accepted: such is (the end of)
those who deliver themselves to ruin by their own acts: they will have for
drink (only) boiling water, and for punishment, one most grievous: for
they persisted in rejecting Allah.
71. Say: "Shall we indeed call on others besides Allah,- things that
can do us neither good nor harm,- and turn on our heels after receiving
guidance from Allah. - like one whom the evil ones have made into a fool,
wandering bewildered through the earth, his friends calling, come to us',
(vainly) guiding him to the path." Say: "(Allah)'s guidance is the (only)
guidance, and we have been directed to submit ourselves to the Lord of
the worlds;-
72. "To establish regular prayers and to fear Allah. for it is to Him
that we shall be gathered together."
73. It is He who created the heavens and the earth in true
(proportions): the day He saith, "Be," behold! it is. His word is the truth.
His will be the dominion the day the trumpet will be blown. He knoweth
the unseen as well as that which is open. For He is the Wise, well
acquainted (with all things).
74. Lo! Abraham said to his father Azar: "Takest thou idols for gods?
For I see thee and thy people in manifest error."
75. So also did We show Abraham the power and the laws of the
heavens and the earth, that he might (with understanding) have
certitude.
76. When the night covered him over, He saw a star: He said: "This
is my Lord." But when it set, He said: "I love not those that set."
77. When he saw the moon rising in splendour, he said: "This is my
Lord." But when the moon set, He said: "unless my Lord guide me, I shall
surely be among those who go astray."
78. When he saw the sun rising in splendour, he said: "This is my
Lord; this is the greatest (of all)." But when the sun set, he said: "O my
people! I am indeed free from your (guilt) of giving partners to Allah..79. "For
me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, towards Him Who
created the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give partners to
Allah."
80. His people disputed with him. He said: "(Come) ye to dispute
with me, about Allah, when He (Himself) hath guided me? I fear not (the
beings) ye associate with Allah. Unless my Lord willeth, (nothing can
happen). My Lord comprehendeth in His knowledge all things. Will ye not
(yourselves) be admonished?
81. "How should I fear (the beings) ye associate with Allah, when ye
fear not to give partners to Allah without any warrant having been given
to you? Which of (us) two parties hath more right to security? (tell me) if
ye know.
82. "It is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong -
that are (truly) in security, for they are on (right) guidance."
83. That was the reasoning about Us, which We gave to Abraham (to
use) against his people: We raise whom We will, degree after degree: for
thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.
84. We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) guided: and before him,
We guided Noah, and among his progeny, David, Solomon, Job, Joseph,
Moses, and Aaron: thus do We reward those who do good:
85. And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of
the righteous:
86. And Isma'il and Elisha, and Jonas, and Lot: and to all We gave
favour above the nations:
87. (To them) and to their fathers, and progeny and brethren: We
chose them, and we guided them to a straight way.
88. This is the guidance of Allah. He giveth that guidance to whom He
pleaseth, of His worshippers. If they were to join other gods with Him, all
that they did would be vain for them.
89. These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and authority,
and prophethood: if these (their descendants) reject them, Behold! We
shall entrust their charge to a new people who reject them not.
90. Those were the (prophets) who received Allah’s guidance: Copy
the guidance they received; Say: "No reward for this do I ask of you: This
is no less than a message for the nations.".91. No just estimate of Allah do they
make when they say: "Nothing
doth Allah send down to man (by way of revelation)" Say: "Who then sent
down the Book which Moses brought?- a light and guidance to man: But
ye make it into (separate) sheets for show, while ye conceal much (of its
contents): therein were ye taught that which ye knew not- neither ye nor
your fathers." Say: "(Allah) (sent it down)": Then leave them to plunge in
vain discourse and trifling.
92. And this is a Book which We have sent down, bringing blessings,
and confirming (the revelations) which came before it: that thou mayest
warn the mother of cities and all around her. Those who believe in the
Hereafter believe in this (Book), and they are constant in guarding their
prayers.
93. Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against
Allah, or saith, "I have received inspiration," when he hath received none,
or (again) who saith, "I can reveal the like of what Allah hath revealed"? If
thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood of confusion at
death! - the angels stretch forth their hands, (saying),"Yield up your
souls: this day shall ye receive your reward,- a penalty of shame, for that
ye used to tell lies against Allah, and scornfully to reject of His signs!"
94. "And behold! ye come to us bare and alone as We created you for
the first time: ye have left behind you all (the favours) which We
bestowed on you: We see not with you your intercessors whom ye
thought to be partners in your affairs: so now all relations between you
have been cut off, and your (pet) fancies have left you in the lurch!"
95. It is Allah Who causeth the seed-grain and the date-stone to split
and sprout. He causeth the living to issue from the dead, and He is the
one to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is Allah. then how are
ye deluded away from the truth?
96. He it is that cleaveth the day-break (from the dark): He makes
the night for rest and tranquillity, and the sun and moon for the reckoning
(of time): Such is the judgment and ordering of (Him), the Exalted in
Power, the Omniscient.
97. It is He Who maketh the stars (as beacons) for you, that ye may
guide yourselves, with their help, through the dark spaces of land and
sea: We detail Our signs for people who know.
98. It is He Who hath produced you from a single person: here is a
place of sojourn and a place of departure: We detail Our signs for people
who understand.
99. It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We
produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out.of
which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm
and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and
near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and
pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): when they
begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof.
Behold! in these things there are signs for people who believe.
100. Yet they make the Jinns equals with Allah, though Allah did
create the Jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Him
sons and daughters. Praise and glory be to Him! (for He is) above what
they attribute to Him!
101. To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth:
How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things,
and He hath full knowledge of all things.
102. That is Allah, your Lord! there is no god but He, the Creator of
all things: then worship ye Him: and He hath power to dispose of all
affairs.
103. No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is
above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.
104. "Now have come to you, from your Lord, proofs (to open your
eyes): if any will see, it will be for (the good of) his own soul; if any will
be blind, it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to watch over your
doings."
105. Thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols): that they
may say, "Thou hast taught (us) diligently," and that We may make the
matter clear to those who know.
106. Follow what thou art taught by inspiration from thy Lord: there
is no god but He: and turn aside from those who join gods with Allah.
107. If it had been Allah’s plan, they would not have taken false
gods: but We made thee not one to watch over their doings, nor art thou
set over them to dispose of their affairs.
108. Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they
out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. Thus have We made alluring to
each people its own doings. In the end will they return to their Lord, and
We shall then tell them the truth of all that they did.
109. They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that if a (special)
sign came to them, by it they would believe. Say: "Certainly (all) signs are
in the power of Allah. but what will make you (Muslims) realise that
(even) if (special) signs came, they will not believe."?.110. We (too) shall turn
to (confusion) their hearts and their eyes,
even as they refused to believe in this in the first instance: We shall leave
them in their trespasses, to wander in distraction.
111. Even if We did send unto them angels, and the dead did speak
unto them, and We gathered together all things before their very eyes,
they are not the ones to believe, unless it is in Allah’s plan. But most of
them ignore (the truth).
112. Likewise did We make for every Messenger an enemy,- evil ones
among men and jinns, inspiring each other with flowery discourses by way
of deception. If thy Lord had so planned, they would not have done it: so
leave them and their inventions alone.
113. To such (deceit) let the hearts of those incline, who have no
faith in the hereafter: let them delight in it, and let them earn from it what
they may.
114. Say: "Shall I seek for judge other than Allah. - when He it is
Who hath sent unto you the Book, explained in detail." They know full
well, to whom We have given the Book, that it hath been sent down from
thy Lord in truth. Never be then of those who doubt.
115. The word of thy Lord doth find its fulfilment in truth and in
justice: None can change His words: for He is the one who heareth and
knoweth all.
116. Wert thou to follow the common run of those on earth, they will
lead thee away from the way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjecture:
they do nothing but lie.
117. Thy Lord knoweth best who strayeth from His way: He knoweth
best who they are that receive His guidance.
118. So eat of (meats) on which Allah’s name hath been pronounced,
if ye have faith in His signs.
119. Why should ye not eat of (meats) on which Allah’s name hath
been pronounced, when He hath explained to you in detail what is
forbidden to you - except under compulsion of necessity? But many do
mislead (men) by their appetites unchecked by knowledge. Thy Lord
knoweth best those who transgress.
120. Eschew all sin, open or secret: those who earn sin will get due
recompense for their "earnings."
121. Eat not of (meats) on which Allah’s name hath not been
pronounced: That would be impiety. But the evil ones ever inspire their.friends
to contend with you if ye were to obey them, ye would indeed be
Pagans.
122. Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a light
whereby he can walk amongst men, be like him who is in the depths of
darkness, from which he can never come out? Thus to those without faith
their own deeds seem pleasing.
123. Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to
plot (and burrow) therein: but they only plot against their own souls, and
they perceive it not.
124. When there comes to them a sign (from Allah., They say: "We
shall not believe until we receive one (exactly) like those received by
Allah’s apostles." Allah knoweth best where (and how) to carry out His
mission. Soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation before Allah,
and a severe punishment, for all their plots.
125. Those whom Allah (in His plan) willeth to guide,- He openeth
their breast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying,- He
maketh their breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to
the skies: thus doth Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to
believe.
126. This is the way of thy Lord, leading straight: We have detailed
the signs for those who receive admonition.

127. For them will be a home of peace in the presence of their Lord:
He will be their friend, because they practised (righteousness).
128. One day will He gather them all together, (and say): "O ye
assembly of Jinns! Much (toll) did ye take of men." Their friends amongst
men will say: "Our Lord! we made profit from each other: but (alas!) we
reached our term - which thou didst appoint for us." He will say: "The Fire
be your dwelling-place: you will dwell therein for ever, except as Allah
willeth." for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.
129. Thus do we make the wrong-doers turn to each other, because
of what they earn.
130. "O ye assembly of Jinns and men! came there not unto you
apostles from amongst you, setting forth unto you My signs, and warning
you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say: "We bear witness
against ourselves." It was the life of this world that deceived them. So
against themselves will they bear witness that they rejected Faith..131. (The
apostles were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy
for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were
unwarned.
132. To all are degrees (or ranks) according to their deeds: for thy
Lord is not unmindful of anything that they do.
133. Thy Lord is self-sufficient, full of Mercy: if it were His will, He
could destroy you, and in your place appoint whom He will as your
successors, even as He raised you up from the posterity of other people.
134. All that hath been promised unto you will come to pass: nor can
ye frustrate it (in the least bit).
135. Say: "O my people! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part):
soon will ye know who it is whose end will be (best) in the Hereafter:
certain it is that the wrong- doers will not prosper."
136. Out of what Allah hath produced in abundance in tilth and in
cattle, they assigned Him a share: they say, according to their fancies:
"This is for Allah, and this" - for our "partners"! but the share of their"
partners "reacheth not Allah, whilst the share of Allah reacheth their
"partners" ! evil (and unjust) is their assignment!
137. Even so, in the eyes of most of the pagans, their "partners"
made alluring the slaughter of their children, in order to lead them to their
own destruction, and cause confusion in their religion. If Allah had willed,
they would not have done so: But leave alone them and their inventions.
138. And they say that such and such cattle and crops are taboo, and
none should eat of them except those whom - so they say - We wish;
further, there are cattle forbidden to yoke or burden, and cattle on which,
(at slaughter), the name of Allah is not pronounced; - inventions against
Allah’s name: soon will He requite them for their inventions.
139. They say: "What is in the wombs of such and such cattle is
specially reserved (for food) for our men, and forbidden to our women;
but if it is still-born, then all have share therein. For their (false)
attribution (of superstitions to Allah., He will soon punish them: for He is
full of wisdom and knowledge.
140. Lost are those who slay their children, from folly, without
knowledge, and forbid food which Allah hath provided for them, inventing
(lies) against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and heeded no
guidance.
141. It is He Who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, and
dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates,.similar
(in kind) and different (in variety): eat of their fruit in their season,
but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is
gathered. But waste not by excess: for Allah loveth not the wasters.
142. Of the cattle are some for burden and some for meat: eat what
Allah hath provided for you, and follow not the footsteps of Satan: for he
is to you and avowed enemy.
143. (Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs: of sheep a pair, and
of goats a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two males, or the two females,
or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? Tell me with
knowledge if ye are truthful:
144. Of camels a pair, and oxen a pair; say, hath He forbidden the
two males, or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the
two females enclose? - Were ye present when Allah ordered you such a
thing? But who doth more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah,
to lead astray men without knowledge? For Allah guideth not people who
do wrong.
145. Say: "I find not in the message received by me by inspiration
any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be
dead meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine,- for it is an
abomination - or, what is impious, (meat) on which a name has been
invoked, other than Allah’s". But (even so), if a person is forced by
necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- thy
Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
146. For those who followed the Jewish Law, We forbade every
(animal) with undivided hoof, and We forbade them that fat of the ox and
the sheep, except what adheres to their backs or their entrails, or is mixed
up with a bone: this in recompense for their wilful disobedience: for We
are true (in Our ordinances).
147. If they accuse thee of falsehood, say: "Your Lord is full of mercy
all- embracing; but from people in guilt never will His wrath be turned
back.
148. Those who give partners (to Allah. will say: "If Allah had wished,
we should not have given partners to Him nor would our fathers; nor
should we have had any taboos." So did their ancestors argue falsely,
until they tasted of Our wrath. Say: "Have ye any (certain) knowledge? If
so, produce it before us. Ye follow nothing but conjecture: ye do nothing
but lie."
149. Say: "With Allah is the argument that reaches home: if it had
been His will, He could indeed have guided you all.".150. Say: "Bring forward
your witnesses to prove that Allah did forbid
so and so." If they bring such witnesses, be not thou amongst them: Nor
follow thou the vain desires of such as treat our signs as falsehoods, and
such as believe not in the Hereafter: for they hold others as equal with
their Guardian-Lord.
151. Say: "Come, I will rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited
you from": Join not anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents;
kill not your children on a plea of want;- We provide sustenance for you
and for them;- come not nigh to shameful deeds. Whether open or secret;
take not life, which Allah hath made sacred, except by way of justice and
law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom.
152. And come not nigh to the orphan's property, except to improve
it, until he attain the age of full strength; give measure and weight with
(full) justice;- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can
bear;- whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near relative is
concerned; and fulfil the covenant of Allah. thus doth He command you,
that ye may remember.
153. Verily, this is My way, leading straight: follow it: follow not
(other) paths: they will scatter you about from His (great) path: thus doth
He command you. that ye may be righteous.
154. Moreover, We gave Moses the Book, completing (Our favour) to
those who would do right, and explaining all things in detail,- and a guide
and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.
155. And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so
follow it and be righteous, that ye may receive mercy:
156. Lest ye should say: "The Book was sent down to two Peoples
before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they
learned by assiduous study:"
157. Or lest ye should say: "If the Book had only been sent down to
us, we should have followed its guidance better than they." Now then hath
come unto you a clear (sign) from your Lord,- and a guide and a mercy:
then who could do more wrong than one who rejecteth Allah’s signs, and
turneth away therefrom? In good time shall We requite those who turn
away from Our signs, with a dreadful penalty, for their turning away.
158. Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lord
(Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of the
signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul to believe in them
then if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through its faith.
Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting.".159. As for those who divide their religion
and break up into sects,
thou hast no part in them in the least: their affair is with Allah. He will in
the end tell them the truth of all that they did.
160. He that doeth good shall have ten times as much to his credit:
He that doeth evil shall only be recompensed according to his evil: no
wrong shall be done unto (any of) them.
161. Say: "Verily, my Lord hath guided me to a way that is straight,-
a religion of right,- the path (trod) by Abraham the true in Faith, and he
(certainly) joined not gods with Allah."
162. Say: "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and
my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds:
163. No partner hath He: this am I commanded, and I am the first of
those who bow to His will.
164. Say: "Shall I seek for (my) Cherisher other than Allah, when He
is the Cherisher of all things (that exist)? Every soul draws the meed of its
acts on none but itself: no bearer of burdens can bear of burdens can bear
the burden of another. Your goal in the end is towards Allah. He will tell
you the truth of the things wherein ye disputed."
165. It is He Who hath made you (His) agents, inheritors of the
earth: He hath raised you in ranks, some above others: that He may try
you in the gifts He hath given you: for thy Lord is quick in punishment:
yet He is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

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The Table, The Table Spread

Surah 5. The Table, The Table Spread
1. O ye who believe! fulfil (all) obligations. Lawful unto you (for food)
are all four-footed animals, with the exceptions named: But animals of the
chase are forbidden while ye are in the sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb:
for Allah doth command according to His will and plan.
2. O ye who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the symbols of Allah,
nor of the sacred month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice, nor the
garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resorting to the
sacred house, seeking of the bounty and good pleasure of their Lord. But
when ye are clear of the sacred precincts and of pilgrim garb, ye may hunt
and let not the hatred of some people in (once) shutting you out of the
Sacred Mosque lead you to transgression (and hostility on your part). Help
ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in
sin and rancour: fear Allah, for Allah is strict in punishment.
3. Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of
swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah.
that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a
headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly)
eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form);
that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division
(of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who
reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not but fear
Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour
upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any is
forced by hunger, with no inclination to transgression, Allah is indeed Oftforgiving,
Most Merciful.
4. They ask thee what is lawful to them (as food). Say: lawful unto
you are (all) things good and pure: and what ye have taught your trained
hunting animals (to catch) in the manner directed to you by Allah. eat
what they catch for you, but pronounce the name of Allah over it: and fear
Allah. for Allah is swift in taking account.
5. This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The
food of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto
them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are
believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed
before your time,- when ye give them their due dowers, and desire
chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects faith,.fruitless is
his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those
who have lost (all spiritual good).
6. O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces,
and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water);
and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial
impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one
of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with
women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or
earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to
place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his
favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
7. And call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto you, and His
covenant, which He ratified with you, when ye said: "We hear and we
obey": And fear Allah, for Allah knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.
8. O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair
dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong
and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah. For
Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.
9. To those who believe and do deeds of righteousness hath Allah
promised forgiveness and a great reward.
10. Those who reject faith and deny our signs will be companions of
Hell-fire.
11. O ye who believe! Call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto
you when certain men formed the design to stretch out their hands
against you, but ((Allah)) held back their hands from you: so fear Allah.
And on Allah let believers put (all) their trust.
12. Allah did aforetime take a covenant from the Children of Israel,
and we appointed twelve captains among them. And Allah said: "I am with
you: if ye (but) establish regular prayers, practise regular charity, believe
in my apostles, honour and assist them, and loan to Allah a beautiful loan,
verily I will wipe out from you your evils, and admit you to gardens with
rivers flowing beneath; but if any of you, after this, resisteth faith, he hath
truly wandered from the path or rectitude."
13. But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them,
and made their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their
(right) places and forget a good part of the message that was sent them,
nor wilt thou cease to find them- barring a few - ever bent on (new)
deceits: but forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds): for Allah loveth
those who are kind..14. From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We
did take a
covenant, but they forgot a good part of the message that was sent them:
so we estranged them, with enmity and hatred between the one and the
other, to the day of judgment. And soon will Allah show them what it is
they have done.
15. O people of the Book! There hath come to you our Messenger,
revealing to you much that ye used to hide in the Book, and passing over
much (that is now unnecessary). There hath come to you from Allah a
(new) light and a perspicuous Book,-
16. Wherewith Allah guideth all who seek His good pleasure to ways
of peace and safety, and leadeth them out of darkness, by His will, unto
the light,- guideth them to a path that is straight.
17. In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the
son of Mary. Say: "Who then hath the least power against Allah, if His will
were to destroy Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all every - one
that is on the earth? For to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens
and the earth, and all that is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For
Allah hath power over all things."
18. (Both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are sons of Allah,
and his beloved." Say: "Why then doth He punish you for your sins? Nay,
ye are but men,- of the men he hath created: He forgiveth whom He
pleaseth, and He punisheth whom He pleaseth: and to Allah belongeth the
dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between: and unto
Him is the final goal (of all)"
19. O People of the Book! Now hath come unto you, making (things)
clear unto you, Our Messenger, after the break in (the series of) our
apostles, lest ye should say: "There came unto us no bringer of glad
tidings and no warner (from evil)": But now hath come unto you a bringer
of glad tidings and a warner (from evil). And Allah hath power over all
things.
20. Remember Moses said to his people: "O my people! Call in
remembrance the favour of Allah unto you, when He produced prophets
among you, made you kings, and gave you what He had not given to any
other among the peoples.
21. "O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah hath assigned unto
you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to
your own ruin."
22. They said: "O Moses! In this land are a people of exceeding
strength: Never shall we enter it until they leave it: if (once) they leave,
then shall we enter.".23. (But) among (their) Allah.fearing men were two on
whom Allah
had bestowed His grace: They said: "Assault them at the (proper) Gate:
when once ye are in, victory will be yours; But on Allah put your trust if ye
have faith."
24. They said: "O Moses! while they remain there, never shall we be
able to enter, to the end of time. Go thou, and thy Lord, and fight ye two,
while we sit here (and watch)."
25. He said: "O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my
brother: so separate us from this rebellious people!"
26. Allah said: "Therefore will the land be out of their reach for forty
years: In distraction will they wander through the land: But sorrow thou
not over these rebellious people.
27. Recite to them the truth of the story of the two sons of Adam.
Behold! they each presented a sacrifice (to Allah.: It was accepted from
one, but not from the other. Said the latter: "Be sure I will slay thee."
"Surely," said the former, "(Allah) doth accept of the sacrifice of those
who are righteous.
28. "If thou dost stretch thy hand against me, to slay me, it is not for
me to stretch my hand against thee to slay thee: for I do fear Allah, the
cherisher of the worlds.
29. "For me, I intend to let thee draw on thyself my sin as well as
thine, for thou wilt be among the companions of the fire, and that is the
reward of those who do wrong."
30. The (selfish) soul of the other led him to the murder of his
brother: he murdered him, and became (himself) one of the lost ones.
31. Then Allah sent a raven, who scratched the ground, to show him
how to hide the shame of his brother. "Woe is me!" said he; "Was I not
even able to be as this raven, and to hide the shame of my brother?" then
he became full of regrets-
32. On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if
any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief
in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one
saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then
although there came to them Our apostles with clear signs, yet, even after
that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land.
33. The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His
Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land
is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from.opposite
sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world,
and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;
34. Except for those who repent before they fall into your power: in
that case, know that Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
35. O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means of
approach unto Him, and strive with might and main in his cause: that ye
may prosper.
36. As to those who reject Faith,- if they had everything on earth,
and twice repeated, to give as ransom for the penalty of the Day of
Judgment, it would never be accepted of them, theirs would be a grievous
penalty.
37. Their wish will be to get out of the Fire, but never will they get
out therefrom: their penalty will be one that endures.
38. As to the thief, Male or female, cut off his or her hands: a
punishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is
Exalted in power.
39. But if the thief repents after his crime, and amends his conduct,
Allah turneth to him in forgiveness; for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most
Merciful.
40. Knowest thou not that to Allah (alone) belongeth the dominion of
the heavens and the earth? He punisheth whom He pleaseth, and He
forgiveth whom He pleaseth: and Allah hath power over all things.
41. O Messenger. let not those grieve thee, who race each other into
unbelief: (whether it be) among those who say "We believe" with their lips
but whose hearts have no faith; or it be among the Jews,- men who will
listen to any lie,- will listen even to others who have never so much as
come to thee. They change the words from their (right) times and places:
they say, "If ye are given this, take it, but if not, beware!" If any one's
trial is intended by Allah, thou hast no authority in the least for him
against Allah. For such - it is not Allah’s will to purify their hearts. For
them there is disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a heavy
punishment.
42. (They are fond of) listening to falsehood, of devouring anything
forbidden. If they do come to thee, either judge between them, or decline
to interfere. If thou decline, they cannot hurt thee in the least. If thou
judge, judge in equity between them. For Allah loveth those who judge in
equity..43. But why do they come to thee for decision, when they have (their
own) law before them?- therein is the (plain) command of Allah. yet even
after that, they would turn away. For they are not (really) People of Faith.
44. It was We who revealed the law (to Moses): therein was guidance
and light. By its standard have been judged the Jews, by the prophets
who bowed (as in Islam) to Allah’s will, by the rabbis and the doctors of
law: for to them was entrusted the protection of Allah’s book, and they
were witnesses thereto: therefore fear not men, but fear me, and sell not
my signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge by (the light of)
what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) Unbelievers.
45. We ordained therein for them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose or
nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal." But if any
one remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act of atonement for
himself. And if any fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed,
they are (No better than) wrong-doers.
46. And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming
the Law that had come before him: We sent him the Gospel: therein was
guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had come before
him: a guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah.
47. Let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah hath revealed
therein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed,
they are (no better than) those who rebel.
48. To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture
that came before it, and guarding it in safety: so judge between them by
what Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from
the Truth that hath come to thee. To each among you have we prescribed
a law and an open way. If Allah had so willed, He would have made you a
single people, but (His plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so
strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to Allah. it is He that
will show you the truth of the matters in which ye dispute;
49. And this (He commands): Judge thou between them by what
Allah hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, but beware of them
lest they beguile thee from any of that (teaching) which Allah hath sent
down to thee. And if they turn away, be assured that for some of their
crime it is Allah’s purpose to punish them. And truly most men are
rebellious.
50. Do they then seek after a judgment of (the days of) ignorance?
But who, for a people whose faith is assured, can give better judgment
than Allah..51. O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your
friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other.
And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily
Allah guideth not a people unjust.
52. Those in whose hearts is a disease - thou seest how eagerly they
run about amongst them, saying: "We do fear lest a change of fortune
bring us disaster." Ah! perhaps Allah will give (thee) victory, or a decision
according to His will. Then will they repent of the thoughts which they
secretly harboured in their hearts.
53. And those who believe will say: "Are these the men who swore
their strongest oaths by Allah, that they were with you?" All that they do
will be in vain, and they will fall into (nothing but) ruin.
54. O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his
Faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love
Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the
way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That
is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow on whom He pleaseth. And
Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.
55. Your (real) friends are (no less than) Allah, His Messenger, and
the (fellowship of) believers,- those who establish regular prayers and
regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).
56. As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah, His Messenger, and
the (fellowship of) believers,- it is the fellowship of Allah that must
certainly triumph.
57. O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who
take your religion for a mockery or sport,- whether among those who
received the Scripture before you, or among those who reject Faith; but
fear ye Allah, if ye have faith (indeed).
58. When ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as
mockery and sport; that is because they are a people without
understanding.
59. Say: "O people of the Book! Do ye disapprove of us for no other
reason than that we believe in Allah, and the revelation that hath come to
us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you are
rebellious and disobedient?"
60. Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this,
(as judged) by the treatment it received from Allah. those who incurred
the curse of Allah and His wrath, those of whom some He transformed into.apes
and swine, those who worshipped evil;- these are (many times)
worse in rank, and far more astray from the even path!"
61. When they come to thee, they say: "We believe": but in fact they
enter with a mind against Faith, and they go out with the same but Allah
knoweth fully all that they hide.
62. Many of them dost thou see, racing each other in sin and
rancour, and their eating of things forbidden. Evil indeed are the things
that they do.
63. Why do not the rabbis and the doctors of Law forbid them from
their (habit of) uttering sinful words and eating things forbidden? Evil
indeed are their works.
64. The Jews say: "(Allah)'s hand is tied up." Be their hands tied up
and be they accursed for the (blasphemy) they utter. Nay, both His hands
are widely outstretched: He giveth and spendeth (of His bounty) as He
pleaseth. But the revelation that cometh to thee from Allah increaseth in
most of them their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy. Amongst them we
have placed enmity and hatred till the Day of Judgment. Every time they
kindle the fire of war, Allah doth extinguish it; but they (ever) strive to do
mischief on earth. And Allah loveth not those who do mischief.
65. If only the People of the Book had believed and been righteous,
We should indeed have blotted out their iniquities and admitted them to
gardens of bliss.
66. If only they had stood fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the
revelation that was sent to them from their Lord, they would have enjoyed
happiness from every side. There is from among them a party on the right
course: but many of them follow a course that is evil.
67. O Messenger. proclaim the (message) which hath been sent to
thee from thy Lord. If thou didst not, thou wouldst not have fulfilled and
proclaimed His mission. And Allah will defend thee from men (who mean
mischief). For Allah guideth not those who reject Faith.
68. Say: "O People of the Book! ye have no ground to stand upon
unless ye stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that
has come to you from your Lord." It is the revelation that cometh to thee
from thy Lord, that increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion
and blasphemy. But sorrow thou not over (these) people without Faith.
69. Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish
(scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians,- any who believe in Allah
and the Last Day, and work righteousness,- on them shall be no fear, nor
shall they grieve..70. We took the covenant of the Children of Israel and sent
them
apostles, every time, there came to them an apostle with what they
themselves desired not - some (of these) they called impostors, and some
they (go so far as to) slay.
71. They thought there would be no trial (or punishment); so they
became blind and deaf; yet Allah (in mercy) turned to them; yet again
many of them became blind and deaf. But Allah sees well all that they do.
72. They do blaspheme who say: "(Allah) is Christ the son of Mary."
But said Christ: "O Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your
Lord." Whoever joins other gods with Allah,- Allah will forbid him the
garden, and the Fire will be his abode. There will for the wrong-doers be
no one to help.
73. They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity: for
there is no god except One Allah. If they desist not from their word (of
blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among
them.
74. Why turn they not to Allah, and seek His forgiveness? For Allah is
Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful.
75. Christ the son of Mary was no more than an apostle; many were
the apostles that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of
truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make
His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from
the truth!
76. Say: "Will ye worship, besides Allah, something which hath no
power either to harm or benefit you? But Allah,- He it is that heareth and
knoweth all things."
77. Say: "O people of the Book! exceed not in your religion the
bounds (of what is proper), trespassing beyond the truth, nor follow the
vain desires of people who went wrong in times gone by,- who misled
many, and strayed (themselves) from the even way.
78. Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Israel
who rejected Faith, by the tongue of David and of Jesus the son of Mary:
because they disobeyed and persisted in excesses.
79. Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which they
committed: evil indeed were the deeds which they did.
80. Thou seest many of them turning in friendship to the Unbelievers.
Evil indeed are (the works) which their souls have sent forward before.them
(with the result), that Allah’s wrath is on them, and in torment will
they abide.
81. If only they had believed in Allah, in the Messenger, and in what
hath been revealed to him, never would they have taken them for friends
and protectors, but most of them are rebellious wrong-doers.
82. Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the
Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt
thou find those who say, "We are Christians": because amongst these are
men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and
they are not arrogant.
83. And when they listen to the revelation received by the
Messenger, thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they
recognise the truth: they pray: "Our Lord! we believe; write us down
among the witnesses.
84. "What cause can we have not to believe in Allah and the truth
which has come to us, seeing that we long for our Lord to admit us to the
company of the righteous?"
85. And for this their prayer hath Allah rewarded them with gardens,
with rivers flowing underneath,- their eternal home. Such is the
recompense of those who do good.
86. But those who reject Faith and belie our Signs,- they shall be
companions of Hell-fire.
87. O ye who believe! make not unlawful the good things which Allah
hath made lawful for you, but commit no excess: for Allah loveth not
those given to excess.
88. Eat of the things which Allah hath provided for you, lawful and
good; but fear Allah, in Whom ye believe.
89. Allah will not call you to account for what is futile in your oaths,
but He will call you to account for your deliberate oaths: for expiation,
feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for the food of your
families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom. If that is beyond
your means, fast for three days. That is the expiation for the oaths ye
have sworn. But keep to your oaths. Thus doth Allah make clear to you
His signs, that ye may be grateful.
90. O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of)
stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's
handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper..91. Satan's plan
is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you,
with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of
Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain?
92. Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and beware (of evil): if ye
do turn back, know ye that it is Our Messenger.s duty to proclaim (the
message) in the clearest manner.
93. On those who believe and do deeds of righteousness there is no
blame for what they ate (in the past), when they guard themselves from
evil, and believe, and do deeds of righteousness,- (or) again, guard
themselves from evil and believe,- (or) again, guard themselves from evil
and do good. For Allah loveth those who do good.
94. O ye who believe! Allah doth but make a trial of you in a little
matter of game well within reach of your hands and your lances, that He
may test who feareth him unseen: any who transgress thereafter, will
have a grievous penalty.
95. O ye who believe! Kill not game while in the sacred precincts or in
pilgrim garb. If any of you doth so intentionally, the compensation is an
offering, brought to the Ka'ba, of a domestic animal equivalent to the one
he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you; or by way of
atonement, the feeding of the indigent; or its equivalent in fasts: that he
may taste of the penalty of his deed. Allah forgives what is past: for
repetition Allah will exact from him the penalty. For Allah is Exalted, and
Lord of Retribution.
96. Lawful to you is the pursuit of water-game and its use for food,-
for the benefit of yourselves and those who travel; but forbidden is the
pursuit of land-game;- as long as ye are in the sacred precincts or in
pilgrim garb. And fear Allah, to Whom ye shall be gathered back.
97. Allah made the Ka'ba, the Sacred House, an asylum of security
for men, as also the Sacred Months, the animals for offerings, and the
garlands that mark them: That ye may know that Allah hath knowledge of
what is in the heavens and on earth and that Allah is well acquainted with
all things.
98. Know ye that Allah is strict in punishment and that Allah is Oft-forgiving,
Most Merciful.
99. The Messenger.s duty is but to proclaim (the message). But Allah
knoweth all that ye reveal and ye conceal.
100. Say: "Not equal are things that are bad and things that are
good, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle thee; so fear
Allah, O ye that understand; that (so) ye may prosper.".101. O ye who believe!
Ask not questions about things which, if made
plain to you, may cause you trouble. But if ye ask about things when the
Qur'an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you, Allah will forgive
those: for Allah is Oft- forgiving, Most Forbearing.
102. Some people before you did ask such questions, and on that
account lost their faith.
103. It was not Allah who instituted (superstitions like those of) a
slit-ear she- camel, or a she-camel let loose for free pasture, or idol
sacrifices for twin-births in animals, or stallion-camels freed from work: It
is blasphemers who invent a lie against Allah. but most of them lack
wisdom.
104. When it is said to them: "Come to what Allah hath revealed;
come to the Messenger.: They say: "Enough for us are the ways we found
our fathers following." what! even though their fathers were void of
knowledge and guidance?
105. O ye who believe! Guard your own souls: If ye follow (right)
guidance, no hurt can come to you from those who stray. the goal of you
all is to Allah. it is He that will show you the truth of all that ye do.
106. O ye who believe! When death approaches any of you, (take)
witnesses among yourselves when making bequests,- two just men of
your own (brotherhood) or others from outside if ye are journeying
through the earth, and the chance of death befalls you (thus). If ye doubt
(their truth), detain them both after prayer, and let them both swear by
Allah. "We wish not in this for any worldly gain, even though the
(beneficiary) be our near relation: we shall hide not the evidence before
Allah. if we do, then behold! the sin be upon us!"
107. But if it gets known that these two were guilty of the sin (of
perjury), let two others stand forth in their places,- nearest in kin from
among those who claim a lawful right: let them swear by Allah. "We affirm
that our witness is truer than that of those two, and that we have not
trespassed (beyond the truth): if we did, behold! the wrong be upon us!"
108. That is most suitable: that they may give the evidence in its
true nature and shape, or else they would fear that other oaths would be
taken after their oaths. But fear Allah, and listen (to His counsel): for
Allah guideth not a rebellious people:
109. One day will Allah gather the apostles together, and ask: "What
was the response ye received (from men to your teaching)?" They will
say: "We have no knowledge: it is Thou Who knowest in full all that is
hidden.".110. Then will Allah say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My
favour to thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the
holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and in
maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the
Gospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a
bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My
leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And
behold! thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did
restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee when thou didst
show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: 'This is
nothing but evident magic.'
111. "And behold! I inspired the disciples to have faith in Me and
Mine Messenger. they said, 'We have faith, and do thou bear witness that
we bow to Allah as Muslims'".
112. Behold! the disciples, said: "O Jesus the son of Mary! can thy
Lord send down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?" Said Jesus:
"Fear Allah, if ye have faith."
113. They said: "We only wish to eat thereof and satisfy our hearts,
and to know that thou hast indeed told us the truth; and that we
ourselves may be witnesses to the miracle."
114. Said Jesus the son of Mary: "O Allah our Lord! Send us from
heaven a table set (with viands), that there may be for us - for the first
and the last of us - a solemn festival and a sign from thee; and provide for
our sustenance, for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs)."
115. Allah said: "I will send it down unto you: But if any of you after
that resisteth faith, I will punish him with a penalty such as I have not
inflicted on any one among all the peoples."
116. And behold! Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou
say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of
Allah.?" He will say: "Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right
(to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it.
Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For
Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.
117. "Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command
me to say, to wit, 'worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord'; and I was a
witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me
up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things.
118. "If Thou dost punish them, they are Thy servant: If Thou dost
forgive them, Thou art the Exalted in power, the Wise.".119. Allah will say:
"This is a day on which the truthful will profit
from their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their
eternal Home: Allah well-pleased with them, and they with Allah. That is
the great salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires).
120. To Allah doth belong the dominion of the heavens and the earth,
and all that is therein, and it is He Who hath power over all things.

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Spoils Of War, Booty

Surah 8. Spoils Of War, Booty
1. They ask thee concerning (things taken as) spoils of war. Say:
"(such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah and the Messenger. So fear
Allah, and keep straight the relations between yourselves: Obey Allah and
His Messenger, if ye do believe."
2. For, Believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a
tremor in their hearts, and when they hear His signs rehearsed, find their
faith strengthened, and put (all) their trust in their Lord;
3. Who establish regular prayers and spend (freely) out of the gifts
We have given them for sustenance:.4. Such in truth are the believers: they
have grades of dignity with
their Lord, and forgiveness, and generous sustenance:
5. Just as thy Lord ordered thee out of thy house in truth, even
though a party among the Believers disliked it,
6. Disputing with thee concerning the truth after it was made
manifest, as if they were being driven to death and they (actually) saw it.
7. Behold! Allah promised you one of the two (enemy) parties, that it
should be yours: Ye wished that the one unarmed should be yours, but
Allah willed to justify the Truth according to His words and to cut off the
roots of the Unbelievers;-
8. That He might justify Truth and prove Falsehood false, distasteful
though it be to those in guilt.
9. Remember ye implored the assistance of your Lord, and He
answered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks on
ranks."
10. Allah made it but a message of hope, and an assurance to your
hearts: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah. and Allah is
Exalted in Power, Wise.
11. Remember He covered you with a sort of drowsiness, to give you
calm as from Himself, and he caused rain to descend on you from heaven,
to clean you therewith, to remove from you the stain of Satan, to
strengthen your hearts, and to plant your feet firmly therewith.
12. Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I
am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the
hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their
finger-tips off them."
13. This because they contended against Allah and His Messenger. If
any contend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah is strict in
punishment.
14. Thus (will it be said): "Taste ye then of the (punishment): for
those who resist Allah, is the penalty of the Fire."
15. O ye who believe! when ye meet the Unbelievers in hostile array,
never turn your backs to them.
16. If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a
stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own)- he draws on
himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge (indeed)!.17. It
is not ye who slew them; it was Allah. when thou threwest (a
handful of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah’s: in order that He might
test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself: for Allah is He Who
heareth and knoweth (all things).
18. That, and also because Allah is He Who makes feeble the plans
and stratagem of the Unbelievers.
19. (O Unbelievers!) if ye prayed for victory and judgment, now hath
the judgment come to you: if ye desist (from wrong), it will be best for
you: if ye return (to the attack), so shall We. Not the least good will your
forces be to you even if they were multiplied: for verily Allah is with those
who believe!
20. O ye who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger, and turn not
away from him when ye hear (him speak).
21. Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not:
22. For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and the
dumb,- those who understand not.
23. If Allah had found in them any good. He would indeed have made
them listen: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have
turned back and declined (Faith).
24. O ye who believe! give your response to Allah and His Messenger,
when He calleth you to that which will give you life; and know that Allah
cometh in between a man and his heart, and that it is He to Whom ye
shall (all) be gathered.
25. And fear tumult or oppression, which affecteth not in particular
(only) those of you who do wrong: and know that Allah is strict in
punishment.
26. Call to mind when ye were a small (band), despised through the
land, and afraid that men might despoil and kidnap you; But He provided
a safe asylum for you, strengthened you with His aid, and gave you Good
things for sustenance: that ye might be grateful.
27. O ye that believe! betray not the trust of Allah and the
Messenger, nor misappropriate knowingly things entrusted to you.
28. And know ye that your possessions and your progeny are but a
trial; and that it is Allah with Whom lies your highest reward..29. O ye who
believe! if ye fear Allah, He will grant you a criterion (to
judge between right and wrong), remove from you (all) evil (that may
afflict) you, and forgive you: for Allah is the Lord of grace unbounded.
30. Remember how the Unbelievers plotted against thee, to keep
thee in bonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of thy home). They plot and
plan, and Allah too plans; but the best of planners is Allah.
31. When Our Signs are rehearsed to them, they say: "We have
heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these
are nothing but tales of the ancients."
32. Remember how they said: "O Allah if this is indeed the Truth
from Thee, rain down on us a shower of stones form the sky, or send us a
grievous penalty."
33. But Allah was not going to send them a penalty whilst thou wast
amongst them; nor was He going to send it whilst they could ask for
pardon.
34. But what plea have they that Allah should not punish them, when
they keep out (men) from the sacred Mosque - and they are not its
guardians? No men can be its guardians except the righteous; but most of
them do not understand.
35. Their prayer at the House (of Allah. is nothing but whistling and
clapping of hands: (Its only answer can be), "Taste ye the penalty
because ye blasphemed."
36. The Unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder (man) from the path
of Allah, and so will they continue to spend; but in the end they will have
(only) regrets and sighs; at length they will be overcome: and the
Unbelievers will be gathered together to Hell;-
37. In order that Allah may separate the impure from the pure, put
the impure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into Hell.
They will be the ones to have lost.
38. Say to the Unbelievers, if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their
past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those
before them is already (a matter of warning for them).
39. And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression,
and there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere; but
if they cease, verily Allah doth see all that they do.
40. If they refuse, be sure that Allah is your Protector - the best to
protect and the best to help..41. And know that out of all the booty that ye may
acquire (in war), a
fifth share is assigned to Allah,- and to the Messenger, and to near
relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer,- if ye do believe in Allah
and in the revelation We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Testing,-
the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For Allah hath power over all
things.
42. Remember ye were on the hither side of the valley, and they on
the farther side, and the caravan on lower ground than ye. Even if ye had
made a mutual appointment to meet, ye would certainly have failed in the
appointment: But (thus ye met), that Allah might accomplish a matter
already enacted; that those who died might die after a clear Sign (had
been given), and those who lived might live after a Clear Sign (had been
given). And verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
43. Remember in thy dream Allah showed them to thee as few: if He
had shown them to thee as many, ye would surely have been
discouraged, and ye would surely have disputed in (your) decision; but
Allah saved (you): for He knoweth well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.
44. And remember when ye met, He showed them to you as few in
your eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their eyes: that
Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted. For to Allah do all
questions go back (for decision).
45. O ye who believe! When ye meet a force, be firm, and call Allah
in remembrance much (and often); that ye may prosper:
46. And obey Allah and His Messenger. and fall into no disputes, lest
ye lose heart and your power depart; and be patient and persevering: For
Allah is with those who patiently persevere:
47. And be not like those who started from their homes insolently
and to be seen of men, and to hinder (men) from the path of Allah. For
Allah compasseth round about all that they do.
48. Remember Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them,
and said: "No one among men can overcome you this day, while I am
near to you": But when the two forces came in sight of each other, he
turned on his heels, and said: "Lo! I am clear of you; lo! I see what ye see
not; Lo! I fear Allah. for Allah is strict in punishment."
49. Lo! the hypocrites say, and those in whose hearts is a disease:
"These people,- their religion has misled them." But if any trust in Allah,
behold! Allah is Exalted in might, Wise..50. If thou couldst see, when the angels
take the souls of the
Unbelievers (at death), (How) they smite their faces and their backs,
(saying): "Taste the penalty of the blazing Fire-
51. "Because of (the deeds) which your (own) hands sent forth; for
Allah is never unjust to His servants:
52. "(Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and of those
before them: They rejected the Signs of Allah, and Allah punished them
for their crimes: for Allah is Strong, and Strict in punishment:
53. "Because Allah will never change the grace which He hath
bestowed on a people until they change what is in their (own) souls: and
verily Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things)."
54. (Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and those
before them": They treated as false the Signs of their Lord: so We
destroyed them for their crimes, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh:
for they were all oppressors and wrong- doers.
55. For the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are those who reject
Him: They will not believe.
56. They are those with whom thou didst make a covenant, but they
break their covenant every time, and they have not the fear (of Allah..
57. If ye gain the mastery over them in war, disperse, with them,
those who follow them, that they may remember.
58. If thou fearest treachery from any group, throw back (their
covenant) to them, (so as to be) on equal terms: for Allah loveth not the
treacherous.
59. Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the
godly): they will never frustrate (them).
60. Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your
power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the
enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may
not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the
cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated
unjustly.
61. But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline
towards peace, and trust in Allah. for He is One that heareth and knoweth
(all things)..62. Should they intend to deceive thee,- verily Allah sufficeth thee:
He it is That hath strengthened thee with His aid and with (the company
of) the Believers;
63. And (moreover) He hath put affection between their hearts: not if
thou hadst spent all that is in the earth, couldst thou have produced that
affection, but Allah hath done it: for He is Exalted in might, Wise.
64. O Messenger. sufficient unto thee is Allah,- (unto thee) and unto
those who follow thee among the Believers.
65. O Messenger. rouse the Believers to the fight. If there are twenty
amongst you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred: if
a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the Unbelievers: for these are
a people without understanding.
66. For the present, Allah hath lightened your (task), for He knoweth
that there is a weak spot in you: But (even so), if there are a hundred of
you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred, and if a
thousand, they will vanquish two thousand, with the leave of Allah. for
Allah is with those who patiently persevere.
67. It is not fitting for an apostle that he should have prisoners of war
until he hath thoroughly subdued the land. Ye look for the temporal goods
of this world; but Allah looketh to the Hereafter: And Allah is Exalted in
might, Wise.
68. Had it not been for a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe
penalty would have reached you for the (ransom) that ye took.
69. But (now) enjoy what ye took in war, lawful and good: but fear
Allah. for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
70. O Messenger. say to those who are captives in your hands: "If
Allah findeth any good in your hearts, He will give you something better
than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you: for Allah is
Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."
71. But if they have treacherous designs against thee, (O
Messenger.), they have already been in treason against Allah, and so hath
He given (thee) power over them. And Allah so He Who hath (full)
knowledge and wisdom.
72. Those who believed, and adopted exile, and fought for the Faith,
with their property and their persons, in the cause of Allah, as well as
those who gave (them) asylum and aid,- these are (all) friends and
protectors, one of another. As to those who believed but came not into
exile, ye owe no duty of protection to them until they come into exile; but.if
they seek your aid in religion, it is your duty to help them, except
against a people with whom ye have a treaty of mutual alliance. And
(remember) Allah seeth all that ye do.
73. The Unbelievers are protectors, one of another: Unless ye do this,
(protect each other), there would be tumult and oppression on earth, and
great mischief.
74. Those who believe, and adopt exile, and fight for the Faith, in the
cause of Allah as well as those who give (them) asylum and aid,- these
are (all) in very truth the Believers: for them is the forgiveness of sins and
a provision most generous.
75. And those who accept Faith subsequently, and adopt exile, and
fight for the Faith in your company,- they are of you. But kindred by blood
have prior rights against each other in the Book of Allah. Verily Allah is
well-acquainted with all things.

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The Heights

Surah 7. The Heights
1. Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad.
2. A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more
by any difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the
erring) and teach the Believers).
3. Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and
follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye
remember of admonition.
4. How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our
punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their
afternoon rest..5. When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter
but
this: "Indeed we did wrong."
6. Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and
those by whom We sent it.
7. And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for
We were never absent (at any time or place).
8. The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of
good) will be heavy, will prosper:
9. Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for
that they wrongfully treated Our signs.
10. It is We Who have placed you with authority on earth, and
provided you therein with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are
the thanks that ye give!
11. It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the
angels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down; not so Iblis; He refused
to be of those who bow down.
12. ((Allah)) said: "What prevented thee from bowing down when I
commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me
from fire, and him from clay."
13. ((Allah)) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be
arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)."
14. He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up."
15. ((Allah)) said: "Be thou among those who have respite."
16. He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will
lie in wait for them on thy straight way:
17. "Then will I assault them from before them and behind them,
from their right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them,
gratitude (for thy mercies)."
18. ((Allah)) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any
of them follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you all.
19. "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its
good things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm
and transgression.".20. Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them,
bringing
openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them
(before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should
become angels or such beings as live for ever."
21. And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser.
22. So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the
tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew
together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called
unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an
avowed enemy unto you?"
23. They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou
forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be
lost."
24. ((Allah)) said: "Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves.
On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a
time."
25. He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from
it shall ye be taken out (at last)."
26. O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to
cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment
of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah,
that they may receive admonition!
27. O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same
manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their
raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a
position where ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only)
to those without faith.
28. When they do aught that is shameful, they say: "We found our
fathers doing so"; and "(Allah) commanded us thus": Say: "Nay, Allah
never commands what is shameful: do ye say of Allah what ye know not?"
29. Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your
whole selves (to Him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon
Him, making your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you
in the beginning, so shall ye return."
30. Some He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the
loss of their way; in that they took the evil ones, in preference to Allah,
for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance..31. O
Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time
and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah
loveth not the wasters.
32. Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah, which He
hath produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He
hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this world, for
those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus
do We explain the signs in detail for those who understand.
33. Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful
deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or
reason; assigning of partners to Allah, for which He hath given no
authority; and saying things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge.
34. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached,
not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in
anticipation).
35. O ye Children of Adam! whenever there come to you apostles
from amongst you, rehearsing My signs unto you,- those who are
righteous and mend (their lives),- on them shall be no fear nor shall they
grieve.
36. But those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance,-
they are companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for ever).
37. Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or
rejects His Signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach them from
the Book (of decrees): until, when our messengers (of death) arrive and
take their souls, they say: "Where are the things that ye used to invoke
besides Allah." They will reply, "They have left us in the lurch," And they
will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected Allah.
38. He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed
away before you - men and jinns, - into the Fire." Every time a new
people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they
follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: "Our
Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire."
He will say: "Doubled for all" : but this ye do not understand.
39. Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have
ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did !"
40. To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no
opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the
garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is
Our reward for those in sin..41. For them there is Hell, as a couch (below) and
folds and folds of
covering above: such is Our requital of those who do wrong.
42. But those who believe and work righteousness,- no burden do We
place on any soul, but that which it can bear,- they will be Companions of
the Garden, therein to dwell (for ever).
43. And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of
injury;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise
be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have
found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah. indeed it was
the truth, that the apostles of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall
hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its
inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)."
44. The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of
the Fire: "We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us true: Have
you also found Your Lord's promises true?" They shall say, "Yes"; but a
crier shall proclaim between them: "The curse of Allah is on the wrong-doers;-
45. "Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would
seek in it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter."
46. Between them shall be a veil, and on the heights will be men who
would know every one by his marks: they will call out to the Companions
of the Garden, "peace on you": they will not have entered, but they will
have an assurance (thereof).
47. When their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the
Fire, they will say: "Our Lord! send us not to the company of the wrong-doers."
48. The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will
know from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were your hoards
and your arrogant ways?
49. "Behold! are these not the men whom you swore that Allah with
His Mercy would never bless? Enter ye the Garden: no fear shall be on
you, nor shall ye grieve."
50. The Companions of the Fire will call to the Companions of the
Garden: "Pour down to us water or anything that Allah doth provide for
your sustenance." They will say: "Both these things hath Allah forbidden
to those who rejected Him."
51. "Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and
were deceived by the life of the world." That day shall We forget them as.they
forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to
reject Our signs.
52. For We had certainly sent unto them a Book, based on
knowledge, which We explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who
believe.
53. Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day
the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The
apostles of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no
intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back?
then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact
they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave
them in the lurch.
54. Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the
earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He
draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid
succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed
by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed
be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!
55. Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not
those who trespass beyond bounds.
56. Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but
call on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of Allah is
(always) near to those who do good.
57. It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going
before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We
drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and
produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead:
perchance ye may remember.
58. From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher,
springs up produce, (rich) after its kind: but from the land that is bad,
springs up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do we explain the
signs by various (symbols) to those who are grateful.
59. We sent Noah to his people. He said: "O my people! worship
Allah. ye have no other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a
dreadful day!
60. The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evidently
wandering (in mind).".61. He said: "O my people! No wandering is there in my
(mind): on
the contrary I am an apostle from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!
62. "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere
is my advice to you, and I know from Allah something that ye know not.
63. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your
Lord, through a man of your own people, to warn you,- so that ye may
fear Allah and haply receive His Mercy?"
64. But they rejected him, and We delivered him, and those with him,
in the Ark: but We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our
signs. They were indeed a blind people!
65. To the 'Ad people, (We sent) Hud, one of their (own) brethren:
He said: O my people! worship Allah. ye have no other god but Him will ye
not fear ((Allah))?"
66. The leaders of the Unbelievers among his people said: "Ah! we
see thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!"
67. He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) an apostle
from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!
68. "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to
you a sincere and trustworthy adviser.
69. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your
Lord through a man of your own people, to warn you? call in
remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and
gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance the
benefits (ye have received) from Allah. that so ye may prosper."
70. They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone,
and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us
with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!"
71. He said: "Punishment and wrath have already come upon you
from your Lord: dispute ye with me over names which ye have devised -
ye and your fathers,- without authority from Allah. then wait: I am
amongst you, also waiting."
72. We saved him and those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and
We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe.
73. To the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their own
brethren: He said: "O my people! worship Allah. ye have no other god but
Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! This she-.camel of
Allah is a Sign unto you: So leave her to graze in Allah’s earth,
and let her come to no harm, or ye shall be seized with a grievous
punishment.
74. "And remember how He made you inheritors after the 'Ad people
and gave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and
castles in (open) plains, and care out homes in the mountains; so bring to
remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah, and refrain from
evil and mischief on the earth."
75. The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those
who were reckoned powerless - those among them who believed: "know
ye indeed that Salih is an apostle from his Lord?" They said: "We do
indeed believe in the revelation which hath been sent through him."
76. The Arrogant party said: "For our part, we reject what ye believe
in."
77. Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the
order of their Lord, saying: "O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art an
apostle (of Allah.!"
78. So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in
their homes in the morning!
79. So Salih left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to
you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good
counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!"
80. We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit
lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you?
81. "For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women : ye
are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."
82. And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them
out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"
83. But we saved him and his family, except his wife: she was of
those who legged behind.
84. And we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see
what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime!
85. To the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their own
brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah. Ye have no other god but
Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! Give just
measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are.their
due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order:
that will be best for you, if ye have Faith.
86. "And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from
the path of Allah those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something
crooked; But remember how ye were little, and He gave you increase. And
hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief.
87. "And if there is a party among you who believes in the message
with which I have been sent, and a party which does not believe, hold
yourselves in patience until Allah doth decide between us: for He is the
best to decide.
88. The leaders, the arrogant party among his people, said: "O
Shu'aib! we shall certainly drive thee out of our city - (thee) and those
who believe with thee; or else ye (thou and they) shall have to return to
our ways and religion." He said: "What! even though we do detest
(them)?
89. "We should indeed invent a lie against Allah, if we returned to
your ways after Allah hath rescued us therefrom; nor could we by any
manner of means return thereto unless it be as in the will and plan of
Allah, Our Lord. Our Lord can reach out to the utmost recesses of things
by His knowledge. In the Allah is our trust. our Lord! decide Thou between
us and our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide."
90. The leaders, the unbelievers among his people, said: "If ye follow
Shu'aib, be sure then ye are ruined!"
91. But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate
in their homes before the morning!
92. The men who reject Shu'aib became as if they had never been in
the homes where they had flourished: the men who rejected Shu'aib - it
was they who were ruined!
93. So Shu'aib left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey
to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good
counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!"
94. Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in
suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.
95. Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew
and multiplied, and began to say: "Our fathers (too) were touched by
suffering and affluence" ... Behold! We called them to account of a
sudden, while they realised not (their peril)..96. If the people of the towns had
but believed and feared Allah, We
should indeed have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from
heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to
book for their misdeeds.
97. Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our
wrath by night while they were asleep?
98. Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight
while they played about (care-free)?
99. Did they then feel secure against the plan of Allah.- but no one
can feel secure from the Plan of Allah, except those (doomed) to ruin!
100. To those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous)
possessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson) that, if We so willed, We could
punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they
could not hear?
101. Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate unto thee:
There came indeed to them their apostles with clear (signs): But they
would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus doth Allah seal up
the hearts of those who reject faith.
102. Most of them We found not men (true) to their covenant: but
most of them We found rebellious and disobedient.
103. Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and
his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end of
those who made mischief.
104. Moses said: "O Pharaoh! I am an apostle from the Lord of the
worlds,-
105. One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about Allah.
Now have I come unto you (people), from your Lord, with a clear (Sign):
So let the Children of Israel depart along with me."
106. (Pharaoh) said: "If indeed thou hast come with a Sign, show it
forth,- if thou tellest the truth."
107. Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! it was a serpent, plain
(for all to see)!
108. And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white to all
beholders!.109. Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: "This is indeed a
sorcerer well- versed.
110. "His plan is to get you out of your land: then what is it ye
counsel?"
111. They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while);
and send to the cities men to collect-
112. And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."
113. So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, "of course
we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!"
114. He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised
to posts) nearest (to my person)."
115. They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have
the (first) throw?"
116. Said Moses: "Throw ye (first)." So when they threw, they
bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for they
showed a great (feat of) magic.
117. We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: "Throw (now) thy
rod":and behold! it swallows up straight away all the falsehoods which
they fake!
118. Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no
effect.
119. So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were
made to look small.
120. But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration.
121. Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,-
122. "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."
123. Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission?
Surely this is a trick which ye have planned in the city to drive out its
people: but soon shall ye know (the consequences).
124. "Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on apposite
sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross."
125. They said: "For us, We are but sent back unto our Lord:.126. "But thou
dost wreak thy vengeance on us simply because we
believed in the Signs of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! pour
out on us patience and constancy, and take our souls unto thee as
Muslims (who bow to thy will)!
127. Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: "Wilt thou leave Moses and
his people, to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon thee and thy
gods?" He said: "Their male children will we slay; (only) their females will
we save alive; and we have over them (power) irresistible."
128. Said Moses to his people: "Pray for help from Allah, and (wait)
in patience and constancy: for the earth is Allah’s, to give as a heritage to
such of His servants as He pleaseth; and the end is (best) for the
righteous.
129. They said: "We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and
after thou camest to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy
your enemy and make you inheritors in the earth; that so He may try you
by your deeds."
130. We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and
shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition.
131. But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;"
When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with
Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs in
Allah’s sight, but most of them do not understand!
132. They said (to Moses): "Whatever be the Signs thou bringest, to
work therewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never believe in thee.
133. So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice,
Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in
arrogance,- a people given to sin.
134. Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on
your behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: If thou wilt
remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we shall
send away the Children of Israel with thee."
135. But every time We removed the penalty from them according to
a fixed term which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they broke their word!
136. So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the
sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from
them..137. And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account),
inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down
Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of
Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the
ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people
erected (with such pride).
138. We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea. They
came upon a people devoted entirely to some idols they had. They said:
"O Moses! fashion for us a god like unto the gods they have." He said:
"Surely ye are a people without knowledge.
139. "As to these folk,- the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a
ruin, and vain is the (worship) which they practise."
140. He said: "Shall I seek for you a god other than the (true) Allah,
when it is Allah Who hath endowed you with gifts above the nations?"
141. And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, who
afflicted you with the worst of penalties, who slew your male children and
saved alive your females: in that was a momentous trial from your Lord.
142. We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (the
period) with ten (more): thus was completed the term (of communion)
with his Lord, forty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron
(before he went up): "Act for me amongst my people: Do right, and follow
not the way of those who do mischief."
143. When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord
addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may
look upon thee." Allah said: "By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But
look upon the mount; if it abide in its place, then shalt thou see Me."
When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust. And
Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said: "Glory
be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe."
144. ((Allah)) said: "O Moses! I have chosen thee above (other)
men, by the mission I (have given thee) and the words I (have spoken to
thee): take then the (revelation) which I give thee, and be of those who
give thanks."
145. And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, both
commanding and explaining all things, (and said): "Take and hold these
with firmness, and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the best in the
precepts: soon shall I show you the homes of the wicked,- (How they lie
desolate).".146. Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in defiance of right
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them will I turn away from My signs: Even if they see all the signs, they
will not believe in them; and if they see the way of right conduct, they will
not adopt it as the way; but if they see the way of error, that is the way
they will adopt. For they have rejected our signs, and failed to take
warning from them.
147. Those who reject Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter,-
vain are their deeds: Can they expect to be rewarded except as they have
wrought?
148. The people of Moses made, in his absence, out of their
ornaments, the image of calf, (for worship): it seemed to low: did they
not see that it could neither speak to them, nor show them the way? They
took it for worship and they did wrong.
149. When they repented, and saw that they had erred, they said: "If
our Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall indeed be of
those who perish."
150. When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he
said: "Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence: did ye make
haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He put down the tablets,
seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him to him.
Aaron said: "Son of my mother! the people did indeed reckon me as
naught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies rejoice over
my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of sin."
151. Moses prayed: "O my Lord! forgive me and my brother! admit
us to Thy mercy! for Thou art the Most Merciful of those who show
mercy!"
152. Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be
overwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this life: thus
do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods).
153. But those who do wrong but repent thereafter and (truly)
believe,- verily thy Lord is thereafter Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
154. When the anger of Moses was appeased, he took up the tablets:
in the writing thereon was guidance and Mercy for such as fear their Lord.
155. And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of
meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "O my
Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before,
both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish
ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom
Thou wilt to stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path..Thou
art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art
the best of those who forgive.
156. "And ordain for us that which is good, in this life and in the
Hereafter: for we have turned unto Thee." He said: "With My punishment
I visit whom I will; but My mercy extendeth to all things. That (mercy) I
shall ordain for those who do right, and practise regular charity, and those
who believe in Our signs;-
157. "Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom
they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;-
for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he
allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from
what is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and
from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him,
honour him, help him, and folow the light which is sent down with him,- it
is they who will prosper."
158. Say: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Messenger of Allah,
to Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is
no god but He: it is He That giveth both life and death. So believe in Allah
and His Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, who believeth in Allah and His
words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided."
159. Of the people of Moses there is a section who guide and do
justice in the light of truth.
160. We divided them into twelve tribes or nations. We directed
Moses by inspiration, when his (thirsty) people asked him for water:
"Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there gushed forth twelve
springs: Each group knew its own place for water. We gave them the
shade of clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails, (saying): "Eat
of the good things We have provided for you": (but they rebelled); to Us
they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls.
161. And remember it was said to them: "Dwell in this town and eat
therein as ye wish, but say the word of humility and enter the gate in a
posture of humility: We shall forgive you your faults; We shall increase
(the portion of) those who do good."
162. But the transgressors among them changed the word from that
which had been given them so we sent on them a plague from heaven.
For that they repeatedly transgressed.
163. Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea.
Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of
their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads,.but on
the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a
trial of them, for they were given to transgression.
164. When some of them said: "Why do ye preach to a people whom
Allah will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?"- said the
preachers:" To discharge our duty to your Lord, and perchance they may
fear Him."
165. When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them,
We rescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a
grievous punishment because they were given to transgression.
166. When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We
said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."
167. Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would send against them,
to the Day of Judgment, those who would afflict them with grievous
penalty. Thy Lord is quick in retribution, but He is also Oft-forgiving, Most
Merciful.
168. We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are among
them some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite. We
have tried them with both prosperity and adversity: In order that they
might turn (to us).
169. After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the
Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying
(for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar
vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the
covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to
Allah anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best
for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand?
170. As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular
prayer,- never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.
171. When We shook the Mount over them, as if it had been a
canopy, and they thought it was going to fall on them (We said): "Hold
firmly to what We have given you, and bring (ever) to remembrance what
is therein; perchance ye may fear Allah."
172. When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from
their loins - their descendants, and made them testify concerning
themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains
you)?"- They said: "Yea! We do testify!" (This), lest ye should say on the
Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful":.173. Or lest ye should say:
"Our fathers before us may have taken
false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then
destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?"
174. Thus do We explain the signs in detail; and perchance they may
turn (unto Us).
175. Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our
signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he went
astray.
176. If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our
signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His
similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if
you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of
those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may
reflect.
177. Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong
their own souls.
178. Whom Allah doth guide,- he is on the right path: whom He
rejects from His guidance,- such are the persons who perish.
179. Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have
hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and
ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided:
for they are heedless (of warning).
180. The most beautiful names belong to Allah. so call on him by
them; but shun such men as use profanity in his names: for what they do,
they will soon be requited.
181. Of those We have created are people who direct (others) with
truth. And dispense justice therewith.
182. Those who reject Our signs, We shall gradually visit with
punishment, in ways they perceive not;
183. Respite will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong (and
unfailing).
184. Do they not reflect? Their companion is not seized with
madness: he is but a perspicuous warner.
185. Do they see nothing in the government of the heavens and the
earth and all that Allah hath created? (Do they not see) that it may well.be that
their terms is nigh drawing to an end? In what message after this
will they then believe?
186. To such as Allah rejects from His guidance, there can be no
guide: He will leave them in their trespasses, wandering in distraction.
187. They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed
time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He
can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the
heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask
thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof
is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."
188. Say: "I have no power over any good or harm to myself except
as Allah willeth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should have
multiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me: I am but a
warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith."
189. It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his
mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When
they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed).
When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their Lord, (saying): "If
Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful."
190. But when He giveth them a goodly child, they ascribe to others
a share in the gift they have received: but Allah is exalted high above the
partners they ascribe to Him.
191. Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners things that can create
nothing, but are themselves created?
192. No aid can they give them, nor can they aid themselves!
193. If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the
same whether ye call them or ye hold your peace!
194. Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like
unto you: Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye are
(indeed) truthful!
195. Have they feet to walk with? Or hands to lay hold with? Or eyes
to see with? Or ears to hear with? Say: "Call your 'god-partners', scheme
(your worst) against me, and give me no respite!
196. "For my Protector is Allah, Who revealed the Book (from time to
time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous..197. "But those ye call
upon besides Him, are unable to help you,
and indeed to help themselves."
198. If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see
them looking at thee, but they see not.
199. Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away
from the ignorant.
200. If a suggestion from Satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge with
Allah. for He heareth and knoweth (all things).
201. Those who fear Allah, when a thought of evil from Satan
assaults them, bring Allah to remembrance, when lo! they see (aright)!
202. But their brethren (the evil ones) plunge them deeper into error,
and never relax (their efforts).
203. If thou bring them not a revelation, they say: "Why hast thou
not got it together?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my
Lord: this is (nothing but) lights from your Lord, and Guidance, and
mercy, for any who have faith."
204. When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold
your peace: that ye may receive Mercy.
205. And do thou (O reader!) Bring thy Lord to remembrance in thy
(very) soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in
the mornings and evenings; and be not thou of those who are unheedful.
206. Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not to do Him worship:
They celebrate His praises, and bow down before Him.

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Surah 10. Jonah
1. A.L.R. These are the ayats of the Book of Wisdom..2. Is it a matter of
wonderment to men that We have sent Our
inspiration to a man from among themselves?- that he should warn
mankind (of their danger), and give the good news to the Believers that
they have before their Lord the lofty rank of truth. (But) say the
Unbelievers: "This is indeed an evident sorcerer!"
3. Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in
six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating
and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after
His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore
serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?
4. To Him will be your return- of all of you. The promise of Allah is
true and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of creation, and
repeateth it, that He may reward with justice those who believe and work
righteousness; but those who reject Him will have draughts of boiling
fluids, and a penalty grievous, because they did reject Him.
5. It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to
be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might
know the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah
create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His
Signs in detail, for those who understand.
6. Verily, in the alternation of the night and the day, and in all that
Allah hath created, in the heavens and the earth, are signs for those who
fear Him.
7. Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but are
pleased and satisfied with the life of the present, and those who heed not
Our Signs,-
8. Their abode is the Fire, because of the (evil) they earned.
9. Those who believe, and work righteousness,- their Lord will guide
them because of their faith: beneath them will flow rivers in gardens of
bliss.
10. (This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to Thee, O Allah." And
"Peace" will be their greeting therein! and the close of their cry will be:
"Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!"
11. If Allah were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they
would fain hasten on the good,- then would their respite be settled at
once. But We leave those who rest not their hope on their meeting with
Us, in their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro..12. When trouble
toucheth a man, He crieth unto Us (in all postures)-
lying down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have solved
his trouble, he passeth on his way as if he had never cried to Us for a
trouble that touched him! thus do the deeds of transgressors seem fair in
their eyes!
13. Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong: their
apostles came to them with clear-signs, but they would not believe! thus
do We requite those who sin!
14. Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how ye
would behave!
15. But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who
rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, Say: "Bring us a reading
other than this, or change this," Say: "It is not for me, of my own accord,
to change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me: if I were to
disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of a Great Day (to
come)."
16. Say: "If Allah had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to
you, nor would He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before
this have I tarried amongst you: will ye not then understand?"
17. Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against Allah, or
deny His Signs? But never will prosper those who sin.
18. They serve, besides Allah, things that hurt them not nor profit
them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allah." Say: "Do ye
indeed inform Allah of something He knows not, in the heavens or on
earth?- Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners they ascribe (to
Him)!"
19. Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not been
for a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would
have been settled between them.
20. They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?"
Say: "The Unseen is only for Allah (to know), then wait ye: I too will wait
with you."
21. When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity
hath touched them, behold! they take to plotting against Our Signs! Say:
"Swifter to plan is Allah." Verily, Our messengers record all the plots that
ye make!
22. He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; so
that ye even board ships;- they sail with them with a favourable wind, and.they
rejoice thereat; then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to
them from all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: they cry
unto Allah, sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him saying, "If thou dost
deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!"
23. But when he delivereth them, behold! they transgress insolently
through the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is
against your own souls,- an enjoyment of the life of the present: in the
end, to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of all that ye
did.
24. The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We
send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earthwhich
provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad
with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to
whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There
reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest
clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We
explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.
25. But Allah doth call to the Home of Peace: He doth guide whom He
pleaseth to a way that is straight.
26. To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than in
measure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! they are
companions of the garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!
27. But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like evil:
ignominy will cover their (faces): No defender will they have from (the
wrath of) Allah. Their faces will be covered, as it were, with pieces from
the depth of the darkness of night: they are companions of the Fire: they
will abide therein (for aye)!
28. One day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say to
those who joined gods (with Us): "To your place! ye and those ye joined
as 'partners' We shall separate them, and their "Partners" shall say: "It
was not us that ye worshipped!
29. "Enough is Allah for a witness between us and you: we certainly
knew nothing of your worship of us!"
30. There will every soul prove (the fruits of) the deeds it sent
before: they will be brought back to Allah their rightful Lord, and their
invented falsehoods will leave them in the lurch.
31. Say: "Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the sky and from
the earth? or who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And who is
it that brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living?.and
who is it that rules and regulates all affairs?" They will soon say,
"(Allah)". Say, "will ye not then show piety (to Him)?"
32. Such is Allah, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from
truth, what (remains) but error? How then are ye turned away?
33. Thus is the word of thy Lord proved true against those who rebel:
Verily they will not believe.
34. Say: "Of your 'partners', can any originate creation and repeat
it?" Say: "It is Allah Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are
ye deluded away (from the truth)?"
35. Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance
towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then
He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who
finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? what then is the matter
with you? How judge ye?"
36. But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of
no avail against truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.
37. This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah.
on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it,
and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the
Lord of the worlds.
38. Or do they say, "He forged it"? say: "Bring then a Sura like unto
it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can besides Allah, if it be ye speak
the truth!"
39. Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they
cannot compass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them:
thus did those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was
the end of those who did wrong!
40. Of them there are some who believe therein, and some who do
not: and thy Lord knoweth best those who are out for mischief.
41. If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to me, and
yours to you! ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for what
ye do!"
42. Among them are some who (pretend to) listen to thee: But canst
thou make the deaf to hear,- even though they are without
understanding?.43. And among them are some who look at thee: but canst
thou
guide the blind,- even though they will not see?
44. Verily Allah will not deal unjustly with man in aught: It is man
that wrongs his own soul.
45. One day He will gather them together: (It will be) as if they had
tarried but an hour of a day: they will recognise each other: assuredly
those will be lost who denied the meeting with Allah and refused to
receive true guidance.
46. Whether We show thee (realised in thy life-time) some part of
what We promise them,- or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (Before
that),- in any case, to Us is their return: ultimately Allah is witness, to all
that they do.
47. To every people (was sent) an apostle: when their apostle comes
(before them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and
they will not be wronged.
48. They say: "When will this promise come to pass,- if ye speak the
truth?"
49. Say: "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself except
as Allah willeth. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is
reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they
advance (it in anticipation)."
50. Say: "Do ye see,- if His punishment should come to you by night
or by day,- what portion of it would the sinners wish to hasten?
51. "Would ye then believe in it at last, when it actually cometh to
pass? (It will then be said): 'Ah! now? and ye wanted (aforetime) to
hasten it on!'
52. "At length will be said to the wrong-doers: 'Taste ye the enduring
punishment! ye get but the recompense of what ye earned!'"
53. They seek to be informed by thee: "Is that true?" Say: "Aye! by
my Lord! it is the very truth! and ye cannot frustrate it!"
54. Every soul that hath sinned, if it possessed all that is on earth,
would fain give it in ransom: They would declare (their) repentance when
they see the penalty: but the judgment between them will be with justice,
and no wrong will be done unto them..55. Is it not (the case) that to Allah
belongeth whatever is in the
heavens and on earth? Is it not (the case) that Allah’s promise is
assuredly true? Yet most of them understand not.
56. It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall ye all
be brought back.
57. O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lord
and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts,- and for those who
believe, a guidance and a Mercy.
58. Say: "In the bounty of Allah. And in His Mercy,- in that let them
rejoice": that is better than the (wealth) they hoard.
59. Say: "See ye what things Allah hath sent down to you for
sustenance? Yet ye hold forbidden some things thereof and (some things)
lawful." Say: "Hath Allah indeed permitted you, or do ye invent (things) to
attribute to Allah."
60. And what think those who invent lies against Allah, of the Day of
Judgment? Verily Allah is full of bounty to mankind, but most of them are
ungrateful.
61. In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion thou
mayest be reciting from the Qur'an,- and whatever deed ye (mankind)
may be doing,- We are witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed
therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom
on the earth or in heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these
things but are recorded in a clear record.
62. Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall
they grieve;
63. Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil;-
64. For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in the
Hereafter; no change can there be in the words of Allah. This is indeed the
supreme felicity.
65. Let not their speech grieve thee: for all power and honour belong
to Allah. It is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
66. Behold! verily to Allah belong all creatures, in the heavens and on
earth. What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other than Allah.
They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie..67. He it is That
hath made you the night that ye may rest therein,
and the day to make things visible (to you). Verily in this are signs for
those who listen (to His Message).
68. They say: "(Allah) hath begotten a son!" - Glory be to Him! He is
self- sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warrant
have ye for this! say ye about Allah what ye know not?
69. Say: "Those who invent a lie against Allah will never prosper."
70. A little enjoyment in this world!- and then, to Us will be their
return, then shall We make them taste the severest penalty for their
blasphemies.
71. Relate to them the story of Noah. Behold! he said to his people:
"O my people, if it be hard on your (mind) that I should stay (with you)
and commemorate the signs of Allah,- yet I put my trust in Allah. G et ye
then an agreement about your plan and among your partners, so your
plan be on to you dark and dubious. Then pass your sentence on me, and
give me no respite.
72. "But if ye turn back, (consider): no reward have I asked of you:
my reward is only due from Allah, and I have been commanded to be of
those who submit to Allah’s will (in Islam)."
73. They rejected Him, but We delivered him, and those with him, in
the Ark, and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed in
the flood those who rejected Our Signs. Then see what was the end of
those who were warned (but heeded not)!
74. Then after him We sent (many) apostles to their peoples: they
brought them Clear Signs, but they would not believe what they had
already rejected beforehand. Thus do We seal the hearts of the
transgressors.
75. Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his
chiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin.
76. When the Truth did come to them from Us, they said: "This is
indeed evident sorcery!"
77. Said Moses: "Say ye (this) about the truth when it hath (actually)
reached you? Is sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper."
78. They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us away from the ways
we found our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother may
have greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!".79. Said Pharaoh:
"Bring me every sorcerer well versed."
80. When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw ye what
ye (wish) to throw!"
81. When they had had their throw, Moses said: "What ye have
brought is sorcery: Allah will surely make it of no effect: for Allah
prospereth not the work of those who make mischief.
82. "And Allah by His words doth prove and establish His truth,
however much the sinners may hate it!"
83. But none believed in Moses except some children of his people,
because of the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should persecute
them; and certainly Pharaoh was mighty on the earth and one who
transgressed all bounds.
84. Moses said: "O my people! If ye do (really) believe in Allah, then
in Him put your trust if ye submit (your will to His)."
85. They said: "In Allah do we put out trust. Our Lord! make us not a
trial for those who practise oppression;
86. "And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject (Thee)."
87. We inspired Moses and his brother with this Message: "Provide
dwellings for your people in Egypt, make your dwellings into places of
worship, and establish regular prayers: and give glad tidings to those who
believe!"
88. Moses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh
and his chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so, Our
Lord, they mislead (men) from Thy Path. Deface our Lord, the features of
their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe
until they see the grievous penalty."
89. Allah said: "Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! So
stand ye straight, and follow not the path of those who know not."
90. We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his
hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed
with the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no god except Him Whom
the Children of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (to Allah in
Islam)."
91. (It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast
thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)!.92. "This day shall
We save thee in the body, that thou mayest be a
sign to those who come after thee! but verily, many among mankind are
heedless of Our Signs!"
93. We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place, and
provided for them sustenance of the best: it was after knowledge had
been granted to them, that they fell into schisms. Verily Allah will judge
between them as to the schisms amongst them, on the Day of Judgment.
94. If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee,
then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the
Truth hath indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those
in doubt.
95. Nor be of those who reject the signs of Allah, or thou shalt be of
those who perish.
96. Those against whom the word of thy Lord hath been verified
would not believe-
97. Even if every Sign was brought unto them,- until they see (for
themselves) the penalty grievous.
98. Why was there not a single township (among those We warned),
which believed,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of
Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the penalty of
ignominy in the life of the present, and permitted them to enjoy (their life)
for a while.
99. If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,- all
who are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to
believe!
100. No soul can believe, except by the will of Allah, and He will place
doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand.
101. Say: "Behold all that is in the heavens and on earth"; but
neither Signs nor Warners profit those who believe not.
102. Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the
days of the men who passed away before them? Say: "Wait ye then: for I,
too, will wait with you."
103. In the end We deliver Our apostles and those who believe: Thus
is it fitting on Our part that We should deliver those who believe!
104. Say: "O ye men! If ye are in doubt as to my religion, (behold!) I
worship not what ye worship, other than Allah. But I worship Allah - Who.will
take your souls (at death): I am commanded to be (in the ranks) of
the Believers,
105. "And further (thus): 'set thy face towards religion with true
piety, and never in any wise be of the Unbelievers;
106. "'Nor call on any, other than Allah.- Such will neither profit thee
nor hurt thee: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those who do
wrong.'"
107. If Allah do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it but
He: if He do design some benefit for thee, there is none can keep back His
favour: He causeth it to reach whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth.
And He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
108. Say: "O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you from your Lord!
those who receive guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those
who stray, do so to their own loss: and I am not (set) over you to arrange
your affairs."
109. Follow thou the inspiration sent unto thee, and be patient and
constant, till Allah do decide: for He is the best to decide.

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Surah 11. Hud
1. A. L. R. (This is) a Book, with verses basic or fundamental (of
established meaning), further explained in detail,- from One Who is Wise
and Well-acquainted (with all things):
2. (It teacheth) that ye should worship none but Allah. (Say): "Verily
I am (sent) unto you from Him to warn and to bring glad tidings:
3. "(And to preach thus), 'Seek ye the forgiveness of your Lord, and
turn to Him in repentance; that He may grant you enjoyment, good (and
true), for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding grace on all who
abound in merit! But if ye turn away, then I fear for you the penalty of a
great day:
4. 'To Allah is your return, and He hath power over all things.'"
5. Behold! they fold up their hearts, that they may lie hid from Him!
Ah even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knoweth
what they conceal, and what they reveal: for He knoweth well the (inmost
secrets) of the hearts.
6. There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance dependeth
on Allah. He knoweth the time and place of its definite abode and its
temporary deposit: All is in a clear Record..7. He it is Who created the heavens
and the earth in six Days - and
His Throne was over the waters - that He might try you, which of you is
best in conduct. But if thou wert to say to them, "Ye shall indeed be raised
up after death", the Unbelievers would be sure to say, "This is nothing but
obvious sorcery!"
8. If We delay the penalty for them for a definite term, they are sure
to say, "What keeps it back?" Ah! On the day it (actually) reaches them,
nothing will turn it away from them, and they will be completely encircled
by that which they used to mock at!
9. If We give man a taste of Mercy from Ourselves, and then
withdraw it from him, behold! he is in despair and (falls into) blasphemy.
10. But if We give him a taste of (Our) favours after adversity hath
touched him, he is sure to say, "All evil has departed from me:" Behold!
he falls into exultation and pride.
11. Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work
righteousness; for them is forgiveness (of sins) and a great reward.
12. Perchance thou mayest (feel the inclination) to give up a part of
what is revealed unto thee, and thy heart feeleth straitened lest they say,
"Why is not a treasure sent down unto him, or why does not an angel
come down with him?" But thou art there only to warn! It is Allah that
arrangeth all affairs!
13. Or they may say, "He forged it," Say, "Bring ye then ten suras
forged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsoever ye can, other than
Allah.- If ye speak the truth!
14. "If then they (your false gods) answer not your (call), know ye
that this revelation is sent down (replete) with the knowledge of Allah,
and that there is no god but He! will ye even then submit (to Islam)?"
15. Those who desire the life of the present and its glitter,- to them
we shall pay (the price of) their deeds therein,- without diminution.
16. They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the
Fire: vain are the designs they frame therein, and of no effect and the
deeds that they do!
17. Can they be (like) those who accept a Clear (Sign) from their
Lord, and whom a witness from Himself doth teach, as did the Book of
Moses before it,- a guide and a mercy? They believe therein; but those of
the Sects that reject it,- the Fire will be their promised meeting-place. Be
not then in doubt thereon: for it is the truth from thy Lord: yet many
among men do not believe!.18. Who doth more wrong than those who invent a
lie against Allah.
They will be turned back to the presence of their Lord, and the witnesses
will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord! Behold! the
Curse of Allah is on those who do wrong!-
19. "Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would
seek in it something crooked: these were they who denied the Hereafter!"
20. They will in no way frustrate (His design) on earth, nor have they
protectors besides Allah. Their penalty will be doubled! They lost the
power to hear, and they did not see!
21. They are the ones who have lost their own souls: and the
(fancies) they invented have left them in the lurch!
22. Without a doubt, these are the very ones who will lose most in
the Hereafter!
23. But those who believe and work righteousness, and humble
themselves before their Lord,- They will be companions of the gardens, to
dwell therein for aye!
24. These two kinds (of men) may be compared to the blind and
deaf, and those who can see and hear well. Are they equal when
compared? Will ye not then take heed?
25. We sent Noah to his people (with a mission): "I have come to you
with a Clear Warning:
26. "That ye serve none but Allah. Verily I do fear for you the penalty
of a grievous day."
27. But the chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "We see
(in) thee nothing but a man like ourselves: Nor do we see that any follow
thee but the meanest among us, in judgment immature: Nor do we see in
you (all) any merit above us: in fact we thing ye are liars!"
28. He said: "O my people! See ye if (it be that) I have a Clear Sign
from my Lord, and that He hath sent Mercy unto me from His own
presence, but that the Mercy hath been obscured from your sight? shall
we compel you to accept it when ye are averse to it?
29. "And O my people! I ask you for no wealth in return: my reward
is from none but Allah. But I will not drive away (in contempt) those who
believe: for verily they are to meet their Lord, and ye I see are the
ignorant ones!.30. "And O my people! who would help me against Allah if I
drove
them away? Will ye not then take heed?
31. "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I
know what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say, of those
whom your eyes do despise that Allah will not grant them (all) that is
good: Allah knoweth best what is in their souls: I should, if I did, indeed
be a wrong-doer."
32. They said: "O Noah! thou hast disputed with us, and (much) hast
thou prolonged the dispute with us: now bring upon us what thou
threatenest us with, if thou speakest the truth!?"
33. He said: "Truly, Allah will bring it on you if He wills,- and then, ye
will not be able to frustrate it!
34. "Of no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give
you (good) counsel, if it be that Allah willeth to leave you astray: He is
your Lord! and to Him will ye return!"
35. Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say: "If I had forged it, on me
were my sin! and I am free of the sins of which ye are guilty!
36. It was revealed to Noah: "None of thy people will believe except
those who have believed already! So grieve no longer over their (evil)
deeds.
37. "But construct an Ark under Our eyes and Our inspiration, and
address Me no (further) on behalf of those who are in sin: for they are
about to be overwhelmed (in the Flood)."
38. Forthwith he (starts) constructing the Ark: Every time that the
chiefs of his people passed by him, they threw ridicule on him. He said: "If
ye ridicule us now, we (in our turn) can look down on you with ridicule
likewise!
39. "But soon will ye know who it is on whom will descend a penalty
that will cover them with shame,- on whom will be unloosed a penalty
lasting:"
40. At length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains
of the earth gushed forth! We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two,
male and female, and your family - except those against whom the word
has already gone forth,- and the Believers." but only a few believed with
him..41. So he said: "Embark ye on the Ark, In the name of Allah, whether
it move or be at rest! For my Lord is, be sure, Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful!"
42. So the Ark floated with them on the waves (towering) like
mountains, and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself
(from the rest): "O my son! embark with us, and be not with the
unbelievers!"
43. The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will
save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the
command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy! "And the
waves came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed
in the Flood.
44. Then the word went forth: "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O
sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was
ended. The Ark rested on Mount Judi, and the word went forth: "Away
with those who do wrong!"
45. And Noah called upon his Lord, and said: "O my Lord! surely my
son is of my family! and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the justest of
Judges!"
46. He said: "O Noah! He is not of thy family: For his conduct is
unrighteous. So ask not of Me that of which thou hast no knowledge! I
give thee counsel, lest thou act like the ignorant!"
47. Noah said: "O my Lord! I do seek refuge with Thee, lest I ask
Thee for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless thou forgive me
and have Mercy on me, I should indeed be lost!"
48. The word came: "O Noah! Come down (from the Ark) with peace
from Us, and blessing on thee and on some of the peoples (who will
spring) from those with thee: but (there will be other) peoples to whom
We shall grant their pleasures (for a time), but in the end will a grievous
penalty reach them from Us."
49. Such are some of the stories of the unseen, which We have
revealed unto thee: before this, neither thou nor thy people knew them.
So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous.
50. To the 'Ad People (We sent) Hud, one of their own brethren. He
said: "O my people! worship Allah. ye have no other god but Him. (Your
other gods) ye do nothing but invent!.51. "O my people! I ask of you no reward
for this (Message). My
reward is from none but Him who created me: Will ye not then
understand?
52. "And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him
(in repentance): He will send you the skies pouring abundant rain, and
add strength to your strength: so turn ye not back in sin!"
53. They said: "O Hud! No Clear (Sign) that hast thou brought us,
and we are not the ones to desert our gods on thy word! Nor shall we
believe in thee!
54. "We say nothing but that (perhaps) some of our gods may have
seized thee with imbecility." He said: "I call Allah to witness, and do ye
bear witness, that I am free from the sin of ascribing, to Him,
55. "Other gods as partners! so scheme (your worst) against me, all
of you, and give me no respite.
56. "I put my trust in Allah, My Lord and your Lord! There is not a
moving creature, but He hath grasp of its fore-lock. Verily, it is my Lord
that is on a straight Path.
57. "If ye turn away,- I (at least) have conveyed the Message with
which I was sent to you. My Lord will make another people to succeed
you, and you will not harm Him in the least. For my Lord hath care and
watch over all things."
58. So when Our decree issued, We saved Hud and those who
believed with him, by (special) Grace from Ourselves: We saved them
from a severe penalty.
59. Such were the 'Ad People: they rejected the Signs of their Lord
and Cherisher; disobeyed His apostles; And followed the command of
every powerful, obstinate transgressor.
60. And they were pursued by a Curse in this life,- and on the Day of
Judgment. Ah! Behold! for the 'Ad rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah!
Behold! removed (from sight) were 'Ad the people of Hud!
61. To the Thamud People (We sent) Salih, one of their own
brethren. He said: "O my people! Worship Allah. ye have no other god but
Him. It is He Who hath produced you from the earth and settled you
therein: then ask forgiveness of Him, and turn to Him (in repentance): for
my Lord is (always) near, ready to answer."
62. They said: "O Salih! thou hast been of us! a centre of our hopes
hitherto! dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers.worshipped?
But we are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that
to which thou invitest us."
63. He said: "O my people! do ye see? if I have a Clear (Sign) from
my Lord and He hath sent Mercy unto me from Himself,- who then can
help me against Allah if I were to disobey Him? What then would ye add
to my (portion) but perdition?
64. "And O my people! This she-camel of Allah is a symbol to you:
leave her to feed on Allah’s (free) earth, and inflict no harm on her, or a
swift penalty will seize you!"
65. But they did ham-string her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in
your homes for three days: (Then will be your ruin): (Behold) there a
promise not to be belied!"
66. When Our Decree issued, We saved Salih and those who believed
with him, by (special) Grace from Ourselves - and from the Ignominy of
that day. For thy Lord - He is the Strong One, and able to enforce His Will.
67. The (mighty) Blast overtook the wrong-doers, and they lay
prostrate in their homes before the morning,-
68. As if they had never dwelt and flourished there. Ah! Behold! for
the Thamud rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! Behold! removed (from
sight) were the Thamud!
69. There came Our messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. They
said, "Peace!" He answered, "Peace!" and hastened to entertain them with
a roasted calf.
70. But when he saw their hands went not towards the (meal), he felt
some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said: "Fear
not: We have been sent against the people of Lut."
71. And his wife was standing (there), and she laughed: But we gave
her glad tidings of Isaac, and after him, of Jacob.
72. She said: "Alas for me! shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old
woman, and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a
wonderful thing!"
73. They said: "Dost thou wonder at Allah’s decree? The grace of
Allah and His blessings on you, o ye people of the house! for He is indeed
worthy of all praise, full of all glory!"
74. When fear had passed from (the mind of) Abraham and the glad
tidings had reached him, he began to plead with us for Lut's people..75. For
Abraham was, without doubt, forbearing (of faults),
compassionate, and given to look to Allah.
76. O Abraham! Seek not this. The decree of thy Lord hath gone
forth: for them there cometh a penalty that cannot be turned back!
77. When Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their
account and felt himself powerless (to protect) them. He said: "This is a
distressful day."
78. And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been
long in the habit of practising abominations. He said: "O my people! Here
are my daughters: they are purer for you (if ye marry)! Now fear Allah,
and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a
single right-minded man?"
79. They said: "Well dost thou know we have no need of thy
daughters: indeed thou knowest quite well what we want!"
80. He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could
betake myself to some powerful support."
81. (The Messengers) said: "O Lut! We are Messengers from thy
Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while
yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy
wife (will remain behind): To her will happen what happens to the people.
Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?"
82. When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down,
and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on
layer,-
83. Marked as from thy Lord: Nor are they ever far from those who
do wrong!
84. To the Madyan People (We sent) Shu'aib, one of their own
brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah. Ye have no other god but
Him. And give not short measure or weight: I see you in prosperity, but I
fear for you the penalty of a day that will compass (you) all round.
85. "And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor withhold
from the people the things that are their due: commit not evil in the land
with intent to do mischief.
86. "That which is left you by Allah is best for you, if ye (but)
believed! but I am not set over you to keep watch!".87. They said: "O Shu'aib!
Does thy (religion of) prayer command
thee that we leave off the worship which our fathers practised, or that we
leave off doing what we like with our property? truly, thou art the one that
forbeareth with faults and is right- minded!"
88. He said: "O my people! see ye whether I have a Clear (Sign)
from my Lord, and He hath given me sustenance (pure and) good as from
Himself? I wish not, in opposition to you, to do that which I forbid you to
do. I only desire (your) betterment to the best of my power; and my
success (in my task) can only come from Allah. In Him I trust, and unto
Him I look.
89. "And O my people! let not my dissent (from you) cause you to
sin, lest ye suffer a fate similar to that of the people of Noah or of Hud or
of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you!
90. "But ask forgiveness of your Lord, and turn unto Him (in
repentance): For my Lord is indeed full of mercy and loving-kindness."
91. They said: "O Shu'aib! much of what thou sayest we do not
understand! In fact among us we see that thou hast no strength! Were it
not for thy family, we should certainly have stoned thee! for thou hast
among us no great position!"
92. He said: "O my people! is then my family of more consideration
with you than Allah. For ye cast Him away behind your backs (with
contempt). But verily my Lord encompasseth on all sides all that ye do!
93. "And O my people! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): Soon
will ye know who it is on whom descends the penalty of ignominy; and
who is a liar! and watch ye! for I too am watching with you!"
94. When Our decree issued, We saved Shu'aib and those who
believed with him, by (special) mercy from Ourselves: But the (mighty)
blast did seize the wrong- doers, and they lay prostrate in their homes by
the morning,-
95. As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! Behold! How
the Madyan were removed (from sight) as were removed the Thamud!
96. And we sent Moses, with Our Clear (Signs) and an authority
manifest,
97. Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs: but they followed the command of
Pharaoh and the command of Pharaoh was no right (guide)..98. He will go
before his people on the Day of Judgment, and lead
them into the Fire (as cattle are led to water): But woeful indeed will be
the place to which they are led!
99. And they are followed by a curse in this (life) and on the Day of
Judgment: and woeful is the gift which shall be given (unto them)!
100. These are some of the stories of communities which We relate
unto thee: of them some are standing, and some have been mown down
(by the sickle of time).
101. It was not We that wronged them: They wronged their own
souls: the deities, other than Allah, whom they invoked, profited them no
whit when there issued the decree of thy Lord: Nor did they add aught (to
their lot) but perdition!
102. Such is the chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises
communities in the midst of their wrong: grievous, indeed, and severe is
His chastisement.
103. In that is a Sign for those who fear the penalty of the Hereafter:
that is a Day for which mankind will be gathered together: that will be a
Day of Testimony.
104. Nor shall We delay it but for a term appointed.
105. The day it arrives, no soul shall speak except by His leave: of
those (gathered) some will be wretched and some will be blessed.
106. Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire: There will be for
them therein (nothing but) the heaving of sighs and sobs:
107. They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the
earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sure)
accomplisher of what He planneth.
108. And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: They will
dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure,
except as thy Lord willeth: a gift without break.
109. Be not then in doubt as to what these men worship. They
worship nothing but what their fathers worshipped before (them): but
verily We shall pay them back (in full) their portion without (the least)
abatement.
110. We certainly gave the Book to Moses, but differences arose
therein: had it not been that a word had gone forth before from thy Lord,.the
matter would have been decided between them, but they are in
suspicious doubt concerning it.
111. And, of a surety, to all will your Lord pay back (in full the
recompense) of their deeds: for He knoweth well all that they do.
112. Therefore stand firm (in the straight Path) as thou art
commanded,- thou and those who with thee turn (unto Allah.; and
transgress not (from the Path): for He seeth well all that ye do.
113. And incline not to those who do wrong, or the Fire will seize
you; and ye have no protectors other than Allah, nor shall ye be helped.
114. And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at
the approaches of the night: For those things, that are good remove those
that are evil: Be that the word of remembrance to those who remember
(their Lord):
115. And be steadfast in patience; for verily Allah will not suffer the
reward of the righteous to perish.
116. Why were there not, among the generations before you,
persons possessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting (men) from
mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from
harm)? But the wrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of
life which were given them, and persisted in sin.
117. Nor would thy Lord be the One to destroy communities for a
single wrong- doing, if its members were likely to mend.
118. If thy Lord had so willed, He could have made mankind one
people: but they will not cease to dispute.
119. Except those on whom thy Lord hath bestowed His Mercy: and
for this did He create them: and the Word of thy Lord shall be fulfilled: "I
will fill Hell with jinns and men all together."
120. All that we relate to thee of the stories of the apostles,- with it
We make firm thy heart: in them there cometh to thee the Truth, as well
as an exhortation and a message of remembrance to those who believe.
121. Say to those who do not believe: "Do what ever ye can: We
shall do our part;
122. "And wait ye! We too shall wait."
123. To Allah do belong the unseen (secrets) of the heavens and the
earth, and to Him goeth back every affair (for decision): then worship.Him, and
put thy trust in Him: and thy Lord is not unmindful of aught that
ye do.

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Joseph

Surah 12. Joseph
1. A.L.R. These are the symbols (or Verses) of the perspicuous Book.
2. We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an, in order that ye may
learn wisdom.
3. We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We
reveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur'an: before this, thou too was
among those who knew it not.
4. Behold! Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven
stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!"
5. Said (the father): "My (dear) little son! relate not thy vision to thy
brothers, lest they concoct a plot against thee: for Satan is to man an
avowed enemy!
6. "Thus will thy Lord choose thee and teach thee the interpretation
of stories (and events) and perfect His favour to thee and to the posterity
of Jacob - even as He perfected it to thy fathers Abraham and Isaac
aforetime! for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom."
7. Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (or symbols) for
seekers (after Truth).
8. They said: "Truly Joseph and his brother are loved more by our
father than we: But we are a goodly body! really our father is obviously
wandering (in his mind)!
9. "Slay ye Joseph or cast him out to some (unknown) land, that so
the favour of your father may be given to you alone: (there will be time
enough) for you to be righteous after that!"
10. Said one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do something,
throw him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some
caravan of travellers."
11. They said: "O our father! why dost thou not trust us with
Joseph,- seeing we are indeed his sincere well-wishers?
12. "Send him with us tomorrow to enjoy himself and play, and we
shall take every care of him.".13. (Jacob) said: "Really it saddens me that ye
should take him
away: I fear lest the wolf should devour him while ye attend not to him."
14. They said: "If the wolf were to devour him while we are (so large)
a party, then should we indeed (first) have perished ourselves!"
15. So they did take him away, and they all agreed to throw him
down to the bottom of the well: and We put into his heart (this Message):
'Of a surety thou shalt (one day) tell them the truth of this their affair
while they know (thee) not'

16. Then they came to their father in the early part of the night,
weeping.
17. They said: "O our father! We went racing with one another, and
left Joseph with our things; and the wolf devoured him.... But thou wilt
never believe us even though we tell the truth."
18. They stained his shirt with false blood. He said: "Nay, but your
minds have made up a tale (that may pass) with you, (for me) patience is
most fitting: Against that which ye assert, it is Allah (alone) Whose help
can be sought"..
19. Then there came a caravan of travellers: they sent their water-carrier
(for water), and he let down his bucket (into the well)...He said:
"Ah there! Good news! Here is a (fine) young man!" So they concealed
him as a treasure! But Allah knoweth well all that they do!
20. The (Brethren) sold him for a miserable price, for a few dirhams
counted out: in such low estimation did they hold him!
21. The man in Egypt who bought him, said to his wife: "Make his
stay (among us) honourable: may be he will bring us much good, or we
shall adopt him as a son." Thus did We establish Joseph in the land, that
We might teach him the interpretation of stories (and events). And Allah
hath full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind
know it not.
22. When Joseph attained His full manhood, We gave him power and
knowledge: thus do We reward those who do right.
23. But she in whose house he was, sought to seduce him from his
(true) self: she fastened the doors, and said: "Now come, thou (dear
one)!" He said: "(Allah) forbid! truly (thy husband) is my lord! he made
my sojourn agreeable! truly to no good come those who do wrong!"
24. And (with passion) did she desire him, and he would have desired
her, but that he saw the evidence of his Lord: thus (did We order) that
We.might turn away from him (all) evil and shameful deeds: for he was one of
Our servants, sincere and purified.
25. So they both raced each other to the door, and she tore his shirt
from the back: they both found her lord near the door. She said: "What is
the (fitting) punishment for one who formed an evil design against thy
wife, but prison or a grievous chastisement?"
26. He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true)
self." And one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus):- "If it
be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he is a
liar!
27. "But if it be that his shirt is torn from the back, then is she the
liar, and he is telling the truth!"
28. So when he saw his shirt,- that it was torn at the back,- (her
husband) said: "Behold! It is a snare of you women! truly, mighty is your
snare!
29. "O Joseph, pass this over! (O wife), ask forgiveness for thy sin,
for truly thou hast been at fault!"
30. Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) 'Aziz is seeking to
seduce her slave from his (true) self: Truly hath he inspired her with
violent love: we see she is evidently going astray."
31. When she heard of their malicious talk, she sent for them and
prepared a banquet for them: she gave each of them a knife: and she said
(to Joseph), "Come out before them." When they saw him, they did extol
him, and (in their amazement) cut their hands: they said, "(Allah)
preserve us! no mortal is this! this is none other than a noble angel!"
32. She said: "There before you is the man about whom ye did blame
me! I did seek to seduce him from his (true) self but he did firmly save
himself guiltless!....and now, if he doth not my bidding, he shall certainly
be cast into prison, and (what is more) be of the company of the vilest!"
33. He said: "O my Lord! the prison is more to my liking than that to
which they invite me: Unless Thou turn away their snare from me, I
should (in my youthful folly) feel inclined towards them and join the ranks
of the ignorant."
34. So his Lord hearkened to him (in his prayer), and turned away
from him their snare: Verily He heareth and knoweth (all things).
35. Then it occurred to the men, after they had seen the signs, (that
it was best) to imprison him for a time..36. Now with him there came into the
prison two young men. Said
one of them: "I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine." said the other: "I
see myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, and birds are eating,
thereof." "Tell us" (they said) "The truth and meaning thereof: for we see
thou art one that doth good (to all)."
37. He said: "Before any food comes (in due course) to feed either of
you, I will surely reveal to you the truth and meaning of this ere it befall
you: that is part of the (duty) which my Lord hath taught me. I have (I
assure you) abandoned the ways of a people that believe not in Allah and
that (even) deny the Hereafter.
38. "And I follow the ways of my fathers,- Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob; and never could we attribute any partners whatever to Allah. that
(comes) of the grace of Allah to us and to mankind: yet most men are not
grateful.
39. "O my two companions of the prison! (I ask you): are many lords
differing among themselves better, or the One Allah, Supreme and
Irresistible?
40. "If not Him, ye worship nothing but names which ye have
named,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah hath sent down no
authority: the command is for none but Allah. He hath commanded that
ye worship none but Him: that is the right religion, but most men
understand not...
41. "O my two companions of the prison! As to one of you, he will
pour out the wine for his lord to drink: as for the other, he will hang from
the cross, and the birds will eat from off his head. (so) hath been decreed
that matter whereof ye twain do enquire"...
42. And of the two, to that one whom he consider about to be saved,
he said: "Mention me to thy lord." But Satan made him forget to mention
him to his lord: and (Joseph) lingered in prison a few (more) years.
43. The king (of Egypt) said: "I do see (in a vision) seven fat kine,
whom seven lean ones devour, and seven green ears of corn, and seven
(others) withered. O ye chiefs! Expound to me my vision if it be that ye
can interpret visions."
44. They said: "A confused medley of dreams: and we are not skilled
in the interpretation of dreams."
45. But the man who had been released, one of the two (who had
been in prison) and who now bethought him after (so long) a space of
time, said: "I will tell you the truth of its interpretation: send ye me
(therefore).".46. "O Joseph!" (he said) "O man of truth! Expound to us (the
dream) of seven fat kine whom seven lean ones devour, and of seven
green ears of corn and (seven) others withered: that I may return to the
people, and that they may understand."
47. (Joseph) said: "For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your
wont: and the harvests that ye reap, ye shall leave them in the ear,-
except a little, of which ye shall eat.
48. "Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which
will devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them,- (all) except a
little which ye shall have (specially) guarded.
49. "Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people will
have abundant water, and in which they will press (wine and oil)."
50. So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when the
messenger came to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, and ask
him, 'What is the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands'? For my
Lord is certainly well aware of their snare."
51. (The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when ye did
seek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self?" The ladies said: "(Allah)
preserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said the 'Aziz's wife: "Now is
the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce him from his
(true) self: He is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and virtuous).
52. "This (say I), in order that He may know that I have never been
false to him in his absence, and that Allah will never guide the snare of
the false ones.
53. "Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is
certainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely
my Lord is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful."
54. So the king said: "Bring him unto me; I will take him specially to
serve about my own person." Therefore when he had spoken to him, he
said: "Be assured this day, thou art, before our own presence, with rank
firmly established, and fidelity fully proved!
55. (Joseph) said: "Set me over the store-houses of the land: I will
indeed guard them, as one that knows (their importance)."
56. Thus did We give established power to Joseph in the land, to take
possession therein as, when, or where he pleased. We bestow of our
Mercy on whom We please, and We suffer not, to be lost, the reward of
those who do good..57. But verily the reward of the Hereafter is the best, for
those who
believe, and are constant in righteousness.
58. Then came Joseph's brethren: they entered his presence, and he
knew them, but they knew him not.
59. And when he had furnished them forth with provisions (suitable)
for them, he said: "Bring unto me a brother ye have, of the same father
as yourselves, (but a different mother): see ye not that I pay out full
measure, and that I do provide the best hospitality?
60. "Now if ye bring him not to me, ye shall have no measure (of
corn) from me, nor shall ye (even) come near me."
61. They said: "We shall certainly seek to get our wish about him
from his father: Indeed we shall do it."
62. And (Joseph) told his servants to put their stock-in-trade (with
which they had bartered) into their saddle-bags, so they should know it
only when they returned to their people, in order that they might come
back.
63. Now when they returned to their father, they said: "O our father!
No more measure of grain shall we get (unless we take our brother): So
send our brother with us, that we may get our measure; and we will
indeed take every care of him."
64. He said: "Shall I trust you with him with any result other than
when I trusted you with his brother aforetime? But Allah is the best to
take care (of him), and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!"
65. Then when they opened their baggage, they found their stock-in-trade
had been returned to them. They said: "O our father! What (more)
can we desire? this our stock-in-trade has been returned to us: so we
shall get (more) food for our family; We shall take care of our brother;
and add (at the same time) a full camel's load (of grain to our provisions).
This is but a small quantity.
66. (Jacob) said: "Never will I send him with you until ye swear a
solemn oath to me, in Allah’s name, that ye will be sure to bring him back
to me unless ye are yourselves hemmed in (and made powerless). And
when they had sworn their solemn oath, he said: "Over all that we say, be
Allah the witness and guardian!"
67. Further he said: "O my sons! enter not all by one gate: enter ye
by different gates. Not that I can profit you aught against Allah (with my
advice): None can command except Allah. On Him do I put my trust: and
let all that trust put their trust on Him.".68. And when they entered in the
manner their father had enjoined,
it did not profit them in the least against (the plan of) Allah. It was but a
necessity of Jacob's soul, which he discharged. For he was, by our
instruction, full of knowledge (and experience): but most men know not.
69. Now when they came into Joseph's presence, he received his
(full) brother to stay with him. He said (to him): "Behold! I am thy (own)
brother; so grieve not at aught of their doings."
70. At length when he had furnished them forth with provisions
(suitable) for them, he put the drinking cup into his brother's saddle-bag.
Then shouted out a crier: "O ye (in) the caravan! behold! ye are thieves,
without doubt!"
71. They said, turning towards them: "What is it that ye miss?"
72. They said: "We miss the great beaker of the king; for him who
produces it, is (the reward of) a camel load; I will be bound by it."
73. (The brothers) said: "By Allah. well ye know that we came not to
make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!"
74. (The Egyptians) said: "What then shall be the penalty of this, if
ye are (proved) to have lied?"
75. They said: "The penalty should be that he in whose saddle-bag it
is found, should be held (as bondman) to atone for the (crime). Thus it is
we punish the wrong- doers!"
76. So he began (the search) with their baggage, before (he came to)
the baggage of his brother: at length he brought it out of his brother's
baggage. Thus did We plan for Joseph. He could not take his brother by
the law of the king except that Allah willed it (so). We raise to degrees (of
wisdom) whom We please: but over all endued with knowledge is one, the
All-Knowing.
77. They said: "If he steals, there was a brother of his who did steal
before (him)." But these things did Joseph keep locked in his heart,
revealing not the secrets to them. He (simply) said (to himself): "Ye are
the worse situated; and Allah knoweth best the truth of what ye assert!"
78. They said: "O exalted one! Behold! he has a father, aged and
venerable, (who will grieve for him); so take one of us in his place; for we
see that thou art (gracious) in doing good."
79. He said: "(Allah) forbid that we take other than him with whom
we found our property: indeed (if we did so), we should be acting
wrongfully..80. Now when they saw no hope of his (yielding), they held a
conference in private. The leader among them said: "Know ye not that
your father did take an oath from you in Allah’s name, and how, before
this, ye did fail in your duty with Joseph? Therefore will I not leave this
land until my father permits me, or Allah commands me; and He is the
best to command.
81. "Turn ye back to your father, and say, 'O our father! behold! thy
son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could
not well guard against the unseen!
82. "'Ask at the town where we have been and the caravan in which
we returned, and (you will find) we are indeed telling the truth.'"
83. Jacob said: "Nay, but ye have yourselves contrived a story (good
enough) for you. So patience is most fitting (for me). Maybe Allah will
bring them (back) all to me (in the end). For He is indeed full of
knowledge and wisdom."
84. And he turned away from them, and said: "How great is my grief
for Joseph!" And his eyes became white with sorrow, and he fell into silent
melancholy.
85. They said: "By Allah. (never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph
until thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!"
86. He said: "I only complain of my distraction and anguish to Allah,
and I know from Allah that which ye know not...
87. "O my sons! go ye and enquire about Joseph and his brother, and
never give up hope of Allah’s Soothing Mercy: truly no one despairs of
Allah’s Soothing Mercy, except those who have no faith."
88. Then, when they came (back) into (Joseph's) presence they said:
"O exalted one! distress has seized us and our family: we have (now)
brought but scanty capital: so pay us full measure, (we pray thee), and
treat it as charity to us: for Allah doth reward the charitable."
89. He said: "Know ye how ye dealt with Joseph and his brother, not
knowing (what ye were doing)?"
90. They said: "Art thou indeed Joseph?" He said, "I am Joseph, and
this is my brother: Allah has indeed been gracious to us (all): behold, he
that is righteous and patient,- never will Allah suffer the reward to be lost,
of those who do right."
91. They said: "By Allah. indeed has Allah preferred thee above us,
and we certainly have been guilty of sin!".92. He said: "This day let no reproach
be (cast) on you: Allah will
forgive you, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!
93. "Go with this my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father: he
will come to see (clearly). Then come ye (here) to me together with all
your family."
94. When the caravan left (Egypt), their father said: "I do indeed
scent the presence of Joseph: Nay, think me not a dotard."
95. They said: "By Allah. truly thou art in thine old wandering mind."
96. Then when the bearer of the good news came, He cast (the shirt)
over his face, and he forthwith regained clear sight. He said: "Did I not
say to you, 'I know from Allah that which ye know not?'"
97. They said: "O our father! ask for us forgiveness for our sins, for
we were truly at fault."
98. He said: "Soon will I ask my Lord for forgiveness for you: for he
is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
99. Then when they entered the presence of Joseph, he provided a
home for his parents with himself, and said: "Enter ye Egypt (all) in safety
if it please Allah."
100. And he raised his parents high on the throne (of dignity), and
they fell down in prostration, (all) before him. He said: "O my father! this
is the fulfilment of my vision of old! Allah hath made it come true! He was
indeed good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you (all
here) out of the desert, (even) after Satan had sown enmity between me
and my brothers. Verily my Lord understandeth best the mysteries of all
that He planneth to do, for verily He is full of knowledge and wisdom.
101. "O my Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on me some power,
and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams and events,- O
Thou Creator of the heavens and the earth! Thou art my Protector in this
world and in the Hereafter. Take Thou my soul (at death) as one
submitting to Thy will (as a Muslim), and unite me with the righteous."
102. Such is one of the stories of what happened unseen, which We
reveal by inspiration unto thee; nor wast thou (present) with them then
when they concerted their plans together in the process of weaving their
plots.
103. Yet no faith will the greater part of mankind have, however
ardently thou dost desire it..104. And no reward dost thou ask of them for this:
it is no less than
a message for all creatures.
105. And how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass
by? Yet they turn (their faces) away from them!
106. And most of them believe not in Allah without associating (other
as partners) with Him!
107. Do they then feel secure from the coming against them of the
covering veil of the wrath of Allah,- or of the coming against them of the
(final) Hour all of a sudden while they perceive not?
108. Say thou: "This is my way: I do invite unto Allah,- on evidence
clear as the seeing with one's eyes,- I and whoever follows me. Glory to
Allah. and never will I join gods with Allah."
109. Nor did We send before thee (as apostles) any but men, whom
we did inspire,- (men) living in human habitations. Do they not travel
through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? But
the home of the hereafter is best, for those who do right. Will ye not then
understand?
110. (Respite will be granted) until, when the apostles give up hope
(of their people) and (come to) think that they were treated as liars, there
reaches them Our help, and those whom We will are delivered into safety.
But never will be warded off our punishment from those who are in sin.
111. There is, in their stories, instruction for men endued with
understanding. It is not a tale invented, but a confirmation of what went
before it,- a detailed exposition of all things, and a guide and a mercy to
any such as believe.

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The Thunder

Surah 13. The Thunder
1. A.L.M.R. These are the signs (or verses) of the Book: that which
hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth; but most men
believe not.
2. Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that ye can
see; is firmly established on the throne (of authority); He has subjected
the sun and the moon (to his Law)! Each one runs (its course) for a term
appointed. He doth regulate all affairs, explaining the signs in detail, that
ye may believe with certainty in the meeting with your Lord..3. And it is He who
spread out the earth, and set thereon mountains
standing firm and (flowing) rivers: and fruit of every kind He made in
pairs, two and two: He draweth the night as a veil o'er the Day. Behold,
verily in these things there are signs for those who consider!
4. And in the earth are tracts (diverse though) neighbouring, and
gardens of vines and fields sown with corn, and palm trees - growing out
of single roots or otherwise: watered with the same water, yet some of
them We make more excellent than others to eat. Behold, verily in these
things there are signs for those who understand!
5. If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith), strange is their saying:
"When we are (actually) dust, shall we indeed then be in a creation
renewed?" They are those who deny their Lord! They are those round
whose necks will be yokes (of servitude): they will be Companions of the
Fire, to dwell therein (for aye)!
6. They ask thee to hasten on the evil in preference to the good: Yet
have come to pass, before them, (many) exemplary punishments! But
verily thy Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind for their wrong-doing, and
verily thy Lord is (also) strict in punishment.
7. And the Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from
his Lord?" But thou art truly a warner, and to every people a guide.
8. Allah doth know what every female (womb) doth bear, by how
much the wombs fall short (of their time or number) or do exceed. Every
single thing is before His sight, in (due) proportion.
9. He knoweth the unseen and that which is open: He is the Great,
the Most High.
10. It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech or
declare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk forth freely by day.
11. For each (such person) there are (angels) in succession, before
and behind him: They guard him by command of Allah. Verily never will
Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves
(with their own souls). But when (once) Allah willeth a people's
punishment, there can be no turning it back, nor will they find, besides
Him, any to protect.
12. It is He Who doth show you the lightning, by way both of fear and
of hope: It is He Who doth raise up the clouds, heavy with (fertilising)
rain!
13. Nay, thunder repeateth His praises, and so do the angels, with
awe: He flingeth the loud-voiced thunder-bolts, and therewith He
striketh.whomsoever He will..yet these (are the men) who (dare to) dispute
about
Allah, with the strength of His power (supreme)!
14. For Him (alone) is prayer in Truth: any others that they call upon
besides Him hear them no more than if they were to stretch forth their
hands for water to reach their mouths but it reaches them not: for the
prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile) wandering (in the
mind).
15. Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do
prostrate themselves to Allah (Acknowledging subjection),- with good-will
or in spite of themselves: so do their shadows in the morning and
evenings.
16. Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the
earth?" Say: "(It is) Allah." Say: "Do ye then take (for worship) protectors
other than Him, such as have no power either for good or for harm to
themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths
of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who
have created (anything) as He has created, so that the creation seemed to
them similar? Say: "(Allah) is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the
Supreme and Irresistible."
17. He sends down water from the skies, and the channels flow, each
according to its measure: But the torrent bears away to foam that mounts
up to the surface. Even so, from that (ore) which they heat in the fire, to
make ornaments or utensils therewith, there is a scum likewise. Thus doth
Allah (by parables) show forth Truth and Vanity. For the scum disappears
like froth cast out; while that which is for the good of mankind remains on
the earth. Thus doth Allah set forth parables.
18. For those who respond to their Lord, are (all) good things. But
those who respond not to Him,- Even if they had all that is in the heavens
and on earth, and as much more, (in vain) would they offer it for ransom.
For them will the reckoning be terrible: their abode will be Hell,- what a
bed of misery!
19. Is then one who doth know that that which hath been revealed
unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth, like one who is blind? It is those who
are endued with understanding that receive admonition;-
20. Those who fulfil the covenant of Allah and fail not in their plighted
word;
21. Those who join together those things which Allah hath
commanded to be joined, hold their Lord in awe, and fear the terrible
reckoning;.22. Those who patiently persevere, seeking the countenance of their
Lord; Establish regular prayers; spend, out of (the gifts) We have
bestowed for their sustenance, secretly and openly; and turn off Evil with
good: for such there is the final attainment of the (eternal) home,-
23. Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as the
righteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring: and
angels shall enter unto them from every gate (with the salutation):
24. "Peace unto you for that ye persevered in patience! Now how
excellent is the final home!"
25. But those who break the Covenant of Allah, after having plighted
their word thereto, and cut asunder those things which Allah has
commanded to be joined, and work mischief in the land;- on them is the
curse; for them is the terrible home!
26. Allah doth enlarge, or grant by (strict) measure, the sustenance
(which He giveth) to whomso He pleaseth. (The wordly) rejoice in the life
of this world: But the life of this world is but little comfort in the Hereafter.
27. The Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from
his Lord?" Say: "Truly Allah leaveth, to stray, whom He will; But He
guideth to Himself those who turn to Him in penitence,-
28. "Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the
remembrance of Allah. for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do
hearts find satisfaction.
29. "For those who believe and work righteousness, is (every)
blessedness, and a beautiful place of (final) return."
30. Thus have we sent thee amongst a People before whom (long
since) have (other) Peoples (gone and) passed away; in order that thou
mightest rehearse unto them what We send down unto thee by
inspiration; yet do they reject (Him), the Most Gracious! Say: "He is my
Lord! There is no god but He! On Him is my trust, and to Him do I turn!"
31. If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or the
earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak, (this would
be the one!) But, truly, the command is with Allah in all things! Do not the
Believers know, that, had Allah (so) willed, He could have guided all
mankind (to the right)? But the Unbelievers,- never will disaster cease to
seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to settle close to their homes, until the
promise of Allah come to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise..32.
Mocked were (many) apostles before thee: but I granted respite
to the unbelievers, and finally I punished them: Then how (terrible) was
my requital!
33. Is then He who standeth over every soul (and knoweth) all that it
doth, (like any others)? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah. Say: "But
name them! is it that ye will inform Him of something he knoweth not on
earth, or is it (just) a show of words?" Nay! to those who believe not, their
pretence seems pleasing, but they are kept back (thereby) from the path.
And those whom Allah leaves to stray, no one can guide.
34. For them is a penalty in the life of this world, but harder, truly, is
the penalty of the Hereafter: and defender have they none against Allah.
35. The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised!-
beneath it flow rivers: perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade
therein: such is the end of the Righteous; and the end of Unbelievers in
the Fire.
36. Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice at what hath
been revealed unto thee: but there are among the clans those who reject
a part thereof. Say: "I am commanded to worship Allah, and not to join
partners with Him. Unto Him do I call, and unto Him is my return."
37. Thus have We revealed it to be a judgment of authority in Arabic.
Wert thou to follow their (vain) desires after the knowledge which hath
reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither protector nor defender
against Allah.
38. We did send apostles before thee, and appointed for them wives
and children: and it was never the part of an apostle to bring a sign
except as Allah permitted (or commanded). For each period is a Book
(revealed).
39. Allah doth blot out or confirm what He pleaseth: with Him is the
Mother of the Book.
40. Whether We shall show thee (within thy life-time) part of what
we promised them or take to ourselves thy soul (before it is all
accomplished),- thy duty is to make (the Message) reach them: it is our
part to call them to account.
41. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control)
from its outlying borders? (Where) Allah commands, there is none to put
back His Command: and He is swift in calling to account..42. Those before
them did (also) devise plots; but in all things the
master- planning is Allah’s He knoweth the doings of every soul: and soon
will the Unbelievers know who gets home in the end.
43. The Unbelievers say: "No apostle art thou." Say: "Enough for a
witness between me and you is Allah, and such as have knowledge of the
Book."

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Abraham

Surah 14. Abraham
1. A. L. R. A Book which We have revealed unto thee, in order that
thou mightest lead mankind out of the depths of darkness into light - by
the leave of their Lord - to the Way of (Him) the Exalted in power, worthy
of all praise!-
2. Of Allah, to Whom do belong all things in the heavens and on
earth! But alas for the Unbelievers for a terrible penalty (their Unfaith will
bring them)!-
3. Those who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter, who
hinder (men) from the Path of Allah and seek therein something crooked:
they are astray by a long distance.
4. We sent not an apostle except (to teach) in the language of his
(own) people, in order to make (things) clear to them. Now Allah leaves
straying those whom He pleases and guides whom He pleases: and He is
Exalted in power, full of Wisdom.
5. We sent Moses with Our signs (and the command). "Bring out thy
people from the depths of darkness into light, and teach them to
remember the Days of Allah." Verily in this there are Signs for such as are
firmly patient and constant,- grateful and appreciative.
6. Remember! Moses said to his people: "Call to mind the favour of
Allah to you when He delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: they set
you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons, and let your
women-folk live: therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord."
7. And remember! your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): "If ye
are grateful, I will add more (favours) unto you; But if ye show
ingratitude, truly My punishment is terrible indeed."
8. And Moses said: "If ye show ingratitude, ye and all on earth
together, yet is Allah free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
9. Has not the story reached you, (O people!), of those who (went)
before you? - of the people of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud? - And of those
who (came) after them? None knows them but Allah. To them came.apostles
with Clear (Signs); but they put their hands up to their mouths,
and said: "We do deny (the mission) on which ye have been sent, and we
are really in suspicious (disquieting) doubt as to that to which ye invite
us."
10. Their apostles said: "Is there a doubt about Allah, The Creator of
the heavens and the earth? It is He Who invites you, in order that He may
forgive you your sins and give you respite for a term appointed!" They
said: "Ah! ye are no more than human, like ourselves! Ye wish to turn us
away from the (gods) our fathers used to worship: then bring us some
clear authority."
11. Their apostles said to them: "True, we are human like yourselves,
but Allah doth grant His grace to such of his servants as He pleases. It is
not for us to bring you an authority except as Allah permits. And on Allah
let all men of faith put their trust.
12. "No reason have we why we should not put our trust on Allah.
Indeed He Has guided us to the Ways we (follow). We shall certainly bear
with patience all the hurt you may cause us. For those who put their trust
should put their trust on Allah."
13. And the Unbelievers said to their apostles: "Be sure we shall drive
you out of our land, or ye shall return to our religion." But their Lord
inspired (this Message) to them: "Verily We shall cause the wrong-doers
to perish!
14. "And verily We shall cause you to abide in the land, and succeed
them. This for such as fear the Time when they shall stand before My
tribunal,- such as fear the punishment denounced."
15. But they sought victory and decision (there and then), and
frustration was the lot of every powerful obstinate transgressor.
16. In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boiling
fetid water.
17. In gulps will he sip it, but never will he be near swallowing it
down his throat: death will come to him from every quarter, yet will he
not die: and in front of him will be a chastisement unrelenting.
18. The parable of those who reject their Lord is that their works are
as ashes, on which the wind blows furiously on a tempestuous day: No
power have they over aught that they have earned: that is the straying
far, far (from the goal)..19. Seest thou not that Allah created the heavens and
the earth in
Truth? If He so will, He can remove you and put (in your place) a new
creation?
20. Nor is that for Allah any great matter.
21. They will all be marshalled before Allah together: then will the
weak say to those who were arrogant, "For us, we but followed you; can
ye then avail us to all against the wrath of Allah." They will reply, "If we
had received the Guidance of Allah, we should have given it to you: to us
it makes no difference (now) whether we rage, or bear (these torments)
with patience: for ourselves there is no way of escape."
22. And Satan will say when the matter is decided: "It was Allah Who
gave you a promise of Truth: I too promised, but I failed in my promise to
you. I had no authority over you except to call you but ye listened to me:
then reproach not me, but reproach your own souls. I cannot listen to
your cries, nor can ye listen to mine. I reject your former act in
associating me with Allah. For wrong-doers there must be a grievous
penalty."
23. But those who believe and work righteousness will be admitted to
gardens beneath which rivers flow,- to dwell therein for aye with the leave
of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be: "Peace!"
24. Seest thou not how Allah sets forth a parable? - A goodly word
like a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to
the heavens,- of its Lord. So Allah sets forth parables for men, in order
that they may receive admonition.
25. It brings forth its fruit at all times, by the leave of its Lord. So
Allah sets forth parables for men, in order that they may receive
admonition.
26. And the parable of an evil Word is that of an evil tree: It is torn
up by the root from the surface of the earth: it has no stability.
27. Allah will establish in strength those who believe, with the word
that stands firm, in this world and in the Hereafter; but Allah will leave, to
stray, those who do wrong: Allah doeth what He willeth.
28. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who have changed the
favour of Allah. Into blasphemy and caused their people to descend to the
House of Perdition?-
29. Into Hell? They will burn therein,- an evil place to stay in!.30. And they set
up (idols) as equal to Allah, to mislead (men) from
the Path! Say: "Enjoy (your brief power)! But verily ye are making
straightway for Hell!"
31. Speak to my servants who have believed, that they may establish
regular prayers, and spend (in charity) out of the sustenance we have
given them, secretly and openly, before the coming of a Day in which
there will be neither mutual bargaining nor befriending.
32. It is Allah Who hath created the heavens and the earth and
sendeth down rain from the skies, and with it bringeth out fruits
wherewith to feed you; it is He Who hath made the ships subject to you,
that they may sail through the sea by His command; and the rivers (also)
hath He made subject to you.
33. And He hath made subject to you the sun and the moon, both
diligently pursuing their courses; and the night and the day hath he (also)
made subject to you.
34. And He giveth you of all that ye ask for. But if ye count the
favours of Allah, never will ye be able to number them. Verily, man is
given up to injustice and ingratitude.
35. Remember Abraham said: "O my Lord! make this city one of
peace and security: and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols.
36. "O my Lord! they have indeed led astray many among mankind;
He then who follows my (ways) is of me, and he that disobeys me,- but
Thou art indeed Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful.
37. "O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a
valley without cultivation, by Thy Sacred House; in order, O our Lord, that
they may establish regular Prayer: so fill the hearts of some among men
with love towards them, and feed them with fruits: so that they may give
thanks.
38. "O our Lord! truly Thou dost know what we conceal and what we
reveal: for nothing whatever is hidden from Allah, whether on earth or in
heaven.
39. "Praise be to Allah, Who hath granted unto me in old age Isma'il
and Isaac: for truly my Lord is He, the Hearer of Prayer!
40. O my Lord! make me one who establishes regular Prayer, and
also (raise such) among my offspring O our Lord! and accept Thou my
Prayer..41. "O our Lord! cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness - me, my parents,
and (all) Believers, on the Day that the Reckoning will be established!
42. Think not that Allah doth not heed the deeds of those who do
wrong. He but giveth them respite against a Day when the eyes will
fixedly stare in horror,-
43. They running forward with necks outstretched, their heads
uplifted, their gaze returning not towards them, and their hearts a
(gaping) void!
44. So warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath will reach them:
then will the wrong-doers say: "Our Lord! respite us (if only) for a short
term: we will answer Thy call, and follow the apostles!" "What! were ye
not wont to swear aforetime that ye should suffer no decline?
45. "And ye dwelt in the dwellings of men who wronged their own
souls; ye were clearly shown how We dealt with them; and We put forth
(many) parables in your behoof!"
46. Mighty indeed were the plots which they made, but their plots
were (well) within the sight of Allah, even though they were such as to
shake the hills!
47. Never think that Allah would fail his apostles in His promise: for
Allah is Exalted in power, - the Lord of Retribution.
48. One day the earth will be changed to a different earth, and so will
be the heavens, and (men) will be marshalled forth, before Allah, the One,
the Irresistible;
49. And thou wilt see the sinners that day bound together in fetters;-
50. Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire;
51. That Allah may requite each soul according to its deserts; and
verily Allah is swift in calling to account.
52. Here is a Message for mankind: Let them take warning
therefrom, and let them know that He is (no other than) One Allah. let
men of understanding take heed.

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Al-hijr, Stoneland, Rock City

Surah 15. Al-hijr, Stoneland, Rock City
1. A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes
things clear..2. Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had
bowed (to Allah’s will) in Islam.
3. Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to
please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them: soon will knowledge
(undeceive them).
4. Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed
and assigned beforehand.
5. Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
6. They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly
thou art mad (or possessed)!
7. "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the
Truth?"
8. We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came
(to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they have!
9. We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will
assuredly guard it (from corruption).
10. We did send apostles before thee amongst the religious sects of
old:
11. But never came an apostle to them but they mocked him.
12. Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
13. That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of
the ancients have passed away.
14. Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they
were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
15. They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we
have been bewitched by sorcery."
16. It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and
made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;
17. And (moreover) We have guarded them from every evil spirit
accursed:
18. But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming
fire, bright (to see)..19. And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set
thereon
mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in
due balance.
20. And We have provided therein means of subsistence,- for you and
for those for whose sustenance ye are not responsible.
21. And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures
(inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down thereof in due and
ascertainable measures.
22. And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to
descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance),
though ye are not the guardians of its stores.
23. And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We
Who remain inheritors (after all else passes away).
24. To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those
who lag behind.
25. Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is
perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.
26. We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into
shape;
27. And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a
scorching wind.
28. Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man,
from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;
29. "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed
into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
30. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
31. Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated
themselves.
32. ((Allah)) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among
those who prostrated themselves?"
33. (Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom
Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape.".34.
((Allah)) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art
rejected, accursed.
35. "And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."
36. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the
(dead) are raised."
37. ((Allah)) said: "Respite is granted thee
38. "Till the Day of the Time appointed."
39. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong,
I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them on the earth, and I will put them
all in the wrong,-
40. "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy
Grace)."
41. ((Allah)) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way
that leads straight to Me.
42. "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such
as put themselves in the wrong and follow thee."
43. And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
44. To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class
(of sinners) assigned.
45. The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing
water).
46. (Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in peace and security."
47. And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of
injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing each other on thrones (of
dignity).
48. There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever)
be asked to leave.
49. Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-forgiving, Most
Merciful;
50. And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
51. Tell them about the guests of Abraham..52. When they entered his
presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We
feel afraid of you!"
53. They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed
with wisdom."
54. He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me?
Of what, then, is your good news?"
55. They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in
despair!"
56. He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as
go astray?"
57. Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have
come), O ye messengers (of Allah.?"
58. They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
59. "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged)
to save (from harm),- All -
60. "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those
who will lag behind."
61. At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of
Lut,
62. He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
63. They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of
which they doubt.
64. "We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and
assuredly we tell the truth.
65. "Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the
night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst
you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
66. And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of
those (sinners) should be cut off by the morning.
67. The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the
young men).
68. Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:.69. "But fear Allah, and
shame me not."
70. They said: "Did we not forbid thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"
71. He said: "There are my daughters (to marry), if ye must act
(so)."
72. Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in their wild intoxication, they
wander in distraction, to and fro.
73. But the (mighty) Blast overtook them before morning,
74. And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on
them brimstones hard as baked clay.
75. Behold! in this are Signs for those who by tokens do understand.
76. And the (cities were) right on the high-road.
77. Behold! in this is a sign for those who believed.
78. And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers;
79. So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open
highway, plain to see.
80. The Companions of the Rocky Tract also rejected the apostles:
81. We sent them Our Sings, but they persisted in turning away from
them.
82. Out of the mountains did they hew (their) edifices, (feeling
themselves) secure.
83. But the (mighty) Blast seized them of a morning,
84. And of no avail to them was all that they did (with such art and
care)!
85. We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them,
but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be
manifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness.
86. For verily it is thy Lord who is the Master-Creator, knowing all
things.
87. And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-repeated
(verses) and the Grand Qur'an..88. Strain not thine eyes. (Wistfully) at what
We have bestowed on
certain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but lower thy wing (in
gentleness) to the believers.
89. And say: "I am indeed he that warneth openly and without
ambiguity,"-
90. (Of just such wrath) as We sent down on those who divided
(Scripture into arbitrary parts),-
91. (So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they
please).
92. Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,
93. For all their deeds.
94. Therefore expound openly what thou art commanded, and turn
away from those who join false gods with Allah.
95. For sufficient are We unto thee against those who scoff,-
96. Those who adopt, with Allah, another god: but soon will they
come to know.
97. We do indeed know how thy heart is distressed at what they say.
98. But celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and be of those who
prostrate themselves in adoration.
99. And serve thy Lord until there come unto thee the Hour that is
Certain.

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The Bee

Surah 16. The Bee
1. (Inevitable) cometh (to pass) the Command of Allah. seek ye not
then to hasten it: Glory to Him, and far is He above having the partners
they ascribe unto Him!
2. He doth send down His angels with inspiration of His Command, to
such of His servants as He pleaseth, (saying): "Warn (Man) that there is
no god but I: so do your duty unto Me."
3. He has created the heavens and the earth for just ends: Far is He
above having the partners they ascribe to Him!
4. He has created man from a sperm-drop; and behold this same
(man) becomes an open disputer!.5. And cattle He has created for you (men):
from them ye derive
warmth, and numerous benefits, and of their (meat) ye eat.
6. And ye have a sense of pride and beauty in them as ye drive them
home in the evening, and as ye lead them forth to pasture in the morning.
7. And they carry your heavy loads to lands that ye could not
(otherwise) reach except with souls distressed: for your Lord is indeed
Most Kind, Most Merciful,
8. And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride
and use for show; and He has created (other) things of which ye have no
knowledge.
9. And unto Allah leads straight the Way, but there are ways that turn
aside: if Allah had willed, He could have guided all of you.
10. It is He who sends down rain from the sky: from it ye drink, and
out of it (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle.
11. With it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes and
every kind of fruit: verily in this is a sign for those who give thought.
12. He has made subject to you the Night and the Day; the sun and
the moon; and the stars are in subjection by His Command: verily in this
are Signs for men who are wise.
13. And the things on this earth which He has multiplied in varying
colours (and qualities): verily in this is a sign for men who celebrate the
praises of Allah (in gratitude).
14. It is He Who has made the sea subject, that ye may eat thereof
flesh that is fresh and tender, and that ye may extract therefrom
ornaments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the
waves, that ye may seek (thus) of the bounty of Allah and that ye may be
grateful.
15. And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it
should shake with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guide
yourselves;
16. And marks and sign-posts; and by the stars (men) guide
themselves.
17. Is then He Who creates like one that creates not? Will ye not
receive admonition?.18. If ye would count up the favours of Allah, never would
ye be able
to number them: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
19. And Allah doth know what ye conceal, and what ye reveal.
20. Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are
themselves created.
21. (They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do they know when they will
be raised up.
22. Your Allah is one Allah. as to those who believe not in the
Hereafter, their hearts refuse to know, and they are arrogant.
23. Undoubtedly Allah doth know what they conceal, and what they
reveal: verily He loveth not the arrogant.
24. When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?"
they say, "Tales of the ancients!"
25. Let them bear, on the Day of Judgment, their own burdens in full,
and also (something) of the burdens of those without knowledge, whom
they misled. Alas, how grievous the burdens they will bear!
26. Those before them did also plot (against Allah’s Way): but Allah
took their structures from their foundations, and the roof fell down on
them from above; and the Wrath seized them from directions they did not
perceive.
27. Then, on the Day of Judgment, He will cover them with shame,
and say: "Where are My 'partners' concerning whom ye used to dispute
(with the godly)?" Those endued with knowledge will say: "This Day,
indeed, are the Unbelievers covered with shame and misery,-
28. "(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of wrong-doing
to their own souls." Then would they offer submission (with the
pretence), "We did no evil (knowingly)." (The angels will reply), "Nay, but
verily Allah knoweth all that ye did;
29. "So enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein. Thus evil indeed is
the abode of the arrogant."
30. To the righteous (when) it is said, "What is it that your Lord has
revealed?" they say, "All that is good." To those who do good, there is
good in this world, and the Home of the Hereafter is even better and
excellent indeed is the Home of the righteous,-.31. Gardens of Eternity which
they will enter: beneath them flow
(pleasant) rivers: they will have therein all that they wish: thus doth Allah
reward the righteous,-
32. (Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of purity,
saying (to them), "Peace be on you; enter ye the Garden, because of (the
good) which ye did (in the world)."
33. Do the (ungodly) wait until the angels come to them, or there
comes the Command of thy Lord (for their doom)? So did those who went
before them. But Allah wronged them not: nay, they wronged their own
souls.
34. But the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that very
(Wrath) at which they had scoffed hemmed them in.
35. The worshippers of false gods say: "If Allah had so willed, we
should not have worshipped aught but Him - neither we nor our fathers,-
nor should we have prescribed prohibitions other than His." So did those
who went before them. But what is the mission of apostles but to preach
the Clear Message?
36. For We assuredly sent amongst every People an apostle, (with
the Command), "Serve Allah, and eschew Evil": of the People were some
whom Allah guided, and some on whom error became inevitably
(established). So travel through the earth, and see what was the end of
those who denied (the Truth).
37. If thou art anxious for their guidance, yet Allah guideth not such
as He leaves to stray, and there is none to help them.
38. They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that Allah will not raise
up those who die: Nay, but it is a promise (binding) on Him in truth: but
most among mankind realise it not.
39. (They must be raised up), in order that He may manifest to them
the truth of that wherein they differ, and that the rejecters of Truth may
realise that they had indeed (surrendered to) Falsehood.
40. For to anything which We have willed, We but say the word, "Be",
and it is.
41. To those who leave their homes in the cause of Allah, after
suffering oppression,- We will assuredly give a goodly home in this world;
but truly the reward of the Hereafter will be greater. If they only realised
(this)!.42. (They are) those who persevere in patience, and put their trust
on their Lord.
43. And before thee also the apostles We sent were but men, to
whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who
possess the Message.
44. (We sent them) with Clear Signs and Books of dark prophecies;
and We have sent down unto thee (also) the Message; that thou mayest
explain clearly to men what is sent for them, and that they may give
thought.
45. Do then those who devise evil (plots) feel secure that Allah will
not cause the earth to swallow them up, or that the Wrath will not seize
them from directions they little perceive?-
46. Or that He may not call them to account in the midst of their
goings to and fro, without a chance of their frustrating Him?-
47. Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slow
wastage - for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy.
48. Do they not look at Allah’s creation, (even) among (inanimate)
things,- How their (very) shadows turn round, from the right and the left,
prostrating themselves to Allah, and that in the humblest manner?
49. And to Allah doth obeisance all that is in the heavens and on
earth, whether moving (living) creatures or the angels: for none are
arrogant (before their Lord).
50. They all revere their Lord, high above them, and they do all that
they are commanded.
51. Allah has said: "Take not (for worship) two gods: for He is just
One Allah. then fear Me (and Me alone)."
52. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and on earth, and to
Him is duty due always: then will ye fear other than Allah.
53. And ye have no good thing but is from Allah. and moreover, when
ye are touched by distress, unto Him ye cry with groans;
54. Yet, when He removes the distress from you, behold! some of
you turn to other gods to join with their Lord-
55. (As if) to show their ingratitude for the favours we have bestowed
on them! then enjoy (your brief day): but soon will ye know (your folly)!.56.
And they (even) assign, to things they do not know, a portion out
of that which We have bestowed for their sustenance! By Allah, ye shall
certainly be called to account for your false inventions.
57. And they assign daughters for Allah. - Glory be to Him! - and for
themselves (sons,- the issue) they desire!
58. When news is brought to one of them, of (the birth of) a female
(child), his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!
59. With shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the
bad news he has had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance and) contempt, or
bury it in the dust? Ah! what an evil (choice) they decide on?
60. To those who believe not in the Hereafter, applies the similitude
of evil: to Allah applies the highest similitude: for He is the Exalted in
Power, full of Wisdom.
61. If Allah were to punish men for their wrong-doing, He would not
leave, on the (earth), a single living creature: but He gives them respite
for a stated Term: When their Term expires, they would not be able to
delay (the punishment) for a single hour, just as they would not be able to
anticipate it (for a single hour).
62. They attribute to Allah what they hate (for themselves), and their
tongues assert the falsehood that all good things are for themselves:
without doubt for them is the Fire, and they will be the first to be
hastened on into it!
63. By Allah, We (also) sent (Our apostles) to Peoples before thee;
but Satan made, (to the wicked), their own acts seem alluring: He is also
their patron today, but they shall have a most grievous penalty.
64. And We sent down the Book to thee for the express purpose, that
thou shouldst make clear to them those things in which they differ, and
that it should be a guide and a mercy to those who believe.
65. And Allah sends down rain from the skies, and gives therewith life
to the earth after its death: verily in this is a Sign for those who listen.
66. And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive sign. From
what is within their bodies between excretions and blood, We produce, for
your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it.
67. And from the fruit of the date-palm and the vine, ye get out
wholesome drink and food: behold, in this also is a sign for those who are
wise..68. And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees,
and in (men's) habitations;
69. Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill
the spacious paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a
drink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men: verily in this is a Sign
for those who give thought.
70. It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of
you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know
nothing after having known (much): for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.
71. Allah has bestowed His gifts of sustenance more freely on some
of you than on others: those more favoured are not going to throw back
their gifts to those whom their right hands possess, so as to be equal in
that respect. Will they then deny the favours of Allah.
72. And Allah has made for you mates (and companions) of your own
nature, and made for you, out of them, sons and daughters and
grandchildren, and provided for you sustenance of the best: will they then
believe in vain things, and be ungrateful for Allah’s favours?-
73. And worship others than Allah,- such as have no power of
providing them, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or earth, and
cannot possibly have such power?
74. Invent not similitudes for Allah. for Allah knoweth, and ye know
not.
75. Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the
dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man
on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he
spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no
means;) praise be to Allah. But most of them understand not.
76. Allah sets forth (another) Parable of two men: one of them dumb,
with no power of any sort; a wearisome burden is he to his master;
whichever way be directs him, he brings no good: is such a man equal
with one who commands Justice, and is on a Straight Way?
77. To Allah belongeth the Mystery of the heavens and the earth. And
the Decision of the Hour (of Judgment) is as the twinkling of an eye, or
even quicker: for Allah hath power over all things.
78. It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers
when ye knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and
intelligence and affections: that ye may give thanks (to Allah...79. Do they not
look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the air
and) the sky? Nothing holds them up but (the power of) Allah. Verily in
this are signs for those who believe.
80. It is Allah Who made your habitations homes of rest and quiet for
you; and made for you, out of the skins of animals, (tents for) dwellings,
which ye find so light (and handy) when ye travel and when ye stop (in
your travels); and out of their wool, and their soft fibres (between wool
and hair), and their hair, rich stuff and articles of convenience (to serve
you) for a time.
81. It is Allah Who made out of the things He created, some things to
give you shade; of the hills He made some for your shelter; He made you
garments to protect you from heat, and coats of mail to protect you from
your (mutual) violence. Thus does He complete His favours on you, that
ye may bow to His Will (in Islam).
82. But if they turn away, thy duty is only to preach the clear
Message.
83. They recognise the favours of Allah. then they deny them; and
most of them are (creatures) ungrateful.
84. One Day We shall raise from all Peoples a Witness: then will no
excuse be accepted from Unbelievers, nor will they receive any favours.
85. When the wrong-doers (actually) see the Penalty, then will it in
no way be mitigated, nor will they then receive respite.
86. When those who gave partners to Allah will see their "partners",
they will say: "Our Lord! these are our 'partners,' those whom we used to
invoke besides Thee." But they will throw back their word at them (and
say): "Indeed ye are liars!"
87. That Day shall they (openly) show (their) submission to Allah.
and all their inventions shall leave them in the lurch.
88. Those who reject Allah and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah -
for them will We add Penalty to Penalty; for that they used to spread
mischief.
89. One day We shall raise from all Peoples a witness against them,
from amongst themselves: and We shall bring thee as a witness against
these (thy people): and We have sent down to thee the Book explaining
all things, a Guide, a Mercy, and Glad Tidings to Muslims..90. Allah commands
justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith
and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He
instructs you, that ye may receive admonition.
91. Fulfil the Covenant of Allah when ye have entered into it, and
break not your oaths after ye have confirmed them; indeed ye have made
Allah your surety; for Allah knoweth all that ye do.
92. And be not like a woman who breaks into untwisted strands the
yarn which she has spun, after it has become strong. Nor take your oaths
to practise deception between yourselves, lest one party should be more
numerous than another: for Allah will test you by this; and on the Day of
Judgment He will certainly make clear to you (the truth of) that wherein
ye disagree.
93. If Allah so willed, He could make you all one people: But He
leaves straying whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases: but
ye shall certainly be called to account for all your actions.
94. And take not your oaths, to practise deception between
yourselves, with the result that someone's foot may slip after it was firmly
planted, and ye may have to taste the evil (consequences) of having
hindered (men) from the Path of Allah, and a Mighty Wrath descend on
you.
95. Nor sell the covenant of Allah for a miserable price: for with Allah
is (a prize) far better for you, if ye only knew.
96. What is with you must vanish: what is with Allah will endure. And
We will certainly bestow, on those who patiently persevere, their reward
according to the best of their actions.
97. Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has Faith,
verily, to him will We give a new Life, a life that is good and pure and We
will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions.
98. When thou dost read the Qur'an, seek Allah’s protection from
Satan the rejected one.
99. No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust in
their Lord.
100. His authority is over those only, who take him as patron and
who join partners with Allah.
101. When We substitute one revelation for another,- and Allah
knows best what He reveals (in stages),- they say, "Thou art but a
forger": but most of them understand not..102. Say, the Holy Spirit has
brought the revelation from thy Lord in
Truth, in order to strengthen those who believe, and as a Guide and Glad
Tidings to Muslims.
103. We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him."
The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is
Arabic, pure and clear.
104. Those who believe not in the Signs of Allah,- Allah will not guide
them, and theirs will be a grievous Penalty.
105. It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah, that forge
falsehood: it is they who lie!
106. Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief,-
except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as
open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will
be a dreadful Penalty.
107. This because they love the life of this world better than the
Hereafter: and Allah will not guide those who reject Faith.
108. Those are they whose hearts, ears, and eyes Allah has sealed
up, and they take no heed.
109. Without doubt, in the Hereafter they will perish.
110. But verily thy Lord,- to those who leave their homes after trials
and persecutions,- and who thereafter strive and fight for the faith and
patiently persevere,- Thy Lord, after all this is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
111. One Day every soul will come up struggling for itself, and every
soul will be recompensed (fully) for all its actions, and none will be
unjustly dealt with.
112. Allah sets forth a Parable: a city enjoying security and quiet,
abundantly supplied with sustenance from every place: Yet was it
ungrateful for the favours of Allah. so Allah made it taste of hunger and
terror (in extremes) (closing in on it) like a garment (from every side),
because of the (evil) which (its people) wrought.
113. And there came to them an Messenger from among themselves,
but they falsely rejected him; so the Wrath seized them even in the midst
of their iniquities.
114. So eat of the sustenance which Allah has provided for you,
lawful and good; and be grateful for the favours of Allah, if it is He Whom
ye serve..115. He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh
of swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has
been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful
disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
116. But say not - for any false thing that your tongues may put
forth,- "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so as to ascribe false things
to Allah. For those who ascribe false things to Allah, will never prosper.
117. (In such falsehood) is but a paltry profit; but they will have a
most grievous Penalty.
118. To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentioned to
thee before: We did them no wrong, but they were used to doing wrong to
themselves.
119. But verily thy Lord,- to those who do wrong in ignorance, but
who thereafter repent and make amends,- thy Lord, after all this, is Oft-
Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
120. Abraham was indeed a model, devoutly obedient to Allah, (and)
true in Faith, and he joined not gods with Allah.
121. He showed his gratitude for the favours of Allah, who chose
him, and guided him to a Straight Way.
122. And We gave him Good in this world, and he will be, in the
Hereafter, in the ranks of the Righteous.
123. So We have taught thee the inspired (Message), "Follow the
ways of Abraham the True in Faith, and he joined not gods with Allah."
124. The Sabbath was only made (strict) for those who disagreed (as
to its observance); But Allah will judge between them on the Day of
Judgment, as to their differences.
125. Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful
preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious:
for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who
receive guidance.
126. And if ye do catch them out, catch them out no worse than they
catch you out: But if ye show patience, that is indeed the best (course) for
those who are patient.
127. And do thou be patient, for thy patience is but from Allah. nor
grieve over them: and distress not thyself because of their plots..128. For Allah
is with those who restrain themselves, and those who
do good.

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Isra', The Night Journey, Children Of Israel

Surah 17. Isra', The Night Journey, Children Of Israel
1. Glory to ((Allah)) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night
from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did
bless,- in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the
One Who heareth and seeth (all things).
2. We gave Moses the Book, and made it a Guide to the Children of
Israel, (commanding): "Take not other than Me as Disposer of (your)
affairs."
3. O ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) with
Noah! Verily he was a devotee most grateful.
4. And We gave (Clear) Warning to the Children of Israel in the Book,
that twice would they do mischief on the earth and be elated with mighty
arrogance (and twice would they be punished)!
5. When the first of the warnings came to pass, We sent against you
Our servants given to terrible warfare: They entered the very inmost parts
of your homes; and it was a warning (completely) fulfilled.
6. Then did We grant you the Return as against them: We gave you
increase in resources and sons, and made you the more numerous in
man-power.
7. If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did it)
against yourselves. So when the second of the warnings came to pass,
(We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and to enter your
Temple as they had entered it before, and to visit with destruction all that
fell into their power.
8. It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy unto you; but if ye
revert (to your sins), We shall revert (to Our punishments): And we have
made Hell a prison for those who reject (all Faith).
9. Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable),
and giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of
righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward;
10. And to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth)
that We have prepared for them a Penalty Grievous (indeed).
11. The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil;
for man is given to hasty (deeds)..12. We have made the Night and the Day as
two (of Our) Signs: the
Sign of the Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the Day We have
made to enlighten you; that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that
ye may know the number and count of the years: all things have We
explained in detail.
13. Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day
of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread
open.
14. (It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: Sufficient is thy
soul this day to make out an account against thee."
15. Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: who
goeth astray doth so to his own loss: No bearer of burdens can bear the
burden of another: nor would We visit with Our Wrath until We had sent
an apostle (to give warning).
16. When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send a
definite order to those among them who are given the good things of this
life and yet transgress; so that the word is proved true against them: then
(it is) We destroy them utterly.
17. How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? and
enough is thy Lord to note and see the sins of His servants.
18. If any do wish for the transitory things (of this life), We readily
grant them - such things as We will, to such person as We will: in the end
have We provided Hell for them: they will burn therein, disgraced and
rejected.
19. Those who do wish for the (things of) the Hereafter, and strive
therefor with all due striving, and have Faith,- they are the ones whose
striving is acceptable (to Allah..
20. Of the bounties of thy Lord We bestow freely on all- These as well
as those: The bounties of thy Lord are not closed (to anyone).
21. See how We have bestowed more on some than on others; but
verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence.
22. Take not with Allah another object of worship; or thou (O man!)
wilt sit in disgrace and destitution.
23. Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him, and that ye
be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in thy life,
say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in
terms of honour..24. And, out of kindness, lower to them the wing of humility,
and
say: "My Lord! bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me in
childhood."
25. Your Lord knoweth best what is in your hearts: If ye do deeds of
righteousness, verily He is Most Forgiving to those who turn to Him again
and again (in true penitence).
26. And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those in
want, and to the wayfarer: But squander not (your wealth) in the manner
of a spendthrift.
27. Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and the Evil One
is to his Lord (himself) ungrateful.
28. And even if thou hast to turn away from them in pursuit of the
Mercy from thy Lord which thou dost expect, yet speak to them a word of
easy kindness.
29. Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck, nor stretch
it forth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy and
destitute.
30. Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in abundance for whom
He pleaseth, and He provideth in a just measure. For He doth know and
regard all His servants.
31. Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide
sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great
sin.
32. Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil,
opening the road (to other evils).
33. Nor take life - which Allah has made sacred - except for just
cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority
(to demand qisas or to forgive): but let him nor exceed bounds in the
matter of taking life; for he is helped (by the Law).
34. Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve it,
until he attains the age of full strength; and fulfil (every) engagement, for
(every) engagement will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
35. Give full measure when ye measure, and weigh with a balance
that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the
final determination..36. And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge;
for every
act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into
(on the Day of Reckoning).
37. Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the
earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.
38. Of all such things the evil is hateful in the sight of thy Lord.
39. These are among the (precepts of) wisdom, which thy Lord has
revealed to thee. Take not, with Allah, another object of worship, lest thou
shouldst be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected.
40. Has then your Lord (O Pagans!) preferred for you sons, and taken
for Himself daughters among the angels? Truly ye utter a most dreadful
saying!
41. We have explained (things) in various (ways) in this Qur'an, in
order that they may receive admonition, but it only increases their flight
(from the Truth)!
42. Say: If there had been (other) gods with Him, as they say,-
behold, they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the
Throne!
43. Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and
Great (beyond measure)!
44. The seven heavens and the earth, and all beings therein, declare
His glory: there is not a thing but celebrates His praise; And yet ye
understand not how they declare His glory! Verily He is Oft-Forbear, Most
Forgiving!
45. When thou dost recite the Qur'an, We put, between thee and
those who believe not in the Hereafter, a veil invisible:
46. And We put coverings over their hearts (and minds) lest they
should understand the Qur'an, and deafness into their ears: when thou
dost commemorate thy Lord and Him alone in the Qur'an, they turn on
their backs, fleeing (from the Truth).
47. We know best why it is they listen, when they listen to thee; and
when they meet in private conference, behold, the wicked say, "Ye follow
none other than a man bewitched!"
48. See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray,
and never can they find a way..49. They say: "What! when we are reduced to
bones and dust, should
we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"
50. Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,
51. "Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest (to be raised
up),- (Yet shall ye be raised up)!" then will they say: "Who will cause us
to return?" Say: "He who created you first!" Then will they wag their
heads towards thee, and say, "When will that be?" Say, "May be it will be
quite soon!
52. "It will be on a Day when He will call you, and ye will answer (His
call) with (words of) His praise, and ye will think that ye tarried but a little
while!"
53. Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things that
are best: for Satan doth sow dissensions among them: For Satan is to
man an avowed enemy.
54. It is your Lord that knoweth you best: If He please, He granteth
you mercy, or if He please, punishment: We have not sent thee to be a
disposer of their affairs for them.
55. And it is your Lord that knoweth best all beings that are in the
heavens and on earth: We did bestow on some prophets more (and other)
gifts than on others: and We gave to David (the gift of) the Psalms.
56. Say: "Call on those - besides Him - whom ye fancy: they have
neither the power to remove your troubles from you nor to change them."
57. Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means of
access to their Lord, - even those who are nearest: they hope for His
Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to take
heed of.
58. There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day
of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the
(eternal) Record.
59. And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of
former generations treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to the
Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send
the Signs by way of terror (and warning from evil).
60. Behold! We told thee that thy Lord doth encompass mankind
round about: We granted the vision which We showed thee, but as a trial
for men,- as also the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'an: We put.terror
(and warning) into them, but it only increases their inordinate
transgression!
61. Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": They
bowed down except Iblis: He said, "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou
didst create from clay?"
62. He said: "Seest Thou? this is the one whom Thou hast honoured
above me! If Thou wilt but respite me to the Day of Judgment, I will
surely bring his descendants under my sway - all but a few!"
63. ((Allah)) said: "Go thy way; if any of them follow thee, verily Hell
will be the recompense of you (all)- an ample recompense.
64. "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them, with
thy (seductive) voice; make assaults on them with thy cavalry and thy
infantry; mutually share with them wealth and children; and make
promises to them." But Satan promises them nothing but deceit.
65. "As for My servants, no authority shalt thou have over them:"
Enough is thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs.
66. Your Lord is He That maketh the Ship go smoothly for you
through the sea, in order that ye may seek of his Bounty. For he is unto
you most Merciful.
67. When distress seizes you at sea, those that ye call upon - besides
Himself - leave you in the lurch! but when He brings you back safe to
land, ye turn away (from Him). Most ungrateful is man!
68. Do ye then feel secure that He will not cause you to be swallowed
up beneath the earth when ye are on land, or that He will not send against
you a violent tornado (with showers of stones) so that ye shall find no one
to carry out your affairs for you?
69. Or do ye feel secure that He will not send you back a second time
to sea and send against you a heavy gale to drown you because of your
ingratitude, so that ye find no helper. Therein against Us?
70. We have honoured the sons of Adam; provided them with
transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things good and
pure; and conferred on them special favours, above a great part of our
creation.
71. One day We shall call together all human beings with their
(respective) Imams: those who are given their record in their right hand
will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be dealt with unjustly in the
least..72. But those who were blind in this world, will be blind in the
hereafter, and most astray from the Path.
73. And their purpose was to tempt thee away from that which We
had revealed unto thee, to substitute in our name something quite
different; (in that case), behold! they would certainly have made thee
(their) friend!
74. And had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst nearly have
inclined to them a little.
75. In that case We should have made thee taste an equal portion (of
punishment) in this life, and an equal portion in death: and moreover thou
wouldst have found none to help thee against Us!
76. Their purpose was to scare thee off the land, in order to expel
thee; but in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after thee,
except for a little while.
77. (This was Our) way with the apostles We sent before thee: thou
wilt find no change in Our ways.
78. Establish regular prayers - at the sun's decline till the darkness of
the night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the prayer and reading
in the morning carry their testimony.
79. And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an
additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord raise thee
to a Station of Praise and Glory!
80. Say: "O my Lord! Let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and
Honour, and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honour; and grant
me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)."
81. And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for
Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."
82. We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a
healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing
but loss after loss.
83. Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, he turns away and
becomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and when evil
seizes him he gives himself up to despair!
84. Say: "Everyone acts according to his own disposition: But your
Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way.".85. They ask thee
concerning the Spirit (of inspiration). Say: "The
Spirit (cometh) by command of my Lord: of knowledge it is only a little
that is communicated to you, (O men!)"
86. If it were Our Will, We could take away that which We have sent
thee by inspiration:then wouldst thou find none to plead thy affair in that
matter as against Us,-
87. Except for Mercy from thy Lord: for his bounty is to thee (indeed)
great.
88. Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together
to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof,
even if they backed up each other with help and support.
89. And We have explained to man, in this Qur'an, every kind of
similitude: yet the greater part of men refuse (to receive it) except with
ingratitude!
90. They say: "We shall not believe in thee, until thou cause a spring
to gush forth for us from the earth,
91. "Or (until) thou have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause
rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water;
92. "Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will
happen), against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to
face:
93. "Or thou have a house adorned with gold, or thou mount a ladder
right into the skies. No, we shall not even believe in thy mounting until
thou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to my Lord!
Am I aught but a man,- an apostle?"
94. What kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them,
was nothing but this: they said, "Has Allah sent a man (like us) to be (His)
Messenger."
95. Say, "If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about in
peace and quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from the
heavens an angel for an apostle."
96. Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you: for He
is well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things).
97. It is he whom Allah guides, that is on true Guidance; but he
whom He leaves astray - for such wilt thou find no protector besides Him.
On the Day of Judgment We shall gather, them together, prone on their.faces,
blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it shows
abatement, We shall increase from them the fierceness of the Fire.

98. That is their recompense, because they rejected Our signs, and
said, "When we are reduced to bones and broken dust, should we really
be raised up (to be) a new Creation?"
99. See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth,
has power to create the like of them (anew)? Only He has decreed a term
appointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (to receive it)
except with ingratitude.
100. Say: "If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my
Lord, behold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them: for
man is (every) niggardly!"
101. To Moses We did give Nine Clear Sings: As the Children of
Israel: when he came to them, Pharaoh said to him: "O Moses! I consider
thee, indeed, to have been worked upon by sorcery!
102. Moses said, "Thou knowest well that these things have been
sent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as eye-opening
evidence: and I consider thee indeed, O Pharaoh, to be one
doomed to destruction!"
103. So he resolved to remove them from the face of the earth: but
We did drown him and all who were with him.
104. And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, "Dwell securely
in the land (of promise)": but when the second of the warnings came to
pass, We gathered you together in a mingled crowd.
105. We sent down the (Qur'an) in Truth, and in Truth has it
descended: and We sent thee but to give Glad Tidings and to warn
(sinners).
106. (It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from time to
time), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We have
revealed it by stages.
107. Say: "Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those who
were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on
their faces in humble prostration,
108. "And they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our
Lord been fulfilled!'".109. They fall down on their faces in tears, and it
increases their
(earnest) humility.
110. Say: "Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name
ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names.
Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a
middle course between."
111. Say: "Praise be to Allah, who begets no son, and has no partner
in (His) dominion: Nor (needs) He any to protect Him from humiliation:
yea, magnify Him for His greatness and glory!"

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The Cave

Surah 18. The Cave
1. Praise be to Allah, Who hath sent to His Servant the Book, and
hath allowed therein no Crookedness:
2. (He hath made it) Straight (and Clear) in order that He may warn
(the godless) of a terrible Punishment from Him, and that He may give
Glad Tidings to the Believers who work righteous deeds, that they shall
have a goodly Reward,
3. Wherein they shall remain for ever:
4. Further, that He may warn those (also) who say, "(Allah) hath
begotten a son":
5. No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It is
a grievous thing that issues from their mouths as a saying what they say
is nothing but falsehood!
6. Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after
them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message.
7. That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for
the earth, in order that We may test them - as to which of them are best
in conduct.
8. Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil
(without growth or herbage).
9. Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the
Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?
10. Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said,
"Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for
us in the right way!".11. Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of
years, in
the Cave, (so that they heard not):
12. Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties
was best at calculating the term of years they had tarried!
13. We relate to thee their story in truth: they were youths who
believed in their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance:
14. We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and said:
"Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call
upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an
enormity!
15. "These our people have taken for worship gods other than Him:
why do they not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) for
what they do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehood
against Allah.
16. "When ye turn away from them and the things they worship other
than Allah, betake yourselves to the Cave: Your Lord will shower His
mercies on you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease."
17. Thou wouldst have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the
right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left,
while they lay in the open space in the midst of the Cave. Such are among
the Signs of Allah. He whom Allah, guides is rightly guided; but he whom
Allah leaves to stray,- for him wilt thou find no protector to lead him to
the Right Way.
18. Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep,
and We turned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog
stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come up
on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in flight,
and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.
19. Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that
they might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye
stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a
day." (At length) they (all) said, "(Allah) (alone) knows best how long ye
have stayed here.... Now send ye then one of you with this money of
yours to the town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and
bring some to you, that (ye may) satisfy your hunger therewith: And let
him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about
you..20. "For if they should come upon you, they would stone you or force
you to return to their cult, and in that case ye would never attain
prosperity."
21. Thus did We make their case known to the people, that they
might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no
doubt about the Hour of Judgment. Behold, they dispute among
themselves as to their affair. (Some) said, "Construct a building over
them": Their Lord knows best about them: those who prevailed over their
affair said, "Let us surely build a place of worship over them."
22. (Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among
them; (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth,- doubtfully
guessing at the unknown; (yet others) say they were seven, the dog
being the eighth. Say thou: "My Lord knoweth best their number; It is but
few that know their (real case)." Enter not, therefore, into controversies
concerning them, except on a matter that is clear, nor consult any of them
about (the affair of) the Sleepers.
23. Nor say of anything, "I shall be sure to do so and so tomorrow"-
24. Without adding, "So please Allah." and call thy Lord to mind when
thou forgettest, and say, "I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer
(even) than this to the right road."
25. So they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, and (some)
add nine (more)
26. Say: "(Allah) knows best how long they stayed: with Him is (the
knowledge of) the secrets of the heavens and the earth: how clearly He
sees, how finely He hears (everything)! They have no protector other than
Him; nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever.
27. And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of the
Book of thy Lord: none can change His Words, and none wilt thou find as
a refuge other than Him.
28. And keep thy soul content with those who call on their Lord
morning and evening, seeking His Face; and let not thine eyes pass
beyond them, seeking the pomp and glitter of this Life; no obey any
whose heart We have permitted to neglect the remembrance of Us, one
who follows his own desires, whose case has gone beyond all bounds.
29. Say, "The truth is from your Lord": Let him who will believe, and
let him who will, reject (it): for the wrong-doers We have prepared a Fire
whose (smoke and flames), like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem
them in: if they implore relief they will be granted water like melted brass,.that
will scald their faces, how dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a
couch to recline on!
30. As to those who believe and work righteousness, verily We shall
not suffer to perish the reward of any who do a (single) righteous deed.
31. For them will be Gardens of Eternity; beneath them rivers will
flow; they will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they will
wear green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade: They will recline
therein on raised thrones. How good the recompense! How beautiful a
couch to recline on!
32. Set forth to them the parable of two men: for one of them We
provided two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date
palms; in between the two We placed corn-fields.
33. Each of those gardens brought forth its produce, and failed not in
the least therein: in the midst of them We caused a river to flow.
34. (Abundant) was the produce this man had : he said to his
companion, in the course of a mutual argument: "more wealth have I than
you, and more honour and power in (my following of) men."
35. He went into his garden in a state (of mind) unjust to his soul: He
said, "I deem not that this will ever perish,
36. "Nor do I deem that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) come:
Even if I am brought back to my Lord, I shall surely find (there)
something better in exchange."
37. His companion said to him, in the course of the argument with
him: "Dost thou deny Him Who created thee out of dust, then out of a
sperm-drop, then fashioned thee into a man?
38. "But (I think) for my part that He is Allah, My Lord, and none
shall I associate with my Lord.
39. "Why didst thou not, as thou wentest into thy garden, say:
'(Allah)'s will (be done)! There is no power but with Allah.' If thou dost see
me less than thee in wealth and sons,
40. "It may be that my Lord will give me something better than thy
garden, and that He will send on thy garden thunderbolts (by way of
reckoning) from heaven, making it (but) slippery sand!-
41. "Or the water of the garden will run off underground so that thou
wilt never be able to find it.".42. So his fruits (and enjoyment) were
encompassed (with ruin), and
he remained twisting and turning his hands over what he had spent on his
property, which had (now) tumbled to pieces to its very foundations, and
he could only say, "Woe is me! Would I had never ascribed partners to my
Lord and Cherisher!"
43. Nor had he numbers to help him against Allah, nor was he able to
deliver himself.
44. There, the (only) protection comes from Allah, the True One. He
is the Best to reward, and the Best to give success.
45. Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like
the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation
absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it
is (only) Allah who prevails over all things.
46. Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the
things that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as
rewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes.
47. One Day We shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see the
earth as a level stretch, and We shall gather them, all together, nor shall
We leave out any one of them.
48. And they will be marshalled before thy Lord in ranks, (with the
announcement), "Now have ye come to Us (bare) as We created you first:
aye, ye thought We shall not fulfil the appointment made to you to meet
(Us)!":
49. And the Book (of Deeds) will be placed (before you); and thou
wilt see the sinful in great terror because of what is (recorded) therein;
they will say, "Ah! woe to us! what a Book is this! It leaves out nothing
small or great, but takes account thereof!" They will find all that they did,
placed before them: And not one will thy Lord treat with injustice.
50. Behold! We said to the angels, "Bow down to Adam": They bowed
down except Iblis. He was one of the Jinns, and he broke the Command of
his Lord. Will ye then take him and his progeny as protectors rather than
Me? And they are enemies to you! Evil would be the exchange for the
wrong-doers!
51. I called them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the
earth, nor (even) their own creation: nor is it for helpers such as Me to
take as lead (men) astray!.52. One Day He will say, "Call on those whom ye
thought to be My
partners," and they will call on them, but they will not listen to them; and
We shall make for them a place of common perdition.
53. And the Sinful shall see the fire and apprehend that they have to
fall therein: no means will they find to turn away therefrom.
54. We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit of
mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things, contentious.
55. And what is there to keep back men from believing, now that
Guidance has come to them, nor from praying for forgiveness from their
Lord, but that (they ask that) the ways of the ancients be repeated with
them, or the Wrath be brought to them face to face?
56. We only send the apostles to give Glad Tidings and to give
warnings: But the unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in order
therewith to weaken the truth, and they treat My Signs as a jest, as also
the fact that they are warned!
57. And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs
of his Lord, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his
hands have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their hearts lest they
should understand this, and over their ears, deafness, if thou callest them
to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance.
58. But your Lord is Most forgiving, full of Mercy. If He were to call
them (at once) to account for what they have earned, then surely He
would have hastened their punishment, but they have their appointed
time, beyond which they will find no refuge.
59. Such were the populations we destroyed when they committed
iniquities; but we fixed an appointed time for their destruction.
60. Behold, Moses said to his attendant, "I will not give up until I
reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years in
travel."
61. But when they reached the Junction, they forgot (about) their
Fish, which took its course through the sea (straight) as in a tunnel.
62. When they had passed on (some distance), Moses said to his
attendant: "Bring us our early meal; truly we have suffered much fatigue
at this (stage of) our journey."
63. He replied: "Sawest thou (what happened) when we betook
ourselves to the rock? I did indeed forget (about) the Fish: none but.Satan
made me forget to tell (you) about it: it took its course through the
sea in a marvellous way!"
64. Moses said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they
went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come).
65. So they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed
Mercy from Ourselves and whom We had taught knowledge from Our own
Presence.
66. Moses said to him: "May I follow thee, on the footing that thou
teach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?"
67. (The other) said: "Verily thou wilt not be able to have patience
with me!"
68. "And how canst thou have patience about things about which thy
understanding is not complete?"
69. Moses said: "Thou wilt find me, if Allah so will, (truly) patient: nor
shall I disobey thee in aught."
70. The other said: "If then thou wouldst follow me, ask me no
questions about anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it."
71. So they both proceeded: until, when they were in the boat, he
scuttled it. Said Moses: "Hast thou scuttled it in order to drown those in
it? Truly a strange thing hast thou done!"
72. He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no
patience with me?"
73. Moses said: "Rebuke me not for forgetting, nor grieve me by
raising difficulties in my case."
74. Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young man, he slew
him. Moses said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none?
Truly a foul (unheard of) thing hast thou done!"
75. He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no
patience with me?"
76. (Moses) said: "If ever I ask thee about anything after this, keep
me not in thy company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excuse
from my side."
77. Then they proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants of
a town, they asked them for food, but they refused them hospitality.
They.found there a wall on the point of falling down, but he set it up straight.
(Moses) said: "If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst have exacted
some recompense for it!"
78. He answered: "This is the parting between me and thee: now will
I tell thee the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable
to hold patience.
79. "As for the boat, it belonged to certain men in dire want: they
plied on the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable, for there was
after them a certain king who seized on every boat by force.
80. "As for the youth, his parents were people of Faith, and we feared
that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah
and man).
81. "So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a
son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection.
82. "As for the wall, it belonged to two youths, orphans, in the Town;
there was, beneath it, a buried treasure, to which they were entitled: their
father had been a righteous man: So thy Lord desired that they should
attain their age of full strength and get out their treasure - a mercy (and
favour) from thy Lord. I did it not of my own accord. Such is the
interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold
patience."
83. They ask thee concerning Zul-qarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to
you something of his story."
84. Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the
ways and the means to all ends.
85. One (such) way he followed,
86. Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a
spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain!
(thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them
with kindness."
87. He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall
he be sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment
unheard-of (before).
88. "But whoever believes, and works righteousness,- he shall have a
goodly reward, and easy will be his task as We order it by our Command."
89. Then followed he (another) way,.90. Until, when he came to the rising of
the sun, he found it rising on
a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against the
sun.
91. (He left them) as they were: We completely understood what was
before him.
92. Then followed he (another) way,
93. Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he
found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.
94. They said: "O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great
mischief on earth: shall we then render thee tribute in order that thou
mightest erect a barrier between us and them?
95. He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me is
better (than tribute): Help me therefore with strength (and labour): I will
erect a strong barrier between you and them:
96. "Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up the
space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, "Blow (with your
bellows)" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me,
that I may pour over it, molten lead."
97. Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.
98. He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of
my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my
Lord is true."
99. On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one
another: the trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.
100. And We shall present Hell that day for Unbelievers to see, all
spread out,-
101. (Unbelievers) whose eyes had been under a veil from
remembrance of Me, and who had been unable even to hear.
102. Do the Unbelievers think that they can take My servants as
protectors besides Me? Verily We have prepared Hell for the Unbelievers
for (their) entertainment.
103. Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of
their deeds?-.104. "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while
they
thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"
105. They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of
their having to meet Him (in the Hereafter): vain will be their works, nor
shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight.
106. That is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took
My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.
107. As to those who believe and work righteous deeds, they have,
for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise,
108. Wherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish for
from them.
109. Say: "If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words
of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of
my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid."
110. Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has
come to me, that your Allah is one Allah. whoever expects to meet his
Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no
one as partner.

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Repentance, Dispensation

Surah 9. Repentance, Dispensation
1. A (declaration) of immunity from Allah and His Messenger, to those
of the Pagans with whom ye have contracted mutual alliances:-
2. Go ye, then, for four months, backwards and forwards, (as ye will),
throughout the land, but know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah (by your
falsehood) but that Allah will cover with shame those who reject Him.
3. And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people
(assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His
Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye
repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot
frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith.
4. (But the treaties are) not dissolved with those Pagans with whom
ye have entered into alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in
aught, nor aided any one against you. So fulfil your engagements with
them to the end of their term: for Allah loveth the righteous.
5. But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the
Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in
wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and
establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way
for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
6. If one amongst the Pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him, so
that he may hear the word of Allah. and then escort him to where he can
be secure. That is because they are men without knowledge..7. How can there
be a league, before Allah and His Messenger, with
the Pagans, except those with whom ye made a treaty near the sacred
Mosque? As long as these stand true to you, stand ye true to them: for
Allah doth love the righteous.
8. How (can there be such a league), seeing that if they get an
advantage over you, they respect not in you the ties either of kinship or of
covenant? With (fair words from) their mouths they entice you, but their
hearts are averse from you; and most of them are rebellious and wicked.
9. The Signs of Allah have they sold for a miserable price, and (many)
have they hindered from His way: evil indeed are the deeds they have
done.
10. In a Believer they respect not the ties either of kinship or of
covenant! It is they who have transgressed all bounds.
11. But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and
practise regular charity,- they are your brethren in Faith: (thus) do We
explain the Signs in detail, for those who understand.
12. But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt you
for your Faith,- fight ye the chiefs of Unfaith: for their oaths are nothing to
them: that thus they may be restrained.
13. Will ye not fight people who violated their oaths, plotted to expel
the Messenger, and took the aggressive by being the first (to assault)
you? Do ye fear them? Nay, it is Allah Whom ye should more justly fear, if
ye believe!
14. Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them
with shame, help you (to victory) over them, heal the breasts of Believers,
15. And still the indignation of their hearts. For Allah will turn (in
mercy) to whom He will; and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
16. Or think ye that ye shall be abandoned, as though Allah did not
know those among you who strive with might and main, and take none for
friends and protectors except Allah, His Messenger, and the (community
of) Believers? But Allah is well- acquainted with (all) that ye do.
17. It is not for such as join gods with Allah, to visit or maintain the
mosques of Allah while they witness against their own souls to infidelity.
The works of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.
18. The mosques of Allah shall be visited and maintained by such as
believe in Allah and the Last Day, establish regular prayers, and practise.regular
charity, and fear none (at all) except Allah. It is they who are
expected to be on true guidance.
19. Do ye make the giving of drink to pilgrims, or the maintenance of
the Sacred Mosque, equal to (the pious service of) those who believe in
Allah and the Last Day, and strive with might and main in the cause of
Allah. They are not comparable in the sight of Allah. and Allah guides not
those who do wrong.
20. Those who believe, and suffer exile and strive with might and
main, in Allah’s cause, with their goods and their persons, have the
highest rank in the sight of Allah. they are the people who will achieve
(salvation).
21. Their Lord doth give them glad tidings of a Mercy from Himself, of
His good pleasure, and of gardens for them, wherein are delights that
endure:
22. They will dwell therein for ever. Verily in Allah’s presence is a
reward, the greatest (of all).
23. O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers and your
brothers if they love infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do
wrong.
24. Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your
mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in
which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight - are dearer
to you than Allah, or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause;- then
wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the
rebellious.
25. Assuredly Allah did help you in many battle-fields and on the day
of Hunain: Behold! your great numbers elated you, but they availed you
naught: the land, for all that it is wide, did constrain you, and ye turned
back in retreat.
26. But Allah did pour His calm on the Messenger and on the
Believers, and sent down forces which ye saw not: He punished the
Unbelievers; thus doth He reward those without Faith.
27. Again will Allah, after this, turn (in mercy) to whom He will: for
Allah is Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful.
28. O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not,
after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fear
poverty, soon will Allah enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty, for Allah
is All-knowing, All-wise..29. Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last
Day, nor hold
that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor
acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the
Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves
subdued.
30. The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ
the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but
imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah’s curse be on them:
how they are deluded away from the Truth!
31. They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in
derogation of Allah, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary;
yet they were commanded to worship but One Allah. there is no god but
He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they
associate (with Him).
32. Fain would they extinguish Allah’s light with their mouths, but
Allah will not allow but that His light should be perfected, even though the
Unbelievers may detest (it).
33. It is He Who hath sent His Messenger with guidance and the
Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans
may detest (it).
34. O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and
anchorites, who in Falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder
(them) from the way of Allah. And there are those who bury gold and
silver and spend it not in the way of Allah. announce unto them a most
grievous penalty-
35. On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the
fire of Hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and
their backs, their flanks, and their backs.- "This is the (treasure) which ye
buried for yourselves: taste ye, then, the (treasures) ye buried!"
36. The number of months in the sight of Allah is twelve (in a year)-
so ordained by Him the day He created the heavens and the earth; of
them four are sacred: that is the straight usage. So wrong not yourselves
therein, and fight the Pagans all together as they fight you all together.
But know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves.
37. Verily the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to
Unbelief: the Unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: for they make it lawful
one year, and forbidden another year, in order to adjust the number of
months forbidden by Allah and make such forbidden ones lawful. The evil
of their course seems pleasing to them. But Allah guideth not those who
reject Faith..38. O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye
are
asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do
ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of
this life, as compared with the Hereafter.
39. Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty,
and put others in your place; but Him ye would not harm in the least. For
Allah hath power over all things.
40. If ye help not (your leader), (it is no matter): for Allah did indeed
help him, when the Unbelievers drove him out: he had no more than one
companion; they two were in the cave, and he said to his companion,
"Have no fear, for Allah is with us": then Allah sent down His peace upon
him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to
the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the word of Allah is exalted to
the heights: for Allah is Exalted in might, Wise.
41. Go ye forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and
struggle, with your goods and your persons, in the cause of Allah. That is
best for you, if ye (but) knew.
42. If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey
easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance
was long, (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Allah, "If
we only could, we should certainly have come out with you": They would
destroy their own souls; for Allah doth know that they are certainly lying.
43. Allah give thee grace! why didst thou grant them until those who
told the truth were seen by thee in a clear light, and thou hadst proved
the liars?
44. Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask thee for no
exemption from fighting with their goods and persons. And Allah knoweth
well those who do their duty.
45. Only those ask thee for exemption who believe not in Allah and
the Last Day, and whose hearts are in doubt, so that they are tossed in
their doubts to and fro.
46. If they had intended to come out, they would certainly have
made some preparation therefor; but Allah was averse to their being sent
forth; so He made them lag behind, and they were told, "Sit ye among
those who sit (inactive)."
47. If they had come out with you, they would not have added to
your (strength) but only (made for) disorder, hurrying to and fro in your
midst and sowing sedition among you, and there would have been some.among
you who would have listened to them. But Allah knoweth well
those who do wrong.
48. Indeed they had plotted sedition before, and upset matters for
thee, until,- the Truth arrived, and the Decree of Allah became manifest
much to their disgust.
49. Among them is (many) a man who says: "Grant me exemption
and draw me not into trial." Have they not fallen into trial already? and
indeed Hell surrounds the Unbelievers (on all sides).
50. If good befalls thee, it grieves them; but if a misfortune befalls
thee, they say, "We took indeed our precautions beforehand," and they
turn away rejoicing.
51. Say: "Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed
for us: He is our protector": and on Allah let the Believers put their trust.
52. Say: "Can you expect for us (any fate) other than one of two
glorious things- (Martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for you either
that Allah will send his punishment from Himself, or by our hands. So wait
(expectant); we too will wait with you."
53. Say: "Spend (for the cause) willingly or unwillingly: not from you
will it be accepted: for ye are indeed a people rebellious and wicked."
54. The only reasons why their contributions are not accepted are:
that they reject Allah and His Messenger. that they come to prayer
without earnestness; and that they offer contributions unwillingly.
55. Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: in
reality Allah’s plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that
their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.
56. They swear by Allah that they are indeed of you; but they are not
of you: yet they are afraid (to appear in their true colours).
57. If they could find a place to flee to, or caves, or a place of
concealment, they would turn straightaway thereto, with an obstinate
rush.
58. And among them are men who slander thee in the matter of (the
distribution of) the alms: if they are given part thereof, they are pleased,
but if not, behold! they are indignant!
59. If only they had been content with what Allah and His Messenger
gave them, and had said, "Sufficient unto us is Allah. Allah and His.Messenger
will soon give us of His bounty: to Allah do we turn our hopes!"
(that would have been the right course).
60. Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to
administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently)
reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of
Allah. and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full
of knowledge and wisdom.
61. Among them are men who molest the Prophet and say, "He is
(all) ear." Say, "He listens to what is best for you: he believes in Allah,
has faith in the Believers, and is a Mercy to those of you who believe." But
those who molest the Messenger will have a grievous penalty.
62. To you they swear by Allah. In order to please you: But it is more
fitting that they should please Allah and His Messenger, if they are
Believers.
63. Know they not that for those who oppose Allah and His
Messenger, is the Fire of Hell?- wherein they shall dwell. That is the
supreme disgrace.
64. The Hypocrites are afraid lest a Sura should be sent down about
them, showing them what is (really passing) in their hearts. Say: "Mock
ye! But verily Allah will bring to light all that ye fear (should be revealed).
65. If thou dost question them, they declare (with emphasis): "We
were only talking idly and in play." Say: "Was it at Allah, and His Signs,
and His Messenger, that ye were mocking?"
66. Make ye no excuses: ye have rejected Faith after ye had
accepted it. If We pardon some of you, We will punish others amongst
you, for that they are in sin.
67. The Hypocrites, men and women, (have an understanding) with
each other: They enjoin evil, and forbid what is just, and are close with
their hands. They have forgotten Allah. so He hath forgotten them. Verily
the Hypocrites are rebellious and perverse.
68. Allah hath promised the Hypocrites men and women, and the
rejecters, of Faith, the fire of Hell: Therein shall they dwell: Sufficient is it
for them: for them is the curse of Allah, and an enduring punishment,-
69. As in the case of those before you: they were mightier than you
in power, and more flourishing in wealth and children. They had their
enjoyment of their portion: and ye have of yours, as did those before you;
and ye indulge in idle talk as they did. They!- their work are fruitless in
this world and in the Hereafter, and they will lose (all spiritual good)..70. Hath
not the story reached them of those before them?- the
People of Noah, and 'Ad, and Thamud; the People of Abraham, the men of
Midian, and the cities overthrown. To them came their apostles with clear
signs. It is not Allah Who wrongs them, but they wrong their own souls.
71. The Believers, men and women, are protectors one of another:
they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil: they observe regular
prayers, practise regular charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. On
them will Allah pour His mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise.
72. Allah hath promised to Believers, men and women, gardens
under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in
gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of
Allah. that is the supreme felicity.
73. O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the
Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge
indeed.
74. They swear by Allah that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they
uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam; and they
meditated a plot which they were unable to carry out: this revenge of
theirs was (their) only return for the bounty with which Allah and His
Messenger had enriched them! If they repent, it will be best for them; but
if they turn back (to their evil ways), Allah will punish them with a
grievous penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: They shall have none on
earth to protect or help them.
75. Amongst them are men who made a covenant with Allah, that if
He bestowed on them of His bounty, they would give (largely) in charity,
and be truly amongst those who are righteous.
76. But when He did bestow of His bounty, they became covetous,
and turned back (from their covenant), averse (from its fulfilment).
77. So He hath put as a consequence hypocrisy into their hearts, (to
last) till the Day, whereon they shall meet Him: because they broke their
covenant with Allah, and because they lied (again and again).
78. Know they not that Allah doth know their secret (thoughts) and
their secret counsels, and that Allah knoweth well all things unseen?
79. Those who slander such of the believers as give themselves freely
to (deeds of) charity, as well as such as can find nothing to give except
the fruits of their labour,- and throw ridicule on them,- Allah will throw
back their ridicule on them: and they shall have a grievous penalty..80.
Whether thou ask for their forgiveness, or not, (their sin is
unforgivable): if thou ask seventy times for their forgiveness, Allah will
not forgive them: because they have rejected Allah and His Messenger.
and Allah guideth not those who are perversely rebellious.
81. Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in
their inaction behind the back of the Messenger of Allah. they hated to
strive and fight, with their goods and their persons, in the cause of Allah.
they said, "Go not forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is fiercer in
heat." If only they could understand!
82. Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for
the (evil) that they do.
83. If, then, Allah bring thee back to any of them, and they ask thy
permission to come out (with thee), say: "Never shall ye come out with
me, nor fight an enemy with me: for ye preferred to sit inactive on the
first occasion: Then sit ye (now) with those who lag behind."
84. Nor do thou ever pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his
grave; for they rejected Allah and His Messenger, and died in a state of
perverse rebellion.
85. Nor let their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee:
Allah’s plan is to punish them with these things in this world, and that
their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.
86. When a Sura comes down, enjoining them to believe in Allah and
to strive and fight along with His Messenger, those with wealth and
influence among them ask thee for exemption, and say: "Leave us
(behind): we would be with those who sit (at home)."
87. They prefer to be with (the women), who remain behind (at
home): their hearts are sealed and so they understand not.
88. But the Messenger, and those who believe with him, strive and
fight with their wealth and their persons: for them are (all) good things:
and it is they who will prosper.
89. Allah hath prepared for them gardens under which rivers flow, to
dwell therein: that is the supreme felicity.
90. And there were, among the desert Arabs (also), men who made
excuses and came to claim exemption; and those who were false to Allah
and His Messenger (merely) sat inactive. Soon will a grievous penalty
seize the Unbelievers among them..91. There is no blame on those who are
infirm, or ill, or who find no
resources to spend (on the cause), if they are sincere (in duty) to Allah
and His Messenger. no ground (of complaint) can there be against such as
do right: and Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
92. Nor (is there blame) on those who came to thee to be provided
with mounts, and when thou saidst, "I can find no mounts for you," they
turned back, their eyes streaming with tears of grief that they had no
resources wherewith to provide the expenses.
93. The ground (of complaint) is against such as claim exemption
while they are rich. They prefer to stay with the (women) who remain
behind: Allah hath sealed their hearts; so they know not (What they
miss).
94. They will present their excuses to you when ye return to them.
Say thou: "Present no excuses: we shall not believe you: Allah hath
already informed us of the true state of matters concerning you: It is your
actions that Allah and His Messenger will observe: in the end will ye be
brought back to Him Who knoweth what is hidden and what is open: then
will He show you the truth of all that ye did."
95. They will swear to you by Allah, when ye return to them, that ye
may leave them alone. So leave them alone: For they are an abomination,
and Hell is their dwelling-place,-a fitting recompense for the (evil) that
they did.
96. They will swear unto you, that ye may be pleased with them but
if ye are pleased with them, Allah is not pleased with those who disobey.
97. The Arabs of the desert are the worst in Unbelief and hypocrisy,
and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which Allah hath sent
down to His Messenger. But Allah is All-knowing, All-Wise.
98. Some of the desert Arabs look upon their payments as a fine, and
watch for disasters for you: on them be the disaster of evil: for Allah is He
That heareth and knoweth (all things).
99. But some of the desert Arabs believe in Allah and the Last Day,
and look on their payments as pious gifts bringing them nearer to Allah
and obtaining the prayers of the Messenger. Aye, indeed they bring them
nearer (to Him): soon will Allah admit them to His Mercy: for Allah is Oftforgiving,
Most Merciful.
100. The vanguard (of Islam)- the first of those who forsook (their
homes) and of those who gave them aid, and (also) those who follow
them in (all) good deeds,- well- pleased is Allah with them, as are they.with
Him: for them hath He prepared gardens under which rivers flow, to
dwell therein for ever: that is the supreme felicity.
101. Certain of the desert Arabs round about you are hypocrites, as
well as (desert Arabs) among the Medina folk: they are obstinate in
hypocrisy: thou knowest them not: We know them: twice shall We punish
them: and in addition shall they be sent to a grievous penalty.
102. Others (there are who) have acknowledged their wrong-doings:
they have mixed an act that was good with another that was evil. Perhaps
Allah will turn unto them (in Mercy): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
103. Of their goods, take alms, that so thou mightest purify and
sanctify them; and pray on their behalf. Verily thy prayers are a source of
security for them: And Allah is One Who heareth and knoweth.
104. Know they not that Allah doth accept repentance from His

votaries and receives their gifts of charity, and that Allah is verily He, the
Oft-Returning, Most Merciful?
105. And say: "Work (righteousness): Soon will Allah observe your
work, and His Messenger, and the Believers: Soon will ye be brought back
to the knower of what is hidden and what is open: then will He show you
the truth of all that ye did."
106. There are (yet) others, held in suspense for the command of
Allah, whether He will punish them, or turn in mercy to them: and Allah is
All-Knowing, Wise.
107. And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief
and infidelity - to disunite the Believers - and in preparation for one who
warred against Allah and His Messenger aforetime. They will indeed swear
that their intention is nothing but good; But Allah doth declare that they
are certainly liars.
108. Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose
foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the
standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be purified;
and Allah loveth those who make themselves pure.
109. Which then is best? - he that layeth his foundation on piety to
Allah and His good pleasure? - or he that layeth his foundation on an
undermined sand-cliff ready to crumble to pieces? and it doth crumble to
pieces with him, into the fire of Hell. And Allah guideth not people that do
wrong..110. The foundation of those who so build is never free from
suspicion and shakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces.
And Allah is All-Knowing, Wise.
111. Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their
goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His
cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through
the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his
covenant than Allah. then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded:
that is the achievement supreme.
112. Those that turn (to Allah. in repentance; that serve Him, and
praise Him; that wander in devotion to the cause of Allah,: that bow down
and prostrate themselves in prayer; that enjoin good and forbid evil; and
observe the limit set by Allah.- (These do rejoice). So proclaim the glad
tidings to the Believers.
113. It is not fitting, for the Prophet and those who believe, that they
should pray for forgiveness for Pagans, even though they be of kin, after it
is clear to them that they are companions of the Fire.
114. And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because of
a promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he
was an enemy to Allah, he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was
most tender-hearted, forbearing.
115. And Allah will not mislead a people after He hath guided them,
in order that He may make clear to them what to fear (and avoid)- for
Allah hath knowledge of all things.
116. Unto Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the
earth. He giveth life and He taketh it. Except for Him ye have no protector
nor helper.
117. Allah turned with favour to the Prophet, the Muhajirs, and the
Ansar,- who followed him in a time of distress, after that the hearts of a
part of them had nearly swerved (from duty); but He turned to them
(also): for He is unto them Most Kind, Most Merciful.
118. (He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind;
(they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to
them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to
them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah (and no
refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent:
for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
119. O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true (in
word and deed)..120. It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the
Bedouin
Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow Allah’s Messenger, nor to
prefer their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but
was reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they
suffered thirst, or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of Allah, or trod paths
to raise the ire of the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from
an enemy: for Allah suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do
good;-
121. Nor could they spend anything (for the cause) - small or greatnor
cut across a valley, but the deed is inscribed to their credit: that Allah
may requite their deed with the best (possible reward).
122. Nor should the Believers all go forth together: if a contingent
from every expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves to
studies in religion, and admonish the people when they return to them,-
that thus they (may learn) to guard themselves (against evil).
123. O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and
let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear
Him.
124. Whenever there cometh down a sura, some of them say: "Which
of you has had His faith increased by it?" Yea, those who believe,- their
faith is increased and they do rejoice.
125. But those in whose hearts is a disease,- it will add doubt to their
doubt, and they will die in a state of Unbelief.
126. See they not that they are tried every year once or twice? Yet
they turn not in repentance, and they take no heed.
127. Whenever there cometh down a Sura, they look at each other,
(saying), "Doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: Allah hath turned
their hearts (from the light); for they are a people that understand not.
128. Now hath come unto you an Messenger from amongst
yourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he
over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful.
129. But if they turn away, Say: "(Allah) sufficeth me: there is no
god but He: On Him is my trust,- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory)
Supreme!"

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Surah 19. Mary
1. Kaf. Ha. Ya. 'Ain. Sad.
2. (This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya.
3. Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,
4. Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of
my head doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my
prayer to Thee!
5. "Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after
me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,-
6. "(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity
of Jacob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom Thou art well-pleased!"
7. (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good news
of a son: His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We
conferred distinction before.".8. He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son,
when my wife is
barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?"
9. He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did
indeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!'"
10. (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was
the answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights,
although thou art not dumb."
11. So Zakariya came out to his people from him chamber: He told
them by signs to celebrate Allah’s praises in the morning and in the
evening.
12. (To his son came the command): "O Yahya! take hold of the Book
with might": and We gave him Wisdom even as a youth,
13. And piety (for all creatures) as from Us, and purity: He was
devout,
14. And kind to his parents, and he was not overbearing or rebellious.
15. So Peace on him the day he was born, the day that he dies, and
the day that he will be raised up to life (again)!
16. Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from
her family to a place in the East.
17. She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent
her our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.
18. She said: "I seek refuge from thee to ((Allah)) Most Gracious:
(come not near) if thou dost fear Allah."
19. He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to
announce) to thee the gift of a holy son.
20. She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has
touched me, and I am not unchaste?"
21. He said: "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: and
(We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us':It is a
matter (so) decreed."
22. So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote
place..23. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree:
She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would
that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"
24. But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve
not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;
25. "And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm -tree: It will let
fall fresh ripe dates upon thee.
26. "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any
man, say, 'I have vowed a fast to ((Allah)) Most Gracious, and this day
will I enter into not talk with any human being'"
27. At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in
her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
28. "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy
mother a woman unchaste!"
29. But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one
who is a child in the cradle?"
30. He said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah. He hath given me
revelation and made me a prophet;
31. "And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath
enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;
32. "(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or
miserable;
33. "So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and
the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)"!
34. Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth,
about which they (vainly) dispute.
35. It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a
son. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it,
"Be", and it is.
36. Verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye:
this is a Way that is straight.
37. But the sects differ among themselves: and woe to the
unbelievers because of the (coming) Judgment of a Momentous Day!.38. How
plainly will they see and hear, the Day that they will appear
before Us! but the unjust today are in error manifest!
39. But warn them of the Day of Distress, when the matter will be
determined: for (behold,) they are negligent and they do not believe!
40. It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: to Us
will they all be returned.
41. (Also mention in the Book (the story of) Abraham: He was a man
of Truth, a prophet.
42. Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that
which heareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?
43. "O my father! to me hath come knowledge which hath not
reached thee: so follow me: I will guide thee to a way that is even and
straight.
44. "O my father! serve not Satan: for Satan is a rebel against
((Allah)) Most Gracious.
45. "O my father! I fear lest a Penalty afflict thee from ((Allah)) Most
Gracious, so that thou become to Satan a friend."
46. (The father) replied: "Dost thou hate my gods, O Abraham? If
thou forbear not, I will indeed stone thee: Now get away from me for a
good long while!"
47. Abraham said: "Peace be on thee: I will pray to my Lord for thy
forgiveness: for He is to me Most Gracious.
48. "And I will turn away from you (all) and from those whom ye
invoke besides Allah. I will call on my Lord: perhaps, by my prayer to my
Lord, I shall be not unblest."
49. When he had turned away from them and from those whom they
worshipped besides Allah, We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, and each
one of them We made a prophet.
50. And We bestowed of Our Mercy on them, and We granted them
lofty honour on the tongue of truth.
51. Also mention in the Book (the story of) Moses: for he was
specially chosen, and he was an apostle (and) a prophet.
52. And we called him from the right side of Mount (Sinai), and made
him draw near to Us, for mystic (converse)..53. And, out of Our Mercy, We
gave him his brother Aaron, (also) a
prophet.
54. Also mention in the Book (the story of) Isma'il: He was (strictly)
true to what he promised, and he was an apostle (and) a prophet.
55. He used to enjoin on his people Prayer and Charity, and he was
most acceptable in the sight of his Lord.
56. Also mention in the Book the case of Idris: He was a man of truth
(and sincerity), (and) a prophet:
57. And We raised him to a lofty station.
58. Those were some of the prophets on whom Allah did bestow His
Grace,- of the posterity of Adam, and of those who We carried (in the Ark)
with Noah, and of the posterity of Abraham and Israel of those whom We
guided and chose. Whenever the Signs of ((Allah)) Most Gracious were
rehearsed to them, they would fall down in prostrate adoration and in
tears.
59. But after them there followed a posterity who missed prayers and
followed after lusts soon, then, will they face Destruction,-
60. Except those who repent and believe, and work righteousness:
for these will enter the Garden and will not be wronged in the least,-
61. Gardens of Eternity, those which ((Allah)) Most Gracious has
promised to His servants in the Unseen: for His promise must
(necessarily) come to pass.
62. They will not there hear any vain discourse, but only salutations
of Peace: And they will have therein their sustenance, morning and
evening.
63. Such is the Garden which We give as an inheritance to those of
Our servants who guard against Evil.
64. (The angels say:) "We descend not but by command of thy Lord:
to Him belongeth what is before us and what is behind us, and what is
between: and thy Lord never doth forget,-
65. "Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is between
them; so worship Him, and be constant and patient in His worship:
knowest thou of any who is worthy of the same Name as He?"
66. Man says: "What! When I am dead, shall I then be raised up
alive?".67. But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of
nothing?
68. So, by thy Lord, without doubt, We shall gather them together,
and (also) the Evil Ones (with them); then shall We bring them forth on
their knees round about Hell;
69. Then shall We certainly drag out from every sect all those who
were worst in obstinate rebellion against ((Allah)) Most Gracious.
70. And certainly We know best those who are most worthy of being
burned therein.
71. Not one of you but will pass over it: this is, with thy Lord, a
Decree which must be accomplished.
72. But We shall save those who guarded against evil, and We shall
leave the wrong-doers therein, (humbled) to their knees.
73. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say
to those who believe, "Which of the two sides is best in point of position?
Which makes the best show in council?"
74. But how many (countless) generations before them have we
destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?
75. Say: "If any men go astray, ((Allah)) Most Gracious extends (the
rope) to them, until, when they see the warning of Allah (being fulfilled) -
either in punishment or in (the approach of) the Hour,- they will at length
realise who is worst in position, and (who) weakest in forces!
76. "And Allah doth advance in guidance those who seek guidance:
and the things that endure, Good Deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord,
as rewards, and best in respect of (their) eventual return."
77. Hast thou then seen the (sort of) man who rejects Our Signs, yet
says: "I shall certainly be given wealth and children?"
78. Has he penetrated to the Unseen, or has he taken a contract with
((Allah)) Most Gracious?
79. Nay! We shall record what he says, and We shall add and add to
his punishment.
80. To Us shall return all that he talks of and he shall appear before
Us bare and alone..81. And they have taken (for worship) gods other than
Allah, to give
them power and glory!
82. Instead, they shall reject their worship, and become adversaries
against them.
83. Seest thou not that We have set the Evil Ones on against the
unbelievers, to incite them with fury?
84. So make no haste against them, for We but count out to them a
(limited) number (of days).
85. The day We shall gather the righteous to ((Allah)) Most Gracious,
like a band presented before a king for honours,
86. And We shall drive the sinners to Hell, like thirsty cattle driven
down to water,-
87. None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has
received permission (or promise) from ((Allah)) Most Gracious.
88. They say: "((Allah)) Most Gracious has begotten a son!"
89. Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!
90. At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and
the mountains to fall down in utter ruin,
91. That they should invoke a son for ((Allah)) Most Gracious.
92. For it is not consonant with the majesty of ((Allah)) Most
Gracious that He should beget a son.
93. Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must
come to ((Allah)) Most Gracious as a servant.
94. He does take an account of them (all), and hath numbered them
(all) exactly.
95. And everyone of them will come to Him singly on the Day of
Judgment.
96. On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will
((Allah)) Most Gracious bestow love.
97. So have We made the (Qur'an) easy in thine own tongue, that
with it thou mayest give Glad Tidings to the righteous, and warnings to
people given to contention..98. But how many (countless) generations before
them have We
destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much
as) a whisper of them?

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Ta-ha

Surah 20. Ta-ha
1. Ta-Ha.
2. We have not sent down the Qur'an to thee to be (an occasion) for
thy distress,
3. But only as an admonition to those who fear ((Allah)),-
4. A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the heavens on
high.
5. ((Allah)) Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne (of
authority).
6. To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, and all
between them, and all beneath the soil.
7. If thou pronounce the word aloud, (it is no matter): for verily He
knoweth what is secret and what is yet more hidden.
8. Allah. there is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful
Names.
9. Has the story of Moses reached thee?
10. Behold, he saw a fire: So he said to his family, "Tarry ye; I
perceive a fire; perhaps I can bring you some burning brand therefrom, or
find some guidance at the fire."
11. But when he came to the fire, a voice was heard: "O Moses!
12. "Verily I am thy Lord! therefore (in My presence) put off thy
shoes: thou art in the sacred valley Tuwa.
13. "I have chosen thee: listen, then, to the inspiration (sent to
thee).
14. "Verily, I am Allah. There is no god but I: So serve thou Me
(only), and establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise.
15. "Verily the Hour is coming - My design is to keep it hidden - for
every soul to receive its reward by the measure of its Endeavour..16.
"Therefore let not such as believe not therein but follow their own
lusts, divert thee therefrom, lest thou perish!"..
17. "And what is that in the right hand, O Moses?"
18. He said, "It is my rod: on it I lean; with it I beat down fodder for
my flocks; and in it I find other uses."
19. ((Allah)) said, "Throw it, O Moses!"
20. He threw it, and behold! It was a snake, active in motion.
21. ((Allah)) said, "Seize it, and fear not: We shall return it at once to
its former condition"..
22. "Now draw thy hand close to thy side: It shall come forth white
(and shining), without harm (or stain),- as another Sign,-
23. "In order that We may show thee (two) of our Greater Signs.
24. "Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds."
25. (Moses) said: "O my Lord! expand me my breast;
26. "Ease my task for me;
27. "And remove the impediment from my speech,
28. "So they may understand what I say:
29. "And give me a Minister from my family,
30. "Aaron, my brother;
31. "Add to my strength through him,
32. "And make him share my task:
33. "That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint,
34. "And remember Thee without stint:
35. "For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us."
36. ((Allah)) said: "Granted is thy prayer, O Moses!"
37. "And indeed We conferred a favour on thee another time
(before)..38. "Behold! We sent to thy mother, by inspiration, the message:
39. "'Throw (the child) into the chest, and throw (the chest) into the
river: the river will cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up by
one who is an enemy to Me and an enemy to him': But I cast (the
garment of) love over thee from Me: and (this) in order that thou mayest
be reared under Mine eye.
40. "Behold! thy sister goeth forth and saith, 'shall I show you one
who will nurse and rear the (child)?' So We brought thee back to thy
mother, that her eye might be cooled and she should not grieve. Then
thou didst slay a man, but We saved thee from trouble, and We tried thee
in various ways. Then didst thou tarry a number of years with the people
of Midian. Then didst thou come hither as ordained, O Moses!
41. "And I have prepared thee for Myself (for service)"..
42. "Go, thou and thy brother, with My Signs, and slacken not, either
of you, in keeping Me in remembrance.
43. "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all
bounds;
44. "But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear
((Allah))."
45. They (Moses and Aaron) said: "Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten
with insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds."
46. He said: "Fear not: for I am with you: I hear and see
(everything).
47. "So go ye both to him, and say, 'Verily we are apostles sent by
thy Lord: Send forth, therefore, the Children of Israel with us, and afflict
them not: with a Sign, indeed, have we come from thy Lord! and peace to
all who follow guidance!
48. "'Verily it has been revealed to us that the Penalty (awaits) those
who reject and turn away.'"
49. (When this message was delivered), (Pharaoh) said: "Who, then,
O Moses, is the Lord of you two?"
50. He said: "Our Lord is He Who gave to each (created) thing its
form and nature, and further, gave (it) guidance."
51. (Pharaoh) said: "What then is the condition of previous
generations?".52. He replied: "The knowledge of that is with my Lord, duly
recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,-
53. "He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out;
has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has
sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of
plants each separate from the others.
54. Eat (for yourselves) and pasture your cattle: verily, in this are
Signs for men endued with understanding.
55. From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return
you, and from it shall We bring you out once again.
56. And We showed Pharaoh all Our Signs, but he did reject and
refuse.
57. He said: "Hast thou come to drive us out of our land with thy
magic, O Moses?
58. "But we can surely produce magic to match thine! So make a
tryst between us and thee, which we shall not fail to keep - neither we nor
thou - in a place where both shall have even chances."
59. Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the
people be assembled when the sun is well up."
60. So Pharaoh withdrew: He concerted his plan, and then came
(back).
61. Moses said to him: Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie against Allah,
lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by chastisement: the forger must
suffer frustration!"
62. So they disputed, one with another, over their affair, but they
kept their talk secret.
63. They said: "These two are certainly (expert) magicians: their
object is to drive you out from your land with their magic, and to do away
with your most cherished institutions.
64. "Therefore concert your plan, and then assemble in (serried)
ranks: He wins (all along) today who gains the upper hand."
65. They said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first) or
that we be the first to throw?".66. He said, "Nay, throw ye first!" Then behold
their ropes and their
rods-so it seemed to him on account of their magic - began to be in lively
motion!
67. So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.
68. We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:
69. "Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up
that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician's trick:
and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes."
70. So the magicians were thrown down to prostration: they said,
"We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses".
71. (Pharaoh) said: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission?
Surely this must be your leader, who has taught you magic! be sure I will
cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides, and I will have you crucified
on trunks of palm-trees: so shall ye know for certain, which of us can give
the more severe and the more lasting punishment!"
72. They said: "Never shall we regard thee as more than the Clear
Sings that have come to us, or than Him Who created us! so decree
whatever thou desirest to decree: for thou canst only decree (touching)
the life of this world.
73. "For us, we have believed in our Lord: may He forgive us our
faults, and the magic to which thou didst compel us: for Allah is Best and
Most Abiding."
74. Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),- for
him is Hell: therein shall he neither die nor live.
75. But such as come to Him as Believers who have worked righteous
deeds,- for them are ranks exalted,-
76. Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: they will dwell
therein for aye: such is the reward of those who purify themselves (from
evil).
77. We sent an inspiration to Moses: "Travel by night with My
servants, and strike a dry path for them through the sea, without fear of
being overtaken (by Pharaoh) and without (any other) fear."
78. Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters
completely overwhelmed them and covered them up.
79. Pharaoh led his people astray instead of leading them aright..80. O ye
Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and
We made a Covenant with you on the right side of Mount (Sinai), and We
sent down to you Manna and quails:
81. (Saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for your
sustenance, but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly
descend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish
indeed!
82. "But, without doubt, I am (also) He that forgives again and again,
to those who repent, believe, and do right, who,- in fine, are ready to
receive true guidance."
83. (When Moses was up on the Mount, Allah said:) "What made thee
hasten in advance of thy people, O Moses?"
84. He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened
to thee, O my Lord, to please thee."
85. ((Allah)) said: "We have tested thy people in thy absence: the
Samiri has led them astray."
86. So Moses returned to his people in a state of indignation and
sorrow. He said: "O my people! did not your Lord make a handsome
promise to you? Did then the promise seem to you long (in coming)? Or
did ye desire that Wrath should descend from your Lord on you, and so ye
broke your promise to me?"
87. They said: "We broke not the promise to thee, as far as lay in our
power: but we were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the
(whole) people, and we threw them (into the fire), and that was what the
Samiri suggested.
88. "Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image
of a calf: It seemed to low: so they said: This is your god, and the god of
Moses, but (Moses) has forgotten!"
89. Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for
answer), and that it had no power either to harm them or to do them
good?
90. Aaron had already, before this said to them: "O my people! ye
are being tested in this: for verily your Lord is ((Allah)) Most Gracious; so
follow me and obey my command."
91. They had said: "We will not abandon this cult, but we will devote
ourselves to it until Moses returns to us.".92. (Moses) said: "O Aaron! what
kept thee back, when thou sawest
them going wrong,
93. "From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?"
94. (Aaron) replied: "O son of my mother! Seize (me) not by my
beard nor by (the hair of) my head! Truly I feared lest thou shouldst say,
'Thou has caused a division among the children of Israel, and thou didst
not respect my word!'"
95. (Moses) said: "What then is thy case, O Samiri?"
96. He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of
dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf):
thus did my soul suggest to me."
97. (Moses) said: "Get thee gone! but thy (punishment) in this life
will be that thou wilt say, 'touch me not'; and moreover (for a future
penalty) thou hast a promise that will not fail: Now look at thy god, of
whom thou hast become a devoted worshipper: We will certainly (melt) it
in a blazing fire and scatter it broadcast in the sea!"
98. But the god of you all is the One Allah. there is no god but He: all
things He comprehends in His knowledge.
99. Thus do We relate to thee some stories of what happened before:
for We have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.
100. If any do turn away therefrom, verily they will bear a burden on
the Day of judgment;
101. They will abide in this (state): and grievous will the burden be
to them on that Day,-
102. The Day when the Trumpet will be sounded: that Day, We shall
gather the sinful, blear-eyed (with terror).
103. In whispers will they consult each other: "Yet tarried not longer
than ten (Days);
104. We know best what they will say, when their leader most
eminent in conduct will say: "Ye tarried not longer than a day!"
105. They ask thee concerning the Mountains: say, "My Lord will
uproot them and scatter them as dust;
106. "He will leave them as plains smooth and level;.107. "Nothing crooked or
curved wilt thou see in their place."
108. On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no
crookedness (can they show) him: all sounds shall humble themselves in
the Presence of ((Allah)) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the
tramp of their feet (as they march).
109. On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those for
whom permission has been granted by ((Allah)) Most Gracious and whose
word is acceptable to Him.
110. He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or
behind them: but they shall not compass it with their knowledge.
111. (All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting,
Eternal: hopeless indeed will be the man that carries iniquity
(on his back).
112. But he who works deeds of righteousness, and has faith, will
have no fear of harm nor of any curtailment (of what is his due).
113. Thus have We sent this down - an arabic Qur'an - and explained
therein in detail some of the warnings, in order that they may fear Allah,
or that it may cause their remembrance (of Him).
114. High above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with
the Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord!
advance me in knowledge."
115. We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, but
he forgot: and We found on his part no firm resolve.
116. When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam",
they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.
117. Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy
wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art
landed in misery.
118. "There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry
nor to go naked,
119. "Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun's heat."
120. But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead
thee to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?".121. In the
result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness
appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves
from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be
seduced.
122. But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and
gave him Guidance.
123. He said: "Get ye down, both of you,- all together, from the
Garden, with enmity one to another: but if, as is sure, there comes to you
Guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way,
nor fall into misery.
124. "But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a
life narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of
Judgment."
125. He will say: "O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind,
while I had sight (before)?"
126. ((Allah)) will say: "Thus didst Thou, when Our Signs came unto
thee, disregard them: so wilt thou, this day, be disregarded."
127. And thus do We recompense him who transgresses beyond
bounds and believes not in the Sings of his Lord: and the Penalty of the
Hereafter is far more grievous and more enduring.
128. Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many
generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now)
move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
129. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord,
(their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term
appointed (for respite).
130. Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate
(constantly) the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun, and
before its setting; yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of the night,
and at the sides of the day: that thou mayest have (spiritual) joy.
131. Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for
enjoyment to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world,
through which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better and
more enduring.
132. Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask
thee not to provide sustenance: We provide it for thee. But the (fruit of)
the Hereafter is for righteousness..133. They say: "Why does he not bring us a
sign from his Lord?" Has
not a Clear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of
revelation?
134. And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they
would have said: "Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us an apostle, we
should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put
to shame."
135. Say: "Each one (of us) is waiting: wait ye, therefore, and soon
shall ye know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is
that has received Guidance."

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The Prophets

Surah 21. The Prophets
1. Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they
heed not and they turn away.
2. Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their
Lord, but they listen to it as in jest,-
3. Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrong-doers conceal their
private counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than a man like
yourselves? Will ye go to witchcraft with your eyes open?"
4. Say: "My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and
on earth: He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things)."
5. "Nay," they say, "(these are) medleys of dream! - Nay, He forged
it! - Nay, He is (but) a poet! Let him then bring us a Sign like the ones
that were sent to (Prophets) of old!"
6. (As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We
destroyed believed: will these believe?
7. Before thee, also, the apostles We sent were but men, to whom
We granted inspiration: If ye realise this not, ask of those who possess
the Message.
8. Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they
exempt from death.
9. In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them
and those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed
beyond bounds.
10. We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message
for you: will ye not then understand?.11. How many were the populations We
utterly destroyed because of
their iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples?
12. Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried
to) flee from it.
13. Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were
given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.
14. They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrong-doers!"
15. And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field
that is mown, as ashes silent and quenched.
16. Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and
all that is between!
17. If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely
have taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a thing)!
18. Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its
brain, and behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the (false)
things ye ascribe (to Us).
19. To Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: Even
those who are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor
are they (ever) weary (of His service):
20. They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or
intermit.
21. Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who can
raise (the dead)?
22. If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides
Allah, there would have been confusion in both! but glory to Allah, the
Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above what they attribute to Him!
23. He cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned
(for theirs).
24. Or have they taken for worship (other) gods besides him? Say,
"Bring your convincing proof: this is the Message of those with me and the
Message of those before me." But most of them know not the Truth, and
so turn away..25. Not an apostle did We send before thee without this
inspiration
sent by Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve
Me.
26. And they say: "((Allah)) Most Gracious has begotten offspring."
Glory to Him! they are (but) servants raised to honour.
27. They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by
His Command.
28. He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and
they offer no intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they
stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory).
29. If any of them should say, "I am a god besides Him", such a one
We should reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong.
30. Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were
joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder?
We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
31. And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it
should shake with them, and We have made therein broad highways
(between mountains) for them to pass through: that they may receive
Guidance.
32. And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do
they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)!
33. It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the
moon: all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course.
34. We granted not to any man before thee permanent life (here): if
then thou shouldst die, would they live permanently?
35. Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil
and by good by way of trial. to Us must ye return.
36. When the Unbelievers see thee, they treat thee not except with
ridicule. "Is this," (they say), "the one who talks of your gods?" and they
blaspheme at the mention of ((Allah)) Most Gracious!
37. Man is a creature of haste: soon (enough) will I show you My
Signs; then ye will not ask Me to hasten them!
38. They say: "When will this promise come to pass, if ye are telling
the truth?".39. If only the Unbelievers knew (the time) when they will not be
able to ward off the fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, and
(when) no help can reach them!
40. Nay, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them: no
power will they have then to avert it, nor will they (then) get respite.
41. Mocked were (many) apostle before thee; But their scoffers were
hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
42. Say: "Who can keep you safe by night and by day from (the
Wrath of) ((Allah)) Most Gracious?" Yet they turn away from the mention
of their Lord.
43. Or have they gods that can guard them from Us? They have no
power to aid themselves, nor can they be defended from Us.
44. Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and their
fathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We
gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it
then they who will win?
45. Say, "I do but warn you according to revelation": But the deaf will
not hear the call, (even) when they are warned!
46. If but a breath of the Wrath of thy Lord do touch them, they will
then say, "Woe to us! we did wrong indeed!"
47. We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgment, so that
not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least, and if there be (no more
than) the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it (to account): and
enough are We to take account.
48. In the past We granted to Moses and Aaron the criterion (for
judgment), and a Light and a Message for those who would do right,-
49. Those who fear their Lord in their most secret thoughts, and who
hold the Hour (of Judgment) in awe.
50. And this is a blessed Message which We have sent down: will ye
then reject it?
51. We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and
well were We acquainted with him.
52. Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these
images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?".53. They said, "We found
our fathers worshipping them."
54. He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your
fathers."
55. They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of
those who jest?"
56. He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth,
He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).
57. "And by Allah, I have a plan for your idols - after ye go away and
turn your backs"..
58. So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that
they might turn (and address themselves) to it.
59. They said, "Who has done this to our gods? He must indeed be
some man of impiety!"
60. They said, "We heard a youth talk of them: He is called
Abraham."
61. They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that
they may bear witness."
62. They said, "Art thou the one that did this with our gods, O
Abraham?"
63. He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask
them, if they can speak intelligently!"
64. So they turned to themselves and said, "Surely ye are the ones in
the wrong!"
65. Then were they confounded with shame: (they said), "Thou
knowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!"
66. (Abraham) said, "Do ye then worship, besides Allah, things that
can neither be of any good to you nor do you harm?
67. "Fie upon you, and upon the things that ye worship besides Allah.
Have ye no sense?"..
68. They said, "Burn him and protect your gods, If ye do (anything at
all)!".69. We said, "O Fire! be thou cool, and (a means of) safety for
Abraham!"
70. Then they sought a stratagem against him: but We made them
the ones that lost most!
71. But We delivered him and (his nephew) Lut (and directed them)
to the land which We have blessed for the nations.
72. And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional gift, (a
grandson), Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of them).
73. And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command,
and We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular
prayers, and to practise regular charity; and they constantly served Us
(and Us only).
74. And to Lut, too, We gave Judgment and Knowledge, and We
saved him from the town which practised abominations: truly they were a
people given to Evil, a rebellious people.
75. And We admitted him to Our Mercy: for he was one of the
Righteous.
76. (Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened
to his (prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress.
77. We helped him against people who rejected Our Signs: truly they
were a people given to Evil: so We drowned them (in the Flood) all
together.
78. And remember David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in
the matter of the field into which the sheep of certain people had strayed
by night: We did witness their judgment.
79. To Solomon We inspired the (right) understanding of the matter:
to each (of them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was Our power
that made the hills and the birds celebrate Our praises, with David: it was
We Who did (all these things).
80. It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your
benefit, to guard you from each other's violence: will ye then be grateful?
81. (It was Our power that made) the violent (unruly) wind flow
(tamely) for Solomon, to his order, to the land which We had blessed: for
We do know all things..82. And of the evil ones, were some who dived for him,
and did other
work besides; and it was We Who guarded them.
83. And (remember) Job, when He cried to his Lord, "Truly distress
has seized me, but Thou art the Most Merciful of those that are merciful."
84. So We listened to him: We removed the distress that was on him,
and We restored his people to him, and doubled their number,- as a Grace
from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who serve Us.
85. And (remember) Isma'il, Idris, and Zul-kifl, all (men) of
constancy and patience;
86. We admitted them to Our mercy: for they were of the righteous
ones.
87. And remember Zun-nun, when he departed in wrath: He
imagined that We had no power over him! But he cried through the
deptHs of darkness, "There is no god but thou: glory to thee: I was indeed
wrong!"
88. So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus
do We deliver those who have faith.
89. And (remember) Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: "O my
Lord! leave me not without offspring, though thou art the best of
inheritors."
90. So We listened to him: and We granted him Yahya: We cured his
wife's (Barrenness) for him. These (three) were ever quick in emulation in
good works; they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble
themselves before Us.
91. And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into
her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.
92. Verily, this brotherhood of yours is a single brotherhood, and I
am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore serve Me (and no other).
93. But (later generations) cut off their affair (of unity), one from
another: (yet) will they all return to Us.
94. Whoever works any act of righteousness and has faith,- His
endeavour will not be rejected: We shall record it in his favour.
95. But there is a ban on any population which We have destroyed:
that they shall not return,.96. Until the Gog and Magog (people) are let through
(their barrier),
and they swiftly swarm from every hill.
97. Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold!
the eyes of the Unbelievers will fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we
were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!"
98. Verily ye, (unbelievers), and the (false) gods that ye worship
besides Allah, are (but) fuel for Hell! to it will ye (surely) come!
99. If these had been gods, they would not have got there! but each
one will abide therein.
100. There, sobbing will be their lot, nor will they there hear (aught
else).
101. Those for whom the good (record) from Us has gone before, will
be removed far therefrom.
102. Not the slightest sound will they hear of Hell: what their souls
desired, in that will they dwell.
103. The Great Terror will bring them no grief: but the angels will
meet them (with mutual greetings): "This is your Day,- (the Day) that ye
were promised."
104. The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for
books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We
produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it.
105. Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to
Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth."
106. Verily in this (Qur'an) is a Message for people who would (truly)
worship Allah.
107. We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures.
108. Say: "What has come to me by inspiration is that your Allah is
One Allah. will ye therefore bow to His Will (in Islam)?"
109. But if they turn back, Say: "I have proclaimed the Message to
you all alike and in truth; but I know not whether that which ye are
promised is near or far.
110. "It is He Who knows what is open in speech and what ye hide
(in your hearts)..111. "I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant
of
(worldly) livelihood (to you) for a time."
112. Say: "O my Lord! judge Thou in truth!" "Our Lord Most Gracious
is the One Whose assistance should be sought against the blasphemies ye
utter!"

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The Pilgrimage

Surah 22. The Pilgrimage
1. O mankind! fear your Lord! for the convulsion of the Hour (of
Judgment) will be a thing terrible!
2. The Day ye shall see it, every mother giving suck shall forget her
suckling- babe, and every pregnant female shall drop her load
(unformed): thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken riot, yet not drunk:
but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah.
3. And yet among men there are such as dispute about Allah, without
knowledge, and follow every evil one obstinate in rebellion!
4. About the (Evil One) it is decreed that whoever turns to him for
friendship, him will he lead astray, and he will guide him to the Penalty of
the Fire.
5. O mankind! if ye have a doubt about the Resurrection, (consider)
that We created you out of dust, then out of sperm, then out of a leech-like
clot, then out of a morsel of flesh, partly formed and partly unformed,
in order that We may manifest (our power) to you; and We cause whom
We will to rest in the wombs for an appointed term, then do We bring you
out as babes, then (foster you) that ye may reach your age of full
strength; and some of you are called to die, and some are sent back to
the feeblest old age, so that they know nothing after having known
(much), and (further), thou seest the earth barren and lifeless, but when
We pour down rain on it, it is stirred (to life), it swells, and it puts forth
every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs).
6. This is so, because Allah is the Reality: it is He Who gives life to
the dead, and it is He Who has power over all things.
7. And verily the Hour will come: there can be no doubt about it, or
about (the fact) that Allah will raise up all who are in the graves.
8. Yet there is among men such a one as disputes about Allah,
without Knowledge, without Guidance, and without a Book of
Enlightenment,-.9. (Disdainfully) bending his side, in order to lead (men) astray
from
the Path of Allah. for him there is disgrace in this life, and on the Day of
Judgment We shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire).
10. (It will be said): "This is because of the deeds which thy hands
sent forth, for verily Allah is not unjust to His servants.

11. There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were, on the
verge: if good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial
comes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this world and the
Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!
12. They call on such deities, besides Allah, as can neither hurt nor
profit them: that is straying far indeed (from the Way)!
13. (Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit:
evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!
14. Verily Allah will admit those who believe and work righteous
deeds, to Gardens, beneath which rivers flow: for Allah carries out all that
He plans.
15. If any think that Allah will not help him (His Messenger. in this
world and the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and cut
(himself) off: then let him see whether his plan will remove that which
enrages (him)!
16. Thus have We sent down Clear Sings; and verily Allah doth guide
whom He will!
17. Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish
(scriptures), and the Sabians, Christians, Magians, and Polytheists,- Allah
will judge between them on the Day of Judgment: for Allah is witness of
all things.
18. Seest thou not that to Allah bow down in worship all things that
are in the heavens and on earth,- the sun, the moon, the stars; the hills,
the trees, the animals; and a great number among mankind? But a great
number are (also) such as are fit for Punishment: and such as Allah shall
disgrace,- None can raise to honour: for Allah carries out all that He wills.
19. These two antagonists dispute with each other about their Lord:
But those who deny (their Lord),- for them will be cut out a garment of
Fire: over their heads will be poured out boiling water.
20. With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well as
(their) skins..21. In addition there will be maces of iron (to punish) them.
22. Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, they
will be forced back therein, and (it will be said), "Taste ye the Penalty of
Burning!"
23. Allah will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, to
Gardens beneath which rivers flow: they shall be adorned therein with
bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of silk.
24. For they have been guided (in this life) to the purest of speeches;
they have been guided to the Path of Him Who is Worthy of (all) Praise.
25. As to those who have rejected ((Allah)), and would keep back
(men) from the Way of Allah, and from the Sacred Mosque, which We
have made (open) to (all) men - equal is the dweller there and the visitor
from the country - and any whose purpose therein is profanity or wrong-doing
- them will We cause to taste of a most Grievous Penalty.
26. Behold! We gave the site, to Abraham, of the (Sacred) House,
(saying): "Associate not anything (in worship) with Me; and sanctify My
House for those who compass it round, or stand up, or bow, or prostrate
themselves (therein in prayer).
27. "And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee
on foot and (mounted) on every kind of camel, lean on account of
journeys through deep and distant mountain highways;
28. "That they may witness the benefits (provided) for them, and
celebrate the name of Allah, through the Days appointed, over the cattle
which He has provided for them (for sacrifice): then eat ye thereof and
feed the distressed ones in want.
29. "Then let them complete the rites prescribed for them, perform
their vows, and (again) circumambulate the Ancient House."
30. Such (is the Pilgrimage): whoever honours the sacred rites of
Allah, for him it is good in the Sight of his Lord. Lawful to you (for food in
Pilgrimage) are cattle, except those mentioned to you (as exception): but
shun the abomination of idols, and shun the word that is false,-
31. Being true in faith to Allah, and never assigning partners to Him:
if anyone assigns partners to Allah, is as if he had fallen from heaven and
been snatched up by birds, or the wind had swooped (like a bird on its
prey) and thrown him into a far- distant place..32. Such (is his state): and
whoever holds in honour the symbols of
Allah, (in the sacrifice of animals), such (honour) should come truly from
piety of heart.
33. In them ye have benefits for a term appointed: in the end their
place of sacrifice is near the Ancient House.
34. To every people did We appoint rites (of sacrifice), that they
might celebrate the name of Allah over the sustenance He gave them from
animals (fit for food). But your Allah is One Allah. submit then your wills
to Him (in Islam): and give thou the good news to those who humble
themselves,-
35. To those whose hearts when Allah is mentioned, are filled with
fear, who show patient perseverance over their afflictions, keep up regular
prayer, and spend (in charity) out of what We have bestowed upon them.
36. The sacrificial camels we have made for you as among the
symbols from Allah. in them is (much) good for you: then pronounce the
name of Allah over them as they line up (for sacrifice): when they are
down on their sides (after slaughter), eat ye thereof, and feed such as
(beg not but) live in contentment, and such as beg with due humility: thus
have We made animals subject to you, that ye may be grateful.
37. It is not their meat nor their blood, that reaches Allah. it is your
piety that reaches Him: He has thus made them subject to you, that ye
may glorify Allah for His Guidance to you and proclaim the good news to
all who do right.
38. Verily Allah will defend (from ill) those who believe: verily, Allah
loveth not any that is a traitor to faith, or show ingratitude.
39. To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to
fight), because they are wronged;- and verily, Allah is most powerful for
their aid;-
40. (They are) those who have been expelled from their homes in
defiance of right,- (for no cause) except that they say, "our Lord is Allah..
Did not Allah check one set of people by means of another, there would
surely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and
mosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant
measure. Allah will certainly aid those who aid his (cause);- for verily
Allah is full of Strength, Exalted in Might, (able to enforce His Will).
41. (They are) those who, if We establish them in the land, establish
regular prayer and give regular charity, enjoin the right and forbid wrong:
with Allah rests the end (and decision) of (all) affairs..42. If they treat thy
(mission) as false, so did the peoples before
them (with their prophets),- the People of Noah, and 'Ad and Thamud;
43. Those of Abraham and Lut;
44. And the Companions of the Madyan People; and Moses was
rejected (in the same way). But I granted respite to the Unbelievers, and
(only) after that did I punish them: but how (terrible) was my rejection
(of them)!
45. How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to
wrong- doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are
lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?
46. Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and
minds) may thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear?
Truly it is not their eyes that are blind, but their hearts which are in their
breasts.
47. Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! But Allah will not
fail in His Promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand
years of your reckoning.
48. And to how many populations did I give respite, which were given
to wrong-doing? in the end I punished them. To me is the destination (of
all).
49. Say: "O men! I am (sent) to you only to give a Clear Warning:
50. "Those who believe and work righteousness, for them is
forgiveness and a sustenance most generous.
51. "But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- they
will be Companions of the Fire."
52. Never did We send an apostle or a prophet before thee, but,
when he framed a desire, Satan threw some (vanity) into his desire: but
Allah will cancel anything (vain) that Satan throws in, and Allah will
confirm (and establish) His Signs: for Allah is full of Knowledge and
Wisdom:
53. That He may make the suggestions thrown in by Satan, but a
trial for those in whose hearts is a disease and who are hardened of heart:
verily the wrong-doers are in a schism far (from the Truth):
54. And that those on whom knowledge has been bestowed may
learn that the (Qur'an) is the Truth from thy Lord, and that they may.believe
therein, and their hearts may be made humbly (open) to it: for
verily Allah is the Guide of those who believe, to the Straight Way.
55. Those who reject Faith will not cease to be in doubt concerning
(Revelation) until the Hour (of Judgment) comes suddenly upon them, or
there comes to them the Penalty of a Day of Disaster.
56. On that Day of Dominion will be that of Allah. He will judge
between them: so those who believe and work righteous deeds will be in
Gardens of Delight.
57. And for those who reject Faith and deny our Signs, there will be a
humiliating Punishment.
58. Those who leave their homes in the cause of Allah, and are then
slain or die,- On them will Allah bestow verily a goodly Provision: Truly
Allah is He Who bestows the best provision.
59. Verily He will admit them to a place with which they shall be well
pleased: for Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.
60. That (is so). And if one has retaliated to no greater extent than
the injury he received, and is again set upon inordinately, Allah will help
him: for Allah is One that blots out (sins) and forgives (again and again).
61. That is because Allah merges night into day, and He merges day
into night, and verily it is Allah Who hears and sees (all things).
62. That is because Allah - He is the Reality; and those besides Him
whom they invoke,- they are but vain Falsehood: verily Allah is He, Most
High, Most Great.
63. Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and
forthwith the earth becomes clothed with green? for Allah is He Who
understands the finest mysteries, and is well-acquainted (with them).
64. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: for verily
Allah,- He is free of all wants, Worthy of all Praise.
65. Seest thou not that Allah has made subject to you (men) all that
is on the earth, and the ships that sail through the sea by His Command?
He withholds the sky (rain) from failing on the earth except by His leave:
for Allah is Most Kind and Most Merciful to man.
66. It is He Who gave you life, will cause you to die, and will again
give you life: Truly man is a most ungrateful creature!.67. To every People
have We appointed rites and ceremonies which
they must follow: let them not then dispute with thee on the matter, but
do thou invite (them) to thy Lord: for thou art assuredly on the Right
Way.
68. If they do wrangle with thee, say, "(Allah) knows best what it is
ye are doing."
69. "(Allah) will judge between you on the Day of Judgment
concerning the matters in which ye differ."
70. Knowest thou not that Allah knows all that is in heaven and on
earth? Indeed it is all in a Record, and that is easy for Allah.
71. Yet they worship, besides Allah, things for which no authority has
been sent down to them, and of which they have (really) no knowledge:
for those that do wrong there is no helper.
72. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, thou wilt notice a
denial on the faces of the Unbelievers! they nearly attack with violence
those who rehearse Our Signs to them. Say, "Shall I tell you of something
(far) worse than these Signs? It is the Fire (of Hell)! Allah has promised it
to the Unbelievers! and evil is that destination!"
73. O men! Here is a parable set forth! listen to it! Those on whom,
besides Allah, ye call, cannot create (even) a fly, if they all met together
for the purpose! and if the fly should snatch away anything from them,
they would have no power to release it from the fly. Feeble are those who
petition and those whom they petition!
74. No just estimate have they made of Allah. for Allah is He Who is
strong and able to Carry out His Will.
75. Allah chooses messengers from angels and from men for Allah is
He Who hears and sees (all things).
76. He knows what is before them and what is behind them: and to
Allah go back all questions (for decision).
77. O ye who believe! bow down, prostrate yourselves, and adore
your Lord; and do good; that ye may prosper.
78. And strive in His cause as ye ought to strive, (with sincerity and
under discipline). He has chosen you, and has imposed no difficulties on
you in religion; it is the cult of your father Abraham. It is He Who has
named you Muslims, both before and in this (Revelation); that the
Messenger may be a witness for you, and ye be witnesses for mankind! So.
establish regular Prayer, give regular Charity, and hold fast to Allah. He is
your Protector - the Best to protect and the Best to help!

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The Criterion, The Standard

Surah 25. The Criterion, The Standard
1. Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His servant, that it
may be an admonition to all creatures;-
2. He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth:
no son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it is He
who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions.
3. Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create nothing but
are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to
themselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection.
4. But the misbelievers say: "Naught is this but a lie which he has
forged, and others have helped him at it." In truth it is they who have put
forward an iniquity and a falsehood.
5. And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be
written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening."
6. Say: "The (Qur'an) was sent down by Him who knows the mystery
(that is) in the heavens and the earth: verily He is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful."
7. And they say: "What sort of an apostle is this, who eats food, and
walks through the streets? Why has not an angel been sent down to him
to give admonition with him?
8. "Or (Why) has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or why has
he (not) a garden for enjoyment?" The wicked say: "Ye follow none other
than a man bewitched."
9. See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have
gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find!
10. Blessed is He who, if that were His will, could give thee better
(things) than those,- Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and He could
give thee palaces (secure to dwell in).
11. Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have
prepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:
12. When it sees them from a place fAr off, they will hear its fury and
its ranging sigh.
13. And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place
therein, they will pLead for destruction there and then!.14. "This day plead not
for a single destruction: plead for destruction
oft- repeated!"
15. Say: "Is that best, or the eternal garden, promised to the
righteous? for them, that is a reward as well as a goal (of attainment).
16. "For them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will
dwell (there) for aye: A promise to be prayed for from thy Lord."
17. The day He will gather them together as well as those whom they
worship besides Allah, He will ask: "Was it ye who let these My servants
astray, or did they stray from the Path themselves?"
18. They will say: "Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we
should take for protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on
them and their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the
Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost."
19. ((Allah) will say): "Now have they proved you liars in what ye
say: so ye cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help." And whoever
among you does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.
20. And the apostles whom We sent before thee were all (men) who
ate food and walked through the streets: We have made some of you as a
trial for others: will ye have patience? for Allah is One Who sees (all
things).
21. Such as fear not the meeting with Us (for Judgment) say: "Why
are not the angels sent down to us, or (why) do we not see our Lord?"
Indeed they have an arrogant conceit of themselves, and mighty is the
insolence of their impiety!
22. The Day they see the angels,- no joy will there be to the sinners
that Day: The (angels) will say: "There is a barrier forbidden (to you)
altogether!"
23. And We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in this life), and
We shall make such deeds as floating dust scattered about.
24. The Companions of the Garden will be well, that Day, in their
abode, and have the fairest of places for repose.
25. The Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and angels
shall be sent down, descending (in ranks),-
26. That Day, the dominion as of right and truth, shall be (wholly) for
((Allah)) Most Merciful: it will be a Day of dire difficulty for the
Misbelievers..27. The Day that the wrong-doer will bite at his hands, he will
say,
"Oh! would that I had taken a (straight) path with the Messenger.
28. "Ah! woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a
friend!
29. "He did lead me astray from the Message (of Allah. after it had
come to me! Ah! the Evil One is but a traitor to man!" Then the Messenger
will say:
30. "O my Lord! Truly my people took this Qur'an for just foolish
nonsense."
31. Thus have We made for every prophet an enemy among the
sinners: but enough is thy Lord to guide and to help.
32. Those who reject Faith say: "Why is not the Qur'an revealed to
him all at once? Thus (is it revealed), that We may strengthen thy heart
thereby, and We have rehearsed it to thee in slow, well-arranged stages,
gradually.
33. And no question do they bring to thee but We reveal to thee the
truth and the best explanation (thereof).
34. Those who will be gathered to Hell (prone) on their faces,- they
will be in an evil plight, and, as to Path, most astray.
35. (Before this,) We sent Moses The Book, and appointed his brother
Aaron with him as minister;
36. And We command: "Go ye both, to the people who have rejected
our Signs:" And those (people) We destroyed with utter destruction.
37. And the people of Noah,- when they rejected the apostles, We
drowned them, and We made them as a Sign for mankind; and We have
prepared for (all) wrong-doers a grievous Penalty;-
38. As also 'Ad and Thamud, and the Companions of the Rass, and
many a generation between them.
39. To each one We set forth Parables and examples; and each one
We broke to utter annihilation (for their sins).
40. And the (Unbelievers) must indeed have passed by the town on
which was rained a shower of evil: did they not then see it (with their own
eyes)? But they fear not the Resurrection..41. When they see thee, they treat
thee no otherwise than in
mockery: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as an apostle?"
42. "He indeed would well-nigh have misled us from our gods, had it
not been that we were constant to them!" - Soon will they know, when
they see the Penalty, who it is that is most misled in Path!
43. Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or
impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him?
44. Or thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They
are only like cattle;- nay, they are worse astray in Path.
45. Hast thou not turned thy vision to thy Lord?- How He doth
prolong the shadow! If He willed, He could make it stationary! then do We
make the sun its guide;
46. Then We draw it in towards Ourselves,- a contraction by easy
stages.
47. And He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you, and Sleep as
Repose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.
48. And He it is Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going
before His mercy, and We send down pure water from the sky,-
49. That with it We may give life to a dead land, and slake the thirst
of things We have created,- cattle and men in great numbers.
50. And We have distributed the (water) amongst them, in order that
they may celebrate (our) praises, but most men are averse (to aught) but
(rank) ingratitude.
51. Had it been Our Will, We could have sent a warner to every
centre of population.
52. Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them
with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an).
53. It is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water: One
palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter; yet has He made a
barrier between them, a partition that is forbidden to be passed.
54. It is He Who has created man from water: then has He
established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power
(over all things)..55. Yet do they worship, besides Allah, things that can neither
profit
them nor harm them: and the Misbeliever is a helper (of Evil), against his
own Lord!
56. But thee We only sent to give glad tidings and admonition.
57. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one who
will may take a (straight) Path to his Lord."
58. And put thy trust in Him Who lives and dies not; and celebrate his
praise; and enough is He to be acquainted with the faults of His servants;-
59. He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is
between, in six days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of
Authority): Allah Most Gracious: ask thou, then, about Him of any
acquainted (with such things).
60. When it is said to them, "Adore ye ((Allah)) Most Gracious!", they
say, "And what is ((Allah)) Most Gracious? Shall we adore that which thou
commandest us?" And it increases their flight (from the Truth).
61. Blessed is He Who made constellations in the skies, and placed
therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light;
62. And it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow each
other: for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their
gratitude.
63. And the servants of ((Allah)) Most Gracious are those who walk
on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say,
"Peace!";
64. Those who spend the night in adoration of their Lord prostrate
and standing;
65. Those who say, "Our Lord! avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its
Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous,-
66. "Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in";
67. Those who, when they spend, are not extravagant and not
niggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);
68. Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such
life as Allah has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit
fornication; - and any that does this (not only) meets punishment..69. (But)
the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him,
and he will dwell therein in ignominy,-
70. Unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah
will change the evil of such persons into good, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful,
71. And whoever repents and does good has truly turned to Allah
with an (acceptable) conversion;-
72. Those who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they
pass by it with honourable (avoidance);
73. Those who, when they are admonished with the Signs of their
Lord, droop not down at them as if they were deaf or blind;
74. And those who pray, "Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and
offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to
lead the righteous."
75. Those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in
heaven, because of their patient constancy: therein shall they be met with
salutations and peace,
76. Dwelling therein;- how beautiful an abode and place of rest!
77. Say (to the Rejecters): "My Lord is not uneasy because of you if
ye call not on Him: But ye have indeed rejected (Him), and soon will come
the inevitable (punishment)!"

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The Poets

Surah 26. The Poets
1. Ta. Sin. Mim.
2. These are verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.
3. It may be thou frettest thy soul with grief, that they do not
become Believers.
4. If (such) were Our Will, We could send down to them from the sky
a Sign, to which they would bend their necks in humility.
5. But there comes not to them a newly-revealed Message from
((Allah)) Most Gracious, but they turn away therefrom.
6. They have indeed rejected (the Message): so they will know soon
(enough) the truth of what they mocked at!.7. Do they not look at the earth,-
how many noble things of all kinds
We have produced therein?
8. Verily, in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
9. And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
10. Behold, thy Lord called Moses: "Go to the people of iniquity,-
11. "The people of the Pharaoh: will they not fear Allah."
12. He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with
falsehood:
13. "My breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go
(smoothly): so send unto Aaron.
14. "And (further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I
fear they may slay me."
15. Allah said: "By no means! proceed then, both of you, with Our
Signs; We are with you, and will listen (to your call).
16. "So go forth, both of you, to Pharaoh, and say: 'We have been
sent by the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds;
17. "'Send thou with us the Children of Israel.'"
18. (Pharaoh) said: "Did we not cherish thee as a child among us,
and didst thou not stay in our midst many years of thy life?
19. "And thou didst a deed of thine which (thou knowest) thou didst,
and thou art an ungrateful (wretch)!"
20. Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error.
21. "So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has
(since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as
one of the apostles.
22. "And this is the favour with which thou dost reproach me,- that
thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel!"
23. Pharaoh said: "And what is the 'Lord and Cherisher of the
worlds'?"
24. (Moses) said: "The Lord and Cherisher of the heavens and the
earth, and all between,- if ye want to be quite sure.".25. (Pharaoh) said to
those around: "Did ye not listen (to what he
says)?"
26. (Moses) said: "Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers from the
beginning!"
27. (Pharaoh) said: "Truly your apostle who has been sent to you is a
veritable madman!"
28. (Moses) said: "Lord of the East and the West, and all between! if
ye only had sense!"
29. (Pharaoh) said: "If thou dost put forward any god other than me,
I will certainly put thee in prison!"
30. (Moses) said: "Even if I showed you something clear (and)
convincing?"
31. (Pharaoh) said: "Show it then, if thou tellest the truth!"
32. So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain (for
all to see)!
33. And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all
beholders!
34. (Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed a
sorcerer well- versed:
35. "His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then what
is it ye counsel?"
36. They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while),
and dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect-
37. "And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."
38. So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day
well-known,
39. And the people were told: "Are ye (now) assembled?-
40. "That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"
41. So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of course -
shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?.42. He said: "Yea, (and more),- for
ye shall in that case be (raised to
posts) nearest (to my person)."
43. Moses said to them: "Throw ye - that which ye are about to
throw!"
44. So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: "By the might
of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win!"
45. Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway swallows
up all the falsehoods which they fake!
46. Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,
47. Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,
48. "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."
49. Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission?
surely he is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but soon shall ye
know!
50. "Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides,
and I will cause you all to die on the cross!"
51. They said: "No matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord!
52. "Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that
we may become foremost among the believers!"
53. By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my servants;
for surely ye shall be pursued."
54. Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,
55. (Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,
56. "And they are raging furiously against us;
57. "But we are a multitude amply fore-warned."
58. So We expelled them from gardens, springs,
59. Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;
60. Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such
things..61. So they pursued them at sunrise.
62. And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses
said: "We are sure to be overtaken."
63. (Moses) said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will He
guide me!"
64. Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod."
So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a
mountain.
65. And We made the other party approach thither.
66. We delivered Moses and all who were with him;
67. But We drowned the others.
68. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
69. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
70. And rehearse to them (something of) Abraham's story.
71. Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?"
72. They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in
attendance on them."
73. He said: "Do they listen to you when ye call (on them), or do you
good or harm?"
74. They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we
do)."
75. He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping,-
76. "Ye and your fathers before you?-
77. "For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of
the Worlds;
78. "Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;
79. "Who gives me food and drink,
80. "And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me;.81. "Who will cause me to die,
and then to life (again);
82. "And who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the day of
Judgment.
83. "O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the
righteous;
84. "Grant me honourable mention on the tongue of truth among the
latest (generations);
85. "Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss;
86. "Forgive my father, for that he is among those astray;
87. "And let me not be in disgrace on the Day when (men) will be
raised up;-
88. "The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail,
89. "But only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart;
90. "To the righteous, the Garden will be brought near,
91. "And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view;
92. "And it shall be said to them: 'Where are the (gods) ye
worshipped-
93. "'Besides Allah. Can they help you or help themselves?'
94. "Then they will be thrown headlong into the (Fire),- they and
those straying in Evil,
95. "And the whole hosts of Iblis together.
96. "They will say there in their mutual bickerings:
97. "'By Allah, we were truly in an error manifest,
98. "'When we held you as equals with the Lord of the Worlds;
99. "'And our seducers were only those who were steeped in guilt.
100. "'Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us),
101. "'Nor a single friend to feel (for us)..102. "'Now if we only had a chance of
return we shall truly be of
those who believe!'"
103. Verily in this is a Sign but most of them do not believe.
104. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
105. The people of Noah rejected the apostles.
106. Behold, their brother Noah said to them: "Will ye not fear
((Allah))?
107. "I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust:
108. "So fear Allah, and obey me.
109. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the
Lord of the Worlds:
110. "So fear Allah, and obey me."
111. They said: "Shall we believe in thee when it is the meanest that
follow thee?"
112. He said: "And what do I know as to what they do?
113. "Their account is only with my Lord, if ye could (but)
understand.
114. "I am not one to drive away those who believe.
115. "I am sent only to warn plainly in public."
116. They said: "If thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt be stoned (to
death)."
117. He said: "O my Lord! truly my people have rejected me.
118. "Judge Thou, then, between me and them openly, and deliver
me and those of the Believers who are with me."
119. So We delivered him and those with him, in the Ark filled (with
all creatures).
120. Thereafter We drowned those who remained behind.
121. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe..122. And verily
thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
123. The 'Ad (people) rejected the apostles.
124. Behold, their brother Hud said to them: "Will ye not fear
((Allah))?
125. "I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust:
126. "So fear Allah and obey me.
127. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the
Lord of the Worlds.
128. "Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amuse
yourselves?
129. "And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living
therein (for ever)?
130. "And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of
absolute power?
131. "Now fear Allah, and obey me.
132. "Yea, fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that ye
know.
133. "Freely has He bestowed on you cattle and sons,-
134. "And Gardens and Springs.
135. "Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Great Day."
136. They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be
not among (our) admonishers!
137. "This is no other than a customary device of the ancients,
138. "And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!"
139. So they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Verily in this is a
Sign: but most of them do not believe.
140. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
141. The Thamud (people) rejected the apostles..142. Behold, their brother
Salih said to them: "Will you not fear
((Allah))?
143. "I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.
144. "So fear Allah, and obey me.
145. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the
Lord of the Worlds.
146. "Will ye be left secure, in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have
here?-
147. "Gardens and Springs,
148. "And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking
(with the weight of fruit)?
149. "And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.
150. "But fear Allah and obey me;
151. "And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant,-
152. "Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways)."
153. They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!
154. "Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if
thou tellest the truth!"
155. He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and
ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.
156. "Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seize
you."
157. But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.
158. But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of
them do not believe.
159. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
160. The people of Lut rejected the apostles.
161. Behold, their brother Lut said to them: "Will ye not fear
((Allah))?.162. "I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.
163. "So fear Allah and obey me.
164. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the
lord of the Worlds.
165. "Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males,
166. "And leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your
mates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)!"
167. They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast
out!"
168. He said: "I do detest your doings."
169. "O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they
do!"
170. So We delivered him and his family,- all
171. Except an old woman who lingered behind.
172. But the rest We destroyed utterly.
173. We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was
the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!
174. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
175. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.
176. The Companions of the Wood rejected the apostles.
177. Behold, Shu'aib said to them: "Will ye not fear ((Allah))?
178. "I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.
179. "So fear Allah and obey me.
180. "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the
Lord of the Worlds.
181. "Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud).
182. "And weigh with scales true and upright..183. "And withhold not things
justly due to men, nor do evil in the
land, working mischief.
184. "And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the
generations before (you)"
185. They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!
186. "Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think
thou art a liar!
187. "Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art truthful!"
188. He said: "My Lord knows best what ye do."
189. But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of
overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great
Day.
190. Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
191. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
192. Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:
193. With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth-
194. To thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish.
195. In the perspicuous Arabic tongue.
196. Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books of former
peoples.
197. Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of
Israel knew it (as true)?
198. Had We revealed it to any of the non-Arabs,
199. And had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in
it.
200. Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners.
201. They will not believe in it until they see the grievous Penalty;
202. But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while they
perceive it not;.203. Then they will say: "Shall we be respited?"
204. Do they then ask for Our Penalty to be hastened on?
205. Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few years,
206. Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they
were promised!
207. It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!
208. Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -
209. By way of reminder; and We never are unjust.
210. No evil ones have brought down this (Revelation):
211. It would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce
it).
212. Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance of)
hearing it.
213. So call not on any other god with Allah, or thou wilt be among
those under the Penalty.
214. And admonish thy nearest kinsmen,
215. And lower thy wing to the Believers who follow thee.
216. Then if they disobey thee, say: "I am free (of responsibility) for
what ye do!"
217. And put thy trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,-
218. Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),
219. And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves,
220. For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things.
221. Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones
descend?
222. They descend on every lying, wicked person,
223. (Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them
are liars..224. And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow them:
225. Seest thou not that they wander distracted in every valley?-
226. And that they say what they practise not?-
227. Except those who believe, work righteousness, engage much in
the remembrance of Allah, and defend themselves only after they are
unjustly attacked. And soon will the unjust assailants know what
vicissitudes their affairs will take!

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The Story, Stories

Surah 28. The Story, Stories
1. Ta. Sin. Mim.
2. These are Verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.
3. We rehearse to thee some of the story of Moses and Pharaoh in
Truth, for people who believe.
4. Truly Pharaoh elated himself in the land and broke up its people
into sections, depressing a small group among them: their sons he slew,
but he kept alive their females: for he was indeed a maker of mischief.
5. And We wished to be Gracious to those who were being depressed
in the land, to make them leaders (in Faith) and make them heirs,
6. To establish a firm place for them in the land, and to show
Pharaoh, Haman, and their hosts, at their hands, the very things against
which they were taking precautions.
7. So We sent this inspiration to the mother of Moses: "Suckle (thy
child), but when thou hast fears about him, cast him into the river, but
fear not nor grieve: for We shall restore him to thee, and We shall make
him one of Our apostles."
8. Then the people of Pharaoh picked him up (from the river): (It was
intended) that (Moses) should be to them an adversary and a cause of
sorrow: for Pharaoh and Haman and (all) their hosts were men of sin.
9. The wife of Pharaoh said: "(Here is) joy of the eye, for me and for
thee: slay him not. It may be that he will be use to us, or we may adopt
him as a son." And they perceived not (what they were doing)!
10. But there came to be a void in the heart of the mother of Moses:
She was going almost to disclose his (case), had We not strengthened her
heart (with faith), so that she might remain a (firm) believer..11. And she said
to the sister of (Moses), "Follow him" so she (the
sister) watched him in the character of a stranger. And they knew not.
12. And we ordained that he refused suck at first, until (His sister
came up and) said: "Shall I point out to you the people of a house that
will nourish and bring him up for you and be sincerely attached to him?"...
13. Thus did We restore him to his mother, that her eye might be
comforted, that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the
promise of Allah is true: but most of them do not understand.
14. When he reached full age, and was firmly established (in life), We
bestowed on him wisdom and knowledge: for thus do We reward those
who do good.
15. And he entered the city at a time when its people were not
watching: and he found there two men fighting,- one of his own religion,
and the other, of his foes. Now the man of his own religion appealed to
him against his foe, and Moses struck him with his fist and made an end
of him. He said: "This is a work of Evil (Satan): for he is an enemy that
manifestly misleads!"
16. He prayed: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul! Do Thou
then forgive me!" So ((Allah)) forgave him: for He is the Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
17. He said: "O my Lord! For that Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace on
me, never shall I be a help to those who sin!"
18. So he saw the morning in the city, looking about, in a state of
fear, when behold, the man who had, the day before, sought his help
called aloud for his help (again). Moses said to him: "Thou art truly, it is
clear, a quarrelsome fellow!"
19. Then, when he decided to lay hold of the man who was an enemy
to both of them, that man said: "O Moses! Is it thy intention to slay me as
thou slewest a man yesterday? Thy intention is none other than to
become a powerful violent man in the land, and not to be one who sets
things right!"
20. And there came a man, running, from the furthest end of the
City. He said: "O Moses! the Chiefs are taking counsel together about
thee, to slay thee: so get thee away, for I do give thee sincere advice."
21. He therefore got away therefrom, looking about, in a state of
fear. He prayed "O my Lord! save me from people given to wrong-doing.".22.
Then, when he turned his face towards (the land of) Madyan, he
said: "I do hope that my Lord will show me the smooth and straight Path."
23. And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan, he found
there a group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found
two women who were keeping back (their flocks). He said: "What is the
matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (our flocks) until the
shepherds take back (their flocks): And our father is a very old man."
24. So he watered (their flocks) for them; then he turned back to the
shade, and said:"O my Lord! truly am I in (desperate) need of any good
that Thou dost send me!"
25. Afterwards one of the (damsels) came (back) to him, walking
bashfully. She said: "My father invites thee that he may reward thee for
having watered (our flocks) for us." So when he came to him and narrated
the story, he said: "Fear thou not: (well) hast thou escaped from unjust
people."
26. Said one of the (damsels): "O my (dear) father! engage him on
wages: truly the best of men for thee to employ is the (man) who is
strong and trusty"....
27. He said: "I intend to wed one of these my daughters to thee, on
condition that thou serve me for eight years; but if thou complete ten
years, it will be (grace) from thee. But I intend not to place thee under a
difficulty: thou wilt find me, indeed, if Allah wills, one of the righteous."
28. He said: "Be that (the agreement) between me and thee:
whichever of the two terms I fulfil, let there be no ill-will to me. Be Allah a
witness to what we say."
29. Now when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with
his family, he perceived a fire in the direction of Mount Tur. He said to his
family: "Tarry ye; I perceive a fire; I hope to bring you from there some
information, or a burning firebrand, that ye may warm yourselves."
30. But when he came to the (fire), a voice was heard from the right
bank of the valley, from a tree in hallowed ground: "O Moses! Verily I am
Allah, the Lord of the Worlds....
31. "Now do thou throw thy rod!" but when he saw it moving (of its
own accord) as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, and
retraced not his steps: O Moses!" (It was said), "Draw near, and fear not:
for thou art of those who are secure.
32. "Move thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth white
without stain (or harm), and draw thy hand close to thy side (to guard).against
fear. Those are the two credentials from thy Lord to Pharaoh and
his Chiefs: for truly they are a people rebellious and wicked."
33. He said: "O my Lord! I have slain a man among them, and I fear
lest they slay me.
34. "And my brother Aaron - He is more eloquent in speech than I: so
send him with me as a helper, to confirm (and strengthen) me: for I fear
that they may accuse me of falsehood."
35. He said: "We will certainly strengthen thy arm through thy
brother, and invest you both with authority, so they shall not be able to
touch you: with Our Sign shall ye triumph,- you two as well as those who
follow you."
36. When Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said: "This
is nothing but sorcery faked up: never did we head the like among our
fathers of old!"
37. Moses said: "My Lord knows best who it is that comes with
guidance from Him and whose end will be best in the Hereafter: certain it
is that the wrong-doers will not prosper."
38. Pharaoh said: "O Chiefs! no god do I know for you but myself:
therefore, O Haman! light me a (kiln to bake bricks) out of clay, and build
me a lofty palace, that I may mount up to the god of Moses: but as far as
I am concerned, I think (Moses) is a liar!"
39. And he was arrogant and insolent in the land, beyond reason,- He
and his hosts: they thought that they would not have to return to Us!
40. So We seized him and his hosts, and We flung them into the sea:
Now behold what was the end of those who did wrong!
41. And we made them (but) leaders inviting to the Fire; and on the
Day of Judgment no help shall they find.
42. in this world We made a curse to follow them and on the Day of
Judgment they will be among the loathed (and despised).
43. We did reveal to Moses the Book after We had destroyed the
earlier generations, (to give) Insight to men, and guidance and Mercy,
that they might receive admonition.
44. Thou wast not on the Western side when We decreed the
Commission to Moses, nor wast thou a witness (of those events)..45. But We
raised up (new) generations, and long were the ages that
passed over them; but thou wast not a dweller among the people of
Madyan, rehearsing Our Signs to them; but it is We Who send apostles
(with inspiration).
46. Nor wast thou at the side of (the Mountain of) Tur when we called
(to Moses). Yet (art thou sent) as Mercy from thy Lord, to give warning to
a people to whom no warner had come before thee: in order that they
may receive admonition.
47. If (We had) not (sent thee to the Quraish),- in case a calamity
should seize them for (the deeds) that their hands have sent forth, they
might say: "Our Lord! why didst Thou not sent us an apostle? We should
then have followed Thy Signs and been amongst those who believe!"
48. But (now), when the Truth has come to them from Ourselves,
they say, "Why are not (Signs) sent to him, like those which were sent to
Moses?" Do they not then reject (the Signs) which were formerly sent to
Moses? They say: "Two kinds of sorcery, each assisting the other!" And
they say: "For us, we reject all (such things)!"
49. Say: "Then bring ye a Book from Allah, which is a better guide
than either of them, that I may follow it! (do), if ye are truthful!"
50. But if they hearken not to thee, know that they only follow their
own lusts: and who is more astray than one who follow his own lusts,
devoid of guidance from Allah. for Allah guides not people given to wrongdoing.
51. Now have We caused the Word to reach them themselves, in
order that they may receive admonition.
52. Those to whom We sent the Book before this,- they do believe in
this (revelation):
53. And when it is recited to them, they say: "We believe therein, for
it is the Truth from our Lord: indeed we have been Muslims (bowing to
Allah’s Will) from before this.
54. Twice will they be given their reward, for that they have
persevered, that they avert Evil with Good, and that they spend (in
charity) out of what We have given them.
55. And when they hear vain talk, they turn away therefrom and say:
"To us our deeds, and to you yours; peace be to you: we seek not the
ignorant.".56. It is true thou wilt not be able to guide every one, whom thou
lovest; but Allah guides those whom He will and He knows best those who
receive guidance.
57. They say: "If we were to follow the guidance with thee, we should
be snatched away from our land." Have We not established for them a
secure sanctuary, to which are brought as tribute fruits of all kinds,- a
provision from Ourselves? but most of them understand not.
58. And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted in their
life (of ease and plenty)! now those habitations of theirs, after them, are
deserted,- All but a (miserable) few! and We are their heirs!
59. Nor was thy Lord the one to destroy a population until He had
sent to its centre an apostle, rehearsing to them Our Signs; nor are We
going to destroy a population except when its members practise iniquity.
60. The (material) things which ye are given are but the
conveniences of this life and the glitter thereof; but that which is with
Allah is better and more enduring: will ye not then be wise?
61. Are (these two) alike?- one to whom We have made a goodly
promise, and who is going to reach its (fulfilment), and one to whom We
have given the good things of this life, but who, on the Day of Judgment,
is to be among those brought up (for punishment)?
62. That Day ((Allah)) will call to them, and say "Where are my
'partners'?- whom ye imagined (to be such)?"
63. Those against whom the charge will be proved, will say: "Our
Lord! These are the ones whom we led astray: we led them astray, as we
were astray ourselves: we free ourselves (from them) in Thy presence: it
was not us they worshipped."
64. It will be said (to them): "Call upon your 'partners' (for help)"
:they will call upon them, but they will not listen to them; and they will
see the Penalty (before them); (how they will wish) 'if only they had been
open to guidance!'
65. That Day ((Allah)) will call to them, and say: "What was the
answer ye gave to the apostles?"
66. Then the (whole) story that Day will seem obscure to them (like
light to the blind) and they will not be able (even) to question each other.
67. But any that (in this life) had repented, believed, and worked
righteousness, will have hopes to be among those who achieve salvation..68.
Thy Lord does create and choose as He pleases: no choice have
they (in the matter): Glory to Allah. and far is He above the partners they
ascribe (to Him)!
69. And thy Lord knows all that their hearts conceal and all that they
reveal.
70. And He is Allah. There is no god but He. To Him be praise, at the
first and at the last: for Him is the Command, and to Him shall ye (all) be
brought back.
71. Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the night perpetual over you
to the Day of Judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give
you enlightenment? Will ye not then hearken?
72. Say: See ye? If Allah were to make the day perpetual over you to
the Day of Judgment, what god is there other than Allah, who can give
you a night in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see?
73. It is out of His Mercy that He has made for you Night and Day,-
that ye may rest therein, and that ye may seek of his Grace;- and in order
that ye may be grateful.
74. The Day that He will call on them, He will say: "Where are my
'partners'? whom ye imagined (to be such)?"
75. And from each people shall We draw a witness, and We shall say:
"Produce your Proof": then shall they know that the Truth is in Allah
(alone), and the (lies) which they invented will leave them in lurch.
76. Qarun was doubtless, of the people of Moses; but he acted
insolently towards them: such were the treasures We had bestowed on
him that their very keys would have been a burden to a body of strong
men, behold, his people said to him: "Exult not, for Allah loveth not those
who exult (in riches).
77. "But seek, with the (wealth) which Allah has bestowed on thee,
the Home of the Hereafter, nor forget thy portion in this world: but do
thou good, as Allah has been good to thee, and seek not (occasions for)
mischief in the land: for Allah loves not those who do mischief."
78. He said: "This has been given to me because of a certain
knowledge which I have." Did he not know that Allah had destroyed,
before him, (whole) generations,- which were superior to him in strength
and greater in the amount (of riches) they had collected? but the wicked
are not called (immediately) to account for their sins..79. So he went forth
among his people in the (pride of his wordly)
glitter. Said those whose aim is the Life of this World: "Oh! that we had
the like of what Qarun has got! for he is truly a lord of mighty good
fortune!"
80. But those who had been granted (true) knowledge said: "Alas for
you! The reward of Allah (in the Hereafter) is best for those who believe
and work righteousness: but this none shall attain, save those who
steadfastly persevere (in good)."
81. Then We caused the earth to swallow up him and his house; and
he had not (the least little) party to help him against Allah, nor could he
defend himself.
82. And those who had envied his position the day before began to
say on the morrow: "Ah! it is indeed Allah Who enlarges the provision or
restricts it, to any of His servants He pleases! had it not been that Allah
was gracious to us, He could have caused the earth to swallow us up! Ah!
those who reject Allah will assuredly never prosper."
83. That Home of the Hereafter We shall give to those who intend not
high- handedness or mischief on earth: and the end is (best) for the
righteous.
84. If any does good, the reward to him is better than his deed; but if
any does evil, the doers of evil are only punished (to the extent) of their
deeds.
85. Verily He Who ordained the Qur'an for thee, will bring thee back
to the Place of Return. Say: "My Lord knows best who it is that brings true
guidance, and who is in manifest error."
86. And thou hadst not expected that the Book would be sent to thee
except as a Mercy from thy Lord: Therefore lend not thou support in any
way to those who reject ((Allah)'s Message).
87. And let nothing keep thee back from the Signs of Allah after they
have been revealed to thee: and invite (men) to thy Lord, and be not of
the company of those who join gods with Allah.
88. And call not, besides Allah, on another god. There is no god but
He. Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face. To Him
belongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.

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The Ant, The Ants

Surah 27. The Ant, The Ants
1. These are verses of the Qur'an,-a book that makes (things) clear;
2. A guide: and glad tidings for the believers,-
3. Those who establish regular prayers and give in regular charity,
and also have (full) assurance of the hereafter.
4. As to those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their
deeds pleasing in their eyes; and so they wander about in distraction.
5. Such are they for whom a grievous Penalty is (waiting); and in the
Hereafter theirs will be the greatest loss.
6. As to thee, the Qur'an is bestowed upon thee from the presence of
one who is wise and all-knowing.
7. Behold! Moses said to his family: "I perceive a fire; soon will I
bring you from there some information, or I will bring you a burning brand
to light our fuel, that ye may warn yourselves.
8. But when he came to the (fire), a voice was heard: "Blessed are
those in the fire and those around: and glory to Allah, the Lord of the
worlds.
9. "O Moses! verily, I am Allah, the exalted in might, the wise!....
10. "Now do thou throw thy rod!" But when he saw it moving (of its
own accord)as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat, and
retraced not his steps: "O Moses!" (it was said), "Fear not: truly, in My
presence, those called as apostles have no fear,-
11. "But if any have done wrong and have thereafter substituted
good to take the place of evil, truly, I am Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful..12. "Now
put thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth white
without stain (or harm): (these are) among the nine Signs (thou wilt take)
to Pharaoh and his people: for they are a people rebellious in
transgression."
13. But when Our Signs came to them, that should have opened their
eyes, they said: "This is sorcery manifest!"
14. And they rejected those Signs in iniquity and arrogance, though
their souls were convinced thereof: so see what was the end of those who
acted corruptly!
15. We gave (in the past) knowledge to David and Solomon: And
they both said: "Praise be to Allah, Who has favoured us above many of
his servants who believe!"
16. And Solomon was David's heir. He said: "O ye people! We have
been taught the speech of birds, and on us has been bestowed (a little) of
all things: this is indeed Grace manifest (from Allah.)"
17. And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts,- of Jinns and
men and birds, and they were all kept in order and ranks.
18. At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one of the
ants said: "O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his
hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it."
19. So he smiled, amused at her speech; and he said: "O my Lord! so
order me that I may be grateful for Thy favours, which thou hast
bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may work the
righteousness that will please Thee: And admit me, by Thy Grace, to the
ranks of Thy righteous Servants."
20. And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: "Why is it I see
not the Hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees?
21. "I will certainly punish him with a severe penalty, or execute him,
unless he bring me a clear reason (for absence)."
22. But the Hoopoe tarried not far: he (came up and) said: "I have
compassed (territory) which thou hast not compassed, and I have come to
thee from Saba with tidings true.
23. "I found (there) a woman ruling over them and provided with
every requisite; and she has a magnificent throne..24. "I found her and her
people worshipping the sun besides Allah.
Satan has made their deeds seem pleasing in their eyes, and has kept
them away from the Path,- so they receive no guidance,-
25. "(Kept them away from the Path), that they should not worship
Allah, Who brings to light what is hidden in the heavens and the earth,
and knows what ye hide and what ye reveal.
26. "(Allah)!- there is no god but He!- Lord of the Throne Supreme!"
27. (Solomon) said: "Soon shall we see whether thou hast told the
truth or lied!
28. "Go thou, with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them: then
draw back from them, and (wait to) see what answer they return"...
29. (The queen) said: "Ye chiefs! here is delivered to me - a letter
worthy of respect.
30. "It is from Solomon, and is (as follows): 'In the name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful:
31. "'Be ye not arrogant against me, but come to me in submission
(to the true Religion).'"
32. She said: "Ye chiefs! advise me in (this) my affair: no affair have
I decided except in your presence."
33. They said: "We are endued with strength, and given to vehement
war: but the command is with thee; so consider what thou wilt
command."
34. She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make
the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave.
35. "But I am going to send him a present, and (wait) to see with
what (answer) return (my) ambassadors."
36. Now when (the embassy) came to Solomon, he said: "Will ye give
me abundance in wealth? But that which Allah has given me is better than
that which He has given you! Nay it is ye who rejoice in your gift!
37. "Go back to them, and be sure we shall come to them with such
hosts as they will never be able to meet: We shall expel them from there
in disgrace, and they will feel humbled (indeed)."
38. He said (to his own men): "Ye chiefs! which of you can bring me
her throne before they come to me in submission?".39. Said an 'Ifrit, of the
Jinns: "I will bring it to thee before thou rise
from thy council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose, and may be
trusted."
40. Said one who had knowledge of the Book: "I will bring it to thee
within the twinkling of an eye!" Then when (Solomon) saw it placed firmly
before him, he said: "This is by the Grace of my Lord!- to test me whether
I am grateful or ungrateful! and if any is grateful, truly his gratitude is (a
gain) for his own soul; but if any is ungrateful, truly my Lord is Free of all
Needs, Supreme in Honour !"
41. He said: "Transform her throne out of all recognition by her: let
us see whether she is guided (to the truth) or is one of those who receive
no guidance."
42. So when she arrived, she was asked, "Is this thy throne?" She
said, "It was just like this; and knowledge was bestowed on us in advance
of this, and we have submitted to Allah (in Islam)."
43. And he diverted her from the worship of others besides Allah. for
she was (sprung) of a people that had no faith.
44. She was asked to enter the lofty Palace: but when she saw it, she
thought it was a lake of water, and she (tucked up her skirts), uncovering
her legs. He said: "This is but a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass."
She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul: I do (now) submit
(in Islam), with Solomon, to the Lord of the Worlds."
45. We sent (aforetime), to the Thamud, their brother Salih, saying,
"Serve Allah.: But behold, they became two factions quarrelling with each
other.
46. He said: "O my people! why ask ye to hasten on the evil in
preference to the good? If only ye ask Allah for forgiveness, ye may hope
to receive mercy.
47. They said: "Ill omen do we augur from thee and those that are
with thee". He said: "Your ill omen is with Allah. yea, ye are a people
under trial."
48. There were in the city nine men of a family, who made mischief in
the land, and would not reform.
49. They said: "Swear a mutual oath by Allah that we shall make a
secret night attack on him and his people, and that we shall then say to
his heir (when he seeks vengeance): 'We were not present at the
slaughter of his people, and we are positively telling the truth.'".50. They
plotted and planned, but We too planned, even while they
perceived it not.
51. Then see what was the end of their plot!- this, that We destroyed
them and their people, all (of them).
52. Now such were their houses, - in utter ruin, - because they
practised wrong- doing. Verily in this is a Sign for people of knowledge.
53. And We saved those who believed and practised righteousness.
54. (We also sent) Lut (as an apostle): behold, He said to his people,
"Do ye do what is shameful though ye see (its iniquity)?
55. Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women?
Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant!
56. But his people gave no other answer but this: they said, "Drive
out the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to
be clean and pure!"
57. But We saved him and his family, except his wife; her We
destined to be of those who lagged behind.
58. And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil
was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!
59. Say: Praise be to Allah, and Peace on his servants whom He has
chosen (for his Message). (Who) is better?- Allah or the false gods they
associate (with Him)?
60. Or, Who has created the heavens and the earth, and Who sends
you down rain from the sky? Yea, with it We cause to grow well-planted
orchards full of beauty of delight: it is not in your power to cause the
growth of the trees in them. (Can there be another) god besides Allah.
Nay, they are a people who swerve from justice.
61. Or, Who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its
midst; set thereon mountains immovable; and made a separating bar
between the two bodies of flowing water? (can there be another) god
besides Allah. Nay, most of them know not.
62. Or, Who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and
Who relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the
earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah. Little it is that ye heed!
63. Or, Who guides you through the depths of darkness on land and
sea, and Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before
His.Mercy? (Can there be another) god besides Allah.- High is Allah above
what they associate with Him!
64. Or, Who originates creation, then repeats it, and who gives you
sustenance from heaven and earth? (Can there be another) god besides
Allah. Say, "Bring forth your argument, if ye are telling the truth!"
65. Say: None in the heavens or on earth, except Allah, knows what
is hidden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (for
Judgment).
66. Still less can their knowledge comprehend the Hereafter: Nay,
they are in doubt and uncertainty thereanent; nay, they are blind
thereunto!
67. The Unbelievers say: "What! when we become dust,- we and our
fathers,- shall we really be raised (from the dead)?
68. "It is true we were promised this,- we and our fathers before
(us): these are nothing but tales of the ancients."
69. Say: "Go ye through the earth and see what has been the end of
those guilty (of sin)."
70. But grieve not over them, nor distress thyself because of their
plots.
71. They also say: "When will this promise (come to pass)? (Say) if
ye are truthful."
72. Say: "It may be that some of the events which ye wish to hasten
on may be (close) in your pursuit!"
73. But verily thy Lord is full of grace to mankind: Yet most of them
are ungrateful.
74. And verily thy Lord knoweth all that their hearts do hide. As well
as all that they reveal.
75. Nor is there aught of the unseen, in heaven or earth, but is
(recorded) in a clear record.
76. Verily this Qur'an doth explain to the Children of Israel most of
the matters in which they disagree.
77. And it certainly is a Guide and a Mercy to those who believe..78. Verily thy
Lord will decide between them by His Decree: and He is
Exalted in Might, All-Knowing.
79. So put thy trust in Allah. for thou art on (the path of) manifest
Truth.
80. Truly thou canst not cause the dead to listen, nor canst thou
cause the deaf to hear the call, (especially) when they turn back in
retreat.
81. Nor canst thou be a guide to the blind, (to prevent them) from
straying: only those wilt thou get to listen who believe in Our Signs, and
they will bow in Islam.
82. And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), we shall
produce from the earth a beast to (face) them: He will speak to them, for
that mankind did not believe with assurance in Our Signs.
83. One day We shall gather together from every people a troop of
those who reject our Signs, and they shall be kept in ranks,-
84. Until, when they come (before the Judgment-seat), ((Allah)) will
say: "Did ye reject My Signs, though ye comprehended them not in
knowledge, or what was it ye did?"
85. And the Word will be fulfilled against them, because of their
wrong-doing, and they will be unable to speak (in plea).
86. See they not that We have made the Night for them to rest in
and the Day to give them light? Verily in this are Signs for any people that
believe!
87. And the Day that the Trumpet will be sounded - then will be
smitten with terror those who are in the heavens, and those who are on
earth, except such as Allah will please (to exempt): and all shall come to
His (Presence) as beings conscious of their lowliness.
88. Thou seest the mountains and thinkest them firmly fixed: but
they shall pass away as the clouds pass away: (such is) the artistry of
Allah, who disposes of all things in perfect order: for he is well acquainted
with all that ye do.
89. If any do good, good will (accrue) to them therefrom; and they
will be secure from terror that Day.
90. And if any do evil, their faces will be thrown headlong into the
Fire: "Do ye receive a reward other than that which ye have earned by
your deeds?".91. For me, I have been commanded to serve the Lord of this
city,
Him Who has sanctified it and to Whom (belong) all things: and I am
commanded to be of those who bow in Islam to Allah’s Will,-
92. And to rehearse the Qur'an: and if any accept guidance, they do
it for the good of their own souls, and if any stray, say: "I am only a
Warner".
93. And say: "Praise be to Allah, Who will soon show you His Signs,
so that ye shall know them"; and thy Lord is not unmindful of all that ye
do.

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The Spider

Surah 29. The Spider
1. A.L.M..2. Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, "We believe",
and that they will not be tested?
3. We did test those before them, and Allah will certainly know those
who are true from those who are false.
4. Do those who practise evil think that they will get the better of Us?
Evil is their judgment!
5. For those whose hopes are in the meeting with Allah (in the
Hereafter, let them strive); for the term (appointed) by Allah is surely
coming and He hears and knows (all things).
6. And if any strive (with might and main), they do so for their own
souls: for Allah is free of all needs from all creation.
7. Those who believe and work righteous deeds,- from them shall We
blot out all evil (that may be) in them, and We shall reward them
according to the best of their deeds.
8. We have enjoined on man kindness to parents: but if they (either
of them) strive (to force) thee to join with Me (in worship) anything of
which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not. Ye have (all) to return to
me, and I will tell you (the truth) of all that ye did.
9. And those who believe and work righteous deeds,- them shall We
admit to the company of the Righteous.
10. Then there are among men such as say, "We believe in Allah.;
but when they suffer affliction in (the cause of) Allah, they treat men's
oppression as if it were the Wrath of Allah. And if help comes (to thee)
from thy Lord, they are sure to say, "We have (always) been with you!"
Does not Allah know best all that is in the hearts of all creation?
11. And Allah most certainly knows those who believe, and as
certainly those who are Hypocrites.
12. And the Unbelievers say to those who believe: "Follow our path,
and we will bear (the consequences) of your faults." Never in the least will
they bear their faults: in fact they are liars!
13. They will bear their own burdens, and (other) burdens along with
their own, and on the Day of Judgments they will be called to account for
their falsehoods.
14. We (once) sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a
thousand years less fifty: but the Deluge overwhelmed them while they
(persisted in) sin..15. But We saved him and the companions of the Ark, and
We made
the (Ark) a Sign for all peoples!
16. And (We also saved) Abraham: behold, he said to his people,
"Serve Allah and fear Him: that will be best for you- If ye understand!
17. "For ye do worship idols besides Allah, and ye invent falsehood.
The things that ye worship besides Allah have no power to give you
sustenance: then seek ye sustenance from Allah, serve Him, and be
grateful to Him: to Him will be your return.
18. "And if ye reject (the Message), so did generations before you:
and the duty of the apostle is only to preach publicly (and clearly)."
19. See they not how Allah originates creation, then repeats it: truly
that is easy for Allah.
20. Say: "Travel through the earth and see how Allah did originate
creation; so will Allah produce a later creation: for Allah has power over all
things.
21. "He punishes whom He pleases, and He grants Mercy to whom He
pleases, and towards Him are ye turned.
22. "Not on earth nor in heaven will ye be able (fleeing) to frustrate
(his Plan), nor have ye, besides Allah, any protector or helper."
23. Those who reject the Signs of Allah and the Meeting with Him (in
the Hereafter),- it is they who shall despair of My Mercy: it is they who
will (suffer) a most grievous Penalty.
24. So naught was the answer of (Abraham's) people except that
they said: "Slay him or burn him." But Allah did save him from the Fire.
Verily in this are Signs for people who believe.
25. And he said: "For you, ye have taken (for worship) idols besides
Allah, out of mutual love and regard between yourselves in this life; but
on the Day of Judgment ye shall disown each other and curse each other:
and your abode will be the Fire, and ye shall have none to help."
26. But Lut had faith in Him: He said: "I will leave home for the sake
of my Lord: for He is Exalted in Might, and Wise."
27. And We gave (Abraham) Isaac and Jacob, and ordained among
his progeny Prophethood and Revelation, and We granted him his reward
in this life; and he was in the Hereafter (of the company) of the
Righteous..28. And (remember) Lut: behold, he said to his people: "Ye do
commit lewdness, such as no people in Creation (ever) committed before
you.
29. "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and
practise wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no
answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the
truth."
30. He said: "O my Lord! help Thou me against people who do
mischief!"
31. When Our Messengers came to Abraham with the good news,
they said: "We are indeed going to destroy the people of this township:
for truly they are (addicted to) crime."
32. He said: "But there is Lut there." They said: "Well do we know
who is there : we will certainly save him and his following,- except his
wife: she is of those who lag behind!"
33. And when Our Messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their
account, and felt himself powerless (to protect) them: but they said: "Fear
thou not, nor grieve: we are (here) to save thee and thy following, except
thy wife: she is of those who lag behind.
34. "For we are going to bring down on the people of this township a
Punishment from heaven, because they have been wickedly rebellious."
35. And We have left thereof an evident Sign, for any people who
(care to) understand.
36. To the Madyan (people) (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. Then he
said: "O my people! serve Allah, and fear the Last Day: nor commit evil
on the earth, with intent to do mischief."
37. But they rejected him: Then the mighty Blast seized them, and
they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning.
38. (Remember also) the 'Ad and the Thamud (people): clearly will
appear to you from (the traces) of their buildings (their fate): the Evil One
made their deeds alluring to them, and kept them back from the Path,
though they were gifted with intelligence and skill.
39. (Remember also) Qarun, Pharaoh, and Haman: there came to
them Moses with Clear Signs, but they behaved with insolence on the
earth; yet they could not overreach (Us)..40. Each one of them We seized for
his crime: of them, against some
We sent a violent tornado (with showers of stones); some were caught by
a (mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We
drowned (in the waters): It was not Allah Who injured (or oppressed)
them:" They injured (and oppressed) their own souls.
41. The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that
of the spider, who builds (to itself) a house; but truly the flimsiest of
houses is the spider's house;- if they but knew.
42. Verily Allah doth know of (every thing) whatever that they call
upon besides Him: and He is Exalted (in power), Wise.
43. And such are the Parables We set forth for mankind, but only
those understand them who have knowledge.
44. Allah created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions):
verily in that is a Sign for those who believe.
45. Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee, and
establish regular Prayer: for Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust
deeds; and remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without
doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds) that ye do.
46. And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with
means better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them
who inflict wrong (and injury): but say, "We believe in the revelation
which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our
Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam)."
47. And thus (it is) that We have sent down the Book to thee. So the
People of the Book believe therein, as also do some of these (pagan
Arabs): and none but Unbelievers reject our signs.
48. And thou wast not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book
came), nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with thy right hand: In that
case, indeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubted.
49. Nay, here are Signs self-evident in the hearts of those endowed
with knowledge: and none but the unjust reject Our Signs.
50. Ye they say: "Why are not Signs sent down to him from his
Lord?" Say: "The signs are indeed with Allah. and I am indeed a clear
Warner."
51. And is it not enough for them that we have sent down to thee the
Book which is rehearsed to them? Verily, in it is Mercy and a Reminder to
those who believe..52. Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and
you: He
knows what is in the heavens and on earth. And it is those who believe in
vanities and reject Allah, that will perish (in the end).
53. They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it not
been for a term (of respite) appointed, the Punishment would certainly
have come to them: and it will certainly reach them,- of a sudden, while
they perceive not!
54. They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment: but, of a surety, Hell
will encompass the Rejecters of Faith!-
55. On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above
them and from below them, and (a Voice) shall say: "Taste ye (the fruits)
of your deeds!"
56. O My servants who believe! truly, spacious is My Earth: therefore
serve ye Me - (and Me alone)!
57. Every soul shall have a taste of death in the end to Us shall ye be
brought back.
58. But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness - to them
shall We give a Home in Heaven,- lofty mansions beneath which flow
rivers,- to dwell therein for aye;- an excellent reward for those who do
(good)!-
59. Those who persevere in patience, and put their trust, in their Lord
and Cherisher.
60. How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenance?
It is Allah who feeds (both) them and you: for He hears and knows (all
things).
61. If indeed thou ask them who has created the heavens and the
earth and subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law), they will certainly
reply, "(Allah)". How are they then deluded away (from the truth)?
62. Allah enlarges the sustenance (which He gives) to whichever of
His servants He pleases; and He (similarly) grants by (strict) measure, (as
He pleases): for Allah has full knowledge of all things.
63. And if indeed thou ask them who it is that sends down rain from
the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death, they will
certainly reply, "(Allah)!" Say, "Praise be to Allah." But most of them
understand not..64. What is the life of this world but amusement and play? but
verily
the Home in the Hereafter,- that is life indeed, if they but knew.
65. Now, if they embark on a boat, they call on Allah, making their
devotion sincerely (and exclusively) to Him; but when He has delivered
them safely to (dry) land, behold, they give a share (of their worship to
others)!-
66. Disdaining ungratefully Our gifts, and giving themselves up to
(worldly) enjoyment! But soon will they know.
67. Do they not then see that We have made a sanctuary secure, and
that men are being snatched away from all around them? Then, do they
believe in that which is vain, and reject the Grace of Allah.
68. And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah
or rejects the Truth when it reaches him? Is there not a home in Hell for
those who reject Faith?
69. And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will certainly guide
them to our Paths: For verily Allah is with those who do right.

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The Romans, The Byzantines

Surah 30. The Romans, The Byzantines
1. A. L. M.
2. The Roman Empire has been defeated-
3. In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs,
will soon be victorious-
4. Within a few years. With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in
the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-
5. With the help of Allah. He helps whom He will, and He is exalted in
might, most merciful.
6. (It is) the promise of Allah. Never does Allah depart from His
promise: but most men understand not.
7. They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world: but of
the End of things they are heedless.
8. Do they not reflect in their own minds? Not but for just ends and
for a term appointed, did Allah create the heavens and the earth, and all
between them: yet are there truly many among men who deny the
meeting with their Lord (at the Resurrection)!.9. Do they not travel through the
earth, and see what was the end of
those before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tilled the
soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done: there
came to them their apostles with Clear (Signs). (Which they rejected, to
their own destruction): It was not Allah Who wronged them, but they
wronged their own souls.
10. In the long run evil in the extreme will be the End of those who
do evil; for that they rejected the Signs of Allah, and held them up to
ridicule.
11. It is Allah Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it;
then shall ye be brought back to Him.
12. On the Day that the Hour will be established, the guilty will be
struck dumb with despair.
13. No intercessor will they have among their "Partners" and they will
(themselves) reject their "Partners".
14. On the Day that the Hour will be established,- that Day shall (all
men) be sorted out.
15. Then those who have believed and worked righteous deeds, shall
be made happy in a Mead of Delight.
16. And those who have rejected Faith and falsely denied our Signs
and the meeting of the Hereafter,- such shall be brought forth to
Punishment.
17. So (give) glory to Allah, when ye reach eventide and when ye rise
in the morning;
18. Yea, to Him be praise, in the heavens and on earth; and in the
late afternoon and when the day begins to decline.
19. It is He Who brings out the living from the dead, and brings out
the dead from the living, and Who gives life to the earth after it is dead:
and thus shall ye be brought out (from the dead).
20. Among His Signs in this, that He created you from dust; and
then,- behold, ye are men scattered (far and wide)!
21. And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from
among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has
put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for
those who reflect..22. And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and
the
earth, and the variations in your languages and your colours: verily in that
are Signs for those who know.
23. And among His Signs is the sleep that ye take by night and by
day, and the quest that ye (make for livelihood) out of His Bounty: verily
in that are signs for those who hearken.
24. And among His Signs, He shows you the lightning, by way both of
fear and of hope, and He sends down rain from the sky and with it gives
life to the earth after it is dead: verily in that are Signs for those who are
wise.
25. And among His Signs is this, that heaven and earth stand by His
Command: then when He calls you, by a single call, from the earth,
behold, ye (straightway) come forth.
26. To Him belongs every being that is in the heavens and on earth:
all are devoutly obedient to Him.
27. It is He Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it;
and for Him it is most easy. To Him belongs the loftiest similitude (we can
think of) in the heavens and the earth: for He is Exalted in Might, full of
wisdom.
28. He does propound to you a similitude from your own
(experience): do ye have partners among those whom your right hands
possess, to share as equals in the wealth We have bestowed on you? Do
ye fear them as ye fear each other? Thus do we explain the Signs in detail
to a people that understand.
29. Nay, the wrong-doers (merely) follow their own lusts, being
devoid of knowledge. But who will guide those whom Allah leaves astray?
To them there will be no helpers.
30. So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (establish)
Allah’s handiwork according to the pattern on which He has made
mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by Allah. that is
the standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not.
31. Turn ye back in repentance to Him, and fear Him: establish
regular prayers, and be not ye among those who join gods with Allah,-
32. Those who split up their Religion, and become (mere) Sects,-
each party rejoicing in that which is with itself!
33. When trouble touches men, they cry to their Lord, turning back to
Him in repentance: but when He gives them a taste of Mercy as from.Himself,
behold, some of them pay part-worship to other god's besides
their Lord,-
34. (As if) to show their ingratitude for the (favours) We have
bestowed on them! Then enjoy (your brief day); but soon will ye know
(your folly).
35. Or have We sent down authority to them, which points out to
them the things to which they pay part-worship?
36. When We give men a taste of Mercy, they exult thereat: and
when some evil afflicts them because of what their (own) hands have sent
forth, behold, they are in despair!
37. See they not that Allah enlarges the provision and restricts it, to
whomsoever He pleases? Verily in that are Signs for those who believe.
38. So give what is due to kindred, the needy, and the wayfarer. That
is best for those who seek the Countenance, of Allah, and it is they who
will prosper.
39. That which ye lay out for increase through the property of (other)
people, will have no increase with Allah. but that which ye lay out for
charity, seeking the Countenance of Allah, (will increase): it is these who
will get a recompense multiplied.
40. It is Allah Who has created you: further, He has provided for your
sustenance; then He will cause you to die; and again He will give you life.
Are there any of your (false) "Partners" who can do any single one of
these things? Glory to Him! and high is He above the partners they
attribute (to him)!
41. Mischief has appeared on land and sea because of (the meed)
that the hands of men have earned, that ((Allah)) may give them a taste
of some of their deeds: in order that they may turn back (from Evil).
42. Say: "Travel through the earth and see what was the end of
those before (you): Most of them worshipped others besides Allah."
43. But set thou thy face to the right Religion before there come from
Allah the Day which there is no chance of averting: on that Day shall men
be divided (in two).
44. Those who reject Faith will suffer from that rejection: and those
who work righteousness will spread their couch (of repose) for themselves
(in heaven):.45. That He may reward those who believe and work righteous
deeds, out of his Bounty. For He loves not those who reject Faith.
46. Among His Signs is this, that He sends the Winds, as heralds of
Glad Tidings, giving you a taste of His (Grace and) Mercy,- that the ships
may sail (majestically) by His Command and that ye may seek of His
Bounty: in order that ye may be grateful.
47. We did indeed send, before thee, apostles to their (respective)
peoples, and they came to them with Clear Signs: then, to those who
transgressed, We meted out Retribution: and it was due from Us to aid
those who believed.
48. It is Allah Who sends the Winds, and they raise the Clouds: then
does He spread them in the sky as He wills, and break them into
fragments, until thou seest rain-drops issue from the midst thereof: then
when He has made them reach such of his servants as He wills behold,
they do rejoice!-
49. Even though, before they received (the rain) - just before this -
they were dumb with despair!
50. Then contemplate (O man!) the memorials of Allah’s Mercy!- how
He gives life to the earth after its death: verily the same will give life to
the men who are dead: for He has power over all things.
51. And if We (but) send a Wind from which they see (their tilth) turn
yellow,- behold, they become, thereafter, Ungrateful (Unbelievers)!
52. So verily thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou
make the deaf to hear the call, when they show their backs and turn
away.
53. Nor canst thou lead back the blind from their straying: only those
wilt thou make to hear, who believe in Our signs and submit (their wills in
Islam).
54. It is Allah Who created you in a state of (helpless) weakness,
then gave (you) strength after weakness, then, after strength, gave (you
weakness and a hoary head: He creates as He wills, and it is He Who has
all knowledge and power.
55. On the Day that the Hour (of Reckoning) will be established, the
transgressors will swear that they tarried not but an hour: thus were they
used to being deluded!.56. But those endued with knowledge and faith will say:
"Indeed ye
did tarry, within Allah’s Decree, to the Day of Resurrection, and this is the
Day of Resurrection: but ye - ye were not aware!"
57. So on that Day no excuse of theirs will avail the transgressors,
nor will they be invited (then) to seek grace (by repentance).
58. verily We have propounded for men, in this Qur'an every kind of
Parable: But if thou bring to them any Sign, the Unbelievers are sure to
say, "Ye do nothing but talk vanities."
59. Thus does Allah seal up the hearts of those who understand not.
60. So patiently persevere: for verily the promise of Allah is true: nor
let those shake thy firmness, who have (themselves) no certainty of faith.

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The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces

Surah 33. The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces
1. O Prophet! Fear Allah, and hearken not to the Unbelievers and the
Hypocrites: verily Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.
2. But follow that which comes to thee by inspiration from thy Lord:
for Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.
3. And put thy trust in Allah, and enough is Allah as a disposer of
affairs.
4. Allah has not made for any man two hearts in his (one) body: nor
has He made your wives whom ye divorce by Zihar your mothers: nor has
He made your adopted sons your sons. Such is (only) your (manner of)
speech by your mouths. But Allah tells (you) the Truth, and He shows the
(right) Way.
5. Call them by (the names of) their fathers: that is juster in the sight
of Allah. But if ye know not their father's (names, call them) your Brothers
in faith, or your maulas. But there is no blame on you if ye make a
mistake therein: (what counts is) the intention of your hearts: and Allah is
Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
6. The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves, and
his wives are their mothers. Blood-relations among each other have closer
personal ties, in the Decree of Allah. Than (the Brotherhood of) Believers.and
Muhajirs: nevertheless do ye what is just to your closest friends: such
is the writing in the Decree (of Allah..
7. And remember We took from the prophets their covenant: As (We
did) from thee: from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary:
We took from them a solemn covenant:
8. That ((Allah)) may question the (custodians) of Truth concerning
the Truth they (were charged with): And He has prepared for the
Unbelievers a grievous Penalty.
9. O ye who believe! Remember the Grace of Allah, (bestowed) on
you, when there came down on you hosts (to overwhelm you): But We
sent against them a hurricane and forces that ye saw not: but Allah sees
(clearly) all that ye do.
10. Behold! they came on you from above you and from below you,
and behold, the eyes became dim and the hearts gaped up to the throats,
and ye imagined various (vain) thoughts about Allah.
11. In that situation were the Believers tried: they were shaken as by
a tremendous shaking.
12. And behold! The Hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a
disease (even) say: "(Allah) and His Messenger promised us nothing but
delusion!"
13. Behold! A party among them said: "Ye men of Yathrib! ye cannot
stand (the attack)! therefore go back!" And a band of them ask for leave
of the Prophet, saying, "Truly our houses are bare and exposed," though
they were not exposed they intended nothing but to run away.
14. And if an entry had been effected to them from the sides of the
(city), and they had been incited to sedition, they would certainly have
brought it to pass, with none but a brief delay!
15. And yet they had already covenanted with Allah not to turn their
backs, and a covenant with Allah must (surely) be answered for.
16. Say: "Running away will not profit you if ye are running away
from death or slaughter; and even if (ye do escape), no more than a brief
(respite) will ye be allowed to enjoy!"
17. Say: "Who is it that can screen you from Allah if it be His wish to
give you punishment or to give you Mercy?" Nor will they find for
themselves, besides Allah, any protector or helper..18. Verily Allah knows those
among you who keep back (men) and
those who say to their brethren, "Come along to us", but come not to the
fight except for just a little while.
19. Covetous over you. Then when fear comes, thou wilt see them
looking to thee, their eyes revolving, like (those of) one over whom
hovers death: but when the fear is past, they will smite you with sharp
tongues, covetous of goods. Such men have no faith, and so Allah has
made their deeds of none effect: and that is easy for Allah.
20. They think that the Confederates have not withdrawn; and if the
Confederates should come (again), they would wish they were in the
deserts (wandering) among the Bedouins, and seeking news about you
(from a safe distance); and if they were in your midst, they would fight
but little.
21. Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of
conduct) for any one whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who
engages much in the Praise of Allah.
22. When the Believers saw the Confederate forces, they said: "This
is what Allah and his Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His
Messenger told us what was true." And it only added to their faith and
their zeal in obedience.
23. Among the Believers are men who have been true to their
covenant with Allah. of them some have completed their vow (to the
extreme), and some (still) wait: but they have never changed (their
determination) in the least:
24. That Allah may reward the men of Truth for their Truth, and
punish the Hypocrites if that be His Will, or turn to them in Mercy: for
Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
25. And Allah turned back the Unbelievers for (all) their fury: no
advantage did they gain; and enough is Allah for the believers in their
fight. And Allah is full of Strength, able to enforce His Will.
26. And those of the People of the Book who aided them - Allah did
take them down from their strongholds and cast terror into their hearts.
(So that) some ye slew, and some ye made prisoners.
27. And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and their
goods, and of a land which ye had not frequented (before). And Allah has
power over all things..28. O Prophet! Say to thy Consorts: "If it be that ye
desire the life of
this World, and its glitter,- then come! I will provide for your enjoyment
and set you free in a handsome manner.
29. But if ye seek Allah and His Messenger, and the Home of the
Hereafter, verily Allah has prepared for the well-doers amongst you a
great reward.
30. O Consorts of the Prophet! If any of you were guilty of evident
unseemly conduct, the Punishment would be doubled to her, and that is
easy for Allah.
31. But any of you that is devout in the service of Allah and His
Messenger, and works righteousness,- to her shall We grant her reward
twice: and We have prepared for her a generous Sustenance.
32. O Consorts of the Prophet! Ye are not like any of the (other)
women: if ye do fear ((Allah)), be not too complacent of speech, lest one
in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: but speak ye a
speech (that is) just.
33. And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display,
like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer,
and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah
only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the
Family, and to make you pure and spotless.
34. And recite what is rehearsed to you in your homes, of the Signs
of Allah and His Wisdom: for Allah understands the finest mysteries and is
well-acquainted (with them).
35. For Muslim men and women,- for believing men and women, for
devout men and women, for true men and women, for men and women
who are patient and constant, for men and women who humble
themselves, for men and women who give in Charity, for men and women
who fast (and deny themselves), for men and women who guard their
chastity, and for men and women who engage much in Allah’s praise,- for
them has Allah prepared forgiveness and great reward.
36. It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has
been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their
decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a
clearly wrong Path.
37. Behold! Thou didst say to one who had received the grace of
Allah and thy favour: "Retain thou (in wedlock) thy wife, and fear Allah."
But thou didst hide in thy heart that which Allah was about to make
manifest: thou didst fear the people, but it is more fitting that thou.shouldst
fear Allah. Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with her,
with the necessary (formality), We joined her in marriage to thee: in order
that (in future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers in (the matter
of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when the latter have
dissolved with the necessary (formality) (their marriage) with them. And
Allah’s command must be fulfilled.
38. There can be no difficulty to the Prophet in what Allah has
indicated to him as a duty. It was the practice (approved) of Allah
amongst those of old that have passed away. And the command of Allah is
a decree determined.
39. (It is the practice of those) who preach the Messages of Allah,
and fear Him, and fear none but Allah. And enough is Allah to call (men)
to account.
40. Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the
Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets: and Allah has full
knowledge of all things.
41. O ye who believe! Celebrate the praises of Allah, and do this
often;
42. And glorify Him morning and evening.
43. He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that He
may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He is Full
of Mercy to the Believers.
44. Their salutation on the Day they meet Him will be "Peace!"; and
He has prepared for them a generous Reward.
45. O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a Witness, a Bearer of
Glad Tidings, and Warner,-
46. And as one who invites to Allah’s (grace) by His leave, and as a
lamp spreading light.
47. Then give the Glad Tidings to the Believers, that they shall have
from Allah a very great Bounty.
48. And obey not (the behests) of the Unbelievers and the
Hypocrites, and heed not their annoyances, but put thy Trust in Allah. For
enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.
49. O ye who believe! When ye marry believing women, and then
divorce them before ye have touched them, no period of 'Iddat have ye to.count
in respect of them: so give them a present. And set them free in a
handsome manner.
50. O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou
hast paid their dowers; and those whom thy right hand possesses out of
the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee; and daughters of
thy paternal uncles and aunts, and daughters of thy maternal uncles and
aunts, who migrated (from Makka) with thee; and any believing woman
who dedicates her soul to the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her;-
this only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large); We know what We
have appointed for them as to their wives and the captives whom their
right hands possess;- in order that there should be no difficulty for thee.
And Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
51. Thou mayest defer (the turn of) any of them that thou pleasest,
and thou mayest receive any thou pleasest: and there is no blame on thee
if thou invite one whose (turn) thou hadst set aside. This were nigher to
the cooling of their eyes, the prevention of their grief, and their
satisfaction - that of all of them - with that which thou hast to give them:
and Allah knows (all) that is in your hearts: and Allah is All- Knowing,
Most Forbearing.
52. It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor to
change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty attract thee,
except any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): and Allah
doth watch over all things.
53. O ye who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses,- until leave is
given you,- for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its
preparation: but when ye are invited, enter; and when ye have taken your
meal, disperse, without seeking familiar talk. Such (behaviour) annoys the
Prophet: he is ashamed to dismiss you, but Allah is not ashamed (to tell
you) the truth. And when ye ask (his ladies) for anything ye want, ask
them from before a screen: that makes for greater purity for your hearts
and for theirs. Nor is it right for you that ye should annoy Allah’s
Messenger, or that ye should marry his widows after him at any time.
Truly such a thing is in Allah’s sight an enormity.
54. Whether ye reveal anything or conceal it, verily Allah has full
knowledge of all things.
55. There is no blame (on these ladies if they appear) before their
fathers or their sons, their brothers, or their brother's sons, or their
sisters' sons, or their women, or the (slaves) whom their right hands
possess. And, (ladies), fear Allah. for Allah is Witness to all things.
56. Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that
believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect..57. Those
who annoy Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed
them in this World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a
humiliating Punishment.
58. And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly,
bear (on themselves) a calumny and a glaring sin.
59. O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing
women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons
(when abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as
such) and not molested. And Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
60. Truly, if the Hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease,
and those who stir up sedition in the City, desist not, We shall certainly
stir thee up against them: Then will they not be able to stay in it as thy
neighbours for any length of time:
61. They shall have a curse on them: whenever they are found, they
shall be seized and slain (without mercy).
62. (Such was) the practice (approved) of Allah among those who
lived aforetime: No change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of
Allah.
63. Men ask thee concerning the Hour: Say, "The knowledge thereof
is with Allah (alone)": and what will make thee understand?- perchance
the Hour is nigh!
64. Verily Allah has cursed the Unbelievers and prepared for them a
Blazing Fire,-
65. To dwell therein for ever: no protector will they find, nor helper.
66. The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire,
they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the
Messenger."
67. And they would say: "Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our
great ones, and they misled us as to the (right) Path.
68. "Our Lord! Give them double Penalty and curse them with a very
great Curse!"
69. O ye who believe! Be ye not like those who vexed and insulted
Moses, but Allah cleared him of the (calumnies) they had uttered: and he
was honourable in Allah’s sight..70. O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and (always)
say a word directed to
the Right:
71. That He may make your conduct whole and sound and forgive
you your sins: He that obeys Allah and His Messenger, has already
attained the highest achievement.
72. We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and
the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but
man undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;-
73. (With the result) that Allah has to punish the Hypocrites, men
and women, and the Unbelievers, men and women, and Allah turns in
Mercy to the Believers, men and women: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.

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The Prostration, Worship, Adoration

Surah 32. The Prostration, Worship, Adoration
1. A. L. M.
2. (This is) the Revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt,-
from the Lord of the Worlds.
3. Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Nay, it is the Truth from thy
Lord, that thou mayest admonish a people to whom no warner has come
before thee: in order that they may receive guidance.
4. It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all
between them, in six Days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of
Authority): ye have none, besides Him, to protect or intercede (for you):
will ye not then receive admonition?
5. He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will
(all affairs) go up to Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a
thousand years of your reckoning.
6. Such is He, the Knower of all things, hidden and open, the Exalted
(in power), the Merciful;-
7. He Who has made everything which He has created most good: He
began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,
8. And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid
despised:
9. But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him
something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and
sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!
10. And they say: "What! when we lie, hidden and lost, in the earth,
shall we indeed be in a Creation renewed? Nay, they deny the Meeting
with their Lord..11. Say: "The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly)
take
your souls: then shall ye be brought back to your Lord."
12. If only thou couldst see when the guilty ones will bend low their
heads before their Lord, (saying:) "Our Lord! We have seen and we have
heard: Now then send us back (to the world): we will work righteousness:
for we do indeed (now) believe."
13. If We had so willed, We could certainly have brought every soul
its true guidance: but the Word from Me will come true, "I will fill Hell with
Jinns and men all together."
14. "Taste ye then - for ye forgot the Meeting of this Day of yours,
and We too will forget you - taste ye the Penalty of Eternity for your (evil)
deeds!"
15. Only those believe in Our Signs, who, when they are recited to
them, fall down in adoration, and celebrate the praises of their Lord, nor
are they (ever) puffed up with pride.
16. Their limbs do forsake their beds of sleep, the while they call on
their Lord, in Fear and Hope: and they spend (in charity) out of the
sustenance which We have bestowed on them.
17. Now no person knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden
(in reserve) for them - as a reward for their (good) deeds.
18. Is then the man who believes no better than the man who is
rebellious and wicked? Not equal are they.
19. For those who believe and do righteous deeds are Gardens as
hospitable homes, for their (good) deeds.
20. As to those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will be the
Fire: every time they wish to get away therefrom, they will be forced
thereinto, and it will be said to them: "Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire, the
which ye were wont to reject as false."
21. And indeed We will make them taste of the Penalty of this (life)
prior to the supreme Penalty, in order that they may (repent and) return.
22. And who does more wrong than one to whom are recited the
Signs of his Lord, and who then turns away therefrom? Verily from those
who transgress We shall exact (due) Retribution.
23. We did indeed aforetime give the Book to Moses: be not then in
doubt of its reaching (thee): and We made it a guide to the Children of
Israel..24. And We appointed, from among them, leaders, giving guidance
under Our command, so long as they persevered with patience and
continued to have faith in Our Signs.
25. Verily thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgment,
in the matters wherein they differ (among themselves)
26. Does it not teach them a lesson, how many generations We
destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they (now) go to and fro?
Verily in that are Signs: Do they not then listen?
27. And do they not see that We do drive rain to parched soil (bare of
herbage), and produce therewith crops, providing food for their cattle and
themselves? Have they not the vision?
28. They say: "When will this decision be, if ye are telling the truth?"
29. Say: "On the Day of Decision, no profit will it be to Unbelievers if
they (then) believe! nor will they be granted a respite."
30. So turn away from them, and wait: they too are waiting.

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Ya-sin

Surah 36. Ya-sin
1. Ya Sin.
2. By the Qur'an, full of Wisdom,-
3. Thou art indeed one of the apostles,
4. On a Straight Way.
5. It is a Revelation sent down by (Him), the Exalted in Might, Most
Merciful.
6. In order that thou mayest admonish a people, whose fathers had
received no admonition, and who therefore remain heedless (of the Signs
of Allah..
7. The Word is proved true against the greater part of them: for they
do not believe.
8. We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so
that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see).
9. And We have put a bar in front of them and a bar behind them,
and further, We have covered them up; so that they cannot see.
10. The same is it to them whether thou admonish them or thou do
not admonish them: they will not believe.
11. Thou canst but admonish such a one as follows the Message and
fears the (Lord) Most Gracious, unseen: give such a one, therefore, good
tidings, of Forgiveness and a Reward most generous.
12. Verily We shall give life to the dead, and We record that which
they send before and that which they leave behind, and of all things have
We taken account in a clear Book (of evidence).
13. Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the
Companions of the City. Behold!, there came apostles to it.
14. When We (first) sent to them two apostles, they rejected them:
But We strengthened them with a third: they said, "Truly, we have been
sent on a mission to you."
15. The (people) said: "Ye are only men like ourselves; and ((Allah))
Most Gracious sends no sort of revelation: ye do nothing but lie.".16. They
said: "Our Lord doth know that we have been sent on a
mission to you:
17. "And our duty is only to proclaim the clear Message."
18. The (people) said: "for us, we augur an evil omen from you: if ye
desist not, we will certainly stone you. And a grievous punishment indeed
will be inflicted on you by us."
19. They said: "Your evil omens are with yourselves: (deem ye this
an evil omen). If ye are admonished? Nay, but ye are a people
transgressing all bounds!"
20. Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City, a
man, saying, "O my people! Obey the apostles:
21. "Obey those who ask no reward of you (for themselves), and who
have themselves received Guidance.
22. "It would not be reasonable in me if I did not serve Him Who
created me, and to Whom ye shall (all) be brought back.
23. "Shall I take (other) gods besides Him? If ((Allah)) Most Gracious
should intend some adversity for me, of no use whatever will be their
intercession for me, nor can they deliver me.
24. "I would indeed, if I were to do so, be in manifest Error.
25. "For me, I have faith in the Lord of you (all): listen, then, to me!"
26. It was said: "Enter thou the Garden." He said: "Ah me! Would
that my People knew (what I know)!-
27. "For that my Lord has granted me Forgiveness and has enrolled
me among those held in honour!"
28. And We sent not down against his People, after him, any hosts
from heaven, nor was it needful for Us so to do.
29. It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold! they were
(like ashes) quenched and silent.
30. Ah! Alas for (My) Servants! There comes not an apostle to them
but they mock him!
31. See they not how many generations before them we destroyed?
Not to them will they return:.32. But each one of them all - will be brought
before Us (for
judgment).
33. A Sign for them is the earth that is dead: We do give it life, and
produce grain therefrom, of which ye do eat.
34. And We produce therein orchard with date-palms and vines, and
We cause springs to gush forth therein:
35. That they may enjoy the fruits of this (artistry): It was not their
hands that made this: will they not then give thanks?
36. Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth
produces, as well as their own (human) kind and (other) things of which
they have no knowledge.
37. And a Sign for them is the Night: We withdraw therefrom the
Day, and behold they are plunged in darkness;
38. And the sun runs his course for a period determined for him: that
is the decree of (Him), the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing.
39. And the Moon,- We have measured for her mansions (to
traverse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date-stalk.
40. It is not permitted to the Sun to catch up the Moon, nor can the
Night outstrip the Day: Each (just) swims along in (its own) orbit
(according to Law).
41. And a Sign for them is that We bore their race (through the
Flood) in the loaded Ark;
42. And We have created for them similar (vessels) on which they
ride.
43. If it were Our Will, We could drown them: then would there be no
helper (to hear their cry), nor could they be delivered,
44. Except by way of Mercy from Us, and by way of (world)
convenience (to serve them) for a time.
45. When they are told, "Fear ye that which is before you and that
which will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy," (they turn
back).
46. Not a Sign comes to them from among the Signs of their Lord,
but they turn away therefrom..47. And when they are told, "Spend ye of (the
bounties) with which
Allah has provided you," the Unbelievers say to those who believe: "Shall
we then feed those whom, if Allah had so willed, He would have fed,
(Himself)?- Ye are in nothing but manifest error."
48. Further, they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), if what
ye say is true?"
49. They will not (have to) wait for aught but a single Blast: it will
seize them while they are yet disputing among themselves!
50. No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of their
affairs), nor to return to their own people!
51. The trumpet shall be sounded, when behold! from the sepulchres
(men) will rush forth to their Lord!
52. They will say: "Ah! Woe unto us! Who hath raised us up from our
beds of repose?"... (A voice will say:) "This is what ((Allah)) Most Gracious
had promised. And true was the word of the apostles!"
53. It will be no more than a single Blast, when lo! they will all be
brought up before Us!
54. Then, on that Day, not a soul will be wronged in the least, and ye
shall but be repaid the meeds of your past Deeds.
55. Verily the Companions of the Garden shall that Day have joy in all
that they do;
56. They and their associates will be in groves of (cool) shade,
reclining on Thrones (of dignity);
57. (Every) fruit (enjoyment) will be there for them; they shall have
whatever they call for;
58. "Peace!" - a word (of salutation) from a Lord Most Merciful!
59. "And O ye in sin! Get ye apart this Day!
60. "Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of Adam, that ye should
not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed?-
61. "And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was the Straight
Way?
62. "But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then,
understand?.63. "This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned!
64. "Embrace ye the (fire) this Day, for that ye (persistently) rejected
(Truth)."
65. That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will
speak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did.
66. If it had been our Will, We could surely have blotted out their
eyes; then should they have run about groping for the Path, but how
could they have seen?
67. And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (to
remain) in their places; then should they have been unable to move
about, nor could they have returned (after error).
68. If We grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed in
nature: Will they not then understand?
69. We have not instructed the (Prophet) in Poetry, nor is it meet for
him: this is no less than a Message and a Qur'an making things clear:
70. That it may give admonition to any (who are) alive, and that the
charge may be proved against those who reject (Truth).
71. See they not that it is We Who have created for them - among
the things which Our hands have fashioned - cattle, which are under their
dominion?-
72. And that We have subjected them to their (use)? of them some
do carry them and some they eat:
73. And they have (other) profits from them (besides), and they get
(milk) to drink. Will they not then be grateful?

74. Yet they take (for worship) gods other than Allah, (hoping) that
they might be helped!
75. They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought
up (before Our Judgment-seat) as a troop (to be condemned).
76. Let not their speech, then, grieve thee. Verily We know what they
hide as well as what they disclose.
77. Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet
behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary!.78. And he makes comparisons
for Us, and forgets his own (origin
and) Creation: He says, "Who can give life to (dry) bones and
decomposed ones (at that)?"
79. Say, "He will give them life Who created them for the first time!
for He is Well-versed in every kind of creation!-
80. "The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when
behold! ye kindle therewith (your own fires)!
81. "Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create
the like thereof?" - Yea, indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme, of skill
and knowledge (infinite)!
82. Verily, when He intends a thing, His Command is, "be", and it is!
83. So glory to Him in Whose hands is the dominion of all things: and
to Him will ye be all brought back.

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Luqman

Surah 31. Luqman
1. A. L. M.
2. These are Verses of the Wise Book,-
3. A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers of Good,-
4. Those who establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity, and
have (in their hearts) the assurance of the Hereafter.
5. These are on (true) guidance from their Lord: and these are the
ones who will prosper.
6. But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, without
knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah and
throw ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a Humiliating Penalty.
7. When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in
arrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in both his
ears: announce to him a grievous Penalty.
8. For those who believe and work righteous deeds, there will be
Gardens of Bliss,-
9. To dwell therein. The promise of Allah is true: and He is Exalted in
Power, Wise.
10. He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He
set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you;
and He scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from
the sky, and produce on the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs..11.
Such is the Creation of Allah. now show Me what is there that
others besides Him have created: nay, but the Transgressors are in
manifest error.
12. we bestowed (in the past) Wisdom on Luqman: "Show (thy)
gratitude to Allah." Any who is (so) grateful does so to the profit of his
own soul: but if any is ungrateful, verily Allah is free of all wants, Worthy
of all praise.
13. Behold, Luqman said to his son by way of instruction: "O my son!
join not in worship (others) with Allah. for false worship is indeed the
highest wrong-doing."
14. And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in
travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was his
weaning: (hear the command), "Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents:
to Me is (thy final) Goal.
15. "But if they strive to make thee join in worship with Me things of
which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not; yet bear them company in
this life with justice (and consideration), and follow the way of those who
turn to me (in love): in the end the return of you all is to Me, and I will tell
you the truth (and meaning) of all that ye did."
16. "O my son!" (said Luqman), "If there be (but) the weight of a
mustard-seed and it were (hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in the
heavens or on earth, Allah will bring it forth: for Allah understands the
finest mysteries, (and) is well-acquainted (with them).
17. "O my son! establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, and
forbid what is wrong: and bear with patient constancy whatever betide
thee; for this is firmness (of purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.
18. "And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men, nor walk in insolence
through the earth; for Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster.
19. "And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the
harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."
20. Do ye not see that Allah has subjected to your (use) all things in
the heavens and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in
exceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men
those who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without guidance,
and without a Book to enlighten them!
21. When they are told to follow the (Revelation) that Allah has sent
down, they say: "Nay, we shall follow the ways that we found our
fathers.(following). "What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to the Penalty of
the
(Blazing) Fire?
22. Whoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a doer of good,
has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold: and with Allah rests
the End and Decision of (all) affairs.
23. But if any reject Faith, let not his rejection grieve thee: to Us is
their return, and We shall tell them the truth of their deeds: for Allah
knows well all that is in (men's) hearts.
24. We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end shall
We drive them to a chastisement unrelenting.
25. If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the
earth. They will certainly say, "(Allah)". Say: "Praise be to Allah." But
most of them understand not.
26. To Allah belong all things in heaven and earth: verily Allah is He
(that is) free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
27. And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink),
with seven oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the
words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing): for Allah is Exalted in Power,
full of Wisdom.
28. And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an
individual soul: for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things).
29. Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and he merges
Day into Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law),
each running its course for a term appointed; and that Allah is well-acquainted
with all that ye do?
30. That is because Allah is the (only) Reality, and because whatever
else they invoke besides Him is Falsehood; and because Allah,- He is the
Most High, Most Great.
31. Seest thou not that the ships sail through the ocean by the Grace
of Allah.- that He may show you of His Signs? Verily in this are Signs for
all who constantly persevere and give thanks.
32. When a wave covers them like the canopy (of clouds), they call to
Allah, offering Him sincere devotion. But when He has delivered them
safely to land, there are among them those that halt between (right and
wrong). But none reject Our Signs except only a perfidious ungrateful
(wretch)!.33. O mankind! do your duty to your Lord, and fear (the coming of) a
Day when no father can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for
his father. Verily, the promise of Allah is true: let not then this present life
deceive you, nor let the chief Deceiver deceive you about Allah.
34. Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). It is He
Who sends down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does
any one know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: Nor does any
one know in what land he is to die. Verily with Allah is full knowledge and
He is acquainted (with all things).

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Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In Ranks

Surah 37. Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn Up In Ranks
1. By those who range themselves in ranks,
2. And so are strong in repelling (evil),
3. And thus proclaim the Message (of Allah.!
4. Verily, verily, your Allah is one!-
5. Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all between them, and
Lord of every point at the rising of the sun!
6. We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the
stars,-
7. (For beauty) and for guard against all obstinate rebellious evil
spirits,
8. (So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted
Assembly but be cast away from every side,
9. Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty,
10. Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are
pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness..11. Just ask their opinion: are
they the more difficult to create, or the
(other) beings We have created? Them have We created out of a sticky
clay!
12. Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,
13. And, when they are admonished, pay no heed,-
14. And, when they see a Sign, turn it to mockery,
15. And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!
16. "What! when we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then)
be raised up (again)
17. "And also our fathers of old?"
18. Say thou: "Yea, and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of
your evil)."
19. Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will
begin to see!
20. They will say, "Ah! Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgment!"
21. (A voice will say,) "This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose truth ye
(once) denied!"
22. "Bring ye up", it shall be said, "The wrong-doers and their wives,
and the things they worshipped-
23. "Besides Allah, and lead them to the Way to the (Fierce) Fire!
24. "But stop them, for they must be asked:
25. "'What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?'"
26. Nay, but that day they shall submit (to Judgment);
27. And they will turn to one another, and question one another.
28. They will say: "It was ye who used to come to us from the right
hand (of power and authority)!"
29. They will reply: "Nay, ye yourselves had no Faith!
30. "Nor had we any authority over you. Nay, it was ye who were a
people in obstinate rebellion!.31. "So now has been proved true, against us, the
word of our Lord
that we shall indeed (have to) taste (the punishment of our sins).
32. "We led you astray: for truly we were ourselves astray."
33. Truly, that Day, they will (all) share in the Penalty.
34. Verily that is how We shall deal with Sinners.
35. For they, when they were told that there is no god except Allah,
would puff themselves up with Pride,
36. And say: "What! shall we give up our gods for the sake of a Poet
possessed?"
37. Nay! he has come with the (very) Truth, and he confirms (the
Message of) the apostles (before him).
38. Ye shall indeed taste of the Grievous Penalty;-
39. But it will be no more than the retribution of (the Evil) that ye
have wrought;-
40. But the sincere (and devoted) Servants of Allah,-
41. For them is a Sustenance determined,
42. Fruits (Delights); and they (shall enjoy) honour and dignity,
43. In Gardens of Felicity,
44. Facing each other on Thrones (of Dignity):
45. Round will be passed to them a Cup from a clear-flowing
fountain,
46. Crystal-white, of a taste delicious to those who drink (thereof),
47. Free from headiness; nor will they suffer intoxication therefrom.
48. And besides them will be chaste women, restraining their
glances, with big eyes (of wonder and beauty).
49. As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.
50. Then they will turn to one another and question one another..51. One of
them will start the talk and say: "I had an intimate
companion (on the earth),
52. "Who used to say, 'what! art thou amongst those who bear
witness to the Truth (of the Message)?
53. "'When we die and become dust and bones, shall we indeed
receive rewards and punishments?'"
54. (A voice) said: "Would ye like to look down?"
55. He looked down and saw him in the midst of the Fire.
56. He said: "By Allah. thou wast little short of bringing me to
perdition!
57. "Had it not been for the Grace of my Lord, I should certainly have
been among those brought (there)!
58. "Is it (the case) that we shall not die,
59. "Except our first death, and that we shall not be punished?"
60. Verily this is the supreme achievement!
61. For the like of this let all strive, who wish to strive.
62. Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?
63. For We have truly made it (as) a trial for the wrong-doers.
64. For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire:
65. The shoots of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils:
66. Truly they will eat thereof and fill their bellies therewith.
67. Then on top of that they will be given a mixture made of boiling
water.
68. Then shall their return be to the (Blazing) Fire.
69. Truly they found their fathers on the wrong Path;
70. So they (too) were rushed down on their footsteps!
71. And truly before them, many of the ancients went astray;-.72. But We sent
aforetime, among them, (apostles) to admonish
them;-
73. Then see what was the end of those who were admonished (but
heeded not),-
74. Except the sincere (and devoted) Servants of Allah.
75. (In the days of old), Noah cried to Us, and We are the best to
hear prayer.
76. And We delivered him and his people from the Great Calamity,
77. And made his progeny to endure (on this earth);
78. And We left (this blessing) for him among generations to come in
later times:
79. "Peace and salutation to Noah among the nations!"
80. Thus indeed do we reward those who do right.
81. For he was one of our believing Servants.
82. Then the rest we overwhelmed in the Flood.
83. Verily among those who followed his Way was Abraham.
84. Behold! he approached his Lord with a sound heart.
85. Behold! he said to his father and to his people, "What is that
which ye worship?
86. "Is it a falsehood- gods other than Allah. that ye desire?
87. "Then what is your idea about the Lord of the worlds?"
88. Then did he cast a glance at the Stars.
89. And he said, "I am indeed sick (at heart)!"
90. So they turned away from him, and departed.
91. Then did he turn to their gods and said, "will ye not eat (of the
offerings before you)?...
92. "What is the matter with you that ye speak not (intelligently)?".93. Then
did he turn upon them, striking (them) with the right hand.
94. Then came (the worshippers) with hurried steps, and faced (him).
95. He said: "Worship ye that which ye have (yourselves) carved?
96. "But Allah has created you and your handwork!"
97. They said, "Build him a furnace, and throw him into the blazing
fire!"
98. (This failing), they then sought a stratagem against him, but We
made them the ones most humiliated!
99. He said: "I will go to my Lord! He will surely guide me!
100. "O my Lord! Grant me a righteous (son)!"
101. So We gave him the good news of a boy ready to suffer and
forbear.
102. Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with
him, he said: "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: Now
see what is thy view!" (The son) said: "O my father! Do as thou art
commanded: thou will find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience and
Constancy!"
103. So when they had both submitted their wills (to Allah., and he
had laid him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice),
104. We called out to him "O Abraham!
105. "Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!" - thus indeed do We
reward those who do right.
106. For this was obviously a trial-
107. And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice:
108. And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come)
in later times:
109. "Peace and salutation to Abraham!"
110. Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.
111. For he was one of our believing Servants..112. And We gave him the
good news of Isaac - a prophet,- one of
the Righteous.
113. We blessed him and Isaac: but of their progeny are (some) that
do right, and (some) that obviously do wrong, to their own souls.
114. Again (of old) We bestowed Our favour on Moses and Aaron,
115. And We delivered them and their people from (their) Great
Calamity;
116. And We helped them, so they overcame (their troubles);
117. And We gave them the Book which helps to make things clear;
118. And We guided them to the Straight Way.
119. And We left (this blessing) for them among generations (to
come) in later times:
120. "Peace and salutation to Moses and Aaron!"
121. Thus indeed do We reward those who do right.
122. For they were two of our believing Servants.
123. So also was Elias among those sent (by Us).
124. Behold, he said to his people, "Will ye not fear ((Allah))?
125. "Will ye call upon Baal and forsake the Best of Creators,-
126. "(Allah), your Lord and Cherisher and the Lord and Cherisher of
your fathers of old?"
127. But they rejected him, and they will certainly be called up (for
punishment),-
128. Except the sincere and devoted Servants of Allah (among
them).
129. And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come)
in later times:
130. "Peace and salutation to such as Elias!"
131. Thus indeed do We reward those who do right..132. For he was one of
our believing Servants.
133. So also was Lut among those sent (by Us).
134. Behold, We delivered him and his adherents, all
135. Except an old woman who was among those who lagged behind:
136. Then We destroyed the rest.
137. Verily, ye pass by their (sites), by day-
138. And by night: will ye not understand?
139. So also was Jonah among those sent (by Us).
140. When he ran away (like a slave from captivity) to the ship
(fully) laden,
141. He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned:
142. Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy
of blame.
143. Had it not been that he (repented and) glorified Allah,
144. He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of
Resurrection.
145. But We cast him forth on the naked shore in a state of sickness,
146. And We caused to grow, over him, a spreading plant of the
gourd kind.
147. And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men)
or more.
148. And they believed; so We permitted them to enjoy (their life)
for a while.
149. Now ask them their opinion: Is it that thy Lord has (only)
daughters, and they have sons?-
150. Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnesses
(thereto)?
151. Is it not that they say, from their own invention,.152. "(Allah) has
begotten children"? but they are liars!
153. Did He (then) choose daughters rather than sons?
154. What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
155. Will ye not then receive admonition?
156. Or have ye an authority manifest?
157. Then bring ye your Book (of authority) if ye be truthful!
158. And they have invented a blood-relationship between Him and
the Jinns: but the Jinns know (quite well) that they have indeed to appear
(before his Judgment- Seat)!
159. Glory to Allah. (He is free) from the things they ascribe (to
Him)!
160. Not (so do) the Servants of Allah, sincere and devoted.
161. For, verily, neither ye nor those ye worship-
162. Can lead (any) into temptation concerning Allah,
163. Except such as are (themselves) going to the blazing Fire!
164. (Those ranged in ranks say): "Not one of us but has a place
appointed;
165. "And we are verily ranged in ranks (for service);
166. "And we are verily those who declare ((Allah)'s) glory!"
167. And there were those who said,
168. "If only we had had before us a Message from those of old,
169. "We should certainly have been Servants of Allah, sincere (and
devoted)!"
170. But (now that the Qur'an has come), they reject it: But soon will
they know!
171. Already has Our Word been passed before (this) to our Servants
sent (by Us),
172. That they would certainly be assisted,.173. And that Our forces,- they
surely must conquer.
174. So turn thou away from them for a little while,
175. And watch them (how they fare), and they soon shall see (how
thou farest)!
176. Do they wish (indeed) to hurry on our Punishment?
177. But when it descends into the open space before them, evil will
be the morning for those who were warned (and heeded not)!
178. So turn thou away from them for a little while,
179. And watch (how they fare) and they soon shall see (how thou
farest)!
180. Glory to thy Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power! (He is free)
from what they ascribe (to Him)!
181. And Peace on the apostles!
182. And Praise to Allah, the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds.

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The Angels, Orignator

Surah 35. The Angels, Orignator
1. Praise be to Allah, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and
the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three,
or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for Allah has power
over all things.
2. What Allah out of his Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none
can withhold: what He doth withhold, there is none can grant, apart from
Him: and He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
3. O men! Call to mind the grace of Allah unto you! is there a creator,
other than Allah, to give you sustenance from heaven or earth? There is
no god but He: how then are ye deluded away from the Truth?
4. And if they reject thee, so were apostles rejected before thee: to
Allah back for decision all affairs.
5. O men! Certainly the promise of Allah is true. Let not then this
present life deceive you, nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about
Allah.
6. Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy. He
only invites his adherents, that they may become Companions of the
Blazing Fire.
7. For those who reject Allah, is a terrible Penalty: but for those who
believe and work righteous deeds, is Forgiveness, and a magnificent
Reward.
8. Is he, then, to whom the evil of his conduct is made alluring, so
that he looks upon it as good, (equal to one who is rightly guided)? For
Allah leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. So let not
thy soul go out in (vainly) sighing after them: for Allah knows well all that
they do!
9. It is Allah Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up the
Clouds, and We drive them to a land that is dead, and revive the earth
therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection!
10. If any do seek for glory and power,- to Allah belong all glory and
power. To Him mount up (all) Words of Purity: It is He Who exalts each
Deed of Righteousness. Those that lay Plots of Evil,- for them is a Penalty
terrible; and the plotting of such will be void (of result)..11. And Allah did
create you from dust; then from a sperm-drop;
then He made you in pairs. And no female conceives, or lays down (her
load), but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted length of
days, nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Decree (ordained). All
this is easy to Allah.
12. Nor are the two bodies of flowing water alike,- the one palatable,
sweet, and pleasant to drink, and the other, salt and bitter. Yet from each
(kind of water) do ye eat flesh fresh and tender, and ye extract ornaments
to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that plough the waves, that ye
may seek (thus) of the Bounty of Allah that ye may be grateful.
13. He merges Night into Day, and he merges Day into Night, and he
has subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law): each one runs its
course for a term appointed. Such is Allah your Lord: to Him belongs all
Dominion. And those whom ye invoke besides Him have not the least
power.
14. If ye invoke them, they will not listen to your call, and if they
were to listen, they cannot answer your (prayer). On the Day of Judgment
they will reject your "Partnership". and none, (O man!) can tell thee (the
Truth) like the One Who is acquainted with all things.
15. O ye men! It is ye that have need of Allah. but Allah is the One
Free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
16. If He so pleased, He could blot you out and bring in a New
Creation.
17. Nor is that (at all) difficult for Allah.
18. Nor can a bearer of burdens bear another's burdens if one heavily
laden should call another to (bear) his load. Not the least portion of it can
be carried (by the other). Even though he be nearly related. Thou canst
but admonish such as fear their Lord unseen and establish regular Prayer.
And whoever purifies himself does so for the benefit of his own soul; and
the destination (of all) is to Allah.
19. The blind and the seeing are not alike;
20. Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light;
21. Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun:
22. Nor are alike those that are living and those that are dead. Allah
can make any that He wills to hear; but thou canst not make those to
hear who are (buried) in graves..23. Thou art no other than a warner.
24. Verily We have sent thee in truth, as a bearer of glad tidings, and
as a warner: and there never was a people, without a warner having lived
among them (in the past).
25. And if they reject thee, so did their predecessors, to whom came
their apostles with Clear Signs, Books of dark prophecies, and the Book of
Enlightenment.
26. In the end did I punish those who rejected Faith: and how
(terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
27. Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky? With it
We then bring out produce of various colours. And in the mountains are
tracts white and red, of various shades of colour, and black intense in hue.
28. And so amongst men and crawling creatures and cattle, are they
of various colours. Those truly fear Allah, among His Servants, who have
knowledge: for Allah is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving.
29. Those who rehearse the Book of Allah, establish regular Prayer,
and spend (in Charity) out of what We have provided for them, secretly
and openly, hope for a commerce that will never fail:
30. For He will pay them their meed, nay, He will give them (even)
more out of His Bounty: for He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate
(service).
31. That which We have revealed to thee of the Book is the Truth,-
confirming what was (revealed) before it: for Allah is assuredly- with
respect to His Servants - well acquainted and Fully Observant.
32. Then We have given the Book for inheritance to such of Our
Servants as We have chosen: but there are among them some who wrong
their own souls; some who follow a middle course; and some who are, by
Allah’s leave, foremost in good deeds; that is the highest Grace.
33. Gardens of Eternity will they enter: therein will they be adorned
with bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of silk.
34. And they will say: "Praise be to Allah, Who has removed from us
(all) sorrow: for our Lord is indeed Oft-Forgiving Ready to appreciate
(service):
35. "Who has, out of His Bounty, settled us in a Home that will last:
no toil nor sense of weariness shall touch us therein.".36. But those who reject
((Allah)) - for them will be the Fire of Hell:
No term shall be determined for them, so they should die, nor shall its
Penalty be lightened for them. Thus do We reward every ungrateful one!
37. Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): "Our Lord! Bring us
out: we shall work righteousness, not the (deeds) we used to do!" - "Did
We not give you long enough life so that he that would should receive
admonition? and (moreover) the warner came to you. So taste ye (the
fruits of your deeds): for the wrong-doers there is no helper."
38. Verily Allah knows (all) the hidden things of the heavens and the
earth: verily He has full knowledge of all that is in (men's) hearts.
39. He it is That has made you inheritors in the earth: if, then, any
do reject ((Allah)), their rejection (works) against themselves: their
rejection but adds to the odium for the Unbelievers in the sight of their
Lord: their rejection but adds to (their own) undoing.
40. Say: "Have ye seen (these) 'Partners' of yours whom ye call upon
besides Allah. Show Me what it is they have created in the (wide) earth.
Or have they a share in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book from
which they (can derive) clear (evidence)?- Nay, the wrong-doers promise
each other nothing but delusions.
41. It is Allah Who sustains the heavens and the earth, lest they
cease (to function): and if they should fail, there is none - not one - can
sustain them thereafter: Verily He is Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.
42. They swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a warner came
to them, they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of the
Peoples: But when a warner came to them, it has only increased their
flight (from righteousness),-
43. On account of their arrogance in the land and their plotting of
Evil, but the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now are
they but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with? But no change
wilt thou find in Allah’s way (of dealing): no turning off wilt thou find in
Allah’s way (of dealing).
44. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End
of those before them,- though they were superior to them in strength?
Nor is Allah to be frustrated by anything whatever in the heavens or on
earth: for He is All-Knowing. All-Powerful.
45. If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve. He
would not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He
gives them respite for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily
Allah has in His sight all His Servants..

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Sad, (the Letter) Sad ( S )

Surah 38. Sad, (the Letter) Sad ( S )
1. Sad: By the Qur'an, Full of Admonition: (This is the Truth).
2. But the Unbelievers (are steeped) in self-glory and Separatism.
3. How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end
they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!
4. So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among
themselves! and the Unbelievers say, "This is a sorcerer telling lies!
5. "Has he made the gods (all) into one Allah. Truly this is a
wonderful thing!"
6. And the leader among them go away (impatiently), (saying), "Walk
ye away, and remain constant to your gods! For this is truly a thing
designed (against you)!
7. "We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latter
days: this is nothing but a made-up tale!".8. "What! has the Message been sent
to him - (Of all persons) among
us?"...but they are in doubt concerning My (Own) Message! Nay, they
have not yet tasted My Punishment!
9. Or have they the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord,- the Exalted
in Power, the Grantor of Bounties without measure?
10. Or have they the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all
between? If so, let them mount up with the ropes and means (to reach
that end)!
11. But there - will be put to flight even a host of confederates.
12. Before them (were many who) rejected apostles,- the people of
Noah, and 'Ad, and Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes,
13. And Thamud, and the people of Lut, and the Companions of the
Wood; - such were the Confederates.
14. Not one (of them) but rejected the apostles, but My punishment
came justly and inevitably (on them).
15. These (today) only wait for a single mighty Blast, which (when it
comes) will brook no delay.
16. They say: "Our Lord! hasten to us our sentence (even) before the
Day of Account!"
17. Have patience at what they say, and remember our servant
David, the man of strength: for he ever turned (to Allah..
18. It was We that made the hills declare, in unison with him, Our
Praises, at eventide and at break of day,
19. And the birds gathered (in assemblies): all with him did turn (to
Allah..
20. We strengthened his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and sound
judgment in speech and decision.
21. Has the Story of the Disputants reached thee? Behold, they
climbed over the wall of the private chamber;
22. When they entered the presence of David, and he was terrified of
them, they said: "Fear not: we are two disputants, one of whom has
wronged the other: Decide now between us with truth, and treat us not
with injustice, but guide us to the even Path...23. "This man is my brother: He
has nine and ninety ewes, and I
have (but) one: Yet he says, 'commit her to my care,' and is (moreover)
harsh to me in speech."
24. (David) said: "He has undoubtedly wronged thee in demanding
thy (single) ewe to be added to his (flock of) ewes: truly many are the
partners (in business) who wrong each other: Not so do those who believe
and work deeds of righteousness, and how few are they?"...and David
gathered that We had tried him: he asked forgiveness of his Lord, fell
down, bowing (in prostration), and turned (to Allah in repentance).
25. So We forgave him this (lapse): he enjoyed, indeed, a Near
Approach to Us, and a beautiful place of (Final) Return.
26. O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth: so
judge thou between men in truth (and justice): Nor follow thou the lusts
(of thy heart), for they will mislead thee from the Path of Allah. for those
who wander astray from the Path of Allah, is a Penalty Grievous, for that
they forget the Day of Account.
27. Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all
between! that were the thought of Unbelievers! but woe to the
Unbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell)!
28. Shall We treat those who believe and work deeds of
righteousness, the same as those who do mischief on earth? Shall We
treat those who guard against evil, the same as those who turn aside from
the right?
29. (Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of
blessings, that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of
understanding may receive admonition.
30. To David We gave Solomon (for a son),- How excellent in Our
service! Ever did he turn (to Us)!
31. Behold, there were brought before him, at eventide coursers of
the highest breeding, and swift of foot;
32. And he said, "Truly do I love the love of good, with a view to the
glory of my Lord,"- until (the sun) was hidden in the veil (of night):
33. "Bring them back to me." then began he to pass his hand over
(their) legs and their necks.
34. And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body
(without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion):.35. He said, "O my Lord!
Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom which,
(it may be), suits not another after me: for Thou art the Grantor of
Bounties (without measure).
36. Then We subjected the wind to his power, to flow gently to his
order, Whithersoever he willed,-
37. As also the evil ones, (including) every kind of builder and diver,-
38. As also others bound together in fetters.
39. "Such are Our Bounties: whether thou bestow them (on others)
or withhold them, no account will be asked."
40. And he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful
Place of (Final) Return.
41. Commemorate Our Servant Job. Behold he cried to his Lord: "The
Evil One has afflicted me with distress and suffering!"
42. (The command was given:) "Strike with thy foot: here is (water)
wherein to wash, cool and refreshing, and (water) to drink."
43. And We gave him (back) his people, and doubled their number,-
as a Grace from Ourselves, and a thing for commemoration, for all who
have Understanding.
44. "And take in thy hand a little grass, and strike therewith: and
break not (thy oath)." Truly We found him full of patience and constancy.
How excellent in Our service! ever did he turn (to Us)!
45. And commemorate Our Servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
possessors of Power and Vision.
46. Verily We did choose them for a special (purpose)- proclaiming
the Message of the Hereafter.
47. They were, in Our sight, truly, of the company of the Elect and
the Good.
48. And commemorate Isma'il, Elisha, and Zul-Kifl: Each of them was
of the Company of the Good.
49. This is a Message (of admonition): and verily, for the righteous, is
a beautiful Place of (Final) Return,-
50. Gardens of Eternity, whose doors will (ever) be open to them;.51. Therein
will they recline (at ease): Therein can they call (at
pleasure) for fruit in abundance, and (delicious) drink;
52. And beside them will be chaste women restraining their glances,
(companions) of equal age.
53. Such is the Promise made, to you for the Day of Account!
54. Truly such will be Our Bounty (to you); it will never fail;-
55. Yea, such! but - for the wrong-doers will be an evil place of
(Final) Return!-
56. Hell!- they w ill burn therein, - an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)!-
57. Yea, such! - then shall they taste it,- a boiling fluid, and a fluid
dark, murky, intensely cold!-
58. And other Penalties of a similar kind, to match them!
59. Here is a troop rushing headlong with you! No welcome for them!
truly, they shall burn in the Fire!
60. (The followers shall cry to the misleaders:) "Nay, ye (too)! No
welcome for you! It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil is (this)
place to stay in!"
61. They will say: "Our Lord! whoever brought this upon us,- Add to
him a double Penalty in the Fire!"
62. And they will say: "What has happened to us that we see not
men whom we used to number among the bad ones?
63. "Did we treat them (as such) in ridicule, or have (our) eyes failed
to perceive them?"
64. Truly that is just and fitting,- the mutual recriminations of the
People of the Fire!
65. Say: "Truly am I a Warner: no god is there but the one Allah,
Supreme and Irresistible,-
66. "The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between,-
Exalted in Might, able to enforce His Will, forgiving again and again."
67. Say: "That is a Message Supreme (above all),-
68. "From which ye do turn away!.69. "No knowledge have I of the Chiefs on
high, when they discuss
(matters) among themselves.
70. 'Only this has been revealed to me: that I am to give warning
plainly and publicly."
71. Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man
from clay:
72. "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed
into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
73. So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
74. Not so Iblis: he was haughty, and became one of those who
reject Faith.
75. ((Allah)) said: "O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating
thyself to one whom I have created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or
art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?"
76. (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: thou createdst me from fire,
and him thou createdst from clay."
77. ((Allah)) said: "Then get thee out from here: for thou art
rejected, accursed.
78. "And My curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."
79. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the
(dead) are raised."
80. ((Allah)) said: "Respite then is granted thee-
81. "Till the Day of the Time Appointed."
82. (Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the
wrong,-
83. "Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy
Grace)."
84. ((Allah)) said: "Then it is just and fitting- and I say what is just
and fitting-
85. "That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee,-
every one.".86. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I a
pretender.
87. "This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.
88. "And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."

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The Believer, The Forgiver (God)

Surah 40. The Believer, The Forgiver (God)
1. Ha Mim
2. The revelation of this Book is from Allah, Exalted in Power, Full of
Knowledge,-
3. Who forgiveth sin, accepteth repentance, is strict in punishment,
and hath a long reach (in all things). there is no god but He: to Him is the
final goal.
4. None can dispute about the Signs of Allah but the Unbelievers. Let
not, then, their strutting about through the land deceive thee!.5. But (there
were people) before them, who denied (the Signs),- the
People of Noah, and the Confederates (of Evil) after them; and every
People plotted against their prophet, to seize him, and disputed by means
of vanities, therewith to condemn the Truth; but it was I that seized them!
and how (terrible) was My Requital!
6. Thus was the Decree of thy Lord proved true against the
Unbelievers; that truly they are Companions of the Fire!
7. Those who sustain the Throne (of Allah. and those around it Sing
Glory and Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implore Forgiveness for
those who believe: "Our Lord! Thy Reach is over all things, in Mercy and
Knowledge. Forgive, then, those who turn in Repentance, and follow Thy
Path; and preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire!
8. "And grant, our Lord! that they enter the Gardens of Eternity,
which Thou hast promised to them, and to the righteous among their
fathers, their wives, and their posterity! For Thou art (He), the Exalted in
Might, Full of Wisdom.
9. "And preserve them from (all) ills; and any whom Thou dost
preserve from ills that Day,- on them wilt Thou have bestowed Mercy
indeed: and that will be truly (for them) the highest Achievement".
10. The Unbelievers will be addressed: "Greater was the aversion of
Allah to you than (is) your aversion to yourselves, seeing that ye were
called to the Faith and ye used to refuse."
11. They will say: "Our Lord! twice hast Thou made us without life,
and twice hast Thou given us Life! Now have we recognised our sins: Is
there any way out (of this)?"
12. (The answer will be:) "This is because, when Allah was invoked as
the Only (object of worship), ye did reject Faith, but when partners were
joined to Him, ye believed! the Command is with Allah, Most High, Most
Great!"
13. He it is Who showeth you his Signs, and sendeth down
sustenance for you from the sky: but only those receive admonition who
turn (to Allah..
14. Call ye, then, upon Allah with sincere devotion to Him, even
though the Unbelievers may detest it.
15. Raised high above ranks (or degrees), (He is) the Lord of the
Throne (of Authority): by His Command doth He send the Spirit (of
inspiration) to any of His servants he pleases, that it may warn (men) of
the Day of Mutual Meeting,-.16. The Day whereon they will (all) come forth:
not a single thing
concerning them is hidden from Allah. Whose will be the dominion that
Day?" That of Allah, the One the Irresistible!
17. That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; no
injustice will there be that Day, for Allah is Swift in taking account.
18. Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near, when the
hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke (them); No intimate
friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have, who could be listened to.
19. ((Allah)) knows of (the tricks) that deceive with the eyes, and all
that the hearts (of men) conceal.
20. And Allah will judge with (justice and) Truth: but those whom
(men) invoke besides Him, will not (be in a position) to judge at all. Verily
it is Allah (alone) Who hears and sees (all things).
21. Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of
those before them? They were even superior to them in strength, and in
the traces (they have left) in the land: but Allah did call them to account
for their sins, and none had they to defend them against Allah.
22. That was because there came to them their apostles with Clear
(Signs), but they rejected them: So Allah called them to account: for He is
Full of Strength, Strict in Punishment.
23. Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority manifest,
24. To Pharaoh, Haman, and Qarun; but they called (him)" a sorcerer
telling lies!"...
25. Now, when he came to them in Truth, from Us, they said, "Slay
the sons of those who believe with him, and keep alive their females," but
the plots of Unbelievers (end) in nothing but errors (and delusions)!...
26. Said Pharaoh: "Leave me to slay Moses; and let him call on his
Lord! What I fear is lest he should change your religion, or lest he should
cause mischief to appear in the land!"
27. Moses said: "I have indeed called upon my Lord and your Lord
(for protection) from every arrogant one who believes not in the Day of
Account!"
28. A believer, a man from among the people of Pharaoh, who had
concealed his faith, said: "Will ye slay a man because he says, 'My Lord is
Allah.?- when he has indeed come to you with Clear (Signs) from your
Lord? and if he be a liar, on him is (the sin of) his lie: but, if he is telling.the
Truth, then will fall on you something of the (calamity) of which he
warns you: Truly Allah guides not one who transgresses and lies!
29. "O my People! Yours is the dominion this day: Ye have the upper
hand in the land: but who will help us from the Punishment of Allah,
should it befall us?" Pharaoh said: "I but point out to you that which I see
(myself); Nor do I guide you but to the Path of Right!"
30. Then said the man who believed: "O my people! Truly I do fear
for you something like the Day (of disaster) of the Confederates (in sin)!-
31. "Something like the fate of the People of Noah, the 'Ad, and the
Thamud, and those who came after them: but Allah never wishes injustice
to his Servants.
32. "And O my people! I fear for you a Day when there will be Mutual
calling (and wailing),-
33. "A Day when ye shall turn your backs and flee: No defender shall
ye have from Allah. Any whom Allah leaves to stray, there is none to
guide...
34. "And to you there came Joseph in times gone by, with Clear
Signs, but ye ceased not to doubt of the (Mission) for which he had come:
At length, when he died, ye said: 'No apostle will Allah send after him.'
thus doth Allah leave to stray such as transgress and live in doubt,-
35. "(Such) as dispute about the Signs of Allah, without any authority
that hath reached them, grievous and odious (is such conduct) in the sight
of Allah and of the Believers. Thus doth Allah, seal up every heart - of
arrogant and obstinate Transgressors."
36. Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I may
attain the ways and means-
37. "The ways and means of (reaching) the heavens, and that I may
mount up to the Allah of Moses: But as far as I am concerned, I think
(Moses) is a liar!" Thus was made alluring, in Pharaoh's eyes, the evil of
his deeds, and he was hindered from the Path; and the plot of Pharaoh led
to nothing but perdition (for him).
38. The man who believed said further: "O my people! Follow me: I
will lead you to the Path of Right.
39. "O my people! This life of the present is nothing but (temporary)
convenience: It is the Hereafter that is the Home that will last..40. "He that
works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof:
and he that works a righteous deed - whether man or woman - and is a
Believer- such will enter the Garden (of Bliss): Therein will they have
abundance without measure.
41. "And O my people! How (strange) it is for me to call you to
Salvation while ye call me to the Fire!
42. "Ye do call upon me to blaspheme against Allah, and to join with
Him partners of whom I have no knowledge; and I call you to the Exalted
in Power, Who forgives again and again!"
43. "Without doubt ye do call me to one who is not fit to be called to,
whether in this world, or in the Hereafter; our return will be to Allah. and
the Transgressors will be Companions of the Fire!
44. "Soon will ye remember what I say to you (now), My (own) affair
I commit to Allah. for Allah (ever) watches over His Servants."
45. Then Allah saved him from (every) ill that they plotted (against
him), but the burnt of the Penalty encompassed on all sides the People of
Pharaoh.
46. In front of the Fire will they be brought, morning and evening:
And (the sentence will be) on the Day that Judgment will be established:
"Cast ye the People of Pharaoh into the severest Penalty!"
47. Behold, they will dispute with each other in the Fire! The weak
ones (who followed) will say to those who had been arrogant, "We but
followed you: Can ye then take (on yourselves) from us some share of the
Fire?
48. Those who had been arrogant will say: "We are all in this (Fire)!
Truly, Allah has judged between (his) Servants!"
49. Those in the Fire will say to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to your
Lord to lighten us the Penalty for a day (at least)!"
50. They will say: "Did there not come to you your apostles with
Clear Signs?" They will say, "Yes". They will reply, "Then pray (as ye like)!
But the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile wandering) in
(mazes of) error!"
51. We will, without doubt, help our apostles and those who believe,
(both) in this world's life and on the Day when the Witnesses will stand
forth,-.52. The Day when no profit will it be to Wrong-doers to present their
excuses, but they will (only) have the Curse and the Home of Misery.
53. We did aforetime give Moses the (Book of) Guidance, and We
gave the book in inheritance to the Children of Israel,-
54. A Guide and a Message to men of Understanding.
55. Patiently, then, persevere: for the Promise of Allah is true: and
ask forgiveness for thy fault, and celebrate the Praises of thy Lord in the
evening and in the morning.
56. Those who dispute about the signs of Allah without any authority
bestowed on them,- there is nothing in their breasts but (the quest of)
greatness, which they shall never attain to: seek refuge, then, in Allah. It
is He Who hears and sees (all things).
57. Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater
(matter) than the creation of men: Yet most men understand not.
58. Not equal are the blind and those who (clearly) see: Nor are
(equal) those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and those
who do evil. Little do ye learn by admonition!
59. The Hour will certainly come: Therein is no doubt: Yet most men
believe not.
60. And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): but
those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell
- in humiliation!"
61. It is Allah Who has made the Night for you, that ye may rest
therein, and the days as that which helps (you) to see. Verily Allah is full
of Grace and Bounty to men: yet most men give no thanks.
62. Such is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things, there is no god
but He: Then how ye are deluded away from the Truth!
63. Thus are deluded those who are wont to reject the Signs of Allah.
64. It is Allah Who has made for you the earth as a resting place, and
the sky as a canopy, and has given you shape- and made your shapes
beautiful,- and has provided for you Sustenance, of things pure and
good;- such is Allah your Lord. So Glory to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!
65. He is the Living (One): There is no god but He: Call upon Him,
giving Him sincere devotion. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!.66. Say: "I
have been forbidden to invoke those whom ye invoke
besides Allah,- seeing that the Clear Sings have come to me from my
Lord; and I have been commanded to bow (in Islam) to the Lord of the
Worlds."
67. It is He Who has created you from dust then from a sperm-drop,
then from a leech-like clot; then does he get you out (into the light) as a
child: then lets you (grow and) reach your age of full strength; then lets
you become old,- though of you there are some who die before;- and lets
you reach a Term appointed; in order that ye may learn wisdom.
68. It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an
affair, He says to it, "Be", and it is.
69. Seest thou not those that dispute concerning the Sings of Allah.
How are they turned away (from Reality)?-
70. Those who reject the Book and the (revelations) with which We
sent our apostles: but soon shall they know,-
71. When the yokes (shall be) round their necks, and the chains;
they shall be dragged along-
72. In the boiling fetid fluid: then in the Fire shall they be burned;
73. Then shall it be said to them: "Where are the (deities) to which
ye gave part- worship-
74. "In derogation of Allah." They will reply: "They have left us in the
lurch: Nay, we invoked not, of old, anything (that had real existence)."
Thus does Allah leave the Unbelievers to stray.
75. "That was because ye were wont to rejoice on the earth in things
other than the Truth, and that ye were wont to be insolent.
76. "Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell therein: and evil is (this)
abode of the arrogant!"
77. So persevere in patience; for the Promise of Allah is true: and
whether We show thee (in this life) some part of what We promise them,-
or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (before that),-(in any case) it is to Us
that they shall (all) return.
78. We did aforetime send apostles before thee: of them there are
some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We
have not related to thee. It was not (possible) for any apostle to bring a
sign except by the leave of Allah. but when the Command of Allah issued,.the
matter was decided in truth and justice, and there perished, there and
then those who stood on Falsehoods.
79. It is Allah Who made cattle for you, that ye may use some for
riding and some for food;
80. And there are (other) advantages in them for you (besides); that
ye may through them attain to any need (there may be) in your hearts;
and on them and on ships ye are carried.

81. And He shows you (always) His Signs: then which of the Signs of
Allah will ye deny?
82. Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of
those before them? They were more numerous than these and superior in
strength and in the traces (they have left) in the land: Yet all that they
accomplished was of no profit to them.
83. For when their apostles came to them with Clear Signs, they
exulted in such knowledge (and skill) as they had; but that very (Wrath)
at which they were wont to scoff hemmed them in.
84. But when they saw Our Punishment, they said: "We believe in
Allah,- the one Allah - and we reject the partners we used to join with
Him."
85. But their professing the Faith when they (actually) saw Our
Punishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been) Allah’s Way of
dealing with His Servants (from the most ancient times). And even thus
did the Rejecters of Allah perish (utterly)!

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The Troops, Throngs

Surah 39. The Troops, Throngs
1. The revelation of this Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Power, full
of Wisdom.
2. Verily it is We Who have revealed the Book to thee in Truth: so
serve Allah, offering Him sincere devotion.
3. Is it not to Allah that sincere devotion is due? But those who take
for protectors other than Allah (say): "We only serve them in order that
they may bring us nearer to Allah." Truly Allah will judge between them in
that wherein they differ. But Allah guides not such as are false and
ungrateful.
4. Had Allah wished to take to Himself a son, He could have chosen
whom He pleased out of those whom He doth create: but Glory be to Him!
(He is above such things.) He is Allah, the One, the Irresistible.
5. He created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): He
makes the Night overlap the Day, and the Day overlap the Night: He has
subjected the sun and the moon (to His law): Each one follows a course
for a time appointed. Is not He the Exalted in Power - He Who forgives
again and again?
6. He created you (all) from a single person: then created, of like
nature, his mate; and he sent down for you eight head of cattle in pairs:
He makes you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, one after
another, in three veils of darkness. such is Allah, your Lord and Cherisher:
to Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but He: then how are ye
turned away (from your true Centre)?
7. If ye reject ((Allah)), Truly Allah hath no need of you; but He liketh
not ingratitude from His servants: if ye are grateful, He is pleased with
you. No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another. In the end, to
your Lord is your Return, when He will tell you the truth of all that ye did
(in this life). for He knoweth well all that is in (men's) hearts.
8. When some trouble toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning
to Him in repentance: but when He bestoweth a favour upon him as from
Himself, (man) doth forget what he cried and prayed for before, and he
doth set up rivals unto Allah, thus misleading others from Allah’s Path..Say,
"Enjoy thy blasphemy for a little while: verily thou art (one) of the
Companions of the Fire!"
9. Is one who worships devoutly during the hour of the night
prostrating himself or standing (in adoration), who takes heed of the
Hereafter, and who places his hope in the Mercy of his Lord - (like one
who does not)? Say: "Are those equal, those who know and those who do
not know? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive
admonition.
10. Say: "O ye my servants who believe! Fear your Lord, good is (the
reward) for those who do good in this world. Spacious is Allah’s earth!
those who patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without
measure!"
11. Say: "Verily, I am commanded to serve Allah with sincere
devotion;
12. "And I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah
in Islam."
13. Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of the
Penalty of a Mighty Day."
14. Say: "It is Allah I serve, with my sincere (and exclusive)
devotion:
15. "Serve ye what ye will besides him." Say: "Truly, those in loss are
those who lose their own souls and their People on the Day of Judgment:
Ah! that is indeed the (real and) evident Loss!
16. They shall have Layers of Fire above them, and Layers (of Fire)
below them: with this doth Allah warn off his servants: "O My Servants!
then fear ye Me!"
17. Those who eschew Evil,- and fall not into its worship,- and turn to
Allah (in repentance),- for them is Good News: so announce the Good
News to My Servants,-
18. Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best (meaning) in it:
those are the ones whom Allah has guided, and those are the ones
endued with understanding.
19. Is, then, one against whom the decree of Punishment is justly
due (equal to one who eschews Evil)? Wouldst thou, then, deliver one
(who is) in the Fire?.20. But it is for those who fear their Lord. That lofty
mansions, one
above another, have been built: beneath them flow rivers (of delight):
(such is) the Promise of Allah. never doth Allah fail in (His) promise.
21. Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and
leads it through springs in the earth? Then He causes to grow, therewith,
produce of various colours: then it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow;
then He makes it dry up and crumble away. Truly, in this, is a Message of
remembrance to men of understanding.
22. Is one whose heart Allah has opened to Islam, so that he has
received Enlightenment from Allah, (no better than one hard-hearted)?
Woe to those whose hearts are hardened against celebrating the praises
of Allah. they are manifestly wandering (in error)!
23. Allah has revealed (from time to time) the most beautiful
Message in the form of a Book, consistent with itself, (yet) repeating (its
teaching in various aspects): the skins of those who fear their Lord
tremble thereat; then their skins and their hearts do soften to the
celebration of Allah’s praises. Such is the guidance of Allah. He guides
therewith whom He pleases, but such as Allah leaves to stray, can have
none to guide.
24. Is, then, one who has to fear the brunt of the Penalty on the Day
of Judgment (and receive it) on his face, (like one guarded therefrom)? It
will be said to the wrong- doers: "Taste ye (the fruits of) what ye earned!"
25. Those before them (also) rejected (revelation), and so the
Punishment came to them from directions they did not perceive.
26. So Allah gave them a taste of humiliation in the present life, but
greater is the punishment of the Hereafter, if they only knew!
27. We have put forth for men, in this Qur'an every kind of Parable,
in order that they may receive admonition.
28. (It is) a Qur'an in Arabic, without any crookedness (therein): in
order that they may guard against Evil.
29. Allah puts forth a Parable a man belonging to many partners at
variance with each other, and a man belonging entirely to one master: are
those two equal in comparison? Praise be to Allah. but most of them have
no knowledge.
30. Truly thou wilt die (one day), and truly they (too) will die (one
day)..31. In the end will ye (all), on the Day of Judgment, settle your
disputes in the presence of your Lord.
32. Who, then, doth more wrong than one who utters a lie concerning
Allah, and rejects the Truth when it comes to him; is there not in Hell an
abode for blasphemers?
33. And he who brings the Truth and he who confirms (and supports)
it - such are the men who do right.
34. They shall have all that they wish for, in the presence of their
Lord: such is the reward of those who do good:
35. So that Allah will turn off from them (even) the worst in their
deeds and give them their reward according to the best of what they have
done.
36. Is not Allah enough for his Servant? But they try to frighten thee
with other (gods) besides Him! for such as Allah leaves to stray, there can
be no guide.
37. And such as Allah doth guide there can be none to lead astray. Is
not Allah Exalted in Power, (Able to enforce His Will), Lord of Retribution?
38. If indeed thou ask them who it is that created the heavens and
the earth, they would be sure to say, "(Allah)". Say: "See ye then? the
things that ye invoke besides Allah,- can they, if Allah wills some Penalty
for me, remove His Penalty?- Or if He wills some Grace for me, can they
keep back his Grace?" Say: "Sufficient is Allah for me! In Him trust those
who put their trust."
39. Say: "O my People! Do whatever ye can: I will do (my part): but
soon will ye know-
40. "Who it is to whom comes a Penalty of ignominy, and on whom
descends a Penalty that abides."
41. Verily We have revealed the Book to thee in Truth, for
(instructing) mankind. He, then, that receives guidance benefits his own
soul: but he that strays injures his own soul. Nor art thou set over them
to dispose of their affairs.
42. It is Allah that takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that
die not (He takes) during their sleep: those on whom He has passed the
decree of death, He keeps back (from returning to life), but the rest He
sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed verily in this are Signs for
those who reflect..43. What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah.
Say:
"Even if they have no power whatever and no intelligence?"
44. Say: "To Allah belongs exclusively (the right to grant)
intercession: to Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth:
In the End, it is to Him that ye shall be brought back."
45. When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those
who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror; but
when (gods) other than He are mentioned, behold, they are filled with joy!
46. Say: "O Allah. Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of
all that is hidden and open! it is Thou that wilt judge between Thy
Servants in those matters about which they have differed."
47. Even if the wrong-doers had all that there is on earth, and as
much more, (in vain) would they offer it for ransom from the pain of the
Penalty on the Day of Judgment: but something will confront them from
Allah, which they could never have counted upon!
48. For the evils of their Deeds will confront them, and they will be
(completely) encircled by that which they used to mock at!
49. Now, when trouble touches man, he cries to Us: But when We
bestow a favour upon him as from Ourselves, he says, "This has been
given to me because of a certain knowledge (I have)!" Nay, but this is but
a trial, but most of them understand not!
50. Thus did the (generations) before them say! But all that they did
was of no profit to them.
51. Nay, the evil results of their Deeds overtook them. And the
wrong-doers of this (generation)- the evil results of their Deeds will soon
overtake them (too), and they will never be able to frustrate (Our Plan)!
52. Know they not that Allah enlarges the provision or restricts it, for
any He pleases? Verily, in this are Signs for those who believe!
53. Say: "O my Servants who have transgressed against their souls!
Despair not of the Mercy of Allah. for Allah forgives all sins: for He is Oft-
Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
54. "Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before
the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped.
55. "And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your
Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive
not!-.56. "Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I
neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who
mocked!'-
57. "Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should
certainly have been among the righteous!'-
58. "Or (lest) it should say when it (actually) sees the penalty: 'If
only I had another chance, I should certainly be among those who do
good!'
59. "(The reply will be:) 'Nay, but there came to thee my Signs, and
thou didst reject them: thou wast Haughty, and became one of those who
reject faith!'"
60. On the Day of Judgment wilt thou see those who told lies against
Allah.- their faces will be turned black; Is there not in Hell an abode for
the Haughty?
61. But Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: no
evil shall touch them, nor shall they grieve.
62. Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the Guardian and
Disposer of all affairs.
63. To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: and those
who reject the Signs of Allah,- it is they who will be in loss.
64. Say: "Is it some one other than Allah that ye order me to
worship, O ye ignorant ones?"
65. But it has already been revealed to thee,- as it was to those
before thee,- "If thou wert to join (gods with Allah., truly fruitless will be
thy work (in life), and thou wilt surely be in the ranks of those who lose
(all spiritual good)".
66. Nay, but worship Allah, and be of those who give thanks.
67. No just estimate have they made of Allah, such as is due to Him:
On the Day of Judgment the whole of the earth will be but His handful,
and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: Glory to Him! High is
He above the Partners they attribute to Him!
68. The Trumpet will (just) be sounded, when all that are in the
heavens and on earth will swoon, except such as it will please Allah (to
exempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when, behold, they will be
standing and looking on!.69. And the Earth will shine with the Glory of its Lord:
the Record (of
Deeds) will be placed (open); the prophets and the witnesses will be
brought forward and a just decision pronounced between them; and they
will not be wronged (in the least).
70. And to every soul will be paid in full (the fruit) of its Deeds; and
((Allah)) knoweth best all that they do.
71. The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowd: until, when they
arrive, there, its gates will be opened. And its keepers will say, "Did not
apostles come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing to you the Signs
of your Lord, and warning you of the Meeting of This Day of yours?" The
answer will be: "True: but the Decree of Punishment has been proved true
against the Unbelievers!"
72. (To them) will be said: "Enter ye the gates of Hell, to dwell
therein: and evil is (this) Abode of the Arrogant!"
73. And those who feared their Lord will be led to the Garden in
crowds: until behold, they arrive there; its gates will be opened; and its
keepers will say: "Peace be upon you! well have ye done! enter ye here,
to dwell therein."
74. They will say: "Praise be to Allah, Who has truly fulfilled His
Promise to us, and has given us (this) land in heritage: We can dwell in
the Garden as we will: how excellent a reward for those who work
(righteousness)!"
75. And thou wilt see the angels surrounding the Throne (Divine) on
all sides, singing Glory and Praise to their Lord. The Decision between
them (at Judgment) will be in (perfect) justice, and the cry (on all sides)
will be, "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!"

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Councel, Consultation

Surah 42. Councel, Consultation
1. Ha-Mim
2. 'Ain. Sin. Qaf.
3. Thus doth (He) send inspiration to thee as (He did) to those before
thee,- Allah, Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
4. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: and He is
Most High, Most Great.
5. The heavens are almost rent asunder from above them (by Him
Glory): and the angels celebrate the Praises of their Lord, and pray for
forgiveness for (all) beings on earth: Behold! Verily Allah is He, the Oft-
Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
6. And those who take as protectors others besides Him,- Allah doth
watch over them; and thou art not the disposer of their affairs.
7. Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Qur'an: that
thou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her,- and warn
(them) of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt: (when) some
will be in the Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire.
8. If Allah had so willed, He could have made them a single people;
but He admits whom He will to His Mercy; and the Wrong-doers will have
no protector nor helper.
9. What! Have they taken (for worship) protectors besides Him? But it
is Allah,- He is the Protector, and it is He Who gives life to the dead: It is
He Who has power over all things,.10. Whatever it be wherein ye differ, the
decision thereof is with
Allah. such is Allah my Lord: In Him I trust, and to Him I turn.
11. (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made
for you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs among cattle: by this
means does He multiply you: there is nothing whatever like unto Him, and
He is the One that hears and sees (all things).
12. To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: He
enlarges and restricts. The Sustenance to whom He will: for He knows full
well all things.
13. The same religion has He established for you as that which He
enjoined on Noah - the which We have sent by inspiration to thee - and
that which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: Namely, that ye
should remain steadfast in religion, and make no divisions therein: to
those who worship other things than Allah, hard is the (way) to which
thou callest them. Allah chooses to Himself those whom He pleases, and
guides to Himself those who turn (to Him).
14. And they became divided only after Knowledge reached them,-
through selfish envy as between themselves. Had it not been for a Word
that went forth before from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term appointed, the
matter would have been settled between them: But truly those who have
inherited the Book after them are in suspicious (disquieting) doubt
concerning it.
15. Now then, for that (reason), call (them to the Faith), and stand
steadfast as thou art commanded, nor follow thou their vain desires; but
say: "I believe in the Book which Allah has sent down; and I am
commanded to judge justly between you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord:
for us (is the responsibility for) our deeds, and for you for your deeds.
There is no contention between us and you. Allah will bring us together,
and to Him is (our) Final Goal.
16. But those who dispute concerning Allah after He has been
accepted,- futile is their dispute in the Sight of their Lord: on them will be
a Penalty terrible.
17. It is Allah Who has sent down the Book in Truth, and the Balance
(by which to weigh conduct). And what will make thee realise that
perhaps the Hour is close at hand?
18. Only those wish to hasten it who believe not in it: those who
believe hold it in awe, and know that it is the Truth. Behold, verily those
that dispute concerning the Hour are far astray..19. Gracious is Allah to His
servants: He gives Sustenance to whom
He pleases: and He has power and can carry out His Will.
20. To any that desires the tilth of the Hereafter, We give increase in
his tilth, and to any that desires the tilth of this world, We grant
somewhat thereof, but he has no share or lot in the Hereafter.
21. What! have they partners (in godhead), who have established for
them some religion without the permission of Allah. Had it not been for
the Decree of Judgment, the matter would have been decided between
them (at once). But verily the Wrong- doers will have a grievous Penalty.
22. Thou wilt see the Wrong-doers in fear on account of what they
have earned, and (the burden of) that must (necessarily) fall on them. But
those who believe and work righteous deeds will be in the luxuriant meads
of the Gardens: they shall have, before their Lord, all that they wish for.
That will indeed be the magnificent Bounty (of Allah..
23. That is (the Bounty) whereof Allah gives Glad Tidings to His
Servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: "No reward do I ask of
you for this except the love of those near of kin." And if any one earns any
good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect thereof: for Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service).
24. What! Do they say, "He has forged a falsehood against Allah.?
But if Allah willed, He could seal up thy heart. And Allah blots out Vanity,
and proves the Truth by His Words. For He knows well the secrets of all
hearts.
25. He is the One that accepts repentance from His Servants and
forgives sins: and He knows all that ye do.
26. And He listens to those who believe and do deeds of
righteousness, and gives them increase of His Bounty: but for the
Unbelievers their is a terrible Penalty.
27. If Allah were to enlarge the provision for His Servants, they would
indeed transgress beyond all bounds through the earth; but he sends (it)
down in due measure as He pleases. For He is with His Servants Wellacquainted,
Watchful.
28. He is the One that sends down rain (even) after (men) have
given up all hope, and scatters His Mercy (far and wide). And He is the
Protector, Worthy of all Praise.
29. And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the
earth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them: and
He has power to gather them together when He wills..30. Whatever misfortune
happens to you, is because on the things
your hands have wrought, and for many (of them) He grants forgiveness.
31. Nor can ye frustrate (aught), (fleeing) through the earth; nor
have ye, besides Allah, any one to protect or to help.
32. And among His Signs are the ships, smooth-running through the
ocean, (tall) as mountains.
33. If it be His Will He can still the Wind: then would they become
motionless on the back of the (ocean). Verily in this are Signs for
everyone who patiently perseveres and is grateful.
34. Or He can cause them to perish because of the (evil) which (the
men) have earned; but much doth He forgive.
35. But let those know, who dispute about Our Signs, that there is for
them no way of escape.
36. Whatever ye are given (here) is (but) a convenience of this life:
but that which is with Allah is better and more lasting: (it is) for those
who believe and put their trust in their Lord:
37. Those who avoid the greater crimes and shameful deeds, and,
when they are angry even then forgive;
38. Those who hearken to their Lord, and establish regular Prayer;
who (conduct) their affairs by mutual Consultation; who spend out of what
We bestow on them for Sustenance;
39. And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them,
(are not cowed but) help and defend themselves.
40. The recompense for an injury is an injury equal thereto (in
degree): but if a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is
due from Allah. for ((Allah)) loveth not those who do wrong.
41. But indeed if any do help and defend themselves after a wrong
(done) to them, against such there is no cause of blame.
42. The blame is only against those who oppress men and wrong-doing
and insolently transgress beyond bounds through the land, defying
right and justice: for such there will be a penalty grievous.
43. But indeed if any show patience and forgive, that would truly be
an exercise of courageous will and resolution in the conduct of affairs..44. For
any whom Allah leaves astray, there is no protector
thereafter. And thou wilt see the Wrong-doers, when in sight of the
Penalty, Say: "Is there any way (to effect) a return?"
45. And thou wilt see them brought forward to the (Penalty), in a
humble frame of mind because of (their) disgrace, (and) looking with a
stealthy glance. And the Believers will say: "Those are indeed in loss, who
have given to perdition their own selves and those belonging to them on
the Day of Judgment. Behold! Truly the Wrong-doers are in a lasting
Penalty!"
46. And no protectors have they to help them, other than Allah. And
for any whom Allah leaves to stray, there is no way (to the Goal).
47. Hearken ye to your Lord, before there come a Day which there
will be no putting back, because of (the Ordainment of) Allah. that Day
there will be for you no place of refuge nor will there be for you any room
for denial (of your sins)!
48. If then they run away, We have not sent thee as a guard over
them. Thy duty is but to convey (the Message). And truly, when We give
man a taste of a Mercy from Ourselves, he doth exult thereat, but when
some ill happens to him, on account of the deeds which his hands have
sent forth, truly then is man ungrateful!
49. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. He
creates what He wills (and plans). He bestows (children) male or female
according to His Will (and Plan),
50. Or He bestows both males and females, and He leaves barren
whom He will: for He is full of Knowledge and Power.
51. It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except
by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger to
reveal, with Allah’s permission, what Allah wills: for He is Most High, Most
Wise.
52. And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to thee:
thou knewest not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Faith; but
We have made the (Qur'an) a Light, wherewith We guide such of Our
servants as We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight
Way,-
53. The Way of Allah, to Whom belongs whatever is in the heavens
and whatever is on earth. Behold (how) all affairs tend towards Allah.

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Ornaments Of Gold, Luxury.1. Ha-Mim

Surah 43. Ornaments Of Gold, Luxury.1. Ha-Mim
2. By the Book that makes things clear,-
3. We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, that ye may be able to
understand (and learn wisdom).
4. And verily, it is in the Mother of the Book, in Our Presence, high (in
dignity), full of wisdom.
5. Shall We then take away the Message from you and repel (you),
for that ye are a people transgressing beyond bounds?
6. But how many were the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of
old?
7. And never came there a prophet to them but they mocked him.
8. So We destroyed (them)- stronger in power than these;- and
(thus) has passed on the Parable of the peoples of old.
9. If thou wert to question them, 'Who created the heavens and the
earth?' They would be sure to reply, 'they were created by (Him), the
Exalted in Power, Full of Knowledge';-
10. (Yea, the same that) has made for you the earth (like a carpet)
spread out, and has made for you roads (and channels) therein, in order
that ye may find guidance (on the way);
11. That sends down (from time to time) rain from the sky in due
measure;- and We raise to life therewith a land that is dead; even so will
ye be raised (from the dead);-
12. That has created pairs in all things, and has made for you ships
and cattle on which ye ride,
13. In order that ye may sit firm and square on their backs, and
when so seated, ye may celebrate the (kind) favour of your Lord, and say,
"Glory to Him Who has subjected these to our (use), for we could never
have accomplished this (by ourselves),
14. "And to our Lord, surely, must we turn back!"
15. Yet they attribute to some of His servants a share with Him (in
his godhead)! truly is man a blasphemous ingrate avowed!
16. What! has He taken daughters out of what He himself creates,
and granted to you sons for choice?.17. When news is brought to one of them
of (the birth of) what he
sets up as a likeness to ((Allah)) Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he
is filled with inward grief!
18. Is then one brought up among trinkets, and unable to give a clear
account in a dispute (to be associated with Allah.?
19. And they make into females angels who themselves serve Allah.
Did they witness their creation? Their evidence will be recorded, and they
will be called to account!
20. ("Ah!") they say, "If it had been the will of ((Allah)) Most
Gracious, we should not have worshipped such (deities)!" Of that they
have no knowledge! they do nothing but lie!
21. What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they are
holding fast?
22. Nay! they say: "We found our fathers following a certain religion,
and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps."
23. Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before thee to
any people, the wealthy ones among them said: "We found our fathers
following a certain religion, and we will certainly follow in their footsteps."
24. He said: "What! Even if I brought you better guidance than that
which ye found your fathers following?" They said: "For us, we deny that
ye (prophets) are sent (on a mission at all)."
25. So We exacted retribution from them: now see what was the end
of those who rejected (Truth)!
26. Behold! Abraham said to his father and his people: "I do indeed
clear myself of what ye worship:
27. "(I worship) only Him Who made me, and He will certainly guide
me."
28. And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came after
him, that they may turn back (to Allah..
29. Yea, I have given the good things of this life to these (men) and
their fathers, until the Truth has come to them, and an apostle making
things clear.
30. But when the Truth came to them, they said: "This is sorcery,
and we do reject it.".31. Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to
some
leading man in either of the two (chief) cities?"
32. Is it they who would portion out the Mercy of thy Lord? It is We
Who portion out between them their livelihood in the life of this world: and
We raise some of them above others in ranks, so that some may
command work from others. But the Mercy of thy Lord is better than the
(wealth) which they amass.
33. And were it not that (all) men might become of one (evil) way of
life, We would provide, for everyone that blasphemes against ((Allah))
Most Gracious, silver roofs for their houses and (silver) stair-ways on
which to go up,
34. And (silver) doors to their houses, and thrones (of silver) on
which they could recline,
35. And also adornments of gold. But all this were nothing but
conveniences of the present life: The Hereafter, in the sight of thy Lord is
for the Righteous.
36. If anyone withdraws himself from remembrance of ((Allah)) Most
Gracious, We appoint for him an evil one, to be an intimate companion to
him.
37. Such (evil ones) really hinder them from the Path, but they think
that they are being guided aright!
38. At length, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says (to his evil
companion): "Would that between me and thee were the distance of East
and West!" Ah! evil is the companion (indeed)!
39. When ye have done wrong, it will avail you nothing, that Day,
that ye shall be partners in Punishment!
40. Canst thou then make the deaf to hear, or give direction to the
blind or to such as (wander) in manifest error?
41. Even if We take thee away, We shall be sure to exact retribution
from them,
42. Or We shall show thee that (accomplished) which We have
promised them: for verily We shall prevail over them.
43. So hold thou fast to the Revelation sent down to thee; verily thou
art on a Straight Way..44. The (Qur'an) is indeed the message, for thee and for
thy people;
and soon shall ye (all) be brought to account.
45. And question thou our apostles whom We sent before thee; did
We appoint any deities other than ((Allah)) Most Gracious, to be
worshipped?
46. We did send Moses aforetime, with Our Signs, to Pharaoh and his
Chiefs: He said, "I am an apostle of the Lord of the Worlds."
47. But when he came to them with Our Signs, behold they ridiculed
them.
48. We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow,
and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to
Us).
49. And they said, "O thou sorcerer! Invoke thy Lord for us according
to His covenant with thee; for we shall truly accept guidance."
50. But when We removed the Penalty from them, behold, they broke
their word.
51. And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying: "O my
people! Does not the dominion of Egypt belong to me, (witness) these
streams flowing underneath my (palace)? What! see ye not then?
52. "Am I not better than this (Moses), who is a contemptible wretch
and can scarcely express himself clearly?
53. "Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him, or (why)
come (not) with him angels accompanying him in procession?"
54. Thus did he make fools of his people, and they obeyed him: truly
were they a people rebellious (against Allah..
55. When at length they provoked Us, We exacted retribution from
them, and We drowned them all.
56. And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example to
later ages.
57. When (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example, behold,
thy people raise a clamour thereat (in ridicule)!
58. And they say, "Are our gods best, or he?" This they set forth to
thee, only by way of disputation: yea, they are a contentious people..59. He
was no more than a servant: We granted Our favour to him,
and We made him an example to the Children of Israel.
60. And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst you,
succeeding each other on the earth.
61. And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of
Judgment): therefore have no doubt about the (Hour), but follow ye Me:
this is a Straight Way.
62. Let not the Evil One hinder you: for he is to you an enemy
avowed.
63. When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: "Now have I come to
you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of the (points)
on which ye dispute: therefore fear Allah and obey me.
64. "For Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord: so worship ye Him: this
is a Straight Way."
65. But sects from among themselves fell into disagreement: then
woe to the wrong-doers, from the Penalty of a Grievous Day!
66. Do they only wait for the Hour - that it should come on them all
of a sudden, while they perceive not?
67. Friends on that day will be foes, one to another,- except the
Righteous.
68. My devotees! no fear shall be on you that Day, nor shall ye
grieve,-
69. (Being) those who have believed in Our Signs and bowed (their
wills to Ours) in Islam.
70. Enter ye the Garden, ye and your wives, in (beauty and)
rejoicing.
71. To them will be passed round, dishes and goblets of gold: there
will be there all that the souls could desire, all that their ayes could delight
in: and ye shall abide therein (for eye).
72. Such will be the Garden of which ye are made heirs for your
(good) deeds (in life).
73. Ye shall have therein abundance of fruit, from which ye shall have
satisfaction..74. The sinners will be in the Punishment of Hell, to dwell therein
(for
aye):
75. Nowise will the (Punishment) be lightened for them, and in
despair will they be there overwhelmed.
76. Nowise shall We be unjust to them: but it is they who have been
unjust themselves.
77. They will cry: "O Malik! would that thy Lord put an end to us!" He
will say, "Nay, but ye shall abide!"
78. Verily We have brought the Truth to you: but most of you have a
hatred for Truth.
79. What! have they settled some plan (among themselves)? But it is
We Who settle things.
80. Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private
counsels? Indeed (We do), and Our messengers are by them, to record.
81. Say: "If ((Allah)) Most Gracious had a son, I would be the first to
worship."
82. Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the
Throne (of Authority)! (He is free) from the things they attribute (to him)!
83. So leave them to babble and play (with vanities) until they meet
that Day of theirs, which they have been promised.
84. It is He Who is Allah in heaven and Allah on earth; and He is full
of Wisdom and Knowledge.
85. And blessed is He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens
and the earth, and all between them: with Him is the Knowledge of the
Hour (of Judgment): and to Him shall ye be brought back.
86. And those whom they invoke besides Allah have no power of
intercession;- only he who bears witness to the Truth, and they know
(him).
87. If thou ask them, who created them, they will certainly say,
Allah. How then are they deluded away (from the Truth)?
88. ((Allah) has knowledge) of the (Prophet's) cry, "O my Lord! Truly
these are people who will not believe!".89. But turn away from them, and say
"Peace!" But soon shall they
know!

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Crouching

Surah 45. Crouching
1. Ha-Mim.
2. The revelation of the Book is from Allah the Exalted in Power, Full
of Wisdom.
3. Verily in the heavens and the earth, are Signs for those who
believe.
4. And in the creation of yourselves and the fact that animals are
scattered (through the earth), are Signs for those of assured Faith.
5. And in the alternation of Night and Day, and the fact that Allah
sends down Sustenance from the sky, and revives therewith the earth
after its death, and in the change of the winds,- are Signs for those that
are wise.
6. Such are the Signs of Allah, which We rehearse to thee in Truth;
then in what exposition will they believe after (rejecting) Allah and His
Signs?
7. Woe to each sinful dealer in Falsehoods:
8. He hears the Signs of Allah rehearsed to him, yet is obstinate and
lofty, as if he had not heard them: then announce to him a Penalty
Grievous!
9. And when he learns something of Our Signs, he takes them in jest:
for such there will be a humiliating Penalty.
10. In front of them is Hell: and of no profit to them is anything they
may have earned, nor any protectors they may have taken to themselves
besides Allah. for them is a tremendous Penalty..11. This is (true) Guidance
and for those who reject the Signs of their
Lord, is a grievous Penalty of abomination.
12. It is Allah Who has subjected the sea to you, that ships may sail
through it by His command, that ye may seek of his Bounty, and that ye
may be grateful.
13. And He has subjected to you, as from Him, all that is in the
heavens and on earth: Behold, in that are Signs indeed for those who
reflect.
14. Tell those who believe, to forgive those who do not look forward
to the Days of Allah. It is for Him to recompense (for good or ill) each
People according to what they have earned.
15. If any one does a righteous deed, it ensures to the benefit of his
own soul; if he does evil, it works against (his own soul). In the end will
ye (all) be brought back to your Lord.
16. We did aforetime grant to the Children of Israel the Book the
Power of Command, and Prophethood; We gave them, for Sustenance,
things good and pure; and We favoured them above the nations.
17. And We granted them Clear Signs in affairs (of Religion): it was
only after knowledge had been granted to them that they fell into
schisms, through insolent envy among themselves. Verily thy Lord will
judge between them on the Day of Judgment as to those matters in which
they set up differences.
18. Then We put thee on the (right) Way of Religion: so follow thou
that (Way), and follow not the desires of those who know not.
19. They will be of no use to thee in the sight of Allah. it is only
Wrong-doers (that stand as) protectors, one to another: but Allah is the
Protector of the Righteous.
20. These are clear evidences to men and a Guidance and Mercy to
those of assured Faith.
21. What! Do those who seek after evil ways think that We shall hold
them equal with those who believe and do righteous deeds,- that equal
will be their life and their death? Ill is the judgment that they make.
22. Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in
order that each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, and
none of them be wronged..23. Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god
his own vain
desire? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his
hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight.
Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye
not then receive admonition?
24. And they say: "What is there but our life in this world? We shall
die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they
have no knowledge: they merely conjecture:
25. And when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them their argument
is nothing but this: They say, "Bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say
is true!"
26. Say: "It is Allah Who gives you life, then gives you death; then
He will gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is
no doubt": But most men do not understand.
27. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and
the Day that the Hour of Judgment is established,- that Day will the
dealers in Falsehood perish!
28. And thou wilt see every sect bowing the knee: Every sect will be
called to its Record: "This Day shall ye be recompensed for all that ye did!
29. "This Our Record speaks about you with truth: For We were wont
to put on Record all that ye did."
30. Then, as to those who believed and did righteous deeds, their
Lord will admit them to His Mercy that will be the achievement for all to
see.
31. But as to those who rejected Allah, (to them will be said): "Were
not Our Signs rehearsed to you? But ye were arrogant, and were a people
given to sin!
32. "And when it was said that the promise of Allah was true, and
that the Hour- there was no doubt about its (coming), ye used to say, 'We
know not what is the hour: we only think it is an idea, and we have no
firm assurance.'"
33. Then will appear to them the evil (fruits) of what they did, and
they will be completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!
34. It will also be said: "This Day We will forget you as ye forgot the
meeting of this Day of yours! and your abode is the Fire, and no helpers
have ye!.35. "This, because ye used to take the Signs of Allah in jest, and the
life of the world deceived you:" (From) that Day, therefore, they shall not
be taken out thence, nor shall they be received into Grace.
36. Then Praise be to Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the
earth,- Lord and Cherisher of all the Worlds!
37. To Him be glory throughout the heavens and the earth: and He is
Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom!

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The Wind-curved Sandhills, The Dunes

Surah 46. The Wind-curved Sandhills, The Dunes
1. Ha-Mim.
2. The Revelation of the Book is from Allah the Exalted in Power, Full
of Wisdom.
3. We created not the heavens and the earth and all between them
but for just ends, and for a Term Appointed: But those who reject Faith
turn away from that whereof they are warned.
4. Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides Allah. Show me what
it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens bring
me a book (revealed) before this, or any remnant of knowledge (ye may
have), if ye are telling the truth!
5. And who is more astray than one who invokes besides Allah, such
as will not answer him to the Day of Judgment, and who (in fact) are
unconscious of their call (to them)?
6. And when mankind are gathered together (at the Resurrection),
they will be hostile to them and reject their worship (altogether)!
7. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers say,
of the Truth when it comes to them: "This is evident sorcery!"
8. Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say: "Had I forged it, then can
ye obtain no single (blessing) for me from Allah. He knows best of that
whereof ye talk (so glibly)! Enough is He for a witness between me and
you! And he is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
9. Say: "I am no bringer of new -fangled doctrine among the apostles,
nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I follow but that
which is revealed to me by inspiration; I am but a Warner open and
clear."
10. Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be from Allah, and ye reject it,
and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity.(with
earlier scripture), and has believed while ye are arrogant, (how
unjust ye are!) truly, Allah guides not a people unjust."
11. The Unbelievers say of those who believe: "If (this Message) were
a good thing, (such men) would not have gone to it first, before us!" And
seeing that they guide not themselves thereby, they will say, "this is an
(old,) falsehood!"
12. And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide and a mercy:
And this Book confirms (it) in the Arabic tongue; to admonish the unjust,
and as Glad Tidings to those who do right.
13. Verily those who say, "Our Lord is Allah," and remain firm (on
that Path),- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
14. Such shall be Companions of the Gardens, dwelling therein (for
aye): a recompense for their (good) deeds.
15. We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In pain did his
mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the
(child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he
reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, he says, "O my
Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour which Thou has
bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and that I may work
righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me in my
issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam."
16. Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds
and pass by their ill deeds: (They shall be) among the Companions of the
Garden: a promise! of truth, which was made to them (in this life).
17. But (there is one) who says to his parents, "Fie on you! Do ye
hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up, even though
generations have passed before me (without rising again)?" And they two
seek Allah’s aid, (and rebuke the son): "Woe to thee! Have faith! for the
promise of Allah is true." But he says, "This is nothing but tales of the
ancients!"
18. Such are they against whom is proved the sentence among the
previous generations of Jinns and men, that have passed away; for they
will be (utterly) lost.
19. And to all are (assigned) degrees according to the deeds which
they (have done), and in order that ((Allah)) may recompense their
deeds, and no injustice be done to them.
20. And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before the
Fire, (It will be said to them): "Ye received your good things in the life of.the
world, and ye took your pleasure out of them: but today shall ye be
recompensed with a Penalty of humiliation: for that ye were arrogant on
earth without just cause, and that ye (ever) transgressed."
21. Mention (Hud) one of 'Ad's (own) brethren: Behold, he warned
his people about the winding Sand-tracts: but there have been warners
before him and after him: "Worship ye none other than Allah. Truly I fear
for you the Penalty of a Mighty Day."
22. They said: "Hast thou come in order to turn us aside from our
gods? Then bring upon us the (calamity) with which thou dost threaten
us, if thou art telling the truth?"
23. He said: "The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only with Allah.
I proclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent: But I see that ye
are a people in ignorance!"..
24. Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud
traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud will
give us rain!" "Nay, it is the (Calamity) ye were asking to be hastened!- A
wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!
25. "Everything will it destroy by the command of its Lord!" Then by
the morning they - nothing was to be seen but (the ruins of) their houses!
thus do We recompense those given to sin!
26. And We had firmly established them in a (prosperity and) power
which We have not given to you (ye Quraish!) and We had endowed them
with (faculties of) hearing, seeing, heart and intellect: but of no profit to
them were their (faculties of) hearing, sight, and heart and intellect, when
they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah. and they were (completely)
encircled by that which they used to mock at!
27. We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We
have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).
28. Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom
they worshipped as gods, besides Allah, as a means of access (to Allah.?
Nay, they left them in the lurch: but that was their falsehood and their
invention.
29. Behold, We turned towards thee a company of Jinns (quietly)
listening to the Qur'an: when they stood in the presence thereof, they
said, "Listen in silence!" When the (reading) was finished, they returned to
their people, to warn (them of their sins)..30. They said, "O our people! We
have heard a Book revealed after
Moses, confirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and
to a Straight Path.
31. "O our people, hearken to the one who invites (you) to Allah, and
believe in him: He will forgive you your faults, and deliver you from a
Penalty Grievous.
32. "If any does not hearken to the one who invites (us) to Allah, he
cannot frustrate ((Allah)'s Plan) on earth, and no protectors can he have
besides Allah. such men (wander) in manifest error."
33. See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth,
and never wearied with their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yea,
verily He has power over all things.
34. And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before the
Fire, (they will be asked,) "Is this not the Truth?" they will say, "Yea, by
our Lord!" (One will say:) "Then taste ye the Penalty, for that ye were
wont to deny (Truth)!"
35. Therefore patiently persevere, as did (all) apostles of inflexible
purpose; and be in no haste about the (Unbelievers). On the Day that
they see the (Punishment) promised them, (it will be) as if they had not
tarried more than an hour in a single day. (Thine but) to proclaim the
Message: but shall any be destroyed except those who transgress?

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Smoke

Surah 44. Smoke
1. Ha-Mim.
2. By the Book that makes things clear;-
3. We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to
warn (against Evil).
4. In the (Night) is m ade distinct every affair of wisdom,
5. By command, from Our Presence. For We (ever) send
(revelations),
6. As Mercy from thy Lord: for He hears and knows (all things);
7. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them, if ye
(but) have an assured faith.
8. There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,-
The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.
9. Yet they play about in doubt.
10. Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of
smoke (or mist) plainly visible,
11. Enveloping the people: this will be a Penalty Grievous.
12. (They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us, for we do
really believe!"
13. How shall the message be (effectual) for them, seeing that an
Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them,-
14. Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a
man possessed!"
15. We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while, (but) truly ye will
revert (to your ways).
16. One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will
indeed (then) exact Retribution!.17. We did, before them, try the people of
Pharaoh: there came to
them an apostle most honourable,
18. Saying: "Restore to me the Servants of Allah. I am to you an
apostle worthy of all trust;
19. "And be not arrogant as against Allah. for I come to you with
authority manifest.
20. "For me, I have sought safety with my Lord and your Lord,
against your injuring me.
21. "If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me."
22. (But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are
indeed a people given to sin."
23. (The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye
are sure to be pursued.
24. "And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host
(destined) to be drowned."
25. How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
26. And corn-fields and noble buildings,
27. And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken
such delight!
28. Thus (was their end)! And We made other people inherit (those
things)!
29. And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were
they given a respite (again).
30. We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating
Punishment,
31. Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among
inordinate transgressors.
32. And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
33. And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
34. As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:.35. "There is nothing beyond our
first death, and we shall not be
raised again.
36. "Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
37. What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who
were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.
38. We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them,
merely in (idle) sport:
39. We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do
not understand.
40. Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of
them,-
41. The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no
help can they receive,
42. Except such as receive Allah’s Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might,
Most Merciful.
43. Verily the tree of Zaqqum
44. Will be the food of the Sinful,-
45. Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
46. Like the boiling of scalding water.
47. (A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the
Blazing Fire!
48. "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
49. "Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
50. "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
51. As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
52. Among Gardens and Springs;
53. Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
54. So; and We shall join them to Companions with beautiful, big,
and lustrous eyes..55. There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and
security;
56. Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He
will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-
57. As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme
achievement!
58. Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order
that they may give heed.
59. So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.

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(signs) Spelled Out, Ha-mim

Surah 41. (signs) Spelled Out, Ha-mim
1. Ha Mim:
2. A Revelation from ((Allah)), Most Gracious, Most Merciful;-
3. A Book, whereof the verses are explained in detail;- a Qur'an in
Arabic, for people who understand;-
4. Giving good news and admonition: yet most of them turn away,
and so they hear not.
5. They say: "Our hearts are under veils, (concealed) from that to
which thou dost invite us, and in our ears in a deafness, and between us
and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us, we shall do
(what we will!)".6. Say thou: "I am but a man like you: It is revealed to me by
Inspiration, that your Allah is one Allah. so stand true to Him, and ask for
His Forgiveness." And woe to those who join gods with Allah,-
7. Those who practise not regular Charity, and who even deny the
Hereafter.
8. For those who believe and work deeds of righteousness is a reward
that will never fail.
9. Say: Is it that ye deny Him Who created the earth in two Days?
And do ye join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds.
10. He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high above it,
and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measure therein all things to
give them nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordance with
(the needs of) those who seek (Sustenance).
11. Moreover He comprehended in His design the sky, and it had
been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: "Come ye together,
willingly or unwillingly." They said: "We do come (together), in willing
obedience."
12. So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days, and He
assigned to each heaven its duty and command. And We adorned the
lower heaven with lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree
of (Him) the Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge.
13. But if they turn away, say thou: "I have warned you of a stunning
Punishment (as of thunder and lightning) like that which (overtook) the
'Ad and the Thamud!"
14. Behold, the apostles came to them, from before them and behind
them, (preaching): "Serve none but Allah." They said, "If our Lord had so
pleased, He would certainly have sent down angels (to preach). Now we
reject your mission (altogether)."
15. Now the 'Ad behaved arrogantly through the land, against (all)
truth and reason, and said: "Who is superior to us in strength?" What! did
they not see that Allah, Who created them, was superior to them in
strength? But they continued to reject Our Signs!
16. So We sent against them a furious Wind through days of disaster,
that We might give them a taste of a Penalty of humiliation in this life; but
the Penalty of a Hereafter will be more humiliating still: and they will find
no help..17. As to the Thamud, We gave them Guidance, but they preferred
blindness (of heart) to Guidance: so the stunning Punishment of
humiliation seized them, because of what they had earned.
18. But We delivered those who believed and practised
righteousness.
19. On the Day that the enemies of Allah will be gathered together to
the Fire, they will be marched in ranks.
20. At length, when they reach the (Fire), their hearing, their sight,
and their skins will bear witness against them, as to (all) their deeds.
21. They will say to their skins: "Why bear ye witness against us?"
They will say: "(Allah) hath given us speech,- (He) Who giveth speech to
everything: He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to
return.
22. "Ye did not seek to hide yourselves, lest your hearing, your sight,
and your skins should bear witness against you! But ye did think that
Allah knew not many of the things that ye used to do!
23. "But this thought of yours which ye did entertain concerning your
Lord, hath brought you to destruction, and (now) have ye become of
those utterly lost!"
24. If, then, they have patience, the Fire will be a home for them!
and if they beg to be received into favour, into favour will they not (then)
be received.
25. And We have destined for them intimate companions (of like
nature), who made alluring to them what was before them and behind
them; and the sentence among the previous generations of Jinns and
men, who have passed away, is proved against them; for they are utterly
lost.
26. The Unbelievers say: "Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk at
random in the midst of its (reading), that ye may gain the upper hand!"
27. But We will certainly give the Unbelievers a taste of a severe
Penalty, and We will requite them for the worst of their deeds.
28. Such is the requital of the enemies of Allah,- the Fire: therein will
be for them the Eternal Home: a (fit) requital, for that they were wont to
reject Our Sings..29. And the Unbelievers will say: "Our Lord! Show us those,
among
Jinns and men, who misled us: We shall crush them beneath our feet, so
that they become the vilest (before all)."
30. In the case of those who say, "Our Lord is Allah., and, further,
stand straight and steadfast, the angels descend on them (from time to
time): "Fear ye not!" (they suggest), "Nor grieve! but receive the Glad
Tidings of the Garden (of Bliss), the which ye were promised!
31. "We are your protectors in this life and in the Hereafter: therein
shall ye have all that your souls shall desire; therein shall ye have all that
ye ask for!-
32. "A hospitable gift from one Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful!"
33. Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah, works
righteousness, and says, "I am of those who bow in Islam"?
34. Nor can goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is
better: Then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it
were thy friend and intimate!
35. And no one will be granted such goodness except those who
exercise patience and self-restraint,- none but persons of the greatest
good fortune.
36. And if (at any time) an incitement to discord is made to thee by
the Evil One, seek refuge in Allah. He is the One Who hears and knows all
things.
37. Among His Sings are the Night and the Day, and the Sun and the
Moon. Adore not the sun and the moon, but adore Allah, Who created
them, if it is Him ye wish to serve.
38. But is the (Unbelievers) are arrogant, (no matter): for in the
presence of thy Lord are those who celebrate His praises by night and by
day. And they never flag (nor feel themselves above it).
39. And among His Signs in this: thou seest the earth barren and
desolate; but when We send down rain to it, it is stirred to life and yields
increase. Truly, He Who gives life to the (dead) earth can surely give life
to (men) who are dead. For He has power over all things.
40. Those who pervert the Truth in Our Signs are not hidden from Us.
Which is better?- he that is cast into the Fire, or he that comes safe
through, on the Day of Judgment? Do what ye will: verily He seeth
(clearly) all that ye do..41. Those who reject the Message when it comes to
them (are not
hidden from Us). And indeed it is a Book of exalted power.
42. No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it: It is sent
down by One Full of Wisdom, Worthy of all Praise.
43. Nothing is said to thee that was not said to the apostles before
thee: that thy lord has at his Command (all) forgiveness as well as a most
Grievous Penalty.
44. Had We sent this as a Qur'an (in the language) other than Arabic,
they would have said: "Why are not its verses explained in detail? What!
(a Book) not in Arabic and (a Messenger an Arab?" Say: "It is a Guide and
a Healing to those who believe; and for those who believe not, there is a
deafness in their ears, and it is blindness in their (eyes): They are (as it
were) being called from a place far distant!"
45. We certainly gave Moses the Book aforetime: but disputes arose
therein. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord,
(their differences) would have been settled between them: but they
remained in suspicious disquieting doubt thereon.
46. Whoever works righteousness benefits his own soul; whoever
works evil, it is against his own soul: nor is thy Lord ever unjust (in the
least) to His Servants.
47. To Him is referred the Knowledge of the Hour (of Judgment: He
knows all): No date-fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female
conceive (within her womb) nor bring forth the Day that ((Allah)) will
propound to them the (question), "Where are the partners (ye attributed
to Me?" They will say, "We do assure thee not one of us can bear
witness!"
48. The (deities) they used to invoke aforetime will leave them in the
lurch, and they will perceive that they have no way of escape.
49. Man does not weary of asking for good (things), but if ill touches
him, he gives up all hope (and) is lost in despair.
50. When we give him a taste of some Mercy from Ourselves, after
some adversity has touched him, he is sure to say, "This is due to my
(merit): I think not that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) be established;
but if I am brought back to my Lord, I have (much) good (stored) in His
sight!" But We will show the Unbelievers the truth of all that they did, and
We shall give them the taste of a severe Penalty..51. When We bestow favours
on man, he turns away, and gets
himself remote on his side (instead of coming to Us); and when evil seizes
him, (he comes) full of prolonged prayer!
52. Say: "See ye if the (Revelation) is (really) from Allah, and yet do
ye reject it? Who is more astray than one who is in a schism far (from any
purpose)?"
53. Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of
the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that
this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?
54. Ah indeed! Are they in doubt concerning the Meeting with their
Lord? Ah indeed! It is He that doth encompass all things!

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Muhammad

Surah 47. Muhammad
1. Those who reject Allah and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah,-
their deeds will Allah render astray (from their mark).
2. But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and
believe in the (Revelation) sent down to Muhammad - for it is the Truth
from their Lord,- He will remove from them their ills and improve their
condition.
3. This because those who reject Allah follow vanities, while those
who believe follow the Truth from their Lord: Thus does Allah set forth for
men their lessons by similitudes.
4. Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their
necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond
firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom:
Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it
had been Allah’s Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from
them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others.
But those who are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let their
deeds be lost.
5. Soon will He guide them and improve their condition,
6. And admit them to the Garden which He has announced for them.
7. O ye who believe! If ye will aid (the cause of) Allah, He will aid
you, and plant your feet firmly.
8. But those who reject ((Allah)),- for them is destruction, and
((Allah)) will render their deeds astray (from their mark).
9. That is because they hate the Revelation of Allah. so He has made
their deeds fruitless.
10. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End
of those before them (who did evil)? Allah brought utter destruction on
them, and similar (fates await) those who reject Allah.
11. That is because Allah is the Protector of those who believe, but
those who reject Allah have no protector.
12. Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds,
to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject Allah will
enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their abode.
13. And how many cities, with more power than thy city which has
driven thee out, have We destroyed (for their sins)? and there was none
to aid them.
14. Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than
one to whom the evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such as follow
their own lusts?
15. (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are
promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the
taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers
of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and
Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as
shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so
that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?
16. And among them are men who listen to thee, but in the end,
when they go out from thee, they say to those who have received
Knowledge, "What is it he said just then?" Such are men whose hearts
Allah has sealed, and who follow their own lusts..17. But to those who receive
Guidance, He increases the (light of)
Guidance, and bestows on them their Piety and Restraint (from evil).
18. Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them
of a sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when it
(actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?
19. Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask
forgiveness for thy fault, and for the men and women who believe: for
Allah knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.
20. Those who believe say, "Why is not a sura sent down (for us)?"
But when a sura of basic or categorical meaning is revealed, and fighting
is mentioned therein, thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a disease
looking at thee with a look of one in swoon at the approach of death. But
more fitting for them-
21. Were it to obey and say what is just, and when a matter is
resolved on, it were best for them if they were true to Allah.
22. Then, is it to be expected of you, if ye were put in authority, that
ye will do mischief in the land, and break your ties of kith and kin?
23. Such are the men whom Allah has cursed for He has made them
deaf and blinded their sight.
24. Do they not then earnestly seek to understand the Qur'an, or are
their hearts locked up by them?
25. Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clearly
shown to them,- the Evil One has instigated them and busied them up
with false hopes.
26. This, because they said to those who hate what Allah has
revealed, "We will obey you in part of (this) matter"; but Allah knows their
(inner) secrets.
27. But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death,
and smite their faces and their backs?
28. This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath of
Allah, and they hated Allah’s good pleasure; so He made their deeds of no
effect.
29. Or do those in whose hearts is a disease, think that Allah will not
bring to light all their rancour?.30. Had We so wiled, We could have shown
them up to thee, and
thou shouldst have known them by their marks: but surely thou wilt know
them by the tone of their speech! And Allah knows all that ye do.
31. And We shall try you until We test those among you who strive
their utmost and persevere in patience; and We shall try your reported
(mettle).
32. Those who reject Allah, hinder (men) from the Path of Allah, and
resist the Messenger, after Guidance has been clearly shown to them, will
not injure Allah in the least, but He will make their deeds of no effect.
33. O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the apostle, and make
not vain your deeds!
34. Those who reject Allah, and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah,
then die rejecting Allah,- Allah will not forgive them.
35. Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, when ye should
be uppermost: for Allah is with you, and will never put you in loss for your
(good) deeds.
36. The life of this world is but play and amusement: and if ye
believe and guard against Evil, He will grant you your recompense, and
will not ask you (to give up) your possessions.
37. If He were to ask you for all of them, and press you, ye would
covetously withhold, and He would bring out all your ill-feeling.
38. Behold, ye are those invited to spend (of your substance) in the
Way of Allah. But among you are some that are niggardly. But any who
are niggardly are so at the expense of their own souls. But Allah is free of
all wants, and it is ye that are needy. If ye turn back (from the Path), He
will substitute in your stead another people; then they would not be like
you!

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Victory, Conquest

Surah 48. Victory, Conquest
1. Verily We have granted thee a manifest Victory:
2. That Allah may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to
follow; fulfil His favour to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;
3. And that Allah may help thee with powerful help.
4. It is He Who sent down tranquillity into the hearts of the Believers,
that they may add faith to their faith;- for to Allah belong the Forces of
the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom;-.5.
That He may admit the men and women who believe, to Gardens
beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye, and remove their ills
from them;- and that is, in the sight of Allah, the highest achievement (for
man),-
6. And that He may punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the
Polytheists men and women, who imagine an evil opinion of Allah. On
them is a round of Evil: the Wrath of Allah is on them: He has cursed
them and got Hell ready for them: and evil is it for a destination.
7. For to Allah belong the Forces of the heavens and the earth; and
Allah is Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
8. We have truly sent thee as a witness, as a bringer of Glad Tidings,
and as a Warner:
9. In order that ye (O men) may believe in Allah and His Messenger,
that ye may assist and honour Him, and celebrate His praise morning and
evening.
10. Verily those who plight their fealty to thee do no less than plight
their fealty to Allah. the Hand of Allah is over their hands: then any one
who violates his oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and any one
who fulfils what he has covenanted with Allah,- Allah will soon grant him a
great Reward.
11. The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee: "We were
engaged in (looking after) our flocks and herds, and our families: do thou
then ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not in
their hearts. Say: "Who then has any power at all (to intervene) on your
behalf with Allah, if His Will is to give you some loss or to give you some
profit? But Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do.
12. "Nay, ye thought that the Messenger and the Believers would
never return to their families; this seemed pleasing in your hearts, and ye
conceived an evil thought, for ye are a people lost (in wickedness)."
13. And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have
prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!
14. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: He
forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills: but Allah is Oft-
Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
15. Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye (are free to) march
and take booty (in war): "Permit us to follow you." They wish to change
Allah’s decree: Say: "Not thus will ye follow us: Allah has already
declared.(this) beforehand": then they will say, "But ye are jealous of us." Nay,
but
little do they understand (such things).
16. Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind: "Ye shall be
summoned (to fight) against a people given to vehement war: then shall
ye fight, or they shall submit. Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant
you a goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish
you with a grievous Penalty."
17. No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the lame,
nor on one ill (if he joins not the war): But he that obeys Allah and his
Messenger,- ((Allah)) will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers
flow; and he who turns back, ((Allah)) will punish him with a grievous
Penalty.
18. Allah’s Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they swore
Fealty to thee under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, and He
sent down Tranquillity to them; and He rewarded them with a speedy
Victory;
19. And many gains will they acquire (besides): and Allah is Exalted
in Power, Full of Wisdom.
20. Allah has promised you many gains that ye shall acquire, and He
has given you these beforehand; and He has restrained the hands of men
from you; that it may be a Sign for the Believers, and that He may guide
you to a Straight Path;
21. And other gains (there are), which are not within your power, but
which Allah has compassed: and Allah has power over all things.
22. If the Unbelievers should fight you, they would certainly turn
their backs; then would they find neither protector nor helper.
23. (Such has been) the practice (approved) of Allah already in the
past: no change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of Allah.
24. And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your
hands from them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory
over them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.
25. They are the ones who denied Revelation and hindered you from
the Sacred Mosque and the sacrificial animals, detained from reaching
their place of sacrifice. Had there not been believing men and believing
women whom ye did not know that ye were trampling down and on whose
account a crime would have accrued to you without (your) knowledge,
((Allah) would have allowed you to force your way, but He held back your
hands) that He may admit to His Mercy whom He will. If they had been.apart,
We should certainly have punished the Unbelievers among them
with a grievous Punishment.
26. While the Unbelievers got up in their hearts heat and cant - the
heat and cant of ignorance,- Allah sent down His Tranquillity to his
Messenger and to the Believers, and made them stick close to the
command of self-restraint; and well were they entitled to it and worthy of
it. And Allah has full knowledge of all things.
27. Truly did Allah fulfil the vision for His Messenger. ye shall enter
the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, with minds secure, heads shaved, hair
cut short, and without fear. For He knew what ye knew not, and He
granted, besides this, a speedy victory.
28. It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the
Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Allah for a
Witness.
29. Muhammad is the apostle of Allah. and those who are with him
are strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other.
Thou wilt see them bow and prostrate themselves (in prayer), seeking
Grace from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. On their faces are their marks,
(being) the traces of their prostration. This is their similitude in the
Taurat; and their similitude in the Gospel is: like a seed which sends forth
its blade, then makes it strong; it then becomes thick, and it stands on its
own stem, (filling) the sowers with wonder and delight. As a result, it fills
the Unbelievers with rage at them. Allah has promised those among them
who believe and do righteous deeds forgiveness, and a great Reward.

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The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments

Surah 49. The Private Apartments, The Inner Apartments
1. O Ye who believe! Put not yourselves forward before Allah and His
Messenger. but fear Allah. for Allah is He Who hears and knows all things.
2. O ye who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the
Prophet, nor speak aloud to him in talk, as ye may speak aloud to one
another, lest your deeds become vain and ye perceive not.
3. Those that lower their voices in the presence of Allah’s Messenger,-
their hearts has Allah tested for piety: for them is Forgiveness and a great
Reward.
4. Those who shout out to thee from without the inner apartments -
most of them lack understanding.
5. If only they had patience until thou couldst come out to them, it
would be best for them: but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful..6. O ye who
believe! If a wicked person comes to you with any news,
ascertain the truth, lest ye harm people unwittingly, and afterwards
become full of repentance for what ye have done.
7. And know that among you is Allah’s Messenger. were he, in many
matters, to follow your (wishes), ye would certainly fall into misfortune:
But Allah has endeared the Faith to you, and has made it beautiful in your
hearts, and He has made hateful to you Unbelief, wickedness, and
rebellion: such indeed are those who walk in righteousness;-
8. A Grace and Favour from Allah. and Allah is full of Knowledge and
Wisdom.
9. If two parties among the Believers fall into a quarrel, make ye
peace between them: but if one of them transgresses beyond bounds
against the other then fight ye (all) against the one that transgresses until
it complies with the command of Allah; but if it complies then make peace
between them with justice and be fair: for Allah loves those who are fair
(and just).
10. The Believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace and
reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers; and fear Allah,
that ye may receive Mercy.
11. O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others:
It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some
women laugh at others: It may be that the (latter are better than the
(former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each other
by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness,
(to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do not desist are
(indeed) doing wrong.
12. O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for
suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind their
backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye
would abhor it...But fear Allah. For Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
13. O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a
female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each
other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of
you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And
Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).
14. The desert Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "Ye have no faith; but
ye (only)say, 'We have submitted our wills to Allah,' For not yet has Faith
entered your hearts. But if ye obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not
belittle aught of your deeds: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.".15. Only
those are Believers who have believed in Allah and His
Messenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their
belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: Such are the sincere
ones.
16. Say: "What! Will ye instruct Allah about your religion? But Allah
knows all that is in the heavens and on earth: He has full knowledge of all
things.
17. They impress on thee as a favour that they have embraced Islam.
Say, "Count not your Islam as a favour upon me: Nay, Allah has conferred
a favour upon you that He has guided you to the faith, if ye be true and
sincere.
18. "Verily Allah knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth: and
Allah Sees well all that ye do."

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The Winnowing Winds

Surah 51. The Winnowing Winds
1. By the (Winds) that scatter broadcast;
2. And those that lift and bear away heavy weights;
3. And those that flow with ease and gentleness;
4. And those that distribute and apportion by Command;-
5. Verily that which ye are promised is true;
6. And verily Judgment and Justice must indeed come to pass.
7. By the Sky with (its) numerous Paths,
8. Truly ye are in a doctrine discordant,
9. Through which are deluded (away from the Truth) such as would
be deluded.
10. Woe to the falsehood-mongers,-
11. Those who (flounder) heedless in a flood of confusion:
12. They ask, "When will be the Day of Judgment and Justice?"
13. (It will be) a Day when they will be tried (and tested) over the
Fire!
14. "Taste ye your trial! This is what ye used to ask to be hastened!"
15. As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and
Springs,
16. Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because,
before then, they lived a good life.
17. They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,.18. And in the hour of
early dawn, they (were found) praying for
Forgiveness;
19. And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right
of the (needy,) him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was
prevented (from asking).
20. On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith,
21. As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see?
22. And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are
promised.
23. Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as
much as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.
24. Has the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham?
25. Behold, they entered his presence, and said: "Peace!" He said,
"Peace!" (and thought, "These seem) unusual people."
26. Then he turned quickly to his household, brought out a fatted
calf,
27. And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat?"
28. (When they did not eat), He conceived a fear of them. They said,
"Fear not," and they gave him glad tidings of a son endowed with
knowledge.
29. But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her
forehead and said: "A barren old woman!"
30. They said, "Even so has thy Lord spoken: and He is full of
Wisdom and Knowledge."
31. (Abraham) said: "And what, O ye Messengers, is your errand
(now)?"
32. They said, "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin;-
33. "To bring on, on them, (a shower of) stones of clay (brimstone),
34. "Marked as from thy Lord for those who trespass beyond
bounds."
35. Then We evacuated those of the Believers who were there,.36. But We
found not there any just (Muslim) persons except in one
house:
37. And We left there a Sign for such as fear the Grievous Penalty.
38. And in Moses (was another Sign): Behold, We sent him to
Pharaoh, with authority manifest.
39. But (Pharaoh) turned back with his Chiefs, and said, "A sorcerer,
or one possessed!"
40. So We took him and his forces, and threw them into the sea; and
his was the blame.
41. And in the 'Ad (people) (was another Sign): Behold, We sent
against them the devastating Wind:
42. It left nothing whatever that it came up against, but reduced it to
ruin and rottenness.
43. And in the Thamud (was another Sign): Behold, they were told,
"Enjoy (your brief day) for a little while!"
44. But they insolently defied the Command of their Lord: So the
stunning noise (of an earthquake) seized them, even while they were
looking on.
45. Then they could not even stand (on their feet), nor could they
help themselves.
46. So were the People of Noah before them for they wickedly
transgressed.
47. With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We
Who create the vastness of pace.
48. And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: How excellently
We do spread out!
49. And of every thing We have created pairs: That ye may receive
instruction.
50. Hasten ye then (at once) to Allah. I am from Him a Warner to
you, clear and open!
51. And make not another an object of worship with Allah. I am from
Him a Warner to you, clear and open!.52. Similarly, no apostle came to the
Peoples before them, but they
said (of him) in like manner, "A sorcerer, or one possessed"!
53. Is this the legacy they have transmitted, one to another? Nay,
they are themselves a people transgressing beyond bounds!
54. So turn away from them: not thine is the blame.
55. But teach (thy Message) for teaching benefits the Believers.
56. I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me.
57. No Sustenance do I require of them, nor do I require that they
should feed Me.
58. For Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance,- Lord of Power,-
Steadfast (for ever).
59. For the Wrong-doers, their portion is like unto the portion of their
fellows (of earlier generations): then let them not ask Me to hasten (that
portion)!
60. Woe, then, to the Unbelievers, on account of that Day of theirs
which they have been promised!

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The Mount

Surah 52. The Mount
1. By the Mount (of Revelation);
2. By a Decree inscribed
3. In a Scroll unfolded;
4. By the much-frequented Fane;
5. By the Canopy Raised High;
6. And by the Ocean filled with Swell;-
7. Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass;-
8. There is none can avert it;-
9. On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.
10. And the mountains will fly hither and thither.
11. Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;-.12. That play
(and paddle) in shallow trifles.
13. That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.
14. "This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire,- which ye were wont to deny!
15. "Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?
16. "Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with
patience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds."
17. As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,-
18. Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and
their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.
19. (To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health,
because of your (good) deeds."
20. They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in
ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and
lustrous eyes.
21. And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,-
to them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the
fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for his
deeds.
22. And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they
shall desire.
23. They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free
of frivolity, free of all taint of ill.
24. Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them. Youths
(handsome) as Pearls well-guarded.
25. They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.
26. They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake
of our people.
27. "But Allah has been good to us, and has delivered us from the
Penalty of the Scorching Wind.
28. "Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the
Beneficent, the Merciful!".29. Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord):
for by the
Grace of thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one
possessed.
30. Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity
(hatched) by Time!"
31. Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"
32. Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are
they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?
33. Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have
no faith!
34. Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak
the truth!
35. Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the
creators?
36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no
firm belief.
37. Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the
managers (of affairs)?
38. Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven
and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a
manifest proof.
39. Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?
40. Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened
with a load of debt?-
41. Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?
42. Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah
are themselves involved in a Plot!
43. Or have they a god other than Allah. Exalted is Allah far above
the things they associate with Him!
44. Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would
(only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!".45. So leave them alone until they
encounter that Day of theirs,
wherein they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror),-
46. The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help
shall be given them.
47. And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment
besides this: But most of them understand not.
48. Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou
art in Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou
standest forth,
49. And for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat
of the stars!

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The Moon

Surah 54. The Moon
1. The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
2. But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but)
transient magic."
3. They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every
matter has its appointed time.
4. There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is
(enough) to check (them),
5. Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
6. Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the
Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
7. They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves,
(torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
8. Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this
Day!", the Unbelievers will say..9. Before them the People of Noah rejected
(their apostle): they
rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was
driven out.
10. Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then
help (me)!"
11. So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
12. And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the
waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
13. But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked
with palm - fibre:
14. She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who
had been rejected (with scorn)!
15. And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any
that will receive admonition?
16. But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?
17. And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and
remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
18. The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My
Penalty and My Warning?
19. For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent
Disaster,
20. Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm -trees torn up
(from the ground).
21. Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
22. But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and
remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
23. The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.
24. For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among
ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in
mind, and mad!
25. "Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us?
Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!".26. Ah! they will know on the morrow, which
is the liar, the insolent
one!
27. For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch
them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!
28. And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each
one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
29. But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand,
and hamstrung (her).
30. Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!
31. For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became
like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
32. And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and
remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
33. The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
34. We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones,
(which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by
early Dawn,-
35. As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
36. And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed
about the Warning.
37. And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but
We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My
Warning."
38. Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:
39. "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
40. And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and
remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
41. To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from
Allah..
42. The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with
such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His
Will..43. Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye
an immunity in the Sacred Books?
44. Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
45. Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their
backs.
46. Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their
full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
47. Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.
48. The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces,
(they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
49. Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
50. And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an
eye.
51. And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you:
then is there any that will receive admonition?
52. All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
53. Every matter, small and great, is on record.
54. As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and
Rivers,
55. In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign
Omnipotent.

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The Event, The Inevitable

Surah 56. The Event, The Inevitable
1. When the Event inevitable cometh to pass,
2. Then will no (soul) entertain falsehood concerning its coming.
3. (Many) will it bring low; (many) will it exalt;
4. When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,
5. And the mountains shall be crumbled to atoms,
6. Becoming dust scattered abroad,
7. And ye shall be sorted out into three classes.
8. Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand;- What will
be the Companions of the Right Hand?
9. And the Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the
Companions of the Left Hand?
10. And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).
11. These will be those Nearest to Allah.
12. In Gardens of Bliss:
13. A number of people from those of old,.14. And a few from those of later
times.
15. (They will be) on Thrones encrusted (with gold and precious
stones),
16. Reclining on them, facing each other.
17. Round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness),
18. With goblets, (shining) beakers, and cups (filled) out of clear-flowing
fountains:
19. No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer
intoxication:
20. And with fruits, any that they may select:
21. And the flesh of fowls, any that they may desire.
22. And (there will be) Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous
eyes,-
23. Like unto Pearls well-guarded.
24. A Reward for the deeds of their past (life).
25. Not frivolity will they hear therein, nor any taint of ill,-
26. Only the saying, "Peace! Peace".
27. The Companions of the Right Hand,- what will be the Companions
of the Right Hand?
28. (They will be) among Lote-trees without thorns,
29. Among Talh trees with flowers (or fruits) piled one above
another,-
30. In shade long-extended,
31. By water flowing constantly,
32. And fruit in abundance.
33. Whose season is not limited, nor (supply) forbidden,
34. And on Thrones (of Dignity), raised high..35. We have created (their
Companions) of special creation.
36. And made them virgin - pure (and undefiled), -
37. Beloved (by nature), equal in age,-
38. For the Companions of the Right Hand.
39. A (goodly) number from those of old,
40. And a (goodly) number from those of later times.
41. The Companions of the Left Hand,- what will be the Companions
of the Left Hand?
42. (They will be) in the midst of a Fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling
Water,
43. And in the shades of Black Smoke:
44. Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:
45. For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth
(and luxury),
46. And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!
47. And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and
bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?-
48. "(We) and our fathers of old?"
49. Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,
50. "All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed
for a Day well-known.
51. "Then will ye truly,- O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as
Falsehood!-
52. "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum.
53. "Then will ye fill your insides therewith,
54. "And drink Boiling Water on top of it:
55. "Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!".56. Such will
be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!
57. It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the
Truth?
58. Do ye then see?- The (human Seed) that ye throw out,-
59. Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?
60. We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not
to be frustrated
61. from changing your Forms and creating you (again) in (forms)
that ye know not.
62. And ye certainly know already the first form of creation: why then
do ye not celebrate His praises?
63. See ye the seed that ye sow in the ground?
64. Is it ye that cause it to grow, or are We the Cause?
65. Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry powder, and ye
would be left in wonderment,
66. (Saying), "We are indeed left with debts (for nothing):
67. "Indeed are we shut out (of the fruits of our labour)"
68. See ye the water which ye drink?
69. Do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We?
70. Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable): then
why do ye not give thanks?
71. See ye the Fire which ye kindle?
72. Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?
73. We have made it a memorial (of Our handiwork), and an article
of comfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.
74. Then celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme!
75. Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars,-
76. And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew,-.77. That this is
indeed a qur'an Most Honourable,
78. In Book well-guarded,
79. Which none shall touch but those who are clean:
80. A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
81. Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?
82. And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it
false?
83. Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man)
reaches the throat,-
84. And ye the while (sit) looking on,-
85. But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,-
86. Then why do ye not,- If you are exempt from (future) account,-
87. Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?
88. Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to Allah,
89. (There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden of
Delights.
90. And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand,
91. (For him is the salutation), "Peace be unto thee", from the

Companions of the Right Hand.
92. And if he be of those who treat (Truth) as Falsehood, who go
wrong,
93. For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water.
94. And burning in Hell-Fire.
95. Verily, this is the Very Truth and Certainly.
96. So celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.

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Iron.

Surah 57. Iron.
1. Whatever is in the heavens and on earth,- let it declare the Praises
and Glory of Allah. for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
2. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: It is
He Who gives Life and Death; and He has Power over all things.
3. He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and
He has full knowledge of all things.
4. He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and is
moreover firmly established on the Throne (of Authority). He knows what
enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down
from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever
ye may be. And Allah sees well all that ye do.
5. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: and all
affairs are referred back to Allah.
6. He merges Night into Day, and He merges Day into Night; and He
has full knowledge of the secrets of (all) hearts.
7. Believe in Allah and His apostle, and spend (in charity) out of the
(substance) whereof He has made you heirs. For, those of you who
believe and spend (in charity),- for them is a great Reward.
8. What cause have ye why ye should not believe in Allah.- and the
Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord, and has indeed taken your
Covenant, if ye are men of Faith.
9. He is the One Who sends to His Servant Manifest Signs, that He
may lead you from the depths of Darkness into the Light and verily Allah
is to you most kind and Merciful.
10. And what cause have ye why ye should not spend in the cause of
Allah.- For to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth. Not
equal among you are those who spent (freely) and fought, before the
Victory, (with those who did so later). Those are higher in rank than those
who spent (freely) and fought afterwards. But to all has Allah promised a
goodly (reward). And Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do.
11. Who is he that will Loan to Allah a beautiful loan? for ((Allah)) will
increase it manifold to his credit, and he will have (besides) a liberal
Reward.
12. One Day shalt thou see the believing men and the believing
women- how their Light runs forward before them and by their right
hands: (their greeting will be): "Good News for you this Day! Gardens.beneath
which flow rivers! to dwell therein for aye! This is indeed the
highest Achievement!"
13. One Day will the Hypocrites- men and women - say to the
Believers: "Wait for us! Let us borrow (a Light) from your Light!" It will be
said: "Turn ye back to your rear! then seek a Light (where ye can)!" So a
wall will be put up betwixt them, with a gate therein. Within it will be
Mercy throughout, and without it, all alongside, will be (Wrath and)
Punishment!
14. (Those without) will call out, "Were we not with you?" (The
others) will reply, "True! but ye led yourselves into temptation; ye looked
forward (to our ruin); ye doubted ((Allah)'s Promise); and (your false)
desires deceived you; until there issued the Command of Allah. And the
Deceiver deceived you in respect of Allah.
15. "This Day shall no ransom be accepted of you, nor of those who
rejected Allah." Your abode is the Fire: that is the proper place to claim
you: and an evil refuge it is!"
16. Has not the Time arrived for the Believers that their hearts in all
humility should engage in the remembrance of Allah and of the Truth
which has been revealed (to them), and that they should not become like
those to whom was given Revelation aforetime, but long ages passed over
them and their hearts grew hard? For many among them are rebellious
transgressors.
17. Know ye (all) that Allah giveth life to the earth after its death!
already have We shown the Signs plainly to you, that ye may learn
wisdom.
18. For those who give in Charity, men and women, and loan to Allah
a Beautiful Loan, it shall be increased manifold (to their credit), and they
shall have (besides) a liberal reward.
19. And those who believe in Allah and His apostles- they are the
Sincere (lovers of Truth), and the witnesses (who testify), in the eyes of
their Lord: They shall have their Reward and their Light. But those who
reject Allah and deny Our Signs,- they are the Companions of Hell-Fire.
20. Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and
amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry)
among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and
the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it
withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles
away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of
wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the.devotees
of Allah.. And what is the life of this world, but goods and
chattels of deception?
21. Be ye foremost (in seeking) Forgiveness from your Lord, and a
Garden (of Bliss), the width whereof is as the width of heaven and earth,
prepared for those who believe in Allah and His apostles: that is the Grace
of Allah, which He bestows on whom he pleases: and Allah is the Lord of
Grace abounding.
22. No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is
recorded in a decree before We bring it into existence: That is truly easy
for Allah.
23. In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by,
nor exult over favours bestowed upon you. For Allah loveth not any
vainglorious boaster,-
24. Such persons as are covetous and commend covetousness to
men. And if any turn back (from Allah’s Way), verily Allah is Free of all
Needs, Worthy of all Praise.
25. We sent aforetime our apostles with Clear Signs and sent down
with them the Book and the Balance (of Right and Wrong), that men may
stand forth in justice; and We sent down Iron, in which is (material for)
mighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind, that Allah may test
who it is that will help, Unseen, Him and His apostles: For Allah is Full of
Strength, Exalted in Might (and able to enforce His Will).
26. And We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line
Prophethood and Revelation: and some of them were on right guidance.
But many of them became rebellious transgressors.
27. Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our
apostles: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him
the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him
Compassion and Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for
themselves, We did not prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the
seeking for the Good Pleasure of Allah. but that they did not foster as they
should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who believed,
their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious transgressors.
28. O ye that believe! Fear Allah, and believe in His Messenger, and
He will bestow on you a double portion of His Mercy: He will provide for
you a Light by which ye shall walk (straight in your path), and He will
forgive you (your past): for Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
29. That the People of the Book may know that they have no power
whatever over the Grace of Allah, that (His) Grace is (entirely) in His.Hand, to
bestow it on whomsoever He wills. For Allah is the Lord of Grace
abounding.

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She That Disputeth, The Pleading Woman

Surah 58. She That Disputeth, The Pleading Woman
1. Allah has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the
woman who pleads with thee concerning her husband and carries her
complaint (in prayer) to Allah. and Allah (always) hears the arguments
between both sides among you: for Allah hears and sees (all things).
2. If any men among you divorce their wives by Zihar (calling them
mothers), they cannot be their mothers: None can be their mothers
except those who gave them birth. And in fact they use words (both)
iniquitous and false: but truly Allah is one that blots out (sins), and
forgives (again and again).
3. But those who divorce their wives by Zihar, then wish to go back
on the words they uttered,- (It is ordained that such a one) should free a
slave before they touch each other: Thus are ye admonished to perform:
and Allah is well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.
4. And if any has not (the wherewithal), he should fast for two
months consecutively before they touch each other. But if any is unable to
do so, he should feed sixty indigent ones, this, that ye may show your
faith in Allah and His Messenger. Those are limits (set by) Allah. For those
who reject (Him), there is a grievous Penalty.
5. Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be humbled to dust,
as were those before them: for We have already sent down Clear Signs.
And the Unbelievers (will have) a humiliating Penalty,-
6. On the Day that Allah will raise them all up (again) and show them
the Truth (and meaning) of their conduct. Allah has reckoned its (value),
though they may have forgotten it, for Allah is Witness to all things.
7. Seest thou not that Allah doth know (all) that is in the heavens and
on earth? There is not a secret consultation between three, but He makes
the fourth among them, - Nor between five but He makes the sixth,- nor
between fewer nor more, but He is in their midst, wheresoever they be: In
the end will He tell them the truth of their conduct, on the Day of
Judgment. For Allah has full knowledge of all things.
8. Turnest thou not thy sight towards those who were forbidden
secret counsels yet revert to that which they were forbidden (to do)? And
they hold secret counsels among themselves for iniquity and hostility, and
disobedience to the Messenger. And when they come to thee, they salute
thee, not as Allah salutes thee, (but in crooked ways): And they say
to.themselves, "Why does not Allah punish us for our words?" Enough for
them is Hell: In it will they burn, and evil is that destination!
9. O ye who believe! When ye hold secret counsel, do it not for
iniquity and hostility, and disobedience to the Prophet; but do it for
righteousness and self- restraint; and fear Allah, to Whom ye shall be
brought back.
10. Secret counsels are only (inspired) by the Evil One, in order that
he may cause grief to the Believers; but he cannot harm them in the
least, except as Allah permits; and on Allah let the Believers put their
trust.
11. O ye who believe! When ye are told to make room in the
assemblies, (spread out and) make room: (ample) room will Allah provide
for you. And when ye are told to rise up, rise up Allah will rise up, to
(suitable) ranks (and degrees), those of you who believe and who have
been granted (mystic) Knowledge. And Allah is well- acquainted with all ye
do.
12. O ye who believe! When ye consult the Messenger in private,
spend something in charity before your private consultation. That will be
best for you, and most conducive to purity (of conduct). But if ye find not
(the wherewithal), Allah is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
13. Is it that ye are afraid of spending sums in charity before your
private consultation (with him)? If, then, ye do not so, and Allah forgives
you, then (at least) establish regular prayer; practise regular charity; and
obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah is well-acquainted with all that
ye do.
14. Turnest thou not thy attention to those who turn (in friendship) to
such as have the Wrath of Allah upon them? They are neither of you nor
of them, and they swear to falsehood knowingly.
15. Allah has prepared for them a severe Penalty: evil indeed are
their deeds.
16. They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus
they obstruct (men) from the Path of Allah. therefore shall they have a
humiliating Penalty.
17. Of no profit whatever to them, against Allah, will be their riches
nor their sons: they will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for
aye)!.18. One day will Allah raise them all up (for Judgment): then will they
swear to Him as they swear to you: And they think that they have
something (to stand upon). No, indeed! they are but liars!
19. The Evil One has got the better of them: so he has made them
lose the remembrance of Allah. They are the Party of the Evil One. Truly,
it is the Party of the Evil One that will perish!
20. Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be among those
most humiliated.
21. Allah has decreed: "It is I and My apostles who must prevail": For
Allah is One full of strength, able to enforce His Will.
22. Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last
Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they
were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For
such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a
spirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens beneath which
Rivers flow, to dwell therein (for ever). Allah will be well pleased with
them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Truly it is the Party
of Allah that will achieve Felicity.

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The Ranks, Battle Array

Surah 61. The Ranks, Battle Array
1. Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praises
and Glory of Allah. for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
2. O ye who believe! Why say ye that which ye do not?
3. Grievously odious is it in the sight of Allah that ye say that which
ye do not.
4. Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if
they were a solid cemented structure.
5. And remember, Moses said to his people: "O my people! why do ye
vex and insult me, though ye know that I am the apostle of Allah (sent) to
you?" Then when they went wrong, Allah let their hearts go wrong. For
Allah guides not those who are rebellious transgressors.
6. And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: "O Children of Israel!
I am the apostle of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came)
before me, and giving Glad Tidings of an Messenger to come after me,
whose name shall be Ahmad." But when he came to them with Clear
Signs, they said, "this is evident sorcery!".7. Who doth greater wrong than one
who invents falsehood against
Allah, even as he is being invited to Islam? And Allah guides not those
who do wrong.
8. Their intention is to extinguish Allah’s Light (by blowing) with their
mouths: But Allah will complete (the revelation of) His Light, even though
the Unbelievers may detest (it).
9. It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the
Religion of Truth, that he may proclaim it over all religion, even though
the Pagans may detest (it).
10. O ye who believe! Shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you
from a grievous Penalty?-
11. That ye believe in Allah and His Messenger, and that ye strive
(your utmost) in the Cause of Allah, with your property and your persons:
That will be best for you, if ye but knew!
12. He will forgive you your sins, and admit you to Gardens beneath
which Rivers flow, and to beautiful mansions in Gardens of Eternity: that
is indeed the Supreme Achievement.
13. And another (favour will He bestow,) which ye do love,- help from
Allah and a speedy victory. So give the Glad Tidings to the Believers.
14. O ye who believe! Be ye helpers of Allah. As said Jesus the son of
Mary to the Disciples, "Who will be my helpers to (the work of) Allah."
Said the disciples, "We are Allah’s helpers!" then a portion of the Children
of Israel believed, and a portion disbelieved: But We gave power to those
who believed, against their enemies, and they became the ones that
prevailed.

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Qaf, (the Letter), ( Q )

Surah 50. Qaf, (the Letter), ( Q )
1. Qaf: By the Glorious Qur'an (Thou art Allah’s Messenger..
2. But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from
among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing!
3. "What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That
is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)."
4. We already know how much of them the earth takes away: With Us
is a record guarding (the full account).
5. But they deny the Truth when it comes to them: so they are in a
confused state.
6. Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it
and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it?
7. And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains
standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in
pairs)-
8. To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to
Allah..
9. And We send down from the sky rain charted with blessing, and
We produce therewith gardens and Grain for harvests;
10. And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled
one over another;-.11. As sustenance for ((Allah)'s) Servants;- and We give
(new) life
therewith to land that is dead: Thus will be the Resurrection.
12. Before them was denied (the Hereafter) by the People of Noah,
the Companions of the Rass, the Thamud,
13. The 'Ad, Pharaoh, the brethren of Lut,
14. The Companions of the Wood, and the People of Tubba'; each one
(of them) rejected the apostles, and My warning was duly fulfilled (in
them).
15. Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be
in confused doubt about a new Creation?
16. It was We Who created man, and We know what dark
suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his)
jugular vein.
17. Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings)
learn (and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left.
18. Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to
note it).
19. And the stupor of death will bring Truth (before his eyes): "This
was the thing which thou wast trying to escape!"
20. And the Trumpet shall be blown: that will be the Day whereof
Warning (had been given).
21. And there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (angel)
to drive, and an (angel) to bear witness.
22. (It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless of this; now have We
removed thy veil, and sharp is thy sight this Day!"
23. And his Companion will say: "Here is (his Record) ready with
me!"
24. (The sentence will be:) "Throw, throw into Hell every
contumacious Rejecter (of Allah.!-
25. "Who forbade what was good, transgressed all bounds, cast
doubts and suspicions;
26. "Who set up another god beside Allah. Throw him into a severe
penalty.".27. His Companion will say: "Our Lord! I did not make him
transgress, but he was (himself) far astray."
28. He will say: "Dispute not with each other in My Presence: I had
already in advance sent you Warning.
29. "The Word changes not before Me, and I do not the least injustice
to My Servants."
30. One Day We will ask Hell, "Art thou filled to the full?" It will say,
"Are there any more (to come)?"
31. And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a
thing distant.
32. (A voice will say:) "This is what was promised for you,- for every
one who turned (to Allah. in sincere repentance, who kept (His Law),
33. "Who feared ((Allah)) Most Gracious Unseen, and brought a heart
turned in devotion (to Him):
34. "Enter ye therein in Peace and Security; this is a Day of Eternal
Life!"
35. There will be for them therein all that they wish,- and more
besides in Our Presence.
36. But how many generations before them did We destroy (for their
sins),- stronger in power than they? Then did they wander through the
land: was there any place of escape (for them)?
37. Verily in this is a Message for any that has a heart and
understanding or who gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth).
38. We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in
Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us.
39. Bear, then, with patience, all that they say, and celebrate the
praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting.
40. And during part of the night, (also,) celebrate His praises, and (so
likewise) after the postures of adoration.
41. And listen for the Day when the Caller will call out from a place
quiet near,-
42. The Day when they will hear a (mighty) Blast in (very) truth: that
will be the Day of Resurrection..43. Verily it is We Who give Life and Death;
and to Us is the Final
Goal-
44. The Day when the Earth will be rent asunder, from (men)
hurrying out: that will be a gathering together,- quite easy for Us.
45. We know best what they say; and thou art not one to overawe
them by force. So admonish with the Qur'an such as fear My Warning!

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She That Is To Be Examined, Examining Her

Surah 60. She That Is To Be Examined, Examining Her
1. O ye who believe! Take not my enemies and yours as friends (or
protectors),- offering them (your) love, even though they have rejected
the Truth that has come to you, and have (on the contrary) driven out the
Prophet and yourselves (from your homes), (simply) because ye believe in
Allah your Lord! If ye have come out to strive in My Way and to seek My
Good Pleasure, (take them not as friends), holding secret converse of love
(and friendship) with them: for I know full well all that ye conceal and all.that
ye reveal. And any of you that does this has strayed from the
Straight Path.
2. If they were to get the better of you, they would behave to you as
enemies, and stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you for
evil: and they desire that ye should reject the Truth.
3. Of no profit to you will be your relatives and your children on the
Day of Judgment: He will judge between you: for Allah sees well all that
ye do.
4. There is for you an excellent example (to follow) in Abraham and
those with him, when they said to their people: "We are clear of you and
of whatever ye worship besides Allah. we have rejected you, and there
has arisen, between us and you, enmity and hatred for ever,- unless ye
believe in Allah and Him alone": But not when Abraham said to his father:
"I will pray for forgiveness for thee, though I have no power (to get)
aught on thy behalf from Allah." (They prayed): "Our Lord! in Thee do we
trust, and to Thee do we turn in repentance: to Thee is (our) Final Goal.
5. "Our Lord! Make us not a (test and) trial for the Unbelievers, but
forgive us, our Lord! for Thou art the Exalted in Might, the Wise."
6. There was indeed in them an excellent example for you to follow,-
for those whose hope is in Allah and in the Last Day. But if any turn away,
truly Allah is Free of all Wants, Worthy of all Praise.
7. It may be that Allah will grant love (and friendship) between you
and those whom ye (now) hold as enemies. For Allah has power (over all
things); And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
8. Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for
(your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and
justly with them: for Allah loveth those who are just.
9. Allah only forbids you, with regard to those who fight you for
(your) Faith, and drive you out of your homes, and support (others) in
driving you out, from turning to them (for friendship and protection). It is
such as turn to them (in these circumstances), that do wrong.
10. O ye who believe! When there come to you believing women
refugees, examine (and test) them: Allah knows best as to their Faith: if
ye ascertain that they are Believers, then send them not back to the
Unbelievers. They are not lawful (wives) for the Unbelievers, nor are the
(Unbelievers) lawful (husbands) for them. But pay the Unbelievers what
they have spent (on their dower), and there will be no blame on you if ye
marry them on payment of their dower to them. But hold not to the
guardianship of unbelieving women: ask for what ye have spent on
their.dowers, and let the (Unbelievers) ask for what they have spent (on the
dowers of women who come over to you). Such is the command of Allah.
He judges (with justice) between you. And Allah is Full of Knowledge and
Wisdom.
11. And if any of your wives deserts you to the Unbelievers, and ye
have an accession (by the coming over of a woman from the other side),
then pay to those whose wives have deserted the equivalent of what they
had spent (on their dower). And fear Allah, in Whom ye believe.
12. O Prophet! When believing women come to thee to take the oath
of fealty to thee, that they will not associate in worship any other thing
whatever with Allah, that they will not steal, that they will not commit
adultery (or fornication), that they will not kill their children, that they will
not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood, and that they will not
disobey thee in any just matter,- then do thou receive their fealty, and
pray to Allah for the forgiveness (of their sins): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
13. O ye who believe! Turn not (for friendship) to people on whom is
the Wrath of Allah, of the Hereafter they are already in despair, just as
the Unbelievers are in despair about those (buried) in graves.

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The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving

Surah 55. The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving
1. ((Allah)) Most Gracious!
2. It is He Who has taught the Qur'an.
3. He has created man:
4. He has taught him speech (and intelligence).
5. The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;
6. And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) bow in adoration..7. And the
Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the
Balance (of Justice),
8. In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance.
9. So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.
10. It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:
11. Therein is fruit and date-palms, producing spathes (enclosing
dates);
12. Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling
plants.
13. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
14. He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,
15. And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:
16. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
17. (He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:
18. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
19. He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting
together:
20. Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
21. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
22. Out of them come Pearls and Coral:
23. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
24. And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as
mountains:
25. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
26. All that is on earth will perish:
27. But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty,
Bounty and Honour..28. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
29. Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on
earth: every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!
30. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
31. Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!
32. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
33. O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the
zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall
ye be able to pass!
34. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
35. On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to
burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:
36. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
37. When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:
38. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
39. On that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his
sin.
40. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
41. (For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be
seized by their forelocks and their feet.
42. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
43. This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
44. In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander
round!
45. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
46. But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the
Judgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens-
47. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-.48. Containing all
kinds (of trees and delights);-
49. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
50. In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);
51. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
52. In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.
53. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
54. They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich
brocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach).
55. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
56. In them will be (Maidens), chaste, restraining their glances,
whom no man or Jinn before them has touched;-
57. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
58. Like unto Rubies and coral.
59. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
60. Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good?
61. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
62. And besides these two, there are two other Gardens,-
63. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
64. Dark-green in colour (from plentiful watering).
65. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
66. In them (each) will be two Springs pouring forth water in
continuous abundance:
67. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
68. In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates:
69. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
70. In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful;-.71. Then which of the
favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
72. Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodly)
pavilions;-
73. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
74. Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched;-
75. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
76. Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty.
77. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
78. Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and
Honour.

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The Congregation, Friday

Surah 62. The Congregation, Friday
1. Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare the Praises
and Glory of Allah,- the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Exalted in Might, the
Wise.
2. It is He Who has sent amongst the Unlettered an apostle from
among themselves, to rehearse to them His Signs, to sanctify them, and
to instruct them in Scripture and Wisdom,- although they had been,
before, in manifest error;-
3. As well as (to confer all these benefits upon) others of them, who
have not already joined them: And He is exalted in Might, Wise..4. Such is the
Bounty of Allah, which He bestows on whom He will:
and Allah is the Lord of the highest bounty.
5. The similitude of those who were charged with the (obligations of
the) Mosaic Law, but who subsequently failed in those (obligations), is
that of a donkey which carries huge tomes (but understands them not).
Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of Allah. and Allah
guides not people who do wrong.
6. Say: "O ye that stand on Judaism! If ye think that ye are friends to
Allah, to the exclusion of (other) men, then express your desire for Death,
if ye are truthful!"
7. But never will they express their desire (for Death), because of the
(deeds) their hands have sent on before them! and Allah knows well those
that do wrong!
8. Say: "The Death from which ye flee will truly overtake you: then
will ye be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open: and He will
tell you (the truth of) the things that ye did!"
9. O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday
(the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah,
and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but knew!
10. And when the Prayer is finished, then may ye disperse through
the land, and seek of the Bounty of Allah. and celebrate the Praises of
Allah often (and without stint): that ye may prosper.
11. But when they see some bargain or some amusement, they
disperse headlong to it, and leave thee standing. Say: "The (blessing)
from the Presence of Allah is better than any amusement or bargain! and
Allah is the Best to provide (for all needs)."

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The Hypocrites

Surah 63. The Hypocrites
1. When the Hypocrites come to thee, they say, "We bear witness
that thou art indeed the Messenger of Allah." Yea, Allah knoweth that thou
art indeed His Messenger, and Allah beareth witness that the Hypocrites
are indeed liars.
2. They have made their oaths a screen (for their misdeeds): thus
they obstruct (men) from the Path of Allah. truly evil are their deeds.
3. That is because they believed, then they rejected Faith: So a seal
was set on their hearts: therefore they understand not..4. When thou lookest at
them, their exteriors please thee; and when
they speak, thou listenest to their words. They are as (worthless as
hollow) pieces of timber propped up, (unable to stand on their own). They
think that every cry is against them. They are the enemies; so beware of
them. The curse of Allah be on them! How are they deluded (away from
the Truth)!
5. And when it is said to them, "Come, the Messenger of Allah will
pray for your forgiveness", they turn aside their heads, and thou wouldst
see them turning away their faces in arrogance.
6. It is equal to them whether thou pray for their forgiveness or not.
Allah will not forgive them. Truly Allah guides not rebellious transgressors.
7. They are the ones who say, "Spend nothing on those who are with
Allah’s Messenger, to the end that they may disperse (and quit Medina)."
But to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the
Hypocrites understand not.
8. They say, "If we return to Medina, surely the more honourable
(element) will expel therefrom the meaner." But honour belongs to Allah
and His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.
9. O ye who believe! Let not your riches or your children divert you
from the remembrance of Allah. If any act thus, the loss is their own.
10. and spend something (in charity) out of the substance which We
have bestowed on you, before Death should come to any of you and he
should say, "O my Lord! why didst Thou not give me respite for a little
while? I should then have given (largely) in charity, and I should have
been one of the doers of good".
11. But to no soul will Allah grant respite when the time appointed
(for it) has come; and Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do.

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Mutual Disillusion, Haggling

Surah 64. Mutual Disillusion, Haggling
1. Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare the Praises
and Glory of Allah. to Him belongs dominion, and to Him belongs praise:
and He has power over all things.
2. It is He Who has created you; and of you are some that are
Unbelievers, and some that are Believers: and Allah sees well all that ye
do.
3. He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions, and
has given you shape, and made your shapes beautiful: and to Him is the
final Goal..4. He knows what is in the heavens and on earth; and He knows
what
ye conceal and what ye reveal: yea, Allah knows well the (secrets) of (all)
hearts.
5. Has not the story reached you, of those who rejected Faith
aforetime? So they tasted the evil result of their conduct; and they had a
grievous Penalty.
6. That was because there came to them apostles with Clear Signs,
but they said: "Shall (mere) human beings direct us?" So they rejected
(the Message) and turned away. But Allah can do without (them): and
Allah is free of all needs, worthy of all praise.
7. The Unbelievers think that they will not be raised up (for
Judgment). Say: "Yea, By my Lord, Ye shall surely be raised up: then shall
ye be told (the truth) of all that ye did. And that is easy for Allah."
8. Believe, therefore, in Allah and His Messenger, and in the Light
which we have sent down. And Allah is well acquainted with all that ye do.
9. The Day that He assembles you (all) for a Day of Assembly,- that
will be a Day of mutual loss and gain (among you), and those who believe
in Allah and work righteousness,- He will remove from them their ills, and
He will admit them to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein
for ever: that will be the Supreme Achievement.
10. But those who reject Faith and treat Our Signs as falsehoods,
they will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein for aye: and evil is
that Goal.
11. No kind of calamity can occur, except by the leave of Allah. and if
any one believes in Allah, ((Allah)) guides his heart (aright): for Allah
knows all things.
12. So obey Allah, and obey His Messenger. but if ye turn back, the
duty of Our Messenger is but to proclaim (the Message) clearly and
openly.
13. Allah. There is no god but He: and on Allah, therefore, let the
Believers put their trust.
14. O ye who believe! Truly, among your wives and your children are
(some that are) enemies to yourselves: so beware of them! But if ye
forgive and overlook, and cover up (their faults), verily Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
15. Your riches and your children may be but a trial: but in the
Presence of Allah, is the highest, Reward..16. So fear Allah as much as ye can;
listen and obey and spend in
charity for the benefit of your own soul and those saved from the
covetousness of their own souls,- they are the ones that achieve
prosperity.
17. If ye loan to Allah, a beautiful loan, He will double it to your
(credit), and He will grant you Forgiveness: for Allah is most Ready to
appreciate (service), Most Forbearing,-
18. Knower of what is open, Exalted in Might, Full of Wisdom.

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Exile, Banishment

Surah 59. Exile, Banishment
1. Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praises
and Glory of Allah. for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
2. It is He Who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book
from their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye think
that they would get out: And they thought that their fortresses would
defend them from Allah. But the (Wrath of) Allah came to them from
quarters from which they little expected (it), and cast terror into their
hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own hands and the
hands of the Believers, take warning, then, O ye with eyes (to see)!
3. And had it not been that Allah had decreed banishment for them,
He would certainly have punished them in this world: And in the Hereafter
they shall (certainly) have the Punishment of the Fire.
4. That is because they resisted Allah and His Messenger. and if any
one resists Allah, verily Allah is severe in Punishment.
5. Whether ye cut down (O ye Muslim!) The tender palm-trees, or ye
left them standing on their roots, it was by leave of Allah, and in order
that He might cover with shame the rebellious transgresses..6. What Allah has
bestowed on His Messenger (and taken away) from
them - for this ye made no expedition with either cavalry or camelry: but
Allah gives power to His apostles over any He pleases: and Allah has
power over all things.
7. What Allah has bestowed on His Messenger (and taken away) from
the people of the townships,- belongs to Allah,- to His Messenger and to
kindred and orphans, the needy and the wayfarer; In order that it may
not (merely) make a circuit between the wealthy among you. So take
what the Messenger assigns to you, and deny yourselves that which he
withholds from you. And fear Allah. for Allah is strict in Punishment.
8. (Some part is due) to the indigent Muhajirs, those who were
expelled from their homes and their property, while seeking Grace from
Allah and (His) Good Pleasure, and aiding Allah and His Messenger. such
are indeed the sincere ones:-
9. But those who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had
adopted the Faith,- show their affection to such as came to them for
refuge, and entertain no desire in their hearts for things given to the
(latter), but give them preference over themselves, even though poverty
was their (own lot). And those saved from the covetousness of their own
souls,- they are the ones that achieve prosperity.
10. And those who came after them say: "Our Lord! Forgive us, and
our brethren who came before us into the Faith, and leave not, in our
hearts, rancour (or sense of injury) against those who have believed. Our
Lord! Thou art indeed Full of Kindness, Most Merciful."
11. Hast thou not observed the Hypocrites say to their misbelieving
brethren among the People of the Book? - "If ye are expelled, we too will
go out with you, and we will never hearken to any one in your affair; and
if ye are attacked (in fight) we will help you". But Allah is witness that
they are indeed liars.
12. If they are expelled, never will they go out with them; and if they
are attacked (in fight), they will never help them; and if they do help
them, they will turn their backs; so they will receive no help.
13. Of a truth ye are stronger (than they) because of the terror in
their hearts, (sent) by Allah. This is because they are men devoid of
understanding.
14. They will not fight you (even) together, except in fortified
townships, or from behind walls. Strong is their fighting (spirit) amongst
themselves: thou wouldst think they were united, but their hearts are
divided: that is because they are a people devoid of wisdom..15. Like those
who lately preceded them, they have tasted the evil
result of their conduct; and (in the Hereafter there is) for them a grievous
Penalty;-
16. (Their allies deceived them), like the Evil One, when he says to
man, "Deny Allah.: but when (man) denies Allah, (the Evil One) says, "I
am free of thee: I do fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!"
17. The end of both will be that they will go into the Fire, dwelling
therein for ever. Such is the reward of the wrong-doers.
18. O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and let every soul look to what
(provision) He has sent forth for the morrow. Yea, fear Allah. for Allah is
well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.
19. And be ye not like those who forgot Allah. and He made them
forget their own souls! Such are the rebellious transgressors!
20. Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of
the Garden: it is the Companions of the Garden, that will achieve Felicity.
21. Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, verily, thou
wouldst have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah.
Such are the similitudes which We propound to men, that they may
reflect.
22. Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god;- Who knows (all
things) both secret and open; He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
23. Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god;- the Sovereign, the
Holy One, the Source of Peace (and Perfection), the Guardian of Faith, the
Preserver of Safety, the Exalted in Might, the Irresistible, the Supreme:
Glory to Allah. (High is He) above the partners they attribute to Him.
24. He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the Bestower of Forms (or
Colours). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: whatever is in the
heavens and on earth, doth declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the
Exalted in Might, the Wise.

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Divorce

Surah 65. Divorce
1. O Prophet! When ye do divorce women, divorce them at their
prescribed periods, and count (accurately), their prescribed periods: And
fear Allah your Lord: and turn them not out of their houses, nor shall they
(themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of some open lewdness,
those are limits set by Allah. and any who transgresses the limits of Allah,
does verily wrong his (own) soul: thou knowest not if perchance Allah will
bring about thereafter some new situation.
2. Thus when they fulfil their term appointed, either take them back
on equitable terms or part with them on equitable terms; and take for
witness two persons from among you, endued with justice, and establish
the evidence (as) before Allah. Such is the admonition given to him who
believes in Allah and the Last Day. And for those who fear Allah, He (ever)
prepares a way out,
3. And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine.
And if any one puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is ((Allah)) for him. For
Allah will surely accomplish his purpose: verily, for all things has Allah
appointed a due proportion.
4. Such of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses,
for them the prescribed period, if ye have any doubts, is three months,
and for those who have no courses (it is the same): for those who carry
(life within their wombs), their period is until they deliver their burdens:
and for those who fear Allah, He will make their path easy.
5. That is the Command of Allah, which He has sent down to you: and
if any one fears Allah, He will remove his ills, from him, and will enlarge
his reward.
6. Let the women live (in 'iddat) in the same style as ye live,
according to your means: Annoy them not, so as to restrict them. And if
they carry (life in their wombs), then spend (your substance) on them
until they deliver their burden: and if they suckle your (offspring), give
them their recompense: and take mutual counsel together, according to.what is
just and reasonable. And if ye find yourselves in difficulties, let
another woman suckle (the child) on the (father's) behalf.
7. Let the man of means spend according to his means: and the man
whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allah has
given him. Allah puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given
him. After a difficulty, Allah will soon grant relief.
8. How many populations that insolently opposed the Command of
their Lord and of His apostles, did We not then call to account,- to severe
account?- and We imposed on them an exemplary Punishment.
9. Then did they taste the evil result of their conduct, and the End of
their conduct was Perdition.
10. Allah has prepared for them a severe Punishment (in the
Hereafter). Therefore fear Allah, O ye men of understanding - who have
believed!- for Allah hath indeed sent down to you a Message,-
11. An Messenger, who rehearses to you the Signs of Allah containing
clear explanations, that he may lead forth those who believe and do
righteous deeds from the depths of Darkness into Light. And those who
believe in Allah and work righteousness, He will admit to Gardens beneath
which Rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever: Allah has indeed granted for
them a most excellent Provision.
12. Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a
similar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends His Command:
that ye may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah
comprehends, all things in (His) Knowledge.

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Banning, Prohibition

Surah 66. Banning, Prohibition
1. O Prophet! Why holdest thou to be forbidden that which Allah has
made lawful to thee? Thou seekest to please thy consorts. But Allah is Oft-
Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
2. Allah has already ordained for you, (O men), the dissolution of
your oaths (in some cases): and Allah is your Protector, and He is Full of
Knowledge and Wisdom.
3. When the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his
consorts, and she then divulged it (to another), and Allah made it known
to him, he confirmed part thereof and repudiated a part. Then when he
told her thereof, she said, "Who told thee this? "He said, "He told me Who
knows and is well-acquainted (with all things).".4. If ye two turn in repentance
to Him, your hearts are indeed so
inclined; But if ye back up each other against him, truly Allah is his
Protector, and Gabriel, and (every) righteous one among those who
believe,- and furthermore, the angels - will back (him) up.
5. It may be, if he divorced you (all), that Allah will give him in
exchange consorts better than you,- who submit (their wills), who believe,
who are devout, who turn to Allah in repentance, who worship (in
humility), who travel (for Faith) and fast,- previously married or virgins.
6. O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire
whose fuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern
(and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive
from Allah, but do (precisely) what they are commanded.
7. (They will say), "O ye Unbelievers! Make no excuses this Day! Ye
are being but requited for all that ye did!"
8. O ye who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance: In the
hope that your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit you to
Gardens beneath which Rivers flow,- the Day that Allah will not permit to
be humiliated the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their Light will
run forward before them and by their right hands, while they say, "Our
Lord! Perfect our Light for us, and grant us Forgiveness: for Thou hast
power over all things."
9. O Prophet! Strive hard against the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites,
and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge (indeed).
10. Allah sets forth, for an example to the Unbelievers, the wife of
Noah and the wife of Lut: they were (respectively) under two of our
righteous servants, but they were false to their (husbands), and they
profited nothing before Allah on their account, but were told: "Enter ye
the Fire along with (others) that enter!"
11. And Allah sets forth, as an example to those who believe the wife
of Pharaoh: Behold she said: "O my Lord! Build for me, in nearness to
Thee, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh and his
doings, and save me from those that do wrong";
12. And Mary the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity; and
We breathed into (her body) of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth of
the words of her Lord and of His Revelations, and was one of the devout
(servants).

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The Sovereignty, Control.1. Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion; and He over all things hath Power;-

Surah 67. The Sovereignty, Control.1. Blessed be He in Whose hands is
Dominion; and He over all things
hath Power;-
2. He Who created Death and Life, that He may try which of you is
best in deed: and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving;-
3. He Who created the seven heavens one above another: No want of
proportion wilt thou see in the Creation of ((Allah)) Most Gracious. So turn
thy vision again: seest thou any flaw?
4. Again turn thy vision a second time: (thy) vision will come back to
thee dull and discomfited, in a state worn out.
5. And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with
Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the
Evil Ones, and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.
6. For those who reject their Lord (and Cherisher) is the Penalty of
Hell: and evil is (such), Destination.
7. When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in
of its breath even as it blazes forth,
8. Almost bursting with fury: Every time a Group is cast therein, its
Keepers will ask, "Did no Warner come to you?"
9. They will say: "Yes indeed; a Warner did come to us, but we
rejected him and said, '(Allah) never sent down any (Message): ye are
nothing but an egregious delusion!'"
10. They will further say: "Had we but listened or used our
intelligence, we should not (now) be among the Companions of the
Blazing Fire!"
11. They will then confess their sins: but far will be (Forgiveness)
from the Companions of the Blazing Fire!
12. As for those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is Forgiveness
and a great Reward.
13. And whether ye hide your word or publish it, He certainly has
(full) knowledge, of the secrets of (all) hearts.
14. Should He not know,- He that created? and He is the One that
understands the finest mysteries (and) is well-acquainted (with them)..15. It is
He Who has made the earth manageable for you, so traverse
ye through its tracts and enjoy of the Sustenance which He furnishes: but
unto Him is the Resurrection.
16. Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to
be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)?
17. Or do ye feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not send
against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones), so that ye shall
know how (terrible) was My warning?
18. But indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then how
(terrible) was My rejection (of them)?
19. Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings
and folding them in? None can uphold them except ((Allah)) Most
Gracious: Truly ((Allah)) Most Gracious: Truly it is He that watches over
all things.
20. Nay, who is there that can help you, (even as) an army, besides
((Allah)) Most Merciful? In nothing but delusion are the Unbelievers.
21. Or who is there that can provide you with Sustenance if He were
to withhold His provision? Nay, they obstinately persist in insolent impiety
and flight (from the Truth).
22. Is then one who walks headlong, with his face grovelling, better
guided,- or one who walks evenly on a Straight Way?
23. Say: "It is He Who has created you (and made you grow), and
made for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling and understanding:
little thanks it is ye give.
24. Say: "It is He Who has multiplied you through the earth, and to
Him shall ye be gathered together."
25. They ask: When will this promise be (fulfilled)? - If ye are telling
the truth.
26. Say: "As to the knowledge of the time, it is with Allah alone: I am
(sent) only to warn plainly in public."
27. At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved will be the
faces of the Unbelievers, and it will be said (to them): "This is (the
promise fulfilled), which ye were calling for!".28. Say: "See ye?- If Allah were
to destroy me, and those with me,
or if He bestows His Mercy on us,- yet who can deliver the Unbelievers
from a grievous Penalty?"
29. Say: "He is ((Allah)) Most Gracious: We have believed in Him,
and on Him have we put our trust: So, soon will ye know which (of us) it
is that is in manifest error."
30. Say: "See ye?- If your stream be some morning lost (in the
underground earth), who then can supply you with clear-flowing water?"

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The Ascending Stairways, Staircases Upward, Sckeptic

Surah 70. The Ascending Stairways, Staircases Upward,
Sckeptic
1. A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall-
2. The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off,-
3. (A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.
4. The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure
whereof is (as) fifty thousand years:
5. Therefore do thou hold Patience,- a Patience of beautiful
(contentment).
6. They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):
7. But We see it (quite) near..8. The Day that the sky will be like molten brass,
9. And the mountains will be like wool,
10. And no friend will ask after a friend,
11. Though they will be put in sight of each other,- the sinner's desire
will be: Would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day
by (sacrificing) his children,
12. His wife and his brother,
13. His kindred who sheltered him,
14. And all, all that is on earth,- so it could deliver him:
15. By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell!-
16. Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!-
17. Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces
(from the Right).
18. And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)!
19. Truly man was created very impatient;-
20. Fretful when evil touches him;
21. And niggardly when good reaches him;-
22. Not so those devoted to Prayer;-
23. Those who remain steadfast to their prayer;
24. And those in whose wealth is a recognised right.
25. For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some
reason from asking);
26. And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment;
27. And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord,-
28. For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and
Tranquillity;-
29. And those who guard their chastity,.30. Except with their wives and the
(captives) whom their right hands
possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed,
31. But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors;-
32. And those who respect their trusts and covenants;
33. And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
34. And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship;-
35. Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss).
36. Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly
before thee-
37. From the right and from the left, in crowds?
38. Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss?
39. By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter)
they know!
40. Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the
West that We can certainly-
41. Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be
defeated (in Our Plan).
42. So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they
encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised!-
43. The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden
haste as if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them),-
44. Their eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all
over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!

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The Pen, (the Letter) N

Surah 68. The Pen, (the Letter) N
1. Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
2. Thou art not, by the G race of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
3. Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
4. And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
5. Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
6. Which of you is afflicted with madness.
7. Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath
strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true)
Guidance.
8. So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
9. Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be
pliant.
10. Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
11. A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
12. (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds,
deep in sin,
13. Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
14. Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
15. When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he
cries!.16. Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
17. Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden,
when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
18. But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah’s Will").
19. Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord,
(which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
20. So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and
desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
21. As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
22. "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather
the fruits."
23. So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
24. "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the
(garden) this day."
25. And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
26. But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost
our way:
27. "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
28. Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to
you, 'Why not glorify ((Allah))?'"
29. They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
30. Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
31. They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
32. "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better
(garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
33. Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the
Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
34. Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence
of their Lord..35. Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
36. What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
37. Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
38. That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
39. Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of
Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
40. Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
41. Or have they some "Partners" (in Allah.ead)? Then let them
produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
42. The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be
summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
43. Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing
that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they
were whole, (and had refused).
44. Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees
shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
45. A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
46. Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are
burdened with a load of debt?-
47. Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it
down?
48. So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not
like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.
49. Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have
been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
50. Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of
the Righteous.
51. And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes
when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
52. But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds..

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The Reality

Surah 69. The Reality
1. The Sure Reality!
2. What is the Sure Reality?
3. And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?
4. The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning
Calamity!
5. But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of
thunder and lightning!
6. And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly
violent;
7. He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in
succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in
its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled down!
8. Then seest thou any of them left surviving?
9. And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown,
committed habitual Sin.
10. And disobeyed (each) the apostle of their Lord; so He punished
them with an abundant Penalty.
11. We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its
limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),
12. That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that
should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in
remembrance.
13. Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,
14. And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed
to powder at one stroke,-
15. On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.
16. And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,
17. And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear
the Throne of thy Lord above them..18. That Day shall ye be brought to
Judgment: not an act of yours
that ye hide will be hidden.
19. Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say:
"Ah here! Read ye my Record!
20. "I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach
me!"
21. And he will be in a life of Bliss,
22. In a Garden on high,
23. The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.
24. "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good)
that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"
25. And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah!
Would that my Record had not been given to me!
26. "And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!
27. "Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!
28. "Of no profit to me has been my wealth!
29. "My power has perished from me!"...
30. (The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,
31. "And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.
32. "Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is
seventy cubits!
33. "This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.
34. "And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!
35. "So no friend hath he here this Day.
36. "Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of
wounds,
37. "Which none do eat but those in sin."
38. So I do call to witness what ye see,.39. And what ye see not,
40. That this is verily the word of an honoured apostle;
41. It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!
42. Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye
receive.
43. (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.
44. And if the apostle were to invent any sayings in Our name,
45. We should certainly seize him by his right hand,
46. And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:
47. Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).
48. But verily this is a Message for the Allah.fearing.
49. And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that
reject (it).
50. But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.
51. But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.
52. So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

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The Jinn, Sprites

Surah 72. The Jinn, Sprites
1. Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listened
(to the Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital!
2. 'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we
shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.
3. 'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a
wife nor a son.
4. 'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter
extravagant lies against Allah.
5. 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue
against Allah.
6. 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with
persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
7. 'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise
up any one (to Judgment).
8. 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with
stern guards and flaming fires..9. 'We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden)
stations, to (steal) a
hearing; but any who listen now will find a flaming fire watching him in
ambush.
10. 'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth,
or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct.
11. 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the
contrary: we follow divergent paths.
12. 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout
the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
13. 'And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we have
accepted it: and any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either of a short
(account) or of any injustice.
14. 'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to Allah., and some
that swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills - they have
sought out (the path) of right conduct:
15. 'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'-
16. (And Allah’s Message is): "If they (the Pagans) had (only)
remained on the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed on them
Rain in abundance.
17. "That We might try them by that (means). But if any turns away
from the remembrance of his Lord, He will cause him to undergo a severe
Penalty.
18. "And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not
any one along with Allah.
19. "Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they
just make round him a dense crowd."
20. Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him
any (false god)."
21. Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to
right conduct."
22. Say: "No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey
Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him,.23. "Unless I proclaim what I
receive from Allah and His Messages:
for any that disobey Allah and His Messenger,- for them is Hell: they shall
dwell therein for ever."
24. At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they
are promised,- then will they know who it is that is weakest in (his) helper
and least important in point of numbers.
25. Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are
promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
26. "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one
acquainted with His Mysteries,-
27. "Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a
band of watchers march before him and behind him,
28. "That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered
the Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) that are
with them, and takes account of every single thing."

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Noah

Surah 71. Noah
1. We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn
thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
2. He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
3. "That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:.4. "So He may forgive
you your sins and give you respite for a stated
Term: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it cannot be put
forward: if ye only knew."
5. He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
6. "But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
7. "And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive
them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered
themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given
themselves up to arrogance.
8. "So I have called to them aloud;
9. "Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
10. "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;
11. "'He will send rain to you in abundance;
12. "'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you
gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
13. "'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for
kindness and long-suffering in Allah,-
14. "'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
15. "'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above
another,
16. "'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as
a (Glorious) Lamp?
17. "'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
18. "'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you
forth (again at the Resurrection)?
19. "'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
20. "'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
21. Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow
(men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
22. "And they have devised a tremendous Plot..23. "And they have said (to
each other), 'Abandon not your gods:
Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr';-
24. "They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to
the wrong- doers but in straying (from their mark)."
25. Because of their sins they were drowned (in the flood), and were
made to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found- in lieu of Allah.
none to help them.
26. And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a
single one on earth!
27. "For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy
devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
28. "O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in
Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong-doers
grant Thou no increase but in perdition!"

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The Enshrouded One, Bundled Up

Surah 73. The Enshrouded One, Bundled Up
1. O thou folded in garments!
2. Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night,-
3. Half of it,- or a little less,
4. Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an in slow, measured rhythmic
tones.
5. Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Message.
6. Truly the rising by night is most potent for governing (the soul),
and most suitable for (framing) the Word (of Prayer and Praise).
7. True, there is for thee by day prolonged occupation with ordinary
duties:
8. But keep in remembrance the name of thy Lord and devote thyself
to Him whole-heartedly.
9. (He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He: take
Him therefore for (thy) Disposer of Affairs.
10. And have patience with what they say, and leave them with noble
(dignity)..11. And leave Me (alone to deal with) those in possession of the good
things of life, who (yet) deny the Truth; and bear with them for a little
while.
12. With Us are Fetters (to bind them), and a Fire (to burn them),
13. And a Food that chokes, and a Penalty Grievous.
14. One Day the earth and the mountains will be in violent
commotion. And the mountains will be as a heap of sand poured out and
flowing down.
15. We have sent to you, (O men!) an apostle, to be a witness
concerning you, even as We sent an apostle to Pharaoh.
16. But Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle; so We seized him with a
heavy Punishment.
17. Then how shall ye, if ye deny ((Allah)), guard yourselves against
a Day that will make children hoary-headed?-
18. Whereon the sky will be cleft asunder? His Promise needs must
be accomplished.
19. Verily this is an Admonition: therefore, whoso will, let him take a
(straight) path to his Lord!
20. Thy Lord doth know that thou standest forth (to prayer) nigh
two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or a third of the night, and so
doth a party of those with thee. But Allah doth appoint night and day in
due measure He knoweth that ye are unable to keep count thereof. So He
hath turned to you (in mercy): read ye, therefore, of the Qur'an as much
as may be easy for you. He knoweth that there may be (some) among
you in ill-health; others travelling through the land, seeking of Allah’s
bounty; yet others fighting in Allah’s Cause, read ye, therefore, as much
of the Qur'an as may be easy (for you); and establish regular Prayer and
give regular Charity; and loan to Allah a Beautiful Loan. And whatever
good ye send forth for your souls ye shall find it in Allah’s Presence,- yea,
better and greater, in Reward and seek ye the Grace of Allah. for Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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Time, Man, (every) Man, This (day-and-)age

Surah 76. Time, Man, (every) Man, This (day-and-)age
1. Has there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was
nothing - (not even) mentioned?
2. Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to
try him: So We gave him (the gifts), of Hearing and Sight.
3. We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful
(rests on his will).
4. For the Rejecters we have prepared chains, yokes, and a blazing
Fire.
5. As to the Righteous, they shall drink of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with
Kafur,-
6. A Fountain where the Devotees of Allah do drink, making it flow in
unstinted abundance.
7. They perform (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil flies far
and wide.
8. And they feed, for the love of Allah, the indigent, the orphan, and
the captive,-
9. (Saying),"We feed you for the sake of Allah alone: no reward do
we desire from you, nor thanks.
10. "We only fear a Day of distressful Wrath from the side of our
Lord."
11. But Allah will deliver them from the evil of that Day, and will shed
over them a Light of Beauty and (blissful) Joy..12. And because they were
patient and constant, He will reward them
with a Garden and (garments of) silk.
13. Reclining in the (Garden) on raised thrones, they will see there
neither the sun's (excessive heat) nor (the moon's) excessive cold.
14. And the shades of the (Garden) will come low over them, and the
bunches (of fruit), there, will hang low in humility.
15. And amongst them will be passed round vessels of silver and
goblets of crystal,-
16. Crystal-clear, made of silver: they will determine the measure
thereof (according to their wishes).
17. And they will be given to drink there of a Cup (of Wine) mixed
with Zanjabil,-
18. A fountain there, called Salsabil.
19. And round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual
(freshness): If thou seest them, thou wouldst think them scattered Pearls.
20. And when thou lookest, it is there thou wilt see a Bliss and a
Realm Magnificent.
21. Upon them will be green Garments of fine silk and heavy brocade,
and they will be adorned with Bracelets of silver; and their Lord will give
to them to drink of a Wine Pure and Holy.
22. "Verily this is a Reward for you, and your Endeavour is accepted
and recognised."
23. It is We Who have sent down the Qur'an to thee by stages.
24. Therefore be patient with constancy to the Command of thy Lord,
and hearken not to the sinner or the ingrate among them.
25. And celebrate the name or thy Lord morning and evening,
26. And part of the night, prostrate thyself to Him; and glorify Him a
long night through.
27. As to these, they love the fleeting life, and put away behind them
a Day (that will be) hard..28. It is We Who created them, and We have made
their joints
strong; but, when We will, We can substitute the like of them by a
complete change.
29. This is an admonition: Whosoever will, let him take a (straight)
Path to his Lord.
30. But ye will not, except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge
and Wisdom.
31. He will admit to His Mercy whom He will; But the wrong-doers,-
for them has He prepared a grievous Penalty.

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The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth

Surah 77. The Emissaries, Winds Sent Forth
1. By the (Winds) sent forth one after another (to man's profit);
2. Which then blow violently in tempestuous Gusts,
3. And scatter (things) far and wide;
4. Then separate them, one from another,
5. Then spread abroad a Message,
6. Whether of Justification or of Warning;-
7. Assuredly, what ye are promised must come to pass.
8. Then when the stars become dim;
9. When the heaven is cleft asunder;
10. When the mountains are scattered (to the winds) as dust;
11. And when the apostles are (all) appointed a time (to collect);-
12. For what Day are these (portents) deferred?
13. For the Day of Sorting out.
14. And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out?
15. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
16. Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?
17. So shall We make later (generations) follo w them..18. Thus do We deal
with men of sin.
19. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
20. Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable?-
21. The which We placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed,
22. For a period (of gestation), determined (according to need)?
23. For We do determine (according to need); for We are the best to
determine (things).
24. Ah woe, that Day! to the Rejecters of Truth!
25. Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together.
26. The living and the dead,
27. And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and
provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?
28. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
29. (It will be said:) "Depart ye to that which ye used to reject as
false!
30. "Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns,
31. "(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the
fierce Blaze.
32. "Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts,
33. "As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."
34. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
35. That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak.
36. Nor will it be open to them to put forth pleas.
37. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
38. That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together
and those before (you)!
39. Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me!.40. Ah woe, that Day, to
the Rejecters of Truth!
41. As to the Righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades and
springs (of water).
42. And (they shall have) fruits,- all they desire.
43. "Eat ye and drink ye to your heart's content: for that ye worked
(Righteousness).
44. Thus do We certainly reward the Doers of Good.
45. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
46. (O ye unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, for
that ye are Sinners.
47. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
48. And when it is said to them, "Prostrate yourselves!" they do not
so.
49. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
50. Then what Message, after that, will they believe in?

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Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers

Surah 79. Those Who Drag Forth, Soul-snatchers
1. By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with
violence;
2. By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
3. And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
4. Then press forward as in a race,
5. Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
6. One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent
commotion,
7. Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
8. Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
9. Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
10. They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our)
former state?
11. "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?".12. They say: "It
would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
13. But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
14. When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
15. Has the story of Moses reached thee?
16. Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-
17. "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
18. "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified
(from sin)?-
19. "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
20. Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
21. But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
22. Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah..
23. Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
24. Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
25. But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the
Hereafter, as in this life.
26. Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth
((Allah)).
27. What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)?
(Allah) hath constructed it:
28. On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and
perfection.
29. Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He
bring out (with light).
30. And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);
31. He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;
32. And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;.33. For use and convenience to
you and your cattle.
34. Therefore, when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event),
35. The Day when Man shall remember (all) that he strove for,
36. And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,
37. Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds,
38. And had preferred the life of this world,
39. the Abode will be Hell-Fire;
40. And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their
Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower Desires,
41. Their Abode will be the Garden.
42. They ask thee about the Hour, 'When will be its appointed time?'
43. Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof?
44. With thy Lord is the Limit fixed therefor.
45. Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it.
46. The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had tarried but a single
evening, or (at most till) the following morn!

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