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THE HOLY QURAN
(Yusuf Ali Translation)
In the name
of Allah, Most
Gracious, Most
Merciful.
1. Praise be to Allah, to Whom belong
all things in
the heavens and
on earth: to Him
be Praise in the
Hereafter: and
He is Full of
Wisdom,
acquainted with
all things.
2. He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes out
thereof; all
that comes down
from the sky and
all that ascends
thereto and He
is the Most
Merciful, the
Oft-Forgiving.
3. The Unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the Hour": Say,
"Nay! but most
surely, by my
Lord, it will
come upon you;-
by Him Who knows
the unseen,-
from Whom is not
hidden the least
little atom in
the heavens or
on earth: Nor is
there anything
less than that,
or greater, but
is in the Record
Perspicuous:
4. That He may reward those who believe and work deeds of
righteousness:
for such is
Forgiveness and
a Sustenance
Most Generous."
5. But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- for
such will be a
Penalty,- a
Punishment most
humiliating.
6. And those to whom knowledge has come see that the (Revelation)
sent down to
thee from thy
Lord - that is
the Truth, and
that it guides
to the Path of
the Exalted (in
might), Worthy
of all praise.
7. The Unbelievers say (in ridicule): "Shall we point out to you a
man that will
tell you, when
ye are all
scattered to
pieces in
disintegration,
that ye shall
(then be raised)
in a New
Creation?
8. "Has he invented a falsehood against Allah, or has a spirit
(seized) him?"-
Nay, it is those
who believe not
in the
Hereafter, that
are in (real)
Penalty, and in
farthest error.
9. See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky and
the earth? If We
wished, We could
cause the earth
to swallow them
up, or cause a
piece of the sky
to fall upon
them. Verily in
this is a Sign
for every
devotee that
turns to Allah
(in repentance).
10. We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from ourselves: "O ye
Mountains! Sing
ye back the
Praises of Allah
with him! and ye
birds (also)!
And We made the
iron soft for
him;-
11. (Commanding), "Make thou coast of mail, balancing well the rings
of chain armour,
and work ye
righteousness;
for be sure I
see (clearly)
all that ye do."
12. And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): Its early morning
(stride) was a
month's
(journey), and
its evening
(stride) was a
month's
(journey); and
We made a Font
of molten brass
to flow for him;
and there were
Jinns that
worked in front
of him, by the
leave of his
Lord, and if any
of them turned
aside from our
command, We made
him taste of the
Penalty of the
Blazing Fire.
13. They worked for him as he desired, (making) arches, images,
basons as large
as reservoirs,
and (cooking)
cauldrons fixed
(in their
places): "Work
ye, sons of
David, with
thanks! but few
of My servants
are grateful!"
14. Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them his
death except a
little worm of
the earth, which
kept (slowly)
gnawing away at
his staff: so
when he fell
down, the Jinns
saw plainly that
if they had
known the
unseen, they
would not have
tarried in the
humiliating
Penalty (of
their Task).
15. There was, for Saba, aforetime, a Sign in their home-land - two
Gardens to the
right and to the
left. "Eat of
the Sustenance
(provided) by
your Lord, and
be grateful to
Him: a territory
fair and happy,
and a Lord
Oft-Forgiving!
16. But they turned away (from Allah., and We sent against them the
Flood (released)
from the dams,
and We converted
their two garden
(rows) into
"gardens"
producing bitter
fruit, and
tamarisks, and
some few
(stunted) Lote-trees.
17. That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully
rejected Faith:
and never do We
give (such)
requital except
to such as are
ungrateful
rejecters.
18. Between them and the Cities on which We had poured our
blessings, We
had placed
Cities in
prominent
positions, and
between them We
had appointed
stages of
journey in due
proportion:
"Travel therein,
secure, by night
and by day."
19. But they said: "Our Lord! Place longer distances between our
journey-
stages": but
they wronged
themselves
(therein). At
length We made
them as a tale
(that is told),
and We dispersed
them all in
scattered
fragments.
Verily in this
are Signs for
every (soul that
is) patiently
constant and
grateful.
20. And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followed
him, all but a
party that
believed.
21. But he had no authority over them,- except that We might test
the man who
believes in the
Hereafter from
him who is in
doubt concerning
it: and thy Lord
doth watch over
all things.
22. Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides Allah. They
have no power,-
not the weight
of an atom,- in
the heavens or
on earth: No
(sort of) share
have they
therein, nor is
any of them a
helper to Allah.
23. "No intercession can avail in His Presence, except for those for
whom He has
granted
permission. So
far (is this the
case) that, when
terror is
removed from
their hearts (at
the Day of
Judgment, then)
will they say,
'what is it that
your Lord
commanded?' they
will say, 'That
which is true
and just; and He
is the Most High
Most Great'."
24. Say: "Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and the earth?"
Say: "It is
Allah. and
certain it is
that either we
or ye are on
right guidance
or in manifest
error!"
25. Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor shall we be
questioned as to
what ye do."
26. Say: "Our Lord will gather us together and will in the end
decide the
matter between
us (and you) in
truth and
justice: and He
is the one to
decide, the One
Who knows all."
27. Say: "Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as partners: by
no means (can
ye). Nay, He is
Allah, the
Exalted in
Power, the
Wise."
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.
29. They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are
telling the
truth?"
30. Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put
back for an hour
nor put
forward."
31. The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this scripture
nor in (any)
that (came)
before it."
Couldst thou but
see when the
wrong-doers will
be made to stand
before their
Lord, throwing
back the word
(of blame) on
one another!
Those who had
been despised
will say to the
arrogant ones:
"Had it not been
for you, we
should certainly
have been
believers!"
32. The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised: "Was
it we who kept
you back from
Guidance after
it reached you?
Nay, rather, it
was ye who
transgressed.
33. Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Nay!
it was a plot
(of yours) by
day and by
night: Behold!
Ye (constantly)
ordered us to be
ungrateful to
Allah and to
attribute equals
to Him!" They
will declare
(their)
repentance when
they see the
Penalty: We
shall put yokes
on the necks of
the Unbelievers:
It would only be
a requital for
their (ill)
Deeds.
34. Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy ones
among them said:
"We believe not
in the (Message)
with which ye
have been sent."
35. They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be
punished."
36. Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to
whom He pleases,
but most men
understand not."
37. It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you nearer
to Us in degree:
but only those
who believe and
work
righteousness -
these are the
ones for whom
there is a
multiplied
Reward for their
deeds, while
secure they
(reside) in the
dwellings on
high!
38. Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be
given over into
Punishment.
39. Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to
such of his
servants as He
pleases: and
nothing do ye
spend in the
least (in His
cause) but He
replaces it: for
He is the Best
of those who
grant
Sustenance.
40. One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the angels,
"Was it you that
these men used
to worship?"
41. They will say, "Glory to Thee! our (tie) is with Thee - as
Protector - not
with them. Nay,
but they
worshipped the
Jinns: most of
them believed in
them."
42. So on that Day no power shall they have over each other, for
profit or harm:
and We shall say
to the
wrong-doers,
"Taste ye the
Penalty of the
Fire,- the which
ye were wont to
deny!"
43. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, "This is
only a man who
wishes to hinder
you from the
(worship) which
your fathers
practised." And
they say, "This
is only a
falsehood
invented!" and
the Unbelievers
say of the Truth
when it comes to
them, "This is
nothing but
evident magic!"
44. But We had not given them Books which they could study, nor sent
apostles to them
before thee as
Warners.
45. And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not
received a tenth
of what We had
granted to
those: yet when
they rejected My
apostles, how
(terrible) was
My rejection (of
them)!
46. Say: "I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up before
Allah,- (It may
be) in pairs, or
(it may be)
singly,- and
reflect (within
yourselves):
your Companion
is not
possessed: he is
no less than a
warner to you,
in face of a
terrible
Penalty."
47. Say: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your interest:
my reward is
only due from
Allah. And He is
witness to all
things."
48. Say: "Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth (over His
servants),- He
that has full
knowledge of
(all) that is
hidden."
49. Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither creates
anything new,
nor restores
anything."
50. Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul:
but if I receive
guidance, it is
because of the
inspiration of
my Lord to me:
it is He Who
hears all
things, and is
(ever) near."
51. If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but
then there will
be no escape
(for them), and
they will be
seized from a
position (quite)
near.
52. And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (Truth)"; but how
could they
receive (Faith)
from a position
(so far off,-
53. Seeing that they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and that
they
(continually)
cast (slanders)
on the unseen
from a position
far off?
54. And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as was
done in the past
with their
partisans: for
they were indeed
in suspicious
(disquieting)
doubt.
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