The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (Ingilizce meal)

(19:58) These are they unto whom Allah showed favour from among the prophets, of the seed of Adam and of those whom We carried (in the ship) with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and from among those whom We guided and chose. When the revelations of the Beneficent were recited unto them, they fell down, adoring and weeping. (19:59) Now there hath succeeded them a later generation whom have ruined worship and have followed lusts. But they will meet deception. (19:60) Save him who shall repent and believe and do right. Such will enter the Garden, and they will not be wronged in aught - (19:61) Gardens of Eden, which the Beneficent hath promised to His slaves in the unseen. Lo! His promise is ever sure of fulfilment - (19:62) They hear therein no idle talk, but only Peace; and therein they have food for morn and evening. (19:63) Such is the Garden which We cause the devout among Our bondmen to inherit. (19:64) We (angels) come not down save by commandment of thy Lord. Unto Him belongeth all that is before us and all that is behind us and all that is between those two, and thy Lord was never forgetful - (19:65) Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them! Therefor, worship thou Him and be thou steadfast in His service. Knowest thou one that can be named along with Him? (19:66) And man saith: When I am dead, shall I forsooth be brought forth alive? (19:67) Doth not man remember that We created him before, when he was naught? (19:68) And, by thy Lord, verily We shall assemble them and the devils, then We shall bring them, crouching, around hell. (19:69) Then We shall pluck out from every sect whichever of them was most stubborn in rebellion to the Beneficent. (19:70) And surely We are Best Aware of those most worthy to be burned therein. (19:71) There is not one of you but shall approach it. That is a fixed ordinance of thy Lord. (19:72) Then We shall rescue those who kept from evil, and leave the evil-doers crouching there. (19:73) And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Which of the two parties (yours or ours) is better in position, and more imposing as an army? (19:74) How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming! (19:75) Say: As for him who is in error, the Beneficent will verily prolong his span of life until, when they behold that which they were promised, whether it be punishment (in the world), or the Hour (of doom), they will know who is worse in position and who is weaker as an army. (19:76) Allah increaseth in right guidance those who walk aright, and the good deeds which endure are better in thy Lord's sight for reward, and better for resort. (19:77) Hast thou seen him who disbelieveth in Our revelations and saith: Assuredly I shall be given wealth and children? (19:78) Hath he perused the Unseen, or hath he made a pact with the Beneficent? (19:79) Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a span of torment. (19:80) And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he will come unto Us, alone (without his wealth and children). (19:81) And they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a power for them. (19:82) Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents unto them.

(19:83) Seest thou not that We have set the devils on the disbelievers to confound them with confusion? (19:84) So make no haste against them (O Muhammad). We do but number unto them a sum (of days). (19:85) On the day when We shall gather the righteous unto the Beneficent, a goodly company. (19:86) And drive the guilty unto hell, a weary herd, (19:87) They will have no power of intercession, save him who hath made a covenant with his Lord. (19:88) And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. (19:89) Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing (19:90) Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins, (19:91) That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son, (19:92) When it is not meet for (the Majesty of) the Beneficent that He should choose a son. (19:93) There is none in the heavens and the earth but cometh unto the Beneficent as a slave. (19:94) Verily He knoweth them and numbereth them with (right) numbering. (19:95) And each one of them will come unto Him on the Day of Resurrection, alone. (19:96) Lo! those who believe and do good works, the Beneficent will appoint for them love. (19:97) And We make (this Scripture) easy in thy tongue, (O Muhammad) only that thou mayst bear good tidings therewith unto those who ward off (evil), and warn therewith the froward folk. (19:98) And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou (Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound? (20:1) Ta. Ha. (20:2) We have not revealed unto thee (Muhammad) this Qur'an that thou shouldst be distressed, (20:3) But as a reminder unto him who feareth, (20:4) A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high heavens, (20:5) The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne. (20:6) Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, and whatsoever is between them, and whatsoever is beneath the sod. (20:7) And if thou speakest aloud, then lo! He knoweth the secret (thought) and (that which is yet) more hidden. (20:8) Allah! There is no Allah save Him. His are the most beautiful names. (20:9) Hath there come unto thee the story of Moses? (20:10) When he saw a fire and said unto his folk: Lo! Wait! I see a fire afar off. Peradventure I may bring you a brand therefrom or may find guidance at the fire. (20:11) And when he reached it, he was called by name: O Moses! (20:12) Lo! I, even I, am thy Lord, So take off thy shoes, for lo! thou art in the holy valley of Tuwa. (20:13) And I have chosen thee, so hearken unto that which is inspired. (20:14) Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no Allah save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance. (20:15) Lo! the Hour is surely coming. But I will to keep it hidden, that every soul may be rewarded for that which it striveth (to achieve). (20:16) Therefor, let not him turn thee aside from (the thought of) it who believeth not therein but followeth his own desire, lest thou perish. (20:17) And what is that in thy right hand, O Moses? (20:18) He said: This is my staff whereon I lean, and wherewith I bear down branches for my sheep, and wherein I find other uses. (20:19) He said: Cast it down, O Moses! (20:20) So he cast it down, and lo! it was a serpent, gliding. (20:21) He said: Grasp it and fear not. We shall return it to its former state. (20:22) And thrust thy hand within thine armpit, it will come forth white without hurt. (That will be) another token.

(20:23) That We may show thee (some) of Our greater portents, (20:24) Go thou unto Pharaoh! Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds). (20:25) (Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind (20:26) And ease my task for me; (20:27) And loose a knot from my tongue, (20:28) That they may understand my saying. (20:29) Appoint for me a henchman from my folk, (20:30) Aaron, my brother. (20:31) Confirm my strength with him (20:32) And let him share my task, (20:33) That we may glorify Thee much (20:34) And much remember Thee. (20:35) Lo! Thou art ever Seeing us. (20:36) He said: Thou art granted thy request, O Moses. (20:37) And indeed, another time, already We have shown thee favour, (20:38) When we inspired in thy mother that which is inspired, (20:39) Saying: Throw him into the ark, and throw it into the river, then the river shall throw it on to the bank, and there an enemy to Me and an enemy to him shall take him. And I endued thee with love from Me that thou mightest be trained according to My will, (20:40) When thy sister went and said: Shall I show you one who will nurse him? and we restored thee to thy mother that her eyes might be refreshed and might not sorrow. And thou didst kill a man and We delivered thee from great distress, and tried thee with a heavy trial. And thou didst tarry years among the folk of Midian. Then camest thou (hither) by (My) providence, O Moses, (20:41) And I have attached thee to Myself. (20:42) Go, thou and thy brother, with My tokens, and be not faint in remembrance of Me. (20:43) Go, both of you, unto Pharaoh. Lo! he hath transgressed (the bounds). (20:44) And speak unto him a gentle word, that peradventure he may heed or fear. (20:45) They said: Our Lord! Lo! we fear that he may be beforehand with us or that he may play the tyrant. (20:46) He said: Fear not. Lo! I am with you twain, Hearing and Seeing. (20:47) So go ye unto him and say: Lo! we are two messengers of thy Lord. So let the children of Israel go with us, and torment them not. We bring thee a token from thy Lord. And peace will be for him who followeth right guidance. (20:48) Lo! it hath been revealed unto us that the doom will be for him who denieth and turneth away. (20:49) (Pharaoh) said: Who then is the Lord of you twain, O Moses? (20:50) He said: Our Lord is He Who gave unto everything its nature, then guided it aright. (20:51) He said: What then is the state of the generations of old? (20:52) He said: The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a Record. My Lord neither erreth nor forgetteth, (20:53) Who hath appointed the earth as a bed and hath threaded roads for you therein and hath sent down water from the sky and thereby We have brought forth divers kinds of vegetation, (20:54) (Saying): Eat ye and feed your cattle. Lo! herein verily are portents for men of thought. (20:55) Thereof We created you, and thereunto We return you, and thence We bring you forth a second time. (20:56) And We verily did show him all Our tokens, but he denied them and refused. (20:57) He said: Hast come to drive us out from our land by thy magic, O Moses? (20:58) But we surely can produce for thee magic the like thereof; so appoint a tryst between us and you, which neither we nor thou shall fail to keep, at a place convenient (to us both). (20:59) (Moses) said: Your tryst shall be the day of the feast, and let the people assemble when the sun hath risen high.

(20:60) Then Pharaoh went and gathered his strength, then came (to the appointed tryst). (20:61) Moses said unto them: Woe unto you! Invent not a lie against Allah, lest He extirpate you by some punishment. He who lieth faileth miserably. (20:62) Then they debated one with another what they must do, and they kept their counsel secret. (20:63) They said: Lo! these are two wizards who would drive you out from your country by their magic, and destroy your best traditions; (20:64) So arrange your plan, and come in battle line. Whoso is uppermost this day will be indeed successful. (20:65) They said: O Moses! Either throw first, or let us be the first to throw? (20:66) He said: Nay, do ye throw! Then lo! their cords and their staves, by their magic, appeared to him as though they ran. (20:67) And Moses conceived a fear in his mind. (20:68) We said: Fear not! Lo! thou art the higher. (20:69) Throw that which is in thy right hand! It will eat up that which they have made. Lo! that which they have made is but a wizard's artifice, and a wizard shall not be successful to whatever point (of skill) he may attain. (20:70) Then the wizards were (all) flung down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of Aaron and Moses. (20:71) (Pharaoh) said: Ye put faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he is your chief who taught you magic. Now surely I shall cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and I shall crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and ye shall know for certain which of us hath sterner and more lasting punishment. (20:72) They said: We choose thee not above the clear proofs that have come unto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what thou wilt decree. Thou wilt end for us only this life of the world. (20:73) Lo! we believe in our Lord, that He may forgive us our sins and the magic unto which thou didst force us. Allah is better and more lasting. (20:74) Lo! whoso cometh guilty unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There he will neither die nor live. (20:75) But whoso cometh unto Him a believer, having done good works, for such are the high stations; (20:76) Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide for ever. That is the reward of him who groweth. (20:77) And verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night and strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken, neither being afraid (of the sea). (20:78) Then Pharaoh followed them with his hosts and there covered them that which did cover them of the sea. (20:79) And Pharaoh led his folk astray, he did not guide them. (20:80) O Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and we made a covenant with you on the holy mountain's side, and sent down on you the manna and the quails, (20:81) (Saying): Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and transgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he on whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed. (20:82) And lo! verily I am Forgiving toward him who repenteth and believeth and doeth good, and afterward walketh aright. (20:83) And (it was said): What hath made thee hasten from thy folk, O Moses? (20:84) He said: They are close upon my track. I hastened unto Thee, my Lord, that Thou mightest be well pleased. (20:85) He said: Lo! We have tried thy folk in thine absence, and As-Samiri hath misled them.

(20:86) Then Moses went back unto his folk, angry and sad. He said: O my people! Hath not your Lord promised you a fair promise? Did the time appointed then appear too long for you, or did ye wish that wrath from your Lord should come upon you, that ye broke tryst with me? (20:87) They said: We broke not tryst with thee of our own will, but we were laden with burdens of ornaments of the folk, then cast them (in the fire), for thus As-Samiri proposed. (20:88) Then he produced for them a calf, of saffron hue, which gave forth a lowing sound. And they cried: This is your god and the god of Moses, but he hath forgotten. (20:89) See they not, then, that it returneth no saying unto them and possesseth for them neither hurt nor use? (20:90) And Aaron indeed had told them beforehand: O my people! Ye are but being seduced therewith, for lo! your Lord is the Beneficent, so follow me and obey my order. (20:91) They said: We shall by no means cease to be its votaries till Moses return unto us. (20:92) He (Moses) said: O Aaron! What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray, (20:93) That thou followedst me not? Hast thou then disobeyed my order? (20:94) He said: O son of my mother! Clutch not my beard nor my head! I feared lest thou shouldst say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel, and hast not waited for my word. (20:95) (Moses) said: And what hast thou to say, O Samiri? (20:96) He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me. (20:97) (Moses) said: Then go! and lo! in this life it is for thee to say: Touch me not! and lo! there is for thee a tryst thou canst not break. Now look upon thy god of which thou hast remained a votary. Verily we will burn it and will scatter its dust over the sea. (20:98) Your Allah is only Allah, than Whom there is no other Allah. He embraceth all things in His knowledge. (20:99) Thus relate We unto thee (Muhammad) some tidings of that which happened of old, and We have given thee from Our presence a reminder. (20:100) Whoso turneth away from it, he verily will bear a burden on the Day of Resurrection, (20:101) Abiding under it - an evil burden for them on the Day of Resurrection, (20:102) The day when the Trumpet is blown. On that day we assemble the guilty white-eyed (with terror), (20:103) Murmuring among themselves: Ye have tarried but ten (days). (20:104) We are Best Aware of what they utter when their best in conduct say: Ye have tarried but a day. (20:105) They will ask thee of the mountains (on that day). Say: My Lord will break them into scattered dust. (20:106) And leave it as an empty plain, (20:107) Wherein thou seest neither curve nor ruggedness. (20:108) On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur. (20:109) On that day no intercession availeth save (that of) him unto whom the Beneficent hath given leave and whose word He accepteth. (20:110) He knoweth (all) that is before them and (all) that is behind them, while they cannot compass it in knowledge. (20:111) And faces humble themselves before the Living, the Eternal. And he who beareth (a burden of) wrongdoing is indeed a failure (on that day).

(20:112) And he who hath done some good works, being a believer, he feareth not injustice nor begrudging (of his wage). (20:113) Thus we have revealed it as a Lecture in Arabic, and have displayed therein certain threats, that peradventure they may keep from evil or that it may cause them to take heed. (20:114) Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Qur'an ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge. (20:115) And verily We made a covenant of old with Adam, but he forgot, and We found no constancy in him. (20:116) And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused. (20:117) Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil. (20:118) It is (vouchsafed) unto thee that thou hungerest not therein nor art naked, (20:119) And that thou thirstest not therein nor art exposed to the sun's heat. (20:120) But the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away? (20:121) Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent unto them, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray. (20:122) Then his Lord chose him, and relented toward him, and guided him. (20:123) He said: Go down hence, both of you, one of you a foe unto the other. But when there come unto you from Me a guidance, then whoso followeth My guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief. (20:124) But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow life, and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection. (20:125) He will say: My Lord! Wherefor hast Thou gathered me (hither) blind, when I was wont to see? (20:126) He will say: So (it must be). Our revelations came unto thee but thou didst forget them. In like manner thou art forgotten this Day. (20:127) Thus do We reward him who is prodigal and believeth not the revelations of his Lord; and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be sterner and more lasting. (20:128) Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought. (20:129) And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this world). (20:130) Therefor (O Muhammad), bear with what they say, and celebrate the praise of thy Lord ere the rising of the sun and ere the going down thereof. And glorify Him some hours of the night and at the two ends of the day, that thou mayst find acceptance. (20:131) And strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded pairs among them to enjoy, the flower of the life of the world, that We may try them thereby. The provision of thy Lord is better and more lasting. (20:132) And enjoin upon thy people worship, and be constant therein. We ask not of thee a provision: We provided for thee. And the sequel is for righteousness. (20:133) And they say: If only he would bring us a miracle from his Lord! Hath there not come unto them the proof of what is in the former scriptures?

(20:134) And if we had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we were (thus) humbled and disgraced! (20:135) Say: Each is awaiting; so await ye! Ye will come to know who are the owners of the path of equity, and who is right. (21:1) Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in heedlessness. (21:2) Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play, (21:3) With hearts preoccupied. And they confer in secret. The wrong-doers say: Is this other than a mortal like you? Will ye then succumb to magic when ye see (it)? (21:4) He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower. (21:5) Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but invented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as those of old (who were Allah's messengers) were sent (with portents). (21:6) Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe? (21:7) And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men, whom We inspired. Ask the followers of the Reminder if ye know not? (21:8) We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals. (21:9) Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals. (21:10) Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder. Have ye then no sense? (21:11) How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk! (21:12) And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it! (21:13) (But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that (existence) which emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be questioned. (21:14) They cried: Alas for us! we were wrong-doers. (21:15) And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn, extinct. (21:16) We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play. (21:17) If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did. (21:18) Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him). (21:19) Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who dwell in His presence are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they weary; (21:20) They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not. (21:21) Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead? (21:22) If there were therein gods beside Allah, then verily both (the heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him). (21:23) He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will be questioned. (21:24) Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? say: Bring your proof (of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse. (21:25) And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no Allah save Me (Allah), so worship Me.

(21:26) And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He Glorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves; (21:27) They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command. (21:28) He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him whom He accepteth, and they quake for awe of Him. (21:29) And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a god beside Him, that one We should repay with hell. Thus We Repay wrong-doers. (21:30) Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe? (21:31) And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them, and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find their way. (21:32) And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents. (21:33) And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit. (21:34) We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal! (21:35) Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned. (21:36) And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent. (21:37) Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not to hasten. (21:38) And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful? (21:39) If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be able to drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs, and they will not be helped! (21:40) Nay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy them, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be reprieved. (21:41) Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them. (21:42) Say: Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the Beneficent? Nay, but they turn away from mention of their Lord! (21:43) Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us. (21:44) Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long for them. See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts? Can they then be the victors? (21:45) Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I warn you only by the Inspiration. But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned. (21:46) And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers. (21:47) And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners. (21:48) And We verily gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion (of right and wrong) and a light and a Reminder for those who keep from evil, (21:49) Those who fear their Lord in secret and who dread the Hour (of doom). (21:50) This is a blessed Reminder that we have revealed: Will ye then reject it?

(21:51) And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course, and We were Aware of him, (21:52) When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images unto which ye pay devotion? (21:53) They said: We found our fathers worshippers of them. (21:54) He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error. (21:55) They said: Bringest thou unto us the truth, or art thou some jester? (21:56) He said: Nay, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them; and I am of those who testify unto that. (21:57) And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned your backs. (21:58) Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it. (21:59) They said: Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some evil-doer. (21:60) They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called Abraham. (21:61) They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people's eyes that they may testify. (21:62) They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham? (21:63) He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak. (21:64) Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong-doers. (21:65) And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not. (21:66) He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you? (21:67) Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then no sense? (21:68) They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing. (21:69) We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham, (21:70) And they wished to set a snare for him, but We made them the greater losers. (21:71) And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples. (21:72) And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and Jacob as a grandson. Each of them We made righteous. (21:73) And We made them chiefs who guide by Our command, and We inspired in them the doing of good deeds and the right establishment of worship and the giving of alms, and they were worshippers of Us (alone). (21:74) And unto Lot we gave judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him from the community that did abominations. Lo! they were folk of evil, lewd. (21:75) And We brought him in unto Our mercy. Lo! he was of the righteous. (21:76) And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him and his household from the great affliction. (21:77) And delivered him from the people who denied Our revelations. Lo! they were folk of evil, therefor did We drown them all. (21:78) And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when people's sheep had strayed and browsed therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment. (21:79) And We made Solomon to understand (the case); and unto each of them We gave judgment and knowledge. And we subdued the hills and the birds to hymn (His) praise along with David. We were the doers (thereof). (21:80) And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful? (21:81) And unto Solomon (We subdued) the wind in its raging. It set by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are Aware.

(21:82) And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for pearls) for him and did other work, and We were warders unto them. (21:83) And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy. (21:84) Then We heard his prayer and removed that adversity from which he suffered, and We gave him his household (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them, a mercy from Our store, and a remembrance for the worshippers; (21:85) And (mention) Ishmael, and Idris, and Dhu'l-Kifl. All were of the steadfast. (21:86) And We brought them in unto Our mercy. Lo! they are among the righteous. (21:87) And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There is no Allah save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer. (21:88) Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save believers. (21:89) And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors. (21:90) Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted his wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the other in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and were submissive unto Us. (21:91) And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples. (21:92) Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me. (21:93) And they have broken their religion (into fragments) among them, (yet) all are returning unto Us. (21:94) Then whoso doeth some good works and is a believer, there will be no rejection of his effort. Lo! We record (it) for him. (21:95) And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that they shall not return. (21:96) Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of every mound, (21:97) And the True Promise draweth nigh; then behold them, staring wide (in terror), the eyes of those who disbelieve! (They say): Alas for us! We (lived) in forgetfulness of this. Ah, but we were wrong-doers! (21:98) Lo! ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside Allah are fuel of hell. Thereunto ye will come. (21:99) If these had been gods they would not have come thither, but all will abide therein. (21:100) Therein wailing is their portion, and therein they hear not. (21:101) Lo! those unto whom kindness hath gone forth before from Us, they will be far removed from thence. (21:102) They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in that which their souls desire. (21:103) The Supreme Horror will not grieve them, and the angels will welcome them, (saying): This is your Day which ye were promised; (21:104) The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise (binding) upon Us. Lo! We are to perform it. (21:105) And verily we have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder: My righteous slaves will inherit the earth: (21:106) Lo! there is a plain statement for folk who are devout. (21:107) We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples. (21:108) Say: It is only inspired in me that your Allah is One Allah. Will ye then surrender (unto Him)?

(21:109) But if they are averse, then say: I have warned you all alike, although I know not whether nigh or far is that which ye are promised. (21:110) Lo! He knoweth that which is said openly, and that which ye conceal. (21:111) And I know not but that this may be a trial for you, and enjoyment for a while. (21:112) He saith: My Lord! Judge Thou with truth. Our Lord is the Beneficent, Whose help is to be implored against that which ye ascribe (unto Him). (22:1) O mankind! Fear your Lord. Lo! the earthquake of the Hour (of Doom) is a tremendous thing. (22:2) On the day when ye behold it, every nursing mother will forget her nursling and every pregnant one will be delivered of her burden, and thou (Muhammad) wilt see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be drunken, but the Doom of Allah will be strong (upon them). (22:3) Among mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah without knowledge, and followeth each froward devil; (22:4) For him it is decreed that whoso taketh him for friend, he verily will mislead him and will guide him to the punishment of the Flame. (22:5) O mankind! if ye are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then lo! We have created you from dust, then from a drop of seed, then from a clot, then from a little lump of flesh shapely and shapeless, that We may make (it) clear for you. And We cause what We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed time, and afterward We bring you forth as infants, then (give you growth) that ye attain your full strength. And among you there is he who dieth (young), and among you there is he who is brought back to the most abject time of life, so that, after knowledge, he knoweth naught. And thou (Muhammad) seest the earth barren, but when We send down water thereon, it doth thrill and swell and put forth every lovely kind (of growth). (22:6) That is because Allah, He is the Truth and because He quickeneth the dead, and because He is Able to do all things; (22:7) And because the Hour will come, there is no doubt thereof; and because Allah will raise those who are in the graves. (22:8) And among mankind is he who disputeth concerning Allah without knowledge or guidance or a scripture giving light, (22:9) Turning away in pride to beguile (men) from the way of Allah. For him in this world is ignominy, and on the Day of Resurrection We make him taste the doom of burning. (22:10) (And unto him it will be said): This is for that which thy two hands have sent before, and because Allah is no oppressor of His slaves. (22:11) And among mankind is he who worshippeth Allah upon a narrow marge so that if good befalleth him he is content therewith, but if a trial befalleth him, he falleth away utterly. He loseth both the world and the Hereafter. That is the sheer loss. (22:12) He calleth, beside Allah, unto that which hurteth him not nor benefiteth him. That is the far error. (22:13) He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend! (22:14) Lo! Allah causeth those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Lo! Allah doth what He intendeth.

(22:15) Whoso is wont to think (through envy) that Allah will not give him (Muhammad) victory in the world and the Hereafter (and is enraged at the thought of his victory), let him stretch a rope up to the roof (of his dwelling), and let him hang himself. Then let him see whether his strategy dispelleth that whereat he rageth!. (22:16) Thus We reveal it as plain revelations, and verily Allah guideth whom He will. (22:17) Lo! those who believe (this revelation), and those who are Jews, and the Sabaeans and the Christians and the Magians and the idolaters - Lo! Allah will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! Allah is Witness over all things. (22:18) Hast thou not seen that unto Allah payeth adoration whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the hills, and the trees, and the beasts, and many of mankind, while there are many unto whom the doom is justly due. He whom Allah scorneth, there is none to give him honour. Lo! Allah doeth what He will. (22:19) These twain (the believers and the disbelievers) are two opponents who contend concerning their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, garments of fire will be cut out for them; boiling fluid will be poured down on their heads, (22:20) Whereby that which is in their bellies, and their skins too, will be melted; (22:21) And for them are hooked rods of iron. (22:22) Whenever, in their anguish, they would go forth from thence they are driven back therein and (it is said unto them): Taste the doom of burning. (22:23) Lo! Allah will cause those who believe and do good works to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will be allowed armlets of gold, and pearls, and their raiment therein will be silk. (22:24) They are guided unto gentle speech; they are guided unto the path of the Glorious One. (22:25) Lo! those who disbelieve and bar (men) from the way of Allah and from the Inviolable Place of Worship, which We have appointed for mankind together, the dweller therein and the nomad: whosoever seeketh wrongful partiality therein, him We shall cause to taste a painful doom. (22:26) And (remember) when We prepared for Abraham the place of the (holy) House, saying: Ascribe thou no thing as partner unto Me, and purify My House for those who make the round (thereof) and those who stand and those who bow and make prostration. (22:27) And proclaim unto mankind the pilgrimage. They will come unto thee on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every deep ravine, (22:28) That they may witness things that are of benefit to them, and mention the name of Allah on appointed days over the beast of cattle that He hath bestowed upon them. Then eat thereof and feed therewith the poor unfortunate. (22:29) Then let them make an end of their unkemptness and pay their vows and go around the ancient House. (22:30) That (is the command). And whoso magnifieth the sacred things of Allah, it will be well for him in the sight of his Lord. The cattle are lawful unto you save that which hath been told you. So shun the filth of idols, and shun lying speech, (22:31) Turning unto Allah (only), not ascribing partners unto Him; for whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, it is as if he had fallen from the sky and the birds had snatched him or the wind had blown him to a far-off place.

(22:32) That (is the command). And whoso magnifieth the offerings consecrated to Allah, it surely is from devotion of the hearts, (22:33) Therein are benefits for you for an appointed term; and afterward they are brought for sacrifice unto the ancient House. (22:34) And for every nation have We appointed a ritual, that they may mention the name of Allah over the beast of cattle that He hath given them for food; and your god is One God, therefor surrender unto Him. And give good tidings (O Muhammad) to the humble, (22:35) Whose hearts fear when Allah is mentioned, and the patient of whatever may befall them, and those who establish worship and who spend of that We have bestowed on them. (22:36) And the camels! We have appointed them among the ceremonies of Allah. Therein ye have much good. So mention the name of Allah over them when they are drawn up in lines. Then when their flanks fall (dead), eat thereof and feed the beggar and the suppliant. Thus have We made them subject unto you, that haply ye may give thanks. (22:37) Their flesh and their food reach not Allah, but the devotion from you reacheth Him. Thus have We made them subject unto you that ye may magnify Allah that He hath guided you. And give good tidings (O Muhammad) to the good. (22:38) Lo! Allah defendeth those who are true. Lo! Allah loveth not each treacherous ingrate. (22:39) Sanction is given unto those who fight because they have been wronged; and Allah is indeed Able to give them victory; (22:40) Those who have been driven from their homes unjustly only because they said: Our Lord is Allah - For had it not been for Allah's repelling some men by means of others, cloisters and churches and oratories and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is oft mentioned, would assuredly have been pulled down. Verily Allah helpeth one who helpeth Him. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty - (22:41) Those who, if We give them power in the land, establish worship and pay the poor-due and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity. And Allah's is the sequel of events. (22:42) If they deny thee (Muhammad), even so the folk of Noah, and (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud, before thee, denied (Our messengers); (22:43) And the folk of Abraham and the folk of Lot; (22:44) (And) the dwellers in Midian. And Moses was denied; but I indulged the disbelievers a long while, then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My abhorrence! (22:45) How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful, so that it lieth (to this day) in ruins, and (how many) a deserted well and lofty tower! (22:46) Have they not travelled in the land, and have they hearts wherewith to feel and ears wherewith to hear? For indeed it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that grow blind. (22:47) And they will bid thee hasten on the Doom, and Allah faileth not His promise, but lo! a Day with Allah is as a thousand years of what ye reckon. (22:48) And how many a township did I suffer long though it was sinful! Then I grasped it. Unto Me is the return. (22:49) Say: O mankind! I am only a plain warner unto you. (22:50) Those who believe and do good works, for them is pardon and a rich provision; (22:51) While those who strive to thwart Our revelations, such are rightful owners of the Fire.

(22:52) Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He recited (the message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that which he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth that which Satan proposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise; (22:53) That He may make that which the devil proposeth a temptation for those in whose hearts is a disease, and those whose hearts are hardened - Lo! the evil-doers are in open schism - (22:54) And that those who have been given knowledge may know that it is the truth from thy Lord, so that they may believe therein and their hearts may submit humbly unto Him. Lo! Allah verily is guiding those who believe unto a right path. (22:55) And those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt thereof until the Hour come upon them unawares, or there come unto them the doom of a disastrous day. (22:56) The Sovereignty on that day will be Allah's, He will judge between them. Then those who believed and did good works will be in Gardens of Delight, (22:57) While those who disbelieved and denied Our revelations, for them will be a shameful doom. (22:58) Those who fled their homes for the cause of Allah and then were slain or died, Allah verily will provide for them a good provision. Lo! Allah, He verily is Best of all who make provision. (22:59) Assuredly He will cause them to enter by an entry that they will love. Lo! Allah verily is Knower, Indulgent. (22:60) That (is so). And whoso hath retaliated with the like of that which he was made to suffer and then hath (again) been wronged, Allah will succour him. Lo! Allah verily is Mild, Forgiving. (22:61) That is because Allah maketh the night to pass into the day and maketh the day to pass into the night, and because Allah is Hearer, Seer. (22:62) That is because Allah, He is the True, and that whereon they call instead of Him, it is the false, and because Allah, He is the High, the Great. (22:63) Seest thou not how Allah sendeth down water from the sky and then the earth becometh green upon the morrow? Lo! Allah is Subtile, Aware. (22:64) Unto Him belongeth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. Lo! Allah, He verily is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise. (22:65) Hast thou not seen how Allah hath made all that is in the earth subservient unto you? And the ship runneth upon the sea by His command, and He holdeth back the heaven from falling on the earth unless by His leave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, Full of Pity, Merciful. (22:66) And He it is Who gave you life, then He will cause you to die, and then will give you life (again). Lo! man is verily an ingrate. (22:67) Unto each nation have We given sacred rites which they are to perform; so let them not dispute with thee of the matter, but summon thou unto thy Lord. Lo! thou indeed followest right guidance. (22:68) And if they wrangle with thee, say: Allah is Best Aware of what ye do. (22:69) Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein ye used to differ. (22:70) Hast thou not known that Allah knoweth all that is in the heaven and the earth? Lo! it is in a record. Lo! that is easy for Allah. (22:71) And they worship instead of Allah that for which He hath sent down no warrant, and that whereof they have no knowledge. For evil-doers there is no helper.

(22:72) And when Our revelations are recited unto them, thou knowest the denial in the faces of those who disbelieve; they all but attack those who recite Our revelations unto them. Say: Shall I proclaim unto you worse than that? The Fire! Allah hath promised it for those who disbelieve. A hapless journey's end! (22:73) O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought! (22:74) They measure not Allah His rightful measure. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty. (22:75) Allah chooseth from the angels messengers, and (also) from mankind. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Seer. (22:76) He knoweth all that is before them and all that is behind them, and unto Allah all things are returned. $$A (22:77) O ye who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves, and worship your Lord, and do good, that haply ye may prosper. (22:78) And strive for Allah with the endeavour which is His right. He hath chosen you and hath not laid upon you in religion any hardship; the faith of your father Abraham (is yours). He hath named you Muslims of old time and in this (Scripture), that the messenger may be a witness against you, and that ye may be witnesses against mankind. So establish worship, pay the poor-due, and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protecting friend. A blessed Patron and a blessed Helper! (23:1) Successful indeed are the believers (23:2) Who are humble in their prayers, (23:3) And who shun vain conversation, (23:4) And who are payers of the poor-due; (23:5) And who guard their modesty - (23:6) Save from their wives or the (slaves) that their right hands possess, for then they are not blameworthy, (23:7) But whoso craveth beyond that, such are transgressors - (23:8) And who are shepherds of their pledge and their covenant, (23:9) And who pay heed to their prayers. (23:10) These are the heirs (23:11) Who will inherit paradise. There they will abide. (23:12) Verily We created man from a product of wet earth; (23:13) Then placed him as a drop (of seed) in a safe lodging; (23:14) Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a little lump, then fashioned We the little lump bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and then produced it as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators! (23:15) Then lo! after that ye surely die. (23:16) Then lo! on the Day of Resurrection ye are raised (again). (23:17) And We have created above you seven paths, and We are never unmindful of creation. (23:18) And we send down from the sky water in measure, and We give it lodging in the earth, and lo! We are Able to withdraw it. (23:19) Then We produce for you therewith gardens of date-palms and grapes, wherein is much fruit for you and whereof ye eat; (23:20) And a tree that springeth forth from Mount Sinai that groweth oil and relish for the eaters. (23:21) And lo! in the cattle there is verily a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, and many uses have ye in them, and of them do ye eat; (23:22) And on them and on the ship ye are carried. (23:23) And We verily sent Noah unto his folk, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Will ye not ward off (evil)?

(23:24) But the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: This is only a mortal like you who would make himself superior to you. Had Allah willed, He surely could have sent down angels. We heard not of this in the case of our fathers of old. (23:25) He is only a man in whom is a madness, so watch him for a while. (23:26) He said: My Lord! Help me because they deny me. (23:27) Then We inspired in him, saying: Make the ship under Our eyes and Our inspiration. Then, when Our command cometh and the oven gusheth water, introduce therein of every (kind) two spouses, and thy household save him thereof against whom the Word hath already gone forth. And plead not with Me on behalf of those who have done wrong. Lo! they will be drowned. (23:28) And when thou art on board the ship, thou and whoso is with thee, then say: Praise be to Allah Who hath saved us from the wrongdoing folk! (23:29) And say: My Lord! Cause me to land at a blessed landing-place, for Thou art Best of all who bring to land. (23:30) Lo! herein verily are portents, for lo! We are ever putting (mankind) to the test. (23:31) Then, after them, We brought forth another generation; (23:32) And we sent among them a messenger of their own, saying: Serve Allah, Ye have no other Allah save Him. Will ye not ward off (evil)? (23:33) And the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter, and whom We had made soft in the life of the world, said: This is only a mortal like you, who eateth of that whereof ye eat and drinketh of that ye drink. (23:34) If ye were to obey a mortal like yourselves, then, lo! ye surely would be losers. (23:35) Doth he promise you that you, when ye are dead and have become dust and bones, will (again) be brought forth? (23:36) Begone, begone, with that which ye are promised! (23:37) There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and we shall not be raised (again). (23:38) He is only a man who hath invented a lie about Allah. We are not going to put faith in him. (23:39) He said: My Lord! Help me because they deny me. (23:40) He said: In a little while they surely will become repentant. (23:41) So the (Awful) Cry overtook them rightfully, and We made them like as wreckage (that a torrent hurleth). A far removal for wrongdoing folk! (23:42) Then after them We brought forth other generations. (23:43) No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it. (23:44) Then We sent our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger came unto a nation they denied him; so We caused them to follow one another (to disaster) and We made them bywords. A far removal for folk who believe not! (23:45) Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our tokens and a clear warrant (23:46) Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they scorned (them) and they were despotic folk. (23:47) And they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves, and whose folk are servile unto us? (23:48) So they denied them, and became of those who were destroyed. (23:49) And We verily gave Moses the Scripture, that haply they might go aright. (23:50) And We made the son of Mary and his mother a portent, and We gave them refuge on a height, a place of flocks and watersprings. (23:51) O ye messengers! Eat of the good things, and do right. Lo! I am Aware of what ye do.

(23:52) And lo! this your religion is one religion and I am your Lord, so keep your duty unto Me. (23:53) But they (mankind) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its tenets. (23:54) So leave them in their error till a time. (23:55) Think they that in the wealth and sons wherewith We provide them (23:56) We hasten unto them with good things? Nay, but they perceive not. (23:57) Lo! those who go in awe for fear of their Lord. (23:58) And those who believe in the revelations of their Lord, (23:59) And those who ascribe not partners unto their Lord, (23:60) And those who give that which they give with hearts afraid because they are about to return unto their Lord, (23:61) These race for the good things, and they shall win them in the race. (23:62) And we task not any soul beyond its scope, and with Us is a Record which speaketh the truth, and they will not be wronged. (23:63) Nay, but their hearts are in ignorance of this (Qur'an), and they have other works, besides, which they are doing; (23:64) Till when We grasp their luxurious ones with the punishment, behold! they supplicate. (23:65) Supplicate not this day! Assuredly ye will not be helped by Us. (23:66) My revelations were recited unto you, but ye used to turn back on your heels, (23:67) In scorn thereof. Nightly did ye rave together. (23:68) Have they not pondered the Word, or hath that come unto them which came not unto their fathers of old? (23:69) Or know they not their messenger, and so reject him? (23:70) Or say they: There is a madness in him? Nay, but he bringeth them the Truth; and most of them are haters of the Truth. (23:71) And if the Truth had followed their desires, verily the heavens and the earth and whosoever is therein had been corrupted. Nay, We have brought them their Reminder, but from their Reminder they now turn away. (23:72) Or dost thou ask of them (O Muhammad) any tribute? But the bounty of thy Lord is better, for He is Best of all who make provision. (23:73) And lo! thou summonest them indeed unto a straight path. (23:74) And lo! those who believe not in the Hereafter are indeed astray from the path. (23:75) Though We had mercy on them and relieved them of the harm afflicting them, they still would wander blindly on in their contumacy. (23:76) Already have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray, (23:77) Until, when We open for them the gate of extreme punishment, behold! they are aghast thereat. (23:78) He it is Who hath created for you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye! (23:79) And He it is Who hath sown you broadcast in the earth, and unto Him ye will be gathered. (23:80) And He it is Who giveth life and causeth death, and His is the difference of night and day. Have ye then no sense? (23:81) Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of old; (23:82) They say: When we are dead and have become (mere) dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again? (23:83) We were already promised this, we and our forefathers. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old. (23:84) Say: Unto Whom (belongeth) the earth and whosoever is therein, if ye have knowledge? (23:85) They will say: Unto Allah. Say: Will ye not then remember? (23:86) Say: Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the Tremendous Throne? (23:87) They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: Will ye not then keep duty (unto Him)?

(23:88) Say: In Whose hand is the dominion over all things and He protecteth, while against Him there is no protection, if ye have knowledge? (23:89) They will say: Unto Allah (all that belongeth). Say: How then are ye bewitched? (23:90) Nay, but We have brought them the Truth, and lo! they are liars. (23:91) Allah hath not chosen any son, nor is there any god along with Him; else would each god have assuredly championed that which he created, and some of them would assuredly have overcome others. Glorified be Allah above all that they allege. (23:92) Knower of the Invisible and the Visible! and Exalted be He over all that they ascribe as partners (unto Him)! (23:93) Say: My Lord! If Thou shouldst show me that which they are promised. (23:94) My Lord! then set me not among the wrongdoing folk. (23:95) And verily We are Able to show thee that which We have promised them. (23:96) Repel evil with that which is better. We are Best Aware of that which they allege. (23:97) And say: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from suggestions of the evil ones, (23:98) And I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, lest they be present with me, (23:99) Until, when death cometh unto one of them, he saith: My Lord! Send me back, (23:100) That I may do right in that which I have left behind! But nay! It is but a word that he speaketh; and behind them is a barrier until the day when they are raised. (23:101) And when the trumpet is blown there will be no kinship among them that day, nor will they ask of one another. (23:102) Then those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful. (23:103) And those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in hell abiding. (23:104) The fire burneth their faces, and they are glum therein. (23:105) (It will be said): Were not My revelations recited unto you, and then ye used to deny them? (23:106) They will say: Our Lord! Our evil fortune conquered us, and we were erring folk. (23:107) Our Lord! Oh, bring us forth from hence! If we return (to evil) then indeed we shall be wrong-doers. (23:108) He saith: Begone therein, and speak not unto Me. (23:109) Lo! there was a party of My slaves who said: Our Lord! We believe, therefor forgive us and have mercy on us for Thou art Best of all who show mercy; (23:110) But ye chose them for a laughing-stock until they caused you to forget remembrance of Me, while ye laughed at them. (23:111) Lo! I have rewarded them this day forasmuch as they were steadfast in that they, even they, are the triumphant. (23:112) He will say: How long tarried ye in the earth, counting by years? (23:113) They will say: We tarried by a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep count! (23:114) He will say: Ye tarried but a little if ye only knew. (23:115) Deemed ye then that We had created you for naught, and that ye would not be returned unto Us? (23:116) Now Allah be Exalted, the True King! There is no Allah save Him, the Lord of the Throne of Grace. (23:117) He who crieth unto any other god along with Allah hath no proof thereof. His reckoning is only with his Lord. Lo! disbelievers will not be successful. (23:118) And (O Muhammad) say: My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, for Thou art Best of all who show mercy.

(24:1) (Here is) a surah which We have revealed and enjoined, and wherein We have revealed plain tokens, that haply ye may take heed. (24:2) The adulterer and the adulteress, scourge ye each one of them (with) a hundred stripes. And let not pity for the twain withhold you from obedience to Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party of believers witness their punishment. (24:3) The adulterer shall not marry save an adulteress or an idolatress, and the adulteress none shall marry save an adulterer or an idolater. All that is forbidden unto believers. (24:4) And those who accuse honourable women but bring not four witnesses, scourge them (with) eighty stripes and never (afterward) accept their testimony - They indeed are evil-doers - (24:5) Save those who afterward repent and make amends. (For such) lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (24:6) As for those who accuse their wives but have no witnesses except themselves; let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies, (swearing) by Allah that he is of those who speak the truth; (24:7) And yet a fifth, invoking the curse of Allah on him if he is of those who lie. (24:8) And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bear witness before Allah four times that the thing he saith is indeed false, (24:9) And a fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he speaketh truth. (24:10) And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, and that Allah is Clement, Wise, (ye had been undone). (24:11) Lo! they who spread the slander are a gang among you. Deem it not a bad thing for you; nay, it is good for you. Unto every man of them (will be paid) that which he hath earned of the sin; and as for him among them who had the greater share therein, his will be an awful doom. (24:12) Why did not the believers, men and women, when ye heard it, think good of their own own folk, and say: It is a manifest untruth? (24:13) Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah. (24:14) Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you in the world and the Hereafter an awful doom had overtaken you for that whereof ye murmured. (24:15) When ye welcomed it with your tongues, and uttered with your mouths that whereof ye had no knowledge, ye counted it a trifle. In the sight of Allah it is very great. (24:16) Wherefor, when ye heard it, said ye not: It is not for us to speak of this. Glory be to Thee (O Allah)! This is awful calumny. (24:17) Allah admonisheth you that ye repeat not the like thereof ever, if ye are (in truth) believers. (24:18) And He expoundeth unto you the revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise. (24:19) Lo! those who love that slander should be spread concerning those who believe, theirs will be a painful punishment in the world and the Hereafter. Allah knoweth. Ye know not. (24:20) Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, and that Allah is Clement, Merciful, (ye had been undone). (24:21) O ye who believe! Follow not the footsteps of the devil. Unto whomsoever followeth the footsteps of the devil, lo! he commandeth filthiness and wrong. Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, not one of you would ever have grown pure. But Allah causeth whom He will to grow. And Allah is Hearer, Knower.

(24:22) And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear not to give to the near of kin and to the needy, and to fugitives for the cause of Allah. Let them forgive and show indulgence. Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you? Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (24:23) Lo! as for those who traduce virtuous, believing women (who are) careless, cursed are they in the world and the Hereafter. Theirs will be an awful doom (24:24) On the day when their tongues and their hands and their feet testify against them as to what they used to do, (24:25) On that day Allah will pay them their just due, and they will know that Allah, He is the Manifest Truth. (24:26) Vile women are for vile men, and vile men for vile women. Good women are for good men, and good men for good women; such are innocent of that which people say: For them is pardon and a bountiful provision. (24:27) O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own without first announcing your presence and invoking peace upon the folk thereof. That is better for you, that ye may be heedful. (24:28) And if ye find no-one therein, still enter not until permission hath been given. And if it be said unto you: Go away again, then go away, for it is purer for you. Allah knoweth what ye do. (24:29) (It is) no sin for you to enter uninhabited houses wherein is comfort for you. Allah knoweth what ye proclaim and what ye hide. (24:30) Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is aware of what they do. (24:31) And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and be modest, and to display of their adornment only that which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their own husbands or fathers or husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons, or their brothers or their brothers' sons or sisters' sons, or their women, or their slaves, or male attendants who lack vigour, or children who know naught of women's nakedness. And let them not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their adornment. And turn unto Allah together, O believers, in order that ye may succeed. (24:32) And marry such of you as are solitary and the pious of your slaves and maid-servants. If they be poor, Allah will enrich them of His bounty. Allah is of ample means, Aware. (24:33) And let those who cannot find a match keep chaste till Allah give them independence by His grace. And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), write it for them if ye are aware of aught of good in them, and bestow upon them of the wealth of Allah which He hath bestowed upon you. Force not your slave-girls to whoredom that ye may seek enjoyment of the life of the world, if they would preserve their chastity. And if one force them, then (unto them), after their compulsion, lo! Allah will be Forgiving, Merciful. (24:34) And verily We have sent down for you revelations that make plain, and the example of those who passed away before you. An admonition unto those who ward off (evil).