†O thou enwrappedin thy mantle,69Arise and warn!And thy Lord—magnify Him!And thy raiment—purify it!And the abomination70—flee it!And bestow not favours that thou mayest receive again with increase.And for thy Lord wait thou patiently.71(lxxiv. 1-7.)XVIII.†By the morning-brightness,And by the still of night,72Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee, neither hath He hated thee.And surely the Future will be better for thee than the Present,And thy Lord will give to thee, and thou wilt be well-pleased.Did He not find thee an orphan, and sheltered thee?And He found thee erring, and guided thee,And found thee needy, and enriched thee.Then, as to the orphan, oppress him not;And as to him that asketh of thee, chide him not away;And as for the bounty of thy Lord, tell it then [abroad].And as for the bounty of thy Lord, tell it then [abroad].
†O thou enwrappedin thy mantle,69Arise and warn!And thy Lord—magnify Him!And thy raiment—purify it!And the abomination70—flee it!And bestow not favours that thou mayest receive again with increase.And for thy Lord wait thou patiently.71(lxxiv. 1-7.)XVIII.†By the morning-brightness,And by the still of night,72Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee, neither hath He hated thee.And surely the Future will be better for thee than the Present,And thy Lord will give to thee, and thou wilt be well-pleased.Did He not find thee an orphan, and sheltered thee?And He found thee erring, and guided thee,And found thee needy, and enriched thee.Then, as to the orphan, oppress him not;And as to him that asketh of thee, chide him not away;And as for the bounty of thy Lord, tell it then [abroad].And as for the bounty of thy Lord, tell it then [abroad].
†O thou enwrappedin thy mantle,69Arise and warn!And thy Lord—magnify Him!And thy raiment—purify it!And the abomination70—flee it!And bestow not favours that thou mayest receive again with increase.And for thy Lord wait thou patiently.71(lxxiv. 1-7.)
†O thou enwrappedin thy mantle,69
Arise and warn!
And thy Lord—magnify Him!
And thy raiment—purify it!
And the abomination70—flee it!
And bestow not favours that thou mayest receive again with increase.
And for thy Lord wait thou patiently.71
(lxxiv. 1-7.)
XVIII.
†By the morning-brightness,And by the still of night,72Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee, neither hath He hated thee.And surely the Future will be better for thee than the Present,And thy Lord will give to thee, and thou wilt be well-pleased.Did He not find thee an orphan, and sheltered thee?And He found thee erring, and guided thee,And found thee needy, and enriched thee.Then, as to the orphan, oppress him not;And as to him that asketh of thee, chide him not away;And as for the bounty of thy Lord, tell it then [abroad].And as for the bounty of thy Lord, tell it then [abroad].
†By the morning-brightness,
And by the still of night,72
Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee, neither hath He hated thee.
And surely the Future will be better for thee than the Present,
And thy Lord will give to thee, and thou wilt be well-pleased.
Did He not find thee an orphan, and sheltered thee?
And He found thee erring, and guided thee,
And found thee needy, and enriched thee.
Then, as to the orphan, oppress him not;
And as to him that asketh of thee, chide him not away;
And as for the bounty of thy Lord, tell it then [abroad].
And as for the bounty of thy Lord, tell it then [abroad].
(xciii.)
XIX.
Say, I do not say unto you, ‘With me73are the treasures of God,’ nor, ‘I know what is unseen,’ nor do I say unto you, ‘Verily I am an angel.’ I follow not [aught] but what is revealed unto me.
(vi. 50.)
XX.
†Say, I am only a man like unto you. It is only revealed unto me that your God is One God. He then that hopeth to meet his Lord, let him work a righteous work, and in the worship of his Lord let him not associate any [other god].
(xviii. 110.).
XXI.
†Say, If I err, only against myself shall I err, but if I am rightly-guided, it [is] of what my Lord hath revealed to me. Verily, He is the Hearer, the Near-at-hand!
(xxxiv. 49.)
XXII.
Moḥammad is nought but a Messenger.74The Messengers have passed away before him. If then he die or be slain, will ye turn round upon your heels?75But he who turneth round upon his heels will not injure God a whit;76and God will reward the thankful.
(iii. 138.)
XXIII.
Verily We have revealed unto thee as we revealed unto Noah and the prophets after him, andasWe revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and Jesus, and Job, and Jonah, and Aaron, and Solomon; and We gave unto David the Psalms.
(iv. 161.)
XXIV.77Sayunto them, Do ye argue with us concerning God, when He is our Lord and your Lord,78and when we have our works and ye have your works, and when we are sincere towards Him?
Nay, do ye say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes were Jews or Christians?Sayunto them, Are ye the more knowing, or is God?79And who is more unrighteous than they who conceal a testimony that they have from God?80But God is not heedless of that which ye do.
(ii. 133, 134.)
XXV.
Remember, when Jesus the son of Mary said, ‘O children of Israel, Verily I am the Messenger of God unto you, confirming the Law which [was] before me, and giving good tidings of a Messenger who shall come after me, whose name [shall be] Aḥmad.’81But when he (Aḥmad) came unto them with evident proofs, they said, ‘This is manifest magic!’
And who is more unrighteous than he who forgeth falsehood against God, when he is invited unto El-Islám? And God directeth not the unrighteous people.
They desire to put out the light of God with their mouths: but God will perfect His light, though the unbelievers be loththereto.
It is He who hath sent His messenger with the direction and the religion of truth, that He may exalt above every religion, though the polytheists be loththereto.
(lxi. 6-9.)
XXVI.
Those to whom We have given the Scripture know him (Moḥammad) as they know their children.82But a party of them do conceal the truth83while they know.
(ii. 141.)
XXVII.
The Jews said unto Moḥammad, ‘Verily God hath enjoined us84that we should not believe an apostle until he bring us a sacrifice which fire shall devour.’
Say, Apostles have come unto you before me with manifest proofs,85and with that ye have mentioned:86then wherefore did ye slay them, if ye be speakers of truth?
(iii. 179, 180.)
XXVIII.
The unbelievers of Mekkehhave sworn by God, with the mightiest of their oaths, that if a sign come unto them they will assuredly believe therein.Say, Signs are only with God. And what will make you to know?87Verily if they come they will not believe.
And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes,88as they believed not therein the first time; and We will leave them in their transgression, wandering about in perplexity.
And though We had sent down unto them the angels, and the dead had spoken unto them, and We had gathered together about them everything in tribes, they had not believed unless God had pleased; but the greater number of them know not.
(vi. 109-111.)
XXIX.
And they have said, ‘O thou unto whom the Admonition89hath been sent down, thou art certainly possessed by a Jinnee.90
Why dost thou not come unto us with the angels, if thou be of those that speak truth?’
We send not down the angels save with justice,91nor would they then be respited.
Verily, We have sent down the Admonition, and We will surely preserve it.
And We have sentMessengersbefore thee among the sects of the former generations;
And there came not unto them any Messenger but they had him in derision:
In like manner will We put it into the hearts of the sinnersof Mekkeh to do so;
They shall not believe in him, and the punishment of the former generations hath passed.
And if We should open above them a gate in heaven, and they should pass the day mounting up to it,
They would say, ‘Our eyes are only intoxicated, or rather we are a people enchanted.’
(xv. 6-15.)
XXX.
†Verily, it is the excellent Ḳur-án,Written in the Preserved Book.92None shall touch it but they who are purified.93It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.(lvi. 76-79.)
†Verily, it is the excellent Ḳur-án,Written in the Preserved Book.92None shall touch it but they who are purified.93It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.(lvi. 76-79.)
†Verily, it is the excellent Ḳur-án,Written in the Preserved Book.92None shall touch it but they who are purified.93It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.(lvi. 76-79.)
†Verily, it is the excellent Ḳur-án,
Written in the Preserved Book.92
None shall touch it but they who are purified.93
It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
(lvi. 76-79.)
XXXI.
Say, Verily if mankind and the Jinn assembled together for the purpose of producing the like of this Ḳur-án,94they could not produce the like thereof, although they helped one another.95
And We have explained unto men in this Ḳur-án everykind ofparable,96but the greater number of men have refused [all else] save unbelief,
And have said, ‘We will by no means believe in thee until thou cause a fountain to gush forth for us from the earth,
Orthou have a garden of palm-trees and grapes, and thou cause rivers to spring forth in the midst thereof in abundance,
Orthou cause heaven to fall down upon us, as thou hast pretended, in pieces, or thou bring God and the angels beforeus,
Orthou have a house of gold, or thou ascend into heaven, and we will not believe thy ascending until thou cause a book to descend unto us which we may read.’Say, Extolled be the perfection of my Lord! Am I [aught] save a man, [sent] as a Messenger?
And nothing hath hindered men from believing when the direction hath come unto them, but their saying, ‘Hath God sent a man as a Messenger?’97
Say, If there were upon the earth angels walking at ease,98We had sent down unto them from heaven an angel as a Messenger.99
Say, God is a sufficient witness between me and you: for He knoweth and seeth His servants.
(xvii. 90-98.)
XXXII.
And this Ḳur-án is not an invention100of one who is not God, butit hath been sent downas a confirmation of thosebooks which have beenbefore it, and an explanation of the Scripture—there is no doubt thereof—from the Lord of the Worlds.
Do they say, ‘He101hath forged it?’Say, Then bring ye a Soorah102like unto it and call whom ye can,103other than God, if ye speak truth.
Nay they have charged with falsehood that which they comprehend not, and the explanation thereof104hath not yet come unto them. In like manner did those who were before them chargetheir Messengerswith falsehood; but see how was the end of the offenders!
(x. 38-40.)
XXXIII.
If ye be in doubt concerning that which We have sent down unto Our servantMoḥammad,105bring ye a Soorah like unto it,106and invoke your witnesses,107other than God, if ye be speakers of truth.
But if ye doitnot (and doitye shall not), fear the fire whose fuel is men and stones: it is prepared for the unbelievers.
(ii. 21, 22.)
XXXIV.
Whatsoever108verse We abrogate or causetheeto forget, We will produce one better than it or like unto it. Dost thou not know that God is all-powerful?
Dost thou not know that to Godbelongeththe dominion of the heavens and the earth, and that beside God ye have no protector or defender?
(ii. 100, 101.)
XXXV.
When We substitute a verse in the stead of a verse (and God best knoweth what He revealeth), they say, ‘Thou art but a forger!’—but the greater number of them know not!
Say, The Holy SpiritGabrielhath brought it down from thy Lord with truth, to stablish those who have believed, and as a direction and good tidings unto the Muslims.
And We well know that they say, ‘Only a man109teacheth him.’ The tongue of him to whom they incline is foreign, and thisis theperspicuous Arabic tongue.
(xvi. 103-105).
XXXVI.
Say, If the sea were ink, forwritingthe words of my Lord, the sea would be dried up or ever the words of my Lord were exhausted; and [so] if we brought its like in aid.110
(xviii. 109).
XXXVII.
†The Striking! what is the Striking?And what shall teach thee what the Striking is?It isa day when men shall be like scattered moths,And the mountains like carded wool!Then as for him whose balances are heavy, his shall be a life well-pleasing.As for him whose balances are light, his abode shall be the Pit.And what shall teach thee what that is?A raging fire!(ci.)XXXVIII.†When the earth is shaken with her shaking,And the earth hath cast forth her dead,111And man shall say, ‘What aileth her?’On that day shall she tell out her tidings,Because thy Lord hath inspired her.On that day shall men come one by one to behold their works,And whosoever shall have wrought an ant’s weight of good shall behold it,And whosoever shall have wrought an ant’s weight of ill shall behold it.(xcix.)XXXIX.†When the heaven shall be cloven asunder,And when the stars shall be scattered,And when the seas shall be let loose,And when the graves shall be turned upside-down,Everysoul shall know what it hath done and left undone.O man! what hath seduced thee from thy generous Lord,Who created thee and fashioned thee and disposed thee aright?In the form which pleased Him hath He fashioned thee.Nay, but ye treat the Judgment as a lie.Verily there are watchers over you,Worthy recorders,Knowing what ye do.Verily in delight shall the righteous dwell;And verily the wicked in Hell[-Fire];They shall be burnt at it on the day of doom,And they shall not be hidden from it.And what shall teach thee what the Day of Judgment is?Again: What shall teach thee what is the Day of Judgment?It isa day when one soul shall be powerless for another soul; and all on that day shall be in the hands of God.(lxxxii.)XL.When the sun shall be wrapped up,And when the stars shall fall down,And when the mountains shall be made to pass away,And when the camels ten months gone with young112shall be neglected,And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together,And when the seas shall overflow,113And when the souls shall be joinedto their bodies,And when the child114that hath been buried alive shall be askedFor what crime she was put to death,And when the books115shall be laid open,And when the heaven shall be removed,116And when Hell shall be made to burn,And when Paradise shall be brought near,—Then everysoul shall know what it hath done.(lxxxi. 1-14.)XLI.Hath the news of the Overwhelming reached thee?Countenances on that day [shall be] abased,Labouring, toiling:They shall feel the heat of scorching fire,They shall be given to drink from a fountain fiercely boiling,There shall be no food for them but of daree’,117—It shall not fatten nor satisfy hunger.(lxxxviii. 1-7.)XLII.When one blast shall be blown on the trumpet,And the earth shall be raised and the mountains, and be broken to dust with one breaking,On that day the Calamity shall come to pass:And the heaven shall cleave asunder, being frail on that day,And the angels on the sides thereof; and over them on that day eightof the angels118shall bear the throne of thy Lord.On that day ye shall be presentedfor the reckoning; none of your secrets shall be hidden.And as to him who shall have his book given to him in his right hand, he shall say,119‘Take ye, read my book;Verily I was sure I should come to my reckoning.And his [shall be] a pleasant lifeIn a lofty garden,Whose clusters [shall be] near at hand.120‘Eat ye and drink with benefit on account of that which ye paid beforehand in the past days.’But as to him who shall have his book given to him in his left hand, he shall say, ‘O would that I had not had my book given to me,Nor known what [was] my reckoning!O would thatmy deathhad been the endingof me!My wealth hath not profited me!My power is passed away from me!’‘121Take him and chain him,Then cast him into hell to be burnt,Then in a chain of seventy cubits bind him:For he believed not in God, the Great,Nor urged to feed the poor;Therefore he shall not have here this day a friend,Nor any food save filthWhich none but the sinners shall eat.’(lxix. 13-37.)XLIII.When the Calamity shall come to passThere shall not bea soulthat will deny its happening,122[It will be] an abaserof some, an exalterof others;When the earth shall be shaken with aviolentshaking,And the mountains shall be crumbled with a [violent] crumbling,And shall become fine dust scattered abroad;And ye shall be three classes.And the people of the right hand,123what [shall be] the people of the right hand!124And the people of the left hand, what the people of the left hand!125And the Preceders,126the Preceders!These [shall be] the brought-nigh [unto God]In the gardens of delight,—A crowd of the former generations,And a few of the latter generations,Upon inwrought couchesReclining thereon, face to face.Youths ever-young127shall go unto them round aboutWith goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine,Their [heads] shall ache not with it neither shall they be drunken;And with fruits of the [sorts] which they shall choose,And the flesh of birds of the [kinds] which they shall desire.And damsels128with eyes129like pearls laid upWe will give themas a reward for that which they have done.Therein shall they hear no vain discourse nor accusation of sin,But [only] the saying, ‘Peace! Peace!’And the people of the right hand—what [shall be] the people of the right hand![They shall dwell] among lote-trees without thornsAnd bananas loaded with fruit,130And a shadeever-spread,And waterever-flowing,And fruits abundantUnstayed and unforbidden,And couches raised.Verily we have created them131by a [peculiar] creation,And have made them virgins,Beloved of their husbands, of equal age [with them],For the people of the right hand,A crowd of the former generationsAnd a crowd of the latter generations.And the people of the left hand—what [shall be] the people of the left hand![They shall dwell] amidst burning wind and scalding water,And a shade of blackest smoke,Not cool and not grateful.For before this they were blest with worldly goods,And they persisted in heinous sin,132And said, ‘When we shall have died and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised to life,And our fathers the former generations?’Say, Verily the former and the latter generationsShall be gathered together for the appointed time of a known day.Then ye, O ye erring, belying [people],Shall surely eat of the tree of Ez-Zaḳḳoom,And fill therewith [your] bellies,And drink thereon boiling water,And ye shall drink as thirsty camels drink.—This [shall be] their entertainment on the day of retribution.
†The Striking! what is the Striking?And what shall teach thee what the Striking is?It isa day when men shall be like scattered moths,And the mountains like carded wool!Then as for him whose balances are heavy, his shall be a life well-pleasing.As for him whose balances are light, his abode shall be the Pit.And what shall teach thee what that is?A raging fire!(ci.)XXXVIII.†When the earth is shaken with her shaking,And the earth hath cast forth her dead,111And man shall say, ‘What aileth her?’On that day shall she tell out her tidings,Because thy Lord hath inspired her.On that day shall men come one by one to behold their works,And whosoever shall have wrought an ant’s weight of good shall behold it,And whosoever shall have wrought an ant’s weight of ill shall behold it.(xcix.)XXXIX.†When the heaven shall be cloven asunder,And when the stars shall be scattered,And when the seas shall be let loose,And when the graves shall be turned upside-down,Everysoul shall know what it hath done and left undone.O man! what hath seduced thee from thy generous Lord,Who created thee and fashioned thee and disposed thee aright?In the form which pleased Him hath He fashioned thee.Nay, but ye treat the Judgment as a lie.Verily there are watchers over you,Worthy recorders,Knowing what ye do.Verily in delight shall the righteous dwell;And verily the wicked in Hell[-Fire];They shall be burnt at it on the day of doom,And they shall not be hidden from it.And what shall teach thee what the Day of Judgment is?Again: What shall teach thee what is the Day of Judgment?It isa day when one soul shall be powerless for another soul; and all on that day shall be in the hands of God.(lxxxii.)XL.When the sun shall be wrapped up,And when the stars shall fall down,And when the mountains shall be made to pass away,And when the camels ten months gone with young112shall be neglected,And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together,And when the seas shall overflow,113And when the souls shall be joinedto their bodies,And when the child114that hath been buried alive shall be askedFor what crime she was put to death,And when the books115shall be laid open,And when the heaven shall be removed,116And when Hell shall be made to burn,And when Paradise shall be brought near,—Then everysoul shall know what it hath done.(lxxxi. 1-14.)XLI.Hath the news of the Overwhelming reached thee?Countenances on that day [shall be] abased,Labouring, toiling:They shall feel the heat of scorching fire,They shall be given to drink from a fountain fiercely boiling,There shall be no food for them but of daree’,117—It shall not fatten nor satisfy hunger.(lxxxviii. 1-7.)XLII.When one blast shall be blown on the trumpet,And the earth shall be raised and the mountains, and be broken to dust with one breaking,On that day the Calamity shall come to pass:And the heaven shall cleave asunder, being frail on that day,And the angels on the sides thereof; and over them on that day eightof the angels118shall bear the throne of thy Lord.On that day ye shall be presentedfor the reckoning; none of your secrets shall be hidden.And as to him who shall have his book given to him in his right hand, he shall say,119‘Take ye, read my book;Verily I was sure I should come to my reckoning.And his [shall be] a pleasant lifeIn a lofty garden,Whose clusters [shall be] near at hand.120‘Eat ye and drink with benefit on account of that which ye paid beforehand in the past days.’But as to him who shall have his book given to him in his left hand, he shall say, ‘O would that I had not had my book given to me,Nor known what [was] my reckoning!O would thatmy deathhad been the endingof me!My wealth hath not profited me!My power is passed away from me!’‘121Take him and chain him,Then cast him into hell to be burnt,Then in a chain of seventy cubits bind him:For he believed not in God, the Great,Nor urged to feed the poor;Therefore he shall not have here this day a friend,Nor any food save filthWhich none but the sinners shall eat.’(lxix. 13-37.)XLIII.When the Calamity shall come to passThere shall not bea soulthat will deny its happening,122[It will be] an abaserof some, an exalterof others;When the earth shall be shaken with aviolentshaking,And the mountains shall be crumbled with a [violent] crumbling,And shall become fine dust scattered abroad;And ye shall be three classes.And the people of the right hand,123what [shall be] the people of the right hand!124And the people of the left hand, what the people of the left hand!125And the Preceders,126the Preceders!These [shall be] the brought-nigh [unto God]In the gardens of delight,—A crowd of the former generations,And a few of the latter generations,Upon inwrought couchesReclining thereon, face to face.Youths ever-young127shall go unto them round aboutWith goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine,Their [heads] shall ache not with it neither shall they be drunken;And with fruits of the [sorts] which they shall choose,And the flesh of birds of the [kinds] which they shall desire.And damsels128with eyes129like pearls laid upWe will give themas a reward for that which they have done.Therein shall they hear no vain discourse nor accusation of sin,But [only] the saying, ‘Peace! Peace!’And the people of the right hand—what [shall be] the people of the right hand![They shall dwell] among lote-trees without thornsAnd bananas loaded with fruit,130And a shadeever-spread,And waterever-flowing,And fruits abundantUnstayed and unforbidden,And couches raised.Verily we have created them131by a [peculiar] creation,And have made them virgins,Beloved of their husbands, of equal age [with them],For the people of the right hand,A crowd of the former generationsAnd a crowd of the latter generations.And the people of the left hand—what [shall be] the people of the left hand![They shall dwell] amidst burning wind and scalding water,And a shade of blackest smoke,Not cool and not grateful.For before this they were blest with worldly goods,And they persisted in heinous sin,132And said, ‘When we shall have died and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised to life,And our fathers the former generations?’Say, Verily the former and the latter generationsShall be gathered together for the appointed time of a known day.Then ye, O ye erring, belying [people],Shall surely eat of the tree of Ez-Zaḳḳoom,And fill therewith [your] bellies,And drink thereon boiling water,And ye shall drink as thirsty camels drink.—This [shall be] their entertainment on the day of retribution.
†The Striking! what is the Striking?And what shall teach thee what the Striking is?It isa day when men shall be like scattered moths,And the mountains like carded wool!Then as for him whose balances are heavy, his shall be a life well-pleasing.As for him whose balances are light, his abode shall be the Pit.And what shall teach thee what that is?A raging fire!
†The Striking! what is the Striking?
And what shall teach thee what the Striking is?
It isa day when men shall be like scattered moths,
And the mountains like carded wool!
Then as for him whose balances are heavy, his shall be a life well-pleasing.
As for him whose balances are light, his abode shall be the Pit.
And what shall teach thee what that is?
A raging fire!
(ci.)
XXXVIII.
†When the earth is shaken with her shaking,And the earth hath cast forth her dead,111And man shall say, ‘What aileth her?’On that day shall she tell out her tidings,Because thy Lord hath inspired her.On that day shall men come one by one to behold their works,And whosoever shall have wrought an ant’s weight of good shall behold it,And whosoever shall have wrought an ant’s weight of ill shall behold it.
†When the earth is shaken with her shaking,
And the earth hath cast forth her dead,111
And man shall say, ‘What aileth her?’
On that day shall she tell out her tidings,
Because thy Lord hath inspired her.
On that day shall men come one by one to behold their works,
And whosoever shall have wrought an ant’s weight of good shall behold it,
And whosoever shall have wrought an ant’s weight of ill shall behold it.
(xcix.)
XXXIX.
†When the heaven shall be cloven asunder,And when the stars shall be scattered,And when the seas shall be let loose,And when the graves shall be turned upside-down,Everysoul shall know what it hath done and left undone.O man! what hath seduced thee from thy generous Lord,Who created thee and fashioned thee and disposed thee aright?In the form which pleased Him hath He fashioned thee.Nay, but ye treat the Judgment as a lie.Verily there are watchers over you,Worthy recorders,Knowing what ye do.Verily in delight shall the righteous dwell;And verily the wicked in Hell[-Fire];They shall be burnt at it on the day of doom,And they shall not be hidden from it.And what shall teach thee what the Day of Judgment is?Again: What shall teach thee what is the Day of Judgment?It isa day when one soul shall be powerless for another soul; and all on that day shall be in the hands of God.
†When the heaven shall be cloven asunder,
And when the stars shall be scattered,
And when the seas shall be let loose,
And when the graves shall be turned upside-down,
Everysoul shall know what it hath done and left undone.
O man! what hath seduced thee from thy generous Lord,
Who created thee and fashioned thee and disposed thee aright?
In the form which pleased Him hath He fashioned thee.
Nay, but ye treat the Judgment as a lie.
Verily there are watchers over you,
Worthy recorders,
Knowing what ye do.
Verily in delight shall the righteous dwell;
And verily the wicked in Hell[-Fire];
They shall be burnt at it on the day of doom,
And they shall not be hidden from it.
And what shall teach thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again: What shall teach thee what is the Day of Judgment?
It isa day when one soul shall be powerless for another soul; and all on that day shall be in the hands of God.
(lxxxii.)
XL.
When the sun shall be wrapped up,And when the stars shall fall down,And when the mountains shall be made to pass away,And when the camels ten months gone with young112shall be neglected,And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together,And when the seas shall overflow,113And when the souls shall be joinedto their bodies,And when the child114that hath been buried alive shall be askedFor what crime she was put to death,And when the books115shall be laid open,And when the heaven shall be removed,116And when Hell shall be made to burn,And when Paradise shall be brought near,—Then everysoul shall know what it hath done.
When the sun shall be wrapped up,
And when the stars shall fall down,
And when the mountains shall be made to pass away,
And when the camels ten months gone with young112shall be neglected,
And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together,
And when the seas shall overflow,113
And when the souls shall be joinedto their bodies,
And when the child114that hath been buried alive shall be asked
For what crime she was put to death,
And when the books115shall be laid open,
And when the heaven shall be removed,116
And when Hell shall be made to burn,
And when Paradise shall be brought near,—
Then everysoul shall know what it hath done.
(lxxxi. 1-14.)
XLI.
Hath the news of the Overwhelming reached thee?Countenances on that day [shall be] abased,Labouring, toiling:They shall feel the heat of scorching fire,They shall be given to drink from a fountain fiercely boiling,There shall be no food for them but of daree’,117—It shall not fatten nor satisfy hunger.
Hath the news of the Overwhelming reached thee?
Countenances on that day [shall be] abased,
Labouring, toiling:
They shall feel the heat of scorching fire,
They shall be given to drink from a fountain fiercely boiling,
There shall be no food for them but of daree’,117—
It shall not fatten nor satisfy hunger.
(lxxxviii. 1-7.)
XLII.
When one blast shall be blown on the trumpet,And the earth shall be raised and the mountains, and be broken to dust with one breaking,On that day the Calamity shall come to pass:And the heaven shall cleave asunder, being frail on that day,And the angels on the sides thereof; and over them on that day eightof the angels118shall bear the throne of thy Lord.On that day ye shall be presentedfor the reckoning; none of your secrets shall be hidden.And as to him who shall have his book given to him in his right hand, he shall say,119‘Take ye, read my book;Verily I was sure I should come to my reckoning.And his [shall be] a pleasant lifeIn a lofty garden,Whose clusters [shall be] near at hand.120‘Eat ye and drink with benefit on account of that which ye paid beforehand in the past days.’But as to him who shall have his book given to him in his left hand, he shall say, ‘O would that I had not had my book given to me,Nor known what [was] my reckoning!O would thatmy deathhad been the endingof me!My wealth hath not profited me!My power is passed away from me!’‘121Take him and chain him,Then cast him into hell to be burnt,Then in a chain of seventy cubits bind him:For he believed not in God, the Great,Nor urged to feed the poor;Therefore he shall not have here this day a friend,Nor any food save filthWhich none but the sinners shall eat.’
When one blast shall be blown on the trumpet,
And the earth shall be raised and the mountains, and be broken to dust with one breaking,
On that day the Calamity shall come to pass:
And the heaven shall cleave asunder, being frail on that day,
And the angels on the sides thereof; and over them on that day eightof the angels118shall bear the throne of thy Lord.
On that day ye shall be presentedfor the reckoning; none of your secrets shall be hidden.
And as to him who shall have his book given to him in his right hand, he shall say,119‘Take ye, read my book;
Verily I was sure I should come to my reckoning.
And his [shall be] a pleasant life
In a lofty garden,
Whose clusters [shall be] near at hand.
120‘Eat ye and drink with benefit on account of that which ye paid beforehand in the past days.’
But as to him who shall have his book given to him in his left hand, he shall say, ‘O would that I had not had my book given to me,
Nor known what [was] my reckoning!
O would thatmy deathhad been the endingof me!
My wealth hath not profited me!
My power is passed away from me!’
‘121Take him and chain him,
Then cast him into hell to be burnt,
Then in a chain of seventy cubits bind him:
For he believed not in God, the Great,
Nor urged to feed the poor;
Therefore he shall not have here this day a friend,
Nor any food save filth
Which none but the sinners shall eat.’
(lxix. 13-37.)
XLIII.
When the Calamity shall come to passThere shall not bea soulthat will deny its happening,122[It will be] an abaserof some, an exalterof others;When the earth shall be shaken with aviolentshaking,And the mountains shall be crumbled with a [violent] crumbling,And shall become fine dust scattered abroad;And ye shall be three classes.And the people of the right hand,123what [shall be] the people of the right hand!124And the people of the left hand, what the people of the left hand!125And the Preceders,126the Preceders!These [shall be] the brought-nigh [unto God]In the gardens of delight,—A crowd of the former generations,And a few of the latter generations,Upon inwrought couchesReclining thereon, face to face.Youths ever-young127shall go unto them round aboutWith goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine,Their [heads] shall ache not with it neither shall they be drunken;And with fruits of the [sorts] which they shall choose,And the flesh of birds of the [kinds] which they shall desire.And damsels128with eyes129like pearls laid upWe will give themas a reward for that which they have done.Therein shall they hear no vain discourse nor accusation of sin,But [only] the saying, ‘Peace! Peace!’And the people of the right hand—what [shall be] the people of the right hand![They shall dwell] among lote-trees without thornsAnd bananas loaded with fruit,130And a shadeever-spread,And waterever-flowing,And fruits abundantUnstayed and unforbidden,And couches raised.Verily we have created them131by a [peculiar] creation,And have made them virgins,Beloved of their husbands, of equal age [with them],For the people of the right hand,A crowd of the former generationsAnd a crowd of the latter generations.And the people of the left hand—what [shall be] the people of the left hand![They shall dwell] amidst burning wind and scalding water,And a shade of blackest smoke,Not cool and not grateful.For before this they were blest with worldly goods,And they persisted in heinous sin,132And said, ‘When we shall have died and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised to life,And our fathers the former generations?’Say, Verily the former and the latter generationsShall be gathered together for the appointed time of a known day.Then ye, O ye erring, belying [people],Shall surely eat of the tree of Ez-Zaḳḳoom,And fill therewith [your] bellies,And drink thereon boiling water,And ye shall drink as thirsty camels drink.—This [shall be] their entertainment on the day of retribution.
When the Calamity shall come to pass
There shall not bea soulthat will deny its happening,122
[It will be] an abaserof some, an exalterof others;
When the earth shall be shaken with aviolentshaking,
And the mountains shall be crumbled with a [violent] crumbling,
And shall become fine dust scattered abroad;
And ye shall be three classes.
And the people of the right hand,123what [shall be] the people of the right hand!124
And the people of the left hand, what the people of the left hand!125
And the Preceders,126the Preceders!
These [shall be] the brought-nigh [unto God]
In the gardens of delight,—
A crowd of the former generations,
And a few of the latter generations,
Upon inwrought couches
Reclining thereon, face to face.
Youths ever-young127shall go unto them round about
With goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine,
Their [heads] shall ache not with it neither shall they be drunken;
And with fruits of the [sorts] which they shall choose,
And the flesh of birds of the [kinds] which they shall desire.
And damsels128with eyes129like pearls laid up
We will give themas a reward for that which they have done.
Therein shall they hear no vain discourse nor accusation of sin,
But [only] the saying, ‘Peace! Peace!’
And the people of the right hand—what [shall be] the people of the right hand!
[They shall dwell] among lote-trees without thorns
And bananas loaded with fruit,130
And a shadeever-spread,
And waterever-flowing,
And fruits abundant
Unstayed and unforbidden,
And couches raised.
Verily we have created them131by a [peculiar] creation,
And have made them virgins,
Beloved of their husbands, of equal age [with them],
For the people of the right hand,
A crowd of the former generations
And a crowd of the latter generations.
And the people of the left hand—what [shall be] the people of the left hand!
[They shall dwell] amidst burning wind and scalding water,
And a shade of blackest smoke,
Not cool and not grateful.
For before this they were blest with worldly goods,
And they persisted in heinous sin,132
And said, ‘When we shall have died and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised to life,
And our fathers the former generations?’
Say, Verily the former and the latter generations
Shall be gathered together for the appointed time of a known day.
Then ye, O ye erring, belying [people],
Shall surely eat of the tree of Ez-Zaḳḳoom,
And fill therewith [your] bellies,
And drink thereon boiling water,
And ye shall drink as thirsty camels drink.—
This [shall be] their entertainment on the day of retribution.
(lvi. 1-56.)
XLIV.
Verily We have prepared for the offenders fire, the smoke of which shall encompass them; and if they ask relief, they shall be relieved with water like the dregs of oil, which shall scaldtheirfaces. Miserable shall be the drink, and evil shall be the couch.
As for those who have believed and done the things that are right, verily We will not suffer the reward of him that hath done well to perish:
For these are gardens of perpetual abode, beneath them133shall rivers run; they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and shall wear green garments of fine brocade and of thick brocade, reclining therein on the thrones. Excellent shall be the reward, and pleasant shall be the couch.
(xviii. 28-30.)
XLV.
Call to mindthe day when We will cause the mountains to pass away and thou shalt see the earth plain; and We will assemble them134and not leave of them any one.
And they shall be set before thy Lord in ranks: ‘Now are ye come unto Us as We created you the first time.135Nay, ye thought that We would not perform [Our] promise to you.’136
And the book shall be put [in every man’s hand], and thou shalt see the sinners fearful because of that which is [written] therein, and they shall say, ‘O woe is us! what meaneth this book? It leaveth neither a smallsinnor a greatsin, but it enumerateth it!’ And they shall find that which they shall have wrought present;137and thy Lord will not deal unjustly with any one.
(xviii. 45-47.)
XLVI.
They have not esteemed God with the estimation due unto Him, since the whole earth [shall be] His handful on the day of resurrection, and the heavens [shall be] folded together by His right hand. Extolled be His perfection and high be He exalted above the [things] they associatewith Him!
And the trumpet shall be blown, and they that are in the heavens and they that are in the earth shall die, except those whom God shall please. Then it shall be blown another time; and lo, they shall arise, waiting.
And the earth shall shine with the light of its Lord. And the book shall be placed, and the prophets shall be brought and the witnesses, and judgment shall be given between them with truth, and they shall not be treated unjustly.
And every soul shall be fully paidthe rewardof what it hath done, and He well knoweth what they do.
And those who have disbelieved shall be driven in troops unto hell, until when they come to it, its gates shall be opened, and its guardians shall say unto them, ‘Did not Messengers from among you come unto you rehearsing the signs of your Lord, and warning you of the meeting of this your day?’ They shall answer, ‘Yea:’ (But the sentence of punishment138hath been justly pronounced against the unbelievers:)
It shall be said, ‘Enter ye the gates of hell to remain therein for ever:’ and evil shall be the abode of the proud.
And those who have feared their Lord shall be urged on in troops unto paradise, until when they come unto it, its gates are already opened, and its guardians say unto them: ‘Peace be on you! Ye have been good: therefore enter it to abidethereinfor ever.’
And they shall say, ‘Praise be to God, who hath performed unto us His promise, and hath made us to inheritthe land, that we may dwell in Paradise wheresoever we please; and how excellent is the reward of the workers!’139
And thou shalt see the angels encompassing the throne, extolling the perfection with the praise of their Lord. And judgment shall be given between them140with truth: and it shall be said,‘Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds!’
(xxxix. 67-75.)
XLVII.
Paradise shall be brought near unto the pious,to a placenot distantfrom them, so that they shall see it.
And it shall be said unto them, ‘This is what ye have been promised, unto every one who hath earnestly turned himself unto God and keptHis laws,
Who hath feared the Compassionate in secret, and come with a penitent heart:
Enter it in peace: this is the Day of Eternity.’
(l. 30-33.)
XLVIII.
†Fairseeming to men is the love of pleasures from women and children, and hoarded riches of gold and silver, and pastured141horses, and flocks, and corn-fields. Such is the enjoyment of this world’s life! But God, goodly is the home with Him!
Say, Shall I tell you of better things than these prepared in the presence of their Lord for those that fear [God]? Theirs shall be gardens beneath which rivers run, and in which they shall abide for ever, and stainless wives, and acceptance with God: for God regardeth His servants,
—Who say, ‘O our Lord, verily we have believed; forgive us then our sins, and keep us from the torment of the fire,’—
The patient, and the truthful, and the lowly, and the charitable, and they who seek pardon at each daybreak.
(iii. 12-15.)
XLIX.
†And repute not those slain in God’s cause142to be dead: nay, alive with their Lord, they are provided for;
Joyful in what God of His bounty hath vouchsafed them, and rejoicing for those that follow after them, but have not yet overtaken them, that on them no fear shall come, neither shall they grieve;
Rejoicing at the favour of God and His bounty, and that God suffereth not the reward of the faithful to perish.
(iii. 163-165.)
L.
Whosoever doeth the things that are right, whether male or female, being a believer,—these shall enter paradise, and shall not be wronged in the least degree.
(iv. 123.)
LI.
For those who have disbelieved in their Lord [is prepared] the punishment of hell; and evil [shall be] the journey.143
When they shall be cast into it they shall hear it braying,144while it boileth, well-nigh bursting with fury.
(lxvii. 6-8.)
LII.
If thou shouldst see145those who have offended146when they see the punishment!147—for power belongeth altogether unto God, and God is severe in punishing:
When those who have been followed will declare themselves clear of those who have followed [them],148when they have seen the punishment, and the ties [that bound them together] shall be severed from them:
And those who have followed shall say, ‘O that there were for us a returnto the world! then would we declare ourselves clear of them, like as they havenowdeclared themselves clear of us!’ After this manner will God showthem theirevilworks, for which [they shall pour forth] lamentations; and they shall not come forth from the fire.
(ii. 160-162.)
LIII.
And the Devil149shall say, when the matter shall have been determined,150‘Verily God promised you the promise of truth;151and I promised you,152but I deceived you: yet had I no power over you;
But I only called you and ye answered me. Therefore blame not me, but blame your own selves. I am not a helper of you, neither are ye helpers of me. Verily I renounce your having associated mewith Godheretofore.’
(xiv. 26, 27).
LIV.
Verily the hypocrites shall be in the lowest abyss of the fire, and thou shalt not find for them any defender.
(iv. 144.)
LV.
They153will ask thee respecting the Hour,154at what time is its coming fixed.Say, The knowledge of it is only with my Lord: none shall manifest it in its time but He. It is grievous in the heavens and in the earth. It shall not come upon you otherwise than suddenly.
They will ask thee as though thou wert well acquainted therewith.Say, The knowledge of it is only with God: but the greater number of men know not!
Say, I possess not for myselfpower to procureadvantage norto avertmischief, save as God pleaseth: and if I knew things unseen, I should obtain abundance of good, and evil should not happen unto me. I am only a denouncer of threatsunto the unbelievers, and an announcer of good tidings unto the people who believe.
(vii. 186-188.)
LVI.
A soul cannot die unless by permission of God, according to a writingof God, definiteas to time.
(iii. 139.)
LVII.
They say [whose companions were slain at the battle of Oḥod], ‘If aught of the affair had beensubmittedto us we had not been slain here.’155Say, Had ye been in your houses, thoseof youwho were decreed to be slain had gone forth to the places where they lie.
(iii. 148.)
LVIII.
Wheresoever ye be, death will overtake you, although you be in lofty towers. If good fortune betide them,156they say, ‘This is from God!’ But if evil betide them, they say, ‘This is from thee,O Moḥammad!’Say, All is from God. And what aileth this people that they are not near to understanding what is saidunto them?
Whatsoever good betideth thee,O man, it isfrom God; and whatsoever evil betideth thee, from thyselfis it.
(iv. 80, 81.)
LIX.
†No soul can believe but by the permission of God.
(x. 100.)
LX.
†And whoso willeth taketh the way to his Lord: But ye shall not will it, unless God will it.
(lxxvi. 29, 30.)
LXI.
†Expend in the way of God, and throw not yourselves into destruction.157
(ii. 191.)
LXII.
They say, ‘The Compassionate hath gotten offspring.’159Extolled be His purity! Nay,they arehonoured servants.
They prevent Him not in speech,160and according to His command they act.
He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them, and they shall not intercede
Save for whom He shall please, and they fear in dread of Him.
And him161among them who saith, ‘I am a god beside Him,’ that [angel] We will recompense with Hell.
(xxi. 26-30.)
LXIII.
†Say, It hath been revealed to me that a company of the Jinn listened [to me] and said, ‘Verily we have heard a wonderful discourse162
Which guideth unto right: wherefore we believed in it, and we will by no means associate any one with our Lord....
We tried the heaven, but we found it filled with a mighty garrison and darting flames;
We sat on some of its seats to listen, but whosoever listeneth now findeth a darting flame in ambush for him.
We know not whether evil be meant for them that are on the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth for them a right guidance.
There are among us the good, and among usthose who arenot so,—we are of various ways.
(lxxii. 1, 2, 8-11.)
LXIV.
Verily God commandeth justice and the doing of good and the giving unto the relation: and He forbiddeth wickedness and iniquity and oppression. He admonisheth you that ye may reflect.
(xvi. 92.)163
LXV.