THE WRAPPING.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.When the sun shall bewrapped up,And when the stars shall fall down,And when the mountains shall be removed,And when the ten-month camels shall be neglected,And when the wild beasts shall be huddled together,And when the seas shall boil over,And when souls shall be joined to their bodies,And when the child that was buried alive shall be askedFor what crime she was slain;And when the Books shall be laid open,And when the sky shall be peeled off,And when Hell shall be set a-blaze,And when Paradise shall be brought near,—The soul shall know what it hath wrought.And I swear by the stars that hide,That move swiftly and hide,And by the darkening night,And by the breath of dawn,—Verily this is the word of a noble messenger,Strong, firm in the favour of the Lord of the Throne,Obeyed and trusted.And your companion is not mad:Of a surety he saw [the Angel] on the clear horizon:And he is not mistrusted as to the unseen,Nor is his the speech of a pelted devil.Then whither go ye?Verily this is but a Reminder to the worlds,To whomsoever of you chooseth to walk aright:But ye shall not choose it, except God choose it, the Lord of the worlds.(lxxxi.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.When the sun shall bewrapped up,And when the stars shall fall down,And when the mountains shall be removed,And when the ten-month camels shall be neglected,And when the wild beasts shall be huddled together,And when the seas shall boil over,And when souls shall be joined to their bodies,And when the child that was buried alive shall be askedFor what crime she was slain;And when the Books shall be laid open,And when the sky shall be peeled off,And when Hell shall be set a-blaze,And when Paradise shall be brought near,—The soul shall know what it hath wrought.And I swear by the stars that hide,That move swiftly and hide,And by the darkening night,And by the breath of dawn,—Verily this is the word of a noble messenger,Strong, firm in the favour of the Lord of the Throne,Obeyed and trusted.And your companion is not mad:Of a surety he saw [the Angel] on the clear horizon:And he is not mistrusted as to the unseen,Nor is his the speech of a pelted devil.Then whither go ye?Verily this is but a Reminder to the worlds,To whomsoever of you chooseth to walk aright:But ye shall not choose it, except God choose it, the Lord of the worlds.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
When the sun shall bewrapped up,And when the stars shall fall down,And when the mountains shall be removed,And when the ten-month camels shall be neglected,And when the wild beasts shall be huddled together,And when the seas shall boil over,And when souls shall be joined to their bodies,And when the child that was buried alive shall be askedFor what crime she was slain;And when the Books shall be laid open,And when the sky shall be peeled off,And when Hell shall be set a-blaze,And when Paradise shall be brought near,—The soul shall know what it hath wrought.
When the sun shall bewrapped up,
And when the stars shall fall down,
And when the mountains shall be removed,
And when the ten-month camels shall be neglected,
And when the wild beasts shall be huddled together,
And when the seas shall boil over,
And when souls shall be joined to their bodies,
And when the child that was buried alive shall be asked
For what crime she was slain;
And when the Books shall be laid open,
And when the sky shall be peeled off,
And when Hell shall be set a-blaze,
And when Paradise shall be brought near,—
The soul shall know what it hath wrought.
And I swear by the stars that hide,That move swiftly and hide,And by the darkening night,And by the breath of dawn,—Verily this is the word of a noble messenger,Strong, firm in the favour of the Lord of the Throne,Obeyed and trusted.And your companion is not mad:Of a surety he saw [the Angel] on the clear horizon:And he is not mistrusted as to the unseen,Nor is his the speech of a pelted devil.Then whither go ye?Verily this is but a Reminder to the worlds,To whomsoever of you chooseth to walk aright:But ye shall not choose it, except God choose it, the Lord of the worlds.
And I swear by the stars that hide,
That move swiftly and hide,
And by the darkening night,
And by the breath of dawn,—
Verily this is the word of a noble messenger,
Strong, firm in the favour of the Lord of the Throne,
Obeyed and trusted.
And your companion is not mad:
Of a surety he saw [the Angel] on the clear horizon:
And he is not mistrusted as to the unseen,
Nor is his the speech of a pelted devil.
Then whither go ye?
Verily this is but a Reminder to the worlds,
To whomsoever of you chooseth to walk aright:
But ye shall not choose it, except God choose it, the Lord of the worlds.
(lxxxi.)
THE NEWS.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Of what do they question together?Of the greatNews,About which they dispute?Nay, but they shall know!Again,—Nay, but they shall know!Have we not made the earth as a bed?And the mountains as tent-pegs?And created you in pairs,And made your sleep for rest,And made the night for a mantle,And made the day for bread-winning,And built above you seven firmaments,And put therein a burning lamp,And sent down water pouring from the squeezed cloudsTo bring forth grain and herb withal,And gardens thick with trees?Lo! the Day of Decision is appointed—The day when there shall be a blowing of the trumpet, and ye shall come in troops,And the heavens shall be opened, and be full of gates,And the mountains shall be removed, and turn into mist.Verily Hell lieth in wait,The goal for rebels,To abide therein for ages;They shall not taste therein coolness nor drink,Save scalding water and running sores,—A meet reward!Verily they did not expect the reckoning,And they denied our signs with lies;But everything have we recorded in a book:—“Taste then: for we will only add torment to you.”Verily for the pious is a place of joy,Gardens and vineyards,And full-bosomed girls, their mates,And a cup brimming over:There shall they hear neither folly nor lying;—A reward of thy Lord—a gift sufficient,Of the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of what is between them, the Merciful!They shall not obtain speech of him:—On the day when the Spirit and the Angels shall stand in ranks, they shall have no utterance, save he to whom the Merciful shall give leave, and who speaketh rightly.That is the day of truth! Then he that chooseth, let him make for his Lord as his goal.Verily we warn you of torment nigh at hand;On the day when man shall see what his hands have sent before him, and the unbeliever shall say, “Oh! that I were dust.”(lxxviii.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Of what do they question together?Of the greatNews,About which they dispute?Nay, but they shall know!Again,—Nay, but they shall know!Have we not made the earth as a bed?And the mountains as tent-pegs?And created you in pairs,And made your sleep for rest,And made the night for a mantle,And made the day for bread-winning,And built above you seven firmaments,And put therein a burning lamp,And sent down water pouring from the squeezed cloudsTo bring forth grain and herb withal,And gardens thick with trees?Lo! the Day of Decision is appointed—The day when there shall be a blowing of the trumpet, and ye shall come in troops,And the heavens shall be opened, and be full of gates,And the mountains shall be removed, and turn into mist.Verily Hell lieth in wait,The goal for rebels,To abide therein for ages;They shall not taste therein coolness nor drink,Save scalding water and running sores,—A meet reward!Verily they did not expect the reckoning,And they denied our signs with lies;But everything have we recorded in a book:—“Taste then: for we will only add torment to you.”Verily for the pious is a place of joy,Gardens and vineyards,And full-bosomed girls, their mates,And a cup brimming over:There shall they hear neither folly nor lying;—A reward of thy Lord—a gift sufficient,Of the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of what is between them, the Merciful!They shall not obtain speech of him:—On the day when the Spirit and the Angels shall stand in ranks, they shall have no utterance, save he to whom the Merciful shall give leave, and who speaketh rightly.That is the day of truth! Then he that chooseth, let him make for his Lord as his goal.Verily we warn you of torment nigh at hand;On the day when man shall see what his hands have sent before him, and the unbeliever shall say, “Oh! that I were dust.”
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Of what do they question together?Of the greatNews,About which they dispute?Nay, but they shall know!Again,—Nay, but they shall know!Have we not made the earth as a bed?And the mountains as tent-pegs?And created you in pairs,And made your sleep for rest,And made the night for a mantle,And made the day for bread-winning,And built above you seven firmaments,And put therein a burning lamp,And sent down water pouring from the squeezed cloudsTo bring forth grain and herb withal,And gardens thick with trees?
Of what do they question together?
Of the greatNews,
About which they dispute?
Nay, but they shall know!
Again,—Nay, but they shall know!
Have we not made the earth as a bed?
And the mountains as tent-pegs?
And created you in pairs,
And made your sleep for rest,
And made the night for a mantle,
And made the day for bread-winning,
And built above you seven firmaments,
And put therein a burning lamp,
And sent down water pouring from the squeezed clouds
To bring forth grain and herb withal,
And gardens thick with trees?
Lo! the Day of Decision is appointed—The day when there shall be a blowing of the trumpet, and ye shall come in troops,And the heavens shall be opened, and be full of gates,And the mountains shall be removed, and turn into mist.Verily Hell lieth in wait,The goal for rebels,To abide therein for ages;They shall not taste therein coolness nor drink,Save scalding water and running sores,—A meet reward!Verily they did not expect the reckoning,And they denied our signs with lies;But everything have we recorded in a book:—“Taste then: for we will only add torment to you.”Verily for the pious is a place of joy,Gardens and vineyards,And full-bosomed girls, their mates,And a cup brimming over:There shall they hear neither folly nor lying;—A reward of thy Lord—a gift sufficient,Of the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of what is between them, the Merciful!They shall not obtain speech of him:—On the day when the Spirit and the Angels shall stand in ranks, they shall have no utterance, save he to whom the Merciful shall give leave, and who speaketh rightly.That is the day of truth! Then he that chooseth, let him make for his Lord as his goal.Verily we warn you of torment nigh at hand;On the day when man shall see what his hands have sent before him, and the unbeliever shall say, “Oh! that I were dust.”
Lo! the Day of Decision is appointed—
The day when there shall be a blowing of the trumpet, and ye shall come in troops,
And the heavens shall be opened, and be full of gates,
And the mountains shall be removed, and turn into mist.
Verily Hell lieth in wait,
The goal for rebels,
To abide therein for ages;
They shall not taste therein coolness nor drink,
Save scalding water and running sores,—
A meet reward!
Verily they did not expect the reckoning,
And they denied our signs with lies;
But everything have we recorded in a book:—
“Taste then: for we will only add torment to you.”
Verily for the pious is a place of joy,
Gardens and vineyards,
And full-bosomed girls, their mates,
And a cup brimming over:
There shall they hear neither folly nor lying;—
A reward of thy Lord—a gift sufficient,
Of the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of what is between them, the Merciful!
They shall not obtain speech of him:—
On the day when the Spirit and the Angels shall stand in ranks, they shall have no utterance, save he to whom the Merciful shall give leave, and who speaketh rightly.
That is the day of truth! Then he that chooseth, let him make for his Lord as his goal.
Verily we warn you of torment nigh at hand;
On the day when man shall see what his hands have sent before him, and the unbeliever shall say, “Oh! that I were dust.”
(lxxviii.)
THE FACT.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.When theFactbecomes fact,None shall deny it is a fact,—Abasing,—exalting!When the earth shall be shaken in a shock,And the mountains shall be powdered in powder,And become like flying dust,And ye shall be three kinds.Then the people of the right hand—what people of good omen!And the people of the left hand—what people of ill omen!And the outstrippers, still outstripping:—These are the nearest [to God],In gardens of delight;A crowd of the men of yore,And a few of the latter days;Upon inwrought couches,Reclining thereon face to face.Youths ever young shall go unto them round aboutWith goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine,—Their heads shall not ache with it, neither shall they be confused;And fruits of their choice,And flesh of birds to their desire;And damsels with bright eyes like hidden pearls,—A reward for what they have wrought.They shall hear no folly therein, nor any sin,But only the greeting, “Peace! peace!”And the people of the right hand—what people of good omen!Amid thornless lote-trees,And bananas laden with fruit,And shade outspread,And water flowing,And fruit abundant,Never failing, nor forbidden,And wives exalted—Verily we produced them speciallyAnd made them virgins,Amorous, of equal age,For the people of the right hand,—A crowd of the men of yore,And a crowd of the latter days.But the people of the left hand—what people of ill omen!—Amid burning wind and scalding water,And a shade of black smoke,Not cool or grateful!Verily, before that, they were prosperous;But they persisted in the most grievous sin,And used to say,“When we have died, and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised again,And our fathers the men of yore?”Say: Verily those of yore and of the latter daysShall surely be gathered to the trysting-place of a day which is known.Then ye, O ye who err and call it a lie,Shall surely eat of the tree of Zakkūm,And fill your bellies with it,And drink upon it scalding water,—Drink like the thirsty camel:—This shall be their entertainment on the Day of Judgment!It is we who created you; why then will ye not believe?Have ye considered the germs of life—Is it ye who create them, or are we the creators?It is we who have decreed death among you; yet are we not debarredFrom changing you for your likes, or producing you how ye know not.But ye have known the first creation: why will ye not mind?Have ye considered what ye sow?Is it ye who raise it, or are we the raisers thereof?If we pleased we could surely make it dry, so that ye would stop and marvel, [saying]“We have spent, yet we are forbidden [the fruits].”Have ye considered the water ye drink?Is it ye who send it down from the clouds, or do we send it down?If we pleased we could make it salt; why will ye not be thankful?Have ye considered the fire which ye kindle?Is it ye who make the wood that produces it, or do we make it?It is we who have made it for a reminder and a benefit to the traveller.Then magnify the name of thy Lord the Most Great.And I swear by the setting-places of the stars,And that, if ye knew it, is verily a mighty oath,Verily this is the honourable Korān,Written in the preserved Book:Let none touch it but the purified,—A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.Will ye then disdain this discourse,And make it your daily bread to discredit it?Why then when the dying man’s soul has come up to his throat,And ye at the moment are watching,—And we are nearer to him than ye, although ye see us not,—Why, if ye are to have no Judgment,Do ye not cause that soul to return, if ye speak the truth?But if he be one of those brought nearest to God,There is rest for him and sweet odour and a garden of delights.And if he be of the people of the right hand,[He shall be greeted with] “Peace to thee,” from the people of the right.And if he be of those who call it a lie,The erring,Then an entertainment of scalding water,And broiling in Hell.Verily this is assured truth!So magnify the name of thy Lord the Most Great.(lvi.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.When theFactbecomes fact,None shall deny it is a fact,—Abasing,—exalting!When the earth shall be shaken in a shock,And the mountains shall be powdered in powder,And become like flying dust,And ye shall be three kinds.Then the people of the right hand—what people of good omen!And the people of the left hand—what people of ill omen!And the outstrippers, still outstripping:—These are the nearest [to God],In gardens of delight;A crowd of the men of yore,And a few of the latter days;Upon inwrought couches,Reclining thereon face to face.Youths ever young shall go unto them round aboutWith goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine,—Their heads shall not ache with it, neither shall they be confused;And fruits of their choice,And flesh of birds to their desire;And damsels with bright eyes like hidden pearls,—A reward for what they have wrought.They shall hear no folly therein, nor any sin,But only the greeting, “Peace! peace!”And the people of the right hand—what people of good omen!Amid thornless lote-trees,And bananas laden with fruit,And shade outspread,And water flowing,And fruit abundant,Never failing, nor forbidden,And wives exalted—Verily we produced them speciallyAnd made them virgins,Amorous, of equal age,For the people of the right hand,—A crowd of the men of yore,And a crowd of the latter days.But the people of the left hand—what people of ill omen!—Amid burning wind and scalding water,And a shade of black smoke,Not cool or grateful!Verily, before that, they were prosperous;But they persisted in the most grievous sin,And used to say,“When we have died, and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised again,And our fathers the men of yore?”Say: Verily those of yore and of the latter daysShall surely be gathered to the trysting-place of a day which is known.Then ye, O ye who err and call it a lie,Shall surely eat of the tree of Zakkūm,And fill your bellies with it,And drink upon it scalding water,—Drink like the thirsty camel:—This shall be their entertainment on the Day of Judgment!It is we who created you; why then will ye not believe?Have ye considered the germs of life—Is it ye who create them, or are we the creators?It is we who have decreed death among you; yet are we not debarredFrom changing you for your likes, or producing you how ye know not.But ye have known the first creation: why will ye not mind?Have ye considered what ye sow?Is it ye who raise it, or are we the raisers thereof?If we pleased we could surely make it dry, so that ye would stop and marvel, [saying]“We have spent, yet we are forbidden [the fruits].”Have ye considered the water ye drink?Is it ye who send it down from the clouds, or do we send it down?If we pleased we could make it salt; why will ye not be thankful?Have ye considered the fire which ye kindle?Is it ye who make the wood that produces it, or do we make it?It is we who have made it for a reminder and a benefit to the traveller.Then magnify the name of thy Lord the Most Great.And I swear by the setting-places of the stars,And that, if ye knew it, is verily a mighty oath,Verily this is the honourable Korān,Written in the preserved Book:Let none touch it but the purified,—A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.Will ye then disdain this discourse,And make it your daily bread to discredit it?Why then when the dying man’s soul has come up to his throat,And ye at the moment are watching,—And we are nearer to him than ye, although ye see us not,—Why, if ye are to have no Judgment,Do ye not cause that soul to return, if ye speak the truth?But if he be one of those brought nearest to God,There is rest for him and sweet odour and a garden of delights.And if he be of the people of the right hand,[He shall be greeted with] “Peace to thee,” from the people of the right.And if he be of those who call it a lie,The erring,Then an entertainment of scalding water,And broiling in Hell.Verily this is assured truth!So magnify the name of thy Lord the Most Great.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
When theFactbecomes fact,None shall deny it is a fact,—Abasing,—exalting!When the earth shall be shaken in a shock,And the mountains shall be powdered in powder,And become like flying dust,And ye shall be three kinds.
When theFactbecomes fact,
None shall deny it is a fact,—
Abasing,—exalting!
When the earth shall be shaken in a shock,
And the mountains shall be powdered in powder,
And become like flying dust,
And ye shall be three kinds.
Then the people of the right hand—what people of good omen!And the people of the left hand—what people of ill omen!And the outstrippers, still outstripping:—These are the nearest [to God],In gardens of delight;A crowd of the men of yore,And a few of the latter days;Upon inwrought couches,Reclining thereon face to face.Youths ever young shall go unto them round aboutWith goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine,—Their heads shall not ache with it, neither shall they be confused;And fruits of their choice,And flesh of birds to their desire;And damsels with bright eyes like hidden pearls,—A reward for what they have wrought.They shall hear no folly therein, nor any sin,But only the greeting, “Peace! peace!”
Then the people of the right hand—what people of good omen!
And the people of the left hand—what people of ill omen!
And the outstrippers, still outstripping:—
These are the nearest [to God],
In gardens of delight;
A crowd of the men of yore,
And a few of the latter days;
Upon inwrought couches,
Reclining thereon face to face.
Youths ever young shall go unto them round about
With goblets and ewers and a cup of flowing wine,—
Their heads shall not ache with it, neither shall they be confused;
And fruits of their choice,
And flesh of birds to their desire;
And damsels with bright eyes like hidden pearls,—
A reward for what they have wrought.
They shall hear no folly therein, nor any sin,
But only the greeting, “Peace! peace!”
And the people of the right hand—what people of good omen!Amid thornless lote-trees,And bananas laden with fruit,And shade outspread,And water flowing,And fruit abundant,Never failing, nor forbidden,And wives exalted—Verily we produced them speciallyAnd made them virgins,Amorous, of equal age,For the people of the right hand,—A crowd of the men of yore,And a crowd of the latter days.But the people of the left hand—what people of ill omen!—Amid burning wind and scalding water,And a shade of black smoke,Not cool or grateful!Verily, before that, they were prosperous;But they persisted in the most grievous sin,And used to say,“When we have died, and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised again,And our fathers the men of yore?”Say: Verily those of yore and of the latter daysShall surely be gathered to the trysting-place of a day which is known.Then ye, O ye who err and call it a lie,Shall surely eat of the tree of Zakkūm,And fill your bellies with it,And drink upon it scalding water,—Drink like the thirsty camel:—This shall be their entertainment on the Day of Judgment!
And the people of the right hand—what people of good omen!
Amid thornless lote-trees,
And bananas laden with fruit,
And shade outspread,
And water flowing,
And fruit abundant,
Never failing, nor forbidden,
And wives exalted—
Verily we produced them specially
And made them virgins,
Amorous, of equal age,
For the people of the right hand,—
A crowd of the men of yore,
And a crowd of the latter days.
But the people of the left hand—what people of ill omen!—
Amid burning wind and scalding water,
And a shade of black smoke,
Not cool or grateful!
Verily, before that, they were prosperous;
But they persisted in the most grievous sin,
And used to say,
“When we have died, and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised again,
And our fathers the men of yore?”
Say: Verily those of yore and of the latter days
Shall surely be gathered to the trysting-place of a day which is known.
Then ye, O ye who err and call it a lie,
Shall surely eat of the tree of Zakkūm,
And fill your bellies with it,
And drink upon it scalding water,—
Drink like the thirsty camel:—
This shall be their entertainment on the Day of Judgment!
It is we who created you; why then will ye not believe?Have ye considered the germs of life—Is it ye who create them, or are we the creators?It is we who have decreed death among you; yet are we not debarredFrom changing you for your likes, or producing you how ye know not.But ye have known the first creation: why will ye not mind?Have ye considered what ye sow?Is it ye who raise it, or are we the raisers thereof?If we pleased we could surely make it dry, so that ye would stop and marvel, [saying]“We have spent, yet we are forbidden [the fruits].”Have ye considered the water ye drink?Is it ye who send it down from the clouds, or do we send it down?If we pleased we could make it salt; why will ye not be thankful?Have ye considered the fire which ye kindle?Is it ye who make the wood that produces it, or do we make it?It is we who have made it for a reminder and a benefit to the traveller.Then magnify the name of thy Lord the Most Great.
It is we who created you; why then will ye not believe?
Have ye considered the germs of life—
Is it ye who create them, or are we the creators?
It is we who have decreed death among you; yet are we not debarred
From changing you for your likes, or producing you how ye know not.
But ye have known the first creation: why will ye not mind?
Have ye considered what ye sow?
Is it ye who raise it, or are we the raisers thereof?
If we pleased we could surely make it dry, so that ye would stop and marvel, [saying]
“We have spent, yet we are forbidden [the fruits].”
Have ye considered the water ye drink?
Is it ye who send it down from the clouds, or do we send it down?
If we pleased we could make it salt; why will ye not be thankful?
Have ye considered the fire which ye kindle?
Is it ye who make the wood that produces it, or do we make it?
It is we who have made it for a reminder and a benefit to the traveller.
Then magnify the name of thy Lord the Most Great.
And I swear by the setting-places of the stars,And that, if ye knew it, is verily a mighty oath,Verily this is the honourable Korān,Written in the preserved Book:Let none touch it but the purified,—A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.Will ye then disdain this discourse,And make it your daily bread to discredit it?Why then when the dying man’s soul has come up to his throat,And ye at the moment are watching,—And we are nearer to him than ye, although ye see us not,—Why, if ye are to have no Judgment,Do ye not cause that soul to return, if ye speak the truth?But if he be one of those brought nearest to God,There is rest for him and sweet odour and a garden of delights.And if he be of the people of the right hand,[He shall be greeted with] “Peace to thee,” from the people of the right.And if he be of those who call it a lie,The erring,Then an entertainment of scalding water,And broiling in Hell.Verily this is assured truth!So magnify the name of thy Lord the Most Great.
And I swear by the setting-places of the stars,
And that, if ye knew it, is verily a mighty oath,
Verily this is the honourable Korān,
Written in the preserved Book:
Let none touch it but the purified,—
A revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
Will ye then disdain this discourse,
And make it your daily bread to discredit it?
Why then when the dying man’s soul has come up to his throat,
And ye at the moment are watching,—
And we are nearer to him than ye, although ye see us not,—
Why, if ye are to have no Judgment,
Do ye not cause that soul to return, if ye speak the truth?
But if he be one of those brought nearest to God,
There is rest for him and sweet odour and a garden of delights.
And if he be of the people of the right hand,
[He shall be greeted with] “Peace to thee,” from the people of the right.
And if he be of those who call it a lie,
The erring,
Then an entertainment of scalding water,
And broiling in Hell.
Verily this is assured truth!
So magnify the name of thy Lord the Most Great.
(lvi.)
THE MERCIFUL.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.The mercifulhath taught the Korān;He created man,Taught him clear speech;The sun and the moon in their courses,And the plants and the trees do homage.And the Heaven, He raised it, and appointed the balance.(That ye should not transgress in the balance:—But weigh ye justly and stint not the balance.)And the Earth, He prepared it for living things,Therein is fruit, and the palm with sheaths,And grain with its husk, and the fragrant herb:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He created man of clay like a pot,And He created the Jinn of clear fire:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Lord of the two Easts,And Lord of the two Wests:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He has let loose the two seas which meet together;Yet between them is a barrier they cannot pass:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He bringeth up therefrom pearls great and small:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And His are the ships towering on the sea like mountains:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?All on the earth passeth away,But the face of thy Lord abideth endued with majesty and honour:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?All things in the Heaven and Earth supplicate Him, every day is He at work:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?We will apply ourselves to you, O ye two notables:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?O company of Jinn and men, if ye are able to compass the boundaries of the Heavens and of the Earth, then compass them; but ye shall not compass them, save in our might:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?There shall be shot at you a flash of fire and molten brass; ye cannot defend yourselves:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And when the Heaven shall be rent and become rosy like a red hide:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?On that day neither man nor Jinn shall be asked about their sin:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?The sinners shall be known by their signs, and they shall be seized by the forelock and the feet:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?“This is Hell which the sinners took for a lie,”To and fro shall they wander between it and water scalding hot:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?But for him who feareth the majesty of his Lord [shall be] two gardens:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?With trees branched over:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And therein two flowing wells:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And therein of every fruit two kinds:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Reclining on couches with linings of brocade and the fruit of the gardens to their hand:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein the shy-eyed maidens neither man nor Jinn hath touched before:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Like rubies and pearls:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Shall the reward of good be aught but good?Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And beside these shall be two other gardens:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Dark green in hue:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?With gushing wells therein:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein fruit and palm and pomegranate:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein the best and comeliest maids:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Bright-eyed, kept in tents:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Man hath not touched them before, nor Jinn:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Reclining on green cushions and fine carpets:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Blessed be the name of thy Lord endued with majesty and honour.(lv.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.The mercifulhath taught the Korān;He created man,Taught him clear speech;The sun and the moon in their courses,And the plants and the trees do homage.And the Heaven, He raised it, and appointed the balance.(That ye should not transgress in the balance:—But weigh ye justly and stint not the balance.)And the Earth, He prepared it for living things,Therein is fruit, and the palm with sheaths,And grain with its husk, and the fragrant herb:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He created man of clay like a pot,And He created the Jinn of clear fire:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Lord of the two Easts,And Lord of the two Wests:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He has let loose the two seas which meet together;Yet between them is a barrier they cannot pass:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He bringeth up therefrom pearls great and small:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And His are the ships towering on the sea like mountains:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?All on the earth passeth away,But the face of thy Lord abideth endued with majesty and honour:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?All things in the Heaven and Earth supplicate Him, every day is He at work:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?We will apply ourselves to you, O ye two notables:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?O company of Jinn and men, if ye are able to compass the boundaries of the Heavens and of the Earth, then compass them; but ye shall not compass them, save in our might:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?There shall be shot at you a flash of fire and molten brass; ye cannot defend yourselves:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And when the Heaven shall be rent and become rosy like a red hide:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?On that day neither man nor Jinn shall be asked about their sin:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?The sinners shall be known by their signs, and they shall be seized by the forelock and the feet:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?“This is Hell which the sinners took for a lie,”To and fro shall they wander between it and water scalding hot:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?But for him who feareth the majesty of his Lord [shall be] two gardens:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?With trees branched over:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And therein two flowing wells:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And therein of every fruit two kinds:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Reclining on couches with linings of brocade and the fruit of the gardens to their hand:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein the shy-eyed maidens neither man nor Jinn hath touched before:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Like rubies and pearls:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Shall the reward of good be aught but good?Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And beside these shall be two other gardens:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Dark green in hue:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?With gushing wells therein:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein fruit and palm and pomegranate:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein the best and comeliest maids:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Bright-eyed, kept in tents:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Man hath not touched them before, nor Jinn:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Reclining on green cushions and fine carpets:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Blessed be the name of thy Lord endued with majesty and honour.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
The mercifulhath taught the Korān;He created man,Taught him clear speech;The sun and the moon in their courses,And the plants and the trees do homage.And the Heaven, He raised it, and appointed the balance.(That ye should not transgress in the balance:—But weigh ye justly and stint not the balance.)And the Earth, He prepared it for living things,Therein is fruit, and the palm with sheaths,And grain with its husk, and the fragrant herb:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He created man of clay like a pot,And He created the Jinn of clear fire:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Lord of the two Easts,And Lord of the two Wests:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He has let loose the two seas which meet together;Yet between them is a barrier they cannot pass:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?He bringeth up therefrom pearls great and small:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And His are the ships towering on the sea like mountains:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?All on the earth passeth away,But the face of thy Lord abideth endued with majesty and honour:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?All things in the Heaven and Earth supplicate Him, every day is He at work:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?We will apply ourselves to you, O ye two notables:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?O company of Jinn and men, if ye are able to compass the boundaries of the Heavens and of the Earth, then compass them; but ye shall not compass them, save in our might:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?There shall be shot at you a flash of fire and molten brass; ye cannot defend yourselves:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And when the Heaven shall be rent and become rosy like a red hide:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?On that day neither man nor Jinn shall be asked about their sin:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?The sinners shall be known by their signs, and they shall be seized by the forelock and the feet:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?“This is Hell which the sinners took for a lie,”To and fro shall they wander between it and water scalding hot:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?But for him who feareth the majesty of his Lord [shall be] two gardens:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?With trees branched over:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And therein two flowing wells:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And therein of every fruit two kinds:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Reclining on couches with linings of brocade and the fruit of the gardens to their hand:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein the shy-eyed maidens neither man nor Jinn hath touched before:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Like rubies and pearls:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Shall the reward of good be aught but good?Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?And beside these shall be two other gardens:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Dark green in hue:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?With gushing wells therein:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein fruit and palm and pomegranate:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Therein the best and comeliest maids:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Bright-eyed, kept in tents:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Man hath not touched them before, nor Jinn:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Reclining on green cushions and fine carpets:Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?Blessed be the name of thy Lord endued with majesty and honour.
The mercifulhath taught the Korān;
He created man,
Taught him clear speech;
The sun and the moon in their courses,
And the plants and the trees do homage.
And the Heaven, He raised it, and appointed the balance.
(That ye should not transgress in the balance:—
But weigh ye justly and stint not the balance.)
And the Earth, He prepared it for living things,
Therein is fruit, and the palm with sheaths,
And grain with its husk, and the fragrant herb:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
He created man of clay like a pot,
And He created the Jinn of clear fire:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Lord of the two Easts,
And Lord of the two Wests:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
He has let loose the two seas which meet together;
Yet between them is a barrier they cannot pass:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
He bringeth up therefrom pearls great and small:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And His are the ships towering on the sea like mountains:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
All on the earth passeth away,
But the face of thy Lord abideth endued with majesty and honour:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
All things in the Heaven and Earth supplicate Him, every day is He at work:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
We will apply ourselves to you, O ye two notables:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
O company of Jinn and men, if ye are able to compass the boundaries of the Heavens and of the Earth, then compass them; but ye shall not compass them, save in our might:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
There shall be shot at you a flash of fire and molten brass; ye cannot defend yourselves:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And when the Heaven shall be rent and become rosy like a red hide:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
On that day neither man nor Jinn shall be asked about their sin:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
The sinners shall be known by their signs, and they shall be seized by the forelock and the feet:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
“This is Hell which the sinners took for a lie,”
To and fro shall they wander between it and water scalding hot:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
But for him who feareth the majesty of his Lord [shall be] two gardens:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
With trees branched over:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And therein two flowing wells:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And therein of every fruit two kinds:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Reclining on couches with linings of brocade and the fruit of the gardens to their hand:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Therein the shy-eyed maidens neither man nor Jinn hath touched before:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Like rubies and pearls:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Shall the reward of good be aught but good?
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And beside these shall be two other gardens:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Dark green in hue:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
With gushing wells therein:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Therein fruit and palm and pomegranate:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Therein the best and comeliest maids:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Bright-eyed, kept in tents:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Man hath not touched them before, nor Jinn:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Reclining on green cushions and fine carpets:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Blessed be the name of thy Lord endued with majesty and honour.
(lv.)
THE UNITY.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Say: He isOneGod;God the Eternal.He begetteth not, nor is begotten;Nor is there one like unto Him.(cxii.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Say: He isOneGod;God the Eternal.He begetteth not, nor is begotten;Nor is there one like unto Him.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Say: He isOneGod;God the Eternal.He begetteth not, nor is begotten;Nor is there one like unto Him.
Say: He isOneGod;
God the Eternal.
He begetteth not, nor is begotten;
Nor is there one like unto Him.
(cxii.)
THE FĀTIHAH.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds!The Compassionate, the Merciful!King of the day of judgment!Thee we worship, and Thee we ask for help.Guide us in the straight way,The way of those to whom Thou art gracious;Not of those upon whom is Thy wrath nor of the erring.(i.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds!The Compassionate, the Merciful!King of the day of judgment!Thee we worship, and Thee we ask for help.Guide us in the straight way,The way of those to whom Thou art gracious;Not of those upon whom is Thy wrath nor of the erring.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds!The Compassionate, the Merciful!King of the day of judgment!Thee we worship, and Thee we ask for help.Guide us in the straight way,The way of those to whom Thou art gracious;Not of those upon whom is Thy wrath nor of the erring.
Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds!
The Compassionate, the Merciful!
King of the day of judgment!
Thee we worship, and Thee we ask for help.
Guide us in the straight way,
The way of those to whom Thou art gracious;
Not of those upon whom is Thy wrath nor of the erring.
(i.)
THE SPEECHES AT MEKKAII. THE RHETORICAL PERIODAet.44-46a.d.613-615
THE KINGDOM.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Blessed be He in whose hand is theKingdom: and He is powerful over all;Who created death and life to prove you which of you is best in actions, and He is the Mighty, the Very Forgiving;Who hath created seven heavens in stages: thou seest no fault in the creation of the Merciful; but lift up thine eyes again; dost thou see any cracks?Then lift up the eyes again twice; thy sight will recoil to thee dazzled and dim.Moreover, we have decked the lower heaven with lamps, and have made them for pelting the devils, and we have prepared for them the torment of the flame.And for those who disbelieve in their Lord, the torment of Hell: and evil the journey to it!When they shall be cast into it, they shall hark to its braying as it boileth;—It shall well-nigh burst with fury! Every time a troop is thrown into it, its keepers shall ask them, “Did not a warner come to you?”They shall say, “Yea! a warner came to us; but we took him for a liar, and said, ‘God hath not sent down anything. Verily, ye are only in great error.’”And they shall say, “Had we but hearkened or understood, we had not been among the people of the flame!”And they will confess their sins: so a curse on the people of the flame!Verily they who fear their Lord in secret, for them is forgiveness—a great reward.And whether ye hide your speech, or say it aloud, verily He knoweth well the secrets of the breast!What! shall He not know, who created? and He is the subtle, the well-aware!It is He who hath made the earth smooth for you: so walk on its sides, and eat of what He hath provided—and unto Him shall be the resurrection.Are ye sure that He who is in the Heaven will not make the earth sink with you? and behold, it shall quake!Or are ye sure that He who is in the Heaven will not send against you a sand-storm,—so shall ye know about the warning!And assuredly those who were before them called it a lie, and how was it with their denial?Or do they not look up at the birds over their heads, flapping their wings? None supporteth them but the Merciful: verily He seeth all.Who is it that will be a host for you, to defend you, if not the Merciful? verily the unbelievers are in naught but delusion!Who is it that will provide for you, if He withhold His provision? Nay, they persist in pride and running away!Is he, then, who goeth grovelling on his face better guided than he who goeth upright on a straight path?Say: it is He who produced you and made you hearing and sight and heart—little are ye thankful!Say: it is He who sowed you in the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered.But they say, “When shall this threat be, if ye are speakers of truth?”Say: the knowledge thereof is with God alone, and I am naught but a plain warner.But when they shall see it nigh, the countenance of those who disbelieved shall be evil,—and it shall be said, “This is what ye called for.”Say: Have ye considered—whether God destroy me and those with me, or whether we win mercy—still who will save the unbelievers from aching torment?Say: He is the Merciful: we believe in Him, and in Him we put our trust—and ye shall soon know which it is that is in manifest error!Say: Have ye considered if your waters should sink away to-morrow, who will bring you running water?(lxvii.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Blessed be He in whose hand is theKingdom: and He is powerful over all;Who created death and life to prove you which of you is best in actions, and He is the Mighty, the Very Forgiving;Who hath created seven heavens in stages: thou seest no fault in the creation of the Merciful; but lift up thine eyes again; dost thou see any cracks?Then lift up the eyes again twice; thy sight will recoil to thee dazzled and dim.Moreover, we have decked the lower heaven with lamps, and have made them for pelting the devils, and we have prepared for them the torment of the flame.And for those who disbelieve in their Lord, the torment of Hell: and evil the journey to it!When they shall be cast into it, they shall hark to its braying as it boileth;—It shall well-nigh burst with fury! Every time a troop is thrown into it, its keepers shall ask them, “Did not a warner come to you?”They shall say, “Yea! a warner came to us; but we took him for a liar, and said, ‘God hath not sent down anything. Verily, ye are only in great error.’”And they shall say, “Had we but hearkened or understood, we had not been among the people of the flame!”And they will confess their sins: so a curse on the people of the flame!Verily they who fear their Lord in secret, for them is forgiveness—a great reward.And whether ye hide your speech, or say it aloud, verily He knoweth well the secrets of the breast!What! shall He not know, who created? and He is the subtle, the well-aware!It is He who hath made the earth smooth for you: so walk on its sides, and eat of what He hath provided—and unto Him shall be the resurrection.Are ye sure that He who is in the Heaven will not make the earth sink with you? and behold, it shall quake!Or are ye sure that He who is in the Heaven will not send against you a sand-storm,—so shall ye know about the warning!And assuredly those who were before them called it a lie, and how was it with their denial?Or do they not look up at the birds over their heads, flapping their wings? None supporteth them but the Merciful: verily He seeth all.Who is it that will be a host for you, to defend you, if not the Merciful? verily the unbelievers are in naught but delusion!Who is it that will provide for you, if He withhold His provision? Nay, they persist in pride and running away!Is he, then, who goeth grovelling on his face better guided than he who goeth upright on a straight path?Say: it is He who produced you and made you hearing and sight and heart—little are ye thankful!Say: it is He who sowed you in the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered.But they say, “When shall this threat be, if ye are speakers of truth?”Say: the knowledge thereof is with God alone, and I am naught but a plain warner.But when they shall see it nigh, the countenance of those who disbelieved shall be evil,—and it shall be said, “This is what ye called for.”Say: Have ye considered—whether God destroy me and those with me, or whether we win mercy—still who will save the unbelievers from aching torment?Say: He is the Merciful: we believe in Him, and in Him we put our trust—and ye shall soon know which it is that is in manifest error!Say: Have ye considered if your waters should sink away to-morrow, who will bring you running water?
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Blessed be He in whose hand is theKingdom: and He is powerful over all;Who created death and life to prove you which of you is best in actions, and He is the Mighty, the Very Forgiving;Who hath created seven heavens in stages: thou seest no fault in the creation of the Merciful; but lift up thine eyes again; dost thou see any cracks?Then lift up the eyes again twice; thy sight will recoil to thee dazzled and dim.Moreover, we have decked the lower heaven with lamps, and have made them for pelting the devils, and we have prepared for them the torment of the flame.And for those who disbelieve in their Lord, the torment of Hell: and evil the journey to it!When they shall be cast into it, they shall hark to its braying as it boileth;—It shall well-nigh burst with fury! Every time a troop is thrown into it, its keepers shall ask them, “Did not a warner come to you?”They shall say, “Yea! a warner came to us; but we took him for a liar, and said, ‘God hath not sent down anything. Verily, ye are only in great error.’”And they shall say, “Had we but hearkened or understood, we had not been among the people of the flame!”And they will confess their sins: so a curse on the people of the flame!Verily they who fear their Lord in secret, for them is forgiveness—a great reward.And whether ye hide your speech, or say it aloud, verily He knoweth well the secrets of the breast!What! shall He not know, who created? and He is the subtle, the well-aware!It is He who hath made the earth smooth for you: so walk on its sides, and eat of what He hath provided—and unto Him shall be the resurrection.Are ye sure that He who is in the Heaven will not make the earth sink with you? and behold, it shall quake!Or are ye sure that He who is in the Heaven will not send against you a sand-storm,—so shall ye know about the warning!And assuredly those who were before them called it a lie, and how was it with their denial?Or do they not look up at the birds over their heads, flapping their wings? None supporteth them but the Merciful: verily He seeth all.Who is it that will be a host for you, to defend you, if not the Merciful? verily the unbelievers are in naught but delusion!Who is it that will provide for you, if He withhold His provision? Nay, they persist in pride and running away!Is he, then, who goeth grovelling on his face better guided than he who goeth upright on a straight path?Say: it is He who produced you and made you hearing and sight and heart—little are ye thankful!Say: it is He who sowed you in the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered.But they say, “When shall this threat be, if ye are speakers of truth?”Say: the knowledge thereof is with God alone, and I am naught but a plain warner.But when they shall see it nigh, the countenance of those who disbelieved shall be evil,—and it shall be said, “This is what ye called for.”Say: Have ye considered—whether God destroy me and those with me, or whether we win mercy—still who will save the unbelievers from aching torment?Say: He is the Merciful: we believe in Him, and in Him we put our trust—and ye shall soon know which it is that is in manifest error!Say: Have ye considered if your waters should sink away to-morrow, who will bring you running water?
Blessed be He in whose hand is theKingdom: and He is powerful over all;
Who created death and life to prove you which of you is best in actions, and He is the Mighty, the Very Forgiving;
Who hath created seven heavens in stages: thou seest no fault in the creation of the Merciful; but lift up thine eyes again; dost thou see any cracks?
Then lift up the eyes again twice; thy sight will recoil to thee dazzled and dim.
Moreover, we have decked the lower heaven with lamps, and have made them for pelting the devils, and we have prepared for them the torment of the flame.
And for those who disbelieve in their Lord, the torment of Hell: and evil the journey to it!
When they shall be cast into it, they shall hark to its braying as it boileth;—
It shall well-nigh burst with fury! Every time a troop is thrown into it, its keepers shall ask them, “Did not a warner come to you?”
They shall say, “Yea! a warner came to us; but we took him for a liar, and said, ‘God hath not sent down anything. Verily, ye are only in great error.’”
And they shall say, “Had we but hearkened or understood, we had not been among the people of the flame!”
And they will confess their sins: so a curse on the people of the flame!
Verily they who fear their Lord in secret, for them is forgiveness—a great reward.
And whether ye hide your speech, or say it aloud, verily He knoweth well the secrets of the breast!
What! shall He not know, who created? and He is the subtle, the well-aware!
It is He who hath made the earth smooth for you: so walk on its sides, and eat of what He hath provided—and unto Him shall be the resurrection.
Are ye sure that He who is in the Heaven will not make the earth sink with you? and behold, it shall quake!
Or are ye sure that He who is in the Heaven will not send against you a sand-storm,—so shall ye know about the warning!
And assuredly those who were before them called it a lie, and how was it with their denial?
Or do they not look up at the birds over their heads, flapping their wings? None supporteth them but the Merciful: verily He seeth all.
Who is it that will be a host for you, to defend you, if not the Merciful? verily the unbelievers are in naught but delusion!
Who is it that will provide for you, if He withhold His provision? Nay, they persist in pride and running away!
Is he, then, who goeth grovelling on his face better guided than he who goeth upright on a straight path?
Say: it is He who produced you and made you hearing and sight and heart—little are ye thankful!
Say: it is He who sowed you in the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered.
But they say, “When shall this threat be, if ye are speakers of truth?”
Say: the knowledge thereof is with God alone, and I am naught but a plain warner.
But when they shall see it nigh, the countenance of those who disbelieved shall be evil,—and it shall be said, “This is what ye called for.”
Say: Have ye considered—whether God destroy me and those with me, or whether we win mercy—still who will save the unbelievers from aching torment?
Say: He is the Merciful: we believe in Him, and in Him we put our trust—and ye shall soon know which it is that is in manifest error!
Say: Have ye considered if your waters should sink away to-morrow, who will bring you running water?
(lxvii.)
THE MOON.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.The Hour approacheth and themoonis cleft asunder.But if they see a sign they turn aside, and say “Useless magic!”And they call it a lie, and follow their own lusts:—but everything is ordained.Yet there came to them messages of forbiddance—Wisdom supreme—but warners serve not!Then turn from them: the Day when the Summoner shall summon to a matter of trouble,With eyes cast down shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts,Hurrying headlong to the summoner: the unbelievers shall say, “This is a hard day!”The people of Noah, before them, called it a lie, and they called our servant a liar, and said, “Mad!” and he was rejected.Then he besought his Lord, “Verily I am overpowered: defend me.”So we opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth,And we made the earth break out in springs, and the waters met by an order foreordained;And we carried him on a vessel of planks and nails,Which sailed on beneath our eyes;—a reward for him who had been disbelieved.And we left it as a sign; but doth any one mind?And what was my torment and warning?And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth anyone mind?Ad called it a lie;but what was my torment and warning?Lo, we sent against them a biting wind on a day of settled ill-luck.It tore men away as though they were trunks of palm-trees torn-up.But what was my torment and warning?And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?Thamūd called the warning a lie:And they said, “A single mortal from among ourselves shall we follow? verily then we should be in error and madness.Is the reminding committed to him alone among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar.”They shall know to-morrow about the insolent liar!Lo! we will send the she-camel to prove them: so mark them well, and be patient.And predict to them that the water shall be divided between themselves and her, every draught taken in turn.But they called their companion, and he took and hamstrung her—And what was my torment and warning?Lo! we sent against them one shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the hurdle-maker.And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?The people of Lot called the warning a lie;—Lo! we sent a sand-storm against them, except the family of Lot, whom we delivered at daybreakAs a favour from us; thus do we reward the thankful.And he had warned them of our attack, but they misdoubted the warning;And they sought his guests, so we put out their eyes.“So taste ye my torment and warning!”And in the morning there overtook them a punishment abiding.“So taste my torment and warning.”And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?And there came a warning to the people of Pharaoh:They called our signs all a lie: so we gripped them with the grip of omnipotent might.Are your unbelievers better men than those? Is there immunity for you in the Books?Do they say, “We are a company able to defend itself?”They shall all be routed, and turn their backs.Nay, but the Hour is their threatened time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter.Verily the sinners are in error and madness!One day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces: “Taste ye the touch of Hell.”Verily all things have we created by a decree,And our command is but one moment, like the twinkling of an eye.And we have destroyed the like of you:—but doth any one mind?And everything that they do is in the Books;Everything, little and great, is written down.Verily the pious shall be amid gardens and rivers,In the seat of truth, before the King Omnipotent.(liv.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.The Hour approacheth and themoonis cleft asunder.But if they see a sign they turn aside, and say “Useless magic!”And they call it a lie, and follow their own lusts:—but everything is ordained.Yet there came to them messages of forbiddance—Wisdom supreme—but warners serve not!Then turn from them: the Day when the Summoner shall summon to a matter of trouble,With eyes cast down shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts,Hurrying headlong to the summoner: the unbelievers shall say, “This is a hard day!”The people of Noah, before them, called it a lie, and they called our servant a liar, and said, “Mad!” and he was rejected.Then he besought his Lord, “Verily I am overpowered: defend me.”So we opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth,And we made the earth break out in springs, and the waters met by an order foreordained;And we carried him on a vessel of planks and nails,Which sailed on beneath our eyes;—a reward for him who had been disbelieved.And we left it as a sign; but doth any one mind?And what was my torment and warning?And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth anyone mind?Ad called it a lie;but what was my torment and warning?Lo, we sent against them a biting wind on a day of settled ill-luck.It tore men away as though they were trunks of palm-trees torn-up.But what was my torment and warning?And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?Thamūd called the warning a lie:And they said, “A single mortal from among ourselves shall we follow? verily then we should be in error and madness.Is the reminding committed to him alone among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar.”They shall know to-morrow about the insolent liar!Lo! we will send the she-camel to prove them: so mark them well, and be patient.And predict to them that the water shall be divided between themselves and her, every draught taken in turn.But they called their companion, and he took and hamstrung her—And what was my torment and warning?Lo! we sent against them one shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the hurdle-maker.And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?The people of Lot called the warning a lie;—Lo! we sent a sand-storm against them, except the family of Lot, whom we delivered at daybreakAs a favour from us; thus do we reward the thankful.And he had warned them of our attack, but they misdoubted the warning;And they sought his guests, so we put out their eyes.“So taste ye my torment and warning!”And in the morning there overtook them a punishment abiding.“So taste my torment and warning.”And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?And there came a warning to the people of Pharaoh:They called our signs all a lie: so we gripped them with the grip of omnipotent might.Are your unbelievers better men than those? Is there immunity for you in the Books?Do they say, “We are a company able to defend itself?”They shall all be routed, and turn their backs.Nay, but the Hour is their threatened time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter.Verily the sinners are in error and madness!One day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces: “Taste ye the touch of Hell.”Verily all things have we created by a decree,And our command is but one moment, like the twinkling of an eye.And we have destroyed the like of you:—but doth any one mind?And everything that they do is in the Books;Everything, little and great, is written down.Verily the pious shall be amid gardens and rivers,In the seat of truth, before the King Omnipotent.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
The Hour approacheth and themoonis cleft asunder.But if they see a sign they turn aside, and say “Useless magic!”And they call it a lie, and follow their own lusts:—but everything is ordained.Yet there came to them messages of forbiddance—Wisdom supreme—but warners serve not!Then turn from them: the Day when the Summoner shall summon to a matter of trouble,With eyes cast down shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts,Hurrying headlong to the summoner: the unbelievers shall say, “This is a hard day!”
The Hour approacheth and themoonis cleft asunder.
But if they see a sign they turn aside, and say “Useless magic!”
And they call it a lie, and follow their own lusts:—but everything is ordained.
Yet there came to them messages of forbiddance—
Wisdom supreme—but warners serve not!
Then turn from them: the Day when the Summoner shall summon to a matter of trouble,
With eyes cast down shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts,
Hurrying headlong to the summoner: the unbelievers shall say, “This is a hard day!”
The people of Noah, before them, called it a lie, and they called our servant a liar, and said, “Mad!” and he was rejected.Then he besought his Lord, “Verily I am overpowered: defend me.”So we opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth,And we made the earth break out in springs, and the waters met by an order foreordained;And we carried him on a vessel of planks and nails,Which sailed on beneath our eyes;—a reward for him who had been disbelieved.And we left it as a sign; but doth any one mind?And what was my torment and warning?And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth anyone mind?
The people of Noah, before them, called it a lie, and they called our servant a liar, and said, “Mad!” and he was rejected.
Then he besought his Lord, “Verily I am overpowered: defend me.”
So we opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth,
And we made the earth break out in springs, and the waters met by an order foreordained;
And we carried him on a vessel of planks and nails,
Which sailed on beneath our eyes;—a reward for him who had been disbelieved.
And we left it as a sign; but doth any one mind?
And what was my torment and warning?
And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth anyone mind?
Ad called it a lie;but what was my torment and warning?Lo, we sent against them a biting wind on a day of settled ill-luck.It tore men away as though they were trunks of palm-trees torn-up.But what was my torment and warning?And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?
Ad called it a lie;but what was my torment and warning?
Lo, we sent against them a biting wind on a day of settled ill-luck.
It tore men away as though they were trunks of palm-trees torn-up.
But what was my torment and warning?
And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?
Thamūd called the warning a lie:And they said, “A single mortal from among ourselves shall we follow? verily then we should be in error and madness.Is the reminding committed to him alone among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar.”They shall know to-morrow about the insolent liar!Lo! we will send the she-camel to prove them: so mark them well, and be patient.And predict to them that the water shall be divided between themselves and her, every draught taken in turn.But they called their companion, and he took and hamstrung her—And what was my torment and warning?Lo! we sent against them one shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the hurdle-maker.And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?
Thamūd called the warning a lie:
And they said, “A single mortal from among ourselves shall we follow? verily then we should be in error and madness.
Is the reminding committed to him alone among us? Nay, he is an insolent liar.”
They shall know to-morrow about the insolent liar!
Lo! we will send the she-camel to prove them: so mark them well, and be patient.
And predict to them that the water shall be divided between themselves and her, every draught taken in turn.
But they called their companion, and he took and hamstrung her—
And what was my torment and warning?
Lo! we sent against them one shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the hurdle-maker.
And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?
The people of Lot called the warning a lie;—Lo! we sent a sand-storm against them, except the family of Lot, whom we delivered at daybreakAs a favour from us; thus do we reward the thankful.And he had warned them of our attack, but they misdoubted the warning;And they sought his guests, so we put out their eyes.“So taste ye my torment and warning!”And in the morning there overtook them a punishment abiding.“So taste my torment and warning.”And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?
The people of Lot called the warning a lie;—
Lo! we sent a sand-storm against them, except the family of Lot, whom we delivered at daybreak
As a favour from us; thus do we reward the thankful.
And he had warned them of our attack, but they misdoubted the warning;
And they sought his guests, so we put out their eyes.
“So taste ye my torment and warning!”
And in the morning there overtook them a punishment abiding.
“So taste my torment and warning.”
And we have made the Korān easy for reminding; but doth any one mind?
And there came a warning to the people of Pharaoh:They called our signs all a lie: so we gripped them with the grip of omnipotent might.
And there came a warning to the people of Pharaoh:
They called our signs all a lie: so we gripped them with the grip of omnipotent might.
Are your unbelievers better men than those? Is there immunity for you in the Books?Do they say, “We are a company able to defend itself?”They shall all be routed, and turn their backs.Nay, but the Hour is their threatened time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter.Verily the sinners are in error and madness!One day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces: “Taste ye the touch of Hell.”
Are your unbelievers better men than those? Is there immunity for you in the Books?
Do they say, “We are a company able to defend itself?”
They shall all be routed, and turn their backs.
Nay, but the Hour is their threatened time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
Verily the sinners are in error and madness!
One day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces: “Taste ye the touch of Hell.”
Verily all things have we created by a decree,And our command is but one moment, like the twinkling of an eye.And we have destroyed the like of you:—but doth any one mind?And everything that they do is in the Books;Everything, little and great, is written down.Verily the pious shall be amid gardens and rivers,In the seat of truth, before the King Omnipotent.
Verily all things have we created by a decree,
And our command is but one moment, like the twinkling of an eye.
And we have destroyed the like of you:—but doth any one mind?
And everything that they do is in the Books;
Everything, little and great, is written down.
Verily the pious shall be amid gardens and rivers,
In the seat of truth, before the King Omnipotent.
(liv.)
K.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.K. By the glorious Korān.Nay, they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come to them: and the unbelievers say, “This is a marvellous thing!When we are dead and are become dust!—that is a far-fetched return!”We know what the earth consumeth of them, and with us is a book that keepeth count.Nay, they called the truth a lie when it came to them, but they are in a perplexed state.Will they not look up to the heaven above them, how we built it, and beautified it, and there are no flaws therein?And we spread out the earth, and cast stable mountains upon it, and caused to grow there plants of all beauteous kinds,For consideration and warning to every repentant servant.And we sent down water from heaven as a blessing, and caused thereby gardens and harvest grain to grow,And tall palm-trees with spathes heaped up,A provision for our servants; and revived thereby a barren land. Like that shall the resurrection be.Before them the people of Noah and the people of Er-Rass and Thamūd called the prophets liars,And Ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot, and the people of the grove, and the people of Tubba´—one and all called the apostles liars,—and found the threat true.Were we then impotent as to the first creation? yet they are in doubt about a new creation.We created man, and we know what his soul whispereth, and we are nearer to him than his jugular vein.When the two note-takers take note, sitting on the right hand and on the left,Not a word doth he utter, but a watcher is by him ready.And the stupor of death shall come in truth;—“this is what thou would’st have avoided.”And the trumpet shall be blown,—that is the Day of the Threat!And every soul shall come, along with a driver and a witness—“Thou didst not heed this: so we have taken away from thee thy veil, and to-day thy sight is keen.”And his companion shall say, “This is what I am ready to witness.”“Cast ye into Hell every unbelieving rebel,Hinderer of the good, transgressor, doubter,Who setteth up other gods with God; cast ye him into the fierce torment.”His companion shall say, “O our Lord! I misled him not; but he was in fathomless error.”God shall say, “Wrangle not before me, for I charged you before about the threat.My word does not change, and I am not unjust to my servants.”On that day will we say to Hell, “Art thou full?” and it shall say, “Is there more?”And Paradise shall be brought nigh to the righteous, not afar:—“This is what ye were promised, unto every one who turneth himself to God and keepeth His laws,Who feareth the Merciful in secret, and cometh with a contrite heart;Enter it in peace:”—that is the Day of Eternity!They shall have what they please therein, and increase at our hands.And how many generations have we destroyed before them, mightier than they in valour! then seek through the land—is there any refuge?Verily in that is a warning to him who hath a heart, or giveth ear, and is a beholder.And We created the heavens, and the earth, and what is between them, in six days, and no weariness touched us.Then be patient with what they say, magnify thy Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and its setting,And in the night magnify Him, and in the endings of the prayers.And give ear to the day when the crier shall cry from a near place,The day when they shall hear the shout in truth—that is the day of resurrection!Verily it is we who give life and death, and to us do all return.The day when the earth shall gape asunder over them suddenly—that is the gathering easy to us!We know well what they say: and thou art not a tyrant over them.But warn by the Korān him who feareth the threat.(l.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.K. By the glorious Korān.Nay, they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come to them: and the unbelievers say, “This is a marvellous thing!When we are dead and are become dust!—that is a far-fetched return!”We know what the earth consumeth of them, and with us is a book that keepeth count.Nay, they called the truth a lie when it came to them, but they are in a perplexed state.Will they not look up to the heaven above them, how we built it, and beautified it, and there are no flaws therein?And we spread out the earth, and cast stable mountains upon it, and caused to grow there plants of all beauteous kinds,For consideration and warning to every repentant servant.And we sent down water from heaven as a blessing, and caused thereby gardens and harvest grain to grow,And tall palm-trees with spathes heaped up,A provision for our servants; and revived thereby a barren land. Like that shall the resurrection be.Before them the people of Noah and the people of Er-Rass and Thamūd called the prophets liars,And Ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot, and the people of the grove, and the people of Tubba´—one and all called the apostles liars,—and found the threat true.Were we then impotent as to the first creation? yet they are in doubt about a new creation.We created man, and we know what his soul whispereth, and we are nearer to him than his jugular vein.When the two note-takers take note, sitting on the right hand and on the left,Not a word doth he utter, but a watcher is by him ready.And the stupor of death shall come in truth;—“this is what thou would’st have avoided.”And the trumpet shall be blown,—that is the Day of the Threat!And every soul shall come, along with a driver and a witness—“Thou didst not heed this: so we have taken away from thee thy veil, and to-day thy sight is keen.”And his companion shall say, “This is what I am ready to witness.”“Cast ye into Hell every unbelieving rebel,Hinderer of the good, transgressor, doubter,Who setteth up other gods with God; cast ye him into the fierce torment.”His companion shall say, “O our Lord! I misled him not; but he was in fathomless error.”God shall say, “Wrangle not before me, for I charged you before about the threat.My word does not change, and I am not unjust to my servants.”On that day will we say to Hell, “Art thou full?” and it shall say, “Is there more?”And Paradise shall be brought nigh to the righteous, not afar:—“This is what ye were promised, unto every one who turneth himself to God and keepeth His laws,Who feareth the Merciful in secret, and cometh with a contrite heart;Enter it in peace:”—that is the Day of Eternity!They shall have what they please therein, and increase at our hands.And how many generations have we destroyed before them, mightier than they in valour! then seek through the land—is there any refuge?Verily in that is a warning to him who hath a heart, or giveth ear, and is a beholder.And We created the heavens, and the earth, and what is between them, in six days, and no weariness touched us.Then be patient with what they say, magnify thy Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and its setting,And in the night magnify Him, and in the endings of the prayers.And give ear to the day when the crier shall cry from a near place,The day when they shall hear the shout in truth—that is the day of resurrection!Verily it is we who give life and death, and to us do all return.The day when the earth shall gape asunder over them suddenly—that is the gathering easy to us!We know well what they say: and thou art not a tyrant over them.But warn by the Korān him who feareth the threat.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
K. By the glorious Korān.Nay, they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come to them: and the unbelievers say, “This is a marvellous thing!When we are dead and are become dust!—that is a far-fetched return!”We know what the earth consumeth of them, and with us is a book that keepeth count.Nay, they called the truth a lie when it came to them, but they are in a perplexed state.Will they not look up to the heaven above them, how we built it, and beautified it, and there are no flaws therein?And we spread out the earth, and cast stable mountains upon it, and caused to grow there plants of all beauteous kinds,For consideration and warning to every repentant servant.And we sent down water from heaven as a blessing, and caused thereby gardens and harvest grain to grow,And tall palm-trees with spathes heaped up,A provision for our servants; and revived thereby a barren land. Like that shall the resurrection be.Before them the people of Noah and the people of Er-Rass and Thamūd called the prophets liars,And Ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot, and the people of the grove, and the people of Tubba´—one and all called the apostles liars,—and found the threat true.Were we then impotent as to the first creation? yet they are in doubt about a new creation.We created man, and we know what his soul whispereth, and we are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
K. By the glorious Korān.
Nay, they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come to them: and the unbelievers say, “This is a marvellous thing!
When we are dead and are become dust!—that is a far-fetched return!”
We know what the earth consumeth of them, and with us is a book that keepeth count.
Nay, they called the truth a lie when it came to them, but they are in a perplexed state.
Will they not look up to the heaven above them, how we built it, and beautified it, and there are no flaws therein?
And we spread out the earth, and cast stable mountains upon it, and caused to grow there plants of all beauteous kinds,
For consideration and warning to every repentant servant.
And we sent down water from heaven as a blessing, and caused thereby gardens and harvest grain to grow,
And tall palm-trees with spathes heaped up,
A provision for our servants; and revived thereby a barren land. Like that shall the resurrection be.
Before them the people of Noah and the people of Er-Rass and Thamūd called the prophets liars,
And Ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot, and the people of the grove, and the people of Tubba´—one and all called the apostles liars,—and found the threat true.
Were we then impotent as to the first creation? yet they are in doubt about a new creation.
We created man, and we know what his soul whispereth, and we are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
When the two note-takers take note, sitting on the right hand and on the left,Not a word doth he utter, but a watcher is by him ready.And the stupor of death shall come in truth;—“this is what thou would’st have avoided.”And the trumpet shall be blown,—that is the Day of the Threat!And every soul shall come, along with a driver and a witness—“Thou didst not heed this: so we have taken away from thee thy veil, and to-day thy sight is keen.”And his companion shall say, “This is what I am ready to witness.”“Cast ye into Hell every unbelieving rebel,Hinderer of the good, transgressor, doubter,Who setteth up other gods with God; cast ye him into the fierce torment.”His companion shall say, “O our Lord! I misled him not; but he was in fathomless error.”God shall say, “Wrangle not before me, for I charged you before about the threat.My word does not change, and I am not unjust to my servants.”On that day will we say to Hell, “Art thou full?” and it shall say, “Is there more?”And Paradise shall be brought nigh to the righteous, not afar:—“This is what ye were promised, unto every one who turneth himself to God and keepeth His laws,Who feareth the Merciful in secret, and cometh with a contrite heart;Enter it in peace:”—that is the Day of Eternity!They shall have what they please therein, and increase at our hands.
When the two note-takers take note, sitting on the right hand and on the left,
Not a word doth he utter, but a watcher is by him ready.
And the stupor of death shall come in truth;—“this is what thou would’st have avoided.”
And the trumpet shall be blown,—that is the Day of the Threat!
And every soul shall come, along with a driver and a witness—
“Thou didst not heed this: so we have taken away from thee thy veil, and to-day thy sight is keen.”
And his companion shall say, “This is what I am ready to witness.”
“Cast ye into Hell every unbelieving rebel,
Hinderer of the good, transgressor, doubter,
Who setteth up other gods with God; cast ye him into the fierce torment.”
His companion shall say, “O our Lord! I misled him not; but he was in fathomless error.”
God shall say, “Wrangle not before me, for I charged you before about the threat.
My word does not change, and I am not unjust to my servants.”
On that day will we say to Hell, “Art thou full?” and it shall say, “Is there more?”
And Paradise shall be brought nigh to the righteous, not afar:—
“This is what ye were promised, unto every one who turneth himself to God and keepeth His laws,
Who feareth the Merciful in secret, and cometh with a contrite heart;
Enter it in peace:”—that is the Day of Eternity!
They shall have what they please therein, and increase at our hands.
And how many generations have we destroyed before them, mightier than they in valour! then seek through the land—is there any refuge?Verily in that is a warning to him who hath a heart, or giveth ear, and is a beholder.And We created the heavens, and the earth, and what is between them, in six days, and no weariness touched us.Then be patient with what they say, magnify thy Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and its setting,And in the night magnify Him, and in the endings of the prayers.And give ear to the day when the crier shall cry from a near place,The day when they shall hear the shout in truth—that is the day of resurrection!Verily it is we who give life and death, and to us do all return.The day when the earth shall gape asunder over them suddenly—that is the gathering easy to us!We know well what they say: and thou art not a tyrant over them.But warn by the Korān him who feareth the threat.
And how many generations have we destroyed before them, mightier than they in valour! then seek through the land—is there any refuge?
Verily in that is a warning to him who hath a heart, or giveth ear, and is a beholder.
And We created the heavens, and the earth, and what is between them, in six days, and no weariness touched us.
Then be patient with what they say, magnify thy Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and its setting,
And in the night magnify Him, and in the endings of the prayers.
And give ear to the day when the crier shall cry from a near place,
The day when they shall hear the shout in truth—that is the day of resurrection!
Verily it is we who give life and death, and to us do all return.
The day when the earth shall gape asunder over them suddenly—that is the gathering easy to us!
We know well what they say: and thou art not a tyrant over them.
But warn by the Korān him who feareth the threat.
(l.)
Y. S.In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Y. S. By the wise Korān!Verily thou art of the MessengersUpon the straight way.A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful:—To warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and themselves are heedless.Our word has proved true against the most of them; yet they will not believe!Verily we have put shackles on their necks, reaching to the chin, and their heads are tied back;And we have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and we have covered them so that they see not;And it is all one to them whether thou warn them or warn them not: they will not believe.Thou wilt only warn to good purpose him who followeth the monition and feareth the Merciful in secret: so tell him good tidings of forgiveness and a noble reward.Verily it is we who quicken the dead, and write down the deeds they have sent before them and the vestiges they leave behind them; and everything do we set down in the plain Exemplar.And frame for them a parable—the people of the town [of Antioch], when the Apostles came to it;When we sent unto them two, and they called them liars; so we strengthened them with a third, and they said, “Verily we are sent unto you.”The people said, “Ye are only men like us; and the Merciful hath not revealed aught; in sooth ye are only lying.”They said, “Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you;And there is naught laid upon us but to announce a plain message.”The people said, “Of a truth we have drawn an evil augury from you: unless ye desist, we will surely stone you, and a painful punishment shall surely betide you from us.”They said, “Your evil augury is with yourselves! If ye be warned?—Nay! ye are an ignorant people.”And there came from the furthest part of the city a man running: he said, “O my people! follow the Apostles,Follow those who ask you not for recompense, and who are guided aright.And what is in me, that I should not worship Him who made me and to whom ye must return?Shall I take gods beside Him? If the Merciful be pleased to afflict me, their intercession will not avail me aught, nor will they deliver me;Verily in that case I should be in a manifest error.Verily I believe in your Lord: therefore hear ye me.”—It was said, “Enter into Paradise,” and he said, “Would that my people knewHow that my Lord hath forgiven me and hath made me one of the honoured!”And afterwards we sent not down upon his people armies out of heaven nor what we were wont to send down:It was but one shout, and lo, they were extinct!O the pity of men! No apostle cometh to them but they laugh him to scorn.Do they not consider how many generations we have destroyed before them?Verily they shall not return to them,But gathered together before us shall they all be arraigned.And a sign for them is the dead earth which we quicken and bring thereforth grain, and they eat of it;And we make therein gardens of palm-trees and vines, and cause springs to gush forth therein;That they may eat of its fruits, and of the labour of their hands: and will they not be thankful?Extolled be the glory of Him who hath created all sorts of what the earth beareth, and of men’s selves, and of that they know not of!And a sign for them is the night. We draw away the day from it, and lo! they are in darkness;And the sun hasteneth to her resting-place.—This is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Wise!—And for the moon we have decreed his mansions, till he is wasted to the likeness of a withered palm-branch.It is not meet that the sun should overtake the moon, nor the night outstrip the day; but each doth swim in its sphere.And it is a sign for them that we carry their offspring in the burthened ship;And that we create for them the like of it to ride on;And if we please, we drown them, and there is no succour for them, nor are they delivered,Save in our mercy, and for a transient joy.And when it is said to them, “Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply ye may obtain mercy:”Thou bringest not one sign of the signs of their Lord but they turn away from it!And when it is said to them, “Give alms of what God hath bestowed on you,” they who disbelieve say to those who believe, “Shall we feed him whom God can feed if He pleases? verily ye are only in manifest error.”And they say “When will this threat come to pass, if ye be speakers of truth?”They await but a single blast; it shall smite them whilst they are wrangling,And they shall not be able to make their wills, and unto their families they shall not return.And the trumpet shall be blown, and behold they shall hasten out of the graves to their Lord:Saying, “Oh, woe is us! who hath roused us from our sleeping-place? This is what the Merciful threatened; and the apostles spake truth.”There shall be but one blast, and, lo! all are arraigned before us;And on that day no soul shall be wronged at all, nor shall ye be recompensed save for what ye have wrought.Verily on that day the people of Paradise shall, be happy in their pursuits,They and their wives reclining on couches in the shade;They have fruit there and whatsoever they demand:“Peace” is their greeting from a merciful Lord.“Separate ye this day, O ye sinners!Did I not charge you, O sons of Adam, not to serve the Devil,—surely he is your open enemy,—But to worship Me: this is the straight way?Yet he led away a great multitude of you: had ye no wits?This is Hell, which ye were threatened with:Roast there to-day, because ye did not believe.”On that day will we set a seal on their mouths, but their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they have earned for themselves.And if we pleased, we could put out their eyes, and still would they hasten on their way: but how would they see?And if we pleased we could transform them as they stand so that they could not go on or turn back;And him whom we make old, we bow down his body: have they no wits?We have not taught [Mohammad] poetry, nor would it befit him. It is only a warning and a plain Korān,To warn whosoever liveth: and the sentence shall be carried out upon the unbelievers.Do they not see that we have created for them, of what our hands have made, the cattle which they possess?And we have subdued them unto them, and some of them are for riding and of some they eat,And they have in them profit and milk to drink: and will they not be thankful?But they have taken other gods beside God, if haply they may be holpen:They are not able to help them; yet they themselves are an army arrayed for their defence.But let not their speech grieve thee: verily, we know what they hide and what they show!Doth not man see that we created him from a germ? Yet, behold he is an open adversary,And he putteth arguments to us, and forgetteth his creation, saying, “Who can quicken bones that are rotten?”Say: He who first made them to be shall quicken them: for all creating He knoweth well;—Who made for you fire from a green tree, and behold, ye kindle with it;And is not He who created the Heavens and the Earth able to create their like? Yea! for He is the wise Creator.His command, when he willeth a thing, is only to say to it “Be,” and it is!Then extolled be the Perfection of Him in whose hand is the empire over all, and to whom ye must return.(xxxvi.)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.Y. S. By the wise Korān!Verily thou art of the MessengersUpon the straight way.A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful:—To warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and themselves are heedless.Our word has proved true against the most of them; yet they will not believe!Verily we have put shackles on their necks, reaching to the chin, and their heads are tied back;And we have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and we have covered them so that they see not;And it is all one to them whether thou warn them or warn them not: they will not believe.Thou wilt only warn to good purpose him who followeth the monition and feareth the Merciful in secret: so tell him good tidings of forgiveness and a noble reward.Verily it is we who quicken the dead, and write down the deeds they have sent before them and the vestiges they leave behind them; and everything do we set down in the plain Exemplar.And frame for them a parable—the people of the town [of Antioch], when the Apostles came to it;When we sent unto them two, and they called them liars; so we strengthened them with a third, and they said, “Verily we are sent unto you.”The people said, “Ye are only men like us; and the Merciful hath not revealed aught; in sooth ye are only lying.”They said, “Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you;And there is naught laid upon us but to announce a plain message.”The people said, “Of a truth we have drawn an evil augury from you: unless ye desist, we will surely stone you, and a painful punishment shall surely betide you from us.”They said, “Your evil augury is with yourselves! If ye be warned?—Nay! ye are an ignorant people.”And there came from the furthest part of the city a man running: he said, “O my people! follow the Apostles,Follow those who ask you not for recompense, and who are guided aright.And what is in me, that I should not worship Him who made me and to whom ye must return?Shall I take gods beside Him? If the Merciful be pleased to afflict me, their intercession will not avail me aught, nor will they deliver me;Verily in that case I should be in a manifest error.Verily I believe in your Lord: therefore hear ye me.”—It was said, “Enter into Paradise,” and he said, “Would that my people knewHow that my Lord hath forgiven me and hath made me one of the honoured!”And afterwards we sent not down upon his people armies out of heaven nor what we were wont to send down:It was but one shout, and lo, they were extinct!O the pity of men! No apostle cometh to them but they laugh him to scorn.Do they not consider how many generations we have destroyed before them?Verily they shall not return to them,But gathered together before us shall they all be arraigned.And a sign for them is the dead earth which we quicken and bring thereforth grain, and they eat of it;And we make therein gardens of palm-trees and vines, and cause springs to gush forth therein;That they may eat of its fruits, and of the labour of their hands: and will they not be thankful?Extolled be the glory of Him who hath created all sorts of what the earth beareth, and of men’s selves, and of that they know not of!And a sign for them is the night. We draw away the day from it, and lo! they are in darkness;And the sun hasteneth to her resting-place.—This is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Wise!—And for the moon we have decreed his mansions, till he is wasted to the likeness of a withered palm-branch.It is not meet that the sun should overtake the moon, nor the night outstrip the day; but each doth swim in its sphere.And it is a sign for them that we carry their offspring in the burthened ship;And that we create for them the like of it to ride on;And if we please, we drown them, and there is no succour for them, nor are they delivered,Save in our mercy, and for a transient joy.And when it is said to them, “Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply ye may obtain mercy:”Thou bringest not one sign of the signs of their Lord but they turn away from it!And when it is said to them, “Give alms of what God hath bestowed on you,” they who disbelieve say to those who believe, “Shall we feed him whom God can feed if He pleases? verily ye are only in manifest error.”And they say “When will this threat come to pass, if ye be speakers of truth?”They await but a single blast; it shall smite them whilst they are wrangling,And they shall not be able to make their wills, and unto their families they shall not return.And the trumpet shall be blown, and behold they shall hasten out of the graves to their Lord:Saying, “Oh, woe is us! who hath roused us from our sleeping-place? This is what the Merciful threatened; and the apostles spake truth.”There shall be but one blast, and, lo! all are arraigned before us;And on that day no soul shall be wronged at all, nor shall ye be recompensed save for what ye have wrought.Verily on that day the people of Paradise shall, be happy in their pursuits,They and their wives reclining on couches in the shade;They have fruit there and whatsoever they demand:“Peace” is their greeting from a merciful Lord.“Separate ye this day, O ye sinners!Did I not charge you, O sons of Adam, not to serve the Devil,—surely he is your open enemy,—But to worship Me: this is the straight way?Yet he led away a great multitude of you: had ye no wits?This is Hell, which ye were threatened with:Roast there to-day, because ye did not believe.”On that day will we set a seal on their mouths, but their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they have earned for themselves.And if we pleased, we could put out their eyes, and still would they hasten on their way: but how would they see?And if we pleased we could transform them as they stand so that they could not go on or turn back;And him whom we make old, we bow down his body: have they no wits?We have not taught [Mohammad] poetry, nor would it befit him. It is only a warning and a plain Korān,To warn whosoever liveth: and the sentence shall be carried out upon the unbelievers.Do they not see that we have created for them, of what our hands have made, the cattle which they possess?And we have subdued them unto them, and some of them are for riding and of some they eat,And they have in them profit and milk to drink: and will they not be thankful?But they have taken other gods beside God, if haply they may be holpen:They are not able to help them; yet they themselves are an army arrayed for their defence.But let not their speech grieve thee: verily, we know what they hide and what they show!Doth not man see that we created him from a germ? Yet, behold he is an open adversary,And he putteth arguments to us, and forgetteth his creation, saying, “Who can quicken bones that are rotten?”Say: He who first made them to be shall quicken them: for all creating He knoweth well;—Who made for you fire from a green tree, and behold, ye kindle with it;And is not He who created the Heavens and the Earth able to create their like? Yea! for He is the wise Creator.His command, when he willeth a thing, is only to say to it “Be,” and it is!Then extolled be the Perfection of Him in whose hand is the empire over all, and to whom ye must return.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Y. S. By the wise Korān!Verily thou art of the MessengersUpon the straight way.A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful:—To warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and themselves are heedless.Our word has proved true against the most of them; yet they will not believe!Verily we have put shackles on their necks, reaching to the chin, and their heads are tied back;And we have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and we have covered them so that they see not;And it is all one to them whether thou warn them or warn them not: they will not believe.Thou wilt only warn to good purpose him who followeth the monition and feareth the Merciful in secret: so tell him good tidings of forgiveness and a noble reward.Verily it is we who quicken the dead, and write down the deeds they have sent before them and the vestiges they leave behind them; and everything do we set down in the plain Exemplar.
Y. S. By the wise Korān!
Verily thou art of the Messengers
Upon the straight way.
A revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful:—
To warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and themselves are heedless.
Our word has proved true against the most of them; yet they will not believe!
Verily we have put shackles on their necks, reaching to the chin, and their heads are tied back;
And we have put a barrier before them and a barrier behind them, and we have covered them so that they see not;
And it is all one to them whether thou warn them or warn them not: they will not believe.
Thou wilt only warn to good purpose him who followeth the monition and feareth the Merciful in secret: so tell him good tidings of forgiveness and a noble reward.
Verily it is we who quicken the dead, and write down the deeds they have sent before them and the vestiges they leave behind them; and everything do we set down in the plain Exemplar.
And frame for them a parable—the people of the town [of Antioch], when the Apostles came to it;When we sent unto them two, and they called them liars; so we strengthened them with a third, and they said, “Verily we are sent unto you.”The people said, “Ye are only men like us; and the Merciful hath not revealed aught; in sooth ye are only lying.”They said, “Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you;And there is naught laid upon us but to announce a plain message.”The people said, “Of a truth we have drawn an evil augury from you: unless ye desist, we will surely stone you, and a painful punishment shall surely betide you from us.”They said, “Your evil augury is with yourselves! If ye be warned?—Nay! ye are an ignorant people.”And there came from the furthest part of the city a man running: he said, “O my people! follow the Apostles,Follow those who ask you not for recompense, and who are guided aright.And what is in me, that I should not worship Him who made me and to whom ye must return?Shall I take gods beside Him? If the Merciful be pleased to afflict me, their intercession will not avail me aught, nor will they deliver me;Verily in that case I should be in a manifest error.Verily I believe in your Lord: therefore hear ye me.”—It was said, “Enter into Paradise,” and he said, “Would that my people knewHow that my Lord hath forgiven me and hath made me one of the honoured!”And afterwards we sent not down upon his people armies out of heaven nor what we were wont to send down:It was but one shout, and lo, they were extinct!
And frame for them a parable—the people of the town [of Antioch], when the Apostles came to it;
When we sent unto them two, and they called them liars; so we strengthened them with a third, and they said, “Verily we are sent unto you.”
The people said, “Ye are only men like us; and the Merciful hath not revealed aught; in sooth ye are only lying.”
They said, “Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you;
And there is naught laid upon us but to announce a plain message.”
The people said, “Of a truth we have drawn an evil augury from you: unless ye desist, we will surely stone you, and a painful punishment shall surely betide you from us.”
They said, “Your evil augury is with yourselves! If ye be warned?—Nay! ye are an ignorant people.”
And there came from the furthest part of the city a man running: he said, “O my people! follow the Apostles,
Follow those who ask you not for recompense, and who are guided aright.
And what is in me, that I should not worship Him who made me and to whom ye must return?
Shall I take gods beside Him? If the Merciful be pleased to afflict me, their intercession will not avail me aught, nor will they deliver me;
Verily in that case I should be in a manifest error.
Verily I believe in your Lord: therefore hear ye me.”—
It was said, “Enter into Paradise,” and he said, “Would that my people knew
How that my Lord hath forgiven me and hath made me one of the honoured!”
And afterwards we sent not down upon his people armies out of heaven nor what we were wont to send down:
It was but one shout, and lo, they were extinct!
O the pity of men! No apostle cometh to them but they laugh him to scorn.Do they not consider how many generations we have destroyed before them?Verily they shall not return to them,But gathered together before us shall they all be arraigned.
O the pity of men! No apostle cometh to them but they laugh him to scorn.
Do they not consider how many generations we have destroyed before them?
Verily they shall not return to them,
But gathered together before us shall they all be arraigned.
And a sign for them is the dead earth which we quicken and bring thereforth grain, and they eat of it;And we make therein gardens of palm-trees and vines, and cause springs to gush forth therein;That they may eat of its fruits, and of the labour of their hands: and will they not be thankful?Extolled be the glory of Him who hath created all sorts of what the earth beareth, and of men’s selves, and of that they know not of!And a sign for them is the night. We draw away the day from it, and lo! they are in darkness;And the sun hasteneth to her resting-place.—This is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Wise!—And for the moon we have decreed his mansions, till he is wasted to the likeness of a withered palm-branch.It is not meet that the sun should overtake the moon, nor the night outstrip the day; but each doth swim in its sphere.And it is a sign for them that we carry their offspring in the burthened ship;And that we create for them the like of it to ride on;And if we please, we drown them, and there is no succour for them, nor are they delivered,Save in our mercy, and for a transient joy.And when it is said to them, “Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply ye may obtain mercy:”Thou bringest not one sign of the signs of their Lord but they turn away from it!And when it is said to them, “Give alms of what God hath bestowed on you,” they who disbelieve say to those who believe, “Shall we feed him whom God can feed if He pleases? verily ye are only in manifest error.”
And a sign for them is the dead earth which we quicken and bring thereforth grain, and they eat of it;
And we make therein gardens of palm-trees and vines, and cause springs to gush forth therein;
That they may eat of its fruits, and of the labour of their hands: and will they not be thankful?
Extolled be the glory of Him who hath created all sorts of what the earth beareth, and of men’s selves, and of that they know not of!
And a sign for them is the night. We draw away the day from it, and lo! they are in darkness;
And the sun hasteneth to her resting-place.—This is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Wise!—
And for the moon we have decreed his mansions, till he is wasted to the likeness of a withered palm-branch.
It is not meet that the sun should overtake the moon, nor the night outstrip the day; but each doth swim in its sphere.
And it is a sign for them that we carry their offspring in the burthened ship;
And that we create for them the like of it to ride on;
And if we please, we drown them, and there is no succour for them, nor are they delivered,
Save in our mercy, and for a transient joy.
And when it is said to them, “Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply ye may obtain mercy:”
Thou bringest not one sign of the signs of their Lord but they turn away from it!
And when it is said to them, “Give alms of what God hath bestowed on you,” they who disbelieve say to those who believe, “Shall we feed him whom God can feed if He pleases? verily ye are only in manifest error.”
And they say “When will this threat come to pass, if ye be speakers of truth?”They await but a single blast; it shall smite them whilst they are wrangling,And they shall not be able to make their wills, and unto their families they shall not return.And the trumpet shall be blown, and behold they shall hasten out of the graves to their Lord:Saying, “Oh, woe is us! who hath roused us from our sleeping-place? This is what the Merciful threatened; and the apostles spake truth.”There shall be but one blast, and, lo! all are arraigned before us;And on that day no soul shall be wronged at all, nor shall ye be recompensed save for what ye have wrought.
And they say “When will this threat come to pass, if ye be speakers of truth?”
They await but a single blast; it shall smite them whilst they are wrangling,
And they shall not be able to make their wills, and unto their families they shall not return.
And the trumpet shall be blown, and behold they shall hasten out of the graves to their Lord:
Saying, “Oh, woe is us! who hath roused us from our sleeping-place? This is what the Merciful threatened; and the apostles spake truth.”
There shall be but one blast, and, lo! all are arraigned before us;
And on that day no soul shall be wronged at all, nor shall ye be recompensed save for what ye have wrought.
Verily on that day the people of Paradise shall, be happy in their pursuits,They and their wives reclining on couches in the shade;They have fruit there and whatsoever they demand:“Peace” is their greeting from a merciful Lord.
Verily on that day the people of Paradise shall, be happy in their pursuits,
They and their wives reclining on couches in the shade;
They have fruit there and whatsoever they demand:
“Peace” is their greeting from a merciful Lord.
“Separate ye this day, O ye sinners!Did I not charge you, O sons of Adam, not to serve the Devil,—surely he is your open enemy,—But to worship Me: this is the straight way?Yet he led away a great multitude of you: had ye no wits?This is Hell, which ye were threatened with:Roast there to-day, because ye did not believe.”On that day will we set a seal on their mouths, but their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they have earned for themselves.And if we pleased, we could put out their eyes, and still would they hasten on their way: but how would they see?And if we pleased we could transform them as they stand so that they could not go on or turn back;And him whom we make old, we bow down his body: have they no wits?
“Separate ye this day, O ye sinners!
Did I not charge you, O sons of Adam, not to serve the Devil,—surely he is your open enemy,—
But to worship Me: this is the straight way?
Yet he led away a great multitude of you: had ye no wits?
This is Hell, which ye were threatened with:
Roast there to-day, because ye did not believe.”
On that day will we set a seal on their mouths, but their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they have earned for themselves.
And if we pleased, we could put out their eyes, and still would they hasten on their way: but how would they see?
And if we pleased we could transform them as they stand so that they could not go on or turn back;
And him whom we make old, we bow down his body: have they no wits?
We have not taught [Mohammad] poetry, nor would it befit him. It is only a warning and a plain Korān,To warn whosoever liveth: and the sentence shall be carried out upon the unbelievers.Do they not see that we have created for them, of what our hands have made, the cattle which they possess?And we have subdued them unto them, and some of them are for riding and of some they eat,And they have in them profit and milk to drink: and will they not be thankful?But they have taken other gods beside God, if haply they may be holpen:They are not able to help them; yet they themselves are an army arrayed for their defence.
We have not taught [Mohammad] poetry, nor would it befit him. It is only a warning and a plain Korān,
To warn whosoever liveth: and the sentence shall be carried out upon the unbelievers.
Do they not see that we have created for them, of what our hands have made, the cattle which they possess?
And we have subdued them unto them, and some of them are for riding and of some they eat,
And they have in them profit and milk to drink: and will they not be thankful?
But they have taken other gods beside God, if haply they may be holpen:
They are not able to help them; yet they themselves are an army arrayed for their defence.
But let not their speech grieve thee: verily, we know what they hide and what they show!Doth not man see that we created him from a germ? Yet, behold he is an open adversary,And he putteth arguments to us, and forgetteth his creation, saying, “Who can quicken bones that are rotten?”Say: He who first made them to be shall quicken them: for all creating He knoweth well;—Who made for you fire from a green tree, and behold, ye kindle with it;And is not He who created the Heavens and the Earth able to create their like? Yea! for He is the wise Creator.His command, when he willeth a thing, is only to say to it “Be,” and it is!
But let not their speech grieve thee: verily, we know what they hide and what they show!
Doth not man see that we created him from a germ? Yet, behold he is an open adversary,
And he putteth arguments to us, and forgetteth his creation, saying, “Who can quicken bones that are rotten?”
Say: He who first made them to be shall quicken them: for all creating He knoweth well;—
Who made for you fire from a green tree, and behold, ye kindle with it;
And is not He who created the Heavens and the Earth able to create their like? Yea! for He is the wise Creator.
His command, when he willeth a thing, is only to say to it “Be,” and it is!
Then extolled be the Perfection of Him in whose hand is the empire over all, and to whom ye must return.
Then extolled be the Perfection of Him in whose hand is the empire over all, and to whom ye must return.
(xxxvi.)