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In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[10.1] Alif
Lam Ra. These are the verses of the
wise Book.
[10.2] What! is it a wonder
to the people that We revealed to a
man from among themselves, saying:
Warn the people and give good news
to those who believe that theirs is
a footing of firmness with their
Lord. The unbelievers say: This is
most surely a manifest enchanter.
[10.3] Surely your Lord is
Allah, Who created the heavens and
the earth in six periods, and He is
firm in power, regulating the
affair, there is no intercessor
except aher His permission; this is
Allah, your Lord, therefore serve
Him; will you not then mind?
[10.4] To Him is your return,
of all (of you); the promise of
Allah (made) in truth; surely He
begins the creation in the first
instance, then He reproduces it,
that He may with justice recompense
those who believe and do good; and
(as for) those who disbelieve, they
shall have a drink of hot water and
painful punishment because they
disbelieved.
[10.5] He it is Who made the
sun a shining brightness and the
moon a light, and ordained for it
mansions that you might know the
computation of years and the
reckoning. Allah did not create it
but with truth; He makes the signs
manifest for a people who
[10.6] Most surely in the
variation of the night and the day,
and what Allah has created in the
heavens and the earth, there are
signs for a people who guard
(against evil).
[10.7] Surely those who do
not hope in Our meeting and are
pleased with this world's life and
are content with it, and those who
are heedless of Our communications:
[10.8] (As for) those, their
abode is the fire because of what
they earned.
[10.9] Surely (as for) those
who believe and do good, their Lord
will guide them by their faith;
there shall flow from beneath them
rivers in gardens of bliss.
[10.10] Their cry in it shall
be: Glory to Thee, O Allah! and
their greeting in it shall be:
Peace; and the last of their cry
shall be: Praise be to Allah, the
Lord of the worlds.
[10.11] And if Allah should
hasten the evil to men as they
desire the hastening on of good,
their doom should certainly have
been decreed for them; but We leave
those alone who hope not for Our
meeting in their inordinacy, blindly
wandering on.
[10.12] And when affliction
touches a man, he calls on Us,
whether lying on his side or sitting
or standing; but when We remove his
affliction from him, he passes on as
though he had never called on Us on
account of an affliction that
touched him; thus that which they do
is made fair-seeming to the
extravagant.
[10.13] And certainly We did
destroy generations before you when
they were unjust, and their apostles
had come to them with clear
arguments, and they would not
believe; thus do We recompense the
guilty people.
[10.14] Then We made you
successors in the land after them so
that We may see how you act.
[10.15] And when Our clear
communications are recited to them,
those who hope not for Our meeting
say: Bring a Quran other than this
or change it. Say: It does not
beseem me that I should change it of
myself; I follow naught but what is
revealed to me; surely I fear, if I
disobey my Lord, the punishment of a
mighty day.
[10.16] Say: If Allah had
desired (otherwise) I would not have
recited it to you, nor would He have
taught it to you; indeed I have
lived a lifetime among you before
it; do you not then understand?
[10.17] Who is then more
unjust than who forges a lie against
Allah or (who) gives the lie to His
communications? Surely the guilty
shall not be successful.
[10.18] And they serve beside
Allah what can neither harm them nor
profit them, and they say: These are
our intercessors with Allah. Say: Do
you (presume to) inform Allah of
what He knows not in the heavens and
the earth? Glory be to Him, and
supremely exalted is He above what
they set up (with Him).
[10.19] And people are naught
but a single nation, so they
disagree; and had not a word already
gone forth from your Lord, the
matter would have certainly been
decided between them in respect of
that concerning which they disagree.
[10.20] And they say: Why is
not a sign sent to him from his
Lord? Say: The unseen is only for
Allah; therefore wait-- surely I
too, with you am of those who wait.
[10.21] And when We make
people taste of mercy after an
affliction touches them, lo ! they
devise plans against Our
communication. Say: Allah is quicker
to plan; surely Our messengers write
down what you plan.
[10.22] He it is Who makes
you travel by land and sea; until
when you are in the ships, and they
sail on with them in a pleasant
breeze, and they rejoice, a violent
wind overtakes them and the billows
surge in on them from all sides, and
they become certain that they are
encompassed about, they pray to
Allah, being sincere to Him in
obedience: If Thou dost deliver us
from this, we will most certainly be
of the grateful ones.
[10.23] But when He delivers
them, lo! they are unjustly
rebellious in the earth. O men! your
rebellion is against your own
souls-- provision (only) of this
world's life-- then to Us shall be
your return, so We will inform you
of what you did.
[10.24] The likeness of this
world's life is only as water which
We send down from the cloud, then
the herbage of the earth of which
men and cattle eat grows luxuriantly
thereby, until when the earth puts
on its golden raiment and it becomes
garnished, and its people think that
they have power over it, Our command
comes to it, by night or by day, so
We render it as reaped seed;
produce, as though it had not been
in existence yesterday; thus do We
make clear the communications for a
people who reflect.
[10.25] And Allah invites to
the abode of peace and guides whom
He pleases into the right path.
[10.26] For those who do good
is good (reward) and more (than
this); and blackness or ignominy
shall not cover their faces; these
are the dwellers of the garden; in
it they shall abide.
[10.27] And (as for) those
who have earned evil, the punishment
of an evil is the like of it, and
abasement shall come upon them--
they shall have none to protect them
from Allah-- as if their faces had
been covered with slices of the
dense darkness of night; these are
the inmates of the fire; in it they
shall abide.
[10.28] And on the day when
We will gather them all together,
then We will say to those who
associated others (with Allah): Keep
where you are, you and your
associates; then We shall separate
them widely one from another and
their associates would say: It was
not us that you served:
[10.29] Therefore Allah is
sufficient as a witness between us
and you that we were quite unaware
of your serving (us).
[10.30] There shall every
soul become acquainted with what it
sent before, and they shall be
brought back to Allah, their true
Patron, and what they devised shall
escape from them.
[10.31] Say: Who gives you
sustenance from the heaven and the
earth? Or Who controls the hearing
and the sight? And Who brings forth
the living from the dead, and brings
forth the dead from the living? And
Who regulates the affairs? Then they
will say: Allah. Say then: Will you
not then guard (against evil)?
[10.32] This then is Allah,
your true Lord; and what is there
after the truth but error; how are
you then turned back?
[10.33] Thus does the word of
your Lord prove true against those
who transgress that they do not
believe.
[10.34] Say: Is there any one
among your associates who can bring
into existence the creation in the
first instance, then reproduce it?
Say: Allah brings the creation into
existence, then He reproduces it;
how are you then turned away?
[10.35] Say: Is there any of
your associates who guides to the
truth? Say: Allah guides to the
truth. Is He then Who guides to the
truth more worthy to be followed, or
he who himself does not go aright
unless he is guided? What then is
the matter with you; how do you
judge?
[10.36] And most of them do
not follow (anything) but
conjecture; surely conjecture will
not avail aught against the truth;
surely Allah is cognizant of what
they do.
[10.37] And this Quran is not
such as could be forged by those
besides Allah, but it is a
verification of that which is before
it and a clear explanation of the
book, there is no doubt in it, from
the Lord of the worlds.
[10.38] Or do they say: He
has forged it? Say: Then bring a
chapter like this and invite whom
you can besides Allah, if you are
truthful.
[10.39] Nay, they reject that
of which they have no comprehensive
knowledge, and the final sequel of
it has not yet come to them; even
thus did those before them reject
(the truth); see then what was the
end of the unjust.
[10.40] And of them is he who
believes in it, and of them is he
who does not believe in it, and your
Lord best knows the mischief-makers.
[10.41] And if they call you
a liar, say: My work is for me and
your work for you; you are clear of
what I do and I am clear of what you
do.
[10.42] And there are those
of them who hear you, but can you
make the deaf to hear though they
will not understand?
[10.43] And there are those
of them who look at you, but can you
show the way to the blind though
they will not see?
[10.44] Surely Allah does not
do any injustice to men, but men are
unjust to themselves.
[10.45] And on the day when
He will gather them as though they
had not stayed but an hour of the
day, they will know each other. They
will perish indeed who called the
meeting with Allah to be a lie, and
they are not followers of the right
direction.
[10.46] And if We show you
something of what We threaten them
with, or cause you to die, yet to Us
is their return, and Allah is the
bearer of witness to what they do.
[10.47] And every nation had
an apostle; so when their apostle
came, the matter was decided between
them with justice and they shall not
be dealt with unjustly.
[10.48] And they say: When
will this threat come about, if you
are truthful?
[10.49] Say: I do not control
for myself any harm, or any benefit
except what Allah pleases; every
nation has a term; when their term
comes, they shall not then remain
behind for an hour, nor can they go
before (their time).
[10.50] Say: Tell me if His
punishment overtakes you by night or
by day! what then is there of it
that the guilty would hasten on?
[10.51] And when it comes to
pass, will you believe in it? What!
now (you believe), and already you
wished to have it hastened on.
[10.52] Then it shall be said
to those who were unjust: Taste
abiding chastisement; you are not
requited except for what you earned.
[10.53] And they ask you: Is
that true? Say: Aye! by my Lord! it
is most surely the truth, and you
will not escape.
[10.54] And if every soul
that has done injustice had all that
is in the earth, it would offer it
for ransom, and they will manifest
regret when they see the
chastisement and the matter shall be
decided between them with justice
and they shall not be dealt with
unjustly.
[10.55] Now surely Allah's is
what is in the heavens and the
earth; now surely Allah's promise is
true, but most of them do not know.
[10.56] He gives life and
causes death, and to Him you shall
be brought back.
[10.57] O men! there has come
to you indeed an admonition from
your Lord and a healing for what is
in the breasts and a guidance and a
mercy for the believers.
[10.58] Say: In the grace of
Allah and in His mercy-- in that
they should rejoice; it is better
than that which they gather.
[10.59] Say: Tell me what
Allah has sent down for you of
sustenance, then you make (a part)
of it unlawful and (a part) lawful.
Say: Has Allah commanded you, or do
you forge a lie against Allah?
[10.60] And what will be the
thought of those who forge lies
against Allah on the day of
resurrection? Most surely Allah is
the Lord of grace towards men, but
most of them do not give thanks.
[10.61] And you are not
(engaged) in any affair, nor do you
recite concerning it any portion of
the Quran, nor do you do any work
but We are witnesses over you when
you enter into it, and there does
not lie concealed from your Lord the
weight of an atom in the earth or in
the heaven, nor any thing less than
that nor greater, but it is in a
clear book.
[10.62] Now surely the
friends of Allah-- they shall have
no fear nor shall they grieve.
[10.63] Those who believe and
guarded (against evil):
[10.64] They shall have good
news in this world's life and in the
hereafter; there is no changing the
words of Allah; that is the mighty
achievement.
[10.65] And let not their
speech grieve you; surely might is
wholly Allah's; He is the Hearing,
the Knowing.
[10.66] Now, surely, whatever
is in the heavens and whatever is in
the earth is Allah's; and they do
not (really) follow any associates,
who call on others besides Allah;
they do not follow (anything) but
conjectures, and they only lie.
[10.67] He it is Who made for
you the night that you might rest in
it, and the day giving light; most
surely there are signs in it for a
people who would hear.
[10.68] They say: Allah has
taken a son (to Himself)! Glory be
to Him: He is the Self-sufficient:
His is what is in the heavens and
what is in the earth; you have no
authority for this; do you say
against Allah what you do not know?
[10.69] Say: Those who forge
a lie against Allah shall not be
successful.
[10.70] (It is only) a
provision in this world, then to Us
shall be their return; then We shall
make them taste severe punishment
because they disbelieved.
[10.71] And recite to them
the story of Nuh when he said to his
people: O my people! if my stay and
my reminding (you) by the
communications of Allah is hard on
you-- yet on Allah do I rely-- then
resolve upon your affair and
(gather) your associates, then let
not your affair remain dubious to
you, then have it executed against
me and give me no respite:
[10.72] But if you turn back,
I did not ask for any reward from
you; my reward is only with Allah,
and I am commanded that I should be
of those who submit.
[10.73] But they rejected
him, so We delivered him and those
with him in the ark, and We made
them rulers and drowned those who
rejected Our communications; see
then what was the end of the
(people) warned.
[10.74] Then did We raise up
after him apostles to their people,
so they came to them with clear
arguments, but they would not
believe in what they had rejected
before; thus it is that We set seals
upon the hearts of those who exceed
the limits.
[10.75] Then did We send up
after them Musa and Haroun to Firon
and his chiefs with Our signs, but
they showed pride and they were a
guilty people.
[10.76] So when the truth
came to them from Us they said: This
is most surely clear enchantment!
[10.77] Musa said: Do you say
(this) of the truth when it has come
to you? Is it magic? And the
magicians are not successful.
[10.78] They said: Have you
come to us to turn us away from what
we found our fathers upon, and
(that) greatness in the land should
be for you two? And we are not going
to believe in you.
[10.79] And Firon said: Bring
to me every skillful magician.
[10.80] And when the
magicians came, Musa said to them:
Cast down what you have to cast.
[10.81] So when they cast
down, Musa said to them: What you
have brought is deception; surely
Allah will make it naught; surely
Allah does not make the work of
mischief-makers to thrive.
[10.82] And Allah will show
the truth to be the truth by His
words, though the guilty may be
averse (to it).
[10.83] But none believed in
Musa except the offspring of his
people, on account of the fear of
Firon and their chiefs, lest he
should persecute them; and most
surely Firon was lofty in the land;
and most surely he was of the
extravagant.
[10.84] And Musa said: O my
people! if you believe in Allah,
then rely on Him (alone) if you
submit (to Allah).
[10.85] So they said: On
Allah we rely: O our Lord! make us
not subject to the persecution of
the unjust people:
[10.86] And do Thou deliver
us by Thy mercy from the unbelieving
people.
[10.87] And We revealed to
Musa and his brother, saying: Take
for your people houses to abide in
Egypt and make your houses places of
worship and keep up prayer and give
good news to the believers.
[10.88] And Musa said: Our
Lord! surely Thou hast given to
Firon and his chiefs finery and
riches in this world's life, to this
end, our Lord, that they lead
(people) astray from Thy way: Our
Lord! destroy their riches and
harden their hearts so that they
believe not until they see the
painful punishment.
[10.89] He said: The prayer
of you both has indeed been
accepted, therefore continue in the
right way and do not follow the path
of those who do not know.
[10.90] And We made the
children of Israel to pass through
the sea, then Firon and his hosts
followed them for oppression and
tyranny; until when drowning
overtook him, he said: I believe
that there is no god but He in Whom
the children of Israel believe and I
am of those who submit.
[10.91] What! now! and indeed
you disobeyed before and you were of
the mischief-makers.
[10.92] But We will this day
deliver you with your body that you
may be a sign to those after you,
and most surely the majority of the
people are heedless to Our
communications.
[10.93] And certainly We
lodged the children of Israel in a
goodly abode and We provided them
with good things; but they did not
disagree until the knowledge had
come to them; surely your Lord will
judge between them on the
resurrection day concerning that in
which they disagreed.
[10.94] But if you are in
doubt as to what We have revealed to
you, ask those who read the Book
before you; certainly the truth has
come to you from your Lord,
therefore you should not be of the
disputers.
[10.95] And you should not be
of those who reject the
communications of Allah, (for) then
you should be one of the losers.
[10.96] Surely those against
whom the word of your Lord has
proved true will not believe,
[10.97] Though every sign
should come to them, until they
witness the painful chastisement.
[10.98] And wherefore was
there not a town which should
believe so that their belief should
have profited them but the people of
Yunus? When they believed, We
removed from them the chastisement
of disgrace in this world's life and
We gave them provision till a time.
[10.99] And if your Lord had
pleased, surely all those who are in
the earth would have believed, all
of them; will you then force men
till they become believers?
[10.100] And it is not for a
soul to believe except by Allah's
permission; and He casts uncleanness
on those who will not understand.
[10.101] Say: Consider what
is it that is in the heavens and the
earth; and signs and warners do not
avail a people who would not
believe.
[10.102] What do they wait
for then but the like of the days of
those who passed away before them?
Say: Wait then; surely I too am with
you of those who wait.
[10.103] Then We deliver Our
apostles and those who believe--
even so (now), it is binding on Us
(that) We deliver the believers.
[10.104] Say: O people! if
you are in doubt as to my religion,
then (know that) I do not serve
those whom you serve besides Allah
but I do serve Allah, Who will cause
you to die, and I am commanded that
I should be of the believers.
[10.105] And that you should
keep your course towards the
religion uprightly; and you should
not be of the polytheists.
[10.106] And do not call
besides Allah on that which can
neither benefit you nor harm you,
for if you do then surely you will
in that case be of the unjust.
[10.107] And if Allah should
afflict you with harm, then there is
none to remove it but He; and if He
intends good to you there is none to
repel His grace; He brings it to
whom He pleases of His servants; and
He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
[10.108] Say: O people!
indeed there has come to you the
truth from your Lord, therefore
whoever goes aright, he goes aright
only for the good of his own soul,
and whoever goes astray, he goes
astray only to the detriment of it,
and I am not a custodian over you.
[10.109] And follow what is
revealed to you and be patient till
Allah should give judgment, and He
is the best of the judges. |
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