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The Qur'an
(Koran) - M. H. Shakir |
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In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[14.1] Alif
Lam Ra. (This is) a Book which We
have revealed to you that you may
bring forth men, by their Lord's
permission from utter darkness into
light-- to the way of the Mighty,
the Praised One,
[14.2] (Of) Allah, Whose is
whatever is in the heavens and
whatever Is in the earth; and woe to
the unbelievers on account of the
severe chastisement,
[14.3] (To) those who love
this world's life more than the
hereafter, and turn away from
Allah's path and desire to make it
crooked; these are in a great error.
[14.4] And We did not send
any apostle but with the language of
his people, so that he might explain
to them clearly; then Allah makes
whom He pleases err and He guides
whom He pleases and He is the
Mighty, the Wise.
[14.5] And certainly We sent
Musa with Our communications,
saying: Bring forth your people from
utter darkness into light and remind
them of the days of Allah; most
surely there are signs in this for
every patient, grateful one.
[14.6] And when Musa said to
his people: Call to mind Allah's
favor to you when He delivered you
from Firon's people, who subjected
you to severe torment, and slew your
sons and spared your women; and in
this there was a great trial from
your Lord.
[14.7] And when your Lord
made it known: If you are grateful,
I would certainly give to you more,
and if you are ungrateful, My
chastisement is truly severe.
[14.8] And Musa said: If you
are ungrateful, you and those on
earth all together, most surely
Allah is Self-sufficient, Praised;
[14.9] Has not the account
reached you of those before you, of
the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood,
and those after them? None knows
them but Allah. Their apostles come
to them with clear arguments, but
they thrust their hands into their
mouths and said: Surely we deny that
with which you are sent, and most
surely we are in serious doubt as to
that to which you invite us.
[14.10] Their apostles said:
Is there doubt about Allah, the
Maker of the heavens and the earth?
He invites you to forgive you your
faults and to respite you till an
appointed term. They said: You are
nothing but mortals like us; you
wish to turn us away from what our
fathers used to worship; bring us
therefore some clear authority.
[14.11] Their apostles said
to them: We are nothing but mortals
like yourselves, but Allah bestows
(His) favors on whom He pleases of
His servants, and it is not for us
that we should bring you an
authority except by Allah's
permission; and on Allah should the
believers rely.
[14.12] And what reason have
we that we should not rely on Allah?
And He has indeed guided us in our
ways; and certainly we would bear
with patience your persecution of
us; and on Allah should the reliant
rely.
[14.13] And those who
disbelieved said to their apostles:
We will most certainly drive you
forth from our land, or else you
shall come back into our religion.
So their Lord revealed to them: Most
certainly We will destroy the
unjust.
[14.14] And most certainly We
will settle you in the land after
them; this is for him who fears
standing in My presence and who
fears My threat.
[14.15] And they asked for
judgment and every insolent opposer
was disappointed:
[14.16] Hell is before him
and he shall be given to drink of
festering water:
[14.17] He will drink it
little by little and will not be
able to swallow it agreeably, and
death will come to him from every
quarter, but he shall not die; and
there shall be vehement chastisement
before him.
[14.18] The parable of those
who disbelieve in their Lord: their
actions are like ashes on which the
wind blows hard on a stormy day;
they shall not have power over any
thing out of what they have earned;
this is the great error.
[14.19] Do you not see that
Allah created the heavens and the
earth with truth? If He please He
will take you off and bring a new
creation,
[14.20] And this is not
difficult for Allah.
[14.21] And they shall all
come forth before Allah, then the
weak shall say to those who were
proud: Surely we were your
followers, can you therefore avert
from us any part of the chastisement
of Allah? They would say: If Allah
had guided us, we too would have
guided you; it is the same to us
whether we are impatient (now) or
patient, there is no place for us to
fly to.
[14.22] And the Shaitan shall
say after the affair is decided:
Surely Allah promised you the
promise of truth, and I gave you
promises, then failed to keep them
to you, and I had no authority over
you, except that I called you and
you obeyed me, therefore do not
blame me but blame yourselves: I
cannot be your aider (now) nor can
you be my aiders; surely I
disbelieved in your associating me
with Allah before; surely it is the
unjust that shall have the painful
punishment.
[14.23] And those who believe
and do good are made to enter
gardens, beneath which rivers flow,
to abide in them by their Lord's
permission; their greeting therein
is, Peace.
[14.24] Have you not
considered how Allah sets forth a
parable of a good word (being) like
a good tree, whose root is firm and
whose branches are in heaven,
[14.25] Yielding its fruit in
every season by the permission of
its Lord? And Allah sets forth
parables for men that they may be
mindful.
[14.26] And the parable of an
evil word is as an evil tree pulled
up from the earth's surface; it has
no stability.
[14.27] Allah confirms those
who believe with the sure word in
this world's life and in the
hereafter, and Allah causes the
unjust to go astray, and Allah does
what He pleases.
[14.28] Have you not seen
those who have changed Allah's favor
for ungratefulness and made their
people to alight into the abode of
perdition
[14.29] (Into j hell? They
shall enter into it and an evil
place it is to settle in.
[14.30] And they set up
equals with Allah that they may lead
(people) astray from His path. Say:
Enjoy yourselves, for surely your
return is to the fire.
[14.31] Say to My servants
who believe that they should keep up
prayer and spend out of what We have
given them secretly and openly
before the coming of the day in
which there shall be no bartering
nor mutual befriending.
[14.32] Allah is He Who
created the heavens and the earth
and sent down water from the clouds,
then brought forth with it fruits as
a sustenance for you, and He has
made the ships subservient to you,
that they might run their course in
the sea by His command, and He has
made the rivers subservient to you.
[14.33] And He has made
subservient to you the sun and the
moon pursuing their courses, and He
has made subservient to you the
night and the day.
[14.34] And He gives you of
all that you ask Him; and if you
count Allah's favors, you will not
be able to number them; most surely
man is very unjust, very ungrateful.
[14.35] And when Ibrahim
said: My Lord! make this city
secure, and save me and my sons from
worshipping idols:
[14.36] My Lord! surely they
have led many men astray; then
whoever follows me, he is surely of
me, and whoever disobeys me, Thou
surely arc Forgiving, Merciful:
[14.37] O our Lord! surely I
have settled a part of my offspring
in a valley unproductive of fruit
near Thy Sacred House, our Lord!
that they may keep up prayer;
therefore make the hearts of some
people yearn towards them and
provide them with fruits; haply they
may be grateful:
[14.38] O our Lord! Surely
Thou knowest what we hide and what
we make public, and nothing in the
earth nor any thing in heaven is
hidden from Allah:
[14.39] Praise be to Allah,
Who has given me in old age Ismail
and Ishaq; most surely my Lord is
the Hearer of prayer:
[14.40] My Lord! make me keep
up prayer and from my offspring
(too), O our Lord, and accept my
prayer:
[14.41] O our Lord! grant me
protection and my parents and the
believers on the day when the
reckoning shall come to pass!
[14.42] And do not think
Allah to be heedless of what the
unjust do; He only respites them to
a day on which the eyes shall be
fixedly open,
[14.43] Hastening forward,
their heads upraised, their eyes not
reverting to them and their hearts
vacant.
[14.44] And warn people of
the day when the chastisement shall
come to them, then those who were
unjust will say: O our Lord! respite
us to a near term, (so) we shall
respond to Thy call and follow the
apostles. What! did you not swear
before (that) there will be no
passing away for you!
[14.45] And you dwell in the
abodes of those who were unjust to
themselves, and it is clear to you
how We dealt with them and We have
made (them) examples to you.
[14.46] And they have indeed
planned their plan, but their plan
is with Allah, though their plan was
such that the mountains should pass
away thereby.
[14.47] Therefore do not
think Allah (to be one) failing in
His promise to His apostles; surely
Allah is Mighty, the Lord of
Retribution.
[14.48] On the day when the
earth shall be changed into a
different earth, and the heavens (as
well), and they shall come forth
before Allah, the One, the Supreme.
[14.49] And you will see the
guilty on that day linked together
in chains.
[14.50] Their shirts made of
pitch and the fire covering their
faces
[14.51] That Allah may
requite each soul (according to)
what it has earned; surely Allah is
swift in reckoning.
[14.52] This is a sufficient
exposition for the people and that
they may be warned thereby, and that
they may know that He is One God and
that those possessed of
understanding may mind. |
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