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The Qur'an
(Koran) - M. H. Shakir |
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In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[15.1] Alif
Lam Ra. These are the verses of the
Book and (of) a Quran that makes
(things) clear.
[15.2] Often will those who
disbelieve wish that they had been
Muslims.
[15.3] Leave them that they
may eat and enjoy themselves and
(that) hope may beguile them, for
they will soon know.
[15.4] And never did We
destroy a town but it had a term
made known.
[15.5] No people can hasten
on their doom nor can they postpone
(it).
[15.6] And they say: O you to
whom the Reminder has been revealed!
you are most surely insane:
[15.7] Why do you not bring
to us the angels if you are of the
truthful ones?
[15.8] We do not send the
angels but with truth, and then they
would not be respited.
[15.9] Surely We have
revealed the Reminder and We will
most surely be its guardian.
[15.10] And certainly We sent
(apostles) before you among the
nations of yore.
[15.11] And there never came
an apostle to them but they mocked
him.
[15.12] Thus do We make it to
enter into the hearts of the guilty;
[15.13] They do not believe
in it, and indeed the example of the
former people has already passed.
[15.14] And even if We open
to them a gateway of heaven, so that
they ascend into it all the while,
[15.15] They would certainly
say: Only our eyes have been covered
over, rather we are an enchanted
people.
[15.16] And certainly We have
made strongholds in the heaven and
We have made it fair seeming to the
beholders.
[15.17] And We guard it
against every accursed Shaitan,
[15.18] But he who steals a
hearing, so there follows him a
visible flame.
[15.19] And the earth-- We
have spread it forth and made in it
firm mountains and caused to grow in
it of every suitable thing.
[15.20] And We have made in
it means of subsistence for you and
for him for whom you are not the
suppliers.
[15.21] And there is not a
thing but with Us are the treasures
of it, and We do not send it down
but in a known measure.
[15.22] And We send the winds
fertilizing, then send down water
from the cloud so We give it to you
to drink of, nor is it you who store
it up.
[15.23] And most surely We
bring to life and cause to die and
We are the heirs.
[15.24] And certainly We know
those of you who have gone before
and We certainly know those who
shall come later.
[15.25] And surely your Lord
will gather them together; surely He
is Wise, Knowing.
[15.26] And certainly We
created man of clay that gives forth
sound, of black mud fashioned in
shape.
[15.27] And the jinn We
created before, of intensely hot
fire.
[15.28] And when your Lord
said to the angels: Surely I am
going to create a mortal of the
essence of black mud fashioned in
shape.
[15.29] So when I have made
him complete and breathed into him
of My spirit, fall down making
obeisance to him.
[15.30] So the angels made
obeisance, all of them together,
[15.31] But Iblis (did it
not); he refused to be with those
who made obeisance.
[15.32] He said: O Iblis!
what excuse have you that you are
not with those who make obeisance?
[15.33] He said: I am not
such that I should make obeisance to
a mortal whom Thou hast created of
the essence of black mud fashioned
in shape.
[15.34] He said: Then get out
of it, for surely you are driven
away:
[15.35] And surely on you is
curse until the day of judgment.
[15.36] He said: My Lord!
then respite me till the time when
they are raised.
[15.37] He said: So surely
you are of the respited ones
[15.38] Till the period of
the time made known.
[15.39] He said: My Lord!
because Thou hast made life evil to
me, I will certainly make (evil)
fair-seeming to them on earth, and I
will certainly cause them all to
deviate
[15.40] Except Thy servants
from among them, the devoted ones.
[15.41] He said: This is a
right way with Me:
[15.42] Surely. as regards My
servants, you have no authority
,over them except those who follow
you of the deviators.
[15.43] And surely Hell is
the promised place of them all:
[15.44] It has seven gates;
for every gate there shall be a
separate party of them.
[15.45] Surely those who
guard (against evil) shall be in the
midst of gardens and fountains:
[15.46] Enter them in peace,
secure.
[15.47] And We will root out
whatever of rancor is in their
breasts-- (they shall be) as
brethren, on raised couches, face to
face.
[15.48] Toil shall not
afflict them in it, nor shall they
be ever ejected from it.
[15.49] Inform My servants
that I am the Forgiving, the
Merciful,
[15.50] And that My
punishment-- that is the painful
punishment.
[15.51] And inform them of
the guests of Ibrahim:
[15.52] When they entered
upon him, they said, Peace. He said:
Surely we are afraid of you.
[15.53] They said: Be not
afraid, surely we give you the good
news of a boy, possessing knowledge.
[15.54] He said: Do you give
me good news (of a son) when old age
has come upon me?-- Of what then do
you give me good news!
[15.55] . They said: We give
you good news with truth, therefore
be not of the despairing.
[15.56] He said: And who
despairs of the mercy of his Lord
but the erring ones?
[15.57] He said: What is your
business then, O messengers?
[15.58] They said: Surely we
are sent towards a guilty people,
[15.59] Except Lut's
followers: We will most surely
deliver them all,
[15.60] Except his wife; We
ordained that she shall surely be of
those who remain behind.
[15.61] So when the
messengers came to Lut's followers,
[15.62] He said: Surely you
are an unknown people.
[15.63] They said: Nay, we
have come to you with that about
which they disputed.
[15.64] And we have come to
you with the truth, and we are most
surely truthful.
[15.65] Therefore go forth
with your followers in a part of the
night and yourself follow their
rear, and let not any one of you
turn round, and go forth whither you
are commanded.
[15.66] And We revealed to
him this decree, that the roots of
these shall be cut off in the
morning.
[15.67] And the people of the
town came rejoicing.
[15.68] He said: Surely these
are my guests, therefore do not
disgrace me,
[15.69] And guard against
(the punishment of) Allah and do not
put me to shame.
[15.70] They said: Have we
not forbidden you from (other)
people?
[15.71] He said: These are my
daughters, if you will do (aught).
[15.72] By your life! they
were blindly wandering on in their
intoxication.
[15.73] So the rumbling
overtook them (while) entering upon
the time of sunrise;
[15.74] Thus did We turn it
upside down, and rained down upon
them stones of what had been
decreed.
[15.75] Surely in this are
signs for those who examine.
[15.76] And surely it is on a
road that still abides.
[15.77] Most surely there is
a sign in this for the believers.
[15.78] And the dwellers of
the thicket also were most surely
unjust.
[15.79] So We inflicted
retribution on them, and they are
both, indeed, on an open road
(still) pursued.
[15.80] And the dwellers of
the Rock certainly rejected the
messengers;
[15.81] And We gave them Our
communications, but they turned
aside from them;
[15.82] And they hewed houses
in the mountains in security.
[15.83] So the rumbling
overtook them in the morning;
[15.84] And what they earned
did not avail them.
[15.85] And We did not create
the heavens and the earth and what
is between them two but in truth;
and the hour is most surely coming,
so turn away with kindly
forgiveness.
[15.86] Surely your Lord is
the Creator of all things, the
Knowing.
[15.87] And certainly We have
given you seven of the oft-repeated
(verses) and the grand Quran.
[15.88] Do not strain your
eyes after what We have given
certain classes of them to enjoy,
and do not grieve for them, and make
yourself gentle to the believers.
[15.89] And say: Surely I am
the plain warner.
[15.90] Like as We sent down
on the dividers
[15.91] Those who made the
Quran into shreds.
[15.92] So, by your Lord, We
would most certainly question them
all,
[15.93] As to what they did.
[15.94] Therefore declare
openly what you are bidden and turn
aside from the polytheists.
[15.95] Surely We will
suffice you against the scoffers
[15.96] Those who set up
another god with Allah; so they
shall soon know.
[15.97] And surely We know
that your breast straitens at what
they say;
[15.98] Therefore celebrate
the praise of your Lord, and be of
those who make obeisance.
[15.99] And serve your Lord
until there comes to you that which
is certain. |
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