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The Qur'an
(Koran) - M. H. Shakir |
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In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[40.1] Ha Mim.
[40.2] The revelation of the
Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the
Knowing,
[40.3] The Forgiver of the
faults and the Acceptor of
repentance, Severe to punish, Lord
of bounty; there is no god but He;
to Him is the eventual coming.
[40.4] None dispute
concerning the communications of
Allah but those who disbelieve,
therefore let not their going to and
fro in the cities deceive you.
[40.5] The people of Nuh and
the parties after them rejected
(prophets) before them, and every
nation purposed against their
apostle to destroy him, and they
disputed by means of the falsehood
that they might thereby render null
the truth, therefore I destroyed
them; how was then My retribution!
[40.6] And thus did the word
of your Lord prove true against
those who disbelieved that they are
the inmates of the fire.
[40.7] Those who bear the
power and those around Him celebrate
the praise of their Lord and believe
in Him and ask protection for those
who believe: Our Lord! Thou embraces
all things in mercy and knowledge,
therefore grant protection to those
who turn (to Thee) and follow Thy
way, and save them from the
punishment of the hell:
[40.8] Our Lord! and make
them enter the gardens of perpetuity
which Thou hast promised to them and
those who do good of their fathers
and their wives and their offspring,
surely Thou are the Mighty, the
Wise.
[40.9] And keep them from
evil deeds, and whom Thou keeps from
evil deeds this day, indeed Thou
hast mercy on him, and that is the
mighty achievement.
[40.10] Surely those who
disbelieve shall be cried out to:
Certainly Allah's hatred (of you)
when you were called upon to the
faith and you rejected, is much
greater than your hatred of
yourselves.
[40.11] They shall say: Our
Lord! twice didst Thou make us
subject to death, and twice hast
Thou given us life, so we do confess
our faults; is there then a way to
get out?
[40.12] That is because when
Allah alone was called upon, you
disbelieved, and when associates
were given to Him, you believed; so
judgment belongs to Allah, the High,
the Great.
[40.13] He it is Who shows
you His signs and sends down for you
sustenance from heaven, and none
minds but he who turns (to Him)
again and again.
[40.14] Therefore call upon
Allah, being sincere to Him in
obedience, though the unbelievers
are averse:
[40.15] Possessor of the
highest rank, Lord of power: He
makes the inspiration to light by
His command upon whom He pleases of
His servants, that he may warn (men)
of the day of meeting.
[40.16] (Of) the day when
they shall come forth, nothing
concerning them remains hidden to
Allah. To whom belongs the kingdom
this day? To Allah, the One, the
Subduer (of all).
[40.17] This day every soul
shall be rewarded for what it has
earned; no injustice (shall be done)
this day; surely Allah is quick in
reckoning.
[40.18] And warn them of the
day that draws near, when hearts
shall rise up to the throats,
grieving inwardly; the unjust shall
not have any compassionate friend
nor any intercessor who should be
obeyed.
[40.19] He knows the stealthy
looks and that which the breasts
conceal.
[40.20] And Allah judges with
the truth; and those whom they call
upon besides Him cannot judge aught;
surely Allah is the Hearing, the
Seeing.
[40.21] Have they not
traveled in the earth and seen how
was the end of those who were before
them? Mightier than these were they
in strength-- and in fortifications
in the land, but Allah destroyed
them for their sins; and there was
not for them any defender against
Allah.
[40.22] That was because
there came to them their apostles
with clear arguments, but they
rejected (them), therefore Allah
destroyed them; surely He is Strong,
Severe in retribution.
[40.23] And certainly We sent
Musa with Our communications and
clear authority,
[40.24] To Firon and Haman
and Qaroun, but they said: A lying
magician.
[40.25] So when he brought to
them the truth from Us, they said:
Slay the sons of those who believe
with him and keep their women alive;
and the struggle of the unbelievers
will only come to a state of
perdition.
[40.26] And Firon said: Let
me alone that I may slay Musa and
let him call upon his Lord; surely I
fear that he will change your
religion or that he will make
mischief to appear in the land.
[40.27] And Musa said: Surely
I take refuge with my Lord and--
your Lord from every proud one who
does not believe in the day of
reckoning.
[40.28] And a believing man
of Firon's people who hid his faith
said: What! will you slay a man
because he says: My Lord is Allah,
and indeed he has brought to you
clear arguments from your Lord? And
if he be a liar, on him will be his
lie, and if he be truthful, there
will befall you some of that which
he threatens you (with); surely
Allah does not guide him who is
extravagant, a liar:
[40.29] O my people! yours is
the kingdom this day, being masters
in the land, but who will help us
against the punishment of Allah if
it come to us? Firon said: I do not
show you aught but that which I see
(myself), and I do not make you
follow any but the right way.
[40.30] And he who believed
said: O my people! surely I fear for
you the like of what befell the
parties:
[40.31] The like of what
befell the people of Nuh and Ad and
Samood and those after them, and
Allah does not desire injustice for
(His) servants;
[40.32] And, O my people! I
fear for you the day of calling out,
[40.33] The day on which you
will turn back retreating; there
shall be no savior for you from
Allah, and whomsoever Allah causes
to err, there is no guide for him:
[40.34] And certainly Yusuf
came to you before with clear
arguments, but you ever remained in
doubt as to what he brought; until
when he died, you said: Allah will
never raise an apostle after him.
Thus does Allah cause him to err who
is extravagant, a doubter
[40.35] Those who dispute
concerning the communications of
Allah without any authority that He
has given them; greatly hated is it
by Allah and by-those who believe.
Thus does Allah set a seal over the
heart of every proud, haughty one.
[40.36] And Firon said: O
Haman! build for me a tower that I
may attain the means of access,
[40.37] The means of access
to the heavens, then reach the God
of Musa, and I surely think him to
be a liar. And thus the evil of his
deed was made fair seeming to Firon,
and he was turned away from the way;
and the struggle of Firon was not
(to end) in aught but destruction.
[40.38] And he who believed
said: O my people! follow me, I will
guide you to the right course;
[40.39] O my people! this
life of the world is only a
(passing) enjoyment, and surely the
hereafter is the abode to settle;
[40.40] Whoever does an evil,
he shall not be recompensed (with
aught) but the like of it, and
whoever does good, whether male or
female, and he is a believer, these
shall enter the garden, in which
they shall be given sustenance
without measure.
[40.41] And, O my people! how
is it that I call you to salvation
and you call me to the fire?
[40.42] You call on me that I
should disbelieve in Allah and
associate with Him that of which I
have no knowledge, and I call you to
the Mighty, the most Forgiving;
[40.43] No doubt that what
you call me to has no title to be
called to in this world, nor in the
hereafter, and that our turning back
is to Allah, and that the
extravagant are the inmates of the
fire;
[40.44] So you shall remember
what I say to you, and I entrust my
affair to Allah, Surely Allah sees
the servants.
[40.45] So Allah protected
him from the evil (consequences) of
what they planned, and the most evil
punishment overtook Firon's people:
[40.46] The fire; they shall
be brought before it (every) morning
and evening and on the day when the
hour shall come to pass: Make
Firon's people enter the severest
chastisement.
[40.47] And when they shall
contend one with another in the
fire, then the weak shall say to
those who were proud: Surely we were
your followers; will you then avert
from us a portion of the fire?
[40.48] Those who were proud
shall say: Surely we are all in it:
surely Allah has judged between the
servants.
[40.49] And those who are in
the fire shall say to the keepers of
hell: Call upon your Lord that He
may lighten to us one day of the
punishment.
[40.50] They shall say: Did
not your apostles come to you with
clear arguments? They shall say:
Yea. They shall say: Then call. And
the call of the unbelievers is only
in error.
[40.51] Most surely We help
Our apostles, and those who believe,
in this world's life and on the day
when the witnesses shall stand
[40.52] The day on which
their excuse shall not benefit the
unjust, and for them is curse and
for them is the evil abode.
[40.53] And certainly We gave
Musa the guidance, and We made the
children of Israel inherit the Book,
[40.54] A guidance and a
reminder to the men of
understanding.
[40.55] Therefore be patient;
surely the promise of Allah is true;
and ask protection for your fault
and sing the praise of your Lord in
the evening and the morning.
[40.56] Surely (as for) those
who dispute about the communications
of Allah without any authority that
has come to them, there is naught in
their breasts but (a desire) to
become great which they shall never
attain to; Therefore seek refuge in
Allah, surely He is the Hearing, the
Seeing.
[40.57] Certainly the
creation of the heavens and the
earth is greater than the creation
of the men, but most people do not
know
[40.58] And the blind and the
seeing are not alike, nor those who
believe and do good and the
evil-doer; little is it that you are
mindful.
[40.59] Most surely the hour
is coming, there is no doubt
therein, but most people do not
believe.
[40.60] And your Lord says:
Call upon Me, I will answer you;
surely those who are too proud for
My service shall soon enter hell
abased.
[40.61] Allah is He Who made
for you the night that you may rest
therein and the day to see; most
surely Allah is Gracious to men, but
most men do not give thanks.
[40.62] That is Allah, your
Lord, the Creator of everything;
there is no God but He; whence are
you then turned away?
[40.63] Thus were turned away
those who denied the communications
of Allah.
[40.64] Allah is He Who made
the earth a resting-place for you
and the heaven a canopy, and He
formed you, then made goodly your
forms, and He provided you with
goodly things; that is Allah, your
Lord; blessed then is Allah, the
Lord of the worlds.
[40.65] He is the Living,
there is no god but He, therefore
call on Him, being sincere to Him in
obedience; (all) praise is due to
Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
[40.66] Say: I am forbidden
to serve those whom you call upon
besides Allah when clear arguments
have come to me from my Lord, and I
am commanded that I should submit to
the Lord of the worlds.
[40.67] He it is Who created
you from dust, then from a small
life germ, then from a clot, then He
brings you forth as a child, then
that you may attain your maturity,
then that you may be old-- and of
you there are some who are caused to
die before-- and that you may reach
an appointed term, and that you may
understand.
[40.68] He it is Who gives
life and brings death, so when He
decrees an affair, He only says to
it: Be, and it is.
[40.69] Have you not seen
those who dispute with respect to
the communications of Allah: how are
they turned away?
[40.70] Those who reject the
Book and that with which We have
sent Our Apostle; but they shall
soon come to know,
[40.71] When the fetters and
the chains shall be on their necks;
they shall be dragged
[40.72] Into boiling water,
then in the fire shall they be
burned;
[40.73] Then shall it be said
to them: Where is that which you
used to set up
[40.74] Besides Allah? They
shall say: They are gone away from
us, nay, we used not to call upon
anything before. Thus does Allah
confound the unbelievers.
[40.75] That is because you
exulted in the land unjustly and
because you behaved insolently.
[40.76] Enter the gates of
hell to abide therein, evil then is
the abode of the proud.
[40.77] So be patient, surely
the promise of Allah is true. So
should We make you see part of what
We threaten them with, or should We
cause you to die, to Us shall they
be returned.
[40.78] And certainly We sent
apostles before you: there are some
of them that We have mentioned to
you and there are others whom We
have not mentioned to you, and it
was not meet for an apostle that he
should bring a sign except with
Allah's permission, but when the
command of Allah came, judgment was
given with truth, and those who
treated (it) as a lie were lost.
[40.79] Allah is He Who made
the cattle for you that you may ride
on some of them, and some of them
you eat.
[40.80] And there are
advantages for you in them, and that
you may attain thereon a want which
is in your breasts, and upon them
and upon the ships you are borne.
[40.81] And He shows you His
signs: which then of Allah's signs
will you deny?
[40.82] Have they not then
journeyed in the land and seen how
was the end of those before them?
They were more (in numbers) than
these and greater in strength and in
fortifications in the land, but what
they earned did not avail them.
[40.83] Then when their
apostles came to them with clear
arguments, they exulted in what they
had with them of knowledge, and
there beset them that which they
used to mock.
[40.84] But when they saw Our
punishment, they said: We believe in
Allah alone and we deny what we used
to associate with Him.
[40.85] But their belief was
not going to profit them when they
had seen Our punishment; (this is)
Allah's law, which has indeed
obtained in the matter of His
servants, and there the unbelievers
are lost. |
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