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The Qur'an
(Koran) - M. H. Shakir |
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In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[41.1] Ha Mim!
[41.2] A revelation from the
Beneficent, the Merciful God:
[41.3] A Book of which the
verses are made plain, an Arabic
Quran for a people who know:
[41.4] A herald of good news
and a warner, but most of them turn
aside so they hear not.
[41.5] And they say: Our
hearts are under coverings from that
to which you call us, and there is a
heaviness in our ears, and a veil
hangs between us and you, so work,
we too are working.
[41.6] Say: I am only a
mortal like you; it is revealed to
me that your God is one God,
therefore follow the right way to
Him and ask His forgiveness; and woe
to the polytheists;
[41.7] (To) those who do not
give poor-rate and they are
unbelievers in the hereafter.
[41.8] (As for) those who
believe and do good, they shall
surely have a reward never to be cut
off.
[41.9] Say: What! do you
indeed disbelieve in Him Who created
the earth in two periods, and do you
set up equals with Him? That is the
Lord of the Worlds.
[41.10] And He made in it
mountains above its surface, and He
blessed therein and made therein its
foods, in four periods: alike for
the seekers.
[41.11] Then He directed
Himself to the heaven and it is a
vapor, so He said to it and to the
earth: Come both, willingly or
unwillingly. They both said: We come
willingly.
[41.12] So He ordained them
seven heavens in two periods, and
revealed in every heaven its affair;
and We adorned the lower heaven with
brilliant stars and (made it) to
guard; that is the decree of the
Mighty, the Knowing.
[41.13] But if they turn
aside, then say: I have warned you
of a scourge like the scourge of Ad
and Samood.
[41.14] When their apostles
came to them from before them and
from behind them, saying, Serve
nothing but Allah, they said: If our
Lord had pleased He would certainly
have sent down angels, so we are
surely unbelievers in that with
which you are sent.
[41.15] Then as to Ad, they
were unjustly proud in the land, and
they said: Who is mightier in
strength than we? Did they not see
that Allah Who created them was
mightier than they in strength, and
they denied Our communications?
[41.16] So We sent on them a
furious wind in unlucky days, that
We may make them taste the
chastisement of abasement in this
world's life; and certainly the
chastisement of the hereafter is
much more abasing, and they shall
not be helped.
[41.17] And as to Samood, We
showed them the right way, but they
chose error above guidance, so there
overtook them the scourge of an
abasing chastisement for what they
earned.
[41.18] And We delivered
those who believed and guarded
(against evil).
[41.19] And on the day that
the enemies of Allah shall be
brought together to the fire, then
they shall be formed into groups.
[41.20] Until when they come
to it, their ears and their eyes and
their skins shall bear witness
against them as to what they did.
[41.21] And they shall say to
their skins: Why have you borne
witness against us? They shall say:
Allah Who makes everything speak has
made us speak, and He created you at
first, and to Him you shall be
brought back.
[41.22] And you did not veil
yourselves lest your ears and your
eyes and your skins should bear
witness against you, but you thought
that Allah did not know most of what
you did.
[41.23] And that was your
(evil) thought which you entertained
about your Lord that has tumbled you
down into perdition, so are you
become of the lost ones.
[41.24] Then if they will
endure, still the fire is their
abode, and if they ask for goodwill,
then are they not of those who shall
be granted goodwill.
[41.25] And We have appointed
for them comrades so they have made
fair-seeming to them what is before
them and what is behind them, and
the word proved true against them--
among the nations of the jinn and
the men that have passed away before
them-- that they shall surely be
losers.
[41.26] And those who
disbelieve say: Do not listen to
this Quran and make noise therein,
perhaps you may overcome.
[41.27] Therefore We will
most certainly make those who
disbelieve taste a severe
punishment, and We will most
certainly reward them for the evil
deeds they used to do.
[41.28] That is the reward of
the enemies of Allah-- the fire; for
them therein shall be the house of
long abiding; a reward for their
denying Our communications.
[41.29] And those who
disbelieve will say: Our Lord! show
us those who led us astray from
among the jinn and the men that we
may trample them under our feet so
that they may be of the lowest.
[41.30] (As for) those who
say: Our Lord is Allah, then
continue in the right way, the
angels descend upon them, saying:
Fear not, nor be grieved, and
receive good news of the garden
which you were promised.
[41.31] We are your guardians
in this world's life and in the
hereafter, and you shall have
therein what your souls desire and
you shall have therein what you ask
for:
[41.32] A provision from the
Forgiving, the Merciful.
[41.33] And who speaks better
than he who calls to Allah while he
himself does good, and says: I am
surely of those who submit?
[41.34] And not alike are the
good and the evil. Repel (evil) with
what is best, when lo! he between
whom and you was enmity would be as
if he were a warm friend.
[41.35] And none are made to
receive it but those who are
patient, and none are made to
receive it but those who have a
mighty good fortune.
[41.36] And if an
interference of the Shaitan should
cause you mischief, seek refuge in
Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the
Knowing.
[41.37] And among His signs
are the night and the day and the
sun and the moon; do not make
obeisance to the sun nor to the
moon; and make obeisance to Allah
Who created them, if Him it is that
you serve.
[41.38] But if they are
proud, yet those with your Lord
glorify Him during the night and the
day, and they are not tired.
[41.39] And among His signs
is this, that you see the earth
still, but when We send down on it
the water, it stirs and swells: most
surely He Who gives it life is the
Giver of life to the dead; surely He
has power over all things.
[41.40] Surely they who
deviate from the right way
concerning Our communications are
not hidden from Us. What! is he then
who is cast into the fire better, or
he who comes safe on the day of
resurrection? Do what you like,
surely He sees what you do.
[41.41] Surely those who
disbelieve in the reminder when it
comes to them, and most surely it is
a Mighty Book:
[41.42] Falsehood shall not
come to it from before it nor from
behind it; a revelation from the
Wise, the Praised One.
[41.43] Naught is said to you
but what was said indeed to the
apostles before you; surely your
Lord is the Lord of forgiveness and
the Lord of painful retribution.
[41.44] And if We had made it
a Quran in a foreign tongue, they
would certainly have said: Why have
not its communications been made
clear? What! a foreign (tongue) and
an Arabian! Say: It is to those who
believe a guidance and a healing;
and (as for) those who do not
believe, there is a heaviness in
their ears and it is obscure to
them; these shall be called to from
a far-off place.
[41.45] And certainly We gave
the Book to Musa, but it has been
differed about, and had not a word
already gone forth from your Lord,
judgment would certainly have been
given between them; and most surely
they are in a disquieting doubt
about it.
[41.46] Whoever does good, it
is for his own soul, and whoever
does evil, it is against it; and
your Lord is not in the least unjust
to the servants.
[41.47] To Him is referred
the knowledge of the hour, and there
come not forth any of the fruits
from their coverings, nor does a
female bear, nor does she give
birth, but with His knowledge; and
on the day when He shall call out to
them, Where are (those whom you
called) My associates? They shall
say: We declare to Thee, none of us
is a witness.
[41.48] And away from them
shall go what they called upon
before, and they shall know for
certain that there is no escape for
them.
[41.49] Man is never tired of
praying for good, and if evil touch
him, then he is despairing,
hopeless.
[41.50] And if We make him
taste mercy from Us after distress
that has touched him, he would most
certainly say: This is of me, and I
do not think the hour will come to
pass, and if I am sent back to my
Lord, I shall have with Him sure
good; but We will most certainly
inform those who disbelieved of what
they did, and We will most certainly
make them taste of hard
chastisement.
[41.51] And when We show
favor to man, he turns aside and
withdraws himself; and when evil
touches him, he makes lengthy
supplications.
[41.52] Say: Tell me if it is
from Allah; then you disbelieve in
it, who is in greater error than he
who is in a prolonged opposition?
[41.53] We will soon show
them Our signs in the Universe and
in their own souls, until it will
become quite clear to them that it
is the truth. Is it not sufficient
as regards your Lord that He is a
witness over all things?
[41.54] Now surely they are
in doubt as to the meeting of their
Lord; now surely He encompasses all
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