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The Qur'an
(Koran) - M. H. Shakir |
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| Surah 43
- Ornaments of Gold |
In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[43.1] Ha Mim.
[43.2] I swear by the Book
that makes things clear:
[43.3] Surely We have made it
an Arabic Quran that you may
understand.
[43.4] And surely it is in
the original of the Book with Us,
truly elevated, full of wisdom.
[43.5] What! shall We then
turn away the reminder from you
altogether because you are an
extravagant people?
[43.6] And how many a prophet
have We sent among the ancients.
[43.7] And there came not to
them a prophet but they mocked at
him.
[43.8] Then We destroyed
those who were stronger than these
in prowess, and the case of the
ancients has gone before,
[43.9] And if you should ask
them, Who created the heavens and
the earth? they would most certainly
say: The Mighty, the Knowing One,
has created them;
[43.10] He Who made the earth
a resting-place for you, and made in
it ways for you that you may go
aright;
[43.11] And He Who sends down
water from the cloud according to a
measure, then We raise to life
thereby a dead country, even thus
shall you be brought forth;
[43.12] And He Who created
pairs of all things, and made for
you of the ships and the cattle what
you ride on,
[43.13] That you may firmly
sit on their backs, then remember
the favor of your Lord when you are
firmly seated thereon, and say:
Glory be to Him Who made this
subservient to us and we were not
able to do it
[43.14] And surely to our
Lord we must return.
[43.15] And they assign to
Him a part of His servants; man, to
be sure, is clearly ungrateful.
[43.16] What! has He taken
daughters to Himself of what He
Himself creates and chosen you to
have sons?
[43.17] And when one of them
is given news of that of which he
sets up as a likeness for the
Beneficent God, his face becomes
black and he is full of rage.
[43.18] What! that which is
made in ornaments and which in
contention is unable to make plain
speech!
[43.19] And they make the
angels-- them who are the servants
of the Beneficent God-- female
(divinities). What! did they witness
their creation? Their evidence shall
be written down and they shall be
questioned.
[43.20] And they say: If the
Beneficent God had pleased, we
should never have worshipped them.
They have no knowledge of this; they
only lie.
[43.21] Or have We given them
a book before it so that they hold
fast to it?
[43.22] Nay! they say: We
found our fathers on a course, and
surely we are guided by their
footsteps.
[43.23] And thus, We did not
send before you any warner in a
town, but those who led easy lives
in it said: Surely we found our
fathers on a course, and surely we
are followers of their footsteps.
[43.24] (The warner) said:
What! even if I bring to you a
better guide than that on which you
found your fathers? They said:
Surely we are unbelievers in that
with which you are sent.
[43.25] So We inflicted
retribution on them, then see how
was the end of the rejecters.
[43.26] And when Ibrahim said
to his father and his people: Surely
I am clear of what you worship,
[43.27] Save Him Who created
me, for surely He will guide me.
[43.28] And he made it a word
to continue in his posterity that
they may return.
[43.29] Nay! I gave them and
their fathers to enjoy until there
came to them the truth and an
Apostle making manifest (the truth).
[43.30] And when there came
to them the truth they said: This is
magic, and surely we are
disbelievers in it.
[43.29] Nay! I gave them and
their fathers to enjoy until there
came to them the truth and an
Apostle making manifest (the truth).
[43.30] And when there came
to them the truth they said: This is
magic, and surely we are
disbelievers in it.
[43.31] And they say: Why was
not this Quran revealed to a man of
importance in the two towns?
[43.32] Will they distribute
the mercy of your Lord? We
distribute among them their
livelihood in the life of this
world, and We j have exalted some of
them above others in degrees, that
some of them may take others in
subjection; and the mercy of your
Lord is better than what they amass.
[43.33] And were it not that
all people had been a single nation,
We would certainly have assigned to
those who disbelieve in the
Beneficent God (to make) of silver
the roofs of their houses and the
stairs by which they ascend.
[43.34] And the doors of
their houses and the couches on
which they recline,
[43.35] And (other)
embellishments of gold; and all this
is naught but provision of this
world's life, and the hereafter is
with your Lord only for those who
guard (against evil).
[43.36] And whoever turns
himself away from the remembrance of
the Beneficent God, We appoint for
him a Shaitan, so he becomes his
associate.
[43.37] And most surely they
turn them away from the path, and
they think that they are guided
aright:
[43.38] Until when he comes
to Us, he says: O would that between
me and you there were the distance
of the East and the West; so evil is
the associate!
[43.39] And since you were
unjust, it will not profit you this
day that you are sharers in the
chastisement.
[43.40] What! can you then
make the deaf to hear or guide the
blind and him who is in clear error?
[43.41] But if We should take
you away, still We shall inflict
retribution on them;
[43.42] Rather We will
certainly show you that which We
have promised them; for surely We
are the possessors of full power
over them.
[43.43] Therefore hold fast
to that which has been revealed to
you; surely you are on the right
path.
[43.44] And most surely it is
a reminder for you and your people,
and you shall soon be questioned.
[43.45] And ask those of Our
apostles whom We sent before you:
Did We ever appoint gods to be
worshipped besides the Beneficent
God?
[43.46] And certainly We sent
Musa with Our communications to
Firon and his chiefs, so he said:
Surely I am the apostle of the Lord
of the worlds.
[43.47] But when he came to
them with Our signs, lo! they
laughed at them.
[43.48] And We did not show
them a sign but it was greater than
its like, and We overtook them with
chastisement that they may turn.
[43.49] And they said: O
magician! call on your Lord for our
sake, as He has made the covenant
with you; we shall surely be the
followers of the right way.
[43.50] But when We removed
from them the chastisement, lo! they
broke the pledge.
[43.51] And Firon proclaimed
amongst his people: O my people! is
not the kingdom of Egypt mine? And
these rivers flow beneath me; do you
not then see?
[43.52] Nay! I am better than
this fellow, who is contemptible,
and who can hardly speak distinctly:
[43.53] But why have not
bracelets of gold been put upon him,
or why have there not come with him
angels as companions?
[43.54] So he incited his
people to levity and they obeyed
him: surely they were a
transgressing people.
[43.55] Then when they
displeased Us, We inflicted a
retribution on them, so We drowned
them all together,
[43.56] And We made them a
precedent and example to the later
generations.
[43.57] And when a
description of the son of Marium is
given, lo! your people raise a
clamor thereat.
[43.58] And they say: Are our
gods better, or is he? They do not
set it forth to you save by way of
disputation; nay, they are a
contentious people.
[43.59] He was naught but a
servant on whom We bestowed favor,
and We made him an example for the
children of Israel.
[43.60] And if We please, We
could make among you angels to be
successors in the land.
[43.61] And most surely it is
a knowledge of the hour, therefore
have no doubt about it and follow
me: this is the right path.
[43.62] And let not the
Shaitan prevent you; surely he is
your j open enemy.
[43.63] And when Isa came
with clear arguments he said: I have
come to you indeed with wisdom, and
that I may make clear to you part of
what you differ in; so be careful of
(your duty to) Allah and obey me:
[43.64] Surely Allah is my
Lord and your Lord, therefore serve
Him; this is the right path:
[43.65] But parties from
among them differed, so woe to those
who were unjust because of the
chastisement of a painful day.
[43.66] Do they wait for
aught but the hour, that it should
come ! upon them all of a sudden
while they do not perceive?
[43.67] The friends shall on
that day be enemies one to another,
except those who guard (against
evil).
[43.68] O My servants! there
is no fear for you this day, nor
shall you grieve.
[43.69] Those who believed in
Our communications and were
submissive:
[43.70] Enter the garden, you
and your wives; you shall be made
happy.
[43.71] There shall be sent
round to them golden bowls and
drinking-cups and therein shall be
what their souls yearn after and
(wherein) the eyes shall delight,
and you shall abide therein.
[43.72] And this is the
garden which you are given as an
inheritance on account of what you
did.
[43.73] For you therein are
many fruits of which you shall eat.
[43.74] Surely the guilty
shall abide in the chastisement of
hell.
[43.75] It shall not be
abated from them and they shall
therein be despairing.
[43.76] And We are not unjust
to them, but they themselves were
unjust.
[43.77] And they shall call
out: O Malik! let your Lord make an
end of us. He shall say: Surely you
shall tarry.
[43.78] Certainly We have
brought you the truth, but most of
you are averse to the truth.
[43.79] Or have they settled
an affair? Then surely We are the
settlers.
[43.80] Or do they think that
We do not hear what they conceal and
their secret discourses? Aye! and
Our messengers with them write down.
[43.81] Say: If the
Beneficent God has a son, I am the
foremost of those who serve.
[43.82] Glory to the Lord of
the heavens and the earth, the Lord
of power, from what they describe.
[43.83] So leave them
plunging into false discourses and
sporting until they meet their day
which they are threatened with.
[43.84] And He it is Who is
God in the heavens and God in the
earth; and He is the Wise, the
Knowing.
[43.85] And blessed is He
Whose is the kingdom of the heavens
and the earth and what is between
them, and with Him is the knowledge
of the hour, and to Him shall you be
brought back.
[43.86] And those whom they
call upon besides Him have no
authority for intercession, but he
who bears witness of the truth and
they know (him).
[43.87] And if you should ask
them who created them, they would
certainly say: Allah. Whence are
they then turned back?
[43.88] Consider his cry: O
my Lord! surely they are a people
who do not believe.
[43.89] So turn away from
them and say, Peace, for they shall
soon come to know. |
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