| 1. Closer and closer to 
												mankind comes their Reckoning: 
												yet they heed not and they turn 
												away.
 2. Never comes (aught) to them 
												of a renewed Message from their 
												Lord, but they listen to it as 
												in jest,-
 
 3. Their hearts toying as with 
												trifles. The wrong-doers conceal 
												their private counsels, 
												(saying), "Is this (one) more 
												than a man like yourselves? Will 
												ye go to witchcraft with your 
												eyes open?"
 
 4. Say: "My Lord knoweth (every) 
												word (spoken) in the heavens and 
												on earth: He is the One that 
												heareth and knoweth (all 
												things)."
 
 5. "Nay," they say, "(these are) 
												medleys of dream! - Nay, He 
												forged it! - Nay, He is (but) a 
												poet! Let him then bring us a 
												Sign like the ones that were 
												sent to (Prophets) of old!"
 
 6. (As to those) before them, 
												not one of the populations which 
												We destroyed believed: will 
												these believe?
 
 7. Before thee, also, the 
												apostles We sent were but men, 
												to whom We granted inspiration: 
												If ye realise this not, ask of 
												those who possess the Message.
 
 8. Nor did We give them bodies 
												that ate no food, nor were they 
												exempt from death.
 
 9. In the end We fulfilled to 
												them Our Promise, and We saved 
												them and those whom We pleased, 
												but We destroyed those who 
												transgressed beyond bounds.
 
 10. We have revealed for you (O 
												men!) a book in which is a 
												Message for you: will ye not 
												then understand?
 
 11. How many were the 
												populations We utterly destroyed 
												because of their iniquities, 
												setting up in their places other 
												peoples?
 
 12. Yet, when they felt Our 
												Punishment (coming), behold, 
												they (tried to) flee from it.
 
 13. Flee not, but return to the 
												good things of this life which 
												were given you, and to your 
												homes in order that ye may be 
												called to account.
 
 14. They said: "Ah! woe to us! 
												We were indeed wrong-doers!"
 
 15. And that cry of theirs 
												ceased not, till We made them as 
												a field that is mown, as ashes 
												silent and quenched.
 
 16. Not for (idle) sport did We 
												create the heavens and the earth 
												and all that is between!
 
 17. If it had been Our wish to 
												take (just) a pastime, We should 
												surely have taken it from the 
												things nearest to Us, if We 
												would do (such a thing)!
 
 18. Nay, We hurl the Truth 
												against falsehood, and it knocks 
												out its brain, and behold, 
												falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe 
												be to you for the (false) things 
												ye ascribe (to Us).
 
 19. To Him belong all 
												(creatures) in the heavens and 
												on earth: Even those who are in 
												His (very) Presence are not too 
												proud to serve Him, nor are they 
												(ever) weary (of His service):
 
 20. They celebrate His praises 
												night and day, nor do they ever 
												flag or intermit.
 
 21. Or have they taken (for 
												worship) gods from the earth who 
												can raise (the dead)?
 
 22. If there were, in the 
												heavens and the earth, other 
												gods besides Allah, there would 
												have been confusion in both! but 
												glory to Allah, the Lord of the 
												Throne: (High is He) above what 
												they attribute to Him!
 
 23. He cannot be questioned for 
												His acts, but they will be 
												questioned (for theirs).
 
 24. Or have they taken for 
												worship (other) gods besides 
												him? Say, "Bring your convincing 
												proof: this is the Message of 
												those with me and the Message of 
												those before me." But most of 
												them know not the Truth, and so 
												turn away.
 
 25. Not an apostle did We send 
												before thee without this 
												inspiration sent by Us to him: 
												that there is no god but I; 
												therefore worship and serve Me.
 
 26. And they say: "((Allah)) 
												Most Gracious has begotten 
												offspring." Glory to Him! they 
												are (but) servants raised to 
												honour.
 
 27. They speak not before He 
												speaks, and they act (in all 
												things) by His Command.
 
 28. He knows what is before 
												them, and what is behind them, 
												and they offer no intercession 
												except for those who are 
												acceptable, and they stand in 
												awe and reverence of His 
												(Glory).
 
 29. If any of them should say, 
												"I am a god besides Him", such a 
												one We should reward with Hell: 
												thus do We reward those who do 
												wrong.
 
 30. Do not the Unbelievers see 
												that the heavens and the earth 
												were joined together (as one 
												unit of creation), before we 
												clove them asunder? We made from 
												water every living thing. Will 
												they not then believe?
 
 31. And We have set on the earth 
												mountains standing firm, lest it 
												should shake with them, and We 
												have made therein broad highways 
												(between mountains) for them to 
												pass through: that they may 
												receive Guidance.
 
 32. And We have made the heavens 
												as a canopy well guarded: yet do 
												they turn away from the Signs 
												which these things (point to)!
 
 33. It is He Who created the 
												Night and the Day, and the sun 
												and the moon: all (the celestial 
												bodies) swim along, each in its 
												rounded course.
 
 34. We granted not to any man 
												before thee permanent life 
												(here): if then thou shouldst 
												die, would they live 
												permanently?
 
 35. Every soul shall have a 
												taste of death: and We test you 
												by evil and by good by way of 
												trial. to Us must ye return.
 
 36. When the Unbelievers see 
												thee, they treat thee not except 
												with ridicule. "Is this," (they 
												say), "the one who talks of your 
												gods?" and they blaspheme at the 
												mention of ((Allah)) Most 
												Gracious!
 
 37. Man is a creature of haste: 
												soon (enough) will I show you My 
												Signs; then ye will not ask Me 
												to hasten them!
 
 38. They say: "When will this 
												promise come to pass, if ye are 
												telling the truth?"
 
 39. If only the Unbelievers knew 
												(the time) when they will not be 
												able to ward off the fire from 
												their faces, nor yet from their 
												backs, and (when) no help can 
												reach them!
 
 40. Nay, it may come to them all 
												of a sudden and confound them: 
												no power will they have then to 
												avert it, nor will they (then) 
												get respite.
 
 41. Mocked were (many) apostle 
												before thee; But their scoffers 
												were hemmed in by the thing that 
												they mocked.
 
 42. Say: "Who can keep you safe 
												by night and by day from (the 
												Wrath of) ((Allah)) Most 
												Gracious?" Yet they turn away 
												from the mention of their Lord.
 
 43. Or have they gods that can 
												guard them from Us? They have no 
												power to aid themselves, nor can 
												they be defended from Us.
 
 44. Nay, We gave the good things 
												of this life to these men and 
												their fathers until the period 
												grew long for them; See they not 
												that We gradually reduce the 
												land (in their control) from its 
												outlying borders? Is it then 
												they who will win?
 
 45. Say, "I do but warn you 
												according to revelation": But 
												the deaf will not hear the call, 
												(even) when they are warned!
 
 46. If but a breath of the Wrath 
												of thy Lord do touch them, they 
												will then say, "Woe to us! we 
												did wrong indeed!"
 
 47. We shall set up scales of 
												justice for the Day of Judgment, 
												so that not a soul will be dealt 
												with unjustly in the least, and 
												if there be (no more than) the 
												weight of a mustard seed, We 
												will bring it (to account): and 
												enough are We to take account.
 
 48. In the past We granted to 
												Moses and Aaron the criterion 
												(for judgment), and a Light and 
												a Message for those who would do 
												right,-
 
 49. Those who fear their Lord in 
												their most secret thoughts, and 
												who hold the Hour (of Judgment) 
												in awe.
 
 50. And this is a blessed 
												Message which We have sent down: 
												will ye then reject it?
 
 51. We bestowed aforetime on 
												Abraham his rectitude of 
												conduct, and well were We 
												acquainted with him.
 
 52. Behold! he said to his 
												father and his people, "What are 
												these images, to which ye are 
												(so assiduously) devoted?"
 
 53. They said, "We found our 
												fathers worshipping them."
 
 54. He said, "Indeed ye have 
												been in manifest error - ye and 
												your fathers."
 
 55. They said, "Have you brought 
												us the Truth, or are you one of 
												those who jest?"
 
 56. He said, "Nay, your Lord is 
												the Lord of the heavens and the 
												earth, He Who created them (from 
												nothing): and I am a witness to 
												this (Truth).
 
 57. "And by Allah, I have a plan 
												for your idols - after ye go 
												away and turn your backs"..
 
 58. So he broke them to pieces, 
												(all) but the biggest of them, 
												that they might turn (and 
												address themselves) to it.
 
 59. They said, "Who has done 
												this to our gods? He must indeed 
												be some man of impiety!"
 
 60. They said, "We heard a youth 
												talk of them: He is called 
												Abraham."
 
 61. They said, "Then bring him 
												before the eyes of the people, 
												that they may bear witness."
 
 62. They said, "Art thou the one 
												that did this with our gods, O 
												Abraham?"
 
 63. He said: "Nay, this was done 
												by - this is their biggest one! 
												ask them, if they can speak 
												intelligently!"
 
 64. So they turned to themselves 
												and said, "Surely ye are the 
												ones in the wrong!"
 
 65. Then were they confounded 
												with shame: (they said), "Thou 
												knowest full well that these 
												(idols) do not speak!"
 
 66. (Abraham) said, "Do ye then 
												worship, besides Allah, things 
												that can neither be of any good 
												to you nor do you harm?
 
 67. "Fie upon you, and upon the 
												things that ye worship besides 
												Allah. Have ye no sense?"..
 
 68. They said, "Burn him and 
												protect your gods, If ye do 
												(anything at all)!"
 
 69. We said, "O Fire! be thou 
												cool, and (a means of) safety 
												for Abraham!"
 
 70. Then they sought a stratagem 
												against him: but We made them 
												the ones that lost most!
 
 71. But We delivered him and 
												(his nephew) Lut (and directed 
												them) to the land which We have 
												blessed for the nations.
 
 72. And We bestowed on him Isaac 
												and, as an additional gift, (a 
												grandson), Jacob, and We made 
												righteous men of every one (of 
												them).
 
 73. And We made them leaders, 
												guiding (men) by Our Command, 
												and We sent them inspiration to 
												do good deeds, to establish 
												regular prayers, and to practise 
												regular charity; and they 
												constantly served Us (and Us 
												only).
 
 74. And to Lut, too, We gave 
												Judgment and Knowledge, and We 
												saved him from the town which 
												practised abominations: truly 
												they were a people given to 
												Evil, a rebellious people.
 
 75. And We admitted him to Our 
												Mercy: for he was one of the 
												Righteous.
 
 76. (Remember) Noah, when he 
												cried (to Us) aforetime: We 
												listened to his (prayer) and 
												delivered him and his family 
												from great distress.
 
 77. We helped him against people 
												who rejected Our Signs: truly 
												they were a people given to 
												Evil: so We drowned them (in the 
												Flood) all together.
 
 78. And remember David and 
												Solomon, when they gave judgment 
												in the matter of the field into 
												which the sheep of certain 
												people had strayed by night: We 
												did witness their judgment.
 
 79. To Solomon We inspired the 
												(right) understanding of the 
												matter: to each (of them) We 
												gave Judgment and Knowledge; it 
												was Our power that made the 
												hills and the birds celebrate 
												Our praises, with David: it was 
												We Who did (all these things).
 
 80. It was We Who taught him the 
												making of coats of mail for your 
												benefit, to guard you from each 
												other's violence: will ye then 
												be grateful?
 
 81. (It was Our power that made) 
												the violent (unruly) wind flow 
												(tamely) for Solomon, to his 
												order, to the land which We had 
												blessed: for We do know all 
												things.
 
 82. And of the evil ones, were 
												some who dived for him, and did 
												other work besides; and it was 
												We Who guarded them.
 
 83. And (remember) Job, when He 
												cried to his Lord, "Truly 
												distress has seized me, but Thou 
												art the Most Merciful of those 
												that are merciful."
 
 84. So We listened to him: We 
												removed the distress that was on 
												him, and We restored his people 
												to him, and doubled their 
												number,- as a Grace from 
												Ourselves, and a thing for 
												commemoration, for all who serve 
												Us.
 
 85. And (remember) Isma'il, 
												Idris, and Zul-kifl, all (men) 
												of constancy and patience;
 
 86. We admitted them to Our 
												mercy: for they were of the 
												righteous ones.
 
 87. And remember Zun-nun, when 
												he departed in wrath: He 
												imagined that We had no power 
												over him! But he cried through 
												the deptHs of darkness, "There 
												is no god but thou: glory to 
												thee: I was indeed wrong!"
 
 88. So We listened to him: and 
												delivered him from distress: and 
												thus do We deliver those who 
												have faith.
 
 89. And (remember) Zakariya, 
												when he cried to his Lord: "O my 
												Lord! leave me not without 
												offspring, though thou art the 
												best of inheritors."
 
 90. So We listened to him: and 
												We granted him Yahya: We cured 
												his wife's (Barrenness) for him. 
												These (three) were ever quick in 
												emulation in good works; they 
												used to call on Us with love and 
												reverence, and humble themselves 
												before Us.
 
 91. And (remember) her who 
												guarded her chastity: We 
												breathed into her of Our spirit, 
												and We made her and her son a 
												sign for all peoples.
 
 92. Verily, this brotherhood of 
												yours is a single brotherhood, 
												and I am your Lord and 
												Cherisher: therefore serve Me 
												(and no other).
 
 93. But (later generations) cut 
												off their affair (of unity), one 
												from another: (yet) will they 
												all return to Us.
 
 94. Whoever works any act of 
												righteousness and has faith,- 
												His endeavour will not be 
												rejected: We shall record it in 
												his favour.
 
 95. But there is a ban on any 
												population which We have 
												destroyed: that they shall not 
												return,
 
 96. Until the Gog and Magog 
												(people) are let through (their 
												barrier), and they swiftly swarm 
												from every hill.
 
 97. Then will the true promise 
												draw nigh (of fulfilment): then 
												behold! the eyes of the 
												Unbelievers will fixedly stare 
												in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we 
												were indeed heedless of this; 
												nay, we truly did wrong!"
 
 98. Verily ye, (unbelievers), 
												and the (false) gods that ye 
												worship besides Allah, are (but) 
												fuel for Hell! to it will ye 
												(surely) come!
 
 99. If these had been gods, they 
												would not have got there! but 
												each one will abide therein.
 
 100. There, sobbing will be 
												their lot, nor will they there 
												hear (aught else).
 
 101. Those for whom the good 
												(record) from Us has gone 
												before, will be removed far 
												therefrom.
 
 102. Not the slightest sound 
												will they hear of Hell: what 
												their souls desired, in that 
												will they dwell.
 
 103. The Great Terror will bring 
												them no grief: but the angels 
												will meet them (with mutual 
												greetings): "This is your Day,- 
												(the Day) that ye were 
												promised."
 
 104. The Day that We roll up the 
												heavens like a scroll rolled up 
												for books (completed),- even as 
												We produced the first creation, 
												so shall We produce a new one: a 
												promise We have undertaken: 
												truly shall We fulfil it.
 
 105. Before this We wrote in the 
												Psalms, after the Message (given 
												to Moses): My servants the 
												righteous, shall inherit the 
												earth."
 
 106. Verily in this (Qur'an) is 
												a Message for people who would 
												(truly) worship Allah.
 
 107. We sent thee not, but as a 
												Mercy for all creatures.
 
 108. Say: "What has come to me 
												by inspiration is that your 
												Allah is One Allah. will ye 
												therefore bow to His Will (in 
												Islam)?"
 
 109. But if they turn back, Say: 
												"I have proclaimed the Message 
												to you all alike and in truth; 
												but I know not whether that 
												which ye are promised is near or 
												far.
 
 110. "It is He Who knows what is 
												open in speech and what ye hide 
												(in your hearts).
 
 111. "I know not but that it may 
												be a trial for you, and a grant 
												of (worldly) livelihood (to you) 
												for a time."
 
 112. Say: "O my Lord! judge Thou 
												in truth!" "Our Lord Most 
												Gracious is the One Whose 
												assistance should be sought 
												against the blasphemies ye 
												utter!"
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