| 1. Ha Mim
 2. The revelation of this Book 
												is from Allah, Exalted in Power, 
												Full of Knowledge,-
 
 3. Who forgiveth sin, accepteth 
												repentance, is strict in 
												punishment, and hath a long 
												reach (in all things). there is 
												no god but He: to Him is the 
												final goal.
 
 4. None can dispute about the 
												Signs of Allah but the 
												Unbelievers. Let not, then, 
												their strutting about through 
												the land deceive thee!
 
 5. But (there were people) 
												before them, who denied (the 
												Signs),- the People of Noah, and 
												the Confederates (of Evil) after 
												them; and every People plotted 
												against their prophet, to seize 
												him, and disputed by means of 
												vanities, therewith to condemn 
												the Truth; but it was I that 
												seized them! and how (terrible) 
												was My Requital!
 
 6. Thus was the Decree of thy 
												Lord proved true against the 
												Unbelievers; that truly they are 
												Companions of the Fire!
 
 7. Those who sustain the Throne 
												(of Allah. and those around it 
												Sing Glory and Praise to their 
												Lord; believe in Him; and 
												implore Forgiveness for those 
												who believe: "Our Lord! Thy 
												Reach is over all things, in 
												Mercy and Knowledge. Forgive, 
												then, those who turn in 
												Repentance, and follow Thy Path; 
												and preserve them from the 
												Penalty of the Blazing Fire!
 
 8. "And grant, our Lord! that 
												they enter the Gardens of 
												Eternity, which Thou hast 
												promised to them, and to the 
												righteous among their fathers, 
												their wives, and their 
												posterity! For Thou art (He), 
												the Exalted in Might, Full of 
												Wisdom.
 
 9. "And preserve them from (all) 
												ills; and any whom Thou dost 
												preserve from ills that Day,- on 
												them wilt Thou have bestowed 
												Mercy indeed: and that will be 
												truly (for them) the highest 
												Achievement".
 
 10. The Unbelievers will be 
												addressed: "Greater was the 
												aversion of Allah to you than 
												(is) your aversion to 
												yourselves, seeing that ye were 
												called to the Faith and ye used 
												to refuse."
 
 11. They will say: "Our Lord! 
												twice hast Thou made us without 
												life, and twice hast Thou given 
												us Life! Now have we recognised 
												our sins: Is there any way out 
												(of this)?"
 
 12. (The answer will be:) "This 
												is because, when Allah was 
												invoked as the Only (object of 
												worship), ye did reject Faith, 
												but when partners were joined to 
												Him, ye believed! the Command is 
												with Allah, Most High, Most 
												Great!"
 
 13. He it is Who showeth you his 
												Signs, and sendeth down 
												sustenance for you from the sky: 
												but only those receive 
												admonition who turn (to Allah..
 
 14. Call ye, then, upon Allah 
												with sincere devotion to Him, 
												even though the Unbelievers may 
												detest it.
 
 15. Raised high above ranks (or 
												degrees), (He is) the Lord of 
												the Throne (of Authority): by 
												His Command doth He send the 
												Spirit (of inspiration) to any 
												of His servants he pleases, that 
												it may warn (men) of the Day of 
												Mutual Meeting,-
 
 16. The Day whereon they will 
												(all) come forth: not a single 
												thing concerning them is hidden 
												from Allah. Whose will be the 
												dominion that Day?" That of 
												Allah, the One the Irresistible!
 
 17. That Day will every soul be 
												requited for what it earned; no 
												injustice will there be that 
												Day, for Allah is Swift in 
												taking account.
 
 18. Warn them of the Day that is 
												(ever) drawing near, when the 
												hearts will (come) right up to 
												the throats to choke (them); No 
												intimate friend nor intercessor 
												will the wrong-doers have, who 
												could be listened to.
 
 19. ((Allah)) knows of (the 
												tricks) that deceive with the 
												eyes, and all that the hearts 
												(of men) conceal.
 
 20. And Allah will judge with 
												(justice and) Truth: but those 
												whom (men) invoke besides Him, 
												will not (be in a position) to 
												judge at all. Verily it is Allah 
												(alone) Who hears and sees (all 
												things).
 
 21. Do they not travel through 
												the earth and see what was the 
												End of those before them? They 
												were even superior to them in 
												strength, and in the traces 
												(they have left) in the land: 
												but Allah did call them to 
												account for their sins, and none 
												had they to defend them against 
												Allah.
 
 22. That was because there came 
												to them their apostles with 
												Clear (Signs), but they rejected 
												them: So Allah called them to 
												account: for He is Full of 
												Strength, Strict in Punishment.
 
 23. Of old We sent Moses, with 
												Our Signs and an authority 
												manifest,
 
 24. To Pharaoh, Haman, and Qarun; 
												but they called (him)" a 
												sorcerer telling lies!"...
 
 25. Now, when he came to them in 
												Truth, from Us, they said, "Slay 
												the sons of those who believe 
												with him, and keep alive their 
												females," but the plots of 
												Unbelievers (end) in nothing but 
												errors (and delusions)!...
 
 26. Said Pharaoh: "Leave me to 
												slay Moses; and let him call on 
												his Lord! What I fear is lest he 
												should change your religion, or 
												lest he should cause mischief to 
												appear in the land!"
 
 27. Moses said: "I have indeed 
												called upon my Lord and your 
												Lord (for protection) from every 
												arrogant one who believes not in 
												the Day of Account!"
 
 28. A believer, a man from among 
												the people of Pharaoh, who had 
												concealed his faith, said: "Will 
												ye slay a man because he says, 
												'My Lord is Allah.?- when he has 
												indeed come to you with Clear 
												(Signs) from your Lord? and if 
												he be a liar, on him is (the sin 
												of) his lie: but, if he is 
												telling the Truth, then will 
												fall on you something of the 
												(calamity) of which he warns 
												you: Truly Allah guides not one 
												who transgresses and lies!
 
 29. "O my People! Yours is the 
												dominion this day: Ye have the 
												upper hand in the land: but who 
												will help us from the Punishment 
												of Allah, should it befall us?" 
												Pharaoh said: "I but point out 
												to you that which I see 
												(myself); Nor do I guide you but 
												to the Path of Right!"
 
 30. Then said the man who 
												believed: "O my people! Truly I 
												do fear for you something like 
												the Day (of disaster) of the 
												Confederates (in sin)!-
 
 31. "Something like the fate of 
												the People of Noah, the 'Ad, and 
												the Thamud, and those who came 
												after them: but Allah never 
												wishes injustice to his 
												Servants.
 
 32. "And O my people! I fear for 
												you a Day when there will be 
												Mutual calling (and wailing),-
 
 33. "A Day when ye shall turn 
												your backs and flee: No defender 
												shall ye have from Allah. Any 
												whom Allah leaves to stray, 
												there is none to guide...
 
 34. "And to you there came 
												Joseph in times gone by, with 
												Clear Signs, but ye ceased not 
												to doubt of the (Mission) for 
												which he had come: At length, 
												when he died, ye said: 'No 
												apostle will Allah send after 
												him.' thus doth Allah leave to 
												stray such as transgress and 
												live in doubt,-
 
 35. "(Such) as dispute about the 
												Signs of Allah, without any 
												authority that hath reached 
												them, grievous and odious (is 
												such conduct) in the sight of 
												Allah and of the Believers. Thus 
												doth Allah, seal up every heart 
												- of arrogant and obstinate 
												Transgressors."
 
 36. Pharaoh said: "O Haman! 
												Build me a lofty palace, that I 
												may attain the ways and means-
 
 37. "The ways and means of 
												(reaching) the heavens, and that 
												I may mount up to the Allah of 
												Moses: But as far as I am 
												concerned, I think (Moses) is a 
												liar!" Thus was made alluring, 
												in Pharaoh's eyes, the evil of 
												his deeds, and he was hindered 
												from the Path; and the plot of 
												Pharaoh led to nothing but 
												perdition (for him).
 
 38. The man who believed said 
												further: "O my people! Follow 
												me: I will lead you to the Path 
												of Right.
 
 39. "O my people! This life of 
												the present is nothing but 
												(temporary) convenience: It is 
												the Hereafter that is the Home 
												that will last.
 
 40. "He that works evil will not 
												be requited but by the like 
												thereof: and he that works a 
												righteous deed - whether man or 
												woman - and is a Believer- such 
												will enter the Garden (of 
												Bliss): Therein will they have 
												abundance without measure.
 
 41. "And O my people! How 
												(strange) it is for me to call 
												you to Salvation while ye call 
												me to the Fire!
 
 42. "Ye do call upon me to 
												blaspheme against Allah, and to 
												join with Him partners of whom I 
												have no knowledge; and I call 
												you to the Exalted in Power, Who 
												forgives again and again!"
 
 43. "Without doubt ye do call me 
												to one who is not fit to be 
												called to, whether in this 
												world, or in the Hereafter; our 
												return will be to Allah. and the 
												Transgressors will be Companions 
												of the Fire!
 
 44. "Soon will ye remember what 
												I say to you (now), My (own) 
												affair I commit to Allah. for 
												Allah (ever) watches over His 
												Servants."
 
 45. Then Allah saved him from 
												(every) ill that they plotted 
												(against him), but the burnt of 
												the Penalty encompassed on all 
												sides the People of Pharaoh.
 
 46. In front of the Fire will 
												they be brought, morning and 
												evening: And (the sentence will 
												be) on the Day that Judgment 
												will be established: "Cast ye 
												the People of Pharaoh into the 
												severest Penalty!"
 
 47. Behold, they will dispute 
												with each other in the Fire! The 
												weak ones (who followed) will 
												say to those who had been 
												arrogant, "We but followed you: 
												Can ye then take (on yourselves) 
												from us some share of the Fire?
 
 48. Those who had been arrogant 
												will say: "We are all in this 
												(Fire)! Truly, Allah has judged 
												between (his) Servants!"
 
 49. Those in the Fire will say 
												to the Keepers of Hell: "Pray to 
												your Lord to lighten us the 
												Penalty for a day (at least)!"
 
 50. They will say: "Did there 
												not come to you your apostles 
												with Clear Signs?" They will 
												say, "Yes". They will reply, 
												"Then pray (as ye like)! But the 
												prayer of those without Faith is 
												nothing but (futile wandering) 
												in (mazes of) error!"
 
 51. We will, without doubt, help 
												our apostles and those who 
												believe, (both) in this world's 
												life and on the Day when the 
												Witnesses will stand forth,-
 
 52. The Day when no profit will 
												it be to Wrong-doers to present 
												their excuses, but they will 
												(only) have the Curse and the 
												Home of Misery.
 
 53. We did aforetime give Moses 
												the (Book of) Guidance, and We 
												gave the book in inheritance to 
												the Children of Israel,-
 
 54. A Guide and a Message to men 
												of Understanding.
 
 55. Patiently, then, persevere: 
												for the Promise of Allah is 
												true: and ask forgiveness for 
												thy fault, and celebrate the 
												Praises of thy Lord in the 
												evening and in the morning.
 
 56. Those who dispute about the 
												signs of Allah without any 
												authority bestowed on them,- 
												there is nothing in their 
												breasts but (the quest of) 
												greatness, which they shall 
												never attain to: seek refuge, 
												then, in Allah. It is He Who 
												hears and sees (all things).
 
 57. Assuredly the creation of 
												the heavens and the earth is a 
												greater (matter) than the 
												creation of men: Yet most men 
												understand not.
 
 58. Not equal are the blind and 
												those who (clearly) see: Nor are 
												(equal) those who believe and 
												work deeds of righteousness, and 
												those who do evil. Little do ye 
												learn by admonition!
 
 59. The Hour will certainly 
												come: Therein is no doubt: Yet 
												most men believe not.
 
 60. And your Lord says: "Call on 
												Me; I will answer your (Prayer): 
												but those who are too arrogant 
												to serve Me will surely find 
												themselves in Hell - in 
												humiliation!"
 
 61. It is Allah Who has made the 
												Night for you, that ye may rest 
												therein, and the days as that 
												which helps (you) to see. Verily 
												Allah is full of Grace and 
												Bounty to men: yet most men give 
												no thanks.
 
 62. Such is Allah, your Lord, 
												the Creator of all things, there 
												is no god but He: Then how ye 
												are deluded away from the Truth!
 
 63. Thus are deluded those who 
												are wont to reject the Signs of 
												Allah.
 
 64. It is Allah Who has made for 
												you the earth as a resting 
												place, and the sky as a canopy, 
												and has given you shape- and 
												made your shapes beautiful,- and 
												has provided for you Sustenance, 
												of things pure and good;- such 
												is Allah your Lord. So Glory to 
												Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!
 
 65. He is the Living (One): 
												There is no god but He: Call 
												upon Him, giving Him sincere 
												devotion. Praise be to Allah, 
												Lord of the Worlds!
 
 66. Say: "I have been forbidden 
												to invoke those whom ye invoke 
												besides Allah,- seeing that the 
												Clear Sings have come to me from 
												my Lord; and I have been 
												commanded to bow (in Islam) to 
												the Lord of the Worlds."
 
 67. It is He Who has created you 
												from dust then from a 
												sperm-drop, then from a 
												leech-like clot; then does he 
												get you out (into the light) as 
												a child: then lets you (grow 
												and) reach your age of full 
												strength; then lets you become 
												old,- though of you there are 
												some who die before;- and lets 
												you reach a Term appointed; in 
												order that ye may learn wisdom.
 
 68. It is He Who gives Life and 
												Death; and when He decides upon 
												an affair, He says to it, "Be", 
												and it is.
 
 69. Seest thou not those that 
												dispute concerning the Sings of 
												Allah. How are they turned away 
												(from Reality)?-
 
 70. Those who reject the Book 
												and the (revelations) with which 
												We sent our apostles: but soon 
												shall they know,-
 
 71. When the yokes (shall be) 
												round their necks, and the 
												chains; they shall be dragged 
												along-
 
 72. In the boiling fetid fluid: 
												then in the Fire shall they be 
												burned;
 
 73. Then shall it be said to 
												them: "Where are the (deities) 
												to which ye gave part- worship-
 
 74. "In derogation of Allah." 
												They will reply: "They have left 
												us in the lurch: Nay, we invoked 
												not, of old, anything (that had 
												real existence)." Thus does 
												Allah leave the Unbelievers to 
												stray.
 
 75. "That was because ye were 
												wont to rejoice on the earth in 
												things other than the Truth, and 
												that ye were wont to be 
												insolent.
 
 76. "Enter ye the gates of Hell, 
												to dwell therein: and evil is 
												(this) abode of the arrogant!"
 
 77. So persevere in patience; 
												for the Promise of Allah is 
												true: and whether We show thee 
												(in this life) some part of what 
												We promise them,- or We take thy 
												soul (to Our Mercy) (before 
												that),-(in any case) it is to Us 
												that they shall (all) return.
 
 78. We did aforetime send 
												apostles before thee: of them 
												there are some whose story We 
												have related to thee, and some 
												whose story We have not related 
												to thee. It was not (possible) 
												for any apostle to bring a sign 
												except by the leave of Allah. 
												but when the Command of Allah 
												issued, the matter was decided 
												in truth and justice, and there 
												perished, there and then those 
												who stood on Falsehoods.
 
 79. It is Allah Who made cattle 
												for you, that ye may use some 
												for riding and some for food;
 
 80. And there are (other) 
												advantages in them for you 
												(besides); that ye may through 
												them attain to any need (there 
												may be) in your hearts; and on 
												them and on ships ye are 
												carried.
 
 81. And He shows you (always) 
												His Signs: then which of the 
												Signs of Allah will ye deny?
 
 82. Do they not travel through 
												the earth and see what was the 
												End of those before them? They 
												were more numerous than these 
												and superior in strength and in 
												the traces (they have left) in 
												the land: Yet all that they 
												accomplished was of no profit to 
												them.
 
 83. For when their apostles came 
												to them with Clear Signs, they 
												exulted in such knowledge (and 
												skill) as they had; but that 
												very (Wrath) at which they were 
												wont to scoff hemmed them in.
 
 84. But when they saw Our 
												Punishment, they said: "We 
												believe in Allah,- the one Allah 
												- and we reject the partners we 
												used to join with Him."
 
 85. But their professing the 
												Faith when they (actually) saw 
												Our Punishment was not going to 
												profit them. (Such has been) 
												Allah.s Way of dealing with His 
												Servants (from the most ancient 
												times). And even thus did the 
												Rejecters of Allah perish 
												(utterly)!
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