| 1. Ha-Mim.
 2. The Revelation of the Book is 
												from Allah the Exalted in Power, 
												Full of Wisdom.
 
 3. We created not the heavens 
												and the earth and all between 
												them but for just ends, and for 
												a Term Appointed: But those who 
												reject Faith turn away from that 
												whereof they are warned.
 
 4. Say: "Do ye see what it is ye 
												invoke besides Allah. Show me 
												what it is they have created on 
												earth, or have they a share in 
												the heavens bring me a book 
												(revealed) before this, or any 
												remnant of knowledge (ye may 
												have), if ye are telling the 
												truth!
 
 5. And who is more astray than 
												one who invokes besides Allah, 
												such as will not answer him to 
												the Day of Judgment, and who (in 
												fact) are unconscious of their 
												call (to them)?
 
 6. And when mankind are gathered 
												together (at the Resurrection), 
												they will be hostile to them and 
												reject their worship 
												(altogether)!
 
 7. When Our Clear Signs are 
												rehearsed to them, the 
												Unbelievers say, of the Truth 
												when it comes to them: "This is 
												evident sorcery!"
 
 8. Or do they say, "He has 
												forged it"? Say: "Had I forged 
												it, then can ye obtain no single 
												(blessing) for me from Allah. He 
												knows best of that whereof ye 
												talk (so glibly)! Enough is He 
												for a witness between me and 
												you! And he is Oft-Forgiving, 
												Most Merciful."
 
 9. Say: "I am no bringer of 
												new-fangled doctrine among the 
												apostles, nor do I know what 
												will be done with me or with 
												you. I follow but that which is 
												revealed to me by inspiration; I 
												am but a Warner open and clear."
 
 10. Say: "See ye? If (this 
												teaching) be from Allah, and ye 
												reject it, and a witness from 
												among the Children of Israel 
												testifies to its similarity 
												(with earlier scripture), and 
												has believed while ye are 
												arrogant, (how unjust ye are!) 
												truly, Allah guides not a people 
												unjust."
 
 11. The Unbelievers say of those 
												who believe: "If (this Message) 
												were a good thing, (such men) 
												would not have gone to it first, 
												before us!" And seeing that they 
												guide not themselves thereby, 
												they will say, "this is an 
												(old,) falsehood!"
 
 12. And before this, was the 
												Book of Moses as a guide and a 
												mercy: And this Book confirms 
												(it) in the Arabic tongue; to 
												admonish the unjust, and as Glad 
												Tidings to those who do right.
 
 13. Verily those who say, "Our 
												Lord is Allah," and remain firm 
												(on that Path),- on them shall 
												be no fear, nor shall they 
												grieve.
 
 14. Such shall be Companions of 
												the Gardens, dwelling therein 
												(for aye): a recompense for 
												their (good) deeds.
 
 15. We have enjoined on man 
												kindness to his parents: In pain 
												did his mother bear him, and in 
												pain did she give him birth. The 
												carrying of the (child) to his 
												weaning is (a period of) thirty 
												months. At length, when he 
												reaches the age of full strength 
												and attains forty years, he 
												says, "O my Lord! Grant me that 
												I may be grateful for Thy favour 
												which Thou has bestowed upon me, 
												and upon both my parents, and 
												that I may work righteousness 
												such as Thou mayest approve; and 
												be gracious to me in my issue. 
												Truly have I turned to Thee and 
												truly do I bow (to Thee) in 
												Islam."
 
 16. Such are they from whom We 
												shall accept the best of their 
												deeds and pass by their ill 
												deeds: (They shall be) among the 
												Companions of the Garden: a 
												promise! of truth, which was 
												made to them (in this life).
 
 17. But (there is one) who says 
												to his parents, "Fie on you! Do 
												ye hold out the promise to me 
												that I shall be raised up, even 
												though generations have passed 
												before me (without rising 
												again)?" And they two seek 
												Allah.s aid, (and rebuke the 
												son): "Woe to thee! Have faith! 
												for the promise of Allah is 
												true." But he says, "This is 
												nothing but tales of the 
												ancients!"
 
 18. Such are they against whom 
												is proved the sentence among the 
												previous generations of Jinns 
												and men, that have passed away; 
												for they will be (utterly) lost.
 
 19. And to all are (assigned) 
												degrees according to the deeds 
												which they (have done), and in 
												order that ((Allah)) may 
												recompense their deeds, and no 
												injustice be done to them.
 
 20. And on the Day that the 
												Unbelievers will be placed 
												before the Fire, (It will be 
												said to them): "Ye received your 
												good things in the life of the 
												world, and ye took your pleasure 
												out of them: but today shall ye 
												be recompensed with a Penalty of 
												humiliation: for that ye were 
												arrogant on earth without just 
												cause, and that ye (ever) 
												transgressed."
 
 21. Mention (Hud) one of 'Ad's 
												(own) brethren: Behold, he 
												warned his people about the 
												winding Sand-tracts: but there 
												have been warners before him and 
												after him: "Worship ye none 
												other than Allah. Truly I fear 
												for you the Penalty of a Mighty 
												Day."
 
 22. They said: "Hast thou come 
												in order to turn us aside from 
												our gods? Then bring upon us the 
												(calamity) with which thou dost 
												threaten us, if thou art telling 
												the truth?"
 
 23. He said: "The Knowledge (of 
												when it will come) is only with 
												Allah. I proclaim to you the 
												mission on which I have been 
												sent: But I see that ye are a 
												people in ignorance!"..
 
 24. Then, when they saw the 
												(Penalty in the shape of) a 
												cloud traversing the sky, coming 
												to meet their valleys, they 
												said, "This cloud will give us 
												rain!" "Nay, it is the 
												(Calamity) ye were asking to be 
												hastened!- A wind wherein is a 
												Grievous Penalty!
 
 25. "Everything will it destroy 
												by the command of its Lord!" 
												Then by the morning they - 
												nothing was to be seen but (the 
												ruins of) their houses! thus do 
												We recompense those given to 
												sin!
 
 26. And We had firmly 
												established them in a 
												(prosperity and) power which We 
												have not given to you (ye 
												Quraish!) and We had endowed 
												them with (faculties of) 
												hearing, seeing, heart and 
												intellect: but of no profit to 
												them were their (faculties of) 
												hearing, sight, and heart and 
												intellect, when they went on 
												rejecting the Signs of Allah. 
												and they were (completely) 
												encircled by that which they 
												used to mock at!
 
 27. We destroyed aforetime 
												populations round about you; and 
												We have shown the Signs in 
												various ways, that they may turn 
												(to Us).
 
 28. Why then was no help 
												forthcoming to them from those 
												whom they worshipped as gods, 
												besides Allah, as a means of 
												access (to Allah.? Nay, they 
												left them in the lurch: but that 
												was their falsehood and their 
												invention.
 
 29. Behold, We turned towards 
												thee a company of Jinns 
												(quietly) listening to the 
												Qur'an: when they stood in the 
												presence thereof, they said, 
												"Listen in silence!" When the 
												(reading) was finished, they 
												returned to their people, to 
												warn (them of their sins).
 
 30. They said, "O our people! We 
												have heard a Book revealed after 
												Moses, confirming what came 
												before it: it guides (men) to 
												the Truth and to a Straight 
												Path.
 
 31. "O our people, hearken to 
												the one who invites (you) to 
												Allah, and believe in him: He 
												will forgive you your faults, 
												and deliver you from a Penalty 
												Grievous.
 
 32. "If any does not hearken to 
												the one who invites (us) to 
												Allah, he cannot frustrate ((Allah)'s 
												Plan) on earth, and no 
												protectors can he have besides 
												Allah. such men (wander) in 
												manifest error."
 
 33. See they not that Allah, Who 
												created the heavens and the 
												earth, and never wearied with 
												their creation, is able to give 
												life to the dead? Yea, verily He 
												has power over all things.
 
 34. And on the Day that the 
												Unbelievers will be placed 
												before the Fire, (they will be 
												asked,) "Is this not the Truth?" 
												they will say, "Yea, by our 
												Lord!" (One will say:) "Then 
												taste ye the Penalty, for that 
												ye were wont to deny (Truth)!"
 
 35. Therefore patiently 
												persevere, as did (all) apostles 
												of inflexible purpose; and be in 
												no haste about the 
												(Unbelievers). On the Day that 
												they see the (Punishment) 
												promised them, (it will be) as 
												if they had not tarried more 
												than an hour in a single day. 
												(Thine but) to proclaim the 
												Message: but shall any be 
												destroyed except those who 
												transgress?
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