The Qur'an/Source/Suras 65 through 114

Suras 1 through 9 | Suras 10 through 28 | Suras 29 through 44 | Suras 46 through 64 | Suras 65 through 114

SURA 65. AT-TALAQ (DIVORCE)

1. O Prophet! When ye [men] put away women, put them away for their [legal] period and reckon the period, and keep your duty to Allah, your Lord. Expel them not from their houses nor let them go forth unless they commit open immorality.

Such are the limits [imposed by] Allah; and whoso transgresseth Allah's limits, he verily wrongeth his soul. Thou knowest not: it may be that Allah will afterward bring some new thing to pass.

2. Then, when they have reached their term, take them back in kindness or part from them in kindness, and call to witness two just men among you, and keep your testimony upright for Allah. Whoso believeth in Allah and the Last Day is exhorted to act thus. And whosoever keepeth his duty to Allah, Allah will appoint a way out for him,

3. And will provide for him from [a quarter] whence he hath no expectation. And whosoever putteth his trust in Allah, He will suffice him. Lo! Allah bringeth His command to pass. Allah hath set a measure for all things.

4. And for such of your women as despair of menstruation, if ye doubt, their period [of waiting] shall be three months, along with those who have it not. And for those with child, their period shall be till they bring forth their burden.

And whosoever keepeth his duty to Allah, He maketh his course easy for him.

5. That is the commandment of Allah which He revealeth unto you. And whoso keepeth his duty to Allah, He will remit from him his evil deeds and magnify reward for him.

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6. Lodge them where ye dwell, according to your wealth, and harass them not soas to straiten life for them. And if they are

with child, then spend for them till they bring forth their burden. Then, if they give suck for you, give them their

due payment and consult together in kindness; but if ye make difficulties for one another, then let some other woman give suck

for him [the father of the child].

7. Let him who hath abundance spend of his abundance, and he whose provision is measured, let him spend of that which Allah

hath given him. Allah asketh naught of any soul save that which He hath given it. Allah will vouchsafe, after hardship, ease.

8. And how many a community revolted against the ordinance of its Lord and His messengers, and We called it to a stern account and punished it with dire punishment,

9. So that it tasted the ill-effects of its conduct, and the consequence of its conduct was loss.

10. Allah hath prepared for them stern punishment; so keep your duty to Allah, Omen of understanding! O ye who believe! Now Allah hath sent down unto you a reminder,

11. A messenger reciting unto you the revelations of Allah made plain, that He may bring forth those who believe and do good works from darkness unto light. And whosoever believeth in Allah and doeth right, He will bring him into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to abide for ever. Allah hath made good provision for him.

12. Allah it is who hath created seven heavens, and of the earth the like thereof. The commandment cometh down among them slowly, that ye may know that Allah is Able to do all things, and that Allah surroundeth all things in knowledge.

SURA 66. AT-TAHRIM (BANNING, PROHIBITION)

1. O Prophet! Why bannest thou that which Allah hath made lawful for thee, seeking to please thy wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

2. Allah hath made lawful for you [Muslims] absolution from your oaths [of such a kind], and Allah is your Protector. He is the Knower, the Wise.

3. When the Prophet confided a fact unto one of his wives and when she afterward divulged it and Allah apprised him thereof, he made known [to her] part thereof and passed over part. And when he told it her she said: Who hath told thee? Hesaid: The Knower, the Aware hath told me.

4. If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant, [ye have cause to do so] for your hearts desired [the ban]; and if ye aid

one another against him [Muhammad] then lo! Allah, even He, is his Protecting Friend, and Gabriel and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore the angels are his helpers.

5. It may happen that his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your steadwives better than you, submissive [to Allah], believing, pious, penitent, devout, inclined to fasting, widows and maids.

6. O ye who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire whereof the fuel is men and stones, over which are set

angels strong, severe, who resist not Allah in that which He commandeth them, but do that which they are commanded.

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7. [Then it will be said]: O ye who disbelieve! Make no excuses for yourselves this day. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.

8. O ye who believe! Turn unto Allah in sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your evil deeds and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their light will run before them and on their right hands; they will say: Our Lord! Perfect our light for us, and forgive us! Lo! Thou art Able to do all things.

9. O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them. Hell will be their home, a hapless

journey's end.

10. Allah citeth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot, who were under two of Our righteous slaves yet betrayed them so that they [the husbands] availed them naught against Allah and it was said [unto them]:

Enter the Fire along with those who enter.

11. And Allah citeth an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharaoh when she said: My Lord! Build for me a home with thee in the Garden, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from evil-doing folk;

12. And Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose body was chaste, therefor We breathed therein something of Our Spirit. And she put faith in the words of her Lord and His scriptures, and was of the obedient.

SURA 67. AL-MULK (THE SOVEREIGNTY, CONTROL)

1. Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and, He is Able to do all things.

2. Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,

3. Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou [Muhammad] canst see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again: Canst thou see any rifts?

4. Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee weakened and made dim.

5. And verily We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have madethem missiles for the devils, and for them We

have prepared the doom of flame.

6. And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom of hell, ahapless journey's end!

7. When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth up,

8. As it would burst with rage. Whenever a [fresh] host is flung therein thewardens thereof ask them: Came there unto

you no warner?

9. They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and said: Allahhath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a

great error.

10. And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had not beenamong the dwellers in the flames.

11. So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed [from mercy] are thedwellers in the flames.

12. Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and agreat reward.

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13. And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of all that isin the breasts [of men].

14. Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.

15. He it is Who hath made the earth subservient unto you, so Walk in the pathsthereof and eat of His providence. And

unto Him will be the resurrection [of thedead].

16. Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not causethe earth to swallow you when lo! it is

convulsed?

17. Or have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not letloose on you a hurricane? But ye shall know

the manner of My warning.

18. And verily those before them denied, then [see] the manner of My wrath [withthem]!

19. Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings andclosing them? Naught upholdeth them save the

Beneficent. Lo! He is Seer of allthings.

20. Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of theBeneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but

illusion.

21. Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence?

Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.

22. Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walkethupright on a straight road?

23. Say [unto them, O Muhammad]: He it is who gave you being, and hath assignedunto you ears and eyes and hearts.

Small thanks give ye!

24. Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will begathered.

25. And they say: When [will] this promise [be fulfilled], if ye are truthful?

26. Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;

27. But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry,

and it will be said [unto them]: This is that for which ye used to call.

28. Say [O Muhammad]: Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me [Muhammad] andthose with me to perish or hath mercy

on us, still, who will protect thedisbelievers from a painful doom?

29. Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put our trust.

And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest.

30. Say: Have ye thought: If [all] your water were to disappear into the earth,

who then could bring you gushing water?

SURA 68. AL-QALAM (THE PEN)

1. Nun. By the pen and that which they write [therewith],

2. Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.

3. And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.

4. And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.

5. And thou wilt see and they will see

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6. Which of you is the demented.

7. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is BestAware of those who walk aright.

8. Therefor obey not thou the rejecters

9. Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

10. Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,

11. Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

12. Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

13. Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

14. It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

15. That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.

16. We shall brand him on the nose.

17. Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowedthat they would pluck its fruit next morning,

18. And made no exception [for the Will of Allah];

19. Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept

20. And in the morning it was as if plucked.

21. And they cried out one unto another in the morning,

22. Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck [the fruit].

23. So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:

24. No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.

25. They went betimes, strong in [this] purpose.

26. But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!

27. Nay, but we are desolate!

28. The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not [Allah]?

29. They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.

30. Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.

31. They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.

32. It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo!

we beseech our Lord.

33. Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter isgreater if they did but know.

34. Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.

35. Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?

36. What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!

37. Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn

38. That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?

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39. Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment,

that yours shall be all that ye ordain?

40. Ask them [O Muhammad] which of them will vouch for that!

41. Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they aretruthful

42. On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostratethemselves but are not able,

43. With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned toprostrate themselves while they were yet

unhurt.

44. Leave Me [to deal] with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. Weshall lead them on by steps from whence

they know not.

45. Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.

46. Or dost thou [Muhammad] ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?

47. Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write [thereof]?

48. But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, whocried out in despair.

49. Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had beencast into the wilderness while he was

reprobate.

50. But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.

51. And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes whenthey hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he

is indeed mad;

52. When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.

SURA 69. AL-HAAQQA (THE REALITY)

1. The Reality!

2. What is the Reality?

3. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

4. [The tribes of] Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

5. As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

6. And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

7. Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so thatthou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as

they were hollow trunks ofpalm-trees.

8. Canst thou [O Muhammad] see any remnant of them?

9. And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed,

brought error,

10. And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip themwith a tightening grip.

11. Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

12. That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears [thatheard the story] might remember.

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13. And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

14. And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with onecrash,

15. Then, on that day will the Event befall.

16. And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

17. And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold theThrone of thy Lord that day, above them.

18. On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

19. Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say:

Take, read my book!

20. Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

21. Then he will be in blissful state

22. In a high garden

23. Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

24. [And it will be said unto those therein]: Eat and drink at ease for thatwhich ye sent on before you in past days.

25. But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh,

would that I had not been given my book

26. And knew not what my reckoning!

27. Oh, would that it had been death!

28. My wealth hath not availed me,

29. My power hath gone from me.

30. [It will be said]: Take him and fetter him

31. And then expose him to hell-fire

32. And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

33. Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

34. And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

35. Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

36. Nor any food save filth

37. Which none but sinners eat.

38. But nay! I swear by all that ye see

39. And all that ye see not

40. That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

41. It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

42. Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

43. It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

44. And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

45. We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

46. And then severed his life-artery,

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47. And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

48. And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off [evil].

49. And lo! We know that some among you will deny [it].

50. And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

51. And lo! it is absolute truth.

52. So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.

SURA 70. AL-MAARIJ (THE ASCENDING STAIRWAYS)

1. A questioner questioned concerning the doom about to fall

2. Upon the disbelievers, which none can repel,

3. From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways

4. [Whereby] the angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day whereof the spanis fifty thousand years.

5. But be patient [O Muhammad] with a patience fair to see.

6. Lo! they behold it afar off

7. While we behold it nigh:

8. The day when the sky will become as molten copper,

9. And the hills become as flakes of wool,

10. And no familiar friend will ask a question of his friend

11. Though they will be given sight of them. The guilty man will long to be ableto ransom himself from the punishment of that

day at the price of his children

12. And his spouse and his brother

13. And his kin that harboured him

14. And all that are in the earth, if then it might deliver him.

15. But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell

16. Eager to roast;

17. It calleth him who turned and fled [from truth],

18. And hoarded [wealth] and withheld it.

19. Lo! man was created anxious,

20. Fretful when evil befalleth him

21. And, when good befalleth him, grudging;

22. Save worshippers.

23. Who are constant at their worship

24. And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged

25. For the beggar and the destitute;

26. And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

27. And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

28. Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure -

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29. And those who preserve their chastity

30. Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thusthey are not blameworthy;

31. But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;

32. And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,

33. And those who stand by their testimony

34. And those who are attentive at their worship.

35. These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

36. What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee [OMuhammad], open-eyed,

37. On the right and on the left, in groups?

38. Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?

39. Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.

40. But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We verily are Able

41. To replace them by [others] better than them. And we are not to be outrun.

42. So let them chat and play until they meet their Day which they are promised,

43. The day when they come forth from the graves in haste, as racing to a goal,

44. With eyes aghast, abasement stupefying them: Such is the Day which they arepromised.

SURA 71. NOOH (NOOH)

1. Lo! We sent Noah unto his people [saying]: Warn thy people ere the painfuldoom come unto them.

2. He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you

3. [Bidding you]: Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,

4. That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointedterm. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh,

cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.

5. He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day

6. But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

7. And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrusttheir fingers in their ears and cover

themselves with their garments and persist[in their refusal] and magnify themselves in pride.

8. And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

9. And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed tothem in private.

10. And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.

11. He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,

12. And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens andwill assign unto you rivers.

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13. What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

14. When He created you by [divers] stages?

15. See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

16. And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?

17. And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

18. And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forthagain, a [new] forthbringing.

19. And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

20. That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.

21. Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealthand children increase him in naught save

ruin;

22. And they have plotted a mighty plot,

23. And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', norYaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

24. And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong-doers in naughtsave error.

25. Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And theyfound they had no helpers in place of Allah.

26. And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.

27. If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will begetnone save lewd ingrates.

28. My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing,

and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aughtsave ruin.

SURA 72. AL-JINN (THE JINN)

1. Say [O Muhammad]: It is revealed unto me that a company of the Jinn gave ear,

and they said: Lo! we have heard a marvellous Qur'an,

2. Which guideth unto righteousness, so we believe in it and we ascribe nopartner unto our Lord.

3. And [we believe] that He - exalted be the glory of our Lord! - hath takenneither wife nor son,

4. And that the foolish one among us used to speak concerning Allah an atrociouslie.

5. And lo! we had supposed that humankind and jinn would not speak a lieconcerning Allah -

6. And indeed [O Muhammad] individuals of humankind used to invoke theprotection of individuals of the jinn,

so that they increased them in revoltagainst Allah];

7. And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not raiseanyone [from the dead] -

8. And [the Jinn who had listened to the Qur'an said]: We had sought the heavenbut had found it filled with

strong warders and meteors.

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9. And we used to sit on places [high] therein to listen. But he who listenethnow findeth a flame in wait for him;

10. And we know not whether harm is boded unto all who are in the earth, orwhether their Lord intendeth guidance for them.

11. And among us there are righteous folk and among us there are far from that.

We are sects having different rules.

12. And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we escapeby flight.

13. And when we heard the guidance, we believed therein, and whoso believeth inhis Lord, he feareth neither loss nor

oppression.

14. And there are among us some who have surrendered [to Allah] and there areamong us some who are unjust. And whoso

hath surrendered to Allah, such havetaken the right path purposefully.

15. And as for those who are unjust, they are firewood for hell.

16. If they [the idolaters] tread the right path, We shall give them to drink ofwater in abundance

17. That We may test them thereby, and whoso turneth away from the remembranceof his Lord; He will thrust him into ever-

growing torment.

18. And the places of worship are only for Allah, so pray not unto anyone along with Allah.

19. And when the slave of Allah stood up in prayer to Him, they crowded on him,

almost stifling.

20. Say [unto them, O Muhammad]: I pray unto Allah only, and ascribe unto Him nopartner.

21. Say: Lo! I control not hurt nor benefit for you.

22. Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge besideHim

23. [Mine is] but conveyance [of the Truth] from Allah, and His messages; andwhoso disobeyeth Allah and His

messenger, lo! his is fire of hell, wherein suchdwell for ever.

24. Till [the day] when they shall behold that which they are promised [they maydoubt]; but then they will know [for

certain] who is weaker in allies and lessin multitude.

25. Say [O Muhammad, unto the disbelievers]: I know not whether that which yeare promised is nigh, or if my

Lord hath set a distant term for it.

26. [He is] the Knower of the Unseen, and He revealeth unto none His secret,

27. Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He maketh a guard togo before him and a guard behind him

28. That He may know that they have indeed conveyed the messages of their Lord.

He surroundeth all their doings, and He keepeth count of all things.

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SURA 73. AL-MUZZAMMIL (THE ENSHROUDED ONE, BUNDLED

UP)

1. O thou wrapped up in thy raiment!

2. Keep vigil the night long, save a little -

3. A half thereof, or abate a little thereof

4. Or add [a little] thereto - and chant the Qur'an in measure,

5. For we shall charge thee with a word of weight.

6. Lo! the vigil of the night is [a time] when impression is more keen andspeech more certain.

7. Lo! thou hast by day a chain of business.

8. So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion-

9. Lord of the East and the West; there is no Allah save Him; so choose thou Himalone for thy defender -

10. And bear with patience what they utter, and part from them with a fairleave-taking.

11. Leave Me to deal with the deniers, lords of ease and comfort [in this life];

and do thou respite them awhile.

12. Lo! with Us are heavy fetters and a raging fire,

13. And food which choketh [the partaker], and a painful doom

14. On the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap ofrunning sand.

15. Lo! We have sent unto you a messenger as witness against you, even as Wesent unto Pharaoh a messenger.

16. But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon We seized him with nogentle grip.

17. Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day whichwill turn children grey,

18. The very heaven being then rent asunder. His promise is to be fulfilled.

19. Lo! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord.

20. Lo! thy Lord knoweth how thou keepest vigil sometimes nearly two-thirds of the night, or [sometimes] half or a

third thereof, as do a party of those withthee. Allah measureth the night and the day. He knoweth that ye count it

not,

and turneth unto you in mercy. Recite, then, of the Qur'an that which is easyfor you. He knoweth that there are sick

folk among you, while others travel in the land in search of Allah's bounty, and others [still] are fighting for thecause of

Allah. So recite of it that which is easy [for you], and establishworship and pay the poor-due, and [so]

lend unto Allah a goodly loan. Whatsoevergood ye send before you for your souls, ye will find it with Allah, better

andgreater in the recompense. And seek forgiveness of Allah. Lo! Allah isForgiving, Merciful.

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SURA 74. AL-MUDDATHTHIR (THE CLOAKED ONE, THE MAN

WEARING A CLOAK)

1. O thou enveloped in thy cloak,

2. Arise and warn!

3. Thy Lord magnify,

4. Thy raiment purify,

5. Pollution shun!

6. And show not favour, seeking wordly gain!

7. For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!

8. For when the trumpet shall sound,

9. Surely that day will be a day of anguish,

10. Not of ease, for disbelievers.

11. Leave Me [to deal] with him whom I created lonely,

12. And then bestowed upon him ample means,

13. And sons abiding in his presence

14. And made [life] smooth for him.

15. Yet he desireth that I should give more.

16. Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

17. On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

18. For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

19. [Self-]destroyed is he, how he planned!

20. Again [self-]destroyed is he, how he planned! -

21. Then looked he,

22. Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

23. Then turned he away in pride

24. And said: This is naught else than magic from of old;

25. This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

26. Him shall I fling unto the burning.

27. - Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! -

28. It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

29. It shrivelleth the man.

30. Above it are nineteen.

31. We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire, and their numberhave We made to be a stumbling-block for those

who disbelieve; that those towhom the Scripture hath been given may have certainty, and that believers mayincrease in faith;

and that those to whom the Scripture hath been given andbelievers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts there is

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disbelievers, may say: What meaneth Allah by this similitude? Thus Allah sendethastray whom He will, and whom He will He

guideth. None knoweth the hosts of thyLord save Him. This is naught else than a Reminder unto mortals.

32. Nay, by the Moon

33. And the night when it withdraweth

34. And the dawn when it shineth forth,

35. Lo! this is one of the greatest [portents]

36. As a warning unto men,

37. Unto him of you who will advance or hang back.

38. Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;

39. Save those who will stand on the right hand.

40. In gardens they will ask one another

41. Concerning the guilty:

42. What hath brought you to this burning?

43. They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

44. Nor did we feed the wretched.

45. We used to wade [in vain dispute] with [all] waders,

46. And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

47. Till the Inevitable came unto us.

48. The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

49. Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

50. As they were frightened asses

51. Fleeing from a lion?

52. Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages [fromAllah].

53. Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

54. Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

55. So whosoever will may heed.

56. And they will not heed unless Allah willeth [it]. He is the fount of fear.

He is the fount of Mercy.

SURA 75. AL-QIYAMA (THE RISING OF THE DEAD,

RESURRECTION)

1. Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

2. Nay, I swear by the accusing soul [that this Scripture is true].

3. Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones?

4. Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!

5. But man would fain deny what is before him.

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6. He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection?

7. But when sight is confounded

8. And the moon is eclipsed

9. And sun and moon are united,

10. On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!

11. Alas! No refuge!

12. Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.

13. On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and leftbehind.

14. Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,

15. Although he tender his excuses.

16. Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.

17. Lo! upon Us [resteth] the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.

18. And when We read it, follow thou the reading;

19. Then lo! upon Us [resteth] the explanation thereof.

20. Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now

21. And neglect the Hereafter.

22. That day will faces be resplendent,

23. Looking toward their Lord;

24. And that day will other faces be despondent,

25. Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.

26. Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat

27. And men say: Where is the wizard [who can save him now]?

28. And he knoweth that it is the parting;

29. And agony is heaped on agony;

30. Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.

31. For he neither trusted, nor prayed.

32. But he denied and flouted.

33. Then went he to his folk with glee.

34. Nearer unto thee and nearer,

35. Again nearer unto thee and nearer [is the doom].

36. Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless?

37. Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth?

38. Then he became a clot; then [Allah] shaped and fashioned

39. And made of him a pair, the male and female.

40. Is not He [Who doeth so] Able to bring the dead to life?

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SURA 76. AL-INSAN (MAN)

1. Hath there come upon man [ever] any period of time in which he was a thingunremembered?

2. Lo! We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We make himhearing, knowing.

3. Lo! We have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or disbelieving.

4. Lo! We have prepared for disbelievers manacles and carcans and a raging fire.

5. Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of Kafur,

6. A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allah drink, making it gush forthabundantly,

7. [Because] they perform the vow and fear a day whereof the evil is wide-

spreading,

8. And feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love ofHim,

9. [Saying]: We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no reward northanks from you;

10. Lo! we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate.

11. Therefor Allah hath warded off from them the evil of that day, and hath madethem find brightness and joy;

12. And hath awarded them for all that they endured, a Garden and silk attire;

13. Reclining therein upon couches, they will find there neither [heat of] a sunnor bitter cold.

14. The shade thereof is close upon them and the clustered fruits thereof bowdown.

15. Goblets of silver are brought round for them, and beakers [as] of glass

16. [Bright as] glass but [made] of silver, which they [themselves] havemeasured to the measure [of their deeds].

17. There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of Zanjabil,

18. [The water of] a spring therein, named Salsabil.

19. There wait on them immortal youths, whom, when thou seest, thou wouldst takefor scattered pearls.

20. When thou seest, thou wilt see there bliss and high estate.

21. Their raiment will be fine green silk and gold embroidery. Bracelets ofsilver will they wear. Their Lord will slake their

thirst with a pure drink.

22. [And it will be said unto them]: Lo! this is a reward for you. Yourendeavour [upon earth] hath

found acceptance.

23. Lo! We, even We, have revealed unto thee the Qur'an, a revelation;

24. So submit patiently to thy Lord's command, and obey not of them any guiltyone or disbeliever.

25. Remember the name of thy Lord at morn and evening.

26. And worship Him [a portion] of the night. And glorify Him through thelivelong night.

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27. Lo! these love fleeting life, and put behind them [the remembrance of] agrievous day.

28. We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We will,

We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.

29. Lo! this is an Admonishment, that whosoever will may choose a way unto hisLord.

30. Yet ye will not, unless Allah willeth. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.

31. He maketh whom He will to enter His mercy, and for evil-doers hath prepareda painful doom.

SURA 77. AL-MURSALAT (THE EMISSARIES, WINDS SENT

FORTH)

1. By the emissary winds, [sent] one after another

2. By the raging hurricanes,

3. By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;

4. By those who winnow with a winnowing,

5. By those who bring down the Reminder,

6. To excuse or to warn,

7. Surely that which ye are promised will befall.

8. So when the stars are put out,

9. And when the sky is riven asunder,

10. And when the mountains are blown away,

11. And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -

12. For what day is the time appointed?

13. For the Day of Decision.

14. And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -

15. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

16. Destroyed We not the former folk,

17. Then caused the latter folk to follow after?

18. Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

19. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

20. Did We not create you from a base fluid

21. Which We laid up in a safe abode

22. For a known term?

23. Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!

24. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

25. Have We not made the earth a receptacle

26. Both for the living and the dead,

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27. And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet watertherein?

28. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

29. [It will be said unto them:] Depart unto that [doom] which ye used to deny;

30. Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

31. [Which yet is] no relief nor shelter from the flame.

32. Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

33. [Or] as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

34. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

35. This is a day wherein they speak not,

36. Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

37. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

38. This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of oldtogether.

39. If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.

40. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

41. Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,

42. And fruits such as they desire.

43. [Unto them it is said:] Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return forwhat ye did.

44. Thus do We reward the good.

45. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

46. Eat and take your ease [on earth] a little. Lo! ye are guilty.

47. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

48. When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!

49. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

50. In what statement, after this, will they believe?

SURA 78. AN-NABA (THE TIDINGS, THE ANNOUNCEMENT)

1. Whereof do they question one another?

2. [It is] of the awful tidings,

3. Concerning which they are in disagreement.

4. Nay, but they will come to know!

5. Nay, again, but they will come to know!

6. Have We not made the earth an expanse,

7. And the high hills bulwarks?

8. And We have created you in pairs,

9. And have appointed your sleep for repose,

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10. And have appointed the night as a cloak,

11. And have appointed the day for livelihood.

12. And We have built above you seven strong [heavens],

13. And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

14. And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

15. Thereby to produce grain and plant,

16. And gardens of thick foliage.

17. Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

18. A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

19. And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

20. And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

21. Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

22. A home for the rebellious.

23. They will abide therein for ages.

24. Therein taste they neither coolness nor [any] drink

25. Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

26. Reward proportioned [to their evil deeds].

27. For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

28. They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

29. Everything have We recorded in a Book.

30. So taste [of that which ye have earned]. No increase do We give you save oftorment.

31. Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

32. Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

33. And voluptuous women of equal age;

34. And a full cup.

35. There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

36. Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

37. Lord of the heavens and the earth, and [all] that is between them, theBeneficent; with Whom none can converse.

38. On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not,

saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

39. That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

40. Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on thatwhich his own hands have sent before, and the

disbeliever will cry: "Would thatI were dust!"

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SURA 79. AN-NAZIAT (THOSE WHO DRAG FORTH, SOULSNATCHERS)

1. By those who drag forth to destruction,

2. By the meteors rushing,

3. By the lone stars floating,

4. By the angels hastening,

5. And those who govern the event,

6. On the day when the first trump resoundeth.

7. And the second followeth it,

8. On that day hearts beat painfully

9. While eyes are downcast

10. [Now] they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

11. Even after we are crumbled bones?

12. They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.

13. Surely it will need but one shout,

14. And lo! they will be awakened.

15. Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses?

16. How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,

17. [Saying:] Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -

18. And say [unto him]: Hast thou [will] to grow [in grace]?

19. Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear [Him].

20. And he showed him the tremendous token.

21. But he denied and disobeyed,

22. Then turned he away in haste,

23. Then gathered he and summoned

24. And proclaimed: "I [Pharaoh] am your Lord the Highest."

25. So Allah seized him [and made him] an example for the after [life] and for the former.

26. Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.

27. Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?

28. He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

29. And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

30. And after that He spread the earth,

31. And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

32. And He made fast the hills,

33. A provision for you and for your cattle.

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34. But when the great disaster cometh,

35. The day when man will call to mind his [whole] endeavour,

36. And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,

37. Then, as for him who rebelled

38. And chose the life of the world,

39. Lo! hell will be his home.

40. But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul

from lust,

41. Lo! the Garden will be his home.

42. They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port?

43. Why [ask they]? What hast thou to tell thereof?

44. Unto thy Lord belongeth [knowledge of] the term thereof.

45. Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it.

46. On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for anevening or the morn thereof.

SURA 80. ABASA (HE FROWNED)

1. He frowned and turned away

2. Because the blind man came unto him.

3. What could inform thee but that he might grow [in grace]

4. Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him?

5. As for him who thinketh himself independent,

6. Unto him thou payest regard.

7. Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not [in grace].

8. But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

9. And hath fear,

10. From him thou art distracted.

11. Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment,

12. So let whosoever will pay heed to it,

13. On honoured leaves

14. Exalted, purified,

15. [Set down] by scribes

16. Noble and righteous.

17. Man is [self-]destroyed: how ungrateful!

18. From what thing doth He create him?

19. From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

20. Then maketh the way easy for him,

21. Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

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22. Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

23. Nay, but [man] hath not done what He commanded him.

24. Let man consider his food:

25. How We pour water in showers

26. Then split the earth in clefts

27. And cause the grain to grow therein

28. And grapes and green fodder

29. And olive-trees and palm-trees

30. And garden-closes of thick foliage

31. And fruits and grasses:

32. Provision for you and your cattle.

33. But when the Shout cometh

34. On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

35. And his mother and his father

36. And his wife and his children,

37. Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless [ofothers].

38. On that day faces will be bright as dawn,

39. Laughing, rejoicing at good news;

40. And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them,

41. Veiled in darkness,

42. Those are the disbelievers, the wicked.

SURA 81. AT-TAKWIR (THE OVERTHROWING)

1. When the sun is overthrown,

2. And when the stars fall,

3. And when the hills are moved,

4. And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

5. And when the wild beasts are herded together,

6. And when the seas rise,

7. And when souls are reunited,

8. And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

9. For what sin she was slain,

10. And when the pages are laid open,

11. And when the sky is torn away,

12. And when hell is lighted,

13. And when the Garden is brought nigh,

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14. [Then] every soul will know what it hath made ready.

15. Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

16. The stars which rise and set,

17. And the close of night,

18. And the breath of morning

19. That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

20. Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

21. [One] to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

22. And your comrade is not mad.

23. Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

24. And he is not avid of the Unseen.

25. Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

26. Whither then go ye?

27. This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

28. Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

29. And ye will not, unless [it be] that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

SURA 82. AL-INFITAR (THE CLEAVING, BURSTING APART)

1. When the heaven is cleft asunder,

2. When the planets are dispersed,

3. When the seas are poured forth,

4. And the sepulchres are overturned,

5. A soul will know what it hath sent before [it] and what left behind.

6. O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,

7. Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee?

8. Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.

9. Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.

10. Lo! there are above you guardians,

11. Generous and recording,

12. Who know [all] that ye do.

13. Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.

14. And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;

15. They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,

16. And will not be absent thence.

17. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!

18. Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!

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19. A day on which no soul hath power at all for any [other] soul. The[absolute] command on that day is Allah's.

SURA 83. AL-MUTAFFIFIN (DEFRAUDING, THE CHEATS,

CHEATING)

1. Woe unto the defrauders:

2. Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,

3. But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.

4. Do such [men] not consider that they will be raised again

5. Unto an Awful Day,

6. The day when [all] mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds?

7. Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -

8. Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -

9. A written record.

10. Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

11. Those who deny the Day of Judgment

12. Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,

13. Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: [Mere] fables of themen of old.

14. Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.

15. Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from [the mercy of] theirLord.

16. Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,

17. And it will be said [unto them]: This is that which ye used to deny.

18. Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -

19. Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -

20. A written record,

21. Attested by those who are brought near [unto their Lord].

22. Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,

23. On couches, gazing,

24. Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.

25. They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,

26. Whose seal is musk - for this let [all] those strive who strive for bliss -

27. And mixed with water of Tasnim,

28. A spring whence those brought near [to Allah] drink.

29. Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,

30. And wink one to another when they passed them;

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31. And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;

32. And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.

33. Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.

34. This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,

35. On high couches, gazing.

36. Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do?

SURA 84. AL-INSHIQAQ (THE SUNDERING, SPLITTING

OPEN)

1. When the heaven is split asunder

2. And attentive to her Lord in fear,

3. And when the earth is spread out

4. And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

5. And attentive to her Lord in fear!

6. Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet[in His presence].

7. Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

8. He truly will receive an easy reckoning

9. And will return unto his folk in joy.

10. But whoso is given his account behind his back,

11. He surely will invoke destruction

12. And be thrown to scorching fire.

13. He verily lived joyous with his folk,

14. He verily deemed that he would never return [unto Allah].

15. Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

16. Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

17. And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

18. And by the moon when she is at the full,

19. That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

20. What aileth them, then, that they believe not

21. And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not [Allah]?

22. Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

23. And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

24. So give them tidings of a painful doom,

25. Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

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SURA 85. AL-BUROOJ (THE MANSIONS OF THE STARS,

CONSTELLATIONS)

1. By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

2. And by the Promised Day.

3. And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

4. [Self-]destroyed were the owners of the ditch

5. Of the fuel-fed fire,

6. When they sat by it,

7. And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.

8. They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty,

the Owner of Praise,

9. Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; andAllah is of all things the Witness.

10. Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not,

theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.

11. Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneathwhich rivers flow. That is the Great Success.

12. Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.

13. Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,

14. And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

15. Lord of the Throne of Glory,

16. Doer of what He will.

17. Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

18. Of Pharaoh and [the tribe of] Thamud?

19. Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

20. And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.

21. Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.

22. On a guarded tablet.

SURA 86. AT-TARIQ (THE MORNING STAR, THE

NIGHTCOMER)

1. By the heaven and the Morning Star

2. - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

3. - The piercing Star!

4. No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

5. So let man consider from what he is created.

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6. He is created from a gushing fluid

7. That issued from between the loins and ribs.

8. Lo! He verily is Able to return him [unto life]

9. On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

10. Then will he have no might nor any helper.

11. By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

12. And the earth which splitteth [with the growth of trees and plants]

13. Lo! this [Qur'an] is a conclusive word,

14. It is no pleasantry.

15. Lo! they plot a plot [against thee, O Muhammad]

16. And I plot a plot [against them].

17. So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for awhile.

SURA 87. AL-ALA (THE MOST HIGH, GLORY TO YOUR LORD

IN THE HIGHEST)

1. Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

2. Who createth, then disposeth;

3. Who measureth, then guideth;

4. Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

5. Then turneth it to russet stubble.

6. We shall make thee read [O Muhammad] so that thou shalt not forget

7. Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which

still is hidden;

8. And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

9. Therefor remind [men], for of use is the reminder.

10. He will heed who feareth,

11. But the most hapless will flout it,

12. He who will be flung to the great Fire

13. Wherein he will neither die nor live.

14. He is successful who groweth,

15. And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,

16. But ye prefer the life of the world

17. Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

18. Lo! This is in the former scrolls.

19. The Books of Abraham and Moses.

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SURA 88. AL-GHASHIYA (THE OVERWHELMING, THE PALL)

1. Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming?

2. On that day [many] faces will be downcast,

3. Toiling, weary,

4. Scorched by burning fire,

5. Drinking from a boiling spring,

6. No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

7. Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger.

8. In that day other faces will be calm,

9. Glad for their effort past,

10. In a high Garden

11. Where they hear no idle speech,

12. Wherein is a gushing spring,

13. Wherein are couches raised

14. And goblets set at hand

15. And cushions ranged

16. And silken carpets spread.

17. Will they not regard the camels, how they are created?

18. And the heaven, how it is raised?

19. And the hills, how they are set up?

20. And the earth, how it is spread?

21. Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer,

22. Thou art not at all a warder over them.

23. But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,

24. Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

25. Lo! unto Us is their return

26. And Ours their reckoning.

SURA 89. AL-FAJR (THE DAWN, DAYBREAK)

1. By the Dawn

2. And ten nights,

3. And the Even and the Odd,

4. And the night when it departeth,

5. There surely is an oath for thinking man.

6. Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with [the tribe of] A'ad,

7. With many-columned Iram,

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8. The like of which was not created in the lands;

9. And with [the tribe of] Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

10. And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

11. Who [all] were rebellious [to Allah] in these lands,

12. And multiplied iniquity therein?

13. Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

14. Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

15. As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is graciousunto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

16. But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: MyLord despiseth me.

17. Nay, but ye [for your part] honour not the orphan

18. And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

19. And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

20. And love wealth with abounding love.

21. Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

22. And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

23. And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but howwill the remembrance [then avail him]?

24. He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me [some provision] for mylife!

25. None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

26. None bindeth as He then will bind.

27. But ah! thou soul at peace!

28. Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

29. Enter thou among My bondmen!

30. Enter thou My Garden!

SURA 90. AL-BALAD (THE CITY, THIS COUNTRYSIDE)

1. Nay, I swear by this city -

2. And thou art an indweller of this city -

3. And the begetter and that which he begat,

4. We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

5. Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

6. And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

7. Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

8. Did We not assign unto him two eyes

9. And a tongue and two lips,

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10. And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

11. But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

12. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

13. [It is] to free a slave,

14. And to feed in the day of hunger.

15. An orphan near of kin,

16. Or some poor wretch in misery,

17. And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance andexhort one another to pity.

18. Their place will be on the right hand.

19. But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the lefthand.

20. Fire will be an awning over them.

SURA 91. ASH-SHAMS (THE SUN)

1. By the sun and his brightness,

2. And the moon when she followeth him,

3. And the day when it revealeth him,

4. And the night when it enshroudeth him,

5. And the heaven and Him Who built it,

6. And the earth and Him Who spread it,

7. And a soul and Him Who perfected it

8. And inspired it [with conscience of] what is wrong for it and [what is] rightfor it.

9. He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

10. And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

11. [The tribe of] Thamud denied [the truth] in their rebellious pride,

12. When the basest of them broke forth

13. And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let herdrink!

14. But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for theirsin and rased [their dwellings].

15. He dreadeth not the sequel [of events].

SURA 92. AL-LAIL (THE NIGHT)

1. By the night enshrouding

2. And the day resplendent

3. And Him Who hath created male and female,

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4. Lo! your effort is dispersed [toward divers ends].

5. As for him who giveth and is dutiful [toward Allah]

6. And believeth in goodness;

7. Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease.

8. But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent,

9. And disbelieveth in goodness;

10. Surely We will ease his way unto adversity.

11. His riches will not save him when he perisheth.

12. Lo! Ours it is [to give] the guidance

13. And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former.

14. Therefor have I warned you of the flaming Fire

15. Which only the most wretched must endure,

16. He who denieth and turneth away.

17. Far removed from it will be the righteous

18. Who giveth his wealth that he may grow [in goodness].

19. And none hath with him any favour for reward,

20. Except as seeking [to fulfil] the purpose of his Lord Most High.

21. He verily will be content.

SURA 93. AD-DHUHA (THE MORNING HOURS, MORNING

BRIGHT)

1. By the morning hours

2. And by the night when it is stillest,

3. Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee,

4. And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former,

5. And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content.

6. Did He not find thee an orphan and protect [thee]?

7. Did He not find thee wandering and direct [thee]?

8. Did He not find thee destitute and enrich [thee]?

9. Therefor the orphan oppress not,

10. Therefor the beggar drive not away,

11. Therefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse.

SURA 94. AL-INSHIRAH (SOLACE, CONSOLATION, RELIEF)

1. Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,

2. And eased thee of the burden

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3. Which weighed down thy back;

4. And exalted thy fame?

5. But lo! with hardship goeth ease,

6. Lo! with hardship goeth ease;

7. So when thou art relieved, still toil

8. And strive to please thy Lord.

SURA 95. AT-TIN (THE FIG, THE FIGTREE)

1. By the fig and the olive,

2. By Mount Sinai,

3. And by this land made safe;

4. Surely We created man of the best stature

5. Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low,

6. Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing.

7. So who henceforth will give the lie to thee about the judgment?

8. Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges?

SURA 96. AL-ALAQ (THE CLOT, READ)

1. Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth,

2. Createth man from a clot.

3. Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,

4. Who teacheth by the pen,

5. Teacheth man that which he knew not.

6. Nay, but verily man is rebellious

7. That he thinketh himself independent!

8. Lo! unto thy Lord is the return.

9. Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth

10. A slave when he prayeth?

11. Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance [of Allah]

12. Or enjoineth piety?

13. Hast thou seen if he denieth [Allah's guidance] and is froward?

14. Is he then unaware that Allah seeth?

15. Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock -

16. The lying, sinful forelock -

17. Then let him call upon his henchmen!

18. We will call the guards of hell.

19. Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near [unto Allah].

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SURA 97. AL-QADR (POWER, FATE)

1. Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination.

2. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is!

3. The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.

4. The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord,

with all decrees.

5. [The night is] Peace until the rising of the dawn.

SURA 98. AL-BAYYINA (THE CLEAR PROOF, EVIDENCE)

1. Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaterscould not have left off [erring] till the

clear proof came unto them,

2. A messenger from Allah, reading purified pages

3. Containing correct scriptures.

4. Nor were the People of the Scripture divided until after the clear proof cameunto them.

5. And they are ordered naught else than to serve Allah, keeping religion purefor Him, as men by nature upright, and to

establish worship and to pay the poor-

due. That is true religion.

6. Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and theidolaters, will abide in fire of hell. They are the

worst of created beings.

7. [And] lo! those who believe and do good works are the best of created beings.

8. Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers

flow, wherein they dwell for ever. Allah hath pleasure in them and they havepleasure in Him. This is [in store] for

him who feareth his Lord.

SURA 99. AZ-ZALZALA (THE EARTHQUAKE)

1. When Earth is shaken with her [final] earthquake

2. And Earth yieldeth up her burdens,

3. And man saith: What aileth her?

4. That day she will relate her chronicles,

5. Because thy Lord inspireth her.

6. That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown theirdeeds.

7. And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,

8. And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.

SURA 100. AL-ADIYAT (THE COURSER, THE CHARGERS)

1. By the snorting courses,

2. Striking sparks of fire

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3. And scouring to the raid at dawn,

4. Then, therewith, with their trail of dust,

5. Cleaving, as one, the centre [of the foe],

6. Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

7. And lo! he is a witness unto that;

8. And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent.

9. Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth

10. And the secrets of the breasts are made known,

11. On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them.

SURA 101. AL-QARIA (THE CALAMITY, THE STUNNING

BLOW, THE DISASTER

1. The Calamity!

2. What is the Calamity?

3. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

4. A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

5. And the mountains will become as carded wool.

6. Then, as for him whose scales are heavy [with good works],

7. He will live a pleasant life.

8. But as for him whose scales are light,

9. A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

10. Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

11. Raging Fire.

SURA 102. AT-TAKATHUR (RIVALRY IN WORLD INCREASE,

COMPETITION

1. Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you

2. Until ye come to the graves.

3. Nay, but ye will come to know!

4. Nay, but ye will come to know!

5. Nay, would that ye knew [now] with a sure knowledge!

6. For ye will behold hell-fire.

7. Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision.

8. Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure.

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SURA 103. AL-ASR (THE DECLINING DAY, EVENTIDE, THE

EPOCH)

1. By the declining day,

2. Lo! man is a state of loss,

3. Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth andexhort one another to endurance.

SURA 104. AL-HUMAZA (THE TRADUCER, THE

GOSSIPMONGER)

1. Woe unto every slandering traducer,

2. Who hath gathered wealth [of this world] and arranged it.

3. He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

4. Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.

5. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!

6. [It is] the fire of Allah, kindled,

7. Which leapeth up over the hearts [of men].

8. Lo! it is closed in on them

9. In outstretched columns.

SURA 105. AL-FIL (THE ELEPHANT)

11. Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant?

12. Did He not bring their stratagem to naught,

13. And send against them swarms of flying creatures,

14. Which pelted them with stones of baked clay,

15. And made them like green crops devoured [by cattle]?

SURA 106. QURAISH (WINTER, QURAYSH)

11. For the taming of Qureysh.

12. For their taming [We cause] the caravans to set forth in winter and summer.

13. So let them worship the Lord of this House,

14. Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear.

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SURA 107. AL-MAUN (SMALL KINDNESSES, ALMSGIVING,

HAVE YOU SEEN)

11. Hast thou observed him who belieth religion?

12. That is he who repelleth the orphan,

13. And urgeth not the feeding of the needy.

14. Ah, woe unto worshippers

15. Who are heedless of their prayer;

16. Who would be seen [at worship]

17. Yet refuse small kindnesses!

SURA 108. AL-KAUTHER (ABUNDANCE, PLENTY)

11. Lo! We have given thee Abundance;

12. So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice.

13. Lo! it is thy insulter [and not thou] who is without posterity.

SURA 109. AL-KAFIROON (THE DISBELIEVERS, ATHEISTS)

11. Say: O disbelievers!

12. I worship not that which ye worship;

13. Nor worship ye that which I worship.

14. And I shall not worship that which ye worship.

15. Nor will ye worship that which I worship.

16. Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion.

SURA 110. AN-NASR (SUCCOUR, DIVINE SUPPORT)

1. When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh

2. And thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops,

3. Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He isever ready to show mercy.

SURA 111. AL-MASADD (PALM FIBRE, THE FLAME)

11. The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.

12. His wealth and gains will not exempt him.

13. He will be plunged in flaming Fire,

14. And his wife, the wood-carrier,

15. Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre.

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SURA 112. AL-IKHLAS (SINCERITY)

1. Say: He is Allah, the One!

2. Allah, the eternally Besought of all!

3. He begetteth not nor was begotten.

4. And there is none comparable unto Him.

SURA 113. AL-FALAQ (THE DAYBREAK, DAWN)

1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak

2. From the evil of that which He created;

3. From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,

4. And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,

5. And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.

SURA 114. AN-NAS (MANKIND)

1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

2. The King of mankind,

3. The god of mankind,

4. From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,

5. Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind,

6. Of the jinn and of mankind.

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