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Al-Ankaboot
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Alif. Lam. Mim. (1)
Do men imagine that they will be left (at
ease) because they say, We believe, and will not be tested
with affliction? (2)
Lo! We tested those who were before them.
Thus Allah knoweth those who are sincere, and knoweth those
who feign. (3)
Or do those who do ill-deeds imagine that
they can outstrip Us? Evil (for them) is that which they
decide. (4)
Whoso looketh forward to the meeting with
Allah (let him know that) Allah's reckoning is surely nigh,
and He is the Hearer, the Knower. (5)
And whosoever striveth, striveth only for
himself, for lo! Allah is altogether Independent of (His)
creatures. (6)
And as for those who believe and do good
works, We shall remit from them their evil deeds and shall
repay them the best that they did. (7)
We have enjoined on man kindness to
parents; but if they strive to make thee join with Me that
of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Unto Me
is your return and I shall tell you what ye used to do. (8)
And as for those who believe and do good
works, We verily shall make them enter in among the
righteous. (9)
Of mankind is he who saith: We believe in
Allah, but, if he be made to suffer for the sake of Allah,
he mistaketh the persecution of mankind for Allah's
punishment; and then, if victory cometh from thy Lord, will
say: Lo! we were with you (all the while). Is not Allah best
aware of what is in the bosoms of (His) creatures? (10)
Verily Allah knoweth those who believe,
and verily He knoweth the hypocrites. (11)
Those who disbelieve say unto those who
believe: Follow our way (of religion) and we verily will
bear your sins (for you). They cannot bear aught of their
sins. Lo! they verily are liars. (12)
But they verily will bear their own loads
and other loads beside their own, and they verily will be
questioned on the Day of Resurrection concerning that which
they invented. (13)
And verily we sent Noah (as Our messenger)
unto his folk, and he continued with them for a thousand
years save fifty years; and the flood engulfed them, for
they were wrong-doers. (14)
And We rescued him and those with him in
the ship, and made of it a portent for the peoples. (15)
And Abraham! (Remember) when he said unto
his folk: Serve Allah, and keep your duty unto Him; that is
better for you if ye did but know. (16)
Ye serve instead of Allah only idols, and
ye only invent a lie. Lo! those whom ye serve instead of
Allah own no provision for you. So seek your provision from
Allah, and serve Him, and give thanks unto Him, (for) unto
Him ye will be brought back. (17)
But if ye deny, then nations have denied
before you. The messenger is only to convey (the message)
plainly. (18)
See they not how Allah produceth creation,
then reproduceth it? Lo! for Allah that is easy. (19)
Say (O Muhammad): Travel in the land and
see how He originated creation, then Allah bringeth forth
the later growth. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things. (20)
He punisheth whom He will and showeth
mercy unto whom He will, and unto Him ye will be turned.
(21)
Ye cannot escape (from Him) in the earth
or in the sky, and beside Allah there is for you no friend
nor helper. (22)
Those who disbelieve in the revelations
of Allah and in (their) Meeting with Him, such have no hope
of My mercy. For such there is a painful doom. (23)
But the answer of his folk was only that
they said: "Kill him" or "Burn him." Then Allah saved him
from the Fire. Lo! herein verily are portents for folk who
believe. (24)
He said: Ye have chosen only idols
instead of Allah. The love between you is only in the life
of the world. Then on the Day of Resurrection ye will deny
each other and curse each other, and your abode will be the
Fire, and ye will have no helpers. (25)
And Lot believed him, and said: Lo! I am
a fugitive unto my Lord. Lo! He, only He, is the Mighty, the
Wise. (26)
And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob,
and We established the prophethood and the Scripture among
his seed, and We gave him his reward in the world, and lo!
in the Hereafter he verily is among the righteous. (27)
And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his
folk: Lo! ye commit lewdness such as no creature did before
you. (28)
For come ye not in unto males, and cut ye
not the road (for travellers), and commit ye not abomination
in your meetings? But the answer of his folk was only that
they said: Bring Allah's doom upon us if thou art a
truthteller! (29)
He said: My Lord! Give me victory over
folk who work corruption. (30)
And when Our messengers brought Abraham
the good news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the
people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers.
(31)
He said: Lo! Lot is there. They said: We
are best aware of who is there. We are to deliver him and
his household, all save his wife, who is of those who stay
behind. (32)
And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he
was troubled upon their account, for he could not protect
them; but they said: Fear not, nor grieve! Lo! we are to
deliver thee and thy household, (all) save thy wife, who is
of those who stay behind. (33)
Lo! We are about to bring down upon the
folk of this township a fury from the sky because they are
evil-livers. (34)
And verily of that We have left a clear
sign for people who have sense. (35)
And unto Midian We sent Shu'eyb, their
brother. He said: O my people! Serve Allah, and look forward
to the Last Day, and do not evil, making mischief, in the
earth. (36)
But they denied him, and the dreadful
earthquake took them, and morning found them prostrate in
their dwelling place. (37)
And (the tribes of) A'ad and Thamud! (Their
fate) is manifest unto you from their (ruined and deserted)
dwellings. Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so
debarred them from the Way, though they were keen observers.
(38)
And Korah, Pharaoh and Haman! Moses came
unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but
they were boastful in the land. And they were not winners
(in the race). (39)
So We took each one in his sin; of them
was he on whom We sent a hurricane, and of them was he who
was overtaken by the (Awful) Cry, and of them was he whom We
caused the earth to swallow, and of them was he whom We
drowned. It was not for Allah to wrong them, but they
wronged themselves. (40)
The likeness of those who choose other
patrons than Allah is as the likeness of the spider when she
taketh unto herself a house, and lo! the frailest of all
houses is the spider's house, if they but knew. (41)
Lo! Allah knoweth what thing they invoke
instead of Him. He is the Mighty, the Wise. (42)
As for these similitudes, We coin them
for mankind, but none will grasp their meaning save the wise.
(43)
Allah created the heavens and the earth
with truth. Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers.
(44)
Recite that which hath been inspired in
thee of the Scripture, and establish worship. Lo! worship
preserveth from lewdness and iniquity, but verily
remembrance of Allah is more important. And Allah knoweth
what ye do. (45)
And argue not with the People of the
Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with
such of them as do wrong; and say: We believe in that which
hath been revealed unto us and revealed unto you; our God
and your God is One, and unto Him we surrender. (46)
In like manner We have revealed unto thee
the Scripture, and those unto whom We gave the Scripture
aforetime will believe therein; and of these (also) there
are some who believe therein. And none deny Our revelations
save the disbelievers. (47)
And thou (O Muhammad) wast not a reader
of any scripture before it, nor didst thou write it with thy
right hand, for then might those have doubted, who follow
falsehood. (48)
But it is clear revelations in the hearts
of those who have been given knowledge, and none deny Our
revelations save wrong-doers. (49)
And they say: Why are not portents sent
down upon him from his Lord? Say: Portents are with Allah
only, and I am but a plain warner. (50)
Is it not enough for them that We have
sent down unto thee the Scripture which is read unto them?
Lo! herein verily is mercy, and a reminder for folk who
believe. (51)
Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Allah
sufficeth for witness between me and you. He knoweth
whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who
believe in vanity and disbelieve in Allah, they it is who
are the losers. (52)
They bid thee hasten on the doom (of
Allah). And if a term had not been appointed, the doom would
assuredly have come unto them (ere now). And verily it will
come upon them suddenly when they perceive not. (53)
They bid thee hasten on the doom, when lo!
hell verily will encompass the disbelievers (54)
On the day when the doom will overwhelm
them from above them and from underneath their feet, and He
will say: Taste what ye used to do! (55)
O my bondmen who believe! Lo! My earth is
spacious. Therefor serve Me only. (56)
Every soul will taste of death. Then unto
Us ye will be returned. (57)
Those who believe and do good works, them
verily We shall house in lofty dwellings of the Garden
underneath which rivers flow. There they will dwell secure.
How sweet the guerdon of the toilers, (58)
Who persevere, and put their trust in
their Lord! (59)
And how many an animal there is that
beareth not its own provision! Allah provideth for it and
for you. He is the Hearer, the Knower. (60)
And if thou wert to ask them: Who created
the heavens and the earth, and constrained the sun and the
moon (to their appointed work)? they would say: Allah. How
then are they turned away? (61)
Allah maketh the provision wide for whom
He will of His bondmen, and straiteneth it for whom (He
will). Lo! Allah is Aware of all things. (62)
And if thou wert to ask them: Who causeth
water to come down from the sky, and therewith reviveth the
earth after its death? They verily would say: Allah. Say:
Praise be to Allah! But most of them have no sense. (63)
This life of the world is but a pastime
and a game. Lo! the home of the Hereafter - that is Life, if
they but knew. (64)
And when they mount upon the ships they
pray to Allah, making their faith pure for Him only, but
when He bringeth them safe to land, behold! they ascribe
partners (unto Him), (65)
That they may disbelieve in that which We
have given them, and that they may take their ease. But they
will come to know. (66)
Have they not seen that We have appointed
a sanctuary immune (from violence), while mankind are
ravaged all around them? Do they then believe in falsehood
and disbelieve in the bounty of Allah? (67)
Who doeth greater wrong than he who
inventeth a lie concerning Allah, or denieth the truth when
it cometh unto him? Is not there a home in hell for
disbelievers? (68)
As for those who strive in Us, We surely
guide them to Our paths, and lo! Allah is with the good.
(69)
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