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[is yours]. He has named you Muslims of old time and
in this [Scripture], that the messenger may be a witness
against you, and that you may be witnesses against
mankind. So establish prayer, pay the poor-due, and
hold fast to Allah. He is your Protector. An excellent
Patron and an excellent Helper!
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Revealed at Mecca, [118 verses]
Al Mu’minûn, “The Believers” is so named from a
word occurring in the first verse or, it may be said, from its
subject, which is the triumph of believers. It is considered
to be the last of the Sûrahs revealed at Mecca, immediately
before the Prophet’s flight to Yathrib (Al-Madînah). A late
Meccan Sûrah.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
? . 1 Successful indeed are the believers
2. Those who are humble in their prayers,
3. And who shun vain conversation,
4. And who are payers of the poor-due;
5. And they who guard their private parts.
6. Save from their wives or the [slaves] that their right hands
possess, for then they are not blameworthy,
7. But whoso craves beyond that, such are transgressors,
8. And who are attentive to their trusts and their covenant,
9. And who pay heed to their prayers.
10. These are the heirs
11. Who will inherit Paradise: There they will abide eternally.
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12. Verily We created man from a product of wet earth;
13. Then placed him as a sperm-drop in a safe lodging;
14. Then We fashioned the sperm-drop a clot, then We
fashioned the clot a little lump, then We fashioned the
little lump bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and
then produced it another creation. So blessed be Allah,
the Best of makers!
15. Then lo! after that you surely die.
16. Then lo! on the Day of Resurrection you are raised [again].
17. And We have created above you seven paths, and We are
never unmindful of creation.
18. And We send down from the sky water in measure, and
We give it lodging in the earth, and lo! We are Able to
take it away.
19. Then We produce for you therewith gardens of datepalms
and grapes, wherein is much fruit for you and
whereof you eat;
20. And a tree [olive] that springs forth from Mount Sinai that
grows oil and relish for the eaters.
21. And lo! in the cattle there is verily a lesson for you. We
give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, and
many uses have you in them, and of them do you eat;
22. And on them and on the ship you are carried.
23. And We verily sent Noah to his folk, and he said: O my
people! Worship Allah. You have no other deity save Him.
Will you not fear Him?
24. But the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said:
This is only a mortal like you who would make himself
superior to you. Had Allah willed, He surely could have
sent down angels. We heard not of this in the case of
our fathers of old.
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25. He is only a man in whom is a madness, so watch him for
a while.
26. He said: My Lord! Help me because they have denied me.
27. Then We inspired in him, saying: Make the ship under
Our eyes and Our inspiration. Then, when Our command
comes and the oven gushes water, put therein of every
[kind] two spouses, and your household save him thereof
against whom the Word has already gone forth. And plead
not with Me on behalf of those who have done wrong:
Lo! they will be drowned.
28. And when you are on board the ship, you and whoso is
with you, then say: Praise be to Allah Who has saved us
from the wrong-doing folk!
29. And say: My Lord! Cause me to land at a blessed landingplace,
for You are best of all who bring to land.
30. Lo! herein verily are signs, for lo! We are ever putting
[mankind] to the test.
31. Then, after them, We brought forth another generation;
32. And We sent among them a messenger of their own
saying: Worship Allah. You have no other deity save Him.
Will you not fear Him?
33. And the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved and denied
the meeting of the Hereafter, and whom We had given
them luxury in the life of the world, said: This is only a
mortal like you, who eats of that whereof you eat and
drinks of that you drink.
34. If you were to obey a mortal like yourselves, you surely
would be losers.
35. Does he promise you that you, when you are dead and
have become dust and bones, will [again] be brought
forth?
36. Begone, begone, with that which you are promised!
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37. There is nothing but our life of the world; we die and we
live, and we shall not be raised [again].
38. He is only a man who has invented a lie about Allah. We
are not going to put faith in him.
39. He said: My Lord! Help me because they have denied me,
40. He said: In a little while they surely will become repentant.
41. So the [Awful] Cry overtook them rightfully, and We made
them like as wreckage [that a torrent hurls]. A far removal
for wrong-doing folk!
42. Then after them We brought forth other generations.
43. No nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it.
44. Then We sent our messengers one after another. Whenever its
messenger came to a nation they denied him; so We caused
them to follow one another [to disaster] and We made them
bywords. A far removal for folk who believe not!
45. Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our
signs and a clear authority.
46. To Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they scorned [them] and
they were despotic folk.
47. And they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals like
ourselves, and whose folk are for us in servitude?
48. So they denied them, and became of those who were
destroyed.
49. And we verily gave Moses the Scripture, that perhaps they
might be guided.
50. And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign, and
We gave them refuge on a height, a place of water springs.
51. O you messengers! Eat of the good foods, and do
righteous deeds. Lo! I am Knowing of what you do.
52. And lo! this your religion is one religion and I am your
Lord, so fear Me.
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53. But they [mankind] have broken their religion among
them into sects, each sect rejoicing in its tenets.
54. So leave them in their error till a time.
55. Think they that in the wealth and sons wherewith We
provide them
56. We hasten unto them with good things? Nay, but they
perceive not.
57. Lo! those who go in awe for fear of their Lord,
58. And those who believe in the signs of their Lord,
59. And those who do not associate anything with their Lord,
60. And those who give that which they give with hearts afraid
because they are about to return to their Lord,
61. It is those who hasten for the good deeds, and they outstrip
[others] therein.
62. And We task not any soul beyond its scope, and with Us
is a Record which speaks the truth, and they will not be
wronged.
63. Nay, but their hearts are in ignorance of this [Qur’ân], and
they have other deeds, besides, which they are doing;
64. Till when We grasp their luxurious ones with the punishment,
behold! they supplicate.
65. Supplicate not this day! Assuredly you will not be helped
by Us.
66. My verses were recited to you, but you used to turn back
on your heels,
67. In scorn thereof. Nightly did you rave together.
68. Then have they not pondered the Word, or has that come
to them which came not to their fathers of old?
69. Or know they not their messenger, and so deny him?
70. Or say they: There is a madness in him? Nay, but he brings
them the Truth; and most of them are haters of the Truth.
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71. And if the Truth had followed their inclinations, verily the
heavens and the earth and whosoever is therein had been
corrupted. Nay, We have brought them their Reminder,
but from their Reminder they now turn away.
72. Or do you ask of them [O Muhammad] any tribute? But
the bounty of your Lord is better, for He is the best of
providers.
73. And lo! you call them indeed to a straight path.
74. And lo! those who believe not in the Hereafter are indeed
astray from the path.
75. Though We had mercy on them and relieved them of the
harm afflicting them, they still would wander blindly on
in their contumacy.
76. Already We have grasped them with punishment, but they
humble not themselves to their Lord, nor do they invoke
[Allah] with submission to Him,
77. Until, when We open for them a door of extreme punishment,
behold! they are aghast thereat.
78. He it is Who has created for you hearing and sight and
hearts. Little thanks you give!
79. And He it is Who has sown you broadcast in the earth,
and to Him you will be gathered.
80. And He it is Who gives life and causes death, and His is
the difference of night and day. Have you then no sense?
81. Nay, but they say the like of that which said the men of
old;
82. They say: When we are dead and have become [mere] dust
and bones, shall we then, indeed, be raised again?
83. We were already promised this, we and our forefathers.
Lo! this is nothing but fables of the men of old.
84. Say: To Whom [belongs] the earth and whosoever is
therein, if you should know?
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85. They will say: To Allah. Say: Will you not then remember?
86. Say: Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the
Tremendous Throne?
87. They will say: To Allah [all that belongs]. Say: Will you not
then fear Him?
88. Say: In Whose hand is the dominion over all things and
He protects, while against Him there is no protection, if
you should know?
89. They will say: To Allah [all that belongs]. Say: How then
are you bewitched?
90. Nay, but We have brought them the Truth, and lo! they
are liars.
91. Allah has not taken any son, nor is there any deity
along with Him; else would each deity have assuredly
championed that which he created, and some of them
would assuredly have overcome others. Glorified be Allah
above all that they describe.
92. Knower of the Unseen and the witnessed! and Exalted be
He over all that they associate [with Him]!
93. Say: My Lord! If you should show me that which they are
promised,
94. My Lord! then set me not among the wrong-doing folk.
95. And verily We are Able to show you that which We have
promised them.
96. Repel evil with that which is better. We are Best Aware of
that which they describe.
97. And say: My Lord! I seek refuge in You from incitements
[whisperings] of the devils,
98. And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present
with me,
99. Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: My
Lord! Send me back,
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100. That I may do right in that which I have left behind! But
nay! It is but a word that he speaks; and behind them is a
barrier until the day when they are resurrected.
101. And when the Horn is blown there will be no kinship
among them that day, nor will they ask of one another.
102. Then those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful.
103. And those whose scales are light are those who lose their
souls, in Hell abiding eternally.
104. The Fire burns their faces, and they are glum therein.
105. [It will be said]: Were not My verses recited to you, and
then you used to deny them?
106. They will say: Our Lord! Our wretchedness conquered
us, and we were a folk astray.
107. Our Lord! Oh, bring us forth from hence! If we return
[to evil] then indeed we shall be wrong-doers.
108. He says: Remain despised therein, and speak not to Me.
109. Lo! there was a party of My slaves who said: Our Lord!
We believe, therefor forgive us and have mercy on us for
You are Best of all who show mercy;
110. But you took them for a laughing-stock until they caused
you to forget remembrance of Me, while you laughed at
them.
111. Lo! I have rewarded them this day forasmuch as they
were steadfast; and they verily are the triumphant.
112. He will say: How long tarried you in the earth, counting
by years?
113. They will say: We tarried but a day or part of a day. Ask
of those who keep count!
114. He will say: You tarried but a little if you only knew.
115. Deemed you then that We had created you for nothing,
and that you would not be returned to Us?
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116. Now Allah be Exalted, the True King! There is no God
save Him, the Lord of the Throne of Grace.
117. He who invokes to any other god along with Allah has
no proof thereof. His reckoning is only with his Lord. Lo!
disbelievers will not be successful.
118. And [O Muhammad] say: My Lord! Forgive and have
mercy, for You are Best of all who show mercy.
24- LIGHT [AN-NUR]
Revealed at Al-Madînah, [64 verses]
An-Nûr, “Light” takes its name from vv. 35-40, descriptive
of the Light of God as it should shine in the homes of
believers, the greater part of the Sûrah being legislation for
the purifying of home life. All its verses were revealed at Al-
Madînah. Tradition says that vv. 11-20 relate to the slanderers
of Ayeshah in connection with an incident which occurred in
the fifth year of the Hijrah when the Prophet was returning
from the campaign against the Banî’l-Mustaliq, Ayeshah,
having been left behind on a march, and found and brought
back by a young soldier who let her mount his camel and
himself led the camel. A weaker tradition places the revelation
of vv. 1-10 as late as the ninth year of the Hijrah. The period
of revelation is the fifth and sixth years of the Hijrah.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. [Here is] a Sûrah which We have sent down and enjoined,
and wherein We have sent down plain signs, that perhaps
you may take heed.
2. The adulterer [unmarried] and the adulteress [unmarried],
you lash each one of them [with] a hundred stripes. And
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let not pity for the twain withhold you from obedience to
Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a
party of believers witness their punishment.
3. The adulterer shall not marry save an adulteress or an
idolatress, and the adulteress none shall marry save an
adulterer or an idolater. All that is forbidden to believers.
4. And those who accuse honourable women but bring not
four witnesses, lash them [with] eighty stripes and never
[afterward] accept their testimony– Those indeed are the
defiantly disobedient–
5. Save those who afterward repent and make reform. [For
such] lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6. As for those who accuse their wives [of adultery] but have
no witnesses except themselves; let the testimony of one
of them be four testimonies, [swearing] by Allah that he is
of the truthful;
7. And yet a fifth, invoking the curse of Allah on him if he is
of the lairs.
8. And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bears witness
before Allah four times that indeed he is of the lairs,
9. And a fifth [time] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he
is of the truthful.
10. And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy
to you, and that Allah is Accepting of repentance, Wise,
11. Lo! they who spread the slander are a group among you.
Deem it not a bad thing for you; say, it is good for you.
To every man of them [will be paid] that which he has
earned of the sin; and as for him among them who had
the greater share therein, his will be an awful doom.
12. Why did not the believers, men and women, when you
heard it, think good of one another; and say: It is a
manifest lie?
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13. Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce
not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.
14. Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy to
you in the world and the Hereafter an awful doom had
overtaken you for that whereof you involved.
15. When you welcomed it with your tongues, and uttered with
your mouths that whereof you had no knowledge, you
counted it a trifle. And in the sight of Allah it is very great.
16. And why, when you heard it, said you not: It is not for us
to speak of this. Glory be to You [O Allah]; This is awful
calumny.
17. Allah admonishes you that you repeat not the like thereof
ever, if you are [in truth] believers.
18. And Allah expounds to you His verses. Allah is Knower,
Wise.
19. Lo! those who love that slander should be spread
concerning those who believe, theirs will be a painful
punishment in the world and the Hereafter. Allah knows.
You know not.
20. Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy
to you, and that Allah is Kind, Merciful, [you had been
undone].
21. O you who believe! Follow not the footsteps of Satan.
To whomsoever follows the footsteps of Satan, lo! he
commands immortality and wrong-doing. Had it not
been for the grace of Allah and His mercy to you, not one
of you would ever have grown pure. But Allah purifies
whom He wills. And Allah is Hearer, Knower.
22. And let not those who possess dignity and ease among
you swear not to give to the near of kin and to the needy,
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and to emigrants for the cause of Allah. [1] Let them
pardon and show indulgence. Yearn you not that Allah
may forgive you? Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
23. Lo! as for those who accuse virtuous, believing women
[who are] unaware, cursed are they in the world and the
Hereafter. Theirs will be an awful doom
24. On the day when their tongues and their hands and their
feet testify against them as to what they used to do,
25. On that day Allah will pay them back their just due, and
they will know that Allah, He is the Manifest Truth.
26. Vile women are for vile men, and vile men for vile women.
Good women are for good men, and good men for good
women; such are innocent of that which people say: For
them is pardon and a bountiful provision.
27. O you who believe! Enter not houses other than your
own without first announcing your presence and invoking
peace upon the folk thereof. That is better for you, that
you may be heedful.
28. And if you find no-one therein, still enter not until
permission has been given. And if it be said to you: Go
back, then go back, for it is purer for you. Allah knows
what you do.
29. [It is] no sin for you to enter uninhabited houses wherein
is comfort for you Allah knows that you proclaim and
what you hide.
30. Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest.
That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is aware of what they do.
31. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and
be modest, and to display of their adornment only that
[1] Tradition says that Abû Bakr, when he heard that a kinsman of his
own whom he had supported had been among the slanderers of his
daughter Ayeshah, swore no longer to support him, and that this
verse was revealed on that occasion.
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which is apparent, and to draw their veils over their
bosoms, and not to reveal their adornment save to their
own husbands or fathers or husbands fathers, or their
sons or their husbands’ sons, or their brothers or their
brothers’ sons or sisters sons, or their women, or their
slaves, or male attendants who lack vigour, or children
who know nothing of women’s nakedness. And let them
not stamp their feet so as to reveal what they hide of their
adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance all of you, O
believers, in order that you may succeed.
32. And marry such of you as are solitary and the pious of
your slaves and maid-servants. If they be poor; Allah
will enrich them of His bounty. Allah is Encompassing,
Knowing.
33. And let those who cannot find [the means] of marriage
abstain [from sexual relations] till Allah enriches them
of His grace. And such of your slaves as seek a writing
[of emancipation], write it for them if you are aware
of anything good in them, and bestow upon them of
the wealth of Allah which He has bestowed upon you.
Force not your slave-girls to prostitution that you may
seek enjoyment of the life of the world, if they would
preserve their chastity. And if one forces them, then [to
them], after their compulsion, lo! Allah will be Forgiving,
Merciful.
34. And verily We have sent down for you verses that make
plain, and the example of those who passed away before
you. An admonition to those who fear Allah.
35. Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The
similitude of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The
lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a shining star.
[This lamp is] kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither
of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost glow
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forth [of itself] though no fire touched it. Light upon light,
Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah coins
examples to mankind, for Allah is Knower of all things.
36. [This lamp is found] in houses [mosques] which Allah
has allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be
remembered therein. Therein do offer praise to Him in
morning and evening.
37. Men whom neither merchandise nor sale beguiles from
remembrance of Allah and performance of prayer and
giving the poor their due; who fear a day when hearts and
eyes will be overturned;
38. That Allah may reward them with the best of what they
did, and increase reward for them of His bounty. Allah
gives blessings without account to whom He wills.
39. As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are as a mirage
in a desert. The thirsty one supposes it to be water till he
comes to it and finds it nothing, and finds, in the place
thereof, Allah Who pays him his due; and Allah is swift
at reckoning.
40. Or as darkness on a vast, deep sea. There covers him
waves, above which are waves, above which are clouds.
Layer upon layer of darkness. When he holds out his
hand he scarce can see it. And he for whom Allah has not
appointed light, for him there is no light.
41. Have you not seen that Allah, He it is Whom all who are
in the heavens and the earth praise; and the birds in their
flight? Each [of them] has known his [means of] prayer and
exalting [Him]; and Allah is Knowing of what they do.
42. And to Allah belongs the Sovereignty of the heavens and
the earth, and to Allah is the return [of all].
43. Have you not seen how Allah wafts the clouds, then gathers
them, then makes them layers, and you see the rain come
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forth from between them; He sends down from the heaven
mountains [of clouds] wherein is hail, and smites therewith
whom He wills, and averts it from whom He wills. The
flashing of its lightning all but snatches away the sight.
44. Allah causes the succession of the day and the night. Lo!
herein is indeed a lesson for those who see.
45. Allah has created every [living] creature of water. Of them
is [a kind] that goes upon its belly and [a kind] that goes
upon two legs and [a kind] that goes upon four. Allah
creates what He wills. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.
46. Verily We have sent down manifest verses. And Allah
guides whom He wills to a straight path.
47. And they [hypocrites] say: We believe in Allah and the
messenger, and we obey; then after that a party of them
turns away. Such are not believers.
48. And when they are called to Allah and His messenger to
judge between them, lo! a party of them are averse;
49. But if right had been with them they would have come to
him in prompt obedience.
50. Is there in their hearts a disease, or have they doubted,
or fear they lest Allah and His messenger should wrong
them in judgment? Nay, but such are wrong-doers.
51. The saying of [all true] believers when they are called to
Allah and His messenger to judge between them is only that
they say: We hear and we obey. And such are the successful.
52. And whosoever obeys Allah and His messenger, and
fears Allah, and keeps duty [to Him]: such indeed are the
victorious.
53. They swear by Allah solemnly that, if you order them, they will
go forth [in Allah’s cause]. Say: Swear not; known obedience
[is better]. Lo! Allah is Acquainted of what you do.
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54. Say: Obey Allah and obey the messenger. But if you turn
away, then [it is] for him [to do] only that wherewith he
has been charged, and for you [to do] only that wherewith
you have been charged. If you obey him, you will be
[rightly] guided. But the messenger has no other charge
than to convey [the message], plainly.
55. Allah has promised such of you as believe and do good
deeds that He will surely make them to succeed [the
present rulers] in the earth even as He caused those who
were before them to succeed [others]; and that He will
surely establish for them their religion which He has
approved for them, and will give them in exchange safety
after their fear. They worship Me. They ascribe no thing
as partner to Me. Those who disbelieve henceforth, they
are the miscreants.
56. Establish prayer and pay the poor-due and obey the
messenger, that perhaps you may receive mercy.
57. Think not that the disbelievers can, escape in the land. Fire
will be their home– a hapless wretched the destination!
58. O you who believe! Let your slaves, and those of you
who have not come to puberty, ask leave of you at three
times [before they come into your presence]: Before the
prayer of dawn, and when you lay aside your raiment for
the heat of noon, and after the prayer of night. Three
times of privacy for you. It is no sin for them or for you
at other times, when some of you go round attendant
upon others [if they come into your presence without
leave]. Thus Allah makes clear the verses for you. Allah is
Knower, Wise.
59. And when the children among you reach puberty then
let them ask leave even as those before them used to ask
it. Thus Allah makes clear His verses for you. Allah is
Knower, Wise.
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60. As for women past child-bearing, who have no hope of
marriage, it is no sin for them if they discard their [outer]
clothing in such a way as not to show adornment. But to
refrain is better for them. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
61. No blame is there upon the blind nor any blame upon the
lame nor any blame upon the sick nor on yourselves if
you eat from your houses, or the houses of your fathers,
or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your
brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses
of your fathers’ brothers, or the houses of your fathers’
sisters, or the houses of your mothers’ brothers, or the
houses of your mothers’ sisters, or [from that] whereof
you hold the keys, or [from the house] of a friend. No sin
shall it be for you whether you eat together or apart. But
when you enter houses, salute one another with a greeting
from Allah, blessed and good. Thus Allah makes clear
His verses for you, that perhaps you may understand.
62. They only are the true believers who believe in Allah and
His messenger and, when they are with him on some
common matter, go not away until they have asked leave
of him. Lo! those who ask leave of you, those are they
who believe in Allah and His messenger. So, if they ask
your leave for some affair of theirs, give leave to whom
you will of them, and ask for them forgiveness of Allah.
Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
63. Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your
calling one of another. Allah knows those of you who slip
away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to
evade orders beware lest affliction or painful punishment
befall them.
64. Lo! verily to Allah belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and
the earth. He knows your condition. And [He knows] the
Day when they are returned to Him so that He may inform
them of what they did. Allah is Knower of all things.
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25- THE CRITERION [AL-FURQAN]
Revealed at Mecca, [77 verses]
Al-Furqân, “The Criterion,” takes its name from a word
occurring in v. 1. The subject is the folly of superstition and
the craving for miraculous events in face of the wonders of
God’s creation. It belongs to the middle group of Meccan
Sûrahs, except vv. 68-70 which were revealed at Al-Madînah.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Blessed is He Who has sent down to His slave the Criterion
[of right and wrong], that he may be a warner to the worlds.
2. He to Whom belongs the Sovereignty of the heavens and
the earth. He has taken no son nor has He any partner
in the Sovereignty. He has created everything and has
measured out for it a measure.
3. Yet they took besides Him other gods who create nothing
but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit
for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power
to raise the dead.
4. Those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie that he
has invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so
that they have produced a slander and a lie.
5. And they say: Fables of the men of old which he has had
written down so that they are dictated to him morning and
evening.
6. Say [to them, O Muhammad]: He Who knows the secret
of the heavens and the earth has revealed it. Lo! He ever is
Forgiving, Merciful.
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7. And they say: What ails this messenger [of Allah] that he
eats food and walks in the markets? Why is not an angel
sent down to him, to be a warner with him?
8. Or [why is not] a treasure thrown down to him, or why has
he not a paradise from whence to eat? And the wrongdoers
say: You are but following a man bewitched.
9. See how they coin similitudes for you, so that they have
strayed and cannot find a way!
10. Blessed is He Who, if He wills, will assign you better than
[all] that - Gardens underneath which rivers flow - and
will assign you mansions.
11. Nay, but they have denied [the coming of] the Hour, and
for those who deny [the coming of] the Hour We have
prepared a flame.
12. When it sees them from afar, they hear the cracking and
the roar thereof.
13. And when they are thrown into a narrow place thereof,
chained together, they cry for destruction there.
14. Cry not that day for one destruction, but cry for many
destructions!
15. Say: Is that [doom] better or the Garden of Immortality
which is promised to the righteous? It will be their reward
and destination.
16. Therein abiding eternally, they have all that they desire. It
is for your Lord a promise that must be fulfilled.
17. And on the day when He will gather them and that which
they worship besides Allah and will say: Was it you who
misled these My slaves or did they [themselves] stray
from the way?
18. They will say: Be You glorified! It was not for us to take
any besides You any allies; but You did give them and
their fathers ease till they forgot the warning and became
ruined folk,