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15- AL-HIJR [AL-HIJR]
Revealed at Mecca, [99 verses]
Al-Hijr (which I take to be a place-name) is so called
from vv. 80-84, where the fate of the dwellers at that place
is described. The date of revelation is earlier than that of any
of the Meccan Sûrahs which precede it in the arrangement of
the Book, though the subject and the tone are similar, which
accounts for its position. N?ldeke places it in his middle group
of Meccan Sûrahs, that is (as far as one can judge from the
inclusions), those revealed after the eighth year and before the
third year before the Hijrah, and in so doing but confirms the
judgment of the best Muslim authorities, though some Muslim
authorities would place it among the earliest revelations. It
belongs to the middle group of Meccan Sûrahs.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
1. Alif. Lâm. Râ. [1] These are the verses of the Book and a
plain Qur’ân.
2. It may be that those who disbelieve wish ardently that they
were Muslims.
3. Let them eat and enjoy life, and let [false] hope beguile
them. They will come to know!
4. And We destroyed no township but there was a known
decree for it.
5. No nation can outstrip its term nor can they delay behind.
6. And they say: O you to whom the message has been sent
down, lo! you are indeed a madman!
7. Why do you not bring angels to us, if you are of the truthful?
[1] See Sûr. [2] v.1, footnote.
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8. We send not down the angels save with the Truth, and in
that case [the disbelievers] would not be reprieved.
9. Lo! We, even We, sent down the Reminder [Qur’ân], and lo!
We verily are its Guardian.
10. We verily sent [messengers] before you among the factions
of the men of old.
11. And never came there to them a messenger but they did
mock him.
12. Thus We do make it traverse the hearts of the criminals:
13. They believe not therein, though the example of the men
of old has gone before.
14. And even if We opened to them a gate from the heaven
and they kept mounting through it.
15. They would say: Our sight has been dazzled– nay, but we
are bewitched folk.
16. And verily in the heaven We have set mansions of the
stars, and We have beautified it for the beholders.
17. And We have guarded it from every outcast devil,
18. Save him who steals the hearing, and them does a clear
flame pursue.
19. And the earth We have spread out, and placed therein firm
mountains, and caused each seemly thing to grow therein.
20. And We have given to you livelihoods therein, and to
those for whom you provide not.
21. And there is not a thing but with Us are the depositories
thereof. And We send it not down save in appointed
measure.
22. And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to
descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not
you who are the holders of the store thereof.
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23. Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quickens and causes death,
and We are the Inheritor.
24. And verily We know the preceding [generations] among
you and verily We know the later [ones to come].
25. Lo! your Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise,
Knowing.
26. Verily We created man of potter’s clay of black mud
altered,
27. And the jinn did We create before of scorching fire.
28. And [remember] when your Lord said to the angels:
Lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter’s clay of black
mud altered.
29. So, when I have fashioned him and have breathed into
him [Adam] of My [created] soul, then do you fall down,
prostrating yourselves to him.
30. So the angels fell prostrate, all of them together.
31. Save Iblîs. He refused to be among the prostrate.
32. He said: O Iblîs! What ails you that you are not among the
prostrate?
33. He said: Why should I prostrate myself to a mortal whom
You have created out of potter’s clay of black mud altered!
34. He said: Then go you forth from hence, for lo! you are
outcast.
35. And lo! the curse shall be upon you till the Day of
Recompense.
36. He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are
raised.
37. He said: Then lo! you are of those reprieved.
38. Till the Day of the time well known.
39. He said: My Lord! Because You have sent me astray, I
verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth,
and shall mislead them every one,
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40. Save such of them as are Your perfectly devoted slaves.
41. He said: This is a Way which will lead straight to Me:
42. Lo! as for My slaves, you have no authority over any of
them save such of the deviators as follow you,
43. And lo! for all such, Hell will be the promised place.
44. It has seven gates, and each gate has an appointed portion.
45. Lo! the righteous are among gardens and water springs.
46. [And it is said to them]: Enter them in peace, secure.
47. And We remove whatever rancour may be in their breasts.
As brothers, face to face, [they rest] on couches raised.
48. Toil comes not to them there, nor will they be expelled
from thence.
49. Announce, [O Muhammad] to My slaves that verily I am
the Forgiving, the Merciful.
50. And that My doom is the painful doom.
51. And tell them of Abraham’s guests,
52. [How] when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He
said: Lo! we are afraid of you.
53. They said: Be not afraid! Lo! we bring you good tidings of
a learned boy [son].
54. He said: You bring me good tidings [of a son] when old
age has overtaken me? Of what then can you bring good
tidings?
55. They said: We bring you good tidings in truth. So do not
be of the despairing.
56. He said: And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord save
those who are astray?
57. He said: And afterward what is your business, O you
messengers [of Allah]?
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58. They said: We have been sent to a criminal folk.
59. [All] save the family of Lot. Them we shall save every one,
60. Except his wife, of whom We had decreed that she should
be of those who stay behind.
61. And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,
62. He said: Lo! you are folk unknown [to me].
63. They said: Nay, but we have come to you with that
concerning which they keep disputing,
64. And we have come to you with the Truth, and lo! we are
truthful.
65. So set out with your household in a portion of the night,
and you follow their backs. Let none of you turn round,
but go to where you are commanded.
66. And We made plain the matter to him, that the root of
them [who did wrong] was to be cut at early morning.
67. And the people of the city came, rejoicing at the news [of
new arrivals].
68. He said: Lo! they are my guests. Shame me not!
69. And fear Allah, and disgrace me not!
70. They said: Have we not forbidden you from [entertaining]
anyone?
71. He [Lot] said: Here are my daughters, if you must be
doing [so].
72. By your life [O Muhammad] indeed they were in their
frenzy intoxication moving blindly.
73. Then the [Awful] Cry overtook them at the sunrise.
74. And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest, and
We rained upon them stones of heated clay.
75. Lo! therein verily are signs for those who read the signs.
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76. And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.
77. Lo! therein is indeed a sign for believers.
78. And the owners of the wood[1] indeed were wrong-doers.
79. So. We took retribution on them; and lo! they both are on
a high road plain to see.
80. And the dwellers of Al-Hijr [Thamûd] indeed denied
[Our] messengers.
81. And We gave them Our signs, but they were averse to
them.
82. And they used to carve out dwellings from the mountains,
[wherein they dwelt] secure.
83. But the [Awful] Cry overtook them at the morning hour,
84. And that which they were used to count as gain availed
them not.
85. We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is
between them save with truth, and lo! the Hour is surely
coming. So forgive, [O Muhammad], with a gracious
forgiveness.
86. Lo! Your Lord! He is the All-Knowing Creator.
87. We have given you [O Muhammad] seven of the oftrepeated
[verses][2] and the great Qur’ân.
88. Strain not your eyes toward that which We cause some
among them to enjoy, and be not grieved on their account,
and lower your wing [in tenderness] for the believers.
89. And say: Lo! I, even I, am a plain warner,
90. Such as We send down [scriptures] for those [the Jews and
Christians] who make division,
[1] Another name for Midian.
[2] According to a strong tradition, the reference is to Sûr. 1, which
consists of seven verses and forms a part of every Muslim prayer.
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91. Those who break the Qur’ân into parts.
92. Them, by your Lord, We shall question, every one,
93. Of what they used to do.
94. So proclaim that which you are commanded, and turn
away from the polytheists.
95. Lo! We defend you from the scoffers,
96. Who set some other deity along with Allah. But they will
come to know.
97. And We know well that your breast is at times oppressed
by what they say,
98. But glorify the praise of your Lord, and be of those who
make prostration [to Him].
99. And worship your Lord till the certainty [death] comes
to you.
16- THE BEE [AN-NAHL]
Revealed at Mecca, [128 verses]
An-Nahl, “The Bee,” takes its name from v. 68, where the
activities of the Bee are mentioned as a type of duty and of
usefulness. It calls attention to God’s providence for creation,
and to His guidance to mankind as a necessary part of it, and
warns disbelievers in that guidance of a folly in rejecting it as
great as would be the rejection of food and drink. The Sûrah
is ascribed to the last Meccan group, though some ancient
authorities regard the ascription as valid only for vv. 140, and
consider the whole latter portion as revealed at Al-Madînah.
The only verse in the Sûrah which is self-evidently of Madînan
revelation is v. no 110, where the fugitives from persecution
are said to have fought; for in the Meccan period fighting was
unlawful for the Muslims, though many of them fled from
persecution, taking refuge in Abyssinia.
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A late Meccan Sûrah, with the exception of v. no 110,
which must have been revealed at Al-Madînah not earlier
than the year 2 A.H., and possibly many other verses
toward the end.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
1. The commandment of Allah will come to pass, so seek not
you to hasten it. Glorified and Exalted be He above all that
they associate [with Him].
2. He sends down the angels with revelation by His command
to whom He wills of His bondmen, [saying]: Warn mankind
that there is no deity save Me, so fear Me.
3. He has created the heavens and the earth with truth. High
be He Exalted above all that they associate [with Him].
4. He has created man from a drop of fluid, yet behold! he is
an open opponent.
5. And the cattle He has created, whence you have warm
clothing and uses, and whereof you eat.
6. And wherein is beauty for you, when you bring them home,
and when you take them out to pasture.
7. And they bear your loads for you to a land you could not
reach save with great trouble to yourselves. Lo! your Lord
is Kind, Merciful.
8. And horses and mules and donkeys [has He created] that
you may ride them, and for ornament. And He creates that
which you know not.
9. And Allah’s is the direction of the [right] way, and some
[paths] go not straight. And had He willed He would have
guided you all.
10. He it is Who sends down water from the sky, whence
you have drink, and whence are plants on which you send
your animals to pasture.
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11. Therewith He causes crops to grow for you, and the olive
and the date-palm and grapes and all kinds of fruit. Lo!
herein is indeed a sign for people who give thought.
12. And He has constrained the night and the day and the sun
and the moon to be of service to you, and the stars are
made subservient by His command. Lo! herein indeed are
signs for people who have sense.
13. And whatsoever He has created for you in the earth of
various hues, lo! therein is indeed a sign for people who
take heed.
14. And He it is Who has constrained the sea to be of service
that you eat fresh meat from thence, and bring forth from
thence ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships
ploughing it that you [mankind] may seek of His bounty,
and that you may give thanks.
15. And He has cast into the earth firm mountains that it
quake not with you, and streams and roads that you may
be guided.
16. And landmarks [too], and by the star they are [also] guided.
17. Is He then Who creates as him who creates not? Will you
not then remember?
18. And if you would count the favour of Allah you cannot
reckon it. Lo! Allah is indeed Forgiving, Merciful.
19. And Allah knows that which you keep hidden and that
which you proclaim.
20. Those to whom they invoke other than Allah create
nothing, but are themselves created.
21. [They are] dead, not living. And they perceive not when
they will be resurrected.
22. Your god is One God. But as for those who believe not in
the Hereafter their hearts deny, for they are proud.
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23. Assuredly Allah knows that which they keep hidden and
that which they proclaim. Lo! He loves not the arrogant.
24. And when it is said to them: What has your Lord sent
down? they say: [Mere] fables of the men of old.
25. That they may bear their burdens in full on the Day of
Resurrection, and some of the burdens of those whom
they misguide without knowledge. Ah! evil is that which
they bear!
26. Those before them plotted, so Allah struck at the
foundations of their building, and then the roof fell
down upon them from above them, and the doom came
on them whence they knew not;
27. Then on the Day of Resurrection He will disgrace them
and will say: Where are My partners, for whose sake you
opposed [My Guidance]? Those who have been given
knowledge will say: Disgrace this day and evil are upon
the disbelievers,
28. Whom the angels cause to die while they are wronging
themselves. Then will they make full submission [saying]:
We used not to do any wrong. Nay! Surely Allah is Knower
of what you used to do.
29. So enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein for ever. Woeful
indeed will be the lodging of the arrogant.
30. And it is said to those who fear Allah: What has your
Lord revealed? They say Good: For those who do good
in this world there is a good [reward] and the home of the
Hereafter will be better. Pleasant indeed will be the home
of the righteous–
31. Gardens of Eden which they enter, underneath which
rivers flow, wherein they have what they will. Thus Allah
repays the righteous.
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32. Those whom the angels cause to die [when they are] good.
They say: Peace be to you! Enter the Paradise because of
what you used to do.
33. Await they anything save that the angels should come
to them or your Lord’s command should come to pass?
Even so did those before them. Allah wronged them not,
but they did wrong themselves,
34. So that the evil of what they did smote them, and that
which they used to mock surrounded them.
35. And those who associate others with Allah say: Had
Allah willed, we had not worshipped anything other than
Him, we and our fathers, nor had we forbidden anything
without [command from] Him. Even so did those before
them. Are the messengers charged with nothing save
plain conveyance [of the message]?
36. And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger,
[proclaiming]: Worship Allah and shun false gods. Then
some of them [there were] whom Allah guided, and
some of them [there were] upon whom error had just
hold. Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the
consequence for the deniers!
37. Even if you [O Muhammad] strive for their guidance,
still Allah assuredly does not guide those He sends astray.
Such have no helpers.
38. And they swear by Allah their most binding oaths [that]
Allah will not raise up him who dies. Nay, but it is a
promise [binding] upon Him in truth, but most of
mankind know not,
39. That he may explain to them that wherein they differ, and
that those who disbelieved may know that they were liars.
40. And Our word to a thing, when We intend it, is only that
We say to it: Be! and it is.
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41. And those who became emigrants for the cause of Allah
after they had been oppressed, We verily shall give them
goodly lodging in the world, and surely the reward of the
Hereafter is greater, if they but knew;
42. They are those endured patiently and upon their Lord
relied.
43. And We sent not [as Our messengers] before you other
than men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask
the followers of the Remembrance if you know not!
44. With clear proofs and writings; and We have revealed to
you the Remembrance [the Qur’ân] that you may explain
to mankind that which has been sent down to them, and
that perhaps they may reflect.
45. Are they who plan ill-deeds then secure that Allah will not
cause the earth to swallow them, or that the doom will
not come on them whence they know not?
46. Or that He will not seize them in their going to and fro
that there be no escape for them?
47. Or that He will not seize them with a gradual [in a state of
dread]? Lo! your Lord is indeed Kind, Merciful!
48. Have they not observed all things that Allah has created,
how their shadows incline to the right and to the left,
making prostration to Allah, and they are lowly?
49. And to Allah makes prostration whatsoever is in the
heavens and whatsoever is in the earth of living creatures,
and the angels [also], and they are not proud.
50. They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are
commanded.
?. 51 Allah has said: Take not for yourselves two deities. But
there is only One God. So of Me only, be in awe.
52. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and the
earth, and religion is His for ever. Will you then fear any
other than Allah?
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53. And whatever of favour you enjoy, it is from Allah. Then,
when misfortune reaches you, to Him you cry for help.
54. And afterward, when He has rid you of the misfortune,
behold! a set of you associate others with their Lord,
55. So as to deny that which We have given them. Then enjoy
life [while you may], for you will come to know.
56. And they assign a portion of that which We have given
them to what they know not. By Allah! but you will indeed
be asked concerning [all] that you used to invent.
57. And they assign to Allah daughters. Be He Glorified!– and
to themselves what they desire;
58. When if one of them receives tidings of the birth of a
female, his face remains darkened, and he is wroth inwardly.
59. He hides himself from the folk because of the evil of
that whereof he has had tidings, [asking himself]: Shall
he keep it in contempt, or bury it beneath the dust. Verily
evil is their judgment.
60. For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil
similitude, and Allah’s is the Sublime Similitude. He is the
Mighty, the Wise.
61. If Allah were to take mankind to task for their wrongdoing,
he would not leave hereon a living creature, but
He reprieves them to an appointed term, and when their
term comes they cannot put [it] off an hour nor [yet]
advance [it].
62. And they assign to Allah that which they [themselves]
dislike, and their tongues expound the lie that the better
portion will be theirs. Assuredly theirs will be the Fire,
and they will be abandoned.
63. By Allah, We verily sent messengers to the nations before
you, but Satan made their deeds fair-seeming to them. So
he is their ally this day, and theirs will be a painful doom.
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64. And we have revealed the Book [the Qur’ân] to you [O
Muhammad] only that you may explain to them that
wherein they differ, and [as] a guidance and a mercy for a
people who believe.
65. Allah sends down water from the sky and therewith revives
the earth after her death! Lo! herein is indeed a sign for a
folk who hear.
66. And lo! in the cattle there is a lesson for you. We give you
to drink of that which is in their bellies, from between the
refuse and the blood, pure milk palatable to the drinkers.
67. And of the fruits of the date-palm, and grapes, whence
you derive strong drink and [also] good nourishment. Lo!
therein, is indeed a sign for people who have sense.
68. And your Lord inspired the bee, saying: Take you
habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in that
which they thatch;
69. Then eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord,
made smooth [for you]. There comes forth from their
bellies a drink diverse of hues, wherein is healing for
mankind. Lo! herein is indeed a sign for people who reflect.
70. And Allah created you, then will cause you to die, and
among you is he who is brought back to the most abject
stage of life, so that he knows nothing after [having had]
knowledge. Lo! Allah is Knower, Powerful.
71. And Allah has favoured some of you above others in
provision. Now those who are more favoured will by no
means hand over their provision to those [slaves] whom their
right hands possess, so that they may be equal with them in
respect thereof. Is it then the grace of Allah that they deny?
72. And Allah has given you wives of your own kind, and
has given you, from your wives, sons and grandsons, and
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has made provision of good things for you. Is it then in
vanity that they believe and in the grace of Allah that they
disbelieve?
73. And they worship besides Allah that which owns no
provision whatsoever for them from the heavens or the
earth, nor have they [whom they worship] any power.
74. So coin not similitudes for Allah. Lo! Allah knows; you
know not.
75. Allah coins a similitude: [on the one hand] an [mere]
owned slave, who has control of nothing, and [on the
other hand] one on whom We have bestowed a fair
provision from Us, and he spends thereof secretly and
openly. Are they equal? Praise be to Allah! But most of
them know not.
76. And Allah coins a similitude two men, one of them
dumb, having control of nothing, and he is a burden on
his owner; to wherever he directs him to go, he brings
no good. Is he equal with one who enjoins justice and
follows a straight path [of conduct]?
77. And to Allah belongs the Unseen of the heavens and the
earth, and the matter of the Hour [of Doom] is but as a
twinkling of the eye, or it is nearer still. Lo! Allah is Able
to do all things.
78. And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your
mothers knowing nothing, and gave you hearing and sight
and hearts that perhaps you might give thanks.
79. Have they not seen the birds obedient in mid-air? None
holds them save Allah. Lo! herein, verily, are signs for a
people who believe.
80. And Allah has given you in your houses an abode, and
has given you [also], of the hides of cattle, houses [tents]
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which you find light [to carry] on the day of travel and on
the day of pitching camp; and of their wool and their fur
and their hair, furnishing and comfort for a while.
81. And Allah has given you, of that which He has created,
shelter from the sun; and has given you places of refuge
in the mountains, and has given you coats to ward off the
heat from you, and coats [of armour] to save you from
your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He perfect His favour
to you, in order that you may submit [to Him].
82. Then, if they turn away, your duty [O Muhammad] is but
plain conveyance [of the message].
83. They know the favour of Allah and then deny it. Most of
them are ingrates.
84. And [mention] the day when We raise up of every nation
a witness, then there is no leave for disbelievers, nor are
they allowed to make amends.
85. And when those who did wrong see the doom, it will not
be made light for them, nor will they be reprieved.
86. And when those who associate others with Allah see those
partners of theirs, they will say: Our Lord! these are our
partners to whom we used to invoke instead of You. But
they will fling to them the saying: Lo! you verily are liars!
87. And they offer to Allah submission on that day, and all
that they used to invent has failed them.
88. For those who disbelieve and debar [men] from the way
of Allah, We add doom to doom because they wrought
corruption.
89. And [mention] the day when We raise in every nation a
witness against them of their own folk, and We bring you
[Muhammad] as a witness against these. And We reveal
the Book to you as an exposition of all things, and a
guidance and a mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.
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90. Lo! Allah enjoins justice and kindness, and giving to kinsfolk,
and forbids lewdness and abomination and wickedness. He
exhorts you in order that you may take heed.
91. Fulfil the covenant of Allah when you have covenanted,
and break not your oaths after the asseveration of them,
and after you have made Allah a witness over you. Lo!
Allah knows what you do.
92. And be not like to her who unravels the thread, after she
has made it strong, to thin threads, making your oaths
a deceit between you because of a nation being more
numerous than [another] nation. Allah only tries you
thereby, and He verily will explain to you on the Day of
Resurrection that wherein you differed.
93. Had Allah willed He could have made you [all] one
nation, but He sends whom He wills astray and guides
whom He wills, and you will indeed be asked of what
you used to do.
94. Make not your oaths a deceit between you, lest a foot
should slip after being firmly planted and you should taste
evil forasmuch as you debarred [men] from the way of
Allah, and yours should be an awful doom.
95. And purchase not a small gain at the price of Allah’s
covenant. Lo! that which Allah has is better for you, if
you did but know.
96. That which you have wastes away, and that which Allah
has remains. And verily We shall pay those who are
patient a recompense in proportion to the best of what
they used to do.
97. Whosoever does right, whether male or female, and is a
believer, him verily We shall cause him to live a good life,
and We shall pay them a recompense in proportion to the
best of what they used to do.
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98. And when you recite the Qur’ân, seek refuge in Allah
from Satan the outcast.
99. Lo! he has no power over those who believe and put trust
in their Lord.
100. His power is only over those who take him as an ally, and
those who through him associate others with Allah.
101. And when We put a verse in place of [another] verse, and
Allah knows best what He reveals- they say: Lo! you are
but inventing. Most of them know not.
102. Say [O Muhammad]: The Pure Spirit has brought it down
from your Lord with truth, that it may confirm [the faith
of] those who believe, and as guidance and good tidings
to the Muslims.
103. And We know well that they say: Only a man teaches
him. The speech of him at whom they falsely hint is
foreign, and this is clear Arabic speech.[1]
104. Lo! those who disbelieve the verses of Allah, Allah guides
them not and theirs will be a painful doom.
105. Only they invent falsehood who believe not Allah’s
verses, and [only] they are the liars.
106. Whoso disbelieves in Allah after his belief- save him
who is forced thereto and whose heart is still content
with Faith- but whoso finds ease in disbelief: On them is
wrath from Allah. Theirs will be an awful doom.
107. That is because they have preferred the life of the world
over the Hereafter, and because Allah guides not the
disbelieving folk.
[1] Among the various attempts of the idolaters to deride the Qur’an was
the charge that a Christian slave among the earliest converts taught
it to the Prophet. The same slave suffered cruel persecution for his
belief in the divine revelation of the Qur’an.
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108. Such are they whose hearts and ears and eyes Allah has
sealed. And such are the heedless.
109. Assuredly in the Hereafter they are the losers.
110. Then lo! your Lord- for those who become emigrants
after they had been persecuted, and then fought and
were patient- Lo! your Lord afterward is [for them]
indeed Forgiving, Merciful,
111. On the Day when every soul will come pleading for
itself, and every soul will be repaid what it did, and they
will not be wronged.
112. Allah coins a similitude: a township that dwelt secure
and well content, its provision coming to it in abundance
from every side, but it disbelieved in Allah’s favours, so
Allah made it experience the garb of hunger and fear
because of what they used to do.
113. And verily there had come to them a messenger from
among them, but they had denied him, and so the doom
seized them while they were wrong-doers.
114. So eat of the lawful and good food which Allah has
provided for you, and thank the bounty of your Lord if
it is Him you worship.
115. He has forbidden for you only carrion and blood and
swine flesh and that which has been immolated in the
name of any other than Allah; but he who is driven
thereto, neither craving nor transgressing, lo! then Allah
is Forgiving, Merciful.
116. And speak not, concerning that which your own tongues
qualify the falsehood: “This is lawful, and this is forbidden,”
so that you invent a lie against Allah. Lo! those who invent
a lie against Allah will not succeed.
117. A brief enjoyment [will be theirs]; and theirs a painful
doom.
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118. And to those who are Jews We have forbidden that which
We have already related to you. And We wronged them
not, but they were used to wrong themselves.
119. Then lo! your Lord for those who do evil in ignorance
and afterward repent and amend– Lo! [for them] your
Lord is afterward indeed Forgiving, Merciful.
120. Lo! Abraham was a leader obedient to Allah, by nature
upright, and he was not of the polytheists;
121. Thankful for His bounties; He chose him and He guided
him to a straight path.
122. And We gave him good in the world, and in the Hereafter
he is among the righteous.
123. And afterward We revealed to you [Muhammad, saying]:
Follow the religion of Abraham, as one by nature
upright. He was not of the polytheists.
124. The Sabbath was appointed only for those who differed
concerning it, and lo! your Lord will judge between them
on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein
they used to differ.
125. Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair
exhortation, and reason with them in the better way. Lo!
your Lord is Best Aware of him who strays from His
way, and He is Best Aware of those who are guided.
126. If you punish, then punish with the like of that wherewith
you were afflicted. But if you endure patiently, verily it is
better for the patient.
127. Be patient [O Muhammad]. Your patience is only by
[the help of] Allah. Grieve not for them, and be not in
distress because of that which they devise.
128. Lo! Allah is with those who fear Him and those who are
doers of good.