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answered: Allah Blameless! We know no evil of him. Said
the wife of the ruler: Now the truth is out. I asked of him
an evil act, and he is surely of the truthful.
52. [Then Joseph said: I asked for] this, that he [my lord] may
know that I betrayed him not in secret, and that surely
Allah guides not the snare of the betrayers.
?. 53 I do not acquit myself. Lo! the [human] soul enjoins to
evil, save that whereon my Lord has mercy. My Lord is
Forgiving, Merciful.
54. And the king said: Bring him to me that I may attach him
to my person. And when he had talked with him he said:
Lo! you are today in our presence established and trusted.
55. He said: Set me over the storehouses of the land I am a
skilled custodian.
56. Thus We gave power to Joseph in the land to settle therein
wherever he pleased. We reach with Our mercy whom We
will. We lose not the reward of the good.
57. And the reward of the Hereafter is better, for those who
believed and feared Allah.
58. And Joseph’s brothers came and presented themselves
before him, and he knew them but they knew him not.
59. And when he provided them with their provision he said:
Bring to me a brother of yours from your father. See you
not that I fill up the measure and I am the best of hosts?
60. And if you bring him not to me, then there shall be no
measure for you with me, nor shall you draw near.
61. They said: We will try to dissuade his father from [keeping]
him: that we will surely do.
62. He said to his servants: Place their merchandise in their
saddlebags, so that they may know it when they go back
to their folk that perhaps they will return [again].
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63. So when they went back to their father they said: O our
father! The measure is denied us, so send with us our
brother that we may obtain the measure, surely we will
guard him well.
64. He said: Can I entrust him to you save as I entrusted his
brother to you before? Allah is better at guarding, and He
is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
65. And when they opened their belongings they discovered
that their merchandise had been returned to them. They
said: O our father! What [more] can we ask? Here is our
merchandise returned to us. We shall get provision for
our folk and guard our brother, and we shall have the
extra measure of a camel [load]. This [that we bring now]
is a light measure.
66. He said: I will not send him with you till you give me a
promise in the name of Allah that you will bring him
back to me, unless you are surrounded. And when they
gave him their promise he said: Allah is the Witness over
what we say.
67. And he said: O my sons! Go not in by one gate; go in by
different gates. I can avail you nothing against [the decree
of] Allah. Lo! the decision rests with Allah only. Upon
Him I have relied, and upon Him let all who would rely
[indeed] rely.
68. And when they entered in the manner which their father
had enjoined, it would have nothing availed them as against
Allah; it was but a need of Jacob’s soul which he thus
satisfied;[1] and lo! he was a lord of knowledge because We
had taught him; but most of people know not.
[1] There is a prevalent superstition in the East that the members of a
large family ought not to appear all together, for fear of the ill luck
that comes from envy in the hearts of others.
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69. And when they went in before Joseph, he took his brother
to himself, saying: Lo; I, even I, am your brother, therefore
grieve not for what they used to do.
70. And when he provided them with their provision, he put
the [gold measuring] bowl in his brother’s saddlebag,
and then an announcer cried: O camel-riders! You are
surely thieves!
71. They said, while approaching them: What is it you are
missing?
72. They said: We are missing the king’s measure, and he who
brings it shall have a camel load, and I [said Joseph] am
answerable for it.
73. They said: By Allah, well you know we came not to cause
corruption in the land, and are no thieves.
74. They said: And what shall be the penalty for it if you
prove liars?
75. They said: The penalty for it! He in whose bag [the cup] is
found, he is the penalty for it. Thus we requite wrong-doers.
76. Then he [Joseph] began the search with their bags before
his brother’s bag, then he brought it out of his brother’s
bag. Thus did We contrive for Joseph. He could not have
taken his brother according to the king’s law unless Allah
willed. We raise by grades [of mercy] whom We will, and
over every lord of knowledge there is one more knowing.
77. They said: If he steals, a brother of his stole before. But
Joseph kept it secret in his soul and revealed it not to
them. He said [within himself]: You are in worse case and
Allah knows best [the truth of] that which you describe.
78. They said: O ruler of the land! Lo! he has an aged father,
so take one of us instead of him. Lo! we see you of those
who do kindness.
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79. He said: Allah forbid that we should seize save him with
whom we found our property; then truly we should be
wrong-doers.
80. So, when they despaired of [moving] him, they conferred
together apart. The eldest of them said: Know you not
how your father took a promise from you in Allah’s name
and how you failed in the case of Joseph before? Therefore
I shall not go forth from the land until my father gives leave
or Allah judges for me. He is the Best of Judges.
81. Return to your father and say: O our father! Lo! your son
has stolen. We testify only to that which we know; we are
not guardians of the Unseen.
82. Ask the township where we were, and the caravan in which
we returned. Lo! we speak the truth.
83. [And when they came to their father and had spoken thus
to him] he said: Nay, but your minds have beguiled you
into something. (My course is) comely patience! It may be
that Allah will bring them all to me. Lo! He, only He, is
the Knower, the Wise.
84. And he turned away from them and said: Alas, my grief
for Joseph! And his eyes were whitened with the sorrow
that he was suppressing.
85. They said: By Allah, you will never cease remembering Joseph
till your health is ruined or you are of those who perish!
86. He said: I complain of my distress and anguish only to
Allah, and I know from Allah that which you know not.
87. Go, O my sons, and find out about Joseph and his brother,
and despair not of the Spirit of Allah. Lo! none despairs
of the Spirit of Allah save the disbelieving folk.
88. And when they came [again] before him [Joseph] they said:
O ruler! Misfortune has touched us and our folk, and we
bring but poor merchandise, so fill for us the measure and
be charitable to us. Lo! Allah will reward the charitable.
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89. He said: Know you what you did to Joseph and his brother
when you were ignorant?
90. They said: Is it indeed you who are Joseph? He said: I am
Joseph and this is my brother. Allah has shown us favour.
Lo! he who fears Allah and endures [finds favour]; for
verily Allah loses not the wages of the kindly.
91. They said: By Allah, verily Allah has preferred you above
us, and we were indeed sinful.
92. He said: Have no fear this day! May Allah forgive you, and
He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
93. Go with this shirt of mine and lay it on my father’s face,
he will become [again] a seer; and come to me with all
your folk.
94. When the caravan departed their father had said: Truly I
find the smell of Joseph, though you call me weak and
confused.
95. [Those around him] said: By Allah, Lo! you are in your old
aberration.
96. Then, when the bearer of glad tidings came, he laid it
on his face and he became a seer once more. He said:
Said I not to you that I know from Allah that which you
know not?
97. They said: O our father! Ask forgiveness of our sins for
us, for lo! we were sinful.
98. He said: I shall ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. He is
the Forgiving, the Merciful.
99. And when they came in before Joseph, he took his parents
to him, and said: Enter Egypt safe, if Allah wills!
100. And he raised his parents on the throne and they fell
down before him prostrate, and he said: O my father!
This is the interpretation of my vision of old. My Lord
has made it true, and He has shown me kindness, since
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He took me out of the prison and has brought you from
the desert after Satan had made strife between me and
my brothers. Lo! my Lord is tender to whom He wills.
He is the Knower, the Wise.
101. O my Lord! You have given me [something] of sovereignty
and have taught me [something] of the interpretation of
dreams, Creator of the heavens and the earth! You are
my Protector in the world and the Hereafter. Make me
to die a Muslim [to You], and join me to the righteous.
102. This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We reveal
to you [Muhammad]. You were not present with them
when they put together their plan and [while] they were
scheming.
103. And though you try much, most men will not believe.
104. You ask them no fee for it. It is nothing else than a
reminder to the worlds.
105. How many a sign is there in the heavens and the earth
which they pass by with face averted!
106. And most of them believe not in Allah except that they
associate others [with Him].
107. Deem they themselves secure from the coming on them
of a pall of Allah’s punishment, or the coming of the
Hour suddenly while they are unaware?
108. Say: This is my Way: I invite to Allah with sure knowledge,
I and whoever follows me– Glory be to Allah! And I am
not of those who associate others with Him.
109. We sent not before you [any messengers] save men whom
We revealed from among the folk of the townships–
Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature
of the consequence for those who were before them?
And verily the abode of the Hereafter, for those who
fear Allah, is best. Have you then no sense?–
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110. Till, when the messengers despaired and thought that
they were denied, then came to them Our victory, and
whom We would was saved. And our wrath cannot be
warded from the people who are criminals.
111. In their stories verily there is a lesson for men
of understanding. It is no invented story but a
confirmation of the existing [Scripture] and a detailed
explanation of everything, and a guidance and a mercy
for folk who believe.
13- THE THUNDER [AR-RA’D]
Revealed at Mecca, [43 verses]
Ar-Ra’d, “The Thunder,” takes its name from a word in v.
13. The subject is Divine guidance in relation to the law of
consequences, it being explained here, as elsewhere in the
Qur’ân, that there is no partiality or aversion on the part of
God, but that reward and punishment are the result of obeying
or rejecting natural (or Divine) laws. According to some ancient
authorities, it is a Meccan Sûrah with the exception of two
verses revealed at Al-Madînah; according to others, a Madînan
Sûrah with the exception of two verses revealed at Mecca.
The very fact of such wholesale difference of opinion favours
the Meccan attribution because there could be no such doubt
about a complete Madînan Sûrah, owing to the great number
of witnesses. The Madînan ascription may have arisen from the
recognition of some verses by those witnesses as having been
revealed at Al-Madînah on a certain occasion.
A late Meccan Sûrah for the most part.
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
1. Alif. Lâm. Mîm. Râ.[1] These are verses of the Book. And
what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the Truth,
but most of people believe not.
2. Allah it is Who raised up the heavens without visible pillars,
then established Himself on the Throne, and compelled
the sun and the moon to be of service, each runs to an
appointed term; He orders the course; He details the
signs, that perhaps you may be certain of the meeting
with your Lord.
3. And He it is Who spread out the earth and placed therein
firm mountains and flowing rivers, and of all fruits He
placed therein two spouses [male and female]. He covers
the night with the day. Lo! herein verily are signs for people
who take thought.
4. And in the Earth are neighbouring tracts, vineyards and
ploughed lands, and date-palms, like and unlike, which
are watered with one water. And We have made some of
them to excel others in fruit. Lo! herein verily are signs for
people who have sense.
5. And if you wonder, then wondrous is their saying: When
we are dust, are we then indeed [to be raised] in a new
creation? Such are they who disbelieve in their Lord; such
have shackles on their necks; such are rightful owners of
the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.
6. And they bid you hasten on the evil rather than the good,
when exemplary punishments have indeed occurred
before them. But lo! your Lord is rich in pardon for
mankind despite their wrong, and lo! your Lord is strong
in punishment!
[1] See Sûr. [2] v.1, footnote.
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7. Those who disbelieve say: Why has a sign not been sent
down upon him from his Lord! You are only a warner, and
for every folk a guide.
8. Allah knows that which every female bears and that which
the wombs lose [prematurely] and that which they grow.
And everything with Him is by due measure.
9. He is the Knower of the Unseen and the witnessed, the
Grand, the High Exalted.
10. Alike of you is he who hides the saying and he who noises
it abroad, he who hides in the night and he who goes
freely in the daytime.
11. For him are angels ranged before him and behind him
who guard him by Allah’s command.[1] Lo! Allah changes
not the condition of a folk until they [first] change that
which is in their hearts; and if Allah wills misfortune
for a folk there is none that can repel it, nor have they a
defender beside Him.
12. He it is Who shows you the lightning, a fear and a hope,[2]
and raises the heavy clouds.
13. The thunder exalts His praise and [so do] the angels for
awe of Him. He launches the thunderbolts and smites
with them whom He wills while they dispute [in doubt]
concerning Allah, and He is mighty in wrath.
14. To Him alone is the supplication of truth. And those
to whom they call besides Allah respond to them not at
all, save as [if the response to] one who stretches forth
his hands toward water [asking] that it may come to his
[1] This is taken by some commentators to refer to “him who goes freely
in the daytime” in the previous verse. In that case it would read: “for
whom are guards before him and behind him as if to guard him
against Allah’s commandment.”
[2] The fear is of the lightning, and the hope is of the rain.
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mouth, and it will never reach it. And the supplication of
the disbelievers goes [far] astray.
15. And to Allah falls prostrate whoever is in the heavens and
the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and their shadows [as
well] in the morning and the afternoons.
16. Say [O Muhammad]: Who is Lord of the heaven and the
earth? Say: Allah! Say: Take you then [others] besides Him
for protectors, which, even for themselves, have neither
benefit nor any harm? Say: Is the blind man equal to the
seer, or is darkness equal to light? Or assign they to Allah
partners who created the like of His creation so that the
creation [which they made and His creation] seemed alike
to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is
the One, the Prevailing.
17. He sends down water from the sky, so that valleys flow
according to their measure, and the flood bears [on its
surface] swelling foam – and from that which they smelt
in the fire in order to make ornaments and utensils rises
a foam like to it - thus Allah presents [the similitude of]
the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passes
away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is
of use to mankind, it remains in the earth. Thus Allah
coins the similitudes.
18. For those who responded to their Lord is the best reward;
and for those who did not respond to Him, if they had
all that is in the earth, and therewith the like thereof, they
would offer it as ransom. Such will have a woeful reckoning,
and their habitation will be Hell, a wretched abode.
19. Is he who knows that what is revealed to you from your
Lord is the truth like him who is blind? But only men of
understanding heed;
20. Such as fulfil the pact of Allah, and break not the
covenant;
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21. Such as unite that which Allah has commanded should be
joined, and fear their Lord, and dread the evil of [their]
reckoning.
22. And those who are patient in seeking their Lord’s
countenance [Face] and are regular in prayer and spend
of that which We provide for them secretly and openly,
and overcome evil with good. Theirs will be the sequel of
the [heavenly] Home.
23. Gardens of Eden which they enter, along with all who
do right of their fathers and their spouses and their
descendants. And the angels enter to them from every gate.
24. [Saying]: Peace be to you for what you patiently endured.
Excellent indeed is the sequel of the [heavenly] Home.
25. And those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying
it, and sever that which Allah has commanded should be
joined, and make corruption in the earth: theirs is the
curse and theirs the ill abode.
26. Allah extends livelihood for whom He wills, and straitens
[it for whom He wills]; and they rejoice in the life of the
world, whereas the life of the world is but brief comfort
as compared with the Hereafter.
27. Those who disbelieve say: If only a sign were sent down
upon him from his Lord! Say: Lo! Allah sends whom He
wills astray, and guides to Himself all who turn [to Him],
28. Who have believed and whose hearts are assured in the
remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of
Allah do hearts find assurance!
29. Those who believe and do righteous deeds: Joy is for
them, and bliss [their] journey’s end.
30. Thus We send you [O Muhammad] to a nation, before
whom other nations have passed away, that you may
recite to them that which We have revealed to you, while
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they are disbelievers in the Beneficent. Say: He is my
Lord; there is no deity save Him. Upon Him I rely and
to Him is my return.
31. Had it been possible for a Qur’ân [i.e. recitation] to cause
the mountains to move, or the earth to be torn asunder,
or the dead to speak, [this Qur’ân would have done so].
Nay, but Allah’s is the whole command. Do not those
who believe know that, had Allah willed, He could have
guided all mankind? As for those who disbelieve, disaster
ceases not to strike them because of what they do, or it
dwells near their home until the threat of Allah come to
pass. Lo! Allah fails not to keep the promise.
32. And verily messengers [of Allah] were mocked before
you, but I extended the time of those who disbelieved.
At length I seized them, and how [awful] was My
punishment!
33. Is He Who is aware of the earns of every soul [as he
who is aware of nothing]? Yet they attribute to Allah
partners. Say: Name them. Is it that you would inform
Him of something which He knows not in the earth?
Or is it but a way of speaking? Nay, but their plan is
made seeming fair for those who disbelieve and they are
averted from the way. He whom Allah sends astray, for
him there is no guide.
34. For them is torment in the life of the world, and verily the
doom of the Hereafter is more painful, and they have no
protector from Allah.
35. The similitude of the Paradise which is promised to the
righteous: Underneath it rivers flow; its food is everlasting,
and its shade; this is the consequence of the righteous,
while the consequence of disbelievers is the Fire.
36. And [the believers among] those to whom We gave the
Scripture rejoice in that which is revealed to you. And of
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the Confederates [from the Jews and pagans] there are
who deny some of it. Say: I am commanded only that I
worship Allah and associate to Him no partner. To Him I
invite, and to Him is my return.
37. Thus We have revealed it, a decisive utterance in Arabic;
and if you should follow their desires after that which
has come to you of knowledge, then truly you would not
have against Allah any ally nor any protector.
38. And verily We sent messengers [to mankind] before you,
and We assigned for them wives and offspring, and it was
not [given] to any messenger that he should bring a sign
save by Allah’s leave. For every term there is a decree.
39. Allah effaces what He wills, and establishes [what He
wills], and with Him is the Mother of the Book.
40. Whether We let you see part of that which We have
promised them, or make you die [before its happening],
yours is but conveyance [of the message], Ours the
reckoning.
41. See they not how We aim to the land, reducing it of its
outlying parts?[1] [When] Allah commands there is none
that can postpone His command, and He is swift at
reckoning.
42. Those who were before them plotted; but all planning
is Allah’s. He knows that which each soul earns. The
disbelievers will come to know for whom will be the
sequel of the [heavenly] Home.
43. They who disbelieve say: You are no messenger [of
Allah]. Say: Allah, and whoever has true knowledge of
the Scripture, is sufficient witness between me and you.
[1] If this is a Madînah verse, the reference would be to the spread of
Al-Islâm, if a Meccan verse it would be to the Persian and the Eastern
Roman empires encroaching on Arabia.
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14- ABRAHAM [Ibrâhîm]
Revealed at Mecca, [52 verses]
Ibrâhîm, so-called from Abraham’s prayer in vv. 35-41,
at the time when he was establishing his son Ishmael, the
ancestor of the Arabs, in the “uncultivable valley” of Mecca.
Otherwise the subject of the Sûrah is the same as that of
other Meccan Sûrahs revealed during the last three years
before the Hijrah. The reference in v. 46 to the plot of the
idolaters makes it probable that it is among the last of the
Meccan revelations. A late Meccan Sûrah; except vv. 28-30,
revealed at Al-Madînah.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
1. Alif. Lâm. Râ.[1] [This is] a Book which We have revealed
to you [Muhammad] that thereby you may bring forth
mankind from darkness to light, by the permission of their
Lord, to the path of the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.
2. Allah, to Whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and
whatsoever is in the earth. And woe to the disbelievers
from a severe doom.
3. Those who prefer the life of the world more than the
Hereafter, and debar [men] from the way of Allah and
would have it crooked: such are far astray.
4. And We never sent a messenger save with the language of
his folk, that he might make [the message] clear for them.
Then Allah sends whom He wills astray, and guides whom
He wills. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
5. We verily sent Moses with Our signs, saying: Bring your
people forth from darkness to light. And remind them of
[1] See Sûr. [2] v.1, footnote.
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the days of Allah. Lo! therein are signs for each patient,
thankful [heart].
6. And [recall, O children of Israel] when Moses said to his
people: Remember Allah’s favour to you when He delivered
you from Pharaoh’s folk who were afflicting you with
dreadful doom, and were killing your sons and sparing your
women; that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.
7. And when your Lord proclaimed: If you give thanks, I will
give you more; but if you are thankless, lo! My punishment
is severe.
8. And Moses said: Though you and all who are in the earth
disbelieve, lo! Allah verily is Free of need, Praiseworthy.
9. Has not the news of those before you reached you: the folk
of Noah; and [the tribes of] A’âd and Thamûd, and those
after them? None save Allah knows them. Their messengers
came to them with clear proofs, but they thrust their
hands into their mouths, and said: Lo! we disbelieve in that
wherewith you have been sent, and lo! we are in grave doubt
concerning that to which you call us.
10. Their messengers said: Can there be doubt concerning
Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? He calls
you that He may forgive you your sins and reprieve you
to an appointed term. They said: You are but mortals like
us, who would gladly turn us away from what our fathers
used to worship. Then bring some clear authority.
11. Their messengers said to them: We are but mortals like
you, but Allah gives grace to whom He wills of His
slaves. It is not ours to bring you evidence unless by the
permission of Allah. And upon Allah let believers rely!
12. How should we not rely upon Allah when He has guided
us our ways? We surely will be patient against whatever
hurt you do us. And upon Allah let those who would rely
[indeed] rely!
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13. And those who disbelieved said to their messengers: Verily
we will drive you out from our land, unless you return
to our religion. Then their Lord inspired them, [saying]:
Verily We shall destroy the wrong-doers,
14. And verily We shall make you to dwell in the land after
them. This is for him who fears standing before Me and
fears My Threat.
15. And they sought victory [from their Lord] and every
stubborn tyrant was disappointed;
16. Hell is before him, and he is made to drink a festering
water.
17. Which he sips but can hardly swallow, and death comes
to him from everywhere while yet he is not to die, and
before him is a harsh doom.
18. A similitude of those who disbelieve in their Lord: Their
deeds are as ashes which the wind blows hard upon a
stormy day. They have no control of anything that they
have earned. That is the extreme astray.
19. Have you not seen that Allah has created the heavens and
the earth with truth? If He wills, He can remove you and
bring [in] new creation.
20. And that is no great matter for Allah.
21. They all come forth to their Lord. Then those who were
weak say to those who were scornful: We were to you a
following, can you then avert from us anything of Allah’s
doom? They say: Had Allah guided us, we should have
guided you. Whether we rage or patiently endure is [now]
all one for us: we have no place of refuge.
22. And Satan says, when the matter has been decided: Lo!
Allah promised you a promise of truth; and I promised
you, then failed you. And I had no power over you save
that I called to you and you obeyed me. So blame me not,
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but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help
me. Lo! I disbelieved in that which you before ascribed to
me. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom.
23. And those who believed and did righteous deeds are made
to admit Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein
abiding eternally by permission of their Lord, their
greeting therein: Peace!
24. See you not how Allah coins a similitude: A goodly word,
as a goodly tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching
into heaven,
25. Giving its fruit at every season by permission of its Lord?
Allah coins the similitudes for mankind in order that they
may remember.
26. And the similitude of a bad word is as a bad tree, uprooted
from upon the earth, possessing no stability.
27. Allah keeps firm those who believe by a firm saying in the
life of the world and in the Hereafter, and Allah sends
wrong-doers astray. And Allah does what He wills.
28. Have you not seen those who exchanged the favour of
Allah for disbelief and led their people down to the
Abode of ruin,
29. [Even to] Hell? Which they will [enter to] burn, and
wretched is the settlement.
30. And they set up rivals to Allah that they may mislead [men]
from His way. Say: Enjoy life [while you may] for Lo! your
destination will be the Fire.
31. [O Muhammad] tell My bondmen who believe to establish
prayer and spend of that which We have given them,
secretly and publicly, before a day comes wherein there
will be neither trading nor befriending.
32. Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth, and
causes water to descend from the sky, thereby producing
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fruits as provision for you, and makes the ships to be
of service to you, that they may run upon the sea at His
command, and has made of service to you the rivers;
33. And makes the sun and the moon, constant in their
courses, to be of service to you, and has made of service
to you the night and the day.
34. And He brought you of all you asked of Him, and if you
would count the bounty of Allah you cannot reckon it.
Lo! man is verily most unjust, an ingrate.
35. And when Abraham said: My Lord! Make safe this city
[Mecca], and preserve me and my sons from worshipping
idols.
36. My Lord! Lo! they have led many of mankind astray.
But whoso follows me, he verily is of me - And whoso
disobeys me - Still You are Forgiving, Merciful.
37. Our Lord! Lo! I have settled some of my posterity in an
uncultivable valley near to Your sacred House, our Lord!
that they may establish prayer; so incline some hearts of
people that they may yearn toward them, and You provide
them with fruits in order that they may be thankful.
38. Our Lord! Lo! You know that which we hide and that
which we proclaim. Nothing in the earth or in the heaven
is hidden from Allah.
39. Praise be to Allah Who has given me, in my old age,
Ishmael and Isaac! Lo! my Lord is indeed the Hearer of
supplication.
40. My Lord! Make me to establish prayer, and some of my
posterity [also]; our Lord! and accept my supplication.
41. Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and believers on
the day when the account is cast.
42. Deem not that Allah is unaware of what the wicked do.
He but gives them a respite till a day when eyes will stare
[in terror].
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43. As they come hurrying on in fear, their heads upraised,
their gaze returning not to them, and their hearts as air.
44. And warn the people of a day when the doom will
come upon them, and those who did wrong will say:
Our Lord! Delay us for a little while. We will answer
Your call and will follow the messengers. [It will be
answered]: Did you not swear before that there would
be no end for you?
45. And [have you not] dwelt in the dwellings of those who
wronged themselves [of old] and [has it not] become
plain to you how We dealt with them, and made examples
for you?
46. Verily they have plotted their plot, and their plot is with
Allah, though their plot were one whereby the mountains
should be moved.
47. So think not that Allah will fail to keep His promise to
His messengers. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite [the
wrong].
48. On the day when the earth will be changed to other than
the earth, and the heavens [also will be changed] and they
will come forth to Allah, the One, the Almighty.
49. You will see the criminals on that day linked together in
chains.
50. Their raiment of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces.
51. That Allah may repay each soul what it has earned. Lo!
Allah is swift at reckoning.
52. This is a clear message for the people in order that they
may be warned thereby, and that they may know that He
is only One God, and that men of understanding may
take heed.