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36. Glory be to Him Who created all pairs, of that which the
earth grows, and of themselves, and of that which they
know not!
37. And a sign to them is the night. We strip it of the day, and
lo! they are in darkness.
38. And the sun runs on to a resting-place for him. That is the
measuring of the Mighty, the Knowing.
39. And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she
returns like an old shrivelled date stalk.
40. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the
night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.
41. And a sign to them is that We bear their offspring in the
laden ship [of Nûh (Noah)],
42. And We have created for them of the like thereof whereon
they ride.
43. And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for
them, neither can they be saved;
44. Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.
45. When it is said to them: Beware of that which is before
you and that which is behind you, that perhaps you may
find mercy [they are heedless].
46. Never came a sign of the signs of their Lord to them, but
they did turn away from it!
47. And when it is said to them: Spend of that wherewith
Allah has provided you, those who disbelieve say to those
who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed,
would feed? You are in nothing else than manifest error.
48. And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if you
are truthful?
49. They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while
they are disputing.
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50. Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to
their own folk.
51. And the Horn is blown and lo! from the graves they hasten
to their Lord,
52. They will say: Woe upon us! Who has raised us from our
place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did
promise, and the messengers spoke truth,
53. It is but one Shout, and behold them brought present
together before Us!
54. This day no soul is wronged in anything; nor are you
requited nothing save what you used to do.
55. Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,
56. They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on couches reclining;
57. They will have therein fruit [of their good deeds] and theirs
[all] that they ask;
58. The word from a Merciful Lord [for them] is: Peace!
59. [And He will say], “Away you, O you criminals, this day!
60. Did I not enjoin upon you, O you sons of Adam, that you
worship not the Satan -Lo! he is your open foe-!
61. But that you worship Me? That is the Straight Path.
62. Yet he [Satan] has led astray of you a great multitude. Had
you then no sense?
63. This is Hell which you were promised [if you followed him].
64. Burn therein this day for that you disbelieved.
65. This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak
out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used
to earn.
66. And had We willed, We verily could have wiped out their
eyesight so that they should struggle for the Path. Then
how could they have seen?
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67. And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their
place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.[1]
68. He whom We bring to old age, We reverse him in creation
[making him go back to weakness after strength]. So will
they not understand?
69. And we have not taught him [Muhammad] poetry, nor is it
meet for him. This is only a Reminder and a plain Qur’ân,
70. To warn whosoever is alive, and that the word may be
fulfilled against the disbelievers.
71. Have they not seen how We have created for them the
cattle from what Our hands have made, so that they are
their owners,
72. And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them
they have for riding, and some of them they eat.
73. Benefits and [several] drinks they have from them. Will
they not then give thanks?
74. And they have taken besides Allah [other] gods, in order
that they may be helped.
75. It is not in their power to help them; but they [the
worshippers] are to them a host in arms.
76. So let not their speech grieve you [O Muhammad]. Lo! We
know what they conceal and what they proclaim.
77. Has not man seen that We have created him from a spermdrop?
Yet lo! he is an open opponent.
78. And he has coined for Us a similitude, and has forgotten
the fact of his creation, saying: Who will give life to bones
when they have rotted away?
79. Say: He will give them life Who produced them at the
first, for He is Knower of every creation,
[1] But they have sight and power to motion so can choose their path.
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80. Who has appointed for you fire from the green tree, and
behold! you kindle from it.
81. Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able
to create the like of them? Yes, that He is! for He is the
Knowing Creator,
82. But His command, when He intends a thing, is only that
he says to it: Be! and it is.
83. Therefor glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion
over all things! To Him you will be brought back.
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[AS-SAFFAT]
Revealed at Mecca, [182 verses]
As-Sâffât takes its name from a word in the first verse. The
reference in the first three verses is to the angels, as is made
clear by vv. 164-166, where the revealing angel speaks in person.
Tradition says that soothsayers and astrologers throughout the
East were bewildered at the time of the Prophet’s coming by the
appearance in the heavens of a comet and many meteors which
baffled all their science and made them afraid to sit at nights on
high peaks to watch the stars, as was their general custom. They
told enquirers that their familiars could no longer guide them,
being themselves completely at a loss and terrified. This is the
explanation usually given of vv. 7-9, and of a passage of similar
import in Sûrah 72, vv. 8-10. It stands early in the middle group
of Meccan Sûrahs.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. By those who set the ranks in battle order
2. And those [angels] who drive [the clouds] diligently
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3. And those who recite [the Word] for a reminder,
4. Lo! your God is surely One;
5. Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between
them, and Lord of the sun’s risings.
6. Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament,
the planets:
7. And as protection from every rebellious devil.
8. They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs [angles] for they
are pelted from every side,
9. Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual doom;
10. Save him who snatches [some words] by theft, and there
pursues him a piercing flame.
11. Then ask them [O Muhammad]: Are they stronger as a
creation, or those [others] whom We have created? Lo!
We created them of sticky clay.
12. Nay, but you marvel, while they mock
13. And heed not when they are reminded,
14. And seek to ridicule when they see a sign.
15. And they say: Lo! this is not but obvious magic;
16. When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall
we then, indeed, be resurrected [again]?
17. And our forefathers?
18. Say [O Muhammad]: Yes, in truth; and you will be brought
humiliated.
19. There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,
20. And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Recompense.
21. This is the Day of Judgement, which you used to deny.
22. [And it is said to the angels]: Gather those who committed
wrong, together with their kinds and what they used to
worship
23. Besides Allah, and lead them to the path to Hell;
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24. And stop them, for they are to be questioned.
25. What ails you that you help not one another?
26. Nay, but this day they make full submission.
27. And some of them draw near to others, mutually
questioning.
28. They say: Lo! you used to come to us from the right,
imposing, [swearing that you spoke the truth].
29. They answer: Nay, but you [yourselves] were not believers.
30. We had no power over you, but you were transgressing folk.
31. Now the Word of our Lord has been fulfilled concerning
us. Lo! we are about to taste [the doom].
32. Thus we misled you. Lo! we were [ourselves] astray.
33. Then lo! this day they [both] are sharers in the doom.
34. Lo! thus We deal with the criminals.
35. For when it was said to them, “There is no god save
Allah,” they were arrogant.
36. And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?
37. Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those
sent [before him].
38. Lo! [now] verily you taste the painful doom-–
39. You are requited nothing save what you did-–
40. Save the chosen slaves of Allah;
41. For them there is a known provision,
42. Fruits; and they will be honoured.
43. In the Gardens of Delight,
44. On couches facing one another;
45. A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,
46. White, delicious to the drinkers,
47. Wherein there is no headache nor are they made intoxicated
thereby.
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48. And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,
49. [Pure] as they were hidden eggs, well-protected.
50. And some of them draw near to others, mutually
questioning.
51. A speaker of them says: Lo! I had a companion.
52. Who used to say: Are you in truth of those who believe?
53. That when we are dead and have become mere dust and
bones-– can we [then] verily be recompensed?
54. He says: Will you look?
55. Then he looks and sees him in the midst of Hell.
56. He says: By Allah, you almost cause my ruin,
57. And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had
been of those brought forth [to doom].
58. Are we then not to die.
59. Saving our first death, and we will not to be punished?
60. Lo! this is the supreme triumph.
61. For the like of this, then, let the workers work.
62. Is the Paradise a better accommodation, or the tree of
Zaqqûm?
63. Lo! We have appointed it a doom for wrong-doers.
64. Lo! it is a tree that springs in the heart of Hell
65. Its crop is as it were the heads of devils
66. And lo! they verily will eat thereof, and fill [their] bellies
therewith.
67. And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of scalding
water.
68. And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto Hell.
69. They indeed found their fathers astray,
70. So they make haste [to follow] in their footsteps.
71. And verily most of the men of old went astray before
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them,
72. And verily We sent among them warners.
73. Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,
74. Save the chosen slaves of Allah.
75. And Noah verily called to Us, and [We are] the best
responders.
76. And We saved him and his household from the great
distress,
77. And made his offspring the survivors,
78. And left for him among the later folk [favourable mention]:
79. Peace be to Noah among the worlds!
80. Lo! thus do We reward the good.
81. Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
82. Then We did drown the others [disbelievers].
83. And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham
84. When he came to his Lord with a pure heart;
85. When he said to his father and his folk: What is it that you
worship?
86. Is it a falsehood - gods other than Allah - that you desire?
87. What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?
88. And he glanced a glance at the stars
89. Then said: Lo! I feel sick!
90. And they turned their backs and went away from him.
91. Then he turned to their gods and said: Will you not eat?
92. What ails you that you speak not?
93. Then he attacked them, striking with [his] right hand.
94. And [his people] came toward him, hastening.
95. He said: You worship that which you yourselves do carve–
96. When Allah has created you and what you make?
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97. They said: Build for him a furnace and fling him in the
red-hot fire.
98. And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the
undermost.
99. And he said: Lo! I am going to my Lord Who will guide me.
100. My Lord! Grant me of the righteous.
101. So We gave him tidings of a forbearing boy.
102. And when [his son] was old enough to walk with him,
[Abraham] said: O my son, I have seen in a dream that
I must sacrifice you. So look, what you think? He said:
O my father! Do that which you are commanded. Allah
willing, you shall find me of the patient.
103. Then, when they had both surrendered [to Allah], and he
had flung him down upon his forehead,
104. We called to him: O Abraham!
105. You have already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We
reward the good.
106. Lo! that verily was a clear trial.
107. Then We ransomed him with a tremendous sacrifice.
108. And We left for him [favourable mention] among the
later folk:
109. Peace be to Abraham!
110. Thus do We reward the good.
111. Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
112. And We gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet
of the righteous.
113. And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their offspring
are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong
themselves.
114. And We verily conferred favour upon Moses and Aaron,
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115. And saved them and their people from the great distress,
116. And helped them so that they became the victors.
117. And We gave them the explicit Scripture
118. And guided them the straight path.
119. And We left for them [favourable mention], among the
later folk:
120. Peace be to Moses and Aaron!
121.Lo! thus do We reward the good.
122. Lo! they are of Our believing slaves.
123. And lo! Elias was from among the messengers.
124. When he said to his folk: Will you not fear Allah?
125. Will you call upon Ba’al and forsake the Best of creators,
126. Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?
127. But they denied him, so they surely will be brought forth
[to the doom]
128. Save the chosen slaves of Allah.
129. And we left for him [favourable mention] among the
later folk:
130. Peace be to Elias!
131. Lo! thus We do reward the good.
132. Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
133. And lo! Lot verily was among the messengers,
134. When We saved him and his household, every one,
135. Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;
136. Then We destroyed the others.
137. And Lo! you verily pass by [the ruin of] them in the
morning
138. And at night-time; have you then no sense?
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139. And Lo! Yunus [Jonah] verily was among the messengers
140. When he fled to the laden ship,
141. And then drew lots and was of those rejected;
142. And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;
143. And had he not been one of those who glorify [Allah].
144. He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they
are resurrected;
145. Then We cast him on an open shore while he was sick;
146. And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;
147. And We sent him to a hundred thousand [folk] or more
148. And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for
a while.
149. Now ask them [O Muhammad]: Has your Lord daughters
whereas they have sons?
150. Or created We the angels females while they were
witnesses?
151. Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say:
152. Allah has begotten. And lo! verily they tell a lie.
153. [And again of their falsehood]: He has preferred
daughters to sons
154. What ails you? How do you judge?
155. Will you not then be reminded?
156. Or have you a clear authority?
157. Then bring your scripture, if you are truthful.
158. And they claim a lineage between Him and the jinn,
whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought
before [Him].
159. Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute [to Him],
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160. Save the chosen slaves of Allah.
161. Lo! verily, you and that which you worship,
162. You cannot excite [anyone] against Him
163. Save him who is to burn in Hell.
164. There is not one of us[1] but has his known position.
165. Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks.
166. Lo! we, even we are they who glorify His praise
167. And indeed they [disbelievers] used to say:
168. If we had but a reminder from the men of old
169. We would be the chosen slaves of Allah.
170. Yet [now that it is come] they disbelieve therein; but they
will come to know.
171. And verily Our word went forth of old for Our bondmen,
the messengers,
172. That they verily would be triumphant,
173. And that Our host, they verily would be the victors.
174. So withdraw from them [O Muhammad] awhile,
175. And watch [what will befall] them, for they will [soon] see.
176. Would they hasten on Our doom?
177. But when it comes home to them, then it will be a hapless
morning for those who have been warned.
178. Withdraw from them awhile
179. And watch, for they will [soon] see.
180. Glorified be your Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that
which they attribute [to Him]
181. And peace be on the messengers.
182. And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
[1] Here the revealing angel speaks in person.
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38- SAD [SAD]
Revealed at Mecca, [88 verses]
Sad. This Sûrah takes its name from the letter of the
Arabic Alphabet which stands alone as the first verse.
Tradition says that the first ten verses were revealed when the
leaders of Qureysh tried to persuade Abû Talib to withdraw
his protection from the Prophet, or when Abû Talib died.
The former is the more probable. Its place is early in the
middle group of Meccan Sûrahs.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Sad. By the Qur’ân containing reminder,
2. Nay, but those who disbelieve are in pride and schism.
3. How many a generation We destroyed before them, and
they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!
4. And they marvel that a warner from among themselves has
come to them, and the disbelievers say: This is a magician,
a lair.
5. Makes he the gods One God? Lo! that is an astounding
thing.
6. The chiefs among them go about, exhorting: Go and be
loyal to your gods! Lo! this is a thing designed.
7. We have not heard of this in later religion. This is nothing
but an invention.
8. Has the reminder been revealed to him [alone] among us?
Nay, but they are in doubt concerning My reminder; nay
but they have not yet tasted My doom.
9. Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the
Mighty, the Bestower?
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10. Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all
that is between them theirs? Then let them ascend up by
means [to the heavens]!
11. A defeated host are [all] the factions [of disbelievers] that
are there.
12. The folk of Noah before them denied [their messenger]
and [so did the tribe of] A’âd, and Pharaoh the owner of
stakes,
13. And [the tribe of] Thamûd; and the folk of Lot, and the
dwellers of the wood: these were the factions.
14. Not one of them but did deny the messengers, therefor
My doom was justified,
15. And these [unbelievers] wait for but one Shout, there will
be no delay.
16. They say: Our Lord! Hasten on for us our fate before the
Day of Reckoning.
17. Be patient of what they say, and remember Our bondman
Dawud [David], the processor of might. Lo! he was ever
turning in repentance [toward Allah].
18. Lo! We subdued the mountains to glorify the praises [of
their Lord] with him at nightfall and sunrise,
19. And the birds assembled; all were turning to Him
20. We made his kingdom strong and gave him wisdom and
decisive speech.
21. And has the story of the litigants come to you? How they
climbed the wall of [his] prayer chamber;
22. How they burst in upon David, and he was afraid of
them. They said: Be not afraid [We are] two litigants, one
of whom has wronged the other, therefor judge aright
between us; be not unjust; and guide us the fair way.
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23. Lo! this my brother has ninety and nine ewes while I had
one ewe; and he said: Entrust it to me, and he overpowered
me in speech.
24. [David] said: He has wronged you in demanding your ewe
in addition to his ewes, and lo! many partners oppress one
another, save such as believe and do good deeds, and they
are few. And David guessed that We had tried him, and
he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he bowed himself
and fell down prostrate and repented.
25. So We forgave him that; and lo! he had near access to Us
and a good place of return.
26. [And it was said to him]: O David! Lo! We have set you
as a viceroy in the earth; therefor judge aright between
people, and follow not desire that it beguile you from the
way of Allah. Lo! those who wander from the way of
Allah have an awful doom, forasmuch as they forgot the
Day of Reckoning.
27. And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that
is between them in vain. That is the opinion of those
who disbelieve. And woe to those who disbelieve, from
the Fire!
28. Or shall We treat those who believe and do good deeds
as those who spread corruption in the earth; or shall We
treat the pious as the wicked?
29. [This is] a blessed Book that We have sent down to
you, that they may ponder its verses, and that men of
understanding may reflect.
30. And We bestowed on David, Solomon. How excellent
a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance [toward
Allah].
31. When there were shown to him at afternoon light footed
coursers
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32. And he said: Lo! I have preferred the good things [these
horses] to the remembrance of my Lord; till it [the sun]
was taken out of sight behind the curtain [of darkness].
33. [Then he said]: Bring them back to me, he began to pass
his hand over [their] legs and necks.
34. And verily We tried Solomon, and set upon his throne a
[mere] body. Then did he repent.
35. He said: My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me
sovereignty such shall not belong to any after me. Lo! You
are the Bestower.
36. So We made the wind subservient to him, setting fair by
his command to wherever he willed.
37. And the devils [of jinn], every builder and diver [We made
subservient],
38. And others linked together in shackles,
39. [Saying]: This is Our gift, so bestow you, or withhold,
without reckoning.
40. And lo! he has favour with Us, and a good final return
[Paradise].
41. And make mention [O Muhammad] of Our bondman
Ayub [Job], when he called to his Lord [saying]: Lo! the
Satan does afflict me with distress and doom.
42. [And it was said to him]: Strike the ground with your foot.
This [spring] is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.
43. And We bestowed on him [again] his household and
therewith the like thereof, a mercy from Us, and a
reminder for those of understanding.
44. And [We said]: Take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and
smite therewith, and break not your oath. Lo! We found
him patient, how excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning
in repentance [to his Lord].
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45. And make mention of Our bondmen, Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob, those of strength [in worshipping Us] and
vision.
46. Lo! We purified them with a pure thought, remembrance
of the Home [of the Hereafter].
47. Lo! they are, to Us, the chosen and outstanding.
48. And make mention of Ishmael and Elisha and Dhû’l
Kifl.[1] All are of the chosen.
49. This is a reminder. And lo! for those who fear Allah is a
good place of return,
50. Gardens of Eden, whereof the gates are opened for them.
51. Wherein, reclining, they call for plenteous fruit and drink
[that is] therein.
52. And with them are those of modest gaze, and of equal
ages.
53. This is what you are promised for the Day of Reckoning.
54. Lo! this in truth is Our provision, which will never waste
away.
55. This [is for the righteous]. And lo! for the transgressors
there will be an evil place of return,
56. Hell, where they will [enter to] burn, an evil resting-place.
57. Here is a boiling and an ice-cold draught, so let them taste it,
58. And other [doom] of the kind in pairs [the two extremes]!
59. Here is a company rushing blindly with you. [Those who
are already in the Fire say]: No word of welcome for
them. Lo! they will burn at the Fire.
60. They say: Nay, but you [misleaders], for you there is no
word of welcome. You prepared this for us [by your
misleading]. Now wretched is the settlement.
[1] A prophet of the Arabs whose story is like that of Ezekiel.
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61. They say: Our Lord! Whoever did prepare this for us, oh,
give him double portion of the Fire!
62. And they say: What ails us that we see not men whom we
were used to count among the wicked?
63. Did we take them [wrongly] in ridicule, or have [our]
vision missed them?
64. Lo! that is very truth: the quarrelling of the people of the
Fire.
65. Say [to them, O Muhammad]: I am only a warner, and
there is no deity save Allah, the One, the Prevailing,
66. Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between
them, the Mighty, the Perpetual Forgiving.
67. Say: It is tremendous tidings
68. Whence you turn away!
69. I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs [angles] when
they disputed [the creation of Adam];
70. It is revealed to me only that I am a plain warner.
71. When your Lord said to the angels: Lo! I am about to
create a mortal out of clay,
72. And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him
of My [created] soul, then fall down before him prostrate,
73. The angels fell down prostrate, every one.
74. Saving Iblîs, he was scornful and became one of the
disbelievers.
75. He said: O Iblîs! What hinders you from falling prostrate
before that which I have created with both My hands?
Are you too proud or are you of the high exalted?
76. He said: I am better than him. You created me of fire,
whilst him You did create of clay.
77. He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! you are outcast,
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78. And lo! My curse is on you till the Day of Recompense.
79. He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are
resurrected.
80. He said: Lo! you are of those reprieved.
81. Until the day of the time well-known.
82. He said: Then, by Your Might, I surely will beguile them
every one,
83. Save Your chosen slaves among them.
84. He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak,
85. That I shall fill Hell with you and with such of them as
follow you, together.
86. Say [O Muhammad, to mankind]: I ask of you no fee for
this, and I am no simulating.
87. Lo! it [this Qur’ân] is nothing else than a reminder to the
worlds.
88. And you will come in time to know the truth thereof.
39- THE TROOPS [AZ-ZUMAR]
Revealed at Mecca, [75 verses]
Az-Zumar, “The Troops” takes its name from a peculiar
word, meaning troops or companies, which occurs in v. 71,
and again in v. 73. Some authorities think that vv. 53 and 54
were revealed at Al-Madînah. It seems manifestly to belong to
the middle group of Meccan Sûrahs, though N?ldeke places
it in his last group.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. The revelation of the Book [Qur’ân] is from Allah, the
Mighty, the Wise.
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2. Lo! We have sent down the Book to you [Muhammad]
with truth; so worship Allah, making religion pure for Him
[only].
3. Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who take
protectors besides Him [say]: We worship them only
that they may bring us near to Allah. Lo! Allah will judge
between them concerning that wherein they differ. Lo!
Allah guides not him who is a liar, an ingrate.
4. If Allah had willed to take a son, he could have chosen what
he would of that which He has created. Be He Glorified!
He is Allah, the One, the Prevailing.
5. He has created the heavens and the earth with truth. He
makes night to succeed day, and He makes day to succeed
night, and He constrains the sun and the moon to give
service, each running on for an appointed term. Is not He
the Mighty, the Forgiver?
6. He created you from one being, then from that [being] He
made its mate; and He has provided for you of cattle eight
mates. He created you in the wombs of your mothers,
creation after creation, in a threefold darknesses. Such is
Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty. There is no deity
save Him. How then are you turned away?
7. If you disbelieve, yet Allah is Independent of you, though
He is not pleased with disbelief for His bondmen; and if
you are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden
soul will bear another’s load. Then to your Lord is your
return; and He will tell you what you used to do. Lo! He
knows what is in the breasts [of men].
8. And then some hurt touches man, he cries to his Lord,
turning to Him [repentant]. Then, when He grants him
a favour from Him he forgets that for which he cried to
Him before, and sets up rivals to Allah that he may beguile
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[men] from His way. Say [to them, O Muhammad, to]:
Take pleasure in your disbelief a while. Lo! you are of the
owners of the Fire.
9. Is he who pays adoration in the watches of the night,
prostrating and standing, bewaring of the Hereafter and
hoping for the mercy of his Lord, [to be accounted equal
with a disbeliever]? Say [to them, O Muhammad]: Are
those who know equal with those who know not? But only
men of understanding will remember.
10. Say: O My bondmen who believe! Fear your Lord. For
those who do good in this world there is good, and
Allah’s earth is spacious. Verily the patient will be paid
their reward without account.
11. Say [O Muhammad]: Lo! I am commanded to worship
Allah, making religion pure for Him [only].
12. And I am commanded to be the first [among you] of the
Muslims.
13. Say: Lo! if I should disobey my Lord, I fear the doom of
a tremendous Day.
14. Say: Allah I worship, making my religion pure for Him
[only].
15. Then worship what you will besides Him. Say: The losers
will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on
the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss!
16. They have canopies of fire above them and beneath
them canopies [of fire]. With this does Allah frighten His
bondmen. O My bondmen, therefor fear Me!
17. And those who put away false gods lest they should
worship them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them
there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings [O
Muhammad] to My bondmen
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18. Who listen to the Word and follow the best thereof.
Such are those whom Allah guides, and such are men of
understanding.
19. Is he on whom the word of doom is fulfilled [to be
helped], and can you [O Muhammad] rescue him who is
in the Fire?
20. But those who have feared their Lord, for them are lofty
chambers with lofty chambers above them, built [for
them], beneath which rivers flow. [It is] a promise of
Allah. Allah fails not His promise.
21. Have you not seen how Allah has sent down water from the
sky and has caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings,
and afterward thereby produces crops of different hues;
and afterward they wither and you see them turn yellow;
then He makes them [scattered] debris. Lo! herein verily
is a reminder for men of understanding.
22. Is he whose breast Allah has expanded to [accept] Islâm,
so that he follows a light from His Lord, [as he who
disbelieves]? Then woe to those whose hearts are hardened
against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error.
23. Allah has [now] sent down the fairest of statements, a
consistent Book wherein is reiteration, the skins shiver
therefrom of those who fear their Lord, so that their skins
and their hearts soften to Allah’s remembrance. Such is
Allah’s guidance, wherewith He guides whom He wills. And
him whom Allah sends astray, for him there is no guide.
24. Is he then, who will shield with his face against the awful
doom upon the Day of Resurrection [as he who does
right]? And it will be said to the wrong-doers: Taste what
you used to earn.