An-Nâs

(1)Say: "I seek refuge with (Allâh) the Lord of mankind,

(2)"The King of mankind,

(3)"The Ilâh (God) of mankind,

(4)"From the evil of the whisperer (devil who whispers evil in the hearts of men) who withdraws (from his whispering in one's heart after one remembers Allâh),

(5)"Who whispers in the breasts of mankind,

(6)"Of jinns and men."

Al-Falaq

(1)Say: "I seek refuge with (Allâh) the Lord of the daybreak,

(2)"From the evil of what He has created;

(3)"And from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness; (or the moon as it sets or goes away).

(4)"And from the evil of the witchcrafts when they blow in the knots,

(5)"And from the evil of the envier when he envies."

Al-Ikhlâs or At-Tauhîd

(1)Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): "He is Allâh, (the) One.[]

(2)"Allâh-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks).

(3)"He begets not, nor was He begotten;[]

(4)"And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."

Al-Masad

(1)Perish the two hands of Abû Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet), and perish he![]

(2)His wealth and his children (etc.) will not benefit him!

(3)He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames!

(4)And his wife too, who carries wood (thorns of Sadan which she used to put on the way of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) , or use to slander him)[] .

(5)In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fibre).

An-Nasr

(1)When comes the Help of Allâh (to you, O Muhammad (Peace be upon him) against your enemies) and the conquest (of Makkah),

(2)And you see that the people enter Allâh's religion (Islâm) in crowds,

(3)So glorify the Praises of your Lord, and ask for His Forgiveness. Verily, He is the One Who accepts the repentance and forgives.

Al-Kâfirûn

(1)Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)to these Mushrikûn and Kâfirûn): "O Al-Kâfirûn (disbelievers in Allâh, in His Oneness, in His Angels, in His Books, in His Messengers, in the Day of Resurrection, and in Al-Qadar, etc.)!

(2)"I worship not that which you worship,

(3)"Nor will you worship that which I worship.

(4)"And I shall not worship that which you are worshipping.

(5)"Nor will you worship that which I worship.

(6)"To you be your religion, and to me my religion (Islâmic Monotheism)."

Al-Kauthar

(1)Verily, We have granted you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) Al-Kauthar (a river in Paradise);

(2)Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only).

(3)For he who makes you angry (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), - he will be cut off (from every good thing in this world and in the Hereafter).

Al-Mâ'ûn

(1)Have you seen him who denies the Recompense?

(2)That is he who repulses the orphan (harshly),[]

(3)And urges not the feeding of AlMiskîn (the poor),[]

(4)So woe unto those performers of Salât (prayers) (hypocrites),

(5)Who delay their Salât (prayer) from their stated fixed times,

(6)Those who do good deeds only to be seen (of men),

(7)And refuse Al-Mâ'ûn (small kindnesses e.g. salt, sugar, water, etc.).

Quraish

(1)(It is a great Grace and Protection from Allâh), for the taming of the Quraish,

(2)(And with all those Allâh's Grace and Protections for their taming, We cause) the (Quraish) caravans to set forth safe in winter (to the south), and in summer (to the north without any fear),

(3)So let them worship (Allâh) the Lord of this House (the Ka'bah in Makkah).

(4)(He) Who has fed them against hunger, and has made them safe from fear.

Al-Fîl

(1)Have you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not seen how your Lord dealt with the Owners of the Elephant? [The elephant army which came from Yemen under the command of Abrahah Al-Ashram intending to destroy the Ka'bah at Makkah].

(2)Did He not make their plot go astray?

(3)And sent against them birds, in flocks,

(4)Striking them with stones of Sijjîl.

(5)And made them like an empty field of stalks (of which the corn has been eaten up by cattle).[]

Al-Humazah

(1)Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.

(2)Who has gathered wealth and counted it,

(3)He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever!

(4)Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire.

(5)And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is?

(6)The fire of Allâh, kindled,

(7)Which leaps up over the hearts,

(8)Verily, it shall be closed in on them,

(9)In pillars stretched forth (i.e. they will be punished in the Fire with pillars, etc.).

Al-'Asr

(1)By Al-'Asr (the time).

(2)Verily! Man is in loss,

(3)Except those who believe (in Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth (i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma'which Allâh has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar which Allâh has forbidden), and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allâh's Cause during preaching His religion of Islâmic Monotheism or Jihâd, etc.).

At-Takâthur

(1)The mutual rivalry for piling up of worldly things diverts you,

(2)Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die).

(3)Nay! You shall come to know!

(4)Again, Nay! You shall come to know!

(5)Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have occupied yourselves in worldly things)

(6)Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)!

(7)And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight!

(8)Then, on that Day, you shall be asked about the delight[] (you indulged in, in this world)!

Al-Qâri'ah

(1)Al-Qâri'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection),

(2)What is the striking (Hour)?

(3)And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?

(4)It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about,

(5)And the mountains will be like carded wool,

(6)Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,[]

(7)He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).

(8)But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,

(9)He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).

(10)And what will make you know what it is?

(11)(It is) a hot blazing Fire!

Al-'Adiyât

(1)By the (steeds) that run, with panting (breath),

(2)Striking sparks of fire (by their hooves),

(3)And scouring to the raid at dawn

(4)And raise the dust in clouds the while,

(5)Penetrating forthwith as one into the midst (of the foe);

(6)Verily! Man (disbeliever) is ungrateful to his Lord;

(7)And to that fact he bears witness (by his deeds);

(8)And verily, he is violent in the love of wealth.

(9)Knows he not that when the contents of the graves are brought out and poured forth (all mankind is resurrected).

(10)And that which is in the breasts (of men) shall be made known.

(11)Verily, that Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) their Lord will be Well-Acquainted with them (as to their deeds), (and will reward them for their deeds).

Az-Zalzalah

(1)When the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquake.

(2)And when the earth throws out its burdens,

(3)And man will say: "What is the matter with it?"

(4)That Day it will declare its information (about all what happened over it of good or evil).

(5)Because your Lord has inspired it.

(6)That Day mankind will proceed in scattered groups that they may be shown their deeds.[]

(7)So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it.

(8)And whosoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it.

Al-Baiyinah

(1)Those who disbelieve from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and among Al-Mushrikûn,[] were not going to leave (their disbelief) until there came to them clear evidence.

(2)A Messenger (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) from Allâh, reciting (the Qur'ân) purified pages [purified from Al-Bâtil (falsehood, etc.)].

(3)Containing correct and straight laws from Allâh.

(4)And the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) differed not until after there came to them clear evidence. (i.e. Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and whatever was revealed to him).

(5)And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allâh, and worship none but Him Alone (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him), and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give Zakât: and that is the right religion.

(6)Verily, those who disbelieve (in the religion of Islâm, the Qur'ân and Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) from among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and Al-Mushrikûn will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures.[]

(7)Verily, those who believe [in the Oneness of Allâh, and in His Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) including all obligations ordered by Islâm] and do righteous good deeds, they are the best of creatures.

(8)Their reward with their Lord is 'Adn (Eden) Paradise (Gardens of Eternity), underneath which rivers flow, they will abide therein forever, Allâh Well-Pleased with them, and they with Him. That is for him who fears his Lord.

Al-Qadr

(1)Verily! We have sent it (this Qur'ân) down in the night of Al-Qadr (Decree)[]

(2)And what will make you know what the night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is?

(3)The night of Al-Qadr (Decree) is better than a thousand months (i.e. worshipping Allâh in that night is better than worshipping Him a thousand months, i.e. 83 years and 4 months).

(4)Therein descend the angels and the Rûh [Jibrael (Gabriel)] by Allâh's Permission with all Decrees,

(5)Peace! (All that night, there is Peace and Goodness from Allâh to His believing slaves) until the appearance of dawn.

Al-'Alaq

(1)Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists),

(2)Has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood).

(3)Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous,

(4)Who has taught (the writing) by the pen [the first person to write was Prophet Idrees (Enoch) >>],

(5)Has taught man that which he knew not.

(6)Nay! Verily, man does transgress all bounds (in disbelief and evil deed, etc.).

(7)Because he considers himself self-sufficient.

(8)Surely! Unto your Lord is the return.

(9)Have you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) seen him (i.e. Abû Jahl) who prevents,

(10)A slave (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) when he prays?

(11)Tell me, if he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is on the guidance (of Allâh)?

(12)Or enjoins piety?

(13)Tell me if he (the disbeliever, Abû Jahl) denies (the truth, i.e. this Qur'ân), and turns away?

(14)Knows he not that Allâh does see (what he does)?

(15)Nay! If he (Abû Jahl) ceases not, We will catch him by the forelock,

(16)A lying, sinful forelock!

(17)Then, let him call upon his council (of helpers),

(18)We will call the guards of Hell (to deal with him)!

(19)Nay! (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him))! Do not obey him (Abû Jahl). Fall prostrate and draw near to Allâh!

At-Tin

(1)By the fig, and the olive,

(2)By Mount Sinai,

(3)And by this city of security (Makkah)[] ,

(4)Verily, We created man of the best stature (mould),

(5)Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low,

(6)Save those who believe (in Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous deeds, then they shall have a reward without end (Paradise).

(7)Then what (or who) causes you (O disbelievers) to deny the Recompense (i.e. Day of Resurrection)?

(8)Is not Allâh the Best of judges?

Ash-Sharh

(1)Have We not opened your breast for you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him))?

(2)And removed from you your burden,

(3)Which weighed down your back?

(4)And raised high your fame?

(5)So verily, with the hardship, there is relief,

(6)Verily, with the hardship, there is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).

(7)So when you have finished (from your occupation), then stand up for Allâh's worship (i.e. stand up for prayer).

(8)And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your intentions and hopes and) your invocations.

Ad-Duha

(1)By the forenoon (after sun-rise);

(2)And by the night when it is still (or darkens);

(3)Your Lord (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) has neither forsaken you nor hated you.

(4)And indeed the Hereafter is better for you than the present (life of this world).

(5)And verily, your Lord will give you (all i.e. good) so that you shall be well-pleased.

(6)Did He not find you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) an orphan and gave you a refuge?

(7)And He found you unaware (of the Qur'ân, its legal laws, and Prophethood, etc.) and guided you?

(8)And He found you poor, and made you rich (selfsufficient with selfcontentment, etc.)?

(9)Therefore, treat not the orphan with oppression,

(10)And repulse not the beggar;

(11)And proclaim the Grace of your Lord (i.e. the Prophethood and all other Graces).

Al-Lail

(1)Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance,

(2)And by the day as it appears in brightness;

(3)And by Him Who created male and female;

(4)Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes);

(5)As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allâh and fears Him,

(6)And believes in Al-Husna.[]

(7)We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness).

(8)But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient[] .

(9)And gives the lie to Al-Husna (see Verse No: 6 footnote);

(10)We will make smooth for him the path for evil;

(11)And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down (in destruction).

(12)Truly! Ours it is (to give) guidance,

(13)And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world).

(14)Therefore I have warned you of a Fire blazing fiercely (Hell);

(15)None shall enter it save the most wretched,

(16)Who denies and turns away.

(17)And Al-Muttaqûn (the pious and righteous - see V.2:2) will be far removed from it (Hell).

(18)He who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification,

(19)And have in his mind no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return,

(20)Except only the desire to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High;

(21)He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise).

Ash-Shams

(1)And by the sun and its brightness;

(2)And by the moon as it follows it (the sun);

(3)And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness;

(4)And by the night as it conceals it (the sun);

(5)And by the heaven and Him Who built it;

(6)And by the earth and Him Who spread it,

(7)And by Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul, etc.), and Him Who perfected him in proportion;

(8)Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him;

(9)Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allâh ordered, by following the true Faith of Islâmic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds).

(10)And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allâh has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islâmic Monotheism or by following polytheism, etc. or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds).

(11)Thamûd (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islâmic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin).

(12)When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).

(13)But the Messenger of Allâh [Sâlih (Saleh) >>] said to them: "Be cautious! Fear the evil end. That is the she-camel of Allâh! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!"

(14)Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!

(15)Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!

Al-Balad

(1)I swear by this city (Makkah);

(2)And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islâm on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah)[] ,

(3)And by the begetter (i.e. Adam >>) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny);

(4)Verily, We have created man in toil.

(5)Thinks he that none can overcome him?

(6)He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

(7)Thinks he that none sees him?

(8)Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?

(9)And a tongue and a pair of lips?

(10)And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

(11)But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep.

(12)And what will make you know the path that is steep?

(13)(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.)[]

(14)Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),

(15)To an orphan near of kin.

(16)Or to a Miskîn (poor) afflicted with misery.

(17)Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.

(18)They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise),

(19)But those who disbelieved in Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).

(20)The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.

Al-Fajr

(1)By the dawn;

(2)By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hîjjah) [],

(3)And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allâh)[] .

(4)And by the night when it departs.

(5)There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs, etc.)!

(6)Did you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not see (thought) how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)?

(7)Who were very tall like lofty pillars,

(8)The like of which were not created in the land?

(9)And (with) Thamûd (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?[]

(10)And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)?

(11)Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allâh).

(12)And made therein much mischief.

(13)So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.

(14)Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).

(15)As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then he says (puffed up): "My Lord has honoured me."

(16)But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"

(17)Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!

(18)And urge not on the feeding of AlMiskîn (the poor)!

(19)And you devour inheritance all with greed,

(20)And you love wealth with much love!

(21)Nay! When the earth is ground to powder,

(22)And your Lord comes with the angels in rows,

(23)And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?

(24)He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"

(25)So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish.

(26)And none will bind as He will bind.

(27)(It will be said to the pious): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

(28)"Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him!

(29)"Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves,

(30)"And enter you My Paradise!"

Al-Ghâshiyah

(1)Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection);

(2)Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated (in the Hell-fire, i.e. the faces of all disbelievers, Jews and Christians, etc.).[]

(3)Labouring (hard in the worldly life by worshipping others besides Allâh), weary (in the Hereafter with humility and disgrace)[] .

(4)They will enter in the hot blazing Fire,

(5)They will be given to drink from a boiling spring,

(6)No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant,

(7)Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger.

(8)(Other) faces, that Day, will be joyful,

(9)Glad with their endeavour (for their good deeds which they did in this world, along with the true Faith of Islâmic Monotheism).[]

(10)In a lofty Paradise.

(11)Where they shall neither hear harmful speech nor falsehood,

(12)Therein will be a running spring,

(13)Therein will be thrones raised high,

(14)And cups set at hand.

(15)And cushions set in rows,

(16)And rich carpets (all) spread out.

(17)Do they not look at the camels, how they are created?

(18)And at the heaven, how it is raised?

(19)And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm?

(20)And at the earth, how it is spread out?

(21)So remind them (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)), you are only a one who reminds.

(22)You are not a dictator over them.

(23)Save the one who turns away and disbelieves[]

(24)Then Allâh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

(25)Verily, to Us will be their return;

(26)Then verily, for Us will be their reckoning.

Al-A'lâ

(1)Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,

(2)Who has created (everything), and then proportioned it;

(3)And Who has measured (preordainments for each and everything even to be blessed or wretched); then guided (i.e. showed mankind the right as well as wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture);

(4)And Who brings out the pasturage,

(5)And then makes it dark stubble.

(6)We shall make you to recite (the Qur'ân), so you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) shall not forget (it),

(7)Except what Allâh, may will, He knows what is apparent and what is hidden.

(8)And We shall make easy for you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) the easy way (i.e. the doing of righteous deeds).

(9)Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them).

(10)The reminder will be received by him who fears (Allâh),

(11)But it will be avoided by the wretched,

(12)Who will enter the great Fire and made to taste its burning,

(13)Wherein he will neither die (to be in rest) nor live (a good living).

(14)Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islâmic Monotheism) shall achieve success,

(15)And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allâh), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawâfil additional prayers).

(16)Nay, you prefer the life of this world;

(17)Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

(18)Verily! This is in the former Scriptures,

(19)The Scriptures of Ibrâhim (Abraham) and Mûsa (Moses).

At-Târiq

(1)By the heaven, and At-Târiq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star);

(2)And what will make you to know what At-Târiq (night-comer) is?

(3)(It is) the star of piercing brightness;

(4)There is no human being but has a protector over him (or her) (i.e. angels incharge of each human being guarding him, writing his good and bad deeds, etc.)[]

(5)So let man see from what he is created!

(6)He is created from a water gushing forth

(7)Proceeding from between the back-bone and the ribs,

(8)Verily, (Allâh) is Able to bring him back (to life)!

(9)The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth).

(10)Then will (man) have no power, nor any helper.

(11)By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again.

(12)And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants),

(13)Verily! This (the Qur'ân) is the Word that separates (the truth from falsehood, and commands strict legal laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil).

(14)And it is not a thing for amusement.

(15)Verily, they are but plotting a plot (against you O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)).

(16)And I (too) am planning a plan.

(17)So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while.

Al-Burûj

(1)By the heaven, holding the big stars[] .

(2)And by the Promised Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection);

(3)And by the witnessing day (i.e. Friday), and by the witnessed day [i.e. the day of 'Arafât (Hajj) the ninth of Dhul-Hîjjah];

(4)Cursed were the people of the ditch (the story of the Boy and the King).[]

(5)Fire supplied (abundantly) with fuel,

(6)When they sat by it (fire),

(7)And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).

(8)They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allâh, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!

(9)Who, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And Allâh is Witness over everything.

(10)Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance, (to Allâh), will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire.

(11)Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success.

(12)Verily, (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) the Grip (Punishment) of your Lord is severe.

(13)Verily, He it is Who begins (punishment) and repeats (punishment in the Hereafter) (or originates the creation of everything, and then repeats it on the Day of Resurrection).

(14)And He is Oft-Forgiving, full of love (towards the pious who are real true believers of Islâmic Monotheism),

(15)Owner of the throne, the Glorious

(16)He does what He intends (or wills).

(17)Has the story reached you of the hosts,

(18)Of Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and Thamûd?

(19)Nay! The disbelievers (persisted) in denying (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and his Message of Islâmic Monotheism).

(20)And Allâh encompasses them from behind! (i.e. all their deeds are within His Knowledge, and He will requite them for their deeds).

(21)Nay! This is a Glorious Qur'ân,

(22)(Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz (The Preserved Tablet)!

Al-Inshiqâq

(1)When the heaven is split asunder,

(2)And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;

(3)And when the earth is stretched forth,

(4)And has cast out all that was in it and became empty,

(5)And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so;

(6)O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions (good or bad), a sure returning, so you will meet (i.e. the results of your deeds which you did).

(7)Then, as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,

(8)He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

(9)And will return to his family in joy!

(10)But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

(11)He will invoke (his) destruction,

(12)And shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning.

(13)Verily, he was among his people in joy!

(14)Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)!

(15)Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

(16)So I swear by the afterglow of sunset;

(17)And by the night and whatever it gathers in its darkness;

(18)And by the moon when it is at the full,

(19)You shall certainly travel from stage to stage (in this life and in the Hereafter).

(20)What is the matter with them, that they believe not?

(21)And when the Qur'ân is recited to them, they fall not prostrate,

(22)Nay, (on the contrary), those who disbelieve, belie (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and whatever he brought, i.e. this Qur'ân and Islâmic Monotheism, etc.).[]

(23)And Allâh knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds),

(24)So announce to them a painful torment.

(25)Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise).

Al-Mutaffifîn

(1)Woe to Al-Mutaffifin [those who give less in measure and weight (decrease the rights of others)],

(2)Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, demand full measure,

(3)And when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.

(4)Think they not that they will be resurrected (for reckoning),

(5)On a Great Day,

(6)The Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that exists)?

(7)Nay! Truly, the Record (writing of the deeds) of the Fujjâr (disbelievers, sinners, evil-doers and wicked) is (preserved) in Sijjîn.

(8)And what will make you know what Sijjîn is?

(9)A Register inscribed.

(10)Woe, that Day, to those who deny [(Allâh, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Day of Resurrection, and Al-Qadar (Divine Preordainments)].

(11)Those who deny the Day of Recompense.

(12)And none can deny it except every transgressor beyond bounds, (in disbelief, oppression and disobedience of Allâh, the sinner!)

(13)When Our Verses (of the Qur'ân) are recited to him he says: "Tales of the ancients!"

(14)Nay! But on their hearts is the Rân (covering of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn[] .

(15)Nay! Surely, they (evil-doers) will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day.

(16)Then, verily they will indeed enter and taste the burning flame of Hell.

(17)Then, it will be said to them: "This is what you used to deny!"

(18)Nay! Verily, the Record (writing of the deeds) of Al-Abrâr (the pious who fear Allâh and avoid evil), is (preserved) in 'Illiyyûn.

(19)And what will make you know what 'Illiyyûn is?

(20)A Register inscribed.

(21)To which bear witness those nearest (to Allâh, i.e. the angels).

(22)Verily, Al-Abrâr (the pious who fear Allâh and avoid evil) will be in delight (Paradise).

(23)On thrones, looking (at all things).

(24)You will recognise in their faces the brightness of delight.

(25)They will be given to drink pure sealed wine.

(26)The last thereof (that wine) will be the smell of musk, and for this let (all) those strive who want to strive (i.e. hasten earnestly to the obedience of Allâh).

(27)It (that wine) will be mixed with Tasnîm.

(28)A spring whereof drink those nearest to Allâh.

(29)Verily! (During the worldly life) those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

(30)And whenever they passed by them, used to wink one to another (in mockery);

(31)And when they returned to their own people, they would return jesting;

(32)And when they saw them, they said: "Verily! These have indeed gone astray!"

(33)But they (disbelievers, sinners) had not been sent as watchers over them (the believers).

(34)But this Day (the Day of Resurrection) those who believe will laugh at the disbelievers[]

(35)On (high) thrones, looking (at all things).

(36)Are not the disbelievers paid (fully) for what they used to do?

Al-Infitâr

(1)When the heaven is cleft asunder.

(2)And when the stars have fallen and scattered;

(3)And when the seas are burst forth (got dried up);

(4)And when the graves are turned upside down (and they bring out their contents)

(5)(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).

(6)O man! What has made you careless concerning your Lord, the Most Generous?

(7)Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion;

(8)In whatever form He willed, He put you together.

(9)Nay! But you deny the Recompense (reward for good deeds and punishment for evil deeds).

(10)But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you[] ,

(11)Kirâman (honourable) Kâtibîn writing down (your deeds)[] ,

(12)They know all that you do.

(13)Verily, the Abrâr (pious and righteous) will be in delight (Paradise);

(14)And verily, the Fujjâr (the wicked, disbelievers, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),

(15)In which they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,

(16)And they (Al-Fujjâr) will not be absent therefrom (i.e. will not go out from the Hell).

(17)And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?

(18)Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?

(19)(It will be) the Day when no person shall have power (to do) anything for another, and the Decision, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allâh.

At-Takwîr

(1)When the sun Kuwwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown[] ).

(2)And when the stars shall fall;

(3)And when the mountains shall made to pass away;

(4)And when the pregnant she-camels shall be neglected;

(5)And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together;

(6)And when the seas shall become as blazing Fire or shall overflow;

(7)And when the souls shall be joined with their bodies;

(8)And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned.[]

(9)For what sin she was killed?

(10)And when the written pages of deeds (good and bad) of every person shall be laid open;

(11)And when the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place;

(12)And when Hell-fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze.

(13)And when Paradise shall be brought near,

(14)(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).

(15)So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).

(16)And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves,

(17)And by the night as it departs;

(18)And by the dawn as it brightens;

(19)Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'ân brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibrael (Gabriel), from Allâh to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)].

(20)Owner of power, and high rank with (Allâh) the Lord of the Throne,

(21)Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens).

(22)And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman;

(23)And indeed he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).

(24)And he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) withholds not a knowledge of the unseen.

(25)And it (the Qur'ân) is not the word of the outcast Shaitân (Satan).

(26)Then where are you going?

(27)Verily, this (the Qur'ân) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamîn (mankind and jinns)[] .

(28)To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight,

(29)And you will not, unless (it be) that Allâh wills, the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

'Abasa

(1)(The Prophet (Peace be upon him)) frowned and turned away,

(2)Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. 'Abdullâh bin Umm-Maktûm, who came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs).

(3)But what could tell you that per chance he might become pure (from sins)?

(4)Or that he might receive admonition, and that the admonition might profit him?

(5)As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient,

(6)To him you attend;

(7)What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief, you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allâh).

(8)But as to him who came to you running.

(9)And is afraid (of Allâh and His Punishment),

(10)Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,

(11)Nay, (do not do like this), indeed it (these Verses of this Qur'ân) are an admonition,

(12)So whoever wills, let him pay attention to it.

(13)(It is) in Records held (greatly) in honour (Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz).

(14)Exalted (in dignity), purified,

(15)In the hands of scribes (angels).

(16)Honourable and obedient.

(17)Be cursed (the disbelieving) man! How ungrateful he is!

(18)From what thing did He create him?

(19)From Nutfah (male and female semen drops) He created him, and then set him in due proportion;

(20)Then He makes the Path easy for him;

(21)Then He causes him to die, and puts him in his grave;

(22)Then, when it is His Will, He will resurrect him (again).

(23)Nay, but (man) has not done what He commanded him.

(24)Then let man look at his food,

(25)That We pour forth water in abundance,

(26)And We split the earth in clefts,

(27)And We cause therein the grain to grow,

(28)And grapes and clover plants (i.e. green fodder for the cattle),

(29)And olives and date-palms,

(30)And gardens, dense with many trees,

(31)And fruits and Abba (herbage, etc.),

(32)(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

(33)Then, when there comes As-Sâkhkhah (the Day of Resurrection's second blowing of Trumpet),

(34)That Day shall a man flee from his brother,

(35)And from his mother and his father,

(36)And from his wife and his children.

(37)Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make him careless of others.

(38)Some faces that Day, will be bright (true believers of Islâmic Monotheism).

(39)Laughing, rejoicing at good news (of Paradise).

(40)And other faces, that Day, will be dust-stained;

(41)Darkness will cover them,

(42)Such will be the Kafarah (disbelievers in Allâh, in His Oneness, and in His Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him), etc.), the Fajarah (wicked evil doers).

An-Nazi'ât

(1)By those (angels) who pull out (the souls of the disbelievers and the wicked) with great violence;

(2)By those (angels) who gently take out (the souls of the believers);

(3)And by those that swim along (i.e. angels or planets in their orbits, etc.).

(4)And by those that press forward as in a race (i.e. the angels or stars or the horses, etc.).

(5)And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord, (so verily, you disbelievers will be called to account).

(6)On the Day (when the first blowing of the Trumpet is blown), the earth and the mountains will shake violently (and everybody will die),

(7)The second blowing of the Trumpet follows it (and everybody will be raised up),

(8)(Some) hearts that Day will shake with fear and anxiety.

(9)Their eyes cast down.

(10)They say: "Shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state of life?

(11)"Even after we are crumbled bones?"

(12)They say: "It would in that case, be a return with loss!"

(13)But only, it will be a single Zajrah [shout (i.e., the second blowing of the Trumpet)]. (See Verse 37:19).

(14)When, behold, they find themselves over the earth alive after their death,

(15)Has there come to you the story of Mûsa (Moses)?

(16)When his Lord called him in the sacred valley of Tûwa,

(17)Go to Fir'aun (Pharaoh), verily, he has transgressed all bounds (in crimes, sins, polytheism, disbelief, etc.).

(18)And say to him: "Would you purify yourself (from the sin of disbelief by becoming a believer)",

(19)And that I guide you to your Lord, so you should fear Him?

(20)Then [Mûsa (Moses)] showed him the great sign (miracles).

(21)But [Fir'aun (Pharaoh)] belied and disobeyed;

(22)Then he turned his back, striving hard (against Allâh).

(23)Then he gathered his people and cried aloud,

(24)Saying: "I am your lord, most high",

(25)So Allâh, seized him with punishment for his last [i.e. his saying: "I am your lord, most high") (see Verse 79:24)] and first [(i.e. his saying, "O chiefs! I know not that you have a god other than I" (see Verse 28:38)] transgression.

(26)Verily, in this is an instructive admonition for whosoever fears Allâh.

(27)Are you more difficult to create, or is the heaven that He constructed?

(28)He raised its height, and He has equally ordered it,

(29)Its night He covers with darkness, and its forenoon He brings out (with light).

(30)And after that He spread the earth;

(31)And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture;

(32)And the mountains He has fixed firmly;

(33)(To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle.

(34)But when there comes the greatest catastrophe (i.e. the Day of Recompense, etc.),

(35)The Day when man shall remember what he strove for,

(36)And Hell-fire shall be made apparent in full view for (every) one who sees,

(37)Then, for him who Taghâ (transgressed all bounds, in disbelief, oppression and evil deeds of disobedience to Allâh).

(38)And preferred the life of this world (by following his evil desires and lusts),

(39)Verily, his abode will be Hell-fire;

(40)But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires, and lusts.

(41)Verily, Paradise will be his abode.

(42)They ask you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) about the Hour, - when will be its appointed time?

(43)You have no knowledge to say anything about it,

(44)To your Lord belongs (the knowledge of) the term thereof?

(45)You (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) are only a warner for those who fear it,

(46)The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.

An-Naba'

(1)What are they asking (one another)?

(2)About the great news, (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism, the Qur'ân, which Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)brought and the Day of Resurrection, etc.),

(3)About which they are in disagreement.

(4)Nay, they will come to know!

(5)Nay, again, they will come to know!

(6)Have We not made the earth as a bed,

(7)And the mountains as pegs?

(8)And We have created you in pairs (male and female, tall and short, good and bad, etc.).

(9)And have made your sleep as a thing for rest.

(10)And have made the night as a covering (through its darkness),

(11)And have made the day for livelihood.

(12)And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

(13)And have made (therein) a shinning lamp (sun).

(14)And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water.

(15)That We may produce therewith corn and vegetations,

(16)And gardens of thick growth.

(17)Verily, the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

(18)The Day when the Trumpet will be blown, and you shall come forth in crowds (groups);

(19)And the heaven shall be opened, and it will become as gates,

(20)And the mountains shall be moved away from their places and they will be as if they were a mirage.

(21)Truly, Hell is a place of ambush,

(22)A dwelling place for the Tâghûn (those who transgress the boundry limits set by Allâh like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals, etc.),

(23)They will abide therein for ages,

(24)Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.

(25)Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges.

(26)An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes).

(27)For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.

(28)But they belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet (Peace be upon him) brought) completely.

(29)And all things We have recorded in a Book.

(30)So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment.

(31)Verily, for the Muttaqûn[], there will be a success (Paradise);

(32)Gardens and grapeyards;

(33)And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age;

(34)And a full cup (of wine).

(35)No Laghw (dirty, false, evil talk) shall they hear therein, nor lying;

(36)A reward from your Lord, an ample calculated gift (according to the best of their good deeds)[].

(37)(From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is in between them, the Most Beneficent, none can dare to speak with Him (on the Day of Resurrection except after His Leave).

(38)The Day that Ar-Rûh [Jibrael (Gabriel) or another angel] and the angels will stand forth in rows, none shall speak except him whom the Most Beneficent (Allâh) allows, and he will speak what is right.

(39)That is without doubt the True Day, so, whosoever wills, let him seek a place with (or a way to) His Lord (by obeying Him in this worldly life)!

(40)Verily, We have warned you of a near torment, the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!"

Al-Mursalât

(1)By the winds (or angels or the Messengers of Allâh) sent forth one after another.

(2)And by the winds that blow violently,

(3)And by the winds that scatter clouds and rain;

(4)And by the Verses (of the Qur'ân) that separate the right from the wrong.

(5)And by the angels that bring the revelations to the Messengers,

(6)To cut off all excuses or to warn;

(7)Surely, what you are promised must come to pass.

(8)Then when the stars lose their lights;

(9)And when the heaven is cleft asunder;

(10)And when the mountains are blown away;

(11)And when the Messengers are gathered to their time appointed;

(12)For what Day are these signs postponed?

(13)For the Day of sorting out (the men of Paradise from the men destined for Hell).

(14)And what will explain to you what is the Day of sorting out?

(15)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(16)Did We not destroy the ancients?

(17)So shall We make later generations to follow them.

(18)Thus do We deal with the Mujrimûn (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals, etc.)!

(19)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(20)Did We not create you from a worthless water (semen, etc.)?

(21)Then We placed it in a place of safety (womb),

(22)For a known period (determined by gestation)?

(23)So We did measure, and We are the Best to measure (the things).

(24)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(25)Have We not made the earth a receptacle?

(26)For the living and the dead.

(27)And have placed therein firm, and tall mountains; and have given you to drink sweet water?

(28)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(29)(It will be said to the disbelievers): "Depart you to that which you used to deny!

(30)"Depart you to a shadow (of Hell-fire smoke ascending) in three columns,

(31)"Neither shading, nor of any use against the fierce flame of the Fire."

(32)Verily! It (Hell) throws sparks (huge) as Al-Qasr [a fort or a Qasr (huge log of wood)],

(33)As if they were Jimâlatun Sufr (yellow camels or bundles of ropes)."

(34)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(35)That will be a Day when they shall not speak (during some part of it),

(36)And they will not be permitted to put forth any excuse.

(37)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(38)That will be a Day of Decision! We have brought you and the men of old together!

(39)So if you have a plot, use it against Me (Allâh swt )!

(40)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(41)Verily, the Muttaqûn (pious - see V.2:2) shall be amidst shades and springs.

(42)And fruits, such as they desire.

(43)"Eat and drink comfortably for that which you used to do.

(44)Verily, thus We reward the Muhsinûn (good-doers).

(45)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(46)(O you disbelievers)! Eat and enjoy yourselves (in this worldly life) for a little while. Verily, you are the Mujrimûn (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, criminals, etc.).

(47)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(48)And when it is said to them: "Bow down yourself (in prayer)!" They bow not down (offer not their prayers)[] .

(49)Woe that Day to the deniers (of the Day of Resurrection)!

(50)Then in what statement after this (the Qur'ân) will they believe?

Al-Insân or Ad-Dahr

(1)Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was nothing to be mentioned?

(2)Verily, We have created man from Nutfah drops of mixed semen (discharge of man and woman), in order to try him, so We made him hearer, seer.

(3)Verily, We showed him the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful.

(4)Verily, We have prepared for the disbelievers iron chains, iron collars, and a blazing Fire.

(5)Verily, the Abrâr (pious, who fear Allâh and avoid evil), shall drink a cup (of wine) mixed with water from a spring in Paradise called Kâfûr.

(6)A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allâh will drink, causing it to gush forth abundantly.

(7)They (are those who) fulfill (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil will be wide-spreading.

(8)And they give food, inspite of their love for it (or for the love of Him), to Miskin[] (poor), the orphan, and the captive,

(9)(Saying): "We feed you seeking Allâh's Countenance only. We wish for no reward, nor thanks from you.

(10)"Verily, We fear from our Lord a Day, hard and distressful, that will make the faces look horrible (from extreme dislikeness to it)."

(11)So Allâh saved them from the evil of that Day, and gave them Nadratan (a light of beauty) and joy.

(12)And their recompense shall be Paradise, and silken garments, because they were patient.

(13)Reclining therein on raised thrones, they will see there neither the excessive heat of the sun, nor the excessive bitter cold, (as in Paradise there is no sun and no moon).

(14)And the shade thereof is close upon them, and the bunches of fruit thereof will hang low within their reach.

(15)And amongst them will be passed round vessels of silver and cups of crystal,

(16)Crystal-clear, made of silver. They will determine the measure thereof according to their wishes.

(17)And they will be given to drink there a cup (of wine) mixed with Zanjabîl (ginger, etc.),

(18)A spring there, called Salsabîl.

(19)And round about them will (serve) boys of everlasting youth. If you see them, you would think them scattered pearls.

(20)And when you look there (in Paradise), you will see a delight (that cannot be imagined), and a great dominion.

(21)Their garments will be of fine green silk, and gold embroidery. They will be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord will give them a pure drink.

(22)(And it will be said to them): "Verily, this is a reward for you, and your endeavour has been accepted."

(23)Verily! It is We Who have sent down the Qur'ân to you (O Muhammad SAW) by stages.

(24)Therefore be patient (O Muhammad SAW) and submit to the Command of your Lord (Allâh, by doing your duty to Him and by conveying His Message to mankind), and obey neither a sinner nor a disbeliever among them.

(25)And remember the Name of your Lord every morning and afternoon [i.e. offering of the Morning (Fajr), Zuhr, and 'Asr prayers].

(26)And during night, prostrate yourself to Him (i.e. the offering of Maghrib and 'Ishâ' prayers), and glorify Him a long night through (i.e. Tahajjud prayer).

(27)Verily! These (disbelievers) love the present life of this world, and put behind them a heavy Day (that will be hard).

(28)It is We Who created them, and We have made them of strong built. And when We will, We can replace them with others like them with a complete replacement.

(29)Verily! This (Verses of the Qur'ân) is an admonition, so whosoever wills, let him take a Path to his Lord (Allâh).

(30)But you cannot will, unless Allâh wills. Verily, Allâh is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise.

(31)He will admit to His Mercy whom He will and as for the Zâlimûn, (polytheists, wrong-doers, etc.) He has prepared a painful torment.

Al-Qiyâmah

(1)I swear by the Day of Resurrection;

(2)And I swear by the self-reproaching person (a believer).

(3)Does man (a disbeliever) think that We shall not assemble his bones?

(4)Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his fingers.[]

(5)Nay! (Man denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So) he desires to continue committing sins.

(6)He asks: "When will be this Day of Resurrection?"

(7)So, when the sight shall be dazed,

(8)And the moon will be eclipsed,

(9)And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light, etc.)[]

(10)On that Day man will say: "Where (is the refuge) to flee?"

(11)No! There is no refuge!

(12)Unto your Lord (Alone) will be the place of rest that Day.

(13)On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil or good deeds), and what he left behind (of his good or evil traditions).

(14)Nay! Man will be a witness against himself [as his body parts (skin, hands, legs, etc.) will speak about his deeds].

(15)Though he may put forth his excuses (to cover his evil deeds).

(16)Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'ân, O Muhammad SAW) to make haste therewith.

(17)It is for Us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad SAW) the ability to recite it (the Qur'ân),

(18)And when We have recited it to you [O Muhammad SAW through Jibrael (Gabriel)], then follow you its (the Qur'ân's) recital.

(19)Then it is for Us (Allâh) to make it clear to you,

(20)Not [as you think, that you (mankind) will not be resurrected and recompensed for your deeds], but (you men) love the present life of this world,

(21)And leave (neglect) the Hereafter.

(22)Some faces that Day shall be Nâdirah (shining and radiant).

(23)Looking at their Lord (Allâh);

(24)And some faces, that Day, will be Bâsirah (dark, gloomy, frowning, and sad),

(25)Thinking that some calamity was about to fall on them;

(26)Nay, when (the soul) reaches to the collar bone (i.e. up to the throat in its exit),

(27)And it will be said: "Who can cure him and save him from death?"

(28)And he (the dying person) will conclude that it was (the time) of departing (death);

(29)And leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded)[]

(30)The drive will be, on that Day, to your Lord (Allâh)!

(31)So he (the disbeliever) neither believed (in this Qur'ân, in the Message of Muhammad SAW) nor prayed!

(32)But on the contrary, he belied (this Qur'ân and the Message of Muhammad SAW) and turned away!

(33)Then he walked in full pride to his family admiring himself!

(34)Woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

(35)Again, woe to you [O man (disbeliever)]! And then (again) woe to you!

(36)Does man think that he will be left Suda [neglected without being punished or rewarded for the obligatory duties enjoined by his Lord (Allâh) on him]?

(37)Was he not a Nutfah (mixed male and female discharge of semen) poured forth?

(38)Then he became an 'Alaqa (a clot); then (Allâh) shaped and fashioned (him) in due proportion.[]

(39)And made him in two sexes, male and female.

(40)Is not He (Allâh Who does that), Able to give life to the dead? (Yes! He is Able to do all things).

Al-Muddaththir

(1)O you (Muhammad SAW) enveloped (in garments)!

(2)Arise and warn!

(3)And your Lord (Allâh) magnify!

(4)And your garments purify!

(5)And keep away from Ar-Rujz (the idols)!

(6)And give not a thing in order to have more (or consider not your deeds of Allâh's obedience as a favour to Allâh).

(7)And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allâh)!

(8)Then, when the Trumpet is sounded (i.e. its second blowing);

(9)Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day.

(10)Far from easy for the disbelievers.

(11)Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created Alone (without any means, i.e. Al-Walîd bin Al-Mughîrah Al-Makhzûmî)!

(12)And then granted him resources in abundance.

(13)And children to be by his side!

(14)And made life smooth and comfortable for him!

(15)After all that he desires that I should give more;

(16)Nay! Verily, he has been stubborn and opposing Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.).

(17)I shall oblige him to (climb a slippery mountain in the Hell-fire called AsSa'ûd, or to) face a severe torment!

(18)Verily, he thought and plotted;

(19)So let him be cursed! How he plotted!

(20)And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted!

(21)Then he thought;

(22)Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way;

(23)Then he turned back and was proud;

(24)Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old;

(25)"This is nothing but the word of a human being!"

(26)I will cast him into Hell-fire[]

(27)And what will make you know exactly what Hell-fire is?

(28)It spares not (any sinner), nor does it leave (anything unburnt)!

(29)Burning the skins!

(30)Over it are nineteen (angels as guardians and keepers of Hell).

(31)And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire, and We have fixed their number (19) only as a trial for the disbelievers, in order that the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) may arrive at a certainty [that this Qur'ân is the truth as it agrees with their Books i.e. their number (19) is written in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and the believers may increase in Faith (as this Qur'ân is the truth) and that no doubts may be left for the people of the Scripture and the believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) and the disbelievers may say: "What Allâh intends by this (curious) example ?" Thus Allâh leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And none can know the hosts of your Lord but He. And this (Hell) is nothing else than a (warning) reminder to mankind.

(32)Nay, and by the moon,

(33)And by the night when it withdraws,

(34)And by the dawn when it brightens,

(35)Verily, it (Hell, or their denial of the Prophet Muhammad SAW , or the Day of Resurrection) is but one of the greatest calamities.

(36)A warning to mankind,

(37)To any of you that chooses to go forward (by working righteous deeds), or to remain behind (by commiting sins),

(38)Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,

(39)Except those on the Right, (i.e. the pious true believers of Islâmic Monotheism);

(40)In Gardens (Paradise) they will ask one another,

(41)About Al-Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals, disbelievers, etc.), (And they will say to them):

(42)"What has caused you to enter Hell?"

(43)They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer their Salât (prayers)[]

(44)"Nor we used to feed Al-Miskin (the poor);

(45)"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allâh hated) with vain talkers[] .

(46)"And we used to belie the Day of Recompense[]

(47)"Until there came to us (the death) that is certain."

(48)So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.

(49)Then what is wrong with them (i.e. the disbelievers) that they turn away from (receiving) admonition?

(50)As if they were frightened (wild) donkeys.

(51)Fleeing from a hunter, or a lion, or a beast of prey.

(52)Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out (coming from Allâh with a writing that Islâm is the right religion, and Muhammad SAW has come with the truth from Allâh the Lord of the heavens and earth, etc.).

(53)Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter (from Allâh's punishment).

(54)Nay, verily, this (Qur'ân) is an admonition,

(55)So whosoever will (let him read it), and receive admonition (from it)!

(56)And they will not receive admonition unless Allâh wills; He (Allâh) is the One, deserving that mankind should be afraid of, and should be dutiful to Him, and should not take any Ilâh (God) along with Him, and He is the One Who forgives (sins).

Al-Muzzammil

(1)O you wrapped in garments (i.e. Prophet Muhammad SAW)!

(2)Stand (to pray) all night, except a little.

(3)Half of it, or a little less than that,

(4)Or a little more; and recite the Qur'ân (aloud) in a slow, (pleasant tone and) style[] .

(5)Verily, We shall send down to you a weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws, etc.).

(6)Verily, the rising by night (for Tahajjud prayer) is very hard and most potent and good for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (understanding) the Word (of Allâh).

(7)Verily, there is for you by day prolonged occupation with ordinary duties,

(8)And remember the Name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with a complete devotion.

(9)(He Alone is) the Lord of the east and the west, Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). So take Him Alone as Wakîl (Disposer of your affairs)[] .

(10)And be patient (O Muhammad SAW) with what they say, and keep away from them in a good way.

(11)And leave Me Alone to deal with the beliers (those who deny My Verses, etc.), and those who are in possession of good things of life. And give them respite for a little while.

(12)Verily, with Us are fetters (to bind them), and a raging Fire.

(13)And a food that chokes, and a painful torment.

(14)On the Day when the earth and the mountains will be in violent shake, and the mountains will be a heap of sand poured out and flowing down.

(15)Verily, We have sent to you (O men) a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) to be a witness over you, as We did send a Messenger [Mûsa (Moses)] to Fir'aun (Pharaoh)[] .

(16)But Fir'aun (Pharaoh) disobeyed the Messenger [Mûsa (Moses)], so We seized him with a severe punishment.

(17)Then how can you avoid the punishment, if you disbelieve, on a Day that will make the children grey-headed (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)?

(18)Whereon the heaven will be cleft asunder? His Promise is certainly to be accomplished.

(19)Verily, this is an admonition, therefore whosoever will, let him take a Path to His Lord!

(20)Verily, your Lord knows that you do stand (to pray at night) a little less than two-thirds of the night, or half the night, or a third of the night, and so do a party of those with you, And Allâh measures the night and the day. He knows that you are unable to pray the whole night, so He has turned to you (in mercy). So, recite you of the Qur'ân as much as may be easy for you. He knows that there will be some among you sick, others travelling through the land, seeking of Allâh's Bounty; yet others fighting in Allâh's Cause. So recite as much of the Qur'ân as may be easy (for you), and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give Zakât, and lend to Allâh a goodly loan, and whatever good you send before you for yourselves, (i.e. Nawâfil non-obligatory acts of worship: prayers, charity, fasting, Hajj and 'Umrah, etc.), you will certainly find it with Allâh, better and greater in reward. And seek Forgiveness of Allâh. Verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful[].

Nûh

(1)Verily, We sent Nûh (Noah) to his people (Saying): "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful torment."

(2)He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,

(3)"That you should worship Allâh (Alone), be dutiful to Him, and obey me,

(4)"He (Allâh) will forgive you of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Verily, the term of Allâh when it comes, cannot be delayed, if you but knew."

(5)He said: "O my Lord! Verily, I have called my people night and day (i.e. secretly and openly to accept the doctrine of Islâmic Monotheism)[] ,

(6)"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).

(7)"And verily! Every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, and persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride.

(8)"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud);

(9)"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private,

(10)"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;

(11)'He will send rain to you in abundance;

(12)'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.' "

(13)What is the matter with you, [that you fear not Allâh (His punishment), and] you hope not for reward (from Allâh or you believe not in His Oneness).

(14)While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (VV.23:13,14) the Qur'ân].

(15)See you not how Allâh has created the seven heavens one above another,

(16)And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?

(17)And Allâh has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth. [Tafsir At-Tabarî, Vol.29, Page 97].

(18)Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?

(19)And Allâh has made for you the earth wide spread (an expanse).

(20)That you may go about therein in broad roads.

(21)Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but only loss.

(22)"And they have plotted a mighty plot.

(23)"And they have said: 'You shall not leave your gods, nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwâ', nor Yaghûth, nor Ya'ûq, nor Nasr (names of the idols);

(24)"And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allâh): 'Grant no increase to the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) save error.' "

(25)Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire, and they found none to help them instead of Allâh.

(26)And Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!

(27)"If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers."

(28)"My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) grant You no increase but destruction!"

Al-Jinn

(1)Say (O Muhammad SAW): "It has been revealed to me that a group (from three to ten in number) of jinns[] listened (to this Qur'ân). They said: 'Verily! We have heard a wonderful Recital (this Qur'ân)!

(2)'It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed therein, and we shall never join (in worship) anything with our Lord (Allâh).

(3)'And exalted be the Majesty of our Lord, He has taken neither a wife, nor a son (or offspring or children).[]

(4)'And that the foolish among us [i.e. Iblîs (Satan) or the polytheists amongst the jinns] used to utter against Allâh that which was wrong and not right.

(5)'And verily, we thought that men and jinns would not utter a lie against Allâh.

(6)'And verily, there were men among mankind who took shelter with the masculine among the jinns, but they (jinns) increased them (mankind) in sin and disbelief.

(7)'And they thought as you thought, that Allâh will not send any Messenger (to mankind or jinns).

(8)'And we have sought to reach the heaven; but found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.

(9)'And verily, we used to sit there in stations, to (steal) a hearing, but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush.

(10)'And we know not whether evil is intended for those on earth, or whether their Lord intends for them a Right Path.

(11)'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary; we are groups each having a different way (religious sect, etc.).

(12)'And we think that we cannot escape (from the punishment of) Allâh in the earth, nor can we escape (from the punishment) by flight.

(13)'And indeed when we heard the Guidance (this Qur'ân), we believed therein (Islâmic Monotheism), and whosoever believes in his Lord shall have no fear, either of a decrease in the reward of his good deeds or an increase in punishment for his sins.

(14)'And of us some are Muslims (who have submitted to Allâh, after listening to this Qur'ân), and of us some are Al-Qâsitûn (disbelievers those who have deviated from the Right Path)'. And whosoever has embraced Islâm (i.e. has become a Muslim by submitting to Allâh), then such have sought the Right Path."

(15)And as for the Qâsitûn (disbelievers who deviated from the Right Path), they shall be firewood for Hell,

(16)If they (non-Muslims) had believed in Allâh, and went on the Right Way (i.e. Islâm) We should surely have bestowed on them water (rain) in abundance.

(17)That We might try them thereby. And whosoever turns away from the Reminder of his Lord (i.e. this Qur'ân, and practice not its laws and orders), He will cause him to enter in a severe torment (i.e. Hell).

(18)And the mosques are for Allâh (Alone), so invoke not anyone along with Allâh.[]

(19)(It has been revealed to me that) When the slave of Allâh (Muhammad SAW) stood up invoking (his Lord Allâh) in prayer to Him they (the jinns) just made round him a dense crowd as if sticking one over the other (in order to listen to the Prophet's recitation).

(20)Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I invoke only my Lord (Allâh Alone), and I associate none as partners along with Him."

(21)Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to the Right Path."

(22)Say (O Muhammad SAW): "None can protect me from Allâh's punishment (if I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him.

(23)"(Mine is) but conveyance (of the truth) from Allâh and His Messages (of Islâmic Monotheism), and whosoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, then verily, for him is the Fire of Hell, he shall dwell therein forever[] ."

(24)Till, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who it is that is weaker concerning helpers and less important concerning numbers.

(25)Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I know not whether (the punishment) which you are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.

(26)"(He Alone) the All-Knower of the Ghâ'ib (unseen), and He reveals to none His Ghâ'ib (unseen)."

(27)Except to a Messenger (from mankind) whom He has chosen (He informs him of unseen as much as He likes), and then He makes a band of watching guards (angels) to march before him and behind him.

(28)[He (Allâh) protects them (the Messengers)], till He sees that they (the Messengers) have conveyed the Messages of their Lord (Allâh). And He (Allâh) surrounds all that which is with them, and He (Allâh) keeps count of all things (i.e. He knows the exact number of everything).

Al-Ma'ârij

(1)A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall

(2)Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert,

(3)From Allâh, the Lord of the ways of ascent.

(4)The angels and the Rûh [Jibrael (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years,

(5)So be patient (O Muhammad SAW ), with a good patience.

(6)Verily! They see it (the torment) afar off,

(7)But We see it (quite) near.

(8)The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead, etc.).

(9)And the mountains will be like flakes of wool,

(10)And no friend will ask of a friend,

(11)Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them nor will ask them for any help)], - the Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever, etc.) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children.

(12)And his wife and his brother,

(13)And his kindred who sheltered him,

(14)And all that are in the earth, so that it might save him[] .

(15)By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell!

(16)Taking away (burning completely) the head skin!

(17)Calling: "[O Kafir (O disbeliever in Allâh, His angels, His Book, His Messengers, Day of Resurrection and in Al-Qadar (Divine Preordainments), O Mushrik (O polytheist, disbeliever in the Oneness of Allâh)] (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from Faith) [picking and swallowing them up from that great gathering of mankind (on the Day of Resurrection) just as a bird picks up a food-grain from the earth with its beak and swallows it up] [Tafsir Al-Qurtubî, Vol. 18, Page 289]

(18)And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allâh).

(19)Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient;

(20)Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;

(21)And niggardly when good touches him;-

(22)Except those devoted to Salât (prayers)[]

(23)Those who remain constant in their Salât (prayers);

(24)And those in whose wealth there is a known right,

(25)For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened);

(26)And those who believe in the Day of Recompense,

(27)And those who fear the torment of their Lord,

(28)Verily! The torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure,

(29)And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts)[] .

(30)Except with their wives and the (women slaves and captives) whom their right hands possess, for (then) they are not to be blamed,

(31)But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.[]

(32)And those who keep their trusts and covenants;

(33)And those who stand firm in their testimonies;

(34)And those who guard their Salât (prayers) well[] ,

(35)Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise) honoured.

(36)So what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten to listen from you (O Muhammad SAW), in order to belie you and to mock at you, and at Allâh's Book (this Qur'ân).

(37)(Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad SAW)?

(38)Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of delight?

(39)No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know!

(40)So I swear by the Lord of all [the three hundred and sixty (360)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able

(41)To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun.

(42)So leave them to plunge in vain talk[] and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised.

(43)The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal,

(44)With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised!

Al-Hâqqah

(1)The Reality (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!

(2)What is the Reality?

(3)And what will make you know what the Reality is?

(4)Thamûd and 'Ad people denied the Qâri'ah [the striking Hour (of Judgement)]!

(5)As for Thamûd, they were destroyed by the awful cry!

(6)And as for 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious violent wind;

(7)Which Allâh imposed on them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so that you could see men lying overthrown (destroyed), as if they were hollow trunks of date-palms!

(8)Do you see any remnants of them?

(9)And Fir'aun (Pharaoh), and those before him, and the cities overthrown [the towns of the people of [Lout (Lot)] committed sin,

(10)And they disobeyed their Lord's Messenger, so He punished them with a strong punishment.

(11)Verily! When the water rose beyond its limits [Nûh's (Noah) Flood], We carried you (mankind) in the floating [ship that was constructed by Nûh (Noah)].

(12)That We might make it a remembrance for you, and the keen ear (person) may (hear and) understand it.

(13)Then when the Trumpet will be blown with one blowing (the first one),

(14)And the earth and the mountains shall be removed from their places, and crushed with a single crushing,

(15)Then on that Day shall the (Great) Event befall,

(16)And the heaven will split asunder, for that Day it (the heaven will be frail (weak), and torn up,

(17)And the angels will be on its sides, and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.

(18)That Day shall you be brought to Judgement, not a secret of you will be hidden.

(19)Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Take, read my Record!

(20)"Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account!"

(21)So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing.

(22)In a lofty Paradise,

(23)The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand.

(24)Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days past!

(25)But as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "I wish that I had not been given my Record!

(26)"And that I had never known, how my Account is?

(27)"I wish, would that it had been my end (death)!

(28)"My wealth has not availed me,

(29)"My power and arguments (to defend myself) have gone from me!"

(30)(It will be said): "Seize him and fetter him,

(31)Then throw him in the blazing Fire.

(32)"Then fasten him with a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits!"

(33)Verily, He used not to believe in Allâh, the Most Great,

(34)And urged not on the feeding of AlMiskîn (the poor),[]

(35)So no friend has he here this Day,

(36)Nor any food except filth from the washing of wounds,

(37)None will eat except the Khâti'ûn (sinners, disbelievers, polytheists, etc.).

(38)So I swear by whatsoever you see,

(39)And by whatsoever you see not,

(40)That this is verily the word of an honoured Messenger [i.e. Jibrael (Gabriel) or Muhammad SAW which he has brought from Allâh].

(41)It is not the word of a poet, little is that you believe!

(42)Nor is it the word of a soothsayer (or a foreteller), little is that you remember!

(43)This is the Revelation sent down from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

(44)And if he (Muhammad SAW) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allâh swt),

(45)We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might),

(46)And then certainly should have cut off his life artery (Aorta),

(47)And none of you could withhold Us from (punishing) him.

(48)And verily, this Qur'ân is a Reminder for the Muttaqûn (pious - see V.2:2).

(49)And verily, We know that there are some among you that belie (this Qur'ân). [Tafsir At-Tabarî, Vol. 29, Page 68]

(50)And indeed it (this Qur'ân) will be an anguish for the disbelievers (on the Day of Resurrection).[]

(51)And Verily, it (this Qur'ân) is an absolute truth with certainty[] .

(52)So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great.[]

Al-Qalam

(1)Nûn. [These letters (Nûn, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Qur'ân, and none but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings]. By the pen and what the (angels) write (in the Records of men).

(2)You (O Muhammad SAW) are not, by the Grace of your Lord, a madman.

(3)And verily, for you (O Muhammad SAW) will be an endless reward.

(4)And verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) are on an exalted standard of character.

(5)You will see, and they will see,

(6)Which of you is afflicted with madness.

(7)Verily, your Lord knows better, who (among men) has gone astray from His Path, and He knows better those who are guided.

(8)So (O Muhammad SAW) obey not the deniers [(of Islâmic Monotheism those who belie the Verses of Allâh), the Oneness of Allâh, and the Messenger of Allâh (Muhammad SAW), etc.][]

(9)They wish that you should compromise (in religion out of courtesy) with them, so they (too) would compromise with you.

(10)And obey not everyone who swears much, and is considered worthless,

(11)A slanderer, going about with calumnies,

(12)Hinderer of the good, transgressor, sinful,

(13)Cruel, after all that base-born (of illegitimate birth),

(14)(He was so) because he had wealth and children.

(15)When Our Verses (of the Qur'ân) are recited to him, he says: "Tales of the men of old!"

(16)We shall brand him over the nose!

(17)Verily, We have tried them as We tried the people of the garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning,

(18)Without saying: Inshâ' Allâh (If Allâh will).

(19)Then there passed by on the (garden) something (fire) from your Lord at night and burnt it while they were asleep.

(20)So the (garden) became black by the morning, like a pitch dark night (in complete ruins).

(21)Then they called out one to another as soon as the morning broke,

(22)Saying: "Go to your tilth in the morning, if you would pluck the fruits."

(23)So they departed, conversing in secret low tones (saying),

(24)No Miskîn (poor man) shall enter upon you into it today.

(25)And they went in the morning with strong intention, thinking that they have power (to prevent the poor taking anything of the fruits therefrom).

(26)But when they saw the (garden), they said: "Verily, we have gone astray,"

(27)(Then they said): "Nay! Indeed we are deprived of (the fruits)!"

(28)The best among them said: "Did I not tell you: why do you not say: Inshâ' Allâh (If Allâh will)."

(29)They said: "Glory to Our Lord! Verily, we have been Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, etc.)."

(30)Then they turned, one against another, in blaming.

(31)They said: "Woe to us! Verily, we were Tâghûn (transgressors and disobedient, etc.)

(32)We hope that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this. Truly, we turn to our Lord (wishing for good that He may forgive our sins, and reward us in the Hereafter)."

(33)Such is the punishment (in this life), but truly, the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they but knew.

(34)Verily, for the Muttaqûn (pious and righteous persons - see V.2:2) are Gardens of delight (Paradise) with their Lord.

(35)Shall We then treat the (submitting) Muslims like the Mujrimûn (criminals, polytheists and disbelievers, etc.)?

(36)What is the matter with you? How judge you?

(37)Or have you a Book through which you learn.

(38)That you shall have all that you choose?

(39)Or you have oaths from Us, reaching to the Day of Resurrection that yours will be what you judge.

(40)Ask them, which of them will stand surety for that!

(41)Or have they "partners"? Then let them bring their "partners" if they are truthful!

(42)(Remember) the Day when the Shin[] shall be laid bare (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) and they shall be called to prostrate (to Allâh), but they (hypocrites) shall not be able to do so,

(43)Their eyes will be cast down, ignominy will cover them; they used to be called to prostrate (offer prayers), while they were healthy and good (in the life of the world, but they did not).

(44)Then leave Me Alone with such as belie this Qur'ân. We shall punish them gradually from directions they perceive not.

(45)And I will grant them a respite. Verily, My Plan is strong.

(46)Or is it that you (O Muhammad SAW) ask them a wage, so that they are heavily burdened with debt?

(47)Or that the Ghaib (unseen here in this Verse it means Al-Lauh Al-Mahfûz) is in their hands, so that they can write it down?

(48)So wait with patience for the Decision of your Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish, when he cried out (to Us) while he was in deep sorrow. (See the Qur'ân, Verse 21:87).

(49)Had not a Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been (left in the stomach of the fish, but We forgave him), so he was cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed.

(50)But his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

(51)And verily, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes through hatredness when they hear the Reminder (the Qur'ân), and they say: "Verily, he (Muhammad SAW) is a madman!"

(52)But it is nothing else than a Reminder to all the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

Al-Mulk

(1)Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the dominion, and He is Able to do all things.

(2)Who has created death and life, that He may test you which of you is best in deed.[] And He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving;

(3)Who has created the seven heavens one above another, you can see no fault in the creations of the Most Beneficent. Then look again: "Can you see any rifts?"

(4)Then look again and yet again, your sight will return to you in a state of humiliation and worn out.

(5)And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayâtin (devils), and have prepared for them the torment of the blazing Fire.

(6)And for those who disbelieve in their Lord (Allâh) is the torment of Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.

(7)When they are cast therein, they will hear the (terrible) drawing in of its breath as it blazes forth. .

(8)It almost bursts up with fury. Every time a group is cast therein, its keeper will ask: "Did no warner come to you?"

(9)They will say: "Yes indeed; a warner did come to us, but we belied him and said: 'Allâh never sent down anything (of revelation), you are only in great error.'"

(10)And they will say: "Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire!"

(11)Then they will confess their sin. So, away with the dwellers of the blazing Fire.

(12)Verily! Those who fear their Lord unseen (i.e. they do not see Him, nor His Punishment in the Hereafter, etc.), theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward (i.e. Paradise).

(13)And whether you keep your talk secret or disclose it, verily, He is the All-Knower of what is in the breasts (of men).

(14)Should not He Who has created know? And He is the Most Kind and Courteous (to His slaves) All-Aware (of everything).

(15)He it is, Who has made the earth subservient to you (i.e. easy for you to walk, to live and to do agriculture on it, etc.), so walk in the path thereof and eat of His provision, and to Him will be the Resurrection.

(16)Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allâh), will not cause the earth to sink with you, then behold it shakes (as in an earthquake)?

(17)Or do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allâh), will not send against you a violent whirlwind? Then you shall know how (terrible) has been My Warning?

(18)And whether you keep your talk secret or disclose it, verily, He is the All-Knower of what is in the breasts (of men).

(19)Do they not see the birds above them, spreading out their wings and folding them in? None upholds them except the Most Beneficent (Allâh). Verily, He is the All-Seer of everything.

(20)Who is he besides the Most Beneficent that can be an army to you to help you? The disbelievers are in nothing but delusion.

(21)Who is he that can provide for you if He should withhold His provision? Nay, but they continue to be in pride, and (they) flee (from the truth).

(22)Is he who walks without seeing on his face, more rightly guided, or he who (sees and) walks on a Straight Way (i.e. Islâmic Monotheism).

(23)Say it is He Who has created you, and endowed you with hearing (ears), seeing (eyes), and hearts. Little thanks you give.

(24)Say: "It is He Who has created you from the earth, and to Him shall you be gathered (in the Hereafter)."

(25)They say: "When will this promise (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) come to pass? if you are telling the truth."

(26)Say (O Muhammad SAW): "The knowledge (of its exact time) is with Allâh only, and I am only a plain warner."

(27)But when they will see it (the torment on the Day of Resurrection) approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be different (black, sad, and in grieve), and it will be said (to them): "This is (the promise) which you were calling for!"

(28)Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Tell me! If Allâh destroys me, and those with me, or He bestows His Mercy on us, - who can save the disbelievers from a painful torment?"

(29)Say: "He is the Most Beneficent (Allâh), in Him we believe, and in Him we put our trust. So you will come to know who is it that is in manifest error."

(30)Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Tell me! If (all) your water were to be sunk away, who then can supply you with flowing (spring) water?"

At-Tahrîm

(1)O Prophet! Why do you ban (for yourself) that which Allâh has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

(2)Allâh has already ordained for you (O men), the dissolution of your oaths. And Allâh is your Maula (Lord, or Master, or Protector, etc.) and He is the All-Knower, the All-Wise.

(3)And (remember) when the Prophet (SAW) disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives (Hafsah), so when she told it (to another i.e. 'Aishah), and Allâh made it known to him, he informed part thereof and left a part. Then when he told her (Hafsah) thereof, she said: "Who told you this?" He said: "The All-Knower, the All-Aware (Allâh) has told me".

(4)If you two (wives of the Prophet SAW, namely 'Aishah and Hafsah ÑÖì <> <><>) turn in repentance to Allâh, (it will be better for you), your hearts are indeed so inclined (to oppose what the Prophet SAW likes), but if you help one another against him (Muhammad SAW), then verily, Allâh is his Maula (Lord, or Master, or Protector, etc.), and Jibrael (Gabriel), and the righteous among the believers, and furthermore, the angels are his helpers.

(5)It may be if he divorced you (all) that his Lord will give him instead of you, wives better than you, Muslims (who submit to Allâh), believers, obedient to Allâh, turning to Allâh in repentance, worshipping Allâh sincerely, fasting or emigrants (for Allâh's sake), previously married and virgins.

(6)O you who believe! Ward off from yourselves and your families a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who disobey not, (from executing) the Commands they receive from Allâh, but do that which they are commanded.

(7)(It will be said in the Hereafter) O you who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism)! Make no excuses this Day! You are being requited only for what you used to do[] .

(8)O you who believe! Turn to Allâh with sincere repentance! It may be that your Lord will remit from you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise) the Day that Allâh will not disgrace the Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and those who believe with him, their Light will run forward before them and with (their Records Books of deeds) in their right hands they will say: "Our Lord! Keep perfect our Light for us [and do not put it off till we cross over the Sirât (a slippery bridge over the Hell) safely] and grant us forgiveness. Verily, You are Able to do all things[] ."

(9)O Prophet (Muhammad SAW)! Strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be severe against them, their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.[]

(10)Allâh sets forth an example for those who disbelieve, the wife of Nûh (Noah) and the wife of Lout (Lot). They were under two of our righteous slaves, but they both betrayed their (husbands by rejecting their doctrine) so they [Nûh (Noah) and Lout (Lot) <><> <>] benefited them (their respective wives) not, against Allâh, and it was said: "Enter the Fire along with those who enter!"

(11)And Allâh has set forth an example for those who believe, the wife of Fir'aun (Pharaoh), when she said: "My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Paradise, and save me from Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his work, and save me from the people who are Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in Allâh).

(12)And Maryam (Mary), the daughter of 'Imrân who guarded her chastity; and We breathed into (the sleeve of her shirt or her garment) through Our Rûh [i.e. Jibrael (Gabriel)[]], and she testified to the truth of the Words of her Lord [i.e. believed in the Words of Allâh: "Be!" and he was; that is 'Iesa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary); as a Messenger of Allâh], and (also believed in) His Scriptures, and she was of the Qanitîn (i.e. obedient to Allâh)[].

At-Talâq

(1)O Prophet (SAW)! When you divorce women, divorce them at their 'Iddah (prescribed periods), and count (accurately) their 'Iddah (periods[] ). And fear Allâh your Lord (O Muslims), and turn them not out of their (husband's) homes, nor shall they (themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of some open illegal sexual intercourse. And those are the set limits of Allâh. And whosoever transgresses the set limits of Allâh, then indeed he has wronged himself. You (the one who divorces his wife) know not, it may be that Allâh will afterward bring some new thing to pass (i.e. to return her back to you if that was the first or second divorce).

(2)Then when they are about to fulfil their term appointed, either take them back in a good manner or part with them in a good manner. And take for witness two just persons from among you (Muslims). And establish the witness for Allâh. That will be an admonition given to him who believes in Allâh and the Last Day. And whosoever fears Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).

(3)And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whosoever puts his trust in Allâh, then He will suffice him. Verily, Allâh will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allâh has set a measure for all things.

(4)And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses, for them the 'Iddah (prescribed period), if you have doubts (about their periods), is three months, and for those who have no courses [(i.e. they are still immature) their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is three months likewise, except in case of death][] . And for those who are pregnant (whether they are divorced or their husbands are dead), their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is until they deliver (their burdens), and whosoever fears Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him.

(5)That is the Command of Allâh, which He has sent down to you, and whosoever fears Allâh and keeps his duty to Him, He will remit his sins from him, and will enlarge his reward.

(6)Lodge them (the divorced women) where you dwell, according to your means, and do not treat them in such a harmful way that they be obliged to leave. And if they are pregnant, then spend on them till they deliver. Then if they give suck to the children for you, give them their due payment, and let each of you accept the advice of the other in a just way. But if you make difficulties for one another, then some other woman may give suck for him (the father of the child).

(7)Let the rich man spend according to his means, and the man whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allâh has given him. Allâh puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given him. Allâh will grant after hardship, ease.

(8)And many a town (population) revolted against the Command of its Lord and His Messengers, and We called it to a severe account (i.e. torment in this worldly life), and shall punish it with a horrible torment (in Hell, in the Hereafter).

(9)So it tasted the evil result of its disbelief, and the consequence of its disbelief was loss (destruction in this life and an eternal punishment in the Hereafter).

(10)Allâh has prepared for them a severe torment. So fear Allâh and keep your duty to Him, O men of understanding who have believed! - Allâh has indeed sent down to you a Reminder (this Qur'ân).

(11)(And has also sent to you) a Messenger (Muhammad SAW), who recites to you the Verses of Allâh (the Qur'ân) containing clear explanations, that He may take out, those who believe and do righteous good deeds from the darkness (of polytheism and disbelief) to the light (of Monotheism and true Faith). And whosoever believes in Allâh and performs righteous good deeds, He will admit him into Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. Allâh has indeed granted for him an excellent provision.

(12)It is Allâh Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof (i.e. seven). His Command descends between them (heavens and earth), that you may know that Allâh has power over all things, and that Allâh surrounds (comprehends) all things in (His) Knowledge.