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23. Al-Mu'minun - The Believers
1 | Successful indeed are the believers. |
2 | Those who humbly cry in their prayers. |
3 | And who do not incline towards indecent matters. |
4 | And who pay the (obligatory) charity. |
5 | And who guard their private organs. |
6 | Except from their wives or the legal bondwomen that they possess, for then there is no blame upon them. |
7 | So whoever desires more than these two – they are crossing the limits. |
8 | And those who keep proper regard for their trusts and their pledges. |
9 | And who guard their prayers. |
10 | They are the inheritors. |
11 | Those who will get the inheritance of Paradise; they will abide in it forever. |
12 | Indeed We created man from a chosen soil. |
13 | Then made him a drop of fluid in a secure shelter. |
14 | We then turned the drop of fluid into a clot of blood, then the clot into a small lump of flesh, then the lump into bones, then covered the bones with flesh; then developed it in a different mould; therefore Most Auspicious is Allah, the Best Creator. |
15 | Then after that, certainly all of you are to die. |
16 | Then you will all be raised on the Day of Resurrection. |
17 | And indeed We have created seven paths above you; and We are not unmindful of the creation. |
18 | And We sent down water from the sky in proper measure, then stored it in the earth; and indeed We are Able to take it away! |
19 | So with it We produced gardens of date-palms and grapes for you, in which is abundant fruit for you and you eat therefrom. |
20 | And created the tree that comes forth from Mount Sinai – that grows containing oil and curry for the eaters. |
21 | And indeed in the cattle is a lesson for you; We give you to drink what is in their bellies, and there are many benefits for you in them, and in them is your food. |
22 | And you are carried on them and on the ship. |
23 | And indeed We sent Nooh towards his people – he therefore said, “O my people! Worship Allah, you do not have any other God except Him; so do you not fear?” |
24 | So the disbelieving chieftains of his people said, “He is just a human like you, he wishes to become your leader; and had Allah willed, He would have sent down angels; We did not hear this in the case of our forefathers.” |
25 | “He is not but a man insane, therefore wait for some time.” |
26 | Submitted Nooh, “My Lord! Help me as they deny me.” |
27 | So We sent him the divine revelation that, “Make the ship in front of Our sight, and by Our command – then when Our command comes and the oven overflows, embark in it two of every couple, and from your household except those upon whom the Word has been decreed; and do not speak to Me in respect of these unjust people; they will surely be drowned.” |
28 | “And when you and those with you have safely boarded the ship say, ‘All praise is to Allah Who has rescued us from the unjust.’” |
29 | And pray, “My Lord! Cause me to alight at a blessed place – and You are the Best of all who bring to settle.” |
30 | Indeed, surely in this are signs and indeed surely, We were examining. |
31 | Then after them, We created another generation. |
32 | So We sent among them a Noble Messenger from among them (saying), “Worship Allah, you do not have any other God except Him; so do you not fear?” |
33 | And said the leaders of his people, who disbelieved and denied the confronting of the Hereafter – and We had given them comfort in the worldly life – that, “He is nothing but a human like you, he eats from what you eat and drinks from what you drink.” |
34 | “If you were to obey a human like yourselves, then surely you are losers!” |
35 | “Does he promise you that when you die and turn into dust and bones, you will be raised again?” |
36 | “How remote, (really) how remote is the promise you are given!” |
37 | “There is nothing except our life of this world, we die and we live, and we are not to be raised.” |
38 | “He is just a man who has fabricated a lie against Allah, and we are not going to believe him.” |
39 | He said, “My Lord! Help me as they deny me.” |
40 | Said Allah, “They will soon wake up at morn, regretting.” |
41 | So the true Scream seized them – We therefore made them like rotten hay; so away with the unjust people! |
42 | Then after them, We created other generations. |
43 | No nation can go before its term ends nor stay back. |
44 | We then sent our Noble Messengers, one after another; whenever a nation’s Noble Messenger came to it they denied him, We therefore united the succeeding with the old, and made them history; so far removed be the people who do not believe! |
45 | We then sent Moosa and his brother Haroon, with Our signs and a clear proof. |
46 | Towards Firaun and his court members – in response they were haughty, and they were in dominance. |
47 | They therefore said, “Shall we believe in two humans like ourselves, whereas their nation is servile to us?” |
48 | So they denied them – therefore became of those who were destroyed. |
49 | And indeed We gave Moosa the Book, that they may attain guidance. |
50 | And We made the son of Maryam (Prophet Eisa) and his mother a sign, and We gave them shelter on a height, a place to stay and visible springs. |
51 | “O Noble Messengers, eat good clean things, and do good deeds; I know all that you do.” |
52 | “And indeed this religion of yours is one religion only and I am your Lord, therefore fear Me.” |
53 | But their nations broke their tasks into pieces; every group happy with what it has. |
54 | So leave them in their intoxication till a time. |
55 | Do they assume that the wealth and sons which We provide them – |
56 | Are quickly giving them goodness? In fact, they do not know. |
57 | Indeed those who are overwhelmed due to the fear of their Lord – |
58 | And those who believe in the signs of their Lord – |
59 | And those who do not ascribe any partner to their Lord – |
60 | And those who give what they give and their hearts fear for they have to return to their Lord. |
61 | These people hasten to perform goodness, and it is they who shall reach it first. |
62 | And We do not burden any soul beyond its capacity, and with Us is a Book* that speaks the truth, and they will not be wronged. (* The preserved tablet or the record of one’s deeds.) |
63 | On the contrary, their hearts are in neglect of this and their works are different than those of the believers, the works that they are doing. |
64 | To the extent that when We seized the wealthy among them with punishment, they immediately began imploring. |
65 | “Do not implore this day; you will not be helped by Us.” |
66 | “My verses were recited to you, so you used to turn back on your heels.” |
67 | “Priding yourself in serving the Sacred Mosque; at night you utter indecent stories in it, while discarding the truth.” |
68 | Have they not pondered the matter, or did that come to them, which did not come to their forefathers? |
69 | Or is it that they did not recognise their Noble Messenger, therefore they consider him alien? |
70 | Or they say, “He is afflicted by a demon”; in fact he brought the Truth to them, and most of them dislike the Truth. |
71 | And had the Truth followed their desires, then indeed the heavens and the earth and all those who are in them would be destroyed; in fact We brought to them a thing in which lay their repute, so they are turned away from their own repute. |
72 | Do you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) ask any fee from them? So the reward of your Lord is the best; and He is the Best Provider of Sustenance. |
73 | And indeed you call them to the Straight Path. |
74 | And indeed those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviated from the Straight Path. |
75 | And if We have mercy upon them and remove the calamity which has befallen them, they would still stubbornly persist, wandering in their rebellion. |
76 | And indeed We grasped them with punishment, so neither did they submit themselves to their Lord, nor do they cry humbly. |
77 | To the extent that when We opened the gate of a severe punishment for them, they thereupon lie despairingly in it. |
78 | And it is He Who has created ears and eyes and hearts for you; very little is the right you acknowledge. |
79 | And it is He Who has spread you in the earth, and towards Him you are to be raised. |
80 | And it is He Who gives life and causes death, and for Him are the alternations of night and day; so do you not have sense? |
81 | On the contrary, they said the same as what the former people used to say. |
82 | They say, “Will we, when we die and turn into dust and bones, be raised again?” |
83 | “Indeed this promise was given to us and before us to our forefathers – this is nothing but stories of earlier people.” |
84 | Say O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him), “To Whom does the earth and all that is in it belong to, if you know?” |
85 | Thereupon they will say, “To Allah”; proclaim, “Therefore why do you not ponder?” |
86 | Say, “Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Tremendous Throne?” |
87 | Thereupon they will say, “Such greatness is only that of Allah”; say, “So why do you not fear?” |
88 | Say, “In Whose hand is the control over all things, and He provides refuge, and none can provide refuge against Him, if you know?” |
89 | Thereupon they will say, “Such greatness is only that of Allah”; say, “Then by what magic are you deceived?” |
90 | In fact We brought the Truth to them, and indeed they are liars. |
91 | Allah has not chosen any child, nor any other God along with Him – were it so, each God would have taken away its creation, and each one would certainly wish superiority over the other; Purity is to Allah above all the matters they fabricate. |
92 | The All Knowing, of every hidden and the visible – so Supremacy is to Him over their ascribing of partners (to Him). |
93 | Pray, “My Lord! If You show me the promise they are given,” |
94 | “Therefore my Lord, do not group me with the unjust.” |
95 | And indeed We are Able to show you the promise they are given. |
96 | Repel evil with the best deeds; We well know the matters that they fabricate. |
97 | And submit, “My Lord! I seek Your refuge from the instigation of the devils.” |
98 | “And my Lord, (I seek) Your refuge from their coming to me.” |
99 | Until, when death comes to one* of them, he says, “O my Lord, send me back!” (The disbelievers) |
100 | “Perhaps I may do some good deeds in what I have left behind”; this is just a word that he utters from his mouth; and confronting them is a barrier until the day in which they will be raised. |
101 | So when the Trumpet is blown – so there will neither be any relationship among them* that day, nor will they ask about one another. (The disbelievers) |
102 | Therefore the ones whose scales prove heavy – they are the successful. |
103 | And the ones whose scales prove light – it is they who put their lives into ruin, remaining in hell forever. |
104 | The fire shall scorch their faces, and they will remain dejected in it. |
105 | “Were not My verses recited to you, so you used to deny them?” |
106 | They will say, “Our Lord! Our ill-fate overcame us, and we were the astray people.” |
107 | “Our Lord, remove us from hell – then if we do the same, we are the unjust.” |
108 | Allah will say, “Remain rebuked in it, and do not speak to Me.” |
109 | "Indeed there was a group among My bondmen who said, 'Our Lord! We have accepted faith, therefore forgive us and have mercy on us, and You are the Best Among The Merciful.' ” |
110 | “So you took them for a mockery until your mocking at them made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them!” |
111 | “Indeed this day I have rewarded them for their endurance, so that it is they who are the successful.” |
112 | He will say, “How long did you stay on earth, counting by the number of years? |
113 | They will say, “We stayed a day or part of a day, so ask those who keep count.” |
114 | He will say, “You stayed but only a little, if you knew.” |
115 | So do you think that We have created you needlessly, and that you do not have to return to Us? |
116 | So Most Supreme is Allah, the True King; there is no God except Him; Lord of the Throne of Honour. |
117 | And the one who worships any other God along with Allah – of which he does not have any proof – his account is with his Lord; indeed there is no salvation for the disbelievers. |
118 | And (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) say, “My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, and You are the Best of all the Merciful. |