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Surah 46. The Wind-curved Sandhills, The Dunes
Surah Al-Ahqaf
- Ha-Mim.
- The Revelation of the Book is from Allah the Exalted
in Power, Full of Wisdom.
- We created not the heavens and the earth and all
between them but for just ends, and for a Term Appointed: But those who reject
Faith turn away from that whereof they are warned.
- Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides Allah.
Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the
heavens bring me a book (revealed) before this, or any remnant of knowledge (ye
may have), if ye are telling the truth!
- And who is more astray than one who invokes besides
Allah, such as will not answer him to the Day of Judgment, and who (in fact) are
unconscious of their call (to them)?
- And when mankind are gathered together (at the
Resurrection), they will be hostile to them and reject their worship
(altogether)!
- When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the
Unbelievers say, of the Truth when it comes to them: "This is evident sorcery!"
- Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say: "Had I
forged it, then can ye obtain no single (blessing) for me from Allah. He knows
best of that whereof ye talk (so glibly)! Enough is He for a witness between me
and you! And he is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
- Say: "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among
the apostles, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I follow but
that which is revealed to me by inspiration; I am but a Warner open and clear."
- Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be from Allah, and
ye reject it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its
similarity (with earlier scripture), and has believed while ye are arrogant,
(how unjust ye are!) truly, Allah guides not a people unjust."
- The Unbelievers say of those who believe: "If (this
Message) were a good thing, (such men) would not have gone to it first, before
us!" And seeing that they guide not themselves thereby, they will say, "this is
an (old,) falsehood!"
- And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide
and a mercy: And this Book confirms (it) in the Arabic tongue; to admonish the
unjust, and as Glad Tidings to those who do right.
- Verily those who say, "Our Lord is Allah," and
remain firm (on that Path),— on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
- Such shall be Companions of the Gardens, dwelling
therein (for aye): a recompense for their (good) deeds.
- We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In
pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying
of the (child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he
reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, he says, "O my Lord!
Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour which Thou has bestowed upon me,
and upon both my parents, and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest
approve; and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and
truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam."
- Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of
their deeds and pass by their ill deeds: (They shall be) among the Companions of
the Garden: a promise! of truth, which was made to them (in this life).
- But (there is one) who says to his parents, "Fie on
you! Do ye hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up, even though
generations have passed before me (without rising again)?" And they two seek
Allah's aid, (and rebuke the son): "Woe to thee! Have faith! for the promise of
Allah is true." But he says, "This is nothing but tales of the ancients!"
- Such are they against whom is proved the sentence
among the previous generations of Jinns and men, that have passed away; for they
will be (utterly) lost.
- And to all are (assigned) degrees according to the
deeds which they (have done), and in order that (Allah) may recompense their
deeds, and no injustice be done to them.
- And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed
before the Fire, (It will be said to them): "Ye received your good things in the
life of the world, and ye took your pleasure out of them: but today shall ye be
recompensed with a Penalty of humiliation: for that ye were arrogant on earth
without just cause, and that ye (ever) transgressed."
- Mention (Hud) one of 'Ad's (own) brethren: Behold,
he warned his people about the winding Sand-tracts: but there have been warners
before him and after him: "Worship ye none other than Allah. Truly I fear for
you the Penalty of a Mighty Day."
- They said: "Hast thou come in order to turn us
aside from our gods? Then bring upon us the (calamity) with which thou dost
threaten us, if thou art telling the truth?"
- He said: "The Knowledge (of when it will come) is
only with Allah. I proclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent: But I
see that ye are a people in ignorance!"..
- Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a
cloud traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud
will give us rain!" "Nay, it is the (Calamity) ye were asking to be hastened!— A
wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!
- "Everything will it destroy by the command of its
Lord!" Then by the morning they — nothing was to be seen but (the ruins of)
their houses! thus do We recompense those given to sin!
- And We had firmly established them in a (prosperity
and) power which We have not given to you (ye Quraish!) and We had endowed them
with (faculties of) hearing, seeing, heart and intellect: but of no profit to
them were their (faculties of) hearing, sight, and heart and intellect, when
they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah. and they were (completely) encircled
by that which they used to mock at!
- We destroyed aforetime populations round about you;
and We have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).
- Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those
whom they worshipped as gods, besides Allah, as a means of access (to Allah.?
Nay, they left them in the lurch: but that was their falsehood and their
invention.
- Behold, We turned towards thee a company of Jinns
(quietly) listening to the Qur'an: when they stood in the presence thereof, they
said, "Listen in silence!" When the (reading) was finished, they returned to
their people, to warn (them of their sins).
- They said, "O our people! We have heard a Book
revealed after Moses, confirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the
Truth and to a Straight Path.
- "O our people, hearken to the one who invites (you)
to Allah, and believe in him: He will forgive you your faults, and deliver you
from a Penalty Grievous.
- "If any does not hearken to the one who invites
(us) to Allah, he cannot frustrate ((Allah)'s Plan) on earth, and no protectors
can he have besides Allah. such men (wander) in manifest error."
- See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens
and the earth, and never wearied with their creation, is able to give life to
the dead? Yea, verily He has power over all things.
- And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed
before the Fire, (they will be asked,) "Is this not the Truth?" they will say,
"Yea, by our Lord!" (One will say:) "Then taste ye the Penalty, for that ye were
wont to deny (Truth)!"
- Therefore patiently persevere, as did (all)
apostles of inflexible purpose; and be in no haste about the (Unbelievers). On
the Day that they see the (Punishment) promised them, (it will be) as if they
had not tarried more than an hour in a single day. (Thine but) to proclaim the
Message: but shall any be destroyed except those who transgress?
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