Surah 14

1 Alif. Lam. Ra. (This is) a Scripture which We have revealed to you (Muhammad) that thereby you mayst bring forth mankind from darkness to light, by the permission of their Lord, to the path of the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,

2 Allah, to Whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. and woe to the disbelievers from an awful doom;

3 Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray.

4 And We never sent a messenger save with the language of his folk, that he might make (the message) clear for them. Then Allah sendeth whom He will astray, and guides whom He will. He is the Mighty, the Wise.

5 We verily sent Moses with Our revelations, saying: Bring your people forth from darkness to light. And remind them of the days of Allah. See! therein are revelations for each steadfast, thankful (heart).

6 And (remind them) how Moses said to his people: Remember Allah’s favour to you when He delivered you from Pharaoh’s folk who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, and were slaying your sons and sparing your women; that was a tremendous trial from your Lord.

7 And when your Lord proclaimed: If you give thanks, I will give you more; but if you are thankless, see! My punishment is dire.

8 And Moses said: Though you and all who are in the earth prove thankless, see! Allah verily is Absolute, Owner of Praise.

9 Has not the history of those before you reached you: the folk of Noah, and (the tribes of) A’ad and Thamud, and those after them ? None save Allah knows them. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they thrust their hands into their mouths, and said: See! we disbelieve in that wherewith you have been sent, and see! we are in grave doubt concerning that to which you call us.

10 Their messengers said: Can there be doubt concerning Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth ? He calleth you that He may forgive you your sins and reprieve you to an appointed term. They said: Ye are but mortals like us, who would fain turn us away from what our fathers used to worship. Then bring some clear warrant.

11 Their messengers said to them: We are but mortals like you, but Allah gives grace to whom He will of His slaves. It is not ours to bring you a warrant unless by the permission of Allah. In Allah let believers put their trust!

12 How should we not put our trust in Allah when He has shown us our ways ? We surely will endure the hurt you do us. In Allah let the trusting put their trust.

13 And those who disbelieved said to their messengers: Verily we will drive you out from our land, unless you return to our religion. Then their Lord inspired them, (saying): Verily we shall destroy the wrong-doers,

14 And verily We shall make you to dwell in the land after them. This is for him who fears My Majesty and fears My threats.

15 And they sought help (from their Lord) and every contrary potentate was bought to nothing;

16 Hell is before him, and he is made to drink a festering water,

17 Which he sippeth but can hardly swallow, and death cometh to him from every side while yet he cannot die, and before him is a harsh doom.

18 A similitude of those who disbelieve in their Lord: Their works are as ashes which the wind bloweth hard upon a stormy day. They have no control of aught that they have earned. That is the extreme failure.

19 Have you not seen that Allah has created the heavens and the earth with truth ? If He will, He can remove you and bring (in) some new creation;

20 And that is no great matter for Allah.

21 They all come forth to their Lord. Then those who were despised say to those who were scornful: We were to you a following, can you then avert from us aught of Allah’s doom ? They say: Had Allah guided us, we should have guided you. Whether we rage or patiently endure is (now) all one for us; we have no place of refuge.

22 And Satan said, when the matter has been decided: See! Allah promised you a promise of truth; and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no power over you save that I called to you and you obeyed me. So blame not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me, See! I disbelieved in that which you before ascribed to me. See! for wrong-doers is a painful doom.

23 And those who believed and did good works are made to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein abiding by permission of their Lord, their greeting therein: Peace!

24 Seest you not how Allah coineth a similitude: A goodly saying, as a goodly tree, its root set firm, its branches reaching into heaven,

25 Giving its fruit at every season by permission of its Lord ? Allah coineth the similitudes for mankind in order that they may reflect.

26 And the similitude of a bad saying is as a bad tree, uprooted from upon the earth, possessing no stability.

27 Allah confirmeth those who believe by a firm saying in the life of the world and in the Hereafter, and Allah sendeth wrong-doers astray. And Allah does what He will.

28 Have you not seen those who gave the grace of Allah in exchange for thanklessness and led their people down to the Abode of Loss,

29 (Even to) hell ? They are exposed thereto. A hapless end!

30 And they set up rivals to Allah that they may mislead (men) from His way. Say: Enjoy life (while you may) for see! your journey’s end will be the Fire.

31 Tell My bondmen who believe to establish worship and spend of that which We have given them, secretly and publicly, before a day cometh wherein there will be neither traffick nor befriending.

32 Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth, and causes water to descend from the sky, thereby producing fruits as food for you, and maketh the ships to be of service to you, that they may run upon the sea at His command, and has made of service to you the rivers;

33 And maketh the sun and the moon, constant in their courses, to be of service to you, and has made of service to you the night and the day.

34 And He gives you of all you ask of Him, and if you would count the bounty of Allah you cannot reckon it. See! man is verily a wrong-doer, an ingrate.

35 And when Abraham said: My Lord! Make safe this territory, and preserve me and my sons from serving idols.

36 My Lord! See! they have led many of mankind astray. But whoso follows me, he verily is of me. And whoso disobeyeth me - Still You are Forgiving, Merciful.

37 Our Lord! See! I have settled some of my posterity in an uncultivable valley near to your holy House, our Lord! that they may establish proper worship; so incline some hearts of men that they may yearn toward them, and provide You them with fruits in order that they may be thankful.

38 Our Lord! See! You knowest that which we hide and that which we proclaim. Nothing in the earth or in the heaven is hidden from Allah.

39 Praise be to Allah Who has given me, in my old age, Ishmael and Isaac! See! my Lord is indeed the Hearer of Prayer.

40 My Lord! Make me to establish proper worship, and some of my posterity (also); our Lord! and accept my prayer.

41 Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and believers on the day when the account is cast.

42 Deem not that Allah is unaware of what the wicked do. He but gives them a respite till a day when eyes will stare (in terror),

43 As they come hurrying on in fear, their heads upraised, their gaze returning not to them, and their hearts as air.

44 And warn mankind of a day when the doom will come upon them, and those who did wrong will say: Our Lord! Reprieve us for a little while. We will obey your call and will follow the messengers. (It will be answered): Did you not swear before that there would be no end for you ?

45 And (have you not) dwelt in the dwellings of those who wronged themselves (of old) and (hath it not) become plain to you how We dealt with them and made examples for you ?

46 Verily they have plotted their plot, and their plot is with Allah, though their plot were one whereby the mountains should be moved.

47 So think not that Allah will fail to keep His promise to His messengers. See! Allah is Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong).

48 On the day when the earth will be changed to other than the earth, and the heavens (also will be changed) and they will come forth to Allah, the One, the Almighty,

49 You will see the guilty on that day linked together in chains,

50 Their raiment of pitch, and the Fire covering their faces,

51 That Allah may repay each soul what it has earned. See! Allah is swift at reckoning.

52 This is a clear message for mankind in order that they may be warned thereby, and that they may know that He is only One God, and that men of understanding may take heed.