Upon the day that they see the angels, no good tidings that day for the sinners; they shall say, 'A ban forbidden!'
We shall advance upon what work they have done, and make it a scattered dust.
The inhabitants of Paradise that day, better shall be their lodging, fairer their resting-place.
Upon the day that heaven is split asunder with the clouds and the angels are sent down in majesty, the Kingdom that day, the true Kingdom, shall belong to the All-merciful and it shall be a day harsh for the unbelievers.
Upon the day the evildoer shall bite his hands, saying, 'Would that I had taken a way along with the Messenger!
Alas, would that I had not taken So-and-so for a friend!
He indeed led me astray from the Remembrance, after it had come to me; Satan is ever a forsaker of men.'
The Messenger says, 'O my Lord, behold, my people have taken this Koran as a thing to be shunned.'
Even so We have appointed to every Prophet an enemy among the sinners; but thy Lord suffices as a guide and as a helper.
The unbelievers say, 'Why has the Koran not been sent down upon him all at once?' Even so, that We may strengthen thy heart thereby, and We have chanted it very distinctly.
They bring not to thee any similitude but that We bring thee the truth, and better in exposition.
Those who shall be mustered to Gehenna upon their faces -- they shall be worse in place, and gone further astray from the way.
We gave Moses the Book, and appointed with him his brother Aaron as minister and We said, 'Go to the people who have cried lies to Our signs'; then We destroyed them utterly.
And the people of Noah, when they cried lies to the Messengers, We drowned them, and made them to be a sign to mankind; and We have prepared for the evildoers a painful chastisement.
And Ad, and Thamood, and the men of Er-Rass, and between that generations a many, for each We struck similitudes, and each We ruined utterly.
Surely they have come by the city that was rained on by an evil rain; what, have they not seen it? Nay, but they look for no upraising.
And when they see thee, they take thee in mockery only: 'What, is this he whom God sent forth as a Messenger?
Wellnigh he had led us astray from our gods, but that we kept steadfast to them.' Assuredly they shall know, when they see the chastisement, who is further astray from the way.
Hast thou seen him who has taken his caprice to be his god? Wilt thou be a guardian over them?
Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle; nay, they are further astray from the way.
Hast thou not regarded thy Lord, how He has stretched out the shadow? Had He willed, He would have made it still. Then We appointed the sun, to be a guide to it; thereafter We seize it to Ourselves, drawing it gently.
It is He who appointed the night for you to be a garment and sleep for a rest, and day He appointed for a rising.
And it is He who has loosed the winds, bearing good tidings before His mercy; and We sent down from heaven pure water so that We might revive a dead land, and give to drink of it, of that We created, cattle and men a many.
We have indeed turned it about amongst them, so that they may remember; yet most men refuse all but unbelief.
If We had willed, We would have raised up in every city a warner.
So obey not the unbelievers, but struggle with them thereby mightily.
And it is He who let forth the two seas, this one Sweet, grateful to taste, and this salt, bitter to the tongue, and He set between them a barrier, and a ban forbidden.
And it is He who created of water a mortal, and made him kindred of blood and marriage; thy Lord is All-powerful.
And they serve, apart from God, what neither profits them nor hurts them; and the unbeliever is ever a partisan against his Lord.
We have sent thee not, except good tidings to bear, and warning.
Say: 'I do not ask of you a wage for this, except for him who wishes to take to his Lord a way.'
Put thy trust in the Living God, the Undying, and proclaim His praise. Sufficiently is He aware of His servants sins who created the heavens and the earth, and what between them is, in six days, then sat Himself upon the Throne, the All-compassionate: ask any informed of Him!
But when they are told, 'Bow yourselves to the All-merciful,' they say, 'And what is the All-merciful? Shall we bow ourselves to what thou biddest us?' And it increases them in aversion.
Blessed be He who has set in heaven constellations, and has set among them a lamp, and an illuminating moon.
And it is He who made the night and day a succession for whom He desires to remember or He desires to be thankful.
The servants of the All-merciful are those who walk in the earth modestly and who, when the ignorant address them, say, 'Peace'; who pass the night prostrate to their Lord and standing; who say, 'Our Lord, turn Thou from us the chastisement of Gehenna; surely its chastisement is torment most terrible; evil it is as a lodging-place and an abode'; who, when they expend, are neither prodigal nor parsimonious, but between that is a just stand; who call not upon another god with God, nor slay the soul God has forbidden except by right, neither fornicate, for whosoever does that shall meet the price of sin-doubled shall be the chastisement for him on the Resurrection Day, and he shall dwell therein humbled, save him who repents, and believes, and does righteous work -- those, God will change their evil deeds into good deeds, for God is ever All-forgiving, All-compassionate; and whosoever repents, and does righteousness, he truly turns to God in repentance.
And those who bear not false witness and, when they pass by idle talk, pass by with dignity; who, when they are reminded of the signs of their Lord, fall not down thereat deaf and blind; who say, 'Our Lord, give us refreshment of our wives and seed, and make us a model to the godfearing.'
Those shall be recompensed with the highest heaven, for that they endured patiently, and they shall receive therein a greeting and --' Peace!'
Therein they shall dwell forever; fair it is as a lodging-place and an abode.
Say: 'My Lord esteems you not at all were it not for your prayer, for you have cried lies, and it shall surely be fastened.'
Ta Sin Mim Those are the signs of the Manifest Book.
Perchance thou consumest thyself that they are not believers.
If We will, We shall send down on them out of heaven a sign, so their necks will stay humbled to it.
But never fresh remembrance comes to them from the All-merciful, except they turn away from it.
So they have cried lies; therefore assuredly tidings will come to them of that they mocked at.
What, have they not regarded the earth, how many therein We have caused to grow of every generous kind?
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
And when thy Lord called to Moses, 'Go to the people of the evildoers, the people of Pharaoh; will they not be godfearing?'
He said, 'My Lord, I fear they will cry me lies, and my breast will be straitened, and my tongue will not be loosed; so send to Aaron.
They also have a sin against me, and I fear they will slay me.'
Said He, 'No indeed; but go, both of you, with Our signs, and We assuredly shall be with you, listening.
So go you to Pharaoh, and say, "Verily, I am the Messenger of the Lord of all Being; so send forth with us the Children of Israel."
He said, 'Did we not raise thee amongst us as a child? Didst thou not tarry among us years of thy life?
And thou didst the deed thou didst, being one of the ungrateful!'
Said he, 'Indeed I did it then, being one of those that stray; so I fled from you, fearing you. But my Lord gave me Judgment and made me one of the Envoys.
That is a blessing thou reproachest me with, having enslaved the Children of Israel.'
Pharaoh said, 'And what is the Lord of all Being?'
He said, 'The Lord of the heavens and earth, and what between them is, if you have faith.'
Said he to those about him, 'Do you not hear?'
He said, 'Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.'
Said he, 'Surely your Messenger who was sent to you is possessed!'
He said, 'The Lord of the East and West, and what between them is, if you have understanding,' Said he, 'If thou takest a god other than me, I shall surely make thee one of the imprisoned.'
He said, 'What, even though I brought thee something so manifest?'
Said he, 'Bring it then, if thou art of the truthful.'
So he cast his staff, and behold, it was a serpent manifest.
And he drew forth his hand, and lo, it was white to the beholders.
Said he to the Council about him, 'Surely this man is a cunning sorcerer who desires to expel you from your land by his sorcery; what do you command?'
They said, 'Put him and his brother off a while, and send among the cities musterers, to bring thee every cunning sorcerer.
So the sorcerers were assembled for the appointed time of a fixed day.
The people were asked, 'Will you assemble?
Haply we shall follow the sorcerers if it should be they are the victors.'
Then, when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, 'Shall we indeed have a wage, if we should be the victors?'
He said, 'Yes indeed; and you shall then be among the near-stationed.'
Moses said to them, 'Cast you down what you will cast.'
So they cast their ropes and their staffs, and said, 'By the might of Pharaoh we shall be the victors.'
Then Moses cast his staff and lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention; so the sorcerers were cast down, bowing themselves.
They said, 'We believe in the Lord of all Being, the Lord of Moses and Aaron.'
Said Pharaoh, 'You have believed him before I gave you leave. Why, he is the chief of you, the same that taught you sorcery; now you shall know! I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you all together.'
They said, 'There is no harm; surely unto our Lord we are turning.
We are eager that our Lord should forgive us our offences, for that we are the first of the believers.'
Also We revealed unto Moses, 'Go with My servants by night; surely you will be followed.'
Then Pharaoh sent among the cities musterers:
'Behold, these are a small troop, and indeed they are enraging us; and we are a host on our guard.'
So We expelled them from gardens and fountains, and treasures and a noble station; even so, and We bequeathed them upon the Children of Israel.
Then they followed them at the sunrise; and, when the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, 'We are overtaken!'
Said he, 'No indeed; surely my Lord is with me; He will guide me.'
Then We revealed to Moses, 'Strike with thy staff the sea'; and it clave, and each part was as a mighty mount.
And there We brought the others on, and We delivered Moses and those with him all together; then We drowned the others.
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
And recite to them the tiding of Abraham when he said to his father and his people, 'What do you serve?'
They said, 'We serve idols, and continue cleaving to them.
He said, 'Do they hear you when you call, or do they profit you, or harm?'
They said, 'Nay, but we found our fathers so doing.'
He said, 'And have you considered what you have been serving, you and your fathers, the elders?
They are an enemy to me, except the Lord of all Being who created me, and Himself guides me, and Himself gives me to eat and drink, and, whenever I am sick, heals me, who makes me to die, then gives me life, and who I am eager shall forgive me my offence on the Day of Doom.
My Lord, give me Judgment, and join me with the righteous, and appoint me a tongue of truthfulness among the others.
Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss and forgive my father, for he is one of those astray.
Degrade me not upon the day when they are raised up, the day when neither wealth nor sons shall profit except for him who comes to God with a pure heart.
And Paradise shall be brought forward for the godfearing, and Hell advanced for the perverse.
It shall be said to them, 'Where is that you were serving apart from God? Do they help you or help themselves?'
Then they shall be pitched into it, they and the perverse and the hosts of Iblis, all together.
They shall say, as they dispute there one with another, 'By God, we were certainly in manifest error when we made you equal with the Lord of all Being.
It was naught but the sinners that led us astray; so now we have no intercessors, no loyal friend.
O that we might return again, and be among the believers!'
Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers.
Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate.
The people of Noah cried lies to the Envoys when their brother Noah said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing?
I am for you a faithful Messenger, so serve you God, and obey you me.
I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being; so fear you God, and obey you me.'
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