Then We sent him unto a hundred thousand, or more, and they believed; so We gave them enjoyment for a while.
So ask them for a pronouncement -- Has thy Lord daughters, and they sons?
Or did We create the angels females, while they were witnesses?
Is it not of their own calumny that they say, 'God has begotten?' They are truly liars.
Has He chosen daughters above sons?
What ails you then, how you judge?
What, and will you not remember?
Or have you a clear authority?
Bring your Book, if you speak truly!
They have set up a kinship between Him and the jinn; and the jinn know that they shall be arraigned.
Glory be to God above that they describe, except for God's sincere servants.
But as for you, and that you serve, you shall not tempt any against Him except him who shall roast in Hell.
None of us is there, but has a known station; we are the rangers, we are they that give glory.
What though they would say, 'If only we had had a Reminder from the ancients, then were we God's sincere servants.'
But they disbelieved in it; soon they shall know!
Already Our Word has preceded to Our servants, the Envoys; assuredly they shall be helped, and Our host -- they are the victors.
So turn thou from them for a while, and see them; soon they shall see!
What, do they seek to hasten Our chastisement?
Sad. By the Koran, containing the Remembrance -- nay, but the unbelievers glory in their schism.
How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they called, but time was none to escape.
Now they marvel that a warner has come to them from among them; and the unbelievers say, 'This is a lying sorcerer.
What, has he made the gods One God? This is indeed a marvellous thing.'
And the Council of them depart, saying 'Go! Be steadfast to your gods; this is a thing to be desired.
We have not heard of this in the last religion; this is surely an invention.
What, has the Remembrance been sent down on him out of us all?' Nay, but they are in doubt of My Remembrance; nay, they have not yet tasted My chastisement.
Or have they the treasuries of thy Lord's mercy, the All-mighty, the All-giving?
Or is theirs the kingdom of the heavens and earth and of what between them is? Why, then let them ascend the cords!
A very host of parties is routed there!
Cried lies before them the people of Noah, and Ad, and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs, and Thamood, and the people of Lot, and the men of the Thicket - those were the parties; not one, that cried not lies to the Messengers, so My retribution was just.
These are only awaiting for a single Cry, to which there is no delay.
They say, 'Our Lord, hasten to us our share before the Day of Reckoning.'
Bear patiently what they say, and remember Our servant David, the man of might; he was a penitent.
With him We subjected the mountains to give glory at evening and sunrise, and the birds, duly mustered, every one to him reverting; We strengthened his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and speech decisive.
Has the tiding of the dispute come to thee? When they scaled the Sanctuary, when they entered upon David, and he took fright at them; and they said, 'Fear not; two disputants we are -- one of us has injured the other; so judge between us justly, and transgress not, and guide us to the right path.'
'Behold, this my brother has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe. So he said, "Give her into my charge"; and he overcame me in the argument.'
Said he, 'Assuredly he has wronged thee in asking for thy ewe in addition to his sheep; and indeed many intermixers do injury one against the other, save those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness -- and how few they are!' And David thought that We had only tried him; therefore he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he fell down, bowing, and he repented.
Accordingly We forgave him that, and he has a near place in Our presence and a fair resort.
'David, behold, We have appointed thee a viceroy in the earth; therefore judge between men justly, and follow not caprice, lest it lead thee astray from the way of God. Surely those who go astray from the way of God -- there awaits them a terrible chastisement, for that they have forgotten the Day of Reckoning.'
We have not created the heavens and earth, and what between them is, for vanity; such is the thought of the unbelievers, wherefore woe unto the unbelievers because of the Fire!
Or shall We make those who believe and do righteous deeds as the workers of corruption in the earth, or shall We make the godfearing as the transgressors?
A Book We have sent down to thee, Blessed, that men possessed of minds may ponder its signs and so remember.
And We gave unto David Solomon; how excellent a servant he was! He was a penitent.
When in the evening were presented to him the standing steeds, he said, 'Lo, I have loved the love of good things better than the remembrance of my Lord, until the sun was bidden behind the veil.
Return them to me!' And he began to stroke their shanks and necks.
Certainly We tried Solomon, and We cast upon his throne a mere body; then he repented.
He said, 'My Lord, forgive me, and give me a kingdom such as may not befall anyone after me; surely Thou art the All-giver.'
So We subjected to him the wind, that ran at his commandment, softly, wherever he might light on, and the Satans, every builder and diver and others also, coupled in fetters:
'This is Our gift; bestow or withhold without reckoning.'
And he had a near place in Our presence and a fair resort.
Remember also Our servant Job; when he called to his Lord, 'Behold, Satan has visited me with weariness and chastisement.'
'Stamp thy foot! This is a laving-place cool, and a drink.'
And We gave to him his family, and the like of them with them, as a mercy from us, and a reminder unto men possessed of minds; and, 'Take in thy hand a bundle of rushes, and strike therewith, and do not fail in thy oath.' Surely We found him a steadfast man. How excellent a servant he was! He was a penitent.
Remember also Our servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob -- men of might they and of vision.
Assuredly We purified them with a quality most pure, the remembrance of the Abode, and in Our sight they are of the chosen, the excellent.
Remember also Our servants Ishmael, Elisha, and Dhul Kifl; each is among the excellent.
This is a Remembrance; and for the godfearing is a fair resort, Gardens of Eden, whereof the gates are open to them, wherein they recline, and wherein they call for fruits abundant, and sweet potions, and with them maidens restraining their glances of equal age.
'This is what you were promised for the Day of Reckoning; this is Our provision, unto which there is no end.'
All this; but for the insolent awaits an ill resort, Gehenna, wherein they are roasted - an evil cradling!
All this; so let them taste it - boiling water and pus, and other torments of the like kind coupled together.
'This is a troop rushing in with you; there is no Welcome for them; they shall roast in the Fire.'
They say, 'No, it is you have no Welcome; you forwarded it for us; how evil a stablishment!'
They say, 'Our Lord, whoso forwarded this for us, give him a double chastisement in the Fire!'
They say, 'How is it with us, that we do not see men here that we counted among the wicked?
What, did we take them for a laughing-stock? Or have our eyes swerved away from them?'
Surely that is true -- the disputing of the inhabitants of the Fire.
Say: 'I am only a warner. There is not any god but God, the One, the Omnipotent, Lord of the heavens and earth, and of what between them is, the All-mighty, the All-forgiving.'
Say: 'It is a mighty tiding from which you are turning away.
I had no knowledge of the High Council when they disputed.
This alone is revealed to me, that I am only a clear warner.'
When thy Lord said to the angels, 'See, I am creating a mortal of a clay.
When I have shaped him, and breathed My spirit in him, fall you down, bowing before him!'
Then the angels bowed themselves all together, save Iblis; he waxed proud, and was one of the unbelievers.
Said He, 'Iblis, what prevented thee to bow thyself before that I created with My own hands? Hast thou waxed proud, or art thou of the lofty ones?'
Said he, 'I am better than he; Thou createdst me of tire, and him Thou createdst of clay.'
Said He, 'Then go thou forth hence; thou art accursed.
Upon thee shall rest My curse, till the Day of Doom.'
Said he, 'My Lord, respite me till the day they shall be raised.'
Said He, 'Thou art among the ones that are respited until the day of the known time.'
Said he, 'Now, by Thy glory, I shall pervert them all together, excepting those Thy servants among them that are sincere.'
Said He, 'This is the truth, and the truth I say; I shall assuredly fill Gehenna with thee, and with whosoever of them follows thee, all together.'
Say: 'I ask of you no wage for it, neither am I of those who take things upon themselves.
It is nothing but a reminder unto all beings, and you shall surely know its tiding after a while.'
The sending down of the Book is from God the All-mighty, the All-wise.
We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth; so worship God, making thy religion His sincerely.
Belongs not sincere religion to God? And those who take protectors, apart from Him -- 'We only serve them that they may bring us nigh in nearness to God' -- surely God shall judge between them touching that whereon they are at variance. Surely God guides not him who is a liar, unthankful.
Had God desired to take to Him a son, He would have chosen whatever He willed of that He has created. Glory be to Him! He is God, the One, the Omnipotent.
He created the heavens and the earth in truth, wrapping night about the day, and wrapping the day about the night; and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each of them running to a stated term. Is not He the All-mighty, the All-forgiving?
He created you of a single soul, then from it He appointed its mate; and He sent down to you of the cattle eight couples. He creates you in your mothers' wombs creation after creation in threefold shadows. That then is God, your Lord; to Him belongs the Kingdom; there is no god but He; so how are you turned about?
If you are unthankful, God is independent of you, yet He approves not unthankfulness in His servants; but if you are thankful, He will approve it in you. And no soul laden bears the load of another. Then to your Lord shall you return, and He will tell you what you have been doing. He knows the thoughts within the breasts.
When some affliction visits a man, he calls upon his Lord, turning to him; then when He confers on him a blessing from Him he forgets that he was calling to before and sets up compeers to God, to lead astray from His way. Say: 'Enjoy thy unbelief a little; thou shalt be among the inhabitants of the Fire.'
Or is he who is obedient in the watches of the night, bowing himself and standing, he being afraid of the world to come and hoping for the mercy of his Lord . . ? Say: 'Are they equal -- those who know and those who know not?' Only men possessed of minds remember.
Say: 'My servants who believe, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world good, and God's earth is wide. Surely the patient will be paid their wages in full without reckoning.'
Say: 'I have been commanded to serve God making my religion His sincerely; and I have been commanded to be the first of those that surrender.'
Say: 'Truly I fear, if I should rebel against my Lord, the chastisement of a dreadful day.'
Say: 'God I serve, making my religion His sincerely; so serve what you will apart from Him.' Say: 'Surely the losers are they who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection; is not that the manifest loss?
Above them they shall have overshadowings. of the Fire, and underneath them overshadowings; that it is wherewith God frightens His servants: "O My servants, so fear you Me!"'
Those who eschew the serving of idols and turn penitent to God, for them is good tidings! So give thou good tidings to My servants who give ear to the Word and follow the fairest of it. Those are they whom God has guided; those -- they are men possessed of minds.
He against whom the word of chastisement is realized -- shalt thou deliver him out of the Fire?
But those who fear their Lord -- for them await lofty chambers, above which are built lofty chambers, underneath which rivers flow -- God's promise; God fails not the tryst.
Hast thou not seen how that God has sent down out of heaven water and threaded it as springs in the earth, then He brings forth therewith crops of diverse hues, then they wither, and thou seest them turning yellow, then He makes them broken orts? Surely in that is a reminder for men possessed of minds.
Is he whose breast God has expanded unto Islam, so he walks in a light from his Lord . . .? But woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God! Those are in manifest error.
God has sent down the fairest discourse as a Book, consimilar in its oft-repeated, whereat shiver the skins of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts soften to the remembrance of God. That is God's guidance, whereby. He guides whomsoever He will; and whomsoever God leads astray, no guide has he.
Is he who guards himself with his face against the evil of the chastisement on the Day of Resurrection . . .? And it is said to the evildoers, 'Taste now that you were earning!'
Those that were before them cried lies, then the chastisement came upon them from whence they were not aware; so God let them taste degradation in this present life; and the chastisement of the world to come is assuredly greater, did they but know.
Indeed We have struck for the people in this Koran every manner of similitude; haply they will remember; Koran, wherein there is no crookedness; haply they will be godfearing.
God has struck a similitude -- a man in whom partners disagreeing share, and a man the property of one man. Are the two equal in likeness? Praise belongs to God! Nay, but most of them do not know.
Thou art mortal, and they are mortal; then on the Day of Resurrection before your Lord you shall dispute.
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