{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/04303.htm","path":"isl/quran/04303.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/04303.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n26. Wa-ith qala ibraheemu li-abeehi waqawmihi innanee baraon mimma taAAbudoona\n26. Behold! Abraham said\n To his father and his people:\n \"I do indeed clear myself\n Of what ye worship:\n27. Illa allathee fataranee fa-innahu sayahdeeni\n27. \"(I worship) only Him\n Who made me, and He\n Will certainly guide me.\"\n28. WajaAAalaha kalimatan baqiyatan fee AAaqibihi laAAallahum yarjiAAoona\n28. And he left it\n As a Word\n To endure among those\n Who came after him,\n That they may turn back\n (To God).\n29. Bal mattaAAtu haola-i waabaahum hatta jaahumu alhaqqu warasoolun mubeenun\n29. Yea, I have given\n The good things of this life\n To these (men) and\n Their fathers, until the Truth\n Has come to them,\n And an Apostle\n Making things clear.\n30. Walamma jaahumu alhaqqu qaloo hatha sihrun wa-inna bihi kafiroona\n30. But when the Truth came\n To them, they said:\n \"This is sorcery, and we\n Do reject it.\"\n31. Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hatha alqur-anu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheemun\n31. Also, they say: \"Why\n Is not this Qur-\u0101n sent\n Down to some leading man\n In either of the two\n (Chief) cities?\"\n32. Ahum yaqsimoona rahmata rabbika nahnu qasamna baynahum maAAeeshatahum fee alhayati alddunya warafaAAna baAAdahum fawqa baAAdin darajatin liyattakhitha baAAduhum baAAdan sukhriyyan warahmatu rabbika khayrun mimma yajmaAAoona\n32. Is it they who would portion out\n The Mercy of thy Lord?\n It is We Who portion out\n Between them their livelihood\nIn the life of this world:\n And We raise some of them\n Above others in ranks,\n So that some may command\n Work from others.\n But the Mercy of thy Lord\n Is better than the (wealth)\n Which they amass.\n33. Walawla an yakoona alnnasu ommatan wahidatan lajaAAalna liman yakfuru bialrrahmani libuyootihim suqufan min fiddatin wamaAAarija AAalayha yathharoona\n33. And were it not that\n (All) men might become\n Of one (evil) way of life,\n We would provide,\n For everyone that blasphemes\n Against (God) Most Gracious,\n Silver roofs for their houses,\n And (silver) stair-ways\n On which to go up,\n34. Walibuyootihim abwaban wasururan AAalayha yattaki-oona\n34. And (silver) doors\n To their houses, and thrones\n (Of silver) on which\n They could recline,\n35. Wazukhrufan wa-in kullu thalika lamma mataAAu alhayati alddunya waal-akhiratu AAinda rabbika lilmuttaqeena\n35. And also adornments\n Of gold. But all this\n Were nothing but conveniences\n Of the present life:\n The Hereafter, in the sight\n Of thy Lord, is\n For the Righteous.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XLIII.: Zukhruf, or Gold Adornments.: Section 3 (26-35)","type":"page"}