{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/05303.htm","path":"isl/quran/05303.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/05303.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n33. Afaraayta allathee tawalla\n33. Seest thou one\n Who turns back,\n34. Gives a little,\n Then hardens (his heart)?\n35. aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara\n35. What! Has he knowledge\n Of the unseen\n So that he can see?\n36. Am lam yunabba/ bima fee suhufi moosa\n36. Nay, is he not acquainted\n With what is in the books\n Of Moses\u2014\n37. Wa-ibraheema allathee waffa\n37. And of Abraham\n Who fulfilled his\n engagements;\u2014\n38. Alla taziru waziratun wizra okhra\n38. Namely, that no bearer\n Of burdens can bear\n The burden of another;\n39. Waan laysa lil-insani illa ma saAAa\n39. That man can have nothing\n But what he strives for;\n40. Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura\n40. That (the fruit of) his striving\n Will soon come in sight;\n41. Thumma yujzahu aljazaa al-awfa\n41. Then will he be rewarded\n With a reward complete;\n42. Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha\n42. That to thy Lord\n Is the final Goal;\n43. Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka\n43. That it is He Who\n Granteth Laughter and Tears;\n44. Waannahu huwa amata waahya\n44. That it is He Who\n Granteth Death and Life;\n45. Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waal-ontha\n45. That He did create\n In pairs,\u2014male and female,\n46. From a seed when lodged\n (In its place);\n47. Waanna AAalayhi alnnash-ata al-okhra\n47. That He hath promised\n A Second Creation\n (Raising of the Dead);\n48. Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna\n48. That it is He Who\n Giveth wealth and satisfaction;\n49. Waannahu huwa rabbu alshshiAAra\n49. That He is the Lord\n Of Sirius (the Mighty Star);\n50. Waannahu ahlaka AAadan al-oola\n50. And that it is He\n Who destroyed the (powerful)\n Ancient \u2018\u0100d (people),\n51. And the Tham\u016bd,\n Nor gave them a lease\n Of perpetual life.\n52. Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoo hum athlama waatgha\n52. And before them,\n The people of Noah,\n For that they were (all)\n Most unjust\n And most insolent transgressors,\n53. And He destroyed\n The Overthrown Cities\n (Of Sodom and Gomorrah),\n54. So that (ruins unknown)\n Have covered them up.\n55. Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbika tatamara\n55. Then which of the gifts\n Of thy Lord, (O man,)\n Wilt thou dispute about?\n56. Hatha natheerun mina alnnuthuri al-oola\n56. This is a Warner,\n Of the (series of) Warners\n Of old!\n57. The (Judgment) ever approaching\n Draws nigh:\n58. Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifatun\n58. No (soul) but God\n Can lay it bare.\n59. Afamin hatha alhadeethi taAAjaboona\n59. Do ye then wonder\n At this recital?\n60. Watadhakoona wala tabkoona\n60. And will ye laugh\n And not weep,\u2014\n61. Wasting your time\n In vanities?\n62. Faosjudoo lillahi waoAAbudoo\n62. But fall ye down in prostration\n To God, and adore (Him)!","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra LIII.: Najm, or the Star.: Section 3 (33-62)","type":"page"}