{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq023.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq023.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq023.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. The Believers must\n (Eventually) win through,\u2014\n2. Those who humble themselves\n In their prayers;\n3. Who avoid vain talk;\n4. Who are active in deeds\n Of charity;\n5. Who abstain from sex,\n6. Except with those joined\n To them in the marriage bond,\n Or (the captives) whom\n Their right hands possess,\u2014\n For (in their case) they are\n Free from blame,\n7. But those whose desires exceed\n Those limits are transgressors;\u2014\n8. Those who faithfully observe\n Their trusts and their covenants;\n9. And who (strictly) guard\n Their prayers;\u2014\n10. These will be the heirs,\n11. Who will inherit Paradise:\n They will dwell therein\n (For ever).\n12. Man We did create\n From a quintessence (of clay);\n13. Then We placed him\n As (a drop of) sperm\nIn a place of rest,\n Firmly fixed;\n14. Then We made the sperm\n Into a clot of congealed blood;\n Then of that clot We made\n A (f\u0153tus) lump; then We\n Made out of that lump\n Bones and clothed the bones\n With flesh; then We developed\n Out of it another creature.\n So blessed be God,\n The Best to create!\n15. After that, at length\n Ye will die.\n16. Again, on the Day\n Of Judgment, will ye be\n Raised up.\n17. And We have made, above you,\n Seven tracts; and We\n Are never unmindful\n Of (Our) Creation,\n18. And We send down water\n From the sky according to\n (Due) measure, and We cause it\n To soak in the soil;\n And We certainly are able\n To drain it off (with ease).\n19. With it We grow for you\n Gardens of date-palms\n And vines: in them have ye\n Abundant fruits: and of them\n Ye eat (and have enjoyment),\u2014\n20. Also a tree springing\n Out of Mount Sinai,\n Which produces oil,\n And relish for those\n Who use it for food.\n21. And in cattle (too) ye\n Have an instructive example:\n From within their bodies\n We produce (milk) for you\nTo drink; there art, in them,\n (Besides), numerous (other)\n Benefits for you;\n And of their (meat) ye eat;\n22. And on them, as well as\n In ships, ye ride.\n23. (Further, We sent a long line\n Of prophets for your instruction).\n We sent Noah to his people:\n He said, \"O my people!\n Worship God! Ye have\n No other god but Him.\n Will ye not fear (Him)?\"\n24. The chiefs of the Unbelievers\n Among his people said:\n \"He is no more than a man\n Like yourselves: his wish is\n To assert his superiority\n Over you: if God had wished\n (To send messengers),\n He could have sent down\n Angels: never did we hear\n Such a thing (as he says),\n Among our ancestors of old.\"\n25. (And some said): \"He is\n Only a man possessed:\n Wait (and have patience)\n With him for a time.\"\n26. (Noah) said: \"O my Lord!\n Help me: for that they\n Accuse me of falsehood!\"\n27. So We inspired him\n (With this message): \"Construct\n The Ark within Our sight\n And under Our guidance: then\n When comes Our command,\n And the fountains of the earth\n Gush forth, take thou on board\n Pairs of every species, male\n And female, and thy family\u2014\n Except those of them\n Against whom the Word\n Has already gone forth:\n And address Me not\n In favour of the wrong-doers;\n For they shall be drowned\n (In the Flood).\n28. And when thou hast embarked\n On the Ark\u2014thou and those\n With thee,\u2014say: \"Praise be\n To God, Who has saved us\n From the people who do wrong.\"\n29. And say: \"O my Lord!\n Enable me to disembark\n With Thy blessing: for Thou\n Art the Best to enable (us)\n To disembark.\"\n30. Verily in this there are\n Signs (for men to understand);\n (Thus) do We try (men).\"\n31. Then We raised after them\n Another generation.\n32. And We sent to them\n An apostle from among themselves,\n (Saying), \"Worship God!\n Ye have no other god\n But Him. Will ye not\n Fear (Him)?\"\n33. And the chiefs\n Of his people, who disbelieved\n And denied the Meeting\n In the Hereafter, and on whom\n We had bestowed the good things\n Of this life, said: \"He is\n No more than a man\n Like yourselves: he eats\n Of that of which ye eat,\n And drinks of what ye drink.\n34. \"If ye obey a man\n Like yourselves, behold,\n It is certain ye will be lost.\n35. \"Does he promise that\n When ye die and become dust\n And bones, ye shall be\n Brought forth (again)?\n36. \"Far, very far is that\n Which ye are promised!\n37. \"There is nothing but\n Our life in this world!\n We shall die and we live!\n But we shall never\n Be raised up again!\n38. \"He is only a man\n Who invents a lie\n Against God, but we\n Are not the ones\n To believe in him!\"\n39. (The prophet) said:\n \"O my Lord! help me:\n For that they accuse me\n Of falsehood.\"\n40. (God) said: \"In but\n A little while, they\n Are sure to be sorry!\"\n41. Then the Blast overtook them\n With justice, and We made them\n As rubbish of dead leaves\n (Floating on the stream of Time)!\n So away with the people\n Who do wrong!\n42. Then We raised after them\n Other generations.\n43. No people can hasten\n Their term, nor can they\n Delay (it).\n44. Then sent We Our apostles\n In succession: every time\n There came to a people\n Their apostle, they accused him\n Of falsehood: so We made\n Them follow each other\n (In punishment): We made them\n As a tale (that is told):\n So away with a people\n That will not believe!\n45. When We sent Moses\n And his brother Aaron,\n With Our Signs and\n Authority manifest,\n46. To Pharaoh and his Chiefs:\n But these behaved insolently:\n They were an arrogant people.\n47. They said: \"Shall we believe\n In two men like ourselves?\n And their people are subject\n To us!\"\n48. So they accused them\n Of falsehood, and they became\n Of those who were destroyed.\n49. And We gave Moses\n The Book, in order that\n They might receive guidance.\n50. And We made\n The son of Mary\n And his mother\n As a Sign:\n We gave them both\n Shelter on high ground,\n Affording rest and security\n And furnished with springs.\n51. O ye apostles! enjoy\n (All) things good and pure,\n And work righteousness:\n For I am well-acquainted\n With (all) that ye do.\n52. And verily this Brotherhood\n Of yours is a single Brotherhood,\n And I am your Lord\n And Cherisher: therefore\n Fear Me (and no other).\n53. But people have cut off\n Their affair (of unity),\n Between them, into sects:\n Each party rejoices in that\n Which is with itself.\n54. But leave them\n In their confused ignorance\n For a time.\n55. Do they think that because\n We have granted them abundance\n Of wealth and sons,\n56. We would hasten them\n On in every good? Nay,\n They do not understand.\n57. Verily those who live\n In awe for fear of their Lord;\n58. Those who believe\n In the Signs of their Lord;\n59. Those who join not (in worship)\n Partners with their Lord;\n60. And those who dispense\n Their charity with their hearts\n Full of fear, because\n They will return to their Lord;\u2014\n61. It is these who hasten\n In every good work,\n And these who are\n Foremost in them.\n62. On no soul do We\n Place a burden greater\n Than it can bear:\n Before Us is a record\n Which clearly shows the truth:\n They will never be wronged.\n63. But their hearts are\n In confused ignorance\n Of this; and there are,\n Besides that, deeds of theirs,\n Which they will (continue)\n To do,\u2014\n64. Until, when We seize\n In Punishment those of them\n Who received the good things\n Of this world, behold,\n They will groan in supplication!\n65. (It will be said):\n \"Groan not in supplication\n This day; for ye shall\n Certainly not be helped by Us.\n66. \"My Signs used to be\n Rehearsed to you, but ye\n Used to turn back\n On your heels\u2014\n67. \"In arrogance: talking nonsense\n About the (Qur-\u0101n), like one\n Telling fables by night.\"\n68. Do they not ponder over\n The Word (of God), or\n Has anything (new) come\n To them that did not\n Come to their fathers of old?\n69. Or do they not recognise\n Their Apostle, that they\n Deny him?\n70. Or do they say, \"he is\n Possessed\"? Nay, he has\n Brought them the Truth,\n But most of them\n Hate the Truth.\n71. If the Truth had been\n In accord with their desires,\n Truly the heavens and the earth,\n And all beings therein\n Would have been in confusion\n And corruption! Nay, We\n Have sent them their admonition,\n But they turn away\n From their admonition.\n72. Or is it that thou\n Askest them for some\n Recompense? But the recompense\n Of thy Lord is best:\n He is the Best of those\n Who give sustenance.\n73. But verily thou callest them\n To the Straight Way;\n74. And verily those who\n Believe not in the Hereafter\n Are deviating from that Way.\n75. If We had mercy on them\n And removed the distress\n Which is on them, they\n Would obstinately persist\n In their transgression,\n Wandering in distraction\n To and fro.\n76. We inflicted Punishment\n On them, but they\n Humbled not themselves\n To their Lord, nor do they\n Submissively entreat (Him)!\u2014\n77. Until We open on them\n A gate leading to\n A severe Punishment: then\n Lo! they will be plunged\n In despair therein!\n78. It is He Who has created\n For you (the faculties of)\n Hearing, sight, feeling\n And understanding: little thanks\n It is ye give!\n79. And He Has multiplied you\n Through the earth, and to Him\n Shall ye be gathered back.\n80. It is He Who gives\n Life and death, and to Him\n (Is due) the alternation\n Of Night and Day:\n Will ye not then understand?\n81. On the contrary they say\n Things similar to what\n The ancients said.\n82. They say: \"What! When we\n Die and become dust and bones,\n Could we really be\n Raised up again?\n83. \"Such things have been promised\n To us and to our fathers\n Before! They are nothing\n But tales of the ancients!\"\n84. Say: \"To whom belong\n The earth and all beings therein?\n (Say) if ye know!\"\n85. They will say, \"To God!\"\n Say: \"Yet will ye not\n Receive admonition?\"\n86. Say: \"Who is the Lord\n Of the seven heavens,\n And the Lord of the Throne\n (Of Glory) Supreme?\"\n87. They will say, \"(They belong)\n To God.\" Say: \"Will ye not\n Then be filled with awe?\"\n88. Say: \"Who is it in whose\n Hands is the governance\n Of all things,\u2014who protects\n (All), but is not protected\n (Of any)? (Say) if ye know.\"\n89. They will say, \"(It belongs)\n To God.\" Say: \"Then how\n Are ye deluded?\"\n90. We have sent them the Truth:\n But they indeed practise Falsehood!\n91. No son did God beget,\n Nor is there any god\n Along with Him: (if there were\n Many gods), behold, each god\n Would have taken away\n What he had created,\n And some would have\n Lorded it over others!\n Glory to God! (He is free)\n From the (sort of) things\n They attribute to Him!\n92. He knows what is hidden\n And what is open: too high\n Is He for the partners\n They attribute to Him!\n93. Say: \"O my Lord!\n If Thou wilt show me\n (In my lifetime) that which\n They are warned against,\u2014\n94. \"Then, O my Lord! put me not\n Amongst the people\n Who do wrong!\"\n95. And We are certainly able\n To show thee (in fulfilment)\n That against which they are warned.\n96. Repel evil with that'\n Which is best: We are\n Well acquainted with\n The things they say.\n97. And say \"O my Lord!\n I seek refuge with Thee\nFrom the suggestions\n Of the Evil Ones.\n98. \"And I seek refuge with Thee\n O my Lord! lest they\n Should come near me.\"\n99. (In Falsehood will they be)\n Until, when death comes\n To one of them, he says:\n \"O my Lord! send me back\n (To life),\u2014\n100. \"In order that I may\n Work righteousness in the things\n I neglected.\"\u2014\"By no means!\n It is but a word he says.\"\u2014\n Before them is a Partition\n Till the Day they are\n Raised up.\n101. When the Trumpet\n Is blown, there will be\n No more relationships\n Between them that day,\n Nor will one ask after another!\n102. Then those whose balance\n (Of good deeds) is heavy,\u2014\n They will attain salvation:\n103. But those whose balance\n Is light, will be those\n Who have lost their souls;\n In Hell will they abide.\n104. The Fire will burn their faces,\n And they will therein\n Grin, with their lips displaced.\n105. \"Were not My Signs rehearsed\n To you, and ye did but\n Treat them as falsehoods?\"\n106. They will say: \"Our Lord!\n Our misfortune overwhelmed us,\n And we became a people\n Astray!\n107. \"Our Lord! Bring us out\n Of this: if ever we return\n (To evil), then shall we be\n Wrong-doers indeed!\"\n108. He will say: \"Be ye\n Driven into it (with ignominy)!\n And speak ye not to Me!\n109. \"A part of My servants\n There was, who used to pray,\n'Our Lord! we believe;\n Then do Thou forgive us,\n And have mercy upon us:\n For Thou art the Best\n Of those who show mercy!'\n110. \"But ye treated them\n With ridicule, so much so\n That (ridicule of) them made you\n Forget My Message while\n Ye were laughing at them!\n111. \"I have rewarded them\n This day for their patience\n And constancy: they are indeed\n The ones that have achieved Bliss:..\"\n112. He will say: \"What number\n Of years did ye stay\n On earth?\"\n113. They will say: \"We stayed\n A day or part of a day:\n But ask those who\n Keep account.\"\n114. He will say: \"Ye stayed\n Not but a little,\u2014\n If ye had only known!\n115. \"Did ye then think\n That We had created you\nIn jest, and that ye\n Would not be brought back\n To Us (for account)?\"\n116. Therefore exalted be God,\n The King, the Reality:\n There is no god but He,\n The Lord of the Throne\n Of Honour!\n117. If anyone invokes, besides God,\n Any other god, he has\n No authority therefor;\n And his reckoning will be\n Only with his Lord!\n And verily the Unbelievers\n Will fail to win through\n118. So say: \"O my Lord!\n Grant Thou forgiveness and mercy!\n For Thou art the Best\n Of those who show mercy!\"","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra XXIII. M\u016b-min\u016bn","type":"page"}