{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq029.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq029.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq029.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. A. L. M.\n2. Do men think that\n They will he left alone\n On saying, \"We believe\",\n And that they will not\n Be tested?\n3. We did test those\n Before them, and God will\n Certainly know those who are\n True from those who are false.\n4. Do those who practise\n Evil think that they\n Will get the better of us?\n Evil is their judgment!\n5. For those whose hopes are\n in the meeting with God\n (In the Hereafter, let them strive);\n For the Term (appointed)\nBy God is surely coming:\n And He hears and knows\n (All things).\n6. And if any strive (with might\n And main), they do so\n For their own souls:\n For God is free of all\n Needs from all creation.\n7. Whose who believe and work\n Righteous deeds,\u2014from them\n Shall We blot out all evil\n (That may be) in them,\n And We shall reward\n Them according to\n The best of their deeds.\n8. We have enjoined on man\n Kindness to parents: but if\n They (either of them) strive\n (To force) thee to join\n With Me (in worship)\n Anything of which thou hast\n No knowledge, obey them not.\n Ye have (all) to return\n To Me, and I will\n Tell you (the truth)\n Of all that ye did.\n9. And those who believe\n And work righteous deeds,\u2014\n Them shall We admit\n To the company of the Righteous.\n10. Then there are among men\n Such as say, \"We believe\n In God\"; but when they suffer\n Affliction in (the cause of) God,\n They treat men's oppression\n As if it were the Wrath\n Of God! And if help\n Comes (to thee) from thy Lord,\n They are sure to say,'\n \"We have (always) been\n With you!\" Does not God\n Know best all that is\n In the hearts of all Creation?\n11. And God most certainly knows\n Those who believe, and as certainly\n Those who are Hypocrites.\n12. And the Unbelievers say\n To those who believe:\n \"Follow our path, and we\n Will bear (the consequences)\"\n Of your faults.\" Never\n In the least will they\n Bear their faults: in fact\n They are liars!\n13. They will bear their own\n Burdens, and (other) burdens\n Along with their own,\n And on the Day of Judgment.\n They will be called to account\n For their falsehoods.\n14. We (once) sent Noah\n To his people, and he tarried\n Among them a thousand years\n Less fifty: but the Deluge\n Overwhelmed them while they\n (Persisted in) sin.\n15. But We saved him\n And the Companions\n Of the Ark, and We made\n The (Ark) a Sign\n For all Peoples!\n16. And (We also saved)\n Abraham: behold, he said\n To his people, \"Serve God\n And fear Him: that\n Will be best for you\n If ye understand!\n17. \"For ye do worship idols\n Besides God, and ye invent\n Falsehood. The things that ye\n Worship besides God have\n No power to give you sustenance:\nThen seek ye sustenance\n From God, serve Him,\n And be grateful to Him:\n To Him will be your return.\n18. \"And if ye reject (the Message),\n So did generations before you:\n And the duty of the apostle\n Is only to preach publicly\n (And clearly).\"\n19. See they not how God\n Originates creation, then\n Repeats it: truly that\n Is easy for God.\n20. Say: \"Travel through the earth\n And see how God did\n Originate creation; so will\n God produce a later creation:\n For God has power\n Over all things.\n21. \"He punishes whom He pleases,\n And He grants mercy to whom\nHe pleases, and towards Him\n Are ye turned.\n22. \"Not on earth nor in heaven\n Will ye be able (fleeing)\n To frustrate (His Plan),\n Nor have ye, besides God,\n Any protector or helper.\"\n23. Those who reject the Signs\n Of God and the Meeting\n With Him (in the Hereafter),\n It is they who shall despair\n Of My mercy: it is they\n Who will (suffer)\n A most grievous Penalty.\n24. So naught was the answer\n Of (Abraham's) people except\n That they said: \"Slay him\n Or burn him.\" But God\n Did save him from the Fire\n Verily in this are Signs\n For people who believe.\n25. And he said: \"For you,\n Ye have taken (for worship)\n Idols besides God, out of\n Mutual love and regard\nBetween yourselves in this life;\n But on the Day of Judgment\n Ye shall disown each other\n And curse each other:\n And your abode will be\n The Fire, and ye shall have\n None to help.\"\n26. But L\u016b\u1e6d had faith in Him:\n He said: \"I will leave\n Home for the sake of\n My Lord: for He is\n Exalted in Might, and Wise.\"\n27. And We gave (Abraham)\n Isaac and Jacob, and ordained\n Among his progeny Prophethood\n And Revelation, and We\n Granted him his reward\n In this life; and he was\n In the Hereafter (of the company)\n Of the Righteous.\n28. And (remember) L\u016b\u1e6d: behold,\n He said to his people:\n\"Ye do commit lewdness,\n Such as no people in Creation\n (Ever) committed before you.\n29. \"Do ye indeed approach men,\n And cut off the highway?\n And practise wickedness\n (Even) in your councils?\"\n But his people gave no answer\n But this: they said:\n \"Bring us the Wrath of God\n If thou tellest the truth.\"\n30. He said: \"O my Lord!\n Help Thou me against people\n Who do mischief!\"\n31. When Our Messengers came\n To Abraham with the good news,\n They said: \"We are indeed\n Going to destroy the people\n Of this township: for truly\n They are (addicted to) crime.\"\n32. He said: \"But there is\n L\u016b\u1e6d there.\" They said:\n \"Well do we know who\n Is there: we will certainly\n Save him and his following,\u2014\n Except his wife: she is\n Of those who lag behind!\"\n33. And when Our Messengers\n Came to L\u016b\u1e6d, he was\n Grieved on their account,\n And felt himself powerless\n (To protect) them: but they said:\n \"Fear thou not, nor grieve:\n We are (here) to save thee\n And thy following, except\n Thy wife: she is\n Of those who lag behind.\n34. \"For we are going to\n Bring down on the people\n Of this township a Punishment\n From heaven, because they\n Have been wickedly rebellious.\"\n35. And We have left thereof\n An evident Sign,\n For any people who\n (Care to) understand.\n36. To the Madyan (people)\n (We sent) their brother Shu\u2018aib.\n Then he said: \"O my people!\n Serve God, and fear the Last\n Day: nor commit evil\n On the earth, with intent\n To do mischief.\"\n37. But they rejected him:\n Then the mighty Blast\n Seized them, and they lay\n Prostrate in their homes\n By the morning.\n38. (Remember also) the \u2019Ad\n And the Tham\u016bd (people):\n Clearly will appear to you\n From (the traces) of their buildings\n (Their fate): the Evil One\n Made their deeds alluring\n To them, and kept them hack\n From the Path, though they\n Were gifted with Intelligence\n And Skill.\n39. (Remember also) Q\u0101r\u016bn,\n Pharaoh, and Haman: there came\n To them Moses with Clear Signs,\n But they behaved with insolence\n On the earth; yet they\n Could not overreach (Us).\n40. Each one of them We seized\n For his crime: of them,\n Against some We sent\n A violent tornado (with showers\n Of stones); some were caught\n By a (mighty) Blast; some\n We caused the earth\n To swallow up; and some\n We drowned (in the waters):\n It was net God Who\n Injured (or oppressed) them:\n They injured (and oppressed)\n Their own souls.\n41. The parable of those who\n Take protectors other than God\n Is that of the Spider,\n Who builds (to itself)\nA house; but truly\n The flimsiest of houses\n Is the Spider's house;\u2014\n If they but knew.\n42. Verily God doth know\n Of (every thing) whatever\n That they call upon\n Besides Him: and He is\n Exalted (in power), Wise.\n43. And such are the Parables\n We set forth for mankind,\n But only those understand them\n Who have Knowledge.\n44. God created the heavens\n And the earth in true (proportions):\n Verily in that is a Sign\n For those who believe.\n45. Recite what is sent\n Of the Book by inspiration\n To thee, and establish\n Regular Prayer: for Prayer\n Restrains from shameful\n And unjust deeds;\n And remembrance of God\n Is the greatest (thing in life)\n Without doubt. And God knows\n The (deeds) that ye do.\n46. And dispute ye not\n With the People of the Book,\n Except with means better\n (Than mere disputation), unless\n It be with those of them\n Who inflict wrong (and injury):\n But say, \"We believe\n In the Revelation which has\n Come down to us and in that\n Which came down to you;\nOur God and your God\n Is One; and it is to Him\n We bow (in Islam).\"\n47. And thus (it is) that We\n Have sent down the Book\n To thee. So the People\n Of the Book believe therein,\n As also do some of these\n (Pagan Arabs): and none\n But Unbelievers reject Our Signs.\n48. And thou vast not (able)\n To recite a Book before\n This (Book came), nor art thou\n (Able) to transcribe it\n With thy right hand:\n In that case, indeed, would\nThe talkers of vanities\n Have doubted.\n49. Nay, here are Signs\n Self-evident in the hearts\n Of those endowed with\n knowledge:\n And none but the unjust\n Reject Our Signs.\n50. Yet they say: \"Why\n Are not Signs sent down\n To him from his Lord?\"\n Say: \"The Signs are indeed\n With God: and I am\n Indeed a clear Warner.\n51. And is it not enough\n For them that We have\n Sent down to thee\n The Book which is rehearsed\n To them? Verily, in it\n Is Mercy and a Reminder\n To those who believe.\n52. Say: \"Enough is God\n For a Witness between me\nAnd you: He knows\n What is in the heavens\n And on earth. And it is\n Those who believe in vanities\n And reject God, that\n Will perish (in the end).\n53. They ask thee\n To hasten on the Punishment\n (For them): had it not been\n For a term (of respite)\n Appointed, the Punishment\n Would certainly have come\n To them: and it will\n Certainly reach them,\u2014\n Of a sudden, while they\n Perceive not!\n54. They ask thee\n To hasten on the Punishment:\n But, of a surety,\n Hell will encompass\n The rejecters of Faith!\u2014\n55. On the Day that\n The Punishment shall cover them\n From above them and\n From below them,\n And (a Voice) shall say:\n \"Taste ye (the fruits)\n Of your deeds!\n56. O My servants who believe!\n Truly, spacious is My Earth:\n Therefore serve ye Me\u2014\n (And Me alone)!\n57. Every soul shall have\n A taste of death:\n In the end to Us\n Shall ye be brought back.\n58. But those who believe\n And work deeds of righteousness\u2014\n To them shall We give\n A Home in Heaven,\u2014\n Lofty mansions beneath which\n Flow rivers,\u2014to dwell therein\n For aye;\u2014an excellent reward\n For those who do (good)!\u2014\n59. Those who persevere in patience,\n And put their trust\n In their Lord and Cherisher.\n60. How many are the creatures\n That carry not their own\nSustenance? It is God\n Who feeds (both) them and you:\n For He hears and knows\n (All things).\n61. If indeed thou ask them\n Who has created the heavens\n And the earth and subjected\n The sun and the moon\n (To His Law), they will\n Certainly reply, \"God\".\n How are they then deluded\n Away (from the truth)?\n62. God enlarges the sustenance\n (Which He gives) to whichever\n Of His servants He pleases;\n And He (similarly) grants\n By (strict) measure, (as He pleases):\n For God has full knowledge\n Of all things.\n63. And if indeed thou ask them\n Who it is that sends down\n Rain from the sky,\n And gives life therewith\n To the earth after its death,\n They will certainly reply,\n \"God!\" Say, \"Praise be\n To God!\" But most\n Of them understand not.\n64. What is the life of this world\n But amusement and play?\n But verily the Home\n In the Hereafter,\u2014that is\n Life indeed, if they but knew.\n65. Now, if they embark\n On a boat, they call\n On God, making their devotion\n Sincerely (and exclusively) to Him;\n But when He has delivered\n Them safely to (dry) land,\n Behold, they give a share\n (Of their worship to others)!\u2014\n66. Disdaining ungratefully Our gifts,\n And giving themselves up\n To (worldly) enjoyment! But soon\n Will they know.\n67. Do they not then see\n That We have made\n A Sanctuary secure, and that\n Men are being snatched away\n From all around them?\n Then, do they believe in that\nWhich is vain, and reject\n The Grace of God?\n68. And who does more wrong\n Than he who invents\n A lie against God\n Or rejects the Truth\n When it reaches him?\n Is there not a home\n In Hell for those who\n Reject Faith?\n69. And those who strive\n In Our (Cause),\u2014We will\n Certainly guide them\n To Our Paths:\n For verily God\n Is with those\n Who do right.","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra XXIX. \u2018Ankab\u016bt, or t...","type":"page"}