{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq037.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq037.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq037.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. By those who range\n Themselves in ranks,\n2. And so are strong\n In repelling (evil),\n3. And thus proclaim\n The Message (of God)!\n4. Verily, verily, your God\n Is One!\u2014\n5. Lord of the heavens\n And of the earth,\nAnd all between them,\n And Lord of every point\n At the rising of the sun!\n6. We have indeed decked\n The lower heaven with beauty\n (In) the stars,\u2014\n7. (For beauty) and for guard\n Against all obstinate\n Rebellious evil spirits,\n8. (So) they should not strain\n Their ears in the direction\n Of the Exalted Assembly\nBut be cast away\n From every side,\n9. Repulsed, for they are\n Under a perpetual penalty,\n10. Except such as snatch away\n Something by stealth, and they\n Are pursued by a flaming\n Fire, of piercing brightness.\n11. Just ask their opinion:\n Are they the more difficult\n To create, or the (other) beings\n We have created?\n Them have We created\n Out of a sticky clay!\n12. Truly dost thou marvel,\n While they ridicule,\n13. And, when they are\n Admonished, pay no heed,\u2014\n14. And, when they see\n A Sign, turn it\n To mockery,\n15. And say, \"This is nothing\n But evident sorcery!\n16. \"What! when we die,\n And become dust and bones,\nShall we (then) be\n Raised up (again)?\n17. \"And also our fathers\n Of old?\"\n18. Say thou: \"Yea, and ye shall\n Then be humiliated\n (On account of your evil).\n19. Then it will be a single\n (Compelling) cry;\n And behold, they will\n Begin to see!\n20. They will say, \"Ah!\n Woe to us! this is\n The Day of Judgment!\"\n21. (A voice will say,)\n \"This is the Day\n Of Sorting Out, whose\n Truth ye (once) denied!\"\n22. \"Bring ye up\",\n It shall be said,\n\"The wrong-doers\n And their wives,\n And the things they worshipped\u2014\n23. \"Besides God,\n And lead them to the Way\n To the (Fierce) Fire!\n24. \"But stop them,\n For they must be asked:\n25. \"What is the matter\n With you that ye\n Help not each other?\"\n26. Nay, but that day they\n Shall submit (to judgment);\n27. And they will turn to\n One another, and question\n One another.\n28. They will say: \"It was ye\n Who used to come to us\n From the right hand\n (Of power and authority)!\"\n29. They will reply: \"Nay, ye\n Yourselves had no Faith!\n30. \"Nor had we any authority\n Over you. Nay, it was\n Ye who were a people\n In obstinate rebellion!\n31. \"So now has been proved true,\n Against us, the Word\n Of our Lord that we\n Shall indeed (have to) taste\n (The punishment of our sins).\n32. \"We led you astray: for truly\n We were ourselves astray.\"\n33. Truly, that Day, they will\n (All) share in the Penalty.\n34. Verily that is how We\n Shall deal with Sinners.\n35. For they, when they were\n Told that there is\n No god except God, would\n Puff themselves up with Pride,\n36. And say: \"What! Shall we\n Give up our gods.\n For the sake of\n A Poet possessed?\"\n37. Nay! he has come\n With the (very) Truth,\n And he confirms (the Message\n Of) the apostles (before him).\n38. Ye shall indeed taste\n Of the Grievous Penalty;\u2014\n39. But it will be no more\n Than the retribution\n Of (the Evil) that ye\n Have wrought;\u2014\n40. But the sincere (and devoted)\n Servants of God,\u2014\n41. For them is a Sustenance\n Determined,\n42. Fruits (Delights); and they\n (Shall enjoy) honour and dignity,\n43. In Gardens of Felicity,\n44. Facing each other\n On Thrones (of dignity):\n45. Round will be passed\n To them a Cup\n From a clear-flowing fountain,\n46. Crystal-white, of a taste\n Delicious to those\n Who drink (thereof),\n47. Free from headiness;\n Nor will they suffer\n Intoxication therefrom.\n48. And besides them will be\n Chaste women, restraining\n Their glances, with big eyes\n (Of wonder and beauty).\n49. As if they were\n (Delicate) eggs closely guarded.\n50. When they will turn to\n One another and question\n One another.\n51. One of them will start\n The talk and say:\n \"I had an intimate\n Companion (on the earth),\n52. \"Who used to say,\n \"What! art thou amongst those\n Who bear witness to\n The truth (of the Message)?\n53. \"When we die and become\n Dust and bones, shall we\n Indeed receive rewards\n And punishments?\"\n54. (A voice) said: \"Would ye\n Like to look down?\"\n55. He looked down\n And saw him\n In the midst of the Fire.\n56. He said: \"By God!\n Thou wast little short\n Of bringing me to perdition!\n57. \"Had it not been for\n The Grace of my Lord,\n I should certainly have been\n Among those brought (there)!\n58. \"Is it (the case) that\n We shall not die,\n59. \"Except our first death,\n And that we\n Shall not be punished?\"\n60. Verily this is\n The supreme achievement!\n61. For the like of this\n Let all strive,\n Who wish to strive.\n62. Is that the better entertainment\n Or the Tree of Zaqq\u016bm?\n63. For We have truly\n Made it (as) a trial\n For the wrong-doers.\n64. For it is a tree\n That springs out\n Of the bottom of Hell-fire:\n65. The shoots of its fruit-stalks\n Are like the heads\n Of devils:\n66. Truly they will eat thereof\n And fill their bellies therewith.\n67. Then on top of that\n They will be given\n A mixture made of\n Boiling water.\n68. Then shall their return\n Be to the (Blazing) Fire.\n69. Truly they found their fathers\n On the wrong Path;\n70. So they (too) were rushed\n Down on their footsteps!\n71. And truly before them,\n Many of the ancients\n Went astray;\u2014\n72. But We sent aforetime,\n Among them, (apostles)\n To admonish them;\u2014\n73. Then see what was\n The End of those who\n Were admonished (but heeded not),\u2014\n74. Except the sincere (and devoted)\n Servants of God.\n75. (In the days of old),\n Noah cried to Us,\n And We are the Best\n To hear prayer.\n76. And We delivered him\n And his people from\n The Great Calamity,\n77. And made his progeny\n To endure (on this earth);\n78. And We left (this blessing)\n For him among generations\n To come in later times:\n79. \"Peace and salutation to Noah\n Among the nations!\"\n80. Thus indeed do We reward\n Those who do right.\n81. For he was one\n Of Our believing Servants.\n82. Then the rest We overwhelmed\n In the Flood.\n83. Verily among those\n Who followed his Way\n Was Abraham.\n84. Behold, he approached his Lord\n With a sound heart.\n85. Behold, he said to his father\n And to his people, \"What\n Is that which ye worship?\n86. \"Is it a Falsehood\u2014\n Gods other than God\u2014\n That ye desire?\n87. \"Then what is your idea\n About the Lord of the\n Worlds?\"\n88. Then did he cast\n A glance at the Stars,\n89. And he said, \"I am\n Indeed sick (at heart)!\"\n90. So they turned away\n From him, and departed.\n91. When did he turn\n To their gods and said,\n \"Will ye not eat\n (Of the offerings before you)?\u2026\n92. \"What is the matter\n With you that ye\n Speak not (intelligently)?\"\n93. Then did he turn\n Upon them, striking (them)\n With the right hand.\n94. Then came (the worshippers)\n With hurried steps,\n And faced (him).\n95. He said: \"Worship ye\n That which ye have\n (Yourselves) carved?\n96. \"But God has created you\n And your handiwork!\"\n97. They said, \"Build him\n A furnace, and throw him\n Into the blazing fire!\"\n98. (This failing), they then\n Sought a stratagem against him,\nBut We made them the ones\n Most humiliated!\n99. He said: \"I will go\n To my Lord! He\n Will surely guide me!\n100. \"O my Lord! grant me\n A righteous (son)!\"\n101. So We gave him\n The good news\n Of a boy ready\n To suffer and forbear.\n102. Then, when (the son)\n Reached (the age of)\n (Serious) work with him,\n He said: \"O my son\n I see in vision\n That I offer thee in sacrifice:\n Now see what is\n Thy view!\" (The son) said:\n \"O my father! Do\n As thou art commanded:\nThou will find me,\n If God so wills one\n Practising Patience and Constancy!\"\n103. So when they had both\n Submitted their wills (to God),\n And he had laid him\n Prostrate on his forehead\n (For sacrifice),\n104. We called out to him,\n \"O Abraham!\n105. \"Thou hast already fulfilled\n The vision!\"\u2014thus indeed\n Do We reward\n Those who do right.\n106. For this was obviously\n A trial\u2014\n107. And We ransomed him\n With a momentous sacrifice:\n108. And We left (this blessing)\n For him among generations\n (To come) in later times:\n109. \"Peace and salutation\n To Abraham!\"\n110. Thus indeed do We reward\n Those who do right\n111. For he was one\n Of Our believing Servants.\n112. And We gave him\n The good news\n Of Isaac\u2014a prophet,\u2014\n One of the Righteous.\n113. We blessed him and Isaac:\n But of their progeny\n Are (some) that do right,\n And (some) that obviously\n Do wrong, to their own souls.\n114. Again, (of old,)\n We bestowed Our favour\nOn Moses and Aaron,\n115. And We delivered them\n And their people from\n (Their) Great Calamity;\n116. And We helped them,\n So they overcame\n (their troubles);\n117. And We gave them\n The Book which helps\n To make things clear;\n118. And We guided them\n To the Straight Way.\n119. And We left (this blessing)\n For them among generations\n (To come) in later times:\n120. \"Peace and salutation\n To Moses and Aaron!\"\n121. Thus indeed do We reward\n Those who do right.\n122. For they were two\n Of Our believing Servants.\n123. So also was Elias\n Among those sent (by Us).\n124. Behold, he said\n To his people,\n \"Will ye not fear (God)?\n125. \"Will ye call upon Baal\n And forsake the Best\n Of Creators,\u2014\n126. \"God, your Lord and Cherisher\n And the Lord and Cherisher\n Of your fathers of old?\"\n127. But they rejected him,\n And they will certainly\n Be called up (for punishment),\u2014\n128. Except the sincere and devoted\n Servants of God (among them).\n129. And We left (this blessing)\n For him among generations\n (To come) in later times:\n130. \"Peace and salutation\n To such as Elias!\"\n131. Thus indeed do We reward\n Those who do right.\n132. For he was one\n Of Our believing Servants.\n133. So also was Lot\n Among those sent (by Us).\n134. Behold, We delivered him\n And his adherents, all\n135. Except an old woman\n Who was among those\n Who lagged behind:\n136. Then We destroyed\n The rest.\n137. Verily, ye pass\n By their (sites),\n By day\u2014\n138. And by night:\n Will ye not understand?\n139. So also was Jonah\n Among those sent (by Us).\n140. When he ran away\n (Like a slave from captivity)\n To the ship (fully) laden,\n141. He (agreed to) cast lots,\n And he was condemned:\n142. Then the big Fish\n Did swallow him,\n And he had done\n Acts worthy of blame.\n143. Had it not been\n That he (repented and)\n Glorified God,\n144. He would certainly have\n Remained inside the Fish\n Till the Day of Resurrection.\n145. But We cast him forth\n On the naked shore\n In a state of sickness,\n146. And We caused to grow,\n Over him, a spreading plant\n Of the Gourd kind.\n147. And We sent him\n (On a mission)\n To a hundred thousand\n (Men) or more.\n148. And they believed;\n So We permitted them\n To enjoy (their life)\n For a while.\n149. Now ask them their opinion:\n Is it that thy Lord\n Has (only) daughters, and they\n Have sons?\u2014\n150. Or that We created\n The angels female, and they\n Are witnesses (thereto)?\n151. Is it not that they\n Say, from their own invention,\n152. \"God has begotten children\"?\n But they are liars!\n153. Did He (then) choose\n Daughters rather than sons?\n154. What is the matter\n With you? How judge ye?\n155. Will ye not then\n Receive admonition?\n156. Or have ye\n An authority manifest?\n157. Then bring ye your Book\n (Of authority) if ye be\n Truthful!\n158. And they have invented\n A blood-relationship\n Between Him and the Jinns:\n But the Jinns know\n (Quite well) that they\n Have indeed to appear\n (Before His Judgment-seat)!\n159. Glory to God! (He is free)\n From the things they ascribe\n (To Him)!\n160. Not (so do) the Servants\n Of God, sincere and devoted.\n161. For, verily, neither ye\n Nor those ye worship\u2014\n162. Can lead (any)\n Into temptation\n Concerning God,\n163. Except such as are\n (Themselves) going to\n The blazing Fire!\n164. (Those ranged in ranks say):\n \"Not one of us but has\n A place appointed;\n165. \"And we are verily\n Ranged in ranks (for service);\n166. \"And we are verily those\n Who declare (God's) glory!\"\n167. And there were those\n Who said,\n168. \"If only we had had\n Before us a Message\n From those of old,\n169. \"We should certainly have\n Been Servants of God,\n Sincere (and devoted)!\"\n170. But (now that the Qur-\u0101n\n Has come), they reject it:\n But soon will they know!\n171. Already has Our Word\n Been passed before (this)\n To Our Servants sent (by Us),\n172. That they would certainly\n Be assisted,\n173. And that Our forces,\u2014\n They surely must conquer.\n174. So turn thou away\n From them for a little while,\n175. And watch them (how\n They fare), and they soon\n Shall see (how thou farest)!\n176. Do they wish (indeed)\n To hurry on our Punishment?\n177. But when it descends\n Into the open space\n Before them, evil will be\n The morning for those who\n Were warned (and heeded not)!\n178. So turn thou away\n From them for a little while,\n179. And watch (how they fare)\n And they soon shall see\n (How thou farest)!\n180. Glory to thy Lord,\n The Lord of Honour\n And Power! (He is free)\n From what they ascribe\n (To Him)!\n181. And Peace on the apostles!\n182. And Praise to God,\n The Lord and Cherisher\n Of the Worlds.","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra XXXVII. \u1e62\u0101ff\u0101t,...","type":"page"}