{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq038.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq038.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq038.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. \u1e62\u0101d:\nBy the Qur-\u0101n,\n Full of Admonition:\n (This is the Truth).\n2. But the Unbelievers\n (Are steeped) in Self-glory\n And Separatism.\n3. How many generations\n Before them did We destroy?\n In the end they cried\n (For mercy)\u2014when\n There was no longer time\n For being saved!\n4. So they wonder\n That a Warner has come\nTo them from among themselves!\n And the Unbelievers say,\n \"This is a sorcerer\n Telling lies!\n5. \"Has he made the gods\n (All) into one God?\n Truly this is\n A wonderful thing!\"\n6. And the leaders among them\n Go away (impatiently), (saying),\n \"Walk ye away, and remain\n Constant to your gods!\n For this is truly\n A thing designed (against you)!\n7. \"We never heard (the like)\n Of this among the people\n Of these latter days:\n This is nothing but\n A made-up tale!\"\n8. \"What! Has the Message\n Been sent to him\u2014\n(Of all persons) among us?\"\u2026\n But they are in doubt\n Concerning My (own) Message!\n Nay, they have not yet\n Tasted My Punishment!\n9. Or have they the Treasures\n Of the Mercy of thy Lord,\u2014\n The Exalted in Power,\n The Grantor of Bounties\n Without measure?\n10. Or have they the dominion\n Of the heavens and the earth\n And all between? If so,\n Let them mount up\n With the ropes and means\n (To reach that end)!\n11. But there\u2014will be\n Put to flight even a host\n Of confederates.\n12. Before them (were many\n Who) rejected apostles,\u2014\n The People of Noah,\n And \u2018\u0100d, and Pharaoh\n The Lord of Stakes,\n13. And Tham\u016bd, and the People\n Of L\u016b\u1e6d, and the Companions\n Of the Wood;\u2014such were\n The Confederates.\n14. Not one (of them) but\n Rejected the apostles,\n But My Punishment\n Came justly and inevitably\n (On them).\n15. These (to-day) only wait\n For a single mighty Blast,\n Which (when it comes)\n Will brook no delay.\n16. They say: \"Our Lord!\n Hasten to us our sentence\n (Even) before the Day\n Of Account!\"\n17. Have patience at what they\n Say, and remember Our Servant\n David, the man of strength:\n For he ever turned (to God).\n18. It was We that made\n The hills declare,\n In unison with him,\n Our Praises, at eventide\n And at break of day,\n19. And the birds gathered\n (In assemblies): all with him\n Did turn (to God).\n20. We strengthened his kingdom,\n And gave him wisdom\n And sound judgment\n In speech and decision.\n21. Has the Story of\n The Disputants reached thee?\n Behold, they climbed over\n The wall of the private chamber;\n22. When they entered\n The presence of David,\n And he was terrified\n Of them, they said:\n \"Fear not: we are two\n Disputants, one of whom\n Has wronged the other:\n Decide now between us\n With truth, and treat us not\n With unjustice, but guide us\n To the even Path.\n23. \"This man is my brother:\n He has nine and ninety\n Ewes, and I have (but) one:\n Yet he says, \"Commit her\n To my care,\" and is (moreover)\n Harsh to me in speech.\"\n24. (David) said: \"He has\n Undoubtedly wronged thee\n In demanding thy (single) ewe\n To be added to his (flock\n Of) ewes: truly many\n Are the Partners (in business)\n Who wrong each other:\n Not so do those who believe\n And work deeds of righteousness,\n And how few are they?\"\u2026\n And David gathered that we\n Had tried him: he asked\n Forgiveness of his Lord,\n Fell down, bowing\n (In prostration), and turned\n (To God in repentance).\n25. So We forgave him\n This (lapse): he enjoyed,\n Indeed, a Near Approach to Us,\n And a beautiful Place\n Of (final) Return.\n26, O David! We did indeed\n Make thee a vicegerent\n On earth: so judge thou\n Between men in truth (and justice):\n Nor follow thou the lusts\n (Of thy heart), for they will\n Mislead thee from the Path\n Of God: for those who\n Wander astray from the Path\n Of God, is a Penalty Grievous,\n For that they forget\n The Day of Account.\n27. Not without purpose did We\n Create heaven and earth\n And all between! That\n Were the thought of Unbelievers!\n But woe to the Unbelievers\n Because of the Fire (of Hell)!\n28. Shall We treat those\n Who believe and work deeds\n Of righteousness, the same\n As those who do mischief\n On earth? Shall We treat\n Those who guard against evil,\n The same as those who\n Turn aside from the right?\n29. (Here is) a Book which\n We have sent down\n Unto thee, full of blessings,\n That they may meditate\n On its Signs, and that\n Men of understanding may\n Receive admonition.\n30. To David We gave\n Solomon (for a son),\u2014\n How excellent in Our service!\n Ever did he turn (to Us)!\n31. Behold, there were brought\n Before him, at eventide,\n Coursers of the highest breeding,\n And swift of foot;\n32. And he said, \"Truly\n Do I love the love\n Of Good, with a view\n To the glory of my Lord,\"\u2014\n Until (the sun) was hidden\n In the veil (of Night):\n33. \"Bring them back to me.\"\n Then began he to pass\n His hand over (their) legs\n And their necks.\n34. And We did try\n Solomon: We placed\n On his throne a body\n (Without life): but he did turn\n (To Us in true devotion):\n35. He said, \"O my Lord!\n Forgive me, and grant me\nA Kingdom which,\n (It may be), suits not\n Another after me:\n For Thou art the Grantor\n Of Bounties (without measure).\n36. Then We subjected the Wind\n To his power, to flow\n Gently to his order,\n Whithersoever he willed,\u2014\n37. As also the evil ones,\n (Including) every kind\n Of builder and diver,\u2014\n38. As also others bound\n Together in fetters.\n39. \"Such are Our Bounties:\n Whether thou bestow them\n (On others) or withhold them,\n No account will be asked.\"\n40. And he enjoyed, indeed,\n A Near Approach to Us,\n And a beautiful Place\n Of (final) Return.\n41. Commemorate Our Servant Job.\nBehold he cried to his Lord:\n \"The Evil One has afflicted\n Me with distress and suffering!\"\n42. (The command was given:)\n \"Strike with thy foot:\n Here is (water) wherein\n To wash, coal and refreshing,\n And (water) to drink.\"\n43. And We gave him (back)\n His people, and doubled\n Their number,\u2014as a Grace\n From Ourselves, and a thing\n For commemoration, for all\n Who have Understanding.\n44. \"And take in thy hand\n A little grass, and strike\n Therewith: and break not\n (Thy oath).\" Truly We found\n Him full of patience and constancy.\n How excellent in Our service!\n Ever did he turn (to Us)!\n45. And commemorate Our Servants\n Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,\n Possessors of Power and Vision.\n46. Verily We did choose them\n For a special (purpose)\u2014\n Proclaiming the Message\n Of the Hereafter.\n47. They were, in Our sight,\n Truly, of the company\n Of the Elect and the Good.\n48. And commemorate Ism\u0101\u2018\u012bl,\n Elisha, and \u1e92ul-Kifl:\n Each of them was\n Of the company of the Good.\n49. This is a Message\n (Of admonition): and verily,\n For the Righteous,\n Is a beautiful place\n Of (final) Return,\u2014\n50. Gardens of Eternity,\n Whose doors will (ever)\n Be open to them;\n51. Therein will they\n Recline (at ease);\n Therein can they\n Call (at pleasure)\n For fruit in abundance,\n And (delicious) drink;\n52. And beside them will be\n Chaste women restraining\n Their glances, (companions)\n Of equal age.\n53. Such is the Promise\n Made to you\n For the Day of Account!\n54. Truly such will be\n Our Bounty (to you);\n It will never fail;\u2014\n55. ''Yea, such! But\n For the wrong-doers\n Will be an evil place\n Of (final) Return!\u2014\n56. Hell!\u2014they will burn\n Therein,\u2014an evil bed\n (Indeed, to lie on)!\u2014\n57. Yea, such!\u2014Then\n Shall they taste it,\n A boiling fluid, and a fluid\n Dark, murky, intensely cold!\u2014\n58. And other Penalties\n Of a similar kind,\n To match them!\n59. Here is a troop\n Rushing headlong with you!\n No welcome for them!\n Truly, they shall burn\n In the Fire!\n60. (The followers shall cry\n To the misleaders:)\n \"Nay, ye (too)! No welcome\n For you! It is ye who\n Have brought this upon us!\n Now evil is (this) place\n To stay in!\"\n61. They will say: \"Our Lord!\n Whoever brought this upon us,\u2014\n Add to him a double\n Penalty in the Fire!\"\n62. And they will say:\n \"What has happened to us\n That we see not men\n Whom we used to number\n Among the bad ones?\n63. \"Did we treat them\n (As such) in ridicule,\n Or have (our) eyes\n Failed to perceive them?\"\n64. Truly that is just and fitting,\u2014\n The mutual recriminations\n Of the People of the Fire!\n65. Say: \"Truly am I\n A Warner: no god\n Is there but the One\n God, Supreme and Irresistible,\u2014\n66. \"The Lord of the heavens\n And the earth, and all\n Between,\u2014Exalted in Might,\n Able to enforce His Will,\n Forgiving again and again.\"\n67. Say: \"That is a Message\n Supreme (above all),\u2014\n68. \"From which ye\n Do turn away!\n69. \"No knowledge have I\n Of the Chiefs on high,\n When they discuss\n (Matters) among themselves.\n70. \"Only this has been revealed\n To me: that I am\n To give warning\n Plainly and publicly.\"\n71. Behold, thy Lord said\n To the angels: \"I am\n About to create man\n From clay:\n72. \"When I have fashioned him\n (In due proportion) and breathed\n Into him of My spirit,\n Fall ye down in obeisance\n Unto him.\"\n73. So the angels prostrated themselves,\n All of them together:\n74. Not so Ibl\u012bs: he\n Was haughty, and became\n One of those who reject Faith.\n75. (God) said: \"O Ibl\u012bs!\n What prevents thee from\n Prostrating thyself to one\n Whom I have created\n With My hands?\n Art thou haughty?\nOr art thou one\n Of the high (and mighty) ones?\"\n76. (Ibl\u012bs) said: \"I am better\n Than he: Thou createdst\n Me from fire, and him\n Thou createdst from clay.\"\n77. (God) said: \"Then get thee\n Out from here: for thou\n Art rejected, accursed.\n78. \"And My Curse shall be\n On thee till the Day\n Of Judgment.\"\n79. (Ibl\u012bs) said: \"O my Lord!\n Give me then respite\n Till the Day\n The (dead) are raised.\"\n80. (God) said: \"Respite then\n Is granted thee\u2014\n81. \"Till the Day\n Of the Time Appointed.\"\n82. (Ibl\u012bs) said: \"Then,\n By Thy Power, I will\n Put them all in the wrong,\u2014\n83. \"Except Thy Servants\n Amongst them, sincere\n And purified (by Thy grace).\"\n84. (God) said: \"Then\n It is just and fitting\u2014\n And I say what is\n Just and fitting\u2014\n85. \"That I will certainly fill\n Hell with thee\n And those that follow thee,\u2014\n Every one.\"\n86. Say: \"No reward do I ask\n Of you for this (Qur-\u0101n),\n Nor am I a pretender.\n87. \"This is no less than\n A Message to (all)\n The Worlds.\n88. \"And ye shall certainly\n Know the truth of it (all)\n After a while.\"","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra XXXVIII. \u1e62\u0101d (being ...","type":"page"}