{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq043.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq043.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq043.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. Ha-M\u012bm\n2. By the Book that\n Makes things clear,\u2014\n3. We have made it\n A Qur-\u0101n in: Arabic,\n That ye may be able\n To understand (and learn wisdom).\n4. And verily, it is\n In the Mother of the Book,\n In Our Presence, high\n (In dignity), full of wisdom.\n5. Shall We then\n Take away the Message\n From you and repel (you),\n For that ye are a people\n Transgressing beyond bounds?\n6. But how many were\n The prophets We sent\n Amongst the peoples of old?\n7. And never came there\n A prophet to them\n But they mocked him.\n8. So We destroyed (them)\u2014\n Stronger in power than these;\u2014\n And (thus) has passed on\n The Parable of the peoples\n Of old.\n9. If thou wert\n To question them, \"Who created\n The heavens and the earth?''\n They would be sure to reply,\n \"They were created by (Him),\n The Exalted in Power,\n Full of Knowledge\";\u2014\n10. (Yea, the same that)\n Has made for you\n The earth (like a carpet)\n Spread out, and has made\n For you roads (and channels)\n Therein, in order that ye\n May find guidance (on the way);\n11. That sends down\n (From time to time)\nRain from the sky\n In due measure;\u2014\n And We raise to life\n Therewith a land that is\n Dead; even so will ye\n Be raised (from the dead);\u2014\n12. That has created pairs\n In all things, and has made\n For you ships and cattle\n On which ye ride,\n13. In order that ye may\n Sit firm and square\n On their backs, and when\n So seated, ye may\n Celebrate the (kind) favour\n Of your Lord, and say,\n \"Glory to Him Who\n Has subjected these\n To our (use), for we\n Could never have accomplished\n This (by ourselves),\n14. \"And to our Lord, surely,\n Must we turn back!\"\n15. Yet they attribute\n To some of His servants\n A share with Him\n (In His godhead)!\n Truly is man a blasphemous\n Ingrate avowed!\n16. What! Has He taken\n Daughters out of what He\n Himself creates, and granted\n To you sons for choice?\n17. When news is brought\n To one of them of (the birth\n Of) what he sets up\n As a likeness to (God)\n Most Gracious, his face\n Darkens, and he is filled\n With inward grief!\n18. Is then one brought up\n Among trinkets, and unable\n To give a clear account\n In a dispute (to be\n Associated with God)?\n19. And they make into females\n Angels who themselves serve\nGod. Did they witness\n Their creation? Their evidence\n Will be recorded, and they\n Will be called to account!\n20. (\"Ah!\") they say, \"If\n It had been the Will\n Of (God) Most Gracious,\n We should not have\n Worshipped such (deities)!\"\n Of that they have\n No knowledge! They\n Do nothing but lie!\n21. What! have We given them\n A Book before this,\n To which they are\n Holding fast?\n22. Nay! they say: \"We found\n Our fathers following\n A certain religion,\n And we do guide ourselves\n By their footsteps.\"\n23. Just in the same way,\n Whenever We sent a Warner\n Before thee to any people,\n The wealthy ones among them\n Said: \"We found our fathers\n Following a certain religion,\n And we will certainly\n Follow in their footsteps.\"\n24. He said: \"What!\n Even if I brought you\n Better guidance than that\n Which ye found\n Your fathers following?\"\n They said: \"For us,\n We deny that ye (prophets)\n Are sent (on a mission\n At all).\"\n25. So We exacted retribution\n From them: now see\n What was the end\n Of those who rejected (Truth)!\n26. Behold! Abraham said\n To his father and his people:\n \"I do indeed clear myself\n Of what ye worship:\n27. \"(I worship) only Him\n Who made me, and He\n Will certainly guide me.\"\n28. And he left it\n As a Word\n To endure among those\n Who came after him,\n That they may turn back\n (To God).\n29. Yea, I have given\n The good things of this life\n To these (men) and\n Their fathers, until the Truth\n Has come to them,\n And an Apostle\n Making things clear.\n30. But when the Truth came\n To them, they said:\n \"This is sorcery, and we\n Do reject it.\"\n31. Also, they say: \"Why\n Is not this Qur-\u0101n sent\n Down to some leading man\n In either of the two\n (Chief) cities?\"\n32. Is it they who would portion out\n The Mercy of thy Lord?\n It is We Who portion out\n Between them their livelihood\nIn the life of this world:\n And We raise some of them\n Above others in ranks,\n So that some may command\n Work from others.\n But the Mercy of thy Lord\n Is better than the (wealth)\n Which they amass.\n33. And were it not that\n (All) men might become\n Of one (evil) way of life,\n We would provide,\n For everyone that blasphemes\n Against (God) Most Gracious,\n Silver roofs for their houses,\n And (silver) stair-ways\n On which to go up,\n34. And (silver) doors\n To their houses, and thrones\n (Of silver) on which\n They could recline,\n35. And also adornments\n Of gold. But all this\n Were nothing but conveniences\n Of the present life:\n The Hereafter, in the sight\n Of thy Lord, is\n For the Righteous.\n36. If anyone withdraws himself\n From remembrance\nOf (God) Most Gracious,\n We appoint for him\n An evil one, to be\n An intimate companion to him.\n37. Such (evil ones) really\n Hinder them from the Path,\n But they think that they\n Are being guided aright!\n38. At length, when (such a one)\n Comes to Us, he says\n (To his evil companion):\n \"Would that between me\n And thee were the distance\n Of East and West!\" Ah!\n Evil is the companion (indeed)!\n39. When ye have done wrong,\n It will avail you nothing,\n That day, that ye shall be\n Partners in punishment!\n40. Canst thou then make\n The deaf to hear, or give\n Direction to the blind\n Or to such as (wander)\n In manifest error?\n41. Even if We take thee\n Away, We shall be sure\n To exact retribution from them,\n42. Or We shall show thee\n That (accomplished) which We\n Have promised them:\n For verily We shall\n Prevail over them.\n43. So hold thou fast\n To the Revelation sent down\n To thee: verily thou\n Art on a Straight Way.\n44. The (Qur-\u0101n) is indeed\n The Message, for thee\n And for thy people;\n And soon shall ye\n (All) be brought to account.\n45. And question thou our apostles\n Whom We sent before thee;\n Did We appoint any deities\n Other than (God) Most Gracious,\n To be worshipped?\n46. We did send Moses\n Aforetime, with Our Signs,\nTo Pharaoh and his Chiefs:\n He said, \"I am an apostle\n Of the Lord of the Worlds.\"\n47. But when he came to them\n With Our Signs, behold,\n They ridiculed them.\n48. We showed them Sign\n After Sign, each greater\n Than, its fellow, and We\n Seized them with Punishment,\n In order that they\n Might turn (to Us).\n49. And they said, \"O thou\n Sorcerer! Invoke thy Lord\n For us according to\n His covenant with thee;\n For we shall truly\n Accept guidance.\"\n50. But when We removed\n The Penalty from them,\n Behold, they broke their word.\n51. And Pharaoh proclaimed\n Among his people, saying:\n \"O my people! Does not\n The dominion of Egypt\n Belong to me, (witness)\n These streams flowing\n Underneath my (palace)? What!\n See ye not then?\n52. \"Am I not better\n Than this (Moses), who\n Is a contemptible wretch\n And can scarcely\n Express himself clearly?\n53. \"Then why are not\n Gold bracelets bestowed\n On him, or (why)\n Come (not) with him\n Angels accompanying him\n In procession?\"\n54. Thus did he make\n Fools of his people,\n And they obeyed him:\n Truly were they a people\n Rebellious (against God).\n55. When at length they\n Provoked Us, We exacted\n Retribution from them, and\n We drowned them all.\n56. And We made them\n (A people) of the Past\n And an Example\n To later ages.\n57. When (Jesus) the son\n Of Mary is held up\n As an example, behold,\n Thy people raise a clamour\n Thereat (in ridicule)!\n58. And they say, \"Are\n Our gods best, or he?\"\n This they set forth\n To thee, only by way\n Of disputation: yea, they\n Are a contentious people.\n59. He was no more than\n A servant: We granted\n Our favour to him,\n And We made him\n An example to the Children\n Of Israel.\n60. And if it were Our Will,\n We could make angels\n From amongst you, succeeding\n Each other on the earth.\n61. And (Jesus) shall be\n A Sign (for the coming\n Of) the Hour (of Judgment):\n Therefore have no doubt\n About the (Hour), but\n Follow ye Me: this\n Is a Straight Way.\n62. Let not the Evil One\n Hinder you: for he is\n To you an enemy avowed.\n63. When Jesus came\n With Clear Signs, he said:\n \"Now have I come\n To you with Wisdom,\n And in order to make\n Clear to you some\n Of the (points) on which\n Ye dispute: therefore fear God\n And obey me.\n64. \"For God, He is my Lord\n And your Lord: so worship\n Ye Him: this is\n A Straight Way.\"\n65. But sects from among\n Themselves fell into disagreement:\n Then woe to the wrong-doers,\n From the Penalty\n Of a Grievous Day!\n66. Do they only wait\n For the Hour\u2014that it\n Should come on them\n All of a sudden,\n While they perceive not?\n67. Friends on that Day\n Will be foes, one\n To another,\u2014except\n The Righteous.\n68. My devotees\n No fear shall be\n On you that Day,\n Nor shall ye grieve,\u2014\n69. (Being) those who have believed\n In Our Signs and bowed\n (Their wills to Ours) in Islam.\n70. Enter ye the Garden,\n Ye and your wives,\n In (beauty and) rejoicing.\n71. To them will be passed\n Round, dishes and goblets\n Of gold: there will be\n There all that the souls\n Could desire, all that\n The eyes could delight in:\n And ye shall abide\n Therein (for aye).\n72. Such will be the Garden\n Of which ye are made\n Heirs for your (good) deeds\n (In life).\n73. Ye shall have therein\n Abundance of fruit, from which\n Ye shall have satisfaction.\n74. The Sinners will be\n In the Punishment of Hell,\n To dwell therein (for aye):\n75. Nowise will the (punishment)\n Be lightened for them,\n And in despair will they\n Be there overwhelmed.\n76. Nowise shall We\n Be unjust to them:\nBut it is they who\n Have been unjust themselves.\n77. They will cry: \"O M\u0101lik!\n Would that thy Lord\n Put an end to us!\"\n He will say, \"Nay, but\n Ye shall abide!\"\n78. Verily We have brought\n The Truth to you:\n But most of you\n Have a hatred for Truth.\n79. What! Have they settled\n Some Plan (among themselves)?\n But it is We Who\n Settle things.\n80. Or do they think\n That We hear not\n Their secrets and their\n Private counsels? Indeed\n (We do), and Our Messengers\n Are by them, to record.\n81. Say: If (God) Most Gracious\n Had a son, I would\n Be the first to worship.\"\n82. Glory to the Lord\n Of the heavens and the earth,\nThe Lord of the Throne\n (Of Authority)! (He is\n Free) from the things\n They attribute (to Him)!\n83. So leave them to babble\n And play (with vanities)\n Until they meet that Day,\n Of theirs, which they\n Have been promised.\n84. It is He Who is God\n In heaven and God on earth;\n And He is Full\n Of Wisdom and Knowledge.\n85. And blessed is He\n To Whom belongs the dominion\n Of the heavens and the earth,\n And all between them:\n With Him is the knowledge\n Of the Hour (of Judgment):\n And to Him shall ye\n Be brought back.\n86. And those whom they invoke\n Besides God have no power\n Of intercession;\u2014only he\n Who bears witness to the Truth,\n And they know (him).\n87. If thou ask them, Who\n Created them, they will\n Certainly say, God: how\n Then are they deluded\n Away (from the Truth)?\n88. (God has knowledge)\n Of the (Prophet's) cry,\n \"O my Lord! Truly\n These are a people\n Who will not believe!\"\n89. But turn away from them,\n And say \"Peace!\"\n But soon shall they know!","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra XLIII.: Zukhruf, or Gold...","type":"page"}