The Quran: Sūra XXXIX.: Zumar, or the Crowds.: Section 6 (53-63)
The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]
53. Qul ya AAibadiya allatheena asrafoo AAala anfusihim la taqnatoo min rahmati Allahi inna Allaha yaghfiru alththunooba jameeAAan innahu huwa alghafooru alrraheemu
53. Say: "O my Servants who
Have transgressed against their souls
Despair not of the Mercy
Of God: for God forgives
All sins: for He is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
54. Waaneeboo ila rabbikum waaslimoo lahu min qabli an ya/tiyakumu alAAathabu thumma la tunsaroona
54. "Turn ye to your Lord
(In repentance) and bow
To His (Will), before
The Penalty comes on you:
After that ye shall not
Be helped.
55. WaittabiAAoo ahsana ma onzila ilaykum min rabbikum min qabli an ya/tiyakumu alAAathabu baghtatan waantum la tashAAuroona
55. "And follow the Best
Of (the courses) revealed
To you from your Lord,
Before the Penalty comes
On you—of a sudden,
While ye perceive not!—
56. An taqoola nafsun ya hasrata AAala ma farrattu fee janbi Allahi wa-in kuntu lamina alssakhireena
56. "Lest the soul should (then)
Say: "Ah! woe is me!—
In that I neglected
(My Duty) towards God,
And was but among those
Who mocked!"—
57. Aw taqoola law anna Allaha hadanee lakuntu mina almuttaqeena
57. "Or (lest) it should say:
"If only God had guided
Me, I should certainly
Have been among the righteous!"—
58. Aw taqoola heena tara alAAathaba law anna lee karratan faakoona mina almuhsineena
58. "Or (lest) it should say
When it (actually) sees
The Penalty, "If only
I had another chance,
I should certainly be
Among those who do good!"
59. Bala qad jaatka ayatee fakaththabta biha waistakbarta wakunta mina alkafireena
59. "(The reply will be:) "Nay,
But there came to thee
My Signs, and thou didst
Reject them: thou vast
Haughty, and became one
Of those who reject Faith!
60. Wayawma alqiyamati tara allatheena kathaboo AAala Allahi wujoohuhum muswaddatun alaysa fee jahannama mathwan lilmutakabbireena
60. (On the Day of Judgment
Wilt thou see those
Who told lies against God;—
Their faces will be turned
Black; is there not
In Hell an abode
For the Haughty?
61. Wayunajjee Allahu allatheena ittaqaw bimafazatihim la yamassuhumu alssoo-o wala hum yahzanoona
61. But God will deliver
The righteous to their place
Of salvation: no evil
Shall touch them,
Nor shall they grieve.
62. Allahu khaliqu kulli shay-in wahuwa AAala kulli shay-in wakeelun
62. God is the Creator
Of all things, and He
Is the Guardian and Disposer
Of all affairs.
63. Lahu maqaleedu alssamawati waal-ardi waallatheena kafaroo bi-ayati Allahi ola-ika humu alkhasiroona
63. To Him belong the keys
Of the heavens
And the earth:
And those who reject
The Signs of God,—
It is they who will
Be in loss.