Verses 99 — Makki; Revealed at Mecca —
Sections 6
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful
1. Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the Ayats
of Revelation,— of a Qur'an that makes things clear.
2. Again and again will those who
disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to Allah's will) in Islam.
3. Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good
things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse them:
soon will knowledge (undeceive them).
4. Never did We destroy a population
that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
5. Neither can a people anticipate its
term, nor delay it.
6. They say: "O thou to whom the
Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
7. "Why bringest thou not angels
to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
8. We send not the angels down except
for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would they
have!
9. We have, without doubt, sent down
the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
10. We did send apostles before thee
amongst the religious sects of old:
11. But never came an apostle to them
but they mocked him.
12. Even so do we let it creep into the
hearts of the sinners—
13. That they should not believe in the
(Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
14. Even if We opened out to them a
gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
15. They would only say: "Our eyes
have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
16. It is We Who have set out the
zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;
17. And (moreover) We have guarded them
from every evil spirit accursed:
18. But any that gains a hearing by
stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).
19. And the earth We have spread out
(like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein
all kinds of things in due balance.
20. And We have provided therein means
of subsistence,— for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not
responsible.
21. And there is not a thing but its
(sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down
thereof in due and ascertainable measures.
22. And We send the fecundating winds,
then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water
(in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.
23. And verily, it is We Who give life,
and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes
away).
24. To Us are known those of you who
hasten forward, and those who lag behind.
25. Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will
gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.
26. We created man from sounding clay,
from mud moulded into shape;
27. And the Jinn race, We had created
before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
28. Behold! thy Lord said to the
angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded
into shape;
29. "When I have fashioned him (in
due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance
unto him."
30. So the angels prostrated
themselves, all of them together:
31. Not so Iblis: he refused to be
among those who prostrated themselves.
32. (Allah) said: "O Iblis! what
is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"
33. (Iblis) said: "I am not one to
prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud
moulded into shape."
34. (Allah) said: "Then get thee
out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.
35. "And the curse shall be on
thee till the day of Judgment."
36. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give
me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
37. (Allah) said: "Respite is
granted thee
38. "Till the Day of the Time appointed."
39. (Iblis) said: "O my Lord!
because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them
on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong,—
40. "Except Thy servants among
them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
41. (Allah) said: "This (way of My
sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
42. "For over My servants no
authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and
follow thee."
43. And verily, Hell is the promised
abode for them all!
44. To it are seven gates: for each of
those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
45. The righteous (will be) amid
gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water).
46. (Their greeting will be):
"Enter ye here in peace and security."
47. And We shall remove from their
hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing
each other on thrones (of dignity).
48. There no sense of fatigue shall
touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.
49. Tell My servants that I am indeed
the Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;
50. And that My Penalty will be indeed
the most grievous Penalty.
51. Tell them about the guests of
Abraham.
52. When they entered his presence and
said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"
53. They said: "Fear not! We give
thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."
54. He said: "Do ye give me glad
tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"
55. They said: "We give thee glad
tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"
56. He said: "And who despairs of
the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"
57. Abraham said: "What then is
the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of Allah)?"
58. They said: "We have been sent
to a people (deep) in sin,
59. "Excepting the adherents of
Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),— All—
60. "Except his wife, who, We have
ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
61. At length when the messengers
arrived among the adherents of Lut,
62. He said: "Ye appear to be
uncommon folk."
63. They said: "Yea, we have come
to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
64. "We have brought to thee that
which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
65. "Then travel by night with thy
household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the
rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are
ordered."
66. And We made known this decree to
him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the
morning.
67. The inhabitants of the city came in
(mad) joy (at news of the young men).
68. Lut said: "These are my
guests: disgrace me not:
69. "But fear Allah, and shame me
not."
70. They said: "Did we not forbid
thee (to speak) for all and sundry?"
71. He said: "There are my
daughters (to marry), if ye must act (so)."
72. Verily, by thy life (O Prophet), in
their wild intoxication, they wander in distraction, to and fro.
73. But the (mighty) Blast overtook
them before morning,
74. And We turned (the cities) upside
down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay.
75. Behold! in this are Signs for those
who by tokens do understand.
76. And the (cities were) right on the
high-road.
77. Behold! in this is a sign for those
who believed.
78. And the Companions of the Wood were
also wrong-doers;
79. So We exacted retribution from
them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see.
80. The Companions of the Rocky Tract
also rejected the apostles:
81. We sent them Our Signs, but they
persisted in turning away from them.
82. Out of the mountains did they hew
(their) edifices, (feeling themselves) secure.
83. But the (mighty) Blast seized them
of a morning,
84. And of no avail to them was all
that they did (with such art and care)!
85. We created not the heavens, the
earth, and all between them, but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming
(when this will be manifest). So overlook (any human faults) with gracious
forgiveness.
86. For verily it is thy Lord who is
the Master-Creator, knowing all things.
87. And We have bestowed upon thee the
Seven Oft-repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an.
88. Strain not thine eyes. (Wistfully)
at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them, nor grieve over them: but
lower thy wing (in gentleness) to the believers.
89. And say: "I am indeed he that
warneth openly and without ambiguity,"—
90. (Of just such wrath) as We sent
down on those who divided (Scripture into arbitrary parts),—
91. (So also on such) as have made Qur'an
into shreds (as they please).
92. Therefore, by the Lord, We will, of
a surety, call them to account,
93. For all their deeds.
94. Therefore expound openly what thou
art commanded, and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah.
95. For sufficient are We unto thee
against those who scoff,—
96. Those who adopt, with Allah,
another god: but soon will they come to know.
97. We do indeed know how thy heart is
distressed at what they say.
98. But celebrate the praises of thy
Lord, and be of those who prostrate themselves in adoration.
99. And serve thy Lord until there come
unto thee the Hour that is Certain.
The Holy Qur'an
Translated by Abdullah
Yusuf Ali
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