Verses 45 — Makki; Revealed at Mecca —
Sections 5
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful
1. Praise be to Allah, Who created (out
of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with
wings,— two, or three, or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for
Allah has power over all things.
2. What Allah out of his Mercy doth
bestow on mankind there is none can withhold: what He doth withhold, there is
none can grant, apart from Him: and He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
3. O men! Call to mind the grace of
Allah unto you! is there a creator, other than Allah, to give you sustenance
from heaven or earth? There is no god but He: how then are ye deluded away from
the Truth?
4. And if they reject thee, so were
apostles rejected before thee: to Allah back for decision all affairs.
5. O men! Certainly the promise of
Allah is true. Let not then this present life deceive you, nor let the Chief
Deceiver deceive you about Allah.
6. Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so
treat him as an enemy. He only invites his adherents, that they may become
Companions of the Blazing Fire.
7. For those who reject Allah, is a
terrible Penalty: but for those who believe and work righteous deeds, is
Forgiveness, and a magnificent Reward.
8. Is he, then, to whom the evil of his
conduct is made alluring, so that he looks upon it as good, (equal to one who
is rightly guided)? For Allah leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He
wills. So let not thy soul go out in (vainly) sighing after them: for Allah
knows well all that they do!
9. It is Allah Who sends forth the
Winds, so that they raise up the Clouds, and We drive them to a land that is
dead, and revive the earth therewith after its death: even so (will be) the
Resurrection!
10. If any do seek for glory and power,—
to Allah belong all glory and power. To Him mount up (all) Words of Purity: It
is He Who exalts each Deed of Righteousness. Those that lay Plots of Evil,— for
them is a Penalty terrible; and the plotting of such will be void (of result).
11. And Allah did create you from dust;
then from a sperm-drop; then He made you in pairs. And no female conceives, or
lays down (her load), but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted
length of days, nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Decree
(ordained). All this is easy to Allah.
12. Nor are the two bodies of flowing
water alike,— the one palatable, sweet, and pleasant to drink, and the other,
salt and bitter. Yet from each (kind of water) do ye eat flesh fresh and
tender, and ye extract ornaments to wear; and thou seest the ships therein that
plough the waves, that ye may seek (thus) of the Bounty of Allah that ye may be
grateful.
13. He merges Night into Day, and he
merges Day into Night, and he has subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law):
each one runs its course for a term appointed. Such is Allah your Lord: to Him
belongs all Dominion. And those whom ye invoke besides Him have not the least
power.
14. If ye invoke them, they will not
listen to your call, and if they were to listen, they cannot answer your
(prayer). On the Day of Judgment they will reject your "Partnership".
and none, (O man!) can tell thee (the Truth) like the One Who is acquainted
with all things.
15. O ye men! It is ye that have need
of Allah. but Allah is the One Free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
16. If He so pleased, He could blot you
out and bring in a New Creation.
17. Nor is that (at all) difficult for
Allah.
18. Nor can a bearer of burdens bear
another's burdens if one heavily laden should call another to (bear) his load.
Not the least portion of it can be carried (by the other). Even though he be
nearly related. Thou canst but admonish such as fear their Lord unseen and
establish regular Prayer. And whoever purifies himself does so for the benefit
of his own soul; and the destination (of all) is to Allah.
19. The blind and the seeing are not
alike;
20. Nor are the depths of Darkness and
the Light;
21. Nor are the (chilly) shade and the
(genial) heat of the sun:
22. Nor are alike those that are living
and those that are dead. Allah can make any that He wills to hear; but thou
canst not make those to hear who are (buried) in graves.
23. Thou art no other than a warner.
24. Verily We have sent thee in truth,
as a bearer of glad tidings, and as a warner: and there never was a people,
without a warner having lived among them (in the past).
25. And if they reject thee, so did
their predecessors, to whom came their apostles with Clear Signs, Books of dark
prophecies, and the Book of Enlightenment.
26. In the end did I punish those who
rejected Faith: and how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
27. Seest thou not that Allah sends
down rain from the sky? With it We then bring out produce of various colours.
And in the mountains are tracts white and red, of various shades of colour, and
black intense in hue.
28. And so amongst men and crawling
creatures and cattle, are they of various colours. Those truly fear Allah,
among His Servants, who have knowledge: for Allah is Exalted in Might,
Oft-Forgiving.
29. Those who rehearse the Book of
Allah, establish regular Prayer, and spend (in Charity) out of what We have
provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a commerce that will never
fail:
30. For He will pay them their meed,
nay, He will give them (even) more out of His Bounty: for He is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Ready to appreciate (service).
31. That which We have revealed to thee
of the Book is the Truth,— confirming what was (revealed) before it: for Allah
is assuredly— with respect to His Servants— well acquainted and Fully
Observant.
32. Then We have given the Book for
inheritance to such of Our Servants as We have chosen: but there are among them
some who wrong their own souls; some who follow a middle course; and some who
are, by Allah.s leave, foremost in good deeds; that is the highest Grace.
33. Gardens of Eternity will they
enter: therein will they be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls; and
their garments there will be of silk.
34. And they will say: "Praise be
to Allah, Who has removed from us (all) sorrow: for our Lord is indeed
Oft-Forgiving Ready to appreciate (service):
35. "Who has, out of His Bounty,
settled us in a Home that will last: no toil nor sense of weariness shall touch
us therein."
36. But those who reject (Allah)— for
them will be the Fire of Hell: No term shall be determined for them, so they
should die, nor shall its Penalty be lightened for them. Thus do We reward
every ungrateful one!
37. Therein will they cry aloud (for
assistance): "Our Lord! Bring us out: we shall work righteousness, not the
(deeds) we used to do!"— "Did We not give you long enough life so
that he that would should receive admonition? and (moreover) the warner came to
you. So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds): for the wrong-doers there is no
helper."
38. Verily Allah knows (all) the hidden
things of the heavens and the earth: verily He has full knowledge of all that
is in (men's) hearts.
39. He it is That has made you
inheritors in the earth: if, then, any do reject (Allah), their rejection
(works) against themselves: their rejection but adds to the odium for the
Unbelievers in the sight of their Lord: their rejection but adds to (their own)
undoing.
40. Say: "Have ye seen (these)
'Partners' of yours whom ye call upon besides Allah. Show Me what it is they
have created in the (wide) earth. Or have they a share in the heavens? Or have
We given them a Book from which they (can derive) clear (evidence)?— Nay, the
wrong-doers promise each other nothing but delusions.
41. It is Allah Who sustains the
heavens and the earth, lest they cease (to function): and if they should fail,
there is none— not one— can sustain them thereafter: Verily He is Most
Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.
42. They swore their strongest oaths by
Allah that if a warner came to them, they would follow his guidance better than
any (other) of the Peoples: But when a warner came to them, it has only
increased their flight (from righteousness),—
43. On account of their arrogance in
the land and their plotting of Evil, but the plotting of Evil will hem in only
the authors thereof. Now are they but looking for the way the ancients were
dealt with? But no change wilt thou find in Allah.s way (of dealing): no
turning off wilt thou find in Allah.s way (of dealing).
44. Do they not travel through the
earth, and see what was the End of those before them,— though they were
superior to them in strength? Nor is Allah to be frustrated by anything
whatever in the heavens or on earth: for He is All-Knowing. All-Powerful.
45. If Allah were to punish men
according to what they deserve. He would not leave on the back of the (earth) a
single living creature: but He gives them respite for a stated Term: when their
Term expires, verily Allah has in His sight all His Servants.
The Holy Qur'an
Translated by Abdullah
Yusuf Ali
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