O people, reverence your Lord. The quaking of the Hour is an awesome thing.
On the Day you will see it, every suckling woman will discard what she suckled, and every pregnant woman will miscarry what she carried. You will see people looking intoxicated when they are not intoxicated, but God's punishment is severe.
Among the people is he who argues about God without knowledge and follows every rebellious devil.
It has been decreed for him that he will misguide the one who allies himself with him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.
O people, if you are in doubt about the resurrection, We created you from dust, then from a tiny drop, then from an aalaqah, then from a mudghah, formed and unformed, and so We may clarify things for you. We settle in the wombs what We will for a specified term. Then We bring you out as infants, after which you reach your maturity. Among you is one who is taken back while another among you will be consigned to the least dignified age, whereupon he will know nothing after having had knowledge. You see the earth lifeless, but when We bring the water down on it, it quivers, thrives and grows of every lovely pair.
That is because God is the Truth, and because He brings the dead to life, and because He is Capable of all things,
and because the Hour is coming, there is no doubt about it, and because God will resurrect those who are in the graves.
Among the people is he who argues about God without knowledge, without guidance, and without an enlightening Book,
turning away arrogantly to misguide from the path of God. He will have disgrace in the world, and on the Day of Resurrection, We will make him taste the punishment of the Fire.
"That is for what your hands have put forth for God is not unjust towards the servants."
Among the people, there is the one who worships God on an edge. If some good comes to him, he is content with it, but if some test befalls him, he makes a detour. He thus loses the world and the Hereafter; such is the clear loss.
He calls upon, besides God, what cannot harm him nor benefit him. Such is the extreme misguidance.
He calls upon one whose harm is closer to hand than his benefit. What a miserable master! What a miserable associate!
God will admit those who believe and do good deeds into Gardens beneath which rivers flow. God does whatever He wills.
Whoever thinks that God will not support him in this world and in the Hereafter, let him extend a path to the sky, then sever all else. Then let him see if his action removes what aggravates him.
And thus, We have brought it down in the form of clear revelations, and God guides whomever He wills.
Indeed, those who believe, those who are Jewish, the Sabians, the Christians, the Zoroastrians, as well as those who committed shirk; God will distinguish between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, God is Witness over all things.
Do you not see that to God prostrate all who are in the heavens and who are in the earth, as well as the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the creatures and many among the people? Many others have rightly deserved the punishment. Whomever God humiliates will have none to honour him. God does whatever He wills.
Here are two disputants who disputed concerning their Lord. For those who disbelieved, they shall have clothes of fire cut out for them. A boiling liquid will be poured over their heads
which will melt what is in their bellies, as well as the skins.
They shall have iron restraints.
Every time they want to come out of it, because of the suffering, they are returned to it: "Taste the punishment of the Fire."
God will admit those who believe and do good deeds into Gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments therein will be of silk.
They were guided to speak righteously, and they were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.
Those who have disbelieved and repel from the path of God and the Masjid Al-Haram which We designated for the people, whether it be the one who retreats there for worship or the one who visits from abroad. And whoever seeks blasphemy and transgression therein, We will make him taste a painful punishment.
We assigned for Abraham the location of the House: "Do not associate anything with Me, and purify My House for those who visit and those who dwell there, and for those who bow and prostrate.
And proclaim the Hajj to the people. They will come to you on foot and on every lean animal; they will come from every deep ravine
to witness benefits for them and to commemorate God's name during the known days for providing them with the livestock animals. So eat from it and feed the miserable, the poor.
Then they shall end their state of unkemptness, fulfil their vows and visit the Ancient House."
That and whoever honours the prohibitions set by God, it is indeed better for him in the sight of his Lord. The livestock has been made lawful for you, except for what is recited to you. So stay away from the abomination of idols, and stay away from uttering lies.
Be monotheist for God, associating none with Him. Whoever associates others with God will be as though he has fallen down from the sky, then to be snatched up by the birds or to be blown away by the wind to a remote place.
That and whoever honours the rites decreed by God then that is truly due to the reverence of the hearts.
In them are benefits for you for a specified time, then their destination is the Ancient House.
For every nation, We have appointed a worship ritual whereby they commemorate the name of God over what He has provided for them of the livestock animals. Your god is One God, so to Him you shall submit. Give good news to the humble,
who, when God is mentioned, their hearts tremble, and those who are patient in the face of what has afflicted them, and those who observe the Salat, and from what We have provided for them, they give.
We have decreed the animal offerings for you among the rites of God. In them are benefits for you. So mention God's name on them while they are lined up, then once they collapse on their sides, eat from it and feed the poor and the needy. Thus did We subject them to you, so hopefully you may give thanks.
Neither their meat nor their blood reaches God, but it is your reverence that reaches Him. Thus did He subject them to you so that you may magnify God for guiding you. And give good news to the good-doers.
God defends those who believe. Indeed, God dislikes every ungrateful betrayer.
Permission has been granted to those who are being attacked since they have been treated unjustly. Indeed, God is Capable of granting them victory.
They are the ones who have been evicted from their homes unjustly and for no reason other than saying, "Our Lord is God." If it were not that God repels people by means of one another, monasteries, churches, synagogues and masjids, where the name of God is frequently mentioned, would have been destroyed. Absolutely, God will support those who support Him. Indeed, God is Powerful, Dignified.
They are the ones who, if We establish in the land, would observe the Salat and give the Zakat, as well as advocate righteousness and forbid evil, and to God belongs the outcome of all matters.
If they deny you, the people of Noah, Aad and Thamoud have also denied before them,
so did the people of Abraham and the people of Lot,
and the companions of Madyan, and Moses was also denied. So I granted the disbelievers some respite, then I seized them; how then was My disapproval!
How many a village We have annihilated while it was transgressing! And so it lay in ruins, with an abandoned well and a lofty palace!
Have they not travelled in the land and had hearts to reason with and ears to hear with? Indeed, it is not the sight that becomes blind, but it is the hearts in the chests.
They ask you to hasten the punishment! God will not break His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of your count.
How many a village I have granted respite while it was transgressing, then I seized it! To Me is the ultimate destination.
Say, "O people, I am but a clear warner to you."
Those who believe and do good deeds shall have forgiveness and a generous provision.
And those who strove to thwart Our revelations, they are the companions of Hellfire.
We did not send before you any messenger nor a prophet without the devil attempting to tamper with his wishes. God then records the tampering of the devil, and He asserts His revelations. God is Knowledgeable, Wise.
This is in order for Him to set up the tampering of the devil as a test for those who have sickness in their hearts and those whose hearts are hardened. The transgressors are in vast opposition.
And so that those who were given the knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and thus believe in it, and their hearts will be humbled to Him. God guides those who believe to a straight path.
Those who disbelieve continue to be in doubt about it until the Hour comes upon them suddenly, or there comes to them the punishment of a barren day.
The sovereignty on that Day belongs to God. He will judge between them. Those who believe and do good deeds will be in the Gardens of Bliss.
As for those who disbelieved and denied Our revelations, they shall have a humiliating punishment.
Those who emigrated in the cause of God then got killed or died, God will provide them with good provisions. Indeed, God is the best of providers.
He will admit them by an entrance which they will be pleased with. Indeed, God is Knowledgeable, Forbearing.
That and if one retaliates with the equivalent of what was inflicted on him, but was then persecuted, God will surely support him. Indeed, God is Pardoner, Forgiving.
That is because God merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night, and because God is Hearer, Seer.
That is because God is the Truth, and what they call upon besides Him is the falsehood, and that God is the Most High, the Great.
Have you not seen that God brought water down from the sky whereby the land becomes green? Indeed, God is Gentle, All-Aware.
To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and indeed, God is the Rich One, the Praiseworthy.
Have you not seen that God has subjected for you what is in the earth, and the ships sail in the sea by His command, and He holds the sky lest it falls on the earth, except by His permission? Indeed, God is Compassionate and Merciful towards the people.
He is the One who brought you to life, then He puts you to death, then He brings you to life. Indeed, the human being is ungrateful.
For every nation, We have appointed a worship ritual they are to observe. So let them not dispute with you in the matter. And invite to your Lord; you are upon straight guidance.
And if they argue with you, then say, "God knows best what you are doing.
God will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection regarding that over which you used to differ."
Do you not know that God knows what is in the heaven and the earth? That is in a Book. Indeed, that is easy for God.
They worship besides God that which He did not bring down authorisation for, and of which they have no knowledge! The transgressors will have no supporter.
When Our clear revelations are recited to them, you detect evil in the faces of those who disbelieve. They almost assault those who recite Our revelations to them! Say, "Shall I inform you of what is worse than that? The Fire! God has promised it for those who disbelieved; what a miserable destination!"
O people, an example has been cited, so listen to it: those whom you call upon besides God will not create a fly, even if they all banded together to do it. In addition, if the fly should strip them of anything, they would not be able to retrieve that from it. Weak is the seeker and the sought.
They did not value God according to His true worth. Indeed, God is Powerful, Dignified.
God chooses messengers from among the angels, as well as from among the people. Indeed, God is Hearer, Seer.
He knows what is before them and what is after them, and to God all matters are returned.
O you who believe, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord, and do good so that you may succeed.
And strive in the cause of God with the striving that is due to Him. He has chosen you and has placed no hardship on you in the religion - the creed of your father, Abraham. He has named you Submitters from before, and in this, so that the messenger may serve as a witness over you, and you to serve as witnesses over the people. So observe the Salat and give the Zakat, and hold fast to God. He is your Master, the best Master and the best Supporter.