By the angels ranged in order for Songs of Praise
And by those who repel demons
And by those who recite the Koran for warning
Truly your God is but one
Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth, and of all that is between them, and Lord of the East
We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars
They serve also as a guard against every rebellious Satan
That they overhear not what passeth in the assembly on high, for they are darted at from every side
Driven off and consigned to a lasting torment
While, if one steal a word by stealth, a glistening flame pursueth him
Ask the Meccans then, Are they, or the angels whom we have made, the stronger creation? Aye, of coarse clay have we created them
But while thou marvellest they mock
When they are warned, no warning do they take
And when they see a sign, they fall to mocking
And say, "This is no other than clear sorcery
What! when dead, and turned to dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised
Our sires also of olden times?"
Say, Yes; and ye shall be covered with disgrace
For, one blast only, and lo! they shall gaze around them
And shall say, "Oh! woe to us! this is the day of reckoning
This is the day of decision which ye gainsaid as an untruth."
Gather together those who have acted unjustly, and their consorts, and the gods whom they adore
Beside God; and guide them to the road for Hell
Set them forth: they shall be questioned
"How now, that ye help not one another?"
But on this day they shall submit themselves to God
And shall address one another with mutual reproaches
They shall say, "In sooth, ye came to us in well-omened sort:"
But they will answer, "Nay, it was ye who would not believe
and we had no power whatever over you. Nay, ye were people given to transgress
Just, therefore, is the doom which our Lord hath passed upon us. We shall surely taste it
We made you err, for we had erred ourselves."
Partners therefore shall they be in punishment on that day
Truly, thus will we deal with the wicked
Because when it was said to them, There is no God but God, they swelled with pride
And said, "Shall we then abandon our gods for a crazed poet?"
Nay, he cometh with truth and confirmeth the Sent Ones of old
Ye shall surely taste the painful punishment
And ye shall not be rewarded but as ye have wrought
Save the sincere servants of God
A stated banquet shall they hav
Of fruits; and honoured shall they b
In the gardens of delight
Upon couches face to face
A cup shall be borne round among them from a fountain
Limpid, delicious to those who drink
It shall not oppress the sense, nor shall they therewith be drunken
And with them are the large-eyed ones with modest refraining glances
fair like the sheltered egg
And they shall address one another with mutual questions
Saith one of them, "I truly had a bosom friend
Who said, 'Art thou of those who credit it
What! when we shall have died, and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be judged?"
He shall say to those around him, "Will ye look?"
And he shall look and see him in the midst of Hell
And he shall say to him, "By God, thou hadst almost caused me to perish
And, but for the favour of my Lord, I had surely been of those who have been brought with thee into torment."
"But do we not die," say the blessed
"Any other than our first death? and have we escaped the torment?"
This truly is the great felicity
For the like of this should the travailers travail
Is this the better repast or the tree Ez-zakkoum
Verily, we have made it for a subject of discord to the wicked
It is a tree which cometh up from the bottom of hell
Its fruits is as it were the heads of Satans
And, lo! the damned shall surely eat of it and fill their bellies with it
Then shall they have, thereon, a mixture of boiling water
Then shall they return to hell
They found their fathers erring
And they hastened on in their footsteps
Also before them the greater number of the ancients had erred
Though we had sent warners among them
But see what was the end of these warned ones
Except of God's true servants
Noah called on us of old, and right prompt were we to hear him
And we saved him and his family out of the great distress
And we made his offspring the survivors
And we left for him with posterity
"Peace be on Noah throughout the worlds!"
Thus do we reward the well-doers
For he was one of our believing servants;
And the rest we drowned
And truly, of his faith was Abraham
When he brought to his Lord a perfect heart
When he said to his father and to his people, "What is this ye worship
Prefer ye with falsehood gods to God
And what deem ye of the Lord of the worlds?"
So gazing he gazed towards the stars
And said, "In sooth I am ill
And they turned their back on him and departed
He went aside to their gods and said, "Do ye not eat
What aileth you that ye do not speak?"
He broke out upon them, with the right hand striking
When his tribesmen came back to him with hasty step
He said, "Worship ye what ye carve
When God hath created you, and that ye make?"
They said, "Build up a pyre for him and cast him into the glowing flame."
Fain would they plot against him, but we brought them low
And he said, "Verily, I repair to my Lord who will guide me
O Lord give me a son, of the righteous."
We announced to him a youth of meekness
And when he became a full-grown youth, His father said to him, "My son, I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee; therefore, consider what thou seest right." He said, "My father, do what thou art bidden; of the patient, if God please, shalt thou find me."
And when they had surrendered them to the will of God, he laid him down upon his forehead
We cried unto him, "O Abraham
Now hast thou satisfied the vision." See how we recompense the righteous
This was indeed a decisive test
And we ransomed his son with a costly victim
And we left this for him among posterity
"PEACE BE ON ABRAHAM!"
Thus do we reward the well-doers
For he was of our believing servants
And we announced Isaac to him - a righteous Prophet
And on him and on Isaac we bestowed our blessing. And among their offspring were well-doers, and others, to their own hurt undoubted sinners
And of old, to Moses and to Aaron shewed we favours
And both of them, and their people, we rescued from the great distress
And we succoured them, and they became the conquerors
And we gave them (Moses and Aaron) each the lucid book
And we guided them each into the right way
And we left this for each among posterity
"PEACE BE ON MOSES AND AARON."
Thus do we reward the well-doers
For they were two of our believing servants
And Elias truly was of our Sent Ones
When he said to his people, "Fear ye not God
Invoke ye Baal and forsake ye the most skilful Creator
God is your Lord, and the Lord of your sires of old?"
But they treated him as a liar, and shall therefore be consigned to punishment
Except God's faithful servants
And we left this for him among posterity
"PEACE BE ON ELIASIN!"
Thus do we reward the well-doers
For he was one of our believing servants
And Lot truly was of our Sent Ones
When we rescued him and all his family
Save an aged woman among those who tarried
Afterward we destroyed the others
And ye indeed pass by their ruined dwellings at mor
And night: will ye not then reflect
Jonas, too, was one of the Apostles
When he fled unto the laden ship
And lots were cast, and he was doomed
And the fish swallowed him, for he was blameworthy
But had he not been of those who praise Us
In its belly had he surely remained, till the day of resurrection
And we cast him on the bare shore - and he was sick;
And we caused a gourd-plant to grow up over him
And we sent him to a hundred thousand persons, or even more
And because they believed, we continued their enjoyments for a season
Inquire then of the Meccans whether thy Lord hath daughters, and they, sons
Have we created the angels females? and did they witness it
Is it not a falsehood of their own devising, when they say
"God hath begotten"? They are indeed liars
Would he have preferred daughters to sons
What reason have ye for thus judging
Will ye not then receive this warning
Have ye a clear proof for them
Produce your Book if ye speak truth
And they make him to be of kin with the Djinn: but the Djinn have long known that these idolaters shall be brought up before God
Far be the glory of God from what they impute to him
"His faithful servants do not thus
Moreover, ye and what ye worship
Shall not stir up any against God
Save him who shall burn in Hell
And verily each one of us hath his appointed place
And we range ourselves in order
And we celebrate His praises."
And if those infidels say
"Had we a revelation transmitted to us from those of old
We had surely been God's faithful servants."
Yet they believe not the Koran. But they shall know its truth at last
Our word came of old to our servants the apostles
That they should surely be the succoured
And that our armies should procure the victory for them
Turn aside therefore from them for a time
And behold them, for they too shall in the end behold their doom
Would they then hasten our vengeance
But when it shall come down into their courts, an evil morning shall it be to those who have had their warning
Turn aside from them therefore for a time
And behold; for they too shall in the end behold their doom
Far be the glory of thy Lord, the Lord of all greatness, from what they impute to him
And peace be on his Apostles
And praise be to God the Lord of the worlds