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The Qur'an, 58. al-Mujadilah

58. al-Mujadilah: She Who Pleaded

1 Allah hath heard the saying of her that disputeth with thee (Muhammad) concerning her husband, and complaineth unto Allah. And Allah heareth your colloquy. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.
2 Such of you as put away your wives (by saying they are as their mothers) - They are not their mothers; none are their mothers except those who gave them birth - they indeed utter an ill word and a lie. And lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
3 Those who put away their wives (by saying they are as their mothers) and afterward would go back on that which they have said, (the penalty) in that case (is) the freeing of a slave before they touch one another. Unto this ye are exhorted; and Allah is Informed of what ye do.
4 And he who findeth not (the wherewithal), let him fast for two successive months before they touch one another; and for him who is unable to do so (the penance is) the feeding of sixty needy ones. This, that ye may put trust in Allah and His messenger. Such are the limits (imposed by Allah); and for disbelievers is a painful doom.
5 Lo! those who oppose Allah and His messenger will be abased even as those before them were abased; and We have sent down clear tokens, and for disbelievers is a shameful doom
6 On the day when Allah will raise them all together and inform them of what they did. Allah hath kept account of it while they forgot it. And Allah is Witness over all things.
7 Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth ? There is no secret conference of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be; and afterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they did. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things.
8 Hast thou not observed those who were forbidden conspiracy and afterward returned to that which they had been forbidden, and (now) conspire together for crime and wrongdoing and disobedience toward the messenger ? And when they come unto thee they greet thee with a greeting wherewith Allah greeteth thee not, and say within themselves: Why should Allah punish us for what we say ? Hell will suffice them; they will feel the heat thereof - a hapless journey's end!
9 O ye who believe! When ye conspire together, conspire not together for crime and wrongdoing and disobedience toward the messenger, but conspire together for righteousness and piety, and keep your duty toward Allah, unto whom ye will be gathered.
10 Lo! Conspiracy is only of the devil, that he may vex those who believe; but he can harm them not at all unless by Allah's leave. In Allah let believers put their trust.
11 O ye who believe! when it is said unto you, Make room! in assemblies, then make room; Allah will make way for you (hereafter). And when it is said, Come up higher! go up higher; Allah will exalt those who believe among you, and those who have knowledge, to high ranks. Allah is Informed of what ye do.
12 O ye who believe! When ye hold conference with the messenger, offer an alms before your conference. That is better and purer for you. But if ye cannot find (the wherewithal) then lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
13 Fear ye to offer alms before your conference ? Then, when ye do it not and Allah hath forgiven you, establish worship and pay the poor-due and obey Allah and His messenger. And Allah is Aware of what ye do.
14 Hast thou not seen those who take for friends a folk with whom Allah is wroth ? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear a false oath knowingly.
15 Allah hath prepared for them a dreadful doom. Evil indeed is that which they are wont to do.
16 They make a shelter of their oaths and turn (men) from the way of Allah; so theirs will be a shameful doom.
17 Their wealth and their children will avail them naught against Allah. Such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.
18 On the day when Allah will raise them all together, then will they swear unto Him as they (now) swear unto you, and they will fancy that they have some standing. Lo! is it not they who are the liars ?
19 The devil hath engrossed them and so hath caused them to forget remembrance of Allah. They are the devil's party. Lo! is it not the devil's party who will be the losers ?
20 Lo! those who oppose Allah and His messenger, they will be among the lowest.
21 Allah hath decreed: Lo! I verily shall conquer, I and My messengers. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty.
22 Thou wilt not find folk who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His messenger, even though they be their fathers or their sons or their brethren or their clan. As for such, He hath written faith upon their hearts and hath strengthened them with a Spirit from Him, and He will bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide. Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him. They are Allah's party. Lo! is it not Allah's party who are the successful ?

The Qur'an, 57. al-Hadid

57. al-Hadid: The Iron

1 All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
2 His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; He quickeneth and He giveth death; and He is Able to do all things.
3 He is the First and the Last, and the Outward and the Inward; and He is Knower of all things.
4 He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days; then He mounted the Throne. He knoweth all that entereth the earth and all that emergeth therefrom and all that cometh down from the sky and all that ascendeth therein; and He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah is Seer of what ye do.
5 His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and unto Allah (all) things are brought back.
6 He causeth the night to pass into the day, and He causeth the day to pass into the night, and He is knower of all that is in the breasts.
7 Believe in Allah and His messenger, and spend of that whereof He hath made you trustees; and such of you as believe and spend (aright), theirs will be a great reward.
8 What aileth you that ye believe not in Allah, when the messenger calleth you to believe in your Lord, and He hath already made a covenant with you, if ye are believers ?
9 He it is Who sendeth down clear revelations unto His slave, that He may bring you forth from darkness unto light; and lo! for you, Allah is Full of Pity, Merciful.
10 And what aileth you that ye spend not in the way of Allah when unto Allah belongeth the inheritance of the heavens and the earth ? Those who spent and fought before the victory are not upon a level (with the rest of you). Such are greater in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards. Unto each hath Allah promised good. And Allah is Informed of what ye do.
11 Who is he that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, that He may double it for him and his may be a rich reward ?
12 On the day when thou (Muhammad) wilt see the believers, men and women, their light shining forth before them and on their right hands, (and wilt hear it said unto them): Glad news for you this day: Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein ye are immortal. That is the supreme triumph.
13 On the day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say unto those who believe: Look on us that we may borrow from your light! it will be said: Go back and seek for light! Then there will separate them a wall wherein is a gate, the inner side whereof containeth mercy, while the outer side thereof is toward the doom.
14 They will cry unto them (saying): Were we not with you ? They will say: Yea, verily; but ye tempted one another, and hesitated, and doubted, and vain desires beguiled you till the ordinance of Allah came to pass; and the deceiver deceived you concerning Allah;
15 So this day no ransom can be taken from you nor from those who disbelieved. Your home is the Fire; that is your patron, and a hapless journey's end.
16 Is not the time ripe for the hearts of those who believe to submit to Allah's reminder and to the truth which is revealed, that they become not as those who received the scripture of old but the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened, and many of them are evil-livers.
17 Know that Allah quickeneth the earth after its death. We have made clear Our revelations for you, that haply ye may understand.
18 Lo! those who give alms, both men and women, and lend unto Allah a goodly loan, it will be doubled for them, and theirs will be a rich reward.
19 And those who believe in Allah and His messengers, they are the loyal, and the martyrs are with their Lord; they have their reward and their light; while as for those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations, they are owners of hell-fire.
20 Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.
21 Race one with another for forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden whereof the breadth is as the breadth of the heavens and the earth, which is in store for those who believe in Allah and His messengers. Such is the bounty of Allah, which He bestoweth upon whom He will, and Allah is of Infinite Bounty.
22 Naught of disaster befalleth in the earth or in yourselves but it is in a Book before we bring it into being - Lo! that is easy for Allah -
23 That ye grieve not for the sake of that which hath escaped you, nor yet exult because of that which hath been given. Allah loveth not all prideful boasters,
24 Who hoard and who enjoin upon the people avarice. And whosoever turneth away, still Allah is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
25 We verily sent Our messengers with clear proofs, and revealed with them the Scripture and the Balance, that mankind may observe right measure; and He revealed iron, wherein is mighty power and (many) uses for mankind, and that Allah may know him who helpeth Him and His messengers, though unseen. Lo! Allah is Strong, Almighty.
26 And We verily sent Noah and Abraham and placed the prophethood and the scripture among their seed, and among them there is he who goeth right, but many of them are evil-livers.
27 Then We caused Our messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow, and gave him the Gospel, and placed compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. But monasticism they invented - We ordained it not for them - only seeking Allah's pleasure, and they observed it not with right observance. So We give those of them who believe their reward, but many of them are evil-livers.
28 O ye who believe! Be mindful of your duty to Allah and put faith in His messenger. He will give you twofold of His mercy and will appoint for you a light wherein ye shall walk, and will forgive you. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
29 That the People of the Scripture may know that they control naught of the bounty of Allah, but that the bounty is in Allah's hand to give to whom He will. And Allah is of Infinite Bounty.

The Qur'an, 56. al-Waqi`ah

56. al-Waqi`ah: That Which is Coming

1 When the event befalleth -
2 There is no denying that it will befall -
3 Abasing (some), exalting (others);
4 When the earth is shaken with a shock
5 And the hills are ground to powder
6 So that they become a scattered dust,
7 And ye will be three kinds:
8 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
9 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand ?
10 And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:
11 Those are they who will be brought nigh
12 In gardens of delight;
13 A multitude of those of old
14 And a few of those of later time.
15 On lined couches,
16 Reclining therein face to face.
17 There wait on them immortal youths
18 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring
19 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,
20 And fruit that they prefer
21 And flesh of fowls that they desire.
22 And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,
23 Like unto hidden pearls,
24 Reward for what they used to do.
25 There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination
26 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.
27 And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand ?
28 Among thornless lote-trees
29 And clustered plantains,
30 And spreading shade,
31 And water gushing,
32 And fruit in plenty
33 Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,
34 And raised couches;
35 Lo! We have created them a (new) creation
36 And made them virgins,
37 Lovers, friends,
38 For those on the right hand;
39 A multitude of those of old
40 And a multitude of those of later time.
41 And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand ?
42 In scorching wind and scalding water
43 And shadow of black smoke,
44 Neither cool nor refreshing.
45 Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury
46 And used to persist in the awful sin.
47 And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,
48 And also our forefathers ?
49 Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time
50 Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.
51 Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,
52 Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum
53 And will fill your bellies therewith;
54 And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,
55 Drinking even as the camel drinketh.
56 This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.
57 We created you. Will ye then admit the truth ?
58 Have ye seen that which ye emit ?
59 Do ye create it or are We the Creator ?
60 We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,
61 That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.
62 And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect ?
63 Have ye seen that which ye cultivate ?
64 Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer ?
65 If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:
66 Lo! we are laden with debt!
67 Nay, but we are deprived!
68 Have ye observed the water which ye drink ?
69 Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder ?
70 If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks ?
71 Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;
72 Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower ?
73 We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.
74 Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
75 Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
76 And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
77 That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an
78 In a Book kept hidden
79 Which none toucheth save the purified,
80 A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
81 Is it this Statement that ye scorn,
82 And make denial thereof your livelihood ?
83 Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)
84 And ye are at that moment looking
85 - And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -
86 Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),
87 Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful ?
88 Thus if he is of those brought nigh,
89 Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.
90 And if he is of those on the right hand,
91 Then (the greeting) "Peace be unto thee" from those on the right hand.
92 But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,
93 Then the welcome will be boiling water
94 And roasting at hell-fire.
95 Lo! this is certain truth.
96 Therefor (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.

The Qur'an, 55. ar-Rahman

55. ar-Rahman: The Merciful

1 The Beneficent
2 Hath made known the Qur'an.
3 He hath created man.
4 He hath taught him utterance.
5 The sun and the moon are made punctual.
6 The stars and the trees adore.
7 And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,
8 That ye exceed not the measure,
9 But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
10 And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
11 Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm-trees,
12 Husked grain and scented herb.
13 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
14 He created man of clay like the potter's,
15 And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.
16 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
17 Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!
18 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
19 He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.
20 There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).
21 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
22 There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral-stone.
23 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
24 His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
25 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
26 Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
27 There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
28 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
29 All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.
30 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
31 We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).
32 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
33 O company of jinn and men, if ye have power to penetrate (all) regions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate (them)! Ye will never penetrate them save with (Our) sanction.
34 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
35 There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.
36 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
37 And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -
38 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
39 On that day neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.
40 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
41 The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
42 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
43 This is hell which the guilty deny.
44 They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.
45 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
46 But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two gardens.
47 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
48 Of spreading branches.
49 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
50 Wherein are two fountains flowing.
51 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
52 Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.
53 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
54 Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand.
55 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
56 Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.
57 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
58 (In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral-stone.
59 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
60 Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness ?
61 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
62 And beside them are two other gardens,
63 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
64 Dark green with foliage.
65 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
66 Wherein are two abundant springs.
67 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
68 Wherein is fruit, the date-palm and pomegranate.
69 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
70 Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful -
71 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
72 Fair ones, close-guarded in pavilions -
73 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
74 Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them -
75 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
76 Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.
77 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
78 Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!

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