The Heights

Or are the residents of the towns free of this fear that Our torment may seize them (again) in the forenoon when they are at play (completely lost in the worldly pleasures)?


The Romans

Have your mind set in turning towards Him alone in repentance and remorse and fear Him and establish Prayer and be not of the polytheists.


The Beneficent

(The residents of Paradise) will be (sitting) reclining on cushions over green carpets and rare and exquisite, fine rugs.


Tâ Hâ

And make my task (as a Messenger) easy for me.


The Table Spread

And when Allah will say: ‘O ‘Isa, the son of Maryam (Jesus, the son of Mary)! Did you ask the people to take you and your mother as two gods besides Allah?’ He will submit: ‘Glory be to You! It is not (justified) for me to say such a thing as I have no right to say. Had I said it, You would surely have known it. You know every such (thing) that is in my heart, but I do not know those (things) which are in Your knowledge. Indeed, it is only You Who know well all that is unseen.


The Heights

And He (Allah) is the One Who has created you from a single soul and made his spouse from that, so that he might find comfort in her. Then when man covers her, she conceives and, bearing a light burden, moves around. Later, when she grows heavy, then both pray to their Lord, Allah: ‘If You give us a healthy child, we shall certainly be amongst the thankful.’


Yâ Sîn

And the sun is constantly rotating (non-stop) for its appointed destination. It is a measure fixed by the Almighty, All-Knowing (Lord).


Those Who Set The Ranks

(It will be said to them:) ‘What has happened to you that you do not help one another?’


The Heights

And when their eyes will be turned towards the inmates of Hell, they will say: ‘O our Lord, (join) us not (together) with the unjust people.’


The Story

The people against whom the command (of torment) has been proved will say: ‘O our Lord, it is these people who we misguided. We led them astray (the same way) as we (ourselves) lost the right path. We turn to You showing our disgust towards them and (in fact) they did not worship us. (They rather worshipped their lusts.)’


Spoils of War

And you (will wonder) if you see (the spectacle) when the angels take away the souls of the disbelievers. They continue striking their faces and backs (with hammers and say): ‘Taste the torment of the Fire (of Hell).’


The Cow

And Allah taught Adam the names of all (things), and then presented them before the angels and said: ‘Tell Me the names of these things if you are true (in your assumption).’


The Bee

And always fulfil the promise of Allah when you promise, and do not break oaths after making them firm, whilst you have already made Allah a surety over you. Surely, Allah knows well whatever you do.


Cattle

Surely, your Lord alone knows best the one who strays away from His path, and only He knows best the rightly guided (as well).


The Troops

Say: ‘I worship Allah alone making obedience purely for Him.


The Bee

And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers (in such a state) that you knew nothing, and He endowed you with ears and eyes and hearts so that you might give thanks.


Rivalry in Worldly Increase

Your greed for massive wealth and the superiority complex has made you negligent (of the Hereafter),


The Cow

And (on the contrary) amongst people there is also someone who sells even his life to attain the pleasure of Allah. And Allah is Most Kind to the servants.


The Rising of the Dead

Woe to you (when dying), then woe to you (in the grave),


Divorce

And those of your women who have no hope of menstruation, if you doubt (as to what will be their prescribed period), then their prescribed period is three months. And for those women who have not yet menstruated (their prescribed period is also the same). As for the pregnant women, their term is till the birth of the child. And whoever fears Allah, He makes his matter easy for him.


The Angels

There is a severe torment for those who disbelieve and there is forgiveness and a mighty reward for those who believe and keep doing pious deeds.


The Family of 'Imrân

And Allah has made this (reinforcement) a glad tidings for you so that it may content your hearts. And support comes only from Allah, Who is Almighty, Most Wise,


The Emissaries

Then by those which split (them) apart and break them off,


Those Who Drag Forth

You are but a Warner to him who fears it.


The Romans

And (also) of His signs is your sleep by night and by day and your looking for His bounty (i.e., sustenance). Verily, there are signs in it for the (active) listeners.


The Congregation

And these people will never long for it due to (the rejection of the Messenger and disbelief) which they have sent forward. And Allah knows the wrongdoers well.


The Pen

And it (the Qur’an) is direction and guidance for all the worlds.


The Star

So Allah alone is the Master of the Hereafter and the world.


The Sovereignty

He is the One Who has made the earth soft and subservient to you. So walk about through its tracks and eat of the sustenance (given) by Him, and towards Him alone is the return, rising (after death).


The Overwhelming

(Nor do they consider) how the earth has been spread out (besides its round shape)?


The Event

These (maidens and other bounties) are for those on the Right Hand.


The Heights

Neither do they have power to help these (polytheists), nor can they help even themselves.


The Earthquake

For your Lord will have made subservient to her (the symbolic language of) sharp signals.


The Cow

But if they resolve firmly to divorce, then certainly Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.


Repentance

Indeed, alms (Zakat) are meant for the poor and the indigent, and those who are deployed to collect charities and those in whose hearts the inculcation of love for Islam is aimed at. And, (moreover, spending Zakat for the) freeing of human lives (from the yoke of slavery) and removing the burden of those who are to pay debt and (those who toil hard) in the cause of Allah and the wayfarers (is true). This (all) has been prescribed by Allah, and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.


The Cow

And (recall) when We cast the shade of clouds over you (in the Tiha valley) and sent down for you manna and quails so that you might eat of the pure things We provided for you. So they did not harm Us at all (by disobeying and showing Us disregard), but persistently harmed their own souls.


The Heights

And between both (of them, the inmates of Paradise and Hell) there is a barrier (i.e., ramparts or heights), and on the A‘raf (the Heights), there will be men who will recognize all by their features. And they will call out to the people of Paradise: ‘Peace be upon you.’ They (the people of the A‘raf [the Heights]) will not have entered Paradise (themselves as yet) but will be aspiring (to that).


Saba

So have they not seen those (signs) in the heaven and the earth (which have beset them) from their front and from their rear? If We so intended, We would sink them into the earth or let a part of the sky fall upon them. Verily, there is in it a sign for every servant of Allah who turns to Him.


The Table Spread

They said: ‘O Musa (Moses)! Never shall we enter this (land) so long as they are in it. So you (along with) your Lord go and fight; we are sitting right here.’


Joseph

O Yusuf (Joseph)! Ignore it and, (O Zulaykha,) ask forgiveness for your sin. Surely, it is you who are of the sinful.’


The Troops

Surely, We revealed the Book to you with the truth for (the guidance of) people. So he who takes guidance takes it for his own benefit, and he who goes astray, he strays to his own detriment. And you are not responsible for them.


Mary

And (blessed him) with sympathy and tenderness and purity and virtuousness from Our kind presence, and he was very Godfearing.


The Cow

And (call to mind) when the Lord of Ibrahim (Abraham) tested him with several commands which he fulfilled. (On this) Allah said: ‘I am going to make you the leader of mankind.’ He submitted: ‘And from my children as well?’ Allah said: ‘(Yes, but) My promise does not apply to the transgressors.’


The Poets

Will you be left in peace and contentment (forever) in these (bounties) which are (available to you) here?


The Ant

(Salih) said: ‘O my people, why do you hasten the evil (i.e., torment) before the good (i.e., mercy)? Why do you not ask for forgiveness from Allah so that you are shown mercy?’


The Cow

(Musa [Moses] said:) Allah has ordained: ‘(That is not any inferior cow. Instead) it is certainly (a superior) cow, which has been employed neither for ploughing nor for watering the field, a cow in sound health, without any blemish.’ They said: ‘Now you (have) brought the truth.’ So they sacrificed it, though they did not look like doing it.


The Heights

Then a (torment of) high-scale earthquake seized them, and in the morning, they were dead, lying prone in their homes.


The Pen

We hope that our Lord may give us something better than this in exchange. Verily, we turn to our Lord.’


The Family of 'Imrân

And how many Prophets have there been who fought in the cause of Allah! A large number of devotees of Allah (Awliya’) also joined them. They did not lose heart due to hardships which afflicted them in the way of Allah and neither showed weakness nor gave in. And Allah loves those who remain steadfast.


The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Then why did those (idols) not come to their aid, which they had taken as gods besides Allah for attaining (His) nearness? But in fact, they (false gods) were lost from them. And this (setting up false gods) was their lie. And (it was) this fabrication that they used to weave.


The Troops

And the Trumpet will be blown. Then all the people that are in the heavens and that are in the earth will become senseless except him whom Allah wills. Then the Trumpet will be blown again; so they will stand up gazing all at once.


Al-Hijr

Except for those exalted servants of Yours who have attained freedom (from my deceits and intrigues of the ill-commanding selves).’


Iron

No calamity occurs in the earth or in your lives but it is in a Book (al-Lawh al-Mahfuz, the station of Allah’s pre-eternal knowledge,) before We make it happen. Surely, this (all-encompassing and perfect knowledge) is very easy for Allah,


The Family of 'Imrân

When the angels said: ‘O Maryam (Mary), surely, Allah gives you glad tidings of a (particular) Word from Him named the Messiah, ‘Isa, the son of Maryam (Jesus, the son of Mary), who would be eminent and exalted, (both) in this world and in the Hereafter, and would be of those who are exceptionally intimate servants of Allah blessed with His nearness.


Those Who Set The Ranks

And all praise be to Allah alone, the Lord of all the worlds.


The Cave

As for the boat, that belonged to some poor people who used to toil for wages on the river. So I decided to make it defective (because) a (cruel) king was (standing) ahead of them, snatching every (undamaged) boat by force (from the owners without any compensation).


The Jinn

And that only a fool from amongst us used to utter things about Allah far from the truth, crossing bounds.


The Prophets

And (from Iraq) We rescued Ibrahim (Abraham) and Lut (Lot, his nephew, the son of his brother Haran,) towards (Syria), the land in which We have placed blessings for the people of the world.


The Clans

And maintain your trust in Allah and Sufficient is Allah as a Guardian.


The Criterion

And put your trust in the Ever-Living (Lord) Who will never die, and glorify Him with His praise, and Sufficient is His awareness of the sins of His servants,


The Rising of the Dead

Then he went off towards his family in arrogance.


The Sundering

And it will cast out all that is inside it and become empty,


The Table Spread

Two men from amongst (a few) who feared (Allah) and whom Allah had favoured with His Blessing (said to their folk:) ‘Enter the gate (of the city invading) these people (dauntlessly). Once you enter this (gate), you will certainly be victorious. And put your trust in Allah alone, provided you are people of faith.’


Those Who Set The Ranks

And when they are given advice, they do not accept it.


Fussilat ("They are Expounded")

Those who do not pay Zakat (the Alms-due), and it is they who deny the Hereafter as well.


Abraham

And what is the matter with us that we should not put our trust in Allah, whilst He alone has shown us the paths (of guidance and success)? And we will certainly bear your persecutions with patience, and those who trust should put their trust in Allah alone.’


Exile

Had We sent down this Qur’an on some mountain, then, (O listener,) you would certainly have seen it bowed, split and crushed to pieces for fear of Allah. And We give these examples for the people so that they may ponder.


Mary

(Jibra’il [Gabriel]) said: ‘(Do not wonder.) It will be the same way. Your Lord says: This (work) is easy for Me, and (the objective is) that We may make him a sign for the people and mercy from Us. And it is a matter (already) decreed.’


Tâ Hâ

And has the account of Musa (Moses) reached you?


The Star

But (the truth is that) these (idols) are nothing but mere names which you and your fathers have given. Allah has not sent down any authority for them. They follow only whims and suspicions and the desires of their (ill-commanding) selves, whereas guidance has already come to them from their Lord.


The Event

They will be amid fierce, hot wind of Hell and simmering water,


The Overwhelming

(On the contrary) that Day a number of faces will be (pleasing to the eye,) glowing with joy and freshness,


Ornaments of Gold

(It is) they who believed in Our Revelations and were always obedient (to Us).


The Poets

Verily, I (have come as) a trustworthy Messenger to you.


The Heights

Allah commanded: ‘(O Iblis!) Be gone from here, humiliated and cursed. Whoever of them will follow you, I will certainly fill Hell with all of you.


The Event

If We so intend, We would crumble it to pieces. Then you would only be struck with awe and shame!


The Angels

Nor (can) the darkness and the light (be alike);


Sâd

They are just a worthless army of the armies (of the disbelievers) that is about to be badly defeated at this very place.


Ornaments of Gold

So, (O My Beloved,) turn your face away from them and say (like this: ‘Alright, our greeting is:) Peace!’ Then soon they will come to know (their end).


Mary

And I fear my (disbelieving) relatives (may ruin the blessing of Din [Religion]) after my (soul departs) and my wife (too) is barren. So bless me from Your presence with an heir (son),


Those Who Set The Ranks

And (after Isma‘il [Ishmael]) We gave him the good news of Ishaq (Isaac). He was (also) a Prophet, one of the most pious.


Crouching

This is Our record that will speak about you with absolute truth. Verily, We used to (preserve) by getting transcribed what you used to do.’


Cattle

And let them be forsaken who have made their own din (religion) a sport and pastime and who have been deceived by the worldly life. And continue to exhort them (for their awareness) by means of the (Qur’an), so that no soul gets consigned to ruin as a result of its doings. (Then) there will be neither any helper nor any intercessor for him apart from Allah. And even if that (soul) atones (for its sins) full recompense (i.e., ransom), that will not be accepted from it (at all). It is they who are destroyed in consequence of their doings. For them is drinking of scalding water and a torturous torment because they used to reject faith.


Spoils of War

O believers! Whenever the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) calls you for some assignment that brings you (eternal) life, present yourselves (immediately), responding to (both) Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) with submissiveness and obedience. And bear in mind that Allah intervenes between man and his heart (with a Glory of exclusive nearness), and that all of you will (ultimately) be gathered towards Him.


The Troops

And do they not know that Allah gives abundantly to whom He wills and sparingly (to whom He wills)? Surely, in that are signs for those who (truly) believe.


Joseph

(Recall) when the brothers of Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘Certainly, Yusuf (Joseph) and his brother are dearer to our father than we are, whereas we are a stronger party (comprising ten members). No doubt, our father is lost in an evident ecstasy (resulting from deep love for them).’


Women

They are the ones who are in fact the disbelievers. And We have prepared a humiliating torment for the disbelievers.


The Cloaked One

That is not possible at all. Rather (the fact is that) they fear not the Last Day.


The Tidings

He is the Lord of (all) the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Kind. (But on the Last Day, the effect and impact of His mighty power and most high authority will be such that) none (from His creation) will dare converse with Him.


The Jinn

And that mosques are (specified) for Allah alone. So never worship anyone else besides Allah.


Repentance

O believers! Fear Allah persistently, and remain in the (company) of those who uphold the truth.


Hûd

If even then you turn away, I have literally brought you (all those commandments) with which I have been sent to you. And my Lord will appoint some other people in your place as your successors, and you can do Him no harm at all. Surely, my Lord is the Protector of everything.’


The Sundering

So as for him who will be given his record in his right hand,


Counsel

And whatever (wealth and comforts) have been given to you is a small benefit for (a few days’) worldly life, and what is with Allah is better and everlasting. And (that) is for those who believe and put trust in their Lord,


The Mansions of the Stars

(The people of) the fierce fire which was (fed) with abundant fuel,


The Prostration

And (you will wonder at them) if you see the sinners hanging down their heads before the presence of their Lord (and saying:) ‘O our Lord, we have seen and heard, so send us back (to the world now) so that we do pious deeds. Surely, we believe with certitude.’


The Cow

Righteousness is not merely that you turn your faces to the east or the west. But true righteousness is that a person believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book (revealed by Allah) and the Messengers. Driven by love for Allah, he spends (his) wealth on the kindred, the orphans, the needy, the wayfarers and those who ask and in (liberating slaves’) necks, and establishes Prayer and pays Zakat (the Alms-due). And when they make a promise, they fulfil it and are steadfast in hardship (i.e., poverty) and suffering (i.e., ailment) and at the time of fierce fighting (i.e., jihad). It is these who are truthful and it is these who are righteous.


And there are others of them who submit: ‘O our Lord, grant us excellence in this world, and excellence in the Hereafter (as well), and save us from the torment of Hell.’


The Family of 'Imrân

Say: ‘Whether you hide what is in your breasts or make it known, Allah knows it, and He thoroughly knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. And Allah has mighty control over everything.’


The Poets

And Who (also keeps) seeing your turning movements amongst those who prostrate themselves in Prayer.


Cattle

When you see those who engage themselves in (vain discourse and making a jest of) Our Revelations, keep away from them till they get busy with some other subject of conversation. But if Satan makes you forget (it), then never (ever) sit with the unjust people after it strikes your mind.


Repentance

And there are (yet) others who are deferred, left to the (next) command of Allah. He will either torment them or accept their repentance. And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.


The Mount

Do the disbelievers say: ‘(He is) a poet for whom we look forward to some temporal disasters’?


The Prostration

And the disbelievers say: ‘When we are lost in the earth, shall we then be created anew?’ In fact, they deny the meeting with their Lord.


Saba

Say: ‘Surely, my Lord releases sustenance in abundance for whom He wills and restrains for whom (He likes). And whatever you spend (in the way of Allah), He will increase it with more in recompense. And He is the Best Sustainer.’


Those Who Drag Forth

And by the (angels) who swiftly glide (between the heavens and the earth), Or By the waves of energy that move around freely in space and atmosphere,


The Earthquake

On that Day, people will form up in different groups, (in diverse conditions,) so that they may be shown their works.


The Clot

Or if he had commanded (the people) to be pious (how beneficial it would have been)!


The Family of 'Imrân

There is certainly a sign for you in the two parties that encountered each other (in the battlefield of Badr)—one party (i.e., the Muslims) fought (a defensive war) in the cause of Allah, and the other comprised the disbelievers (i.e., the Meccan aggressors who invaded the peaceful Muslims of Medina). They saw them with their (own) eyes as twice their own number. And Allah provides strength with His reinforcement to whom He wills. In this incident, there is surely a (notable) lesson of warning for those who have eyes.


Women

(O Prophet!) Convey to the hypocrites the news that a grievous torment awaits them.


The Emissaries

(It will be said to them:) ‘Enjoy eating and drinking to your taste as a reward for what you used to do.’


Those Who Set The Ranks

To repulse them. And for them there is eternal torment.


The Cow

And We will most certainly test you somewhat by means of fear and hunger and certain loss of wealth and lives and fruits. And, (O Beloved,) give glad tidings to those who observe patience.


The Believer

You invite me to deny Allah, and associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge, whilst I invite you to the Almighty God, Who is Most Forgiving.


The Table Spread

And following in the footsteps of these (Messengers) We sent ‘Isa, the son of Maryam (Jesus, the son of Mary) confirming the Book (the Torah) revealed before him. And We gave him the Injil (the Gospel) which contained guidance and light, and (the Injil [the Gospel] too) confirmed the (Book) Torah that preceded it. And it was (an absolute) guidance and admonition for the Godfearing.


The Cave

And (the People of the Cave [Kahf]) stayed in their cave for three hundred years and they added another (nine) years (to that).


It is they who have denied the signs of their Lord and meeting Him (after death). So all their deeds are ruined, and We shall not give any weight or (even) any worth to them on the Day of Rising.


The Pen

(The one who is) a slanderer, fault-finder, mischief-monger, (and) who backbites the people to rouse strife,


Luqmân

Whatever is in the heavens and the earth (all) belongs to Allah alone. Surely, Allah is Self-Sufficient, Worthy of all praise (by Himself).


Cattle

And He is the One Who is Dominant over His servants and He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.


The Most High

Indeed, this (enlightenment) is (also contained) in earlier scriptures,


The Cloaked One

So that Day (the Day of Resurrection) will be an extremely hard day,


Defrauding

It is an inscribed book (set down in the large ante-chamber of a lofty mansion of Paradise with the names and pious deeds of those who will be allocated superior stations in Paradise).


Jonah

Say: ‘Give your view: Allah sent down for you (pure and clean) provision, but you declared some of those (things) unlawful and (others) lawful.’ Say: ‘Did Allah accord you (its) permission? Or are you fabricating a lie against Allah?’


Ornaments of Gold

And We have not wronged them, but they were themselves the wrongdoers.


Jonah

Then why has there not been any town, except (the town of) the people of Yunus (Jonah), that believed and its belief brought it profit? When (the people of Yunus [Jonah]) believed (just seeing the sign of torment before it was sent down), We removed from them the punishment of humiliation (even) in the life of the world and We let them avail the profit for a time.


The Poets

O Lord! Deliver me and my family from (the consequent suffering of) this practice which they are doing.’


Those Who Set The Ranks

Truly, this is a tree that springs out from the bottom of Hell.


Cattle

And verily, (on the Day of Resurrection) you will come to Us all alone as We created you (all alone) the first time, and you will leave all that behind you which We have bestowed on you (of wealth and children). And We shall not see your intercessors accompanying you whom you have assumed to be Our partners in your affairs. Surely, (Today) your mutual relation (and confidence) has broken off, and (all) the claims that you used to make have become void.


The Enshrouded One

He is the Lord of the east and the west. There is no God but He. So take Him alone as (your) Guardian.


The Troops

Allah takes away souls at the time of their death and those whose death has not yet arrived during their sleep. Then He withholds those souls whose death He has ordained and sets other (souls) free till an appointed time. Surely, in it are signs for those who contemplate.


Muhammad

And those who embrace faith and do pious works persistently and believe in this (Book) which has been revealed to Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), and that is the very truth from their Lord, Allah erases their evil works from their (record of deeds) and refines their states of being.


Yâ Sîn

And We subjected those (cattle) to them. So some of them are their riding animals and they eat some of them.


Cattle

See how they lie against their own selves, and the blame they used to fabricate (in the world) has vanished from them!


The Poets

(Musa [Moses]) added: ‘(The One Who) is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers (too).’


The Cow

Then if they (also) believe the way you have believed in Him, then they will (surely) be guided aright. And if they turn away, then (be clear) that they are sunk in sheer enmity. So Allah is sufficient to guard you against their evil and He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.


The Heights

And We rained on them (stones). See then what was the end of the evildoers!


Counsel

Have they taken idols as their guardians instead of Allah? So Allah alone is the Guardian. (And only His friends are Awliya’.) And He alone gives life to the dead, and He alone is Most Powerful over everything.


Repentance

O (Glorious) Messenger! Fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and treat them harshly (for violating peace, creating disorder and committing militancy and aggression). And Hell is their abode and that is an evil abode.


She That is to be Examined

O believers! When the believing women come to you as Emigrants, examine them thoroughly. Allah is Well Aware of (the reality of) their faith. Then if you find with certitude that they are true believers, do not send them back to the disbelievers. Neither are they (the believing women) lawful for those disbelievers, nor are those disbelievers lawful for these (believing women). And pay them (the disbelievers) back the money which they spent (on them as dower). And there is no sin on you if you marry them whilst you pay these (women) their dower. And, O believers, do not hold back the disbelieving women in (your) wedlock, and ask (the disbelievers) for that (money) which you spent (on those women as dower), and they (the disbelievers) may also ask you for that (money) which they spent (on these women as dower). That is the command of Allah. And He judges between you. And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.


Cattle

And do not go near the property of the orphan but in the most likable manner until he reaches the age of maturity.’ And always give full measure and weight with justice. We do not burden any soul beyond its ability to bear it. And when you say (something pertaining to somebody), do justice even though he is (your) near relative. And always fulfil the promise of Allah. These are (the matters) which He has strictly ordained for you in order that you may accept direction and guidance.


The Cow

Now the foolish will say: ‘What has turned away these (Muslims) from their Qibla (Bayt al-Maqdis in Jerusalem) to which they used to face (before)?’ Say: ‘The east and the west (all) belong to Allah alone. He guides whom He pleases to the straight path.’


The Pilgrimage

And He is the One Who gave you life, then He causes you to die and then will give you life again. No doubt, it is man who is highly ungrateful.


Women

Those who believe and assiduously perform pious acts, We shall admit them to Gardens beneath which streams flow. They will live there forever. Therein will be pure spouses for them. And We shall admit them into plenteous, deep shades.


Jonah

Most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Surely, conjecture cannot in the least substitute for the truth. Assuredly, Allah knows best what they do.


The Angels

They shall enter the Gardens of Eden (Eden Paradise for eternal stay). Therein they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their dress will be made of silk.


Tâ Hâ

(The magicians) said: ‘O Musa (Moses), either you cast (your thing) or we become the first ones to cast.’


The Poets

So we do not have any intercessor (Today).


The Prophets

They said: ‘Who has done this to our gods? Surely, he is of the wrongdoers.’


The Believers

But these people (too) utter similar words that the former (disbelievers) used to utter.


The Family of 'Imrân

They believe in Allah and the Last Day and enjoin righteousness, and forbid evil, and they race to pious works. And it is they who are amongst the pious.


Hûd

Your Lord will doubtlessly pay them in full for their works. He is certainly Well Aware of whatever they are doing.


The Beneficent

The reward of good cannot be anything but good.


She That is to be Examined

Should they get the better of you, then (you will see that) they will be your open enemies. And they will extend their hands and tongues to you with evil design and will have the earnest desire that you disbelieve (somehow).


The Believers

And surely, those who do not believe in the Hereafter remain deviated from the (straight) path.


The Angels

So what about him whose evil action has been made attractive to him, but he (actually) starts to consider it good? (How can he be like a virtuous believer?) Surely, Allah holds astray whoever He wills and guides to the straight path whoever He wills. (O Life of the universe!) Let not your soul waste away in grief for them. Surely, Allah is Best Aware of whatever they do.


The Thunder

(There) are evergreen gardens. They will enter them with the pious from amongst their ancestors, their wives and their children. And the angels will come to them through every door (of Paradise).


The Beneficent

All that are in the heavens and the earth beg from Him alone. Every moment His Glory manifests anew.


And chaff-covered grain and fragrant (fruits and) blooms.


The Calamity

But as for him whose scales of deeds in the balance will be light,


Repentance

(These Verses) are a (public) declaration from Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) for all mankind on the day of the Great Pilgrimage that Allah is absolved of all obligations to the polytheists, and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) too (is free from all obligations to them). So, (O polytheists,) if you repent, that is better for you, but if you turn away, then know that you cannot at all make Allah’s strategy ineffective. And, (O Beloved,) warn the disbelievers of a grievous torment,


Cattle

(It is) they whom We gave the Book and the Authority of Judgement (Shariah) and Prophethood. Then if these people (the disbelievers) deny these things, We have indeed appointed such people (to believe in these things) as (will) never deny them.


Light

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The likeness of His Light (which is glowing in the world in the form of Muhammad’s Light [blessings and peace be upon him]) is as a niche-like (sacred breast) wherein is glowing the lamp (of Prophethood), the lamp contained in a crystal globe (the radiant heart of the Prophet Muhammad [blessings and peace be upon him]). This globe is (as dazzlingly bright owing to reflection of Allah’s Light) as a glittering star. (This lamp of Prophethood) is lit with the sacred olive tree (i.e., either due to the blissful communication of divine Revelation from the Realm of divinity, or owing to the blissful genealogical tree of the Prophets and the Messengers). It is neither (merely) eastern nor western (rather universal and cosmic in its generously infinite luminosity. The likeness of this lamp of Prophethood is as if) its oil (i.e., Light, due to its genuine and inherent potential capability) is glowing, though no fire (or the radiation of celestial miracles and divine Revelation) has even touched it yet. (So it) is Light upon Light (i.e., the Light of Prophethood upon the Light of the Holy Essence, denoting a Self-Embodying double Light). Allah takes to (the gnosis of) His Light whom He wills. And Allah explains similitudes for (the guidance of) people and Allah is Well Aware of everything.


The Bee

And set up landmarks (to navigate during the day). And (at night as well) people find (their) way by means of the stars.


The Elephant

And He sent on to them (ambient) swarms of birds,


The Heights

The (Fire of) Hell will be their mattress as well as a covering over them, and We torment the wrongdoers the same way.


The Pilgrimage

And the people of Ibrahim (Abraham) and (also) the people of Lut (Lot),


Repentance

(O Muslims!) When you return to them (from the expedition of Tabuk), they will offer their apologies to you. (O Beloved!) Say: ‘Do not make excuses; we will not believe you at all. Allah has informed us about your state of affairs. Now (in the future) Allah as well as His Messenger will see your performance (in the world). Then (in the Hereafter too) you will be returned to (the Lord) Who knows everything hidden and manifest, and He will make you know (all your works) that you used to do.’


The Family of 'Imrân

(Recall) when two groups from amongst you (Banu Salama Khazraj and Banu Haritha Aws) intended cowardliness although Allah was their ally. And the believers must have trust in Allah alone.


Yâ Sîn

And that you keep worshipping Me alone? That is the straight path.


Ornaments of Gold

And whoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Kind (Lord), We appoint a Satan to dominate him and stick to him constantly.


Time or Man

And you cannot wish anything yourselves except what Allah wills. Indeed, Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.


Iron

Then in the footsteps of these Messengers, We sent (other) Messengers and We sent ‘Isa, the son of Maryam (Jesus, the son of Mary) after them and gave him the Injil (the Gospel). And We created kindness and mercy in the hearts of those who were (the true) followers (of ‘Isa [Jesus]). And they themselves invented the innovation of monasticism. We did not prescribe it for them. But they (introduced this innovation of monasticism) merely to seek Allah’s pleasure. Then they could not practically keep and maintain that check which was its due (i.e., could not continue its spirit and discipline). So We paid those of them who believed (and continued the innovation of monasticism to seek the pleasure of Allah) their reward. And most of them (who left it and changed their ways) are disobedient.


Luqmân

And whoever bows his face in obedience to Allah, and is also a man of spiritual excellence (in action and state of mind), has firmly grasped a strong handhold. And the end of all deeds returns to Allah alone.


The Family of 'Imrân

Allah bears witness that none is worthy of worship apart from Him; and the angels and those who possess knowledge also bear testimony to it (as well as the fact) that He designs and executes every plan with justice. None is worthy of worship but He. He is Almighty, All-Wise.


The Clans

Those (bygone) people used to communicate the messages of Allah, and fear Him, and they were afraid of none but Allah. And Allah is Sufficient as a Reckoner.


Hûd

(Thereupon the angels) said: ‘O Lut (Lot), we are the messengers of your Lord. These people shall never be able to get at you. So leave during a part of the night with your family and let not any of you look (back); but (do not take) your wife (with you). The same (torment) that will come upon them is going to reach her (too). Surely, the time appointed for their (torment) is the morning. And is the morning not near?’


The Ascending Stairways

From the right as well as the left, in groups?


Tâ Hâ

In which you will find neither any depression nor any elevation.’


The Moon

(O Quraysh of Mecca!) Are your disbelievers better than the people (before), or has your salvation been written in the (revealed) Books?


The Cow

And (remember) when you said: ‘O Musa (Moses)! We will never believe in you until we see Allah completely unveiled (before our eyes).’ So, (on this) a thunder seized (and eliminated) you, and you kept watching (this spectacle yourselves).


The Star

And in the (scriptures) of Ibrahim (Abraham), who accomplished (all the commands of Allah) with perfection?


Al-Hijr

And the people of the city (possessed by their lust) approached (Lut [Lot]), rejoicing.


The Clans

On the Day when they (the believers) will meet Him, their gift (of the meeting—greeting) will be: ‘Peace!’ And He has kept ready for them most honourable reward.


The Cave

It is not far from possible that my Lord may give me a garden better than yours, and send from heaven some torment upon this (garden) turning it into a barren, slippery piece of land.


The Event

Drinking as a thirst-stricken camel drinks.’


The Criterion

And (these) are the people who pray (all the time before the presence of Allah): ‘O our Lord, turn away from us the torment of Hell. Surely, its torment is most injurious (and everlasting).


The Emissaries

Indeed, that (Hell) throws up sparks and flames (huge) as a lofty palace.


Luqmân

And adopt moderation whilst walking and keep your voice low. Surely, the worst voice is the bray of a donkey.’


The Troops

Those who listen attentively to what is said, then follow the best in it, it is they whom Allah has given guidance, and it is they who have wisdom.


Ornaments of Gold

And the same way, We never sent any Warner to a town before you, but their chiefs and the affluent people amongst them said: ‘Surely, we found our fathers following a course and a religion, and certainly we are following in their footsteps.’


The Clans

O believers! When you marry the believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them (i.e., had sexual intercourse with them), then no waiting period is (obligatory) on them for you which you may start counting. So give them some provision, and send them off nicely extending to them kindness.


The Ant

And on the Day when the trumpet is blown, (all) those in the heavens and in the earth will be terrified except those whom Allah wills (they will not worry). And all will appear before His presence submissively.


Succour

When there comes Allah’s help and victory,


The Emissaries

Then by those which bring direction and guidance,


The Angels

(O polytheists!) If you call upon them (the idols), they cannot hear your call. But if (supposing) they (the idols) hear, they cannot give you an answer. And on the Day of Resurrection, they will downright deny your setting up of partners with Allah. And none will make you aware like Allah, the Well Aware.


The Cow

The example of inviting these disbelievers (to guidance) is like that of a person who calls out to such (an animal) as hears nothing except a shout or cry. Deaf, dumb and blind, they have no sense.


The Ascending Stairways

And the mountains like (flakes of) coloured wool,


The Mansions of the Stars

And nothing (of the believers) was annoying them except that they had believed in Allah the Almighty, All-Praiseworthy,


Hûd

And had your Lord so willed, He would have made mankind one Umma (Community. But He has not done so by force. On the contrary, He has given free choice to all to adopt a religion.) And (now) these people will always hold divergent views,


(O Glorious Messenger!) That is some of the news We are relating to you of (those) towns some of which still exist and (some) were totally annihilated.


Victory

So that Allah forgives, for your sake, all the earlier and later sins (of all those people) of your Umma ([Community]* who struggled, fought and sacrificed by your command), and (this way) may complete His blessing on you (outwardly and inwardly) in the form of Islam’s victory and forgiveness for your Umma (Community), and may keep (your Umma) firm-footed on the straight path (through your mediation),


Mary

By no means! Soon will these (false gods themselves) reject their worship and become their enemies.


Those Who Set The Ranks

Whilst Allah has created you and (all) your doings?’


The Spider

Then We delivered Nuh (Noah) and those (with him) in the Ark, and made that (Ark and the incident) a sign for the people of the world.


Repentance

Surely, Allah turned in His mercy towards the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) and (also) towards the Emigrants and the Helpers who followed him (even) in the hour of distress (of the battle of Tabuk), after (the situation emerged wherein) the hearts of a party of them had nearly deviated. Then He turned towards them with bestowal and mercy. Allah is indeed Most Compassionate and Ever-Merciful towards them.


The Emissaries

By the soft blowing, pleasant breezes which blow in succession,


The Cow

And if a debtor is under financial stress, he should be given respite till he feels at ease to pay. And your forgoing (the loan) is better for you if you know (what significance it has in the sight of Allah to console the poor).


The Prophets

Ibrahim (Abraham) said: ‘The truth is that your Lord, Who created them (all), is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and I am of those who bear witness to this (truth).


Ornaments of Gold

Have We given them before this any Book which they stick to as an authority?


The Private Apartments

These people are showing off to you that they have done a favour to you by embracing Islam. Say: ‘Do not show off your Islam as a favour to me. Instead, Allah is the One Who favours you by guiding you to faith, provided you are true (to belief).’


Counsel

(This straight path is) the path of Allah to Whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Beware! All matters return to Allah alone.


The Mount

Do their mental faculties suggest them this (foolishness), or are they rioters and rebels?


The Heights

The arrogant and rebellious chiefs and the rich of his people asked the poor and the downtrodden who had accepted faith: ‘Are you sure that Salih has been really sent from his Lord (as His Messenger)?’ They said: ‘We surely believe in whatever he has been sent with.’


The Mount

And for those who are committed to doing wrong, there is a torment for them besides this torment as well but most of them do not know.


The Cow

How evil a bargain they made in exchange for their lives: that they deny the Book revealed by Allah merely begrudging that Allah bestows (His Revelation) out of His bounty upon any of His servants He wills. So they earned manifold wrath of Allah, and there is a humiliating torment for the disbelievers.


Spoils of War

So that (the battle of Badr) might establish (through this great victory) the truth as truth and falsehood as false, even though the wicked might dislike (this decisiveness of the armed conflict between the forces of truth and falsehood).


The Sovereignty

Have you gone fearless of (the Lord of) the heaven that He may sink you into the earth when it suddenly shakes?


Noah

And they kept saying: Do not turn away from your gods and never abandon (the idols named as) Wadd, Suwa‘, Yaghuth, Ya‘uq and Nasr (as well).


The Family of 'Imrân

So, if someone contends with you about ‘Isa (Jesus) after knowledge has come to you, say: ‘Come, let us (jointly) call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves (at the same place). Then let us supplicate fervently (i.e., most submissively) and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars.’


The Heights

(Allah) said: ‘Indeed, you are of those granted respite.’


Women

So what has happened to you that you are split into two groups with regard to the hypocrites, whilst Allah has overturned them (i.e., their reason and contemplation) owing to their misdeeds? Do you seek to guide him to the straight road whom Allah has held strayed (because of his own misdeeds)? And, (O listener,) you cannot at all find a way (of guidance) for him whom Allah holds misguided.


Repentance

And amongst these (hypocrites) are also those who hurt (the Esteemed) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and say: ‘He is only an ear (believes everything he hears).’ Say: ‘He is all ears to what is good for you; he believes in Allah and has faith in (what) the believers (say) and is mercy for those of you who have embraced faith. And those who hurt the Messenger of Allah (by means of their evil beliefs, doubts and foul statements), for them there is grievous torment.’


Qâf

Enter it in peace; this is the Day of Eternity.’


The Sovereignty

Then they will confess their sin. So remoteness for the inmates of Hell (from Allah’s mercy) is (destined).


Jonah

For those who do pious works, there is good recompense rather more (added to it). And neither (dust and) darkness nor humiliation and disgrace will cover their faces. It is they who are the people of Paradise, its permanent residents.


The Bee

Those whom the angels cause to die, whilst they are (constantly) doing wrong to their own souls.’ They will display obedience and submission (on the Day of Resurrection and say:) ‘We were not given to doing any evil (in the world).’ No indeed! Allah surely has thorough knowledge of what you used to do.


The Believer

The Exalter of Ranks and the Owner of the Mighty Throne, He sends His Spirit (i.e., Revelation) upon whomever of His servants He wills by His command, so that He warns them (people) of the Day of Assembly,


The Cow

O Children of Ya‘qub (Jacob)! Remember My favour that I bestowed upon you, and (especially) the supremacy which I awarded you over all the communities (of that age).


Al-Hijr

Surely, in this (episode of the people of Lut [Lot]), there is a sign of (warning) for the believers.


The Thunder

For (every) human being there are (angels) coming in succession who, before him and behind him, guard him by the command of Allah. Verily, Allah does not change the state of a people until they bring about a change in themselves. And when Allah intends to torment a people (due to their own evil works), then none can avert it. Nor is there any helper for them apart from Allah.


Those Who Set The Ranks

And made (them) secure from every rebellious satan.


The Children of Israel

Say: ‘Should all men and jinn join in the attempt to produce (some other book) the like of this Qur’an, (even) then they will not be able to produce the like thereof, though they may become supporters to one another.’


The Sovereignty

And they say: ‘When will this promise (of the Day of Resurrection) be fulfilled if you are truthful?’


The Winnowing Winds

Then his wife (Sara) came with a voice laden with wonder and frustration, patted her forehead in astonishment and said: ‘(Will) an old and barren woman (give birth to a child)?’


Those Who Set The Ranks

Surely, both of them were of Our servants blessed with (perfect faith).


The Moon

That plucked out people as if they were uprooted stems of date-palms.


The Bee

Indeed, they alone who do not believe in the Revelations of Allah invent false fabrications and they alone are liars.


Al-Hijr

And in it We generated for you means of subsistence and also for those (human beings, animals and birds) whom you do not provide for.


The Criterion

Have you not had a glance of (the Might of) your Lord, how He lengthens the shadow (till noon)? And had He willed, He could certainly have made it stationary. Then We have made the sun a proof of this (shadow).


The Spider

So the people of Ibrahim (Abraham) had no answer except that they said: ‘Kill him or burn him.’ Then Allah delivered him from the fire (of Nimrod). Surely, there are signs in this incident for those who have believed.


The Event

Reclining there on cushions, face to face.


Tâ Hâ

And that you will neither feel thirsty here, nor suffer the heat of the sun.’


The Moon

And indeed, We have made the Qur’an easy for direction and guidance, but is there anyone who will take advice?


The Criterion

And the disbelievers say: ‘Why has the Qur’an not been (put together and) sent down to this (Prophet) in one go?’ It has been revealed gradually (in segments) so that by this We may strengthen your (most sanctified) heart, and (that is why) We have recited it gradually with pauses (in order that your heart may feel tranquil by receiving Our message again and again).


The Poets

These are the Verses of the Book that makes clear (the truth).


Hûd

On the Day of Resurrection, he will lead his people, and will ultimately bring them down into the Fire of Hell. And how evil that place is to be ushered into!


The Poets

So that we may follow (the din [religion] of) the sorcerers if they overmaster (Musa [Moses] and Harun [Aaron]).’


The Ascending Stairways

(That will befall) from Allah, Who is the Lord of the Ascending Steps to Heaven (and of the higher ranks and grades of spiritual hierarchy).


The Bee

And the (idols) whom these (polytheists) worship besides Allah cannot create anything; they have rather been created themselves.


The Clans

Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Last of the Prophets (ending the chain of the Prophets). And Allah is the Perfect Knower of everything.


Tâ Hâ

They will (remain) in this (torment) forever, and it will be a very evil burden for them on the Day of Rising.


Those Who Set The Ranks

Except for the first death (which we have passed through and have reached here) and shall we not be ever tormented?’


Qâf

And every soul will appear (before Our presence), one (angel) forcing it forward and (the other) a witness (to its actions).


Cattle

O community of jinn and men! Did Messengers not come to you from amongst yourselves reciting My Verses to you, and warning you of your appearance (before Me) this Day? They will say: ‘We bear witness against our own souls.’ The life of the world had caught them in deception, and they will bear witness (to this effect) against themselves that (in the world) they were disbelievers (i.e., the beliers of the truth).


The Emissaries

Then if you have any scheme (and trick to escape from the torment), try (that) against Me.


The Romans

So on that Day, the excuse of the wrongdoers will not be of any benefit to them, nor will they be asked to please (Allah).


The Mansions of the Stars

And by the One Who will be Present (that Day) and by what will be brought to the presence,


The Ascending Stairways

But becomes miserly when he receives good fortune (or affluence),


The Beneficent

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?


The Family of 'Imrân

On the Day when every soul shall find present (before him) every good that he accomplished and every evil that he perpetrated, he will wish there were a great distance between him and that evil (or that Day). Allah warns you to fear (the wrath) of His divine essence, and Allah is Most Compassionate towards His servants.


Indeed, Allah conferred a great favour on the believers that He raised amongst them (the most eminent) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) from amongst themselves, who recites to them His Revelations, purifies them, and educates them on the Book and Wisdom though, before that, they were in manifest error.


Qâf

Surely, it is We Who give life, and it is We Who cause death, and to Us is the return.


Victory

It is they who disbelieved and hindered you from the Sacred Mosque, and prevented the sacrificial animals as well that were kept from reaching their place. And had there not been many such believing men and women (present in Mecca) as you also did not know that you might crush them underfoot without knowing, and some harm and hardship might also be caused to you by them inadvertently, (We would have allowed you there and then to fight. But the victory of Mecca was delayed) so that Allah might admit to His mercy whom He willed. Had (the disbelievers and the believers there) distinguishably drawn apart from one another, We would have punished the disbelievers with a painful torment.


Light

And those who accuse chaste women (of adultery), then fail to produce four witnesses, whip them eighty lashes (as qadhaf—the punishment for false accusation of adultery) and never accept their evidence. And it is they who are the evildoers,


The Elephant

Which pelted them with stone-hard slugs.


The Cow

And when they faced Jalut (Goliath) and his forces, they supplicated Allah: ‘O our Lord, grant us plentiful patience and make our steps firm and give us victory over the disbelievers.’


Sâd

He said: ‘O Lord, then give me respite (to remain alive) till the Day when they are raised alive from the graves.’


Women

And indeed, Allah has revealed to you this (command) in the Book that when you hear Allah’s Revelations being denied and ridiculed, do not sit in their company until they engage in some other discourse (renouncing the denial and ridicule). Otherwise you too will become like them. Surely, Allah will assemble the hypocrites and the disbelievers together in Hell.


The Sovereignty

And whether you speak in secret or aloud, certainly He knows best (even) the things (hidden) in the hearts.


The Cloaked One

Surely, he reflected and devised a plot.


The Heights

And when they felt deeply ashamed of what they had done, and realized that they had really gone astray, they said: ‘If our Lord does not have mercy on us and forgive us, we shall certainly be amongst the losers.’


The Cow

And remember Allah (the most) during (these) numbered days. Then, if someone hastens just in two days (to return from Mina), it is no sin on him, and he who delays (it) also commits no sin. This is for him who embraces piety. And keep fearing Allah, and remember that all of you shall be assembled before Him.


Divorce

And He gives him sustenance from a source which he can never think of. And whoever puts his trust in Allah, then He (Allah) is Sufficient for him. Surely, Allah accomplishes His work entirely. He has certainly appointed a measure for everything.


The Thunder

Alif, Lam, Mim, Ra. (Only Allah and the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] know the real meaning.) These are the Verses of the Book of Allah, and whatever has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but most people do not believe.


The Believers

And surely, you call them to the straight path (for their own good).


The Prophets

And on the Day of Resurrection, We shall set up balances of fairness and justice. So no soul will be wronged in the least. And if there is (someone’s deed) equal to the weight of a mustard seed, We shall bring forth that (as well). And We are Sufficient to take account.


The Mansions of the Stars

But such disbelievers (persistently strive to) belie (the truth).


Repentance

Surely, Allah has bought from the believers their souls and wealth in return for (the promise of) Paradise for them. (Now) they fight (for the noble cause of peace) in the way of Allah. So they kill (during the war) and are slain (themselves) too. (Allah has taken) the firm promise as a bountiful obligation on Him in the Torah, the Gospel (the Injil) and the Qur’an. And who is truer to his promise than Allah? So, (believers,) rejoice over your bargain against which you have sold (your souls and wealth). This is a colossal achievement.


Saba

And never did We send a Warner to any town, but its wealthy ones would (always) say: ‘We deny (the guidance) you have been sent with.’


Those Who Set The Ranks

Allah, Who is your Lord and the Lord of your foregoing ancestors (as well)?’


The Cow

And (recall) when We took a firm promise from you and raised the Mount of Sinai high above you, so that you hold fast firmly what We have given you. And bear in mind whatever is (written) in this (Book, the Torah,) so that you become pious.


Tâ Hâ

Musa (Moses) prayed: ‘O my Lord, expand my breast for me.


Mary

(They will dwell) in such evergreen gardens which the Most Kind (Lord) has promised to His servants in the unseen. Certainly, His promise is about to come true.


The Cow

Who is he that will lend to Allah a generous loan? He will, then, multiply it for him manifold. And Allah alone decreases and increases (your sustenance) and towards Him will you be returned.


The Clans

O believers! Always fear Allah and say what is correct and straight.


The Criterion

He (Allah) to Whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and Who has not taken (to Himself) any children, nor has He any partner in His Kingdom and He alone has created everything, and then destined (i.e., formatted) it exactly according to a definite estimation (its features, functions, time frame and everything for all the stages of its growth and survival).


The Prophets

So We granted his prayer, and We removed the misery that was afflicting him. And We (also) gave him back his family, and (bestowed upon him) the like of them along with them. This is an exceptional mercy from Us, and Advice for those who are devoted to Our worship (that is how Allah rewards patience and gratitude).


The Ranks

And who can be a greater wrongdoer than he who invents a lie against Allah whilst he is being invited towards Islam? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.


The Romans

Say: ‘Travel in the land, then see how (alarming) was the end of the people before you! Most of them were polytheists.’


Al-Hijr

And We created jinn before this from a smokeless blazing fire.


Jonah

Say: ‘(Just) observe what signs of Allah’s might are there in (the boundless cosmos of) the heavens and the earth.’ (These) signs and (the Messengers) who warn the people (of Allah’s torment) cannot benefit those who have no intention to believe.


The Jinn

But (my responsibility is) to communicate from Allah His commands and messages. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him), surely there is for him the Fire of Hell in which they will live forever.’


Light

The believers are only those who have believed in Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him), and when they are with you for some (collective) issue which brings (the people) together, then they should not go away from there (i.e., they should participate whole-heartedly to work for collective coherence and unity amongst the Umma [Community]) until they have obtained permission from you (owing to some special excuse. O Esteemed Prophet,) surely those who seek permission from you (believing your Majesty the Supreme and Ultimate Authority), it is they who are the believers in Allah and His Prophet. So when they seek from you permission (to go) for some affair of theirs, then (you are the Supreme Sovereign Authority). Grant leave whom you please, and ask forgiveness for them from Allah (even on going away from your company by obtaining your permission, lest they should be seized even on that). Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.


The Clans

There is no sin on them (if they do not veil themselves) from their (real) fathers, and their sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their own (Muslim) women and from those slave girls whom they possess. And keep fearing Allah. Surely, Allah is Witness to and Ever-Watchful over everything.


The Thunder

And the thunder (of clouds and lightning or the angel appointed over it) and all angels glorify Him with His praise out of His fear. And He sends thunderbolts and strikes with them whom He wills. And they (the disbelievers, despite these signs of His Might,) dispute about Allah. And He is Stern in strategy and Severe in grip.


Yâ Sîn

So that they may eat of its fruits. And it is not their hands that made it. Do they not thank (even) then?


The Spider

Say: ‘Sufficient is Allah as a Witness between me and you. He knows (the state of) all that is in the heavens and in the earth. And those who believe in falsehood and disbelieve in Allah, it is they who are the losers.’


Yâ Sîn

This will only be a Mighty Blast. Then all of them will be brought to Our presence straight away.


The Pilgrimage

(They are) the people whose hearts get into fear when Allah is mentioned, and they bear with fortitude whatever troubles touch them. And they establish Prayer, and give away out of what We have bestowed upon them.


Women

O mankind! Indeed, this Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) has come to you with the truth from your Lord. So believe (in him) for your own good. But if you disbelieve (i.e., deny his Prophethood, then bear in mind that He is Beyond Any Need of you because) whatever is in the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah indeed. And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.


The Cow

And do not marry idolatrous women until they become Muslims. Indeed, a Muslim slave-girl is better than a (free) idolatress, however pleasing she may seem to you. Nor give (the Muslim women) in marriage to idolaters till they embrace Islam. And certainly, a Muslim slave is better than an idolater, even though he should please you. These (idolaters and disbelievers) call you to Hell whilst Allah invites, by His decree, to Paradise and forgiveness and explains His Verses clearly to people so that they may take direction and guidance.


The Ant

And, surely, I am sending him some gifts and see what reply the messengers bring back.’


The Pen

Soon you will see and they (too) will see,


Joseph

And when they entered (Egypt) in compliance with what their father had commanded, that command could not save them from Allah’s (decree), but it was Ya‘qub’s (Jacob’s) heartfelt desire which he fulfilled and (also take not this desire or strategy as meaningless—for you know it not). Surely, Ya‘qub (Jacob) possessed knowledge as We had blessed (him) with (special) knowledge, but most people do not know (these realities).


The Bee

And We bestowed upon him good in this world, and he will surely be of the upright in the Hereafter (as well).


Smoke

So it happened! We made another people the inheritors of all that.


The Jinn

And that we touched the heavens and found them filled with high-alert guards and stars shining and burning (like brands).


The Cow

He is the One Who has originated the heavens and the earth, and when He wills to (originate) a thing, He only says to it: ‘Be,’ and it becomes.


Jonah

There is for them the good news (of honour and recognition) in the life of the world, and (also of forgiveness and intercession) in the Hereafter. (Or there are blessed spiritual visions in this world in the form of pious dreams, and in the Hereafter in the shape of effulgent disclosures of Allah’s absolute beauty and sight.) The commands of Allah never change. That is the colossal achievement.


The Spider

Then Lut (Lot) believed in him (Ibrahim [Abraham]) and he said: ‘I am migrating towards my Lord. Surely, He is Almighty, Most Wise.’


The Poets

Surely, in this (incident), there is a great sign (of Allah’s Infinite Power) and most of them were not the believers.


Tâ Hâ

And (there is no harm) if, in remembrance and Prayer, you raise (your voice). He knows the secrets (of hearts) and also the most hidden mysteries. (Then how He will not hear the loud supplications!)


The City

Indeed, We have created man (ever suffering) in rigours.


Luqmân

Creating you all and raising you all (after death) is (in Allah’s power) like (creating and raising) a single person. Surely, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.


The Ascending Stairways

So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that surely We have Absolute Power,


Ornaments of Gold

(O disbelievers! Reply according to your calibre of thinking:) ‘Has He chosen (for Himself) daughters out of His Creation and has specified sons for you?’


The Event

By (drinking) this, they will have neither headache nor derangement of senses (and stupefaction).


Ornaments of Gold

Indeed, the sinners will live forever in the torment of Hell,


Repentance

So He made hypocrisy in their hearts a consequence (of their own niggardliness) till the Day when they would meet Him, because they violated the promise they had made with Allah and (also) because they used to tell lies.


The Heights

And remember (the time) when We delivered you from (the tyranny and violence of) the people of Pharaoh, who used to afflict you with fierce torment. They used to slay your boys and spare your girls. And in that, there was a great trial for you from your Lord.


The Story

(Moreover) he submitted: ‘O my Lord, because of Your favour (of forgiveness) You have blessed me with, I shall never be a helper of the wrongdoers.’


The Criterion

And the disbelievers say: ‘This (Qur’an) is but a lie which this (claimant of Prophethood) has fabricated and other people have helped him in (inventing) it.’ Surely, the disbelievers have come down to sheer injustice and falsehood.


The Table Spread

And, (O Most Esteemed Messenger,) We have revealed the Book to you (also) with the truth which confirms the Book that preceded it and stands as a guardian over (the actual commands and contents contained in) it. So judge between them according to these (commandments) which Allah has revealed. And do not follow their desires turning away from the truth that has come to you. We have designed for each one of you a discrete law and an all-embracing way of life. Had Allah so willed, He would have made you all one Umma ([Community] agreeing to the same law). But He wants to test you in these (separately given sets of commandments) which He has given you (suiting your respective life situations). So, make haste in doing pious works. To Allah have you all to return. He will then enlighten you on (the truth and falsehood in all the matters) in which you used to disagree.


The Event

It is We Who created you. Then why do you not confirm (resurrection)?


The Troops

(Lest) someone should say: ‘Alas! Woe to me for my lapse and neglect of my duty (of obedience) to Allah and I was certainly of those who mocked.’


Repentance

Fight against them (to establish peace). Allah will torment them at your hands and will humiliate them, and will help you (in your defensive fight) against them, and will heal the breasts of the believers.


Cattle

And they (also) say: ‘The (offspring) in the wombs of these cattle is exclusively for our men but forbidden to our women, and if that (offspring) is stillborn, then they (men and women) all are partners in it.’ Soon He will punish them for their (invented) dogmas. He is indeed Most Wise, All-Knowing.


The Troops

Is Allah not enough for His (most intimate) servant (the Esteemed Prophet [blessings and peace be upon him])? And these (disbelievers) frighten you, apart from Allah, with the idols (which they worship). And there is no one to guide him whom Allah holds astray (owing to his denial of the truth).


She That Disputeth

They have made their (false) oaths a shield. So they hinder (others) from the way of Allah. Consequently, there is a humiliating punishment for them.


The Beneficent

He is the One Who created (this Absolutely Perfect) man.


Women

Those who are miserly and bid others (also) to be miserly and hide that (blessing) which Allah has granted them of His bounty. And We have prepared a disgraceful torment for the disbelievers,


The Troops

Say: ‘(The leave for) all intercession rests with Allah alone (which He has specified for His intimate servants). The sovereignty of the heavens and the earth also belongs to Him alone. Then to Him you will be returned.’


The Cave

Then (after consolidating his conquests in the west) he set forth on (another) course,


Light

Except for those who repent after this (false blaming) and mend their ways. Then Allah is verily Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful. (They will not be counted amongst the disobedient, but this will not exempt them from hadd al-qadhaf [the penalty for false accusation of adultery].)


The Criterion

And these (disbelievers) do not bring you any (such) instance (as an objection or inquiry), but We provide you with the truth (to reply it) and an explanation better (than that).


The Beneficent

And in them will be (chaste maidens) with downcast gazes, untouched either by any man or jinn.


The Troops

(The Lord will say:) ‘Yes, no doubt, My Revelations came to you. So you rejected them and showed arrogance and became one of the disbelievers.’


Al-Hijr

Allah said: ‘This (freedom from these deceits and intrigues) is the (very) path that leads straight to My Threshold.


The Winnowing Winds

And keep giving direction and guidance, for direction and guidance surely benefits the believers.


The Overthrowing

Indeed, this (Qur’an) is the Word (communicated) by a glorious and most venerable Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him),


The Overwhelming

But anyone who turns away and becomes a disbeliever,


The Thunder

And, (O Messenger,) indeed We sent before you (many) Messengers and brought up for them wives and children (as well). And that is not the role of a Messenger to bring a sign but by Allah’s command. There is an inscription for every appointed term.


The Pen

When Our Verses are recited to him, he says: ‘These are the fictitious stories of the bygone people.’


The Believers

So Allah, the True Sovereign, is High and Exalted. There is no God but He. He alone is the Lord of the Venerated Throne (i.e., Authority).


The Clans

But if you long for Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and the abode of the Hereafter, then surely Allah has prepared for the pious amongst you a tremendous reward.’


The Heights

Those that made their din (religion) a funfair and sport and whom the worldly life had deceived.’ We shall forget them Today as they forgot their meeting of this Day (with Us) and as they used to deny Our Revelations.


The Cow

Whatever exists in the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah. Whether you reveal or conceal the secrets of your heart, Allah will call you to account for that. Then Allah shall forgive whom He wills and torment whom He wills. And Allah has Absolute Power over everything.


The Clans

On the Day when their faces will be (repeatedly) turned over in the Fire of Hell, they will say: ‘Alas! Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Holy Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him)!’


The Heights

And when Our torment came upon them, their cry was nothing (else) but they began to say: ‘No doubt we were the wrongdoers.’


The Poets

And, skilled (in stone-carving), you carve out houses in the mountains.


The Beneficent

O company of the jinn and men! If you have the power to go across the boundaries of the heaven and the earth (and overpower the universe), then go ahead. Whichever station (i.e., heavenly sphere) you will go to, there too will be His Kingdom alone.


Joseph

They said: ‘O our father, what has happened to you that you do not trust us in the case of Yusuf (Joseph), whilst we are certainly his well-wishers?


Banning

And Allah has given for the believers the example of Pharaoh’s wife (Asiya, the daughter of Mazahim) when she submitted: ‘O my Lord, build a house for me in Paradise in Your presence, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his (evil) conduct, and also rescue me from the wrongdoing people.’


The Wind-Curved Sandhills

It is they against whom the command of Allah’s (torment) has proved true amongst generations that have passed of the jinn as well as mankind. Surely, they (all) were the losers.


Those Who Drag Forth

Surely, in this (incident) there is a great lesson of warning for him who fears (Allah).


Mutual Disillusion

And obey Allah and obey the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). Then if you turn away, (remember that) the responsibility of Our Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) is only to deliver (the injunctions) clearly.


The Romans

And (also) of His signs is that He sends winds that bring glad tidings (of rain), so that He blesses you with His mercy (in the shape of the results of rain) and that the ships may (also) sail with His command (by means of these winds). And (all this) is because you may seek His bounty (in the form of agriculture and business) and you may (thus) become thankful.


The Winnowing Winds

Those who are oblivious (of the Hereafter) due to negligence and ignorance.


The Table Spread

Satan seeks only to breed enmity and spite amongst you by means of wine and gambling, and hinder you from remembering Allah and observing Prayer. Will you abstain (from these evil-generating temptations)?


Saba

Say: ‘Who provides you sustenance from the heavens and the earth?’ Say (yourself): ‘Allah (provides). And no doubt, either we or you are guided aright or lost in open error.’


Cattle

If you see (them at the time) when they will be made to stand before their Lord and Allah will say (to them): ‘Is this (life) not a truth?’ They will submit: ‘Yes, of course, by our Lord (it is the truth).’ Allah will (then) say: ‘So (now) taste the torment because you used to disbelieve.’


The Cave

So We patted their ears (putting them to slumber) for some countable years in that cave.


The Ant

(Sulayman [Solomon]) said: ‘We see right now whether you speak the truth or you are of the liars.


The Event

When the earth will tremor and then shake violently,


Those Who Set The Ranks

And you will not be given (any) reward but for what you used to do.


The Cow

Those who believe in the unseen, and establish Prayer (fulfilling all its requisites) and spend (in Our way) out of what We have given them;


Tâ Hâ

They said: ‘These two are really magicians who have the intention to drive you out of your land with sorcery, and put an end to your exemplary culture and religion.


The Morning Star

Indeed, they (the disbelievers) are hatching plots.


Hûd

Indeed, these (episodes) contain lessons of warning for him who fears the chastisement of the Last Day. This (Day of Rising) is the Day when entire mankind will be gathered together, and it is this Day when all will be made present.


Small Kindnesses

Have you seen him who denies the Din (Religion)?


The Bee

He seeks to hide himself from people due to the (presumed) bad news that is given to him. (He now gets down to thinking) whether he should keep her (alive) despite humiliation and disgrace, or bury her (alive) in the earth. See! How wicked is the decision that they make!


The Prophets

And it is not possible that the people of the town whom We destroyed will not return to Us (after death),


The Night

And his wealth will not help him any way when he falls into (the pit of) destruction.


The Bee

That is because they loved and preferred the life of this world to the Hereafter, and because Allah does not guide the disbelieving folk.


The Wind-Curved Sandhills

The revelation of this Book is from Allah, Almighty, Most Wise.


Sâd

(Allah said:) ‘This is Our bestowal. (Whether you) confer (it) on others or hold back (to you), no account will be asked for (in both the cases).’


The Believers

Until when death comes to any of them, (then) he will say: ‘O my Lord, send me back (to the world),


Repentance

And never perform (funeral) Prayer over any of these (hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave (because your stepping on some place also brings about mercy and blessings, and they do not deserve your mercy and blessing). Indeed, they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and died in a state of defiance.


The Clear Proof

In which are (written) correct and firm commandments.


Those Who Set The Ranks

And had it not been the favour of my Lord, I (too) would have joined those who are brought (for torment with you).’


The Romans

And the Day when the Last Hour is established, the evildoers will lose hope.


The Poets

O my Lord! Bless me with excellence in knowledge and deeds, and include me amongst those who deserve Your exceptional intimacy.


And We revealed to Musa (Moses): ‘Take away My servants (from here) by night; you will certainly be chased.’


The Pilgrimage

These (disbelievers) did not recognize the value of Allah as was His due. Surely, Allah is Most Powerful, Most Dominant (over everything).


Qâf

And the Trumpet will be blown. It is (this torment) the Day of Warning.


The Prophets

Their hearts have become neglectful and (these) wrongdoers whisper (against you) inaudibly: ‘He is but a human being like you. Do you (even then) submit to (his) magic whilst you can see?’


Tâ Hâ

Earlier, Harun (Aaron also) had said to them, (warning): ‘O people, you have undergone a trial by virtue of this (calf), whilst your Lord is (not this,) but surely (He) the Most Kind One. So follow me and obey my command.’


The Mount

Or do they own the treasures of your Lord? Or are they guards and watchmen over them?


Cattle

And give up all the sins of body and of heart (i.e., both open and secret). Indeed, those who are earning sins will soon be punished for (the evil works) that they used to perpetrate.


Yâ Sîn

Neither can the sun (deviate from its orbit and) overtake the moon, nor can the night precede the day, and all (the stars and planets) are moving in their respective orbits.


The Bee

And they ascribe a portion of the provisions which We have given them to those (idols) whose (reality) even they themselves do not know. By Allah, you will indeed be asked about what you fabricate.


The Overthrowing

And when souls will be united (with their bodies),


The Believers

Do you demand of them any recompense (for preaching the faith in Messengership? Nay, that too is not the case.) The recompense of your Lord itself is (by far) the best and He is the Best of all sustainers.


The Believer

And (blind to his own transgression, tyranny and brutality) Pharaoh said: ‘Leave me to kill Musa (Moses) and let him call his Lord. I fear he will change your religion or will spread violence in the country (Egypt).’


Mary

And out of Our mercy We granted him his brother Harun (Aaron), making him a Prophet (to assist him in his task).


Smoke

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, provided you have faith with certitude.


Tâ Hâ

When Musa (Moses) saw a fire (on his way back to Egypt from Madyan), he said to his family: ‘Stay here. I have seen a fire (or I have perceived a flash of love and cordiality in a fire). Perhaps I may bring a brand from it for you (also), or I find at that fire the guidance (which I am searching for).’


The Heights

But the unjust amongst them substituted some other statement for that which they were told. So We sent upon them torment from heaven because they were engaged in injustice and wickedness.


The Clot

(O Beloved!) Read (commencing) with the Name of Allah, Who has created (everything).


The Heights

And when the Qur’an is recited, listen to it attentively, and observe silence so that mercy may be bestowed upon you.


Cattle

And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah (and making a false claim of Prophethood) says: ‘Revelation has been sent down to me,’ whereas no revelation is sent to him? And who can be more unjust than one who (making a false claim of being a god) says: ‘I (too) shall soon send down such (a Book) as Allah has sent’? And if you visualize (the sight) when the unjust will be (suffering from) the death throes, and the angels will stretch forth their hands (towards them demanding:) ‘Deliver your souls from your bodies. This Day you will be recompensed with humiliating torment because you used to speak falsehood against Allah and disobey and disregard His Revelations.’


Sâd

You have turned your faces away from it.


The Spider

Surely, Allah knows (the truth of the idols) that they worship instead of Him and He alone is Almighty, Most Wise.


The Ascending Stairways

Surely, the torment of their Lord is not a thing which should not be feared;


The Winnowing Winds

Certainly you are (caught) in inconsistent statements.


Cattle

And warn by means of this (Qur’an) those who fear that they will be assembled before their Lord whilst they are without (any) helper or intercessor apart from Him so that they may become pious.


Hûd

So, (O listener,) do not have any doubt at all about those which they worship. They do not worship (on the basis of any reason or insight), but they worship only as their ancestors have done contiguously before. And certainly, We will pay them their full share (of torment) which will not be diminished in the least.


The Believer

He knows the treacherous eyes, and also those secrets which the breasts hide (inside them).


Time or Man

Surely, there has passed over man a period of time when he was not a thing worth mentioning.


Jonah

And Allah calls towards the Home of Peace (Paradise), and guides whom He wills to the straight path.


The Rising of the Dead

Was he not (in his beginning) a sperm drop ejaculated (into the woman’s womb)?


Mary

Except the one who repents and believes and persists in righteous works; they will enter Paradise and will not be wronged in the least.


The Cow

(O People of the Book!) Do you say that Ibrahim (Abraham), Isma‘il (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Ya‘qub (Jacob) and their sons were either Jews or Christians?’ Say: ‘Who knows better, you or Allah?’ And who is more unjust than he who hides the testimony which is with him (in the Book) from Allah? And Allah is not unaware of your deeds.


The Ant

And there is nothing hidden in the heavens and the earth but is recorded in a Clear Book (al-Lawh al-Mahfuz).


Repentance

(O hypocrites!) You are like those who preceded you. They were far mightier than you in power and far richer in possessions and progeny. They benefited by their share (of the world); so are you (too) enjoying your portion (the same way) as your predecessors enjoyed their fixed share (of the worldly pleasures). Moreover, you (in like manner) have deeply indulged in falsehood as they deeply indulged in falsehood. Their works have gone fruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, and they are the ones who are the losers.


The Earthquake

When the earth will be violently shaken with a high-scale quake,


The Traducer

(Woe to him) who accumulates wealth and keeps counting it!


Smoke

From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was of the most rebellious transgressors.


Cattle

Then why did they not humble themselves and wail and moan when Our torment came upon them? But (the fact is that) their hearts became hardened, and Satan made those (sinful) acts that they used to perpetrate appear to them attractive and alluring.