Part 11
9-93
The ground (of complaint) is against such as claim exemption
while they are rich. They prefer to stay with the (women) who remain behind:
God hath sealed their hearts; so they know not (What they miss).
9-94
They will present their excuses to you when ye return to
them. Say thou: "Present no excuses: we shall not believe you: God hath
already informed us of the true state of matters concerning you: It is your
actions that God and His Apostle will observe: in the end will ye be brought
back to Him Who knoweth what is hidden and what is open: then will He show you
the truth of all that ye did."
9-95
They will swear to you by God, when ye return to them, that
ye may leave them alone. So leave them alone: For they are an abomination, and
Hell is their dwelling-place,-a fitting recompense for the (evil) that they
did.
9-96
They will swear unto you, that ye may be pleased with them
but if ye are pleased with them, God is not pleased with those who disobey.
9-97
The Arabs of the desert are the worst in Unbelief and
hypocrisy, and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which God hath
sent down to His Apostle: But God is All-knowing, All-Wise.
9-98
Some of the desert Arabs look upon their payments as a fine,
and watch for disasters for you: on them be the
disaster of evil: for God is He That heareth and knoweth (all things).
9-99
But some of the desert Arabs believe in God and the Last
Day, and look on their payments as pious gifts bringing them nearer to God and
obtaining the prayers of the Apostle. Aye, indeed they bring them nearer (to
Him): soon will God admit them to His Mercy: for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
9-100
The vanguard (of Islam)- the first of those who forsook
(their homes) and of those who gave them aid, and (also) those who follow them
in (all) good deeds,- well- pleased is God with them, as are they with Him: for
them hath He prepared gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein for
ever: that is the supreme felicity.
9-101
Certain of the desert Arabs round about you are hypocrites,
as well as (desert Arabs) among the
9-102
Others (there are who) have acknowledged their wrong-doings:
they have mixed an act that was good with another that was evil. Perhaps God
will turn unto them (in Mercy): for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
9-103
Of their goods, take alms, that so thou mightest purify and
sanctify them; and pray on their behalf. Verily thy prayers are a source of
security for them: And God is One Who heareth and knoweth.
9-104
Know they not that God doth accept repentance from His
votaries and receives their gifts of charity, and that God is verily He, the
Oft-Returning, Most Merciful?
9-105
And say: "Work (righteousness): Soon will God observe
your work, and His Apostle, and the Believers: Soon will ye be brought back to
the knower of what is hidden and what is open: then will He show you the truth
of all that ye did."
9-106
There are (yet) others, held in suspense for the command of
God, whether He will punish them, or turn in mercy to them: and God is
All-Knowing, Wise.
9-107
And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief
and infidelity - to disunite the Believers - and in preparation for one who
warred against God and His Apostle aforetime. They will indeed swear that their
intention is nothing but good; But God doth declare that they are certainly liars.
9-108
Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose
foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the
standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be purified; and
God loveth those who make themselves pure.
9-109
Which then is best? - he that layeth his foundation on piety
to God and His good pleasure? - or he that layeth his foundation on an
undermined sand-cliff ready to crumble to pieces? and it doth crumble to pieces
with him, into the fire of Hell. And God guideth not people that do wrong.
9-110
The foundation of those who so build is never free from
suspicion and shakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces.
And God is All-Knowing, Wise.
9-111
God hath purchased of the believers their persons and their
goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of
9-112
Those that turn (to God) in repentance; that serve Him, and
praise Him; that wander in devotion to the cause of God,: that bow down and
prostrate themselves in prayer; that enjoin good and forbid evil; and observe
the limit set by God;- (These do rejoice). So proclaim the glad tidings to the
Believers.
9-113
It is not fitting, for the Prophet and those who believe,
that they should pray for forgiveness for Pagans, even though they be of kin,
after it is clear to them that they are companions of the Fire.
9-114
And Abraham prayed for his father's forgiveness only because
of a promise he had made to him. But when it became clear to him that he was an
enemy to God, he dissociated himself from him: for Abraham was most
tender-hearted, forbearing.
9-115
And God will not mislead a people after He hath guided them,
in order that He may make clear to them what to fear (and avoid)- for God hath
knowledge of all things.
9-116
Unto God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the
earth. He giveth life and He taketh it. Except for Him ye have no protector nor
helper.
9-117
God turned with favour to the Prophet, the Muhajirs, and the
Ansar,- who followed him in a time of distress, after that the hearts of a part
of them had nearly swerved (from duty); but He turned to them (also): for He is
unto them Most Kind, Most Merciful.
9-118
(He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind;
(they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them,
for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,-
and they perceived that there is no fleeing from God (and no refuge) but to
Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for God is
Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.
9-119
O ye who believe! Fear God and be with those who are true
(in word and deed).
9-120
It was not fitting for the people of Medina and the Bedouin
Arabs of the neighbourhood, to refuse to follow God's Apostle, nor to prefer
their own lives to his: because nothing could they suffer or do, but was
reckoned to their credit as a deed of righteousness,- whether they suffered thirst,
or fatigue, or hunger, in the cause of God, or trod paths to raise the ire of
the Unbelievers, or received any injury whatever from an enemy: for God
suffereth not the reward to be lost of those who do good;-
9-121
Nor could they spend anything (for the cause) - small or
great- nor cut across a valley, but the deed is inscribed to their credit: that
God may requite their deed with the best (possible reward).
9-122
Nor should the Believers all go forth together: if a
contingent from every expedition remained behind, they could devote themselves
to studies in religion, and admonish the people when they return to them,- that
thus they (may learn) to guard themselves (against evil).
9-123
O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and
let them find firmness in you: and know that God is with those who fear Him.
9-124
Whenever there cometh down a sura, some of them say:
"Which of you has had His faith increased by it?" Yea, those who
believe,- their faith is increased and they do rejoice.
9-125
But those in whose hearts is a disease,- it will add doubt
to their doubt, and they will die in a state of Unbelief.
9-126
See they not that they are tried every year once or twice?
Yet they turn not in repentance, and they take no heed.
9-127
Whenever there cometh down a Sura, they look at each other,
(saying), "Doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: God hath
turned their hearts (from the light); for they are a people that understand
not.
9-128
Now hath come unto you an Apostle from amongst yourselves:
it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the
Believers is he most kind and merciful.
9-129
But if they turn away, Say: "God sufficeth me: there is
no god but He: On Him is my trust,- He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory)
Supreme!"
YUNUS
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
10-1
A.L.R. These are the ayats of the Book of Wisdom.
10-2
Is it a matter of wonderment to men that We have sent Our
inspiration to a man from among themselves?- that he should warn mankind (of
their danger), and give the good news to the Believers that they have before
their Lord the lofty rank of truth. (But) say the Unbelievers: "This is
indeed an evident sorcerer!"
10-3
Verily your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the
earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority),
regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except
after His leave (hath been obtained). This is God your Lord; Him therefore
serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?
10-4
To Him will be your return- of all of you. The promise of
God is true and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of creation, and
repeateth it, that He may reward with justice those who believe and work
righteousness; but those who reject Him will have draughts of boiling fluids,
and a penalty grievous, because they did reject Him.
10-5
It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon
to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might know the
number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did God create this but in
truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His Signs in detail, for those
who understand.
10-6
Verily, in the alternation of the night and the day, and in
all that God hath created, in the heavens and the earth, are signs for those
who fear Him.
10-7
Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but
are pleased and satisfied with the life of the present, and those who heed not
Our Signs,-
10-8
Their abode is the Fire, because of the (evil) they earned.
10-9
Those who believe, and work righteousness,- their Lord will
guide them because of their faith: beneath them will flow rivers in gardens of
bliss.
10-10
(This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to Thee, O God!"
And "Peace" will be their greeting therein! and the close of their
cry will be: "Praise be to God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the
worlds!"
10-11
If God were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as
they would fain hasten on the good,- then would their respite be settled at
once. But We leave those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, in
their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro.
10-12
When trouble toucheth a man, He crieth unto Us (in all
postures)- lying down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have
solved his trouble, he passeth on his way as if he had never cried to Us for a
trouble that touched him! thus do the deeds of transgressors seem fair in their
eyes!
10-13
Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong:
their apostles came to them with clear-signs, but they would not believe! thus
do We requite those who sin!
10-14
Then We made you heirs in the land after them, to see how ye
would behave!
10-15
But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who
rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, Say: "Bring us a reading
other than this, or change this," Say: "It is not for me, of my own
accord, to change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me: if I were
to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of a Great Day (to
come)."
10-16
Say: "If God had so willed, I should not have rehearsed
it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before
this have I tarried amongst you: will ye not then understand?"
10-17
Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against God, or
deny His Signs? But never will prosper those who sin.
10-18
They serve, besides God, things that hurt them not nor
profit them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with God."
Say: "Do ye indeed inform God of something He knows not, in the heavens or
on earth?- Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners they ascribe (to
Him)!"
10-19
Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later). Had it not
been for a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would
have been settled between them.
10-20
They say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his
Lord?" Say: "The Unseen is only for God (to know), then wait ye: I too
will wait with you."
10-21
When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity
hath touched them, behold! they take to plotting against Our Signs! Say:
"Swifter to plan is God!" Verily, Our messengers record all the plots
that ye make!
10-22
He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea;
so that ye even board ships;- they sail with them with a favourable wind, and
they rejoice thereat; then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from
all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: they cry unto God,
sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him saying, "If thou dost deliver us
from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!"
10-23
But when he delivereth them, behold! they transgress
insolently through the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is
against your own souls,- an enjoyment of the life of the present: in the end,
to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of all that ye did.
10-24
The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which
We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth-
which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with
its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it
belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our
command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it
had not flourished only the day before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail
for those who reflect.
10-25
But God doth call to the Home of Peace: He doth guide whom
He pleaseth to a way that is straight.
10-26
To those who do right is a goodly (reward)- Yea, more (than
in measure)! No darkness nor shame shall cover their faces! they are companions
of the garden; they will abide therein (for aye)!
10-27
But those who have earned evil will have a reward of like
evil: ignominy will cover their (faces): No defender will they have from (the
wrath of) God: Their faces will be covered, as it were, with pieces from the
depth of the darkness of night: they are companions of the Fire: they will
abide therein (for aye)!
10-28
One day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say
to those who joined gods (with Us): "To your place! ye and those ye joined
as 'partners' We shall separate them, and their "Partners" shall say:
"It was not us that ye worshipped!
10-29
"Enough is God for a witness between us and you: we
certainly knew nothing of your worship of us!"
10-30
There will every soul prove (the fruits of) the deeds it
sent before: they will be brought back to God their rightful Lord, and their
invented falsehoods will leave them in the lurch.
10-31
Say: "Who is it that sustains you (in life) from the
sky and from the earth? or who is it that has power over hearing and sight? And
who is it that brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the
living? and who is it that rules and regulates all affairs?" They will
soon say, "God". Say, "will ye not then show piety (to
Him)?"
10-32
Such is God, your real Cherisher and Sustainer: apart from
truth, what (remains) but error? How then are ye turned away?
10-33
Thus is the word of thy Lord proved true against those who
rebel: Verily they will not believe.
10-34
Say: "Of your 'partners', can any originate creation and
repeat it?" Say: "It is God Who originates creation and repeats it:
then how are ye deluded away (from the truth)?"
10-35
Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any
guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is God Who gives guidance towards
truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he
who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? what then is the matter
with you? How judge ye?"
10-36
But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can
be of no avail against truth. Verily God is well aware of all that they do.
10-37
This Qur'an is not such as can be produced by other than
God; on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it,
and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the
Lord of the worlds.
10-38
Or do they say, "He forged it"? say: "Bring
then a Sura like unto it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can besides God, if
it be ye speak the truth!"
10-39
Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they
cannot compass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them: thus did
those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those
who did wrong!
10-40
Of them there are some who believe therein, and some who do not:
and thy Lord knoweth best those who are out for mischief.
10-41
If they charge thee with falsehood, say: "My work to
me, and yours to you! ye are free from responsibility for what I do, and I for
what ye do!"
10-42
Among them are some who (pretend to) listen to thee: But
canst thou make the deaf to hear,- even though they are without understanding?
10-43
And among them are some who look at thee: but canst thou
guide the blind,- even though they will not see?
10-44
Verily God will not deal unjustly with man in aught: It is
man that wrongs his own soul.
10-45
One day He will gather them together: (It will be) as if
they had tarried but an hour of a day: they will recognise each other:
assuredly those will be lost who denied the meeting with God and refused to
receive true guidance.
10-46
Whether We show thee (realised in thy life-time) some part
of what We promise them,- or We take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (Before that),- in
any case, to Us is their return: ultimately God is witness, to all that they do.
10-47
To every people (was sent) an apostle: when their apostle
comes (before them), the matter will be judged between them with justice, and
they will not be wronged.
10-48
They say: "When will this promise come to pass,- if ye
speak the truth?"
10-49
Say: "I have no power over any harm or profit to myself
except as God willeth. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is
reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it
in anticipation)."
10-50
Say: "Do ye see,- if His punishment should come to you
by night or by day,- what portion of it would the sinners wish to hasten?
10-51
"Would ye then believe in it at last, when it actually
cometh to pass? (It will then be said): 'Ah! now? and ye wanted (aforetime) to
hasten it on!'
10-52
"At length will be said to the wrong-doers: 'Taste ye
the enduring punishment! ye get but the recompense of what ye earned!'"
10-53
They seek to be informed by thee: "Is that true?"
Say: "Aye! by my Lord! it is the very truth! and ye cannot frustrate
it!"
10-54
Every soul that hath sinned, if it possessed all that is on
earth, would fain give it in ransom: They would declare (their) repentance when
they see the penalty: but the judgment between them will be with justice, and
no wrong will be done unto them.
10-55
Is it not (the case) that to God belongeth whatever is in
the heavens and on earth? Is it not (the case) that God's promise is assuredly
true? Yet most of them understand not.
10-56
It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall
ye all be brought back.
10-57
O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lord
and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts,- and for those who believe, a
guidance and a Mercy.
10-58
Say: "In the bounty of God. And in His Mercy,- in that
let them rejoice": that is better than the (wealth) they hoard.
10-59
Say: "See ye what things God hath sent down to you for
sustenance? Yet ye hold forbidden some things thereof and (some things)
lawful." Say: "Hath God indeed permitted you, or do ye invent
(things) to attribute to God?"
10-60
And what think those who invent lies against God, of the Day
of Judgment? Verily God is full of bounty to mankind, but most of them are
ungrateful.
10-61
In whatever business thou mayest be, and whatever portion
thou mayest be reciting from the Qur'an,- and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be
doing,- We are witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed therein. Nor is
hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in
heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these things but are recorded
in a clear record.
10-62
Behold! verily on the friends of God there is no fear, nor
shall they grieve;
10-63
Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil;-
10-64
For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in
the Hereafter; no change can there be in the words of God. This is indeed the
supreme felicity.
10-65
Let not their speech grieve thee: for all power and honour
belong to God: It is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
10-66
Behold! verily to God belong all creatures, in the heavens
and on earth. What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other
than God? They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.
10-67
He it is That hath made you the night that ye may rest
therein, and the day to make things visible (to you). Verily in this are signs
for those who listen (to His Message).
10-68
They say: "God hath begotten a son!" - Glory be to
Him! He is self- sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No
warrant have ye for this! say ye about God what ye know not?
10-69
Say: "Those who invent a lie against God will never
prosper."
10-70
A little enjoyment in this world!- and then, to Us will be
their return, then shall We make them taste the severest penalty for their
blasphemies.
10-71
Relate to them the story of Noah. Behold! he said to his
people: "O my people, if it be hard on your (mind) that I should stay
(with you) and commemorate the signs of God,- yet I put my trust in God. Get ye
then an agreement about your plan and among your partners, so your plan be on
to you dark and dubious. Then pass your sentence on me, and give me no respite.
10-72
"But if ye turn back, (consider): no reward have I
asked of you: my reward is only due from God, and I have been commanded to be
of those who submit to God's will (in Islam)."
10-73
They rejected Him, but We delivered him, and those with him,
in the Ark, and We made them inherit (the earth), while We overwhelmed in the
flood those who rejected Our Signs. Then see what was the end of those who were
warned (but heeded not)!
10-74
Then after him We sent (many) apostles to their peoples:
they brought them Clear Signs, but they would not believe what they had already
rejected beforehand. Thus do We seal the hearts of the transgressors.
10-75
Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his
chiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin.
10-76
When the Truth did come to them from Us, they said:
"This is indeed evident sorcery!"
10-77
Said Moses: "Say ye (this) about the truth when it hath
(actually) reached you? Is sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not
prosper."
10-78
They said: "Hast thou come to us to turn us away from
the ways we found our fathers following,- in order that thou and thy brother
may have greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!"
10-79
Said Pharaoh: "Bring me every sorcerer well
versed."
10-80
When the sorcerers came, Moses said to them: "Throw ye
what ye (wish) to throw!"
10-81
When they had had their throw, Moses said: "What ye
have brought is sorcery: God will surely make it of no effect: for God
prospereth not the work of those who make mischief.
10-82
"And God by His words doth prove and establish His
truth, however much the sinners may hate it!"
10-83
But none believed in Moses except some children of his
people, because of the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs, lest they should persecute
them; and certainly Pharaoh was mighty on the earth and one who transgressed
all bounds.
10-84
Moses said: "O my people! If ye do (really) believe in
God, then in Him put your trust if ye submit (your will to His)."
10-85
They said: "In God do we put out trust. Our Lord! make
us not a trial for those who practise oppression;
10-86
"And deliver us by Thy Mercy from those who reject
(Thee)."
10-87
We inspired Moses and his brother with this Message:
"Provide dwellings for your people in Egypt, make your dwellings into
places of worship, and establish regular prayers: and give glad tidings to
those who believe!"
10-88
Moses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on
Pharaoh and his chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so,
Our Lord, they mislead (men) from Thy Path. Deface our Lord, the features of
their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe until
they see the grievous penalty."
10-89
God said: "Accepted is your prayer (O Moses and Aaron)!
So stand ye straight, and follow not the path of those who know not."
10-90
We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and
his hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed
with the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no god except Him Whom
the Children of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (to God in
Islam)."
10-91
(It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while
before, wast thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)!
10-92
"This day shall We save thee in the body, that thou
mayest be a sign to those who come after thee! but verily, many among mankind
are heedless of Our Signs!"
10-93
We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful
dwelling-place, and provided for them sustenance of the best: it was after
knowledge had been granted to them, that they fell into schisms. Verily God
will judge between them as to the schisms amongst them, on the Day of Judgment.
10-94
If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee,
then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee: the Truth hath
indeed come to thee from thy Lord: so be in no wise of those in doubt.
10-95
Nor be of those who reject the signs of God, or thou shalt
be of those who perish.
10-96
Those against whom the word of thy Lord hath been verified
would not believe-
10-97
Even if every Sign was brought unto them,- until they see
(for themselves) the penalty grievous.
10-98
Why was there not a single township (among those We warned),
which believed,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of
Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy in the
life of the present, and permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.
10-99
If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have
believed,- all who are on earth! wilt thou then compel mankind, against their
will, to believe!
10-100
No soul can believe, except by the will of God, and He will
place doubt (or obscurity) on those who will not understand.
10-101
Say: "Behold all that is in the heavens and on
earth"; but neither Signs nor Warners profit those who believe not.
10-102
Do they then expect (any thing) but (what happened in) the
days of the men who passed away before them? Say: "Wait ye then: for I,
too, will wait with you."
10-103
In the end We deliver Our apostles and those who believe:
Thus is it fitting on Our part that We should deliver those who believe!
10-104
Say: "O ye men! If ye are in doubt as to my religion, (behold!)
I worship not what ye worship, other than God! But I worship God - Who will
take your souls (at death): I am commanded to be (in the ranks) of the
Believers,
10-105
"And further (thus): 'set thy face towards religion
with true piety, and never in any wise be of the Unbelievers;
10-106
"'Nor call on any, other than God;- Such will neither
profit thee nor hurt thee: if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of
those who do wrong.'"
10-107
If God do touch thee with hurt, there is none can remove it
but He: if He do design some benefit for thee, there is none can keep back His
favour: He causeth it to reach whomsoever of His servants He pleaseth. And He
is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
10-108
Say: "O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you from your
Lord! those who receive guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those
who stray, do so to their own loss: and I am not (set) over you to arrange your
affairs."
10-109
Follow thou the inspiration sent unto thee, and be patient
and constant, till God do decide: for He is the best to decide.
HUD
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
11-1
A. L. R. (This is) a Book, with verses basic or fundamental
(of established meaning), further explained in detail,- from One Who is Wise
and Well-acquainted (with all things):
11-2
(It teacheth) that ye should worship none but God. (Say):
"Verily I am (sent) unto you from Him to warn and to bring glad tidings:
11-3
"(And to preach thus), 'Seek ye the forgiveness of your
Lord, and turn to Him in repentance; that He may grant you enjoyment, good (and
true), for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding grace on all who abound
in merit! But if ye turn away, then I fear for you the penalty of a great day:
11-4
'To God is your return, and He hath power over all
things.'"
11-5
Behold! they fold up their hearts, that they may lie hid
from Him! Ah even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knoweth
what they conceal, and what they reveal: for He knoweth well the (inmost
secrets) of the hearts.