1. A.L.R. These are the ayats of
the Book of Wisdom.
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!"
3. Verily your Lord is Allah, 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 Allah
your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition?
4. To Him will be your return-
of all of you. The promise of Allah 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.
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 Allah
create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth
He explain His Signs in detail, for those who understand.
6. Verily, in the alternation of
the night and the day, and in all that Allah hath created,
in the heavens and the earth, are signs for those who fear
Him.
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,-
8. Their abode is the Fire, because
of the (evil) they earned.
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. (This will be) their cry therein:
"Glory to Thee, O Allah." And "Peace" will be their greeting
therein! and the close of their cry will be: "Praise be
to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!"
11. If Allah 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.
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!
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!
14. Then We made you heirs in
the land after them, to see how ye would behave!
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)."
16. Say: "If Allah 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?"
17. Who doth more wrong than such
as forge a lie against Allah, or deny His Signs? But never
will prosper those who sin.
18. They serve, besides Allah,
things that hurt them not nor profit them, and they say:
"These are our intercessors with Allah." Say: "Do ye indeed
inform Allah 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)!"
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.
20. They say: "Why is not a sign
sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "The Unseen is only
for Allah (to know), then wait ye: I too will wait with
you."
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 Allah." Verily, Our messengers record all the plots
that ye make!
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 Allah, sincerely offering (their)
duty unto Him saying, "If thou dost deliver us from this,
we shall truly show our gratitude!"
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.
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.
25. But Allah doth call to the
Home of Peace: He doth guide whom He pleaseth to a way that
is straight.
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)!
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) Allah. 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)!
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!
29. "Enough is Allah for a witness
between us and you: we certainly knew nothing of your worship
of us!"
30. There will every soul prove
(the fruits of) the deeds it sent before: they will be brought
back to Allah their rightful Lord, and their invented falsehoods
will leave them in the lurch.
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, "(Allah)". Say, "will ye not then show
piety (to Him)?"
32. Such is Allah, your real Cherisher
and Sustainer: apart from truth, what (remains) but error?
How then are ye turned away?
33. Thus is the word of thy Lord
proved true against those who rebel: Verily they will not
believe.
34. Say: "Of your 'partners',
can any originate creation and repeat it?" Say: "It is Allah
Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are ye
deluded away (from the truth)?"
35. Say: "Of your 'partners' is
there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say:
"It is Allah 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?"
36. But most of them follow nothing
but fancy: truly fancy can be of no avail against truth.
Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.
37. This Qur'an is not such as
can be produced by other than Allah. 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.
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 Allah, if it be ye speak
the truth!"
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!
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.
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!"
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?
43. And among them are some who
look at thee: but canst thou guide the blind,- even though
they will not see?
44. Verily Allah will not deal
unjustly with man in aught: It is man that wrongs his own
soul.
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 Allah and refused
to receive true guidance.
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 Allah is witness, to all
that they do.
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.
48. They say: "When will this
promise come to pass,- if ye speak the truth?"
49. Say: "I have no power over
any harm or profit to myself except as Allah 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)."
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?
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!'
52. "At length will be said to
the wrong-doers: 'Taste ye the enduring punishment! ye get
but the recompense of what ye earned!'"
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!"
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.
55. Is it not (the case) that
to Allah belongeth whatever is in the heavens and on earth?
Is it not (the case) that Allah's promise is assuredly true?
Yet most of them understand not.
56. It is He Who giveth life and
who taketh it, and to Him shall ye all be brought back.
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.
58. Say: "In the bounty of Allah.
And in His Mercy,- in that let them rejoice": that is better
than the (wealth) they hoard.
59. Say: "See ye what things Allah
hath sent down to you for sustenance? Yet ye hold forbidden
some things thereof and (some things) lawful." Say: "Hath
Allah indeed permitted you, or do ye invent (things) to
attribute to Allah."
60. And what think those who invent
lies against Allah, of the Day of Judgment? Verily Allah
is full of bounty to mankind, but most of them are ungrateful.
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.
62. Behold! verily on the friends
of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve;
63. Those who believe and (constantly)
guard against evil;-
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 Allah. This is indeed the supreme
felicity.
65. Let not their speech grieve
thee: for all power and honour belong to Allah. It is He
Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
66. Behold! verily to Allah belong
all creatures, in the heavens and on earth. What do they
follow who worship as His "partners" other than Allah. They
follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie.
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).
68. They say: "(Allah) 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 Allah what ye know not?
69. Say: "Those who invent a lie
against Allah will never prosper."
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.
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 Allah,- yet I put my trust in Allah.
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.
72. "But if ye turn back, (consider):
no reward have I asked of you: my reward is only due from
Allah, and I have been commanded to be of those who submit
to Allah's will (in Islam)."
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)!
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.
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.
76. When the Truth did come to
them from Us, they said: "This is indeed evident sorcery!"
77. Said Moses: "Say ye (this)
about the truth when it hath (actually) reached you? Is
sorcery (like) this? But sorcerers will not prosper."
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!"
79. Said Pharaoh: "Bring me every
sorcerer well versed."
80. When the sorcerers came, Moses
said to them: "Throw ye what ye (wish) to throw!"
81. When they had had their throw,
Moses said: "What ye have brought is sorcery: Allah will
surely make it of no effect: for Allah prospereth not the
work of those who make mischief.
82. "And Allah by His words doth
prove and establish His truth, however much the sinners
may hate it!"
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.
84. Moses said: "O my people!
If ye do (really) believe in Allah, then in Him put your
trust if ye submit (your will to His)."
85. They said: "In Allah do we
put out trust. Our Lord! make us not a trial for those who
practise oppression;
86. "And deliver us by Thy Mercy
from those who reject (Thee)."
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!"
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."
89. Allah said: "Accepted is your
prayer (O Moses and Aaron)! So stand ye straight, and follow
not the path of those who know not."
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 Allah in Islam)."
91. (It was said to him): "Ah
now!- But a little while before, wast thou in rebellion!-
and thou didst mischief (and violence)!
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!"
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 Allah
will judge between them as to the schisms amongst them,
on the Day of Judgment.
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.
95. Nor be of those who reject
the signs of Allah, or thou shalt be of those who perish.
96. Those against whom the word
of thy Lord hath been verified would not believe-
97. Even if every Sign was brought
unto them,- until they see (for themselves) the penalty
grievous.
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.
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!
100. No soul can believe, except
by the will of Allah, and He will place doubt (or obscurity)
on those who will not understand.
101. Say: "Behold all that is
in the heavens and on earth"; but neither Signs nor Warners
profit those who believe not.
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."
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!
104. Say: "O ye men! If ye are
in doubt as to my religion, (behold!) I worship not what
ye worship, other than Allah. But I worship Allah - Who
will take your souls (at death): I am commanded to be (in
the ranks) of the Believers,
105. "And further (thus): 'set
thy face towards religion with true piety, and never in
any wise be of the Unbelievers;
106. "'Nor call on any, other
than Allah.- Such will neither profit thee nor hurt thee:
if thou dost, behold! thou shalt certainly be of those who
do wrong.'"
107. If Allah 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.
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."
109. Follow thou the inspiration
sent unto thee, and be patient and constant, till Allah
do decide: for He is the best to decide.
Yusuf
Ali 
