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The Holy Prophet
In the name of
Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[11.1] Alif Lam Ra (This is) a Book, whose verses are made
decisive, then are they made plain, from the Wise,
All-aware:
[11.2] That you shall not serve (any) but Allah; surely I
am a warner for you from Him and a giver of good news,
[11.3] And you that ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn
to Him; He will provide you with a goodly provision to an
appointed term and bestow His grace on every one endowed
with grace, and if you turn back, then surely I fear for
you the chastisement of a great day.
[11.4] To Allah is your return, and He has power over all
things.
[11.5] Now surely they fold up their breasts that they may
conceal (their enmity) from Him; now surely, when they use
their garments as a covering, He knows what they conceal
and what they make public; surely He knows what is in
the breasts.
[11.6] And there is no animal in the earth but on Allah is
the sustenance of it, and He knows its resting place and
its depository all (things) are in a manifest
book.
[11.7] And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth
in six periods-- and His dominion (extends) on the water--
that He might manifest to you, which of
you is best in action, and if you say, surely you shall be
raised up after death, those who disbelieve would certainly
say: This is nothing but clear magic.
[11.8] And if We hold back from them the punishment until a
stated period of time, they will certainly say: What
prevents it? Now surely on the day when it
will come to them, it shall not be averted from them and
that which they scoffed at shall beset them.
[11.9] And if We make man taste mercy from Us, then take it
off from him, most surely he is despairing, ungrateful.
[11.10] And if We make him taste a favor after distress has
afflicted him, he will certainly say: The evils are gone
away from me. Most surely he is exulting,
boasting;
[11.11] Except those who are patient and do good, they
shall have forgiveness and a great reward.
[11.12] Then, it may be that you will give up part of what
is revealed to you and your breast will become straitened
by it because they say: Why has not a treasure been sent
down upon him or an angel come with him? You are only a
warner; and Allah is custodian over all things.
[11.13] Or, do they say: He has forged it. Say: Then bring
ten forged chapters like it and call upon whom you can
besides Allah, if you are truthful.
[11.14] But if they do not answer you, then know that it is
revealed by Allah's knowledge and that there is no god but
He; will you then submit?
[11.15] Whoever desires this world's life and its finery,
We will pay them in full their deeds therein, and they
shall not be made to. suffer loss in respect
of them.
[11.16] These are they for whom there is nothing but fire
in the hereafter, and what they wrought in it shall go for
nothing, and vain is what they do.
[11.17] Is he then who has with him clear proof from his
Lord, and a witness from Him recites it and before it (is)
the Book of Musa, a guide and a mercy? These believe in it;
and whoever of the (different) parties disbelieves in it,
surely it is the truth from your Lord, but most men do not
believe.
[11.18] And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie
against Allah? These shall be brought before their Lord,
and the witnesses shall say: These are they
who lied against their Lord. Now surely the curse of Allah
is on the unjust.
[11.19] Who turn away from the path of Allah and desire to
make it crooked; and they are disbelievers in the
hereafter.
[11.20] These shall not escape in the earth, nor shall they
have any guardians besides Allah; the punishment shall be
doubled for them, they could not bear to
hear and they did not see.
[11.21] These are they who have lost their souls, and what
they forged is gone from them.
[11.22] Truly in the hereafter they are the greatest
losers.
[11.23] Surely (as to) those who believe and do good and
humble themselves to their Lord, these are the dwellers of
the garden, in it they will abide.
[11.24] The likeness of the two parties is as the blind and
the deaf and the seeing and the hearing: are they equal in
condition? Will you not then mind?
[11.25] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people: Surely I
am a plain warner for you:
[11.26] That you shall not serve any but Allah, surely I
fear for you the punishment of a painful day.
[11.27] But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among
his people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like
ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but
those who are the meanest of us at first thought and we do
not see in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem you
liars.
[11.28] He said: O my people! tell me if I have with me
clear proof from my Lord, and He has granted me mercy from
Himself and it has been made obscure to
you; shall we constrain you to (accept) it while you are
averse from it?
[11.29] And, O my people! I ask you not for wealth in
return for it; my reward is only with Allah and I am not
going to drive away those who believe; surely
they shall meet their Lord, but I consider you a people who
are ignorant:
[11.30] And, O my people! who will help me against Allah if
I drive them away? Will you not then mind?
[11.31] And I do not say to you that I have the treasures
of Allah and I do not know the unseen, nor do I say that I
am an angel, nor do I say about those whom
your eyes hold in mean estimation (that) Allah will never
grant them (any) good-- Allah knows best what is in their
souls-- for then most surely I should be of the unjust.
[11.32] They said: O Nuh! indeed you have disputed with us
and lengthened dispute with us, therefore bring to us what
you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.
[11.33] He said: Allah only will bring it to you if He
please, and you will not escape:
[11.34] And if I intend to give you good advice, my advice
will not profit you if Allah intended that He should leave
you to go astray; He is your Lord, and to
Him shall you be returned.
[11.35] Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: If I have
forged it, on me is my guilt, and I am clear of that of
which you are guilty.
[11.36] And it was revealed to Nuh: That none of your
people will believe except those who have already believed,
therefore do not grieve at what they do:
[11.37] And make the ark before Our eyes and (according to)
Our revelation, and do not speak to Me in respect of those
who are unjust; surely they shall be drowned.
[11.38] And he began to make the ark; and whenever the
chiefs from among his people passed by him they laughed at
him. He said: If you laugh at us, surely we
too laugh at you as you laugh (at us).
[11.39] So shall you know who it is on whom will come a
chastisement which will disgrace him, and on whom will
lasting chastisement come down.
[11.40] Until when Our command came and water came forth
from the valley, We said: Carry in it two of all things, a
pair, and your own family-- except those
against whom the word has already gone forth, and those who
believe. And there believed not with him but a few.
[11.41] And he said: Embark in it, in the name of Allah be
its sailing and its anchoring; most surely my Lord is
Forgiving, Merciful.
[11.42] And it moved on with them amid waves like
mountains; and Nuh called out to his son, and he was aloof:
O my son! embark with us and be not with the
unbelievers.
[11.43] He said: I will betake myself for refuge to a
mountain that shall protect me from the water. Nuh said:
There is no protector today from Allah's
punishment but He Who has mercy; and a wave intervened
between them, so he was of the drowned.
[11.44] And it was said: O earth, swallow down your water,
and O cloud, clear away; and the water was made to abate
and the affair was decided, and the ark
rested on the Judi, and it was said: Away with the unjust
people.
[11.45] And Nuh cried out to his Lord and said: My Lord!
surely my son is of my family, and Thy promise is surely
true, and Thou art the most just of the
judges.
[11.46] He said: O Nuh! surely he is not of your family;
surely he is (the doer of) other than good deeds, therefore
ask not of Me that of which you have no
knowledge; surely I admonish you lest you may be of the
ignorant
[11.47] He said: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from asking
Thee that of which I have no knowledge; and if Thou
shouldst not forgive me and have mercy on me, I
should be of the losers.
[11.48] It was said: O Nuh! descend with peace from Us and
blessings on you and on the people from among those who are
with you, and there shall be nations whom
We will afford provisions, then a painful punishment from
Us shall afflict them.
[11.49] These are announcements relating to the unseen
which We reveal to you, you did not know them-- (neither)
you nor your people-- before this; therefore
be patient; surely the end is for those who guard (against
evil).
[11.50] And to Ad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: O
my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than He; you
are nothing but forgers (of lies).
[11.51] O my people! I do not ask of you any reward for it;
my reward is only with Him Who created me; do you not then
understand?
[11.52] And, O my people! ask forgiveness of your Lord,
then turn to Him; He will send on you clouds pouring down
abundance of rain and add strength to your
strength, and do not turn back guilty.
[11.53] They said: O Hud! you have not brought to us any
clear argument and we are not going to desert our gods for
your word, and we are not believers in you:
[11.54] We cannot say aught but that some of our gods have
smitten you with evil. He said: Surely I call Allah to
witness, and do you bear witness too, that
I am clear of what you associate (with Allah).
[11.55] Besides Him, therefore scheme against me all
together; then give me no respite:
[11.56] Surely I rely on Allah, my Lord and your Lord;
there is no living creature but He holds it by its
forelock; surely my Lord is on the right path.
[11.57] But if you turn back, then indeed I have delivered
to you the message with which I have been sent to you, and
my Lord will bring another people in your place, and you
cannot do Him any harm; surely my Lord is the Preserver of
all things.
[11.58] And when Our decree came to pass, We delivered Hud
and those who believed with him with mercy from Us, and We
delivered them from a hard chastisement.
[11.59] And this was Ad; they denied the communications of
their Lord, and disobeyed His apostles and followed the
bidding of every insolent opposer (of truth).
[11.60] And they were overtaken by curse in this world and
on the resurrection day; now surely Ad disbelieved in their
Lord; now surely, away with Ad, the people of Hud.
[11.61] And to Samood (We sent) their brother Salih. He
said: O my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than
He; He brought you into being from the earth,
and made you dwell in it, therefore ask forgiveness of Him,
then turn to Him; surely my Lord is Nigh, Answering.
[11.62] They said: O Salih! surely you were one amongst us
in whom great expectations were placed before this; do you
(now) forbid us from worshipping what our fathers
worshipped? And as to that which you call us to, most
surely we are in disquieting doubt.
[11.63] He said: O my people! tell me if I have clear proof
from my Lord and He has granted to me mercy from Himself--
who will then help me against Allah if I
disobey Him? Therefore you do not add to me other than
loss:
[11.64] And, O my people! this will be (as) Allah's
she-camel for you, a sign; therefore leave her to pasture
on Allah's earth and do not touch her with evil,
for then a near chastisement will overtake you.
[11.65] But they slew her, so he said: Enjoy yourselves in
your abode for three days, that is a promise not to be
belied.
[11.66] So when Our decree came to pass, We delivered Salih
and those who believed with him by mercy from Us, and (We
saved them) from the disgrace of that day; surely your Lord
is the Strong, the Mighty.
[11.67] And the rumbling overtook those who were unjust, so
they became motionless bodies in their abodes,
[11.68] As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely
did Samood disbelieve in their Lord; now surely, away with
Samood.
[11.69] And certainly Our messengers came to Ibrahim with
good news. They said: Peace. Peace, said he, and he made no
delay in bringing a roasted calf.
[11.70] But when he saw that their hands were not extended
towards it, he deemed them strange and conceived fear of
them. . They said: Fear not, surely we are
sent to Lut's people.
[11.71] And his wife was standing (by), so she laughed,
then We gave her the good news of Ishaq and after Ishaq of
(a son's son) Yaqoub.
[11.72] She said: O wonder! shall I bear a son when I am an
extremely old woman and this my husband an extremely old
man? Most surely this is a wonderful thing.
[11.73] They said: Do you wonder at Allah's bidding? The
mercy of Allah and His blessings are on you, O people of
the house, surely He is Praised, Glorious.
[11.74] So when fear had gone away from Ibrahim and good
news came to him, he began to plead with Us for Lut's
people.
[11.75] Most surely Ibrahim was forbearing, tender-hearted,
oft-returning (to Allah):
[11.76] O Ibrahim! leave off this, surely the decree of
your Lord has come to pass, and surely there must come to
them a chastisement that cannot be averted.
[11.77] And when Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved
for them, and he lacked strength to protect them, and said:
This is a hard day.
[11.78] And his people came to him, (as if) rushed on
towards him, and already they did evil deeds. He said: O my
people! these are my daughters-- they are
purer for you, so guard against (the punishment of) Allah
and do not disgrace me with regard to my guests; is there
not among you one right-minded man?
[11.79] They said: Certainly you know that we have no claim
on your daughters, and most surely you know what we desire.
[11.80] He said: Ah! that I had power to suppress you,
rather I shall have recourse to a strong support.
[11.81] They said: O Lut! we are the messengers of your
Lord; they shall by no means reach you; so remove your
followers in a part of the night-- and let none
of you turn back-- except your wife, for surely whatsoever
befalls them shall befall her; surely their appointed time
is the morning; is not the morning nigh?
[11.82] So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them
upside down and rained down upon them stones, of what had
been decreed, one after another.
[11.83] Marked (for punishment) with your Lord and it is
not far off from the unjust.
[11.84] And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He
said: O my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than
He, and do not give short measure and weight: surely I see
you in prosperity and surely I fear for you the punishment
of an all-encompassing day.
[11.85] And, O my people! give full measure and weight
fairly, and defraud not men their things, and do not act
corruptly in the land, making mischief:
[11.86] What remains with Allah is better for you if you
are believers, and I am not a keeper over you.
[11.87] They said: O Shu'aib! does your prayer enjoin you
that we should forsake what our fathers worshipped or that
we should not do what we please with regard
to our property? Forsooth you are the forbearing, the
right-directing one.
[11.88] He said: O my people! have you considered if I have
a clear proof from my Lord and He has given me a goodly
sustenance from Himself, and I do not desire that in
opposition to you I should betake myself to that which I
forbid you: I desire nothing but reform so far as I am
able, and with none but Allah is the direction of my affair
to a right issue; on Him do I rely and to Him do I
turn:
[11.89] And, O my people! let not opposition to me make you
guilty so that there may befall you the like of what befell
the people of Nuh, or the people of Hud,
or the people of Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off
from you;
[11.90] And ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him;
surely my Lord is Merciful, Loving-kind.
[11.91] They said: O Shu'aib! we do not understand much of
what you say and most surely we see you to be weak among
us, and were it not for your family we would
surely stone you, and you are not mighty against us.
[11.92] He said: O my people! is my family more esteemed by
you than Allah? And you neglect Him as a thing cast behind
your back; surely my Lord encompasses what you do:
[11.93] And, O my people! act according to your ability, I
too am acting; you will come to know soon who it is on whom
will light the punishment that will disgrace him and who it
is that is a liar, and watch, surely I too am watching
with you.
[11.94] And when Our decree came to pass We delivered
Shu'aib, and those who believed with him by mercy from Us,
and the rumbling overtook those who were
unjust so they became motionless bodies in their abodes,
[11.95] As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely
perdition overtook Madyan as had perished Samood.
[11.96] And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications
and a clear authority,
[11.97] To Firon and his chiefs, but they followed the
bidding of Firon, and Firon's bidding was not
right-directing.
[11.98] He shall lead his people on the resurrection day,
and bring them down to the fire; and evil the place to
which they are brought.
[11.99] And they are overtaken by curse in this (world),
and on the resurrection day, evil the gift which shall be
given.
[11.100] This is an account of (the fate of) the towns
which We relate to you; of them are some that stand and
(others) mown down.
[11.101] And We did not do them injustice, but they were
unjust to themselves, so their gods whom they called upon
besides Allah did not avail them aught when
the decree of your Lord came to pass; and they added but to
their ruin.
[11.102] And such is the punishment of your Lord when He
punishes the towns while they are unjust; surely His
punishment is painful, severe.
[11.103] Most surely there is a sign in this for him who
fears the chastisement of the hereafter; this is a day on
which the people shall be gathered together
and this is a day that shall be witnessed.
[11.104] And We do not delay it but to an appointed term.
[11.105] On the day when it shall come, no soul shall speak
except with His permission, then (some) of them shall be
unhappy and (others) happy.
[11.106] So as to those who are unhappy, they shall be in
the fire; for them shall be sighing and groaning in it:
[11.107] Abiding therein so long as the heavens and the
earth endure, except as your Lord please; surely your Lord
is the mighty doer of what He intends.
[11.108] And as to those who are made happy, they shall be
in the garden, abiding in it as long as the heavens and the
earth endure, except as your Lord please; a gift which
shall never be cut off.
[11.109] Therefore be not in doubt as to what these
worship; they do not worship but as their fathers
worshipped before; and most surely We will pay them back in
full their portion undiminished.
[11.110] And certainly We gave the book to Musa, but it was
gone against; and had not a word gone forth from your Lord,
the matter would surely have been decided between them; and
surely they are in a disquieting doubt about it.
[11.111] And your Lord will most surely pay back to all
their deeds in full; surely He is aware of what they do.
[11.112] Continue then in the right way as you are
commanded, as also he who has turned (to Allah) with you,
and be not inordinate (O men!), surely He sees what
you do.
[11.113] And do not incline to those who are unjust, lest
the fire touch you, and you have no guardians besides
Allah, then you shall not be helped.
[11.114] And keep up prayer in the two parts of the day and
in the first hours of the night; surely good deeds take
away evil deeds this is a reminder to the
mindful.
[11.115] And be patient, for surely Allah does not waste
the reward of the good-doers.
[11.116] But why were there not among the generations
before you those possessing understanding, who should have
forbidden the making of mischief in the earth, except a few
of those whom We delivered from among them? And those
who were unjust went after what they are made to enjoy of
plenty, and they were guilty.
[11.117] And it did not beseem your Lord to have destroyed
the towns tyrannously, while their people acted well.
[11.118] And if your Lord had pleased He would certainly
have made people a single nation, and they shall continue
to differ.
[11.119] Except those on whom your Lord has mercy; and for
this did He create them; and the word of your Lord is
fulfilled: Certainly I will fill hell with
the jinn and the men, all together.
[11.120] And all we relate to you of the accounts of the
apostles is to strengthen your heart therewith; and in this
has come to you the truth and an admonition, and a reminder
to the believers.
[11.121] And say to those who do not believe: Act according
to your state; surely we too are acting.
[11.122] And wait; surely we are waiting also.
[11.123] And Allah's is the unseen in the heavens and the
earth, and to Him is returned the whole of the affair;
therefore serve Him and rely on Him, and your
Lord is not heedless of what you do.
