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Ornaments of Gold
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[43.1] Ha Mim.
[43.2] I swear by the Book that makes things clear:
[43.3] Surely We have made it an Arabic Quran that you may
understand.
[43.4] And surely it is in the original of the Book with
Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.
[43.5] What! shall We then turn away the reminder from you
altogether because you are an extravagant people?
[43.6] And how many a prophet have We sent among the
ancients.
[43.7] And there came not to them a prophet but they mocked
at him.
[43.8] Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these
in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,
[43.9] And if you should ask them, Who created the heavens
and the earth? they would most certainly say: The Mighty,
the Knowing One, has created them;
[43.10] He Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and
made in it ways for you that you may go aright;
[43.11] And He Who sends down water from the cloud
according to a measure, then We raise to life thereby a
dead country, even thus shall you be brought forth;
[43.12] And He Who created pairs of all things, and made
for you of the ships and the cattle what you ride on,
[43.13] That you may firmly sit on their backs, then
remember the favor of your Lord when you are firmly seated
thereon, and say: Glory be to Him Who made this
subservient to us and we were not able to do it
[43.14] And surely to our Lord we must return.
[43.15] And they assign to Him a part of His servants; man,
to be sure, is clearly ungrateful.
[43.16] What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He
Himself creates and chosen you to have sons?
[43.17] And when one of them is given news of that of which
he sets up as a likeness for the Beneficent God, his face
becomes black and he is full of rage.
[43.18] What! that which is made in ornaments and which in
contention is unable to make plain speech!
[43.19] And they make the angels-- them who are the
servants of the Beneficent God-- female (divinities). What!
did they witness their creation? Their evidence
shall be written down and they shall be questioned.
[43.20] And they say: If the Beneficent God had pleased, we
should never have worshipped them. They have no knowledge
of this; they only lie.
[43.21] Or have We given them a book before it so that they
hold fast to it?
[43.22] Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course,
and surely we are guided by their footsteps.
[43.23] And thus, We did not send before you any warner in
a town, but those who led easy lives in it said: Surely we
found our fathers on a course, and surely
we are followers of their footsteps.
[43.24] (The warner) said: What! even if I bring to you a
better guide than that on which you found your fathers?
They said: Surely we are unbelievers in that
with which you are sent.
[43.25] So We inflicted retribution on them, then see how
was the end of the rejecters.
[43.26] And when Ibrahim said to his father and his people:
Surely I am clear of what you worship,
[43.27] Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide
me.
[43.28] And he made it a word to continue in his posterity
that they may return.
[43.29] Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until
there came to them the truth and an Apostle making manifest
(the truth).
[43.30] And when there came to them the truth they said:
This is magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it.
[43.29] Nay! I gave them and their fathers to enjoy until
there came to them the truth and an Apostle making manifest
(the truth).
[43.30] And when there came to them the truth they said:
This is magic, and surely we are disbelievers in it.
[43.31] And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a
man of importance in the two towns?
[43.32] Will they distribute the mercy of your Lord? We
distribute among them their livelihood in the life of this
world, and We j have exalted some of them
above others in degrees, that some of them may take others
in subjection; and the mercy of your Lord is better than
what they amass.
[43.33] And were it not that all people had been a single
nation, We would certainly have assigned to those who
disbelieve in the Beneficent God (to make)
of silver the roofs of their houses and the stairs by which
they ascend.
[43.34] And the doors of their houses and the couches on
which they recline,
[43.35] And (other) embellishments of gold; and all this is
naught but provision of this world's life, and the
hereafter is with your Lord only for those who
guard (against evil).
[43.36] And whoever turns himself away from the remembrance
of the Beneficent God, We appoint for him a Shaitan, so he
becomes his associate.
[43.37] And most surely they turn them away from the path,
and they think that they are guided aright:
[43.38] Until when he comes to Us, he says: O would that
between me and you there were the distance of the East and
the West; so evil is the associate!
[43.39] And since you were unjust, it will not profit you
this day that you are sharers in the chastisement.
[43.40] What! can you then make the deaf to hear or guide
the blind and him who is in clear error?
[43.41] But if We should take you away, still We shall
inflict retribution on them;
[43.42] Rather We will certainly show you that which We
have promised them; for surely We are the possessors of
full power over them.
[43.43] Therefore hold fast to that which has been revealed
to you; surely you are on the right path.
[43.44] And most surely it is a reminder for you and your
people, and you shall soon be questioned.
[43.45] And ask those of Our apostles whom We sent before
you: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the
Beneficent God?
[43.46] And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications
to Firon and his chiefs, so he said: Surely I am the
apostle of the Lord of the worlds.
[43.47] But when he came to them with Our signs, lo! they
laughed at them.
[43.48] And We did not show them a sign but it was greater
than its like, and We overtook them with chastisement that
they may turn.
[43.49] And they said: O magician! call on your Lord for
our sake, as He has made the covenant with you; we shall
surely be the followers of the right way.
[43.50] But when We removed from them the chastisement, lo!
they broke the pledge.
[43.51] And Firon proclaimed amongst his people: O my
people! is not the kingdom of Egypt mine? And these rivers
flow beneath me; do you not then see?
[43.52] Nay! I am better than this fellow, who is
contemptible, and who can hardly speak distinctly:
[43.53] But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon
him, or why have there not come with him angels as
companions?
[43.54] So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed
him: surely they were a transgressing people.
[43.55] Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a
retribution on them, so We drowned them all together,
[43.56] And We made them a precedent and example to the
later generations.
[43.57] And when a description of the son of Marium is
given, lo! your people raise a clamor thereat.
[43.58] And they say: Are our gods better, or is he? They
do not set it forth to you save by way of disputation; nay,
they are a contentious people.
[43.59] He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed
favor, and We made him an example for the children of
Israel.
[43.60] And if We please, We could make among you angels to
be successors in the land.
[43.61] And most surely it is a knowledge of the hour,
therefore have no doubt about it and follow me: this is the
right path.
[43.62] And let not the Shaitan prevent you; surely he is
your j open enemy.
[43.63] And when Isa came with clear arguments he said: I
have come to you indeed with wisdom, and that I may make
clear to you part of what you differ in;
so be careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me:
[43.64] Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore
serve Him; this is the right path:
[43.65] But parties from among them differed, so woe to
those who were unjust because of the chastisement of a
painful day.
[43.66] Do they wait for aught but the hour, that it should
come ! upon them all of a sudden while they do not
perceive?
[43.67] The friends shall on that day be enemies one to
another, except those who guard (against evil).
[43.68] O My servants! there is no fear for you this day,
nor shall you grieve.
[43.69] Those who believed in Our communications and were
submissive:
[43.70] Enter the garden, you and your wives; you shall be
made happy.
[43.71] There shall be sent round to them golden bowls and
drinking-cups and therein shall be what their souls yearn
after and (wherein) the eyes shall delight, and you shall
abide therein.
[43.72] And this is the garden which you are given as an
inheritance on account of what you did.
[43.73] For you therein are many fruits of which you shall
eat.
[43.74] Surely the guilty shall abide in the chastisement
of hell.
[43.75] It shall not be abated from them and they shall
therein be despairing.
[43.76] And We are not unjust to them, but they themselves
were unjust.
[43.77] And they shall call out: O Malik! let your Lord
make an end of us. He shall say: Surely you shall tarry.
[43.78] Certainly We have brought you the truth, but most
of you are averse to the truth.
[43.79] Or have they settled an affair? Then surely We are
the settlers.
[43.80] Or do they think that We do not hear what they
conceal and their secret discourses? Aye! and Our
messengers with them write down.
[43.81] Say: If the Beneficent God has a son, I am the
foremost of those who serve.
[43.82] Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the
Lord of power, from what they describe.
[43.83] So leave them plunging into false discourses and
sporting until they meet their day which they are
threatened with.
[43.84] And He it is Who is God in the heavens and God in
the earth; and He is the Wise, the Knowing.
[43.85] And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth and what is between them, and with
Him is the knowledge of the hour, and to Him
shall you be brought back.
[43.86] And those whom they call upon besides Him have no
authority for intercession, but he who bears witness of the
truth and they know (him).
[43.87] And if you should ask them who created them, they
would certainly say: Allah. Whence are they then turned
back?
[43.88] Consider his cry: O my Lord! surely they are a
people who do not believe.
[43.89] So turn away from them and say, Peace, for they
shall soon come to know.