सूरा-अल-अर रअद
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13. THUNDER
1. Alif, Lam,
Meem, Ra. These are the signs of the Scripture. What is revealed to you from
your Lord is the truth, but most people do not believe.
2. God is He who
raised the heavens without pillars that you can see, and then settled on the
Throne. And He regulated the sun and the moon, each running for a specified
period. He manages all affairs, and He explains the signs, that you may be certain
of the meeting with your Lord.
3. And it is He who
spread the earth, and placed on it mountains and rivers. Of every kind of fruit
He made a pair of two. He causes the night to overlap the day. In that are
signs for people who reflect.
4. On earth are
adjacent terrains, and gardens of vines, and crops, and date-palms, from the
same root or from distinct roots, irrigated with the same water. We make some
taste better than others. In that are proofs for people who reason.
5. Should you
wonder—the real wonder is their saying: “When we have become dust, will we be
in a new creation?” Those are they who defied their Lord. Those are they who
will have yokes around their necks. Those are the inhabitants of the Fire, where
they will remain forever.
6. And they urge
you to hasten evil before good, though examples have passed away before them.
Your Lord is full of forgiveness towards the people for their wrongdoings, yet
your Lord is severe in retribution.
7. Those who
disbelieve say, “Why was a miracle not sent down to him from his Lord?” You are
only a warner, and to every community is a guide.
8. God knows what
every female bears, and every increase and decrease of the wombs. With Him,
everything is by measure.
9. The Knower of
the Invisible and the Visible, the Grand, the Supreme.
10. It is the
same; whether one of you conceals his speech, or declares it; whether he goes
into hiding by night, or goes out by day.
11. He has a
succession, before him and behind him, protecting him by God’s command. God
does not change the condition of a people until they change what is within
themselves. And if God wills any hardship for a people, there is no turning it
back, and apart from Him they have no protector.
12. It is He who
shows you the lightening, causing fear and hope. And He produces the heavy
clouds.
13. The thunder
praises His glory, and so do the angels, in awe of Him. And He sends the
thunderbolts, striking with them whomever He wills. Yet they argue about God,
while He is Tremendous in might.
14. To Him belongs
the call to truth. Those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with
anything—except as someone who stretches his hands towards water, so that it
may reach his mouth, but it does not reach it. The prayers of the unbelievers are
only in vain.
15. To God
prostrates everyone in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, as
do their shadows, in the morning and in the evening.
16. Say, “Who is
the Lord of the heavens and the earth?” Say, “God.” Say, “Have you taken
besides Him protectors, who have no power to profit or harm even themselves?”
Say, “Are the blind and the seeing equal? Or are darkness and light equal? Or
have they assigned to God associates, who created the likes of His creation, so
that the creations seemed to them alike? Say, “God is the Creator of all things,
and He is The One, the Irresistible.”
17. He sends down
water from the sky, and riverbeds flow according to their capacity. The current
carries swelling froth. And from what they heat in fire of ornaments or
utensils comes a similar froth. Thus God exemplifies truth and falsehood. As for
the froth, it is swept away, but what benefits the people remains in the
ground. Thus God presents the analogies.
18. For those who
respond to their Lord is the best. But as for those who do not respond to Him,
even if they possessed everything on earth, and twice as much, they could not
redeem themselves with it. Those will have the worst reckoning; and their home
is Hell—a miserable destination.
19. Is he who
knows that what was revealed to your from your Lord is the truth, like he who
is blind? Only those who reason will remember.
20. Those who
fulfill the promise to God, and do not violate the agreement.
21. And those who
join what God has commanded to be joined, and fear their Lord, and dread the
dire reckoning.
22. And those who
patiently seek the presence of their Lord, and pray regularly, and spend from
Our provisions to them, secretly and openly, and repel evil with good. These
will have the Ultimate Home.
23. Everlasting
Gardens, which they will enter, along with the righteous among their parents,
and their spouses, and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them
from every gate.
24. “Peace be upon
you, because you endured patiently. How excellent is the Final Home.”
25. As for those
who violate the promise to God, after pledging to keep it, and sever what God
has commanded to be joined, and spread corruption on earth—these, the curse
will be upon them, and they will have the Worst Home.
26. God dispenses
the provisions to whomever He wills, and restricts. And they delight in the
worldly life; yet the worldly life, compared to the Hereafter, is only enjoyment.
27. Those who
disbelieve say, “If only a miracle was sent down to him from his Lord.” Say,
“God leads astray whomever He wills, and He guides to Himself whoever repents.”
28. Those who
believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of God. Surely, it is
in the remembrance of God that hearts find comfort.”
29. For those who
believe and do righteous deeds—for them is happiness and a beautiful return.
30. Thus We have
sent you among a community before which other communities have passed away,
that you may recite to them what We revealed to you. Yet they deny the
Benevolent One. Say, “He is my Lord; there is no god but He; in Him I trust,
and to Him is my repentance.”
31. Even if there
were a Quran, by which mountains could be set in motion, by which the earth
could be shattered, or by which the dead could be made to speak. In fact, every
decision rests with God. Did the believers not give up and realize that had God
willed, He would have guided all humanity? Disasters will continue to strike those
who disbelieve, because of their deeds, or they fall near their homes, until God’s
promise comes true. God never breaks a promise.
32. Messengers
before you were ridiculed, but I granted the disbelievers respite, and then I
seized them. What a punishment it was.
33. Is He who is
watchful over the deeds of every soul? Yet they ascribe associates to God. Say,
“Name them. Or are you informing Him of something on earth He does not know, or
is it a show of words?” In fact, the scheming of those who disbelieve is made
to appear good to them, and they are averted from the path. Whomever God
misguides has no guide.
34. There is for
them torment in the worldly life, but the torment of the Hereafter is harsher.
And they have no defender against God.
35. The likeness
of the Garden promised to the righteous: rivers flowing beneath it; its food is
perpetual, and so is its shade. Such is the sequel for those who guard against evil,
but the sequel of the disbelievers is the Fire.
36. Those to whom
We gave the Scripture rejoice in what was revealed to you, while some factions
reject parts of it. Say, “I am commanded to worship God, and to never associate
anything with Him. To Him I invite, and to Him is my return.”
37. Thus We
revealed it an Arabic code of law. Were you to follow their desires, after the
knowledge that has come to you, you would have neither ally nor defender against
God.
38. We sent
messengers before you, and We assigned for them wives and offspring. No
messenger could bring a sign except with the permission of God. For every era is
a scripture.
39. God abolishes
whatever He wills, and He affirms. With Him is the source of the Scripture.
40. Whether We
show you some of what We have promised them, or We cause you to die—your duty
is to inform, and Ours is the reckoning.
41. Do they not
see how We deal with the earth, diminishing it at its edges? God judges; and
nothing can hold back His judgment. And He is quick to settle accounts.
42. Those before
them planned, but the entire plan is up to God. He knows what every soul earns.
Those who disbelieve will know to whom the Ultimate Home is.
43. Those who disbelieve say, “You are not a messenger.” Say, “God is a sufficient witness between me and you, and whoever has knowledge of the Scripture.”
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