सूरा-अज़-ज़ुख़रूफ़
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43. DECORATIONS
1. Ha, Meem.
2. By the Book that makes things clear.
3. We made it an Arabic Quran, so that you may
understand.
4. And it is with Us, in the Source Book, sublime and
wise.
5. Shall We hold back the Reminder from you, since you
are a transgressing people?
6. How many a prophet did We send to the ancients?
7. No messenger came to them, but they ridiculed him.
8. We destroyed people more powerful than they, and so
the example of the ancients has passed away.
9. And if you asked them, “Who created the heavens and
the earth?” They would say, “The Mighty, the Knower created them.”
10. He who made the earth a habitat for you, and traced
pathways for you on it, that you may be guided.
11. He who sends down water from the sky in due
proportion; and so We revive thereby a dead land. Thus you will be brought out.
12. He Who created all the pairs; and provided you with
ships, and animals on which you ride.
13. That you may mount their backs, and remember the
favor of your Lord as you sit firmly upon them, and say, “Glory be to Him Who
placed these at our service; surely we could not have done it by ourselves.
14. And surely, to our Lord we will return.”
15. Yet they turn one of His servants into a part of Him.
Man is clearly ungrateful.
16. Or has He chosen for Himself daughters from what He
creates, and favored you with sons?
17. Yet when one of them is given news of what he
attributes to the Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he suppresses grief.
18. “Someone brought up to be beautiful, and unable to help in a fight?”
19. And they appoint the angels, who are servants to the
Most Gracious, as females. Have they witnessed their creation? Their claim will
be recorded, and they will be questioned.
20. And they say, “Had the Most Gracious willed, we would
not have worshiped them.” But they have no knowledge of that; they are merely
guessing.
21. Or have We given them a book prior to this one, to
which they adhere?
22. But they say, “We found our parents on a course, and
we are guided in their footsteps.”
23. Likewise, We sent no warner before you to any town,
but the wealthy among them said, “We found our parents on a course, and we are
following in their footsteps.”
24. He would say, “Even if I bring you better guidance
than what you found your parents following?” They would say, “We reject what
you are sent with.”
25. So We wreaked vengeance upon them. Behold, then, what
was the fate of those who deny.
26. When Abraham said to his father and his people, “I am
innocent of what you worship.
27. Except for He who created me, for He will guide me.”
28. And he made it an enduring word in his progeny, so
that they may return.
29. I gave these and their forefathers some enjoyment,
until the truth and a manifest messenger came to them.
30. But when the truth came to them, they said, “This is
sorcery, and we refuse to believe in it.”
31. They also said, “If only this Quran was sent down to
a man of importance from the two cities.”
32. Is it they who allocate the mercy of your Lord? It is
We who have allocated their livelihood in this life, and We elevated some of
them in rank above others, that some of them would take others in service. But
your Lord’s mercy is better than what they amass.
33. Were it not that humanity would become a single
community, We would have provided those who disbelieve in the Most Gracious
with roofs of silver to their houses, and stairways by which they ascend.
34. And doors to their houses, and furnishings on which
they recline.
35. And decorations. Yet all that is nothing but the
stuff of this life. Yet the Hereafter, with your Lord, is for the righteous.
36. Whoever shuns the remembrance of the Most Gracious,
We assign for him a devil, to be his companion.
37. They hinder them from the path, though they think they are guided.
38. Until, when He comes to Us, he will say, “If only
there were between me and you the distance of the two Easts.” What an evil
companion!
39. It will not benefit you on that Day, since you did
wrong. You are partners in the suffering.
40. Can you make the deaf hear, or guide the blind, and
him who is in evident error?
41. Even if We take you away, We will wreak vengeance
upon them.
42. Or show you what We have promised them; for We have
absolute power over them.
43. So adhere to what is revealed to you. You are upon a
straight path.
44. It is a message for you, and for your people, and you
will be questioned.
45. Ask those of Our messengers We sent before you: “Did
We appoint gods besides the Most Gracious to be worshiped?”
46. We sent Moses with Our revelations to Pharaoh and his
dignitaries. He said, “I am the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.”
47. But when he showed them Our signs, they started
laughing at them.
48. Each sign We showed them was more marvelous than its
counterpart. And We afflicted them with the plagues, so that they may repent.
49. They said, “O sorcerer, pray to your Lord for us,
according to His pledge to you, and then we will be guided.”
50. But when We lifted the torment from them, they
immediately broke their promise.
51. Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying, “O my
people, do I not own the Kingdom of Egypt, and these rivers flow beneath me? Do
you not see?
52. Am I not better than this miserable wretch, who can
barely express himself?
53. Why are bracelets of gold not dropped on him, or
angels came with him in procession?”
54. Thus he fooled his people, and they obeyed him. They
were wicked people.
55. And when they provoked Our wrath, We took retribution
from them, and We drowned them all.
56. Thus We made them a precedent and an example for the
others.
57. And when the son of Mary was cited as an example, your
people opposed.
58. They said, “Are our gods better, or he?” They cited
him only for argument. In fact, they are a quarrelsome people.
59. He was just a servant whom We blessed, and We made
him an example for the Children of Israel.
60. Had We willed, We would have made of you angels to be
successors on earth.
61. He is a portent of the Hour, so have no doubt about
it, and follow Me. This is a straight way.
62. And let not Satan divert you. He is an open enemy to
you.
63. When Jesus came with the clarifications, he said, “I
have come to you with wisdom, and to clarify for you some of what you differ
about. So fear God, and obey me.
64. God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him—this is
a straight path.”
65. But the factions differed among themselves. So woe to
the wrongdoers from the suffering of a painful Day.
66. Are they only waiting for the Hour to come upon them
suddenly, while they are unaware?
67. On that Day, friends will be enemies of one another,
except for the righteous.
68. O My servants, you have nothing to fear on that Day,
nor will you grieve.
69. Those who believed in Our revelations, and were
submissive.
70. Enter the Garden, you and your spouses, Joyfully.
71. They will be served around with trays of gold, and
cups. Therein is whatever the souls desire and delights the eyes. Therein you
will stay forever.
72. Such is the Garden you are made to inherit, because
of what you used to do.
73. Therein you will have abundant fruit, from which you
eat.
74. As for the sinners, they will be in the torment of
Hell forever.
75. It will never be eased for them. In it, they will be
devastated.
76. We did them no injustice, but it was they who were
the unjust.
77. And they will cry, “O Malek, Let your Lord finish us
off.” He will say, “You are staying.”
78. We have given you the truth, but most of you hate the
truth.
79. Have they contrived some scheme? We too are contriving.
80. Or do they think that We cannot hear their secrets
and their conspiracies? Yes indeed, Our messengers are by them, writing down.
81. Say: “If the Most Gracious had a son, I would be the
first to worship.”
82. Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth,
the Lord of the Throne, beyond what they describe.
83. So leave them to blunder and play, until they encounter their Day which they are promised.
84. It is He who is God in heaven,
and God on earth. He is the Wise, the Knower.
85. And blessed is He Who has sovereignty over the
heavens and the earth and what is between them. He alone has knowledge of the
Hour, and to Him you will be returned.
86. Those they invoke besides Him are incapable of
intercession; only those who testify to the truth and have knowledge.
87. And if you asked them, who created them, they would
say, “God.” Why then do they deviate?
88. As for his statement: “My Lord, these are a people
who do not believe.”
89. Pardon them, and say, “Peace.” They will come to know.
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