Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف)

بِسمِ اللهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

حمٓ1

Ha. Mim.

وَالكِتٰبِ المُبينِ2

CONSIDER this divine writ, clear in itself and clearly showing the truth:

اِنّا جَعَلنٰهُ قُرءانًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُم تَعقِلونَ3

behold, We have caused it to be a discourse in the Arabic tongue, so that you might encompass it with your reason.

وَاِنَّهۥ فيٓ اُمِّ الكِتٰبِ لَدَينا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكيمٌ4

And, verily, [originating as it does] in the source, with Us, of all revelation, it is indeed sublime, full of wisdom.

اَفَنَضرِبُ عَنكُمُ الذِّكرَ صَفحًا اَن كُنتُم قَومًا مُسرِفينَ5

[O YOU who deny the truth!] Should We, perchance, withdraw this reminder from you altogether, seeing that you are people bent on wasting your own selves?

وَكَم اَرسَلنا مِن نَبِيٍّ فِي الاَوَّلينَ6

And how many a prophet did We send to people of olden times!

وَما يَأتيهِم مِن نَبِيٍّ اِلّا كانوا بِهٖ يَستَهزِءونَ7

But never yet came a prophet to them without their deriding him –

فَاَهلَكنآ اَشَدَّ مِنهُم بَطشًا وَمَضيٰ مَثَلُ الاَوَّلينَ8

and so, [in the end,] We destroyed them [even though they were] of greater might than these: and the [very] image of those people of old became a thing of the past.

وَلَئِن سَاَلتَهُم مَن خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالاَرضَ لَيَقولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ العَزيزُ العَليمُ9

Yet thus it is [with most people]: if thou ask them, “Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth?” - they will surely answer, “The Almighty, the All-Knowing has created them.”

اؘلَّذي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الاَرضَ مَهدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم فيها سُبُلًا لَعَلَّكُم تَهتَدونَ10

He it is who has made the earth a cradle for you, and has provided for you ways [of livelihood] thereon, so that you might follow the right path.

وَالَّذي نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمآءِ مآءً بِقَدَرٍ فَاَنشَرنا بِهٖ بَلدَةً مَيتًا ؗ كَذٰلِكَ تُخرَجونَ11

And He it is who sends down, again and again, waters from the sky in due measure: and [as] We raise therewith dead land to life, even thus will you be brought forth [from the dead].

وَالَّذي خَلَقَ الاَزواجَ كُلَّها وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِنَ الفُلكِ وَالاَنعامِ ما تَركَبونَ12

And He it is who has created all opposites. And He [it is who] has provided for you all those ships and animals whereon you ride,

لِتَستَو ۥا عَليٰ ظُهورِهٖ ثُمَّ تَذكُروا نِعمَةَ رَبِّكُم اِذَا استَوَيتُم عَلَيهِ وَتَقولوا سُبحٰنَ الَّذي سَخَّرَ لَنا هٰذا وَما كُنّا لَهۥ مُقرِنينَ13

in order that you might gain mastery over them, and that, whenever you have mastered them, you might remember your Sustainer’s blessings and say: “Limitless in His glory is He who has made [all] this subservient to our use - since [but for Him,] we would not have been able to attain to it.

وَاِنّآ اِليٰ رَبِّنا لَمُنقَلِبونَ14

Hence, verily, it is unto Him that we must always turn.”

وَجَعَلوا لَهۥ مِن عِبادِهٖ جُزءًاۚ اِنَّ الاِنسانَ لَكَفورٌ مُبينٌ15

AND YET, they attribute to Him offspring from among some of the beings created by Him! Verily, most obviously bereft of all gratitude is man!

اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمّا يَخلُقُ بَناتٍ وَاَصفیــٰكُم بِالبَنينَ16

Or [do you think], perchance, that out of all His creation He has chosen for Himself daughters, and favoured you with sons?

وَاِذا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُم بِما ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحمٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجهُهۥ مُسوَدًّا وَهُوَكَظيمٌ17

For [thus it is:] if any of them is given the glad tiding of [the birth of] what he so readily attributes to the Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he is filled with suppressed anger:

اَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا فِي الحِليَةِ وَهُوَفِي الخِصامِ غَيرُ مُبينٍ18

“What! [Am I to have a daughter -] one who is to be reared [only] for the sake of ornament?” and thereupon he finds himself torn by a vague inner conflict.

وَجَعَلُوا المَلٰٓئِكَةَ الَّذينَ هُم عِبٰدُ الرَّحمٰنِ اِناثًاۚ اَشَهِدوا خَلقَهُمۚ سَتُكتَبُ شَهادَتُهُم وَيُسئئَلونَ19

And [yet] they claim that the angels - who in themselves are but beings created by the Most Gracious - are females: [but] did they witness their creation? This false claim of theirs will be recorded, and they will be called to account [for it on Judgment Day]!

وَقالوا لَو شآءَ الرَّحمٰنُ ما عَبَدنٰهُمۚ مالَهُم بِذٰلِكَ مِن عِلمٍ ؗ اِن هُم اِلّا يَخرُصونَ20

Yet they say, “Had [not] the Most Gracious so willed, we would never have worshipped them!” [But] they cannot have any knowledge of [His having willed] such a thing: they do nothing but guess.

اَم ءاتَينٰهُم كِتٰبًا مِن قَبلِهٖ فَهُم بِهٖ مُستَمسِكونَ21

Or have We, perchance, vouchsafed them, before this one, a revelation [to the contrary,] to which they are still holding fast?

بَل قالوٓا اِنّا وَجَدنآ ءابآءَنا عَليٰٓ اُمَّةٍ وَاِنّا عَليٰٓ ءاثارِهِم مُهتَدونَ22

Nay, but they say, “Behold, We found our forefathers agreed on what to believe - and, verily, it is in their footsteps that we find our guidance!”

وَكَذٰلِكَ مآ اَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ في قَريَةٍ مِن نَذيرٍ اِلّا قالَ مُترَفوهآ اِنّا وَجَدنآ ءابآءَنا عَليٰٓ اُمَّةٍ وَاِنّا عَليٰٓ ءاثارِهِم مُقتَدونَ23

And thus it is: whenever We sent, before thy time, a warner to any community, those of its people who had lost themselves entirely in the pursuit of pleasures would always say, “Behold, we found our forefathers agreed on what to believe - and, verily, it is but in their footsteps that we follow!”

قٰلَ اَوَلَو جِئتُكُم بِاَهديٰ مِمّا وَجَدتُم عَلَيهِ ءابآءَكُم ؗ قالوٓا اِنّا بِمآ اُرسِلتُم بِهٖ كٰفِرونَ24

[Whereupon each prophet] would say, “Why, even though I bring you guidance better than that which you found your forefathers believing in?” - [to which] the others would reply, “Behold, we deny that there is any truth in [what you claim to be] your messages!”

فَانتَقَمنا مِنهُم ؗ فَانظُركَيفَ كانَ عاقِبَةُ المُكَذِّبينَ25

And so We inflicted Our retribution on them: and behold what happened in the end to those who gave the lie to the truth!

وَاِذ قالَ اِبرٰهيمُ لِاَبيهِ وَقَومِهٖٓ اِنَّني بَرآءٌ مِمّا تَعبُدونَ26

AND WHEN Abraham spoke to his father and his people, [he had this very truth in mind:] “Verily, far be it from me to worship what you worship!

اِلَّا الَّذي فَطَرَني فَاِنَّهۥ سَيَهدينِ27

None [do I worship] but Him who has brought me into being: and, behold, it is He who will guide me!”

وَجَعَلَها كَلِمَةً باقِيَةً في عَقِبِهٖ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَ28

And he uttered this as a word destined to endure among those who would come after him, so that they might [always] return [to it].

بَل مَتَّعتُ هٰٓؤُلآءِ وَءابآءَهُم حَتّيٰ جآءَهُمُ الحَقُّ وَرَسولٌ مُبينٌ29

Now [as for those who did come after him,] I allowed them - as [I had allowed] their forebears - to enjoy their lives freely until the truth should come unto them through an apostle who would make all things clear:

وَلَمّا جآءَهُمُ الحَقُّ قالوا هٰذا سِحرٌ وَاِنّا بِهٖ كٰفِرونَ30

but now that the truth has come to them, they say, “All this is mere spellbinding eloquence” - and, behold, we deny that there is any truth in it!”

وَقالوا لَولا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا القُرءانُ عَليٰ رَجُلٍ مِنَ القَريَتَينِ عَظيمٍ31

And they say, too, “Why was not this Qur’an bestowed from on high on some great man of the two cities?”

اَهُم يَقسِمونَ رَحمَتَ رَبِّكَۚ نَحنُ قَسَمنا بَينَهُم مَعيشَتَهُم فِي الحَيوٰةِ الدُّنيا وَرَفَعنا بَعضَهُم فَوقَ بَعضٍ دَرَجٰتٍ لِيَتَّخِذَ بَعضُهُم بَعضًا سُخرِيًّاۚ وَرَحمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيرٌ مِمّا يَجمَعونَ32

But is it they who distribute thy Sustainer’s grace? [Nay, as] it is We who distribute their means of livelihood among them in the life of this world, and raise some of them by degrees above others, to the end that they might avail themselves of one another’s help - [so, too, it is We who bestow gifts of the spirit upon whomever We will]: and this thy Sustainer’s grace is better than all [the worldly wealth] that they may amass.

وَلَولآ اَن يَكونَ النّاسُ اُمَّةً واحِدَةً لَجَعَلنا لِمَن يَكفُرُ بِالرَّحمٰنِ لِبُيوتِهِم سُقُفًا مِن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعارِجَ عَلَيها يَظهَرونَ33

And were it not that [with the prospect of boundless riches before them] all people would become one [evil] community, We might indeed have provided for those who [now] deny the Most Gracious roofs of silver for their houses, and [silver] stairways whereon to ascend,

وَلِبُيوتِهِم اَبوابًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيها يَتَّكِئئونَ34

and [silver] doors for their houses, and [silver] couches whereon to recline,

وَزُخرُفًاۚ وَاِن كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمّا مَتاعُ الحَيوٰةِ الدُّنيا ؗ وَالأخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلمُتَّقينَ35

and gold [beyond count]. Yet all this would have been nothing but a [brief] enjoyment of life in this world - whereas [happiness in] the life to come awaits the God-conscious with thy Sustainer.

وَمَن يَعشُ عَن ذِكرِ الرَّحمٰنِ نُقَيِّض لَهۥ شَيطٰنًا فَهُوَلَهۥ قَرينٌ36

But as for anyone who chooses to remain blind to the remembrance of the Most Gracious, to him We assign an [enduring] evil impulse, to become his other self:

وَاِنَّهُم لَيَصُدّونَهُم عَنِ السَّبيلِ وَيَحسَبونَ اَنَّهُم مُهتَدونَ37

whereupon, behold, these [evil impulses] bar all such from the path [of truth], making them think that they are guided aright!

حَتّيٰٓ اِذا جآءَنا قالَ يٰلَيتَ بَيني وَبَينَكَ بُعدَ المَشرِقَينِ فَبِئسَ القَرينُ38

But in the end, when he [who has thus sinned] appears before us [on Judgment Day], he will say [to his other self], “Would that between me and thee there had been the distance of east and west!” for, evil indeed [has proved] that other self!

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ اليَومَ اِذ ظَلَمتُم اَنَّكُم فِي العَذابِ مُشتَرِكونَ39

On that Day it will not profit you in the least [to know] that, since you have sinned [together], you are now to share your suffering [as well].

اَفَاَنتَ تُسمِعُ الصُّمَّ اَو تَهدِي العُميَ وَمَن كانَ في ضَلٰلٍ مُبينٍ40

CANST THOU, perchance, [O Muhammad,] make the deaf hear, or show the right way to the blind or to such as are obviously lost in error?

فَاِمّا نَذهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَاِنّا مِنهُم مُنتَقِمونَ41

But whether We do [or do not] take thee away [ere thy message prevails] - verily, We shall inflict Our retribution on them;

اَو نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذي وَعَدنٰهُم فَاِنّا عَلَيهِم مُقتَدِرونَ42

and whether We show thee [or do not show thee in this world] the fulfillment of what We have promised them - verily, We have full power over them!

فَاستَمسِك بِالَّذيٓ اوحِيَ اِلَيكَ ؗ اِنَّكَ عَليٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ43

So hold fast to all that has been revealed to thee: for, behold, thou art on a straight way;

وَاِنَّهۥ لَذِكرٌ لَكَ وَلِقَومِكَ ؗ وَسَوفَ تُسئئَلونَ44

and, verily, this [revelation] shall indeed become [a source of] eminence for thee and thy people: but in time you all will be called to account [for what you have done with it].

وَسئئَل مَن اَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ مِن رُسُلِنآ اَجَعَلنا مِن دونِ الرَّحمٰنِ ءالِهَةً يُعبَدونَ45

Yet [above all else,] ask any of Our apostles whom We sent forth before thy time whether We have ever allowed that deities other than the Most Gracious be worshipped!

وَلَقَد اَرسَلنا موسيٰ بِئئايٰتِنآ اِليٰ فِرعَونَ وَمَلَاِیــهٖ فَقالَ اِنّي رَسولُ رَبِّ العٰلَمينَ46

THUS, INDEED, have We sent Moses with Our messages unto Pharaoh and his great ones; and he said: “Behold, I am an apostle of the Sustainer of all the worlds!”

فَلَمّا جآءَهُم بِئئايٰتِنآ اِذا هُم مِنها يَضحَكونَ47

But as soon as he came before them with Our [miraculous] signs, lo! they derided them,

وَما نُريهِم مِن ءايَةٍ اِلّا هِيَ اَكبَرُ مِن اُختِها ؗ وَاَخَذنٰهُم بِالعَذابِ لَعَلَّهُم يَرجِعونَ48

although each sign that We showed them was weightier than the preceding one: and [each time] We took them to task through suffering, so that they might return [to Us].

وَقالوا يٰٓـاَيُّهَ السّاحِرُ ادعُ لَنا رَبَّكَ بِما عَهِدَ عِندَكَ اِنَّنا لَمُهتَدونَ49

And [every time] they exclaimed: “O thou sorcerer! Pray for us to thy Sustainer on the strength of the covenant [of prophethood] which He has made with thee: for, verily, we shall now follow the right way!”

فَلَمّا كَشَفنا عَنهُمُ العَذابَ اِذا هُم يَنكُثونَ50

But whenever We removed the suffering from them, lo! they would break their word.

وَناديٰ فِرعَونُ في قَومِهٖ قالَ يٰقَومِ اَلَيسَ لي مُلكُ مِصرَ وَهٰذِهِ الاَنهٰرُ تَجري مِن تَحتيٓ ؗ اَفَلا تُبصِرونَ51

And Pharaoh issued a call to his people, saying: “O my people! Does not the dominion over Egypt belong to me, since all these running waters flow at my feet? Can you not, then, see [that I am your lord supreme]?

اَم اَنَا خَيرٌ مِن هٰذَا الَّذي هُوَمَهينٌ وَلايَكادُ يُبينُ52

Am I not better than this contemptible man who can hardly make his meaning clear?

فَلَولآ اُلقِيَ عَلَيهِ اَسوِرَةٌ مِن ذَهَبٍ اَو جآءَ مَعَهُ المَلٰٓئِكَةُ مُقتَرِنينَ53

“And then - why have no golden armlets been bestowed on him? or why have no angels come together with him?”

فَاستَخَفَّ قَومَهۥ فَاَطاعوهُ ؗ اِنَّهُم كانوا قَومًا فٰسِقينَ54

Thus he incited his people to levity, and they obeyed him: for, behold, they were people depraved!

فَلَمّآ ءاسَفونَا انتَقَمنا مِنهُم فَاَغرَقنٰهُم اَجمَعينَ55

But when they continued to challenge Us, We inflicted Our retribution on them, and drowned them all:

فَجَعَلنٰهُم سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِلأخِرينَ56

and so We made them a thing of the past, and an example to those who would come after them.

وَلَمّا ضُرِبَ ابنُ مَريَمَ مَثَلًا اِذا قَومُكَ مِنهُ يَصِدّونَ57

NOW WHENEVER [the nature of] the son of Mary is set forth as an example, [O Muhammad,] lo! thy people raise an outcry on this score,

وَقالوٓا ءَاٰلِهَتُنا خَيرٌ اَم هُوَۚ ما ضَرَبوهُ لَكَ اِلّا جَدَلًاۚ بَل هُم قَومٌ خَصِمونَ58

and say, “Which is better - our deities or he?” [But] it is only in the spirit of dispute that they put this comparison before thee: yea, they are contentious folk!

اِن هُوَاِلّا عَبدٌ اَنعَمنا عَلَيهِ وَجَعَلنٰهُ مَثَلًا لِبَنيٓ اِسرآءيلَ59

[As for Jesus,] he was nothing but [a human being -] a servant [of Ours] whom We had graced [with prophethood], and whom We made an example for the children of Israel.

وَلَو نَشآءُ لَجَعَلنا مِنكُم مَلٰٓئِكَةً فِي الاَرضِ يَخلُفونَ60

And had We so willed, [O you who worship angels,] We could indeed have made you into angels succeeding one another on earth!

وَاِنَّهۥ لَعِلمٌ لِلسّاعَةِ فَلا تَمتَرُنَّ بِها وَاتَّبِعونِ ؗ هٰذا صِراطٌ مُستَقيمٌ61

AND, BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a means to know [that] the Last Hour [is bound to come]; hence, have no doubt whatever about it, but follow Me: this [alone] is a straight way.

وَلايَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيطٰنُ ؗ اِنَّهۥ لَكُم عَدُوٌّ مُبينٌ62

And let not Satan bars you [from it] - for, verily, he is your open foe!

وَلَمّا جآءَ عيسيٰ بِالبَيِّنٰتِ قالَ قَد جِئتُكُم بِالحِكمَةِ وَلِاُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعضَ الَّذي تَختَلِفونَ فيهِ ؗ فَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وَاَطيعونِ63

NOW WHEN Jesus came [to his people] with all evidence of the truth, he said: “I have now come unto you with wisdom, and to make clear Unto you some of that on which you are at variance: hence, be conscious of God, and pay heed unto me.

اِنَّ اللهَ هُوَرَبّي وَرَبُّكُم فَاعبُدوهُ ؗ هٰذا صِراطٌ مُستَقيمٌ64

“Verily, God is my Sustainer as well as your Sustainer; so worship [none but] Him: this [alone] is a straight way!”

فَاختَلَفَ الاَحزابُ مِن بَينِهِم ؗ فَوَيلٌ لِلَّذينَ ظَلَموا مِن عَذابِ يَومٍ اَليمٍ65

But factions from among those [who came after Jesus] began to hold divergent views: woe, then, unto those who are bent on evildoing - [woe] for the suffering [that will befall them] on a grievous Day!

هَل يَنظُرونَ اِلَّا السّاعَةَ اَن تَأتِيَهُم بَغتَةً وَهُم لايَشعُرونَ66

ARE THEY [who are lost in sin] but waiting for the Last Hour - [waiting] that it come upon them of a sudden, without their being aware [of its approach]?

اؘلاَخِلّآءُ يَومَئِذٍ بَعضُهُم لِبَعضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا المُتَّقينَ67

On that Day, [erstwhile] friends will be foes unto one another - [all] save the God-conscious.

يٰعِبادِ لاخَوفٌ عَلَيكُمُ اليَومَ وَلآ اَنتُم تَحزَنونَ68

[And God will say:] “O you servants of Mine! No fear need you have today, and neither shall you grieve –

اؘلَّذينَ ءامَنوا بِئئايٰتِنا وَكانوا مُسلِمينَ69

[O you] who have attained to faith in Our messages and have surrendered your own selves unto Us!

اؙدخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ اَنتُم وَاَزواجُكُم تُحبَرونَ70

Enter paradise, you and your spouses, with happiness blest!”

يُطافُ عَلَيهِم بِصِحافٍ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَاَكوابٍ ؗ وَفيها ما تَشتَهيهِ الاَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الاَعيُنُ ؗ وَاَنتُم فيها خٰلِدونَ71

[And there] they will be waited upon with trays and goblets of gold; and there will be found all that the souls might desire, and [all that] the eyes might delight in. And therein shall you abide, [O you who believe:]

وَتِلكَ الجَنَّةُ الَّ‍تيٓ اورِثتُموها بِما كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ72

for such will be the paradise which you shall have inherited by virtue of your past deeds:

لَكُم فيها فاكِهَةٌ كَثيرَةٌ مِنها تَأكُلونَ73

fruits [of those deeds] shall you have in abundance, [and] thereof shall you partake!

اِنَّ المُجرِمينَ في عَذابِ جَهَنَّمَ خٰلِدونَ74

[But,] behold, they who are lost in sin shall abide in the suffering of hell:

لايُفَتَّرُعَنهُم وَهُم فيهِ مُبلِسونَ75

it will not be lightened for them; and therein they will be lost in hopeless despair.

وَما ظَلَمنٰهُم وَلٰكِن كانوا هُمُ الظٰلِمينَ76

And it is not We who will be doing wrong unto them, but it is they who will have wronged themselves.

وَنادَوا يٰمالِكُ لِيَقضِ عَلَينا رَبُّكَ ؗ قالَ اِنَّكُم مٰكِثونَ77

And they will cry: “O thou [angel] who rulest [over hell]! Let thy Sustainer put an end to us!” - whereupon] he will reply: “Verily, you must live on [in this state]

لَقَد جِئنٰكُم بِالحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكثَرَكُم لِلحَقِّ كٰ‍رِهونَ78

INDEED, [O you sinners,] We have conveyed the truth unto you; but most of you abhor the truth.

اَم اَبرَموٓا اَمرًا فَاِنّا مُبرِمونَ79

Why - can they [who deny the truth ever] determine what [the truth] should be?

اَم يَحسَبونَ اَنّا لانَسمَعُ سِرَّهُم وَنَجویــٰهُمۚ بَليٰ وَرُسُلُنا لَدَيهِم يَكتُبونَ80

Or do they, perchance, think that We do not hear their hidden thoughts and their secret confabulations? Yea, indeed, [We do,] and Our heavenly forces are with them, recording [all].

قُل اِن كانَ لِلرَّحمٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَاَنَا اَوَّلُ العٰبِدينَ81

Say [O Prophet]: “If the Most Gracious [truly] had a son, I would be the first to worship him!”

سُبحٰنَ رَبِّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالاَرضِ رَبِّ العَرشِ عَمّا يَصِفونَ82

Utterly remote, in His glory, is the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth - the Sustainer, in almightiness enthroned from all that they may attribute to Him by way of definition!

فَذَرهُم يَخوضوا وَيَلعَبوا حَتّيٰ يُلٰقوا يَومَهُمُ الَّذي يوعَدونَ83

But leave them to indulge in idle talk and play [with words] until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs which they have been promised:

وَهُوَالَّذي فِي السَّمآءِ اِلٰهٌ وَفِي الاَرضِ اِلٰهٌ ؗ وَهُوَالحَكيمُ العَليمُ84

for [then they will come to know that] it is He [alone] who is God in heaven and God on earth, and [that] He alone is truly wise, all-knowing.

وَتَبارَكَ الَّذي لَهۥ مُلكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالاَرضِ وَما بَينَهُما وَعِندَهۥ عِلمُ السّاعَةِ وَاِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَ85

And hallowed be He unto whom the dominion over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them belongs, and with whom the knowledge of the Last Hour rests, and unto whom you all shall be brought back!

وَلايَملِكُ الَّذينَ يَدعونَ مِن دونِهِ الشَّفاعَةَ اِلّا مَن شَهِدَ بِالحَقِّ وَهُم يَعلَمونَ86

And those [beings] whom some invoke beside God have it not in their power to intercede [on Judgment Day] for any but such as have [in their lifetime] borne witness to the truth, and have been aware [that God is one and unique].

وَلَئِن سَاَلتَهُم مَن‌خَلَقَهُم لَيَقولُنَّ اللهُ ؗ فَاَنّيٰ يُؤفَكونَ87

Now if thou ask those [who worship any being other than God] as to who it is that has created them, they are sure to answer, “God.” How perverted, then, are their minds!

وَقيلِهٖ يٰ‍رَبِّ اِنَّ هٰٓؤُلآءِ‌قَومٌ لايُؤمِنونَ88

[But God has full knowledge of the true believer] and of his [despairing] cry: “O my Sustainer! Verily, these are people who will not believe!”

فَاصفَح عَنهُم وَقُل سَلٰمٌ ؗ فَسَوفَ‌ يَعلَمونَ89

Yet bear thou with them, and say, “Peace [be upon you]!” - for in time they will come to know [the truth].

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