By the (angels) ranged in ranks
and the drivers driving
and the reciters of the reminder
'Verily, your God is one
the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two, and the Lord of the sunrises!
Verily, we have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars
and to preserve it from every rebellious devil
that they may not listen to the exalted chiefs; for they are hurled at from every side
driven off, and for them is lasting woe
save such as snatches off a word, and there follows him a darting flame
Ask them whether they are stronger by nature or (the angels) whom we have created? We have created them of sticky clay
Nay, thou dost wonder and they jest
and when they are reminded they will not remember
and when they see a sign they make a jest thereof
and say, 'This is naught but obvious sorcery
What! when we are dead, and have become earth and bones, shall we then be raised
what! and our fathers of yore?
Say, 'Yes, and ye shall shrink up
and it shall only be one scare, and, behold, they shall look on
and they shall say, 'O, woe is us! this is the day of judgment
this is the day of decision, which ye did call a lie!
Gather ye together, ye who were unjust, with their mates and what they used to serv
beside God, and guide them to the way of hell
and stop them; verily, they shall be questioned
'Why do ye not help each other?
nay, on that day they shall resign themselves
and some shall draw near to others, to question each other
and they shall say, 'Verily, ye came to us from the right.
They shall say, 'Nay, ye were not believers
nor had we any authority over you; nay, ye were an outrageous people
And the sentence of our Lord shall be due for us; verily, we shall surely taste thereof
we did seduce you - verily, we were erring too!
therefore, verily, on that day they shall share the torment
thus it is that we will do with the sinners
Verily, when it is said to them, 'There is no god but God,' they get too big with pride
and say, 'What! shall we leave our gods for an infatuated poet?
Nay, he came with the truth, and verified the apostles
verily, ye are going to taste of grievous woe
nor shall ye be rewarded save for that which ye have done
Except God's sincere servants
these shall have a stated provisio
of fruits, and they shall be honoure
in the gardens of pleasure
upon couches facing each other
they shall be served all round with a cup from a spring
white and delicious to those who drink
wherein is no insidious spirit, nor shall they be drunk therewith
and with them damsels, restraining their looks, large eyed
as though they were a sheltered egg
and some shall come forward to ask others
and a speaker amongst them shall say, 'Verily, I had a mate
who used to say, "Art thou verily of those who credit
What! when we are dead, and have become earth and bones, shall we be surely judged?"
He will say, 'Are ye looking down?
and he shall look down and see him in the midst of hell
He shall say, 'By God, thou didst nearly ruin me
And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I should have been among the arraigned.'
'What! shall we not die save our first death
and shall we not be tormented?
Verily, this is mighty bliss
for the like of this then let the workers work.
Is that better as an entertainment, or the tree of Ez Zaqqum
Verily, we have made it a trial to the unjust
Verily, it is a tree that comes forth from the bottom of hell
its spathe is as it were the heads of devils
verily, they shall eat therefrom, and fill their bellies therefrom
Then shall they have upon it a mixture of boiling water
then, verily, their return shall be to hell
Verily, they found their fathers erring
and they hurried on in their tracks
but there had erred before them most of those of yore
and we had sent warners amongst them
Behold, then, what was the end of those who were warned
save God's sincere servants
Noah did call upon us, and a gracious answer did we give
and we saved him and his people from a mighty trouble
and we made his seed to be the survivors
and we left for him amongst posterit
'peace upon Noah in the worlds
verily, thus do we reward those who do well
verily, he was of our believing servants.
Then we drowned the others
And, verily, of his sect was Abraham
when he came to his Lord with a sound heart
when he said to his father and his people, 'What is it that ye serve
with a lie do ye desire gods beside God
What then is your thought respecting the Lord of the worlds?
And he looked a look at the star
and said, 'Verily, I am sick!
and they turned their backs upon him fleeing
And he went aside unto their gods and said, 'Will ye not eat
What ails you that ye will not speak?
And he went aside to them smiting with the right hand
And they rushed towards him
Said he, 'Do ye serve what ye hew out
when God has created you, and what ye make?
Said they, 'Build for him a pyre, and throw him into the flaming hell!
They desired to plot against him, but we made them inferior
Said he, 'Verily, I am going to my Lord, He will guide me
My Lord! grant me (a son), one of the righteous;
and we gave him glad tidings of a clement boy
And when he reached the age to work with him, he said, 'O my boy! verily, I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee, look then what thou seest right.' Said he, 'O my sire! do what thou art bidden; thou wilt find me, if it please God, one of the patient!
And when they were resigned, and Abraham had thrown him down upon his forehead
we called to him, 'O Abraham
thou hast verified the vision; verily, thus do we reward those who do well
This is surely an obvious trial.
And we ransomed him with a mighty victim
and we left for him amongst posterity
'Peace upon Abraham
thus do we reward those who do well
verily, he was of our servants who believe!
And we gave him glad tidings of Isaac, a prophet among the righteous
and we blessed him and Isaac;- of their seed is one who does well, and one who obviously wrongs himself
And we were gracious unto Moses and Aaron
We saved them and their people from mighty trouble
and we helped them and they had the upper hand
and we gave them both the perspicuous Book
and we guided them to the right way
and we left for them amongst posterity
'Peace upon Moses and Aaron
verily, thus do we reward those who do well
verily, they were both of our servants who believe!
And verily Elyas was of the apostles
when he said to his people, 'Will ye not fear
do ye call upon Baal and leave the best of Creators
God your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?
But they called him liar; verily, they shall surely be arraigned
save God's sincere servants
And we, left for him amongst posterity
'Peace upon Elyasin
verily, thus do we reward those who do well
verily, he was of our servants who believe!
And, verily, Lot was surely among the apostles
when we saved him and his people altogether
except an old woman amongst those who lingered
then we destroyed the others
verily, ye pass by them in the morning
and at night; have ye then no sense
And, verily, Jonah was amongst the apostle
when he ran away into the laden ship
and he cast lots and was of those who lost
and a fish swallowed him, for he was to be blamed
and had it not been that he was of those who celebrated God's praise
he would surely have tarried in the belly thereof to the day when men shall be raised
But we cast him on to the barren shore; and he was sick
and we made to grow over him a gourd tree
and we sent him to a hundred thousand or more
and they believed; and we gave them enjoyment for a season
Ask them, 'Has thy Lord daughters while they have sons
or have we created the angels females while they were witnesses?
is it not of their lie that they say
'God has begotten?' verily, they are liars
Has he preferred daughters to sons
what ails you? how ye judge
will ye not be mindful
or have ye obvious authority
then bring your Book if ye do speak the truth
And they made him to be related to the ginns, while the ginns know that they shall be arraigned
celebrated be God's praises from what they attribute!
save God's sincere servants
'Verily, ye and what ye worship
shall not try any one concerning him
save him who shall broil in hell
there is none amongst us but has his appointed place, and
verily, we are ranged, and
verily, we celebrate His praises
And yet they say
'Had we a reminder from those of yor
we should surely have been of God's sincere servants.
But they misbelieved in it; but soon shall they know
But our word has been passed to our servants who were sen
that they should be helped
that, verily, our hosts should gain mastery for them
Then turn thou thy back upon them for a time
and look upon them, for soon they too shall look
Would they hasten on our torment
but when it descends in their court, ill will the morning be of those who have been warned
But turn thy back upon them for a time
and look, for soon they too shall look
Celebrated be the praises of thy Lord, the Lord of glory, above what they attribute
and peace be upon the apostle
and praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds