Selections from the Qur'an.
Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an (1930); etext from http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/quran/pickthall/
2.30 And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth, they said: Wilt thou place therein one who will do harm therein and will shed blood, while we, we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee ? He said: Surely I know that which ye know not. 2.31 And He taught Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels, saying: Inform Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful. 2.32 They said: Be glorified! We have no knowledge saving that which Thou hast taught us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower, the Wise. 2.33 He said: O Adam! Inform them of their names, and when he had informed them of their names, He said: Did I not tell you that I know the secret of the heavens and the earth ? And I know that which ye disclose and which ye hide. 2.34 And when We said unto the angels: Prostrate yourselves before Adam, they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He demurred through pride, and so became a disbeliever. 2.35 And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers. 2.36 But Satan caused them to deflect therefrom and expelled them from the (happy) state in which they were; and We said: Fall down, one of you a foe unto the other! There shall be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a time. 2.37 Then Adam received from his Lord words (of revelation), and He relented toward him. Lo! He is the relenting, the Merciful. 2.38 We said: Go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh unto you from Me a guidance; and whoso followeth My guidance, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve. 2.39 But they who disbelieve, and deny Our revelations, such are rightful Peoples of the Fire. They will abide therein.
2.117 The
Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto
it only: Be! and it is. 2.118 And those who have no knowledge say: Why doth not
Allah speak unto us, or some sign come unto us ? Even thus, as they now speak,
spake those (who were) before them. Their hearts are all alike. We have made
clear the revelations for people who are sure. 2.119 Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a
bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And thou wilt not be asked about the
owners of hell-fire. 2.120 And
the Jews will not be pleased with thee, nor will the Christians, till thou
follow their creed. Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah (Himself) is Guidance. And if
thou shouldst follow their desires after the knowledge which hath come unto
thee, then wouldst thou have from Allah no protecting guardian nor helper. 2.121 Those unto whom We
have given the Scripture, who read it with the right reading, those believe in
it. And whoso disbelieveth in it, those are they who are the losers. 2.122 O Children of
2.258 Bethink thee of him who had an argument with Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had given him the kingdom; how, when Abraham said: My Lord is He Who giveth life and causeth death, he answered: I give life and cause death. Abraham said: Lo! Allah causeth the sun to rise in the East, so do thou cause it to come up from the West. Thus was the disbeliever abashed. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. 2.259 Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing by a township which had fallen into utter ruin, exclaimed: How shall Allah give this township life after its death ? And Allah made him die a hundred years, then brought him back to life. He said: How long hast thou tarried ? (The man) said: I have tarried a day or part of a day. (He) said: Nay, but thou hast tarried for a hundred years. Just look at thy food and drink which have not rotted! Look at thine ass! And, that We may make thee a token unto mankind, look at the bones, how We adjust them and then cover them with flesh! And when (the matter) became clear unto him, he said: I know now that Allah is Able to do all things. 2.260 And when Abraham said (unto his Lord): My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead, He said: Dost thou not believe ? Abraham said: Yea, but (I ask) in order that my heart may be at ease. (His Lord) said: Take four of the birds and cause them to incline unto thee, then place a part of them on each hill, then call them, they will come to thee in haste, and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.
3.65 O People of the Scripture! Why will ye argue about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed till after him ? Have ye then no sense ? 3.66 Lo! ye are those who argue about that whereof ye have some knowledge: Why then argue ye concerning that whereof ye have no knowledge ? Allah knoweth. Ye know not. 3.67 Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian; but he was an upright man who had surrendered (to Allah), and he was not of the idolaters. 3.68 Lo! those of mankind who have the best claim to Abraham are those who followed him, and this Prophet and those who believe (with him); and Allah is the Protecting Guardian of the believers.
5.27 But recite unto them with truth the tale of the two sons of Adam, how they offered each a sacrifice, and it was accepted from the one of them and it was not accepted from the other. (The one) said: I will surely kill thee. (The other) answered: Allah accepteth only from those who ward off (evil). 5.28 Even if thou stretch out thy hand against me to kill me, I shall not stretch out my hand against thee to kill thee, lo! I fear Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. 5.29 Lo! I would rather thou shouldst bear the punishment of the sin against me and thine own sin and become one of the owners of the fire. That is the reward of evil-doers. 5.30 But (the other's) mind imposed on him the killing of his brother, so he slew him and became one of the losers. 5.31 Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide his brother's naked corpse. He said: Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven and so hide my brother's naked corpse ? And he became repentant. 5.32 For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. Our messengers came unto them of old with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but afterwards lo! many of them became prodigals in the earth. 5.33 The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom; 5.34 Save those who repent before ye overpower them. For know that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
6.71
Say: Shall we cry, instead of unto Allah, unto that which neither profiteth us
nor hurteth us, and shall we turn back after Allah hath guided us, like one
bewildered whom the devils have infatuated in the earth, who hath companions who
invite him to the guidance (saying): Come unto us ? Say: Lo! the guidance of
Allah is Guidance, and we are ordered to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds, 6.72 And
to establish worship and be dutiful to Him, and He it is unto Whom ye will be
gathered. 6.73 He
it is Who created the heavens and the earth in truth. In the day when He saith:
Be! it is. His Word is the Truth, and His will be the Sovereignty on the day
when the trumpet is blown. Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, He is the
Wise, the Aware. 6.74
(Remember) when Abraham said unto his father Azar: Takest thou idols for gods ?
Lo! I see thee and thy folk in error manifest. 6.75 Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens
and the earth that he might be of those possessing certainty: 6.76 When the night grew
dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he
said: I love not things that set. 6.77 And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed: This
is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall
become one of the folk who are astray. 6.78 And when he saw the sun uprising, he cried: This is my
Lord! This is greater! And when it set he exclaimed: O my people! Lo! I am free
from all that ye associate (with Him). 6.79 Lo! I have turned my face toward Him Who created the
heavens and the earth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the idolaters. 6.80 His people argued
with him. He said: Dispute ye with me concerning Allah when He hath guided me ?
I fear not at all that which ye set up beside Him unless my Lord willeth aught.
My Lord includeth all things in His knowledge. Will ye not then remember ? 6.81 How should I fear
that which ye set up beside Him, when ye fear not to set up beside Allah that
for which He hath revealed unto you no warrant ? Which of the two factions hath
more right to safety ? (Answer me that) if ye have knowledge. 6.82 Those who believe and
obscure not their belief by wrongdoing, theirs is safety; and they are rightly
guided. 6.83
That is Our argument. We gave it unto Abraham against his folk. We raise unto
degrees of wisdom whom We will. Lo! thy Lord is Wise, Aware. 6.84 And We bestowed upon
him Isaac and Jacob; each of them We guided; and Noah did We guide aforetime;
and of his seed (We guided) David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and
Aaron. Thus do We reward the good. 6.85 And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each one
(of them) was of the righteous. 6.86 And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and
7.10 And We have given you (mankind) power in the earth, and appointed for you therein livelihoods. Little give ye thanks! 7.11 And We created you, then fashioned you, then told the angels: Fall ye prostrate before Adam! And they fell prostrate, all save Iblis, who was not of those who make prostration. 7.12 He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade thee ? (Iblis) said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire while him Thou didst create of mud. 7.13 He said: Then go down hence! It is not for thee to show pride here, so go forth! Lo! thou art of those degraded. 7.14 He said: Reprieve me till the day when they are raised (from the dead). 7.15 He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved. 7.16 He said: Now, because Thou hast sent me astray, verily I shall lurk in ambush for them on Thy Right Path. 7.17 Then I shall come upon them from before them and from behind them and from their right hands and from their left hands, and Thou wilt not find most of them beholden (unto Thee). 7.18 He said: Go forth from hence, degraded, banished. As for such of them as follow thee, surely I will fill hell with all of you. 7.19 And (unto man): O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden and eat from whence ye will, but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers. 7.20 Then Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that which was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord forbade you from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals. 7.21 And he swore unto them (saying): Lo! I am a sincere adviser unto you. 7.22 Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree their shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them, (saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you: Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you ? 7.23 They said: Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If thou forgive us not and have not mercy on us, surely we are of the lost! 7.24 He said: Go down (from hence), one of you a foe unto the other. There will be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a while. 7.25 He said: There shall ye live, and there shall ye die, and thence shall ye be brought forth. 7.26 O Children of Adam! We have revealed unto you raiment to conceal your shame, and splendid vesture, but the raiment of restraint from evil, that is best. This is of the revelations of Allah, that they may remember. 7.27 O Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you as he caused your (first) parents to go forth from the Garden and tore off from them their robe (of innocence) that he might manifest their shame to them. Lo! he seeth you, he and his tribe, from whence ye see him not. Lo! We have made the devils protecting friends for those who believe not. 7.28 And when they do some lewdness they say: We found our fathers doing it and Allah hath enjoined it on us. Say: Allah, verily, enjoineth not lewdness. Tell ye concerning Allah that which ye know not ? 7.29 Say: My Lord enjoineth justice. And set your faces upright (toward Him) at every place of worship and call upon Him, making religion pure for Him (only). As He brought you into being, so return ye (unto Him). 7.30 A party hath He led aright, while error hath just hold over (another) party, for lo! they choose the devils for protecting supporters instead of Allah and deem that they are rightly guided. 7.31 O Children of Adam! Look to your adornment at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but be not prodigal. Lo! He loveth not the prodigals. 7.32 Say: Who hath forbidden the adornment of Allah which He hath brought forth for His bondmen, and the good things of His providing ? Say: Such, on the Day of Resurrection, will be only for those who believed during the life of the world. Thus do we detail Our revelations for people who have knowledge. 7.33 Say: My Lord forbiddeth only indecencies, such of them as are apparent and such as are within, and sin and wrongful oppression, and that ye associate with Allah that for which no warrant hath been revealed, and that ye tell concerning Allah that which ye know not. 7.34 And every nation hath its term, and when its term cometh, they cannot put it off an hour nor yet advance (it). 7.35 O Children of Adam! When messengers of your own come unto you who narrate unto you My revelations, then whosoever refraineth from evil and amendeth - there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve. 7.36 But they who deny Our revelations and scorn them - each are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein. 7.37 Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah or denieth Our tokens. (For such) their appointed portion of the Book (of destiny) reacheth them till, when Our messengers come to gather them, they say: Where (now) is that to which ye cried beside Allah ? They say: They have departed from us. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers. 7.38 He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before you. Every time a nation entereth, it curseth its sister (nation) till, when they have all been made to follow one another thither, the last of them saith unto the first of them: Our Lord! These led us astray, so give them double torment of the Fire. He saith: For each one there is double (torment), but ye know not. 7.39 And the first of them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn. 7.40 Lo! they who deny Our revelations and scorn them, for them the gates of heaven will nor be opened not will they enter the Garden until the camel goeth through the needle's eye. Thus do We requite the guilty. 7.41 Theirs will be a bed of hell, and over them coverings (of hell). Thus do We requite wrong-doers. 7.42 But (as for) those who believe and do good works - We tax not any soul beyond its scope - Such are rightful owners of the Garden. They abide therein. 7.43 And We remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts. Rivers flow beneath them. And they say: The praise to Allah, Who hath guided us to this. We could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. Verily the messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth. And it is cried unto them: This is the Garden. Ye inherit it for what ye used to do. 7.44 And the dwellers of the Garden cry unto the dwellers of the Fire: We have found that which our Lord promised us (to be) the Truth. Have ye (too) found that which your Lord promised the Truth ? They say: Yea, verily. And a crier in between them crieth: The curse of Allah is on evil-doers, 7.45 Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Last Day. 7.46 Between them is a veil. And on the Heights are men who know them all by their marks. And they call unto the dwellers of the Garden: Peace be unto you! They enter it not although they hope (to enter). 7.47 And when their eyes are turned toward the dwellers of the Fire, they say: Our Lord! Place us not with the wrong-doing folk. 7.48 And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom they know by their marks, (saying): What did your multitude and that in which ye took your pride avail you ? 7.49 Are these they of whom ye swore that Allah would not show them mercy ? (Unto them it hath been said): Enter the Garden. No fear shall come upon you nor is it ye who will grieve. 7.50 And the dwellers of the Fire cry out unto the dwellers of the Garden: Pour on us some water or some wherewith Allah hath provided you. They say: Lo! Allah hath forbidden both to disbelievers (in His guidance), 7.51 Who took their religion for a sport and pastime, and whom the life of the world beguiled. So this day We have forgotten them even as they forgot the meeting of this their Day and as they used to deny Our tokens. 7.52 Verily We have brought them a Scripture which We expounded with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe. 7.53 Await they aught save the fulfilment thereof ? On the day when the fulfilment thereof cometh, those who were before forgetful thereof will say: The messengers of our Lord did bring the Truth! Have we any intercessors, that they may intercede for us ? Or can we be returned (to life on earth), that we may act otherwise than we used to act ? They have lost their souls, and that which they devised hath failed them. 7.54 Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His command. His verily is all creation and commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds! 7.55 (O mankind!) Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Lo! He loveth not aggressors. 7.56 Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on Him in fear and hope. Lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good. 7.57 And He it is Who sendeth the winds as tidings heralding His mercy, till, when they bear a cloud heavy (with rain), We lead it to a dead land, and then cause water to descend thereon and thereby bring forth fruits of every kind. Thus bring We forth the dead. Haply ye may remember. 7.58 As for the good land, its vegetation cometh forth by permission of its Lord; while as for that which is bad, only the useless cometh forth (from it). Thus do We recount the tokens for people who give thanks. 7.59 We sent Noah (of old) unto his people, and he said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other God save Him. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an Awful Day. 7.60 The chieftains of his people said: Lo! we see thee surely in plain error. 7.61 He said: O my people! There is no error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds. 7.62 I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and give good counsel unto you, and know from Allah that which ye know not. 7.63 Marvel ye that there should come unto you a Reminder from your Lord by means of a man among you, that he may warn you, and that ye may keep from evil, and that haply ye may find mercy. 7.64 But they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship, and We drowned those who denied Our tokens. Lo! they were blind folk.
7.172 And
(remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their
reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your
Lord ? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the
Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware; 7.173 Or lest ye should
say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we
were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which
those who follow falsehood did ? 7.174 Thus we detail the revelations, that haply they may
return. 7.175
Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but he
sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who lead astray.
7.176 And
had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth
and followed his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if
thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he
panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our
revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they
may take thought. 7.177
Evil as an example are the folk who denied Our revelations, and were wont to
wrong themselves. 7.178 He
whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright, while he whom Allah sendeth astray
- they indeed are losers. 7.179 Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and
humankind, having hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes
wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith they hear not. These are as
the cattle - nay, but they are worse! These are the neglectful. 7.180 Allah's are the
fairest names. Invoke Him by them. And leave the company of those who blaspheme
His names. They will be requited what they do. 7.181 And of those whom We created there is a nation who
guide with the Truth and establish justice therewith. 7.182 And those who deny
Our revelations - step by step We lead them on from whence they know not. 7.183 I give them rein
(for) lo! My scheme is strong. 7.184 Have they not bethought them (that) there is no
madness in their comrade ? He is but a plain warner. 7.185 Have they not
considered the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and what things Allah hath
created, and that it may be that their own term draweth nigh ? In what fact
after this will they believe ? 7.186
Those whom Allah sendeth astray, there is no guide for them. He leaveth them to
wander blindly on in their contumacy. 7.187 They ask thee of the (destined) Hour, when will it
come to port. Say: Knowledge thereof is with my Lord only. He alone will
manifest it at its proper time. It is heavy in the heavens and the earth. It
cometh not to you save unawares. They question thee as if thou couldst be well
informed thereof. Say: Knowledge thereof is with Allah only, but most of mankind
know not. 7.188
Say: For myself I have no power to benefit, nor power to hurt, save that which
Allah willeth. Had I knowledge of the Unseen, I should have abundance of wealth,
and adversity would not touch me. I am but a warner, and a bearer of good
tidings unto folk who believe. 7.189 He it is Who did create you from a single soul, and
therefrom did make his mate that he might take rest in her. And when he covered
her she bore a light burden, and she passed (unnoticed) with it, but when it
became heavy they cried unto Allah, their Lord, saying: If thou givest unto us
aright we shall be of the than
11.25 And We sent Noah unto his folk (and he said): Lo! I am a plain warner unto you. 11.26 That ye serve none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of a painful Day. 11.27 The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: We see thee but a mortal like us, and we see not that any follow thee save the most abject among us, without reflection. We behold in you no merit above us - nay, we deem you liars. 11.28 He said: O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on a clear proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from His presence, and it hath been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when ye are averse thereto ? 11.29 And O my people! I ask of you no wealth therefor. My reward is the concern only of Allah, and I am not going to thrust away those who believe - Lo! they have to meet their Lord! - but I see you a folk that are ignorant. 11.30 And, O my people! who would deliver me from Allah if I thrust them away ? Will ye not then reflect ? 11.31 I say not unto you: "I have the treasures of Allah" nor "I have knowledge of the Unseen," nor say I: "Lo! I am an angel!" Nor say I unto those whom your eyes scorn that Allah will not give them good - Allah knoweth best what is in their hearts - Lo! then indeed I should be of the wrong-doers. 11.32 They said: O Noah! Thou hast disputed with us and multiplied disputation with us; now bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful. 11.33 He said: Only Allah will bring it upon you if He will, and ye can by no means escape. 11.34
My counsel will not profit you if I were minded to advise you, if Allah's will is to keep you astray. He is your Lord and unto Him ye will be brought back. 11.35 Or say they (again): He hath invented it ? Say: If I have invented it, upon me be my crimes, but I am innocent of (all) that ye commit. 11.36 And it was inspired in Noah, (saying): No-one of thy folk will believe save him who hath believed already. Be not distressed because of what they do. 11.37 Build the ship under Our eyes and by Our inspiration, and speak not unto Me on behalf of those who do wrong. Lo! they will be drowned. 11.38 And he was building the ship, and every time that chieftains of his people passed him, they made mock of him. He said: Though ye make mock of Us, yet We mock at you even as ye mock; 11.39 And ye shall know to whom a punishment that will confound him cometh, and upon whom a lasting doom will fall. 11.40 (Thus it was) till, when Our commandment came to pass and the oven gushed forth water, We said: Load therein two of every kind, a pair (the male and female), and thy household, save him against whom the word hath gone forth already, and those who believe. And but a few were they who believed with him. 11.41 And he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful. 11.42 And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains, and Noah cried unto his son - and he was standing aloof - O my son! Come ride with us, and be not with the disbelievers. 11.43 He said: I shall betake me to some mountain that will save me from the water. (Noah) said: This day there is none that saveth from the commandment of Allah save him on whom He hath had mercy. And the wave came in between them, so he was among the drowned. 11.44 And it was said: O earth! Swallow thy water and, O sky! be cleared of clouds! And the water was made to subside. And the commandment was fulfilled. And it (the ship) came to rest upon (the mount) Al-Judi and it was said: A far removal for wrongdoing folk! 11.45 And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Lo! my son is of my household! Surely Thy promise is the truth and Thou are the Most Just of Judges. 11.46 He said: O Noah! Lo! he is not of thy household; lo! he is of evil conduct, so ask not of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee lest thou be among the ignorant. 11.47 He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless Thou forgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost. 11.48 It was said (unto him): O Noah! Go thou down (from the mountain) with peace from Us and blessings upon thee and some nations (that will spring) from those with thee. (There will be other) nations unto whom We shall give enjoyment a long while and then a painful doom from Us will overtake them. 11.49 This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee (Muhammad). Thou thyself knewest it not, nor did thy folk (know it) before this. Then have patience. Lo! the sequel is for those who ward off (evil). 11.50 And unto (the tribe of) A'ad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He said: O my people! Serve Allah! Ye have no other God save Him. Lo! ye do but invent. 11.51 O my people! I ask of you no reward for it. Lo! my reward is the concern only of Him Who made me. Have ye then no sense ? 11.52 And, O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn unto Him repentant; He will cause the sky to rain abundance on you and will add unto you strength to your strength. Turn not away, guilty! 11.53 They said: O Hud! Thou hast brought us no clear proof and we are not going to forsake our gods on thy (mere) saying, and we are not believers in thee. 11.54 We say naught save that one of our gods hath possessed thee in an evil way. He said: I call Allah to witness, and do ye (too) bear witness, that I am innocent of (all) that ye ascribe as partners (to Allah) 11.55 Beside Him. So (try to) circumvent me, all of you, give me no respite. 11.56 Lo! I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Not an animal but He doth grasp it by the forelock! Lo! my Lord is on a straight path. 11.57 And if ye turn away, still I have conveyed unto you that wherewith I was sent unto you, and my Lord will set in place of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot injure Him at all. Lo! my Lord is Guardian over all things. 11.58 And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Hud and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; We saved them from a harsh doom. 11.59 And such were A'ad. They denied the revelations of their Lord and flouted His messengers and followed the command of every froward potentate. 11.60 And a curse was made to follow them in the world and on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! A'ad disbelieved in their Lord. A far removal for A'ad, the folk of Hud! 11.61 And unto (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my people! Serve Allah, Ye have no other God save Him. He brought you forth from the earth and hath made you husband it. So ask forgiveness of Him and turn unto Him repentant. Lo! my Lord is Nigh, Responsive. 11.62 They said: O Salih! Thou hast been among us hitherto as that wherein our hope was placed. Dost thou ask us not to worship what our fathers worshipped ? Lo! we verily are in grave doubt concerning that to which thou callest us. 11.63 He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on clear proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from Him, who will save me from Allah if I disobey Him ? Ye would add to me naught save perdition. 11.64 O my people! This is the camel of Allah, a token unto you, so suffer her to feed in Allah's earth, and touch her not with harm lest a near torment seize you. 11.65 But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy life in your dwelling-place three days! This is a threat that will not be belied. 11.66 So, when Our commandment came to pass, We saved Salih, and those who believed with him, by a mercy from Us, from the ignominy of that day. Lo, thy Lord! He is the Strong, the Mighty. 11.67 And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong, so that morning found them prostrate in their dwellings, 11.68 As though they had not dwelt there. Lo! Thamud disbelieved in their Lord. A far removal for Thamud! 11.69 And Our messengers cam unto Abraham with good news. They said: Peace! He answered: Peace! and delayed not to bring a roasted calf. 11.70 And when he saw their hands reached not to it, he mistrusted them and conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! Lo! we are sent unto the folk of12.1
Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verse of the Scripture that maketh plain. 12.2 Lo! We have revealed
it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand. 12.3 We narrate unto thee (Muhammad) the best of narratives
in that We have inspired in thee this Qur'an, though aforetime thou wast of the
heedless. 12.4
When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream eleven
planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves unto me. 12.5 He said: O my dear
son! Tell not thy brethren of thy vision, lest they plot a plot against thee.
Lo! Satan is for man an open foe. 12.6 Thus thy Lord will prefer thee and will teach thee the
interpretation of events, and will perfect His grace upon thee and upon the
family of Jacob as He perfected it upon thy forefathers, Abraham and Isaac. Lo!
thy Lord is Knower, Wise. 12.7 Verily in Joseph and his brethren are signs (of
Allah's Sovereignty) for the inquiring. 12.8 When they said: Verily Joseph and his brother are
dearer to our father than we are, many though we be. Lo! our father is in plain
aberration. 12.9
(One said): Kill Joseph or cast him to some (other) land, so that your father's
favour may be all for you, and (that) ye may afterward be righteous folk. 12.10 One among them said:
Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of the pit;
some caravan will find him. 12.11 They said: O our father! Why wilt thou not trust us
with Joseph, when lo! we are good friends to him ? 12.12 Send him with us
to-morrow that he may enjoy himself and play. And lo! we shall take good care of
him. 12.13 He
said: Lo! in truth it saddens me that ye should take him with you, and I fear
less the wolf devour him while ye are heedless of him. 12.14 They said: If the
wolf should devour him when we are (so strong) a band, then surely we should
have already perished. 12.15
Then, when they led him off, and were of one mind that they should place him in
the depth of the pit, We inspired in him: Thou wilt tell them of this deed of
theirs when they know (thee) not. 12.16 And they came weeping to their father in the evening. 12.17 Saying: O our father!
We went racing one with another, and left Joseph by our things, and the wolf
devoured him, and thou believest not our saying even when we speak the truth. 12.18 And
they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: Nay, but your minds have
beguiled you into something. (My course is) comely patience. And Allah it is
Whose help is to be sought in that (predicament) which ye describe. 12.19 And there came a
caravan, and they sent their waterdrawer. He let down his pail (into the pit).
He said: Good luck! Here is a youth. And they hid him as a treasure, and Allah
was Aware of what they did. 12.20 And they sold him for a low price, a number of silver
coins; and they attached no value to him. 12.21 And he of