On the Day when the sky and its clouds are split apart and the angels sent down in streams,

on that Day, true authority belongs to the Lord of Mercy. It will be a grievous Day for the disbelievers.

On that Day the evildoer will bite his own hand and say, ‘If only I had taken the same path as the Messenger.

Woe is me! If only I had not taken so and so as a friend-

he led me away from the Revelation after it reached me. Satan has always betrayed mankind.’

The Messenger has said, ‘Lord, my people treat this Quran as something to be shunned,’

but We have always appointed adversaries from the wicked, for every prophet: Your Lord is sufficient guide and helper.

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِۚ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرࣰا

وَيَوْمَ يَعَضُّ ٱلظَّالِمُ عَلَىٰ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِي ٱتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ ٱلرَّسُولِ سَبِيلࣰا

يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلَانًا خَلِيلࣰا

لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِيۗ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولࣰا

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّسُولُ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ مَهْجُورࣰا

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَدُوࣰّا مِّنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيࣰا وَنَصِيرࣰا

The disbelievers also say, ‘Why was the Quran not sent down to him all at once?’ We sent it in this way to strengthen your heart [Prophet]; We gave it to you in gradual revelation.

They cannot put any argument to you without Our bringing you the truth and the best explanation.

It is those driven [falling], on their faces,to Hell who will be in the worst place- they are the furthest from the right path.

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقُرْءَانُ جُمْلَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰۚ كَذَٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَۖ وَرَتَّلْنَٰهُ تَرْتِيلࣰا

وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا

ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرࣱّ مَّكَانࣰا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلࣰا

We gave Moses the Book and appointed his brother Aaron to help him.

We said, ‘Go, both of you, to the people who have rejected Our signs.’ Later We destroyed those people utterly.

The people of Noah, too: when they rejected their messengers, We drowned them and made them an example to all people. We have prepared a painful torment for the evildoers,

as We did for the people of Ad, Thamud, and al-Rass, and many generations in between.

To each of them We gave warnings, and each of them We destroyed completely.

These disbelievers must have passed by the town that was destroyed by the terrible rain––did they not see it? Yet they do not expect to be raised from the dead.

Whenever they see you [Prophet] they ridicule you: ‘Is this the one God has sent as a messenger?

He might almost have led us astray from our gods if we had not stood so firmly by them.’ When they see the punishment, they will know who is furthest from the path.

Think [Prophet] of the man who has taken his own passion as a god: are you to be his guardian?

Do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cattle- no, they are further from the path.

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَا مَعَهُۥٓ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ وَزِيرࣰا

فَقُلْنَا ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَدَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ تَدْمِيرࣰا

وَقَوْمَ نُوحࣲ لَّمَّا كَذَّبُوا۟ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ ءَايَةࣰۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمࣰا

وَعَادࣰا وَثَمُودَا۟ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلرَّسِّ وَقُرُونَۢا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ كَثِيرࣰا

وَكُلࣰّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَۖ وَكُلࣰّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرࣰا

وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَاۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورࣰا

وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا

إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا لَوْلَآ أَن صَبَرْنَا عَلَيْهَاۚ وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ مَنْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا

أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Do you not see how your Lord lengthens the shade? If He had willed, He could have made it stand still- We made the sun its indicator-

but We gradually draw it towards Us, little by little.

It is He who made the night a garment for you, and sleep a rest, and made the day like a resurrection.

It is He who sends the winds as heralds of good news before His Mercy. We send down pure water from the sky,

so that We can revive a dead land with it, and We give it as a drink to many animals and people We have created.

Many times We have repeated this to people so that they might take heed, but most persist in their ingratitude.

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ ٱلظِّلَّ وَلَوْ شَآءَ لَجَعَلَهُۥ سَاكِنࣰا ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا ٱلشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَلِيلࣰا

ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَٰهُ إِلَيْنَا قَبْضࣰا يَسِيرࣰا

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسࣰا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتࣰا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورࣰا

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرْسَلَ ٱلرِّيَٰحَ بُشْرَۢا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِهِۦۚ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءࣰ طَهُورࣰا

لِّنُحْـِۧيَ بِهِۦ بَلْدَةࣰ مَّيْتࣰا وَنُسْقِيَهُۥ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَآ أَنْعَٰمࣰا وَأَنَاسِيَّ كَثِيرࣰا

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورࣰا