People, it is you who stand in need of God- God needs nothing and is worthy of all praise-

if He wills, He can do away with you and bring in a new creation,

that is not difficult for God.

No burdened soul will bear the burden of another: even if a heavily laden soul should cry for help, none of its load will be carried, not even by a close relative. But you [Prophet] can only warn those who fear their Lord, though they cannot see Him, and keep up the prayer- whoever purifies himself does so for his own benefit–– everything returns to God.

۞ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِيُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقࣲ جَدِيدࣲ

وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزࣲ

وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةࣱ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰۚ وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَىٰ حِمْلِهَا لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَيْءࣱ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَىٰٓۗ إِنَّمَا تُنذِرُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚ وَمَن تَزَكَّىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَزَكَّىٰ لِنَفْسِهِۦۚ وَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

The blind and the seeing are not alike,

nor are darkness and light;

shade and heat are not alike,

nor are the living and the dead. God makes anyone He wills hear [His message]: you cannot make those in their graves hear.

You are only here to warn them-

We have sent you with the Truth as a bearer of good news and warning- every community has been sent a warner.

If they call you a liar, their predecessors did the same: messengers came to them with clear signs, scriptures, and enlightening revelation

and afterwards I seized the disbelievers- how terrible My punishment was!

وَمَا يَسْتَوِي ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ

وَلَا ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَلَا ٱلنُّورُ

وَلَا ٱلظِّلُّ وَلَا ٱلْحَرُورُ

وَمَا يَسْتَوِي ٱلْأَحْيَآءُ وَلَا ٱلْأَمْوَٰتُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُۖ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعࣲ مَّن فِي ٱلْقُبُورِ

إِنْ أَنتَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ بَشِيرࣰا وَنَذِيرࣰاۚ وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرࣱ

وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ وَبِٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ

ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

Have you [Prophet] not considered how God sends water down from the sky and that We produce with it fruits of varied colours; that there are in the mountains layers of white and red of various hues, and jet black;

that there are various colours among human beings, wild animals, and livestock too? It is those of His servants who have knowledge who stand in true awe of God. God is almighty, most forgiving.

Those who recite God’s scripture, keep up the prayer, give secretly and openly from what We have provided for them, may hope for a trade that will never decline:

He will repay them in full, and give them extra from His bounty. He is most forgiving, most appreciative.

The Scripture We have revealed to you [Prophet] is the Truth and confirms the scriptures that preceded it. God is well informed about His servants, He sees everything.

We gave the Scripture as a heritage to Our chosen servants: some of them wronged their own souls, some stayed between [right and wrong], and some, by God’s leave, were foremost in good deeds. That is the greatest favour:

they will enter lasting Gardens where they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, where they will wear silk garments.

They will say, ‘Praise be to God, who has separated us from all sorrow! Our Lord is truly most forgiving, most appreciative:

He has, in His bounty, settled us in the everlasting Home where no toil or fatigue will touch us.’

But those who reject the truth will stay in Hellfire, where they will neither be finished off by death, nor be relieved from Hell’s torment: this is how We reward hardened disbelievers.

They will cry out loud in Hell, ‘Lord, let us out, and we will do righteous deeds, not what we did before!’- ‘ Did We not give you a life long enough to take warning if you were going to? The warner came to you, now taste the punishment.’ The evildoers will have nobody to help them.

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءࣰ فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦ ثَمَرَٰتࣲ مُّخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهَاۚ وَمِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ جُدَدُۢ بِيضࣱ وَحُمْرࣱ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودࣱ

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱلدَّوَآبِّ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ كَذَٰلِكَۗ إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى ٱللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْعُلَمَٰٓؤُا۟ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَنفَقُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ سِرࣰّا وَعَلَانِيَةࣰ يَرْجُونَ تِجَٰرَةࣰ لَّن تَبُورَ

لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ غَفُورࣱ شَكُورࣱ

وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقࣰا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ لَخَبِيرُۢ بَصِيرࣱ

ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَاۖ فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمࣱ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدࣱ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقُۢ بِٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَضْلُ ٱلْكَبِيرُ

جَنَّٰتُ عَدْنࣲ يَدْخُلُونَهَا يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبࣲ وَلُؤْلُؤࣰاۖ وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرࣱ

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا ٱلْحَزَنَۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورࣱ شَكُورٌ

ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحَلَّنَا دَارَ ٱلْمُقَامَةِ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ لَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا نَصَبࣱ وَلَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا لُغُوبࣱ

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي كُلَّ كَفُورࣲ

وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِي كُنَّا نَعْمَلُۚ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُۖ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

God knows all that is hidden in the heavens and earth; He knows the thoughts contained in the heart;

it is He who made you [people] successors to the land. Those who deny the truth will bear the consequences: their denial will only make them more odious to their Lord, and add only to their loss.

Say, ‘Consider those “partners” of yours that you call upon beside God. Show me! What part of the earth did they create? What share of the heavens do they possess?’ Have We given them a book that contains clear evidence? No indeed! The idolaters promise each other only delusion.

God keeps the heavens and earth from vanishing; if they did vanish, no one else could stop them. God is most forbearing, most forgiving.

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَٰلِمُ غَيْبِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِۚ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ كُفْرُهُۥۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا مَقْتࣰاۖ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ كُفْرُهُمْ إِلَّا خَسَارࣰا

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ شُرَكَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكࣱ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ كِتَٰبࣰا فَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَتࣲ مِّنْهُۚ بَلْ إِن يَعِدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ بَعْضُهُم بَعْضًا إِلَّا غُرُورًا

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَآ إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدࣲ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورࣰا

[The idolaters] swore their most solemn oath that, if someone came to warn them, they would be more rightly guided than any [other] community, but when someone did come they turned yet further away,

became more arrogant in the land, and intensified their plotting of evil- the plotting of evil only rebounds on those who plot. Do they expect anything but what happened to earlier people? You will never find any change in God’s practice; you will never find any deviation there.

Have they not travelled in the land and seen how those before them met their end, although they were superior to them in strength? God is not to be frustrated by anything in the heavens or on the earth: He is all knowing, all powerful.

If God were to punish people [at once] for the wrong they have done, there would not be a single creature left on the surface of the earth. He gives them respite for a stated time and, whenever their time comes, God has been watching His servants.

وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرࣱ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْ إِحْدَى ٱلْأُمَمِۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرࣱ مَّا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا

ٱسْتِكْبَارࣰا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ ٱلسَّيِّئِۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلْمَكْرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِۦۚ فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَۚ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلࣰاۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَحْوِيلًا

أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُوٓا۟ أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةࣰۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعْجِزَهُۥ مِن شَيْءࣲ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَلِيمࣰا قَدِيرࣰا

وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَآبَّةࣲ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمࣰّىۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ بَصِيرَۢا