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whereon to mount you. They turned back with eyes
flowing with tears, for sorrow that they could not find
the means to spend.
?. 93 The ground [of blame] is only against those who ask for
leave of you [to stay at home] when they are rich. They
are content to be with [the women] who remain behind.
Allah has sealed their hearts so that they know not [what
they miss].
94. They will make excuse to you [Muslims] when you return
to them. Say: Make no excuse, for we shall not believe
you. Allah has told us tidings of you. And Allah and
His messenger will see your deeds, and then you will be
brought back to Him Who knows the Unseen as well as
the witnessed, and He will tell you what you used to do.
95. They will swear by Allah to you, when you return to them,
that you may leave them alone. Leave them alone, for lo!
they are evil, and their abode is Hell as the reward for
what they used to earn.
96. They swear to you, that you may accept them. Though you
accept them, Allah verily accepts not wrong-doing folk.
97. The wandering Arabs are more hard in disbelief and
hypocrisy, and more likely to be ignorant of the limits
which Allah has revealed to His messenger. And Allah is
Knower, Wise.
98. And of the wandering Arabs there is he who takes that
which he expends [for the cause of Allah], as a loss, and
awaits [evil] turns of fortune for you [that he may be rid
of it]. The evil turn of fortune will be theirs. Allah is
Hearer, Knower.
99. And of the wandering Arabs there is he who believes in
Allah and the Last Day, and takes that which he expands
and also the prayers of the messenger as acceptable
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offerings in the sight of Allah. Lo! verily it is an acceptable
offering for them. Allah will bring them into His mercy.
Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
100. And the first to lead the way, of the Muhajirin[1] and
the Ansar,[2] and those who followed them in goodness
Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased
with Him and He has made ready for them Gardens
underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide
for ever. That is the supreme triumph.
101. And among those around you of the wandering Arabs
there are hypocrites, and among the townspeople of Al-
Madînah [there are some who] persist in hypocrisy whom
you [O Muhammad] know not. We know them, and We
shall punish them twice; then they will be returned to a
painful doom.
102. And [there are] others who have acknowledged their
sins. They mixed a righteous deed with another that
was bad. It may be that Allah will turn to them in
forgiveness. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
103. Take alms of their wealth, wherewith you purify them
and sanctify them, and pray for them. Lo! your prayer is
an assuagement for them. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
104. Know they not that Allah is He Who accepts repentance
from His bondmen and takes the alms, and that Allah is
He Who accepts repentance, the Merciful.
105. And say [to them]: Act! Allah will see your deeds, and
[so will] His Messenger and the believers, and you will
be brought back to the Knower of the Unseen and the
witnessed, and He will tell you what you used to do.
[1] The emigrants from Mecca to Al-Madînah.
[2] The Muslims of Al-Madînah who welcomed the emigrants from
Mecca and helped the Prophet with their wealth and defended him
with their lives.
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106. And [there are] others who await Allah’s decree, whether
He will punish them or will forgive them. Allah is Knower,
Wise.
107. And as for those [hypocrites] who took for themselves
a mosque for causing harm and disbelief, and in order
to cause disunity among the believers, and as an outpost
for those who warred against Allah and His messenger
before, they will surely swear: We purposed nothing save
good. Allah bears witness that they verily are liars.
108. Never stand [to pray] there. A mosque which was founded
upon righteousness from the first day is more worthy
that you should stand [to pray] therein, wherein are men
who love to purify themselves. Allah loves the purifiers.
109. Is he who founded his building on righteousness [with
fear] from Allah and His good pleasure better; or he
who founded his building on the brink of a crumbling,
overhanging cliff so that it toppled with him into the fire
of Hell? Allah guides not wrong-doing folk.
110. The building which they built will never cease to be a
misgiving in their hearts unless their hearts be torn to
pieces. Allah is Knower, Wise.
111. Lo! Allah has bought from the believers their lives and
their wealth because the Garden will be theirs they shall
fight in the way of Allah and shall kill and be killed. It is
a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the
Gospel and the Qur’ân. Who fulfils His covenant better
than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that you have
made, for that is the supreme triumph.
112. [Triumphant] are those who turn repentant [to Allah],
those who worship [Him], those who praise [Him], those
who fast, those who bow down, those who fall prostrate
[in prayer], those who enjoin the right and who forbid
the wrong and those who keep the limits [ordained] of
Allah– And give glad tidings to the believers!
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113. It is not for the Prophet, and those who believe, to ask
forgiveness for the polytheists even though they may be
near of kin [to them] after it has become clear that they
are owners of Hell-Fire.
114. The prayer of Abraham for the forgiveness of his father
was only because of a promise he had promised him,
but when it had become clear to him that he [his father]
was an enemy to Allah he [Abraham] disowned him. Lo!
Abraham was soft of heart, long-forbearing.
115. It was never Allah’s [part] that he should send a folk astray
after He had guided them until He had made clear to them
what they should avoid. Lo! Allah is Aware of all things.
116. Lo! Allah! To Him belongs the Sovereignty of the heavens
and the earth. He gives life and He causes death. And you
have, instead of Allah, no protector nor helper.
117. Allah has already forgiven the Prophet, and the Muhajirin
and the Ansar who followed him in the hour of hardship.
After the hearts of a party of them had almost swerved
aside, then He forgave them. Lo! He is Kind, Merciful
for them.
118. And [He also forgave] the three who were left behind [and
regretted their error]: when the earth, vast as it is, was
straitened for them, and their own souls were straitened
for them till they bethought them that there is no refuge
from Allah save toward Him. Then He turned to them in
mercy that they [too] might turn [repentant to Him].[1] Lo!
Allah! He is the Accepting repentance, the Merciful.
119. O you who believe! Fear Allah, and be with the truthful.
120. It is not for the townsfolk of Al-Mad’inah and for those
around them of the wandering Arabs to stay behind the
messenger of Allah and prefer their lives to his life. That
is because neither thirst nor toil nor hunger afflicts them
in the cause of Allah, nor step they any step that angers
[1] The reference is to three men of Al-Madînah who were ostracised
on account of a misdeed, but afterwards repented and were forgiven.
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the disbelievers, nor gain them from the enemy a gain,
but a good deed is recorded for them therefor. Lo! Allah
wastes not the rewards of the good.
121. Nor do they spend any spending, small or great, nor do
they cross a valley, but it is recorded for them, that Allah
may repay them the best of what they used to do.
122. And the believers should not all go out to fight. Of
every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that
they [who are left behind] may gain sound knowledge
in religion, and that they may warn their folk when they
return to them, so that they may beware.
123. O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who
are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and
know that Allah is with the righteous.
124. And whenever a sûrah is revealed there are some of
them who say: Which one of you has thus increased in
faith? As for those who believe, it has increased them in
faith and they rejoice [therefor].
125. But as for those in whose hearts is disease, it only adds
wickedness to their wickedness, and they die while they
are disbelievers.
126. See they not that they are tested once or twice in every year?
Still they turn not in repentance, neither pay they heed.
127. And whenever a sûrah is revealed, they look one at another
[as who should say]: Does anybody see you? Then they
turn away. Allah turns away their hearts because they are
a folk who understand not.
128. There has come to you a messenger, [one] of yourselves,
to whom anything that you are overburdened is grievous,
full of concern for you, for the believers kind, merciful.
129. Now, if they turn away [O Muhammad] say: Allah suffices
me. There is no deity save Him. On Him I have relied,
and He is Lord of the Great Throne.
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Revealed at Mecca, [109 verses]
Derives its title from v. 99. “If only there had been a
community (of those that were) destroyed of old that believed
and profited by its belief as did the folk of Jonah!” As is the
case with nearly all the Meccan Sûrahs, the date of revelation
is uncertain, on account of the dearth of historical allusion.
All that can with certainty be said is, that it belongs to the
latest group of Meccan Sûrahs, and must therefore have been
revealed at some time during the last four years before the
Hijrah. A late Meccan Sûrah, with the exception of three
verses revealed at Al-Madînah.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1. Alif. Lâm. Râ.[1] These are verses of the Wise Book.
2. Is it a wonder for mankind that We have revealed to a
man among them, saying: Warn mankind and bring to
those who believe the good tidings that they will have a
[firm] precedence and exalted status with their Lord? The
disbelievers say: Lo! this is a mere magician.
3. Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the
earth in six days, then He established Himself upon the
Throne, directing all things. There is no intercessor [with
Him] save after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord,
so worship Him. Oh, will you not remember?
4. To Him is the return of all of you; it is a promise of Allah
in truth. Lo! He produces creation, then reproduces it, that
He may reward those who believe and do good deeds with
[1] See Sûr. [2] v.1, footnote.
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equity; while, as for those who disbelieve, theirs will be
a boiling drink and painful doom for what they used to
disbelieve.
5. He it is Who made the sun a splendour and the moon a
light, and measured for her stages, that you might know
the number of the years, and the reckoning. Allah created
not [all] that save in truth. He details the signs for people
who know.
6. Lo! in the difference of day and night and all that Allah has
created in the heavens and the earth are signs, verily, for
folk who fear Allah.
7. Lo! those who expect not the meeting with Us but desire
the life of the world and feel secure therein, and those who
are neglectful of Our signs,
8. Their home will be the Fire because of what they used
to earn.
9. Lo! those who believe and do good deeds, their Lord guides
them by their faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the
Gardens of Delight,
10. Their prayer therein will be: Glory be to You, O Allah!
and their greeting therein will be: Peace. And the close
of their prayer will be: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the
Worlds!
11. If Allah were to hasten on for the people the ill [that they
have earned] as they would hasten on the good, their term
would already have expired. But We leave those who look
not for the meeting with Us to wander blindly on in their
transgression.
12. And when affliction touches man he cries to Us, [while
reclining] on his side, or sitting or standing, but when We
have relieved him of the misfortune he goes his way as
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though he had not cried to Us because of an affliction
that touched him. Thus is what they do made [seeming]
fair to the transgressors.
13. We destroyed the generations before you when they did
wrong; and their messengers [from Allah] came to them
with clear proofs [of His Sovereignty] but they would not
believe. Thus do We reward the criminal folk:
14. Then We appointed you viceroys in the earth after them,
that We might see how you will do.
15. And when Our clear verses are recited to them they who
look not for the meeting with Us say: Bring a Qur’ân
other than this, or change it. Say [O Muhammad]: It is
not for me to change it of my own accord. I only follow
that which is revealed to me. Lo! if I disobey my Lord I
fear the retribution of a Great Day.
16. Say: If Allah had so willed I should not have recited it to
you nor would He have made it known to you. I dwelt
among you a whole lifetime before it [came to me]. Have
you then no sense?
17. Who does greater wrong than he who invents a lie
concerning Allah and denies His signs? Lo! the criminals
never are successful.
18. And they worship other than Allah that which neither
harms them nor benefits them, and they say: These are
our intercessors with Allah. Say: Would you inform Allah
of [something] that He knows not in the heavens or in
the earth? Praised be He and High Exalted above all that
you associate [with Him]!
19. Mankind were but one community; then they differed;
and had it not been for a word that had already gone
forth from your Lord it had been judged between them
in respect of that wherein they differ.
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20. And they will say: If only a sign were sent down upon him
from his Lord! Then say [O Muhammad]: The Unseen
belongs to Allah. So wait! Lo, I am waiting with you.
21. And when We cause mankind to taste of mercy after some
adversity which had afflicted them, behold! they have some
plot against Our verses. Say: Allah is more swift in plotting.
Lo! Our messengers write down that which you plot.
22. He it is Who makes you to go on the land and the sea till,
when you are in the ships and they sail with them with a
fair breeze and they are glad therein, a storm-wind reaches
them and the waves come to them from every side and
they deem that they are overwhelmed therein; [then] they
cry to Allah, making their faith pure for Him only; If You
deliver us from this, we truly will be of the thankful.
23. Yet when He has delivered them, behold! they rebel in
the earth wrongfully. O mankind! Your rebellion is only
against yourselves. [You have] enjoyment of the life of
the world; then to Us is your return and We shall inform
you what you used to do.
24. The similitude of the life of the world is only as water
which We send down from the sky, then the earth’s
growth of that which men and cattle eat mingles with
it till, when the earth has taken on her ornaments and is
embellished, and her people deem that they are masters
of her, Our commandment comes by night or by day
and we make it as a harvest clean-mown as if it had not
flourished yesterday. Thus do We expound the signs for
people who reflect.
25. And Allah invites to the abode of peace, and guides whom
He wills to a straight path.
26. For those who do good is the best [reward] and more
[thereto]. Neither darkness nor humiliation will cover
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their faces. Such are rightful owners of Paradise; they will
abide therein eternally.
27. And those who earn ill-deeds, [for them] requital
of each ill-deed by the like thereof; and humiliation
overtakes them - They have no protector from Allah
- As if their faces had been covered with a cloak of
darkest night. Such are rightful owners of Fire; they
will abide therein eternally.
28. On the day when We gather them all together, then We
say to those who associated others with Allah: Stand
back, you and your [pretended] partners [of Allah]! And
We separate them, the one from the other, and their
[pretended] partners say: It was not us you worshipped.
29. Allah suffices as a witness between us and you, that we
were unaware of your worship.
30. There does every soul experience that which it did
previously, and they are returned to Allah, their rightful
Lord, and that which they used to invent has failed them.
31. Say [to them, O Muhammad]: Who provides for you
from the sky and the earth, or Who owns hearing and
sight; and Who brings forth the living from the dead and
brings forth the dead from the living; and Who directs
the course? They will say: Allah. Then say: Will you not
then fear Him?
32. Such then is Allah, your rightful Lord. After the Truth
what is there saving error? How then are you turned away!
33. Thus is the Word of your Lord justified concerning those
who do wrong; that they believe not.
34. Say: Is there of your partners [whom you associate with
Allah] one that begins Creation and then repeats it? Say:
Allah begins Creation, then repeats it. How then, are
you deluded!
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35. Say: Is there of your partners [whom you associate with
Allah] one that guides to the Truth? Say: Allah guides to
the Truth. Is He Who guides to the Truth more deserving
that He should be followed, or he who finds not the way
unless he [himself] be guided. What troubles you? How
do you judge?
36. Most of them follow not but conjecture. Assuredly
conjecture can by no means takes the place of truth. Lo!
Allah is Aware of what they do.
37. And this Qur’ân is not such as could ever be invented in
despite of Allah; but it is a confirmation of that which
was before it and an exposition of the Book– Therein is
no doubt from the Lord of the Worlds.
38. Or they say: He has invented it? Say: Then bring a sûrah
like to it, and call [for help] on all you can besides Allah,
if you are truthful.
39. Nay, but they denied that, the knowledge whereof they
could not compass, and whereof the interpretation [in
events] has not yet come to them. Even so did those
before them deny. Then see what was the consequence
for the wrong-doers!
40. And of them is he who believes therein, and of them is
he who believes not therein, and your Lord is Best Aware
of the corrupters.
41. And if they belie you, say: To me my deeds, and to you
your deeds. You are innocent of what I do, and I am
innocent of what you do.
42. And of them are some who listen to you. But can you
make the deaf to hear even though they apprehend not?
43. And of them is he who looks toward you. But can you
guide the blind even though they see not?
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44. Lo! Allah wrongs not mankind in anything at all; but
mankind wrong themselves.
45. And on the day when He shall gather them together, [when
it will seem] as though they had stayed but an hour of the
day, recognising one another, those will verily have perished
who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided.
46. Whether We let you [O Muhammad] see something of
that which We promise them or [whether We] cause you
to die, still to Us is their return, and Allah, moreover, is
Witness over what they do.
47. And for every nation there is a messenger. And when their
messenger comes [on the Day of Judgment] it will be
judged between them fairly, and they will not be wronged.
48. And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if you
are truthful?
49. Say: I have no power to hurt or benefit myself, save that
which Allah wills. For every nation there is an appointed
time. When their time comes, then they cannot put it off
an hour, nor hasten [it].
50. Say: Have you thought: When His doom comes to you as
a raid by night, or in the [busy] day; what is there of it that
the criminals desire to hasten?
51. Is it [only] then, when it has befallen you, that you will
believe? What! [Believe] now, when [until now] you have
been hastening it on [through disbelief]?
52. Then will it be said to those who dealt unjustly: Taste
the doom of eternity. Are you requited nothing save what
you used to earn?
53. And they ask you to inform them [saying]: Is it true? Say:
Yea, by my Lord, verily it is true, and you cannot escape.
54. And if each soul that does wrong had all that is in the
earth it would seek to ransom itself therewith; and they
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will feel remorse within them, when they see the doom.
But it has been judged between them fairly and they are
not wronged.
55. Lo! verily all that is in the heavens and the earth is Allah’s. Lo!
verily Allah’s promise is true. But most of them know not.
56. He gives life and causes death, and to Him you will be
returned.
57. O mankind! There has come to you an exhortation from
your Lord, a healing for that which is in the breasts, a
guidance and a mercy for believers.
58. Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy: therein let
them rejoice. It is better than what they hoard.
59. Say: Have you considered what provision Allah has sent
down for you, how you have made of it lawful and
unlawful? Say: Has Allah permitted you, or do you invent
a lie concerning Allah?
60. And what think those who invent a lie concerning Allah
[will be their plight] upon the Day of Resurrection? Lo!
Allah truly is Bountiful toward mankind, but most of
them give not thanks.
61. And you [Muhammad] are not occupied with any matter
and you recite any of this Qur’ân, and you [mankind]
perform no deed, but We are Witness of you when you
are engaged therein. And not an atom’s weight in the earth
or in the sky escapes your Lord, nor what is less than that
or greater than that, but it is [written] in a clear Book.
62. Lo! verily the allies of Allah are [those] on whom fear
[comes] not, nor do they grieve.
63. Those who believe and were fearing Allah,
64. Theirs are good tidings in the life of the world and in the
Hereafter - There is no changing the Words of Allah -
that is the Supreme Triumph.
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65. And let not their speech grieve you [O Muhammad]. Lo!
honour [due to power] belongs wholly to Allah. He is the
Hearer, the Knower.
66. Lo! is it not to Allah that belongs whoever is in the heavens
and whosoever is in the earth? Those who follow others
instead of Allah follow not [His] partners. They follow
only a conjecture, and they do but guess.
67. He it is Who has appointed for you the night that you
should rest therein and the day giving sight. Lo! herein
verily are signs for a folk that listen.
68. They say: Allah has taken [to Him] a son– Glorified be
He! He is Self-Sufficient! His is all that is in the heavens
and all that is in the earth. You have no authority for this.
Do you say concerning Allah that which you know not?
69. Say: Verily those who invent a lie concerning Allah will
not succeed.
70. This world’s portion [will be theirs], then to Us is their
return. Then We make them taste a dreadful doom
because they used to disbelieve.
71. And recite to them the news of Noah, when he told his
people: O my people! If my stay [here with you] and my
reminding you by Allah’s signs are an offence to you, then
I have relied upon Allah, so decide upon your course of
action, you and your partners. Let not your course of action
be in doubt, for you. Then have at me, give me no respite.
72. But if you turn away I have asked of you no wage. My
wage is the concern of Allah only, and I am commanded
to be of the Muslims.
73. But they belied him, so We saved him and those with him
in the ship, and made them viceroys [in the earth], while We
drowned those who belied Our signs. See then the nature
of the consequence for those who had been warned.
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74. Then, after him, We sent messengers to their folk, and
they brought them clear proofs. But they were not to
believe in that which they before belied. Thus We seal on
the hearts of the transgressors.
75. Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh
and his chiefs with Our signs, but they were arrogant and
were a criminal folk.
76. And when the Truth from Us came to them, they said: Lo!
this is mere magic.
77. Moses said: Speak you [so] of the Truth when it has come
to you? Is this magic? But magicians succeed not.
78. They said: Have you come to us to pervert us from that
[faith] in which we found our fathers, and that you two may
have grandeur in the land? We will not believe you two.
79. And Pharaoh said: Bring every well-versed magician to me.
80. And when the magicians came, Moses said to them: Cast
your cast!
81. And when they had cast, Moses said: That which you have
brought is magic. Lo! Allah will make it vain. Lo! Allah
upholds not the work of mischief-makers.
82. And Allah will vindicate the Truth by His words, however
much the criminals be averse.
83. But none believed Moses, save some offspring of his
people, [and they were] in fear of Pharaoh and their
chiefs, that they would persecute them. Lo! Pharaoh was
verily a tyrant in the land, and lo! he verily was of the
transgressors.
84. And Moses said: O my people! If you have believed in
Allah then rely upon Him, if you are Muslims!
85. They said: In Allah we put trust. Our Lord! Oh, make us
not a trial for the wrong-doing folk;
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86. And, of Your mercy, save us from the folk that disbelieve.
87. And We inspired Moses and his brother, [saying]: Appoint
houses for your people in Egypt and make your houses
as places of your worship, and establish prayer. And give
good news to the believers.
88. And Moses said: Our Lord! Lo! You have given Pharaoh
and his chiefs splendour and riches in the life of the world,
Our Lord! that they may lead men astray from Your way.
Our Lord! Destroy their riches and harden their hearts so
that they believe not till they see the painful doom.
89. He said: Your prayer is heard. Do you both keep to the
straight path, and follow not the path of those who have
no knowledge.
90. And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea,
and Pharaoh with his hosts pursued them in rebellion and
transgression, till, when the [fate of] drowning overtook
him, he exclaimed: I believe that there is no deity save
Him in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of
the Muslims.
91. What! Now! When previously you have rebelled and been
of the corrupters?
92. But this day We save you in your body that you may be a
sign for those after you. Lo! most of mankind are heedless
of Our signs.
93. And We verily settled the Children of Israel in an agreeable
abode, and did provide them with good things; and they
differed not until the knowledge came to them. Lo! your
Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection
concerning that wherein they used to differ.
94. And if you [Muhammad] are in doubt concerning that
which We reveal to you, then question those who read
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the Scripture [that was] before you. Verily the Truth from
your Lord has come to you. So do not be of the waverers.
95. And do not be of those who deny the signs of Allah, and
thus you be of the losers.
96. Lo! those for whom the word of your Lord [concerning
sinners] has effect will not believe,
97. Though every sign comes to them, till they see the painful
doom.
98. If only there had been a community [of all those that
were destroyed of old] that believed and profited by its
belief as did the folk of Jonah! When they believed We
drew off from them the doom of disgrace in the life of
the world and gave them comfort for a while.
99. And if your Lord willed, all who are in the earth would
have believed together. Would you [Muhammad] compel
the people until they are believers?
100. It is not for any soul to believe save by the permission
of Allah. He will put the wrath upon those who have
no sense.
101. Say: Behold what is in the heavens and the earth! But
signs and warnings avail not folk who will not believe.
102. Do they wait save the like of the days of those who
passed away before them? Say: Wait then! I am with you
among those who wait.
103. Then shall We save Our messengers and the believers, in
like manner [as of old]. It is incumbent upon Us to save
believers.
104. Say [O Muhammad]: O mankind! If you are in doubt
of my religion, then [know that] I worship not those
whom you worship besides Allah, but I worship Allah
Who causes you to die, and I have been commanded to
be of the believers.
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105. And, [O Muhammad] set your face [purpose] resolutely
for religion, as a man by nature upright, and be not of
those who associate others [with Allah].
106. And invoke not, besides Allah, to that which cannot
benefit you nor harm you, for if you did so then indeed
you would be of the wrong-doers.
107. If Allah afflicts you with some adversity, there is none
who can remove it save Him; and if He desires good for
you, there is none who can repel His bounty. He causes
it to reach whom He wills of His bondmen. He is the
Forgiving, the Merciful.
108. Say: O mankind! Now has the Truth from your Lord
come to you. So whosoever is guided, is guided only for
[the good of] his soul, and whosoever goes astray, only
goes astray against it. And I am no custodian over you.
109. And [O Muhammad] follow that which is revealed to
you, and be patient until Allah gives judgment. And He
is the Best of Judges.
11- HUD [HUD]
Revealed at Mecca, [123 verses]
Takes its name from v. 50, which begins the story of Hûd,
of the tribe of A’âd, one of the prophets of Arabia who are
not mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures. The Sûrah also
contains the stories of two other Arab prophets, Salih, of
the tribe of Thamûd, and Shu’eyb of Midian (identified with
Jethro), which, with those of Noah and Moses, are quoted as
part of the history of Divine Revelation, the truth of which
is here vindicated, in a manner supplementary to Sûrah 10.
A late Meccan Sûrah, except v. 114 f., revealed at
Al-Madînah.
