The revelation of the Book is from God, the Dignified, the Wise.
We brought down to you the Book with truth, so worship God, devoting the religion purely to Him.
Unquestionably, it is to God that the pure religion is due. Those who set up allies besides Him: "We only worship them so that they may bring us closer to God in proximity." God will judge between them regarding that over which they differ. God does not guide the one who is a lying disbeliever.
Had God willed to have a son, He would have hand-picked from what He creates what He willed. Glory to Him! He is God, the One, the All-Conquering.
He created the heavens and the earth with truth. He rolls the night over the day and rolls the day over the night, and He subjected the sun and the moon, each running for a specified term. Unquestionably, He is the Dignified, the Forgiving.
He created you from a single self, then from it, He made its mate, and He brought down to you eight pairs of livestock. He creates you in your mothers' wombs, creation after creation, in three realms of darkness. Such is God, your Lord. To Him belongs the sovereignty. There is no god except Him. How then are you averted?
If you disbelieve, God is not in any need of you. He does not accept disbelief from His servants. And if you give thanks, He accepts it from you. No burden-bearer bears the burden of another, then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you of what you used to do. Indeed, He is Knowledgeable of what the chests hold.
When any harm touches the human being, he implores his Lord, turning to Him. Then if He grants him a blessing from Him, he forgets what he was calling for before and sets up equals to God to misguide others from His path. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief briefly; you are indeed among the companions of the Fire."
Is it not better to be one who is devoutly obedient, prostrating and standing during the night, fearful of the Hereafter and seeking his Lord's mercy? Say, "Are those who know and those who do not know the same?" Only those who possess intelligence will remember.
Tell them, "O My servants who believe, reverence your Lord. For those who do good deeds in this world is a good reward, and God's earth is spacious. Those who are patient will receive their reward without count."
Say, "I have been commanded to worship God, devoting the religion purely to Him.
And I was commanded to be the first of the Submitters."
Say, "I fear, should I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a great Day."
Say, "God is the One I worship, devoting my religion purely to Him,
so go on worshipping what you please besides Him." Say, "The losers are those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection." Unquestionably, that is the clear loss.
They will have covers of fire above them and covers below them. With that, God frightens His servants: "O My servants, you shall, therefore, reverence Me."
As for those who stay away from false gods, so as to guard against worshipping them, and they turn to God, they shall have good news. So give good news to My servants
who listen to what is being said, then follow the best of it. Those are the ones whom God has guided, and those are the ones who possess intelligence.
As for one who has deserved the Word of punishment, are you to rescue the one who is in the Fire?
However, those who reverenced their Lord shall have mansions, above which other mansions are built and beneath which rivers flow. Such is God's promise. God never breaks a promise.
Have you not seen that God brought water down from the sky and threads it through the earth to emerge as springs with which He produces plants of diverse colours, then it withers, and you see it turning yellow, then He turns it into debris? In this is a reminder for those who possess intelligence.
As for the one whom God rendered his chest receptive to Submission, he is following a light from his Lord. So woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of God. Those are in clear misguidance.
God has brought down the Best Hadith: a Book containing similarities and pairs. The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver therefrom, then their skins and their hearts soften up with the remembrance of God. Such is God's guidance by which He guides whom He wills. And whoever God misguides, he will have no guide.
Who will it be who will save his face from the terrible punishment on the Day of Resurrection? The transgressors will be told, "Taste what you used to earn."
Those before them denied, so the punishment befell them from where they did not expect.
God thus made them taste disgrace in the worldly life, and the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they only knew.
We have cited for the people in this Quran every kind of example so that they may be reminded.
An Arabic Quran without any crookedness so that hopefully they may be reverent.
God cites an example: a man who deals with disputing partners in contrast to a man who deals peacefully with only one man; are they the same in comparison? Praise be to God! However, most of them do not know.
You will die, and they will die,
then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will quarrel with one another before your Lord.
Who is more transgressing than one who lies about God and denies the truth when it comes to him? Is there not in Hell a home for the disbelievers?
And the one who comes with the truth, then confirms it, it is they who are the reverent.
They shall have what they wish for at their Lord. Such is the reward of the good-doers.
God will wipe out the worst that they did and will grant them their reward, to be equated to the best of what they used to do.
Is God not sufficient for His servant? They frighten you with those other than Him. And whoever God misguides, he will have no guide.
And whomever God guides, none can misguide him. Is God not Dignified, Possessor of retribution?
If you were to ask them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?" they would say, "God." Say, "So have you ever seen what you call upon besides God? If God willed any harm for me, can they remove His harm? Or if He desired mercy for me, can they withhold His mercy?" Say, "God is sufficient for me. Those who do trust, they put their trust in Him."
Say, "O my people, act according to your position, and so will I. Then you will surely know
to whom will come a punishment that will disgrace him, and upon whom will descend an eternal punishment."
We brought down upon you the Book for the people with truth. Then whoever is guided is guided for himself, and whoever goes astray does so to his own detriment. You are not a trustee over them.
God takes back the selves at the time of their death and also of those who have not died during their sleep. Then He retains those for whom He has decreed death and sends the others back for a specified term. Indeed, in that are signs for people who reflect.
Or have they taken intercessors besides God? Say, "Even though they do not possess anything nor do they reason?"
Say, "All intercession belongs to God." To Him belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, then to Him, you will be returned.
When God alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter are filled with aversion, but when others are mentioned beside Him, they rejoice.
Say, "O God, Initiator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You will surely judge between Your servants regarding that over which they used to differ."
If those who transgressed owned everything on earth, and the like of it with it, they would offer it as ransom to avoid the terrible punishment on the Day of Resurrection. They will be shown by God what they never expected,
and the ill effects of what they had earned became apparent to them, and the very things they used to mock will engulf them.
If the human being is touched by any harm, he implores Us, then if We bestow a blessing from Us upon him, he says, "I was only given this because of my knowledge." Rather, it is a test, but most of them do not know.
Those before them had already said it, yet what they used to earn did not avail them.
So they were struck by the ill effects of what they had earned. And the ones who transgressed among those will be struck by the ill effects of what they had earned, and they cannot thwart it.
Do they not know that God extends the provision for whom He wills and restricts it? Indeed, in that are signs for people who believe.
Say, "O My servants who transgressed exceedingly against themselves, do not despair of God's mercy, for God forgives all sins. He is the Forgiver, the Merciful."
Turn to your Lord, and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped.
And follow the best that has been brought down to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you are unaware,
and lest a self should say, " Oh, how remorseful I am for having neglected my duty towards God and for being one of the mockers."
Or it says, "Had God guided me, I would have been one of the reverent."
Or it says upon seeing the punishment, "If only I were allowed to return, I would be one of the good-doers."
Yes indeed! My signs came to you, but you denied them, acted arrogantly, and were among the disbelievers.
On the Day of Resurrection, you will see the faces of those who lied about God darkened. Is there not in Hell a home for the arrogant ones?
God will save those who were reverent by virtue of their triumph. No harm will touch them, nor will they grieve.
God is the Creator of all things, and He is Trustee over all things.
To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. As for those who disbelieved in God's revelations, those are the losers.
Say, "Is it other than God that you are commanding me to worship, O ignorant ones?"
It has been inspired to you and to those before you that if you ever commit shirk, your work will be nullified, and you will be among the losers.
Rather, worship God and be among those who give thanks.
They did not value God according to His true worth. The whole earth is within His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the universes are folded up in His right hand. Glory to Him and exalted is He, far above what they associate with Him.
The horn was blown whereupon all who are in the heavens and the earth were struck unconscious, except those whom God willed. Then it was blown another time whereupon they all arose, looking on.
And the earth shone with the Light of its Lord, and the record was laid down, and the prophets and the witnesses were brought forth. Judgment was passed among them with the truth, and they were not wronged.
Every self was paid in full for what it had done. He knows best what they do.
Those who disbelieved were driven to Hell in throngs. When they got to it, its gates were opened, and its custodians said to them, "Did messengers from among you not come to you reciting the revelations of your Lord to you and warning you about the meeting of this Day of yours?" They said, "Yes." But the decree of punishment was justified upon the disbelievers.
It was said, "Enter the gates of Hell wherein you shall permanently remain." What a miserable home for the arrogant!
Those who revered their Lord were ushered to Paradise in throngs. When they got to it and its gates were opened, its custodians said to them, "Peace be upon you. You have been good. Therefore, enter it where you shall permanently remain."
They said, "Praise be to God who fulfilled His promise to us and made us inherit the earth, allowing us to settle in Paradise wherever we may please." So excellent is the reward of the workers.
And you see the angels surrounding the Throne, glorifying their Lord with praise. Judgment was passed among them equitably, and it was said, "Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.