Monday, June 7, 2010

Surah 21 Al-Anbiya [The Prophets]

21 Al-Anbiya

1 Iqtaraba lilnnasi hisabuhum wahum fee ghaflatin muAAridoona
2 Ma yateehim min thikrin min rabbihim muhdathin illa istamaAAoohu wahum yalAAaboona
3 Lahiyatan quloobuhum waasarroo alnnajwa allatheena thalamoo hal hatha illa basharun mithlukum afatatoona alssihra waantum tubsiroona
4 Qala rabbee yaAAlamu alqawla fee alssamai waalardi wahuwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu
5 Bal qaloo adghathu ahlamin bali iftarahu bal huwa shaAAirun falyatina biayatin kama orsila alawwaloona
6 Ma amanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknaha afahum yuminoona
7 Wama arsalna qablaka illa rijalan noohee ilayhim faisaloo ahla alththikri in kuntum la taAAlamoona
8 Wama jaAAalnahum jasadan la yakuloona alttaAAama wama kanoo khalideena
9 Thumma sadaqnahumu alwaAAda faanjaynahum waman nashao waahlakna almusrifeena
10 Laqad anzalna ilaykum kitaban feehi thikrukum afala taAAqiloona
11 Wakam qasamna min qaryatin kanat thalimatan waanshana baAAdaha qawman akhareena
12 Falamma ahassoo basana itha hum minha yarkudoona
13 La tarkudoo wairjiAAoo ila ma otriftum feehi wamasakinikum laAAallakum tusaloona
14 Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna thalimeena
15 Fama zalat tilka daAAwahum hatta jaAAalnahum haseedan khamideena
16 Wama khalaqna alssamaa waalarda wama baynahuma laAAibeena
17 Law aradna an nattakhitha lahwan laittakhathnahu min ladunna in kunna faAAileena
18 Bal naqthifu bialhaqqi AAala albatili fayadmaghuhu faitha huwa zahiqun walakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoona
19 Walahu man fee alssamawati waalardi waman AAindahu la yastakbiroona AAan AAibadatihi wala yastahsiroona
20 Yusabbihoona allayla waalnnahara la yafturoona
21 Ami ittakhathoo alihatan mina alardi hum yunshiroona
22 Law kana feehima alihatun illa Allahu lafasadata fasubhana Allahi rabbi alAAarshi AAamma yasifoona
23 La yusalu AAamma yafAAalu wahum yusaloona
24 Ami ittakhathoo min doonihi alihatan qul hatoo burhanakum hatha thikru man maAAiya wathikru man qablee bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoona alhaqqa fahum muAAridoona
25 Wama arsalna min qablika min rasoolin illa noohee ilayhi annahu la ilaha illa ana faoAAbudooni
26 Waqaloo ittakhatha alrrahmanu waladan subhanahu bal AAibadun mukramoona
27 La yasbiqoonahu bialqawli wahum biamrihi yaAAmaloona
28 YaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yashfaAAoona illa limani irtada wahum min khashyatihi mushfiqoona
29 Waman yaqul minhum innee ilahun min doonihi fathalika najzeehi jahannama kathalika najzee alththalimeena
30 Awa lam yara allatheena kafaroo anna alssamawati waalarda kanata ratqan fafataqnahuma wajaAAalna mina almai kulla shayin hayyin afala yuminoona
31 WajaAAalna fee alardi rawasiya an tameeda bihim wajaAAalna feeha fijajan subulan laAAallahum yahtadoona
32 WajaAAalna alssamaa saqfan mahfoothan wahum AAan ayatiha muAAridoona
33 Wahuwa allathee khalaqa allayla waalnnahara waalshshamsa waalqamara kullun fee falakin yasbahoona
34 Wama jaAAalna libasharin min qablika alkhulda afain mitta fahumu alkhalidoona
35 Kullu nafsin thaiqatu almawti wanablookum bialshsharri waalkhayri fitnatan wailayna turjaAAoona
36 Waitha raaka allatheena kafaroo in yattakhithoonaka illa huzuwan ahatha allathee yathkuru alihatakum wahum bithikri alrrahmani hum kafiroona
37 Khuliqa alinsanu min AAajalin saoreekum ayatee fala tastaAAjiloona
38 Wayaqooloona mata hatha alwaAAdu in kuntum sadiqeena
39 Law yaAAlamu allatheena kafaroo heena la yakuffoona AAan wujoohihimu alnnara wala AAan thuhoorihim wala hum yunsaroona
40 Bal tateehim baghtatan fatabhatuhum fala yastateeAAoona raddaha wala hum yuntharoona
41 Walaqadi istuhzia birusulin min qablika fahaqa biallatheena sakhiroo minhum ma kanoo bihi yastahzioona
42 Qul man yaklaokum biallayli waalnnahari mina alrrahmani bal hum AAan thikri rabbihim muAAridoona
43 Am lahum alihatun tamnaAAuhum min doonina la yastateeAAoona nasra anfusihim wala hum minna yushaboona
44 Bal mattaAAna haolai waabaahum hatta tala AAalayhimu alAAumuru afala yarawna anna natee alarda nanqusuha min atrafiha afahumu alghaliboona
45 Qul innama onthirukum bialwahyi wala yasmaAAu alssummu aldduAAaa itha ma yuntharoona
46 Walain massathum nafhatun min AAathabi rabbika layaqoolunna ya waylana inna kunna thalimeena
47 WanadaAAu almawazeena alqista liyawmi alqiyamati fala tuthlamu nafsun shayan wain kana mithqala habbatin min khardalin atayna biha wakafa bina hasibeena
48 Walaqad atayna moosa waharoona alfurqana wadiyaan wathikran lilmuttaqeena
49 Allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum bialghaybi wahum mina alssaAAati mushfiqoona
50 Wahatha thikrun mubarakun anzalnahu afaantum lahu munkiroona
51 Walaqad atayna ibraheema rushdahu min qablu wakunna bihi AAalimeena
52 Ith qala liabeehi waqawmihi ma hathihi alttamatheelu allatee antum laha AAakifoona
53 Qaloo wajadna abaana laha AAabideena
54 Qala laqad kuntum antum waabaokum fee dalalin mubeenin
55 Qaloo ajitana bialhaqqi am anta mina allaAAibeena
56 Qala bal rabbukum rabbu alssamawati waalardi allathee fatarahunna waana AAala thalikum mina alshshahideena
57 WataAllahi laakeedanna asnamakum baAAda an tuwalloo mudbireena
58 FajaAAalahum juthathan illa kabeeran lahum laAAallahum ilayhi yarjiAAoona
59 Qaloo man faAAala hatha bialihatina innahu lamina alththalimeena
60 Qaloo samiAAna fatan yathkuruhum yuqalu lahu ibraheemu
61 Qaloo fatoo bihi AAala aAAyuni alnnasi laAAallahum yashhadoona
62 Qaloo aanta faAAalta hatha bialihatina ya ibraheemu
63 Qala bal faAAalahu kabeeruhum hatha faisaloohum in kanoo yantiqoona
64 FarajaAAoo ila anfusihim faqaloo innakum antumu alththalimoona
65 Thumma nukisoo AAala ruoosihim laqad AAalimta ma haolai yantiqoona
66 Qala afataAAbudoona min dooni Allahi ma la yanfaAAukum shayan wala yadurrukum
67 Offin lakum walima taAAbudoona min dooni Allahi afala taAAqiloona
68 Qaloo harriqoohu waonsuroo alihatakum in kuntum faAAileena
69 Qulna ya naru koonee bardan wasalaman AAala ibraheema
70 Waaradoo bihi kaydan fajaAAalnahumu alakhsareena
71 Wanajjaynahu walootan ila alardi allatee barakna feeha lilAAalameena
72 Wawahabna lahu ishaqa wayaAAqooba nafilatan wakullan jaAAalna saliheena
73 WajaAAalnahum aimmatan yahdoona biamrina waawhayna ilayhim fiAAla alkhayrati waiqama alssalati waeetaa alzzakati wakanoo lana AAabideena
74 Walootan ataynahu hukman waAAilman wanajjaynahu mina alqaryati allatee kanat taAAmalu alkhabaitha innahum kanoo qawma sawin fasiqeena
75 Waadkhalnahu fee rahmatina innahu mina alssaliheena
76 Wanoohan ith nada min qablu faistajabna lahu fanajjaynahu waahlahu mina alkarbi alAAatheemi
77 Wanasarnahu mina alqawmi allatheena kaththaboo biayatina innahum kanoo qawma sawin faaghraqnahum ajmaAAeena
78 Wadawooda wasulaymana ith yahkumani fee alharthi ith nafashat feehi ghanamu alqawmi wakunna lihukmihim shahideena
79 Fafahhamnaha sulaymana wakullan atayna hukman waAAilman wasakhkharna maAAa dawooda aljibala yusabbihna waalttayra wakunna faAAileena
80 WaAAallamnahu sanAAata laboosin lakum lituhsinakum min basikum fahal antum shakiroona
81 Walisulaymana alrreeha AAasifatan tajree biamrihi ila alardi allatee barakna feeha wakunna bikulli shayin AAalimeena
82 Wamina alshshayateeni man yaghoosoona lahu wayaAAmaloona AAamalan doona thalika wakunna lahum hafitheena
83 Waayyooba ith nada rabbahu annee massaniya alddurru waanta arhamu alrrahimeena
84 Faistajabna lahu fakashafna ma bihi min durrin waataynahu ahlahu wamithlahum maAAahum rahmatan min AAindina wathikra lilAAabideena
85 WaismaAAeela waidreesa watha alkifli kullun mina alssabireena
86 Waadkhalnahum fee rahmatina innahum mina alssaliheena
87 Watha alnnooni ith thahaba mughadiban fathanna an lan naqdira AAalayhi fanada fee alththulumati an la ilaha illa anta subhanaka innee kuntu mina alththalimeena
88 Faistajabna lahu wanajjaynahu mina alghammi wakathalika nunjee almumineena
89 Wazakariyya ith nada rabbahu rabbi la tatharnee fardan waanta khayru alwaritheena
90 Faistajabna lahu wawahabna lahu yahya waaslahna lahu zawjahu innahum kanoo yusariAAoona fee alkhayrati wayadAAoonana raghaban warahaban wakanoo lana khashiAAeena
91 Waallatee ahsanat farjaha fanafakhna feeha min roohina wajaAAalnaha waibnaha ayatan lilAAalameena
92 Inna hathihi ommatukum ommatan wahidatan waana rabbukum faoAAbudooni
93 WataqattaAAoo amrahum baynahum kullun ilayna rajiAAoona
94 Faman yaAAmal mina alssalihati wahuwa muminun fala kufrana lisaAAyihi wainna lahu katiboona
95 Waharamun AAala qaryatin ahlaknaha annahum la yarjiAAoona
96 Hatta itha futihat yajooju wamajooju wahum min kulli hadabin yansiloona
97 Waiqtaraba alwaAAdu alhaqqu faitha hiya shakhisatun absaru allatheena kafaroo ya waylana qad kunna fee ghaflatin min hatha bal kunna thalimeena
98 Innakum wama taAAbudoona min dooni Allahi hasabu jahannama antum laha waridoona
99 Law kana haolai alihatan ma waradooha wakullun feeha khalidoona
100 Lahum feeha zafeerun wahum feeha la yasmaAAoona
101 Inna allatheena sabaqat lahum minna alhusna olaika AAanha mubAAadoona
102 La yasmaAAoona haseesaha wahum fee ma ishtahat anfusuhum khalidoona
103 La yahzunuhumu alfazaAAu alakbaru watatalaqqahumu almalaikatu hatha yawmukumu allathee kuntum tooAAadoona
104 Yawma natwee alssamaa katayyi alssijlli lilkutubi kama badana awwala khalqin nuAAeeduhu waAAdan AAalayna inna kunna faAAileena
105 Walaqad katabna fee alzzaboori min baAAdi alththikri anna alarda yarithuha AAibadiya alssalihoona
106 Inna fee hatha labalaghan liqawmin AAabideena
107 Wama arsalnaka illa rahmatan lilAAalameena
108 Qul innama yooha ilayya annama ilahukum ilahun wahidun fahal antum muslimoona
109 Fain tawallaw faqul athantukum AAala sawain wain adree aqareebun am baAAeedun ma tooAAadoona
110 Innahu yaAAlamu aljahra mina alqawli wayaAAlamu ma taktumoona
111 Wain adree laAAallahu fitnatun lakum wamataAAun ila heenin
112 Qala rabbi ohkum bialhaqqi warabbuna alrrahmanu almustaAAanu AAala ma tasifoona



The Prophets

1 Draws near for mankind their reckoning, while they turn away in heedlessness.
2 Comes not unto them an admonition (a chapter of the Qur'an) from their Lord as a recent revelation but they listen to it while they play
3 With their hearts occupied (with evil things). Those who do wrong, conceal their private counsels, (saying): "Is this (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) more than a human being like you? Will you submit to magic while you see it?"
4 He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "My Lord knows (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower."
5 Nay, they say: "These (revelations of the Qur'an which are revealed to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are mixed up false dreams! Nay, he has invented them! - Nay, he is a poet! Let him then bring us an Ayah (sign as a proof) like the ones (Prophets) the former were sent (with)!"
6 Not one of the towns (populations), of those which We destroyed, believed before them (though We sent them signs): will they then believe?
7 And We sent not before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) but men to whom We revealed. So ask the people of the Reminder [Scriptures - the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel)] if you do not know.
8 And We did not create them (the Messengers, with) bodies that ate not food, nor were they immortals.
9 Then We fulfilled to them the promise. So We saved them and those whom We willed, but We destroyed Al-Musrifun (i.e. disbelievers in Allah, in His Messengers, extravagants, transgressors of Allah's limits by committing crimes, oppressions, polytheism and sins).
10 Indeed, We have sent down for you (O mankind) a Book (the Qur'an) in which there is Dhikrukum,(your Reminder or an honour for you i.e. honour for the one who follows the teaching of the Qur'an and acts on its teachings). Will you not then understand?
11 How many a town (community) given to wrong-doing, have We destroyed, and raised up after them another people!
12 Then, when they perceived (saw) Our Torment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.
13 Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, in order that you may be questioned.
14 They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly we have been Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah)."
15 And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is reaped, extinct (dead).
16 We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for a (mere) play.
17 Had We intended to take a pastime (i.e. a wife or a son), We could surely have taken it from Us, if We were going to do (that).
18 Nay, We fling (send down) the truth (this Qur'an) against the falsehood (disbelief), so it destroys it, and behold, it (falsehood) is vanished. And woe to you for that (lie) which you ascribe (to Allah by uttering that Allah has a wife and a son).
19 To Him belongs whosoever is in the heavens and on earth. And those who are near Him (i.e. the angels) are not too proud to worship Him, nor are they weary (of His worship).
20 They (i.e. the angels) glorify His Praises night and day, (and) they never slacken (to do so).
21 Or have they taken (for worship) alihah (gods) from the earth who raise the dead?
22 Had there been therein (in the heavens and the earth) alihah (gods) besides Allah, then verily both would have been ruined. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, (High is He) above all that (evil) they associate with Him!
23 He cannot be questioned as to what He does, while they will be questioned.
24 Or have they taken for worship (other) alihah (gods) besides Him? Say: "Bring your proof." This (the Qur'an) is the Reminder for those with me and the Reminder for those before me. But most of them know not the Truth, so they are averse.
25 And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) but We revealed to him (saying): La ilaha illa Ana [none has the right to be worshipped but I (Allah)], so worship Me (Alone and none else)."
26 And they say: "The Most Gracious (Allah) has begotten a son (or children)." Glory to Him! They [whom they call children of Allah i.e. the angels, 'Îsa (Jesus) - son of Maryam (Mary), 'Uzair (Ezra)], are but honoured slaves.
27 They speak not until He has spoken, and they act on His Command.
28 He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him with whom He is pleased. And they stand in awe for fear of Him.
29 And if any of them should say: "Verily, I am an ilah (a god) besides Him (Allah)," such a one We should recompense with Hell. Thus We recompense the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).
30 Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
31 And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through, that they may be guided.
32 And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).
33 And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating.
34 And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): then if you die, would they live forever?
35 Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good. And to Us you will be returned.
36 And when those who disbelieved (in the Oneness of Allah) see you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), they take you not except for mockery (saying): "Is this the one who talks (badly) about your gods?" While they disbelieve at the mention of the Most Gracious (Allah). [Tafsir Al-Qurtubi].
37 Man is created of haste. I will show you My Ayat (torments, proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So ask Me not to hasten (them).
38 And they say: "When will this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful."
39 If only those who disbelieved knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces, nor from their backs, and they will not be helped.
40 Nay, it (the Fire or the Day of Resurrection) will come upon them all of a sudden and will perplex them, and they will have no power to avert it nor will they get respite.
41 Indeed, (many) Messengers were mocked before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.
42 Say: "Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the (punishment of the) Most Gracious (Allah)?" Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.
43 Or have they alihah (gods) who can guard them from Us? They have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us (i.e. from Our Torment).
44 Nay, We gave the luxuries of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will overcome?
45 Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I warn you only by the revelation (from Allah and not by the opinion of the religious scholars and others). But the deaf (who follow the religious scholars and others blindly) will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned [i.e. one should follow only the Qur'an and the Sunnah (legal ways, orders, acts of worship, and the statements of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, as the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did)] .
46 And if a breath (minor calamity) of the Torment of your Lord touches them, they will surely cry: "Woe unto us! Indeed we have been Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
47 And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We to take account.
48 And indeed We granted to Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) the criterion (of right and wrong), and a shining light [i.e. the Taurat (Torah)] and a Reminder for Al-Muttaqun (the pious - See V.2:2).
49 Those who fear their Lord without seeing Him, and they are afraid of the Hour.
50 And this is a blessed Reminder (the Qur'an) which We have sent down: will you then (dare to) deny it?
51 And indeed We bestowed aforetime on Ibrahim (Abraham) his (portion of) guidance, and We were Well-Acquainted with him (as to his Belief in the Oneness of Allah).
52 When he said to his father and his people: "What are these images, to which you are devoted?"
53 They said: "We found our fathers worshipping them."
54 He said: "Indeed, you and your fathers have been in manifest error."
55 They said: "Have you brought us the truth, or are you one of those who play about?"
56 He said: "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them and to that I am one of the witnesses.
57 "And by Allah, I shall plot a plan (to destroy) your idols after you have gone away and turned your backs."
58 So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.
59 They said: "Who has done this to our alihah (gods)? He must indeed be one of the Zalimun (wrong-doers)."
60 They said: "We heard a young man talking against them, who is called Ibrahim (Abraham)."
61 They said: "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may testify."
62 They said: "Are you the one who has done this to our gods, O Ibrahim (Abraham)?"
63 [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"
64 So they turned to themselves and said: "Verily, you are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
65 Then they turned to themselves (their first thought and said): "Indeed you [Ibrahim (Abraham)] know well that these (idols) speak not!"
66 [Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you, nor harm you?
67 "Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense?"
68 They said: "Burn him and help your alihah (gods), if you will be doing."
69 We (Allah) said: "O fire! Be you coolness and safety for Ibrahim (Abraham)!"
70 And they wanted to harm him, but We made them the worst losers.
71 And We rescued him and Lut (Lot) to the land which We have blessed for the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn).
72 And We bestowed upon him Ishaq (Isaac), and (a grandson) Ya'qub (Jacob). Each one We made righteous.
73 And We made them leaders, guiding (mankind) by Our Command, and We revealed to them the doing of good deeds, performing Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and the giving of Zakat and of Us (Alone) they were the worshippers.
74 And (remember) Lut (Lot), We gave him Hukm (right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) and (religious) knowledge, and We saved him from the town (folk) who practised Al-Khaba'ith (evil, wicked and filthy deeds). Verily, they were a people given to evil, and were Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).
75 And We admitted him to Our Mercy; truly, he was of the righteous.
76 And (remember) Nuh (Noah), when he cried (to Us) aforetime. We answered his invocation and saved him and his family from the great distress.
77 We helped him against the people who denied Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). Verily, they were a people given to evil. So We drowned them all.
78 And (remember) Dawud (David) and Sulaiman (Solomon), when they gave judgement in the case of the field in which the sheep of certain people had pastured at night; and We were witness to their judgement.
79 And We made Sulaiman (Solomon) to understand (the case); and to each of them We gave Hukm (right judgement of the affairs and Prophethood) and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains and the birds to glorify Our Praises along with Dawud (David). And it was We Who were the doer (of all these things).
80 And We taught him the making of metal coats of mail (for battles), to protect you in your fighting. Are you then grateful?
81 And to Sulaiman (Solomon) (We subjected) the wind strongly raging, running by his command towards the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are the All-Knower.
82 And of the Shayatin (devils from the jinn) were some who dived for him, and did other work besides that; and it was We Who guarded them.
83 And (remember) Ayyub (Job), when he cried to his Lord: "Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy."
84 So We answered his call, and We removed the distress that was on him, and We restored his family to him (that he had lost) and the like thereof along with them as a mercy from Ourselves and a Reminder for all those who worship Us.
85 And (remember) Isma'il (Ishmael), and Idris (Enoch) and Dhul-Kifl (Isaiah): all were from among As-Sabirun (the patient).
86 And We admitted them to Our Mercy. Verily, they were of the righteous.
87 And (remember) Dhun-Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall not punish him (i.e. the calamities which had befallen him)! But he cried through the darkness (saying): La ilaha illa Anta [none has the right to be worshipped but You (O, Allah)], Glorified (and Exalted) be You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]! Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers."
88 So We answered his call, and delivered him from the distress. And thus We do deliver the believers (who believe in the Oneness of Allah, abstain from evil and work righteousness).
89 And (remember) Zakariyya (Zachariah), when he cried to his Lord: "O My Lord! Leave me not single (childless), though You are the Best of the inheritors."
90 So We answered his call, and We bestowed upon him Yahya (John), and cured his wife (to bear a child) for him. Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble themselves before Us.
91 And she who guarded her chastity [Virgin Maryam (Mary)]: We breathed into (the sleeves of) her (shirt or garment) [through Our Ruh - Jibril (Gabriel)], and We made her and her son ['Îsa (Jesus)] a sign for Al-'Alamin (the mankind and jinn).
92 Truly! This, your Ummah [Shari'ah or religion (Islamic Monotheism)] is one religion, and I am your Lord, therefore worship Me (Alone). [Tafsir Ibn Kathir]
93 But they have broken up and differed as regards their religion among themselves. (And) they all shall return to Us.
94 So whoever does righteous good deeds while he is a believer (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism), his efforts will not be rejected. Verily We record it for him (in his Book of deeds).
95 And a ban is laid on every town (population) which We have destroyed that they shall not return (to this world again, nor repent to Us).
96 Until, when Ya'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog) are let loose (from their barrier), and they swoop down from every mound.
97 And the true promise (Day of Resurrection) shall draw near (of fulfillment). Then (when mankind is resurrected from their graves), you shall see the eyes of the disbelievers fixedly staring in horror. (They will say): "Woe to us! We were indeed heedless of this - nay, but we were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
98 Certainly you (disbelievers) and that which you are worshipping now besides Allah, are (but) fuel for Hell! (Surely), you will enter it.
99 Had these (idols) been alihah (gods), they would not have entered there (Hell), and all of them will abide therein.
100 Therein they will be breathing out with deep sighs and roaring and therein they will hear not.
101 Verily, those for whom the good has preceded from Us, they will be removed far therefrom (Hell) [e.g. 'Îsa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary); 'Uzair (Ezra)].
102 They shall not hear the slightest sound of it (Hell), while they abide in that which their ownselves desire.
103 The greatest terror (on the Day of Resurrection) will not grieve them, and the angels will meet them, (with the greeting): "This is your Day which you were promised."
104 And (remember) the Day when We shall roll up the heaven like a scroll rolled up for books. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it.
105 And indeed We have written in Az-Zabur [i.e. all the revealed Holy Books - the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Psalms, the Qur'an,] after (We have already written in) Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (the Book that is in the heaven with Allah), that My righteous slaves shall inherit the land (i.e. the land of Paradise).
106 Verily, in this (the Qur'an) there is a plain Message for people who worship Allah (i.e. the true, real believers of Islamic Monotheism who act practically on the Qur'an and the Sunnah - legal ways of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم).
107 And We have sent you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): not but as a mercy for the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
108 Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "It is revealed to me that your Ilah (God) is only one Ilah (God - Allah). Will you then submit to His Will (become Muslims and stop worshipping others besides Allah)?"
109 But if they (disbelievers, idolaters, Jews, Christians, polytheists) turn away (from Islamic Monotheism) say (to them O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I give you a notice (of war as) to be known to us all alike. And I know not whether that which you are promised (i.e. the torment or the Day of Resurrection) is near or far. "
110 (Say O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): Verily, He (Allah) knows that which is spoken aloud (openly) and that which you conceal.
111 And I know not, perhaps it may be a trial for you, and an enjoyment for a while.
112 He (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "My Lord! Judge You in truth! Our Lord is the Most Gracious, Whose Help is to be sought against that which you attribute (unto Allah that He has offspring, and unto Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم that he is a sorcerer, and unto the Qur'an that it is poetry)!"

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