Juz 30

About what are they asking one another?

About the great news -

That over which they are in disagreement.

No! They are going to know.

Then, no! They are going to know.

Have We not made the earth a resting place?

And the mountains as stakes?

And We created you in pairs.

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

And made the night as clothing.

And made the day for livelihood.

And constructed above you seven strong [heavens].

And made [therein] a burning lamp

And sent down, from the rain clouds, pouring water.

That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation.

And gardens of entwined growth.

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

And the heaven is opened and will become gateways.

And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

For the transgressors, a place of return,

In which they will remain for ages [unending].

They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

An appropriate recompense.

Indeed, they were not expecting an account

And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

But all things We have enumerated in writing.

"So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

Indeed, for the righteous is attainment -

Gardens and grapevines.

And full-breasted [companions] of equal age.

And a full cup.

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

[As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,

[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.

The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

By those [angels] who extract with violence

And [by] those who remove with ease

And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming

And those who race each other in a race

And those who arrange [each] matter,

On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

There will follow it the subsequent [one].

Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

Their eyes humbled.

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

Even if we should be decayed bones?"

They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."

Indeed, it will be but one shout,

And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

"Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

And he showed him the greatest sign,

But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].

And he gathered [his people] and called out.

And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]..

Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

And after that He spread the earth.

He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

And the mountains He set firmly

As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

So as for he who transgressed

And preferred the life of the world,

Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?

To your Lord is its finality.

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].

But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified

Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

As for he who thinks himself without need,

To him you give attention.

And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.

But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

While he fears [Allāh],

From him you are distracted.

No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

So whoever wills may remember it.

[It is recorded] in honored sheets,

Exalted and purified,

[Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

Noble and dutiful.

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man; how disbelieving is he.

From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

Then He eased the way for him;

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

Then let mankind look at his food -

How We poured down water in torrents,

Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

And caused to grow within it grain

And grapes and herbage

And olive and palm trees

And gardens of dense shrubbery

And fruit and grass -

[As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

But when there comes the Deafening Blast

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

And his mother and his father

And his wife and his children,

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.

[Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

Blackness will cover them.

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

And when the mountains are removed

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

And when the wild beasts are gathered

And when the seas are filled with flame

And when the souls are paired

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

For what sin she was killed

And when the pages are spread [i.e., made public]

And when the sky is stripped away

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

And when Paradise is brought near,

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

So I swear by the retreating stars -

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

And by the night as it closes in

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

So where are you going?

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

When the sky breaks apart

And when the stars fall, scattering,

And when the seas are erupted

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

No! But you deny the Recompense.

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,

Noble and recording;

They know whatever you do.

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,

And never therefrom will they be absent.

And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allāh.

Woe to those who give less [than due],

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

For a tremendous Day -

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

Who deny the Day of Recompense.

And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.

No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.

Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

It is [their destination recorded in] a register inscribed

Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

On adorned couches, observing.

You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

They will be given to drink [pure] wine [which was] sealed.

The last of it is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

And its mixture is of Tasneem,

A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

On adorned couches, observing.

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

When the sky has split [open]

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

And when the earth has been extended

And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it].

And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] -

O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.

Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

He will be judged with an easy account

And return to his people in happiness.

But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

He will cry out for destruction

And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

So I swear by the twilight glow

And [by] the night and what it envelops

And [by] the moon when it becomes full

[That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.

So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

But those who have disbelieved deny,

And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

By the sky containing great stars

And [by] the promised Day

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench

[Containing] the fire full of fuel,

When they were sitting near it.

And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses.

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.

Indeed, those who have tortured the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

Honorable Owner of the Throne,

Effecter of what He intends.

Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

[Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

While Allāh encompasses them from behind.

But this is an honored Qur’ān

[Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

By the sky and the night comer

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

It is the piercing star

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

So let man observe from what he was created.

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

By the sky which sends back

And [by] the earth which splits,

Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

And it is not amusement.

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

But I am planning a plan.

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,

Who created and proportioned

And who destined and [then] guided

And who brings out the pasture

And [then] makes it black stubble.

We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,

Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.

And We will ease you toward ease.

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;

He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.

But the wretched one will avoid it

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

Neither dying therein nor living.

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.

But you prefer the worldly life,

While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,

The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled,

Working [hard] and exhausted.

They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.

They will be given drink from a boiling spring.

For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant

Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger.

[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasure.

With their effort [they are] satisfied

In an elevated garden,

Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speech.

Within it is a flowing spring.

Within it are couches raised high

And cups put in place

And cushions lined up

And carpets spread around.

Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created?

And at the sky - how it is raised?

And at the mountains - how they are erected?

And at the earth - how it is spread out?

So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminder.

You are not over them a controller.

However, he who turns away and disbelieves

Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishment.

Indeed, to Us is their return.

Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

By the dawn

And [by] ten nights

And [by] the even [number] and the odd

And [by] the night when it passes,

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

And increased therein the corruption.

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

No! But you do not honor the orphan

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

And you love wealth with immense love.

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

And enter among My [righteous] servants

And enter My Paradise."

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

We have certainly created man into hardship.

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

Does he think that no one has seen him?

Have We not made for him two eyes?

And a tongue and two lips?

And have shown him the two ways?

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

It is the freeing of a slave

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

An orphan of near relationship

Or a needy person in misery

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

Those are the companions of the right.

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

Over them will be fire closed in.

By the sun and its brightness

And [by] the moon when it follows it

And [by] the day when it displays it

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

He has succeeded who purifies it,

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

By the night when it covers

And [by] the day when it appears

And [by] He who created the male and female,

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

And believes in the best [reward],

We will ease him toward ease.

But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

And denies the best [reward],

We will ease him toward difficulty.

And what will his wealth avail him when he falls?

Indeed, [incumbent] upon Us is guidance.

And indeed, to us belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing.

None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one

Who had denied and turned away.

But the righteous one will avoid it

[He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself

And not [giving] for anyone who has [done him] a favor to be rewarded

But only seeking the face [i.e., acceptance] of his Lord, Most High.

And he is going to be satisfied.

By the morning brightness

And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,

Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muḥammad], nor has He detested [you].

And the Hereafter is better for you than the first [life].

And your Lord is going to give you, and you will be satisfied.

Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge?

And He found you lost and guided [you],

And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.

So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].

And as for the petitioner, do not repel [him].

But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].

Did We not expand for you, [O Muḥammad], your breast?

And We removed from you your burden

Which had weighed upon your back

And raised high for you your repute.

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease [i.e., relief].

Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.

So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].

And to your Lord direct [your] longing.

By the fig and the olive

And [by] Mount Sinai

And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?

Is not Allāh the most just of judges?

Recite in the name of your Lord who created

Created man from a clinging substance.

Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -

Who taught by the pen

Taught man that which he knew not.

No! [But] indeed, man transgresses

Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

Indeed, to your Lord is the return.

Have you seen the one who forbids

A servant when he prays?

Have you seen if he is upon guidance

Or enjoins righteousness?

Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

Does he not know that Allāh sees?

No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock

A lying, sinning forelock.

Then let him call his associates;

We will call the angels of Hell.

No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].

Indeed, We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down during the Night of Decree.

And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.

Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.

Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief] until there came to them clear evidence

A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified scriptures

Within which are correct writings [i.e., rulings and laws].

Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence.

And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakāh. And that is the correct religion.

Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of creatures.

Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures.

Their reward with their Lord will be gardens of perpetual residence beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever, Allāh being pleased with them and they with Him. That is for whoever has feared his Lord.

When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

And the earth discharges its burdens

And man says, "What is [wrong] with it?" -

That Day, it will report its news

Because your Lord has inspired [i.e., commanded] it.

That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it,

And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

By the racers, panting,

And the producers of sparks [when] striking

And the chargers at dawn,

Stirring up thereby [clouds of] dust,

Arriving thereby in the center collectively,

Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

And indeed, he is to that a witness.

And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense.

But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered

And that within the breasts is obtained,

Indeed, their Lord with them, that Day, is [fully] Aware.

The Striking Calamity -

What is the Striking Calamity?

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

He will be in a pleasant life.

But as for one whose scales are light,

His refuge will be an abyss.

And what can make you know what that is?

It is a Fire, intensely hot.

Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you

Until you visit the graveyards.

No! You are going to know.

Then, no! You are going to know.

No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...

You will surely see the Hellfire.

Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.

By time,

Indeed, mankind is in loss,

Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

Woe to every scorner and mocker

Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.

He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.

And what can make you know what is the Crusher?

It is the fire of Allāh, [eternally] fueled,

Which mounts directed at the hearts.

Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them

In extended columns.

Have you not considered, [O Muḥammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?

Did He not make their plan into misguidance?

And He sent against them birds in flocks,

Striking them with stones of hard clay,

And He made them like eaten straw.

For the accustomed security of the Quraysh -

Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer -

Let them worship the Lord of this House,

Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.

Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

For that is the one who drives away the orphan

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

So woe to those who pray

[But] who are heedless of their prayer -

Those who make show [of their deeds]

And withhold [simple] assistance.

Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muḥammad], al-Kawthar.

So pray to your Lord and offer sacrifice [to Him alone].

Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off.

Say, "O disbelievers,

I do not worship what you worship.

Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.

Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.

For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."

When the victory of Allāh has come and the conquest,

And you see the people entering into the religion of Allāh in multitudes,

Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of Repentance.

May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.

Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.

Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,

Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.

He neither begets nor is born,

Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

From the evil of that which He created

And from the evil of darkness when it settles

And from the evil of the blowers in knots

And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

The Sovereign of mankind,

The God of mankind,

From the evil of the retreating whisperer -

Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -

From among the jinn and mankind".