Surat Al - Ahqaaf
1.
HâMîm. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'ân, and none but
Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings].
2.
the Revelation of the Book (this Qur'ân) is from Allâh, the All-Mighty, the
All-Wise.
3.
we created not the heavens and the earth and All that is between them except
with truth, and for an appointed term. but those who disbelieve turn away from
that whereof they are warned.
4.
Say (O Muhammad Sal-Allaahu 'alayhe Wa Sallam to These pagans): "Think!
All that You invoke besides Allâh show Me! what have they created of the earth?
or have they a share In (the creation of) the heavens? bring Me a Book (revealed
before this), or some trace of knowledge (in support of Your claims), if You
are truthful!"
5.
and who is more astray than one who calls (invokes) besides Allâh, such as will
not answer Him till the Day of Resurrection, and who are (Even) unaware of their
calls (invocations) to them?
6.
and when mankind are gathered (on the Day of Resurrection), they (false
deities) will become enemies for them and will deny their worshipping.
7.
and when Our clear Verses are recited to them, the disbelievers Say of the Truth
(this Qur'ân), when it reaches them: "This is plain magic!"
8.
or Say they: "He (Muhammad Sal-Allaahu 'alayhe Wa Sallam) has fabricated
it." say: "If I have fabricated it, still You have no power to
support Me against Allâh. He knows best of what You Say among yourselves
concerning it (i.e. This Qur'ân)! Sufficient is He for a witness between Me and
You! and He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful."
9.
Say (O Muhammad Sal-Allaahu 'alayhe Wa Sallam):"I am not a new thing among
the Messengers (of Allâh) (i.e. I am not the first Messenger) nor do I know
what will be done with Me or with you. I Only follow that which is revealed to
Me, and I am but a plain warner."
10.
say: "Tell Me! if This (Qur'ân) is from Allâh, and You deny it, and a
witness from among the Children of Israel ('Abdullâh bin Salâm ) testifies that
This Qur'ân is from Allâh [like the Taurât (Torah)], so He believed (embraced
Islâm) while You are too proud (to believe)." Verily! Allâh guides not the
people who are Zâlimûn (polytheists, disbelievers and wrong-doing).
11.
and those who disbelieve (strong and wealthy) Say of those who believe (weak
and poor): "Had it (Islâmic Monotheism to which Muhammad Sal-Allaahu
'alayhe Wa Sallam is inviting mankind) been a good thing, they (weak and poor)
would not have preceded us thereto!" and when they have not let themselves
be guided by it (this Qur'ân), they say: "This is an Ancient lie!"
12.
and before This was the Scripture of Mûsa (Moses) as a Guide and a Mercy. and
This is a confirming Book (the Qur'ân) In the Arabic language, to warn those
who do wrong, and as glad tidings to the Muhsinûn (good-doers - see V.2:112).
13.
Verily, those who say: "Our Lord is (only) Allâh," and thereafter
Istaqâmû (i.e. stood firm and Straight on the Islâmic faith of Monotheism by
abstaining from All kinds of sins and evil deeds which Allâh has forbidden and
by performing All kinds of good deeds which He has ordained), on them shall be
no fear, nor shall they grieve.
14.
such shall be the dwellers of Paradise, abiding therein (forever), a reward for
what they used to do.
15.
and we have enjoined on man to be dutiful and kind to his parents. his mother
bears Him with hardship and she brings Him forth with hardship, and the bearing
of him, and the weaning of Him is thirty (30) months, till when He attains full
strength and reaches forty years, He says: "My Lord! grant Me the power
and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favour which You have bestowed upon
Me and upon My parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds, such as please
you, and make My off-spring good. Truly, I have turned to You In repentance,
and Truly, I am one of the Muslims (submitting to Your Will)."
16.
they are those from whom we shall Accept the best of their deeds and overlook
their evil deeds. (They shall be) among the dwellers of Paradise, a Promise of
truth, which they have been promised.
17.
but He who says to his parents: "Fie upon You both! do You hold out the
Promise to Me that I shall be raised up (again) when generations before Me have
passed away (without rising)?" while they (father and mother) invoke Allâh
for help (and rebuke their son): "Woe to You! believe! Verily, the Promise
of Allâh is true." but He says: "This is nothing but the tales of the
ancient."
18.
they are those against whom the word (of torment) is justified among the
previous generations of jinns and mankind that have passed away. Verily! they
are ever the losers.
19.
and for all, there will be degrees according to that which they did, that He
(Allâh) may Recompense them In full for their deeds. and they will not be
wronged.
20.
on the Day when those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allâh Islâmic
Monotheism) will be exposed to the Fire (it will be said): "You received
Your good things In the life of the world, and You took Your pleasure therein.
now This Day You shall be recompensed with a torment of humiliation, because
You were arrogant In the land without a right, and because You used to rebel
and disobey (Allâh).
21.
and Remember (Hûd) the brother of 'Ad, when He warned his people In Al-Ahqâf
(the curved sand-hills In the southern part of Arabian Peninsula). and surely,
there have passed away warners before Him and after Him (saying): "Worship
none but Allâh; Truly, I fear for You the torment of a mighty Day."
22.
they said: "Have You come to turn us away from Our âliha (gods)? Then
bring us that with which You threaten us, if You are one of the truthful!"
23.
He said: "The knowledge (of the time of its coming) is with Allâh only,
and I convey to You that wherewith I have been sent, but I see that You are a
people given to ignorance!"
24.
then, when they saw it as a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they
said: "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Nay, but it is that
(torment) which You were asking to be hastened! a wind wherein is a painful
torment!
25.
Destroying everything by the command of its Lord! so they became such that
nothing could be seen except their dwellings! Thus do we Recompense the people
who are Mujrimûn (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners, etc.)!
26.
and indeed we had firmly established them with that wherewith we have not
established You (O Quraish)! and we had assigned them the (faculties of)
hearing (ears), Seeing (eyes), and hearts, but their hearing (ears), Seeing
(eyes), and their hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the Ayât
(Allâh's Prophets and their Prophethood, proofs, evidences, verses, signs,
revelations, etc.) of Allâh, and they were completely encircled by that which
they used to mock at!
27.
and indeed we have destroyed Towns (populations) round about you, and we have
(repeatedly) shown (them) the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) In various ways that they might return (to the Truth and
believe In the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism).
28.
Then why did those whom they had taken for âliha (gods) besides Allâh, as a Way
of approach (to Allâh) not help them? Nay, but they vanished completely from
them (when there came the torment). and that was their lie, and their
inventions which they had been inventing (before their destruction).
29.
and (remember) when we sent towards You (Muhammad Sal-Allaahu 'alayhe Wa
Sallam) Nafran (three to ten persons) of the jinns, (quietly) listening to the
Qur'ân, when they stood In the presence thereof, they said: "Listen In
silence!" and when it was finished, they returned to their people, as
warners.
30.
they said: "O Our people! Verily! we have heard a Book (this Qur'ân) sent
down after Mûsa (Moses), confirming what came before it, it guides to the Truth
and to a Straight Path (i.e. Islâm).
31.
O Our people! respond (with obedience) to Allâh's Caller (i.e. Allâh's
Messenger Muhammad Sal-Allaahu 'alayhe Wa Sallam), and believe In Him (i.e.
believe In that which Muhammad Sal-Allaahu 'alayhe Wa Sallam has brought from
Allâh and follow Him). He (Allâh) will forgive You of Your sins, and will save
You from a painful torment (i.e. Hell-fire) .
32.
and Whosoever does not respond to Allâh's caller, He cannot escape on earth,
and there will be no Auliyâ' (protectors) for Him besides Allâh (from Allâh's
punishment). those are In manifest error.
33.
do they not see that Allâh, who created the heavens and the earth, and was not
wearied by their creation, is Able to give life to the dead? Yes, He surely is
Able to do All things.
34.
and on the Day when those who disbelieve will be exposed to the Fire (it will
be said to them): "Is This not the truth?" they will say: "Yes,
by Our Lord!" He will say: "Then taste the torment, because You used
to disbelieve!"
35.
Therefore be patient (O Muhammad Sal-Allaahu 'alayhe Wa Sallam) as did the
Messengers of strong will and be In no haste about them (disbelievers). on the
Day when they will see that (torment) with which they are promised (i.e.
threatened, it will be) as if they had not stayed more than an Hour In a single
Day. (O mankind! This Qur'ân is Sufficient as) a clear message (or proclamation
to save yourself from destruction). but shall any be destroyed except the
people who are Al-Fâsiqûn (the rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).
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