In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ alif lām mīm¹

² Do men think they will be left to say: “We believe,” and will not be subjected to means of denial?¹

³ And We subjected to means of denial¹ those before them; and God will know² those who are truthful, and He will know the liars.

⁴ If¹ those who do evil deeds² think they can outrun Us:³ evil is what they judge.

⁵ Whoso looks to the meeting with God: the term of God is coming; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

⁶ And whoso strives, strives but for himself; God is free from need of all mankind.

⁷ And those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds, We will remove from them their evil deeds,² and reward them for the best of what they did.

⁸ And We enjoined upon man goodness to his parents; but if they strive to make thee ascribe a partnership¹ with Me to that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey thou them not; unto Me is your return, and I will inform you of what you did.

⁹ And those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds, We will make them enter among the righteous.

¹⁰ And among men is he who says: “We believe in¹ God,” but when he is hindered² for God, he makes the means of denial³ of men as⁴ the punishment of God. But if help⁵ comes from thy Lord, he will say: “We were with you!” Does not God best know what is in the breasts of all mankind?

¹¹ And God will know those who heed warning,¹ and He will know the waverers.²

¹² And those who ignore warning¹ say to those who heed warning:² “Follow our path and we will bear your offences.”³ But they will not bear anything of their offences;⁴ they are liars.

¹³ And they will bear their loads — and loads besides¹ their loads — and they will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they invented.

¹⁴ And We sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years save fifty years; and the Flood took them when they were wrongdoers.¹

¹⁵ But We delivered him and those with him in the ship; and We made it a proof¹ for all mankind.

¹⁶ And Abraham: when he said to his people: “Serve God, and be in prudent fear¹ of Him; that is best for you, if you would know.

¹⁷ “You but serve, other than¹ God, idols,² and create falsehood; those whom you serve, besides³ God, possess for you no provision. So seek provision with God, and serve Him. And be grateful to Him; to Him will you be returned.

¹⁸ “But if you deny, then communities have denied before you; and upon the Messenger¹ is only the clear notification.”

¹⁹ (Have they not seen¹ how God originates creation, then repeats it? That is easy for God.²

²⁰ Say thou: “Travel in the earth and see how He originated creation; then will God produce the latter creation; God is over all things powerful.

²¹ “He punishes whom He wills, and shows mercy to whom He wills;¹ and to Him will you be returned.

²² “And you cannot escape¹ in the earth or in the heaven; and you have, besides² God, neither ally nor helper.”

²³ And those who deny the proofs¹ of God and the meeting with Him: those despair of My mercy; and those will have a painful punishment.)

²⁴ Then¹ the response of his people was only that they said: “Kill him, or burn him!” But God delivered him from the fire; in that are proofs² for people who believe.

²⁵ And he said: “You have but taken, besides¹ God, idols as love between you in the life of this world.² Then on the Day of Resurrection will you deny each other, and curse each other; and your shelter will be the Fire, and you will have no helpers.”

²⁶ Then Lot believed him.¹ And he² said: “I will emigrate to my Lord; He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”³

²⁷ And We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and We placed among his progeny prophethood and the Writ.¹ And We gave him his reward in the World, and in the Hereafter he is among the righteous.

²⁸ (And Lot: when he said to his people: “You commit sexual immorality,¹ that none among all mankind has preceded you:

²⁹ “Do you approach men, and cut off the way,¹ and commit perversity² in your assemblies?” Then the response of his people was only that they said: “Bring thou us the punishment of God, if thou be of the truthful.”

³⁰ He said: “My Lord: help Thou me against the people who work corruption.”)

³¹ And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the glad tidings,¹ they said: “We will destroy the people of this city; its people are wrongdoers.”²

³² He said: “Therein is Lot!” They said: “We best know who is therein. We will deliver him and his household save his wife; she is of those who stay behind.”

³³ And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them, and felt unable to protect them.¹ And they said: “Fear thou not, nor grieve. We will deliver thee and thy household save thy wife; she is of those who stay behind.

³⁴ “We will send upon the people of this city a scourge from the sky because they were perfidious.”¹

³⁵ And We have left thereof a proof¹ as clear evidence for people who reason.

³⁶ And to Madyan¹ their brother Shuʿayb: he said: “O my people: serve God and expect the Last Day, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

³⁷ Then they denied him,¹ and the earthquake seized them, and morning found them lying prone in their home.

³⁸ And ʿĀd and Thamūd: — and it has become clear to you from their dwellings¹ — (and the satan² made their deeds fair to them, and turned them away from³ the path when they were endowed with perception)

³⁹ And Qārūn¹ and Pharaoh² and Hāmān:³ — and Moses had come to them with clear signs — and they had waxed proud in the earth, but they did not outrun.

⁴⁰ And each We took for his transgression;¹ and among them was he upon whom We sent a storm of stones; and among them was he whom the Blast seized; and among them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow; and among them was he whom We drowned. And God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

⁴¹ The likeness of those who take allies, besides¹ God, is as the likeness of the spider that takes² a house; and the weakest of houses is the house of the spider, did they but know.

⁴² God knows to whatever thing¹ they call besides² Him; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.³

⁴³ And those similitudes — We strike them for mankind, but none will understand them save those of knowledge.

⁴⁴ God created the heavens and the earth in truth;¹ in that is a proof² for the believers.³

⁴⁵ Recite thou what has been revealed to thee of the Writ,¹ and uphold thou the duty;² the duty³ forbids⁴ sexual immorality⁵ and perversity;⁶ and the remembrance⁷ of God is greater; and God knows what you do.

⁴⁶ And dispute¹ not with the doctors of the Law² save with what is better — save those who do wrong among them — and say: “We believe in³ that which was sent down to us and sent down to you,⁴ and our God and your God is One, and to Him we are submitting.”⁵

⁴⁷ And thus sent We down the Writ¹ to thee. And those to whom We² gave the Writ³ believe in⁴ it; and among those⁵ are some who believe in⁶ it.⁷ And none rejects Our proofs⁸ but the false claimers of guidance.⁹

⁴⁸ And thou didst not recite any Writ¹ before it, nor didst thou inscribe one² with thy right hand; then might the creators of vanity have doubted.

⁴⁹ The truth is,¹ it² is clear proofs³ in the breasts of those given knowledge. And none rejects Our proofs⁴ but the wrongdoers.⁵

⁵⁰ And they say: “Oh, that proofs¹ were but² sent down upon him from his Lord!” Say thou: “The proofs³ are only with God, and I am only a clear warner.”

⁵¹ Does it not suffice them that We have sent down upon thee the Writ¹ recited to them? In that is a mercy and a reminder for people who believe.

⁵² Say thou: “God is sufficient between me and you as witness.” He knows what is in the heavens and the earth; and those who believe in¹ vanity and deny God, it is they who are the losers.

⁵³ And they ask thee to hasten the punishment! And were it not for a stated term, the punishment would have come upon them; and it will come upon them unexpectedly, when they perceive not.

⁵⁴ They ask thee to hasten the punishment! And Gehenna will encompass the false claimers of guidance¹

⁵⁵ The day the punishment covers them from above them and from beneath their feet, and He will say: “Taste what you did!”

⁵⁶ O My servants who heed warning:¹ My earth is spacious;² so Me — serve you Me.

⁵⁷ Every soul will taste death; then to Us will you be returned.

⁵⁸ And those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds, We will settle them in high chambers of the Garden beneath which rivers flow, they abiding eternally therein. Excellent is the reward of those who act,²

⁵⁹ Those who are patient, and in their Lord place their trust.

⁶⁰ And how many a creature bears not its provision! God provides for it and for you; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

⁶¹ And if thou askest them: “Who created the heavens and the earth and made subject the sun and the moon?” they will say: “God.” How then are they deluded?

⁶² God expands provision for whom He wills of His servants, and He straitens for him; God knows all things.

⁶³ And if thou askest them: “Who sends down water from the sky, and therewith gives life to the earth after its death?” they will say: “God.” Say thou: “Praise belongs to God.” The truth is,¹ most of them do not reason.

⁶⁴ And the life of this world is only play and games; and the abode of the Hereafter: that is Life, did they but know.

⁶⁵ Then when they embark on the ship, they call to God, sincere to Him in doctrine;¹ but when He delivers them to the land, then they ascribe a partnership,²

⁶⁶ That they might deny what We gave them, and enjoy themselves. But they will come to know!

⁶⁷ Have they not considered¹ that We appointed a sanctuary secure,² while men were swept away round about them? Do they then believe in³ vanity, and deny the favour of God?

⁶⁸ And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or denies the truth¹ when it comes to him? Is then there not² in Gehenna a home for the false claimers of guidance?³

⁶⁹ And those who strive for Us: We will guide them to Our paths; and God is with the doers of good.