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

¹ ḥā mīm¹

² A¹ revelation² from the Almighty,³ the Merciful,

³ A Writ¹ the proofs² whereof are set out and detailed,³ an Arabic recitation⁴ for people who know,

⁴ As a bearer of glad tidings and a warner;¹ but most of them turn away, so they hear not.

⁵ And they say: “Upon our hearts are coverings against¹ that to which thou invitest us, and in our ears is deafness,² and between us and thee is a partition; then work thou — we are working.”

⁶ Say thou: “I am only a mortal like you. It is revealed¹ to me that your God is One God. So take a straight path to Him, and ask forgiveness of Him!” And woe to the idolaters:²

⁷ Those who render not the purity,¹ and of the Hereafter they are deniers!

⁸ Those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds: they have a reward unending.

⁹ Say thou: “Do you deny Him who created the earth in two days,¹ and make equals to Him?” That is the Lord of All Creation,

¹⁰ And He made therein¹ firm mountains above it, and blessed it, and decreed therein its diverse nourishment² in four days,³ equal to the askers.

¹¹ Then He directed Himself to the sky when it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth: “Come,¹ willingly or unwillingly.”² They³ said: “We come willingly.”

¹² And He determined¹ them² — seven heavens in two days³ — and instructed⁴ each heaven in its command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

¹³ Then if they turn away, say thou: “I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of ʿĀd and Thamūd,”

¹⁴ When the messengers had come to them from before them and from after them:¹ “Serve not save God,” they said: “If our Lord had willed, He would have sent down angels, so we are deniers of that wherewith you have been sent.”

¹⁵ Then as for ʿĀd: they had waxed proud in the land without cause,¹ and they said: “Who is stronger than us in power?” Had they not considered² that God who created them, He was stronger than them in power? And they rejected Our proofs.³

¹⁶ Then We sent upon them a howling wind in days of calamity, that We might let them taste the punishment of disgrace in the life of this world; and the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

¹⁷ And as for Thamūd: We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of the punishment of humiliation seized them for what they earned.

¹⁸ And We delivered those who heeded warning¹ and were in prudent fear.²

¹⁹ And the day the enemies of God are gathered to the Fire — and they will be marshalled¹ —

²⁰ When¹ they have reached it, their hearing and their sight and their skins will bear witness against them as to what they did.

²¹ And they will say to their skins: “Why bore you witness against us?” They will say: “God gave us speech, who gave all things speech. And He created you the first time, and to Him are you returned.

²² “And you hid not yourselves, lest your hearing and your sight and your skins bear witness against you; but you thought that God knew not much of what you did.

²³ “And that — your thought which you thought about your Lord — has brought you to ruin; and you are now¹ among the losers.”

²⁴ And if they be patient, the Fire is a home for them; and if they seek to make amends, they will not be of those who might make amends.

²⁵ And We assigned to them companions, and they made fair to them what was before them,¹ and what following them; and upon them the word concerning the communities of domini² and servi³ which had passed away before them became binding:⁴ — they were losers.

²⁶ And those who ignore warning¹ say: “Listen not to this Qur’an,² and speak nonsense³ about it, that you might be victorious.”

²⁷ But We will let those who ignore warning¹ taste a severe punishment; and We will reward them for the worst of what they did.

²⁸ That is the reward of the enemies of God: the Fire; they have therein the Abode of Eternity as reward because they rejected Our proofs.¹

²⁹ And those who ignore warning¹ will say: “Our Lord: show Thou us those who led us astray of the domini² and the servi;³ we will place them under our feet, that they might be among the lowest!”

³⁰ Those who say: “Our Lord is God,” and then take a straight path, the angels descend upon them: “Fear not, nor grieve; but rejoice at the Garden, which you are promised.

³¹ “We are your allies in the life of this world and in the Hereafter; and you have therein whatever your souls desire; and you have therein whatever you call for

³² “As a welcome from One forgiving and merciful.”

³³ And who is better in word¹ than he who invites to his Lord, and works righteousness and says: “I am of those submitting?”²

³⁴ And not equal are the good and the evil.¹ Repel thou with that which is better, and then is he between whom and thee is enmity like a loyal friend;

³⁵ But none is granted it save those who are patient; and none is granted it save a possessor of tremendous fortune.

³⁶ And if there provoke thee a provocation from the satan,¹ seek thou refuge in God; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

³⁷ And of His proofs¹ are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Submit² not to the sun or the moon, but submit³ to God who created them,⁴ if it be Him you serve.

³⁸ But if they have waxed proud, then do those who are with thy Lord give glory¹ to Him night and day, and they grow not weary.

³⁹ And among His proofs¹ is that thou seest the earth laid low,² but when We send down upon it the water, it quivers and swells. He who gave it life is the Quickener of the Dead; and He is over all things powerful.

⁴⁰ Those who deviate from¹ Our proofs² are not hidden from Us. Is then he who³ is cast into the Fire better, or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do what you will, He sees what you do.

⁴¹ Those who deny the remembrance¹ when it has come to them[...].² And it is a mighty Writ³

⁴² — Falsehood cannot reach it from before it or from after it¹ — a revelation² from One wise and praiseworthy.

⁴³ Nothing is said to thee but what has been said to the messengers before thee: — “Thy Lord is possessor of forgiveness, and possessor of painful retribution,”¹ —

⁴⁴ And had We made it a recitation¹ in a foreign tongue, they would have said: “Oh, that its proofs² were but³ set out and detailed⁴ — a foreign tongue and an Arab!”⁵ Say thou: “It is for those who heed warning⁶ a guidance and a healing”; but those who do not believe:⁷ in their ears is deafness, and it is for them blindness; those: they are called from a far place.

⁴⁵ And We gave Moses the Writ,¹ but it was disputed about.² And were it not for a word that preceded from thy Lord, it would have been concluded between them; and they are in sceptical doubt concerning it.

⁴⁶ Whoso works righteousness, it is for his soul; and whoso does evil, it is against it; and thy Lord is not unjust to the servants.¹

⁴⁷ To Him is referred knowledge of the Hour.¹ And no fruits come forth from their sheaths and no female bears or gives birth save with His knowledge. And the day He calls them: — “Where are My partners?”² — they will say: “We proclaim to Thee, there is not among us any witness.”

⁴⁸ And strayed from them will be what they called to before; and they will know that they have no place of refuge.

⁴⁹ Man grows not weary of calling for good; but if evil touches him, he is without hope and despairing.

⁵⁰ And if We let him taste mercy after an affliction touches him, he will say: “This is mine;¹ and I think not that the Hour will come — and if I am brought back to my Lord, mine will be the best with Him!” But We will inform those who ignore warning² about what they did, and We will let them taste of a stern punishment.

⁵¹ And when We favour man, he turns away and distances himself;¹ but when evil touches him, then is he full of long supplication.

⁵² Say thou: “Have you considered:¹ if it² is from God, then you denied it — who is further astray than one who is in extreme schism?”

⁵³ We will show them Our proofs¹ in the horizons, and in themselves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.² Does it not suffice concerning thy Lord that He is witness to all things?

⁵⁴ In truth,¹ they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. In truth,² He encompasses all things.