25. Surah Al-Furqan
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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -
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He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.
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But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.
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And those who disbelieve say, "This [Qur’ān] is not except a falsehood he invented, and another people assisted him in it." But they have committed an injustice and a lie.
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And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."
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Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed by He who knows [every] secret within the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving and Merciful."
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And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?
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Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
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Look how they strike for you comparisons;1 but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.
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Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.
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But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.
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When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.
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And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.
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[They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."
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Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.
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For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.1
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And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allāh and will say, "Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?"
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They will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for us to take besides You any allies [i.e., protectors]. But You provided comforts for them and their fathers until they forgot the message and became a people ruined."
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So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say,1 and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice2 among you - We will make him taste a great punishment.
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And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.
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And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves1 and [become] insolent with great insolence.
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The day they see the angels1 - no good tidings will there be that day for the criminals, and [the angels] will say, "Prevented and inaccessible."2
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And We will approach [i.e., regard]1 what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed.
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The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.
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And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds,1 and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.
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True sovereignty, that Day, is for the Most Merciful. And it will be upon the disbelievers a difficult Day.
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And the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] he will say, "Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way.1
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Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one1 as a friend.
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He led me away from the remembrance1 after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."2
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And the Messenger has said, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’ān as [a thing] abandoned."1
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And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.
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And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Qur’ān not revealed to him all at once?" Thus [it is] that We may strengthen thereby your heart. And We have spaced it distinctly.1
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And they do not come to you with an example [i.e., argument] except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.
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The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.
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And We had certainly given Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as an assistant.
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And We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with [complete] destruction.
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And the people of Noah - when they denied the messengers,1 We drowned them, and We made them for mankind a sign. And We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.
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And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well1 and many generations between them.
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And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.
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And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.1
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