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Qur'an, Sura 29
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[29.1] Alif Lam Mim.
[29.2] Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We
believe, and not be tried?
[29.3] And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah will
certainly know those who are true and He will certainly know the
liars.
[29.4] Or do they who work evil think that they will escape Us?
Evil is it that they judge!
[29.5] Whoever hopes to meet Allah, the term appointed by Allah
will then most surely come; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[29.6] And whoever strives hard, he strives only for his own
soul; most surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above (need of) the
worlds.
[29.7] And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will most
certainly do away with their evil deeds and We will most
certainly reward them the best of what they did.
[29.8] And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents, and
if they contend with you that you should associate (others) with
Me, of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them, to Me is
your return, so I will inform you of what you did.
[29.9] And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will most
surely cause them to enter among the good.
[29.10] And among men is he who says: We believe in Allah; but
when he is persecuted in (the way of) Allah he thinks the
persecution of men to be as the chastisement of Allah; and if
there come assistance from your Lord, they would most certainly
say: Surely we were with you. What! is not Allah the best knower
of what is in the breasts of mankind.
[29.11] And most certainly Allah will know those who believe and
most certainly He will know the hypocrites.
[29.12] And those who disbelieve say to those who believe:
Follow our path and we will bear your wrongs. And never shall
they be the bearers of any of their wrongs; most surely they are
liars.
[29.13] And most certainly they shall carry their own burdens,
and other burdens with their own burdens, and most certainly
they shall be questioned on the resurrection day as to what they
forged.
[29.14] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he remained
among them a thousand years save fifty years. And the deluge
overtook them, while they were unjust.
[29.15] So We delivered him and the inmates of the ark, and made
it a sign to the nations.
[29.16] And (We sent) Ibrahim, when he said to his people: Serve
Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him; this is best for
you, if you did but know:
[29.17] You only worship idols besides Allah and you create a
lie surely they whom you serve besides Allah do not control for
you any sustenance, therefore seek the sustenance from Allah and
serve Him and be grateful to Him; to Him you shall be brought
back.
[29.18] And if you reject (the truth), nations before you did
indeed reject (the truth); and nothing is incumbent on the
apostle but a plain delivering (of the message).
[29.19] What! do they not consider how Allah originates the
creation, then reproduces it? Surely that is easy to Allah.
[29.20] Say: Travel in the earth and see how He makes the first
creation, then Allah creates the latter creation; surely Allah
has power over all things.
[29.21] He punishes whom He pleases and has mercy on whom He
pleases, and to Him you shall be turned back.
[29.22] And you shall not escape in the earth nor in the heaven,
and you have neither a protector nor a helper besides Allah.
[29.23] And (as to) those who disbelieve in the communications
of Allah and His meeting, they have despaired of My mercy, and
these it is that shall have a painful punishment.
[29.24] So naught was the answer of his people except that they
said: Slay him or burn him; then Allah delivered him from the
fire; most surely there are signs in this for a people who
believe.
[29.25] And he said: You have only taken for yourselves idols
besides Allah by way of friendship between you in this world's
life, then on the resurrection day some of you shall deny
others, and some of you shall curse others, and your abode is
the fire, and you shall not have any helpers.
[29.26] And Lut believed in Him, and he said: I am fleeing to my
Lord, surely He is the Mighty, the Wise.
[29.27] And We granted him Ishaq and Yaqoub, and caused the t
prophethood and the book to remain in his seed, and We gave him
his reward in this world, and in the hereafter he will most
surely be among the good.
[29.28] And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: Most
surely you are guilty of an indecency which none of the nations
has ever done before you;
[29.29] What! do you come to the males and commit robbery on the
highway, and you commit evil deeds in your assemblies? But
nothing was the answer of his people except that they said:
Bring on us Allah's punishment, if you are one of the truthful.
[29.30] He said: My Lord! help me against the mischievous
people.
[29.31] And when Our messengers came to Ibrahim with the good
news, they said: Surely we are going to destroy the people of
this town, for its people are unjust.
[29.32] He said: Surely in it is Lut. They said: We know well
who is in it; we shall certainly deliver him and his followers,
except his wife; she shall be of those who remain behind.
[29.33] And when Our messengers came to Lut he was grieved on
account of them, and he felt powerless (to protect) them; and
they said: Fear not, nor grieve; surely we will deliver you and
your followers, except your wife; she shall be of those who
remain behind.
[29.34] Surely We will cause to come down upon the people of
this town a punishment from heaven, because they transgressed.
[29.35] And certainly We have left a clear sign of it for a
people who understand.
[29.36] And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shuaib, so he
said: O my people! serve Allah and fear the latter day and do
not act corruptly in the land, making mischief.
[29.37] But they rejected him, so a severe earthquake overtook
them, and they became motionless bodies in their abode.
[29.38] And (We destroyed) Ad and Samood, and from their
dwellings (this) is apparent to you indeed; and the Shaitan made
their deeds fair-seeming to them, so he kept them back from the
path, though they were endowed with intelligence and skill,
[29.39] And (We destroyed) Qaroun and Firon and Haman; and
certainly Musa came to them with clear arguments, but they
behaved haughtily in the land; yet they could not outstrip (Us).
[29.40] So each We punished for his sin; of them was he on whom
We sent down a violent storm, and of them was he whom the
rumbling overtook, and of them was he whom We made to be
swallowed up by the earth, and of them was he whom We drowned;
and it did not beseem Allah that He should be unjust to them,
but they were unjust to their own souls.
[29.41] The parable of those who take guardians besides Allah is
as the parable of the spider that makes for itself a house; and
most surely the frailest of the houses is the spider's house did
they but know.
[29.42] Surely Allah knows whatever thing they call upon besides
Him; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
[29.43] And (as for) these examples, We set them forth for men,
and none understand them but the learned.
[29.44] Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth; most
surely there is a sign in this for the believers.
[29.45] Recite that which has been revealed to you of the Book
and keep up prayer; surely prayer keeps (one) away from
indecency and evil, and certainly the remembrance of Allah is
the greatest, and Allah knows what you do.
[29.46] And do not dispute with the followers of the Book except
by what is best, except those of them who act unjustly, and say:
We believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to
you, and our God and your God is One, and to Him do we submit.
[29.47] And thus have We revealed the Book to you. So those whom
We have given the Book believe in it, and of these there are
those who believe in it, and none deny Our communications except
the unbelievers.
[29.48] And you did not recite before it any book, nor did you
transcribe one with your right hand, for then could those who
say untrue things have doubted.
[29.49] Nay! these are clear communications in the breasts of
those who are granted knowledge; and none deny Our
communications except the unjust.
[29.50] And they say: Why are not signs sent down upon him from
his Lord? Say: The signs are only with Allah, and I am only a
plain warner.
[29.51] Is it not enough for them that We have revealed to you
the Book which is recited to them? Most surely there is mercy in
this and a reminder for a people who believe.
[29.52] Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and
you; He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. And (as for)
those who believe in the falsehood and disbelieve in Allah,
these it is that are the losers.
[29.53] And they ask you to hasten on the chastisement; and had
not a term been appointed, the chastisement would certainly have
come to them; and most certainly it will come to them all of a
sudden while they will not perceive.
[29.54] They ask you to hasten on the chastisement, and most
surely hell encompasses the unbelievers;
[29.55] On the day when the chastisement shall cover them from
above them, and from beneath their feet; and He shall say: Taste
what you did.
[29.56] O My servants who believe! surely My earth is vast,
therefore Me alone should you serve.
[29.57] Every soul must taste of death, then to Us you shall be
brought back.
[29.58] And (as for) those who believe and do good, We will
certainly give them abode in the high places in gardens beneath
which rivers flow, abiding therein; how good the reward of the
workers:
[29.59] Those who are patient, and on their Lord do they rely.
[29.60] And how many a living creature that does not carry its
sustenance: Allah sustains it and yourselves; and He is the
Hearing, the Knowing.
[29.61] And if you ask them, Who created the heavens and the
earth and made the sun and the moon subservient, they will
certainly say, Allah. Whence are they then turned away?
[29.62] Allah makes abundant the means of subsistence for whom
He pleases of His servants, and straitens them for whom (He
pleases) surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.
[29.63] And if you ask them Who is it that sends down water from
the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after its
death, they will certainly say, Allah. Say: All praise is due to
Allah. Nay, most of them do not understand.
[29.64] And this life of the world is nothing but a sport and a
play; and as for the next abode, that most surely is the life--
did they but know!
[29.65] So when they ride in the ships they call upon Allah,
being sincerely obedient to Him, but when He brings them safe to
the land, lo! they associate others (with Him);
[29.66] Thus they become ungrateful for what We have given them,
so that they may enjoy; but they shall soon know.
[29.67] Do they not see that We have made a sacred territory
secure, while men are carried off by force from around them?
Will they still believe in the falsehood and disbelieve in the
favour of Allah?
[29.68] And who is more unjust than one who forges a lie against
Allah, or gives the lie to the truth when it has come to him?
Will not in hell be the abode of the unbelievers?
[29.69] And (as for) those who strive hard for Us, We will most
certainly guide them in Our ways; and Allah is most surely with
the doers of good.
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