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Qur'an, Sura 34
In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful.
[34.1] (All) praise is due to Allah, Whose is what is in the
heavens and what is in the earth, and to Him is due (all) praise
in the hereafter; and He is the Wise, the Aware.
[34.2] He knows that which goes down into the earth and that
which comes out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven
and that which goes up to it; and He is the Merciful, the
Forgiving.
[34.3] And those who disbelieve say: The hour shall not come
upon us. Say: Yea! by my Lord, the Knower of the unseen, it
shall certainly come upon you; not the weight of an atom becomes
absent from Him, in the heavens or in the earth, and neither
less than that nor greater, but (all) is in a clear book
[34.4] That He may reward those who believe and do good; these
it is for whom is forgiveness and an honorable sustenance.
[34.5] And (as for) those who strive hard in opposing Our
communications, these it is for whom is a painful chastisement
of an evil kind.
[34.6] And those to whom the knowledge has been given see that
which has been revealed to you from your Lord, that is the
truth, and it guides into the path of the Mighty, the Praised.
[34.7] And those who disbelieve say: Shall we point out to you a
man who informs you that when you are scattered the utmost
scattering you shall then be most surely (raised) in (to) a new
creation?
[34.8] He has forged a lie against Allah or there is madness in
him. Nay! those who do not believe in the hereafter are in
torment and in great error.
[34.9] Do they not then consider what is before them and what is
behind them of the heaven and the earth? If We please We will
make them disappear in the land or bring down upon them a
portion from the heaven; most surely there is a sign in this for
every servant turning (to Allah).
[34.10] And certainly We gave to Dawood excellence from Us: O
mountains! sing praises with him, and the birds; and We made the
iron pliant to him,
[34.11] Saying: Make ample (coats of mail), and assign a time to
the making of coats of mail and do good; surely I am Seeing what
you do.
[34.12] And (We made) the wind (subservient) to Sulaiman, which
made a month's journey in the morning and a month's journey m
the evening, and We made a fountain of molten copper to flow out
for him, and of the jinn there were those who worked before him
by the command of his Lord; and whoever turned aside from Our
command from among them, We made him taste of the punishment of
burning.
[34.13] They made for him what he pleased of fortresses and
images, and bowls (large) as watering-troughs and cooking-pots
that will not move from their place; give thanks, O family of
Dawood! and very few of My servants are grateful.
[34.14] But when We decreed death for him, naught showed them
his death but a creature of the earth that ate away his staff;
and when it fell down, the jinn came to know plainly that if
they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in
abasing torment.
[34.15] Certainly there was a sign for Saba in their abode; two
gardens on the right and the left; eat of the sustenance of your
Lord and give thanks to Him: a good land and a Forgiving Lord!
[34.16] But they turned aside, so We sent upon them a torrent of
which the rush could not be withstood, and in place of their two
gardens We gave to them two gardens yielding bitter fruit and
(growing) tamarisk and a few lote-trees.
[34.17] This We requited them with because they disbelieved; and
We do not punish any but the ungrateful.
[34.18] And We made between them and the towns which We had
blessed (other) towns to be easily seen, and We apportioned the
journey therein: Travel through them nights and days, secure.
[34.19] And they said: O our Lord! make spaces to be longer
between our journeys; and they were unjust to themselves so We
made them stories and scattered them with an utter scattering;
most surely there are signs in this for every patient, grateful
one
[34.20] And certainly the Shaitan found true his conjecture
concerning them, so they follow him, except a party of the
believers.
[34.21] And he has no authority over them, but that We may
distinguish him who believes in the hereafter from him who is in
doubt concerning it; and your Lord is the Preserver of all
things
[34.22] Say: Call upon those whom you assert besides Allah; they
do not control the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the
earth nor have they any partnership in either, nor has He among
them any one to back (Him) up.
[34.23] And intercession will not avail aught with Him save of
him whom He permits. Until when fear shall be removed from their
hearts, They shall say: What is it that your Lord said? They
shall say: The truth. And He is the Most High, the Great.
[34.24] Say: Who gives you the sustenance from the heavens and
the earth? Say: Allah. And most surely we or you are on a right
way or in manifest error
[34.25] Say: You will not be questioned as to what we are guilty
of, nor shall we be questioned as to what you do.
[34.26] Say: Our Lord will gather us together, then will He
judge between us with the truth; and He is the greatest Judge,
the All-knowing.
[34.27] Say: Show me those whom you have joined with Him as
associates; by no means (can you do it). Nay! He is Allah, the
Mighty, the Wise.
[34.28] And We have not sent you but to all the men as a bearer
of good news and as a warner, but most men do not know.
[34.29] And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled) if
you are truthful?
[34.30] Say: You have the appointment of a day from which you
cannot hold back any while, nor can you bring it on.
[34.31] And those who disbelieve say: By no means will we
believe in this Quran, nor in that which is before it; and could
you see when the unjust shall be made to stand before their
Lord, bandying words one with another! Those who were reckoned
weak shall say to those who were proud: Had it not been for you
we would certainly have been believers.
[34.32] Those who were proud shall say to those who were deemed
weak: Did we turn you away from the guidance after it had come
to you? Nay, you (yourselves) were guilty
[34.33] And those who were deemed weak shall say to those who
were proud. Nay, (it was) planning by night and day when you
told us to disbelieve in Allah and to set up likes with Him. And
they shall conceal regret when they shall see the punishment;
and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved;
they shall not be requited but what they did.
[34.34] And We never sent a warner to a town but those who led
lives in ease in it said: We are surely disbelievers in what you
are sent with.
[34.35] And they say: We have more wealth and children, and we
shall not be punished.
[34.36] Say: Surely my Lord amplifies the means of subsistence
for whom He pleases and straitens (for whom He pleases), but
most men do not know.
[34.37] And not your wealth nor your children, are the things
which bring you near Us in station, but whoever believes and
does good, these it is for whom is a double reward for what they
do, and they shall be secure in the highest places.
[34.38] And (as for) those who strive in opposing Our
communications, they shall be caused to be brought to the
chastisement.
[34.39] Say: Surely my Lord amplifies the means of subsistence
for whom He pleases of His servants and straitens (them) for
whom (He pleases), and whatever thing you spend, He exceeds It m
reward, and He is the best of Sustainers.
[34.40] And on the day when He will gather them all together,
then will He say to the angels: Did these worship you?
[34.41] They shall say: Glory be to Thee! Thou art our Guardian,
not they; nay! they worshipped the jinn; most of them were
believers in them.
[34.42] So on that day one of you shall not control profit or
harm for another, and We will say to those who were unjust:
Taste the chastisement of the fire which you called a lie.
[34.43] And when Our clear communications are recited to them,
they say: This is naught but a man who desires to turn you away
from that which your fathers worshipped. And they say: This is
naught but a lie that is forged. And those who disbelieve say of
the truth when it comes to them: This is only clear enchantment.
[34.44] And We have not given them any books which they read,
nor did We send to them before you a warner.
[34.45] And those before them rejected (the truth), and these
have not yet attained a tenth of what We gave them, but they
gave the lie to My apostles, then how was the manifestation of
My disapproval?
[34.46] Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that rise up for
Allah's sake in twos and singly, then ponder: there is no
madness in your fellow-citizen; he is only a warner to you
before a severe chastisement.
[34.47] Say: Whatever reward I have asked of you, that is only
for yourselves; my reward is only with Allah, and He is a
witness of all things.
[34.48] Say: Surely my Lord utters the truth, the great Knower
of the unseen.
[34.49] Say: The truth has come, and the falsehood shall vanish
and shall not come back.
[34.50] Say: If I err, I err only against my own soul, and if I
follow a right direction, it ?s because of what my Lord reveals
to me; surely He is Hearing, Nigh.
[34.51] And could you see when they shall become terrified, but
(then) there shall be no escape and they shall be seized upon
from a near place
[34.52] And they shall say: We believe in it. And how shall the
attaining (of faith) be possible to them from a distant place?
[34.53] And they disbelieved in it before, and they utter
conjectures with regard to the unseen from a distant place.
[34.54] And a barrier shall be placed between them and that
which they desire, as was done with the likes of them before:
surely they are in a disquieting doubt.
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