Quran Surah 10 - Yunus (Jonah)
Ayat 1 - ALIF LAM RA. These are the verses of the
authoritative Book.
Ayat 2 - Are the people astonished that a man who is
one of them was commanded by Us to warn them and to bring glad tidings to those who believe that they have a true precedence
with their Lord? (Yet) the unbelievers say: "He is a clear sorcerer."
Ayat 3 - Your Lord is God who created the heavens and
the earth in six spans, then assumed His power, dispensing all affairs. None can intercede with Him except by His leave. He is
God, your Lord, so worship Him. Will you not be warned?
Ayat 4 - To Him will you all return: God´s promise is
true. It is He who originates creation, then will revert it, so that He may reward those who believe and do good things in all
justice. But those who deny the truth will receive boiling water to drink and grievous punishment, for they disbelieved.
Ayat 5 - It is He who gave the sun its radiance, the
moon its lustre, and appointed its stations so that you may compute years and numbers. God did not create them but with
deliberation. He distinctly explains His signs for those who can understand.
Ayat 6 - In the alternation of night and day, and all
that He has created in the heavens and the earth, are certainly signs for people who fear God.
Ayat 7 - As for those who do not hope to meet Us
(after death), and are content with the life of this world, who are oblivious of Our signs,
Ayat 8 - Will have Hell as their abode for what they
have earned.
Ayat 9 - But those who believe and act for a
beneficial end will be guided by their Lord for their good faith. At their feet shall flow streams of running water in gardens
of delight.
Ayat 10 - Their invocation will be: "All glory to
you, O God," and "Peace" will be their salutation, and the end of their prayer (will be): "All praise be to God, the Lord
of all the worlds."
Ayat 11 - If God were to hasten the evil, as men try
to hasten the good, their term would come to end. So We leave those who do not expect to meet Us to wander perplexed in
transgression.
Ayat 12 - When man is afflicted with adversity he
calls to Us, whether lying on his side, or sitting or standing. But when We take away his troubles, he moves away, as though he
had never called to Us in affliction. In the same way, attractive have been made their deeds to the prodigals.
Ayat 13 - How many generations did We lay low before
you when they became wilfully unjust. Their apostles had brought clear proofs to them, yet they never believed. So We punished
the sinful people.
Ayat 14 - Then We appointed you leaders in the land
after them to see how you behaved.
Ayat 15 - When Our clear messages are recited to
them, those who do not hope to meet Us, say: "Bring a different Qur´an, or make amendments to this one." Say: "It is not for
me to change it of my will. I follow (only) what is revealed to me. If I disobey my Lord, I fear the punishment of an awful
Day."
Ayat 16 - Say: "Had God pleased I would never have
recited it to you, nor would He have given you comprehension of it. (Remember that I am one of you) and have lived a whole life
with you before (its revelation). Even then you do not understand."
Ayat 17 - Who is more unjust than he who imputes lies
to God or denies His revelations? The sinners will surely not be reprieved.
Ayat 18 - They worship those besides God who cannot
do them harm or bring them gain, and say: "These are our intercessors with God." Say: "Do you want to inform God of things
in the heavens and the earth He does not know?" Glorious is He, and too exalted for what they associate with Him!
Ayat 19 - Men were once a community of one faith; but
they differed (and followed different ways). Had it not been for the word proclaimed by your Lord before, their differences
would have been resolved.
Ayat 20 - They say: "How is it that no sign was sent
by his Lord (to His Prophet)?" Tell them: "Unknown things are only known to God. So watch and wait (for the sign); I am
waiting and expecting with you."
Ayat 21 - When We let them taste Our mercy after
affliction, they contrive against Our signs. Say: "God is swifter at contriving," for Our angels record everything you plan.
Ayat 22 - It is He who enables you to travel over
land and sea. When you sail in ships in a favourable breeze, you rejoice. But when a gale begins to blow and the waves dash
against them from every side they realise that they have been caught in it, (and) they call on God in all faith: "If You save
us from this we shall ever be grateful."
Ayat 23 - But when He rescues them, they commit
excesses in the land unjustly again. Your rebellion, O people, shall recoil back on your own selves. The joys of the world (are
only ephemeral): You have to come back to Us in the end. We shall then inform you what you were doing.
Ayat 24 - The life of the world is like the rain that
waters the crops of the earth which are used as food by men and cattle. But when the earth is embellished and adorned with
gold, and its tillers begin to feel that (the crops) are under control, Our command descends suddenly at night or in the day,
and We mow them down as though there was nothing there yesterday. This is how We distinctly explain Our signs to those who
think.
Ayat 25 - God invites you to mansions of peace, and
guides whosoever He will to the path that is straight
Ayat 26 - For those who do good there is goodness and
more, and no blot or disgrace will cover their faces. They are people of Paradise, where they will abide for ever.
Ayat 27 - But those who earn evil shall be punished
to an equal degree as their evil, and they will be covered with shame, and will have none to protect them against God: Their
faces shall be blackened as though with patches of the night. They are the people of Hell, where they will abide for ever,
Ayat 28 - The day We shall gather them all together
We shall say to the idolaters: "Take your stand with the compeers you worshipped as the equals of God." We shall then create
a rift between them, and the compeers will say: "You did not worship us;
Ayat 29 - For God is sufficient as witness between us
and you we were not aware of your worship."
Ayat 30 - Then each will see what he had done in the
past; and they will turn to God, their true Lord, and all the lies they had fabricated will be of no avail to them.
Ayat 31 - Ask them: "Who gives you food and
sustenance from the skies and the earth? Or, who is the lord of ear and eye? And who brings forth the living from the dead, the
dead from the living? And who directs all affairs?" They will say: "God." So tell them: "Why do you not fear Him?"
Ayat 32 - Such then is God, your true Lord; and when
truth is gone what is left but error? So why do you turn away?
Ayat 33 - Thus the word of your Lord about those who
disobey comes true, that they do not believe.
Ayat 34 - Ask them: "Is there among the partners
(you ascribe to God) one who first originates then reverts it? Say: "It is God alone who first creates and then reverts it. So
where do you stray?"
Ayat 35 - Ask: "Is there one among those you
associate with God who can show the way to the truth?" Say: "It is God who shows the way to truth." Then who is more worthy
of being followed -- He who guides to the truth, or he who cannot find the path until shown the way? What has happened to you
that you judge in such a wise?
Ayat 36 - Many of them follow nothing but illusion;
yet illusion cannot replace the reality. God verily knows what they do.
Ayat 37 - This Qur´an is not such (a writ) as could
be composed by anyone but God. It confirms what has been revealed before, and is an exposition of (Heaven´s) law. Without any
doubt it´s from the Lord of all the worlds.
Ayat 38 - Do they say (of the Prophet) that: "He has
composed it?" Say to them: "Bring a Surah like this, and call anyone apart from God you can (to help you), if what you say is
true."
Ayat 39 - In fact, they deny what is beyond the reach
of their knowledge, whose explanation has not reached them yet. So had those who have gone before them denied; but look at the
fate of the unjust
Ayat 40 - Some of them will believe in it, some will
not. Your Lord knows the transgressors well.
Ayat 41 - If they (still) call you a liar, tell them:
"For me my actions, for you yours. You are not answerable for my deeds, nor I for what you do."
Ayat 42 - Some of them listen to you: But can you
make the deaf hear who do not understand a thing?
Ayat 43 - Some of them look toward you: But can you
show the blind the way even when they cannot see?
Ayat 44 - Surely God does not wrong anyone; they
wrong themselves.
Ayat 45 - The day He will gather them together it
will appear to them that they had lived (in the world) but an hour of a day to make each other´s acquaintance. Verily those who
deny the meeting with God will be lost, and not find the way.
Ayat 46 - Whether We show you some of the promise (of
punishment in wait) for them, or take you to Ourself, their returning is to Us in the end; and God is a witness to all they do.
Ayat 47 - For every people there is an apostle; and
when their apostle is come the matter is decided between them equitably, and no one is wronged.
Ayat 48 - They say: "When is this promise going to
come, if what you say is true?"
Ayat 49 - Say: "I have no power over my own gain or
loss other than what God may please." Every people have a certain term. When their time is come they can neither delay it an
hour nor advance it a moment forward.
Ayat 50 - Say: "Have you ever thought if His
punishment befalls you at night or in the day, what would the sinners do to despatch it?
Ayat 51 - Will you believe it when it comes to pass?
Indeed, you will believe it then. How impatient you were to hasten it!
Ayat 52 - Then will the sinners be told: "Now taste
everlasting torment. Should you be rewarded for anything else but what you did?"
Ayat 53 - Yet they want to be informed if it is true.
Say: "By my Lord, it is the truth. You cannot invalidate it."
Ayat 54 - Even if every soul that has sinned
possessed whatever is on the earth, it would surely offer it to ransom itself, and feel repentant on seeing the punishment. Yet
the sentence would be passed with justice, and not one will be wronged.
Ayat 55 - For all that is in the heavens and the
earth belongs to God. Remember, the promise of God is true. But most of them do not know.
Ayat 56 - He is the giver of life and death, and to
Him you will return.
Ayat 57 - O men, a warning has come to you from your
Lord, a remedy for the (doubts) of the heart, and a guidance and grace for those who believe.
Ayat 58 - Say: "It is the blessing and mercy of God;
so rejoice in it. It is better than all that you amass."
Ayat 59 - Say: "Have you thought of what God has
sent you for food, of which you have labelled some as lawful and some forbidden?" And ask: "Has God commanded this, or you
are imputing lies to God?"
Ayat 60 - What do those who invent lies of God think
about the Day of Reckoning? (Will they escape the judgement?) In fact God is gracious to men; but most of them are not
grateful.
Ayat 61 - There is no state you are in, whether
reading from the Qur´an, or doing something else, but We are watching you as you are engaged in it. There is not the weight of
an atom on the earth and in the heavens that is hidden from your Lord, nor is there anything smaller or greater than this but
is recorded in the perspicuous Book.
Ayat 62 - Remember, there is neither fear nor regret
for the friends of God.
Ayat 63 - Those who believe and obey God,
Ayat 64 - For them is good news in the life of the
world and in the life to come. There is no changing the words of God. That will be the great triumph.
Ayat 65 - You should not be grieved by what they say.
All glory is wholly for God: He is the one who hears and knows everything.
Ayat 66 - Remember, whosoever is in the heavens and
the earth belongs to God. Those who call on others they associate with God, follow nothing but conjecture, and only guess.
Ayat 67 - It is He who made the night for you to
rest, and made the day enlightening. Indeed there are signs in this for those who listen.
Ayat 68 - They say: "God has begotten a son."
Immaculate is He and self-sufficient." Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. You have no proof for this
(assertion): Why do you say things of God you do not know?
Ayat 69 - Say: "Those who fabricate lies about God
will never succeed."
Ayat 70 - Let them profit by the world (while they
may): In the end they will come back to Us. Then We shall make them taste severe punishment for having denied (the truth).
Ayat 71 - Recount to them the story of Noah when he
said to his people: "O people, if you find my staying with you and warning through God´s signs, unbearable to you, know that I
have reposed my trust in God. So plan your move, and call your associates, and make certain of your plan; then do whatever you
intend against me, allowing me no respite.
Ayat 72 - If you turn away from me (remember) I do
not ask any recompense from you. My reward is with God; I have been commanded to be one of those who submit to Him."
Ayat 73 - Even then they denied him; so We saved him
and those with him, in the ark, and established them in the land, and drowned those who denied Our signs. So think of the fate
of those who were warned (and took no heed).
Ayat 74 - Afterwards We sent many messengers who
brought clear proofs to their peoples. But they were not prepared to believe what they had once denied. That is how We seal the
hearts of the iniquitous.
Ayat 75 - Then after them We sent Moses and Aaron
with Our signs to the Pharaoh and his nobles; but they behaved arrogantly, for they were a people full of guilt.
Ayat 76 - Thus, when the truth had come to them from
Us, they said: "Surely this is nothing but pure magic."
Ayat 77 - "You say this of the truth," said Moses,
"after it has come to you. Is this magic? But sorcerers do not ever prosper."
Ayat 78 - "Have you come," said they, "to turn us
back from what we found our ancestors doing, so that the two of you may attain supremacy in the land? We shall not believe in
what you say.
Ayat 79 - "Bring the cleverest magicians to me,"
said the Pharaoh.
Ayat 80 - So when the magicians arrived, Moses said
to them: "Cast whatever (spell) you have to cast."
Ayat 81 - When they had cast (their spell) Moses
said: "What you have cast is only a charm which God will surely nullify. God does not verily render the deeds of evil-doers
righteous.
Ayat 82 - God vindicates the truth by His commands,
however the sinners may dislike it."
Ayat 83 - But none of them put faith in Moses except
some youths among his people who were nonetheless afraid lest the Pharaoh and his nobles should persecute them; for the Pharaoh
was mighty in the land, and guilty of excesses.
Ayat 84 - Moses said: "O my people, if you do
believe in God place your trust in Him if you are obedient."
Ayat 85 - They answered: "We have placed our trust
in God. O Lord, do not make us a target of oppression for these tyrannical people,
Ayat 86 - And deliver us by Your grace from a people
who do not believe."
Ayat 87 - We commanded Moses and his brother: "Build
homes for your people in Egypt, and make your houses places of worship, perform your acts of prayer and give happy tidings to
those who believe."
Ayat 88 - And Moses said: "O Lord, have You bestowed
on the Pharaoh and his nobles pomp and plenty in the life of this world that they might mislead people from Your path? Destroy
their possessions, O Lord, and harden their hearts that they may not believe until they face the painful punishment."
Ayat 89 - Said (the Lord): "Your prayer is answered.
Therefore persist and do not follow the path of those who are ignorant."
Ayat 90 - And We brought the people of Israel across
the sea, but the Pharaoh and his army pursued them wickedly and maliciously till he was on the point of drowning, and he said:
"I believe that there is no god but He in whom the people of Israel believe, and I submit to Him."
Ayat 91 - "Yes, now" (was the answer), "though
before this you were disobedient and rebellious.
Ayat 92 - We shall preserve your body today that you
may be a lesson for those who come after you; as many a man is heedless of Our signs."
Ayat 93 - We gave the people of Israel a settled
abode, and bestowed good things on them to eat and use. So they did not differ until they came to have knowledge. Your Lord
will assuredly settle their differences on the Day of Resurrection.
Ayat 94 - If you are in doubt of what We have sent
down to you, then ask those who have been reading the Book (for a long time) before you. The truth has indeed come to you from
your Lord, so do not be one of those who doubt,
Ayat 95 - And do not be one of those who deny the
signs of God, or you will be among the losers.
Ayat 96 - Verily those against whom the word of your
Lord is pronounced will never believe,
Ayat 97 - Even though all the signs came to them, not
till they face the grievous punishment.
Ayat 98 - Why has there been no habitation that
believed and profited by their faith, except the people of Jonah? When they came to believe, We removed from them the
affliction of shame in the world, and made them prosperous for a time.
Ayat 99 - If your Lord had willed, all the people on
the earth would have come to believe, one and all.
Ayat 100 - Are you going to compel the people to
believe except by God´s dispensation? He puts doubt in (the minds of) those who do not think.
Ayat 101 - Say: "Observe all there is in the heavens
and the earth." But signs or warnings will be of no avail to those who do not believe.
Ayat 102 - Can they expect anything but what the
people before them had known? Say: "Then wait. I am waiting with you."
Ayat 103 - Thus do We deliver our apostles and those
who believe. As a matter of duty We save the believers.
Ayat 104 - Say: "O men, if you have doubt about my
faith, then (know) I do not worship those you worship apart from God, but I worship God who makes you die; and I am commanded
to be a believer,
Ayat 105 - And to set my face toward the way, as one
upright, and not be one of those who associate others with God.
Ayat 106 - And not to invoke any other than God, who
can neither help nor hurt me; for if I do, I would surely be unjust.
Ayat 107 - Should God bring you harm there is none
but He who could deliver you from it, and if He wish you good there is none who could take away His blessings: He showers them
on those of His creatures as He please, and He is forgiving and kind."
Ayat 108 - Say: "O men, the truth has come to you
from your Lord, so he who follows the right path does so for himself, and he who goes astray errs against himself, and I am not
a guardian over you.
Ayat 109 - Follow what is revealed to you, and
persist until God pronounce His judgement; for He is the best of all judges."