Sacred Books

Ayat 1 - HA MIM.

Ayat 2 - The perspicuous Book is witness

Ayat 3 - (That) We sent it down one night of blessing -- so that We could warn --

Ayat 4 - On which all affairs are sorted out and decided

Ayat 5 - As commands from Us. It is indeed We who send (messengers),

Ayat 6 - A mercy from your Lord. Verily He is all- hearing and all-knowing,

Ayat 7 - The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, if you really do believe.

Ayat 8 - There is no god other than He, who gives you life and death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.

Ayat 9 - Yet they are lost in doubt and play.

Ayat 10 - So watch for the day when the sky begins to emit clear smoke,

Ayat 11 - Which would envelope mankind. That would be a grievous affliction.

Ayat 12 - "O Lord, take away this torment from us," (they will pray); "we have come to believe."

Ayat 13 - How can a warning benefit them? The Apostle who explained all things clearly had come to them,

Ayat 14 - But they turned away from him, and said: "He is well-instructed, (but) possessed."

Ayat 15 - If We remove the torment a little, you revert back (to misdeeds).

Ayat 16 - The day that We shall seize them with a grievous hold, We will indeed castigate them.

Ayat 17 - We had tried the people of Pharaoh before them. A respected prophet had come to them (saying):

Ayat 18 - "Deliver the creatures of God to me. I am the trusted messenger sent to you.

Ayat 19 - Do not think yourselves to be above God: I have come to you with clear authority.

Ayat 20 - I have taken refuge in my Lord and your Lord against your stoning me to death.

Ayat 21 - If you do not believe in me, leave me alone."

Ayat 22 - Then he called to his Lord: "These are a sinful people."

Ayat 23 - "Journey by night with My devotees," (it was said); "you will certainly be pursued.

Ayat 24 - (Cross and) leave the sea undisturbed. The (pursuing) hosts will surely be drowned,"

Ayat 25 - How many gardens and fountains did they leave behind,

Ayat 26 - And fields and stately mansions,

Ayat 27 - And the comfort they enjoyed.

Ayat 28 - Thus it was; and We passed them on to another people.

Ayat 29 - Neither did the heavens weep for them, nor the earth, nor were they granted respite.

Ayat 30 - So We saved the children of Israel from degrading suffering

Ayat 31 - They (had experienced) under the Pharaoh. He was certainly a tyrant, guilty of excess.

Ayat 32 - And We exalted them over the other people knowingly,

Ayat 33 - And sent them tokens to bring out the best in them.

Ayat 34 - Even then they say:

Ayat 35 - "There is no dying for us but once; and we shall not be raised again.

Ayat 36 - So bring our ancestors back, if you are truthful."

Ayat 37 - Are they better than the people of Tubba, and those who had lived before them, whom We destroyed as they were sinners?

Ayat 38 - We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, out of play.

Ayat 39 - We created them with definite purpose; but most of them do not understand.

Ayat 40 - The Day of Judgement is your promised day of meeting,

Ayat 41 - The day when friend will help no friend in the least, nor will they be helped,

Ayat 42 - Apart from those to whom God is kind. He is all-mighty and all-merciful.

Ayat 43 - The tree of Zaqqum will indeed be

Ayat 44 - The food of sinners.

Ayat 45 - It is like pitch. It will fume in the belly

Ayat 46 - As does boiling water.

Ayat 47 - "Seize him and drag him into the depths of Hell," (it will be said),

Ayat 48 - "Then pour over his head the torment of scalding water."

Ayat 49 - "Taste it," (they will be told). "You were indeed the mighty and noble!

Ayat 50 - This is certainly what you had denied."

Ayat 51 - Surely those who fear and follow the straight path will be in a place of peace and security

Ayat 52 - In the midst of gardens and of springs,

Ayat 53 - Dressed in brocade and shot silk, facing one another.

Ayat 54 - Just like that. We shall pair them with companions with large black eyes.

Ayat 55 - They will call for every kind of fruit with satisfaction.

Ayat 56 - There they will not know any death apart from the first death they had died, and will be kept safe from the torment of Hell

Ayat 57 - By the beneficence of your Lord. This will be the great success.

Ayat 58 - Therefore We have made this (Qur´an) easy in your tongue. They may haply take a warning.

Ayat 59 - So you wait. They are also waiting.