Quran Surah 13 - Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder)
Ayat 1 - ALIF LAM MIM RA. These are the verses of the
Scripture. Whatsoever is sent down to you from your Lord is the truth; but most men do not believe.
Ayat 2 - It is God who raised the skies without
support, as you can see, then assumed His throne, and enthralled the sun and the moon (so that) each runs to a predetermined
course. He disposes all affairs, distinctly explaining every sign that you may be certain of the meeting with your Lord.
Ayat 3 - It is He who stretched the earth and placed
upon it stabilisers and rivers; and made two of a pair of every fruit; (and) He covers up the day with the night. In these are
signs for those who reflect.
Ayat 4 - On the earth are tracts adjoining one
another, and vineyards, fields of corn and date-palm trees, some forked, some with single trunks, yet all irrigated by the
self-same water, though We make some more excellent than the others in fruit. There are surely signs in them for those who
understand.
Ayat 5 - If you are surprised, then astonishing is
the speech (of those who say:) "Having turned to dust shall we be raised as a new creation?" They are the ones who deny their
Lord, and they will have collars around their necks. They are the inmates of Hell, where they will abide for ever.
Ayat 6 - They want you to hasten the evil before the
good, even when there have been examples of retribution before them. Though certainly your Lord forgives human beings for their
iniquities, your Lord is severe of retribution.
Ayat 7 - The unbelievers say: "Why no miracle was
sent down to him by his Lord?" But you are only a bearer of warnings, and a guide for every nation.
Ayat 8 - God is cognisant of what every female
carries in her womb, or what the wombs want or exceed (of their disburdening time). With Him all things are in determined
measure.
Ayat 9 - He is the knower of the known and the
unknown, the mighty and most high.
Ayat 10 - He who keeps his secret among you is the
same to Him as he who speaks out publicly, and he who hides himself in the night and walks freely in the day.
Ayat 11 - His angels keep watch over him in
succession (night and day), in front and behind, by God´s command. Verily God does not change the state of a people till they
change themselves. When God intends misfortune for a people no one can avert it, and no saviour will they have apart from Him.
Ayat 12 - It is He who makes the lightning flash for
fear and hope, and raises massive clouds.
Ayat 13 - The thunder sings His praises, and the
angels too, for awe of Him. He sends thunder-bolts and strikes whosoever He will with them: Even then it is God they contend
about! But mighty is He in (His) power.
Ayat 14 - To call on Him is true (supplication). For
those they invoke other than Him do not answer them at all, except like a man who stretches his hands towards the water that it
reach his mouth, but it will never reach it. Not more than error are the prayers of infidels.
Ayat 15 - Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth
bows to God in submission with a will or perforce, as do their shadows in the morning and evening.
Ayat 16 - Ask them: "Who is the Lord of the heavens
and the earth?" (They will) say: "God." Say: "Then why do you take protectors besides Him who have no power over their own
gain or loss?" Say: "Can a blind man and one who can see be equal? Or, darkness and light be the same? Or, have those they
have appointed equal of God created, as He has created, so that the (two) creations look alike to them?" Say: "God is the
creator of everything. He is One, the omnipotent."
Ayat 17 - He sends down water from the skies, which
flows in channels according to their capacity, with the scum borne on the surface of the torrent, as rises the scum when metals
are heated on the fire for making ornaments and household utensils. This is how God determines truth and falsehood. The scum
disappears like the foam on the bank, and that which is useful to man remains on the earth. That is how God sets forth precepts
of wisdom.
Ayat 18 - For those who obey their Lord is
excellence. For those who fail to obey, the reckoning will be hard, even if they possess and give as ransom all that there is
on the earth, and as much more; and Hell will be their abode: How wretched is its wide expanse!
Ayat 19 - Can a man who knows what has been revealed
to you from your Lord is the truth, and one who cannot see, be the same? They alone take warning who are wise,
Ayat 20 - Who fulfil their covenant with God and do
not break their agreement,
Ayat 21 - Who keep together what God has ordained
held together, and fear their Lord and dread the hardship of the Reckoning,
Ayat 22 - Who persevere in seeking the way of their
Lord, who fulfil their devotional obligations, and spend of what We have given them, secretly or openly, who repel evil with
good: For them is the recompense of Paradise:
Ayat 23 - Perpetual gardens which they will enter
with those of their fathers, spouses and children who were virtuous and at peace, with angels coming in through every door
Ayat 24 - Saying: "(Welcome,) peace on you, for you
persevered." How excellent the recompense of Paradise!
Ayat 25 - As for those who break God´s covenant after
validating it, and sever relations which God ordained cohered, and spread corruption in the land, there is condemnation for
them and an evil abode.
Ayat 26 - God increases or decreases the fortunes of
whosoever He will, and they rejoice in the life of this world. Yet the life of this world is nothing but a merchandise as
compared to the life of the next.
Ayat 27 - The unbelievers say: "How is it that no
miracle was sent down to him by his Lord?" Say: "God leads whosoever He wills astray, and guides whoever turns to Him in
repentance.
Ayat 28 - Those who believe and find peace in their
hearts from the contemplation of God: Surely there is peace of heart in the contemplation of God!"
Ayat 29 - Those who believe and do the right, have
happiness, and an excellent resting place.
Ayat 30 - That is how We have sent you to a people
before whom many a people have come and gone, so that you may announce to them whatever We have revealed to you. But they do
not believe in Ar-Rahman. Tell them: "He is my Lord. There is no other god but He. In Him have I placed my trust, and to Him
is my reversion."
Ayat 31 - Had there been a Qur´an which could have
made the mountains move, or the earth to cleave asunder, or the dead to speak, yet all authority belongs to God. Have the
believers not learnt that if God had so willed He could have guided all mankind? As for unbelievers, they will be visited by
misfortune endlessly for what they have done; or it would sit in their homes till the promised threat of God comes to pass.
Surely God does not go back on His promise.
Ayat 32 - Many an apostle have they mocked before
you; but I allowed the unbelievers respite, then I seized them. How severe was My punishment then!
Ayat 33 - Who is it who stands (watch) over every
soul for what it does? Yet they ascribe compeers to God. Say: "Then name them. Or are you announcing to God what He does not
know on the earth? Or is it only empty talk? In fact, the unbelievers´ plots are made to look attractive to them, so that they
are held back from the right path. Whosoever God allows to go astray has none to show him the way.
Ayat 34 - For them is punishment in this world; and
the punishment of the world to come is far more severe. They will have no one to save them from God.
Ayat 35 - The likeness of Paradise promised the pious
and devout is (of a garden) with streams of rippling water, everlasting fruits and shade. This is the recompense of those who
keep away from evil; but the recompense of those who deny the truth is Hell.
Ayat 36 - Those to whom We have given the Scriptures
rejoice in what We have sent down to you; but some of their factions reject some of it. Tell them: "I am commanded to worship
only God, and not to associate compeers with Him. To Him I call you, and to Him is the destination."
Ayat 37 - That is how We have sent down this (Qur´an)
as a code of clear judgement. But if you follow their caprices, now that you have been given knowledge, you will have no friend
or protector against God.
Ayat 38 - We sent many apostles before you, and
bestowed on them wives and children, but it was not for any apostle to come up with a miracle unless by the leave of God. For
every age there is a law.
Ayat 39 - God abrogates or confirms whatsoever He
will, for He has with Him the Book of Books.
Ayat 40 - Whether We allow you to see (the
punishment) We have promised them, or end your life before (its execution), it is certainly for you to convey the message; the
reckoning is for Us to do.
Ayat 41 - Do they not see Us advancing from all sides
into their land and reducing its frontiers? It is for God to judge; and there is none to reverse His judgement. He is swift at
reckoning.
Ayat 42 - Surely those who had gone before them had
also plotted; but God´s is all the planning, for He has knowledge of what each does. The unbelievers will soon learn for whom
is the guerdon of Paradise.
Ayat 43 - Yet those who are disbelievers say: "You
are not the apostle sent (by God)." Tell them: "God is sufficient as witness between me and you, and he who has knowledge of
the Book."