| | Edward Henry Palmer rendition of Surah The Believers(al-Mu`minun)
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| 23:1 | | Prosperous are the believers |
| 23:2 | | who in their prayers are humble, |
| 23:3 | | and who from vain talk turn aside, |
| 23:4 | | and who in almsgiving are active. |
| 23:5 | | And who guard their private parts - |
| 23:6 | | except for their wives or what their right hands possess for then, verily, they are not to be blamed;- |
| 23:7 | | but whoso craves aught beyond that, they are the transgressors - |
| 23:8 | | and who observe their trusts and covenants, |
| 23:9 | | and who guard well their prayers: |
| 23:10 | | these are the heirs |
| 23:11 | | who shall inherit Paradise; they shall dwell therein for aye! |
| 23:12 | | We have created man from an extract of clay; |
| 23:13 | | then we made him a clot in a sure depository; |
| 23:14 | | then we created the clot congealed blood, and we created the congealed blood a morsel; then we created the morsel bone, and we clothed the bone with flesh then we produced it another creation; and blessed be God, the best of creators! |
| 23:15 | | Then shall ye after that surely die; |
| 23:16 | | then shall ye on the day of resurrection be raised. |
| 23:17 | | And we have created above you seven roads; nor are we heedless of the creation. |
| 23:18 | | And we send down from the heaven water by measure, and we make it rest in the earth; but, verily, we are able to take it away; |
| 23:19 | | and we produce for you thereby gardens of palms and grapes wherein ye have many fruits, and whence ye eat. |
| 23:20 | | And a tree growing out of Mount Sinai which produces oil, and a condiment for those who eat. |
| 23:21 | | And, verily, ye have a lesson in the cattle; we give you to drink of what is in their bellies; and ye have therein many advantages, and of them ye eat, |
| 23:22 | | and on them and on ships ye are borne! |
| 23:23 | | We sent Noah unto his people, and he said, 'O my people! worship God, ye have no god but Him; do ye then not fear?' |
| 23:24 | | Said the chiefs of those who misbelieved among his people, 'This is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who wishes to have preference over you, and had God pleased He would have sent angels; we have not heard of this amongst our fathers of yore: |
| 23:25 | | he is nothing but a man possessed; let him bide then for a season.' |
| 23:26 | | Said he, 'Help me, for they call me liar!' |
| 23:27 | | And we inspired him, 'Make the ark under our eyes and inspiration; and when the oven boils over, conduct into it of every kind two, with thy family, except him of them against whom the word has passed; and do not address me for those who do wrong, verily, they are to be drowned! |
| 23:28 | | 'But when thou art settled, thou and those with thee in the ark, say, "Praise belongs to God, who saved us from the unjust people!" |
| 23:29 | | 'And say, "My Lord! make me to alight in a blessed alighting-place, for Thou art the best of those who cause men to alight!"' |
| 23:30 | | Verily, in that is a sign, and, verily, we were trying them. |
| 23:31 | | Then we raised up after them another generation; |
| 23:32 | | and we sent amongst them a prophet of themselves (saying), 'Serve God, ye have no god but He; will ye then not fear?' |
| 23:33 | | Said the chiefs of his people who misbelieved, and called the meeting of the last day a lie, and to whom we gave enjoyment in the life of this world, 'This is only a mortal like yourselves, who eats of what ye eat, |
| 23:34 | | and drinks of what ye drink; and if ye obey a mortal like yourselves, verily, ye will then be surely losers! |
| 23:35 | | Does he promise you that when ye are dead, and have become dust and bones, that then ye will be brought forth? |
| 23:36 | | 'Away, away with what ye are threatened,- |
| 23:37 | | there is only our life in the world! We die and we live, and we shall not be raised! |
| 23:38 | | He is only a man who forges against God a lie. And we believe not in him!' |
| 23:39 | | Said he, 'My Lord! help me, for they call me liar!' |
| 23:40 | | He said, 'Within a little they will surely awake repenting!' |
| 23:41 | | And the noise seized them deservedly; and we made them as rubbish borne by a torrent; so, away with the unjust people! |
| 23:42 | | Then we raised up after them other generations. |
| 23:43 | | No nation can anticipate its appointed time, nor keep it back. |
| 23:44 | | Then we sent our apostles one after another. Whenever its apostle came to any nation they called him a liar; and we made some to follow others; and we made them legends; away then with a people who do not believe! |
| 23:45 | | Then we sent Moses and his brother Aaron with our signs, |
| 23:46 | | and with plain authority to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they were too big with pride, and were a haughty people. |
| 23:47 | | And they said, 'Shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, when their people are servants of ours?' |
| 23:48 | | So they called them liars, and were of those who perished. |
| 23:49 | | And we gave Moses the Book, that haply they might be guided. |
| 23:50 | | And we made the son of Mary and his mother a sign; and we lodged them both on a high place, furnished with security and a spring. |
| 23:51 | | O ye apostles! eat of the good things and do right; verily, what ye do I know! |
| 23:52 | | And, verily, this nation of yours is one nation, and I am your Lord; so fear me. |
| 23:53 | | And they have become divided as to their affair amongst themselves into sects, each party rejoicing in what they have themselves. |
| 23:54 | | So leave them in their flood (of error) for a time. |
| 23:55 | | Do they reckon that that of which we grant them such an extent, |
| 23:56 | | of wealth and children, we hasten to them as good things - nay, but they do not perceive! |
| 23:57 | | Verily, those who shrink with terror at their Lord, |
| 23:58 | | and those who in the signs of their Lord believe, |
| 23:59 | | and those who with their Lord join none, |
| 23:60 | | and those who give what they do give while their hearts are afraid that they unto their Lord will return,- |
| 23:61 | | these hasten to good things and are first to gain the same. |
| 23:62 | | But we will not oblige a soul beyond its capacity; for with us is a book that utters the truth, and they shall not be wronged. |
| 23:63 | | Nay, their hearts are in a flood (of error) at this, and they have works beside this which they do. |
| 23:64 | | Until we catch the affluent ones amongst them with the torment; then lo! they cry for aid. |
| 23:65 | | Cry not for aid today! verily, against us ye will not be helped. |
| 23:66 | | My signs were recited to you, but upon your heels did ye turn back, |
| 23:67 | | big with pride at it, in vain discourse by night. |
| 23:68 | | Is it that they did not ponder over the words, whether that has come to them which came not to their fathers of yore? |
| 23:69 | | Or did they not know their apostle, that they thus deny him? |
| 23:70 | | Or do they say, 'He is possessed by a ginn?' Nay, he came to them with the truth, and most of them are averse from the truth. |
| 23:71 | | But if the truth were to follow their lusts, the heavens and the earth would be corrupted with all who in them are! - Nay, we brought them their reminder, but they from their reminder turn aside. |
| 23:72 | | Or dost thou ask them for a tribute? but the tribute of thy Lord is better, for He is the best of those who provide. |
| 23:73 | | And, verily, thou dost call them to a right way; |
| 23:74 | | but, verily, those who believe not in the hereafter from the way do veer. |
| 23:75 | | But if we had mercy on them, and removed the distress they have, they would persist in their rebellion, blindly wandering on! |
| 23:76 | | And we caught them with the torment, but they did not abase themselves before their Lord, nor did they humble themselves; |
| 23:77 | | until we opened for them a door with grievous torment, then lo! they are in despair. |
| 23:78 | | He it is who produced for you hearing, and sight, and minds, - little is it that ye thank. |
| 23:79 | | And He it is who created you in the earth, and unto Him shall ye be gathered. |
| 23:80 | | And He it is who gives you life and death; and His is the alternation of the night and the day; have ye then no sense? |
| 23:81 | | Nay, but they said like that which those of yore did say. |
| 23:82 | | They said, 'What! when we have become earth and bones, are we then going to be raised? |
| 23:83 | | We have been promised this, and our fathers too, before;- this is naught but old folks' tales!' |
| 23:84 | | Say, 'Whose is the earth and those who are therein, if ye but know?' |
| 23:85 | | They will say, 'God's.' Say, 'Do ye not then mind?' |
| 23:86 | | Say, 'Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the mighty throne?' |
| 23:87 | | They will say, 'God.' Say, 'Do ye not then fear?' |
| 23:88 | | Say, 'In whose hand is the dominion of everything; He succours but is not succoured, - if ye did but know?' |
| 23:89 | | They will say, 'God's.' Say, 'Then how can ye be so infatuated?' |
| 23:90 | | Nay, we have brought them the truth, but, verily, they are liars! |
| 23:91 | | God never took a son, nor was there ever any god with Him;- then each god would have gone off with what he had created, and some would have exalted themselves over others,- celebrated be His praises above what they attribute (to Him)! |
| 23:92 | | He who knows the unseen and the visible, exalted be He above what they join with Him! |
| 23:93 | | Say, 'My Lord! if Thou shouldst show me what they are threatened,- |
| 23:94 | | my Lord! then place me not amongst the unjust people.' |
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| 23:96 | | Repel evil by what is better. We know best what they attribute (to thee). |
| 23:97 | | And say, 'My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from the incitings of the devils; |
| 23:98 | | and I seek refuge in Thee from their presence!' |
| 23:99 | | Until when death comes to any one of them he says, 'My Lord! send ye me back, |
| 23:100 | | haply I may do right in that which I have left!' Not so! - a mere word he speaks! - but behind them is a bar until the day they shall be raised. |
| 23:101 | | And when, the trumpet shall be blown, and there shall be no relation between them on that day, nor shall they beg of each other then! |
| 23:102 | | And he whose scales are heavy,- they are the prosperous. |
| 23:103 | | But he whose scales are light,- these are they who lose themselves, in hell to dwell for aye! |
| 23:104 | | The fire shall scorch their faces, and they shall curl their lips therein! |
| 23:105 | | 'Were not my signs recited to you? and ye said that they were lies!' |
| 23:106 | | They say, 'Our Lord! our misery overcame us, and we were a people who did err! |
| 23:107 | | Our Lord! take us out therefrom, and if we return, then shall we be unjust.' |
| 23:108 | | He will say, 'Go ye away into it and speak not to me!' |
| 23:109 | | Verily, there was a sect of my servants who said, Our Lord! we believe, so pardon us, and have mercy upon us, for Thou art the best of the merciful ones.' |
| 23:110 | | And ye took them for a jest until ye forgat my reminder and did laugh thereat. |
| 23:111 | | Verily, I have recompensed them this day for their patience; verily, they are happy now. |
| 23:112 | | He will say, 'How long a number of years did ye tarry on earth?' |
| 23:113 | | They will say, 'We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask the Numberers.' |
| 23:114 | | He will say, 'Ye have only tarried a little, were ye but to know it. |
| 23:115 | | Did ye then reckon that we created you for sport, and that to us ye would not return?' |
| 23:116 | | But exalted be God, the true; there is no god but He, the Lord of the noble throne! |
| 23:117 | | and whoso calls upon another god with God has no proof of it, but, verily, his account is with his Lord; verily, the misbelievers shall not prosper. |
| 23:118 | | And say, 'Lord, pardon and be merciful, for Thou art the best of the merciful ones!' |
