16:1  God's command has been issued, so do not rush it. Glory to Him and exalted is He, far above what they associate with Him.

16:2  He brings down the angels with the Ruh by His command upon whom He wills of His servants: "You shall warn that there is no god except Me, so reverence Me."

16:3  He created the heavens and the earth with truth. Exalted is He, far above what they associate with Him.

16:4  He created the human being from a tiny drop, then behold, he becomes a clear adversary!

16:5  And He created the livestock for you. They provide you with warmth and other benefits, and from them you eat.

16:6  There is also beauty in them when you bring them in to rest and when you send them out to pasture.

16:7  And they carry your loads to lands you could not have reached except with great difficulty. Indeed, your Lord is Compassionate, Merciful.

16:8  And the horses, the mules and the donkeys are for you to ride and as a zinat. He also creates what you do not know.

16:9  It is God who points out the paths, including the crooked ones. If He willed, He could have guided you all.

16:10  He is the One who brought water down from the sky. From it, there is a drink for you, and from it grows vegetation in which you graze your herds.

16:11  With it, He grows for you crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines and all kinds of fruits. Indeed, in that is a sign for people who reflect.

16:12  And He subjected the night and the day for you, the sun, the moon and the stars; all subjected by His command. Indeed, in that are signs for people who reason.

16:13  And that which He has multiplied for you in the earth of various colours. Indeed, in that is a sign for people who take heed.

16:14  And it is Him who subjected the sea so that you would eat tender meat from it and extract from it jewellery that you wear. You see the ships ploughing through it so that you can seek His bounty and so that you may give thanks.

16:15  And He placed stabilisers in the earth so that it does not drift along with you, as well as rivers and roads so that you may be guided,

16:16  as well as landmarks. And by means of the stars, they are guided.

16:17  Is One who creates like one who does not create? Will you not take heed?

16:18  If you were to count God's blessings, you could not encompass them all. Indeed, God is Forgiver, Merciful.

16:19  And God knows what you conceal and what you declare.

16:20  The ones they call upon besides God do not create anything but are themselves created.

16:21  They are dead, not alive, and they are unaware of when they will be resurrected.

16:22  Your god is One God. As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, their hearts are in denial, and they are arrogant.

16:23  Without a doubt, God knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant ones.

16:24  And when they are asked, "What has your Lord brought down?" They would say, "Tales of the previous ones."

16:25  And so they will carry their full burdens on the Day of Resurrection, as well as some of the burdens of those whom they misguided without knowledge. What a dreadful burden that they will carry!

16:26  Those before them have schemed, so God seized their buildings from the foundations, causing the roof to fall down on top of them. The punishment came upon them from where they did not expect it.

16:27  Then, on the Day of Resurrection, He will disgrace them and say, "Where then are My partners for whose sake you used to cause opposition?" Those who were given the knowledge will say, "Today, disgrace and evil are upon the disbelievers."

16:28  Those whom the angels take back in a state of wronging themselves will submit and say, "We did not do anything wrong!" Yes, you did! Indeed, God is Knowledgeable of what you used to do.

16:29  So enter the gates of Hell wherein you shall permanently remain. What a miserable home for the arrogant!

16:30  And it was said to those who were reverent, "What has your Lord brought down?" they said, "Good things." For those who have done good in this world, there is good, and the Abode of the Hereafter is better. Excellent indeed is the Abode of the reverent.

16:31  They shall enter the Gardens of Eden beneath which rivers flow. They shall have whatever they wish for therein. Thus does God reward the reverent.

16:32  They are the ones whom the angels take back in a state of righteousness, saying, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise in return for what you used to do."

16:33  Are they waiting for the angels to come to them, or until your Lord's command is issued? That was what those before them did. God did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

16:34  So they were struck by the ill effects of what they had done, and they were engulfed by what they used to mock.

16:35  And those who committed shirk said, "Had God willed, we would not have worshipped anything besides Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have prohibited anything which He did not." Those before them did likewise! Ultimately, are the messengers commissioned with other than the clear delivery?

16:36  We have sent a messenger to every nation, "You shall worship God, and stay away from false gods." Some of them were guided by God, while others justly incurred the misguidance. So travel in the land and look what the outcome of the deniers was.

16:37  However eager you may be to see them guided, God does not guide those who misguide and they have no supporters.

16:38  They swore by God with their most solemn oaths: "God will not resurrect those who die." Yes, He will! It is a truthful promise that is binding on Him, but most people do not know.

16:39  It is to clarify to them that over which they differ and so that those who disbelieved would know that they were liars.

16:40  Our word to anything We desire is merely to say to it, "Be," and it is.

16:41  Those who emigrated for the sake of God after they were oppressed, We will surely settle them in a good place in this world, and the reward of the Hereafter is greater if they only knew.

16:42  They are the ones who are patient, and in their Lord they trust.

16:43  We did not send before you except men whom We inspired, so ask the people of the Reminder if you do not know

16:44  about the clear proofs and the Scriptures. And We brought down to you the Reminder so that you would clarify to the people what has been sent down to them, and so that they may reflect.

16:45  Did those who schemed evil schemes feel secure that God would not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment would not come to them from where they do not expect?

16:46  Or that He would not seize them during their goings to and fro, something they are powerless to thwart?

16:47  Or that He would not seize them in a state of fear? Indeed, your Lord is Compassionate, Merciful.

16:48  Have they not seen that every single thing that God has created casts its shadow to the right and to the left, prostrating to God in humility?

16:49  And to God prostrates what is in the heavens and what is in the earth of creatures as well as the angels, and they do not act arrogantly.

16:50  They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

16:51  God said, "Do not have two gods; He is but One God, so Me alone you should fear."

16:52  To Him belongs what is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him does the religion constantly belong. Is it other than God that you reverence?

16:53  Whatever blessing you have, it is from God. Then if any harm afflicts you, to Him you cry for help.

16:54  Then, if He removes the harm from you, a group of you associate partners with their Lord,

16:55  and thus they disbelieve in what We have given them. Enjoy yourselves, for you will surely come to know.

16:56  And they assign to that which they have no knowledge of a share in what We have provided them with. By God, you will be called to account for what you used to fabricate.

16:57  And they assign daughters to God, Glory to Him! While for them is whatever they desire.

16:58  And if one of them is given the news that it is a female, his face darkens as he suppresses his grief.

16:59  He hides from the people because of the bad news he has received. Should he keep her in humiliation, or should he bury her in the dust? Miserable indeed is their judgment.

16:60  To those who do not believe in the Hereafter belong the worst example, while to God belongs the highest example. He is the Dignified, the Wise.

16:61  If God were to hold people accountable for their transgressions, He would not have left a single creature on it, but He grants them respite for a specified term. Once their term is fulfilled, they cannot delay it by one hour nor advance it.

16:62  They ascribe to God matters that they hate, and their tongues portray the lie that, for them, are the good things. Without a doubt, theirs will be the Fire, and they will be abandoned.

16:63  By God, We have sent others to nations before you, then the devil adorned their work for them. Thus, he is their ally today, and they shall have a painful punishment.

16:64  We did not bring down upon you the Book except for you to clarify to them that over which they differed, and as a guidance and mercy for people who believe.

16:65  God brought water down from the sky with which He brought the land to life after it had died. Indeed, in that is a sign for people who hear.

16:66  Indeed, there is a lesson for you in the livestock: We provide you with a drink from their bellies; from the midst of digested food and blood comes pure milk, pleasant for the drinkers.

16:67  And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines, you produce intoxicants as well as a good provision. Indeed, in that is a sign for people who reason.

16:68  Your Lord inspired the bee: "Build homes on the mountains and the trees and in what they construct.

16:69  Then eat from all the fruits and follow the paths of your Lord which have been made easy for you to follow." From its bellies comes a drink of different colours wherein there is healing for the people. Indeed, in that is a sign for people who reflect.

16:70  And God created you, then He takes you back. Some of you will continue to reach the weakest age, whereupon he would know nothing after having had knowledge. Indeed, God is Knowledgeable, Capable.

16:71  God has favoured some of you over others in the provision, but those who have been favoured would not give their provision to those whom their right hand possesses in order to share it equally. So are they rejecting God's blessings?

16:72  God made for you spouses from among yourselves, and from your spouses, He produced for you children and grandchildren, and provided you with good things, so do they believe in falsehood and deny God's blessings?

16:73  And they worship besides God what does not possess the power to grant them any provisions from the heavens or the earth, nor are they able to.

16:74  So do not set up equals to God; God knows while you do not know.

16:75  God cites an example: a slave who is owned and cannot do a thing, and one whom We have granted good provisions from which he gives secretly and publicly. Are they the same? Praise be to God! In fact, most of them do not know.

16:76  And God cites an example: two men, one of them is mute and cannot do a thing and is a burden upon his master. Wherever he sends him, he brings back nothing good. Is he the same as one who advocates justice and is on a straight path?

16:77  To God belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth. The command for the Hour comes just as the blink of an eye or nearer still. Indeed, God is Capable of all things.

16:78  God brought you out of your mothers' wombs knowing nothing, and He made for you the hearing, the sight, and the heart, so hopefully, you may give thanks.

16:79  Do they not see how the birds are controlled in their mid-air flight across the sky? None holds them aloft except God. Indeed, in that are signs for people who believe.

16:80  God has made of your homes a resting place for you. He made of the hides of the livestock light homes for you, which you can use on the day you travel and the day you camp. And from their wools, furs and hair, you make furnishings, and you have enjoyment for a certain time.

16:81  God has made for you from what He created shade, and made for you shelters in the mountains, and made for you garments that protect you from the heat, as well as garments that protect you from your own might. He thus perfects His blessings upon you so that you may submit.

16:82  So if they turn away, your sole duty is the clear delivery.

16:83  They recognise God's blessings, then deny them. The majority of them are disbelievers.

16:84  On the Day We raise from every nation a witness, no permission will be given to those who disbelieved, nor will their repentance be accepted.

16:85  When those who transgressed see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be granted respite.

16:86  And when those who committed shirk see the partners they have set up with God, they will say, "Our Lord, these are the partners whom we had called upon besides You." However, they will fling the word back, saying, "You are liars."

16:87  They totally submitted to God on that Day, and that which they used to fabricate has deserted them.

16:88  As for those who disbelieved and repelled from the path of God, We will add more punishment to their punishment for the corruptions they used to cause.

16:89  That will be on the Day We raise from every nation a witness over them from among themselves, and We brought you as a witness over these. And We brought down upon you the Book providing explanations for all things, guidance, mercy, and good news for the Submitters.

16:90  Indeed, God commands justice, doing good and giving to the relatives, and He forbids immorality, evil and transgression. He advises you, may you take heed.

16:91  Fulfil your pledge to God when you have pledged it, and do not break your pledges after affirming them and having made God Guarantor over you. Indeed, God knows what you do.

16:92  Do not be like the one who unravelled her yarn, breaking it into pieces after it had been strong, by making your oaths a means of deception between you because one nation is more prosperous than another nation. In reality, God puts you to the test through that. He will surely clarify to you on the Day of Resurrection that over which you used to differ.

16:93  Had God willed, He could have made you a single nation, but He misguides whom He wills, and He guides whom He wills. You will surely be questioned about what you used to do.

16:94  Do not use your oaths as a means of deception between you, lest a foot slips after it had been secure. You would then taste the ill effects of repelling from the path of God, and you would have a great punishment.

16:95  And do not trade the pledge to God for a cheap price, for indeed, what is with God is better for you if you only knew.

16:96  What is with you runs out, but what is with God is everlasting. We will grant those who were patient their reward, to be equated to the best of what they used to do.

16:97  The one who does good deeds, male or female, and is a believer, We will grant them a good life. We will grant those their reward, to be equated to the best of what they used to do.

16:98  When you read the Quran, seek refuge in God from the outcast devil.

16:99  He has no authority over those who believe and in their Lord they trust.

16:100  His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and who set him up as a partner.

16:101  When We replace one sign with another, and God knows best about what He brings down, they say, "You are but a fabricator." Rather, most of them do not know.

16:102  Say, "The Holy Ruh has brought it down from your Lord truthfully to make firm those who believe, and to provide guidance and good news for the Submitters."

16:103  We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who is teaching him." The language of the one they refer to is foreign, while this is a clear Arabic tongue.

16:104  Those who do not believe in God's revelations, God does not guide them, and they shall have a painful punishment.

16:105  It is but those who do not believe in God's revelations who fabricate lies. Indeed, they are the liars.

16:106  The one who disbelieves in God after having believed, not the one who is forced when his heart is content with faith, but the one who opened his chest fully to disbelief; upon those is wrath from God, and they shall have a great punishment.

16:107  That is because they preferred the worldly life over the Hereafter, and God does not guide the disbelieving people.

16:108  Those are the ones whom God has sealed their hearts, their hearing and their sight; they are the oblivious ones.

16:109  Without a doubt, in the Hereafter, they will be the losers.

16:110  For those who emigrated after they were persecuted, then they strove and were patient, then indeed, your Lord thereafter is Forgiver, Merciful.

16:111  That will be the Day when every self will come arguing for itself, and every self will be paid in full for what it had done, and they will not be wronged.

16:112  God cites the example of a village that used to be safe and secure, with its provisions coming to it plentifully from everywhere. But then it turned unappreciative of God's blessings, and so God made it taste the garments of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.

16:113  A messenger had come to them from amongst themselves, but they denied him, so the punishment struck them while they were transgressing.

16:114  So eat from the lawful and good things that God has provided for you, and give thanks for God's blessings if it is Him whom you worship.

16:115  He only prohibited for you the carrion, blood, the flesh of the pig and what was dedicated to other than God, but if one is compelled out of necessity rather than desire or greed, then indeed, God is Forgiver, Merciful.

16:116  Do not utter lies that are portrayed by your tongues: "This is lawful, and that is unlawful," to fabricate lies and attribute them to God. Those who fabricate lies and attribute them to God will not succeed.

16:117  A little enjoyment, then they shall have a painful punishment.

16:118  For the Jews, We prohibited what We narrated to you previously. We did not wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

16:119  To those who commit sins out of ignorance, then repent after that and reform, then indeed, your Lord thereafter is Forgiver, Merciful.

16:120  Abraham was a nation, devoutly obedient to God. He was a monotheist and was not one of the mushrikeen.

16:121  He was thankful for His blessings. He chose him and guided him to a straight path.

16:122  We granted him good things in this world, and in the Hereafter, he will be among the righteous.

16:123  Then We inspired you to follow the creed of Abraham. He was a monotheist and was not one of the mushrikeen.

16:124  The Sabbath was decreed only for those who differed over it. And indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection regarding that over which they used to differ.

16:125  Invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and advice, and debate with them in the best possible manner. Indeed, your Lord knows best who has strayed off His path, and He knows best who are the guided ones.

16:126  And if you punish, you should give a punishment equivalent to the punishment you received. But if you exercise patience, it would be better for the patient ones.

16:127  And be patient, and your patience is attainable only with God's help. Do not grieve over them, and do not be distressed by what they scheme.

16:128  Indeed, God is with the reverent and those who are good-doers.