21:1  The people's reckoning has drawn near while they are in obliviousness turning away.

21:2  No new Reminder comes to them from their Lord without them listening to it playfully,

21:3  and with their hearts distracted. The transgressors confer secretly: "Is this anything other than a human being like you? Would you approach magic while you can see?"

21:4  He said, "My Lord knows what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knowledgeable."

21:5  But they said, "Muddled dreams! Rather, he fabricated it! Rather, he is a poet! So let him bring us a miracle like what was sent to the earlier ones."

21:6  None of the villages We annihilated before them believed, so will they believe?

21:7  We did not send before you except men whom We inspired, so ask the people of the Reminder if you do not know.

21:8  We did not make them with bodies that did not eat food, nor were they immortal.

21:9  Then We fulfilled the promise to them whereby We saved them together with whom We willed and annihilated the excessive ones.

21:10  We have brought down to you a Book in which is your Reminder. So will you not reason?

21:11  How many a village did We destroy that was transgressing and We brought about other people after it?

21:12  Then, when they felt Our might, they started running away from it.

21:13  "Do not run! Come back to the luxuries you were immersed in and to your homes so that you may be questioned."

21:14  They said, "Woe to us! We have been transgressors."

21:15  This continued to be their cry until We made them like a burnt down harvest.

21:16  We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them for mere play.

21:17  Had We desired to have some amusement, We would have derived it from that which is Our own, if We were so to do.

21:18  Rather, We cast the truth upon the falsehood, which shatters it, and so it perishes. Woe to you for what you portray!

21:19  And to Him belongs all who are in the heavens and the earth. Those in His presence are not too arrogant to worship Him, nor do they tire.

21:20  They glorify night and day. They do not slacken.

21:21  Or have they taken gods from the earth who can resurrect?

21:22  If there were other gods in them besides God, they would have been ruined. Glory to God, the Lord of the Throne, far above what they portray.

21:23  He is not to be questioned about what He does while they are to be questioned.

21:24  Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, "Produce your proof. This is a reminder for those with me and was a reminder for those before me." But most of them do not know the truth, and so they turn away.

21:25  We did not send before you any messenger without inspiring him, "There is no god except Me, so worship Me."

21:26  They said, "The Almighty has taken a son." Glory to Him! Rather, they are but honoured servants.

21:27  They do not speak ahead of Him, and they act on His command.

21:28  He knows what is before them and what is after them. They do not intercede except for those whom He is pleased with, and they are apprehensive out of fear of Him.

21:29  The one among them who says, "I am a god besides Him," We will condemn such one to Hell; We thus repay the transgressors.

21:30  Have the disbelievers not seen that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, then We ripped them apart, and that We made from water all living things? Will they not believe?

21:31  And We placed in the earth stabilisers so that it does not drift along with them, and We placed wide paths therein so that they may be guided.

21:32  And We rendered the sky a protected ceiling, yet they turn away from its signs.

21:33  And He is the One who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each swimming in an orbit.

21:34  We did not grant any human being before you immortality. So if you die, will they be the immortal ones?

21:35  Every self tastes death. We test you with bad things as well as good things as a trial, and then to Us you will be returned.

21:36  When those who disbelieve see you, they treat you with nothing but mockery: "Is this the one who speaks about your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Almighty, disbelievers.

21:37  The human being is created impatient. I will show you My signs, so do not be impatient.

21:38  And they say, "When will this promise come true if you are truthful?"

21:39  If those who disbelieve would only know about the time when they will not be able to ward the fire off their faces, nor off their backs, nor will they be helped.

21:40  Rather, it will come to them suddenly and utterly confound them. They will not be able to repel it, nor will they be granted respite.

21:41  Messengers before you have been ridiculed. Consequently, those who ridiculed them were engulfed by what they used to ridicule.

21:42  Say, "Who can protect you by night and by day from the Almighty?" Yet they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.

21:43  Or do they have other gods besides Us who will protect them? They cannot help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

21:44  Rather, We have provided enjoyments for these and their fathers until their age was well extended. Do they not see that We come to the land and reduce it at its ends? Is it they who will then prevail?

21:45  Say, "I am only warning you in accordance with the revelation." But the deaf cannot hear the call when they are warned.

21:46  And if a whiff of your Lord's punishment were to touch them, they would say, "Woe to us! We have been transgressors."

21:47  We will place the just scales for the Day of Resurrection, and so no self shall be wronged in any way. Even if it were the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. We are sufficient as Reckoners.

21:48  We gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion, and Illumination, and a Reminder for the reverent

21:49  who fear their Lord though unseen, and they are apprehensive of the Hour.

21:50  This is a blessed Reminder that We brought down. Are you going to deny it?

21:51  And We granted Abraham his sound judgment previously, and We were aware of him.

21:52  When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

21:53  they said, "We found our fathers worshipping them."

21:54  He said, "You and your fathers have been in clear misguidance."

21:55  They said, "Have you come to us with the truth, or are you among the playful?"

21:56  He said, "No, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the One who initiated them, and to that, I am one of the witnesses.

21:57  And by God, I will devise some scheme against your stone idols after you have turned your backs."

21:58  So he reduced them to fragments, except for a large one among them so that they may turn to it.

21:59  They said, "Who has done this to our gods? He is surely of the transgressors."

21:60  They said, "We heard a young man mention them. He is called Abraham."

21:61  They said, "Then bring him before the people's eyes so that they may witness."

21:62  They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"

21:63  He said, "No, it was this biggest one of them who did it. So ask them, if they can speak."

21:64  They turned to one another and said, "You yourselves are the transgressors."

21:65  Then they reverted back to their original mindset: "You have already known that these do not speak."

21:66  He said, "Then do you worship besides God what does not benefit you in any way nor harm you?

21:67  Uff to you and to what you worship besides God! Will you not reason?"

21:68  They said, "Burn him and support your gods if you will."

21:69  We said, "O fire, be coolness and peace upon Abraham."

21:70  They intended to scheme against him, but We made them the greatest losers.

21:71  We saved him and Lot to the land that We blessed for all the people.

21:72  And We granted him Isaac and Jacob as additional blessings, and We made both of them righteous.

21:73  We made them leaders, guiding by Our command, and We inspired them to do good deeds, the observance of the Salat and the giving of the Zakat. They were worshippers of Us.

21:74  And to Lot, We gave sound judgment and knowledge, and We saved him from the village that practised depraved acts. They were an evil, wicked people.

21:75  We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was one of the righteous.

21:76  And Noah, when he called out previously, We responded to him, and We saved him and his family from the great affliction.

21:77  And We supported him against the people who denied Our revelations. They were an evil people, and so We drowned them all.

21:78  And David and Solomon, when they passed judgment regarding the field which was overrun by some people's sheep by night; We were Witness to their judgment,

21:79  and We gave Solomon the understanding of it. We granted both of them sound judgment and knowledge, and We subjected the mountains to glorify with David, as well as the birds. Indeed, We did.

21:80  And We taught him the art of making coats of armour to protect you from your own aggression. Are you then thankful?

21:81  And to Solomon, the gusting wind blows at his command towards the land that We had blessed. We are Knowledgeable of all things.

21:82  And of the devils were those who dived for him and performed other work besides that. We kept guard over them.

21:83  And Job, when he called upon his Lord: "I have been touched by great harm, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful,"

21:84  So We responded to him. And so We removed the harm which befell him and restored his family unto him and doubled their number; a mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers.

21:85  Also, Ishmael, Enoch and Ezekiel; each one was among the steadfast.

21:86  We admitted them into Our mercy. They were among the righteous.

21:87  And Dha Al-Nun, when he stormed off fuming, thinking We could not control him. Then he called out in the darkness: "There is no god except You. Glory to You! Indeed, I have been of the transgressors."

21:88  So We responded to him and delivered him from the distress, and thus do We save the believers.

21:89  And Zechariah, when he called upon his Lord: "My Lord, do not leave me all on my own when You are the best of inheritors."

21:90  We responded to him and granted him John, and We cured for him his wife. They used to hasten to do good work, and they implored Us in yearning and in fear. They were humble before Us.

21:91  And the one who guarded her private parts, then We blew into her from Our Ruh, and We made her and her son a sign for all the people.

21:92  This is your nation, one nation, and I am your Lord, so worship Me.

21:93  However, they divided their affair among themselves. To Us, they will all return.

21:94  So for the one who does good deeds and is a believer, his striving shall not be rejected, and We are recording it for him.

21:95  There is a ban on any village that We have annihilated; they shall not return.

21:96  Not until the way is opened for Gog and Magog, and from every elevation, they swarm down.

21:97  The true promise has drawn near whereby the sight of those who disbelieved will be transfixed: "Woe to us! We have been in obliviousness regarding this. Rather, we have been transgressors."

21:98  You and what you worship besides God are fuel for Hell; you will surely come to it.

21:99  If those were gods, they would not have come to it. Indeed, all shall permanently remain therein.

21:100  For them shall be sighing therein, and therein, they will not be able to hear.

21:101  As for those who were already granted goodness from Us, they shall be kept far away from it.

21:102  They will not hear its slightest sound, and in what their hearts desire, they shall permanently remain.

21:103  The greatest horror will not grieve them, and the angels will receive them: "This is your Day which you have been promised."

21:104  It will be on the Day We fold the heaven, like the folding of a page in a book. Just as We initiated the first creation, We shall repeat it. This is a promise binding on Us; We will surely do it.

21:105  We have written in the Psalms, after the Reminder, that the earth shall be inherited by My righteous servants.

21:106  Indeed, there is a notification in this for a worshipping people,

21:107  and We have not sent you except as a mercy to all the worlds.

21:108  Say, "It is only inspired to me that your god is indeed but One God. Are you then Submitters?"

21:109  If they turn away, then say, "I have announced to all of you equally, and I do not know whether what you are promised is near or far.

21:110  He knows what is spoken aloud, and He knows what you conceal.

21:111  I do not really know. Perhaps it is a test for you and an enjoyment for a certain time."

21:112  He said, "My Lord, judge with the truth," and, "Our Lord, the Almighty, is the One sought for help against what you portray."