29:1  A. L. M.

29:2  Did the people think that they would be left to say, "We believe," without them being tested?

29:3  We have tested those before them, and indeed, God knows the truthful ones, and He knows the liars.

29:4  Or do those who commit bad deeds think that they can get ahead of Us? Terrible indeed is their judgment!

29:5  For those who seek the meeting with God, God's appointed time is surely coming. He is the Hearer, the Knowledgeable.

29:6  He who strives, strives but for himself. Indeed, God is beyond need of all the worlds.

29:7  For those who believe and do good deeds, We will wipe out their bad deeds, and We will reward them for the best of what they used to do.

29:8  And We instructed the human being to show kindness to his parents, but if they strive to make you associate with Me that which you have no knowledge of, do not obey them. To Me is your return, then I will inform you of what you used to do.

29:9  As for those who believe and do good deeds, We will admit them among the righteous.

29:10  Among the people are those who say, "We believe in God," but if one of them is harmed in the cause of God, he regards the oppression of the people to be the same as God's punishment. However, if a victory comes from your Lord, they would say, "Indeed, we were with you." Does God not know best what lies inside the chests of all people?

29:11  And indeed, God knows those who believe, and He knows the hypocrites.

29:12  And those who disbelieve say to those who believe, "Follow our way and we will carry your sins." They will carry none of their sins. They are liars.

29:13  They will carry their burdens as well as other burdens on top of their own, and they will be questioned on the Day of Resurrection regarding what they used to fabricate.

29:14  We sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them one thousand years less fifty years, then the flood overtook them while they were transgressors.

29:15  We then saved him and the companions of the ship, and We rendered it a sign for all people.

29:16  And Abraham, when he said to his people, "Worship God and reverence Him. That is better for you if you only knew.

29:17  But instead of God, you worship idols, and you create falsehood. Those that you worship instead of God do not possess any provisions for you. So seek provisions from God, worship Him and give thanks to Him. To Him, you shall be returned."

29:18  If you deny, so have nations denied before you. The sole duty of the messenger is the clear delivery.

29:19  Have they not seen how God initiates the creation, and then repeats it? Indeed, that is easy for God.

29:20  Say, "Travel in the earth and look how He began the creation. Then God will initiate the creation of the Hereafter. Indeed, God is Capable of all things."

29:21  He punishes whom He wills and grants mercy to whom He wills. To Him, you shall be returned.

29:22  You are powerless to thwart anything in the earth or in heaven, and you have none besides God as an ally or supporter.

29:23  Those who disbelieved in God's revelations and in His meeting, such ones have despaired of My mercy, and such ones shall have a painful punishment.

29:24  The response of his people was but to say, "Kill him, or burn him." And so God saved him from the fire. Indeed, in that are signs for people who believe.

29:25  He said, "You have taken up idols instead of God only to preserve amicable relations among yourselves in the worldly life, but on the Day of Resurrection, you will renounce one another and curse one another. Your refuge is the Fire and you have no supporters."

29:26  Lot believed him. And he said, "I am emigrating to my Lord. He is the Dignified, the Wise."

29:27  We granted him Isaac and Jacob, and We placed among his descendants the prophethood and the Scripture. And We granted him his reward in this world, and in the Hereafter, he will certainly be among the righteous.

29:28  And Lot, when he said to his people, "You commit an immorality not perpetrated before you by anyone in all the worlds.

29:29  Indeed, you approach men, you criminally intercept the roads, and you commit depravities during your gatherings." The reply of his people was none other than to say, "Bring us God's punishment if you are of the truthful."

29:30  He said, "My Lord, support me against the corrupting people."

29:31  When Our messengers came to Abraham with the good news, they said, "We shall annihilate the people of this village; its people have been transgressors."

29:32  He said, "Lot is in it!" They said, "We are more knowledgeable of who is in it. We will save him and his family, except for his wife; she is to be one of those who stay behind."

29:33  When Our messengers came to Lot, they were mistreated, and he was distressed concerning them. They said, "Do not fear and do not grieve. We will save you and your family except for your wife; she is to be one of those who stay behind.

29:34  We will bring down an affliction from the sky upon the people of this village for how wickedly they used to behave."

29:35  We have left a clear proof of it for people who reason.

29:36  And to Madyan was their brother Shu'aib. He said, "O my people, worship God and seek the Last Day, and do not act wickedly in the earth spreading corruption."

29:37  They denied him, so the earthquake seized them, leaving them motionless in their homes.

29:38  Also Aad and Thamoud, where the same has been made clear to you from their dwelling places. The devil adorned their work for them, and so he repelled them from the path, even though they possessed insight.

29:39  Also, Qaroon, Pharaoh and Haman; Moses went to them with clear proofs, yet they acted arrogantly in the land. But they will not outstrip Us,

29:40  for We seized each one for his sin. Among them were those upon whom We sent a shower of stones, and among them were those who were overcome by the blast, and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. God was not to wrong them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

29:41  The likeness of those who take allies other than God is the like of the spider as she takes a home; the frailest of all homes is the home of the spider if they only knew.

29:42  God knows about whatever they call upon besides Him. He is the Dignified, the Wise.

29:43  We cite these examples for the people, but none understand them except the knowledgeable.

29:44  God created the heavens and the earth with truth. Indeed, in that is a sign for the believers.

29:45  Recite what is revealed to you of the Book and observe the Salat, for the Salat forbids immorality and evil, and the commemoration of God is of greater importance. Indeed, God knows what you do.

29:46  Do not argue with the People of the Book except in the best possible manner, except for those who transgressed among them, and say, "We believe in what was brought down to us and what was brought down to you. Our God and your God is One, and to Him we are Submitters."

29:47  Thus, We have brought down to you the Book. Those to whom We have given the Scripture, they believe in it. And among these people are some who believe in it. None rejects Our revelations except the disbelievers.

29:48  You have not been reciting any Book before it, nor writing it with your right hand. Otherwise, the falsifiers would have doubted.

29:49  Rather, it is clear revelations in the chests of those who have been given the knowledge. None rejects Our revelations except the transgressors.

29:50  And they said, "If only miracles were brought down upon him from his Lord!" Say, "The miracles are only with God, and I am only a clear warner."

29:51  Does it not suffice them that We brought the Book down upon you, and it is being recited to them? In that is a mercy and a reminder for people who believe.

29:52  Say, "God suffices as a Witness between me and you. He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. Those who believed in falsehood and disbelieved in God, it is they who are the losers."

29:53  They ask you to hasten the punishment! If it were not for an already specified term, the punishment would have already come to them. It will certainly come to them suddenly while they are unaware.

29:54  They ask you to hasten the punishment! Hell will indeed encompass the disbelievers

29:55  on the Day when the punishment will envelop them from above them and from beneath their feet, and He will say, "Taste the consequences of what you used to do."

29:56  O My servants who believe, My earth is spacious, so worship only Me.

29:57  Every self tastes death, then to Us, you will be returned.

29:58  Those who believe and do good deeds, We will settle them in mansions in Paradise beneath which rivers flow. Therein, they shall permanently remain. Excellent is the reward of the workers

29:59  who are patient and in their Lord they trust.

29:60  Many a creature that does not carry its own provision, God provides for it as well as for you. He is the Hearer, the Knowledgeable.

29:61  If you were to ask them, "Who created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon?" They would say, "God." How then are they deluded?

29:62  God extends the provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts it. Indeed, God is Knowledgeable of all things.

29:63  If you were to ask them, "Who brought water down from the sky, with which He brought the land to life after it had died?" They would say, "God." Say, "Praise be to God." Still, most of them do not reason.

29:64  This worldly life is no more than amusement and play, while the Abode of the Hereafter is the real life if they only knew.

29:65  When they board a ship, they implore God, devoting the religion purely to Him. Yet when He delivers them safely to the shore, they revert to associating partners with Him.

29:66  Let them disbelieve in what We have given them, and let them enjoy themselves. They will certainly come to know.

29:67  Have they not seen that We made a safe haven while people are being snatched away from all around them? Do they believe in falsehood and reject God's blessings?

29:68  Who is more transgressing than one who fabricates lies about God or denies the truth when it comes to him? Is there not a home in Hell for the disbelievers?

29:69  As for those who strive in Our cause, We will guide them to Our paths, and indeed, God is with the good-doers.