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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- Alif Lam Ra. These are the Ayat of the Book of Wisdom.
- It is a matter of wonderment to men that We have set Our inspiration to a man from among themselves? That he should warn mankind (of their danger), and give the good news to the Believers that they have before their Lord the lofty rank of Truth, (but) say the Unbelievers: "This is indeed an evident sorcerer!"
- Verily your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: Will ye not celebrate His praises?
- To Him will be your return of all of you. The promise of Allah is true and sure. It is He Who beginneth the process of Creation, and repeateth it, that He may reward with justice those who believe and work righteousness, but those who reject Him will have nothing but draughts of boiling fluids, and a Penalty grievous: Because they did reject Him.
- It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her: That ye might know the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain his Signs in detail for those who understand.
- Verily, in the alternation of the Night and the Day, and in all that Allah hath created, in the heavens and the earth, are Signs for those who fear Him.
- Those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, but are pleased and satisfied with the life of the present, and those who heed not Our Signs
- Their abode is the Fire, because of the (evil) they earned.
- Those who believe, and work righteousness, their Lord will guide them because of their faith: Beneath them will flow rivers in Gardens of Bliss.
- (This will be) their cry therein: "Glory to Thee, O Allah!" and "Peace" will be their greeting therein! And the close of their cry will be: "Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds!"
- If Allah were to hasten for men the ill (they have earned) as they would fain hasten on the good, then would their respite be settled at once. But We leave those who rest not their hope of their meeting with Us, in their trespasses, wandering in distraction to and fro.
- When trouble toucheth a man, he crieth unto Us (in all postures) -- lying down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have solved his trouble, he passeth on his way as if he had never cried to Us for a trouble that touched him! Thus do the deeds of transgressors seem fair in their eyes!
- Generations before you We destroyed when they did wrong: Their Apostles came to them with Clear Signs, but they would not believe! Thus do We requite those who sin!
- Then We made you heirs in the land after them to see how ye would behave!
- But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, say: "Bring us a Reading other than this, or change this." Say: "It is not for me, of my own accord, to change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me: If I were to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the Penalty of a Great Day (to come)."
- Say: "If Allah had so willed, I should not have rehearsed it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. A whole lifetime before this have I tarried amongst you: Will ye not then understand?"
- Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against Allah, or deny His Signs? But never will prosper those who sin.
- They serve, besides Allah, things that hurt them not nor profit them, and they say: "These are our intercessors with Allah." Say: "Do ye indeed inform Allah of something He knows not, in the heavens or on earth? Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!"
- Mankind was but one nation but differed (later). Had it not been for a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would have been settled between them.
- They say: "Why is not a Sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "The Unseen is only for Allah (to know). Then wait ye: I too will wait with you."
- When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity hath touched them, Behold! they take to plotting against our Signs! Say: "Swifter to plan is Allah!" Verily, Our messengers record all the plots that ye make!
- He it is Who enableth you to traverse through land and sea; so that ye even board ships; they sail with them with a favorable wind, and they rejoice thereat; then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think they are being overwhelmed: They cry unto Allah, sincerely offering (their) duty unto Him, saying, "If Thou dost deliver us from this, we shall truly show our gratitude!"
- But when He delivereth them, Behold! they transgress insolently through the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is against your own souls, an enjoyment of the life of the Present: In the end, to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of all that ye did.
- The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: By its mingling arises the produce of the earth which provides food for men and animals: (it grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): The people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! Thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.
- But Allah doth call to the Home of Peace: He doth guide whom He pleaseth to a way that is straight.
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