[ { "surah": "21", "ayah": 1, "translation": "(1) [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 2, "translation": "(2) No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 3, "translation": "(3) With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], \"Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 4, "translation": "(4) He [the Prophet (\ufdfa)] said, \"My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 5, "translation": "(5) But they say, \"[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles].\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 6, "translation": "(6) Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,[872] so will they believe?" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 7, "translation": "(7) And We sent not before you, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 8, "translation": "(8) And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,[873] nor were they immortal [on earth]." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 9, "translation": "(9) Then[874] We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 10, "translation": "(10) We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur\u2019\u0101n] in which is your mention.[875] Then will you not reason?" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 11, "translation": "(11) And how many a city which was unjust[876] have We shattered and produced after it another people." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 12, "translation": "(12) And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 13, "translation": "(13) [Some angels said], \"Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned.\"[877]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 14, "translation": "(14) They said, \"O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 15, "translation": "(15) And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire]." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 16, "translation": "(16) And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 17, "translation": "(17) Had We intended to take a diversion,[878] We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 18, "translation": "(18) Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it,[879] and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.[880]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 19, "translation": "(19) To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those near Him [i.e., the angels] are not prevented by arrogance from His worship, nor do they tire." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 20, "translation": "(20) They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 21, "translation": "(21) Or have they [i.e., men] taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 22, "translation": "(22) Had there been within them [i.e., the heavens and earth] gods besides All\u0101h, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is All\u0101h, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 23, "translation": "(23) He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 24, "translation": "(24) Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], \"Produce your proof. This [Qur\u2019\u0101n] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me.\"[881] But most of them do not know the truth, so they are turning away." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 25, "translation": "(25) And We sent not before you any messenger except We revealed to him that, \"There is no deity except Me, so worship Me.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 26, "translation": "(26) And they say, \"The Most Merciful has taken a son.\" Exalted is He! Rather, they[882] are [but] honored servants." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 27, "translation": "(27) They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 28, "translation": "(28) He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,[883] and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 29, "translation": "(29) And whoever of them should say, \"Indeed, I am a god besides Him\" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 30, "translation": "(30) Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 31, "translation": "(31) And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 32, "translation": "(32) And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs,[884] are turning away." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 33, "translation": "(33) And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 34, "translation": "(34) And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 35, "translation": "(35) Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 36, "translation": "(36) And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], \"Is this the one who mentions [i.e., insults] your gods?\" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 37, "translation": "(37) Man was created of haste [i.e., impatience]. I will show you My signs [i.e., vengeance], so do not impatiently urge Me." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 38, "translation": "(38) And they say, \"When is this promise, if you should be truthful?\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 39, "translation": "(39) If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...[885]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 40, "translation": "(40) Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 41, "translation": "(41) And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 42, "translation": "(42) Say, \"Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?\" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 43, "translation": "(43) Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 44, "translation": "(44) But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders?[886] Is it they who will overcome?" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 45, "translation": "(45) Say, \"I only warn you by revelation.\" But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 46, "translation": "(46) And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, \"O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 47, "translation": "(47) And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed,[887] We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 48, "translation": "(48) And We had already given Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder[888] for the righteous" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 49, "translation": "(49) Who fear their Lord unseen,[889] while they are of the Hour apprehensive." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 50, "translation": "(50) And this [Qur\u2019\u0101n] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?[890]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 51, "translation": "(51) And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before,[891] and We were of him well-Knowing" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 52, "translation": "(52) When he said to his father and his people, \"What are these statues to which you are devoted?\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 53, "translation": "(53) They said, \"We found our fathers worshippers of them.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 54, "translation": "(54) He said, \"You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 55, "translation": "(55) They said, \"Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 56, "translation": "(56) He said, \"[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 57, "translation": "(57) And [I swear] by All\u0101h, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 58, "translation": "(58) So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question]." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 59, "translation": "(59) They said, \"Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 60, "translation": "(60) They said, \"We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 61, "translation": "(61) They said, \"Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify.\"[892]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 62, "translation": "(62) They said, \"Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 63, "translation": "(63) He said, \"Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 64, "translation": "(64) So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], \"Indeed, you are the wrongdoers.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 65, "translation": "(65) Then they reversed themselves,[893] [saying], \"You have already known that these do not speak!\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 66, "translation": "(66) He said, \"Then do you worship instead of All\u0101h that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 67, "translation": "(67) Uff[894] to you and to what you worship instead of All\u0101h. Then will you not use reason?\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 68, "translation": "(68) They said, \"Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 69, "translation": "(69) We [i.e., All\u0101h] said, \"O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 70, "translation": "(70) And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 71, "translation": "(71) And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples]." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 72, "translation": "(72) And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 73, "translation": "(73) And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zak\u0101h; and they were worshippers of Us." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 74, "translation": "(74) And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 75, "translation": "(75) And We admitted him into Our mercy. Indeed, he was of the righteous." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 76, "translation": "(76) And [mention] Noah, when he called [to All\u0101h][895] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood]." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 77, "translation": "(77) And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 78, "translation": "(78) And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night],[896] and We were witness to their judgement." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 79, "translation": "(79) And We gave understanding of it [i.e., the case] to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].[897]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 80, "translation": "(80) And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 81, "translation": "(81) And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 82, "translation": "(82) And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.[898]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 83, "translation": "(83) And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, \"Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 84, "translation": "(84) So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of All\u0101h]." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 85, "translation": "(85) And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 86, "translation": "(86) And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 87, "translation": "(87) And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger[899] and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.[900] And he called out within the darknesses,[901] \"There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 88, "translation": "(88) So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 89, "translation": "(89) And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, \"My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 90, "translation": "(90) So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate[902] Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 91, "translation": "(91) And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 92, "translation": "(92) Indeed this, your religion, is one religion,[903] and I am your Lord, so worship Me." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 93, "translation": "(93) And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves,[904] [but] all to Us will return." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 94, "translation": "(94) So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort,[905] and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 95, "translation": "(95) And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return[906]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 96, "translation": "(96) Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 97, "translation": "(97) And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], \"O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 98, "translation": "(98) Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than All\u0101h are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 99, "translation": "(99) Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 100, "translation": "(100) For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 101, "translation": "(101) Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 102, "translation": "(102) They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 103, "translation": "(103) They will not be grieved by the greatest terror,[907] and the angels will meet them, [saying], \"This is your Day which you have been promised\" -" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 104, "translation": "(104) The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.[908]" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 105, "translation": "(105) And We have already written in the book [of Psalms][909] after the [previous] mention[910] that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 106, "translation": "(106) Indeed, in this [Qur\u2019\u0101n] is notification for a worshipping people." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 107, "translation": "(107) And We have not sent you, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], except as a mercy to the worlds." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 108, "translation": "(108) Say, \"It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 109, "translation": "(109) But if they turn away, then say, \"I have announced to [all of] you equally.[911] And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 110, "translation": "(110) Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal." }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 111, "translation": "(111) And I know not; perhaps it[912] is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time.\"" }, { "surah": "21", "ayah": 112, "translation": "(112) [The Prophet (\ufdfa)] has said, \"My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe.\"[913]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 1, "translation": "(1) O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 2, "translation": "(2) On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of All\u0101h is severe." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 3, "translation": "(3) And of the people is he who disputes about All\u0101h without knowledge and follows every rebellious devil." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 4, "translation": "(4) It has been decreed for him [i.e., every devil] that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 5, "translation": "(5) O people, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed[915] - that We may show you.[916] And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 6, "translation": "(6) That is because All\u0101h is the True Reality and because He gives life to the dead and because He is over all things competent" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 7, "translation": "(7) And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that All\u0101h will resurrect those in the graves." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 8, "translation": "(8) And of the people is he who disputes about All\u0101h without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening book [from Him]," }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 9, "translation": "(9) Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from the way of All\u0101h. For him in the world is disgrace, and We will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the punishment of the Burning Fire [while it is said]," }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 10, "translation": "(10) \"That is for what your hands have put forth and because All\u0101h is not ever unjust to [His] servants.\"" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 11, "translation": "(11) And of the people is he who worships All\u0101h on an edge.[917] If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to unbelief]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 12, "translation": "(12) He invokes instead of All\u0101h that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 13, "translation": "(13) He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 14, "translation": "(14) Indeed, All\u0101h will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. Indeed, All\u0101h does what He intends." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 15, "translation": "(15) Whoever should think that All\u0101h will not support him [i.e., Prophet Mu\u1e25ammad (\ufdfa)] in this world and the Hereafter - let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath],[918] and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]?" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 16, "translation": "(16) And thus have We sent it [i.e., the Qur\u2019\u0101n] down as verses of clear evidence and because All\u0101h guides whom He intends." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 17, "translation": "(17) Indeed, those who have believed and those who were Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associated with All\u0101h - All\u0101h will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed All\u0101h is, over all things, Witness.[919]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 18, "translation": "(18) Do you not see [i.e., know] that to All\u0101h prostrates whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth and the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the trees, the moving creatures and many of the people? But upon many the punishment has been justified.[920] And he whom All\u0101h humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor. Indeed, All\u0101h does what He wills." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 19, "translation": "(19) These[921] are two adversaries who have disputed over their Lord. But those who disbelieved will have cut out for them garments of fire. Poured upon their heads will be scalding water" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 20, "translation": "(20) By which is melted that within their bellies and [their] skins." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 21, "translation": "(21) And for [striking] them are maces of iron." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 22, "translation": "(22) Every time they want to get out of it [i.e., Hellfire] from anguish, they will be returned to it, and [it will be said], \"Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire!\"" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 23, "translation": "(23) Indeed, All\u0101h will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be silk." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 24, "translation": "(24) And they had been guided [in worldly life] to good speech, and they were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 25, "translation": "(25) Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people] from the way of All\u0101h and [from] al-Masjid al-\u1e24ar\u0101m, which We made for the people - equal are the resident therein and one from outside - and [also] whoever intends [a deed] therein[922] of deviation [in religion] by wrongdoing - We will make him taste of a painful punishment." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 26, "translation": "(26) And [mention, O Mu\u1e25ammad], when We designated for Abraham the site of the House, [saying], \"Do not associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform \u1e6daw\u0101f[923] and those who stand [in prayer] and those who bow and prostrate." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 27, "translation": "(27) And proclaim to the people the \u1e25ajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass -" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 28, "translation": "(28) That they may witness [i.e., attend] benefits for themselves and mention the name of All\u0101h on known [i.e., specific] days over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals.[924] So eat of them and feed the miserable and poor." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 29, "translation": "(29) Then let them end their untidiness and fulfill their vows and perform \u1e6daw\u0101f around the ancient House.\"" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 30, "translation": "(30) That [has been commanded], and whoever honors the sacred ordinances of All\u0101h - it is best for him in the sight of his Lord. And permitted to you are the grazing livestock, except what is recited to you.[925] So avoid the uncleanliness of idols and avoid false statement," }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 31, "translation": "(31) Inclining [only] to All\u0101h, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with All\u0101h - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 32, "translation": "(32) That [is so]. And whoever honors the symbols [i.e., rites] of All\u0101h - indeed, it is from the piety of hearts." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 33, "translation": "(33) For you therein [i.e., the animals marked for sacrifice] are benefits for a specified term;[926] then their place of sacrifice is at the ancient House.[927]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 34, "translation": "(34) And for every [religious] community We have appointed a rite [of sacrifice][928] that they may mention the name of All\u0101h over what He has provided for them of [sacrificial] animals. For your god is one God, so to Him submit. And, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], give good tidings to the humble [before their Lord]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 35, "translation": "(35) Who, when All\u0101h is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have provided them." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 36, "translation": "(36) And the camels and cattle We have appointed for you as among the symbols [i.e., rites] of All\u0101h; for you therein is good. So mention the name of All\u0101h upon them when lined up [for sacrifice]; and when they are [lifeless] on their sides, then eat from them and feed the needy [who does not seek aid] and the beggar. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may be grateful." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 37, "translation": "(37) Their meat will not reach All\u0101h, nor will their blood, but what reaches Him is piety from you. Thus have We subjected them to you that you may glorify All\u0101h for that [to] which He has guided you; and give good tidings to the doers of good." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 38, "translation": "(38) Indeed, All\u0101h defends those who have believed. Indeed, All\u0101h does not like everyone treacherous and ungrateful." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 39, "translation": "(39) Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought,[929] because they were wronged. And indeed, All\u0101h is competent to give them victory." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 40, "translation": "(40) [They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, \"Our Lord is All\u0101h.\" And were it not that All\u0101h checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of All\u0101h is much mentioned [i.e., praised]. And All\u0101h will surely support those who support Him [i.e., His cause]. Indeed, All\u0101h is Powerful and Exalted in Might." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 41, "translation": "(41) [And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give zak\u0101h and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to All\u0101h belongs the outcome of [all] matters." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 42, "translation": "(42) And if they deny you, [O Mu\u1e25ammad] - so, before them, did the people of Noah and \u02bfAad and Tham\u016bd deny [their prophets]," }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 43, "translation": "(43) And the people of Abraham and the people of Lot" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 44, "translation": "(44) And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 45, "translation": "(45) And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin[930] - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.[931]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 46, "translation": "(46) So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 47, "translation": "(47) And they urge you to hasten the punishment. But All\u0101h will never fail in His promise. And indeed, a day with your Lord is like a thousand years of those which you count." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 48, "translation": "(48) And for how many a city did I prolong enjoyment while it was committing wrong. Then I seized it, and to Me is the [final] destination." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 49, "translation": "(49) Say, \"O people, I am only to you a clear warner.\"" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 50, "translation": "(50) And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - for them is forgiveness and noble provision." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 51, "translation": "(51) But the ones who strove against Our verses, [seeking] to cause failure[932] - those are the companions of Hellfire." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 52, "translation": "(52) And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But All\u0101h abolishes that which Satan throws in; then All\u0101h makes precise His verses.[933] And All\u0101h is Knowing and Wise." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 53, "translation": "(53) [That is] so He may make what Satan throws in [i.e., asserts] a trial for those within whose hearts is disease[934] and those hard of heart. And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 54, "translation": "(54) And so those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and [therefore] believe in it, and their hearts humbly submit to it. And indeed is All\u0101h the Guide of those who have believed to a straight path." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 55, "translation": "(55) But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.[935]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 56, "translation": "(56) [All] sovereignty that Day is for All\u0101h;[936] He will judge between them. So they who believed and did righteous deeds will be in the Gardens of Pleasure." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 57, "translation": "(57) And they who disbelieved and denied Our signs - for those there will be a humiliating punishment." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 58, "translation": "(58) And those who emigrated for the cause of All\u0101h and then were killed or died - All\u0101h will surely provide for them a good provision. And indeed, it is All\u0101h who is the best of providers." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 59, "translation": "(59) He will surely cause them to enter an entrance with which they will be pleased, and indeed, All\u0101h is Knowing and Forbearing." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 60, "translation": "(60) That [is so]. And whoever responds [to injustice] with the equivalent of that with which he was harmed and then is tyrannized - All\u0101h will surely aid him. Indeed, All\u0101h is Pardoning and Forgiving.[937]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 61, "translation": "(61) That[938] is because All\u0101h causes the night to enter the day and causes the day to enter the night and because All\u0101h is Hearing and Seeing." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 62, "translation": "(62) That is because All\u0101h is the True Reality, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because All\u0101h is the Most High, the Grand." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 63, "translation": "(63) Do you not see that All\u0101h has sent down rain from the sky and the earth becomes green? Indeed, All\u0101h is Subtle[939] and Aware.[940]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 64, "translation": "(64) To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth. And indeed, All\u0101h is the Free of need, the Praiseworthy." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 65, "translation": "(65) Do you not see that All\u0101h has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the earth, unless by His permission. Indeed All\u0101h, to the people, is Kind and Merciful." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 66, "translation": "(66) And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 67, "translation": "(67) For every [religious] community We have appointed rites which they perform. So, [O Mu\u1e25ammad], let them [i.e., the disbelievers] not contend with you over the matter but invite [them] to your Lord. Indeed, you are upon straight guidance." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 68, "translation": "(68) And if they dispute with you, then say, \"All\u0101h is most knowing of what you do." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 69, "translation": "(69) All\u0101h will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which you used to differ.\"" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 70, "translation": "(70) Do you not know that All\u0101h knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a Record.[941] Indeed that, for All\u0101h, is easy." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 71, "translation": "(71) And they worship besides All\u0101h that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 72, "translation": "(72) And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, \"Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that?[942] [It is] the Fire which All\u0101h has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination.\"" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 73, "translation": "(73) O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides All\u0101h will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for it [i.e., that purpose]. And if the fly should steal from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued.[943]" }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 74, "translation": "(74) They have not appraised All\u0101h with true appraisal.[944] Indeed, All\u0101h is Powerful and Exalted in Might." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 75, "translation": "(75) All\u0101h chooses from the angels messengers and from the people. Indeed, All\u0101h is Hearing and Seeing." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 76, "translation": "(76) He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them.[945] And to All\u0101h will be returned [all] matters." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 77, "translation": "(77) O you who have believed, bow and prostrate and worship your Lord and do good - that you may succeed." }, { "surah": "22", "ayah": 78, "translation": "(78) And strive for All\u0101h with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. He [i.e., All\u0101h] named you \"Muslims\" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zak\u0101h and hold fast to All\u0101h. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper." } ]