1. Most exalted is
the One in whose hands is all sovereignty, and He is capable of all things.
2. The One who created death and life to test you. Which of you will do better
works? He is the Noble, the Forgiving.
3. He created seven skies in layers. You do not see any imperfection in the
creation by the Almighty. Keep looking; do you see any flaw?
4. Look again twice; your eyes will come back stumped and conquered.
5. And We adorned the closest worlds with lamps, and guarded its borders with
projectiles against the devils; we prepared for them a retribution in Hell.
6. And for those who rejected their Lord, the retribution of Hell. What a miserable
destiny.
7. When they are thrown therein, they hear its furor as it boils.
8. It almost explodes from rage. Whenever a group is thrown therein, its guards
would ask them: "Did you not receive a warner?"
9. They said: "Yes indeed; a warner did come to us, but we disbelieved
and said: God did not reveal anything. You are totally astray"
10. And they said: "If we had listened or understood, we would not be among
the dwellers of Hell!"
11. Thus, they confessed their sins. Woe to the dwellers of Hell.
12. As for those who reverence their Lord, even unseen, they have attained forgiveness
and a great recompense.
13. Whether you keep your utterances secret, or declare them, He is fully aware
of the innermost thoughts.
14. Should He not know what He created? He is the Sublime, the Expert.
15. He is the One who put the Earth at your service. Roam its corners, and eat
from His provisions. To Him is the final summoning.
16. Are you secure that the One in heaven will not strike the earth and cause
it to tumble?
17. Or are you secure that the One in heaven will not send upon you a violent
storm? Will you then appreciate the value of My warning?
18. Others before them have disbelieved; how terrible was My requital!
19. Have they not looked to the birds above them lined up in columns and spreading
their wings? The Almighty is the One who holds them in the air. He is Seer of
all things.
20. Where are those soldiers who can help you against the Almighty? Indeed,
the disbelievers are deceived.
21. Who is there to provide for you if He withholds His provisions? Indeed,
they have plunged deep into transgression and aversion.
22. Is one who walks while slumped over on his face better guided, or one who
walks straight on the right path?
23. Say: "He is the One who initiated you, and granted you the hearing,
the eyes, and the hearts. Rarely are you appreciative"
24. Say: "He is the One who placed you on earth, and before Him you will
be gathered"
25. And they say: "When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?"
26. Say: "The knowledge is only with God, and I am only a clear warner"
27. So when they see it happening, the faces of those who disbelieved will turn
miserable, and it will be proclaimed: "This is what you used to mock"
28. Say: "Do you see? If God decides to annihilate me and those with me,
or to shower us with His mercy, who is there to protect the disbelievers from
a painful retribution?"
29. Say: "He is the Almighty; we believe in Him, and we trust in Him. You
will surely find out who is really far astray"
30. Say: "What if your water sinks away, who will provide you with pure
water?"