45. "The Kneeling"
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Ha Mim.
The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
Most surely in the heavens and the earth there are signs for the
believers.
And in your (own) creation and in what He spreads abroad of
animals there are signs for a people that are sure;
And (in) the variation of the night and the day, and (in) what
Allah sends down of sustenance from the cloud, then gives life thereby to
the earth after its death, and (in) the changing of the winds, there are signs
for a people who understand.
These are the communications of Allah which We recite to you
with truth; then in what announcement would they believe after Allah and
His communications?
Woe to every sinful liar,
Who hears the communications of Allah recited to him, then
persists proudly as though he had not heard them; so announce to him a
painful punishment.
And when he comes to know of any of Our communications, he
takes it for a jest; these it is that shall have abasing chastisement.
Before them is hell, and there shall not avail them aught of what
they earned, nor those whom they took for guardians besides Allah, and they
shall have a grievous punishment.
This is guidance; and (as for) those who disbelieve in the
communications of their Lord, they shall have a painful punishment on
account of uncleanness.
Allah is He Who made subservient to you the sea that the ships
may run therein by His command, and that you may seek of His grace, and
that you may give thanks.
And He has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the
heavens and whatsoever is in the earth, all, from Himself; most surely there
are signs in this for a people who reflect.
Say to those who believe (that) they forgive those who do not
fear the days of Allah that He may reward a people for what they earn.
Whoever does good, it is for his own soul, and whoever does
evil, it is against himself; then you shall be brought back to your— Lord.
And certainly We gave the Book and the wisdom and the
prophecy to the children of Israel, and We gave them of the goodly things,
and We made them excel the nations.
And We gave them clear arguments in the affair, but they did
not differ until after knowledge had come to them out of envy among
themselves; surely your -Lord will judge between them on the day of
resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.
Then We have made you follow a course in the affair, therefore
follow it, and do not follow the low desires of those who do not know.
Surely they shall not avail you in the least against Allah; and
surely the unjust are friends of each other, and Allah is the guardian of those
who guard (against evil).
These are clear proofs for men, and a guidance and a mercy for
a people who are sure.
Nay! do those who have wrought evil deeds think that We will
make them like those who believe and do good— that their life and their
death shall be equal? Evil it is that they judge.
And Allah created the heavens and the earth with truth and that
every soul may be rewarded for what it has earned and they shall not be
wronged.
Have you then considered him who takes his low desire for his
god, and Allah has made him err having knowledge and has set a seal upon
his ear and his heart and put a covering upon his eye. Who can then guide
him after Allah? Will you not then be mindful?
And they say: There is nothing but our life in this world; we live
and die and nothing destroys us but time, and they have no knowledge of
that; they only conjecture.
And when Our clear communications are recited to them, their
argument is no other than that they say: Bring our fathers (back) if you are
truthful.
Say: Allah gives you life, then He makes you die, then will He
gather you to the day of resurrection wherein is no doubt, but most people
do not know.
And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and on
the day when the hour shall come to pass, on that day shall they perish who
say false things.
And you shall see every nation kneeling down; every nation
shall be called to its book: today you shall be rewarded for what you did.
This is Our book that speaks against you with justice; surely
We wrote what you did,
Then as to those who believed and did good, their Lord will
make them enter into His mercy; that is the manifest achievement.
As to those who disbelieved: What! were not My
communications recited to you? But you were proud and you were a guilty
people.
And when it was said, Surely the promise of Allah is true and as
for the hour, there is no doubt about it, you said: We do not know what the
hour is; we do not think (that it will come to pass) save a passing thought,
and we are not at all sure.
And the evil (consequences) of what they did shall become
manifest to them and that which they mocked shall encompass them.
And it shall be said: Today We forsake you as you neglected
the meeting of this day of yours and your abode is the fire, and there are not
for you any helpers:
That is because you took the communications of Allah for a jest
and the life of this world deceived you. So on that day they shall not be
brought forth from it, nor shall they be granted goodwill.
Therefore to Allah is due (all) praise, the Lord of the heavens
and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds.
And to Him belongs greatness in the heavens and the earth, and
He is the Mighty, the Wise.
