English - Chapter 41 - Fussilat

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A revelation from the merciful, the compassionate

a book whose signs are detailed; an Arabic Qur'an for a people who do know

a herald of glad tidings and a warning. But most of them turn aside and do not hear

and say, 'Our hearts are veiled from what thou dost call us to, and in our ears is dullness, and between us and thee there is a veil. Act thou; verily, we are acting too

who give not alms, and in the hereafter disbelieve

Verily, those who believe and do right, for them is a hire that is not grudged

Say, 'What! do ye really misbelieve in Him who created the earth in two days, and do ye make peers for Him?- that is the Lord of the worlds

And He placed thereon firm mountains above it and blessed it, and apportioned therein its foods in four days alike for those who ask

Then He made for the heaven and it was but smoke, and He said to it and to the earth, 'Come, ye two, whether ye will or no!' They said, 'We come willingly

And He decreed them seven heavens in two days, and inspired every heaven with its bidding: and we adorned the lower heaven with lamps and guardian angels; that is the decree of the mighty, the knowing One

But if they turn aside, then say, 'I have warned you of a thunder-clap like the thunder-clap of 'Ad and Thamud

when their apostles came to them from before them and from behind them (saying), "Serve ye none but God."' They said, 'If our Lord pleased He would send down angels; so we in what ye are sent with disbelieve

And as for 'Ad, they were big with pride in the land, without right, and said, 'Who is stronger than us in might?' Did they not see that God who created them He was stronger than they in might? But they did gainsay our signs

And we sent upon them a cold blast in unfortunate days, that we might make them taste the torment of disgrace in the life of this world;- but the torment of the hereafter is more disgraceful, and they shall not be helped

And as for Thamud we guided them; but they preferred blindness to guidance, and the thunder-clap of the torment of abasement caught them for what they had earned

but we saved those who believed and who did fear

And the day when the enemies of God shall be gathered together into the fire, marshalled along

until when they come to it, their hearing and their eyesight and their skins shall bear witness against them of that which they have done

And they shall say to their skins, 'Why have ye borne witness against us?' they shall say, 'God gave us speech who has given speech to everything; He created you at first, and unto Him shall ye be returned

and ye could not conceal yourselves that your hearing and your eyesight should not be witness against you, nor your skins; but ye thought that God did not know much of what ye do

And that thought of yours which ye thought concerning your Lord has destroyed you, and ye have now become of those who lose

And if they are patient, still the fire is a resort for them; and if they ask for favour again, they shall not be taken into favour

We will allot to them mates, for they have made seemly to them what was before them and what was behind them; and due against them was the sentence on the nations who passed away before them; both of ginns and of mankind; verily, they were the losers

Those who misbelieve say, 'Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk foolishly about it, haply ye may gain the upper hand

But we will make those who misbelieve taste keen torment; and we will recompense them with the worst of that which they have done

That is, the recompense of the enemies of God,- the fire! for them is an eternal abode therein: a recompense for that they did gainsay our signs

And those who misbelieved say, 'Our Lord, show us those who have led us astray amongst the ginns and mankind; we will place them beneath our feet, and they shall both be amongst those who are put down

Verily, those who say, 'Our Lord is God,' and then go straight, the angels descend upon them - 'fear not and be not grieved, but receive the glad tidings of Paradise which ye were promised

we are your patrons in the life of this world and in the next, and ye shall have therein what your souls desire, and ye shall have therein what ye call for

an entertainment from the forgiving, the merciful

And who speaks better than he who calls to God and does right, and says, 'Verily, I am of those resigned

Good and evil shall not be deemed alike; repel (evil) with what is best, and lo! He between whom and thyself was enmity is as though he were a warm patron

But none shall meet with it save those who are patient; and none shall meet with it save those who are endowed with mighty good fortune

And if an incitement from the devil incites you, then seek refuge in God; verily, He both hears and knows

And of His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Adore ye not the sun, neither the moon; but adore God who created you, if it be Him ye serve

But if they be too big with pride - yet those who are with thy Lord celebrate His praises by night and day, and they are never weary

And of His signs (is this), that thou mayest see the earth drooping, and when we send down water upon it it stirs and swells; verily, He who quickens it will surely quicken the dead; verily, He is mighty over all

Verily, those who are inclined to oppose our signs are not hidden from us. Is he who is cast into the fire better, or he who comes safe on the resurrection day? Do what ye will: verily, He on what ye do doth look

Verily, those who misbelieve in the reminder when it comes to them - and, verily, it is a glorious Book

falsehood shall not come to it, from before it, nor from behind it - a revelation from the wise, the praiseworthy One

Naught is said to thee but what was said to the apostles before thee, 'Verily, thy Lord is Lord of forgiveness and Lord of grievous torment

And had we made it a foreign Qur'an, they would have said, 'Unless its signs be detailed. .. . What! foreign and Arabic?' Say, 'It is, for those who believe, a guidance and a healing. But those who believe not, in their ears is dullness, and it is blindness to them; these are called to from a far-off place

And we gave Moses the Book, and it was disputed about; but had it not been for thy Lord's word already passed it would have been decided between them, for, verily, they were in hesitating doubt thereon

Whoso does right it is for his soul, and whoso does evil it is against it, for thy Lord is not unjust towards His servants

To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour: and no fruits come forth from their husks, and no female conceives, or is delivered, save with His knowledge. And the day when He shall call to them, 'Where are the partners ye did join with me

they shall say, 'We do own to thee there is no witness amongst us!' and that on which they used to call before shall stray away from them, and they shall think there is no escape for them

Man is never tired of praying for good, but if evil touch him, then he is despairing and hopeless

But if we make him taste mercy from us after distress has touched him he will surely say, 'This is for me, and I do not think the Hour is imminent; and if I be brought back to my Lord, verily, I shall surely have good with Him;' but we will inform those who misbelieve of what they have done, and we will surely make them taste wretched torment

And when we have been gracious to man, he turns away and goes aside; but when evil touches him he is one of copious prayer

Say, 'Let us see now! if it be from God and ye disbelieve in it, who is more in error than he who is in a remote schism

We will show them our signs in the regions and in themselves, until it is plain to them that it is the truth. Is it not enough for thy Lord that He is witness over all

Ay, verily, they are in doubt about the meeting of their Lord! Ay, verily, He encompasses all