English - Chapter 38 - Sad

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And by the Qur’an which is full of admonition! Surely the unbelievers are in sheer arrogance and perverseness

How many generations have We destroyed before them? When their doom approached, they all cried out for mercy, but it was no longer the time to be saved

They wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves, and the disbelievers say: "He is a sorcerer telling lies

Does he claim that there is only One God in place of all other gods? Surely this is a strange thing

Their leaders go about saying: "Pay no heed, stand firm in the service of your gods; this slogan of One God is designed against you

We have not heard such a thing from anyone of the people of latter days (Jews and Christians): it is nothing but a fabrication

Is he the only fit person among us to whom the admonition is revealed?" But in fact they doubt My admonition, for they have not yet tasted My punishment

Do they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the All-Mighty, the Munificent One

Or do they have sovereignty over the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them? If so, let them ascend by any means to be in a position of dictating to Allah according to their wishes

Their faction is no more than an army who will be beaten right here

Before them the people of Noah, `Ad and Pharoah, the man of stakes, denied their Messengers

So did Thamud, the people of Lot and those of Aiykah (the people of Median) - all divided themselves into factions

all charged their Messengers liars, so just was my torment of annihilating them

These people also await nothing but a single mighty Blast - the one which none may retard

They say: "Our Lord, hasten our doom for us before the Day of Reckoning

O Prophet, have patience at what they say, and remember Our servant David, the man of strength, who was frequent in turning to Allah for guidance

We made the mountains join him in Our praises at evening and the sunrise

And the birds, too, with all their flocks, join in singing with him

We strengthened his kingdom and gave him wisdom and sound judgment in speech and decision

Have you heard the story of the two litigants who made an entry into his private chamber through climbing over the wall

When they entered in upon David and he became terrified. They said: "Have no fear, we are two litigants, one of whom has wronged the other. Judge rightly between us and do not be unjust, and guide us to the Right Way

This man is my brother; he has ninety nine ewes while I have only one ewe. Yet he says: 'Turn her over to me' and he has the means to prevail against me in what he says

David said: "He has certainly wronged you in seeking to add your ewe to his flock: in fact many partners are unjust to one another; except those who believe and do good deeds, and they are few indeed." While he said this, David realized that We had tested him ( David had shown desire to one of his officers to divorce his wife so that he could marry her even though he already had 99 wives). So he sought forgiveness of his Lord and fell down on his knees and turned to Allah in repentance

So We forgave his error. He will enjoy a place of nearness with Us and an excellent abode

We said: "O David! We have made you a vicegerent in the earth, so rule among the people with justice and do not follow your own desires lest they mislead you from the Way of Allah. As for those who go astray from the Way of Allah, they shall surely have a severe punishment because of forgetting the Day of Reckoning

We have not created the heaven and the earth and all that lies between them in vain. That is the fancy of the unbelievers. Such disbelievers should be aware of the hellfire

Should We treat those who believe and do good deeds like those who create mischief in the earth? Should We treat the righteous like the sinners

This Book (Al-Qur’an) which We have sent down to you (O Muhammad) is highly blessed, so that they may ponder upon its verses and the men of understanding may learn a lesson from it

To David We gave Solomon, an excellent devotee! Who was frequent in returning to Us

Worthy of mention is the incident when, one evening, excellent-bred steeds, were presented before him

and he said: "Surely I have adopted the love of these good things with a view to glorify my Lord." In a race of the steeds, when they disappeared from sight

he commanded: "Bring them back to me." Then he began to pass his hand over their legs and necks with affection

Behold, We also put Solomon to test and placed a mere body on his throne, then he turned to Us in repentance

and said "O Lord! Forgive me and grant me a kingdom similar of which may not be given to anyone after me. Surely You are the real Giver

We accepted his prayer and subjected to him the wind, which blew gently in whichever direction he wanted

and the Satans (Jinns) including all kinds of builders, divers

and others fettered in chains

We said to him: "This is Our gift: you may give or withhold to whomever you want, without any accountability

Surely he has a place of nearness to Us and will have an excellent place of final abode

Mention Our devotee Job, when he called upon his Lord saying: "Satan has afflicted me with distress and suffering

and We asked him: "Strike your foot on the ground. A cool spring will gush forth. Wash and drink to refresh yourself

And We restored to him his family and many more with them as a grace from Ourselves and a reminder for the people of understanding

Then, to fulfill his oath of giving his wife one hundred strikes which he made during his sickness, We said: "Take a bunch of twigs and strike with it and do not break your oath." Certainly We found him full of patience. He was an excellent devotee, who turned to Us over and over again

And mention Our devotees Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: men of power and vision

Surely We chose them for their special quality of keeping in mind the abode of hereafter

Certainly they are with Us; among the best chosen

Also mention Isma‘il, Elisha and Zul-Kifl; all of them were among the best

This Qur’an is but a reminder. Surely the righteous shall return to an excellent resort

The Gardens of Eden, whose gates shall be wide open to receive them

They shall recline there, calling for abundant fruit and delicious drinks

and beside them there shall be bashful virgin companions of equal age

These are the things which you are being promised on the Day of Reckoning

this will be Our provision which will never finish

Such will be the reward for the righteous. But for the rebellious there will be an evil resort

hell, that is! In which they will burn - the worst abode

Such will it be the reward for the wrongdoers. So they will taste scalding water, pus

and other things of the same sort

It will be said to the ringleaders: "Here are your troops being thrown headlong with you. They are not welcomed here; for they are going to burn in the hellfire

The followers shall say to their misguided leaders: "But you! There is no welcome for you either! It was you who have brought us to this end. Such an evil abode

Then they will pray: "Our Lord, inflict on those who brought this fate upon us double punishment in the fire

Then they will say to one another: "But why do we not see those whom we deemed wicked

and whom we use to ridicule? Or has our eyesight failed to notice them

Surely, this is the very truth: the people in the hellfire will argue just like that

O Prophet, tell them: "My mission is only as a Warner; there is no divinity except Allah, the One, the Irresistible

the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, the Almighty, the Forgiver

Say: "This is a supreme message

yet you pay no heed to it

Also say: "I have no knowledge of that time when the exalted chiefs disputed among themselves

I am informed about all this through a revelation because I am assigned the mission of a plain Warner

Behold when your Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create a man from clay

then when I have fashioned him and breathed of My spirit into him, kneel down and prostrate yourselves before him

Accordingly all the angels prostrated themselves

except Iblees; he acted arrogantly and became one of the disbelievers

Allah said: "O Iblees! What prevented you from prostrating yourself to the one whom I have created with My own hands? Are you too arrogant, or do you think that you are one of the exalted ones

Iblees said: "I am better than him: You created me from fire and created him from clay

Allah said: "Get out of here: for you are accursed

and My curse shall be on you till the Day of Judgment

Allah said: "Well, you are given respite

till the Day of Appointed Time

Iblees said: "I swear by Your Honor, I will mislead them all

except your chosen sincere devotees among them

Allah said: "Fair enough and now what I am going to say is also fair

that I will fill hell with you and all of those who follow you among them

O Prophet, tell them: "I do not ask you any recompense for conveying this Message, nor do I pretend to be what I am not

This Qur'an is nothing but a Reminder to all the Worlds

and before long, you will certainly know its truth