English - Chapter 39 - Az-Zumar

The revelation of the Book [occurs] through God, the Powerful, the Wise

We have sent the Book down to you with the Truth, so serve God sincerely: religion belongs to Him

Pure religion belongs to God [Alone]! The ones who take on [other] patrons instead of Him [claim]: "We do not serve them except to bring closer to God in homage." God will judge among them about whatever they have been differing over; God does not guide anyone who is disbelieving liar

If God had wanted to adopt a son, He would select an one He wished from what He has created. Glory be to Him! He is God Alone, the Irresistible

He has created Heaven and Earth for Truth. He wraps night up in daytime, and wraps daytime up in night. He regulates the sun and moon: each runs along on a specific course. Is He not the Powerful, the Forgiving

He has created you (all) from a single soul; then made its mate from it. He has sent down eight types of livestock for you. He creates you in your mothers´ wombs, one creation following upon another creation in three [stages of] darkness. Such is God, your Lord. Control belongs to Him; there is no god except for Him. Yet you disregard [Him]! The Atonement Rejected

Even if you disbelieved, God could still dispense with you. He does not approve of disbelief among His servants; however if you act grateful, He will approve of you. No burdened [soul] may bear another´s burden. Soon your return will be unto your Lord; then He will notify you about anything you have been doing. He is Aware of everything that is on your minds

Whenever any trouble afflicts a man, he appeals to his Lord, showing his concern for Him; then when He confers some favor on him from Himself, he forgets what he had already been appealing to Him about, and sets up rivals for God so he may mislead [people] from His way. SAY: "Enjoy your disbelief for a little while; you will [soon] be an inmate of the Fire

Who is so prayerful during the small hours of the night, bowing down on his knees [in worship], standing on his guard about the Hereafter, and hoping for his Lord´s mercy? SAY: "Are those who know, to be considered equal to those who do not know? Only prudent men reflect [on this]

SAY: "My servants who believe, heed your Lord. Those who act kindly in this world will have kindness [as their reward]. God´s earth is vast! Surely the patient will be paid their wages without any reckoning

SAY: "I have been ordered to serve God sincerely, [making] religion exclusively His

I have been ordered to be the first of those who are committed to [live in] peace

SAY: "I fear the torment of an awful day if I should disobey my Lord

SAY: "God do I worship sincerely; my religion belongs to Him

So worship anything you wish to instead of Him!" SAY: "The losers will be those who have lost their own souls as well as their families´ on Resurrection Day. That will be an obvious loss

They will have sheets of fire above them and sheets beneath them." That is how God frightens His servants: "My servants, heed Me

The ones who turn aside from the arrogant ones lest they serve them, and turn toward God, will have good news: proclaim such to My servants

who listen to the Statement and follow the best in it. Those are the ones whom God has guided; those are prudent persons

Against whom has the sentence of torment been carried out? Will you save someone who is [already] in the Fire

Still the ones who heed their Lord will have mansions placed above it, with rooms constructed underneath through which rivers flow, as God´s promise. God never breaks any appointment

Have you not seen how God sends down water from the sky and lets it trickle through the earth into springs? Then He produces crops of different colors by means of it; next it withers away so you see it yellowed; then he turns it into stubble. In that is a Reminder for prudent persons

Anyone whose breast God has opened up to Islam will [receive] light from his Lord. It will be awful for those whose hearts have been hardened against remembering God! Such people are in obvious error

God has sent down the finest report in a consistently duplicated Book. The skins of those who dread their Lord tingle with it; then their skins and hearts are softened up for remembering God. Such is God´s guidance; He guides anyone He wishes by means of it, while anyone whom God lets go astray will have no one to guide him

Who is it who wards off the worst torment from his person on Resurrection Day? Wrongdoers will be told: "Taste what you have been earning

The ones who preceded them denied it, so torment came at them from somewhere they did not notice

God lets them taste disgrace during worldly life while torment in the Hereafter will be even greater if they only realized it

We have made up every sort of comparison for mankind in this Reading so that they may be reminded by

an Arabic Quran possessing no ambiguity so that they may do their duty

God has compared one man who has quarrelsome partners with another man dealing peacefully with [still another] man. Are either of them comparable? Praise be to God! Yet most of them do not realize it

Still on Resurrection Day you (all) will argue it out before your Lord

Who is more in the wrong than someone who lies about God and denies the facts even though they have come to him? Is there not room in Hell for such disbelievers

Those who bring the facts and confirm them are heedful

They will have anything they wish from their Lord; that is the reward for those who act kindly

God will erase the worst that they have done for them: He will reward them by paying them for the finest part of anything they have been doing

Is not God Sufficient for His servant? They frighten you with the ones [they worship] instead of Him, while anyone whom God lets go astray will have no guide

No one can mislead anyone whom God guides. Is God not Powerful, the Wielder of Retribution

If you should ask them who created Heaven and Earth, they would say: "God." SAY: "Have you (all) ever seen what you appeal to instead of to God [Alone]? If God wanted [to cause] me any trouble, would such females ever remove His trouble? Or if He wants some mercy for me, will such females hold back His mercy?" SAY: "God is [the Means] by Which I reckon; on Him do the reliant rely

SAY: "My people, act according to your situation. I am so acting, and you shall know

who will be given such torment as will disgrace him, and on whom lasting torment will settle down

We have sent you down the Book with Truth for mankind. Anyone who is guided, will be so for his own sake, while anyone who goes astray will only stray because of it as well. You are not set up as any guardian over them

God recalls souls at the time of their death, and those who have not died, during their sleep. He holds on to anyone whom death has been decided for, and sends the others back for a specific period. In that are signs for folk who meditate

Or do they adopt intercessors instead of God? SAY: "Even though they do not control a thing and cannot even reason

SAY: "Intercession belongs entirely to God. He holds control over Heaven and Earth; soon you will return to Him

Whenever God Alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shudder, while when others are mentioned instead of Him, why, they are overjoyed

SAY: "O God, the Originator of Heaven and Earth, Knowing the Unseen and the Visible! You will judge among Your servants concerning whatever they may have been differing about

Even if those who do wrong had absolutely everything on earth and the like of it besides, with which to redeem themselves from the worst torment on Resurrection Day, something they had not been figuring on will be shown them by God

the evil deeds they have earned will appear before them, and whatever they were joking about will sweep in around them

Whenever any trouble afflicts man, he appeals to Us; then when We confer some favor from Ourself on him, he says: "I was given it only because I knew [enough]." Rather it is a test, even though most of them do not realize it

Those who preceded them said so, yet whatever they had earned did not help them out

The evil deeds they will have earned will alight upon them, and the evil deeds they have earned will strike those who have done wrong, so they will not escape it

Do they not know that God extends sustenance to anyone He wishes, and budgets it out? There are signs in that for folk who believe

SAY: "My servants who have acted extravagantly against themselves still do not despair of God´s mercy. God forgives all offences; He is the Forgiving, the Merciful

Turn in repentance towards your Lord and commit yourselves peacefully to Him before torment comes to you; then you will not be supported

Follow the finest part of whatever has been sent down to you from your Lord before torment comes upon you suddenly while you do not notice it

lest some soul should say: "O pity me, since I have been so lax so far as God is concerned, and because I was a scoffer

Or he may say: "If God had only guided me, I´d have been more heedful

Or he may say as he sees the torment: "If I only had another chance, then I´d be someone who acts kindly

Of course My signs came to you, yet you rejected them and acted proudly, and were a disbeliever

On Resurrection Day you will see how the faces of the ones who have lied about God will be blackened. Is there not room in Hell for the overbearing

God will deliver the ones who have done their duty, to their place of achievement; evil will not touch them nor will they be saddened

God is the Creator of everything; He is in Charge of everything

He holds the controls for Heaven and Earth while those who disbelieve in God´s signs will be the losers

SAY: "Are you ordering me to worship somebody besides God, you know-nothings

Yet there has been inspired in you as well as in those before you: ´If you associate [anything with God], your action will collapse and you will be a loser.´

Rather you should worship God [Alone] and act grateful

They have not valued God the way He should be valued. The whole earth will lie within His grasp on Resurrection Day, while Heaven will be folded up in His right hand. Glory be to Him; Exalted is He over anything they may associate [with Him]

The Trumpet will be sounded and whoever is in Heaven and whoever is on Earth will be stunned, except for someone God may wish. Then another [blast] will be blown and behold, they will stand there watching

The earth will shine through its Lord´s light and the Book will be laid open. Prophets and witnesses will be brought in, and judgment will be pronounced among them formally, and they will not be harmed

Every soul will be repaid for whatever it has done; He is quite Aware of what they are doing

The ones who disbelieve will be driven along to Hell in throngs until, just as they come up to it, its gates will swing open and its keepers will say to them: "Did not messengers come to you from among yourselves reciting your Lord´s verses to you and warning you about meeting [Him] on this day of yours?" They will say: "Of course!" But the Sentence about torment has still come due for disbelievers

Someone else will say: "Enter Hell´s gates to remain there. What an awful lodging will it be for the overbearing

The ones who have heeded their Lord will be driven along to the Garden in throngs until just as they come up to it, its gates will swing open and its keepers will tell them: "Peace be upon you! You have been good, so enter it to remain there

They will say: "Praise be to God Who has held True to His promise for us and let us inherit the earth! We shall settle down anywhere we wish to in the Garden. How favored are such workers´ wages

You will see the angels clustering around the Throne hymning their Lord´s praise. Judgment will be pronounced on them formally, and someone will say: "Praise be to God, Lord of the Universe