English - Chapter 76 - Al-Insan

Has there come upon man a span of time in which he was a thing unremembered

Truly We created man from a drop of mixed fluid that We may test him, and We endowed him with hearing, seeing

Truly We guided him upon the way, be he grateful or ungrateful

We have surely prepared for the disbelievers chains, shackles, and a blazing flame

Truly the pious drink of a cup mixed with camphor

a fountain whereof drink the servants of God, while they make it gush forth abundantly

They fulfill their vows and fear a day whose evil is widespread

and give food, despite loving it, to the indigent, the orphan, and the captive

“We feed you only for the Face of God. We do not desire any recompense or thanks from you

Truly we fear from our Lord a grim, calamitous day.”

So God has shielded them from the evil of that Day, bestowed upon them radiance and joy

and rewarded them for having been patient with a Garden and with silk

Therein they recline upon couches, seeing neither sun nor bitter cold

Its shade shall be close above them, and its clusters shall be made to hang low

And vessels of silver and goblets of crystal are brought round for them—

silvern crystal that they have measured out with due measure

Therein they are given to drink of a cup mixed with ginger

a spring therein named Salsabil

Immortal youths wait upon them; when you see them you would suppose them to be scattered pearls

And when thou seest, there thou wilt see bliss and a great kingdom

Upon them are garments of fine green silk and rich brocade. They are adorned with silvern bracelets and their Lord shall give them to drink of a drink most pure

Truly this is a reward for you, and your endeavoring is held in gratitude

So be patient with thy Lord’s judgment and obey neither sinner nor disbeliever among them

And invoke the Name of thy Lord morning and evening

prostrate unto Him during the night, and glorify Him by night at length

Truly they love the ephemeral and put a weighty day behind them

We created them and made firm their frames; and whensoever We will, We shall exchange them for others like them

Truly this is a reminder; so let him who will, take a way unto his Lord

And you do not will but that God wills. Truly God is Knowing, Wise

He causes whomsoever He will to enter into His Mercy. And as for the wrongdoers, He has prepared for them a painful punishment