English - Chapter 32 - As-Sajdah

Alif Lam Mim

This Book has beyond all doubt been revealed by the Lord of the Universe

Do they say, "He has invented it himself."? No indeed! It is the truth from your Lord to warn a people to whom, before you, no warner came, so that hopefully they may be rightly guided

It was God who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever is in between in six Days, and then He established Himself on the throne. You have no patron nor any intercessor besides Him. So will you not pay heed

He directs all affairs from heaven to earth. Then all will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you measure

Such is the Knower of the unseen and the visible, the Powerful, the Merciful

who gave everything its perfect form. He originated the creation of man from clay

then He made his progeny from an extract of a humble fluid

Then He moulded him; He breathed His Spirit into him; He gave you hearing, sight, and hearts. How seldom you are grateful

They say, "When we are lost in the earth, how can we then be recreated?" Indeed, they deny they will ever meet their Lord

Say, "The Angel of Death who has been given charge of you will gather in your souls. Then you will [all] be returned to your Lord

If only you could see the evil-doers hanging their heads in shame before their Lord, "Our Lord, we have seen and we have heard, so send us back again and we will act rightly. For we do indeed now believe

Yet had We so willed, We could indeed have imposed Our guidance upon every human being: but My word shall come true: "I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together

We shall say to them, "Taste this -- for you forgot you would ever meet this Day. We too will forget you -- taste the chastisement of Eternity for your [evil] deeds

The people who truly believe in Our messages are those who fall to the ground in prostration when they are reminded of them, and glorify their Lord with praise and are not arrogant

They forsake their beds, calling upon their Lord in fear and in hope, and spend out of what We have provided them with

No soul knows what joy is kept hidden in store for them as a reward for their labours

So, is someone who believes equal to someone who defies God? No, they are not equal

Those who believe and do good deeds shall be lodged in the Gardens of Paradise as a reward for what they have done

As for those who defy God, their home shall be the Fire. Whenever they try to escape it, they shall be driven back into it, and they shall be told, "Taste the torment of the Fire, which you have persistently denied

And most surely We will make them taste a lesser punishment before the greater punishment, so that perhaps they may return to Us in repentance

Who does greater wrong than someone who, when revelations of his Lord are recited to him, turns away from them? We shall inflict retribution on the guilty

We gave Moses the Scripture, so [Muhammad] do not doubt that you are receiving it, just as We made it a guide for the Children of Israel

We appointed leaders from among them, guiding by Our command when they were steadfast and when they had firm faith in Our signs

Surely your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to differ

Does it not guide them [to see] how many generations We destroyed before them, among whose ruined dwellings they now walk about? There truly are signs in this -- will they not listen

Have they not seen that We drive the water to the barren land and produce thereby crops of which their cattle and they themselves eat? Will they not then see

And they say, "When will this judgement come, if you are telling the truth

Say, "On the Day of Judgement it will be of no benefit to those who were bent on denying the truth, if they [then] believe! They will be granted no respite

So turn away from them and wait. They too are waiting