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 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

 1. Alif Lam Ra (This is) a Book, whose verses are made
 decisive, then are they made plain, from the Wise,
 All-aware:

 2. That you shall not serve (any) but Allah; surely I am a
 warner for you from Him and a giver of good news,

 3. And you that ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to
 Him; He will provide you with a goodly provision to an
 appointed term and bestow His grace on every one endowed
 with grace, and if you turn back, then surely I fear for you
 the chastisement of a great day.

 4. To Allah is your return, and He has power over all
 things.

 S. Now surely they fold up their breasts that they may
 conceal (their enmity) from Him; now surely, when they use
 their garments as a covering, He knows what they conceal and
 what they make public; surely He knows what is in the
 breasts.

 6. And there is no animal in the earth but on Allah is the
 sustenance of it, and He knows its resting place and its
 depository all (things) are in a manifest book.

 7. And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six
 periods-- and His dominion (extends) on the water-- that He
 might manifest to you, which of you is best in action, and
 if you say, surely you shall be raised up after death, those
 who disbelieve would certainly say: This is nothing but
 clear magic.

 8. And if We hold back from them the punishment until a
 stated period of time, they will certainly say: What
 prevents it? Now surely on the day when it will come to
 them, it shall not be averted from them and that which they
 scoffed at shall beset them.

 9. And if We make man taste mercy from Us, then take it off
 from him, most surely he is despairing, ungrateful.

 10. And if We make him taste a favor after distress has
 afflicted him, he will certainly say: The evils are gone
 away from me. Most surely he is exulting, boasting;

 11. Except those who are patient and do good, they shall
 have forgiveness and a great reward.

 12. Then, it may be that you will give up part of what is
 revealed to you and your breast will become straitened by it
 because they say: Why has not a treasure been sent down upon
 him or an angel come with him? You are only a warner; and
 Allah is custodian over all things.

 13. Or, do they say: He has forged it. Say: Then bring ten
 forged chapters like it and call upon whom you can besides
 Allah, if you are truthful.

 14. But if they do not answer you, then know that it is
 revealed by Allah's knowledge and that there is no god but
 He; will you then submit?

 15. Whoever desires this world's life and its finery, We
 will pay them in full their deeds therein, and they shall
 not be made to. suffer loss in respect of them.

 16. These are they for whom there is nothing but fire in the
 hereafter, and what they wrought in it shall go for nothing,
 and vain is what they do.

 17. Is he then who has with him clear proof from his Lord,
 and a witness from Him recites it and before it (is) the
 Book of Musa, a guide and a mercy? These believe in it; and
 whoever of the (different) parties disbelieves in it, surely
 it is the truth from your Lord, but most men do not believe.

 18. And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against
 Allah? These shall be brought before their Lord, and the
 witnesses shall say: These are they who lied against their
 Lord. Now surely the curse of Allah is on the unjust.

 19. Who turn away from the path of Allah and desire to make
 it crooked; and they are disbelievers in the hereafter.

 20. These shall not escape in the earth, nor shall they have
 any guardians besides Allah; the punishment shall be doubled
 for them, they could not bear to hear and they did not see.

 21. These are they who have lost their souls, and what they
 forged is gone from them.

 22. Truly in the hereafter they are the greatest losers.

 23. Surely (as to) those who believe and do good and humble
 themselves to their Lord, these are the dwellers of the
 garden, in it they will abide.

 24. The likeness of the two parties is as the blind and the
 deaf and the seeing and the hearing: are they equal in
 condition? Will you not then mind?

 25. And certainly We sent Nuh to his people: Surely I am a
 plain warner for you:

 26. That you shall not serve any but Allah, surely I fear
 for you the punishment of a painful day.

 27. But the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his
 people said: We do not consider you but a mortal like
 ourselves, and we do not see any have followed you but those
 who are the meanest of us at first thought and we do not see
 in you any excellence over us; nay, we deem you liars.

 28. He said: O my people! tell me if I have with me clear
 proof from my Lord, and He has granted me mercy from Himself
 and it has been made obscure to you; shall we constrain you
 to (accept) it while you are averse from it?

 29. And, O my people! I ask you not for wealth in return for
 it; my reward is only with Allah and I am not going to drive
 away those who believe; surely they shall meet their Lord,
 but I consider you a people who are ignorant:

 30. And, O my people! who will help me against Allah if I
 drive them away? Will you not then mind?

 31. And I do not say to you that I have the treasures of
 Allah and I do not know the unseen, nor do I say that I am
 an angel, nor do I say about those whom your eyes hold in
 mean estimation (that) Allah will never grant them (any)
 good-- Allah knows best what is in their souls-- for then most
 surely I should be of the unjust.

 32. They said: O Nuh! indeed you have disputed with us and
 lengthened dispute with us, therefore bring to us what you
 threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.

 33. He said: Allah only will bring it to you if He please,
 and you will not escape:

 34. And if I intend to give you good advice, my advice will
 not profit you if Allah intended that He should leave you to
 go astray; He is your Lord, and to Him shall you be
 returned.

 35. Or do they say: He has forged it? Say: If I have forged
 it, on me is my guilt, and I am clear of that of which you
 are guilty.

 36. And it was revealed to Nuh: That none of your people
 will believe except those who have already believed,
 therefore do not grieve at what they do:

 37. And make the ark before Our eyes and (according to) Our
 revelation, and do not speak to Me in respect of those who
 are unjust; surely they shall be drowned.

 38. And he began to make the ark; and whenever the chiefs
 from among his people passed by him they laughed at him. He
 said: If you laugh at us, surely we too laugh at you as you
 laugh (at us).

 39. So shall you know who it is on whom will come a
 chastisement which will disgrace him, and on whom will
 lasting chastisement come down.

 40. Until when Our command came and water came forth from
 the valley, We said: Carry in it two of all things, a pair,
 and your own family-- except those against whom the word has
 already gone forth, and those who believe. And there
 believed not with him but a few.

 41. And he said: Embark in it, in the name of Allah be its
 sailing and its anchoring; most surely my Lord is Forgiving,
 Merciful.

 42. And it moved on with them amid waves like mountains; and
 Nuh called out to his son, and he was aloof: O my son!
 embark with us and be not with the unbelievers.

 43. He said: I will betake myself for refuge to a mountain
 that shall protect me from the water. Nuh said: There is no
 protector today from Allah's punishment but He Who has
 mercy; and a wave intervened between them, so he was of the
 drowned.

 44. And it was said: O earth, swallow down your water, and O
 cloud, clear away; and the water was made to abate and the
 affair was decided, and the ark rested on the Judi, and it
 was said: Away with the unjust people.

 45. And Nuh cried out to his Lord and said: My Lord! surely
 my son is of my family, and Thy promise is surely true, and
 Thou art the most just of the judges.

 46. He said: O Nuh! surely he is not of your family; surely
 he is (the doer of) other than good deeds, therefore ask not
 of Me that of which you have no knowledge; surely I admonish
 you lest you may be of the ignorant

 47. He said: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from asking Thee
 that of which I have no knowledge; and if Thou shouldst not
 forgive me and have mercy on me, I should be of the losers.

 48. It was said: O Nuh! descend with peace from Us and
 blessings on you and on the people from among those who are
 with you, and there shall be nations whom We will afford
 provisions, then a painful punishment from Us shall afflict
 them.

 49. These are announcements relating to the unseen which We
 reveal to you, you did not know them-- (neither) you nor your
 people-- before this; therefore be patient; surely the end is
 for those who guard (against evil).

 50. And to Ad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: O my
 people! serve Allah, you have no god other than He; you are
 nothing but forgers (of lies).

 51. O my people! I do not ask of you any reward for it; my
 reward is only with Him Who created me; do you not then
 understand?

 52. And, O my people! ask forgiveness of your Lord, then
 turn to Him; He will send on you clouds pouring down
 abundance of rain and add strength to your strength, and do
 not turn back guilty.

 53. They said: O Hud! you have not brought to us any clear
 argument and we are not going to desert our gods for your
 word, and we are not believers in you:

 54. We cannot say aught but that some of our gods have
 smitten you with evil. He said: Surely I call Allah to
 witness, and do you bear witness too, that I am clear of
 what you associate (with Allah).

 SS. Besides Him, therefore scheme against me all together;
 then give me no respite:

 56. Surely I rely on Allah, my Lord and your Lord; there is
 no living creature but He holds it by its forelock; surely
 my Lord is on the right path.

 57. But if you turn back, then indeed I have delivered to
 you the message with which I have been sent to you, and my
 Lord will bring another people in your place, and you cannot
 do Him any harm; surely my Lord is the Preserver of all
 things.

 58. And when Our decree came to pass, We delivered Hud and
 those who believed with him with mercy from Us, and We
 delivered them from a hard chastisement.

 59. And this was Ad; they denied the communications of their
 Lord, and disobeyed His apostles and followed the bidding of
 every insolent opposer (of truth).

 60. And they were overtaken by curse in this world and on
 the resurrection day; now surely Ad disbelieved in their
 Lord; now surely, away with Ad, the people of Hud.

 61. And to Samood (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O
 my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than He; He
 brought you into being from the earth, and made you dwell in
 it, therefore ask forgiveness of Him, then turn to Him;
 surely my Lord is Nigh, Answering.

 62. They said: O Salih! surely you were one amongst us in
 whom great expectations were placed before this; do you
 (now) forbid us from worshipping what our fathers
 worshipped? And as to that which you call us to, most surely
 we are in disquieting doubt.

 63. He said: O my people! tell me if I have clear proof from
 my Lord and He has granted to me mercy from Himself-- who will
 then help me against Allah if I disobey Him? Therefore you
 do not add to me other than loss:

 64. And, O my people! this will be (as) Allah's she-camel
 for you, a sign; therefore leave her to pasture on Allah's
 earth and do not touch her with evil, for then a near
 chastisement will overtake you.

 65. But they slew her, so he said: Enjoy yourselves in your
 abode for three days, that is a promise not to be belied.

 66. So when Our decree came to pass, We delivered Salih and
 those who believed with him by mercy from Us, and (We saved
 them) from the disgrace of that day; surely your Lord is the
 Strong, the Mighty.

 67. And the rumbling overtook those who were unjust, so they
 became motionless bodies in their abodes,

 68. As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely did
 Samood disbelieve in their Lord; now surely, away with
 Samood.

 69. And certainly Our messengers came to Ibrahim with good
 news. They said: Peace. Peace, said he, and he made no delay
 in bringing a roasted calf.

 70. But when he saw that their hands were not extended
 towards it, he deemed them strange and conceived fear of
 them. . They said: Fear not, surely we are sent to Lut's
 people.

 71. And his wife was standing (by), so she laughed, then We
 gave her the good news of Ishaq and after Ishaq of (a son's
 son) Yaqoub.

 72. She said: O wonder! shall I bear a son when I am an
 extremely old woman and this my husband an extremely old
 man? Most surely this is a wonderful thing.

 73. They said: Do you wonder at Allah's bidding? The mercy
 of Allah and His blessings are on you, O people of the
 house, surely He is Praised, Glorious.

 74. So when fear had gone away from Ibrahim and good news
 came to him, he began to plead with Us for Lut's people.

 75. Most surely Ibrahim was forbearing, tender-hearted,
 oft-returning (to Allah):

 76. O Ibrahim! leave off this, surely the decree of your
 Lord has come to pass, and surely there must come to them a
 chastisement that cannot be averted.

 77. And when Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved for
 them, and he lacked strength to protect them, and said: This
 is a hard day.

 78. And his people came to him, (as if) rushed on towards
 him, and already they did evil deeds. He said: O my people!
 these are my daughters-- they are purer for you, so guard
 against (the punishment of) Allah and do not disgrace me
 with regard to my guests; is there not among you one
 right-minded man?

 79. They said: Certainly you know that we have no claim on
 your daughters, and most surely you know what we desire.

 80. He said: Ah! that I had power to suppress you, rather I
 shall have recourse to a strong support.

 81. They said: O Lut! we are the messengers of your Lord;
 they shall by no means reach you; so remove your followers
 in a part of the night-- and let none of you turn back-- except
 your wife, for surely whatsoever befalls them shall befall
 her; surely their appointed time is the morning; is not the
 morning nigh?

 82. So when Our decree came to pass, We turned them upside
 down and rained down upon them stones, of what had been
 decreed, one after another.

 83. Marked (for punishment) with your Lord and it is not far
 off from the unjust.

 84. And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He said:
 O my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than He, and
 do not give short measure and weight: surely I see you in
 prosperity and surely I fear for you the punishment of an
 all-encompassing day.

 85. And, O my people! give full measure and weight fairly,
 and defraud not men their things, and do not act corruptly
 in the land, making mischief:

 86. What remains with Allah is better for you if you are
 believers, and I am not a keeper over you.

 87. They said: O Shu'aib! does your prayer enjoin you that
 we should forsake what our fathers worshipped or that we
 should not do what we please with regard to our property?
 Forsooth you are the forbearing, the right-directing one.

 88. He said: O my people! have you considered if I have a
 clear proof from my Lord and He has given me a goodly
 sustenance from Himself, and I do not desire that in
 opposition to you I should betake myself to that which I
 forbid you: I desire nothing but reform so far as I am able,
 and with none but Allah is the direction of my affair to a
 right issue; on Him do I rely and to Him do I turn:

 89. And, O my people! let not opposition to me make you
 guilty so that there may befall you the like of what befell
 the people of Nuh, or the people of Hud, or the people of
 Salih, nor are the people of Lut far off from you;

 90. And ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him;
 surely my Lord is Merciful, Loving-kind.

 91. They said: O Shu'aib! we do not understand much of what
 you say and most surely we see you to be weak among us, and
 were it not for your family we would surely stone you, and
 you are not mighty against us.

 92. He said: O my people! is my family more esteemed by you
 than Allah? And you neglect Him as a thing cast behind your
 back; surely my Lord encompasses what you do:

 93. And, O my people! act according to your ability, I too
 am acting; you will come to know soon who it is on whom will
 light the punishment that will disgrace him and who it is
 that is a liar, and watch, surely I too am watching with
 you.

 94. And when Our decree came to pass We delivered Shu'aib,
 and those who believed with him by mercy from Us, and the
 rumbling overtook those who were unjust so they became
 motionless bodies in their abodes,

 95. As though they had never dwelt in them; now surely
 perdition overtook Madyan as had perished Samood.

 96. And certainly We sent Musa with Our communications and a
 clear authority,

 97. To Firon and his chiefs, but they followed the bidding
 of Firon, and Firon's bidding was not right-directing.

 98. He shall lead his people on the resurrection day, and
 bring them down to the fire; and evil the place to which
 they are brought.

 99. And they are overtaken by curse in this (world), and on
 the resurrection day, evil the gift which shall be given.

 100. This is an account of (the fate of) the towns which We
 relate to you; of them are some that stand and (others) mown
 down.

 101. And We did not do them injustice, but they were unjust
 to themselves, so their gods whom they called upon besides
 Allah did not avail them aught when the decree of your Lord
 came to pass; and they added but to their ruin.

 102. And such is the punishment of your Lord when He
 punishes the towns while they are unjust; surely His
 punishment is painful, severe.

 103. Most surely there is a sign in this for him who fears
 the chastisement of the hereafter; this is a day on which
 the people shall be gathered together and this is a day that
 shall be witnessed.

 104. And We do not delay it but to an appointed term.

 105. On the day when it shall come, no soul shall speak
 except with His permission, then (some) of them shall be
 unhappy and (others) happy.

 106. So as to those who are unhappy, they shall be in the
 fire; for them shall be sighing and groaning in it:

 107. Abiding therein so long as the heavens and the earth
 endure, except as your Lord please; surely your Lord is the
 mighty doer of what He intends.

 108. And as to those who are made happy, they shall be in
 the garden, abiding in it as long as the heavens and the
 earth endure, except as your Lord please; a gift which shall
 never be cut off.

 109. Therefore be not in doubt as to what these worship;
 they do not worship but as their fathers worshipped before;
 and most surely We will pay them back in full their portion
 undiminished.

 110. And certainly We gave the book to Musa, but it was gone
 against; and had not a word gone forth from your Lord, the
 matter would surely have been decided between them; and
 surely they are in a disquieting doubt about it.

 111. And your Lord will most surely pay back to all their
 deeds in full; surely He is aware of what they do.

 112. Continue then in the right way as you are commanded, as
 also he who has turned (to Allah) with you, and be not
 inordinate (O men!), surely He sees what you do.

 113. And do not incline to those who are unjust, lest the
 fire touch you, and you have no guardians besides Allah,
 then you shall not be helped.

 114. And keep up prayer in the two parts of the day and in
 the first hours of the night; surely good deeds take away
 evil deeds this is a reminder to the mindful.

 115. And be patient, for surely Allah does not waste the
 reward of the good-doers.

 116. But why were there not among the generations before you
 those possessing understanding, who should have forbidden
 the making of mischief in the earth, except a few of those
 whom We delivered from among them? And those who were unjust
 went after what they are made to enjoy of plenty, and they
 were guilty.

 117. And it did not beseem your Lord to have destroyed the
 towns tyrannously, while their people acted well.

 118. And if your Lord had pleased He would certainly have
 made people a single nation, and they shall continue to
 differ.

 119. Except those on whom your Lord has mercy; and for this
 did He create them; and the word of your Lord is fulfilled:
 Certainly I will fill hell with the jinn and the men, all
 together.

 120. And all we relate to you of the accounts of the
 apostles is to strengthen your heart therewith; and in this
 has come to you the truth and an admonition, and a reminder
 to the believers.

 121. And say to those who do not believe: Act according to
 your state; surely we too are acting.

 122. And wait; surely we are waiting also.

 123. And Allah's is the unseen in the heavens and the earth,
 and to Him is returned the whole of the affair; therefore
 serve Him and rely on Him, and your Lord is not heedless of
 what you do.