Al-Furqan

In the name of God,
the Gracious, the Merciful

1. Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion
upon His servant, to be a warning to
humanity.
2. He to whom belongs the kingdom of the
heavens and the earth, who took to Himself
no son, who never had a partner in
His kingship; who created everything, and
determined its measure.
3. And yet, instead of Him, they produce
for themselves gods that create nothing,

but are themselves created; that have no
power to harm or benefit themselves; and
no power over life, death, or resurrection.
4. Those who disbelieve say, “This is nothing
but a lie that he made up, and others
have helped him at it.” They have committed
an injustice and a perjury.
5. And they say, “Tales of the ancients; he
wrote them down; they are dictated to him
morning and evening.”
6. Say, “It was revealed by He who knows
the Secret in the heavens and the earth. He
is always Forgiving and Merciful.”
7. And they say, “What sort of messenger
is this, who eats food, and walks in the
marketplaces? If only an angel was sent
down with him, to be alongside him a
warner.”
8. Or, “If only a treasure was dropped on
him.” Or, “If only he had a garden from
which he eats.” The evildoers also say,
“You are following but a man under spell.”
9. Look how they invent examples for you.
They have gone astray, and cannot find a
way.
10. Blessed is He who, if He wills, can provide
you with better than that—gardens
beneath which rivers flow—and He will
give you palaces.
11. In fact, they have denied the Hour, and
We have prepared for those who deny the
Hour a Blaze.
12. When it sees them from a distant place,
they will hear it raging and roaring.
13. And when they are thrown into it, into
a tight place, shackled, they will plead for
death.
14. “Do not plead for one death today, but
plead for a great many deaths.”
15. Say, “Is this better, or the Garden of
Eternity promised to the righteous? It is
for them a reward and a destination.
16. They will have therein whatever they
desire, forever. That is upon your Lord a
binding promise.
17. On the Day when He gathers them, and
what they worshiped besides God, He will
say, “Was it you who misled these servants
of Mine, or was it they who lost the way?”
18. They will say, “Glory be to You. It was
not for us to take any lords besides You.
But you gave them enjoyments, and their
ancestors, until they forgot the Message,
and became ruined people.”
19. They have denied you because of what
you say; so you can neither avert, nor help.
Whoever among you commits injustice,
We will make him taste a grievous punishment.
20. We never sent any messengers before
you, but they ate food and walked in the
marketplaces. And We made some of you
tempters for one another—will you be
patient? Your Lord is always Observing.
21. Those who do not expect to meet Us
say, “If only the angels were sent down to
us, or we could see our Lord.” They have
grown arrogant within themselves, and
have become excessively defiant.
22. On the Day when they see the angels—
there will be no good news for sinners on
that Day; and they will say, “A protective
refuge.”
23. We will proceed to the works they did,
and will turn them into scattered dust.
24. The companions of Paradise on that
Day will be better lodged, and more fairly
accommodated.
25. The Day when the sky is cleft with
clouds, and the angels are sent down in
streams.
26. On that Day, true sovereignty will belong
to the Merciful, and it will be a difficult
Day for the disbelievers.
27. On that Day, the wrongdoer will bite
his hands, and say, “If only I had followed
the way with the Messenger.
28. Oh, woe to me; I wish I never took soand-
so for a friend.
29. He led me away from the Message after
it had come to me; for Satan has always
been a betrayer of man.”
30. And the Messenger will say, “My Lord,
my people have abandoned this Quran.”
31. Likewise, to every prophet We assign
enemies from among the wicked. But your
Lord suffices as a guide and savior.
32. Those who disbelieve say, “Why was
the Quran not revealed to him at once?”
Thus in order to strengthen your heart
thereby, and We revealed it in stages.
33. Whatever argument they come to you
with, We provide you with the truth, and a
better exposition.
34. Those who are herded into Hell on
their faces—those are in a worse position,
and further astray from the way.
35. We gave Moses the Scripture, and appointed
his brother Aaron as his assistant.
36. We said, “Go to the people who rejected
Our signs,” and We destroyed them
completely.
37. And the people of Noah—when they
rejected the messengers, We drowned
them, and made them a lesson for mankind.
We have prepared for the wrongdoers
a painful retribution.
38. And Aad, and Thamood, and the inhabitants
of Arras, and many generations
in between.
39. To each We presented the parables; and
each We devastated utterly.
40. And they came upon the city that was
drenched by the terrible rain. Did they not
see it? But they do not expect resurrection.
41. And when they see you, they take you
for nothing but mockery: “Is this the one
God sent as a messenger?”
42. “He nearly led us away from our gods,
had we not patiently adhered to them.”
But they will know, when they witness the
torment, who is further away from the
way.
43. Have you seen him who chose his desire
as his god? Would you be an agent for
him?
44. Or do you assume that most of them
hear or understand? They are just like cattle,
but even more errant in their way.
45. Do you not see how your Lord extends
the shadow? Had He willed, He could
have made it still. And We made the sun a
pointer to it.
46. Then We withdraw it towards Us gradually.
47. And it is He who made the night a covering
for you, and sleep for rest; and He
made the day a revival.
48. And it is He who sends the winds,
bringing advance news of His mercy, and
We send down from the sky pure water.
49. To revive dead lands thereby, and to
provide drink for the multitude of animals
and humans We created.
50. We have circulated it among them, that
they may reflect, but most people persist
in thanklessness.
51. Had We willed, We could have sent to
every town a warner.
52. So do not obey the disbelievers, but
strive against them with it, a mighty struggle.
53. And it is He who merged the two seas;
this one fresh and sweet, and that one salty
and bitter; and He placed between them a
barrier, and an impassable boundary.
54. And it is He who, from fluid, created
the human being. Then He made relationships
through marriage and mating. Your
Lord is Omnipotent.
55. And yet, instead of God, they serve
what neither profits them nor harms
them. The disbeliever has always turned
his back on his Lord.
56. We sent you only as a herald of good
news and a warner.
57. Say, “I ask of you no payment for this—
only that whoever wills may take a path to
his Lord.”
58. And put your trust in the Living, the
One who never dies; and celebrate His
praise. He suffices as the All-Informed
Knower of the faults of His creatures.
59. He who created the heavens and the
earth and everything between them in six
days, then settled on the Throne. The
Most Merciful. Ask about Him a wellinformed.
60. And when it is said to them, “Bow
down to the Merciful,” they say, “And
what is the Merciful? Are we to bow down
to whatever you command us?” And it
increases their aversion.
61. Blessed is He who placed constellations
in the sky, and placed in it a lamp, and an
illuminating moon.
62. And it is He who made the night and
the day alternate—for whoever desires to
reflect, or desires to show gratitude.
63. The servants of the Merciful are those
who walk the earth in humility, and when
the ignorant address them, they say,
“Peace.”
64. And those who pass the night prostrating
themselves to their Lord and standing
up.
65. And those who say, ‘‘Our Lord, avert
from us the suffering of Hell, for its suffering
is continuous.
66. It is indeed a miserable residence and
destination.”
67. And those who, when they spend, are
neither wasteful nor stingy, but choose a
middle course between that.
68. And those who do not implore besides
God any other god, and do not kill the
soul which God has made sacred—except
in the pursuit of justice—and do not
commit adultery. Whoever does that will
face penalties.
69. The punishment will be doubled for
him on the Day of Resurrection, and he
will dwell therein in humiliation forever.
70. Except for those who repent, and believe,
and do good deeds. These—God will
replace their bad deeds with good deeds.
God is ever Forgiving and Merciful.
71. Whoever repents and acts righteously—
has inclined towards God with repentance.
72. And those who do not bear false witness;
and when they come across indecencies,
they pass by with dignity.
73. And those who, when reminded of the
revelations of their Lord, do not fall before
them deaf and blind.
74. And those who say, “Our Lord, grant us
delight in our spouses and our children,
and make us a good example for the righteous.”
75. Those will be awarded the Chamber for
their patience, and will be greeted therein
with greetings and peace.
76. Abiding therein forever—it is an excellent
residence and destination.
77. Say, “What are you to my Lord without
your prayers? You have denied the truth,
and the inevitable will happen.”