Merciful
1. Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the Verses of
the Wise Book.
2. Is it a wonder to the people that We
have inspired a man from among them:
“Warn mankind, and give good news to
those who believe that they are on a sound
footing with their Lord”? The disbelievers
said, “This is a manifest sorcerer.”
3. Your Lord is God, who created the
heavens and the earth in six days, then
settled over the Throne, governing all
things. There is no intercessor except after
His permission. Such is God, your Lord—
so serve Him. Will you not reflect?
4. To Him is your return, altogether. The
promise of God is true. He originates creation,
and then He repeats it, to reward
those who believe and do good deeds with
equity. As for those who disbelieve, for
them is a drink of boiling water, and agonizing
torment, on account of their disbelief.
5. It is He who made the sun radiant, and
the moon a light, and determined phases
for it—that you may know the number of
years and the calculation. God did not
create all this except with truth. He details
the revelations for a people who know.
6. In the alternation of night and day, and
in what God created in the heavens and
the earth, are signs for people who are
aware.
7. Those who do not hope to meet Us, and
are content with the worldly life, and are
at ease in it, and those who pay no heed to
Our signs.
8. These—their dwelling is the Fire—on
account of what they used to do.
9. As for those who believe and do good
deeds, their Lord guides them in their
faith. Rivers will flow beneath them in the
Gardens of Bliss.
10. Their call therein is, “Glory be to You,
our God.” And their greeting therein is,
“Peace.” And the last of their call is,
“Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.”
11. If God were to accelerate the ill for the
people, as they wish to accelerate the good,
their term would have been fulfilled. But
We leave those who do not expect Our
encounter to blunder in their excesses.
12. Whenever adversity touches the human
being, he prays to Us—reclining on his
side, or sitting, or standing. But when We
have relieved his adversity from him, he
goes away, as though he had never called
on Us for trouble that had afflicted him.
Thus the deeds of the transgressors appear
good to them.
13. We have destroyed generations before
you, when they did wrong. Their messengers
came to them with clear signs, but
they would not believe. Thus We requite
the sinful people.
14. Then We made you successors on earth
after them, to see how you would behave.
15. And when Our clear revelations are
recited to them, those who do not hope to
meet Us say, “Bring a Quran other than
this, or change it.” Say, “It is not for me to
change it of my own accord. I only follow
what is revealed to me. I fear, if I disobeyed
my Lord, the torment of a terrible
Day.”
16. Say, “Had God willed, I would not have
recited it to you, and He would not have
made it known to you. I have lived among
you for a lifetime before it. Do you not
understand?”
17. Who does greater wrong than someone
who fabricates lies about God, or denies
His revelations? The guilty will never
prosper.
18. And they worship, besides God, what
neither harms them nor benefits them.
And they say, “These are our intercessors
with God.” Say, “Are you informing God
about what He does not know in the heavens
or on earth?” Glorified be He, high
above the associations they make.
19. Mankind was a single community; then
they differed. Were it not for a prior decree
from your Lord, the matters over
which they had disputed would have been
settled.
20. And they say, “If only a miracle was
sent down to him from his Lord.” Say,
“The realm of the unseen belongs to God;
so wait, I am waiting with you.”
21. When We make the people taste mercy
after some adversity has touched them,
they begin to scheme against Our revelations.
Say, “God is swifter in scheming.”
Our envoys are writing down what you
scheme.
22. It is He who transports you across land
and sea. Until, when you are on ships, sailing
in a favorable wind, and rejoicing in it,
a raging wind arrives. The waves surge
over them from every side, and they realize
that they are besieged. Thereupon they
pray to God, professing sincere devotion
to Him: “If You save us from this, we will
be among the appreciative.”
23. But then, when He has saved them,
they commit violations on earth, and oppose
justice. O people! Your violations are
against your own souls. It is the enjoyment
of the present life. Then to Us is your return,
and We will inform you of what you
used to do.
24. The likeness of the present life is this:
water that We send down from the sky is
absorbed by the plants of the earth, from
which the people and the animals eat. Until,
when the earth puts on its fine appearance,
and is beautified, and its inhabitants
think that they have mastered it, Our
command descends upon it by night or by
day, and We turn it into stubble, as if it
had not flourished the day before. We thus
clarify the revelations for people who reflect.
25. God invites to the Home of Peace, and
guides whomever He wills to a straight
path.
26. For those who have done good is goodness,
and more. Neither gloom nor shame
will come over their faces. These are the
inhabitants of Paradise, abiding therein
forever.
27. As for those who have earned evil
deeds: a reward of similar evil, and shame
will cover them. They will have no defense
against God—as if their faces are covered
with dark patches of night. These are the
inmates of the Fire, abiding therein forever.
28. On the Day when We will gather them
altogether, then say to those who ascribed
partners, “To your place, you and your
partners.” Then We will separate between
them, and their partners will say, “It was
not us you were worshiping.”
29. “God is sufficient witness between us
and you. We were unaware of your worshiping
us.”
30. There, every soul will experience what
it had done previously; and they will be
returned to God, their true Master; and
what they used to invent will fail them.
31. Say, “Who provides for you from the
heaven and the earth? And who controls
the hearing and the sight? And who produces
the living from the dead, and produces
the dead from the living? And who
governs the Order?” They will say, “God.”
Say, “Will you not be careful?”
32. Such is God, your Lord—the True.
What is there, beyond the truth, except
falsehood? How are you turned away?
33. Thus your Lord’s Word proved true
against those who disobeyed, for they do
not believe.
34. Say, “Can any of your partners initiate
creation, and then repeat it?” Say, “God
initiates creation, and then repeats it. How
are you so deluded?”
35. Say, “Can any of your partners guide to
the truth?” Say, “God guides to the truth.
Is He who guides to the truth more worthy
of being followed, or he who does not
guide, unless he himself is guided? What is
the matter with you? How do you judge?”
36. Most of them follow nothing but assumptions;
and assumptions avail nothing
against the truth. God is fully aware of
what they do.
37. This Quran could not have been produced
by anyone other than God. In fact,
it is a confirmation of what preceded it,
and an elaboration of the Book. There is
no doubt about it—it is from the Lord of
the Universe.
38. Or do they say, “He has forged it”? Say,
“Then produce a single chapter like it, and
call upon whomever you can, apart from
God, if you are truthful.”
39. In fact, they deny what is beyond the
limits of their knowledge, and whose explanation
has not yet reached them. Thus
those before them refused to believe. So
note the consequences for the wrongdoers.
40. Among them are those who believe in
it, and among them are those who do not
believe in it. Your Lord is fully aware of
the mischief-makers.
41. If they accuse you of lying, say, “I have
my deeds, and you have your deeds. You
are quit of what I do, and I am quit of
what you do.”
42. And among them are those who listen
to you. But can you make the deaf hear,
even though they do not understand?
43. And among them are those who look at
you. But can you guide the blind, even
though they do not see?
44. God does not wrong the people in the
least, but the people wrong their own
selves.
45. On the Day when He rounds them
up—as if they had tarried only one hour of
a day—they will recognize one another.
Those who denied the meeting with God
will be the losers. They were not guided.
46. Whether We show you some of what
We promise them, or take you, to Us is
their return. God is witness to everything
they do.
47. Every community has a messenger.
When their messenger has come, judgment
will be passed between them with
fairness, and they will not be wronged.
48. And they say, “When will this promise
be fulfilled, if you are truthful?”
49. Say, “I have no power to harm or benefit
myself, except as God wills. To every
nation is an appointed time. Then, when
their time arrives, they can neither postpone
it by one hour, nor advance it.
50. Say, “Have you considered? If His punishment
overtakes you by night or by day,
what part of it will the guilty seek to hasten?”
51. “Then, when it falls, will you believe in
it? Now? When before you tried to hasten
it?”
52. Then it will be said to those who did
wrong, “Taste the torment of eternity.
Will you be rewarded except for what you
used to do?”
53. And they inquire of you, “Is it true?”
Say, “Yes, by my Lord, it is true, and you
cannot evade it.”
54. Had every soul which had done wrong
possessed everything on earth, it would
offer it as a ransom. They will hide the
remorse when they witness the suffering,
and it will be judged between them equitably,
and they will not be wronged.
55. Assuredly, to God belongs everything
in the heavens and the earth. Assuredly,
the promise of God is true, but most of
them do not know.
56. He gives life and causes death, and to
Him you will be returned.
57. O people! There has come to you advice
from your Lord, and healing for what
is in the hearts, and guidance and mercy
for the believers.
58. Say, “In God’s grace and mercy let
them rejoice. That is better than what they
hoard.”
59. Say, “Have you considered the sustenance
God has sent down for you, some of
which you made unlawful, and some lawful?”
Say, “Did God give you permission,
or do you fabricate lies and attribute them
to God?”
60. What will they think—those who fabricate
lies and attribute them to God—on
the Day of Resurrection? God is bountiful
towards the people, but most of them do
not give thanks.
61. You do not get into any situation, nor
do you recite any Quran, nor do you do
anything, but We are watching over you as
you undertake it. Not even the weight of
an atom, on earth or in the sky, escapes
your Lord, nor is there anything smaller or
larger, but is in a clear record.
62. Unquestionably, God’s friends have
nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve.
63. Those who believe and are aware.
64. For them is good news in this life, and
in the Hereafter. There is no alteration to
the words of God. That is the supreme
triumph.
65. And let not their sayings dishearten
you. All power is God’s. He is the Hearer,
the Knower.
66. Certainly, to God belongs everyone in
the heavens and everyone on earth. Those
who invoke other than God do not follow
partners; they follow only assumptions,
and they only guess.
67. It is He who made the night for your
rest, and the daylight for visibility. Surely
in that are signs for people who listen.
68. And they said, “God has taken a son.”
Be He glorified. He is the Self-Sufficient.
His is everything in the heavens and everything
on earth. Do you have any proof
for this? Or are you saying about God
what you do not know?
69. Say, “Those who fabricate lies about
God will not succeed.”
70. Some enjoyment in this world; then to
Us is their return; then We will make
them taste the severe punishment on account
of their disbelief.
71. And relate to them the story of Noah,
when he said to his people, “O my people,
if my presence among you and my reminding
you of God’s signs is too much
for you, in God I have put my trust. So
come to a decision, you and your partners,
and do not let the matter perplex you;
then carry out your decision on me, and
do not hold back.”
72. “But if you turn away, I have not asked
you for any wage. My wage falls only on
God, and I was commanded to be of those
who submit.”
73. But they denounced him, so We saved
him and those with him in the Ark, and
We made them successors, and We
drowned those who rejected Our signs. So
consider the fate of those who were
warned.
74. Then, after him, We sent messengers to
their people. They came to them with the
clear proofs, but they would not believe in
anything they had already rejected. Thus
We set a seal on the hearts of the hostile.
75. Then, after them, We sent Moses and
Aaron with Our proofs to Pharaoh and his
dignitaries. But they acted arrogantly.
They were sinful people.
76. And when the truth came to them from
Us, they said, “This is clearly sorcery.”
77. Moses said, “Is this what you say of the
truth when it has come to you? Is this sorcery?
Sorcerers do not succeed.”
78. They said, “Did you come to us to divert
us from what we found our ancestors
following, and so that you become prominent
in the land? We will never believe in
you.”
79. Pharaoh said, “Bring me every experienced
sorcerer.”
80. And when the sorcerers came, Moses
said to them, “Throw whatever you have
to throw.”
81. And when they threw, Moses said,
“What you produced is sorcery, and God
will make it fail. God does not foster the
efforts of the corrupt.”
82. “And God upholds the truth with His
words, even though the sinners detest it.”
83. But none believed in Moses except
some children of his people, for fear that
Pharaoh and his chiefs would persecute
them. Pharaoh was high and mighty in the
land. He was a tyrant.
84. Moses said, “O my people, if you have
believed in God, then put your trust in
Him, if you have submitted.”
85. They said, “In God we have put our
trust. Our Lord, do not make us victims of
the oppressive people.”
86. “And deliver us, by Your mercy, from
the disbelieving people.”
87. And We inspired Moses and his brother,
“Settle your people in Egypt, and make
your homes places of worship, and perform
the prayer, and give good news to
the believers.”
88. Moses said, “Our Lord, you have given
Pharaoh and his chiefs splendor and
wealth in the worldly life. Our Lord, for
them to lead away from Your path. Our
Lord, obliterate their wealth, and harden
their hearts; they will not believe until they
see the painful torment.”
89. He said, “Your prayer has been answered,
so go straight, and do not follow
the path of those who do not know.”
90. And We delivered the Children of Israel
across the sea. Pharaoh and his troops
pursued them, defiantly and aggressively.
Until, when he was about to drown, he
said, “I believe that there is no god except
the One the Children of Israel believe in,
and I am of those who submit.”
91. Now? When you have rebelled before,
and been of the mischief-makers?
92. Today We will preserve your body, so
that you become a sign for those after you.
But most people are heedless of Our signs.
93. And We settled the Children of Israel
in a position of honor, and provided them
with good things. They did not differ until
knowledge came to them. Your Lord will
judge between them on the Day of Resurrection
regarding their differences.
94. If you are in doubt about what We have
revealed to you, ask those who read the
Scripture before you. Indeed, the truth has
come to you from your Lord, so do not be
of those who doubt.
95. And do not be of those who deny God’s
revelations, lest you become one of the
losers.
96. Those against whom your Lord’s word
is justified will not believe.
97. Even if every sign comes to them—until
they see the painful punishment.
98. If only there was one town that believed
and benefited by its belief. Except for the
people of Jonah. When they believed, We
removed from them the suffering of disgrace
in the worldly life, and We gave
them comfort for a while.
99. Had your Lord willed, everyone on
earth would have believed. Will you compel
people to become believers?
100. No soul can believe except by God’s
leave; and He lays disgrace upon those
who refuse to understand.
101. Say, “Look at what is in the heavens
and the earth.” But signs and warnings are
of no avail for people who do not believe.
102. Do they expect anything but the likes
of the days of those who passed away before
them? Say, “Then wait, I will be waiting
with you.”
103. Then We save Our messengers and
those who believe. It is binding on Us to
save the believers.
104. Say, “O people, if you are in doubt
about my religion—I do not serve those
you serve apart from God. But I serve
God, the one who will terminate your
lives. And I was commanded to be of the
believers.”
105. And dedicate yourself to the true religion—
a monotheist—and never be of the
polytheists.
106. And do not call, apart from God, on
what neither benefits you nor harms you.
If you do, you are then one of the wrongdoers.
107. If God afflicts you with harm, none
can remove it except He. And if He wants
good for you, none can repel His grace. He
makes it reach whomever He wills of His
servants. He is the Forgiver, the Merciful.
108. Say, “O people, the truth has come to
you from your Lord. Whoever accepts
guidance is guided for his own soul; and
whoever strays only strays to its detriment.
I am not a guardian over you.”
109. And follow what is revealed to you,
and be patient until God issues His judgment,
for He is the Best of judges.
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