<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 13[/INST]He said: ‘This idea indeed makes me sad that you take him along and I am (also) afraid (of this idea) that some wolf may devour him while you are careless of his (safeguard).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 14[/INST]They said: ‘If the wolf devours him while we, a strong party, too are (present) then we are as good as nothing.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 15[/INST]Then, when they took him along and all agreed to throw him into some deep dark well, We revealed to him: ‘(O Yusuf [Joseph], do not worry. A time will come when) you will certainly remind them of this affair of theirs and they will not have the sense (of your exalted station).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 16[/INST](Throwing Yusuf [Joseph] into the well) they came to their father at night weeping (deceptively).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 17[/INST]They said: ‘O our father, we went racing with one another and left Yusuf (Joseph) with our belongings. Then a wolf devoured him, but you will not believe us even though we are truthful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 18[/INST]They produced Yusuf’s (Joseph’s) shirt smearing it (also) with false blood. (Ya‘qub [Jacob]) said: (This is not the truth.) But your (jealous, ill-commanding) selves have made (a colossal) task easy and pleasant-looking for you (which you eventually did accomplish). So better it is to be steadfast (over this tragedy), and I seek only Allah’s help against whatever you are narrating.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 19[/INST]And (there) came a caravan of travellers. They sent their water-drawer. So he lowered his bucket (into that well) and he exclaimed: ‘Good news! Here is a boy!’ And they hid him regarding him a valuable trade item. And Allah knows well the activities they were busy doing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 20[/INST]And Yusuf’s (Joseph’s) brothers (who had returned to the site showed him as their deserter servant and) sold him (to the same caravan) for a low price - a few Dirhams - because the travellers were (already) disinterested in (buying) him (Yusuf. Later, the travellers took him to Egypt where they sold him.)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 21[/INST]And the man in Egypt who purchased him (was Qatfir by name, the finance minister of the King of Egypt Riyan ibn Walid, commonly known as ‘Aziz [of Egypt]) said to his wife (Zulaikha): ‘Make him stay honourably. He may bring us profit or we may adopt him as a son.’ Thus We established Yusuf (Joseph) and strengthened his position in the land [of Egypt] so that We might teach him how to infer from the events (i.e. the interpretation of dreams). And Allah is the Master of His work but most people do not know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 22[/INST]And when he reached his full manhood, We endowed him with the judgment (of Prophethood) and the knowledge (of the interpretation of dreams). This is how We bless the pious with reward.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 23[/INST]And the woman (Zulaikha), in whose house he was putting up, sought intensely to seduce him and she bolted the doors (as well) and said: ‘Come! Make haste! (I ask you.)’ Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘I seek Allah’s refuge. Surely, he (your husband) is my master. He has kept me most honourably. Indeed, the wrongdoers will not prosper.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 24[/INST](Yusuf [Joseph] refused) but she (Zulaikha) had definitely made up her mind for him. And he too (might) have resolved had he not seen the Clear Sign of his Lord. It was (made to happen) like that (in order that) We keep away from him affliction and indecency both. Assuredly he was of Our chosen (exalted) servants.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 25[/INST]And they both ran (one behind the other) towards the door and she (Zulaikha) tore his shirt from behind and both found her husband (‘Aziz of Egypt) at the door. She (immediately) said: ‘What can be the punishment for him who intends to commit indecency with your wife except that he should be put in prison or (he) be given painful punishment?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 26[/INST]Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘(No indeed! In truth) it was she herself who sought to seduce me for her purpose. And (in the meanwhile) one of her household (who was an infant) bore witness: ‘If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has spoken the truth and he is of the liars.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 27[/INST]But if his shirt is torn from behind then she is a liar and he is of the truthful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 28[/INST]Then, when he (‘Aziz of Egypt) saw his shirt and found it torn from behind, he said: ‘This is the craft of you women. Certainly your women-craft is highly (dangerous).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 29[/INST]O Yusuf (Joseph)! Ignore it and, (O Zulaikha,) ask forgiveness for your sin. Surely it is you who are of the sinful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 30[/INST]And some women of (the elite class in) the city began to say: ‘The wife of ‘Aziz seeks to seduce her slave-boy for her purpose. The love for him (the slave) has gone deep into her heart. We surely see her in manifest error.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 31[/INST]So when she (Zulaikha) heard their deceitful talk, she sent for them and arranged a meeting for them. (She placed fruit before them) and gave each one of them a knife and requested (Yusuf): ‘Walk out before them (so that they may realize the cause of my state of mind).’ So, when they glanced at Yusuf (Joseph and) saw (his dazzling beauty), they began to exalt (the charm of his ecstatic beauty) and (in a dazed state) cut their hands (instead of fruits served to them). And (having seen him) exclaimed (spontaneously): ‘God save us! This is not a human being; he must be some exalted angel (i.e. an embodiment of light descending from the transcendent realm of divinity)!’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 32[/INST](Zulaikha’s trick worked.) She spoke (at this juncture): ‘It is this (embodiment of light) you have been reproaching me for. It is, no doubt, I myself who sought to seduce him (under violent urge) but he remained firmly upright and did not yield. And if (even now) he does not do what I ask him for, he will surely be put into prison and will certainly be disgraced.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 33[/INST](By now the elite Egyptian women too had agreed to Zulaikha’s viewpoint. Hearing them,) Yusuf (Joseph) submitted: ‘O my Lord! The prison is far dearer to me than what these women are inviting me to. And if You do not turn away their craft from me, I shall get inclined towards their (words) and shall become of the unwise.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 34[/INST]So, his Lord granted him the prayer and removed the women-craft from him. Surely He is the One Who is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 35[/INST]Then even after seeing the signs of (Yusuf’s [Joseph’s] decency and righteousness) they deemed it appropriate to imprison him for a time (so that the gossip of the episode among the people might die down).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 36[/INST]And with him two young men also entered the prison. One of them said: ‘I have seen myself (in a dream) pressing wine (from grapes).’ And the other said: ‘I have seen myself (in a dream) that I am carrying bread on my head, with birds picking at it. O Yusuf (Joseph)! Tell us its interpretation. Surely, we see you one of the spirituality excellent.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 37[/INST]Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘The food which is served to you (daily) will not have yet come to you when I shall inform both of you about its interpretation before its coming to you. This (interpretation) is of those branches of knowledge that my Lord has taught me. Verily, I have rejected (from the very beginning) the religion of the people who do not believe in Allah and they deny the Hereafter as well.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 38[/INST]And I follow Din [Religion] of my father and forefathers: Ibrahim (Abraham), Ishaq (Isaac), and Ya‘qub (Jacob). And we have no right to associate anything as a partner with Allah. This (belief in the Oneness of Allah) is a (special) bounty of Allah upon us and the people, but most people do not give thanks.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 39[/INST]O my two companions of the prison! (Say:) ‘Are many separate gods better or One Allah, Who Dominates and Controls all?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 40[/INST](In fact) you worship none besides Allah except a few names which you and your forefathers have forged (on your own). Allah has not sent down any authority for them. Judgment rests with Allah alone. He alone has commanded that worship none but Him. This is the straight path (true Din [Religion]) but most people do not know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 41[/INST]O my two companions of the prison! (The interpretation of the dream of) one of you (is that he) will serve wine to his master (the king), and as for the other, (who has seen bread on his head,) he will be crucified and then birds will pick at his head. The (final) judgment has been given about which you have asked.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 42[/INST]And Yusuf (Joseph) said to the one whom he believed to be released: ‘Mention me to your king; (he may thus recall that another innocent one is also lying in imprisonment).’ But Satan made him forget to mention (him) to his king and consequently Yusuf (Joseph) remained in prison for several years.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 43[/INST]And (one day) the King said: ‘I have seen (in a dream) seven fat cows whom seven lean cows are devouring and (have seen) seven green ears of corn and (seven) other dry. O courtiers! Explain to me the implication of my dream if you know the interpretation of dreams.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 44[/INST]They said: ‘These are confused dreams and we do not know the interpretation of confused dreams.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 45[/INST]And one of the two prisoners, who had been released and (now) after a long time remembered (his promise to Yusuf [Joseph]), said: ‘I shall tell you its interpretation; so send me (to Yusuf [Joseph]).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 46[/INST](Reaching the prison, he said:) ‘O Yusuf (Joseph), the embodiment of truth, explain to us the interpretation (of this dream) that there are seven fat cows whom seven lean ones are devouring and there are seven green ears of corn and seven others which are dry, so that I may return to the people (taking the interpretation) and they may realize (your value and dignity).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 47[/INST]Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘You will cultivate as usual consecutively for seven years. So whatever you reap, keep it (in store) leaving the grains in their ears except a small quantity (to thresh) for your (yearly) consumption.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 48[/INST]Then after this there will come seven hard years (of drought) which will consume that (store) which you will have laid up for these years except a small quantity (which will fall surplus and) which you will keep in reserve.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 49[/INST]Then, following this will come a year during which people will be blessed with (plenty of) rain and (the yield of fruits will be such as) they will press juices (of fruits that year).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 50[/INST]And (hearing this interpretation) the king said: ‘Bring Yusuf (Joseph) to me (immediately).’ So when the messenger reached Yusuf (Joseph), he said to him: ‘Go back to your king and ask him: What is the state of those women (now) who cut their hands? Surely my Lord knows their craft well.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 51[/INST]The King (called all the women including Zulaikha and) asked: ‘What happened to you when you (all) attempted to seduce Yusuf (Joseph) to turn him away from righteousness? (Explain what that affair was.) They all (unanimously) uttered: ‘Allah save us! We have not noticed any evil in Yusuf (Joseph).’ The wife of ‘Aziz (of Egypt, Zulaikha, too) spoke: ‘The truth has now become evident. (The fact is that) it was I who sought to seduce him for my purpose and it is surely he who is truthful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 52[/INST](Yusuf [Joseph]) said: ‘I have done this) so that he (‘Aziz of Egypt, who has been my master and benefactor,) may know that I have not betrayed his trust in his absence (behind him), and surely Allah lets not the plots of those who betray trusts prove successful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 53[/INST]And I do not (claim) absolution of my self. Certainly self commands much evil except the one on whom my Lord bestows Mercy. Surely, my Lord is All-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 54[/INST]And the King said: ‘Bring him to me so that I may appoint him specifically (as an adviser) to me.’ So, when the King had (one-to-one) dialogue with him (he felt highly impressed and) said: ‘(O Yusuf [Joseph],) surely from today onward you are a man of authority and trust with us (i.e. you are inducted into the governance of the state).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 55[/INST]Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘(If you really want me to accomplish some special assignment, then) appoint me as (a minister and trustee of) the treasures in the land (of Egypt). Indeed I am well versed in resource management and resource protection and an expert (in financial management).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 56[/INST]This is how We bestowed upon Yusuf (Joseph) the rule over the land (of Egypt so that) he could live therein wherever he desired. We honour with Our Mercy whom We will and waste not the reward of the pious.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 57[/INST]And certainly the reward of the Hereafter is of greater value for those who believe and tread the path of Godwariness.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 58[/INST](During the days of famine) Yusuf’s (Joseph’s) brothers came (to Egypt to procure grain) and came to him. So Yusuf (Joseph) recognized them, but they could not recognize him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 59[/INST]And when Yusuf (Joseph) had furnished them with their provisions (supplies and material), he said: ‘Bring me your brother on the father’s side (Benjamin). Do you not see (how) full I measure and I am the best host (too)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 60[/INST]So if you do not bring him to me, then (in future) there will not be any measure (of grain) with me for you, nor will you be able to approach me.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 61[/INST]They said: ‘We will solicit his father in connection with sending him and we will certainly do (it).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 62[/INST]And Yusuf (Joseph) said to his servants: ‘Put their money (which they paid for grain back) into their sacks so that when they return to their family they may identify it (that the money is back). It is likely that they may come again (for the very same reason).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 63[/INST]So when they returned to their father they said: ‘O our father, (further provision of) grain for us has been banned (except that Benjamin accompanies us.) So send our brother (Benjamin) with us (in order that) we may fetch (more) grain, and we shall certainly be his guards.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 64[/INST]Ya‘qub (Jacob) said: ‘Shall I trust you with him (as well) the same way as before this I trusted you with his brother (Yusuf - Joseph)? Then Allah alone is the Best Protector, and He alone is the Most Merciful of all the merciful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 65[/INST]When they opened their packs, (therein) they found their money (which) had been returned to them. They said: ‘O our respectable father, what else do we want? Here is our money (too) that has been returned to us, and we shall (now be obliged to) fetch grain for our family. And we shall take good care of our brother, and will bring the load of a camel in addition. This grain (that we have already brought) is a small quantity.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 66[/INST]Ya‘qub (Jacob) said: ‘I shall not send him with you at all until you give me a firm promise by swearing a solemn oath by Allah that you shall certainly bring him (back) to me unless you (all) are beset (somewhere or slain). Then, when they gave Ya‘qub the firm promise he said: ‘Allah is the Guardian to watch over what we are saying.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 67[/INST]And he said: ‘O my sons, do not enter (the city) all of you by one gate but enter (dispersed) through different gates. And I cannot save you by any means from Allah’s (Decree) because Judgment (Destiny) rests will Allah alone. In Him have I put my trust, and all those who trust must trust in Him alone.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 68[/INST]And when they entered Egypt in compliance with what their father had commanded, that command could not save them from Allah’s (Decree) but it was Ya‘qub’s (Jacob’s) heartfelt desire which he fulfilled and (also take not this desire or strategy as meaningless — for you know it not). Surely Ya‘qub (Jacob) possessed knowledge as We had blessed with (special) knowledge but most people do not know (these realities).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 69[/INST]And when they came to Yusuf (Joseph), he offered his brother (Benjamin) a seat close to him (and) said (to him quietly): ‘Verily I am your brother (Yusuf [Joseph]) so feel not aggrieved at what they have been doing.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 70[/INST]So when (Yusuf [Joseph]) had provided them with their material, he placed (the King’s) goblet into his brother’s (Benjamin’s) sack. Later a herald called out: ‘O you men of caravan, (halt;) surely you (seem to be) thieves.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 71[/INST]They turned towards them and said: ‘What have you found missing?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 72[/INST]They (the servants of the King’s court) said: ‘We are missing the royal goblet and the man who brings it (after searching) will get a camel’s load of grain as reward and I pledge myself for it.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 73[/INST]They said: ‘By Allah, indeed you know well we have not come (here to commit some crime) and create mischief in the land, nor are we thieves.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 74[/INST]They (the servants) said: ‘(Decide for yourselves) what should be the punishment (of the thief) if you turn out to be liars.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 75[/INST]They said: ‘Its penalty will be that the one from whose sack (the goblet) is found, he himself will be its penalty (i.e. he should be held in retribution). That is how We punish the wrongdoers.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 76[/INST]So Yusuf (Joseph) began to search their sacks before his brother’s. Then (at last) he took (the goblet) out of his (real) brother’s (Benjamin’s) sack. That is how We revealed to Yusuf (Joseph) the plan. He could not have held his brother (as a captive) under the law of the King (of Egypt) except (as) Allah wills. We exalt in ranks whom We like. And above every possessor of knowledge is (also) One possessing greater knowledge.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 77[/INST]They said: ‘If he has committed theft (then nothing to wonder at). Indeed his brother (Yusuf [Joseph]) has also committed theft before. So Yusuf (Joseph) kept it (hidden) in his heart and did not reveal it to them and said (only to himself): ‘Yours is the worst case and Allah knows well whatever you are saying.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 78[/INST]They said: ‘O ‘Aziz (of Egypt), his father is an aged elderly person. So detain anyone of us in his stead. Surely we have seen you among the generous (benevolent) people.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 79[/INST]Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘Allah save us from detaining someone (other) than him with whom we have found our item! Then We shall become of the unjust.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 80[/INST]So, when they lost hope about Yusuf (Joseph), they counselled (among themselves) in isolation. The eldest (brother) among them said: ‘Do you not know that your father took a firm covenant from you in the Name of Allah, and before that (you also know) you committed excesses in respect of Yusuf (Joseph)? So I shall not leave this land at all until my father accords me permission or Allah gives some judgment in my case and He is the Best of those who judge.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 81[/INST]Go you back to your father and say: O our father, your son has surely committed theft (and consequently he has been held). And we bore witness only to what we knew. And we were no guardians of the unseen.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 82[/INST]And (if you do not believe us, then) you may enquire of (the people of) the town where we have been, and (find out) from the caravan we have travelled with, and we are certainly truthful (in what we are saying).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 83[/INST]Ya‘qub (Jacob) said: ‘(It is not so.) In fact your (ill-commanding) selves have made this affair attractive for you. Now (only) patienceis the finest (option). It is likely that Allah brings to me all of them. He is indeed All-Knowing, Most Wise.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 84[/INST]Ya‘qub (Jacob) then turned his face away from them and said: ‘Alas! (My dear son) Yusuf (Joseph’s unbearable separation)!’ And his eyes had gone white with grief. And he was suppressing his sorrow.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 85[/INST]They said: ‘By Allah, you will continue remembering Yusuf ([Joseph] alone) till you get near death or pass away.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 86[/INST]He said: ‘I bewail my worry and grief to Allah alone, and I know from Allah what you do not know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 87[/INST]O my sons, go and fetch me some news about Yusuf (Joseph) and his brother (from somewhere) and despair not of Allah’s Mercy, for indeed only those despair of Allah’s Mercy who reject faith.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 88[/INST]So when they came back to Yusuf ([Joseph] again), they submitted: ‘O ‘Aziz (of Egypt), distress has fallen upon us and our family (and we are suffering from dreadful famine). And we have brought only (this) meager amount. So give us full measure (of grain against it) and (in addition) extend to us (some) charity (as well). Indeed Allah rewards those who give away charity plentiously.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 89[/INST]Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘Do you remember what you did to Yusuf (Joseph) and his brother? Were you (then) ignorant?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 90[/INST]They said: ‘Are you really Yusuf (Joseph)?’ He said: ‘(Yes,) I am Yusuf (Joseph) and here is my brother. Indeed Allah has been gracious to us. Surely the one who fears Allah and remains steadfast, then surely Allah does not waste the reward of the pious.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 91[/INST]They exclaimed: ‘By Allah, Allah has certainly exalted you above us, and certainly we alone were the sinners.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 92[/INST]Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘No blame (or penalty) lies on you today. May Allah grant you His forgiveness and He is the Most Merciful of all the merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 93[/INST]Take this shirt of mine and cast it over my father’s face; he will recover his sight. (Then) bring me the whole of your family.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 94[/INST]When the caravan left (Egypt), his father (Ya‘qub [Jacob]) said (while sitting in Canaan): ‘If you do not consider me unstable due to senility, I am smelling the fragrance of Yusuf (Joseph).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 95[/INST]They said: ‘By Allah, you are certainly in the (same) ecstasy of your (old) love.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 96[/INST]But when the bearer of the glad tidings arrived, and he cast that shirt over Ya‘qub (Jacob’s) face, his sight returned the same moment. Ya‘qub (Jacob) said: ‘Did I not say to you that I know from Allah what you do not know?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 97[/INST]They said: ‘O our father, seek for us forgiveness (from Allah) for our sins. Indeed we alone are the sinners.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 98[/INST]Ya‘qub (Jacob) said: ‘Soon shall I pray to my Lord for forgiveness for you. Indeed He alone is Most Forgiving Ever-Merciful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 99[/INST]Then, when they (i.e. all the members of the family) came to Yusuf (Joseph, he presented them a reception outside the city in the form of a royal procession comprising extensive transport arrangements, soldiers and general public, and) he venerated his parents and made them sit beside him, (or embraced them,) and (offering them welcome) said: ‘Enter Egypt and if Allah so wills (then stay here) with peace and comfort.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 100[/INST]And he seated his parents on the throne and they (all) fell down prostrate before Yusuf (Joseph) and Yusuf (Joseph) said: ‘O father, this is the interpretation of (that) dream of mine which I had seen (long) before. (To most of the commentators it took forty years.) And my Lord has surely proved it true. And indeed He did me a (great) favour when He took me out of the prison and brought all of you (here) from the desert after Satan had stirred up discord between me and my brothers. The fact is that my Lord makes easy with (His) plan whatever He wills. Indeed He alone is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 101[/INST]O my Lord! Verily You granted me dominion and blessed me with the knowledge of the interpretation of dreams. O Creator of the heavens and the earth, You are my Helper in this world and in the Hereafter (as well). Make me die in a state of total submission to (Din [Religion] of) Islam and make me join the company of those who are upright.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 102[/INST]O My Esteemed Beloved! This (narrative) is of the news of the unseen which We are revealing to you and you were not present with them when they (Yusuf [Joseph’s] brothers) were co-working to conclude their conspiracy and were plotting to deceive.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 103[/INST]And most people will not believe even if you (so ardently) desire.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 104[/INST]And you do not ask for any reward from them for this (communicating and preaching the Message). This Qur’an is but a reminder to all mankind.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 105[/INST]And how many a Sign is there in the heavens and the earth which these people pass by but they are heedless of them!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 106[/INST]And most of them do not believe in Allah, but that they are polytheists.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 107[/INST]Have they gone free from this fear that a prevailing calamity of Allah’s torment will come upon them, or the Last Hour will seize them all of a sudden while they have no news of it?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 108[/INST](O Glorious Beloved!) Say: ‘This is my way. I invite towards Allah. I am (firm and committed to) my vision and insight, I and also he who complies with me. And Holy is Allah, and I am not of the polytheists.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 109[/INST]And before you also We sent men alone from among the inhabitants of (various) towns to whom We sent Revelations. Have they not travelled in the land so that they might (themselves) witness what was the end of those before them? And surely the Home in the Hereafter has far greater value for the Godfearing. Do you not have reason?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 110[/INST]Until when the Messengers despaired (of their disobedient people,) and those denying communities developed this scepticism that they were told a lie (i.e. they will not be tormented), Our help reached the Messengers. Then We delivered whom We willed. And Our torment is not averted from the people committed to do evil.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 12 verse 111[/INST]Truly in their stories there is a lesson of warning for men of understanding. This (Qur’an) is not a Revelation that can be forged but a confirmation of those (revealed Books) which were revealed before it, an explanation of everything and guidance and mercy for those who believe.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13[/INST]The Thunder</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 1[/INST]1. Alif, Lam, Mim, Ra. (Only Allah and the Messenger know the real meaning.) These are the Verses of the Book of Allah, and whatever has been revealed to you from your Lord is the Truth, but most people do not believe.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 2[/INST]And Allah is He Who has raised aloft the heavens (in space) without pillars (as) you see; then He settled Himself on the Throne of His Authority (encompassing the entire universe) and fettered the sun and the moon to a system, each moving (in its respective orbit to complete its rotation) during its appointed term. He alone devises strategies for the total system (of the entire universe) and vividly manifests (all the) Signs (or the laws of nature) so that you may develop firm faith in appearing face to face before your Lord.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 3[/INST]And He is the One Who spread out the earth (despite its being round) and brought about mountains and rivers in it and produced pairs of (genders) two each among all kinds of fruits (as well. He is the One Who) stretches the cover of the night over the day. Indeed there are (many) Signs in it for those who meditate.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 4[/INST]And there are in the earth tracts (of different kinds) that are adjacent to each other and the gardens of grapes and crops and palm trees, clustered and non-clustered. All these are irrigated with the same water. And (despite that) We make some of them superior to others in taste. Verily there are (great) Signs in it for the people who apply reason.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 5[/INST]And if you are surprised (at the denial of the disbelievers), then (more) surprising is this that they say: ‘What, when we become dust (after death), shall we then be created anew?’ They are the ones who deny their Lord, and they alone will have shackles round their necks. And they are the ones who are the inmates of Hell. They will reside in it forever.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 6[/INST]And they hasten to demand from you punishment before mercy though many torments have passed before them. And, (O Beloved,) your Lord is Most Forgiving to the people despite their (oppression and) injustice. But certainly your Lord is Severe in punishment (as well).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 7[/INST]And the disbelievers say: ‘Why has any Sign not been sent down to this (Messenger) from his Lord?’ (O My Glorious Messenger!) You are only a warner (to the disobedient of their evil consequences) and a provider of guidance to every community (of the world).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 8[/INST]Allah knows what every female bears in her womb, and how much the wombs contract and how much they distend, and with Him is everything in a fixed measure.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 9[/INST]He is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Most Great (and) the Most Exalted.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 10[/INST]He among you who talks in a low voice and the other who talks in a loud voice, and he who is hidden in (the darkness of) the night and he who moves about in the day (light), all are alike (to Him).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 11[/INST]For (every) human being there are (angels) coming in succession who, before him and behind him, guard him by the Command of Allah. Verily, Allah does not change the state of a people until they bring about a change in themselves. And when Allah intends to torment a people (due to their own evil works), then none can avert it. Nor is there any helper for them apart from Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 12[/INST]He is the One Who, to rouse in you (sometime) fear and (some other time) hope, shows you lightning and (at times) raises (rain-laden) heavy clouds.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 13[/INST]The thunder (of clouds and lightning or the angel appointed over it) and all angels glorify Him with His Praise out of His fear. And He sends thunderbolts and strikes with them whom He wills. And they (the disbelievers, despite these Signs of His Might,) dispute about Allah. And He is Stern in strategy and Severe in grip.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 14[/INST]Calling towards the Truth (i.e. the Oneness of Allah) is for Him alone. And those (false gods - idols) they (i.e. disbelievers) worship besides Him cannot give them any answer at all. Their example is like the one who (sits) stretching both his palms towards water so that it may reach his mouth (itself), but it (i.e. water) reaches not (like this). And (in like manner) the praying of disbelievers (to idols and their idol-worship) is but wandering distracted.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 15[/INST]And whoever is in the heavens and the earth prostrates himself before Allah, (some) willingly and (others) perforce, and their shadows (too prostrate themselves before Him) morning and evening. (Then why do the disbelievers do idol-worship turning away from Allah?)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 16[/INST]Say (before these disbelievers): ‘Who is the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?’ Say (yourself): ‘Allah.’ (Again) ask (them): ‘Have you taken besides Allah (these idols) as your protectors who cannot control any profit or loss even for themselves?’ Say: ‘Can the blind and the seeing be equal? Or can darkness and light be the same? Have they associated such partners with Allah that have also created (some creation) themselves similar to that of Allah, so this creation (created by these idols) has caused them doubt of resemblance (i.e. error of judgment that they too could create as Allah does)?’ Say: ‘Allah alone is the Creator of everything. And He is One. He is Dominant over all.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 17[/INST]He sends down water from the sky and the valleys flow according to their (respective) capacity. Then the floodwater carries the scum raised to the surface. And the items that are heated in the fire for making ornaments or other articles also have foam that comes up the same way. Thus Allah illustrates examples of the Truth and falsehood. So, (whether produced by water or by fire) the foam or scum passes away useless but what is beneficial to the people endures in the earth. That is how Allah illustrates examples.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 18[/INST]For those who accept the Command of their Lord is the excellent outcome. And those who reject His Command, even though they possess all that is in the earth and the like of it added to that, and they atone it (to be delivered from torment, even then) they are the ones whose accountability will be horrible. And Hell is their abode, and that is a wretched abode.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 19[/INST]Someone who knows that whatever has been revealed to you is the Truth, can he be like the one who is blind? Truly it is only those endowed with wisdom who accept admonition,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 20[/INST]Who fulfil their pledge to Allah and do not breach their covenant,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 21[/INST]And who keep unified all (fulfil all their obligations to Allah, their obligations to the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him], to humanity at large and to their close relatives) that Allah has enjoined to be unified and remain in a state of fear from Allah and dread an evil reckoning,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 22[/INST]And who remain steadfast in seeking the pleasure of their Lord, and establish Prayer and spend (both) secretly and openly out of the sustenance We have provided and continue eliminating evil by means of good; they are the ones for whom there is a (beautiful) home in the Hereafter.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 23[/INST](There) are evergreen gardens. They will enter them with the pious from among their ancestors, their wives and their children. And the angels will come to them through every door (of Paradise).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 24[/INST](Greeting and felicitating them, they will say:) ‘Peace be upon you as a reward for your patience. So (see now) what a beautiful home it is of the Hereafter!’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 25[/INST]And those who break the promise of Allah after making it firm and strand all (the relations and obligations) that Allah has commanded to be kept unified, and do mischief and strife in the land — upon them is the curse and for them is evil home.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 26[/INST]Allah releases the provision abundantly for whom He pleases and restrains (for whom He wills). And these (disbelievers) are greatly charmed by the worldly life whereas, in contrast with the life in the Hereafter, the worldly life is nothing but a worthless provision.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 27[/INST]And the disbelievers say: ‘Why has any Sign not been sent down to him (the Messenger) from his Lord?’ Say: ‘Verily Allah, (despite Signs,) holds astray whom He wills and leads him towards Himself who turns to Him in repentance.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 28[/INST]Those who believe and their hearts become calm and contented with the remembrance of Allah — know that it is the remembrance of Allah alone that brings calm to the hearts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 29[/INST]Those who believe and do pious works, for them there are pleasures and rejoicing and excellent abode (in the Hereafter).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 30[/INST](O Beloved!) Thus We have sent you (as Messenger) to an Umma (Community) before whom in fact (all) the communities have passed. (This is now the last of all the communities) so that you may recite to them that (Book) which We have revealed to you. And they are still denying ar-Rahman (the Most Kind Lord). Say: ‘He is my Lord. There is no God but He. In Him have I put my trust and I turn towards Him alone.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 31[/INST]And if there were a Qur’an by which mountains could be set in motion, or by which the earth could be split open or by which the dead could be spoken to, (even then they would not believe in it). But all matters are under the Control of Allah. Have the believers not yet perceived that if Allah had so willed, He would have guided all mankind? And (some) disaster will continue afflicting the disbelievers due to their misdeeds or will be alighting close to their homes (i.e. towns) until Allah’s promise (of torment) comes to pass. Surely Allah does not go against His promise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 32[/INST]Indeed the Messengers were mocked (by the disbelievers) before you (as well). So I granted the disbelievers respite and then seized them (with torment). (See) then how My torment was!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 33[/INST]He (Allah) Who is watching the conduct of every soul and (these idols that the disbelievers) have made peers to Allah — (can they be alike? No way!) Say: ‘(Just) name them. (You fools!) Do you inform Him (Allah) of something whose (existence) He does not know in the whole earth? Or is it all (mere) superficial talk (which has no contact with reality)?’ Rather (the truth is that) the deceptive scheme of the disbelievers has been made fascinating to them and they have been hindered from the (straight) path. And he whom Allah holds strayed, there is none who can be his guide.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 34[/INST]There is for them chastisement in the worldly life (as well), but certainly the torment in the Hereafter is more fierce. And there is none who can rescue them from (the punishment of) Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 35[/INST]A glimpse of the Paradise that has been promised to the Godfearing (depicts that) it has rivers flowing under it. Its fruits are everlasting, and so (also) is its shade. This is (the beauty of) the end of those who adopt Godwariness. And the end of the disbelievers is the Fire of Hell.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 36[/INST]And those whom We have given the Book (the Torah, if they are true believers, then) they rejoice at this (Qur’an) which has been revealed to you. And also some from among their sects are those who deny a part of it. Say: ‘I have been given only this command that I worship Allah and must not associate (any) partner with Him. I invite towards Him alone, and to Him have I to return.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 37[/INST]And in like manner We have revealed this (Qur’an) as a Commandment in the Arabic language. And, (O listener,) if you follow the desires of these (disbelievers) after the (conclusive) knowledge has reached you, then there is no helper or protector for you against Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 38[/INST]And, (O Messenger,) indeed We sent before you (many) Messengers and brought up for them wives and children (as well). And that is not the role of a Messenger to bring a Sign but by Allah’s Command. There is an inscription for every appointed term.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 39[/INST]Allah erases whatever (writing) He wills and confirms (whatever He wills). And with Him alone is the Real Book (the Protected Tablet [al-Lawh al-Mahfuz]).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 40[/INST]And whether We show you (during your visible life) a portion (of the torment) that We have promised these (disbelievers), or We lift you (before that - both these options are subject to Our Will). Your assignment is only to communicate (the Commandments) and accountability rests with Us.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 41[/INST]Do they not see that We are persistently reducing the land (under their control - most of the areas under their rule are gradually accepting the Islamic Rule)? And Allah is the One Who decrees; there is none who can undo His decree. And He is Swift in accountability.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 42[/INST]And no doubt they also indulged in deceitful plots who have passed before them. So the power to reverse all these plots (also) rests with Allah. He knows best what every soul is busy earning, and the disbelievers will soon come to know for whom is the Home of the Hereafter!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 13 verse 43[/INST]And the disbelievers say: ‘You are not a Messenger.’ Say: ‘Sufficient is Allah as a Witness between you and me (on my Messengership), and so also is the one who (exactly) possesses the knowledge of the (revealed) Book.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14[/INST]Abraham</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 1[/INST]Alif, Lam, Ra. (Only Allah and the Messenger know the real meanings.) It is a (glorious) Book which We have revealed to you so that you may bring mankind out of the darkness (of disbelief) to the light (of faith. And moreover) by the Command of their Lord (lead them) to the path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy —</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 2[/INST]Allah, to Whom belongs (all) that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And there is destruction for the disbelievers on account of severe punishment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 3[/INST]They are the people who love the life of this world more than the Hereafter, and hinder (the people) from the path of Allah, and look for crookedness in it (the True Din [Religion]). They (have fallen) deep into error.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 4[/INST]And We have not sent any Messenger but with the language of his people so that he may make (the message of the Truth) more and more clear to them. Then Allah leads astray whom He wills and provides with guidance whom He wills. And He is Almighty, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 5[/INST]And indeed We sent Musa (Moses) with Our Signs: ‘(O Musa [Moses]), bring your people out of darkness to the light and remind them of the Days of Allah (which had come upon them and their preceding generations).’ Surely there are Signs in it for those who are highly steadfast (and) deeply grateful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 6[/INST]And (call to mind the time) when Musa (Moses) said to his people: ‘Recall (that) blessing of Allah conferred upon you when He delivered you from the people of Pharaoh who used to afflict you with severe torment, slaying your male children and sparing the female ones. And in it was a great trial for you from your Lord.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 7[/INST]And (recall) when your Lord proclaimed: ‘If you thank, I shall certainly increase (My blessings on) you, and if you are ungrateful, then My torment is surely severe.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 8[/INST]And Musa (Moses) said: ‘If you and all others on earth disbelieve, then Allah is indeed Self-Sufficient, Most Praisworthy.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 9[/INST]Has the account not reached you of those who have passed away before you? They were the people of Nuh (Noah) and (of the communities) of ‘Ad and Thamud and (others) who came after them. No one knows them except Allah (because they have been totally annihilated from the surface of the earth). Their Messengers came to them with Clear Signs. So they put their hands into their mouths (out of mockery and spite) and (dared) say: ‘We deny this (Din [Religion]) which you have been sent with, and we are certainly in awe-inspiring doubt about what you invite us to.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 10[/INST]Their Messengers said: ‘Do you have doubt about Allah Who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, (Who) calls you so that He forgives your sins for you and (despite your disobedience) gives you respite for a fixed term?’ They (the disbelievers) said: ‘You are but human beings like us. You seek to hold us back from these (idols) our fathers used to worship. So bring us some clear proof.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 11[/INST]Their Messengers said to them: ‘Though (in constitution of self) we are humans like you, but (also mark the difference that) Allah favours whom He likes of His servants. (Then how are you equal?) And (as for clear proof) it is not for us to bring you a proof without Allah’s decree, and the believers must put their trust in Allah alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 12[/INST]And what is the matter with us that we should not put our trust in Allah while He alone has shown us the paths (of guidance and success)? And we will certainly bear your persecutions with patience, and those who trust should put their trust in Allah alone.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 13[/INST]And the disbelievers said to their Messengers: ‘We will banish you by all means from our country, or you will have to return to our faith.’ Their Lord then revealed to them: ‘We shall certainly destroy the unjust people,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 14[/INST]And We shall certainly settle you in the (same) land after them. This (covenant) is for every such person that fears standing before My Presence and dreads My promise (of torment).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 15[/INST]And (ultimately) the Messengers sought victory (from Allah), and every obstinate rebel met defeat and came to nothing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 16[/INST]Beyond this (devastation) is Hell (again). And he will be served with fetid water of oozing pus,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 17[/INST]Which he will take sip by sip with great difficulty, and will not be able to gulp it down the throat. And death will assail him from all sides, and he will not be able (even) to die. And that (again) will be followed by (one more) extremely grievous torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 18[/INST]The example of those who have rejected faith in their Lord is that their works are like ashes on which blows the strong wind on a stormy day — they are unable to grasp anything of the (works) that they earned. This is straying far into error.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 19[/INST](O listener!) Have you not seen that Allah has created the heavens and the earth in accordance with (a strategy based on) the Truth. He can annihilate you if He so wills and bring new creation (in your place).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 20[/INST]And this is not (in the least) difficult for Allah (to execute).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 21[/INST]And (on the Day of Grand Assembly) all (the higher and the lower ranks) will appear before Allah. The weak ones (the followers) will ask the (powerful) arrogant ones: ‘We obeyed you (the whole life). So can you now manage for us some degree of rescue from Allah’s torment?’ Those (affluent ones) will reply (to their poor followers): ‘Had Allah guided us, we would also have shown you the path of guidance (i.e. we were ourselves misguided so we misguided you too). It is all the same (today) whether we sigh and wail or forbear. We have no way to escape.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 22[/INST]And when the decision will have been given, Satan will say: ‘Indeed Allah gave you a true promise, and I (also) promised you something; so I have violated the promise. And I had no authority over you (in the world) except that I called you (towards falsehood). So you accepted my call (for your own interest). Now do not blame me but blame your (own) selves. I can do nothing (today) to help you out, nor can you extend any help to me. Before this you have been associating me as a partner (with Allah). Surely I deny that (today).’ Undoubtedly there is a painful punishment for the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 23[/INST]And those who believe and stick to pious deeds will be admitted to the Gardens with streams flowing under them. They will live there forever by the Command of Allah. Their greeting word there (at the time of meeting) will be: ‘Peace.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 24[/INST]Have you not seen how Allah sets forth the example: a good word is like a good tree? Its root is firm (in the earth) and its branches reach into the sky.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 25[/INST](That tree) yields fruit at all times by the Command of its Lord, and Allah illustrates examples for the people so that they may take advice.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 26[/INST]And the example of an evil word is like that of an evil tree which is uprooted from the surface of the earth (and) which has no chance to get firm (in the soil and survive).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 27[/INST]Allah keeps the believers firm-footed in the life of this world as well as in the Hereafter with (the blessing) of this Firm Word, but Allah holds the wrongdoers astray. And Allah puts into action whatever He wills.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 28[/INST]Have you not seen those who have exchanged Allah’s Favour (of belief) for disbelief and have lowered their people into the house of destruction?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 29[/INST](That) is Hell in which they will be thrown headlong, and that is an evil abode.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 30[/INST]And they set up partners with Allah so that they may turn (the people) away from His path. Say: ‘Benefit (a few days’) gain; surely you will end up in the Fire.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 31[/INST]Say to My servants who have believed that they must establish Prayer and spend (in Our Way) both secretly and openly of the provision that We have granted them before the dawn of the Day when neither any transaction will take place nor any (worldly) friendship (will profit).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 32[/INST]Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and poured down water from the sky and then by means of this water produced fruits for you as provision. And He has made vessels subservient to you so that they may sail in the sea by Allah’s Command and He has (also) put rivers under your control.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 33[/INST]And for your benefit He has subjected the sun and the moon (to a regular system); they keep rotating (in their respective orbits). And He has also subdued the night and the day (to a system) for your (system of life).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 34[/INST]And He has given you everything that you asked Him for and if you seek to number the Favours of Allah, you will not be able to count them all. Indeed Man is highly unjust and extremely ungrateful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 35[/INST]And (recall the time) when Ibrahim (Abraham) submitted: ‘O my Lord, make this city (Makka) a land of peace and keep me and my children from idol-worship.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 36[/INST]O my Lord! These (idols) have led many people astray. So whoever follows me will belong to me, and whoever disobeys me then indeed You are Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 37[/INST]O our Lord! Verily, I have settled my offspring (Isma‘il [Ishmael]) in the barren valley (of Makka) in the close vicinity of Your Sacred House, O our Lord, so that they may establish Prayer. So make the hearts of the people incline towards them with love and fondness, and provide for them (all kinds of) fruits as sustenance so that they may remain grateful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 38[/INST]O our Lord! Surely You know (all) what we hide and what we show, and there is nothing which is hidden from Allah either on earth or in the heaven.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 39[/INST]All praise belongs to Allah alone Who has bestowed upon me (two sons) in old age, Isma‘il (Ishmael) and Ishaq (Isaac). Indeed my Lord is the All-Hearer of prayer.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 40[/INST]O my Lord! Make me and my children the ones who establish Prayer; O my Lord, and grant my prayer.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 41[/INST]O my Lord! Forgive me and (forgive) my parents and all the believers as well on the Day when reckoning (and accountability) will be held.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 42[/INST]And never think of Allah to be unaware of the works the wrongdoers are doing. He is only giving them (the wrongdoers) respite till the Day on which the eyes will be stare-fixed (in horror).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 43[/INST]Their heads lifted up, they will be running (towards the Field of Reckoning-Assembly), with eyes unable to twinkle and with hearts being drained of strength.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 44[/INST]And warn the people of the Day when the torment will come upon them. Those who will have been doing injustice will say: ‘O our Lord, grant us respite for a while so that we may accept Your message and follow the Messengers.’ (It will be said to them:) ‘Are you not those who used to swear before that you would never fall?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 45[/INST]And (in your own turn) you were dwelling in the palaces (vacated by) those who had wronged their souls (during their respective eras) whereas this had dawned on you how We had dealt with them and We also elucidated examples for your (easy comprehension).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 46[/INST]And (having lost their balance intoxicated by wealth and power) they hatched many plots while Allah had the countermeasures to foil all their plots, although their deceitful strategies were sufficient even to uproot the mountains.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 47[/INST]So never think that Allah will ever break His promise with His Messengers. Indeed Allah is Almighty, the Lord of Retribution.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 48[/INST]The Day when (this) earth will be changed into a different earth and all the heavens will also be changed and the entire mankind will appear before Allah, the One, and the Dominant over all.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 49[/INST]And that Day you will see the sinners fettered in chains;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 50[/INST]Their garments will be of pitch (or some inflammable oil) and the Fire will be enveloping their faces,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 51[/INST]So that Allah may requite every soul for (the deeds) it has earned. Indeed Allah is Swift in Reckoning.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 14 verse 52[/INST]This (Qur’an) is perfect communication of the Message to mankind so that by means of this they may be warned and that they may conscientiously bear it in mind that He (Allah) is One God, and that those who possess wisdom may take advice.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15[/INST]The Rock</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 1[/INST]Alif, Lam, Ra. (Only Allah and the Messenger know the real meaning.) These are the verses of the (Glorious) Book and the Enlightening Qur’an.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 2[/INST](Watching the scenes of Allah’s Mercy on the believers in the Hereafter,) the disbelievers would persistently aspire: would that they were Muslims!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 3[/INST](Feel not aggrieved.) Leave them. Let them eat (and drink) and make merry and let (their) false hopes keep them negligent (of the Hereafter). Then they will come to know (their end) soon.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 4[/INST]And never have We destroyed any township but that there was for them a known inscription (law, which they violated and met their fate).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 5[/INST]No people can go beyond its appointed term nor can they step back (under the law of rise and fall).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 6[/INST]And (the disbelievers) say (insolently): ‘O man on whom this Qur’an has been revealed, indeed you are insane.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 7[/INST]Why do you not bring us angels if you are truthful?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 8[/INST]We do not send down angels but with the (judgment of) Truth (i.e. We send them down to execute the torment when its time approaches) and they are not granted respite at that time.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 9[/INST]Assuredly We alone have revealed this Glorious Admonition (the Qur’an), and surely We alone will guard it.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 10[/INST]And We indeed sent Messengers before you as well among earlier generations.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 11[/INST]And there did not come to them any Messenger but they would mock him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 12[/INST]That is how We infuse this (mockery and ridicule) into the hearts of the sinners;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 13[/INST]These people will not believe in this (Qur’an) and (this) is what has been the practice of the bygone people.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 14[/INST]And if We open to them some gate in the heaven (and also make this possible for them that) they keep ascending through (it) the whole day,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 15[/INST](Even then) they will certainly say (this): ‘Our eyes have been hypnotized (through some magic trick and deceit), rather we are spellbound.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 16[/INST]And indeed We brought into existence constellations in the heavens (in the form of galaxies to safeguard the planets), and adorned this (spatial universe) for the beholders.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 17[/INST]And We have ensured the protection of this (system of heavenly universe) from every outcast Satan (i.e. from destructive phenomenon of every rebellious force).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 18[/INST]But anyone who tries to eavesdrop, a (blazing) illuminating meteor follows it.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 19[/INST]And We have spread out the earth (despite its being round), and We brought about firm mountains in it (by allying different elements together), and in it We provided means of growth to all species in (requisite) proportion.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 20[/INST]And in it We generated for you means of subsistence and also for those (human beings, animals and birds) whom you do not provide for.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 21[/INST]And there is not a thing (in the universe) but that We have its treasures with Us and We send it down only according to a fixed quantity.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 22[/INST]And We send winds carrying the burden of clouds. Then We pour down water from the sky. Then it is you whom We give it to drink, and it is not you who maintain its reservoirs.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 23[/INST]And indeed We alone give life and cause death, and We alone are the Inheritor (and the Owner of all).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 24[/INST]And surely We know those who lived before you and We also do know those who will come after you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 25[/INST]Verily it is your Lord Who will gather them together (on the Day of Resurrection). Surely He is Most Wise, All-Knowing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 26[/INST]And indeed We originated man’s (chemical) genesis from that dry sounding clay which, (first) having grown old (and under heat of the sun and other chemical and biological effects), had turned into black stinking mud.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 27[/INST]And We created jinn before this from a smokeless blazing fire.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 28[/INST]And (call to mind the occasion) when your Lord said to the angels: ‘I am about to create a human organism from the old (and) black stinking, resounding mud.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 29[/INST]So when I accomplish bringing his (physical) constitution into its perfect real being and breathe My (Divine) Spirit into (the inner self of) this (human physical) organism, then fall down prostrate before him.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 30[/INST]So, (no sooner did the light of Allah’s effulgence light in the human organism than) all the angels fell down in prostration together,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 31[/INST]Except Iblis. He refused to join those who prostrated themselves.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 32[/INST](Allah) said: ‘O Iblis, what has happened to you that you have not joined those who have prostrated themselves?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 33[/INST](Iblis) replied: ‘I cannot be the one who should fall down prostrate before a human being You have created from an old (and) black stinking and sounding mud.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 34[/INST](Allah) said: ‘Then get out from here, for you are indeed the cursed one (the outcast).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 35[/INST]And, verily, the curse will (persistently) rest upon you till the Day of Recompense.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 36[/INST]He said: ‘O Lord, then grant me respite till the Day (when) people will be raised up (again).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 37[/INST]Allah said: ‘So, indeed, you are among those granted respite,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 38[/INST]Till the Day of the appointed time (Resurrection).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 39[/INST]Iblis said: ‘O Lord, because You have led me astray, I will (also) best adorn and embellish for them (the sins, revolts and violations) in the earth and will certainly lead all of them astray by all means,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 40[/INST]Except for those exalted servants of Yours who have attained freedom (from my deceits and intrigues of the ill-commanding selves).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 41[/INST]Allah said: ‘This (freedom from these deceits and intrigues) is the (very) path that leads straight to My Threshold.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 42[/INST]Surely, you will in no way be able to influence My servants (who have attained this freedom from you) except the misguided lot who have adopted your way.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 43[/INST]And verily the promised place for all of them is Hell.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 44[/INST]It has seven doors; for each one a fixed portion of them has been specified.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 45[/INST]Indeed the Godfearing will be amid Gardens and fountains.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 46[/INST](It will be said to them:) ‘Enter them peacefully, throwing away fears.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 47[/INST]And We shall remove from their breasts all spite that they had (in the world against one another due to misunderstanding). They shall be brothers seated on couches face to face (in Paradise).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 48[/INST]No discomfort will touch them nor will they be driven out from there.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 49[/INST](O Beloved!) Tell My servants: ‘I am Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 50[/INST]And (also warn) that: ‘It is My torment which is the most grievous torment.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 51[/INST]And relate to them (also) the news about the guests of Ibrahim (Abraham).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 52[/INST]When they came to Ibrahim (Abraham) they greeted (him with): ‘Peace.’ Ibrahim (Abraham) said: ‘We are feeling somewhat afraid of you.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 53[/INST](The guest angels) said: ‘Do not feel afraid. We give you the glad tidings of (the birth of) a son endowed with knowledge and wisdom.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 54[/INST]Ibrahim (Abraham) said: ‘You are giving me the glad tidings at a time when old age has already overtaken me. So what good news are you giving me now?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 55[/INST]They said: ‘We give you good news which is true. So do not lose hope.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 56[/INST]Ibrahim (Abraham) said: ‘Who can lose hope of his Lord’s Mercy except the strayed ones?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 57[/INST]Ibrahim (Abraham) asked: ‘O deputed angels (sent by Allah), what other assignment do you have (to accomplish besides these glad tidings for which you have come)?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 58[/INST]They said: ‘We have been sent towards a sinful people,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 59[/INST]Except the family of Lut (Lot) all of whom We will indeed save,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 60[/INST]With the exception of his wife. We have decided that she shall certainly be among those who stay back (to become the victims of the torment).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 61[/INST]Then, when those deputed (angels) came to the house of Lut (Lot),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 62[/INST]Lut (Lot) said: ‘Indeed you are (looking) strangers.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 63[/INST]They said: ‘(No indeed;) in fact we have come to you with the (punishment) about which these people have had doubts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 64[/INST]And we have brought to you (the judgment of) the Truth and we are certainly truthful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 65[/INST]So set off with your family sometime during the night and follow them in the rear and none of you must (even) look back, and proceed to the place (where) you have been commanded to.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 66[/INST]And We informed Lut (Lot) of this judgment through Revelation that the root of these people shall be cut off the moment it dawns.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 67[/INST]And the people of the city (possessed by their lust) approached (Lut [Lot]) rejoicing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 68[/INST]Lut (Lot) said: ‘Surely they are my guests, so do not put me to shame (about them).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 69[/INST]And fear (the wrath of) Allah and do not humiliate me.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 70[/INST]Those (lost in wickedness) said: ‘(O Lut [Lot],) did we not forbid you (providing protection to) all the people of the world?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 71[/INST]Lut (Lot) said: ‘There are my (people’s) daughters. If you desire to do something (then marry them instead of perpetrating indecency).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 72[/INST](O Glorious Beloved!) By your (sacred) life, surely these people (too) are wandering astray, possessed by their lust (like the people of Lut [Lot]).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 73[/INST]So, the blazing Blast seized them at sunrise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 74[/INST]And We turned their town upside down and rained upon them stones of baked clay.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 75[/INST]Verily in this (occurrence) there are Signs for those who possess the ability to probe into reality.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 76[/INST]And truly that town lies along a frequented highway.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 77[/INST]Surely in this (episode of the people of Lut [Lot]) there is a Sign of (warning) for the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 78[/INST]And, in reality, the dwellers of al-Aika (the Thick Wood) too were hardened wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 79[/INST]So We avenged Ourselves on them (as well) and both these (towns still exist) on the highway.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 80[/INST]And no doubt the people of the valley of al-Hijr (the Rock) too denied the Messengers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 81[/INST]And We bestowed upon them (also) Our Signs but they persisted in turning away from them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 82[/INST]And they used to carve out houses in the mountains without any threat and fear.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 83[/INST]And the dreadful Blast seized them (as well) the moment it dawned.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 84[/INST]So the (riches) they used to earn could not repel (Allah’s punishment) from them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 85[/INST]And We have not created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them without any purpose. And the Hour of Resurrection is certainly approaching. So, (O embodiment of excellent morality,) bear with (them) most graciously and effectively with perseverance.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 86[/INST]Indeed your Lord alone is the Creator of all things, All-Knowing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 87[/INST]And surely We have bestowed upon you the seven oft-recited Verses (i.e. chapter al-Fatiha) and the Glorious Qur’an.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 88[/INST]Do not even lift your eyes towards the things with which We have benefitted the disbelievers for their (few days’) luxury, nor grieve over their (turning away from the straight path), and keep your wings (of affection and care) lowered over the believers (to make them feel contented and cared for).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 89[/INST]And say: ‘Indeed I am (now) the open and clear Warner (of Allah’s torment).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 90[/INST]The (torment) that We sent down upon the dividers (i.e. the Jews and the Christians),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 91[/INST]Those who divided the Qur’an into pieces (and split it i.e. accepted the favourable verses but rejected the others).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 92[/INST]So, by your Lord, We shall indeed interrogate them all,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 93[/INST]Pertaining to the works that they used to do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 94[/INST]So declare openly all those (matters) that you have been commanded and turn away from those who set up partners with Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 95[/INST]Surely We suffice you for (taking them to task) who scoff,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 96[/INST]Who set up other gods along with Allah. So they will come to know (their end) soon.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 97[/INST]And We indeed know that your (sacred) breast feels straitened by what they say.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 98[/INST]So glorify your Lord with His praise and live among those who prostrate themselves before Him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 99[/INST]And worship your Lord till you attain to that station of certainty of faith (which goes with your glory i.e. perfect cognizance of divinity or the moment of union with the Divine Essence).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16[/INST]The Bee</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 1[/INST]The promise of Allah has drawn (near), so do not hasten in seeking it. Holy is He and exalted far above those objects which the disbelievers set up as (His) peers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 2[/INST]He alone sends down the angels by His Command with Revelation (which is the spirit of all the teachings of Din [Religion]) to those of His servants He likes: ‘Warn (the people) that there is no God except Me, so adopt fearing Me against all evils.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 3[/INST]He alone has created the heavens and the earth with a zero-defect strategy. He is exalted far above those objects which the disbelievers set up as (His) peers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 4[/INST]He alone has created man from a drop of vital fluid, yet he has become openly contentious (instead of becoming totally submissive to Allah).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 5[/INST]And He alone has created for you cattle. They are for you a source of warm clothing and (other) benefits. And you (also) eat some of them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 6[/INST]And there is beauty in them (and also a joy — an aesthetic pleasure) for you when you drive (them back) in the evening from pasture and when you drive (them) out in the morning (to graze).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 7[/INST]And these (animals also) carry your loads to those distant cities (and remote areas) where you cannot reach (otherwise) without toiling hard. Surely your Lord is Most Clement, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 8[/INST]And (He is the One Who has created) horses, mules and donkeys so that you may ride them and that they may serve as means of adornment (for you) as well and He will (further) create (such ornamented means of conveyance) that you do not know (today).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 9[/INST]And the middle course reaches (the door of) Allah and many crooked side tracks also (branch off) from it. And had He so willed, He would have guided all of you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 10[/INST]He is the One Who has sent down for you water from the sky. (Some) of it is to drink and (some) of it is for plantation. (You grow with it plants, vegetation and pastures) wherein you take (your cattle) to graze.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 11[/INST]With the same water He grows for you crops and olives and date-palms and grapes and all kinds of fruit. Indeed there are Signs in it for those who reflect and meditate.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 12[/INST]And He (is the One Who) has subjected to your service the night and the day and the sun and the moon, and all the stars have also been made subservient to (the system according to) His strategy. Surely there are Signs in it for those who possess reason.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 13[/INST]And (of the animal world, vegetable world and minerals) whatever He has created for you in the earth which have separate colours (genders, species, classes, characteristics and benefits, etc. — all have been subdued to your service). Verily, there is a Sign in it for those who take advice.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 14[/INST]And He is the One Who has subjected sea (rivers and oceans) as well (in addition to air and land) so that you may eat fresh (and favourite) seafood from there and may take out from them gems (etc.) that you wear as ornaments. And, (O man,) you see the vessels (and ships) that pierce through the water (of the rivers and oceans). And (all this has been managed) so that you may look for His bounty (i.e. sustenance, far and wide) and also that you may become thankful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 15[/INST]And He is the One Who has created firm mountains in the earth (by allying various elements) lest it tremors while carrying you (revolving in its orbit), and rivers and (also natural) routes so that you may find way (to reach the destinations),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 16[/INST]And set up landmarks (to navigate during the day). And (at night as well) people find (their) way by means of the stars.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 17[/INST]Can the Creator Who creates (all that) be like the one who cannot create (anything)? Do you not then accept advice?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 18[/INST]And if you want to count the favours of Allah, you will not be able to number them all. Surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 19[/INST]And Allah knows what you hide and what you show.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 20[/INST]And the (idols) whom these (polytheists) worship besides Allah cannot create anything; they have rather been created themselves.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 21[/INST](They) are non-living, inanimate objects which do not (even) sense when the people will be raised up.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 22[/INST]Your God is One God. So those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deniers at heart and are beliers and arrogant.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 23[/INST]This is verily true and established that Allah knows all that they hide and all that they show. Surely He does not like the defiers and arrogant.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 24[/INST]And when they are asked: ‘What has your Lord sent down?’ they retort: ‘False fables of the people gone by (have been sent down).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 25[/INST](They are making all these utterances) so that they may carry full load (of their evildoings) on the Day of Resurrection and also (carry) some load of those that they are misguiding due to (their) ignorance. Beware! It is an extremely evil load which they are carrying.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 26[/INST]No doubt those who lived before them (also) devised plots, but Allah knocked down the edifice (of their deceptive plots) from its foundations, and the roof caved in upon them, and the torment came at them from where they never thought of.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 27[/INST]Then He will humiliate them on the Day of Resurrection and say: ‘Where are those that you set up as peers to Me and in whose favour you disputed (with the believers)?’ Those endowed with knowledge will say: ‘Today (all types of) humiliation and destruction will surely befall the disbelievers,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 28[/INST]Whom the angels cause to die while they are (constantly) doing wrong to their own souls.’ They will display obedience and submission (on the Day of Resurrection and say:) ‘We were not used to doing any evil (in the world).’ No indeed! Allah surely has thorough knowledge of what you used to do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 29[/INST]So, enter the gates of Hell. You are its permanent residents. So how evil is the abode of the arrogant!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 30[/INST]And (when) the Godfearing are asked: ‘What has your Lord sent down?’ they say: ‘All good (for here and the Hereafter has been sent down).’ There is good for those who do good in this world (too), and certainly the House of the Hereafter is even better. And how excellent is the house of those who are Godfearing!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 31[/INST]There are Gardens of Eternity which they will enter with streams flowing under them. Therein will be (available) whatever they will long for. That is how Allah rewards the God-fearing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 32[/INST]The angels take their lives while they are pure, clean, pleased and contented (due to obedience and piety. The angels tell them the moment they take their lives:) ‘Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise due to (the pious deeds) that you used to do.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 33[/INST]And what else are they waiting for except that the angels should come to them or there should reach the command (of torment) from your Lord? Those before them (also) did the same. And Allah did not do them any wrong but they themselves used to wrong their own souls.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 34[/INST]So the punishments that came upon them were due to the acts that they had perpetrated, and the same (chastisement) they used to make fun of engulfed them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 35[/INST]And those who set up peers with Allah say: ‘Had Allah so willed, We would not have worshipped anything apart from Him, neither we nor our fathers. Nor would we have forbidden anything without His (Command).’ Those before them (also) did the same. Are the Messengers responsible for anything in addition to conveying clearly (the Message and Commandments of Allah)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 36[/INST]And indeed We sent a Messenger in every people: ‘(O people,) worship Allah and keep away from Taghut (i.e. Satan and idol-worship).’ Then some among them were those whom Allah guided, and there were others among them for whom misguidance proved (appropriate). So travel through the land and see what was the end of those who belied (the Truth)!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 37[/INST]If you ardently desire them to take the path of guidance then (let not your sanctified disposition be overburdened), for indeed Allah does not guide him whom He holds strayed, nor do they have any helpers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 38[/INST]And they swear by Allah most earnestly that Allah will not resurrect him who dies. No Indeed! The true promise is a bountiful obligation upon Him, but most people do not know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 39[/INST](The dead will be raised up again) so that He makes evident (the Truth) wherein they disagree and that the disbelievers may realize that they alone are in fact liars.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 40[/INST]Our Command for a thing is but only this much that when We intend (to bring) it (into existence) We say to it: ‘Be,’ and it becomes.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 41[/INST]And those who emigrated after they had been subjected to (different kinds of) torture and brutality, We will certainly provide them with a better abode in this (very) world. And the reward in the Hereafter is certainly greater. Would that they knew (this secret) —</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 42[/INST]Those who remain steadfast and put their trust in their Lord!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 43[/INST]And before you also We sent only men as Messengers towards whom We sent Our Revelations. So if you yourselves do not know (anything), then ask the People of Remembrance.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 44[/INST](They too were sent) with clear proofs and the Books. And, (O Glorious Messenger,) We have revealed to you the Glorious Reminder (the Qur’an) so that you may explain clearly to people (the Message and the Commandments) that have been sent down to them and that they may meditate.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 45[/INST]Have these evil and deceitful people gone free of the fear that Allah may sink them into the earth, or may send to them torment from (any) quarter that is beyond their imagination?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 46[/INST]Or He may seize them during their movements (travelling and business trips). So, they cannot hinder Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 47[/INST]Or He may seize them for being struck with fear. Indeed your Lord is Most Compassionate, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 48[/INST]Have they not seen those (shady) objects which Allah has created; their shadows keep crawling on the right and the left sides prostrating themselves before Allah? And, (in fact, in this way) they display humbleness and obedience.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 49[/INST]And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, all living beings and angels prostrate themselves before Allah (alone) and are not (in the least) proud and arrogant.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 50[/INST]They keep fearing their Lord, Who is high above them, and obey whatever the command they are given.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 51[/INST]And Allah has ordained: ‘Do not take two gods; assuredly He (Allah) alone is the only One God. So fear Me alone persistently.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 52[/INST]And whatever is in the heavens and the earth (all) belongs to Him alone, and obligatory (for all) is obedience to Him alone. Do you then fear (anyone) other than Allah?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 53[/INST]And whatever blessing you have been provided with is from Allah alone. Then, when some distress afflicts you, you wail and weep only before Him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 54[/INST]Then, when Allah removes that distress from you, a party from amongst you starts setting up partners with their Lord;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 55[/INST](This disbelief and polytheism is perpetrated) so that they may show ingratitude for those (blessings) which We have bestowed upon them. So, (O polytheists,) take this (a few days’) benefit, then soon will you know (your end).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 56[/INST]And they ascribe a portion of the provisions which We have given them for those (idols) whose (reality) even they themselves do not know. By Allah, you will indeed be asked about what you fabricate.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 57[/INST]And they (the disbelievers and polytheists) ascribe daughters to Allah. Glory be to Him, (He is far above that;) and for themselves they prefer what they desire (i.e. sons).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 58[/INST]And when the news (of the birth) of a daughter is disclosed to any of them, his face turns dark and he gets pent up with anger.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 59[/INST]He seeks to hide himself from people due to the (presumed) bad news that is given to him. (He now gets down to thinking) whether he should keep her (alive) despite humiliation and disgrace or bury her (alive) in the earth. See! How wicked is the decision that they make!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 60[/INST](This) is the most evil attribute of those who do not believe in the Hereafter and the most exalted attribute is only Allah’s. And He is Almighty, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 61[/INST]And had Allah seized people (instantly) for their injustice, He would not have left any living being (on the surface of the earth). But He grants them respite till an appointed term. When their fixed time arrives then they can neither advance nor hold it back for a single moment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 62[/INST]And they attribute to Allah what they loathe (for themselves) and their tongues utter falsehood that there is good for them. (No indeed!) The truth is that for them there is Hell, and they will be the first ones to be sent (into Hell where they shall be left forever).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 63[/INST]By Allah! We certainly sent Messengers to (many) people before you (also). Then Satan made their (evil) deeds look attractive and pleasing to them. So the same (Satan) is today their friend. And for them there is painful punishment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 64[/INST]And We have not revealed to you the Book except that you may explain those (matters) clearly to them in which they differ, and (also that this Book) is guidance and mercy for the people that have embraced faith.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 65[/INST]And Allah pours down water from the sky and by means of that brings the earth to life (i.e. makes it fertile and green) after it has become dead (i.e. barren and infertile). Surely there is in it a Sign for those who give ear (to advice).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 66[/INST]And indeed in the cattle (too) there is a point for you to ponder. We provide you with pure milk to drink brought forth from that substance of their bellies (which is produced by) compounding (certain) intestinal contents and blood and which freshens up those who drink it.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 67[/INST]And you obtain sugar and (other) fine foods from the fruits of date-palms and grapes. Indeed there is a Sign in it for those who have reason.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 68[/INST]And your Lord seeded (the idea instinctually) in the honeybee’s heart: ‘Make your hives in certain mountains and certain trees and (also) in certain projections which people build aloft (like roofs).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 69[/INST]So, suck the juice of all kinds of fruit and then follow those routes (suggested) by your Lord (which lead to these fruits and flowers of which you are to suck the juice, leading other bees also to the source) for their convenience.’ There oozes from their bellies a syrup (that is honey) of diverse colours. It has healing properties for the people. Therein is indeed a Sign for those who apply their minds.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 70[/INST]And Allah has brought you into being; then He causes you to die (i.e. takes your life); and He turns some of you to the most worthless age (senility) so that after knowing (so much in life) he should now know nothing (i.e. man may see to his helplessness and paucity of resources before death). Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 71[/INST]And Allah has preferred some of you to others in (grades of) provision, (so that He may bring you to trial through the command of spending in His way). But those who have been preferred do not divert (even a portion of) their wealth to (i.e. do not spend on) their dependants while they all are equal in it (as for as their basic necessities are concerned). So do they deny Allah’s favour?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 72[/INST]And Allah has created for you spouses from among yourselves, and has created through your mates (wives) sons and grandsons and provided you with pure sustenance. Do they still believe in falsehood (abandoning the Truth) and disregard Allah’s favours?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 73[/INST]And besides Allah they worship those (idols) who are helpless to provide them with any provision from the heavens and the earth, and nor do they have any power.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 74[/INST]So never put forward any similitude about Allah. Surely Allah knows and you do not.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 75[/INST]Allah has explained an example (that) there is a slave, possessed by (some master), having no control over anything (himself); and (the other) is the one We have given the best provision, so he gives out to others out of it secretly and openly: can the two be held equal? All praise belongs to Allah alone. But most of them do not know (even the basic reality).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 76[/INST]And Allah has illustrated an example of two (such) men of whom one is dumb, has no power over anything and is a burden on his master; wherever he (the master) sends him, he brings no good. Can he (the dumb) be the equal to the (other) one who (holds such an office that he) enjoins the people to do justice, and he himself also follows the straight path?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 77[/INST]And to Allah belongs (all) the unseen of the heavens and the earth and the advent of the Last Hour will be as quick as twinkling of an eye or even faster. Surely Allah has Mighty Control over everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 78[/INST]And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers (in such a state) that you knew nothing, and He endowed you with ears and eyes and hearts so that you may give thanks.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 79[/INST]Have they not seen the birds that fly aloft in the air (under the law of motion and aerodynamics)? Nothing but (the laws of) Allah hold them (in the sky). Surely there are Signs in (this law of aerodynamics) for the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 80[/INST]And Allah has made your homes (permanent) places for you to reside and made for you (temporary) dwellings (i.e. tents) with the skins of cattle which you find light enough during your journey and for (stay at journey-breaking) halts. And (Allah is the One Who) provides you with household goods and profitable means (in business and trade) from the wool of sheep and lambs and fur of camels and hair obtained from goats, (which are) for an appointed term.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 81[/INST]And Allah is the One Who has made for you shades of many things that He created, and He has made places of shelter for you in the mountains, and He has made (some) such clothes for you as protect you from heat and (others like) coats of armour which shield you (against the enemy assault) during the event of intense war. Thus Allah perfects His favour and blessing (provision and protection) upon you so that you may bow down (before His Presence) with absolute submissiveness.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 82[/INST]So if (even then) they turn away (O Glorious Messenger,) then your responsibility is only to convey and communicate (My Message and My Commands) clearly.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 83[/INST]They recognize Allah’s favour, then deny it and most of them are disbelievers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 84[/INST]And the Day when We shall raise from every people (their Messenger as) a witness (to their deeds), then the disbelievers will not be accorded permission (to put forward any excuse), nor will they be asked (then) to turn to Allah in repentance.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 85[/INST]And when the wrongdoers see the torment, neither will (this torment) be mitigated for them, nor will they be granted any respite.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 86[/INST]And when the idolaters see their (self-made) partners, they will say: ‘O our Lord, these are our partner-gods which we worshipped besides You.’ Thereupon those (partner-gods) will send them the message (in reply): ‘You are liars indeed.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 87[/INST]And that Day these (polytheists) will show humbleness and obedience to Allah, and all falsehood that they used to fabricate will vanish from them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 88[/INST]Those who disbelieved and kept hindering (others) from the path of Allah, We shall add torment to their torment because they used to spread mischief and spoil peace.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 89[/INST]And (this) will be the Day (when) We shall raise in every people one witness against them from among themselves, and, (O Venerable Beloved,) We shall bring you as witness to all of them (communities and Messengers). And We have revealed to you that Glorious Book which is a clear exposition of everything and is guidance, mercy and glad tidings for the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 90[/INST]Indeed Allah enjoins justice and benevolence (towards everyone), and giving away to the kindred and forbids indecency, evil deeds, defiance and disobedience. He admonishes you so that you may remember with concern.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 91[/INST]And always fulfil the promise of Allah when you promise, and do not break oaths after making them firm while you have already made Allah a surety over you. Surely Allah knows well whatever you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 92[/INST]And do not be like the woman who after spinning her yarn firm and strong breaks it into pieces. You employ your oaths as a means of deceiving among you so that (by this) one party may earn more profit than the other. The matter is that Allah (also) puts you to trial through the same, and on the Day of Resurrection He will certainly make clear those matters in which you used to disagree.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 93[/INST]And had Allah so willed He would have made (all) of you one Umma (Community) but He holds strayed whom He wills and leads to guidance whom He wills. And you will surely be asked about the deeds you used to do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 94[/INST]And do not use your oaths as a means of deceiving among you lest your foot should quiver after it is set firmly (in Islam) and you will taste the evil result because you used to hinder (the people) from the path of Allah. And there is severe torment for you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 95[/INST]And do not barter the promise made to Allah for a paltry price (i.e. worldly wealth and gains). Surely (the reward) that is with Allah is best for you if you know (this secret).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 96[/INST]The (riches) that you possess will be no more and what is with Allah will last. And those who remain steadfast We shall certainly pay their recompense for their righteous deeds which they used to do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 97[/INST]Whoever performs pious works, man or woman provided he or she is a believer, We will surely let such a one live a life of purity and will indeed reward them (as well) their wage of the righteous works which they used to do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 98[/INST]So when you undertake to recite the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah against (the wiles of) Satan, the outcast.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 99[/INST]Surely he has no control (at all) over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 100[/INST]He overpowers only those who make friends with him and who associate partners with Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 101[/INST]And when We substitute some Verse in place of another Verse, and Allah (alone) knows best whatever He sends down, (then) the disbelievers say: ‘You are but a forger!’ But most of them do not know (the rationale of sending down and substituting the verses).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 102[/INST]Say: ‘The Holy Spirit (Gabriel) has brought it (the Qur’an) down from your Lord with truth so as to keep the believers firm-footed and (this) is guidance and good news for the believers.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 103[/INST]And indeed We know that they (the disbelievers and the polytheists) say: ‘It is but a human being who teaches him this (Qur’an).’ But the person they point to, turning the matter away from the truth, is the one whose language is non-Arabic and this Qur’an is (in) clear and unambiguous Arabic language.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 104[/INST]Surely those who do not believe in the Revelations of Allah, Allah does not provide them with guidance (i.e. does not also enable them with understanding and insight). And for them is grievous torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 105[/INST]Indeed they alone invent false fabrications who do not believe in the Revelations of Allah and they alone are liars.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 106[/INST]The one who disbelieves after having believed, except someone who is coercively forced to do so and at heart remains contented with belief (as before), but (of course) he who (adopts) disbelief (afresh) wholeheartedly with an open mind, on them is wrath from Allah and for them is fierce torment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 107[/INST]That is because they loved and preferred the life of this world to the Hereafter and because Allah does not guide the disbelieving folk.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 108[/INST]They are those whose hearts and whose ears and whose eyes Allah has sealed and they are the ones who are neglectful (of their end in the Hereafter).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 109[/INST]It is a fact that these are certainly those who are the losers in the Hereafter.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 110[/INST]Then your Lord, for those who emigrated (i.e. left their homes and towns for the cause of Allah) after they had been made to suffer from trials (and adversities), then fought in the way of Allah and remained steadfast (in the face of worries); after that, (O Glorious Beloved,) your Lord is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 111[/INST]And (recall the time) that Day when every person will appear pleading for himself (in his defence), and every soul will be given full recompense for whatever it will have done, and they will not be wronged in the least.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 112[/INST]And Allah has described the example of a township which was (living) in peace and contentment. The means of sustenance came to (its residents) in abundance from all quarters. Then the (dwellers) of this town disregarded Allah’s blessings and showed ingratitude. Thereupon Allah clothed them in the torment of hunger and fear due to the activities that they used to carry out.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 113[/INST]And indeed there came to them from among themselves a Messenger but they denied him. So the torment seized them and they were certainly the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 114[/INST]So always eat of that clean and lawful sustenance which Allah has given you and thank for the favour of Allah if you worship but Him alone.</s>