<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 11[/INST]There are fruits in it and blossom-bearing date-palms,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 12[/INST]And chaff-covered grain and fragrant (fruits) blooms.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 13[/INST]So, (O assembly of jinn and men,) which of your Lord’s blessings will you deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 14[/INST]He is the One Who created man from a dry mud sounding like earthenware,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 15[/INST]And created the jinn from a flame of fire.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 16[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 17[/INST](He alone is) the Lord of both the easts and (He alone is) the Lord of both the wests.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 18[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 19[/INST]He is the One Who has made the two seas flow that join each other;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 20[/INST]There is a barrier between them; they cannot breach (their respective) limits.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 21[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 22[/INST]The pearls (shading green) and corals (shading red) come forth from both (the seas).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 23[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 24[/INST](Under) His (control) are (also) the big vessels with lofty sails raised high (anchoring or sailing) in the sea like mountains.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 25[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 26[/INST]Whoever is on the earth will perish.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 27[/INST]And the Essence of your Lord, Who is the Master of Glory and Splendour and the Master of Bounty and Honour will remain.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 28[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 29[/INST]All that are in the heavens and the earth beg from Him alone. Every moment His Glory manifests anew.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 30[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 31[/INST]O both the groups (of men and jinn,) soon shall We attend to your account.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 32[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 33[/INST]O company of the jinn and men! If you have the power to go across the boundaries of the heaven and the earth (and overpower the universe), then go ahead. Whichever station (heavenly sphere) you will go to, there too will be His Kingdom alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 34[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 35[/INST]The flames of pure (i.e. smokeless) fire will be sent upon both of you and (flameless) smoke (too will be sent) and you both will be unable to escape from them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 36[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 37[/INST]And when heavens will split apart and will become rosy like burnt oil (or red leather),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 38[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 39[/INST]That Day no man or jinn will be asked about his sin.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 40[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 41[/INST]The evildoers will be recognized by the darkness of their faces and so they will be pulled, seized by their forelocks and feet.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 42[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 43[/INST](It will be said to them:) ‘It is this Hell which the evildoers used to deny.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 44[/INST]They will move about in that (Hell) and in the boiling hot water.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 45[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 46[/INST]And whoever fears standing before his Lord (for Meeting), for him are two Gardens.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 47[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 48[/INST]They are (green and fresh Gardens) with deep thick branches.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 49[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 50[/INST]Two springs are flowing in both of them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 51[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 52[/INST]In them are two kinds of every fruit.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 53[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 54[/INST]The residents of Paradise will be reclining on couches lined with fine and thick brocade (i.e. satin) and the fruits of both the Gardens will be hanging low (over them).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 55[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 56[/INST]And in them will be (chaste maidens) with downcast looks, untouched either by any man or by any jinn.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 57[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 58[/INST]As if they (chaste maidens) were rubies and pearls.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 59[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 60[/INST]The reward of good cannot be anything but good.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 61[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 62[/INST]And apart from these two there are also two more gardens (for them).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 63[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 64[/INST]Both appear deep green tinting black.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 65[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 66[/INST]There are two springs which will be gushing with force in these two (as well).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 67[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 68[/INST]In them also there are fruits, date-palms and pomegranates.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 69[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 70[/INST]In them are pious and beautiful (chaste maidens as well).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 71[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 72[/INST]The maidens who are veiling, confined in tents.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 73[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 74[/INST]Untouched before either by any man or jinn.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 75[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 76[/INST](The residents of Paradise) will be (sitting) reclining on cushions over green carpets and rare and exquisite fine rugs.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 77[/INST]So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 55 verse 78[/INST]Most Blessed is the Name of your Lord, the Master of Glory and Splendour and the Master of Bounty and Honour.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56[/INST]The Inevitable</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 1[/INST]When what is to occur (the Hour of Resurrection) will occur,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 2[/INST]There is no falsehood in its occurrence.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 3[/INST](That Hour) will lower (some) and raise (some others) high.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 4[/INST]When the earth will tremor and then shake violently,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 5[/INST]And the mountains will be crumbled into bits,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 6[/INST]Then will become dust particles spread in the air,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 7[/INST]And you will be divided into three classes.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 8[/INST]So (first) those on the Right Hand; what a class will the Right Hand be!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 9[/INST]And (second) those on the Left Hand; (in what miserable plight will be) the Left Hand party!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 10[/INST]And (third) the Excellent; (they) are the foremost.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 11[/INST]It is they who will be the Near Ones (to Allah).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 12[/INST](They will live) in the Gardens of Bliss.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 13[/INST]A large group (of these Near Ones) will be from the earlier people.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 14[/INST]And a small number (among them) will be from the later generations.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 15[/INST](These Near Ones) will be on the thrones ornamented with gold,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 16[/INST]Reclining there on cushions, face to face.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 17[/INST]The serving youths rapt always in the same state of being will go round them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 18[/INST](They will be attending) carrying bowls, ewers and cups filled with (transparent) drink of (nearness) from the free-flowing springs.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 19[/INST]By (drinking) this they will have neither headache nor derangement of senses (and stupefaction).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 20[/INST]And (the servants of Paradise) will be (roaming about) with fruits which (the Near Ones) will like,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 21[/INST]And (there will be) bird-meat as well which they (the Near Ones) will desire.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 22[/INST]And also (in their companionship will be) maidens with wide lovely eyes,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 23[/INST]Like pearls kept hidden, well-guarded.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 24[/INST](That) will be the reward of the (pious) works which they used to do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 25[/INST]There they will hear nothing absurd nor any word of sin,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 26[/INST]But (these people of Peace will hear) only one thing (from all sides:) Peace, Peace.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 27[/INST]And those of the Right Hand; what a class the Right Hand are!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 28[/INST]Amid thornless lote-trees,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 29[/INST]And layers of banana fruit,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 30[/INST]And long-stretching, (wide-spreading) shades,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 31[/INST]And flowing, gushing waters,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 32[/INST]And (they will be rejoicing) in abundance of fruits,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 33[/INST]They will be neither exhausted nor restricted (to eat).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 34[/INST]And (they) will be (staying) on raised (splendid) floors.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 35[/INST]Surely We have created these (maidens) as a special creation (reflecting beauty and refinement).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 36[/INST]Then We have made them virgins,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 37[/INST]The ardently loving (wives) of the same age.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 38[/INST]These (maidens and other bounties) are for those on the Right Hand.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 39[/INST]A large group of them will be from the earlier people.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 40[/INST]And from later generations (also) will be a large group (among them).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 41[/INST]And those of the Left Hand; what (an evil people) on the Left Hand are!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 42[/INST]They will be amid fierce hot wind of Hell and simmering water,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 43[/INST]And under the shadow of black smoke.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 44[/INST]That will neither (ever) cool nor be pleasing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 45[/INST]No doubt, these (inmates of Hell) lived luxuriously before this (in the world),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 46[/INST]And obstinately persisted in great sin (of denying Allah and setting up partners with Him).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 47[/INST]And they used to say: ‘When we are dead and become (a heap of) dust and (decomposed bones), shall we then be raised up (alive again)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 48[/INST]And shall our ancestors too (be given life)?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 49[/INST]Say: ‘Indeed the earlier and the later,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 50[/INST](All of them) will be gathered together on a fixed Hour of an appointed Day.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 51[/INST]Then surely, O strayed people, deniers,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 52[/INST]You will certainly eat of thorny (cactus) tree,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 53[/INST]And will fill your stomachs with it.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 54[/INST]And (you) will drink boiling water over it,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 55[/INST]Drinking as a thirst-stricken camel drinks.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 56[/INST]This will be their feast on the Day of Resurrection.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 57[/INST]It is We Who created you then why do you not confirm (resurrection)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 58[/INST]Well, give your view: the semen (sperm drop) that you ejaculate (into the womb) —</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 59[/INST]So is it you who create (a human being) from it or are We the Creator?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 60[/INST]It is We Who have decreed death among you and We are not helpless either (to bring you back to life after this).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 61[/INST]Nor are We (powerless) to change others into the like of you in your place and make you grow into a form which you do not know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 62[/INST]And surely you have learnt (the reality of) the first creation. Then why do you not accept advice?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 63[/INST]Well, give your view: the (seed) that you cultivate —</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 64[/INST]So is it you who make (the crop) grow from it or are We its Grower?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 65[/INST]If We so intend We would crumble it to pieces. Then you would only be struck with awe and shame!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 66[/INST](And you may say:) ‘We are punished with ransom;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 67[/INST]Rather we are seized by misfortune.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 68[/INST]Well, give your view: the water that you drink —</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 69[/INST]Have you sent it down from the cloud or are We its Sender?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 70[/INST]If We will, We can make it bitter. Then why do you not give thanks?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 71[/INST]Well, give your view: the fire that you kindle —</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 72[/INST]Have you grown its tree or are We its Grower?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 73[/INST]It is We Who have made it (the fire of tree) a reminder (of the Fire of Hell, an admonition and a warning) and a source of profit and comfort for the travellers of forests.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 74[/INST]So always glorify the Name of your Lord, Most Magnificent.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 75[/INST]So I swear by the places where different portions of the Qur’an descend (on the Arab Messenger).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 76[/INST]And this is a mighty oath if you realize.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 77[/INST]Surely this is a Glorious Qur’an (which is being sent down on the most Glorious Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him]).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 78[/INST]It has been (inscribed) on al-Lawh al-Mahfuz (the Preserved Tablet) before this.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 79[/INST]No one can touch it except the purified (cleansed) ones.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 80[/INST]It has been sent down by the Lord of all the worlds.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 81[/INST]So is it this Revelation that you disdain?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 82[/INST]And you have made your means of subsistence (and fortune) to reject it!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 83[/INST]Then why do you not (make the soul return) when it reaches the throat (to pass away)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 84[/INST]And at that moment, you do nothing but helplessly look on!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 85[/INST]And We are nearer to him (the dying one) than you but you do not see (Us).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 86[/INST]Then if you are under no one’s command and control, why do you not (do this),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 87[/INST]That you turn that soul back if you are truthful?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 88[/INST]Then if he (who died) was of the Near Ones,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 89[/INST]For him is Paradise packed with bounties, pleasure and delight and spiritual sustenance and comforts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 90[/INST]And if he was of those on the Right Hand,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 91[/INST]Then (it will be said to him:) ‘Peace for you from those on the Right Hand. (Or, O Prophet, peace on you from those on the Right Hand.)’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 92[/INST]But if he (who died) was of the strayed beliers,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 93[/INST]Then he will be entertained with scalding boiling water.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 94[/INST]And his (end) is the admission to Hell.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 95[/INST]Assuredly this is the absolute Truth of Certitude.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 56 verse 96[/INST]So always glorify the Name of your Lord, Most Magnificent.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57[/INST]The Iron</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 1[/INST]All those who are in the heavens and the earth glorify Allah alone and only He is the Lord of Honour, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 2[/INST]His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He is the One Who gives life and causes death, and He wields Absolute Power over everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 3[/INST]He is the One Who is the First (of all) and the Last (of all). And He is Manifest (as for His Power) and Hidden (as goes His Essence). And He knows everything full well.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 4[/INST]He is the One Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, then unveiled His Might taking the Throne of Authority of the Universe (i.e. organized the whole universe under His Command). He knows what goes into the earth and what comes out of it, and what descends (or comes forth) from the heavenly bodies or what ascends to (or goes into) them. Wherever you are He is with you. And Allah monitors best what you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 5[/INST]His is the entire kingdom of the heavens and the earth and to Him are returned all the affairs.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 6[/INST]He is the One Who makes the night pass into the day and the day pass into the night. And He is also Well Aware of the (hidden) contents of the hearts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 7[/INST]Believe in Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and spend (in His cause) out of that (wealth) in which He has made you His vicegerents (and trustees). So those of you who believe and spend (in His Way) for them is mighty reward.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 8[/INST]And what is the matter with you that you do not believe in Allah while the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) is giving you the call to believe in your Lord? And surely Allah has already taken a firm covenant from you if you are the believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 9[/INST]He is the One Who sends down clear Signs to His (exalted) servant so that He may bring you out of darkness into the light. Surely Allah is the Most Clement, Ever-Merciful towards you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 10[/INST]And what is the matter with you that you do not spend in the Way of Allah whereas the ownership of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah alone (you are merely His vicegerents)? Those of you who spent (their wealth in the Way of Allah before Makkan Victory) and fought, they (and you) cannot be equal. They are far higher in rank than those who spent their wealth afterwards and fought. But Allah has promised the most pleasing end (i.e. Paradise) to all in the Hereafter. And Allah is Well Aware of what you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 11[/INST]Who will make a good loan to Allah so that He may increase it (the loan) for him manifold? And a generous reward awaits him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 12[/INST](O Beloved!) The Day when you will see the believing men and the believing women (of your Umma [Community]) with their light heading fast in front of them and on their right, (it will be said to them:) ‘Good news to you. Today there are Gardens for you with streams flowing under them. (You) will live in them forever. That is but a great success.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 13[/INST]The Day when the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women will say to the believers: ‘Look towards us (also a little considerately) so that we may take some of your light,’ it will be said to them: ‘Go back and look for light (there where you used to deny light).’ So a wall will be raised between them (just then) with a door in it. Inside it will be mercy and outside it will be torment from that direction.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 14[/INST]They (the hypocrites) will call out those (believers), saying: ‘Were we not in your company (in the world)?’ They will say: ‘Yes indeed! But you troubled yourselves with the disruption (of hypocrisy) and used to wait (for our woe and destruction). And you doubted (the Prophethood of Muhammad [blessings and peace be upon him] and Din [Religion of Islam]) and your false hopes deceived you till the command of Allah (death) reached and the Arch-Deceiver (Satan) kept deluding you about Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 15[/INST]So today, (O hypocrites,) no recompense will be accepted from you or from those who disbelieved. Hell is the abode for you (all). And it is this (abode) which is your mawla (i.e. companion). And quite an evil resort is that, (because you denied accepting those as mawla from whom the charity of the light of faith and forgiveness is obtained).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 16[/INST]Has the time not (yet) come for the believers that their hearts get humbled with tenderness for the remembrance of Allah, and for that Truth (as well) which has been sent down, and that they do not become like those who were given the Book before this, then a long time passed over them and their hearts hardened? And many of them are disobedient.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 17[/INST]Know that Allah alone brings the earth to life after it is dead. And surely We have made Signs clear for you so that you may put your reason to work.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 18[/INST]Surely both the men and the women who give charity and those who lend a goodly loan to Allah, the (reward of charity) will be increased for them manifold, and there shall be most honourable reward for them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 19[/INST]And those who believe in Allah and His Messengers are as-Siddiqun (the Champions of Truth) and ash-Shuhada’ (the Faithful Witnesses) in the sight of their Lord. For them is their reward and their light (as well), and those who disbelieved and denied Our Revelations it is they who are the inmates of Hell.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 20[/INST]Know that the life of the world is nothing but a sport and pastime, and superficial beauty, and mutual boasting and self-praise, and ambition to excel in wealth and children over one another. Its similitude is rain whose produce pleases the farmers. Then it dries up. Then you see it turning yellow and then it becomes bits of stubble. And there is severe torment (for the disobedient) in the Hereafter and forgiveness and great pleasure from Allah (for the obedient). And the life of the world is nothing but belongings that deceive.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 21[/INST](O servants!) Race in pursuit of forgiveness from your Lord and towards Paradise (also) which is as wide as the vast expanse of the heaven and the earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers. This is Allah’s Bounty which He gives to whom He wills. And Allah is the Lord of Infinite Bounty.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 22[/INST]No calamity occurs in the earth or in your lives but it is in a Book (al-Lawh al-Mahfuz, the station of Allah’s pre-eternal knowledge,) before We make it happen. Surely this (all-encompassing and perfect knowledge) is very easy for Allah,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 23[/INST]So that you may not grieve over what goes out of your hands, nor gloat in pride over what He grants you. And Allah does not like anyone arrogant and proud —</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 24[/INST]They who are (themselves) miserly and (also) urge others to be miserly. And he who turns away from (Allah’s Injunctions), then surely Allah is (also) Self-Sufficient, Most Praiseworthy.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 25[/INST]Verily We sent Our Messengers with clear Signs and We sent down with them the Book and the Balance of Justice so that people may grow firm and stable in justice. And (of minerals) We brought forth iron in which is fierce force (for weapons and defence) and which has (multiple other) benefits for people (in industrial development). And (the purpose is) that Allah may bring to light who helps Him and His Messengers (i.e. Din [Religion of Islam]) without seeing. Surely Allah is (Himself) the All-Powerful, the Almighty.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 26[/INST]And indeed We sent Nuh (Noah) and Ibrahim (Abraham) and We placed Prophethood and the Revealed Book among their children. So (some) of them are rightly guided and most of them are disobedient.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 27[/INST]Then in the footsteps of these Messengers we sent (other) Messengers and We sent ‘Isa son of Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) after them and gave him the Injil (the Gospel). And We created kindness and mercy in the hearts of those who were (the true) followers (of ‘Isa [Jesus]). And they themselves invented the innovation of monasticism (living the life of a recluse and committing to asceticism and austerity). We did not prescribe it for them. But they (introduced this innovation of monasticism) merely to seek Allah’s pleasure. Then they could not practically keep and maintain that check which was its due (i.e. could not continue its spirit and discipline). So We paid those of them their reward who believed (and continued the innovation of monasticism to seek the pleasure of Allah). And most of them (who left it and changed their ways) are disobedient.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 28[/INST]O Believers! Become Godfearing and believe in His (Esteemed) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). He will bless you with two portions of His Mercy and will bring about light for you to walk in (in the world and in the Hereafter) and will forgive you. And Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 57 verse 29[/INST](The purpose of this exposition is) that the People of the Book may know that they have no control over Allah’s Bounty and that the entire Bounty is in the Mighty Hand of Allah alone. He gives it to whom He likes and Allah is the Lord of Infinite Bounty, Most Great.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58[/INST]The Pleading Woman</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 1[/INST]Indeed Allah has heard the words of the woman who was arguing with you about her husband and was pleading with Allah. And Allah was hearing the mutual questions and answers of both of you. Surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 2[/INST]Those of you who separate their wives by Zihar (i.e. they say to their wives: You are to me as my mother’s back. But by saying this) they do not become their mothers. Their mothers are only those who have given them birth. And no doubt they utter evil and false words. Surely Allah is Most Forbearing, Most Forgiving.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 3[/INST]And those who separate their wives by Zihar but then seek to go back on what they have said, setting free a neck (a slave or a slave girl) is obligatory before they touch each other. This is what you are admonished. And Allah is Well Aware of the works that you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 4[/INST]But the one who does not find (a slave or a slave girl) must fast for two consecutive months (as an obligation) before they touch each other. Then someone who is unable to do that must feed sixty poor people (under obligation). That is in order that you may keep your belief in Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). And these are the limits (set by) Allah. And there is a painful punishment for the disbelievers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 5[/INST]Indeed those who maintain rivalry against Allah and His Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] will be humiliated as those before them were humiliated. And surely We have sent down clear Revelations and there is humiliating torment for the disbelievers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 6[/INST]On the Day when Allah will raise them up (giving life again), He will then inform them of their actions. Allah has counted up (their) every action while they have forgotten it. And Allah is Witness over (and Well Aware of) everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 7[/INST](O man!) Do you not know that Allah knows all those things which are in the heavens and in the earth? There is no whisper of three (men) anywhere but He is their fourth (with His all-encompassing knowledge and awareness). Nor is there any whisper of five (men) but He is the sixth of them (with His all-encompassing knowledge). Nor of less or more than that but He is (always) with them wherever they are. Then on the Day of Rising He will alert them to the actions that they used to do. Surely Allah knows everything full well.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 8[/INST]Have you not seen those who were forbidden to whisper? Then they started doing the same that they were forbidden to do. And they whisper about sin and revolt and disobedience to the (Holy) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and when they come to your presence they greet you with the (unbecoming) words with which Allah has not greeted you and say in their hearts: ‘(If this Messenger is truthful then) why Allah does not punish us for what we say?’ (The punishment of) Hell is sufficient for them. They will enter it and it is an extremely evil abode.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 9[/INST]O Believers! When you whisper among yourselves, whisper not sin, injustice, revolt and disobedience to the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him); but whisper piety and Godwariness and keep fearing Allah towards Whom you all will be gathered.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 10[/INST](Negative and destructive) whispering is (employed) by Satan alone so that he may cause anguish to the believers. But in truth he (Satan) cannot do any harm to them (the believers) except by Allah’s command. And the believers should trust but Allah alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 11[/INST]O Believers! When it is said to you: ‘Open up and make room in your gatherings,’ then open up and make room. Allah will provide you with ample room. And when it is said: ‘Rise up,’ then rise up. Allah will raise those in ranks who believe from amongst you and who are given knowledge. And Allah is Well Aware of the works that you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 12[/INST]O Believers! When you seek to submit some secret to the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) in private, give something in charity before you submit your secret. This (action) is better and purer for you. But if you do not find anything (to offer in charity), then Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 13[/INST]Are you worried about donating in charity before your submission to the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) in secret? So when you did not do (that) and Allah lifted from you probe (i.e. relaxed this restriction), then establish Prayer and pay Zakat (the Alms-due) and obey Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) persistently. And Allah is Well Aware of all the deeds that you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 14[/INST]Have you not seen those who make friends with such a party upon whom Allah sent wrath? They are neither of you nor of them and take false oaths while they know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 15[/INST]Allah has prepared for them severe punishment. Indeed it is an evil (work) what they are doing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 16[/INST]They have made their (false) oaths a shield. So they hinder (others) from the way of Allah. Consequently there is a humiliating punishment for them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 17[/INST]Neither their wealth nor their children will ever be able to save them from (the punishment of) Allah. It is they who are the inmates of Hell. They will live in it forever.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 18[/INST]The Day when Allah will raise up all of them (giving life a second time) they will swear to Him (as well) as they swear to you. And they assume that they are on a (right) thing (i.e. path). Beware! They are liars.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 19[/INST]Satan has gained mastery over them. So he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah. It is they who are Satan’s army. Know that indeed it is the party of Satan who are the losers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 20[/INST]Surely those who maintain enmity against Allah and His Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him], it is they who are of the lowest of mankind.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 21[/INST]Allah has destined: ‘Most certainly I and My Messengers will dominate.’ Surely Allah is Most Strong, Almighty.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 58 verse 22[/INST]You will never find those who believe in Allah and the Day of Rising making friends with anyone who is hostile to Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him), even though they are their fathers (and forefathers) or their sons (and grandsons) or their brothers or their near relatives. It is they in whose hearts Allah has inscribed faith and has strengthened them with His spirit (i.e. special spiritual benefit). And He will admit them to the Gardens with streams flowing under them. They will live in them forever. Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Allah. It is they who are the Party of (the devotees of) Allah. Remember! It is the Party of (the devotees of) Allah that attain to the goal.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59[/INST]The Exile</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 1[/INST]Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth (all) glorify Allah and He alone is Almighty, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 2[/INST]He is the One Who collected the disbelievers from among the People of the Book (i.e. the tribe of Banu Nadir) from their houses and banished them the first time (from Madina towards Syria). You did not (even) think that they would go away and they thought that their strong fortresses would save them from (the seizure of) Allah. Then (the torment of) Allah came upon them from where they could not (even) imagine. And He (Allah) cast terror into their hearts (and thus) they ruined their houses with their own hands and the believers’ hands. So, learn a lesson (from it), O people of vision!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 3[/INST]And had Allah not written exile for them He would have tormented them (more severely) in the world. And there is for them the punishment of Hell in the Hereafter (as well).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 4[/INST]It happened because they posed extreme enmity against Allah and His Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him]. (Their ringleader was Ka‘b ibn Ashraf, a notorious denigrator of the Holy Prophet [blessings and peace be upon him].) And he who opposes Allah (and His Messenger) then Allah is Severe in punishment.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 5[/INST](O Believers!) The palm-trees that you cut down or left standing upon their roots, (during the siege of Banu Nadir tribe — all this) was done by Allah’s Command so that He might humiliate and disgrace the disobedient.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 6[/INST]And whatever spoils (materials of fai - the spoils) Allah restored to His Messenger ([blessings and peace be upon him] taking out) from them, you galloped neither horses nor camels in (procuring) them. Yes indeed! Allah gives dominance and control to His Messengers over anyone He wills. And Allah has Absolute Power over everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 7[/INST]And whatever (materials of fai — spoils) Allah restored to His Messenger ([blessings and peace be upon him] taking out) from the people of (the towns captured without war in addition to those of Quraiza, Nadir, Fadak, Khaibar and ‘Uraina) belong to Allah and His Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] and (the Messenger’s) near relatives (i.e. Banu Hashim and Banu ‘Abd al-Muttalib) and the orphans, the needy and the wayfarer (of society at large. This distribution system is to ensure) that (the whole wealth) may not circulate (only) among the rich of you (but should circulate among all the classes of society). And whatever the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) awards you, take that and whatever he forbids you, abstain (from that) and keep fearing Allah (i.e. never scoff at the Messenger’s distribution and award). Surely Allah is Severe to punish.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 8[/INST](The fore-mentioned fai materials) are (also) for the poor emigrants who are driven out of their houses and possessions (and properties). They seek Allah’s bounty and His favour and pleasure. And they help Allah and His Messenger ([blessings and peace be upon him] by sacrificing their possessions and homeland). It is they who are true believers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 9[/INST](These spoils are for those Ansar as well) who had taken the city (of Madina) and the faith as their home before (the emigrants came). They love those who have come to them as emigrants, and do not feel any need (or prick of jealousy) in their hearts pertaining to that (wealth) which is given to the emigrants and prefer them to themselves even though they may themselves be in dire need. And he who is saved from the miserliness of his (ill-commanding) self, it is they who are successful and victorious.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 10[/INST]And those (too) who came after these (emigrants and the Ansar and) submit: ‘O our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who have taken the lead over us in embracing faith. And let not any spite and disgust be in our hearts against the believers. O our Lord, surely You are Most Clement, Ever-Merciful.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 11[/INST]Have you not seen the hypocrites who say to their brothers among the People of the Book who have become disbelievers: ‘If you are driven out (from here), we too will necessarily leave with you and will never obey anyone in your case, and if you are attacked, we will most certainly help you?’ But Allah bears witness that they are certainly liars.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 12[/INST]If they (the disbelieving Jews) are driven out (from Madina), these (hypocrites) will never leave with them. Nor will they help them if they are put to fight. But if (at all) they do come to their help, they will for sure flee, turning their backs. Then they will not be helped (from anywhere).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 13[/INST](O Muslims!) Indeed they have greater fear and terror of you in their hearts than Allah’s. The reason is that they are the people who do not possess understanding.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 14[/INST]They (the Jews of Madina and the hypocrites) will not be able to fight against you (even) allied, except in fortified towns or taking cover of walls. They fight hard (but) among themselves. You think they are united whereas their hearts are disunited. The reason is that they do not apply reason.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 15[/INST](Their plight) resembles those who have tasted the evil consequences of their doings shortly before them (i.e. the idolaters of Makka in Badr and Banu Nadir, Banu Qainuqa‘ and Banu Quraiza of the Jews, etc.). And there is for them grievous punishment (in the Hereafter as well).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 16[/INST](The example of hypocrites) is like that of Satan when he says to man: ‘Become a disbeliever,’ but when he disbelieves, he (Satan) says: ‘I feel sick of you. Surely I fear Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 17[/INST]Then both of them will end up in Hell and will live in it forever. And that is indeed the punishment of the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 18[/INST]O Believers! Keep fearing Allah. And everyone should be vigilant to what he has sent forward for tomorrow (the Day of Reckoning). And always fear Allah. Indeed Allah is Well Aware of what you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 19[/INST]And be not like those who forgot Allah. So Allah made them forget their own souls (that they could send forward some good for their own souls). It is they who are defiant.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 20[/INST]The inmates of Hell and the people of Paradise cannot be equal. It is the people of Paradise who are successful and victorious.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 21[/INST]Had We sent down this Qur’an on some mountain then, (O listener,) you would certainly have seen it bowed, split and crushed to pieces for fear of Allah. And We give these examples for the people so that they may ponder.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 22[/INST]Allah is He besides Whom there is no God: the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He alone is Most Kind, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 23[/INST]Allah is He apart from Whom there is no God: (the Real) King, the Most Pure of all shortcomings, Perfectly Free from all imperfections (and the Bestower of Peace), the Giver of security and protection (and the Attester of the Messengers by means of Miracles), the Guardian and Watchful, the Almighty and the Lord of Honour, the Lord of Great Majesty, the Supreme Authority and the Supremely Great. Glory be to Allah, far above all that they associate with Him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 59 verse 24[/INST]Allah is He Who is the Creator, the One Who brings into existence from nothingness (i.e. the Inventor), the Bestower of Form; (in short,) all Beautiful Names belong to Him alone. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, the Lord of Honour, the Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60[/INST]She that is to be examined</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 1[/INST]O Believers! Do not make friends with My enemies and your enemies. You communicate to them information because of (your) friendship whereas they just deny the very Truth that has come to you. They drive out the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] and you (from your land) because you believe in Allah, your Sustainer. If you have set out to fight in My Way (for the uplift of noble cause) and seek My pleasure (then do not have friendship with them). You send them secret messages of friendship while I know best what you hide and what you make known. And whoever of you does this (misdeed) has deviated from the straight path.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 2[/INST]Should they overmaster you then (you will see) they will be your open enemies. And they will extend their hands and tongues to you with evil design and will have the earnest desire that you disbelieve (somehow).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 3[/INST]Neither your (disbelieving and polytheist) kindred nor your (disbelieving and polytheist) children will be of any good to you on the Day of Resurrection. (On that Day Allah will) bring about complete separation between you: (the believers will be sent to Paradise and the disbelievers to Hell). And Allah observes your doings well.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 4[/INST]Indeed in Ibrahim (Abraham) and his companions there is an excellent example for you (to follow), when he said to his people: ‘We are utterly weary of (and cut off from) you and the idols that you worship apart from Allah; we have openly rejected you all. The enmity, hatred and malice between us and you have become evident forever until you believe in Allah, the One.’ But Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) saying to his (fostering) father: ‘I shall certainly pray for your forgiveness,’ (was just a promise made to him well before, which he fulfilled and gave him a reminder as well saying:) ‘I do not possess anything for you before Allah (owing to your disbelief and idol-worship.’ Then he separated from his people, praying:) ‘O our Lord, we put our trust in You alone and we turn in repentance to You alone and (all) have to return to You alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 5[/INST]O our Lord! Make us not a source of trial for the disbelievers (i.e. give them not control over us) and forgive us. O our Lord, surely You alone are the Almighty, the Lord of Honour, the Most Wise.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 6[/INST]Indeed there is for you an excellent example in them (to follow), for him (in particular) who hopes (to appear before the Presence of) Allah and looks forward to the Last Day. But whoever turns away then Allah is Self-Sufficient and Praiseworthy.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 7[/INST]It may be that Allah brings about friendship (at a later stage) between you and those of them who are now your foes. And Allah is All-Powerful and Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 8[/INST]Allah does not forbid you to be good to them and treat them with equity and justice who did not fight against you on (the question of) Din (Religion), nor did they drive you out of your homes (i.e. homeland). Surely Allah likes those who conduct themselves with equity and justice.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 9[/INST]Allah forbids you only to befriend those who fought against you on (the question of) Din (Religion) and drove you out of your homes (i.e. homeland) and aided (your enemies) in expelling you. And whoever makes friends with them, it is they who are the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 10[/INST]O Believers! When the believing women come to you as emigrants, examine them thoroughly. Allah is Well Aware of (the reality of) their faith. Then if you find with certitude that they are true believers, do not send them back to the disbelievers. Neither are they (the believing women) lawful for those disbelievers, nor are those disbelievers lawful for these (believing women). And pay them (the disbelievers) back the money which those disbelievers spent (on them as dower). And there is no sin on you if you marry them while you pay these (women) their dower. And, O Believers, do not hold back the disbelieving women in (your) wedlock and ask (the disbelievers) for that (money) which you spent (on those women as dower), and they (the disbelievers) may also ask you for that (money) which they spent (on these women as dower). That is the Command of Allah. And He judges between you. And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 11[/INST]And if any of your wives deserts you and goes over to the disbelievers, then (when) you become dominant in war and gain spoils, pay (out of it) those whose wives deserted them as much (money) as they paid (to them as dower). And keep fearing Allah Whom you believe in.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 12[/INST]O Prophet! When the believing women appear in your presence to take the oath of allegiance that they will not set up anything as partner with Allah and will not steal, nor will they commit adultery or kill their children or bring false blame which they have invented between their hands and feet (i.e. will not deceive their husbands declaring some other’s baby as born to her) or disobey you in (any) matter pertaining to law, then accept their allegiance and seek forgiveness for them from Allah. Surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 60 verse 13[/INST]O Believers! Do not make friends with those on whom Allah has sent His wrath. Surely they have despaired of the Hereafter as the disbelievers have despaired of those in graves.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61[/INST]The Ranks</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 1[/INST]Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth (all) glorify Allah. And He is the Lord of Honour and Dominance, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 2[/INST]O Believers! Why do you say what you do not do?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 3[/INST]It is most hateful in the sight of Allah that you should say what you do not do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 4[/INST]Assuredly Allah loves those who fight in the way of Allah (so) organized in ranks as if they were a wall cemented with molten lead (to eliminate injustice, tyranny and terrorism and restore peace and human dignity).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 5[/INST]And, (O Beloved, recall the time) when Musa (Moses) said to his people: ‘O my People, why do you offend me while you know that I am (a Messenger) sent to you by Allah.’ So when they continued deviating, then Allah made their hearts deviate. And Allah does not guide the defiant.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 6[/INST](And also recall the time) when ‘Isa son of Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) said: ‘O Children of Israel, indeed I am (a Messenger) sent to you by Allah, confirming the Torah, the Book which came before me, and bearing the good news of (the pleasant arrival) of (the Esteemed) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad (now in the heavens).’ But when he (the Last of the Messengers) came to them with clear Signs, they said: ‘This is open magic.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 7[/INST]And who can be a greater wrongdoer than he who invents a lie against Allah while he is being invited towards Islam. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 8[/INST]These (deniers of the Truth) desire to put out the Light of Allah by (blowing) with their mouths whereas Allah will take His Light to perfection, even though the disbelievers may dislike it intensely.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 9[/INST]He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and Din (Religion) of Truth so that He may make it dominate and prevail over all other religions, even though the idolaters may hate it much.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 10[/INST]O Believers! Shall I advise you a trade which will save you from a painful torment?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 11[/INST](It is that) you have (perfect) belief in Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and toil hard for the cause of Allah with your human and material resources. That is better for you if you know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 12[/INST]He will forgive your sins and will admit you into Gardens with streams flowing under them and (will make you reside) in excellent dwellings in the Gardens of Eden (i.e. Gardens of Eternity). That is indeed a great success.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 13[/INST]And, (besides this favour in the Hereafter, He will grant you) another (worldly blessing too) which you earnestly desire: (that is) help from Allah and a near victory, and, (O Esteemed Prophet,) give this good news to the believers. (This came about in the form of Makkan Victory and the conquests in Persia and Rome.)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 61 verse 14[/INST]O Believers! Be helpers of Allah as ‘Isa son of Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) said to (his) disciples: ‘Who are my helpers towards (the path of) Allah?’ The disciples said: ‘We are Allah’s helpers.’ So a party of the Children of Israel believed and a party disbelieved. So We helped the believers against their enemies and they gained the upper hand.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62[/INST]Friday</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 1[/INST](Everything) in the heavens and in the earth glorifies Allah, (the Real) King, the Most Pure (of all shortcomings and imperfections), the Lord of Honour, the Almighty, the Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 2[/INST]He is the One Who sent a (Glorious) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) among the illiterate people from among themselves who recites to them His Revelations and cleanses and purifies them (outwardly and inwardly) and teaches them the Book and Wisdom. Indeed they were in open error before (his most welcome arrival).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 3[/INST](And He has sent this Messenger for purification and education among) others of them also who have not yet joined these people (that are present now i.e. they will come after them in the time to come). And He is Almighty, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 4[/INST]This (arrival of the Holy Messenger and his spiritual benevolence and guidance) are Allah’s Bounty which He grants whom He likes. And Allah is Most Bountiful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 5[/INST]The case of those who were burdened with (the Commandments and teachings of) the Torah (but) then did not bear it (i.e. this Messenger was mentioned in it but they disbelieved in him) is like that of a donkey loaded with heavy books on its back. How evil is the example of those who have rejected Allah’s Revelations! And Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 6[/INST]Say: ‘O Jews, if you think that, leaving all other people, you alone are the friends of Allah (i.e. Awliya’), then long for death (because His Awliya’ will not fear in the grave and the Hereafter) if you are true (in your thinking).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 7[/INST]And these people will never long for it due to (the rejection of the Messenger and disbelief) which they have sent forward. And Allah knows the wrongdoers well.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 8[/INST]Say: ‘The death from which you are fleeing is bound to catch up with you. Then you will be returned to (the Lord) Who knows the unseen and the seen. So He will inform you of what you used to do.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 9[/INST]O Believers! When on Fridays the call is made for (Jumu‘a) Prayer, hasten towards the remembrance of Allah (i.e. the Jumu‘a sermon and Prayer) immediately and abandon purchase and sale (i.e. business). That is better for you if you have knowledge.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 10[/INST]Then after the Prayer is offered disperse in the land and (then) look for Allah’s bounty (i.e. sustenance). And remember Allah much so that you may attain to prosperity.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 62 verse 11[/INST]And when they found some business or entertainment opportunity, they rushed towards that (due to their neediness and financial constraint) and left you standing (during sermon). Say: ‘Whatever is with Allah is better than sport and business. And Allah is the Best of sustainers.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63[/INST]The Hypocrites</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 1[/INST](O Esteemed Beloved!) When the hypocrites come to you they say: ‘We bear witness that you are certainly the Messenger of Allah.’ And Allah knows that surely you are His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). But Allah bears witness that undoubtedly the hypocrites are liars.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 2[/INST]They have made their oaths a shield. Then they hinder (the people) from the path of Allah. Surely that is an extremely evil (work) which they are doing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 3[/INST]The reason is that they believed (by the word of mouth) but remained disbelievers (at heart). So their hearts have been sealed. And they do not understand (anything).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 4[/INST](O servant!) When you see them, their bodies (and height and structure) seem attractive to you, and if they speak, you lend ear to what they say (i.e. they will look sensible to you but the fact is that) they are nothing but wooden bars propped up against a supporting wall. They take every loud voice (as some suffering and misery) befallen them. It is these (hypocrites) who are (your) enemies. So be on guard against them. May Allah ruin them! Where are they wandering distracted!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 5[/INST]And when it is said to them: ‘Come so that Allah’s Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) may seek forgiveness for you,’ these (hypocrites) jerk their heads aside (insolently) and you see them keeping away (from your presence) in arrogance.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 6[/INST]It is all the same for these (evil-fated denigrators of the Holy Prophet [blessings and peace be upon him]) whether you seek for them forgiveness or do not seek for them forgiveness, Allah will never forgive them (because they mock you and show you dislike and arrogance). Surely Allah does not provide guidance to the disobedient community.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 7[/INST](O Esteemed Beloved!) They are the people who say this as well (out of malice and enmity against you): ‘Do not spend on those (destitute devotees of Allah) who remain in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (i.e. do not provide them financial help) until they (all may desert him and) flee away (and disperse). In truth, to Allah belong all the treasures of the heavens and the earth, but the hypocrites do not understand.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 8[/INST]They say: ‘If (now) we return to Madina then (we) the honourable ones will drive out the dishonourable (i.e. the Muslims).’ But in fact honour belongs to Allah alone and His Messenger and the believers. However, the hypocrites do not understand (this reality).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 9[/INST]O Believers! Let not your wealth and your children make you neglectful of the very remembrance of Allah. And whoever does so, it is they who are the losers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 10[/INST]And spend (in the way of Allah) out of (the wealth) which We have given you before death approaches one of you and he says: ‘O my Lord, why did You not give me respite for a short while so that I could donate in charity and become one of the pious?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 63 verse 11[/INST]And Allah never grants respite to anyone when his hour of death approaches. And Allah is Well Aware of the actions that you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64[/INST]Mutual Disillusion</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 1[/INST]Everything in the heavens and in the earth glorifies Allah. His is the entire kingdom and His is all the praise. And He is All-Powerful over everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 2[/INST]He is the One Who created you. Then (someone) of you became a disbeliever and (the other one) of you became a believer and Allah sees best the actions that you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 3[/INST]He is the One Who created the heavens and the earth with a rationale and purpose. And (He is the One Who) gave you shapes and then did up your shapes. And (all) have to return to Him alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 4[/INST]He knows what is in the heavens and in the earth and (also) knows those things that you hide and that you disclose and Allah knows best (also the secret) matters contained in the breasts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 5[/INST]Has the news not reached you of those who disbelieved before you and tasted the punishment of their work (in the world) and there is grievous torment for them (in the Hereafter as well)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 6[/INST]That is because their Messengers brought them clear signs, but they said: ‘Shall a human being (who is our like and from our kind) guide us?’ So they became disbelievers and turned away (from the truth). And Allah too disregarded (them) and Allah is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 7[/INST]The disbelievers think that they will never be raised (again). Say: ‘Why not! By my Lord! You will surely be raised. Then you will be informed of what you did. And this is very easy for Allah (to do).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 8[/INST]So believe in Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and that Light which We have sent down. And Allah is Well Aware of the deeds that you do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 9[/INST]The Day when He will gather you on the Day of Assembly (in the vast expanse for Great Gathering), that will be the Day of Manifestation of Loss and Defeat. And he who believes in Allah and does pious deeds, Allah will remove his sins from his (record of deeds) and will admit him to the Gardens with streams flowing under them. They will live in them forever. This is a great success.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 10[/INST]And those who disbelieve and reject Our Revelations, it is they who are the inmates of Hell, its permanent residents. And what an evil abode that is!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 11[/INST]No suffering afflicts (anyone) except by the Command of Allah. And he who believes in Allah, He guides his heart and Allah knows best everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 12[/INST]And obey Allah and obey the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). Then if you turn away (remember that) the responsibility of Our Messenger is only to deliver (the injunctions) clearly.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 13[/INST]Allah (alone) is (God). There is no God but He. And the believers should put their trust in Allah alone.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 14[/INST]O Believers! Surely among your wives and your children there are some who are your enemies. So, beware of them! And if you overlook it and forbear and forgive, Allah is indeed Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 15[/INST]Your riches and your children are merely a trial. And there is a mighty reward in the Presence of Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 16[/INST]So fear Allah as much as you are able to. And listen to (His Commands) and obey and spend (in His way). That will be better for you. And whoever is saved from the miserliness of his (ill-commanding) self, so it is they who will attain to prosperity.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 17[/INST]If you lend a good loan to Allah (with sincerity and righteous intention), He will increase it manifold for you and will forgive you. And Allah is Most Appreciative, Most Forbearing,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 64 verse 18[/INST]The Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Lord of Honour and Almighty and Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65[/INST]Divorce</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 1[/INST]O Prophet! (Say to the Muslims:) ‘When you seek to divorce your women, divorce them during their period of purity and count their prescribed period. And keep fearing Allah, Who is your Lord. And do not drive them out of their homes nor should they leave unless they commit open indecency. And these are Allah’s (fixed) limits. And whoever transgresses Allah’s limits has surely wronged his own soul. (O man,) you do not know that perhaps Allah may develop a new situation (to turn you back to her after divorce).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 2[/INST]Then when they reach closer to (the end of) their appointed term, retain them with kindness or separate from them with kindness. And take two just persons from among you as witnesses and establish testimony for the sake of Allah. This is an advice for him alone who believes in Allah and the Last Day. And whoever fears Allah He makes a way out for him (from pain and grief of this world and the Hereafter),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 3[/INST]And He gives him sustenance from a source which he can never think of. And whoever puts his trust in Allah then He (Allah) is Sufficient for him. Surely Allah accomplishes His work entirely. He has certainly appointed a measure for everything.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 4[/INST]And those of your women who have no hope of menstruation, if you doubt (as to what will be their prescribed period), then their prescribed period is three months. And for those women who have not yet menstruated (their prescribed period is also the same). As for the pregnant women, their term is till the birth of the child. And whoever fears Allah, He makes his matter easy for him.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 5[/INST]This is the Command of Allah which He has sent down to you. And whoever fears Allah He removes his minor sins from his (record of deeds) and enhances for him reward.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 6[/INST]Keep the (divorced) women where you live according to your means. And do not harm them so as to make (the place of living) intolerable for them. And if they are pregnant, keep spending on them till they give birth to the child. Then if they suckle (the child) for your sake, pay them their recompense. And consult each other (as usual) for good. But if you experience difficulty mutually (then some) other woman may suckle the child.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 7[/INST]The affluent should spend (according to) his means. And whoever is provided sustenance scarcely, let him spend (on her maintenance) out of the provision which Allah has given him. Allah does not burden anyone beyond what He has given him. Allah will soon bring about ease after hardship.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 8[/INST]And how many towns there were (the inhabitants of) which disobeyed and revolted against the command of their Lord and His Messengers! So We called them to account in the shape of fierce accountability and seized them with such a severe torment as was never seen or even heard of.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 9[/INST]So they tasted the evil consequence of their doings and their affair ended up in total loss.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 10[/INST]Allah has prepared for them severe torment (in the Hereafter too). So keep fearing Allah, O men of reason, you who have believed. No doubt it is you towards whom Allah has sent down the Reminder (the Qur’an),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 11[/INST]And (has sent also) the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) who recites to you clear Verses so that he may take those who have believed and do pious deeds from darkness to light. And he who believes in Allah and does pious deeds, He will admit him to the Gardens with streams flowing under them. They will live in them forever. Indeed Allah has (prepared) for him excellent sustenance.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 65 verse 12[/INST]Allah (alone) has created seven heavens and (brought about seven strata layer upon layer also while creating) the earth like them. And the Command (phenomenon of coordination in the system of nature) continues to operate among them so that you may know that Allah has Absolute Power over everything, and that Allah has encompassed everything with His Knowledge (i.e. when scientific explorations will culminate, you will then perceive the Glory of Allah’s Power and His All-Encompassing Knowledge as to how He has described the realities of His Creation centuries before).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66[/INST]The Prohibition</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 1[/INST]O (Esteemed) Prophet! Why do you forbid yourself (taking honey) which Allah has made for you lawful? (How well) you seek to please your wives! And Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 2[/INST](O Believers!) Indeed Allah has prescribed for you how to dissolve your oaths (by atonement). And Allah is your Helper and Protector. And He is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 3[/INST]And when the Holy Prophet [blessings and peace be upon him] secretly disclosed a matter to one of his wives but when she mentioned it and Allah made it known to the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him), then the Prophet reminded her of some part of it and overlooked (to inform) the rest of it. Then when the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) informed her of it (that she had disclosed that secret), she said: ‘Who has told you of that?’ The Prophet said: ‘All-Knowing, All-Aware (Lord) has told me.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 4[/INST]If you both turn to Allah in repentance (that is better for you) because the hearts of both of you have inclined (towards the same) but if you help one another in this matter (that may annoy the Holy Prophet). So surely Allah is the One Who is his Friend and Helper and Jibril [Gabriel] and the most pious believers and after them (all) angels too are (his) helpers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 5[/INST]If he divorces you then it may well be that your Lord will give him in your place better wives than yourselves (who) will be obedient, true believers, submissive, penitent, worshippers, given to fasting, (some) formerly married and (some) virgins.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 6[/INST]O Believers! Safeguard yourselves and your families against a Fire whose fuel is men and stones. Strong and stern angels have been appointed over it who do not disobey Allah whatever command He gives them to execute. And they accomplish only that assignment which they are commanded to do.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 7[/INST]O disbelievers! Do not make any excuse today. You will only be paid the reward of what you have been doing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 8[/INST]O Believers! Turn towards Allah’s Presence in perfect and most sincere repentance. Your Lord will certainly remove your sins from you and admit you to the Gardens with streams flowing under them. On the Day when Allah will not slight (His) Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) and those believers who are in his companionship (visibly or invisibly), their light will be moving fast (brightening) ahead of them and on their right hand. They will be submitting: ‘O our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us. Surely You have Absolute Power over everything.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 9[/INST]O (Esteemed) Prophet! Struggle hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and treat them strictly. And their abode is Hell. And what an evil abode that is!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 10[/INST]Allah has described for disbelievers the example of Nuh’s (Noah’s) wife (Wahila) and Lut’s (Lot’s) wife (Wa’ila). They were married to two most pious of Our servants. But both of them betrayed them. So they could not help them before (the torment of) Allah and it was said to them: ‘Both of you (women) enter Hell along with all who enter it.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 11[/INST]And Allah has given for the believers the example of Pharaoh’s wife (Asiya daughter of Mazahim) when she submitted: ‘O my Lord, build a house for me in Paradise in Your Presence and deliver me from Pharaoh and his (evil) conduct and also rescue me from the wrongdoing people.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 66 verse 12[/INST]And (the second example is given of) Maryam (Mary), the daughter of ‘Imran, who guarded well her chastity and purity. And We breathed Our Spirit into the sternal opening of (her) shirt. And she confirmed the Commandments of her Lord and the (revealed) Books and she was of the obedient.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67[/INST]The Sovereignty</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 1[/INST]Blessed is He in Whose (Mighty) Hand is the Kingdom (of all the worlds). And He enjoys Perfect Command over everything;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 2[/INST]He Who has created death and life (so that) He may test you as to which of you is best in conduct. And He is Almighty, Most Forgiving;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 3[/INST]He Who has created seven (or numerous) heavenly spheres corresponding to one another (layer upon layer). You will not find any irregularity and disproportion in the system of the creation of the Most Kind (Lord). So have a (meditative and thoughtful) look around: do you find in this (Creation) any incongruity or disharmony (i.e. degeneration or falling apart)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 4[/INST]Look around time and again with (an inquisitive) vision (from different angles and with scientific methods. Every time) your sight will return to you fatigued and frustrated (in finding any shortcoming or imperfection).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 5[/INST]And surely We have adorned the lowest heaven of the universe with lights (in the form of stars, planets, other asteroids and meteoroids). And We have also made (some of them) the means of pelting away (i.e. eliminating the negative effects of) satans (i.e. rebellious forces). And We have prepared for these (satans) a torment of Blazing Fire.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 6[/INST]And for those who have denied their Lord is the torment of Hell. And what an evil abode it is!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 7[/INST]When they will be flung into it they will hear its horrifying roar. And that (Fire) will be boiling (with rage),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 8[/INST]As if it is about to burst into pieces with intense wrath. When a group will be cast into it, its guards will ask them: ‘Did no Warner come to you?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 9[/INST]They will say: ‘Yes indeed! A Warner did come to us but we rejected him and said: Allah has not sent down anything. You are just in great error.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 10[/INST]And they will say: ‘Had we listened to or understood (the Truth), we would not have been (put) among the inmates of Hell (today).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 11[/INST]Then they will confess their sin. So remoteness for the inmates of Hell (from Allah’s Mercy) is (destined).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 12[/INST]Surely those who fear their Lord unseen, for them is forgiveness and great reward.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 13[/INST]And whether you speak in secret or aloud, certainly He knows best (even) the things (hidden) in the hearts.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 14[/INST]Does He, Who has created, not know? In truth He is the One Who can see the essence and is Well Aware (of everything).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 15[/INST]He is the One Who has made the earth soft and subservient to you. So walk about through its tracks and eat of the sustenance (given) by Him and towards Him alone is the return, rising (after death).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 16[/INST]Have you gone fearless of (the Lord of) the heaven that He may sink you into the earth when it suddenly shakes?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 17[/INST]Have you gone fearless of (the Lord of) the heaven that He may send against you a stone-pelting wind? Then soon will you come to know how My Warning is!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 18[/INST]And surely those before them (also) denied. But how (awful did prove) My denial!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 19[/INST]Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and (sometimes) folding them? Nothing can hold them (from falling down in the air) except (the law made by) the Most Kind (Lord). Surely He sees everything best.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 20[/INST]Well, is there anyone that can muster an army to help you against the Most Kind Lord? The disbelievers are merely (snared) in deception.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 21[/INST]Well, is there anyone that can provide you sustenance if (Allah) holds back His sustenance (from you)? In fact they are adamantly fixed in rebellion and hatred (for Truth)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 22[/INST]Is he who walks in prone position more rightly guided or he who walks upright on a straight path?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 23[/INST]Say: ‘(Allah) is He Who created you and provided you with ears and eyes and hearts. Yet you give thanks but little.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 24[/INST]Say: ‘He is the One Who has spread you in the earth and you will be gathered towards Him (on the Day of Assembly).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 25[/INST]And they say: ‘When will this promise (of the Day of Resurrection) be fulfilled if you are truthful?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 26[/INST]Say: ‘The knowledge (of that Hour) is with Allah alone and I am just a clear Warner.’ (If the time is disclosed there will be no fear any more).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 27[/INST]Then when they will see that (Day) near, the faces of the disbelievers will be deformed and turned black and it will be said (to them): ‘This is (the promise) which you asked for (to come to pass in haste).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 28[/INST]Say: ‘Well, give your view: if Allah causes me death (as you desire) and (also) to my companions, or shows Mercy to us (i.e. defers our death), then (in both these cases) who will shelter the disbelievers from the painful torment?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 29[/INST]Say: ‘He alone is the Most Kind (Lord) in Whom we believe and in Whom we trust. So you will soon know who is in open error.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 67 verse 30[/INST]Say: ‘If your water sinks far deep into the earth (i.e. dries up) then who will bring you flowing water (on earth)?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68[/INST]The Pen</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 1[/INST]Nun. (Only Allah and the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] know the real meaning.) By the pen and by that (subject) which (the angels) write down!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 2[/INST](O Esteemed Beloved!) By the Grace of your Lord you are not (at all) insane.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 3[/INST]And assuredly for you there is a reward that will never end.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 4[/INST]And assuredly you are placed high on the Most Glorious and Exalted (seat of) Character (i.e. adorned with the Qur’anic morality and endowed with the character traits of Allah).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 5[/INST]Soon you will see and they (too) will see,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 6[/INST]As to which of you is mad.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 7[/INST]Surely your Lord knows him best who has strayed from the straight path and (also) knows best those who are rightly guided.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 8[/INST]So do not agree with what the beliers say.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 9[/INST]They wish that you should become (needlessly) flexible (in the matter of Din [Religion]). Then they too would show flexibility.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 10[/INST]And do not agree with any vile, most mean swearer of oaths,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 11[/INST](The one who is) a slanderer, fault-finder, mischief-monger (and) backbiting the people to rouse strife,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 12[/INST](The one who) hinders pious works very much and is a miser, rebellious transgressor (and) toughened sinner,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 13[/INST](The one who is) rude, unmannerly, crooked and moreover of doubtful birth.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 14[/INST]So (do not pay any heed to him) because he is wealthy and has children.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 15[/INST]When Our Verses are recited to him he says: ‘These are fictitious stories of the bygone people.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 16[/INST]Now We will brand him on the snout.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 17[/INST]Surely We will try them (the inhabitants of Makka in the same way) as We tried (in Yemen) the owners of the garden when they swore that they would surely pluck its fruit the next morning.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 18[/INST]And they did not make any exception (saying ‘if Allah wills’ or for the share of the orphans).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 19[/INST]So a whirl (of disaster) from your Lord went round (that garden during the night) while they were asleep,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 20[/INST]So, that (waving fruit-laden garden) became a harvested field in the morning.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 21[/INST]Then as the day dawned they started calling out one another:</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 22[/INST]‘Leave early for your tilth if you want to pick the fruit.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 23[/INST]So they set off whispering, to one another:</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 24[/INST]‘Do not let any pauper come near you in the garden today.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 25[/INST]And early in the morning they left, (feeling) quite competent to execute their plan (of getting the yield and depriving the poor of their share).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 26[/INST]Then when they saw that (ruined garden), they said: ‘We must have lost our way; (this is not our garden).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 27[/INST](But when they saw it cautiously, they cried: ‘Oh no!) We have been deprived indeed.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 28[/INST]One of them wise and inclined to the balanced judgment said: ‘Did I not say to you: why do you not glorify and remember Allah?’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 29[/INST](Then) they said: ‘Our Lord is Holy. Surely it is we who were the wrongdoers.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 30[/INST]So, blaming and maligning, they turned to one another.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 31[/INST]They said: ‘Woe to us! No doubt it is we who were disobedient and rebellious.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 32[/INST]We hope that our Lord may give us something better than this in exchange. Verily we turn to our Lord.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 33[/INST]Such is the punishment. And truly the torment of the Hereafter is far greater (than this). Would that they only knew!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 34[/INST]Surely for the Godfearing there are Gardens of Bliss with their Lord.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 35[/INST]Shall We (deprive) the obedient like the disobedient?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 36[/INST]What is the matter with you? How do you make a judgment?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 37[/INST]Do you have any Book with you in which you read (this),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 38[/INST]That it contains all that you like?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 39[/INST]Or have you any (such) firm covenants from Us which will subsist till the Day of Resurrection (by means of which We are bound) that you will be provided with whatever you shall decide (for yourselves)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 40[/INST]Ask them which of them will vouch for such (a baseless assertion)!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 41[/INST]Or do they have any partners (as well)? Then they should bring their partners if they are truthful.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 42[/INST]The Day when the ‘shin’ (i.e. the terrifying fierceness of the Hour of Rising) will be laid bare, and (the disobedient) people will be called to prostrate themselves but they will not be able to do so (i.e. to prostrate themselves).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 43[/INST]Their eyes will be cast down (with terror and shame) and disgrace will be spreading over them whereas they were called to prostrate themselves (in the world also) when they were healthy (but they, even then, refused to fall prostrate).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 44[/INST]So, (O Esteemed Beloved,) leave Me (to exact revenge) from the one who rejects this Revelation. Now We shall take them (towards disaster) so gradually that they will not perceive it.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 45[/INST]And I am giving them respite. Surely My strategy is unbeatable.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 46[/INST]Do you ask them for any reward (for preaching the faith in Messengership) that they are weighed down with (the burden of) paying the recompense?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 47[/INST]Do they have the knowledge of the unseen that they write down (their judgments on the basis of that)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 48[/INST]So be steadfast in waiting for the Command of your Lord and do not (take it to your heart) like (Yunus [Jonah], the Messenger with) Fish episode, when he cried out (to Allah) in a state pent-up with rage and grief (against his community).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 49[/INST]Had the Mercy and Blessing of his Lord not helped him, he would certainly have been thrown in the barren field, blamed. (But Allah saved him from that.)</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 50[/INST]Then his Lord exalted him and (placed him) among the perfectly pious, (blessing him with His exceptional nearness).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 51[/INST]And indeed when the disbelievers listen to the Qur’an it seems as if they wish to damage you with their (jealously evil) looks and say: ‘He is insane.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 68 verse 52[/INST]And it (the Qur’an) is direction and guidance for all the worlds.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69[/INST]The Reality</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 1[/INST]The surely Inevitable Hour!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 2[/INST]What is the surely Inevitable Hour?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 3[/INST]And what has made you alert what (calamity) surely is the Inevitable Hour?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 4[/INST]Thamud and ‘Ad rejected the (calamity of a) Shattering Gravitational Collision (of all the existent cosmic bodies).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 5[/INST]So, as for the people of Thamud, they were destroyed by the extremely violent Deafening Blast.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 6[/INST]And as for the people of ‘Ad, they (too) were destroyed by a violently cold roaring gale.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 7[/INST]Allah made that (gale) seize them for consecutive seven nights and eight days. So, you could see them lying dead (during that time as if) they were hollow roots of the uprooted palm trees.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 8[/INST]So do you see any of them surviving?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 9[/INST]And Pharaoh and those before him and (the dwellers of) the overthrown towns (of the community of Lut [Lot]) committed grave sins.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 10[/INST]So they (also) disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord. And Allah seized them with a mighty seizure.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 11[/INST]Indeed when water (of the Deluge) overflowed the limit, We carried you in the floating Ark,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 12[/INST]So that We make this (episode a reminding) lesson of warning for you and that the retentive ears may retain it.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 13[/INST]Then when the Trumpet will be blown once,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 14[/INST]And the earth and mountains will be removed (from their places), they will then be crushed to sand particles in a single crash.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 15[/INST]Then that will be the Hour when the surely Inevitable (calamity) will occur.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 16[/INST]And (all) the heavenly bodies will split apart and this universe will come to comprise (black) holes by means of a force (which coordinates and keeps the system going).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 17[/INST]And the angels will be standing on its edges and above them that Day eight (angels or parties of angels) will be carrying the Throne of your Lord.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 18[/INST]That Day you will be made to appear (for reckoning). Nothing of your secrets will remain hidden.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 19[/INST]So the one who will be given his record in the right hand will say (pleased): ‘Come and read my record.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 20[/INST]I firmly believed that I would find my account (easy).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 21[/INST]So he will live a pleasant life,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 22[/INST]In an elevated lofty Paradise,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 23[/INST]The clusters of its fruits hanging low (due to abundance).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 24[/INST](It will be said to them:) ‘Eat and drink rejoicing, in recompense of (your deeds) that you had sent forward during the days of your past (life).’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 25[/INST]And as for him who will be given his Record in his left hand will say: ‘Would that I had not been given my Record!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 26[/INST]And would that I had not known about my account!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 27[/INST]Alas! Would that (death) had settled my affair once for all!</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 28[/INST]Today my wealth has not been able to keep (the torment) away from me even a little.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 29[/INST]My power and domain have (also) gone from me.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 30[/INST](It will be commanded:) ‘Seize him and put him in neck-fetter.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 31[/INST]Then cast him into Hell.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 32[/INST]Then bind him tightly in a seventy yard long chain.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 33[/INST]Verily he did not believe in Allah, the Lord of Majesty.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 34[/INST]Nor did he urge the feeding of the poor.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 35[/INST]So today he does not have any warm friend.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 36[/INST]Nor has he anything to eat except filthy pus,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 37[/INST]That no one will eat except the sinners.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 38[/INST]So I swear by the things that you see,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 39[/INST]And by those things that you do not see.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 40[/INST]Assuredly this (Qur’an) is the (God-sent) Commandment of the Exalted and Glorious Messenger ([blessings and peace be upon him] which he expounds as a Messenger and as a Vicegerent).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 41[/INST]And it is not the poetry of a poet (composed with literary expertise). You have but little faith.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 42[/INST]Nor it is the word of a fortune-teller (designed by skilful guesswork). You take but little advice.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 43[/INST](This) is sent down by the Lord of all the worlds.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 44[/INST]And had he ascribed to Us even a (single) fabricated thing,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 45[/INST]We would have seized him with full force and might,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 46[/INST]Then certainly We would have cut his life artery,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 47[/INST]Then no one of you could have held (Us) back from it.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 48[/INST]So no doubt this (Qur’an) is direction and guidance for the Godfearing.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 49[/INST]And surely We know that some of you are the beliers (of this open Truth).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 50[/INST]And surely this is (a cause of) bitter regret for the disbelievers.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 51[/INST]And undeniably it is the Truth of Absolute Certitude.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 69 verse 52[/INST]So, (O Esteemed Beloved,) glorify your Lord, Most Magnificent, with persistence.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70[/INST]The Ascending Stairways</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 1[/INST]A questioner asked for the torment which is sure to come about,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 2[/INST]Upon the disbelievers, which no one can repel.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 3[/INST](That will befall) from Allah, Who is the Lord of the Ascending Steps to Heaven (and of the higher ranks and grades of spiritual hierarchy).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 4[/INST]The angels and ar-Ruh al-Amin (the Spirit) rise towards His (Throne) in a day which measures fifty thousand years (according to the worldly scale).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 5[/INST]So, (O Beloved,) observe patience (on the assertions of the disbelievers) without regrets.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 6[/INST]Surely they imagine that (Day) to be far off,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 7[/INST]But We see it very near.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 8[/INST]On that Day the sky will become like molten copper,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 9[/INST]And the mountains like (flakes of) coloured wool,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 10[/INST]And no friend will enquire after his friend,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 11[/INST](Though) they will be shown (to one another). The sinner would desire to ransom himself from the torment of that Day by his children,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 12[/INST]And (by giving) his wife and his brother,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 13[/INST]And (all) his family who used to provide him shelter,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 14[/INST]And all the people on earth (as recompense for himself), so that this (atonement) may save him from (Allah’s torment).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 15[/INST]But no! By no means! Surely that is a Flaming Fire,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 16[/INST]Stripping off the skin of all the limbs and the scalp.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 17[/INST]It is calling him who turned his back (on the Truth) and turned away,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 18[/INST]And (he who) accumulated wealth and then held it (from distribution).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 19[/INST]Surely man has been created impatient and greedy.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 20[/INST]He gets upset and worried when some hardship (or financial loss) afflicts him,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 21[/INST]But becomes miserly when he receives good fortune (or affluence),</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 22[/INST]Except for those who offer Prayer,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 23[/INST]And are constant in their Prayer,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 24[/INST]And those (who are committed to sacrifice and) in whose wealth there is a fixed share,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 25[/INST]Of one who begs and of one who is needy but does not beg,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 26[/INST]And those who affirm the Day of Requital,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 27[/INST]And those who fear the torment of their Lord;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 28[/INST]Surely the torment of their Lord is not a thing which should not be feared;</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 29[/INST]And those who safeguard their private parts,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 30[/INST]Except from their wives or the female slaves they possess. So (in this) there is no blame on them.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 31[/INST]But he who looks for more than that, then it is they who transgress the limits.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 32[/INST]And those who safeguard their trusts and promises,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 33[/INST]And those who stand firm on their testimonies,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 34[/INST]And those who safeguard their Prayers,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 35[/INST]It is they who will enjoy great honour and respect in the Gardens.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 36[/INST]So what is the matter with the disbelievers that they are coming towards you running,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 37[/INST]From the right as well as the left, in groups?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 38[/INST]Does everyone of them hope that he may be admitted to the Garden of Bliss (without faith and deeds)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 39[/INST]Certainly not! Surely We have created them from a substance which they (also) know.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 40[/INST]So I swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests that surely We have Absolute Power,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 41[/INST]To replace them with people better than them and We are not at all incapable (of doing it).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 42[/INST]So leave them occupied with their absurd talk and pastime until they meet that Day of theirs which they have been promised.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 43[/INST]The Day when they will come forth from their graves in haste as if they are running towards the temples of their idols.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 70 verse 44[/INST](Their plight) will be that their eyes will be cast down (with shame and fear) and disgrace enveloping them. It is this Day which they were promised.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71[/INST]Noah</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 1[/INST]Surely We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people: ‘Warn your people before a painful torment comes upon them.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 2[/INST]He said: ‘O my people! Indeed I am a clear Warner to you,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 3[/INST]That you must worship Allah and fear Him and obey me.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 4[/INST]He will forgive your sins and will give you respite till an appointed term. Surely when (the appointed) time of Allah comes then respite is not given if only you knew.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 5[/INST]Nuh (Noah) submitted: ‘O my Lord! Indeed I kept calling my people night and day,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 6[/INST]But my calling did no good except making them flee away.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 7[/INST]And every time I called them (towards faith) so that You forgive them, they only thrust their fingers into their ears and wrapped their clothes over themselves and stuck obstinately (to disbelief) and behaved most arrogantly.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 8[/INST]Then I called them aloud.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 9[/INST]Then I advised them publicly and privately and secretly (as well).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 10[/INST]Then I said: ‘Seek forgiveness from your Lord. Surely He is Most Forgiving.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 11[/INST]He will send down on you torrents of rain,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 12[/INST]And will help you with wealth and sons and will grow for you gardens and will make streams flow for you.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 13[/INST]What is the matter with you that you do not have faith in or the gnosis of Allah’s Majesty,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 14[/INST]Whereas He has created you through diverse conditions?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 15[/INST]Have you not seen how Allah has created seven (or many) heavenly spheres corresponding to one another (layer upon layer)?</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 16[/INST]And He brightened in them the moon and made the sun a radiant lamp (i.e. the source of light and heat).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 17[/INST]And Allah has caused you to grow like vegetation from the earth.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 18[/INST]Then He will return you into the same (earth) and will then bring you forth (from the same again).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 19[/INST]And Allah has made the earth a vast expanse for you,</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 20[/INST]So that you may move around through its broad ways.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 21[/INST]Nuh (Noah) submitted: ‘O my Lord! They have disobeyed me and kept following that (class of the rebellious rich) whose wealth and children have not increased for them anything but loss.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 22[/INST]And they kept perpetrating huge frauds (to keep the common man in error).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 23[/INST]And they kept saying: Do not turn away from your gods and never abandon (the idols named as) Wadd, Suwa‘, Yaghuth, Ya‘uq and Nasr (as well).</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 24[/INST]And truly they have misled many people. So, (O my Lord,) do not increase these wrongdoers (in anything) except misguidance.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 25[/INST](In the end) they were drowned due to their sins and then flung into the Fire. So they could not find any helper for themselves against Allah.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 26[/INST]And Nuh (Noah) submitted: ‘O my Lord! Do not leave even a single disbeliever living on earth.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 27[/INST]Surely if You leave them (alive) they will keep leading your servants astray and will beget none but the most wicked and extremely disbelieving children.</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 71 verse 28[/INST]O my Lord! Forgive me and my parents and everyone who enters my home as a believer and (all) the believing men and the believing women and do not increase anything for the wrongdoers except destruction.’</s>


<s>[INST]Chapter 72[/INST]The Jinn</s>