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<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 57[/INST](Their state of mind is such that) could they find a place of refuge or a cave or a crevice in the earth, they would turn towards it running very fast (and would not stay with you even for a moment, but they are under compulsion right now so they show off their untrue loyalty).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 58[/INST]And some among them are those who pass sarcastic remarks against you in the matter of (distribution of) alms. If they are given some portion of (the alms) they feel pleased, but if nothing is given to them they feel annoyed at once.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 59[/INST]How good it would have been if they had felt pleased with what Allah and His Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] had given them and said: ‘Sufficient for us is Allah. Allah will soon confer on us His Bounty and so will His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) bestow (in addition). Indeed we are inclined to Allah alone.’ (And the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) is His mediator; in fact his bestowal is Allah’s. Had they developed this belief and refrained from sarcasm, it would have been better.)</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 60[/INST]Indeed alms (Zakat) are meant for the poor and the indigent, and those who are deployed to collect charities and those in whose hearts the inculcation of love for Islam is aimed at. And, (moreover, spending Zakat for) freeing of human lives (from the yoke of slavery) and removing the burden of those who are to pay debt and (those who toil hard) in the cause of Allah and the wayfarers (is true). This (all) has been prescribed by Allah and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 61[/INST]And among these (hypocrites) are also those who hurt (the Esteemed) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and say: ‘He is only an ear (believes everything he hears).’ Say: ‘He is all ears to what is good for you; he believes in Allah and has faith in (what) the believers (say) and is mercy for those of you who have embraced faith. And those who hurt the Messenger of Allah (by means of their evil beliefs, doubts and foul tongue) for them is grievous torment.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 62[/INST]O Muslims! They (the hypocrites) swear by Allah before you to keep you pleased whereas Allah along with His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) has a greater right that He should be pleased. If they are the believers, (they should have known this fact and should have pleased the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him]. Allah is pleased only if the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] is pleased because their pleasure is but one and the same).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 63[/INST]Do they not know that he who opposes Allah and His Messenger, the Fire of Hell is (destined) for him wherein he will live forever? There is no humiliation greater than this.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 64[/INST]The hypocrites feel scared that a Sura (chapter) will be sent down to the Muslims and that will make them aware of those matters that are (hidden) in the hearts (of the hypocrites). Say: ‘Continue mocking. Surely Allah is about to reveal that (matter) which you are scared of.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 65[/INST]If you ask them, they will certainly say: ‘We used only to talk (away the journey) and enjoy.’ Say: ‘Were you mocking Allah, His Revelations and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him)?’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 66[/INST](Now) do not make excuses. You have certainly become disbelievers after (showing that) you believed. If We forgive a party of you, (even then) We shall torment the other party because they sinned.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 67[/INST]The hypocrites, men and women, are one from another (alike). They command evil and forbid good and are close-fisted (in the matter of spending in the cause of Allah). They have forgotten Allah, so Allah has forgotten them. It is indeed the hypocrites who are disobedient.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 68[/INST]Allah has promised the hypocrites, men and women, and the disbelievers the Fire of Hell in which (they) will live forever. That (Fire) will suffice them. And Allah has cast His curse upon them, and for them is torment that will last forever.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 69[/INST](O Hypocrites!) You are like those who preceded you. They were far mightier than you in power and far richer in possessions and progeny. They benefited by their share (of the world); so are you enjoying your portion (the same way) as your predecessors enjoyed their fixed share (of the worldly pleasures). Moreover, you (too in like manner) have indulged deep in falsehood as they indulged deep in falsehood. Their works have gone fruitless in this world and in the Hereafter, and they are the ones who are the losers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 70[/INST]Has not the news reached them of those who were before them - the people of Nuh (Noah), ‘Ad and Thamud and the people of Ibrahim (Abraham) and the citizens of Madyan and the dwellers of the towns which were overturned? Their Messengers (too) came to them with clear Signs (but they disobeyed). So, it was not Allah’s glory to wrong them, but it was they who used to wrong themselves (because of rejecting the Truth).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 71[/INST]The believers, men and women, are helpers and friends to one another. They command good and forbid evil and establish Prayer and pay Zakat (the Alms-due) and obey Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). It is they on whom Allah will soon shower His Mercy. Surely Allah is Almighty, Most Wise.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 72[/INST]Allah has promised the believers, men and women, Gardens with streams flowing beneath. They will dwell therein forever. And (He has also promised) such blessed mansions as are located at a special site in Paradise amidst evergreen Gardens, and (then) the greatest (bliss of all) is the Pleasure and Acceptance of Allah (which will be awarded as a mighty compensation). This indeed is the highest achievement.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 73[/INST]O (Glorious) Messenger! Fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and treat them harshly (for violating peace and human rights). And Hell is their abode and that is an evil abode.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 74[/INST](These hypocrites) swear by Allah that they have not said (anything), whereas they have definitely uttered blasphemy and have become disbelievers after (showing) their belief in Islam. They intended (many tortures too) that they could not achieve. And (out of Islam and the Messenger’s conduct) they could not disdain anything, except that Allah and His Messenger had made them affluent with His Bounty. So if they repent (even now), it will be better for them, but if they remain averse (the same way), then Allah will afflict them with grievous torment (both) in (the life of) this world and in the Hereafter and they will not have any helper or friend on earth.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 75[/INST]And among these (hypocrites) are also (some) who made a promise with Allah: ‘If He bestows upon us (riches) out of His Bounty, we shall certainly give alms (in His Way) and become of the righteous.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 76[/INST]So when He conferred on them (wealth) out of His Bounty, they became miserly with it and turned back retracting from (their promise).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 77[/INST]So He made hypocrisy in their hearts a consequence (of their own niggardliness) till the Day when they would meet Him, because they violated the promise they had made with Allah and (also) because they used to tell lies.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 78[/INST]Do they not know that Allah is aware of their secrets and their whisperings and that Allah knows best all unseen things?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 79[/INST]The people who accuse (of pretentiousness and compulsion) those of the believers who give alms happily and willingly in (their) charity works, and also (blame) those (destitute Muslims) who find nothing (more to give) except for their toil and hard work, and (also) mock their (sentiment for spending in the cause of Allah), Allah will punish them for their scoffing and there is for them a grievous punishment.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 80[/INST]Whether or not you seek forgiveness for these (wicked and arrogant hypocrites who dare scoff at your eminence), if you implore forgiveness for them seventy times (out of your natural compassion and your benevolent practice of forgiving and forbearing), even then Allah will not forgive them at all because they have rejected Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and Allah does not guide the rebels.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 81[/INST](These hypocrites) who stayed back (from fighting) due to opposing Allah’s Messenger are rejoicing over their sitting behind. They disliked it that they should strive in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives and said: ‘Do not move out in this heat.’ Say: ‘The Fire of Hell is fiercer in heat by far.’ (How good it would be) if they could only understand!</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 82[/INST]So they should laugh for a while and weep for long (because they will have to weep for long in the Hereafter) as a recompense for what they used to earn.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 83[/INST]So, (O Beloved,) if Allah again takes you back to a party of these (hypocrites, after getting free from the battle of Tabuk,) and they seek your permission to go forth (for fight in the event of some future conflict), then say to them: ‘(Now) you shall never go forth with me, nor shall you ever fight an enemy accompanying me (because, abandoning the sacred struggle,) you rejoiced over sitting behind the first time. So, (this time as well) stay behind along with those who remain behind.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 84[/INST]And never perform (funeral) Prayer over any of these (hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave (because your stepping on some place also brings about mercy and blessings, and they do not deserve your mercy and blessing). Indeed they disbelieved Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and died as defiant.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 85[/INST]Let not their riches and their progeny make you wonder. Allah wants only to torment them in this world (too) by means of these things and that their souls may depart while they are (still) disbelievers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 86[/INST]And when (such) a Sura (chapter) is revealed: ‘Believe in Allah and fight in the cause of Allah along with His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him),’ the affluent and the influential amongst them seek leave from you and say: ‘Leave us. We shall remain with those who sit (behind).’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 87[/INST]They liked that they would be with those women, children and the handicapped who would stay behind. And their hearts have been sealed, so they do not understand anything.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 88[/INST]But the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] and those who believed with him fight in the cause of Allah with their material and human resources. And for them are all good things and they are the ones who will achieve their goal.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 89[/INST]Allah has prepared for them Gardens beneath which streams flow. They are their permanent residents. This indeed is a colossal achievement.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 90[/INST]And a few feigners from among the desert nomads came (to the Holy Messenger to submit excuse) so that they might (also) be accorded permission, and those who lied to Allah and His Messenger ([blessings and peace be upon him] in their claim to be the believers) stayed behind (having forsaken fight). Those of them who denied the Truth would soon be seized by torturous torment.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 91[/INST]There is no sin on the aged (weak) and the sick, nor on those who are not so (affluent) that they may spend while they are most sincerely and truly devoted to Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). No way can the righteous (i.e. the spiritually excellent) be blamed and Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 92[/INST]Nor can (anyway be scoffed or blamed) those who presented themselves to your service (with the purpose) that you may arrange for them mounts (for fighting, because they did not posses any means of conveyance). So you said: ‘I (also) do not find any (additional means) to mount you on.’ Then (with your permission) they returned in such a state that their eyes were streaming with tears in grief (of being deprived of fighting in the cause of Allah: Alas!) They did not have (that much) wealth which they could spend (and manage to take part in the holy fight).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 93[/INST](Blame) lies only on those who seek your permission though they are affluent. They feel pleased to remain with the women and the handicapped who stay behind. Allah has sealed their hearts, so they do not understand (what is the true loss or gain).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 94[/INST](O Muslims!) When you return to them (from the expedition of Tabuk) they will offer their apologies to you. (O Beloved!) Say: ‘Do not make excuses; we will not at all believe you. Allah has informed us about your state of affairs. Now (in future) Allah as well as His Messenger will monitor your performance (in the world). Then (in the Hereafter too) you will be returned to (the Lord) Who knows everything hidden and manifest and He will make you know (all your works) that you used to do.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 95[/INST]Now they will swear to you by Allah when you return to them so that you may excuse them. So be indifferent to them. Surely they are unclean and Hell is their abode, a reward for what they used to earn.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 96[/INST]They swear to you so that you may feel pleased with them. So, (O Muslims,) if you are pleased with them (even) then Allah will not be pleased with the disobedient people.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 97[/INST](These) nomad villagers are unyielding disbelievers and incorrigible hypocrites. And (due to their stubbornness in disbelief and hypocrisy) they deserve to remain ignorant of those limits and commandments which Allah has sent down to His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 98[/INST]And among these nomad villagers there is (also) one who regards that (money) which he spends (in the cause of Allah) as a compulsory fine, and looks forward to the spinning evil (of miseries and misfortunes) coming upon you. But it is they whom the evil spin (of calamity and ill-fortune) is going to whirl. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 99[/INST]And (yet) among these nomads there is (also) one who believes in Allah and the Last Day and considers whatever he spends (in the way of Allah) as a means of nearness to Allah and receiving (merciful) supplications of the Messenger. Listen! Assuredly it is a source of nearness to Allah. Allah will soon admit them to His Mercy. Surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 100[/INST]The pioneer emigrants and their supporters (Ansar), the vanguard of the believers, and those who follow them in the grade of spiritual excellence — Allah is well pleased with them (all) and they (all) are well pleased with Him. And He has prepared for them Gardens with rivers flowing under them. They will live in them forever. This is indeed a colossal achievement.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 101[/INST]And, (O Muslims,) some among the nomad villagers around you and some citizens of Madina as well are hypocrites. They are adamant about hypocrisy. (So far) you know them not; We know them. (Later, the Holy Messenger was also given the knowledge and gnosis (of all the hypocrites.) Soon shall We torment them twice (here in this world). Then they will be turned towards greater torment (on the Day of Rising).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 102[/INST]And there are others (who) have confessed their sins. They have mixed up good deeds with some bad ones (by mistake). Allah will, most likely, accept their repentance. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 103[/INST]Collect from their wealth alms (Zakat — the Alms-due) so that by these (alms) you may purify them (of their sins) and (by this purification of faith and riches) bestow upon them blessing and pray for them. Surely your prayer is a (source of) delightful calm for them. And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 104[/INST]Do they not know that indeed He is Allah alone Who accepts repentance of His servants and takes charity donations (i.e. Zakat and alms with His own Mighty Hand) and that Allah is the One Who is Oft-Relenting, Ever-Merciful?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 105[/INST]And say: ‘Do work. Allah as well as His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and the believers (too) will soon see your work. And you will shortly be returned to (the Lord) Who knows everything veiled and unveiled. So He will inform you of the works that you used to do.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 106[/INST]And there are (yet) others who are deferred, left to the (next) Command of Allah. He will either torment them or accept their repentance. And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 107[/INST]And (from among the hypocrites there are also those) who have erected a mosque to harm (the Muslims) and (promote) disbelief and disunite the believers and as an ambush for the one who is already at war against Allah and His Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him). They will surely swear: ‘We have intended nothing but good (by constructing this mosque).’ And Allah bears witness that they are certainly liars.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 108[/INST](O Beloved!) Never stand in this (building which has been built in the name of a mosque). But the mosque which has been, from the very first day, founded on the fear of Allah has greater right to be honoured with your standing in it. There are people in it who love to remain purified (both physically and spiritually), and Allah loves those who commit themselves to purity.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 109[/INST]Who is better — the one who founds his edifice (i.e. mosque) on the fear of Allah and (His) pleasure and satisfaction or the one who lays the foundation of his building on the edge of a crumbling precipice? So, that (building) tumbled down with its architect into the Fire of Hell? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 110[/INST]Their structure which they have raised (in the name of a mosque) will continue pricking their hearts (due to doubt and hypocrisy), except that their hearts are torn to pieces (due to persistently piercing concern). And Allah is All-Knowing, Most Wise.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 111[/INST]Surely, Allah has bought from the believers their souls and wealth in return for Paradise for them. (Now) they fight in the way of Allah. So they kill (for the Truth) and are slain (themselves too. Allah has taken) the firm promise as a bountiful obligation on Him in the Torah, the Gospel (the Injil) and the Qur’an. And who is truer to his promise than Allah? So, (believers,) rejoice over your bargain against which you have sold (your souls and wealth). This is but a colossal achievement.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 112[/INST](These believers who have bargained with Allah for the Hereafter are those) who turn to Allah in repentance, worship, praise and glorify (Allah), fast, abstain from the worldly lusts, bow down before Him (most humbly and submissively) and prostrate themselves before Him (seeking His nearness), command good and forbid evil and guard the limits (set) by Allah. And give glad tidings to these believers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 113[/INST]It is not the glory of the Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and the dignity of the believers that they pray for forgiveness of the polytheists, even though they are kindred, after it has become clear to them that they (the polytheists) are the inmates of Hell.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 114[/INST]And Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) praying for his father’s (i.e. Azar, his uncle who brought him up) forgiveness was only due to the promise that he had made to him. But when it became evident to him that he was an enemy of Allah, he parted with him (dissociated himself from him and never prayed for him afterwards). Surely Ibrahim (Abraham) was most compassionate (tender-hearted, tearful) and profoundly forbearing.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 115[/INST]And it is not Allah’s Glory to lead a people astray after guiding them aright, until He makes clear to them the things which they should guard against. Surely Allah knows best everything.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 116[/INST]Verily He is Allah to Whom belongs the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He (is the One Who) gives life and causes death. And besides Allah there is for you no friend or helper (who can support you against Allah’s Command).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 117[/INST]Surely Allah turned in His Mercy towards the Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) and (also) towards the Emigrants and the Helpers who followed him (even) in the hour of distress (of the battle of Tabuk), after (the situation emerged wherein) the hearts of a party of them had nearly deviated. Then He turned towards them with Bestowal and Mercy. Allah is indeed Most Compassionate and Ever-Merciful towards them.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 118[/INST]And (He also turned towards) those three persons (with Merciful Compassion) whose (decision) was deferred until when the earth, despite all its vastness, closed in upon them and their (own) souls (too) became cumbersome for them, and they knew for sure that there is no refuge from (the torment of) Allah except in (turning towards) Him. Allah then inclined towards them in Bestowal and Kindness so that they (too) might persevere with repentance and inclination. Surely Allah is the One Who is Most Relenting, Ever-Merciful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 119[/INST]O Believers! Fear Allah persistently and remain in the (company) of those who uphold the Truth.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 120[/INST]It was unbecoming the people of Madina and the villagers (inhabitants) of suburbs to lag behind (stepping aside) from Allah’s Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him), nor to feel for their own souls greater concern than his (blessed and sacred) soul. This (command) is because in the cause of Allah (whatever) thirst they suffer, (whatever) turmoil they undergo, (whatever) hunger they endure, and stepping on a track where treading rouses violent reaction among the disbelievers and whatever they receive from the enemy (killing and injury or spoils of war): in recompense of everything is recorded but a good deed to their credit. Surely, Allah does not waste the reward of the righteous.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 121[/INST]They (who fight in the cause of Allah) do not spend any amount small or great, nor do they journey through a valley but that (all this expense and journey) is written down for them so that Allah may confer on them the best reward (for every such act) that they used to do.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 122[/INST]And it is not possible for all the Muslims to set out (together). So, why should a party from within every group (or tribe) not go forth in order that they may acquire deeper knowledge (i.e. thorough understanding and insight) of Din (Religion), and warn their people when they return to them so that they may guard themselves (against a life of sins and disobedience).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 123[/INST]O Believers! Fight against those of the disbelievers who are around you (i.e. who are damaging you and your Din [Religion] directly). And (fight in a way and at a time that) they find in you toughness (of might and valour). And bear in mind that Allah is with those who guard themselves against evil.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 124[/INST]And whenever a Sura (chapter) is revealed, some of these (hypocrites) say (mischievously): ‘Whose faith amongst you has this (Sura) increased?’ So, this (Sura) has increased the faith of those who have embraced faith and they rejoice (over this boosted state of faith).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 125[/INST]But those whose hearts are diseased, this (Sura) has added vileness (and impurity) to their filth (disbelief and hypocrisy). And they died as disbelievers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 126[/INST]Do they not see that they are put in trouble once or twice every year? (Even) then they do not repent, nor do they take advice.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 127[/INST]Whenever a Sura (chapter) is revealed, they look at one another (and inquire through body language:) ‘Is there anyone watching you?’ Then they turn away. Allah has turned their hearts away because they are the ones who lack understanding.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 128[/INST]Surely a (Glorious) Messenger from amongst yourselves has come to you. Your suffering and distress (becomes) grievously heavy on him (blessings and peace be upon him). (O mankind,) he is ardently desirous of your (betterment and guidance. And) he is most (deeply) clement and merciful to the believers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 9 verse 129[/INST]If (in spite f all these favurs and blessings) they (still) deviate, then say: ‘Enugh fr me is Allah. There is n Gd but He. I have repsed my trust in Him alne and He is the Lrd f the Mighty Thrne.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10[/INST]Jonas</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 1[/INST]Alif, Lam, Ra. (Only Allah and the Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] know the real meaning). These are the Verses of the Book which is all wisdom.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 2[/INST]Is it amazing for the people that We sent down Revelation to a (perfect) man from among themselves: ‘Warn (the disoriented and distracted) people (of Allah’s torment) and give glad tidings to the believers that there is high rank (i.e. exalted status) for them in the Presence of their Lord.’? The disbelievers said: ‘Indeed this person is an evident magician.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 3[/INST]Certainly, your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth (the upper and lower strata of the universe) in six days (i.e. aeons or phases, step by step). Then He settled Himself on the Throne (with His supreme authority, i.e. after the creation of the universe He established His Command and Control by enforcing His law and system in all the worlds and heavenly bodies). He is the One Who devises strategies for all operations (i.e. makes everything function under a system). There is no one to intercede (with Him) without His permission. (The Glorious and Mighty) Allah is the One Who is your Lord; worship Him alone. So, do you not think over (accepting His Direction and Guidance)?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 4[/INST](O people!) It is to Him that you all are to return; (that) is Allah’s true promise. Surely He is the One Who originates the creation. Then He is the One Who will repeat it so that He rewards with justice those who believe and do righteous works. And those who reject faith and disbelieve, there is for them scalding water to drink and painful torment, a reward for their disbelief.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 5[/INST]He is the One Who has made the sun (a source of) light and (with that) made the moon shine, and appointed for it stages (to appear smaller or bigger) so that you might compute the number of years and the count (of time). Allah has not created (all this) but with a zero-defect strategy. (Through these cosmic realities) He expounds in detail the Signs (of His Creativity, Unicity and Might) for those who possess knowledge.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 6[/INST]Surely in the alternation of night and day and in (all) that Allah has created in the heavens and the earth there are (in like manner) Signs for those who live by Godwariness.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 7[/INST]Verily those who do not expect to meet Us and are pleased with the worldly life and are well contented with it and who are neglectful of Our Signs,</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 8[/INST]It is they whose abode is Hell, a recompense for the deeds they used to earn.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 9[/INST]Indeed those who believe and practise piety consistently, their Lord will take them, for their faith, (to the Gardens) with streams flowing (under their abodes, located) in the Gardens of Bliss in the Hereafter.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 10[/INST](Finding these blessings and bounties,) they will pray in these (Gardens): ‘Holy You are, O Allah!’ and the word of their mutual greetings will be: ‘Peace.’ (Or the word for their reception from Allah and the angels will be: ‘Peace.’) And their supplication will end (with these words): ‘All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 11[/INST]If Allah were to hasten evil (i.e. torment) for the (disbelieving) people, as they make haste for the worldly gains, then certainly their term (of life) would have been (hastily) completed for them (so that they reach Hell fast after dying). But We leave those who do not expect to meet Us in their rebellion (and revolt) so that they keep wandering disoriented.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 12[/INST]And when a misery touches (such a) man, he calls out to Us while lying on his side or sitting or standing. But when We remove from him his affliction, he passes on (forgetting Us) as if he (never) called out to Us in pain that had touched him. This is how the (wrong) deeds which the transgressors do are made to appear to them fascinating.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 13[/INST]And indeed before you (also) We destroyed (a number of) communities when they perpetrated injustice. And their Messengers brought to them clear Signs but they would not believe. That is how We punish the evildoers (for their impious behaviour).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 14[/INST]Then, after them, We made you (their) successors in the land so that We might observe how you would behave (now).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 15[/INST]And when Our enlightening Revelations are recited to them, those who do not believe in meeting Us say: ‘Bring us a Qur’an different from this one or alter it.’ (O Glorious Messenger,) say: ‘I have no right to modify it of my own accord. I follow only (that) which is revealed to me. I indeed fear the chastisement of the Mighty Day if I go against my Lord.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 16[/INST]Say: ‘Had Allah so willed, I would not have recited this (Qur’an) to you, nor would He (Himself) have made it known to you. I have indeed spent a (part of) life among you (even) before this (revelation of the Qur’an). So do you not understand?’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 17[/INST]So who is more unjust than one who fabricates lies against Allah or belies His Revelations? Certainly the evildoers will never triumph.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 18[/INST]And (the idolaters) worship, apart from Allah, those (idols) which can neither harm nor benefit them and (in justification of their false worship) they say: ‘These (idols) are our intercessors with Allah.’ Say: ‘Do you seek to inform Allah of the (fabricated) presumption (of intercession by idols) whose (existence) He is not aware of either in the heavens or on in the earth (i.e. intercession with Him by any idol is not in His knowledge)? Holy is He and Exalted far above those whom they set up as (His) peers.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 19[/INST]And the entire mankind was one Umma ([Community] in the beginning). Then they (differed among themselves and) disintegrated. And if it had not been decreed by your Lord (that the torment would not be hastened), the matters would have been settled between them in which they disagree.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 20[/INST]And (now) they say (because of the same respite): ‘Why has some (decisive) Sign not been sent down to this (Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him]) from his Lord?’ Say: ‘The unseen is for Allah alone. So wait. I too am with you among those who wait.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 21[/INST]And when We make the people relish (Our) Mercy after they are afflicted with distress, their plotting immediately begins against Our Signs (consigning Our Favour to oblivion). Say: ‘Allah is Swift to punish intrigues.’ Surely the angels We have sent keep writing whatever plots you contrive.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 22[/INST]He is the One Who (enables) you to travel through land and sea, until when you board the vessels, and they (the vessels) carrying the passengers sail with the favourable wind, they rejoice over it. But (all of a sudden) a violent wind overtakes them (the vessels), and (the mounting) waves surge (towards) those (aboard) from all sides. And they start thinking that they are (now) besieged by them (the waves. At that time) they call out to Allah (with the mind) that they sincerely devote their Din (Religion) to Him alone (and submit: ‘O Allah,) if You deliver us from this (monstrous torment,) we shall certainly become among (Your) grateful servants.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 23[/INST]But when Allah delivers them, they take no time to go unjustly rebellious in the land (as before). O people (rebelling against Allah! The havoc caused by) your rebellion and revolt is directed only towards your own souls. (You may gain) some benefit of the worldly life but ultimately you have to return to Us. Then We will make you well aware (of your works) that you have been doing.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 24[/INST]The example of the worldly life is like water which We sent down from the sky. Then owing to this there came forth from the earth thick growth of vegetation which both men and cattle feed on, until when the earth took its (full) bloom and beauty and became fully embellished, and its inhabitants thought that (now) they had full control over it, then (emergently) Our command (of torment) seized it by night or by day and We made it mown down (the way) as if it did not even exist the day before. That is how We elucidate Our Signs to those who apply reason.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 25[/INST]And Allah calls towards the Home of Peace (Paradise), and guides whom He wills to the straight path.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 10 verse 26[/INST]For those who do pious works there is good recompense rather more (added to it). And neither (dust and) darkness nor humiliation and disgrace will cover their faces. It is they who are the people of Paradise, its permanent residents.</s> |