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<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 84[/INST]So the (riches) they used to earn could not repel (Allah’s punishment) from them.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 85[/INST]And We have not created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them without any purpose. And the Hour of Resurrection is certainly approaching. So, (O embodiment of excellent morality,) bear with (them) most graciously and effectively with perseverance.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 86[/INST]Indeed your Lord alone is the Creator of all things, All-Knowing.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 87[/INST]And surely We have bestowed upon you the seven oft-recited Verses (i.e. chapter al-Fatiha) and the Glorious Qur’an.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 88[/INST]Do not even lift your eyes towards the things with which We have benefitted the disbelievers for their (few days’) luxury, nor grieve over their (turning away from the straight path), and keep your wings (of affection and care) lowered over the believers (to make them feel contented and cared for).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 89[/INST]And say: ‘Indeed I am (now) the open and clear Warner (of Allah’s torment).’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 90[/INST]The (torment) that We sent down upon the dividers (i.e. the Jews and the Christians),</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 91[/INST]Those who divided the Qur’an into pieces (and split it i.e. accepted the favourable verses but rejected the others).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 92[/INST]So, by your Lord, We shall indeed interrogate them all,</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 93[/INST]Pertaining to the works that they used to do.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 94[/INST]So declare openly all those (matters) that you have been commanded and turn away from those who set up partners with Allah.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 95[/INST]Surely We suffice you for (taking them to task) who scoff,</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 96[/INST]Who set up other gods along with Allah. So they will come to know (their end) soon.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 97[/INST]And We indeed know that your (sacred) breast feels straitened by what they say.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 98[/INST]So glorify your Lord with His praise and live among those who prostrate themselves before Him.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 15 verse 99[/INST]And worship your Lord till you attain to that station of certainty of faith (which goes with your glory i.e. perfect cognizance of divinity or the moment of union with the Divine Essence).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16[/INST]The Bee</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 1[/INST]The promise of Allah has drawn (near), so do not hasten in seeking it. Holy is He and exalted far above those objects which the disbelievers set up as (His) peers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 2[/INST]He alone sends down the angels by His Command with Revelation (which is the spirit of all the teachings of Din [Religion]) to those of His servants He likes: ‘Warn (the people) that there is no God except Me, so adopt fearing Me against all evils.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 3[/INST]He alone has created the heavens and the earth with a zero-defect strategy. He is exalted far above those objects which the disbelievers set up as (His) peers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 4[/INST]He alone has created man from a drop of vital fluid, yet he has become openly contentious (instead of becoming totally submissive to Allah).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 5[/INST]And He alone has created for you cattle. They are for you a source of warm clothing and (other) benefits. And you (also) eat some of them.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 6[/INST]And there is beauty in them (and also a joy — an aesthetic pleasure) for you when you drive (them back) in the evening from pasture and when you drive (them) out in the morning (to graze).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 7[/INST]And these (animals also) carry your loads to those distant cities (and remote areas) where you cannot reach (otherwise) without toiling hard. Surely your Lord is Most Clement, Ever-Merciful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 8[/INST]And (He is the One Who has created) horses, mules and donkeys so that you may ride them and that they may serve as means of adornment (for you) as well and He will (further) create (such ornamented means of conveyance) that you do not know (today).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 9[/INST]And the middle course reaches (the door of) Allah and many crooked side tracks also (branch off) from it. And had He so willed, He would have guided all of you.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 10[/INST]He is the One Who has sent down for you water from the sky. (Some) of it is to drink and (some) of it is for plantation. (You grow with it plants, vegetation and pastures) wherein you take (your cattle) to graze.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 11[/INST]With the same water He grows for you crops and olives and date-palms and grapes and all kinds of fruit. Indeed there are Signs in it for those who reflect and meditate.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 12[/INST]And He (is the One Who) has subjected to your service the night and the day and the sun and the moon, and all the stars have also been made subservient to (the system according to) His strategy. Surely there are Signs in it for those who possess reason.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 13[/INST]And (of the animal world, vegetable world and minerals) whatever He has created for you in the earth which have separate colours (genders, species, classes, characteristics and benefits, etc. — all have been subdued to your service). Verily, there is a Sign in it for those who take advice.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 14[/INST]And He is the One Who has subjected sea (rivers and oceans) as well (in addition to air and land) so that you may eat fresh (and favourite) seafood from there and may take out from them gems (etc.) that you wear as ornaments. And, (O man,) you see the vessels (and ships) that pierce through the water (of the rivers and oceans). And (all this has been managed) so that you may look for His bounty (i.e. sustenance, far and wide) and also that you may become thankful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 15[/INST]And He is the One Who has created firm mountains in the earth (by allying various elements) lest it tremors while carrying you (revolving in its orbit), and rivers and (also natural) routes so that you may find way (to reach the destinations),</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 16[/INST]And set up landmarks (to navigate during the day). And (at night as well) people find (their) way by means of the stars.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 17[/INST]Can the Creator Who creates (all that) be like the one who cannot create (anything)? Do you not then accept advice?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 18[/INST]And if you want to count the favours of Allah, you will not be able to number them all. Surely Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 19[/INST]And Allah knows what you hide and what you show.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 20[/INST]And the (idols) whom these (polytheists) worship besides Allah cannot create anything; they have rather been created themselves.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 21[/INST](They) are non-living, inanimate objects which do not (even) sense when the people will be raised up.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 22[/INST]Your God is One God. So those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deniers at heart and are beliers and arrogant.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 23[/INST]This is verily true and established that Allah knows all that they hide and all that they show. Surely He does not like the defiers and arrogant.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 24[/INST]And when they are asked: ‘What has your Lord sent down?’ they retort: ‘False fables of the people gone by (have been sent down).’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 25[/INST](They are making all these utterances) so that they may carry full load (of their evildoings) on the Day of Resurrection and also (carry) some load of those that they are misguiding due to (their) ignorance. Beware! It is an extremely evil load which they are carrying.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 26[/INST]No doubt those who lived before them (also) devised plots, but Allah knocked down the edifice (of their deceptive plots) from its foundations, and the roof caved in upon them, and the torment came at them from where they never thought of.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 27[/INST]Then He will humiliate them on the Day of Resurrection and say: ‘Where are those that you set up as peers to Me and in whose favour you disputed (with the believers)?’ Those endowed with knowledge will say: ‘Today (all types of) humiliation and destruction will surely befall the disbelievers,</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 28[/INST]Whom the angels cause to die while they are (constantly) doing wrong to their own souls.’ They will display obedience and submission (on the Day of Resurrection and say:) ‘We were not used to doing any evil (in the world).’ No indeed! Allah surely has thorough knowledge of what you used to do.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 29[/INST]So, enter the gates of Hell. You are its permanent residents. So how evil is the abode of the arrogant!</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 30[/INST]And (when) the Godfearing are asked: ‘What has your Lord sent down?’ they say: ‘All good (for here and the Hereafter has been sent down).’ There is good for those who do good in this world (too), and certainly the House of the Hereafter is even better. And how excellent is the house of those who are Godfearing!</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 31[/INST]There are Gardens of Eternity which they will enter with streams flowing under them. Therein will be (available) whatever they will long for. That is how Allah rewards the God-fearing.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 32[/INST]The angels take their lives while they are pure, clean, pleased and contented (due to obedience and piety. The angels tell them the moment they take their lives:) ‘Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise due to (the pious deeds) that you used to do.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 33[/INST]And what else are they waiting for except that the angels should come to them or there should reach the command (of torment) from your Lord? Those before them (also) did the same. And Allah did not do them any wrong but they themselves used to wrong their own souls.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 34[/INST]So the punishments that came upon them were due to the acts that they had perpetrated, and the same (chastisement) they used to make fun of engulfed them.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 35[/INST]And those who set up peers with Allah say: ‘Had Allah so willed, We would not have worshipped anything apart from Him, neither we nor our fathers. Nor would we have forbidden anything without His (Command).’ Those before them (also) did the same. Are the Messengers responsible for anything in addition to conveying clearly (the Message and Commandments of Allah)?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 36[/INST]And indeed We sent a Messenger in every people: ‘(O people,) worship Allah and keep away from Taghut (i.e. Satan and idol-worship).’ Then some among them were those whom Allah guided, and there were others among them for whom misguidance proved (appropriate). So travel through the land and see what was the end of those who belied (the Truth)!</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 37[/INST]If you ardently desire them to take the path of guidance then (let not your sanctified disposition be overburdened), for indeed Allah does not guide him whom He holds strayed, nor do they have any helpers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 38[/INST]And they swear by Allah most earnestly that Allah will not resurrect him who dies. No Indeed! The true promise is a bountiful obligation upon Him, but most people do not know.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 39[/INST](The dead will be raised up again) so that He makes evident (the Truth) wherein they disagree and that the disbelievers may realize that they alone are in fact liars.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 40[/INST]Our Command for a thing is but only this much that when We intend (to bring) it (into existence) We say to it: ‘Be,’ and it becomes.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 41[/INST]And those who emigrated after they had been subjected to (different kinds of) torture and brutality, We will certainly provide them with a better abode in this (very) world. And the reward in the Hereafter is certainly greater. Would that they knew (this secret) —</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 42[/INST]Those who remain steadfast and put their trust in their Lord!</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 43[/INST]And before you also We sent only men as Messengers towards whom We sent Our Revelations. So if you yourselves do not know (anything), then ask the People of Remembrance.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 44[/INST](They too were sent) with clear proofs and the Books. And, (O Glorious Messenger,) We have revealed to you the Glorious Reminder (the Qur’an) so that you may explain clearly to people (the Message and the Commandments) that have been sent down to them and that they may meditate.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 45[/INST]Have these evil and deceitful people gone free of the fear that Allah may sink them into the earth, or may send to them torment from (any) quarter that is beyond their imagination?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 46[/INST]Or He may seize them during their movements (travelling and business trips). So, they cannot hinder Allah.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 47[/INST]Or He may seize them for being struck with fear. Indeed your Lord is Most Compassionate, Ever-Merciful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 48[/INST]Have they not seen those (shady) objects which Allah has created; their shadows keep crawling on the right and the left sides prostrating themselves before Allah? And, (in fact, in this way) they display humbleness and obedience.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 49[/INST]And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, all living beings and angels prostrate themselves before Allah (alone) and are not (in the least) proud and arrogant.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 50[/INST]They keep fearing their Lord, Who is high above them, and obey whatever the command they are given.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 51[/INST]And Allah has ordained: ‘Do not take two gods; assuredly He (Allah) alone is the only One God. So fear Me alone persistently.’</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 52[/INST]And whatever is in the heavens and the earth (all) belongs to Him alone, and obligatory (for all) is obedience to Him alone. Do you then fear (anyone) other than Allah?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 53[/INST]And whatever blessing you have been provided with is from Allah alone. Then, when some distress afflicts you, you wail and weep only before Him.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 54[/INST]Then, when Allah removes that distress from you, a party from amongst you starts setting up partners with their Lord;</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 55[/INST](This disbelief and polytheism is perpetrated) so that they may show ingratitude for those (blessings) which We have bestowed upon them. So, (O polytheists,) take this (a few days’) benefit, then soon will you know (your end).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 56[/INST]And they ascribe a portion of the provisions which We have given them for those (idols) whose (reality) even they themselves do not know. By Allah, you will indeed be asked about what you fabricate.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 57[/INST]And they (the disbelievers and polytheists) ascribe daughters to Allah. Glory be to Him, (He is far above that;) and for themselves they prefer what they desire (i.e. sons).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 58[/INST]And when the news (of the birth) of a daughter is disclosed to any of them, his face turns dark and he gets pent up with anger.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 59[/INST]He seeks to hide himself from people due to the (presumed) bad news that is given to him. (He now gets down to thinking) whether he should keep her (alive) despite humiliation and disgrace or bury her (alive) in the earth. See! How wicked is the decision that they make!</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 60[/INST](This) is the most evil attribute of those who do not believe in the Hereafter and the most exalted attribute is only Allah’s. And He is Almighty, Most Wise.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 61[/INST]And had Allah seized people (instantly) for their injustice, He would not have left any living being (on the surface of the earth). But He grants them respite till an appointed term. When their fixed time arrives then they can neither advance nor hold it back for a single moment.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 62[/INST]And they attribute to Allah what they loathe (for themselves) and their tongues utter falsehood that there is good for them. (No indeed!) The truth is that for them there is Hell, and they will be the first ones to be sent (into Hell where they shall be left forever).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 63[/INST]By Allah! We certainly sent Messengers to (many) people before you (also). Then Satan made their (evil) deeds look attractive and pleasing to them. So the same (Satan) is today their friend. And for them there is painful punishment.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 64[/INST]And We have not revealed to you the Book except that you may explain those (matters) clearly to them in which they differ, and (also that this Book) is guidance and mercy for the people that have embraced faith.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 65[/INST]And Allah pours down water from the sky and by means of that brings the earth to life (i.e. makes it fertile and green) after it has become dead (i.e. barren and infertile). Surely there is in it a Sign for those who give ear (to advice).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 66[/INST]And indeed in the cattle (too) there is a point for you to ponder. We provide you with pure milk to drink brought forth from that substance of their bellies (which is produced by) compounding (certain) intestinal contents and blood and which freshens up those who drink it.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 67[/INST]And you obtain sugar and (other) fine foods from the fruits of date-palms and grapes. Indeed there is a Sign in it for those who have reason.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 68[/INST]And your Lord seeded (the idea instinctually) in the honeybee’s heart: ‘Make your hives in certain mountains and certain trees and (also) in certain projections which people build aloft (like roofs).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 69[/INST]So, suck the juice of all kinds of fruit and then follow those routes (suggested) by your Lord (which lead to these fruits and flowers of which you are to suck the juice, leading other bees also to the source) for their convenience.’ There oozes from their bellies a syrup (that is honey) of diverse colours. It has healing properties for the people. Therein is indeed a Sign for those who apply their minds.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 70[/INST]And Allah has brought you into being; then He causes you to die (i.e. takes your life); and He turns some of you to the most worthless age (senility) so that after knowing (so much in life) he should now know nothing (i.e. man may see to his helplessness and paucity of resources before death). Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 71[/INST]And Allah has preferred some of you to others in (grades of) provision, (so that He may bring you to trial through the command of spending in His way). But those who have been preferred do not divert (even a portion of) their wealth to (i.e. do not spend on) their dependants while they all are equal in it (as for as their basic necessities are concerned). So do they deny Allah’s favour?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 72[/INST]And Allah has created for you spouses from among yourselves, and has created through your mates (wives) sons and grandsons and provided you with pure sustenance. Do they still believe in falsehood (abandoning the Truth) and disregard Allah’s favours?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 73[/INST]And besides Allah they worship those (idols) who are helpless to provide them with any provision from the heavens and the earth, and nor do they have any power.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 74[/INST]So never put forward any similitude about Allah. Surely Allah knows and you do not.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 75[/INST]Allah has explained an example (that) there is a slave, possessed by (some master), having no control over anything (himself); and (the other) is the one We have given the best provision, so he gives out to others out of it secretly and openly: can the two be held equal? All praise belongs to Allah alone. But most of them do not know (even the basic reality).</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 76[/INST]And Allah has illustrated an example of two (such) men of whom one is dumb, has no power over anything and is a burden on his master; wherever he (the master) sends him, he brings no good. Can he (the dumb) be the equal to the (other) one who (holds such an office that he) enjoins the people to do justice, and he himself also follows the straight path?</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 77[/INST]And to Allah belongs (all) the unseen of the heavens and the earth and the advent of the Last Hour will be as quick as twinkling of an eye or even faster. Surely Allah has Mighty Control over everything.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 78[/INST]And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers (in such a state) that you knew nothing, and He endowed you with ears and eyes and hearts so that you may give thanks.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 79[/INST]Have they not seen the birds that fly aloft in the air (under the law of motion and aerodynamics)? Nothing but (the laws of) Allah hold them (in the sky). Surely there are Signs in (this law of aerodynamics) for the believers.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 80[/INST]And Allah has made your homes (permanent) places for you to reside and made for you (temporary) dwellings (i.e. tents) with the skins of cattle which you find light enough during your journey and for (stay at journey-breaking) halts. And (Allah is the One Who) provides you with household goods and profitable means (in business and trade) from the wool of sheep and lambs and fur of camels and hair obtained from goats, (which are) for an appointed term.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 81[/INST]And Allah is the One Who has made for you shades of many things that He created, and He has made places of shelter for you in the mountains, and He has made (some) such clothes for you as protect you from heat and (others like) coats of armour which shield you (against the enemy assault) during the event of intense war. Thus Allah perfects His favour and blessing (provision and protection) upon you so that you may bow down (before His Presence) with absolute submissiveness.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 82[/INST]So if (even then) they turn away (O Glorious Messenger,) then your responsibility is only to convey and communicate (My Message and My Commands) clearly.</s> |
<s>[INST]Chapter 16 verse 83[/INST]They recognize Allah’s favour, then deny it and most of them are disbelievers.</s> |