English Translation Of ''THE HOLY QUR'AN''

CHAPTER 25. THE CRITERION (al-Furqan)

 In  the  name  of  Allah, the  Gracious, the  Merciful 

1. Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His servant, to be a warning to humanity.

2. He to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, who took to Himself no son, who never had a partner in His kingship; who created everything and determined its measure.

3. And yet, instead of Him, they produce for themselves gods that create nothing, but are themselves created; that have no power to harm or benefit themselves; and no power over life, death, or resurrection.

4. Those who disbelieve say, "This is nothing but a lie that he made up, and others have helped him at it." They have committed an injustice and a perjury.

5. And they say, "Tales of the ancients; he wrote them down; they are dictated to him morning and evening."

6. Say, "It was revealed by He who knows the Secret in the heavens and the earth. He is always Forgiving and Merciful."

7. And they say, "What sort of messenger is this, who eats food, and walks in the market places?If only an angel was sent down with him, to be alongside him a warner."

8. Or, "If only a treasure was dropped on him." Or, "If only he had a garden from which he eats." The evildoers also say, "You are following but a man under spell."

9. Look how they invent examples for you. They have gone astray, and cannot find away.

10. Blessed is He who, if He wills, can provide you with better than that—gardens beneath which rivers flow—and He will give you palaces.

11. In fact, they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.

12. When it sees them from a distant place, they will hear it raging and roaring.

13. And when they are thrown into it, into a tight place, shackled, they will plead there for death.

14. "Do not plead for one death today, but plead for a great many deaths."

15. Say, "Is this better, or the Garden of Eternity promised to the righteous? It is for them a reward and a destination.

16. They will have therein whatever they desire, forever. That is upon your Lord a binding promise.

17. On the Day when He gathers them, and what they worshiped besides Allah, He will say, "Was it you who misled these servants of Mine, or was it they who lost the way?"

18. They will say, "Glory be to You. It was not for us to take any lords besides You. But you gave them enjoyments, and their ancestors, until they forgot the Message, and became ruined people."

19. They have denied you because of what you say; so you can neither avert, nor help. Whoever among you commits injustice, We will make him taste a grievous punishment.

20. We never sent any messengers before you, but they ate food and walked in the market places.And We made some of you tempters for one another—will you be patient? Your Lord is always Observing.

21. Those who do not expect to meet Us say, "If only the angels were sent down to us, or we could see our Lord." They have grown arrogant within themselves, and have become excessively defiant.

22. On the Day when they see the angels—there will be no good news for sinners on that Day; and they will say, "A protective refuge."

23. We will proceed to the works they did, and will turn them into scattered dust.