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

CHAPTER 39. THRONGS (az-Zumar)

 In  the  name  of  Allah,  the  Gracious,  the  Merciful 

1. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty and Wise.

2. We sent down to you the Book with the truth, so serve Allah, devoting your religion to Him.

3. Is not to Allah that sincere faith is due? As for those who take guardians besides Him, "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allah." Allah will judge between them regarding their differences. Allah does not guide the lying blasphemer.

4. If Allah wanted to have a son, He could have selected from His creation at will. Glory be to Him. He is Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

5. He created the heavens and the earth with reason. He wraps the night around the day, and He wraps the day around the night. And He regulates the sun and the moon, each running along a specific course. He is indeed the Almighty, the Forgiver.

6. He created you from one person, then made from it its mate, and brought down livestock for you—eight kinds in pairs. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, in successive formations, in a triple darkness. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the kingdom. There is no god but He. So what made you deviate?

7. If you disbelieve, Allah is Independent of you, yet He does not approve ingratitude on the part of His servants. And if you are thankful, He will approve that in you. No bearer of burden can bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return; and He will inform you of what you used to do. He is aware of what the hearts contain.

8. When some adversity touches the human being, he prays to his Lord, repenting to Him. But then, when He confers on him a grace of His, he forgets what he was praying for before, and he attributes rivals to Allah, in order to lead astray from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little while; you will be among the inmates of the Fire."

9. Is he who worships devoutly during the watches of the night, prostrating himself and standing up, mindful of the Hereafter, and placing his hope in the mercy of his Lord? Say, "Are those who know and those who do not know equal?" Only those possessed of reason will remember.

10. Say, "O My devotees who have believed, keep your duty to your Lord. For those who do good in this world, is goodness. And Allah's earth is vast. The steadfast will be paid their wages in full, without reckoning."

11. Say, "I was commanded to serve Allah, devoting my religion exclusively to Him.

12. And I was commanded to be the first of those who submit."

13. Say, "I fear, if I disobeyed my Lord, the punishment of a horrendous Day."

14. Say, "It is Allah I worship, sincere in my faith in Him."

15. "But you can worship whatever you wish besides Him." Say, "The losers are those who lose their souls and their people on the Day of Resurrection." That is indeed the obvious loss.

16. They will have layers of Fire above them, and layers beneath them. That is how Allah strikes fear into His servants—"O My servants! Beware of Me!"

17. As for those who avoid the worship of idols, and devote themselves to Allah—theirs is the good news. So give good news to My servants.

18. Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best of it. These are they whom Allah has guided. These are they who possess intellect.

19. What about someone who has deserved the sentence of punishment? Is it you who can save those in the Fire?

20. But those who fear their Lord will have mansions upon mansions, built high, with streams flowing beneath them. The promise of Allah; and Allah never breaks a promise.