39. THE TROOPS ( Al – Zumar ) |
In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
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1.
The sending down of the books is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise. |
2.
We have sent down to you the book containing the truth, so serve Allah
making religion exclusively for Him. |
3.
Beware! religion is exclusively for Allah. And those who have taken
guardians besides Him (say); “We do not serve (worship) them, except
(with the aim) that they may bring us nearer to Allah,” Allah will certainly
judge between them in that which they differ. Allah certainly does not
guide him who is a liar, ungrateful. |
4.
Had Allah intended to take a son, He could have chosen whom He willed
from among those whom He created, Glory be to Him, He is Allah, the
One, the Omnipotent. |
5.
He created the skies and the earth in reality. He winds the night over
the day and He winds the day over the night (which indicates that the
earth rotates). And He has compelled the sun and the moon (to follow
His laws), each one moves on for an appointed term. Beware! He is the
Mighty, the Protectively Forgiving. |
6.
He created you from a single soul moreover He made from it, its mate,
and He send down for you eight pairs of cattle. He creates you in the
womb of your mothers, creation after creation in triple darkness. This
is Allah your Fosterer, His is the kingdom, there is no god except Him.
How then are you turned away? |
7.
If you are ungrateful, then Allah is certainly Independent of you, and
He does not like ingratitude for His servants and if you are grateful,
He likes it for you. And no bearer of burden will bear the burden of
another, then towards your Fosterer is your return and He will inform
you about that which you used to do, He is certainly the Knower of what
the bosoms possess. |
8.
And when harm afflicts man, he prays to his Fosterer turning towards
Him, then when He grants to him favor from Him, he forgets (even) that
for which he had prayed to Him earlier, and sets up equals for Allah
that he may mislead (people) from His way. Say, “Enjoy a little in your
ingratitude, you will certainly be among the inhabitants of the fire.” |
9.
Is he who devoutly prostrates and stands (for worship) during the hours
of night, being cautious of the hereafter, and hopes for the mercy of
his Fosterer (equal to one who does not do this)? Say, “Are those who
know and those who do not know equal?” Only men of understanding are
mindful. ( R 1 ) |
10.
Say, “O servants (of Allah) who believe! fear your Fosterer. For those
who do good in this world is good and the earth of Allah is vast. Only
those who are patient will be paid back their reward without measure.” |
11.
Say, “I am commanded that I should serve Allah, making religion exclusively
for Him, |
12.
and I am commanded that I should be the first of those who submit (as
Muslims).” |
13.
Say, “I fear the punishment of the great day, if I disobey my Fosterer.” |
14.
Say, “I serve Allah, making my religion exclusively for Him, |
15.
so you serve (worship) that which you will (to serve) besides Him. “Say,
‘The losers are certainly those who cause loss to themselves and their
people on the day of resurrection. Beware! that is a clear loss.” |
16.
For them there will be coverings of fire from above them and coverings
from below them. Allah makes His servants fear through that. O My servants!
then fear Me. |
17.
And those who keep away from serving (worshipping) false deities and
turn towards Allah, for them is good news, so convey the good news to
My servants, |
18.
who hear a statement then follow the best of it, those are the persons
whom Allah has guided and those are the persons who understand. |
19.
Then if there is a person on whom the stated punishment is due, then
can you save him who is in the fire? |
20.
But those who fear their Fosterer, for them are built high palaces above
which are (still) higher palaces (multistoried buildings), beneath which
rivers flow, a promise of Allah, Allah does not go against His promise. |
21.
Did you not see, that Allah sends down water from the sky then makes
it move as springs in the earth, then brings out through it vegetation
of different colors, then it dries up, then you see it become yellow,
then He makes it pieces? There is certainly a reminder in that for men
of understanding. ( R 2 ) |
22.
Then is he, whose bosom Allah has opened for Islam so that he is (guided)
by the light from his Fosterer, (like him who is in darkness)? So sorrowful
is the state of those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance
of Allah, they are in a clear error. |
23.
Allah has sent down the best statements (in the form of) a book, (these
statements are) similar (to each other and not contradictory and are)
repeated. The skins of those who fear their Fosterer tremble (in response
to the effect produced) by it, then their skins and their hearts soften
towards the remembrance of Allah. That is guidance of Allah, He guides
through it whom He wills, and whom Allah leaves to stray then there
is no guide for him. |
24.
Then is he, who will have to guard the evil punishment of the day of
resurrection from his face, (like him who is safe from it)? And it will
be said to those who were unjust, “Taste that which you earned.” |
25.
Those before them (had also) denied, so they did not perceive from where
the punishment came to them. |
26.
Thus Allah made them taste disgrace in the life of this world and the
punishment of the hereafter is greater, if only they knew. |
27.
And We have set forth for mankind, every (kind) of similitude in this
Quran that they may be mindful. |
28.
An Arabic Quran without any crookedness, that they may guard (against
evil). |
29.
Allah sets forth the example of a man who is under (the control of many)
partners differing with each other, and (another) man wholly (under
the control) of one man, are the two equal in likeness? Praise is due
only for Allah, no, the majority of them does not know. |
30.
You will certainly die and they (too) will certainly die, |
31.
then on the day of resurrection, you will certainly dispute one with
another in the presence of your Fosterer. ( R 3, P 23 ) |
32.
Then who is more unjust than he who speaks a lie against Allah and denies
the truth when it comes to him? Will not the home for the infidels be
in hell? |
33.
And he who comes with truth and he who testifies it, those are the persons
who guard (against evil), |
34.
for them, with their Fosterer, is what they will (for), that is the
reward of the doers of good, |
35.
because Allah will remove from them (the ill effect of even) the worst
of that which they did, and reward them with their reward (which will
be) better than that which they used to do. |
36.
Is not Allah sufficient for His servant? And they frighten you with
those besides Him, and whom Allah leaves to stray, then there is no
guide for him. |
37.
And whom Allah guides, then there is none who can mislead him. Is not
Allah Mighty, Inflicter of retribution? |
38.
And if you ask them, “Who created the skies and the earth?” Then will
definitely say, “Allah.” Say, “They have you considered that which you
pray to, besides Allah, if Allah intends to harm me, could they remove
from me His harm, or if He intends to be merciful to me, could they
withhold from me His mercy?” Say, “Allah is sufficient for me, those
who put their trust, do put their trust in Him.” |
39.
Say, “O my people! work according to your ability, I (too) am working,
so you will come to know, |
40.
on whom will the punishment come, which will disgrace him, and on whom
will fall the eternal punishment.” |
41.
We have sent down to you the book containing the truth, for mankind,
so one who receives guidance, then (the benefit of) it is for his ownself,
and one who goes astray, then (the loss of) his going astray is only
on him, and you are not a trustee over them. ( R 4 ) |
42.
Allah takes the souls { 1
} (i.e. consciousness of human beings) at the time of their death, and
(He takes the soul) of the person who does not die, during his sleep,
then He withholds that on which He has decreed death and sends (back)
the others till an appointed term. Certainly there are signs in that
for a people who reflect. |
43.
Have they taken (for worship, things) besides Allah, (for) the purpose
of mediation? Say, “Even if they have no control on anything and have
no sense?” |
44.
Say, “(The power to grant permission for) mediation is totally Allah’s.
His is the kingdom of the skies and the earth, then towards Him you
will be returned.” |
45.
And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe
in the hereafter, get bored and when those besides Him are mentioned,
at that moment they become joyful. |
46.
Say, “O Allah! Initiator of the creation of the skies and earth, Knower
of the unseen and the seen, You will judge between Your servants regarding
that in which they differ.” |
47.
And if those who are unjust, had all that is in the earth and the like
of it with it, they would give it as ransom (to free themselves) through
it from the evil punishment of the day of resurrection. And (something)
from Allah, which they had not (even) thought of, will become manifest
to them. |
48.
And the evil which they had earned will become manifest to them, and
that which they used to mock at, will surround them. |
49.
So when harm afflicts man he prays to Us, then when We grant to him
a favor from Us, he says, “This has been given to me only on the (account
of my) knowledge.” No, it is a trail, but majority of them does not
know. |
50.
Those before them had (also) said it, but that which they used to earn
did not make them carefree from (the consequences of their evil deeds), |
51.
so that the evil of that which they earned afflicted them. And those
who are unjust from among these, the evil of that which they earn will
afflict them (too), and they will not be able to defeat (Allah). |
52.
Do they not know that Allah enlarges the provision for whomever He wills
and straitens (it for whomever and whenever He wills). Certainly there
are signs in that for a people who believe. ( R 5 ) |
53.
Say, “O My servants who have committed excesses against their own souls!
do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Allah certainly protectively forgives
all the sins, He is certainly Protectively Forgiving, Merciful.” |
54.
And turn towards your Fosterer and submit to Him before the punishment
comes to you, then you will not be helped. |
55.
And follow the best which is sent down to you from your Fosterer before
the punishment comes to you suddenly while you do not perceive, |
56.
lest a soul should say, “My regrets on being negligent towards Allah’s
side, and I was of those who mocked,” |
57.
or say, “If Allah has guided me I (too) would have been among those
who guarded (against evil),” |
58.
or say at the time it sees the punishment, “Had there been a second
chance for me (to go back to the world, then) I would be of those who
do good.” |
59. No, My signs had come to you but you denied them and you considered yourself great and you were among the infidels. |
60.
And on the day of resurrection, you will see the faces of those who
lied against Allah, (coloured) black. Is not the home of the proud in
hell ? |
61.
And Allah will save those who guarded (against evil) because of their
achievement, evil will not touch them nor will they grieve.
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62.
Allah is the Creator of everything and He is a Trustee over everything. |
63.
His are the keys of the skies and earth. And those who do not believe
in the signs of Allah, those are the persons who are the losers. (R
6) |
64.
Say, “Then do you advise me to worship (something) other than Allah,
O you ignorant people?” |
65.
And it has been communicated to you and those before you: If you associate
partners (with Allah), your work will definitely become fruitless and
you will definitely be among the losers. |
66.
No, then serve Allah and be among those who are grateful. |
67.
And they have not estimated Allah with the estimation due to Him. And
the earth will be totally in His grip on the day of resurrection, with
the skies rolled up in His right hand. Glorified is He and high (above)
that which they associate as partners (with Him). |
68.
And it will be blown into the trumpet (structure of the universe), so
whoever is in the skies and whoever is in the earth will fall down senseless
except he whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown into it a second time
when they will |
69.
And the earth will shine with the light of its Fosterer. And the record
(of deeds) will be laid down and the prophets (informers) and the witnesses
will be brought, and it will be judged between them with justice and
they will not be dealt with unjustly. |
70.
And every soul will be paid back in full for that which it did, and
He knows best about that which they do. (R 7) |
71.
And those who did not believe will be driven to hell in troops until
when they come to it, the doors of it will be opened and its guards
will say to them, “Did messengers from among yourselves not come to
you, reciting to you the signs of your Fosterer and warning you about
the meeting of this day of yours?” They will say, “Why not, but the
statement of punishment has become binding on the infidels.” |
72.
It will be said, “Enter the doors of hell to stay therein.” So evil
is the home of the proud. |
73.
And those who feared their Fosterer will be driven to the garden in
troops until when they come to it, the doors of it will be opened and
the guards of it will say to them, “Peace be on you, you are happy (lucky),
so enter it to stay.” |
74.
And they will say, “Praise is due only for Allah Who has been true to
us in His promise and He has made us to inherit the earth, we can settle
down in the garden wherever we will.” So excellent is the reward of
the workers. |
75.
And you will see the angels inclining from (all) round (towards) the
throne* glorifying by praising
their Fosterer. And it will be judged between them with justice and
it will be said, “Praise is due only for Allah, the Fosterer of the
worlds.” ( R 8, P 23 ¼ ) * Probably the capital of the Universe |