Surah 21 -- The Prophets

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1. Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in
heedlessness.
2. Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they
listen to it while they play.
3. With hearts preoccupied. And they confer in secret. The wrong-doers
say: Is this other than a mortal like you? Will ye then succumb to
magic when ye see (it)?
4. He saith: My Lord Knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the
earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
5. Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but
invented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as
those of old (who were God's messengers) were sent (with portents).
6. Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them
(though We sent them portents): would they then believe?
7. And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom
We inspired. Ask the followers of the Reminder if ye know not?
8. We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they
immortals.
9. Then We fulfilled the promise unto them. So We delivered them and
whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.
10. Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder.
Have ye then no sense?
11. How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and
raised up after them another folk!
12. And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it!
13. (But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that
(existence) which emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be
questioned.
14. They cried: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong-doers.
15. And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn,
extinct.
16. We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between
them in play.
17. If We wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our
presence--if We ever did.
18. Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its
head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye
ascribe (unto Him).
19. Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And
those who dwell in His presence are not too proud to worship Him, nor
do they weary;
20. They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not.
21. Or have they chosen Gods from the earth who raise the dead?
22. If there were therein Gods beside Allah, then verily both (the
heavens and the earth) had been disordered. Glorified be Allah, the
Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him).
23. He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will
be questioned.
24. Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? Say: Bring your proof
(of their godhead). This is the Reminder of those with me and those
before me, but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse.
25. And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying):
There is no God save Me (Allah), so worship Me.
26. And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He
glorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves;
[Regarding Jesus.]
27. They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command.
28. He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them, and they
cannot intercede except for him whom He accepteth, and they quake for
awe of Him.
29. And one of them who should say: Lo! I am a God beside Him, that one
We should repay with hell. Thus We repay wrong-doers.
30. Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth
were of one piece, then We parted them, and We made every living thing
of water? Will they not then believe?
[Here it is very clear to indicate the 7 heavens and earth are of our
head (of one piece).]
31. And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them,
and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find
their way.
32. And We have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn
away from its portents.
33. And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the
moon. They float, each in an orbit.
34. We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou
diest, can they be immortal?
[Immortality is for your Spiritual Soul. IT is eternal therefore God or
Allah.]
35. Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with
good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned.
[Every living body will die. The Spiritual Soul will not die but has to
return to the Origin.]
36. And when those who disbelieve behold thee, they but choose thee out
for mockery, (saying): Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And
they would deny all mention of the Beneficent.
37. Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not
to hasten.
38. And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), it ye are
truthful?
39. If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be
able to drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs, and
they will not be helped!
40. Nay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy
them, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be
reprieved.
41. Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they
mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.
42. Say: Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the
Beneficent? Nay, but they turn away from mention of their Lord!
43. Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help
themselves nor can they be defended from Us.
44. Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long
for them. See they not how We visit the land, reducing it of its
outlying parts? Can they then be the victors?
45. Say (O Muhammad), unto mankind): I warn you only by the
Inspiration. But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.
46. And if a breath of thy Lord's punishment were to touch them, they
assuredly would say: Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong- doers.
47. And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no
soul is wronged in aught. Though it be of the weight of a grain of
mustard seed, We bring it. And We suffice for reckoners.
48. And We verily gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion (of right and
wrong) and a light and a Reminder for those who keep from evil,
[Ten Commandments and Truth in the Torah]
49. Those who fear their Lord in secret and who dread the Hour (of
doom).
50. This is a blessed Reminder that We have revealed: Will ye then
reject it?
51. And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course, and We were
Aware of him,
52. When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images
unto which ye pay devotion?
53. They said: We found our fathers worshippers of them.
54. He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error.
55. They said: Bringest thou unto us the truth, or art thou some
jester?
56. He said: Nay, but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the
earth, Who created them; and I am of those who testify unto that.
57. And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone
away and turned your backs.
58. Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that
haply they might have recourse to it.
59. They said: Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some
evil-doer.
60. They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called
Abraham.
61. They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people's eyes that
they may testify.
62. They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham?
63. He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if
they can speak.
64. Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the
wrong-doers.
65. And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest
that these speak not.
66. He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit
you at all, nor harm you?
67. Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then
no sense?
68. They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing.
69. We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham.
70. And they wished to set a snare for him, but We made them the
greater losers.
71. And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We
have blessed for (all) peoples.
[Abraham and Lot went to the land of the Canaan from Mesopotamia.]
72. And We bestowed upon him Isaac and Jacob as a grandson. Each of
them We made righteous.
73. And We made them chiefs who guide by Our command, and We inspired
in them the doing of good deeds and the right establishment of worship
and the giving of alms, and they were worshippers of Us (alone).
74. And unto Lot We gave judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him
from the community that did abominations. Lo! they were folk of evil,
lewd.
[Sodomy, pornography etc]
75. And We brought him in unto Our mercy. Lo! he was of the righteous.
76. And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him
and his household from the great affliction.
77. And delivered him from the people who denied Our revelations. Lo!
they were folk of evil, therefore did We drown them all.
78. And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the
field, when people's sheep had strayed and browsed therein by night;
and We were witness to their judgment.
79. And We made Solomon to understand (the case); and unto each of them
We gave judgment and knowledge. And We subdued the hills and the birds
to hymn (His) praise along with David. We were the doers (thereof).
80. And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect
you in your daring. Are ye than thankful?
81. And unto Solomon (We subdued) the wind in its raging. It set by His
command toward the land which We had blessed. And of everything We are
aware.
82. And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for
pearls) for him and did other work, and We were earder unto them.
83. And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity
afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy.
84. Then We heard his prayer and removed that adversity from which he
suffered, and We gave him his household (that he had lost) and the like
thereof along with them, a mercy from Our store, and a remembrance for
the worshippers;
[The above names are in the Bible.]
85. And (mention) Ishmael, and Idris, and Dhul-Kifl. All were of the
steadfast.
86. And We brought them in unto Our mercy. Lo! they are among the
righteous.
87. And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that
We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying:
There is no God save Thee. Be Thou glorified! Lo! I have been a
wrong-doer.
88. Then We heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus We
save believers.
89. And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not
childless, thou Thou art the best of inheritors.
90. Then We heard his prayer, and bestowed upon him John, and adjusted
his wife (to bear a child) for him. Lo! they used to vie one with the
other in good deeds, and they cried unto Us in longing and in fear, and
were submissive unto Us.
91. And she who was chaste, therefore We breathed into her (something)
of Our spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples.
[about Mary and Jesus]
92. Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so
worship Me.
[So you Muslims are one family with the Jews and Christians.]
93. And they have broken their religion (into fragments) among them,
(yet) all are returning unto Us.
[You all are of different religions, but will still return to the One
only GOD.]
94. Then whoso doeth good works and is a believer, there will be no
rejection of his effort. Lo! We record (it) for him.
95. And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that
they shall not return,
96. Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of
every mound.
97. And the True Promise draweth nigh; then behold them, staring wide
(in terror), the eyes of those who disbelieve! (They say): Alas for us!
We (lived) in forgetfulness of this. Ah, but we were wrong-doers!
98. Lo! ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside Allah are fuel
of hell. Thereunto ye will come.
99. If these had been Gods they would not have come thither, but all
will abide therein.
100. Therein walling is their portion, and therein they hear not.
101. Lo! those unto whom kindness hath gone forth before from Us, they
will be far removed from thence.
102. They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide
in that which their souls desire.
103. The Supreme Horror will not grieve them, and the angels will
welcome them, (saying): This is your Day which ye were promised;
104. The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up
a written scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it.
(It is) a promise (binding) upon Us. Lo! We are to perform it.
105. And verily We have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder:
My righteous slaves will inherit the earth:
[All the prophets, saints, sages, seers etc will be reborn as human to
bring back all others back to the source. I am the chief, Christian
term is Melchizedek, Buddhist term is Maitreya Buddha. My Kew family
has the others, but they are not awaken yet till the trumpet blows.]
106. Lo! there is a plain statement for folk who are devout.
107. We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.
108. Say: It is only inspired in me that your God is One God. Will ye
then surrender (unto Him)?
109. But if they are averse, then say: I have warned you all alike,
although I know not whether nigh or far is that which ye are promised.
110. Lo! He knoweth that which is said openly, and that which ye
conceal.
111. And I know not but that this may be a trial for you, and enjoyment
for a while.
112. He saith: My Lord! Judge Thou with truth. Our Lord is the
Beneficent, whose help is to be implored against that which ye ascribe
(unto Him).
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Surah 20 -- Ta Ha
#108 On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices
are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur.
[This is probably me.]
#209 On that Day no intercession availeth save (that of) him unto whom
the Beneficent hath given leave and whose He accepteth.
#210 He knoweth (all) that is before them and (all) that is behind
them, while they cannot compass it is knowledge.
#211 And faces humble themselves before the Living, the Eternal. And he
who heareth (a burden of) wrongdoing is indeed a failure (on that day).
#212 And he who hath done some good works, being a believer, he feareth
not injustice nor begrudging (of his wage).
#213 Thus We have revealed it as a Lecture in Arabic, and have
displayed therein certain threats, that peradventure they may keep from
evil or that it may cause them to take heed.
#214 Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad)
with the Quran ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and
say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.
#215 And verily We made a covenant of old with Adam, but he forgot, and
We found no constancy in him.
#216 And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they
fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused.
#217 Therefore We said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy
wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come
to toil.
#218 It is (vouchsafed) unto thee that thou hungerest not therein nor
art naked,
#219 And thou thirstest not therein nor art exposed to the sun's heat.
#220 But the Devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee
the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away?
[The life giving tree is our eye brows. The Mark is the base of the
tree, at our nose bridge.]
#221 Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent
unto them, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the
leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray.
#222 Then his Lord chose him, and relented toward him, and guided him.
#223 He said: Go down hence, both of you, one of you a foe unto the
other. But if there come unto you from Me a guidance, then whoso
followeth My guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief.
#224 But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me, he will be a
narrow life, and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of
Resurrection.
#225 He will say: My Lord! Wherefor hast Thou gathered me (hither)
blind, when I was wont to see?
#226 He will say: So (it must be). Our revelations came unto thee but
thou didst forget them. In like manner thou art forgotten this Day.
#227 Thus do We reward him who is prodigal and believeth not the
revelations of his Lord; and verily the doom of the hereafter will be
sterner and more lasting.
#228 Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We
destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein
verily are signs for men of thought.
#229 And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord,
and a term already fixed, the judgment would (have) been inevitable (in
this world).
#230 Therefore (O Muhammad), bear with what they say, and celebrate the
praises of thy Lord ere the rising of the sun and ere the going down
thereof. And glorify Him some hours of the night and at the two ends of
the day, that thou mayst find acceptance.
#231 And strain not thine eyes toward that which We cause some wedded
pairs among them to enjoy, the flower of the life of the world, that We
may try them thereby. The provision of thy Lord is better and more
lasting.
[This is talking about pornography. Those who indulge in them will be
severely punished.]
#232 And enjoin upon thy people worship, and be constant therein. We
ask not of thee a provision: We provide for thee. And the sequel is for
righteousness.
[Righteousness will rule the world.]
#233 And they say: If only he would bring us a miracle from his Lord!
Hath there not come unto them the proof of what is in the former
Scriptures?
#234 And if We had destroyed them with some punishment before it, they
would assuredly have said: Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent unto us a
messenger, so that we might have followed Thy revelations before we
were (thus) humbled and disgraced!
[Even with my revelation to the whole world, no one is truly believing
me. This is because God has veiled their eyes, dull their ears and
fixed their minds. This is the test each messenger has to go through.]
#235 Say: Each is awaiting: so await ye! Ye will come to know who are
the owners of the path of equity, and who is right.