In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ Drawn nigh¹ to men has their reckoning, while they in heedlessness are turning away;

² No remembrance¹ from their Lord comes to them anew but they listen to it while they play,

³ Their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their¹ private conversation: “Is this² save a mortal like you? Will you go to sorcery³ with open eyes?”⁴

⁴ Say thou:¹ “My Lord knows what is said² in the heaven and the earth; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.”

⁵ “But,”¹ — they say — “a confused medley of dreams; but² he has invented it; but³ he is a poet. So let him bring us a proof⁴ like that sent to the former peoples!”

⁶ No city believed before them among those We destroyed; will they then believe?¹

⁷ And We sent before thee only men to whom We revealed¹ — and ask the people of the remembrance,² if you know not —

⁸ And We gave them not bodies that ate not food, nor were they immortals;

⁹ Then fulfilled We the promise to them, and delivered them and whom We wished, and destroyed the committers of excess.

¹⁰ We have sent down to you a Writ¹ wherein is your remembrance;² will you then not³ use reason!

¹¹ And how many a city that was doing wrong¹ did We utterly destroy,² and produced after it another people!

¹² And when they perceived Our might, then did they flee from it.

¹³ “Flee not! But return to that wherein you were given opulence, and your dwellings, that you might be questioned.”

¹⁴ They said: “Woe is us! We were wrongdoers.”¹

¹⁵ And that, their call, ceased not until We made them a harvest, extinguished.

¹⁶ And We created not the heaven and the earth and what is between them¹ in play.

¹⁷ Had We wished to take a diversion, We would have taken it from Ourselves — if We are the doers.¹

¹⁸ But¹ We hurl the truth² against vanity and it triumphs³ over it, and then it passes away.⁴ And woe to you for what you describe!

¹⁹ And to Him belongs whoso is in the heavens and the earth; and those in His presence are not too proud for His service, nor do they grow weary,

²⁰ They give glory¹ night and day, and they flag not.

²¹ If¹ they have taken gods from the earth who resurrect:²

²² Were there in them¹ gods save God, they² would have been corrupted; and glory³ be to God, the Lord of the Throne, above what they describe!

²³ He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

²⁴ If¹ they have taken gods besides² Him,³ say thou: “Bring your evidence. This⁴ is the remembrance⁵ of him with me,⁶ and the remembrance⁷ of him before me.”⁸ But⁹ most of them know not the truth,¹⁰ so they are turning away.¹¹

²⁵ And We sent not before thee any messenger save We revealed¹ to him that: “There is no god save I; so serve Me.”

²⁶ And they say: “The Almighty¹ has taken a son.” Glory² be to Him! But³ honoured servants⁴

²⁷ Precede Him not in word,¹ but they act by His command.

²⁸ He knows what is before them,¹ and what following them, and they intercede not save for him with whom He is pleased; and they are from fear of Him in dread.

²⁹ And whoso among them says: “I am a god besides¹ Him!” — then that: We reward him with Gehenna; thus reward We the wrongdoers.²

³⁰ Have not those who ignore warning¹ considered that the heavens and the earth were stitched together,² then We ripped them³ apart⁴ and made of water every living thing? Will they then not⁵ believe!

³¹ And We made in the earth firm mountains lest it sway with them; and We made therein mountain passes as ways, that they might be guided;

³² And We made the sky a roof protected; but they, from its proofs,¹ are turning away.

³³ And He it is that created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in a circuit¹ swimming.²

³⁴ And We appointed not eternity for a mortal before thee; if then thou wilt die, then are they eternal?

³⁵ Every soul will taste death; and We will try you with evil and good as a means of denial;¹ and to Us will you be returned.

³⁶ And when those who ignore warning¹ see thee, they take thee only in mockery: “Is this he who mentions your gods!”² And they — of the remembrance³ of the Almighty⁴ — they are deniers.

³⁷ Man was created of haste.¹ I will show you My proofs,² so ask Me not to make haste.

³⁸ And they say: “When is this promise, if you¹ be truthful?”²

³⁹ If those who ignore warning¹ but knew the time when they will not restrain the Fire from their faces, nor from their backs, nor will they be helped!²

⁴⁰ But¹ it will come upon them unexpectedly, and render them speechless, and they will be unable to repel it, nor will they be granted respite.

⁴¹ And messengers were mocked before thee; then there surrounded those who derided them that whereat they mocked.

⁴² Say thou: “Who can protect you by night and day from the Almighty?”¹ But² they, from the remembrance³ of their Lord, are turning away.

⁴³ If¹ they have gods to defend them besides² Us:³ they are unable to help themselves, nor are they protected from Us.

⁴⁴ But¹ We gave these and their fathers enjoyment until life became long for them. Have they then not² considered that We come to³ the earth, diminishing it from its extremities?⁴ Is it then they who will be the victors?

⁴⁵ Say thou: “I but warn you by revelation.”¹ But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.

⁴⁶ And if there touch them a hint¹ of the punishment of thy Lord, they will say: “Woe is us! We were wrongdoers.”²

⁴⁷ And We will set up the balances of equity¹ for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be wronged in anything; and though² it be the weight of a mustard seed,³ We will bring it. And sufficient are We as account-takers.

⁴⁸ And We gave Moses and Aaron the Division,¹ and an illumination, and a remembrance² for those of prudent fear:³

⁴⁹ Those who fear their Lord unseen, and are of the Hour in dread.