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

¹ Praise belongs to God who created the heavens and the earth and made darkness¹ and the light! Then those who ignore warning² ascribe equals to their Lord.

² He it is that created you from clay; then He decreed a term¹ — and a stated term is with Him; then do you doubt.

³ And He is God¹ in the heavens and in the earth; He knows your inward and your outward;² and He knows what you earn.

⁴ And there comes to them no proof¹ among the proofs² of their Lord but they turn away therefrom:³

⁵ So have they denied the truth¹ when it came to them; and there will come to them a report of that whereat they mocked.

⁶ Have they not considered how many a generation We destroyed before them? We established them in the earth as We have not established you, and We sent the sky upon them in abundant rains and made the rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their transgressions,¹ and produced after them another generation.

⁷ And had We sent down upon thee a Writ¹ upon parchment, then they had touched it with their hands, those who ignore warning² would have said: “This is only obvious sorcery.”³

⁸ And they say: “Oh, that an angel had but¹ been sent down upon him!” But had We sent down an angel, the matter would have been concluded; then would they not have been reprieved.

⁹ And had We made him¹ an angel, We would have made him a man, and covered them in what they do cover.²

¹⁰ And messengers were mocked before thee; then there surrounded those who derided them that whereat they mocked.

¹¹ Say thou: “Travel in the earth, then see how was the final outcome of the deniers.”

¹² Say thou: “To whom belongs what is in the heavens and the earth?” Say thou: “To God.” He has prescribed upon Himself mercy;¹ (He will bring you all together to the Day of Resurrection whereof there is no doubt; those who have lost their souls: they do not believe.²

¹³ And to Him belongs what rests in the night and the day; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

¹⁴ Say thou: “Is it other than God I am to take as ally — the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, and who feeds but is not fed?” Say thou: “I have been commanded to be first among those who submit”; and: “Be thou not among the idolaters.”¹

¹⁵ Say thou: “I fear, if I should oppose my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous day.”)

¹⁶ From whom it is averted, that day, He will have had mercy¹ upon him; and that is the clear achievement.²

¹⁷ And if God touches thee with affliction, then is there no remover thereof save He; and if He touches thee with good, then is He over all things powerful.

¹⁸ And He is the Conqueror over His servants; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

¹⁹ Say thou: “What thing is greatest in witness?” Say thou: “God is witness between me and you; and this Qur’an¹ has been revealed² to me that I might warn you thereby, and whom it reaches. Do you bear witness that there are other gods with God?” Say thou: “I bear not witness.” Say thou: “He is but One God, and I am quit of that to which you ascribe a partnership.”³

²⁰ Those to whom We¹ gave the Writ² recognise it³ as they recognise their sons.⁴ Those who lose their souls, they do not believe.⁵

²¹ And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God, or denies His proofs?¹ The wrongdoers² are not successful.

²² And the day We gather them all together, then will We say to those who ascribe a partnership:¹ “Where are your partners² that you claimed?”

²³ Then will their means of denial¹ be but that they will say: “By God! Our Lord, we were not idolaters!”²

²⁴ See thou how they will lie against themselves; and strayed from them will be what they invented.

²⁵ And among them are some who listen to thee, but We have placed upon their hearts coverings lest they should understand it, and in their ears deafness; and if they see every proof,¹ they will not believe in² it. When³ they have come to thee, they argue against thee, those who ignore warning,⁴ saying: “This is only legends of the former peoples.”

²⁶ And they forbid it, and are far from it; and they destroy not save themselves, but they perceive not.

²⁷ And if thou couldst see when they are set before the Fire: — then they will say: “Would that we were sent back! Then would we not deny the proofs¹ of our Lord, but be among the believers.”²

²⁸ The truth is,¹ what they concealed before will be clear to them; and if they were sent back, they would return to what they were forbidden; and they are liars.

²⁹ And they say: “There is only our life in the World, and we will not be raised.”

³⁰ And if thou couldst see when they are set before their Lord: — He will say: “Is then this not¹ the truth?”² They will say: “Verily,³ by our Lord!” He will say: “Then taste the punishment for what you denied!”

³¹ They have lost who deny the meeting with God; when¹ the Hour has come upon them unexpectedly, they will say: “O our regret over what we neglected concerning it!” And they will bear their burdens upon their backs; in truth,² evil is what they will bear.

³² And the life of this world is only play and diversion; and the abode of the Hereafter is better for those of prudent fear.¹ Will you then not² use reason!

³³ We know that it grieves thee what they say; and they deny not thee, but the wrongdoers¹ reject the proofs² of God.

³⁴ And messengers were denied before thee; but they were patient over that wherein they were denied and hindered¹ until Our help came to them. And there is none to change² the words of God; and there has already come to thee some of the report of the emissaries.

³⁵ And if their evasion be hard for thee: if thou art able to seek a tunnel in the earth or a stairway in the sky to bring to them a proof[...].¹ And had God willed, He would have gathered them together to the guidance; so be thou not of the ignorant.

³⁶ There respond only those who hear; and the dead, God raises them — then to Him will they be returned.

³⁷ And they say: “Oh, that a proof¹ had but² been sent down upon him from his Lord!” Say thou: “God is able to send down a proof.”³ But most of them know not:⁴

³⁸ And there is no creature in the earth, nor bird flying on its wings save they are communities the likes of you — We have not neglected anything in the Writ¹ — then to their Lord will they be gathered.

³⁹ And those who deny Our proofs¹ are deaf and dumb, in darkness.² Whom God wills, He leads him astray; and whom He wills, He sets him on a straight path.

⁴⁰ Say thou: “Have you considered:¹ if the punishment of God comes upon you, or the Hour comes upon you, will you call to other than God, if you be truthful?”²

⁴¹ The truth is,¹ to Him will you call; and He will remove that for which you call to Him if He wills; and you will forget that² to which you ascribe a partnership.³

⁴² And We have sent to communities before thee; then We took them with affliction and adversity, that they might humble themselves.

⁴³ Oh, that when Our disaster came upon them they had but¹ humbled themselves! But their hearts hardened, and the satan² made fair to them what they were doing.

⁴⁴ So when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We opened upon them the gates of all things; when¹ they had exulted in what they were given, We took them suddenly; and then were they in despair,

⁴⁵ And cut off was the root¹ of the people who did wrong; and praise belongs to God, the Lord of All Creation!

⁴⁶ Say thou: “Have you considered:¹ if God takes away your hearing and your sight and seals your hearts, who is the god save God who will restore it to you?” See thou how We expound the proofs;² then they turn away.

⁴⁷ Say thou: “Have you considered:¹ if the punishment of God come to you unexpectedly or with warning,² will there be destroyed save the wrongdoing³ people?”

⁴⁸ And We send the emissaries only as bearers of glad tidings and warners; then whoso believes and makes right: no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.

⁴⁹ And those who deny Our proofs:¹ the punishment will touch them because they were perfidious.²