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

¹ O mankind: be in prudent fear¹ of your Lord! The convulsion of the Hour is a tremendous thing.

² The day you see it, every one nursing will neglect what she suckled, and every one pregnant will deliver her burden,¹ and thou wilt see mankind intoxicated when they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of God is severe.

³ And among men is he who disputes concerning God, without knowledge,¹ and follows every rebellious satan²

⁴ Against whom it is decreed, that whoso takes him as ally: — him will he lead astray, and guide him to the punishment of the Inferno.

⁵ O mankind: if you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then: We created you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then from a clinging thing;¹ then from a fleshy lump² formed and unformed — that We might make plain³ to you. And We settle in the wombs what We will to a stated term; then We bring you forth as a child; then that you should reach your maturity. And among you is he who is taken.⁴ And among you is he who is sent back to the most abject age, so that he knows not, after knowledge, anything. And thou seest the earth lifeless;⁵ then when We send down upon it water it quivers and swells and grows every⁶ delightful kind,

⁶ For it is that¹ God, He is the Truth;² and that He gives life to the dead; and that He is over all things powerful;

⁷ And that the Hour about which there is no doubt is coming; and that God will raise those in the graves!

⁸ And among men is he who disputes concerning God, without knowledge, or guidance, or an illuminating Writ,¹

⁹ Turning aside proudly¹ to lead away² from the path of God. For him in the World is disgrace; and on the Day of Resurrection We will let him taste the punishment of the consuming fire:

¹⁰ “For it is that¹ thy hands sent ahead, and that God is not unjust to the servants!”²

¹¹ And among men is he who serves God upon an edge: if good befalls him he is assuaged thereby, but if a means of denial¹ befalls him he makes an about-face;² he has lost the World and the Hereafter. That³ is the clear loss.

¹² He calls, besides¹ God, to that² which neither harms him nor benefits him. That³ is the extreme error.⁴

¹³ He calls to him whose harm is nearer than his benefit. Evil is the protector! And evil is the associate!¹

¹⁴ God will make those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds enter gardens beneath which rivers flow; God does what He wills.

¹⁵ Whoso thinks that God will not help him¹ in the World and the Hereafter: let him stretch out means² to the sky; then let him cross³ and let him look: will his plan remove what enrages?⁴

¹⁶ And thus have We sent it¹ down as clear proofs,² and because God guides whom He wills.

¹⁷ Those who heed warning,¹ and those who hold to Judaism,² and the Sabaeans,³ and the Christians,⁴ and the Magians,⁵ and those who ascribe a partnership:⁶ God will decide between them on the Day of Resurrection; God is witness over all things.

¹⁸ Dost thou not see¹ that to God submits² whoso is in the heavens, and whoso is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and the creatures, and many among mankind? And upon many has the punishment become binding.³ And whom God humiliates, he has none to honour him; God does what He wills.

¹⁹ These are two disputants¹ who have disputed about their Lord.² Then those who ignore warning:³ garments of fire have been cut for them; poured over their heads will be scalding water;

²⁰ Melted thereby will be what is in their bellies, as well as their skins;¹

²¹ And for them are restraints¹ of iron.

²² Whenever they desire to come out therefrom — from anguish¹ — they will be returned thereto: “And taste the punishment of the consuming fire!”

²³ God will make those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds enter gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and pearls, and their raiment therein will be silk.²

²⁴ And they were guided to the good of speech,¹ and were guided to the path of the Praiseworthy.

²⁵ Those who ignore warning¹ and turn away from² the path of God and the inviolable place of worship³ which We made for mankind[...].⁴ Alike are the one remaining⁵ in it and the one without; and whoso seeks therein deviation⁶ by injustice, him will We let taste of a painful punishment.

²⁶ And when We settled for Abraham the position¹ of the house: “Ascribe thou not a partnership² with Me to anything; and purify thou My house for those who walk around,³ and those who stand, and the lowly,⁴ and the submitting.⁵

²⁷ “And proclaim thou¹ among mankind the pilgrimage;² they will come to thee on foot, and on every lean mount;³ they will come from every deep⁴ mountain pass,⁵

²⁸ “That they might witness benefits for them, and remember the name of God on days appointed¹ over their provision of livestock cattle.” So² eat thereof, and feed the unfortunate poor;

²⁹ Then let them make an end of their unkemptness,¹ and fulfil their vows,² and walk around³ the ancient house.⁴

³⁰ That[...].¹ And whoso honours the sacred things² of God, it is better for him in the sight of his Lord. And the cattle are lawful to you save that recited to you. And avoid the abomination of idols.³ And avoid false speech,⁴

³¹ Inclining¹ towards God, not ascribing a partnership² to Him. And whoso ascribes a partnership³ to God, it is as if he had fallen from the sky, then the birds snatch him away, or the wind sweeps him away to a far-off place.

³² That[...].¹ And whoso honours the tokens of God,² then is it from the prudent fear³ of the hearts.

³³ For you in them are benefits¹ to a stated term;² then is their place of sacrifice³ to the ancient house.⁴

³⁴ And for every community We appointed a rite: that they remember the name of God over what He has provided them of livestock cattle.¹ And your God is One God; so submit to Him. And bear thou glad tidings to the humble:

³⁵ Whose hearts are afraid when God is remembered, and those patient¹ over what befalls them, and who uphold the duty,² and of what We have provided them they spend.³

³⁶ And the camels: We appointed them for you among the tokens of God;¹ for you in them is good. So remember the name of God over them when they are in lines; and when their flanks collapse,² eat thereof and feed the reticent poor³ and the beggar.⁴ Thus have We made them subject for you, that you might be grateful.

³⁷ Their flesh does not reach God, nor their blood. But prudent fear¹ reaches Him from you. Thus have We made them subject for you, that you might magnify God for guiding you. And bear thou glad tidings to the doers of good.²

³⁸ God defends those who heed warning;¹ God loves not every treacherous ingrate.

³⁹ Leave is given those who are fought because they were wronged: — and God is able to help them —

⁴⁰ Those who have been turned out of their homes without cause¹ save that they said: “Our Lord is God.” And were God not to repel some people by means of others,² pious communities³ would be destroyed,⁴ and trade,⁵ and duties,⁶ and places of worship⁷ wherein the name of God is remembered much[...].⁸ But God will help him who helps Him: — God is strong and exalted in might —

⁴¹ Those who,¹ if We establish them in the land, uphold the duty² and render the purity,³ and enjoin what is fitting,⁴ and forbid perversity;⁵ and to God belongs the final outcome of matters.⁶

⁴² And if they deny thee, then there have denied before them the people of Noah, and ʿĀd, and Thamūd,

⁴³ And the people of Abraham,¹ and the people of Lot,

⁴⁴ And the people¹ of Madyan.² And Moses was denied. So I granted the false claimers of guidance³ respite; then I seized them — then how was My rejection!

⁴⁵ And how many a city did We destroy when it was doing wrong¹ and is desolate!² — and³ a deserted well[...]!⁴ and⁵ a lofty castle[...]!⁶

⁴⁶ (Have they not travelled in the earth and had hearts with which to reason, or ears with which to hear? And it is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breasts.

⁴⁷ And they ask thee to hasten the punishment! But God does not fail in His promise. And a day with thy Lord is as a thousand years of what you count.)

⁴⁸ And how many a city did I grant respite when it was doing wrong!¹ — then I seized it; and to Me is the journey’s end.

⁴⁹ Say thou: “O mankind: I am only a clear warner to you.”