21:1  Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in heedlessness

21:2  Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play

21:3  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)

21:4  He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower

21:5  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 Allah's messengers) were sent (with portents)

21:6  Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe

21:7  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

21:8  We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals

21:9  Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals

21:10  Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder. Have ye then no sense

21:11  How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk

21:12  And, when they felt Our might, behold them fleeing from it

21:13  (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

21:14  They cried: Alas for us! we were wrong-doers

21:15  And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn, extinct

21:16  We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play

21:17  If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did

21:18  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)

21:19  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

21:20  They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not

21:21  Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead

21:22  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)

21:23  He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth, but they will be questioned

21:24  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

21:25  And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him, (saying): There is no Allah save Me (Allah), so worship Me

21:26  And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He Glorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves

21:27  They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command

21:28  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

21:29  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

21:30  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

21:31  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

21:32  And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents

21:33  And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit

21:34  We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal

21:35  Every soul must taste of death, and We try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto Us ye will be returned

21:36  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

21:37  Man is made of haste. I shall show you My portents, but ask Me not to hasten

21:38  And they say: When will this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful

21:39  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

21:40  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

21:41  Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them

21:42  Say: Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the Beneficent? Nay, but they turn away from mention of their Lord

21:43  Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us

21:44  Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long for them. See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts? Can they then be the victors

21:45  Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I warn you only by the Inspiration. But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned

21:46  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

21:47  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

21:48  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

21:49  Those who fear their Lord in secret and who dread the Hour (of doom)

21:50  This is a blessed Reminder that we have revealed: Will ye then reject it

21:51  And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course, and We were Aware of him

21:52  When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images unto which ye pay devotion

21:53  They said: We found our fathers worshippers of them

21:54  He said: Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error

21:55  They said: Bringest thou unto us the truth, or art thou some jester

21:56  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

21:57  And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned your backs

21:58  Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it

21:59  They said: Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some evil-doer

21:60  They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called Abraham

21:61  They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people's eyes that they may testify

21:62  They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham

21:63  He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak

21:64  Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong-doers

21:65  And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not

21:66  He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you

21:67  Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then no sense

21:68  They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing

21:69  We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham

21:70  And they wished to set a snare for him, but We made them the greater losers

21:71  And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples

21:72  And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and Jacob as a grandson. Each of them We made righteous

21:73  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)

21:74  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

21:75  And We brought him in unto Our mercy. Lo! he was of the righteous

21:76  And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him and his household from the great affliction

21:77  And delivered him from the people who denied Our revelations. Lo! they were folk of evil, therefor did We drown them all

21:78  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 witnesses to their judgment

21:79  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)

21:80  And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful

21:81  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

21:82  And of the evil ones (subdued We unto him) some who dived (for pearls) for him and did other work, and We were warders unto them

21:83  And Job, when he cried unto his Lord, (saying): Lo! adversity afflicteth me, and Thou art Most Merciful of all who show mercy

21:84  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

21:85  And (mention) Ishmael, and Idris, and Dhu'l-Kifl. All were of the steadfast

21:86  And We brought them in unto Our mercy. Lo! they are among the righteous

21:87  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 Allah save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer

21:88  Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save believers

21:89  And Zachariah, when he cried unto his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless, though Thou art the Best of inheritors

21:90  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

21:91  And she who was chaste, therefor We breathed into her (something) of Our Spirit and made her and her son a token for (all) peoples

21:92  Lo! this, your religion, is one religion, and I am your Lord, so worship Me

21:93  And they have broken their religion (into fragments) among them, (yet) all are returning unto Us

21:94  Then whoso doeth some good works and is a believer, there will be no rejection of his effort. Lo! We record (it) for him

21:95  And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that they shall not return

21:96  Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of every mound

21:97  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

21:98  Lo! ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside Allah are fuel of hell. Thereunto ye will come

21:99  If these had been gods they would not have come thither, but all will abide therein

21:100  Therein wailing is their portion, and therein they hear not

21:101  Lo! those unto whom kindness hath gone forth before from Us, they will be far removed from thence

21:102  They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in that which their souls desire

21:103  The Supreme Horror will not grieve them, and the angels will welcome them, (saying): This is your Day which ye were promised

21:104  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

21:105  And verily we have written in the Scripture, after the Reminder: My righteous slaves will inherit the earth

21:106  Lo! there is a plain statement for folk who are devout

21:107  We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples

21:108  Say: It is only inspired in me that your Allah is One Allah. Will ye then surrender (unto Him)

21:109  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

21:110  Lo! He knoweth that which is said openly, and that which ye conceal

21:111  And I know not but that this may be a trial for you, and enjoyment for a while

21:112  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)