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25:1 Blessed is the One who sent down the Criterion to His servant, so it can be a warner to the world

25:2 The One to whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, and He did not take a son, and He does not have any partner in kingship. And He created everything and measured it precisely

25:3 And they took besides Him gods that do not create anything and are themselves created! And they do not possess for themselves any harm or benefit, nor do they possess death or life, nor resurrection

25:4 And those who rejected said: "This is but a falsehood that he invented and other people have helped him with it." Certainly, they have come with what is unjust and fabricated

25:5 And they said: "Fictional tales of old! He wrote them down while they were being dictated to him morning and evening.

25:6 Say: "It was sent down by the One who knows the secrets in the heavens and the earth. He is always Forgiving, Merciful.

25:7 And they said: "What is with this messenger that he eats the food and walks in the market places? If only an angel were sent down to him so that he would jointly be a warner."

25:8 "Or that a treasure is given to him, or that he has a paradise that he eats from." And the wicked said: "You are but following a man bewitched!

25:9 See how they put forth the examples for you; they have strayed, and they cannot find a path

25:10 Blessed is the One who if He wishes can make for you better than that. Gardens with rivers flowing beneath them, and He will make for you palaces

25:11 Butthey have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a flaming Fire

25:12 When it sees them from a far place, they hear it raging and roaring

25:13 Andwhen they are cast into it from a tight crevice, in chains, they call out their remorse

25:14 Do not call out one remorse today, but call out many a remorse

25:15 Say: "Is that better or the garden of eternity that the righteous have been promised?" It is their reward and destiny

25:16 In it they will have what they wish eternally. It is upon your Lord an obligated promise

25:17 Andon the Day when We gather them together with what they served besides God; then He will say: "Did you misguide My servants here, or did they stray from the path?

25:18 They said: "Glory be to You, it was not for us to take besides You any allies; indeed You gave them and their fathers luxury until they forgot the remembrance, and they were a lost people.

25:19 They have refuted what you claimed, so you will not find any excuse nor any victor. And whoever has done wrong among you, We will let him taste a great retribution

25:20 AndWe have not sent before you any messengers except that they ate the food and walked in the market places. And We have made some of you as a test for others to see if you will have patience. And your Lord was ever seeing

25:21 Andthose who do not expect to meet Us said: "If only the angels were sent down upon us, or that we see our Lord." They have become arrogant in their souls, and they have produced a great blasphemy

25:22 On the Day they see the angels, that is not good news for the criminals. And they will be saying: "An inviolable enclosure!

25:23 AndWe turned to the works that they did, and We made it dust in the wind

25:24 Thedwellers of the Paradise on that Day are in the best abode and the best destiny

25:25 Andthe Day when the heaven will be filled with clouds, and the angels will be sent down in succession

25:26 Thetrue kingship on that Day will be to the Almighty. And it is a Day which will be very hard on the rejecters

25:27 Andthat Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hand and say: "I wish I had taken the path with the messenger!

25:28 "Woe to me, I wish I did not take so and so as a friend!"

25:29 "Hehas misguided me from the remembrance after it came to me, and the devil was always a betrayer of mankind!

25:30 Andthe messenger said: "My Lord, my people have deserted this Qur'an.

25:31 Andit is so that We make for every prophet enemies from among the criminals. And your Lord suffices as a Guide and a Victor

25:32 Andthose who rejected said: "If only the Qur'an was sent down to him in one go!" It was done as such so We could strengthen your heart with it, and We arranged it accordingly

25:33 Andfor every example they come to you with, We bring you the truth and the best explanation

25:34 Those who will be gathered to Hell on their faces, these are the most evil and the most strayed from the path

25:35 AndWe gave Moses the Book and We made his brother Aaron a minister with him

25:36 So We said: "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." So We then destroyed them utterly

25:37 Andthe people of Noah, when they denied the messengers We drowned them, and We made them a lesson for the people. And We have prepared for the wicked a painful retribution

25:38 And'Aad and Thamud and the dwellers of Arras, and many generations in between

25:39 Andfor each one We put forth the examples, and each one We destroyed utterly

25:40 Andthey have come upon the town that was showered with a miserable shower. Did they not see it? No, they do not expect any resurrection

25:41 Andif they see you they take you for a mockery: "Is this the one that God sent as a messenger?

25:42 "Henearly diverted us from our gods had we not been patient for them." They will learn when they see the retribution who is on a path most astray

25:43 Have you seen the one who has taken his desire as his god? Will you be a caretaker over him?

25:44 Or do you think that most of them hear or comprehend? They are just like livestock. No, they are worse off

25:45 Didyou not see to your Lord how He casts the shadow? And if He wished, He could have made it still, then We would have made the sun as a guide to it

25:46 Then We retract it to us a simple retraction

25:47 AndHe is the One who made for you the night as a cover, and sleep for resting, and He made the day to move about in

25:48 AndHe is the One who sent the winds to spread between the hands of His mercy. And We sent down from the sky water which is pure

25:49 So that We revive a dead land with it and give drink to many of Our creation of livestock and people

25:50 AndWe have distributed it among them so that they may remember, but most of the people refuse to be anything but rejecters

25:51 Andif We wish, We could send to every town a warner

25:52 So do not obey the rejecters, and strive against them with it in a great striving.

25:53 AndHe is the One who merges the two seas; this is fresh and palatable and this is salty and bitter. And He made between them a partition and an inviolable enclosure

25:54 AndHe is the One who has created from the water a human being, so He made him multiply and mate. And your Lord is Capable

25:55 Andthey serve besides God what does not benefit them nor harm them. And the rejecter is always set-against his Lord

25:56 AndWe have not sent you except as a bearer of good news and a warner

25:57 Say: "I do not ask you for any wage; but for whoever chooses to make a path to his Lord.

25:58 Andput your trust in the Eternal Who does not die, and glorify His praise. It is enough for Him that He is expert in the sins of His servants

25:59 TheOne who has created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, then He settled upon the Throne. The Almighty; so ask Him for He is Expert

25:60 Andif they are told: "Prostrate to the Almighty." They say: "And what is the Almighty? Shall we prostrate to what you order us?" And it increases their aversion

25:61 Blessed is the One Who made towers in the heaven and He made in it a lamp and an illuminating moon

25:62 AndHe is the One Who made the night and the day in succession, for those who wish to remember or wish to be thankful

25:63 Andthe servants of the Almighty who walk on the earth in humility and if the ignorant speak to them, they say: "Peace.

25:64 Andthose who stay awake for their Lord, in prostration and standing

25:65 Andthose who say: "Our Lord, avert from us the retribution of Hell. Its retribution is terrible.

25:66 "It is a miserable abode and station.

25:67 Andthose who when they give they are not excessive nor stingy, but they are in a measure between that

25:68 Andthose who do not call on any other god with God; nor do they take the life which God has made forbidden, except in justice; nor do they commit adultery. And whoever does will receive the punishment

25:69 Theretribution will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection and he will abide in it in disgrace

25:70 Except for the one who repents and believes and does good works, for those God will replace their sins with good, and God is Forgiving, Merciful

25:71 Andwhoever repents, and does good, then he shall repent towards God a true repentance

25:72 Andthose who do not bear false witness, and if they pass by vain talk they pass by with dignity

25:73 Andthose who when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord, they do not fall on them deaf and blind

25:74 Andthose who say: "Our Lord, grant us from our mates and our progeny what will be the comfort of our eyes, and make us leaders for the righteous."

25:75 These will be rewarded with a dwelling for what they have been patient for, and they will find in it a greeting and peace

25:76 In it they will abide, what an excellent abode and station

25:77 Say: "My Lord would not care about you except for your imploring. But you have denied, so it will be your destiny.