42:1  HaMee

42:2  'AeenSeenQaa

42:3  As such Allah, the Almighty, the Wise reveals to you (Prophet Muhammad) and to those before you

42:4  To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. He is the High, the Exalted

42:5  The heavens nearly break apart above them as the angels exalt with the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. Indeed Allah is the Forgiving, the Most Merciful

42:6  As for those who take guardians for themselves, other than Him, Allah is the Warden over them. You are not a guardian over them

42:7  As such We have revealed to you an Arabic Koran, so that you can warn the Mother of Villages (Mecca) and all who live about it, and that you also warn them of the Day of Gathering in which there is no doubt that a division will be in Paradise, and a division in the Blaze

42:8  Had it been the Will of Allah, He would have made them all one nation. But He admits into His Mercy whom He will the harmdoers shall have neither a guardian nor helper

42:9  Or have they taken to themselves guardians other than Him? But Allah, He is the Guardian. He revives the dead and has power over all things

42:10  Whatever you differ upon, its judgement belongs to Allah. Such is Allah, my Lord, in Him I have put my trust, and to Him I turn in repentance

42:11  The Originator of the heavens and the earth, He has given you from yourselves, pairs, and also pairs of cattle, thereby multiplying you. There is nothing like Him. He is the Hearer, the Seer

42:12  To Him belongs the keys of the heavens and the earth. He outspreads and withholds His provisions to whom He will, surely, He has knowledge of all things

42:13  He has made plain for you the Religion with which He charged Noah and that which We have revealed to you, and that with which We charged (Prophets)Abraham, Moses and Jesus, (saying): 'Establish the Religion and do not be divided therein. ' That which you invite them to is too overwhelming for the idolaters. Allah brings close to Himself whom He will, and guides to Him those who turn in repentance

42:14  Yet they became divided only after knowledge had reached them from their own insolence. And had it not been for a Word that had preceded from yourLord, till an appointed term, it would have been determined between them. But those who inherited the Book after them are in disquieting doubt about it

42:15  so invite and go straight as you are ordered, and do not follow their desires and say: 'I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down. I am ordered to be just among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. We have our deeds and you have yours; there is no argument between us and you, Allah will bring us all together, to Him is the arrival.

42:16  As for those who argue concerning Allah after being answered, their arguments will be annulled before their Lord, and His Wrath will fall upon them, and for them there is a terrible punishment

42:17  It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth and the Scale. And what will let you know? The Hour is near

42:18  Those who disbelieve in it seek to hasten it, but the believers are in fear of it, knowing it to be the truth. Indeed, those who doubt the Hour have strayed far away

42:19  Allah is Subtle towards His worshipers, and provides for whosoever He will. He is the Strong, the Almighty

42:20  Whoever hopes for the tillage of the Everlasting Life, We will increase his tillage; and whoever hopes for the tillage of this world, We give him some of it, but in the Everlasting Life he shall have no share

42:21  Or do they have associates who have made lawful to them in religion what Allah has not permitted? Had it not been for the Decisive Word, it would have been decided between them. For the evildoers there is a painful punishment

42:22  You shall see the harmdoers in fear of what they have earned as it is about to fall on them. But those who believe and do good deeds shall live in the meadows of the Gardens and from their Lord they will have all that they desire that is the great bounty

42:23  This is the glad tidings that Allah gives to His worshipers, who believe and do good works. Say: 'For this I ask of you no wage except the love of the (Prophet's) relatives. We will add good to whosoever gains a good deed. Allah is the Forgiving and the Thanker.

42:24  Or do they say: 'He has forged a lie about Allah? But if Allah wills He could set a seal upon your heart. Allah wipes out falsehood and verifies the truth by His Words. He knows the innermost of the chests

42:25  It is He who accepts the repentance of His worshipers and pardons their evil deeds. He has knowledge of what you do

42:26  He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them from His bounty. But for the unbelievers there is a terrible punishment

42:27  If Allah had expanded His provision to His worshipers, they would become tyrannical in the earth, but He sends down to them what He will in due measure; He is Aware and sees His worshipers

42:28  It is He who sends down rain for them after they despaired, and He unfolds His Mercy. He is the Guardian, the Praised

42:29  Among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the crawling things which He has dispersed in them. If He will, He is Able to gather all of them

42:30  If affliction befalls you, it is what your own hands have earned, but He pardons a lot

42:31  You are not able to frustrate Him in the earth, nor do you have a guardian and a helper other than Allah

42:32  And among His signs are the ships that run on the sea like mountains an

42:33  if He will, He calms the wind so that they remain motionless upon its back, surely, there are signs in this for every thankful, patient (person)

42:34  Or, He wrecks them for what they have earned, but He pardons a lot

42:35  Those who dispute Our verses may know that they have no asylum

42:36  That which you have been given is but the enjoyment of the present life. Better and more enduring is that which Allah has for those who believe and put their trust in their Lord

42:37  And those who avoid the major sins and indecencies and, when angered, forgive

42:38  those who answer their Lord, establish the prayers, and their affairs are by consultation; who spend of that which We have given them

42:39  and when harmed they become victorious

42:40  The recompense of a sin is a sin like it, but whosoever forgives and seeks to reform, his wage will be with Allah. Surely, He does not love the harmdoers

42:41  And whosoever harms after he has been harmed there is no blame upon them

42:42  The blame is only against those who wrong people, and are wrongfully insolent in the earth, for them there is a painful punishment

42:43  Surely, he who bears patiently and forgives indeed that is true constancy

42:44  He whom Allah leads astray has none to protect him thereafter. You will see the harmdoers when they see the punishment saying: 'Is there a way back?

42:45  You shall see them exposed before it, humbled in shame and looking upon it with a furtive glance and the believers will say: 'Indeed, the losers are they who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. ' The harmdoers shall suffer an everlasting punishment

42:46  They shall have none to protect or help them other than Allah. He whom Allah leads astray there is no way for him

42:47  Answer your Lord before that Day arrives which cannot be turned back from Allah, for you on that Day there shall be neither shelter, nor denial

42:48  But if they turn away, We have not sent you (Prophet Muhammad) to be their (compulsory) guardian. It is only for you to deliver (the Message). When We give the human a taste of Our Mercy, he rejoices because of it; but when, because of what he has earned, evil befalls him, the human is ungrateful

42:49  To Allah belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He will. He gives females to whom He will and males to whom He will

42:50  Or, He couples them, both males and females, and to others, if He will, He makes them barren. Surely, He is the Knower, the Powerful

42:51  It does not belong to any human that Allah should speak to him except by Revelation, or from behind a veil, or that He sent a Messenger to revealwhatsoever He will by His Permission. He is the High, the Wise

42:52  As such We have revealed to you (Prophet Muhammad) a spirit (the revelation of the Koran) from Our Ordinance. You did not know what the Book was, nor belief, but We made it a light whereby We guide those of Our worshipers whom We will. And you (Prophet Muhammad), you, surely guide to a Straight Path

42:53  The Path of Allah, to whom belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. Surely, to Allah all things return