13:1  A. L. M. R. These are the signs of the Book. What has been brought down to you from your Lord is the truth, but most people do not believe.

13:2  God is the One who raised the heavens without pillars that you can see, then He settled on the Throne. And He subjected the sun and the moon, each running for a specified term. He handles the affair and He details the revelations so that you may be certain of the meeting with your Lord.

13:3  And He is the One who extended the earth and placed in it stabilisers and rivers. From every fruit, He made therein two pairs. He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed, in that are signs for people who reflect.

13:4  In the earth, there are adjacent plots and gardens of grapevines, crops and palm trees, some sharing the same root and others with individual roots. All are irrigated by the same water, yet We made some more preferable to eat than others. Indeed, in that are signs for people who reason.

13:5  If you are astonished, then even more astonishing is their saying: "When we become dust, will we be created anew?" They are the ones who disbelieved in their Lord, and they will have chains around their necks, and they are the companions of the Fire. Therein, they shall permanently remain.

13:6  They hasten you for the bad before the good, even though the precedents have passed away before them. And indeed, your Lord has forgiveness for the people despite their transgressions. And indeed, your Lord is severe in punishment.

13:7  Those who disbelieved say, "If only a miracle was brought down upon him from his Lord!" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.

13:8  God knows what every female carries, as well as what the wombs lose and what they gain. Everything with Him is by due measure.

13:9  He is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Exalted.

13:10  It is all the same, whether any of you keeps his words secret or declares them, or whether one hides during the night or goes openly during the day;

13:11  followers are there for him, before him and behind him, to guard him by God's command. God does not change the affairs of a people until they change what is within themselves. If God wills any harm to come to a people, there is no turning it back, nor do they have an ally against Him.

13:12  He is the One who shows you the lightning, striking fear as well as inspiring hope, and He initiates the heavy clouds.

13:13  The thunder glorifies Him with praise, and so do the angels, all in awe of Him. He sends the thunderbolts with which He strikes whom He wills. Yet they argue about God when His power is awesome.

13:14  The truthful call is due to Him. Those whom they call upon besides Him cannot respond to them in any way, except as one who stretches out the palms of his hands towards the water to reach his mouth, but it does not reach it. The call of the disbelievers only goes astray.

13:15  To God prostrates all who are in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and so do their shadows, in the mornings and the evenings.

13:16  Say, "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?" Say, "God." Say, "Have you then taken up allies besides Him who do not possess for themselves any benefit nor harm?" Say, "Is the blind the same as the seer? Or is darkness the same as the light?" Or have they assigned to God partners who created the like of His creation, causing all creations to appear the same to them? Say, "God is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the All-Conquering."

13:17  He brought water down from the sky, so the valleys overflowed up to their capacity, then the torrent produced a swelling foam. And from that on which they heat in the fire, seeking to make jewellery or equipment, is a foam like it. God thus cites the truth and the falsehood. As for the foam, it is swept away, while that which benefits the people remains in the land. God thus cites the examples.

13:18  Those who have responded to their Lord shall be granted good things. As for those who have not responded to Him, if they possessed everything in the earth, plus the same on top, they would surely offer it as ransom. Those shall have a terrible reckoning, and their refuge is Hell; what a miserable resting place!

13:19  Is the one who knows that what was brought down to you from your Lord is the truth like one who is blind? Only those who possess intelligence will take heed.

13:20  The ones who fulfil the pledge to God and do not break the covenant,

13:21  and those who join what God has commanded to be joined, and are in awe of their Lord and fear a terrible reckoning,

13:22  and those who were patient, seeking the Face of their Lord, and observed the Salat, and gave from what We have provided them, secretly and openly, and who avert a bad deed with a good deed; those will have the Abode for a homecoming.

13:23  They enter the Gardens of Eden, together with the righteous among their parents, their spouses and their offspring. The angels will enter upon them from every door:

13:24  "Peace be upon you in return for how you were patient." Excellent indeed is the Abode for a homecoming.

13:25  As for those who break the pledge to God after making its covenant, and sever what God has commanded to be joined, and corrupt in the earth, they shall be cursed, and they shall have a terrible abode.

13:26  God extends the provision for whom He wills and restricts it. They are overjoyed with the worldly life, yet the worldly life, compared to the Hereafter, is but a brief enjoyment.

13:27  Those who disbelieved say, "If only a miracle was brought down upon him from his Lord!" Say, "God misguides whom He wills, and guides to Himself those who turn to Him."

13:28  They are the ones who believe and whose hearts are assured through the remembrance of God. Absolutely, through the remembrance of God do the hearts feel assured.

13:29  Those who believe and do good deeds shall have happiness and a wonderful homecoming.

13:30  We have thus sent you among a nation before which other nations have passed away so that you would recite to them what We revealed to you, for they have disbelieved in the Almighty. Say, "He is my Lord. There is no god except Him. In Him I put my trust, and it is Him whom I turn to."

13:31  If there were a Quran with which the mountains were moved, or with which the earth was cut up, or with which the dead were spoken to; but no, it is to God that all matters belong. Have those who believed not yet accepted that God could have guided all people if He so willed? The disbelievers continue to be stricken by some disaster for what they have done or for it to strike close to their homes until God's promise is fulfilled. God never breaks a promise.

13:32  Messengers before you were ridiculed, but then I allowed respite for the disbelievers, then I seized them, then what was My punishment like!

13:33  Who is the One who watches over every self and what it has earned? Yet, they set up partners with God. Say, "Then name them! Or are you informing Him of something in the earth that He does not know? Or is it just a display of words?" Rather, the schemes of those who disbelieved have been adorned in their eyes, and they were repelled off the path. Whomever God misguides, he will have no guide.

13:34  They shall have a punishment in the worldly life, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. They will have no protector against God.

13:35  The allegory of Paradise which is promised to the reverent is that beneath which rivers flow, and its food supply is everlasting, so is its shade. Such is the outcome of those who were reverent, while the outcome of the disbelievers is the Fire.

13:36  Those whom We have given the Scripture rejoice in what was brought down to you, but some of the parties deny some of it. Say, "I have only been commanded to worship God and not to associate anything with Him. I invite to Him, and to Him is my homecoming."

13:37  We thus brought it down as a law in Arabic. If you follow their personal desires, after the knowledge which has come to you, you will have no ally nor protector against God.

13:38  We have sent messengers before you, and We granted them wives and offspring. It is not for a messenger to produce a miracle except with God's permission; for every period in time, there is a decree.

13:39  God blots out and He affirms what He wishes, and with Him is the Mother Book.

13:40  Whether We show you some of what We have promised them, or We take you back, your sole duty is the delivery, and to Us is the reckoning.

13:41  Have they not seen how We take hold of the land and reduce it at its edges? God issues the judgment, and none can reverse His Judgment. He is swift in reckoning.

13:42  Those before them have schemed, but to God belongs the entire scheme. He knows what every self earns. The disbelievers will know who will have the Abode for a homecoming.

13:43  Those who disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger." Say, "God suffices as a Witness between me and you, and whoever has knowledge of the Scripture.