14:1  Alif Lam Ra. A book which We have revealed unto you so that you may bring forth the humankind from the darknesses to the light by the permission of their Lord (and lead them) to the path of The All-mighty, The All-praiseworthy.

14:2  That is Allah for whom is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And woe unto the disbelievers from a mighty punishment.

14:3  Those who love the life of this world in preference to the [life of the] hereafter and they hinder [men] from the way of Allah and they seek to have it [the way] crooked. It is those who have gone far astray.

14:4  We have not sent a messenger except in the tongue of his people so that he may detail [the message] for them. Therefore Allah makes go astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. It is He who is The All-mighty, The All-wise.

14:5  And truly We have sent Moses with Our signs [saying], “Do bring forth your people from the darknesses to the light and remind them about the [great] days of Allah.” In that are indeed signs for anyone who is most patient, most grateful.

14:6  And when Moses said to his people, “Remember the blessing of Allah upon you when He saved you from Pharaoh’s people. They make you taste the evil punishment and they killed your sons and let your women-folk live. In that there is an awful trial from your Lord.”

14:7  And when your Lord proclaimed, “If you offer gratitude I will give you increase but if you be ungrateful surely My punishment is formidable.”

14:8  And Moses said, “If you be ungrateful, you and those in the earth altogether, surely Allah is All-self-sufficient, All-praiseworthy.”

14:9  Have not the news of those before you come to you from the people of Noah and of ‘Ad and of Samood and those after them? No one knows them except Allah. Their messengers came to them with clear signs but they put their hands back on their mouths and they said, “We disbelieve in that which you are sent with and we are indeed in a doubtful incredulity about that to which you call us.”

14:10  Their messengers said, “Can there be any incredulity about Allah, Originator of the heavens and of the earth? He calls you so that He may absolve you from your sins and to give you respite till an appointed term.” They said, “You are but a human like us. You want to hinder us from that which our fathers used to worship. Therefore bring us a proof most evident.”

14:11  And their messengers said to them, “We are no more than humans like you but Allah confers favor upon whom He pleases from among His servants and it is not fitting for us to bring you a proof except by permission from Allah and therefore in Allah let the believers put their trust.

14:12  “Why then should we not put our trust in Allah when He has indeed guided us to our ways? We will surely bear with the hurt that you do to us and therefore in Allah let those who trust put their trust.”

14:13  And those who disbelieved said to their messengers, “We shall surely expel you from our land or you all must return to our creed.” Thereupon their Lord inspired to them [saying], “We will surely destroy the wrongdoers.

14:14  And We will certainly cause you to dwell in the land [even] after them. Such [reward] is for whoever fears My position [of witnessing above] and [whoever] fears My warning.”

14:15  And they [the messengers] asked for victory and thereafter every obstinate over-bearing arrogant met with frustration.

14:16  From behind him is the hellfire and he is made to drink from a purulent water.

14:17  He takes gulps from it but he can hardly swallow it and death comes to him from every side but he is not going to die and from behind him there is a most tough punishment.

14:18  Likeness of those who disbelieve in their Lord [is that] their deeds are like ashes furiously blown by the wind on a stormy day. They have no control over anything from that which they earned. That is the error which is gone far astray.

14:19  Have you not seen that Allah created the heavens and the earth by the truth? If He pleases He can remove you and bring in a new creation.

14:20  And that for Allah is not a thing difficult.

14:21  And they appeared altogether in front of Allah and the weak ones said to those who used to be paramount, “We were followers for you then are you going to save us anything from the punishment of Allah?” They said, “Had Allah guided us we would have guided you. It is all equal to us whether we are impatient or we are patient. There is no escape for us.”

14:22  And Satan said when the matter was decreed, “Allah indeed promised you a true promise and I promised you but I failed you and I had no authority over you except that I called you and you responded to me. Therefore do not blame me but blame your own souls. I am not going to succor you [if you cry out to me] nor can you succor me [if I cry out to you]. I certainly disown your making me a partner with Allah before. Indeed as for the wrongdoers, for them there will be a painful punishment.”

14:23  And those who believed and performed righteous deeds were made to enter gardens beneath which the rivers flow, to abide therein forever by the permission of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be Salaam [Peace].

14:24  Have you not seen how Allah sets forth the parable of a goodly word which is like a goodly tree. Its root is firmly established [in the earth] and its branches [extending] into the heaven.

14:25  Bringing forth its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord and Allah sets parables for the human beings so that they may remember.

14:26  And the likeness of an evil word is like that of an evil tree which is uprooted unto the surface of the earth having no place to settle in.

14:27  Allah firmly establishes those who believe with the affirming word in the life of this world and in the hereafter and Allah causes those who do wrong to go astray and Allah enforces whatever He pleases.

14:28  Have you not seen those who have changed the blessing of Allah into ingratitude and caused their people to dwell in the home of perdition?

14:29  That’s hell wherein they will burn and what a woeful place to settle!

14:30  And they appointed equals to Allah so that they may mislead [others] from His way. Say, “Enjoy [briefly] for your final destination will be in the fire.”

14:31  Say to My slaves who have believed [that], “They should establish the prayer and spend from that which We have provided them with, in private, and in public, before comes a day wherein there is no commerce and no friendship.”

14:32  Allah it is He who created the heavens and the earth and sent down from the heaven a water by which He brought forth the produce which is a sustenance for you and He subjugated the ship to you so that it may sail in the sea by His commandment and He subjugated the rivers to you.

14:33  And He subjugated the sun and the moon to you both assiduously following their course and He subjugated the night and the day for you.

14:34  And He gave you of all that you asked Him but if you try to count blessings of Allah you cannot encompass them. Truly the human being is indeed wrongful, ungrateful.

14:35  And when Abraham said, “O my Lord! Make this land safe and keep me and my children away from worshipping the idols.

14:36  O my Lord! They [idols] have caused many from the mankind to go astray therefore whoever follows me [from them] he indeed is of me but whoever disobeys me, it is truly You who is Oft-Forgiving, All-merciful.

14:37  O our Lord! Truly I have settled some of my descendants in a valley which in uncultivable near Your sacred house, O our Lord! In order that they may establish the prayer. Do cause the heart of some people to incline towards them and do provide them from the fruits so that they may give thanks.

14:38  O our Lord! Truly you know that which we conceal and that which we reveal.” And nothing is concealed from Allah in the earth nor in the heaven.

14:39  The praise be for Allah who despite my old age granted me Ishmael and Isaac. Indeed my Lord is the One who truly hears the supplication.

14:40  “O my Lord! Make me to establish the prayer and from my progeny. O our Lord! Accept my supplication.

14:41  O our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and the believers on the day when the reckoning will be established [through the balance].”

14:42  And do not think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. Nay! He but gives them respite until a day wherein the sights will be transfixed [out of horror].

14:43  Hurrying in panic with their heads raised up, and their sight not returning back to them and their hearts are empty.

14:44  And warn the mankind about a day when the punishment will come to them and then those who have wronged their own souls will say, “O our Lord! Give us respite till a short time so that we respond to Your call and we follow the messengers. Why? Did you not swear before that for you there will never be an end?”

14:45  And you have dwelt in the resting places of those who had wronged their own souls and it has become clear to you how We dealt with them and We have set examples for you.

14:46  And they did devise their evil counsels but their evil counsel is in Allah’s sight even though their evil counsel was such that by it the mountains could move.

14:47  Do not think that Allah is going to fail His promise to His messengers. For Allah indeed is All-Mighty, Master of retribution.

14:48  The day the earth is going to be replaced by another earth and the heavens [by another heaven] and they will appear before Allah, The One, The All Over-powering.

14:49  And you will see the evildoers in that day fastened together in the shackles.

14:50  Their garments from pitch and the fire covering their faces.

14:51  So that Allah may reward every soul for that which it had earned. Truly Allah is Swift in reckoning.

14:52  This is a clear message for the mankind and so that they are warned by it and so that they may know that only He is the One deity and so that the people of heart may come to remembrance.