34:1  (All) praise is due to Allah, Whose is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and to Him is due (all) praise in the hereafter; and He is the Wise, the Aware

34:2  He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up to it; and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving

34:3  And those who disbelieve say: The hour shall not come upon us. Say: Yea! by my Lord, the Knower of the unseen, it shall certainly come upon you; not the weight of an atom becomes absent from Him, in the heavens or in the earth, and neither less than that nor greater, but (all) is in a clear boo

34:4  That He may reward those who believe and do good; these it is for whom is forgiveness and an honorable sustenance

34:5  And (as for) those who strive hard in opposing Our communications, these it is for whom is a painful chastisement of an evil kind

34:6  And those to whom the knowledge has been given see that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, that is the truth, and it guides into the path of the Mighty, the Praised

34:7  And those who disbelieve say: Shall we point out to you a man who informs you that when you are scattered the utmost scattering you shall then be most surely (raised) in (to) a new creation

34:8  He has forged a lie against Allah or there is madness in him. Nay! those who do not believe in the hereafter are in torment and in great error

34:9  Do they not then consider what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and the earth? If We please We will make them disappear in the land or bring down upon them a portion from the heaven; most surely there is a sign in this for every servant turning (to Allah)

34:10  And certainly We gave to Dawood excellence from Us: O mountains! sing praises with him, and the birds; and We made the iron pliant to him

34:11  Saying: Make ample (coats of mail), and assign a time to the making of coats of mail and do good; surely I am Seeing what you do

34:12  And (We made) the wind (subservient) to Sulaiman, which made a month's journey in the morning and a month's journey in the evening, and We made a fountain of molten copper to flow out for him, and of the jinn there were those who worked before him by the command of his Lord; and whoever turned aside from Our command from among them, We made him taste of the punishment of burning

34:13  They made for him what he pleased of fortresses and images, and bowls (large) as watering-troughs and cooking-pots that will not move from their place; give thanks, O family of Dawood! and very few of My servants are grateful

34:14  But when We decreed death for him, naught showed them his death but a creature of the earth that ate away his staff; and when it fell down, the jinn came to know plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in abasing torment

34:15  Certainly there was a sign for Saba in their abode; two gardens on the right and the left; eat of the sustenance of your Lord and give thanks to Him: a good land and a Forgiving Lord

34:16  But they turned aside, so We sent upon them a torrent of which the rush could not be withstood, and in place of their two gardens We gave to them two gardens yielding bitter fruit and (growing) tamarisk and a few lote-trees

34:17  This We requited them with because they disbelieved; and We do not punish any but the ungrateful

34:18  And We made between them and the towns which We had blessed (other) towns to be easily seen, and We apportioned the journey therein: Travel through them nights and days, secure

34:19  And they said: O our Lord! make spaces to be longer between our journeys; and they were unjust to themselves so We made them stories and scattered them with an utter scattering; most surely there are signs in this for every patient, grateful on

34:20  And certainly the Shaitan found true his conjecture concerning them, so they follow him, except a party of the believers

34:21  And he has no authority over them, but that We may distinguish him who believes in the hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it; and your Lord is the Preserver of all thing

34:22  Say: Call upon those whom you assert besides Allah; they do not control the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth nor have they any partnership in either, nor has He among them any one to back (Him) up

34:23  And intercession will not avail aught with Him save of him whom He permits. Until when fear shall be removed from their hearts, They shall say: What is it that your Lord said? They shall say: The truth. And He is the Most High, the Great

34:24  Say: Who gives you the sustenance from the heavens and the earth? Say: Allah. And most surely we or you are on a right way or in manifest erro

34:25  Say: You will not be questioned as to what we are guilty of, nor shall we be questioned as to what you do

34:26  Say: Our Lord will gather us together, then will He judge between us with the truth; and He is the greatest Judge, the All-knowing

34:27  Say: Show me those whom you have joined with Him as associates; by no means (can you do it). Nay! He is Allah, the Mighty, the Wise

34:28  And We have not sent you but to all the men as a bearer of good news and as a warner, but most men do not know

34:29  And they say: When will this promise be (fulfilled) if you are truthful

34:30  Say: You have the appointment of a day from which you cannot hold back any while, nor can you bring it on

34:31  And those who disbelieve say: By no means will we believe in this Quran, nor in that which is before it; and could you see when the unjust shall be made to stand before their Lord, bandying words one with another! Those who were reckoned weak shall say to those who were proud: Had it not been for you we would certainly have been believers

34:32  Those who were proud shall say to those who were deemed weak: Did we turn you away from the guidance after it had come to you? Nay, you (yourselves) were guilt

34:33  And those who were deemed weak shall say to those who were proud. Nay, (it was) planning by night and day when you told us to disbelieve in Allah and to set up likes with Him. And they shall conceal regret when they shall see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved; they shall not be requited but what they did

34:34  And We never sent a warner to a town but those who led lives in ease in it said: We are surely disbelievers in what you are sent with

34:35  And they say: We have more wealth and children, and we shall not be punished

34:36  Say: Surely my Lord amplifies the means of subsistence for whom He pleases and straitens (for whom He pleases), but most men do not know

34:37  And not your wealth nor your children, are the things which bring you near Us in station, but whoever believes and does good, these it is for whom is a double reward for what they do, and they shall be secure in the highest places

34:38  And (as for) those who strive in opposing Our communications, they shall be caused to be brought to the chastisement

34:39  Say: Surely my Lord amplifies the means of subsistence for whom He pleases of His servants and straitens (them) for whom (He pleases), and whatever thing you spend, He exceeds it in reward, and He is the best of Sustainers

34:40  And on the day when He will gather them all together, then will He say to the angels: Did these worship you

34:41  They shall say: Glory be to Thee! Thou art our Guardian, not they; nay! they worshipped the jinn; most of them were believers in them

34:42  So on that day one of you shall not control profit or harm for another, and We will say to those who were unjust: Taste the chastisement of the fire which you called a lie

34:43  And when Our clear communications are recited to them, they say: This is naught but a man who desires to turn you away from that which your fathers worshipped. And they say: This is naught but a lie that is forged. And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it comes to them: This is only clear enchantment

34:44  And We have not given them any books which they read, nor did We send to them before you a warner

34:45  And those before them rejected (the truth), and these have not yet attained a tenth of what We gave them, but they gave the lie to My messengers, then how was the manifestation of My disapproval

34:46  Say: I exhort you only to one thing, that rise up for Allah's sake in twos and singly, then ponder: there is no madness in your fellow-citizen; he is only a warner to you before a severe chastisement

34:47  Say: Whatever reward I have asked of you, that is only for yourselves; my reward is only with Allah, and He is a witness of all things

34:48  Say: Surely my Lord utters the truth, the great Knower of the unseen

34:49  Say: The truth has come, and the falsehood shall vanish and shall not come back

34:50  Say: If I err, I err only against my own soul, and if I follow a right direction, it is because of what my Lord reveals to me; surely He is Hearing, Nigh

34:51  And could you see when they shall become terrified, but (then) there shall be no escape and they shall be seized upon from a near plac

34:52  And they shall say: We believe in it. And how shall the attaining (of faith) be possible to them from a distant place

34:53  And they disbelieved in it before, and they utter conjectures with regard to the unseen from a distant place

34:54  And a barrier shall be placed between them and that which they desire, as was done with the likes of them before: surely they are in a disquieting doubt