36:1  Y.S

36:2  I swear by the instructive Koran

36:3  that thou art one of the messengers of God

36:4  sent to shew the right way

36:5  This is a revelation of the most mighty, the merciful God

36:6  That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and who live in negligence

36:7  Our sentence hath justly been pronounced against the greater part of them; wherefore they shall not believe

36:8  We have put yokes on their necks, which come up to their chins; and they are forced to hold up their heads

36:9  And We have set a bar before them, and a bar behind them; and We have covered them with darkness; wherefore they shall not see

36:10  It shall be equal unto them whether thou preach unto them, or do not preach unto them; they shall not believe

36:11  But thou shalt preach with effect unto him only who followeth the admonition of the Koran, and feareth the Merciful in secret. Wherefore bear good tidings unto him, of mercy, and an honourable reward

36:12  Verily We will restore the dead to life, and will write down their works which they shall have sent before them, and their footsteps which they shall have left behind them; and every thing do We set down in a plain register

36:13  Propound unto them as an example the inhabitants of the city of Antioch, when the apostles of Jesus came thereto

36:14  When We sent unto them two of the said apostles; but they charged them with imposture. Wherefore We strengthened them with a third. And they said, verily we are sent unto you by God

36:15  The inhabitants answered, ye are no other than men, as we are; neither hath the Merciful revealed any thing unto you: Ye only publish a lie

36:16  The apostles replied, our Lord knoweth that we are really sent unto you

36:17  And our duty is only public preaching

36:18  Those of Antioch said, verily we presage evil from you: If ye desist not from preaching, we will surely stone you, and a painful punishment shall be inflicted on you by us

36:19  The apostles answered, your evil presage is with yourselves: Although ye be warned, will ye persist in your errors? Verily ye are a people who transgress exceedingly

36:20  And a certain man came hastily from the farther parts of the city, and said, O my people, follow the messengers of God

36:21  follow him who demandeth not any reward of you: for these are rightly directed

36:22  What reason have I that I should not worship Him who hath created me? For unto Him shall ye return

36:23  Shall I take other gods besides Him? If the Merciful be pleased to afflict me, their intercession will not avail me at all, neither can they deliver me

36:24  Then should I be in a manifest error

36:25  Verily I believe in your Lord; wherefore hearken unto me

36:26  But they stoned him: And as he died, it was said unto him, enter thou into paradise. And he said, O that my people kne

36:27  how merciful God hath been unto me! for he hath highly honoured me

36:28  And we sent not down against his people, after they had slain him, an army from heaven, nor the other instruments of destruction which we sent down on unbelievers in former days

36:29  There was only one cry of Gabriel from heaven, and behold, they became utterly extinct

36:30  O the misery of men! No apostle cometh unto them, but they laugh him to scorn

36:31  Do they not consider how many generations we have destroyed before them? Verily they shall not return unto them

36:32  But all of them in general shall be assembled before us

36:33  One sign of the resurrection unto them is the dead earth: We quicken the same by the rain, and produce thereout various sorts of grain, of which they eat

36:34  And We make therein gardens of palm-trees, and vines; and We cause springs to gush forth in the same

36:35  That they may eat of the fruits thereof, and of the labour of their hands. Will they not therefore give thanks

36:36  Praise be unto Him who hath created all the different kinds, both of vegetables, which the earth bringeth forth, and of their own species, by forming the two sexes, and also the various sorts of things which they know not

36:37  The night also is a sign unto them: We withdraw the day from the same, and behold, they are covered with darkness

36:38  And the sun hasteneth to his place of rest. This is the disposition of the mighty, the wise God

36:39  And for the moon have We appointed certain mansions, until she change and return to be like the old branch of a palm-tree

36:40  It is not expedient that the sun should overtake the moon in her course; neither doth the night outstrip the day: But each of these luminaries moveth in a peculiar orbit

36:41  It is a sign also unto them, that We carry their offspring in the ship filled with merchandize

36:42  and that We have made for them other conveniencies like unto it, whereon they ride

36:43  If we please, We drown them, and there is none to help them; neither are they delivered

36:44  unless through our mercy, and that they may enjoy life for a season

36:45  When it is said unto them, fear that which is before you, and that which is behind you, that ye may obtain mercy; they withdraw from thee

36:46  And thou dost not bring them one sign, of the signs of their Lord, but they turn aside from the same

36:47  And when it is said unto them, give alms of that which God hath bestowed on you; the unbelievers say unto those who believe, by way of mockery, shall we feed him whom God can feed, if he pleaseth? Verily ye are in no other than a manifest error

36:48  And they say, when will this promise of the resurrection be fulfilled, if ye speak truth

36:49  They only wait for one sounding of the trumpet, which shall overtake them while they are disputing together

36:50  and they shall not have time to make any disposition of their effects, neither shall they return to their family

36:51  And the trumpet shall be sounded again; and behold they shall come forth from their graves, and hasten unto their Lord

36:52  They shall say, alas for us! Who hath awakened us from our bed? This is what the Merciful promised us; and his apostles spoke the truth

36:53  It shall be but one sound of the trumpet, and behold, they shall be all assembled before us

36:54  On this day no soul shall be unjustly treated in the least; neither shall ye be rewarded, but according to what ye shall have wrought

36:55  On this day the inhabitants of paradise shall be wholly taken up with joy

36:56  They and their wives shall rest in shady groves, leaning on magnificent couches

36:57  There shall they have fruit, and they shall obtain whatever they shall desire

36:58  Peace shall be the word spoken unto the righteous, by a merciful Lord

36:59  But He shall say unto the wicked, be ye separated this day, O ye wicked, from the righteous

36:60  Did I not command you, O sons of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; because he was an open enemy unto you

36:61  And did I not say, worship Me; this is the right way

36:62  But now hath he seduced a great multitude of you: Did ye not therefore understand

36:63  This is hell, with which ye were threatened

36:64  Be ye cast into the same this day, to be burned; for that ye have been unbelievers

36:65  On this day We will seal up their mouths, that they shall not open them in their own defence; and their hands shall speak unto Us, and their feet shall bear witness of that which they have committed

36:66  If We pleased We could put out their eyes, and they might run with emulation in the way they use to take; and how should they see their error

36:67  And if We pleased We could transform them into other shapes, in their places where they should be found; and they should not be able to depart: Neither should they repent

36:68  Unto whomsoever We grant a long life, him do We cause to bow down his body through age. Will they not therefore understand

36:69  We have not taught Mohammed the art of poetry; nor is it expedient for him to be a poet. This book is no other than an admonition from God, and a perspicuous Koran

36:70  that he may warn him who is living: And the sentence of condemnation will be justly executed on the unbelievers

36:71  Do they not consider that We have created for them, among the things which our hands have wrought, cattle of several kinds, of which they are possessors

36:72  and that We have put the same in subjection under them? Some of them are for their riding; and on some of them do they feed

36:73  And they receive other advantages therefrom; and of their milk do they drink. Will they not, therefore, be thankful

36:74  They have taken other gods, besides God, in hopes that they may be assisted by them

36:75  but they are not able to give them any assistance: Yet are they a party of troops ready to defend them

36:76  Let not their speech, therefore, grieve thee: We know that which they privately conceal, and that which they publicly discover

36:77  Doth not man know that We have created him of seed? Yet behold, he is an open disputer against the resurrection

36:78  and he propoundeth unto us a comparison, and forgetteth his creation. He saith, who shall restore bones to life, when they are rotten

36:79  Answer, He shall restore them to life, Who produced them the first time: For He is skilled in every kind of creation

36:80  Who giveth you fire out of the green tree, and behold, ye kindle your fuel from thence

36:81  Is not He who hath created the heavens and the earth, able to create new creatures like unto them? Yea certainly: For He is the wise creator

36:82  His command, when He willeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it, be; and it is

36:83  Wherefore praise be unto Him, in whose hand is the kingdom of all things, and unto Whom ye shall return at the last day