42:1  Ha.Mim.

42:2  'Ayn.Sin.Qaf.

42:3  Thus God, the Mighty, the Wise, inspires to you and to those who were before you.

42:4  For Him is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and He is the High, the Great.

42:5  The heavens are almost rent above them; and the angels glorify with the praise of their Lord, and seek forgiveness for who is in the earth. Lo, indeed, God, He is the Forgiving, the Compassionate.

42:6  And those who took patrons besides Him, God is a guardian over them, and you are not a trustee over them.

42:7  And thus We inspired an Arabic Quran to you, that you may warn the mother of the towns and whoever is around it; and warn of the Day of Gathering, there is no doubt concerning it; a party in the Garden and a party in the blaze.

42:8  And had God willed He would have made them one nation, but He makes who He wills enter into His mercy; and the wrongdoers, there is no patron for them and no helper.

42:9  Or they took patrons besides Him. So God, He is the patron, and He, He gives life to the dead, and He is powerful over everything.

42:10  And whatever thing concerning which you disagreed, then its judgment is to God. That is God, my Lord. Upon Him I have relied and to Him I repent.

42:11  The originator of the heavens and the earth, He made mates for you from yourselves; and of the cattle mates; He creates you thereby. There is nothing like Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

42:12  For Him are the keys of the heavens and the earth. He extends the provision to who He wills, and He straitens. Indeed, He knows everything.

42:13  He has ordained for you of the religion what He instructed Noah with, and that which We have inspired to you, and what We instructed Abraham and Moses and Jesus with, that be steadfast in the religion and do not separate in it; great on the idolaters is what you call them to. God chooses to Him who He wills and He guides to Him whoever repents.

42:14  And they separated not except after the knowledge came to them, envy between them; and if not for a word that preceded from your Lord to a named term, surely, it would have been decided between them; and indeed, those who were made to inherit the Book after them are surely in hesitating doubt of it.

42:15  So to that then call, and go straight as you are commanded, and do not follow their lusts; and say, 'I have believed in what God has sent down of a Book; and I have been commanded to be equitable between you. God is our Lord and your Lord; for us our works and for you your works; there is no argument between us and you. God will reconcile between us, and to Him is the destination.'

42:16  And those who argue concerning God after it has been responded to him, their argument is rebutted with their Lord; and upon them is anger, and for them is severe punishment.

42:17  God is the one who sent down the Book with the truth and the balance; and what will make you know? Perhaps the Hour is near.

42:18  Those who do not believe in it seek to hasten it; and those who believed are fearful of it and they know that it is the truth. Lo, indeed, those who doubt concerning the Hour are surely in far error.

42:19  God is subtle with His servants; He provides for who He wills. And He is the Strong, the Mighty.

42:20  Whoever desires the tilth of the hereafter, We increase for him in his tilth; and whoever desires the tilth of the world, We give him of it; and in the hereafter, there is no portion for him.

42:21  Or for them are partners who have ordained for them of the religion what God did not permit. And if not for the word of decision, surely it would have been decided between them. And indeed, the wrongdoers, for them is painful punishment.

42:22  You will see the wrongdoers fearful of what they earned, and it is a fact for them; and those who believed and did good works are in the meadows of gardens, for them is what they will with their Lord; that, it is the great grace.

42:23  That is that which God gives His servants glad tidings of, those who believed and did good works. Say, 'I do not ask for it a payment, except the love among the relatives.' And whoever earns good, We increase for him good in it; indeed, God is forgiving, grateful.

42:24  Or they say he has forged a lie against God? Then if God wills He would set a seal upon your heart; and God blots out the falsehood and He verifies the truth by His words; indeed, He knows what the breasts own.

42:25  And He is the one who accepts the repentance from His servants and pardons the evil deeds, and He knows what you do.

42:26  And He responds to those who believed and did good works, and He increases them of His grace; and the disbelievers, for them is severe punishment.

42:27  And had God extended the provision to His servants, surely, they would have committed outrage in the earth; but He sends down by measure what He wills; indeed He, of His servants, is aware, seeing.

42:28  And He is the one who sends down the rain after they have despaired; and disperses His mercy, and He is the Patron, the Praiseworthy.

42:29  And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and what He dispersed in both of them of creature; and He is powerful over gathering them when He wills.

42:30  And whatever of calamity befell you, then for what your hands have earned; and He pardons much;

42:31  And you will not escape in the earth; and there is no patron nor helper for you besides God.

42:32  And of His signs are the ships in the sea, like the mountains;

42:33  If He wills, He calms the wind, then they become motionless on its back; indeed, in that surely are signs for every patient, grateful one.

42:34  Or He makes them founder for what they have earned; and He pardons much.

42:35  And that those who dispute concerning Our signs may know there is no place of refuge for them.

42:36  And whatever thing you are given, then a provision of the worldly life; and what is with God is better and more lasting for those who believed and rely on their Lord,

42:37  And those who avoid the great of the sins and the immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,

42:38  And those who respond to their Lord, and are steadfast in the prayer, and their affair is by counsel between them, and of what We have provided them, they spend,

42:39  And those who when wrong befalls them, they defend themselves.

42:40  And the recompense of evil is evil like it; and whoever pardons and does well, then his reward is upon God; indeed, He does not love the wrongdoers.

42:41  And surely whoever defends himself after his wrongdoing, then those, there is no way against them.

42:42  The way is only against those who wrong mankind and commit outrage in the earth without the right; those, for them is painful punishment.

42:43  And surely whoever is patient and forgives, indeed, that is surely of the determination of affairs.

42:44  And whoever God causes to go astray, then there is no patron for him after Him; and you will see the wrongdoers when they see the punishment saying, 'Is there any way to return?'

42:45  And you will see them exposed to it, humbled from the abasement, looking from a secret glance. And those who believed will say, 'Indeed, the losers are those who lost their souls and their families on the Day of Resurrection.' Lo, indeed, the wrongdoers are in lasting punishment.

42:46  And they will have no patrons to help them besides God, and whoever God causes to go astray, then there is no way for him.

42:47  Respond to your Lord before that a day for which there is no averting comes from God; no refuge for you on that day; and no denial for you.

42:48  And if they turn away, then We have not sent you as a guardian over them; nothing is upon you except the communication. And indeed, when We have made man taste mercy from us he rejoices in it; and if evil befalls them for what their hands have sent forward, then indeed, man is ungrateful.

42:49  For God is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He wills. He grants to who He wills females and He grants to who He wills the males,

42:50  Or He pairs them, males and females; and He makes who He wills barren; indeed, He is knowing, powerful.

42:51  And it is not for any mortal that God speaks to Him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger, then he inspires what He wills, with His permission; indeed, He is high, wise.

42:52  And thus We have inspired to you a spirit of Our command; you did not know what the Book was, nor the faith; but We have made it a light, We guide with it who We will of Our servants; and indeed, you surely guide to a straight way,

42:53  The way of God, the one who for Him is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. Lo, to God the affairs tend.