46:1  Hha. M.

46:2  The revelation of the Book is from God, the Dignified, the Wise.

46:3  We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them except with truth and for a specified term. Those who disbelieve turn away from what they have been warned about.

46:4  Say, "Have you ever seen what you call upon besides God? Show me what they have created from the earth, or do they have a partnership in the heavens? Bring me a book before this or a trace of knowledge if you are truthful."

46:5  Who could be further astray than one who calls upon those besides God who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection and who are oblivious of their calls?

46:6  And when the people are gathered, they will be their enemies and will totally reject their worship.

46:7  When Our clear revelations are recited to them, those who disbelieved said of the truth that came to them, "This is clear magic."

46:8  Or do they say, "He fabricated it"? Say, "If I have fabricated it, you do not possess any power to protect me from God. He knows best what you indulge in. He suffices as a Witness between me and you. He is the Forgiver, the Merciful."

46:9  Say, "I am not a novelty among the messengers, nor do I know what will happen to me or to you. I follow nothing other than what is revealed to me. I am no more than a clear warner."

46:10  Say, "Have you considered: What if it is from God and you disbelieved in it? A witness from the Children of Israel has borne witness to its like, and so he believed, while you were arrogant! Surely, God does not guide the transgressing people."

46:11  Those who disbelieved said about those who believed, "If it were any good, they would not have beaten us to it." And since they are not guided by it, they will say, "This is an old falsehood."

46:12  And before it was the Book of Moses, a guide and a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have transgressed and to give good news to the good-doers.

46:13  Those who said, "Our Lord is God," and then went straight: no fear will there be concerning them nor will they grieve.

46:14  Those are the companions of Paradise. Therein, they shall permanently remain as a reward for what they used to do.

46:15  We instructed the human being to treat his parents kindly. His mother bore him laboriously and gave birth to him laboriously. Carrying him and weaning him takes thirty months. Then when he reaches maturity and reaches the age of forty, he says, "My Lord, enable me to give thanks for Your blessings which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do good deeds that You approve of, and make my offspring righteous for me. I have repented to you, and I am one of the Submitters."

46:16  Those are the ones from whom We accept the best of what they did and overlook their bad deeds. They shall be among the companions of Paradise. This is the truthful promise that they had been promised.

46:17  Then there is the one who says to his parents, "Uff to you! Are you promising me that I will be brought out when generations have already passed away before me?" Meanwhile, they implore God for help: "Woe to you! Have faith! Indeed, God's promise is truthful." So he says, "This is nothing but the tales of the previous ones."

46:18  Those are the ones who rightly deserved the Word among nations of jinn and humans that have passed away before them. Indeed, they were losers.

46:19  And all shall be assigned ranks in accordance to what they have done. He will pay them in full for their work, and they will not be wronged.

46:20  On the Day those who disbelieved are displayed before the Fire: "You have wasted the good things you had in your worldly life, choosing instead to over-indulge in them. So today, you are repaid with the punishment of humiliation in return for how arrogantly you acted in the land without any right, and for how wickedly you used to behave."

46:21  Mention the brother of Aad, when he warned his people at the dunes, and indeed warnings had already passed away before him and after him: "Do not worship except God. I fear for you the punishment of a great Day."

46:22  They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you are promising us if you are of the truthful."

46:23  He said, "The knowledge rests only with God, and I merely deliver to you what I was sent with. However, I see that you are an ignorant people."

46:24  When they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain." Not so! It is what you wished to hasten: a wind containing a painful punishment

46:25  destroying everything by its Lord's command. When the morning came upon them, there was nothing to be seen except their dwelling places. We thus repay the criminal people.

46:26  We established them in what We have not established you. And We devised for them the hearing, the sight, and the hearts. However, their hearing, sight and hearts did not avail them in any way when they used to reject God's revelations. They were engulfed by what they used to mock.

46:27  We annihilated the villages around you, and We diversified the signs so that they may revert.

46:28  Why have those whom they took as gods besides God, to bring them close to Him, not supported them? Rather, they abandoned them! Such was their falsehood and what they used to fabricate.

46:29  When We directed towards you a group of jinn to listen to the Quran, then when they were in its presence, they said, "Pay attention." Then when it was concluded, they turned back to their people, warning.

46:30  They said, "O our people, we have heard a Book that was brought down after Moses confirming what came before it. It guides to the truth and to a straight path.

46:31  O our people, respond to God's caller and believe in him. He will then forgive you of your sins and save you from a painful punishment."

46:32  The one who does not respond to God's caller thwarts nothing in the earth and will have no allies besides Him. Those are in clear misguidance.

46:33  Have they not seen that God, who created the heavens and the earth and did not tire by their creation, is Capable of bringing the dead to life? Yes, indeed; He is Capable of all things.

46:34  On the Day those who disbelieved are displayed before the Fire: "Is this not the truth?" They said, "Yes, by our Lord." He said, "Then taste the punishment for what you used to deny."

46:35  So be patient, just like the messengers who had resolve were patient, and do not seek to hasten what becomes of them. On the Day they see what they are promised, it will be as if they remained a mere hour of a day. A proclamation: Are any annihilated but the wicked people?