(1) 1. Blessed is (Allah) Who sent down the Standard (the Qur’an, to distinguish between right and wrong) upon His servant (the Prophet Muhammad) that he may be a warner to the nations;
(2) 2. (Allah) to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Who has no offspring (no son nor daughter), and Who has no partner in His dominion, and Who created everything in its due proportion, and ordained its destiny.
(3) 3. And they have taken besides Him (Allah) false gods, who do not create anything, while they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves any harm nor benefit, and they control neither death nor life, nor the raising (of the dead back) to life.
(4) 4. And those who disbelieve (in Our Revelations) say: This (Qur’an) is nothing but a lie which he (the Prophet Muhammad) has invented, and other people have helped him with it; so indeed they have committed an injustice and (uttered) a falsehood.
(5) 5. And they say: Stories of the ancients which he has (had) written and they are read to him morning and evening.
(6) 6. Say: It (the Qur’an) has been sent down by (Allah) Who knows (every) secret within the heavens and the earth; surely He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(7) 7. And they say: What is the matter with this Messenger (Muhammad) that he eats food and goes about in the markets; why has not an angel been sent down to him, so that he should have been a warner with him?
(8) 8. Or (why is not) a treasure sent down to him, or he is made to have a garden from which he should eat? And the workers of iniquity (polytheists, disbelievers, etc.) say: You do not follow any but a man bewitched
(9) 9. See what likenesses that they give to you; so they have gone astray and are not able to find a way (to true Guidance).
(10) 10. Blessed is (Allah) Who, if He wills, will give you what is better than that, gardens beneath which rivers flow, and He will give you palaces (in Heaven).
(11) 11. But they deny the (Last) Hour, and We have prepared a burning Fire for him who denies the Hour (of Resurrection).
(12) 12. When it (the Hellfire) sees them (the pagans, idolaters, atheists, disbelievers, etc.) from a distant place, they will hear its violent raging and its roaring.
(13) 13. And when they are cast into a narrow place in it, bound, there they will pray for destruction (death).
(14) 14. Call not this Day for a single destruction, but call for many destructions.
(15) 15. Say: Is this better or the abiding garden which those who keep to the Commandments of Allah and guard against evil are promised? That will be a reward and a destination for them.
(16) 16. They will have therein what they desire, abiding in it; it is an unfailing Promise from your Lord (Allah).
(17) 17. And (mention) the Day when He will gather them (the polytheists), and whatever they worshiped besides Allah (i.e., the angels such as the holy spirit, jinn, prophets such as Jesus Christ, saints, etc.), He will say: Was it you who led astray these, My slaves (of mankind and jinn), or did they themselves go astray from the Path?
(18) 18. They will say: Glory be to You (O Allah); it is not (right) for us to take for lords (protectors, guardians, saviors) other than You (so they had no right to take us as such and make us objects of their worship), but (the truth is that, out of Your Favor) You let them and their forefathers enjoy (the comforts of the worldly life) until they forgot the Reminder, and thereby became a people (corrupt and) doomed to perdition.
(19) 19. So they will deny you (the polytheists) in what you say, then you can neither avert (the Chastisement) nor get help, and whoever among you commits iniquity (ascribes partners to Allah and die as such), We shall make him taste a grievous Torment.
(20) 20. And We have not sent before you any Messengers but they most surely ate food and went about in the markets; and We have made some of you a trial for others; will you then have patience? And your Lord (Allah) is Ever All-Seeing.
(21) 21. And those who do not expect the Meeting with (Allah), say: Why have not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see (Allah) our Lord? For sure they think too highly of themselves and are insolent with great arrogance.
(22) 22. The Day they see the angels, there will be no joy on that Day for the unbelievers, and they will say: It (i.e., any good tidings) is a forbidden thing, totally prohibited.
(23) 23. And We shall proceed to what they have done of (supposedly good) deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust (as it lacked all sincerity and belief in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism).
(24) 24. The dwellers of Paradise will on that Day be in a better abiding place and a better resting place.
(25) 25. And (mention) the Day when the sky will split open with (emerging) clouds, and the angels will be sent down descending (in ranks).
(26) 26. The true Sovereignty on that Day will rightly belong to (Allah) the Most Compassionate, and it will be a Day of terrible difficulty for the disbelievers.
(27) 27. And the Day when the evildoer (polytheist, atheist, disbeliever, etc.) will bite his hands saying: Oh! Would that I had taken a Way (to Allah) with the Messenger (Muhammad).
(28) 28. Woe to me! Would that I had never taken such a one as a friend!
(29) 29. Certainly he led me astray from the Reminder (Qur’an) after it had come to me; for Satan is ever a betrayer to man.
(30) 30. And (on that Day) the Messenger (Prophet Muhammad) will say: (O Allah) my Lord! Surely (some of) my people took this Qur’an as an abandoned thing.
(31) 31. And thus We have made for every Prophet an enemy from among the wicked and Sufficient is (Allah) your Lord as a Guide and Helper.
(32) 32. And those who disbelieve (in Our Revelations) say: Why has not the Qur’an been sent down to him all at once? Thus (it is revealed), that We may strengthen your heart by it; and We have revealed it to you gradually, in stages.
(33) 33. And they bring you no similitude, but We bring you the Truth and better (than their similitude) in significance and argument.
(34) 34. (As for) those who will be gathered upon their faces into Hell, these are worst in position and most astray from the (right) Path.
(35) 35. And certainly We gave Moses the Scripture (Torah) and We appointed with him his brother Aaron as a helper.
(36) 36. Then We said: Go to the people who denied Our Signs. Then We destroyed them (the disbelievers) with utter destruction.
(37) 37. And the people of Noah, when they denied the Messengers, We drowned them and made them a Sign (and lesson) for the people, and We have prepared a painful Torment for the workers of iniquity;
(38) 38. And (the tribes of) ‘Aad and Thamud and the dwellers of the Rass and many generations between them.
(39) 39. And to every one We gave examples, and every one did We destroy with utter destruction.
(40) 40. And certainly they have (often) passed by the village (Sodom) on which was rained an evil rain (of stones); did they not then see it? Rather, they did not hope to be raised up (from the dead).
(41) 41.And when they see you (O Muhammad), they do not take you for anything but as a mockery (saying): Is this whom Allah has sent to be a Messenger?
(42) 42. He would have nearly led us astray from our gods had we not adhered to them patiently! And they will know, when they see the Torment, who is most astray from the right Path.
(43) 43. Have you seen him who takes his lowly desires as his god? Would you then be held responsible for him?
(44) 44. Or do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are but like cattle; rather, they are even more astray in (their) way.
(45) 45. Have you not considered (how Allah) your Lord extends the shadow? And if He had willed He would certainly have made it stationary; then We have made the sun its guide.
(46) 46. Then We take it to Ourselves, little by little.
(47) 47. And He (Allah) it is Who made the night as a clothing for you, (covering and concealing you in its darkness), and sleep for rest, and He made the day for rising (and seeking one’s living).
(48) 48. And He it is Who sends the winds as good news before His mercy (rain); and We (Allah) send down pure water from the clouds,
(49) 49. That We may give life thereby to a dead land and give it as drink to what We have created of cattle and many people.
(50) 50. And certainly We (Allah) have distributed (the water) among them, that they may remember, but most of mankind refuse (to consent to anything) except ingratitude (toward Allah).
(51) 51. And if We had willed, We would certainly have raised a warner in every town.
(52) 52. So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive hard against them, by means of this (Qur’an) with the utmost striving.
(53) 53. And He (Allah) it is who has made the two seas to follow freely, the one sweet that subdues thirst by its sweetness, and the other salt that burns by its saltness, and He placed between them a barrier and a prohibiting partition.
(54) 54. And He (Allah) it is Who has created man from water (semen), then He has made for him relations by blood and marriage, and (Allah) your Lord is ever All-Powerful.
(55) 55. And they worship besides Allah that which neither benefits them nor causes them harm; and the disbeliever is ever a helper (of Satan) against his (True) Lord (Allah).
(56) 56. And We have not sent you (O prophet Muhammad) except as a giver of good news (of eternal Bliss for whoever believes and does righteous work) and as a warner (of Chastisement for whoever associates any partner with Allah and works evil).
(57) 57. Say: I do not ask you anything in return for this except that he who wills, may take a (straight) Path to his (True) Lord (Allah).
(58) 58. And rely on (Allah alone) the Ever-Living, Who dies not, and glorify (Him with) Praise; and Sufficient is He (Allah) as being Aware of the sins of His slaves (of mankind and jinn),
(59) 59. He Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six Days, then He firmly established Himself over the Throne (in a manner that suits His Majesty). The Most Compassionate (Allah), ask then about Him, (the) One Who is (truly) Aware.
(60) 60. And when it is said to them: Fall prostrate to (Allah) the Most Compassionate, they say: And what is the Most Compassionate? Shall we fall prostrate to that which you command us? And it increases their flight (from the Truth).
(61) 61. Blessed is (Allah) Who has placed in the sky great constellations and placed therein a (radiant) lamp and an illuminated moon.
(62) 62. And He (Allah) it is Who made the night and the day to follow each other for him who desires to be mindful or desires to be thankful.
(63) 63. And the (true) servants of the Most Compassionate (Allah) are those who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the foolish address them (improperly), they say: (Words of) peace (i.e., address them with mild words of gentleness, avoiding improper words and harshness).
(64) 64. And who pass the night prostrating themselves before their Lord (Allah) and standing.
(65) 65. And who say: (O Allah) our Lord! Turn us away from the Torment of Hell, surely its Torment is inseparable and everlasting.
(66) 66. Surely it is an evil abode and an (evil) dwelling.
(67) 67. And who, when they spend, are neither wasteful nor niggardly, and (keep) between these (two extremes) a just mean.
(68) 68. And who do not call upon another (false) god with Allah and do not kill such life which Allah has made sacred, except with (legal) right, and (who) do not commit adultery, and he who does this shall find the recompense of his sin;
(69) 69. The suffering will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection(and Judgment), and he will abide therein in disgrace;
(70) 70. Except him who repents and believes and does rightous deeds: so these are they of whom Allah changes their evil deeds into good ones; and Allah is ever Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(71) 71. And whoever repents and does good, he surely turns to Allah a goodly turning.
(72) 72. And who do not bear witness to what is false, and when they pass by what is vain, they pass by with dignity.
(73) 73. And who, when reminded of the Verses of their (True) Lord (Allah), do not fall upon them deaf and blind.
(74) 74. And who say: (O Allah) our Lord! Grant us from among our wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and cause us to be foremost in good deeds and make us guides for those who guard (against evil).
(75) 75. These it is that will be rewarded with the most high places (of Paradise), because they were patient, and will be met therein with greetings of welcome and the word of peace.
(76) 76. Abiding therein forever; excellent it is as an abode and as a resting place.
(77) 77. Say: My Lord (Allah) would not care for you were it not for your prayer (when you are in adversity, which He then removes); but now you have indeed denied (the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an), so that (the inseparable, permanent Torment) will be bound to you (in the Hereafter, in addition to what will befall you in this world).