We have honoured the children of Adam and carried them by land and sea; We have provided good sustenance for them and favoured them specially above many of those We have created
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One of the 240 subdivisions of the Quran (quarter of a Hizb)
We have honoured the children of Adam and carried them by land and sea; We have provided good sustenance for them and favoured them specially above many of those We have created
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On the Day when We summon each community, along with its leader, those who are given their record in their right hand will read it [with pleasure]. But no one will be wronged in the least
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those who were blind in this life will be blind in the Hereafter, and even further off the path
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[Prophet], the disbelievers tried to tempt you away from what We revealed to you, so that you would invent some other revelation and attribute it to Us and then they would have taken you as a friend
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If We had not made you stand firm, you would almost have inclined a little towards them
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In that case, We would have made you taste a double punishment in this life, and a double punishment after death and then you would have found no one to help you against Us
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They planned to scare you off the land, but they would not have lasted for more than a little while after you
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Such was Our way with the messengers We sent before you, and you will find no change in Our ways
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So perform the regular prayers in the period from the time the sun is past its zenith till the darkness of the night, and [recite] the Quran at dawn- dawn recitation is always witnessed––
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and dur-ing the night wake up and pray, as an extra offering of your own, so that your Lord may raise you to a [highly] praised status
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Say, ‘My Lord, make me go in truthfully, and come out truthfully, and grant me supporting authority from You.’
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And say, ‘The truth has come, and falsehood has passed away: falsehood is bound to pass away.’
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We send down the Quran as healing and mercy to those who believe; as for those who disbelieve, it only increases their loss
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When We favour man he turns arrogantly to one side, but when harm touches him, he falls into despair
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Say, ‘Everyone does things their own way, but your Lord is fully aware of who follows the best-guided path.’
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[Prophet], they ask you about the Spirit. Say, ‘The Spirit is part of my Lord’s domain. You have only been given a little knowledge.’
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If We pleased, We could take away what We have revealed to you- then you would find no one to plead for you against Us
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if it were not for your Lord’s mercy: His favour to you has been truly great
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Say, ‘Even if all mankind and jinn came together to produce something like this Quran, they could not produce anything like it, however much they helped each other.’
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In this Quran, We have set out all kinds of examples for people, yet most of them persist in disbelieving
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They say, ‘We will not believe for you [Muhammad] until you make a spring gush out of the ground for us
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or until you have a garden of date palms and vines, and make rivers pour through them
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or make the sky fall on us in pieces, as you claimed will happen; or bring God and the angels before us face to face
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or have a house made of gold; or ascend into the sky- even then, we will not believe in your ascension until you send a real book down for us to read.’ Say, ‘Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything but a mortal, a messenger?’
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The only thing that kept these people from believing, when guidance came to them, was that they said, ‘How could God have sent a human being as a messenger?’
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Say, ‘If there were angels walking about on earth, feeling at home, We would have sent them an angel from Heaven as a messenger.’
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Say, ‘God is witness enough between me and you. He knows and observes His servants well.’
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[Prophet], anyone God guides is truly guided, and you will find no protector other than Him for anyone He leaves astray. On the Day of Resurrection We shall gather them, lying on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf. Hell will be their Home. Whenever the Fire goes down, We shall make it blaze more fiercely for them
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This is what they will get for rejecting Our signs and saying, ‘What? When we are turned to bones and dust, how can we be raised in a new act of creation?’
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