In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
29. "For those who believe and work righteousness, is (every) blessedness, and a
beautiful place of (final) return."
30. Thus have we sent thee amongst a People before whom (long since) have
(other) Peoples (gone and) passed away; in order that thou mightest rehearse
unto them what We send down unto thee by inspiration; yet do they reject (Him),
the Most Gracious! Say: "He is my Lord! There is no god but He! On Him is my
trust, and to Him do I turn!"
31. If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or the earth were
cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak, (this would be the one!) But,
truly, the command is with Allah in all things! Do not the Believers know, that,
had Allah (so) willed, He could have guided all mankind (to the right)? But the
Unbelievers,- never will disaster cease to seize them for their (ill) deeds, or
to settle close to their homes, until the promise of Allah come to pass, for,
verily, Allah will not fail in His promise.
32. Mocked were (many) apostles before thee: but I granted respite to the
unbelievers, and finally I punished them: Then how (terrible) was my requital!
33. Is then He who standeth over every soul (and knoweth) all that it doth,
(like any others)? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah. Say: "But name them!
is it that ye will inform Him of something he knoweth not on earth, or is it
(just) a show of words?" Nay! to those who believe not, their pretence seems
pleasing, but they are kept back (thereby) from the path. And those whom Allah
leaves to stray, no one can guide.
34. For them is a penalty in the life of this world, but harder, truly, is the
penalty of the Hereafter: and defender have they none against Allah.
35. The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised!- beneath it flow
rivers: perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade therein: such is the
end of the Righteous; and the end of Unbelievers in the Fire.
36. Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice at what hath been revealed unto
thee: but there are among the clans those who reject a part thereof. Say: "I am
commanded to worship Allah, and not to join partners with Him. Unto Him do I
call, and unto Him is my return."
37. Thus have We revealed it to be a judgment of authority in Arabic. Wert thou
to follow their (vain) desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then
wouldst thou find neither protector nor defender against Allah.
38. We did send apostles before thee, and appointed for them wives and children:
and it was never the part of an apostle to bring a sign except as Allah
permitted (or commanded). For each period is a Book (revealed).
39. Allah doth blot out or confirm what He pleaseth: with Him is the Mother of
the Book.
40. Whether We shall show thee (within thy life-time) part of what we promised
them or take to ourselves thy soul (before it is all accomplished),- thy duty is
to make (the Message) reach them: it is our part to call them to account.
41. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its
outlying borders? (Where) Allah commands, there is none to put back His Command:
and He is swift in calling to account.
42. Those before them did (also) devise plots; but in all things the master-
planning is Allah.s He knoweth the doings of every soul: and soon will the
Unbelievers know who gets home in the end.
43. The Unbelievers say: "No apostle art thou." Say: "Enough for a witness
between me and you is Allah, and such as have knowledge of the Book."
Translation by Abdullah Yusufali