9. Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable), and
giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that
they shall have a magnificent reward;
10. And to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth) that We have
prepared for them a Penalty Grievous (indeed).
11. The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is
given to hasty (deeds).
12. We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) Signs: the Sign of the
Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the Day We have made to enlighten you;
that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may know the number and
count of the years: all things have We explained in detail.
13. Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day of Judgment We
shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open.
14. (It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: Sufficient is thy soul
this day to make out an account against thee."
15. Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: who goeth astray
doth so to his own loss: No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another:
nor would We visit with Our Wrath until We had sent an apostle (to give
warning).
16. When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send a definite order to
those among them who are given the good things of this life and yet transgress;
so that the word is proved true against them: then (it is) We destroy them
utterly.
17. How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? and enough is thy Lord to
note and see the sins of His servants.
18. If any do wish for the transitory things (of this life), We readily grant
them - such things as We will, to such person as We will: in the end have We
provided Hell for them: they will burn therein, disgraced and rejected.
19. Those who do wish for the (things of) the Hereafter, and strive therefor
with all due striving, and have Faith,- they are the ones whose striving is
acceptable (to Allah..
20. Of the bounties of thy Lord We bestow freely on all- These as well as those:
The bounties of thy Lord are not closed (to anyone).
21. See how We have bestowed more on some than on others; but verily the
Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence.
Translation by Abdullah Yusufali