1BLESSED be He who hath sent down AL FURKAN (the illumination) on his servant, that to all creatures he may be a warner.

2His the Kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth! No son hath He begotten! No partner hath He in his Empire! All things hath He created, and decreeing hath decreed their destinies.

3Yet have they adopted gods beside Him which have created nothing, but were themselves created.

3And no power have they over themselves for evil or for good, nor have they power of death, or of life, or of raising the dead.

4And the infidels say, "This Koran is a mere fraud of his own devising, and others have helped him with it, who had come hither by outrage and lie."

5And they say, "Tales of the ancients that he hath put in writing! and they were dictated to him morn and even."

6SAY: He hath sent it down who knoweth the secrets of the Heavens and of the Earth. He truly is the Gracious, the Merciful.

7And they say, "What sort of apostle is this? He eateth food and he walketh the streets! Unless an angel be sent down and take part in his warnings.

8Or a treasure be thrown down to him, or he have a garden that supplieth him with food . . ." and those unjust persons say, "Ye follow but a man enchanted."

9See what likenesses they strike out for thee! But they err, and cannot find their way.

10Blessed be He who if he please can give thee better than that of which they speak–Gardens, 'neath which the rivers flow: and pavilions will He assign thee.

12Aye, they have treated the coming of "the Hour" as a lie. But a flaming fire have we got ready for those who treat the coming of the Hour as a lie.

13When it shall see them from afar, they shall hear its raging and roaring,–

14And when they shall be flung into a narrow space thereof bound together, they shall invoke destruction on the spot.

15–"Call not this day for one destruction, but call for destructions many."

16SAY: Is this, or the Paradise of Eternity which was promised to the God-fearing, best? Their recompense shall it be and their retreat.

17Abiding therein for ever, they shall have in it all that they desire! It is a promise to be claimed of thy Lord.

18And on the day when he shall gather them together, and those whom they worshipped beside God, he will say, "Was it ye who led these my servants astray, or of themselves strayed they from the path?"

19They will say, "Glory be to thee! It beseemed not us to take other lords than thee. But thou gavest them and their fathers their fill of good things, till they forgat the remembrance of thee, and became a lost people."

20Then will God say to the Idolaters, "Now have they made you liars in what ye say, and they have no power to avert your doom, or to succour you."

20Never have we sent Apostles before thee who ate not common food, and walked     not the streets. And we test you by means of each other. Will ye be     steadfast? Thy Lord is looking on!

21And whosoever of you thus offendeth, we will make him taste a great punishment.

21They who look not forward to meet Us say, "If the angels be not sent down to     us, or unless we behold our Lord. . . .” Ah! they are proud of heart, and     exceed with great excess!

22On the day when they shall see the angels, no good news shall there be for     the guilty ones, and they shall cry out, "A barrier that cannot be passed!"

23Then will we proceed to the works which they have wrought, and make them as     scattered dust.

24Happier, on that day, the inmates of the Garden as to abode, and better off     as to place of noontide slumber!

25On that day shall the heaven with its clouds be cleft, and the angels shall     be sent down, descending.

26On that day shall all empire be in very deed with the God of Mercy, and a     hard day shall it be for the Infidels.

27And on that day shall the wicked one bite his hands, and say, "Oh! would     that I had taken the same path with the Apostle!

28"Oh! woe is me! would that I had not taken such an one for my friend!

29It was he who led me astray from the Warning which had reached me! and Satan is man's betrayer."

30Then said the Apostle, "O my Lord! truly my people have esteemed this Koran to be vain babbling."

31Thus have we given to every Prophet an enemy from among the wicked ones–But thy Lord is a sufficient guide and helper.

32And the infidels say, "Unless the Koran be sent down to him all at once. . . ." But in this way would we stablish thy heart by it; in parcels have we parcelled it out to thee.

33Nor shall they come to thee with puzzling questions, but we will come to thee with the truth, and their best solution.

34They who shall be gathered upon their faces into hell, shall have the worst place, and be farthest from the path of happiness.

35Heretofore we gave the law to Moses, and appointed his brother Aaron to be his counsellor.

36And we said, "Go ye to the people who treat our signs as lies." And them destroyed we with utter destruction.

37And as to the people of Noah! when they treated their Apostles as impostors, we drowned them; and we made them a sign to mankind:–A grievous chastisement have we prepared for the wicked!

38And Ad and Themoud, and the men of Rass, and divers generations between them.

39Unto each of them did we set forth parables for warnings, and each of them did we utterly exterminate.

40Oft are this have the unbelieving Meccans passed by the city on which was rained a fatal rain. What! Have they not seen it? Yet have they no hope of a resurrection!

41And when they see thee, they do but take thee as the subject of their railleries. "What! Is this he whom God has sent as an Apostle?

42Indeed he had well nigh led us astray from our gods, had we not persevered steadfastly in their service." But in the end they shall know, when they shall see the punishment, who hath most strayed from the path.

43What thinkest thou? He who hath taken his passions as a god–wilt thou be a guardian over him?

44Thinkest thou that the greater part of them hear or understand? They are just like the brutes! Yes! they stray even further from the right way.

45Hast thou not seen how thy Lord lengtheneth out the shadow? Had He pleased he had made it motionless But we made the sun to be its guide.

46Then draw it in unto Us with easy indrawing.

47He it is who ordaineth the night as a garment, and sleep for rest, and ordaineth the day for waking up to life.

48He it is who sendeth the winds as the forerunner of his mercy (rain); and pure water send we down from Heaven.

49That we may revive by it a dead land: and we give it for drink to our creation, beasts and men in numbers.

50And we distribute it among them on all sides, that they may reflect: but most men refuse to be aught but thankless.

51Had we pleased, we had raised up a warner in every city.

52Give not way therefore to the Infidels, but by means of this Koran strive against them with a mighty strife.

53And He it is who hath let loose the two seas, the one sweet, fresh; and the other salt, bitter; and hath put an interspace between them, and a barrier that cannot be passed.

54And it is He who hath created man of water, and established between them the ties of kindred and affinity: and potent is thy Lord.

55Yet beside God do they worship what can neither help nor hurt them: and the Infidel is Satan's helper against his Lord.

56Still we have sent thee only as a herald and a warner.

57SAY: I ask of you no recompense for it, except from him who is willing to take the way to his Lord.

58And put thou thy trust in Him that liveth and dieth not, and celebrate his praise; (He fully knoweth the faults of his servants) who in six days created the Heavens and the Earth, and whatever is between them, then mounted his Throne: the God of Mercy! Ask now of the Wise concerning Him.

60But when it is said to them, "Bow down before the God of Mercy," they say, "Who is the God of Mercy? Shall we bow down to what thou biddest?" And they fly from thee the more.

61Blessed be He who hath placed in the Heaven the sign of the Zodiac! who hath placed in it the Lamp of the Sun, and the light-giving Moon!

62And it is He who hath ordained the night and the day to succeed one another for those who desire to think on God or desire to be thankful.

63And the servants of the God of Mercy are they who walk upon the Earth softly; and when the ignorant address them, they reply, "Peace!"

64They that pass the night in the worship of their lord prostrate and standing:–

65And that say, "O our Lord! turn away from us the torment of Hell, for its torment is endless: it is indeed an ill abode and resting place!

67Those who when they spend are neither lavish nor niggard, but keep the mean:–

68Those who call on no other gods with God, nor slay whom God hath forbidden to be slain, except for a just cause, and who commit not fornication (for he who doth this shall meet the reward of his wickedness.

69Doubled to him shall be the torment on the day of Resurrection; and in it shall he remain, disgraced, for ever:–

70Save those who shall repent and believe and do righteous works–for them God will change their evil things into good things, for God is Gracious, Merciful–

71And whose turneth to God and doeth what is right, he verily will convert with a true conversion).

72And they who bear not witness to that which is false, and when they pass by frivolous sport, pass on with dignity:–

73And they who, when monished by the signs of their Lord, fall not down thereat, as if deaf and blind:–

74And who say, "O our Lord! give us in our wives and offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us examples to those who fear thee."

75These shall be rewarded with the High Places of Paradise for their steadfast endurance, and they shall meet therein with–Welcome and Salutation:–

76For ever shall they remain therein: a fair abode and resting-place!

77SAY: Not on your account doth my Lord care if ye call not on Him! ye have treated his Apostle as an impostor: but bye and bye a punishment shall cleave to them.