Surah 23-Al Mu'minun THE BELIEVERS-023.051-023.100

[Anne Terri]

Surah 23 - Al Mu'minun THE BELIEVERS-023.051-023.100

023.051 O ye apostles! enjoy (all) things good and pure, and work righteousness: for I am well-acquainted with (all) that ye do.

023.052 And verily this Brotherhood of yours is a single Brotherhood, and I am your Lord and Cherisher: therefore fear Me (and no other).

023.053 But people have cut off their affair (of unity), between them, into sects: each party rejoices in that which is with itself.

023.054 But leave them in their confused ignorance for a time.

023.055 Do they think that because We have granted them abundance of wealth and sons,

023.056 We would hasten them on in every good? Nay, they do not understand.

023.057 Verily those who live in awe for fear of their Lord;

023.058 Those who believe in the Signs of their Lord;

023.059 Those who join not (in worship) partners with their Lord;

023.060 And those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fear, because they will return to their Lord;-

023.061 It is these who hasten in every good work, and these who are foremost in them.

023.062 On no soul do We place a burden greater than it can bear: before Us is a record which clearly shows the truth: they will never be wronged.

023.063 But their hearts are in confused ignorance of this; and there are, besides that, deeds of theirs, which they will (continue) to do,-

023.064 Until, when We seize in Punishment those of them who received the good things of this world, behold, they will groan in supplication!

023.065 (It will be said): "Groan not in supplication this day: for ye shall certainly not be helped by Us.

023.066 "My Signs used to be rehearsed to you, but ye used to turn back on your heels-

023.067 "In arrogance: talking nonsense about the (Qur'an), like one telling fables by night."

023.068 Do they not ponder over the Word (of God), or has anything (new) come to them that did not come to their fathers of old?

023.069 Or do they not recognise their Apostle, that they deny him?

023.070 Or do they say, "He is possessed"? Nay, he has brought them the Truth, but most of them hate the Truth.

023.071 If the Truth had been in accord with their desires, truly the heavens and the earth, and all beings therein would have been in confusion and corruption! Nay, We have sent them their admonition, but they turn away from their admonition.

023.072 Or is it that thou askest them for some recompense? But the recompense of thy Lord is best: He is the Best of those who give sustenance.

023.073 But verily thou callest them to the Straight Way;

023.074 And verily those who believe not in the Hereafter are deviating from that Way.

023.075 If We had mercy on them and removed the distress which is on them, they would obstinately persist in their transgression, wandering in distraction to and fro.

023.076 We inflicted Punishment on them, but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor do they submissively entreat (Him)!-

023.077 Until We open on them a gate leading to a severe Punishment: then Lo! they will be plunged in despair therein!

023.078 It is He Who has created for you (the faculties of) hearing, sight, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give!

023.079 And He has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered back.

023.080 It is He Who gives life and death, and to Him (is due) the alternation of Night and Day: will ye not then understand?

023.081 On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.

023.082 They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we really be raised up again?

023.083 "Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"

023.084 Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye know!"

023.085 They will say, "To God!" say: "Yet will ye not receive admonition?"

023.086 Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme?"

023.087 They will say, "(They belong) to God." Say: "Will ye not then be filled with awe?"

023.088 Say: "Who is it in whose Hands is the governance of all things,- who protects (all), but is not protected (of any)? (say) if ye know."

023.089 They will say, "(It belongs) to God." Say: "Then how are ye deluded?"

023.090 We have sent them the Truth: but they indeed practise falsehood!

023.091 No son did God beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to God! (He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him!

023.092 He knows what is hidden and what is open: too high is He for the partners they attribute to Him!

023.093 Say: "O my Lord! if Thou wilt show me (in my lifetime) that which they are warned against,-

023.094 "Then, O my Lord! put me not amongst the people who do wrong!"

023.095 And We are certainly able to show thee (in fulfilment) that against which they are warned.

023.096 Repel evil with that which is best: We are well acquainted with the things they say.

023.097 And say "O my Lord! I seek refuge with Thee from the suggestions of the Evil Ones.

023.098 "And I seek refuge with Thee O my Lord! lest they should come near me."

023.099 (In Falsehood will they be) Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "O my Lord! send me back (to life),-

023.100 "In order that I may work righteousness in the things I neglected." - "By no means! It is but a word he says."- Before them is a Partition till the Day they are raised up.