SURA 18. AL-KAHF (THE CAVE) 1. Praise be to Allah Who hath revealed the Scripture unto His slave, and hath not placed therein any crookedness, 2. [But hath made it] straight, to give warning of stern punishment from Him, and to bring unto the believers who do good works the news that theirs will be a fair reward, 3. Wherein they will abide for ever; 4. And to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son, 5. [A thing] whereof they have no knowledge, nor [had] their fathers, Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their mouths. They speak naught but a lie. 6. Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou [Muhammad] wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps. 7. Lo! We have placed all that is on the earth as an ornament thereof that We may try them: which of them is best in conduct. 8. And lo! We shall make all that is thereon a barren mound. 133 9. Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a wonder among Our portents? 10. When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord! Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our plight. 11. Then We sealed up their hearing in the Cave for a number of years. 12. And afterward We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried. 13. We narrate unto thee their story with truth. Lo! they were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance. 14. And We made firm their hearts when they stood forth and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We cry unto no Allah beside Him, for then should we utter an enormity. 15. These, our people, have chosen [other] gods beside Him though they bring no clear warrant [vouchsafed] to them. And who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah? 16. And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship except Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will spread for you of His mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight. 17. And thou mightest have seen the sun when it rose move away from their cave to the right, and when it set go past them on the left, and they were in the cleft thereof. That was [one] of the portents of Allah. He whom Allah guideth, he indeed is led aright, and he whom He sendeth astray, for him thou wilt not find a guiding friend. 18. And thou wouldst have deemed them waking though they were asleep, and We caused them to turn over to the right and the left, and their dog stretching out his paws on the threshold. If thou hadst observed them closely thou hadst assuredly turned away from them in flight, and hadst been filled with awe of them. 19. And in like manner We awakened them that they might question one another. A speaker from among them said: How long have ye tarried? They said: We have tarried a day or some part of a day, [Others] said: Your Lord best knoweth what ye have tarried. Now send one of you with this your silver coin unto the city, and let him see what food is purest there and bring you a supply thereof. Let him be courteous and let no man know of you. 20. For they, if they should come to know of you, will stone you or turn you back to their religion; then ye will never prosper. 21. And in like manner We disclosed them [to the people of the city] that they might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that, as for the Hour, there is no doubt concerning it. When [the people of the city] disputed of their case among themselves, they said: Build over them a building; their Lord knoweth best concerning them. Those who won their point said: We verily shall build a place of worship over them. 22. [Some] will say: They were three, their dog the fourth, and [some] say: Five, their dog the sixth, guessing at random; and [some] say: Seven, and their dog the eighth. Say [O Muhammad]: My Lord is Best Aware of their number. None knoweth them save a few. So contend not concerning them except with an outward contending, and ask not any of them to pronounce concerning them. 23. And say not of anything: Lo! I shall do that tomorrow, 134 24. Except if Allah will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say: It may be that my Lord guideth me unto a nearer way of truth than this. 25. And [it is said] they tarried in their Cave three hundred years and add nine. 26. Say: Allah is Best Aware how long they tarried. His is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth. How clear of sight is He and keen of hearing! They have no protecting friend beside Him, and He maketh none to share in His government. 27. And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the Scripture of thy Lord. There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside Him. 28. Restrain thyself along with those who cry unto their Lord at morn and evening, seeking His Countenance; and let not thine eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who followeth his own lust and whose case hath been abandoned. 29. Say: [It is] the truth from the Lord of you [all]. Then whosoever will, let him believe, and whosoever will, let him disbelieve. Lo! We have prepared for disbelievers Fire. Its tent encloseth them. If they ask for showers, they will be showered with water like to molten lead which burneth the faces. Calamitous the drink and ill the resting-place! 30. Lo! as for those who believe and do good works - Lo! We suffer not the reward of one whose work is goodly to be lost. 31. As for such, theirs will be Gardens of Eden, wherein rivers flow beneath them; therein they will be given armlets of gold and will wear green robes of finest silk and gold embroidery, reclining upon throne therein. Blest the reward, and fair the resting-place! 32. Coin for them a similitude: Two men, unto one of whom We had assigned two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with date-palms and had put between them tillage. 33. Each of the gardens gave its fruit and withheld naught thereof. And We caused a river to gush forth therein. 34. And he had fruit. And he said unto his comrade, when he spake with him: I am more than thee in wealth, and stronger in respect of men. 35. And he went into his garden, while he [thus] wronged himself. He said: I think not that all this will ever perish. 36. I think not that the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am brought back unto my Lord I surely shall find better than this as a resort. 37. His comrade, when he [thus] spake with him, exclaimed: Disbelievest thou in Him Who created thee of dust, then of a drop [of seed], and then fashioned thee a man? 38. But He is Allah, my Lord, and I ascribe unto my Lord no partner. 39. If only, when thou enteredst thy garden, thou hadst said: That which Allah willeth [will come to pass]! There is no strength save in Allah! Though thou seest me as less than thee in wealth and children, 40. Yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden, and will send on it a bolt from heaven, and some morning it will be a smooth hillside, 41. Or some morning the water thereof will be lost in the earth so that thou canst not make search for it. 135 42. And his fruit was beset [with destruction]. Then began he to wring his hands for all that he had spent upon it, when [now] it was all ruined on its trellises, and to say: Would that I had ascribed no partner to my Lord! 43. And he had no troop of men to help him as against Allah, nor could he save himself. 44. In this case is protection only from Allah, the True, He is Best for reward, and best for consequence. 45. And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingleth with it and then becometh dry twigs that the winds scatter. Allah is able to do all things. 46. Wealth and children are an ornament of the life of the world. But the good deeds which endure are better in thy Lords sight for reward, and better in respect of hope. 47. And [bethink you of] the Day when we remove the hills and ye see the earth emerging, and We gather them together so as to leave not one of them behind. 48. And they are set before thy Lord in ranks [and it is said unto them]: Now verily have ye come unto Us as We created you at the first. But ye thought that We had set no tryst for you. 49. And the Book is placed, and thou seest the guilty fearful of that which is therein, and they say: What kind of a Book is this that leaveth not a small thing nor a great thing but hath counted it! And they find all that they did confronting them, and thy Lord wrongeth no-one. 50. And [remember] when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, and they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He was of the jinn, so he rebelled against his Lords command. Will ye choose him and his seed for your protecting friends instead of Me, when they are an enemy unto you? Calamitous is the exchange for evil-doers. 51. I made them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor their own creation; nor choose I misleaders for [My] helpers. 52. And [be mindful of] the Day when He will say: Call those partners of Mine whom ye pretended. Then they will cry unto them, but they will not hear their prayer, and We shall set a gulf of doom between them. 53. And the guilty behold the Fire and know that they are about to fall therein, and they find no way of escape thence. 54. And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Quran all manner of similitudes, but man is more than anything contentious. 55. And naught hindereth mankind from believing when the guidance cometh unto them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord unless [it be that they wish] that the judgment of the men of old should come upon them or [that] they should be confronted with the Doom. 56. We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and warners. Those who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute the Truth thereby. And they take Our revelations and that wherewith they are threatened as a jest. 57. And who doth greater wrong than he who hath been reminded of the revelations of his Lord, yet turneth away from them and forgetteth what his hands send forward [to the Judgment]? Lo! on their hearts We have placed coverings so that they understand not, and in their ears a deafness. And though thou call them to the guidance, in that case they can never be led aright. 136 58. Thy Lord is the Forgiver, Full of Mercy. If He took them to task [now] for what they earn, He would hasten on the doom for them; but theirs is an appointed term from which they will find no escape. 59. And [all] those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong, and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction. 60. And when Moses said unto his servant: I will not give up until I reach the point where the two rivers meet, though I march on for ages. 61. And when they reached the point where the two met, they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the waters, being free. 62. And when they had gone further, he said unto his servant: Bring us our breakfast. Verily we have found fatigue in this our journey. 63. He said: Didst thou see, when we took refuge on the rock, and I forgot the fish - and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention it - it took its way into the waters by a marvel. 64. He said: This is that which we have been seeking. So they retraced their steps again. 65. Then found they one of Our slaves, unto whom We had given mercy from Us, and had taught him knowledge from Our presence. 66. Moses said unto him: May I follow thee, to the end that thou mayst teach me right conduct of that which thou hast been taught? 67. He said: Lo! thou canst not bear with me. 68. How canst thou bear with that whereof thou canst not compass any knowledge? 69. He said: Allah willing, thou shalt find me patient and I shall not in aught gainsay thee. 70. He said: Well, if thou go with me, ask me not concerning aught till I myself make mention of it unto thee. 71. So they twain set out till, when they were in the ship, he made a hole therein. [Moses] said: Hast thou made a hole therein to drown the folk thereof? Thou verily hast done a dreadful thing. 72. He said: Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me? 73. [Moses] said: Be not wroth with me that I forgot, and be not hard upon me for my fault. 74. So they twain journeyed on till, when they met a lad, he slew him. [Moses] said: What! Hast thou slain an innocent soul who hath slain no man? Verily thou hast done a horrid thing. 75. He said: Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me? 76. [Moses] said: If I ask thee after this concerning aught, keep not company with me. Thou hast received an excuse from me. 77. So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a certain township, they asked its folk for food, but they refused to make them guests. And they found therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it. [Moses] said: If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it. 78. He said: This is the parting between thee and me! I will announce unto thee the interpretation of that thou couldst not bear with patience. 137 79. As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and I wished to mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking every ship by force. 80. And as for the lad, his parents were believers and we feared lest he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief. 81. And we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in purity and nearer to mercy. 82. And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father had been righteous, and thy Lord intended that they should come to their full strength and should bring forth their treasure as a mercy from their Lord; and I did it not upon my own command. Such is the interpretation of that wherewith thou couldst not bear. 83. They will ask thee of Dhul-Qarneyn. Say: I shall recite unto you a remembrance of him. 84. Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him unto every thing a road. 85. And he followed a road 86. Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout. We said: O Dhul-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness. 87. He said: As for him who doeth wrong, we shall punish him, and then he will be brought back unto his Lord, Who will punish him with awful punishment! 88. But as for him who believeth and doeth right, good will be his reward, and We shall speak unto him a mild command. 89. Then he followed a road 90. Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom. 91. So [it was]. And We knew all concerning him. 92. Then he followed a road 93. Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their hither side a folk that scarce could understand a saying. 94. They said: O Dhul-Qarneyn! Lo! Gog and Magog are spoiling the land. So may we pay thee tribute on condition that thou set a barrier between us and them? 95. He said: That wherein my Lord hath established me is better [than your tribute]. Do but help me with strength [of men], I will set between you and them a bank. 96. Give me pieces of iron - till, when he had levelled up [the gap] between the cliffs, he said: Blow! - till, when he had made it a fire, he said: Bring me molten copper to pour thereon. 97. And [Gog and Magog] were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce [it]. 98. He said: This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord cometh to pass, He will lay it low, for the promise of my Lord is true. 99. And on that day we shall let some of them surge against others, and the Trumpet will be blown. Then We shall gather them together in one gathering. 100. On that day we shall present hell to the disbelievers, plain to view, 138 101. Those whose eyes were hoodwinked from My reminder, and who could not bear to hear. 102. Do the disbelievers reckon that they can choose My bondmen as protecting friends beside Me? Lo! We have prepared hell as a welcome for the disbelievers. 103. Say: Shall We inform you who will be the greatest losers by their works? 104. Those whose effort goeth astray in the life of the world, and yet they reckon that they do good work. 105. Those are they who disbelieve in the revelations of their Lord and in the meeting with Him. Therefor their works are vain, and on the Day of Resurrection We assign no weight to them. 106. That is their reward: hell, because they disbelieved, and made a jest of Our revelations and Our messengers. 107. Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs are the Gardens of Paradise for welcome, 108. Wherein they will abide, with no desire to be removed from thence. 109. Say: Though the sea became ink for the Words of my Lord, verily the sea would be used up before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even though We brought the like thereof to help. 110. Say: I am only a mortal like you. My Lord inspireth in me that your Allah is only One Allah. And whoever hopeth for the meeting with his Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship due unto his Lord. SURA 19. MARYAM (MARY) 1. Kaf. Ha. Ya. Ain. Sad. 2. A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah. 3. When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret, 4. Saying: My Lord! Lo! the bones of me wax feeble and my head is shining with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to Thee, my Lord. 5. Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor 6. Who shall inherit of me and inherit [also] of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable [unto Thee]. 7. [It was said unto him]: O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before [him]. 8. He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age? 9. He said: So [it will be]. Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught. 10. He said: My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is that thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three nights. 11. Then he came forth unto his people from the sanctuary, and signified to them: Glorify your Lord at break of day and fall of night. 12. [And it was said unto his son]: O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child, 139 13. And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout, 14. And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious. 15. Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive! 16. And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East, 17. And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man. 18. She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art Allah-fearing. 19. He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son. 20. She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste? 21. He said: So [it will be]. Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And [it will be] that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained. 22. And she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place. 23. And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten! 24. Then [one] cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy Lord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee, 25. And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause ripe dates to fall upon thee. 26. So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal. 27. Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him. They said: O Mary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing. 28. O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot. 29. Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy? 30. He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet, 31. And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive, 32. And [hath made me] dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest. 33. Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive! 34. Such was Jesus, son of Mary: [this is] a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt. 140 35. It befitteth not [the Majesty of] Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is. 36. And lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So serve Him. That is the right path. 37. The sects among them differ: but woe unto the disbelievers from the meeting of an awful Day. 38. See and hear them on the Day they come unto Us! yet the evil-doers are to- day in error manifest. 39. And warn them of the Day of anguish when the case hath been decided. Now they are in a state of carelessness, and they believe not. 40. Lo! We, only We, inherit the earth and all who are thereon, and unto Us they are returned. 41. And make mention [O Muhammad] in the Scripture of Abraham. Lo! he was a saint, a prophet. 42. When he said unto his father: O my father! Why worshippest thou that which heareth not nor seeth, nor can in aught avail thee? 43. O my father! Lo! there hath come unto me of knowledge that which came not unto thee. So follow me, and I will lead thee on a right path. 44. O my father! Serve not the devil. Lo! the devil is a rebel unto the Beneficent. 45. O my father! Lo! I fear lest a punishment from the Beneficent overtake thee so that thou become a comrade of the devil. 46. He said: Rejectest thou my gods, O Abraham? If thou cease not, I shall surely stone thee. Depart from me a long while! 47. He said: Peace be unto thee! I shall ask forgiveness of my Lord for thee. Lo! He was ever gracious unto me. 48. I shall withdraw from you and that unto which ye pray beside Allah, and I shall pray unto my Lord. It may be that, in prayer unto my Lord, I shall not be unblest. 49. So, when he had withdrawn from them and that which they were worshipping beside Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob. Each of them We made a prophet. 50. And we gave them of Our mercy, and assigned to them a high and true renown. 51. And make mention in the Scripture of Moses. Lo! he was chosen, and he was a messenger [of Allah], a prophet. 52. We called him from the right slope of the Mount, and brought him nigh in communion. 53. And We bestowed upon him of Our mercy his brother Aaron, a prophet [likewise]. 54. And make mention in the Scripture of Ishmael. Lo! he was a keeper of his promise, and he was a messenger [of Allah], a prophet. 55. He enjoined upon his people worship and almsgiving, and was acceptable in the sight of his Lord. 56. And make mention in the Scripture of Idris. Lo! he was a saint, a prophet; 57. And We raised him to high station. 141 58. These are they unto whom Allah showed favour from among the prophets, of the seed of Adam and of those whom We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and from among those whom We guided and chose. When the revelations of the Beneficent were recited unto them, they fell down, adoring and weeping. 59. Now there hath succeeded them a later generation whom have ruined worship and have followed lusts. But they will meet deception. 60. Save him who shall repent and believe and do right. Such will enter the Garden, and they will not be wronged in aught - 61. Gardens of Eden, which the Beneficent hath promised to His slaves in the unseen. Lo! His promise is ever sure of fulfilment - 62. They hear therein no idle talk, but only Peace; and therein they have food for morn and evening. 63. Such is the Garden which We cause the devout among Our bondmen to inherit. 64. We [angels] come not down save by commandment of thy Lord. Unto Him belongeth all that is before us and all that is behind us and all that is between those two, and thy Lord was never forgetful - 65. Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them! Therefor, worship thou Him and be thou steadfast in His service. Knowest thou one that can be named along with Him? 66. And man saith: When I am dead, shall I forsooth be brought forth alive? 67. Doth not man remember that We created him before, when he was naught? 68. And, by thy Lord, verily We shall assemble them and the devils, then We shall bring them, crouching, around hell. 69. Then We shall pluck out from every sect whichever of them was most stubborn in rebellion to the Beneficent. 70. And surely We are Best Aware of those most worthy to be burned therein. 71. There is not one of you but shall approach it. That is a fixed ordinance of thy Lord. 72. Then We shall rescue those who kept from evil, and leave the evil-doers crouching there. 73. And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Which of the two parties [yours or ours] is better in position, and more imposing as an army? 74. How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming! 75. Say: As for him who is in error, the Beneficent will verily prolong his span of life until, when they behold that which they were promised, whether it be punishment [in the world], or the Hour [of doom], they will know who is worse in position and who is weaker as an army. 76. Allah increaseth in right guidance those who walk aright, and the good deeds which endure are better in thy Lords sight for reward, and better for resort. 77. Hast thou seen him who disbelieveth in Our revelations and saith: Assuredly I shall be given wealth and children? 78. Hath he perused the Unseen, or hath he made a pact with the Beneficent? 142 79. Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a span of torment. 80. And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he will come unto Us, alone [without his wealth and children]. 81. And they have chosen [other] gods beside Allah that they may be a power for them. 82. Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents unto them. 83. Seest thou not that We have set the devils on the disbelievers to confound them with confusion? 84. So make no haste against them [O Muhammad]. We do but number unto them a sum [of days]. 85. On the day when We shall gather the righteous unto the Beneficent, a goodly company. 86. And drive the guilty unto hell, a weary herd, 87. They will have no power of intercession, save him who hath made a covenant with his Lord. 88. And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. 89. Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing 90. Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins, 91. That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son, 92. When it is not meet for [the Majesty of] the Beneficent that He should choose a son. 93. There is none in the heavens and the earth but cometh unto the Beneficent as a slave. 94. Verily He knoweth them and numbereth them with [right] numbering. 95. And each one of them will come unto Him on the Day of Resurrection, alone. 96. Lo! those who believe and do good works, the Beneficent will appoint for them love. 97. And We make [this Scripture] easy in thy tongue, [O Muhammad] only that thou mayst bear good tidings therewith unto those who ward off [evil], and warn therewith the froward folk. 98. And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou [Muhammad] see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound?
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