Hud (Hud)

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In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Compassionate.

(11:1) Alif. Lam. Ra. A book whose ideas have been ascertained, then detailed, from One who is acuminate, Ever-aware.

(11:2) "Obey no one but Allah. In fact, I am to you a cautionary counselor and a good messenger from Him."

(11:3) "Seek forgiveness from your Lord, then repent to Him. He will make you enjoy an enjoyment until a predetermined period. He gives His grace to those who are of grace. If you turn away, then I do fear for you the retribution of a great day!"

(11:4) "To Allah is your return, and He is capable of all things."

(11:5) Alas, they folded their chests to hide from Him. Even when they hide themselves under their outer garments, He knows what they keep secret and what they declare. He is the knower of all that is in the chests.

(11:6) There is not a creature on earth except that its provision is due from Allah. He knows their habitat and their depository. All is in a clear record.

(11:7) He is the One who created the Universess and earth in six days, and His dominion was upon the water, and to test who from amongst you emulates the best. When you say, "You will be resurrected after death." Those who divert will say, "This is but clear magic!"

(11:8) If We delay for them the retribution to a near period, they will say, "What has kept it?" Alas, on the day it comes to them, nothing will turn it away from them, and what they used to mock will catch up with them.

(11:9) If We give the human being a taste of mercy from Us, then We withdraw it from him. He becomes despairing, rejecting.

(11:10) If We give him the taste of a blessing after hardship had afflicted him, he will say, "Evil has gone from me!" he becomes happy, boastful;

(11:11) Except for those who are steadfast and do good work, these will have a pardon, and a great gratuity.

(11:12) So perhaps you wish to ignore some of what has been inspired to you, and you are depressed by it, because they say, "If only a treasure was sent down with him, or an angel had come with him!" You are but a warner, and Allah is caretaker over all things.

(11:13) Or do they say, "He invented it!" Say, "Bring ten invented chapters like it, and call on whom you can besides Allah if you are truthful."

(11:14) If they do not respond to you, then know that it was sent down with Allah's knowledge, and that there is no Allah but He. Will you then peacefully surrender?

(11:15) Whoever wants the worldly life and its adornments, then We will grant them their works in it, and they will not be short changed in it.

(11:16) These will have nothing but fire in the Hereafter, and what they have done will be in vain, and evil is what they have worked.

(11:17) As for those who are on a proof from their Lord, and are followed by a testimony from Him and before it was the text of Moses as a guide and a mercy. They will acknowledge it. Whoever rejects it from amongst the parties, then the fire is his meeting place. So do not be in any doubt about it. It is the truth from your Lord, but most people do not acknowledge.

(11:18) Who is more wicked than one who invents lies about Allah? They will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied about their Lord." Alas, Allah's curse will be upon the wicked.

(11:19) Those who repel others from the path of Allah and seek to twist it and regarding the Hereafter they are in denial.

(11:20) These are the ones who will not escape on earth, nor do they have besides Allah any allies. The retribution will be doubled for them. They were not able to hear, nor could they see.

(11:21) They are the ones who lost their selves, and what they had invented has abandoned them.

(11:22) There is no doubt, that in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

(11:23) Those who immune and emulate the righteous acts, and are humble towards their Lord - they are the inhabitants of genetic, they (will remain) there all-time.

(11:24) The example of the two groups is like the blind and deaf, the seer and hearer. Are they equal when compared? Do you not take heed?

(11:25) We had sent Noah to his people: "I am to you a clear warner!"

(11:26) "Obey no one but Allah, for I fear that you will be subjected to suffering in the Day of Torment."

(11:27) The leaders who rejected from amongst his people said, "We do not see you except as a human like us, and we see that only the lowest amongst our people with shallow opinion have followed you. We do not see anything that makes you better than us. In fact, we think you are liars."

(11:28) He said, "My people, do you not see that I have proof from my Lord and He gave me mercy from Himself, but you are blinded to it? Shall we compel you to it while you are averse to it?"

(11:29) "My people, I do not ask you for money, my gratuity is with Allah. Nor will I turn away those who acknowledge, for they will meet their Lord. But I see that you are a people who are ignorant."

(11:30) "My people, who will give me victory against Allah if I turn them away? Will you not reflect?"

(11:31) "Nor do I say to you that I have the treasures of Allah. And I do not know the abyss. And I do not say that I am an angel, nor do I say to those whom your eyes look down upon that Allah will not grant them any good. Allah is more aware of what is in them. In such case I would be among the wicked."

(11:32) They said, "O Noah, you have argued with us, and continued arguing with us, so bring us what you promise us if you are of the truthful ones."

(11:33) He said, "It is Allah who will bring it to you if He wishes; you will not have any escape."

(11:34) "My advice will not benefit you if I wanted to advise you and Allah wanted that you should stray. He is your Lord, and to Him you will return."

(11:35) Or do they say, "He invented it?" Say, "If I invented it, then I am responsible for my crime, and I am innocent from your crimes."

(11:36) It was inspired to Noah: "The only minded amid your people will be those who have already imagined. So do not be saddened by what they have done."

(11:37) "Construct the Ship under Our eyes and Our inspiration, and do not address to Me regarding those who are wicked. They will be drowned."

(11:38) As he was constructing the Ship, every time any cluster from his people passed by, they mocked him. He said, "If you mock us, then we also mock you as you mock."

(11:39) "You will know to whom the retribution will come to disgrace him, and upon him will be a lasting punishment."

(11:40) So, when Our command came and the geyser erupted. We said, "Carry in it two from every pair, and your family, except those against whom the word has been issued and whoever acknowledged." But those who acknowledged with him were few.

(11:41) He said, "Climb inside, in the name of Allah shall be its sailing and its anchorage. My Lord is Forgiving, Compassionate."

(11:42) While it was running with them in waves like mountains, Noah called to his son, who was in an isolated place: "My son, ride with us, and do not be with the ingrates!"

(11:43) He said, "I will take refuge to the mountain which will save me from the water." He said, "There is no savior from Allah's decree except to whom He grants mercy." The wave came between them, so he was one of those who drowned.

(11:44) It was said, "O land, abolish your water, and O sky, cease." The water was diminished, and the matter concluded. It came to rest on the Judea, and it was said, "Away with the wicked people."

(11:45) Noah called on his Lord, and he said, "My Lord, my son is from my family, and your promise is the truth, and you are the most acuminate of all Judges."

(11:46) He said, "O Noah, he is not from your family, he committed sin, so do not ask what you have no knowledge of. I advise you not to be of the okhloman."

(11:47) He said, "My Lord, I seek refuge with You that I would ask You what I did not have knowledge of. If You do not forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be of the losers!"

(11:48) It was said, "O Noah, descend in peace from Us and blessings upon you and upon nations to come from those with you. And nations whom We will grant pleasure, then a painful retribution will reach them from Us."

(11:49) This is from the news of the abyss that We inspire to you. Neither did you nor your people know this, so be sober. The ending is always in favor of the cautious.

(11:50) We sent their brother Hud to the Adites. He said: "O my people! Obey Allah, for you have no deity but Him. But you fabricate lies.

(11:51) "My people, I do not ask you for any gratuity, my gratuity is from the One who authorized me. Will you not be cleverer?"

(11:52) "My people, seek forgiveness from your Lord, then repent to Him. He will send the sky to you abundantly, and He will increase might to your might. So do not turn away as criminals."

(11:53) They said, "O Hud, you have not come to us with any proof, nor will we leave our Allahs based on what you say. We will not acknowledge you."

(11:54) "All we can say is that perhaps some of our Allahs have possessed you with evil." He said, "I make Allah my witness, and all of you witness that I disown what you have set up as partners.

(11:55) instead of Him. Build your intrigues against me all together and do not give me a reprieve."

(11:56) "I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. There is not a creature except He will seize it by its frontal lobe. My Lord is on a cumulative strategy."

(11:57) "If you turn away, then I have delivered what I was sent to you with. My Lord will bring after you a people who are not like you, and you will not harm Him in the least. My Lord is Guardian over all things."

(11:58) When Our command came, We saved Hud and those who acknowledged with him by a mercy from Us, and We saved them from a harsh retribution.

(11:59) Such was the case of Aad. They disregarded the ideas of their Lord, and they disobeyed His messengers, and they followed the lead of everyone powerful and stubborn.

(11:60) They were followed by a curse in this world and on the day of judgment, for Aad rejected their Lord. There is no more Aad, the people of Hud.

(11:61) And to the Samudites their brother, Salih. He said: "O my people! Obey Allah, there is no one for you who (became) Allah apart from Him. It is Allah who formed you from the earth, (creating) the conditions for life. (Ask) Allah for forgiveness, then (turn) to Allah in repentance. For my Lord is the Close, the Responsive One."

(11:62) They said, "O Salih! You used to be our hope. Do you forbid us to obey him to whom our fathers obeyed? Verily, we are in doubt concerning that for which you call us, (and we remain) in doubt.

(11:63) He said, "My people, what do you think if I was on clear evidence from my Lord, and He gave me from Him a mercy. Who would then support me against Allah if I disobey Him? You would only increase me in loss!"

(11:64) "O my people! This camel of Allah is an idea for you. So leave it to be in Allah's land. And do not harm her, or else a close retribution will take you."

(11:65) But they slaughtered her. So he said, "You will only have three days of enjoyment in your homes. This is a promise that will not be denied."

(11:66) So, when Our command came, We saved Saleh and those who acknowledged with him by a mercy from Us against the disgrace of that day. Your Lord is the Powerful, the Massive.

(11:67) Those who wronged were taken by the scream, thus they lay motionless in their homes.

(11:68) It is as if they never lived there. For Thamud rejected their Lord. There is no more Thamud.

(11:69) Our messengers brought glad tidings to Abraham and said, "Salute!" He said: "Salute for you!" - and hurried off to bring the roast calf.

(11:70) But when he saw that their hands did not go towards it, he mistrusted them, and felt a fear of them. They said, "Have no fear, we have been sent to the people of Lot."

(11:71) His wife was standing, so she laughed when We gave her good news of Isaac, and after Isaac, Jacob.

(11:72) She said, "O my! how can I give birth while I am an old woman, and here is my husband an old man? This is indeed a strange thing!"

(11:73) They said, "Do you wonder at the decree of Allah? Allah's Compassion and Blessings are upon you O people of the sanctuary. He is Praiseworthy, Glorious."

(11:74) So when the shock left Abraham, and the good news was delivered to him, he began to argue with Us for the people of Lot.

(11:75) Abraham was compassionate, kind and appealing (to Allah).

(11:76) O Abraham, turn away from this. Your Lord's command has come, and a retribution that will not be turned back is coming for them.

(11:77) When Our messengers came to Lot, he was grieved on their account and he felt discomfort for them and said, "This is a distressful day."

(11:78) His people came rushing towards him, and were accustomed to committing sin. He said, "My people, these are my daughters, they are purer for you, so be aware of Allah and do not disgrace me regarding my guests. Is there no reasonable man among you?"

(11:79) They said, "You know we have no interest in your daughters, and you are aware of what we want!"

(11:80) He said, "If only I had strength against you, or I could find for myself some powerful support."

(11:81) They said, "O Lot! In fact we are messengers of your Lord, and they will not harm you. Go forth with your family in the (last) stretch of the Night, and let none of you alleviate. And only your wife will be struck by what will strike the others. Their term will come out with the dawn. Isn't the dawn coming soon?"

(11:82) So when Our command came, We turned it upside down, and We rained on it with hardened fiery projectiles.

(11:83) Marked from your Lord, and they are never far from the wicked.

(11:84) We sent their brother Shuaib to the Magyans. He said: "O my people, obey Allah, for you have no other deity but Allah. Do not be measured and do not be weighed down. I see how prosperous you are, and I fear that torment will befall you on the Day of Resurrection.

(11:85) "My people, give full measure and weight with justice, do not hold back from the people what is theirs, and do not roam the land corrupting."

(11:86) "What will remain for you with Allah is far better if you are those who acknowledge. I am not a guardian over you."

(11:87) They said, "O Shuaib! Does your synthesis command us to leave what our fathers obeyed, or to dispose of our possessions in a way we do not want? After all, you are the Endurance, the Conscious One!"

(11:88) He said, "O my people, do you see that if I am on clear evidence from my Lord, and He has provided me with good provision from Him, then I would not want to contradict by doing what I forbid you from. I only want to fix what I can, and my guidance is only with Allah. To Him I place my trust, and to Him I repent."

(11:89) "My people, let not your hatred towards me incriminate you that you suffer the fate of what afflicted the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh; and the people of Lot were not far off from you."

(11:90) "Seek forgiveness from your Lord then repent to Him. My Lord is Compassionate, Loving."

(11:91) They said, "O Shuayb, we do not understand most of what you say, and we see you as weak amongst us. If it were not for who your family is, we would have stoned/rejected you, and you would not be proud against us."

(11:92) He said, "My people, is my family more important to you than Allah, while you have cast Him away behind your backs? My Lord is Encompassing over what you do."

(11:93) "My people, continue to act as you do, and I will act. You will then come to know to whom the humiliating retribution will come and who is the liar. Watch then, and I will watch with you."

(11:94) When Our command came, We saved Shuayb and those who acknowledged with him by a mercy from Us; and the scream took those who had wronged, so they lay motionless in their homes.

(11:95) It is as if they never lived there. Away with Midian as it was away with Thamud.

(11:96) We sent Moses with Our ideas and a clear authority.

(11:97) To Pharaoh and his leaders. But they followed the command of Pharaoh, and Pharaoh's command was not awareness.

(11:98) He will be at the head of his people on the day of Resurrection, and he will lead them to the fire. What a miserable place they are lead in!

(11:99) They were followed by a curse in this, and on the day of Resurrection. What a miserable path to follow!

(11:100) That is from the news of the towns which We relate to you; some are still standing and some have been wiped-out.

(11:101) We were not unjust to them, but they were unjust to themselves. When the command of your Lord came, the deities whom they cried unto instead of Allah did them no good. They added nothing to them but futility.

(11:102) Such is the taking of your Lord when He takes the towns while they are wicked. His taking is painful, severe.

(11:103) Indeed, in this is an idea for those who fear torment in the Last Life. This will be the day when people will be gathered together. It will be a day when all will be present.

(11:104) We do not delay it except to a term already prepared for.

(11:105) On the day it comes, no person will speak to another except by His leave. Than, among them, some will be miserable, and some, happy.

(11:106) As for those who are distraught, they will be in the fire; in it for them is a sighing and a wailing.

(11:107) They will abide in it as long as the heavens and earth exist, except for what your Lord wishes. Your Lord does as He pleases.

(11:108) As for those who are fortunate, they will be in genetic; in it they will abide as long as the heavens and earth exist, except for what your Lord wishes, a giving without end.

(11:109) So don't get into a polemic about obedience. They will only obey as their fathers obeyed in the past. And in fact, We will do away with them. Their fate will not be relieved.

(11:110) We have given Moses the book, yet they disputed in it; and had it not been for a word which was already given by your Lord, their case would have been judged immediately. They are in grave doubt concerning it.

(11:111) To each your Lord will recompense their works. He is Ever-aware in what they do.

(11:112) So stand straight as you were commanded together with those who repented with you and do not transgress. He is watcher over what you do.

(11:113) You shall not lean towards those who have wronged, else you will incur the fire; and you will not have besides Allah any allies, and you will not be victorious.

(11:114) You shall hold the contact prayer at both ends of the day and the near part of the night. The good deeds take away the bad. This is a reminder for those who remember.

(11:115) Be patient, for Allah does not waste the gratuity of the good doers.

(11:116) Oh, if only among the civilization that lived before you were endowed with a particle (of wisdom) that (would have tried) to prevent (environmental and humanitarian) catastrophes on earth! We have saved only a few of them. And the lawless ones chased after the luxury they got, and became criminals.

(11:117) Your Lord would not destroy the towns wrongfully, while its people were good doers.

(11:118) Had your Lord wished, He could have made the mankind one confession, but they still would continue to disagree.

(11:119) Except those over whom your Lord has had mercy. He created them for this purpose. The word of your Lord will be timed: "I will (surely) fill Samsara with geniuses and men - all together."

(11:120) And all that We have turned unto you of the Updates of the Message (will prove) to be that which (will result) in the reinforcement of your intuition. And it has appeared unto you in this - Truth, and exhortation, and methodology for those who are trusted.

(11:121) Say to those who do not acknowledge: "Continue to do what you will, we will also do.”

(11:122) "Wait, for we are also waiting."

(11:123) Allah knows what is hidden in heaven and on earth, and to Allah things return. Therefore obey Allah and trust in Allah, for your Lord is not unaware of what you are doing.

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