Al-Muminoon (The Believers)
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In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Compassionate.
(23:1) Confidently immanent are accomplished,
(23:2) those who are hush in their solitude,
(23:3) and those who separates from the lying,
(23:4) and those who are completely executives,
(23:5) and those who capsulate virginity,
(23:6) Except around their mates, or those whom they have contractual rights, they are free from blame.
(23:7) But whosoever seeks anything beyond this, then these are the transgressors.
(23:8) Those who are true to what they have been entrusted and their pledges.
(23:9) Those who maintain their support.
(23:10) These are the inheritors.
(23:11) The ones who shall inherit Paradise, in it they will abide.
(23:12) We have created people from an extract of clay. 1
(23:13) Then We made him a sperm drop in a safe lodging.
(23:14) Then We created the sperm drop into an embryo, then We created the embryo into a fetus, then We created the fetus into bone, then We covered the bone with flesh, then We brought forth a new creation. So glory be to Allah, the best of creators.
(23:15) Then after that, you will die.
(23:16) Then you will be resurrected on the day of Resurrection.
(23:17) Indeed We have created above you seven orbits. We were never in ignorance of creation.
(23:18) We sent down from the sky water in due measure, then We let it reside in the land, and We are capable of taking it away.
(23:19) So We brought forth for you gardens of palm trees and grapes, for which you will find many fruits and from it you will eat.
(23:20) A tree which emerges from the mount of Sinai, it grows oil and is a relish for those who eat.
(23:21) In the livestock are lessons for you. We give you to drink from what is in its bellies, and you have many other benefits from them, and of them you eat.
(23:22) On them and on the ships you are carried.
(23:23) Indeed, We guided Noah to his people, and he said: "O my people! obey Allah, for you have no other deity but Allah. Will you not be afraid?"
(23:24) But the leaders who rejected from among his people said, "What is this but a human like you? He wants to make himself better than you! If it was indeed Allah's will, He would have sent down angels. We did not hear such a thing among our fathers of old."
(23:25) "He is no more than a man who has genius in him. So keep watch on him for a while."
(23:26) He said, "My Lord, grant me victory for what they denied me."
(23:27) So We inspired him: "Construct the Ship under Our eyes and Our inspiration. Then, when Our command comes and the geyser erupts, then you shall take on the Ship two from every pair, and your family; except for those of them upon whom the word has come. Do not address Me regarding those who have done wrong, for they will be drowned."
(23:28) So when you and those who are with you have embarked on the Ship, then say, "All praise is due to Allah who has saved us from the wicked people."
(23:29) Say, "My Lord, cause me to embark upon a blessed place, for You are the best for those who embark."
(23:30) In this are ideas, and We will always test.
(23:31) Following them, We created another civilization.
(23:32) We sent to them a messenger from among themselves, "Obey Allah, for you have no other deity but Him. Will you not be afraid?
(23:33) The leaders from amongst his people who rejected and denied the meeting of the Hereafter; and We indulged them in this worldly life; said, "What is this but a human like you? He eats from what you eat and he drinks from what you drink."
(23:34) "If you obey a human like you, then you will indeed be losers."
(23:35) "Does he promise you that if you die and become dust and bones that you will be brought out?"
(23:36) "Far fetched is what you are being promised."
(23:37) "There is nothing but our worldly life, we die and we live, and we will not be resurrected."
(23:38) And Pharaoh said, "O Priesthood! I know no other Allah for you except Myself. O Haman! And burn the Clay, and make for me a temple, so that I may ascend to the Allah of Moses. And verily, I (surely) believe that he is of (the number of) Liars.
(23:39) He said, "My Lord, grant me victory for what they denied me."
(23:40) He replied: "In a little while they will be in regret."
(23:41) So the scream took them with justice, and We made them as dead plants. So away with the wicked people.
(23:42) Then, We created another civilization.
(23:43) No nation can hasten its appointed time, nor can it delay.
(23:44) Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation their messenger, they denied him. So We made them follow one another, and We made them history. So away with a people who do not acknowledge!
(23:45) Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron. With Our ideas and a clear authority.
(23:46) To Pharaoh and his leaders. But they became arrogant, for they were a high and mighty people.
(23:47) Here they said, "Why should we trust two simpletons like us, while their people obey us?"
(23:48) So they denied them, and they became of those who were destroyed.
(23:49) We have given Moses the book, so that they may be guided.
(23:50) We made the son of Mary and his mother an idea, and We gave them refuge on high ground, a place for resting and with a water spring
(23:51) "O messengers, eat from what is good, and do righteous work. I am aware of what you do."
(23:52) "This is your nation, one nation, and I am your Lord so be aware."
(23:53) But the affair was disputed between them into segments. Every group happy with what it had.
(23:54) So leave them in their error until a time.
(23:55) Do they not think why We are extending them with wealth and children?
(23:56) We are quick to give them the good things. But they do not perceive.
(23:57) As for those who are in reverence from the awareness of their Lord.
(23:58) They acknowledge the ideas of their Lord.
(23:59) They do not set up anything with their Lord.
(23:60) They give of what they were given, and their hearts are full of reverence that they will return to their Lord.
(23:61) These are the ones who race in doing good, and they are the first to it.
(23:62) We do not burden a person except with what it can bear. We have a record that speaks with the truth, they will not be wronged.
(23:63) No, their hearts are unaware of this! They have deeds besides this which they are doing.
(23:64) Until We take their carefree people with the retribution, then they will shout for help.
(23:65) Do not shout for help today, for you will not be helped against Us.
(23:66) My ideas were recited to you, but you used to turn back on your heels.
(23:67) You were too proud from it, talking evil about it; and you defiantly disregarded it.
(23:68) Why do they not analyze the Formulas? Or did something appear to them that did not come to their ancestors?
(23:69) Or did they not know their messenger? For they are in denial of him.
(23:70) Or do they say that there is a genius in him? No, he has come to them with the truth, but most of them are hateful of the truth.
(23:71) If the truth were to follow their desires, then the heavens and the earth and all who are in them would have been corrupted. No, We have come to them with their reminder, but from their reminder they are turning away.
(23:72) Or do you ask them for a wage? The wage of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers.
(23:73) You are inviting them to a Straight Path.
(23:74) Those who do not acknowledge the Hereafter, they are deviating away from the path.
(23:75) If We were to have mercy on them and remove what distress was upon them, they would still return to persist in their transgression, wandering blindly.
(23:76) When We seized them with the punishment, they did not humble themselves to their Lord nor did they invoke Him.
(23:77) Until We open for them a door of immense retribution, then they become in sorrow and despair.
(23:78) He is the One who established for you the hearing, and the eyesight and the intuition. But little do you give sincerity.
(23:79) He is the One who multiplied you on the earth, and to Him you will be returned.
(23:80) He is the One who gives life and brings death, and to Him is the alteration of the night and the day. Do you not reason?
(23:81) No, they have said the same as what the people of old had said.
(23:82) They said, "If we are dead and become dust and bones, will we then be resurrected?"
(23:83) "We, as well as our fathers, have been promised this from before. This is nothing but the ancient miths."
(23:84) Say, "To whom the earth is and whosoever is in it if you know?"
(23:85) They will say, "To Allah" Say, "Will you then not remember!"
(23:86) Say, "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the great dominion?"
(23:87) They will say, "To Allah" Say, "Will you then not take heed?"
(23:88) Say, "In whose hand is the sovereignty of all things, and He protects while there is no protector against Him, if you know?"
(23:89) They will say, "To Allah" Say, "Then why are you deceived?"
(23:90) No, We have come to them with the truth, and they are truly liars.
(23:91) Allah has not taken a son, nor is there with Him any Allah. If it were so, then every Allah would have taken what He created and they would have tried to overtake each other. Allah be glorified against what they describe!
(23:92) The knower of the unseen and the seen. Be He exalted above what they set up.
(23:93) Say, "My Lord, if You show me what they are promised."
(23:94) "My Lord, then do not leave me amongst the wicked people."
(23:95) We are able to show you what We promise them.
(23:96) Repel evil with what is better. We are better aware of what they describe.
(23:97) Say, "My Lord, I seek refuge with you from the whispers of the devils."
(23:98) "I seek refuge with you O Lord that they should come near."
(23:99) Until death comes to one of them, he says: "My Lord, send me back."
(23:100) "So that I may do good in what I have left behind." No, it is but a word he is speaking. There is a barrier to prevent them from going back until the day they are all resurrected.
(23:101) So when the horn is blown, then there will be no kinship between them on that day, nor will they ask for one another.
(23:102) So, those whose weight is heavy on the scales, then those are the successful ones.
(23:103) Those whose weight is light on the scales, those are the ones who lost themselves, in hell they will abide.
(23:104) The fire will scorch their faces, and in it their grin will be with displaced lips.
(23:105) "Were My ideas not recited to you, then you denied them?"
(23:106) They said, "Our Lord, our wickedness overcame us, and we were a misguided people."
(23:107) "Our Lord, bring us out of it, and if we return to this then we are wicked."
(23:108) He said, "Be humiliated therein and do not speak to Me."
(23:109) In fact, there was a part of My obedient who said, "Lord! We trusted. So forgive us, and (bestow) upon us mercy, for You are the Best in Mercy.
(23:110) But you mocked them, so much so that they made you forget My remembrance, and you used to laugh at them.
(23:111) I have rewarded them today for their patience, they are indeed the winners.
(23:112) Say, "How long have you stayed on earth in terms of years?"
(23:113) They said, "We remained for a day, or for part of a day. So ask those who kept count."
(23:114) He said, "You have remained for very little, if you knew."
(23:115) "Did you think that We have created you thoughtlessly, and that you would not be returned to Us?"
(23:116) So, exalted is Allah, the true King, there is no Allah but He, the Lord of the supreme throne.
(23:117) Whosoever calls on another Allah with Allah when he has no proof for such, then his judgment is with his Lord. The ingrates will never succeed.
(23:118) Say, "My Lord, forgive and have mercy, and you are the best of those who are merciful."
