Hizb 58

Say, [O Muḥammad], "It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.

And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son

And that our foolish one [i.e., Iblees] has been saying about Allāh an excessive transgression.

And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allāh a lie.

And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden [i.e., sin].

And they had thought, as you thought, that Allāh would never send anyone [as a messenger].

And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames.

And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.

And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.

And among us are the righteous, and among us are [others] not so; we were [of] divided ways.

And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allāh upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

And when we heard the guidance [i.e., the Qur’ān], we believed in it. And whoever believes in his Lord will not fear deprivation or burden.

And among us are Muslims [in submission to Allāh], and among us are the unjust. And whoever has become Muslim - those have sought out the right course.

But as for the unjust, they will be, for Hell, firewood.'

And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision].

So We might test them therein. And whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord He will put into arduous punishment.

And [He revealed] that the masjids are for Allāh, so do not invoke with Allāh anyone.

And that when the Servant [i.e., Prophet] of Allāh stood up supplicating Him, they almost became about him a compacted mass."

Say, [O Muḥammad], "I only invoke my Lord and do not associate with Him anyone."

Say, "Indeed, I do not possess for you [the power of] harm or right direction."

Say, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allāh anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge.

But [I have for you] only notification from Allāh, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allāh and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.

[The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number.

Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period."

[He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone

Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers

That he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.

O you who wraps himself [in clothing]

Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -

Half of it - or subtract from it a little

Or add to it, and recite the Qur’ān with measured recitation.

Indeed, We will cast upon you a heavy word.

Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.

Indeed, for you by day is prolonged occupation.

And remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself to Him with [complete] devotion.

[He is] the Lord of the East and the West; there is no deity except Him, so take Him as Disposer of [your] affairs.

And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.

And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.

Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire.

And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white-haired?

The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled.

Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.

Indeed, your Lord knows, [O Muḥammad], that you stand [in prayer] almost two thirds of the night or half of it or a third of it, and [so do] a group of those with you. And Allāh determines [the extent of] the night and the day. He has known that you [Muslims] will not be able to do it and has turned to you in forgiveness, so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur’ān. He has known that there will be among you those who are ill and others traveling throughout the land seeking [something] of the bounty of Allāh and others fighting for the cause of Allāh. So recite what is easy from it and establish prayer and give zakāh and loan Allāh a goodly loan. And whatever good you put forward for yourselves - you will find it with Allāh. It is better and greater in reward. And seek forgiveness of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

O you who covers himself [with a garment],

Arise and warn.

And your Lord glorify.

And your clothing purify.

And uncleanliness avoid.

And do not confer favor to acquire more.

But for your Lord be patient.

And when the trumpet is blown,

That Day will be a difficult day

For the disbelievers - not easy.

Leave Me with the one I created alone

And to whom I granted extensive wealth

And children present [with him]

And spread [everything] before him, easing [his life].

Then he desires that I should add more.

No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

I will cover him with arduous torment.

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Then he considered [again];

Then he frowned and scowled;

Then he turned back and was arrogant

And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

This is not but the word of a human being."

I will drive him into Saqar.

And what can make you know what is Saqar?

It lets nothing remain and leaves nothing [unburned],

Altering [i.e., blackening] the skins.

Over it are nineteen [angels].

And We have not made the keepers of the Fire except angels. And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is disease [i.e., hypocrisy] and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allāh intend by this as an example?" Thus does Allāh send astray whom He wills and guide whom He wills. And none knows the soldiers of your Lord except Him. And it [i.e., mention of the Fire] is not but a reminder to humanity.

No! By the moon.

And [by] the night when it departs.

And [by] the morning when it brightens,

Indeed, it [i.e., the Fire] is of the greatest [afflictions].

As a warning to humanity -

To whoever wills among you to proceed or stay behind.

Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained.

Except the companions of the right,.

[Who will be] in gardens, questioning each other

About the criminals,

[And asking them], "What put you into Saqar?"

They will say, "We were not of those who prayed,

Nor did we used to feed the poor.

And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it],

And we used to deny the Day of Recompense

Until there came to us the certainty [i.e., death]."

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

Then what is [the matter] with them that they are, from the reminder, turning away.

As if they were alarmed donkeys.

Fleeing from a lion?

Rather, every person among them desires that he would be given scriptures spread about.

No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.

No! Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a reminder.

Then whoever wills will remember it.

And they will not remember except that Allāh wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

I swear by the Day of Resurrection

And I swear by the reproaching soul [to the certainty of resurrection].

Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.

But man desires to continue in sin.

He asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"

So when vision is dazzled.

And the moon darkens.

And the sun and the moon are joined,

Man will say on that Day, "Where is the [place of] escape?"

No! There is no refuge.

To your Lord, that Day, is the [place of] permanence.

Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back.

Rather, man, against himself, will be a witness,

Even if he presents his excuses.

Move not your tongue with it, [O Muḥammad], to hasten with it [i.e., recitation of the Qur’ān].

Indeed, upon Us is its collection [in your heart] and [to make possible] its recitation.

So when We have recited it [through Gabriel], then follow its recitation.

Then upon Us is its clarification [to you].

No! But you [i.e., mankind] love the immediate

And leave [i.e., neglect] the Hereafter.

[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant,

Looking at their Lord.

And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

Expecting that there will be done to them [something] backbreaking.

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones

And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

And the leg is wound about the leg,

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

And he [i.e., the disbeliever] had not believed, nor had he prayed.

But [instead], he denied and turned away.

And then he went to his people, swaggering [in pride].

Woe to you, and woe!

Then woe to you, and woe!

Does man think that he will be left neglected?

Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allāh] created [his form] and proportioned [him]

And made of him two mates, the male and the female.

Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

Has there [not] come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing [even] mentioned?

Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.

Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.

Indeed, We have prepared for the disbelievers chains and shackles and a blaze.

Indeed, the righteous will drink from a cup [of wine] whose mixture is of Kāfūr,

A spring of which the [righteous] servants of Allāh will drink; they will make it gush forth in force [and abundance].

They [are those who] fulfill [their] vows and fear a Day whose evil will be widespread.

And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,

[Saying], "We feed you only for the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh. We wish not from you reward or gratitude.

Indeed, We fear from our Lord a Day austere and distressful."

So Allāh will protect them from the evil of that Day and give them radiance and happiness

And will reward them for what they patiently endured [with] a garden [in Paradise] and silk [garments].

[They will be] reclining therein on adorned couches. They will not see therein any [burning] sun or [freezing] cold.

And near above them are its shades, and its [fruit] to be picked will be lowered in compliance.

And there will be circulated among them vessels of silver and cups having been [created] clear [as glass],

Clear glasses [made] from silver of which they have determined the measure.

And they will be given to drink a cup [of wine] whose mixture is of ginger

[From] a fountain within it [i.e., Paradise] named Salsabeel.

There will circulate among them young boys made eternal. When you see them, you would think them [as beautiful as] scattered pearls.

And when you look there [in Paradise], you will see pleasure and great dominion.

Upon them [i.e., the inhabitants] will be green garments of fine silk and brocade. And they will be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord will give them a purifying drink.

[And it will be said], "Indeed, this is for you a reward, and your effort has been appreciated."

Indeed, it is We who have sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], the Qur’ān progressively.

So be patient for the decision of your Lord and do not obey from among them a sinner or ungrateful [disbeliever].

And mention the name of your Lord [in prayer] morning and evening

And during the night prostrate to Him and exalt [i.e., praise] Him a long [part of the] night.

Indeed, these [disbelievers] love the immediate and leave behind them a grave Day.

We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.

Indeed, this is a reminder, so he who wills may take to his Lord a way.

And you do not will except that Allāh wills. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

He admits whom He wills into His mercy; but the wrongdoers - He has prepared for them a painful punishment.

By those [winds] sent forth in gusts

And the winds that blow violently

And [by] the winds that spread [clouds]

And those [angels] who bring criterion

And those [angels] who deliver a message.

As justification or warning,

Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.

So when the stars are obliterated

And when the heaven is opened

And when the mountains are blown away

And when the messengers' time has come...

For what Day was it postponed?

For the Day of Judgement.

And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

Did We not destroy the former peoples?

Then We will follow them with the later ones.

Thus do We deal with the criminals.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

Did We not create you from a liquid disdained?

And We placed it in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb]

For a known extent.

And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

Have We not made the earth a container

Of the living and the dead?

And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

[They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.

Proceed to a shadow [of smoke] having three columns.

[But having] no cool shade and availing not against the flame."

Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,

As if they were yellowish [black] camels.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

This is a Day they will not speak,

Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

This is the Day of Judgement; We will have assembled you and the former peoples.

So if you have a plan, then plan against Me.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

Indeed, the righteous will be among shades and springs

And fruits from whatever they desire,

[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

[O disbelievers], eat and enjoy yourselves a little; indeed, you are criminals.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

And when it is said to them, "Bow [in prayer]," they do not bow.

Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

Then in what statement after it [i.e., the Qur’ān] will they believe?