THE CRITERION (al-Furqan)
In the name of
God, the Gracious, the Merciful
.
1.
Blessed is He who sent down the Crite-rion upon His
servant, to be a warning to humanity.
2.
He to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the
earth, who took to Him-self no son, who never had a partner in His kingship;
who created everything, and determined its measure.
3.
And yet, instead of Him, they produce for themselves
gods that create nothing, but are themselves created; that have no power to
harm or benefit themselves; and no power over life, death, or resurrection.
4. Those who
disbelieve say, “This is noth-ing but a lie that he made up, and others have
helped him at it.” They have commit-ted an injustice
and a perjury.
5.
And they say, “Tales of the ancients; he wrote them
down; they are dictated to him morning and evening.”
6. Say, “It was
revealed by He who knows the Secret in the heavens and the earth. He
is always Forgiving and Merciful.”
7.
And they say, “What sort of messenger is this, who
eats food, and walks in the marketplaces? If only an angel was sent down with
him, to be alongside him a warner.”
8.
Or, “If only a treasure was dropped on him.” Or, “If
only he had a garden from which he eats.” The evildoers also say, “You are
following but a man under spell.”
9.
Look how they invent examples for you. They have gone
astray, and cannot find a way.
10.
Blessed is He who, if He wills, can pro-vide you with
better than that—gardens beneath which rivers flow—and He will give you
palaces.
11.
In fact, they have denied the Hour, and We have
prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.
12.
When it sees them from a distant place, they will hear
it raging and roaring.
13.
And when they are thrown into it, into a tight place,
shackled, they will plead for death.
14.
“Do not plead for one death today, but plead for a
great many deaths.”
15. Say, “Is
this better, or the Garden of Eternity promised to the righteous? It
is for them a reward and a destination.
16.
They will have therein whatever they desire, forever.
That is upon your Lord a binding promise.
17.
On the Day when He gathers them, and what they
worshiped besides God, He will say, “Was it you who misled these servants of
Mine, or was it they who lost the way?”
18.
They will say, “Glory be to You. It was not for us to
take any lords besides You. But you gave them enjoyments, and their ancestors,
until they forgot the Message, and became ruined people.”
19.
They have denied you because of what you say; so you
can neither avert, nor help. Whoever among you commits injustice, We will make
him taste a grievous pun-ishment.
20. We never
sent any messengers before you, but they ate food and walked in the
marketplaces. And We made some of you tempters for one another—will you be
patient? Your Lord is always Observing.
21.
Those who do not expect to meet Us say, “If only the
angels were sent down to us, or we could see our Lord.” They have grown
arrogant within themselves, and have become excessively defiant.
22.
On the Day when they see the angels— there will be no
good news for sinners on that Day; and they will say, “A protective refuge.”
23.
We will proceed to the works they did, and will turn
them into scattered dust.
24.
The companions of Paradise on that Day will be better
lodged, and more fairly accommodated.
25.
The Day when the sky is cleft with clouds, and the
angels are sent down in streams.
26.
On that Day, true sovereignty will be-long to the
Merciful, and it will be a diffi-cult Day for the disbelievers.
27.
On that Day, the wrongdoer will bite his hands, and
say, “If only I had followed the way with the Messenger.
28.
Oh, woe to me; I wish I never took so-and-so for a
friend.
29.
He led me away from the Message after it had come to
me; for Satan has always been a betrayer of man.”
30. And the
Messenger will say, “My Lord, my people have abandoned this Quran.”
31. Likewise, to
every prophet We assign enemies from among the wicked. But
your Lord suffices as a guide and savior.
32. Those who
disbelieve say, “Why was the Quran not revealed to him at once?” Thus in order
to strengthen your heart thereby, and We revealed it in stages.
33. Whatever
argument they come to you with, We provide you with the truth, and a better
exposition.
34. Those who
are herded into Hell on their faces—those are in a worse position, and further
astray from the way.
35. We gave
Moses the Scripture, and ap-pointed his brother Aaron as his assistant.
36. We said, “Go
to the people who reject-ed Our signs,” and We destroyed them completely.
37. And the
people of Noah—when they rejected the messengers, We drowned them, and made
them a lesson for man-kind. We have prepared for the wrongdo-ers a painful
retribution.
38. And Aad, and
Thamood, and the in-habitants of Arras, and many generations in between.
39. To each We
presented the parables; and each We devastated utterly.
40. And they
came upon the city that was drenched by the terrible rain. Did they not see it?
But they do not expect resurrection.
41. And when
they see you, they take you for nothing but mockery: “Is this the one God sent
as a messenger?”
42. “He nearly
led us away from our gods, had we not patiently adhered to them.” But they will
know, when they witness the torment, who is further away from the way.
43. Have you
seen him who chose his de-sire as his god? Would you be an agent for him?
44. Or do you
assume that most of them hear or understand? They are just like cat-tle, but
even more errant in their way.
45. Do you not
see how your Lord extends the shadow? Had He willed, He could have made it
still. And We made the sun a pointer to it.
46. Then We
withdraw it towards Us grad-ually.
47. And it is He
who made the night a cov-ering for you, and sleep for rest; and He made the day
a revival.
48. And it is He
who sends the winds, bringing advance news of His mercy, and We send down from
the sky pure water.
49. To revive
dead lands thereby, and to provide drink for the multitude of animals and
humans We created.
50. We have
circulated it among them, that they may reflect, but most people persist in
thanklessness.
51. Had We
willed, We could have sent to every town a warner.
52.
So do not obey the disbelievers, but strive against
them with it, a mighty strug-gle.
53.
And it is He who merged the two seas; this one fresh
and sweet, and that one salty and bitter; and He placed between them a barrier,
and an impassable boundary.
54. And it is He
who, from fluid, created the human being. Then He made relation-ships through
marriage and mating. Your Lord is Omnipotent.
55.
And yet, instead of God, they serve what neither
profits them nor harms them. The disbeliever has always turned his back on his
Lord.
56.
We sent you only as a herald of good news and a
warner.
57.
Say, “I ask of you no payment for this— only that whoever
wills may take a path to his Lord.”
58.
And put your trust in the Living, the One who never
dies; and celebrate His praise. He suffices as the All-Informed Knower of the
faults of His creatures.
59. He who
created the heavens and the earth and everything between them in six days, then
settled on the Throne. The Most Merciful. Ask about Him a
well-informed.
60. And when it
is said to them, “Bow down to the Merciful,” they say, “And what is the
Merciful? Are we to bow down to whatever you command us?” And
it increases their aversion.
61.
Blessed is He who placed constellations in the sky,
and placed in it a lamp, and an illuminating moon.
62.
And it is He who made the night and the day
alternate—for whoever desires to reflect, or desires to show gratitude.
63.
The servants of the Merciful are those who walk the
earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, “Peace.”
64.
And those who pass the night prostrat-ing themselves
to their Lord and standing up.
65.
And those who say, ‘‘Our Lord, avert from us the
suffering of Hell, for its suffer-ing is continuous.
66.
It is indeed a miserable residence and destination.”
67.
And those who, when they spend, are neither wasteful
nor stingy, but choose a middle course between that.
68. And those
who do not implore besides God any other god, and do not kill the soul which
God has made sacred—except in the pursuit of justice—and do not commit
adultery. Whoever does that will face penalties.
69.
The punishment will be doubled for him on the Day of
Resurrection, and he will dwell therein in humiliation forever.
70. Except for
those who repent, and be-lieve, and do good deeds. These—God will replace their
bad deeds with good deeds. God is ever Forgiving and
Merciful.
71. Whoever
repents and acts righteous-ly—has inclined towards God with re-pentance.
72. And those
who do not bear false wit-ness; and when they come across indecen-cies, they
pass by with dignity.
73. And those
who, when reminded of the revelations of their Lord, do not fall before them
deaf and blind.
74. And those
who say, “Our Lord, grant us delight in our spouses and our children, and make
us a good example for the right-eous.”
75. Those will
be awarded the Chamber for their patience, and will be greeted therein with
greetings and peace.
76. Abiding
therein forever—it is an excel-lent residence and destination.
77. Say, “What
are you to my Lord without your prayers? You have denied the truth, and the
inevitable will happen.”
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