Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have sent thee with the Truth, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner; and there is not a nation but a warner hath passed among them.
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Juz 22
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if they deny thee, those before them also denied. Their messengers came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), and with the Psalms and the Scripture giving light.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen seized I those who disbelieved, and how intense was My abhorrence!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHast thou not seen that Allah causeth water to fall from the sky, and We produce therewith fruit of divers hues; and among the hills are streaks white and red, of divers hues, and (others) raven-black;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd of men and beasts and cattle, in like manner, divers hues? The erudite among His bondmen fear Allah alone. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who read the Scripture of Allah, and establish worship, and spend of that which We have bestowed on them secretly and openly, they look forward to imperishable gain,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat He will pay them their wages and increase them of His grace. Lo! He is Forgiving, Responsive.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAs for that which We inspire in thee of the Scripture, it is the Truth confirming that which was (revealed) before it. Lo! Allah is indeed Observer, Seer of His slaves.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen We gave the Scripture as inheritance unto those whom We elected of Our bondmen. But of them are some who wrong themselves and of them are some who are lukewarm, and of them are some who outstrip (others) through good deeds, by Allah's leave. That is the great favour!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGardens of Eden! They enter them wearing armlets of gold and pearl and their raiment therein is silk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: Praise be to Allah Who hath put grief away from us. Lo! Our Lord is Forgiving, Bountiful,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho, of His grace, hath installed us in the mansion of eternity, where toil toucheth us not nor can weariness affect us.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut as for those who disbelieve, for them is fire of hell; it taketh not complete effect upon them so that they can die, nor is its torment lightened for them. Thus We punish every ingrate.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they cry for help there, (saying): Our Lord! Release us; we will do right, not (the wrong) that we used to do. Did not We grant you a life long enough for him who reflected to reflect therein? And the warner came unto you. Now taste (the flavour of your deeds), for evil-doers have no helper.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! Allah is the Knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. Lo! He is Aware of the secret of (men's) breasts.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe it is Who hath made you regents in the earth; so he who disbelieveth, his disbelief be on his own head. Their disbelief increaseth for the disbelievers, in their Lord's sight, naught save abhorrence. Their disbelief increaseth for the disbelievers naught save loss.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSay: Have ye seen your partner-gods to whom ye pray beside Allah? Show me what they created of the earth! Or have they any portion in the heavens? Or have We given them a scripture so they act on clear proof therefrom? Nay, the evil-doers promise one another only to deceive.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! Allah graspeth the heavens and the earth that they deviate not, and if they were to deviate there is not one that could grasp them after Him. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they swore by Allah, their most binding oath, that if a warner came unto them they would be more tractable than any of the nations; yet, when a warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save repugnance,
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Shown in their) behaving arrogantly in the land and plotting evil; and the evil plot encloseth but the men who make it. Then, can they expect aught save the treatment of the folk of old? Thou wilt not find for Allah's way of treatment any substitute, nor wilt thou find for Allah's way of treatment aught of power to change.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them, and they were mightier than these in power? Allah is not such that aught in the heavens or in the earth escapeth Him. Lo! He is the Wise, the Mighty.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIf Allah took mankind to task by that which they deserve, He would not leave a living creature on the surface of the earth; but He reprieveth them unto an appointed term, and when their term cometh - then verily (they will know that) Allah is ever Seer of His slaves.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYa Sin.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the wise Qur'an,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thou art of those sent
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn a straight path,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA revelation of the Mighty, the Merciful,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat thou mayst warn a folk whose fathers were not warned, so they are heedless.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAlready hath the judgment, (for their infidelity) proved true of most of them, for they believe not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have put on their necks carcans reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou warnest only him who followeth the Reminder and feareth the Beneficent in secret. To him bear tidings of forgiveness and a rich reward.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before (them), and their footprints. And all things We have kept in a clear Register.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallCoin for them a similitude: The people of the city when those sent (from Allah) came unto them;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen We sent unto them twain, and they denied them both, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said: Lo! we have been sent unto you.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Ye are but mortals like unto us. The Beneficent hath naught revealed. Ye do but lie!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey answered: Our Lord knoweth that we are indeed sent unto you,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd our duty is but plain conveyance (of the message).
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you. If ye desist not, we shall surely stone you, and grievous torture will befall you at our hands.
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).