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Sūra 23: Mū-minūn, or The Believers Index Previous Next
78. Wahuwa allathee anshaa lakumu alssamAAa waal-absara waal-af-idata qaleelan ma tashkuroona
78. It is He Who has created for you (the faculties of) hearing, sight, feeling and understanding: little thanks it is ye give!
79. Wahuwa allathee tharaakum fee al-ardi wa-ilayhi tuhsharoona
79. And He has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered back.
80. Wahuwa allathee yuhyee wayumeetu walahu ikhtilafu allayli waalnnahari afala taAAqiloona
80. It is He Who gives life and death, and to Him (is due) the alternation of Night and Day: will ye not then understand?
81. Bal qaloo mithla ma qala al-awwaloona
81. On the contrary they say things similar to what the ancients said.
82. Qaloo a-itha mitna wakunna turaban waAAithaman a-inna lamabAAoothoona
82. They say: "What! when we die and become dust and bones, could we really be raised up again?
83. Laqad wuAAidna nahnu waabaona hatha min qablu in hatha illa asateeru al-awwaleena
83. "Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!"
84. Qul limani al-ardu waman feeha in kuntum taAAlamoona
84. Say: "To whom belong the earth and all beings therein? (say) if ye know!"
85. Sayaqooloona lillahi qul afala tathakkaroona
85. They will say, "To Allah." say: "Yet will ye not receive admonition?"
86. Qul man rabbu alssamawati alssabAAi warabbu alAAarshi alAAatheemi
86. Say: "Who is the Lord of the seven heavens, and the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme?"
87. Sayaqooloona lillahi qul afala tattaqoona
87. They will say, "(They belong) to Allah." Say: "Will ye not then be filled with awe?"
88. Qul man biyadihi malakootu kulli shay-in wahuwa yujeeru wala yujaru AAalayhi in kuntum taAAlamoona
88. Say: "Who is it in whose hands is the governance of all things,--who protects (all), but is not protected (of any)? (say) if ye know."
89. Sayaqooloona lillahi qul faanna tusharoona
89. They will say, "(It belongs) to Allah." Say: "Then how are ye deluded?"
90. Bal ataynahum bialhaqqi wa-innahum lakathiboona
90. We have sent them the Truth: but they indeed practise falsehood!
91. Ma ittakhatha Allahu min waladin wama kana maAAahu min ilahin ithan lathahaba kullu ilahin bima khalaqa walaAAala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin subhana Allahi AAamma yasifoona
91. No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah. (He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him!
92. AAalimi alghaybi waalshshahadati fataAAala AAamma yushrikoona
92. He knows what is hidden and what is open: too high is He for the partners they attribute to Him!