In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent,
the Merciful.
[67.1]
Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom,
and He has power over all things,
[67.2]
Who created death and life that He may try you-- which of you is best in deeds;
and He is the Mighty,
the Forgiving,
[67.3]
Who created the seven heavens one above another;
you see no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent God;
then look again,
can you see any disorder?
[67.4]
Then turn back the eye again and again;
your look shall ' come back to you confused while it is fatigued.
[67.5]
And certainly We have adorned this lower heaven with ( lamps and We have made these missiles for the Shaitans,
and We have prepared for them the chastisement of burning.
[67.6]
And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the punishment of hell,
and evil is the resort.
[67.7]
When they shall be cast therein,
they shall hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves,
[67.8]
Almost bursting for fury.
Whenever a group is cast into it,
its keeper shall ask them:
Did there not come to you a warner?
[67.9]
They shall say:
Yea!
indeed there came to us a warner,
but we rejected (him) and said:
Allah has not revealed anything,
you are only in a great error.
[67.10]
And they shall say:
Had we but listened or pondered,
we should not have been among the inmates of the burning fire.
[67.11]
So they shall acknowledge their sins,
but far will be (forgiveness) from the inmates of the burning fire.
[67.12]
(As for) those who fear their Lord in secret,
they shall surely have forgiveness and a great reward.
[67.13]
And conceal your word or manifest it;
surely He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.
[67.14]
Does He not know,
Who created?
And He is the Knower of the subtleties,
the Aware.
[67.15]
He it is Who made the earth smooth for you,
therefore go about in the spacious sides thereof,
and eat of His sustenance,
and to Him is the return after death.
[67.16]
Are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not make the earth to swallow you up?
Then lo!
it shall be in a state of commotion.
[67.17]
Or are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not send down upon you a punishment?
Then shall you know how was My warning.
[67.18]
And certainly those before them rejected (the truth),
then how was My disapproval.
[67.19]
Have they not seen the birds above them expanding (their wings) and contracting (them)?
What is it that withholds them save the Beneficent God?
Surely He sees everything.
[67.20]
Or who is it that will be a host for you to assist you besides the Beneficent God?
The unbelievers are only in deception.
[67.21]
Or who is it that will give you sustenance if He should withhold His sustenance?
Nay!
they persist in disdain and aversion.
[67.22]
What!
is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright upon a straight path?
[67.23]
Say:
He it is Who brought you into being and made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts:
little is it that you give thanks.
[67.24]
Say:
He it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him you shall be gathered.
[67.25]
And they say:
When shall this threat be (executed) if you are truthful?
[67.26]
Say:
The knowledge (thereof is only with Allah and I am only a plain warner.
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[67.27]
But when they shall see it nigh,
the faces of those who disbelieve shall be sorry,
and it shall be said;
This is that which you used to call for.
[67.28]
Say:
Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me-- rather He will have mercy on us;
yet who will protect the unbelievers from a painful punishment?
[67.29]
Say:
He is the Beneficent God,
we believe in Him and on Him do we rely,
so you shall come to know who it is that is in clear error.
[67.30]
Say:
Have you considered if your water should go down,
who is it then that will bring you flowing water?