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13. "The Thunder"
  
     
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 Alif. Lam. Mim. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture. That which is revealed unto you from thy Lord is the Truth, but most of humanity do not believe.
 
2.
 It is Allah who raised up the heavens without visible supports, then mounted the Throne, and compelled the sun and the moon to be of service, each running unto an appointed term; He ordered the course; He detailed the revelations, that happily you may be certain of the meeting with your Lord.
 
3.
 And it is He who spread out the earth and placed therein firm hills and flowing streams, and of all fruits He placed therein two spouses male and female. He covereth the night with the day. Behold! herein truly are omens for people who take thought.
 
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 And in the Earth are neighbouring tracts, vineyards and ploughed lands, and date-palms, like and unlike, which are watered with one water. And we have made some of them to excel others in fruit. Behold! herein truly are omens for people who have sense.
 
5.
 And if you wonderest, then wondrous is their saying: When we are dust, are we then forsooth to be raised in a new creation? Such are they who disbelieve in their Lord; such have created their own chains and dwell in a hell of regret and anguish of their own making.
 
6.
 And they bid you hasten on the evil rather than the good, when exemplary judgments have indeed occurred before them. But Lo and Behold! thy Lord is rich in pardon for humanity despite their wrong, and Lo and Behold! thy Lord is fair and just in judgment.
 
7.
 Those who disbelieve say: If only some omen were sent down upon him from his Lord! You are a warner only, and for every people a guide.
 
8.
 Allah knows that which every female beareth and that which the wombs absorb and that which they grow. And everything with Him is measured.
 
9.
 He is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Great, the High Exalted.
 
10.
 Alike of you is he who hides the saying and he who noiseth it abroad, he who lurketh in the night and he who goes freely in the daytime.
 
11.
 For him are angels ranged before him and behind him, who guard him by Allah's command. Behold! Allah changeth not the condition of a people until they first change that which is in their hearts; and if Allah willeth misfortune for a people there is none that can repel it, nor have they a defender beside Him.
 
12.
 It is He Who showeth you the lightning, a fear and a hope, and raiseth the heavy clouds.
 
13.
 The thunder hymneth His praise and so do the angels for awe of Him. He launcheth the thunderbolts and striketh with them whom He will while they dispute in doubt concerning Allah, and He is mighty in wrath.
 
14.
 Unto Him is the real prayer. Those unto whom they pray beside Allah respond to them not at all, except as is the response to one who stretcheth forth his hands toward water asking that it may come unto his mouth, and it will never reach it. The prayer of disbelievers goes far astray.
 
15.
 And unto Allah falleth prostrate whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the morning and the evening hours.
 
16.
 Say O Messenger: Who is Lord of the heavens and the earth? Let it be said: Allah. Let it be said: Take you then others beside Him for protectors, which, even for themselves, have neither benefit nor hurt? Let it be said: Is the blind man equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light? Or assign they unto Allah partners who created the like of His creation so that the creation which they made and His creation seemed alike to them? Let it be said: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty.
 
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 He sends down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth on its surface swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah makeeth the likeness of the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to humanity, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah makeeth the likenesss.
 
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 For those who answered Allah's call is bliss; and for those who answered not His call, if they had all that is in the earth, and therewith the like thereof, they would proffer it as ransom. Such will have a woeful reckoning, and their habitation will be hell, a dire abode.
 
19.
 Is he who knows that what is revealed unto you from thy Lord is the truth like him who is blind? But only men of understanding heed;
 
20.
 Such as keep the pact of Allah, and break not the covenant;
 
21.
 Such as unite that which Allah has commands should be joined, and fear their Lord, and dread a woeful reckoning;
 
22.
 Such as persevere in seeking their Lord's Countenance and are regular in prayer and spend of that which We bestow upon them secretly and openly, and overcome evil with good. Theirs will be the sequel of the heavenly Home,
 
23.
 Gardens of Eden which they enter, along with all who do right of their fathers and their helpmeets and their seed. The angels enter unto them from every gate,
 
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 Saying: Peace be unto you because you persevered. Ah, passing sweet will be the sequel of the heavenly Home.
 
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 And those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it, and cut that which Allah has commanded should be joined, and make mischief in the earth: theirs is the judgment and theirs the ill abode.
 
26.
 Allah enlargeth livelihood for whom He will, and straiteneth it for whom He will; and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of the world is but brief comfort as compared with the Hereafter.
 
27.
 Those who disbelieve say: If only an omen were sent down upon him from his Lord! Let it be said: Behold! Allah sends whom He will astray, and guides unto Himself all who turn unto Him,
 
28.
 Who have believed and whose hearts have rest in the remembrance of Allah. Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!
 
29.
 Those who believe and do right: Joy is for them, and bliss their journey's end.
 
30.
 Thus We send you O Messenger unto a nation, before whom other nations have passed away, that you mayst recite unto them that which We have inspired in thee, while they are disbelievers in the Beneficent. Let it be said: He is my Lord; there is no God except Him. In Him do I put my trust and unto Him is my recourse.
 
31.
 Had it been possible for a Lecture to cause the mountains to move, or the earth to be torn asunder, or the dead to speak, this Qur'an would have done so. No, but Allah's is the whole command. Do not those who believe know that, had Allah willed, He could have guided all humanity? As for those who disbelieve, disaster ceaseth not to strike them because of what they do, or it dwelleth near their home until the threat of Allah come to pass. Behold! Allah fdisturbs not to keep the agreed appointment.
 
32.
 And truly messengers of Allah were mocked before thee, but long I bore with those who disbelieved. At length I seized them, and how awful was My judgment!
 
33.
 Is He Who is aware of the deserts of every soul as he who is aware of nothing? Yet they ascribe unto Allah partners. Let it be said: Name them. Is it that you would inform Him of something which He knows not in the earth? Or is it but a way of speaking? No but their contrivance is made seeming fair for those who disbelieve and they are kept from the right road. He whom Allah sends astray, for him there is no guide.
 
34.
 For them is torment in the life of the world, and truly the doom of the Hereafter is more painful, and they have no defender from Allah.
 
35.
 A likeness of the Gardens of One Heaven which is promised unto those who keep their duty to Allah: Underneath it rivers flow; its food is everlasting, and its shade; this is the reward of those who keep their duty, while the reward of disbelievers is the Fire.
 
36.
 Those unto whom We gave the Scripture rejoice in that which is revealed unto thee. And of the clans there are who deny some of it. Let it be said: I am commanded only that I serve Allah and ascribe unto Him no partner. Unto Him I cry, and unto Him is my return.
 
37.
 Thus have We revealed it, a decisive utterance in Arabic; and if you should follow their desires after that which has come unto you of knowledge, then truly would you have from Allah no protecting friend nor defender.
 
38.
 And truly The Lord sent messengers to humanity before thee, and We appointed for them wives and offspring, and it was not given to any messenger that he should bring an omen except by Allah's leave. For everything there is a time prescribed.
 
39.
 Allah effaceth what He will, and establisheth what He will, and with Him is the source of ordinance.
 
40.
 Whether We let you see something of that which We have promised them, or make you die before its happening, your is but conveyance of the message. Ours the reckoning.
 
41.
 See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it of its outlying parts? When Allah doometh there is none that can postpone His doom, and He is swift at reckoning.
 
42.
 Those who were before them plotted; but all plotting is Allah's. He knows that which each soul earneth. The disbelievers will come to know for whom will be the sequel of the heavenly Home.
 
43.
 They who disbelieve say: You are no messenger of Allah. Let it be said: Allah, and whosoever has knowledge of the Scripture, is sufficient witness between me and you.
  
   
 
 

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