١Alif. Lam. Mim

Alif-Laaam-Meeem

The revelation of the Scripture whereof there is no doubt is from the Lord of the Worlds.

Such is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Mighty, the Merciful,

Who made all things good which He created, and He began the creation of man from clay;

Then He made his seed from a draught of despised fluid;

And they say: When we are lost in the earth, how can we then be re-created? Nay but they are disbelievers in the meeting with their Lord.

Say: The angel of death, who hath charge concerning you, will gather you, and afterward unto your Lord ye will be returned.

Who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord in fear and hope, and spend of that We have bestowed on them.

No soul knoweth what is kept hid for them of joy, as a reward for what they used to do.

Is he who is a believer like unto him who is an evil-liver? They are not alike.

And verily We make them taste the lower punishment before the greater, that haply they may return.

And who doth greater wrong than he who is reminded of the revelations of his Lord, then turneth from them. Lo! We shall requite the guilty.

And when they became steadfast and believed firmly in Our revelations, We appointed from among them leaders who guided by Our command.

Lo! thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they used to differ.

And they say: When cometh this victory (of yours) if ye are truthful?

Say (unto them): On the day of the victory the faith of those who disbelieve (and who then will believe) will not avail them, neither will they be reprieved.

So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), and await (the event). Lo! they (also) are awaiting (it).