Juz 30

What are they questioning each other about?

About the great tidings!

Regarding which they hold different views.

Surely yes, they will soon come to know!

Again surely yes, they will soon come to know!

Did We not make the earth a bed?

And the mountains as pegs?

And it is We who created you in pairs.

And made your sleep a rest.

And made the night a cover.

And made the day for seeking livelihood.

And built seven strong roofs above you.

And have kept a very bright lamp in it.

And then sent down hard rain from the water bearing clouds.

In order to produce grain and plants with it.

And dense gardens.

Indeed the Day of Decision is a time fixed.

The day when the Trumpet will be blown – you will therefore come forth in multitudes.

And the heaven will be opened – it therefore becomes like gates.

And the mountains will be moved – they will therefore become like mirages.

Indeed hell is lying in ambush.

The destination of the rebellious.

They will remain in it for ages.

They will neither taste anything cool in it, nor anything to drink.

Except hot boiling water and hot pus discharged from the people of hell.

The reward to each is according to what he is.

Indeed they had no fear of the account.

And they denied Our signs to the extreme.

And We have kept recorded everything in a Book, accounted for.

Therefore taste it now – We shall not increase anything for you except the punishment.

Indeed the place of success is for the pious.

Gardens and grapes.

And maidens of a single age.

And an overflowing cup.

In which they shall neither hear lewd talk, nor any lie.

A reward from your Lord – a grossly sufficient bestowal.

Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all whatever is between them – the Most Gracious – with Whom no one will have the right to talk.

The day when Jibreel and all the angels will stand in rows; none will be able to speak except one whom the Most Gracious commands and who spoke rightly. (Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him – will be the first to be granted permission to intercede.)

That is the True Day; therefore whoever wills may take the path towards his Lord.

We warn you of a punishment that has come near; a day on which man will see what his own hands have sent ahead, and the disbeliever will say, “Alas – if only I were dust!”

By oath of those who harshly pull out the soul. (Of the disbeliever)

And who softly release the soul. (Of the believer)

And who glide with ease.

And who quickly present themselves.

And who plan the implementation.

On the day when the trembling one will tremble. (The disbelievers will certainly taste the punishment.)

And the following event will come after it.

Many a heart will flutter on that day!

Unable to lift their gaze.

The disbelievers say, “Will we really return to our former state?”

“When we have become decayed bones?”

They said, “So this return is an obvious loss!”

So that is not but a single shout.

So they will immediately be in an open plain.

Did the news of Moosa reach you?

When his Lord called him in the holy valley of Tuwa.

That “Go to Firaun – he has rebelled.”

“Tell him ‘Do you have the inclination to become pure?’

‘And I may guide you to your Lord, so that you may fear.’”

So Moosa showed him a magnificent sign.

In response, he denied and disobeyed.

He then turned away, striving in his effort.

So he gathered the people, and proclaimed.

And then said, “I am your most supreme lord.”

Allah therefore seized him, in the punishment of this world and the Hereafter.

Indeed in this is a lesson for one who fears.

Do you think that it is harder to create you or the heavens? Allah has created it.

He raised its roof and made it proper.

And He made its night dark, and started its light.

And after it spread out the earth.

And from it produced its water and its pasture.

And solidified the mountains.

In order to benefit you and your cattle.

So when the greatest universal disaster arrives,

On that day man will recall all what he strove for.

And hell will be made visible to all those who can see.

So for one who rebelled,

And preferred the worldly life,

Then indeed hell only is his destination.

And for one who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from desire,

Then indeed Paradise only is his destination.

They (the disbelievers) ask you regarding the Last Day, as to when is its appointed time.

What concern do you have regarding its explanation? (You are not bound to tell them)

Towards your Lord only is its conclusion.

You are but a Herald of Warning, for one who fears it.

The day when they will see it, it will seem as if they had not stayed on earth except for an evening or its morning.

He frowned and turned away.

Because the blind man had come in his august presence.

And what do you know, he may be of the pure!

Or that he may accept advice, so the advice may benefit him.

For him who does not care,

So you are after him!

And you have nothing to lose if he does not become pure.

And for him who came to you striving,

And whereas he fears,

So you leave him, and are engrossed elsewhere!

Not this way – this is the advice.

So whoever wishes may remember it.

On honourable pages.

Exalted, pure.

Written by the hands of emissaries.

Who are noble, virtuous.

May man be slain – how ungrateful he is!

From what did He create him?

From a drop of liquid; He created him and then set several measures for him.

Then eased the way for him.

Then gave him death, so had him put in the grave.

Then, when He willed, He brought him out. (As during the night of Holy Prophet’s ascension, when all the Prophets gathered behind him in the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Or when Allah will raise everyone on the Day of Resurrection.)

Not one – he has not yet completed what he was commanded.

So man must look at his food.

That We watered it in abundance.

Then We split the earth properly.

Thereby produced grain in it.

And grapes and fodder,

And olives and date palms,

And dense gardens,

And fruits and grass,

In order to benefit you and your cattle.

So when the deafening Shout arrives,

On that day man will run away from his brother.

And from his mother and father,

And from his wife and sons.

On that day, each one has just one issue, which is enough for him.

Many a face will be glittering on that day.

Laughing, rejoicing.

And many a face will be covered with dust on that day.

Blackness overcoming them.

It is they, the disbelievers, the sinners.

When the sunlight is rolled up.

And when the stars fall down.

And when the mountains are driven.

And when milch camels roam abandoned.

And when wild animals are herded together.

And when the seas are set afire.

And when the souls are paired.

And when the girl-child who was buried alive is asked.

Upon what sin was she killed for.

And when the Records of Account are laid bare.

And when the heaven is torn away.

And when hell is further enflamed.

And when Paradise is brought near.

Every soul will then come know what it has brought.

So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.)

Who move straight and stop.

And by oath of the night when it turns back.

And by oath of the morning when it takes birth.

This is indeed the recitation of an honoured Noble Messenger. (Angel Jibreel – peace and blessings be upon him.)

The mighty, the honoured in the presence of the Lord of the Throne.

The one who is obeyed, and trustworthy. (Other angels obey angel Jibreel).

And your companion is not insane.

And indeed he saw him on the clear horizon. (Prophet Mohammed saw Angel Jibreel in his true shape – peace and blessings be upon them).

And this Prophet is not miserly upon the hidden. (Allah gave the knowledge of the hidden to the Holy Prophet – peace and blessings be upon him.)

And the Qur’an is not the recitation of Satan the outcast.

So where are you going?

That is but an advice to the entire creation!

For the one among you who wishes to become upright.

And what will you wish, except if Allah wills – the Lord of the Creation.

When the heaven splits open.

And when the stars fall down.

And when the oceans are swept away.

And when the graves are overturned.

Every soul will come to know what it has sent ahead and what it left behind.

O man! What has deceived you away from your Lord, the Most Beneficent?

The One Who created you, then moulded you, then made you proper?

He moulded you into whatever shape He willed.

Not at all – but rather you deny the establishment of Justice.

And indeed there are some guardians over you.

The honourable recorders.

Knowing all what you may do.

Indeed the virtuous are in serenity.

And indeed the sinners are in hell.

They will enter it on the Day of Justice.

And will not be able to hide from it.

And what do you know – of what sort is the Day of Justice!

Again, what do you know – of what sort is the Day of Justice!

The day on which no soul will have the authority over any other soul; and on that day, the entire command belongs to Allah.

Ruin is for the defrauders. (Those who measure less.)

Those who when they take the measure from others, take it in full!

Whereas when they give others after measuring or weighing, they give them less!

What! Do they not expect that they will be raised?

(To be raised) for a Great Day?

The day when everyone will stand before the Lord Of The Creation.

Indeed, the record of the disbelievers is in the lowest place, the Sijjeen.

And what do you know, how (wretched) the Sijjeen is!

The record is a sealed text.

Ruin is for the deniers on that day!

Those who deny the Day of Justice.

And none will deny it, except every transgressor, rebel.

When you recite Our verses to him, he says, “Stories of earlier men!”

Not at all – but rather their earnings have heaped rust upon their hearts.

Yes indeed – they will be deprived of seeing their Lord on that day.

Then indeed they have to enter hell.

It will then be said, “This is what you used to deny.”

Indeed the record of the virtuous is in the highest place, the Illiyin.

And what do you know what the Illiyoon are!

The record is a sealed text.

Which is witnessed by the close ones.

Indeed the virtuous are in serenity.

On thrones, watching.

You will recognise the freshness of serenity on their faces.

They will be given pure wine to drink, which is kept preserved, sealed.

Its seal is upon musk; and for this should those who crave be eager.

And it is mixed with Tasneem.

The spring from which drink the ones close to Allah.

Indeed the guilty used to laugh at the believers.

And when the believers used to pass by, they used to gesture at each other with their eyes.

And whilst returning to their homes, they used to return rejoicing.

And upon seeing the Muslims, they used to say, “Indeed they have gone astray.”

Whereas they have not at all been sent as guardians over them.

So this day it is the believers who laugh at the disbelievers.

On high thrones, watching.

Did not the disbelievers get repaid for what they used to do?

When the heaven breaks apart.

And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it.