A. L. M.
These are the signs of the Wise Book.
A guide and a mercy for the good-doers
who observe the Salat, give the Zakat, and of the Hereafter, they are certain.
Those are upon guidance from their Lord, and it is they who are the successful ones.
And among the people is he who trades in frivolous hadith and thus leads others away from the path of God without knowledge, and he makes a mockery of it. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
And when Our revelations are recited to him, he turns away in arrogance as if he never heard them, as if there is deafness in his ears. So give him news of a painful punishment.
Those who believe and do good deeds shall have the Gardens of Bliss.
Therein, they shall permanently remain. God's promise is truthful. He is the Dignified, the Wise.
He created the heavens without pillars that you can see, and He placed in the earth stabilisers so that it does not drift along with you. He also spread in it all kinds of creatures. We brought water down from the sky with which We grew in it of every noble pair.
Such is God's creation, so show me what those besides Him have created! Rather, the transgressors are in clear misguidance.
We gave Luqman the wisdom: "Give thanks to God. The one who gives thanks gives thanks but for his own good. As for the one who is ungrateful, then indeed, God is Rich, Praiseworthy."
And so Luqman said to his son, as he advised him, "O my son, do not associate anything with God, for the association of anything with God is a gross transgression indeed."
We instructed the human being concerning his parents: his mother bore him enduring hardship upon hardship, with his weaning in two years. Give thanks to Me and to your parents. To Me is the ultimate destination.
If they strive to make you associate with Me that which you have no knowledge of, do not obey them. Maintain good company with them in this world, and follow the path of those who turn to Me. To Me is the return of all of you, then I will inform you all of what you used to do.
"O my son, if something weighs as little as a mustard seed, be it inside a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God will bring it forth. Indeed, God is Gentle, All-Aware.
O my son, observe the Salat, advocate righteousness, forbid evil, and exercise patience in the face of what has befallen you. This would be the most resolute behaviour.
Do not turn your cheek away from the people in arrogance, nor walk haughtily in the land. Indeed, God does not like the arrogant, boastful.
Walk with purpose in your step, and lower your voice. Indeed, the most repulsive sound is the sound of donkeys."
Have you not seen that God has subjected for you what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and has showered His blessings upon you, both obvious and hidden? Yet, among the people is he who argues about God without knowledge, guidance, or an enlightening Book.
And if they are told, "Follow what God has brought down," they say, "Rather, we follow what we found our fathers upon." What! Even if the devil is inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?
The one who submits his face to God, and is a good-doer, has grasped the most secure handhold, and to God belongs the outcome of all matters.
As for the one who disbelieves, do not let his disbelief grieve you. To Us is their return, then We will inform them of what they had done. Indeed, God is Knowledgeable of what the chests hold.
We grant them enjoyment briefly, then We compel them to a harsh punishment.
If you were to ask them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?" They would say, "God." Say, "Praise be to God." However, most of them do not know.
To God belongs what is in the heavens and the earth. Indeed, God is the Rich One, the Praiseworthy.
If all the trees in the earth were made into pens that were supplied by the sea, replenished by seven more seas, the Words of God would not run out. Indeed, God is Dignified, Wise.
Your creation and your resurrection are only as a single self. Indeed, God is Hearer, Seer.
Have you not seen that God merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night, and that He subjected the sun and the moon, each running for a specified term, and that God is All-Aware of what you do?
That is because God is the Truth, and what they call upon besides Him is falsehood, and that God is the Most High, the Great.
Have you not seen that the ships sail the sea by the grace of God that He may show you some of His signs? Indeed, in that are signs for all who are patient, thankful.
And when waves cover them like canopies, they implore God, devoting the religion purely to Him. Then when He delivers them to the shore, some of them become 'muqtasid'. None rejects Our signs except every ungrateful betrayer.
O people, reverence your Lord and fear a Day when no father can avail his child, nor can a child avail his father in any way. Indeed, God's promise is truthful, so do not let the worldly life delude you, and do not let the Deceiver delude you about God.
Indeed, with God is the knowledge of the Hour. He brings down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs. No self knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no self knows in which land it will die. Indeed, God is Knowledgeable, All-Aware.