Sūrah al-Sajdah

This is Sūrah Alif Lām Mīm. Undoubtedly, the revelation of this Book is from the Lord of the worlds. Do they say that this person has fabricated it himself? Certainly not! In fact, it is the truth which has come from your Lord so that you can warn people to whom no warner came before you so that they can be guided.

[They associate partners with Him. In reality,] it is God Who has created the heavens and the earth and that between them in six days. Then He sat on the throne. There is neither anyone except Him Who is your guardian nor anyone who can intercede for you with Him. Do you not pay heed then?

It is He Who governs all affairs from the heavens to the earth; then they return to Him in a day whose extent is one thousand years according to your count. He knows the hidden and the apparent; is the Powerful and the Merciful.

[It is He] Who has excelled in the creation of everything. He began creating a human being from clay; then carried on his progeny from an insignificant fluid; then perfected it and blew into it from His spirit and for you made ears [for hearing], eyes [for seeing] and hearts [for understanding] – seldom are you grateful.

[These are the majesties of the God Who has created them. In spite of this,] they say: “When we are mingled with clay, then will we be created again?” No! They do not regard it as improbable; in fact, they deny meeting their Lord. Tell them: Your soul will be claimed by the very angel of death who has been deputed to you; then you shall be returned to your Lord alone. If you had seen [O Prophet! You would have had an idea of their helplessness] when these wrongdoers will stand before their Lord with heads lowered and will confess: “Our Lord! We have seen and heard; now You send us back so that we do righteous deeds; we now have full conviction.” [In reply, it will be said: “What then was the need of test?] If We wanted, We would have given each person’s guidance Ourselves but [We made you pass through a test and you preferred error over guidance. Thus,] what I had said has been fulfilled that I shall fill Hell with all jinn and mankind. So, now taste that flavour that you became forgetful of the meeting of this day. We have also forgotten you. Now taste eternal punishment because of your misdeeds.”

Only they profess belief in Our revelations [O Prophet] who when reminded through them fall down in prostration and glorify their Lord while praising Him and are never arrogant. Their backs remain away from their beds. They call out to their Lord in fear and hope and spend from whatever We have given them. So, no one knows the bliss of the eyes We have concealed for them as reward for their deeds. (15-17)

[They do not believe in it.] So, [ask them:] Will he who is a believer become like him who is disobedient? Both cannot be the same. Those who accepted faith and have done righteous deeds, for them are orchards of bliss as an initial hospitality in reward of their deeds. And those who remained disobedient, their abode is Hell. Whenever they would want to come out from it, they will be driven back into it and it will be said: “Taste now the flavour of the torment you would persistently deny.”

Before this big torment, We shall also necessarily make them taste some near at hand torment so that they pay heed. Who can be more unjust than those who are reminded through the revelations of their Lord, then they turn away from them? We shall definitely seek revenge from such wrongdoers.

We had given the Book to Moses also [and in a similar way sought revenge from those who denied it]. So, [O Prophet!] You must not be in any doubt that you will have to encounter that day. And We had made that very Book a guidance for the Israelites and when they showed steadfastness and they also had full conviction in Our revelations, We appointed such leaders in them who would guide them at Our behest. [Then they differed with one another; so,] there is no doubt that [now] on the Day of Judgement your Lord will resolve matters in which they have been differing.

Did this thing also not become a means of guidance for them that how many a nation before them We destroyed? They walk about in their [ruined] dwellings even today. There are certainly many signs in this. Then do they not hear?

[They express amazement on the advent of the Hereafter! Ask them:] Have they not seen that We drive [clouds of] water to a barren land; then bring forth crops from it from which both they and their cattle eat. Then do they not see?

They ask: “When will this judgement be delivered, if you are truthful.” [Do they want to believe in it after seeing it?] Tell them: The faith of those who reject will not the slightest be of any benefit to them on the Day of Judgement and neither will they be granted any reprieve [after that]. So, ignore them [O Prophet] and wait. They too are waiting.