Yusuf Ali
Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad.
Yusuf Ali
A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the erring) and teach the Believers).
Yusuf Ali
Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition.
Yusuf Ali
How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.
Yusuf Ali
When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."
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Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those by whom We sent it.
Yusuf Ali
And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place).
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The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:
Yusuf Ali
Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs.
Yusuf Ali
It is We Who have placed you with authority on earth, and provided you therein with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the thanks that ye give!
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It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels prostrate to Adam, and they prostrate; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who prostrate.
Yusuf Ali
(Allah) said: "What prevented thee from prostrating when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay."
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(Allah) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)."
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He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up."
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(Allah) said: "Be thou among those who have respite."
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He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way:
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"Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)."
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(Allah) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you all.
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"O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."
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Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live for ever."