Hizb 59

1. About what are they asking one another?

2. About the great news¹⁸²¹ -

3. That over which they are in disagreement.

4. No! They are going to know.

5. Then, no! They are going to know.

6. Have We not made the earth a resting place?

7. And the mountains as stakes?¹⁸²²

8. And We created you in pairs

9. And made your sleep [a means for] rest

10. And made the night as clothing¹⁸²³

11. And made the day for livelihood

12. And constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

13. And made [therein] a burning lamp

14. And sent down from the rain clouds pouring water

15. That We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation

16. And gardens of entwined growth.

17. Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

18. The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

19. And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

20. And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

21. Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait

22. For the transgressors, a place of return,

23. In which they will remain for ages [unending].

24. They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drink.

25. Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

26. An appropriate recompense.¹⁸²⁴

27. Indeed, they were not expecting an account

28. And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

29. But all things We have enumerated in writing.

30. "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."¹⁸²⁵

31. Indeed, for the righteous is attainment¹⁸²⁶ -

32. Gardens and grapevines

33. And young women [companions] of equal age.

34. And a full cup.¹⁸²⁷

35. No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

36. [As] reward from your Lord, [a generous] gift [made due by] account,¹⁸²⁸

37. [From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Merciful. They possess not from Him [authority for] speech.¹⁸²⁹

38. The Day that the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Merciful permits, and he will say what is correct.

39. That is the True [i.e., certain] Day; so he who wills may take to his Lord a [way of] return.¹⁸³⁰

40. Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth¹⁸³¹ and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"

1. By those [angels] who extract with violence¹⁸³³

2. And [by] those who remove with ease¹⁸³⁴

3. And [by] those who glide [as if] swimming¹⁸³⁵

4. And those who race each other in a race¹⁸³⁶

5. And those who arrange [each] matter,¹⁸³⁷

6. On the Day the blast [of the Horn] will convulse [creation],

7. There will follow it the subsequent [one].

8. Hearts,¹⁸³⁸ that Day, will tremble,

9. Their eyes¹⁸³⁹ humbled.

10. They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

11. Even if we should be decayed bones?"¹⁸⁴⁰

12. They say, "That, then, would be a losing return."¹⁸⁴¹

13. Indeed, it will be but one shout,

14. And suddenly they will be [alert] upon the earth's surface.

15. Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

16. When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Ṭuwā,

17. "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.

18. And say to him, 'Would you [be willing to] purify yourself

19. And let me guide you to your Lord so you would fear [Him]?'"

20. And he showed him the greatest sign,¹⁸⁴²

21. But he [i.e., Pharaoh] denied and disobeyed.

22. Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹⁸⁴³

23. And he gathered [his people] and called out

24. And said, "I am your most exalted lord."

25. So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].¹⁸⁴⁴.

26. Indeed in that is a lesson [i.e., warning] for whoever would fear [Allāh].

27. Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? He [i.e., Allāh] constructed it.

28. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

29. And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.¹⁸⁴⁵

30. And after that He spread the earth.

31. He extracted from it its water and its pasture,

32. And the mountains He set firmly

33. As enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

34. But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity¹⁸⁴⁶ -

35. The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

36. And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

37. So as for he who transgressed

38. And preferred the life of the world,

39. Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

40. But as for he who feared the position of his Lord¹⁸⁴⁷ and prevented the soul from [unlawful] inclination,

41. Then indeed, Paradise will be [his] refuge.

42. They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹⁸⁴⁸

43. In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹⁸⁴⁹

44. To your Lord is its finality.¹⁸⁵⁰

45. You are only a warner for those who fear it.

46. It will be, on the Day they see it,¹⁸⁵¹ as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

1. He [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ] frowned and turned away

2. Because there came to him the blind man,¹⁸⁵³ [interrupting].

3. But what would make you perceive, [O Muḥammad], that perhaps he might be purified¹⁸⁵⁴

4. Or be reminded and the remembrance would benefit him?

5. As for he who thinks himself without need,¹⁸⁵⁵

6. To him you give attention.

7. And not upon you [is any blame] if he will not be purified.¹⁸⁵⁶

8. But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

9. While he fears [Allāh],

10. From him you are distracted.

11. No! Indeed, they [i.e., these verses] are a reminder;

12. So whoever wills may remember it.¹⁸⁵⁷

13. [It is recorded] in honored sheets,

14. Exalted and purified,

15. [Carried] by the hands of messenger-angels,

16. Noble and dutiful.

17. Destroyed [i.e., cursed] is man;¹⁸⁵⁸ how disbelieving is he.

18. From what thing [i.e., substance] did He create him?

19. From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;¹⁸⁵⁹

20. Then He eased the way for him;¹⁸⁶⁰

21. Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.¹⁸⁶¹

22. Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

23. No! He [i.e., man] has not yet accomplished what He commanded him.

24. Then let mankind look at his food -

25. How We poured down water in torrents,

26. Then We broke open the earth, splitting [it with sprouts],

27. And caused to grow within it grain

28. And grapes and herbage

29. And olive and palm trees

30. And gardens of dense shrubbery

31. And fruit and grass -

32. [As] enjoyment [i.e., provision] for you and your grazing livestock.

33. But when there comes the Deafening Blast¹⁸⁶²

34. On the Day a man will flee from his brother

35. And his mother and his father

36. And his wife and his children,

37. For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.¹⁸⁶³

38. [Some] faces, that Day, will be bright -

39. Laughing, rejoicing at good news.

40. And [other] faces, that Day, will have upon them dust.

41. Blackness will cover them.

42. Those are the disbelievers, the wicked ones.

1. When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

2. And when the stars fall, dispersing,

3. And when the mountains are removed

4. And when full-term she-camels¹⁸⁶⁵ are neglected

5. And when the wild beasts are gathered

6. And when the seas are filled with flame¹⁸⁶⁶

7. And when the souls are paired¹⁸⁶⁷

8. And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

9. For what sin she was killed

10. And when the pages¹⁸⁶⁸ are spread [i.e., made public]

11. And when the sky is stripped away

12. And when Hellfire is set ablaze

13. And when Paradise is brought near,

14. A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].¹⁸⁶⁹

15. So I swear by the retreating stars -

16. Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

17. And by the night as it closes in¹⁸⁷⁰

18. And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

19. [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

20. [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

21. Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

22. And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.¹⁸⁷¹

23. And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.¹⁸⁷²

24. And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.¹⁸⁷³

25. And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

26. So where are you going?¹⁸⁷⁴

27. It is not except a reminder to the worlds

28. For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

29. And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

1. When the sky breaks apart

2. And when the stars fall, scattering,

3. And when the seas are erupted

4. And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

5. A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

6. O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

7. Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

8. In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

9. No! But you deny the Recompense.

10. And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,¹⁸⁷⁶

11. Noble and recording;

12. They know whatever you do.

13. Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

14. And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

15. They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,

16. And never therefrom will they be absent.

17. And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

18. Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

19. It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allāh.

1. Woe to those who give less [than due],¹⁸⁷⁸

2. Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

3. But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

4. Do they not think that they will be resurrected

5. For a tremendous Day -

6. The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

7. No! Indeed, the record of the wicked is in sijjeen.

8. And what can make you know what is sijjeen?

9. It is [their destination¹⁸⁷⁹ recorded in] a register inscribed.

10. Woe, that Day, to the deniers,

11. Who deny the Day of Recompense.

12. And none deny it except every sinful transgressor.

13. When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

14. No! Rather, the stain has covered their hearts of that which they were earning.¹⁸⁸⁰

15. No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.¹⁸⁸¹

16. Then indeed, they will [enter and] burn in Hellfire.

17. Then it will be said [to them], "This is what you used to deny."

18. No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.

19. And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?

20. It is [their destination¹⁸⁸² recorded in] a register inscribed

21. Which is witnessed by those brought near [to Allāh].

22. Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure

23. On adorned couches, observing.

24. You will recognize in their faces the radiance of pleasure.

25. They will be given to drink [pure] wine¹⁸⁸³ [which was] sealed.

26. The last of it¹⁸⁸⁴ is musk. So for this let the competitors compete.

27. And its mixture is of Tasneem,¹⁸⁸⁵

28. A spring from which those near [to Allāh] drink.

29. Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed.

30. And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

31. And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting.

32. And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."

33. But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

34. So Today¹⁸⁸⁶ those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers,

35. On adorned couches, observing.

36. Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

1. When the sky has split [open]

2. And has listened [i.e., responded]¹⁸⁸⁸ to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

3. And when the earth has been extended¹⁸⁸⁹

4. And has cast out that within it¹⁸⁹⁰ and relinquished [it]

5. And has listened [i.e., responded] to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] –

6. O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion¹⁸⁹¹ and will meet it.¹⁸⁹²

7. Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

8. He will be judged with an easy account

9. And return to his people in happiness.

10. But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

11. He will cry out for destruction

12. And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.

13. Indeed, he had [once] been among his people in happiness;

14. Indeed, he had thought he would never return [to Allāh].

15. But yes! Indeed, his Lord was ever, of him, Seeing.

16. So I swear by the twilight glow

17. And [by] the night and what it envelops

18. And [by] the moon when it becomes full

19. [That] you will surely embark upon [i.e., experience] state after state.¹⁸⁹³

20. So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe,

21. And when the Qur’ān is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allāh]?

22. But those who have disbelieved deny,

23. And Allāh is most knowing of what they keep within themselves.

24. So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

25. Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

1. By the sky containing great stars

2. And [by] the promised Day

3. And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

4. Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench¹⁸⁹⁵

5. [Containing] the fire full of fuel,

6. When they were sitting near it.

7. And they, to what they were doing against the believers, were witnesses. ¹⁸⁹⁶

8. And they resented them not except because they believed in Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

9. To whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And Allāh, over all things, is Witness.¹⁸⁹⁷

10. Indeed, those who have tortured¹⁸⁹⁸ the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.

11. Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great attainment.

12. Indeed, the assault [i.e., vengeance] of your Lord is severe.

13. Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats.

14. And He is the Forgiving, the Affectionate,

15. Honorable Owner of the Throne,

16. Effecter of what He intends.

17. Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

18. [Those of] Pharaoh and Thamūd?

19. But they who disbelieve are in [persistent] denial,

20. While Allāh encompasses them from behind.¹⁸⁹⁹

21. But this is an honored Qur’ān

22. [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.

1. By the sky and the knocker

2. And what can make you know what is the knocker?

3. It is the piercing star¹⁹⁰¹.

4. There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

5. So let man observe from what he was created.

6. He was created from a fluid, ejected,

7. Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

8. Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

9. The Day when secrets will be put on trial,¹⁹⁰²

10. Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

11. By the sky which sends back¹⁹⁰³

12. And [by] the earth which splits,¹⁹⁰⁴

13. Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

14. And it is not amusement.

15. Indeed, they are planning a plan,

16. But I am planning a plan.

17. So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.¹⁹⁰⁵