Juz 30 (Juz Amma): Arabic Text and English Translation

Whereof do they question one another

(It is) of the awful tidings

Concerning which they are in disagreement

Nay, but they will come to know

Nay, again, but they will come to know

Have We not made the earth an expanse

And the high hills bulwarks

And We have created you in pairs

And have appointed your sleep for repose

And have appointed the night as a cloak

And have appointed the day for livelihood

And We have built above you seven strong (heavens)

And have appointed a dazzling lamp

And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water

Thereby to produce grain and plant

And gardens of thick foliage

Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time

A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes

And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates

And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage

Lo! hell lurketh in ambush

A home for the rebellious

They will abide therein for ages

Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

Save boiling water and a paralysing cold

Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds)

For lo! they looked not for a reckoning

They called Our revelations false with strong denial

Everything have We recorded in a Book

So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment

Lo! for the duteous is achievement

Gardens enclosed and vineyards

And voluptuous women of equal age

And a full cup

There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying

Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment

Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse

On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right

That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord

Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust

By those who drag forth to destruction

By the meteors rushing

By the lone stars floating

By the angels hastening

And those who govern the event

On the day when the first trump resoundeth

And the second followeth it

On that day hearts beat painfully

While eyes are downcast

(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state

Even after we are crumbled bones

They say: Then that would be a vain proceeding

Surely it will need but one shout

And lo! they will be awakened

Hath there come unto thee the history of Moses

How his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa

(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled

And say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)

Then I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him)

And he showed him the tremendous token

But he denied and disobeyed

Then turned he away in haste

Then gathered he and summoned

And proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest

So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former

Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth

Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built

He raised the height thereof and ordered it

And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof

And after that He spread the earth

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof

And He made fast the hills

A provision for you and for your cattle

But when the great disaster cometh

The day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour

And hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth

Then, as for him who rebelled

And chose the life of the world

Lo! hell will be his home

But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust

Lo! the Garden will be his home

They ask thee of the Hour: when will it come to port

Why (ask they)? What hast thou to tell thereof

Unto thy Lord belongeth (knowledge of) the term thereof

Thou art but a warner unto him who feareth it

On the day when they behold it, it will be as if they had but tarried for an evening or the morn thereof

He frowned and turned away

Because the blind man came unto him

What could inform thee but that he might grow (in grace)

Or take heed and so the reminder might avail him

As for him who thinketh himself independent

Unto him thou payest regard

Yet it is not thy concern if he grow not (in grace)

But as for him who cometh unto thee with earnest purpose

And hath fear

From him thou art distracted

Nay, but verily it is an Admonishment

So let whosoever will pay heed to it

On honoured leaves

Exalted, purified

(Set down) by scribes

Noble and righteous

Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful

From what thing doth He create him

From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him

Then maketh the way easy for him

Then causeth him to die, and burieth him

Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life

Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him

Let man consider his food

How We pour water in showers

Then split the earth in clefts

And cause the grain to grow therein

And grapes and green fodder

And olive-trees and palm-trees

And garden-closes of thick foliage

And fruits and grasses

Provision for you and your cattle

But when the Shout cometh

On the day when a man fleeth from his brother

And his mother and his father

And his wife and his children

Every man that day will have concern enough to make him heedless (of others)

On that day faces will be bright as dawn

Laughing, rejoicing at good news

And other faces, on that day, with dust upon them

Veiled in darkness

Those are the disbelievers, the wicked

When the sun is overthrown

And when the stars fall

And when the hills are moved

And when the camels big with young are abandoned

And when the wild beasts are herded together

And when the seas rise

And when souls are reunited

And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

For what sin she was slain

And when the pages are laid open

And when the sky is torn away

And when hell is lighted

And when the Garden is brought nigh

(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready

Oh, but I call to witness the planets

The stars which rise and set

And the close of night

And the breath of morning

That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger

Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy

And your comrade is not mad

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon

And he is not avid of the Unseen

Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned

Whither then go ye

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight

And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation

When the heaven is cleft asunder

When the planets are dispersed

When the seas are poured forth

And the sepulchres are overturned

A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind

O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful

Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee

Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee

Nay, but ye deny the Judgment

Lo! there are above you guardians

Generous and recording

Who know (all) that ye do

Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight

And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell

They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment

And will not be absent thence

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is

Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is

A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's

Woe unto the defrauders

Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full

But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss

Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again

Unto an Awful Day

The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds

Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin

Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is

A written record

Woe unto the repudiators on that day

Those who deny the Day of Judgment

Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor

Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old

Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts

Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord

Then lo! they verily will burn in hell

And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny

Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin

Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is

A written record

Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord)

Lo! the righteous verily are in delight

On couches, gazing

Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight

They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed

Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss

And mixed with water of Tasnim

A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink

Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed

And wink one to another when they passed them

And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting

And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray

Yet they were not sent as guardians over them

This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers

On high couches, gazing

Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do

When the heaven is split asunder

And attentive to her Lord in fear

And when the earth is spread out

And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

And attentive to her Lord in fear

Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence)

Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

He truly will receive an easy reckoning

And will return unto his folk in joy

But whoso is given his account behind his back

He surely will invoke destruction

And be thrown to scorching fire

He verily lived joyous with his folk

He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah)

Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him

Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset

And by the night and all that it enshroudeth

And by the moon when she is at the full

That ye shall journey on from plane to plane

What aileth them, then, that they believe not

And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)

Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny

And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding

So give them tidings of a painful doom

Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing

By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars

And by the Promised Day

And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony

(Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch

Of the fuel-fed fire

When they sat by it

And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers

They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise

Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness

Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning

Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success

Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern

Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth

And He is the Forgiving, the Loving

Lord of the Throne of Glory

Doer of what He will

Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts

Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud

Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial

And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them

Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an

On a guarded tablet

By the heaven and the Morning Star

Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is

The piercing Star

No human soul but hath a guardian over it

So let man consider from what he is created

He is created from a gushing fluid

That issued from between the loins and ribs

Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out

Then will he have no might nor any helper

By the heaven which giveth the returning rain

And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word

It is no pleasantry

Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

And I plot a plot (against them)

So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while

Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High

Who createth, then disposeth

Who measureth, then guideth

Who bringeth forth the pasturage

Then turneth it to russet stubble

We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden

And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease

Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder

He will heed who feareth

But the most hapless will flout it

He who will be flung to the great Fire

Wherein he will neither die nor live

He is successful who groweth

And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth

But ye prefer the life of the world

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting

Lo! This is in the former scrolls

The Books of Abraham and Moses

Hath there come unto thee tidings of the Overwhelming

On that day (many) faces will be downcast

Toiling, weary

Scorched by burning fire

Drinking from a boiling spring

No food for them save bitter thorn-fruit

Which doth not nourish nor release from hunger

In that day other faces will be calm

Glad for their effort past

In a high Garden

Where they hear no idle speech

Wherein is a gushing spring

Wherein are couches raised

And goblets set at hand

And cushions ranged

And silken carpets spread

Will they not regard the camels, how they are created

And the heaven, how it is raised

And the hills, how they are set up

And the earth, how it is spread

Remind them, for thou art but a remembrancer

Thou art not at all a warder over them

But whoso is averse and disbelieveth

Allah will punish him with direst punishment

Lo! unto Us is their return

And Ours their reckoning

By the Dawn

And ten nights

And the Even and the Odd

And the night when it departeth

There surely is an oath for thinking man

Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad

With many-columned Iram

The like of which was not created in the lands

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley

And with Pharaoh, firm of might

Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands

And multiplied iniquity therein

Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment

Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful

As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me

But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me

Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

And urge not on the feeding of the poor

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed

And love wealth with abounding love

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding

And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank

And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)

He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life

None punisheth as He will punish on that day

None bindeth as He then will bind

But ah! thou soul at peace

Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure

Enter thou among My bondmen

Enter thou My Garden

Nay, I swear by this city

And thou art an indweller of this city

And the begetter and that which he begat

We verily have created man in an atmosphere

Thinketh he that none hath power over him

And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

And a tongue and two lips

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways

But he hath not attempted the Ascent

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is

(It is) to free a slave

And to feed in the day of hunger

An orphan near of kin

Or some poor wretch in misery

And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity

Their place will be on the right hand

But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand

Fire will be an awning over them

By the sun and his brightness

And the moon when she followeth him

And the day when it revealeth him

And the night when it enshroudeth him

And the heaven and Him Who built it

And the earth and Him Who spread it

And a soul and Him Who perfected it

And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it

He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow

And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it

(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride

When the basest of them broke forth

And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink

But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings)

He dreadeth not the sequel (of events)

By the night enshrouding

And the day resplendent

And Him Who hath created male and female

Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward divers ends)

As for him who giveth and is dutiful (toward Allah)

And believeth in goodness

Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease

But as for him who hoardeth and deemeth himself independent

And disbelieveth in goodness

Surely We will ease his way unto adversity

His riches will not save him when he perisheth

Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidance

And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former

Therefor have I warned you of the flaming Fire

Which only the most wretched must endure

He who denieth and turneth away

Far removed from it will be the righteous

Who giveth his wealth that he may grow (in goodness)

And none hath with him any favour for reward

Except as seeking (to fulfil) the purpose of his Lord Most High

He verily will be content

By the morning hours

And by the night when it is stillest

Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee

And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former

And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content

Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)

Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)

Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)

Therefor the orphan oppress not

Therefor the beggar drive not away

Therefor of the bounty of thy Lord be thy discourse

Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate

And eased thee of the burden

Which weighed down thy back

And exalted thy fame

But lo! with hardship goeth ease

Lo! with hardship goeth ease

So when thou art relieved, still toil

And strive to please thy Lord

By the fig and the olive

By Mount Sinai

And by this land made safe

Surely We created man of the best stature

Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low

Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing

So who henceforth will give the lie to thee about the judgment

Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges

Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth

Createth man from a clot

Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous

Who teacheth by the pen

Teacheth man that which he knew not

Nay, but verily man is rebellious

That he thinketh himself independent

Lo! unto thy Lord is the return

Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth

A slave when he prayeth

Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah)

Or enjoineth piety

Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward

Is he then unaware that Allah seeth

Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock

The lying, sinful forelock

Then let him call upon his henchmen

We will call the guards of hell

Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah)

Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is

The Night of Power is better than a thousand months

The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees

(The night is) Peace until the rising of the dawn

Those who disbelieve among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters could not have left off (erring) till the clear proof came unto them

A messenger from Allah, reading purified pages

Containing correct scriptures

Nor were the People of the Scripture divided until after the clear proof came unto them

And they are ordered naught else than to serve Allah, keeping religion pure for Him, as men by nature upright, and to establish worship and to pay the poor-due. That is true religion

Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, will abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings

(And) lo! those who believe and do good works are the best of created beings

Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eden underneath which rivers flow, wherein they dwell for ever. Allah hath pleasure in them and they have pleasure in Him. This is (in store) for him who feareth his Lord

When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake

And Earth yieldeth up her burdens

And man saith: What aileth her

That day she will relate her chronicles

Because thy Lord inspireth her

That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds

And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then

And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then

By the snorting courses

Striking sparks of fire

And scouring to the raid at dawn

Then, therewith, with their trail of dust

Cleaving, as one, the centre (of the foe)

Lo! man is an ingrate unto his Lord

And lo! he is a witness unto that

And lo! in the love of wealth he is violent

Knoweth he not that, when the contents of the graves are poured forth

And the secrets of the breasts are made known

On that day will their Lord be perfectly informed concerning them

The Calamity

What is the Calamity

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

And the mountains will become as carded wool

Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works)

He will live a pleasant life

But as for him whose scales are light

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother

Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is

Raging Fire

Rivalry in worldly increase distracteth you

Until ye come to the graves

Translation of verses 3-4Nay, but ye will come to know

Nay, would that ye knew (now) with a sure knowledge

For ye will behold hell-fire

Aye, ye will behold it with sure vision

Then, on that day, ye will be asked concerning pleasure

By the declining day

Lo! man is a state of loss

Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance

Woe unto every slandering traducer

Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it

He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal

Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is

(It is) the fire of Allah, kindled

Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men)

Lo! it is closed in on them

In outstretched columns

Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with the owners of the Elephant

Did He not bring their stratagem to naught

And send against them swarms of flying creatures

Which pelted them with stones of baked clay

And made them like green crops devoured (by cattle)

For the taming of Qureysh

For their taming (We cause) the caravans to set forth in winter and summer

So let them worship the Lord of this House

Who hath fed them against hunger and hath made them safe from fear

Hast thou observed him who belieth religion

That is he who repelleth the orphan

And urgeth not the feeding of the needy

Ah, woe unto worshippers

Who are heedless of their prayer

Who would be seen (at worship)

Yet refuse small kindnesses

Lo! We have given thee Abundance

So pray unto thy Lord, and sacrifice

Lo! it is thy insulter (and not thou) who is without posterity

Say: O disbelievers

I worship not that which ye worship

Nor worship ye that which I worship

And I shall not worship that which ye worship

Nor will ye worship that which I worship

Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion

When Allah's succour and the triumph cometh

And thou seest mankind entering the religion of Allah in troops

Then hymn the praises of thy Lord, and seek forgiveness of Him. Lo! He is ever ready to show mercy

The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish

His wealth and gains will not exempt him

He will be plunged in flaming Fire

And his wife, the wood-carrier

Will have upon her neck a halter of palm-fibre

Say: He is Allah, the One

Allah, the eternally Besought of all

He begetteth not nor was begotten

And there is none comparable unto Him

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak

From the evil of that which He created

From the evil of the darkness when it is intense

And from the evil of malignant witchcraft

And from the evil of the envier when he envieth

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind

The King of mankind

The god of mankind

From the evil of the sneaking whisperer

Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind

Of the jinn and of mankind