Qur'an
Surah 13 - Thunder
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In the Name
of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[13.1] Alif
Lam Mim Ra. These are the verses of the Book; and that which is revealed to you from your
Lord is the truth, but most people do not believe.
[13.2] Allah
is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that you see, and He is firm in power and
He made the sun and the moon subservient (to you); each one pursues its course to an
appointed time; He regulates the affair, making clear the signs that you may be certain of
meeting your Lord.
[13.3] And
He it is Who spread the earth and made in it firm mountains and rivers, and of all fruits
He has made in it two kinds; He makes the night cover the day; most surely there are signs
in this for a people who reflect.
[13.4] And
in the earth there are tracts side by side and gardens of grapes and corn and palm trees
having one root and (others) having distinct roots -- they are watered with one water, and
We make some of them excel others in fruit; most surely there are signs in this for a
people who understand.
[13.5] And
if you would wonder, then wondrous is their saying: What! when we are dust, shall we then
certainly be in a new creation? These are they who disbelieve in their Lord, and these
have chains on their necks, and they are the inmates of the fire; in it they shall abide.
[13.6] And
they ask you to hasten on the evil before the good, and indeed there have been exemplary
punishments before them; and most surely your Lord is the Lord of forgiveness to people,
notwithstanding their injustice; and most surely your Lord is severe in requiting (evil).
[13.7] And
those who disbelieve say: Why has not a sign been sent down upon him from his Lord? You
are only a warner and (there is) a guide for every people.
[13.8] Allah
knows what every female bears, and that of which the wombs fall short of completion and
that in which they increase; and there is a measure with Him of everything.
[13.9] The
knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High.
[13.10]
Alike (to Him) among you is he who conceals (his) words and he who speaks them openly, and
he who hides himself by night and (who) goes forth by day.
[13.11] For
his sake there are angels following one another, before him and behind him, who guard him
by Allah's commandment; surely Allah does not change the condition of a people until they
change their own condition; and when Allah intends evil to a people, there is no averting
it, and besides Him they have no protector.
[13.12] He
it is Who shows you the lightning causing fear and hope and (Who) brings up the heavy
cloud.
[13.13] And
the thunder declares His glory with His praise, and the angels too for awe of Him; and He
sends the thunderbolts and smites with them whom He pleases, yet they dispute concerning
Allah, and He is mighty in prowess.
[13.14] To
Him is due the true prayer; and those whom they pray to besides Allah give them no answer,
but (they are) like one who stretches forth his two hands towards water that it may reach
his mouth, but it will not reach it; and the prayer of the unbelievers is only in error.
[13.15] And
whoever is in the heavens and the earth makes obeisance to Allah only, willingly and
unwillingly, and their shadows too at morn and eve.
[13.16] Say:
Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth? -- Say: Allah. Say: Do you take then besides
Him guardians who do not control any profit or harm for themselves? Say: Are the blind and
the seeing alike? Or can the darkness and the light be equal? Or have they set up with
Allah associates who have created creation like His, so that what is created became
confused to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Supreme.
[13.17] He
sends down water from the cloud, then watercourses flow (with water) according to their
measure, and the torrent bears along the swelling foam, and from what they melt in the
fire for the sake of making ornaments or apparatus arises a scum like it; thus does Allah
compare truth and falsehood; then as for the scum, it passes away as a worthless thing;
and as for that which profits the people, it tarries in the earth; thus does Allah set
forth parables.
[13.18] For
those who respond to their Lord is good; and (as for) those who do not respond to Him, had
they all that is in the earth and the like thereof with it they would certainly offer it
for a ransom. (As for) those, an evil reckoning shall be theirs and their abode is hell,
and evil is the resting-place.
[13.19] Is
he then who knows that what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth like him
who is blind? Only those possessed of understanding will mind,
[13.20]
Those who fulfill the promise of Allah and do not break the covenant,
[13.21] And
those who join that which Allah has bidden to be joined and have awe of their Lord and
fear the evil reckoning.
[13.22] And
those who are constant, seeking the pleasure of their Lord, and keep up prayer and spend
(benevolently) out of what We have given them secretly and openly and repel evil with
good; as for those, they shall have the (happy) issue of the abode,
[13.23] The
gardens of perpetual abode which they will enter along with those who do good from among
their parents and their spouses and their offspring; and the angels will enter in upon
them from every gate:
[13.24]
Peace be on you because you were constant, how excellent, is then, the issue of the abode.
[13.25] And
those who break the covenant of Allah after its confirmation and cut asunder that which
Allah has ordered to be joined and make mischief in the land; (as for) those, upon them
shall be curse and they shall have the evil (issue) of the abode.
[13.26]
Allah amplifies and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases; and they
rejoice in this world's life, and this world's life is nothing compared with the hereafter
but a temporary enjoyment.
[13.27] And
those who disbelieve say: Why is not a sign sent down upon him by his Lord? Say: Surely
Allah makes him who will go astray, and guides to Himself those who turn (to Him).
[13.28]
Those who believe and whose hearts are set at rest by the remembrance of Allah; now surely
by Allah's remembrance are the hearts set at rest.
[13.29] (As
for) those who believe and do good, a good final state shall be theirs and a goodly
return.
[13.30] And
thus We have sent you among a nation before which other nations have passed away, that you
might recite to them what We have revealed to you and (still) they deny the Beneficent
God. Say: He is my Lord, there is no god but He; on Him do I rely and to Him is my return.
[13.31] And
even if there were a Qur’an with which the mountains were made to pass away, or the
earth were traveled over with it, or the dead were made to speak thereby; nay! the
commandment is wholly Allah's, Have not yet those who believe known that if Allah please
He would certainly guide all the people? And (as for) those who disbelieve, there will not
cease to afflict them because of what they do a repelling calamity, or it will alight
close by their abodes, until the promise of Allah comes about; surely Allah will not fail
in (His) promise.
[13.32] And
apostles before you were certainly mocked at, but I gave respite to those who disbelieved,
then I destroyed them; how then was My requital (of evil)?
[13.33] Is
He then Who watches every soul as to what it earns? And yet they give associates to Allah!
Say: Give them a name; nay, do you mean to inform Him of what He does not know in the
earth, or (do you affirm this) by an outward saying? Rather, their plans are made to
appear fair-seeming to those who disbelieve, and they are kept back from the path; and
whom Allah makes err, he shall have no guide.
[13.34] They
shall have chastisement in this world's life, and the chastisement of the hereafter is
certainly more grievous, and they shall have no protector against Allah.
[13.35] A
likeness of the garden which the righteous are promised; there now beneath it rivers, its
food and shades are perpetual; this is the requital of those who guarded (against evil),
and the requital of the unbelievers is the fire.
[13.36] And
those to whom We have given the Book rejoice in that which has been revealed to you, and
of the confederates are some who deny a part of it. Say: I am only commanded that I should
serve Allah and not associate anything with Him, to Him do I invite (you) and to Him is my
return.
[13.37] And
thus have We revealed it, a true judgment in Arabic, and if you follow their low desires
after what has come to you of knowledge, you shall not have against Allah any guardian or
a protector.
[13.38] And
certainly We sent apostles before you and gave them wives and children, and it is not in
(the power of) an apostle to bring a sign except by Allah's permission; for every term
there is an appointment.
[13.39]
Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He pleases, and with Him is the basis of the
Book.
[13.40] And
We will either let you see part of what We threaten them with or cause you to die, for
only the delivery of the message is (incumbent) on you, while calling (them) to account is
Our (business).
[13.41] Do
they not see that We are bringing destruction upon the land by curtailing it of its sides?
And Allah pronounces a doom -- there is no repeller of His decree, and He is swift to take
account.
[13.42] And
those before them did indeed make plans, but all planning is Allah's; He knows what every
soul earns, and the unbelievers shall come to know for whom is the (better) issue of the
abode.
[13.43] And
those who disbelieve say: You are not a messenger. Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness
between me and you and whoever has knowledge of the Book.
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