In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. Blessed is He Who sent down the Criterion upon His servant, that he may be a warner to the worlds.

2. He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, Who has not taken a son, nor has He any partner in sovereignty; and He created all things, then ordained them with precise ordination.

3. Yet they have taken besides Him gods who create nothing, but are themselves created; and they possess neither harm nor benefit for themselves, nor do they possess power over death, life, or resurrection.

4. And those who disbelieve say, "This is nothing but a lie he has fabricated, and others have assisted him in it." Certainly, they have come forth with injustice and falsehood.

5. And they say, "Legends of the ancients, which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and evening."

6. Say, "It has been sent down by He Who knows the secret in the heavens and the earth; truly, He is ever Forgiving, Merciful."

7. And they say, "What is with this messenger, that he eats food and walks in the markets? Why has an angel not been sent down to him, to be with him as a warner?

8. Or why is not a treasure cast down to him, or why does he not have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow none but a man bewitched."

9. See how they set forth comparisons for you; thus they have gone astray, and cannot find a way.

10. Blessed is He Who, if He willed, could have made for you better than that — gardens beneath which rivers flow — and could make for you palaces.

11. But they have denied the Hour; and We have prepared for whoever denies the Hour a blazing Fire.

12. When it sees them from a distant place, they will hear its raging and roaring.

13. And when they are cast into a narrow place therein, bound together, they will cry out there for destruction.

14. "Do not cry out today for one destruction, but cry out for many destructions."

15. Say, "Is that better, or the Garden of Eternity promised to the reverent? It will be for them a reward and destination.

16. For them therein is whatever they wish, abiding eternally; it is upon your Lord a promise requested."

17. And on the Day He gathers them and whatever they worship besides Allah, He will say, "Was it you who led astray these servants of Mine, or did they themselves stray from the path?"

18. They will say, "Glory be to You! It was not fitting for us to take any protectors besides You; but You granted enjoyment to them and their fathers, until they forgot the Reminder and became a ruined people."

19. Thus they have denied you in what you say, so you can neither avert nor find help; and whoever among you does wrong, We shall make him taste a great punishment.

20. And We did not send before you any of the messengers except that they surely ate food and walked in the markets; and We have made some of you a trial for others — will you have patience? And your Lord is ever Seeing.

21. And those who do not hope for Our meeting say, "Why have angels not been sent down to us, or why do we not see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and have greatly exceeded all bounds.

22. The Day they see the angels — no glad tidings will there be on that Day for the criminals; and they will say, "A forbidding ban!"

23. And We will approach whatever deeds they have done, and We will make them as scattered dust.

24. The companions of Paradise, on that Day, will have a better abode and a finer resting place.

25. And the Day the heaven splits open with clouds, and the angels are sent down in descent.

26. Sovereignty on that Day will belong truly to the Most Merciful; and it will be a Day difficult for the disbelievers.

27. And the Day the wrongdoer will bite upon his hands, saying, "Oh, would that I had taken a path with the Messenger!

28. Woe to me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so as a friend!

29. He certainly led me astray from the Reminder after it had come to me." And Satan is ever a deserter to the human being.

30. And the Messenger will say, "O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Quran as something abandoned."

31. And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals; but sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper.

32. And those who disbelieve say, "Why was the Quran not revealed to him all at once?" Thus it is, that We may strengthen thereby your heart; and We have recited it distinctly, with measured recitation.

33. And they do not come to you with any example except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.

34. Those who will be gathered on their faces toward Hellfire — those are worst in position and most astray in way.

35. And certainly We gave Moses the Scripture and appointed with him his brother Aaron as a minister.

36. Then We said, "Go both of you to the people who have denied Our signs." Then We destroyed them with complete destruction.

37. And the people of Noah — when they denied the messengers, We drowned them and made them a sign for the people; and We have prepared for the wrongdoers a painful punishment.

38. And Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well, and many generations between them.

39. And for each We presented examples; and each We destroyed with utter destruction.

40. And certainly they have passed by the town upon which fell the evil rain; did they not then see it? Rather, they did not hope for resurrection.

41. And when they see you, they take you not except in mockery: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?

42. He would have almost led us astray from our gods, had we not remained steadfast to them." But they will soon know, when they see the punishment, who is most astray in way.

43. Have you seen the one who takes his own desire as his god? Then would you be a guardian over him?

44. Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like cattle; rather, they are even more astray in way.

45. Have you not considered your Lord, how He extends the shadow? And if He had willed, He could have made it stationary; then We made the sun a guide over it.

46. Then We withdraw it to Us — a gradual withdrawal.

47. And He is the One Who made the night for you as a covering, and sleep as rest, and made the day an arising.

48. And He is the One Who sends the winds as glad tidings before His mercy; and We send down from the sky pure water.

49. That We may give life thereby to a dead land, and give drink from it to cattle, and many people whom We created.

50. And certainly We have distributed it among them, that they may remember; yet most people refuse except disbelief.

51. And if We had willed, We could have sent into every town a warner.

52. So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it — a great striving.

53. And He is the One Who merged the two seas: this one sweet and fresh, and this one salty and bitter; and He placed between them a barrier and an impassable partition.

54. And He is the One Who created from water a human being, then made him lineage and marriage; and your Lord is ever Powerful.

55. Yet they worship besides Allah that which neither benefits them nor harms them; and the disbeliever is ever a supporter against his Lord.

56. And We have not sent you except as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner.

57. Say, "I do not ask of you for it any reward — except for whoever wills to take a path to his Lord."

58. And rely upon the Ever-Living Who does not die, and glorify with His praise; sufficient is He as All-Aware of the sins of His servants.

59. He Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days, then established Himself on the Throne — the Most Merciful; ask about Him one who is well-informed.

60. And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Shall we prostrate to that which you command us?" And it increases them in aversion.

61. Blessed is He Who placed constellations in the sky, and placed therein a lamp and an illuminating moon.

62. And He it is Who made the night and the day in succession — for whoever desires to reflect or desires gratitude.

63. And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth humbly, and when the ignorant address them, they say, "Peace."

64. And those who spend the night before their Lord, prostrating and standing.

65. And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hellfire; surely, its punishment is ever adhering.

66. Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and as a residence."

67. And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor miserly, but between that are moderate.

68. And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity, nor kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except by right, nor commit adultery; and whoever does that shall meet a penalty.

69. Multiplied for him will be the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated.

70. Except for one who repents and believes and does righteous deeds; for those, Allah will replace their evil deeds with good deeds; and Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.

71. And whoever repents and does righteousness has truly turned to Allah with sincere repentance.

72. And those who do not bear witness to falsehood, and when they pass by idle talk, they pass by with dignity.

73. And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.

74. And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and our offspring comfort to our eyes, and make us leaders for the righteous."

75. Those will be rewarded with the Chamber for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and peace.

76. Abiding therein eternally; excellent it is as a settlement and as a residence.

77. Say, "My Lord would not care for you were it not for your supplication; yet you have denied, so it will be inevitable."