Surah The wind-curved sandhills [Al-Ahqaf] in English

Ha Mim.

The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them except with truth, and for a specified term. But those who disbelieve, turn away from that whereof they are warned.

Say: \"Think you about all that you invoke besides Allah Show me what have they created of the earth Or have they a share in (the creation of) the heavens Bring me a scripture prior to this or some trace of knowledge, if you are truthful!\"

And who is more astray than those who invoke besides Allah others who will not answer them until the Day of Resurrection, and who are unaware of their invocations to them

And when mankind are gathered, they (false deities) will become their enemies and will deny their worship.

And when Our Clear Ayat are recited to them, the disbelievers say of the truth when it reaches them: \"This is plain magic!\"

Or say they: \"He has fabricated it.\" Say: \"If I have fabricated it, still you have no power to support me against Allah. He knows best of what you say among yourselves concerning it! Sufficient is He as a witness between me and you! And He is the Oft--Forgiving, the Most Merciful.\"

Say: \"I am not a new thing among the Messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am but a plain warner.\"

Say: \"Tell me! If it was from Allah and you disbelieved it, (at the same time), a witness from among the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you rejected (the truth)!\" Verily, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

And those who disbelieve say of those who believe: \"Had it been a good thing, they (the poor believers) would not have preceded us to it!\" And when they have not been guided by it, they say: \"This is ancient falsehood!\"

And before this was the Scripture of Musa as a guide and a mercy. And this is a Book confirming in the Arabic tongue, to warn those who do wrong, and as glad tidings for the doers of good.

Verily, those who say: \"Our Lord is (only) Allah,\" and thereafter stand firm, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.

Such shall be the dwellers of Paradise, abiding therein (forever) -- a reward for what they used to do.

And We have enjoined on man to be dutiful and kind to his parents. His mother bears him with hardship. And she delivers him with hardship. And (the period of) his gestation and the weaning of him is thirty months, till when he attains full strength and reaches forty years, he says: \"My Lord! Grant me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds, such as please You, and make my offspring good. Truly, I have turned to You in repentance, and truly, I am one of the Muslims.\"

They are those from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds and overlook their evil deeds. (They shall be) among the dwellers of Paradise. That is a promise of truth that they had been promised.

But he who says to his parents: \"Uff to you! Do you promise me that I will be raised up when generations before me have passed\" While they invoke Allah for help: \"Woe to you! Believe! Verily, the promise of Allah is true.\" But he says: \"This is nothing but the legends of the ancient.\"

They are those against whom the Word (of torment) has justified among the previous generations of Jinn and mankind that have passed away. Verily, they are ever the losers.

And for all, there will be degrees according to that which they did, so that He might fully recompense for their deeds. And they will not be wronged.

On the Day when those who disbelieve will be exposed to the Fire (it will be said): \"You received your good things in the life of the world, and you took your pleasure therein. Today, you will be recompensed with the torment of extreme humiliation, because you were arrogant upon the earth without a right, and because you used to rebel against Allah's command.

And remember the brother of `Ad, when he warned his people in Al-Ahqaf. And surely, warners had already passed on before him and after him (saying): \"Worship none but Allah; truly, I fear for you the torment of a mighty Day.\"

They said: \"Have you come to delude us from our gods Then bring us that with which you threaten us, if you are one of the truthful!\"

He said: \"The knowledge (of that) is only with Allah. And I convey to you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see that you are a people given to ignorance!\"

Then, when they saw it as a dense cloud approaching their valleys, they said: \"This is a cloud bringing us rain!\" Nay, but it is that which you were asking to be hastened - a wind wherein is a painful torment!

Destroying everything by the command of its Lord! So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings! Thus do We recompense the criminal people!

And indeed We had firmly established them with that wherewith We have not established you! We also gave them hearing, vision, and hearts. But their hearing, vision, and hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the Ayat of Allah, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to ridicule!

And indeed We have destroyed towns round about you, and We have shown (them) the signs in various ways so that they might return.

As for those whom they had taken for gods besides Allah, as the means of approach to Him, why then did they not aid them Nay, but they vanished completely from them. And that was their falsehood, and what they were fabricating.

And (remember) when We sent toward you a group of the Jinn, to listen to the Qur'an. When they attended it, they said: \"Listen quietly!\" And when it was concluded, they returned to their people, as warners.

They said: \"O our people! Verily, we have heard a Book sent down after Musa, confirming what came before it, it guides to the truth and to the straight path.\"

\"O our people! Respond to Allah's Caller, and believe in him. He (Allah) will forgive you some of your sins, and protect you from a painful torment.\"

\"And whosoever does not respond to Allah's Caller, he cannot escape on earth, and he will not have besides Allah any protectors. Those are in manifest error.\"

Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied by their creation, is Able to give life to the dead Yes, He surely is Able to do all things.

And on the Day when those who disbelieve will be exposed to the Fire (it will be said to them): \"Is this not the truth\" They will say: \"Yes, by our Lord!\" He will say: \"Then taste the torment, because you used to disbelieve!\"