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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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الر كِتَابٌ أُحْكِمَتْ آيَاتُهُ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتْ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ
خَبِيرٍ
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أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا اللَّهَ إِنَّنِي لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ
وَبَشِيرٌ
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وَأَنِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم
مَّتَاعًا حَسَنًا إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِي فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُ وَإِن
تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ كَبِيرٍ
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إِلَى اللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
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أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا مِنْهُ أَلَا
حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ إِنَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
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وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى اللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا
وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا وَمُسْتَوْدَعَهَا كُلٌّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ
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وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ
وَكَانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَلَئِن
قُلْتَ إِنَّكُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ مِن بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ لَيَقُولَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا
إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
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وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ إِلَى أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ
لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ
وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
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وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَاهَا
مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَئُوسٌ كَفُورٌ
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وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَاهُ نَعْمَاءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّاءَ مَسَّتْهُ
لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ السَّيِّئَاتُ عَنِّي إِنَّهُ لَفَرِحٌ فَخُورٌ
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إِلَّا الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أُولَئِكَ لَهُم
مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ
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فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ وَضَائِقٌ بِهِ
صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا لَوْلَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَاءَ مَعَهُ مَلَكٌ
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ نَذِيرٌ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِّثْلِهِ
مُفْتَرَيَاتٍ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ
صَادِقِينَ
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فَإِلَّمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكُمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا أُنزِلَ
بِعِلْمِ اللَّهِ وَأَن لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
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مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ
إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ
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أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ
وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا فِيهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
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أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّهِ وَيَتْلُوهُ شَاهِدٌ
مِّنْهُ وَمِن قَبْلِهِ كِتَابُ مُوسَى إِمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً أُولَئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ
وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِهِ مِنَ الْأَحْزَابِ فَالنَّارُ مَوْعِدُهُ فَلَا تَكُ فِي مِرْيَةٍ
مِّنْهُ إِنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
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وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أُولَئِكَ
يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَى رَبِّهِمْ وَيَقُولُ الْأَشْهَادُ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا عَلَى
رَبِّهِمْ أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ
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الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا
وَهُم بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ كَافِرُونَ
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أُولَئِكَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا مُعْجِزِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانَ
لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مَا كَانُوا
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ السَّمْعَ وَمَا كَانُوا يُبْصِرُونَ
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أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا
كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ
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لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ هُمُ الْأَخْسَرُونَ
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَأَخْبَتُوا إِلَى
رَبِّهِمْ أُولَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
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مَثَلُ الْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَالْأَعْمَى وَالْأَصَمِّ وَالْبَصِيرِ
وَالسَّمِيعِ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
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وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ
مُّبِينٌ
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أَن لَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا اللَّهَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ
عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ
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فَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن قَوْمِهِ مَا نَرَاكَ
إِلَّا بَشَرًا مِّثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَاكَ اتَّبَعَكَ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا
بَادِيَ الرَّأْيِ وَمَا نَرَى لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ
كَاذِبِينَ
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قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن
رَّبِّي وَآتَانِي رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِهِ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا
وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَارِهُونَ
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وَيَا قَوْمِ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا
عَلَى اللَّهِ وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ
وَلَكِنِّي أَرَاكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ
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وَيَا قَوْمِ مَن يَنصُرُنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ إِن طَرَدتُّهُمْ أَفَلَا
تَذَكَّرُونَ
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وَلَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِي خَزَائِنُ اللَّهِ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ
الْغَيْبَ وَلَا أَقُولُ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ وَلَا أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِي أَعْيُنُكُمْ
لَن يُؤْتِيَهُمُ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ إِنِّي إِذًا
لَّمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
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قَالُوا يَا نُوحُ قَدْ جَادَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَالَنَا
فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
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قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ اللَّهُ إِن شَاءَ وَمَا أَنتُم
بِمُعْجِزِينَ
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وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِي إِنْ أَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن
كَانَ اللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
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أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ إِنِ افْتَرَيْتُهُ فَعَلَيَّ
إِجْرَامِي وَأَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ
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وَأُوحِيَ إِلَى نُوحٍ أَنَّهُ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن
قَدْ آمَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
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وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَاطِبْنِي
فِي الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ
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وَيَصْنَعُ الْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِ
سَخِرُوا مِنْهُ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا
تَسْخَرُونَ
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فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ
عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ
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حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا احْمِلْ
فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ
وَمَنْ آمَنَ وَمَا آمَنَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ
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وَقَالَ ارْكَبُوا فِيهَا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ مَجْرَاهَا وَمُرْسَاهَا
إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
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وَهِيَ تَجْرِي بِهِمْ فِي مَوْجٍ كَالْجِبَالِ وَنَادَى نُوحٌ
ابْنَهُ وَكَانَ فِي مَعْزِلٍ يَا بُنَيَّ ارْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ
الْكَافِرِينَ
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قَالَ سَآوِي إِلَى جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ قَالَ لَا
عَاصِمَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا
الْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُغْرَقِينَ
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وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي وَغِيضَ
الْمَاءُ وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ
الظَّالِمِينَ
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وَنَادَى نُوحٌ رَّبَّهُ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ابْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِي
وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحْكَمُ الْحَاكِمِينَ
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قَالَ يَا نُوحُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ إِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ
صَالِحٍ فَلَا تَسْأَلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ إِنِّي أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ
الْجَاهِلِينَ
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ
عِلْمٌ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُن مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
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قِيلَ يَا نُوحُ اهْبِطْ بِسَلَامٍ مِّنَّا وَبَرَكَاتٍ عَلَيْكَ
وَعَلَى أُمَمٍ مِّمَّن مَّعَكَ وَأُمَمٌ سَنُمَتِّعُهُمْ ثُمَّ يَمَسُّهُم مِّنَّا
عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَا إِلَيْكَ مَا كُنتَ
تَعْلَمُهَا أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَذَا فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ
لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
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وَإِلَى عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ
مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرُهُ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ
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يَا قَوْمِ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا
عَلَى الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
52
وَيَا قَوْمِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَى قُوَّتِكُمْ
وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا مُجْرِمِينَ
53
قَالُوا يَا هُودُ مَا جِئْتَنَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَارِكِي
آلِهَتِنَا عَن قَوْلِكَ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
54
إِن نَّقُولُ إِلَّا اعْتَرَاكَ بَعْضُ آلِهَتِنَا بِسُوءٍ قَالَ
إِنِّي أُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ وَاشْهَدُوا أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ
55
مِن دُونِهِ فَكِيدُونِي جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ لَا تُنظِرُونِ
56
إِنِّي تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّي وَرَبِّكُم مَّا مِن
دَابَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
57
فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُم مَّا أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ
إِلَيْكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفُ رَبِّي قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّونَهُ شَيْئًا إِنَّ
رَبِّي عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَفِيظٌ
58
وَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا هُودًا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَنَجَّيْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ
59
وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ جَحَدُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا رُسُلَهُ
وَاتَّبَعُوا أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ
60
وَأُتْبِعُوا فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
أَلَا إِنَّ عَادًا كَفَرُوا رَبَّهُمْ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّعَادٍ قَوْمِ هُودٍ
61
وَإِلَى ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا
اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرُهُ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ
وَاسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ
مُّجِيبٌ
62
قَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ قَدْ كُنتَ فِينَا مَرْجُوًّا قَبْلَ هَذَا
أَتَنْهَانَا أَن نَّعْبُدَ مَا يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا وَإِنَّنَا لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّمَّا
تَدْعُونَا إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ
63
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن
رَّبِّي وَآتَانِي مِنْهُ رَحْمَةً فَمَن يَنصُرُنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ إِنْ عَصَيْتُهُ فَمَا
تَزِيدُونَنِي غَيْرَ تَخْسِيرٍ
64
وَيَا قَوْمِ هَذِهِ نَاقَةُ اللَّهِ لَكُمْ آيَةً فَذَرُوهَا
تَأْكُلْ فِي أَرْضِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ
قَرِيبٌ
65
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا فِي دَارِكُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ
ذَلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ
66
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا صَالِحًا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَمِنْ خِزْيِ يَوْمِئِذٍ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْقَوِيُّ
الْعَزِيزُ
67
وَأَخَذَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي
دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ
68
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا فِيهَا أَلَا إِنَّ ثَمُودَ كَفَرُوا رَبَّهُمْ
أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ
69
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرَى قَالُوا
سَلَامًا قَالَ سَلَامٌ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَن جَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ حَنِيذٍ
70
فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ
وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَى قَوْمِ
لُوطٍ
71
وَامْرَأَتُهُ قَائِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَاهَا بِإِسْحَاقَ
وَمِن وَرَاءِ إِسْحَاقَ يَعْقُوبَ
72
قَالَتْ يَا وَيْلَتَى أَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا عَجُوزٌ وَهَذَا بَعْلِي
شَيْخًا إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْءٌ عَجِيبٌ
73
قَالُوا أَتَعْجَبِينَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ رَحْمَتُ اللَّهِ
وَبَرَكَاتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ إِنَّهُ حَمِيدٌ مَّجِيدٌ
74
فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَاءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَى
يُجَادِلُنَا فِي قَوْمِ لُوطٍ
75
إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيبٌ
76
يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَذَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَاءَ أَمْرُ
رَبِّكَ وَإِنَّهُمْ آتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ
77
وَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِيءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ
ذَرْعًا وَقَالَ هَذَا يَوْمٌ عَصِيبٌ
78
وَجَاءَهُ قَوْمُهُ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ وَمِن قَبْلُ كَانُوا
يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئَاتِ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ هَؤُلَاءِ بَنَاتِي هُنَّ أَطْهَرُ لَكُمْ
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُخْزُونِ فِي ضَيْفِي أَلَيْسَ مِنكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَّشِيدٌ
79
قَالُوا لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا لَنَا فِي بَنَاتِكَ مِنْ حَقٍّ
وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ مَا نُرِيدُ
80
قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ
شَدِيدٍ
81
قَالُوا يَا لُوطُ إِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَن يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكَ
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا
امْرَأَتَكَ إِنَّهُ مُصِيبُهَا مَا أَصَابَهُمْ إِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُ أَلَيْسَ
الصُّبْحُ بِقَرِيبٍ
82
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنضُودٍ
83
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ وَمَا هِيَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
بِبَعِيدٍ
84
وَإِلَى مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا
اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَهٍ غَيْرُهُ وَلَا تَنقُصُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ
إِنِّي أَرَاكُم بِخَيْرٍ وَإِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُّحِيطٍ
85
وَيَا قَوْمِ أَوْفُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا
تَبْخَسُوا النَّاسَ أَشْيَاءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
86
بَقِيَّتُ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ وَمَا
أَنَا عَلَيْكُم بِحَفِيظٍ
87
قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ أَصَلَاتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ أَن نَّتْرُكَ مَا
يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا أَوْ أَن نَّفْعَلَ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا مَا نَشَاءُ إِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ
الْحَلِيمُ الرَّشِيدُ
88
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن
رَّبِّي وَرَزَقَنِي مِنْهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًا وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَكُمْ إِلَى مَا
أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ إِنْ أُرِيدُ إِلَّا الْإِصْلَاحَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي
إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ
89
وَيَا قَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِي أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثْلُ
مَا أَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ أَوْ قَوْمَ صَالِحٍ وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ
مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍ
90
وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّي
رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ
91
قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا
لَنَرَاكَ فِينَا ضَعِيفًا وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَاكَ وَمَا أَنتَ عَلَيْنَا
بِعَزِيزٍ
92
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرَهْطِي أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ
وَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَاءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا إِنَّ رَبِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ
93
وَيَا قَوْمِ اعْمَلُوا عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّي عَامِلٌ سَوْفَ
تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَمَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ وَارْتَقِبُوا إِنِّي
مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ
94
وَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي
دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ
95
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا فِيهَا أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا
بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ
96
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَى بِآيَاتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ
97
إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَاتَّبَعُوا أَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَا
أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيدٍ
98
يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ النَّارَ
وَبِئْسَ الْوِرْدُ الْمَوْرُودُ
99
وَأُتْبِعُوا فِي هَذِهِ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِئْسَ
الرِّفْدُ الْمَرْفُودُ
100
ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْقُرَى نَقُصُّهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا قَائِمٌ
وَحَصِيدٌ
101
وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلَكِن ظَلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فَمَا أَغْنَتْ
عَنْهُمْ آلِهَتُهُمُ الَّتِي يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ لَّمَّا جَاءَ
أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ
102
وَكَذَلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ
إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ
103
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّمَنْ خَافَ عَذَابَ الْآخِرَةِ ذَلِكَ
يَوْمٌ مَّجْمُوعٌ لَّهُ النَّاسُ وَذَلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَّشْهُودٌ
104
وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٍ مَّعْدُودٍ
105
يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ
شَقِيٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ
106
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ
وَشَهِيقٌ
107
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا
شَاءَ رَبُّكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ
108
وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا
دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ رَبُّكَ عَطَاءً غَيْرَ
مَجْذُوذٍ
109
فَلَا تَكُ فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِّمَّا يَعْبُدُ هَؤُلَاءِ مَا يَعْبُدُونَ
إِلَّا كَمَا يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُهُم مِّن قَبْلُ وَإِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ
غَيْرَ مَنقُوصٍ
110
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ فَاخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ وَلَوْلَا
كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ
مُرِيبٍ
111
وَإِنَّ كُلًّا لَّمَّا لَيُوَفِّيَنَّهُمْ رَبُّكَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ
إِنَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ
112
فَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا
إِنَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
113
وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ
وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
114
وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ
إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ
115
وَاصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
116
فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُولُو بَقِيَّةٍ
يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ
وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَا أُتْرِفُوا فِيهِ وَكَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
117
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرَى بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا
مُصْلِحُونَ
118
وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَا
يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ
119
إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ وَلِذَلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ وَتَمَّتْ
كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
120
وَكُلًّا نَّقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ
بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ وَجَاءَكَ فِي هَذِهِ الْحَقُّ وَمَوْعِظَةٌ وَذِكْرَى
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
121
وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ اعْمَلُوا عَلَى مَكَانَتِكُمْ
إِنَّا عَامِلُونَ
122
وَانتَظِرُوا إِنَّا مُنتَظِرُونَ
123
وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُ
الْأَمْرُ كُلُّهُ فَاعْبُدْهُ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَيْهِ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا
تَعْمَلُونَ
Hud
1
Alif, Lâm, Râ. C’est un Livre dont les versets sont parfaits en
style et en sens, émanant d’un Sage, Parfaitement Connaisseur.
2
N’adorez qu’Allah. Moi, je suis pour vous, de Sa part, un
avertisseur et un annonciateur.
3
Demandez pardon à votre Seigneur ; ensuite, revenez à Lui. Il vous
accordera une belle jouissance jusqu’à un terme fixé, et Il accordera à chaque
méritant l’honneur qu’il mérite. Mais si vous tournez le dos, je crains alors
pour vous le châtiment d’un grand jour.
4
C’est à Allah que sera votre retour ; et Il est Omnipotent.
5
Eh quoi ! Ils replient leurs poitrines afin de se cacher de Lui.
Même lorsqu’ils se couvrent de leurs vêtements, Il sait ce qu’ils cachent et ce
qu’ils divulguent car Il connaît certes le contenu des poitrines.
6
Il n’y a point de bête sur terre dont la subsistance n’incombe à
Allah qui connaît son gîte et son dépôt ; tout est dans un Livre explicite.
7
Et c’est Lui qui a créé les cieux et la terre en six jours, -
alors que Son Trône était sur l’eau, - afin d’éprouver lequel de vous agirait le
mieux. Et si tu dis : « Vous serez ressuscités après la mort », ceux qui ne croient
pas diront : « Ce n’est là qu’une magie évidente ».
8
Et si Nous retardons pour eux le châtiment jusqu’à une période
fixée, ils diront : « Qu’est-ce qui le retient ? » - Mais le jour où cela leur
viendra, il ne sera pas détourné ; d’eux et ce dont ils se moquaient les
enveloppera.
9
Et si Nous faisons goûter à l’homme une grâce de Notre part, et
qu’ensuite Nous la lui arrachons, le voilà désespéré et ingrat.
10
Et si Nous lui faisons goûter le bonheur, après qu’un malheur
l’ait touché, il dira : « Les maux se sont éloignés de moi », et le voilà qui
exulte, plein de gloriole.
11
sauf ceux qui sont endurants et font de bonnes œuvres. Ceux-là
obtiendront pardon et une grosse récompense.
12
Il se peut que tu négliges une partie de ce qui t’est révélé, et
que ta poitrine s’en sente compressée ; parce qu’ils disent : « Que n’a-t-on fait
descendre sur lui un trésor ? » Ou bien : « Que n’est-il venu un Ange en sa
compagnie ? » - Tu n’es qu’un avertisseur. Et Allah est Le protecteur de toute
chose.
13
Ou bien ils disent : « Il l’a forgé [le Coran] » - Dis : « Apportez
donc dix Sourates semblables à ceci, forgées (par vous). Et appelez qui vous
pourrez (pour vous aider), hormis Allah, si vous êtes véridiques ».
14
S’ils ne vous répondent pas, sachez alors que c’est par la
science d’Allah qu’il est descendu, et qu’il n’y a de divinité que Lui.
Etes-vous soumis (à Lui) ?
15
Ceux qui veulent la vie présente avec sa parure, Nous les
rétribuerons exactement selon leurs actions sur terre, sans que rien leur en
soit diminué.
16
Ceux-là qui n’ont rien, dans l’au-delà, que le Feu. Ce qu’ils
auront fait ici-bas sera un échec, et sera vain ce qu’ils auront œuvré.
17
Est-ce que celui qui se fonde sur une preuve évidente (le Coran)
venant de son Seigneur et récitée par un témoin [l’archange Gabriel] de Sa part,
cependant qu’avant lui [Muhammad] il y a le livre de Moïse tenant lieu de guide
et de miséricorde... [est meilleur ou bien celui qui ne se fonde sur aucune
preuve valable ?]. Ceux-là y croient ; mais quiconque d’entre les factions n’y
croit pas, aura le Feu comme rendez-vous. Ne sois donc pas en doute au sujet de
ceci (le Coran). Oui, c’est la vérité venant de ton Seigneur ; mais la plupart
des gens n’y croient pas.
18
Et quel pire injuste que celui qui forge un mensonge contre
Allah ? Ceux-là seront présentés à leur Seigneur, et les témoins (les anges)
diront : « Voilà ceux qui ont menti contre leur Seigneur ». Que la malédiction
d’Allah (frappe) les injustes,
19
qui obstruent le sentier d’Allah (aux gens), cherchent à le
rendre tortueux et ne croient pas en l’au-delà.
20
Ceux-là ne peuvent réduire (Allah) à l’impuissance sur terre !
Pas d’alliés pour eux en dehors d’Allah et leur châtiment sera doublé. Ils
étaient incapables d’entendre ; ils ne voyaient pas non plus.
21
Ce sont ceux-là qui ont causé la perte de leurs propres âmes. Et
leurs inventions (idoles) se sont éloignées d’eux.
22
Ce sont eux, infailliblement, qui dans l’au-delà seront les plus
grands perdants.
23
Certes ceux qui croient, font de bonnes œuvres et s’humilient
devant leur Seigneur, voilà les gens du Paradis où ils demeureront
éternellement.
24
Les deux groupes ressemblent, l’un à l’aveugle et au sourd,
l’autre à celui qui voit et qui entend. Les deux sont-ils comparativement égaux ?
Ne vous souvenez-vous pas ?
25
Nous avons déjà envoyé Noé à son peuple : « Je suis pour vous un
avertisseur explicite
26
afin que vous n’adoriez qu’Allah. Je crains pour vous le
châtiment d’un jour douloureux ».
27
Les notables de son peuple qui avaient mécru, dirent alors :
« Nous ne voyons en toi qu’un homme comme nous ; et nous voyons que ce sont
seulement les vils parmi nous qui te suivent sans réfléchir ; et nous ne voyons
en vous aucune supériorité sur nous. Plutôt, nous pensons que vous êtes des
menteurs ».
28
Il dit : « O mon peuple ! Que vous en semble ? Si je me conforme à
une preuve de mon Seigneur, si une Miséricorde, (prophétie) échappant à vos
yeux, est venue à moi de Sa part, devrons-nous vous l’imposer alors que vous la
répugnez ?
29
O mon peuple, je ne vous demande pas de richesse en retour. Mon
salaire n’incombe qu’à Allah. Je ne repousserai point ceux qui ont cru, ils
auront à rencontrer leur Seigneur. Mais je vous trouve des gens ignorants.
30
O mon peuple, qui me secourra contre (la punition d’) Allah si
je les repousse ? Ne vous souvenez-vous pas ?
31
Et je ne vous dis pas que je détiens les trésors d’Allah, je ne
connais pas l’Inconnaissable, et je ne dis pas que je suis un Ange ; et je ne dis
pas non plus aux gens, que vos yeux méprisent, qu’Allah ne leur accordera aucune
faveur ; Allah connaît mieux ce qu’il y a dans leurs âmes. [Si je le leur
disais], je serais du nombre des injustes.
32
Ils dirent : « O Noé, tu as disputé avec nous et multiplié les
discussions. Apporte-nous donc ce dont tu nous menaces, si tu es du nombre des
véridiques ».
33
Il dit : « C’est Allah seul qui vous l’apportera - s’Il veut - et
vous ne saurez y échapper.
34
Et mon conseil ne vous profiterait pas, au cas où je voulais
vous conseiller, et qu’Allah veuille vous égarer. Il est votre Seigneur, et
c’est vers Lui que vous serez ramenés ».
35
Ou bien ils disent : il l’a inventé ? Dis : « Si je l’ai inventé,
que mon crime retombe sur moi ! Et je suis innocent de vos criminelles
accusations ».
36
Et il fut révélé à Noé: « De ton peuple, il n’y aura plus de
croyants que ceux qui ont déjà cru. Ne t’afflige pas de ce qu’ils faisaient.
37
Et construis l’arche sous Nos yeux et d’après Notre révélation.
Et ne M’interpelle plus au sujet des injustes, car ils vont être noyés ».
38
Et il construisait l’arche. Et chaque fois que des notables de
son peuple passaient près de lui, ils se moquaient de lui. Il dit : « Si vous vous
moquez de nous, eh bien, nous nous moquerons de vous, comme vous vous moquez [de
nous].
39
Et vous saurez bientôt à qui viendra un châtiment qui
l’humiliera, et sur qui s’abattra un châtiment durable ! »
40
Puis, lorsque Notre commandement vint et que le four se mit à
bouillonner [d’eau], Nous dîmes : « Charge [dans l’arche] un couple de chaque
espèce ainsi que ta famille - sauf ceux contre qui le décret est déjà prononcé -
et ceux qui croient ». Or, ceux qui avaient cru avec lui étaient peu
nombreux.
41
Et il dit : « Montez dedans. Que sa course et son mouillage soient
au nom d’Allah. Certes mon Seigneur est Pardonneur et Miséricordieux ».
42
Et elle vogua en les emportant au milieu des vagues comme des
montagnes. Et Noé appela son fils, qui restait en un lieu écarté (non loin de
l’arche): « O mon enfant, monte avec nous et ne reste pas avec les
mécréants ».
43
Il répondit : « Je vais me réfugier vers un mont qui me protègera
de l’eau ». Et Noé lui dit : « Il n’y a aujourd’hui aucun protecteur contre l’ordre
d’Allah. (Tous périront) sauf celui à qui Il fait miséricorde ». Et les vagues
s’interposèrent entre les deux, et le fils fut alors du nombre des noyés.
44
Et il fut dit : « O terre, absorbe ton eau ! Et toi, ciel, cesse
[de pleuvoir] ! » L’eau baissa, l’ordre fut exécuté et l’arche s’installa sur le
Jûdi, et il fut dit : « Que disparaissent les gens pervers » !
45
Et Noé invoqua son Seigneur et dit : « O mon Seigneur, certes mon
fils est de ma famille et Ta promesse est vérité. Tu es le plus juste des
juges ».
46
Il dit : « O Noé, il n’est pas de ta famille car il a commis un
acte infâme. Ne me demande pas ce dont tu n’as aucune connaissance. Je t’exhorte
afin que tu ne sois pas du nombre des ignorants ».
47
Alors Noé dit : « Seigneur, je cherche Ta protection contre toute
demande de ce dont je n’ai aucune connaissance. Et si Tu ne me pardonnes pas et
ne me fais pas miséricorde, je serai au nombre des perdants ».
48
Il fut dit : « O Noé, débarque avec Notre sécurité et Nos
bénédictions sur toi et sur des communautés [issues] de ceux qui sont avec toi.
Et il y (en) aura des communautés auxquelles Nous accorderons une jouissance
temporaire ; puis un châtiment douloureux venant de Nous les touchera ».
49
Voilà quelques nouvelles de l’Inconnaissable que Nous te
révélons. Tu ne les savais pas, ni toi ni ton peuple, avant cela. Sois patient.
La fin heureuse sera aux pieux.
50
Et (Nous avons envoyé) aux ’Aad, leur frère Hûd, qui leur dit :
« O mon peuple, adorez Allah. Vous n’avez point de divinité à part Lui. Vous
n’êtes que des forgeurs (de mensonges).
51
O mon peuple, je ne vous demande pas de salaire pour cela. Mon
salaire n’incombe qu’à Celui qui m’a créé. Ne raisonnez-vous pas ?
52
O mon peuple, implorez le pardon de votre Seigneur et
repentez-vous à Lui pour qu’Il envoie sur vous du ciel des pluies abondantes et
qu’Il ajoute force à votre force. Et ne vous détournez pas [de Lui] en devenant
coupables ».
53
Ils dirent : « O Hûd, tu n’es pas venu à nous avec une preuve, et
nous ne sommes pas disposés à abandonner nos divinités sur ta parole, et nous
n’avons pas foi en toi.
54
Nous dirons plutôt qu’une de nos divinités t’a affligé d’un
mal ». Il dit : « Je prends Allah à témoin - et vous aussi soyez témoins - qu’en
vérité, je désavoue ce que vous associez,
55
en dehors de Lui. Rusez donc tous contre moi et ne me donnez pas
de répit.
56
Je place ma confiance en Allah, mon Seigneur et le vôtre. Il n’y
a pas d’être vivant qu’Il ne tienne par son toupet. Mon Seigneur, certes, est
sur un droit chemin.
57
Si vous vous détournez... voilà que je vous ai transmis [le
message] que j’étais chargé de vous faire parvenir. Et mon Seigneur vous
remplacera par un autre peuple, sans que vous ne Lui nuisiez en rien, car mon
Seigneur, est gardien par excellence sur toute chose ».
58
Et quand vint Notre Ordre, Nous sauvâmes par une miséricorde de
Notre part, Hûd et ceux qui avec lui avaient cru. Et Nous les sauvâmes d’un
terrible châtiment.
59
Voilà les ’Aad. Ils avaient nié les signes (enseignements) de
leur Seigneur, désobéi à Ses messagers et suivi le commandement de tout tyran
entêté.
60
Et ils furent poursuivis, ici-bas, d’une malédiction, ainsi
qu’au Jour de la Résurrection. En vérité, les ’Aad n’ont pas cru en leur
Seigneur. Que s’éloignent (périssent) les ’Aad, peuple de Hûd !
61
Et (Nous avons envoyé) aux Thamûd, leur frère Sâlih qui dit : « O
mon peuple, adorez Allah. Vous n’avez point de divinité en dehors de Lui. De la
terre Il vous a créés, et Il vous l’a fait peupler (et exploiter). Implorez donc
Son pardon, puis repentez-vous à Lui. Mon Seigneur est bien proche et Il répond
toujours (aux appels) ».
62
Ils dirent : « O Sâlih, tu étais auparavant un espoir pour nous.
Nous interdirais-tu d’adorer ce qu’adoraient nos ancêtres ? Cependant, nous voilà
bien dans un doute troublant au sujet de ce vers quoi tu nous invites ».
63
Il dit : « O mon peuple ! Que vous en semble, si je m’appuie sur
une preuve évidente émanant de mon Seigneur et s’Il m’a accordé, de Sa part, une
miséricorde, qui donc me protègera contre Allah si je Lui désobéis ? Vous ne
ferez qu’accroître ma perte.
64
O mon peuple, voici la chamelle d’Allah qu’Il vous a envoyée
comme signe. Laissez-la donc paître sur la terre d’Allah, et ne lui faites aucun
mal sinon, un châtiment proche vous saisira ! »
65
Ils la tuèrent. Alors, il leur dit : « Jouissez (de vos biens)
dans vos demeures pendant trois jours (encore) ! Voilà une promesse qui ne sera
pas démentie ».
66
Puis, lorsque Notre ordre vint, Nous sauvâmes Sâlih et ceux qui
avaient cru avec lui, - par une miséricorde venant de Nous - de l’ignominie de
ce jour-là. En vérité, c’est ton Seigneur qui est le Fort, le Puissant.
67
Et le Cri saisit les injustes. Et les voilà foudroyés dans leurs
demeures,
68
comme s’ils n’y avaient jamais prospéré. En vérité, les Thamûd
n’ont pas cru en leur Seigneur. Que périssent les Thamûd !
69
Et Nos émissaires sont, certes, venus à Abraham avec la bonne
nouvelle, en disant : « Salâm ! ». Il dit : « Salâm ! », et il ne tarda pas à apporter
un veau rôti.
70
Puis, lorsqu’il vit que leurs mains ne l’approchaient pas, il
fut pris de suspicion à leur égard et ressentit de la peur vis-à-vis d’eux. Ils
dirent : « N’aie pas peur, nous sommes envoyés au peuple de Lot ».
71
Sa femme était debout, et elle rit alors ; Nous lui annonçâmes
donc (la naissance d’) Isaac, et après Isaac, Jacob.
72
Elle dit : « Malheur à moi ! Vais-je enfanter alors que je suis
vieille et que mon mari, que voici, est un vieillard ? C’est là vraiment une
chose étrange ! »
73
Ils dirent : « T’étonnes-tu de l’ordre d’Allah ? Que la miséricorde
d’Allah et Ses bénédictions soient sur vous, gens de cette maison ! Il est
vraiment, digne de louange et de glorification ! »
74
Lorsque l’effroi eut quitté Abraham et que la bonne nouvelle
l’eut atteint, voilà qu’il discuta avec Nous (en faveur) du peuple de Lot.
75
Abraham était, certes, longanime, très implorant et
repentant.
76
O Abraham, renonce à cela ; car l’ordre de Ton Seigneur est déjà
venu, et un châtiment irrévocable va leur arriver ».
77
Et quand Nos émissaires (Anges) vinrent à Lot, il fut chagriné
pour eux, et en éprouva une grande gêne. Et il dit : « Voici un jour
terrible ».
78
Quant à son peuple, ils vinrent à lui, accourant. Auparavant ils
commettaient des mauvaises actions. Il dit : « O mon peuple, voici mes filles :
elles sont plus pures pour vous. Craignez Allah donc, et ne me déshonorez pas
dans mes hôtes. N’y a-t-il pas parmi vous un homme raisonnable ? »
79
Ils dirent : Tu sais très bien que nous n’avons pas de droit sur
tes filles. Et en vérité, tu sais bien ce que nous voulons ».
80
Il dit : « [Ah !] si j’avais de la force pour vous résister ! ou
bien si je trouvais un appui solide ! »
81
Alors [les hôtes] dirent : « O Lot, nous sommes vraiment les
émissaires de ton Seigneur. Ils ne pourront jamais t’atteindre. Pars avec ta
famille à un moment de la nuit. Et que nul d’entre vous ne se retourne en
arrière. Exception faite de ta femme qui sera atteinte par ce qui frappera les
autres. Ce qui les menace s’accomplira à l’aube. L’aube n’est-elle pas
proche ? »
82
Et, lorsque vint Notre ordre, Nous renversâmes [la cité] de fond
en comble, et fîmes pleuvoir sur elle en masse, des pierres d’argile succédant
les unes aux autres,
83
portant une marque connue de ton Seigneur. Et elles (ces
pierres) ne sont pas loin des injustes.
84
Et (Nous avons envoyé) aux Madyan, leur frère Chuayb qui leur
dit : « O mon peuple, adorez Allah ; vous n’avez point de divinité en dehors Lui.
Et ne diminuez pas les mesures et le poids. Je vous vois dans l’aisance, et je
crains pour vous [si vous ne croyez pas] le châtiment d’un jour qui enveloppera
tout.
85
O mon peuple, faites équitablement pleine mesure et plein poids,
ne dépréciez pas aux gens leurs valeurs et ne semez pas la corruption sur
terre.
86
Ce qui demeure auprès d’Allah est meilleur pour vous si vous
êtes croyants ! Et je ne suis pas un gardien pour vous ».
87
Ils dirent : « O Chuayb ! Est-ce que ta prière te demande de nous
faire abandonner ce qu’adoraient nos ancêtres, ou de ne plus faire de nos biens
ce que nous voulons ? Est-ce toi l’indulgent, le droit ? »
88
Il dit : « O mon peuple, voyez-vous si je me base sur une preuve
évidente émanant de mon Seigneur, et s’Il m’attribue de Sa part une excellente
donation ?... Je ne veux nullement faire ce que je vous interdis. Je ne veux que
la réforme, autant que je le puis. Et ma réussite ne dépend que d’Allah. En Lui
je place ma confiance, et c’est vers Lui que je reviens repentant.
89
O mon peuple, que votre répugnance et votre hostilité à mon
égard ne vous entraînent pas à encourir les mêmes châtiments qui atteignirent le
peuple de Noé, le peuple de Hûd, ou le peuple de Sâlih et (l’exemple du) peuple
de Lot n’est pas éloigné de vous.
90
Et implorez le pardon de votre Seigneur et repentez-vous à Lui.
Mon Seigneur est vraiment Miséricordieux et plein d’amour ».
91
Ils dirent : « O Chuayb, nous ne comprenons pas grand chose à ce
que tu dis ; et vraiment nous te considérons comme un faible parmi nous. Si ce
n’est ton clan, nous t’aurions certainement lapidé. Et rien ne nous empêche de
t’atteindre ».
92
Il dit : « O mon peuple, mon clan est-il à vos yeux plus puissant
qu’Allah à qui vous tournez ouvertement le dos ? Mon Seigneur embrasse (en Sa
science) tout ce que vous œuvrez.
93
O mon peuple, agissez autant que vous voulez. Moi aussi j’agis.
Bientôt, vous saurez sur qui tombera un châtiment qui le déshonorera, et qui de
nous est l’imposteur. Et attendez (la conséquence de vos actes) ! Moi aussi
j’attends avec vous ».
94
Lorsque vint Notre ordre, Nous sauvâmes, par une miséricorde de
Notre part, Chuayb et ceux qui avaient cru avec lui. Et le Cri terrible saisit
les injustes, et ils gisèrent dans leurs demeures,
95
comme s’ils n’y avaient jamais prospéré. Que les Madyan
s’éloignent comme les Thamûd se sont éloignés.
96
Et Nous avions envoyé Moïse, avec Nos miracles et une autorité
incontestable,
97
à Pharaon et ses notables. Mais ils suivirent l’ordre de
Pharaon, bien que l’ordre de Pharaon n’avait rien de sensé.
98
Il précédera son peuple, au Jour de la Résurrection. Il les
mènera à l’aiguade du Feu. Et quelle détestable aiguade !
99
Et ils sont poursuivis par une malédiction ici-bas et au Jour de
la Résurrection. Quel détestable don leur sera donné !
100
Cela fait partie des récits que Nous te [Muhammad] racontons
concernant des cités : les unes sont encore debout, tandis que d’autres (sont
complètement) rasées.
101
Nous ne leur avons fait aucun tort. Mais ils se sont fait du
tort à eux-mêmes. Leurs divinités, qu’ils invoquaient en dehors d’Allah, ne leur
ont servi à rien, quand l’Ordre (le châtiment) de ton Seigneur fut venu ; elles
n’ont fait qu’accroître leur perte.
102
Telle est la rigueur de la prise de ton Seigneur quand Il
frappe les cités lorsqu’elles sont injustes. Son châtiment est bien douloureux
et bien dur.
103
Il y a bien là un signe pour celui qui craint le châtiment de
l’au-delà. C’est un jour où les gens seront rassemblés ; et c’est un jour
solennel (attesté par tous).
104
Et Nous ne le retardons que pour un terme bien déterminé.
105
Le jour où cela arrivera, nulle âme ne parlera qu’avec Sa
permission (celle d’Allah). Il y aura des damnés et des heureux.
106
Ceux qui sont damnés seront dans le Feu où ils ont des soupirs
et des sanglots.
107
Pour y demeurer éternellement tant que dureront les cieux et la
terre - à moins que ton Seigneur en décide autrement - car ton Seigneur fait
absolument tout ce qu’Il veut.
108
Et quant aux bienheureux, ils seront au Paradis, pour y
demeurer éternellement tant que dureront les cieux et la terre - à moins que ton
Seigneur n’en décide autrement - c’est là un don qui n’est jamais
interrompu.
109
Ne sois donc pas en doute au sujet de ce que ceux-là adorent.
Ils n’adorent que comme leurs ancêtres adoraient auparavant. Et Nous leur
donnerons la totalité de leur part, sans en rien retrancher.
110
Et Nous avons déjà donné à Moïse le Livre. Il y eut des
divergences à son sujet. S’il n’y avait pas un décret préalable de la part de
ton Seigneur, tout aurait été décidé entre eux. Et ils sont, à son sujet pleins
d’un doute troublant.
111
Très certainement, ton Seigneur fera leur pleine rétribution à
tous pour leurs œuvres... Il est Parfaitement Connaisseur de ce qu’ils font.
112
Demeure sur le droit chemin comme il t’est commandé, ainsi que
ceux qui sont revenus [à Allah] avec toi. Et ne commettez pas d’excès. Car
vraiment Il observe ce que vous faites.
113
Et ne vous penchez pas vers les injustes : sinon le Feu vous
atteindrait. Vous n’avez pas d’alliés en dehors d’Allah. Et vous ne serez pas
secourus.
114
Et accomplis la Salât aux deux extrémités du jour et à
certaines heures de la nuit. Les bonnes œuvres dissipent les mauvaises. Cela est
une exhortation pour ceux qui réfléchissent.
115
Et sois patient. Car Allah ne laisse pas perdre la récompense
des gens bienfaisants.
116
Si seulement il existait, dans les générations d’avant vous,
des gens vertueux qui interdisent la corruption sur terre ! (Hélas) Il n’y en
avait qu’un petit nombre que Nous sauvâmes, alors que les injustes persistaient
dans le luxe (exagéré) dans lequel ils vivaient, et ils étaient des
criminels.
117
Et ton Seigneur n’est point tel à détruire injustement des
cités dont les habitants sont des réformateurs.
118
Et si ton Seigneur avait voulu, Il aurait fait des gens une
seule communauté. Or, ils ne cessent d’être en désaccord (entre eux,)
119
sauf ceux à qui ton Seigneur a accordé miséricorde. C’est pour
cela qu’Il les a créés. Et la parole de ton Seigneur s’accomplit : « Très
certainement, Je remplirai l’Enfer de djinns et d’hommes, tous ensemble ».
120
Et tout ce que Nous te racontons des récits des messagers,
c’est pour en raffermir ton cœur. Et de ceux-ci t’est venue la vérité ainsi
qu’une exhortation et un rappel aux croyants.
121
Et dis à ceux qui ne croient pas : « Oeuvrez autant que vous
pouvez. Nous aussi, nous œuvrons.
122
Et attendez. Nous aussi nous attendons ! »
123
A Allah appartient l’Inconnaissable des cieux et de la terre,
et c’est à Lui que revient l’ordre tout entier. Adore-Le donc et place ta
confiance en Lui. Ton Seigneur n’est pas inattentif à ce que vous faites.
Sourate XI.
Houd.
Translator's introductory remarks
Titre tiré du vt. 52.
Cette sourate est donnée comme mekkoise par l’exégèse islamique qui admet
quelques brèves additions médinoises (vt. 12, 15, 17, 114). Dans sa
forme actuelle, elle se présente comme une homélie parfaitement
équilibrée, constituée de trois parties.
La première partie est formée de révélations juxtaposées qui, dans leur
ensemble, sont de la troisième période mekkoise.
La deuxième partie (vt. 27 à 101) est formée de six récits relatifs à des
missions de Prophètes antérieurs. La reprise de certains versets formant
leit-motiv prouve qu’on a là un tout d’une seule
venue.
Cette série de récits s’achève sur une conclusion dont le début (vt. 102
à 114) fait certainement corps, primitivement, avec les narrations qui
précèdent. A ce développement sont venus se juxtaposer (vt. 115 à 123)
des développements d’un contenu et d’un style un peu différents.
Louange à Allah, le Bienfaiteur miséricordieux.
[Préambule.]
1
▶
Note [original edition] : Sur ces
sigles, v. Introd., 144 ǁ ’uḥkimat
’âyâtu-hu « dont les aya etc. » Cf. sourate III,
5, note.
2
3
4
[Omniscience et omnipotence divines. Versatilité de
l’Homme.]
5
▶
Note [original edition] : Ce vt. et les deux suiv., dans la recension de
Flügel, sont très malencontreusement découpés dans un ensemble qui, dans la
recension du Caire, constitue un vt. unique. ǁ [Les
Incrédules] se replient etc. Text. : ils plient
leurs poitrines (= leurs cœurs).
5
5
6
7
▶
Note [original edition] :
Cf. Genèse, I, 2 : l’Esprit
d’Élohim planait au-dessus des Eaux.
7
8
9
10
11
[Origine divine de la Prédication. Anathème contre les
Incrédules.]
12
▶
Note [original edition] : la‛alla-ka târikun
« peut-être laisses-tu ». Les commt. comprennent : « Peut-être ne
transmets-tu point tout ce qui t’a été révélé et cela afin de ne pas heurter
les Incrédules. » Mais on peut comprendre aussi et mieux : « Peut-être
négliges-tu d’accomplir tout ce qui t’est révélé. »
13
14
15
▶
Note [original edition] : Ce vt. et
le suiv. interrompent le développement de l’argumentation et paraissent une
insertion ultérieure.
16
17
▶
Note [original edition] : Ce vt. fait difficulté. La
version A suit l’hypothèse des commt. qui supposent
une proposition sous-entendue formant réponse à l’interrogation du début du
vt. — La version B fait état d’une correction de
Barth qui, au lieu de ’a-fa-man « eh quoi ! [celui]
qui », propose de lire wa-man « quiconque », « ceux
qui ».
18
▶
Note [original edition] : Les Témoins = les Anges chargés de
témoigner de l’activité des Humains, sur terre.
19
20
21
22
23
24
[Histoire de Noé.]
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
▶
Note [original edition] : Ce vt. est considéré par Barth comme déplacé.
Cf. ci-dessus, vt. 16.
36
37
38
▶
Note [original edition] : Un trait identique est dans le
Talmud.
39
▶
Note [original edition] : muqîm « sans fin ». Text. :
stable.
40
▶
Note [original edition] : Excepté etc. ; v. vt. 47.
41
42
▶
Note [original edition] : Et Noé appela son fils etc. Ce trait
ne se trouve pas dans la Genèse qui ne connaît que
trois fils de Noé. Le Coran ne nomme d’ailleurs point ce quatrième fils
infidèle. Les commt. lui donnent le nom de Chanaan par confusion avec Genèse, IX, 22, où ce personnage est fils de Cham, donc
petit-fils de Noé.
43
44
▶
Note [original edition] : Le Joudi (ou Djoudi). Ce massif montagneux dont le point culminant atteint 4.000 m.
se trouve à environ 40 km. au N.-E. de Diarbekir, en Haute-Djeziré. Comme
les géographes arabes connaissent un massif de ce nom en Arabie (v. Yâqût),
il est possible que, pour les contemporains de Mahomet, ce trait coranique
ait visé sans plus le massif arabique. Ce serait donc plus tard seulement et
sous des influences extérieures (surtout arméniennes) que le nom de Djoudi
aurait recouvert un autre plus ancien appliqué à ce massif. C’est pour
mettre d’accord cette donnée avec celle de la Genèse,
VIII, 4, qui fait atterrir l’Arche sur l’Ararat, que le Djoudi fut englobé
dans ce grand massif. ǁ Et il fut dit : « Arrière etc. » Ce membre de phrase pose des problèmes,
dans l’état actuel du texte. On serait tenté de le rattacher au vt. 42 ou
43.
45
▶
Note [original edition] : Ce
développement vient interrompre celui amorcé par le vt. 46 sur
l’atterrissage de l’Arche. Il est tentant de raccrocher ce passage au vt. 42
où l’expression : excepté celui contre qui la Parole a été
proférée fait allusion à ce fils maudit.
46
47
48
49
[Histoire de Houd.]
50
51
52
52
53
54
55
56
▶
Note [original edition] :
Aucun être Text. : aucune bête.
57
58
59
60
[Histoire de Salih.]
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
[Histoire d’Abraham.]
69
▶
Note [original edition] : rusulu-nâ « Nos émissaires ». Il s’agit ici des Anges envoyés par Dieu
contre Sodome et Gomorrhe. ǁ La bonne nouvelle =
l’annonce de la naissance d’Isaac.
70
71
▶
Note [original edition] : Cf. Genèse, XVIII, 10 : Sara écoutait à
l’entrée de la tente qui était derrière lui.
72
▶
Note [original edition] : Cf. Genèse, XVII, 17 :
Abraham tomba sur sa face : il rit et dit en son
cœur : « Naîtra-t-il un enfant à un homme de cent ans
et Sara, âgée de quatre-vingts ans, enfantera-t-elle ? » Cf. toutefois
ibid., XVIII, 12 : Sara rit en
elle-même en disant : « Maintenant que je suis
vieille aurai-je encore du désir ? Mon époux aussi est vieux. » 13 L’Éternel dit : … 14 « Y a-t-il rien
qui soit étonnant de la part de l’Éternel ? »
73
74
▶
Note [original edition] : Il se mit à
discuter etc., résume Genèse, XVIII,
23-32.
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
▶
Note [original edition] : Autre sens possible : Ces pierres ne sont pas éloignées des Injustes = elles vont bientôt
les frapper comme elles ont frappé les compatriotes de Loth.
[Histoire de Cho‛aïb.]
84
▶
Note [original edition] : Text. : ne
diminuez pas la mesure et le poids.
85
86
▶
Note [original edition] : Text. : le reste
d’Allah.
86
87
▶
Note [original edition] : ṣalâtu-ka « ta prière » est un terme qu’on ne trouve que très rarement
employé, dans le Coran, pour désigner autre chose que la Prière instituée
par l’Islam. Il semble que ce nom a ici un sens plus étendu, celui de
« dévotion » « culte », par exemple.
88
89
90
91
▶
Note [original edition] : Allusion très certaine à la position analogue
de Mahomet parmi les Mekkois incrédules.
92
93
93
94
95
[Histoire de Moïse.]
96
97
98
▶
Note [original edition] : Il les
mènera etc. Text. : il les fera arriver à l’aiguade du Feu.
99
[Conclusion.]
100
101
102
▶
Note [original edition] : Text. : ainsi est la prise
d’Allah quand II prend les cités etc.
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
▶
Note [original edition] : zulafan « quelques moments ». Quels
que soient les déchiffrements admis, le sens est certain : il s’agit de
moments proches du soir et de l’aube.
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
Hood
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
1
Alif Lam Ra. A Book whose verses are set clear, and then distinguished, from One All-wise, All-aware:
2
‘Serve you none but God’(I am to you a warner from Him and a bearer of good tidings)
3
and: ‘Ask forgiveness of your Lord, then repent to Him, and He will give you fair enjoyment unto a term stated, and He will give of His bounty to every man of grace. But if you should turn your backs I fear for you the chastisement of a mighty day;
4
to God shall you return; He is powerful over everything.’
5
Behold, they fold their breasts, to hide them from Him; behold, when they wrap themselves in their garments He knows what they secrete and what they publish; surely He knows all the thoughts within the breasts.
6
No creature is there crawling on the earth, but its provision rests on God; He knows its lodging-place and its repository. All is in a Manifest Book.
7
And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and His Throne was upon the waters -- that He might try you, which one of you is fairer in works. And if thou sayest, ‘you shall surely be raised up after death,’ the unbelievers will say, ‘This is naught but a manifest sorcery.’
8
And if We postpone the chastisement from them till a reckoned moment they will say ‘What is detaining it?’ Surely, the day it shall come to them, it shall not be turned aside from them, and they shall be encompassed by that they mocked at.
9
And if We let a man taste mercy from Us, and then We wrest it from him, he is desperate, ungrateful.
10
But if We let him taste prosperity after hardship that has visited him, he will say, ‘The evils have gone from me’ behold, he is joyous, boastful --
11
save such as are patient, and do deeds of righteousness; for them awaits forgiveness and a mighty wage.
12
Perchance thou art leaving part of what is revealed to thee, and thy breast is straitened by it, because they say, ‘Why has a treasure not been sent down upon him, or an angel not come with him?’ Thou art only a warner; and God is a Guardian over everything.
13
Or do they say, ‘He has forged it’? Say: ‘Then bring you ten suras the like of it, forged; and call upon whom you are able, apart from God, if you speak truly.’
14
Then, if they do not answer you, know that it has been sent down with God’s knowledge, and that there is no god but He. So have you surrendered?
15
Whoso desires the present life and its adornment, We will pay them in full for their works therein, and they shall not be defrauded there;
16
those are they for whom in the world to come there is only the Fire; their deeds there will have failed, and void will be their works.
17
And what of him who stands upon a clear sign from his Lord, and a witness from Him recites it, and before him is the Book of Moses for an ensample and a mercy? Those believe in it; but whosoever disbelieves in it, being one of the partisans, his promised land is the Fire. So be thou not in doubt of it; it is the truth from thy Lord, but most men do not believe.
18
And who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie? Those shall be presented before their Lord, and the witnesses will say, ‘Those are they who lied against their Lord.’ Surely the curse of God shall rest upon the evildoers
19
who bar from God’s way, desiring to make it crooked; they disbelieve in the world to come;
20
they are unable to frustrate Him on earth and they have no protectors, apart from God. For them the chastisement shall be doubled; they could not hear, neither did they see.
21
Those are they that have lost their souls, and that they forged has gone astray from them;
22
they without doubt will be the greatest losers in the world to come.
23
But those who believe, and do righteous deeds, and have humbled themselves unto their Lord -- they shall be the inhabitants of Paradise, therein dwelling forever.
24
The likeness of the two parties is as the man blind and deaf, and the man who sees and hears; are they equal in likeness? Will you not remember?
25
And We sent Noah to his people: ‘I am for you a warner, and a bearer of good tidings:
26
Serve you none but God. I fear for you the chastisement of a painful day.’
27
Said the Council of the unbelievers of his people, ‘We see thee not other than a mortal like ourselves, and we see no? any following thee but the vilest of us, inconsiderately. We do not see you have over us any superiority; no, rather we think you are liars.’
28
He said, ‘O my people, what think you? If I stand upon a clear sign from my Lord, and He has given me mercy from Him, and it has been obscured for you, shall we compel you to it while you are averse to it?
29
O my people, I do not ask of you wealth for this; my wage falls only upon God. I will not drive away those who believe; they shall surely meet their Lord. But I see you are an ignorant people.
30
O my people, who would help me against God, if I drive you away?
31
Will you not remember? I do not say to you, "I possess the treasuries of God"; I know not the Unseen; and I do not say, "I am an angel." Nor do I say to those your eyes despise, "God will not give them any good"; God knows best what is in their hearts. ‘Surely in that case I should be among the evildoers.’
32
They said, ‘Noah, thou hast disputed with us and make much disputation with us. Then bring us that thou promisest us, if thou speakest truly.’
33
He said, ‘God will bring you it if He will; you cannot frustrate Him.
34
And my sincere counsel will not profit you, if I desire to counsel you sincerely, if God desires to pervert you; He is your Lord, and unto Him you shall be returned.’
35
(Or do they say, ‘He has forged it’? Say: ‘If I have forged it, upon me falls my sin; and I am quit of the sins you do.’)
36
And it was revealed to Noah, saying, ‘None of thy people shall believe but he who has already believed; so be thou not distressed by that they may be doing.
37
Make thou the Ark under Our eyes, and as We reveal; and address Me not concerning those who have done evil; they shall be drowned.’
38
So he was making the Ark; and whenever a council of his people passed by him they scoffed at him, He said, ‘If you scoff at us, we shall surely scoff at you, as you scoff
39
and you shall know to whom will come a chastisement degrading him, and upon whom there shall alight a lasting chastisement.’
40
Until, when Our command came, and the Oven boiled, We said, ‘Embark in it two of every kind, and thy family -- except for him against whom the word has already been spoken and whosoever believes.’ And there believed not with him except a few.
41
He said, ‘Embark in it! In God’s Name shall be its course and its berthing. Surely my Lord is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.’
42
So it ran with them amid waves like mountains; and Noah called to his son, who was standing apart, ‘Embark with us, my son, and be thou not with the unbelievers!’
43
He said, ‘I will take refuge in a mountain, that shall defend me from the water.’ Said he, ‘Today there is no defender from God’s command but for him on whom He has mercy.’ And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.
44
And it was said, ‘Earth, swallow thy waters; and, heaven, abate!’ And the waters subsided, the affair was accomplished, and the Ark settled on El-Judi, and it was said: ‘Away with the people of the evildoers!’
45
And Noah called unto his Lord, and said, ‘O my Lord, my son is of my family, and Thy promise is surely the truth. Thou art the justest of those that judge.’
46
Said He, ‘Noah, he is not of thy family; it is a deed not righteous. Do not ask of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee, lest thou shouldst be among the ignorant.’
47
He said, ‘My Lord, I take refuge with Thee, lest I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge; for if Thou forgivest me not, and hast not mercy on me, I shall be among the losers.’
48
It was said, ‘Noah, get thee down in peace from Us, and blessings upon thee and on the nations of those with thee; and nations -- We shall give them enjoyment, then there shall visit them from Us a painful chastisement.’
49
(That is of the tiding’s of the Unseen, that We reveal to thee; thou didst not know it, neither thy people, before this. So be patient; the issue ultimate is to the godfearing.)
50
And to Ad their brother Hood; he said, ‘O my people, serve God! You have no god other than He; you are but forgers.
51
O my people, I do not ask of you a wage for this; my wage falls only upon Him who did originate me; will you not understand?
52
And, O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord, then repent to Him, and He will loose heaven in torrents upon you, and He will increase you in strength unto your strength; and turn not your backs as sinners.’
53
They said, ‘Hood, thou hast not brought us a clear sign, and we will not leave our gods for what thou sayest; we do not believe thee.
54
We say nothing, but that one of our gods has smitten thee with some evil.’ He said, ‘I call God to witness; and witness you, that I am quit of that you associate
55
apart from Him; so try your guile on me, all together, then you shall give me no respite.
56
Truly, I have put my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord; there is no creature that crawls, but He takes it by the forelock. Surely my Lord is on a straight path.
57
But if you turn your backs, I have delivered to you that I was sent with unto you, and my Lord will make a people other than you successors; you will not hurt Him anything. My Lord is Guardian over everything.’
58
And when Our command came, We delivered Hood and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us, and delivered them from a harsh chastisement.
59
That was Ad; they denied the signs of their Lord, and rebelled against His Messengers, and followed the command of every froward tyrant.
60
And there was sent following after them in this world a curse, and upon the Day of Resurrection: ‘Surely Ad disbelieved in their Lord: so away with Ad, the people of Hood!’
61
And to Thamood their brother Salih; he said, ‘O my people, serve God! You have no god other than He. It is He who produced you from the earth and has given you to live therein; so ask forgiveness of Him, then repent to Him; surely my Lord is nigh, and answers prayer.
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They said, ‘Salih, thou hast hitherto been a source of hope among us. What, dost thou forbid us to serve that our fathers served? Truly we are in doubt, concerning what thou callest us to, disquieting.’
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He said, ‘O my people, what think you? If I stand upon a clear sign from my Lord, and He has given me mercy from Him, who shall help me against God if I rebel against Him? You would do nothing for me, except increase my loss.
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O my people, this is the She-camel of God, to be a sign for you. Leave her that she may eat in God’s earth, and touch her not with evil, lest you’ be seized by a nigh chastisement.’
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But they hamstrung her; and he said, ‘Take your joy in your habitation three days -- that is a promise not to be belied.’
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And when Our command came, We delivered Salih and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us, and from the degradation of that day; thy Lord is the All-strong, the All-mighty.
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And the evildoers were seized by the Cry, and morning found them in their habitations fallen prostrate
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as if they never dwelt there: ‘Surely Thamood disbelieved in their Lord, so away with Thamood!’
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Our messengers came to Abraham with the good tidings; they said, ‘Peace!’‘Peace,’ he said; and presently he brought a roasted calf.
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And when he saw their hands not reaching towards it, he was suspicious of them and conceived a fear of them. They said, ‘Fear not; we have been sent to the people of Lot.’
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And his wife was standing by; she laughed, therefore We gave her the glad tidings of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob.
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She said, ‘Woe is me! Shall I bear, being an old woman, and this my husband is an old man? This assuredly is a strange thing.’
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They said, ‘What, dost thou marvel at God’s command? The mercy of God and His blessings be upon you, O people of the House! Surely He is All-laudable, All-glorious.’
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So, when the awe departed from Abraham and the good tidings came to him, he was disputing with Us concerning the people of Lot;
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Abraham was clement, compassionate, penitent.
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‘O Abraham, turn away from this; thy Lord’s command has surely come, and there is coming upon them a chastisement not to be turned back.’
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And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was troubled on their account and distressed for them, and he said, ‘This is a fierce day.’
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And his people came to him, running towards him; and erstwhile they had been doing evil deeds. He said, ‘O my people, these are my daughters; they are cleaner for you. So fear God, and do not degrade me in my guests. What, is there not one man among you of a right mind?’
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They said, ‘Thou knowest we have no right to thy daughters, and thou well knowest what we desire.’
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He said, ‘O would that I had power against you, or might take refuge in a strong pillar!’
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They said, ‘Lot, we are messengers of thy Lord. They shall not reach thee; so set forth, thou with thy family, in a watch of the night, and let not any one of you turn round, excepting thy wife; surely she shall be smitten by that which smites them. Their promised time is the morning; is the morning not nigh?’
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So when Our command came, We turned it uppermost nethermost, and rained on it stones of baked clay, one on another,
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marked with thy Lord, and never far from the evildoers.
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And to Midian their brother Shuaib; he said, ‘O my people, serve God! You have no god other than He. And diminish not the measure and the balance. I see you are prospering; and I fear for you the chastisement of an encompassing day.
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O my people, fill up the measure and the balance justly, and do not diminish the goods of the people, and do not mischief in the land, working corruption.
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God’s remainder is better for you, if you are believers. And I am not a guardian over you.
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They said, ‘Shuaib, does thy prayer command thee that we should leave that our fathers served, or to do as we will with our goods? Thou art the clement one, the right-minded.’
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He said, ‘O my people, what think you? If I stand upon a clear sign from my Lord, and He has provided me with fair provision from Him -- and I desire not to come behind you, betaking me to that I forbid you; I desire only to set things right, so far as I am able. My succour is only with God; in Him I have put my trust, and to Him I turn, penitent.
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O my people, let not the breach with me move you, so that there smite you the like of what smote the people of Noah, or the people of Hood, or the people of Salih; and the people of Lot are not far away from you.
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And ask forgiveness of your Lord, then repent to Him; surely my Lord is All-compassionate, All-loving.’
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They said, ‘Shuaib, we do not understand much of what thou sayest. Truly we see thee weak among us; but for thy tribe we would have stoned thee; for thou art not strong against us.
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He said, ‘O my people, is my tribe stronger against you than God? And Him -- have you taken Him as something to be thrust behind you? My Lord encompasses the things you do.
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O my people, act according to your station; I am acting; and certainly you will know to whom will come the chastisement degrading him, and who is a liar. And be upon the watch; I shall be with you, watching.’
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And when Our command came, We delivered Shuaib and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us, and the evildoers were seized by the Cry, and morning found them in their habitations fallen prostrate
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as if they had never dwelt there: ‘So away with Midian, even as Thamood was done away!’
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And We sent Moses with Our signs, and a manifest authority,
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to Pharaoh and his Council; but they followed Pharaoh’s command, and Pharaoh’s command was not right-minded.
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He shall go before his people on the Day of Resurrection, and will have led them down to the Fire-evil the watering-place to be led down to!
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And there was sent following after them in this world a curse, and upon the Day of Resurrection -- evil the offering to be offered!
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That is of the tidings of the cities We relate to thee; some of them are standing and some stubble.
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And We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves; their gods availed them not that they called upon, apart from God, anything, when the command of thy Lord came; and they increased them not, save in destruction.
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Such is the seizing of thy Lord, when He seizes the cities that are evildoing; surely His seizing is painful, terrible.
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Surely in that is a sign for him who fears the chastisement in the world to come; that is a day mankind are to be gathered to, a day to witness,
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and We shall not postpone it, save to a term reckoned;
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the day it comes, no soul shall speak save by His leave; some of them shall be wretched and some happy.
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As for the wretched, they shall be in the Fire, wherein there shall be for them moaning and sighing, therein dwelling forever,
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so long as the heavens and earth abide, save as thy Lord will; surely thy Lord accomplishes what He desires.
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And as for the happy, they shall be in Paradise, therein dwelling forever, so long as the heavens and earth abide, save as thy Lord will -- for a gift unbroken.
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So be thou not in doubt concerning what these men serve; they serve only as their fathers served before; and We shall surely pay them in full their portion undiminished.
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And We gave Moses the Book; and there was difference regarding it, and but for a word that preceded from thy Lord, it had been decided between them; and they are in doubt of it disquieting.
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Surely each one of them -- thy Lord will pay them in full for their works; He is aware of the things they do.
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So go thou straight, as thou hast been commanded, and whoso repents with thee; and be you not insolent; surely He sees the things you do.
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And lean not on the evildoers, so that the Fire touches you -- you have no protectors apart from God -- and then you will not be helped.
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And perform the prayer at the two ends of the day and nigh of the night; surely the good deeds will drive away the evil deeds. That is a remembrance unto the mindful.
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And be thou patient; God will not leave to waste the wage of the good-doers.
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Or if there had been, of the generations before you, men of a remainder forbidding corruption in the earth -- except a few of those whom We delivered of them; but the evildoers followed the ease they were given to exult in and became sinners.
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Yet thy Lord would never destroy the cities unjustly, while as yet their people were putting things right.
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Had thy Lord willed, He would have made mankind one nation; but they continue in their differences
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excepting those on whom thy Lord has mercy. To that end He created them, and perfectly is fulfilled the word of thy Lord: ‘I shall assuredly fill Gehenna with jinn and men all together.’
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And all that We relate to thee of the tidings of the Messengers is that whereby We strengthen thy heart; in these there has come to thee the truth and an admonition, and a reminder to the believers.
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And say to the unbelievers: ‘Act you according to your station; we are acting.
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And watch and wait; we are also watching and waiting.’
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To God belongs the Unseen in the heavens and the earth. To Him the whole matter shall be returned; so serve Him, and put thy trust in Him. Thy Lord is not heedless of the things you do."
Hûd
Revealed at Mecca
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
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Alif. Lâm. Râ. (This is) a Scripture the revelations whereof are perfected and then expounded. (It cometh) from One Wise, Informed,
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(Saying): Serve none but Allah. Lo! I am unto you from Him a warner and a bringer of good tidings.
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And (bidding you): Ask pardon of your Lord and turn to Him repentant. He will cause you to enjoy a fair estate until a time appointed. He giveth His bounty unto every bountiful one. But if ye turn away, lo! (then) I fear for you the retribution of an awful Day.
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Unto Allah is your return, and He is Able to do all things.
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Lo! now they fold up their breasts that they may hide (their thoughts) from Him. At the very moment when they cover themselves with their clothing, Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim. Lo! He is Aware of what is in the breasts (of men).
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And there is not a beast in the earth but the sustenance thereof dependeth on Allah. He knoweth its habitation and its repository. All is in a clear Record.
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And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His Throne was upon the water - that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct. Yet if thou (O Muḥammad) sayest: Lo! ye will be raised again after death! those who disbelieve will surely say: This is naught but mere magic.
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And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they will surely say: What withholdeth it? Verily on the day when it cometh unto them, it cannot be averted from them, and that which they derided will surround them.
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And if we cause man to taste some mercy from Us and afterward withdraw it from him, lo! he is despairing, thankless.
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And if We cause him to taste grace after some misfortune that had befallen him, he saith: The ills have gone from me. Lo! he is exultant, boastful;
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Save those who persevere and do good works. Theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.
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A likely thing, that thou wouldst forsake aught of that which hath been revealed unto thee, and that thy breast should be straitened for it, because they say: Why hath not a treasure been sent down for him, or an angel come with him? Thou art but a warner, and Allah is in charge of all things.
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Or they say: He hath invented it. Say: Then bring ten surahs, the like thereof, invented, and call on everyone ye can beside Allah, if ye are truthful!
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And if they answer not your prayer, then know that it is revealed only in the knowledge of Allah; and that there is no Allah save Him. Will ye then be (of) those who surrender?
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Whoso desireth the life of the world and its pomp, We shall repay them their deeds herein, and therein they will not be wronged.
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Those are they for whom is naught in the Hereafter save the Fire. (All) that they contrive here is vain and (all) that they are wont to do is fruitless.
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Is he (to be counted equal with them) who relieth on a clear proof from his Lord, and a witness from Him reciteth it, and before it was the Book of Moses, an example and a mercy? Such believe therein, and whoso disbelieveth therein of the clans, the Fire is his appointed place. So be not thou in doubt concerning it. Lo! it is the Truth from thy Lord; but most of mankind believe not.
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Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah? Such will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say: These are they who lied concerning their Lord. Now the curse of Allah is upon wrong-doers,
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Who debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter.
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Such will not escape in the earth, nor have they any protecting friends beside Allah. For them the torment will be double. They could not bear to hear, and they used not to see.
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Such are they who have lost their souls, and that which they used to invent hath failed them.
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Assuredly in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers.
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Lo! those who believe and do good works and humble themselves before their Lord: such are rightful owners of the Garden; they will abide therein.
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The similitude of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal in similitude? Will ye not then be admonished?
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And We sent Noah unto his folk (and he said): Lo! I am a plain warner unto you.
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That ye serve none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for you the retribution of a painful Day.
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The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: We see thee but a mortal like us, and we see not that any follow thee save the most abject among us, without reflection. We behold in you no merit above us - nay, we deem you liars.
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He said: O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on a clear proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from His presence, and it hath been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when ye are averse thereto?
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And O my people! I ask of you no wealth therefor. My reward is the concern only of Allah, and I am not going to thrust away those who believe - Lo! they have to meet their Lord! - but I see you a folk that are ignorant.
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And, O my people! who would deliver me from Allah if I thrust them away? Will ye not then reflect?
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I say not unto you: "I have the treasures of Allah" nor "I have knowledge of the Unseen," nor say I: "Lo! I am an angel!" Nor say I unto those whom your eyes scorn that Allah will not give them good - Allah knoweth best what is in their hearts - Lo! then indeed I should be of the wrong-doers.
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They said: O Noah! Thou hast disputed with us and multiplied disputation with us; now bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful.
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He said: Only Allah will bring it upon you if He will, and ye can by no means escape.
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My counsel will not profit you if I were minded to advise you, if Allah’s will is to keep you astray. He is your Lord and unto Him ye will be brought back.
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Or say they (again): He hath invented it? Say: If I have invented it, upon me be my crimes, but I am innocent of (all) that ye commit.
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And it was inspired in Noah, (saying): No-one of thy folk will believe save him who hath believed already. Be not distressed because of what they do.
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Build the ship under Our eyes and by Our inspiration, and speak not unto Me on behalf of those who do wrong. Lo! they will be drowned.
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And he was building the ship, and every time that chieftains of his people passed him, they made mock of him. He said: Though ye make mock of Us, yet We mock at you even as ye mock;
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And ye shall know to whom a punishment that will confound him cometh, and upon whom a lasting doom will fall.
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(Thus it was) till, when Our commandment came to pass and the oven gushed forth water, We said: Load therein two of every kind, a pair (the male and female), and thy household, save him against whom the word hath gone forth already, and those who believe. And but a few were they who believed with him.
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And he said: Embark therein! In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. Lo! my Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
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And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains, and Noah cried unto his son - and he was standing aloof - O my son! Come ride with us, and be not with the disbelievers.
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He said: I shall betake me to some mountain that will save me from the water. (Noah) said: This day there is none that saveth from the commandment of Allah save him on whom He hath had mercy. And the wave came in between them, so he was among the drowned.
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And it was said: O earth! Swallow thy water and, O sky! be cleared of clouds! And the water was made to subside. And the commandment was fulfilled. And it (the ship) came to rest upon (the mount) Al-Judi and it was said: A far removal for wrongdoing folk!
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And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Lo! my son is of my household! Surely Thy promise is the truth and Thou are the Most Just of Judges.
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He said: O Noah! Lo! he is not of thy household; lo! he is of evil conduct, so ask not of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee lest thou be among the ignorant.
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He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless Thou forgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost.
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It was said (unto him): O Noah! Go thou down (from the mountain) with peace from Us and blessings upon thee and some nations (that will spring) from those with thee. (There will be other) nations unto whom We shall give enjoyment a long while and then a painful doom from Us will overtake them.
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This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee (Muḥammad). Thou thyself knewest it not, nor did thy folk (know it) before this. Then have patience. Lo! the sequel is for those who ward off (evil).
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And unto (the tribe of) A’ad (We sent) their brother, Hud. He said: O my people! Serve Allah! Ye have no other Allah save Him. Lo! ye do but invent.
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O my people! I ask of you no reward for it. Lo! my reward is the concern only of Him Who made me. Have ye then no sense?
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And, O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord, then turn unto Him repentant; He will cause the sky to rain abundance on you and will add unto you strength to your strength. Turn not away, guilty!
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They said: O Hud! Thou hast brought us no clear proof and we are not going to forsake our gods on thy (mere) saying, and we are not believers in thee.
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We say naught save that one of our gods hath possessed thee in an evil way. He said: I call Allah to witness, and do ye (too) bear witness, that I am innocent of (all) that ye ascribe as partners (to Allah)
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Beside Him. So (try to) circumvent me, all of you, give me no respite.
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Lo! I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Not an animal but He doth grasp it by the forelock! Lo! my Lord is on a straight path.
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And if ye turn away, still I have conveyed unto you that wherewith I was sent unto you, and my Lord will set in place of you a folk other than you. Ye cannot injure Him at all. Lo! my Lord is Guardian over all things.
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And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Hud and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; We saved them from a harsh doom.
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And such were A’ad. They denied the revelations of their Lord and flouted His messengers and followed the command of every froward potentate.
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And a curse was made to follow them in the world and on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! A’ad disbelieved in their Lord. A far removal for A’ad, the folk of Hud!
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And unto (the tribe of) Thamud (We sent) their brother Salih. He said: O my people! Serve Allah, Ye have no other Allah save Him. He brought you forth from the earth and hath made you husband it. So ask forgiveness of Him and turn unto Him repentant. Lo! my Lord is Nigh, Responsive.
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They said: O Salih! Thou hast been among us hitherto as that wherein our hope was placed. Dost thou ask us not to worship what our fathers worshipped? Lo! we verily are in grave doubt concerning that to which thou callest us.
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He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on clear proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from Him, who will save me from Allah if I disobey Him? Ye would add to me naught save perdition.
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O my people! This is the camel of Allah, a token unto you, so suffer her to feed in Allah’s earth, and touch her not with harm lest a near torment seize you.
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But they hamstrung her, and then he said: Enjoy life in your dwelling-place three days! This is a threat that will not be belied.
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So, when Our commandment came to pass, We saved Salih, and those who believed with him, by a mercy from Us, from the ignominy of that day. Lo, thy Lord! He is the Strong, the Mighty.
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And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong, so that morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,
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As though they had not dwelt there. Lo! Thamud disbelieved in their Lord. A far removal for Thamud!
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And Our messengers cam unto Abraham with good news. They said: Peace! He answered: Peace! and delayed not to bring a roasted calf.
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And when he saw their hands reached not to it, he mistrusted them and conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! Lo! we are sent unto the folk of Lot.
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And his wife, standing by laughed when We gave her good tidings (of the birth) of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob.
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She said: Oh woe is me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman, and this my husband is an old man? Lo! this is a strange thing!
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They said: Wonderest thou at the commandment of Allah? The mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, O people of the house! Lo! He is Owner of Praise, Owner of Glory!
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And when the awe departed from Abraham, and the glad news reached him, he pleaded with Us on behalf of the folk of Lot.
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Lo! Abraham was mild, imploring, penitent.
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(It was said) O Abraham! Forsake this! Lo! thy Lord’s commandment hath gone forth, and lo! there cometh unto them a doom which cannot be repelled.
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And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was distressed and knew not how to protect them. He said: This is a distressful day.
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And his people came unto him, running towards him - and before then they used to commit abominations - He said: O my people! Here are my daughters! They are purer for you. Beware of Allah, and degrade me not in (the person of) my guests. Is there not among you any upright man?
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They said: Well thou knowest that we have no right to thy daughters, and well thou knowest what we want.
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He said: Would that I had strength to resist you or had some strong support (among you)!
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(The messengers) said: O Lot! Lo! we are messengers of thy Lord; they shall not reach thee. So travel with thy people in a part of the night, and let not one of you turn round - (all) save thy wife. Lo! that which smiteth them will smite her (also). Lo! their tryst is (for) the morning. Is not the morning nigh?
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So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew (that township) and rained upon it stones of clay, one after another,
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Marked with fire in the providence of thy Lord (for the destruction of the wicked). And they are never far from the wrong-doers.
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And unto Midian (We sent) their brother Shu’eyb. He said: O my people! Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him! And give not short measure and short weight. Lo! I see you well-to-do, and lo! I fear for you the doom of a besetting Day.
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O my people! Give full measure and full weight in justice, and wrong not people in respect of their goods. And do not evil in the earth, causing corruption.
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That which Allah leaveth with you is better for you if ye are believers; and I am not a keeper over you.
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They said: O Shu’eyb! Doth thy way of prayer command thee that we should forsake that which our fathers (used to) worship, or that we (should leave off) doing what we will with our own property. Lo! thou art the mild, the guide to right behaviour.
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He said: O my people! Bethink you: if I am (acting) on a clear proof from my Lord and He sustaineth me with fair sustenance from Him (how can I concede aught to you)? I desire not to do behind your backs that which I ask you not to do. I desire naught save reform so far as I am able. My welfare is only in Allah. In Him I trust and unto Him I turn (repentant).
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And, O my people! Let not the schism with me cause you to sin so that there befall you that which befell the folk of Noah and the folk of Hud, and the folk of Salih; and the folk of Lot are not far off from you.
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Ask pardon of your Lord and then turn unto Him (repentant). Lo! my Lord is Merciful, Loving.
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They said: O Shu’eyb! We understand not much of that thou tellest, and lo! we do behold thee weak among us. But for thy family, we should have stoned thee, for thou art not strong against us.
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He said: O my people! Is my family more to be honoured by you than Allah? and ye put Him behind you, neglected! Lo! my Lord surroundeth what ye do.
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And, O my people! Act according to your power, lo! I (too) am acting. Ye will soon know on whom there cometh a doom that will abase him, and who it is that lieth. And watch! Lo! I am a watcher with you.
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And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Shu’eyb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; and the (Awful) Cry seized those who did injustice, and morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,
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As though they had not dwelt there. A far removal for Midian, even as Thamud had been removed afar!
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And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant"
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Unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they did follow the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was no right guide.
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He will go before his people on the Day of Resurrection and will lead them to the Fire for watering-place. Ah, hapless is the watering-place (whither they are) led.
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A curse is made to follow them in the world and on the Day of Resurrection. Hapless is the gift (that will be) given (them).
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That is (something) of the tidings of the townships (which were destroyed of old). We relate it unto thee (Muḥammad). Some of them are standing and some (already) reaped.
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We wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves; and their gods on whom they call beside Allah availed them naught when came thy Lord’s command; they added to them naught save ruin.
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Even thus is the grasp of thy Lord when He graspeth the townships while they are doing wrong. Lo! His grasp is painful, very strong.
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Lo! herein verily there is a portent for those who fear the doom of the Hereafter. That is a day unto which mankind will be gathered, and that is a day that will be witnessed.
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And We defer it only to a term already reckoned.
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On the day when it cometh no soul will speak except by His permission; some among them will be wretched, (others) glad.
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As for those who will be wretched (on that day) they will be in the Fire; sighing and wailing will be their portion therein,
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Abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord willeth. Lo! thy Lord is Doer of what He will.
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And as for those who will be glad (that day) they will be in the Garden, abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord willeth: a gift unfailing.
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So be not thou in doubt concerning that which these (folk) worship. They worship only as their fathers worshipped aforetime. Lo! we shall pay them their whole due unabated.
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And we verily gave unto Moses the Scripture, and there was strife thereupon; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord, the case would have been judged between them, and lo! they are in grave doubt concerning it.
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And lo! unto each thy Lord will verily repay his works in full. Lo! He is Informed of what they do.
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So tread thou the straight path as thou art commanded, and those who turn (unto Allah) with thee, and transgress not. Lo! He is Seer of what ye do.
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And incline not toward those who do wrong lest the Fire touch you, and ye have no protecting friends against Allah, and afterward ye would not be helped.
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Establish worship at the two ends of the day and in some watches of the night. Lo! good deeds annul ill-deeds. This is reminder for the mindful.
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And have patience, (O Muḥammad), for lo! Allah loseth not the wages of the good.
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If only there had been among the generations before you men possessing a remnant (of good sense) to warn (their people) from corruption in the earth, as did a few of those whom We saved from them! The wrong-doers followed that by which they were made sapless, and were guilty.
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In truth thy Lord destroyed not the townships tyrannously while their folk were doing right.
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And if thy Lord had willed, He verily would have made mankind one nation, yet they cease not differing,
119
Save him on whom thy Lord hath mercy; and for that He did create them. And the Word of thy Lord hath been fulfilled: Verily I shall fill hell with the jinn and mankind together.
120
And all that We relate unto thee of the story of the messengers is in order that thereby We may make firm thy heart. And herein hath come unto thee the Truth and an exhortation and a reminder for believers.
121
And say unto those who believe not: Act according to your power. Lo! We (too) are acting.
122
And wait! Lo! We (too) are waiting.
123
And Allah’s is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth, and unto Him the whole matter will be returned. So worship Him and put thy trust in Him. Lo! thy Lord is not unaware of what ye (mortals) do.
CHAP. XI.
Intitled, Hud
In the name of the most merciful God.
a
; revealed at Mecca.
Note [original edition] : The story of which prophet is repeated in this chapter.
1
b
. This book, the verses whereof are guarded against corruption
Note [original edition] : See the Prelim. Disc. p. 59, &c.
c
,
and are also distinctly explained
Note [original edition] :
The verses whereof are guarded against corruption;] According to the various senses which the verb ohkimat, in the
original, may bear, the commentators suggest as many different
interpretations. Some suppose the meaning to be, according to our version,
that the Korân is not liable to be corrupted1,
as the law and the gospel have
been, in the opinion of the Mohammedans; others, that every verse in this
particular chapter is in full force, and not one of them abrogated; others,
that the verses of the Korân are disposed in a clear and perspicuous method,
or contain evident and demonstrative arguments; and others, that they comprise
judicial declarations, to regulate both faith and practice2.
- 1 See the Prelim. Disc. p. 75.
- 2 Al Beidawi, Jallalo’ddin, Al Zamakhshari, &c.
d
, is a revelation from the wise, the knowing
God:
Note [original edition] : And are also distinctly explained;] The signification of the verb fossilat, which is here used, being
also ambiguous, the meaning of this passage is supposed to be, either that the
verses are distinctly proposed or expressed in a clear manner; or that the
subject matter of the whole may be distinguished or divided into laws,
monitions, and examples; or else that the verses were revealed by parcels3.
- 3 Iidem.
2
3
4
5
e
, that they may conceal
their designs from him? When they cover themselves with their garments, doth not he know that
which they conceal,
Note [original edition] : Do they not double the folds of their breasts;] Or, as it may be translated, Do they not turn away their breasts, &c.
a
.
Note [original edition] : This passage was occasioned by the words of certain of the idolaters,
who said to one another, When we let down our curtains, (such as the women use
in the east to screen themselves from the sight of the men when they happen to
be in the room,) and wrap ourselves up in our garments, and fold up our
breasts, to conceal our malice against Mohammed, how should he come to the
knowledge of it? Some suppose the passage relates to certain hypocritical
Moslems; but this opinion is generally rejected, because the verse was
revealed at Mecca, and the birth of hypocrisy among the Mohammedans happened
not till after the Hejra.
6
b
. The
whole is written in the perspicuous book of his decrees.
Note [original edition] : The place of its retreat, and where it is laid up;] i.e. Both during its life and after its death; or the repository of
every animal, before its birth, in the loins and wombs of the parents.
7
c
,)
that he might prove
you, and see which of you would excel in works. If thou say, Ye shall surely be raised again, after death; the
unbelievers will say, This is nothing but manifest sorcery.
Note [original edition] : But his
throne was above the waters before the creation thereof;] For the Mohammedans suppose this throne, and the waters whereon it
stands, which waters they imagine are supported by a spirit or wind, were,
with some other things, created before the heavens and earth. This fancy they
borrowed from the Jews, who also say, that the throne of glory then stood in
the air, and was borne on the face of the waters, by the breath of God’s
mouth1.
- 1 Rashi, ad Gen. i. 2. V. Reland. de Relig. Moh. p. 50, &c.
8
9
d
, and ungrateful.
Note [original edition] : Desperate;] Casting aside all hopes of the divine favour, for want of patience
and trust in God.
10
11
12
13
e
like unto it, forged by your selves; and call on whomsoever ye may to
assist you, except God, if ye speak truth.
Note [original edition] : Ten chapters;] This was the number which he first challenged them to compose; but
they not being able to do it, he made the matter still easier, challenging
them to produce a single chapter only2,
comparable to the Korân in doctrine
and eloquence.
- 2 See chap. 2. p. 3. chap. 10. p. 170.
14
f
, and that there is no
God but he. Will ye therefore become Moslems?
Note [original edition] : By the knowledge of God only;] Or containing several passages wrapped up in dark and mysterious
expressions, which can proceed from and are perfectly comprehended by none but
God
3.
- 3 See chap. 3. p. 35.
15
16
17
a
attendeth, preceded by
the book of Moses
Note [original edition] : A witness from him;] viz. The Korân; or, as others suppose, the angel Gabriel.
b
, which was revealed for a guide, and out of mercy to
mankind? These believe in the
Koran: but whosoever of the confederate
infidels believeth not therein, is threatened the fire of hell, which threat
shall certainly be executed: be not therefore in a doubt concerning it; for it
is the truth from thy Lord: but the greater part of men will not believe.
Note [original edition] : Preceded by the book of Moses;] Which bears testimony thereto.
18
c
shall
say, These are they who devised lies against their Lord. Shall not the curse
of God fall on the unjust;
Note [original edition] : The witnesses;] That is, the angels, and prophets, and their own members.
19
20
d
. They
could not hear, neither did they see
Note [original edition] : Their punishment shall be doubled;] For they shall be punished both in this life and in the next.
21
22
23
24
e
is as the blind and the deaf, and as
he who seeth and heareth: shall they be compared as equal? Will ye not
therefore consider?
Note [original edition] : Of the two parties;] i.e. The believers and the infidels.
25
f
unto his people; and he said, Verily I am a public
preacher unto you;
Note [original edition] : See chap. 7. p. 122, &c.
26
27
g
; neither do we perceive any excellence in you above us: but we
esteem you to be lyars.
Note [original edition] : By a rash judgment;] For want of mature consideration, and moved by the first impulse of
their fancy.
28
29
h
:
verily they shall meet their Lord, at the resurrection; but I perceive
Note [original edition] : I will not drive away those who have believed;] For this they asked him to do, because they were poor mean people.
The same thing the
Koreish
demanded of Mohammed, but he was forbidden to
comply with their request1.
- 1 See chap. 6. p. 103.
30
31
a
;
neither do I say of those whom your eyes do contemn, God will by no means
bestow good on them: (God best knoweth that which is in their souls;) for then
should I certainly be one of the unjust.
Note [original edition] : See chap. 6. p. 103.
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
b
: but he said, Though ye scoff at us now, we will scoff
at you hereafter, as ye scoff at us; and ye shall surely know
Note [original edition] : They derided him;] For building a vessel in an inland country, and so far from the sea;
and for that he was turned carpenter after he had set up for a prophet2.
- 2 Al Beidawi.
39
40
c
. And we said unto Noah, Carry into the ark of every
species
Note [original edition] : And the
oven poured forth water;] Or, as the original literally signifies, boiled over; which is
consonant to what the Rabbins say, that the waters of the deluge were boiling
hot.
This oven was, as some say, at Cûfa, in a spot whereon a mosque now
stands; or, as others rather think, in a certain place in India, or else at
Ain warda in Mesopotamia
3;
and its exundation was the sign by which Noah knew
the flood was coming4.
Some pretend that it was the same oven which Eve made
use of to bake her bread in, being of a form different from those we use,
having the mouth in the upper part, and that it descended from patriarch to
patriarch, till it came to Noah
5.
It is remarkable that Mohammed, in all
probability, borrowed this circumstance from the Persian Magi, who also
fancied that the first waters of the deluge gushed out of the oven of a
certain old woman named Zala Cûfa
6.
But the word tannûr, which is here translated oven, also signifying the
superficies of the earth, or a place whence waters spring forth, or where they
are collected, some suppose it means no more in this passage than the spot or
fissure whence the first eruption of waters brake forth.
- 3 Idem.
- 4 Jallalo’ddin, &c.
- 5 V. D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Noah
- 6 V. Hyde de Rel. Vet. Persar, and Lord’s account of the Relig. of the Persees. p. 9.
a
; and thy family
Note [original edition] : One pair;] Or, as the words may also be rendered, and some commentators think
they ought, two pair, that is, two males and two females of each species;
wherein they partly agree with divers Jewish and Christian writers1,
who from
the Hebrew expression, seven and seven, and two and two, the male and his
female
2,
suppose there went into the ark fourteen pair of every clean, and two
pair of every unclean species. There is a tradition that God gathered
together unto Noah, all sorts of beasts, birds, and other animals (it being
indeed difficult to conceive how he should come by them all without some
supernatural assistance), and that as he laid hold on them, his right hand
constantly fell on the male, and his left on the female3.
- 1 See Bochart. Phaleg. l. I, c. 3.
- 2 Geogr. Nub. p. 202.
- 3 V. D’Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 404 & 676. & Agathiam, l. 14, p. 135.
b
, (except him on whom a previous
sentence of destruction hath passed)
Note [original edition] : Thy family;] Namely thy wife; and thy sons and their wives4.
- 4 Benjamin. Itiner. p. 61.
c
, and those who believe
Note [original edition] : Except him on whom a previous
sentence of destruction hath passed;] This was an unbelieving son of Noah
5,
named Canaan
6,
or Yam
7;
tho’
others say he was not the son of Noah, but his grandson by his son Ham, or his
wife’s son by another husband; nay, some pretend he was related to him no
farther than by having been educated and brought up in his house8.
The best
commentators add, that Noah’s wife, named Wâïla, who was n infidel, was also
comprehended in this exception, and perished with her son9.
- 5 Berosus, apud Joseph. Antiq. l. 1, c. 4.
- 6 Onkelos & Jonathan, in Gen. viii. 4.
- 7 V. Eutych. Annal. p. 41.
- 8 Berosus, apud Joseph. ubi sup. Abydenus, apud Euseb. Præp. Ev. l. 9, c. 4.
- 9 Epiph. Hæres. 18.
d
. But there
believed not with him except a few
Note [original edition] : And those who believe;] Noah’s family being mentioned before, it is supposed that by these
words are intended the other believers, who were his proselytes, but not of
his family: whence the common opinion among the Mohammedans, of a greater
number than eight being saved in the ark, seems to have taken its rise10.
- 10 Elmacin. l. 1, c. 1.
e
.
Note [original edition] : There believed not with him except a few;] viz. His other wife, who was a true believer, his three sons, Shem,
Ham, and Japhet, and their wives, and seventy two persons more11.
- 11 V. Chronic. Dionysii Patriarch. Jacobitar. apud Asseman. Bibl. Orient. T. 2, p. 113.
41
f
; for my Lord is gracious and merciful.
Note [original edition] : Embark thereon, in the name of God; while it moveth
forward, and while it standeth still;] That is, omit no opportunity of getting on board. According to a
different reading, the latter words may be rendered, Who shall cause it to
move forward, and to stop, as there shall be occasion. The commentators tell
us that the ark moved forwards, or stood still, as Noah would have it, on his
pronouncing only the words, In the name of God
12.
It is to be observed that the more judicious commentators make the
dimensions of the ark to be the same with those assigned by Moses
13:
Notwithstanding, others have enlarged them most extravagantly14,
as some
Christian writers
15
have also done. They likewise tell us that Noah was two
years in building the ark, which was framed of Indian plane tree16,
that it
was divided into three stories, of which the lower was designed for the
beasts, the middle one for the men and women, and the upper for the birds17;
and that the men were separated from the women by the body of Adam, which Noah
had taken into the ark18.
This last is a tradition of the eastern
Christians
19, some of whom pretend that the matrimonial duty was superseded
and suspended during the time Noah and his family were in the ark20;
tho’
Ham has been accused of not observing continency on that occasion, his wife,
it seems, bringing forth Caanan in the very ark21.
- 12 Al Beidawi., &c.
- 13 Idem, &c.
- 14 Yahya. V. Marracc. in Alcor. p. 340.
- 15 Origen. contr. Cels. l. 4. V. Kircher. de Arca Noe, c. 8.
- 16 Al Beidawi. V. D’Herbel. p. 675, and Eutych. p. 34.
- 17 Al Beidawi. V. Eutych. annal. p. 34.
- 18 Yahya.
- 19 Jacob, Edessenus, apud Barcepham de Parad. part 1. c. 14. Eutych. ubi sup. V. etiam Eliezer. pirke c. 23.
- 20 Ambros. de Noa et Arca, c. 21.
- 21 V. Heidegger. Hist. Patriarchar. v. 1. p. 409.
42
g
: and Noah called
unto his son
Note [original edition] : Between waves like mountains;] The waters prevailing fifteen cubits above the mountains22.
- 22 Al Beidawi.
h
, who was separated from him, saying, Embark with us, my son, and
stay not with the unbelievers.
Note [original edition] : See above. not. c.
43
44
a
; and it was said, Away
with the ungodly people!
Note [original edition] : And the ark rested on the mountain al Judi;] This mountain is one of those which divide Armenia, on the south,
from Mesopotamia, and that part of Assyria which is inhabited by the Curds,
from whom the mountains took the name of Cardu, or Gardu, by the Greeks turned
into Gordyæi, and other names1.
Mount al Jûdi, (which name seems to be a
corruption, tho’ it be constantly so written by the Arabs, for Jordi, or
Giordi) is also called Thamanin
2,
probably from a town at the foot of it3,
so
named from the number of persons saved in the ark, the word thamanin
signifying eighty, and overlooks the country of Diyâr Rabîah, near the cities
of Mawsel, Forda, and Jazîrat Ebn Omar, which last place one affirms to be but
four miles from the place of the ark, and says that a Mohammedan temple was
built there with the remains of that vessel, by the Khalif
Omar Ebn
Abd’alaziz, whom he by mistake calls Omar Ebn al Khattâb
4.
The tradition which affirms the ark to have rested on these mountains,
must have been very ancient, since it is the tradition of the Chaldeans
themselves5:
the Chaldee paraphrasts consent to their opinion6,
which obtained
very much formerly, especially among the eastern Christians
7. To confirm it,
we are told that the remainders of the ark were to be seen on the Gordyæan
mountains: Berosus and Abydenus both declare there was such a report in their
time8;
the first observing that several of the inhabitants thereabouts scraped
the pitch off the planks as a rarity, and carried it about them for an amulet:
and the latter saying that they used the wood of the vessel against many
diseases with wonderful success. The relics of the ark were also to be seen
here in the time of Epiphanius, if we may believe him9;
and we are told the
emperor Heraclius went from the town of Thamanin up to the mountain al Jûdi,
and saw the place of the ark10.
There was also formerly a famous monastery,
called the monastery of the ark, upon some of these mountains, where the
Nestorians used to celebrate a feast day on the spot where they supposed the
ark rested; but in the year of Christ 776, that monastery was destroyed by
lightning, with the church, and a numerous congregation in it11.
Since which
time it seems the credit of this tradition hath declined, and given place to
another, which obtains at present, and according to which the ark rested on
mount Masis in Armenia, called by the Turks Aghir dagh, or the heavy or great
mountain, and situate about twelve leagues south east of Erivan
12.
- 1 See Bochart. Phaleg. l. I, c. 3.
- 2 Geogr. Nub. p. 202.
- 3 V. D’Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 404 & 676, & Agathiam, l. 14, p. 135.
- 4 Benjamin. Itiner. p. 61.
- 5 Berosus, apud Joseph. Antiq. l. 1, c. 4.
- 6 Onkelos & Jonathan, in Gen. viii. 4.
- 7 V. Eutych. Annal. p. 41.
- 8 Berosus, apud Joseph. ubi sup. Abydenus, apud Euseb. Præp. Ev. l. 9, c. 4.
- 9 Epiph. Hæres. 18.
- 10 Elmacin. l. 1, c. 1.
- 11 V. Chronic. Dionysii Patriarch. Jacobitar. apud Asseman. Bibl. Orient. T. 2, p. 113.
- 12 Al Beidawi.
45
b
; for thou art the most just of those who
exercise judgment.
Note [original edition] : Thy promise is true;] Noah here challenges God’s promise, that he would save his family.
46
c
; this intercession
of thine for him, is not a righteous work
Note [original edition] : He is not of thy family;] Being cut off from it on account of his infidelity.
d
. Ask not of me therefore that
wherein thou hast no knowledge: I admonish thee that thou become not one of
the ignorant.
Note [original edition] : According to a different reading, this passage may be rendered, For
he hath acted unrighteously.
47
48
a
, with peace from
us, and blessings upon thee, and upon part of those who are with thee
Note [original edition] : Come down from the ark, &c.] The Mohammedans say that Noah went into the ark on the tenth of
Rajeb, and came out of it the tenth of al Moharram, which therefore became a
fast. So that the whole time of Noah’s being in the ark, according to them,
was six months1.
- 1 Al Beidawi. See D’Herbel. ubi sup.
b
: but as
for a part of them
Note [original edition] : With peace, and blessing, on a part of them;] viz. Such of them as continued in their belief.
c
, we will suffer them to enjoy the provision of this world;
and afterwards shall a grievous punishment from us be inflicted on them, in
the life to come.
Note [original edition] : But as
for a part of them;] That is, such of his posterity as should depart from the true faith,
and fall into idolatry.
49
50
d
. He said, O my
people, worship God; ye have no God besides him: ye only imagine falsehood, in
setting up idols and intercessors of your own making.
Note [original edition] : See chap. 7. p. 123.
51
52
e
,
and he will increase your strength by giving unto you farther strength
Note [original edition] : He will send you rain plentifully;] For the Adites were grievously distressed by a drought for three
years2.
- 2 See the notes to chap. 7. p. 124.
f
:
therefore turn not aside, to commit evil.
Note [original edition] : And will increase your strength;] By giving you children; the wombs of their wives being also rendered
barren during the time of the drought, as well as their lands3.
- 3 Al Beidawi.
53
54
g
. He replied, Verily I call God to witness, and do ye also bear witness
that I am clear of that which ye associate
Note [original edition] : Have afflicted thee with
evil;] Or madness; having deprived thee of thy reason for the indignities
thou hast offered them.
55
56
h
: verily my Lord proceedeth in the
right way.
Note [original edition] : There is no
beast, but he holdeth it by its forelock;] That is, he exerciseth an absolute power over it. A creature held in
this manner being supposed to be reduced to the lowest subjection.
57
58
i
, through our mercy; and we delivered them
from a grievous punishment.
Note [original edition] : And those who had believed with him;] Who were in number four thousand4.
- 4 Idem.
59
60
61
a
. He said unto
them, O my people, worship God; ye have no God besides him. It is he who hath
produced you out of the earth, and hath given you an habitation therein. Ask
pardon of him therefore, and be turned unto him; for my Lord is near, and
ready to answer.
Note [original edition] : See chap. 7. p. 124.
62
b
. Dost thou forbid us to worship that which our fathers
worshipped? But we are certainly in doubt concerning the religion to which
thou dost invite us, as justly to be suspected.
Note [original edition] : We had placed our hopes
on thee before this;] Designing to have made thee our prince, because of the singular
prudence and other good qualities which we observed in thee; but thy
dissenting from us in point of religious worship has frustrated those hopes1.
- 1 Al Beidawi.
63
64
65
c
; after which ye shall be destroyed. This is an infallible
prediction.
Note [original edition] : For three days;] viz. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
2.
See chap. 7. p. 125. not. c.
- 2 Idem.
66
67
68
69
d
also came formerly unto Abraham, with good tidings: they
said, Peace be upon thee. And he answered, And on you be Peace! And he
tarried not, but brought a roasted calf.
Note [original edition] : Our messengers;] These were the angels who were sent to acquaint Abraham with the
promise of Isaac, and to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Some of the commentators
pretend they were twelve, or nine, or ten in number; but others, agreeably to
scripture, say they were but three, viz. Gabriel, Michael and Israfîl
3.
- 3 Idem, Jallalo’ddin. See Gen. xviii.
70
e
. But they said, Fear not: for we are
sent unto the people of Lot
Note [original edition] : He entertained a fear of them;] Apprehending they had some ill design against him, because they would
not eat with him.
f
.
Note [original edition] : We are
sent unto the people of Lot;] Being angels, whose nature needs not the support of food4.
- 4 Idem.
71
g
, and she laughed
Note [original edition] : Sarah was standing by;] Either behind the curtain, or door of the tent; or else waiting upon
them.
h
; and we promised
her Isaac, and after Isaac, Jacob.
Note [original edition] : And she laughed;] The commentators are so little acquainted with scripture, that, not
knowing the true occasion of Sarah’s laughter, they strain their invention to
give some reason for it. One says that she laughed at the angels discovering
themselves, and ridding Abraham and herself of their apprehensions; and
another, that it was at the approaching destruction of the Sodomites, (a very
probable motive in one of her sex). Some, however, interpret the original
word differently, and will have it that she did not laugh, but that her
courses, which had stopped for several years, came upon her at this time, as a
previous sign of her future conception1.
- 1 Idem, Jallalo’ddin, Al Zamakhshari.
72
a
?
Verily this would be a wonderful thing.
Note [original edition] : Shall I bear a son who am old, my husband also
being advanced in years? Al Beidâwi writes that Sarah was then ninety or ninety nine years
old, and Abraham a hundred and twenty.
73
b
: for he is praiseworthy, and to be glorified.
Note [original edition] : The family of the
house;] Or the stock whence all the prophets were to proceed for the future.
Or the expression may perhaps refer to Abraham and Ismael’s building the
Caaba, which is often called, by way of excellence, the house.
74
c
;
Note [original edition] : He disputed with us concerning the people
of Lot;] That is, he interceded with us for them2.
Jallalo’ddin, instead of
the numbers mentioned by Moses, says that Abraham first asked whether God
would destroy those cities if three hundred righteous persons were found
therein, and so fell successively to two hundred, forty, fourteen, and at last
came to one: but there was not one righteous person to be found among them,
except only Lot and his family.
- 2 V. Gen. xviii. 23, &c.
75
76
77
d
, and his
arm was straightened concerning them
Note [original edition] : He was troubled for them;] Because they appeared in the shape of beautiful young men, which must
needs tempt those of Sodom to abuse them3.
- 3 Jallalo’ddin, Al Beidawi. V. Joseph. Ant. l. I, c. II.
e
; and he said, This is a grievous day.
Note [original edition] : His arm was straightened concerning them;] i.e. He knew himself unable to protect them against the insults of
his townsmen.
78
79
80
81
f
. Go forth, therefore, with thy family,
in some part of the night, and let not any of you turn back: but as for thy
wife
Note [original edition] : The angels said, O Lot - they
shall by no means come in unto thee;] Al Beidâwi says that Lot shut his door, and argued the matter with
the riotous assembly from behind it; but at length they endeavoured to get
over the wall: whereupon Gabriel, seeing his distress, struck them on the face
with one of his wings, and blinded them; so that they moved off, crying out
for help, and saying that Lot had magicians in his house.
g
, that shall happen unto her,
Note [original edition] : But as for thy
wife, &c.] This seems to be the true sense of the passage; but according to a
different reading of the vowel, some interpret it, Except thy wife; the
meaning being that Lot is here commanded to take his family with him except
his wife. Wherefore the commentators cannot agree whether Lot’s wife went
forth with him or not; some denying it, and pretending that she was left
behind and perished in the common destruction; and others affirming it, and
saying that when she heard the noise of the storm and overthrow of the cities,
she turned back lamenting their fate, and was immediately struck down and
killed by one of the stones mentioned a little lower1.
A punishment she
justly merited for her infidelity and disobedience to her husband2.
- 1 Idem interpretes.
- 2 See chap. 66.
82
a
, and we
rained upon them stones of baked clay
Note [original edition] : We turned those cities upside down;] For they tell us that Gabriel thrust his wing under them, and lifted
them up so high, that the inhabitants of the lower heaven heard the barking of
the dogs and the crowing of the cocks; and then, inverting them, threw them
down to the earth3.
- 3 Al Beidawi. Jallalo’ddin.
b
,
Note [original edition] : Stones of baked clay;] The kiln wherein they were burned some imagine to have been hell.
83
c
from thy Lord; and they are not far distant from those who act
unjustly
Note [original edition] : And being
marked;] That is, as some suppose, streaked with white and red, or having some
other peculiar mark to distinguish them from ordinary stones. But the common
opinion is that each stone had the name of the person who was to be killed by
it written thereon4.
The army of Abraha al Ashram was also destroyed by the
same kind of stones.
- 4
d
.
Note [original edition] : And they are not far distant from those who act
unjustly;] This is a kind of threat to other wicked persons, and particularly to
the infidels of Mecca, who deserved and might justly apprehend the same
punishment.
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God: ye have no God but him: and diminish not measure and weight. Verily I
see you to be in a happy condition
Note [original edition] : See chap. 7. p. 126, &c.
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day which will encompass the ungodly.
Note [original edition] : I see you to be in a happy condition;] That is, enjoying plenty of all things; and therefore having the less
occasion to defraud one another, and being the more strongly bound to be
thankful and obedient unto God.
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Thou only, it seems, art the wise person, and fit to
direct.
Note [original edition] : That we should not do what we please with our substance;] For this liberty they imagined was taken from them, by his
prohibition of false weights and measures, or to diminish or adulterate their
coin5.
- 5 Al Beidawi.
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Note [original edition] : Neither was the people of Lot far distant from you;] For Sodom and Gomorrah were situate not a great way from you, and
their destruction happened not many ages ago; neither did they deserve it, on
account of their obstinacy and wickedness, much more than your selves.
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among us: if it had not been for the sake
of thy family
Note [original edition] : A man of no power;] The Arabic word daîf, weak, signifying also, in the Hamyaritic
dialect, blind, some suppose that Shoaib was so, and that the Midianites
objected that to him as a defect which disqualified him for the prophetic
office.
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against us.
Note [original edition] : For the sake
of thy family;] i.e. For the respect we bear to thy family and relations, whom we
honour as being of our religion, and not for any apprehension we have of their
power to assist you against us. The original word, here translated family,
signifies any number from three to seven or ten, but not more1.
- 1 Al Beidawi.
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and who is a lyar. Wait, therefore, the event; for I also will wait it with
you.
Note [original edition] : See chap. 6. p. 113. not. a.
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Note [original edition] : Demolished;] Literally, mown down; the sentence presenting the different images of
corn standing, and cut down, which is also often used by the sacred writers.
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Note [original edition] : There shall they wail and bemoan themselves;] The two words in the original signify properly the vehement drawing
in and expiration of one’s breath, which is usual to persons in great pain and
anguish; and particularly the reciprocation of the voice of an ass, when he
brays.
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; except what thy Lord shall please to remit of their sentence
Note [original edition] : So long as the heavens and the earth shall
endure;] This is not to be strictly understood as if either the punishment of
the damned should have an end, or the heavens and the earth should endure for
ever; the expression being only used by way of image or comparison, which need
not agree in every point with the thing signified. Some, however, think the
future heavens and earth, into which the present shall be changed, are here
meant1.
- 1 Al Beidawi.
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thy Lord effecteth that which he pleaseth.
Note [original edition] : See the Prelim. Disc. §. IV. p. 92, 93.
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Note [original edition] : Morning and evening;] Literally, in the two extremities of the day.
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consider:
Note [original edition] : And in the former part of the
night;] That is, after sunset and before supper, when the Mohammedans say
their fourth prayer, called by them Salât al moghreb, or the evening prayer2.
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, and were wicked doers
Note [original edition] : Followed the
delights which they enjoyed in this world;] Making it their sole business to please their luxurious desires and
appetites, and placing their whole felicity therein.
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Note [original edition] :
Al Beidâwi
says that this passage gives the reason why the nations
were destroyed of old; viz. for their violence and injustice, their following
their own lusts, and for their idolatry and unbelief.
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Note [original edition] : Unjustly;] Or, as the commentator just named explains it, for their idolatry
only, when they observed justice in other respects.
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ГЛАВА О ГОДЕ ,
СОДЕРЖИТ СТО ДВАТЦАТЬ ТРИ СТИХА , ПИСАННЫЕ
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NOTÆ.
Inscribitur hæc Sura هود
Hud, quia recoquit crambem,
retrudendo importunè fabulam commentitii ejus prophetæ, de quo satis
multa superiùs dicta sunt. Tradita fuit Meccæ tota : quidam tamen tres
versiculos excipiunt Medinæ traditos : nempe decimum tertium : Et fortasse tu prætermissurus es. Et
verba illa decimi octavi : Hi credunt in
eum. Et 112. & persolve
orationem. Versus communiter numerantur centum viginti, ac
tres. Quidam unum demunt. Præmium hanc Suram legentis erit, quòd is اعطي من الاجر عشر حسنات بعدد من صدق بنوح ومن كذب به وهود وصالح وشعيب ولوط وابراهيم وموسى
وعيسى وكان يوم القيمة من السعداء ان شاء الله تعلى : recipiet pro mercede decem bonæ juxtæ
numerum tàm eorum, qui crediderunt, quàm eorum, qui credere
noluerunt in Noe, Hud, Saleh, & Scioaib, Lot, Abraham, Moysen,
& Jesum : & in die Resurrectionis erit ex numero Beatorum,
si Deus excelsus voluerit.
VI. Conduplicant pectora sua :] Jahias. هم يطوون ما فيها ويسترونه : ipsi plicant, & abscondunt id, quod
est in iis pectoribus.
XVIII. An ergo, qui est super declarationem
]. Periodum malè consutam, & elumbatam, ita concinnant
Interpretes : An Mahumetus, & ejus asseclæ à Deo directi per
Alcoranum traditum per Gabrielem, & confirmatum per Pentateuchum,
antea vela tum Moysi ; erunt sicut Infideles, & ethnici
existimandi ? Absit : non erit ita. Talis scilicet est Alcoranus, ut si
illi frustum aliquod perpetuò non assuatur, nullus prorsus ex eo sensus possit haberi.
XXVIII. Principio sententiæ ]. Arabicè : بادى الراى Zamchascerius ita exponit
hunc locum : اتبعوك اولى الراى او ظاهر الراى وانتصابه على الظرف اصله وقت حدوث اول رايهم او وقت حدوث ظاهر
رايهم
Sequuti sunt te prima sententia ; seu
apparentia sententię (idest, primò sequuti sunt te, vel ex
animo, vel apparenter) & nasbatio ejus
notat adverbium temporis. Tempore, quo evenit principium sententiæ
eorum : vel tempore, quo exteriùs apparuit sententia eorum.
Gelal : اى ابتداء من غير تفكّر فيك ونصبه على الظرف اى وقت اول رايهم
idest principio (vel primò quodam
impetu) sine cogitatione de te (dùm
scilicet te non benè norant) &
nasbatio (seu casus accusativus) illius notat adverbium temporis : idest : tempore, quo evenit
principium sententiæ (seu prima sententia) eorum. Jahias : اى فيما يظهر لنا
idest in quantum (seu quatenùs) apparet nobis.
XL. Et exæstuavit Clybanus ] Gelal فار التنور للخباز بالماء وكان ذلك علامة لنوح
Ebullivit aqua clybanus pistorius : quod
erat signum constitutum ipsi Noe. Jahias والتنور في تفسير الحسن الباب الذي يجتمع فيه ماء السفينة ففار منه الماء والسفينة على الارض
وكان ذلك علامة لاهلاك القوم
Et clybanus, juxta expositionem Alhasan,
erat porta, in qua colligebatur aqua Navis [idest Arcæ] : Et ebullivit ex ea aqua, & Navis adhuc
erat in terra. Et erat hoc signum perditionis hominum.
* Infer in illam ex omnibus animantibus conjuges duos. ] Gelal :
وفي القصة ان الله حشر لنوح السباع والطير وغيرهما فجعل يضرب بيديه في كل نوع فتقع يده اليمنى
على الذكر واليسرى على الانثى فيحملها في السفينة
Habetur in historia, Deum congregasse ad
Noe, feras, aves, & cętera animantia, qui cœpit percutere
manibus suis animalia ex omni specie, & incidit manus ejus
dextera super masculos, sinistra autem super fęminas, atque ita
intulit ea in Arcam.
* Præter eum, super quem præcessit dictum ] Quis verò hic
fuerit, ita indicat Gelal : وهو زوجته وولده كنعان
Fuit autem hic uxor ejus, & filius
ejus Canaan. Jahias, filium tantùm fuisse affirmat.
Zamchascerius ex authoritate Aldahac, ponit utrumque.
* Et
non crediderunt cum eo, nisi pauci ] Varii sunt inter se
expositores Moslemi circa eos, qui ingressi sunt in Arcam. Cottada apud
Jahiam : لم ينجو في السفينة الا نوح وثلثة بنين سام حام ويافت ونساوهم فجميعهم ثمانية
Non sunt salvati in Arca, nisi Noe, &
tres filii ejus, Sem, Cham, & Japheth ; & uxores eorum : in
totum octo. Gelal : قيل كانوا ستّة رجال ونساوهم وقيل جميع من كان في السفينة ثمانون نصفهم رجال ونصفهمنساء
Fertur in Arca fuisse sex mares, &
totidem fœminas. Alii volunt fuisse octoginta ; quorum media pars
erant mares, media fœminæ. Zamchascerius : النبي ص انه قال كانوا ثمانية نوح واهله وبنوه الثلاثة ونساوهم : ومحمد بن اسحق كانوا عشرة خمسة
رجال وخمس نساء: وقيل كانوا اثنين وسبعين رجالا وامراةً : واولاد نوح سام وحام ويافث ونساوهم
فالجميع ثمانية وسبعون نصفهم رجال ونصفهم نساء . Habetur ex traditione, Prophetam Mahumetum
dixisse : Fuerunt octo, nimirùm Noe, & uxor ejus, & tres
filii ejus, & uxores eorum. Mohammed autem filius Isaac dixit :
Fuerunt decem, quinque viri, & quinque mulieres. Alii dicunt,
fuisse duos, ac septuaginta, viros, ac mulieres : & tres filios
Noe cum uxoribus suis : in totum octo, & septuaginta : quorum
media pars erant viri, media autem fœminę.
Mira est insania Mahumetanorum, qui,
ne Prophetæ, quidem sui traditioni, quæ sanè sacris scripturis est
consona, fidem habeant. Sexcentas porrò nugas hìc ingerunt. Ab hac, quam
ex Jahia tibi profero, disce alias : وشكوا الى نوح في السفينة الزبل فاوحى الله الى نوح ان يمسح يديه على ذنب الفيل ففعل فخرج منه
خنزيران فكانا ياكلان الزبل . وشكوا اليه الفار فاوحى الله الى الاسد العتى في قلبه فعطس الاسد فخرج
من منخره سنّوران فكانا ياكلان الفار وشكوا الى نوح عرامة الاسد فدعا عليه نوح فسلط الله عليه
الحمى. قال الحسن وكان طول السفينة فيما بلغنا الف ذراع ومايتّا ذراع وعرضها ستماية ذراع : وبلغنا
انه كان في السفينة ثلاثة ابواب وفصل بين الرجال والنسا فجسد ادم حمله نوح معه
Et conquesti sunt apud Noe in Arca propter
stercora : & inspiravit Deus Noe, ut attrectaret manu caudam
elephantis. Quod, cùm fecisset, egressi sunt ab ea duo porci, qui
stercora comedebant. Iterùm conquesti sunt de muribus : & Deus
excitavit superbiam in corde leonis, qui sternutavit, & egressi
sunt per nares ejus duo feles, qui comedebant mures. Iterùm
conquesti sunt apud Noe, de petulantia Leonis, maledixitque ei Noe,
& fecit Deus, ut febris ardens invaderet eum. Dixit autem
Alhasan : Altitudo Arcæ prout accepimus erat mille ducentorum
cubitorum : Latitudo verò sexcentorum cubitorum. Accepimus etiam
fuisse in Arca tres portas : & inter viros, &
Fœminas positum erat distinctionis gratia
corpus Adam, quod Noe tulerat secum. O quàm eruditi sunt
Mahumetani ! A quibus tamen libenter resciscerem, quomodò duo porci tot
animalium stercora possent vorare : & quid de ipsorum porcorum
stercoribus tandem fieret. Quomodò etiam consistere cum orthodoxa
dimensione possit altitudo illa Arcæ mille ducentorum cubitorum, cum
tanto excessu supra latitudinem, quæ nonnisi sexcentos cubitos
occupabat. Hoc sanè est contra omnem regulam navium, seu triremium, vel
hujusmodi ligneorum ædificiorum, quibus ad aquas permeandas homines
utuntur : horum enim longitudo semper altitudinem longè excedit.
Quamobrem jussit Deus Noe Arcam construere, cujus longitudo esset
trecentorum cubitorum, latitudo quinquaginta, altitudo verò triginta.
Vide, quàm bellè Moslemorum figmenta cum Pentateuchi veritate
conveniant,
XLVI. Hoc certè, quod petis pro eo, est opus non rectum ] Est hìc
duplex lectio. Prior, & communior : انّه عَمل غير صالح
Certè hoc opus non rectum :
Posterior انّه عَمَلَ غير صالح
Certè hic (nempe Canaan) fecit non rectum : idest pravè
operatus est.
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Note [original edition] :
REFUTATIONES.
I. Notandum, tàm in hac Sura,
quàm in cęteris, Mahumetum plerumque exordiri stylo quodam gravi, ac
pietatem, & religionem præferenti : mox ineptias, atque impietates
suas paulatim ingerere, quò simpliciores faciliùs in nassam trahat.
Semper mihi persuasi, Impostorem hunc ex pio aliquo Christianorum
orientalium, vel veterum Hebræorum libro sententias saniores furatum
fuisse, quibus nugas, ac blasphemias suas intermisceret. Nulla enim in
sententiis, & ne in verbis quidem est connexio : & plerumque,
dùm in Alcorano amphora cœpit institui, currente rota urceus exit :
& turpiter atrum desinit in piscem mulier formosa supernè.
II. Hìc etiam apertè ostenditur
Moslemorum mendacium, qui Pseudoprophetæ suo tot miracula effingunt :
cùm ipse ingenuè fateatur, se tantummodò prædicatorem esse, non
Thaumaturgum. Et nihilominùs non cessat Alcorani ipsius miraculum
obtrudere ; quod, quàm vanum, & ridiculum sit, aliàs ostendimus.
III. Non satis mirari possum
oscitantiam Mahumeti, qui, cùm à versu 26. usque ad 49. agat de Noe :
versu 36. ingerat tàm importunè, & pœnitùs extra rem, Alcoranum,
& Meccanos, quamvis, neque hos, neque illum apertè nominet ; itaut
opus fuerit expositoribus Oedipum agere. Hiccine est liber ille tàm
mirabilis in ordine, & connexione rerum ?
IV. Constat ex sacris literis,
Noe non habuisse (saltem usque ad diluvium) nisi tres filios, qui cum eo
Arcam ingressi sunt ; nullus ex eis, quemadmodùm, nec uxor Noe, aquis
submersus interiit. Quartus igitur filius, qui in diluvio periit,
Mahumetici cerebri figmentum est. Communis Expositorum sententia est
nomen ejus fuisse Chanaan. Sed hic filius τοῦ Cham fuit, non τοῦ Noe,
& post diluvium natus est. Conatur Zamchascerius Prophetam suum à
mendacio vendicare : sed frustrà. Audi illum : قيل كام اسم ابنه كنعان وقيل * دام : وقراءَ عليّ رضي الله غنه ابنها والضمير لامراته وبه ينصر
مذهب الحسن : قال قتادة ساءَلتُه : فقال والله ما كان ابنه وقلت ان الله حكي عنه ان ابني من اهلي
وانت تقول لم يكن ابنه واهل الكتاب لا يختلفون في انه كان ابنه :فقال ومن ياخذ دينه من اهل الكتاب
واستدلّ بقوله من اهلي الكتاب ولم يقل مني ولنسبه الي انه وجهان احدهما ان يكون ربيبًا له وان يكون
لغيره رشده
Dicitur nomen filii ejus fuisse Chanaan :
alii verò dicunt fuisse Sem. Alicui sit pax (pro ابنه filium ejus, scilicet patris,
nempè Noe) legit
ابنها
filium ejus (Cum affixo fœmineo) itaut referatur ad uxorem ejus :
(quasi uxor Noe conceperit illum ex alio viro) in quo patrocinatur sententiæ Alhasan,
quem, cùm Cottada de hac re interrogasset ; respondit : Per Deum non
fuit filius ejus (scilicet Noe.) Cui Cottoda : In Alcorano dixit
de eo Deus per Noe : Filius meus
ex familia (seu uxore) mea. Et
tu dicis : Non fuit filius ejus. Scripturales sanè non dissentiunt,
quòd ipse fuerit filius ejus. Respondit Alhasan : & quis accipiat religionem suam à
scripturalibus ? Et probavit sententiam suam ex dicto ipsius Noe Ex familia mea : Et non dixit, ex me. Et
quidem duplicem in hoc posuit sententiam : primam, quòd fuerit
filius privignus, seu uxoris tantummodò ex alio viro : secundam, quòd fuerit filius alius, nescio
cujus : sed ipse domi educaverit, & instruxerit eum. Verùm
nemo non videt, quàm debiles, ac frigidæ sint istæ defensiones : si
admittantur, nihil jam certum erit neque in sacris, neque in Profanis
historiis. Quantò verò mendacio asseverat Cottada, scripturales (Judæos
scilicet, & Christianos), in quarto filio Noe assignando convenire ?
Nihil tale somniarunt scripturales, cùm omnes conveniant cum
Pentateucho, Noe tres tantummodò filios habuisse, & hos in Arcam
admissos è diluvii aquis evasisse. In eo porrò hallucinantur Moslemi,
quòd Chanaan filius fuerit Noe ; cùm ex Cham filio Noe post diluvium
ortus fuerit. Quòd verò asserat Alcoranus, Arcam super Montem Giudi, qui
est in Mesopotamia, resedisse, falsum prorsùs esse videtur, cùm ex
Pentateucho constet, illam super montes Armeniæ quievisse. Poterunt
nihilominùs Moslemi respondere, cùm Mesopotamia Armeniæ contermina sit,
posse eosdem montes ad utramque regionem pertinere.
V. Quòd dicatur hìc, historiam
Noe esse نبا الغيب historiam arcanam,
& ignotam ; patet, quanta in Mahumeto esset inscitia. Nihil mundo
penè universo, etiam tempore Mahumeti notius, quàm diluvium, Noe, Arca,
& ea, quæ ad hæc spectant. Sed Impostor non de his fortasse
loquebatur : sed de nugis illis, ac mendaciis, quæ de suo veræ, notæque
historiæ intermiscuit.
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