هذا القرآن تنزيل من الله العزيز الذي لا يغالَب، الحكيم في تدبيره وصنعه.

ما خلقنا السموات والأرض وما بينهما إلا بالحق، لا عبثًا ولا سدى؛ بل ليعرف العباد عظمة خالقهما فيعبدوه وحده، ويعلموا أنه قادر على أن يعيد العباد بعد موتهم، وليقيموا الحق والعدل فيما بينهم وإلى أجل معلوم عنده. والذين جحدوا أن الله هو الإله الحق، عما أنذرهم به القرآن معرضون، لا يتعظون ولا يتفكرون.

قل -أيها الرسول- لهؤلاء الكفار: أرأيتم الآلهة، والأوثان التي تعبدونها من دون الله، أروني أيَّ شيء خلقوا من الأرض، أم لهم مع الله نصيب من خلق السموات؟ ائتوني بكتاب من عند الله من قبل هذا القرآن أو ببقيَّة من علم، إن كنتم صادقين فيما تزعمون.

لا أحد أضلُّ وأجهل ممن يدعو من دون الله آلهة لا تستجيب دعاءه أبدًا؛ لأنها من الأموات أو الأحجار والأشجار ونحوها، وهي غافلة عن دعاء مَن يعبدها، عاجزة عن نفعه أو ضره.

وإذا حُشر الناس يوم القيامة للحساب والجزاء كانت الآلهة التي يدعونها في الدنيا لهم أعداء، تلعنهم وتتبرأ منهم، وتنكر علمها بعبادتهم إياها.

وإذا تتلى على هؤلاء المشركين آياتنا واضحات، قال الذين كفروا حين جاءهم القرآن: هذا سحر ظاهر.

بل أيقول هؤلاء المشركون: إن محمدًا اختلق هذا القرآن؟ قل لهم -أيها الرسول-: إن اختلقته على الله فإنكم لا تقدرون أن تدفعوا عني من عقاب الله شيئًا، إن عاقبني على ذلك. هو سبحانه أعلم من كل شيء سواه بما تقولون في هذا القرآن، كفى بالله شاهدًا عليَّ وعليكم، وهو الغفور لمن تاب إليه، الرحيم بعباده المؤمنين.

قل -أيها الرسول- لمشركي قومك: ما كنتُ أول رسل الله إلى خلقه، وما أدري ما يفعل الله بي ولا بكم في الدنيا، ما أتبع فيما آمركم به وفيما أفعله إلا وحي الله الذي يوحيه إليَّ، وما أنا إلا نذير بيِّن الإنذار.

قل -أيها الرسول- لمشركي قومك: أخبروني إن كان هذا القرآن من عند الله وكفرتم به، وشهد شاهد من بني إسرائيل كعبد الله بن سلام على مثل هذا القرآن، وهو ما في التوراة من التصديق بنبوة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، فصدَّق وعمل بما جاء في القرآن، وجحدتم ذلك استكبارًا، فهل هذا إلا أعظم الظلم وأشد الكفر؟ إن الله لا يوفِّق إلى الإسلام وإصابة الحق القوم الذين ظلموا أنفسهم بكفرهم بالله.

Those who disbelieve say of the believers, ‘If there were any good in this Quran, they would not have believed in it before we did,’and, since they refuse to be guided by it, they say, ‘This is an ancient fabrication.’

Yet the scripture of Moses was revealed before it as a guide and a mercy, and this is a scripture confirming it in the Arabic language to warn those who do evil and bring good news for those who do good.

For those who say, ‘Our lord is God,’ and then follow the straight path there is no fear, nor shall they grieve:

they are the people of Paradise, there to remain as a reward for what they were doing.

We have commanded man to be good to his parents: his mother struggled to carry him and struggled to give birth to him- his bearing and weaning took a full thirty months. When he has grown to manhood and reached the age of forty he [may] say, ‘Lord, help me to be truly grateful for Your favours to me and to my parents; help me to do good work that pleases You; make my offspring good. I turn to You; I am one of those who devote themselves to You.’

We accept from such people the best of what they do and We overlook their bad deeds. They will be among the people of Paradise- the true promise that has been given to them.

But some say to their parents, ‘What? Are you really warning me that I shall be raised alive from my grave, when so many generations have already passed and gone before me?’ His parents implore God for help; they say, ‘Alas for you! Believe! God’s promise is true,’ but still he replies, ‘These are nothing but ancient fables.’

The verdict has been passed on such people, along with all the communities that went before them, jinn and human: they are lost.

Everyone will be ranked according to their deeds and God will repay them in full for what they have done: they will not be wronged.

On the Day when those who deny the truth are brought before the Fire, it will be said to them, ‘You squandered the good things you were given in your earthly life, you took your fill of pleasure there, so on this Day a punishment of shame is yours: you were arrogant on earth without any right, and exceeded all limits.’

Mention [Hud] of the tribe of Ad: he warned his people among the sand dunes- other warners have come and gone both before and after him- ‘ Worship no one but God: I fear for you, that you will be punished on a terrible Day,’

but they said, ‘Have you come to turn us away from our gods? If what you say is true, bring down that punishment you threaten us with!’

He said, ‘Only God knows when it will come: I simply convey to you the message I am sent with but I can see you are an insolent people.’

When they saw a cloud approaching their valley, they said, ‘This cloud will give us rain!’ ‘No indeed! It is what you wanted to hasten: a storm-wind bearing a painful punishment

which will destroy everything by its Lord’s command.’ In the morning there was nothing to see except their [ruined] dwellings: this is how We repay the guilty.

We had established them in a way we have not established you [people of Mecca]; We gave them hearing, sight, and hearts, yet their hearing, sight, and hearts were of no use to them, since they denied God’s revelations. They were overwhelmed by the punishment they had mocked.

We have also destroyed other communities that once flourished around you- We had given them various signs so that they might return to the right way-

so why did their gods not help them, those they set up as gods besides God to bring them nearer to Him? No indeed! They failed them utterly: it was all a lie of their own making.

We sent a group of jinn to you [Prophet] to listen to the Quran. When they heard it, they said to one another, ‘Be quiet!’ Then when it was finished they turned to their community and gave them warning.

They said, ‘Our people, we have been listening to a Scripture that came after Moses, confirming previous scriptures, giving guidance to the truth and the straight path.

Our people, respond to the one who calls you to God. Believe in Him: He will forgive you your sins and protect you from a painful torment.’

Those who fail to respond to God’s call cannot escape God’s power anywhere on earth, nor will they have any protector against Him: such people have clearly gone far astray.

Do the disbelievers not understand that God, who created the heavens and earth and did not tire in doing so, has the power to bring the dead back to life? Yes indeed! He has power over everything.

On the Day the disbelievers are brought before Hell [it will be said to them], ‘Is this not real?’ ‘Yes, by our Lord,’ they will reply and He will say, ‘Then taste the punishment for having denied the truth.’

Be steadfast [Muhammad], like those messengers of firm resolve. Do not seek to hasten the punishment for the disbelievers: on the Day they see what they had been warned about, it will seem to them that they lingered no more than a single hour of a single day [in this life]. This is a warning. Shall any be destroyed except the defiant?