(The Thunder - سورة الرعد

Alif,
Lam, Meem, Ra. These are the verses of the Book; and what
has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but
most of the people do not believe.








It
is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you
[can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and
made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course]
for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details
the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be
certain.







And
it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set
mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made
therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day.
Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.







And
within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of
grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a
root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of
them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that
are signs for a people who reason.






And
if you are astonished, [O Muhammad] - then astonishing is
their saying, "When we are dust, will we indeed be [brought]
into a new creation?" Those are the ones who have disbelieved
in their Lord, and those will have shackles upon their
necks, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will
abide therein eternally.







They
impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good, while
there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to
what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is full of forgiveness
for the people despite their wrongdoing, and indeed, your Lord
is severe in penalty.







And
those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent
down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for
every people is a guide.







Allah
knows what every female carries and what the wombs lose
[prematurely] or exceed. And everything with Him is by due
measure.







[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted.






It
is the same [to Him] concerning you whether one conceals
[his] speech or one publicizes it and whether one is hidden by
night or conspicuous [among others] by day.






For
each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who
protect him by the decree of Allah . Indeed, Allah will not
change the condition of a people until they change what is in
themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is
no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any
patron.






It is He who shows you lightening, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.








And
the thunder exalts [ Allah ] with praise of Him - and the
angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts
and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about
Allah ; and He is severe in assault.








To
Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they
call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing,
except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar,
calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it
[thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in
error [i.e. futility].








And
to Allah prostrates whoever is within the heavens and the
earth, willingly or by compulsion, and their shadows [as well]
in the mornings and the afternoons.








Say,
"Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, " Allah ." Say,
"Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even]
for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind
equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light?
Or have they attributed to Allah partners who created like His
creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to
them?" Say, " Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is
the One, the Prevailing."






He
sends down from the sky, rain, and valleys flow according to
their capacity, and the torrent carries a rising foam. And
from that [ore] which they heat in the fire, desiring
adornments and utensils, is a foam like it. Thus Allah presents
[the example of] truth and falsehood. As for the foam, it
vanishes, [being] cast off; but as for that which benefits the
people, it remains on the earth. Thus does Allah present
examples.








For
those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward],
but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all
that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it,
they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will
have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched
is the resting place.








Then
is he who knows that what has been revealed to you from
your Lord is the truth like one who is blind? They will only
be reminded who are people of understanding -






Those who fulfill the covenant of Allah and do not break the contract,






And
those who join that which Allah has ordered to be joined and
fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their]
account,






And
those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord,
and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for
them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good -
those will have the good consequence of [this] home -







Gardens
of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever
were righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their
descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from every
gate, [saying],






"Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured. And excellent is the final home."







But
those who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and
sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and spread
corruption on earth - for them is the curse, and they will
have the worst home.






Allah
extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. And
they rejoice in the worldly life, while the worldly life is
not, compared to the Hereafter, except [brief] enjoyment.






And
those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent
down to him from his Lord?" Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, Allah
leaves astray whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns
back [to Him] -






Those
who have believed and whose hearts are assured by the
remembrance of Allah . Unquestionably, by the remembrance of Allah
hearts are assured."







Those who have believed and done righteous deeds - a good state is theirs and a good return.








Thus
have We sent you to a community before which [other]
communities have passed on so you might recite to them that
which We revealed to you, while they disbelieve in the Most
Merciful. Say, "He is my Lord; there is no deity except Him.
Upon Him I rely, and to Him is my return."







And
if there was any qur'an by which the mountains would be
removed or the earth would be broken apart or the dead would
be made to speak, [it would be this Qur'an], but to Allah
belongs the affair entirely. Then have those who believed not
accepted that had Allah willed, He would have guided the people,
all of them? And those who disbelieve do not cease to be
struck, for what they have done, by calamity - or it will
descend near their home - until there comes the promise of
Allah . Indeed, Allah does not fail in [His] promise.






And
already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I
extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them,
and how [terrible] was My penalty.






Then
is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it
has earned, [like any other]? But to Allah they have
attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of
that which He knows not upon the earth or of what is
apparent of speech?" Rather, their [own] plan has been made
attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted
from the way. And whomever Allah leaves astray - there will be
for him no guide.






For
them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and
the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will
not have from Allah any protector.






The
example of Paradise, which the righteous have been promised,
is [that] beneath it rivers flow. Its fruit is lasting, and
its shade. That is the consequence for the righteous, and the
consequence for the disbelievers is the Fire.






And
[the believers among] those to whom We have given the
[previous] Scripture rejoice at what has been revealed to you,
[O Muhammad], but among the [opposing] factions are those who
deny part of it. Say, "I have only been commanded to worship
Allah and not associate [anything] with Him. To Him I invite,
and to Him is my return."






And
thus We have revealed it as an Arabic legislation. And if
you should follow their inclinations after what has come to you
of knowledge, you would not have against Allah any ally or
any protector.






And
We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to
them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to
come with a sign except by permission of Allah . For every
term is a decree.






Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.







And
whether We show you part of what We promise them or take
you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and
upon Us is the account.






Have
they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from
its borders? And Allah decides; there is no adjuster of His
decision. And He is swift in account.








And
those before them had plotted, but to Allah belongs the plan
entirely. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers
will know for whom is the final home.






And
those who have disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger."
Say, [O Muhammad], "Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and
you, and [the witness of] whoever has knowledge of the
Scripture."

الموضوع الأصلي : (The Thunder - سورة الرعد

المصدر : ملتقى الجزائريين والعرب