[36:31]
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them;
[36:32]
But all, without exception, will be brought before Us.
[36:33]
A token unto them is the dead earth. We revive it, and We bring forth from it grain so that they eat thereof;
[36:34]
And We have placed therein gardens of the date-palm and grapes, and We have caused springs of water to gush forth therein,
[36:35]
That they may eat of the fruit thereof, and their hands made it not. Will they not, then, give thanks ?
[36:36]
Glory be to Him Who created all the sexual pairs, of that which the earth groweth, and of themselves, and of that which they know not!
[36:37]
A token unto them is night. We strip it of the day, and lo! they are in darkness.
[36:38]
And the sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
[36:39]
And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf.
[36:40]
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.
[36:41]
And a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship,
[36:42]
And have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride.
[36:43]
And if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved;
[36:44]
Unless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.
[36:45]
When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).
[36:46]
Never came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it!
[36:47]
And when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed ? Ye are in naught else than error manifest.
[36:48]
And they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful ?
[36:49]
They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing.
[36:50]
Then they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk.
[36:51]
And the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord,
[36:52]
Crying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep ? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth.
[36:53]
It is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!
[36:54]
This day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do.
[36:55]
Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,
[36:56]
They and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining;
[36:57]
Theirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask;
[36:58]
The word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!
[36:59]
But avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day!
[36:60]
Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! -
[36:61]
But that ye worship Me ? That was the right path.
[36:62]
Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense ?
[36:63]
This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him).
[36:64]
Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.
[36:65]
This day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn.
[36:66]
And had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen ?
[36:67]
And had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.
[36:68]
He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense ?
[36:69]
And We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain,
[36:70]
To warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers.
[36:71]
Have they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners,
[36:72]
And have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food ?
[36:73]
Benefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks ?
[36:74]
And they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped.
[36:75]
It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms.
[36:76]
So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim.
[36:77]
Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed ? Yet lo! he is an open opponent.
[36:78]
And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away ?
[36:79]
Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation,
[36:80]
Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it.
[36:81]
Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the like of them ? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator,
[36:82]
But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith unto it: Be! and it is.
[36:83]
Therefor Glory be to Him in Whose hand is the dominion over all things! Unto Him ye will be brought back.