Mealler

The judgment for the people has come near, while they are turning away unaware.

When a reminder comes to them from their Lord that is recent, they listen to it while playing.

Their hearts are preoccupied, and those who are wicked confer privately: "Is he not but a human being like you? Would you accept this magic while you know?"

Say: "My Lord knows what is said in the heavens and on the earth, and He is the Hearer, the Knower."

They said: "No, these are just bad dreams; no, he made it up; no, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign like those who were sent before."

None of the towns which We destroyed before them had believed. Will they be the ones who believe?

And We did not send before you except men whom We inspired to. So ask the people of the Reminder if you do not know.

And We did not make for them bodies that do not need to eat, nor were they immortal.

Then We fulfilled the promise to them, so We saved them and whom We pleased, and We destroyed those who transgressed.

We have sent down to you a Book in which is your remembrance. Do you not comprehend?

And how many a town have We destroyed because it was wicked, and We established after them a different people?

So it was that when they perceived Our power, they were running from it.

"Donot run, and come back to that which you were living lavishly in and your homes; so that you will be questioned."

They said: "Woe to us, we have been wicked!"

So that remained their cry until We took them all, and they became still.

AndWe did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them for entertainment.

If We wanted to be amused, We could have done so from what is already with Us, if that is what We wished to do.

No,We cast with the truth upon the falsehood, so it disrupts it, and then it retreats. And woe to you for what you have described.

Andto Him is whoever is in the heavens and on the earth. And those who are near Him are not too proud to serve Him, nor do they complain.

They glorify in the night and the day, they do not cease.

Or have they taken earthly gods who can resurrect?

If there were gods in them except for God, then they would have been ruined. Glory be to God, the Lord of the Throne from what they describe.

He is not questioned about what He does, while they will be questioned.

Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say: "Bring your proof. This is a reminder of those with me and a reminder of those before me." But, most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away.

AndWe did not send any messenger before you except that We inspired him that: "There is no god except Me, so serve Me."

Andthey said: "The Almighty has taken a son!" Be He glorified, they are all but honored servants.

They do not speak ahead of Him, and on His command they act.

He knows their present and their future, and they cannot intercede unless it is for those whom He is pleased with. And, from His concern, they are worried.

Andwhoever of them says: "I am a god besides Him," then that person We will punish with Hell. It is such that We punish the wicked.

Have those who rejected not seen that the heavens and the earth were one piece, so We split them apart? And that We have made from the water everything that lives. Will they not believe?

AndWe made on the earth stabilizers so that it would not tumble with you, and We made in it wide paths that they may be guided.

AndWe made the sky a protective ceiling; and yet, from its signs they are turning away!

And He is the One who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each swimming in an orbit.

AndWe did not give immortality to any human being that came before you. If you are going to die, would they be immortal?

Every soul will taste death. And We burden you with evil and good as a test, and it is to Us that you will return.

Andwhen those who reject see you, they take you for mockery: "Is this the one who speaks about your gods!" While in the remembrance of the Almighty they are rejecters!

Manhas been created from haste. I will show you My signs, so do not be hasty.

Andthey say: "When will this promise come to pass if you are truthful?"

If only those who reject knew, that they will not be able to ward off the fire from their faces, nor from their backs, nor will they be helped.

No,it will come to them suddenly. And they will not be able to turn it away, nor will they be delayed.

Andmessengers before you were mocked, but those who ridiculed were then surrounded by that which they mocked!

Say: "Who can protect you during the night and the day from the Almighty?" No, they are turning away from the remembrance of their Lord.

Or do they have gods that will protect them from Us? They cannot help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

It was Us who gave luxury to these and their fathers, until they grew old with age. Do they not see that We come to the land and reduce it from its edges? Will they be able to win?

Say: "I am merely warning you with the inspiration." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are being warned.

Andif a trace of the torment of your Lord touches them, they will say: "Woe to us, we have been wicked!"

AndWe place the balances of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so that no soul will be wronged in the least. Even if it was the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And We are enough as a Reckoner.

AndWe had given Moses and Aaron the Criterion, a shining light, and reminder for the righteous.

Those who are concerned towards their Lord in the unseen, and they are weary of the Hour.

Andthis is a blessed reminder which We have sent down. Will you be deniers of it?