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34:16 But they turned away (from Allah), and We sent against them the Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted
their two garden (rows) into “gardens” producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few (stunted) Lote-trees.
34:17 That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully rejected Faith: and never do We give (such) requital
except to such as are ungrateful rejecters.
34:18 Between them and the Cities on which We had poured our blessings, We had placed Cities in prominent positions,
and between them We had appointed stages of journey in due proportion: “Travel therein, secure, by night and by day.”
34:19 But they said: “Our Lord! Place longer distances between our journey-stages”: but they wronged themselves (therein).
At length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in scattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs
for every (soul that is) patiently constant and grateful.
34:20 And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followed him, all but a party that believed.
34:21 But he had no authority over them,- except that We might test the man who believes in the Hereafter from him who
is in doubt concerning it: and thy Lord doth watch over all things.
34:22 Say: “Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides Allah: They have no power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the
heavens or on earth: No (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helper to Allah.
34:23 “No intercession can avail in His Presence, except for those for whom He has granted permission. So far (is this the
case) that, when terror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they say, ‘what is it that your Lord
commanded?’ they will say, ‘That which is true and just; and He is the Most High Most Great’.”
34:24 Say: “Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and the earth?” Say: “It is Allah; and certain it is that either we or
ye are on right guidance or in manifest error!”
34:25 Say: “Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor shall we be questioned as to what ye do.”
34:26 Say: “Our Lord will gather us together and will in the end decide the matter between us (and you) in truth and justice:
and He is the one to decide, the One Who knows all.”
34:27Say: “Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as partners: by no means (can ye). Nay, He is Allah, the Exalted
in Power, the Wise.”
34:28 We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against
sin), but most men understand not.
34:29 They say: “When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are telling the truth?”
34:30 Say: “The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put back for an hour nor put forward.”
34:31 The Unbelievers say: “We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it.” Couldst thou but
see when the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of blame) on one another!
Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: “Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been
believers!”
34:32 The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised: “Was it we who kept you back from Guidance after it
reached you? Nay, rather, it was ye who transgressed.
34:33 Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: “Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night:
Behold! Ye (constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to Allah and to attribute equals to Him!” They will declare (their)
repentance when they see the Penalty: We shall put yokes on thenecks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital for
their (ill) Deeds.
34:34 Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy ones among them said: “We believe not in the
(Message) with which ye have been sent.”
34:35 They said: “We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished.”
34:36 Say: “Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom He pleases, but most men understand not.”
34:37 It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you nearer to Us in degree: but only those who believe and work
righteousness – these are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while secure they (reside) in the
dwellings on high!
34:38 Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into Punishment.
34:39 Say: “Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of his servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye
spend in the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of those who grant Sustenance.
34:40 One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the angels, “Was it you that these men used to worship?”
34:41 They will say, “Glory to Thee! our (tie) is with Thee – as Protector – not with them. Nay, but they worshipped the
Jinns: most of them believed in them.”
34:42 So on that Day no power shall they have over each other, for profit or harm: and We shall say to the wrong-doers,
“Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire,- the which ye were wont to deny!”
34:43 When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, “This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from the
(worship) which your fathers practised.” And they say, “This is only a falsehood invented!” and the Unbelievers say of the
Truth when it comes to them, “This is nothing but evident magic!”
34:44 But We had not given them Books which they could study, nor sent messengers to them before thee as Warners.
34:45 And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet
when they rejected My messengers, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
34:46 Say: “I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up before Allah,- (It may be) in pairs, or (it may be) singly,-
and reflect (within yourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less than a warner to you, in face of a terrible
Penalty.”
34:47 Say: “No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your interest: my reward is only due from Allah: And He is witness to
all things.”
34:48 Say: “Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth (over His servants),- He that has full knowledge of (all) that is
hidden.”
34:49 Say: “The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither creates anything new, nor restores anything.”
34:50 Say: “If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul: but if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration
of my Lord to me: it is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near.”
34:51 If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then there will be no escape (for them), and they will be
seized from a position (quite) near.
34:52 And they will say, “We do believe (now) in the (Truth)”; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position (so far
off,-
34:53 Seeing that they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and that they (continually) cast (slanders) on the unseen from a
position far off?
34:54 And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as was done in the past with their partisans: for they were
indeed in suspicious (disquieting) doubt.