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Sūra 25: Furqān, or The Criterion

Section 2 (10-20)


10. Tabaraka allathee in shaa jaAAala laka khayran min thalika jannatin tajree min tahtiha al-anharu wayajAAal laka qusooran

10. Blessed is He who, if that were His will, could give thee better (things) than those,--Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and He could give thee palaces (secure to dwell in).


11. Bal kaththaboo bialssaAAati waaAAtadna liman kaththaba bialssaAAati saAAeeran

11. Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but We have prepared a blazing fire for such as deny the hour:


12. Itha raat-hum min makanin baAAeedin samiAAoo laha taghayyuthan wazafeeran

12. When it sees them from a place far off, they will hear its fury and its ranging sigh.


13. Wa-itha olqoo minha makanan dayyiqan muqarraneena daAAaw hunalika thubooran

13. And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted place therein, they will plead for destruction there and then!


14. La tadAAoo alyawma thubooran wahidan waodAAoo thubooran katheeran

14. "This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft-repeated!"


15. Qul athalika khayrun am jannatu alkhuldi allatee wuAAida almuttaqoona kanat lahum jazaan wamaseeran

15. Say: "Is that best, or the eternal garden, promised to the righteous? for them, that is a reward as well as a goal (of attainment).


16. Lahum feeha ma yashaoona khalideena kana AAala rabbika waAAdan mas-oolan

16. "For them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will dwell (there) for aye: A promise to be prayed for from thy Lord."


17. Wayawma yahshuruhum wama yaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi fayaqoolu aantum adlaltum AAibadee haola-i am hum dalloo alssabeela

17. The day He will gather them together as well as those whom they worship besides Allah, He will ask: "Was it ye who let these My servants astray, or did they stray from the Path themselves?"


18. Qaloo subhanaka ma kana yanbaghee lana an nattakhitha min doonika min awliyaa walakin mattaAAtahum waabaahum hatta nasoo alththikra wakanoo qawman booran

18. They will say: "Glory to Thee! not meet was it for us that we should take for protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, on them and their fathers, good things (in life), until they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless and) lost."


19. Faqad kaththabookum bima taqooloona fama tastateeAAoona sarfan wala nasran waman yathlim minkum nuthiqhu AAathaban kabeeran

19. ((Allah) will say): "Now have they proved you liars in what ye say: so ye cannot avert (your penalty) nor (get) help." And whoever among you does wrong, him shall We cause to taste of a grievous Penalty.


20. Wama arsalna qablaka mina almursaleena illa innahum laya/kuloona alttaAAama wayamshoona fee al-aswaqi wajaAAalna baAAdakum libaAAdin fitnatan atasbiroona wakana rabbuka baseeran

20. And the apostles whom We sent before thee were all (men) who ate food and walked through the streets: We have made some of you as a trial for others: will ye have patience? for Allah is One Who sees (all things).


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