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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The Control of the Universe - Chapter 67 | Contains 30 verses – Makka |
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تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ |
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The source of all blessing is the One, in
Whose Hand
is the Control of the universe (the Kingdom and Dominion of the heavens and the earth) and He is Capable and Determinant over all things. |
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الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ |
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The One, Who created death and life, through
which He may test you as to which one of you will be the best in good deeds. And (to show you that) He is the All Dominating Almighty, yet so Forgiving, |
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الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا مَّا تَرَى فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَى مِن فُطُورٍ |
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He Who created the seven skies in layers. You don’t see any deviation in the Creation of the Most Gracious (God). Then look back again, do you see any shortcoming or weakness? 1 |
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ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِأً وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ |
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So yet again look back twice, your observation will make you humble, in a state of utter humility. |
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وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاء الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ |
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And indeed We have made the sky of the
(earthly) world beautiful, decorated with many (star) lamps and made them (like rock hard) deterrents against all evil intruders; and prepared for them the scorching torment. 2 |
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وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ |
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And for those who disregard their Lord, there
will be the torment of Hell; and what an awful bad destination it is. |
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إِذَا أُلْقُوا فِيهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ |
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When they are dumped in it (into the Hell), they will hear its roar as it is blazing forth. |
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تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ كُلَّمَا أُلْقِيَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ |
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It will appear as if it is going to burst
with fury. Every time a group is cast into it, its workers (angels of Hell) will ask: “Did no warner ever come to you?” |
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قَالُوا بَلَى قَدْ جَاءنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ مِن شَيْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ كَبِيرٍ |
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They will respond, saying: “Yes, indeed a
warner did come to us, but then we called him a liar and said;
'God never sent anything down (as a Message), you are only in a great delusion'. ”. |
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وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِي أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ |
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They will continue to say: “If only we would listen or use our reasoning, we wouldn’t be among the inhabitant of the blazing Fire”. |
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فَاعْتَرَفُوا بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لِّأَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ |
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They confess their sin, and so down with the dwellers of the blazing Fire. |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ |
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Truly those who are in awe of their Lord, the Unseen, in secret, there shall be forgiveness and a great reward for them. |
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وَأَسِرُّوا قَوْلَكُمْ أَوِ اجْهَرُوا بِهِ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ |
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(Know that) wاether
you keep your talk secret or say it aloud; He is the All Knowing of what is in your hearts. |
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أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ |
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Does the One Who has created all, not know?
Whereas He is the All Precise and the All Aware (of everything). |
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هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَامْشُوا فِي مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا مِن رِّزْقِهِ وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ |
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He is the One, Who made the earth subject for
your use, so you walk along its paths and eat of His provisions.
And there will after all be a Resurrection to Him (you will be returned alive again for Reckoning). |
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أَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاء أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ |
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Do you feel secure that He Who is (also in
cotrol) over
the sky, will not cause the earth's ground to sink with you, while it will be trembling? |
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أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاء أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ |
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Or do you feel secure that He Who is (also in
control)
over the sky, would not send you a violent rock-containing tornado (whirlwind)? Then you would know how My Warning happens? |
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وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ |
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Surely there were those before them who
denied (the Message) and called them lies, what and how was then the punishment for the denial? |
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أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا إِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ إِلَّا الرَّحْمَنُ إِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَصِيرٌ |
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Don’t they see the bird above them spreading
and pulling there wings? No one keeps them in the air except the Most Gracious (God). He is truly All Observing over all things. |
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أَمَّنْ هَذَا الَّذِي هُوَ جُندٌ لَّكُمْ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنِ الْكَافِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ |
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Who is this army of yours, who could help
you, other than the Most Gracious (God)? The disbelievers are in nothing but delusion and self deception. |
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أَمَّنْ هَذَا الَّذِي يَرْزُقُكُمْ إِنْ أَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُ بَل لَّجُّوا فِي عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ |
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Who could ever provide for you, if He (God)
would withhold His Provision from you? Yet they insist in disobedience, and in running away from and in detesting the truth. |
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أَفَمَن يَمْشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّن يَمْشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ |
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Is the one who walks prone on his face
(without looking up to the reality) better guided or a person who walks upright on the right path? |
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قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنشَأَكُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْئِدَةَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ |
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Say He (God) is the One, Who designed and
created you and granted you the ability to hear and to see and to think (to perceive). 3 So few and little is that you thank Him. |
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قُلْ هُوَ الَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ |
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Say: “He is the One Who multiplied and
scattered you around on earth and to Him you all shall be gathered (on the Day of Judgment, Resurrection). |
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وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ |
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And they say: “When is this promise going to take place, if you are telling the truth?” |
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قُلْ إِنَّمَا الْعِلْمُ عِندَ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ |
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Say: “The knowledge (of its exact time) is with God only and I (Muhammad) am only an explaining warners”. |
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيئَتْ وُجُوهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقِيلَ هَذَا الَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِ تَدَّعُونَ |
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Then when they will see it approaching, the
faces of those who denied the truth, will turn very sad in grief and they will be told: “This is what you had been asking about”. |
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قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِيَ اللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِيَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ الْكَافِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ |
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(O Muhammad) Say: “Don’t you see? If God destroys me and those along with me, or He bestows His Mercy on us, who can save the disbelievers from a painful torment and punishment. |
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قُلْ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ آمَنَّا بِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ |
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Say: “He is the Most Gracious (God), in Him
we believe and in Him we trust. So you will know who has been in obvious error (we the believers or you the disbelievers)”. |
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قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَاء مَّعِينٍ |
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Say: “Do you realize if your water were to sink down, who else would or could supply you with spring water?” |
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Footnotes |
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The seven
layers of the sky of earth and number seven also means the
innumerable galaxies (heavens).
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Any devilish
harmful objects trying to enter the earth’s sky (atmosphere) are doomed
to be burned off, as if hitting rock hard deterrents.
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In has been recognized in the medical knowledge that during the fetal
development, first the ears and hearing develop, then the eyes and later
on the power of perception, as the Holy Quran says.
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