Ornaments of gold · Surah 43

And if We take thee away, We surely shall take vengeance on them

Or (if) We show thee that wherewith We threaten them; for lo! We have complete command of them

So hold thou fast to that which is inspired in thee. Lo! thou art on a right path

And lo! it is in truth a Reminder for thee and for thy folk; and ye will be questioned

And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before thee: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped beside the Beneficent

And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said: I am a messenger of the Lord of the Worlds

But when he brought them Our tokens, behold! they laughed at them

And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again

And they said: O wizard! Entreat thy Lord for us by the pact that He hath made with thee. Lo! we verily will walk aright

But when We eased them of the torment, behold! they broke their word

And Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made among his people saying: O my people! Is not mine the sovereignty of Egypt and these rivers flowing under me? Can ye not then discern

I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain

Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him

Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they obeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk

So, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every one

And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them)

And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example, behold! the folk laugh out

And say: Are our gods better, or is he? They raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folk

He is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him a pattern for the Children of Israel

And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth

And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but follow Me. This is the right path

And let not Satan turn you aside. Lo! he is an open enemy for you

When Jesus came with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), he said: I have come unto you with wisdom, and to make plain some of that concerning which ye differ. So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me

Lo! Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a right path

But the factions among them differed. Then woe unto those who do wrong from the doom of a painful day

Await they aught save the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly, when they know not

Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to Allah)

O My slaves! For you there is no fear this day, nor is it ye who grieve

(Ye) who believed Our revelations and were self-surrendered

Enter the Garden, ye and your wives, to be made glad

Therein are brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that souls desire and eyes find sweet. And ye are immortal therein

This is the Garden which ye are made to inherit because of what ye used to do

Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat

Lo! the guilty are immortal in hell's torment

It is not relaxed for them, and they despair therein

We wronged them not, but they it was who did the wrong

And they cry: O master! Let thy Lord make an end of us. He saith: Lo! here ye must remain

We verily brought the Truth unto you, but ye were, most of you, averse to the Truth

Or do they determine any thing (against the Prophet)? Lo! We (also) are determining

Or deem they that We cannot hear their secret thoughts and private confidences? Nay, but Our envoys, present with them, do record