Surah Al-Furqan Verses 51–77

And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.¹⁰³³

So do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with it [i.e., the Qur’ān] a great striving.

And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

And it is He who has created from water [i.e., semen] a human being and made him [a relative by] lineage and marriage. And ever is your Lord competent [concerning creation].

But they worship rather than Allāh that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

Say, "I do not ask of you for it any payment - only that whoever wills might take to his Lord a way."

And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allāh] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, [fully] Aware -

He who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six days and then established Himself above the Throne¹⁰³⁴ - the Most Merciful, so ask about Him one well informed [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)].

And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.

Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

And it is He who has made the night and the day in succession for whoever desires to remember or desires gratitude.

And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily,¹⁰³⁵ and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace,¹⁰³⁶

And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lord prostrating and standing [in prayer]

And those who say, "Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering;

Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence."

And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate

And those who do not invoke¹⁰³⁷ with Allāh another deity or kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed], except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And whoever should do that will meet a penalty.

Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -

Except for those who repent, believe and do righteous work. For them Allāh will replace their evil deeds with good. And ever is Allāh Forgiving and Merciful.

And he who repents and does righteousness does indeed turn to Allāh with [accepted] repentance.

And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.

And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.

And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes¹⁰³⁸ and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous."

Those will be awarded the Chamber¹⁰³⁹ for what they patiently endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words of] peace,

Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence.

Say, "What would my Lord care for you if not for your supplication?"¹⁰⁴⁰ For you [disbelievers] have denied, so it [i.e., your denial] is going to be adherent.¹⁰⁴¹