[42:1] HaMeem

[42:2] AinSeenQaaf

[42:3] It is thus inspired to you and those before you by God, The Almighty, The All Wise.

[42:4] To Him belongs everything in the vacua and within matter and He is The Exalted, The Great.

[42:5] The vacua almost rupture from above them. And the angels glorify and praise their Lord, and ask forgiveness for those trapped in matter. Absolutely, God is The All Forgiving, The All Merciful.

[42:6] As for those who take allies besides Him, God is guarding them and you are not their advocate.

[42:7] And We thus inspired to you an Arabic Quran in order to warn the central community as well as whomever it reaches and warn of the Day of Summoning, wherein there is no doubt. Some will be in Paradise and some will be in Hell.

[42:8] Had God willed, He could have made them a single community; but He admits into His mercy whomever He wills. As for the unjust, they will have no ally or a helper.

[42:9] Have they taken lords besides Him? God is the Lord and He resurrects the dead, and He is All Powerful over all things.

[42:10] Anything that may be a source of dispute amongst you, then its judgment belongs to God. Such is God, my Lord, in Him I trust and to Him I repent.

[42:11] Initiator of the vacua and matter. He made spouses from amongst yourselves and created pairs of livestock, He thus multiplies you. Nothing bears His similitude. And He is The All Hearer, The All Seer.

[42:12] To Him belong the keys of the vacua and matter; He increases the provision for whomever He wills and withholds it. And He has full knowledge of all things.

[42:13] He decreed for you the same religion that He decreed for Noah, and what We inspired to you is the same as what We decreed to Abraham, Moses, and Jesus; you shall uphold this religion, and do not be divided therein. Your call is heavy to bear for those who set up partners for god. God chooses for Himself whomever He wills and guides to Himself those who repent.

[42:14] And they were not divided except after they received the knowledge, because of jealousy amongst them. If it were not for a word, preordained by your Lord, they would have been judged immediately. And indeed those who inherited the scripture afterward are full of doubt.

[42:15] Therefore you shall invite and stand firm as you are commanded, and do not follow their wishes, and say, I believe in all scriptures revealed by God, and I am commanded to be equitable among you. God is our Lord and your Lord, we are responsible for our deeds, and you are responsible for your deeds. There is no argument between us and you. God will gather us all, and to Him is the final destiny.

[42:16] Those who argue about God after they responded to Him, their argument is futile in the site of their Lord, they have deserved wrath and reserved for them is an ultimate suffering.

[42:17] God is the One who revealed the scripture truthfully and with justice. And you may not realize it but the Hour may be very near.

[42:18] Challenging it are those who do not believe in it. As for the faithful, they are fearful thereof and they know that it is the truth. Absolutely, those who are doubtful of the Hour have gone far astray.

[42:19] God is All Kind towards His servants; He provides for whomever He wills, and He is The All Powerful, The Almighty.

[42:20] Whoever wants the harvest of The Hereafter, We shall increase it for him his harvest, and whoever desires the harvest of this world, We will grant him thereof, but he has no share in The Hereafter.

[42:21] Do they have partners for god who have decreed for them a religion without God's permission? If it were not for a preordained word, they would have been judged immediately. And indeed the unjust shall endure a painful suffering.

[42:22] You will see the unjust fearful of what they earned, but it is a reality. As for those who are faithful and lead a righteous life will abide in gardens of paradise; they will have everything they wish for at their Lord. This is the Greatest Bounty.

[42:23] God thus gives glad tidings to His servants who are faithful and lead a righteous life. Say, I do not ask of you for any wage, except to love the relatives. And if any one earns any good, We shall increase the goodness for him. Indeed God is All Forgiving, Most Appreciative.

[42:24] Or they may say; he has attributed a lie to God. But had God willed, He could have sealed your heart. And God eradicates falsehood and establishes the truth with His words. Indeed He fully knows the innermost thoughts.

[42:25] He is the One who accepts repentance from His servants and overlooks the bad deeds and He knows what you do.

[42:26] And He responds to those who are faithful and lead a righteous life, and He showers them with His Grace. As for the unfaithful, they will endure the ultimate suffering.

[42:27] If God increases the provision for His servants, they would indeed transgress throughout the land, but he sends in exact measure according to His will. Indeed, He is Cognizant of His servants, All Seer.

[42:28] He is the One who sends down the rain after they have despaired and He spreads His Mercy. And He is the Lord, The Praiseworthy.

[42:29] And among His signs is the creation of the vacua and matter, and the creatures He has spread in them. And He has the ultimate power to summon them all when He wills.

[42:30] Whatever bad happens to you is because of what you earned with your own hands and He overlooks many.

[42:31] And you cannot be miracle workers on the land. And you will have none besides God as a Lord and a helper.

[42:32] And among His Signs are the ships sailing in the sea like flags.

[42:33] If He wills He can stop the wind; then they would become motionless atop of it. Indeed, in this there are signs for every steadfast, appreciative.

[42:34] Or He may annihilate them because of what they earned; however, He pardons many.

[42:35] Those who dispute Our proofs will find out that there is no way out for them.

[42:36] Whatever you are given is a temporary provision of this worldly life and what is at God is far better and everlasting for those who are faithful and in their Lord they trust.

[42:37] These are the ones who avoid gross sins and abominations and when they get angry they forgive.

[42:38] Those who respond to their Lord and observe the contact prayer and conduct their affairs by consultation amongst themselves and spend from what We provide for them.

[42:39] And when they are faced with transgression, they defend themselves.

[42:40] Although the requital for a bad deed is an equivalent bad deed, those who pardon and maintain righteousness, then their recompense is with God. Indeed He does not love transgressors.

[42:41] But indeed if anyone defends himself after an injustice, there shall be no blame on him.

[42:42] The blame shall be only on those who commit injustice against people and transgress throughout the land, disregarding the truth. For these there will be a painful suffering.

[42:43] And indeed if anyone resorts to patience and forgives, it would be truly due to the strength of character.

[42:44] And whomever God sends astray he will have no ally besides Him. And you will see the transgressors, as they endure the suffering, they say, is there any way out?

[42:45] And you will see them facing it subdued because of humility, trying not to look. And the faithful will say, indeed the losers are those who lost their souls and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Absolutely the transgressors endure eternal suffering.

[42:46] And they will have no allies to help them besides God. And whomever God sends astray will never find his path.

[42:47] Respond to your Lord before the advent of a day when there is no escape from God for anyone. And there will be no refuge on that day and there will be no denial for you.

[42:48] Then if they turn away, We have not sent you as their guardian. Your sole duty is to clearly deliver. And indeed when We let the human being taste mercy from Us, he rejoices therewith, but when an adversity touches him, due to what his own hands brought upon him, then, the human being becomes unappreciative.

[42:49] To God belongs the kingship of the vacua and matter. He creates whatever He wills. He grants females to whomever He wills and grants males to whomever He wills.

[42:50] Or He pairs you up males and females both and renders whomever He wills sterile. Indeed He is All Knowing, All Powerful.

[42:51] God does not speak to any human being except by inspiration, or from behind a barrier, or by sending a messenger; He then inspires according to His authority whatever He wills. He is indeed Exalted, All Wise.

[42:52] And We thus inspired you through a Spirit by Our command. You did not expect the scripture and faith come your way, but We made it a light by which We guide whomever We will from amongst Our servants. Surely you guide to the straight path,-

[42:53] the path of God, to whom belongs everything in the vacua and everything within matter. Absolutely, all matters are referred to God.