46 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.
47 But when he brought them Our tokens, behold! they laughed at them.
Surah 43
ORNAMENTS OF GOLD (Az-Zukhruf)
43:46-56
When we [Allah] sent Moses with our revealtions and tokens to the Pharaoh, they laughed at them.
48 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.
So we grasped them with a torment.
49 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.
They said,
Oh wizard! Ask your Lord to stop tormenting us.
50 But when We eased them of the torment, behold! they broke their word.
So we eased their torment, but they broke their word.
51 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?
52 I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain!
Pharaoh made a proclamation, saying,
I'm better than this guy,
who is despicable and can hardly speak.
53 Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him?
54 Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they obeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk.
He doesn't have armlets of gold,
and no angels were sent with him.
55 So, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every one.
56 And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).
So we drowned every last one of them. [1]
43:57-67
57 And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example, behold! the folk laugh out,
People laughed at the son of Mary, saying,
58 And say: Are our gods better, or is he? They raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folk.
59 He is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him a pattern for the Children of Israel.
60 And had We willed We could have set among you angels to be viceroys in the earth.
61 And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. So doubt ye not concerning it, but follow Me. This is the right path.
62 And let not Satan turn you aside. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.
Is he better than our gods?
63 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.
64 Lo! Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him. This is a right path.
Jesus came with clear proofs.
65 But the factions among them differed. Then woe unto those who do wrong from the doom of a painful day.
But the people divided into factions.
Woe to them from the doom of a painful day.
66 Await they aught save the Hour, that it shall come upon them suddenly, when they know not?
It will come upon them suddenly, when they least expect it.
67 Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to Allah).
Friends will be foes to one another on that day.
43:68-89
68 O My slaves! For you there is no fear this day, nor is it ye who grieve;
69 (Ye) who believed Our revelations and were self-surrendered,
70 Enter the Garden, ye and your wives, to be made glad.
But my [Allah's] slaves will enter the garden with their wives. [2]
71 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.
72 This is the Garden which ye are made to inherit because of what ye used to do.
73 Therein for you is fruit in plenty whence to eat.
They'll be served with gold trays and goblets.
74 Lo! the guilty are immortal in hell's torment.
But the guilty will be immortal, suffering hell's torment forever.
75 It is not relaxed for them, and they despair therein.
It won't be lightened for them, and they will despair.
76 We wronged them not, but they it was who did the wrong.
But we didn't wrong them; they wronged themselves.
77 And they cry: O master! Let thy Lord make an end of us. He saith: Lo! here ye must remain.
78 We verily brought the Truth unto you, but ye were, most of you, averse to the Truth.
79 Or do they determine any thing (against the Prophet)? Lo! We (also) are determining.
80 Or deem they that We cannot hear their secret thoughts and private confidences? Nay, but Our envoys, present with them, do record.
They'll cry out, saying, "Please, stop torturing us."
But he'll say: "No, you have to stay here."
81 Say (O Muhammad): If the Beneficent One hath a son, then, I shall be first among the worshippers. (But there is no son).
82 Glorified be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, from that which they ascribe (unto Him)!
83 So let them flounder (in their talk) and play until they meet the Day which they are promised.
84 And He it is Who in the heaven is God, and in the earth God. He is the Wise, the Knower.
85 And blessed be He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and with Whom is knowledge of the Hour, and unto Whom ye will be returned.
86 And those unto whom they cry instead of Him possess no power of intercession, saving him who beareth witness unto the Truth knowingly.
87 And if thou ask them who created them, they will surely say: Allah. How then are they turned away?
Say (Muhammad): If the benificient one has a son, I'll be the first to worship him. (But he doesn't have a son.)
88 And he saith: O my Lord! Lo! these are a folk who believe not.
89 Then bear with them (O Muhammad) and say: Peace. But they will come to know.
He [Muhammad] said, "These people aren't believers."
Then bear with them and say, "Peace."
They'll find out later. [3]
Notes
- We punished them and drowned them every one. (v.55)
- Ye and your wives (v.70)
Allah's slaves will have wives in paradise. Will this be the wives that they had in this life, or will Allah provide new ones?
- But they will come to know. (v.89)
Allah encourages Muhammad to be tolerant toward nonbelievers. But then he ruins it by throwing in a veiled threat.
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