أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ جُندٞ لَّكُمۡ يَنصُرُكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِۚ إِنِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ إِلَّا فِي غُرُورٍ 20

20 . Is there any other army which can help you besides the Most Gracious (Allah). Indeed, the disbelievers are merely in deception.

أَمَّنۡ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَرۡزُقُكُمۡ إِنۡ أَمۡسَكَ رِزۡقَهُۥۚ بَل لَّجُّواْ فِي عُتُوّٖ وَنُفُورٍ 21

21 If Allah withholds your provi-sion, who can grant you provision? In fact, they persist in their arro-gance and their fleeing (from the truth).

أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي مُكِبًّا عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦٓ أَهۡدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ 22

22 Is he who walks headlong on his face better guided (to reach his destination) or he who walks upright on a Straight Path? (Also see Surah Al-Isra:97)

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنشَأَكُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ وَٱلۡأَفۡ‍ِٔدَةَۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَشۡكُرُونَ 23

23 Say: “Allah has created you and granted you hearing, seeing and heart. You thank Him very little (for these favours).”

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ 24

24 Say: “Allah has spread you in the earth and you shall be gathered to Him (in the Hereafter).”

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ 25

25 And they (the disbelievers) ask (mockingly): “When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful (in your claim)?”

قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٞ 26

26 [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] Say: “The knowledge (of its exact time) is with Allah Alone and I am only a plain warner.”

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ زُلۡفَةٗ سِيٓ‍َٔتۡ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ 27

27 So when they (the disbelievers) will see it (the torment) close to them, their faces will turn black (with extreme grief) and it will be said (to them): “This is (the torment) which you used to demand (in the worldly life).”

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِيَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن يُجِيرُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ 28

28 [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] Say: “Tell me! If Allah destroys me and those with me, or He showers His Mercy on us – but who will protect the disbelievers from the painful torment?”

قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَيۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ هُوَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ 29

29 Say: “He is the Most Gracious, we believe in Him, and we put our trust in Him (He will save us from the torment of the Hereafter). Then you will come to know who is in  obvious error.”

قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَصۡبَحَ مَآؤُكُمۡ غَوۡرٗا فَمَن يَأۡتِيكُم بِمَآءٖ مَّعِينِۢ 30

30 [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] Say: “Tell me! If your (drinking) water sinks into the earth, who can supply you with clean and flowing water?” (If you don’t have the power to do this, how can you have the power to remove the torment of Hell-Fire from yourself?)

نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ 1

1 Nun (Only Allah knows its meanings). By the pen and by what they (the angels) write (in the Record of deeds).

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونٖ 2

2 [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] You are, by the Grace of your Creator, not a mad man.

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُونٖ 3

3 And, indeed, for you [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] will be an end-less reward.

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٖ 4

4 And, indeed, you [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] have exquisite manners and marvellous character.

فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُونَ 5

5        So now you will see and they will see too (e.g. in Bader),

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ 6

6 Indeed, your Creator knows  best who has gone astray from His Path and He knows  best who is (rightly) guided.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ 7

7 Indeed, your Creator knows  best who has gone astray from His Path and He knows  best who is (rightly) guided.

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ 8

8 [O Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)!] Hence, don’t obey those who deny (the truth).

وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ 9

9 They (the disbelievers) wish that you become soft (in the pro-pagation of Islam), so they will be-come softer (in opposing you).