Chapter 26: Surah Ash Shuara - Sheikh Omar Al Kazabri

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
26:1 Ta Sin Mim.
26:2 These are the verses of the Book that makes (things) clear.
26:3 Perhaps you will kill yourself with grief because they do not believe.
26:4 If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from the heaven so that their necks should stoop to it.
26:5 And there does not come to them a new reminder from the Beneficent God but they turn aside from it.
26:6 So they have indeed rejected (the truth), therefore the news of that which they mock shall soon come to them.
26:7 Do they not see the earth, how many of every noble kind We have caused to grow in it?
26:8 Most surely there is a sign in that, but most of them will not believe.
26:9 And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:10 And when your Lord called out to Musa, saying: Go to the unjust people,
26:11 The people of Firon: Will they not guard (against evil)?
26:12 He said: O my Lord! surely I fear that they will reject me;
26:13 And by breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, therefore send Thou to Haroun (to help me);
26:14 And they have a crime against me, therefore I fear that they may slay me.
26:15 He said: By no means, so go you both with Our signs; surely We are with you, hearing;
26:16 Then come to Firon and say: Surely we are the messengers of the Lord of the worlds:
26:17 Then send with us the children of Israel.
26:18 (Firon) said: Did we not bring you up as a child among us, and you tarried among us for (many) years of your life?
26:19 And you did (that) deed of yours which you did, and you are one of the ungrateful.
26:20 He said: I did it then while I was of those unable to see the right course;
26:21 So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me wisdom and made me of the apostles;
26:22 And is it a favor of which you remind me that you have enslaved the children of Israel?
26:23 Firon said: And what is the Lord of the worlds?
26:24 He said: The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.
26:25 (Firon) said to those around him: Do you not hear?
26:26 He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.
26:27 Said he: Most surely your Apostle who is sent to you is mad.
26:28 He said: The Lord of the east and the west and what is between them, if you understand.
26:29 Said he: If you will take a god besides me, I will most certainly make you one of the imprisoned.
26:30 He said: What! even if I bring to you something manifest?
26:31 Said he: Bring it then, if you are of the truthful ones.
26:32 So he cast down his rod, and lo! it was an obvious serpent,
26:33 And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it appeared white to the onlookers.
26:34 (Firon) said to the chiefs around him: Most surely this is a skillful magician,
26:35 Who desires to turn you out of your land with his magic; what is it then that you advise?
26:36 They said: Give him and his brother respite and send heralds into the cities
26:37 That they should bring to you every skillful magician.
26:38 So the magicians were gathered together at the appointed time on the fixed day,
26:39 And it was said to the people: Will you gather together?
26:40 Haply we may follow the magicians, if they are the vanquishers.
26:41 And when the magicians came, they said to Firon: Shall we get a reward if we are the vanquishers?
26:42 He said: Yes, and surely you will then be of those who are made near.
26:43 Musa said to them: Cast what you are going to cast.
26:44 So they cast down their cords and their rods and said: By Firon's power, we shall most surely be victorious.
26:45 Then Musa cast down his staff and lo! it swallowed up the lies they told.
26:46 And the magicians were thrown down prostrate;
26:47 They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds:
26:48 The Lord of Musa and Haroun.
26:49 Said he: You believe in him before I give you permission; most surely he is the chief of you who taught you the magic, so you shall know: certainly I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and certainly I will crucify you all.
26:50 They said: No harm; surely to our Lord we go back;
26:51 Surely we hope that our Lord will forgive us our wrongs because we are the first of the believers.
26:52 And We revealed to Musa, saying: Go away with My servants travelling by night, surely you will be pursued.
26:53 So Firon sent heralds into the cities;
26:54 Most surely these are a small company;
26:55 And most surely they have enraged us;
26:56 And most surely we are a vigilant multitude.
26:57 So We turned them out of gardens and springs,
26:58 And treasures and goodly dwellings,
26:59 Even so. And We gave them as a heritage to the children of Israel.
26:60 Then they pursued them at sunrise.
26:61 So when the two hosts saw each other, the companions of Musa cried out: Most surely we are being overtaken.
26:62 He said: By no means; surely my Lord is with me: He will show me a way out.
26:63 Then We revealed to Musa: Strike the sea with your staff. So it had cloven asunder, and each part was like a huge mound.
26:64 And We brought near, there, the others.
26:65 And We saved Musa and those with him, all of them.
26:66 Then We drowned the others.
26:67 Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
26:68 And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:69 And recite to them the story of Ibrahim.
26:70 When he said to his father and his people: What do you worship?
26:71 They said: We worship idols, so we shall be their votaries.
26:72 He said: Do they hear you when you call?
26:73 Or do they profit you or cause you harm?
26:74 They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so.
26:75 He said: Have you then considered what you have been worshipping:
26:76 You and your ancient sires.
26:77 Surely they are enemies to me, but not (so) the Lord of the worlds;
26:78 Who created me, then He has shown me the way:
26:79 And He Who gives me to eat and gives me to drink:
26:80 And when I am sick, then He restores me to health
26:81 And He Who will cause me to die, then give me life;
26:82 And Who, I hope, will forgive me my mistakes on the day of judgment.
26:83 My Lord: Grant me wisdom, and join me with the good
26:84 And ordain for me a goodly mention among posterity
26:85 And make me of the heirs of the garden of bliss
26:86 And forgive my father, for surely he is of those who have gone astray;
26:87 And disgrace me not on the day when they are raised
26:88 The day on which property will not avail, nor sons
26:89 Except him who comes to Allah with a heart free (from evil).
26:90 And the garden shall be brought near for those who guard (against evil),
26:91 And the hell shall be made manifest to the erring ones,
26:92 And it shall be said to them: Where are those that you used to worship;
26:93 Besides Allah? Can they help you or yet help themselves?
26:94 So they shall be thrown down into it, they and the erring ones,
26:95 And the hosts of the Shaitan, all.
26:96 They shall say while they contend therein:
26:97 By Allah! we were certainly in manifest error,
26:98 When we made you equal to the Lord of the worlds;
26:99 And none but the guilty led us astray;
26:100 So we have no intercessors,
26:101 Nor a true friend;
26:102 But if we could but once return, we would be of the believers.
26:103 Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
26:104 And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:105 The people of Nuh rejected the apostles.
26:106 When their brother Nuh said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?
26:107 Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;
26:108 Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me
26:109 And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds:
26:110 So guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me.
26:111 They said: Shall we believe in you while the meanest follow you?
26:112 He said: And what knowledge have I of what they do?
26:113 Their account is only with my Lord, if you could perceive
26:114 And I am not going to drive away the believers;
26:115 I am naught but a plain warner.
26:116 They said: If you desist not, O Nuh, you shall most certainly be of those stoned to death.
26:117 He said: My Lord! Surely my people give me the lie!
26:118 Therefore judge Thou between me and them with a (just) judgment, and deliver me and those who are with me of the believers.
26:119 So We delivered him and those with him in the laden ark.
26:120 Then We drowned the rest afterwards
26:121 Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
26:122 And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:123 Ad gave the lie to the apostles.
26:124 When their brother Hud said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?
26:125 Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;
26:126 Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:
26:127 And I do not ask you any reward for it; surely my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds
26:128 Do you build on every height a monument? Vain is it that you do:
26:129 And you make strong fortresses that perhaps you may
26:130 And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like) tyrants;
26:131 So guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me
26:132 And be careful of (your duty to) Him Who has given you abundance of what you know.
26:133 He has given you abundance of cattle and children
26:134 And gardens and fountains;
26:135 Surely I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous day
26:136 They said: It is the same to us whether you admonish or are not one of the admonishers
26:137 This is naught but a custom of the ancients;
26:138 And we are not going to be punished.
26:139 So they gave him the lie, then We destroyed them. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
26:140 And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:141 Samood gave the lie to the apostles
26:142 When their brother Salih said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?
26:143 Surely I am a faithful apostle to you
26:144 Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:
26:145 And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds:
26:146 Will you be left secure in what is here;
26:147 In gardens and fountains,
26:148 And cornfields and palm-trees having fine spadices?
26:149 And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly; 150 Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me;
26:150
26:151 And do not obey the bidding of the extravagant,
26:152 Who make mischief in the land and do not act aright.
26:153 They said: You are only of the deluded ones;
26:154 You are naught but a mortal like ourselves; so bring a sign if you are one of the truthful.
26:155 He said: This is a she-camel; she shall have her portion of water, and you have your portion of water on an appointed time;
26:156 And do not touch her with evil, lest the punishment of a grievous day should overtake you.
26:157 But they hamstrung her, then regretted;
26:158 So the punishment overtook them. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
26:159 And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:160 The people of Lut gave the lie to the apostles.
26:161 When their brother Lut said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?
26:162 Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;
26:163 Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:
26:164 And I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds;
26:165 What! do you come to the males from among the creatures
26:166 And leave what your Lord has created for you of your wives? Nay, you are a people exceeding limits.
26:167 They said: If you desist not, O Lut! you shall surely be of those who are expelled.
26:168 He said: Surely I am of those who utterly abhor your
26:169 My Lord ! deliver me and my followers from what they do.
26:170 So We delivered him and his followers all,
26:171 Except an old woman, among those who remained behind.
26:172 Then We utterly destroyed the others.
26:173 And We rained down upon them a rain, and evil was the rain on those warned.
26:174 Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
26:175 And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.
26:176 The dwellers of the thicket gave the lie to the apostles.
26:177 When Shu'aib said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?
26:178 Surely I am a faithful apostle to you;
26:179 Therefore guard against (the punishment of) Allah and obey me:
26:180 And I do not ask you any reward for it, my reward is only with the Lord of the worlds;
26:181 Give a full measure and be not of those who diminish;
26:182 And weigh (things) with a right balance,
26:183 And do not wrong men of their things, and do not act corruptly in the earth, making mischief.
26:184 And guard against (the punishment of) Him who created you and the former nations.
26:185 They said: You are only of those deluded;
26:186 And you are naught but a mortal like ourselves, and we know you to be certainly of the liars.
26:187 Therefore cause a portion of the heaven to come down upon us, if you are one of the truthful.
26:188 He said: My Lord knows best what you do.
26:189 But they called him a liar, so the punishment of the day of covering overtook them; surely it was the punishment of a grievous day.
26:190 Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.
26:191 And most surely your Lord is Mighty, the Merciful.
26:192 And most surely this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
26:193 The Faithful Spirit has descended with it,
26:194 Upon your heart that you may be of the warners
26:195 In plain Arabic language.
26:196 And most surely the same is in the scriptures of the ancients.
26:197 Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Israelites know it?
26:198 And if we had revealed it to any of the foreigners
26:199 So that he should have recited it to them, they would not have believed therein.
26:200 Thus have We caused it to enter into the hearts of the guilty.
26:201 They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.
26:202 And it shall come to them all of a sudden, while they shall not perceive;
26:203 Then they will say: Shall we be respited?
26:204 What! do they still seek to hasten on Our punishment?
26:205 Have you then considered if We let them enjoy themselves for years,
26:206 Then there comes to them that with which they are threatened,
26:207 That which they were made to enjoy shall not avail them?
26:208 And We did not destroy any town but it had (its) warners,
26:209 To remind, and We are never unjust.
26:210 And the Shaitans have not come down with it.
26:211 And it behoves them not, and they have not the power to do (it).
26:212 Most surely they are far removed from the hearing of it.
26:213 So call not upon another god with Allah, lest you be of those who are punished.
26:214 And warn your nearest relations,
26:215 And be kind to him who follows you of the believers.
26:216 But if they disobey you, then say: Surely I am clear of what you do.
26:217 And rely on the Mighty, the Merciful,
26:218 Who sees you when you stand up.
26:219 And your turning over and over among those who prostrate themselves before Allah.
26:220 Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
26:221 Shall I inform you (of him) upon whom the Shaitans descend?
26:222 They descend upon every lying, sinful one,
26:223 They incline their ears, and most of them are liars.
26:224 And as to the poets, those who go astray follow them.
26:225 Do you not see that they wander about bewildered in every valley?
26:226 And that they say that which they do not do,
26:227 Except those who believe and do good and remember Allah much, and defend themselves after they are oppressed; and they who act unjustly shall know to what final place of turning they shall turn back.

Chapter 18: Surah Al Kahfi - Sheikh Omar Al Kazabri

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
18:1 (All) praise is due to Allah, Who revealed the Book to His servant and did not make in it any crookedness.
18:2 Rightly directing, that he might give warning of severe punishment from Him and give good news to the believers who do good that they shall have a goodly reward,
18:3 Staying in it for ever;
18:4 And warn those who say: Allah has taken a son.
18:5 They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers; a grievous word it is that comes out of their mouths; they speak nothing but a lie.
18:6 Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this announcement.
18:7 Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an embellishment for it, so that We may try them (as to) which of them is best in works.
18:8 And most surely We will make what is on it bare ground without herbage.
18:9 Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wonderful signs?
18:10 When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: Our Lord! grant us mercy from Thee, and provide for us a right course in our affair.
18:11 So We prevented them from hearing in the cave for a number of years.
18:12 Then We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties was best able to compute the time for which they remained.
18:13 We relate to you their story with the truth; surely they were youths who believed in their Lord and We increased them in guidance.
18:14 And We strengthened their hearts with patience, when they stood up and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; we will by no means call upon any god besides Him, for then indeed we should have said an extravagant thing.
18:15 These our people have taken gods besides Him; why do they not produce any clear authority in their support? Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah?
18:16 And when you forsake them and what they worship save Allah, betake yourselves for refuge to the cave; your Lord will extend to you largely of His mercy and provide for you a profitable course in your affair.
18:17 And you might see the sun when it rose, decline from their cave towards the right hand, and when it set, leave them behind on the left while they were in a wide space thereof. This is of the signs of Allah; whomsoever Allah guides, he is the rightly guided one, and whomsoever He causes to err, you shall not find for him any friend to lead (him) aright.
18:18 And you might think them awake while they were asleep and We turned them about to the right and to the left, while their dog (lay) outstretching its paws at the entrance; if you looked at them you would certainly turn back from them in flight, and you would certainly be filled with awe because of them.
18:19 And thus did We rouse them that they might question each other. A speaker among them said: How long have you tarried? They said: We have tarried for a day or a part of a day. (Others) said: Your Lord knows best how long you have tarried. Now send one of you with this silver (coin) of yours to the city, then let him see which of them has purest food, so let him bring you provision from it, and let him behave with gentleness, and by no means make your case known to any one:
18:20 For surely if they prevail against you they would stone you to death or force you back to their religion, and then you will never succeed.
18:21 And thus did We make (men) to get knowledge of them that they might know that Allah's promise is true and that as for the hour there is no doubt about it. When they disputed among themselves about their affair and said: Erect an edifice over them-- their Lord best knows them. Those who prevailed in their affair said: We will certainly raise a masjid over them.
18:22 (Some) say: (They are) three, the fourth of them being their dog; and (others) say: Five, the sixth of them being their dog, making conjectures at what is unknown; and (others yet) say: Seven, and the eighth of them is their dog. Say: My Lord best knows their number, none knows them but a few; therefore contend not in the matter of them but with an outward contention, and do not question concerning them any of them.
18:23 And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow,
18:24 Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget and say: Maybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the right than this.
18:25 And they remained in their cave three hundred years and (some) add (another) nine.
18:26 Say: Allah knows best how long they remained; to Him are (known) the unseen things of the heavens and the earth; how clear His sight and how clear His hearing! There is none to be a guardian for them besides Him, and He does not make any one His associate in His Judgment.
18:27 And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord, there is none who can alter His words; and you shall not find any refuge besides Him.
18:28 And withhold yourself with those who call on their Lord morning and evening desiring His goodwill, and let not your eyes pass from them, desiring the beauties of this world's life; and do not follow him whose heart We have made unmindful to Our remembrance, and he follows his low desires and his case is one in which due bounds are exceeded.
18:29 And say: The truth is from your Lord, so let him who please believe, and let him who please disbelieve; surely We have prepared for the iniquitous a fire, the curtains of which shall encompass them about; and if they cry for water, they shall be given water like molten brass which will scald their faces; evil the drink and ill the resting-place.
18:30 Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, We do not waste the reward of him who does a good work.
18:31 These it is for whom are gardens of perpetuity beneath which rivers flow, ornaments shall be given to them therein of bracelets of gold, and they shall wear green robes of fine silk and thick silk brocade interwoven with gold, reclining therein on raised couches; excellent the recompense and goodly the resting place.
18:32 And set forth to them a parable of two men; for one of them We made two gardens of grape vines, and We surrounded them both with palms, and in the midst of them We made cornfields.
18:33 Both these gardens yielded their fruits, and failed not aught thereof, and We caused a river to gush forth in their midst,
18:34 And he possessed much wealth; so he said to his companion, while he disputed with him: I have greater wealth than you, and am mightier in followers.
18:35 And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said: I do not think that this will ever perish
18:36 And I do not think the hour will come, and even if I am returned to my Lord I will most certainly find a returning place better than this.
18:37 His companion said to him while disputing with him: Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you from dust, then from a small seed, then He made you a perfect man?
18:38 But as for me, He, Allah, is my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with my Lord.
18:39 And wherefore did you not say when you entered your garden: It is as Allah has pleased, there is no power save in Allah? If you consider me to be inferior to you in wealth and children,
18:40 Then maybe my Lord will give me what is better than your garden, and send on it a thunderbolt from heaven so that it shall become even ground without plant,
18:41 Or its waters should sink down into the ground so that you are unable to find it.
18:42 And his wealth was destroyed; so he began to wring his hands for what he had spent on it, while it lay, having fallen down upon its roofs, and he said: Ah me! would that I had not associated anyone with my Lord.
18:43 And he had no host to help him besides Allah nor could he defend himself.
18:44 Here is protection only Allah's, the True One; He is best in (the giving of) reward and best in requiting.
18:45 And set forth to them parable of the life of this world: like water which We send down from the cloud so the herbage of the earth becomes tangled on account of it, then it becomes dry broken into pieces which the winds scatter; and Allah is the holder of power over all things.
18:46 Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world; and the ever-abiding, the good works, are better with your Lord in reward and better in expectation.
18:47 And the day on which We will cause the mountains to pass away and you will see the earth a levelled plain and We will gather them and leave not any one of them behind.
18:48 And they shall be brought before your Lord, standing in ranks: Now certainly you have come to Us as We created you at first. Nay, you thought that We had not appointed to you a time of the fulfillment of the promise.
18:49 And the Book shall be placed, then you will see the guilty fearing from what is in it, and they will say: Ah! woe to us! what a book is this! it does not omit a small one nor a great one, but numbers them (all); and what they had done they shall find present (there); and your Lord does not deal unjustly with anyone.
18:50 And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam; they made obeisance but Iblis (did it not). He was of the jinn, so he transgressed the commandment of his Lord. What! would you then take him and his offspring for friends rather than Me, and they are your enemies? Evil is (this) change for the unjust.
18:51 I did not make them witnesses of the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor of the creation of their own souls; nor could I take those who lead (others) astray for aiders.
18:52 And on the day when He shall say: Call on those whom you considered to be My associates. So they shall call on them, but they shall not answer them, and We will cause a separation between them.
18:53 And the guilty shall see the fire, then they shall know that they are going to fall into it, and they shall not find a place to which to turn away from it.
18:54 And certainly We have explained in this Quran every kind of example, and man is most of all given to contention.
18:55 And nothing prevents men from believing when the guidance comes to them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, except that what happened to the ancients should overtake them, or that the chastisement should come face to face with them.
18:56 And We do not send apostles but as givers of good news and warning, and those who disbelieve make a false contention that they may render null thereby the truth, and they take My communications and that with which they are warned for a mockery.
18:57 And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the communications of his Lord, then he turns away from them and forgets what his two hands have sent before? Surely We have placed veils over their hearts lest they should understand it and a heaviness in their ears; and if you call them to the guidance, they will not ever follow the right course in that case.
18:58 And your Lord is Forgiving, the Lord of Mercy; were He to punish them for what they earn, He would certainly have hastened the chastisement for them; but for them there is an appointed time from which they shall not find a refuge.
18:59 And (as for) these towns, We destroyed them when they acted unjustly, and We have appointed a time for their destruction.
18:60 And when Musa said to his servant: I will not cease until I reach the junction of the two rivers or I will go on for years.
18:61 So when they had reached the junction of the two (rivers) they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the sea, going away.
18:62 But when they had gone farther, he said to his servant: Bring to us our morning meal, certainly we have met with fatigue from this our journey.
18:63 He said: Did you see when we took refuge on the rock then I forgot the fish, and nothing made me forget to speak of it but the Shaitan, and it took its way into the river; what a wonder!
18:64 He said: This is what we sought for; so they returned retracing their footsteps.
18:65 Then they found one from among Our servants whom We had granted mercy from Us and whom We had taught knowledge from Ourselves.
18:66 Musa said to him: Shall I follow you on condition that you should teach me right knowledge of what you have been taught?
18:67 He said: Surely you cannot have patience with me
18:68 And how can you have patience in that of which you have not got a comprehensive knowledge?
18:69 He said: If Allah pleases, you will find me patient and I shall not disobey you in any matter.
18:70 He said: If you would follow me, then do not question me about any thing until I myself speak to you about it
18:71 So they went (their way) until when they embarked in the boat he made a hole in it. (Musa) said: Have you made a hole in it to drown its inmates? Certainly you have done a grievous thing.
18:72 He said: Did I not say that you will not be able to have patience with me?
18:73 He said: Blame me not for what I forgot, and do not constrain me to a difficult thing in my affair.
18:74 So they went on until, when they met a boy, he slew him. (Musa) said: Have you slain an innocent person otherwise than for manslaughter? Certainly you have done an evil thing.
18:75 He said: Did I not say to you that you will not be able to have patience with me?
18:76 He said: If I ask you about anything after this, keep me not in your company; indeed you shall have (then) found an excuse in my case.
18:77 So they went on until when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then they found in it a wall which was on the point of falling, so he put it into a right state. (Musa) said: If you had pleased, you might certainly have taken a recompense for it.
18:78 He said: This shall be separation between me and you; now I will inform you of the significance of that with which you could not have patience.
18:79 As for the boat, it belonged to (some) poor men who worked on the river and I wished that I should damage it, and there was behind them a king who seized every boat by force.
18:80 And as for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared lest he should make disobedience and ingratitude to come upon them:
18:81 So we desired that their Lord might give them in his place one better than him in purity and nearer to having compassion.
18:82 And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father was a righteous man; so your Lord desired that they should attain their maturity and take out their treasure, a mercy from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. This is the significance of that with which you could not have patience.
18:83 And they ask you about Zulqarnain. Say: I will recite to you an account of him.
18:84 Surely We established him in the land and granted him means of access to every thing.
18:85 So he followed a course.
18:86 Until when he reached the place where the sun set, he found it going down into a black sea, and found by it a people. We said: O Zulqarnain! either give them a chastisement or do them a benefit.
18:87 He said: As to him who is injust, we will chastise him, then shall he be returned to his Lord, and He will chastise him with an exemplary chastisement:
18:88 And as for him who believes and does good, he shall have goodly reward, and We will speak to him an easy word of Our command.
18:89 Then he followed (another) course.
18:90 Until when he reached the land of the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people to whom We had given no shelter from It;
18:91 Even so! and We had a full knowledge of what he had.
18:92 Then he followed (another) course.
18:93 Until when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a word.
18:94 They said: O Zulqarnain! surely Gog and Magog make mischief in the land. Shall we then pay you a tribute on condition that you should raise a barrier between us and them
18:95 He said: That in which my Lord has established me is better, therefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified barrier between you and them;
18:96 Bring me blocks of iron; until when he had filled up the space between the two mountain sides, he said: Blow, until when he had made it (as) fire, he said: Bring me molten brass which I may pour over it.
18:97 So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it.
18:98 He said: This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass He will make it level with the ground, and the promise of my Lord is ever true.
18:99 And on that day We will leave a part of them in conflict with another part, and the trumpet will be blown, so We will gather them all together;
18:100 And We will bring forth hell, exposed to view, on that day before the unbelievers.
18:101 They whose eyes were under a cover from My reminder and they could not even hear.
18:102 What! do then those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants to be guardians besides Me? Surely We have prepared hell for the entertainment of the unbelievers.
18:103 Say: Shall We inform you of the greatest losers in (their) deeds?
18:104 (These are) they whose labor is lost in this world's life and they think that they are well versed in skill of the work of hands.
18:105 These are they who disbelieve in the communications of their Lord and His meeting, so their deeds become null, and therefore We will not set up a balance for them on the day of resurrection.
18:106 Thus it is that their recompense is hell, because they disbelieved and held My communications and My apostles in mockery.
18:107 Surely (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, their place of entertainment shall be the gardens of paradise,
18:108 Abiding therein; they shall not desire removal from them.
18:109 Say: If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted, though We were to bring the like of that (sea) to add
18:110 Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your god is one God, therefore whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he should do good deeds, and not join any one in the service of his Lord.