Translation of the meanings of the Holy Qur-an
in English by Dr. Taqiud Din Hilali and Dr. Muhsin Khan

21. Surah al-Anbiya" (The Prophets)

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31. And We have placed on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them, and We placed therein broad highways for them to pass through, that they may be guided.
   
 
32. And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).
   
 
33. And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating.
   
 
34. And We granted not to any human being immortality before you [O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)], then if you die, would they live forever?
   
 
35. Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good, and to Us you will be returned.
   
 
36. And when those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah) see you [O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)], they take you not except for mockery (saying): "Is this the one who talks (badly) about your gods?" While they disbelieve at the mention of the Most Beneficent (Allah). [Tafsir. Al-Qurtubi].
   
 
37. Man is created of haste, I will show you My Ayat (torments, proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So ask Me not to hasten (them).
   
 
38. And they say: "When will this promise (come to pass), if you are truthful."
   
 
39. If only those who disbelieved knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces, nor from their backs; and they will not be helped.
   
 
40. Nay, it (the Fire or the Day of Resurrection) will come upon them all of a sudden and will perplex them, and they will have no power to avert it, nor will they get respite.
   
 
41. Indeed (many) Messengers were mocked before you [O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)], but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.
   
 
42. Say: "Who can guard and protect you in the night or in the day from the (punishment of the) Most Beneficent (Allah)?" Nay, but they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord.
   
 
43. Or have they aliha (gods) who can guard them from Us? They have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us (i.e. from Our Torment).
   
 
44. Nay, We gave the luxuries of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will overcome.
   
 
45. Say [O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)]: "I warn you only by the revelation (from Allah and not by the opinion of the religious scholars and others). But the deaf (who follow the religious scholars and others blindly) will not hear the call, (even) when they are warned [(i.e. one should follow only the Qur-an and the Sunnah (legal ways, orders, acts of worship, statements of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) , as the Companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) did)].
   
 
46. And if a breath (minor calamity) of the Torment of your Lord touches them, they will surely cry: "Woe unto us! Indeed we have been Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).
   
 
47. And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We as Reckoners.
   
 
48. And indeed We granted to Musa (Moses) and Harun (Aaron) the criterion (of right and wrong), and a shining light [i.e. the Taurat (Torah)] and a Reminder for Al-Muttaqun (the pious).
   
 
49. Those who fear their Lord without seeing Him, while they are afraid of the Hour.
   
 
50. And this is a blessed Reminder (the Qur-an) which We have sent down, will you then (dare to) deny it?
   
 
51. And indeed We bestowed aforetime on Ibrahim (Abraham) his (portion of) guidance, and We were Well-Acquainted with him (as to his Belief in the Oneness of Allah, etc.).
   
 
52. When he said to his father and his people: "What are these images, to which you are devoted?"
   
 
53. They said: "We found our fathers worshipping them."
   
 
54. He said: "Indeed you and your fathers have been in manifest error."
   
 
55. They said: "Have you brought us the truth, or are you one of those who play about?"
   
 
56. He said: "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them and of that I am one of the witnesses.
   
 
57. "And by Allah, I shall plot a plan (to destroy) your idols after you have gone away and turned your backs."
   
 
58. So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.
   
 
59. They said: "Who has done this to our aliha (gods)? He must indeed be one of the wrong-doers."
   
 
60. They said: "We heard a young man talking (against) them who is called Ibrahim (Abraham)."

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