25:1 Blessed is He Who has sent down the criterion (of right and wrong, the Quran) to His servant (Prophet Mohammad  ﷺ), so that he be a Warner to (all) the worlds.

25:2 (Allah is) the One to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, Who has never had (any) offspring, nor does He have a partner in (governing) His dominion. He has created everything, ordaining it precisely.

25:3 Yet the unbelievers have taken besides Him other gods which can create nothing but are themselves created, which can neither harm nor help even to themselves, and which have no power over life or death, or raising the dead to life.

25:4 The disbelievers say, 'This (Quran) is nothing but a fabrication which he (the Prophet  ﷺ) has made up with the help of others.' Their claim is totally unjustified and untrue!

25:5 And they say : '(It consists of) only fables of the ancients which he (the Prophet  ﷺ) has got written (by someone). They are being read to him in early mornings and evenings (when people are in their homes).'

25:6 Say, (O Prophet  ﷺ),  'This (Quran) has been revealed by the One Who knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth.  Surely He is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.'

25:7 And they also say, 'What sort of an Apostle is he who eats food and walks in the markets?   Should not at least an angel have been sent down for him, to help him with his warning?'

25:8 'Why has he not been given a treasure or at least a garden from which he could eat?' And these wicked people further say (to the believers) : 'You are only following a man who is bewitched.'

25:9 See what kind of comparisons they make for you! Surely, they have gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find!

25:10 Blessed is the One who, if He wishes, can make for you better than that what they propose, gardens with rivers flowing beneath them, and He will make for you palaces.

25:11 But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blazing fire.

25:12 When (Hell) appears to them from some distance they will hear it raging and roaring.

25:13 And when they are tossed into a narrow place inside (Hell), chained together, they will pray for death.

25:14 (They will be told), 'Do not cry only once for death, but cry many times over!'

25:15 Say, (O Prophet  ﷺ),  'Is this better or the Garden of Eternity which the righteous have been promised, as a reward and (an ultimate) destination?

25:16 Where they can have whatever they wish forever. This is a binding promise from your Lord.

25:17 The day He will gather them together as well as those whom they worship besides Allah, He will ask : 'Was it you who let My servants go astray, or did they stray from the Path themselves?'

25:18 Those deities will answer : 'Glory be to You! It was not befitting for us that we could take any protector besides You, but You let them and their forefathers enjoy the comforts of worldly life until they forgot the Reminder (to obey their Lord), and thereby became worthless people.'

25:19 (The idolaters will be told) : 'Your gods have refuted your assertion. You can neither avert (your doom) nor receive any help. And whoever of you does wrong, We will make them taste a horrible punishment.

25:20 (O' Apostle Mohammad ﷺ) We never sent Apostles before you but they surely ate food and went about in the market places (to buy their needs). We cause you (O humankind) to be a means of testing for one another. Will you (then) show patience and perseverance (in the face of Our decrees and remain steadfast in Our way)? Your Lord is All Seeing.

25:21 Those who do not expect to meet Us,  say, 'Why have angels not been sent down to us?  Why do we not see our Lord?'  They have become arrogant about themselves and are excessively self conceited.

25:22 There will be no good news for the guilty on the Day they see the angels.  They will cry, 'Keep (them) away! Away (from us)!'

25:23 Then We will turn to whatever (good) deeds they (disbelievers) did, reducing them (the deeds) to scattered dust.

25:24 The residents of Paradise on that Day will have the best abode and the finest place to rest.

25:25 That day, the sky and the clouds will split apart; and through it, angels shall descend in a continuous stream.

25:26 The Sovereignty on that day will be Truly for the Most Compassionate (Lord), and it will be a hard day for disbelievers.

25:27 On that Day the wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying (with regret) ‘If only I had followed the Apostle (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) on the straight path.'  

25:28 Woe to me! I wish I had not taken such and such as my (close) friend! 

25:29 'He did lead me astray from the Message (of Allah) after it had come to me! Surely, the Satan is a great betrayer of man!' 

25:30 And the Apostle (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) will say : 'My Lord! Surely (the disbelievers among) my people have made this Quran something worthy of no attention.' 

25:31 Similarly, We made enemies for every prophet from among the wicked, but sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and Helper. 

25:32 The disbelievers ask : 'Why is not the Quran revealed to him (the Prophet ﷺ) all in a single revelation?' (It was revealed in stages) because We may strengthen your heart.  And We revealed it in well-organized portions.

25:33 And no question do they bring to you but We reveal to you the truth and the best explanation (thereof).

25:34 Those who will be dragged into Hell on their faces will be in the worst place, and are (now) farthest from the (Right) Way.

25:35 We gave Musa (عليه السلام) the Book (Tauraat), and made his brother Haraoon (عليه السلام) his Minister (Helper),

25:36 and commanded them : 'Both of you go to the people who have denied Our Revelations.' But those people rejected Our Apostles.  As a result, We destroyed them completely.

25:37 And the people of Nooh (عليه السلام), when they rejected the Apostles, We drowned them, and We made them as a Sign for mankind; and We have prepared for (all) wrongdoers a grievous punishment.

25:38 As also 'Aad and Thamud, and the Companions of the ar-Rass, and many a generation between them.

25:39 We admonished each of them by citing examples of those who were destroyed before them, even then they rejected Our revelations, so We exterminated each one of them.

25:40 And the (disbelievers) must indeed have passed by the town on which was rained a shower of evil.  Did they not then see it (with their own eyes)? But they do not expect to be resurrected.

25:41 And whenever they see you (O' Prophet  ﷺ) they ridicule you, (saying), 'Is this the one Allah sent as an Apostle?

25:42 (They say) Had we not stood firm, he (the Prophet  ﷺ) would have turned us away from our gods.' Very soon, when they face the punishment, they will realize who actually is most astray from the Right path!

25:43 Have you seen the one who takes his own desire as god,  then would you be responsible for him?

25:44 Or do you think that most of them listen or try to understand? They are nothing but cattle.   Nay, they are even further off the track!

25:45 Have you not seen how your Lord extends the shade (during the day). He could have simply made it (remain) still if He so willed.  Then We make the sun its guide,

25:46 (then We) cause the shadow to retreat gradually?

25:47 And it is He, Who has made the night a garment for you, and sleep a rest. And He has made the day a time of rising to life and going about (for daily livelihood).

25:48 And it is He, Who sends forth the winds as glad tidings (of rain) in advance of His mercy.   And We cause pure water to descend from the sky,

25:49 giving life to a lifeless land, and providing water for countless animals and humans of Our Own creation.

25:50 We distribute this water among them so that they may glorify Us, yet most people refuse to do anything except show ingratitude.

25:51 Had We willed, We could have easily sent a warner to every society.

25:52 So, do not yield to (the demands of) the unbelievers, and strive against them relentlessly for the sake of this great struggle.

25:53 And He is the One Who merges the two bodies of water,  one fresh and palatable and the other salty and bitter, placing between them a barrier they cannot cross.

25:54 It is He Who has created man from water,  then has He established relationships of lineage and marriage,  for your Lord has power (over all things).

25:55 Yet do they worship, besides Allah, things that can neither profit them nor harm them. And the disbeliever always collaborates against their Lord.

25:56 We have not sent you (O' Prophet ﷺ) except as a bearer of glad tidings and as a warner.

25:57 Say (O' Prophet ﷺ) 'I ask of you no recompense for this work except that he who wants, may take the Right path to his Lord.'

25:58 Put your trust in the Ever Living (Allah) Who never dies.  Celebrate His praise, for He suffices as the Knower of the sins of His servants.

25:59 The One Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days, and is firmly established on the Throne of authority; the Most Compassionate (Allah).  As to His Glory, ask the one who knows.

25:60 When it is said to them, 'Prostrate to the Most Compassionate,' they ask (in disgust), 'What is the Most Compassionate’? Will we prostrate to whatever you order us to?' And it only drives them farther away.

25:61 Blessed is the One Who has placed constellations in the sky and set a beacon (sun) in it, plus a shining moon.

25:62 He is the One Who has granted night and daytime in succession for anyone who wants to reflect (on it) or wants (to show) gratitude,

25:63 The (true) servants of the Most Compassionate are those who walk on the earth humbly, and when the foolish address them (improperly), they only respond with peace (and grace).

25:64 Who spend the night bowing down on their knees and standing before their Lord;

25:65 those who say, 'Our Lord! avert from us the torment of Hell, for its torment is indeed a grievous affliction.

25:66 'Evil indeed is it (Hell) as an abode, and as a place of stay.'

25:67 Those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);

25:68 who do not invoke any god apart from Allah, who do not take a life which Allah has forbidden except for a cause that is just, and do not fornicate; and any one who does so, will be punished for the crime.

25:69 Torment will be doubled for him on Resurrection Day and he will remain disgraced forever in it.

25:70 As for those who repent, believe, and do good deeds, they are the ones whose evil deeds Allah will change into good deeds. For Allah is All Forgiving, Most Merciful.

25:71 And those who repent and do righteous deeds, then surely they repent to Allah (with true) repentance.

25:72 And those who don’t bear witness to falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity (without getting involved in it).

25:73 (They are) those who, when reminded of the revelation of their Lord, do not turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to it.

25:74 (They are) those who pray, 'Our Lord! Bless us with (pious) spouses and offspring who will be the joy of our hearts, and make us leading models of the righteous.'

25:75 It is they who will be rewarded with (elevated) mansions (in Paradise) for their perseverance, and will be received with salutations and (greetings of) peace.

25:76 They shall live forever in that excellent dwelling and excellent resting place!

25:77 Say (O Prophet  ﷺ) : 'My Lord does not care at all if you invoke Him or not. Now that you have rejected His revelations, soon you will face the inevitable punishment.'