34:1 All praise is for Allah, to Whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And praise be to Him in the Hereafter. He is the All Wise, All Aware.

34:2 He knows all that goes into the earth and all that comes out of it; and whatever descends from the sky and whatever ascends to it. And He is the Most Merciful, Most Forgiving.

34:3 Those who disbelieve say : 'The Hour (of Judgment) will not come to us.'  Say : 'Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you.  He knows all the unseen.  Not even the weight of an atom escapes from His knowledge in the heavens or in the earth; nor is there anything smaller or greater than that, but is recorded in the Manifest Book.'

34:4 He will reward those who believe and do righteous deeds. They are those for whom there is forgiveness and a generous provision.

34:5 But for those who strive against Our revelations, trying to undermine them, there will be a severe punishment of agonizing pain.

34:6 And those who have been given the knowledge,  can see that the revelations sent to you (O' Apostle  ﷺ) from your Lord are the truth, and that it (the Quran) guides to the Way of (Allah), the Exalted in Might, Owner of all praise.

34:7 The disbelievers say (mockingly to one another), 'Shall we show you a man who claims that when you have been utterly disintegrated (in the grave after death)  you will be raised (again) as a new creation?'

34:8 (And they say) Has he invented a lie about Allah or is he mad?'   Those who do not believe in the Hereafter are extremely misguided. They will receive (severe) punishment (in both the worlds). 

34:9 Have they not seen all that surrounds them of the skies and the earth?  If We willed, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or cause  pieces of the sky to fall upon them (as punishment). Surely in this is a sign for every servant who turns (to Allah).

34:10 Indeed, We bestowed grace on Dawood (عليه السلام) (saying) : 'O mountains! (echo in) Glorifying (Allah) with him!' The birds also! And We made the iron soft for him,

34:11 (instructing him) 'Make full-length armor, (perfectly) balancing the links.' And 'work (with) righteousness. Indeed, I see  what you (all) do.'

34:12 And [We subjected] the wind to Sulaiman (عليه السلام); its morning course (covered) a month's journey, and its evening course (covered) a month's journey. And We made a fountain of molten copper flow for him. And among the jinn were those who worked for him with his Lord's permission. And whoever of them deviated from Our command, We made them taste the torment of the blaze.

34:13 They made for him whatever he desired of,  sanctuaries, statues, basins as large as reservoirs, and cooking pots fixed (into the ground). (We ordered) : 'Work gratefully, O family of Dawood (عليه السلام)'  (But, Only)  a few of My servants are (truly) grateful.

34:14 When We decreed death for him (Sulaiman عليه السلام  was leaning on his stick), no one informed the jinns of his death until a little termite of the earth chew away his stick (gradually) and he fell down. The jinns realized that if they had the knowledge of the unknown they would never have suffered the demeaning labor.

34:15 Indeed, there was a sign for (the people of) Sheba in their homeland : two orchard, one to the right and the other to the left. (They were told) : 'Eat from the provision of your Lord, and be grateful to Him.   (Yours is) a good land and (your) Lord is forgiving.'

34:16 But they turned away (from Allah). So We sent against them a flood of Arim (released water from the dam), and We converted their two gardens into gardens producing bitter fruits, shrubs, and a few (sparse) thorny trees.

34:17 This is how We punished them because they were ungrateful (disbelievers). And We never punish except those who are ungrateful.

34:18 We had placed between them and the towns We had blessed other towns within sight of one another to which they could easily have traveled, 'Travel safely between them by night or day.'

34:19 But (they complained), 'Our Lord has made the distance between our staging posts so long.' (In so doing) they wronged themselves, so We made their fate a tale for all and scattered them in small groups throughout the land.  There are certainly signs in this for everyone patient and grateful.

34:20 Indeed, Satan's assumption about them has come true, so they (all) follow him, except a group of (true) believers.

34:21 Even though Satan had no authority over them, it all happened because We wanted to see who among them believed in the Hereafter and who is in doubt concerning it. Your Lord is watching over all things.

34:22 (O' Prophet  ﷺ), Tell the pagans : 'Call on those deities whom you pray besides Allah,  they do not have power over an atom’s weight of anything in the heavens or earth, nor have they any share in either, nor does He need any assistant from among them.

34:23 And intercession does not benefit with Him except for the one whom He permits. (And those wait) until, when terror is removed from their hearts, (and permission for intercession is granted) they will say (to one another), "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High and Great.

34:24  (O' Prophet  ﷺ), ask them : 'Who provides your sustenance from the heavens and the earth?' (If they do not answer, then) say : 'It is Allah. Certainly one of us; either we or you are rightly guided or in manifest error.'

34:25  Say, 'You will not be asked about what we have done, and we will not be asked about what you do.' (Everyone will be responsible for their deeds)

34:26  Say, '(On the Day of Judgment) our Lord will bring us together. Then He will settle all matters between us,  fairly and equitably. He is the All Knowing Judge!'

34:27  Say, 'Show me those you have installed as His partners. No. (They are all idols created by you.)  He (alone) is Allah , the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

34:28  And We have sent you (O' Apostle ﷺ) as a bearer of glad tidings and a Warner for all mankind, but most of people do not know.

34:29  And they ask, 'When will this threat (of punishment) come to pass, if what you say is true?'

34:30  Say, (O Prophet ﷺ), 'A Day has (already) been appointed for you, which you can neither delay nor advance by a  moment.'

34:31  Those who deny the truth say, 'We will never believe in this Quran or in what came before it.'   But if only you could see when the unjust are made to stand before their Lord (on the day of Resurrection), blaming each other; those who were considered weak will say to those who had been arrogant, 'Had it not been for you, we would have been believers.'

34:32  Those who had been arrogant will say to those who they deemed to be weak, 'Did we prevent you from following the right guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you (yourselves have) rejected that.'

34:33  Those who had been thought weak will say to those who had been arrogant, 'Rather, it was your scheming, night and day, ordering us to deny Allah and attribute equals to Him.'   But when they all see the punishment (that awaits them), they will not be able to express their remorse. We will put shackles around the necks of those who rejected the truth, and they will be repaid only for what they have done.

34:34  And whenever We have sent a Warner (Prophet) to a town, its wealthy people said : 'Surely we don’t believe in (the message) what you are sent with.'

34:35  Adding, 'we are far superior in wealth and children, and we will never be punished.'

34:36  Say (O' Apostle ﷺ), ‘My Lord gives in abundance to whoever He wills and sparingly to whoever He wills, though most people do not understand.

34:37  It is neither your wealth nor children that bring you closer to Us.  But those who believe and do good, it is they who will have multiple reward for what they did, and they will live in (elevated) mansions (in Paradise).

34:38 Whereas those who work against Our verses, seeking to undermine them, will be summoned for punishment.

34:39 Say (O Prophet ﷺ) : 'Surely my Lord gives abundantly to whom He wills and sparingly to whom He wills.   Whatever you spend in charity, He will pay you back.   He is the best of those who provide sustenance.

34:40 And on the day when He will gather them all together, and then ask the angels, 'Was it you that these (polytheists) used to worship?'

34:41 They (angels) will say : 'Glory be to You! You are our protector not them. Nay, but they used to worship the Jinns; most of them were believers in them.'

34:42 So today (the Day of Resurrection) none of you has power to profit or harm one another.  And We shall say to those who did wrong : 'Taste the punishment of the Fire which you denied.'

34:43 When our clear verses are recited to them, they say (to each other), 'This is only a man who wants to turn you away from what your ancestors worshiped.' They (also) say, 'This is only a lie that he has invented.'  When the Truth comes to them, they say, 'This is nothing but sorcery,'

34:44 (even) though We have not given them any Books to study nor sent any one (prophet) before you, to warn them.

34:45 Those (who were destroyed) before them,  denied as well.  And these (polytheists) have not attained even one-tenth of (of the prosperity) what We had given to their predecessors. Yet (when) they denied My Apostles, how severe was My response!

34:46 Tell them (O' Prophet ﷺ) : 'I urge you on one thing only,  that you stand up for Allah’s sake in pairs and individually, and then ponder (over my history as I was born and raised among you). Has there been any madness in your companion (Muhammad ﷺ)? He is only a Warner to you before a severe punishment.'

34:47 Say : 'The reward I ask,  is for yourselves (only). My reward is due from none but Allah; and He is witness over everything.'

34:48 Say, 'Surely my Lord hurls the truth (against falsehood). (He is) the Knower of all Unseen.'

34:49 Say, 'The truth has come, and falsehood will vanish, never to return.'

34:50 Say : 'If I am in error it is to my own loss; if I am on guidance,  it is so because of what my Lord reveals to me. He is All Hearing and All  Near.'

34:51 If only you could see when they will be horrified with no escape (on the day of Judgment)! And they will be seized from a nearby place.

34:52 They will (then) cry, 'We do (now) believe in it (all).' But how could they (possibly) attain faith from a place so far-off  (from the world),

34:53 while they had already rejected it before, guessing blindly from a place (equally) far-away (from the Hereafter)?

34:54 And a barrier will be placed between them and what they desired (by turning to Allah in repentance at that time), as was done before with the people of their kind.   Surely, they were in grave doubt.