46:1 Ha-meem

46:2 The revelation of this Book (the Quran) is from Allah, the Almighty, All Wise.

46:3 We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is in between them except with truth, and for an appointed term. Yet the unbelievers continue to ignore what they have been warned.

46:4 Say, 'Tell me about what you invoke besides Allah.  Show me what (part) of the earth have they created. Do they have any share in the heavens? Bring me a scripture (revealed) before this (the Quran), or some vestige of (divine) knowledge, should you be truthful.'

46:5 And who could be more astray than the one who invokes those deities besides Allah,  who cannot answer him till the Day of Resurrection, who, in fact, are not even aware that they are being invoked?

46:6 And when (such) people will be gathered together, those (gods) will be their enemies and will disown their worship.

46:7 And when Our clear revelations are recited to them, and the truth (this Quran) reaches them, the disbelievers say : 'This is plain magic!'

46:8 Or, do they say that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم) has (himself) fabricated (this Quran)? O Prophet (صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم), tell them : 'If I have fabricated it myself, then there is nothing that you can do to protect me from the wrath of Allah.  He knows fully well what you say about it.  Enough is He as a witness between me and you. He is All  Forgiving, Most Merciful.'

46:9 Say, 'I am not the first Apostle ever sent, nor do I know what will happen to me or you. I only follow what is revealed to me. and I am not but a manifest Warner.'

46:10 When you rejected this Quran, did you ever pause to ponder?  What if it really is from Allah? A (learned) witness among the Israelies declared his belief in it, while you displayed arrogance! Indeed, Allah does not guide the nation of evildoers.

46:11 The unbelievers say about the believers : 'Had there been any good to believe in the message of the Quran, they (poor Muslims) would not have believed in it before us (because they were strong and wealthy whereas believers were weak and poor).' And since they reject its guidance, they say : 'This is an ancient falsehood.'

46:12 Yet the Zabur of Musa (عليه السلام) was revealed before it (the Quran) as a guide and a Mercy, and this Quran confirms it in the Arabic language,  to warn those who do evil,  and brings good news for those who do good.

46:13 Surely, those who say : 'Our Lord is (only) Allah,' and then stand firm, there shall be no fear for them, nor they shall grieve.

46:14 They are the people of Paradise, there to remain as a reward for what they were doing.

46:15 We have made it incumbent upon man to treat his parents with kindness. His mother carried him with difficulty, and went through labor pains. The pregnancy and weaning takes a total period of thirty months. Then when he reaches forty years of age and has attained his full strength (and potential), he says, 'My Lord, instill in me the courage to be grateful for the blessings You have showered upon me and my parents. Inspire me to do good deeds, the deeds that You approve. (My Lord) make my offspring righteous. I turn to You in repentance and I am one of those who submit (to Your will).'

46:16 They are those from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds and overlook their evil deeds. They will be among the residents of Paradise. True is the promise that has been made to them in this life.

46:17 (On the other hand), there is the one (disbelieving child) who says to his parents, 'Oh really, I am fed up with you two! Are you really asking me to believe that I would be restored back to life (after my death)? Generations have passed before me, (and nobody has ever come back)!' His parents invoke Allah´s help and say, 'Woe unto you! Believe it! Allah´s promise is indeed the truth.' But he (does not listen, and) says, 'These are nothing but (old) tales of people long gone.'

46:18 Such are the ones who deserve the doom. The decision has been decreed against them, and other jinns and humans (like them) in the generations gone by.  Indeed, all of them are losers.

46:19 Based on his deeds, each one will have a different status (in Paradise, and in Hell), so that He may fully (and appropriately) compensate them for their deeds. No one will be wronged.

46:20 On the Day when those who disbelieved will be exposed to the fire (it will be said) : 'You received your good things in the life of the world, and you took your pleasure in it. Now this Day you shall get the retribution of  humiliation because you were arrogant in the land without a right, and because you used to rebel and disobey (Allah).'

46:21 And remember (Hood  عليه السلام), the brother of A'ad, when he warned his people in the curved sand-hills (located in the southern part of Arabian Peninsula). Surely, warners have passed before him and after him (saying) : 'Worship none but Allah. Truly, I fear for you the punishment of a Mighty Day.'

46:22 They replied, 'Did you come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring us the punishment you promise us, if you are telling the truth.'

46:23 Prophet Hood (عليه السلام) said : 'The Knowledge of when it is going to come is only with Allah. I am only conveying the Message with which I have been sent, however, I can see that you are ignorant people.'

46:24 Then, when they saw it (punishment) as a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they said : 'This cloud will bring us rain.' Nay, but it is that (punishment) which you were asking to be hastened! It is a wind,  in it,  is a painful punishment!

46:25 It is going to destroy everything by the command of its Lord. Consequently by the morning, there was nothing to be seen except the ruins of their dwellings. That was the retribution of those guilty people.

46:26 And indeed We had firmly established them much better than We have established you (O' People of Makkah)! And We had assigned for them hearing, seeing, and hearts. But their hearing, seeing and their hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the revelations of Allah, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to mock at.

46:27 We have destroyed the towns which once flourished around you and We repeatedly sent them Our revelations so that they may turn to the Right Path.

46:28 Then Why did not those whom they worshiped besides Allah help them who they regarded as a means of attaining nearness to Him? But those deities utterly forsook them, because those were nothing but their lies and their false inventions.

46:29 And recall the time (O' Prophet  ﷺ) when We turned a small group of jinns towards you to hear the Quran (being recited). As they came closer, they said (to each other), 'Be quiet and listen attentively.' When the recitation ended they went back to their people to warn them.

46:30 They said, 'Our people, We have heard a Book revealed after Musa (عليه السلام) confirming what came before it.  It guides to the truth and the Straight Path.

46:31 O' our people! Respond to the one ( the Prophet ﷺ ) calling towards Allah, and believe in him! (Allah) will forgive your sins; and He will spare you from the painful punishment.'

46:32 And whoever does not respond to Allah’s caller ( the Prophet ﷺ ), he cannot find any friends or protectors to guard him against (Allah). Those people are in clear error.'

46:33 Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not tired by their creation, has the power to raise the dead to life?  Why not! Surely He has the power over all things.

46:34 The day the unbelievers will stand before the Fire, (they will be asked) 'Is this not the reality?' They will answer, 'In truth, by our Lord!' It will be said, 'Then taste the torment of what you had denied.'

46:35 Therefore, bear with them with patience (O' Apostle  ﷺ), as did the resolute Apostles before you, and do not be in haste about them.   On the Day when they shall see that,  which they are being threatened with, their life on earth will seem to them as if they had lived no more than an hour of a day.  The Message of forewarning has been conveyed. Now, who else would face destruction, if not the nation of evil doers, the rebels?