Surah 43. Az-Zukhruf

In the name of ALLAH, the Benevolent, the Merciful

1. Ha. Mim.
2. By The Book which makes plain,
3. Lo! We have appointed it a Lecture in Arabic that you may understand.
4. And lo! in the Source of Decrees, which We possess, it is indeed sublime, decisive,
5. Shall We utterly ignore you because you are a wanton folk?
6. How many a Prophet did We send among the men of old!
7. And never came there to them a Prophet but they used to mock him.
8. Then we destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old has gone.
9. And if you ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely answer: The Mighty, the Knower created them;
10. Who made the earth a resting place for you, and placed roads for you therein, that you may find your way;
11. And who sends down water from the sky in measure, and We revive a dead land therewith. Even so will you be brought forth;
12. He who created all the pairs, and appointed for you ships and cattle whereupon you ride.
13. That you may mount upon their backs, and may remember your Lord's favor when you mount thereon, and may say: Glorified be He Who has subdued these to us, and we were not capable;
14. And lo! to our Lord we are returning.
15. And they allot to Him a portion of His bondmen! Lo! man is surely a mere ingrate.

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