[13.1] AlifLaamMeemRa. Those are the verses of the Book. That which is sent down to
you (Prophet Muhammad) from your Lord is the truth, yet most people do not believe.
[13.2] It is Allah who raised the heavens without pillars that you see. Then He willed to
the Throne and subjected the sun and the moon, each pursuing an appointed course.
He directs the affair. He makes plain His verses so that you will firmly believe in meeting your Lord.
[13.3] It is He who stretched out the earth and placed upon it firm mountains and rivers.
And of all fruits, He has put in it two pairs and drew the veil of night over the day. Surely,
in these there are signs for a nation who think.
[13.4] And in the land, there are adjoining plots, gardens of vines, sown fields and
palm-trees in pairs and single that are watered with one water, yet We make some excel
others in produce. Surely, in that are signs for a nation who understand.
[13.5] If you would wonder, then wondrous is their saying: 'When we are dust, shall we
be raised to life again, a new creation?' Such are those who disbelieve in their Lord.
Their necks shall be fettered. They shall be the inhabitants of the Fire, in it they shall live for ever.
[13.6] They bid you to hasten the evil before the good, yet examples have passed away
before them. Your Lord is Forgiving to people despite their evil-doing; yet your Lord is Stern in retribution.
[13.7] The unbelievers say: 'Why has no sign been sent down to him from his Lord?'
You are only a warner, and there is a guide for every nation.
[13.8] Allah knows what every female bears, and what shrinks and swells the womb. And everything with Him has its measure.
[13.9] (He is) the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Exalted.
[13.10] Similar to yourself is he who conceals his saying, and he who proclaims it, he
who hides himself in the night, and he who goes forth by day,
[13.11] he has attendant angels before him and behind him, who, by the Command of
Allah watch over him. Allah does not change what is in a nation unless they change
what is in themselves. Whenever Allah wantspevil for a nation, none can ward it off. Other than Him, they have no guardian.
[13.12] It is He who shows you the lightning, for fear and hope, and Who produces laden clouds.
[13.13] The thunder exalts His praise, and so are the angels are in awe of Him. He looses
the thunderbolts and smites whosoeverfHe will. Yet they dispute about Allah who is Mighty in power.
[13.14] To Him is the Call of truth. Those to whom they call, other than Him, give them no
answer. They are like he who stretches out his hands to the water and bids it rise to his
mouth, it does not reach it! The prayers of the unbelievers goes astray.
[13.15] All who dwell in the heavens and earth shall prostrate themselves before Allah,
either willingly or unwillingly; as do their shadows in the mornings and evenings.
[13.16] Say: 'Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?' Say: 'Allah.' Say: 'Why then
have you chosen guardians other than Him, even though they have neither the power
to benefit nor harm themselves?' Say: 'Are the blind and the seeing equal? Are
darkness and light equal? Or, have they ascribed to Allah associates who create as He
