Koran Curious - A Guide for Infidels and Believers (41 page)

[103:2] The human being is utterly lost.

[103:3] Except those who believe and lead a righteous life, and exhort one another to uphold the truth, and exhort one another to be steadfast.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[104:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

[104:1] Woe to every backbiter, slanderer.

[104:2] He hoards money and counts it.

[104:3] As if his money will make him immortal.

[104:4] Never; he will be thrown into the Devastator.

[104:5] Do you know what the Devastator is?

[104:6] GOD’s blazing Hellfire.

[104:7] It burns them inside out.

[104:8] They will be confined therein.

[104:9] In extended columns.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[105:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[105:1] Have you noted what your Lord did to the people of the elephant?

[105:2] Did He not cause their schemes to backfire?

[105:3] He sent upon them swarms of birds.

[105:4] That showered them with hard stones.

[105:5] He made them like chewed up hay.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[106:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[106:1] This should be cherished by Quraish.

[106:2] The way they cherish the caravans of the winter and the summer.

[106:3] They shall worship the Lord of this shrine.

[106:4] For He is the One who fed them after hunger, and provided them with security after fear.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[107:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[107:1] Do you know who really rejects the faith?

[107:2] That is the one who mistreats the orphans.

[107:3] And does not advocate the feeding of the poor.

[107:4] And woe to those who observe the contact prayers (Salat) –

[107:5] who are totally heedless of their prayers.

[107:6] They only show off.

[107:7] And they forbid charity.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[108:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[108:1] We have blessed you with many a bounty.

[108:2] Therefore, you shall pray to your Lord (Salat), and give to charity.

[108:3] Your opponent will be the loser.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[109:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[109:1] Say, “O you disbelievers.

[109:2] “I do not worship what you worship.

[109:3] “Nor do you worship what I worship.

[109:4] “Nor will I ever worship what you worship.

[109:5] “Nor will you ever worship what I worship.

[109:6] “To you is your religion, and to me is my religion.”

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[110:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[110:1] When triumph comes from GOD, and victory.

[110:2] You will see the people embracing GOD’s religion in throngs.

[110:3] You shall glorify and praise your Lord, and implore Him for forgiveness. He is the Redeemer.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[111:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[111:1] Condemned are the works of Abee Lahab, and he is condemned.

[111:2] His money and whatever he has accomplished will never help him.

[111:3] He has incurred the blazing Hell.

[111:4] Also his wife, who led the persecution.

[111:5] She will be (resurrected) with a rope of thorns around her neck.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[112:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[112:1] Proclaim, “He is the One and only GOD.

[112:2] “The Absolute GOD.

[112:3] “Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten.

[112:4] “None equals Him.”

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[113:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[113:1] Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak.

[113:2] “From the evils among His creations.

[113:3] “From the evils of darkness as it falls.

[113:4] “From the evils of the troublemakers.

[113:5] “From the evils of the envious when they envy.”

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

[114:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

[114:1] Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of the people.

[114:2] “The King of the people.

[114:3] “The god of the people.

[114:4] “From the evils of sneaky whisperers.

[114:5] “Who whisper into the chests of the people.

[114:6] “Be they of the jinns, or the people.