Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)
O people, fear your Lord; the earthquake of the Hour is something dreadful.
On the Day when you see it, every nursing mother will abandon her baby, and every pregnant woman will miscarry. You will see people as though they are drunk, while they are not drunk, but the punishment of Allah is severe.
There are some people who dispute concerning Allah without knowledge, and they follow every rebellious devil.
It has been decreed that whoever takes him as an ally, he will misguide him and lead him to the punishment of the Blazing Fire.
O people, if you are in doubt concerning the Resurrection, then We surely created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh – formed or unformed – so that We may make it clear to you [Our power]. We settle in the wombs whatever We will for an appointed term. Then We bring you out as infants, then [We nurture you] so that you may reach your maturity. Then some of you die, while others are left to reach the decrepit old age so that they may know nothing after having knowledge. You see the land lifeless, then as soon as We send down rain on it, it stirs and swells to life and brings forth every type of pleasant plant.
That is because Allah is the Truth; He alone gives life to the dead, and He is Most Capable of all things.
The Hour is certainly coming; there is no doubt about it, and Allah will surely resurrect those who are in the graves.
There are some people who argue about Allah without knowledge, guidance or an enlightening scripture.
They turn their faces away [in arrogance] to lead people away from Allah’s way. For them there will be disgrace in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection We will make them taste the punishment of the burning fire.
“This is because of what your hands have sent forth, and Allah is not unjust to His slaves.”
There are some people who worship Allah on the edge [of faith]: if something good comes to them, they are content; but if they are afflicted with a trial, they turn back, thus losing both this world and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss.
They invoke besides Allah what can neither harm nor benefit them. That is the farthest misguidance.
They invoke those whose harm is more likely than their benefit. What a terrible protector and what a terrible associate!
Allah will surely admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens under which rivers flow. Allah surely does what He wills.
Whoever thinks that Allah will never help His Prophet in this world and the Hereafter, let him stretch out a rope to the ceiling and strangle himself, then let him see if his effort can remove what enrages him.
This is how We sent down this [Qur’an] as clear verses, and Allah guides whom He wills.
