1Alif, Lām, Meem.¹⁰⁹⁴

2[This is] the revelation of the Book about which there is no doubt from the Lord of the worlds.

3Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muḥammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided.

4It is Allāh who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days; then He established Himself above the Throne.¹⁰⁹⁵ You have not besides Him any protector or any intercessor; so will you not be reminded?

5He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.

6That is the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,

7Who perfected everything which He created and began the creation of man from clay.

8Then He made his posterity out of the extract of a liquid disdained.

9Then He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] soul¹⁰⁹⁶ and made for you hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]; little are you grateful.

10And they say, "When we are lost [i.e., disintegrated] within the earth, will we indeed be [recreated] in a new creation?" Rather, they are, in the meeting with their Lord, disbelievers.

11Say, "The angel of death will take you who has been entrusted with you. Then to your Lord you will be returned."

12If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."

13And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance, but the word¹⁰⁹⁷ from Me will come into effect [that] "I will surely fill Hell with jinn and people all together.

14So taste [punishment] because you forgot the meeting of this, your Day; indeed, We have [accordingly] forgotten you. And taste the punishment of eternity for what you used to do."

15Only those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in prostration and exalt [Allāh] with praise of their Lord, and they are not arrogant.

16Their sides part [i.e., they arise] from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.¹⁰⁹⁸

17And no soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort for eyes [i.e., satisfaction] as reward for what they used to do.

18Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.

19As for those who believed and did righteous deeds, for them will be the Gardens of Refuge as accommodation for what they used to do.

20But