Judged

The worst of creatures in Allah’s sight are the deaf and dumb, those who do not use reason.

The worst of creatures in Allah’s sight are those who reject faith and will not believe.

But those who disbelieve among the People of the Book and the idolaters will dwell in the Fire of Hell, remaining there forever. They are the worst of creation.

If We had commanded them, ‘Sacrifice yourselves or leave your homes,’ only a few would have obeyed. Yet if they had done what they were instructed, it would have been better for them and strengthened their faith.

You will find others who wish to be at peace with you and their own people, yet whenever they are drawn into conflict, they plunge into it. If they do not withdraw, offer peace, or restrain their aggression, then seize them wherever you find them.

Do people think they will be left to say, “We believe,” without being tested?

We certainly tested those before them, and Allah will surely distinguish the truthful from the liars.

Or do those who commit evil think they can escape Us? How misguided they are!

Whoever strives, strives only for himself. Allah is independent of all creation.

But the one who is given his record in his left hand will say, “Oh, I wish I had never received my record!”

“And never knew what my account was!”

“Would that it had been the end of me!”

“My wealth has been of no use to me.”

“My power has vanished from me.”

Seize him and shackle him.

Then cast him into the blazing fire.

Then bind him in a chain seventy cubits long.

For he did not believe in Allah

Nor did he encourage feeding the poor.

The record will be placed, and you will see the guilty fearful of what is in it. They will say, “Woe to us! What kind of book is this? It leaves nothing, small or great, without recording it!” They will find everything they did present before them, and your Lord does not wrong anyone.

Shall We treat those who believe and do good like those who spread corruption? Shall they be equal?

If you disbelieve, Allah has no need of you, yet He does not approve of ingratitude from His servants.

The people of Pharaoh denied the warnings.

Are your disbelievers better than those? Or are you exempt from punishment?

Or do they say, “We are a strong alliance”?

The alliance will be defeated, and they will turn and flee.

We destroyed your kind before, so is there any who will take heed?

Everything they did is recorded

And every small and great matter is written.

For he once lived among his people in arrogance

Thinking he would never return.

Indeed, his Lord was always watching him.

I swear by the glow of sunset

You will surely move from stage to stage.

So why do they not believe?

On the Day when the sky will be like molten brass

And the mountains like tufts of wool

No close friend will ask about a friend

Though they will be shown to one another, the guilty will wish to ransom himself from the torment of that Day, with his children

His spouse and his brother

His family who sheltered him

And everyone on earth, if it could save him.

But no! It is a blazing fire

Peeling away the scalp

Calling those who turned their backs and walked away

Who hoarded and withheld.

When the trumpet is sounded

That Day will be a day of anguish

Not easy for the disbelievers.

Leave Me to deal with the one I created alone

To whom I gave vast wealth

And sons always near him

And made life smooth and easy for him

Yet he still desires more.

Shall We treat those who submit like those who are corrupt?

What is wrong with you? How do you judge?

Or do you have a scripture you study

That grants you whatever you choose?

Or do you have binding oaths from Us, lasting until the Day of Resurrection, that you will have whatever you decide?

Ask them which of them can guarantee that?

Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they are truthful.

On the Day when the shin is laid bare, and they are called to bow, but they cannot.

Faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer, and whoever carries wrongdoing will be doomed.

Their eyes will be downcast, humiliation covering them. They were called to bow when they were sound.

So, leave Me to those who reject this message. We will draw them in gradually, from where they do not know.

And I will give them time. My plan is firm.

Or do you ask them for a payment, so they feel burdened by debt?

Or do they have knowledge of the unseen, which they write down?

On that Day, people will emerge in scattered groups to see the results of their deeds.

And whoever has done an atom’s weight of evil will see it.

But as for the one who hoards and feels self-sufficient

And denies what is best

We will ease his way to hardship.

Do they seek the judgment of ignorance? Yet who is more just than Allah for those who hold firm in faith?

Surely your Lord will judge between them by His wisdom.