أَهُم يَقسِمونَ رَحمَتَ رَبِّكَ ۚ نَحنُ قَسَمنا بَينَهُم مَعيشَتَهُم فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۚ وَرَفَعنا بَعضَهُم فَوقَ بَعضٍ دَرَجاتٍ لِيَتَّخِذَ بَعضُهُم بَعضًا سُخرِيًّا ۗ وَرَحمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيرٌ مِمّا يَجمَعونَ
Is it they who dispense your Lord’s mercy? It is We who distribute their sustenance in this life, elevating some in ranks above others, so that they may take one another in service. Your Lord’s mercy is far better than whatever they amass.
وَلَولا أَن يَكونَ النّاسُ أُمَّةً واحِدَةً لَجَعَلنا لِمَن يَكفُرُ بِالرَّحمـٰنِ لِبُيوتِهِم سُقُفًا مِن فِضَّةٍ وَمَعارِجَ عَلَيها يَظهَرونَ
Were it not that all mankind might become one community, We would have granted the Merciful-deniers houses with ceilings of silver and stairways upon which they could ascend.
وَلِبُيوتِهِم أَبوابًا وَسُرُرًا عَلَيها يَتَّكِئونَ
And for their homes, doors, and beds on which they recline.
وَزُخرُفًا ۚ وَإِن كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمّا مَتاعُ الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۚ وَالآخِرَةُ عِندَ رَبِّكَ لِلمُتَّقينَ
And all kinds of ornaments. However, all these are merely transient pleasures of this worldly life. The Hereafter, with your Lord, is for the righteous.
وَمَن يَعشُ عَن ذِكرِ الرَّحمـٰنِ نُقَيِّض لَهُ شَيطانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرينٌ
For those who shun the remembrance of the Most Merciful, We assign for them a devil to be their constant companion.
وَإِنَّهُم لَيَصُدّونَهُم عَنِ السَّبيلِ وَيَحسَبونَ أَنَّهُم مُهتَدونَ
They lead them astray from the path, while they think they are guided.
حَتّىٰ إِذا جاءَنا قالَ يا لَيتَ بَيني وَبَينَكَ بُعدَ المَشرِقَينِ فَبِئسَ القَرينُ
Until, when he comes before Us, he will say, “I wish you and I were as distant as the two horizons—what a terrible companionship!”
وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ اليَومَ إِذ ظَلَمتُم أَنَّكُم فِي العَذابِ مُشتَرِكونَ
It won’t benefit you on that Day if you did wrong; you will be sharing in the punishment.
أَفَأَنتَ تُسمِعُ الصُّمَّ أَو تَهدِي العُميَ وَمَن كانَ في ضَلالٍ مُبينٍ
Can you make the deaf hear; or guide the blind, or those who are in evident error.
فَإِمّا نَذهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنّا مِنهُم مُنتَقِمونَ
Even if We were to take you away, We will inflict punishment upon them.
أَو نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذي وَعَدناهُم فَإِنّا عَلَيهِم مُقتَدِرونَ
Or We may show you what We promised them, for We have absolute control over them.